Changeling is a 2008 american mystery crime drama film directed, produced, and scored by clint eastwood and written by j. michael straczynski, that explores child endangerment, female disempowerment, political corruption, mistreatment of mental health patients, and the repercussions of violence. the script was based on real-life events, specifically the 1928 wineville chicken coop murders in. The case of the wineville chicken coop murders is filled with so many bizarre twists, turns, and testimonies that even j. michael straczynski, screenwriter for changeling (which was loosely based around the events of the murder), could hardly believe it was true. after reading the story in the los angeles city archives, he figured, “this can. Back in the 1920s, very few people talked about improprieties and abuse of adults toward children. reporter ciara coyle and photojournalist joshua jenkins de....
One mother's desperate search for her missing son led to a savage farmer with a taste for blood. meet gordon northcott, the wineville chicken coop murderer.. It was a series of child killings that will forever be known as the "wineville chicken coop murders." as many as 20 boys may have died there at the hands of sadistic sex maniac gordon stewart. The wineville chicken coop murders are one of the most notorious crimes in california state history. it is a story of deceit and horror and above all- corruption of one of the most unjust.