Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

I never knew this guy smoked K2 before he killed himself, I wish that had been talked about even more in this special. The football injuries to his brain surely impacted things as did everything else, but man he won a court case, smoked some spice, and then bam killed himself. That's not a coincidence, not many people have ever smoked that stuff but anyone who has knows it makes you overthink things to the absolute maximum, it literally drives you insane. It makes you see clearly, too clearly, and I'm sure he just thought about everything in his life in that moment and decided this is it, it's my time now. It's not a tragic loss, don't get me wrong, but I think it needs to be talked about more heavily then just the casual mention as that shit will make you feel suicidal in addition to completely stripping you of your decision making skills. Yes his brain injury probably helped, but synthetic weed is not like regular weed, it's not a party time drug, it's a downer and will absolutely fuel suicide. It's not a mystery to me why he did it anymore, at all.

I'm very into true crime but I had never heard of this case. This was... surprising and shocking. Like... Jesus. It's crazy what people can hide under the hood. Now, the documentary itself is not the best. The storyline is disorganized and they provide information in such a way that you ask yourself "why the fuck is this relevant?" and they never really answer the question. Not in a satisfying manner anyway. They provide little detail on many important things, such as his father's abuse, his relationship with his mother, his cousin, the drug he smoked before committing suicide, etc., but go on and on and on about his sexuality, for example. That bothered me. Most of the relevant information feels watered down even though they do provide good visual content because there's a lot of real footage. As far as documentaries go, this is not super satisfying because you definitely feel like there's a lot more to it. But it gives you a foundation so you can go on and do more research, which is definitely what I'll do.