Madeleine McCann: Adopted by Angelina Jolie, And The Changeling
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
DAILY MAIL: “A mother leaves her child while she goes out - and returns to an empty house. No, not the McCann case but the true story behind a gripping new film”
Fact. Fiction. Can you spot the difference?
She was a devoted mother, hard-working, determined and tough. Then, one spring morning, Christine Collins kissed her little child goodbye (leaving him under the eye of neighbours), before returning in the evening to an empty house. Her beloved son had vanished without a trace.
A continent-wide hunt was launched and a shocked nation was kept agog by a string of leads - only for their hopes to be cruelly dashed as each clue led to a dead end.
The child was never seen again, the mother was heartbroken and the community was left divided by suspicion and mistrust.
Terrible. Just terrible. Does it work out in the end?
It could be the tragic story of Kate and Gerry McCann and their three-year-old daughter, Madeleine, who was abducted last year while on holiday in Portugal, and who remains missing to this day.
It could be, albeit with better lighting, a decent cast and a 15 certificate… Gone, Baby, Gone…
But, in fact, it is the plot of Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Changeling, which opens in Britain later this month.
But it’s all false, right? Angelina Jolie is only acting, right? Unless she adopted Madeleine?
It is all the more powerful because it is based on a horrific true story. The so-called ‘Wineville chicken coop murders’ took place on the outskirts of Los Angeles in 1928.
And while they happened 80 years before Maddie McCann disappeared, there are startling parallels between the two.
The McCanns’ grim experience in Praia de Luz - and how they were made suspects by bungling local police - was widely reported.
But Christine Collins suffered even worse treatment at the hands of the LA Police Department. As the investigation into her missing child failed to yield results, she was even locked up in a mental asylum.
It’s enough to drive you maaaaad. Maaaaad, I tell yer…
As in the McCann case, rumour followed rumour.
Each one recorded for posterity…
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November 8th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Morning BF! Nice day for it!
Matt. - One wonders why the most vociferous posters have decided that they cannot be bothered anymore! Spooky!
It is hard to keep telling us the Emperor’s wearing beautiful clothes - when we can see he is stark bollock naked though!
November 8th, 2008 at 10:05 am
brandon flours Says:
November 8th, 2008 at 10:03 am
November 8th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Pamela Says:
November 7th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
“”Matt,
Your “sleuthing” sucks; but you’re aces at avoiding.
Enjoy your dinner. Don’t forget to remove your foot first”"
Thank you for your obvious lack of insight.
When I see a Rabid Pro so irritated by what I post, I know
for sure that my “sleuthing” has not been in vain.
Have a good day.
November 8th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I will miss rasputin
I quite fancied him
November 8th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Matt. Haha! I will be looking for a seemingly innocuous name like Dave or Jack or Bob!
I wonder if the CuckooClam ever reads anything but the Sun sometimes! Such is her lack of knowledge on the subject of The Files. lol
November 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am
coolandcalm Says:
November 8th, 2008 at 8:56 am
“”The dogs arrived (at the McCanns request) at the apartment on July 31st”"
Are you suggesting that it was not Mark Harrison, the Specialist National
Search Advisor, who joined the Investigation, who advised, in his report
to the PJ, that “specialized dogs should be used, specifically an EVRD with
advanced training to detect dead victims’ cadaver scent and a CSI dog,
able to detect human blood” ???
Are you suggesting that he did not advise the PJ re ““new and deeper
searches to Murat’s home; and forensic searches to Murat and his friends’
cars and to the McCann couple car, with the EVRD and CSI dogs” ???
Are you quite sure that the Dogs “arrived at the apartment on July 31st” ?
Could you please direct me to the source which suggests that the McCann’s
requested the EVRD and CSI Dogs ?
Is it an Official Source, ie…the Official Files, or is it a Newspaper
Source ??
I know how hot you are to discount Newspaper Sources usually.
Many thanks in anticipation.
November 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Don’t be too thrilled Coco.
Expect a metamorphosis into one of his other “guises”, soon.
November 8th, 2008 at 9:54 am
or Good morning all….even…
November 8th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Ggood morning all !!!
November 8th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Thrud
November 8th, 2008 at 9:48 am
How thrilling to see that Arseputin may not post again!
He says: ”You will be happy to know that it is doubtful if I shall post on this subject again, it has steadily become an anvil for people to forge all sorts of ridiculous and pointless theories on, without a shred of evidence rather like the washed curtains myth and the blue bag myth, none of which manage a mention in the files, and despite official statements, which are ignored if they do not fit the theory of the day.”
November 8th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I hope this means that we won’t need another one making by the Clan and Co. Inc.!