Do you think any cases shown on UM could be connected to each other, but the show never expressed them? I think some cases might be somehow closely related to each other and perhaps even be connected:


Chad Langford and Justin Burgwinkel:
1) They were both Army soldiers
2) In the course of their duties, they likely got involved in some kind of secret or illicit operations.
3) They both had high aspirations in their Army careers, which could have lead to overconfidence and they let themselves get involved with what lead to their fates.

Do you think any cases shown on UM could be connected to each other, but the show never expressed them? I think some cases might be somehow closely related to each other and perhaps even be connected:


Chad Langford and Justin Burgwinkel:
1) They were both Army soldiers
2) In the course of their duties, they likely got involved in some kind of secret or illicit operations.
3) They both had high aspirations in their Army careers, which could have lead to overconfidence and they let themselves get involved with what lead to their fates.

Personally, I don't believe Burgwinkel got into anything much more than fantasy, unless it was something that was not Army or gov't related. Langford, however, I do believe there's something there. Because of that, I don't believe they're connected. However, I have heard about the belief that the boys on the tracks, the Marine Captain (whose name escapes me) who "committed suicide," and a couple of other cases are connected. I can't remember the name of the conspiracy theory that ties them all together, but, as much as I dislike most conspiracy theories, this one did have a few valid points.

Do you think any cases shown on UM could be connected to each other, but the show never expressed them? I think some cases might be somehow closely related to each other and perhaps even be connected:

It's funny you mention this because I thought about starting a thread with the same topic. I have often wondered the same thing, particularly in homicide cases.

One example I thought about the other day was the Blind River murders (blonde haired guy who gunned down two people at a rest stop in Canada). Witnesses said he was driving a blue van. Later, I saw a segment about some child abductions in Canada and they said one witness saw the child being put into a blue van. Both cases happened within a year of each other. Of course, the child abductions happened on the other side of Canada, but these criminals usually don't stop until caught so it's possible both were done by the same man.

Personally, I don't believe Burgwinkel got into anything much more than fantasy, unless it was something that was not Army or gov't related. Langford, however, I do believe there's something there. Because of that, I don't believe they're connected. However, I have heard about the belief that the boys on the tracks, the Marine Captain (whose name escapes me) who "committed suicide," and a couple of other cases are connected. I can't remember the name of the conspiracy theory that ties them all together, but, as much as I dislike most conspiracy theories, this one did have a few valid points.

You're talking about the Mensa drug ring that was big in Arkansas at the time. It is believed government officials were complicit in it. However, I see no reason to think the death of that Marine had anything to do with it. They speculate that since he was a drug screener for the USMC that someone whom he tested might have killed him, but I see no major conspiracy there. I think it was suicide myself since he was killed in his own home. (I did find it weird, however, that his roommate called a neighbor over to go in the house with him even before his roommate had any reason to suspect the guy was dead. Very odd to me).

There are two examples that come immediately to mind. The former two are definitely connected and the latter has strong indicators to suggest such:

- The murder of Veronica Jefferson and the murders of Rachel Raver and Warren Fulton, both in Virginia.

- The Doug Johnston/Charles Morgan mistake hit and the death of Dan Casolaro.

You're talking about the Mensa drug ring that was big in Arkansas at the time. It is believed government officials were complicit in it. However, I see no reason to think the death of that Marine had anything to do with it. They speculate that since he was a drug screener for the USMC that someone whom he tested might have killed him, but I see no major conspiracy there. I think it was suicide myself since he was killed in his own home. (I did find it weird, however, that his roommate called a neighbor over to go in the house with him even before his roommate had any reason to suspect the guy was dead. Very odd to me).

You're right. I looked into it, and it wasn't him, it was actually Admiral Jeremy Boorda or Marine Col. James Sabow I was thinking of. However, Danny Casalero is in the list of people in that theory, too. So I guess that would conform to the original poster's criteria :)

I really don't know how much stock I put into it being true, though.