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ZanzibarBlue · 03-11-2006, 09:25 PM

Any votes for the least believable story ever featured on UM? By least believable, I mean a story, theory, or alibi that was depicted by actors on UM that was just plain not credible.

I vote for the Gordon Collins-has-amnesia story. Most know that Gordon Collins was the man who was out boating with friends in Mexico, the boat was lost, and then there were numerous appearances throughout Baja. The speculation that he suffered amnesia after the boat "accident" is, in my opinion, very difficult to believe. First, he and 3 other friends decide to venture out into the Pacific and pass a returning fishing boat with a fisherman who pleads with them not to go out because there is a storm coming. They go out anyway. Not believalbe. The next day or so, the hotel where Gordon and his friends are staying sends a steward out in a boat to look for them and he happens upon the wreckage. Unbelievable on 2 counts. First, I want to know the name of the Mexican hotel which sends staff out on boats to look for guests who don't return the previous evening. Second, the hotel steward just happens to come upon the wreckage and 2 or 3 of the bodies? Also, wouldn't there be numerous fishing/pleasure craft crusing in the same waters that would likely spot something. Finally, Gordon is spotted on numerous occasions by locals, presumably in an amnesia-state, but despite a Coast Guard and relative led search, they keep just missing him. Plus, how many people suffer from long-term amnesia that enable them to remember their name, but not any other details of their past? Not many. How many people can avoid detection in a foreign country where they do not speak the language and have not money? Fewer still, I imagine. The Gordon Collins story reeks of unbelievability.

It's stories like this one that make me wonder how often UM was duped.

fivecats · 03-11-2006, 10:06 PM

The two DJ's who faked the phone-in call from a murderer- what's scary though, is how believable and sincere they sounded at the time. This case also makes me wonder how many other times UM was duped!

Tony Ballesteros · 03-11-2006, 10:09 PM

the 'message in a bottle' sketch

Beavervalleygirl · 03-11-2006, 11:08 PM

The story of the boy who finds a lucky rock in the woods. ( I think it happened in New England, but not sure ). It makes him and his family feel good, and then they have really good luck. LOL, It must have been a slow week for UM, to air that one !

buckeyeblogger · 03-12-2006, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ZanzibarBlue

Any votes for the least believable story ever featured on UM? By least believable, I mean a story, theory, or alibi that was depicted by actors on UM that was just plain not credible.

My vote would go to another amnesia victim. She was a little on the chubby side (not a slam, just the truth) and she struck me as the type of young woman that might be a little lonely and in need of some attention. The whole segment stunk to high heaven. I don't remember her name at all.

PracTz · 03-12-2006, 02:14 PM

Kim, the Gold-Leaf Skin Sweater!

PrettyinPink55 · 03-12-2006, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Beavervalleygirl

The story of the boy who finds a lucky rock in the woods. ( I think it happened in New England, but not sure ). It makes him and his family feel good, and then they have really good luck. LOL, It must have been a slow week for UM, to air that one !

Slow week indeed!

kane7474 · 03-12-2006, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ZanzibarBlue

Any votes for the least believable story ever featured on UM? By least believable, I mean a story, theory, or alibi that was depicted by actors on UM that was just plain not credible.

I vote for the Gordon Collins-has-amnesia story. Most know that Gordon Collins was the man who was out boating with friends in Mexico, the boat was lost, and then there were numerous appearances throughout Baja. The speculation that he suffered amnesia after the boat "accident" is, in my opinion, very difficult to believe. First, he and 3 other friends decide to venture out into the Pacific and pass a returning fishing boat with a fisherman who pleads with them not to go out because there is a storm coming. They go out anyway. Not believalbe. The next day or so, the hotel where Gordon and his friends are staying sends a steward out in a boat to look for them and he happens upon the wreckage. Unbelievable on 2 counts. First, I want to know the name of the Mexican hotel which sends staff out on boats to look for guests who don't return the previous evening. Second, the hotel steward just happens to come upon the wreckage and 2 or 3 of the bodies? Also, wouldn't there be numerous fishing/pleasure craft crusing in the same waters that would likely spot something. Finally, Gordon is spotted on numerous occasions by locals, presumably in an amnesia-state, but despite a Coast Guard and relative led search, they keep just missing him. Plus, how many people suffer from long-term amnesia that enable them to remember their name, but not any other details of their past? Not many. How many people can avoid detection in a foreign country where they do not speak the language and have not money? Fewer still, I imagine. The Gordon Collins story reeks of unbelievability.

It's stories like this one that make me wonder how often UM was duped.

So are you saying you dont beileve there was ever a Gordon Collins or you beileve he is dead. They did interview his parents so obviously this guy did exsist. That part of the case I found really odd was that they said two of the bodies were never found. Yet they only think Gordon is up and running around ? Isnt the family of the other person involved in the search too?

synthisislab · 03-12-2006, 05:39 PM

What about the one where the kid finds a message in a bottle that traveled across the world?

Mr. Fuji · 03-12-2006, 05:56 PM

Heidi Wyrick. No question about it.

LooksLikeCRicci · 03-12-2006, 06:44 PM

What about the one where the guy (who was wanted for some crime, I don't remember what) supposedly fell overboard and drowned? I never bought it. I totally think that he's still alive and on the lam...

U.M. Fanatic · 03-12-2006, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Beavervalleygirl

The story of the boy who finds a lucky rock in the woods. ( I think it happened in New England, but not sure ). It makes him and his family feel good, and then they have really good luck. LOL, It must have been a slow week for UM, to air that one !

