Madeleine McCann: Gerry On The Telly And It Could Be U
“MADELEINE: It’s not too late says mum.”
The front page of the Express contains a “Dramatic Plea”.
But it’s not dramatic so much as it is desperate. “It’s not too late, please give her back,” says Kate McCann.
As ever the Express tells readers that Mrs McCann is a GP. Gerry McCann, we learn is a “consultant cardiologist”.
Says she: “Every day is hard. Every day is very difficult… The important thing is getting Madeleine back and we hope that what we are doing increases the chance of that.”
What’s The Story?
Indeed, that is the important thing. It is the only thing. But the press want more.
Says Gerry McCann: “We have a mix of very positive days, when we have done big things and achieved things or big events with the campaign, but we are aware these things are secondary.”
He’s right. Of course he is. But the press have been pointing fingers at the police, gawping at “creepy” men, listening to anyone with a paedophile story, looking for bodies and signs. They have not been on the trail of Madeleine. They follow the McCanns around, first Spain, then Germany, then the UK, the Vatican and Morocco. They are watching the parents. The parents are the story. And we are invited to look on like voyeurs.
We can wear braclets. Find Madeleine is this year’s Make Poverty History campaign.
Infotainment
The Sun says Gerry McCann is to appear at the Edinburgh TV Festival. No, not because he’s given us hours of great telly. Although he is taking the slot once occupied by Simon Cowell and Michael Barrymore. Gerry will be “quizzed” by Newsnight presenter Kirsty Walk on the media campaign to find Madeleine McCann.
Peter Barron, organiser of the event, rated the Find Madeleine campaign a “new and moving phenomenon”. What was that about good telly?
But it’s scaring the children. The Star says an appeal to find Madeleine is being screened before cinema showings of U-rated Shrek The Third.
Children with faces full of popcorn and crisps hear that Madeleine was “snatched” from her bed. “Madeleine’s parents are devastated, but they haven’t given up hope.”
A mum says it’s “unfair” to show this to children. “It makes them fear that they too could be abducted.”
It spreads the fear. It creates anxiety. And it shows no sign whatsoever of finding Madeleine nor the person or persons who might have taken her…
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September 2nd, 2007 at 10:41 pm
You know Fatima, I have suddenly worked out what I think is going on here, and why every time somebody suggests something that by most people’s thinking could no doubt be thought helpful in finding Madeleine, it is knocked down by the McCann supporters.
If it turns out that Madeleine were to be found to have wandered off that night and fallen into a road works then the attention would be back on the McCann’s for having left the child alone to wander off, and no doubt they would be charged with manslaughter for having contributed to her death.
So, for the McCann’s and their supporters it would appear that it is the ABDUCTION THEORY OR NOTHING, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT MADELEINE WAS ABDUCTED.
If they were not there when Madeleine disappeared HOW CAN THEY KNOW FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. Even if it meant being prosecuted for leaving their children that night, surely they would still want to know where she is. I know I would.
September 2nd, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Yes, Anon…, you know a terrible lot about the Mccanns.
Who are you?
Hum…………….
September 2nd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Well thank you Anon for that information, you seem to know an awful lot about the McCann’s and their doings.
Brian is actually a dreamer of dreams, and not a psychic or a dabbler in black magic, and if the McCann’s read their Bible they would find many instances of this.
I do hope that Madeleine eventually turns up safe and well, but I also believe the McCann’s should be held responsible whether or not this happens, and their behavior on that night should be treated for what it was, namely child endangerment, and they are not given a free pass just because of all the sympathy and publicity they have managed to get for themselves and the diversion by pointing this to being an abduction. How do they know for definite that Madeleine did not get out of the bed and wander off herself through the unlocked door and end up having a terrible accident? Were they there to see this? No, that is the point, they were not and perhaps Kate is sorry she was not there ‘at the moment’, but what moment was that? She was not there for most of the moments!
It is not merely ‘naive’ to leave small children alone in the dark night after night in an unlocked apartment while you go out to dine for the evening even if they are checked on occasionally, and also to try and convince people that it was akin to being outside in the garden when in actual fact it was much further away, unless of course you are a resident of Buckingham Palace or somewhere like that and you think in those terms.
September 2nd, 2007 at 7:02 am
The McCanns are deeply religious catholics and do not believe in psychics (or the dreaming equivilant) they consider it to be black and evil magic and believe no good can come from dabling in such.
