I love crime dramas… there’s something wrong with me, right?

I love murder mysteries, I rarely read anything that isn’t a murder mystery, sometimes the more violent the better. The things people think of, come up with, there are some sick people out there! Some of this stuff comes from actual cases, but where does the rest come from? Wait, I’m reading them, what does that say about me?

When I read, I can use my imagination, see things in my mind that I am reading, ick. I watch these shows and I wonder what sick mind is sitting around thinking of these ideas! And then I think…I am one of the fans of these shows, what does that say about me?

What made me think of this? I’m watching Criminal Minds. I love this show and I’ve watched it pretty much from the beginning, but there have been episodes I’ve missed so I decided to do what I love to do with shows I love. I find the series on Netflix or Hulu or Amazon Prime and I watch it from the very first episode, in order. I’ve done the with British shows, like MI-5 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160904/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1], there were ten seasons! That was a lot of viewing! Midsomer Murders [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118401/?ref_=nv_sr_1], to name a few and now Criminal Minds [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452046/?ref_=nv_sr_1], there are ten seasons there as well, I don’t know if they have plans to stop, but as there are so many sick people in the world, I don’t see that happening!

I’ve seen most of the episodes, but I want to watch them in order, there are some dynamics of the show… the team, their personal and professional lives, sometimes I wonder why they have personal lives, it seems to get in the way of the show, I think I talked to you about that before. I will watch some of the episodes I know inside and out because I think they are good or I just feel like watching them again, but then there are some that I am like, uh, no thanks!

What does it say about us as a society that we are fascinated by these shows, what they represent, what they show, what they give us insight into and maybe some ideas, bad ideas because killing is wrong, but ideas. Forget society, what does that say about me? Most people don’t watch it because its too violent, I love it. I have always had a weird fascination with serial killers, but a fascination from afar, I want to know how they did it, why and how did they get caught, that is the important thing, they got caught and I am not looking for pointers, I want to know they can’t come after me!

Want to hear a funny story? When I was married, I used to watch those true detective shows and while I was watching, I might be crafting something, marking off a stitch and the wasband thought I was taking notes! I once went away for the weekend, and he had a nightmare that someone was coming up the stairs to kill him and being away, I had the perfect alibi! Hmmm..paranoid much?

There may be something wrong with me, but I like it and I’m not changing. Next episode please!