The Waves: We See Dead Girls

On this week’s episode of The Waves, we’re bringing out the dead
girls. Everywhere you look in popular culture there seems to be a
new movie, TV show or true crime documentary detailing the mystery
of yet another woman’s death. At least, that was how author and
guest Alice Bolin saw things when she wrote her book Dead Girls in
2018. She sits down with Slate senior producer Cheyna Roth to
unpack what has - and hasn’t - changed in dead girl culture (from
Twin Peak’s Laura Palmer to our persistent obsession with Elizabeth
Short aka The Black Dahlia) and what this fixation says about all
of us. In Slate Plus: What was really going on inside the Playboy
Mansion.  If you liked this episode, check out: I Don’t Care
If You Like Me Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial
oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your
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