TV Review: ‘How I Caught My Killer’ Season 2 Continues to Pay Tribute to Featured Victims

Hulu‘s How I Caught My Killer, returns for a captivating second season with ten new cases and ten new victims who shine as people and not just as statistics. Following the same format established in the first season, the series returns with new stories to tell and profiles of new people who have been victims of the most serious crimes.

Much like the first season, each episode begins with a brief introduction to the victim, who they are and where they are from. We then meet the victim’s friends or family, giving the audience time to understand who the victim was and why we need to get in touch with them. Once the person is missing and the authorities are called, the investigators join the story by describing what they experienced on the case. While each episode provides plenty of opportunities to show the victim as they were, the series also highlights how the victims’ actions contribute to the arrest of their killers.

How I Caught My Killer will likely never run out of stories to tell, and in the new season, we meet ten individuals from across the country who, due to one event or another, have been murdered. Sasha Krause, Laura Wallen, Jholie Moussa, Julie Gonzalez, Mindy Morganstern, Brittany Clardy, Morgan Fox, Rahim Grant, Jodi Sanderholm, and Kevin Bacon take center stage as the series delves into what happened to these people and how their cases were solved.

True crime stories are difficult to watch because the viewer is forced to experience the final moments of someone’s life. How I Caught My Killer is a crime series that does not dwell on the sinister aspects of the crime, and does not seem to exploit the tragedy of a person’s final moments by sensationalizing the crime. How I Caught My Killer devotes a large part of its narrative to the victims, telling their stories and remembering who these people are. This is a true crime story that wants you to know the victim more than the killer.

Watching How I Caught My Killer The audience meets these wonderful people at the beginning of each episode and quickly learns how each of them meets an untimely end. The brutal nature of life so easily and quickly taken from some, and the devastating impact these violent crimes have on the victims’ family and friends are things the series demonstrates well. How I Caught My Killer The film pays tribute to the victims and attempts to bring closure to the case, but it also shows that the effects of the crime are long-lasting and eternal. Jholie Moussa’s mother never leaves home without taking her ashes with her, because she feels guilty for leaving her daughter behind. Despite all the celebrations for the victims, the grief and pain are close to the surface and are inescapable for the viewer.

This season, viewers will meet a wide variety of people. Sasha Krause had an incredible curiosity about the world, and even though she was Mennonite, her cell phone and connection to the world helped her convict her killer. Jholie Moussa was 2 minutes older than her twin sister, but it was the unique bond she had with her twin sister and the secrets they shared that led to her killer being found. Kevin Bacon was a hairdresser looking for love who was forced to settle for online dating. It was his caution and text messages that led to his killer being found and possibly a potential serial killer being caught.

Krause, Moussa, Bacon and the other cases featured in the show’s second season allow the audience to see these people for who they were, not for what happened to them. The victims are granted a level of dignity and humanity that seems uncommon in a world dominated by clickbait headlines.

How I Caught My Killer is an elegant and insightful account of the people the world has not had enough time to spend time with and the people left behind in the wake of such tragedy.