What is YOUR favorite true crime show?

[Wawwie]

Homicide Hunter with Joe Kenda
Deadly Women with Candice DeLong
Scorned: Love Kills
Fatal Vows
Deadly Sins

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

Last night I finally caught an episode of A Crime to Remember on Investigation Discovery. I was surprised to learn it's been on over three years and I watch these types of shows pretty often but somehow managed to miss this one. It profiles real cases from the 1950s and 1960s and has very high production and acting values, reminiscent of Unsolved Mysteries at its best.

[CrecyWarKnight]

Anyone interested in the case of William Bradford Bishop case, Family Annihilator FBI Top 10 Most Wanted? On the run for 41 years. I have a long thread only about this case on my FB page. https://www.facebook.com/ed.zap.9

[MA]

Snapped

[Kane]

Originally Posted by jjmcgr

That said these days I guess forensic files is my fave because it is only a half hour and has lotsa episodes, although I have seen almost all of them. Sometimes it is on three different channels (with different episodes) here at the same time.

"Lotsa" is right. The exact number of episodes varies from source to source, some listing the number as 396 and others listing it at a little over 400, probably depending on whether the one-hour specials (including the Lindbergh episode) are counted. However, one thing is for certain: Forensic Files has literally hundreds of episodes. If the actual number is not 400 or more, then it's very close to 400. With FF shown on numerous channels, including HLN, Escape, and local stations across America, it is obviously the most frequently aired true crime show.

The show was in production for a total of 15 years, including four years as Medical Detectives on TLC, where it debuted in 1996. The last original episode aired on TruTV (formerly known as Court TV) on June 17, 2011. It is hard to believe that the show has been out of production for six years now. Since then, people have been hoping for new episodes, but according to series executive producer Paul Dowling, it will most likely never happen. Dowling considers the late Peter Thomas (who died in April 2016) irreplaceable and doesn't want to tarnish the series.

Although many TV shows are effective in hour-long formats, FF worked very well as a half-hour series. The stories were more concise, leaving little room for filler. As the old saying goes, less is more.

[MissFit29]

Originally Posted by MikaelaArsenault

Snapped

I'm not even embarrassed to admit how much I love watching Snapped. (Freaks my husband out sometimes, but I just laugh and tell him it keeps him on his toes.)

I like PP&J and also American Greed. I was always big into those fraud cases on UM.

[True Crime]

my favorite is investigation discovery

[Nanodae]

I love UM and Forensic Files. I also like Sins & Secrets, which for some reason isn't discussed here despite being an American Show. Disappeared is also good. I find most crime shows lengthy and go on a bit too much, hence my choices. Deadly women I love how the stories are portrayed and three stories in one episode.

[CrecyWarKnight]

Originally Posted by CrecyWarKnight

Anyone interested in the case of William Bradford Bishop case, Family Annihilator FBI Top 10 Most Wanted? On the run for 41 years. I have a long thread only about this case on my FB page. https://www.facebook.com/ed.zap.9

So the FBI gave up on William Bradford Bishop and removed him from the Top 10 Most Wanted. if you are interested you can now read about him on my ProBoard - http://fbiwantedwbbishop.proboards.c...kpzrGjR8NZ7-TE

[Kane]

Originally Posted by Nanodae

I love UM and Forensic Files. I also like Sins & Secrets, which for some reason isn't discussed here despite being an American Show. Disappeared is also good. I find most crime shows lengthy and go on a bit too much, hence my choices. Deadly women I love how the stories are portrayed and three stories in one episode.

I agree that true crime shows tend to go on too much, especially the hour-long episodes that do one case per episode. It works fine for some shows, but not so well for others. Sometimes, in order to fill the hour-long episode, they have to include some "filler" scenes. Homicide Hunter often documents one case per episode, but many recent episodes have been featuring two cases apiece, which is good.

Unlike most true crime shows, Forensic Files was, of course, a half-hour series, although it had a few hour-long specials. I don't believe the series would have worked as an hour; it was very effective as a half-hour show. The cases were documented more concisely, leaving less room for filler or extraneous details.

[UMfan77]

On the Case with Paula Zahn