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true-crime
[ troo-krahym ]
adjective
- based on or describing an actual crime.
Example Sentences
The project is protoypical of most true-crime documentaries that fill streaming services.
Though most true-crime podcasts and series focus on white women, a study by Pew Research found that listeners of these type of podcasts are largely Black and Latino women.
Audiences are spending hours rehashing true-crime stories, drawn to realism and nostalgia associated with ripped-from-the-headlines stories.
Adnan Syed, whose criminal conviction was made famous in the hit true-crime podcast Serial, will not have to serve any additional jail time after being resentenced in the murder of his ex-girlfriend.
In 2014, Syed's case gained national attention through the true-crime podcast 'Serial', which was listened to by millions of people.
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