Crime Junkies: A Case for Studying Information Behavior Surrounding True Crime Podcasts
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DOI: 10.1002/pra2.1085
Abstract: True crime podcasts have become a cultural phenomenon and consistently draw more listeners than any other podcast genre. The interplay between true crime podcast creators and their fans is distinctive and is having ripple effects… read more here.
Keywords: information; true crime; information behavior; crime ... See more keywords
Positive and negative perceptions of true crime podcasts: surveying female, male, and nonbinary listeners
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DOI: 10.1080/15405702.2025.2511630
Abstract: ABSTRACT One of the most popular genres of podcasts is true crime. While men and women listen to podcasts at similar rates, true crime podcasts are dominated by female listeners. In the current study, we… read more here.
Keywords: positive negative; true crime; female male; male nonbinary ... See more keywords
The American Horror Story is real: Ryan Murphy’s Monsters and true crime fiction as a memory text
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DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2025.2531634
Abstract: ABSTRACT Narrative treatments of historical true crime fall into a kind of semi-fictional territory, the gloomy, ethically perilous terrain of true crime fiction. The TV series American Horror Story (2011–present) utilises sensational historical true crime… read more here.
Keywords: true crime; crime fiction; memory; crime ... See more keywords