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Are shows like Dexter to blame for inspiring violent crimes? | Steve Lillebuen | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
The problem, though, is how Twitchell's crimes challenge this new way of thinking that totally exonerates pop culture from contributing to real-life violence. The 32-year-old discovered Dexter after he moved from the American midwest back to his birthplace of Edmonton, Alberta. In 2008, he had been completing a Dexter-inspired film production when police charged him with a missing man's murder and an attack on another. An unimaginable court case then revealed all: the filmmaker had re-enacted his horror script in real-life. He began luring strangers off the Internet, using the plot of his Dexter movie like a cover and a blueprint.
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