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Crime of a Lifetime

INTERVIEW: Understanding Female Killers with Emma Fridel

Season 1

Criminologist and author of “Extreme Killing,” Emma Fridel has spent much of her career trying to understand why women kill and how their methods differ from men. Kerry and Quin pick her brain about the cases we’ve covered so far. 


For more insights from Emma, you can find the 5th edition of her book: “Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder” anywhere you buy books. 

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