Forensic Files - Season 9, Episode 17 - Buried Treasure - Full Episode

[@DocBree13]

“This wasn’t the kind of man who would just run off and leave his family obligations,” except he had previously done exactly that.

[@pkemoh4]

I know right

[@jackiekittridge-steele385]

Melvin was a disgusting piece of work.

[@murderoushumans]

😂🤣

[@NoName-wz7mz]

Deadass the first thing I said lol

[@phlushphish793]

Yeah but in his defense his son was already in his 20's

[@donculotta1551]

I'm confused. At 4:48 the prosecutor said, "This is a man who wouldn't run off and leave family obligations" yet didn't he run off the year before to go to Montana with a married woman????

[@ekstadropsen]

THANK YOU! I was just thinking the same thing!

[@DBZluvz]

i was just about post the same comment but you did it for me.

[@viviendoongeese2343]

I think the family obligations here is the financial support.

[@cayennepepper242]

I was wondering the same thing

[@gib59er56]

Yup. look at the comment above yours

[@stephaniek1076]

You know, at one point, they said that Melvyn "wasn't the type to run off and leave family responsibilities." Yet, hadn't he done that very thing, when he originally ran off, from Pennsylvania to Montana, in order to have the three-week affair?!?

[@lms3942]

Yeah that statement was rather odd

[@gib59er56]

Yup

[@ianwichess3688]

G 🎉

[@justinbell700]

Cant stop watching just love the show and oh happy new year to everyone who sees this message.

[@robinjandhi6661]

HNY 🥳

[@juniormasilela2319]

Happy new year from south Africa, jhb

[@maryjohammons8905]

Thank you Justin Bell !

[@nieceylove9875]

HNY2024

[@kimmyfreak200]

"when a 42 year old married man ran off with a married woman they called it a mid life crisis" ummm what? 🤣 i thought it was called having an affair

[@Dulcimertunes]

Immorality

[@FckYourFeelingsYT]

Most women, would call it, “the weekend”.

[@sfletch3042]

@@FckYourFeelingsYT Is this call coming from inside the house buddy? Lmao 🤣 🤣

[@nautika214]

Exactly

[@ff441980fredcrowe]

It is but the family down played it

[@dirtydt]

Narrator: Melvin left his job and family to run off with Theresa to Montana. Detective 60 seconds later: Melvin wasn't the kind of man who'd run off and leave family obligations. 🤔

[@stephaniek1076]

I found that a rather humorous contradiction. I wanted to say, "Did you just hear yourself?!?"

[@fluffin4bean]

My thoughts exactly. 😂

[@lorealdrayton6164]

😂😂

[@VilanVavy]

Yeah but he would’ve took his belongings and wallet at least

[@landang7906]

He meant Melvyn wouldn't do it a second time.

[@LavaLahaie]

I just found out how old Peter Thomas was when he was narrating. These shows he was in his 80s.

[@mariatorres9789]

I didn't know his name, thanks. He's good, like Robert Stack & Bill Curtis.

[@adventurec1923]

🎶... change partner and swing her (swinger)...🎶 Most savage joke in Forensic Files' world 😂😂😂

[@viviendoongeese2343]

Yes! HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@kamayisidore6098]

😂😅

[@dave1991-z5w]

😂😂

[@angeesteiner8493]

"Melvin wasn't the type of guy to just run away.' Isn't that literally what he did with the other woman?

[@jasonouellette2436]

Best part of that episode was when that ADA said there were no witnesses except for some barnyard animals and of course they're not talking

[@stephaniek1076]

Lol

[@lesegorafoneke6766]

Am funeralled🤣😃😃

[@mikeesales]

Hahaha

[@auerstadt06]

Mister Ed didn't see nuthin.

[@gregnicholas26]

Thought that was very juvenile, why did she say it? Humor over a man's disappearance?

[@Ariadne76-k3d]

I love what they chose for the square dancing music.."change parters and swing her!" LOL

[@aamanpour3630]

😆

[@maricamaas2326]

Dancing with others than one's own marriage partner is risky in itself.

[@barreljumper1607]

Yep. Give the editor and producer a bonus for that!

