Gaslight: Murder in Thornton Square

Dead Sleep True Crime for Bedtime

05-04-2024 • 27分

In this gently suspenseful true crime history lesson, Dead Sleep host Nancy Miller traces the origins of the word "Gaslight," from a psychological thriller about a conniving husband who pushes his wife to the brink of madness...to "gaslight" as a modern verb for deceptive manipulation.

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"So You Think You've Been Gaslit?" by Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker:



The 1940 British version of Gaslight:


The 1944 Hollywood version of Gaslight:


Patrick Hamilton Archive @ University of Texas: