What Kenda really thinks of Carl Marino
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Second chances — 5 years ago(September 01, 2020 04:47 PM)
That is ridiculous. Why do people always believe that the "character" the actor plays is who they really are. I had a brief interaction, and I can tell you that who he is on TV isn't portrayed in real life. The guy is a jerk.
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Crimejunkie3 — 4 years ago(December 28, 2021 06:38 PM)
Susie, you are totally justified in your assessment of Marino. He left the Monroe County Sheriff's Department after being arrested on assault and DUI charges (public records). I pulled some court records on him and discovered that he was listed as a deadbeat dad in Monroe County, NY right before he fled that state for California. In fact, NY suspended his driver's license for failure to pay child support (again, public records).
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Rreezee73 — 4 years ago(February 22, 2022 05:52 PM)
Is all these details in the book Set Up or do you know more.
They are doing a reboot of HH & Carl has lost it bc they’re not going to include him in it.
He & I got into it in a FB group where he abused me, called me crazy, inferred I was a stalker & spread **** about him.
This was all because I said he wasn’t pivotal to HH & the show was about Kenda not him.
He is a complete dirtbag who thinks it’s acceptable to abuse women just bc they don’t agree with him.
He then had the nerve to say his job at Weat Point was more dangerous then Lt’s job - which I took as him saying he wants a show made about him.
People are completely blinded by the fake facade he puts on just to get money & that’s all it’s about for him is money.
After him abusing me like he did I want to get as many factual evidence to show that he is a fraud, saying he’s done this that & the other for his country when 80% isn’t true -
Crimejunkie3 — 4 years ago(February 25, 2022 07:50 PM)
I am so sorry to hear that Marino abused you, but I’m not surprised. I reached out to one of the women on the PI show and learned a lot about what he did to them. According to the actress, Carl was hired in 08 to act as a cheater in a bar to test decoy applicants. I would share the links she provided but I don’t have the required 25 posts. She said Carl excelled at playing a narcissistic cheater because he really was one. When they landed the show deal, Carl begged for a part but Lifetime said no. Carl went nuts and threatened to destroy the show and Lifetime actually served him with a C&D order. Carl then sabotaged cases for the show by secretly calling the subject of uc stings. They wouldn’t fire him bc he was assigned to the uc sting on the police. Which he also sabotaged the same way as all the others. Now I personally found this tale a little far-fetched until I saw the video of Carl working uc to expose police in 09 FOR THE SAME PI FIRM. Basically what she said was that Carl was jealous of the PI and set him up bc he was refused a part in the show. Well then she said Carl went on Dr. Phil, got caught lying, threw a tantrum back stage, and now won’t talk about his “heroics” bc he fears going to jail.
A lot of that stuff is in the book, but the parts about the corrupt police wasn’t. The actress said she has the child support order from NY state that proves he was a deadbeat dad.
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adouthit-1 — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 08:21 PM)
Link doesn't work but I just saw an episode of 48 hrs where they talk about what I'm pretty sure you are talking about. Carl was the one who turned in his boss for all the bad stuff he was doing so why would Joe not think much of him?
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BERSERKERpoetry — 10 years ago(October 24, 2015 09:30 PM)
It took me quite a while to type this up, an excerpt from "The Setup: A True Story of Dirty Cops, Soccer Moms, and Reality TV" by Pete Crooks. There are other passages I don't relate here, covering Carl Marino's various personalities, such as a military history that never occurred.
The part directly concerning Joe Kenda and Carl Marino is as follows:
Marino plays a young version of Kenda in the re-creation sequences. Example: Kenda says, in voice-over narration: "I wanted to check the police report again, so I went back to my office and pulled the file." Then Marino is shown looking at a manila folder.
After setting up an interview through Investigation Discovery, I asked Kenda what he thought of Marino. Kenda said, "I've talked to him on the phone one time, for about ten minutes. You know what he told me? In the brief call we had, he told me he was a detective back in New York. I thought, 'You're pretty young to be a retired detective,' so I made a couple of calls. Turns out, he was a detention officer in Upstate New York."
Kenda had seen Marino on 48 Hours, and told me he thought Marino was "lying his ass off" on that show. "What was he even doing [working for Butler], where someone would give him drugs to sell?"
