A rare true crime story that gives time to the victim; and inspirational tales with Jane Garvey
Who Killed Emma? (BBC Radio Scotland) | BBC Sounds
Life Changing (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
Regular readers will know that I’m not an uncritical fan of the true crime genre. We need a separate bin for shows that lip-smack over the details of a gory killing, or give us an intricate psychological examination of a murderer while neglecting to describe the victim (usually a woman). But another problem with many true crime shows is that they start promisingly, and then fizzle into “maybes” and “could haves”. Even Serial does this. Crimes are hard to solve, it turns out.
