Congresswoman Adopted 55 Children & Turned Them Into Killers

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Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @Hotwheels0185
    @Hotwheels0185 5 месяцев назад +4651

    Honestly a married couple where one is a pastor and one is a goveenment official who have 55 adopted child all screams red flags to me.

    • @MusMasi
      @MusMasi 5 месяцев назад +239

      husband was 14 when they started dating, was her daughters ex boyfriend and her informal adopted/fostered son................................and she was 32

    • @gonnacry5077
      @gonnacry5077 5 месяцев назад +103

      ​@@MusMasi That is disgusting on so many level

    • @richardsanjose3692
      @richardsanjose3692 5 месяцев назад

      Only in a third world country where education is for the few not the many could a person pull off such a large scale con of being a witch and people go for it.Then again here America we have these church groups getting tens of thousands to believe in this silly bible shit which isn't that different I guess. Poor desperate people will believe anything that promises them relief from whatever it is that troubles them.

    • @marynorman4797
      @marynorman4797 5 месяцев назад +19

      💯 Red Flags I believe you're absolutely correct!!

    • @KT06
      @KT06 5 месяцев назад +3

      Agree

  • @MorganVsTheInternet
    @MorganVsTheInternet 7 месяцев назад +20381

    How is it even legal to adopt 55 kids? There is no way you can give equal love and attention to 55 kids!

    • @user-Ados-amerika
      @user-Ados-amerika 7 месяцев назад +487

      Plus her voice is very soothing some people got that ability some people don't and she has it

    • @jayetite
      @jayetite 7 месяцев назад +1007

      Clearly they don't give a damn about the kids.

    • @lilithastraeas4739
      @lilithastraeas4739 7 месяцев назад +1574

      Well it's mentioned in the video that they were never legally adopted

    • @dianaosazenaye1313
      @dianaosazenaye1313 7 месяцев назад +50

      I wonder how

    • @MorganVsTheInternet
      @MorganVsTheInternet 7 месяцев назад +13

      @@missmindersue🫠🫠🫠

  • @Anna-jh2uf
    @Anna-jh2uf 3 месяца назад +1649

    I’m a law student here in Brazil and this case is so bizarre that we literally have to study it at college.

    • @user-ot3vx3lq9y
      @user-ot3vx3lq9y 2 месяца назад +36

      For real?? What is being studied? I’m so invested in studying law just for my ever curious mind especially overseas mind

    • @bolverkvolsung6142
      @bolverkvolsung6142 Месяц назад +8

      The female John of God.

    • @FernFokes-tu6vs
      @FernFokes-tu6vs Месяц назад +18

      The woman was an abuser of children and that alone should be why she stays behind bars forever. Mother flower is whom I'm referring to. Churches should stop allowing these look at me types.

    • @Onora619
      @Onora619 Месяц назад +11

      @@FernFokes-tu6vs they need to stop mistaking religion for morality.

    • @ld-zj1bn
      @ld-zj1bn Месяц назад +3

      What a great case to study!! Cheers to the tutor who organised that!

  • @ray.v._
    @ray.v._ 4 месяца назад +876

    Hey Rotten Mango, I'm a Kenyan. How about doing a video on a pastor who literally forced his followers to starve to death. It happened last year and the pastor is in jail now. It's a very interesting case covered by multiple international news networks and I believe your subscribers would be interested in hearing about it.

    • @annateez
      @annateez 4 месяца назад +25

      Oh yes, I remember that!

    • @lorilange8654
      @lorilange8654 2 месяца назад +15

      How horrible 😮

    • @user-ot3vx3lq9y
      @user-ot3vx3lq9y 2 месяца назад +18

      Yes I’d love to hear about this too!!!

    • @_49668.muffy_
      @_49668.muffy_ 2 месяца назад +5

      Mackenzie mentioned ‼️🙆🏾‍♀️

    • @PatriciaErvin-xt2mj
      @PatriciaErvin-xt2mj 2 месяца назад +3

      Yea Steph team check it out to do story.

  • @rootbeerlover6960
    @rootbeerlover6960 6 месяцев назад +1894

    when she said that her husband was her adoptive son i gasped so loud 😭

    • @L-pf8os
      @L-pf8os 4 месяца назад +55

      I choked on my chips 😭

    • @CommanderDarcy
      @CommanderDarcy 4 месяца назад +36

      Tbh I already knew that and gasped too

    • @centerpromise5900
      @centerpromise5900 4 месяца назад +33

      That’s when I turned it OFF. Don’t need to hear that kind of stuff… such negative energy

    • @mshelshell
      @mshelshell 4 месяца назад

      ​@@centerpromise5900 "such negative energy" bro it's literally a true crime pedo case. Kinda hard NOT to be negative. That is unless you're a pedo yourself...

    • @rasheed7934
      @rasheed7934 4 месяца назад

      😂😂😂 Don't blame you at all.​@@centerpromise5900

  • @Kristine_202
    @Kristine_202 7 месяцев назад +5699

    Nah, 55 kids is a red flag. It doesn't make me think of her as a saint, it makes me think there's something sinister going on. Plus...She ran several "mega churches?" Nope! I can tell this woman is shady before even hearing the whole story.

  • @rhododendronluteum5750
    @rhododendronluteum5750 4 месяца назад +333

    Despite how dark this story is, I can‘t help but marvel at how good you are at telling stories! You use so many details, put emotion into every character and use even mundane story sections to build tension. Everything about it pulls you into the story and makes you want to hear more.

    • @user-ot3vx3lq9y
      @user-ot3vx3lq9y 2 месяца назад +9

      She is an amazing storyteller!!!! 🎉

    • @pooppoop8142
      @pooppoop8142 27 дней назад

      Ye her stories so good sometimes I just only listen on Spotify and do some other shit.

  • @DragonflyandTheWolf
    @DragonflyandTheWolf 3 месяца назад +120

    55 children isn't a family, its an orphanage.

    • @Truthorfib
      @Truthorfib 27 дней назад

      Socrates once said that democracy would lead to insane choices and he got X_X 💀for that. Years later Socrates was proven right.

    • @donnaflores2166
      @donnaflores2166 21 день назад

      More like child trafficking

  • @gthktty666
    @gthktty666 6 месяцев назад +4493

    I love that she wanted to "save" the children from gang life but she just created a new gang where she was the leader.

