Being captivated by the murders in 1995 makes perfect sense, of a piece with your historical examples.

"Digger and Dean" can be the new "Goofus and Gallant", if we can just agree on which is which.

I think I'm going to start calling him O'Jimpson.

Mystery solving hippie kids.

Yeah, he's a great example.

If he's going to go all Rust Cohle, the Onion suggests that the key is magical elves.

Even pollution and global warming?

(sweaty high school counselor voice)

Which is all we expect of 90s revivals.

Agreed. It's not new.

"I'd like to speak to Mr. Dickinson."

(rimshot, golf swing)

True enough. You'd think the intervening 20 years would have changed him, I guess.

Is it me, or does he have a bad case of Smug Cosby-face? Or more of a smug Trump-face thing?

Which bolsters the 2010s trend of large masses of people being enraptured by stupid shit, because it's scandal-TV-famous!

Wikipedia confirms that you're correct.

Not having an iPhone, I feel serene and free as the summer breeze gusts gently through my fingertips.

Well, this was one of those rare legitimate opportunities to make it all about me.

There are some commenters with Peanuts avatars. That's what they're referring to.

Considering the job description, I think you put your finger on the silver lining.