zack007attack
09-21-2023, 08:53 PM
Even though the new UM has relatively mixed reviews, I actually enjoy the new format very much. But it also got me thinking: what old cases from the original RS days that if presented in the modern day format (one case per episode) would have made great episodes, since they would be explored in much more detail than the compressed format of 4-10 minute segments? Here are some cases I have in mind:
Philip Fraser: I would have liked to have seen a the segment display a map depicting all the key points of Philip's route such as the border checkpoint, the 40 mile flats cafe, the location where the hitchhiker first met the Olsons, where the Olson home is, where the burned car was found and where Philip's body was discovered. It would have painted a clearer picture of where the assailant could have gone after ditching and burning the car. I'm convinced Philip died at the hands of a serial killer (even if it wasn't Michael Wayne McGray), so a whole episode about the case would have presented at least a few viable suspects.
Ohio highway killer: plenty of suspects that could have been explored in an episode like this.
The murders of Fathers John Kerrigan and Reynaldo Rivera: If these murders were the work of the same killer, there's probably other victims fitting the MO and/or victimology around the country, along with some viable suspects.
Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre: This is another case that I'm inclined to believe is not the work of a one-time killer team. They have probably been involved in other acts of violence elsewhere.
Feel free to share your ideas for old cases that would have made interesting episodes if presented in the modern-day UM format.
Philip Fraser: I would have liked to have seen a the segment display a map depicting all the key points of Philip's route such as the border checkpoint, the 40 mile flats cafe, the location where the hitchhiker first met the Olsons, where the Olson home is, where the burned car was found and where Philip's body was discovered. It would have painted a clearer picture of where the assailant could have gone after ditching and burning the car. I'm convinced Philip died at the hands of a serial killer (even if it wasn't Michael Wayne McGray), so a whole episode about the case would have presented at least a few viable suspects.
Ohio highway killer: plenty of suspects that could have been explored in an episode like this.
The murders of Fathers John Kerrigan and Reynaldo Rivera: If these murders were the work of the same killer, there's probably other victims fitting the MO and/or victimology around the country, along with some viable suspects.
Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre: This is another case that I'm inclined to believe is not the work of a one-time killer team. They have probably been involved in other acts of violence elsewhere.
Feel free to share your ideas for old cases that would have made interesting episodes if presented in the modern-day UM format.