Most Annoying True Crime Show Fan Comments On Social Media

I was going to hold back but HeadMarshal brought this up too to me in private- when AMW had that social media request episode, or whenever the topic of cases AMW/The Hunt come up outside this site on who should get aired next, EVERYONE always seems to suggest cases other than fugitive cases, for the most part missing child or missing person cases.

I'm not trying to sound insensitive but I'm trying to understand this fan base- are they aware that the concept of AMW/The Hunt is a fugitive-chasing show that also on occasion will do an unsolved or missing case?

I always stress if I had a choice I'd rather recover a missing child than catch a fugitive- 10 times out of 10, but that's not the concept of AMW/The Hunt. They are about chasing bad guys, that is their first priority since that is the concept of the show. And if they do recover a child, it's usually because they have a known abductor. Their most famous recovery, Elizabeth Smart, happened when they showed Brian Mitchell's picture as her possible known abductor. AMW unfortunately did not have a lot of luck with cases without known abductors. It's not that I don't want to recover missing children. It's just that unless there's a known abductor, the odds are unfortunately against AMW or The Hunt solving it. Disappeared has aired on ID for years and hasn't solved one case. There are other avenues with social media, local news, news network segments, amber alerts, etc that I think are more effective than fugitive shows for hard-to-solve missing child cases without a known abductor. If the fans were in charge of AMW/The Hunt, there'd be 7 missing child cases, 1 unsolved case, and a brief 30-seconds on Robert Fisher.

Not to mention, I've read various message boards, and the same people who always clamor for these cases, always complain about them when AMW/The Hunt finally does air them. I saw nothing but complaints about the Kyron Horman airing on AMW on one message board. Admittedly, it wasn't the best missing child profile I've ever seen but it wasn't that bad either and I thought it was good. And now I read various complaints about why didn't they talk about this, that or that, in the Jacob Wetterling airing. They devoted 40 minutes but it still wasn't enough. Apparently it should have been a 2-hour special to cover every possible theory on the planet.

These people get worked up over those type of cases then do nothing but complain when they do air. I admit sometimes I've been critical of AMW and The Hunt episodes but I am still appreciative for what they do at the end of the day. Was the Shane Miller episode perfect? No, but I still at the end of the day cared the most about catching him. And thankfully that was resolved. At the end of the day, what should be most important is solving the Wetterling and Horman cases. These people don't even thank John Walsh for airing the cases and just complain they couldn't fit in decades worth of details into 40 minutes.

Also, as HeadMarshal pointed out as well, despite being a fugitive show, the rare times they do mention a fugitive it's always the same people. Robert Fisher, Derek Brown, Yaser Said, Dan Hiers. I want all of those guys caught too but it's like they've never heard of any of the other cases despite allegedly watching AMW/The Hunt for years.

After I posted the addition of Peter Castillo to the Top 15 List on our forum's Facebook page someone replied "we want AMW back!" UGH! This is the same person who said they didn't like The Hunt because they "don't like crime shows" which of course makes no sense since AMW was a crime show. This is the like the FIFTH time this woman has commented with the same generic "we want AMW back" post.

I really don't care if she reads this since it's getting annoying. I was thinking of instituting a "no more complaining about AMW no longer being on" ban, but I think rather than being a dictator though since the page is still technically an AMW fans page, I'm just going to ignore all these commentators and hope they go away.

I blame all of that on people not being patient and demanding to be reassured that The Hunt is coming back. I agree, people need to be more concerned about what happened to Mary Nunes and Scott Kelley.

We also don't want any negative publicity coming to this forum. I realize why you're so angry about this and some people really need to understand what's important here. Let's just wait for an official press release from someone and see if we get more information.

I don't even agree with EVERYTHING John Walsh says about guns. (Some of it I admit I do). But I still respect the man and all the good work he has done. People have seemed to lost the idea that it is ok to disagree and still respect others' opinion. Because John Walsh has a different philosophy than them, it negates all of his great efforts appparently.

I can never post about The Hunt on our AMW fan page without it turning into a debate on which show is better. *sigh*. If your argument is The Hunt shows less cases it's a valid one, as much as I love The Hunt, it does mean less chances of a "court of last resort" (although if the new season is 16 episodes I feel that's a huge improvement) but if all you can say is "it isn't AMW" it's not really a good reason.

I've discussed this with HeadMarshal but I really hate how people undervalue The Hunt when a breaking news event happens. There's another missing plane now. For the record, I completely agree with CNN's decision to break away from The Hunt to cover it. As important as the show is, it is a rerun, and this is an in-the-moment event. It's not one of those ridiculous two weeks after the fact non-news update to let us know Flight 370 is still missing like with that event. But every time The Hunt's on, if CNN doesn't cut to whatever the breaking news story right away, people start complaining on Twitter "why is CNN showing John Walsh reruns" instead of "insert breaking news event here." Now tonight is a bit different but a lot of times people want CNN to interrupt John Walsh for minor updates to an already recurring story. I wish people would realize when CNN cuts into The Hunt they're cutting into a public service that could potentially catch a dangerous murderer and/or recover a missing child.

I don't necessarily disagree all the time when people say CNN should show breaking news instead of my favorite show, it just pisses me off that when these things happen, how much people de-value the importance of The Hunt and act like CNN is showing a cartoon instead of news coverage.