#29 - Harold Schechter Returns (True Crime Historian & Author of “Deviant,” “Deranged,” “Depraved,” & “50 States of Murder”)
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Harold Schechter is an author, true crime historian, and professor emeritus. He has chronicled some of America’s most infamous murderers, including Ed Gein, H.H. Holmes, Albert Fish, and Belle Gunness. His books Deviant and Deranged are definitive accounts of Ed Gein and Albert Fish, and his many other works include Depraved, Fatal, The Serial Killer Files, Hell’s Princess, and Murderabilia. He is also the editor of the Library of America’s True Crime: An American Anthology and a two-time Edgar Award finalist.
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00:00:00 - Intro, Harold Brings Gifts 00:03:48 - Mortality and the Denial of Death, Harold's Plan When He Dies 00:11:01 - Does Harold Go Back to Read His Own Books? Harold's "Close Relationship" with ChatGPT, Announces a Story from a New Book 00:17:28 - Ryan Murphy's 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story' Plagiarized Harold Schechter's Book Deviant? Harold Taking "Creative Liberties" in His Ed Gein Biography 00:32:56 - Harold's Thoughts on the "Canon" Serial Killers, like Gacy and Bundy, and Why He Refuses to Write About Them. Clearing Up The Confusion Around the Word "Serial Killer." Who Harold Spoke to for Information on Ed Gein. 00:40:17 - Harold Weighs in on Serial Killer Conspiracy Theories 00:49:56 - Every Serial Killer Has a Matching Fairy Tale Archetype, Dr. Frederic Wertham: The Man Who Killed Comic Books, Every Generation Has a "Boogeyman" 01:02:40 - The Boston Boy Fiend: Jesse Pomeroy, Finding True Crime GOLD in the Library of Congress, Harold's Advice For Success, He Does NOT Read or Watch True Crime 01:12:34 - Criminal Profiling, Harold's Books Have Been Useful to the FBI, 50 States of Murder, The Iconography of Serial Killers, The Shadow Side of Society 01:25:48 - How to Decompress From a Life of True Crime, Harold Refuses to Make Social Media 01:32:21 - Harold's Next Books and Outro
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