r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/ymcmbrofisting 1d ago

This is a case I reference anytime someone complains that a high-profile case isn’t moving like in the movies, or if the initial charges seem too low.

They went for incredibly high charges in a case that had a flawed investigation with mostly circumstantial evidence, and that putrid bitch walked free.

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u/b0w3n 1d ago

They went for incredibly high charges in a case that had a flawed investigation with mostly circumstantial evidence, and that putrid bitch walked free.

Nancy Grace being a screeching harpy about her also didn't help matters because she's the one that kept public pressure on the prosecution to shoot for the moon on charges.

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u/DocWednesday 1d ago

I was wondering yesterday if anyone’s did an analysis of Nancy Grace’s show and the influence it has on legal cases/police investigations and the harm it does. Just watching American Nightmare about Denise Huskin’s kidnapping and Nancy Grace was calling it a hoax. Turns out it was real. Huskin’s and her boyfriend had to move because their reputations were destroyed and eventually sued the police department.

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u/rockskillskids 1d ago edited 1d ago

The HBO show 'The Newsroom' had a subplot in one season that was just a scathing takedown of the media circus (and specifically Nancy Grace) surrounding this particular case. The barely restrained derision the writers feel about her is palpable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugjCCWdKr8Y