Fascinating subject matter. High production values. Re-creations. Forest night shoots. Drone shots. And yet a couple of journalistic oversights brought the overall program down.
1/ The unknown superiors who told the policewoman to veto Kate’s story. What happened to those people? Was there any repercussions? No mention.
2/ Kate gives an amazing account. Yet the journalist does not ask her once how she has coped all these years and what impact did it have on her life. Was she able to go on and have normal relationships? She seems to have it all together now, but what about as a young woman? It should have been the first question following the description of her harrowing experiences. It’s a two hour program for God’s sake.
Also the policewoman should have been interviewed separately about her version and then together with Kate. The two of them together came off as quite awkward when Kate jumped in a few times.
Surely if that amount of money is spent on a program some more probing and intelligent questions should be asked. These type of programs are becoming more concerned with the crime rather than the bigger picture. A visual feast but not an intellectual one.
I hope this aspect improves, as it let down an otherwise excellent production.
Mike Amor was the journo/producer on the cop killer episode and it shows. His experience and interviewing technique far surpassed the journo from the first week. Top notch job Mike. He asked the tough questions without crossing into the disrespectful territory. A tough line to navigate. It’s truly disgusting that you can murder someone, a policemen and almost murder a second and only get 16 years. The justice system is a joke in this country. i think it’s even more soft now than 20 years ago. A slap in the face for victims and their families.
As for the show, I think making the Gangland Wars the third episode is a big mistake. This story has been covered to death. Honestly, who cares about a bunch of scumbags killing each other? No sympathy, hence no interest. I’ll be avoiding this one. The producers should be focusing on more personal stories, some of which the public may not know. Some people might be interested, but I think most know enough about this already. It’s a bad call.
This week’s edition of Murder Uncovered, Two Weddings and 29 Funerals, scheduled to air on Wednesday night has been withdrawn for legal reasons and will be rescheduled for a later date.
An edition of Bride and Prejudice will screen on Wednesday at 9pm on Seven.
There was a double on the first night and this one scheduled for this week was also supposed to be too, either two episodes on the same subject or a two hour long episode.
It seemed like to me that the first episode was meant to be a two hour episode rather than two separate episodes being shown back-to-back (like what Home & Away does on Thursday’s)
It’s a world where fact is stranger than fiction. Killer Confessions delves into the true and often bizarre stories behind videotaped police interviews.
Featuring never-before-seen police recordings, we’ll hear the full story behind some of the most shocking crimes in our recent history – told by the killers themselves.
Like the mother of two you’d never expect to be guilty of Australia’s most gruesome killing. Mummy murderer Angelika Gavare butchered her elderly neighbour and used her children’s pram to dispose of the remains.
Gavare spun a web of lies during the three-month murder investigation. Police videotaped every conversation and interview as her story and alibi changed from week to week. Every lie, every twist and turn was recorded until she was caught by one crucial mistake.
Every cop hopes for a confession. Of the boxes upon boxes of interview tapes stored in police archives, the confession of convicted murdered Corey Breen is one in a million.
Breen embarked on a terrifying murder spree that began with carjacking and multiple assaults of friends and bystanders before he slaughtered his father and stepmother with a hunting knife while his younger step brother and sister watched on horrified.
Arrested a short time later, Breen boasted about the murders to police as he explained in graphic detail how and why he did it. For the first time you will see the chilling police confession. And Breen’s mother, grandfather, sister and step brother – all who escaped certain death that night – speak for the first time.
Murder Uncovered is a breakthrough investigative crime series that will blow wide open some of the worst, most infamous cases of killings and crimes in Australian criminal history.
Featuring award-winning journalist Michael Usher, each episode will examine a different case that enraged and engaged the country, presenting new evidence, major breakthroughs and fresh leads that will have you questioning everything.
Screen Austalia has it down as 6x45min.
I don’t now if that includes the double eps which may have just been extended original eps because they found they had so much extra content.
Schoolgirl Leanne Holland wanted to be the next Kylie Minogue – a dream that ended with her brutal murder in 1991.
The vivacious 12-year-old was living with her father, sister and her sister’s boyfriend, Graham Stafford, near Brisbane when she disappeared on September 23. Three days later her battered body was found in bushland 8km from her home.
Stafford was convicted of Leanne’s murder and in 2006, after nearly 15 years behind bars, was released on parole. His conviction quashed in 2009.
Graham Stafford is either Australia’s most innocent man, wrongfully convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.
Or everyone has been fooled.
Now, Murder Uncovered can finally reveal what happened to little Leanne Holland, presenting new evidence that changes everything.
Police commissioned an extensive review of the case, its contents never released to the public. Murder Uncovered has the review. It began with 16 key suspects for Leanne’s murder and at the end, only one remained. Murder Uncovered will name that man.
This is the story of a young girl whose life ended brutally. And of Graham Stafford, who maintains his innocence for Leanne’s murder in what has become one of the most controversial cases in Australian criminal history.
And for the first time in two decades we hear from the original detectives, Leanne’s best friend, a key suspect in the murder and a key witness.
Murder Uncovered is a breakthrough investigative crime series that will blow wide open some of the worst, most infamous cases of killings and crimes in Australian criminal history.
Featuring award-winning journalist Michael Usher, each episode will examine a different case that enraged and engaged the country, presenting new evidence, major breakthroughs and fresh leads that will have you questioning everything.
I thought the Breen episode was good. And also good to see Michael Usher take on more of a role. Hopefully there will be more episodes in future. Looking forward to this week.
