*Crime-related TV shows to watch TODAY!*

[BetteDavisEyes]

Tonight at 6:00PM (EDT) on LMN:

Just Ask My Children (2001)

A pedophilia witch-hunt is started in Bakersfield by two teenage girls' foppish child abuse claims. Blindly ambitious justice officials, especially in the prosecutor's office, conspire to arrest loving parents Scott and Brenda Kniffen, whose doted pre-teen sons Brian and Brandon are grilled endlessly until they repeat the vicious lies, the elder even ends up believing them while they pass from one foster home to the next, as even the grandparents are denied custody for not turning on their children. The defense's rights are systematically denied, so the parents go to jail for 240 years. The boys are near adulthood when the political tide finally turns.

Based on a true story: http://www.justaskmychildrenmovie.blogspot.com/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on Lifetime:

12:00PM (EDT) Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (2008)

Six years ago, Luzaida Cuevas believed that her daughter had died in a Philadelphia apartment fire. But six years later, Luzaida spotted a little girl at a birthday party she knew in her heart was Delimar. Feigning the little girl had gum in her hair, Luzaida trimmed a lock of the little girl's hair (something that she had seen done on CSI) and sent it for DNA testing. Unbelievably, DNA results proved the little girl to be Delimar - who had been kidnapped. Based on a true story.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

10:00AM (EDT) The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)

The title is almost a summary itself. Based on the true story of a Texas mom who tries to hire a hitman (through her ex's brother) to kill either or both a cheerleader and her mother. With the intended victims out of the way, Wanda's daughter gets the chance to become a cheerleader. When the media get hold of the story, Wanda's trial turns into a media circus. Written by Rob Hartill.

When her daughter Shanna is disqualified from competing for her Junior High School cheer leading squad, Wanda Holloway tries to get her ex-husband's brother, Terry Harper, to hire a hitman to incapacitate Shanna's rival or the girl's mother. He wants nothing to do with it and after several unsuccessful attempts, finally manages to convince the police that Wanda is serious. She is eventually arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder but when the media get hold of the story, it becomes a sensation, making front page news around the world. Based on a true story.

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/05/us...rder-plot.html

4:00PM (EDT) Taken in Broad Daylight (2009)

The true and inspiring survival story of kidnapped teen, Anne Sluti, and how she manages to stay alive by manipulating her captor, engineering her own rescue and negotiating her safe release after 6 days of hell.

10:00PM (EDT) Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2012)

The Lifetime Original Movie "ABDUCTED: The Carlina White Story", starring Aunjanue Ellis ("The Help"), Keke Palmer ("True Jackson", "VP"), and Emmy® Award winner Sherri Shepherd ("The View") is based on a remarkable true story of the kidnapping of Carlina White (Palmer), who was abducted as an infant by Ann Pettway (Ellis) from a New York hospital and solved her own kidnapping and reunited with her biological parents 23 years later. The case is reported to be the first known infant abduction from a New York hospital. On July 30. 2012, Pettway was sentenced in a New York court to 12 years in prison for kidnapping Carlina.

In August of 1987, new parents Joy White (Shepherd) and Carl Tyson (Roger Cross, 24) took their 19-day-old daughter Carlina to Harlem Hospital in New York with a high fever. Ann Pettway, who had suffered a series of miscarriages and was desperate for a child of her own, posed as a hospital nurse and walked out of the hospital with Carlina hidden from view. While Joy and Carl desperately searched for their daughter over the years, Pettway was raising Carlina as Nejdra “Netty” Nance in Bridgeport, Connecticut – a mere 45 miles from New York City. As Carlina grew older she began to suspect Pettway was not her birth mother and launched her own investigation. After contacting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Carlina was reunited with her biological parents in January 2011.

 

[eileenhawkeye]

Hmmm...I have to wonder if LMN's choice of movies for today has anything to do the Hannah Anderson case.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

:blushing: Don't know how I missed this one.

Tonight at 8:00PM (EDT) on LMN:

Drew Peterson: Untouchable (2012)

Former Illinois cop Drew Peterson becomes the suspect in the murder of his third wife and in the disappearance of his fourth wife. Based on a true story.

