What is the fascination with Jack the Ripper, the Black Dahlia, the Zodiac, Jeff Dahmer, the Uni Bomber, the Clutter family murders that sparked In Cold Blood, Jeffrey McDonald?
Ask people who write crime novels if they can sell their books.
There is a huge amount of interest in the who, what, when, where, how, and why.
Diabolical stories about diabolical people. They may be bad, but how they act is interesting.
That simple.
Thank you.
I hate snobby little articles like this and most of the snobby little replies I have read thus far.
If you don't understand why this was news, you do not understand the human condition.