True Crime and Its Impact on Your Mental Health

J.E. Mercedes.
Obscure Horror
Published in
2 min readMar 10, 2024

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During the summer of 2021, amongst the release of True Crime documentaries such as Murder Among the Mormons and Why Did You Kill Me?, Psychologist Chivonna Childs, Ph.D, was looking into the effects true crime has on our mental health.

We all know it has to have some sort of effect on us, but not many of us give it a second thought. We’re interested in the human condition and the…

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J.E. Mercedes.
Obscure Horror

True Crime and Horror enthusiast. Full time freelance writer.