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phillipscurve · 05-19-2007, 12:38 AM

Hi, I´m a first time poster and an avid reader of the forums for some time until finally I decided to become an active member of the boards. A few days ago, I was watching a very old VHS tape that I found in my basement. At the beginning of that tape, there is a very old UM episode (I think from the 1989 season). The following cases are featured:

a)Doyle Wheeler vs Donovan Jacobs case.
b)UPDATE: The capture of Charles Wigman(sp) in a Puerto Vallarta Hotel.
c)Rachel Runyan´s kidnapping and murder with a chilling message found 2 years later.
d)The search for Jim Flannes, who is wanted for embezzling 4 million dollars from 100 retirees in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
e)The dragnet for Salvatore Michael Caruana, a drug smuggler with connections to organized crime, and also the following fugitives: Douglas Alan Costa, Lewis Michael Geiger, Lavada Floyd and Richard DeWayne Green.

The rest of the tape is full of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies??. I really don´t know who made this tape. Anyway, Do you know of any updates to these cases, especially Caruana´s and the other drug smugglers´cases?

microeconomia · 05-19-2007, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by phillipscurve

e)The dragnet for Salvatore Michael Caruana, a drug smuggler with connections to organized crime, and also the following fugitives: Douglas Alan Costa, Lewis Michael Geiger, Lavada Floyd and Richard DeWayne Green.

I have just watched the Salvatore Caruana segment on CD's volume 7 collection and the only fugitive that is the same is Lavada Floyd, the other 3 are different. Their names are: Richard Joseph Alvarado, William Herman McGeeHee, and Alvaro Zapata. Are there 2 different versions of the Caruana case featured on UM?

wiseguy182 · 05-19-2007, 06:18 AM

Seriously, phillipscurve please check your basement tapes. If you have the Todd McAfee segment, you will already be a legend on this forum.

crystaldawn · 05-19-2007, 07:38 AM

I found this on the net so apparently he's never been caught:

http://www.usmarshals.gov/wanted/maj...es/caruana.htm

Welcome to the board btw!

justins5256 · 05-19-2007, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by wiseguy182

Two predictions:

2. Justins5256 is going to come on any second now and ask phillipscurve if he has the Todd McAfee segment.

WTF?

justins5256 · 05-19-2007, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by microeconomia

I have just watched the Salvatore Caruana segment on CD's volume 7 collection and the only fugitive that is the same is Lavada Floyd, the other 3 are different. Their names are: Richard Joseph Alvarado, William Herman McGeeHee, and Alvaro Zapata. Are there 2 different versions of the Caruana case featured on UM?

Although I haven't seen it, I suspect the version of the Caruana segment circulating on crystaldawn's DVDs was sourced from a tape of the April 11, 1990 broadcast - which was a rerun of the November 8, 1989 episode. However, it is important to remember that some UM episodes were changed when they were rerun, even on NBC. The fact that this gentleman's tape has some different segments would lead me to believe that he has the earlier November 8 broadcast, and not the rerun version that was telecast in April 1990.

mozartpc27 · 05-19-2007, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by wiseguy182

Seriously, phillipscurve please check your basement tapes. If you have the Todd McAfee segment, you will already be a legend on this forum.

Who the heck is Todd McAfee?

crystaldawn · 05-19-2007, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mozartpc27

Who the heck is Todd McAfee?

Its one of those rare UM segments aired on Lifetime that none of us have managed to get a hold of so there are many of us on here who would love to see it.

9/13/89 - '87 murder of FL gun collector Todd McAfee

I think Justin was able to find a short article on him and if you'll do a search on the board you should be able to find it.

phillipscurve · 05-19-2007, 10:03 PM

I don´t know how, but I forgot to mention one important thing:The whole tape, including the UM episode, is spanish dubbed!!, and the episode is not from NBC, but a channel called "Infinito" (Infinity), that deals with psychics and the paranormal(in the Spanish language). I found this tape along with several others (a lot) in a bookshelf in a "hidden" room of the basement, that I have just discovered in my new home. I moved about a month ago. I ignore who the tapes belong to, (I´ve never met the previous owners). From some tv commercials taped during the broadcast of the UM episode, a "psychic" Congress for example, I think the tape was made in April-May 2001. There are a lot of tapes though, so I´ll keep you informed if there is more UM material on those cassettes, and if this material is in English or another language.