    • @susanpendell4215
      @susanpendell4215 6 месяцев назад

      Way way worse, a pedo cult where 2 adults prey on the young and innocent, like spiders.

    • @DoNautPlayThisGame
      @DoNautPlayThisGame 6 месяцев назад +88

      Everybody wants to rule the world.😢

    • @ColbyAzimuth
      @ColbyAzimuth 6 месяцев назад +21

      Some gangs are much healthier and more nourishing than others. Kudos and admiration to the best ones!!

    • @radiantlove7136
      @radiantlove7136 6 месяцев назад

      She was a pedophile! She didn’t want to save them she wanted to abuse them

    • @amyjt35
      @amyjt35 6 месяцев назад +54

      Yep.... they call it a cult, as if that's a step above gangs.

  • @DrawpinionDump
    @DrawpinionDump 6 месяцев назад +2651

    As a Brazilian, it's so refreshing to see a non-Brazilian talk about the favela with such care and nuance! You've really done your research, and it's clear you took your time trying to understand the many dynamics of these communities! Congratulations for your team, and thank you for bringing this perspective to the international youtube scene!

    • @mikeyfn-a6684
      @mikeyfn-a6684 5 месяцев назад +44

      I must say,, being a Brazilian, her* English seems superb..good job! 👍👍

    • @petitluna2571
      @petitluna2571 5 месяцев назад +37

      Estamos em todo canto!!!

    • @malumedeiros5965
      @malumedeiros5965 5 месяцев назад +49

      nao tankei quando percebi que era a flordelis no video gringoKKKKKKKK

    • @DEATH-THE-GOAT
      @DEATH-THE-GOAT 4 месяца назад

      ​@@petitluna2571What? Cockroaches?

    • @CommanderDarcy
      @CommanderDarcy 4 месяца назад +17

      Fiquei em choque quando percebi q era a Flordelis na thumb

  • @maystice5361
    @maystice5361 4 месяца назад +75

    The part where Flor is encouraging her “adopted” kids to tell other kids how fun her home is to lure them there really reminded me of the movie “Ma”

  • @jewelscheffer-oi2ct
    @jewelscheffer-oi2ct 2 месяца назад +91

    I am disabled. I love your podcast. It makes my world quite a bit better. You are making my world better. I look for ways to help. Thank you so very much and please take care of you

  • @camillevi1805
    @camillevi1805 7 месяцев назад +7045

    I'm brazillian and this case until today shocks the whole nation. The hypocrisy of Flordelis and the family was what made us so mad at them.

    • @WilliamSantos-cv8rr
      @WilliamSantos-cv8rr 7 месяцев назад +33

      "Whole"

    • @minini5571
      @minini5571 7 месяцев назад +16

      @@WilliamSantos-cv8rr😂😂

    • @JohnnyLynnLee
      @JohnnyLynnLee 7 месяцев назад +65

      It's n interesting case but from Brazil the Evandro's case (Caso Evandro) and the João de Deus case, or even Maniaco do Parque, and others, would be far more interesting.

    • @Kamila-ey5vi
      @Kamila-ey5vi 7 месяцев назад

      @@WilliamSantos-cv8rr calaboca frango

    • @saralee8531
      @saralee8531 7 месяцев назад

      ​@ville__what content? you don't seem like a likeable dude.. maybe that's why you get shit views and have no money.

  • @pollyannaprinciple5860
    @pollyannaprinciple5860 7 месяцев назад +4860

    What a story. This woman and her husband ruined children's lives or deeply traumatized them; yet, they were seen as pillars of the community and religious leaders. Scary.

    • @Kristine_202
      @Kristine_202 7 месяцев назад +150

      Sadly, that happens a lot with religious leaders. And I'm not knocking religion in general, it's just that more often than not, it seems that successful, famous religious figures often turn out to be total dirtbags.

    • @amandab6835
      @amandab6835 7 месяцев назад

      A lot of celebrities and politicians are doing this now.
      Adopting boys and raising them as girls is one popular form of abuse being carried out.

    • @PeachPritchard
      @PeachPritchard 7 месяцев назад +37

      yes, because they have power and are respected... feared

    • @Zyryne1
      @Zyryne1 7 месяцев назад +9

      Common enough stories. 😊❤

    • @daisyplanter617
      @daisyplanter617 7 месяцев назад +55

      A lot of power seeking predators (of all kinds) put themselves into position to run religious, political, law enforcement and other leadership roles. Most decent people do not want to have people under their control.

  • @italamachado4597
    @italamachado4597 4 месяца назад +60

    I wanna congratulate you Stephanie for telling a Brazillian story that even we brazillians didn"t know that much information about the case and super well handeled, showing who were sentenced and avoiding chosing sides there. Cuz our society are also living the same polithical polarity. The same way people get blind by a beautiful story, and by promises they wanna hear. There's gonna always be 2 social bubbles that are not able to comunicate with each other. Great work.

  • @cryotankexpansion
    @cryotankexpansion 5 месяцев назад +115

    As a Brazilian, your care with the details, including the pronunciation of names and all, was superb! Love your channel!

  • @jeffreysherman8224
    @jeffreysherman8224 7 месяцев назад +2645

    Childhood is so so important. Flor was groomed, surrounded by horrible things at a young age, and grew up to be an abuser. Anderson was groomed by Flor, and then became either an abuser or an enabler of abuse. It really is a cycle. 😢 Good lord, what a case!

    • @daughterofthecreator2585
      @daughterofthecreator2585 7 месяцев назад +97

      Yes. Let the cycle be exposed.

    • @aliceDarts
      @aliceDarts 7 месяцев назад +207

      Yeah... but not going to sympathize because they were caught in the cycle of abuse. They has the choice to abuse and did it. They as adults knew it was wrong... but still chose to abuse. I have no sympathy. It is called a cycle of abuse but one can break that cycle.

