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True Crime Obsessions

Jacob M

Apr 21, 2023 — 2 min read

The attraction to true crime stories is normal and more common among women than men. Women are attracted to stories where other women survive, for example, if they are kidnapped and escape their attacker. Listening to true crime stories can help people learn preventive measures or how to survive if they become a victim. The obsession with true crime stories has been around since the late 19th century. True crime stories can have a cathartic function for people to repress their impulses to do evil.

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