*Crime-related TV shows to watch TODAY!*

[BetteDavisEyes]

This evening on LMN:

6:00PM (EDT) The Hunt for the BTK Killer (2005)

Actor Greg Henry stars as the elusive serial killer who terrorized Kansas residents for seventeen agonizing years while taunting the authorities and claiming the lives of ten random and unsuspecting victims. Inspired to revisit the case on the anniversary of the killer's emergence, the media inadvertently prompts a serial killer who had once gone into self-induced retirement to begin prowling the streets of Wichita in search of potential victims. Detective Jason Magida (Robert Forester) is a cop who remembers all too well the terror that the BTK killer inflicted on the community as he launched a gruesome campaign to bond, torture, and kill his helpless "projects" after staking them like an animalistic predator, but that was back in the mid-1970s. Is it really possible for a serial killer to suppress their murderous instincts long enough to evade capture, only to lash out once again decades later? When a killer who seems to share the same modus operandi as the original BTK killer begins claiming victims and the citizens of Wichita once again begin locking their doors at night, Detective Magida and his partner (Michael Michele) set out to put an end to the killings, and the rampant fear that has gripped the quiet Kansas town, once and for all.

 

[doubt]

thanks to bettedaviseyes for these posts.

i just watched the btk movie. creepy.

 

[zwiebel]

Bob Harrod's Disappeared episode, 'Long Lost Love' airs again today on ID TV. 1pm ET/PT. Watch if you can, he's still missing!

http://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/disappeared/tv-schedule.htm

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

This evening on LMN:

6:00PM (EDT) Perfect Murder: The Shannon Mohr Story

Recalling the 1980 murder of Shannon Mohr, who was killed by her husband so he could collect an insurance payment.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...p-american-samoa-two-small-insurance-policies

Note: I didn't find a discussion thread about this case, but if there is one, please post. Thanks.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Tonight on AMC:

10:00PM (EDT) TURN

A drama based on the true lives of America's earliest spies, the Revolutionary War-era Culper Ring.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Premiering tonight on CNN:

10M (EDT) CNN Presents: The Survivor Diaries (2014)

Follow the journey of professional dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, a Boston Marathon bombing survivor who had her lower left leg amputated after shrapnel tore through it. Haslet-Davis agreed not only to allow CNN to follow her journey to recovery, but also agreed to film her everyday life in video diaries. The exclusive videos she shared with CNN paint a raw, honest and at times heart-breaking picture of a woman battling extreme physical and emotional challenges.

The riveting one-hour documentary, hosted by Anderson Cooper, will take viewers through Adrianne’s journey from her tentative first steps in a prosthetic leg to her making good on her promise of a dance lesson for Anderson Cooper. Cooper first met Adrianne in her hospital room just one week after the tragedy and during their interview she vowed that she would dance again...

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/17/first-look-cnn-special-report-the-survivor-diaries/

 

[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.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Toay on LMN:

2:00PM (EDT) Murder On Pleasant Drive (2006)

Based on a true story. When Fran Smith mysteriously disappears, her daughter Deanna (Kelli Williams) and her sister Sherrie will stop at nothing to find her. Suspicion begins to fall on Fran's husband John, (Adam Arkin), and the two women are convinced he murdered their loved one yet without a body, there is no evidence a crime has been committed. With Sherrie's assistance, Deanna embarks upon a tireless, 11-year quest, relentlessly investigating John's past. But when they uncover a 25-year-old missing person's case involving John's first wife who also disappeared under mysterious circumstances, the case against him takes an unexpected turn.

http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/smith-john-david.htm

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

4:00PM (EDT) The Pastor's Wife (2011)

Based on the true story of Matthew Winkler, a beloved minister who, in 2006, was found shot and killed in his Selmer, Tennessee home, his wife and young daughters missing. Authorities soon zeroed in on Matthew's wife, Mary, as the prime suspect in the murder. After her capture, the residents of Selmer were left to wonder what would drive Mary to shoot her husband in the back as he slept. They would get their answers during her trial, when what went on behind the closed doors of this seemingly perfect family was revealed for all to see.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50655&highlight=mary+winkler+discussion

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

2:00PM (EDT) Fab Five: Texas Cheerleader Scandal

'Fab Five' true story based on Texas cheerleader scandal

...The true story that inspired the "Fab Five: Texas Cheerleader Scandal" happened in the state of Texas in 2006, where several high school cheerleaders were said to have taken over the school while the principal watched and ignored bad behavior...

http://www.examiner.com/article/fab...n-texas-cheerleaders-scandal-at-mckinney-high


8:00PM (EDT) The Cheating Pact

'The Cheating Pact' true story of Samuel Eshaghoff

..."The Cheating Pact" is loosely based on the story of Samuel Eshaghoff and several other Long Island teens who were implicated in a cheating scandal in 2011. According to court records, the Long Island teens came from very prominent families and felt pressured to do well on the SAT and ACT exams. The teens paid thousands of dollars to score well on the exams...

