Watch Official Trailer, 'There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane". 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. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. 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. But that's where the evidence leads me, sadly. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. We do know that Diane got into an argument with the counterboy at McDonalds because her son wanted Chicken McNuggets and they were only serving breakfast but that's who Diane was, wanted to make sure the children all got what they want. Verified Audience. July 25, 2011 Diane Schuler was a 36-year-old woman from New York. Aunt Diane on her wedding day; I was surprised that she doesnt look like an evil lush (I havent seen the documentary yet). God will deal with the rest. It messed her up. It was in her blood and there was still 6 (was it ounces or quarts?) 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. Schuler, a manager in Cablevisions accounting department, would suck down screwdrivers at a Long Island saloon, where she was a regular the past few years and usually came by herself, her pal said, adding: I wouldnt say she was an alcoholic, but she liked her drinks. Watchlist. My r11 that was an interesting take. "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 agree that it was likely a murder-suicide. I was surprised she wouldnt have a car seat at least. With her were five young children: her son, her daughter, and three nieces. He was not worth putting up with. Were the campers near them during the weekend ever interviewed to see if there was something that occurred to set her off? I have no idea. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000281.htm. Also, did any of her coworkers come forward to say what she was like to work with and if she showed any signs of problem drinking (calling out often, making up excuses to stay home, etc)? That does make the marriage was was in major trouble thing make sense. This is a family who is trying desperately (almost to the point of irrationality) to preserve her imageOR, more likely, to deflect any potential legal or financial responsibility from themselves. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The Bastardi and Longo families pushed for prosecutors to convene a grand jury, but it never happened. 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. And it was entirely her own fault. hbo Poisoned Apple Donate to Common Sense $1496 $2000 Contributed Our Goal I don't think there's any disputing the outcome here but regardless it's a crazy story and a reasonably well done documentary/movie. This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. All three passengers in the other vehicle were killed, as were Diane, her daughter and three nieces. It would make more sense if she had wanted to end it all and take the children with her to have them unsecured at that point. Shes gone, he said, choking up. She was quick tempered and impulsive. Would it? In There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane, award-winning director Liz Garbus (see below) explores the facts and speculation surrounding this tragic accident. Schuler's family, including her husband, Daniel Schuler, blamed her bizarre behavior on an undefined medical condition. Top Critics. Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt? Diane Schuler was a time bomb waiting to happen. It's not just Jane Fonda feeling bummed out watching 'The Vietnam War.'. 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. Before this call, Schuler made three, increasingly frantic calls from her cell not the one, calm conversation thats been previously reported. Not all alcoholics develop liver damage (and those who do usually develop it between 40-50), so the lack of liver disease in her autopsy doesnt tell us much. The HBO documentary There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane tracked Daniel's journey to clear his wife's name. The Laurie Show case from the 90's. She was brutally murdered by the pregnant girlfriend of a boy who sexually assaulted her. 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. 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. The collision occurred after the troubled West Babylon resident drove south for 1.7 miles in the northbound lanes of the Taconic Parkway. No fucking mystery, she was completely impaired, sick from too my alcohol and angry. No telling what he said/did that morning to set things in motion. Her marriage seemed a bit rocky, and I think she felt trapped by it, the friend said of Schulers relationship with her husband, Daniel, a Nassau County public-safety officer. Do you think we mischaracterized a critic's review. Things had likely been spiraling in the relationship for a while - unhappiness, feeling overburdened, etc. He's currently serving a prison sentence if I remember right. (Name will only be used to verify billing.). [quote] Her husband, brother and sister-in-law all know she's impaired but figure it's something she always does so she'll manage. Reportedly, she had her hands firmly on the steering wheel at "ten and two" while she stared straight ahead. Columbia School of Journalism. 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. That last weekend she was stuck with a long drive and five kids while her cluck of a husband took off with just the dog. Leaving the phone behind on the side of the road and then getting in the minivan with the kids for the final time looks pretty bad. Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, The Mandalorian Creators Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni on Grogus Force Training and the Darksabers Significance. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter Currently you are able to watch "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane" streaming on HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel. Essentially, some people said they could buy that the weed + booze = her being so out of her mind disoriented the crash was an "accident" (in quotes there cuz obviously she could have abstained from both and voila, no accident at all). So no basic car safety was used for any of the 5 kidseven the 2 year old? 2011. Five young children were in the car as well: her son, her daughter and three nieces. No doubt she was pissed and irritated. Thats insane. 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. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane TV-MA | original | 1 HR 40 MIN | 2011 WATCH NOW Watch on HBO 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. She's not weaving. I would side with you that it was murder/suicide. Privacy Policy and the I think the theory that she had been molested by the brother makes sense, that she killed his kids in revenge. I was thrown a little that they showed Diane's corpse at the accident scene. The simple truth is that she guzzled vodka and smoked pot, got blotto and killed eight people, including herself. That child knew she was in trouble. I want to clear her name, he said. This was a mentally unstable woman who did a great job of hiding it, had problems in her marriage, had reached a tipping point, and wanted to keep "control" by making sure her children didn't grow up without her. -, Press J to jump to the feed. Available on iTunes, HBO Max. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (1,682) 6.7 1 h 40 min 2011 18+ [HBO] HD. Emma took the phone to tell her dad that she had a great time camping upstate with the Schulers. I do not get why she stayed with that asshole husband of hers. Evidence is mounting that someone had to have known Diane was a danger. Anyone can read what you share. Two things that I haven't seen answered anywhere in the media. She's going really fast because she just wants to get home and go to bed. I have never before witnessed or heard of an alcoholic get so messed up that they lose control or cohesion to this extent. [R21] sounds like he/she was right in the car! 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. 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. Psychotic break? Ah, thanks, R73. Hello. Take a look at 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. [R40] is on the nose, too. The July 26, 2009, crash was one of Westchester County's most horrific. 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. Nine days after her deadly crash, Dianes toxicology report revealed she had a blood-alcohol content of .19% the equivalent of ten drinks and more than twice the legal limit as well as a high blood level of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. She was pissed and angry, and wanted to ease her tension by drinking and smoking pot. There was also a quid pro quo at work. Meanwhile, her husband, Daniel Schuler, was in another vehicle. Copyright Fandango. I think we all know of someone in our lives or social circles who are or have been alcoholics who have a propensity to drive drunk. Required fields are marked *. Perhaps this one got more coverage as a result of the documentary. Directors Liz Garbus Genres Documentary Subtitles None available This video is currently unavailable to watch in your location 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. Anyway, the way they were trying to absolve her of responsibility for killing eight people was sickening. For nearly two miles, Schuler was driving the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway. By Joe Reid Jul 30, 2018. Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month. 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." 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. [1] It premiered on HBO on July 25, 2011. 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. She continues along and her head is pounding. Was she really the reckless drunk, or the perfect suburban mother?This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. I take it to sleep and I haven't done anything crazy. [quote]The McDonalds employees and the camp ground owner also swear that Diane wasnt drunk when they saw and interacted with them that morning. She still drove while fucked up and killed lots of people. I don't get it. I wonder if he's still a security guard? They don't call 911 or the police because they don't want her to get arrested for a DUI. The "last hurrah " at McDonalds theory is just chilling if that was her intention.Jesus. [quote] One rumor was that she suspected her husband was having an affair with her sister-in-law. She bought orange juice to use as a mixer! No mystery! Maybe her husband told her he wanted a divorce or that he never wanted kids. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane True Crime Obsessed True Crime On Sunday, July 26, 2009, Diane Schuler left the campgrounds in upstate New York where she was vacationing with her family and set off towards home on Long Island. Why blow her cover by getting that wasted? 