In this episode, we discuss body-hopping serial killers, the death penalty, and violent crime. Get possessed with us as we talk about the 1989 Wes Craven slasher Shocker, and the 1998 biblical horror drama Fallen.

Plus, we discuss the decline of serial killers, the rise of mass shooters, body-swapping movies, the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, and musique concrete.

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Sources and Extra Reading:

• “Prologue” by Charles Bernstein (A Nightmare on Elm Street Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016), Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc.)
• “Main Title” by William Goldstein (Wes Craven’s Shocker: The Score (1989), Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc.)
• “Chasing Sidney” by Marco Beltrami (Scream: The Expanded Original Motion Picture Score (2009), Woodsboro Entertainment)
• “Shocker” by The Dudes of Wrath (Wes Craven’s Shocker: The Music (1989), SBK Records)
• “Opening” by Tan Dun (Fallen: Original Motion Picture Score (2007), Movietracks Music Soundtracks)
• “Waterphone Demo: Waters-Hubbert” by Todd Barton (YouTube, released Jul 14, 2015)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSJstDFDfg
• “Prelude / Outer Space / Radar” by Bernard Hermann (The Day the Earth Stood Still (1993), Twentieth Century Fox Film Scores)
• “Capital punishment” (Wikipedia, updated Sep 29, 2020)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment 
• “Abolitionist And Retentionist Countries As Of July 2018” (Amnesty International, published Jul 2018)
  • https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ACT5066652017ENGLISH.pdf
• “State by State” (Death Penalty Information Center, accessed Sep 14, 2020)
  • https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state
• “Racial Demographics” (Death Penalty Information Center, accessed Sep 14, 2020)
  • https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/death-row/overview/demographics
• “US Census: Quick Facts” (U.S. Census Bureau, accessed Sep 14, 2020)
  • https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/IPE120218
• “Estimating the Impact of the Death Penalty on Murder” by John J. Donohue (University of California E-Scholarship, published Oct 23, 2009)
  • https://escholarship.org/content/qt1gk0r77m/qt1gk0r77m.pdf?t=lnre2i
• “Do Executions Lower Homicide Rates: The Views of Leading Criminologists’” by Michael L. Radelet and Traci L. Lacock (Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Vol 99, Issue 2, published winter 2009)
  • https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7323&context=jclc
• “The Death Penalty And Deterrence” (Amensty International, published May 18, 2017)
  • https://www.amnestyusa.org/issues/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/the-death-penalty-and-deterrence/
• “Exonerations of Innocent Men and Women” (National Coalition Against the Death Penalty, accessed Sep 14, 2020)
  • http://www.ncadp.org/pages/innocence 
• “Rate of false conviction of criminal defendants who are sentenced to death” by Samuel R. Gross, Barbara O’Brien, Chen Hu, and Edward H. Kennedy (PNAS, updated May 20, 2014)
  • https://www.pnas.org/content/111/20/7230 
• “Timothy Cole” (Innocence Project, accessed Sep 14, 2020)
  • https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/timothy-cole/
• “The Case Against The Death Penalty” (ACLU, updated 2012)
  • https://www.aclu.org/other/case-against-death-penalty 
• “Death Penalty” (Equal Justice Initiative, accessed Sep 14, 2020)
  • https://eji.org/issues/death-penalty/ 
• “Information about the Death Penalty” (Witness to Innocence, Accessed 9/14/20)
  • https://www.witnesstoinnocence.org/death-penalty-information

• “Serial Murder Versus Mass Murder” by Scott A. Bonn Ph.D. (Psychology Today, published Jan 7, 2019)
  • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201901/serial-murder-versus-mass-murder
• “Serial Killer Statistics” by M.G. Aamodt (Radford University, published Sep 4, 2016)
  • http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Serial%20Killer%20Information%20Center/Serial%20Killer%20Statistics.pdf
• “Are American serial killers a dying breed?” by David Taylor (The Guardian, published Sep 15, 2018)
  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/15/are-american-serial-killers-a-dying-breed
• “Why were there so many serial killers in the 1980s?” by Jessica Murphy (BBC News, published Aug 31, 2018)
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45324622
• “Expect a surge in serial killers in 15 years, Canadian author says” by Katie Dangerfield (Global News, published Aug 15, 2018)
  • https://globalnews.ca/news/4388493/surge-serial-killers-15-years/
• “Are Serial Killers Still A Threat?” by Hope Racine (Bustle, published Sep 22, 2015)
  • https://www.bustle.com/articles/112136-are-there-fewer-serial-killers-today-than-there-were-40-years-ago-the-numbers-are-surprising
• “Blood Loss: The Decline of the Serial Killer” by Christopher Beam (Slate, published Jan 5, 2011)
  • https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/01/the-decline-of-the-serial-killer.html
• “Serial Murder” (FBI.gov, accessed Sep 14, 2020)
  • https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder#two
• “Active Shooter Resources” (FBI.gov, accessed Sep 14, 2020)
  • https://www.fbi.gov/about/partnerships/office-of-partner-engagement/active-shooter-resources
• “What is a Mass Shooting? What Can Be Done?” by Richard Berk (University of Pennsylvania Department of Criminology, accessed Sep 14, 2020)
  • https://crim.sas.upenn.edu/fact-check/what-mass-shooting-what-can-be-done
• “Swapping One Evil For Another: Have Mass Shooters Replaced Serial Killers?” by Amanda Marcotte (Salon, published Feb 20, 2018)
  • https://www.salon.com/2018/02/20/swapping-one-evil-for-another-have-mass-shooters-replaced-serial-killers/
• “Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011, Harvard Research Shows” by Amy P. Cohen, Deborah Azrael, and Matthew Miller (Mother Jones, published Oct 2014)
  • https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/mass-shootings-increasing-harvard-research/
• “A Guide to Mass Shootings in America” by Mark Follman, Gavin Aronsen, and Deanna Pan (Mother Jones, updated Feb 26, 2020)
  • https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map/
• “Do Fewer Serial Killers Equal More Mass Shooters? The Data Will Surprise You” by John Freund (The Line Up, published Mar 25, 2019)
  • https://the-line-up.com/mass-shooters-serial-killers
• “Behind the Bloodshed” (USA Today, updated Feb 22, 2018)
  • http://www.gannett-cdn.com/GDContent/mass-killings/index.html#frequency
• “Gun Violence Archive Past Summary Ledgers” (Gun Violence Archive, updated Sep 28, 2020)
  • https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/past-tolls

• “Spirit Possession” (Wikipedia, Updated 9/7/20)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_possession
• “Exorcism in the Movies” by SDG (Decent Films, Accessed 9/14/20)
  • http://decentfilms.com/articles/exorcism 
• “Body swap appearances in media” (Wikipedia, updated Sep 23, 2020)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_swap_appearances_in_media
• “A Brief History of Body Swap Movies” by STELIOS PHILI (GQ, published Aug 5, 2011)
  • https://www.gq.com/gallery/best-body-swap-movies-films-list-history
• “When Two Became One: A History Of Body Swap Movies” (Empire Online, published Aug 8, 2017)
  • https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/promotion-two-became-one-history-body-swap-movies/