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7. No, it's not just you. What strikes me about all these shows, real murder cases, some of them

Mon May 19, 2014, 05:26 PM

May 2014

so horrific, children killing parents over a boyfriend, mothers killing their children, and the most prominent 'motive' seems to be LIFE INSURANCE, husbands/wives killing their spouses for the LIFE INSURANCE, but what strikes me is there are SO MANY MURDERS that they can make so many shows about, Forensic Files, Dateline and so many others, shouldn't someone, rather than taking the cold, clinical attitude towards them, start to wonder WHY so many Americans are killing each other that they never run short of material to produce these seemingly endless shows?

It apparently wasn't ALWAYS this way. Eg, Lizzie Borden. It was such a rare crime at the time, we STILL hear about it. Now she would just be another among thousands. What has gone so wrong with this country?

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Is it just me, or are all the "Forensic Files" and true story murder mini documentaries disgusting? [View all] fried eggs May 2014 OP

Bread and circuses. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. KurtNYC May 2014 #1

I never watch that sensationalist shit. It seems 75% of U.S. TV is valerief May 2014 #2

The over the top CSI and Cold Case shows are far worse the true crime stories. dem in texas May 2014 #3

Not that one, but I used to watch "The New Detectives" all the time quinnox May 2014 #4

lol. Sounds cheesy fried eggs May 2014 #20

The thing I liked about "The New Detectives" (which my kid called "The Dead People Show") is that winter is coming May 2014 #33

for people who like watch murders but dont have the balls to do it themselves NightWatcher May 2014 #5

'The First 48' is great mwrguy May 2014 #6

No, it's not just you. What strikes me about all these shows, real murder cases, some of them sabrina 1 May 2014 #7

TBH, Sabrina, it's not that murders have become much more common..... AverageJoe90 May 2014 #9

Well, some of the crimes on these shows make Lizzie Borden's seem almost humane by comparison. sabrina 1 May 2014 #42

I doubt that that is accurate quakerboy May 2014 #17

Violent crime rates in the United States (1960-2012) fried eggs May 2014 #25

So it appears I was essentially correct quakerboy May 2014 #43

It's just you, TBH. AverageJoe90 May 2014 #8

I watch little else but true crime shows frogmarch May 2014 #10

Murder In America Is Big Business otohara May 2014 #11

I'm a liberal through and through and I love these true crime (murder) shows. LeftofObama May 2014 #12

Maybe I have too much anxiety fried eggs May 2014 #22

"I couldn't look away..." Nye Bevan May 2014 #13

Murder shows (true crime) make great TV JJChambers May 2014 #14

Educational? Like teaching would be killers how not to get caught?? fried eggs May 2014 #18

No, Learning how killers did get caught. Lots of science; lots of criminal justice. JJChambers May 2014 #19

Speaking of which... the way some of the crimes were solved seemed miraculous or fried eggs May 2014 #24

We're chillin' after work SevenSixtyTwo May 2014 #15

I fall asleep with ID on every night justiceischeap May 2014 #16

I don't need television shows to know many people are downright evil. Shandris May 2014 #21

agreed. the other hopemountain May 2014 #23

It's good to look outside ones bubble and see how some others live Lee-Lee May 2014 #26

What percentage of the population do you think falls into that category? fried eggs May 2014 #29

About 1% Prophet 451 May 2014 #31

About 2-3% Lee-Lee May 2014 #41

I don't find them disgusting, but I knew I had to stop watching them when I started getting really GreenPartyVoter May 2014 #27

Forensic Files is a really interesting show. I love it. Learn a lot also. nt Logical May 2014 #28

I actually find them interesting Prophet 451 May 2014 #30

They're incredibly cheap to produce SwankyXomb May 2014 #32

no Skittles May 2014 #34

South Park called it "informative murder porn" LadyHawkAZ May 2014 #35

I know this is weird. Laffy Kat May 2014 #36

Those are about how they solve the crimes treestar May 2014 #37

true. i was hooked on them; got a sense of satisfaction out of seeing evil people punished, TheFrenchRazor May 2014 #39

I like Forensic Files. 840high May 2014 #38

I really like watching them laundry_queen May 2014 #40

"But I couldn't look away" Recursion May 2014 #44