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Hey, true crime friends! I've been seeing a lot of true crime in academia-related news this month and wanted to do a recap of three of the top stories I've seen! Sophia Rosing- the southern girl racist, The murders of UA Football Players D'Sean Perry, Devin Chandler, and Lavel David Jr., and Michael Canning- the English teaching statutory rapist. 

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Sources: 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/classmate-of-kentucky-student-caught-in-drunken-racist-rant-speaks-out/ss-AA13SRsj?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=14f276965eed4e1fb21016caea182af0#image=2

https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article268739352.html

https://nypost.com/2022/11/17/grand-jury-gets-case-against-sophia-rosing-kentucky-student-in-racist-attack/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/nj-high-school-english-teacher-arrested-for-years-long-sexual-relationship-with-student/ar-AA146P1D?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=7da61f1024b543d481f44a2cca90e33c

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/3-dead-2-injured-in-university-of-virginia-shooting-manhunt-underway-for-student-suspect/ar-AA1459oy?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=f4d2d89ebd9945048c1e51cb36902061

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3-uva-football-players-killed-shooting-are-remembered-role-models-last-rcna57145

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3-dead-2-injured-shooting-university-virginia-rcna57004

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On this day, November 25th, 1959, the Broadway musical "Once Upon a Mattress" officially opened on Broadway! Join Andrew as he celebrates the 63rd anniversary of "Once Upon a Mattress" with Jesse Green, the Chief Theater Critic of the NY Times. Right away, Jesse opens up about his working relationship and eventual friendship with Mary Rodgers, one of the first female Broadway composers (known for "Once Upon a Mattress"). Jesse explains how Mary's memoir came to be and all of the topics that she discussed with him, including her relationship with her father, Broadway composer Richard Rodgers, and her son, Adam Guettel, known for composing "The Light in the Piazza." 

Yes her father was that Rodgers, of Rodgers and Hammerstein, known for creating the music for "Oklahoma," "South Pacific," "The Sound of Music," "Cinderella," and many more musicals. Get ready for a Golden Age of Broadway discussion including what Mary thought of these musicals, what she thought of Oscar Hammerstein, the lyricist of these musicals, and how she met Stephen Sondheim, whose mentor was Oscar. 

Jesse reveals how "Once Upon a Mattress" came to be, how Carol Burnett landed the role of Winnifred, and what Mary worked on after "Mattress." What did Mary think of future female Broadway composers? What would Mary think of the current Broadway Musical landscape? 

And Jesse leaves you on the edge of your seat by teasing what Mary thought of each Sondheim musical? To listen to that bonus audio, head to our ITBR Café, our Patreon, and listen to an extra 10 minutes of bonus audio! 

Get your hands on "Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers" written by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shy-the-alarmingly-outspoken-memoirs-of-mary-rodgers-jesse-green/18721732?ean=9780374298623

Read more of Jesse's work here, https://www.nytimes.com/by/jesse-green and follow him on Twitter, @JesseKGreen. 

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Educational Copyright: "Once Upon a Mattress," Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1959

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What a special academic episode since Andrew is joined with David Greven and Paul C. Jones who Andrew considers his queer male 19th-century American Lit. mentors and guides! He met David and Paul at the Fifth International Edgar Allan Poe conference in Boston last April, and they don't waste any time digging into what drew them to Poe's stories and poetry. They discuss their favorite queer theory scholars, how they teach queer literature in the classroom, and so much more! Andrew leaves you on the edge of your seat by asking David and Paul whether an author has to have been gay or queer in order to read their texts that way? Can you separate the author from their text?

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Get your hands on Paul's Poe, Queerness, and the End of Time here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-97083-3

You can find all of David's work here: https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/english_language_and_literature/our_people/directory/greven_david.php

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Content Warning: Sexual Abuse and Psychological Abuse

Elizabeth Winder, the writer of Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy  joins Andrew to share their hot takes on the new Netflix film Blonde. This is most definitely an uncensored film analysis since Elizabeth and Andrew don't hold back from giving their honest opinion of this film. They parse out what's fact vs. what's fiction in the film and explore the source material for this film, Joyce Carol Oates' fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe. Elizabeth explains the mythical power of Marilyn and reveals the reality of her Hollywood and Manhattan life! And, we leave you on the edge of your seats when it comes to the JFK and Marilyn storyline in the film. And, why is this the first NC-17 Netflix film? We have the answers! Join us on Patreon to listen to the rest of the episode, an extra 30 minutes! 

