I Am a Killer

This is a fascinating, and at times unnerving series. I binge watched the whole of series one in a day, and have series two to look forward to.

I'll start by saying, I am British, so understanding some of the legal system in the US has been challenging, but this has informed me of a lot of things.

You have to appreciate the variety of people they interview, they chat to a range of people, different crimes, different personalities, even different intelligence levels.

Some are genuinely unnerving, and you will leave feeling happy they're locked up, one really did get to me though, Kevin Foster, that one stuck with me, he's the one so far I've had a degree of sympathy with.

These are well produced, well edited, and punchy, they don't drag, they certainly don't bore you, these are instructive and fact based.

A chilling watch, these are binge worthy. 9/10.

This show provides a humbling insight into what makes a killer, and how their actions have impacted themselves and others. It's an eye opener into how easy it is to look at people who have committed horrific crimes and label them monsters, but in almost every case they have suffered in horrible ways as children, often abused by those closest to them and denied the love and nurture a child needs, and are products of their environments.

I skipped over it many times because why would I want to hear from death row inmates? But its now my current favorite show. Very well made with equal time given to each side of the story so that the viewers fully understand what happened. This isn't a show about some liar criminal pleading innocence in the face of evidence proving guilt, they know they are guilty - its often the full story that wasn't told or isn't widely known that will pull you in and that makes it such a good show. As someone else said and I will agree with, prepare for a roller coaster of emotions - and yes, you'll likely shed tears more than a few times.

I've been watching this series lately, some of the people you feel sorry for. Most of them forget what they've said, then try to change it around. As for the crying only one had real tears. The others were just making sobbing and sniffling sounds. How can you grin when talking about killing someone? No pity.

Some really interesting episodes and some that seemed more to serve as a he said she said. Good documentary style with relevant interviews.