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L Verge · (This post was last modified: 12-10-2018 01:02 PM by L Verge.)

(12-10-2018 12:13 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: I liked Crouse's writing style and thought the description of Orlowek's family did a great deal to place him in his own milieu. Crouse, who is now in his 70s, is best known for his book The Boys on the Bus, a rollicking account of the press corp in the 1972 presidential campaign.

The other night, tired of working on a Tarbell article that just won't start, I decided to try and find the original "Unsolved Mysteries" that aired about Booth's alleged escape. Luckily, if that's the term one could use, I found it online. After watching it, I realized that I had spent about 30 or so minutes of my life that I'll never get back. I was immediately reminded of an article that Steve Miller wrote that he once shared with me. It had the headline (approximate...I'm writing this from memory), "How Much C rap Could Robert Stack Stack if Robert Stack Could Stack C rap." The episode was a graphic representation of never letting the facts get in the way of a good story. And yet, Steve's deflation of the nonsense isn't out there to serve as an antidote. More's the pity.

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Rob

Most of that was filmed here at Surratt House, and they were definitely not interested in hearing facts. By the time, they went back to California and dubbed in Robert Stack and edited out other things, there was very little left of anything good.

We had a similar experience about 5-6 years ago when Brad Meltzer and his History Decoded came to town. Much more interested in the mummy than in the facts. Now I get to worry about the Travel Channel and an upcoming program tentatively entitled "Mummies Unwrapped." I sure hope that title means that they are finally unwrapping good history. We have fed them as much as we can of documented details.

"the judge in that case cited that the evidence wasn't sufficient to overrule Green Mount Cemetery."

You are quite right on that. While a lot of excellent history was presented (and I include the inaccurate Bates theory here because it laid that agenda out on the table for all to see), it was not the purpose of the case to debate every little item -- just to protect the cemetery and the Booths right to let the dead repose in peace.