Yeah, everything real crime always felt exploitative to me. I get shows about police and prosecutors framing people but the ones that focus on the crime and criminal itself are just playing into this weird American obsession with serial killers. Other then Breivik I can’t name any murderers from Europe. We just lock them up and forget about them. No need to turn them into celebrities.
I know there was a guy in Poland called ‘the Vampire of… someplace’ but I don’t remember his name. There was also a guy called Rurabomber, setting up bombs all over Warsaw. He too was caught and forgotten. I’m sure you can find their names on wikipedia if you’re into those things but they simply don’t exist in popular culture.
Yeah, everything real crime always felt exploitative to me. I get shows about police and prosecutors framing people but the ones that focus on the crime and criminal itself are just playing into this weird American obsession with serial killers. Other then Breivik I can’t name any murderers from Europe. We just lock them up and forget about them. No need to turn them into celebrities.
No Child of Mine (1997) and similar, that spread awareness of a broken system, shouldn’t be in the same category.
accident investigation is basically the same thing but actually educational and useful to spread awareness of
Fritz Haarmann - Wikipedia https://share.google/gnGCgBy1GbzFIWmsu
Is rather well known. There even is a song about him https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=f5U3J069As8
Tbh, that kinda proves the point if you have to reach back to 1925 to find another good example.
RAF killings, and the NSU do exist. But those are domestic terror.
The cannibal was somewhat interesting I guess. https://share.google/PKWgqqEbyPPI08uZS
Well, I wouldn’t consider Armin a criminal. It was consensual.
Harold Shipman
Never heard of him.
I know there was a guy in Poland called ‘the Vampire of… someplace’ but I don’t remember his name. There was also a guy called Rurabomber, setting up bombs all over Warsaw. He too was caught and forgotten. I’m sure you can find their names on wikipedia if you’re into those things but they simply don’t exist in popular culture.
We have a better knowledge of war criminals running away from their doings than serial killer in this region. And i’m serious.