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| JCS – Criminal Psychology | |
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 Logo of JCS | |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Also known as | Jim Can't Swim |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Genre(s) | True crime, criminology |
| Subscribers | 5.55 million[1] |
| Views | 440 million[1] |
JCS – Criminal Psychology, also known as Jim Can't Swim, is a true crime YouTube channel that is known to upload long and in-depth video analyses of police interrogations and criminal cases.
JCS is considered by sources like Vice and Screen Rant to be one of the best and most popular channels in terms of true crime content on the Internet. The channel has 5.5 million subscribers since its creation in 2017 and uploads 1–2 videos a year.
History
[edit]The channel has had periods of both activity and inactivity, with the identity of who runs it unknown.[2]
One of the channel's videos, titled “What pretending to be crazy looks like”, briefly went viral for reasons unknown in 2021. The hour-long video attempted to analyse the behaviour of Nikolas Cruz, perpetrator of Parkland high school shooting.[3] According to Vice, some experts believed it was boosted by YouTube's algorithm due to its length and quality. Later, the video became a meme, due to questions around it being recommended to people.[2] Online several streamers, including XQc, have filmed themselves watching JCS's videos.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "About JCS — Criminal Psychology". YouTube.
- ^ a b Gopinathan, Sharanya (October 5, 2021). "True Crime Fans Are Obsessed With This Forensic Psychology YouTube Channel". VICE.
- ^ Schimkowitz, Matt (June 11, 2021). "Why is "What Pretending To Be Crazy Looks Like" flooding YouTube recommendations?". AV Club.
- ^ Erskine, Dovonan (September 25, 2021). "How creators are reshaping the True Crime experience for Twitch and YouTube". Shack News.
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