Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

Good movie!

Good movie!

Good movie!

After three episodes each nearly an hour long they finally get to a conviction and just roll it as text at the end of the series. It was about victims and a suspect we hadn't heard about since previous episodes. I was waiting for 3 hours for closure and I barely got it. Anyways, they do a good job of showing the perspective of some of the family members, but it's mainly the same few people talking about the same few victims for three hours. There were dozens of bodies found and they only focused on a few. Overall it would have been much better if it was half the length and they did a better job with the ending.

Split across 3 episodes, this docu-series tackles a spate of mysterious deaths arising in Texas and, more specifically, along the I-45 highway in Houston. In the mid 1980's, the bodies of three women are found in the Calder Road field. Fast forward to 1991 and another body is found, with the area eventually dubbed as "The Texas Killing Fields." As more victims are found - all the while showing bad police work, suspicious culprits and shocking revelations - it soon becomes apparent that this case is much bigger than it initially appears. But who is responsible? Is it a serial killer? Are there multiple killers? Or is there a conspiracy with law enforcement? All of this is investigated in more detail, although those looking for all the answers may find themselves a little dismayed by the ending.

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (2022) is a series I watched over the weekend on Netflix. The storyline follows a series of bodies buried on the same stretch of highway. The first set of bodies is found in the early 80s, another set of bodies is found is the late 90s and some additional kills may have taken place in the early 2000s. The police and a parent of one of the victims track down the serial killer(s) and try to determine if it's one killer or just a coincidence multiple bodies are buried on the same land. Will they ever discover whom is responsible? This series was created by Jessica Dimmock (Unsolved Mysteries) and does have an Unsolved Mystery feel to it. The series does a great job of showing the details, how they unfold over time and the feel within the community and family members impacted. There's a lot of questions throughout on why and where the victims made the various decisions that led to the attacker(s) finding them and what happened to them before being murdered. There's always a question on if they will catch the killer(s) until the credits role. Overall, this isn't as good as the recent Dahmer docuseries or the last Crime Scene on The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, but it's still entertaining and worth a watch. I would score this a 7-7.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.

I don't feel like the filmmakers did a very good job at keeping the series of events clear. People kept popping up, victims, bodies, suspects. And by the end of the series when 3 bodies were found I had no idea who they were, I barely remembered the person who confessed to it. This could've been a solid 35 minute short, but instead it was the ridiculous Netflix style of dragging everything out for hours unnecessarily. Probably not the filmmakers fault. I'm just unsure why Netflix thinks this style works. Not everyone watches Netflix while texting or having a separate conversation. I wish they treated the audience as intelligent.

This three episode "series" was well produced and executed, which many times makes up for a lot. I didn't know the story, so I was surprised at how the ending diverged. The production followed the victims and families respectfully and thoroughly. And even when it sometimes became a bit stuck on minutae, the details came back and proved necessary later on. Editing, camera work, audio all contributed in this story. Also, whoever first broke out the story in the manner they did--without following one person exclusively, but making the one dad a touchstone--did a great job of balancing all the moving parts.

I love series like this and only 3 episodes means a small commitment. Sold! Started off well and then hit a wall. So poorly put together overall and left us all hanging. The last episode is almost comically bad with how poor they explain how a forensic person in 1984 couldn't see any trauma to a skull that is now supposedly evident and then some random law in Texas can't hold a captive for more than 8 years? Like I said, poorly put together and just a sad portrayal of some horrible murders that I knew nothing about. Move on and watch another. This will just annoy the hell out of you how bad it is.

Women can not escape the violence perpetrated on them by 98% men, from cradle to grave women have been getting assaulted and murdered by men, including reproductive rights are attacked mainly by men. 1 man can kill over a time period up to 80 women of their same race, and now men are forcing women to carry dead babies in red states, and 10yo girls to carry the man that raped her baby. The attack never ends and comes from several levels. Women who prostitute tend to be victims of being raped by their fathers, then a seriel killers finishes them off or a pimp. Just think about if it were all mainly white males being murdered 90% of the time by women, men forced to only have sex to procreate, to make babies they have to start financial support at 6 weeks gestation. If found masturbating based on the bible sentence to death? These movies and documentaries about men hunting women & girls down like animals are the most horrific films no little girl should know exist but they have no choice to be told that a man like their daddy is the only type of human she needs to be afraid of. Please men, stop!