Inside Jaws

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Inside Jaws
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Presentation
Hosted byMark Ramsey
Production
Preceded by Inside the Exorcist
Publication
Original releaseJune 26, 2018 – August 7, 2018

Inside Jaws is a horror and film history podcast about Jaws created by Mark Ramsey and produced by Wondery.

Contents

Background

The podcast debuted on June 26, 2018. [1] The series consisted of seven episodes. [2] The podcast sparked interest in the unsolved murder of Ruth Marie Terry. [3] [4] The podcast discusses the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 and how they acted as the inspiration for the film. [5] [6] The possibility of a television adaptation of the podcast was discussed. [7] The podcast uses both historical narration as well as acted dramatizations. [8]

Reception

Omar Sanchez wrote in The Hollywood Reporter that the podcast pays "attention to detail" when it comes to film history. [9] Inkoo Kang criticized the Inside series in Slate Magazine for bolstering the "great (white) man theory" and ignoring the harmful repercussions of popular media's influence on the public. [10] The podcast was nominated in the 2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards for best entertainment TV podcast. [11]

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