[@1978garfield]

@@barreljumper1607 Reminded me of the Dilbert comic where Dogbert called a square dance. "Slap your partner in the face Write bad checks all over the place Flirt with strangers annoy your spouse Get divorced and lose your house Do-si-do"

[@davisj3920]

Another affair, another murder. They go together often in this show and in life

[@craigime]

true

[@midnightrun2764]

Affairs, murder, & FF!, just like peanut butter & jelly, & apple pie & Mom!…Count on it! ..🤷🏼‍♀️…✌🏼🇨🇦

[@maricamaas2326]

Dealing with adultery is more bitter than death.

[@Klabarge92]

Pretty shocked they got a conviction and a life sentence for this guy. Usually when the evidence is so weak like this, they have to compromise in terms of the plea and sentencing. But not here!

[@ResoluteCoyote]

Ikr? Some of these cases shock me that they get convictions

[@portianacleo965]

No blood, no body. They can’t prove that he’s dead yet he’s convicted of first degree murder. This is like charging him based on street rumors. I’m not saying he didn’t do it, all I’m saying is that the evidence is not enough. I wonder how many innocent people are in prison!!

[@muffs55mercury61]

It was a rather weak case against him.

[@yasminbl]

Yes, what's up with that?

[@kathrynn3936]

I agree. And he was sentenced to life in prison!

[@Mantisman6233]

And it was all based on a single shell casing that there was no proof came from the gun he bought. He may have done it but the state sure as heck didn't prove it in any way, much less "beyond a reasonable doubt". There's enough reasonable doubt to drive a semi truck through. Bad conviction.

[@joshuabigdog7009]

This is the very reason I don’t support the death penalty

[@adrianvives9752]

I don't know if it's because of the time limit for the show, that they don't show more of the investigation, but it seems flimsy to convict someone with only 2 matching shell cases. 🤔

[@nicholaskimani7171]

Thanks for the update.

[@thewillofabeast9079]

It’s really not since they were able to prove that the shell-casing on Ron’s property makes the casing found in Melvin’s barn. Ron had no reason to be on Melvin’s property, and for there to be a matched shell-casing, unless he was the killer.

[@delance3721]

@@thewillofabeast9079 Or the forensics were wrong. Or someone else used the gun. Or if he went there and accidentally left a casing. Or if a cop planted it. Or if his wife framed him. Or...

[@MYRRHfamily]

Forensic files is my favorite channel. Perfect format, story telling and pace for true crime! More please!

[@womantoday6576]

It looks that he was convicted due to the testimony of two inmates that said Harshman confessed to them in killing Melvin and swore they had no benefits from the testimony. Since the defence was not informed of these testimonies where actually both inmates had agreements with prosecution, in 2018 Harshman conviction was overturned. The judge ordered Harshman to be freed with a new retrial to be done within 90 days. It looks like in front of this situation, Harshman agreed to a third degree murder and was convicted to 20 years jail time wich were to be due on february 2021. Probably he is a free man now. Nice to put in the spotlight the forensics of every crime, but creators of this show should also talk about all the other elements that contributed to the convictions.

[@addoneforthem]

This episode first aired in 2004, so it made sense why there's no update on his conviction being overturned in 2018.

[@womantoday6576]

@@addoneforthem true, but they knew all a long that it was also due to the testimonies of those two inmates that he got convicted. It was only in 2018 that the defence was able to challenge the fact that the two inmates got benefits due to their testimony.

[@addoneforthem]

@@womantoday6576 Right, I know they revived the series recently and I believe it's still ongoing, so it'd be nice to see updates on all the cases they've aired in the past where it could be a compilation episode.

[@g1a1r1y3]

@@addoneforthem Yeah, his original conviction was overturned because of due process. There was much more evidence besides those eyewitnesses. Anyway he was about to get a retrial but in 2019 Harshman took a plea of "no contest", got a new sentence of 10 - 20 years, got credit for 19 years time served and is probably out now.

