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The Love and Lust for Convicted Criminals

May 17, 2023May 8, 2023 Mint Bunhey

With the implementation of social media, and the intimacy we have into strangers’ lives, parasocial relationships have become common in today’s world. Everywhere you see articles and blogs about celebrities. Posts that ask what relationships they’re in, what they do on a day to day basis, asking intimate questions you

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Serial Killers Souvenirs

May 11, 2023May 8, 2023 Azul Zaragoza

A souvenir is oftentimes considered a memory from a certain place and time in our lives. It is an item used to “fuel a fantasy,” a souvenir goes hand in hand with happiness and joy when looked at or held. The same feeling we may get when we pick a

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Criminal Attraction: The Romanticization of Serial Killers

May 6, 2023 Jordan Leavitt-McGee

Why is it that when we find someone physically attractive it makes us more inclined to trust them? This phenomenon is apparent in every aspect of life but particularly when a character is pictured on our television screens, portrayed by an attractive actor, it is often easier to root for

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The Ethics of True Crime Media and Its Implicit Consequence

May 5, 2023May 2, 2023 sam m

As media and television has evolved, it has become clear that society has a deep rooted interest in serial killers. Both feelings of fascination and terror arise as the masses observe the crimes and stories behind these infamous figures. With the rise of streaming giants such as Netflix, access to

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Glorification of Serial Killers through Television

April 14, 2023 David Monjaraz

One of the most popular shows that was streamed on Netflix in 2022 was, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. This show gained a lot of positive and negative popularity in the United States for displaying the life of Jeffrey Dahmer and the crimes that he committed in a very explicit

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To Love a Murder Through Art and Media

March 26, 2023March 29, 2023 Love Stephens

More than a decade ago, twenty-six students and facility members were murdered by Adam Lanza in the Sandy Hook shooting. It is counted as the second most deadly shooting at a school, and the fourth most deadly in the country. To say that the mark of this tragic day still

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My Friend Dahmer: Sympathizing with Serial Killers

May 10, 2022May 7, 2022 FranciscoRodriguez

Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most infamous of all serial killers in American history. What made Dahmer’s murders more repulsive, was not the murders themselves, however the gruesome aftermath that took place. On record, Dahmer murdered a total of seventeen young men, who were of predominantly minority groups, black

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Killer Clown Romanticization

October 11, 2020February 22, 2021 Kalyn Davis

John Wayne Gacy, although mostly known for being a relentless serial killer and sex offender during the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, also created artwork during his time on death row. Also known as the Killer Clown, Gacy performed at several children’s hospitals and charitable events in which he

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Stop Making Serial Killers Sexy

October 9, 2020February 22, 2021 Makena Gordon

Ted Bundy and Jeffery Dahmer are two of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. Combined, the two men are responsible for at least 21 and potentially up to 53 murders- Bundy has been charged with 14 murders but may be linked up to 36, and Dahmer was charged

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ASMR: Relaxing or Concerning?

May 1, 2020March 15, 2021 Angelica Ocampo

    In our current technologic age, a variety of video sharing platforms are gaining predominance, such as YouTube or TikTok. Videos posted can be relating to news, music videos, vlogs, beauty tutorials or even stranger: ASMR. Before, they were known as kinks, now it is called ASMR or autonomous

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