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Murderabilia

By: Poppy Damon, Alice Fiennes
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Some people amass artwork. For others, it's stamps. But why would you want to collect the possessions of a serial killer?

Journalists Poppy Damon and Alice Fiennes travel from New York to Scotland to probe one of the internet's strangest subcultures‚ the people from all over the world who can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on so-called "murderabilia"

From the Muswell Hill Murderer, Dennis Nilsen, to Charles Manson, the duo explore the grisly yet lucrative business in trading everything from handwritten letters to prisoners' hairbrushes.

They also examine our seemingly insatiable appetite for the macabre, asking if there is a link between serial killer collectables and the true crime podcasting boom? Poppy and Alice hear that sometimes collectors are drawn to the idea that these objects could offer insight into the minds of dark figures like Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, or The Night Stalker.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Maybe I'm a Weirdo

    Ep. 1: Maybe I'm a Weirdo
    Sep 25 2019

    What is “murderabilia”? We meet Paul, a collector from Rochester, New York, whose serial killer collectables include Charles Manson’s guitars and an Arthur Shawcross car.

    We also speak to Eric Holler, a murderabilia dealer who runs the website “Serial Killers Ink” and whose arch nemesis is a victims’ rights advocate.
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    33 mins
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  • Ep. 2: What We Do in Life, Echoes in Eternity

    Ep. 2: What We Do in Life, Echoes in Eternity
    Sep 25 2019

    We meet dealer Eric's harshest critic. Andy Kahan is a victims' rights advocate based in Houston, Texas, who passionately campaigns to outlaw the murderabilia trade in the US. We also order our own piece of murderabilia.
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    24 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Blood Bath(tub)

    Ep. 3: Blood Bath(tub)
    Sep 25 2019

    We take a trip to a true crime museum in Hastings, UK, and examine how our attitudes to murderabilia can change once it's safely behind glass.
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    23 mins
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I found this series very interesting, although it does have some annoying flaws. I didn't like the pretend dialogue between the two creators, which was obviously scripted, and certain bits were utterly pointless. Why did we need to know that one contributor didn't get back to them straight away? It's completely irrelevant.
And given that the programme generally looks down on the idea of buying and selling murder-related items, I found it ironic that the creators justified their own purchase of an item (for journalistic reasons, of course...) Strangely, neither of them seems to have properly read the website listing from which they bought the item - for just $10 they expected to receive an original letter written by murderer, rather than the copy they received. If they pay such little attention to something like that, it does make you wonder about the rest of their research.
But overall, the series is well-made (apart from one episode with acknowledged sound issues) and informative, so it was well worth a listen.

Interesting, if flawed

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Not as good as I hoped would be but some interesting material, and insight into murders.

Ok

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I am very much into looking at the mind set of a murderer but this was from the outlook of the people who collect the items from these serial killers. It was a change to see how some peoples perspective of a killer is that of intrigue and just wanting to know what was going on at that time. Very interesting

Great look at murder from a different angle

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Interesting, very good insights into human psychology vs it being a boring read up of crime and murder. And entertaining to boot. Please do another one

Love these lasses

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absolutely amazing!!! loved this podcast kept me hooked! wanted to go sleep but couldn't stop listening

amazing!!!

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