I enjoyed this article, Mel. I can relate to the magnetism to these stories and podcasts about serial killers. It has affected me to some extent as well. Audio books and podcasts are too easy to listen to while doing other things.
We don’t realise what they have replaced and we are missing until we stop and think … as in your appreciation of the birds.
Yes, there are only so many ways to kill and be depraved, and after a while of listening to or watching that stuff I think it begins to lose its impact and you become numb to the atrocities.