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talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in True Crime History.

True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.

Good evening.

A real-life thriller in the vein of the devil in the white city.

Kate Winchler Dawson's debut, Death in the Air, is a gripping historical narrative of

a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing.

In winter in 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate

matter into the air.

But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different.

It was a type that held the city hostage for five long days.

Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died.

That same month there was another killer at large in London, John Reginald Christie, who

murdered at least six women.

In a braided narrative that draws on extensive interviews, never before published material

and archival research, Dawson captivatingly recounts the intersecting stories of these

two killers and their longstanding impact on modern history.

The book to be featuring this evening is Death in the Air, the true story of a serial killer,

the great London smog, and the strangling of a city, with my special guest, documentary

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