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. I just dont get how she goes from camping every weekend and being a PTA mom who doesnt let the kids out of her sighta great mom (per a neighbor) to purposely terrifying and murdering all the kids, herself, and a handful of drivers. There's something wrong with Aunt Diane that's one of the last things Schuler's 8-year-old niece, Emma Hance, worriedly told her father by cellphone as the minivan sped hither and then yon,. You may get nauseous. People I know have lived their whole lives like this, lives of silent, absolute denial that anything is wrong (as the sole strategy to deal with some being very wrong). R39, I just saw the documentary. He hopes they will eventually be willing to sit down. She probably wanted med for a tension headache, but ended up resorting to vodka and pot. Witnesses state her expression was serene and oblivious - as if she was completely unaware she was going the wrong way. Sam Adams Time Out Chicago. 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. This was curious, because the Schulers said they left upstate early, around 9:30 a.m. on July 26. 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. I totally agree. Michael Bastardi, 81, and his 49-year-old son Guy Bastardi were killed, along with family friend Daniel Longo, 74. Online records show the four cases, all in state Supreme Court in Westchester County, were marked with a disposition date of Sept. 11, 2013. 59%. I completely agree. reveals a complex and complicated case as opposed to one solved by simple or reductive analysis. No doubt she needed to take the edge off frequently and did it by drinking and smoking pot. Your donation will support the student journalists of Thomas S. Wootton High School. 2011. Daniel cried but once during a press conference that drained onlookers emotions. I tend to think it was intentional, but I don't think it was premeditated. I'm not going to speculate on any specific molestation etc. Therefore, it doesn't surprise me that Diane never forgave her mother for making her a surrogate mother. HBO, Monday night at 9, Eastern and Pacific times; 8, Central time. All rights reserved. | Jul 2, 2018. She drank some vodka right out of the bottle and probably smoked some pot. July 24, 2011. This was very close to the actual incident timewise, so much of what we know now hadn't come out yet. 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. Now not only is she drunk and high but she's really really mad. I don't live in the US so don't recall much media coverage of this case. There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane (2011) From the movie's offset, we know that something terrible has happened. On that bright sunny Sunday 10 years ago, July 26, 2009, families were shattered. She was high on marijuana and had the equivalent of 10 shots of booze in her stomach.. Her hands are on the wheel in the 2:00 and 10:00 position. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane reveals a complex and complicated case - as opposed to one solved by simple or reductive analysis. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. The film, however, raised more questions than it answered. Was she really the reckless drunk, or the perfect suburban mother? 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. The film follows Diane's husband and sister-in-law, who believe that Diane may have had a medical emergency that precipitated the crash, and who hire a lawyer and PI to investigate that . I think something happen on that camping trip, like she found out her waste of space of a husband was having an affair and lost her shit. During the Taconic State Parkway crash, some eyewitnesses reported Schuler looked calm and in control. She drank and smoked to give herself courage/numb the pain, and she 100% got on the highway on the wrong side intentionally to kill herself and her kids. Oh, I'm sure she was bothered; bothered by being left holding the bag while her dipshit husband went on his merry way. Little crosses and flowers are in the medians where the two cars ended up. How many people went with the 'she was drunk and it was an accident' narrative vs 'she knew what she was doing, the drink was help, not cause/murder-suicide' narrative? One of the eyewitnesses to the crash said that there was no more bobbing and weaving and that the car was straight as a pin, Dianes eyes didnt blink and she was staring straight ahead and the witness thought the driver looked like someone determined to kill themselves right before the crash occurred. As one of the worst motor-vehicle accidents in New York State history, the tragedy quickly became national news. Would it have killed you to have at least posted a picture or link OP? Terms and Policies Part of this is about access: some key figures, like Warren and Jackie Hance, Dianes brother and sister-in-law, whose three daughters died in the crash, declined to be interviewed. Depression and mental health can cause a person to do insane things. Hello. Your email address will not be published. HBO's 'There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane' Documentary examines fatal crash by wrong-way driver on N.Y. highway. There was an interesting discussion on this sub, perhaps last year, where some people who were familiar with heavy marijuana use + high amounts of alcohol being quickly consumed = being super extremely fucked up. Maybe all the adults were heavy drinkers and MJ smokers. 