Episode 207: I’ve Known Five Boys Who Went JonBenét (S1E21 Nocturne)
Getting kicked back into the Pre-History of SVU could have been jarring for the Munchie Boys, but Nocturne had them speculating that it might have served as a blueprint of sorts for the Neal Baer years that episode.lol seems dead-set against ever letting them revisit. Despite not having guest stars who Adam or Josh knew, this episode really ticked all the boxes, landing a tragic story of long-term abuse begetting another cycle of abuse. We were also thrown into a somewhat lengthy discussion of the McMartin preschool trial fed by the Satanic panic of the mid-'80s (and prosecutorial misconduct, overzealous investigators, bunk leading interviewing of hundreds of children, and wildly unprofessional behavior of people in the media who were literally in bed with the prosecution) thanks to a throwaway line from Cragen.
Alt Episode Title: Snappies Don’t Make Me Happy
Sources:
The McMartin Preschool Trial - Wikipedia
The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial: An Account - Famous Trials by Professor Douglas O Linder
Music:
Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"
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