    • @jeffreysherman8224
      @jeffreysherman8224 7 месяцев назад +86

      @@aliceDarts I appreciate that perspective. And I agree they were very bad people. I certainly don't condone neglect or abuse, but as far as how they viewed weird and (to us) unthinkable actions, I wonder. Did they know it was wrong the same way we as outsiders do, or were they just a product of their environment? An environment that acclimated them to horrible things. An environment that made abuse very familiar. A lot of times familiar means something you're ok with even when you shouldn't be. I've learned that people who grow up in dysfunction (like myself, narcissistic abuse) don't usually know just how bad it is until they are exposed to how healthy people live. I'm still unraveling my own abuse and neglect in my 30s. The point is, the life we have as younger people defines the starting point in our adult years. It's totally our responsibility to be decent citizens though. In this case, the trauma and dysfunction is just multiplied. All those children are affected by this. How are they gonna deal with it? Are they going to be abusive, or are they gonna wake up and say no more? I think I have a little sympathy for the younger versions of Flor and Anderson, but I mainly feel for the sadness of the situation as a whole. I'm glad this kind of thing is being talked about. Maybe we'll have less of it, if more people take it seriously.

    • @daughterofthecreator2585
      @daughterofthecreator2585 7 месяцев назад +58

      @@jeffreysherman8224 i can see your point. But their actions show they know its wrong. Like how she said she couldn't get divorced because of how its looked down on in her circle, so instead choose to kill. Even the Bible they supposedly use as "pastors" give them a moral guideline. Nothing about a swingers club says pastors life, that's why she omitted it from her events of the night of the crime. They know. They were living a double life, pastor by day and which at night.

    • @jujuoof174
      @jujuoof174 7 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah…

  • @IntuitiveLibby
    @IntuitiveLibby 7 месяцев назад +2639

    To me the first 🚩 was the fact that she recalls singing at her fathers funeral as her first experience of fame. Having lost a parent unexpectedly, and having spoken at their service, I can tell you the entire thing was a blur. Thi lady strikes me as a true malignant narcissist.

    • @arlecelarae654
      @arlecelarae654 6 месяцев назад +38

      I wonder if she’s a psychopath?

    • @markmiller6408
      @markmiller6408 6 месяцев назад

      ruclips.net/video/18Os663dF0U/видео.html

    • @Thesixwolf6
      @Thesixwolf6 6 месяцев назад +40

      Having 55 kids not the first red flags to you?

    • @meganr9280
      @meganr9280 6 месяцев назад +141

      @@Thesixwolf6the death of her father happened first so that would’ve been the first red flag chronologically.

    • @dezirae1619
      @dezirae1619 6 месяцев назад +25

      ​@@arlecelarae654it's possible, but it seems like she exhibits characteristics more in line with hero narcissism or white knight syndrome.

  • @camillafernandes4156
    @camillafernandes4156 5 месяцев назад +132

    In brazil there's this thing called "brazilian adopting" in which a family takes a kid in to raise, and sometimes the biological family is ok with that. But also it was very common for families to take poor girls in to be their maid. Other families see this as a way to adopt a child without having to go through the legal system (which is very thorough to make sure the parents are fit to raise a child, you have to go through a six month course and then submit to be considered legally able to adopt, and only then you'll be put in line to adopt a child fit for your profile).
    So Flor's case wasn't seen as strange cause this kind of informal adoption was/is very common here. Which sucks. She was seen as a foster mom.

    • @AJforkids
      @AJforkids 4 месяца назад

      It makes me sad that women take in girls they're not related to be their little house slaves. I say that because I study U.S. history and see parallels.

    • @AJforkids
      @AJforkids 4 месяца назад +12

      Thanks for mentioning that thing about maids. Something that makes me sad is that women will take in girls (of any ethnicity) as little house servants (enslaved). I've studied U.S. black history and see parallels.

    • @L.-I.
      @L.-I. 2 месяца назад +6

      In the Philippines it's the same taking in girls as maids. I remember having had one at my cousins' family and she was early 20s, when I was a teen. All kids called her "Ate" because she was practically our sister.

    • @kaydiglawson7767
      @kaydiglawson7767 2 месяца назад +4

      But 55 kids , that's a little insane

  • @katiemaggles
    @katiemaggles 5 месяцев назад +18

    "it was the connection between mum and daughter.
    But also generational trauma" had me laughing way too loud

  • @barbaramartins5629
    @barbaramartins5629 7 месяцев назад +3574

    As a Brazilian, this case is as insane as Stephanie tells it.
    Edit: Flordelis' adopted kids were mainly picked up by Flor from very poor people, who had no conditions to raise a child. In Brazil, we call these "Brazilian adoption", because it's not formal and not done though the State.
    But it's said that she used to come up to homeless women and just force them to turn their kids onto her care.

    • @JohnnyLynnLee
      @JohnnyLynnLee 7 месяцев назад +51

      It's n interesting case but from Brazil the Evandro's case (Caso Evandro) and the João de Deus case, or even Maniaco do Parque, and others, would be far more interesting. As crazy as this one is that is one of the weakest one could chose.

    • @tv-21
      @tv-21 7 месяцев назад +6

      Wow, simone biles was her daughter?

    • @lil_jururu
      @lil_jururu 7 месяцев назад +27

      ​@@JohnnyLynnLee yea! even the disastrous Eloá Cristina case, which had that hideous media coverage. They killed that woman.

    • @JohnnyLynnLee
      @JohnnyLynnLee 7 месяцев назад +12

      @@lil_jururu yeas! That one was far worse too! Or the "Escola Base" case.

    • @dimeonadime5133
      @dimeonadime5133 7 месяцев назад

      😮😮

  • @jerlinej3516
    @jerlinej3516 7 месяцев назад +3964

    Being a pastor of a mega-church (nevermind SIX of them) is a red flag for me tbh, no offense to anyone who attends them, it's just way too easy for narcissists to infiltrate this space. The other stuff is just the cherry on top.

    • @jayetite
      @jayetite 7 месяцев назад +278

      Narcissists usually run the place.

    • @KMissy_Sinic
      @KMissy_Sinic 7 месяцев назад

      Mega churches are disgusting.

    • @booklover_78
      @booklover_78 7 месяцев назад +111

      Agreed. I've seen the money, through purchases, these people have while the flock sometimes struggle. 💔 Six? I'm still struggling to understand why that was allowed and how.

    • @GothicUndone
      @GothicUndone 7 месяцев назад +70

      Agreed. Everything about this woman & her husband in just the first 2mins screams cult leader fanatic to me.

