Errol Morris

Criminal vor 5 Jahren

Early in his career, Errol Morris read about a shocking series of alleged insurance crimes in Florida. When he told an insurance investigator he wanted to go to Florida to make a documentary, the investigator said, "Don't even think about it." Errol Morri

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Criminal

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Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle.

Gesellschaft & Kultur True Crime

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Early in his career, Errol Morris read about a shocking series of
alleged insurance crimes in a small town in Florida, which some
referred to as “Nub City.” There were allegations that men and
women were mutilating themselves -- removing hands and feet -- in
order to exploit accidental dismemberment clauses in insurance
policies, and collect money. It was very difficult to prove that
these injuries were intentional and not accidental. As one
insurance official put it, “it was hard to make a jury believe a
man would shoot off his foot.” When Errol Morris told an insurance
investigator he wanted to go to Florida to make a documentary about
it, the investigator said, “Don’t even think about it.” Errol
Morris went anyway. Today, the story behind the “Nub City” movie he
couldn’t figure out how to make, plus his memories of making The
Thin Blue Line, his work as a private detective, and meetings with
Ed Gein, James Grigson, Randall Adams, David Harris, and Herbert
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