Yeah, I agree. A very slow week at U.M.

By the way, I believe the story took place near Seattle, Washington.

DarkDante · 03-12-2006, 10:17 PM

The weird thing about that case with the "magic rock" that you all are mentioning is it was really one of the earliest cases they ever profiled and the episode it was profiled in is probably one of the best they ever did period - look here:

November 23, 1988

Cases involving the suspected murders of two priests, one in New Mexico and one in Montana; (the double priest homicide, I forget the victims names but the erected a cross in the middle of the desert in memory of them. This segment I believe usually airs during the same episode as Angelo Desdari for some reason) the good fortune experienced by the family of a Washington State youth, who found a peculiarly marked rock in the forest; the disappearance of a Los Angeles man after he used an automatic bank-teller machine (Matthew Chase); the death of a 17-year-old Ohio youth, who disappeared after attending a Halloween party. (Kurt Sova)

So it DEFINITLEY WAS NOT "A very slow week at U.M" - In fact collectively it was one of the best episodes ever!

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justins5256 · 03-12-2006, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDante

The weird thing about that case with the "magic rock" that you all are mentioning is it was really one of the earliest cases they ever profiled and the episode it was profiled in is probably one of the best they ever did period - look here:

The Lancaster postal extortion story was a part of that episode originally, not Matthew Chase.

The priests were Father Renaldo Rivera and Father John Carrigan.

LooksLikeCRicci · 03-13-2006, 01:17 AM

Yeah, Father John Kerrigan was a priest in Ronan, Montana... that's about an hour from where I grew up. I was really little when he disappeared, but I remember my parents talking about it. I don't think they have ever found his body. VERY creepy.

03-11-2006, 09:25 PM	#1
ZanzibarBlue ZanzibarBlue Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 03, 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 95	Least believable story on UM Any votes for the least believable story ever featured on UM? By least believable, I mean a story, theory, or alibi that was depicted by actors on UM that was just plain not credible. I vote for the Gordon Collins-has-amnesia story. Most know that Gordon Collins was the man who was out boating with friends in Mexico, the boat was lost, and then there were numerous appearances throughout Baja. The speculation that he suffered amnesia after the boat "accident" is, in my opinion, very difficult to believe. First, he and 3 other friends decide to venture out into the Pacific and pass a returning fishing boat with a fisherman who pleads with them not to go out because there is a storm coming. They go out anyway. Not believalbe. The next day or so, the hotel where Gordon and his friends are staying sends a steward out in a boat to look for them and he happens upon the wreckage. Unbelievable on 2 counts. First, I want to know the name of the Mexican hotel which sends staff out on boats to look for guests who don't return the previous evening. Second, the hotel steward just happens to come upon the wreckage and 2 or 3 of the bodies? Also, wouldn't there be numerous fishing/pleasure craft crusing in the same waters that would likely spot something. Finally, Gordon is spotted on numerous occasions by locals, presumably in an amnesia-state, but despite a Coast Guard and relative led search, they keep just missing him. Plus, how many people suffer from long-term amnesia that enable them to remember their name, but not any other details of their past? Not many. How many people can avoid detection in a foreign country where they do not speak the language and have not money? Fewer still, I imagine. The Gordon Collins story reeks of unbelievability. It's stories like this one that make me wonder how often UM was duped.

03-11-2006, 10:06 PM	#2
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03-11-2006, 11:08 PM	#4
Beavervalleygirl Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 30	lucky rock The story of the boy who finds a lucky rock in the woods. ( I think it happened in New England, but not sure ). It makes him and his family feel good, and then they have really good luck. LOL, It must have been a slow week for UM, to air that one !

03-12-2006, 02:14 PM	#6
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	Kim, the Gold-Leaf Skin Sweater!

03-12-2006, 05:39 PM	#9
synthisislab Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 552	What about the one where the kid finds a message in a bottle that traveled across the world?

03-12-2006, 05:56 PM	#10
Mr. Fuji Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 23, 2004 Posts: 235	Heidi Wyrick. No question about it.

03-12-2006, 06:44 PM	#11
LooksLikeCRicci Likes to live in a clean house Moderator Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2005 Posts: 4,050	What about the one where the guy (who was wanted for some crime, I don't remember what) supposedly fell overboard and drowned? I never bought it. I totally think that he's still alive and on the lam...

03-12-2006, 10:17 PM	#13
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	The weird thing about that case with the "magic rock" that you all are mentioning is it was really one of the earliest cases they ever profiled and the episode it was profiled in is probably one of the best they ever did period - look here: November 23, 1988 Cases involving the suspected murders of two priests, one in New Mexico and one in Montana; (the double priest homicide, I forget the victims names but the erected a cross in the middle of the desert in memory of them. This segment I believe usually airs during the same episode as Angelo Desdari for some reason) the good fortune experienced by the family of a Washington State youth, who found a peculiarly marked rock in the forest; the disappearance of a Los Angeles man after he used an automatic bank-teller machine (Matthew Chase); the death of a 17-year-old Ohio youth, who disappeared after attending a Halloween party. (Kurt Sova) So it DEFINITLEY WAS NOT "A very slow week at U.M" - In fact collectively it was one of the best episodes ever! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

03-13-2006, 01:17 AM	#15
LooksLikeCRicci Likes to live in a clean house Moderator Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2005 Posts: 4,050	Yeah, Father John Kerrigan was a priest in Ronan, Montana... that's about an hour from where I grew up. I was really little when he disappeared, but I remember my parents talking about it. I don't think they have ever found his body. VERY creepy.