media appearances / interviews / public talks

media appearances

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

“Doppelgangers: Face to Face,” dir. Deborah Wainwright, 2023

TMZ Presents

“Tragically Viral,” October 10, 2023

Al Jazeera’s The stream

“Seeing Double: Why Are We So Fascinated With Doppelgangers?” July 5, 2023

ABC News Impact x Nightline

“The King Road Murders,” S1 E30, Hulu, June 8, 2023

walk me through podcast

“Walk Me Through True Crime,” December 2, 2022. My interview starts at 29:00.

wprb princeton

“Twins” episode, February 25, 2022. My interview starts at 28:50.

The cw: Mysteries decoded podcast

“Bigfoot” episode, June 28, 2022

interviews

BBC

“Why We’re ‘Living in the Golden Age of the Doppelganger,” December 4, 2024

“Mistrial for Karen Read, US Woman Accused of Boyfriend’s Murder,” July 1, 2024

the new york times

“‘If I Go Missing’ Folders for the (Very Unlikely) Possibility That You Do,” August 19, 2023

rolling stone

“The Smiley Face Killers Conspiracy Theory Died Down. Then Came TikTok.” May 21, 2023.

“TikTok’s True Crime Community is Turning on Idaho Murder Survivors,” January 11, 2023.

“Jeffrey Dahmer Murdered Their Family Member: Now They’re Blindsided by New Netflix Series,” September 26, 2022.

The Washington Post

“True Crime Fans Seized on the Idaho Killings. Their Accusations Derailed Lives.” April 2, 2023

“Casey Anthony and the Rise of the True-Crime Celebrity,” December 17, 2022.

ABC News

“Who Suffers When Online Sleuths Turn True Crime Into Entertainment?” June 8, 2023

NBC News

“Convicted Scammer Anna Sorokin Releases Song For Podcast While Under House Arrest,” July 13, 2023

CNN

“Menendez Brothers’ Former Neighbor Says Public Fascination is ‘Chaotic,’” November 27, 2024

USA Today

“Adnan Syed Released from Maryland Prison After 22 Years. Would his Murder Conviction Have Been Overturned without ‘Serial’ Podcast?” September 19, 2022.

The Independent

“True Crime is America’s Guilty Pleasure,” August 11, 2022.

HowStuffworks.com

“FBI Files Provide Chilling Look Into the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer,” October 11, 2022.

dot.la

“Netflix’s ‘Dahmer’ has Spurred an Online Debate on the Sensationalism of True Crime,” October 20, 2022.

ITV: planet Woo

“The psychological benefits of watching true crime,” October 4, 2022.

CSUF News

“‘The Haunting Within’: Professor Explores the Duplicity of Doppelgängers,” November 4, 2022

“True Crime and Pop Culture: A Professor Discovers Connections,” June 27, 2022.

The Orange County Register

“CSUF Research Shows Time Spend With Fans—From Star Wars to Lakers—Opens Student Minds,” January 9, 2020

Public talks

Penn State Center for American Literary Studies

“SERIAL, Podcasting, and True Crime’s Golden Age,” January 2023. My presentation starts at 14:00.