James Polchin

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 “House of Mystery True Crime History” (NBC Radio)

“Hidden Gay Lives” (BBC4 Radio)

“Queers Deserved It: New Book Chronicles Antigay Crime Pre-Stonewall” (Advocate)

“'Indecent Advances' Chronicles Violence Gay Men Experienced Before Stonewall Riots” (NPR/WBUR)

“The Killer Crooner And The Death Of A Thrill-Killer: LGBT True Crime Of The Past” (Oxygen/NBC)

“Crimes Against Sexuality: How true crime stories were used to fan the flames of homophobia—and let killers get away with murder” (Smarty Pants Podcast/ American Scholar)

“Queer true crime stories of the past show how the press stoked fear of gay men” (VOX)

“How Sensationalizing True Crime Criminalized Queer People” (Crime Reads)

“James Polchin Looks at Violence Against Gay Men Before Stonewall” (Provincetown Local)

“Homosexual Panic: PW Talks with James Polchin” (Publishers Weekly & The Millions)

“Reading with James Polchin” (Shelf Awareness)


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