Anyone interested in a Crime Section?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/crime/2823742-Which-of-these-true-crime-documentaries-have-you-seen

Over here. It's a bit lonely.

It's under other stuff

Can you link?

I've just noticed that there seems to be a crime section - I assume that's new in response to this thread?

Wow. I'm fairly new to MN but I'm really surprised that crime threads get shut down. There are a lot of very good reasons to discuss it.

• Open justice. Works as both a deterrent and a reassurance to the general public.
• Breaks down taboo. Encourages victims of crime to come forward and not feel ashamed.

I realise these topics are sensitive to some, so filing them somewhere where users can choose to hide them makes perfect sense.

What's the name of the forum where people discuss this stuff? Websleuths is it? We could join that?

Yes, me too.

If people find it unpalatable for personal reasons that's all the more reason to have a separate topic so they can hide or avoid it

I'm another who is definitely in the historical camp, particularly if it has local links to me (or John George Haigh).

I certainly don't like to speculate or discuss current stuff.

Count me in dame.

I totally agree Dame , uncalled for and unnecessary. I was tempted to call cherry out on that comment too but I guess that's their opinion and tbh I couldn't be arsed! I think Cherry has registered their opinion so hopefully there's no need for them to keep knocking about on this thread.

I think it would be good. I would hide it and MNHQ would know it's a topic to be monitored a bit.
If it will just be endless speculation about MM or in the news crimes for instance though that's not a good idea.

I'm in favour of a crime section as I mentioned upthread. I find true crime and historical crime fascinating in spite of myself.
A crime section, whether used lots or a little would serve both those of us who want to discuss it and those who find it ghoulish by keeping it all in the right place and allowing people to block it.
I also don't think calling people special snowflakes is going to help our cause though. Let's please be respectful, some will find it unpalatable for a variety of personal reasons and not because they are special snowflakes.

You can try and discuss historical crime but it's recent cases of child murder or disappearance that bring out the ghouls. I'd be happy if they were off the main boards.

But Cherry, that is unfair.

I am more interested in historical crimes, not ongoing cases. I am not a vulture (i dont think), i just find the subject fascinating.

You are actually far more likely to get vultures on chat or aibu than in a dedicated section.

If i want to mention a tv programme, i post it in tv, not chat or aibu, and find that it is like minded people that respond, becuase it it something they have an interest in, not because they want to rubber neck.

Is a good idea.

It would be useful to keep all the vultures in one place.

In theory it's a great idea but in reality it'll be wall to wall trigger warnings and edited titles for the sensitive snowflakes. Would get right on my wick.

Ooh yes please

No-one will post in it though, it will be tumbleweed in there. Not because not enough people want to talk about it, but because

a. There's, what, 200+ topics to start looking through on the off chance that your niche topic is there? So
b. everyone posts in _Chat or AIBU because it's easier or
c. everyone posts in_Chat or AIBU "for traffic".

Maybe MNHQ need to have a mass New Year clear out of topics first.

I sound like my own mother here - "No you can't have a new topic MLP, you don't use play with the ones you've got."

Yea I love watching historical crime documentaries.

Yep, i am in.

Need not always be 'current' crime WellErr, would you view the Princes in the Tower as crime or history? (Just a daft example).

There was a radio 4 podcast a while ago, 'who killed Elsie Hood'? That could easily be discussed, although her siblings are still alive, she was murdered a long time ago and they are very keen on keeping her story alive.

There are a number of obvious subjects to avoid. Threads WILL be deleted, without doubt, but coupd potentially be the most interesting to0ic on the boards 😉