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The Murder Media Podcast is hosted by Dr Stella Marie Gaynor, Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture and Communication. The podcast is part of a broader Murder Media project which analyzes and explores true crime content across media.
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Episode 26: The Long Shadow: It's grim up north (opens the original)
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Join Stella for a discussion of ITV's The Long Shadow, a seven part dramatization of the Sutcliffe case. What does a 1970s Leeds look like to a southern TV writer? Does the nostalgia hit the same when its Emmerdale Farm and nictotine stained houses? And whats in store for the future of The Murder Media Podcast? The Long Shadow is available on ITV X in the UK, Stan in Australia, and on Disney+ in the USA. Music: Cybertruck by Mood Maze Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/
Chatting with Shellie McMurdo: It's not all about Evan Peters... (opens the original)
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This episode, Stella is joined again by Dr Shellie McMurdo for a chat about how we remember the Columbine High School Massacre, and its representation in Zero Day and American Horror Story. We also turn to Cloverfield and 9/11 and the use of found footage to show collective trauma right back to us. Shellie's book Blood on the Lens is available through Edinburgh University Press, and her article on Tate Langdon, Columbine, and American Horror Story is cited below: McMurdo, S. (2019). ‘It’s a filt
Chatting with Professor Jean Murley (opens the original)
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This week, join Stella as she chats with the legendary Prof Jean Murley, author of the foundational book 'The Rise of True Crime.' Regular listeners will know Stella always turns to Murley's book for quotes, definitions, explanations, so it was an absolute pleasure to talk to Jean about where true crime is now, what it says about us, and the potential cultural work that the genre can do. Book details: Murley, J. (2008). The Rise of True Crime: 20th Century Murder and American Popular Culture. Pr
Episode 23: Apocalypse in the Front Yard: Waco on Screen. (opens the original)
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Join Stella for a wander through Waco, Texas: a horrific shootout, a 51 day standoff, and a terrible fire, as seen in a Netflix documentary and a genre mash-up from from Kevin Smith. We'll explore what happened at Mount Carmel, how to organise chaos on screen, and how to replicate the shootout without placing blame on who shot first. Waco: American Apocalypse is available on Netflix. Red State you might have to find on DVD. This weeks must read is : Guinn, J. (2023). Waco: David Koresh, The Bran
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