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1990 UM fan · 01-02-2012, 08:13 PM

They featured it on "Inside Edition" in a segment about the inside of an arsonist's mind, also alongside the story of the 53 arsons that recently happened in California. Did you see it?

crystaldawn · 01-02-2012, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 1990 UM fan

They featured it on "Inside Edition" in a segment about the inside of an arsonist's mind, also alongside the story of the 53 arsons that recently happened in California. Did you see it?

I just came on the board to post the same thing.

As soon as they talked about the clip and someone videotaping it I told my husband what it reminded me of and then they actually show the clip! They actually show some parts that I don't remember seeing on UM like the arsonist saying "your house is next!!".

1990 UM fan · 01-02-2012, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by crystaldawn

I just came on the board to post the same thing.

As soon as they talked about the clip and someone videotaping it I told my husband what it reminded me of and then they actually show the clip! They actually show some parts that I don't remember seeing on UM like the arsonist saying "your house is next!!".

What had me for a minute is that I thought the Omar arsonist guy and this recent arsonist were one and the same. Turned out to not be the case.

TracyLynnS · 01-02-2012, 11:15 PM

I was trying to do some math on the age of this arsonist and the Omar case. I think he's too old to be this most recent criminal, but someone had made a comment on one of the news sites that this guy had been in a medical treatment kind of place for being a firebug.

IIRC, one or both of the "omar" arsonists had been sentenced to hospital treatment. (I could be thinking of a different case, though.) Don't know how true that reader comment is or if there are just so many crazy arsonists out there that any kind of link here would be highly unlikely.

Hambone2421 · 01-03-2012, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TracyLynnS

I was trying to do some math on the age of this arsonist and the Omar case. I think he's too old to be this most recent criminal, but someone had made a comment on one of the news sites that this guy had been in a medical treatment kind of place for being a firebug.

IIRC, one or both of the "omar" arsonists had been sentenced to hospital treatment. (I could be thinking of a different case, though.) Don't know how true that reader comment is or if there are just so many crazy arsonists out there that any kind of link here would be highly unlikely.

You are correct. One of them did get committed to a psychiatric ward, IIRC. I believe it was the one on the video as well.

justins5256 · 01-03-2012, 02:06 PM

The actual arson depicted in the video occurred in August 1988.

The update about the arsonists' identification aired on November 14, 1990.

An investigator interviewed during that segment indicated that the suspects were 17 years old and 19 years old. The 19 year old was the one who set the fire and made the video.

The arsonists would be roughly 38 and 40 today - I say roughly since we don't know their birthdays nor do we know exactly when they were arrested, the update filmed, etc.

ILikeTurtles · 01-06-2012, 04:05 PM

I saw this too. It was awesome.

DemonicDwarf · 07-18-2012, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TracyLynnS

I was trying to do some math on the age of this arsonist and the Omar case. I think he's too old to be this most recent criminal, but someone had made a comment on one of the news sites that this guy had been in a medical treatment kind of place for being a firebug.

Pyromania is a recognised illness. That segment gave me the heebie jeebies at how much he enjoyed it.

1990 UM fan · 07-18-2012, 11:36 PM

Yeah, he was very creepy. "I said I'll do it, I said I'll do iiiiiiiiit!!!"

SitcomsAreTheWay · 07-19-2012, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 1990 UM fan

Yeah, he was very creepy. "I said I'll do it, I said I'll do iiiiiiiiit!!!"

And then (Insert psychotic laugh here).

Matt C · 07-19-2012, 12:56 AM

Didn't "The Dark Knight" copy this with the Joker home video scene?

01-02-2012, 08:13 PM	#1
1990 UM fan Unsolved Mysteries fanatic Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2011 Location: United States Posts: 2,510	"Omar" arson video featured on the news They featured it on "Inside Edition" in a segment about the inside of an arsonist's mind, also alongside the story of the 53 arsons that recently happened in California. Did you see it?

01-02-2012, 11:15 PM	#4
TracyLynnS Don't Look Up Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 07, 2009 Posts: 3,107	I was trying to do some math on the age of this arsonist and the Omar case. I think he's too old to be this most recent criminal, but someone had made a comment on one of the news sites that this guy had been in a medical treatment kind of place for being a firebug. IIRC, one or both of the "omar" arsonists had been sentenced to hospital treatment. (I could be thinking of a different case, though.) Don't know how true that reader comment is or if there are just so many crazy arsonists out there that any kind of link here would be highly unlikely.

01-03-2012, 02:06 PM	#6
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	The actual arson depicted in the video occurred in August 1988. The update about the arsonists' identification aired on November 14, 1990. An investigator interviewed during that segment indicated that the suspects were 17 years old and 19 years old. The 19 year old was the one who set the fire and made the video. The arsonists would be roughly 38 and 40 today - I say roughly since we don't know their birthdays nor do we know exactly when they were arrested, the update filmed, etc.

01-06-2012, 04:05 PM	#7
ILikeTurtles Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 128	I saw this too. It was awesome.

07-18-2012, 11:36 PM	#9
1990 UM fan Unsolved Mysteries fanatic Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2011 Location: United States Posts: 2,510	Yeah, he was very creepy. "I said I'll do it, I said I'll do iiiiiiiiit!!!"

07-19-2012, 12:56 AM	#11
Matt C Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 11, 2011 Posts: 165	Didn't "The Dark Knight" copy this with the Joker home video scene?