From law to medical TV shows and movies, the entertainment industry has capitalized on various professions and dramatized them to produce entertainment for the public, thus profiting from widespread media consumption—similarly, the true crime industry profits from brutal murders and missing person cases. Scrolling through media platforms, sections are dedicated to true crime, ranging from documentaries, TV series, videos, and podcasts. The mass consumption of such content has brought in substantial gains for not only the content creators but also large corporations. The growth of the true-crime entertainment industry has shifted the focus from the victims, victim’s loved ones, and survivors of such horrific events to the audience's engagement, the content's financial gain, and sensationalism. The popularization of true crime has given the public content they find entertaining. Yet the victims do not have autonomy, and their memory is not taken into consideration in the eyes of the people and the press but rather topics of discussion from which businesses and creators profit. Likewise, co-victims have to live with not only the tragic loss of their loved ones but also have their trauma and grief be a spectacle, impacting their mental health. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the public that the commercialization of true crime should be regulated, as the media has had a direct hand in the exploitation of victims' ordeals and co-victims for profit through avid viewing of content. Similarly, the mass consumption of true crime has not only desensitized audiences to the reality of death; it has exponentially transformed their perceptions of crime.