Madeleine McCann: Gerry And Kate McCann’s Video Diary, Francisco Marco Says And Snake Oil
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
SUNDAY MIRROR: “MADELEINE ALIVE? WE’RE 100% CERTAIN”
“EXCLUSIVE SEARCH FOR MADELEINE DAY 199 Detectives reveal that they are closing in on Maddy kidnapper And new witness tells of seeing her with TWO suspects in van”
Detectives. The Portuguese police?
“Francisco Marco, head of private detective agency Metodo 3 - hired to track the missing four-year-old by the McCanns - said: “We’re 100 per cent sure she is alive. We are sure she was abducted. We are very, very close to finding the kidnapper”
Keep the expense account open. As the famous Lori Campbell reports, the net is closing in…
Says a source inside Metodo 3: “We believe the sighting is the breakthrough we’ve been waiting for. The witness was able to give a detailed description of the man and woman to investigators”
A witness…
“They showed her photographs, and she was able to pick out the woman with no hesitation. Detectives believe the kidnapper was helped by a third person who watched the apartment for days”
Says Gerry McCann in a fly-in-the-wall documentary shot by his friend John Corner: “I’ve no doubt Madeleine was targeted and that makes us sick to the core to think someone was watching us and our daughter, then targeted her. I think the true word is a predator”
SUNDAY EXPRESS front page: “KATE REFUSES LIE TEST”
Mr Don Cargill chairman of the British And European Polygraph Association. He is also “official lie detector expert on TV’s Trisha Goddard TV show”. Says he: “I spoke to the McCanns’ people and they came back with a list of conditions that would have been impossible to satisfy”
No word from Trisha
“PRIVATE EYE CLOSES IN ON MADELEINE” - “In a fresh development in the search for the Leicestershire youngster, Gerry and Kate McCann have been informed of a reported sighting of their daughter in a car with a woman”
Oh?
“It came ahead of an interview broadcast on US television network CBS, in which Fransisco Marco, head of the Spanish private detective agency hired by the McCanns, said he was certain the four-year-old was alive and that the agency was closing in on the abductor”
The world is watching. Has Sen. Marco made progress? If you have a case you need to be solved, contact him on…
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “SNATCHED BY A COUPLE”
“EXCLUSIVE McCann detectives hunt for mystery man and woman as Maddie is spotted two days after she was snatched MADELEINE: NEW CLUES AS TV INTERVIEW ENRAGES PORTUGUESE COPS”
A “dramatic new lead” by “sleuths” hired by the McCanns
“Detectives battling to unravel the baffling case are said to be ‘unimpressed and exasperated’ that Jane [Tanner] has talked about the case on TV - in open violation of Portuguese laws”
Says Kate McCann, “GP”: “We are doing everything we can do to find Madeleine “And the last thing we want is to look back and think we could have done more. There’s not a textbook about it, is there? Like what to do when your daughter gets abducted. It’s awful and horrible for anyone to have to go through this and we are doing what we think is best. People say, ‘How can you stand there and do that when your daughter’s been taken?’ “I’ve been like that myself”
NEWS OF THE WORLD: “’We know who’s got Maddie’”
Says Gerry McCann: “We were looking at the back of the apartment and maybe the weak spots were at the front. It’s a corner flat with trees overlooking it. Somebody could be hiding there watching out of view
“I’ve absolutely no doubt they’ve watched me go in, come back out and then they’ve thought, ‘That’s the window of opportunity to get in and get back out’”
Says the Sun: “Gerry’s theory backs our front page story last month that Metodo 3 believed Maddie was snatched to order in a paedophile plot”
A theory backs the story? And the facts are..?
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE IS ALIVE”
“NEW PROOF MADDIE LIVES”
Proof?
“SENSATIONAL new evidence that ‘proves’ Madeleine McCann was abducted and is still alive is to be presented to the world tomorrow night”
The BBC’s Panorama show is on tomorrow night…
“Several other ‘positive’ sightings in the months since will also be revealed – blowing holes in police theories that the McCanns accidentally killed their daughter then disposed of her body”
Only, none of them have proved to be Madeline – not in Belgium, Morocco, Bosnia…
DAILY MAIL: “’Madeleine’s alive and we are very, very close to finding her kidnappers’ say McCanns’ private detectives”
A new witness? “The witness claims she saw a woman pass on the child to a man in central Portugal, about 100 miles from the resort of Praia da Luz, where the McCanns were staying. The man and woman then left in different vehicles and in different directions”
Where are they now?
A police source says: “Portuguese officers are investigating a possible Madeleine sighting in central Portugal two days after she disappeared. The witness rang the Metodo 3 hotline”
THE TIMES: “Madeleine kidnapper arrest ‘soon’”
Francisco Marco, who is paid by Gerry and Kate McCann’s wealthy backer, Brian Kennedy, said: “We are 100% sure that she is alive. We are sure she was abducted. We are very, very close to finding the kidnapper”
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Kate McCann: I was a responsible parent”
“In a moving and intimate video made by a close family friend, Mrs McCann says: ‘There’s not a day goes by that I’m not thinking ‘Why did I think that was OK? Why did I think that was OK?’ I have to keep telling myself I am a responsible parent”
A video diary?
