Wild Crime

The way that this documentary was laid out was perfect, there was not too many episodes, but there was just enough to intrigue you! When one episode ends they ended on a cliffhanger each time making you want to see the next episode and it slowly builds towards the ending perfectly! This story was so tragic, but you can learn so much on what to look for in your loved ones relationships for warning signs!

I really enjoyed the first season but the second season is even better. Couldn't take my eyes off the screen and wanted to watch the next episode immediately. Very interesting case and they have interviews with all those involved. How they track down the identity from just the remains is fascinating and hats off to those who must have spent countless hours researching the genealogy. Hats off also to all the law enforcement who never gave up. The show has a very high production value, well edited and shot with really well done reenactments and great cinematography of Yosemite valley as well. Hope that there is another season.

The third season of Wild Crime is quite strong, with a mix of police work, victims' stories, and the sick killer. The majesty of the parks in Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida are captured to showcase the rugged beauty, isolation, and potential danger. The lasting impact in grieving loved ones and troubled investigators is vivid without being exploitative.

My one quibble is with the "More Victims?" portion of episode four (S3. E4). Rob Endres is allowed to present himself as a grieving widower, as opposed to the main suspect in Patricia's murder that he was. In S1. E2 of Unsolved Mysteries (2020), we learn that Enders locked his step-son out of the house as soon as the wife vanished, although the young man was never a suspect. He would not speak with the step-son about the disappearance, even when the remains were discovered much later.

Enders interview statements are bizarre and incriminating. He shares in creepy detail spending time with the skeletal remains and sleeping with the box of ashes. His statements come close to a confession, as he speculates how a wheelbarrow would be useful to move a body to the woods from the church parking lot. While some similarities with Gary Hilton's murders do exist, it was troubling to see Patricia's likely killer given a free pass. I believe he is guilty, as his words and deeds following his wife's voicing her desire for a divorce are most incriminating. Watch "13 Minutes" and judge for yourself.

As a woman and therapist I'd like to give the last instalment of this brilliant, but haunting series a warning. Don't carry on watching this if it makes you feel uncomfortable at the beginning as it only gets worse and is the stuff nightmares are made off. My sincere admiration for the dedicated specialists working on these cases and thank you for doing so. To listen and somehow trying to make sense of these harrowing accounts takes a very strong heart and mind. I do hope and pray that these people get the support they need. It is an important job to understand the origins of those deprived behaviours and hopefully to be able to intervene at source. That would mostly be the social services looking at the child's situation at home.

I've read the book and this tells a very different story. The timeline is different and most of the details are different from other accounts. I find this discrepancy to be very disconcerting. I don't trust this. I trust the other accounts. I'm assuming that the book changed the names of the principal law enforcement officials. Too much time elapsed before the local Alaska police took this seriously. She was held in captivity for enough time to have possibly achieved another outcome. Law officials who wait to investigate because they make assumptions about the VICTIM have no business being in law enforcement.