Streaming service MagellanTV offering $1,000 to one person who watches nothing but true-crime docs for 24 hours
A STREAMING service is offering $1,000 to one person who watches 24 hours of nothing but true-crime documentaries.
MagellanTV are offering the check to someone who is prepared to watch a list of 16 documentaries within one day.
The viewing platform announced the competition on Twitter on Wednesday.
The announcement lead to an application process which described the ideal person for the task.
“Our candidate has a passion for all things true crime.
“They can handle the creepiest serial killer, the grizzliest details, and the haunting spookiness of the paranormal.
“So much so that our candidate is willing to stream it nonstop for 24 hours straight.
“They will enthusiastically document their All-Night Crime Watch on their social channels so their followers can watch to see if they crack…or not.”
The 16 documentaries you need to watch to complete the competition
- “Manson’s Missing Victims” 47 min
- “Manson 40 Years Later” 90 min
- “Tortured to Death: Murdering the Nanny” 44 min
- “Murder on the Internet” 86 min
- “Women on Death Row” 53 min
- “Killer in the Family” 45 min
- “Columbine Massacre: In the Killer’s Mind” 51 min
- “Last Confessions of the Cannibal” 58 min
- “Behind Bars” 288 min
- “Parachute Murder Plot” 46 min
- “Art Trafficking: Gray Market” 53 min
- “Crimes that Made History” 130 min
- “Jonestown: Paradise Lost” 200 min
- “Undercover Asia” 132 min
- “Trafficking Pills” 54 min
- “Delhi Cops” 92 min
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To apply for the position, hopefuls are asked to fill out a form and provide a 100-1000 character piece of writing “making your case”.
The company also stated that instead of the aforementioned 24 hour stint, competitors will be given 48 hours in case they fall asleep.
The application deadline closes at 5:00 p.m. EST on May 4.
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