Reviews

This show features some of the more interesting stores from the annals of true crime, however would be a lot more interesting if Aphrodite Jones did not insert herself as much into the stories. Her expressions are overly exaggerated and her insights are do not contribute any particular light on the cases. One particularly cringe-worthy episode is the story she did on Steve McNair -- we are treated to yet another conspiracy theory challenging the official story (of course anytime a famous person dies there must be a conspiracy). We have the former detective musing as to why McNair's mistress and his killer would be strapped for money because McNair was worth upwards of 25 million. Surely it must occur to anyone that possibly McNair was not sharing most of that money with his mistress (probably because that would cause his wife to suspect what was going on)? I suppose the show was conceived to sell her as this prolific true crime writer as much as the stories. In my opinion, however, people are more attracted to the stories than the writers in this genre. In conclusion, I suggest less of Ms. Jones' eye-rolls and faux surprise and more just straight reporting.

Here we have an interesting concept for a show. A crime that is recreated largely through captured security video. It's quite fitting for our video age and a welcome departure from the usual ID channel offerings that attempt to present crimes that fall in some ridiculous forced categories like wives with knives or swamp murders. When it comes to recreations in true crime shows I tend towards less is more as the acting is typically bad and really adds less to the story than the testimonies of the victims and officials involved. I'm more a fan of shows like Dateline and 48 hours I guess. I also could have done without what appears to have been fake security video intermingled with the real video but thankfully those were kept to a minimum.