Murder in Small Town X Dossier

2001-12-11T17:43:00.000-08:00

The body of Angel Juarbe has been found in the NY WTC wreckage. Click here for more information.

2001-10-25T18:39:00.000-07:00

It is almost certain that Angel Juarbe, the winner of the first season of Murder in Small Town X, perished in the World Trade Center disaster. His family has set-up a memorial fund. Please click here for more information.

2001-10-02T00:17:00.000-07:00

According to RealityBlurred.Com, the Oct. 5 issue of Entertainment Weekly reports that MISTX will NOT be returning for a second season on Fox. Let's hope another network or cable channel picks it up.

2001-09-16T02:51:00.000-07:00

For those of you who have enjoyed this site, I urge you to check out a group I've formed. It's called SequelsAndSeries. It's devoted to tracking sequels and series for books, movies, tv shows, comic books, anime and more. If you like sci-fi or period pieces, I think it's a "must see." Here's the address...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SequelsAndSeries

2001-09-15T19:53:00.000-07:00

A new web site devoted to Angel has appeared. Click on the link to visit it . . . http://hometown.aol.com/dlisad19/myhomepage/memorial-crisis.html.

2001-09-14T18:04:00.000-07:00

Sad news. Angel, the winner of Fox's Murder in Small Town X is among the missing in the recent World Trade Center collapse. He responded to the disaster as the brave firefighter that MISTX showed him to be. Here is a link to an article with more information... http://www.realitynewsonline.com/article1315.html.

My heart goes out to Angel, his family, and his friends. MISTX showed that he is truly a talented man with intelligence and heart.

2001-09-05T21:28:00.000-07:00

Want to see season 2 of MISTX? Click here to sign an online petition to let Fox and the producers of MISTX know how you feel!

2001-09-05T18:12:00.000-07:00

New poll questions are up!

2001-09-05T14:20:00.000-07:00

I received an e-mail that has information supposedly from a "production source" about a possible second season of MISTX. This information is highly suspect, and should be considered RUMOR.

According to the e-mail...
--FOX is not going to air a second season due to poor ratings. However, the producers made a deal with NBC, and the sequel will air opposite Survivor 4 in 2002.
--Gary Fredo has signed back on as the lead investigator.
--The show will be called "After Sunrise".
--Casting of new investigators is underway.
--MISTX 2 is currently in pre-production with the actors, but the "official" filming won't start until the writers finish the plot and the producers cast the investigators.

Again, all of the above is rumor. I also received a possible killer movie that shows 16 suspects for MISTX 2. It seems fake to me, so I'm not going to post it (yet). If the source is reading, write to me directly and let me know what your credentials are.

2001-09-04T16:33:00.000-07:00

Here's the results of the latest MISTX Dossier polls...

Who is the Sunrise Killer?
30% Rusty Crandall
23% Frank Kovick
20% Prudence Connor
11% Mary Elizabeth Merchant
07% Emerson Bowden
06% Jimmy Tinker
03% William Lambert

Rusty gained 10% this week over last week's 20%. In fact the order remained pretty much the same as last week with the top choices gaining higher percentages of the vote. William Lambert did slip to the last choice with only 3% of the vote.

Who is your favorite (living) investigator?
34% Angel
33% Katie
30% Alan
03% Jeff

Angel narrowly beat Katie as the fan favorite this week, but really all three of the top choices were close.

Which investigator do you think WILL win (not who you want to win, but who WILL win)?
35% Alan
29% Angel
25% Katie
11% Jeff

Who is your favorite (deceased) investigator?
36% Kristen
23% Lindsey
22% Brian
09% Andy
08% Stacey
03% Shirley

Have you ever been scared watching MISTX?
57% No
43% Yes

I'll admit I was creeped out during the first few killer's game segments.

What is your favorite aspect of MISTX?
74% Trying to solve the murders.
15% Watching the investigators play the killer's game.
07% Learning about the townspeople and the town's history.
03% Watching the interaction between the investigators.

Aside from MISTX, what's your all time favorite reality TV show?
37% Survivor
23% The Mole
15% None of the above
11% Real World
04% (tie) Big Brother and Boot Camp
02% Making the Band, Temptation Island, and Other

It's no surprise that many of you like The Mole. Like MISTX, The Mole gives the viewers a lot more to think about than just voting strategies. (By the way, The Mole 2 premieres September 21 on ABC).

I'll be putting up more polls either tonight or tomorrow regarding the outcome of MISTX. I'll be asking whether you were satisified with the winner and many other questions. Be sure to bookmark this page!

2001-09-03T21:51:00.000-07:00

Be aware that the 2 hour season finale of Murder in Small Town X may begin airing an hour earlier than its normally scheduled time. In my time zone (Central), it airs at 7PM rather than its usual 8PM. I will be posting the results of the polls around 4PM central time tomorrow (7PM Eastern). If you haven't voted yet, click on Polls to the left.

