I know everyone is suing everyone, the Hances had a baby and there were two books written by family members of those killed. That's just another lame, totally unproven excuse for Shuler's behavior. A wife and mother, who was also a cable TV executive, emerges in the film as a woman who strove to be perfect, often referred to as supermom by friends and family. That child knew she was in trouble. R65 that's no way to describe Datalounge Danny! Well, there are a lot of theories, so I don't subscribe 100% to any of them. She had a lot of pent up rage. Jackie Hance had another baby to replace the three girls she lost. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. Michael Bastardi Jr., who wrote a book about the experience, remains convinced that the Schuler and Hance families can provide some details to shed light on the events of that day. I agree that it was likely a murder-suicide. Medical examiners also foundtraces of THCin her system. Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt? Why not just drink enough to take the edge off & get home safely? Many theories abound as to whether Schuler deliberately caused the crash that killed her family members. 59%. Also: the alleged drinking buddy in the article says that Dianes favorite drink was a screwdriver and that she had a super high tolerance foryou guessed it.vodka! She leaves her phone on the barrier on the side of the road. Why didn't she just leave the car and kill herself by jumping off a bridge or something? The HBO documentary There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane tracked Daniel's journey to clear his wife's name. In sharp contrast to the toxicology report, Schuler had no known history of substance abuse or psychological problems and was generally known as a loving and stable wife and mother. She got a phone call from her brother and spoke with to him for two minutes before leaving her phone and driving off. He's currently serving a prison sentence if I remember right. As one of the worst motor-vehicle accidents in New York State history, the tragedy quickly became national news. The World Is Ending: Amazon Rainforest, dying? He blamed gestational diabetes, though Diane was not known to be pregnant. Aunt Diane on her wedding day; I was surprised that she doesnt look like an evil lush (I havent seen the documentary yet). At one point the retarded hubby said "could she have been hallucinating and drinking vodka thinking it was water?" 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Her husband: deny deny deny. Was she really the reckless drunk, or the perfect suburban mother? Maintaining cookie cutters lives is not worth the price. Sam Adams Time Out Chicago. And that poor little boy Bryan, the only survivor of the crash; I wonder how he's doing, and if he's fully recovered from his injuries. --. 1 hr 39 mins. Schulers fatal crash contributed to the passing of the Child Passenger Protection Act. The story of Diane Schuler and the horrifying collision she caused is a series of mysteries that probably cant be solved but that could, from some angles, be seen as fairly easy to explain. The 2 kept insisting that if Diane had had alcohol problems, they would have know about it. Witnesses state her expression was serene and oblivious - as if she was completely unaware she was going the wrong way. Its really bizarre and I admit I dont understand this case in that way. Yeah, Diane's brother not calling the police right away is the tip off for me that they all knew she was drunk. Interesting. Something happened on the trip that made her snap. [R40] is on the nose, too. Since this aired I have read comments saying that it could have been that Diane blacked out after taking Ambien. This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. And it was entirely her own fault. judging from the death photos, R86, no. The HBO documentary "There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane" takes a hard look at Diane Schuler's horrifying car crash in 2009, which killed her and seven other people. Terms and Policies I'll add a key piece of evidence - her BAC of 0.19. "When you are on Ambien you could eat a whole meal and drink a bottle of booze and not even know it. There was one interesting scene where, when asked if the family was going to pay to exhume the body and do more testing, sister in law Jay said something to the effect of, "well we can't do that because we don't have Diane's salary coming in anymore." Schuler's son, Bryan, who was 5 at the time, was the only survivor. Are these the people who snap? This article about a historical documentary film is a stub. This was very close to the actual incident timewise, so much of what we know now hadn't come out yet. This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. I'm a parent, and can understand how a person could drive in that condition. This story has been shared 106,144 times. Take a damn uber. WTF? The decisions she made ended eight lives, four of them children. You are a PARENT and you drive when you are drunk and high? .14 - .19 The "good feelings" of euphoria begin to give way to some negative feelings such as anxiety and restlessness. Because it would reveal far too much, R27. And she tried to hide all this anger by smoking pot and drinking in secret. Have the Hances had to give any testimony through the various lawsuits about what happened on that day? Her hands are on the wheel in the 2:00 and 10:00 position. R21 does make sense. I don't know how much you'd have to take to sleep drive or sleep eat. Yet she had no choice but to ride on, helplessly, to her death. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! The Laurie Show case from the 90's. She was brutally murdered by the pregnant girlfriend of a boy who sexually assaulted her. click ACCEPT. Dr. Obrecht Learns if She's a Bone Marrow Match for Willow Plus, Nikolas' Whereabouts Are Revealed. Some features on this site require registration. Why does it seem the brother is covering up for Diane? I'm going to go Google this case now because I want more info on the phone call with the brother. All in all, I find this case fascinating but so frustrating because we will never actually know for sure. This was the morning/early afternoon, in a car, with a bunch of small children. Now she's sick to her stomach and bombed out of her mind. I agree with most of your points except that I don't think the goal of the documentary filmmakers was to find a medical reason for what she did. Full Review She eventually crashed into an oncoming SUV, which ended up killing herself and seven others. Those accents. Interesting suggestion. Let's also consider the evidenceshe drove perfectly to a McDonald's, rest stop, etc., had the cohesion to use her phone and make a call, but somehow cannot recognize the fact that she is driving on the wrong side of the highway, and does so perfectly straight without any swerving, etc. No, Emma, the oldest Hance child, called her MOTHER, and it was to her mother she said "there's something wrong with Aunt Diane." This was at 12:58PM. It was strange