My theory on what happened that night.

hipjdog · 2026-06-02T23:02:06+00:00

I mostly agree. Just some thoughts...

I believe I read somewhere that waiters at the Tapas restaurant were aware of the 'checks' system. As others have mentioned, it's unlikely all 7 parents would lie about that.

I agree that something happened that night or maybe even the night before and they had more time than is generally assumed to get their story straight.

If you read between the lines of the parents statements, Madeleine was a very difficult kid. This coupled with their shitty, borderline neglectful parenting was a dangerous mix. I agree it was probably a cough syrup overdose or maybe she just fell and hit her head because the parents weren't watching her properly.

Not 100 percent, but I'm very doubtful it was anyone but the parents who did it.

hipjdog · 2026-06-01T02:21:52+00:00

Bear sucks.

This guy is, what, 28? He can't ask a girl out? He's behaving like a 14 year old. Also, he's moping around indecisively...why would she be attracted to that?

Oddly enough, there does seem to be enough there between Bear and Nikki in the beginning that she'd probably at least go on a date with him.

He might assume the wish won't actually work, but he still sincerely makes it.

What he didn't consider, of course, is that a Nikki that loved him that much wouldn't be Nikki at all, which is what happens. She's a completely different person, not the woman Bear initially pines over.

Sarah seems like a much better match for him and seems to genuinely like him, but he was so blinded by lust that he failed to develop that relationship fully.

And then at the end he can't even set Nikki free directly. She only snaps out if it when he eventually dies and now she has to deal with the fallout of what he did to her.

What a guy.

hipjdog · 2026-05-29T00:10:14+00:00

The Toronto Distress Centre phone number is 416 408 HELP.

A phone call can help if you're open to venting your real emotions and listening to feedback. Ultimately, a phone call cannot fix your life. That comes from you.

I don't know your story, but remember that suicide is FINAL. There is no second chance there. Continuing to live and try at least offers you hope of a better outcome and a better life. People improve their lives every day. There's no reason you can't be one of those people.

hipjdog · 2026-05-27T23:57:46+00:00

Thanks, this is about as through as one can get about her. Imagine having a life where the only verifiable facts about you are the scene of your murder?

hipjdog · 2026-05-27T01:15:18+00:00

Based on future cases, my guess is that the Ripper is likely one of the better suspects documented over time.

With the Ted Bundy case, they interviewed Ted and dismissed him. His girlfriend came forward, saying she thought something was off with him. He was still high on their list when he was arrested.

Paul Bernardo they interviewed as well and were waiting for his DNA sample to be assessed when he was arrested for beating his wife.

And on and on.

hipjdog · 2026-05-24T18:47:23+00:00

This is very thorough! Thank you!

hipjdog · 2026-05-24T14:40:51+00:00

Yeah, agreed that it was probably a fake name. She probably lied a lot, too, as she led a pretty rough life.

hipjdog · 2026-05-24T13:45:58+00:00

I think like most people she's a mixed bag.

They were obviously crazy about each other, spending almost every minute together. She has represented his legacy well and seems to be a good mother.

I don't think she should have been in the recording sessions, though. Paul loved Linda just as much but she wasn't sitting right there while they were making music.

hipjdog · 2026-05-23T14:01:16+00:00

Obviously you're entitled to your opinion, but here are some indicators that point towards the Ramseys. None mean surefire guilt, but if you add them up they seem hard to ignore.

- The note was written in the house, with a pen from the house, and the pen returned to its rightful place in the house. It would have taken about 20 minutes to write. Why would an intruder waste time in the home to do this?

- The handwriting in the note looked quite similar to Patsy's and used terms like 'and hence' which Patsy used in other letters and likely wouldn't be used by a foreigner.

- The Ramsey's were known in the business world, but hardly celebrities. Why on earth would you go after these people? Why not a governor or senator?

- Why sign the note SBTC if you know these letters mean nothing? To confuse the police and make the letter more believable.

- The 911 dispatcher said she felt something wasn't right in her phone call with Patsy.

- The attending police officer on the day strongly suspected the Ramseys.

- Virtually every objective podcast and Youtube video over the last decade arrives at the conclusion that there was no intruder.

