The Investigation Discovery television show “Six Degrees of Murder” is a crime show that dissects murder investigations regardless of how complicated or straightforward they are. Law enforcement employs methods that are tried and true to solve the mysteries to prevent them from going into the files that house cold cases. The show features re-enactments of actual crimes which have been committed and fans of murder mysteries learn how law enforcement use their methodology to catch the criminals.
Here are five things you didn’t know about the show.
Psychic Suzanne Vincent doesn’t accept pay
Suzanne and her sister Jean Vincent are both psychics who help law enforcement on tough cases. They appear in the case that involves the murder of Christine Sheddy. Suzanne has an incredible gift that allows her to use premonitions and psychic intuition to nail down details of murder cases. She offers her services completely as a volunteer. She does this for police and family as a kind of community service. She was able to assist the police in revealing the details of the murder, giving them enough additional information to locate the perpetrator in the incident. The sisters have been involved in multiple cases and their input has offered enough clues for detectives to follow up on, that more cases are solved.
The cast is constantly changing
“Six Degrees of Murder” avoids the appearance of being fake by changing up the cast. Reviewing the list of episodes since 2016 shows that most cast members will appear for two episodes. This adds a great deal of variety to the program. You won’t see the same old faces in every episode. Many of the actors who appear are playing the roles of detectives and investigators who work hard to crack the mysteries.
The show is based on real cases
Many shows that deal with real life situations are heavily scripted. While “Six Degrees of Murder” includes re-enactments, the events that unfold are based on situations that actually have happened. The stories are not made up for the sake of entertainment. Not every detail of each case is known and there may be some assumptions that are written into the scrips for the dramatizations, but they are based on what is believed to have happened in the particular case.
It is educational
The television show is not about happy endings or dramatic investigations per se. It is based on facts and it shows viewers in great detail, how investigators go about handling each particular case. There are proven methods that have been shown to be effective throughout the years. These are used to get to the bottom of the case and viewers learn the types of things that detectives are looking for. This includes what they look for, how evidence is handled for preservation, new methods of testing for dna and other powerful tools for solving crimes.
It may help would be criminals
Because there is so much detail involved in the show, it can also help criminals who are considering committing a crime to know what to avoid. In this day and age it is very difficult to get away with murdering someone, but as much as the show is helpful in deterring crime, it may give perpetrators some very good ideas about how to avoid being discovered.
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