The Queen of True Crime

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Arts, Books

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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F. Tennyson Jesse created a way of telling crime stories that still influences us today. Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thequeenoftruecrime. To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join. Books mentioned and sources consulted: Books mentioned: — Murder and Its Motives by F. Tennyson Jesse — "The Mask" by F. Tennyson Jesse — The Sword of Deborah by F. Tennyson Jesse — The Trial of Madeleine Smith by F. Tennyson Jesse — The Trial of Rattenbury and Stoner by F. Tennyson Jesse — A Pin To See The Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse — Comments on Cain by F. Tennyson Jesse — Crime Writing in Interwar Britain by Victoria Stewart — A Portrait of Fryn by Joanna Colenbrander NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookseller that ships internationally at no extra charge. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thequeenoftruecrimetranscript. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	In the introduction to her 1924 Criminological Study, Murder and Its Motives, the writer F.
0:41.5	Tennyson Jesse declared, it has been observed with some truth that everyone loves a good
0:48.3	murder.
0:51.0	This was a personal as well as a general observation, although she had no formal training in law
0:57.2	or criminology.
0:59.2	The publication of this book near the start of the golden age of detective fiction marked
1:04.1	the beginning of a decade's long career for Jesse in writing about crime.
1:09.4	Few people, it turned out, loved a good murder as much as she did.
1:15.7	Through both her fiction and her non-fiction, F. Tennyson Jesse explored some of the most
1:20.5	high profile cases of her time, her way of telling these stories and the theories that
1:26.6	she evolved from them fascinated readers and continues to shape the way we tell stories
1:31.9	about murder today.
1:34.7	Today we're going to meet the Queen of True Crime.
1:47.0	Welcome to She Done It.
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