Meet Marry Murder

I've been watching this on YouTube. I like it. But have to take breaks because of it being so disturbing. But I guess I've watched all the ones on YouTube. Which is also disturbing. I just wondered if they were making anymore of them.

Commenting here only to warn those who have been in any form of abusive relationships.

Unfortunately, of the two episodes I watched, there was significant ignorance in the professionals interviewed in their understanding of abusive relationships. In particular, why the victims stay. They appear to be looking for logical reasons rather than understanding the manipulation and the extremely damaging effects it can cause.

This series appears to be for titillation rather than education or to better the poor situations so many find themselves in, through no fault of their own. Go ahead and watch but please don't use this as an example of how victims should be spoken of.

I love true crime shows, so I was excited to start this series. I do like how they make awareness of domestic abuse for both men and women. The stories themselves are pretty interesting and intriguing. The narrator has a good voice and there's a good mix of British and American stories. The thing is, all of the "experts" are annoying. The editing job makes them look bad. They repeat themselves over and over again. Why do we need to hear from a criminologist and journalist talk about the same thing over and over again? It also doesn't help that the same experts are in every episode and they talk like they know the people intimately when in reality they're probably just reading cue cards.

From reading the other reviews, I would say they are not true aficianados of the genre. Michelle Trachtenberg is terrible, though. Her makeup and wardrobe for the show make her look old and weird. And whoever scripted her dialogue has no compassion for the families involved. But the stories themselves are at least some I haven't seen before. And the telling of the tales is credible and adequate. There are too many different "experts" per episode, though. The show should have taken more time to look at the unfolding of events rather than analyzing what might have been going on in people's heads. The episode "Cheater's Collision Course" is the best.

Why they've decided to ham up the amateur dramatics I have no idea, it's absolutely ruined the watchability this series had. As others have said it's always been a bit dry due to the constant repetition, waxing lyrical with minimal info and acting like they know the fine details of what went on, plus that each episode has max 2 photos they re-use every 5 minutes. However I used to be able to enjoy watching it before they made it so dramatic and got people to act. Hoping this is a one off and they go back to the normal format next season, as it's pretty painful watching and really not enjoyable.