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Griffen_07 t1_jeev67p wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:38 PM

Reply to comment by eat_vegetables in Do you think it's still possible to create new genres? by DiagonallyStripedRat

Doesn't the True Crime Novel arise out of the Penny Dreadful and murder ballad tradition? We have been telling the true crime story in pamphlets going back to at least as far as Jack the Ripper.