Fast Lane With Sara Jayne

Episode 36: Investigating True Crime with M. William Phelps

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EP35_FLSJ: Investigating True Crime with M. William Phelps 

On this episode of the Fast Lane with Sara Jayne podcast, Sara Jayne talks to M. William Phelps, famed true-crime writer, investigative journalist, and the host of the Paper Ghosts podcast on iHeartRadio. M. William Phelps talks about how he became a true-crime writer, formulating his podcast Paper Ghosts, and writing dozens of books. 

 

Episode Highlights: 

  • Sara Jayne introduces M. William Phelps, who explains how he got involved in true crime stories.
  • Is being an investigative journalist make his relationships difficult? 
  • How difficult is objectivity in his line of work?  
  • Death Trap is a book that deals with a custody situation turned deadly. 
  • M. William Phelps is working on season 2 of Paper Ghosts. 
  • M. William Phelps and Sara Jayne discuss the book, Where Monsters Hide. 
  • Is it hard not to judge people in these true crime stories? 
  • What is behind the serial rapists’ phone calls in Dark Minds?  
  • M. William Phelps wrote a book that was autobiographical about writing true crime stories. 
  • The devil looks for just a crack in the window, and then he is in.  
  • How did Happy Face Raven enter into his television show?  
  • Out of all of the subjects that he has spoken to, who did he like the least? 
  • If we are not mentally ill, we have the opportunity to fix things that happened to us earlier in life.
  • How does he remain sane while writing all of these dark and graphic true crime stories? 

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    3 Key Points:

    1. M. William Phelps has written over 40 true crime books.  
  • You can’t always be an objective journalist because you are always going to bring in some element of how you feel.  
  • Sociopaths have the ability to pick out a person with vulnerability, manipulate them, and exploit their weaknesses. 



    • Resources Mentioned:

    • Fast Lane Facebook
  • Fast Lane on Apple Podcasts
  • Contact M. William Phelps: mwilliamphelps.com
  • M. William Phelps on Twitter




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