Did Robert Stack on one of the Unsolved Mysteries specials narrate another update on the John Burns case as well as Karl Malden? I know he narrated another update on the Robert Weeks case on the May 18th 1988 special.

Malden updated the story in special #3 noting that Burns was captured in Pennslyvania. Stack did a quick review of the case a few years later when reviewing some of the cases they had solved in the past.

John Burns however, never made it to trial - he passed away shortly after being captured.

Did Robert Stack on one of the Unsolved Mysteries specials narrate another update on the John Burns case as well as Karl Malden? I know he narrated another update on the Robert Weeks case on the May 18th 1988 special.

There was a montage from one of the later seasons in which Stack talked about some of the more memorable captures. Burns was among them. Surprisingly, the montage did make it to Lifetime, and some footage from the Burns story was shown.

I remember always being confused about this, as I didn't recognize the footage, and thought I had seen all the episodes. Of course, it all made sense once I saw the pre-Stack specials.

Yeah I remember Stack said "One of our first was the case of John Burns." He was talking about segments that had been solved. He went on to talk about Dave Davis (great name:rolleyes: ) and a few others. Last update he gave was of Paul Stamper. Does anyone have any more information on John Burns? How did Dark Dante find out about his death?

Thanks.

hey man I met Taylor Hicks a couple of weekends ago ... he was sick as hell but still a really nice and cool dude.

hey man I met Taylor Hicks a couple of weekends ago ... he was sick as hell but still a really nice and cool dude.

Lucky. :)

[QUOTE=Zero Does anyone have any more information on John Burns?[QUOTE]

I would imagine the info on John Burns is extremely limited. He only allowed 2 picutres of himself to be taken in his lifetime (he worked as a school janitor and would always call in on picture day). I'm glad this case was solved, but I'm also kind of shocked that it was given the few details about him they had to work with.

Does anyone have any more information on John Burns? How did Dark Dante find out about his death?

Probably from something I pulled up on Newsbank as I seem to remember reading it there. There were a lot of articles about his capture at the time as it was one of the first instances of a television show leading to the capture of a wanted fugitive. Remember, AMW was still in it's infancy then too. As the years went on, the national papers seemed to lose interest in fugitives that were captured by UM unless it was a local story (covered in a local paper). However, the captures of Burns, Weeks, Strickland and a few other "early" fugitives made national news.

I'm probably missing something here, but who is Taylor Hicks?

I'm probably missing something here, but who is Taylor Hicks?

LOL. You are my favorite poster, AWSI. Taylor Hicks won American Idol last year.

the guy in Zero's avatar, winner of last year's American Idol

who do you have winning it all in NCAA BB this year AWSI? Flori-duh? I dropped a few on Tennessee (amongst a couple of others), and if I hit that I will crow for about 10 years! Bruce Pearl is da man.

LOL. You are my favorite poster, AWSI. Taylor Hicks won American Idol last year.

Yeah, I figured I was walking into something like that. If I don't recognize something it's got to be entertainment or music related, so this is a combo.

I did see a brief clip of American Idol one year when a big black guy beat a skinny white kid in the finals. That's my background.

Not exactly a lot of talk regarding American Idol in Las Vegas sportsbooks. I honestly have never heard the topic come up a single time.

the guy in Zero's avatar, winner of last year's American Idol

who do you have winning it all in NCAA BB this year AWSI? Flori-duh? I dropped a few on Tennessee (amongst a couple of others), and if I hit that I will crow for about 10 years! Bruce Pearl is da man.

OK, that adds more info. I wondered how the name Taylor Hicks came up seemingly out of nowhere. I've looked at that young prematurely gray guy in Zero's avatar and thought it might have been from a UM segment that I couldn't place. :lol:

Looks like I'm going to split tonight. I use a system betting underdogs that were higher rated in preseason. It's been pure gold this year. I won on Memphis +3 but right now my second game, Pittsburgh, is down fairly big to UCLA as a small underdog. Those are the type of underdogs I prefer, ones that should be favorites according to my systems. They aren't really upsets at all, merely the disguised superior team winning as it should.

Hey, Tennessee is far ahead of Ohio State. If that holds up it wouldn't exactly bother Canes fans, still smarting from that nonsense officiating in the '02 Fiesta Bowl overtime. On some boards I picked Ohio State to be the first #1 seed to lose. They should have lost to Xavier.

My numbers have North Carolina as the best team. But subjectively, I expect Florida, my number two preseason team, to win again. I took 4/1 on them. The Gators are the only team I truly despise in any sport, so admittedly it would be unbearable for them to hold two hoops titles and the football crown simultaneously. If it happens, at least I want to profit from it.

The main line of the Burns segment, Johns wife to Johns GF in a creepy voice..."Im his wife"

The main line of the Burns segment, Johns wife to Johns GF in a creepy voice..."Im his wife"



and the gf runs off crying ahaha. Great acting!

I wanna know more about John Burns!!!!

and the gf runs off crying ahaha. Great acting!

I wanna know more about John Burns!!!!

If you do a google search "john burns wilford cashman" articles come up about him. I didn't know that after killing Ms Farver he actually went back to where he was originally from and re-connected with friends and family, including his children. Apparently they all thought he was still on the run for escaping prison and no one would talk about it. They all addressed him by his new alias as requested by him. It sounds like none of them knew he was on the run for killing Ms Farver.

If you do a google search "john burns wilford cashman" articles come up about him. I didn't know that after killing Ms Farver he actually went back to where he was originally from and re-connected with friends and family, including his children. Apparently they all thought he was still on the run for escaping prison and no one would talk about it. They all addressed him by his new alias as requested by him. It sounds like none of them knew he was on the run for killing Ms Farver.


Wow, thanks!

I've always been told my great grand father was Qilford Cashman. My grandmother is Bonnie Cashman.

I've always been told my great grand father was Qilford Cashman. My grandmother is Bonnie Cashman.

Welcome! :wave:

Happened to be watching this case among CD's old collections. I'm working on an unrelated project dealing with WWII draft registration cards, so decided to look up Burns'. Here it is.

If the DOB is to be believed, Burns was a bit younger than what we thought. A 1912 DOB puts him at 75 when he died, not 79. It's interesting to note that I've found many, many cases of people using different years of birth than on these cards than other sources have cited in the past.

He's also listed here as being 5'5", as opposed to the 5'9" that UM claimed. Tiny man.

Happened to be watching this case among CD's old collections. I'm working on an unrelated project dealing with WWII draft registration cards, so decided to look up Burns'. Here it is.

If the DOB is to be believed, Burns was a bit younger than what we thought. A 1912 DOB puts him at 75 when he died, not 79. It's interesting to note that I've found many, many cases of people using different years of birth than on these cards than other sources have cited in the past.

He's also listed here as being 5'5", as opposed to the 5'9" that UM claimed. Tiny man.

It was quite common to lie about one's age in order to get into the service in those days, so that isn't surprising. This very often involved younger men saying they were older, but the opposite, of older men saying they were younger also occurred.