In Memory Of

Episode aired Nov 5, 1991
TV-14
1h

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Skeletal remains of a young boy missing for 30 years are found in an apartment building, and finding the killer may ride on Dr. Olivet's ability to uncover a possible witness' repressed memo... Read allSkeletal remains of a young boy missing for 30 years are found in an apartment building, and finding the killer may ride on Dr. Olivet's ability to uncover a possible witness' repressed memories of the incident.Skeletal remains of a young boy missing for 30 years are found in an apartment building, and finding the killer may ride on Dr. Olivet's ability to uncover a possible witness' repressed memories of the incident.

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This episode appears to be based on several separate cases/incidents:
The 1990-1991 George Franklin case. In September 1969, Susan Nason disappeared from her hometown of Foster City, California. Her body, discovered outdoors a few months later, showed signs of a violent death, including a crushed skull and a smashed ring that seemed to indicate she was warding off a blow. A bloodstained rock was found nearby. Police never made an arrest for her murder. Twenty years later, during an hypnosis session in the early 1990s, Eileen Franklin claimed that she remembered repressed memories of being with Susan Nason and her father George on the day of the murder. Eileen said that she had watched her father rape and kill Susan and that he had threatened her, Eileen, too. Franklin was initially convicted of first-degree murder, but the conviction was overturned once the court learned that Eileen was hypnotized prior to recovering this memory and that Eileen's recollections matched erroneous newspaper accounts rather than the true series of events.
The 1924-1928 Albert Fish (a.k.a. "The Gray Man") case. Fish was serial killer, rapist, child molester and cannibal who committed at least three child murders between July 1924 and June 1928. He was a suspect in at least ten murders during his lifetime, although he only confessed to three murders that police were able to trace to a known homicide. He also confessed to stabbing at least two other people. Fish once boasted that he "had children in every state", and at one time stated his number of victims was about 100. However, it is not known whether he was referring to rapes or cannibalization, nor is it known if the statement was truthful. Fish was apprehended on December 13, 1934, and put on trial for the kidnapping and murder of Grace Budd. He was convicted and executed by electric chair on January 16, 1936, at the age of 65.numerous other crimes involving children and was executed in 1936.
The 1970-1973 Dean Corll (a.k.a. "The Candy Man") case. Corll, infamously known as "The Candy Man," was a serial killer who, between 1970 and 1973, abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered at least 28 boys and young men in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. He earned his nickname from his family's candy business, where he was known for giving free candy to local children. Corll was aided by two teenage accomplices, Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks, who helped lure victims to his home with promises of parties and drugs. Once there, the victims were restrained, assaulted, and killed. The crimes came to light when Henley fatally shot Corll in 1973, leading to the discovery of the victims' bodies buried in various locations. Henley and Brooks were subsequently convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. The case, known as the Houston Mass Murders, remains one of the most horrific serial murder cases in U.S. history.
The 1963-1968 Stanley Rice case. Rice was an American serial killer and child rapist who was responsible for sexually abusing numerous underage boys in Canada and the U.S. during the 1960s, of which he killed at least three. Tried and convicted for one murder committed in Florida, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and remained incarcerated until his death in 2007.
The controversial recovered-memory therapy practice. Recovered-memory therapy (RMT) is a catch-all term for a controversial and scientifically discredited form of psychotherapy that critics say utilizes one or more unproven therapeutic techniques (such as psychoanalysis, hypnosis, journaling, past life regression, guided imagery, and the use of sodium amytal interviews) to purportedly help patients recall previously forgotten memories. Proponents of recovered memory therapy claim, contrary to evidence that traumatic memories can be buried in the subconscious and thereby affect current behavior, and that these memories can be recovered through the use of RMT techniques. RMT is not recommended by mainstream ethical and professional mental health associations.

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The detectives are informed by their medical authority the skeleton is about 9 years old and a male. In fact, it's impossible to differentiate between boy or girl's skeleton until after they've gone through puberty and the pelvic structure has changed.