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It's about the fascination with Columbine and the sort of specter of a school shooter and also this young woman, Lindsay, who became obsessed with Columbine and then planned a mass shooting of her own.

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 policy. author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

I'm also the host of the historical True Crime

Podcast, Tenfold War Wicked on Exactly Right.

I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show.

I've interviewed some people in person and some from my home studio over

Zoom 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 More 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.

Rachel Monroe was a journalist and author who spends a lot of time thinking about

true crime and women. She has a book called Savage Appetites,

four true stories of women, crime, and obsession.

It's an interesting read because she examines

true crime through four narratives,

each looking at a different role women play.

So in the chapter titled Detective, Rachel recalls the story of the woman who created

dull house crime scenes.

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