He did unspeakably evil things | Derek Percy | Australian Crime Stories
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- He’s been described as Australia’s John Wayne Gacy, an opportunist killer, with unspeakable obsessions. Is this Australia’s worst child killer? We go inside the mind of Derek Percy and we ask the question, was he insane or evil?
Derek Percy was deemed too dangerous to be housed in a secure psychiatric facility, so he became the longest serving prison inmate in Australia’s history.
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Let’s just admire how bright and observant that little lad was in spotting the bumper sticker and the good police work by Robertson. Excellent detective work by the both of them. Shane saved many other innocent lives. RIP Shane Stiller
What's snow droping
After hearing him describe what he saw and seeing the hesitation and pain talking about the memories, that “it’s still there” makes my spine go cold
The poor man. And they didn't get any psychological help in those days.
Spare the rod and spoil the child!-percy
I just said to my son if a case this old can still bring the officer who found her to near tears and is still with him it must ha e been horrendous. I hope he knows he did everything he could and he got him.
I am so glad New South Wales has instituted a "No body, no parole" law.
When will the other states follow?
Is there anything we can do to help get it to be all states?
QLD enacted this law in 2017
It's such a good law! Clever arseholes with their "control issues" think they're pulling one over on society. Let'em rot.
We need that in the US too.
Very well said but all the rights are with the offenders seemingly.
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I'll never understand how a person can just tear someone up, with no feeling whatsoever, but to do it to a child, it just makes my mind shut down with a shutter of revulsion
Once you have cross the line over into murder I would expect its pretty easy to chop up a body . They saw that person as an object to begin with .
@@ApothecaryGrant Imagine how much of yourself you have to kill off just to go through with all of it.
Coz they are psychopaths they have no empathy, no remorse
It's easy. Just erase modern day ideals and propogation of what constitutes as morally acceptable and civilized. We are animals by nature. The first humans had to be animalistic to survive. Today, we've evolved and learned how to not be from day one. We compartmentalize emotions and feelings. We know the difference between right and wrong and we view life as the most sacred of all. If you're a psychotic, you can use the same ingredients of compartmentalizing, but to the opposite effect. Turn off emotions and see others as nothing but objects for your pleasure. All that separates us from them is a thin veil of civility. Take that away and you've got an animal.
Demonic.
Let’s just admire how bright and observant that little lad was in spotting the bumper sticker and the good police work by Robertson. Excellent detective work by the both of them
Insanity should NEVER be a tool for a murderer to get off the hook!
If they really are insane like that then it would be better to put them out of their misery if they cant control their murderous intent it wouldnt be wise to try and reinstate them into society so it would just be better to end their misery which will save innocent people from suffering
if you think they get off the hook you have no idea what "not guilty by reason of insanity" entails. They are still incarcerated they are just incarcerated in secure hospitals rather than prison. There is very little difference between the two.
@@Avrilfan261 many say that it's even worse in the hospital if you're not actually insane
@@mindaugasjurevicius5776excactly
People who are sentenced "not guilty for reasons of insanity" do NOT "get off the hook", but are sent to mental institutions, most times for the rest of their lives. Don't talk about stuff, you don't have any clue about, mate.
If they know to cover up their crime, then they know right from wrong. That's not insanity.
Exactly!
Got dat right you did.
Absolutely !!!
Indeed....when my dog climbs on the sink ,and gets into my cookie jar.....she NEVER remembers to put the lid back on the jar.....
@@robertzaborowski4656 lmao dat's da way it rolls. But if she put the lid back on then you would think someone else had done it. But dat's so cute.
This really got to me. I cried, not only for the children whose lives and future's he obliterated, and for their families, but also for Shane Spiller who's poor soul I sincerely hope now rests in eternal peace. None of them got Justice. A shocking case.
That little boy is a HERO and I hope he knows that! What happened to his friend is not his fault! Had he stayed with his friend and tried to defend both of them, they could have ended both dead and mangled! If he’s still alive today, I hope he would still find peace in his heart and be able to let the unfortunate things go. And if he was already dead somewhere, I hope his body will be found soon so that his family and the community he saved will be able to give him proper burial.
I also hope he knows what a hero he is. He saved so many more lives.
I don't think he's a little boy anymore
Agree 💯 it's not the boys fault,him running lead to his capture,if he tried to fight him the two of them would be lost. I hope in his heart he knew he had to run.🙏🏴
If he hadn't escaped they wouldn't have caught the killer.