Take care.

wiseguy182 · 05-19-2007, 11:23 PM

A hidden room, huh? Cool.

Does anyone here speak Spanish. I had a couple years in high school, but remember next to nada.

SP4CE INV4DERZ · 05-20-2007, 12:01 AM

..it's time for me to let my secret out.... I have the Todd McAfee segment! Bidding starts at US $100

wiseguy182 · 05-20-2007, 12:24 AM

I bid $100

wiseguy182 · 05-20-2007, 01:24 AM

Has anybody ever even seen the Todd McAfee segment? There are a number of cases I remember seeing when they originally aired, but this wasn't one of them.

crystaldawn · 05-20-2007, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Space Invaderz

..it's time for me to let my secret out.... I have the Todd McAfee segment! Bidding starts at US $100

Surely you would give ME a discount....right?

To answer your question wiseguy, I have never seen the McAfee segment.

SP4CE INV4DERZ · 05-20-2007, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by crystaldawn

Surely you would give ME a discount....right?

Oh O-K, free express postage for Crystaldawn if she wins

05-19-2007, 12:38 AM	#1
phillipscurve Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 18, 2007 Location: planet earth Posts: 71	Salvatore Michael Caruana and other cases. Hi, I´m a first time poster and an avid reader of the forums for some time until finally I decided to become an active member of the boards. A few days ago, I was watching a very old VHS tape that I found in my basement. At the beginning of that tape, there is a very old UM episode (I think from the 1989 season). The following cases are featured: a)Doyle Wheeler vs Donovan Jacobs case. b)UPDATE: The capture of Charles Wigman(sp) in a Puerto Vallarta Hotel. c)Rachel Runyan´s kidnapping and murder with a chilling message found 2 years later. d)The search for Jim Flannes, who is wanted for embezzling 4 million dollars from 100 retirees in Hot Springs, Arkansas. e)The dragnet for Salvatore Michael Caruana, a drug smuggler with connections to organized crime, and also the following fugitives: Douglas Alan Costa, Lewis Michael Geiger, Lavada Floyd and Richard DeWayne Green. The rest of the tape is full of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies??. I really don´t know who made this tape. Anyway, Do you know of any updates to these cases, especially Caruana´s and the other drug smugglers´cases?
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05-19-2007, 06:18 AM	#3
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	Seriously, phillipscurve please check your basement tapes. If you have the Todd McAfee segment, you will already be a legend on this forum.

05-19-2007, 07:38 AM	#4
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	I found this on the net so apparently he's never been caught: http://www.usmarshals.gov/wanted/maj...es/caruana.htm Welcome to the board btw!

05-19-2007, 10:03 PM	#9
phillipscurve Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 18, 2007 Location: planet earth Posts: 71	I don´t know how, but I forgot to mention one important thing:The whole tape, including the UM episode, is spanish dubbed!!, and the episode is not from NBC, but a channel called "Infinito" (Infinity), that deals with psychics and the paranormal(in the Spanish language). I found this tape along with several others (a lot) in a bookshelf in a "hidden" room of the basement, that I have just discovered in my new home. I moved about a month ago. I ignore who the tapes belong to, (I´ve never met the previous owners). From some tv commercials taped during the broadcast of the UM episode, a "psychic" Congress for example, I think the tape was made in April-May 2001. There are a lot of tapes though, so I´ll keep you informed if there is more UM material on those cassettes, and if this material is in English or another language. Take care.

05-19-2007, 11:23 PM	#10
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	A hidden room, huh? Cool. Does anyone here speak Spanish. I had a couple years in high school, but remember next to nada.

05-20-2007, 12:01 AM	#11
SP4CE INV4DERZ 40-0 0WN3D Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 06, 2004 Posts: 634	..it's time for me to let my secret out.... I have the Todd McAfee segment! Bidding starts at US $100

05-20-2007, 12:24 AM	#12
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	I bid $100

05-20-2007, 01:24 AM	#13
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	Has anybody ever even seen the Todd McAfee segment? There are a number of cases I remember seeing when they originally aired, but this wasn't one of them.