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justins5256 · 02-08-2004, 05:56 PM

Discussions on some of the segments never (or hardly ever) shown on Lifetime got me thinking about the opposite: segments that seem to pop up all the time. What are some segments that you guys think they have shown way too much?

Here are my picks:

The Edward Harold Bell case. This was mentioned on here before (Bell exposed himself to kids on neighborhood street, and gunned down a heroic man who tried to stop him). I admit this is tragic and very sad, but this case was resolved years ago. Lifetime even re-worked it into part of their "new" series. I change channels if I see this is on.

That haunted comedy club. This was on last week again I believe.

The story about the deaths of Bruce and Brandon Lee and the supposed "curse" on the Lee family. This was on last night.

Bee-venom therapy. I thought this story was a bit on the boring side, but I guess Lifetime feels otherwise.

Mysteries of the Psychic Mind - they used to show this all the time. Same deal with the "alien beings" special. Always causes me to change the channel out of boredom.

The story about that stripper whose murder was reported by an anonymous call to 911. The police couldn't ascertain if the caller was the killer or a bystander.

That is all I can think of at the moment.

Justin

Brent88 · 02-08-2004, 09:16 PM

I can name several just from the past week or so. The Comedy Club, the Cokeville, WY school explosion thing(that one was on TWICE LAST WEEK!), many of the UFO segments are shown OVER AND OVER again, and there are plenty of others. Just about everytime a Lifetime-produced episode comes on(with the intermixed old segments) there is at least one and most of the time two or three segments that I have already seen. That is why I don't like those episodes. There are plenty of episodes I haven't seen! I want to see those!

crystaldawn · 02-09-2004, 08:11 AM

The story I HATE seeing and I've seen too many times to count is that stupid Resurrection Mary story! I've also seen that one where the couple tried to blow up the school countless times. That one was resolved at the time, when the man killed himself. The third one is the Olympic Park bombing.

Ninjaman · 02-09-2004, 03:31 PM

That one REALLY LONG segment shown a few days ago about the woman who was in a fairytale relationship with this man that went horribly awry has been shown way too many times.

UMfan77 · 02-09-2004, 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by Ninjaman
That one REALLY LONG segment shown a few days ago about the woman who was in a fairytale relationship with this man that went horribly awry has been shown way too many times.

I can't place that one...could me give me a name or be a little more specific. It sounds familiar, but can't figure which one it is.

Ninjaman · 02-09-2004, 05:58 PM

the woman had plans to go to medical school, but met this wealthy, bodybuilder man from texas and quickly fell in love. He gave her a house, I think, but failed to mention to her that he was still legally married. To make a long story short, he hired a hit man to shoot her after disagreements. She survived, but was paralyzed from the waist down. There is a lot more to this story. As I said, it is really long. It took up about half of the show. I also have seen it many times, which is frustrating. Hopefully this jogs your memory.

Composite Sketch · 02-09-2004, 06:16 PM

I saw that one for the first time last December. I had never even heard of it before. But it was a LOOOONG, BORING case that should have been contained to one segment. I remember being annoyed that another, possibly non-boring segment, could have been put in there instead.

I pretty much agree with the choices listed above.

gaf · 02-09-2004, 06:19 PM

Oh, I remember that one. It was on a few weeks ago. The saxophone music UM played when they were showing that couple's courtship was really horrible.

I always seem to catch the story of that woman who thinks she's been re-incarnated. I can't remember the current woman's name, but her past life's name was Sandra Jenkins. The story took two segments. It showed her under hypnosis, and then she visited the town in Ohio where she thought she lived in a past life. They even had a photo of Jenkins. There was a large group of people in that photo, but Jenkins was sitting by herself; it was really creepy. I remember when I first watched it and they zeroed in on Jenkins it scared me to death. Also, the music in that segment was really freaky.

Mr. Roboto · 02-09-2004, 08:16 PM

They just played the Clifford Sherwood case. I remember this being on not too long ago...

Evadual · 02-09-2004, 09:43 PM

I mentioned in another thread, the one with the cop walking the floppy ear dog. I'll go crazy if they show the one with Jeanine(sp?) Price again, she was featured in one of those Sci-Med, Mysteries of the Mind segments. I don't like watching the newer episodes done a yr. or so ago, with one new segment being done and then followed by the mixing of segments from older episodes. They might as well just have the new ones put together.

trailblazer · 02-10-2004, 03:42 AM

I don't watch any of them, just too boring.

