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Podcast: Problematic Women
Episode: Why Are Americans Fixated on 'Gabby’ Petito Tragedy?
Description: Unless you have no cable TV and no internet, you have likely heard about 22-year-old Gabrielle "Gabby” Petito. Petito was living the Instagram dream with her fiance, Brian Laundrie. The couple spent the past several months traveling through national parks and documenting their adventures on social media. But the picture-perfect story came to a tragic end when Petito was reported missing and subsequently found dead.Laundrie, 23, returned to his parents’ home in North Port, Florida, without Petito on Sept. 1, and Petito’s parents reported her missing Sept. 11. Eight days later, her remains were found i...