I've watched A LOT of documentaries in my day, especially about true crime, so (having been fooled before) I generally go into them knowing they can be biased and won't tell the full story. So after watching MaM the first time I figured there was a lot left out, but even with what they included it seemed like one heck of a lot of evidence to all be planted, so I thought Steven was probably guilty. Once we started getting the case files and all the other information I was 100% guilter. So for Steven, discussions/information outside the show just moved me from thinking he was probably guilty to being sure of it.

Where I had the big shift is Brendan. I was positive after the show his confession was coerced and he had nothing to do with it. Way back in my old posts there are still comments of me being a Brendan truther and being outraged at what was done to him. Once we got the interview where he was lying as early as Nov 6, my opinion started to change. And then I had discussions with people who were convinced Brendan was completely guilty and his confession was mostly true, and they were very convincing. I swung to thinking that. Especially after the jail call log where he was helping Steven set up the police scanners the night before- it seems he was not only involved in the destruction of evidence, but the planning, and it's hard to believe he did both those things but skipped out on the actual crime. But then I'll have discussions with people who think he's mostly innocent, and I get swung back in that direction. I've never been able to commit to a firm stance on Brendan either way. What I feel sure about: he knowingly helped destroy the evidence and intentionally lied about it for months, and he did tell Kayla something about his involvement. Past that- was he there when Teresa was still alive, did he know about it beforehand, etc- I go back and forth all the time based on convincing discussions on these subs.