Brent88 · 02-10-2004, 12:25 PM

I don't watch any Lost Loves, Aliens, UFO's, Miracles, reincarnation crap stories either. All but the Lost Loves are unsolvable.

UMfan77 · 02-10-2004, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by gaf
Oh, I remember that one. It was on a few weeks ago. The saxophone music UM played when they were showing that couple's courtship was really horrible.

I always seem to catch the story of that woman who thinks she's been re-incarnated. I can't remember the current woman's name, but her past life's name was Sandra Jenkins. The story took two segments. It showed her under hypnosis, and then she visited the town in Ohio where she thought she lived in a past life. They even had a photo of Jenkins. There was a large group of people in that photo, but Jenkins was sitting by herself; it was really creepy. I remember when I first watched it and they zeroed in on Jenkins it scared me to death. Also, the music in that segment was really freaky.

Oh, yea, the Sandra Jenkins one...very freaky segment. The one part that really scares me is when the woman visits the grave of Sandra Jenkins' grandmother. The woman that is supposedly reincarnated from Sandra Jenkins is Georgia Rudolph. That whole segment just creeps me out.

Composite Sketch · 02-10-2004, 08:21 PM

Sandra's voice was one of the weirdest voices I have ever heard.

I'm not a fan of those types of cases at all but when it comes on again I may consider pressing the Record button.

gaf · 02-11-2004, 01:13 PM

Do you mean Georgia Rudolph's voice? (Thanks, UMFan77, for giving the information.) I can't remember her voice right now. I just found that whole segment scary for the following reasons: (1) It was an earlier segment, and the film they used back then had that misty quality that the earlier segments had. I'm sure you all know what I mean. (2) Robert Stack used his quiet, monotonous way of speaking which can give me the creeps. (3) For whatever reason, when they showed her undergoing hypnosis it was scary to me. (4) As UMFan77 said, when Rudolph visited Jenkins' grandmother's grave and saw the angel on the tomb that she'd been seeing in her visions...scary. (5) And, of course, the music! They used this depressing-yet-scary-sounding music which stayed in my head for several hours.

I don't normally care for those supernatural mysteries either, but I like that story because it was creepy. That's half the reason I watch the show anyway.

I remembered another segment they've shown way too many times for my taste. It was the one about "Missing Time." Remember that? These people were missing hours out of their day they couldn't account for. Most of them believed they'd been abducted by aliens. That was another two-segment case. Two segments too long in my opinion.

02-08-2004, 05:56 PM	#1
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	Segments shown too much Discussions on some of the segments never (or hardly ever) shown on Lifetime got me thinking about the opposite: segments that seem to pop up all the time. What are some segments that you guys think they have shown way too much? Here are my picks: The Edward Harold Bell case. This was mentioned on here before (Bell exposed himself to kids on neighborhood street, and gunned down a heroic man who tried to stop him). I admit this is tragic and very sad, but this case was resolved years ago. Lifetime even re-worked it into part of their "new" series. I change channels if I see this is on. That haunted comedy club. This was on last week again I believe. The story about the deaths of Bruce and Brandon Lee and the supposed "curse" on the Lee family. This was on last night. Bee-venom therapy. I thought this story was a bit on the boring side, but I guess Lifetime feels otherwise. Mysteries of the Psychic Mind - they used to show this all the time. Same deal with the "alien beings" special. Always causes me to change the channel out of boredom. The story about that stripper whose murder was reported by an anonymous call to 911. The police couldn't ascertain if the caller was the killer or a bystander. That is all I can think of at the moment. Justin
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02-08-2004, 09:16 PM	#2
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	I can name several just from the past week or so. The Comedy Club, the Cokeville, WY school explosion thing(that one was on TWICE LAST WEEK!), many of the UFO segments are shown OVER AND OVER again, and there are plenty of others. Just about everytime a Lifetime-produced episode comes on(with the intermixed old segments) there is at least one and most of the time two or three segments that I have already seen. That is why I don't like those episodes. There are plenty of episodes I haven't seen! I want to see those!
	__________________ Brent

02-10-2004, 03:42 AM	#11
trailblazer Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 07, 2003 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 30	I hate all the lost love & religious segments. I don't watch any of them, just too boring.

