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Are you obsessed with true-crime shows? You are not alone – and it seems that we are hard-wired to like them. According to Coltan Scrivner, a scientist and expert in “morbid curiosity,” there’s an almost primal reason we seek out these shows. Why? Watching them helps us prepare if we find ourselves in a similar dangerous situation. “True crime can have a learning component to it or at least a perceived learning component,” he said. “We feel like we’re more prepared in these kinds of situations. So if this dangerous situation were to occur, you feel a little more prepared and know what you should or shouldn’t do.”