Investigating Historical True Crime

Fall Term

True Crime Podcasts are having their moment in American society, and the best episodes often investigate either notorious or long-forgotten historical events. This seminar allows students to research a historical mystery, scandal, or crime they find intriguing, and to produce a podcast episode telling the tale. Students will learn archival and digital research skills to dig deep into their infamous crime or bygone whodunit. The seminar will discuss how to evaluate historical and media sources and ask the students to analyze why their historical event was either buried or became the "crime of the century."  With their research, students will write a script and produce a podcast episode telling a new interpretation to an infamous true crime story.

Instructor - Ms. Gretchen Young