Crime on TV and real life
Today I bring you the story of one of the most horrendous crimes that took place in Portugal. I read in the newspaper that it happens 25 years ago on March 1st, 1987. The place where it all happened is not far from where I live, maybe 50 km. From time to time I can’t sleep at night and so I watch TV. I watched countless episodes of crime series like CSI, Criminal Minds, Law and order, Cold case, The Forgotten, The Mentalist, Bones, Profiler, Lie to me, Prime suspect… These programs deal with the ugly side of life, they depict so much evil. Yet, I watch it. I don’t even like some of these TV shows very much. I just watch it because it's available. My favorite is Dexter. Dexter hasn’t bored me yet! In fact, I think it’s exceptional. Why is crime series so popular? Why do we tune in to shows containing so much violence? Usually, I am not impressed by it as I always keep in mind that what I am watching isn’t real. But some episodes of some of these series have stories that are re...