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-cheating-pact-true-story-based-on-long-island-teens

 

[Salem]

Fox News Channel- Greta Van Susteren, cable FNC (Brighthouse Networks Channel 37), is presenting a full hour special on Jennifer's case this Friday, April 18th, 2014 at 7:00pm and replayed at 2am. It will also be shown on Saturday, April 19th at 9:00pm and again at 1:00am. The Special is named: Greta Investigates- The Mysterious Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse. Please pass on this information concerning the show to all you know and thank you for continuing to care.

We need to get Jennifer's name in the spotlight again. Thanks for posting UCFA!

Salem

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on Lifetime:

1:00PM (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...

...After contacting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Carlina was reunited with her biological parents in January 2011.

http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/abducted-the-carlina-white-story/about

ETA: I've been reading about this case and plan to watch the made-for-TV movie this afternoon. There was discussion about Carlina White on Websleuths: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94183&highlight=carlina+white

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

2:00PM (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.

6:00PM (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...

...After contacting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Carlina was reunited with her biological parents in January 2011.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Today on LMN:

12:00PM (EDT) 4 hours Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000)

About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant Jonbenet Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigation even more difficult.

JonBenet Ramsey - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Tonight on LMN:

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

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.

10:00PM (EDT) Blue-Eyed Butcher (2012)

Texas beauty Susan Wright appeared to have a fairytale life with an adoring husband, Jeff, two beautiful kids, and close family and friends. But in 2003, six years into their marriage, the fairy tale crumbles when Jeff is found dead and buried in the backyard of their suburban home. The close-knit community is shocked as police accuse Susan of pre-meditated murder -- luring her husband into the bedroom, tying him up and violently stabbing him almost 200 times before haphazardly cleaning up the crime scene. As Jeff's family reels from the devastating news, Susan begins to mount her aggressive defense; that she needed to kill Jeff out of self-preservation for herself and her children after years of physical and mental abuse. But prosecutor Kelly Siegler is skeptical of her defense and forcefully argues she is a cunning, doe-eyed sociopath, who has used her good looks to try to get away with anything in life -- even murder. The jury rejected her claim of self-defense, and sentenced "the blue-eyed butcher" to 25 years in prison for murder. In 2009 the Texas appeals court granted Wright a new sentencing hearing, after determining that her "counsel rendered ineffective assistance during the punishment phase of trial." On November 20, 2010, Wright was re-sentenced to 20 years in prison, five years less than her original sentence.

 

[zwiebel]

There's a live radio show with survivors of Ireland's Omagh bombing broadcasting now, which will also be downloadable aferwards. It's very moving.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007x9vc/broadcasts/upcoming

 

[zwiebel]

There is also a powerful Channel 4 documentary series on missing people, airing Thursdays, that can be watched free at this link. But you have to be in the UK - or browsing via a UK server - to view.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-missing

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Tonight on LMN:

8:00PM (EDT) The Investigation (2002)

Based on the true story of the hunt for a Canadian serial killer who continues his murdering spree after being captured as a suspect and set free through jurisdictional chaos. Repeated at midnight.

Also on LMN today:

2:00PM (EDT) Blue-Eyed Butcher (2012)

6:00PM (EDT) The Craigslist Killer (2011)

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

This afternoon on TCM:

4:00PM (EDT) The FBI Story (1959)

A dedicated FBI agent thinks back on the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.


True crime movies featured today on LMN:

10:00AM (EDT) Deadly Honeymoon

12:00PM (EDT) Blue-Eyed Butcher

2:00PM (EDT) Craigslist Killer

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Tonight on LMN:

8:00PM (EDT) Bringing Ashley Home (2011)

“Bringing Ashley Home” follows the relationship between Libba Phillips (A.J. Cook), the responsible sister, and her carefree, troubled younger sister, Ashley (Jennifer Morrison). When Ashley suddenly disappears without a trace, a distraught Libba and her mother, Michelle (Patricia Richardson), pour all of their efforts into finding her. After years of searching, the rest of Ashley’s family is exhausted, but Libba increases her search, even quitting her job. Frustrated by the lack of resources available to locate missing adults, she creates an organization called “Outpost for Hope” and continues her search through some of the darkest parts of the country, never giving up hope. Based on a true story.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20199542,00.html