In addition, Brian did not offer this services directly to them, he posted it on the net and they did not approach him to continue.
The fund is managed by several trustees and the mccanns can not just ‘use’ the money without their permission. The trustees are being incredibly difficult in releasing the monies because they donot want to be accused of not handling the funds correctly.
Also the McCanns have hired a private investigator (I believe he was South-African(??)) And with the Portugese having the judical secrecey laws, the couple are treated as witnesses and are unable to speak about neither special information relating to that night or madeleine herself without with possibility of ending up in jail - which would help noone.
Did you know that they recieve thousands of leads and sightings?? Even if they recieved one thousand - that is almost ten per day!!! They cannot possibly rush off to follow up - they are doctors - not police - they probably don’t even where to start.
Please, just because you cannot verify exactly who and what is being done, please do not assume that it obviously isn’t - Kate and Gerry just are not allowed to speak or comment publicy about this. Also they have been told that the best way to get their precious daughter back is to cooperate with the PJ.
September 1st, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Very interesting on Brian’spredictions. Were there road working nearby where the church is on the night Madeleine disappeared? Could this be what he means?
I know that Brian offered to try and help but they turned him down. Why???
If it were my daughter I would want to be absolutely assured that Madeleine did not wander off that night and fall into any road workings. Surely they have enough money in the fund to have them dug up to find out. Better to know for sure even if it is bad news than to go through life never knowing where she was.
Enough money too to hire private detectives to check on the paedophile rings operating around that area, and there will be some. People will often give more information to private investigators than they will to the police. So what is stopping the McCann’s from doing this, or could it be that they don’t want to be told the worst, but even when there are alleged sightings they don’t appear to rush off to follow up. I would be frantically following up every lead possible, so just can’t understand them.
August 30th, 2007 at 12:04 am
http://www.briansprediction.com/pri/august2007/AUGUST2007WEEK5.html
I went on here. I found his comments ‘She is next to the cross’ and ‘The church holds the key’ very interesting. He was right about a fire in the county I live in.
August 29th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
yes, Alice, I believe the MCcanns regret a lot the noise they started.
They are not able anymore to stop it. They got now a snow ball effect.
For some reason they needed to make smoke around the case.Hiding something.
Trying to confuse everybody. Why don’t they tell the truth? They are now against the Portuguese police and media.Yes, they can now ‘kindly offer” the money of the Madeleine fund to a charity whose intend is to find missing children. A great idea but I don’t believe they will do it.
August 29th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
This is a report from Sky News:
The father of missing Madeleine McCann has said the media campaign to find the four-year-old will be scaled down and take on a “low-key format”.
Madeleine poster campaignGerry McCann acknowledged he and his wife Kate had initially sought publicity but feels there is now a lack of control in the coverage.
Mr McCann told the Edinburgh International Television Festival his family had deliberately tried to withdraw from the spotlight.
“Unfortunately the human interest side of this is enormous now and that’s been very difficult.”
He said he did not feel it was necessary to have Madeleine’s image constantly in the news.
“We cannot sustain that level of interest and Kate and I want to withdraw from the campaign,” he explained.
They have made no final decision on when to return home but Mr McCann said he thought staying in Portugal might have become counter-productive.
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I know that this day had to come, but they really do only have themselves to blame as they constantly courted publicity - and when it starts to turn slightly uncomfortable and they are asked “leading” questions - they withdraw.
If they are to withdraw from the campaign, are they about to donate the Madeleine fund to a charity whose intent is to find missing children? As was pointed out in an earlier post by I think it was Malou - there is no need to pay for the guilty party to be brought to justice, so the fund is now presumably stagnant - the McCanns will be returning to their jobs and home, and with them withdrawing from the campaign it will be left to the police -
August 29th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Fred, what did you write about on this blog and that have been removed?
Did you read Gerry’s last text on his site (28th August)?
The way he discribes the feelings the abductor is having now? The way he tells that it could have been an accident with a terrible consequence?
Gerry, do not remove that text. Leave it like you wrote it.
August 29th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
I never write anything insulting or insinuating but the moderators on this site seem to remove any comments that have an open mind to whether the parents and friends should be suspects. What happened to freedom of speech?
Lets see how long this comment remains on here!!!
