Daily Chit-Chat Thread

I think what we need to be clear about is that we're criticizing the presentation, not anything connected with the victims.

Using Jose Miranda as an example, the concept of the story was really good; having his daughter tell his story with help from his son, his former coworkers, friends and investigators is a good way of speaking to the audience. The part where she breaks down in tears when talking about how she found her father's body is pure emotion. My problem with the story is that it dragged on and on and on. I saw this episode about a week ago during my conversion, and I just remember zoning out of it after awhile. They overdid his profile.

And Miranda had been profiled on an episode that already featured a two-segment case that was solved days before the episode aired (something that still makes me angry) and barely any other content. Heck, when I recorded this episode off its original airing, I actually left my room and let it record while I went to do something else (it was my senior year of college and I wanted to spend time with my friends before we all went our separate ways).

But I'll say this; I haven't yet converted Miranda's Lifetime profile to DVD, but I was looking over the tape doing my pre-recording check and even though I was fast-forwarding, the segment felt a lot shorter. And I seem to recall when I watched it on Lifetime I enjoyed it more. So apparently even somebody at AMW thought it went on too long.

Still, I don't think there's any excuse for the bizarre profiles of Woodlawn Jane Doe and "Bones," the latter of which did not need to be two segments. I know people complained about Princess Jane Doe's profile, but to me, that was a masterpiece compared to the previous two. At least with Princess they used a local historian to talk about her and create a profile of what she may have been like (which could be completely wrong, but it's better than ghostly narrations telling the detective to never give up).

Or Fox is just that strict about who can use AMW's name. At this point nothing would surprise me anymore

Can someone describe what the Woodlawn Jane Doe and Princess Jane Doe profiles were about, and what made them sink the lowest among AMW's history? I don't remember them that well.

Is anyone here familiar with the Elisa Lam case out of Los Angeles? It unfolded in January- February 2013 and it by far is one of the most bizarre unsolved cases out there especially since a very unsettling CCTV footage in an elevator of what is the last time she is seen alive. Elisa Lam was a Canadian college student visiting Los Angeles in January 2013, she stayed at the Cecil hotel which has had a very infamous past with serial killer residents, disappearances and more. Elisa Lam then checked in to that hotel in late January, and had decided to share a room with a family (you could share a room which is the hotels policy) which said that she seemed very odd and acting strange, which resulted in her being moved to her own room. Lam would be seen on CCTV footage which is very unsettling and creepy to tell you the honest truth, she is seen pushing a bunch of buttons, acting very erratically and the most scariest is the elevator not closing. In the footage it seems that she was either hiding from someone or was having a mental break down. This unsettling footage is the last time Elisa Lam is seen alive as she was found dead in the hotel's rooftop water tank 2 weeks later in Early February. The Coroner revealed that she WASN'T hit nor strangled and there were NO signs of drugs or alcohol in her system so the cause of death hasn't really been determined. Over the last 3 years numerous theories have emerged from Conspiracy Theories, coincidental connections, to the paranormal.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elisa_Lam

youtu.be/3TjVBpyTeZM

Any thoughts on this case? I found this case was very high profile and found it on a Dark 5 video back in October

The black dahlia also stayed at the Cecil hotel as well. and my apologies if it was too much Scumhunter.

Same here and I watch both from an unbiased point of view since I'm a political junkie and choose not to be biased for anyone, and lately I've been fed up with politics lol, also that's interesting, I've watched AMW on and off from 2006 until it was cancelled in 2013 so I'm not familiar with some cases, but I'll look into the Chanel Petro-Nixon case. Btw when did you start watching AMW scumhunter?

Yeah I understand haha the long responses are always good .

But wow your a veteran when it comes to these things... The FBI ten most wanted list pulled me into the subject during the Summer of 2005, on my way to second grade.


I watched AMW as a 3rd grader in 2006, because I wanted to catch the bad guys and my parents sat down and didn't want me watching AMW so I decided to watch it in the Basement from time to time when I wasn't outside playing with friends, So basically I grew up with Fugitives like Alexis Flores and Jason Brown on the list.

I also kept theory journals about AMW cases that I would watch, the Top Ten fugitives, missing persons. I first heard of Bishop on the 30th anniversary of the case by reading about him in a local magazine and the Washington post and since then I've been keeping tabs.

AMW was a huge loss and with all of my theories in mind I decided to find any sleuthing sites and I came on here as a lurker beginning in Late 2013 and I decided earlier this year to finally join, and honestly this site is one of the most well organized and some very open minded members on here and it's been a great experience hands down.