What can you get at a true crime convention? Justice – or a really cool t-shirt. The hosts delve into true crime podcasting’s live event industry. Kyleigh sets out to see first-hand what happens when date-night and murder overlap. Grace sits down with the founder of CrimeCon to talk about the ethics of crime entertainment. Writer Rachel Monroe takes us inside a mega-hotel in Nashville.
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“The Nation’s Obsession with True Crime Meets a Mother’s Grief,” NYT, 2023
“The Dark Origins of the True Crime Frenzy at Crime Con,” Vanity Fair, 2024
“The Long American History of ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’,” The New Yorker, 2021
“Daniel Robinson vanished 3 years ago. His father still hopes for his safe return.” NPR, 2024
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