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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 157318" data-attributes="member: 8">I usually find popularity (obsession, if you like) a chicken and egg situation.Do they produce more true cime shows because we want it, or do we watch more true crime shows simply because there&#039;s more available?People tend to be self-indulgent.A long time ago, back in the 80s, my mother subscribed to a collection of magazines (women&#039;s/men&#039;s/childen&#039;s/hobby/gossip magazines).One of these magazines was &quot;Mijn Geheim&quot; (=&quot;My Secret&quot;), a magazine for women about all sorts of desires and flirtations and forbidden fruits (&quot;Help! I&#039;m in love with my brother-in-law!&quot; you know, that kind of trash).But there was also a part (printed on yellow paper) that covered a true crime story, and I mean the truly horrific stuff like &quot;man decapitates wife and puts her head in the freezer&quot;.For some reason these real life horror stories always happened in England (pictures of a beautiful English rose garden where the body was found).I found these stories very exciting, the bloodier the better.These days I&#039;m mostly interested in crimes that are linked to something bigger, especially if it involves authorities and wealthy, upstanding families. The cover ups and conspiracies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 157318, member: 8"] I usually find popularity (obsession, if you like) a chicken and egg situation. Do they produce more true cime shows because we want it, or do we watch more true crime shows simply because there's more available? People tend to be self-indulgent. A long time ago, back in the 80s, my mother subscribed to a collection of magazines (women's/men's/childen's/hobby/gossip magazines). One of these magazines was "Mijn Geheim" (="My Secret"), a magazine for women about all sorts of desires and flirtations and forbidden fruits ("Help! I'm in love with my brother-in-law!" you know, that kind of trash). But there was also a part (printed on yellow paper) that covered a true crime story, and I mean the truly horrific stuff like "man decapitates wife and puts her head in the freezer". For some reason these real life horror stories always happened in England (pictures of a beautiful English rose garden where the body was found). I found these stories very exciting, the bloodier the better. These days I'm mostly interested in crimes that are linked to something bigger, especially if it involves authorities and wealthy, upstanding families. The cover ups and conspiracies. [/QUOTE]

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