Keyword summary
68%22 analyzed articles/videos33,350 analyzed words
BS Summary: These True Crime results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.9% saturation with 6,543 hits. Analysis detected 72,820 faulty-reasoning hits from 132,414 analyzed words across 20 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (53,679 of 56,244 keywords). This True Crime is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

5% percentile
02550751004.6% percentile
1.0% BS Score20 analyzed articles132.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 4.9%4.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 3.7%3.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 2.1%2.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.7%1.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.8%3.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 4.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Denver Westword26%By Hannah Metzger65%8/4/2026, 5:45:00 AM
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Rolling Stone33%By Guthrie Scrimgeour10%8/2/2026, 6:00:00 AM
Leslie Buck Died Mysteriously — An Old Student Investigates3%
Rolling Stone33%By Brenna Ehrlich1%7/31/2026, 5:00:00 AM
What happened to Michelle Hadley? 5 things to know about ‘A Toxic Love Story’ case14%
Fox News94%7/25/2026, 6:00:58 AM
'My Grandfather Charles Manson': Sophia Maddox on her documentary16%
Los Angeles Times88%By Greg Braxton13%7/22/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Family says Houston ICE shooting substance was salt27%
WXII31%By Jason Hanna36% Lauren Mascarenhas36% Norma Galeana36% Ed Lavandera36% CNN52%7/20/2026, 7:21:00 PM
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Voice of San Diego36%By Voice of San Diego39%7/14/2026, 2:15:00 AM
What We Uncovered About the Sexual Assault of Alice Sebold and a City’s Buried Rape Crisis33%
ProPublica51%7/14/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Mystery of the Boston nanny, 20, who won the lottery so moved to America but was then murdered and chopped in HALF after a night out40%
Daily Mail Online79%By Jack Toledo0%7/4/2026, 5:20:58 AM
'One of the greatest unsolved mysteries in British history': The earl who vanished after murdering his children's nanny64%
BBC85%By Fiona Macdonald55%6/15/2026, 4:00:00 AM