![]() "Area woman checks her Twitter notifications and promptly dies." (Jessica Antony) One might assume his comedic takes are unintentionally hilarious - one of my favourites is "central to the murder was simple high school geometry: a love triangle" - but Morrison once had Brian Mulroney cancel an interview with him because he referred to the PM as "whathisname." The man knows his way around a quip. Keith Morrison will in one breath gently ask about the discovery of a gruesome murder, and in the next, with his affable charm, clarify: "So, he had multiple stab wounds and his throat was slit - it was a murder, alright!" Morrison is no stranger to the industry a fellow Canadian, he attended the University of Saskatchewan and hosted at both CTV and CBC. Unlike podcast journalists who take themselves either too seriously or not seriously enough, the Dateline cast navigates that balance with the precision of a tightrope walker. As correspondent Dennis Murphy so aptly states, "If the intersection of blood and money interests you, pull up a chair and stay a while." I'm particular about what I pipe directly into my eardrums each day, and for me it's the velvety smooth voices, outrageous writing, and predictable tropes presented in each gripping Dateline story. And, let's face it, true crime's popularity reaches beyond women tuning in for the escapism, practical advice, or fascination with criminal motives that same 2018 study found that "judges have cited podcasts such as Serial and Breakdown in their decisions to grant motions or new trials." So, if anyone asks, listening to true crime is basically a legal education.īut it's not just any true crime podcast that has enveloped me like a plush blanket fresh from the dryer through this arctic hellscape. Fans of the genre also listen to an additional two hours more of their favourite sordid tales per day than the average podcast listener. It isn't original - in fact, a 2018 study found that 73% of true crime podcast listeners are female. Ok, so you might be thinking, "Wow, a single woman in her 30s who spends her time listening to a true crime podcast. Storytelling, of course - specifically, the spellbinding tales woven by the critically acclaimed journalists of the Dateline podcast. So, when faced with a long, unforgiving winter without human connection, what keeps a freelance writer and editor from spiralling down a rabbit hole of anxiety, fear, and isolation-based madness? "Are you f***ing kidding me?" (Jessica Antony)
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