True-Crime Ethics Where is the line?

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In December 2015, not all break room discussions were about last-minute shopping and who wants to volunteer to decorate the office. Many people debated murder, questionable police tactics, and whether Steven Avery or Brandon Dassey should be in prison for the murder of Theresa Halbach.
Both seasoned true-crime fans and television prudes alike couldn’t get enough of the popular Netflix series, Making a Murderer. According to Business Insider, the show reached 2.3 million viewers within the first week.
Sorry Ralphy, there’s always next year.
True-crime continues to soar with most streaming networks putting out content regularly such as HBO’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, based on Kate Mcnamaras 2018 book by the same name, which thoroughly investigates the crimes of the Golden State Killer during the ‘70s and ‘80s.
At the time of this writing, the relaunch of the popular 1980s docuseries Unsolved Mysteries was the #1 most-watched program on Netflix.
People wanted their MTV in the ‘90s; now, they want their true-crime.
Despite the growing popularity between streaming services, some people can’t get into it as they feel it’s unethical. Some say it’s not right to be entertained with true accounts of awful crimes as it exploits victims and their families.
It is true that authors, filmmakers, and podcast hosts make money off of focusing on true stories, but does doing so make every film, TV show, or book unethical if it covers a true story? Are we sensationalizing criminals for entertainment, or is there another side of the story?
First, it's important to define what true-crime is and what its intentions are.
After a quick Dictionary.com check, true-crime is “anything based on or describing an actual crime.” This definition is so broad that it’s difficult to label true-crime as moral or not in one stroke of the brush.
While true-crime seems to have grown in popularity recently, it certainly didn’t start with streaming services or TV. By the aforementioned definition, published true-crime can be found as early as the 1600s; a book titled The Book of Swindles by Zhang Yingyu circulated in China and is said to have kept people in the know on current fraud and other crimes.
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Beneficial information to have in an age of limited communication and wondering shysters selling snake oil.
CBS broadcasted the radio show Crime Classics in the 1950s, which featured historical events such as presidential assassinations and the case of Bathsheba Spooner, the first female to be convicted and executed for murder after the Declaration of Independence, in 1778.
It was her husband, by the way.