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haveyoureadthispoll · 2 months

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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And this was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

#book: killers of the flower moon #author: david grann #genre: non fiction #genre: true crime #genre: history #year: 2010s

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abookforeverymood · 6 months

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Polling For Next Read

currently re-reading The Elementals by Michael McDowell, but polling for what to put at the top of the list next

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thermodynamic-comedian · 1 year

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actually i love it when the characters are all lying. i love it when they all have secrets and none of them trust each other. i love being given clues that solve puzzles i haven't even been presented with yet. i also love it when i get chills watching a scene without even knowing what it means, and when i do know what it means, i get even more chills. i love theorizing and thinking and solving and coming up with possibilities of where a story might be going. i love it and i will do it for free, for fun, for no real reason.

this is a mystery appreciation post!! if you appreciate mysteries and secrets and stories that slowly unravel before you, please interact!!!

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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 2 years

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i love murder mysteries that don't try too hard. realism who cares about realism, a billionaire was murdered in a swimming pool and diamonds are hiding in the champagne ice bucket. here's an abundance of clues, we got initialed handkerchiefs and smashed wristwatches galore, they're all red herrings but gosh they're fun to decorate with. alibis, no one has an alibi, or everyone does and they're all about to tumble like a house of cards, don't overthink it. you want to GUESS the murderer? FUCK OFF, we'll get there when we get there, just enjoy the ride you hussy!!! provides a nice alternative to true crime's voyeuristic "this normal real-life woman you never met was brutally murdered and the guy who did it will never be caught or punished"

#also i enjoy dead billionaires #and i am sick to tears of true crime #true crime needs to leave #i appreciate that the resurgence has been largely led by women exploring a more feminist viewpoint but please this is too much #it's fine as a niche genre with the victims treated carefully and with respect but that is NOT what we have here #please just go back to using fiction to sensationalize audience fears surrounding social violence. just. use. fiction.

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potato-an0n · 27 days

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Wanna hear a really sweet solangelo headcanon?

So, I have a Will headcanon that he’s an adventure time, steven universe, gravity falls, svtfoe, infinity train, the owl house, and basically cartoon fandom bisexual nerd (along with sci fi and detective/ mystery thriller but tht’s besides the point).

One of his first songs he learned on ukulele and guitar are songs from adventure time and steven universe but his fav to play when he’s stressed or “stimming” is the Island Song (or come along with me/ adventure time end credits).

Before they started dating, Nico one day was having a panic/ anxiety attack or was just overstimulated and stressed and spotted Will under a secluded tree or in the strawberry fields (idk) playing the Island Song. He was listening from afar and surprisingly, he felt calmer and at ease.

Now whenever Nico has a nightmare or is overstimulated, Will would sing or hum the Island Song. Sometimes Nico would get lulled to sleep or would quietly sing along with him.

Bonus ramble: Also, Island Song is the easiest song to learn on ukulele and guitar, tht’s why imo, it’s a good “stimming song” and the lyrics is really sweet in this scenario too 😭 like it’s such a simple song yet has a lot of depth to it too, okay I’m done rambling.

#solangelo #will solace #nico di angelo #percy jackon and the olympians #this maybe me projecting onto will but fr tho #he’d love adventure time and steven universe #even gravity falls #bc he’s into true crime podcasts and we dont talk abt it much but he’d totally be into detective/ mystery thriller genres too #not just sci fi #also adventure time and steven universe fits his vibe #especially their songs #i literally have outlined a will solace character study fic based on do it for him

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thejoyofdeduction · 9 months

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a sherlock holmes adaptation in which john watson is a true crime journalist who is dissatisfied with the police work on the cases he writes about, so he hires a private investigator to help him uncover the truth

#i don’t even like the true crime genre but this would work SO WELL. john watson is the protagonist of the series. they fall in gay love…

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incognitopolls · 7 months

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#true crime #mystery #genres #tv #podcast #opinion #anonymous polls #polls #incognito polls #tumblr polls #anonymous #questions #tumblr users #polls about interests

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 22 days

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Ozzy Osbourne - I Just Want You

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melrosing · 8 months

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reading a novel that’s basically a pastiche of a true crime investigative piece where one of the murderers has a tumblr and the author has helpfully included this footnote….. like you don’t need to tell me eliza I was fucking there