@@markmike7933 Dropped on your head much?
Poor Shane. Had Percy’s crimes happened today, he might have gotten help for all the trauma. He was clearly searching for quietude, holing up in a remote corner with alcohol and drugs. Blotting it all out. Shane probably heard those screams for help in his dreams anyway. Of course it was too much. He had incredible strength to make it as long as he did. I hope he is resting at peace.
Percy lay in wait for every victim.
He kept diaries. His dad knew.
Percy wrote down his plans.
He took steps to hide his crimes.
These actions exclude the insanity defence.
In any event, how do you let him out after he slaughters a baby!?
He's a zombie.
Where's a good old fashioned drawing and quartering when you need one?
Zombie's father needed to be jailed too for the cover-up.
Yes. The father hiding evidence that could have prevented these murders reminds me of the case of murderer Ethan Crumbly who just got convicted after shooting up a school (11 victims, 4 died) in my home state of Michigan. Both of his parents not only knew about his deviant thought (from sketches, drawings, journals) but also bought him a gun less than a week before he committed the murders. Ethan had full access to it as it was never locked or secured in any way. His mother was just convicted of manslaughter for doing this and his father’s trial is coming up in June. This was a landmark decision in the US for parents being held responsible for a child’s crime. The shooter Ethan received life without the possibility of parole.
yeah, australia
Amazing how with so very many of these crimes that the "rights" of killers seem to be above that of the victims or victims families.
We all know that justice is uppermost but the rights and rehab of offenders seems often to come first.
RIP to these dear children, and hopefully Shane found some happiness, that he saved other lives there is no doubt.
AFUCKINGMEN
Fki police and military back each other over innocent and unarmed civilians
In his photos from his adult years, Shane Spiller looks like he has the "thousand-yard stare" you sometimes see in pictures of shell-shocked First World War soldiers.
I thought the exact same
Sad
That little boy Shane, was very brave and observant.
He's been missing since 2002, 20 years now..
@@NannupTiger It’s so sad.
😔😢😔
The haunted look in that little boys eyes as he posed with his hatchet to for the photo. He fully realizes just how close he came to the same horrific death as his friend. He seems never to have got over the horrible day.
Percy laughed at no ones suffering at their losses. He did not care. No psychopath does. People need to stop thinking killers care about the surviving family and their feelings.
What a heartbreaking story. Shane was a living victim. RIP hero.
People like this is the reason why I hug my daughter and tell her that I love her as often as I can. You never know when’s the last time you’ll be able to.
AMEN
Someone who rapes and torture a child should never be released. In the armed forces, police and wealthy families, we find such twisted minds. Minds that enjoy having power over someone who seems defenseless.
It's because they know the predator knows we won't say nothing
I think in 1970 Australia a jury of 12 people would think, “He must be insane”. As we now understand more and are still researching the human mind, we know some people are “evil”.
The have intent to carry out these horrific crimes because they are simply “evil” and not mentally ill. There’s this great show about it and I can’t remember the name! “Most Evil” or something like that???
It’s the same thing
@@M_SC no, it’s not.
I find it hard to believe that a perfectly sane, neurotypical person could just choose to commit horrific acts for no reason. I would be the first to admit that I'm not perfectly sane, and the thought of torturing a child makes me feel sick in many ways. To feel otherwise surely indicates a great mental disturbance that one can't simply choose to have.
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@@toastercatx it's demonic. If you entertain evil thoughts and accept them you open the door for demons to live in you. That's why Jesus Christ died on the cross. To save us from sin. To give us victory over sin.
Why on Earth was the evidence destroyed in a murder case? There is no statute of limitations for murder.
The Police in Australia are always losing contaminating or destroying evidence from cases like this, a number of old murder enquiries have run into the same problem. Slackness seems to be an issue in the way evidence has been handled.
@@midnightteapot5633 exactly. They have a habit of "losing"evidence.
@samanthafairweather9186 what do you expect from a former prison colony. People used to be sent to Australia to die from exposure to the dangerous wildlife. They overcame that and now you have what you see today.
@@justinkooker1460 I see an overall healthy and successful country. Police are incompetent all across the world, bud.
@@justinkooker1460Yes, mostly poor British citizens who were sent to the colonies for the offense of stealing bread and a bit of coal.
Hello from England. I had never heard of this guy before; what a monster. He was the worst nightmare of every parent and every child. That poor guy Shane, his life was destroyed by that encounter.
