Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2023-08-24

Books mentioned on CLASSIC: The Murky World of Serial Killer Memorabilia

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Whether in fiction or in real life, the concept of the serial killer occupies a unique space in the American zeitgeist. Audiences across the planet flock to films about serial killers, and readers across the world peruse headlines of true life crimes with morbid (in some cases, obsessive) curiosity.

Ben Bowlin recommended Why We Love Serial Killers by Scott Bonn.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Why We Love Serial Killers

   Scott Bonn · at 6:25

   Why We Love Serial Killers by Scott Bonn is a criminological exploration of society's morbid fascination with notorious murderers and the cultural phenomenon of true crime memorabilia.

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   “and there's a book we found from 2014 called why we love serial killers in which criminologist Dr Scott Bond explores the nature of this and he notes the same things we've seen in previous arguments about this Fascination he says there's a difference between perceptions of killers and reality uh and he does a lot of myth busting in”

   Ben Bowlin CLASSIC: The Murky World of Serial Killer Memorabilia 2023-08-24 Listen at 6:25

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