[General True Crime Shows]

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I find Unusual Suspects difficult because due to its theme I pretty much know anyone they target in the first forty-five minutes isn't the perpetrator.  It makes for a lot of false leads and then finally someone unexpected at the end. After a while I start to tune out everyone mentioned in at least the first thirty minutes. Sometimes they'll go back to an earlier suspect that had been ruled out, but it seems like usually its someone newer. It just kind of drags for me. 

 

I'm finding it hard to find the sweet spot with these shows.  Some are too dry, some are too melodramatic, porn-y, or sarcastic. I like good reenactments and a good narrator (to my ears) and some seriousness about the subject. I hate when they treat the subject matter like it's some joke. I'm sure the dead person's relatives and friends don't find it amusing to see their loved one's murder treated like a comedy or an excuse to air some soft porn scenes.  I realize I'm watching it for entertainment as well as information, its a subject that just fascinates me. But that doesn't mean I don't care about the people or want them to be treated fairly and responsibly in these shows.  Deadly Affairs and Elder Skelter completely lost the plot on what their subject matter is. 

 

So Unusual Suspects is too dry for me.  But Deadly Affairs makes me want to punch someone.  I am difficult to please I guess.  

I'll take dry to something like "Southern Fried Homicide" any day of the week. Wanna strangle that narrator. Maybe they'll make a show about that!

[The People's Court - General Discussion]

What has been up with the episodes these past couple days? They've been very Springer-esque.

What about the one where the two women were dating the same guy? This segment seemed to go on forever. They appeared to be a couple of jerks to me. And did we have to know what great sex she had with the guy? Twice?!

[General True Crime Shows]

A new show is coming on. I think its called "Cry Wolffe". Well I checked out the description for the first couple of them and they both have to do with "affairs". Does three-quarters of their stuff always have to be about "affairs". Kind of already know where they're going with it.  I really don't want to combine sexy time with people getting hurt or murdered. Their programmers are weird.