Lust for Fear - True Crime Fascination

Overview

True crime formats are a guarantor for success for TV channels, publishers and radio stations. Whether fiction or documentary, every serial killer has their own movie on streaming providers. An interest in crime is part of human nature. The question "Who did it?" keeps the audience hooked to their screens or headphones. Fear and thrills provide an endorphin rush. True crime fans put themselves in the shoes of the investigators and empathize with the victims. They try to learn to arm themselves for their own lives in order to better recognize real dangers. Where does the hype around true crime come from?

Cast

Joe Berlinger

Self

Rudi Cerne

Self

Samira El Ouassil

Self

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Helene Hegemann

Self

Marc Smerling

Self

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Simon Sahner

Self

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Maria Lorenz

Self

Leonie Bartsch

Self

Linn Schütze

Self

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Johanna Börsting

Self

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Moritz Pliquet

Narrator (voice)

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Robert Warren

Narrator (voice)