I really wonder whether this case was big enough to warrant a nationally-televised "City Confidential" show about it. Yeah, it was fairly interesting but a man killing his wife is not that rare, is it? Hey, in high profile cases - especially in California - they even get away with it.
So why did this case warrant a City Confidential episode. Knowing the cultural agenda of this entertaining show, it was probably that the murderer's father was an Episcopal bishop and the writers made it into a "church and state" battle, which it wasn't. They also cannot pass any kind of crime story in which the guilty party is even remotely connected with Christianity. The murderer here was not a churchgoer, but his father was clergy so that's good enough fodder for the writers and narrator here.
One surprise: the town came off looking pretty good. Usually, this show is tough on towns, too, especially if they are ultra-rich or a nice, churchgoing community like the one hear: Newberry, South Carolina where "they have more churches than fast-food restaurants," notes the dripping-with-sarcasm narrator Paul Winfield (who I do like, despite his bias.) They mention this several times in the show even though it has no bearing on the case except for the fact some people, feeling sorry for the dad, were sympathetic to his side. The town, after being spruced up in recent years, looks very attractive.
Whatever, the main story is the crime and the fact that someone tried to make the killing look like a car accident but did a poor job in the process.
At first, it looked like it might be a hard case to solve, but it quickly turned out to be a slam dunk once they connected the husband to a seedy strip club in Myrtle Beach.
Winfield spent more time discussing the town than he did the case! I still found it interesting, because the town is kind of cool, and I like the people.
So why did this case warrant a City Confidential episode. Knowing the cultural agenda of this entertaining show, it was probably that the murderer's father was an Episcopal bishop and the writers made it into a "church and state" battle, which it wasn't. They also cannot pass any kind of crime story in which the guilty party is even remotely connected with Christianity. The murderer here was not a churchgoer, but his father was clergy so that's good enough fodder for the writers and narrator here.
One surprise: the town came off looking pretty good. Usually, this show is tough on towns, too, especially if they are ultra-rich or a nice, churchgoing community like the one hear: Newberry, South Carolina where "they have more churches than fast-food restaurants," notes the dripping-with-sarcasm narrator Paul Winfield (who I do like, despite his bias.) They mention this several times in the show even though it has no bearing on the case except for the fact some people, feeling sorry for the dad, were sympathetic to his side. The town, after being spruced up in recent years, looks very attractive.
Whatever, the main story is the crime and the fact that someone tried to make the killing look like a car accident but did a poor job in the process.
At first, it looked like it might be a hard case to solve, but it quickly turned out to be a slam dunk once they connected the husband to a seedy strip club in Myrtle Beach.
Winfield spent more time discussing the town than he did the case! I still found it interesting, because the town is kind of cool, and I like the people.