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Why True Crime’s Biggest Fans are Women

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Whether we want to admit it or not, audiences crave violence. Take the dominance of “true crime,” the New York Times called the genre a “gold rush.” Journalist Rachel Monroe joins host Krys Boyd to talk about murder, media, and the people obsessed with dark stories, which she writes about in book, “Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession.”