    • @morguegal
      @morguegal 7 месяцев назад +60

      @ville__ sorry, who are you again? 🤣

  • @sherrijamison338
    @sherrijamison338 5 месяцев назад +52

    I love how much effort you guys put into the research you do. You’re never just regurgitating the same stories everyone else is telling. And the way you always try to get the cultural nuances across to your viewers. Yall are unmatched

  • @nataliesue2485
    @nataliesue2485 4 месяца назад +17

    Anyone that looks unusually "good" or "perfect" or "heroic" on paper... Should be investigated. They're most likely over compensating for the evil they do in secret.

    • @marilynntiniguar4344
      @marilynntiniguar4344 9 дней назад

      Literally every so called Christian always have something to hide. So scary they hide behind their god and do horrible things

  • @officialJayCarrizales
    @officialJayCarrizales 5 месяцев назад +718

    "see I told you .... That witch knows what she's doing..... UNTILL THE MAN DIED"😂😂 That made me spit out my tea lol

    • @barbiepixie92
      @barbiepixie92 4 месяца назад +16

      Lol the witches stories are hilarious in this one😂😂😂

    • @ririmari2717
      @ririmari2717 3 месяца назад +8

      Lmao! Same! It’s the way Stephanie said it too that cracked me up 😂🤣🤣

    • @Froggycolouring
      @Froggycolouring 3 месяца назад +5

      Same 😭 
      I just had a delicious cup of tea in my hands, I take a sip, and now its all gone 😔

    • @avrie6668
      @avrie6668 2 месяца назад +2

      THAT NEEDS A TIME STAMP!

    • @juniorr2646
      @juniorr2646 Месяц назад

      Bruh i was drinking orange juice

  • @ametistarr
    @ametistarr 7 месяцев назад +606

    Weren't people concerned about a pair having 55 FCN KIDS?! Literally, this is almost impossible to feed all of them, not talking about buying them clothes, etc.

    • @luanasilvestrep.santos9172
      @luanasilvestrep.santos9172 7 месяцев назад +51

      donations from the church and to flor were done to help them because people believed she was doing "god's work", to everyone it was a beautiful charity work and a noble thing, the authorities never checked them for the same reason

    • @beiraodoaloucura9295
      @beiraodoaloucura9295 7 месяцев назад +16

      They were rich

    • @gypsywoman9140
      @gypsywoman9140 7 месяцев назад +11

      FR though...people were shocked by Jon and Kate and Octomom with their 8 kids. Then the Duggars. 8 kids, 19 kids...its a lot. 55?!?

    • @Corey-gu3nn
      @Corey-gu3nn 6 месяцев назад +6

      I'm sure there was plenty of hand me downs.

    • @MadaraUchiha-ly8wr
      @MadaraUchiha-ly8wr 6 месяцев назад +2

      It's sad to see that at the end of this subject there are no winners of this story.

  • @maryjohnson9466
    @maryjohnson9466 4 месяца назад +26

    She Manipulated every one she met and deceived all the kids she took in.

  • @TheDollfaceDojo
    @TheDollfaceDojo 5 месяцев назад +29

    Girl, I have to say, I have watched soooo many of your videos and you really bring these stories to life. I am so glad I stumbled upon both your channels. You're amazing at what you do!! ❤

    • @TM-wk4qu
      @TM-wk4qu Месяц назад

      What is. The other channel?

  • @crablord7934
    @crablord7934 6 месяцев назад +883

    Flordelis' whole bloodline seems like it had failed to pass down love in the most basic way. She was truly an extreme case of passing down generational trauma.

  • @rubylum2905
    @rubylum2905 6 месяцев назад +1444

    To me, the traumatized children from SA is more heartbreaking than the murder. It's like everyone pays attention when someone gets murdered but when a child is hurt, it's not treated that seriously.

    • @deenad3562
      @deenad3562 6 месяцев назад +27

      Agree 💯

    • @levinitabarlow9569
      @levinitabarlow9569 6 месяцев назад +15

      💯

    • @Juuxr
      @Juuxr 6 месяцев назад +10

      👏👏👏👏

    • @doriyahh
      @doriyahh 6 месяцев назад +22

      Hmm wild guess but could be because they are no longer alive? I had to think long and hard about it

    • @rubylum2905
      @rubylum2905 6 месяцев назад

      Maybe children are seen as weaker and not valued so no one pays attention on what they have to say.

  • @belladonna5904
    @belladonna5904 5 месяцев назад +13

    It would also be helpful to include visuals when there are so many different people in the story. It can get convoluted remembering all the characters.

  • @claratackla3953
    @claratackla3953 5 месяцев назад +15

    OMG NOT BRAZIL ON ROTTEN MANGO FOR THE PASTORA FLORDELIS 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I'm dead.

    • @Anssscmmm
      @Anssscmmm 27 дней назад

      Escolhida, consagrada, revestida, adornada, mesmo sem merecer 🤣

  • @Alexandra_Wolf
    @Alexandra_Wolf 7 месяцев назад +1239

    HOW WAS SHE AFFORDING ALL OF THIS BEFORE she became a congresswoman ?? How did she get out of the poor areas??? It’s so unclear. How did she afford to randomly adopt kids ?

    • @sigian
      @sigian 7 месяцев назад +424

      Churches dont pay taxes, I assume the donations from the churches were going directly to her and anderson or throughout a middle person
      Edit: plus, the money she got from all the gospel performances was a lot

    • @Malenassaura
      @Malenassaura 7 месяцев назад +209

      Church. Just like in the USA, pastors get money from their church goers.

    • @jhyopk3952
      @jhyopk3952 7 месяцев назад

      Im brazillian and, idk if you know but, churches here are worse than mafia gangs, they lie to the public and force them to give almost all of their money to the pastors and they dont pay taxes. She didnt actually got out from the poor areas, she was living in Badu, Niterói, its not a favela but is a poor area. And bro that woman is crazy, she forced extremely poor people to give them their child and they did because she was a rich pastor but the adoption are not formal. I used to live in the same city as her, and this case is to bizarre to investigate, all of her kids had a different story, flordelis also took blame on some stuff that aledgedly her 'kids' did

    • @Miss_Kisa94
      @Miss_Kisa94 7 месяцев назад +143

      She didn't actually legally adopt all these kids she basically just took poor kids into her home

    • @GiJM021
      @GiJM021 7 месяцев назад +91

      From her church, she actually used the kids so people would feel sorry for them and would help more, the more kids she had the more help would come.

