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‘Bright Young Women’: Flipping the script on serial killers with sisterhood

By Westray Keeler February 7, 2024
The synopsis of “Bright Young Women” had many words that piqued my interest, including “murder,” “sorority house” and “serial killer.” After some research, I learned that the book’s murderer and his crimes were inspired by Ted Bundy, whose infamous killing spree took the lives of two sorority women and brutally attacked two others, all from Florida State University. 
Black Bird"

From writing prose to screenplays, Dennis Lehane speaks to the making of new crime drama miniseries ‘Black Bird’

By Emma Hagert November 14, 2022
The “Black Bird” showrunner discussed the making of the Apple TV+ series Nov. 10 at the Liberty Hotel.
Monet Ota | Graphic Artist

The true crime craze — a deep dive into the grisly obsession | Picture This

By Ariadna Sandoval October 31, 2022
Why are we so obsessed with true crime?
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Highlighting The Truth In True Crime | EDITORIAL

By Editors September 25, 2022
Content dedicated to the crimes of serial killers’ past presents a gray moral area.
Director Erin Lee Carr at WBUR CitySpace

WBUR CitySpace hosts screening, Q&A of HBO’s ‘Undercurrent’ with director Erin Lee Carr

By Liam Fitzpatrick March 21, 2022
WBUR's Lisa Mullins moderated the conversation about Carr's new two-part documentary.
Sophia Flisser/DFP STAFF

Bubble Burst: The TV show ‘You’ needs to leave the new Black girl alone

By Lydia Evans October 28, 2021
It’s time we collectively stop perpetuating the idea that Black women are superheroes.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Popularity of True Crime shows how the public is desensitized, not enough empathy for victims

By Editors September 30, 2021
True crime podcasts may offer a form of entertainment, they often do more harm than good.
“Trial 4,” a Netflix docuseries released on Wednesday, follows the four trials of Dorchester native Sean Ellis in a famous Boston murder case from 1993. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘Trial 4’ brings attention to famous Boston murder case

By Connor Allen November 13, 2020
Netflix’s newest docuseries recounts the 1993 murder of Boston police Detective John Mulligan and the trials of Dorchester’s Sean Ellis.
Netflix’s latest true-crime documentary “The Pharmacist” confronts the U.S. drug addiction epidemic. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: “The Pharmacist” will forever change the definition of documentaries

By Madeline Humphrey February 6, 2020
Netflix released their newest true-crime documentary, “The Pharmacist,” which aims to show that drug addiction can affect everyone, illustrating that no one is left unharmed when associated with someone who has a toxic relationship with drugs.
Ryan Hendrickson, HGARC assistant director for manuscripts, and Dick Lehr, a College of Communication journalism professor, lead students as they examine documents on high profile tales of crime and murder that were pulled from archives. RYAN GREGORY/ DFP STAFF

Documents on ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the Rosenbergs opened for students in ‘True Crime’ seminar

By Shifa Rajwani March 25, 2019
The BU community was given the opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes look into the stories of high profile crimes and murders through letters, manuscripts and journals from both criminals and law enforcement at a “True Crime” discovery seminar at Boston University’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.
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