172 episodes
True Crime Fiction Mairi
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- True Crime
Your host is Mairi Campbell-Jack, long listed for the Crime Writing Associations debut dagger and a finalist on the Amazon Publishing New Voices Awards. Mairi guides you through the best of true crime and crime fiction podcasting and books. Regular reviews and guest interviews appear on the podcast and website, as well as a shop where you can buy reviewed books while supporting independent retailers and the pod. http://www.true-crime-fiction.com/podcast
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170. The Fact of a Body: An Astounding True Crime Book by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich about forgiveness and the death penalty
Send us a Text Message.Mairi thinks about the issues that are brought up by The Fact of a Body, an astounding book about forgiveness and the death penalty, She find that although it is a challenging read, it is one that digs deep.Support the Show.
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169. UPDATES: West Cork, Sycamore Gap and Constance Martin and Mark Gordon
Send us a Text Message.This wee we have some updates for you on three cases we have previously covered. West Cork, Sycamore Gap and the trial of Constance Martin and Mark Gordon. At the end we've got the original episodes of West Cork and Sycamore Gap.Hope you all have a good weekend!Support the Show.
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168: James Ellroy vs Baby Reindeer: Part 3 Compare and Contrast
Send us a Text Message.Finishing off our trilogy of programmes we take James Ellroy's true crime memoire My Dark Places and Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer and compare the two asking what they tell us about masculinity and trauma. Links are for Feast of Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jruf3jWqbtI&t=39s the James Ellroy documentary. As well as...Darren mcGarvey's Trauma Industrial Complex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwdmv1X4dOA&t=50sSupport the Show.
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167. Hurkle Durkle: Ellroy vs Baby Reindeer. Part 2 Baby Reindeer
Send us a Text Message.Part two of our look at James Ellroy's memoire My Dark Places and comparing it to Netflix hit Baby Reindeer looks at Baby Reindeer, and some of the many questions around it. Next week there will be apart three where we compare the two. Here is a Youtube link to the documentary mentioned in this episode Feast of Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jruf3jWqbtI&t=35sSupport the Show.
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166: The Red Parts and Jane: A Murder, Two Outstanding True Crime Books
Send us a Text Message.Mairi thinks about the true crime cannon and presents The Red Parts, and Jane: A Muder, as contenders. One is prose and one is poetry, and although poetry is not a type of writing often found in true crime the melding of the two togehter produce some wonderful writing. Support the Show.
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165. Hurkel Durkel 6. My Dark Places vs Baby Reindeer. Part one: James Ellroy.
Send us a Text Message.We wanted to compare the James Ellroy memoire My Dark Places with Netflix hit Baby Reindeer. We realised quickly though there was too much to say for one episode so here is part one, and we will release part two on Baby Reindeer soon. To get part two early and ad free then please check out the patreon.Support the Show.