There was a tragic and complicated incident in my area some years ago, involving an unusually eccentric family. Someone(s) in the family were running several Facebook profiles posting prolifically, accusing various entities of culpability (note: bad idea, don't do this.) A news article mentioned the intense interest this was generating i…
There was a tragic and complicated incident in my area some years ago, involving an unusually eccentric family. Someone(s) in the family were running several Facebook profiles posting prolifically, accusing various entities of culpability (note: bad idea, don't do this.) A news article mentioned the intense interest this was generating in a true crime forum, and being slightly acquainted with some of the principal characters I thought I'd check it out, and HOLY CANNOLI, the discourse was so unhinged, I could not nope out fast enough.
I'm a true crime podcasts listener, though mostly interested in cons and fraud, not violent crimes. Maybe that was why this seemed so off to me, it was mostly speculating on motive, based on...not much evidence. You don't get that with fraud, the intent is a given.
Yes, fraud is my favorite kind of true crime! Not only is it usually not violent, but parsing the manipulative strategies of the fraudster is fascinating. I also like to pretend I'm not susceptible--but we all are !
Yes, same here. Not really interested in sadists or serial killers. Any recommendations? I am enjoying Queen of the Con at the moment. Crimetown may be one of my top five of all time, along with The Dream (MLMs). I also like The Opportunist, and Criminal with Phoebe Judge. And all the Theranos, NXVIM..
I'll check out Queen of the Con and the Opportunist. Gosh--there's Bad Blood, Chameleon, Conspirituality, A Little Bit Culty (lots of MLMs), Exit Scam, The Grift, The Lazarus Heist, The Missing Cryptoqueen, Oh No Ross and Carrie, Persona: The French Deception, Ponzi Supernova, A Very British Cult--not all of these are great so YMMV!
Trust Me is my go-to for cults, I'll check out some of the others. I loved Exit Scam. I listened to much of Oh No but along with Behind the Bastards and Sawbones, I think I drifted away when it was apparent they could poke holes in the logic of everything but The One Thing. I also like Scam Goddess, occasionally. Crypto Island and WeCrashed were good.
There was a tragic and complicated incident in my area some years ago, involving an unusually eccentric family. Someone(s) in the family were running several Facebook profiles posting prolifically, accusing various entities of culpability (note: bad idea, don't do this.) A news article mentioned the intense interest this was generating in a true crime forum, and being slightly acquainted with some of the principal characters I thought I'd check it out, and HOLY CANNOLI, the discourse was so unhinged, I could not nope out fast enough.
I'm a true crime podcasts listener, though mostly interested in cons and fraud, not violent crimes. Maybe that was why this seemed so off to me, it was mostly speculating on motive, based on...not much evidence. You don't get that with fraud, the intent is a given.
Yes, fraud is my favorite kind of true crime! Not only is it usually not violent, but parsing the manipulative strategies of the fraudster is fascinating. I also like to pretend I'm not susceptible--but we all are !
Yes, same here. Not really interested in sadists or serial killers. Any recommendations? I am enjoying Queen of the Con at the moment. Crimetown may be one of my top five of all time, along with The Dream (MLMs). I also like The Opportunist, and Criminal with Phoebe Judge. And all the Theranos, NXVIM..
I'll check out Queen of the Con and the Opportunist. Gosh--there's Bad Blood, Chameleon, Conspirituality, A Little Bit Culty (lots of MLMs), Exit Scam, The Grift, The Lazarus Heist, The Missing Cryptoqueen, Oh No Ross and Carrie, Persona: The French Deception, Ponzi Supernova, A Very British Cult--not all of these are great so YMMV!
Trust Me is my go-to for cults, I'll check out some of the others. I loved Exit Scam. I listened to much of Oh No but along with Behind the Bastards and Sawbones, I think I drifted away when it was apparent they could poke holes in the logic of everything but The One Thing. I also like Scam Goddess, occasionally. Crypto Island and WeCrashed were good.