Ep.3: Hollywood’s Serial Killer Obsession

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 “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 “Why is Ted Bundy Suddenly Everywhere?” by Tori Telfer TO LISTEN: “For the Defense”: David Oscar Markus “Crime Salad” “Fruit Loops”: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep.3: Hollywood’s Serial Killer Obsession is an episode from Red Flags by Warner Bros. Discovery.

This episode is 44:45 long.

This episode was published on Dec 10, 2020.

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