Investigation Discovery launches its new murder/mystery series, Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets, Monday, January 10 at 10 PM Eastern Time with two half hour episodes. "With a plethora of murder-mystery series on television today, the production team at Investigation Discovery consistently challenge themselves to evolve their storytelling techniques," announced Henry Schleiff, president and general manager of the network. The hook they have evolved for their new venture is to narrate a fact based murder story "from the perspective of the victim." Think The Lovely Bones on a low budget. Individual episodes combine footage of actors who resemble the victims, actor voiceovers, actual photos of the victim and commentary from police officers and friends and relatives of the victim. Each of the first two cases begins with some background, moves to a description of the actual crime, and then follows the investigation through its trials and errors to the final solution.
The initial episode, "Daddy's Princess," tells the story of Ali Kemp a 19-year-old college student home for the summer found beaten to death in the pump room of a swimming pool where she had been working. Police had a witness who had seen the killer as well as DNA evidence from blood found at the scene of the crime, but after three years and a couple of leads that failed to pan out, had still been unable to come up with the killer. Ali's father, however, was unwilling to give up, and he comes up with a novel scheme to try to get new information.
The second show, "Checkmate," deals with the bludgeoning death of a 49-year-old Ellen Robb the wife of a University of Pennsylvania professor noted for his work on game theory who lives with her family in the mainline community of Upper Merion in Pennsylvania. This is a woman who it would seem has everything anyone could possibly want out of life, until one day her husband comes home to find that the house has been broken into and ransacked, and his wife lies brutally beaten in the kitchen. Although this is a community unused to this kind of violence, the police quickly determine that there is something fishy about the break in, and begin to look at other possibilities.
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— go to most recent comments1 - Kla
I actually liked the show, but can anyone tell me what the name of the song is on the episode Ali Kemp? Its not the commercial song "Mad World." It's got "I remember.. I pray.. and was caught in the breath of a sigh?" .. Its driving me crazy.
2 - suzyq
Well what happen to the one that was post to show at 10:00 Monday jan. 10th ..about the conway south carolina girl, that says somwthing like this ...Conway South Carolina' i was born here ,i was rised here, and when i was 17 i was killed here, and i know who did it ,and soon you'll know too....And yeah she said somthing like that anyways, BUT YEAH! WHAT THE CRAP! HOW COME THAT ONE DIDN'T SHOW! AFTER I'VE WAITTED FOREVER TO SEE IT AND THEN FINLY THE DAY AND TIME CAME FOR IT TO COME ON , AND I SET DOWN JUST TO WATCH IT, AND I Be-DANG! IT NEVER SHOWED THE DURN THING ,AND I WAS LIKE ,WELL WHAT THE HECK. So can anyone tell me way it didn't show that one after all this time the preveiws was showing it was going too? Dangit! PEED ME OFF!
3 - SuzyE
I just saw the first & second episodes. I like this show, EXCEPT the annoying dead victims narration! Note to Producers: Leave that part out,,, they are dead. Its annoying.
4 - mikaidarah
really wanted to see this, but they are not airing it in my area, ticks me off.
5 - Jason
Kla, the song you were looking for is "I Remember", by the band Salient. The album is Dawn Follows Dark. Just purchased it on itunes. Hope this helped.
6 - msff1010
seriously, the "daddy's girl" narration is the most annoying aspect of any show ive ever seen. wtff were the writers thinking. so many cliches it seemed like it was written by someone n middle school. really pathetic
7 - CarolinaGirl
I think it is important to give the victims a voice (the narrator role). Their voices were silenced and the monsters who took their lives need to do more than just 'see' an episode detailing the horrible crimes...they need to hear, to go beyond the surface of what they've done. At the end of "Daddy's Princess" the little girl running through the field in her princess dress added to the last words of the narrator as Ali...when she mentioned not getting her "happily ever after". This isn't just any other crime series. It is more personal. It is for the families of the loved ones, it is done more discreetly, and it is more sensitive to show the lives and plans of the people who were killed. Just some thoughts.
8 - Nancy Hatcher
What is the name of the band/song that is sung on the previews?
