My parents watch Criminal Minds and similar shows all the time, two friends of mine bought a book about a serial killer and my Twitter timeline is full of people talking about a new true crime podcast. It's just my bubble or is it a broad cultural phenomenon?

  • Kaputnik [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    It does seem like it's bigger than ever, like half the podcasts I hear about are some sort of true crime thing. Some people get really creepy about it, like fantasizing about the Columbine shooters. But sometimes it can be good like the true crime author who figured out who the Nightstalker was.

    On the other hand sometimes it's interesting when you unknowingly have some sort of connection to the crimes. Like when I realized a really bad Danny Phantom fanimation me and my friends would watch was made by a mass murderer.