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In the Footsteps of Killers

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user77hjjy · 17/06/2021 00:37

Anyone watching this?

I feel it's over dramatised.

They covered Suzy Lamplugh in the latest episode.
The constant phone conversations between the two; "What are you going to ask Suzy's brother?"

They are clearly not go ng to find out anything of significance in this episode.

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Winniewonka · 17/06/2021 12:04

@user77hjjy - I watched this and the one from the previous week. You're right about how oddly it's done. In fact the Crime Investigator seems to be acting more than Emilia Fox!
However, I did think that the lead from the Canal was worth pursuing and wondered why the Police hadn't followed up on it and dredged that section.
I can remember Suzy Lamplugh's disappearance at the time and feeling so sorry for her family.

Fernie6491 · 17/06/2021 12:30

Watched it but to be honest, if they'd found anything significant it would have been all over the news and the front pages!

They wouldn't have kept it quiet.

Buggerthebotox · 17/06/2021 17:03

Finding the format odd and Fox and Wilson irritating and hamming it up. Doubt anything new is going to be discovered so can't see the point in it really.

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user77hjjy · 17/06/2021 17:35

[quote Winniewonka]@user77hjjy - I watched this and the one from the previous week. You're right about how oddly it's done. In fact the Crime Investigator seems to be acting more than Emilia Fox!
However, I did think that the lead from the Canal was worth pursuing and wondered why the Police hadn't followed up on it and dredged that section.
I can remember Suzy Lamplugh's disappearance at the time and feeling so sorry for her family.[/quote]
I watched something a while ago where the "anonymous" woman told of the tale. I'm perplexed as to why they think it's new and why they think they are the first to hear it.

Did you notice that they didn't want to be identified but you could clearly identify them with what they showed us?

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user77hjjy · 17/06/2021 17:37

I agree, it something significant were to be found we would have heard about it already.

And what's with this forensic locations?
They've clearly said they won't be digging the areas up so what's the point?

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PastMyBestBeforeDate · 17/06/2021 17:39

The subjects are interesting but the presentation is terrible. We watched it last week but DH can't be persuaded to watch another. I recorded it but I'm not sure I'll bother.

Tangledtresses · 17/06/2021 17:44

Oh my it was awful... all those terrible phone conversations, with long pauses amd her stunned face and he wasn't much better!! 😂 and then They ended up near where I used to live tbf a body would've washed up years ago! They dredge that canal all the time

HollowTalk · 17/06/2021 17:58

I watched this. I couldn't understand why the guy, having seen someone lurking around at 5 am and throwing a bag (turned into a suitcase) into the canal, wouldn't report that to the police anyway. Nobody would normally throw a suitcase into the canal at 5 am!

HollowTalk · 17/06/2021 17:59

And why didn't the man with the bag wait until the other guy was out of sight before chucking it in?

Twinkie01 · 17/06/2021 18:06

Utterly pointless programmes. I think they weren't very respectful to the deceased or the loved ones of the deceased by shooting it in such a ridiculously dramatic way. Found absolutely nothing worthwhile out either.

That Dr is the George Clark of these sort of programmes and I feel that Emelia Fox has cheapened herself being involved with this clap trap.

wewereliars · 17/06/2021 18:22

I think it's very poor. They interviewed the mother and brother of one of the boys missing in the last episode. There was no point at all to it, and can only have been very painful for them. The mother appeared very vulnerable.

The programme cheapens everyone in it IMHO apart of course from the desperate relatives.

Locationlocationfan · 17/06/2021 22:09

I just came over here now to see if there was a thread on this. We recorded the Lamplugh episode and watched about 30 minutes tonight before we had to switch off. It was so obviously staged, all the running whilst on the phone (why?), and talk of coming right over with important news. Awful acting from both of them and nothing new it seemed to me.
I hate to point out to Emilia Fox that she isn’t a detective, and in fact also isn’t a pathologist. And being an actor doesn’t qualify you to investigate cold cases.

purpleme12 · 18/06/2021 00:16

I watched episode 1 last week of this and pretty much agree with what everyone says her. Decided not to continue with it.
Dramatised and really wierdly
Very staged when it shouldn't be

purpleme12 · 18/06/2021 00:22

Just not natural

Bumzoo · 19/06/2021 18:07

It's so bad it's like a comedy but the murders aren't funny at all Confused

And as for the bloke, well I think if there was a prize for faux shock and stating the obvious he'd win first prize hands down.

Spied · 19/06/2021 18:11

It's absolute cringe.
Up until this show I really respected Dr.Wilson.

RickiTarr · 19/06/2021 18:13

I haven’t seen it. I did wonder about having a look on catch up.

You’ve got to be so careful about how you tackle True Crime or else you tip into something slightly exploitative or sensationalist. I can’t say I’m completely won over by this thread. Sad

MaBroon21 · 19/06/2021 18:13

It was embarrassingly awful and I’m confused as to why Dr. Wilson became involved with this drivel.

RickiTarr · 19/06/2021 18:13

@Spied

It's absolute cringe. Up until this show I really respected Dr.Wilson.
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Oh it’s him. Nuff said. Hmm

Bibidy · 19/06/2021 18:17

Yes I thought the same, it's a very weird format and all feels very forced and acted.

I don't understand why Emilia Fox is even on it?? Apart from being in Silent Witness what on earth does she know about crime and criminology? Very strange choice.

MaBroon21 · 19/06/2021 18:18

Oh it’s him. Nuff said

Why. I usually enjoy the things he’s in. Is there a background story I’m not aware of.

Spied · 19/06/2021 18:19

@RickiTarr

Have I missed something?

RickiTarr · 19/06/2021 18:24

Maybe it’s personal taste or maybe I have a long memory, I don’t know, but I think he started out on cable (at least that’s where I saw him when I was pregnant with DC1) and has had a ~25 year career now appearing in anything at all that’s crime related, good, shite or indifferent. He’s got rich doing it and I don’t quite like his manner. Bit too tabloid for an academic, for me. He just seems to enjoy it all a tad too much.

RickiTarr · 19/06/2021 18:26

@MaBroon21

Oh it’s him. Nuff said

Why. I usually enjoy the things he’s in. Is there a background story I’m not aware of.

TBF, he’s probably appeared on better quality stuff as he’s gone along, like a lot of people on TV, but I remember turning some of the early stuff off feeling a bit tainted. Maybe it’s just that I expect more from the “expert” on screen, IDK.

This one doesn’t sound great, though.

Buggerthebotox · 20/06/2021 10:16

Didn't Emilia Fox do something on Jack the Ripper quite recently (admittedly slightly more tasteful than this and with some interesting possible new theories so not really in the same vein).?

I'm not keen on the "talking head as expert" style of documentary anyway but this is a tawdry, tactless step too far IMHO.

Wonder how the victims' families are feeling about it?

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