[I'm new here, so I apologize if I'm duplicating a thread.]

So, what are some of the best and the worst?

Best
the swamp couple in the Audrey Moate case
the attack scene in the Richard Church case (sorry, but the music and the motions and the screams are really chilling IMO - I'm not interested in glorifying violence or anything)

Worst
the Maria Armstrong case

Worst

"That man's got Jonathan"

Worst

"That man's got Jonathan"

Why can't I remember which case this is from?

Why can't I remember which case this is from?

It's from the Gilbert Ortiz case. He was the guy who drank a poisoned milk shake.

It's from the Gilbert Ortiz case. He was the guy who drank a poisoned milk shake.

Oh, YES! I remember that one. Gilbert was like 120 pounds and his wife wanted him to look like a bodybuilder.

Worst
the Maria Armstrong case

"Sandy just sounds friendlier."


Best:

- The entire Connecticut River Valley Killer segment. That is absolutely one of the best produced segments in UM history, IMO.

- The altercation/murder scene between Larry Dickens and Edward Harold Bell

- The Doyle Wheeler attack

The actress who portrayed Cindy Anderson I thought did an exceptional job, as well as the actor portraying "Debby's" attacker. The Philip Fraser segment also had some pretty solid moments.

Worst:

- The entire Sal Guardado segment. "Sal--Sally---that's neat!" :rolleyes:

- The majority of the Kenneth Engie segment.

- Don't get me wrong, I love this segment, but Son of Sam had some pretty lame moments, I thought. Especially when the actor playing David Berkowitz goes leering by the witness walking her dog with this "evil" smile on his face.

Worst
the Maria Armstrong case

That actress creeped me out during the scene when her boyfriend, Ron (the victim), was on the phone with his sister. She was pacing back and forth saying weird things and was laughing for no reason. And when she was in the apartment alone, she would be all paranoid pacing back and forth.

The murder of Chief Hamrick. Those gang boys were terrible!

And if we're going for real life acting: Chad Noe and Mark Nichols. They can't lie for crap.

...And if we're going for real life acting: Chad Noe and Mark Nichols. They can't lie for crap.

That picture of Chad Noe holding his son Jonathan makes me cringe. Chad Noe looks like a weenie in that picture. What did Wendy ever see in him?

Best Acting:

1.Actress who played Tammy Leppert, she was great in those scenes were nshem acted psycho.

2. Actor who played the black homeless guest in the Adam Hect segment. That actor has been in quite a few TV and movie shows over the years. I think UM was his big break.

3. Every single actor in the Circleville Writer segment. One of the best produced segments UM has ever done.

4. The guy that played Eric Kessler was disturbingly real and frightening

Worst acting
1. don;t know why, but that guy that played that bearded tough, in the eremy Bright segment always annoyed me. You know the "nah, this just a toy" guy.

2. The dude that played Liz Carmichael was a little over the top IMO.

Can I nominate Don Dixon for worst acting? He was terrible at acting innocent. For personal reasons we have not had cable in 2 years and I miss watching UM sooo much! Hubby never watched it much so we bought the official DVDs but...that wasn't enough to satisfy me. He loved what he's seen though. But reading this thread...I can remember alot of these cases you are discussing.

Worst acting - 2. The dude that played Liz Carmichael was a little over the top IMO.

LOL I loved watching that guy play Liz. I thought he was going for the "FABULOUS" (see my jazz hands there?) side of her personality. lol And holy cow, watching that huge tall dude walk in to court in a mini skirt while the guys who worked with her said that they never for a second ever believed that she wasn't a woman. Oh gawd... what were they thinking? :rainbow:

The little boy in the Eva Shoen case did an excellent job. The scene where they are running for help after finding their mother's body, his facial expressions and crying were very believable and heartbreaking.

I always thought Matthew McConaughay did a terrible job of acting in the UM segment. He overacted.

I always thought Matthew McConaughay did a terrible job of acting in the UM segment. He overacted.

Run for cover...;)

I always thought Matthew McConaughay did a terrible job of acting in the UM segment. He overacted.


I thought so too.

The actor who play George Owens made those scenes so heartbreaking. He was a good one.

The girl that played Laura Lee Burbank was good too. She sounded very mature.

I didn't like the Tammy Lynn Leppart actress. Her hair was really distracting to me. I didn't think the freak out scenes were that great, especially the one in the trailer.

Oh, I forgot one of the "best" - the reenactment update on the Kevin Poulsen case. Security!

I didn't like the Tammy Lynn Leppart actress. Her hair was really distracting to me. I didn't think the freak out scenes were that great, especially the one in the trailer.

I know. I never understood that hair. They couldn't find an actress with long blond hair?

I thought the Maria Armstrong actress was pretty good.

The girl who played Colleen Ritter was outstanding. Especially during the attack scenes. I've watched horror movies before that showed girls who didn't scream half as convincingly as her.

The actress playing Elizabeth Ortiz...heh...this one was always a head scratcher for me. At first, I thought the actress playing her was just GOD awful. Especially during the "He's got Jonathan!" parts. But then once I thought about it, Elizabeth was not the brightest woman in the world. How she thought she could give her husband a poison milkshake and not think anyone would trace it back to her combined with the fact that she tried to convince her family that her son had just been kidnapped even though they already knew he was staying with her mother.. it might not have been bad acting after all. The actress playing her might have just done a great job of portraying an incredibly stupid woman, in which case she did a good job.

So with that one, it's take your pick. :lol:

I think the acting done in the Gilbert Ortiz and the Sammy Wheeler segments was horrible.

Also, the actor who played Don Dixon in the reenactment was terrible, but then again, he was portraying Don Dixon so we may have to give him a pass.

I thought the actors involved in the Circleville segment did a great job as did the actors in the Cindy James segment.

I think the acting done in the Gilbert Ortiz and the Sammy Wheeler segments was horrible.


