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Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession
by Sarah Weinman
This was a fascinating collection of stories. I found so much to learn, think about, and investigate later. One of my favorite quotes:
"It does feel like a shame that so many resources are going to create slick, smart true crime that asks the wrong questions, focusing our energy on individual stories instead of the systemic problems they represent. But in truth, this is probably a feature, not a bug. I suspect the new true-crime obsession has something to do with the massive, terrifying problems we face as a society; government corruption, mass violence, corporate greed, income inequality, police brutality, environmental degradation, human-rights violations. Those are large-scale crimes whose resolutions, though not mysterious, are also not forthcoming, Focusing on one case, bearing down on its minutiae and discovering who is the blame, serves as both an escape and a means of feeling in control, giving us an arena were justice is possible." (pg. 236)
"It does feel like a shame that so many resources are going to create slick, smart true crime that asks the wrong questions, focusing our energy on individual stories instead of the systemic problems they represent. But in truth, this is probably a feature, not a bug. I suspect the new true-crime obsession has something to do with the massive, terrifying problems we face as a society; government corruption, mass violence, corporate greed, income inequality, police brutality, environmental degradation, human-rights violations. Those are large-scale crimes whose resolutions, though not mysterious, are also not forthcoming, Focusing on one case, bearing down on its minutiae and discovering who is the blame, serves as both an escape and a means of feeling in control, giving us an arena were justice is possible." (pg. 236)