The murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964 became the story of urban apathy, but did 38 neighbors really standby and watch the young woman get brutally murdered? In ep. 58 of Strange Country, co-hosts Beth and Kelly explore this horrific crime and Kelly considers becoming a police officer.
Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands.
Cite your sources:
Gansberg, Martin. “37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police.” The New York Times, 27 Mar. 1964, www.nytimes.com/1964/03/27/archives/37-who-saw-murder-didnt-call-the-police-apathy-at-stabbing-of.html.
Haberman, Clyde. “Remembering Kitty Genovese.” The New York Times, 10 Apr. 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/us/remembering-kitty-genovese.html.
Lemann, Nicholas. “A Call for Help.” The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2014, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/10/a-call-for-help.
McFadden, Robert D. “Winston Moseley, Who Killed Kitty Genovese, Dies in Prison at 81.” The New York Times, 4 Apr. 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/nyregion/winston-moseley-81-killer-of-kitty-genovese-dies-in-prison.html.
Phillips, Craig. “Filmmaker James Solomon Peels Back the Mythology of the Kitty Genovese Story.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 20 Jan. 2017, www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/filmmaker-james-solomon-witness/.
Merry, Stephanie. “Her Shocking Murder Became the Stuff of Legend. But Everyone Got the Story Wrong.” The Washington Post, 29 June 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/her-shocking-murder-became-the-stuff-of-legend-but-everyone-got-the-story-wrong/2016/06/29/544916d8-3952-11e6-9ccd-d6005beac8b3_story.html?utm_term=.eaeda06e041b.
“A New Look at the Killing of Kitty Genovese: The Science of False Confessions.” Association for Psychological Science, 30 June 2017, www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/a-new-look-at-the-killing-of-kitty-genovese-the-science-of-false-confessions.html.
Rasenberger, Jim. “Kitty, 40 Years Later.” The New York Times, 8 Feb. 2004, www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/nyregion/kitty-40-years-later.html.
Rasenberger, Jim. “Kitty Genovese: The Myth, the Truth ... And Me.” History News Network, 1 May 2016, historynewsnetwork.org/article/162664.
Solomon, James, director. The Witness. The Witness, Five More Minutes, 2015.
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