[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187338"]Sidebar #1 in Kathleen Savio's forum - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community[/ame]

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

This evening on LMN:

6:00PM (EDT) Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (2008)

The true story of a woman who believed her infant daughter had perished in a fire, only to find her 6 years later living with another family.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

4:00PM (EDT) The Elizabeth Smart Story

6:00PM (EDT) Nancy Grace's The Eleventh Victim

8:00PM (EDT) Prosecuting Casey Anthony

12:00AM (EDT) Prosecuting Casey Anthony

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Tonight on Lifetime:

8:00PM (EDT) Sins of the Preacher 2013 (Repeated at midnight)

When beloved Debbie Martin commits suicide, her preacher husband Andrew grieves alongside the whole town and especially Debbie's mom, Susan. But then moments long forgotten and incidents about Andrew's strange behavior start bubbling to the surface. At first Susan doesn't want to believe them, but when mounting evidence can no longer be denied, she has to admit that she now believes Andrew killed Debbie and sets out to prove it. And so begins a battle that eventually tears the town apart. Inspired by a true story.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

4:00PM (EDT) Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)

Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award nominee Rob Lowe stars in the new Lifetime Original Movie "Prosecuting Casey Anthony." Lowe portrays Jeff Ashton, the Florida prosecutor in the controversial Caylee Anthony murder trial and author of the best-selling book "Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony", upon which the movie is based.

"Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite what many thought to be overwhelming evidence of guilt. The movie is seen from Ashton’s (Lowe) perspective and it takes viewers behind-the-scenes of both the investigation into Caylee’s tragic death and the ensuing trial, shedding new light on the many questions of what happened to the two year-old girl, how Ashton and his fellow prosecutors built their case and why a woman so shrouded in suspicion was proclaimed innocent. With in-depth information about the case and the accused, "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" examines what the prosecution got right, what they got wrong and why Ashton remains convinced of Casey Anthony’s guilt...

6:00PM (EDT) Beyond the Headlines: The Casey Anthony Story.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Tonight on Lifetime:

8:00PM (EDT) Sins of the Preacher 2013 (Repeated at midnight)

When beloved Debbie Martin commits suicide, her preacher husband Andrew grieves alongside the whole town and especially Debbie's mom, Susan. But then moments long forgotten and incidents about Andrew's strange behavior start bubbling to the surface. At first Susan doesn't want to believe them, but when mounting evidence can no longer be denied, she has to admit that she now believes Andrew killed Debbie and sets out to prove it. And so begins a battle that eventually tears the town apart. Inspired by a true story.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

2:00PM (EDT) One Angry Juror (2010)

Based on a true story, “One Angry Juror” follows the story of Sarah Walsh (Jessica Capshaw), a tough, opinionated, no-nonsense New Orleans attorney who has been chosen to serve on the jury of a murder trial. Reluctantly serving her duty, she is apathetic toward the defendant until she is convinced that he may actually be innocent. Unwavering, Sarah deadlocks the jury to secure a mistrial. When they retry the case, she partners with defense attorney Donald Burston (Jeremy Ratchford, “Cold Case”) and detective Derrick White (Michael Jai White, “Why Did I Get Married Too?”), and the investigation leads them through a dangerous maze of corruption. With the support of her husband (Jonathan Scarfe, “ER”), Sarah begins to reconcile her own past and realize that she is one man’s last chance for freedom.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

2:00PM (EDT) The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)

Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci.

Tonight on AMC:

8:00PM (EDT) Erin Brockovich (2000)

Intelligent and fact-based story of an unemployed single mother (Julia Roberts) who becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. Also stars Albert Finney.

 

[Tulessa]

Today on LMN:

2:00PM (EDT) The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)

Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci.

Tonight on AMC:

8:00PM (EDT) Erin Brockovich (2000)

Intelligent and fact-based story of an unemployed single mother (Julia Roberts) who becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. Also stars Albert Finney.

BDE.......Thank you for keeping this thread going.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on AMC:

4:00PM (EDT) Erin Brockovich (2000)

Intelligent and fact-based story of an unemployed single mother (Julia Roberts) who becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. Also stars Albert Finney.

Tonight on LMN:

8:00PM (EDT) Love, Lies and Murder (1991)

This movie, based on the true story, begins with the murder of a housewife. When troubled teenage daughter confesses the crime, it looks like a solved case. But, the investigators are suspicious because of the lack of motive and spend years trying to determine what really happened.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

BDE.......Thank you for keeping this thread going.

