The Cold Mind

I have a thing about watching crime drama. I'm talking the gritty kind (not that there are many others I guess). I like those kinds of crime that make you unable to sleep well at night, and I like watching them in the evening, before I head to sleep.

I guess you could argue that it's the same thing as those who watch horror movies at night, though I can't actually do that, the tension gets to me too much. I prefer the cool chill that comes from guessing at the killer before the policemen get it, seeing them step into the killers trap and barely miss escaping.

I have a particular fondness for crime dramas about serial killers. I love Wire in the Blood for instance, which has the ability to make one's flesh crawl at times. The killers are even worse, their voices, their actions, you see everything, and even though they're not actually killers, they look like psychopaths.

Tony Hill, the main character and the psycho-analyst, brings a hell of a lot of crazy into the storylines. Not really surprising since he attempts to step into the mind of the villains, difficult not to be slightly damaged methinks. I'd love to be able to step into the head of someone that damaged, though I'm not sure how likely I'd be to survive with a good mindset afterwards.

That's it on crime dramas for now.

In other news, I've started a new writing project which you can read about here. It should be fun.