"A" Is for Alibi

the TV was obviously on, and I used to fly myself, and I said, 'there's one terrible pilot,' and I said,'it must have been a horrible accident,' but I whisked off there- I didn't have much time to think about it."-http://911research.wtc7.net/disinfo/alibis/bush.html The reason this proves he was involved is because he said he watched the tower get hit, the footage of the tower wasn't played until much later. That would mean he would have had to have a camera purposely pointed at the tower, and…

Based on the 1953 short story by Roald Dahl, Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Lamb to the Slaughter displays several changes that are critical to how the story unfolds. There are changes in scenes, characterization, ways the plot differs, etc. People say that the movies are never live up to the books, or short story in this case, but this adaptation gives the audience more detail than the story itself. One of the major changes is the dialogue that is added on in the adaptation and the dialogue…

Folklore are beliefs and ideas that are constantly changing throughout television or any source of media because Shameless was created by Paul Abbott, it is a comedy-drama remake based on the British series. The show centers on a dysfunctional family which consists of six siblings of Chicago, Illinois who struggle with their alcoholic father and estranged mother. Although many reality television shows exist to follow standard entertainment, Shameless can be argued as a modern folklore. The show,…

and she wasn't prepared to take a chance.” (Dahl 382) It says she wasn’t going to take the chance of her baby being taken away from her, so she makes a move to cover up the evidence. She then moves on to throw the lamb in the oven and creates this alibi that places her away from the home at the time of the…

In The Confession Tapes, two teenage boys are charged with the murder of one of their families. This took place in Washington state and the boys’ names were Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay. Atif’s family were the ones murdered. The boys had alibis and none of the forensic evidence the police had pointed to Atif or Sebastian, but they have both been convicted and have served twenty plus years already. What the police do have, though, is a confession on tape. The confession took place in Canada…

Certain pieces of evidence point toward him being involved and other pieces point toward a lack of involvement. Ben claims that he had been playing poker the night of the murder and that he had never left the game in the suite. If his alibi is accurate, then he definitely was not the killer. He is also very helpful to Lo in trying to sort out guests who could and could not have been the murderer. Ben told her whom the others were that he played poker with, and whom he saw walking about…

The years between 1979 and 1981 were some of the most terrifying years for the residents of Atlanta, Georgia. Young African American children were being stolen from the streets in broad daylight, killed, and disposed of far from home. Once a pattern was found, the police and investigators looked into the case and the evidence eventually led to Wayne Williams. Williams still to this day claims that he is innocent, but the evidence says otherwise. After looking at fiber evidence, DNA evidence, and…

The title of the show I watched is by Sally Bollywood- Cold Case. This episode was 42 minutes long. The detective was Sally and her side kick was her best friend Doowee. The crime was blamed on Mr.Cubbins. The crime was that someone stole a trophy. It was 30 years ago when Mr.Cubbins was in high school a trophy went missing he was skipping class one day when he saw the smashed cabinet that was suppose to have a trophy inside. He accidentally bumped into it and saw it was broken a teacher caught…

“Donald, did you eat the last slice of cheesecake?” asked my mother. “No, I didn’t even know we had a cheesecake” responded my father. Some people would think that my dad did not eat the cheesecake, however, for those that know my dad, they would be 100% certain that he ate the cheesecake. Why did my dad lie? One reason could be that he thought my mom would be more merciful on him, or that she might actually believe him. Although, those hypothetical reasons are actual lies, because my mother…

between the movie and text version of Lamb to the Slaughter. Mary denied Patrick's news about him leaving her for another woman that he fell in love with. Mary decided to head off to the grocery store to help cover up her crime to give herself an alibi to when it might have happened. On the other hand, Mary cooks up the evidence or murder weapon, and the police end up eating it. The difference between the story and the film are the sewing when Mary offers the police coffee instead of whiskey,…