Are You Crazy for Loving True Crime Shows?

The shock, the violence, the gore…why is this “entertainment?”

Christina M. Ward
The Partnered Pen
Published in
6 min readJan 7, 2020

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One might think that as a domestic abuse survivor, a person who has dealt with assault, victimization, trauma, that I would find true crime and murder shows utterly abhorrent.

Instead, I binge them. Investigation Discovery is my go-to entertainment channel.

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Christina M. Ward
The Partnered Pen

Author of "Organic." Freelance word wizard. See her work in LA Weekly | OK! Mag | Village Voice | Men's Journal | VEGAMOUR | Today's Health Sciences and more!