Dark Minds

The show is good, but it's a bit dramatic. Also, could use a bit more information and discussion. Too many little filler moments.

Still, I like the host, and it's a fine show overall.

Phelps is great as the host of a show investigating unsolved crimes. He explores many different scenarios and suspects and sometimes he gets really close to very probable person of interest. You really need to watch this show with the fact these crimes are unsolved in mind. Many comments and reviews express discounted at the lack of a cookie cutter ending to the whodunit. The host is clearly very emotionally invested in solving these crimes and he has brought attention to cases that would probably be sitting in a cold case file untouched and forgotten about. 10 out of 10 if your a true crime buff this is a great addition to your collection.

True crime falls into two basic categories: the somber, detailed, respectful type that places its emphasis on the events and the victims - and the loud, percussive, sensationalist type that focuses on the presenter. Dark Minds falls hard into the latter pigeonhole. There are quite a few churned out programs featuring preening forensic types who love the camera more than the lab, but none of these people are as disrespectful or narcissistic as M. William Phelps, who chews up the scenery at every opportunity, whether on camera or in voice over.

This program is presented as if it's hard-boiled fiction, the cod suspense a terrible mask, as if there might be a chance the victims weren't really brutally murdered in real life. In the wake of recent masterpieces like The Jinx, Making a Murderer and the first two seasons of A Crime to Remember, Dark Minds serves as an example to potential film makers of what not to do when approaching such material.

Lighten. UP people!! Love Phelps, love the show! Different, intriguing, spooky and very interesting!