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2trackmind · 07-16-2015, 05:55 PM

I often wonder why Tim McClure's wife or siblings were never interviewed.

here_thar_be_yetis · 07-16-2015, 06:50 PM

They probably refused?

2trackmind · 07-16-2015, 07:06 PM

Yeah, but why? What are they hiding, it makes me wonder.

Clockworkhigh · 07-16-2015, 08:02 PM

Chad Noe's mother. Although her son admitted to ADMITTING in a drunken stupor that he committed the murders, so I guess he did enough damage.

jjmcgr · 07-16-2015, 08:30 PM

no great mystery- the people wouldn't say what the show wanted them to say in support of the "mystery" aspect of whatever case was being discussed.

on the very first episode of Finding Bigfoot the gang was investigating a case where a Bigfoot ran across the road in front of a cop and a lady in Georgia. The lady who was a believer was interviewed extensively on the show. The cop was never heard from. A simple internet search revealed that the cop investigated and believed the incident was a hoax by teenagers who lived in a house at the site of the incident. The show never mentioned or refuted this but said the same nonsense seen on all later episodes: "we know that Bigfoots do this or that..." and "Obviously what you saw was a Bigfoot..."
My fave tho is "There's something on the hill..." Left unsaid -"but never is it a Bigfoot..."

TheCars1986 · 07-16-2015, 10:04 PM

Sometimes I wonder why certain non-guilty parties didn't want to be interviewed for segments (I could understand not wanting to be in the reenactments), most notably Tim McClure's wife, Debra Poe's friend (although it very well could be him in the reenactment), and Darvin Moon from the Paul Ferrell segment.

wiseguy182 · 07-17-2015, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by 2trackmind

Yeah, but why? What are they hiding, it makes me wonder.

Haha, not sure if you realized this, but you were quoting Danny Wheeler there.

Anyways, in regards to Tim McClure's wife, somebody on here hilariously mentioned awhile back that Tim's wife didn't interview for the segment because she wasn't as good an interviewee as Tim was.

RobinW · 07-17-2015, 07:22 AM

I'm sure some of these people were probably advised by their attorneys not to do an interview on UM in order to avoid potentially incriminating themselves. A prime example would be Ed Carter from the Bordello murders segment, who was guilty as sin, but being a police officer, knew it was probably a wise idea to have his lawyer do all the talking for him on UM.

But overall, UM did have a pretty high number of people suspected of crimes who were willing to talk on camera even though they often made themselves look worse. My favourite example is probably Jule Caylor, who apparently had his lawyer in the room telling the crew to stop filming because he kept saying stuff to make himself look bad.

1990 UM fan · 07-19-2015, 05:30 PM

Shelly Malone's boyfriend George and the couple who they were friends with come to mind. I know the boyfriend is guilty as hell, but why didn't Erica and Carter tell their side of the story? Were they in cahoots with George or were they in fear of him as to why they weren't interviewed? Lots of unanswered questions. Poor Shelly.

MegtheEgg86 · 07-19-2015, 06:15 PM

This may or may not apply to key people in certain cases, but one reason many interviewees never appeared in the segments is because of time constraints. Like a number of other posters here, after having spoken with some of the people with personal involvement in cases who were around for filming, I've heard that there were numerous times in which interviews were filmed but never actually made it to the final cut. Rhonda Hinson is a case that immediately comes to mind, as well as the Clarence Roberts segment.

With that being said, I think jjmcgr may also be onto something as well. If an interviewee was persistently detracting from the storyline UM wished to present (or otherwise not contributing anything particularly unique relative to the other featured interviewees), I could see why we never heard anything from a number of people we were curious about.

DazzlerSparkler · 07-20-2015, 12:04 AM

I did not know Jule stopped filming. Was there any notable cases where things like that happened, or where people pulled out before being interviewed?

RobinW · 07-20-2015, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DazzlerSparkler

I did not know Jule stopped filming. Was there any notable cases where things like that happened, or where people pulled out before being interviewed?

This story was shared by John Cosgrove during one of his DVD commentaries. What's funny is that Jule's lawyer apparently yelled "Cut!" after his line about things being "pretty good" since Dottie's disappeared, but that part ultimately did get left in the segment. I've always wondered if Jule said anything worse that didn't make the final cut.

On that same commentary track, Cosgrove also said there was another murder suspect interviewed on UM who rose from his seat after they were done filming and revealed that he had been concealing a gun during the entire interview. Sadly, he declined to name who this was.

On a related note, this one of the only cases I know of where UM filmed a segment, but decided not to air it because the missing woman’s ex-husband, who was the prime suspect (but declined to be interviewed on UM), threatened legal action against the show:
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/d/davis_sharon.html

MegtheEgg86 · 07-20-2015, 04:10 PM

I remember reading that Jim Harrison acted in pretty bizarre ways during the filming of Susan Harrison's UM segment as well--so much so, in fact, that the producers were pretty sure he was probably guilty.

