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148 Serial Killers And Captivating Criminals With True Crime Television Producer Sonja Borgmann!

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Today on the show we have True Crime Television Producer Sonja Borgmann!  

Sonja is a producer for true crime documentaries for Tubi T.V. and A & E. Some cases she has highlighted are infamous killers like Ted Bundy and the Menedez brothers. She also produced the Killing Diana documentary, highlighting the life and death of the late Lady Diana.

Please enjoy this wide-ranging and enjoyable true crime discussion with Sonja Borgmann.

In today’s episode we discuss:

·      Sonja’s interest in investigative journalism and documentaries at an early age. 

  • Her interest in foreign affairs that took her to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Berlin, and Lisbon, and how this molded her future career in documentaries.

·      How and when Sonja got interested in criminal justice, more specifically true crime cases?

·      What pulls Sonja towards infamous, true crime cases? 

·      The Killing Diana documentary profiling the life and death of Lady Diana.

·      Some of the fascinating cases Sonja has worked on, including murder-for-hire cases.

·      Why Sonja thinks we are so interested, sometimes obsessed with true crime.

·      What advice she would give to someone trying to break into the true crime business. 

·      How Sonja looks at people differently since she started covering stories of serial killers and other psychopaths.

·      Sonja’s top-secret project with me being a part of the show (not as the serial killer)!

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