I have a friend who's obsessed with true crime podcasts and Netflix documentaries. It's pretty much all she watches. I on the other hand prefer my entertainment fake. Real life is scary and sometimes cases aren't solved. At least with the fake stuff I can watch handsome actors solve the crimes and get the bad guys.
However, in the last few weeks I've listened to an admittedly strange podcast called S-Town about a real life case and started watching The Keepers on Netflix. And I gotta say, while they're still creepy as anything, they're pretty compelling. Don't get me wrong, the fact that these cases really happened is just such an odd thing. In the keepers, the murders of 2 women have gone completely unsolved for 40 years. How does something like that happen? It's terrifying to think what living with that - for their families and their murderer(s)? - could do to a person.
But nonetheless, I'm hooked. I don't plan on turning completely to the true crime dark side though. At the end of these shows, I still have no idea who or what did the crime. That just doesn't work for me. Like I said, at the end of my fake shows, the bad guys are behind bars. That's the way I like my entertainment, tied up with a bow. But a little unknowing should keep me busy for the summer, until the cute detectives are back in the fall.
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