True crime and punishment: How pop culture taps into our fascination for real-life cases
8 years, 10 months ago

True crime and punishment: How pop culture taps into our fascination for real-life cases

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“What the hell did I do? Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki’s sit-down-interview-turned-exposé of Robert Durst was one in an exciting lineup of true crime shows that become sleeper hits in the past couple of years. With a surge in popularity of the true crime genre, the subsequent rise in similar shows was unsurprising, from The Jinx to Netflix’s Making a Murderer to the recently-concluded The People v. O.J. While the debate on whether Edgar Allen Poe or Truman Capote was the pioneer of the true crime genre is the stuff of many lit-class arguments, there has been plenty of great literature inspired by true crime and the question “ why we’re so obsessed by murder?” has been addressed before. Fan following for true crime shows often reaches almost fetishistic levels not usually associated with fictionalised crime shows — even popular ones like NCIS, Criminal Minds, Law & Order, Castle, How to Get Away with Murder etc.

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Zodiac Killer Project: The great new true-crime doc that takes on … true crime.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Zodiac Killer Project: The great new true-crime doc that takes on … true crime.

Slate  

All Charlie Shackleton had to do was give the Sundance Film Festival a 90-second video introducing himself and his documentary Zodiac Killer Project, which premiered at the festival on Monday. The funniest moments in Zodiac Killer Project are when you start describing what the opening credits or some other sequence of the movie you didn’t make would have looked like, …

True crime's popularity brings real change for defendants and society. It's not all good
4 months, 2 weeks ago

True crime's popularity brings real change for defendants and society. It's not all good

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The popularity and proliferation of …

The Rise of True Crime: A New Generation of Spectators and Victims
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Rise of True Crime: A New Generation of Spectators and Victims

Associated Press  

The popularity of true crime entertainment has brought real change for defendants and society. But because many of these products prioritize entertainment and profit, they also can have serious negative consequences. The use of true crime stories to sell a product has a long history in America, from the tabloid “penny press” papers of the mid-1800s to television movies like …

Crime Time
11 months, 1 week ago

Crime Time

Deccan Chronicle  

Across the world, people have always been a sucker for crime shows and suspense thrillers. For many viewers watching crime shows sort is a distraction to immerse themselves in a captivating and exciting fictional world. Thrilling Escape Michelle Khiangte, a public relations professional from Bengaluru finds crime shows incredibly intriguing, especially real-life drama and murder mysteries. Crime shows also illustrate …

True-Crime Canon: 25 best podcasts, documentaries, and books.
1 year, 1 month ago

True-Crime Canon: 25 best podcasts, documentaries, and books.

Slate  

True-crime fandom may be booming, but that doesn’t mean that our cultural fascination with evil and transgression is new. Originally published in four parts for the New Yorker, Capote’s tale of a grisly murder on a Kansas farm offered exquisite, meditative insight into the minds of killers and the community upended by their violence—a far cry from “If it bleeds, …

The novelists skewering the ickiness of true crime
1 year, 8 months ago

The novelists skewering the ickiness of true crime

The Independent  

Did you listen to the podcast?” asks the narrator of Eliza Clark’s new novel, Penance. “You’ll have all over the front pages and then a year or two later, it’ll be out in novels: you can see the process of the writers themselves getting hooked on these stories, realising how fascinating they are.” The most influential – and intriguing – …

Glamorising serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer through ‘true crime’ shows has to stop
2 years, 5 months ago

Glamorising serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer through ‘true crime’ shows has to stop

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Recently, a student in one such …

Here is a list of crime shows that can delve deep into the human mind
2 years, 6 months ago

Here is a list of crime shows that can delve deep into the human mind

Firstpost  

Be it suspense, crimes that send chills down your spine, or gut-wrenching murders, these web series have it all. Add them to you watch-list While everyone is hooked on internationally acclaimed Money Heist and Breaking Bad, we really need to take a moment to appreciate some of the really badass crime shows that might have gone unnoticed. Be it suspense, …

True crime is America’s guilty pleasure. Victims, families, and even killers have some words of warning
2 years, 7 months ago

