Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 1)

Sarah describes the spark that ignited the Satanic Panic. Our setting is a therapist’s office in 1976 Victoria, B.C., and our digressions include Sybil, scary paperbacks from the ’80s and shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theater. This episode describes child abuse.

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D.C. Snipers Part 4

In the final chapter of our series on the D.C. sniper attacks, Mike finally tells Sarah about the D.C. sniper attacks. Digressions include “The Abyss,” Ed Rooney and Jack the Ripper. We begin the episode with an update on our quarantine plans. Sarah misremembers the name of the TV show she was on.

Links!

• “The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo”
• Mildred Muhammad’s book, “Scared Silent”
• “23 Days of Terror: The Compelling True Story of the Hunt and Capture of the Beltway Snipers”
• “Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation”
• “Three Weeks in October”
• “In Pursuit: The Hunt for the Beltway Snipers”
• Articles on criminal profiling and the sniper attacks from the Baltimore Sun, Slate and the American Psychological Association
• An academic dissection of the profiling issue

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The O.J. Simpson Trial: Marcia Clark Part 2

Sarah tells Mike about a week in the life of Marcia Clark, who became America’s most famous prosecutor on June 13, 1994. Digressions include car phones, college group work and “Titanic” (as usual). In keeping with the theme of this episode, Sarah had a bad feeling about recording without her mic screen, but Mike said it would be fine. Please excuse our p-pops.

This episode contains descriptions of murder and sexual violence.

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