I agree on the Gilbert Ortiz segment

Bad acting:

I know I’ve mentioned a bunch but the absolute worst acting in the entirety of UM has got to be one of two British Airmen daring each other to sit in the Chair of Death. I think UM even edited so that the Stackmeister was narrating over the majority of his lines just so he wouldn’t be heard. First off, his attempt at an accent is bad, full of stock “british-isms”. Worse though, are the clumsy attempts at dialogue. “Izzit alright?” “Yeas..salright” “Give it a go!” “It tingewls a bit!” Oh man it’s so bad, it’s so so bad…I can’t even think of a word for it. I’d have to make one up. Horrocious. That dialogue was horrocious. But even worser than that is the way the guy sort of prances around and acts like he’s a magician with an audience or something, all the while goading on his friend. Worst. Segment. Ever.
I also love the bit of improve done by the guy in the backseat in one of those fraud segments, when asked what’s wrong with his wife “Oh…she has a cancer in her stomach or something”. “Or something”!!!! Ha!!
The actor playing Chad Langford, while nice to look at, is hard to watch. That break up scene is comically bad…I’ve seen better acting in tough actin’ Tenactin. The way he erupts in anger, throws something like a child, then sags regretfully after she leaves…its like you can see the actor tell himself in his head to do each step.
The segment with the guy found wandering in the desert with amnesia. I can’t watch the part of the segment after its been revealed he’s wanted for a crime (of course!) and they reunite him with his mother. I’m certain he’s acting there.
I’ve always disliked the way the guy playing Mike Emert does that little look back behind him as he’s entering the house as if he realizes there’s something wrong all of a sudden. It’s just too much.
The wooden mortuary attendant in the Chad Mauer segment is only slightly more lively than the patrons of his establishment.



Good acting:

George Owens is king.

I think the actor portraying Ralph (last name forgotten) who was a double agent who died under mysterious circumstances did a good job.
In the Shane & Sally segment I think both parents did a very good job of acting, better than some professional actors I’ve seen on the show, as well as both of the kids playing Shane & Sally.

Good: The actress who portrayed Kristi Krebs and the effects of her mental illness. Superbly done.

I don't know, I think many folks here are being unreasonably picky. I will say, this is UM for crying out loud, not who can win a golden globe! Of course some were better than others. But I never really did expect golden globe type work. Of course some people did great jobs at their performances, the majority did what I would expect and some were not so good.

You must remember at least in the first few days of UM many of the folks acting in UM were not actors at all but people with real connections to the events. But of course there were some infamous bad ones. The whole Elizabeth Ortiz one, although I do agree with dynoguy that the actress might have been deliberately bad because she was portraying a woman that was not particularly intelligent.

Yes Matthew McConaughy, I have never been a fan, his UM performance shows me why he sticks to the same character all the time in the romantic comedies he makes. He has had a few good roles, like in the movie version of the John Grisham book 'A Time to Kill'. However in UM in the segment his problem was not so much that his acting was altogether bad but he went too far, he overacted and was overly dramatic. That said though it is hard to judge him too harshly considering it was his first real role.

Gosh who else? Yeah, when the guy playing Sammy Wheeler acted like he was going to go after Bob Bean with a shot gun. The funeral home dude in that Chad Mauer segment. I will just never forget the way he read the line 'yes would you like to see it' I mean it was just the way he said it. It was literally like he was reading from a cue card.

Also Apostapler, that is a good point. I always felt that in the Kristi Krebs segment, well, that the actress did a good job at portrayal. However I also felt that Kristi's mental illness was minimized. In fact it was never even really mentioned other than a 'trauma related break'. In hearing what was described about her though as in manic episodes and manic pace, made me think she might have had untreated bi polar disorder. Bi Polar is one that frequently gets misdiagnosed by physicians and psychiatrists and psychologists and in fact it has been revealed not too long ago that your average person with bi polar has it on average for 10 years before they are diagnosed correctly. Just sad.

Also Apostapler, that is a good point. I always felt that in the Kristi Krebs segment, well, that the actress did a good job at portrayal. However I also felt that Kristi's mental illness was minimized. In fact it was never even really mentioned other than a 'trauma related break'. In hearing what was described about her though as in manic episodes and manic pace, made me think she might have had untreated bi polar disorder. Bi Polar is one that frequently gets misdiagnosed by physicians and psychiatrists and psychologists and in fact it has been revealed not too long ago that your average person with bi polar has it on average for 10 years before they are diagnosed correctly. Just sad.

I agree with you, kadrmas. They did leave a lot out about her mental illness.

Speaking of mental illness, another excellent segment was Gordon Page, Jr. The actor was amazing and in that segment they talked extensively about how his autism affected Gordon and his family.

The girl they got to play Colleen Ritter was amazing. Definitely one of the best reenactments UM ever did.

There's been a lot of talk about the bad actors, so I'll try not to repeat any because most have been touched on. The mother in the Owens case whose daughter is supposed to receive piano lessons was pretty hilarious. Most dancing scenes (not slow, ballroom dancing) are pretty cheesy. The ones in bars, particularly.

I liked Matthew's acting, actually. I thought he did a very good job.

How about the guy who plays Brad Bishop's friend in Italy

(in a whisper....) YOU'RE BRAD BISHOP!!

How about the guy who plays Brad Bishop's friend in Italy

(in a whisper....) YOU'RE BRAD BISHOP!!

HAHAHAHAHA, or how about the guy playing the bearded Bishop... :Get away from me!!" while falling out of the door.

HAHAHAHAHA, or how about the guy playing the bearded Bishop... :Get away from me!!" while falling out of the door.
That little grunt he makes when running around the corner is hilarious!

LOL I just saw the "He's got Johnathan" and I thought it was going to be much more then that.

Talk about amateur.

Worst nomination: the kid "drinking in the dugout" in the Mark Adams segment.

"Why don't you guys just leave us...alone?"

I don't know if the actor was trying to appear buzzed, or if it never occured to the director that a group of high school boys might even be just slightly freaked out by a group of men in masks demanding their wallets?

To top it all off, all Mark Adams and friends do is nod affirmatively and calmly, and begin to walk away. Even if it is exactly how it all really went down.....hi-LAR-ee-us. :lol:

I thought Arthur Neal, the man who played James Burnside, was eerily good. He also played James Burnside for the original broadcast of the Burnside case on Amercia's Most Wanted on July 3, 1988.

"We could go back to my place for some SPAGHETTI" from the Colleen Reed kidnapping case.

I thought Arthur Neal, the man who played James Burnside, was eerily good. He also played James Burnside for the original broadcast of the Burnside case on Amercia's Most Wanted on July 3, 1988.

yes he was great wasn't he and such an accurate likeness, I hope he wasn't given dirty looks after the case was originally shown.

Tony Alamo's actor was very good.

[I'm new here, so I apologize if I'm duplicating a thread.]

So, what are some of the best and the worst?

Best
the swamp couple in the Audrey Moate case

Absolutely. The casting director for that episode should be given all sorts of awards. The woman who plays Caroline is perfectly cast, and does a great job...

I just saw the Agatha Christie segment the other day and while the story and acting weren't very good, I thought the production value and attention to detail was excellent.

How the guys who unlock "Gabby's" trunk and find a skeleton.

"My gosh. It's a skeleton."
"Is is it real?"
"Better call the Sheriff."

If I discovered that skeleton, I would've been like:

"OH MY GOD!! THERE'S A DEAD ****ING BODY!!! (Runs away, freaking out, waves arms wildly) NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

How the guys who unlock "Gabby's" trunk and find a skeleton.

