One of the many things I always appreciated about UM was how it could create a creepy atmosphere even when bad things happened in broad daylight.

When you're younger (as many of us were when we first watched the show), you assume bad things only happen late at night -- of course, UM has many cases that demonstrate just that: Pamela Ray, Russell Evans, Rhonda Hinson, Kathy Bonderson, Matthew Chase, and countless others met their fates long after the sun went down.

However, UM was able to re-create that same eeriness during reenactments whose real-life events happened during the daytime. A few good examples:

-Ayleen Conway
-The I-70 Killer
-Matt Flores (I think?)
-Tammy Leppert, presumably

What other cases were good examples of UM's ability to create a scary atmosphere even during daytime hours?

Just off the top of my head Jim Burnside when he attacked Annette and her coworker. That happened in broad daylight and was pretty scary.

There was also one of the older cases where these two guys who were either in their late teens and early twenties and went on a killing spre of about four people, I think for some reason it was down south somewhere maybe Texas. I can't remember their names at all, and I don't remember seeing the case discussed on here. I apologize for the sketchy details but its been a really long time.

Anyway one of their victims was a woman who came home and they were waiting in the house for her, she went through the house and at one point you could see movement in one of the bedrooms, and as soon as she started to enter one jumped out from a corner and smashed her head with something. It was shocking. This ring a bell with anyone cause I truly can't remember any names.

I'm sure there are more cases like this too, will definitely think on this one.

"What other cases were good examples of UM's ability to create a scary atmosphere even during daytime hours?"

-Doreen Picard and Susan Laferte case

-Dennis DePue case

-Bowling Alley Massacre case

-Ethel Kidd case

-Edward Harold Bell case

The abduction and assault of "Debbie". One of the most terrifying cases ever shown on UM and it all took place in broad daylight.

X-Calibur it was indeed terrifying! They murdered a few people. One was a female (she was kiled with an Axe) while her Baby was in the house. They didn't hurt the baby thankfully. THey also tortured an elderly man and his older son for hours before killing them. They knocked on a random door and shot an African American gentlemen to death also. If ever someone deserved the death penalty it's these 2 lowlifes right here.

According to another thread I looked up they are in their late 30's and are eligible for parole. (!) but have been denied. One of them got more years tacked on for smuggling a Gun in. I just feel like these scumbags really don't deserve to live and got off easy because they were teens at the time. (Puh-leeze!)

"Carol" was shot in the morning, on her way to work.

Nyleen Kay Marshall was abducted during the daytime at a family picnic.

Michael Rosenblum, whatever happened to him that hour after he left Lisa, happened during the day.

Wendy Camp, her daughter and sister-in-law were killed by Chad Noe and his family covered it up in the afternoon.

Tara Calico was riding her bike when she vanished during the daytime. The police chief has told the public that two boys Tara went to high school with were following her, knocked into her, and when she hit the ground, things went from bad to worse. The boys families helped cover up the crime including getting rid of the bike and burying the body.

Mikki Jo West was abducted on her way to work in the early morning.

Roger and DJ Dean

Sarah Powell (although her credibility is in question)

Roxann & Christopher Jeeves

Phillip Frazier

Some of the incidents the Wackers reported happened during the daytime.

The Dennis DePue case was pretty chilling. I believe the opening sequence of the UM episode inspired Jeepers Creepers - especially the start of the film. In fact, though I haven't seen the episode in a while, it mirrors the opening to the movie quiet well - even down to the abandoned church/schoolhouse where they see the killer disposing of the body.

Chilling.

"Tara Calico was riding her bike when she vanished during the daytime. The police chief has told the public that two boys Tara went to high school with were following her, knocked into her, and when she hit the ground, things went from bad to worse. The boys families helped cover up the crime including getting rid of the bike and burying the body."

Were their names ever revealed?

X-Calibur it was indeed terrifying! They murdered a few people. One was a female (she was kiled with an Axe) while her Baby was in the house. They didn't hurt the baby thankfully. THey also tortured an elderly man and his older son for hours before killing them. They knocked on a random door and shot an African American gentlemen to death also. If ever someone deserved the death penalty it's these 2 lowlifes right here.

According to another thread I looked up they are in their late 30's and are eligible for parole. (!) but have been denied. One of them got more years tacked on for smuggling a Gun in. I just feel like these scumbags really don't deserve to live and got off easy because they were teens at the time. (Puh-leeze!)

There was also that nutjob in the black truck who shot that lady in the face. That was up in New England somewhere, and was in broad daylight. Of course she survived, but it was still very disturbing.

The senseless acts of violence are always the most disturbing and baffling. You wonder what drives these people sometimes to go out and just say what the hell, I'll just go out and waste some people I don't even know just for the hell of it.

The "crazy glue" robbery in a Santa Barbara, CA bank in 1987. The one where Carlos Berdeja smashed Jeanne Molina to death with an piece of asphalt in front of 2 witnesses was very scary too.

"Tara Calico was riding her bike when she vanished during the daytime. The police chief has told the public that two boys Tara went to high school with were following her, knocked into her, and when she hit the ground, things went from bad to worse. The boys families helped cover up the crime including getting rid of the bike and burying the body."

Were their names ever revealed?

Not in the article but everyone from Valencia County knows the names. The Governor of New Mexico signed an arrest warrant for the two boys (now men) and more than enough evidence has been collected against the two guys to make an arrest but without a body, nothing can be done.

I'm sure if one searched the web, the two names might come up.

The one where Carlos Berdeja smashed Jeanne Molina to death with an piece of asphalt in front of 2 witnesses was very scary too.
:eek: :eek: Which one is this?! I don't believe I've ever seen it.

:eek: :eek: Which one is this?! I don't believe I've ever seen it.


I think it's this case:

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Carlos_Berdeja

The victim was having dreams that someone was going to kill her. She thought it was her husband so she moved, planning to take her young daughters with her.

At her new job, she met her co-worker, Berdeja, who actually ended up murdering her in a manner very similar to her premonitions.

According to the UM wikia, he has not been caught.

I remember seeing that one a long time ago. How horrifying!! They need to catch him before he can do that to anyone else. Also, he has children with him making him all the more a threat.

Another one - four young men were hit and eventually violently forced off the road in North Carolina just a few days before Christmas.

Thanks for the replies everyone!

Another one that has stuck with me is the Michaela Garecht kidnapping. The way that guy in the parking lot snatched her in broad daylight was so brazen!

"Not in the article but everyone from Valencia County knows the names. The Governor of New Mexico signed an arrest warrant for the two boys (now men) and more than enough evidence has been collected against the two guys to make an arrest but without a body, nothing can be done."

Do you know if they were ever interrogated?

"Not in the article but everyone from Valencia County knows the names. The Governor of New Mexico signed an arrest warrant for the two boys (now men) and more than enough evidence has been collected against the two guys to make an arrest but without a body, nothing can be done."

Do you know if they were ever interrogated?

I would imagine they were but I have no idea. No other information has been released other than the fact that the two boys went to high school with Tara but were a couple years younger.