No doubt she was pissed and irritated. And then there was the pot. Words are exchanged and she's really angry because her brother is yelling at her saying he knows she's a drunk and a pothead and should never have trusted her with his kids. She was high on marijuana and had the equivalent of 10 shots of booze in her stomach.. Diane told her brother she was having tunnel vision the very phrase Ive seen associated with heavy drinking. But was she the monster the public made her out to be? 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. Clearly, Diane had a lot of responsibility on her shoulders in that family. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Or maybe not in secret; it wouldn't have been hard to hide her alcoholism from that clueless family. She's concentrating on just driving straight and staying in one lane. That child knew she was in trouble. it could have happened) but this is quite near to the psychological make-up of someone who might be prone to snapping like this. He also is the attorney in one of the Court of Claims cases. Neither of those scenarios make much sense to me. How was she even conscious after drinking that much? Thanks, R21. 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. "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane" premieres on HBO at Monday 9 p.m. WATCH VIDEO: The trailer for "There's something wrong with Aunt Diane"," which is available on. She was a selfish pig either way. [quote] One rumor was that she suspected her husband was having an affair with her sister-in-law. Little crosses and flowers are in the medians where the two cars ended up. 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. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane. Why does it seem the brother is covering up for Diane? 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. Eight-year-old Emma Hance, Schulers eldest niece, called her father from the vehicle approximately a half hour prior to the fatal crash, saying: Daddy, there is something wrong with Aunt Diane.. On July 26, 2009, 36-year-old Diane Schuler drove the wrong way down the Taconic State Parkway in New York. [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. Although Schulers husband, Daniel, contested the results, initial autopsy reports indicated Schuler was heavily intoxicated at the time of the crash. 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. Well, there are a lot of theories, so I don't subscribe 100% to any of them. The "last hurrah " at McDonalds theory is just chilling if that was her intention.Jesus. Pursuing Answers, Two Years After a Tragic Collision, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/25/arts/television/theres-something-wrong-with-aunt-diane-on-hbo-review.html. Were the campers near them during the weekend ever interviewed to see if there was something that occurred to set her off? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Many theories abound as to whether Schuler deliberately caused the crash that killed her family members. I haven't heard anything about this case in a long time. They could be the smartest people in the world but that accent makes them sound like dumbasses. Diane Schuler was a 36-year-old woman from New York. 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. Available on iTunes, HBO Max. But I lean towards intentional act. 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. "I'm really honestly just disgusted the way this whole thing went. Why can't he give the Bastardis answers to their questions? The World is Ending: Donating without dignity, Senior skip day: rest day for students, disruptor for teachers, The Student News Site of Thomas S. Wootton High School, Your email address will not be published. I would have IMMEDIATELY called the cops. There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane. The McDonalds employees and the camp ground owner also swear that Diane wasnt drunk when they saw and interacted with them that morning. I'm watching this now (for the 4th or 5th time) -- where do you see that she was "full of rage? I completely agree. 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. He was not worth putting up with. Its really bizarre and I admit I dont understand this case in that way. 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. of undigested alcohol still in her stomach (even after pulling over to vomit twice)so we know she did it. "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. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. 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. R21 does make sense. It chronicles the Schuler family's absolute denial that Diane was drunk and high at the time of the crash.". Directed by Liz Garbus; produced by Ms. Garbus and Julie Gaither; edited by M. Watanabe Milmore; director of photography, Michael Tucker; music by Jonathan Zalban. If made me sick how the clod husband and the idiot sister in law tried to make it seem like she drank and smokde pot because she was out of her head due to a stroke, or a heart attack, or a seizure, or diabetes, or a cyst on her leg, or a tooth abscess, a a headache. He's currently serving a prison sentence if I remember right. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! Edit: Some people have pointed out other instances of drunk drivers driving on the wrong side of the highway, which is fair. Emma took the phone to tell her dad that she had a great time camping upstate with the Schulers. click ACCEPT. Not 100% anyway. 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. Now not only is she drunk and high but she's really really mad. Thanks for taking the time to write this up. Shortly after noon, Schuler had a phone conversation with her sister-in-law, Jackie Hance. 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. Tomatometer 1 Reviews. She continues along and her head is pounding. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. And of course, there was the fact that Diane's mother had abandoned Diane and her brothers when Diane was only nine, leaving Diane to become the "woman of the house" to her siblings. End of story. no she did not. our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn 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. This is interesting to me. The three men, all from Yonkers, were on their way to a family cookout in Yorktown. Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged. Traces of THC in her body suggested that she had smoked marijuana as recently as 15 minutes before the crash. Some one will want a nice payday and will talk. Was she really the reckless drunk, or the perfect suburban mother? Some features on this site require a subscription. 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. 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. You don't have enough exposure. Have there been any recent updates with the Schuler family? C'mon. Sam Adams Time Out Chicago. Meanwhile, her husband, Daniel Schuler, was in another vehicle. The 2 kept insisting that if Diane had had alcohol problems, they would have know about it. There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (1,682) 6.7 1 h 40 min 2011 18+ [HBO] HD. 