Aluce in Murderland
July 8, 2023 at 3:57 PM
Aluce in Murderland
Do you hate car culture? Wanna hate it more?
Read Murderland.
Read Murderland.
July 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Do you hate car culture? Wanna hate it more?
Read Murderland.
Read Murderland.
Finally got around to reading Caroline Fraser’s “Murderland,” which is kinda sort of about 1970s serial killers (usually a topic I have no interest in), and is much more so an intensely weird prose-poem about lead poisoning, the threatening aura of Seattle, and society-spanning existential dread.
August 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Finally got around to reading Caroline Fraser’s “Murderland,” which is kinda sort of about 1970s serial killers (usually a topic I have no interest in), and is much more so an intensely weird prose-poem about lead poisoning, the threatening aura of Seattle, and society-spanning existential dread.
Read Murderland by Caroline Fraser, this is basically the thesis bsky.app/profile/mapq...
Seattle is weird town and it just gets into the DNA.
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Read Murderland by Caroline Fraser, this is basically the thesis bsky.app/profile/mapq...
I love doing research
July 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I love doing research
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Caroline Fraser's Murderland is just chock full of rage fuel and WTF.
Lead smelters gave us so much, like serial killers and adults with hair trigger rage issues.
Lead smelters gave us so much, like serial killers and adults with hair trigger rage issues.
April 14, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Caroline Fraser's Murderland is just chock full of rage fuel and WTF.
Lead smelters gave us so much, like serial killers and adults with hair trigger rage issues.
Lead smelters gave us so much, like serial killers and adults with hair trigger rage issues.
MURDERLAND by @calfraser.bsky.social is one of the best books I’ve read in years. A powerful work of true crime and memoir. I just suggested it to two friends and they’re equally immersed. bookshop.org/p/books/murd... @penguinpress.bsky.social
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
bookshop.org
May 26, 2026 at 12:39 AM
MURDERLAND by @calfraser.bsky.social is one of the best books I’ve read in years. A powerful work of true crime and memoir. I just suggested it to two friends and they’re equally immersed. bookshop.org/p/books/murd... @penguinpress.bsky.social
I couldn't put Murderland by Caroline Fraser down. Best book I read all year. And an absolute must-read for anyone from the Pacific Northwest.
The Beast in the Clouds by Nathalia Holt didn't really do it for me, feels like a story that's been done better by a lot of other authors. Maybe check it out if you're really into China or pandas.
A Marriage At Sea by Sophie Elmhirst is almost novelistic in its portrayal of the shipwrecked couple. Also recommended for anyone who wants a story with a protagonist who is probably on the spectrum.
August 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I couldn't put Murderland by Caroline Fraser down. Best book I read all year. And an absolute must-read for anyone from the Pacific Northwest.
currently working through Murderland. it's incredibly gutwrenching and gruesome
September 25, 2026 at 2:23 AM
currently working through Murderland. it's incredibly gutwrenching and gruesome
It’s me in People Magazine! Along with a bunch of other books I want to read!
June 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It’s me in People Magazine! Along with a bunch of other books I want to read!
Oh boy it's PSL Murderland!
September 25, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Oh boy it's PSL Murderland!
I am in the middle of Murderland by Caroline Fraser, which gets into the lead poisoning/PNW serial killer connection in some detail, and guys, it's bad. Don't let the republicans put lead and asbestos back in the air/walls/water.
Welcome to my town of Tacoma, WA. What are we known for? Well, we’re the premiere case study for “all the chemicals made boomers insane”
Chemical reaction? How this Washington city became the serial-killer capitol of America
Many of these “rare breed” serial killers had “spent quality time in Tacoma, a place where paraphilias flourish like fungi,” she writes.
nypost.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I am in the middle of Murderland by Caroline Fraser, which gets into the lead poisoning/PNW serial killer connection in some detail, and guys, it's bad. Don't let the republicans put lead and asbestos back in the air/walls/water.
