Ever solved your own crime case like CSI?

csi and detective conan were some of my favorite tv shows... I find it quite amusing that I'm not the only one who kinda craves for mysteries... actually.. to tell you the truth.. those shows made me a more of a keen observer... like looking at my watch all the time (expecting some crime or the like would happen.. hehe..) and analyzing some 'disorders' in the area.. and for some reason.. I found out that the clocks in the train station I used to ride were not synchronized.. hehe..

I'm aspiring to be a P.I. when I finish college, and yeah..I've solved a few real life mysteries, and crimes. Not alot, but a few. Two for me, and like..one for a friend. I haven't had to try my hand at forensics yet, especially since I have little money to do so..and no resources even if I had the money. I think the most of my strength is in reading people and putting puzzle pieces together. Finding evidence and not behavior? I need to work on that, though no..I'm not terrible at it. I just could be better, heh. I'm not much of a CSI girl, I'm more of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Sherlocke Holmes girl lol. Take the most recent mystery, it's a year and a half old, but it was an ongoing mystery. It involved my ex, and why he would try to destroy me. It turned out that he was pulling several strings to make my life miserable..from getting what little friends I had to leave me, to popping up randomly to mess with my head. He also set my house on fire at the end of last april. It took alot of time, but in the end..it was like my brain just put all the pieces together. I realized everything that had happened wasn't random, which led me to the question: how were they connected? Obviously only a person could be the connector, and he was the only one with means, motive, and opportunity. He didn't have an alibi..and I didn't even have to speak to him again to know (I have friends who see him every day), and it was all there. The evidence. Not only in his behavior, but tangible evidence. All I had to do was remember it was there. No, I don't have the tangible evidence anymore..but that's his fault mostly. He has it, or had it..but I saw it..so.. I guess, if one's head is in the right place a case can be solved fairly quickly..even if it took a year or so to get to where you could solve it. I made two phone calls, did a little travelling..and just a tiny bit digging through the past -- my own memories. And then I had it solved. No, he's not sitting in jail for arson. I don't reckon it'd do much good to put him there anyway even if I could put him there, as he's proven with this whole stunt..he's got connections. And, I'm curious about how I might be able to stop him for good..because his motive? He was looking for the ultimate game. He'd mastered others..chess, pool, you name it. But..playing a game with real consequences? With people and their never ending variables? Well..there's his game. Heh, and it was always more my style to deal with problems by my onesies, anyway. Not advisable..but I wasn't ever smart in my relationships with people I know. If this game of his goes to far..yeah, I'll dial up the police..I don't think I'm stupid enough to let him murder me or anything..if that is his intention. Meh, there's my mystery-book real life experience lol. How fun, but yeah..I guess I did kindof choose this life when I decided I wanted to be a Private Investigator.

I love CSI and I took Forensic classes when I was in college and it is very interesting to study this. I've been on a few field trips during college that let us investigate a crime scene and gather evidence. We even had our own "body" farm that contained pig carcasses in various states of decomposition. I would really reccommend that you take a course in it if you like it that much. The course will do one of two things: make you hate the field or make you respect it even more.