Jan Devereaux Operator as Operator. Erica Grant Operator as Operator. Antonia Bennett Operator as Operator. Kerri Randles Operator as Operator. John Malkovich Rev. Gustav Briegleb as Rev. Gustav Briegleb. Bumstead Cook as Cook. Jeffrey Donovan Captain J. Jones as Captain J. Clint Eastwood. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit.
Los Angeles, She calls the L. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description, and he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the L. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the Police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale.
There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? To find her son, she did what no one else dared. Finally, the child admitted he was not Walter Collins. His name was Arthur Hutchins. She won, but never saw a penny of the judgement.
So what happened to the real Walter Collins? Sadly, trial testimony showed he was a victim of Sarah and Gordon Northcott , mother-and-son serial killers who had kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and murdered a number of young boys. Understandably, Collins was not so convinced. While Gordon confessed to murdering Walter, he kept changing his story.
Have you heard this scary true story before? Why do you think the police were able to get away with such bizarre behaviour?
What do you think happened to Walter Collins? Please be sensitive in your comments, keeping in mind that the Collins or Jones families and friends may read this post. If you have any information on this case, please contact the LAPD at This tip line is completely anonymous.
PS…If you like scary true stories you may like this one about the mysterious murders at Dyatlov Pass or this one about the truth behind the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies. So sad how this mother was treated! Makes me wonder if someone higher up on the police department was pulling some strings because they were involved with the bad guys the hubby was associated with.
Or maybe Jones sincerely thought they had the right boy, or was being pressured to close the case. No one may ever know. Interesting theory. There is a whole corruption of children in the US. Get paid to put children from decent homes into abusive foster homes. Get paid to steal babies from hospitals for adoptions. Get money for any bogus case. I feel your pain. Heartbreaking that this poor woman had to endure the dismissive police.
RIP to her son who was never reunited with his mum, and who knows what suffering this poor boy must have endured himself, and missing his mum. How could this story not touch you. So very sad. Strange behavior from the police, but I think they convinced themselves that this was her son, but a mother would know.
I guess they were too eager to solve the case rather than get the truth. How is that strange? It is still happening till this day. Esp white cop on blacks or Hispanics. The cops did not think it was the right boy.
If you watch the film and read the history the case brought down a notoriously evil and corrupt police force, Chief of Police and Mayor, not to mention the asylum run by actual psychopaths. What a terrible thing for the police to do.
I wonder what happened to the changeling? The United States Government still operates this way today, in the year When you question authority, whether it be the VA, OWCP or the United States Post Office, they will lie and attempt to ruin your life with falsified and unverified documents, mental assessments etc.
They falsify medical records, claim records, and official documents through all three agencies. They work in concert to achieve their goals. They actually delete records that I have in my possession to support their claims. Corruption runs rampant and they know most attorneys in the United States will not fight the battle as the attorneys cannot make any money from the Federal Government.
Its real, and it is happening even today. Thank you for your post. Count your selves like. I remember reading about this case a while back. This is truly a case of insult to injury 4 the mom loosing her child and then put in a mental institution. Sad sad state of affairs. Democracy has nothing to do with this. Pretty sad. I guess there must have been some photos where it was more difficult to tell them apart.
Bizarre reaction from police for sure. Most definitely! I agree with Barbara In Caneyhead in wondering if someone on the PD was pulling strings because they were involved with the bad guys the Mob, maybe? Grieving every minute of every day, terrified at the thoughts of what happened, and could still be happening to him.
Our Minnesota story is about Jacob Wetterling. The family finally got closure this past fall, but certainly not a happy ending. The police were cruel in their treatment of Mrs. Why did they get away with it? Because of how people treat women, police abuse of power, and who knows, a cover-up? Sorry to hear about Jacob Wetterling. We have a few unsolved cases here where families are still waiting for closure—heartbreaking.
How tragic she went to her grave never knowing what had really happened. It is a great tragedy. I know the film and own the DVD. This case, in many ways, is a sign of the times. The man had little regard for human beings so he would not remember details and would mix up which boy had blue eyes and which one had brown….
Truly sad and I feel for the mother and all the people still living who are haunted by this case. Poor Mrs.
Collins was treated so badly. Birgit said much of what I think. Frances Hyland Mrs. Grey as Mrs. James B. Douglas Eugene Carmichael as Eugene Carmichael. Chris Gampel Mr. Tuttle as Mr. Tuttle as C. Peter Medak. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house.
Mammoth in size, the house seems all the room that John needs to write music and reflect. He does not realize that he is not alone in the house.
He shares it with the spirit of a child who has homed in on John's despair and uses him to uncover decades of silence and deceit. With the help of Claire Norman, the one who aided John in procuring the house, they race to find the answers and soon learn that a devious and very powerful man guards them.
Did you know Edit. Michael Straczynski. Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, , , , , , eta aktoreek antzeztu zuten. Canneseko Zinemaldiko sail ofizialean lehiatu zen. The script was based on real-life events, specifically the Wineville Chicken Coop murders in Mira Loma, California. The film explores themes of child endangerment, female disempowerment, political corruption, mistreatment of mental health patients, and the repercussions of violence. It stars Angelina Jolie as a woman united with a boy who she realizes is not her missing son.
When she tries to demonstrate this to the police and city authorities, she is vilified as delusional, labeled as an unfit mother, and confined to a psychiatric ward.
Over the ensuing years he kept researching the story but never felt he was ready to tackle it. Out of television writing for several years and practically blacklisted in the industry because he was considered difficult to work with, he returned to researching and then finally writing the story in Almost all of the film's script was drawn from thousands of pages of documentation.
His first draft became the shooting script; it was his first film screenplay to be produced. Ron Howard had intended to direct the film, but scheduling conflicts led to his replacement by Eastwood. Universal Pictures financed and distributed the film.
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