Are there any non-sensationalistic and non-speculative true crime stuff like that you like?...
- tv series
- podcasts
- etc
It's a genre I'm interested in but 95% of the time I don't like stuff. Audiences want endless salacious, sensationalistic, and purely speculative details. I don't want any of that stuff.
The only thing I've ever watched or listened to that I've liked was the Forensic Files.
Forensic Files (TV Series 1996-2011)
A series featuring detailed accounts on how notable crimes and diseases were solved through forensic science.
I ended up downloading all seasons off TPB. But I had stop watching after season 7. I deleted the rest of the episodes unwatched.
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As well done as it was - it was relentlessly bleak. I took breaks lasting months but episodes were still too depressing.
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The narrator was Peter Thomas. When I was young he was the voice of PBS to me. He seemed to narrate everything PBS did. I never thought I'd get sick of his voice but, man, did I ever. Too much of anything can get to you.
If there's a Forensic Files-like podcast with at least some lighthearted stuff as a break from the depressing stuff - that might be perfect for me.
I know this wont really hit the mark for OP, but others who clicked on the thread might find interesting. The Murderville podcast is sensationalized in slightly different way. They examine a case where someone has likely been falsely convicted of a murder and walk through the evidence, investigation, prosecution, etc. Kinda like backwards true crime I guess, since they focus more on the likely innocence of the convicted person, rather than catching the bad guy.
Yeah, I like what they've put out so far. I don't remember them voicing any pig capeshit takes, and iirc the first series of Murderville played a role in overturning the conviction in question