  • @Maria-bj1yl
    @Maria-bj1yl 7 месяцев назад +814

    This woman used to be seen as a hero. They even made a movie about her life and the Christian community LOVED her. I even respected her myself.
    But the second her husband died and I saw her “crying” at his funeral… I turned to my mom and said “she did it”. Something about it felt so off to me even with no information about what had actually happened, I just couldn’t believe a single second of her act.

    • @bellaask5922
      @bellaask5922 7 месяцев назад +134

      The fact that she adopted him and then married is grooming 🤮 that should have been your first red flag and that isn’t something to ever respect

    • @sunnyday4055
      @sunnyday4055 7 месяцев назад +6

      @@bellaask5922
      She didn’t raise him, him being “ adopted” doesn’t mean anything

    • @Maria-bj1yl
      @Maria-bj1yl 7 месяцев назад +98

      ⁠@@bellaask5922Girl, u think they ran around talking abt how he used to date her teenage daughter and was one of the adopted children? They hid that for as long as they could, ppl only found out abt that fairly recently, and she’s been around for over 15 years. Her career was supported by a very influential/rich church in Brazil and they painted her as a saint as much as they could and it worked. Nobody asked about Flordelis’ past and she never talked about it.
      If it was a known fact, she wouldn’t have NEVER become the household name she turned out to be around here.

    • @Maria-bj1yl
      @Maria-bj1yl 7 месяцев назад +84

      @@sunnyday4055 Wtf. Even if the adoption wasn’t official, she took the initiative to take him in, treated him like one of her children. That means that she did see and treat him like a son at some point before switching up to. fucking. marrying. him.
      How’s that not a big deal??? 💀
      It’s literally grooming, besides the fact that she didn’t even wait for him to turn 18 tho

    • @verod6357
      @verod6357 7 месяцев назад +4

      What movie? If I may ask

  • @MetAxa369
    @MetAxa369 5 месяцев назад +11

    I recently found your channel and I love how you do all your research and speak with so much respect and honesty

  • @nataliesue2485
    @nataliesue2485 4 месяца назад +11

    I just want to say that I really appreciate the way you tell us about these tragic cases. You take it very seriously and sensitively. With so much research to make sure your information is as accurate as possible. ❤

  • @erica6182
    @erica6182 7 месяцев назад +649

    As a Brazilian i was shocked to see Flordelis's picture on the cover. There are not many Brazilian cases that gain international media's attention, so thank you Steph, Mr. Mango and everyone else that helped making this video and gather information. As always your way of telling stories is amazing! One thing about favelas is that being on a "gang" in favelas sometimes is the only way they have to afford food and living, people there are just trying to have a better life, they have dreams and aspirations just like everyone else. There are some movies, books and songs that can portrait that really well! If im honest rich drug dealers and gangs that arent based on favelas are really more dangerous than the people on favelas, mostly because its always really rich and powerful families, politicians, so basically people that wont have to deal with consequences. There is also a lot of discrimination when it comes to that because the police will just shoot anyone(literally innocent kids playing on the streets) with the excuse that they mistook the kid with someone dangerous or that they were holding guns, these police officers and etc never had to deal with the consequences of their actions. There are many sad cases on that and many more. Brasil is an amazing place, but just like any other country there are many many social, political, system and religious problems. It was really great to have you covering this case, thank you

    • @JohnnyLynnLee
      @JohnnyLynnLee 7 месяцев назад +14

      It's n interesting case but from Brazil the Evandro's case (Caso Evandro) and the João de Deus case, or even Maniaco do Parque, the Red Light Criminal and others, would be far more interesting.

    • @erica6182
      @erica6182 7 месяцев назад +19

      @@JohnnyLynnLee Oh yeah. These cases you just mentioned are a few of the most known and crazy here in Brasil. For me personally, there are 3 heartbreaking that stay on my mind and traumatize me til this day. Eloá's case, Isabella Nardoni's case, Von Richthofen case as well. The more you dig in the crazier it gets... All of these have either a documentary, movie and/or series about.

    • @erica6182
      @erica6182 7 месяцев назад +9

      The 'Caso Evandro' is one of the most heartbreaking as well, i have no words to describe.. Joao De Deus tho it disgusts me so much i dont even know what to say@@JohnnyLynnLee

    • @georgialeao6803
      @georgialeao6803 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@JohnnyLynnLee ou o caso dos emasculados de altamira, ou aquela da família que matava pessoas e fazia coxinha pra vender com a carne da vítima... Parece que não, mas temos uma penca de serial killers no BR

    • @JohnnyLynnLee
      @JohnnyLynnLee 7 месяцев назад

      @@erica6182 Good calls!

  • @roseur.
    @roseur. 7 месяцев назад +400

    she is so heinous that her case became international, wow, i'm brazilian so that shocked the nation really badly at that time

    • @erica6182
      @erica6182 7 месяцев назад +18

      eu tomei um susto quando vi a foto dela na capa do vídeo

    • @roseur.
      @roseur. 7 месяцев назад +14

      ​@@erica6182mano eu fiquei ue será q tô no canal errado

    • @rayssaribeiro8893
      @rayssaribeiro8893 7 месяцев назад +8

      Gente, fiquei chocada kkkk

    • @erica6182
      @erica6182 7 месяцев назад +2

      vei simmm, eu ia até colocar uns 'k" aqui mas poderia dar merda se interpretassem errado@@roseur.

    • @maquiavelich
      @maquiavelich 7 месяцев назад +6

      eu tomei um susto qnd fui ouvir a versao em audio no Spotify sem ler a sinopse antes kkkk fiquei tipo "perai, a Stephanie ta falando sobre a Flordelis?" 😂

  • @onestopfunstop317
    @onestopfunstop317 4 месяца назад +10

    You're a born story teller.
    You're very good at this

  • @deokorusu
    @deokorusu 4 месяца назад +8

    Great story telling. Glad your video popped up on my front page. I drive across the country for work and these kinds of stories are what keep me awake. You've got a nice calming voice too. I'll definitely check our more of these stories from you.

  • @katharinag.5904
    @katharinag.5904 7 месяцев назад +813

    I think it's great when children find a home, but it's impossible to give every single one of these 55 children the love and attention that a growing child needs... 😢😊

    • @Struudeli
      @Struudeli 7 месяцев назад +41

      I don't think that's the biggest problem of this family.

