On The Genre of True Crime and Entertainment

 

The Problem with the True Crime Industry

The true crime genre is massive. It is everywhere, on podcasts, on Netflix, on YouTube, on social media. People make enormous amounts of money from it. Creators profit from the suffering of victims. Platforms push it through algorithms, recommending it even to people who are not seeking it out. I know this because I experienced it: the algorithm recommended this content to me. I was not searching for it, and yet it appeared, and I clicked.

There is something deeply wrong with a culture that treats real human tragedy as entertainment. There is something deeply wrong with an industry that profits from the pain of victims and their families. There is something deeply wrong with algorithms that push this content to people who never asked for it.

I am not saying that reporting on crime is wrong. I am not saying that news coverage or investigative journalism is evil. There is a difference between responsible reporting that seeks justice, awareness, and prevention, and entertainment content that exists to be consumed for thrill, for shock, for profit.

When you watch true crime content as entertainment, when you consume news stories about victims as if they are stories rather than real people, when you treat tragedy as something to pass the time, you are complicit. You are benefiting from someone else's suffering.

If you are going to engage with these stories, do so with care. Do so with awareness. Do so with compassion for the real people behind the headlines. Do not let their pain become your entertainment.

And if you are a professional, a journalist, a content creator, a podcaster, a platform executive, ask yourself: am I helping, or am I exploiting? Am I seeking justice, or am I profiting from pain? Am I serving the public good, or am I serving my own interests?

What I Want to Be Clear About

I want to be clear about what I am not saying:

  • I am not saying that all true crime content is evil

  • I am not saying that people who watch it are bad people

  • I am not saying that news coverage of crime is inherently wrong

What I am saying is that I have become aware of something I was not aware of before. I am saying that there is a difference between engaging with tragedy with care and consuming it as entertainment. I am saying that victims are real people, not stories.

I am also saying that if I, as a victim, become a case that is studied, that is documented, that is talked about, I am fine with that. I have chosen to document publicly. I have chosen to make my experience available to professionals and to the public. That is my choice.

But it should be a choice. Not everyone gets to choose. And those who do not get to choose should not have their suffering turned into entertainment without their consent.

What I Believe Instead

I believe in working with actual authorities. I believe in trusting law enforcement and established government and intelligence entities. I believe in going through proper channels. I believe in letting professionals, police, forensic experts, victim advocates, do the work of investigation and justice.

I am privileged to live in Canada, a good society with rule of law, with protections for citizens, with law enforcement that takes crimes seriously. I am grateful for that. I trust the system, even when it is slow, even when it is imperfect. I would rather work with law enforcement than engage in the kind of back-alley speculation that true crime entertainment encourages.

I hope that the entertainment industry changes. I hope that consumers of this content become more aware of what they are participating in. I hope that platforms reconsider the algorithms that push this content to people who are not seeking it out. I hope that makers of this content consider the harm they are doing.

But more than anything, I hope people turn toward what is good, what is pure, what is worthy of attention.

For Professionals

I document the ethics of how victimization is consumed because it is part of the full picture of what is happening to me and, I suspect, to others.

If you are a professional working in:

  • Media ethics

  • Victim representation

  • Journalism and content creation

I am willing to share more detailed documentation through appropriate channels.

Next Steps for Me

I continue to:

  • Document everything privately

  • Work with law enforcement

  • Reach out to professionals across disciplines

  • Hold onto my faith in Jesus Christ, who has shown me mercy when I did not deserve it

  • Remain humbled by the protection I have received, knowing it is not because I earned it


What the Surveillance Operators Do with This

I need to document something about how the surveillance operators respond to this topic, because it reveals who they are.

When I write about true crime, when I reflect on the harm of this genre, they respond in ways that expose their character. Some of them speak of hoping to create tragedy. They imply they want to turn my situation into something sensational. They induce physical sensations meant to intimidate and terrorize. 

This is what they do. They take the very real suffering I am documenting, and they pervert and try to sensationalize it. They are drawn to tragedy not with compassion, but with excitement. They imagine my pain becoming entertainment, and that brings them satisfaction.

This is who they are. This is not curiosity. This is not awareness. This is cruelty.

My Rebuke

I rebuke all of their disgusting curses in the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour.

May every cruel self-fulfilling prophecy they have spoken against me be rebuked and nullified in the name of Jesus Christ.

May every curse they have tried to place on me, on my mother, on my family, on my heritage, on my future, be broken and rendered powerless.

May every plan they have made to turn my suffering into entertainment, to use my tragedy for their satisfaction, to create something sensational out of my pain, be dismantled and come to nothing.

I declare in the name of Jesus Christ: their curses have no power over me. Their prophecies of evil will not come to pass. Their satisfaction will not be found in my suffering.

I belong to God, Yahwe, Jehova the highest and greatest. The most high. He is my protector. He is my healer. He is the one who sees what is done in secret and who brings justice in His time.

Biblical Reference: "No weapon that is formed against you will succeed." - Isaiah 54:17 (NASB)

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?" - Psalm 27:1 (NASB)

"I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse." - Genesis 12:3 (NASB)

The Implied Racial Curse: "Haoer" and the Inversion of Good

And there is another layer to this that I must document.

When they engage in this behaviour, when they imagine wickedness, when they induce violent sensations, when they speak of tragedy and perversion, they call me haoer. The Chinese word for "good." "Better."

They have created an inversion: in their minds, the moments when I am most afflicted, when they are most evil, when they are committing their worst acts against me, these are the moments they call "haoer." They are cursing the word "good." They are taking my language, my heritage, and twisting it into something evil.

