January 9, 2024

34 minutes

Available for over a year

How the mysterious deaths of 32 black sex workers in Miami in the 1980s led to a whole new (and spurious) mental health diagnosis, ending with another murder that occurred during the height of lockdown.

Written and presented by Jon Ronson

Produced by Sarah Shebbeare

Original music by Phil Channell

Archive credits: NBC News June 1984; Fox Television’s A Current Affair 1989.