[@synergisticcollusion134]

@@addoneforthem That'd be awesome! 👍👍

[@celestinemaloley7252]

I love falling asleep to forensic files🥺❤ especially the narration 🥺🥺❤❤

[@danielwwe223]

Moral of the story be careful who you sleep with, and be careful how you react

[@MLGPRO-dx8fg]

His sentence was overturned because a state trooper testified that the cell mates who testified against him were threatened and coerced into testifying. In 2019, Harshmans sentence was vacated and he was set free. He was 70 at the time.

[@Memg007]

Thank God!!

[@differenttakethanmost]

@4:51 “…this wasn’t the kind of man who wd just up and leave- he had family obligations…” 🙋🏻‍♀️ Not two minutes ago they said he quit his job, left his family and moved away with a married woman⁉️‼️⁉️ uhhhh- yes he is the kind of man that wd up and leave. 🤦🏻‍♀️ that redheaded chick is thick 🤡

[@Dulcimertunes]

Right?

[@KillaKane5150]

Yes lord 🙏 🙌

[@pdxdude6428]

Exactly, I was wondering if they were talking about the same dude, lol

[@Mandy-nt2cs]

How could one possibly confuse a bear "hand" or any other non existent "hand" for a human hand lol

[@est1989x]

It was probably a skeleton lol

[@hannahs1683]

Decomposition

[@January.]

*nonexistent

[@January.]

*nonexistent

[@kazkk2321]

Doesn’t anyone see the interesting coincidence that the name of the vengeful person was Mr. Harshman? He was a harsh man indeed

[@ericjohnson8326]

You're wrong for this cruel explanation! How u defile a mans name. Its better than Grossman. Muhahahahahaaaaaa👹

[@Memg007]

Better than yours

[@Flamsterette]

Yep.

[@tlotlo15]

Peter Thomas is a legend! RIP

[@jan_07]

RIP to the victim, but this just goes to show that you don’t wanna play fire with another man’s wife. You’re just asking for life threatening troubles with that, it’s not only against the morals of most people, but also very disrespectful towards the other man like spitting in his face. He got burnt doing this and he’s lucky that he lives in the US to get him justice. In some other countries, the police will just say “that mofo deserved it” and move on.

[@2k_]

why not get rid of that cheating wife and move on?

[@jan_07]

@@2k_ in reality, it’s easier said than done

[@KaminJohn]

@@jan_07 No it’s not. It’s all a choice. Just like with life. Just because your wife cheated on you, doesn’t give you the right to go out and kill the man that she cheated with. What does that solve? Besides getting your ass locked up for life. Like dude said, move on…it might not be easy but that’s life. Life isn’t fair…and one person does not belong to another person. Like I said, all a choice.

[@jan_07]

@@KaminJohn dude, I didn’t say to kill anyone. Stop putting words into my mouth. All I said was it’s easier said than done to the other guy who said to “just get rid of the cheating wife” which he meant to breakup or divorce. Read properly before you baptize me with your lessons like I didn’t already know that.

[@sfletch3042]

The fact that people think murder is almost understandable when it comes to "a man's wife" is a product of the fact that for decades wives were considered property. The crime of passion laws we still have on the books today prove this thought of women as property is still alive and well. Smh

[@janedoe7229]

How would you mistake a bear claw for a human hand. 😂

[@lesegorafoneke6766]

Lmfao😂😂😂

[@Moodboard39]

@Real Aiglon lol people lack intellectual

[@elboboalgrammari6520]

Skinned and declawed bears look a lot like skinned humans. If you have never seen a skinned bear, you really don't want to.

[@shelocsher2396]

One of those cases that I don’t necessarily feel sorry for the victim 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Moodboard39]

Some dont deserve sympathy. Hard Truth. Some people ask for it

[@January.]

I DO.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

But they all cheated anyway. What makes them special and Melvin to be a victim?

[@ciscadanielle]

Melvin didn’t cheat until after the two love birds ran off

[@rojareyhani9436]

​@@greatestnitemare6626in what world do you live? Do you expect loyalty after the afair? Oh god😅😅😅😅

[@muffs55mercury61]

Harshman is now 74 and apparently a free man. The case against him was rather weak.