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. Cages, milk and I-HOP: top fantasy football punishments of 2023, Movies of 2022: some good, some bad, some horrible. 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. Perhaps this one got more coverage as a result of the documentary. This documentary explores the depth behind the case of a woman whose vehicle collision killed numerous people, including herself. Her blood alcohol level was 0.19, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08. Okay, guys, if we believe this 2009 NY POST article, Diane was a secret alcoholic who drank basically every day at a bar for at least two years and in the last few months of her life was miserable in her marriage and felt trapped in it. I mean, ALL of that made sense! Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month. Kind of like a perfect storm. Either seems possible for a drunk person. [R21] sounds like he/she was right in the car! 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. If this was a standard ugly crash - fine, I totally buy it. The official HBO poster of Theres Something Wrong with Aunt Diane, a documentary from 2011. judging from the death photos, R86, no. Why blow her cover by getting that wasted? It's August - hot and humid. 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). During the Taconic State Parkway crash, some eyewitnesses reported Schuler looked calm and in control. Her first stop was McDonalds where she drank a little more and smoked a little more pot. She leaves her phone on the barrier on the side of the road. This mysterious and shattering tragedy draws the public in, feeling a need to find out what really happened to Aunt Diane. 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. 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. This story has been shared 100,023 times. Diane Schuler was a time bomb waiting to happen. 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. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . She still drove while fucked up and killed lots of people. By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Well she got an OJ at McDonalds, presumably as a mixer for the vodka, and that is when she started drinking. She got a phone call from her brother and spoke with to him for two minutes before leaving her phone and driving off. That was when he mentioned the loss of his daughter. She stops at the Sunoco convenience store for some Aspirin and perhaps another nip and toke. That would be illuminating. My r11 that was an interesting take. In the aftermath, Diane Schuler was portrayed as a reckless drunk and a mother who cracked. 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. 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. Schulers fatal crash contributed to the passing of the Child Passenger Protection Act. Reportedly, she had her hands firmly on the steering wheel at "ten and two" while she stared straight ahead. This is apparently why she took the girls with her. 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. Thats pretty damning. She drank to work up the courage to do it. WTF? So no basic car safety was used for any of the 5 kidseven the 2 year old? The Bastardi and Longo families pushed for prosecutors to convene a grand jury, but it never happened. 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. Here is a link to a pretty decent article written on the 10th anniversary of the crash that has a really detailed/comprehensive timeline of the whole day and even shows the exact place that Diane left the phone on the side of the road after a wrong number had been dialed three times. 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. The collision killed Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter and her three nieces Emma Hance, 8; Alyson Hance, 7; and Katie Hance, 5. Those were the awful, last words of Emma Hance, who at 9 was the eldest of the five kids riding in the death car during the fiery, horrific crash in Westchester, a source close to the case told me. This story has been shared 106,144 times. (1,682) 6.7 1 h 40 min 2011 18+. The autopsy showed no.traces of Ambien in her system. 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? She was the breadwinner in the family and had to take full responsibility for the kids. I think R21 has it. [R40] is on the nose, too. Daniel cried but once during a press conference that drained onlookers emotions. She also tested positive for marijuana use. Please click here to register for free. There are signs, EVERYONE IGNORED THESE SIGNS? He suggested an abscessed tooth may have caused a stroke. 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. TOP CRITIC. I can understand her being consumed with grief but it feels like she's holding back and it makes it more tragic. There was also a quid pro quo at work. I just don't understand how people can think someone goes from driving perfectly fine, using a cell phone totally fine, being "coherent" by all account witnesses, and having experience with heavy drinking, to "she drank herself to the point that she didn't realize she was driving the wrong-way for 2 miles without swerving.". I just watched "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane," which I found interesting and thought-provoking. It was in her blood and there was still 6 (was it ounces or quarts?) 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. Maybe her husband told her he wanted a divorce or that he never wanted kids. 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. Diane seemed to have a lot of hidden anger/resentment also. She also had a lot of undigested alcohol in her stomach + had been smoking weed. 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. But so many who knew Schuler described her as the perfect wife and mother, and so the desperate hunt for answers began. It wouldn't be black out drunk for a heavy drinker. All rights reserved. Your contribution will allow us to purchase equipment and cover our annual website hosting costs. To me, this is all pretty cut and dry - she had been unhappy/depressed in her life for quite some time - raising kids with a deadbeat husband after having her own mother walk out at an early age. The collision killed Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter and her three nieces Emma Hance, 8; Alyson Hance, 7; and Katie Hance, 5. Copyright Fandango. Maybe she also doesn't know where her husband is and wants to get home to see if he's there. All Critics. There was no fucking Ambien! 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)? "When you are on Ambien you could eat a whole meal and drink a bottle of booze and not even know it. I have never before witnessed or heard of an alcoholic get so messed up that they lose control or cohesion to this extent. He didnt realize it until the police told him. -, Press J to jump to the feed. 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. I'm a parent, and can understand how a person could drive in that condition. 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