(S1, E10) True Crime and YouTube Deep Dives

We reached the tenth episode of Pop Culture Boner! Exciting! We celebrated by procrastinating our way into a YouTube rabbit hole, obviously. This week’s episode takes a look at the true crime genre - specifically what true crime looks like in slick Netflix documentaries, versus what true crime looks like on the internet. Does our global obsession with the grisly details of murder look different digitally? Or is it all just the same.

Articles, books and websites referenced are:

• Alice Bolin (2018, Vulture) - The Ethical Dilemma of Highbrow True Crime

• Kate Tuttle (2019, New York Times) - Why Do Women Love True Crime?

• Michelle McNamara - True Crime Diary

• Michelle McNamara (2018) - I’ll Be Gone In The Dark

• Ryan Broll (2020, Deviant Behavior, 41:6) - Dark Fandoms: An Introduction and Case Study

• Nexpo - YouTube Channel

You can download a full transcript here.