    • @eclecticraeen
      @eclecticraeen 7 месяцев назад

      Its possible if done correctly but guess what? It never is. I would have made it my top priority to find them all the closet to perfect homes as possible...but that's not what people do. They go to poor communities and get this narcissistic believe that only THEY can save them. There's a specific type of people who do this alot. They leave Europe or America and go literally searching for children in poor countries and play this holier than thou bullshyt that they are doing GODS work...the care in foster care is extremely non existent anymore

    • @Milkman0101
      @Milkman0101 7 месяцев назад +6

      I mean, if we take this situation in a vacuum without all the other nasty stuff, this is probably the best option for those kids sadly. It’s better to be in a house with 55 siblings and 2% of the paternal care you need than to be out on the streets with nothing

    • @katharinag.5904
      @katharinag.5904 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Struudeli I don't think either...

    • @katharinag.5904
      @katharinag.5904 7 месяцев назад +1

      @ville__ What?

  • @ChubbiBun
    @ChubbiBun 7 месяцев назад +853

    Being a pastor/Bible teacher/gospel singer doesn’t mean that person is a friend to Christ.
    We call them wolves.

    • @thepaganapostate3208
      @thepaganapostate3208 7 месяцев назад +47

      Don't villify wolves like that.

    • @hmac777
      @hmac777 7 месяцев назад +85

      Wolves in sheep’s clothing - so they can blend in and do much damage before anyone notices. The problem is also that people ignore red flags sometimes too. They don’t want to believe it’s possible for this person to be someone else entirely.

    • @hmac777
      @hmac777 7 месяцев назад +41

      Red flag for many Christians would be her life being tied to the occult/ dark magic.

    • @laurynrose1111
      @laurynrose1111 7 месяцев назад +4

      In sheep’s clothing

    • @GodFirst701
      @GodFirst701 7 месяцев назад +5

      Sheep in wolves clothing

  • @CrimeChronicleUS
    @CrimeChronicleUS 2 месяца назад +7

    Wow, talk about a twist! This story is like something out of a gripping thriller. But the reality is even more chilling. Imagine the psychological depth of this congresswoman's influence, turning a group of children into lethal operatives. It's the kind of tale that leaves you questioning where morality ends and manipulation begins."

  • @Lollibae
    @Lollibae 2 месяца назад +6

    My jaw dropped and I NEVER picked it up!

  • @NanaGuedesI
    @NanaGuedesI 7 месяцев назад +312

    Oh, this one is a crazy ride. I met them personally and boy, those kids were a mess. For context, big churches in Brasil have sort of a inner circle thing and the more prominent members tend to go around visiting each other's churches. Back in my church days, I had the chance to meet them at one point.
    I had contact with mostly the younger ones, and let me tell you, those kids had it rough.
    For those wondering how they maintained so many kids, two things (allegedly), one, there were select ones who got a good treatment and the rest were resumed to rice, pasta and hot dogs. Two, the church pays for them, many donate directly to the parents to help out. My former church also had another family with 50 children (this one hasn't been found guilty of anything as far as I know) and they got a lot of monetary and food donations, they did just fine.
    And if I may, the Evandro case is also quite the roller coaster ride. Maybe check it out.

    • @owenmorris2175
      @owenmorris2175 6 месяцев назад

      people do not realize that there is a spiritual war going on and humans are caught in the middle and Christ is the light that the darkness fears so the darkness has infiltrated and is trying to blaspheme everything Christ-like. This earth is the breeding ground for the righteous and witchcraft is as disobedience....do not be fooled. The wrath of God is upon the entire world and the only way to escape from that wrath is Christ and NOTHING else. A holy God is a HOLY GOD and everything is unclean. Do not be fooled. your lust and your desires are what corrupts you. You desire money, love, fame, destruction, punishment for others, revenge....it is all vanity and desire......Christ is GOD in flesh and the only TRUE man in how man should be and that is why he is called THE SON OF MAN and why man was created in the image of GOD. That is why HE had full control over life and nature.

  • @kaleidoscuts
    @kaleidoscuts 5 месяцев назад +154

    I'm a Brazilian, it is interesting to see how bizarre the story is to the point it is known internationally now

    • @Mr.WestcottX
      @Mr.WestcottX 5 месяцев назад +1

      I bet
      Outside of Brazil 🇧🇷

  • @joyfreeman9449
    @joyfreeman9449 2 месяца назад +1

    Great job explaining this complicated story. I followed you the whole way and often am not able to. Thank you!

  • @csm6926
    @csm6926 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for sharing and shedding light on this crazy, fascinating, true story. I can appreciate the time and hard work you put into researching and reporting it. I guess there will be a part 2 to the first movie made about her. This one, much darker.

    • @TianasFrog973
      @TianasFrog973 5 месяцев назад +1

      Which is the first movie

  • @leticiapassos393
    @leticiapassos393 7 месяцев назад +636

    Stephanie HAS to do a video on the tragedy of the kiss nightclub, also in Brazil. The guilty are still running free while the families of the over 200 victims are left to mourn with no justice.

    • @destineejones1560
      @destineejones1560 6 месяцев назад +11

      If they’re still running I honestly don’t think it’s a good idea😂

    • @fio.amarelinho
      @fio.amarelinho 6 месяцев назад +21

      i like this idea, will bring more visibility for this case out side and maybe, just maybe, this case will have a good turn, bc omg! this is so unfair and sad situation, they need justice

    • @marizimm8106
      @marizimm8106 6 месяцев назад +15

      OMG YES! I'm from that region and it's been 10 years, and literally it is so infuriating.

    • @albionpewpew
      @albionpewpew 6 месяцев назад +13

      Yes, and she should also consider hiring professional security services while shes at it

    • @anaaaaa745
      @anaaaaa745 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@destineejones1560there are videos about this case already lol, even a documentary i think

  • @13realmusic
    @13realmusic 7 месяцев назад +1577

    I sadly have personal experience with this phenomenon of crazy Christians adopting kids only to abuse them. I grew up in the church and met this family seemed normal on paper, they had daughters I was really excited to get to know as there weren’t a lot of girls my age at my church. But suddenly the family started attended church without their adopted daughters. After people asked questions they stopped attending church completely. Fast forward 4 years and they are all over the news for keeping those poor girls I had tried connecting with in cages in the basement of their house. It became a huge case in my town because they were homeschooled and people rightly pointed out there was no way to check in on these adopted kids because of this “homeschool” set up, and they could’ve been rescued sooner if they had been enrolled in public school where them going missing could be reported. My church at the time couldn’t have reported them missing and we had no clue. It’s a sad case and still upsets people. The homeschool community fought hard against government check ins, but how else do we stop these types of people?

