Making a killing: How true crime monetised murder

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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True crime has never been more popular. Is it uniquely harmful to society, or have we always been fascinated with the macabre? And why does there suddenly seem to be a boom in internet sleuths? Exploring the increasingly blurred lines between those seeking justice and those making internet content, Jude Rogers talks to Tanya Horeck, Professor of Film and Feminist Media Studies and author of Justice on Demand: True Crime in the Digital Streaming Era about how true crime in the digital age has transformed society. “True crime can be a way to process a lot of the traumatic things in society.” “True crime feeds into the idea that we are all internet sleuths.” “ True crime has created a cultural space for a political discussion about violence against women.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Jude Rogers. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Assistant producer: Adam Wright. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.0	After a busy day, there's nothing lots of people like to do more to wind down than fire up a
1:19.3	podcast or a TV program about brutality and murder.
1:24.0	But why?
1:25.8	A fascination with Macabre has been with us as human beings
1:28.6	from ghost stories and folk songs around the campfire.
1:32.1	But the true crime phenomenon of recent years has become
1:34.8	something else. Big business. From the serial podcast's original 2014 season
1:40.1	bringing over 68 million listeners in less than a year to the Emmy winning Netflix's
1:45.1	making a murder series and beyond. These shows shine a huge spotlight on real life cases
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