# Murder In Small Town X?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-in-small-town-x/71235>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 4, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-in-small-town-x/71235 "2001-07-04T19:17:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-in-small-town-x/71235/1 "2001-07-04T19:17:14Z")

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Now, maybe I am misinterpreting the commercial for this new “Reality TV” show:  
“There is a serial killer on the loose. You must find and catch him before he catches you.”  
The commercial proceeds to imply that the 10 people in the show, are sent to a small town in New England, and are _actually in real physical danger of being murdered!_  
Okay, so I was fine with putting a bunch of people on an island and making them work for food. Even in the middle of the Aussie Outback. Big Brother, no prob there. If a houseful of people want to live in a world of vouyerism, that’s their business. I seriously hope that I have just misunderstood the commercial, and that this is all a big prank, nobody gets hurt and the producers at Fox aren’t actually going to pretend to murder people to improve ratings. Anybody else have some more info on this show?

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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-in-small-town-x/71235/2 "2001-07-04T19:27:55Z")

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My impression is that they have to solve the mystery and “get the killer” without being “killed”–taken out of the game–themselves. Sounds like it could be kind of fun, but I probably won’t watch it anyway.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-in-small-town-x/71235/3 "2001-07-04T21:28:44Z")

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