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Cereal Killer Network

@cerealkillernet.bsky.social
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Warning: Not about Cereal 🥣 A network interested in exploring the mysterious world of Serial Killers. Co-run by @katrinajan.bsky.social, zbloodyqueen.bsky.social, rebeccafrostwrites.com & Ross Conway. Blog: cerealkillernet.wordpress.com

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Katrina Jan @katrinajan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Great talk tonight from @murphgothic.bsky.social & lots of useful material for my own PhD research 👏 we'll share the recording soon on our blog ⬇️ cerealkillernet.wordpress.com
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Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Amazing session tonight on "A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America" with Professor Bernice Murphy! Thanks to everyone who joined & to @murphgothic.bsky.social for putting together such an engaging talk 👏 You can watch previous sessions on our blog: cerealkillernet.wordpress.com
Poster for the talk “Serial Murder in North America, to be given by professor Bernice M Murphy and sponsored by the Cereal Killer Network. The talk is Tuesday 18th March from 7-8pm GMT. Email or tweet for the link: @CerealKillerNet or CerealKillerNet@gmail.com. 

The network name is written across the top in Ransom, note letters, and accompanied by the logo: a bowl of cereal with a spoon sticking out of it. The title of the talk has a bloody hand print on the left and a bloody knife on the right. Below is a photo of a bulletin board covered in notes, all connected by red string
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GOTHICA 🦇 @gothicauob.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Attention Goths 📢 upcoming talks below ⬇️ Tonight: "Serial Murder in North America"🔪 @cerealkillernet.bsky.social, guest speaker @murphgothic.bsky.social, 7pm GMT, Zoom Next week: "Catholic Gothic" ✝️ with @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social 6pm GMT, Zoom Reading 📚 uobgothica.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/s...
A representation of gothic and Catholic themes, with a black backdrop, fire in the middle, a demon on the left, and hands in prayer on the right. Promotional poster for "Gothica" event, on Catholic Gothic with guest speaker Dr. Kristof Smeyers, scheduled for Thursday, 27th March via Zoom from 6:00pm to 7:30pm GMT.The poster for the talk “Serial Murder in North America, to be given by professor Bernice M Murphy and sponsored by the Cereal Killer Network. The talk is Tuesday 18th March from 7-8pm GMT. Email or tweet for the link: @CerealKillerNet or CerealKillerNet@gmail.com. 

The network name is written across the top in Ransom, note letters, and accompanied by the logo: a bowl of cereal with a spoon sticking out of it. The title of the talk has a bloody hand print on the left and a bloody knife on the right. Below is a photo of a bulletin board covered in notes, all connected by red string
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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 18/03/2025
Today! That’s 3pm eastern if you’re in my time zone.
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Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Tonight ‼️ Don't miss our session today on 'Serial Murder in North America' at 7pm GMT (Zoom) with @murphgothic.bsky.social. DM to join!
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Katrina Jan @katrinajan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
So excited for this 🔪 @murphgothic.bsky.social will be presenting 'A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America' next Tuesday 7pm. DM @cerealkillernet.bsky.social to join! ⬇️
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Belinda Stuebinger @zbloodyqueen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Join us for this very interesting talk next week 🖤
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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 12/03/2025
Coming on Tuesday!
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Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Exactly 1 week to go! 🗣 Prof. M Murphy 🔪 A Brief History of Serial Murder in North America 📅 Tues 18th March 🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT 📍Zoom Prof Murphy will discuss her chapter on 'American Serial Killer’ in the recently published 'The Routledge History of Crime in America'. DM to join!
he poster for the talk “Serial Murder in North America, to be given by professor Bernice M Murphy and sponsored by the Cereal Killer Network. The talk is Tuesday 18th March from 7-8pm GMT. Email or tweet for the link: @CerealKillerNet or CerealKillerNet@gmail.com. 