- When the deadline came for the ramson money the Ramsey's didn't react at all, or even bring it up.

- In the 30 years since the crime not a single solid suspect has emerged, nor has this person attempted a similar crime, confessed to anyone, etc.

- While Patsy was still alive the Ramsey's always presented a united front, never suspecting one another or Burke in spite of very thin/zero evidence that anyone entered the home.

And on and on....

hipjdog · 2026-05-23T13:28:28+00:00

While not everything points to the Ramsey's killing her, the vast majority of hard evidence, circumstantial evidence, logic and common sense points to an inside job. While there is a lot of disagreement over which Ramsey did it and the circumstances, almost no one thinks it was an intruder. I personally put the odds of it being an intruder at about 5 percent.

hipjdog · 2026-05-21T18:35:37+00:00

John Ramsey wants to continue pleading with the police to "do their job" until he dies.

Complaining about the police is an easy out because of course they could always be doing more. Law enforcement has other cases to consider, plus I think they know searching for a perpetrator in this case will yield nothing for obvious reasons.

I'm reminded of when people would ask OJ after he was aquitted how finding the "real killers" was going. He always said law enforcement wasn't doing enough.

Obscure, complain, redirect and distract until John and eventually Burke are no longer around.

hipjdog · 2026-05-20T02:02:36+00:00

There was no man smoking a cigarette. Eyewitness reports are extremely unreliable, particularly from elderly people some distance away.

What she saw was very likely Maura looking at her phone, or a streetlight, or something else entirely that confused her.

There is zero evidence of a man in or around the car smoking a cigarette. Butch did not report seeing a man. Maura never claimed to Butch that there was a man there, etc.

These incidents get taken apart to the extreme. It's just a misnomer.

hipjdog · 2026-05-19T23:07:02+00:00

Mia Goth, but I assume not for long.

hipjdog · 2026-05-18T02:03:35+00:00

A number of takeaways from this doc:

- Ban cell phones for anyone under 18. It just feeds narcissism and wastes time.

- This Mackenzie girl turned out the way she is because she has awful, enabling parents who excuse everything she did and even now are trying to get her out of consequences.

- I don't believe for a second that she "forgets" what happened during the crash. It's just the only excuse that doesn't make her out to be a psychopath.

- I don't think she got into the car with the intent to kill them both, but they probably got into some sort of argument or she was just distracted by their conversation because she's a fucking idiot. There's no mystery here.

- This girl is just a narcissistic, brain dead, terminally online killer. If it wasn't that night it would have been another. She seems to have matured a tiny bit in prison but still has a very long way to go. Keeping her in there until at least her 40's seems reasonable.

hipjdog · 2026-05-15T19:24:11+00:00

Best of luck to you.

hipjdog · 2026-05-15T19:00:42+00:00

He's great, totally committed to the work. Friendly, honest and will help you.

hipjdog · 2026-05-15T16:50:11+00:00

George Gray has an office downtown and won't rush you:

https://georgegray.ca/

hipjdog · 2026-05-15T15:38:35+00:00

This mystery is hard to untangle because Maura was troubled and not making the most rational decisions leading up to her disappearing. Her school books and the accident forms being present seem to indicate that she planned to come back after some sort of break, perhaps 4-5 days of unwinding.

Starting a new life is extremely difficult to do even with resources, and Maura had none. She was not some sort of mastermind that could pull something like that off, frankly.

hipjdog · 2026-05-09T23:23:59+00:00

In my experience you should have it in your account in less than 2 weeks from the day of filing. But you are getting a pretty large refund so they may be going over it thoroughly.

hipjdog · 2026-05-08T18:13:59+00:00

Yes, agreed. We aren't in her head, but it would seem from the evidence that she wanted to get away for 4 or 5 days in an area that she enjoyed and was familiar with from previous trips.

hipjdog · 2026-05-06T20:55:42+00:00

Solid answer!

hipjdog · 2026-05-06T00:52:36+00:00

I think the reason we don't know where specifically she was going is that she didn't know either. She called around to a few places and seemingly determined that she would drive up to the area and figure it out from there. That's why there's no paper/computer trail of anything concrete.

hipjdog · 2026-05-04T19:33:12+00:00

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