Sometimes monsters are real!

This week’s episode is a foray into non-fiction, but no less scary for it. I’m talking to Pulitzer-winning Caroline Fraser about Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

This is no grotesque revelling in death and sadism,however. Murderland examines the extreme violence that plagued her native Pacific Northwest in the late 20th century – and posits a link with the environmental damage of heavy industry in the region.

It’s a compelling argument, and a horribly fascinating book. I slip the jokes in where I can (mostly at BTK’s expense), but this one is a chiller!

Enjoy!

Other books mentioned:

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  Praire Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2017), by Caroline Fraser


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  God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church (1999), by Caroline Fraser


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  The Balkan Trilogy (1960), by Olivia Manning

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