In this episode we discuss Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, the beginning of the crime and true crime craze in American storytelling culture, the famous shower murder scene featuring Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor’s career from child actor to Hollywood superstar, her many marriages and divorces, and how she turned her massive influence to help combat the A.I.D.S. epidemic in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
**Content Warning** mention of a non-fatal car accident including details of injuries from 39:28-39:47**
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