![]() ![]() But there has long been a thrill to witness morally transgressive behavior and a desire to protect oneself from harm. But the historian Joy Wiltenburg says the public has been fascinated by crime stories for centuries.īefore the Enlightenment, many thought human nature was inherently depraved and the most sinister threat was the devil inside you, not an assailant around the corner. ![]() In the American context, many point to Truman Capote’s journalistically questionable “nonfiction novel” “In Cold Blood,” as the origin of the modern true-crime era, and the hit 2014 podcast “Serial” as the most proximate cause for the genre’s current boom. These are some of the questions I asked when I set out to find experts, enthusiasts and critics to debate with our self-professed true crime fanatic, Jane Coaston, on our latest episode of “ The Argument.” Here’s what they had to say. ![]()
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