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mrtuesdaynight · 05-02-2002, 02:40 AM

This morning I saw a bizarre story about a man named Adam Hecht. He befriended a homeless person in Beverly Hills, CA named Tony and he soon ended up missing. This show was originally from 1989. Has there ever been an update to this weird story?

Kane · 05-02-2002, 01:05 PM

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Originally posted by mrtuesdaynight
This morning I saw a bizarre story about a man named Adam Hecht. He befriended a homeless person in Beverly Hills, CA named Tony and he soon ended up missing. This show was originally from 1989. Has there ever been an update to this weird story?

Actually, it aired during the 1990-91 season (please pardon me for correcting you). According to the episode guide, the segment aired on October 17, 1990. It doesn't mention Adam Hecht, Jr. by name, but it said that he was the son of a Hollywood movie producer, and disappeared from Beverly Hills. So you can pretty much put two and two together.

Hecht disappeared in the summer of 1989. Also, as mentioned at the end of the segment, Adam Hecht's brother approached the homeless man in the summer of 1990, on the one-year anniversary of Adam's disappearance. He asked the guy about the fate of Adam, but to no avail.

No update has ever been made on the show, so this basically means the case is still unsolved.

Kane · 05-02-2002, 01:12 PM

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It doesn't mention Adam Hecht, Jr. by name, but it said that he was the son of a Hollywood movie producer, and disappeared from Beverly Hills.

Oops! He wasn't a Jr. His brother Harold was (which made their father, a film producer, Harold Hecht, Sr.) Please excuse the initial error.

Harold Hecht, Jr. was, of course, interviewed on the segment, and later tried asking the homeless man about Adam's fate without much luck.

TheWho · 05-03-2002, 03:34 PM

When you saw Adam Hecht later in the show did you see Josef Joplin

?

And what was Monday-Fridays segments at 11 and 12 pm
tell me as many as you can remember

Thanks

Kane · 05-06-2002, 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by TheWho
And what was Monday-Fridays segments at 11 and 12 pm
tell me as many as you can remember

Thanks

The 1987 disappearance of Dale Kerstetter was featured at noon on Tuesday (April 30) or Wednesday (May 1). This same broadcast also featured the unsolved 1987 murders of a young couple (Jay Cook and Tanya Cuylenborg) and the 1967 murder of Ralph Probst (an Illinois cop). All three cases are officially unsolved, ditto the 1994 murder of Kristie Lee (of Florida) which aired on Friday (5/3) during the noon episode.

I can't remember too much from last week. Sorry.

PEANUT BUTTER · 04-20-2003, 11:20 AM

BUMP!

Allierain · 04-22-2003, 10:57 AM

http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hecht,+Harold

That might be a little OT, but Herold Hecht did lots of stuff.

sdb4884 · 12-03-2009, 10:30 AM

any signs of Adam?

nohwheregirl · 12-03-2009, 10:13 PM

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any signs of Adam?

Sadly, it doesn't look like it. Here's his doe network profile:
http://www.doenetwork.org/

Hambone2421 · 12-11-2009, 12:23 PM

This was a very strange case. Almost no evidence to go on, no body and really no motive for anyone that knew him. Just very, very odd.

Mastermind · 12-11-2009, 05:43 PM

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This was a very strange case. Almost no evidence to go on, no body and really no motive for anyone that knew him. Just very, very odd.

The problem with this case is that we are dealing with a sub-culture that has no televisions, addresses or phone numbers(the homeless). How is a homeless drifter in Venice beach going to watch unsolved mysteries and call in to say that he saw Adam a week ago?

And those that do have televisions, addresses and phone numbers tend to avoid the homeless at all costs. When was the last time you had an in depth face to face conversation with a homeless person?

If you think about it, all this defeates the concept of Unsolved Mysteries to begin with.

nicoge21 · 12-20-2009, 01:00 PM

Remember what robert stack said at the end of the segment?

"harold caught up with tony once more, and asked if he knew where adam was. He simply walked away" or something like that.

