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There are some people who are obsessed with true crime TV (my boyfriend is one of them). I’ve never seen someone get so excited to watch a series based on mass murder, serial killers, investigations, and even sometimes sexual assault.
But, he’s not the only one. Many of my friends are addicted to true crime TV shows and documentary series. The reason? Apparently, people are infatuated with getting inside the “minds” of the killers and perps. They want to know why they do the things they do, how the criminal justice system works, and, all the suspense.
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Me today: the national news is kind of upsetting and stressing me out. I better watch some true crime shows about serial killers to soothe my soul. Ahhh, that’s better.
— Jessica Zender (@jesszen) March 13, 2018
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I watch true crime documentaries the way some men watch football – with a mouth full of food, shouting unsolicited advice at the screen
— Project Thalia (@ProjectThalia) October 12, 2018
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I went to grad school w a girl who was super into true crime in high school & she wrote richard ramirez a letter & he wrote her back & basically said “yeah prisons boring I watch a lot of tv btw send me your panties” & that kind of ended it for her
— funny comady roy (@fuckwarlock) March 26, 2018
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When I start watching Forensic Files and I realize I’ve already seen the episode, I get mad. I get so mad I could poison someone in small amounts every day for 6 months.
— Jeremy Rowley (@Jeremy_Rowley) March 12, 2018
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The weirdest shows on investigation discovery are the ones that play jolly music in brutal murder reenactments (all of them)
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 10, 2013
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I want to have kids but I don’t want them to get murdered, so am I going to have to make them as obsessed with true crime as I am so that they know what to look out for? Or will that turn them into murderers?
— Ana Duvergel (@AnaDuvergel) March 27, 2018
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me: Wow! Why am I so freaked out all the time?
also me: watches disappearance shows, listens to murder podcasts, watches unsolved crime videos— camera witch (@chloeeberghorst) January 19, 2018
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Roses are red, people are fake, I stay to myself so I won’t be on first 48
— MTV Ellie Puckett ✝ (@whaattaafoxx) March 16, 2018
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do y’all ever watch true crime shows and be critiquing the murderers? like rEALLY brenda?? if you’re going to claim an intruder broke in and killed your cheating husband, at least break a window or soMETHING pic.twitter.com/XzvSB84Wwq
— teaira ? (@_bebetete_) March 15, 2018
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every couple of weeks i call around to the major insurance companies and make sure my girlfriend hasnt taken out a life insurance policy on me. i might watch too much forensic files.
— MacMally? (@MacMallyMMA) March 19, 2018
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I watch too many true crime shows to let my friends leave with men they don’t know. You’ll thank me later when all your limbs are still attached bitch! pic.twitter.com/pAqUOUxZO7
— ?rae (@emo4evaa) February 3, 2018
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Excited to announce I’m launching a new true crime podcast, “They Never Caught The Guy Who Did It So You Might As Well Stop Listening After The Episode Where I Describe The Murder”
— pixelated (something halloween-related) (@pixelatedboat) August 12, 2018
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Watching a true crime show where the guy on trial is listening to/talking about classical music. Not a good sign. If you know the difference between Bach and Verdi, you’ve definitely killed a spouse.
— Sam Morril (@sammorril) July 9, 2018
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I feel like people who end up on Dateline for committing murder don’t watch enough Dateline to plan their crimes accordingly.
— Northern Lights ? (@PinkCamoTO) August 3, 2017
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[First date]
Him: I love murder mysteries.
Me: *trying to impress him* I have been a suspect in four murder cases.
— Sardonic Tart ?? (@SardonicTart) February 20, 2018
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I just gave a strange child a piece of candy on the train.
I asked the mom first and it was unopened.
I’m not a creep.
But as someone who is obsessed with true crime stories there’s a big part of me that wants to yell at the mom, the kid, and myself for letting this happen.
— Leanna Renee (@leannuh_renay) March 16, 2018
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Like honestly sometimes self-care is staying home on a Saturday night and marathoning true crime shows about ladies who murder dudes.
— Jill Weinberger (@jillybobww) November 12, 2017
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I could never write true crime because I’m terrible with cardinal directions. Fuck southeast corner of the lawn. I’d be like “footprints were found on the right side of the yard if you’re looking at the house from the street.”
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) June 10, 2018
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I watch so many murder shows that I’m afraid to close my eyes in the shower
— Shayli? (@Shaylidarling) September 7, 2016
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For someone with extreme anxiety I sure do love true crime shows
— clarinet Ⓥ (@fit_with_hips) March 26, 2018
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Watching a 13 hour true crime show. It’s like jury duty in your sweatpants.
— Sam Morril (@sammorril) July 8, 2018
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I’ve seen enough episodes of Dateline to know never to stand near a cliff while letting Hubs take my picture.
— Lady Lawya (@Parkerlawyer) May 23, 2016
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when ur watching a true crime doc and the suspicious husband/bf/so says “i love my wife and i would never do anything to hurt her” pic.twitter.com/TB9PBod1s3
— nerb (@bren_palmer) March 27, 2018
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Forensic files narrator: and he left his finger prints on the door knob…
Me eating my 5th mozzarella stick: you absolute fucking idiot
— Patrick Stevens (@killingfloor96) August 8, 2017
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My favorite past times include watching true crime documentaries, listening to My Favorite Murder podcasts, reading reddit threads of creepy stories, and then wondering why I can’t fall asleep at night
— Shae (@shae_thompson_) March 6, 2018
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Not to jump the gun or anything but I watch true crime documentaries on the first date.
— Parasite Hilton (@ParasiteHilton) March 6, 2018
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If I got paid for watching true crime documentaries I’d be a millionaire.
— 👻Sardonic Tart👻 (@SardonicTart) October 18, 2018
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Dear TV show reenactments of real life crimes – the actors you hire are ridiculous & I’m laughing during this murder & that’s fucked up
— Ridin’ Dirty (@Doctomom) October 24, 2013
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I’ve watched so many murder shows that now every time I’m in a parking lot I get fully prepared to fight off a kidnapper
— Ginger Spice (@angdebiase) June 7, 2016
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when u want new episodes of forensic files but then u realize the only way thats able to happen pic.twitter.com/t46brJl2cY
— rinker (@rinkydinky) March 19, 2018
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Me: *has anxiety about being home alone & someone breaking in*
Also me: *records a true crime series about people who are murdered in their homes when they’re alone*
Why am I like this? ?
— ~Whit? (@StarlightSims) December 28, 2017
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This murder show I’m watching hitting me with a BIG mood pic.twitter.com/VnzDfqBonL
— Melly in DC (@mellyindc) March 21, 2018
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Murder shows teach me one thing. Watch out for people who own a lake house.
— bec. (@becsrcoleman) September 12, 2014
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*stays up all night watching true crime murder mysteries on tv*
*can’t come up with a good alibi why I’m late for work*
— Idle (@Mindless4Miles) January 7, 2016
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Came home to my husband watching ID Channel, dinner cooked and an empty sink.
I have never feared for my life and been simultaneously turned on than I am in this moment.
— Judy from the internet (@jnapsalot) January 24, 2018
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Gonna let the Forensic Files narrator soothe me to sleep with murder stories now.
— STEVE HUFF (@SteveHuff) February 25, 2018