🇬🇧❤️🇬🇧 I was about to leave a very similar comment!
Gacy was up there with Jack the Ripper..Charles Manson,and all the other maniacs
The film was excellent,real creepy
These sickos are " bad seeds"
They're Born,not Bred
Australia was established primarily as a penal colony; where England sent its criminals and crazies. Others who settled there perpetrated the most horrific atrocities against the Aborigines they encountered. Over the years, Australia has featured some of the most violent and brutal murderers. It seems the country is one hellacious place.
@@Milamuum you certainly have a chip on your shoulder for that country, don't you? You've copy/pasted this comment multiple times.
Oh what a lovely jury, acquitted by reason of insanity, i question the sanity of the jurors.
Amen.
Cmon society NEEDS to learn to understand what makes a Human BRAIN just like yours do this.
It happens over and owes again because we refuse to Admit we are all capable like it or not
Should still serve time in mental prison.
Why would a prison give certain prisoners power over other prisoners?! That's stupid!
I disagree I don't think there's nothing crazy about this guy, for the fact that he went to that area and waited for a victim to come to him shows calculation and premeditation not some crazy guy with two personalities
This is an amazing channel. As an Aussie it amazes me that most of these crimes I've never heard of. Thank you for bringing these vile "people" and their sickening crimes to attention. I subscribed awhile ago and have binged watched most of your uploads.
grow up
Wel your foundational stock does consist mostly of deported criminals, cant be that suprised ;)
NSW here vile be an understatement sociopath and I remember being able to play outside but knew me and my brother knew when the street lights came on it was time 2 go home
@@keastymatthew2407 ⁉️ Why “grow up”? I don’t understand your comment…
@@suzimonkey345 you need these crimes bought to your attention? Do some research
Insanity should not be on the cards as a "defense" ever; if a person is well enough to function in society and coherently diarize their desires before such heinous actions are perpetrated by them, they should face prosecution as normal.
Insane people are detectable in their behaviour and therefore destabalizing insanity will show up long before it becomes the crutch of an excuse to murder.
Families who hide mental issues that have spilled over into assault on others, are culpable to the later actions of that person.
Percy should have been incarcerated in a mental facility, not relocated to a town where he is unknown to hide his crime and give him a clean slate.
Insane people still create the same harm for their victims. Who cares why they did it when the results are the same?
Insanity claim makes me sick!
Initially I was going to disagree with you, not to defend this pos, I just have mental illnesses. You're absolutely right, however.
What I can't understand is that if a gross murderer like this says he is mad, then he gets off the hook when in fact that gives greater reason for him to be strangled because then he's not even a human being, does anybody give sympathy to a dog with rabies & keep it alive?, it's not a dog anymore, the madness is with the people who make these laws. They won't have that opinion when it happens to their own children!, another thing is if a man goes out of his way to hide his crime, then he knows he did a crime, how can he be so mad?
He even lied on his deathbed. What a pos
How so
@@fhfhddhdhd5003probably with his mouth.
The boy was very courageous. It is a pity that he couldn't save his neighbor and thus will probably feel guilty all his life long. 😢😥
He lived up the road from me, he also vanished and has never been found.
He did and he lived a troubled life, he hasn't been seen since 2002
@@NannupTiger Thank you! I’m always fascinated by the lasting impacts of trauma, particularly that of ‘bystanders’. It’s something that’s rarely mentioned.
guilty???
Of what? Doing his best as a child to chase off the boogeyman? Do you often speak ill of the dead? @@Gabriel-gabriel
Percy really did have dead eyes that were void of emotion... Those poor kids and poor Shane....
Agree
Yes, really enjoy watching Australian crime and how people react to it. I don't know what the standard is for insanity in Australia. In America, it is assumed that anyone who kills someone is probably crazy in some way unless it's self-defense. But the question is "Did the person know what he/she was doing?" In other words was their mind in this reality? A person who is in the Navy is obviously functioning at some level in this reality. The other question is, "Did they know what they were doing was wrong or illegal?" When a criminal tries to cover something up that is a clear indication that they knew they were doing something wrong or against the law. Getting out of a murder charge by pleading insanity is rarely successful in the USA.
The laws and procedures around the insanity plea are similar, the suspect is assessed by psychologists and evaluated before the court will accept it..
