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Ted Bundy, the Menendez brothers and Bonnie and Clyde are other criminals who captivated observers because of their intriguing personal stories - and the violent nature of their crimes.

The Netflix thriller managed to shatters the voyeuristic male gaze that pervades the true crime genre.

Netflix's productions on the Menendez brothers reveal the moral problem at the heart of true crime: whose definition of "true" should viewers rely on when assessing the veracity of a narrative?