A well put together documentary, revolving around a seriously unusual set of circumstances.
This documentary appeared to be neutral throughout, asking questions from both sides. However, I have read since watching the series that the trial wasn't as flimsy as the doco suggests.
Either way, it's definitely worth a watch.
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Bad Mother of the Century
lifelinespublishing7 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Keli Lane is a real, real bad person as depicted in this series., she had an abortion which is already a sin in itself and the disappearance of her daughter Teagan whom which the story revolves, you may get shocked with how this evil woman lived her life., and I personally, she should get jail time for the rest of her life.
a must watch and I am sure you will agree on my take that she is considered to be one bad mother of the century candidate.
a must watch and I am sure you will agree on my take that she is considered to be one bad mother of the century candidate.
Was excellent
pedster-6458320 October 2021
This was an excellent doco, really informative, yet I was left with so many unanswered questions. Andrew Norris, was obviously a name made up by both Keli and the father to conceal his identity. Why wasn't there more questions about him, where did he work? His Morher was mentioned but also no questions on her. Was this man a high profile person? Why on earth was keeping him a secret so important to Keli, so important that she was willing to sit in jail for 18years to keep the pact that was made? If that's what happened.
Again the documentary it's self was excellent, just so many more questions to be answered.
Again the documentary it's self was excellent, just so many more questions to be answered.
Do I believe her? Yes I do
bekiwij8 March 2023
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I must say the level of negligence in the police investigation is astounding! Norris morris whoever could have been a married man who did not feel comfortable coming out and exposing his short term fling which resulted in a pregnancy?! Or he left the country! Or he left the baby in somebody else's care ! Million things could have happened during 7&1/2 years! My understanding of this case is she was living a double life and finally things caught up with her! She was brought up in a very strict family which made her seek love from the strangers! It explains why she was always in a relationship after another! Perhaps she let her boyfriends do whatever they want with her just to be in a relationship. And the fact that police dismissed her phone records and other crucial information is just terrifying to me. During that period manly police was under investigation for corruption! I guess they made Kelli's case such a public frenzy so they could clear their bad reputation?! However I think they should keep digging further and further and actually try to find the baby .. at least then we can be happy with all the taxes we are paying.
Journos wearing boots that are too big
stukerr-4156621 December 2020
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Well put together but the anti-police sentiment is a bit tiring. Claiming police should've would've could've but forgetting their limitations with admissibility of evidence, the credibility of evidence etc. What you know and/or believe versus what you can prove in court are two different things. Very strange circumstances and certainly, the doco paints Keli Lane as a victim of a miscarriage of justice despite her incessant lies to investigators and questionable versions of events with made up people in etc. Its a weird one.
Thought it was good until I look into it more.
haji-9452917 February 2021
Had to turn it off halfway through
vixen198409 August 2021
Very one sided point of view using paid actors to offer 'new' evidence that the cops apparently missed. Justice has already been served in this case so I'm not sure why this was even necessary to film, the lady is clearly guilty and the argument this doco makes in trying to prove otherwise is so set up and fake that its hard to watch.
One sided disappointing pseudo documentary
okky-115 April 2021
Unfortunately ABC's Caro Meldrum-Hanna has put together a very one sided biased investigation obviously trying to paint the narrative of Keli Lane as being innocent. However she fails to address one major issue:
Why wouldn't Andrew Morris ( or Andrew Norris depending on Keli's memory) have come forward with baby Tegan if he actually existed? So we are left to assume this Andrew Norris person is either completely unaware that Keli is rotting in jail or he has some sort of grudge against her and so wants to punish her for some unknown reason. It's nonsense!
Keli is proven to be a compulsive liar, despite the female expert supposedly saying otherwise. Her story doesn't add up. The people that believe she is innocent are the same people who think Schpaelle Corby isn't a drug smuggler.
Did she get a fair trial? That's a fair question. Is she guilty? Absolutely no doubt . Females tend to believe that other females cannot do bad things so they look for any reason(s) to assume innocence even when it is obvious this person is telling major lies and is hiding something.
Why wouldn't Andrew Morris ( or Andrew Norris depending on Keli's memory) have come forward with baby Tegan if he actually existed? So we are left to assume this Andrew Norris person is either completely unaware that Keli is rotting in jail or he has some sort of grudge against her and so wants to punish her for some unknown reason. It's nonsense!
Keli is proven to be a compulsive liar, despite the female expert supposedly saying otherwise. Her story doesn't add up. The people that believe she is innocent are the same people who think Schpaelle Corby isn't a drug smuggler.
Did she get a fair trial? That's a fair question. Is she guilty? Absolutely no doubt . Females tend to believe that other females cannot do bad things so they look for any reason(s) to assume innocence even when it is obvious this person is telling major lies and is hiding something.
Unnecessary, with zero substance
tomm09831 January 2022
It's filmed quite well, however I've never cared so little about a documentary before. The entire first episode is predicated on asking a variety of people whether she was or was not pregnant during water polo season. It wears thin really fast and I can't help but feel so much of it could have been condensed considerably. You'll stop caring almost immediately.
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