Derek Percy wasn't insane. Evil, yes, but not insane. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing, and that it was wrong. He just didn't care. Before he died, he did an interview, and admitted that he knew what he was doing. He was just an evil, evil monster.
@@ariadneschild8460 not exactly from what this documentary shows. The key is that in America, often the only accepted “insanity” defense is when a person commits the murder (usually) in a state of psychosis in which they are completely disconnected with the reality in which they are living/existing/acting and/or they (possibly also) do not know that the act they are committing is homicide (ie- an illegal crime and/or that it is a wrongful murder that would under law be the equivalent of homicide, in a way of speaking) like for example the sleepwalking murder or when someone is possibly under the extreme influence of psychotic behavior inducing substances like the bath salts guy murders (if you know what I’m taking about lol sorry not very accurately referenced there by my casual naming or description 🤣🤷🏻♀️). It seems that in Australia, it doesn’t rise to the level of complete detachment or unawareness of one’s actions as they are happening and the actual consequences in reality (ie- that they are actually committing a crime/a murder). Obviously, that’s just my observation based on this documentary, so the standard may have changed and been more modernized or specified since the time that these horrific murders occurred. 🤷🏻♀️⚖️
He really was a warped, evil and twisted person. If there is a hell, I hope he’s there!
On Judgement Day, guaranteed, his name will not be found in the Book of Life.
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Another Truly Excellent Production. I'm gonna enjoy this.
In 69 I was only five 😁🤭🤣 Seen this one a few times already yet I know this will be the Best and most comprehensive Production 💯.
I haven't finished watching but Shane Spiller the boy hero with the tomahawk has been missing since 2002, after the attack, he was never the same, another victim if you ask me..
Absolutely. What he must have gone through! Yet, he stopped Percy from killing other children. It’s heartbreaking.
I think he killed himself with a drug overdose. Don't ask me I just do. His body probably eaten by wild animals before found.
I agree
the most sickening thing about this story is the justice system and cops patting themselves on the back they didnt do anything he was never convicted for any crime
They kept him locked up for his entire life to stop him hurting other people you absolute wombat dropping.
well like they said, with Australia's joke of a justice system back then he could have been out in as little as 7 or 8 years if they had convicted him. Without convicting him the scumbag spent the entire rest of his life locked up. In this instance a seeming flaw in the system worked out phenomenally.
Watching that old timer recall those memories was tough. He's clearly spent years with nightmares.
I am so sad for that little boy with the tomahawk. I hope he's finally at place ! ❤️
Place or peace
bravo to the Dr that said Pery had no place in society. we defiantly need to bring back public hangings for special cases like this one.
Absurd. The first sentence has no connection to the next.
@@M_SC does it matter. He fckin butchered a poor girl. I say the electric chair for the bloke.
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It's no coincidence that Percy was at the locations of all the kids that went missing..by him saying yes he was there but couldn't recall,that's his admission right fukn there!! No coincidence at all
He perfectly described in his sick diaries what he wanted to do to children and yet he can’t remember if he killed those children? Yeah right. Actually the jury members should have been evaluated for insanity not him.
Some cannot tell real life from fairy tales/delusions. He may not be able to know.
Great presentation of the case. One issue.. the fictitious Hannibal Lecter never killed children at all. Don't know how this guy is "Australia's Hannibal Lecter." He's more like "Australia's John Wayne Gacy."
Good point.
If you knew exactly what he'd done, you'd think so. They don't describe half of the injuries committed on these children.
@@samanthafairweather9186 Other actual non-fictitious criminals could still be far better examples of similar behaviour. Simply mutilating bodies does not make him the same as Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal Lecter was a fictional character who felt above killing children as he witnessed his sister being murdered and eaten as a child. They are not the same. Better comparisons can be made. The comparison they used between the two is lazy at best and stupid at worst.
@@samanthafairweather9186 even so, it’s not an apt comparison. What about Albert Phish instead for example
@@thecopperhorsemandid they change the title on account of your comment?
Thank you Australian crime channel. 💯 I really enjoyed the way the content was done. I have watched crime shows for many years now over here in the US and they just don’t seem quiet as good. I can’t put my finger on it because they go into these aspects as well. 🤷🏼♀️Yalls are just done a little differently somehow. Thank you again. ✌🏽🤠🇺🇸
That he was in charge of his division is the real case of inmates running the asylum .
I was thinking all the time, "Why not guilty but insane" with a minimum time to be served as long as the POS cooperates with psychiatric "help" on a far more intense and regular basis than is now offered. If they only see someone every six months it'd be comparatively easy to fake a desire for mental health, and the preparedness to work towards it.
