The Murder of Kitty Genovese - Part 1

Sinisterhood

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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For 50 years, psychology textbooks used the tragic story of a murdered young woman to teach students about the devastating impact of inaction by neighbors. The magic number - 38 - was chosen by the media as the number of careless onlookers who heard the woman’s demise in real-time and did nothing. But the true story of what happened that night teaches us that even when there are bystanders, there are still plenty of helpers willing to come running when they’re called to aid a beloved friend.

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0:31.1	For 50 years, psychology textbooks use the tragic story of a murdered young woman to teach
0:35.8	students about the devastating impact of inaction by neighbors.
0:39.6	The magic number, 38, was chosen by the media as the number of careless onlookers who heard
0:44.8	the woman's demise in real time and did nothing.
0:48.2	But the true story of what happened that night teaches us that even when there are
0:51.3	bystanders, there are still plenty of helpers willing to come running when they're called
0:55.2	to aid a beloved friend.
0:57.0	This week's episode is The Murder of Kitty Genovies, part one.
1:27.0	I'm going to kill you.
1:38.1	Never have we had more people reach out in such a small period of time to tell us we love
1:47.3	you.
1:48.9	You got something wrong.
1:50.3	You should cover this case.
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