The podcasts don’t give safety tips, or offer self defense courses or practical advice. They revel in salacious drama and personal details of murder on a libidinal level. Let’s stop with this bullshit myth that true crime is “to protect oneself from murder”. It’s entertainment and titillation not serious defensive studies let’s be real.

I revel in violence too sometimes in my entertainment, in video games and action movies. But I don’t use real “true” violence to get off, I use fake and fictional violence at least

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not saying people listen to it for safety tips. I'm not even saying it's healthy or good. I think it's a kind of morbid fascination.

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yes a morbid, libidinal titillation and excitement. an unhealthy obsession with and fetishization of serial killers