Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior

Everyone in my true crime groups are raving about the series as well. Many of us binged the whole 5 episodes already.

The interrogation interviews were interesting. The characters were captivating when telling their stories. Many of them are from the East Coast so they had that blunt and humorous aspect to them.

For a documentary about such a depraved and sick cat, the detectives and the savior were hilarious at times. I don't think I've ever laughed watching true crime, but the characters were so real and candid.

I also appreciate that this case hasn't been overly covered like most are. You have to wonder if producers, directors and networks are just lazy are trying to save a buck. Even though I had seen one show on this case, the content in this series was original. The evidence presented was interesting as well.

This should not have been a seven episode series. So many episodes showed a lot of the same clips and interviews and, frankly, was very annoying, confusing and a waste of time. The topic itself and interviews were interesting but by the time you watched the same ten minutes in several episodes it becomes boring. It wasn't just one clip or interview they repeated over and over, it was many. At first I thought I put on the same episode, but then they would finally move towards new information. Then the same thing would happen in the following episode.

If this was condensed to a two or three hour program I would give it at least nine stars. I give it one star for editing and continuity so I give the program five stars.

Forensic Files covered Hadden Clark's case in under 30 minutes and still managed to share more info than this whole documentary season. The story is interesting but it could've been told in a single episode or short film. The documentary jumps between victims without clear structure and doesn't explain the evidence or forensics behind the convictions. It focuses too much on the killer's psychology and not enough on the crimes themselves. There are no interviews with Navy personnel to back up Clark's claims of killing while enlisted-even though one episode mentions him throwing someone off a ship. That should've been easy to verify. It also lacks the investigative depth of a show like The Jinx.

FINALLY! Finally a different directing style for a true crime show.! I watch so many and so many are the same and same criminals with no new information. This is a serial killer who I was not familiar with and much deeper dive into the family of the criminal. Much deeper dive into the families hurt by this monster. A true description to the law enforcement behind it even if ugly truths of how they tried to find information. Obviously would not condone that behavior by law enforcement however they knew this man was a monster. Truly disgusting. Thank you again for a different and respectful and true story Michael Bay!!

I turned it off after the 76th hard cut and action movie trailer beat. It's absolutely unwatchable. I got a little over two minutes in. If you can watch more, you're better than me. I admit it. I'm a fan of true-crime stuff, absolutely. I don't have a tiktok attention span. But this made me feel like I was high on xtc at a german rave and talking about serial killers.

It'sjust absurdly badly made. I honestly doubt it 'll get better or you'll find a lot of substance in this documentary. The intro alone was enough to point that out. Something positive? Sure. The poster design is pretty awesome. Cool use of colors. But that's really all I've got. Maybe I'm too critical ... but maybe we should expect more? Now that I'm writing this, I wonder how the families feel about being in a transformer-style documentary.