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In a Town of 11 People, Mysterious Disappearance Turns Neighbor Against Neighbor

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Re: In a Town of 11 People, Mysterious Disappearance Turns Neighbor Against Neighbor

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Post by cyberferret »

mythz wrote: post #36

Seems the only time my home state makes international news is because of some weird death or disappearance: - Murder of Peter Falconio [1] - Rod Ansell, inspiration for Crocodile Dundee dies in a police shoot out [2] - Croc river murders of Darwin sex workers [3] - Death of Azaria Chamberlain (Dingo ate my baby) [4] - German backpacker who escaped the Bali bomb blast killed by a crocodile in Kakadu [5] [1] https://en…

Seems that way doesn't it? Just last week I was talking to an old friend of mine who used to work in the TRG (Tactical Response Group) in the NT Police. We were talking about the case of the German tourist sniper who was murdering people randomly around the NT and northern WA area some decades ago [0]. My friend was part of the special forces group sent out to hunt this guy down.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Schwab

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koboll wrote: post #21
ggm wrote: post #11

This obviously made news here in Australia as well, and it has qualities which I think anyone who has read 'hillbilly elegy' can relate to: in small communities, sometimes there is a cone of silence which is really strong, and quite at odds with what we think of as "the law" Obviously, people know things. But, as a small community, there is a 'hang together, or hang separately' quality here. They are very isolated, a…

>in small communities, sometimes there is a cone of silence which is really strong, and quite at odds with what we think of as "the law" Really? I got the opposite impression from the article. Everyone is happy to talk about who they think did it, and everyone has their own theory.

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Post by twelve40 »

mygo wrote: post #34
kirubakaran wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I decided idyllic English villages aren't for me, after watching Hot Fuzz and Midsomer Murders.

recommend any other such films? I'm all over that small town lawless stuff

dogville : )

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Post by sonnyblarney »

moltar wrote: post #9

I’m more amazed that a town of 11 people has a bar and a hotel. But also that so much drama exists in such small community.

"But also that so much drama exists in such small community."

As a lover of small communities ... this part is bad.

In a vacuum, every bit of news is inflated. So the smallest thing becomes something to talk about.

I find European small communities are the right size - but also the right distance i.e. there are others close by, and usually a city not too far off.

In Midwest North America and Australia it's really very isolated.

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Post by katpas »

mygo wrote: post #34
kirubakaran wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I decided idyllic English villages aren't for me, after watching Hot Fuzz and Midsomer Murders.

recommend any other such films? I'm all over that small town lawless stuff

Top of the lake, broadchurch, sharp objects. Those are all tv series.

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Post by azernik »

mygo wrote: post #34
kirubakaran wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I decided idyllic English villages aren't for me, after watching Hot Fuzz and Midsomer Murders.

recommend any other such films? I'm all over that small town lawless stuff

This is a theme of pretty much everything Stephen King has ever written.

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Post by Jaruzel »

katpas wrote: post #57
mygo wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

recommend any other such films? I'm all over that small town lawless stuff

Top of the lake, broadchurch, sharp objects. Those are all tv series.

Try 'The Loch' (or 'Loch Ness', the US title). Nice bit of Scottish small town murder.

Also, 'Shetland' - you can't get more 'small town' than that (in the UK).

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