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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Poisoned Minds: Caroline Fraser's Murderland

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Fox News

True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

An epidemic of serial killers plagued the United States throughout the 1970s and ‘80s. The crimes were shocking, horrific, and vile, leading many people to ask themselves: What makes a murderer? The answer to that question may be an invisible evil - a poison that penetrated the earth, as well as the minds of these monsters.   Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser explores the cultural and environmental factors that gave way to this plague of violence in her new book, Murderland. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.

0:04.0

Down time can be just fine, playing bangers from the 90s.

0:08.0

Tea break.

0:09.0

Lunch break.

0:10.0

Maybe listen to the outbreak.

0:12.0

Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?

0:15.0

It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nam time go on play some other time

0:22.6

put your phone down

0:23.8

Tombollah

0:24.7

open for fun

0:26.4

Terms apply 18 plus gamblerware

0:28.7

org

0:29.3

A dark plague

0:32.1

A dark plague swept across the United States in the 1970s and 80s.

0:39.9

The American public was disillusioned with their government and institutions.

0:44.4

Aside from growing apathy, there was an underlying fear and tension that permeated across

0:49.3

the country.

0:50.8

The decade saw an uptick in violent crime, and with that spike, certain men began making a name for themselves.

0:57.0

Monsters like Gary Ridgeway, the Green River Killer, or Randall Woodfield, the I-5 Killer, were given nicknames for their terrifying crime sprees.

1:07.0

With others, like Ted Bundy, their name was enough to live on in infamy. When people hear

1:13.6

about the heinous acts of America's serial killers, they often ask themselves, what makes a monster?

1:19.9

What could drive someone to commit such unspeakable acts of violence? And why were there so many

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