Kenda, who spent forty years interrogating liars, had an interesting take on Marino. "He's Walter Mitty," Kenda said. "He wants you to think he's this other guy, not the guy he really is. And if you say, 'No, you're not that guy, you're this guy,' he gets upset."
Sometime after my interview with Kenda, he had a chance to meet Marino in Knoxville, Tennessee, during production of Homicide Hunter's third season. Kenda posed for a few pictures with Marino, and "the two Kendas" filmed a behind-the-scenes video together. Kenda's experience meeting Marino in person was similar to that of retired FBI agent Chuck Latting.
"I met Walter Mitty," Kenda wrote. "He was quiet, nervous, and intimidated."
Kenda noticed that Marino carred a prop to the set to feel important. "He has purchased a director's chair, hardwood and canvas, looks pricey," Kenda wrote. "He has had a canvas support made and embossed with his name in white 4" letters on one side, and the other side reads LIEUTENANT JOE KENDA: HOMICIDE HUNTER in blue. Why don't I have such a chair?" -
WhateverLolaWantsLolaGets — 10 years ago(November 01, 2015 07:05 AM)
That's pretty brutal but I'm sure it's true. Kenda isn't the type of man to say crazy stuff like that if it's not true. Just going by what I've seen of him.
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jayme_franklin — 10 years ago(November 06, 2015 02:57 PM)
I don't find it brutal at all. My father spent several years in Vietnam, and he and his veteran buddies have an extreme dislike/hatred for those who lie about being in the military.
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WhateverLolaWantsLolaGets — 10 years ago(November 08, 2015 06:15 PM)
My dad was in 'Nam for two tours as well so I understand. I've actually met a lot of men who want to impress me with faux "special forces" experience. Real special forces never talk about it and I'm not a naive woman so I don't fall for their bs. If you read the rest of my response I said "Kenda would never say anything like that about someone if it wasn't true". I'm a huge Kenda fan and I wish more cops/detectives were like him. Sadly most of them are the "anti-Kenda".
I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.- Bette Davis -
BERSERKERpoetry — 10 years ago(November 17, 2015 06:24 PM)
Also in the book, Pete Crooks relates instances where Carl Marino claimed to be the cousin of Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Mario, a decorated war vet, AND a first responder at 9/11!
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jabell — 10 years ago(December 30, 2015 03:44 AM)
Do you mean Dan Marino?
I thought that Kenda had chosen Carl Marino because he looked the way I thought Kenda wished he had looked when he was that age. Marino is a really good looking man!
Boo Hoo! Let me wipe away the tears with my PLASTIC hand!Lindsey McDonald (Angel) -
Samdracula — 4 years ago(July 29, 2021 12:23 AM)
Lol, that’s how I found this discussion when I googled question of why Joe doesn’t look anything remotely close to Carl. This is where I got directed. Jojo must have a complex, huh. I actually really liked Carl’s portrayal of Joe. Made him look real good, tough, and fair.
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kelliemurray — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 11:59 AM)
This is a link to a video from the 48 Hours episode where Marino is talking about working undercover, negotiating drug deals and all while he was doing acting jobs and trying to keep the two straight. I'm calling BS on him just like Kenda did. There is NO WAY he could work an undercover for the government and do acting gigs at the same time. He is completely full of it!!
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/extra-carl-marino-on-working-undercover/
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Second chances — 5 years ago(September 01, 2020 04:55 PM)
Totally agree! Marino is a wanna be everything he's not. But in his defense, he's obviously relied on his looks and been treated well because of them. So maybe he doesn't have self assurance that he's liked for anything but…
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fiveforme — 10 years ago(January 13, 2016 11:22 AM)
As soon as I finished reading your link, I went to the IMDb page on Marino and read his bio there - which he appears to have written himself. Good God, this guy is really full of himself! Part of the bio reads:
Carl excelled at both academics and sports in high school and, after graduation, attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. Following West Point, Carl became a Deputy Sheriff in New York and served for almost 17 years on the force.
He also has a Facebook page and claims to on a "Kenda Cruise" with
Carribean Independence of the Seas,
and claims that Joe is there, too. Can anyone confirm this? If Marino is so smart, why hasn't he figured out that his IMDb bio has been debunked? One thing that has always bugged me is that we all know that Kenda is a south paw, but I have seen Marino writing and pulling a gun with his right hand several times. I love Kenda, though, and from now on I'll be listening more than watching.
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 