2001-09-03T14:24:00.000-07:00

I had a dream last night that Jeff wins...

2001-09-02T14:37:00.000-07:00

Here's the cast list for MISTX. Click on the actor's name to see the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) credits listing for that actor...

Gary Fredo .... Himself (Host/Lead Investigator)
Don Chastain .... Hayden DeBeck
Heather Campbell .... Samantha Larabee
Kent George .... Reverend Rusty Crandall
Shishir Kurup .... X-Ray the Cab Driver
Cory Pendergast .... Jimmy Tinker
Jack McCabe .... Nate Flint
George Hall (I) .... C.R. Flint
Jennifer Tung .... Deanna Harris
Christopher Liam Moore .... Frank Kovick
Sarah Morris .... Abigail 'Abby' Flint
Cathy Shambley .... Dr. Neva Bowden
Joy Claussen .... Leita Rose-Blodgett
Damara Reilly .... Lillian 'Lil' Tinker
Jennifer Dibert .... Mary Elizabeth Merchant
Tom Stechschulte .... William Lambert
Moira Walley .... Carmen Flint
Terence Winter (I) .... Dudley Duncan
Pat Battistini .... G.D. Thibodeaux
Caitlin Keats .... Prudence Connor
Tim Walkoe .... Emerson Bowden
Ronnie Warner .... Drew Chambers
Sam Witwer .... Moe Zaleski

2001-08-31T15:42:00.000-07:00

The final four!
I've added a new question to the Polls section . . . Who do you think is going to win?

2001-08-30T13:08:00.000-07:00

Well, I had my first ever dream about MISTX. It was truly bizarre!

Here's the story...
I found myself in Sunrise. I was walking with one of the investigators and we came upon this horse drawn carriage place. The owner stepped out and started talking to us. He said that Rusty Crandall owned the place a long time ago, and that he used to talk about how he hated travelling on land -- how he much preferred the sea.

Then the scene changed, I was with the investigators, and we were all running toward this grassy knoll. When we got there, there were some police officers helping people out of the ground. It was the victims! They were all alive, but something was different about them. The areas where they had been injured were red, like new skin had grown there. We asked them what happened and why they were alive. They said, "Rusty. Rusty put us in this fluid. It healed us. Now we can breathe underwater."

Then the investigators and I split up. We went about the town and slowly uncovered Rusty's plan. We kept meeting strange people called "caretakers" in pools around the area. We learned that Rusty wanted to flood the place. It turns out he's an alien from a planet made entirely of water, and he wants to make Sunrise and the rest of earth into his planet's image.

I don't remember the end of the dream. I just remember having to sort of whisper to the other investigators because the "caretakers" like the sweepers started popping up everywhere.

Truly bizarre. Anyone else dream about MISTX?

2001-08-28T22:53:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm not one to toot my own horn, but I do have to say, that I've been right about a few things so far...

On 8/7/2001, I predicted that Mary Elizabeth was part of the Sweeper Cult (scroll down to read the original post).
On 8/23/2001, I predicted that there would be a tie within the investigator's voting for tonight's episode (if Alan voted for Kristen).

I think some of my other predictions will turn out to be true. The idea that Prudence and Kovick are siblings is the one I feel most strongly about.

I suppose this is what makes MISTX stand out among all the other reality shows. MISTX is truly interactive. We, the viewers, can debate many aspects of the show, not just the voting strategy of the players. Thanks FOX!

One last thing... this site will continue even after the series ends. I hope to chronicle developments on Season 2, and keep you up to date on the goings on of the players/actors. So before the show ends, please bookmark this site and check back often!

2001-08-28T22:40:00.000-07:00

Whodunit? I really feel like it is one of two possibilites at this point...

1. Prudence Connor and Frank Kovick, as I suggested a long time ago, are probably brother and sister. The burned man was probably their father. Duchamps might have been their last name. Maybe the Duchamps family was not lost -- but lived to enact revenge.

It's interesting that Connor said in last night's episode that her father died when she was eight. That also happens to be the age of the burned man when he was burned. Neither Connor nor Kovick has a solid alibi. In fact, Thibodeaux implicated Connor in the videotaped confession.

2. Mary Elizabeth Merchant and Prudence Connor. As I've said before, Mary Elizabeth is everywhere -- she's stripping at 2 Dollar Bills, she's driving Abby's car, she's sleeping with the reverend, she's sleeping with Jimmy, and lo and behold, she's the high priestess of the Mind-Science cult. The investigators said that the person driving Abby's car was wearing a black hood, and then later, Mary Elizabeth admits to driving the car off the pier. She was with Jimmy, so she could have taken his camera equipment. Mary Elizabeth also seems to be manipulating people. She convinced the reverend to come forward about his answering machine tape, and if I viewed the preview for next week correctly, she says to somebody "He might be the killer."

