530 // Fear And Living In New England w/Prof. David Perlmutter

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna once again try to understand the dark fascination people have with the possibility of a serial killer operating in New England. They are joined by Prof. David Perlmutter of Texas Tech University. Dr. Perlmutter is the professor of Media and Communications and he shares his unique insight into the motivations of how the media is portraying this story. Please consider a donation to the families of: Adriana Suazo: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-lay-adriana-suazo-to-rest-with-love Paige Fannon: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-paige-aliehs-fannon Follow Professor Perlmutter: ⁠https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/faculty/faculty/dperlmutter.php⁠ *This episode is brought to you by Mood, the online cannabis company that's revolutionizing how we deal with life's challenges – from sleepless nights to stress-filled days. You can get 20% off your first order at https://mood.com/ with promo code Crawlspace.* We are going to CrimeCon in Denver CO. Sept. 5th - 7th! For 10% off your standard pass, use code "crawlspace" at checkout. Go to ⁠https://www.crimecon.com/CC25⁠ Articles referenced: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/crime-hunter-serial-killer-terrorizing-150002533.html https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/man-charged-with-rape-and-kidnapping-teen-in-springfield-held-without-bail/ Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Private Investigations For the Missing Please donate if you can: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://investigationsforthemissing.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://piftm.org/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today? I'm doing fantastic today, Tim. We have a welcome guest, a welcome return guest to the show, always bringing a lot of knowledge in the realm of media and how that impacts our outlook on certain crimes that are taken place.
0:49.0	And this one is really in his wheelhouse because he loves getting into the realities of everything and how the media
0:56.5	will present something some way and they'll word it a certain way and the content of whatever
1:01.1	they're talking about actually comes across a certain way and it's designed to make you connect
1:05.4	your own dots and it's continuing coverage on this ever-developing possible active,
1:11.4	rumored serial killer in New England.
1:13.6	We're still covering it because things are still developing.
1:17.4	And we couldn't be more happy to have this guest on.
1:20.5	But Tim, I couldn't be more happy knowing how you're doing today.
1:24.6	How are you?
1:25.4	Doing well over here.
1:26.5	Thanks a lot.
1:29.4	Yes, very excited to introduce our return guest, our buddy, Professor David Perlmutter from Texas Tech University.
1:37.2	And he is a great guest breaking down the approach of journalists to this story of the New England serial killer.
1:46.6	And there are a couple of new bodies people to add to this story.
1:54.5	Now, we have produced, I want to say, four episodes on this in the past,
1:59.9	and we've gone through all of the cases several times now.
2:04.1	Definitely want you to check out those episodes,
2:07.4	or even just the most recent one.
2:10.0	But we've got a couple to add to the ever-growing list.
2:14.6	On May 30th, 34-year-old Jasmine Wilkes was discovered in New Haven's Edgewood Park, and that's
2:22.8	New Haven, Connecticut, and I believe that's the third body from this story located in New Haven,
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