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Is this for real?

posted 5 years ago by brux (14840)
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What a horrible story that just kept getting worse.
It seems like a miserable way to spend one's like researching the possibility that one's father was an inhuman mass murderer.
There is one point in which Gary, the principle in this documentary talks about how he wants an explanation for certain peculiarities in his personality, right before he wonders how this could affect his son.

Documentaries are strange things. You get a lot of facts and stories painting a picture purely on what is given to you at the moment, very quickly and in a way such as to tell a story. You don't get much that contradicts the story, because the story is the point, so your mind fills in just what they want you to think.

It occurs to me that this guy is selectively telling us stuff and leaving certain other things out. It is a very strange movie/documentary.

I feel sorry that he had to obsess over this kind of horror so close to him in a such a bizarre way. I'd just like to know if they ever verified any of this with DNA evidence?

[–] captainbucky (15252) 5 years ago

It’s a documentary

[–] whoanelly (1592) 5 years ago

This article in Time explains that the final ep reveals all the holes in Stewart’s story. Furthermore, it also reveals that Stewart deliberately lied to the author of the book (Mustafa?), giving her details that he claimed matched a police report (apparently untrue).

https://time.com/5798214/zodiac-killer-true-story-fx/

[–] brux (14840) 5 years ago

I posted that about halfway though the series. The adopted guy was a lunatic and should be in jail for wasting the time of law enforcement like he did. I think he is a much worse and deeper criminal than it seems. He has so much time to waste and that is what he decided to do? What a creep.

[–] whoanelly (1592) 5 years ago

Needy, attention-seeking, desperate, and really really sick.

Just wanted to add that I “cheat” when watching documentaries. I hate the way they try to manipulate emotions, slanting the story and holding back important info until the final few minutes. I don’t appreciate being manipulated like that so I cheat by reading facts as I watch, so I know when I am being misled and am able to make up my own mind with all the facts.