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10-27-2011, 03:21 PM
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Cases you're shocked UM did NOT cover in its heyday?
As an ever-evolving true crime buff-in-training, it seems like the 70s, 80s, and 90s were overflowing with baffling cases. Are there any cases or stories out there from UM's heyday that you're surprised the show didn't cover?
The first one that springs to mind for me is the Springfield Three. I know there is a thread around here somewhere that mentions the case: an unsolved disappearance of three women in Missouri that was recently featured on the ID network's "Disappeared" show. I believe this happened in the early 90s, so I'm really surprised UM didn't feature it. I'm also really surprised that UM never did a spot (to my knowledge?) on Johnny Gosch or Jacob Wetterling, two notorious missing persons cases - the boys disappeared from the midwest around the time UM was on. Are there any others that you guys can think of? |
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10-27-2011, 03:27 PM
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Jaycee Dugard's disappearance should've been covered back in the 1990's. She might have been found alot quicker possibly had they covered her case. Girly Chew Hossencofft's disappearance and subsequent murder should've also been covered in my opinion.
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10-27-2011, 03:41 PM
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Ahh yes, Girly Chew! I saw her case for the first time on some show the other day (can't remember what it was) and I was like, that is one crazy case...definitely worthy of UM inclusion! |
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10-27-2011, 03:58 PM
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I believe her case was on the Oxygen channel show "Snapped!". Glad her husband is in jail for her murder but sadly her body has never been found. |
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10-27-2011, 05:57 PM
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BTK, for sure.
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10-27-2011, 06:25 PM
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The Frankford Slasher - the man who was convicted of one of the murders may not have been the killer of the other eight victims.
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10-27-2011, 06:48 PM
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What I'm surprised is that UM never did a segment or segments on the JFK assassination. I mean there are hundreds of conspiracy theories about it and UM has done several cases about conspiracies, and what I thought was funny is that they did two different segments about Robert Kennedy's assassination (about how there may have been two different gunmen, and about Scott Enyart) yet they never did one on JFK. They could have also done segments about the mysterious "Babushka Lady" who was seen taking pictures of the assassination and the "Umbrella Man" who had an umbrella that day even though it wasn't raining. I think if there will be new UM episodes, then JFK assassination could be a good one (I'm not a conspiracy theorist, though
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10-27-2011, 09:13 PM
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Actually Jaycee Dugard and the Springfield 3 were covered in special alert segments; very few people on the boards recall them, but apparently they were aired. Should have been full-length segments.
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10-27-2011, 10:06 PM
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Well I bring this one up every time the subject is raised and as I recall forum member Kane actually wrote into UM requesting that they profile the case of the disappearance of Virginia Douglas.
It would have been perfect for UM given the types of cases they've profiled over the years: http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/..._virginia.html |
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10-28-2011, 12:26 AM
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It was on American Justice too. |
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10-28-2011, 06:53 AM
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I'm surprised they didn't cover the disappearance of the Sodder children. Such an intriguing case:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5067563 |
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10-28-2011, 09:25 AM
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Personally, I'm not surprised UM didn't cover JFK and I'm kinda glad they didn't. The average UM segment is about 20 minutes in length give or take. There are so many different theories and directions to go in with the JFK assassination, they couldn't have possibly done it justice in the time allotted. Most of the hour long documentaries barely scratch the service. I suppose they could have done a segment on a particular suspect or aspect of the case, such as the Babushka Lady or the Umbrella Man. However, I wonder if doing so would have inevitably required them to touch on the conspiracy theories and they just didn't want to go there for whatever reason. Regardless, I think UM would have been in over it's head trying to tackle JFK.
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10-28-2011, 09:40 AM
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Did they ever cover Adam Walsh's case?
Maybe John Walsh wouldn't allow it since he was hosting America's Most Wanted at the same time and featured it on the show at least once. |
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10-28-2011, 01:42 PM
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I think it has a lot to do with the fact that UM and AMW were like Coke and Pepsi; in other words, they were competitiors. Basically they were trying to outdo each other, especially in terms of ratings, number of cases they help solve, and number fugitives they nab. So I have a feeling that the idea of a staff member (let alone a host) from either show turning to the other for help would have been awkward. |
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Very interesting story, this is my first time hearing about the case. |
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