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''Mea Culpa'' was a Chilean true crime television series which aired on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) from 1993 to 2009. It featured dramatized re-enactments of some of the country's most notorious then-recent homicides and crimes, as well as interviews with the perpetrators.  
'''''Mea Culpa''''' was a Chilean true crime television series which aired on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) from 1993 to 2009. It featured dramatized re-enactments of some of the country's most notorious then-recent homicides and crimes, as well as interviews with the perpetrators.  


In 2017, eight years after the series' cancelation, TVN uploaded the 13 seasons of ''Mea Culpa'' to YouTube; however, some episodes were either missing ('''"El Alex"''', "El Analfabeto", "El Mano de Tijera", "El Enfrentamiento", "El Engaño" [2005], "El Pediatra", "El Tío Víctor", and "Séptimo Piso")<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdCiHCR5nGA 5 Capítulos Perdidos de Mea Culpa] Retrieved 23 May 2021</ref> or later removed by TVN ("El Castigo Fatal",<ref>[https://elcontraste.cl/mujer-angelina-que-mando-a-matar-a-pareja-pide-borrar-capitulo-de-mea-culpa/21/07/2020/ Mujer angelina que mandó a matar a pareja pide borrar capítulo de Mea Culpa] Retrieved 23 May 2021</ref> "El Cautiverio", "El Engaño" [1998], and "El Taxi"). Although most missing episodes have since been recovered and uploaded by fans of the series, as of 2021 the particularly gruesome episode, "El Alex" remains lost.  
In 2017, eight years after the series' cancelation, TVN uploaded the 13 seasons of ''Mea Culpa'' to YouTube; however, some episodes were either missing ('''"El Alex"''', "El Analfabeto", "El Mano de Tijera", "El Enfrentamiento", "El Engaño" [2005], "El Pediatra", "El Tío Víctor", and "Séptimo Piso")<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdCiHCR5nGA 5 Capítulos Perdidos de ''Mea Culpa''.] Retrieved 23 May '21</ref> or later removed by TVN ("El Castigo Fatal",<ref>[https://elcontraste.cl/mujer-angelina-que-mando-a-matar-a-pareja-pide-borrar-capitulo-de-mea-culpa/21/07/2020/ Mujer angelina que mandó a matar a pareja pide borrar capítulo de ''Mea Culpa''.] Retrieved 23 May '21</ref> "El Cautiverio", "El Engaño" [1998], and "El Taxi"). Although most missing episodes have since been recovered and uploaded by fans of the series, as of 2021 the particularly gruesome episode, "El Alex" remains lost.  


The episode, which premiered on October 11 2006, follows the story of Alexis Miranda Carrasco<ref>[https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/policial/policias-realizan-intensa-busqueda-de-presunto-asesino-de-ancianos-en/2004-05-05/140348.html Policías realizan intensa búsqueda de presunto asesino de ancianos en Macul] Retrieved 23 May 2021</ref> (a.k.a. "El Alex"), a troubled 22-years-old survivor of childhood abuse and drug addict who robbed, stabbed, and slit the throats of an elderly couple in Macul, Santiago de Chile in 2004.<ref>[https://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/prontus4_noticias/site/artic/20061008/pags/20061008032144.html Vuelve un clásico de la TV] Retrieved 23 May 2021</ref> "El Alex" was briefly available for viewing on TVN's official website until 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061028081706/http://programas.tvn.cl/meaculpa/2006/ MEA CULPA (28 October 2006 Archive)] Retrieved 23 May 2021</ref>  
The episode, which premiered on October 11th, 2006, follows the story of Alexis Miranda Carrasco<ref>[https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/policial/policias-realizan-intensa-busqueda-de-presunto-asesino-de-ancianos-en/2004-05-05/140348.html Policías realizan intensa búsqueda de presunto asesino de ancianos en Macul.] Retrieved 23 May '21</ref> (a.k.a. "El Alex"), a troubled 22-years-old survivor of childhood abuse and drug addict who robbed, stabbed, and slit the throats of an elderly couple in Macul, Santiago de Chile in 2004.<ref>[https://www.mercuriovalpo.cl/prontus4_noticias/site/artic/20061008/pags/20061008032144.html Vuelve un clásico de la TV.] Retrieved 23 May '21</ref> "El Alex" was briefly available for viewing on TVN's official website until 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061028081706/http://programas.tvn.cl/meaculpa/2006/ ''MEA CULPA'' (Archived October 28th, 2006).] Retrieved 23 May '21</ref>  


