Our Fascination With Murder
The murder story of Shannan Watts and her children by husband Chris Watts is #1 on Netflix
The murders of fifteen weeks pregnant Shannan Watts and her daughters Celeste and Bella took place in mid-August 2018. For two days, plastered all over the news was the story of a missing pregnant woman and her two little girls. The “distraught” husband gave multiple press conferences and on-air appearances and pretended to care.
The story of what happened and the timeline of the events taken from Chris Watts’s final interview, witness statements, digital and physical evidence, and social media — has been made into a Netflix movie called “American Murder: The Family Next Door.”
According to Greta Heggeness of Purewow.com, “although the movie premiered on Netflix this week (9/30), it’s already skyrocketed to the number one spot on the streaming service’s list of most-watched flicks.”
Why are we so fascinated?
I wanted to understand what makes us so fascinated with violent crime — that a movie about this murder would skyrocket to number one on Netflix so quickly. Many writers and experts, including those cited in the referenced articles, discuss our fascination with these types of stories.
