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The Inverse Reality of True Crime Shows

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What is True Crime?  True crime is a nonfictional literary, podcast, and film genre where actual crime takes place and follows up on the people associated with or affected by events of a criminal act. The crimes mostly include murder; almost 40% of the stories follow up on high-profile serial killers and their sensational crimes; JonBenĂ©t Ramsey killing, Jeffrey Dahmer , the Vizconde Massacre , and the Hultman-Chapman murder case  are a few of the crimes and serial killers that shocked the nation; based upon which several films, podcasts books and television shows were made. True crimes can both impact their covered crimes and the audience who consume them; the genre is highly criticized for being insensitive towards  victims and their families. True crimes are often described as trash culture .  One of the earliest pieces of true crime documentary dates back to 1988, The Thin Blue Line by Errol Morris since a plethora of documentaries has made their way to televis...