True Crime Under Investigation
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
We are currently experiencing a boom in true crime, with countless TV documentaries about cases like the Yorkshire Ripper, the murder of Jill Dando, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and podcasts such as Serial, The Teacher’s Pet and My Favourite Murder. Not only are women usually the victims of these infamous crimes, but they are also the main consumers of the genre. So why are we so fascinated by true crime? Jane speaks to criminologist Dr Gemma Flynn, ex-police officer and Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames, All Killa No Filla podcast host Rachel Fairburn and to magazine editor Julia Davis, whose latest title Crime Monthly hit the news stands last month.
What is the appeal of reflecting on the grisly detail of violent crime? And how do we ensure that the victims and survivors are not ignored in the clamour to analyse a killer's motives or pathology? Jane speaks to Mo Lea who survived a brutal attack for which Peter Sutcliffe is the prime suspect, and to Carol Ann Lee who has written the book Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter which highlights the stories of the women who's lives were devastated by Sutcliffe.
Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Laura Northedge
Interviewed Guest: Dr Gemma Flynn Interviewed Guest: Julia Davis Interviewed Guest: Jacqui Hames Interviewed Guest: Rachel Fairburn Interviewed Guest: Mo Lea Interviewed Guest: Carol Ann Lee
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| 0:00.0 | Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless |
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| 0:21.0 | And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less |
| 0:25.0 | searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:29.0 | BBC Sounds music Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:34.4 | Hi, this is Jane Garvey and welcome to the Women's Our Podcast, Monday at the 22nd of April 2019. |
| 0:40.5 | This is a bank holiday edition of the program on the subject of women and true crime. |
| 0:46.0 | We're looking at the books at the TV shows. |
| 0:49.0 | Making a Murderer? Maybe you followed that one on Netflix. |
| 0:52.0 | Did you see the Madeline McCann |
| 0:53.6 | documentary on Netflix did you listen to the podcast serial do you watch the true crime |
| 0:58.8 | shows that both I TV and the BBC make regularly you may well have seen the Jill Dando program for example on BBC 1 recently |
| 1:07.6 | Now there's also a new magazine crime monthly it's aimed squarely at women and its editor is on this edition of |
| 1:14.5 | Women's Hour. So why do we love all this stuff and why do we feel guilty about it? |
| 1:19.9 | And I think it's really important to say that we also talk about victims and to a victim to one in particular |
| 1:26.6 | Mo Lee who survived an attack by Peter Sutcliffe the serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper. |
| 1:33.4 | Good morning, welcome to Bank Holiday Monday's edition of Womensa. |
| 1:37.6 | Now this is not a live show, but we do still want your views on what you're about to hear. So you can use |
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