American Psycho

This week we're traveling back to the 1980s with American Psycho! Join us as we learn about Wall Street killers, men's skincare products, Page 6, "Hip to be Square", and more!

Sources:

Cynthia Weiner, "What We Miss When We Talk About the Preppy Killer," Crime Reads (2025), https://crimereads.com/what-we-miss-when-we-talk-about-the-preppy-killer/
James Feron, "Wall St. Analyst Guilty in Murder of Second Wife," The New York Times 17 March 1989, B2, 38.
Leonard Buder, "Suspect Seized in Two Murders in Wall St. Area," The New York Times 23 June 1982, B1.
https://casetext.com/case/dodell-v-walsh
"Driver Sentenced in Fatal Shooting," New York Times 1984, https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/02/nyregion/the-city-driver-sentenced-in-fatal-shooting.html and https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/11/nyregion/broker-is-resentenced-in-slaying-after-crash.html

Deborah Blumenthal, "The Male Difference," NY Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/16/magazine/the-male-difference.html
"Skin Care for Men Surging," NY Times, 18 December 1984, available at https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/18/business/skin-care-for-men-surging.html
Ruth la Ferla, "Men's Style: Putting on a Face," NY Times, 26 October 1986, available at https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/26/magazine/men-s-style-putting-on-a-renewed-face.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_to_Be_Square
https://funnyordie.com/2013/4/03/17717016/american-psycho-with-huey-lewis-and-weird-al/
https://genius.com/Huey-lewis-and-the-news-hip-to-be-square-lyrics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psycho_(film)
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-psycho-2000

Kate Storey, "The Secret History of Page 6," Esquire, available at https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a30709872/page-six-gossip-history-new-york-post/
Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacomo, How Page Six Became the Most Feared Gossip Column in the World, Hollywood Reporter, available at https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/page-six-feared-gossip-column-paper-of-wreckage-1236024546/