Ep.3: Hollywood’s Serial Killer Obsessio...

Pop culture’s obsession with serial killers is only growing -- what does this say about us as a society? Tori and Karina do a deep dive into Hollywood’s obsession with serial killers and their stories. Featuring insight from David Schmid, Ph.D., author of “Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture” and Kathy Kleiner, a survivor of Ted Bundy.

TO READ:

• Natural Born Celebrities by David Schmid

https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Born-Celebrities-Killers-American/dp/0226738698

• “The Guys Who Shoot to Thrill: Serial Killers and the American Popular Unconscious” by Robert Conrath
• Revue Française D'études Américaines, no. 60, 1994, pp. 143–152.
• “The compulsion of real/reel serial killers and vampires: Toward a gothic criminology” by Caroline Joan S. Picart and Cecil Greek

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254801503_The_compulsion_of_realreel_serial_killers_and_vampires_Toward_a_gothic_criminology

• “Why is Ted Bundy Suddenly Everywhere?” by Tori Telfer

http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/ted-bundy-is-suddenly-everywhere.html

TO LISTEN:

• “For the Defense”: David Oscar Markus

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-defense-with-david-oscar-markus/id1536699806

• “Crime Salad”

www.crimesaladpodcast.com

• “Fruit Loops”:

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