Summary

When she was about 20, Georgia went to a comedy show where she saw Karen perform. Though they did not meet for another fifteen years, Georgia was immediately in awe of Karen's humor and confidence. Not long after they met, they bonded over their shared value of vulnerability. This is a cornerstone of their friendship as well as of their podcast. Georgia then writes about how My Favorite Murder changed her life. It helped to get her out of a career that was tied up with a toxic friendship and it created a community founded in part by vulnerability and in part by shared interests.

The week that Georgia is writing her conclusion is the same week that the elusive Golden State Killer was caught, after decades of anonymity. Georgia writes about the true-crime author Michelle McNamara who wrote a recent book...