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1.Are women portayed differently in written accounts of crime versus in true-crime television, film, or other media? Why or why not?
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2.What evidence of noir do you see in Jack Webb’s account of the Dahlia case? How does Bowden’s modern-day “Body in Room 348†fit with this tradition?
Hint: Bowden, Mark. “The Body in Room 348” https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/05/true-crime-elegante-hotel-texas-murder
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4.What makes In Cold Blood such an important part of the tradition of literary true crime? How do you think the genre would have evolved without it? (provide support for your answer)
Hint: this link Garrett, George. “Then and Now: ‘In Cold Blood’ Revisited”
5.What evidence do we have that Ruby McCollum was guilty? Does the writer imply she had a reason to kill? Give specific examples to support your answer.