Americans are obsessed with true crime. Is that a good thing? | 5 Things



It’s no secret that we’re obsessed with true crime. In recent years, the storytelling genre has dominated television, film, books and perhaps most commonly, podcasts. Many point to the success of the 2014 podcast Serial as the genesis of this recent boom, but fascination with violent crimes and the mysteries around them goes far deeper. Amanda Lee Myers, a longtime crime reporter who covers trending news for USA Today, joins the podcast to explain why we care so much about true crime stories and shares her insights on who these stories help and who they harm. #podcast #truecrime #mystery

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  1. I don’t if it’s exploitation and sensational but I read an pre internet article about Charles Whitman the UT tower sniper claimed he drank gasoline??? I guess that rot your brains?

  2. No I think it is dangerous. It shows how many undercover sick criminals that we have in the U.S.

  3. Seems American men are obsessed with murdering the women they claim to “love”, at the rate of 3.1 per day.

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  6. My fascination with crime is in how the detectives look at the evidence, interrogate suspects, and determine who is responsible. I consume a lot of material because I think of it as educational, not entertainment. I want to know how criminals think, and how police catch them. I don't like the fictional detective stories on TV like Law and Order, or Cold Case.

  7. Omg a white women talking about this?😂

  8. Americans are obsessed with true crime. Is that a good thing? | 5 Things 0910am 29.10.23 i know folk who are…….. lovers of true crime. i think nought of it (in that i do not particularly seek it out or read much about it). i mean, your news agencies aint going round committing crimes or making up stories, are they, to sate a niche market? people are entertained and titillated by true crime and become desensitized to the subject and the imagery relating to such a subject…. don't they? P.S as for the "psychiatrist" quote – she's just covering her own back as to her own obsessions and innate needs and fantasies…