blackgirlgenius ([info]olamina) wrote,
@ 2007-12-06 10:07:00
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Entry tags:news, sensationalism

positively preposterous



I am finding this whole story SO AMAZING. I don't know if they are reporting it in the states but it's all over the place on the BBC and other British news outlets (which is what I mostly follow).

Long story short:a man went canoeing 5 years ago and disappeared. His family reported him missing and after some time passed he was pronounced dead and his wife claimed the insurance money. About a week ago the man walked into the police station and said he was "a missing person". The police go to alert his wife and it turns out she has recently sold off her house and moved to Panama, but tells the police and media that she's thrilled to hear the news...then their vacation pictures FROM LAST YEAR surface. Uh, WTF?! Read about it here. I hate that I love sensational stuff.



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[info]hammerinmyhand
2007-12-06 09:23 am UTC (link)
I thought it was interesting until the vacation pictures surface. If something like this becomes a story I want it to be done by masterminds bent on perfection... not a couple too stupid not to know better than to make such a stupid mistake. Boo. I give reality a two and a half stars at best on this one.

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[info]olamina
2007-12-06 09:38 am UTC (link)
Yeah... but I am waiting for the reveal of the Big Double-Cross that saw him walking into the police station to hand himself over. I am hoping for drugs, sex, and more intrigue. It probably won't unfold that way, buta girl can dream, no?

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