#true crime recommendations

[justkenz]

Do you listen to true crime podcasts? “Beers with Queers” is where we focus on crime related to the LGBTQIA+ community. We’re on Spotify and Itunes :)

Honestly, true crime podcasts are one thing I haven't dived into, but I will definitely check this out! Thank you :)

#asks #true crime #podcast #true crime recommendations #thank you

[ms-hells-bells]

discovered an amazing youtube channel called real horror, who does history and crime videos. she only has a few videos on her channel, as she has a full time museum job, and she researches, script writes, narrates, and edits the videos all herself, but she's incredible. her voice is so soothing and smooth, and she is super respectful of any topic she talks about, always getting permission from relatives, or contacting the relevant people to get the facts (if they wish to give them).

but what drives me insane, and seemingly her from a few comments i have seen her make, is that a ton of the comments praise the work of 'the channel creator', but presume that she, the narrator, is not the channel creator and script writer. the say stuff like 'your videos are amazing! and i love the voice of the narrator', and just very clearly viewing the channel owner and narrator as two distinct entities. when she clarifies that it's all her, they're surprised.

you NEVER see this on faceless narrated male documentary style channels. it's presumed until otherwise said that they are the ones who also researched and wrote everything. but for her, they immediately think that a man is running the channel, and she's just a hired voice for a script a man wrote. it's wild to see.

#anyways i highly recommend her #if you like history and true crime but hate the spectacle and glorifying of cases #and like seeing rarely spoken about events covered #and like the bbc documentary style british female voice #you'll love the channel #she only has like 6 videos over two years #but as of recently she's been looking at potentially increasing activity due to the success of the channel

[blushinggoku]

Been trying to read some goku x reader fanfics (because I love him and cringe culture is dead) but there's soo few out there it's insane. I'm disappointed in this fandom for not loving goku more

#listen I understand he's married but that's what AUs are for #also there's way more vegeta x reader fics out there than there are ones with goku and that's a crime #he's the MAIN CHARACTER ffs!! #vegeta is written better and has a well written story arc that is true #but still #I guess this is the only way he could beat goku huh #this is should probably be a case of “if you want someone done right you have to do it yourself”/ #“you want this foc so bad make it yourself” #however A) I'd get too flustered writing goku x reader fics. #B)I'm already busy writing some stories for other fandoms that take all of my time #and C) I'd be afraid to make any of dbz's characters OOC (I need them to be accurate for my peace of mind or I'll cry) #so I will just suffer knowing there is not much of the fics I want out there #I have read a couple of good ones. but I'd only recommend like 2 of them #btw I gotta ask how tf is this possible. dragon ball has existed for 40 years and there's barely any selfshipping fics wtf #again especially pertaining the main fuckinh character. it baffles me. boggles my mind. makes me sob #star scrambles #goku

[rockislandadultreads]

Read-Alike Friday: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian 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, they began to be killed off. One Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, watched as her family was murdered. Her older sister was shot. Her mother was then slowly poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances.

In this last remnant of the Wild West—where oilmen like J. P. Getty made their fortunes and where desperadoes such as Al Spencer, “the Phantom Terror,” roamed – virtually anyone who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created F.B.I. took up the case, in what became one of the organization’s first major homicide investigations. But the bureau was then notoriously corrupt and initially bungled the case. Eventually 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 one of the only Native American agents in the bureau. They infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most sinister conspiracies in American history.

Covered with Night by Nicole Eustace

The Pulitzer Prize-winning history that transforms a single event in 1722 into an unparalleled portrait of early America.

In the winter of 1722, on the eve of a major conference between the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois) and Anglo-American colonists, a pair of colonial fur traders brutally assaulted a Seneca hunter near Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Though virtually forgotten today, the crime ignited a contest between Native American forms of justice―rooted in community, forgiveness, and reparations―and the colonial ideology of harsh reprisal that called for the accused killers to be executed if found guilty.

In Covered with Night, historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the attack and its aftermath, introducing a group of unforgettable individuals―from the slain man’s resilient widow to an Indigenous diplomat known as “Captain Civility” to the scheming governor of Pennsylvania―as she narrates a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations. Taking its title from a Haudenosaunee metaphor for mourning, Covered with Night ultimately urges us to consider Indigenous approaches to grief and condolence, rupture and repair, as we seek new avenues of justice in our own era.

Return to Uluru by Mark McKenna

A killing. A hidden history. A story that goes to the heart of the nation.

When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the centre of Australia, he had no idea what he would discover. One event in 1934 – the shooting at Uluru of Aboriginal man Yokununna by white policeman Bill McKinnon, and subsequent Commonwealth inquiry – stood out as a mirror of racial politics in the Northern Territory at the time.

