So much for “true stories”.
If the supposed findings are true then I suppose they live up to their name. But if it isn’t…Sunday Night and Seven will have a lot of explaining to do because:
- It doesn’t live up to its promise
- Unless they can do something about it, the show will go down the drain even more.
Well combining the classic ‘former staffer tells all’ tabloid story and a mostly discredited allegation of misconduct isn’t really helping Sunday Night.
Well that doesn’t sound good at all.
Isn’t 60 minutes doing the exact same story?
“Finally the World will know”. The World already knows. A quick Google search finds a former Jackson maid who tells all in a recent interview with The Daily Mail. A typical Seven “exclusive” that isn’t. The ACCC should look at Seven’s claims of exclusives.
Seven says she’s a security guard.
https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/1098569516609499137
Nine says she’s a maid.
The Sunday Night logo on the screen in the performance area is far too big and unnecessary.
Does anyone have the interview recorded?
Great story on Michael Jackson. Covered everything. Compelling. They showed part of a 2015 interview with the maid. Is this what 9 was showing?
Shame it rated poorly.
I watched both 60 and Sunday Night and thought Doran’s story was broader and much better than Barlett’s which focused mainly on the maid. The evidence provided by the victim from Germany in the SN report was compelling.
Sunday 3 March 2019
CROC TEARS
A plea from the heart or a bare-faced lie? Neil and Margaret Archer knew the nation was watching when they played up to the cameras, begging young mother Jody Meyers to come home. Jody had gone missing after a family party. Her fiancé Neil and his mother soon became regular fixtures on nightly news broadcasts, pleading for Jody to contact them. But they were shedding crocodile tears to cover up a murder. They’d actually buried Jody’s body just metres away from where they did their television interviews.
In this Sunday Night investigation, Alex Cullen reveals how this pair tried to hide their crime in plain sight and explains how the police knew they were lying.
THE PRICE OF FAME
Annalise Braackensiek appeared to have it all. She was a model and an actress and was adored by her two million online fans. But the happy, confident face she presented to the world was just a facade. Her glory days as a world famous model were behind her. And after 17 years, her marriage had ended. Few realised how much she was struggling.
As an ambassador for the mental health charity RUOK?, Annalise would travel across Australia encouraging men and women to check on their mates. But while Annalise was watching out for others her own life was unravelling. From the outside looking in Annalise was beautiful - too beautiful to have problems. So why did Annalise die alone in her Potts Point apartment?
Sunday Night’s Angela Cox presents this investigation into the mysterious death of Annalise Braakensiek.
This edition of SUNDAY NIGHT: TRUE STORIES hosted by Melissa Doyle airs on Sunday at 8.30pm
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but what do we think or know the rationale behind ‘True Stories’ is?
Former Sunday Night reporter:
So sad. Seven were only showing his SN interview with John and Kerri-Anne Kennerley last night.
Sunday 10 March
OCTOMUM
The world knows her as “Octomum”. She’s one of the most famous single mothers on the planet and for many years, also one of the most hated.
Natalie Suleman sparked a media frenzy when she gave birth to octuplets through IVF. Public fascination quickly turned to outrage when it was revealed she also had six other IVF children. But Natalie was determined to prove the haters wrong. And she’s done that and more.
Now as the octuplets celebrate their tenth birthday, we catch up with Natalie and her brood.
And as Sunday Night’s Angela Cox discovers, Octomum is now supermum - successfully raising her little army of 14 children in a modest three bedroom Californian townhouse with military-like precision.
BIT-CON
It was the one of the biggest scams the world had ever seen. Four billion dollars vanished overnight and thousands of Mum and Dad investors both here and overseas lost everything.
John Bigatton spruiked the company in Australia, selling the dream of huge cash returns for just a few months of investment. When Bitconnect collapsed, Bigatton went to ground.
But this tale of deception doesn’t end there. At the height of the drama, Bigatton’s wife Madeline suddenly went missing. Was her disappearance staged or was it something more sinister?
Sunday Night’s Matt Doran investigates John Bigatton’s role in the Bitconnect scandal and the disturbing mystery surrounding his wife’s disappearance.
This edition of SUNDAY NIGHT: TRUE STORIES hosted by Melissa Doyle airs on Sunday at 8.30pm on Seven and 7PLUS
Sunday 17 March
SEX, GUYS & VIDEO
It’s been the summer of shame for our footballers. During the season, they’re lauded as Gods but once the weather gets warmer and there are no more games to play, they raise Hell. There’s the boozing, the violence and the sex videos…scandal follows scandal.
You only need to peek behind the façade of professional football and you’ll find a grubby undercurrent of misogyny and male entitlement. And this toxic culture is rampant in both of Australia’s biggest footy codes – the AFL and the NRL.
Players are often forced to front up to the cameras when they misbehave but we rarely hear from the women.
In this Sunday Night investigation, Steve Pennells speaks to the groupies and the WAGS at the centre of this warped world. And they’re ready to lift the lid on what goes on behind locker room doors.
DOUBLE TAKE
Here’s an eerie thought. Somewhere in the world we all have at least one “identical twin”. John Jemison and Neil Richardson look like twins and act like twins but they are not related. They are doppelgangers - two people who share uncanny similarities which in many cases extend beyond the physical. This puzzling human phenomenon is more common than you might think.
Sunday Night’s Matt Doran investigates whether there could be a scientific reason – something deep in our DNA – that solves the mystery.
This edition of SUNDAY NIGHT: TRUE STORIES hosted by Angela Cox airs on Sunday at 8.30pm on Seven and 7PLUS