    • @Jordan-nw4sj
      @Jordan-nw4sj 7 месяцев назад +96

      Just want to say if the church had suspected anything, they could've reported them missing. There was nothing stopping them. Homeschooling is illegal in most other countries because of things like this.

    • @jayetite
      @jayetite 7 месяцев назад

      Of course they were never going to report it. Who do you think was going down the cages and abusing the girls???@@Jordan-nw4sj

    • @eclecticraeen
      @eclecticraeen 7 месяцев назад +94

      ​@@Jordan-nw4sjyeah the community fails children all the time. Yet they "mourn them". The human body has something called instincts. In all cases like these people know when something is wrong. They just don't care enough.

    • @lorendaemon7945
      @lorendaemon7945 7 месяцев назад +70

      real!! like many homeschoolers are good people trying to get their kids who struggle in school an education, but someone has to check on them and make sure they're not being abused

    • @Poopoopeepee6969
      @Poopoopeepee6969 7 месяцев назад +8

      @ville__what do u mean?

  • @vladynick
    @vladynick 5 месяцев назад +2

    You are SUCH a talented and fascinating story teller! Thank you for sharing this unique and special talent!

  • @melaniemcintyre711
    @melaniemcintyre711 3 месяца назад +1

    OMG!!! you are one of my most favourite storytellers. You make every word come alive. I love how you and your team go that extra mile to make your podcast something really special, Thank You Rotton Mango.

  • @gloriagehring8676
    @gloriagehring8676 7 месяцев назад +793

    Makes all those other stories about Congress seem very true. Politicians, Judges, lawyers, anyone in some kind of power are increasingly being portrayed as predators!!!

    • @FloridaKatLady
      @FloridaKatLady 7 месяцев назад

      Because they are. Not only physical abuse but sexual. And there are groups who exchange their own children(adopted or not) to other couples for sex. They have been exploiting them for so long they think of it as normal and those who are young enough think it's just engaged in play. They don't even understand that it's wrong and shouldn't be happening to them because they don't know any different and neither do the other children they meet because they only are around other exploited children.
      It's a sick sick world we live it and it seems the Rick and/or powerful and predatory psychos. Satan's spawn. They are of the devil.

    • @aliciaalicia2255
      @aliciaalicia2255 7 месяцев назад +43

      Bcuz to them children are easy targets and it’s disgusting

    • @maymayyyy
      @maymayyyy 7 месяцев назад +32

      ​@@aliciaalicia2255we're also very corruptible beings. we're individualistic and moldable. I believe a sense of power over others, that a lot of those professions give, makes it even more comum to giving into doing fucked shit and losing a sense of moral. specially since those professions treat others in the same status as "family". like what happens in the police. they act like they're the freaking mob and everyone outside is seen as less than or the enemy. the human species is weird af

    • @aliciaalicia2255
      @aliciaalicia2255 7 месяцев назад +11

      @@maymayyyy I agree and sometimes you think if we could start all over from scratch where would we end up? I feel like we would have had the same outcome no matter what because that’s just what people thrive off of is power. It goes through history and generations.

    • @ClubPuguin
      @ClubPuguin 7 месяцев назад

      But you answered + no

  • @astridzamora7132
    @astridzamora7132 7 месяцев назад +232

    Having 55 kids is honestly such a HUGE red flag. It’s impossible to take care of that many children without there being any form of neglect :(( I’m surprised no one really questioned it.

    • @sayeedharem4673
      @sayeedharem4673 6 месяцев назад +2

      she had that many kids in and out of the home ? ,im guessing that private fostering and state adoption laws have many loopholes and there are no laws for corporal punishment of children ,In that sense latin community also are very lenient towards p8DOS too thats why they treat them like family focussing solely on the favourites who are their mules or cash cows. AS for using the church as a vehicle to get money ,she was entertaining and had them eating out of her hand .

  • @Cosmiccreative1
    @Cosmiccreative1 3 месяца назад +2

    Found your channel today 😊 love your narration & commentary. Very captivating & informative! 😲👍🏼 thanks for sharing 💕🥰

  • @capcutfc291
    @capcutfc291 2 месяца назад +1

    WOOOO! What an intro! Whoever writes your intros always does a really great job. 👍

  • @perla4765
    @perla4765 7 месяцев назад +437

    I love how steph tells story’s , she explains it in a way that you can genuinely understand them.💗

    • @queenie1010
      @queenie1010 7 месяцев назад +3

      Ikr shes amazing

    • @ficcyboi2729
      @ficcyboi2729 7 месяцев назад +13

      That’s what I really like about this channel. She goes into great detail about everything.
      If I tried to look into these topics myself, I’d get so overwhelmed and confused.

    • @marley9904
      @marley9904 7 месяцев назад +2

      She's fantastic and amazing. Love her

    • @Cogman2771
      @Cogman2771 7 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed, detailed and clear story telling.

    • @jmalik6191
      @jmalik6191 7 месяцев назад +2

      I agree but I’m just so lost at this case😭😭 so many names and pastors.

  • @Alexandra_Wolf
    @Alexandra_Wolf 7 месяцев назад +688

    This is HYPNOTIZING to watch. The part about finding her brother. I have to assume she killed him. She knew the rituals. She saved her niece. She didn’t call the cops. She wanted the blood.

    • @fashiontrend3289
      @fashiontrend3289 7 месяцев назад +53

      Geez. This is so crepy but I think it's such a good theory...

    • @ShaawtyB
      @ShaawtyB 7 месяцев назад +47

      That's what I was thinking otherwise how'd she get his blood if it was drained before he was strung up everywhere??

    • @cottemonyy
      @cottemonyy 7 месяцев назад +22

      either she did it or one of the gangs, they do things like that (extreme) as a way of "warning" people to not do wrong things

    • @lisasisserman7452
      @lisasisserman7452 7 месяцев назад +1

      You are so much fun!!

    • @Alexandra_Wolf
      @Alexandra_Wolf 6 месяцев назад +17

      @@cottemonyy I was thinking this too. I think she had some help from gangs often. They are pro anyone in the goverment who has a platform that doesn’t mess with their bussiness. How else did she go from deep deep flavela poverty to being able to care for all the kids prior to the megachurch?? The money had to come from somewhere.

