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1 stars
re: Melanie McGuire Episode 1 Season 21
October 3, 2007
The HUGE mountain of evidence against Melanie was overwhelming and I am surprised 48 Hours did not show more of it. The defense contention that murder victim husband Bill McGuire was a heavy gambler and wife abuser turned out to be totally false at trial. Melanie was an egregious life-taker who changed her stories so many times AFTER Bill's body parts surfaced in 3 suitcases, which she denied owning until they were proven to be hers. She denied buying a gun 2 days before the murder until it was proven she DID buy the gun. Melanie's stories keep changing depending on what TV show she is doing, yet she never told the jury her story. I wonder why?
She also did not admit to being in Atlantic City and moving Bill's car hours after he went missing until AFTER the police knew about it.(Tiny pieces of Bill's dead tissue were found on both car front floor mats) What I would like to know is: Regarding that mobster letter written in my opinion by one of Melanie''s possible accomplices at Melanie''s direction......Why was it sent to Dr Bradley Miller, one of the men Melanie had a long term affair with? Why would an alleged mobster know about Melanie''s lovers???
And the guy Jim Finn who 48 Hours described as one who was deeply in love with Melanie? He was a fellow student who years earlier had a crush on her. Then they lost touch FOR YEARS. She contacted him a couple months before she murdered her husband and said, Hi Jim...Long time no see... And she acted like she wanted to see him, while asking if he knew where she could borrow or buy a gun because she said her husband was getting weird. When police told Finn she was just playing him to get a gun and she was already involved with a lover, Finn was hurt and then co-operated with police from that point on...
Melanie refused to give Bill's sister his auto license number so the sister could report him missing, yet Melanie had a special ability to memorize all the VIN numbers and license numbers of family & friends. She wouldn't even look up the auto license number. hmmm
She said she had no time to grieve. She left the 10 minute funeral service early and when asked if she would help find the killer by Bill's closest friend Jon Rice, Melanie said she was too busy getting on with her personal life.
Melanie changed her stories a LOT, especially after Bill''s suitcases suddenly popped up. 48 Hours left out much of the real story, but I guess they were mostly intent on showing how a killer''s mind works via the diaries than in presenting the actual facts of the case...
I am very disappointed that a murderer was allowed to vent venomous raging anger toward her victim, toward those who brought her to justice, and even anger toward one of her lovers for cooperating with police. And I am upset that 48 Hours called the victim a 2-bit con, which was so untrue and uncharacteristic of this usually fine show. 48 Hours, you owe the deceased victim's family a profuse apology. He was the primary caretaker of his two children and a very fine man.
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1 stars
48 Hours Mystery - Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
February 16, 2008
48 HOURS MYSTERY . . . Too many repeats Too often repeat. Too many repeats Too often repeat. Too many repeats Too often repeat. 48 HOURS MYSTERY . . . Too many repeats Too often repeat. Too many repeats Too often repeat. 48 HOURS MYSTERY
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2 stars
Guilty Guilty Guilty
February 25, 2008
It is obvious that some of you had never heard of Melanie McGuire before this show, and certainly didn''t have the opportunity to watch the entire murder trial. I suspect this may come as a surprise, but 48 Hours Mystery is a very poor substitute for 6 weeks worth of trial testimony. It is foolish to think that you could watch approximately 40 minutes of television and come away with a full grasp of all of the evidence against this woman to make an informed judgement. It simply isn''t possible, nor is it rational.
Without a doubt, the trial showed that the mountains of evidence in this cold-blooded murder pointed directly to one person and one person only- Melanie McGuire. To this day, every time she opens her mouth she sticks her foot in it again and gives law enforcement more evidence against her. Her video tapes are a classic example. She is a textbook sociopath who was found guilty by a jury of her peers. There is absolutely no reasonable basis for appeal and all attempts will be denied. She received the sentence she deserved and will die in prison- never to breathe free air again. This case is closed.
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3 stars
UNBALANCED REPORTING
January 13, 2007
WTH REGARDS TO YOUR SHOW'S EVIL PERSON OF THE WEEK EPISODE, Your reporting is so unbalanced and actually poses serious threats to white christian males. It seems every week that this series airs, a white christian male is featured as the weekly murderer on trial episode. Why dont you have different races and /or different ethnic groups. Your reporting is dangerous as it depicts white males as uniquely evil. When has the liberal media ever featured a sucpicious shooting death by a black police officer on a white person? never. When has the liberal media ever reported a hate crime perpetrated by a black against a white? never. How would you feel if fox news featured a jewish male as the weekly murderer on trial ...if you were a jewish male, wouldnt you feel that the media is trying to turn everyone in the US against jewish males ? this would have far reaching effects througout the culture as well. Obviously, the former example I gave about never showing hate crimes by blacks against whites is designed to achieve the same result...To depict white males as uniquely evil.
solution: with 90 percent of prisoners in this country being non white I am sure you can find a non white male to feature as your "murderer of the week? episode.
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5 stars
48 HOURS IS THE ONLY REASON I HAVE CABLE
February 4, 2008
I MUST SAY THANKS TO ALL THE CREWS THAT HAS GOTTEN TOGETHER TO PUT THIS PROGRAM'S TOGETHER, I LOVE THIS PROGRAM, I WAS VERY MUCH ADDICTED TO LIFETIME CHANNEL, BUT MAN I MUST SAY SINCE 48 HOURS HAS STARTED I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING I WOULD RATE THIS PROGRAM 110 % THANKS TO YOU ALL AND KEEP IT COMMING.