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Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable by Sarah Gerard

‘Carrie Carolyn Coco’ Isn’t Like Any Other True Crime You’ve Read

With her new book Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable, Sarah Gerard forces us to reckon with ourselves and how we approach the…

Stef Rubino —

Jul 8, 2024

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How I Listen to True Crime After Knowing a Murderer

Media makes it convenient to think of murder as an act that starts with a body and ends with a verdict. Murder is a crime with a long tail.

Summer Tao —

May 8, 2024

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tv reviews

‘Under the Bridge,’ a True Crime Drama With Queer Leads, Wants More for Its Girls and the Genre

Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough deliver magnificent performances as the queer leads of a ’90s-set true crime drama that is less concerned with scandal or mystery than it is with…

Riese —

Apr 19, 2024

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BEGIN AGAIN

BOULDER, CO - MAY 01: John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of JonBenet Ramsey, meet with a small selected group of the local Colorado media after four months of silence in Boulder, Colorado on May 1, 1997. Patsy holds up a reward sign for information leading to the arrest of their daughter's murderer. Their 6-year-old daughter was found dead on Christmas night 1996. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post). Photo has over exposure stains on it.

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In The Movie Depicting My Childhood

“Legislators pass laws enabling families to control children and defund social services that support them, all in the name of protecting the wealthy, white, girl body. These policies, which are…

Stacy Grover —

Nov 16, 2023

obsessed

true crime

society + culture

Obsessed: The Stayner Family’s Real American Horror Story

Hulu’s “Captive Audience” is one of the most intense crime stories I’ve ever heard, and it starts with the kidnapping of a seven-year-old boy and ends with a serial killer…

Riese —

Jul 15, 2022

obsessed

true crime

society + culture

Obsessed: “The Staircase” and The Shoddy Science Of Blood Pattern Analysis

HBO’s “The Staircase” revisits the very Documented Michael Peterson true crime story and it’s time for us all to get into some blood pattern analysis content !

Riese —

May 20, 2022

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news

Lesbian Space Drama: Did NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Commit the World’s First Crime in Space?

Wow the new L Word reboot is really taking things to the next level!!!!

Stef —

Aug 25, 2019

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

Lists/Top 10s

book lists

8 Crime Books Featuring Women Loving Women & Other Queer People

These awesome eight crime books, including mysteries, thrillers, and true crime, all feature queer women!

Casey —

Apr 25, 2019

documentaries

interview

movie reviews

Southwest of Salem: How Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Survived A Witch-Hunt

Southwest of Salem tells the story of four Latina lesbians who were found guilty of a crime they didn’t commit and how the legal and criminal justice systems failed them…

Yvonne —

Nov 18, 2016

Lists/Top 10s

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television

43 Horrifying Life Lessons I’ve Learned from Watching Every Episode of “Forensic Files”

As a woman don’t work at night but also don’t be home at night but also don’t be out at night.

Erin —

Aug 17, 2016

crime

lesbian history

lgbt history

Kitty Genovese’s Murder: Everything You Know About The “38 Bystanders” Is Wrong

The alleged behavior of witnesses to the 1963 murder of Kitty Genovese, a lesbian barmaid who lived in Queens with her girlfriend, inspired the concept of “the bystander effect.” The…

Riese —

Apr 4, 2016

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‘Carrie Carolyn Coco’ Isn’t Like Any Other True Crime You’ve Read

How I Listen to True Crime After Knowing a Murderer

‘Under the Bridge,’ a True Crime Drama With Queer Leads, Wants More for Its Girls and the Genre

In The Movie Depicting My Childhood

Obsessed: The Stayner Family’s Real American Horror Story

Obsessed: “The Staircase” and The Shoddy Science Of Blood Pattern Analysis

Lesbian Space Drama: Did NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Commit the World’s First Crime in Space?

8 Crime Books Featuring Women Loving Women & Other Queer People

Southwest of Salem: How Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Survived A Witch-Hunt

43 Horrifying Life Lessons I’ve Learned from Watching Every Episode of “Forensic Files”

‘Carrie Carolyn Coco’ Isn’t Like Any Other True Crime You’ve Read

How I Listen to True Crime After Knowing a Murderer

‘Under the Bridge,’ a True Crime Drama With Queer Leads, Wants More for Its Girls and the Genre

In The Movie Depicting My Childhood

Obsessed: The Stayner Family’s Real American Horror Story

Obsessed: “The Staircase” and The Shoddy Science Of Blood Pattern Analysis

Lesbian Space Drama: Did NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Commit the World’s First Crime in Space?

8 Crime Books Featuring Women Loving Women & Other Queer People

Southwest of Salem: How Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Survived A Witch-Hunt

43 Horrifying Life Lessons I’ve Learned from Watching Every Episode of “Forensic Files”