New York Noir- Ep. 2: The Murder of Kitty Genovese
That's So Fcked Up
Ashley Love Richards
4.5 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Kitty Genovese was murdered in the early hours of Queens, NY, March 13, 1964 (which happened to be a Friday the 13th). It was estimated at the time that there were 38 eyewitnesses to Kitty's brutal murder, watching or hearing the attack, but not doing anything to help- although this was disproven later. Her murder inspired the social psychological theory, the bystander effect, and the creation of the 911 emergency system. Join us to hear one of New York's most infamous murder cases!
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-Sources:
https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/crime/kitty-genovese
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/05/winston-moseley-killer-in-kitty-genovese-case-that-became-a-symbol-of-urban-apathy-dies-in-prison-at-81/
https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/moseley-winston.htm
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/908/1120/1457458/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/bystander-effect
https://thenewinquiry.com/dont-look-now/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542176/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kitty-genovese-murder_n_5703d5a3e4b0daf53af0e0b7
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | He heard noises and cracked his door open to see where they were coming from. |
| 0:05.0 | He said that he saw Kitty just one flight of stairs away from him, still barely alive, trying to speak while Mosley was still stabbing her. |
| 0:15.0 | He said he made eye contact with both Kitty and her attacker, then closed his door. |
| 0:21.6 | Why are we just not calling the police? |
| 0:23.4 | Why? |
| 0:24.3 | That's so fucked up presents. |
| 0:28.7 | That so fucked up presents. |
| 0:31.6 | That's so fucked up presents. |
| 0:36.5 | That so fucked up presents. Welcome back to That's So Fucked Up Presents. |
| 0:41.3 | Welcome back to That's So Fucked Up Presents. |
| 0:44.2 | That's So Fooked Up is a spin-off series of That's So Fucked Up, a podcast about cult, |
| 0:50.5 | cults, murder, and other generally fucked up stuff. |
| 0:53.6 | In That's So Fooked Up Presents, each season is like a mini-series where we dive into a |
| 0:58.9 | particular place or topic over the course of four or five episodes. |
| 1:03.5 | This season, we're talking about some of New York's darkest crimes. |
| 1:07.7 | I'm your host, Ashley Richards, and this is New York Noir. Today we're talking about the |
| 1:13.2 | brutal murder of Kitty Genovese and I'm joined by my guest host and one of my BFFs, Megan Powell, |
| 1:22.4 | from Give Us Morg. What's up, Megan? Hey. Why am I slightly nervous? Like, hi. This is, hi. |
| 1:31.7 | Hi. It's just me and you and like, you know, thousands, hopefully fingers crossed of listeners. |
| 1:39.1 | Let's manifest it. So, no bigs. Okay. Before we start, what are your, like, tell us about your podcast, where is your social media, et cetera. |
| 1:49.5 | So. |
| 1:50.1 | If you want to. |
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