Die Morde von Starved Rock

This is one of those experiences that you wish you had seen what actually happened to these three innocent middle aged mothers at Starved Rock so that you could come forward and find the murderer(s) who are guilty of the crime. The unknown always provides for a good mystery story that requires solving. It took.

It took over 40 years to solve the Golden State Killer, known by various other names such as the Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist, Night Stalker, and the Original Night Stalker, but eventually after decades of clues and hundreds if not thousands of suspects Joseph James DeAngelo was finally arrested, convicted and imprisoned.

With any luck this documentary may refresh someone's memory or bring forward some actual evidence that will lead to the capture and conviction of the murderer(s) at Starved Rock.

I give this documentary a well deserved 8 out of 10 IMDb rating. I hope they find the SOB(s).

This doc fell into the speculative true crime genre. While an interesting case, the documenter had motives and most of the interviews dealt with opinions not facts.

The documentary was like a stop at one of the Costco sample counters on a Saturday morning. After the sample is consumed you realize that didn't get enough of a sample to know whether you liked it enough to purchase, but sometimes you wished you had never tried it. After almost 3 hour sample I was left wondering "what was that?"

This is a compelling story but as with many documentaries the editing and production is poorly done. A shame really since the ingredients are all there for an awesome documentary.

All they had to do is keep it sequential and make sure the information presented doesn't conflict. They weren't able to do this so it was a jumbled mess and in the end you didn't know what to believe. That completely contradicts the point of a documentary.

I will say that David Raccuglia did seem genuine and passionate about the subject and pursuit of the truth but once again the direction and production missed the mark. I wish I didn't waste my time on this one. I am now interested though but will rely on other sources if I want more information.

Outstanding from the word go. Bravo! I like how the filmmaker starts from the beginning from the time the murders happened all the way forward to it reconciliation.