This book explores the recent surge in true crime by critically exploring how murder and
violence are represented in documentaries films podcasts museums novels and in the press
and the effects. From a range of contributors it touches on a wide variety of topics overall
and illustrates how examining true crime across the changing popular media landscape can
contribute to important debates in contemporary culture and society. It encourages a critical
eye towards understanding the harmful stereotypes myths and misinformation that popular media
can bring. Arranged into four sections including: true crime trials representations of
victims the consumption of serial killer narratives and true crime spaces each chapter
explores different themes and topics across traditional and newer media. These topics include:
emotion and appeals for justice in Making a Murderer #MeToo and misogyny in crime narratives
true crime journalism being exploitative the ethics of consuming dark tourism and the appetite
for true crime live streamed murder and the ways in which true murder accounts might lend
insight into other types of crime such as domestic violence and stalking. This book stimulates
discussion on undergraduate courses in crime media and culture as well as in film and media
studies and it also speaks to those with a general interest in true crime.
