Girls, why does it seem like most of you are into a lot of those true crime documentaries and such?

[Still-alive]

Like seriously seems like women love those kinds of shows.

Do you agree with this articles reasons?

True crime content is hugely popular today, and women are the biggest consumers of it — despite the fact that women are often the victims in these stories.

According to a mental health professional, women enjoy true crime due to reasons of personal safety, justice, and empathy.

https://www.insider.com/why-women-love-true-crime-so-much-2018-7

[Dazed0N0Confused]

When I'm not watching kids shows with my son, I'm normally watching true crime shows.
I watch it to critique what the criminals did & see where it all went wrong for them to be caught. I also like to pretend that I could get out of whatever the victim got themselves into, but know I'd probably be just as dead as they are.
My boyfriend, on the other hand, says I like to watch them to perfect how I would kill him & not get caught 😂 he keeps saying I would poison him with my food & keeps asking which poison I would use 🤣 I keep telling him that IF I was going to kill him with my cooking, it wouldn't be with anything found in the house.
Plus I love him & my cooking too much to let it kill anyone!
If I was planning on killing him it wouldn't be with something that could get me caught by toxicology!

[Still-alive]

right you'd just use the drill like normal murderers lol

jk

[Dazed0N0Confused]

No, I'm a bit more original than that 😂

[melanieeeB]

Omg I'm OBSESSED with it lmaoo

but I don't really know why, I like the stories, I like "hanging out" with those youtubers who don't know I exist and uhm I also like falling asleep to someone telling me a story and yeah
Also like you learn a lot, like some extreme red flags and well it shows the ugly side of the world, cause it ain't fair at all... I can't really explain, I just know 5 years ago I had some awful experience in life and youtube recommended me the tedx talk of Elisabeth smart and since her story, I'm hooked lol

[melanieeeB]

Fun story: I once talked to a guy and he asked me about my hobbies and I said true crime, guess who got ghosted immediately lmaoo

[Pinay_ako]

🤣 you scared him baby girl! 🤣 we are soul sisters 👯‍♀️

[melanieeeB]

Yeaah, he was probably thinking that I'm a crazy murderer or something lmaoo

[snackthatsmilesback]

My spouse listens to those sometimes. Says they're doing research for their stories. Joked to me one day they have a few early signs of serial killer behavior 💀... too empathetic to be one tho I'm not worried

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Women love true crime documentaries and such

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thanks for MHO :)

[420Rachel]

I do enjoy true crime. 😭 I love watching YouTube analyses of trials and cases. I enjoy seeing criminals receiving justice and also it DEFINITELY makes me more aware of my surroundings and how vulnerable I truly am. Hell I even lick my bedroom door at night. 😂 I try to stay more vigilant and I think I've become pretty good at picking up on bad vibes.

[Still-alive]

*sneaks around your home* muahahahaa

[420Rachel]

Shit I'll hideout under my bed while I call 811 🤣

[Still-alive]

811? i guess those are the coked up beta cops lol

[420Rachel]

I meant 911 but yeah. Them's the cops that have nothing to lose 🤣

[Pinay_ako]

Bruh, I can watch dateline 🤣 all day long. Leave me alone 😜. I even was a fan of this now shutdown website called crimelibrary. 🤣. That site was sooooo good, I pretty much knew a lot of serial k/ll3rs and other scary crimes. I don't know if it’s still active. I’m scared to check it out 🤣. But yes I do love my 60 minutes, 20/20, evil lives here and cold case files!!! Yasss Bill Curtis babyyyyy. 🤣 ok imma stop ✋

[Still-alive]

yes Bill curtis is great by go to shows were American Justice and Cold Case Files. i like them because they used actual crime photos and footage. Cold case files was very chilling to watch at times lol

[Still-alive]

my go to shows*

[Pinay_ako]

Yes 🙌 . His voice alone puts me to sleep 😴 😆. So relaxing. I even put podcasts when I go to bed but it’s weird my lullaby is about crimes 🤣 so I had to turn it off. I don’t want nightmares

[Still-alive]

Yeah he's just got that great voice perfect narrator lol

[Pinay_ako]

Yes! His voice is soothing and perfect for sleeping tbh. And that guy who does the voice over for Forensic Files 🤣. They put me to 😴

[Still-alive]

i always liked the Frontline narrator on PBS personally lol.

but yes Bill Curtis is great. he could just read me Dr Suess books and put me to sleep lol

[Apulu_Imback]

Eh I like them for the thrill and to see how much intelligence one has used in it (criminal and police both). Documentary movies are my second favourite after horror. I love thrill, that's it. I don't really see them as a women but as a true thrill seeker.

