An American Crime

quicksdraw · 05-10-2008

An American Crime is on Showtime (U-verse channel 852) at 9:00 pm, tonight. For those of you that are too young to remember, or didn't live in Indiana in '65, it is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Lykens by an old woman and a bunch of neighborhood kids.
This murder was the biggest news in the state for quite awhile.
Although I haven't seen the movie yet, friends who have say that it is very true to the actual event.

Legba · 05-10-2008

What town did it take place in? Before my time.

quicksdraw · 05-11-2008

Indianapolis, on the east side of town. I was a kid up in Grant county at the time and still remember how that was one of the big topics of conversation for everyone.

Bshaw · 05-11-2008

I read the Book when I was a kid poor Girl suffered needlesly
Just a reminder how cruel people can be to each other

Bigum1969 · 05-11-2008

I don't have Showtime. It does sound like a sad story.

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quicksdraw Carpe Cerevisi Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Indianapolis, In. Posts: 296	An American Crime An American Crime is on Showtime (U-verse channel 852) at 9:00 pm, tonight. For those of you that are too young to remember, or didn't live in Indiana in '65, it is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Lykens by an old woman and a bunch of neighborhood kids. This murder was the biggest news in the state for quite awhile. Although I haven't seen the movie yet, friends who have say that it is very true to the actual event. __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." ------Winston Churchill “Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.” ------Ronald Reagan Palin '12

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quicksdraw Carpe Cerevisi Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Indianapolis, In. Posts: 296	Indianapolis, on the east side of town. I was a kid up in Grant county at the time and still remember how that was one of the big topics of conversation for everyone. __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." ------Winston Churchill “Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.” ------Ronald Reagan Palin '12 Last edited by quicksdraw; 05-11-2008 at 00:09.

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Bshaw Plinker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kokomo Posts: 45	I read the Book I read the Book when I was a kid poor Girl suffered needlesly Just a reminder how cruel people can be to each other

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Bigum1969 Paranoid and Currently Being Chased Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SW Indiana Posts: 1,474	I don't have Showtime. It does sound like a sad story. __________________ Audentes fortuna juvet

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Legba Plinker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 36	What town did it take place in? Before my time.

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