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Originally Dramatization of a story Ripped from the Headlines was a simple device to add interest to a Cop Show or Police Procedural (with names changed to protect the innocent) and to provide a bit of Truth in Television. But then there are the morbid, violent, and generally horrible stories that are put out into the world to titillate with little or no justification beyond "But it really happened." Examples of But It Really Happened! include:

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  • Originally Dramatization of a story Ripped from the Headlines was a simple device to add interest to a Cop Show or Police Procedural (with names changed to protect the innocent) and to provide a bit of Truth in Television. But then there are the morbid, violent, and generally horrible stories that are put out into the world to titillate with little or no justification beyond "But it really happened." Examples of But It Really Happened! include:
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  • Originally Dramatization of a story Ripped from the Headlines was a simple device to add interest to a Cop Show or Police Procedural (with names changed to protect the innocent) and to provide a bit of Truth in Television. But then there are the morbid, violent, and generally horrible stories that are put out into the world to titillate with little or no justification beyond "But it really happened." This really is a nasty trope. Writers claiming But It Really Happened! put out anything they like, and anyone who criticizes is accused of being naive and wanting to nanny the public, shielding them from the truth. However, telling the truth is not synonymous with dwelling on the graphic details. To paraphrase a reporter at the time of the "House of Horror" case (a revolting serial-killing in England), we don't need to know exactly what was done to whom with which dildo. They could tell us the facts but spare us the gory details, but that wouldn't sell as many books or papers, would it? Note that this trope is used for when the horror and nastiness in real life stories is portrayed as it is in order to titillate, not when it is used to serve as a warning so that this doesn't happen again, or when victims tell their stories of how they have suffered when they are asking for help. See also Roman à Clef, for cases where "it really happened" is a fact rather than an excuse, Mondo for the related form of Exploitation Film, and Very Loosely Based on a True Story, for cases where it could be mistaken for something which happened in the dusk, with the light behind it. If a work of fiction claims to be something that really happened, this is the Literary Agent Hypothesis or Based on a Great Big Lie. If the work is toned down, see Freakier Than Fiction. If this is invoked accidentally, it becomes Do Not Do This Cool Thing. Examples of But It Really Happened! include:
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