Murder, We Spoke

by Kat Johnson

Genres: Audiobook, True Crime, Nonfiction

Audible Audio

Published November 4, 2019

Reviews

[Star Gater]

Why am I interested in true crime? I still don't know, but I am.

Points made on mental exhaustion by those such as law enforcement were eye opening. Ethical true crime was mentioned.

My biggest take was to remember, without a victim, there is no true crime.

If you are fascinated with the subject, this is a short listen by some in the field.

[sliceofmini]

This was okay, but there’s not much of a discussion to sum up everything. It’s like calling ten friends for ten minutes each to get their opinion.

[Riana Elizabeth]

What I thought would be an educational overview turned out to be little more than a priggish, self-righteous, puff piece that added nothing new to the dialogue.

[Shelby Lynch]

A short and sweet look at how people view true crime.

[Megan Collins]

As increasing numbers of podcasts, documentaries, and online forums suggest, true crime is booming. This short introspective considers the changing mood and format of the genre. It considers what makes a good and bad entry, evolving social landscapes, and challenges.
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This is a lighthearted, conversational style piece. Well-known field participants bring an expertise to general opinions and insights. It has a heavy positive spin while it tackles integration rather than rejection by law enforcement, ethics, and catharsis. It mentions topics you might expect like exploitation and yellow journalism—and things you might not expect like sound design and inappropriate humor. (2.5 stars)

[Seema Dubey]

#MurderWeSpoke by #KatJohnson book #69 of the year 2023

It's an essay that says very little, hence there are no take aways. I agree that True Crime cases fascinate, instil fear and repulse. I started watching True Crime as otherwise one remains ignorant about the depths people can sink to. I've watched a few episodes on Facebook and on TV talking about or dealing with True Crime- I stopped as they get addictive.

[Poornima Jha]

It is a common misconception that you have to be weird to be interested in true crime content. This audiobook opened my mind to reading more of it. I have read and watched a few true crime stories. I will now be able to differentiate between ethical and unethical ones. Sensationalism often captures our attention more than realism.

[Aurora Godshawk]

Aura's Little Book Recommendation
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📖📖📖Book Title: Murder, We Dpoke
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📖📖📖Audio-book or Book: Audio
📖📖📖Performance: ⭐⭐
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📖📖📖Overall: ⭐⭐
📖📖📖Challenge:
📖📖📖Give a recommendation: Not really

[Hyacinth]

It was interesting to note that women were the leading gender interested in true crime. A lot of the names mentioned I had at some point or time heard about, researched or watched. Like the Menendez brothers, I wanted to write thing to find out what they were thinking.

[Monica L.]

I’m a huge fan of true crime but more over I like the thriller all around whether it’s fiction or nonfiction. With that being said this is more like a podcast dedicated to true crime. I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it. I would give it a solid 3.5 stars.

[Robert]

This just made me realize I am not a true crime person.

I can sort of see the appeal: people empathize with the victims and also want to know how to protect themselves.

But I would rather deal with more pleasant things.

[JChen]

I randomly played this audiobook. Since I've never read true crime, I was hoping this may introduce me to the genre and perhaps recommend some good reads. This audiobook doesn't do that, it's mostly just people's opinions on true crime.

[Kary Díaz]

This feels more like a podcast than a book. It doesn't really says much, it's like a little conversation about important topics, therefore it doesn't cover a great deal of information.

It did reminded me to read Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, which is a book I have since high school and never finished lol, so I thank you, I guess.

[Shruthi Proddutur]

This was a no no to me. This was nothing but a documentary like book where a bunch of people discuss the views on the murder.

[Shaina]

More like a podcast than an actual book and not that good of a one either.

[Pufflez]

it was a good listen it kept me engaged wish it went more in depth but for the length it was a good listen

[Ryo]

Jim Clementeがこのポッドキャストの名前に入ってたので聴いてみた。Pod cast on the leftのホストの一人もコメントしてて、エンタメだけではなく、それぞれTrue Crimeというジャンルを取り扱う人の理由が知れて良かった。

[Whatcha Reading Heather?]

This was way better than expected considering how short this was, and I really hope that this turns into a series to keep the discussion going. I think those criticizing that the topics of discussion bring nothing new to the table are the ones that probably believe that retelling the same stories of famous killers, exploiting the victims, and not batting an eye to the millions of non-white victims of crime is totally fine, which honestly is one of my biggest complaints that I’ve had with true crime related material. I think the experts were great and I’m definitely going to look up more of their works.