true-crime

[troo-krahym]

adjective

1. based on or describing an actual crime.

Example Sentences

Sixteen Spotify video podcasts, including ‘The Bill Simmons Podcast,’ ‘The Dave Chang Show’ and the true-crime ‘Serial Killers,’ are coming to Netflix.

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Fans, true-crime enthusiasts and internet sleuths have launched their own inquiries, locking in on details that appear to connect the teen girl with the gamer-turned-songwriter, who was once heralded by GQ as a "Mouthpiece for Gen-Z Heartache".

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One doesn’t have to be a true-crime buff to recall the murder cases at the center of two new drama series premiering this week, Hulu’s “Murdaugh: Death in the Family,” out Wednesday, and Peacock’s “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy,” out Thursday.

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Both limited series are based on notorious slayings that received reams of news coverage in their day, and later, covered ad nauseum by true-crime podcasters and in TV series.

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The stories of a few of his victims are told here, humanizing them beyond gory headlines and salacious true-crime fare.

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