The Conversation

Women writing true crime


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Women are big fans of true crime stories… from books, to films, podcasts and TV programmes. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women who've made their name reporting on true crime.

Connie Walker is a Canadian journalist whose award-winning true crime podcast series, Missing and Murdered, examines violence and discrimination against women and girls from Indigenous communities. She is Cree and uses the mystery, and twists and turns of true crime to help educate people about Indigenous history.

While Tanya Farber was covering the trial of a man who murdered his family she realised that this kind of crime got a lot of attention, as did trials involving women killers. She wrote Blood on Her Hands: South Africa’s Most Notorious Female Killers.

They talk about what sparks this fascination when by far the majority of victims and perpetrators of crime are men.

Produced by Jane Thurlow

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Left: Tanya Farber (courtesy Tanya Farber)
Right: Connie Walker (courtesy Connie Walker)

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