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Crime magazines thrived before forensic science

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Before standard DNA testing ruined the fun, pulpy rags could confidently publish the most unhinged, heavily fictionalized theories as absolute, unquestionable fact, because nobody could objectively prove the writers wrong, making wildly speculative murder accusations incredibly easy to print.

Crime magazines thrived before forensic science
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