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Why do people like true crime before bedtime? Murder media as a psychological coping strategy

Why do people like true crime before bedtime? Murder media as a psychological coping strategy

by Wistar Murray | Jul 13, 2021 | Coping Skills, Media Use, Mental Health Topics

One foggy April morning in 1672, a woodsman stumbled upon a gruesome scene in the woods just outside the French village of Barfleur. The woodsman was already familiar with Madame Perrault’s forest cottage. Madame Perrault was an ailing, elderly woman, so the woodsman often stopped by with bread and soup…

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