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Comic Books and Thrill-Killers? An Interview with Mariah Adin
Comic Books and Thrill-Killers? An Interview with Mariah Adin
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jul 18, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
(Elizabeth and Mariah) This week, Elizabeth interviews Mariah Adin about her book The Brooklyn Thrill-Kill Gang and the Great Comic Book Scare of the 1950s to explore why juvenile delinquency kept so many parents up at night in the US in the 1950s. Were comic books leading kids to lives of crime?
Released:
Jul 18, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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