This might sound weird, but my beloved cat died a few years ago unexpectedly, and in my grief I started watching this show, and just couldn't stop. I don't know why I felt the need to continue on at the rate I was going, but the TV show was a good distraction.
I like that this show has victims' family members, or sometimes even survivors of attempted crimes, featured on the show - it gives them the opportunity to speak out, and in the case of family members allows them to give life to those who have been lost, by giving insight into the sort of people they were to those who cared about them.
I think that although each episode is quite short, they pack a lot into that short space of time. It's also interesting seeing how crimes were handled in the early days of forensic science, and as the series goes on from season to season, you see scientific/technological advances being made. Occasionally, cold cases are solved due to those advances as well.
I like that this show has victims' family members, or sometimes even survivors of attempted crimes, featured on the show - it gives them the opportunity to speak out, and in the case of family members allows them to give life to those who have been lost, by giving insight into the sort of people they were to those who cared about them.
I think that although each episode is quite short, they pack a lot into that short space of time. It's also interesting seeing how crimes were handled in the early days of forensic science, and as the series goes on from season to season, you see scientific/technological advances being made. Occasionally, cold cases are solved due to those advances as well.