True crime podcast script writing, with Gemma Harris
- Author
- Lynne Testoni and Rachel Smith
- Published
- Wed 26 Oct 2022
- Episode Link
- https://sites.libsyn.com/106952/true-crime-podcast-script-writing-with-gemma-harris
True crime podcasts are hugely popular - but who's behind the scenes creating the episodes we can't help but go back for again and again? Meet Gemma Harris, a podcast scriptwriter who specialises in true crime. In this fascinating episode, we talk to Gemma about: + her criminology degree and psychology and how helpful it is to her in her work + how she finds work as a true crime podcast scriptwriter + the polarising question of whether true crime podcasts are exploitative + her podcast script-writing process + the cases she's researched and written about that she'll never forget + her advice to others thinking about a similar niche.
More about Gemma
Her website: https://gemmaharrisfreelance.com/
Q&A with Rachel's List: https://www.rachelslist.com.au/blog/meet-gemma-i-write-scripts-for-true-crime-podcasts/
Links to mentions in this episode
Renae Marsden - https://obscuracrimepodcast.com/podcast/2020/11/28/renae-marsden-with-friends-like-these-part-01-amp-02
Bogle/Chandler case - https://www.tapesfromthedarkside.com/category/season-4/ Petition: https://www.change.org/p/dominic-perrottet-driven-to-suicide-but-renae-s-abuser-in-the-clear-criminalising-catfishing Bourke Street Massacre - https://obscuracrimepodcast.com/podcast/2021/9/1/s3e1-the-bourke-street-massacre-part-01 https://obscuracrimepodcast.com/podcast/2021/9/22/s3e2-the-bourke-street-massacre-part-02 https://obscuracrimepodcast.com/podcast/2022/2/8/s3e3-the-bourke-street-massacre-part-03 Rachel Barber - https://casefilepodcast.com/case-112-rachel-barber/ Leigh Leigh (the case I used as the basis for my masters thesis) - https://obscuracrimepodcast.com/podcast/2020/3/11/s2e18-leigh-leigh-property-of-the-clan