Recent SOS Anniversary Special
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 6:47 am
Like most SOS case enthusiasts I watched the handful of shows that aired this past summer for the 40th anniversary of the case. The only newly produced one was the 2-hour special in which Joe Borrelli and some of the other detectives who worked the case contributed their recollections. There were some items mentioned which I had never heard before. I was aware that NYPD had turned to psychics to see if they could provide a lead. As far as I knew, nothing panned out from those efforts, but on this show Borrelli related how one psychic accurately predicted some of the characteristics of the "next" shooting, which turned out to be the Esau/Suriani shooting. Unbelievable - the type of roadway, the color of the car, and that "he will speak to you", which he did, by leaving the first letter. Not that it helped enough to peg the location or stop anything....
What disappointed me was that the overall tone of the show completely avoided the conspiracy angle. Even Yonkers det. Mike Novotny, who was a firm believer in an earlier program I've seen, seemed to completely retreat from that position.
Most of all, the participation of Wheat Carr was both curious and frustrating. She claimed that Terry's investigation leading to her brothers was purely the result of an old grudge from high school. I don't doubt that they went to the same high school if Terry was in fact from the Yonkers area, but really? That's all you've got to say about your brothers' connection to the case? She claims that her father's dying wish was for her to clear her brothers' names, and that was why she had to participate in this show. But consider the following timeline: Sam Carr dies 1996, Maury Terry dies 2014, show airs 2017. See anything wrong with her comments? Her complaint was that her brothers were easy targets, because they couldn't defend themselves in death, yet she waited 20 years to speak up, until a point in time when Terry could not respond. I know for a fact that at least 2 or 3 newly produced shows were made between 1996 and 2014, so the 40th special was far from being her first opportunity to speak up. I'm sure she could have been completely in the dark about what her brothers were up to, but when one ends up with his face blown off 6 months after Berkowitz' arrest, doesn't your imagination at least consider some dark possibilities?
What disappointed me was that the overall tone of the show completely avoided the conspiracy angle. Even Yonkers det. Mike Novotny, who was a firm believer in an earlier program I've seen, seemed to completely retreat from that position.
Most of all, the participation of Wheat Carr was both curious and frustrating. She claimed that Terry's investigation leading to her brothers was purely the result of an old grudge from high school. I don't doubt that they went to the same high school if Terry was in fact from the Yonkers area, but really? That's all you've got to say about your brothers' connection to the case? She claims that her father's dying wish was for her to clear her brothers' names, and that was why she had to participate in this show. But consider the following timeline: Sam Carr dies 1996, Maury Terry dies 2014, show airs 2017. See anything wrong with her comments? Her complaint was that her brothers were easy targets, because they couldn't defend themselves in death, yet she waited 20 years to speak up, until a point in time when Terry could not respond. I know for a fact that at least 2 or 3 newly produced shows were made between 1996 and 2014, so the 40th special was far from being her first opportunity to speak up. I'm sure she could have been completely in the dark about what her brothers were up to, but when one ends up with his face blown off 6 months after Berkowitz' arrest, doesn't your imagination at least consider some dark possibilities?