<description>&lt;p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;On the morning of May 24, 2019, Jennifer Dulos dropped her kids off at New Canaan Country School. And then minutes later, she vanished.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Her presumed murder quickly became a national story.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This hour, &lt;em&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/em&gt; columnist Rich Cohen joins us to talk about his book, &lt;a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374608064/murderinthedollhouse/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Plus: a look at our ongoing obsession with these true crime stories.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GUESTS:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rich Cohen:&lt;/strong&gt; Writer at large at &lt;em&gt;Air Mail&lt;/em&gt; and a columnist at &lt;em&gt;The Wall Street Journal&lt;/em&gt;; his new book is &lt;em&gt;Murder in the Dollhouse&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bethany Usher:&lt;/strong&gt; A journalist and academic and the author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.routledge.com/Journalism-and-Crime/Usher/p/book/9781032022246"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Journalism and Crime&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Colin McEnroe Show &lt;em&gt;is available as a podcast on &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-colin-mcenroe-show/id714179884"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0AXtqrzWounIoJyIqz003p"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Spotify&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9b6b3cee-f69b-4729-a78b-181f851d80e8/the-colin-mcenroe-show"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Amazon Music&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/The-Colin-McEnroe-Show-p1208473/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;TuneIn&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-colin-mcenroe-show-connecticut-public-lXR08dxQSM5/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Listen Notes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/newsletters"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subscribe to &lt;/em&gt;The Noseletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by &lt;/em&gt;The Colin McEnroe Show&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Join the conversation on &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://facebook.com/ColinMcShow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Facebook&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/colinmcshow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Twitter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show, which originally aired on July 17, 2025.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment"&gt;Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Colin McEnroe Show

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‘Murder in the Dollhouse’: Jennifer Dulos and our fascination with true crime

APR 1, 202649 MIN
The Colin McEnroe Show

‘Murder in the Dollhouse’: Jennifer Dulos and our fascination with true crime

APR 1, 202649 MIN

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On the morning of May 24, 2019, Jennifer Dulos dropped her kids off at New Canaan Country School. And then minutes later, she vanished. Her presumed murder quickly became a national story. This hour, Wall Street Journal columnist Rich Cohen joins us to talk about his book, Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story. Plus: a look at our ongoing obsession with these true crime stories. GUESTS: Rich Cohen: Writer at large at Air Mail and a columnist at The Wall Street Journal; his new book is Murder in the Dollhouse Bethany Usher: A journalist and academic and the author of Journalism and Crime The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show, which originally aired on July 17, 2025.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.