The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith

Were the suspects ever tested for gunshot residue? Nothing was ever mentioned about anyone involved being tested. I hate to say , "I saw them do it on a TV crime show..." but I am just wondering if this would not be one of the first protocols alongside interviewing people as a way to rule them out.

... the sound design is SO IRRITATING and distracting. I'm in the film industry and I would have sent this back. It lacks mature choices.

This is a documentary not an episode of CSI. These are real people and a viewer knows when to feel and what to feel. We don't need a sound track that competes. We need to hear the PEOPLE and the INFORMATION.

I had to mute the sound to just get through it after a point. Beverly Lynn Smith, RIP.

The sound quality on this is so poor that it is completely unwatchable. The background "music" is not background, and drowns out everything else. I'm disappointed, because I really wanted to watch this.

If I ever hear one more Leaf come at the US again about our legal system, this is getting tossed in their smug face.

This poor guy is mentally deficient, was duped by unscrupulous officers with ridiculous behavior and tactics that would make the most insidious mob bosses squirm, but they're willing to stand by this insane practice as being legitimate?

Between this, the wife's friend who somehow knows how to coax confessions (she should be imprisoned), the family that somehow cannot fathom innocent people confessing (although it's hard to be too angry with her family, but still, this is now well documented fact that innocent people have and will confess given certain circumstances) the lead investigator with about as much of a moral compass as a sea squid, and the idiot himself WHO WAS TOLD BY HIS ATTORNEYS TO TRUST NO ONE, and it's a catastrophic failure of jurisprudence of epic proportions.

I'd say their best bet and most likely suspect is the husband, and more emphasis should have been placed there- this simple minded guy IS NOT the killer, and all of these officers should be reprimanded and forced to admit their incompetence. But given that this is occurring under one of the most inept PMs I've ever seen, it's certainly no surprise.

This could have been a single episode, two at most. Four was far too drawn out and labored for effect.

What a story. I think this could have been done with fewer episodes and not so much repetition. The case itself is interesting with twists and turns and kooky characters, but in the end there was no resolution. This is fine if they were just trying to bring a cold case to light and get some justice.

It also felt as if the family and others were all holding back information. This could have been the fault of the doc makers though.

I do suggest watching it if you like true crime and unsolved crimes.