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Publisher |: James Renner

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Society & Culture,; True Crime

Categories Via RSS |: True Crime

Are killers born or are they made? Does everyone have the capacity to commit murder? Why is true crime so popular today? The Philosophy of Crime tackles the biggest questions about unsolved mysteries by looking to classical philosophy for answers. Hosted by award-winning journalist, James Renner, author of True Crime Addict.

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People |: James Renner (@jamesrenner)
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: New York, NY
Premiere Date |: 2018-04-26
Related Hashtags |: #FollowFriday,; #repost,; #truecrime
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: Yes

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33 Available Episodes (33 Total) / Average duration: 00:27:23

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33 Available Episodes (33 Total)Average duration: 00:27:23

Aug 26, 2022

00:31:34

A bonus episode for your listening pleasure. I started a new podcast, True Crime This Week. It's a wrap-up of all the major true crime news you may have missed this last week. Check it out every Friday morning, where ever you get your podcasts!

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May 25, 2022

00:20:18

The most difficult case to bring to trial is a no-body homicide, which is why it so rarely happens. We dive deep into the history of such cases and the very nature of doubt.

Covered topics: Alissa Turney, Michael Turney, Sarah Turney, Archibald Fisher, No-Body Homicide, Pyrrho, Pyrrhonism

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Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology

https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3917&context=flr

https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/no-body-homicide-cases-a-practical-approach

https://www.nobodycases.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murder_convictions_without_a_body#United_States

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Y3utIeTPg

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/alissa-turney-sarah-turney-voices-for-justice-podcast-phoenix-paradise-valley-tik-tok-11482721

https://thehueandcry.com/alissa-turney

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/sister-alissa-turney-who-disappeared-last-day-school-phoenix-arizona-n1231014

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/567418/time-abraham-lincoln-stopped-murder-trial-its-tracks

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/skepticism/#PyrrSkep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTWlKgXniw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_SAocFtlio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denialism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrho

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhonism

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May 18, 2022

00:19:14

What is money laundering? And why does the government look the other way?

Covered topics: Money laundering; Al Capone; Ozark; Paul Manafort; Hedonism; Marquis de Sade; Sadism

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Further Reading:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/marriage-equals/202008/masculinity-is-there-really-crisis

https://www.fastcompany.com/90696368/i-guess-we-have-to-talk-about-the-masculinity-crisis-in-america-again

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conversation-with-philoso_b_95530

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-this-year-how-many-and-where/2021/03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhtfQqKh7dE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvnZBVe4950

Hook-school-shooting-Jesse-Lewis-6-killed-telling-classmates-run.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2466582/Sandy-Hook-school-shooting-Jesse-Lewis-6-killed-telling-classmates-run.html

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning

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May 04, 2022

00:17:17

The Alford Plea provides a way for a defended to plead guilty while maintaining their innocence. Should this be allowed in criminal court? Where did it come from? Who benefits?

Covered Topics: The West Memphis 3, Henry Alford, Act Utilitarianism, Jeremy Benthem

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_plea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three#Release

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-westmemphis3-arkansas/after-18-years-west-memphis-3-go-free-on-plea-deal-idUSTRE77I54A20110819

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism#Utility_ignores_justice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVltykvceWw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_utilitarianism

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG3zGzY2hsk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_v._Alford

https://www.delgazette.com/opinion/24467/david-hejmanowski-the-lasting-legacy-of-henry-alford

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/then-now-the-west-memphis-three

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Apr 27, 2022

00:18:28

Does reward money help solve cold cases? When did we start offering money for tips? Is there a better way?

Cover topics: Whitey Bulger, F.B.I. Top Ten, Little Crow, Action Theory, Donald Davidson, Maura Murray

Further Reading:

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https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-highest-reward-ever-paid-to-a-person-by-the-United-States-government-for-a-wanted-criminal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Bulger#Capture

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842

https://law.jrank.org/pages/9869/Reward.html

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761183202/do-cash-rewards-for-crime-tips-work

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(reward)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-history-of-the-most-wanted-poster_b_5851ba70e4b0865ab9d4e8d7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRaVnn0vxEY

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/action/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davidson_(philosopher)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_theory_(philosophy)

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/davidson/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards

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Apr 20, 2022

00:20:38

How can lawyers defend guilty people? Is it ethical to help someone stay out of jail if you know they're guilty?

Covered Topics: Susan Smith, Judy Clarke, Trial by Ordeal, Juan Catalan, J. L. Mackie, Moral Nihilism, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre,

Further Reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/29/larry-david-long-shot-how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved-a-man-from-death-row

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._Alabama

https://www.stcl.edu/blog/due-process-is-no-mere-technicality-even-for-the-most-obviously-guilty-defendant/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemic-paradoxes/#MenParInqPuzAboGaiKno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_eikWXzBU0

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/14/the-worst-of-the-worst

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith

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Oct 11, 2021

00:01:33

I'm starting a brand new, weekly podcast this Friday, called True Crime This Week, with James Renner. Please subscribe, today!

--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyofcrime/support

Sep 14, 2021

00:37:30

This is a special, bonus episode of The Philosophy of Crime. It's a piece of long-form journalism I wrote about a man named Donny Soke, who I met while researching the unsolved murder of Lisa Pruett. Donny is serving a 888-year prison sentence for murders he did not commit. Please listen to his story.

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Jun 08, 2021

00:19:45

What happens to the art when an artist becomes a criminal? Can we still enjoy a good song written by a maniac? Or does that make us enablers?

Covered Topics: Michael Jackson, John Landis, Thriller, David Foster Wallace, Roland Barthes, Death of the Author, Hitler, John Wayne Gacy

Further Reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/21/michael-jackson-thriller-changed-music-videos

https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-artist-art-johnny-depp-woody-allen-michael-jackson-louis-ck

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/the-world-still-spins-around-male-genius/559925/

https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeF6O6E9RQ8

https://observer.com/2018/10/serial-killer-art-lucrative-charles-manson-richard-ramirez/