Stories From the Vaults: Season 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)Stories from the Vaults: Season Two is an eclectic, family-friendly collection of episodes that take viewers into the historical mysteries investigated by the Smithsonian Museum and its affiliates. From the wonders of the rainforest, to the quandary of trying to preserve sculptures made of chocolate and soap (and guess which inherently unstable substance is harder to preserve - no, it's not the one that guests try to eat!), to surprising true tales of some of America's most notorious criminals, Stories from the Vaults both entertains and edifies. Highly recommended especially for public library collections. The episodes are "Let's Eat!", "Nature's Vault", "Crystal Ball", "going, Going, Gone", "Sex 101" and "Villains and Rogues" plus bonus mini-featurettes. Approximately 200 minutes, available on DVD and Blu-ray.


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Biography -- Biography Green River Killer ; Gary Ridgway Review

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(More customer reviews)The murders by Gacy, Dahmer, Bundy, and others happened more than one decade ago. However, watching this documentary reminded me of when this was in the news recently. Its newness may hit close to home for many. Ridgway killed more than 40 women, tragically beating the approximate 30 victims of Gacy.
This work does leave me with questions. On the one hand, the work says the killer had a low IQ, but yet he killed for two decades without being caught. The work said his co-workers wondered if it were him. Well, why didn't they go to the police with suspicions? If he killed prostitutes, did sex workers in Washington State organize to fight the killings or get police to respond more effectively? The work says modern DNA evidence finally trapped him. I don't recall the work saying how police had the killer's DNA on file for a match.
There is talk about necrophilia here and sensitive viewers may want to be careful in watching this. When one victim's father says he forgives him, the killer teared up. I think many viewers will do the same.
There seem to be similarities with Ridgway and Jack the Ripper as they killed female prostitutes, but the work doesn't seem to connect the two.

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Stories from the Vaults Review

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(More customer reviews)I wasn't quite sure what to expect from these 30-minute segments - or as Tom Cavanaugh as host. What I got was much more than expected: a fun, fast look behind the scenes of the nation's most prestigious museum. Learn about magic lanterns, Phyllis Diller's thousand-joke card catalog, taxidermy, and more.
I was really impressed. Cavanaugh kept the content from becoming too boring. He is lively, and his bounce is the perfect balance to the quiet personalities behind the museum.
These are short and easy to watch - perfect for home schoolers, or those who like tidbits of trivia. Definitely worth the watch.

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Ever wondered what's hiding behind the scenes of America s most renowned museum complex? Find out as host Tom Cavanagh (Eli Stone, Ed) takes viewers beyond the exhibit halls on an insider's tour of the private rooms, high-tech vaults and cutting edge labs of the Smithsonian Institution, revealing some of the amazing artifacts and rarely seen treasures that visitors can t see! Boasting more than 342,000 square feet of storage space and more than 31 million items in just one of their facilities... some of the oldest and weirdest artifacts are housed here!In each episode of Stories From the Vaults, the Smithsonian's curators, experts and scientists open their collections and share their distinctive passions by presenting their most prized, surprising or enlightening artifacts, relics or specimens standouts among the 100 million or so items in the Smithsonian's collections currently not on exhibit. Cavanagh climbs ladders, peers in drawers, looks behind doors, stares into microscopes and interacts with old bones, bringing a contagious enthusiasm and off-beat humor to the series. He uncovers the intriguing history of each object - its origins, how it came to the Smithsonian, how it is being painstakingly preserved and studied and what it might tell us about ourselves, our culture, where we came from or where we may be going. Episodes from season one of this original Smithsonian Networks program include: Famous Donors, Superlatives, No Place Like Home, Beauty, Firsts, Life After Death and Random? In recognition of its creativity, the Stories From The Vaults series recently received a Gold World Medal from the New York Festival, as well as a Parent's Choice Gold Award for Excellence.

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