No one exceeds Threedonia in their estimation of the many talents that make up the awesomeness that is The Shat — William Shatner. Well now… Shatner has gone and upped the ante on awesomeness… now he’s a news breaker — and not just entertainment. He’s made a bit of a splash in a new interview show he has on
the Bio Channel by interviewing Lee Boyd Malvo the D.C. Sniper (the teenage half of the serial killing team). From AOL News:
Speaking with Shatner via telephone from Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, Malvo, now 25, spoke candidly about the shooting spree and revealed new details that had never before been made public, including the revelation that he and his partner were involved in a total of 42 shootings and not 13 as originally reported.
“He would send me to do a crime, and then he would watch the crime,” Malvo said. “[He would then] evaluate me after we finished … what was wrong, what I needed to change … [and] my tactics.”
Perhaps most shocking of all, Malvo shared details about two co-conspirators he said were involved in the shooting spree.
“There were two other people who were supposed to be involved, but in the end, they ended up backing out,” Malvo said.
“What was supposed to happen was that there was supposed to be three to four snipers with silenced weapons, silenced rifles, and in this way, you could do a lot more damage along the entire Eastern Seaboard. … In the end, there was only Muhammad and myself,” Malvo continued.
Shatner also interviewed survivors and family members of victims, law enforcement officials and Malvo’s forensic psychiatrist.
The Washington Post also has the story:
“I think Malvo’s full of crap,” said Lt. Bruce Guth, the Fairfax County homicide detective who headed the task force that helped convict Malvo of capital murder in 2003 for his role in the 10 local slayings. “He’s changed his story at least five or six different times.”
Guth noted Thursday that in Malvo’s first interrogation, with Fairfax detectives after his arrest in October 2002, Malvo took credit for doing most of the D.C. area shootings. “Then, when his attorneys and psychiatrists got to him, Muhammad was doing the shootings,” Guth said.
Guth said producers of the show told him that Malvo had admitted for the first time to doing a shooting along Route 1 in Northern Virginia. Police in Fairfax and Alexandria both scoured their files for any unsolved shootings along the highway prior to Malvo’s arrest, and couldn’t find one, Guth said.
Malvo, now 25, also made differing claims, both to Shatner and forensic psychiatrist Neil Blumberg, that he and Muhammad had co-conspirators. But the co-conspirators either backed out, were shot and killed by Malvo, or shot and killed by Muhammad, according to the versions Malvo offered Shatner and Blumberg, according to a news release about the show from A&E.
Here’s a link to an ABC story on Shatner’s new show including an interview with Shatner himself.
And here’s the link to his show Aftermath With William Shatner
He’s also going to interview Bernard Goetz, Jessica Lynch, the Unabomber’s brother, and Randy Weaver’s daughter.
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I saw an ad for the show. Normally I wouldn’t watch because I hate to give low-lives like this any attention, but it’s Shatner!
No offense to Robert Downey Jr., but take that Wayne Gale!!!
The message here is quite simple: if you murder enough people, you get to talk to Captain Kirk. Trekkies everywhere are out buying ammo right now.
I believe they prefer to be called Trekers, you’re now on someones list.
We’re safe Jimmy… they’ll accidentally turn on the safety thinking their switching the gun from “stun” to “kill”
heh.
Jimmy, that’s the funniest thing I’ve read today.
Cookie for Jimmy!
No, no, no! If it were this it would have been the funniest thing you have read all day:
Cookies for everyone??? Sorry, I’m hungry.
I’m sorry the correct answer was, set phasers “to kill”, “to kill”…no points to Rufus, Jimmy it’s still your board.
Dang!
Phasers don’t kill, people do.
but people do stun
See Kelly LeBrock, circa 1985-1990.
She’s still stunning, just in a totally different way.
I dunno. Can we make “revulsing” a word instead?
I believe Iron Man would say “repulsor”
Floyd, the posts and comments were just too much fun today. I must retire…thanks to all for the fun and giggles.
Wouldn’t that be “shats and giggles,” TCW?
I wonder if now Shatner realizes that Malvo may have fibbed a bunch during the interview, he feels as though he’s been shat upon!
I needed to edit out about a half dozen “thats”, but hit comment too soon. I think you get the point!
Thank you Mr. Editor…in chief! It must be Mike since he’s the only one here who really cares about the Colonel!
Nope it was I.
Thank ya, kind sir!
He just knew it wasn’t Floyd.
Righto!
watching Star Trek III: Search for Spock with kids. As title shown over spock’s casket, oldest yells: “Found him!” I blame @michaeljnelson
yeah cause you and I NEVER say anything smart ass during a film.
pass me my ham sandwich
the new American family… a brood of kids running around and watching 80s sci-fi film — both parents on laptops reading blogs.
Holy crap. Zoon, that was hilarious!
Mostly because I hate all things Trek.
Except for Scott Bakula.
Very funny!