Unsolved mysteries Volume 5, Episode 4, “The Roswell UFO Incident” revisits the story it first covered in 1989. The original Unsolved mysteries Show opens with the famous and controversial incident in July 1947 when rancher Mac Brazell Discovering unexplained wreckage on the land he tended near Roswell, New Mexico. Brazel reported his finding to the nearby Roswell Army Air Field, which sent Major Jesse Macy to the site to investigate. His initial findings prompted an astonishingly upfront press release declaring “RAAF captures flying saucers,” Followed two days later by a further statement disavowing the first, claiming the debris was nothing…
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This article contains discussion of sexual violence This is the Zodiac brings to light new evidence from the Seawater family, who intimately knew prime suspect Arthur Leigh Allen. As discussed in the Netflix documentary series, new evidence indicates that Allen was present at every known Zodiac crime sceneand was also around for three additional unsolved murders. However, one of the victims of the Zodiac attack who survived to tell the tale, Bryan C. Hartnell, was partially responsible for throwing the police off Zodiac’s scent in 1969. By that time, the Zodiac had already struck twice, shooting two victims to death…
Contains themes of sexual abuse Menendez’s story has dominated the news since Netflix’s twin releases, Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menedez and The Menéndez brothers. The latest documentary landed firmly on the view that her brother’s murder of her parents in 1989 was brought about as a result of years of sexual, physical and mental abuse by José Menendez, her father. The Menéndez brothers Netflix Documentary further suggested that after the initial mistrial and the hung jury, Judge Stanley Weisberg, hurt by the failure to reach a verdict, suppressed much of the abuse evidence at the retrial, leading…
Warning: Contains discussion of physical and sexual abuse Netflix documentary The Menéndez brothers revolves around the horrific murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez in Beverly Hills in 1989, a shocking event in which their two sons, 18-year-old Erik and 21-year-old Lyle, took a shotgun to his parents, apparently to secure the $20 million inheritance that José had threatened to deny them. The brothers then went to the cinema and a music festival, before returning home to alert the police and tearfully claim that José, 45, and Kitty, 47, had been victims of a mob hit. His confession led to a…
Netflix Documentaries You Should Watch Starting from 5 tracks five of the NBA’s biggest stars during the 2023-2024 basketball season, documenting their ups and downs on and off the court. Undoubtedly The star of this piece is icon LeBron James, who is in his 21st season at the top of the game.And Starting from 5The central theme of the series is the ongoing rumors of James’ possible retirement, but it is Anthony Edwards, the mercurial talent of the Minnesota Timberwolves, who steals the show, just as he did in 2022 when he played Kermit Wilts in the top-rated Adam Sandler…
Important New Netflix Documentary Series Starting from 5which follows The lives of five NBA superstars on and off the court Throughout the 2023-2024 NBA season, the focus is on the ups and downs of top-level sports. While it largely addresses LeBron James’ retirement from the NBA, given that the icon is in his 21st season, Starting from 5 also offers some intriguing facts about three young players – Anthony Edwards, Domantas Sabonis and Jayson Tatum – and one seasoned pro, Jimmy Butler. For each of them, the Holy Grail is the Larry O’Brien Trophy, an NBA championship trinket they will…
Ten-part Netflix documentary series Starting from 5 which follows five basketball superstars as they navigate the 2023/2024 NBA season and focuses heavily on the career and possible future of LeBron James, The league’s longest-serving player and icon of the game. At 38 and about 39, James is undoubtedly at the tail end of a glittering career that spanned more than two decades and included four Larry O’Brien championship trophies. James’s place in basketball history is unquestioned and his form throughout the 23/24 season is evidenced by Starting from 5 and his many discoveries suggest he still has plenty left in…
This article contains a discussion of sexual violence and assault. Netflix Must Watch Menendez brothers The documentary shed new light on the convictions of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who confessed to the murders of their parents, Jose and Mary (aka Kitty). Their first trial in 1993 failed to reach a verdict despite six months of jury deliberations. and was found to have a mistrial. The final conviction came after a short second trial in 1994, which a new jury concluded in less than a week. Netflix series Monsters: The Menendez Brothers Story And Menendez brothers Documentary films have appeared that…
Topics of violence and sexual assault Netflix’s shocking documentary Breaking the silence: The Maria Solidad case Recounts the 1990 brutal rape and murder of 17-year-old Maria Solidad in Catamarca, Argentina. Maria was a student at the Colegio del Carmen y San Jose in Catamarca. It was on September 9, 1990 that Maria disappeared from a school dance, and Her body was found two days later in a ditch outside the city. The main suspect in her murder was Guillermo Luque, a congressman’s son, but the city’s corruption is so pervasive that it took eight years to bring him to justice.…
This article contains a discussion of sexual violence and assault. New Netflix documentary directed by Alejandro Hartman. Menendez brothersMechas appeared just a few weeks after the series’ release. Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez, go to your streaming service. Both offer very different versions of the shocking 1993 murder. Jose and Mary Menendez in Beverly Hills, which their two sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez, eventually admitted to. It was initially believed that the brothers took the 12-gauge shotgun to their parents simply to collect a $15 million inheritance, but a more complex picture emerged at trial three and…