“We were dining very close to the children and we were checking on them very, very regularly. We are very responsible parents and we love our children so much”
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Fresh hope in search for Maddie”
Says Clarence Mitchell of private detective Francisco Marco: “He’s very confident. He’s 100 per cent certain that she’s alive and believes that they are ‘very, very close’ to finding the kidnapper”
WIRED NEWS: “10 Great Snake-Oil Gadgets - Danie Krugel’s DNA search device”
November 18th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Moin!
November 18th, 2007 at 8:45 am
Morning all, first time posting since Anorak was abducted, allegedly!!!! Missed the return last night so need to catch up.
November 18th, 2007 at 8:52 am
http://www.liv.ac.uk/polcomm/staff_pages/j_corner.htm
Could this be the friend who shot the footage for the McCanns?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:00 am
If it is the same John Corner then this looks interesting.
http://tvn.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/3/3/255
Performing the Real: Documentary Diversions
“The current emphasis on formats that divert as much as they inform or question is given particular attention, and the wider social and cultural coordinates of this trend are noted.”
November 18th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Why didn’t this witness come forward six months ago? Is she allergic to reward money? Or is this actually an old, discounted sighting that Metodo is reviving in order to look busy?
If they are actually “closing in” on the kidnappers wouldn’t it be better NOT to inform the kidnappers of this?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:10 am
John Corner - who is he?
Gerry and Kate look anguished dont they!
Well, this Metodo lot have stitched themselves up a treat now…how I they going to explain it when they dont find Maddie (definition of very very close is…?).
5 Elixabeth - perhaps they are thinking they can prompt the ‘kidnappers’ to step out from behind the door and give themselves up ‘its a fair cop guv’ner’
November 18th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Morning All, cant stop, but glad to see Anorak back up and running, tho who knows for how long lol…..see you all later
November 18th, 2007 at 9:14 am
4 Andy - well, well, well!
This needs to be highlighted out in the public domain as soon as possible if it is the same man!
Incredible that they did this at a time they were supposed to be concentrating on finding Madeleine - you know what, I think this documentary will blow them wide open for the cheats and users they really are.
Let them talk I say, get them in front of cameras as much as possible!
November 18th, 2007 at 9:15 am
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/changing.media/John%20Corner%20paper.htm
A short paper by John Corner.
If it is the same person then I wonder whether his documentary was a little more self-serving than just helping out friends. Perhaps an opportunity to put his theories into practice first hand?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:21 am
This seems like a major assualt by the McCanns ‘war machine’. Adolf could have learned a lot from the McCanns!
Presumably Tony Bennets action has triggered them off earlier than they intended and using too much of their ammunition at once (as well as using blanks like the Metodo investigators - whose certainty seems to shift focus but never loses its certainty!
November 18th, 2007 at 9:23 am
8. Ian.
I cannot imagine why they would allow a documentary, about them, to be made at a time, as you say, when they were supposed to be searching for their missing daughter. Fair enough if it was about Madeleine, but why did they think that, at a time before they became suspects, they would need footage of Kate McCann hanging out washing and confessing her guilt? It just doesn’t make sense to me.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:23 am
6:Ian Says:
…..”John Corner - who is he?”…..
Wasn’t he the camera- man who accompanied them on the Huelva trip?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:23 am
He’s name is JON Corner
i think is this one:
“Day 42 - 14/06/2007 - Thursday
Six weeks since Madeleine disappeared. We believe Madeleine is alive and I am glad to say that following yesterday’s letter in the Telegraaf (Netherlands) there has been no evidence that Madeliene is in the area indicated although there will be further searches tomorrow.
Kate and I picked up a friend from Faro airport who has been instrumental in helping with the campaign. He has been fantastic, producing the DVD of Madeleine to ‘Don’t you forget about me’ which has been shown at many sporting events and concerts as well as producing the look for maddie logo and various posters. We spent most of the day updating each other and discussing future campaign ideas. We are getting closer to appointing a campaign manager who will handle media liaison and coordinating events to keep Madeleine’s disappearance highly visible
Day 44 - 16/06/2007 - Saturday
Kate and I dropped Jon at the airport this morning and picked up some more friends/family who have come out to see us, but particularly the twins. They were certainly happy to see our visitors! ??After lunch we headed off to the local zoo. Relatively quiet on the campaign front today as it is a family day. Tomorrow we will announce one or two planned events to keep Madeleines disappearnace high profile”.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:23 am
9 Andy
This could be a most excellent opportunity to have some fun! Nothing like an academic with his nose up his own arse to poke a little fun at, dont you think?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Says Gerry McCann: “We were looking at the back of the apartment and maybe the weak spots were at the front. It’s a corner flat with trees overlooking it. Somebody could be hiding there watching out of view
“I’ve absolutely no doubt they’ve watched me go in, come back out and then they’ve thought, ‘That’s the window of opportunity to get in and get back out’”
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More of Mr McCanns’ hindsight? In his first “flashback” wasn’t the abductor already in the apartment?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am
morning all
I’m cheered by the views of our fellow tea drinkers, as typified by the Boston Herald. Methinks that like Oasis, the McCanns will not take America…
November 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am
13 Anca, caution, Gerry has shown that his writing skills are sub normal for a man of his age and supposed academic achievements (maybe he purchased his degree?).
