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I watch the show. Seems like they are here in Memphis quite often.

I feel like if I go down to 201 Poplar and see Caroline Mason, Tony Mullins, or Toney Armstrong, I'd ask for an autograph and a picture...

The First 48 God and Goddess of the field....



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All I know is that they marathon the old episodes all day on Thursdays and show the new ones like at 8 PM or something.

The more brutal Lester Street Murders episode here in Memphis was actually MORE gruesome than the show actually focused on. Hearing the story unfold on the news here in Memphis back during the time as it happened and watching The First 48's rendition were like two totally different things.

First of all, think about it....if the adult victims were simply found shot to death in the house, normally, officers would have no problem inviting the crew in the house to film because it would be like any other shooting they've shown before. What you did see was Lt. Armstrong and Sgt. Mullins suiting up in Hazmat type suits and Armstrong telling the uniformed officers that NO ONE should walk through the door to the scene, regardless of rank, besides the people who were suited up. Why would he say that unless the situation was more grim than first expected? Also, if you noticed his facial expressions before and after discovering the bodies, Armstrong looked distraught for the entire episode. Obviously, he had seen something that shocked even him despite all his years of investigating murders.

The First 48 portrayed the killings as just mere shootings of the victims. I remember when the story was unfolding, there was a local tabloid site here in Memphis where the guy who made the site had obtained the autopsy photos of one of the women who were killed in the house. I personally didn't get a chance to see the site before the police ordered he shut it down and risked being charged for obstruction, but from others' accounts, this particular girl died with a look of utter shock on her face. A more detailed story of what happened spread around Memphis....apparently, they said three of the four adults were shot, the girl who died with the look of shock on her face was smothered while being severely stabbed to the point of disembowelment, and the little kids who were found with stab wounds were also mutilated. It was waaaaaay more awful to hear the story locally than to review The First 48's rendition of the encounter.