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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Lindsay Calder

Obsession with gruesome true crime dramas explained - and best ones to watch

Many of us will tuck into more than just food as we settle in front of the telly at night.

For those with an appetite for the macabre, murder is always on the menu.

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has broken streaming records on Netflix with half a billion views in its first week, proving the true crime genre is as popular as ever. But does our hunger for graphic details and footage of serial killers mean we are also monsters? Or is it OK to let killers entertain us?

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