True crime is America’s guilty pleasure. Victims, families, and even killers have some words of warning

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Adam Golub, an American studies professor at California …

A hammy Renée Zellweger shows us how not to make a true crime series in The Thing About Pam
2 years, 7 months ago

A hammy Renée Zellweger shows us how not to make a true crime series in The Thing About Pam

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I’ve seen good true crime and I’ve seen middling true crime, but never have I …

True-crime podcasts coming to a limited series near you
2 years, 9 months ago

True-crime podcasts coming to a limited series near you

LA Times  

The ongoing popularity of podcasts has provided fertile ground for TV adaptations, as producers, networks and other developers latch on to the deep, first-person journalistic reporting in podcasts to launch more glossy, A-list-starring reinventions. “It’s a new way to do voice-over, and I love that podcasting is considered so modern and in the zeitgeist — but is also a wonderful …

Once upon a true crime: How real life murderers have inspired novelists
2 years, 10 months ago

Once upon a true crime: How real life murderers have inspired novelists

The Independent  

Mark Billingham’s blood ran cold. And that’s what began my fascination with this case.” In the documentary, we revisit the terrible crimes that Hindley and Brady were guilty of, and they should never lose their power to shock On 4 February 1990, Bishop abducted a seven-year-old girl known as “Claire” at Devil's Dyke in East Sussex, and locked her in …

True crime is one of TV’s top genres. Critics say it’s failing us
3 years, 9 months ago

True crime is one of TV’s top genres. Critics say it’s failing us

LA Times  

You’d be forgiven for believing that Joseph James DeAngelo, a.k.a. “Michelle and I were very close,” says Paul Holes, a retired cold case investigator in the Contra Costa Country Sheriff’s Office who features heavily in HBO’s adaptation, which premieres a follow-up special on Monday. Former Detective Chief Superintendent Steve Wilkins, whose cold case work was recently dramatized on BritBox’s “The …

Obsessed with true crime? These 5 gripping series deserve a spot on your binge watch list
3 years, 9 months ago

Obsessed with true crime? These 5 gripping series deserve a spot on your binge watch list

India TV News  

Obsessed with true crime? These 5 gripping series deserve a spot on your binge watch list From giving you a sneak peek into the inner workings of the criminally insane, to presenting edgy and mystery-induced drama, these crime docuseries will keep you gripped till the end. We’ve curated the most captivating true crime shows across Voot Select, Netflix, Disney+Hotstar and …

'Blew my mind': Son of Sam serial killer may not have acted alone -- according to new Netflix show
3 years, 10 months ago

'Blew my mind': Son of Sam serial killer may not have acted alone -- according to new Netflix show

Raw Story  

Netflix's new series "The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness" digs into the idea that there's more to the Son of Sam serial killer case we thought we knew... and that we're still not safe. Zeman spoke with Salon about the making of the four-part docuseries, how the Son of Sam murders changed the face of tabloid journalism, and …

Netflix’s True Crime Boom Is at a Dangerous Crossroads
55 years, 2 months ago

Netflix’s True Crime Boom Is at a Dangerous Crossroads

Slate  

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel vaulted to the top of Netflix’s Top 10 when it was released, part of the streaming service’s relentlessly growing portfolio of true crime product. Crime Scene’s diversions, on the other hand, feel like an effort to ramp up the spookiness of the story and stretch out the mystery to fill out Netflix’s …

10 best true-crime documentaries, from Filthy Rich to The Confession Killer
4 years, 9 months ago

10 best true-crime documentaries, from Filthy Rich to The Confession Killer

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. – Netflix US and UK This five-part series, released …

Dead good! The 80 best true crime shows and podcasts
4 years, 11 months ago

Dead good! The 80 best true crime shows and podcasts

Daily Mail  

As a nation we’re hooked on true crime – a genre that promises murder, mystery and lashings of intrigue. In Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes four hour-long films share journalist Stephen Michaud's story Journalist Stephen Michaud knew it would be the scoop of a lifetime – the chance to talk exclusively to one of the world’s most …

