Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields

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Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields
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Genre Docuseries
Directed by Jessica Dimmock
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
ProducerSydney Carlock
Running time47-51 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseNovember 29, 2022 (2022-11-29)

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields is a 2022 Netflix limited docuseries directed by Jessica Dimmock. [1] It is the third installment in the Crime Scene documentary series, following Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer . The true crime series is centered around the unsolved murders of four women in Texas in the 80s and 90s in an area known as the Texas Killing Fields, located in League City, Texas. [2] It was released on November 29, 2022. [3]

Contents

As of December 4, 2022, it was rated as the top docuseries on Netflix, with 23,880,000 total hours viewed. [4] [5]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, all 3 critics' reviews were positive. [6]

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References

  1. Nolasco, Stephanie (December 2, 2022). "Netflix's 'Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields': Could multiple murderers be involved in decades-long cases?". Fox News. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  2. Venn, Lydia (December 1, 2022). "The true story of the Texas Killing Fields, the newest true crime series on Netflix". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  3. "'Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields': Everything You Need to Know". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
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  5. Marc Berman (December 8, 2022). "Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields - Netflix viewers express anger at police after watching series". The Economic Times. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
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