Obsessed with True Crime discussion

So I know I have introduced myself, but that was a while ago, and my bio is rather brief, I did this on another thread and got no questions. Hopefully I'll do better here!

Ask me anything, I reserve the right to not answer or answer with "I'm not comfortable answering that question." But I'll try not to do that too often. I also reserve the right to answer with gifs.

so how did you get into reading true crime?

Terri wrote: "so how did you get into reading true crime?"

When I was little I read all the time, when we would go on vacation all my grandparents had in their house was Reader's Digest. My favorite articles were the true life ones. You know: I was attacked by a Grizzly bear and lived! articles. Then one day I read the RD condensed version of Serpico by Peter Maas (wonderful author btw). Then later I found In a Child's Name: The Legacy of a Mother's Murder also by Peter Maas, I bought it, read it - then I discovered there was a whole bunch of people who wrote about true crime - and the rest, as they say, is history.

How did you get involved with Goodreads and what made you decide to start a True Crime group here?

K.A. wrote: "How did you get involved with Goodreads and what made you decide to start a True Crime group here?"

Some years back a woman sent me a book she wrote so I could read and review it. She asked me to post a review on Goodreads. That was my first experience with Goodreads.

As for the True Crime group, I joined it and if you look at the old threads you'll see one titled: Is the moderator of this group a victim of crime? Checking further I noticed she was not just not active in the group, she wasn't active on Goodreads. I sent Goodreads support a message asking if I could be made moderator since the original moderator appeared to have left Goodreads. They agreed, made me moderator and after a few years (she never came back) I removed her.

Oh, I did see that thread when browsing the old threads. I wonder what happened to her?

What part of being a moderator do you enjoy the most?
What part of being a moderator do you least enjoy?

K.A. wrote: "Oh, I did see that thread when browsing the old threads. I wonder what happened to her?"

Well she does live in the Pacific Northwest where as Gregg Olsen said, you can't swing a dead cat without kitting a serial killer ......

Lady♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "K.A. wrote: "How did you get involved with Goodreads and what made you decide to start a True Crime group here?"

Some years back a woman sent me a book she wrote so I could read and review it. She..."

Well - I am glad you did!

What are your all time top favorite true crimes to learn/read about?

Terri wrote: "Well - I am glad you did! "

Thank yew

Shelley wrote: "What part of being a moderator do you enjoy the most?"

The POWER!

Shelley wrote: "What part of being a moderator do you enjoy the most?
What part of being a moderator do you least enjoy?"

Seriously though, apart from being able to organize things in the group the way I like, for which I have gotten mostly positive feed back, being moderator forces me to be more active in the group, and thus I feel like I've gotten to know people here better.

I don't like when I have to enforce the rules, I have a folder for True Crime authors to promote their books, for the most part they stick to there, I've even had some thank me for having a 'designated area', but then you have the author who just promotes his book where ever. So I just say, Oh could you move this to the proper place. If they don't listen then I have to decide if I should let it go or remove it.

Also dealing with spam is something I don't like. For the same reason, how much effort do I give it? Do I say something to the poster? Do I just ignore it, or do I delete the post and block the poster?

Fortunately that rarely happens, the perks do outweigh the cons.

Terri wrote: "What are your all time top favorite true crimes to learn/read about?"

Oh wow, well this is hard, I've read about police corruption, spousal murder, family annihilators, serial killers, serial rapists, bank robbers, identity thieves and gang members. I can't really pick a favorite!

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Do you have any particular favorite books, ones that you just couldn't put down and that stay with you long after you've read them?

Dina wrote: "Do you have any particular favorite books, ones that you just couldn't put down and that stay with you long after you've read them?"

I remember details from the first two true crime books I read. I don't know if because they were my first or because of the stellar writing of Peter Maas. They were certainly very interesting and unusual cases!

I would have to say my favorites are ones that delve into psychology and forensics, new techniques or explain a technique. In other words I like books that focus on the investigation aspect of a crime.

Lady♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "Dina wrote: "Do you have any particular favorite books, ones that you just couldn't put down and that stay with you long after you've read them?"

I remember details from the first two true crime b..."

I totally agree, I love books that explore the investigation process and analysis, of both psychological profiles and physical evidence.

Bel, I rarely hear you say anything about your family. If you prefer to keep that private that's fine, but I was wondering if you have a family.

Koren wrote: "Bel, I rarely hear you say anything about your family. If you prefer to keep that private that's fine, but I was wondering if you have a family."

Well of course i have a family.

Mmmm-hmm. Just as I suspected.

I remember learning how to snap my fingers when I was a kid. I probably looked a bit like Wednesday for a while.

Bel, I never realized we were related!

Cousin!!

Didn't realize we had so much in common.