They imply that these moments of lawlessness, sickness, and perversion are moments that make China "haoer", "better" in their twisted inversion. They are not saying China becomes good. They are saying that when evil happens, they call it "good" in Chinese. They are taking a word from my culture that represents something pure and using it to mark their own wickedness.

But I rebuke them and their curses, eternally, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

My Rebuke and Blessing

I rebuke all of their curses in the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour.

I rebuke their perversions. I rebuke their sadism. I rebuke their attempts to twist my language, my culture, and my heritage into something evil. I rebuke the cutting sensations they impose. I rebuke their fantasies of tragedy and violence. I rebuke every curse they have spoken against me, against my mother, against my family, against China, against anyone they have targeted.

In the name of Jesus Christ, I break their curses. I declare them null and void. They have no power over me. They have no power over my people. They have no power over anyone who belongs to God.

And I bless.

I bless all other victims who have been targeted by these people. I bless those who are suffering in silence. I bless those who are being surveilled, harassed, terrorized. I bless those who feel alone, who wonder if anyone will ever believe them.

I bless myself, that God would continue to protect me, heal me, sustain me.

I bless my mother, my family, my people.

I bless the nations that these abusers seek to curse. I bless China, my heritage, my ancestors who came before me. I bless the good that exists in every culture, every people, every nation.

I bless the name of Jesus Christ, who has overcome the world, who has conquered sin and death, who has power over every principality and power, who sees what is done in secret and will bring everything to light.

In the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour, amen.

What I Want to Be Clear About

I want to be clear about what I am not saying:

  • I am not saying that all true crime content is evil

  • I am not saying that people who watch it are bad people

  • I am not saying that news coverage of crime is inherently wrong

  • I am not saying that I am better than anyone else, I was curious once too

What I am saying is that I have turned away from this. I want nothing to do with it. I hate what it represents. I hate that there are people—including the ones targeting me—who get excited about suffering, who get sexually aroused by violence and tragedy, who treat real human pain as content to be consumed.

I am saying that there is a difference between responsible reporting that seeks justice and entertainment content that profits from pain. I am saying that victims are real people, not stories. I am saying that the algorithms that push this content to people who are not seeking it are doing harm.

I am also saying that if I, as a victim, become a case that is studied, that is documented, that is talked about, I am fine with that. I have chosen to document publicly. I have chosen to make my experience available to professionals and to the public. That is my choice.

But it should be a choice. Not everyone gets to choose. And those who do not get to choose should not have their suffering turned into entertainment without their consent.

What I Believe Instead

I believe in working with actual authorities. I believe in trusting law enforcement and established government and intelligence entities. I believe in going through proper channels. I believe in letting professionals, police, forensic experts, victim advocates, do the work of investigation and justice.

I am privileged to live in Canada, a good society with rule of law, with protections for citizens, with law enforcement that takes crimes seriously. I am grateful for that. I trust the system, even when it is slow, even when it is imperfect. I would rather work with law enforcement than engage in the kind of back-alley speculation that true crime entertainment encourages.

I hope that the entertainment industry changes. I hope that consumers of this content become more aware of what they are participating in. I hope that platforms reconsider the algorithms that push this content to people who are not seeking it out. I hope that makers of this content consider the harm they are doing.

But more than anything, I hope people turn toward what is good, what is pure, what is worthy of attention.

For Professionals

I document these dimensions, the creepy response of the abusers, the racial inversion and cursing, and the ethics of how victimization is consumed, because they are part of the full picture of what is happening to me and, I suspect, to others.

If you are a professional working in:

  • Media ethics

  • Victim representation

  • Forensic psychology

  • Human rights and torture prevention

I am willing to share more detailed documentation through appropriate channels.

A Final Thought

I am a survivor. I am a victim. I am documenting my experience so that the truth is known.

If my story becomes something that is studied, that is documented, that is used by professionals to help others, I am fine with that. I have chosen to speak. I have chosen to document. I have chosen to make my experience available to those who can use it for good.

But I did not choose to be a victim. I did not choose to be harassed. I did not choose to be turned into content for anyone's consumption. Most people would not.

To those surveillancers, who imagine my and others' tragedy becoming entertainment—I have this to say:

You are seen. You are documented. And you will be held accountable.

I rebuke you in the name of Jesus Christ. Your curses have no power. Your sadism will not win. Your perversions will not define me. I belong to God, and He is my protection.

And to every other victim reading this: you are not alone. I see you. God sees you. And the truth will come to light.

Biblical Reference: "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." - John 1:5 (NASB)

"No weapon that is formed against you will succeed." - Isaiah 54:17 (NASB)

"Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." - Luke 6:28 (NASB)

 

References & Notes

Clinical References

SourceReference
Pathé, M. & Mullen, P. (1997)The Impact of Stalking on Mental Health — on victimization and public perception
Herman, J. (1992)Trauma and Recovery — on survivor experiences and the importance of being believed

Media Ethics References

SourceReference
Media EthicsResponsible reporting requires balancing public interest with respect for victims. Entertainment-driven true crime content often prioritizes profit over ethical considerations.
Algorithmic ResponsibilityPlatforms that push crime content to users who are not seeking it raise ethical questions about user safety and algorithmic design.

Biblical References

ReferenceContext
Philippians 4:8Whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, praiseworthy—think about these things
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep
Romans 14:12Each of us will give an account of ourselves to God
Proverbs 22:3The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it
Romans 12:18If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all
Matthew 7:1–2Do not judge so that you will not be judged
1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
Psalm 34:17–18The Lord hears the cry of the righteous and is near to the brokenhearted
Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will succeed
Psalm 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse
John 1:5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it
Luke 6:28Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you
Romans 12:19Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord
Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap
Luke 8:17Nothing hidden will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light

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