Do true crime documentaries like 'The Ted Bundy Tapes' create copycats? A criminologist weighs in
The true crime genre is booming on television right now. The top brass in the TV network game are definitely investing in everything gory, chilling and murderous in the form of crime documentaries and the world is really lapping it all up. This year, we saw true crime documentaries about abductions, violent murders to serial killers and everything else in between.
'Abducted in Plain Sight', 'The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann', 'The Innocent Man', 'Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers', 'Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks' and 'Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes' tells us a lot about the way this genre has been moving forward. The sheer strength in numbers is staggering - and to some, it has come across as problematic.
