US police are making their own true crime podcasts to crack cold cases
Police in the US are making their own true crime podcasts
Police departments in the US are increasingly producing their own true crime podcasts to solve cold cases. From a California podcast that helped capture a fugitive murderer to an Illinois podcast that led to the discovery of a body missing for decades, these shows aim to reach wider audiences and generate new tips. While some departments lack resources, experts believe the trend will grow as younger officers embrace the medium.
Assuming that the suspect is still alive and out there somewhere, they could be anywhere in the country.
- kristopolous
Although I can't fully articulate this my intuition says this is an exceptionally bad idea.
Something about the administrators of state power capitalizing on their execution of it for fame.
I'd probably want that banned?
- pretzellogician
Good in theory, but having police with axes to grind airing inaccurate information seems ripe for abuse.
From the article;
>Chadwick had been charged and pleaded not guilty, but not tried - yet the podcast made no use of the word "alleged" and called the millionaire a "murderer".
Yeah, like that.