Lady Killers and Our Obsession with Murder: Talking with Tori Telfer
Tori Telfer discusses her first book Lady Killers and the fragile “social saran wrap” that keeps us all from killing each other.
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Posts Tagged: serial killers
When in Cleveland
Why not cap off your visit to the Republican Convention in Cleveland by renting the childhood home of Jeffrey Dahmer for the summer? It’s a steal at only $8,000: “The Bath Township home is site of what’s believed to be the Dahmer’s first murder. In 1978, Dahmer, then 18, killed Steven Hicks, an 18-year-old hitchhiker, […]
...moreWhen Serial Killers Write Memoirs
In a surreal exchange between fiction and reality, Amazon recently allowed a convicted serial killer to self-publish his memoir where he pleads his innocence, much to the horror of his victims’ families. The memoir in question was quickly pulled when these facts came to light.
...moreDan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
(Dan Weiss is out on tour with his band The Yellow Dress. He’ll be back on August 3rd.) The historical quagmire of a plantation tour. When your father’s dark side is really, really dark. Also, the dark side of the Nobel prize. Why would you name a kid Titty? Honestly. Alberta: Rat free for 60 years. No, […]
...moreWeekly Geekery
Portrait of a lady serial killer. Can Silicon Valley save our schools? Talking to women on the Internet is hard work. The Apple of Prisons? And that isn’t even the weird part. NPR is becoming Pandora. Battling extremism on the Internet.
...moreMorning Coffee
Friday is here at last, so we should probably all watch this chicken playing piano. Sorry. The electric bike of the future! Ham the Chimp has some serial killer photography for you, if that is your cup of tea (creep). Time lords walk among us. This American Infographic.
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