[@lms3942]

It was weak but I have no doubt Harshman was guilty

[@ciscadanielle]

The Bible warns us about committing adultery. The husband’s anger will never be quenched, no matter how many gifts you give 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@maricamaas2326]

​@@ciscadanielle Yes, adultery should be taken far more seriously.

[@IronMike-f8i]

REMINDER***THE BIBLE IS A BOOK WRITTEN BY MAN.ALL BIBLES Are based on 🧚‍♀️ 🧚‍♂️ 🧚‍♂️ FAIRY TALES

[@ciscadanielle]

@@IronMike-f8i FYI, the Bible is historical accounts revealing Christ. It also contains prophesies, many of which have already come to pass, in order to validate the deity of Christ 🙏🏽

[@Ahmedaphor]

@4:50 Wait What? Did she just that he wasn’t the type of guy to run off from his family….. Just after we heard the introduction about him running off with a side chick away from his family?😶🤥 SideNote: Someone might want to tell her that Bears don’t have hands…they have paws! I’m not sure where they found this one but she doesn’t appear to be well versed!🤔

[@ladykayethesingingcomedian5189]

"There were some barn yard animals and of course they weren't talking!!!" OMG 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@matthew152]

Charlotte the spider tried telling them with her web, but apparently the detectives didn't look up😂

[@Flamsterette]

*BARNYARD

[@indiatastic]

"Melvin Snyder never listened to rock music" TRAGEDY

[@eddieroberts4892]

By the Beegees.

[@jordanalbano9780]

you live for the square dance, you die for the square dance

[@bittercaramel7652]

💀💀💀💀

[@nicholasshade1366]

⬛️💃🏼🕺🏼

[@samsngdevice5103]

The best way to get revenge when a man steals your wife, Let him keep her.

[@PeediSigel]

Some Real Deal Holyfield-type gospel right here, preach..

[@ciscadanielle]

Ya Heard. You lose ‘em how you get ‘em

[@lindamitchell-fox1926]

Honestly I don’t think I could convict anyone on what they had.

[@tonyakl5072]

my thoughts exactly! no body found, no blood, how did the prosecutors carry on with the case

[@riggs20]

I respect that, but what about the shell casings Ron lead cops to? They matched the shell casing found in the victim’s barn. I can’t think of any other reasonable explanation for that.

[@stephaniek1076]

@@riggs20 Yes, plus he was seemingly known to have a vengeful attitude. Plus, the date of Melvyn's disappearance (i.e., May 25) was a year ago to the day of when he'd run off for the affair, with Ron's wife.

[@Kbrown2018]

@@stephaniek1076 yea but just because you dont like a person (& had a good reason not to) that domt mean you could/would kill them

[@seshadri.j]

@@tonyakl5072 looks like defense had a hopeless attorney

[@addictedtothewrittenword3451]

Lol, at the subtle shade with the square dance caller saying change partners.

[@rickjames7576]

Wow, 2 in a row I watched with no real evidence to convict, but the jury did. Not saying I don't think he did it, but not enough evidence to say he did. Scary. At this rate I'm beginning to really wonder how many innocent people are in prison.

[@AmeSo85]

Yeah... guilty until you are proven innocent

[@robertmoore9808]

Right

[@amyparker9816]

They are A LOT of innocent people in US prisons

[@Blackpilled_Kremlin_Tsarina30]

@@amyparker9816 There.

[@themanwithnoname2857]

By saying that you're not saying that you think he didn't do it is revealing that there was enough to convince you otherwise. All of the circumstantial evidence as well as the casings lined up along with the witness account of his truck there at the scene of the crime; if he didn't do it then who did? Where is his gun? He had a solid motive and opportunity. This otherwise would've went on as another case where you knew in your heart the perpetrator is guilty, but not enough evidence to convict.

[@trevorE11EVEN]

7:35 you have to appreciate the fact that they actually crashed 2 cars just for us😂❤

[@ciscadanielle]

Those cars were old 😂

[@trencesmall8704]

Two classic cars, so I’m not happy

[@pdxdude6428]

Why would Joann volunteer that her husband would be home alone that day if she didn't know something was going to happen to him, I think she knew about it for sure.

