Is “Longform” True Crime a Thing?
If it isn’t, I’m gonna make it one.
My original true crime serial, “The Green Bay Northwoods Killings,” has officially become my longest non-fiction work so far, at more than 16 Chapters and 20,000 words. At present, it’s looking like there are four or five chapters still to go.
Is longform true crime a thing? Honestly, I’ve been writing this as a book, and just releasing the chapters on my Substack.
Interested in true crime? Here’s the premise.
A man murdered a couple in Wisconsin in 1976, but wasn’t caught until 2019. Was he responsible for a number of other unsolved murders over the years?
I lay the cases out for you, and you can decide. Get comfortable. Settle in to your favorite reading spot with some soothing light, and start reading.
Troy Larson is a harbinger of things that go bump in the night; a true crime writer, researcher, and digital content producer with hundreds of podcast and broadcast credits to his name. Subscribe to the Until Night Falls Newsletter on Substack. Reach out on Twitter.
