ABSTRACT
In an effort to make a Theory of True Crime as viable as possible, therefore, it is important that other researchers analyzing true crime artifacts apply these findings to other multi-platform texts, and on future platforms as they develop, in order to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the efforts. The textual analysis reaffirms that true crime is written in a non-neutral literary voice that is rich in color and detail, with an emphasis on geography and ethnography as a frame for the crime, the victims, and/or the perpetrators. Perhaps an International Theory of True Crime would require new sets of codes distinguishing it from an American Theory of True Crime. As Murley stipulated earlier, the intertextuality of many true crime texts results in "full-on visual body horror" that can be viewed as crime porn to more sensitive readers/viewers/listeners. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
