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Listener discretion is advised. or about putting too much faith in untested technologies or throwing our weight behind flawed

technologies. Just because they're shiny and new doesn't necessarily mean they're accurate a lot better

than what's coming before. I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author and journalism professor in Austin,

Texas. I'm also the host of the historical True Crime Podcast, Tenfold More Wicked,

and the co-host of the podcast, Buried Bones, on exactly right.

I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show and they are all

excellent writers. They've had so many great true crime stories and now we want to

tell you those stories with details that have never been published.

Tenfold War Wicked Presents, Wicked Words,

is about the choices that writers make good and bad.

It's a deep dive into the stories behind the stories.

One of the most controversial tools used by investigators is the lie detector.

It's often used to intimidate suspects and sometimes it's responsible for confessions,

both real and false. The light detector's origin is grounded in deception, abuse,

and of course, murder.

Author Amit Catwala tells us about his book,

Tremors in the Blood, Murder, Obsession,

and the Birth of the Lie detector.

We can start with the Wilkins case.

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