Elisa Donovan

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3,722 appearances 17 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 6d ago

Elisa Donovan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present · Killer Thriller: The Real Reason Joe Berlinger Cast Zac Efron as Ted Bundy · 5 Jul 2026 podcast

People call me a true crime pioneer.

I like the pioneer part, the true crime pioneer.

Kind of gives me the willies because there is a lot of irresponsible true crime out there.

There is stuff that's totally off that makes fun of

in a way that I think is disrespectful to victims.

There's a lot of scripted filmmakers who will go nameless, you know, that do scripted versions of stories and don't reach out to the victims, don't make sure it's okay with them, you know, don't even interact with the victims in terms of, or the real people involved to tell the story, which I think is unconscionable.

So for me, the phrase true crime conjures up

this baggage of wallowing in the misery of others just to tell a story without any concern for social justice or victims.

And so I consider myself a criminal justice filmmaker who tells dark stories of crime.

And even with Bundy, when they say you're glamorizing, you're sensationalizing, there's not a single show that I've done where I don't ask myself, what's the social justice needle to move here?

How can I impact the case?

And again, for Bundy, it was like, my God, very bright 21-year-olds don't know who Ted Bundy is.

And both of my daughters with long hair and being 21, the prototypical Bundy victim.

And so I felt like...

Retelling that story for the Netflix generation was an important thing to do.

Yep.

I'm 100% with you on all of this.

And even in doing this podcast, I am deeply committed to talking about the human side of this and how do people get from A to Z. And the people I'm particularly...

answer the call of my life and keep going and either help through this or, you know, create change, impact change.

So I'm totally with you on this.

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