Steve Stock

You're looking for that one person you convince on a panel of 12 people to just have that doubt and, you know, take that doubt back to the deliberation room.

You're looking for that one person you convince on a panel of 12 people to just have that doubt and, you know, take that doubt back to the deliberation room.

No one knew. The time rolled on and we still didn't have a verdict yet. So people were thinking, oh, maybe there's a holdout. Maybe there's someone out there who actually does believe Mark Twitchell.

No one knew. The time rolled on and we still didn't have a verdict yet. So people were thinking, oh, maybe there's a holdout. Maybe there's someone out there who actually does believe Mark Twitchell.

No one knew. The time rolled on and we still didn't have a verdict yet. So people were thinking, oh, maybe there's a holdout. Maybe there's someone out there who actually does believe Mark Twitchell.

He was in that kind of clique of people that would go to, you know, Star Wars conventions or they would dress up for the premiere of a movie. You know, everyone's got someone like that in their family who's just, you know, a big sci-fi nut or whatever.

He was in that kind of clique of people that would go to, you know, Star Wars conventions or they would dress up for the premiere of a movie. You know, everyone's got someone like that in their family who's just, you know, a big sci-fi nut or whatever.

He was in that kind of clique of people that would go to, you know, Star Wars conventions or they would dress up for the premiere of a movie. You know, everyone's got someone like that in their family who's just, you know, a big sci-fi nut or whatever.

It really just... Exploded on Halloween.

It really just... Exploded on Halloween.

It really just... Exploded on Halloween.

There was work to be done. One of the first things we did in the newsroom is we just went to Mark Twitchell's Facebook page. And we saw a person who was incredibly driven, a person who had a lot of charisma and was really into this, I guess you would call like a geek culture. You know, he was into Star Wars. He was into sci-fi stuff. He was into making costumes, but nothing sinister.

There was work to be done. One of the first things we did in the newsroom is we just went to Mark Twitchell's Facebook page. And we saw a person who was incredibly driven, a person who had a lot of charisma and was really into this, I guess you would call like a geek culture. You know, he was into Star Wars. He was into sci-fi stuff. He was into making costumes, but nothing sinister.

There was work to be done. One of the first things we did in the newsroom is we just went to Mark Twitchell's Facebook page. And we saw a person who was incredibly driven, a person who had a lot of charisma and was really into this, I guess you would call like a geek culture. You know, he was into Star Wars. He was into sci-fi stuff. He was into making costumes, but nothing sinister.

He looked like a really clean cut guy. He, you know, had a schoolboy haircut and he could be anyone's son. So that was almost part of the extraordinary part about it was just how normal Mark Twitchell did look and how horrendous these allegations were coming from the police. And the two didn't look to add up. It seemed like, well, seemed like the plot of a movie.

He looked like a really clean cut guy. He, you know, had a schoolboy haircut and he could be anyone's son. So that was almost part of the extraordinary part about it was just how normal Mark Twitchell did look and how horrendous these allegations were coming from the police. And the two didn't look to add up. It seemed like, well, seemed like the plot of a movie.

He looked like a really clean cut guy. He, you know, had a schoolboy haircut and he could be anyone's son. So that was almost part of the extraordinary part about it was just how normal Mark Twitchell did look and how horrendous these allegations were coming from the police. And the two didn't look to add up. It seemed like, well, seemed like the plot of a movie.

So this idea that you would have what the police was alleging, a filmmaker who would randomly pick total strangers and that they would become a victim of a horrendous crime. And in a way that was replicating actual Hollywood, you know, mythology, this idea of a horror film. It was just extraordinary. It didn't seem like it could be real.

So this idea that you would have what the police was alleging, a filmmaker who would randomly pick total strangers and that they would become a victim of a horrendous crime. And in a way that was replicating actual Hollywood, you know, mythology, this idea of a horror film. It was just extraordinary. It didn't seem like it could be real.

So this idea that you would have what the police was alleging, a filmmaker who would randomly pick total strangers and that they would become a victim of a horrendous crime. And in a way that was replicating actual Hollywood, you know, mythology, this idea of a horror film. It was just extraordinary. It didn't seem like it could be real.