I appreciate your kind thoughts :tyou: I do my best to keep up with daily TV listings. It's not always easy if I have too much going on in "real life". I have or will watch each and every crime-related TV show that I include in my posts. I'm pleased to know that the good peeps here at Websleuths check the daily breaking news and crime-related TV shows threads.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

12:00PM (EDT) Amber's Story (2006)

This is the tragic and true story of the abduction of Amber Hagerman. Her family and the community's efforts to find her and bring her kidnapper to justice prove to be a groundbreaking movement toward implementing a government-run tracking system for missing youth.

 

[Jewels53]

Tonight 8pm CDT/9pm EDT

The Officer's Wife on Dateline NBC

Based off of a case here on WS Levi Chavez and Tera Chavez

[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216304"]NOTGUILTY NM - Levi Chavez on trial for murder of his wife, Tera Chavez *VERDICT WATCH* - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community[/ame]

Preview

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/dateline/53003003#53053710

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

World premiere tonight on Lifetime:

8:00PM (EDT) Taken: The Search for Sophie (2013)

Sophie is 18-years-old and heads to Moscow for spring break, but things don't go as planned. She is with a friend on the trip. They are actually at the U.S. Embassy because her dad is a friend of someone working there. Of course they don't just stay there where it is safe though and instead they venture out. The girls end up getting taken by someone.

Her mom, played by Julie Benz, is a detective in New York City. She will fly to Moscow when her daughter goes missing and she is willing to do everything that she can to find her. This movie is inspired by real events.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

4:00PM (EDT) Trust (2010)

A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie (Liana Liberato) meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend (Chris Henry Coffey) is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents (Clive Owen and Catherine Keener) are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.

Note: While not based on actual events, this film is about the dangers that children/teens face when meeting people online. The movie premiered on LMN Friday night. A 35-year-old sex offender lured young girls into his life by lying to them via the internet - telling them that he was much younger than he really was, telling the girls that they were "special" and beautiful, making the girls think that each was the "only one", etc. It turned out, in the end, that the man was a high school teacher with a wife and young son. Both DH and I thought that the pace of the film was somewhat pedestrian, but it was a good story and well-acted.

6:00PM (EDT) When a Child Kills

Story of the sixth-grader who became the youngest American tried as an adult for murder. Nathaniel Abraham, who shot a teenager and claimed the killing was accidental, launched a debate between those who saw his treatment as inhumane and those who said killers of any age must pay for their actions. Includes an interview with Abraham's mother.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

4:00PM (EDT) Left To Die (2012)

Based on a true story. Sandra Chase bravely agrees to accompany a friend to Ecuador for a much needed vacation, but paradise quickly turns to misery when she is accosted at the airport in Quito and is unjustly imprisoned for drug trafficking. With no trial or any recourse, Sandra is sent to a women's prison with sub-par living conditions and is terrorized by the other inmates. Meanwhile, Sandra's daughter Tammi is vigilantly working on getting her mother released from prison with limited knowledge of the laws and legal processes of Ecuador. Unwavering in her belief of her mother's innocence, Tammi is forced to drain her life savings while fighting with embassies and governments as she races against time to save her mother.

6:00PM (EDT) Fatal Honeymoon (2012)

Based on a true story, Fatal Honeymoon tells the shocking story and controversy surrounding a newlywed who tragically dies on her dream honeymoon and the subsequent investigation as to whether or not her husband was guilty of killing her. In the film, Alabama couple Gabe Watson and his new bride, 26 year-old Tina Watson, married just 11 days, go on their dream honeymoon to scuba dive near Australia's Great Barrier Reef, where Tina drowns in what appears to be a freak accident. With authorities puzzled over Gabe's inconsistent statements about Tina's death, her father Tommy Thomas begins to suspect Gabe may have murdered his daughter. When an underwater photo of Tina lying motionless on the ocean floor emerges, Australian authorities begin to suspect foul play, charge Gabe with his wife's death and extradite him to their country, where he eventually pleads guilty to manslaughter and serves 18 months in prison. Alabama prosecutors, agreeing with Tommy's suspicion Tina was murdered and Gabe had possibly planned it before they left the state, decide to pursue murder charges in the United States. But, due to lack of evidence, the judge dismisses the case - causing many to wonder what a jury would've made of the evidence and leaving Tommy with more unanswered questions about what actually happened to his daughter on her honeymoon.