Articles tagged: true crime

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Horror Saxa Episode 5: The Lululemon Murder

Tune in to hear Bahar Hassantash and Kait Delaney recount the chilling story of Bethesda Maryland’s 2011 Lululemon murder.

By and January 16, 2024

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The true crime of ‘true crime’

The rise of true crime in popular culture has prompted novel conversations about how we depict killers and victims in storytelling.

By November 20, 2022

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Horror Saxa: Episode 4, Unique Harris

On this episode of Horror Saxa, Brett and Amelia unpack the mysterious, and unsolved, disappearance of Unique Harris. What happened in between the hours of 3 and 8 A.M. on... Read more

By and April 5, 2022

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Horror Saxa: Episode 3, Robert Wone

In the latest episode of Horror Saxa, Amelia and Brett discuss the murder of Robert Wone on the night of August 2, 2006. Despite there never being an arrest for... Read more

By and February 25, 2022

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Horror Saxa: Episode 2, Ruth Snyder

In Horror Saxa’s second episode, Amelia and Brett cover the story of Ruth Snyder, the 1920s murderess who inspired Machinal, a play recently adapted by Georgetown’s own Mask and Bauble.... Read more

By and February 8, 2022

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Horror Saxa: Episode 1, Bradford Bishop

In Horror Saxa’s pilot episode, Amelia and Brett discuss the murders of the Bishop family in Bethesda, Maryland. It’s obvious that the murderer was Bradford Bishop, the husband and father... Read more

By and October 31, 2021

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Neftlix’s Don’t F*ck With Cats: Not Your Average True Crime Story

Shockingly, Cats (2019) was not the most egregious feline-related content the world has seen in the past few months. Netflix’s Don’t F*ck With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, a three... Read more

By February 3, 2020

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Does Netflix’s The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann Mark a Turning Point in the True Crime Genre?

This March, Netflix released The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, an 8-part documentary chronicling McCann’s disappearance from a Portuguese resort and the subsequent investigation. This is merely the latest entry in... Read more

By April 8, 2019

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American Vandal and the Art of the Mockumentary

A couple of weeks ago, a video began circulating on my Facebook news feed. It featured students in a high school all involuntarily defecating on themselves, with the caption stating... Read more

By October 12, 2018