Hazard - Richard Marx

[Lorcan]

Did RM's character actually commit the murder? Has there ever been an official statement one way or the other?

[kipchik]

Oh wow Lorcan that is one question that i would really like to know,a part two single or film required here i think,,

[johnlambert]

He was special needs, I think he was executed shortly after RM made the record, he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time

[electricblue]

I believe that marys abusive bf did it,the sherriff wanted richard to be guilty cos when he was younger and richards mum died in the house fire,the sherriff then suspected richard guilty of her and her fellas deaths,he wanted to get him on something,anything,so concluded that richard killed mary when in fact marys bf,jealous over her friendship with richard,strangled her and dumped her body in the river,because the sherriff had spied on richard and mary the night before and witnessed an argument between the couple(who wanted to be together)he knew he could accuse him!!

[Taya_Janeway]

There was a part two which shows that there was not enough evidence, no prints on Mary or the scarf so the case was deemed a suicide. Richard said that this is NOT based on a true story and when he first wrote the song, he thought that a fictional murder suspect plot was the dumbest thing he ever came up with but his wife insisted it would be a hit and four months later it was #1 in 13 countries, much to his dismay. In fact even though the character of Mary,s death was a suspicious death. It was stated that in the city of Hazard, there have been no suspicious deaths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMIpTCgYQHI

[Taya_Janeway]

There was a part two which shows that there was not enough evidence, no prints on Mary or the scarf so the case was deemed a suicide. Richard said that this is NOT based on a true story and when he first wrote the song, he thought that a fictional murder suspect plot was the dumbest thing he ever came up with but his wife insisted it would be a hit and four months later it was #1 in 13 countries, much to his dismay. In fact even though the character of Mary,s death was a suspicious death. It was stated that in the city of Hazard, there have been no suspicious deaths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMIpTCgYQHI

[Taya_Janeway]

And there was a rumor through Richard's label that there would be a Chapter 3 but Richard saw no need as the song itself does not reveal the killer.

[Taya_Janeway]

It's completely fictional, Marx says, based on "a conglomerate of short stories, movies, and TV".

http://www.nctc.net/hazard/marx/archive/

[Taya_Janeway]

when the article was written it said Marx was working on Chapter 3 but Chapter 3 has never been made to this day. The only one was fan-made