{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3dd76634-7b1c-45c2-a9cf-2f6f96d4e0b4/68c4598b8b1c6a48284c964d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Traveling America’s ‘Murderland’","description":"<p><strong>Listen to this episode commercial free at</strong><a href=\"https://angryplanetpod.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> https://angryplanetpod.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>The Pacific Northwest is known for its startling natural beauty, precocious rainfall, and propensity to birth serial killers. Why? Caroline Fraser has a theory and it’s a good one.</p><p><br></p><p>This week on Angry Planet, Fraser takes us on a journey through the American past and into the dark heart of the PNW. Her new book <em>Murderland</em> weaves together memoir, true crime, history, and science into a compelling narrative that’s as beautiful and deadly as the forests around Tacoma.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Lead in the time of serial killers</li><li>Crazywall as map</li><li>America’s ultra-leaded 1970s</li><li>The killer hubristic roadways of the Pacific Northwest</li><li>The unique draw of Ted Bundy</li><li>The beauty and horror of the PNW’s woods</li><li>Lead poisoned psychos become pop culture geniuses</li><li>Anne Rule and the different eras of true crime writing</li><li>The Olympic–Wallowa lineament</li><li>The current state of the true crime genre</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/murderland-crime-and-bloodlust-in-the-time-of-serial-killers-caroline-fraser/156e2df8d7c9c05c?ean=9780593657225&amp;next=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Murdlerand: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://ecology.wa.gov/spills-cleanup/contamination-cleanup/cleanup-sites/tacoma-smelter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tacoma Smelter Plume project</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.pittmed.health.pitt.edu/story/houses-butterflies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Houses of Butterflies</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/from-the-archives-a-look-back-on-i-90-floating-bridges-before-light-rail-work-begins/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A look back at the I-90 floating bridges before light-rail work begins</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://hunningham.biblionumis.it/domesday-book/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Domesday Book</a></p>","author_name":"Matthew Gault and Jason Fields"}