Changeling is a 2008 American mystery crime drama film directed, produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. The story was based on real-life events, specifically the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders in Mira Loma, California.
DAVID EDELSTEIN: Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" is billed as a true story, and at least some of the facts are accurate. Christine Collins, played by Angelina Jolie, was a single mother whose young son disappeared in 1928 and was found six months later, at least the L.A. Police said it was her son.
Despite denials by her son that Walter Collins was among their victims, Sarah Louise Northcott confessed to killing the boy and was sentenced to life in prison. Her account was corroborated by her son's nephew, who claimed to have been coerced into being an accomplice in the murder.
To this day, nobody knows what really happened to Walter Collins. Though Sarah Northcott was convicted of his murder, police never found any real evidence that the boy had ever even been on the ranch.
No, he has never been found. There was a 12 year-old runaway in August of 1928 that claimed to be Walter. However, Christine proved through dental records and observations of the boy that he wasn't Walter.
In 1928 in a Los Angeles suburb, the peaceful life of a young single mother is shattered when her 9-year-old son Walter disappears. Five months later, Los Angeles police tell Christine Collins that her son has been found.
Jason Butler Harner plays Gordon Northcott. While Christine feels vindicated that the imposter foisted upon her by the LAPD was not her son–and the boy even admitted that he only lied about his identity so he could travel to Hollywood to meet his favorite actor–she doesn't get the kind of closure she's hoping for.
Gordon Stewart Northcott is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Chief James Davis) of the 2008 film Changeling. He is a fictionalized version of real life serial killer Gordon Northcott, who molested and murdered several young boys, mainly in the Riverside area, in the late 1920s.
A changeling's true form is revealed in a mirror. Fire - Setting a changeling on fire will kill it.
What has happened to the changeling child? The changeling child is transferred to the custody of Oberon while Titania is under the influence of the love potion.
Changelings reach maturity slightly faster than humans and live as long as humans do, typically about 100 years.
Under interrogation by Ybarra, Walter's impostor (whose real name is Arthur Hutchins) reveals that his motive was to secure transport to Los Angeles to see his favorite actor, Tom Mix and says the police told him to lie about being Christine's son.
History of Changelings in Folklore
The myth of the changeling arose in pre-industrial Europe. The myth argues that should a mother not watch her baby, the child could be stolen from her by fairies. Baby boys, blonde-haired, blue-eyed children, and children who were particularly beautiful were most at risk.
Mira Loma (Spanish for "Hill View"), now officially part of Jurupa Valley, was a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States.
Northcott was hanged in San Quentin on 2nd October 1930. There are many conflicting accounts of his last words but the most reliable source is the Los Angeles Times, which reports that Northcott finally quailed in the face of his impending death, mumbling “Don't hang me. Don't hang me”.
Forced by Northcott to take part in the murders, Sanford carried tremendous guilt all his life. Yet despite his youth and the trauma, he helped gain some justice for the dead and their families by testifying at Northcott's trial―which led to his conviction and execution.
Christine Collins, who died in 1964, spent the rest of her life looking for her son. He was never found. The 2008 film, "Changeling," directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins, dramatized the events of the case.
The family's bodies were discovered after a concerned family member called the police for a welfare check. After the Collins family murders, investigators tracked Lopez down before a short chase ensued and he was killed in a shootout by police.
Gordon Stewart Northcott (November 9, 1906 – October 2, 1930) was a Canadian serial killer, child rapist, and child abductor who was convicted of the murders of three young boys in California and confessed to the murders of nine in total. Sentenced to death, he was executed on October 2, 1930.
Changelings born from two changeling parents are born in their natural form: pale, slender, with colorless eyes and white hair.
Northcott first confessed to five murders, then to just one, and later told a prison guard he'd murdered as many as twenty; Sarah Northcott confessed to killing Walter Collins with an axe, then withdrew her confession. Northcott was convicted of three murders and sentenced to death, and his mother to life in prison.
changeling, in European folklore, a deformed or imbecilic offspring of fairies or elves substituted by them surreptitiously for a human infant. According to legend, the abducted human children are given to the devil or used to strengthen fairy stock.