As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years.
I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.
I think among the population at large, people are openly fascinated with crime and don't feel any shame over it. It's only the opinion-makers and the 'opinion elites' who turn up their noses.
I've consumed true crime since first discovering 'Helter Skelter' by Vincent Bugliosi in a used bookstore at age 9 or 10 and staring in fascination and horror at the crime-scene photos in the middle.
I don't like things about serial killers. There's so much serial killer information out there in documentaries constantly. A lot of it's just sort of gratuitous or it's almost like pornographic, really. There's no reason for it being shown.
I studied a truckload of true crime, praying for illumination, but most true crime relies on luridness and voyeurism for effect.
Like so many other bored teens, I was a bored teen with a hobby. The only difference was mine was obsessing about crime.
I was always obsessed with crime, crime shows, anything to do with unsolved cold cases.
Part of the reason why movie bosses are so obsessed with crime movies is because they know that world and the criminals. And that's what they are - they would not hesitate to act illegally to achieve profit and gain.
I'm a true-crime addict. It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but I can't stop.
We have the crime of the century every six months. So for people like me who enjoy, you know, taking these stories and writing about them, the material is endless.
It is a strange thing that true crime has now got entertainment value. I don't know why people love shows about crime so much.