[@HHH-ye1ro]

But, just not enough evidence. He should be a free man today.

[@sonnykojo-rm7tm]

Why would a correct thinking married man follow another man's wife?. it's a crazy thing to do. 😅 Why not select from the abundant plenty singles around. And for a married woman to have an open affair with another man is highly ridiculous. I would have appreciated if they gave us a piece of information concerning the previous life of this lady.

[@evosthunder]

According to Forensic Files Now, Mrs. Snyder was more angry than the show suggests.

[@ciscadanielle]

@@evosthunderIt took her 2 days to report him missing. She didn’t miss him at all!

[@rojareyhani9436]

If she did, well hats off!

[@Vlad-dc2jz]

Murder is wrong, obviously! However, sleeping with somebody else's wife or husband is very wrong too. You want to do it - you have to be ready to face the consequences.

[@ilovefreddie57]

And the square dancing guy said change partners.. so Melvin did so

[@lesegorafoneke6766]

That one put me in stitches 😂😂😂

[@Flamsterette]

That's not why he did it. Be serious!

[@ronpearson998]

Screw around with another mans wife and think everthing is going to be okay. You have at the least 50% chance of what happened.

[@kkarlson5544]

he should've been more pissed at his wife not her lover....takes 2 to tango...remember its the wife cheating on him ...and he got him back by banging his wife ...so why kill him?

[@j.r.allencook9007]

People confuse who should be punished. It basically you don't touch a woman cause your mom isn't allowed to touch you to leave you to be abused by your own father. Then when your wife cheats on you you only have one choice... even tho your wife betrayed you your experience as a kid tells you you to hurt the guy like your dad hurt you.

[@craigime]

@@j.r.allencook9007 get some therapy man

[@sfletch3042]

Infidelity isn't somehow an offense which gives anyone the right to murder. The idea is absurd. A wife isn't a piece of property nor does she belong to anyone. If men revised their ideas on the subject then they would stop feeling entitled to kill over Infidelity. Smh

[@craigime]

@@sfletch3042 you realize women do the same thing too right? or maybe you think a husband is a piece of property and belongs to someone...

[@robinjandhi6661]

The redhead investigator is foxy! 🦊😍💯

[@steelhurricane4041]

You have a crush on this lady.💛☺️

[@robinjandhi6661]

@@steelhurricane4041 Yes. Yes, I do. I really wanted to ask her out! Unfortunately in this case, I missed my copportunity and got forens-zoned. 😣

[@steelhurricane4041]

I love that dark red hair as well. She's pretty. Take Care.☺️

[@dirtyface-capone7622]

Yep.She's a cutie.

[@abocas]

This series is some 12-15 years old or more 👩🏻‍🦰 🥴

[@allymapinda8804]

If you're in a relationship and one cheats, the only solution is to go separate ways. No excuse.

[@Moodboard39]

They have fetish . And won't admit there faults

[@ghastlytsuyoshi346]

Or get revenge and kill the cheater 👹

[@horsegirlb7120]

Depends depends depends. Are there kids involved? Is one spouse financially dependent? How long did it go on for? Or was it a one night stand? What was the state of the main relationship at that time? E.g. was someone sleeping on the couch for some reason. Black and white thinking doesn't always work in real life.

[@trencesmall8704]

That’s what happened, but the husband of the woman who Melvin cheated with, couldn’t move on.

[@rojareyhani9436]

It could mess with your head pretty bad, its way different when you are married!

[@gaurathigpen2541]

Reporter Looks Like Elizabeth Shue × 10💄

[@Vlad-dc2jz]

Yes, she does! I love Elizabeth Shue! lol

[@juniormasilela2319]

Hahahaha I rushed to the comments when I heard "when mid forties married man and mid forties married women ran into the west, it's called a midlife crises, however when a midforties man die a year later they call it homicide" this is at this very moment I knew this episode is going to be bomb👌😁 dialogue, narriation , grammar lessons

[@maramarxx2431]

And no Green screen. The car crash btw Melvin and Ron is real

[@lesegorafoneke6766]

Spot on dear spot on me too i thought sp😂

[@juniormasilela2319]

@@lesegorafoneke6766 haha I can't sleep watching some episodes help me too

[@lesegorafoneke6766]

@@juniormasilela2319 that makes the 2 of us🤣🤣

[@juniormasilela2319]

@@lesegorafoneke6766 the voice covers are soothing... but in general been following this shows since it was medical detectives on etv or sabc 3 back in the day ....