August 29th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Alice,Johnd, there is no need of money to bring somebody to justice.
This is the work of the Public Prosecuter and it is free of charge.
I read somewhere that a few days after the disappearence the Mccanns contracted two lawyers. I don’t know if this is true.
You never know what is true and what is not.
August 29th, 2007 at 12:08 am
Johnd - the “trust” money was set up pretty well immediately as a private limited company - if you look on companies house website you can see it listed - it seems that the main function of the “company” is to provide financial support for the McCann family (oh and provide legal services to bring her abductor to justice)
this is the registration -
MADELEINE’S FUND: LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED LIMITED Registered No 06248215
2/6 CANNON STREET LONDON EC4M 6YH EC4M 6YH
August 28th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Speaking about post mortem I have expearence with three people, two friends and one relative. They had unexpected deaths at young ages.
One post mortem took six weeks, the second took five months and the third eight weeks. The laboratory had their corpses and still it was difficult for them.
21 days are not much.Madeleine’s case is complicated and the laboratory has to make perfect tests.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Everybody is in tension waiting for the results from the laboratory.
Three weeks are not much time to find out things.
It is possible that some results are resulting in new tests.
It seems that there are sacs of vacuum cleaners full of elements which are been also analysed.This must be a lot of work, to separate them, to check them and to associate them to an eventual death.
Preferible to take long time than not to find out what happened to Madeleine.
She is probably dead and very well hidden. Helen, yes, rumours about the twins.Sometimes they were awake when the police arrived, sometimes they remained sleeping.Johnd, yes, the whole thing stinks.
August 28th, 2007 at 5:05 am
Surely the money they have received is in trust and they won’t have personal access to it ? There are many precedents of individuals who eventually are charged - being at the forefront of media campaigns in the early days of any investigation. However after 100 days it would indeed prove trying for most normal people to keep up the front. I personally think the whole thing stinks ,their actions/story/etc do not add up.
And if the UK police have accessed evidence concerning the body in the room - this would seriously be considered by the Portuguese authorities and impact the investigation.
The story continues and like all of us I hope the poor child is found or her soul finds peace.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:40 am
One word - Freemasons!
You can call in a favour and get high profile coverage - but remember they will expect something back. Money and power drives them.
Are we to believe that Gerry was told to be ‘emotionless’ for if that is the case being a very good actor isn’t going to help him look innocent.
As long as they provide good publicity and money for those enlisted to help them they will be fine - but the moment things turn sour the money makers will chew them up and spit them out for the public to devour.
Are the rumours that the twins did not wake up despite the noise and commotion following Madeleines dissapearance true? if so - did the police take a blood sample from the twins???
August 27th, 2007 at 11:25 am
As long Gerry was managing to controlle the media, he loved every publication.
Short ago he asked for an interview with the BBC, two Spanish news papers and coming back from Washington he told to have been advised to keep Madeleine’s prophile high. He continued to approach the media (in his favor of course).
Things seem to change now.The media are considering the truth of the Mccanns version about that night.
Somewhere I read about the possibility that the girl could have died the night before. Maybe buried on the side of the road, near the resort? They were working on the road, new asphalt, there were holes everywhere.It would be an ideal place to hide Madeleine.
August 26th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
Forgetting about press and forum speculation for a minute, the reason I got interested in this case was the body language of the parents from day one.
I watched the parents in the early days giving interviews and I asked myself, does their overall behaviour look normal ? (assuming you have just found out your child has gone missing in a foreign Country) - the body language, tone and choice of words answered my question, a resounding NO!
I seem to recall they described their daughter not being found after a week or so as disappointing, DISAPPOINTING!!! - If I took my kids to a theme park and the main ride was not working, that would be disappointing, I think the adjective I would use for a my child sill being missing would certainly not be “disappointing”, it’s a very clinical adjective in the circumstances and lacks sincerity in my opinion, very strange.
August 25th, 2007 at 2:22 am
Well said Helen
August 24th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
I agree - its not about Madeleine anymore -its about pretty ribbons, hair bows and co-ordinated clothing in yellow and green, its about the Gerry and Kate
‘Spin Doctors’ on the telly - its not about Madeleine anymore.
As for Shrek - my kids were very upset at a time when they needed to switch off and enjoy themselves. Why show it to kids?
Surely a better idea would have been to target the parents who can look for Madeleine and put it on before an adult rating film. I never did understand that one!
