leena norms | Why you're obsessed with serial killers. @leenanorms | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Why do we love true crime? Why did I get so sucked into scary tales at certain points in my life? And what can we learn from our 'love' of serial killer content? Let's unpack it.
CW: this video contains non-detailed discussions of violence and rape.
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VIDEOS BY ME:
you are not the main character. youtu.be/UkHMaYQ2Uw8
Sondheim was NOT a genius. Here's why. youtu.be/axo_CQ2WmXQ
Jena Friedman: Women Don't Watch True Crime, We Study It youtu.be/wV-NcNwXqcA
Bailey Serian: youtube.com/c/BaileySarian
Sarah Marshall from You’re Wrong About: patreon.com/posts/why-do-you-like-57852004?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_source=post_link&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpbnN0YW50LWFjY2Vzczo3NzRlNTE1Yi04YTQ3LTQzNzItOWU1OS1iNmZhZjE3ZTZiMmYifQ.at2Oqd745jzmUjfYGMsAk-zkKCIGWokhbkGBZkER70Y
‘It's always easier to sell tickets for the ghost Train than the speak your weight machine.’
How To Be Right by James O’Brien
Life on Mars
Ashes to Ashes
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Promising Young Woman
Orwell’s '2 minute hate' in 1984 youtu.be/XvGmOZ5T6_Y
‘we think of ourselves as individuals but the world acts on us as a collective’ Hank Green
youtu.be/ALb7FYlpYMw
Criminal Justice - Does prison work - with The Secret Barrister and Paula Harriot youtu.be/snPyPtDV68s
‘Yeah, people do bad things to each other. And we remember those stories, we remember the pain, but remember it because it stands out. It’s the blip in the timeline, the thing that doesn’t fit, and that’s because the rest of the timeline, our whole lives really, is made of kindness. That’s what’s normal, so normal we don’t even notice it.’
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Stats:
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201411/serial-killer-myth-no-5-all-victims-are-female
magellantv.com/articles/research-reveals-why-women-love-true-crime
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And here's my referral link if you'd like to get £50 off (I get £50 off too, woo!) https://share.octopus.energy/fun-hawk-883
All music used is licensed through Epidemic Sound - I've been using them for years and hand-on-heart it's really fab. You get unlimited use of their music per month for a pretty bargain fee. Here's my referral link (if you sign up through it I get a free month): epidemicsound.com/referral/1b1yhj
If you're a company that makes plastic-free products, pays their tax and doesn't exploit people, I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to sponsor the channel: leenanorms@gmail.com
Why do we love true crime? Why did I get so sucked into scary tales at certain points in my life? And what can we learn from our 'love' of serial killer content? Let's unpack it.
CW: this video contains non-detailed discussions of violence and rape.
JOIN THE GUMPTION CLUB: patreon.com/thegumptionclub
Being in the club means you get: a free weekly podcast, access to a secret facebook group, a free poetry collection and play written by me, access to livestreams AND you get to access to all my videos before anyone else sees them!
ORDER my poetry collection, BARGAIN BIN ROM-COM! https://linktr.ee/bargainbinromcom
// COME AND HANG WITH ME IN BETWEEN UPLOADS //
IF NEWSLETTERS ARE YOUR THING, sign up to get a little letter in your inbox from me once in a while! As a thank you for signing up, you’ll get a FREE downloadable list of my best books of all time: leenanorms.substack.com/subscribe
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/leenanorms
TWITTER: twitter.com/leenanorms
Things mentioned:
VIDEOS BY ME:
you are not the main character. youtu.be/UkHMaYQ2Uw8
Sondheim was NOT a genius. Here's why. youtu.be/axo_CQ2WmXQ
Jena Friedman: Women Don't Watch True Crime, We Study It youtu.be/wV-NcNwXqcA
Bailey Serian: youtube.com/c/BaileySarian
Sarah Marshall from You’re Wrong About: patreon.com/posts/why-do-you-like-57852004?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_source=post_link&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpbnN0YW50LWFjY2Vzczo3NzRlNTE1Yi04YTQ3LTQzNzItOWU1OS1iNmZhZjE3ZTZiMmYifQ.at2Oqd745jzmUjfYGMsAk-zkKCIGWokhbkGBZkER70Y
‘It's always easier to sell tickets for the ghost Train than the speak your weight machine.’
How To Be Right by James O’Brien
Life on Mars
Ashes to Ashes
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Promising Young Woman
Orwell’s '2 minute hate' in 1984 youtu.be/XvGmOZ5T6_Y
‘we think of ourselves as individuals but the world acts on us as a collective’ Hank Green
youtu.be/ALb7FYlpYMw
Criminal Justice - Does prison work - with The Secret Barrister and Paula Harriot youtu.be/snPyPtDV68s
‘Yeah, people do bad things to each other. And we remember those stories, we remember the pain, but remember it because it stands out. It’s the blip in the timeline, the thing that doesn’t fit, and that’s because the rest of the timeline, our whole lives really, is made of kindness. That’s what’s normal, so normal we don’t even notice it.’
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Stats:
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201411/serial-killer-myth-no-5-all-victims-are-female
magellantv.com/articles/research-reveals-why-women-love-true-crime
I use Octopus Energy which are a clean green sustainable energy company - if you're in the UK and are curious, here are the two videos I talk about them in:
youtu.be/O0TR7RvVRlI and youtu.be/IEqf94lb44U
And here's my referral link if you'd like to get £50 off (I get £50 off too, woo!) https://share.octopus.energy/fun-hawk-883
All music used is licensed through Epidemic Sound - I've been using them for years and hand-on-heart it's really fab. You get unlimited use of their music per month for a pretty bargain fee. Here's my referral link (if you sign up through it I get a free month): epidemicsound.com/referral/1b1yhj
If you're a company that makes plastic-free products, pays their tax and doesn't exploit people, I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to sponsor the channel: leenanorms@gmail.com