During a November 2020 video chat with a fan, the series' creator, host, writer and director Carlos Pinto admitted that he doesn't know the reason why the episode was never re-aired or posted on YouTube, or even if a physical copy still exists. Pinto theorized that "El Alex" was either a) considered too disturbing for modern audiences by the director of programming, b) accidentally mislabeled by the people working at the network's archives, or c) withheld from syndication for legal reasons.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWzhYQ30zo "El Jardín de los Inocentes" | Carlos Pinto adelanta su nuevo libro inspirado en un caso real] Retrieved 23 May 2021</ref>  
During a November 2020 video chat with a fan, the series' creator, host, writer and director Carlos Pinto admitted that he doesn't know the reason why the episode was never re-aired or posted on YouTube, or even if a physical copy still exists. Pinto theorized that "El Alex" was either a) considered too disturbing for modern audiences by the director of programming, b) accidentally mislabeled by the people working at the network's archives, or c) withheld from syndication for legal reasons.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWzhYQ30zo "El Jardín de los Inocentes" | Carlos Pinto adelanta su nuevo libro inspirado en un caso real.] Retrieved 23 May '21</ref>  


==External link==
==External Link==
[http://eduardo-paxeco.blogspot.com/2006/10/mea-culpa-capt-el-alex.html Screenshots taken from the episode's lead actor's personal blog]  
*[http://eduardo-paxeco.blogspot.com/2006/10/mea-culpa-capt-el-alex.html Screenshots taken from the episode's lead actor's personal blog.]  


==References==
==References==
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Screenshots from "El Alex".

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Mea Culpa was a Chilean true crime television series which aired on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) from 1993 to 2009. It featured dramatized re-enactments of some of the country's most notorious then-recent homicides and crimes, as well as interviews with the perpetrators.

In 2017, eight years after the series' cancelation, TVN uploaded the 13 seasons of Mea Culpa to YouTube; however, some episodes were either missing ("El Alex", "El Analfabeto", "El Mano de Tijera", "El Enfrentamiento", "El Engaño" [2005], "El Pediatra", "El Tío Víctor", and "Séptimo Piso")[1] or later removed by TVN ("El Castigo Fatal",[2] "El Cautiverio", "El Engaño" [1998], and "El Taxi"). Although most missing episodes have since been recovered and uploaded by fans of the series, as of 2021 the particularly gruesome episode, "El Alex" remains lost.

The episode, which premiered on October 11th, 2006, follows the story of Alexis Miranda Carrasco[3] (a.k.a. "El Alex"), a troubled 22-years-old survivor of childhood abuse and drug addict who robbed, stabbed, and slit the throats of an elderly couple in Macul, Santiago de Chile in 2004.[4] "El Alex" was briefly available for viewing on TVN's official website until 2007.[5]

During a November 2020 video chat with a fan, the series' creator, host, writer and director Carlos Pinto admitted that he doesn't know the reason why the episode was never re-aired or posted on YouTube, or even if a physical copy still exists. Pinto theorized that "El Alex" was either a) considered too disturbing for modern audiences by the director of programming, b) accidentally mislabeled by the people working at the network's archives, or c) withheld from syndication for legal reasons.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ 5 Capítulos Perdidos de Mea Culpa. Retrieved 23 May '21
  2. ↑ Mujer angelina que mandó a matar a pareja pide borrar capítulo de Mea Culpa. Retrieved 23 May '21
  3. ↑ Policías realizan intensa búsqueda de presunto asesino de ancianos en Macul. Retrieved 23 May '21
  4. ↑ Vuelve un clásico de la TV. Retrieved 23 May '21
  5. ↑ MEA CULPA (Archived October 28th, 2006). Retrieved 23 May '21
  6. ↑ "El Jardín de los Inocentes" | Carlos Pinto adelanta su nuevo libro inspirado en un caso real. Retrieved 23 May '21
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