[@decoren45]

This show is addictive 😭

[@curturweider9473]

I will never understand why anybody innocent or guilty would take a polygraph when it only works 60% of the time 😳that has been proven to be a FACT

[@DizzyDaDon]

ADA Angela Krom 🥰 that smile

[@mj-rg9kp]

They found bullet shells but no blood? How can they conclude he’s even dead?

[@stephaniek1076]

I wonder how long it was before he was officially declared dead?

[@Dwaynery]

That’s another issue. Sure you have a shell casing but there’s no evidence that the murder happened there with no blood present…

[@HHH-ye1ro]

Exactly. This should have never gone to trial. Harshman should be a free man today, no matter if he did it or not. No evidence. Second episode I have ever disagreed with.

[@smooth2365]

@@HHH-ye1rowell after 15 years and you never heard from the guy, that’s a pretty solid indicator he’s dead.

[@MLGPRO-dx8fg]

@@Dwaynery That bullet casing didn't belong to the victim.

[@imawade]

The narrator says he took off with a woman and went to Montana and then returns when things didn't work out. Further into the story, prosecuting attorney comes on and says, he wasn't the type of man that would just take off leaving his responsibilities Two completely different descriptions of his character. Which is true? Melvin did Ron's wife first but Ron did Melvin's wife too They're all adulterers, they're all guilty It's just too bad Melvin didn't get the chance to repent.

[@stephaniek1076]

Sounds like he did repent...did an about face and ended the affair. However, seems like it was too late in Ron's book.

[@landang7906]

19:43 I think so too, because who calls another man to say "my husband is home alone" unless to plan something on the husband?

[@Abzarad]

What kind of crime should I commit to be arrested or interrogated or prosecuted by this assist AG?

[@Deborahtunes]

I once resided in Reisterstown, Maryland, and worked at a grocery store while living there. I wonder which parking lot...?

[@phenomenalwife5380]

It's irrelevant 🙄 this ain't about u

[@Deborahtunes]

@@phenomenalwife5380 ~ I never said it was about me smart a**. I was simply wondering what parking lot. Go take your rudeness elsewhere...

[@donnacrozier1315]

Yes indeedy, forensics outways these ruthless cowards. BRAVO!

[@Dovietail]

The metal detector should have charged that farmer to pick up all the trash from his fields! You certainly can't graze stock on fields like that, as they are likely to ingest something horrible.

[@stephaniek1076]

It was likely not his trash, but an accumulation from previous owners over the years. I have seen that kind of thing with land, thd residuals of from way back when there was no trash collection, and a portion of the land was designated for refuse. Especially with farmland, and they did say there was a lot of acreage.

[@MillerGenuineDraft1980]

Watching the Square Dancing part makes me wanna fall asleep.

[@dilekavan5796]

Good work and such A dedication from the good Cops and Law enforcement team. Congratulations.💯💯💯👏👏👏

[@TNT-km2eg]

Just doing their job

[@Kelvinllovejr]

Moral of the story. Don't commit adultery on a spouse. Simply divorce them.

[@maricamaas2326]

Divorce is seldom simple; rather the opposite: It complicates matters for all involved. One takes your problems with you, instead of dealing with them. Don't commit adultery, but remain faithful - until death parts - according to the marriage vows you had made. Staying on the straight and narrow results in the best outcome.

[@rhainaweissehexe3899]

How is it that married people think that having affairs is not a risky, if not dangerous thing to do? It NEVER ends well. Is it really worth it. I have been married twice. 13 years to my forever husband. I married him because HE is the one I want to be with, just him. I could not cheat, I could not look him in the eye. I would not hurt him like that. My ex I divorced for abusive behavior. I think he cheated on me towards the end. I just don't get these people!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Please look for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson and Why does he DO that? Inside the minds of angry and controlling men by Lundy Bancroft. Explains it all. Library has both.

