Curious and Unusual Deaths

I would have easily given this series an 8 or 9, but the overworking of the title is horrible. As others have pointed it out already, most of the times it feels extremely disrespectful towards the victims and their families. Other times it feels they are trying to turn serious and horrific tragedies into dark humor, but I am certain the humor really doesn't go well even within that category.

If you want to enjoy watching it, then my suggestion is that their template will be pretty obvious after you watch a couple of episodes. Just skip 10-20 secs as soon as you realize this template is coming

'stupid humor--> led to --> Curious and Unusual death'

The Narrator has a deep and soothing voice, I pity the poor guy who always had to keep saying what his idiotic writer wrote for him.

These are indeed interesting and usually unexpected ways to die. The re- enactments are supplemented by factual information provided by experts, either in a general (scientific) sense or while extrapolating the specific circumstances that had to take place in order for the unique fatal event to occur.

Can work as cautionary tales, but my biggest objection is that the narration appears to be attempting to make light of the misfortune experienced by the victims. This doesn't work because in 98% of the cases the victims couldn't have possibly known that they were putting their lives at risk. These people, in most cases are not stupid deaths, and as a result the narrative tone does them a huge disservice and strikes me as very disrespectful. That is the only reason I dropped my score as much as I have.

Despite this I do see merit in the program, and it is the essentially my only objection to the show. As the first reviewer states, this is not for the squeamish or delicate (although none of the depictions are particularly graphic), but there is still valuable and intriguing information contained within the contents of this show. Definitely worth watching for the right audience and as a learning tool.

I could not agree more with what one reviewer, who said "constantly working in the title of the show at the end of every story was extremely irritating". Seriously. It's so bad that I came here just to review on how obnoxious and irritating this is. What a headache. It's a shame because the show is otherwise quite a great idea.

This show was not terrible. It was interesting to see what story would come next.I found myself looking up several of them to see what was changed.

I found episode 5 the most interesting. I always wondered exactly how Brandon Lee died.

I would have rated it higher if not for a few things.

Like the other reviewer said, it seemed like the narrator was making light of the deaths. It was disrespectful and whoever had that idea should be ashamed.

One other thing was the constant repetition of words and phrases. If I had a dollar for every time the narrator said "explains" when introducing the experts I'd be rich. I think a different word was used only once when he said "according to" instead. IMO that and constantly working in the title of the show at the end of every story was extremely irritating.

This seems to be the Canadian equivalent of 1000 Ways To Die, which I used to watch when i was younger. It has the same dark humor that seems inappropriate when talking about deaths. Now, I am all for making light of heavy topics; however, in some cases it doesn't seem... respectful. This is one of those cases. Everyone does have a different opinion of when they think its appropriate, and that is okay, but for me it seemed disrespectful towards the dead. I had the same issue with 1000 Ways To Die when I watched that.

I also found the use of cheesy jokes annoying as opposed to entertaining. However, if you're bored and need a distraction or background noise, season two is on Netflix for your viewing pleasure. And, if this show interests you, check out 1000 ways to die (if you haven't already).