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Why is a coloring book of serial killers a thing?
- Thread starter Based0ne
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people who both love adult coloring books and true crime podcasts
Is this a thing? The description made it a little too gruesome for me. Kill counts as well as their weapon of choice plus drawings to match them, yikes.
There's a whole market dedicated to stuff like this and several podcasts. The coloring books are a little weird, but like people knit replicas of Ed Gein's nipple belt and sell it on Etsy. People that are into true crime eat it up
Edit: as Jessi77 pointed out it was Gein not Gacy like my post originally said. I can't find the knitted version but did find this gruesome replica on Etsy.
Probably NSFW, maybe NSFL for some
Edit: as Jessi77 pointed out it was Gein not Gacy like my post originally said. I can't find the knitted version but did find this gruesome replica on Etsy.
Probably NSFW, maybe NSFL for some
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These things need to not glorify these assholes. Have your coloring book, and have images showing them haggard in prison or sitting at a trial, or the family members of their victims kicking the living hell out of them.
This makes sense. Adult coloring books have become popular lately, as have true crime stories. I can definitely see overlap in the fandoms. Is no stranger than Pokemon crochet patterns IMO.
Like, yeah, if you think too hard about the true crime fandom it can be creepy, but the same can be said about a lot of subject matters. BDSM, FPS, martial arts, ren faire, furries etc. I've long since decided it's better to just let people do them, y'know?
Like, yeah, if you think too hard about the true crime fandom it can be creepy, but the same can be said about a lot of subject matters. BDSM, FPS, martial arts, ren faire, furries etc. I've long since decided it's better to just let people do them, y'know?
what are you gonna do, tie me up and slowly kill me over the course of 13 days?
dont put me in the colouring book
Probably because the nipple belt was Gein. Gacy was Pogo so it's clown paintings he did that people collect.
Shit yeah you're right the G's got me twisted. I'll update my post
Yeah, I love true crime stories and watching Investigation Discovery shows about crimes and how they got solved or got the perpetrator caught, but every once in a while you come across some idiot who goes "SO WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE SERIAL KILLER!"
It's so fucking weird. Loved how that elderly lady called out the Richard Ramirez fangirls as "dumbest bitches ever" for attending court during his trial, on that Netflix documentary about him. Her delivery was so damn brutal and unexpected ffs.
It's so fucking weird. Loved how that elderly lady called out the Richard Ramirez fangirls as "dumbest bitches ever" for attending court during his trial, on that Netflix documentary about him. Her delivery was so damn brutal and unexpected ffs.
I use to live with a guy who was into this stuff, he would get monthly magazine on Crime and Murderers. I most of us in the house thought he was going to kill us all one day in our sleep.
There is an edgy wing of true crime fandom that finds it amusing to joke around about this stuff, and that bunch probably gives/gets these as gag gifts that gather dust on the shelf. Not much more to it than that. Low content books (like adult coloring books) are also kind of a recent cash grab trend in small/self publishing right now and these guys probably aren't in a good position to protect their likenesses. A match made in heaven.
I genuinely hate the morbid fascination people have with serial killers--and how there's a whole goddamn industry built around it.
My friend listens to some podcast about serial killers. No idea what it is, but it bugs me that the guys are laughing their asses off 95% of each episode while talking about serial killers and shit.
Someone actually made an "Adolf Hitler colouring book" online
They think they're being clever with it though.
"Adolf Hitler Coloring Book: Perfect Gift or Prank to Send to Your Antifa and Left Wing Groups Adult Coloring Book"
Har dee har, that will sure own the libs right?
Edit - Turns out there's a dictator colouring book as well
Some people deal with death, morbidity, and other unpleasant topics through humor. It can help people cope. This is not a new concept and it does not mean that they're making light of the topic or laughing at the victims.
True crime market has grown significantly in the past few years; Investigation Discovery (ID) was a gateway for quite a few folks I knew from work. I did use to watch Forensic Files, Cold Case Files and a couple of other true crime programs from the 90s but lost interest in them when they started to become literal Procedural crime dramas with the over produced re-enactments and other stuff.
YouTube content is generally even worse; embellishing details and doing the minimal required research to get regurgitated unverified information they found on a Reddit or something, even throwing in conspiracy theories for good measure. It's really gross and it's a trend that I hope dies at some point.
Not to say there aren't any out there that don't do their due diligence, but those are far and few —and usually are audio podcast.
YouTube content is generally even worse; embellishing details and doing the minimal required research to get regurgitated unverified information they found on a Reddit or something, even throwing in conspiracy theories for good measure. It's really gross and it's a trend that I hope dies at some point.
Not to say there aren't any out there that don't do their due diligence, but those are far and few —and usually are audio podcast.
To be clear, I'm talking about the podcasters themselves laughing throughout the whole thing while giving the grisly details. It feels like that's their shtick. To be "funny" while talking about terrible events.
Used to work for a book store, and let me tell you, people fucking LOVE serial killers. They love buying biographies on them. So this is an absolute no brainer. Easy money.
Last podcast on the left? My favorite murder? They're pretty respectful of the victims and typically make jokes at the serial killers or law enforcement who enabled em's expense. There's room for humor even in horrible events. Good way to process it and present it. There's a reason they got to be as big as they are.
Because it's more tasteful than colouring in their victims I guess.
I love true crime, but I'd only buy this as a gag gift.
I love true crime, but I'd only buy this as a gag gift.
