Rule went on to write over 30 books over the next 25 years. All were bestsellers. She passed away in 2015.
After her death, an article came out in The New Yorker titled “Too Close to Ted Bundy.” She was accused of being too close to Bundy to be objective.
Before there was the internet, writers like Rule spent hours in the library pouring over newspapers, magazines, and databases. And they made dozens of telephone calls and visited the places where events took place. True Crime writing was time intensive.
But the internet changed everything.
What are Cyber Detectives?
There are hundreds of thousands of real-life crime stories. And many of them are cold cases that have gone decades without being solved. These cases were once thought to be unsolvable. And with advances in DNA technology, they are being solved.
Various cases capture the interest of mystery fans. And some of these true crime connoisseurs find a case and try to solve the mystery.
A cyber detective aka web sleuth or internet investigator is a researcher. They are looking online for information. Trying to find clues or to solve the crime. The truth is almost everything is online. Records, images, databases and GPS data tracks everything that happens..
