Talk:Keddie murders

Discrediting Book/Documentary

Blazerwolf has edited this article several times with what ended up being this note, situated, oddly, in the reference section: NOTE: The above mentioned book is a Coffee Table Book with photographs and personal observations. No real story is provided. The documentary is a compilation of home made video segments.

What's makes a "coffee table book" (i.e., one with a lot of illustration) illegitimate? And if Time/Warner made the same documentary with higher video quality would the contents suddenly count? Etc.

It's actually not an accurate description of the documentary, which is a shaped story told mainly in interview footage with the participants in the events it covers and it's been well reviewed by at least one "legit" newspaper.

I've reversed it as these are plainly personal biases.

Tone and Sourcing

The tone of the article is dramatically narrated, rather than factually presented. I've started to clean it up by putting the salient facts in the top of the article, including the names of the victims.

Admittedly, mention of "The Strangers" crops up in this article. (I reverse it.) However, I find the extreme accusation about this murder being merely the product of a viral marketing campaign truly odd.

Sites such as cabin28.com, keddiemurdersfilm.com based perfectly acceptable sources, at least on the basic facts of the case, certainly as much as a true crime book would be. However, if you don't agree, there is the book and the documentary. There are also articles from archives of Northern California's major newspapers available for small fees (usually $3 an article). Toyblocks (talk) 02:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unsigned Comment

Please give this article more time. There are other people with direct knowledge that have been just made aware of this page and I would expect them to want to add further information. This article is about a legitimate unsolved murder from 1981. It has historical value and can be linked to substantiating evidence.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ARTICLE??

All I can find appears to be a sophisticated viral marketing campaign. Are there any substantive sources for anything in this article? - Abscissa (talk) 15:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Check out this web site. It has an article from a newspaper at the 20 year anniversay of the slayings: http://asylumeclectica.com/asylum/sightseer/us/ca/keddie.htm Cpmason (talk) 21:07, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, like that is a reliable website to cite. Anyway, it's always the same two articles, and cabin28.com, that are cited as sources for these crimes. There needs to be more substantiation than that, especially when the reliability of those sources has been called into question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Gazel Ministry (talk • contribs) 18:56, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What do people think of the website quoted in the article [1]. It looks kosher, but I'm not in a position to judge, and anyway it only mentions these "keddie" murders in passing. DJ Clayworth (talk) 19:07, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How about this? [2] DJ Clayworth (talk) 19:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Timeline

I deleted the timeline that had been on this page for some time. It was unreferenced and contained a lot of apparent suppositions, not to mention the fact that very little of it dealt directly with the time of the murders. I'm open to the prospect of portions of it being restored if they can be appropriately referenced. --Clay Collier (talk) 01:27, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

san francisco gate

There may be a mention of the case in the san francisco gate in 2001 which might put it pre viral marketing campain.[3].Geni 20:18, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There should be no further talk of the veracity of this artice. And I disagree strongly about some things being removed. There was nothing speculative about the timeline entries. Overland51 (talk) 22:53, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]