# You know you've watched too many of those ID Channel shows when... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954 "2014-02-22T16:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/1 "2014-02-22T16:01:59Z")
…you’re solving the murder in the first 15 seconds. Can a 50 year old get into the FBI? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/2 "2014-02-22T20:01:17Z")
Its a problem that I have as well, I think that subconsciously I’ve worked out how the writers construct the plots . A pity because I love Who dunnits . ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/3 "2014-02-22T20:05:52Z")
When you recognize that the program you are watching is leaving out details of the case that you saw on another program. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/4 "2014-02-22T20:11:54Z")
I can solve the majority of the murders in true crime shows before I even start watching them. It was the husband. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/5 "2014-02-22T21:59:26Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > I can solve the majority of the murders in true crime shows before I even start watching them. It was the husband. Exactly. Or boyfriend. “Marjorie was an hour late for work. Her co-workers were concerned. She always called in. Her boyfriend was also unable to get hold of her so he went over to her house…” Oh, he did it. Actual 911 call: (Worst acting in the world)“…come quick…she’s…blood everywhere! Send help! My girlfriend! I think she’s dead!” OH HE DID IT. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/6 "2014-02-22T23:55:36Z")
I went through a period of reading Agatha Christie novels. I stopped when i realised i’d grown so familiar with her style that in the book i’d just started, she was introducing the characters and i was “It’s that guy” even before there was a murder, flipping to the back i was “Yep”, and that was the last book of hers i’ve ever read. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/7 "2014-02-23T14:17:52Z")
You know all the stories from at least three different perspectives. You know that no matter how nice or normal a person appears to be, somewhere in there lurks a psychopathic killer. You have filled several notebooks with things not to do if you should ever decide to commit murder. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/8 "2014-02-23T19:35:04Z")
What’s an ID Channel? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/9 "2014-02-23T20:24:50Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > (snip) > > Actual 911 call: (Worst acting in the world)“…come quick…she’s…blood everywhere! Send help! My girlfriend! I think she’s dead!” > > OH HE DID IT. Yes, exactly. When they play that dramatic call made by the spouse/friend upon finding the body … place bets on spouse/friend is the murderer and/or has some significant involvement with the murder. Mr. Beata will say, “Let me guess: there was insurance involved!” I respond, “Yes. Now remind me … how much insurance do we have?” …_beady eye squint…_ Mr. Beata shouts, “NONE!” ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/10 "2014-02-23T20:31:32Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What’s an ID Channel? The Investigation Discovery channel features crime programming, including “missing persons and murder inquiries, cold cases and historical crime,” as well as documentaries on forensic investigations. (sentence lifted from Wikipedia 🆒) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/11 "2014-02-23T20:38:56Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > You know all the stories from at least three different perspectives. > > You know that no matter how nice or normal a person appears to be, somewhere in there lurks a psychopathic killer. > > You have filled several notebooks with things not to do if you should ever decide to commit murder. You could easily and utterly frame your wife should you ever decide to disappear. “I’ll just get on her computer and look up a few suspicious sites, google some terms such as ‘How to get rid of a body’. Put some of my blood in her trunk with some duct tape, plastic sheets and bits of rope” ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/12 "2014-02-24T20:53:56Z")
But you have to somehow get her fingerprints on all those items. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/13 "2014-02-24T21:25:47Z")
> [@DeptfordX](#): > > I went through a period of reading Agatha Christie novels. I stopped when i realised i’d grown so familiar with her style that in the book i’d just started, she was introducing the characters and i was “It’s that guy” even before there was a murder, flipping to the back i was “Yep”, and that was the last book of hers i’ve ever read. I am just about done watching the _Poirot_ and _Marple_ TV series and I don’t think I’ll ever trust another orphaned/adopted person again. ---
**Author:** ![Mclovin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@Mclovin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mclovin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youve-watched-too-many-of-those-id-channel-shows-when/681954/14 "2014-02-24T21:27:25Z")
Paranoia creeps into all aspects of your life. That person in the grocery store has a sinister motive for saying, “Good morning”. The mailman lingers at my box too long, probably checking my doors for weaknesses. The man standing outside my apartment smoking is piling up the ubiquitous collection of butts that mark every murder scene. . .