The True Crime Thread (tw: all)

Since so many of us seem to be interested, here is the thread for talking about murder and mayhem that happens in real life. I figure we can toss around book/podcast/tv show recs, discuss crimes that interest us, etc.

 

TOOLBOX KILLERS TOOLBOX KILLERS TOOLBOX KILLERS

 

Ohhh my god those guys. So creepy.

The Devil In The White City is so good! The author's other books are really good too—he's got one about Dr. Crippen that I really liked.

 

i recommend cayleigh elise's dark matters/nameless series on youtube for, IMO, respectful descriptions of unsolved crimes, if that's anyone's bag. i'm very interested in cases like elisa lam, particularly the how and why they happened, and i think she does a good job respecting the dead and speculating without going 'AND THEN A DEMON PUSHED HER IN THE WATER TANK'

rob dyke's anatomy of murder/serial killer files are also really good, though less in-depth than caleigh's. he has an illustrator, too!

 

*smashes in* I love this podcast! My favourite part is how they persistently talk about how most of these killers are FUCKING LOSERS.

 

I have podcast recs!
Blurry Photos - mostly paranormal stuff, but also some great true crime episodes (Hinterkaifeck, the Bloody Benders, the Axeman of New Orleans, D.B. Cooper on the non-murder side) and I just love the hosts so much.
In Sight - Only 16 18 episodes so far, but they're really good.
Unsolved - Just six episodes, but I think it's going to start back up soon. Really good stuff.
Already Gone - This one focuses mostly on missing persons cases but also does quite a few episodes on murders.

 

Can someone sell my favourite murder to me? I tried an episode but half of it was babbling about a retail area in Los Angeles and the rest of the episode didn't make up for how boring that was.

 

Do any of these podcasts have transcripts?

 

@Ducks I, um, I noped out after they responded to a listener's story about her mom having gone on a date with a serial killer with "This bitch almost got murdered!" So. Yeah. Plus I was skipping about half of every episode because of, well, the babbling. Although I haven't listened in a while so maybe they got better.

@cryptoThelematrix I don't think so, alas :(

 

I mean to be fair lpotl would probably make that joke. They aren't wasting my time the rest of the episode though. Darn, I wanted to like that show.

 

I'm not sure, but I would LOVE some LPOTL transcripts if they exist...I love that podcast but auditory processing disorder is still A Thing Acey Has, and I've probably missed a bunch. :(

I'm deeply fascinated by true crime myself. A big part of it is my weird obsession with death in general (acey confirmed for Actual Megido??), but part of it is also, I think, the fact that like...killers themselves are a fucking mystery to me. I don't understand how normal people work, and then there are these shitheads who are so disturbed on a level that makes them almost like a totally different species, as far as Acey Figuring Them Out goes. It's fascinating stuff.

 

The Toolbox Killers have been a particular fascination of mine since I've heard of them because there is just something so starkly raw and cruel about them. The same can be said of many sadistic serial killers, but there's just something about that really gets to me and bothers me. Perhaps it's the knowledge that there are tapes of their tortures and killings and that one of these was played in court. They're now used for desensitization exercises if I recall correctly.

I do rather dislike the one part of the pair though. Like more than the other. They've both done monstrous shit but the one has tried to push blame onto his partner entirely. The lack of owning up is just. Urgh.

The killer that frightens me most though is Albert Fish. I can't sleep at night at times because of him.

My most hated killer though is Jim Jones because he is a dirty fucking coward ass bitch who would not drink the Flavor-Aid. If you're going to mandate a mass suicide by drinking cyanide laced not-kool-aid then you are going to fucking die that way. Not by a gun. And not by another's hand. You dirty, dirty coward.

 

Also someone brought up Ireland which reminds me of Dublin stories. Namely the story of Billy in the Bowl who is just now...part of Dublin's colorful characters.

 

I mean... if you don't like hearing two ladies ramble about shit then mfm is probably not for you in general. They never claim to be an authority or be a serious podcast- they are in the comedy section for a reason. Ironically, I kinda feel the same way about lpotl. I just found the hosts' voices aggressively unpleasent.

 

I might check out MFM! I'm always on the lookout for more podcasts to hoard.

 

Oh wow, I had not heard of him! That's amazing. Oh, Ireland.

And Albert Fish is like…the archetypal boogeyman. He's so horrible it's hard to believe he was real. *shudders*

 

I am predisposed to really liking it bc a) Karen and Georgia remind me of all my moms friends growing up and b) the podcast has done a lot to help me get over my extreme fear of serial killers, ironically enough. I have gotten to the point where I can sleep without any lights on!