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The Atlanta Child Murders

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19851985
  • 4h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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James Earl Jones, Martin Sheen, Jason Robards, Rip Torn, and Calvin Levels in The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
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The city of Atlanta, Georgia, is terrorized by a rash of child murders occurring in its black community. When a black photographer is arrested for the crimes, controversy erupts over whether... Read allThe city of Atlanta, Georgia, is terrorized by a rash of child murders occurring in its black community. When a black photographer is arrested for the crimes, controversy erupts over whether he is the actual killer or a scapegoat offered up by the city's mostly black leadership. ... Read allThe city of Atlanta, Georgia, is terrorized by a rash of child murders occurring in its black community. When a black photographer is arrested for the crimes, controversy erupts over whether he is the actual killer or a scapegoat offered up by the city's mostly black leadership. Based on actual events.
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  • Stars
    • Jason Robards
    • James Earl Jones
    • Rip Torn
  • Stars
    • Jason Robards
    • James Earl Jones
    • Rip Torn
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys

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    Jason Robards
    Jason Robards
    • Alvin Binder
    James Earl Jones
    James Earl Jones
    • Major Walker
    Rip Torn
    Rip Torn
    • Lewis Slaton
    Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman
    • Ben Shelter
    Calvin Levels
    Calvin Levels
    • Wayne Williams
    Lynne Moody
    Lynne Moody
    • Selena Cobb
    Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee
    • Faye Williams
    Gloria Foster
    Gloria Foster
    • Camille Bell
    Paul Benjamin
    Paul Benjamin
    • Homer Williams
    Andrew Robinson
    Andrew Robinson
    • Jack Mallard
    Christopher Allport
    Christopher Allport
    • Larry Peterson
    Guy Boyd
    Guy Boyd
    • Mike Edwards
    Gary Graham
    Gary Graham
    • Ken Lawson
    Bill Paxton
    Bill Paxton
    • Campbell
    Percy Rodrigues
    Percy Rodrigues
    • Mayor Jackson
    William Allen Young
    William Allen Young
    • Withers
    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • Chet Dettlinger
    Tina Andrews
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    • Gwendolyn
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    • Trivia
      These murders prompted the first extensive use of serial killer profiling and forensic fiber analysis.
    • Quotes

      Camille Bell: We've got ourselves a black mayor, we've got ourselves a black commissioner of public safety, black councilman, we've got everything black from top to bottom! We got everything! But protection for our black children.

    • Alternate versions
      Originally shown on CBS as a two-part mini-series, part 1 ran for two hours and part 2 ran for three hours. The UK VHS version was released (circa 1985) as a three-part mini-series.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985)

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    8/10
    Waye Williams was a patsy
    I remember watching this movie, I was about 14 years old living in California at the time, and it still scared the hell out of me. Even to this day I don't know if I would or could watch it again due to that fact. Most people think that the killings stopped when Wayne was put behind bars but they didn't. The FBI, even the President of the United States knew that a race war could blow up in downtown Atlanta if the public knew what the FBI knew of certain members of the KKK's involvement. The FBI have phone taps of certain members of the KKK, one person more then any other knew a lot of those kids that had been killed, even telling an FBI informant that he was going to kill one of them. Guess what that kid ended up being killed.

    Now im not saying that Wayne is innocent of any of the killings, but things don't make since. A serial killer hardly ever changes his course. Ted Bundy loved brunettes with parts down the middle of their hair, Wayne Gacy loved white men who were gay. The Green River killer killed street walkers. Are we to believe that Wayne Williams went from killing little kids to full grown adults??? Are we to believe that Wayne Williams killed these adults by himself, strangled them even though some were bigger and stronger then he was and then toss them into a river.

    No murder weapon was ever found, stories have been changed to fit Wayne Williams must of been the culprit.

    Wayne Williams have recently tried to get DNA testing, which I do not know has been passed or denied, but why would it be denied? That one person the FBI had hard feelings about stated he had a Siberian Husky, Wanye Williams had a Shepard. EArly stories of some of the killings stated that Husky hair had been found, Later they to changed to Shepard hairs in changing of stories.

    5 of the kids that were found were found in a park where this person and his brother visited on a regular basis.

    Also most serial killers keep trophies, nothing like this was ever found at any spot where Wayne Williams lived or worked at? People say he hated black youths, but then the same people say he loved to seduce black teens.

    I don't think we will ever know what happened in Atlanta, so many witness have changed stories, people have died, Aids probably killed a lot of witness, or people close to the case. The victims were raped, and Aids being pretty much a fast death sentence at that time could of probably killed the killer(s) as well.

    I for one do not thing Wayne Williams was given a fair trial. The trial was rushed, his lawyers were buried with a mountain of evidence to sort thru in such a limited time. Witness changed their stories in mid trial. Williams' layweres were not allowed certain evidence that would help to release him.
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      • February 10, 1985 (United States)
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