Streaming: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey | Part 2

We conclude our two-part discussion of the JonBenét Ramsey case based on the streaming episode of Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey. We talk about media spectacles, the sexualization of pageant children and depictions of youth in the media, and the biases for and against the Ramsey family.

CW | TW: This episode discusses graphic details of child sexual abuse and murder. Listener discretion is advised.

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Sources

Netflix: Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey (2024)

Article: “A Timeline of the Investigation into JonBenét Ramsey’s Murder” by Biography.com Editors and Rachel Chang (Biography.com)

Article: “The JonBenét Ramsey 911 Call Offers Few Answers” by Morgan Brinell (Bustle)

Article: “Real-life Ransom Notes” (CBS News)

Article: “JonBenét Ramsey’s Mother’s 911 Call ‘Seemed Rehearsed,’ Operator Says” by Lindsay Kimble (Time.com)

Article: “Ramsey to Leave His Company” (The Denver Post)

Article: “Patsy Ramsey’s Handwriting Sample is Strikingly Similar to the JonBenét Ransom Note” by Ivy Griffith (Distractify.com)

Article: “JonBenét’s Doctor Rules Out Abuse” by Alli Krupski (Daily Camera)

Article: “What Does It Mean to Be Indicted By a Grand Jury?” (University of Washington, School of Law)

Digital Collection: John Mark Karr’s Handwriting Sample (Denver Public Library)

Autopsy Report: JonBenét Ramsey Autopsy Report (Office of the Boulder County Coroner)

Theses and Dissertations: “Pageant Moms: Mothers’ Accounts of Their Participating in Child Beauty Pageants” by Darla Clare Smith (U of Memphis 2014)

Transcribed Ransom Note: JonBenét Ramsey Ransom Note 1996 (Fort Lewis College; fortlewis.edu)

911 Call: JonBenét Ramsey 911 Call | YT: True Crime Bites

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