Bizarre Murders

Mind you, when I say it's entertaining enough, I mean it's good enough to have running on your TV when you're just about to fall asleep but too lazy to roll over and click the clicker. Ok, maybe I even enjoy it a bit. Obviously the producers have taken creative license with the storylines, and the narration reminds me of that old "Ripley's Believe it or Not" show, but some (honestly not that) intrepid digging around the web will find that the stories do have basis in fact. You can't research cases by name, obviously, but searching using some basic thematic info like "mistaken identity murders in Houston" will net you inspiration for Season 1, Episode 1's tale, for instance. Overall, it's a cute show not to be taken too seriously (even if it does cover real murders) and it serves its purpose as mindless brain fodder for when my Ambien kicks in.

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.

I like the show overall, I just can't understand why they felt the need to change the real life details. I've seen several of these where I recognized the story from other true crime stories, namely Forensic Files, but also a few others; but the names and places were different. And others I wanted more details so went searching and found the true stories and we're from other countries, but this show made it seem like it happened here in the US.

So to quote Christian Slater in Pump Up the Volume:

"Well it's too bad about that one actually, to me the real truth is always a bigger turn on."

Good show, but I don't know why they have to change information when the crimes actually did happen. All the other true crime shows I watch provide real names of victims/perps and the exact places where the crimes occurred. What's the purpose of tweaking the facts? That being said, I kind of like doing a Google search using the clues provided by the show to find out what the REAL details of the crimes are.

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.