CIA: Crime Investigation Australia

This true crime series create dramatizations of some of the most shocking murders committed in Australia.

Hosted by Steve Liebman the show features dramatizations of the crimes as well as interviews with people involve in either the investigating and reporting of the crime/s when they happened or people closely related to the actual victims or murderers.

Interesting and informative, it doesn't glorify, it just presents the facts. Great if you are interested in the details but some of the information may not be for the squeamish.

Some of these crimes you may be old enough to remember, and some you may be either too young to recall or may have happened before your time.

The attention to the detail and the interviews with some of the investigators in how they went about apprehending the criminals is fascinating viewing, especially considering some of these crimes were solved without modern techniques.

All in all a fantastic show-best appreciated either on DVD or on Foxtels Criminal Investigation at network. This is also screened on free to air TV on Channel 9 however some of the dramatisations are edited.

Most of the foreign documentaries I watched in my childhood were dubbed in this way, The dubbing sounds very comfortable. The Season 1episode 4 Backpacker Butcher, The actor who played the murderer touched the breasts of 2 actresses, at 19:02 and 38:16; The Season 1 episode 6, there is an actress who takes off her underwear halfway, at 21:57.

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I tuned in to see the sites as well as a good mystery series. So far I can watch any CSi in the states to see this. Please show us a little bit of Sustralia. I watch CSI Hawaii to see that island as well. It makes for a better audience and viewing. When a new show comes on , you need a hook for viewers to watch. What better hook than to show a beautiful Country. Anyone can watch this on any other Police story. If you don't show the Country you will not make it and viewers will surely leave you. In the future shows continue with a great story line but incorporate a chase or a helicopter ride showing us the countryside and I know there are great beaches there, so what do you say. Let's get to know Australia.

The narration and production of the show are professional. The presentation of cases is straightforward, with very little suspense or mystery. In that way, the show remains honourable to the victims of the crimes, but the reenactments counter that. The reenactments are mostly gratuitous and depict a lot of suffering. You feel outraged and sickened, which becomes difficult to take after one or two episodes. You can't really binge this show like you can with Forensic Files.

It's worth watching, but I'd describe it as unpleasant.

Steve Liebmann leads an incredibly in-depth and compelling factual series based on Australia's most infamous crime. Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Murders episode in particular was a stand out for the haunting re-enactments. A must watch for true-crime lovers. I rate this series ten out of ten.