Ted Bundy is the current serial killer to have all of the media attention for documentaries and movies in 2019. The director of Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is the same as the upcoming Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile movie, Joe Berlinger. “I wish I could say I had this grand master plan to be ‘the Bundy guy’ in 2019, but it all was kind of coincidental, honestly…I listened to the tapes, I thought they were chilling, and I thought there was a new way to get into the mind of the killer…”
Netflix and other streaming sites are following the wide demand for true crime and murder mysteries, but Twitter has found that an astonishing number of these people are women. Why?
My dad: Have you been doing this all day?
Me on my 7th serial killer documentary: Ummmmmm it’s homework for forensic psychology pic.twitter.com/QynpM4vaoR
— Jess ☘️🍀 (@butjesswhy) February 24, 2019
Twitter users have lumped young women who are watching these documentaries into a group who believe it is a personality trait, setting them apart from others, making them unique. But with the popularity growing in recent years, it’s like saying you like dogs.
When she says she likes serial killer documentaries and cute dog pics pic.twitter.com/mvBoC4WBHz
— Mr. Worldwide (@howes1308) February 17, 2019
As they get older, typically the women in the 30-40 demographic, could develop hybristophilia; the condition of being turned on by someone who commits a violent crime. Plenty of women have become famous for marrying serial killers in jail. Take Afton Elaine “Star” Burton who got engaged to Charles Manson in 2014. Although they never got married, she spent ages 17-26 sending him letters and even moved from Illinois to California to be closer to his prison.
Watching a documentary and i see that this 70 yr old convicted serial killer (convicted of murdering 30 women and young girls) got a wife, IN PRISON, and has a 1 yr old daughter, IN PRISON, and his 2 yr anniversary is arriving but I’m single? The fucking disrespect
— Batman (@Batman9298) February 24, 2019
Criminologist and law professor Scott Bonn finds “true crime shows generally offer guilty pleasure to thrill-seeking adults.” As a public, we love being disturbed and creeped out which is why it is also becoming more popular to love Halloween, be obsessed with ghosts, and watch NCIS. While some people do it so they can be scared for a little bit, others are more fascinated by the idea of death and the law system.
How I feel every time Law and Order: SVU comes on. pic.twitter.com/rm3vuZJBmE
— Princess Snide (@princess_snide) February 16, 2019
We’re addicted because we like the rush and the thought of getting inside someone’s head who is capable of these heinous acts. Maybe instead of falling in love with these “bad boys” we should just find someone who doesn’t kill people, right?
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