"My gosh. It's a skeleton."
"Is is it real?"
"Better call the Sheriff."

If I discovered that skeleton, I would've been like:

"OH MY GOD!! THERE'S A DEAD ****ING BODY!!! (Runs away, freaking out, waves arms wildly) NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"
Agreed! I love how they go "Uh oh!" too. I would have freaked out

How the guys who unlock "Gabby's" trunk and find a skeleton.

"My gosh. It's a skeleton."
"Is is it real?"
"Better call the Sheriff."

If I discovered that skeleton, I would've been like:

"OH MY GOD!! THERE'S A DEAD ****ING BODY!!! (Runs away, freaking out, waves arms wildly) NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

Yes. I would be swearing in at least 3 languages while running away flailing like Grover.

Yes. I would be swearing in at least 3 languages while running away flailing like Grover.

:lol:


He had very few lines, but I think the man who played Rogest Cain did very well. The exchange between him and the mechanic was very convincing, with the slurred speech and staggering walk. He really did behave like a man who'd had a recent stroke.

Some really bad acting came from the two who played Linda Sherman's sister and brother-in-law:

"I know my sister's car!"
"Yeah, well..."

I don't know if it has to do with the awkward writing for that scene but it's still a funny moment in an otherwise sad segment.

The man who played The Boston rapist was chillingly effective and made an already scary crime even more frightening.

The man who played The Boston rapist was chillingly effective and made an already scary crime even more frightening.
I think he was probably one of the best actors they ever hired for the show. He brilliantly portrayed a cold, calculating character who remained calm the whole time. I always wince when he says, "Don't worry, everyone's going to have a nice Christmas" then immediately takes the lab technician in the other room and tells her to disrobe while they do a closeup on his face. The fact that he looks just like the real perp is supposed to "like any ordinary guy," makes it all the more unsettling.

Worst:

- The entire Sal Guardado segment. "Sal--Sally---that's neat!" :rolleyes:


What do you mean, I thought that was Emmy nominee material right there.












:crazy:

Worst nomination: the kid "drinking in the dugout" in the Mark Adams segment.

"Why don't you guys just leave us...alone?"

I don't know if the actor was trying to appear buzzed, or if it never occured to the director that a group of high school boys might even be just slightly freaked out by a group of men in masks demanding their wallets?

To top it all off, all Mark Adams and friends do is nod affirmatively and calmly, and begin to walk away. Even if it is exactly how it all really went down.....hi-LAR-ee-us. :lol:



Yeah, I just saw that for the first time last week or so. He must have been trying to appear buzzed, but instead of slurring he was just making awkward pauses and intonating in a William Shatner or Christopher Walken-esque kind of way.

Someone awhile back linked to information on the actress who portrayed Marie Hilley. She still goes down as one of my favorites to date. She was fantastic. I wish I could still remember the name of the actress, can anyone help me out here?

I think the most stilted, awkward line reading I've ever seen on the show has to be the male jogger at the beginning of the Leah Roberts segment when he finds her shirt and says: "Honey, there's a shirt... or something up... there".

Yeah, I just saw that for the first time last week or so. He must have been trying to appear buzzed, but instead of slurring he was just making awkward pauses and intonating in a William Shatner or Christopher Walken-esque kind of way.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

The local tough who says the gun is a toy and then after shooting someone says in this stoner voice, ''Oh, man.'' As if he thought the gun was fake or something. Same goes for the girl who encountered him in the hallway. ''What happened to you?'' I realize that was the real witness portraying herself, however.

''When is Gladys going to come back and resume her music lessons?!''


Deserved an Emmy:

The wife who got possessed and attacked her husband in bed! :lol:

''When is Gladys going to come back and resume her music lessons?!''

:lol:


The wooden mortuary attendant in the Chad Mauer segment is only slightly more lively than the patrons of his establishment.

"They were soiled?"
"Yes, would you like to see them?"

:confused: :lol: :lol: :lol:



Here's a segment where I thought there was simultaneous good and bad acting: Gretchen Burford. The actress playing Gretchen was great. The actor playing her assailant was not so great: "Take me to one of those--those money machines.." Like he didn't know what an ATM was! :rolleyes:

The kid that played Tommy Burkett.
"What's wrong with you? Why don't you keep doing this to me? Why don't you just leave me alone?!"

:rolleyes:

Followed closely by the three stooges in that segment, "When you see him, tell him there are three guys looking for him to beat him up."

In the John Cheek segment, I noticed that the trucker who supposedly found John at the rest stop played himself in the re-enactment. His delivery of his lines, especially when he tells John he's going to buy him breakfast, is hilariously bad. However, I actually found the bad acting strangely endearing since the trucker seemed like a pretty nice guy and looked like he was genuinely enjoying the rare opportunity to act on a television show.

In the John Cheek segment, I noticed that the trucker who supposedly found John at the rest stop played himself in the re-enactment. His delivery of his lines, especially when he tells John he's going to buy him breakfast, is hilariously bad. However, I actually found the bad acting strangely endearing since the trucker seemed like a pretty nice guy and looked like he was genuinely enjoying the rare opportunity to act on a television show.

I loved that guy! He also seemed like a very kind and generous man--transients are often common at truck stops, and he could have just walked on past him sleeping there without giving him another thought.

I thought the re-enactment of Pam and Rob Page's supposed argument over the letter written on the computer was pretty hilariously bad acting on both parties' part.

Best:
The man who played the father of the girl with polio in the Lost Loves case (Judy Davis looking for Becky Terry). The way he helped her up the stairs and was emotional when she couldn't get up the stairs without a railing and said it was ok to ask for help. That performance always stood out to me. That whole segment was really well done.

Worst:
I have to throw this out again: "Honey, that looks like a shirt up there...or something."

The actor in the Blind River Cases did a fantastic job and he even looked like that scary composite!!

Poor Acting: In the Gary Grant case, I remember one of the officers asked Boo when was the last time he saw Gary. Boo said something like “A few days back” and the officer said “That would be Wednesday” (I might have all the lines messed up but you get the point) lol.

I thought Arthur Neal, the man who played James Burnside, was eerily good. He also played James Burnside for the original broadcast of the Burnside case on Amercia's Most Wanted on July 3, 1988.

Neal and the actor who played George Owen gave two of the best portrayals on UM. The actress and actor who played John Burns and Eleanor Farber, as well as those from the Hilda Rochet segment gave convincing performances. Also the guy who portrayed Hugh Harlan, the actresses who played Crystal Spencer, Zel and Wilda Loseff, and the guy who portrayed the Blind River rest stop killer.

Poor: to add to the ones already mentioned, the harassers in the Kimberly Pandelios segment "what's your problem, man?"

