What a Creep: "The Kitty Genovese Murder"

What a Creep “The Murder of Kitty Genovese”Season 15, Episode 2The Real Details & the Aftermath of One of the Most Famous Murders in New York CityThe murder of 28-year-old Kitty Genovese made national news when The New York Times on March 27, 1964, claimed that 37 people watched as she was stabbed to death and did nothing to help her. The expression “Bystander Syndrome” was developed partly because of her crime and her death became a symbol of apathy and a lack of community on the rise. None of what we were taught turns out to be true. Today, I will talk about the real Kitty Genovese, police work in the 1960s, the terrible reporting by the Times and other news outlets, and what we can learn from this travesty. Trigger warnings: murder, sexual assault, and rape. Sources for this episodeKitty Genovese WIKIBystander EffectAM RosenthalAmerican Psychological AssociationThe Daily BeastChicago TribuneNew York Times Winston Moseley DeathThe New YorkerA Crime to Remember Season 2 Episode 1The Witness (William Genovese) by James D Solomon & Jessica RobinsonNew York Times Sophia Farrar ObitThe GuardianOriginal NY Times article March 27, 1964Thirty-Eight Witnesses by A.M. RosenthalKitty Genovese by Catherine PeloneroFifty Years After Kitty Genovese by Peter Hellman & Albert A. Seedman Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple PodcastsTwitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPodFacebook: Join the private group! Instagram @WhatACreepPodcastVisit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreepEmail: [email protected] We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/#Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud