As for "true crime"... The Beltway Snipers - or whatever they were called - who randomly shot and killed various people in and around the DC area. -And even down near Richmond.
I was doing Camelot at the time at Arena Stage, and I had my apartment down in Richmond at the time. I still remember being so weirded out one night when I was driving back down to Richmond after the show, and noticing cop cars at every exit... Then realizing that I was actually making good time down 95... Then realizing that I happened to be a couple hundred feet behind the police investigation team that was driving down to Ashland since someone had just been shot... -And then once I got closer to Ashland, and seeing the northbound lanes of 95 had been shut down... A true parking lot, and people just walking around wondering what was going on. Well...
That really was a very frightening time in DC especially since I frequented two of the areas where people had been shot and killed. And since most of the shootings had taken place at gas stations, something commonplace as filling up your tank was a bit anxiety inducing. -Some gas stations had even set up tarps to block the view of the snipers. And there were even people canceling their show tickets since they were afraid to head to a public venue.
Thankfully, they - a father and son, I believe - were caught (due to a sort of fluke), and their trials have produced guilty verdicts. -And now the justice system - and the loved ones of the victims - are dealing with just how many trials - and guilty verdicts - there have to be to bring everything to closure.
