Who am I? Where did I come from? These are questions that people have been asking themselves for generations. Whether it is down to self-reflection and some profound deep-dive it one’s own psyche or asked in a more literal sense, the need to know oneself has ignited a booming market in genealogy services that is…
Tag: true crime
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2022) Series Review
In my opinion, Netflix have delivered some excellent documentary films and series over the last couple of years, and although their latest offering, Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story isn’t their strongest, it does deliver exactly what it says on the tin. Knighted by the Queen, publicly lauded for his fundraising and charity work –…
The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness (2021) Series Review
The fact that there are so many well known serial killers is an unfortunate reflection on humanity’s capacity to inflict harm on one another and our seemingly ingrained fascination with the macabre. From Ted Bundy to Richard Ramirez to Peter Sutcliffe, Netflix have been capitalising on that fascination with a seemingly endless parade of documentaries…
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021) Film Review
I am one of those unsocial butterflies who likes nothing more than to stay in my little bubble hanging out with the hubby and our two kitties, and largely ignoring the wider world around me. I very rarely pay much attention to the goings on in the news which means that a lot of the…
Murder Among The Mormons (2021) Series Review
Netflix have been churning out the goods at a surprising rate this year, with something new dropping pretty much every week. Following on from the rather lacklustre The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, their latest true crime docu-series Murder Among The Mormons delivers in a way that The Vanishing just didn’t. Using a combination of…