The Kim Wall Murder Serialized: Ethics & Aesthetics in High-Profile True Crime

Lynge Stegger Gemzøe

doi:10.6092/issn.2421-454X/12483

The Kim Wall Murder Serialized: Ethics & Aesthetics in High-Profile True Crime

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This article investigates the dramaturgical, aesthetical and ethical implications of making television on the back of a high-profile, internationally appealing and very recent murder case: the Kim Wall murder. During a trip in his self-made submarine, Peter Madsen, a known amateur space rocket and submarine builder, abused and murdered Kim Wall, a young Swedish journalist, who was supposed to do an interview with him. Less than three years later, a range of true crime productions had been made about the case, and this article analyses three of them. Preliminary findings suggest that meta-communication is highly important in high-profile true crime productions such as these, and that creators have to walk a thin line.

Original language	English
Journal	SERIES - International journal of TV series narratives
Volume	7
Issue	1
Pages (from-to)	81-90
Number of pages	10
ISSN	2421-454X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2421-454X/12483
Publication status	Published - 29 Jul 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

The Investigation
True crime
media ethics
meta-communication
series

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