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Doug37888
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Oct 4, 2004 2:54 PM
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it's a bad movie.and keppel's little interviews with bundy did nothing to solving the green river case,it did provide him material for a book to profit from,a good price on the lecture circuit i'm sure.why you could say he's used bundy's fame to gain his own,his criminal expertise did nothing to catch america's long running serial killer hell he didn't even get anything out of bundy.
"Sure their entertained how often is a rock star fried on stage?"
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jempeh
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Oct 1, 2004 11:10 AM
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I know that Ressler did some extensive interviewing of Bundy also so I was wondering if they compared notes.
thanks!
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cari*L
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Sep 30, 2004 4:06 PM
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The FBI was brought in as profilers in the Ridegway case but I don't know if Ressler was one of the profilers or not. Since Kepple was aiding Reichart in the Green River case it seems natural that the 2 may have crossed paths. That is as much as I know right now..someone else may know more.
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jempeh
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Sep 29, 2004 12:06 AM
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Was Keppel affiliated with Robert Ressler at all?
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LadyDi0314
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Sep 7, 2004 5:16 PM
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I haven't read the book (as of yesterday, it's at the top of my list), but I would like to have seen this as a 2-night miniseries. It was quite intense and the 2 nights would have enabled them to showcase the talent and the story even more.
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CrimeStoryFan
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Sep 7, 2004 3:41 PM
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" He commented, they do and excellent job cutting 15 years into 1 hour. Lets all remember this is a movie."
Regardless of how great Keppel is in real life, the movie tried to jam too much into too short a time and it ended up suffering for that. You shouldn't make a movie if you're going to make excuses for it after it's made, such as, "Let's all remember, this is just a movie," or "you don't get it, it's based on a book," as someone else pointed out. A good movie would trim back the extraneous story lines and focus more on the relevant points. If it's too big to tell in one or two hours, then make it a miniseries or don't make it at all, rather than make the jumbled mess this movie was. I'm glad Keppel is such a great criminologist. The movie didn't do him or his book justice, particularly for those of us who didn't get to watch it uncut with him providing commentary along the way.
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ymer
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Sep 7, 2004 12:32 AM
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You're one of the fortunate ones who was able to take a class with Dr. Keppel. I will read his book and other writings. I am a doctoral student in clinical psych and will major in forensics. I had interviewed a less know serial killer for a paper as an undergrad. Very interesting.
SD
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charleyhorse
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Sep 7, 2004 12:08 AM
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Thanks for such a good post. I have not read the Green River Killer, but did read a book by John Douglas that included information about the case before he was caught. I also read "Stranger Beside Me" by Anne Rule.
I truly appreciate what the dedication these detectives have to taking evil off our streets.
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rww13
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Sep 3, 2004 2:06 PM
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This movie does reflect many accurate aspects of the ?Riverman? story. I have been fortunate to have viewed this movie uncut, with Keppel pointing out the accurate vs. Hollywood story lines. He commented, they do and excellent job cutting 15 years into 1 hour. Lets all remember this is a movie. As a student of Keppel at SHSU, I have been exposed to his expertise in his field and ideas on current profiling, signature analysis, typologies, and crime scene staging. If you are interested in this movie then you should look into his books and journals, including his book Riverman. He is one of (or the) top experts in the country regarding crime scene analysis. Keppel has 31 + years working and researching in the field of homicide. When reading or watching about hot topics regarding criminal profiling, it is important to understand where the author or ?profiler? learned their trade or retrieves their information. You cannot go wrong with a PhD detective who has experienced everything with first hand accounts.
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