Catching Killers

Crime documentary that doesn't waste it's time on people's backstory or long boring scenic shots. Just the case and nothing else. Waiting for more! This is how a crime documentary should be done.

I liked it. The pacing was a little slow, but It's more focused on the police work involved in catching the killers & the victims rather than the killers themselves which i think is a nice change from the majority of these types of shows which more often than not seem to glorify the monsters instead. As for the episodes themselves, i think they showcase good police work in the first 2 episodes where you can see just how hard the detectives involved worked & are still traumatically effected by everything they had to go through to get the person responsible vs. Bad police work in the last 2 where you keep asking yourself how they all still had/have jobs after they botched the case so bad & still take no responsibility for any of the many obvious mistakes they made.

Very interesting retelling of how police capture serial killers for three separate cases. My favourite story was the final episode on the happy-faced killer. Seemed like some police bumbling to me.

I enjoy crime shows, I really enjoy serial killer documentaries, and books and the like. However, when it comes to documenting the real life story it obviously gets more complicated.

The majority of serial killers, especially the most interesting ones, want notoriety, and this show does a phenomenal job in bypassing that caveat by focusing on the heroes of the story; the investigators. This isn't a series about the killers, giving them more attention, and inviting more people to pique their dormant narcissism. This is a series that celebrates those who brought them to justice by bringing in, seemingly, the whole team who captured them.

It's a fun watch, for sure.

An interesting documentary detailing a few different serial killer cases and the process of how they were solved. The doc comes entirely from the detectives point of view, which is refreshing. The interviews are relevant and the stories easy to follow.