{
  "id": 20199134,
  "title": "Rachelle Hampton won’t admit how long she spent charting the use of ‘murmur’ in Twilight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/rachelle-hampton-wont-admit-how-long-she-spent-charting-the-use-of",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-15T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1033895/rachelle-hampton-normal-gossip-interview"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rachelle Hampton, a writer and co-owner at Defector Media, has spent a significant amount of time documenting the usage of the word \"murmur\" in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. This project began in 2020, following the release of Midnight Sun, and took her [redacted amount of time] to complete. Hampton's fascination with the word's frequent use in the series stems from her love for the iconic book. The result of her efforts was a blog that ranked and charted every instance of the word \"murmur\" appearing throughout the Twilight saga.",
  "summary": "Rachelle Hampton is a writer and co-owner at Defector Media, and the host of Normal Gossip, a podcast of anonymous listener-submitted stories about everyday drama. Whether that's lies about luxury wool in a literal knitting circle, the impeachment of a hypocritical HOA president, or a COVID outbreak at a destination wedding with an absurd 25 […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Rachelle Hampton documented 'murmur' usage in Twilight series.",
    "Project started in 2020 after Midnight Sun release.",
    "Blog ranked and charted every 'murmur' instance in saga."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}