#book is penance by Eliza Clark #I am actually really enjoying it so far lol #I hate true crime and I think there is so much wrong w the genre so this is an interesting mirror held up to it

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chaiaurchaandni · 11 months

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behind every hot girl is a deep history with the horror genre

#something something the horror of girlhood #and not just the horror of navigating the world esp as a young girl but also #the horror of /being/ a girl #the horror of occupying a feminine body #or even identifying with femininity even if u don't occupy a feminine body #and then turning to horror as a genre to process ur own existence and place and experiences in this world #and finding women of all ages dominating the horror genre #from ghosts with striaght long hair and dead black eyes #to victims #to be haunted and to be haunting #and this is by no means a condemnation of girlhood #but perhaps the distorted version of life that girls are exposed to #i was less than five years old when i figured out i would be mocked for wanting toy cars #going this deep bec horror is actually my fav genre #also shoutout to all the girlies who r obsessed w true crime this is also for u

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gayestcowboy · 8 months

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reading books is so important and delightful and i am so glad i have started reading more again in my 20s after barely reading for fun through my teens. it’s so healing. i love you books

#yeehaws #i do have a hard time reading because of adhd but it’s a lot easier when it’s stuff i actually enjoy #and i just needed to find the right genre to get me back into reading again #(the genre is nonfiction true crime😐)#i’ve read a few nonfiction books recently and now i am ready to get back into fiction again #so gideon the ninth it is

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haveyoureadthispoll · 1 month

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From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure follows the author’s quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of unlikely allies. As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful (and dangerous) landscapes across America, from Yosemite to the Grand Canyon. But though she had the support of the agency, Andrea grew frustrated with the service's bureaucratic idiosyncrasies, and left the force after twelve years. Two decades later, however, she stumbles across a mystery that pulls her right back where she left - three young men have vanished from the Pacific Crest Trail, the 2,650-mile trek made famous by Cheryl Strayed's Wild , and no one has been able to find them. It’s bugging the hell out of her. Andrea’s concern soon leads her to a wild environment unlike any she’s ever ventured into - missing person Facebook groups. Andrea launches an investigation, joining forces with an eclectic team of amateurs who are determined to solve the cases: a mother of the missing, a retired pharmacy manager, and a mapmaker who monitors terrorist activity for the government. Together, they track the activities of kidnappers and murderers, investigate a cult, rescue a psychic in peril, cross paths with an unconventional scientist, and reunite an international fugitive with his family. Searching for the missing is a brutal psychological and physical test with the highest stakes, but eventually their hardships begin to bear strange fruits—ones that lead them to places and people they never saw coming.

#book: trail of the lost #author: andrea lankford #genre: non fiction #genre: true crime #year: 2020s

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ratedc · 10 months

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Genloss feels too real. It feels like i could reach out and touch it

that's because it is real!!! genloss is basically just a more noticeably fucked up version of the world we live in. all of the horrors in genloss have pretty direct parallels to the real world (niki's character + death, ranboo's mask being emblematic of their success as well as their misery, evil megacorporations exploiting people to please an audience, charlie's indoctrination into the content machine since childhood, content creators being disposable and replaceable, jfc i could go on forever).

i'm not sure if that's what you were getting at but. everywhere i look i just see genloss and i just really appreciate the analytical potential of the show

#genloss #generation loss #showfall media #i also feel like there's something to say about horror and true crime as like. genres of media #like i think there's a connection to be drawn between the slime/blood filter and true crime but i can't figure out how to articulate it #genloss is fr just my fixation on sociology + social justice but less Serious #rated responds

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mostlymaudlin · 5 months

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y’all have GOT to stop talking about “true crime” victims like they are blorbos from your shows…

#just saw the most casual and disrespect mention of the missing sister of an old coworker #I despise the true crime genre it really brings out the worst in people #not in a ‘it will make people commit crime’ way but in a #‘some people forget that this is not entertainment but real tragedy’ way

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briarrolfe · 7 months

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We heard police sirens after seeing this and said, “ugh, the true crime buffs are at it again”

#the true crime to cop pipeline… we all always knew it was there…#interesting bc the genre encourages skepticism of the police. but it also makes you feel like it’s bc they’re ‘not doing it right’#acab #acab including true crime podcasts tbh

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thisthat-ortheother · 1 month

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