Mankiewicz, 63, believes the open and shut cases on “Dateline” are satisfying in an increasingly chaotic time for the country. “While watching ‘Dateline,’ I felt ‘at least I wasn’t murdered.’ It shouldn’t be comforting. “I was out of work for awhile and my life was in a bit of turmoil,” said Marian Marshall, 49, of Ottawa, Ontario. Tales of romance gone wrong can make some fans feel better about their own lives. “We think ‘that could be me or my sister or my daughter,’” Griffin said.
Many of the attendees were women between ages 30 and 55 who say they personally connect with the female victims frequently depicted on “Dateline.” The three-day convention attracted 3,600 fans, up 20% from last year, who paid $199 and more to meet the stars of “Dateline” and 20 other true crime TV series, the company said. The passion of true crime fans is evident with the growth of CrimeCon, launched three years ago by the New York digital media and live events company Red Seat Ventures. They are being packaged for a weekly podcast series called “True Crime Chronicles,” launched last month. Station owner Tegna has formed a digital studio that digs into the company’s tape archives for real-life cases investigated by its local reporters. Hague said local TV stations are also attempting to cash in on the true-crime wave. It’s a category that’s having its moment.” “People like the intellectual exercise of following along and solving them themselves. “These are compelling stories that are authentic,” Hague said. True crime podcasts such as “Serial” and the Los Angeles Times’ “ Dirty John” - both of which had tens of millions of downloads, with the latter adapted into a scripted drama for cable network Bravo - have also expanded the audience. NBC Universal’s Oxygen remade itself as a true-crime network in 2017 and saw its ratings surge. Channels such as HLN and A&E have seen their ratings stabilize after adding more true-crime series. The show has benefited from true crime’s role as a dependable fixture for cable networks that have battled audience declines due to competition from streaming. Through the first six months of 2019, a whopping 106 million people have spent at least six minutes watching a “Dateline” episode. “Dateline” currently airs 90 hours a week across NBC, several cable networks and on local TV stations across the country. The enduring success of “Dateline” - one of the most profitable network TV news shows - reflects the growing appeal of the true-crime genre despite big changes in viewing habits. But the newsmagazine has become a pop culture phenomenon, propelled by a growing public appetite for true-crime stories.
Their show “Dateline” first premiered when George H.W. Murphy and Morrison are old enough for Medicare coverage. “I’m just glad I’m in his gravitational flow.” Many of the CrimeCon fans who lined up for a photograph with Morrison - wearing his signature skinny jeans and Converse slip-ons - asked him to pose with his trademark lean seen on the program. Griffin and her friend, Nikki Soda, 40 of Jupiter, Fla., were wearing custom-made white pullovers that pictured Morrison, 72, standing in front of a mug-shot height chart under the phrase, “Talk Dateline To Me.” His rugged, square-jawed face and shock of white hair was also emblazoned on the pop sockets of their iPhone cases. “They are like the Rolling Stones of true crime,” said Greta Griffin, a 32-year-old mother of three who traveled from Springfield, Mo., to see Keith Morrison, Josh Mankiewicz and Dennis Murphy at the event. The correspondents of NBC’s “Dateline” got a rock star-worthy welcome when they took to the stage in a packed ballroom at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel last month, and the attendees of CrimeCon, an annual convention for fans of real-life stories of murder and mayhem, were happy to explain why.
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