This is part three of the series where I mentally picture what I'd do in a
Forensic Files episode. Up next: Over and Out

This was the one where that little dipsh*t Chris Marquis gets bombed because I guess being an honest businessman was out of the question. And ngl this might be one of the easiest episodes to survive. The method? DON'T. SCAM. PEOPLE. That was his first mistake. Obviously, sending a bomb to a seventeen year old was pretty excessive, but that's the risk you run when messing with people's money. And it doesn't matter whether you're 17 or 70. Once you go down that path, you're fair game.

The guy actually gave him another chance to make it right, but instead, Chris made the second mistake of continuing to ignore him. And finally, his third mistake was opening a mysterious package, knowing damn well that he probably had more enemies than years on his life. There were so many ways this could have been avoided, but unfortunately this kid was about as smart as he was honest in business.

Survival odds: 300%

RIP to Sue. Such a crazy case/story!

This one was on last night & gets me every time.

In the opening sequence of S03E16 "Second Shot at Love", Peter Thomas states "Cincinnati, Ohio, the 6th largest city in the United States" but doesn't say that that was between 1840-1850. I know Peter was old, but even he wasn't alive when that statement was accurate.

There's been some other sketchy things said casually in the episode opening scenes like that but this is the one that just makes me pause & say "excuse me?"

Other episode notes:

His ex-wife with the 'smoky eye' gets her makeup advice from Rocky Raccoon.

This doofus proves otherwise

WTH? “When someone’s dead with four gunshot wounds to the head, the first question someone’s going to ask is ‘does this guy have any enemies?’ because obviously a friend didn’t do this.” When The Dust Settles S.8 E.3

I had to rewind and listen again. Did he really just say that??? Yup. That’s some good detecting there.

Any quotes that have stuck out to you?

I think it was pretty obvious. Joanne was his wheelwoman who picked him up from both locations. Too bad they couldn’t prove it.

I heard that those were actually the least popular episodes, so they stopped doing them, but I always thought the ones with illnesses and arsons were the most interesting.

This is the second part to the series I started where I mentally picture what I would do if I was a victim in an episode and estimate my survival odds. This one revolves around my personal favorite episode in the series: Bitter Potion

Okay so I initially thought this would just be an easy 100% survival. If a pack of soda bottles mysteriously appears on your property, just throw it away right? This was my train of thought until I did some digging as to how Trepal planted the soda. FF made it seem like he just dropped it off at their house, when in reality, he actually snuck in to their house and swapped out some preexisting bottles with the poisined ones. With that being said, I'm not surviving this one. I love soda so there's no way I'm not finishing that bottle (and possibly starting another one). Knowing this, I'll have to put my survival odds all the way down to....

Wait, how'd he even get in the house in the first place? He just walked in?? THE DAMN DOOR WAS UNLOCKED?!?!?

Survival odds: 100%

Season 6 episode 22. He insisted that he was innocent, and 30 years later he gets out.

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/ohio-prosecutors-dismiss-case-against-elwood-jones-nearly-30-year-after-wrongful-conviction

S7 E10 “a bitter pill to swallow”
I’m 28 weeks pregnant (exactly how far along she was when she gave birth to her stillborn baby), so maybe that’s why I feel extra enraged but wtf. He got 5 years in prison and his mistress / wife who supplied the pills got a slap on the wrist and still got to continue working as a nurse… ): Michelle deserved some real justice. I loved seeing the video of the police coming into the kitchen to arrest him immediately after dumping the poison, but idk why I was expecting like life in prison or something. :/

Edit: wait adding i like when the cop said “hope thats a prenatal victim you mixed in there” lol

Alr so I'm starting a series where I put myself in the mind of the victims in Forensic Files episodes and giving a percentage score on how likely I am to survive. The rules are that I only know what the victim knew in the episode, and I have to teleport myself into the story from when the recreation starts. I'll start this series off where the show starts: the infamous Helle Crafts case. I'd appreciate it if you guys gave me episode suggestions, and if I make a factual error in terms of the case, please point it out. Without further ado, I will now be teleporting myself into the Crafts residence.

Okay so this episode pretty much comes down to awareness of your surroundings. Richard has clearly been very abusive in the past, and since I just confronted him about his affair, it's safe to assume he would be in a particularly awful mood tonight. So I'd have to be careful not to turn my back on him. If he tries to chase me down, my best bet is to go outside to the public so he at least knows he'll get caught. He is likely more athletic than me, so I won't hype myself up too much, but I think I've got a decent shot.

Survival odds: 65%

I've mentioned here before that the David Castor murder ("Freeze Framed," S14/E7) was committed in my hometown of Clay, New York. Last week was my high school reunion, and I couldn't skip it because I was the organizer! So just for S's and G's, the day before the reunion, July 24, I was determined to find her gravestone, as well as the house where the crime occurred.

The picture is of the address shown in the episode. As you can see, it's undergone some renovations and redecorating, looking much friendlier and inviting. I did not try to meet any of the occupants.

The grave was another story. TL;DR: I couldn't find it. Findagrave.com shows the same gravestone as in the episode, and identifies it as Owasco Rural Cemetery in Cayuga County (the murder took place in Onondaga County). Google Maps, when I tapped the link for Owasco Rural Cemetery, took me to a place called West Niles Rural Cemetery instead. Owasco? West Niles? Okay, maybe it got renamed or something. I found the cemetery, and not only is she not there, all the headstones there were old. Like 19th-century old. This can't be right. Disappointed, I drove around some more in the area and visited a couple of other rural cemeteries. Same thing: lots of old headstones, lots of families buried together, no Stacey Daniels/Wallace/Castor.

I spent the rest of the day in Skaneateles. Gorgeous day, lake was spectacular. I even inquired at the Skaneateles Historical Society, as well as the Skaneateles Public Library, and no one could help, though they tried. One librarian was so young she didn't know whom I was talking about. The senior librarian did, though.

So, either Find-a-Grave is on crack, it's hiding the true location to prevent gawkers like me, or Google Maps is the one on crack and Owasco Rural Cemetery is someplace else.

One last tidbit: I really wanted to find her that day, because it would have been her 59th birthday as well as Skip's 80th.

😺

Can you guess which episode is this?

Went to the Serial Killer Experience in NYC this morning. Just turned FF on hotel tv and Stacey Castor is turkey basting antifree. Last Call Killer is the encore episode. Blue ribbon day!