I blame Nancy Drew. I think my obsession with true crime may have started with her mysteries—specifically, those hardbacks with the yellow covers, in which the young detective pieced together inheritance scams while dodging kidnappers and car thieves. But it may have also begun with a 1986 TV movie about Ted Bundy.
Source: io9 – Once Upon a Time, a Nerd Became Obsessed With True Crime and Tales of Horrible Murder