Forensics, Fiction, and the Fine Line Between Them: A Sit Down with Patricia Cornwell

Morbid

Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

True Crime, Paranormal, Dark History, Comedy, Exhibit C

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🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Weirdos! Today we are joined by legendary crime novelist Patricia Cornwell, the mastermind behind the Kay Scarpetta series and one of the pioneers of the forensic thriller genre! Whether you’re a longtime Scarpetta stan or newly forensic-curious, this episode is packed with morbid stories, writing wisdom, and bone-deep passion for the truth!

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0:00.0	Hey, weirdos, I'm Ash.
0:01.9	And I'm Elena.
0:03.0	And this is a very special episode of Malded.
0:18.5	We got so excited during this interview that we forgot to ask our guests to do the end.
0:24.3	And I am, because it was Patricia Cornwell.
0:27.2	What the fuck?
0:28.9	I am.
0:30.4	So this interview was wild for me.
0:34.1	It was so cool.
0:35.3	I was floating above us all during this. I wish that you guys,
0:39.9	we do have some video from it, so I think we'll be able to post some stuff.
0:43.5	Elena was literally like, floating. I was beaming.
0:46.8	Yeah, I was beaming. Elena has always been a huge fan of Patricia Cornwell. So just,
0:52.5	it was really cool. I just wanted to, like, sit back
0:55.4	and watch it for the most part. I was like, there, I had a couple questions in there that I ended up deleting on our shared doc and just, like, go to this one. You're like, just keep going. I'm like, you got this. I'll like, go. It's true. I have been a, I've been a fan of Patricia Cornwell. I mean, in case you don't know Patricia Cornwell, like, you got to get on it because she's
1:13.4	fucking amazing. Yeah, honey, in case you don't know Patricia Cornwell, like, you got to get on it because she's
1:13.4	fucking amazing.
1:14.3	Yeah, honey, what are you doing?
1:15.4	She's sold over 120 million books, which is insane.
1:20.6	She's an author of nearly 50 books.
1:22.9	And a lot of people know her for the Scarpetta series.
1:26.1	There's like almost 30 books in that one.
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