I mean I think there is plenty to show and tell of their lives. I bet they refocus the film to center the Burkhart family and show their life and wealth and how they deal with the loses of their family members close and distant along with their relationship with Hale and his role in the community. Then will have White and the investigation and all the craziness that happened there but show him struggling with a community that is lying and benefiting from these deaths.

Did you ever watch the short documentarymade about this? It aired in PBS.

Well, remember it’s a true story and he is in the family at the center of this particular murder scheme. So they will probably show more of him and Mollie’s life then what was mentioned in the book.

He is playing Ernest Burkhart.

It’s a true story.

Note the wrist brace.

Good to know. I had no idea.

Really? I thought there was only one other murder of a POW by POWs and that was in Georgia.

Did it cover the murder of Corporal Kunze at Camp Tonkawa in Oklahoma? He had been passing information to the US through the camp doctor, and one day the guy he’s been working with wasn’t there, and he still passed a note to a doctor. That doctor didn’t speak much German and asked another POW what it said, and that gave away the game. Later that night, he was beaten to death by multiple men. Those men were then picked up on based on the fact that they had blood on their uniform no one ever spoke about what happened, and they had a trial and were found guilty and sent to Ft. Leavenworth, and then, as soon as the war was over all of them were hung.

I was gonna say it looks like a Lo Pan and Cthulhu love child.

Well hello guy in the red plaid. 😏