Introduction

Welcome to Crime Kitten, the meow-ist true crime blog on the web. Maybe. I realize the name is silly, but hey, it wasn't easy coming up with a good name and I do enjoy kittens. And crime. So, if you have not guessed, this blog is all about true crime.

Why true crime? Well, I have been fascinated with it my whole life (or as long as I can recall, anyways) and I enjoy reading, writing, talking about it and watching it. I think there is something interesting about trying to understand why. Why would someone kill? Sure, maybe they are evil, maybe it is about money or power or sex...but lots of people want those things and don't resort to murder.

I cried when my fish died (as an adult), so for me, I can rarely relate to someone hurting someone else for any reason beyond self-defense. Yeah, I can be a bit morbid in my humor and my interests, but I am not the only one out there who finds true crime compelling. It has often provided me with a conversation topic that has actually made me friends. A bit weird maybe, but hey, whatever works. At least my new friend and I have something to talk about...although it might be gruesome, bloody death.

So, this is a brief overview of what I find fascinating, but I won't just focus on cases and stories in these areas: wrongful convictions, serial killers, and crimes committed by children. Yeah, weird, I know, but I find serial killers interesting due to a desire to try to understand why. Wrongful convictions, like the West Memphis Three and others, terrify me because it can and does happen...probably more often than we even think. Finally, killer kids is something that just makes so little sense and yet, it happens. Why? I don't know, but it sure can lead to some riveting twists and turns.

Crime Kitten will feature a variety of cases, some well-known and others less so. I will also review true crime books I read, podcasts that I listen to as well as movies and TV shows. Not all the cases will be about murder and not all of them will be solved. Sometimes, there is no happy ending and the mystery of it all is what makes it so intriguing.

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