Prudence's involvement with Jimmy, her access to the bang stick, her willingness to blackmail, her combat training, etc. make her involvement also likely. I wouldn't be surprised if Prudence were manipulating Moe as well. Look at how sad he was in the car. Maybe he set her boat up to explode.

If Mary Elizabeth and Prudence were working together (both playing Jimmy), it would make sense. The motive? To frame Lambert, to collect the Flint blackmail money, and to take over leadership of the Mind-Science cult. Sisters are doin' it for themselves!

If next week is the last episode and it turns out to be Rusty Crandall, I will be disappointed, because like Emerson Bowden, he just hasn't had a decent amount of screen time. Even though he was there when Hayden died...

2001-08-28T22:26:00.000-07:00

As you've noticed, I've updated the left navigation scheme to leave only four suspects. Two of those in the Unlikely list are dead and three have been cleared. The other three are there are for the following reasons...

Emerson Bowden seems like a good candidate but he hasn't gotten much screen time. Given that I believe next week's episode is the last, I can't see him being the killer without everyone feeling cheated. Plus, many have argued that he wouldn't be strong enough to lug around the bodies.

Jimmy Tinker seems like a follower not a leader. He seems to go wherever the women in his life lead him. He is a bit off. He's mixed up -- but no murderer. If he is, it will be a nice surprise (i.e. he will turn out not to be such a dimwit, but rather a mastermind).

William Lambert is, I've said over and over, probably being framed. He's the last one connected with the cannery to still be among the living after last night's episode. I wouldn't be surprised if Lambert were there when the killer is revealed. Maybe he'll be saved by the investigators.

2001-08-28T22:20:00.000-07:00

I've updated the polls section. There are some familiar questions as well as some new ones. Votes are tallied week by week, so if you voted last week, feel free to vote again. Click on the Polls within the left navigation bar to vote.

2001-08-28T19:40:00.000-07:00

Here's the results of the latest MISTX Dossier polls...

Who is the Sunrise Killer?
20% Rusty Crandall
18% Frank Kovick
16% Prudence Connor
12% Samantha Larabee
08% (tie) Mary Elizabeth Merchant, Emerson Bowden & Hayden DeBeck
05% William Lambert
04% Jimmy Tinker
00% G. D. Thibodeaux (with 1 vote)

The gap between Rusty and Frank has narrowed, while Prudence has gained a whopping 10% this week.

Who is your favorite (living) investigator?
30% Katie
29% Alan
19% Kristen
15% Angel
07% Jeff

It looks as though Kristen is not the most "hated" by the viewers.

Would you like to see a second season of MISTX?
95% Yes.
04% Not sure.
01% No.

I'll be adding new polls after the show airs tonight in Phoenix. So be sure to check back tonight or tomorrow to begin casting your votes for the final round!

2001-08-26T18:39:00.000-07:00

A very interesting anonymous tip just arrived in my e-mail box... Someone spent some time with some audio and video from the show and may have discovered something. Click here to access the stills from the video (which may show the killer -- spoiler warning). Click here to access audio.

2001-08-26T13:24:00.000-07:00

I've just added an entire page of comments made by Gary Fredo on the Official MISTX Message Board. His statements are very enlightening. Click here to view.

Also, don't forget to click on Polls to the left and vote before Tuesday!

2001-08-25T19:51:00.000-07:00

I found a link to an article about MISTX. I didn't read it all the way through, but it may offer some information not listed on the official site. Click here for the link.

2001-08-23T09:55:00.000-07:00

A few notes about the investigators...

--I think that if someone is going to be killed for going out on his/her own, it will probably be Alan or Angel. Both have ventured off on their own in previous episodes, and therefore, have a tendancy to do this sort of thing. I will be surprised if both of them live through the next episode. If one of them dies on a boat, it could be Alan going to hear what G. D. wanted to tell him. The killer will obviously want to wipe out G. D. since he can probably identify the killer at this point (since he was presumably injured by the killer).

--If Katie is the next lifeguard, and if all the other investigators are actually around to vote, this is how I see the vote going...
Kristen and Angel will vote for Jeff to go to the killer location. Jeff will vote for Kristen to go. Alan will be the swing vote. However, it could be a tie.

I'm not sure what happens in the case of a tie, but if I were the producers, I would say that both people involved in the tie should go since there are two people and two killer locations.

2001-08-22T12:46:00.000-07:00

New theories have been added to the Rusty Crandall, Prudence Connor, and Frank Kovick pages.