The concierge tells Briscoe a resident is genuinely from "Toad Suck" Arkansas. There is indeed such a place in the state, an unincorporated, 8-block community. (There is also a national park in Texas with the same name).
This episode appears to be based on two separate cases/incidents:
- The 1989 Cindy James case. James was a Canadian nurse who disappeared from Richmond, British Columbia, on May 25, 1989. She was found deceased approximately two weeks later in the yard of an abandoned house, hogtied and with a nylon stocking wrapped around her throat. An autopsy indicated that she had died of an overdose of morphine, diazepam, and flurazepam. James's death was notable as she had made numerous reports to authorities dating back to 1982, alleging that she had been a victim of various acts of stalking, harassment, vandalism, home invasions, and physical attacks perpetrated by an unknown assailant.
- The 1988 Richard Farley case. On February 16, 1988, a mass shooting occurred at the headquarters of ESL Incorporated in Sunnyvale, California. 39-year-old Richard Farley shot and killed seven people and wounded four others. A former employee of the company, he stalked his co-worker Laura Black for four years beginning in 1984. Farley was convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder and is currently on death row at San Quentin State Prison.
Daniel Oreskes has played six different characters over the course of the series:
- Episode 5.23 Pride (1995) - Durban Campaign Manager.
- Episode 7.2 I.D. (1996) - Jack Maslin.
- Episode 8.18 Stalker (1998) - Mr. Wilson.
- Episode 11.24 Deep Vote (2001) - Jeff Waites.
- Episode 13.20 Kid Pro Quo (2003) - Merrill Rush.
- Episode 17.19 Fallout (2007) - Andrei Karpovich.