UM cases that changed your behavior

[BlueGalexy]

Please forgive me if there was already a thread on the subject, but I know there were a number of UM cases over the years that influenced my habits. I've always been curious if some of my fellow fans had been impacted in the same way.

For example:
--The Matthew Chase segment made me stop visiting ATMs alone at night.

--The Patsy Wright segment put me off cough syrup for months...much to my parents' dismay, I'm sure.

--The Amy Bradley case is the reason I've never gone on a cruise. (Although to be fair, my mama also had a scary "near miss" while on a cruise that I'm sure also had an effect.)

What about you all? Has a UM segment ever impacted your habits?

[TheCars1986]

I haven't touched any statues because I don't ever want to get pregnant.

[justins5256]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

I haven't touched any statues because I don't ever want to get pregnant.

Your getting pregnant is probably the only way I would believe in the segment.

[drew790]

I still look into the security cameras.

[TheCars1986]

Originally Posted by justins5256

Your getting pregnant is probably the only way I would believe in the segment.

[bell83]

After the La Posada segment, I was scared of going in the bathroom, for a while, because of that creepy mirror ghost in the reenactment. Later in life, I was working in a restaurant (as a closer) and would have to clean the bathrooms. Don't think that I didn't think of that scene more than once when walking into the bathrooms there hahaha

Also, I almost stopped smoking because Megadeth man said I probably shouldn't.

[LooksLikeCRicci]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

I haven't touched any statues because I don't ever want to get pregnant.

LOL!!!

[Todd Mueller]

I stopped accepting rides to the BART station from Jule Caylor.

Jule said “It was hell having you ride along, and now that you’re gone things are going pretty well.”

[DALLASTEXAN!!]

can't remember for sure but one of the first episodes I watched was "carol" and murder on music row...I think they were in the same episode but not 100%. I was only 6 years old at that time. I know after that episode I was scared to walk from the living room of our apartment to my bedroom without every light on. I still get the creeps when I watch the Kevin Hughes segment...and it just gets me upset how callous of a murder that was and that people got away with if for so long.

[cdr369]

(a) Amy Bradley - I went to Greece with my parents and my sister and her friend two years ago. My parents, my sister/ and her female companion (who were both 18 at the time) took a five night cruise around Greece, while I flew to Rome. It scared me that my sister was on a cruise, drinking and dancing, without "adult supervision". I told her about Amy Bradley's case. Her case still haunts me on ships.

This year she has it in her head she wants to do a semester at sea. Again, I have warned her about it. I just don't like the idea of cruise ships, ship staff, and alcohol mixing after the sun goes down.

(b) I too look at security cameras, but I feel like I shouldn't. Often times I can hear Robert Stack and maybe Robin Warder/ or Gen WHY narrating my steps as I am being recorded, as if they are my final steps, later to be dissected by social media.

[Mike82]

I remember my first time being alone with a woman in a hotel room at the age of 20 (at a work party). I am sure it's obvious what most men think in this situation but all I could think of was the Rose Turford and Carolyn Stevens case. In other words, when was the gun going to come out? Hope I didn't make the woman TOO uncomfortable!

Yes, I watched WAY too much UM in my teenage years.

[bell83]

Originally Posted by Mike82

I remember my first time being alone with a woman in a hotel room at the age of 20 (at a work party). I am sure it's obvious what most men think in this situation but all I could think of was the Rose Turford and Carolyn Stevens case. In other words, when was the gun going to come out? Hope I didn't make the woman TOO uncomfortable!

Yes, I watched WAY too much UM in my teenage years.

That is priceless!

Little did you know, the woman was also a UM devotee and was thinking of the Sandra Orellana/Robert Salazar case, and hoping you wouldn't throw her off the balcony.

[asmitty]

When I was a kid, I stopped riding bikes to the convenience store with friends after I saw the Michaela Garecht segment.

[DALLASTEXAN!!]

Originally Posted by cdr369

(a) Amy Bradley - I went to Greece with my parents and my sister and her friend two years ago. My parents, my sister/ and her female companion (who were both 18 at the time) took a five night cruise around Greece, while I flew to Rome. It scared me that my sister was on a cruise, drinking and dancing, without "adult supervision". I told her about Amy Bradley's case. Her case still haunts me on ships.

This year she has it in her head she wants to do a semester at sea. Again, I have warned her about it. I just don't like the idea of cruise ships, ship staff, and alcohol mixing after the sun goes down.

I've thought about that segment when I've gone on a cruise. and there are other cases out there you can probably find online that show people falling overboard. I think that alcohol abuse combined with long sunny days are very dangerous and is likely what causes a lot of problems for people on a cruise. But all in all I think they are fairly safe and everyone on a cruise are just looking to have an experience that they can write home about. most of the crew on a ship are hard working and honest people. that's not to say that crime and corruption does not exist. it can happen anywhere.