Bizarre Murders

The stories in this show are all true, except the details are changed (locations, names, professions and other details). I like the show, but would like it better if they stuck to the facts.

Most people who have rated this series a one-star based on their belief that none of the episodes are based on real crimes do not know their true crimes at all. I avidly watch true crime shows and read the novels published and could easily recognize infamous real crimes that we're committed. People just don't want to do their research anymore. It clearly states that names, locations and some details have been altered, what did people expect? A bio at the end of the episodes detailing the unadulterated facts? Enjoy the show or don't buy to say these are made up crimes is ridiculous.

This is all fiction! Pure bull! The acting is horrible and way overdone. Which means bad directing as well.

It's enjoyable, albeit campy and sometimes overacted. And they keep using the same kitchen and episode after episode. One with the black refrigerator that opens right next to the kitchen door. There is one episode, however, that just makes me giggle. As the retired FBI agent onnthe show says, in almost every episode, "in my 25 years as an FBI agent i've seen a lot of things, but...". He also needs to say "if you're going to write an episode about a particular place, then actually learn how the place name is pronounced before you do it." The episode called Thrill Spree is set on Tybee Island, on the coast of Georgia. And it's pronounced 'TIE-bee', not 'TIH-bee'. It reminds me of an episode on Rachel Maddow's news show, when she covered something that happened in Gainesville, Florida, which is in Alachua County. I can't believe her staff did not correct her before she presented the episode, but she kept calling the county ala-CHEW-uh instead of uh-LA-chew-wah. People always seem to have terrible pronouncing places that have Indian names.

This rather amateurishly acted variety of less than usual murder stories could have made a really good series, if it had been written a bit better and shot with a more competent cast. Its episodes are presumedly based on actual crimes, but the factual details were purposely and I believe unnecessarily obscured for unknown reasons. The somewhat snarky comments - by the 'host' - add nothing positive to the proceedings and would be best dispensed with. However, after all is said and done, I enjoy learning about many of the cases themselves...