Dec 28, 2020

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What Is The Human Obsession With Murder?

Thou shalt not kill we are told.

An image of a murder scene being filmed for a TV or movie production. — Image By: Joel Muniz, Unsplash

But we do. And we love to read about murder. We love to view TV series and movies on murder. When a gruesome murder or a mass murder occurs, the more lurid the story, the more newspapers and magazines are sold.

I am always amazed at the number of books in our local library where the plot revolves around a murder…

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