The Briefing Room
General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: Machiavelli on August 07, 2018, 11:02:46 pm
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Sarah Turcotte
Vulture
August 3, 2018
Most former police officers don’t enjoy a retirement that involves any kind of celebrity, much less one that has yielded a signature wine inspired by their catch phrase, a book deal, and an annual namesake cruise to the Caribbean. But such is now life for 71-year-old Lieutenant Joe Kenda, whose Investigation Discovery series Homicide Hunter has made him a bona fide true crime star.
Kenda’s perch atop the roster of programming on the decade-old true crime powerhouse ID is secure (if not completely natural) in a lineup that includes Wives with Knives, Deadly Women and Stepford Lives of Stepford Wives. Homicide Hunter, true stories from his 23-and-a-half years on the job in Colorado Springs, attracted nearly two million viewers per week last season, its seventh, and shows no signs of slowing.
More (http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/joe-kenda-homicide-hunter-investigation-discovery.html)
Wikipedia article on Joe Kenda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kenda)
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One of my favorite shows. Can't get enough of Kenda's dry wit/personality. Reminds me of the character played by Jonathan Banks i.e ex-cop Mike Erhmantraut on "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul."
Kenda investigated close to 400 homicides and had a clearance rate of over 90%. He talks with a lot of authority. This might be the first cop show of its kind I've ever seen. Nothing like straight from the horse's ....er..... detective's mouth.
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Good news for all here! The Death Channel ran an ad tonight during "Killing People With Boats". New Kenda Wednesday August 29th at 10PM!
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I love the show, I like his approach. Let the evidence talk to you. Good science, good detective work, with a hunk of practical psychology thrown in.
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I love the show, I like his approach. Let the evidence talk to you. Good science, good detective work, with a hunk of practical psychology thrown in.
I was reading an interview someone did with Kenda after he retired. He said he knew it was time to retire after his wife said he was due.
He also knew it was time after he was interviewing a 75 year old man accused of molesting a five year old girl. Kenda asked the man why he did it, and the old geezer said the girl asked for it.
Seconds later Kenda had his hands around the throat of the old bast*rd. He didn't choke the man to death, but he then knew it was time to retire.
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I was reading an interview someone did with Kenda after he retired. He said he knew it was time to retire after his wife said he was due.
He also knew it was time after he was interviewing a 75 year old man accused of molesting a five year old girl. Kenda asked the man why he did it, and the old geezer said the girl asked for it.
Seconds later Kenda had his hands around the throat of the old bast*rd. He didn't choke the man to death, but he then knew it was time to retire.
@goatprairie
Don’t even know what to say to that.
@Machiavelli thanks for posting this. My husband likes Kenda; going to forward it to him.