I don't think, however, that it would have helped with this POS. Thank God, or the Graces, or the unusual good sense of psych experts and prison officials that he was never released.
Australian law must be different from US law, in regards to the collection of DNA. In the US, a warrant is needed to obtain a direct DNA sample, but no warrant or permission is necessary if the DNA is obtained from an item that has been discarded by the suspect. Given that Percy was incarcerated, it should have been exceedingly simply to obtain a sample from a discarded item.
The movie character 'Hannibal Lecter' was partly based on the crimes of the American child murderer Albert Fish, who was convicted for the 1928 cannibalistic murder of a 9 year old girl and died in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison N.Y. in 1936. There are a lot of videos about him here on RUclips.
Thanks for the upload!
First time to listen to your post and I was impressed with it. Terrible event but it happens globally, an aspect of humanity. Thanks. Got family in your big continent.
Been looking for a good doco on this monster. Thanks!
Yes, it's about time.
As a mother I find Derek Percy far more terrifying than Hannibal Lecter (if he was a real Serial Killer & not a fictional character!)
Hannibal Lecter was based off a real person, believe his name was Alfredo Ballí Treviño, he was a doctor from Mexico during the 50s n 60s. And Buffalo Bill was also inspired by a real serial killer as well... but his name was Gary Heidnik.
The Devil never goes away, it's always there in someone else. Evil doesn't sleep.
Every society that deems private property more precious than human life will continue to create monsters like this.
What a pos denying till the end. Disgusting.
Thank you 💛 did an excellent job on this. First time on your channel, I subscribed!
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he was treated very well by the corrupt system while the victims and family suffer
It is usually the way,especially in England (Were I reside)
My ❤ goes to all the young victims and Shane, this traumatic event led him yo destruction 😔
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I think when someone gets the death penalty their DNA should be taken n in cases like these where they sit til they die their DNA should be able to be taken after death n out in a data base. They might night serve time for any other crimes but at least there would be knowledge of WHO did it
Sadly, this is by far not an isolated case when viewed on a global scale.. Bundy, Gacy, West, Nielson, Dahmer, Rader…and many others. 😰😱
The bleak, evil stare of that individual. His lying till the last moment of his life. This is just so sickening. How do such minds even develop? Why do they have to exist long enough to destroy other humans? Devastating.
What a hero that boy was he did the right thing ! but that would destroy anyone that choice
This guy is a real piece of work. So many possibilities
Possibilities of what ? And for hum ? Whackos like him ?
That little boy at the beginning is so brave. It made it more heartbreaking that he lost his friend. Reminds me of my own son. That poor kid.
This poor little girl and all his victims. Crimes like this should never be forgot . I wept watching this.
What does a grown man see in harming and killing kids I don't understand how u get aroused by messing with children just can't wrap my head around that it's insane he should had been in prison not a mental hospital
He also got aroused by pooping in his pants. They skipped by that fairly quickly. It's a fairly rare paraphilia. Messed up from an early age and never received help from parents that clearly knew he was very disturbed.
He knew how to play the system. He was in the psych wing of a prison.
I don't think we could ever understand that mindset
How can they let a ‘man’ like that swear on a Holy Bible!!
Cause the bible means nothing
Not that Bible they mean holey it was a cover over blank pages ...hence holey full of holes
I discovered this channel and I'm impressed.
RIP Shane! You are a HERO ❤
And I'm so sorry for the trauma you endured 😢
That he was in charge of his division is a real case of inmates running the asylum. The sickest leading the rest?
was i bit choked up when I heard Shanes story an aproprite adult with him at police interviews might have helped a little.
It wasn't done like that back then. Imagine the terror Shane would've felt, having to stand on front of the monster who brutally murdered his best friend. I know that me, at the age I am now,(50), couldn't do it.
Where is episode 2??
Hopefully you've got it....
This was very very interesting , I love t see all kinds of Australian stories we get lots of documentary ‘s ,60 minutes Australian ,God bless all of the people off Australian ❤🙏🇨🇦
The verdict of insanity once more shows a failure of justice, instead of giving Dereck Percy a life sentence, the first time.
Video info: "He’s been described as Australia’s John Wayne Gacy"
First sentence in the video: "he's been branded Australia's Hannibal Lecter..."
