For anyone who is into True Crime stories (like myself), this station is a must-watch. It's True Crime stories 24/7. 95% of the programming are documentary and news magazine style programs. Every once in a while, they do an original made-for-TV-type movie. I skip those, usually.
I love documentaries. I love news magazine shows. This station has all of that and then some. There are all kinds of series.
Currently, I'm watching "Disappeared" which, as the name infers, is about people who go missing. I'm not sure if I've seen any with a happy ending, but it's always interesting to watch the pieces come together.
Dateline and 48 Hours have special episodes that they make for I.D.
"Deadly Women" follows female killers. I used to think that there were hardly any out there, but you'd be surprised. They don't just focus on Americans in these series, either, they go all around the world. Britain seems to have a decent amount of crazy-ass women killers. Interesting.
"Behind Mansion Walls" focuses on crimes among the uber rich. Always interesting to see if it's a family member or an acquaintance who commits those crimes. It's almost always one or the other.
"Twisted" is all about serial killers and is probably my favorite series, though there aren't too many episodes that have been completed at this point. I've been reading up on serial killers since I was probably 13 years old, yet I almost always learn something new when I watch this series.
"Deadly Attraction" is a series that examines couples that commit crimes. Whether they commit them together, or one person convinces the other to commit the crime, there is always evil afoot with these people.
"I Almost Got Away With It" is a really fun series to watch because they get the actual criminals to talk about their crimes and how they got caught. One of the best episodes that I ever saw was about Steven Jay Russell, who became the inspiration for the movie "I Love You, Phillip Morris." This guy was stunningly smart! He was able to escape from jail several times. I won't get into the details because there are even more than what they portrayed in the movie, and it's so interesting!!
"Real Prison Breaks" - the name says it all. Again, they have the actual criminals talking about their stories. I really love seeing the actual people vs. the actors they get to play them in the re-enactments. They often don't look alike at all. Which reminds me, since they take such liberties with this, when they make the movie of my life, Natalie Portman can play me.
The one series that I won't watch anymore is "Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets" because it's just so unrealistic and cheesy. They have someone narrate as the person who was killed and they talk about how they were killed, etc. But, the problem with this is, often these stories are unsolved crimes. So why on earth are they doing this? "Maybe it was Mr. Jenkins down the street who killed me, or maybe it was my boyfriend Tommy" - there's absolutely no point to this one and I wouldn't waste your time with it.
There are many, many more shows to choose from on this channel. Investigation Discovery is the reason that we won't get rid of cable altogether. We watch it all the time and would miss it way too much!
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