Becky Sears

Women and Crime

Cloud10

True Crime, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Ep 141: A woman is found beaten in her garage in a quiet Georgia suburb. Only a day later, her best friend is shot. Are these crimes just an awful coincidence? Or is something more sinister happening in this neighborhood? This is the Becky Spears story Sources for Today's Episode: ABC News A Dateline Episode Multiple articles from the August Chronicle Credits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced by James Varga Audio Editor,Jose Alfonzo Script Editor: Abagail Belcastro Music by Dessert Media Show your Support: The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience! You can also support the show through the following ways: Follow Us on Social: YouTube | Instagram | Tik Tok | Facebook | Reddit | Twitter Patron - ad-free shows starting at $2 a month, or upgrade to get an extra episode every month, exclusive AMAs with the hosts, lecture series on criminal justice, our true crime book club, and more! Check out our Patreon page for more info: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrime Apple Subscriptions - Ad-free shows are now available through Apple’s podcast app for only $1.99 a month. Merchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out: https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merch Help is Available: If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic or other violence, there are many organizations that can offer support or help you in your specific situation. For direct links to organizations please visit https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/resources/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast contains sensitive topics and discussions, listener discretion is advised.
0:05.0	A woman is found beaten in her garage, one day later, her best friend is shot,
0:10.0	an awful coincidence or something more sinister happening in this neighborhood.
0:15.0	This is the Becky Sears story.
0:30.0	Good morning, Amy.
0:39.0	Hi, Megan.
0:40.0	I can see in your background some of your textbooks.
0:43.0	Are you starting to prep your fall classes?
0:45.0	I should be.
0:46.0	Thanks for reminding me of how much I'm not doing.
0:49.0	Why have you already prepped?
0:51.0	You ready to go?
0:52.0	So, I'm teaching a new course.
0:54.0	I think you might recall this semester.
0:56.0	It's first time I've actually taught a new course in a couple of years and I was excited about it
1:01.0	because I titled it Media and Violent Crime.
1:05.0	Oh, I didn't know you're doing Media and Violent Crime.
1:07.0	I thought it was just Media and Crime.
1:09.0	You know I was going to do that and then I decided I want to focus on Violent Crime specifically
1:14.0	and how the media communicates that.
1:16.0	Because I'm kind of looking at the way the media scares people more with Violent Crime.
1:20.0	So interesting.
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