Pure evil. Nothing but evil. He enjoyed devious behavior from a young age. That's disgusting. Percy's parents raised a monster. They saw him becoming a monster at an early age were more concerned with how it would make them look than with getting him help. The gullible jury that failed to see through his insanity defense in 1970 made this whole experience worse. So sorry for Shane.
that brave boy the poor little sod would of heard his friend cry's for help every day of his life god love her. i hope he found some happiness in his life away from the face of that pigs bastard murderer i'm english so i've never heard of this crime before but this channel is a very respectable story teller to any victims without being goulish 🇬🇧❤️
Guilty, by reason of insanity. that is okay, because that does happen. NOT, innocent by reason of insanity. that in itself is insane. its as if the crime never happened, and nobody gets justice that way.
His insanity plea kinda backfired on him. He was likely in prison longer than if he had been convicted. It still should have been guilty with life without parole! At one time Australia didn’t have a whole life sentence so maybe this verdict was a way of giving him one. It wasn’t mentioned as such but could it be possible?
" There was no place for Percy in the community "
35:16 Look up photos of shellshock and it's this exact look. Truly tragic how one instance in a person's life can affect them until their demise.
If he killed 3 or 9 kids. There is no difference at all. Only the number.
Very interesting doc! I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this guy, but I'm familiar w/ some of the unsolved cases mentioned… AU is like TX in a way- something makes it seem like the crimes/criminals that emerge can be alot more wild, crazy, creepy, unhinged, & screwed up than elsewhere… (or maybe it’s an illusion, as a Texan?)
Rather than purposefully playing into shock value & using labels, like how he’s the MOST monstrous & disgusting ever… or, how evil allll the details are, etc… I applaud how much of the program centered on the victims & their families’ commentary/interviews it also included a focus not only on the implications of Percy’s crimes & the fact he was caught- but “how?”. Acknowledging the boy that heroically stood up to that dirtbag & was responsible for his capture, as a victim… was poignant. I appreciate the way they sensitively navigated discussing the respect/honor he is due, lasting impacts the crime had on him, struggles he faced in life, & his depression/disappearance- focusing on his story was both touching & heartbreaking. U.S. crime docs/shows would have left his story on the cutting room floor- if anything, likely wouldn’t mention the most pitiful details; & since he was unfortunately dead, they NEVER would have used part of the budget to travel & also, film w/ a friend in his stead.
I prefer seeing/hearing all the crime facts- as horrid, fiendish, & depraved as they may be… I def. don’t support censoring or softening The Truth & reality of all that happened (nor avoiding use of photos & 911 calls, etc. simply bc they’re graphic or intense, thus not in “taste”) bc it acknowledges what the victims went through; but moreso, I like in depth analysis & more intellectual discourse/topics, especially how this show delved into the behavioral science aspects surrounding the criminal.
I also appreciate that each crime was covered SO thoroughly & how the various other cases he was potentially connected to, the theories behind them, & critical thinking processes utilized were all discussed… & in *such* detail; w/ LE clarifying their “final” assessment of his involvement, or not… rather than playing up the sensationalism & to make Percy into, or seem like, an even bigger monster or scarier bogeyman than he already was- which many, if not, most… true crime programs/shows & YT creators (especially) default into doing, generally.
That’s one of the reasons why this program really touched me so much- it recognized & focused on, all the pain, struggles, turmoil, damage, & the sheer amount of ppl that feel it, or are affected by it, when a crime as savage as those this POS committed, take place; as well as the special suffering that afflicts those that don’t have solid, reliable answers or any sense of closure about their loved one, which is why ppl hunt for it for so long. Moreover, it makes you question what justice is, and whether Percy is more contemptible for denying something so simple & easy, when he had nothing to lose? I also like that instead of ending w/ only a feeling of sadness… it offered a takeaway lesson about how things could have been different & perhaps, prevented… had his parents gotten him the help he VERY MUCH needed.
This was just SUCH a well made, in depth, compelling, interesting, heart wrenching, & poignant true crime doc. (AU makes a lot of “good” ones). Stay safe y’all!
@australiancrime thanks for sharing
PLEASE EVERYONE READ MY COMMENT, THANKS.