And they protesteth toooo much - I would expect myself and my friends to be a suspect - in fact I would insist that everyone was a suspect- leave no stone unturned? - everyones a suspect apart from the 9 last people to see her alive - that doesn’t make much sense to the majority of the population.
Then again they haven’t exactly acted like the majority of the population so far so why stop now - I mean most of us do not leave our kids home alone, most of us would blame ourselves and most of us would want even our partners and friends to be questioned !!!!!
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August 21st, 2007 at 1:02 pm
The police in Portugal is about to receive the results from the laboratory.
How many times I’ve read this on the papers. I ask myself what is true and what is not.People are getting tired of this story.Who said that there is a suspect in England? The police or the tabloids? The parents are considering going back to England. They are running out of money.What about the million pounds on the bank?I don’t believe the fund has that large ammount of money. Not at all.Even don’t believe the 7.000 letters they got short ago. If they got them, Gerry arranged that.Did one of you see on a video the mailman arriving at Gerry’s home with that huge ammount of letters? 7.000 is a crazy lot. For 100 days disappearence.This is hard to believe. Who is intending to say something true for a change?
August 21st, 2007 at 9:16 am
Quote: Try doing a little searching (or a lot, as I have) and see how many other cases you can find of children being ’snatched from their bed’ … I found TWO. One (thanks to another poster on Anorak) in Canada - but that was a kidnap for ransom and the kidnapper knew the girl already, and the Lindburg case. That limited amount plus the statistics and recorded patterns of traffickers/paedophiles behaviours should give an indication of just how unlikely this scenario actually is.
Just to point out… There have been considerably more abductions than stated … Elizabeth Smart for one, an 18 month old girl in sydney… and these are just one’s that immediatley came to mind. Yes the scenario of trafficker/paedophile is unlikely people have to remember that it is possible, can happen and has happened in the past. In fact a boy was taken from Portugal (I think it is eight or nine years ago) and has never been found .. however his mother have seen images of him on the internet in porographic photos. I know that it is much easier to believe the parents did it - please remember that there are other possibilities.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
The PJ is questioning an English lady today, who was staying in the apartment on the Mccann’s at that time.
On May the 2nd, evening, she heard Madeleine screaming :daddy, daddy! At that moment the parents were at the restaurant.It is known in Portugal that Madaleine was not seen on May the 3rd, excepted by some of the MCcann’s group.On the 3rd the Mccanns made a trip the whole day, coming home at 6.00 pm.From 6.00 to 9.00 they stayed in the apartment, at 10.00, 10.30, 10.40 pm (who knows the exactly time?) her mother missed her. There is now a suspect (man) in England, member of the group.Is it possible that Madeleine died on May the 2nd, somebody got rid of her body in the middle of the night, putting it in his car, and this somebody drove away the day after, ( May the 3rd)got rid of her? And the Mccanns rang the alarm bell 24 hours after her death?Because they had been neglect and were scared of the police? The dogs smelled a corpse odour in two apartments.The English lady commented longer ago that she found odd the Mccanns never have asked her if she had noticed something strange that night.And that for a couple that travelled to Spain, Germany, Holland, Moroc and USA searching for Madeleine.Why not go upstairs and ask the lady?Too busy preparing their trips, going to church and jogging? This smells.
August 17th, 2007 at 5:11 am
Hey Labrador,
I totally agree with you on the drugged thing, check out my posts at courttv message boards, i said the same thing as you!!! funny how intelligent minds think alike! lol!
August 13th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
miss marple, I heard that the results are coming tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
August 13th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Could it be possible that the Mccanns got in serious financial difficulties in England and they planned Madaleine’s “disappearence” and the fund?
That fund is really odd, isn’t it?
August 13th, 2007 at 11:28 am
the results of the tests wich are being made will be ready within 10 or 12 days.
August 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
http://www.strongwood.net
August 12th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Hi this article was already translated by others! not me as I am not clever enough for that,try strongwood investigators on the net, google it, the other one was copied from another blog site, I am very interested in this case as it is strange to say the least,
I have my own views on this case and I find it very difficult to comprehend how any one could leave 3 children under 4 years alone ( one with a disability) as do many many other people on these sites.
However, this does not change the fact that the child is missing and everything must be done that is humanly possible to bring her back to her family.