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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…

Anorak

Posted: 8th, November 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Media Comments (853) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink

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Montaillou says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:25 pm

Yes Clouseau, still no known failures

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Châtelaine says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:24 pm

I don’t see a flash box thingy, I cannot see who’s posting at this moment in which thread, I cannot see how many posts in this thread, I still cannot find the woosh-clunked thread and I don’t like the width of the text boxes and the larger spacing between the lines…
And why, WHY would we have a flash box thingy anyway? It’s childish pleasure, no added value and it takes more time to load.
I remain, yours truly and very much

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clouseau says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:23 pm

lets get one thing straight….human remains where found…blood was found..

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Montaillou says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

My totally innocuous post to Sam never made it through the cotton wool and I can’t find a new thread, still the same old Angelina Jolie Heeeeelp, I’m alone in the dark here.

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sam says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:14 pm

motaillou, it’s not hard to find just type in
http://www.anorak.co.uk/madeleine-mccann
will take you to the newest thread, or on the side by the main page there a flash box thing where you can click on the keywords.

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Montaillou says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

Hmm I never expected to come back and find you all still here, wandering in and out of the forum, probably using mobile phones all the while, making a lot of noise, trampling around and bemoaning the fact that the thread is missing, but tell me, who has turned any stones looking for it, who is out there? Answere NO-ONE, I don’t think you really want to find the thread at all

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Grande Finale says:
November 12th, 2008 at 10:42 pm

The Real Stig Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
It looks as if there were no murders at Haut de la Garenne in jersey after all.

http://tinyurl.com/5swy4d

It seems the policeman heading the investigation got somewhat carried away.

Ediie and Kella were so certain, weren’t they? They never make mistakes eh? I think it is now well documented that they do.
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Human remains were found!

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sam says:
November 12th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

interesting isn’t it.

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The Real Stig says:
November 12th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

It looks as if there were no murders at Haut de la Garenne in jersey after all.

Ediie and Kella were so certain, weren’t they? They never make mistakes eh? I think it is now well documented that they do.

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whoops says:
November 12th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

Oo eer-preferred the old look myself-anyone got any news on WTF -hope she’s OK.

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yampster says:
November 12th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

I think she is jealous because you and the Russians got the best ones. The one we got, who designed the ‘Blue Streak’ ,turned out to be a toilet cleaner at Peenemunde. After it plunged into the desert at Woomera half a dozen times we gave up.

The wreckage was always remarkably clean though

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Pamela says:
November 12th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

Oh, sorry. Didn’t see that one. Is he/ she pro or con on the subject of kidnapped German rocket scientists doomed to exile in Alabama?

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yampster says:
November 12th, 2008 at 9:12 pm

Ok so someone found it.

In answer to your previous question. Chenier’s post originally said Von Wehrner not Werhner Von Braun, hence my query

I aint stupid even if it gets edited to look like that

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Pamela says:
November 12th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

Don’t know who Shaggy is, but very much like the dominatrix idea–especially by phone. Anyone who wishes to pay me to stay in my pajamas and verbally abuse him is A-OK with me!

(Doris, yes dear; teasingly correcting someone’s spelling is much, much ruder than telling them to “EFF OFF!”. I’m sure anyone–and by that I of course mean anyone equally crazy–will agree.)

Love the site–VERY slick!

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yampster says:
November 12th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

Nice one Mr Anorak. I thought you had buried it so deep no one would find it but apparently it doesn’t matter. Any thread will do

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Clive says:
November 12th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

Not at all impressed with the new layout.

What’s this 50p cheaper than the Daily Mail and 50 times better.

Second part of statement maybe used to be correct but where I live, the
Daily Mail costs 45p.

Despite entering new password/s for forum several times very carefully,
still not able to log in.

Who said if it’s not broke don,t fix it.

-agw: You should be to log into the Forum now.

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coolandcalm says:
November 12th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

M&A… can you remember how many posts were in the Malta thread when it was closed? I know it was huge….. and entertaining of course but not as much fun as George.
Just reminiscing.

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Grande Finale says:
November 12th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

I’ve just navigated here from the new site Wooooh hooooo!

You see the Flash box rh side ? you move pointer opn there until the name you want is highlighted by a box. Then you click