True Crime Consumers Are the Answer

The media will chase the eyeballs and ears of true crime consumers if they give attention marginalized victims. The votes, the politicians and law enforcement resources will follow.

By Jayson Blair and Raul Montero

Downloads drop a few times a year for true crime podcasters. Thanksgiving. The week of Christmas. And when we do episodes on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. Some of us have seen declines of 20 percent to 30 percent. A similar decline can happen when published episodes about other marginalized victims, like sex wor…