Bastardis daughters, Roseanne Guzzo and Margaret Nicotina, say they have forgiven Diane but find it harder to forgive Daniel and Jay, who seem to them to be in denial about Dianes accountability. So 'apparently' Danny (the husband of Diane) was having an affair with Jackie Hance (the sister in-law who lost 3 daughters). You said it best. . July 24, 2011. The child calls her parents and is crying because Diane is screaming at the kids to shut the hell up. Please click here to register for free. The poor kid, his mother and sister dead, and stuck with a lamebrain asshole of a father. 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By what name was There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011) officially released in Canada in English? I wonder if he's found another woman stupid enough to marry him? Watch Official Trailer, 'There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane". Psychotic break? As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. If this was a standard ugly crash - fine, I totally buy it. 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. I recently watched this documentary and found several threads here about Diane Schuler but I can't seem to find any updates as of 2013? The answers arent there either, but its impossible not to watch. That's just another lame, totally unproven excuse for Shuler's behavior. It chronicles the Schuler family's absolute denial that Diane was drunk and high at the time of the crash.". She was pulling over to puke, ffs. The movie offers a few plausible explanations as to what might have been wrong with Diane Schuler, but ultimately it tests her family's, and its audience's, ability to accept without understanding. Leading up to the crash, it appeared as though Schuler was behaving normally. Have you had it tested? During the Taconic State Parkway crash, some eyewitnesses reported Schuler looked calm and in control. For HBO, Nancy Abraham, senior producer; Sheila Nevins, executive producer. He knows she's drunk and gets pissed and tells her to stay put because he's on his way to get his kids. I'm watching it. The hot air makes her feel worse. At least two of the calls were to her brother, Warren Hance, the father of three girls who lost their lives. Her alcoholism makes more sense. So sad. Neither of those scenarios make much sense to me. There was no fucking Ambien! HBO, Monday night at 9, Eastern and Pacific times; 8, Central time. She calls her brother. Top Critics. She decided she'd have a few belts and a few smokes; no doubt she'd done something like this before and thought she could handle it., that is, driving while intoxicated. The HBO documentary There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane tracked Daniel's journey to clear his wife's name. Senior Emma Song is a managing editor in her third year on Common Sense. Something probably happened at the camping trip that made her reconsider the entire marriage with Danny - rather than go through a divorce, "lose control" of her marriage and kids, have her children experience a traumatic separation as she did, and leave her kids to an incapable/uninterested father, she decided to remain "in control" and put the kids and herself out of this misery. Of course anything is possible in a drunken blackout, but the question is why a closet alcoholic would drink herself into a drunken blackout with those kids in the car when she'd be home so soon & her family was expecting her. I don't think this was the 1st time Diane had driven drunk with children in the car. of undigested alcohol still in her stomach (even after pulling over to vomit twice)so we know she did it. Audience Score 250+ Ratings. Very good post R40; the story fascinated me too - because it starts out as coverage of this terrible accident in which the circumstance seem so inconsistent with the person everyone thought they knew, but as the story unfolds, you get insight into what happened with this woman and how the people that think they knew her (like her sister in law) really had no clue. I read in one article that the kids were playing at the McDonalds playpen thing for an hour. The Long Island mother who drove bombed out of her mind with a minivan full of kids triggering a head-on collision that killed 8 routinely bellied up to the bar and griped about her failing marriage and stressful job, a drinking buddy told The Post. Sonny arrives at his restaurant and gives Dex, who is there, the night off. Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt? I just assumed anecdotally that it was pretty rare. She also tested positive for marijuana use. Your contribution will allow us to purchase equipment and cover our annual website hosting costs. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. 