This could have been so much better but the producers trying to force a square peg into the round hole is absolutely ridiculous.
Bringing in some 'true crime writer' to reinforce the production insistence of 'NOMG Ken Rex murder haunted small town to the point that it's cursed!!!', is laughable, at best.
The entire series is riddled with nothing but speculation and theory, and little to no factual evidence to remotely substantiate anything claimed.
Visit any small farming town and you'll see almost the exact same thing-in the 80s, you had a recession, farms foreclosed, businesses shuttered, and crime rose exponentially. Now bring in methamphetamine, then opiates, other drugs, alcohol, etc., and you'll see the same outcomes every single time.
As an example, the young woman who dies at the hands of her husband- he had been assaulting her for years, and the true crime writer has the audacity to draw parallels between Ken Rex's death and hers. No seriously.
Abusers take great pains to ensure their victims are essentially cut off from the outside world-and in spite of her being in a tiny town, no one intervened. Does this 'expert' go to other towns to humiliate them for not defending the unseen victims of abuse? What exactly are people supposed to do if the victim isn't asking for help, or the community isn't made aware? Also mysteriously glossed over in that instance is, the use of narcotics that both the victim and perpetrator were involved in, heavy amounts of meth were in the house and both of the two people in this horrific crime. That alone is enough for people to try and distance from, and avoid like the plague.
I am in no way excusing this horrific crime, only showing that this has absolutely nothing to do with KR's death. There's disturbingly ill people in this world, and being in proximity of Skidmore has absolutely nothing to do with the crimes being committed.
Small town or no, people don't like to get involved, and will turn a blind eye to crimes committed right in front of them for fear of becoming a victim, or just trying to mind their own business, and won't help. Skidmore is no more a silent accomplice than Chicago is responsible for inner city violence committed in certain areas.
SMALL TOWNS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INCREDIBLY CLOSED OFF TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. PERIOD. The murder of a completely unhinged bully has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Being in proximity to a crime does not mean you'll become a criminal any more than being born to a policeman means you'll become a firearms expert. Trying to connect these dots are a futile exercise and a complete waste of what could have been a fascinating story.
Bringing in some 'true crime writer' to reinforce the production insistence of 'NOMG Ken Rex murder haunted small town to the point that it's cursed!!!', is laughable, at best.
The entire series is riddled with nothing but speculation and theory, and little to no factual evidence to remotely substantiate anything claimed.
Visit any small farming town and you'll see almost the exact same thing-in the 80s, you had a recession, farms foreclosed, businesses shuttered, and crime rose exponentially. Now bring in methamphetamine, then opiates, other drugs, alcohol, etc., and you'll see the same outcomes every single time.
As an example, the young woman who dies at the hands of her husband- he had been assaulting her for years, and the true crime writer has the audacity to draw parallels between Ken Rex's death and hers. No seriously.
Abusers take great pains to ensure their victims are essentially cut off from the outside world-and in spite of her being in a tiny town, no one intervened. Does this 'expert' go to other towns to humiliate them for not defending the unseen victims of abuse? What exactly are people supposed to do if the victim isn't asking for help, or the community isn't made aware? Also mysteriously glossed over in that instance is, the use of narcotics that both the victim and perpetrator were involved in, heavy amounts of meth were in the house and both of the two people in this horrific crime. That alone is enough for people to try and distance from, and avoid like the plague.
I am in no way excusing this horrific crime, only showing that this has absolutely nothing to do with KR's death. There's disturbingly ill people in this world, and being in proximity of Skidmore has absolutely nothing to do with the crimes being committed.
Small town or no, people don't like to get involved, and will turn a blind eye to crimes committed right in front of them for fear of becoming a victim, or just trying to mind their own business, and won't help. Skidmore is no more a silent accomplice than Chicago is responsible for inner city violence committed in certain areas.
SMALL TOWNS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INCREDIBLY CLOSED OFF TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. PERIOD. The murder of a completely unhinged bully has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Being in proximity to a crime does not mean you'll become a criminal any more than being born to a policeman means you'll become a firearms expert. Trying to connect these dots are a futile exercise and a complete waste of what could have been a fascinating story.