are by design deceptive. they blur words. but have you noticed, maybe it s all the technical doodads. the digital cameras. the reality pristine editing. some stories have claimed to be true. are not. anybody can manipulate reality, but sometimes what they say is true, isn t. sometimes fiction turns out to be fact. and then there are stories, just a few, in which fact and fiction hughes. and that s where we re going tonight. a twilight zone world. an illusion. and deception. and deceit. follow the howling wind, north
really don t hold up in court. it could have just been a make believe story, might not even be written by twitchell, it could just have been downloaded from the internet. and so, investigators started going through the book line by line, to see if they could sort out fact from fiction. and indeed, police found details in this tale that lined up with reality. the writer in his first person account tells the reader how he used a game processing kit to dismember the victim s body. and, police found the processing kit in twitchell s garage. he said he try to burn the victims body in an oil drum in his parents backyard. and in twitchell s parents house, they found the burn ring in the backyard. there s even a minor detail about the killer getting a speeding ticket and so did twitchell just about the time johnny altinger disappeared. he joked about it in his storytelling about how this
young, entrepreneur. exactly the kind of individual most of us are looking for. so he checked out. hardworking local boy in the city of hardworking people. good parents, nice young wife, sweet little daughter. on his way to becoming a celebrity here in edmonton. detectives even got a look at the teaser film for twitchell s next project, a three and a half comedy called day players. that s mark in the background playing the role of director. even as he was the director. sort of a hall of mirrors types of story. a movie about a movie, about making a movie. or something. fantasy and reality. all mixed up somehow. just to cover the bases, police interviewed mark twitchell s crew members and he vouched for him completely. he came off squeaky clean, and his film company was respected as was he. bill clark and the police were
routine, now the backup is coming. out this is what you like? this is what i relish. there s absolutely no doubt in my mind that you are involved in the disappearance of johnny altinger. no doubt in my mind at all, mark. why? i m going to start with the hammering of what i know. problem is, i know very little. but, now that it was perfectly clear to mark twitchell that he was a suspect in the disappearance. and maybe a murderer. his easy camaraderie seem to shrivel. his eyes, glazed with something that looked like fear. was he truly innocent? or was something else going on? something more in keeping with his role as a storyteller? why can t you give me your version of events that night? because i m scared. as the night dragged on, he mumbled something about reality seeming like a fantasy. i feel like i m in the twilight zone right now. but in the face of all of detective clark s allegations, mark twitchell never wavered. for nearly four hours he answered clarks qu
really don t hold up in court. it could have just been a make believe story, might not even be written by twitchell, it could just have been downloaded from the internet. and so, investigators started going through the book line by line, to see if they could sort out fact from fiction. and indeed, police found details in this tale that lined up with reality. the writer in his first person account tells the reader how he used a game processing kit to dismember the victim s body. and, police found the processing kit in twitchell s garage. he said he try to burn the victims body in an oil drum in his parents backyard. and in twitchell s parents house, they found the burn ring in the backyard. there s even a minor detail about the killer getting a speeding ticket and so did twitchell just about the time johnny altinger disappeared. he joked about it in his storytelling about how this