9 - Chrystal
The song is Mad World by Gary Jules
10 - Chomp
The voice of the dead is so disrespectful I can't believe the families of the victims allow this garbage to air. Whoever wrote this has got to be shameless, what a joke and a spit in the face to these poor victims. These are NOT the voices of the dead. Cancel it.
11 - Myrtle Beach Girl
Yea Where is the episode about the girl from Conway South Carolina? I live like 20 minutes east of Conway and have traveled through there LOTS of times. I see this preview and hear Conway South Carolina mentioned and got excited and have waited to see it. TV made it seem like it would have showed by now or will show jan. 17th. When will it show??? I want to see it!
12 - Izadorra
I had to force myself to watch the entire show because I really wanted to like it. I have to say that the "victim's perspective" is really lame.
They're taking old stories that have been told already on several different forensic and detective shows and trying to re-tell them with comments from the perspective of the victim. It doesn't work at all. It would be much better without the lame comments.
13 - Kelly Hart
I'm sorry whoever said it was "I remember". It's "mad world"
14 - stylinbabe
Im was living there when it happened. If Im right the show is talking about a girl named Crystal Todd. She was such a sweetheart. Always smiling. It should be a very good show. To say the least...... her murderer was a paul berror at her funeral. True Story.
15 - Conway chic
I've been so looking forward to watching this show. I assumed it was about Crystal, since I live literally 1min from Crystal's home (where her mother currently resides) and 2min from Ken Register's family's home I have been wanting to see this. does anyone know when it will show? The only issue I'll have with this show is if it sets the scene it in downtown Conway. That is not at all where Crystal grew up, resided, or got her life taken. I do hope it does a good job of telling her story. It was tragic for everyone in our community!
16 - Sumter person
The story on Crystal Todd Conway South Carolina will air Feb 28
17 - camille
what channel is this show
my friend told me about it but i forgot to asked her what channel it was
can someone tell me what channel is it?
18 - Meghan
Does anyone know where I can find cast information for this show? My Google search yielded no results :(
I'd like to see who played Denise Huber in the "Cold as Ice" episode. She looks like a girl I went to high school with.
Thanks
Meghan
19 - Joan
The show airs Feb 28, 2011 on the ID channel.
Every time I think of this murder I get so angry because there was no reason to do Crystal like that. She had so much going for her. I didn,t know her personally but when I was her age I rode around Conway s.c also.I grieve for her mother Bonnie. My heart aches for her. It must be so hard.
20 - Kim R.
I have started watching the show saw the 4th one last night....I think the voice over is really done poorly and takes away from the show. I think it's a slap in the face to the victims...and is really not needed to get the full of the story, I think it's disrespectful to the point I just don't want to watch anymore...I watched the one with the bar owner and the Denise Huber story last night. The voice overs come of as flip and snotty...I think the show should be led with out them...
21 - Chris
Why are they using the Conway story to promote the show, and it isn't airing for some time? Why not have your commercial depict the actual upcoming episode? That's the stupid part in my book. Yet, I don't like the voice overs, either. It doesn't come off very well.
22 - Cerulean
I do not understand why this show exists when most of the material is already covered in other documentaries already on air on Discovery ID. The content was also presented in those documentaries in a much more respectful, clear and interesting manner. I really disliked ALL of the voice actors reading for the victims so far. I cringed when each time they referred to their dead bodies being found or "coming home". I hope Discovery ID doesn't start going down the road that the other Discovery and Documentary channels are with mindless content that is little better than an episode of Jersey Shore.
23 - zj3ya
styinbabe, The killer was Ren Register not Paul Berror. Ken took her down to the river and killed her with a knife. He went to school with her and stabed her to death.
24 - Mr.Bill
To zj3ya,
I think Stylinbabe meant to say, he was a pallbearer at the victim's funeral.
25 - Carolina girl
This is to the Conway chic. I used to ride around Conway when I was young. It upsets me when I read anything about this. The song they made about Crystal More than Memories by Grace Revealed brings tears to my eyes. You could tell how close Crystal and Bonnie was. How is Bonnie doing. I know she has lost a lot of people in her life. Her house has to be so lonely with out Crystal. My heart aches for her. I would love to go see her and just hug her.