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Never Let Him Go

In 1988, the body of Scott Johnson, a 27-year-old gay American doctoral student, was found sprawled below a cliff on a rugged beach in Sydney, Australia.

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Genre

documentary, crime, history

Production

ABC News Studios,Blackfella Films,Show of Force

Awards

1 nomination

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And one of the interesting
features in the 1980s - Never Let Him Go

And one of the interesting features in the 1980s

But once you got wriggled, - Never Let Him Go

But once you got wriggled,

- Once Macnamir got
started, we realized - Never Let Him Go

- Once Macnamir got started, we realized

I actually was very moved and honored
that I was asked to do this case. - Never Let Him Go

I actually was very moved and honored that I was asked to do...

Certainly not a loud American,
if I can use that expression. - Never Let Him Go

Certainly not a loud American, if I can use that expression.

When you look at an
investigation like this, - Never Let Him Go

When you look at an investigation like this,

There's no housing,
there's no people, - Never Let Him Go

There's no housing, there's no people,

And also, I should point
out, that as a mathematician, - Never Let Him Go

And also, I should point out, that as a mathematician,

Commissioner
Mick Fuller said, - Never Let Him Go

Commissioner Mick Fuller said,

It's wooded, it's
bushy, it's isolated. - Never Let Him Go

It's wooded, it's bushy, it's isolated.

So, we were still
fielding different calls. - Never Let Him Go

So, we were still fielding different calls.

On the scale of
mathematical behavior, - Never Let Him Go

On the scale of mathematical behavior,

My son, Ruben, made
the trip with me that time - Never Let Him Go

My son, Ruben, made the trip with me that time

Even on a cloudy day in
the dead heart of winter, - Never Let Him Go

Even on a cloudy day in the dead heart of winter,

During the time that
I knew Michael and, and Scott, - Never Let Him Go

During the time that I knew Michael and, and Scott,

Your brother was killed." - Never Let Him Go

Your brother was killed."

They'd come in for sun,
uh, socializing, sex maybe. - Never Let Him Go

They'd come in for sun, uh, socializing, sex maybe.

One of the remarkable
things that happened was - Never Let Him Go

One of the remarkable things that happened was

And we didn't talk about sex or gay things
as, as often people would think about. - Never Let Him Go

And we didn't talk about sex or gay things as, as often...

It... We talked about
world situations, - Never Let Him Go

It... We talked about world situations,

In fact, most men did
strip off totally. - Never Let Him Go

In fact, most men did strip off totally.

For instance, we talked to
the family of John Russell. - Never Let Him Go

For instance, we talked to the family of John Russell.

So, Scott being naked
was not unusual at all. - Never Let Him Go

So, Scott being naked was not unusual at all.

John Russell's body
was found over at Bondi - Never Let Him Go

John Russell's body was found over at Bondi

I always felt that
Scotty was very trusting - Never Let Him Go

I always felt that Scotty was very trusting

- Next question was,
"Was Scott prone to... - Never Let Him Go

- Next question was, "Was Scott prone to...

And we would implore
people to come forward - Never Let Him Go

And we would implore people to come forward

Would he have gone to a beat?" - Never Let Him Go

Would he have gone to a beat?"

I found that very
endearing, actually. - Never Let Him Go

I found that very endearing, actually.

You
probably got 6,000 people - Never Let Him Go

You probably got 6,000 people

Although he was shy,
he tried to make you - Never Let Him Go

Although he was shy, he tried to make you

Would he have gone hiking there - Never Let Him Go

Would he have gone hiking there

I think a lot of police thought
that this case would never be solved. - Never Let Him Go

I think a lot of police thought that this case would never b...

- We grew up here, we hoped we
were gonna buy a house here, - Never Let Him Go

- We grew up here, we hoped we were gonna buy a house here,

So, you've gotta be meticulous
in what ya do with everything. - Never Let Him Go

So, you've gotta be meticulous in what ya do with every...

At the beginning, with
Steve's permission, Steve hired me, - Never Let Him Go

At the beginning, with Steve's permission, Steve hired ...

I was lucky enough to be
able to choose my own team, - Never Let Him Go

I was lucky enough to be able to choose my own team,

- Once the, the John
incident happened, - Never Let Him Go

- Once the, the John incident happened,

"Dear Steve, things seem to
be moving very slowly here - Never Let Him Go

"Dear Steve, things seem to be moving very slowly here

In particular, Detective
Senior Constable Tim Carey, - Never Let Him Go

In particular, Detective Senior Constable Tim Carey,

"Everyone in Canberra is white,
and most people are public servants - Never Let Him Go

"Everyone in Canberra is white, and most people are pub...

Did you know that Scott
used beats? How often?" - Never Let Him Go

Did you know that Scott used beats? How often?"

We're gonna go out and - Never Let Him Go

We're gonna go out and

"I, therefore, find myself in a
state of considerable excitement - Never Let Him Go

"I, therefore, find myself in a state of considerable e...

I knew that would be a very difficult
investigation to recommence. - Never Let Him Go

I knew that would be a very difficult investigation to recom...

But, uh, any-anything is
possible, as, as I always say. - Never Let Him Go

But, uh, any-anything is possible, as, as I always say.

