Summary
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields is another great crime docuseries that highlights the long line of tragic murders that have failed to be solved.
True crime series Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields opens with an explanation of the “killing field,” where it seems that women were being abducted in 1983 and all dumped into this field. Then, you hear some of the families talk over the top of the story about how these cops failed these families and how they refused to give up on finding their kids’ killers. Finally, a wealth of new evidence has emerged, leading us to the present day and reopening the conversation.
The League City Police Department declined requests to be interviewed for this documentary.
When that came across the screen during episode one, it blew me away. One of the craziest things to watch in these crime documentaries is how often the police have failed families. Throughout each of these, we hear about how they had the killer or didn’t do enough to catch the killer. For example, from 1971 to 1977, eleven girls went missing, and there were no answers. Of course, I understand that technology is different, and information is not being shared between police stations across state lines; however, why is that? Why would none of these stations work together to take down these killers? It’s so absurd.
As a parent, the most terrifying thing in the world is the idea of your kid going missing. I sat here and listened to these families talk about their kids going missing, which broke me. You feel like you failed your kid and are helpless in trying to find them. I like watching these crime documentaries, but when it hits close to home like this, it makes you think deeply about whether you are doing everything you can to protect your own.
The three episodes all have important things that add to the overall product, but this is another case where we see a series that could’ve been one big documentary. I don’t like how Netflix (and other streaming platforms) make things longer than they need to be. Time and time again, you feel like, alright, we get the point. Can we move on? Instead of three fifty-minute episodes, make a one-and-a-half-hour documentary and call it a day.
Overall, I’ve seen many of these crime docuseries and am still in awe of how each of them leaves me. Each series has a similar structure, but the family’s heartfelt testimony always moves me. If you are a fan of these crime series, you will eat these series up like I did and walk away, blown away by how long these murders went on. I highly recommend checking out Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields.
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