"I've tried to, at every step of the way, reject the traditional true crime lens. Whether it was the podcast, the book I'm working on, any of the stories I worked on, it was always supposed to be one that put the police process and the victims first."
- Justin Ling, journalist, author and host of Uncover: The Village
Content Warning: this episode discussed violent crimes. The topics are sensitive in nature and may be difficult for some people.
Books discussed:
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Missing from the Village by Justin Ling (out in September 2020)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein
The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman by Kevin Donovan
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace
Podcasts discussed:
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