Michelle McNamara
16
MENTIONS
9
EPISODES
9
PODCASTS
Search complete. 16 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Michelle McNamara".
Oct 21, 2026
Jack LaurenceHOST
And it was during these long years, in the wilderness, that the case found an unlikely champion.
Jack LaurenceHOST
a writer named Michelle McNamara.
Jack LaurenceHOST
She became deeply obsessed and absorbed by the story.
Jack LaurenceHOST
She was not a detective.
Jack LaurenceHOST
The title was taken from a chillingly cruel phrase the killer had once whispered to one of his victims, a promise that by the time anyone came looking he would already have disappeared into the night.
Jack LaurenceHOST
and for 40 years that promise had held.
Jack LaurenceHOST
Tragically, Michelle McNamara would pass away suddenly in 2016 before the book was finished and before the killer was caught.
Jack LaurenceHOST
Her work was completed by others and published in 2018, and it brought a huge wave of public attention to the case.
Catherine FogartyGUEST
He was like, I'll try anything.
Catherine FogartyGUEST
So this person... who had this website and was, was, you know, talking about cold cases ended up being Michelle McNamara.
Catherine FogartyGUEST
So he and Michelle, he, he met with her, uh, I believe a few times and she certainly agreed right away that she would post this information about this Jane Doe on her website.
Catherine FogartyGUEST
And then Cliff Shepard retired and, uh, off he went.
Allison ParentHOST
okay it's pretty
Matt ParentHOST
cool Michelle McNamara is this woman's name? but yeah she had passed away she passed away in 2016 2016 the vote is amazing as an idea both in world and out of world and I wish we did we did three votes and the winners of those three votes are Polaris Firestar and the Juggernaut and I like to think that that's why the Juggernaut is still on an X-Men team because he didn't get to be on an X-Men team after that Hellfire gala but if we're going to keep doing these we should do next year we got to do a vote I think I really hope they do a vote next year.
Cameron HebronGUEST
Yeah, I feel like despite what DC fans might tell you, fan votes are a fun time.
Matt ParentHOST
They are a fun
Mike MorfordGUEST
They're two different kinds of killers in their MO and, and just totally in opposite ends of the spectrum.
Mike MorfordGUEST
But I was aware of the case, and I used to communicate and email back and forth with the late Michelle McNamara, who obviously wrote a pretty impactful book on the Golden State Killer case.
Mike MorfordGUEST
And she had reached out and asked if I had any interest in poking around in the Golden State Killer case, and I told her, you know, "Thanks, but I'm sort of wrapped up in all things Zodiac," at, at the time.
Mike MorfordGUEST
So she went on down her rabbit holes in the Golden State Killer case.
Georgia HardstarkHOST
Or, like, even...
Georgia HardstarkHOST
I wonder if even Michelle McNamara, they, they want to say thank you for bringing it to the public eye, but, like, giving her credit might even piss them off somehow a little bit.
Karen KilgariffHOST
Well-
Georgia HardstarkHOST
Some of them
Georgia HardstarkHOST
Or how many...
Georgia HardstarkHOST
Yeah, how much they dug in.
Karen KilgariffHOST
I just wish one person had said, before Michelle McNamara started writing articles, doing all the shit, writing for fucking-
Georgia HardstarkHOST
Totally
speaker_3HOST
The focus shifts aggressively from analyzing the killer to honoring and centering the lost.
speaker_2HOST
And the absolute zenith of this era is I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara, published in 2018.
speaker_3HOST
Such a powerful book.
speaker_2HOST
McNamara was a true crime writer and the driving force behind the website True Crime Diary.
Daniela ScrimaHOST
And he is not out there to attack again.
Daniela ScrimaHOST
On April 24th, 2018, the East Area Rapist, the original Night Stalker, later named the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara, was finally caught.
Daniela ScrimaHOST
His name was Joseph James DeAngelo.
Daniela ScrimaHOST
He was in his 70s.
Marcia ChatelainGUEST
With
PatriciaHOST
Michelle.
PatriciaHOST
Michelle McNamara.
PatriciaHOST
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
PatriciaHOST
Michelle McNamara's book.
PatriciaHOST
Yeah, that's I'll Be Gone in the Dark.
PatriciaHOST
Yeah.
Desi JedeikinHOST
So if that's an added incentive for you, great.
Desi JedeikinHOST
We have a funny review and we will pick out our favorite and give you a copy of the Michelle McNamara book about the Golden State Killer.
Desi JedeikinHOST
Right.
Desi JedeikinHOST
And I think we'll sign something for you, either the book or whatever.