The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith

With all due respect to the victim's family and friends, it's a story that should be told but it's a shame it was this gang who told it. This is another 'gibney' type clone where the producers seem to think that splashing a lot of images and using quick edits you won't notice that the film is dragging way behind the story. You could write the whole story down in 100 words or less but they take 3 hrs to tell it in film. I won't give away the story because that would be unfair to those who want to waste 3 hrs watching this but trust me, you can use fast forward and you won't miss a thing. Don't look for the plot twists they promise at the beginning because they're not there, and there's no closure at the end either despite the interviews.

You will understand that a Cop that thinks you did a crime will do just about anything ( even illegal actions) to prove you guilty. This was an egregious case and I've been in front of a multitude of Narcissist Cops who believe they should be worshipped as ABOVE EVERYTHING. I'm a reformed former criminal and I know my fair share of how the dark side goes, how things are done.. Why things are done.. Why cops go Dirty.. how law enforcement are flipped.. Outlaw bike clubs have been flipping Cops and Prison guards for as long as there have been cops and prison guards... If I were to add my own view on this case as opinion only.. When your dealing drugs, and you don't connect any way with any organized group.. your going to get hurt.. drug dealers don't want competition they want expansion and sales.. Selling anything is still about Hierarchy... if Doug didn't have permission it may be under the radar for some time, but eventually he'd get big enough to get noticed. Probably warned.. and then probably dealt with. So my direction would be to look into the bigger dealers in the area, and who they work for... that's where I would look. Doug might even know, but is too scared to say anything. The "Mister Big" stings are flawed... the flaw is most of these are ordinary citizens put into extraordinary situations.. they will say something only because this might have been the only crime they've been in contact with in their lives... so it ends up being the first thing they bring up when they're looking for "DIRT" It's so egregious that most countries WONT ALLOW IT... how about you? Tell the truth OPP Durham police botched the criminal investigation in this case and you didn't have any way of fixing it besides trying to frame a man that you knew didn't do it.

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.

I had no idea this happened in my neck of the woods. It's an important story. "Mr. Big" is very controversial here in Canada. I've interacted with police over the years in a work capacity, and I don't really like them. Policing needs to change. There remains an aura of "we will have our way".

The series could have been done perfectly in two episodes ..there was so much repetition. The set "scenes" were ridiculous, shabby retro, lampshades tilted, etc. Not necessary. The panning in and out of objects was really annoying. The last episode of the series is the best.

Overall this needed to be told.

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.