Lathan Williams segment had some pretty bad moments in terms of acting. A hold up scene should never be comical but I can't help cracking up. ''I THOUGHT WE WAS COOL.'' ''I'll bust you up!''

But on the flipside, every other scene in the segment was well-acted. The two suspects were suitably creepy, along with the neighbor woman spotting them and getting scared. The actress portraying the grandmother did a good job as well.

Lathan Williams segment had some pretty bad moments in terms of acting. A hold up scene should never be comical but I can't help cracking up. ''I THOUGHT WE WAS COOL.'' ''I'll bust you up!''

But on the flipside, every other scene in the segment was well-acted. The two suspects were suitably creepy, along with the neighbor woman spotting them and getting scared. The actress portraying the grandmother did a good job as well.

And yes, we knew what he was sayin'.

''I THOUGHT WE WAS COOL.''

:lol:



I actually liked a lot of the "recurring" actors on UM--the Boston Mall Rapist and Kevin Poulsen segments featured two of my favorites.

:lol:



I actually liked a lot of the "recurring" actors on UM--the Boston Mall Rapist and Kevin Poulsen segments featured two of my favorites.
I like those actors, too, but I can't recall what other segment the Kevin Poulson actor was in?


One doozy of acting:
In the infamous ''I can take this picture or he'll shoot me'' segment, the bank manager is pretty lousy. :lol: watch the scene after he presses the alarm and emergency personnel call where he's trying to negotiate with the robber to let him go outside.

Maybe this should go under actors I liked but the bikers in the Gus Hoffman segment when they protested against Gus asking why they were threatening him with chains. One guy does the belligerent, ridiculous whining really well. ''I wasn't blah blah blah'' Helps make those bikers look more ridiculous though, so kudos.


Actors I liked:
I thought the actors who portrayed Dick Hansen and ''Jean'' did a good job.

The guy who played Randall Utterback. I found him creepily believable particularly with his switches between anger and apologies.

One doozy of acting:
In the infamous ''I can take this picture or he'll shoot me'' segment, the bank manager is pretty lousy. :lol: watch the scene after he presses the alarm and emergency personnel call where he's trying to negotiate with the robber to let him go outside.

That was intentional though. The bank manager was acting very stiff on purpose as an attempt to discreetly notify the 911 dispatcher that there was something wrong. Which there was, but he couldn't tell her that because one of the robbers was standing right there. It's also why he said "I suppose" when she asked him if everything was o.k.

"I can take this picture, but he'll shoot me. But I can take this picture, but he'll shoot me. But I can take this picture, I have to take this picture, but he'll shoot me." One of the greatest lines ever on a UM segment.

That was intentional though. The bank manager was acting very stiff on purpose as an attempt to discreetly notify the 911 dispatcher that there was something wrong. Which there was, but he couldn't tell her that because one of the robbers was standing right there. It's also why he said "I suppose" when she asked him if everything was o.k.


Oh, that part I understand. It's just after the phone call I giggle at his delivery. :crazy:

I know this thread has been dormant for almost a year, but I was watching a couple of segments today that reminded me that the acting on this show could be pretty, well, less than Oscar-worthy.

In the Philip Frazier segment, the actor playing the man who picked up the hitchhiker who was driving Philip's car, and then let him sleep in his house was speaking in an interesting accent. I'm assuming he was trying to sound Canadian, but when he said the word "coffee" it sounded like "caaaaawww-fee." I don't know, it was strange. Not really Canadian sounding to me.

In the Michaela Garecht segment, the little girl playing Michaela went to retrieve her bicycle that was moved next to the abductors car. She runs over, picks up the bike, and then stands there for a split second, obviously waiting for the abductor to grab her. I don't know if the abductor missed his cue or whatever, but it wasn't natural for her to stand there and not immediately take off on her bike.

True -- missed cues were the show's biggest problem. I noticed them increasing in the mid '90s.

I know this thread has been dormant for almost a year, but I was watching a couple of segments today that reminded me that the acting on this show could be pretty, well, less than Oscar-worthy.

In the Philip Frazier segment, the actor playing the man who picked up the hitchhiker who was driving Philip's car, and then let him sleep in his house was speaking in an interesting accent. I'm assuming he was trying to sound Canadian, but when he said the word "coffee" it sounded like "caaaaawww-fee." I don't know, it was strange. Not really Canadian sounding to me.

That wasn't an actor. That actually WAS Eddie Olsen playing himself.

That wasn't an actor. That actually WAS Eddie Olsen playing himself.

Oh okay, I thought there was a chance it was him, but for some reason it seemed like a different person in the reenactment. Either way, it wasn't very good acting in much of that segment. I guess there were only a couple real actors, Philip and the hitchhiker.

Best: Pretty much the entire Clifford Sherwood segment. Even the little girl who played the oldest daughter nailed it. The only one who was a little hokey was the hotel clerk was was nonchalantly chewing on peanuts and somehow knew that there was no guest of a certain name without looking. Must've been a small place. ;)

Best was the Bob Bean/Danny Wheeler segment because it’s comedy gold!! The Tami Lynn Leppert segment had some good acting as well.

Best was the Bob Bean/Danny Wheeler segment because it’s comedy gold!!

"WHY DON'T YOU GO GET BOB BEAN? YOU KNOW IT'S BOB BEAN! WHY DON'T YOU GO GET HIM? I TOLD YOU LONG AGO IT WAS BOB BEAN!" :lol: :lol: :lol:

"WHY DON'T YOU GO GET BOB BEAN? YOU KNOW IT'S BOB BEAN! WHY DON'T YOU GO GET HIM? I TOLD YOU LONG AGO IT WAS BOB BEAN!" :lol: :lol: :lol:
I laugh EVERY time. Even though I really do feel bad for Danny Wheeler that part gets me cracking up. Especially when he grabs the gun and runs off. "I told you long ago it was Bob Bean!" Long ago? You just got the news! :rotflmao:

The actors in the "Debbie" segment fayetville n.c" that freaked me out.
That was good

I posted this in the other thread, but the Brad Bishop 'Italy sighting' reenactment just gets me every time.


Bishop: *Hobo McBeardalot flies into the room like Kramer flying into Seinfeld's apartment*

Guy: "...*Gasp!* you're Brad Bishop aren't you. Hey, come with me, let's take the bus back to Rome."

Both: *several seconds of blank awkward staring*

Bishop: "OOOOH MY GAAWD! NOOOOO!" *runs away, knocking over EVERYTHING*

"Guy: Brad! Come back! Wait! BRAAAAAAAAD!"


I don't even

I don't even

:rofl:

The guy who played Randall Utterback. I found him creepily believable particularly with his switches between anger and apologies.