DJ_Foxx · 12-28-2009, 01:21 PM

I watched this eppie again with some friends (avid UM fans also). Anyway, we started talking about the fact that Adam was rich and maybe Tony or some of the other homeless people taking advantage of that and perhaps killing Tony. One of my other friends said something about the weird closeness between Tony and Adam. His theory was that Tony might have read more into Adam trying to know more about him and the homeless. He implied that maybe Tony and Adam were more than just good friends but maybe that Adam didn't want to push things further with Tony for fear of how it would affect his family and his social status. Maybe he tried to end things with Tony and Tony either killed him either directly or indirectly through another homeless person.

I thought it was an interesting theory but I tend to lean towards Adam being taken advantage of for his kindness and money by someone in the homeless community he was trying to know more about.

bluejazz87 · 03-17-2010, 09:05 AM

I think he was ultimately killed. When his brother went to check up on him after not hearing from him in a few days, Toni wouldn't let him in the room. Seems as if he was hiding something. I think the most logical conclusion is that Adam tried to do a good thing and help out some unfortunate people, but then realized that no good deed goes unpunished and that is when he met his demise.

Mastermind · 03-17-2010, 12:22 PM

nice avatar, BTW

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I think he was ultimately killed. When his brother went to check up on him after not hearing from him in a few days, Toni wouldn't let him in the room. Seems as if he was hiding something

It's not out of the question that Tony killed Adam in his apartment and disposed of his body.

Again, Tony may be more up to speed than we think.

05-02-2002, 02:40 AM	#1
mrtuesdaynight Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 02, 2002 Posts: 7	Missing Person: Adam Hecht This morning I saw a bizarre story about a man named Adam Hecht. He befriended a homeless person in Beverly Hills, CA named Tony and he soon ended up missing. This show was originally from 1989. Has there ever been an update to this weird story?

03-17-2010, 09:05 AM	#14
bluejazz87 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 17, 2010 Location: San Francisco Posts: 203	I think he was ultimately killed. When his brother went to check up on him after not hearing from him in a few days, Toni wouldn't let him in the room. Seems as if he was hiding something. I think the most logical conclusion is that Adam tried to do a good thing and help out some unfortunate people, but then realized that no good deed goes unpunished and that is when he met his demise.
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05-03-2002, 03:34 PM	#4
TheWho Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 06, 2002 Location: United States Posts: 30	When you saw Adam Hecht later in the show did you see Josef Joplin ? And what was Monday-Fridays segments at 11 and 12 pm tell me as many as you can remember Thanks

04-20-2003, 11:20 AM	#6
PEANUT BUTTER Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Posts: 6	BUMP!

04-22-2003, 10:57 AM	#7
Allierain Forum Old Fart Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 30, 2002 Location: Somewhere Posts: 509	http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hecht,+Harold That might be a little OT, but Herold Hecht did lots of stuff.

12-03-2009, 10:30 AM	#8
sdb4884 UM Meme Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,234	any signs of Adam?

12-11-2009, 12:23 PM	#10
Hambone2421 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 08, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,066	This was a very strange case. Almost no evidence to go on, no body and really no motive for anyone that knew him. Just very, very odd.

12-20-2009, 01:00 PM	#12
nicoge21 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 19, 2009 Posts: 176	Remember what robert stack said at the end of the segment? "harold caught up with tony once more, and asked if he knew where adam was. He simply walked away" or something like that.

12-28-2009, 01:21 PM	#13
DJ_Foxx Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 08, 2006 Location: Mississippi Posts: 89	I watched this eppie again with some friends (avid UM fans also). Anyway, we started talking about the fact that Adam was rich and maybe Tony or some of the other homeless people taking advantage of that and perhaps killing Tony. One of my other friends said something about the weird closeness between Tony and Adam. His theory was that Tony might have read more into Adam trying to know more about him and the homeless. He implied that maybe Tony and Adam were more than just good friends but maybe that Adam didn't want to push things further with Tony for fear of how it would affect his family and his social status. Maybe he tried to end things with Tony and Tony either killed him either directly or indirectly through another homeless person. I thought it was an interesting theory but I tend to lean towards Adam being taken advantage of for his kindness and money by someone in the homeless community he was trying to know more about.