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Is it bad to be obsessed with true crime?

Episodes of true crime documentaries about serial killers and cold case files clog up most of our streaming queues. But is this a bad thing? Read today's post and check out today's writing prompts.

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K. E. Creighton
Sep 01, 2023
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If you're a true crime junkie, at some point you've probably wondered: Is there something wrong with me? Why am I obsessed with stories about psychopaths and sociopaths? Serial killers? But then, you realize that there are a lot of other people out there, who just like you, are also obsessed with true crime stories too. But why? Does that mean we're all secretly obsessed with psychos? That we're all doomed? ...

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