Serial Killers & Misogyny

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

What is it with our culture’s fascination with serial killers? Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Peter Sutclifffe, Jack the Ripper….these violent people are as well known as our national treasures, but we only know them for their horrific crimes.

What role does misogyny play in how these serial killers are portrayed on our screens and in our newspapers? And how does it affect court cases?

Today Kate is joined by historian Hallie Rubenhold, who wrote the bestselling book The Five, which looked into the lives of Jack the Ripper’s victims, and highlighted the sexism in our society’s obsession with the case.

The new series of Hallie's podcast, Bad Women, investigates the lives of the victims of the Blackout Ripper, a serial killer who hunted down women during the Blitz of World War Two.

*WARNING there are naughty words and adult themes in this episode*

Senior Producer: Charlotte Long. Producer: Sophie Gee. Edited and mixed by Anisha Deva.

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely Bitwixters, this is Kate Lister and I'm jumping in with actually quite a serious
0:04.9	fairdues warning today because we're talking about serial killers and about the misogyny that
0:09.8	underpins the reporting of so many serial killer cases and this is inevitably going to mean that
0:14.4	we're talking about murder and violence and cruelty and there's a lot that's going to be covered
0:20.2	in this one that's pretty sensitive stuff so if you just don't want to listen to that today
0:25.0	absolutely no problem at all there's plenty to be getting on with in the back catalogue and I'll
0:29.1	see you next time what is it with our society's fascination with serial killers and I count myself
0:40.4	amongst those obsessed with true crime Ted Bundy Jeffrey Dahmer Peter Sutcliffe Jack the Ripper
0:47.4	ultimately these aren't interesting people that violent murderers who treated innocent people
0:54.3	horrendously and ended their lives and yet the names of these killers are as recognized as some
0:59.5	of our national treasures it's bizarre isn't it but what role does misogyny play in how serial
1:06.4	killers are portrayed on our screens and in our newspapers how does how we view the women involved
1:11.9	affect the court cases today we're going between the sheets to find out
1:26.2	hello there I'm Kate Lister and welcome to between the sheets the history of sex scandal in
1:30.3	society Netflix have announced record ratings for their drama about the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer
1:37.2	which was watched collectively for around 196 million hours in its first full week that's a lot
1:45.2	of us sitting down to watch this stuff and that made it number one in 60 countries around the world
1:51.3	and that's just the latest TV show and a long list of popular and gory TV shows podcasts books
2:01.5	on true crime well today I'm joined by Halley Rubenhold author of the award winning book The Five
2:07.8	where she researched the lives of the victims of the serial killer notice Jack the Ripper and highlighted
2:13.9	the sexism at work in our culture's obsession with this case there's also an adjoining podcast
2:19.6	about her research called Bad Women and it's back today with a brand new series and she's looking
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