We are so excited to welcome Elizabeth back in The Ivory Tower Boiler Room so if you haven't yet, make sure you listen to our Marilyn in Manhattan episode with her: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marilyn-in-manhattan-elizabeth-winder-on-writing-a/id1527297273?i=1000561565198

You can watch the film on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80174263

And if you're interested in Joyce Carol Oates' novel, here it is: https://bookshop.org/p/books/blonde-joyce-carol-oates/8279998?ean=9780062968456

If you don't have it already, get your hands on Elizabeth's Marilyn Monroe biography, Marilyn in Manhattan here:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/marilyn-in-manhattan-her-year-of-joy-elizabeth-winder/8429518?ean=9781250064981

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Educational Copyright:

"That Old Black Magic" (Marilyn Monroe, 1956, from the "Bus Stop" soundtrack), JB Production CH

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Andrew is joined with writer Ardythe Ashley who is all things an Oscar Wilde enthusiast, lover, and devotee. Ardythe recently wrote The Return of the Century: The Death and Further Adventures of Oscar Wilde. It's not everyday that Andrew gets to talk with a fellow Wilde fan and one who wrote a fictional novel in which he gets resurrected from the dead. They talk about Ardythe's archival research at the British Museum and Andrew digs into his own Wilde manuscript research at the British Library. As Andrew begins to learn more about Ardythe's career before becoming a writer, that of a psychoanalyst, the conversation gets even more Freudian, intimate, and queer.

To arouse your Victorian and homoerotic literature minds, here's a brief synopsis of her book:

"In 1900, penniless and disgraced, Oscar Wilde, one of the greatest playwrights of all time, dies in a hotel in Paris. Or so everyone believes. Secretly his unconscious body, still flickering with life, is spirited away by devoted friends to an island monastery in the Venetian lagoon where he recovers his health and joie de vivre. From there he begins a series of adventures that include Auguste Rodin, a romance with an English aristocrat, a new lover, a session with Sigmund Freud, and an heroic death."

Get your hands on Ardythe's The Return of the Century here: https://warblerpress.com/the-return-of-the-century/

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Hey, true crime friends! This week we will be discussing the murder of Brookdale Community College student, Sarah Stern. The 19-year-old was last seen on December 2, 2016, and was reported missing the following day when her car was found abandoned on the Bridge on route 35 in Belmar, NJ. To this day her body has not been found. 

Sources for this week's case:

https://youtu.be/BztMgcNgobk

https://thecinemaholic.com/sarah-sterns-murder-who-killed-her-how-did-she-die/

https://people.com/crime/sarah-stern-case-man-choked-her-threw-body-off-bridge/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-jersey-man-convicted-murdering-childhood-friend-sarah/story?id=61365934

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/sarah-stern-new-jersey-college-student-murder-friend-liam-mcatasney-sentence-court-guilty/1537853/?amp=1

https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2022/02/court-upholds-sentence-of-man-who-tossed-his-friend-sarah-sterns-body-off-jersey-shore-bridge.html?outputType=amp

https://youtu.be/ejpQN3TguhM (The confession)

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On Oct. 29th, Andrew and Mary had the pleasure of interviewing NY Times bestselling author Tonya Hurley, known for writing the hit series ghostgirl! And yes, this is our first ever live podcast so you'll hear an audience and get to hear questions from them. Thanks so much to Pen + Brush for hosting us at their art gallery space in Manhattan. 

If you are nostalgic for the Halloween season, this episode is for you! Tonya explains the origin story for how her YA Lit. series came to be, its impact on so many high schoolers/middle schoolers, how it explores deep themes like bullying, life vs. death, and of course we talk about her love of Poe, Evanescence's song "Bring Me to Life," and so many more gothic artists. Tonya explains why she knew Parker Posey needed to be the voice actor for the ghostgirl audiobook series. And when we learn that Tonya worked with Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Andrew reveals his love for their film Double, Double Toil and Trouble. 

Learn more about Tonya's work on her website: https://www.tonyahurley.com/

Get your hands on Tonya's ghostgirl series here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ghostgirl-tonya-hurley/16437852

You definitely don't want to miss out on listening to Parker Posey's mesmerizing performance of ghostgirl here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Ghostgirl-Audiobook/B002V8MP5M

Learn more about Pen + Brush here: http://www.penandbrush.org/

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To continue the Halloween spirit, Andrew is joined with author Lara Elena Donnelly who talks about her suspenseful thriller Base Notes (2022). To whet your appetite here's a quick synopsis: In New York City everybody needs a side hustle, and perfumer Vic Fowler has developed a delicate art that has proved to be very lucrative: creating bespoke scents that evoke immersive memories—memories that, for Vic’s clients, are worth killing for.

Lara discusses the origin story for her novel, including how Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd has been brought up by many readers, and her love for Patricia Highsmith and Hitchcock! Many of her friends had her look into the novel and film American Psycho to get inspiration for her novel, and she hopes that someone from A24 is listening to this so Base Notes can turn into a thriller/horror film. 

You'll be swept away by Lara's creative mind and will be thinking deeply about the queerness of scents and the gendered aspects of perfume. This is an episode to die for, and we hope you don't get too frightened.

Get your hands on Base Notes here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/base-notes-lara-elena-donnelly/16750268?ean=9781542030700

Listen to Avi Roque perform Lara's Base Notes on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Base-Notes-Audiobook/1713623978

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Hey, true crime friends! This week we are getting as close to a LIVE episode as we can get! Earlier this evening, I sat down with the hosts of True Crime BnB- Beth and Bailey! Beth and Bailey are a mother-daughter podcasting duo that focuses on bringing to light the victims of true crime cases as well as the survivors. 

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