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True Crime

livetohike

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5. It's made me less naive and more cautious,

Reply to BlueIris (Original post)

Mon Feb 6, 2012, 01:32 PM

Feb 2012

but not paranoid. I've always enjoyed reading true crime novels, mostly because the psychology of the perp and the victim(s) is interesting to me and so I think it has given me some knowledge that I might not find otherwise.

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Does anyone feel that learning about true crime has helped you protect yourself? [View all] BlueIris May 2011 OP

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It's made me less naive and more cautious, livetohike Feb 2012 #5

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