Welcome back to Late Edition: Crime Beat Chronicles. We’re currently working on the next set of episodes that will look at the 1990 death of 20-year-old Susan Nesersmith in Wildwood, New Jersey. 

Until then, please go back and listen to past seasons if you have not already.

Lee Enterprises produces other podcasts such as The Ethical Life, a program that focuses on the intersection of ethics and modern life. The show is hosted by Scott Rada, Lee Enterprises social media manager, and Richard Kyte, director of the Ethics Institute at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

A recent episode of The Ethical Life is of particular interest to listeners of Late Edition: Crime Beat Chronicles as it looks at the appeal of true-crime programs.

True crime is one Hollywood’s most successful genres. Recently, Netflix aired a 10-part series about Jeffery Dahmer, the Milwaukee serial killer, and it was a huge hit. But the sister of one of Dahmer’s victim’s said it’s sad that the producers are making money off of the tragic events that happened more than three decades ago.

Richard Kyte and Scott Rada discuss why true crime is so popular and why such disturbing stories have a strong appeal.

A link to the episode “What is so appealing about true-crime shows?” is available here.

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