Podcast Episode Details

True crime podcast script writing, with Gemma Harris

Season 11

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