The idea for Death Becomes Us was initially recorded where most great ideas end up: on a dirty napkin. From there, Jenn made sure she carefully crafted live shows that alternated between sad and funny. Everyone needs a palate cleanser. If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like to see Amanda Knox comment on Tinder matches, this was the event for you. Because fans of the true crime genre love to chat but rarely have an opportunity to do so in-person, it was an immediate hit.

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Death Becomes Us True Crime Festival Comes To New York City This March

An Interview with Festival Creator Jenn Tisdale

By Risa Sarachan

(Forbes)

Wine and Crime podcast

Death Becomes Us festival brings a true-crime wave to D.C.

Mysteries, murders and all things macabre are at the center of Brightest Young Things’ first true-crime festival, Death Becomes Us.

By Rachel Pondar

(Washington Post)

Death Becomes Us Festival

True Crime at Christmas? South Philadelphia’s Devil’s Den Presents Death Becomes Us: Holidazed Edition

By A. D. Amorosi

(Dosage Magazine)

'Death Becomes Us' Holiday Variety Show Promises To 'Roast Some Bad Guys'

Criminal behaviorist Sarah Cailean, exoneree Amanda Knox and "Last Podcast on the Left" co-host Henry Zebrowski will offer their virtual audience "true crime adventures with a holiday twist.”

By Gina Tron

(Oxygen)

What to expect at NYC’s true crime festival Death Becomes Us

Put on your deerstalker hats, grab your flashlights and remind your loved ones to lock the doors — New York is finally getting its first-ever true crime festival, Death Becomes Us.

By Eva Kis

(Metro New York)

The Time of True Crime

Why sociopaths and serial killers are taking over pop culture.

By Maude Campbell

(Popular Mechanics)

Mindhunter: John Douglas

Inside The First True Crime Festival

Balancing true crime and comedy, Death Becomes Us: A True Crime Festival surprised us and brought an unlikely community together.

By Emily Kubincanek

(Film School Rejects)

New York City gets a festival for the true crime fanatic, ‘Death Becomes Us’

[T]he festival takes viewers’ self-appointed role of true-crime investigator “out of the URL and into the IRL,” director Jenn Tisdale says.

By Meghan Giannotta

(AM NY)