anyone watch 'Forensic Files' on TV? (penalty, case, husband, murder)

[fresnochili]

Originally Posted by fresnochili

You are correct nickerman.
Dana Ewell, sister Tiffany, don't remember Mom's or Dad's name.
Wonder how those boys are all doing in prison?......

BTW Happened in my home town.

Mother, Gwen, Father, Dale.

[Lodestar 77]

[quote=nickerman;44104344]how about 'LAPD-life on the beat'? I like it but I depend on captions because I can't understand what they say unless I turn the TV way up and then the neighbors get pissed off. I still watch it anyway because its mostly a visual experience and one can gain all the true meaning without their words.[/QUO

This is one show I didn't watch. The name just didn't interest me. True crime or weekly drama show?

[Lodestar 77]

Originally Posted by catdad7x

Many of these programs are bought and aired by different networks/channels, and become 'new' to that channel, hence the 'new' listing. A big share of the new Justice Channel programs are re-runs from the old Court TV/True TV network.

Thanks for the explanation, but I still think it is misleading. It is a letdown to see a "new" episode of a favorite show only to realize you've seen it half a dozen times already, but on a different channel. Or, for those who are new to the true crime genre, to think they are watching a recent/new crime only to find out it aired a decade ago, making the crime shown older than they are (in some cases).

[catdad7x]

Originally Posted by Michigan Transplant

Thanks for the explanation, but I still think it is misleading. It is a letdown to see a "new" episode of a favorite show only to realize you've seen it half a dozen times already, but on a different channel. Or, for those who are new to the true crime genre, to think they are watching a recent/new crime only to find out it aired a decade ago, making the crime shown older than they are (in some cases).

I agree, it's very misleading. When Court TV did it's makeover to that ridiculous True TV format, they dumped their most recent Forensic Files episodes over on HLN. Then a bit later they 'found' 100 'new' episodes, and promoted them as sort of 'lost episodes'. They were in fact just a group of the older ones that hadn't been shown for a while. It's just a typical network shell game that's common now.

[willister]

Originally Posted by fresnochili

I know which your speaking of. Barn, husband inside, kerosene lamp or container catches fire, right.
That one is a tough one.

Yes that's the case! Not sure of the episode name or the names of the people.


If I had to hazard a guess/form a layman's opinion based on the information presented, I'd say it was deliberate to be honest rather than it being an accident. There are just too many coincidences for it to be an accident, as a detective on a TV show once said - once a coincidence, twice is not a coincidence.

[fresnochili]

One more thing abt this case that i remembered...the door locked. Right? So she was frantically trying to open the door, to go back for her husband, and there wasn't a key? or she just couldn't get the door opened.

Or so she said.

[nickerman]

there is more to some of these cases that is revealed. For instance last week was a show where a married lady that worked at Walmart was the amorous focus of a young black male that also worked at Walmart. He was much younger than she was and put his arm around her once at work etc. He ended up shooting her. But then in the middle of the show it said she went with a ride with him once and he pulled a BB gun out and stuck it in her ribs. It was also revealed that she was real paranoid of him but didn't tell anyone even the closes people to her. Why wouldn't she reveal her fear of that young black. Was she having sex with him? Just more to it since some of things didn't come together right.

[disgruntled la native]

yes, great show. the first interesting true crime series. the episodes were chilling and to the point. the cold cases are always fascinating.

now I mostly watch ID which has a handful of excellent shows. paula zahn, unusual suspects, murder book are the three closest to forensic files.

[Delahanty]

Originally Posted by joe from dayton

1) It's TV


2) They also use science to show that alternate theories posed are not possible


3) It's TV


Forensic scientists don't care "who done it" and generally know very little about the cases they are working on. The detectives can collaborate with a scientist about a theory, and the crime lab can help prove or disprove the theory presented.

Exactly.

I watch this show, but the re-enactments are hard to watch--mother and two daughters tossed alive into the ocean with cement blocks around their ankles, mom and baby murdered by perv in his parents' store, elderly widows beaten to death in their own homes...

I saw one just yesterday in which a young FL woman was grabbed as she was returning to her apartment after doing laundry. She was tortured, robbed, etc. by two guys while another one watched and plugged his ears so he wouldn't have to hear her screams and pleas for the 12 minutes it took two men to strangle her. After dumping the body, they all went out for breakfast.

One died on death row of cancer, one accomplice got life in prison, and the witness-accomplice got 15 yrs, reduced to five. Two yrs after his release, he was back in prison (for a sex offense), where he died at 37.

[Scooby Snacks]

I've watched every episode several times, so many times in fact that I'm actually bored with it! I love the show. It has been broadcasted under a few different names; Body of Evidence being the most recent I think.