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    Murder, fraud and sex tapes: Why Hulu and other streamers are cashing in on true crime

    by Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times Nov 25, 2022 4 minutes
    Amanda Seyfried stars as Elizabeth Holmes in "The Dropout."

    It was one of the most bizarre crimes of 1980s Los Angeles. An ambitious Indian immigrant and founder of "Chippendales," a club that featured shirtless male dancers, plotted the murder of his business partner and several others.

    The sordid tale was covered in the 2014 book "Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders," and helped inspire a Hulu series, "Welcome to Chippendales," which launched this week and stars Marvel actor Kumail Nanjiani.

    It's one of nearly half a dozen Hulu limited series launched this year that are based on real-life true-crime stories ripped from the headlines.

    True-crime programs and documentaries have always been

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