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?). Yeah, Diane's brother not calling the police right away is the tip off for me that they all knew she was drunk. After reading in the NY Daily News that Aunt Diane *left her cell phone on the side of the road* after that last mysterious phone call with the brother (purposely leaving it behindthe only item she did that with) and suddenly driving pin straight 80-85mph down the wrong side of the freeway (after she had weaved and tailgated and driven erratically before for 60 miles and the the brother said he was on his way and for her to stay put after the last phone call) I definitely think she did it on purpose. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. They stalked and harassed her for months leading up to it. There was actually at least 2 cases in my town where a drunk driver killed themselves and innocent people by driving on the wrong side of the highway. Your donation will support the student journalists of Thomas S. Wootton High School. I guess it's over. She leaves her phone on the barrier on the side of the road. She's seen becoming visibly ill. She gets shitfaced to work up the courage and to offer a reason for the crash as an accident vs a simple suicide. That's always seemed obvious to me r79, she was clearly an undercover alchie. 1 hr 39 mins. Those accents. The film follows Dianes husband and sister-in-law, who have been trying to clear Dianes name ever since her death. That is a big jump for someone who drinks too heavily but generally keeps good outward appearances. God rest her soul. Her husband, brother and sister-in-law all know she's impaired but figure it's something she always does so she'll manage. A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. "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. I do.). -, Press J to jump to the feed. But she warned her father that she was going to be late, and would not arrive home on time for drama rehearsal. The filmmakers were able to obtain medical records that had eluded them and helped them to get answers from a private investigator they had hired. There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane (2011) From the movie's offset, we know that something terrible has happened. Schuler, one of her children and three of her young nieces in the minivan were killed, as were three people in the northbound car she hit. Hard to find anything "interesting" about that. She drives up the Taconic the wrong way and doesn't even realize it. This story has been shared 106,144 times. The film, however, raised more questions than it answered. Depression and mental health can cause a person to do insane things. Bastardi and several attorneys associated with the court cases declined to discuss the cases Wednesday. She continues along and her head is pounding. Diane Schuler was a time bomb waiting to happen. Liz Garbus, an Oscar and Emmy nominee for The Farm: Angola, USA, takes a hard look at those questions in a new documentary, Theres Something Wrong With Aunt Diane. It will be shown on HBO on Monday, nearly two years to the day since Ms. Schuler drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County, N.Y., causing the crash that killed her and seven other people, including her daughter and three nieces. On Sunday, July 26, 2009, Diane Schuler set off in her car toward home on Long Island, a drive she had made numerous times before. The Laurie Show case from the 90's. She was brutally murdered by the pregnant girlfriend of a boy who sexually assaulted her. It has all of the hallmarks of intention in it. Whatever, It's a really good episode. The primary interviewees are Schuler's husband, Daniel, and sister-in-law, Jay, who are convinced that the toxicology report showing Schuler's high level of alcohol and THC intoxication was inaccurate, or that Schuler did not knowingly consume the intoxicants. This is apparently why she took the girls with her. [1] It premiered on HBO on July 25, 2011.[2]. Not 100% anyway. It happens much more than you think, usually without injury or fatalities. It's obviously sad for the kids and the guys she killed, but that incredibly tightly-wound, perfectionist women seemed like a time bomb. But when toxicology reports revealed Schuler was heavily intoxicated at the time of the crash, it seemed like an open and closed case of drunk driving. And she tried to hide all this anger by smoking pot and drinking in secret. She definitely could have been. I'm not saying that is the answer, or that I'm remembering 100% correctly, but after reading those first-hand accounts, I was convinced it could have played a role in her behavior. Thanks for taking the time to write this up. Her hands are on the wheel in the 2:00 and 10:00 position. She's seen becoming visibly ill. She gets shitfaced to work up the courage and to offer a reason for the crash as an accident vs a simple suicide. Schuler had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19, more than twice the legal limit. Authorities want to figure out if Schuler, who denied that his wife even liked the taste of alcohol, is a danger to his son. Reportedly, she had her hands firmly on the steering wheel at "ten and two" while she stared straight ahead. This story has been shared 136,057 times. Oh, I'm sure she was bothered; bothered by being left holding the bag while her dipshit husband went on his merry way. Just