Anyway, the point is, has he spelled the mans name right?.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Jon Corner could be this one?
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November 18th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Andy 9- If that is the same JC then section 4 of his report “Documentary of Diversion” has some interesting points.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:29 am
13. Anca.
Well we already know that Mr McCanns’ spelling on his Blog isn’t great and unless every newspaper has spelled Mr Corner’s name wrong, no doubt after it was supplied to them by Mr Mitchell, then I think that John is the correct name.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:32 am
15 Andy.
Hindsight is, as is said, a wonderful thing!
It helps the McCanns realise that maybe exposing their tiny tots to the world whilst they went off drinking on this ‘family holiday’ was not such a good plan (but has generated two whole new career opportunities and lots of cash, exposure and travel).
He is constructing a complete end to end story which he will then expect the rest of the T9 and the world to align with (with a little help from his ‘friends’). Notice how he is at the centre of his story, they were watching him and timing things according to his whereabouts? A little ego centric is our Doctor - it may be his undoing.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:32 am
Read this one:
“The Mail then repeats the claim that the person responsible for the site, described as ‘remarkably professional looking’, was nineteen year-old Callum McCrae, with the help of a few friends. Which, whilst no doubt true, conveniently overlooks the input of one Jon Corner, Madeleine’s godfather: who just happens to head up one of Liverpool’s top post-production companies, specialising in visual effects”.
http://ben-fairhall.blogspot.com/2007/07/potter-and-magdalene.html
you can think now to that fake photo
(i don’t believe is a fake one…. they are not stupid, i think)
but, you can talk about something new, now:)
see you later
November 18th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Morning All.
As KM won’t do a lie detector test will she try the Scouse Truth Serum?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Ian 17
I bet on this Jon Corner
you can find more with google
have a nice day
November 18th, 2007 at 9:35 am
18. Anca.
Interesting. Either way it was handy for the McCanns that they have friends in the “media making” industry willing to film them at such a difficult time in their lives.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Andy 9 -
Documentary of Diversion
Performing this function, documentary is a vehicle variously for the high-intensity incident (the reconstructed accident, the police raid), for anecdotal knowledge (gossipy first-person accounts) and snoopy sociability (as an amused bystander to the mixture of mess and routine in other people’s working lives). Propagandist, expositional or analytic goals are exchanged for modes of intensive or relaxed diversion – the primary viewing activity is onlooking and overhearing, perhaps aligned to events by intermittent commentary. In seeking its new pact with the popular, documentary work (or post-documentary work!) has tended to ‘shadow’ previously established fictional formats. So the early Reality TV shows, focussing on the work of police and emergency ……….
If he is the same I would imagine his next research paper will be interesting reading. I would imagine Mcs would feature somewhere in the title.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:42 am
http://www.msif.co.uk/events_past/photos/bcpic2.jpg
Jon Corner. Third from left.
And again I ask myself why is nothing about this case straight-forward? How hard is it for the papers to check the correct spelling of someone’s name?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:44 am
http://www.teaguechokes.co.uk/barrel_restoration.html
Perhaps it’s this guy who restores shotgun barrels!
I give up! (Again)
November 18th, 2007 at 9:45 am
Andy 25- and the Mcs being willing to be filmed. If anyone suggested poking a camera in my face some 12 weeks after my child went missing I would think them a tad maccabre to suggest it. If the Mcs requested the filming, why, what purpose does that serve?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:51 am
as i posted yesterday i have a feeling that McConnSpin PR machine is off the rails.
they are making big mistakes and making themselves look like desperate, untrustworthy fools.
will all credit and respect to tony bennett (and stevo), it seems like taking positive, tangible action against the machine hits them hard. they do not seem to be able to cope with criticism. i believe tony’s legal challenge has triggered this knee jerk after hitting them very hard indeed.
comments above about gerrrykind having to be the centre of things are interesting.
i bet he is seething about all the exposure tanner is getting - including her makeover - and he is out of the limelight completely. how many plates are broken in the McConn bunker over that one? so it couled well be the case that gerrykins and ComicalArse have fallen out.
i do hope so.
we may find out the real reason for ComicalArse being assigned to this operation.
careful crossing the road gerrykins ha ha
what brilliant fun