Do you fall asleep to true crime?
the true crime that's worth your time
Thanks to Buzzfeed’s Drusilla Moorhouse (what an amazing name, right?) for the prompt on this one — her explainer on why being sent off to slumber by the Conversations with a Killer “doesn’t mean you’re a monster” (whew!) set off a Slack convo for Sarah and me, always the sign that we have a good discussion topic on our hands.
Though we’re all invested enough in the genre that drifting off to Dateline or Dead End seems like a foregone conclusion, I’ll confess that I rarely pass out with true crime in my eyes or ears. Anything related to violent acts either gives me work dreams (because I used to be a crime reporter, not because work makes me murderous) or plain old nightmares. Heist and con shows, on the other hand, are too interesting to me, and I fight to stay awake to listen. So, I usually fall asleep to pop culture/celeb/tech stuff that has no bearing on true crime at all.
Sarah, on the other hand, ends her day with various art heist audiobooks or Watergate texts, the latter of which, come to think of it, is likely better than melatonin. How about you? Do you pick up a copy of Helter Skelter when you hop into bed, or scroll to Running from COPS then turn off the lights? Or is true crime something you reserve for your waking hours? Let’s hear it. — EB