02-09-2004, 08:11 AM	#3
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	The story I HATE seeing and I've seen too many times to count is that stupid Resurrection Mary story! I've also seen that one where the couple tried to blow up the school countless times. That one was resolved at the time, when the man killed himself. The third one is the Olympic Park bombing.

02-09-2004, 03:31 PM	#4
Ninjaman Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 15, 2003 Location: remote island in pacific Posts: 103	That one REALLY LONG segment shown a few days ago about the woman who was in a fairytale relationship with this man that went horribly awry has been shown way too many times.

02-09-2004, 05:58 PM	#6
Ninjaman Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 15, 2003 Location: remote island in pacific Posts: 103	the woman had plans to go to medical school, but met this wealthy, bodybuilder man from texas and quickly fell in love. He gave her a house, I think, but failed to mention to her that he was still legally married. To make a long story short, he hired a hit man to shoot her after disagreements. She survived, but was paralyzed from the waist down. There is a lot more to this story. As I said, it is really long. It took up about half of the show. I also have seen it many times, which is frustrating. Hopefully this jogs your memory.

02-09-2004, 06:16 PM	#7
Composite Sketch Staring at you Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 26, 2003 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 304	I saw that one for the first time last December. I had never even heard of it before. But it was a LOOOONG, BORING case that should have been contained to one segment. I remember being annoyed that another, possibly non-boring segment, could have been put in there instead. I pretty much agree with the choices listed above.

02-09-2004, 06:19 PM	#8
gaf Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 02, 2003 Location: Kansas Posts: 94	Oh, I remember that one. It was on a few weeks ago. The saxophone music UM played when they were showing that couple's courtship was really horrible. I always seem to catch the story of that woman who thinks she's been re-incarnated. I can't remember the current woman's name, but her past life's name was Sandra Jenkins. The story took two segments. It showed her under hypnosis, and then she visited the town in Ohio where she thought she lived in a past life. They even had a photo of Jenkins. There was a large group of people in that photo, but Jenkins was sitting by herself; it was really creepy. I remember when I first watched it and they zeroed in on Jenkins it scared me to death. Also, the music in that segment was really freaky.

02-09-2004, 08:16 PM	#9
Mr. Roboto Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 01, 2003 Posts: 61	They just played the Clifford Sherwood case. I remember this being on not too long ago...

02-09-2004, 09:43 PM	#10
Evadual Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 04, 2003 Posts: 16	I mentioned in another thread, the one with the cop walking the floppy ear dog. I'll go crazy if they show the one with Jeanine(sp?) Price again, she was featured in one of those Sci-Med, Mysteries of the Mind segments. I don't like watching the newer episodes done a yr. or so ago, with one new segment being done and then followed by the mixing of segments from older episodes. They might as well just have the new ones put together.

02-10-2004, 12:25 PM	#12
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	I don't watch any Lost Loves, Aliens, UFO's, Miracles, reincarnation crap stories either. All but the Lost Loves are unsolvable.

02-10-2004, 08:21 PM	#14
Composite Sketch Staring at you Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 26, 2003 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 304	Sandra's voice was one of the weirdest voices I have ever heard. I'm not a fan of those types of cases at all but when it comes on again I may consider pressing the Record button.

02-11-2004, 01:13 PM	#15
gaf Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 02, 2003 Location: Kansas Posts: 94	Do you mean Georgia Rudolph's voice? (Thanks, UMFan77, for giving the information.) I can't remember her voice right now. I just found that whole segment scary for the following reasons: (1) It was an earlier segment, and the film they used back then had that misty quality that the earlier segments had. I'm sure you all know what I mean. (2) Robert Stack used his quiet, monotonous way of speaking which can give me the creeps. (3) For whatever reason, when they showed her undergoing hypnosis it was scary to me. (4) As UMFan77 said, when Rudolph visited Jenkins' grandmother's grave and saw the angel on the tomb that she'd been seeing in her visions...scary. (5) And, of course, the music! They used this depressing-yet-scary-sounding music which stayed in my head for several hours. I don't normally care for those supernatural mysteries either, but I like that story because it was creepy. That's half the reason I watch the show anyway. I remembered another segment they've shown way too many times for my taste. It was the one about "Missing Time." Remember that? These people were missing hours out of their day they couldn't account for. Most of them believed they'd been abducted by aliens. That was another two-segment case. Two segments too long in my opinion.