{"id":19,"date":"2025-07-18T10:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:11:36","slug":"season-1-episode-3-dangerous-obsessions-american-murder-and-lotta-true-crime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"Season 1: Episode 3: Dangerous Obsessions: American Murder and Lotta True Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JI_S1_E3_Dangerous Obsessions: American Murder and Lotta True Crime by Just Images Podcast\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2131709640&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;secret_token=s-9w0mwTiMj6S\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a student-made episode from the Cultural and Creative Criminology class of 2025 at the University of Stirling. It discusses the docuseries <em>American Murder: Gabby Petito<\/em> (2025) and the song <em>Lotta True Crime<\/em> (2020) by Penelope Scott, in relation to the complex ethics and appeal of true crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Episode Credits<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Credits: Anna Ortakchiyska (presenter\/ researcher\/ editor), Ella Swan (presenter\/ researcher), Isla Reid (presenter\/ researcher\/ editor), Estelle Raeburn (researcher\/ editor), Samuel Wilson (composer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>References<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aguayo, A.J. (2019) <em>Documentary Resistance: Social Change and Participatory Media<\/em>. Oxford: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>American Murder: Gabby Petito<\/em> (2025) [Television series]. Available at: Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hebdige, D. (1981) <em>Subculture: The Meaning of Style<\/em>, Oxford: Taylor &amp; Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyon, D. (2018) \u2018The culture of surveillance: watching as a way of life\u2019, <em>The Culture of Surveillance: Watching as a Way of Life<\/em>. Cambridge: Polity Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rafter, N.H. (2011) \u2018You&#8217;re giving me a nervous breakdown: strain theory and traffic\u2019, in M. Brown (ed.) <em>Criminology goes to the movies: crime theory and popular culture<\/em>. New York: New York University Press, pp. 88-91. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18574\/9780814745298\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18574\/9780814745298<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scott, P. (2020) <em>Lotta True Crime<\/em>. Bandcamp: Tesla\u2019s Pigeon. You can listen to the song here: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/penelope-scott\/lotta-true-crime?in=user-93640985\/sets\/id-sell-my-own-bones-for\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/penelope-scott\/lotta-true-crime?in=user-93640985\/sets\/id-sell-my-own-bones-for<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a student-made episode from the Cultural and Creative Criminology class of 2025 at the University of Stirling. It discusses the docuseries American Murder:&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=19\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Season 1: Episode 3: Dangerous Obsessions: American Murder and Lotta True Crime<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}