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WHY ISN'T THIS ON SCREEN? - Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Looking at film and television.   Some real life people and events should be films or TV shows, like...  Sir Bernard Spilsbury.

Bernard Spilsbury (1877 - 1947) Pathologist.

Film

A bio-pic of a driven but flawed man, considered by many a genius but over-confident to the point that he is responsible for guilty men to be set free and innocent men to be hung who eventually commits suicide by gassing himself in his lab.

TV Series

Contains everything a television series needs:

• Forensic Investigator - Pathologist.
• Period Piece - Bulk of cases 1910 - 1934.
• Charismatic - It is said his force of personality convinced may convinced many juries more than the evidence.
• Flawed - Over-confident, suffered depression.
• Driven - Willing to go beyond is expertise to convict someone he knows to be guilty.
• Loner - Insisted on working alone, refused to train students.

And his work included famous cases an events:

• The Case of the Crippens (1910) - which first got him public attention which was filmed as Dr Crippen (1942) and Dr Crippen (1963)
• The Case of the Brides in the Bath (1915) - which made his name and was filmed The Brides in the Bath (2003)
• The Herbert Armstrong Case (1921) - The only solicitor in UK history hanged for murder, filmed as Dandelion Dead.
• The Blazing Car Murder (1930)
• The Brighton Trunk Murders (1934) - Although Mancini was found not guilty he confessed before his death in 1973. 

He also

• Developed with Scotland Yard the "Murder Bag" the forensic equipment taken to suspicious deaths.
• Advised Operation Mincemeat during WWII.

Remember to do the Competing Films Poll.

~ DUG.

PRINT THE LEGEND - John Smith & Pocahontas

Real Life can be much more interesting than fiction.  Sometimes, however, the more interesting truth doesn't match the legend...

John Smith created the legend of Pocahontas as part of his ongoing self-aggrandisement...

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WHY ISN'T THIS A FILM? - Tesla

Real Life can be much more interesting than fiction.  Some real life people and events should be films, like... Nikola Tesla.

Nikola Tesla is the new god of geekdom... as such, where is his film?

TRUTH IS AS STRANGE AS FICTION - Overview #2

The next 8 posts on this blog (following the overview of the first 8).

CUE THE HORROR THEME MUSIC
Things that have happened in real life that seem like the set-up of a horror film.

• Miami Zombie Attack.
• The Giant Prehistoric Virus Returns.

WHY ISN'T THIS A FILM?
Things that have happened in real life that should be movies.

• Alexander & Draga.
• Bass Reeves.

SIMPSONS DID IT
Things that have happened in real life after they happened on The Simpsons.

• All You Can Eat Seafood (part 1).
• All You Can Eat Seafood (part 2).

PRINT THE LEGEND
Things people claim have happened in real life... but didn't.

• Jeanne de Clisson "The Lioness of Brittany"
• The Man Who Inspired the Lone Ranger.

~ DUG.

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SIMPSONS DID IT - All You Can Eat Seafood (part 2)

With over 500 episodes, The Simpsons have used a lot of ideas.  So many reality is starting to copy them...

12th November 1992.

The first broadcast of "New Kid on the Block" (The Simpsons Season 4 Episode 8) in which Homer Simpson sues an All You Can Eat Seafood restaurant for false advertising because he hadn't had all he could eat.

May 2010.

David Martin entered A Ca-Shi to take advantage of their $28 All You Can Eat Sushi deal.  Martin then began to eat just the sashimi (the fish) and left the rice.  A Ca-Shi owner Jay Oh said he'd have to eat the rice to get more sushi.  Martin filed suit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against A Ca-Shi for $4,000 for discriminating against his disability and "humiliation, embarrassment and mental anguish".  See Part 1.

But, really, Sushi AYCE vs a Fried Fish Buffet?  A lawsuit for discrimination vs a lawsuit for false advertising.  It's a little forced, isn't it?  Well, let's take it up a notch.

12th May 2012.

Bill Wisth entered Chuck's Place to take advantage of their All You Can Eat Friday Fish Fry, as he regularly did.  After eat twelve pieces of fish Wisth was cut off, the establishment claiming that they were running out of food for other patrons.  Wisth refused to pay.  The restaurant offered him and additional eight pieces, but he called the police.

That Sunday, Wisth began picketing the restaurant and vowed to do so until there was a resolution.  The police were again called, Wisth has given a warning for disorderly conduct. 

The owner also claims that Wisth had been sharing food with a friend and has run up a substantial tab that he hasn't paid off and has caused disturbances in the past.  Wisth weighs 350lbs (strangely it comes up in most of the stories.)

~ DUG.

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