
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields
Taste attributes: crimedocumentaryhistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringfighting evilsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA grounded documentary series that is slow-burning, heavy and original. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: very slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.3 /10
TMDB · 52 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
Season
Limited Series
· 2022 · 3 episodesEpisodes (3)
1Nobody Sees Anything29 Nov 2022
Skeletons are found in a field — an area where women have disappeared since the 1970s — and a Texas community fears there's a serial killer at work.
2Culture of Suspicion29 Nov 2022
The case of a missing 12-year-old gets media attention, while more bodies turn up. Investigators have a profile of the killer and suspects emerge.
3The Reckoning29 Nov 2022
Pieces of the puzzle come together when an abducted woman jumps from a moving vehicle and new evidence from an old case points to a suspect.
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
An overgrown field and a stretch of highway connect a series of grisly murders spanning several decades as grieving families search for answers.
Synopsis: TMDB
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- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 2022
- Episode length
- 50 min
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- Imagine Documentaries
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