SELECTED MEDIA
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Serial Killers ➔
The Cut
New Memoir Unpacks The Life And Tragic Death Of ‘The Hot One’ ➔
NPR
Just Another Day in Hollywood: On Carolyn Murnick’s “The Hot One” ➔
Los Angeles Review of Books
Carolyn Murnick and the Ties that Bind ➔
Interview Magazine
More than the Beauty or the Heroine ➔
Literary Hub
When Your Best Friend is Murdered, What's Next? ➔
Refinery 29
PODCASTS
TELEVISION
SPEAKING
How Crime Shows Undermine Your Empathy ➔
TEDxNJIT
Crime stories — television shows, podcasts, and books — are more popular than ever, and author Carolyn Murnick was one of the genre's biggest fans. But after her childhood best friend was killed, she started questioning the male-focused, sensationalist, and skewed perspective of most crime narratives and discovered just how much is at risk when we consume murder as entertainment.
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What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Serial Killers
The Cut
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New Memoir Unpacks The Life And Tragic Death Of ‘The Hot One’
NPR
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Reframing True Crime
Wisconsin Public Radio
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What I Know About My Best Friend's Murder
The Cut
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Just Another Day in Hollywood: On Carolyn Murnick’s “The Hot One”
Los Angeles Review of Books
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Carolyn Murnick and the Ties that Bind
Interview Magazine
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True Crime Gets Pretty
Slate
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Carolyn Murnick on Memoir, Murder and Vulnerability
The M Dash
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More than the Beauty or the Heroine
Literary Hub
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When Your Best Friend is Murdered, What's Next?
Refinery 29
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The First Degree
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DIE-ALOGUE: A True Crime Conversation
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Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books
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The Public Library Podcast with Helen Little
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So Many Damn Books
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The Lonely Hour
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The Dr. Oz Show
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Law & Crime
SPEAKING
How Crime Shows Undermine Your Empathy ➔
TEDxNJIT
Crime stories — television shows, podcasts, and books — are more popular than ever, and author Carolyn Murnick was one of the genre's biggest fans. But after her childhood best friend was killed, she started questioning the male-focused, sensationalist, and skewed perspective of most crime narratives and discovered just how much is at risk when we consume murder as entertainment.
talking super bowl bars for @grubstreet on @pix11news 🏈
talking #thehotonememoir for @nprweekend - tune in this sunday 7/30! 📻
why do we know ted bundy’s name and not the names of his victims? what would it look like if there were more women showrunners in the crime space? talked about all this and more with the very sharp @tracistumpf for #crimeobsession on @investigationdiscovery @facebookwatch
If you happened to be in a doctor’s office waiting room yesterday you may have caught me on @dr_oz talking about Ashley and my book and twisted media narratives about female victims. We’re coming up on the nineteenth anniversary of Ashley’s death, and somehow the issues surrounding her case only get more relevant. Thinking of #TessaMajors this week and wishing for greater empathy and a safer world for women in 2020. ❤️