But then, through speaking with the families of both killer and victim, McKenna unearthed new evidence that transformed the historical record and the meaning of the event for today. As he explains, ‘Every thread of the story connected to the present in surprising ways.’ In a sequence of powerful revelations, McKenna explores what truth-telling and reconciliation look like in practice.

Return to Uluru brings a cold case to life. It speaks directly to the Black Lives Matter movement, but is completely Australian. Recalling Chloe Hooper’s The Tall Man, it is superbly written, moving, and full of astonishing, unexpected twists. Ultimately it is a story of recognition and return, which goes to the very heart of the country. At the centre of it all is Uluru, the sacred site where paths fatefully converged.

Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch

When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a young white oil worker, Kristopher "KC" Clarke, had disappeared from his reservation worksite, she became particularly concerned. No one knew where Clarke had gone, and few people were actively looking for him.

Yellow Bird traces Lissa's steps as she obsessively hunts for clues to Clarke's disappearance. She navigates two worlds - that of her own tribe, changed by its newfound wealth, and that of the non-Native oilmen, down on their luck, who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession. Her pursuit of Clarke is also a pursuit of redemption, as Lissa atones for her own crimes and reckons with generations of trauma.

#true crime #history #nonfiction #killers of the flower moon #reading recommendations #reading recs #book recommendations #book recs #library books #tbr #tbr pile #to read #booklr #book tumblr #book blog #library blog #readers advisory

[kiaerinnn]

The line 1:32 into "Lotta True Crime" By Penelope Scott reminds me a lot of if Jay was talking about Nadakhan after Skybound.

"Jay could've killed him.

He had every right.

He just caught him off guard that night."

#ninjago #hello tumblr #fandoms i'm in #recommend #fyp #lego ninjago #lego #ninjago jay #jay ninjago #jay walker #penelope scott #lotta true crime #Just replace Ted Bundy with Nadakhan and its perfect #ninjago nadakhan #nadakhan's a bitch #hate him #silky voiced seducer?? #beguiling voice??? #ok jay.. #Unrelated Penelope Scott is amazing #ninjago skybound #Spotify

[powells]

What I'm Giving: PENANCE by Eliza Clark

"For my 2014 tumblr bestie who used to be obsessed with true crime but is starting to feel weird about it"

#powell's books #powell's recommends #books #book recommendation #true crime #tumblr #teenagegirlsdoingbadthings #this u bestie?

[deepwoundsandfadedscars]

"Yeah, this won't have any lasting affects on my psyche," I say as I click on my 17th Scary Interesting video of the day.

#kee speaks #i don't even know where this channel came from but it showed up on my recommendations last night and now it's my entire youtube algorithm #if you like horror or true crime you might find it interesting #there's a whole series on people who have died while spelunking or deep sea diving #or people who have had to survive on deserted islands #(like people who lived on basically a sand bar?? for 15 YEARS?? what the fuck??) #most of the stuff i've listened to today are essentially people vs nature #and one video was about to veer into industrial accidents and that was too much for me #ALSO: the narrator is like really descriptive?? Like some of the incidents he talks about is almost like listening to #someone's first hand account or as though you're listening to a written story #if that makes sense #he's very detailed #and if he's talking about an image that is shown on screen that is specifically relevant #he'll say 'for those listening only' and then describe the photo #and it's fantastic

[montanabohemian]

i just want @thelaurenshippen to know that i'm very disappointed in myself that my top podcast was not bridgewater 😭😭😭

#WHY YES I DO LISTEN TO MANY SEVERAL TRUE CRIME PODS #and also cult pods #but bridgewater should be number one #and i am ASHAMED!!!!! #SHAME ON ME AND SHAME ON MY FAMILY AND SHAME ON MY COW #okay fine now i have to listen to it many times over (oh darn) to redeem myself #bridgewater #spotify wrapped #(i mean at least it made number two ... but STILL!!!!) #(anyway i laughed too hard at this when i saw it yesterday. THE SHAAAAME.) #(also i do recommend ALL these podcasts like 1000%) #(so if you're looking for a new podcast to listen to ...)

