America Undercover: Paradise Lost - The Child Murders at Robin Hood Woods

source: America Undercover: Paradise Lost - The Child Murders at Robin Hood Woods

I'll Throw something at the defenders of these 3 that I Don't believe Anyone has mentioned. The people here want to cast some suspicion on byers.... I will say this, He IS one Man, How could one man and this guy was'nt healthy right. round up 3 kids and do this without one of the other 2 running like hell in a different direction each, Crying and Screaming for help.. Where as You Have THREE, That's 3 defendants who could easily talk to these young boys, befriend them for a little while, then BOOM, grab them,Over power them and Do what they did. IMHO one guy didn't do this and throwing crap against the wall,byers accusations,and whatever they can to aide their cause is Denial and just plain Dumb.. The police have the Right people, it's only a matter of time before this is finally closed for good.....

my family wouldn't let me know much about the case because i was young when it happened....this movie let me know about everything they wouldn't tell me at the time...of course I'm older now and know ...but if it weren't for the movie at the time i would have been in the dark...i wouldn't have known what the killers looked like or anything....i haven't seen the second part yet, but i hope they never let him out like i hear he is trying to do....my memaw says he is trying to appeal....i hope they turn it down...steve was the same age as my brother....now i will never get to know him as well as i should have and he and my brother could have been close friends....

The way the " documentary " is done is based on emotions , doesn't show the evidence , Those boys got away with murder

As far as the film goes, it is well made and keeps you interested. **SPOILER** I watched this movie thinking that three innocent boys were found guilty of murder and was interested in finding out how that happened. By the end of the movie I was convinced these boys actually DID commit these crimes. First of all there was a confession, even though one or two details were not clear. Second, one of the boys admitted it to a fellow jail mate. Third, at the end of the movie, when they are found guilty, there is no emotion from them. As if they knew it was going to be a guilty verdict. Not the reaction of an innocent person, who would show some emotion. Asked one of the boys, "what will you do if you are found innocent?" and he said "found innocent???" as if that thought didn't cross his mind, as he had confessed to the crime and he in fact WAS GUILTY. It's also despicable how they try to blame the father of one of the murdered children. They believe one man could overpower and control three eight year olds, rather than three teenagers doing it? If there is a flaw in our justice system, it's not that they were found guilty, but that they were set free.

First of all, the rating should be on the film and not anything specific it contains right so for that reason I give this one the lowest possible because it's a classic case of a bias idiotic perspective they view this case. Documentaries today is about twisting the truth rather than exposing it, the world is upside-down. So I'm 100% sure that these psycho teens committed the crime. Their defense was so apathetic, what teenager wouldn't cry, rage and just panic over the possibility of being convicted for murder if they had nothing to do with it. The one guy, the one with the black shark eyes even smirk, waves and seem a bit proud at times in and around the court room. The retard gave a statement where he confessed the crime and goes into details on what they did. This is the thing the film makers and the conspirators claim to be a false testament meaning that the police either force him to confess or that the police interrogate in such a way that the suspect are manipulated or tricked into confessing the crime. But why would this be even remotely plausible if the police on the tape question again and again about details if they police had planted the statement they wanted the suspect to say. Like "at what time did you come there" -"at 7 or 8", "before you said around 9" - "yea, around 9" , "so which is it, 7 or 8 or 9", "-8 or 9" and it goes on like this. Say that the police had their estimated time frame for the murder at 8. Why would he Not stop asking when he said 8 but instead ask again and again like a honest cop asking to get a straight answer would. No no no! His statement was real. Guilty! You should instead question these film makers and those crazy nuts giving the murderers such support on at best equally unfounded evidence that they were innocent. The women that fall in love with killers is a classic too, do you really believe this broad is the exception? Hell no, these guys planned to kill and killed these children.

I am a big documentary lover and I watch them a great deal. I prefer a story from real life to a fiction movie. However despite its very intriguing content, this documentary is extremely unwatchable. Why? Because it is so amateurishly made. It is filled with too many unnecessary scenes (hence the 2h30min run time). It's a shame how bad it is. I was saddened by the events and was very eager to understand "why" but I turned this off after 25 minutes. It is so NOT fluent. It's dragging. I kinda got angry actually on how bad it is. If you want to watch a well-made documentary, I'd suggest watching "Capturing the Friendmans".

I've seen both documentaries about the Robin Hood Hills murders. I witnessed them first hand because I live in the city where those three little boys lost their lives. Only three people know what really happened on that fateful day: the victims. Over the course of the past ten years, those self proclaimed innocent yet still in jail murderers have gained a lot as far as the lime light is concerned. What people fail to realize is that families were robbed of their children because of those three cowards. Miskelley Echols and Baldwin permanently robbed the Byers, Branch and Moore families of watching their children grow up. The film is basically a look into the lives of the detectives, families and police officers that were assigned the awful duty of finding out who committed the crimes. I believe that part of the film was done beautifully. One of the best parts of the movie was one of the little boy's fathers blasting pumpkins with a shotgun and claiming they were the heads of the ones in jail.

Truth may be stranger than fiction, but the American courtroom is stranger, still. For the two hours during which I've watched this film I've gained a valuable insight into the nature of the witch trials. I feel powerless, as there is not much I can do to help these kids. But perhaps there is a lesson in it for us, and everyone who has seen the film should have taken some mental notes. First -- never name youself or your children 'Damien' -- especially if you live in the Bible Belt. And, as a general survival strategy, do not be the black sheep of the local community. There may come the time when your eccentric behavior alone will be used against you to sentence you to death.

If you have ever doubted that there are some serious injustices in the political system, you must see this film. This is a documentary about three teenagers who are accused of being murderers simply because they aren't conformists. They are accused of murdering three innocent children, despite there being no evidence, no witness testimonies, and not a single shred of a motive, reason, or cause. The three teenagers who are convicted are Jessie Misskelly, Jr. who is a mentally impaired young man, Jason Baldwin, who is a thin, shy, and slightly underweight kid, and Damien Wayne Echols, who is into metal music, wears black, and is part of the Wiccian religion. There are the three children who are murdered, Christopher Byers, Steve Branch, and Michael Moore. The opening sequences depict the findings of the bodies in the woods. Christopher Byers looked to have been beaten to death after his genitals were mutilated. Steve Branch and Michael Moore were suffocated. There is not a single drop of blood at the murder scene despite the fact that Christopher would have bled profusely if his genitals were cut off, and yet everyone seems to be extremely convinced, for some reason, that the murder of Christopher occurred in the woods. It's possible that Michael and Steven were drowned nearby, but there doesn't appear to be any sign of a struggle. The parents of these innocent victims seem hellbent on insuring that Jessie, Jason, and Damien did it, despite there being nothing to even suggest. There are rumors of them being seen planning the murders, but those don't have any real backing. Meanwhile people make up stories about Satan worshiping and that the murder of these three boys involved some sort of sacrificial ceremony. You have got to be kidding! Why on earth would people believe this stuff!!! The town of West Memphis Arkansas is blinded by their religious faith that they aren't seeing things in a reasonable and more realistic light. This film contains footage of absolutely everything. Once you see it, you can decide for yourself if they did it or not, but I don't see any connection. Sorry.