In my intro post I said that I am very new to realizing that the way I dream is actually a "thing" that is so widely studied and discussed. It's odd; I'm a pretty bright, well read person but I think I just settled into working through my dreams without ever looking into it.

Anyway, clearly I am now. Just in browsing here for a couple of days, it is clear that so many of you all are literally brilliant on this subject so I thought I would briefly describe the nature of my dreaming in general in lieu of particular dreams right now to see what you all think.

Not all, but a great deal of my lucid dreaming is about crimes being committed. I am a spectator but always from the perspective of one individual. For example, I might "see" the entire thing from the perspective of the perpetrator, a witness, or the victim. It's not happening to me, I am watching it happen. As I started to read more here, the notion of control over lucid dreams was particularly interesting to me because I have not been able to change that perspective. For example; I dreamed what later turned out to be one of the DC sniper shootings. In that dream I was "with" someone at the scene who was running from the shooting. Off I went with her down the street and then into an outbuilding in a residential yard. I was there with her, quite moved by her fear, wanting to calm her down, but so frustrated because as she was running away, I was trying so hard to get myself back to the scene where I could see what was happening, or get information, see the shooter, etc. Conversely, I once sat "with" a horrible man just watching a woman from outside her patio doors. He was under a stone staircase there. I felt like I was there with him forever while he watched her. It was terrible. He attacked and killed her and then in some sort of odd daze, he just went to a nearby field and stayed there for what felt like hours and instead of trying to see who she was or try to get her address or see if she was still alive, I had to sit there with him.

Not all of the dreams are terribly gruesome. It's not like there is a theme in any way. They are wildly different all of the time.
I do have many other lucid dreams that are not witnessing crimes.
They are long and extremely detailed dreams.
They are definitely lucid - I say that because I always know I am dreaming. I sometimes even realize I am speaking out loud. I am very careful to not get to startled and wake up.

And I don't know what other information might help, but...

What do you all think?
Thanks.