In our eleventh episode, we have our first guest! Our friend Tanya Jaggard is a wonderful baker (@saltbutterandsunshine on IG) and an avid true crime listener. Lucky for us, she is a walking true crime encyclopedia who possesses a Bachelor of Psychology which gave her a firm foundation on the mentality of serial killers.

We dive into some popular theories and research on why women love true crime and why men do not consume true crime nearly as much as women do. We also have some crucial conversations on the impact of true crime stories on our mental health, the possibility of true crime as a feminist concept, copaganda and the lack of intersectionality in true crime media.

It’s a long one, but so worth it.

Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out why we think we are drawn to the genre, and let us know why you are drawn (or not) to true crime.

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Articles researched/mentioned in this episode:

1. Why do people like true crime before bedtime? Murder media as a psychological coping strategy by Wistar Murray | https://thriveworks.com/blog/why-people-like-true-crime-before-bedtime-murder-media-psychological-coping-strategy/

2. Why Women Are Obsessed With True Crime
by Laura Barcella https://forge.medium.com/women-watch-tv-murders-for-anxiety-relief-aaf4173acc2f

3. Research Reveals Why Women Love True Crime by Eden Arielle Gordon https://www.magellantv.com/articles/research-reveals-why-women-love-true-crime

4. True crime shows spotlight women as victims — but don't help improve women's safety
by Brigittine French
https://www.salon.com/2021/03/28/true-crime-shows-spotlight-women-as-victims-but-dont-help-improve-womens-safety/

5. "May We Be Buried Alive Together": Towards an Intersectional Feminist " by Alexandra White (claremont.edu) https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/231/

6. “True Crime Is Cathartic for Women. It’s Also Cop Propaganda.” By P.E. Moskowitz https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/06/true-crime-podcasts-white-women/

7. A Feminist Re-Framing of Women’s Fascination With The ‘True Crime’ Genre by G.C. Frank https://standrewsradio.com/a-feminist-re-framing-of-womens-fascination-with-the-true-crime-genre/

8. The racial bias of true crime: Why is murder marketed to white women? By Aidan Milan, https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/01/the-racial-bias-of-true-crime-why-is-murder-marketed-to-white-women-13615372/

9. Can true crime be feminist?By Amy Beddows https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2021/04/29/can-true-crime-be-feminist/

10. My Mental Health Got Better After I Gave Up True Crime by Steph Coelho https://greatist.com/health/is-true-crime-unhealthy