Hops3098 · 07-21-2015, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RobinW

This story was shared by John Cosgrove during one of his DVD commentaries. What's funny is that Jule's lawyer apparently yelled "Cut!" after his line about things being "pretty good" since Dottie's disappeared, but that part ultimately did get left in the segment. I've always wondered if Jule said anything worse that didn't make the final cut.

On that same commentary track, Cosgrove also said there was another murder suspect interviewed on UM who rose from his seat after they were done filming and revealed that he had been concealing a gun during the entire interview. Sadly, he declined to name who this was.

My favorite story from that commentary track was how much trouble they had finding a spot to film the interview with Leonard Rizzo. Apparently, he had trashed the place prior to their arrival, bashing holes in the walls, etc. Although if I remember correctly, he wasn't actually living there anymore.

I always wondered why they didn't show a interview with the son in that segment.

sdb4884 · 07-21-2015, 01:33 PM

Why Kathy Bonderson's husband wasn't interviewed? I mean obviously at the time he refused but you'd think that he should have done it.

07-16-2015, 05:55 PM	#1
2trackmind Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 20, 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 26	Ever wonder why key people of certain cases weren't interviewed on UM? I often wonder why Tim McClure's wife or siblings were never interviewed.

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07-19-2015, 06:15 PM	#10
MegtheEgg86 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 19, 2008 Location: The Volunteer State Posts: 5,156	This may or may not apply to key people in certain cases, but one reason many interviewees never appeared in the segments is because of time constraints. Like a number of other posters here, after having spoken with some of the people with personal involvement in cases who were around for filming, I've heard that there were numerous times in which interviews were filmed but never actually made it to the final cut. Rhonda Hinson is a case that immediately comes to mind, as well as the Clarence Roberts segment. With that being said, I think jjmcgr may also be onto something as well. If an interviewee was persistently detracting from the storyline UM wished to present (or otherwise not contributing anything particularly unique relative to the other featured interviewees), I could see why we never heard anything from a number of people we were curious about.
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07-20-2015, 12:04 AM	#11
DazzlerSparkler Sharon Kinne Imposter Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 29, 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 725	I did not know Jule stopped filming. Was there any notable cases where things like that happened, or where people pulled out before being interviewed?
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07-16-2015, 06:50 PM	#2
here_thar_be_yetis Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 31, 2014 Posts: 42	They probably refused?

07-16-2015, 07:06 PM	#3
2trackmind Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 20, 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 26	Yeah, but why? What are they hiding, it makes me wonder.

07-16-2015, 08:02 PM	#4
Clockworkhigh Member Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 29, 2009 Posts: 604	Chad Noe's mother. Although her son admitted to ADMITTING in a drunken stupor that he committed the murders, so I guess he did enough damage.

07-16-2015, 08:30 PM	#5
jjmcgr Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 15, 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 249	no great mystery- the people wouldn't say what the show wanted them to say in support of the "mystery" aspect of whatever case was being discussed. on the very first episode of Finding Bigfoot the gang was investigating a case where a Bigfoot ran across the road in front of a cop and a lady in Georgia. The lady who was a believer was interviewed extensively on the show. The cop was never heard from. A simple internet search revealed that the cop investigated and believed the incident was a hoax by teenagers who lived in a house at the site of the incident. The show never mentioned or refuted this but said the same nonsense seen on all later episodes: "we know that Bigfoots do this or that..." and "Obviously what you saw was a Bigfoot..." My fave tho is "There's something on the hill..." Left unsaid -"but never is it a Bigfoot..."

07-16-2015, 10:04 PM	#6
TheCars1986 #VLSKMS Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 22, 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 8,606	Sometimes I wonder why certain non-guilty parties didn't want to be interviewed for segments (I could understand not wanting to be in the reenactments), most notably Tim McClure's wife, Debra Poe's friend (although it very well could be him in the reenactment), and Darvin Moon from the Paul Ferrell segment.

07-17-2015, 07:22 AM	#8
RobinW Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2010 Posts: 1,874	I'm sure some of these people were probably advised by their attorneys not to do an interview on UM in order to avoid potentially incriminating themselves. A prime example would be Ed Carter from the Bordello murders segment, who was guilty as sin, but being a police officer, knew it was probably a wise idea to have his lawyer do all the talking for him on UM. But overall, UM did have a pretty high number of people suspected of crimes who were willing to talk on camera even though they often made themselves look worse. My favourite example is probably Jule Caylor, who apparently had his lawyer in the room telling the crew to stop filming because he kept saying stuff to make himself look bad.

07-20-2015, 04:10 PM	#13
MegtheEgg86 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 19, 2008 Location: The Volunteer State Posts: 5,156	I remember reading that Jim Harrison acted in pretty bizarre ways during the filming of Susan Harrison's UM segment as well--so much so, in fact, that the producers were pretty sure he was probably guilty.

07-21-2015, 01:33 PM	#15
sdb4884 UM Meme Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,234	Why Kathy Bonderson's husband wasn't interviewed? I mean obviously at the time he refused but you'd think that he should have done it.