as eyewitnesses reported Schuler seemed to have her faculties at the time of the crash, two witnesses from the campgrounds later maintained there was nothing out of the ordinary when Schuler and the family left. Maybe all the adults were heavy drinkers and MJ smokers. R40, I didn't know about Diane's mother abandoning her at 9 years old. Five years after a violent wrong-way collision on the Taconic State Parkway killed eight people including four young children a flurry of civil lawsuits stemming from the crash have been dropped or quietly settled, with the terms sealed by a state judge. Schuler was driving the five children from Hunter Lake Campground in the Catskills. She purposely killed the kids and herself because she was an angry control freak. judging from the death photos, R86, no. Worth the watch. 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. God will deal with the rest. For the last couple of months, she didnt appear to be a happy woman.. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Someone suggested that she wasn't looking for pain meds in there but for alcohol. If you drink and smoke weed WHILE driving in the morning, you aren't just a heavy drinker or a functional alcoholic- you REALLY can't cope without substances if you take that big of a risk. But so many who knew Schuler described her as the perfect wife and mother, and so the desperate hunt for answers began. reveals a complex and complicated case as opposed to one solved by simple or reductive analysis. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane. As mentioned by the source, Diane was driving a red 2003 Ford Windstar that belonged to her brother. She then asked the SIL for tickets for her and her husband and one of their kids to see one of the nieces in a play at church that she was starring in. Diane, who was the subject of both the HBO documentary There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane, and a 2009 episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show, was behind the wheel of her brother's minivan when she crashed headfirst into another car in July 2009. Or maybe not in secret; it wouldn't have been hard to hide her alcoholism from that clueless family. You'd think she had no anger at all. Something happened on the trip that made her snap. I think the most aggravating thing (not the most devastating thing, as that would be the death of innocent children) about this case is that we will simply never know what in the hell really happened to cause her to behave the way she did. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane. A 1.75-liter bottle of Absolut was found in Schulers wrecked Ford Windstar after the fiery July 26 smash-up, which killed her, her 2-year-old daughter, her three young nieces and three Yonkers men in the SUV she hit. Its actually pretty common. This contrasts with the aftermath of her actions. Schuler's family, including her husband, Daniel Schuler, blamed her bizarre behavior on an undefined medical condition. [quote] One rumor was that she suspected her husband was having an affair with her sister-in-law. Required fields are marked *. "The terms of the settlement are confidential and the court records are sealed," attorney Kevin Grennan, of Garden City, said Wednesday. Then Emma made her anguished cry. or was she doing it right in front of them? Done deal. She's going really fast because she just wants to get home and go to bed. Nearly two years after the accident, Theres Something Wrong With Aunt Diane, a documentary on HBO, reveals previously unknown information about that day, and sheds light on the unknown side of Schuler. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (HBO Docs) HBODocs 149K subscribers Subscribe 291 Share 420K views 11 years ago Subscribe to HBO Docs: http://itsh.bo/10r45k3 "There's. Are these the people who snap? She ignored her brothers entreaties to stay put. Shes gone, he said, choking up. Family members often are. Schuler's surviving husband, Daniel, spent years denying Schuler was intoxicated at the time of the accident and insisted she was an upstanding wife and mother. In the L&O episode the Diane character was threatening to whistle blow on the uselessness of an expensive cancer drug her company was promoting, so a co-worker silenced her by covertly getting her drunk and high. Was she a habitual drinker, and if so, did her husband and other family members know? Her minivan collided with an SUV, resulting in the deaths of Schuler, her daughter, her three nieces, and three passengers in the other car. Actually I do think Diane's husband was simple minded. From the movie, "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane," it did seem like Diane's husband & the sister-in-law were having an affair. I don't know how much you'd have to take to sleep drive or sleep eat. She also said something to her brother during that last phone call that was probably very telling about her motives. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane is a 2011 documentary television film directed by Liz Garbus about the 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash. The story of Diane Schuler and the horrifying collision she caused is a series of mysteries that probably can't be solved but that could, from some angles, be seen as fairly easy . Thank you, Janice Min. If you believe this was accidental, there are two scenarios: 1) shes a raging alcoholic, in which case .19 doesnt get her to this state, or 2) she isnt an alcoholic, but decided on this day to get hammered and high with 7 kids in the car? [2] Premise [ edit] Diane Schuler, 30 who died in the wrong-way crash on the Taconic Parkway recently seemed under pressure, like work and family were getting to her, said the pal, Sheila, who asked that her last name be withheld. It's heart breaking that the witnesses that saw her getting sick - throwing up did not walk over to see if she needed assistance. Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report. The missing Yuba boys always make me think this too. (Not making sure his 2 year old daughter had a car seat?). This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. She has time on the drive to ponder things, and seems to be driving aimlessly. I think it started to sink in to Jay Schuler toward the end, when the investigator hired by Dominic Barbara (sic?) You are a PARENT and you drive when you are drunk and high? It is also possible to buy "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane" on Apple iTunes as download or rent it on Apple iTunes online. And then ignored her children's screams of terrors and pleas to pull over as traffic was coming head on. If this was a tv movie Rosie O'Donnell could play Diane and Patton Oswalt could be Danny. She was a murderer that took the lives of 5 innocent children and 3 innocent men and her husband, bother and sister-in-laws - Jackie and Jay all covered for her. R76 I also agree she had likely made the decision and was determined to go out wasted. Its really bizarre and I admit I dont understand this case in that way. The documentary opens with several harried calls to 911, describing a . If she did it to excess or was actually an alcoholic it would have been easy to hide it from that clueless family. Its so tragic and unfortunate when there are no survivors left to report on an incident. Daniel Schuler and his in-laws, Warren and Jackie Hance, later sued each other over the crash. Would it? It did show a blood alcohol level of 0.19 and high levels of thc from smoking weed up to 15 minutes before she died. I just find it hard to believe this woman was an alcoholic and no one thought that she should not drive the kids around. She was the breadwinner in the family and had to take full responsibility for the kids. No mystery! Thats insane. The Bastardi and Longo families pushed for prosecutors to convene a grand jury, but it never happened. We are still being dodged by all the questions that we wanted answered.". Dua Lipa, 27, confirms her romance with Rita Ora's ex Romain Gavras, 41, as they leave Saint Laurent's Paris Fashion Week show Advertisement 'Please say there's going to be a sequel!': Jesus Christ! She drove against traffic for roughly 1.7 miles at speeds reportedly as high as 85 miles per hour. "We just didn't get the answers we needed," said Bastardi, 55. The dad hastily exited a she wasnt drunk press conference yesterday to be grilled by Nassau County child welfare workers, whom he met at the Westchester hospital where his son, Bryan, 5, was recovering from his injuries. If just one had made it wed maybe not be debating it at all. The drive takes about 40 min, but she's gone for over an hour when her brother called. The drinking and pot, to me, seem like probable 'working herself up to actually doing it after deciding to do it' aids. 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. This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. Currently you are able to watch "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane" streaming on HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel. This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. The articles and interview with investigators at a press conference said that Diane had the equivalent of 10 drinks in her system and that a giant empty bottle of Absolut Vodka was found on the floor of the drivers side as witnesses pulled Dianes body out of the burning vehicle. Perhaps this one got more coverage as a result of the documentary. "I'm watching this now (for the 4th or 5th time) -- where do you see that she was "full of rage?". There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane TV Movie 2011 TV-MA 1 h 41 m IMDb RATING 6.7 /10 5.8K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 0:47 1 Video 6 Photos Documentary Crime This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. I wouldn't be surprised if Danny and her got into some fight, he said something he regretted, and likely feels some responsibility for what happened, but is afraid of criminal/legal/financial repercussions. Meanwhile, his lawyer, Dominic Barbara, backed away from a report that he would seek another autopsy on Dianes body, now saying hed not decided what to do.. 