And then he very, fairly
quickly, just turned against me. - Never Let Him Go

And then he very, fairly quickly, just turned against me.

We think we found your brother." - Never Let Him Go

We think we found your brother."

And Scott identified a
particular supervisor - Never Let Him Go

And Scott identified a particular supervisor

I think he thought,
"Let's not go there." - Never Let Him Go

I think he thought, "Let's not go there."

There was tens of thousands of
documents and statements in this brief. - Never Let Him Go

There was tens of thousands of documents and statements in t...

At first, the police told John
Russell's family he probably jumped. - Never Let Him Go

At first, the police told John Russell's family he prob...

And Sydney was a very
different kind of city. - Never Let Him Go

And Sydney was a very different kind of city.

And you don't have a
preconceived mindset, - Never Let Him Go

And you don't have a preconceived mindset,

This had striking resonance with
what I thought Scott's situation was. - Never Let Him Go

This had striking resonance with what I thought Scott's...

To me, this was a bit unlike
Scott, but I don't know, - Never Let Him Go

To me, this was a bit unlike Scott, but I don't know,

- Sydney is rapidly
becoming for gays - Never Let Him Go

- Sydney is rapidly becoming for gays

He had too much to look forward
to, he had too many plans, - Never Let Him Go

He had too much to look forward to, he had too many plans,

You know, I... in relationships,
there are funny moments. - Never Let Him Go

You know, I... in relationships, there are funny moments.

Why do you think he would
throw himself off a cliff - Never Let Him Go

Why do you think he would throw himself off a cliff

First bit was, it's
always been reported that - Never Let Him Go

First bit was, it's always been reported that

There could have
been a lonely time - Never Let Him Go

There could have been a lonely time

There were gay
bars all over the place, - Never Let Him Go

There were gay bars all over the place,

- And so, you know, I,
to the extent I could, - Never Let Him Go

- And so, you know, I, to the extent I could,

So, one of the things we did was
looked at all the army personnel - Never Let Him Go

So, one of the things we did was looked at all the army pers...

There was a significant gay
male culture within the city. - Never Let Him Go

There was a significant gay male culture within the city.

By all appearances, they were a
solid, loving, committed relationship. - Never Let Him Go

By all appearances, they were a solid, loving, committed rel...

I did, I did my suffering
and my grieving, - Never Let Him Go

I did, I did my suffering and my grieving,

Is it easy to
live a gay life in Sydney? - Never Let Him Go

Is it easy to live a gay life in Sydney?

You get so much information,
ya have to decipher - Never Let Him Go

You get so much information, ya have to decipher

We also know they weren't in a
strictly monogamous relationship. - Never Let Him Go

We also know they weren't in a strictly monogamous rela...

It was a bit
freer, uh, shall we say. - Never Let Him Go

It was a bit freer, uh, shall we say.

I mean, for example,
the Golden Gate story, - Never Let Him Go

I mean, for example, the Golden Gate story,

And so, knowing Scotty,
when you're doing a PhD, - Never Let Him Go

And so, knowing Scotty, when you're doing a PhD,

One particular piece
of information was a letter - Never Let Him Go

One particular piece of information was a letter

And that letter contained information
about an individual that committed - Never Let Him Go

And that letter contained information about an individual th...

So, that summer, we started
peeling back some of the layers of - Never Let Him Go

So, that summer, we started peeling back some of the layers ...

Apparently, Scott was worried that
he had gotten AIDS, felt remorseful, - Never Let Him Go

Apparently, Scott was worried that he had gotten AIDS, felt ...

And it wasn't signed by anyone,
but it had a phone number. - Never Let Him Go

And it wasn't signed by anyone, but it had a phone numb...

We also know that Scott had
hooked up at least at one beat - Never Let Him Go

We also know that Scott had hooked up at least at one beat

When I
first met Scott Newman, - Never Let Him Go

When I first met Scott Newman,

- There was starting to
be a lot more interest - Never Let Him Go

- There was starting to be a lot more interest

This year, we get
to add a baby to the family. - Never Let Him Go

This year, we get to add a baby to the family.

I do think Scott and Michael
had a committed relationship. - Never Let Him Go

I do think Scott and Michael had a committed relationship.

My impressions of him was that he
was somebody who would look after me. - Never Let Him Go

My impressions of him was that he was somebody who would loo...

I do think that they
were trying pretty hard, - Never Let Him Go

I do think that they were trying pretty hard,

It
became a big story, - Never Let Him Go

It became a big story,

Looking back now, in hindsight, - Never Let Him Go

Looking back now, in hindsight,

It was about any number of men
whose deaths were unexplained - Never Let Him Go

It was about any number of men whose deaths were unexplained

1988, Scott visited
for that summer. - Never Let Him Go

1988, Scott visited for that summer.

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In 1988, the body of Scott Johnson, a 27-year-old gay American doctoral student, was found sprawled below a cliff on a rugged beach in Sydney, Australia.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: ABC News Studios,Blackfella Films,Show of Force

Genre: documentary, crime, history

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice:

Released: 06 Sep 2023

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.hulu.com/series/never-let-him-go-a04d05c1-cd8e-4aba-9475-d110abbdc1d3