Marie Walsh had a secret that left her family stunned. On "Shocking Family Secrets" she talked about the day a police officer knocked on her door and showed her a very familiar mugshot. It was hers.
"I was an escaped convict and I kept it secret from my family for 30 years," Walsh admitted.
Her husband was so shocked, he couldn't make sens of what was happening. "The whole thing is surreal in so many ways; straight out of a move or out of a book," he said.
At age 19, Walsh explained, she unwittingly got caught up in a drug deal while hanging out with a friend, and was sent to prison for 10 to 20 years. Out of desperation, she escaped after serving only 14 months and started going by a different name.
Oprah.com notes that after being caught again, Walsh only had to serve about a year in prison before she was let go.
"I was an escaped convict and I kept it secret from my family for 30 years," Walsh admitted.
Her husband was so shocked, he couldn't make sens of what was happening. "The whole thing is surreal in so many ways; straight out of a move or out of a book," he said.
At age 19, Walsh explained, she unwittingly got caught up in a drug deal while hanging out with a friend, and was sent to prison for 10 to 20 years. Out of desperation, she escaped after serving only 14 months and started going by a different name.
Oprah.com notes that after being caught again, Walsh only had to serve about a year in prison before she was let go.
- 12/24/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
Marie Walsh had a secret that left her family stunned. On "Shocking Family Secrets" she talked about the day a police officer knocked on her door and showed her a very familiar mugshot. It was hers.
"I was an escaped convict and I kept it secret from my family for 30 years," Walsh admitted.
Her husband was so shocked, he couldn't make sens of what was happening. "The whole thing is surreal in so many ways; straight out of a move or out of a book," he said.
At age 19, Walsh explained, she unwittingly got caught up in a drug deal while hanging out with a friend, and was sent to prison for 10 to 20 years. Out of desperation, she escaped after serving only 14 months and started going by a different name.
Oprah.com notes that after being caught again, Walsh only had to serve about a year in prison before she was let go.
"I was an escaped convict and I kept it secret from my family for 30 years," Walsh admitted.
Her husband was so shocked, he couldn't make sens of what was happening. "The whole thing is surreal in so many ways; straight out of a move or out of a book," he said.
At age 19, Walsh explained, she unwittingly got caught up in a drug deal while hanging out with a friend, and was sent to prison for 10 to 20 years. Out of desperation, she escaped after serving only 14 months and started going by a different name.
Oprah.com notes that after being caught again, Walsh only had to serve about a year in prison before she was let go.
- 12/24/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
When Tan Siok Siok created a website asking tweeters to contribute ideas for a Twitter documentary she wondered if people would be willing to share their stories. The success of the crowdsourcing experiment took the film-maker and her crew on a fascinating journey, 140 characters at a time
To understand the growth of social media one first has to realise from where it came. Around the middle of the 1990s internet service providers gave millions of home computer users the chance to explore the internet. Technology has since progressed so that it is possible to pick up emails or update one's social media status on a mobile telephone or tablet computer that fits neatly into a bag.By the time Twitter emerged as a 140-character microblogging service in 2006, most home users were familiar with the 'netiquette' of social media behaviour, whether sharing photos with friends and family or sharing opinions with like-minded peers.
To understand the growth of social media one first has to realise from where it came. Around the middle of the 1990s internet service providers gave millions of home computer users the chance to explore the internet. Technology has since progressed so that it is possible to pick up emails or update one's social media status on a mobile telephone or tablet computer that fits neatly into a bag.By the time Twitter emerged as a 140-character microblogging service in 2006, most home users were familiar with the 'netiquette' of social media behaviour, whether sharing photos with friends and family or sharing opinions with like-minded peers.
- 9/15/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Filed under: TV Replay
Marie Walsh, who was known as Susan LeFevre when she was arrested for selling heroin in 1975, was on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' (weekdays, syndicated) talking about her experience as a fugitive.
Walsh was 19-years-old when she was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison, but she escaped after a year and built a new life for herself with a new name, getting married and having three kids. Walsh was always waiting for the day she would be caught ... and she finally was.
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Marie Walsh, who was known as Susan LeFevre when she was arrested for selling heroin in 1975, was on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' (weekdays, syndicated) talking about her experience as a fugitive.
Walsh was 19-years-old when she was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison, but she escaped after a year and built a new life for herself with a new name, getting married and having three kids. Walsh was always waiting for the day she would be caught ... and she finally was.
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- 4/7/2011
- by Nick Zaino
- Aol TV.
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