 AMERICA'S MOST WANTED FEBRUARY 7, 1988 JOHN WALSH WAS NOT A PART OF AMW FOR THE PILOT EPISODE BUT ONCE HE BECAME PART OF THE TEAM IT WAS CLEAR HE WOULD BE A POWERHOUSE TO BE RECKONED WITH WHEN IT CAME TO THE CRIMINALS. JUST HAVING HIS PRESENCE ON THE SCREEN IT IS OBVIOUS HE CAN TAKE THE SHOW TO HIGHER HIGHS. HE DOES NOT GIVE SLACK OR APPEASE THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES TORTURE. ALTHOUGH HE HAS BEEN THROUGH HIS OWN FAMILY CRISIS WHEN HIS SON ADAM WENT MISSING AND WAS FOUND MURDERED IN 1981. WALSH ALONG WITH OTHER PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGNED CONGRESS FOR THE CREATION OF THE 'NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN'. THIS CENTER HAS BECOME A HUB FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, PARENTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ALL OVER TO CONNECT AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP FIND MISSING CHILDREN. IT ALSO BRINGS AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABDUCTION AND ABUSE AS WELL AS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WHICH ULTIMATELY PREVENT OTHER FAMILIES FROM THESE HORRENDOUS EXPERIENCES.THE SHOW PROFILES CRIMES THROUGH INTERVIEWS AND RE-ENACTMENTS BY ACTORS WHO SOMETIMES ARE MIRROR IMAGES OF THE CRIMINALS. THERE HAVE BEEN ACTORS PORTRAYING CRIMINALS IN THE RE-ENACTMENT WHO HAVE LATTER BEEN MISTAKEN FOR THE REAL LIFE CULPRIT. ACTORS ARE OFTEN TIMES REGULARLY PORTRAY CRIMINALS ON AMW LIKE BRANDON MORRIS WHO HAS PLAYED HISPANIC, NATIVE AMERICAN AND JEWISH CRIMINALS. THIS APPROACH HAS MASS APPEAL AND GETS THE AUDIENCE IN PARTICIPATION MODE WHEN SEEING WHAT AND HOW THESE PEOPLE COMMIT AND GET AWAY WITH THEIR CRIMES. THE FACT THAT THESE STORY SEGMENTS ARE RE-ENACTMENTS OF ACTUAL CRIMES WITH INTERVIEWS WITH THE POLICE INVESTIGATION TEAM OFTEN TIMES HAS THE FUGITIVE IN FULL PANIC. AFTER BEING CAUGHT MOST WILL ADMIT THEY WOULD WATCH THE SHOW KNOWING THAT ONE DAY THEY WOULD BE PROFILED. LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN NOT SOLVE A CRIME WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO SOMETIMES DO NOT REALIZE THEY HAVE THE KEY TO FURTHERING AN INVESTIGATION. SINCE EVERYONE WANTS THEIR 15 MINUTES OF FAME AMW IS A PREMIER WAY TO PUT THE VIEWERS WITH KNOWLEDGE TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE INVESTIGATING A CRIME. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAT GOES INTO BRINGING THIS WEEKLY SHOW TO THE FANS. NEW SEGMENTS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED OVER THE YEARS THAT THE SHOW LEAVES NO CRIME UNATTENDED. THEY HAVE DEALT WITH WHITE COLLAR CRIME AS WELL AS CHILD EXPLOITATION WHERE WALSH WOULD OFTEN BE THERE TO CONFRONT A SICK CHILD PREDATOR DURING A STING OPERATION. PREDATORS SOON FOUND ANANIMITY ON THE NEWLY ACCESSABLE WWW WHERE IT BECAME A PLAYGROUND FOR CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. JOHN WALSH AND THE TEAM AT AMW WERE SOON IN PURSUIT OF CRIMINALS WHO WOULD USE THE NET TO COMMIT CRIMES. THE HOT LINE NUMBER HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS SINCE 1988 BUT EVENTUALLY MADE ITS WAY ALL THE WAY AROUND AND IS THE SAME AS THE FIRST SEASON, 1-880-CRIME-TV. WEEDING THROUGH THE CALLS IS TEDIOUS WORK BUT OFTEN WHEN A CALLER HAS SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION AND THE DETECTIVES ARE THERE TO MONITOR THE CALLS EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE QUICKLY. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE CRIMINAL WHO IS SITTING WATCHING THEIR STORY BEING PLAYED OUT ON THE SMALL SCREEN. ON MAY 2, 2008 THEIR WEBSITE ANNOUNCED ITS 1000th CAPTURE EACH ONE A DIRECT RESULT OF THE SHOW. OFTEN TIMES A STORY WILL RUN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE PEOPLE HOLDING THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO CAPTURE A FUGITIVE IS WATCHING THE RIGHT EPISODE. 11/29/10 RUSTY 2/7/88 | -5/16/11 FOX HAS ANNOUNCED THE CANCELLATION OF THIS SHOW. ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME BECAUSE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WANT THIS SHOW CANCELED ARE THE CRIMINALS. HOLLYWOOD OFTEN TALKS A GOOD GAME ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THE CHARITIES THEY REPRESENT. WELL FOX AND THEIR 'SUITS' AND ALL THE ACTORS CAN SHOW THEIR TRUE COLORS BY STANDING UP AND LETTING EVERYONE BELIEVE AGAIN THAT THE CRIMINAL CAN NOT WIN. THEY WOULD RATHER PUT THEIR MONEY INTO "MOB WIVES" STYLE SHOW WHERE NOT ONLY TO THE ADVOCATE VIOLENCE AND KILLING BUT LIVE OFF THE MONEY THEY HAVE ACQUIRED THROUGH THE SELLING OF DRUGS AND GUNS TO THE VERY SAME PEOPLE AMW STANDS AGAINST. WHERE HAS AMERICA GONE WITH THE DOUBLE STANDARD AND POLITICAL LIES. HEAVEN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP US WHEN THIS SHOW IS OFF THE AIR. 2-HOUR SPECIALS ARE YOU CRAZY THE FACT THAT SOME STORIES NEED MORE THAN ONE PLAY TO GET THE CRIMINAL CORNERED GOES TO SHOW THAT A ONCE A MONTH CONCEPT IS FOOLISH. ALL THE MONEY WE ARE SENDING OVER SEAS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED WE CANT FIND ANYBODY WILLING TO ASSIST IN KEEPING THIS COUNTRY SAFE. SADLY, AMERICA HAS STOOPED TO A NEW LOW. NO AMW IS LIKE NO MEET THE PRESS FOR CBS IT IS A STAPLE AND UNLIKE ANY OTHER SHOW IT HAS A PURPOSE.
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