Caroline Fraser’s MURDERLAND makes a provocative argument — one that fascinated me greatly — connecting the rise of serial killers with levels of environmental toxins. I wrote about the book, and what I call “The Bundy Problem”, for @theatlantic.com:
A Provocative Argument About What Creates Serial Killers
In her new book, "Murderland," Caroline Fraser argues that the rise of these criminals has deep roots in the release of industrial waste.
www.theatlantic.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Caroline Fraser’s MURDERLAND makes a provocative argument — one that fascinated me greatly — connecting the rise of serial killers with levels of environmental toxins. I wrote about the book, and what I call “The Bundy Problem”, for @theatlantic.com:
Murderland readers seeing the news that half of US adults were exposed to harmful lead levels as kids being all sickos.jpg
September 28, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Murderland readers seeing the news that half of US adults were exposed to harmful lead levels as kids being all sickos.jpg
#Murderland on LitHub’s list of year-end faves!
@literaryhub.bsky.social's best books of the year include MURDERLAND (@calfraser.bsky.social), BUG HOLLOW (Michelle Huneven), and SHADOW TICKET (Thomas Pynchon). Congratulations! lithub.com/lit-hubs-43-...
Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025
It’s been another hard year for so many people, and in so many ways, but best-of lists are for remembering the good times, and reading is always good (at least the way we do it). Here are the…
lithub.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#Murderland on LitHub’s list of year-end faves!
Sweet! Thomas Pynchon and #Murderland!
Even in a fractured media landscape, these books held our attention. The best books of 2025 include Thomas Pynchon’s first novel in 12 years, a geopolitical thriller by Susan Choi, and Keith McNally’s memoir.
The Best Books of 2025
Even in a fractured media landscape, these books held our attention. The best books of 2025 include Thomas Pynchon’s first novel in 12 years, a geopolitical thriller by Susan Choi, and Keith McNally’s memoir.
www.vulture.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Sweet! Thomas Pynchon and #Murderland!
Meanwhile, get out your Baltimore bingo cards (it’s an admirably low score):
Rowhouses: check (bonus points for correct spelling).
The Wire (twice).
Bodymore (but no Murderland)
Rowhouses: check (bonus points for correct spelling).
The Wire (twice).
Bodymore (but no Murderland)
Am genuinely flummoxed by the NYT’s claim that my city’s (to be celebrated) low homicide rate is operating “in a Baltimore that no one alive has experienced.” There were 89 homicides record in ‘61, for example, and I’m pretty sure that there are some people born in, say, 1951 who can remember that.
August 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Meanwhile, get out your Baltimore bingo cards (it’s an admirably low score):
Rowhouses: check (bonus points for correct spelling).
The Wire (twice).
Bodymore (but no Murderland)
Rowhouses: check (bonus points for correct spelling).
The Wire (twice).
Bodymore (but no Murderland)
Now (re)reading @calfraser.bsky.social’s magnificent book MURDERLAND.
April 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Now (re)reading @calfraser.bsky.social’s magnificent book MURDERLAND.
Wow—so chuffed that Colson Whitehead read #Murderland… and liked it.
Colson Whitehead's three favorite reads of the past five years: Hernan Diaz, Patrick Radden Keefe, and Caroline Fraser's MURDERLAND — about the possible causes of the serial killer epidemic in the '60s through '80s.
How to Die and Be Reborn in Colson Whitehead’s New York
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author opens up about midlife, the state of writing, and how his new book, ‘Cool Machine,’ makes sense of the world
buff.ly
August 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Wow—so chuffed that Colson Whitehead read #Murderland… and liked it.
I plan to spend today reading this.
April 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I plan to spend today reading this.
Finished my 5th book of the year. Big recommend.
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Finished my 5th book of the year. Big recommend.
In her new book, "Murderland," Caroline Fraser makes the unconventional argument that the rise of serial killing has deep roots in the creation of industrial waste, Sarah Weinman writes.
A Provocative Argument About What Creates Serial Killers
In her new book, "Murderland," Caroline Fraser argues that the rise of these criminals has deep roots in the release of industrial waste.
bit.ly
June 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In her new book, "Murderland," Caroline Fraser makes the unconventional argument that the rise of serial killing has deep roots in the creation of industrial waste, Sarah Weinman writes.