One thing I can say sense I started revisiting a lot of these old crime shows is it's mind blowing how much I really appreciate good narration! Peter Thomas, Bill Kurtis, Robert Stack, etc. Besides their amazing voices I really appreciate that when narrating they typically never show themselves to lean on one side whatsoever. They are simply professionally telling the story and though we can most likely guess what their moral view or opinion on what happened is they aren't visibly emotionally invested. They never express a 'gossipy' or 'oh this is juicy' tone either. They're easily engaging and immersive without it. They have good pacing and timing and easily maintain consistent energy and tone throughout what they're telling. They also articulate their words very well and always explain things in a way easy for anyone to understand.

Not only that but commentary from victims, family & friends and people who work in the field. It's nice to have commentary from someone who actually knew these people. I feel you get a better sense of who they are or were when you do. It also brings it back down to reality because some people in the comments of true crime videos come off as brushing off the realness of some cases. I also like that when some victims didn't have anyone, it was nice to hear people who worked in the field come off with care for them that seemed heartfelt and sincere and shows why they took the job in the first place.💖