Friday, November 21, 2014

True Crime Friday - Homicide Hunter

I'll get into the swing of this blogging schedule.  Promise. 

Anyway, today let's talk about what has to be my favorite true crime show: Lt. Joe Kenda - Homicide Hunter

First off, I love Joe Kenda.  He's smart and witty and gritty, plus he's a silver fox, and the kid who plays the younger him is easy on the eyes. 

Second, I love the in-depth look into the various cases he's solved.  I love trying to figure out the whodunnit along with Joe.  I love seeing Joe get the bad guys.  And I especially loved Joe's little witticisms throughout.

If you're not familiar with the show, it's on Investigation Discovery.  It's details the various cases of a homicide detective with the Colorado Springs, CO police department.  He's solved almost 400, so there's a lot of cases to cover.  And they span Kenda's tenure with the department, so from the late 70s on.  Last week they showed his first homicide case - in 1977 - so he's been at this a while.

Unfortunately for me, I hate written a mystery based in CO long before I ever saw this show, and re-reading it a couple months ago, I discovered one of my secondary characters was exactly like Joe.  Needless to say, I'll fix that in edits.  I love Joe, but I need to differentiate my characters - so people don't think I'm a big ol' copycat. 

Have you ever seen the show?  What do you think about a true crime show that follows just one person and his cases?

3 comments:

  1. Hrm....I should have met him back in the day when I was around CSPD. I was almost accepted to their police academy (I was the next one on the list when they closed the class.) I dated a street cop, and I worked with their Community Services branch. I can't place him though.

    I catch his show when I come across it scrolling through cable. I enjoy his "witty Joe Friday" style of narration. LOL

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    1. The season finale this past Tuesday had pics of him when he was young, so if you ever see that one, Silver, you may recognize his younger self. I think he's better looking now, but that's just me.

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  2. I love Joe Kenda too. And yep he is a silver fox.

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