Blog Profiles: True Crime Blogs
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This past week has been nothing but storms and rain, which is really my favorite kind of weather.
When I was a kid, I used to turn all the lights off in my house, grab a flashlight, and read Carolyn Keene until my mom would force me to go to bed. I still do the same thing, but now I substitute the flashlight with a ton of candles and some fairy lights.
With that state of mind firmly in place, I thought this week I would highlight some true mysteries with true crime blogs.
1. Crime Traveller
This blog’s goal is to provide a comprehensive online resource that delves into criminal actions and psychology, while also providing information and details about ongoing cases and the trials surrounding them.
It covers information regarding historical cases (as far back as famed serial killer Jack the Ripper) to book reviews of recent true crime releases.
Check out: “The Warrior Gene: Genetics and Criminology,” “Charleston’s Most Inhospitable Hosts: The Story of John and Lavinia Fisher”
Follow @Crime_Traveller on Twitter.
Credit: @Crime_Traveller on Twitter
2. True Crime Diva
True Crime Diva is a personal opinion-based true crime blog run by midwestern grandmother Deb. The blog was formed so that Deb could give her own insight on certain true crime happenings, and that she does.
Typical posts on the blog provide well-read and informed background information on the cases and present her thoughts and theories at the end. I, along with many others, genuinely enjoy this blog because of the personality you’re presented with in the text!
Here’s a post to get you started: “The 1973 Disappearance of Landon Lee Deriggi”
Follow @TrueCrimeDiva on Twitter.
Credit: @truecrimediva on Instagram
3. TrueCrimeGuy
Mike Manford has devoted a considerable amount of time and effort to investigating unsolved true crime cases, such as the Zodiac murders, and developed this blog to bring some older unheard cases to the attention of the everyday couch detective.
Like Deb, he provides his own insight into things relating to true crime (such as a review on Netflix’s based-on-a-true-story FBI crime show “Mindhunter”) and the Golden State Killer (a case Manford dedicated a significant amount of his time researching).
Posts to explore: A Break in the Delphi Murders?, The Cruel Writer
Follow @TrueCrimeGuy on Twitter.
Credit: @Truecrimeguy on Facebook
4. True Crime Diary
I had to include this as a tribute.
Michelle McNamara is the woman who dedicated her life to identifying (and coining the moniker for) the Golden State Killer. Her research and information was recently released to the public, posthumously, earlier this year in “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.”
This blog hasn’t been updated recently, since McNamara passed away in 2016, however her research was so thorough and, in light of recent events, I felt it was a must to include it on this list.
Posts I loved: The State I’m In, Crowd Sourcing a Wisconsin Cold Case
Follow @truecrimediary on Twitter.
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Savannah Tanbusch is a team lead and editor for PRWeb. She spends a lot of her free time thinking about dogs and playing video games. Follow her at @tanbusch.