[@bigmich4226]

People living in those small towns always weird

[@nicholasshade1366]

I live in a small town.🤎

[@CowboyLloyd]

That's real cute the "barnyard animals weren't talking." Them mfers were holding out on him

[@johnnythewalrus]

5:50 they found a hand, but determined it wasn't a human hand....what else has hands?? Was it from, a heckin clock? I hope they didn't have to study it too hard if that were the case...

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Bear bones?

[@Joe-uo2hm]

Bears have hands?

[@nicholasshade1366]

🤎

[@AmiLyn100]

I didn't notice much of this episode but the lead detective ...Daren Hockenberry, you are one GORGEOUS man! 😁🤩🤩

[@robertrouzaud9814]

When the square dance caller called “Change partners, Mr. Snyder and Mrs. Harshman took it too literally.

[@TheWeslej]

Ron was a harsh man.

[@mythoughts67900]

Plot twist : Teresa ( Harshman wife) asked him to purchase the pistol to kill him. So once Harshman bought it, he give to his wife because she said she want to over the relationship by herself but instead Teresa gives the pistol to Melvin. Melvin fake his own death by shooting the pistol somewhere else and take the shelf casing and put it at the scene. On the day of Melvin disappearance Teresa asked his husband Harshman to call Melvin wife Joanne to check if he's at home alone. This is to create evidence for the police that Harshman know that Melvin is at home alone. Melvin has ransacked his own house and leave the scene with his car. Teresa probably asked his husband to come pick her up after she kill Melvin,but she never go to the scene. So when Harshman arrived to Melvin house,nobody is there so he come back home. When he asked his wife, Teresa probably saying the same,that Melvin is not home,she get scared and throw the pistol on her way back from there. And now this create eye witnesses that they saw Harshman car near Melvin resident on the day of his disappearance. Teresa later divorced her husband Harshman and live happily with Melvin in his new identity.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

Bro lmao

[@freespokesman670]

According to what I’m hearing I’m convinced that finally they got him

[@subzerodon]

Yes, the now judge Angela Krom was a very sexy woman back then, and she still is 🌹

[@samanthaeduardamoreira1630]

I thought Melvin was exactly the kind of man that would go away and abandon family obligations, just like he did the first time. only this time it was foul play 😮

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dantedukes5908]

Now why Ron lie on that girl like that 😂😂😂 talking about some “ ask Taressa she liked it and took the gun” knowing damn well he killed that man🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️😭 7:01

[@williammorris3303]

Let’s not make this man a sexist monster for allegedly killing the man who was sleeping with his wife. One of the things that men and women share is extreme feelings when we are hurt in that way

[@pdxdude6428]

Geez Melvin gets around, he's having all types of affairs!!!

[@davidfeltz8697]

Ttorney woman is crazy attracfive. She has the best hair.

[@thewillofabeast9079]

Many keep laughing at how the detectives say Melvin wasn’t one to up and run away except for the time he went to Montana with a married woman but I believe they said that since there was further evidence that Melvin didn’t leave willingly, and the fact that it was a one time thing, and just wanted to get his life back together. I felt bad for him and pray that he’s resting in peace. Ron is guilty due to the casing evidence, his propensity to violence towards Melvin, and motive. R.I.P Melvin Snyder, those who knew him that passed, and Peter Thomas

[@dreams2933]

This should scare everybody on here on that the evidence was not enough to convict..... same could happen to you

[@greatestnitemare6626]

He SHOT at the victim prior before. If this is you, you're a complete nut.

[@toycar8828]

they did not found the body right?

[@thewillofabeast9079]

Sadly, yes. His body is still no where to be found.

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

My Great Grandmother taught me the Gettysburg Address in my younger & more vulnerable days

[@susannah1948]

The barnyard animals should have been interrogated……..!

[@lesegorafoneke6766]

Lol

[@badkarma1289]

Except that damn sexy sheep - whatever she says is a lie!