That guy was SO good. Everybody in that segment did a fantastic job, really--especially the actress that portrayed Denise. I liked her a lot.

That guy was SO good. Everybody in that segment did a fantastic job, really--especially the actress that portrayed Denise. I liked her a lot.
Agree on both counts!


I also thought the guy who played Richard Minns did a fantastic job. I love how he's constantly fixing his hair and trying to look good in that one. He helped make the case even more enraging.

I'm watching the Rudolf Hess segment right now and I think they really did a great job, down to the lookalikes and the German dialogue. Pretty much all the WWII segments had great actors, from the Stephen Ross to Helen Elas lost love segments.

I think the guy who played Dennis Keith Smith was really good, especially during the interview scene with police.

Best: The man who played Ben Stahl. The pain on his face when he discovers his paintings have been stolen is so heartbreaking.

Hahaha the utterback scene in the car is classic UM acting. I honestly wish I could see the look on the real utterbacks face the first time he watched that. :lol:

We can't forget the academy award winning acting the John Martin case. I loved how after being shot he laid there so calmly giving a monotone description of his killer in a casual tone. Come on buddy you've just been shot, you're bleeding! Give me something here!
He even says Vee - Hickle emphasizing both the V and H like a cop.

Sharon Kinne's glorious hammy acting. I've mentioned it before, but I feel the case never really gets talked about.

"WE'RE GONNA GO TO MEXICO AND DRINK MARGARITAS AND HAVE A SIESTA!!!!!!!! *KISS*"

Pretty much everyone involved in the Sammy Wheeler segment, however, they were supposed to be portraying the people who were interviewed. So, if you think about it, their acting was spot on!

We can't forget the academy award winning acting the John Martin case. I loved how after being shot he laid there so calmly giving a monotone description of his killer in a casual tone. Come on buddy you've just been shot, you're bleeding! Give me something here!
He even says Vee - Hickle emphasizing both the V and H like a cop.

I love the way he says "mustache".

assuming the actor wasn't a creepy child molester, the one who played Kenneth Robert Stanton did a fantastic acting job.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/150x100q90/316/childmolester1ht.png

The woman who played Alan Showery's girlfriend. She was only in a brief scene when the victim's family identifies the jewelry he'd given the girlfriend. She tries hard to just smoke and seem like she doesn't believe it, but once they point out the ring, you can see the emotion on her face. Good job for a very short scene.

Sharon Kinne's glorious hammy acting. I've mentioned it before, but I feel the case never really gets talked about.

"WE'RE GONNA GO TO MEXICO AND DRINK MARGARITAS AND HAVE A SIESTA!!!!!!!! *KISS*"

She says piñatas, not siestas.

Best:

I know this one was already mentioned, but the guy who played the Boston Rapist was fantastic. I just re-watched this segment recently and he's definitely one of the best actors that has been on UM.

The actor who played Max Carson (guy who posed as successful film producer to lure young women)

The actor who played Guy Cummings (I think this is a rare segment, as it's not even on the UM Wiki page, but he was the male stripper who was arrested for scamming women out of money). This one is more comical than anything else!

The actress who played Angela Hammond.

Worst:

The overall acting in the Wendy Camp segment has always stood out as bad to me.

Matthew Mcconaughey's portrayal as the young man killed by the pedo was the best. Why? Because he was auditioning for Hollywood and actually made it. He played his part like he was trying for an Academy Award.

Worst:

The overall acting in the Wendy Camp segment has always stood out as bad to me.

Of course, the worst acting in that segment was Chad and Ida trying to pretend they were innocent :rolleyes: .

I'd go back and check if I could (thanks for nothing, Cosgrove & Meurer) but I think Stack narrated over the majority of the acting in the Wendy Camp segment. I know that was UM's technique to usually cover up bad acting but what little we saw I don't remember being too awful.

We've all been in a car at one time or another with some bickering family members and that scene leading up to Beverly "dropping off" the three women seemed like decent acting to me.

I'd go back and check if I could (thanks for nothing, Cosgrove & Meurer) but I think Stack narrated over the majority of the acting in the Wendy Camp segment. I know that was UM's technique to usually cover up bad acting but what little we saw I don't remember being too awful.

We've all been in a car at one time or another with some bickering family members and that scene leading up to Beverly "dropping off" the three women seemed like decent acting to me.

I was going to say the same thing. There was a TON of narration in the Camp segment.

To me, the pure gold in that segment is the interview of the (now criminally charged) family members: "bitchin' and moanin'."

I was going to say the same thing. There was a TON of narration in the Camp segment.

To me, the pure gold in that segment is the interview of the (now criminally charged) family members: "bitchin' and moanin'."

To me, hearing the grandmother say that about her final conversation with her ex-daughter in law on national television glistened her culpability.

I DESPISED Chad's grandmother more than I did him. And I still believe/ know he went a long with it too. You could tell from the segment that the grandmother controlled that entire family. She was wicked and evil.

About the cheesy acting, I wasn't too impressed with this segment. Since it was most likely filmed on location, it might have been the best actors/actresses that area had.

While doing the episode/segment guide for season 2, I noticed one of each.

Good: The Rudolf Hess segment. This was VERY well done all-around.

Bad: The Cindy Anderson segment. Just the dream sequence at the beginning. It was absolutely cringeworthy. "Where. Are. You. Taking. Me?" Ugh. :lol:

I tend to concur with Hot Jock. The Rudolph Hess segment was very good. I thought the Boston Mall Rapist was a good portrayal. Some of the more worse ones, well the dude that played Justin Burgwinkel I don't think will be winning any Emmy's any time soon. The dude that played Kenneth Robert Stanton did a good job on the acting but was so creepy I don't know that he could have landed another gig?

The lady who played Marie Hilley was a great actress.

Worst has got to be the Gilbert Ortiz case. I skip this every time it comes up on my DVD set.

While doing the episode/segment guide for season 2, I noticed one of each.

Good: The Rudolf Hess segment. This was VERY well done all-around.

Bad: The Cindy Anderson segment. Just the dream sequence at the beginning. It was absolutely cringeworthy. "Where. Are. You. Taking. Me?" Ugh. :lol:
I just watched the rudolf Hess one. Interesting I have no doubt there was some truth to that segment. Did anything come of the 2016 date?

I also agree with the Anderson segment. Between that beginning sequence and her dads opening statement I think that is not UM at its best.

Worst has got to be the Gilbert Ortiz case. I skip this every time it comes up on my DVD set.

But if you ever need a great laugh, the "he's got Jonathan!" part will do the trick. :lol:

I'll never fail to be amused by, "I shall go to my villa and write you a check immediately."

I'll never fail to be amused by, "I shall go to my villa and write you a check immediately."