10 books every true crime addict should read
5 years ago

10 books every true crime addict should read

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The true crime wave shows …

5 True Crime Netflix Original Shows Worth Watching
5 years, 5 months ago

5 True Crime Netflix Original Shows Worth Watching

Huff Post  

I listened to “Atlanta Monster” and read James Baldwin’s book, The Evidence of Things Not Seen. And Courtenay Miles — who was our first AD in season one and one of our head writers on season two — could have a degree on the subject of Atlanta between 1978 and 1982. They really try to lay out in the scripts …

How Keith Morrison and ‘Dateline’ became true crime sex symbols
5 years, 8 months ago

How Keith Morrison and ‘Dateline’ became true crime sex symbols

LA Times  

The correspondents of NBC’s “Dateline” got a rock star-worthy welcome when they took to the stage in a packed ballroom at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel last month, and the attendees of CrimeCon, an annual convention for fans of real-life stories of murder and mayhem, were happy to explain why. The three-day convention attracted 3,600 fans, up 20% from …

How we got hooked on grisly true crime
6 years, 3 months ago

How we got hooked on grisly true crime

BBC  

How we got hooked on grisly true crime BBC World Service Interest in grim real-life murders and unsolved crimes has surged in recent years across television and podcasts. BBC World Service In 2018, the Death in Ice Valley podcast investigated the cold case of Norway’s ‘Isdal Woman’ Death in Ice Valley was just one of a huge number of quality …

True crime podcast fans are reporting information to police to help solve crimes
6 years, 5 months ago

True crime podcast fans are reporting information to police to help solve crimes

ABC  

Volunteer crime reporting network Crime Stoppers has said the booming popularity of true crime podcasts has led to growth in the number of anonymous tips provided by the community. "Certainly Crime Stoppers has seen … a growth in interest in crime, which is fantastic for us because it opens people's eyes to what could be a possibility," he said. How …

Why TV’s true-crime spree is so troubling ... and important
8 years, 6 months ago

Why TV’s true-crime spree is so troubling ... and important

LA Times  

Miniseries, game shows, Winona Ryder — true crime is just the latest genre resurrected by the ever-increasing powers of television. Simpson” and multiple docuseries including “The Jinx” and “Making a Murderer” have raised true crime from the lowbrow populism of “Forensic Files,” “Homicide Hunter” and “Dateline.” Not content with the increasing darkness and moral ambivalence of scripted crime drama, television …

Making a Murderer, Serial and the rise of the blood-boiling true crime story
9 years, 2 months ago

Making a Murderer, Serial and the rise of the blood-boiling true crime story

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. HBO to a lesser extent had a similar hit with The Jinx, which centred on …

Serial podcast: This American Life spinoff tells crime story, is riveting.
10 years, 5 months ago

Serial podcast: This American Life spinoff tells crime story, is riveting.

Slate  

I like watching melodramatic Dateline-style TV shows about murder. At the moment, what I’d like to do is compare the true crime TV genre that I know and love to a new podcast from some of the people behind This American Life—an episodic show called Serial, which will follow a single story for 10 to 20 installments per season. Serial’s …

Sleazy, bloody and surprisingly smart: In defense of true crime
10 years, 9 months ago

Sleazy, bloody and surprisingly smart: In defense of true crime

Salon  

Give me a book that begins with a time and a date and a boring address, something along the lines of "At 9:36 on March 24, 1982, Dep. Occasionally, true crime is where literary writers go to slum and, not coincidentally, make some real money: Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood," Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song." Plus, from Cormac McCarthy's "No …

Prime-Crime Verite : BARRY LEVINSON’S ‘HOMICIDE’ KICKS OFF IN A BIG WAY
32 years, 1 month ago

Prime-Crime Verite : BARRY LEVINSON’S ‘HOMICIDE’ KICKS OFF IN A BIG WAY

LA Times  

Lewis Beale is a free-lance writer based in Washington, D.C They found the body in a recycling plant, sprawled in a pit filled with thousands of empty soda cans. The detectives were played by Ned Beatty and Richard Belzer, two of the stars of “Homicide: Life on the Street,” a gritty new crime series debuting in the high-profile slot that …

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