Written in Blood: Jack Abbott and Issei Sagawa

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Society & Culture, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this series I detail crimes committed by authors or writers. First up, two authors who became literary celebrities despite their criminal history....or even because of it.

#JackHenryAbbott #IsseiSagawa #NormanMailer #GaryGilmore #TheExecutionersSong #Japan #cannibalism

Resources:
Sewell Chan, The New York Times, "Mailer and the Murderer," Nov 12, 2007.

Bruce Jackson, Buffalo Report, "Jack Henry Abbott, 58," Mar 1 2002.

M.A. Farber, The New York Times, "Freedom for Convict-Author: Complex and Conflicting Tale," 1981.

Katherine Ramsland, CrimeLibrary.com, "The Cannibal Celebrity: Issei Sagawa,".

Julian Ryall, Post Magazine, "Poetic Justice: is the Japanese cannibal finally paying a price?," Dec 7, 2013.

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:06.9	It is not intended for children. Listener discretion is advised.
0:13.2	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. We're beginning a new series titled,
0:19.4	Written in Blood.
0:27.3	Each of the next four episodes will detail stories of well-known and lauded writers who have a history of murder.
0:29.7	I was shocked to discover these stories.
0:36.8	We often think of artists, writers, musicians, painters, etc., as sensitive and gentle souls.
0:39.6	But some of these authors committed the most brutal crimes I've covered to date. And not all as it seems on the surface, and that for sure,
0:46.1	is something that we've discovered over the last almost 100 episodes of Once Upon a Crime.
0:51.9	Speaking of 100 episodes, we'll be reaching that milestone this month. Once Upon a Crime. Speaking of 100 episodes, we'll be reaching that milestone this month.
0:57.0	Once Upon a Crime's 100th episode will be released on August 20th.
1:01.3	I'm so grateful to each and every one of you for coming along on this true crime journey
1:05.5	with me.
1:06.4	I've had a blast sharing these stories with you, and I plan to continue to do so for many
1:10.3	more years.
1:11.4	So cheers to all of you wonderful listeners.
1:14.4	In this first chapter of Written in Blood, I will share the story of two authors who were convicted of brutal murders,
1:21.4	but this did not stop them from becoming highly regarded authors and even celebrities.
1:26.6	This is Chapter 1 of Written in Blood,
1:29.5	Jack Henry Abbott and Isay Sagawa. In 1978, Norman Mailer received a letter from a
1:39.4	federal inmate. Mailer had been hailed as a great American novelist since his first book, The Naked and the Dead,
1:45.7	was published in 1948. In 1978, Mailer was working on The Executioner's Song,
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