Watching ID

This week’s episode of Grave Mysteries was an unusual story of an unlikely victim of prostitution and a violent murder. Brittany was a model high school student who worked with younger kids at the local rec center. When she vanished after taking a trip to the store, her family became concerned. Their concern turned to panic when night fell and she still wasn’t home. They called the police. There were concerns about Brittany’s older boyfriend, Derrick. They didn’t approve of him and suspected he had done something to Brittany. The investigation depends upon Facebook and phone record searches to find Brittany’s killer. And, in a terrible twist, she isn’t the only victim. Rate us on iTunes Twitter Facebook Shop the brewery

After having her heart broken, 28-year old Samantha Lezark’s efforts to find love again lead to a fatal ending; now, investigators must follow her digital trail through different chat rooms to uncover her killer.  And he has killed before. Grave Mysteries is a new ID show and this is the premiere episode.  It had a lot of reenactments, which was okay, but it was the interviews with the victim’s family and the investigators that offered the most insight. There was a legitimate twist at the end which really increased the impact of Samantha’s murder. Twitter Facebook Join Tiegrabber Rate us on iTunes

A missing person? Check. A murder? Check. Stellar police work? Well… In this, the finale of Gone, we ask ourselves if we are being overly critical or are most of these cases prolonged due to less than stellar investigatory work. Dena Raley-McCluskey was feeling positive about life when she didn’t show up for her first day back to work after an extended leave. Did her abusive boyfriend do something to Dena? Her family definitely thinks so. Twitter Facebook Rate us on iTunes  

This Gone has a great ending. The rest was kind of eh.  After researching so many missing persons’ cases, we know that this is an unusual outcome, but there are so many more interesting cases out there! Michele Whitaker, 32, was leading a troubled life when she disappeared without a trace. Her family and local police investigated every possible lead for six years until a phone call brought new found hope to her mother. Where was Michele for six years? More importantly, Dick wants to know why she didn’t call her mother. Twitter Facebook Subscribe Rate Us

When Lynda McClelland went missing from her home in Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, she left behind three beloved grandchildren and a heartbroken daughter, Amanda. Amanda’s search leads her through her mother’s complicated life and ends with deeply troubling answers that lie painfully close to home. In the darkest episode since Field of Broken Dreams, Gone Episode 4, Devil Among Us, leaves us to wonder how well we really know the people we let into our lives. Twitter Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Rate us on iTunes

Charlotte Moriarty and her infant son disappeared from a Hawaiian bus stop in June 1977, leaving behind only an empty stroller.  Mark Barnes, Charlotte’s live-in boyfriend and the father of their baby, Marx, would search for them for over 30 years before being reunited with his son.  But what became of Charlotte?  This episode of Gone leaves us wondering just that. This is a case where police were either unaware or unconcerned for the first 3 weeks after the disappearance.  Do you believe police or Mark Barnes’ story about when the disappearance was reported?  Is it safe to assume that Charlotte doesn’t want to be found? Twitter Facebook Join Tiegrabber

When teenagers Cheryl Miller and Pam Jackson disappeared on the first night of summer 1971, everyone who knew them was shocked and baffled.  These were good girls with no reason to run away from home.  They had been paid from their jobs that day and never cashed their paychecks.  With repeated searches, false leads, and emotional ups and downs, no one could have predicted that it would take four decades to solve this mystery. After watching this episode of Gone on Investigation Discovery, Jill and Dick discuss the heartfelt tales of people who knew the girls and the long years spent without answers. This seems like another case of inadequate searches and poor police work.  Is this a theme with this show?  We will find out next week. Twitter Facebook Join Tiegrabber  

In our first episode of Watching ID, we talk about the premiere episode of Gone: Field of Broken Dreams, the story of 17-year old Chris Daigle who disappeared in 2007.  Find out what we thought of the show and the way the case was handled (mishandled?) by the police. Twitter Facebook Rate us on iTunes Join Tiegrabber

Jill & Dick introduce a new podcast, Watching ID, where the first couple of true crime podcasting talk about recent Investigation Discovery shows and the crimes featured. The first several episodes will feature the new ID show Gone which airs on Mondays at 9pm ET.