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. The simple truth is that she guzzled vodka and smoked pot, got blotto and killed eight people, including herself. "It's been a long five years," said Michael Bastardi Jr., whose father and brother were killed when Diane Schuler of Long Island drove her minivan head-on into their car. I drink and smoke at home -- NO ONE would expect it of me! Revisiting the accident that occurred on July 26, 2009, when Diane Schuler drove the wrong way on New York's Taconic State Parkway and collided with . She got a phone call from her brother and spoke with to him for two minutes before leaving her phone and driving off. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! The autopsy showed no.traces of Ambien in her system. Diane Schuler, from what is known about her, was a very angry, controlling, impulsive person. This one always bothers me because both "sides" (accident versus intentional) have some pieces that make sense, but some parts that just don't fit. told her on the phone that his independent lab tests returned the same results as the original autopsy regarding Diane's blood alcohol levels. According to the documentary, they simply cannot reconcile the toxicology results with the loving mother and aunt who would never knowingly endanger her children.. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." I think she was drinking/smoking for liquid courage and was resolved to murder-suicide that day. I just hope her son grows up relatively okay. The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth: Season 8, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. I'm watching this now (for the 4th or 5th time) -- where do you see that she was "full of rage? It's August - hot and humid. | Jul 2, 2018. This seems highly unlikely to me. The McDonalds employees and the camp ground owner also swear that Diane wasnt drunk when they saw and interacted with them that morning. "July 25, 2011: HBO releases "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane," with the cooperation of Daniel Schuler and his sister-in-law Jay. Clearly, Diane had a lot of responsibility on her shoulders in that family. Columbia School of Journalism. Regardless, I think the evidence still suggests intent - her driving behavior while on the highway seemed to imply control of the vehicle. (If you are a man, you will have difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection.) Maybe one of them could have interceded and prevented the accident. In the aftermath, Diane Schuler was portrayed as a reckless drunk and a mother who cracked. I think R21 has it. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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. Do you think we mischaracterized a critic's review. She had a demanding job, a no good husband and two children she was totally responsible for. She gets out of the car a few times to puke. Now not only is she drunk and high but she's really really mad. Much of the material Ms. Garbus presents has been on the record already, most prominently in an article by Steve Fishman in New York magazine in November 2009. No one who works with, used to work with, knows, used to know, went to school with or otherwise could dish some gossip on daniel schuler? I mean would that have been so hard? At one point the retarded hubby said "could she have been hallucinating and drinking vodka thinking it was water?" Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! There are two contradictory sets of questions in the case, depending on who is asking, and Ms. Garbus pursues them all. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. NR. Plus, as the documentary unfolds, we're given more and more insights into the personal problems that may have led her to Diane's final destructive act. No telling what he said/did that morning to set things in motion. One thing is clear child welfare authorities are having trouble accepting that Daniel Schuler was clueless that his wife was drinking and drugging while driving. The July 26, 2009, crash was one of Westchester County's most horrific. There are signs, EVERYONE IGNORED THESE SIGNS? But I lean towards intentional act. Also: none of the kids were in car seats or had seat belts on and all of them were just crammed next to each other on the seats in the backseat. The World Is Ending: Amazon Rainforest, dying? The "last hurrah " at McDonalds theory is just chilling if that was her intention.Jesus. Grennan was the attorney in one of the Westchester County cases, representing Bryan Schuler, who was 5 at the time and the sole survivor, and the estate of Erin Schuler, 2, who was killed. I wonder if he's still a security guard? Money will out eventually. She was quick tempered and impulsive. Thats my theory as to why the brother wont talk about their conversation. Diane had been overweight; when she lost the weight she married the first bum that came along, namely Danny Schuler.

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