When will the cultural obsession of true crime come to an end? The answer: not any time soon. True crime documentaries & series seem to have a captivating power over audiences across the globe, as what seems like very few months a new true crime story dominates the entertainment landscape.
From September 2020’s American Murder: The Family Next Door to October 2020’s Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, it seems unlikely no signs of out fascination with true crime stopping in the near future.
Thanks to true crime’s massive appeal, it’s reached the highest level of global recognition: it has its own dank memes. Identifying collected our favorite true crime memes anyone can relate to; who considered like a good true crime doc?
Forever mood! #truecrime #serialkillers #NightStalker #crimejunkie #podcast #meme pic.twitter.com/15HIXhDwiP
– Las Chicas Del Crime (@chicasdelcrime) January 19, 2021
Water cooler crime
It seems like everyone’s into the latest true crime docuseries, and even our least edgy coworkers have something to say the latest viral series, PSL in hand. Wait a minute: is true crime basic?
So everybody come follow me…#memes #truecrime #guesswhosback pic.twitter.com/XvYO9Ltw2i
– Straight Up Evil Podcast (@Straight_Up_Pod) February 23, 2021
Office conversation on true crime is the prime location to don out our brilliant crime theories all the investigators seemed to have missed. All the best ideas come when we watch an extra episode past bedtime.
Never has there been a truer meme. #truecrime #truecrimelabpod #tc #podcast #podlife #johnkrasinski #theoffice #pamandjim #excited #podcasters pic.twitter.com/GIziZWCUDv
– ⚗️ Tᖇ ᑌ E ᑕᖇ IᗰE ᒪᗩᗷ ⚗️ (@thetclpodcast) November 11, 2019
Considerably a meme format without Office Jim? This true crime meme captures the relief we feel when concerned something to talk about at the office.
My Saturday night sorted 🥰#truecrime #TrueCrimePodcast #meme #acnh 4 pic.twitter.com/r1BFXE8red
– Murder Bird podcast (@murderbirdpod) January 23, 2021
Somehow true crime appeals to even our softest coworkers: this meme says it all.
We all know what’s about to go down.
4#meme #funny #truecrime #truecrimecommunity #podcast #parksandrec #documentary #murder #truestory pic.twitter.com/TgBx8b5XKV– strangelittleworlds (@SLWpodcast) September 13, 2019
Prepared
For real true crime heads, warnings before true crime documentaries are laughable; grown up here before.
I’m only 4 episodes into my first show but analytics tells me most of my listeners are female. With the amount of true crime I listen to I’d just be a single cat lady forever. How do you filter out the Buffalo Bills #truecrimememe #truecrime #podcast #meme #AskTwitter pic.twitter.com/huphNO5cB4
– Death and Hollywood (@hollywood_death) September 17, 2019
Not only are true crime documentaries entertaining, but they are also often inform viewers as cautionary tales. This true crime meme is a reminder: daters beware.
Let’s go out to lunch!#meme #truecrime pic.twitter.com/CLLhocWuBB
– MurderOnOurMinds (@MurderOnOurMind) August 28, 2019
Dahmer memes
True crime fans know Jeffrey Dahmer is the first lesson in true crime 101, and Twitter has no shortage of true crime memes for one of the most notorious serial killers of all time. Dahmer ate some of his victims back in the day (get it?).
The most accurate #truecrime #meme ever 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/dX8gD03Ord
– MountainMurdersPodcast (@MountainMurders) November 1, 2019
This dahmer Full house crossover meme shows us what a scene in Hell might look like. Say what you will about the content, but they definitely got the hair right.
these memes are fueled by carbs #truecrime pic.twitter.com/tBN3kj6o2y
– Last Podcast Memes (@LPOTLmemes) December 22, 2020
Specifics
Real true crime fans know about a lot more than top forty serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, and some of Twitter’s true crime memes get down to specifics for the diehards. This one is for fans of the NXIVM docs, where cult victims were made to keep their weight down (consideration be us).
My day is ruined #Memes #truecrime #dayruined pic.twitter.com/2RHEscn80S
– Straight Up Evil Podcast (@Straight_Up_Pod) March 4, 2021
We leave you with this specific Casey Anthony true crime meme. When it comes to true crime, justice was always served.
