True Crime | 1. In Cold Blood to Serial & true crime tropes
06/23/22 • 40 min
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Host Mariah Smith is back for season 3 to dissect a messy obsession. This is Spectacle: True Crime. In our pilot episode, we look at how the 2014 podcast Serial changed the true crime game. And how it’s a callback to an OG in the genre, the 1965 true crime novel In Cold Blood. We’ll dissect how Truman Capote got a wee bit too close with killer Perry Smith and how good Phillip Seymour Hoffman was in the 2005 film Capote. Plus, you’ll hear from true crime experts Jean Murley and Sarah Weinman. You won’t want to miss it.
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Host Mariah Smith is back for season 3 to dissect a messy obsession. This is Spectacle: True Crime. In our pilot episode, we look at how the 2014 podcast Serial changed the true crime game. And how it’s a callback to an OG in the genre, the 1965 true crime novel In Cold Blood. We’ll dissect how Truman Capote got a wee bit too close with killer Perry Smith and how good Phillip Seymour Hoffman was in the 2005 film Capote. Plus, you’ll hear from true crime experts Jean Murley and Sarah Weinman. You won’t want to miss it.
A Neon Hum Media and Sony Music Entertainment production.
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts to binge all episodes now or listen weekly wherever you get your podcasts.
Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts
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Introducing Spectacle: True Crime
Why is it that after a long, hard day of work we want to unwind with a glass of wine and... murder?
From In Cold Blood to Serial, America is obsessed with true crime. The genre has simultaneously stoked our most primal fears, reaffirmed our safety, and transformed us into armchair prosecutors. As a culture we pay close attention, both to piece together the puzzle but also to understand the twisted humanity...What leads someone to commit a crime? And could we be the next victim?
In this season of Spectacle, we’ll delve into the history of true crime -- from the cases that shook us to our core, to its passionate audience... and what narratives and stereotypes it reinforces in our culture.This is Spectacle Season 3: True Crime.
A Neon Hum Media and Sony Music Entertainment production.
Coming June 23rd. Listen & follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.
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In this week’s episode, we’ll dissect our problematic sexualization of serial killers. Yeah, it’s kinda sick that #HotTedBundy is a thing. We’ll talk to criminologist Dawn Cecil and Vox culture reporter Alissa Wilkinson on the fascination around Bundy, the Netflix film that broke Twitter and how we can do better in telling these stories. You won’t want to miss it.
A Neon Hum Media and Sony Music Entertainment production.
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