Ermordet: Tatort Times Square

Much like the Cecil Hotel series from the same show this version spends way to long explaing things that are interesting, but not necessarily relevant to the story. I lost count oglf hiw many times we were told that Times Square was a sexual wasteland where whatever happened to whoever. We get it, it's relevant but not for 2/3 of your runtime. At least unlike the Cecil episode this one doesn't rely on YouTube bloggers.

The Torso killer, a man that terrorised sex workers in Time Square back in the 1970's, this three part series tells the story, providing details about the crimes, victims, killer and the famous place itself.

It's a very well produced documentary series, very well edited and put together, with some fascinating footage, and amazing, insightful interviews.

It could perhaps have been done in two parts, it did lag a little in the middle, but the opener and conclusion were both very watchable.

It doesn't shy away, it's very detailed, and gives you some pretty gruesome information.

Cotingham, one very disturbed man, hard to believe how long he got away with his crimes for.

Interesting, 7/10.

A wild story of the torso killing and how the atmosphere of New York in the 70s contributed to his prolific reign of terror. However, much of the introspection was on the sex worker atmosphere and not on the investigations and catching of the killer.

If I'm being honest, I missed some of the 2nd episode because I kept falling asleep. Some of that was not having had a lot of sleep lately but the show just wasn't what it's purported to be. It's more a story about the tawdry pornography of Times Square before it got cleaned up. It focused on the sex workers as well as the peep shows and sex clubs that were so prevalent back then. The murders were almost a side story and admittedly started the series off with a bang with a double murder in a hotel near Times Square. Clearly the murders were done by a deranged man. And then another murder happens. And so the investigation began. That part of the story kept this at 5/10 stars for me. It's before DNA and surveillance cameras so it was interesting to watch what the police did with little to no evidence. But, as I said before, this is mainly a story about Times Square when it was a dangerous part of the city. It's full of pimps and XXX rated movies and former prostitutes telling their stories. Former police officers from that time period as well as that particular case were also interviewed. When it wasn't talking about the murders I did get a bit bored. Sorry. I just think it would have been better told with less about the sex trade and pornography and more about the murders. It might have made it shorter, but that would have been to the good, not the detriment of the documentary.

It tended to drift away from the murders and story into the sordid history of Time Square and in episode one after maybe twenty minutes it got somewhat perverted. Graphic pictures and interviewees just droning on about Time Square sex exploits, Uninterested. When it focused on the murders and story it was a lot more interesting.