# Help me ID a documentary. Three small-town kids falsely (?) accuses of murder

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**Created:** [January 13, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-documentary-three-small-town-kids-falsely-accuses-of-murder/743002 "2016-01-13T02:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-documentary-three-small-town-kids-falsely-accuses-of-murder/743002/1 "2016-01-13T02:06:22Z")

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This will be easy for someone. But for the life of me I can’t find the title in my head.

Southern town, I think. Three friends, who I think were in to the occult, were convicted of a murder. The thought is that the town convicted them based on on their appearance.

There was at least one follow-up sequel, probably a second.

The title has been on the tip of my tongue for two days now.  
mmm

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**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-documentary-three-small-town-kids-falsely-accuses-of-murder/743002/2 "2016-01-13T02:09:36Z")

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Sounds like Paradise Lost.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-documentary-three-small-town-kids-falsely-accuses-of-murder/743002/3 "2016-01-13T02:09:48Z")

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You’re referring to the West Memphis 3.

Three “Paradise Lost” movies, and another called “West of Memphis”.

All of them excellent.

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-documentary-three-small-town-kids-falsely-accuses-of-murder/743002/4 "2016-01-13T02:10:32Z")

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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. About the West Memphis three.

Ninja’d by \>thatmuch\<. Sigh.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-documentary-three-small-town-kids-falsely-accuses-of-murder/743002/5 "2016-01-13T11:27:06Z")

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Thanks, everyone! I’m not sure how long it would have taken me to come up with that.

Old age and all.  
mmm

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-documentary-three-small-town-kids-falsely-accuses-of-murder/743002/6 "2016-01-13T15:39:08Z")

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For anyone who never saw that documentary, it was really well done. Really superb!