[Still-alive]

well there just seems to be a bit of an imbalance between women viewers of those shows to men so lol

[whirled_up_girl]

I watch them sometimes as a reminder not to let my guard down. They remind me that no one is ever 100 percent safe from harm, even when we might think we are, so even though they me feel paranoid sometimes they also make me look for red flags in various situations.

[Smashingdoozy]

I use to like them until I realized how truly toxic and fucked up it is to enjoy them. The shows and documentaries are often dehumanizing and in a way making these horrific acts normalized. Not to mention they are often made without the victims families consent and against their wishes for the story not to be told.

[Minahh]

Agree with you

[RedStiletto88]

Unlike real life where the bad guy isn’t always caught or sometimes even given a light sentence these shows can give some satisfaction in an ending where criminals are caught. And yes because most victims are women it’s very easy to empathize with them.

[Apple1996]

It's true I love the murder ones just interesting to see all the blood 🩸

[Still-alive]

do you like to see the murderers go away or get locked up... or are you secretly rooting for the murderer? lol

[Apple1996]

Oo that depends on the situation some don't deserve to be locked up but most do.
And omg you know what really drives me crazy is those ones that are still a mystery or cold cases like I wanna know who the murder is. Those type of shows lead me on for nothing 😕

[DryGermanGuy]

I agree, episodes with unsolved cases suck. I always go on Wikipedia etc. to research further and sometimes they have been solved since that episode was produced!

[Still-alive]

@DryGermanGuy I remember this one episode of cold case files that talked about the original night stalker looong before they finally caught him a few years back and i was like ‘whoaa damn he's still out there.’

[letuswaltzforthedead]

There is definitely a lot more girls in the true crime community than men, at least from what I've seen. a lot of them seem to do it because it's informative and "entertaining". I started getting into true crime for safety reasons.

[menina]

I avoid watching these shows because they give me nightmares and I feel weird after watching them.

I agree with the article. I guess some women watch it so they are aware of the dangers they might face.

[SaoirseS]

It's always good for me to learn from others' mistakes so as not to get caught. Moo-ah-ah-ah

[Still-alive]

you could inform the murder victims families what they could have done to improve their survival chances lol...

actually you probably shouldn't do that nvm lol

[SaoirseS]

Any time some guy I was dating went missing, the police came to visit me first if I was the last one to see him.

[Still-alive]

lol thats kinda wrong of them :P

[Still-alive]

"its always that shifty Asian funeral director smh!" lol

[SaoirseS]

They know we have a brick and mortar crematory that can easily be put back into operation, and that cremation destroys DNA. That's why I'm careful about what I say. Nothing like being questioned because I was the last one to see him. Alive anyway.

[bubblegunnn]

Omgtrueeee.. i love crime, serial killer, murder, horror, thriller documentaries also docuseries as well
And I don't know why i just love it but im not psycho 🥺

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

To take notes, duh lol.

Nah I enjoy trying to solve them. I don't watch a lot of the documentaries because they're kinda creepy, but I love me a good crime show.

[sunflower00]

I love true crime/documentaries but if I watch them too often it really starts to make me lose faith in humanity.

[Marshymallow]

I’m very much into thrillers, suspense and action. Most of these shows are very interesting and ofc we get to learn a lot about the world too

[petitedollbabee]

I enjoy some documentaries, I don’t know if I’d say I enjoy true crime ones though.

[Topaz1979]

It’s true, I dunno why though 🥲 most of those crime stuffs mess me up a lot 😑

[YollyM]

We're planning something, sleep with one eye open😅

[Zolly99999]

Maybe they are trying to figure out how to get rid of us with out getting caught 😳😳😳

[Topaz1979]

Whaaaattt- us women would never do that to you men! 😇🗡🔪🔫🧱💣.

[Zolly99999]

@Topaz1979 yes I can see that by the swords and knives. 😳😳😳

[Topaz1979]

@Zolly99999 😂😂😂

[Dinosaursandanime65]

[Guardian45]

I disagree. Just look at what is popular in TV series. Most are Crime or Medical shows.