# What is extremely common in TV or movies but almost never happens in real life?

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> [@solost](#):
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> Yeah, I think I started a thread years ago about how pretty much anyone from any profession, related or not, turns into a detective on TV.

Yep. [On TV it seems like everybody solves murders but actual detectives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tv-it-seems-like-everybody-solves-murders-but-actual-detectives/933641?page=5)

Also, one post of mine from within the Pure Random Silliness thread:

> People other than Police who Solve Murders:
> 
> - Private Detectives
> - Defense Attorneys
> - Reporters
> - Pathologists
> - Insurance Investigators
> - Mystery Writers
> - Gentleman Amateurs
> - Nosy Little Old Ladies
> - Precocious Kids
> - The Post-Murder Cleaning Crew
> - Psychics
> - Criminology Professors

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