:lol:

I'm sorry if I already posted this earlier in the thread. I didn't check and am impulsively posting:

"Why don't you just...leave us........alone?"

Edit: I see we discussed this twice in the thread previously. Sorry, nothing to see here. Move along now.

Yeah the actress portraying Cindy Anderson wasn't great.

I always thought Matthew McConaughay did a terrible job of acting in the UM segment. He overacted.

Whaa??? You're telling me the completely unnecessary shot of his rippling, sweaty chest wasn't the best?? :lol: :lol: :lol:

The part when he was cutting the grass was so cheesy.

I think the guy who played himself in the coin scam segment was pretty good for a non-professional.

Recently re-watched a few segments featuring actors pretending to be drunk.

The actor who portrayed Don Smith was great. The actor who portrayed Bob Hall was not.

The actress that played Su Taraskiewicz did a good job. I thought that the actors portraying Jim Burnside and the Blind River Rest Stop killer gave pretty unnerving performances. The guy who portrayed George Owens was one of the best.

Non-actors who gave a convincing portrayal on UM: Kevin and Bean, the KROQ DJs/hoaxers.

Recently re-watched a few segments featuring actors pretending to be drunk.

The actor who portrayed Don Smith was great.

"Anybody wanna fight? I could whip anybody in here!" :lol:

"Anybody wanna fight? I could whip anybody in here!" :lol:

He fought himself and lost. Poor Don.

"Anybody wanna fight? I could whip anybody in here!" :lol:
That's definitely one for the best lines thread.

Best:

Babe Noss from the Victorio's Peak segment


Worst:

The woman (or maybe it was a man, who knows) playing Liz Carmichael



On another note, I saw the Audrey Moate segment the other day for the first time in a while, and I found myself wishing that Caroline Slesher had been alive at the time of the taping. Her interview would've been, hands down, even funnier than Danny Wheeler's.

I tend to concur with Hot Jock. The Rudolph Hess segment was very good. I thought the Boston Mall Rapist was a good portrayal. Some of the more worse ones, well the dude that played Justin Burgwinkel I don't think will be winning any Emmy's any time soon. The dude that played Kenneth Robert Stanton did a good job on the acting but was so creepy I don't know that he could have landed another gig?

Hehe, I've always wondered the same thing.

Worst - the woman that played the mother in the Melvin and Daniel Nellis segment: http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Melvin_and_Daniel_Nellis

Worst - the woman that played the mother in the Melvin and Daniel Nellis segment: http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Melvin_and_Daniel_Nellis


Welcome! :wave:

this reminded me of something..anyone remember michala garecht? UM did a segment on her...she went to a convenience store with her friend on their scooters and someone moved the scooter michaela went to get it and a guy grabbed her threw her in the car in broad daylight in front of her friend.

her mom was not happy with the girl that portrayed her daughter,,,her hair was a little darker and she was a little smaller...michaela was never found

we had several girls go missing in the bay area Michaela, jaycee dugard, nicky cambell , tara cossey, ilene micheloff, angela bugay,amber schwartz garcia...they did catch the guy much later that got amber but he wasn;t linked to the others and we didn't know at the time

one of my daughters was about the same age as michaela and jaycee. in fact we were in lake tahoe at the time when jaycee disappeared and when we left the cops checked our car because of our blonde daughters

it was a scary time michaela and jacyee disappeared in broad daylight in front of others....my friend and I took our children and volunteered at the headquarters to find michaela...we didn't know her but felt like we had to do something...brought a roll of stamps and put flyers in envelopes that we sealed to be mailed out

I remember kevin collins( disappeared from a san francisco bus stop) dad was there, he would show up and help when other children would go missing...

It was such a scary time I didn't know michaela, but it is almost 30 years and still moves me to tears...those were scary times there but for the grace of god...could have been one of my daughters instead

Sharon Kinne's actress just took the entire segment and chewed it up Dunaway style and it works. Especially when she pretends to "notice" something in the woods. The daughter and the Latin lover however.....not a chance.

The actor who portrayed Chad Maurer.

"Chad, you want me to get a jacket to take with you?"

"No, that's alright, thanks, bbuahahahabye!"

Best:

Actor Holmes Osborne (of the movies Donnie Darko and Domestic Disturbance), who plays the assistant/family member of the DeCloud cult. The way he gives a sour look when he's standing behind DeCloud during the break-in at the residence of Tim Mills' brother is priceless, and adds to the fine acting. Sort of also falls under an unintentionally funny moment.

Worst:

Whoever played the part of Jeanne Tovrea (SIC?) in the re-enactment. She just sort of grates on my nerves, plus the sister and friend lead us to believe Jeanne was a nice, giving person (which she probably was), but the actress who plays her just seems haughty and pretentious.

That and the young wife in the Mann family ghost story, especially in the bedroom segment. Are we to believe that naughty laugh before allegedly overpowering her obese partner is a sign of possession and not something else? Somehow the guy who played the son also doesn't entirely ring true.

Worst acting ghost segment: the blue lady ghost. In particular the part where consuela is smiling when she sees the ghost for the first time.

Best acting ghost segment: I think the gen Wayne's inn was well done overall. Also i think it was the st James ghost... I think the teenage boy that quit his job after seeing a ghost. He did a good job in the segment.

Best:

Actor Holmes Osborne (of the movies Donnie Darko and Domestic Disturbance), who plays the assistant/family member of the DeCloud cult. The way he gives a sour look when he's standing behind DeCloud during the break-in at the residence of Tim Mills' brother is priceless, and adds to the fine acting. Sort of also falls under an unintentionally funny moment.

I just re-watched the Richard Bocklage segment and I'm pretty sure Holmes Osborne makes another acting appearance as the professor who tells Richard he isn't registered for his class. Glad to see he went on to bigger things after UM.

The man who played Liz Carmichael did a very good job, unfortunate implications aside. Who played her?

Marie Hilley (lookslikecricci says shes a law professor now?) was perfect, hence the icon. She did a good projection of sweet nurturing motherly psychotic woman, blonde wig not withstanding

Cecilia Fish tho. Lawd have mercy. Iconic.

The argument scene between Kathy bonderson and her husband is poor acting for me. It's just weird when he says well I hope you have a heck of a lot better luck than I did. And before that he mumbles something about his sons just probably having a few beers......interesting approach to calm his wife.

I thought the guy playing Huey Long was really good. Definitely pulled off the "force of nature" personality.

Marie Hilley, .Marie Hilley,.Marie Hilley. Hands down.

The woman who played Brenda Merrill did a very good job as well, by Hallmark Hall of Fame tv standards.
I'm kidding. She did give a powerful performance, particularly when she sees the filthy living conditions and confronts her mother about it.