that they featured her four high school friends and one person who seemed just a neighbor on the documentary but no real intimates or who knew her in her daily life. When Emma made that final call to her father, she also said how her aunt was having trouble seeing and talking funny [] slurring. Investigators later recovered a vodka bottle from the TrailBlazer. The gas station/store attendant said she was sober as well when she care in to try to buy some Tylenol. "I do hope, someday," Bastardi said, "maybe if they have a change of heart they'll reach out and we'll find out what really went on. She was just impaired enough that it probably felt like just a dream. I would have IMMEDIATELY called the cops. Some viewers may complain that Theres Something Wrong With Aunt Diane is on the side of Mr. Schuler and his wifes other defenders, because Ms. Garbus spends more time with him and his sister-in-law, Jay Schuler, than with anyone else. Many theories abound as to whether Schuler deliberately caused the crash that killed her family members. "I'm really honestly just disgusted the way this whole thing went. She said something about it during the call to her brother. [1] It premiered on HBO on July 25, 2011. A guy I went to college with got on the highway going the wrong way, drunk, supposedly after taking a nap at a rest area. I do have to go to sleep right away cuz it makes me ravingly hungry. Thats my theory as to why the brother wont talk about their conversation. This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. She was pulling over to puke, ffs. End of story. I think she did it only after being set off by some event during the camping trip and because drinking and being high gave her the "courage" and decreased her judgement. A wife and mother, who was also a cable TV executive, emerges in the film as a woman who strove to be perfect, often referred to as supermom by friends and family. I think the theory that she had been molested by the brother makes sense, that she killed his kids in revenge. Her actions on that day, and in the past, were thrust under careful scrutiny by the public. He didnt realize it until the police told him. She definitely could have been. Things had likely been spiraling in the relationship for a while - unhappiness, feeling overburdened, etc. She struck me as someone who worked hard & played hardprobably had a personality disorder or something. The whole documentary just fascinates me. Did she plan to kill all the kids before the camping trip or did she decide it suddenly when she was was driving home? The accident made national headlines: a suburban mother drove the wrong way on the Taconic Parkway in New York and crashed head-on into an SUV, killing herself and seven others. I can understand her being consumed with grief but it feels like she's holding back and it makes it more tragic. In the aftermath, Diane Schuler was portrayed as a reckless drunk and a mother who cracked. Four lawsuits have been settled from a 2009 crash that killed eight after a drunk and high West Babylon woman drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway, according to court documents and attorneys handling two of the cases. Diane had been overweight; when she lost the weight she married the first bum that came along, namely Danny Schuler. So whats the theory of when exactly she can cracked open the giant bottle of vodka and was smoking all the pot (seems like it might have happened quite fast?). His eventual response, a dramatic high point in the film, is not what they had hoped for. After watching, I poked around Reddit and was shocked to see that the general consensus seems to be that she over-medicated and went into an incoherent state leading to the crash. He even admits he never wanted kids and is now stuck with the guy. I don't really get the ambien thing either. Diane Schuler, from what is known about her, was a very angry, controlling, impulsive person. Why can't he give the Bastardis answers to their questions? Ms. Garbus offered to move forward the fitful investigation that Mr. Schuler and Jay Schuler have sponsored in their effort to vindicate Diane, or at least to explain her behavior. She's really tired from partying all weekend without sleep, thus the iced coffee. Documentary. Not one person who has a cousin who is married to someone who used to work with diane schuler? I think R21 nailed it. She was supposedly texting and the police ruled out the kids as being a distraction. If just one had made it wed maybe not be debating it at all. There was no fucking Ambien! I'm glad the Bastardis sued and got some compensation for the loss of their loved ones. I was thrown a little that they showed Diane's corpse at the accident scene. And I could see the stop at McDonald's to let the kids play as being a "last hoorah" of sorts for them (which is so fucking sad). IMO, the most logical explanation is that she was hungover and stopped at McDonalds to get OJ for the vodka we know was in the car, to take the edge off her hangover. I do.). But so many who knew Schuler described her as the perfect wife and mother, and so the desperate hunt for answers began. R39, I just saw the documentary. After all, Princess Diana's mother abandoned her at 6 years old, and look what a nut she turned out to be. I mean would that have been so hard? The documentary opens with several harried calls to 911, describing a . Warren, her dad, came in at the end of the conversation and called back at 1:02PM where he spoke to Diane and she was slurring, incoherent and called him Danny. It messed her up. She overdid it and.the rest is history. The drinking and pot, to me, seem like probable 'working herself up to actually doing it after deciding to do it' aids. But she packages it well in a film thats like a more meticulous and dignified version of one of those network television prime-time crime compendiums a 48 Hours Mystery with more heart and brain. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. ", I agree that she was drunk and high, btw. Tomatometer 1 Reviews. By what name was There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011) officially released in Canada in English? The collision killed Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter and her three nieces Emma Hance, 8; Alyson Hance, 7; and Katie Hance, 5. Emma took the phone to tell her dad that she had a great time camping upstate with the Schulers. In 2011, Liz Garbus directed the film There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane for HBO, a film that features interviews with Schuler's husband Daniel and her sister-in-law, Jay, who insist that she was not a drinker and couldn't or wouldn't have deliberately put the children in danger. Shes my little girl. [1] It premiered on HBO on July 25, 2011.[2]. Other excuses for her: she was having a stroke, she was having a seizure, she had diabetes, she had a tooth abscess, she had a cyst on her leg that may be induced a blood clot. I drink and smoke at home -- NO ONE would expect it of me! 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