- Violence, especially sexual violence, interested people and got more attention than murders or street crimes.

- Today, rapes get a lot of attention.

- Murder interested people at the time, the gorier the better.

- Today people are interested in grotesque crimes and watch shows in their free time about it.

- Jack the ripper was one of the crazy murder stories of the time.

- Today people are interested in serial killers like the Zodiac Killer.

Murder is romanticized in both Victorian and modern times as something entertaining to people rather than a fatal crime.

crime then vs now

(Research-Based)