In my experience this is correct, my grandma was in her 80s watching murder documentaries in a neighborhood where the cheapest house was like 250k lmao
That may be generally true, but in my experience it is mostly women (not all ‘white’) who listen to it. I think it is a way of dealing with the the anxiety of being a woman in a world that makes them unsafe.
The podcasts don’t give safety tips, or offer self defense courses or practical advice. They revel in salacious drama and personal details of murder on a libidinal level. Let’s stop with this bullshit myth that true crime is “to protect oneself from murder”. It’s entertainment and titillation not serious defensive studies let’s be real.
I revel in violence too sometimes in my entertainment, in video games and action movies. But I don’t use real “true” violence to get off, I use fake and fictional violence at least
yeah, i’ve never met any true crime fan who wasnt a complete freak in some way (also never met one who wasnt a white upper middle class person)
its scary stories to tell in the dark but for upper middle class white libs who are (comparatively) alienated from violence by their own money
Scary Stories was cool and good even if the old Stephen Gammel illustrations might need some serious parental advisory.
I used to stare at those pictures before bed so I’d have cool nightmares. It never worked.
lol that rules, i’m surprised i never thought of that bc those pics ruled.
i knew someone who made some screenprinted shirts with the artwork on them but i never hit him up before he moved away :(
In my experience this is correct, my grandma was in her 80s watching murder documentaries in a neighborhood where the cheapest house was like 250k lmao
That may be generally true, but in my experience it is mostly women (not all ‘white’) who listen to it. I think it is a way of dealing with the the anxiety of being a woman in a world that makes them unsafe.
The podcasts don’t give safety tips, or offer self defense courses or practical advice. They revel in salacious drama and personal details of murder on a libidinal level. Let’s stop with this bullshit myth that true crime is “to protect oneself from murder”. It’s entertainment and titillation not serious defensive studies let’s be real.
I revel in violence too sometimes in my entertainment, in video games and action movies. But I don’t use real “true” violence to get off, I use fake and fictional violence at least
I’m not saying people listen to it for safety tips. I’m not even saying it’s healthy or good. I think it’s a kind of morbid fascination.
yes a morbid, libidinal titillation and excitement. an unhealthy obsession with and fetishization of serial killers