True Grime: Crime Scene Clean Up

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True Grime: Crime Scene Clean Up is a television documentary series on Investigation Discovery that premiered on July 19, 2011. The series follows Neal Smither, owner of Crime Scene Cleaners, and his crew as they clean up a grisly crime scene.

Contents

After the first three episodes, the series was cancelled.

Production

The series was shot on location in Oakland, CA.

Episodes

Only three episodes were created:

Road Rage: World Premiere: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Crime Scene Cleaners tackle the car of a woman whose boyfriend was killed in a road rage incident. [1]

Running Ragged: World Premiere: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 The crew is running ragged trying to clean up a decomposing body in a hoarder's house. Rookie cleaner Mike Downer worries about his job security and working a lot of gruesome late night calls. [1]

New Blood: World Premiere: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 The crew is dispatched to disinfect the site where a decomposing body has been discovered. [1]

Crime Scene Cleaners

Smither started his company after being inspired by a scene from the film Pulp Fiction. [2] At the time, there were very few businesses equipped to clean the aftermath of murders, suicides and decomposing bodies; the responsibility of clean up would fall on the victims family. The business originally appeared on 2003 Insomniac with Dave Attell 's Oakland episode. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Investigation Discovery's True Grime: Crime Scene Clean Up Goes Behind The Yellow Tape To Erase The Physical Remnants Of Tragic Events". PR Newswire (Press release). Investigation Discovery. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. 1 2 "Oakland". Insomniac with Dave Attell . Season Three. 2003. Comedy Central.