I caught this documentary tonight, however I think it is about 10 years old.
The basic premise is a brother and sister believe their father molested them and was also a serial killer of 40 plus people. I googled the guy and found little information and very few sites - aside from weirdos.
The brother and sister seemed sincere in their convictions but there seem to be a lot of flaws in their stories.Seemingly their repressed memories returned after their mothers death, and now they can recall horrific details of their father taking them for drives and murdering people etc.
I di have some problem with repressed memory, and especially when some of their recollections are some gruesome it is difficult to imagine anyone forgetting them and then magically recalling the details.
Other problems are there is no record of any murders that can be linked and no physical evidence at all.
They interviewed the father- by now a very old man. It was sort of interview by ambush and not much was gained.
Anyone else seen or heard of this story?
I really believe it is a beat up but I can’t work out why.
I haven’t seen or heard the story but I am VERY skeptical of repressed memory claims. The memory is highly subjective even with things it does remember. Were these people under the care of a psychologist at the time the memories surfaced? If so, more red flags, because it’s very easy for a therapist to unwittingly suggest and implant traumatic memories. As I understand it, memory loss rarely occurs following a severe trauma unless accompanied by physical injury such as a blow to the head.
I recently read “You’re Not So Smart” and it virtually said it was pretty crap.
This matter was strange in that that the kids had an obsession with it. Some psychologist was trotted out and said that they had had some traumatic experiences as children and that may be the case, Seemingly, the mother defended the father to her death bed.
And I forgot to mention it but this was one bit that made me think the whole family could be a bit nuts. Several other siblings refused to be nterviewed but there was one other daughter who was sort of fence sitting but leaning as though it could be true.
She then said keeping this dark secret caused her mothers cancer.
I Googled this and found a bit about it, it was from a forum. Seems not only involved repressed memories but Santanism as well.
Anyone got any links to more about the case? I couldn’t even find anything about it on the Crime Library and they seem to always have a bit about everything
Probably the same forum I went to- I have really found nothing of substance about it. The only information came from the TV show.
I would guess it is not in the Crime Library as there is no evidence of any crime.
Realistically, although the police have invested some time in it they have the word of two family members, who well may be kooks, and not a shred of evidence- let alone the 40 bodies.
I was thinking of the McMartin case. First it started as your basic child molestation investigation but before too long there was talk about repressed memories and satanism. None of it was proven in a court.