Draft:Boze (streamer)


Boze
Bozeman in 2020.
Bozeman in 2020.
Born
Ericka Bozeman

(1992-02-04) February 4, 1992 (age 33)
Occupation(s)Live-streamer, content creator

Ericka Bozeman, known mononymously as Boze, is an American true crime streamer.[1] Bozeman started her internet career as a member of the YouTube group Smosh Games, which she departed from in 2019, as well as making her own independent gaming content. Bozeman is known in the Twitch and YouTube communities for her true crime content, in which she discusses various high-profile crimes and their subsequent investigations, and often watches police body-camera footage with her audience, which she commentates on. She is one of the Twitch communities most popular true crime streamers.

Some notable cases she has discussed include the 8 Passengers child abuse case, the Menendez Brothers' murder case, the murder of Dylan Groves, Jodi Arias' murder case, and the Depp v. Heard trial.[2] In 2024, she debuted her series Sinister on YouTube, which primarily centers around high-profile cases with female perpetrators, including Shayna Hubers, Taylor Schabusiness, Andrea Yates, and Lori Vallow-Daybell. The series has garnered over one million followers.[3] Bozeman was announced as a Featured Creator at VidCon 2025.[4]

Bozeman was featured on NBC's Dateline, on the episode "The Killer Among Them", which premiered on November 22, 2024. The episode covers the case of Lance Herndon, an Atlanta entrepreneur who was found murdered in 1996, with no suspects being identified to date.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Hale, James (April 11, 2023). "Streamers on the Rise: How Ericka Bozeman became Twitch's true crime queen". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
  2. ^ Grayson, Nathan (May 5, 2022). "On Twitch, entertainment meets trauma as streamers cover Depp v. Heard trial". Washington Post. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  3. ^ "Ericka 'Boze' Bozeman discusses true crime, female serial killers, and her rise to fame". The Express Tribune. November 22, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
  4. ^ Lalwani, Andy (December 3, 2024). "VidCon Anaheim 2025 Announces First Round of Featured Creators and Ticket Sales". What's Trending. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
  5. ^ Sederstrom, Jill (November 22, 2024). "Atlanta Millionaire with "Secrets" Found Bludgeoned To Death in Home, Had "Quite a Few Girlfriends"". NBC. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  6. ^ Glaze, Virginia (November 21, 2024). "Sinister's Boze reveals the "brutal" reason female serial killers are more interesting than male murderers". Dexerto. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
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