071: Lifetime Movies Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill And Believe Me: The Lisa McVey Story

Eve Batey joins me to take on a Lifetime true-story two-fer. We tackled two recent Lifetime films, the first about the notorious and crassly named "texting suicide" case, and the second a 34-year-old kidnapping whose escaped victim helped police catch a serial killer...once someone finally believed her story. Is either movie worth 90 minutes of your time? Is Bella Thorne almost TOO good as Michelle Carter? What's with the Veronica Mars mini-reunion in C&M? And why isn't Believe Me on the IMDb? We discuss whether it's possible to hew too faithfully to source materials, how glad we are texting didn't exist back in the seventeenth century when we were adolescents, and whether the portrayal of Bobby Joe Long put us in mind of Jack Bauer. Don't order a tuna sand at a donut shop; listen to The Blotter Presents Episode 071 instead. Support the pod/site on Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/blotterpresents) ! SHOW NOTES Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill (https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/conrad-and-michelle-if-words-could-kill/full-movie) People (https://people.com/crime/michelle-carter-and-conrad-roy-text-messages-trial-begins/) on the trial of Michelle Carter Believe Me: The Abduction Of Lisa McVey (https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/believe-me-the-lisa-mcvey-story) Eve's (https://inside.com/media) newsletters (https://inside.com/sf) Special Guest: Eve Batey.