[@nicholasshade1366]

🐮

[@Average_American0]

4:50 she stated "this wasn't the kind of man that would just run off and leave family obligations" THAT'S exactly what he just did when he went to Montana. 🤣🤣🤣

[@robertmitchell2178]

Those square dancers have a FAST side it seems!

[@Glum1964]

I’ve got so many conspiracy theories right now- this could have been Mel (maybe in Acupolco right now?) setting up Harshman. Or maybe harshman and the widow were planning on capping the other wife but it got to hot after the first murder. Oh, this could be a good movie!

[@paillette2010]

Let’s face it there was a lot of resuscitation of the victim’s tendency to “run off” by the prosecution 🤣🤣🤣

[@nachoman408]

Angela krom's hair is giving peggy bundy vibes lol

[@KingCast65]

5:52 NFN but DA Krom is fine AF. Really.

[@Hawke1022]

This show cracks me up sometimes. > Dude has an affair and runs off > "Dude never would have run off" Never see them do it with a woman; just the men.

[@kellychamberlain6093]

You risk your life by fooling around with another mans wife Sadly of course.

[@angelbelmont2190]

Man everybody was doing everybody in that town 😆

[@Moodboard39]

Sex city

[@vertoatrum]

That case was harsh, man.

[@alexmiller9461]

This case still doesn't sit well with me. No blood, no body, no proof that Melvin didn't just leave on his own accord? What? This is justice?

[@nyreekrikorian]

Why did they wait 15 years to go looking for the casing?

[@jackiekittridge-steele385]

Moral of the story : don't mess where you KNOW you shouldn't mess, if for no other reason that you don't want to get got.

[@manooch]

The victim was stubborn and stupid, he keeps having an affair with the guy's wife after being shot at by him and being missed 7:35

[@differenttakethanmost]

There’s two women who might have wanted to kill his cheatin’ heart too…

[@January.]

*There are two women

[@tedhuntington7692]

still the eyes of barnyard animals could record what happened, and be read with a nano or perhaps micro scale remote neuron reading device, or even a floating nano or microcam could possibly have captured and transmitted on images of what happened- its all highly theoretical though at this point

[@manooch]

Once I read this advice somewhere how to avoid a fight in a bar : "don't try to steal someone's date"...Here it seems the same problem, once this guy was so mad that rammed his car to victim's car 7:35 , but the victim didn't stop having affair with his wife !

[@MYRRHfamily]

Square dancing is the root of all evil

[@rupakgbikas4477]

Nice episode. Murderer got away with murder for over 15 years.

[@JuliemLeach-zv9ti]

Wait a minute melvin wouldnt run off and leave family obligations ?? Wasnt that what he did when he ran off with his girlfriend !!

[@trencesmall8704]

His case may have been overturned, but he will still answer for what happened, if he is truly guilty of that crime.

[@HHH-ye1ro]

You find a bullet 15 years later, on property, and you think it’s a smoking gun? Couldn’t ANYONE have tossed that on the property, over 15 years. Wow, come on Defense attorney! Do your job. Circumstantial!! Feel bad for this guy. Judge should have thrown this case out.

[@thewillofabeast9079]

Harshman was the only one to have a motive to harm Melvyn, evident by the fact he intentionally veered his truck into Melvyn’s before the murder and shot towards him but only missing by inches. Harshman also “coincidentally” bought a 25 caliber handgun a few weeks before the murder, which was the same caliber as the shell-casing found in Melvyn’s barn, and just so happened to have lost it. Harshman had no reason to fire a gun or for a shell-casing to be there, unless it was to kill him. And, even if he did, he should’ve provided a reason then trying to pin the handgun on his wife.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@@thewillofabeast9079 But all we know is the murder weapon came from his gun. So what? Does that mean he murdered him? Now, I want you to know I do believe Ron killed him. However the evidence given wasn't enough. How do you know that the wife of Melvin wasn't in cahoots with Ron the whole time, and she killed him with his gun? And they both disposed of the body and left? That means Ron would only be charged with accessory to murder. See how it's a bit of bs?

[@rayray80234]

I saw in other comments that his sentence was vacated due to the inmates' testimony being coerced, I think, & the defense wasn't told they were inmates. He got released in 2019 at age 70