“Oh, should I travel through the woods, or should I not wishing I would? For above me lurks within the trees, no one could hear my deathly screams. The palest man, the blackest suit, bigger than the tallest brute. Six black arms will grab you up, or will stalk you till you just give up. […]

Read More Slenderman: The Boogeyman For a New Generation

Three episodes. It took exactly three hour-long episodes until the name Brendan Dassey was mentioned. From the very beginning of Netflix’s documentary, Making a Murderer, the audience’s focus has been on Steven Avery’s innocence in the two cases that are shown to us, and for a while, they do a pretty remarkable job in depicting […]

Read More The Expense of Making a Murderer: Brendan Dassey’s Reality

Welcome everyone! I am Dr. Kaci O’Donnell, the professor for this course. I am so excited to work with students on this project and to spend a semester rhetorically analyzing true crime. I am confident that these students will create a fun and interactive blog that can reach the ever-growing population of true crime fans! […]

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