I thought the guy playing Huey Long was really good. Definitely pulled off the "force of nature" personality.
I agree. He really nailed the guy's mannerisms and everything.

The actress that played Debbie Race.

I would have stranded her on the boat, too.

Worst: The guy who played Danny Wheeler. The guy that played Bob Beane was pretty good.

Best : I thought the nurse and the soldier she rehabbed was a good segment and good acting. Kathy or Karen I believe was the Nurse’s name and Jim the soldiers.

The woman who played Brenda Merrill did a very good job as well, by Hallmark Hall of Fame tv standards.
I'm kidding. She did give a powerful performance, particularly when she sees the filthy living conditions and confronts her mother about it.

Brenda's mother gets my vote for possibly the worst mother ever to be featured on UM. (And there have been some bad ones). So much so that even Brenda says she was driven to the point where she physically wanted to hurt her.

Sorry to sidetrack but that segment always struck me over how a mother could do everything she did to her children. Her children forgave her when they became adults and I think that was more than she actually deserved.

The actor who played Jim Burnside was incredibly intense and something tells me rather spot on in his depiction of that creep.

The actor who played Jim Burnside was incredibly intense and something tells me rather spot on in his depiction of that creep.

^These are the facts of the case, and they are undisputed.

As for bad acting...Bergwinkel's response to the mission is off call. I'm sure in reality his response was not to just yell "DAMN IT" repeatedly. I'm sure the constraints of broadcast tv/family-safe show hindered it. But still...that was pretty cringeworthy.

THAT MAN HAS JONATHAN!!!

Just in case it hasn't been said a hundred times already. :) Seriously. UM Razzie Award for Worst Actress right there.

THAT MAN HAS JONATHAN!!!

Just in case it hasn't been said a hundred times already. :) Seriously. UM Razzie Award for Worst Actress right there.

Oh my God, yes. Every part of her acting the whole segment. Like when she's talking to the doctors/cops about what happened, or explaining the poison and how she was like "well, they said it had to be something in the house" and all of that. Everything was so wooden :lol:

THAT MAN HAS JONATHAN!!!

Just in case it hasn't been said a hundred times already. :) Seriously. UM Razzie Award for Worst Actress right there.

:D:D:D

A detective portrays herself in the reenactment of that segment and she could act circles around the woman playing Elizabeth.

Her acting is terrible, but it kind of fits the nature of the case, given that the explanation she gave the police was about as rock-solid as wet tissue paper. Geez, if you’re going to commit a crime, can’t you at least craft plausible lies. Put forth some effort, I’m saying

For Good Acting: I remember the dude that played Wadada being legitimately terrifying. I'd have to watch the segment again, but I remember the turn from friendly to monstrous was scary and he was intimidating.

The best acted ones that I recalls are the Edward Bell segment and Marie Hilley segment. Funny that the Bell segment is known for having Matthew McConoughey, but he wasn't even the star actor of the bit. The guy that played Bell was legit scary and the actress playing the mom was so good, I actually thought she was watching her son getting murdered right in front of her.

As for Marie Hilley. That story is so off the wall crazy, it almost had to have a solid actress to carry the whole thing, and it came off surprisingly well.

Worst acted ones? The one that always sticks out to me is the Tom Johnson case. Horrible scenario obviously, but there is one part that always cracked me up when Tom Johnson pulls a gun on the couple while they are in the hotel room, the actor playing Jeremy said something like "Why'd you lie?" in the wimpiest voice imaginable and I couldn't help but laugh.

Funny that the Bell segment is known for having Matthew McConoughey, but he wasn't even the star actor of the bit. The guy that played Bell was legit scary and the actress playing the mom was so good, I actually thought she was watching her son getting murdered right in front of her.

Indeed. The girl playing Dawna was good as well, especially when she had to identify Bell in the backseat of the police car.

One of the hardest things an actor/actress can do is cry and make it look legit. The women who played the mother and daughter accomplished that in spades.

I forgot what the segment was about, but it had Cheryl Hines as a distraught mother.

I forgot what the segment was about, but it had Cheryl Hines as a distraught mother.

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Maria_Hernandez :)

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Maria_Hernandez :)

Ah yes. I thought she did good in that segment.

One of the best acted segments was with the actor portraying Huey P. Long. He was great.

One of the best acted segments was with the actor portraying Huey P. Long. He was great.

Yep John McConnell every time I see him in something I'm reminded of the Huey P. Long segment. He's been in a lot of stuff.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566279/?ref_=tt_cl_i6

I have to nominate the acting in the “let’s kill a marine” segment with the Mexican gangsters. I don’t know if it is the worst, but it is so cheesy that I always crack a smile when I see it.

I have to nominate the acting in the “let’s kill a marine” segment with the Mexican gangsters. I don’t know if it is the worst, but it is so cheesy that I always crack a smile when I see it.

Yes, they were awful! "What's up with that punk ass hair, fool?" :lol:

Obviously a terrible and sad segment, but maybe you could say the actors did a good job of impersonating the idiots who committed the crime.

Yes, they were awful! "What's up with that punk ass hair, fool?" :lol:

Obviously a terrible and sad segment, but maybe you could say the actors did a good job of impersonating the idiots who committed the crime.
yeah and the girl that starts the fight calling someone a trampita...

truth they were idiots. I hope the people that went after the marines saw the segment so they can see how stupid they were for doing that.

Was watching the Dwayne McCorkindale case earlier today and I always get a chuckle out of the CB call when the guy says "and we'll kill you if you don't stay out of our way." Just the way it's said reminds me of a fourth-grader on the playground.
Brad Bishop was mentioned way back earlier in this thread. I thought for a while that was a young Tony Goldwyn playing him (and it might have been, though I don't think so). There's certainly quite a resemblance.

assuming the actor wasn't a creepy child molester, the one who played Kenneth Robert Stanton did a fantastic acting job.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/150x100q90/316/childmolester1ht.png

:lol: "I'm officer Tom Coles" ... the way he says Coles cracks me up every time. Stanton's photo was so hilariously creepy.

:lol: "I'm officer Tom Coles" ... the way he says Coles cracks me up every time. Stanton's photo was so hilariously creepy.

haha...good god if UM ever did anything right it was that segment. I think it was some of the best acting because it should scare the hell out of any kid that watches that segment.

:lol: "I'm officer Tom Coles" ... the way he says Coles cracks me up every time.

Same :lol::lol::lol:

The Jim Burnside segment was excellent, especially the guy who played Burnside. They could’ve made an entire movie out of that one.

The acting in the Richard Minns segment was good and cheesy at the same time. It was able to convey the soap opera goofiness of the entire situation.

