The 2005 disappearance of the Alabama teen directly impacted today’s true crime genre, expert Amy Schlosberg tells Rolling Stone.
Natalee Holloway's murder was a mystery, but Joran Van der Sloot confessed to the crime on Wednesday as a condition to a plea deal., also confessed to the murder of Hollway. But the statement, given 18 years after Van der Sloot was first questioned in Holloway’s disappearance, brought not just peace to her family, but an ending to a case that has captured the public’s attention for almost two decades.
“When Natalie first went missing, it became an international sensation,” Shlosberg says. “Her family were well connected and they had means. They galvanized media attention and an international response. And let’s be honest, the fact that she was an, people grabbed onto that story. She was almost the face of innocence and purity. People felt like if this could happen to her, it could happen to anyone.
“Some research suggests women are so interested in true crime because they hear stories that teach them something and it makes them feel safer,” Shlosberg says. “So when you hear stories about other women being victimized, you’re learning about how to maybe better protect yourself. But I also think we can’t ignore the fact that human beings by nature are curious and want to understand.
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