[thodi]

JULY ‘23 READINGS

Are You Thunder or Lightning? • prose

When your friend starts posting like an influencer • prose

Eye to Eye • prose

Among the Trees • prose

May Sarton on the Art of Living Alone • prose

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms • prose

The Optimization Sinkhole • prose

A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry. • prose

The country where fútbol comes first • prose

Hitting Zero • prose

Evolution and Our Obsession with True Crime • prose

The Rise of ‘Dry Dating,’ or Dating While Sober, Explained • prose

where the crawvlads sing • prose

Participation At Scale Can Repair The Public Square • prose

I re-read my teenage diaries hoping for a dose of nostalgia – instead I was horrified • prose (tw: eating disorder)

A Mother’s Exchange for Her Daughter’s Future • prose

Some Comics For Your Work Day. • comics

Sylvia Plath’s Visual Notes • prose, illustration

The Sounds Of Invisible Worlds • prose

Meals for One • prose

wake me up before you dojo • prose

Wonky • music, interactive

Humans are biased. Generative AI is even worse • prose

Anaïs Nin’s Decade-Long Adventure in Bicoastal Bigamy • prose

Big Songs, Big Emotions: On Glee, Santana’s Coming Out Scene, and Naya Rivera • prose

On doing things alone • prose

Speaking To Men At Parties • prose

All those naked Greeks… • prose

The Meaning of Suffering • prose

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[quiescentdestiny]

please spotify I am begging you to just let me turn off some of your recommendations.

#my posts #first of all I'd rather die than listen to your AI DJ. get him out of my playlist list. #second please stop shoving podcasts to the top of my “based on your listening history.” #if it was you would know I haven't listened to a podcast in like 2 years #also why must my taste in music make spotify think I'm a true crime girlie? #I hate it here #spotify #honestly I just want to stop seeing podcasts recommended. I am literally never going to click them.

[anotherpapercut]

would like to be able to learn about cults without wading through a bunch of fucking pseudoscience about "psychopaths"

#could you just tell me about charles manson without speculating whether or not he had a disorder that may or may not exist #like it doesnt matter at all just tell me about his childhood without drawing conclusions youre nit qualified to make #do not recommend cults by max cutler so far #probably will keep reading but oh my god 🙄 this is whats wrong with true crime media

[lugosis]

the only florida true crime i care about is ron de santis’ eventual assassination

#also like why does this exist who is like wow i want some true crime content but only from florida! #and why is it getting recommended to me i only listen to horror podcasts 😭

[bobothefuckingfool]

i like weirdo main characters and writing that reads like a homie and horrible page turning cliff hangers and fucked up lives to live and i like dystopias and murder mysteries and heart wrenching twists and i fucking love true crime and folk lore . for the love of all things that are good pls recommend me some books , any books ,i beg of u. pls thank u

#even if u think i've heard of it before i prolly havent #book recommendations #book reccs #bookblr #reccomend me books #i'm begging #fiction #nonfiction #folklore #folk lore #true crime reading #dystopian fiction

[sanzuphobe]

part of me is sad that no one i know knows strangers from hell because i dont get to talk about it with anyone but the other part is really glad because if they did know it and heard me talk about it they would be very concerned for my mental health im sure

#i dont talk a whole lot about hte media i love to most people #like ill tell them what i like but no indepth conversation about specific shows/books/movies #because no one else likes what i like and everyone is in fact very disturbed by it #but apparently i let enough shine through that even the exchange coordinator told me “you would love the grinch” with total sincerity #and im like. first of all how do you know that. #like no one will take my recommendations for anything because they immediately assume it is the worst horror ever #we wanted to go to broadway and i suggested seeing hadestown so they immediately assumed that it was a fucking horror musical #just bc i recommended it #should i be worried about the impression i apparently make on other people #should i stop telling people that i put on true crime shows or serial killer shows to fall asleep #personal

[cav-core]

Fake Crime novels

I would really recommend people who get a kick out of true crime content but don't feel comfortable with the ethics of consuming real people's tragedies that way (me, I'm people) get into the genre I've personally dubbed Fake Crime.

This is a specific subset of thriller/crime/mystery/sometimes horror novels that hit the same kind of content, the same kind of beats, same "tropes" and often narrative voice as a lot of popular true crime content, but the events and people involved are entirely fictional. It's the same thrill to it, but without feeling like you're getting your kicks off someone else's pain.

Often these novels will address an in-universe true crime community, too, usually critically, which can be pretty meta-fun.

Examples of this genre I've personally decided exists that I've read and enjoyed include:

The Whisper Man, Alex North

What Lies in the Woods, Kate Alice Marshall

Penance, Eliza Clark

Brutes, Dizz Tate

Dark Places, Gillian Flynn

(ofc check trigger warnings for all of these)

#book recommendations #book recs #true crime #tcc critical #true crime critical

[cursed-and-haunted]

Girl (said in a gender neutral way) you cannot just tease the mystery recommendations and then not post them

I personally love anything by Dean Koontz. The ending of Odd Thomas is... haunting. Also love Velocity.

And I can't recommend enough The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. The original trilogy is great. Lisbeth Salander is the bisexual autistic protagonist we all deserve.

#asks #also have recommendations of some good true crime docs