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. End of story. Yet, the sis-in-law goes outside, alone (except for camera man), to smoke a cigarette and claims that nobody knows that she smokes cigarettes. Maybe it was Ambien?". Her alcoholism makes more sense. The amount of booze in her stomach was like 10 shots' worth, not counting what was already metabolized at the time of death. She was supposedly texting and the police ruled out the kids as being a distraction. Also: early on, she called her sister-in-law to say that there was a lot of traffic and that was delaying her getting back with her nieces. I guess it's over. It's heart breaking that the witnesses that saw her getting sick - throwing up did not walk over to see if she needed assistance. She stops at the Sunoco convenience store for some Aspirin and perhaps another nip and toke. I don't think this was the 1st time Diane had driven drunk with children in the car. This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. it could have happened) but this is quite near to the psychological make-up of someone who might be prone to snapping like this. 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. Have you had it tested? the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. 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. And then ignored her children's screams of terrors and pleas to pull over as traffic was coming head on. So 'apparently' Danny (the husband of Diane) was having an affair with Jackie Hance (the sister in-law who lost 3 daughters). 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.. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. This is apparently why she took the girls with her. Diane Schuler Tragedy -- Lies Uncovered: [UPDATED 2014]. Done deal. The collision killed Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter and her three nieces Emma Hance, 8; Alyson Hance, 7; and Katie Hance, 5. After all, Princess Diana's mother abandoned her at 6 years old, and look what a nut she turned out to be. The girlfriend still says she's innocent to this day, said it was the boyfriend and a friend of hers that killed Laurie. The film profiles Diane Schuler, who caused the fatal car accident, through interviews with her family members and friends, and attempts to piece together Schuler's actions on the day of the accident, in order to determine why the accident took place. She's concentrating on just driving straight and staying in one lane. I think he survived but the woman driving the car he crashed into didn't. You don't have enough exposure. He didnt realize it until the police told him. Then Emma made her anguished cry. R5, she didn't take Ambien, she drank a quart of vodka and smoked weed. A scene from the film on the crash caused by Diane Schuler that killed her and seven others in July 2009. In light of the Patriots Drive Safe SGA Spring Project, this true crime documentary about Diane Schuler is also a story that students can learn from. She had a lot of pent up rage. Theres Something Wrong With Aunt Diane reveals a complex and complicated case as opposed to one solved by simple or reductive analysis. I read in one article that the kids were playing at the McDonalds playpen thing for an hour. She also tested positive for marijuana use. I just hope her son grows up relatively okay. As relatives, friends, co-workers and a forensic psychologist build a picture of Diane as a high-achieving, perfectionist mother and wife, Ms. Garbus intersperses the interviews with a reconstruction of the events of July 26, 2009. I don't think it's clear cut at all. She eventually crashed into an oncoming SUV, which ended up killing herself and seven others. When you are on Ambien you could eat a whole meal and drink a bottle of booze and not even know it. The poor kid, his mother and sister dead, and stuck with a lamebrain asshole of a father. Maybe Lawn Guyland Danny can check in here and tell us the answers to all these questions She's still dead r55. One rumor was that she suspected her husband was having an affair with her sister-in-law. I just assumed anecdotally that it was pretty rare. Because it would reveal far too much, R27. Thanks for taking the time to write this up. 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 . You may begin feeling tired because the depressant qualities of alcohol begin to take effect. I can see her being irritable, having a headache, wishing she could drink,, maybe having a few sips of vodka with OJ to "take the edge off".but get black out drunk in that setting?! Although Schulers husband, Daniel, contested the results, initial autopsy reports indicated Schuler was heavily intoxicated at the time of the crash. The settlement included claims by the estates of the three Yonkers men in the other car who died: Guy Bastardi, 49; his father, Michael Bastardi, 81; and their friend, Daniel Longo, 74. That was when he mentioned the loss of his daughter. If there was Ambien involved (maybe they're just keeping it out of the press) the families may have gotten a huge settlement from the company and a gag order. Why can't he give the Bastardis answers to their questions? Interesting. I think it really revealed the depths of the family's state of denial, and what lengths her husband and sister-in-law were willing go to "prove" that it was a medical issue, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. . I think it started to sink in to Jay Schuler toward the end, when the investigator hired by Dominic Barbara (sic?) At least two of the calls were to her brother, Warren Hance, the father of three girls who lost their lives. It happens much more than you think, usually without injury or fatalities. The book by the mother who lost the three girls was very softball. By Diane Schuler that killed her and seven others collision occurred after the West. 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