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Maeve

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9. Murder has always been entertainment

Reply to Sympthsical (Original post)

Fri Sep 24, 2021, 08:34 AM

Sep 2021

And the more shocking, the more fascinating. Look back to the Ripper murders, the Police Gazette, H.H. Holmes....shoot, look at Cain and Abel!

Vicarious excitement will always be interesting. It's human nature.

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The Gabby Petito case fascination? Murder is entertainment. [View all] Sympthsical Sep 2021 OP

It's tragic she was killed, and I feel for her family, but I really don't give a toss about the case Celerity Sep 2021 #1

I agree completely underpants Sep 2021 #2

Another irritating AF thing is the false meme that they were YouTube stars Celerity Sep 2021 #5

Yeah that's what I'd heard underpants Sep 2021 #7

Youtube, lol. Her #Vanlife Instagram, Tiktok accounts had a million followers, 1000s of pics Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2021 #10

no they did not, almost all the subs are post disappearance/media frenzy Celerity Sep 2021 #13

Yeah, she's famous in death now Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2021 #18

vanlife is a hashtag, it references thousands of accounts Celerity Sep 2021 #14

I know, Google 'Tumblr, Tiktok, sex for weed', there are many blog girls under #Vanlife, its a thing Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2021 #17

It's fine to get it out there to find the fiance' Sympthsical Sep 2021 #4

I don't care about day to day jimfields33 Sep 2021 #11

Early 90's Bill Curtis (Wait Wait don't tell me announcer) had an American Justice series underpants Sep 2021 #3

Unsolved Mysteries in my childhood Sympthsical Sep 2021 #6

The interest in the case started long before she was found dead. honest.abe Sep 2021 #8

Murder has always been entertainment Maeve Sep 2021 #9

Everything we do is human nature. And a lot of it is disgusting. Iggo Sep 2021 #12

True enough. People like a mystery, too. treestar Sep 2021 #15

June 1994-October 1995 pretty much confirms that. Tommy Carcetti Sep 2021 #16