Audra and Elisa attempt to unpack why true crime content is so pervasive, why women are the biggest consumers, the missing white woman syndrome, and what our desires say about us. This episode pairs best with falling asleep to ASMR instead of the news.  Book Recommendation  Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, Rachel Munroe Keep the conversation going  Email us at culturecolander@gmail.com Follow us! Sources “The 25 Best True Crime Books of All Time,” A. Mana Nava & Rebecca Oliver Kaplan, The Mary Sue  “100 Most-Watched TV Series of 2022-23: This Season’s Winners and Losers,” Michael Schneider, Variety “Black Women More Likely to Go Missing But Receive Less News Coverage Than Missing White Women: Data,” Jessica Larche, 3WTKR “Gender, Socially Desirable Responding and The Fear of Crime: Are Women Really More Anxious about Crime?” Robbie M. Sutton, Stephen Farrall, The British Journal of Criminology, JSTOR “A Former Manson Family Member Is Free, After Her Parole Was Reversed 5 Times, Bill Chappell, NPR Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders, Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry, 1974 “Missing White Woman Syndrome: The Media Bias Towards Missing People of Color,” Consider This, NPR “Parole Hearings,” Charles Manson “Racial Bias Affects Media Coverage of Missing People. A New Tool Illustrates How,” Jonathan Franklin, NPR Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, Rachel Munroe, 2019 “These Women Use True Crime Podcasts to Lull Themselves to Sleep—Experts Explain Why It Works,” Aditi Shrikant, Renee Onque, CNBC “The Top 50 Podcasts in The U.S. Q3 2023 from Edison Podcast Metrics,” Edison Research “True Crime Podcasts Are Popular in The U.S., Particularly Among Women and Those With Less Formal Education,” Sarah Nasser & Christopher St. Aubin, Pew Research Center “The Unholy Idol of Narrative: A Conversation with Alice Bolin,” Meredith Doench, The Adroit Journal “‘To Succeed in Becoming Criminal Without Crime’: The Algorithm of True Crime Texts,” Megan Sweeney, symplokē, JSTOR “True Crime: The Origins of Modern Sensationalism,” Joy Wiltenburg, The American Historical Review, JSTOR “What One Researcher Discovered About America’s True Crime Obsession,” Sarah Watts, Forbes  “When Men Murder Women,” Violence Policy Center “Why We Love – and Need to Leave Behind – Dead Girl Stories,” Kristen Martin, Literary Hub