Welcome back to another episode of Project PhDcast, an audio research diary. This episode I share some thoughts on some recent reading. Joy Wiltenburg’s 2004 article on “True Crime: The Origins of Modern Sensationalism” discusses how sensational crime stories from 16th and 17th century Germany functioned in their societal and religious contexts. I share my thoughts on how this article contributes to my thinking about modern true crime podcasts.
Mentioned in this episode
Wiltenburg, Joy. 2004. “True Crime: The Origins of Modern Sensationalism.” The American Historical Review 109 (5): 1377–1404. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/530930.
Related readings
- dorn, anna. 2017. “Why Are Women Obsessed With True Crime?” The Hairpin (blog). May 2, 2017.
- Marks, Andrea. 2017. “Why Listening to Murder Stories Makes Some People Less Anxious.” The Atlantic (blog). February 21, 2017. .
- Stewart, Allison. 2017. “‘My Favorite Murder’ and the Growing Acceptance of True-Crime Entertainment.” The Washington Post, May 7, 2017.
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