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When Charlie Chaplin turned murder into comedy
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The modern obsession with romanticizing true crime in podcasts is nothing new. In the early 20th century, the horrific real-life crimes of Henri Désiré Landru—who murdered ten women and burned their remains in a stove—were casually adapted into mainstream entertainment. Charlie Chaplin even turned the grisly slaughter into a dark comedy, proving the media has consistently loved profiting off absolute sociopaths.
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