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.

  • As well done as it was - it was relentlessly bleak. I took breaks lasting months but episodes were still too depressing.

  • 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.

  • PaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    The Charles Starkweather one they did recently was hilarious, but my favourite episode is The Tall Whites, which isnt true crime but more alien. Also, their creepypasta episodes are great.