The network name is written across the top in Ransom, note letters, and accompanied by the logo: a bowl of cereal with a spoon sticking out of it. The title of the talk has a bloody hand print on the left and a bloody knife on the right. Below is a photo of a bulletin board covered in notes, all connected by red string.
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Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko @drlkz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
If you are interested in historicising, contextualising, or rewriting #truecrime, join @lizzieseal.bsky.social and me to reflect on ways in which true crime narratives are deployed! The CFP is live and the proposals can be submitted via this form: forms.gle/U1hHhpWQh9u8... The deadline is 16 May!
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text: (Untrue) True Crime: Historicising, Contextualising, Rewriting
8 July 2025 | online Zoomsame background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board
text: Whether stemming from interest in violence and stories or the need to understand criminal behaviour, narrating true crime has become an industry in and of itself. We would like to create a platform to discuss various ways of historicising, contextualising, and rewriting true crime across the media and further understanding regarding the ways in which true crime narratives are deployed.same background: a typewriter and a mug in front of a mock crime board
text: Topics may include but are not limited to:

covering true crime in the media
the ethics of representing true crime
adapting and reinterpreting true crime
(de)mythologising perpetrators
the criminal-detective dynamic
voicing the victims and their families
the role of law enforcement
shifting formats of narrating true crime
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text: Please submit a 250-word proposal and a 50-100-word bionote by 16  May 2025 using the form linnked in the post.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by 6 June 2025.
Lizzie Seal (University of Sussex) and Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko (University of Warsaw)
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Belinda Stuebinger @zbloodyqueen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Only a few more hours to go! If you'd like to join us send us an email or a DM for the link 🖤
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Narrative, Culture and Community Research Centre @nccratbournemouth.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
One of our PGRs, the marvellous @zbloodyqueen.bsky.social and her crew at @cerealkillernet.bsky.social have this coming up tonight!
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Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Don't miss our session tomorrow! 🗣 Dr Coltan Scrivner 🔪 Why do we love True Crime? 📅 28th Jan 🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT 📍Zoom
The poster for “Why We Love True Crime” by Dr. Colton Scrivner as hosted by the Cereal Killer Network. Thursday 28 January 2025, 7-8:30 pm GMT on zoom. Email or tweet for link @CerealKillerNet CerealKillerNet@gmail.com. The top image shows a woman biting her fingernail as she reads a book. Below a man sits in a chair, lit only by a bright screen just out of the picture. Blood drips over the images.
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Katrina Jan @katrinajan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Happening tomorrow 🔪⬇️
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Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Just 1 week to go!🩸 🗣 Dr Coltan Scrivner 🔪 Why do we love True Crime? 📅 28th Jan 🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT 📍Zoom Dr. Coltan Scrivner is a behavioural biologist & leading researcher on the science behind morbid curiosity, including the human fascination with horror & true crime.
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Katrina Jan @katrinajan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Here's some spooky & "killer" events to get you through January 💀⬇️ *This Thurs 23rd* - Coastal Gothic 🌊 for @gothicauob.bsky.social 🦇 5pm GMT, Zoom *Next Tues 28th* - Why We Love True Crime🩸for @cerealkillernet.bsky.social 🔪 7pm GMT, Zoom DM to join!
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Belinda Stuebinger @zbloodyqueen.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
What an awesome first post for me here on BlueSky 🖤 Come join us!
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Katrina Jan @katrinajan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Calling all True Crime fans 🔊 Looking forward to this session with @morbidpsych.bsky.social who will be delving into the psychology behind our fascination with murderous men. *Tues 28th Jan @7pm GMT, Zoom*
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Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We're back with a very exciting session⬇️ 🗣 Dr Coltan Scrivner 🔪 Why do we love True Crime? 📅 28th Jan 🕐 7pm - 8.30pm GMT 📍Zoom @morbidpsych.bsky.social will explore how the evolutionary trajectory of our species modified our psychology & led to a fascination with evil men. DM to join!
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Cereal Killer Network @cerealkillernet.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Hi Bluesky 👋 Are you intrigued by serial killers? 🔪 Does the psychology & history behind these infamous figures pique your interest? If so, our Cereal Killer Network is a place for you. Join us on Zoom for dark evenings filled with lively discussions. Blog: cerealkillernet.wordpress.com
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