NO person who has a NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY does the things he did to children only those whose mind is severely damaged, carry out those acts. It is BLANTELY WELL KNOWN that he had a very damaged mind right from a very young age. Those who describe these people who show OBVIOUS signs of Physciopathy as being evil are poor simple idiots themselves, who want to keep humanity in the dark ages and as long as society listens to them, these HORRIFIC types of crimes will continue endlessly. Percy would have kept killing kids if he hadn't been either caught or released from Prison. The reason they never admit to their crimes is to do so would be a loss of power. People with psychopathy are INCREDIBLY SELFISH people.
It's almost like they look for a response in others as they no empathy and can't grasp the consequences of their actions. I'm no shrink but I've seen conspiracies come up from time to time. It does genuinely scare me. They are 'Wired differently"
Who cares though? What about his psychology will ever make a difference to his victims?
SHANE your an ANGEL
nice to see something from Australia that isnt typical stereotypical bs from Americans narrorating. Subbed. Thanks for your hard work from a 34 year in assisted living in Colorado in US.
0:51 FINALLY! That question is being asked at last! no usian show ever asks that very question that changes everything depending on the answer. I guess that the criminal investigator were completely incompetent, because it was their responsibility to prove a crime and the criminal intentionality. And they failed over and over.
What about the boxes of his writings/books from the storage unit? Never said any more about those!!
Thank goodness that boy with the hatchet had such great memory. There's no telling how many more children could have been murdered. Percy's crimes and demeanor remind me of Andrei Chikatilo.
The real fact is that anytime the government pays to educate a military member they will until the end protect them even if that means assaulting victims till the end
The eyes dont lie
In only one case I’ve learned about in the dozens of true crime stories I’ve seen (don’t know why it fascinates me, I’m trying to find an answer to violent crime that probably doesn’t exist) did I 100% agree that the murderer was insane. (He was found in the apartment covered in blood and eating his victim. No attempt to cover up the crime. He is still in Broadmoor, thank goodness)
Setting someone free because they are "insane" is WAY WORSE than setting someone free who knows what they have done. What the heck is wrong with this world??
Noone set him free thank God.
We would play outside playing hide and seek in the dark. Course we were out on the farm which is relatively safe.
I saw this story before, but it's nice to hear it from another perspective. I for one don't think 7 or 8 years for murder is good enough much serial murder. Frankly, if you purposefully and premeditatively kill people, you need to go. Full out go,
They should be at least be in jail for the natural lifespan of a person they’ve killed. That would be justice
Well as an American (actually Texan to be specific) I obviously think that any suggestion of a sentence like that is a crime in and of itself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aussies and Texans are so much alike in so many ways as far as I’ve happily noticed in my life and in other’s opinions like mine as well lol - EXCEPT for this one very glaring way. Criminal justice shouldn’t be something that anyone in a country with spiders the size of humans and the other most deadly other natural animal predators shouldn’t mess around about, because it turns out the most nightmarish evil predators are the inauspiciously non-eight-legged or inherently lethally venomous humans that are around us in society (and that shouldn’t ever be again, as soon as it is made clear as to what they truly are and the evil they are capable of…..) 🤮☠️
As Ron White so eloquently said: “I’m from Texas and if you kill somebody in Texas, we will kill you BACK. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That’s our policy.” Lolololol 🤷🏻♀️⚖️🇺🇸🌵. I highly recommend this policy to Australia especially for unimaginably evil cases like this sub-human excuse for a collection of evolutionary mistakes that was this nightmare personified!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cancer is painfull. No painkiller for him!
Is it just me or does Percy and the little boy who got away have the same look? They even looked alike when they were older! Their eyes especially and that stare.
It's just you. That poor guy went through a traumatizing ordeal that he never got over. He was also addicted to drugs and alcohol. That last picture may have been of him in one of those moments. Unlike Percy's cold lifeless stare... They absolutely look nothing alike.
@@jayceecee8651 but they look alike I said. I know one was a cold hearted psychopath. Just sayin’.
Program is very well done edits interviews this is how to do true crime documentaries
Get his DNA in 1969? They wouldn’t even have THOUGHT of that! Did I mishear that?
RIP Stick. Bravest little boy to tender man💔😢😢💔 I hope you’ve found your peace ✌️
The thumbnail says he’s the Australian John Wayne Gacy, but I’m not seeing any similarities between the two. 🤔
He's more like the Australian Ian Brady or Arthur Gary Bishop.
Check out the young TV reporter, Steve Liebmann!
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz I think that the reason things may have changed is that parents in the modern day are far more watchful of their children, probably because of murders like these.
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz It's early 2000's. I recorded them all.
whats a tv?