In the Netflix series “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” two journalist set out to to get the definitive story of the infamous Ted Bundy. They expose the tapes that they recorded with Ted Bundy and go through his story and trouble with the law. It is made
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America criminalizes poverty in the way that if you are unsheltered and living on the street, you can be arrested and jailed. In the meantime, people are able to pay money to be able to visit parks and camp out overnight. This is the criminalization of poverty. This picture is
What happens when a crime show only portrays small scenes of criminals being caught? Shows like “Cops” and “America’s Most Wanted” are advertised as a direct method to see the criminal system, but with “Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport” there is a minor crimes televised in the show. The show itself
Last summer, Netflix released a new docuseries titled 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 in which journalist David Farrier seeks out odd and macabre tourist destinations all around the globe. The show explores the culture and tourist trade surrounding sites that have been historically linked to tragedy, crime, and death. The series is only
The TV show YOU, by Lifetime was picked up by Netflix and had great success. In the first four weeks of being released the viewers ratings were at about forty-million. It is an extremely popular TV series that only has one season out, but very binge-worthy. This isn’t your typical
We are all aware of the infamous serial killers like Zodiac Killer, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the list goes on. But what is even more interesting? The fact that there are videos, articles, movies and books about these people. These movies are still being made, in fact Dahmer had
What is the most entertaining television show? Reality TV scores huge numbers, pulling in millions of views, regardless of how much time or effort was put into them. It almost seems that even the trashier ones are many people’s “guilty pleasures”. Many of my friends love (but hate to admit
So Chris Hansen crowdfunded a new “To Catch a Predator.” I think I could end this article here. I won’t, if only because I haven’t discussed how sixty-two people are now, for donating a hundred and fifty or more (upwards to around two thousand) real, actual dollars, part of the
It would seem tasteless, in the wake of the Oregon shootings, to ask anyone to relive them. As would it with any major shooting; for experiencing the event rather than the aftermath means interacting with the killer’s psyche in a manner likely unpleasant and certainly raw. Which leads us to
Like Professor Kaplan said on his lecture, we have a fascination for crime. ON this clip, crimes such as rape and murder become art. This clip is a trailer for a documentary, it has strong images but it reminded me about the lecture when one of the speakers said that