Has anyone else recognized “dead” people from true crime shows later on?
Okay, this has happened to me enough times now that I need to ask if anyone else has experienced this.
I watch a lot of true crime—documentaries, interrogation videos, crime shows, all of it. Sometimes they’ll show actual crime scene photos or real pictures of the victims. But lately, after watching certain episodes, I’ll randomly see one of those same people again weeks later… in commercials, ads, social media clips, etc.
And before anyone says it: I know these shows use actors for reenactments. I’m not talking about the actors. I mean the actual people shown in the “real victim” photos.
The first time it happened I brushed it off, but now it’s happened multiple times and it gives me this weird uncanny feeling every time. Like my brain instantly goes, “Wait… weren’t they dead?”
I’m wondering if this is some kind of memory mix-up, recycled stock footage/photos, or if anyone else who watches a lot of true crime has noticed this too.
Because honestly, it’s starting to feel like a glitch in the matrix.