I just listened to this one driving back from LA last weekend. I've heard it several times before. I always thought that the script was taken from the news stories at the time. It was also extremely predictable. That being said, I liked it. I appreciate the real life dramas along with all of the other tales. Not everything can be mystery and macabre.

The only question I had was how the Reverend got 6000 feet of "war surplus" steel matting to that remote part of the jungle, then cleared the space for it, then camouflaged his marijuana farm. Granted, you really don't have to hide it if there is no one looking I guess. The co-pilot being killed was necessary I thought to show that the Reverend meant business. It also allowed the conversation between the Rev and the pilot to take place and allowed some character development.

Seems to me SAR would launch a more thorough search than the show displayed. But, this it is now the 21st century, not the 70's. I wonder.