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Don't get too worked up over the term hobby. I know that the phrase generally means a fun or pleasurable activity, but it also means work or study that is done for personal interest instead of for payment or gain, which I think does apply to most of us here.

Seagull wrote:Duck, people are interested in true crime. If you have cable or satellite TV there are at least a half a dozen true crime shows on at any one time. Somebody is watching all those shows!

That's what I told my wife and it seemed to work. She still thinks it's a bit weird when I'm looking after our kids and we've got In the Night Garden on TV whilst I'm sat next to it looking at autopsy photos on the internet (monitor out of kids' view obviously).
Other people aren't so sure, they seem to think that the extra effort required to log onto a website and search for true crime is somehow more weird than wanting to watch those shows or read a true-crime book. Change is inevitable however and , just like porn, online will become the norm whilst paper and video fall by the wayside.
Good thread

I love this poster, the tagline sums up my Zodiac case addiction. 'There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer'. This forum is our 'support group'. Raise your hands if like me, you are as addicted to this case as Robert Graysmith in the movie

I'm only here for the ciphers. And the friends I have made in this community.

Yep that's it. I'm not addicted at all. I could stop at any time I wanted to.

-glurk

glurk wrote:I'm only here for the ciphers. And the friends I have made in this community.

Yep that's it. I'm not addicted at all. I could stop at any time I wanted to.

-glurk

Exactly Glurk, only not made ​​any friends ...
But the ciphers are actually fascinating (not the zodiac only) but learning about chords. I'm not really for SLA afther life of infamous Z

M.Leandro

This thread cracks me up. We might have a weird hobby, obsession, passion... whatever you want to call it, but at least most of us got a healthy sense of humor about it.

Frankly, I don't see anything to be embarrassed about. It surprises me more people aren't into this. I think we're all on the right side; we all want to see justice served. But yeah, I get really strange looks when I tell people I'm into Zodiac (and not the astrology chart). And I get the distinct impression my friends do not like it when I talk about it. So, thank God for this forum.

My favorite comment is Morf's. Saying his wife's afraid z will seek him out. I'd say he'd thank you for keeping the legend alive.. and then he'd kill you.

joedetective wrote:My favorite comment is Morf's. Saying his wife's afraid z will seek him out. I'd say he'd thank you for keeping the legend alive.. and then he'd kill you.

Reason #12 why I try to stay the hell out of New Jersey...

I have heard that people who investigate old crimes are really those who are messing with peoples lives. Rather negative statement don't you think? I mean its true, technically. But I rather look upon it as helping people. Giving family closure. Giving the victims their identity back instead of having them reduced to a number or the status of being one of his (the Zodiacs in this case). Can you imagine what things would be like if we just all turned away?



Soze

Ducking:

How about:

"One of my hobbies is researching the case of the Zodiac killer?" I don't think people would be so freaked out with that!

Trainmaster

Soze wrote:I have heard that people who investigate old crimes are really those who are messing with peoples lives. Rather negative statement don't you think? I mean its true, technically. But I rather look upon it as helping people. Giving family closure. Giving the victims their identity back instead of having them reduced to a number or the status of being one of his (the Zodiacs in this case). Can you imagine what things would be like if we just all turned away?



Soze

If a Family member of mine was murdered, I would think that I would be very happy to have websites dedicated to trying to catch the killer