The Tracy Wofford-Bunn segment actors seemed like they would’ve fit in any 90s black sitcom. Is that good or bad? I don’t know.

The Danny Gordon segment seemed like a production by some high school theater students and their teacher.

I thought the actress that played Marie Hilley did a very good job of playing a sociopath/mother/killer. Out of all of the segments that is the one I remember the for the performance of the actor/actress. I also found the actress that played Larry Dickens (Matthew McConaughey) mom did a great job of portraying a mother witnessing her son being shot.

As for the worst acting...most of the people that played themselves. But I think the worst of all the acting in my opinion was the Tallman ghost acting. At some piont it was creditworthy bad.

Yep John McConnell every time I see him in something I'm reminded of the Huey P. Long segment. He's been in a lot of stuff.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566279/?ref_=tt_cl_i6

Fun bit of trivia, he appeared in several episodes of Roseanne with John Goodman who also played Huey Long in a made for TV movie around the same time (Goodman spent years trying to get that movie made and ended up settling for a made for TV production when most studios weren't interested).

More to the thread, I thought the elderly actor who played the affably evil Reverend Nichols in the Barney Dewey segment was fantastic. It took me until adulthood after seeing the segment as a child to finally realize that he was such a bad guy.

The guy who played Richard Minns was great. Perfect at showing both sides of the guy.

In the Perm Gilbert case I found the guy playing Perm to be pretty good at the down home rural character.

On the other hand the cashier playing herself was a little camera shy. When they are filming her talking to Perm, he walks away and you can tell she is pretty much done with the scene and then she looks at someone off camera for direction and then she starts checking the next customer out.

Sally quickly falling into the Ouija board's trance has to be one of the worst. Some others:

- Brad Bishop's friend in Italy.
- Kathy Bonderson's 'heck of a lot better' husband.

Just popping in again to yell, "JONATHAN! JONATHAN! *awkward pause* That man... took JONATHAN!"

Best: The guy who played James Donald King was great
The children in the classroom in the Tony Alamo segment
Pretty much everybody in the Boston Rapist I-70 killer segments
Bonnie Wilder's actress ;)

Best acting -

"I can't find my wife"

The way he delivered that was heartbreaking.

This is obviously not a good thing, but it is chilling how good at acting some of the sociopaths interviewed were. Stuart Heaton. Larry Race. Jeffrey MacDonald. I suppose that's why they were given Final Appeal segments to begin with.

I think he was probably one of the best actors they ever hired for the show. He brilliantly portrayed a cold, calculating character who remained calm the whole time. I always wince when he says, "Don't worry, everyone's going to have a nice Christmas" then immediately takes the lab technician in the other room and tells her to disrobe while they do a closeup on his face. The fact that he looks just like the real perp is supposed to "like any ordinary guy," makes it all the more unsettling.

I just rewatched the entire series (including all of the segments not included on the FilmRise releases) over the last month or so. I have to say that the actor that portrayed the Boston Strip Mall Rapist was the very best of the best. He was just so cold, calculating and most importantly: believable. The line about Christmas was beyond terrifying. It’s not easy to appear to be extremely frightening on screen without ever raising your voice and this particular actor did an outstanding job. The actresses portraying his victims weren’t nearly as seasoned of screen performers as he was but his performance was so good that they were able to just play off of him and looked very convincing in the process. That’s the true sign of a great actor when not only is their own performance great but they make all of the other actors on screen look better too. That’s why I give this particular actor the top mark as the very best UM actor. He was so damn good that he really elevated the performances of everybody in his segment.

Best Acting:
the Dick Hansen Segment, the acting wasn't really that exceptional but it's definitely my favourite segment. The car chase scene rivalled the French Connection.

Worst Acting:
Elizabeth Ortiz

The actress who played Debbie Race in the Larry Race segment was not only a terrible actress, but she was downright annoying.

The actress who played Debbie Race in the Larry Race segment was not only a terrible actress, but she was downright annoying.

Ha! Agreed. I rewatched it last night and thought, "No wonder he cast her adrift."

The actor who played David Courtney in the Mary Ann Perez segment was pretty decent.

He definitely had the sleaziness factor down perfectly. And the way he so casually describes Mary Ann as the woman he killed as if he were describing a story he had seen on TV? Pretty spot on for a sociopathic killer.

The actress who played Barbara Piotrowski in the Richard Minns segment was excellent. She also looked very similar to the real Piotrowski.

I think the actor that played Hans Hansen was terrific at playing a father trying to get into his burning house to save his kids.

Everyone in the Dutch Schultz segment. They were trying to do a Godfather vibe but it came off as community theater

Everyone in the Dutch Schultz segment. They were trying to do a Godfather vibe but it came off as community theater

"YOU CAN'T BUMP OFF DEWEY!" :lol:

I always did like the shootout reenactment in this episode though.

Not acting but

IT WUZ MOVIN VERRRY SLOWWWW VERRRY SLOWWWW from the Lizzie Borden segment

Don Dixon trying to compose himself ("I said a prayer..." + fake sniffle) is the worst acting I've seen, ever.

The Tamiyasu segment is as worth watching for the humor as the actual case.

Not sure if it's been said here yet, but Colleen Frangione. Not to deny all of the good she's done in helping others and saving lives, but she seemed really insincere and like she was faking all her emotions. Something seemed really off about the way she talked. It reminded me of the quote from the Diabolical Minds where someone called Ted Bundy "an alien mimicking the actions of a human being."

I thought the actors who portrayed Dub Wagerhacken and Latricia White did a good job, their arguments sound real and their accents are well played.

"That man has Jonathan"

She only had one line, but I thought the lady who played James Vernon's mother did a great job showing her hurt and the betrayal of knowing her son had stolen from her.

I posted this in the other thread, but the Brad Bishop 'Italy sighting' reenactment just gets me every time.



I don't even

If this incident even happened, it's entirely possible that this was not Brad Bishop but another guy who thought Ray was a nut trying to kidnap him or something.

The actor who played Steven Cox in Season 1 did a great job of giving sleazy yuppie shyster vibes.

Also, re: bad acting: The real-life business partner of Steven Cox, when interviewed in the segment, did a pretty bad job of pretending he had no idea what Cox was up to

In the Richard Minn's segment, the actor playing the cop nailed how the real cops would have felt: how Minns was a smooth talking used car salesman, how absurd the whole situation was, and how if anyone, he should be the one going to jail not Barbra but they have to follow the warrant.

If I were on the jury for her "aggravated" assault trial, I would probably not be able to keep my mouth shut how absurd it all was.

The actress who played Pam Page was pretty good.

The lady who played Doreen Marfeo, the lab tech in the Boston Rapist segment, and "Jane" in the Connecticut River Valley killer segments (all the same lady) did a great job.