Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-10-01
Books mentioned on Snuff Films: Fact and Fiction
The "snuff film" is a profoundly disturbing urban legend: the idea that a shadowy group (or groups) manufacture real-life acts of torture, defilement and murder for the express purpose of commercial gain. For decades, fact checkers and researchers argued that snuff films didn't actually exist.
Ben Bowlin discussed Shock Cinema by Steve Puchalski. Also mentioned: Die for Me by Karen Rose.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Shock Cinema
Discussed“We can go to Steve Lilliban, a a journalist, educator, is the author of a book called The Devil Cinema, and he has done a lot of research on Magnota, that case in particular. And he says, "Look, this social media trend is powering a new trend in crime.”
Where to get it
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Die for Me
Discussed“There's a book called Die for Me that actually Scott gave this one to me because he was a big guy Scott Benjamin of car stuff. And there's a bunch of books you can read on those guys if you're into this kind of stuff.”
Where to get it
