I feel much the same way - I am still interested in true crime, but most “true crime” sources online are just these sensationalist, glib, giddy, and frankly annoying people. I’ll still listen to true crime from time to time, particularly if it’s a long-form series that takes the work seriously - honestly getting harder and harder to find. I mostly listen to supernatural woo-woo nonsense (but again, with exacting criteria that take most contenders right out) as these days real life is hard and scary enough that a few poltergeists here and there hardly merit a shiver.
This is a topic I’ve been developing for a piece for too long. I feel the same and can expand further regarding the judicial system being exposed by these TikTok/YouTube creators who have zero boundaries as far as how speculative they get. However, even some of the most sideways creators often have hidden gems within, breadcrumbs everywhere. The first case I began investigating and writing about in 2013 was my deflowering when I got trolled for a decade (still after me if I give them a reason) I learned how deductive reasoning begins to blend with superposition mechanics and you lose your mind in rabbit holes - and without experience people can get lost. Without discernment you have no business consuming data if you’re just going to parrot it.
The courts are rife with corruption and don’t follow procedure or precedent, and the common person can see that. They’re learning.
Thank you for this; folks I like and admire have been awfully accepting of some of these things I dislike and it's sometimes made it hard for me to feel like I've got some valid points, but I do. Ultimately, crime is a human to human interaction and I've always wanted to understand that, the "why" of it. I'm just as prone to rubbernecking as anyone else, I've no problem admitting that, but in the end, I think true crime as an "entertainment entity" (ew) is often far too devaluing of those who suffer from it on all sides. The victims first, but also the wider circles of their families, criminals' families, and society.
I feel much the same way - I am still interested in true crime, but most “true crime” sources online are just these sensationalist, glib, giddy, and frankly annoying people. I’ll still listen to true crime from time to time, particularly if it’s a long-form series that takes the work seriously - honestly getting harder and harder to find. I mostly listen to supernatural woo-woo nonsense (but again, with exacting criteria that take most contenders right out) as these days real life is hard and scary enough that a few poltergeists here and there hardly merit a shiver.
This is a topic I’ve been developing for a piece for too long. I feel the same and can expand further regarding the judicial system being exposed by these TikTok/YouTube creators who have zero boundaries as far as how speculative they get. However, even some of the most sideways creators often have hidden gems within, breadcrumbs everywhere. The first case I began investigating and writing about in 2013 was my deflowering when I got trolled for a decade (still after me if I give them a reason) I learned how deductive reasoning begins to blend with superposition mechanics and you lose your mind in rabbit holes - and without experience people can get lost. Without discernment you have no business consuming data if you’re just going to parrot it.
The courts are rife with corruption and don’t follow procedure or precedent, and the common person can see that. They’re learning.
I love this piece, Steve, thanks.
Thank you for this; folks I like and admire have been awfully accepting of some of these things I dislike and it's sometimes made it hard for me to feel like I've got some valid points, but I do. Ultimately, crime is a human to human interaction and I've always wanted to understand that, the "why" of it. I'm just as prone to rubbernecking as anyone else, I've no problem admitting that, but in the end, I think true crime as an "entertainment entity" (ew) is often far too devaluing of those who suffer from it on all sides. The victims first, but also the wider circles of their families, criminals' families, and society.