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True Crime
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Some shows focus on real crimes rather than fictional ones. This isn't the same as Ripped from the Headlines, where the show creates a fictional counterpart to a real crime, complete with new fictional people to be part of it. True Crime shows aim to dramatize an event (more-or-less) exactly, with names only changed if the victims or their families request it. There are at least two distinct types of these shows: Calls for Aid: The show is organized to see if the public can provide any clues or information the police don't already have to find a criminal who perpetrated an unsolved crime. For example Aktenzeichen XY ... ungelöst, Crimewatch UK, and America's Most Wanted. Retrospective: Solved crimes or cold cases from many years ago are profiled. This overlaps with a documentary. For example The First 48, Forensic Files. Both types make use of Crime Reconstruction. Within both types, broadcast-network offerings tend to be made by the news division. They're what hourlong Prime Time news shows often decay into; true investigative journalism costs serious money and carries the risks of speaking truth to power while True Crime retrospectives are just about the cheapest thing you can put out and still call "news programming". The term is also used for Non-Fiction novels of varying quality, covering Real Life crimes. On one side you have novels written to cover the events as clearly and factually as possible, and then there are works thrown together for quick and easy public consumption, often advertising things like "10 pages of shocking photographs!" on the cover. The Murder Ballad could be considered a musical take on the genre, usually rooted in Folk Music and embellished with generous amounts of Artistic License. A trope that covers a lot of true crime as represented in fiction is Trashy True Crime. Should not be confused with the entirely fictional video game. |
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Podcast: The Ride parodies true crime podcasts in the "Fabio Goose Incident" episode. The hosts use the typical "somber marimba music" and self-important tone of the genre while trying to determine what really happened at Busch Gardens when Fabio was bloodied while debuting the roller coaster "Apollo's Chariot". | |
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"EVERY PODCAST EVER" includes parodies of true crime podcasts. | |
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Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. follows the two failed investigations into the murder of rapper Biggie Smalls and its possible connections to the earlier murder of Tupac. | |
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The Keepers is a Mini Series about the unsolved murder of Baltimore nun Cathy Cesnik. | |
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Portlandia has an episode where the police lieutenant invites podcasters to cover the case. | |
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The Executioner's Song — book about Gary Gilmore, who in 1977 became the first person to be executed in America after a 10-year death penalty moratorium. | |
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American Vandal is a mockumentary of true crime docs. | |
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Trial & Error a mockumentary based on The Staircase and The Jinx. | |
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Tiger King explores an especially sordid saga from the bizarre world of exotic animal collecting. | |
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Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story is a Netflix documentary about Jimmy Savile. | |
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L.A. Noire uses real crimes from 1940s Los Angeles. | |
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Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | |
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Done Disappeared parodies disappearance true crime podcasts. | |
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Wonderland is based on the Wonderland murders that occurred in 1981. | |
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BuzzFeed Unsolved has a series dedicated to crimes both well known and obscure. | |
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A Very Fatal Murder parodies murder mystery podcasts. | |
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Sick Sad World, which also covers some supernatural horror as well | |
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Swindled is devoted to white-collar crimes and corruption. | |
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Mea Culpa, a Chilean anthology series. | |
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