  • @ERSwanger
    @ERSwanger 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for what yall do, Team Mango! Yall do a great job, treat all humans with dignity and I appreciate it! Thanks yall!

  • @user-tv4ff7td4j
    @user-tv4ff7td4j 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow 😳 thanks for another great doc I just found you so I am playing catch up. Thanks for everything you research and share❤

  • @gilnothing8565
    @gilnothing8565 7 месяцев назад +170

    Stephanie PLEASE, talk about the "kiss nightclub case", it happened in the city of Santa Maria in southern Brazil, in 2013.
    It is an absurd case that shocked the entire country, a fire in a nightclub that killed 242 young people and left more than 600 injured. it was an extremely terrible and bizarre case, the nightclub had several structural problems and many other problems that, if they had been resolved earlier, would have prevented this tragedy, this case even became a 5-episode Netflix series, I recommend watching it too. The worst of all is that to this day those responsible have not been arrested. I believe that with you commenting on it it will become better known internationally, thus ensuring that the victims and these tragedies and injustice are not forgotten.

    • @TerriWeaver-ov2fb
      @TerriWeaver-ov2fb 6 месяцев назад +2

      Who needs fiction? ... You just cant make this stuff up. GREAT story teller. You go girl. Subscribed

    • @dorcasratemo5591
      @dorcasratemo5591 6 месяцев назад

      What’s the name of the Netflix series?

    • @enzoholanda8957
      @enzoholanda8957 6 месяцев назад

      @@dorcasratemo5591 everyday the same night/ todo dia a mesma noite

    • @mialourenco1922
      @mialourenco1922 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@dorcasratemo5591 Its called The endless night

  • @Darksagan
    @Darksagan 7 месяцев назад +257

    Its weird how sex seems to always become a factor when ever there's presumed benevolence, money and power. Its like the prerequisite for a murder scandal.

    • @ratha8799
      @ratha8799 7 месяцев назад +9

      People forget we are still animals

    • @thetruthtrumpsallliesfromt4399
      @thetruthtrumpsallliesfromt4399 7 месяцев назад +16

      @@ratha8799
      Speaking for yourself.
      Mankind aren’t animals.
      If you want to label yourself, fine.
      But do not speak for all humans.

    • @ratha8799
      @ratha8799 7 месяцев назад +29

      @@thetruthtrumpsallliesfromt4399 I don't think you understand biology .-.
      If you think we aren't animals then you're just fooling yourself

    • @thetruthtrumpsallliesfromt4399
      @thetruthtrumpsallliesfromt4399 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@ratha8799
      I don’t think you understand indoctrination.
      In fact, either you do or you don’t. You ain’t fooling anyone here…. I hope.

    • @dollzo
      @dollzo 7 месяцев назад +20

      ​@@thetruthtrumpsallliesfromt4399what does that have to do with anything? Mankind is technically animals we are a part of the animal kingdom there's nothing wrong with that.

  • @vig4259
    @vig4259 4 месяца назад +1

    I just started to watch your videos and they are amazing! I'm Brazilian and I'm glad you're talking about this case.

  • @pedro4464
    @pedro4464 9 дней назад

    OH MY GOD!! I knew as soon as I read the thumbnail that this video was about Flor De Lis! I'm so happy this exist! As a Brazilian it feels really nice to be appreciated! THANK YOU!!!

  • @bubstrate2845
    @bubstrate2845 7 месяцев назад +472

    her family's story alone is so dark and bizarre, it literally sounds like it was ai-generated to be as horrific as possible... the most vile part imo is when the daughter of the murdered child bride tries to expose sandoval's predatory relationship with flor but only so she can have him to herself? and he rejects her because she's too old - except she's literally 22?? absolutely depraved

    • @kiragoldy4615
      @kiragoldy4615 7 месяцев назад +28

      I think you got it all mixed up. The one who exposed Sandoval and Flor predatory relationship was the daughter of the child bride.
      The child bride died because she was beaten to death but the baby survived.
      The baby grew up with Flor as step sisters.

    • @bubstrate2845
      @bubstrate2845 7 месяцев назад

      @@kiragoldy4615 oh yeah ur right! i misspoke. the intergenerational pedophilia is still beyond fucked though

    • @juju7967
      @juju7967 7 месяцев назад +13

      @@kiragoldy4615isnt that what they said

    • @TryssemTavern
      @TryssemTavern 7 месяцев назад +8

      Generative programs couldn't be this creative.

    • @Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman
      @Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman 5 месяцев назад

      ​Reality generation be great ​@@TryssemTavern

  • @alvarezdhy
    @alvarezdhy 7 месяцев назад +355

    when I was 29 years old, I unofficially adopted 3 teenaged girls who were being neglected and abused (I live in Colombia) they are now 23 years old and I'm very proud of what I did but it was so hard that I can't even imagine how impossible it would have been to have even one more child under my care, not all people who adopt like that are out to hurt, but this woman is evil encarnated

    • @woogusboogus9947
      @woogusboogus9947 7 месяцев назад

      Adoption is not evil?? In the case of this video it was because she wasnt adopting them to be a mom. @@gabrielleann3932

    • @muhammadalieesaa3379
      @muhammadalieesaa3379 6 месяцев назад +13

      This woman is not very Christian at all.

    • @Brucebod
      @Brucebod 6 месяцев назад +8

      I am impressed with you helping, maybe even saving, the lives of three teenagers. IMO it is people like you who are the true unsung heroes.

    • @peterhudson5748
      @peterhudson5748 6 месяцев назад

      Pride is a sin. You should not do this out of pride, but be proud of your adopted children, not yourself. Sinner.

  • @dreamerqueennotunderthemachine
    @dreamerqueennotunderthemachine 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow thanks for bringing this story to us!! My husbands' originally from Brasil but has lived here for 20 years. My in laws still live there. It is rough there right now, post covid .. but I can't believe I haven't heard about this woman and this story! This woman is a piece or work holy smokes!!

  • @kel2700
    @kel2700 3 месяца назад +1

    Glad your channel popped up! What a story! Insane! New Sub.✌🏼❤️

  • @AncientCrustacean
    @AncientCrustacean 7 месяцев назад +140

    People from "normal" families would be shocked at how many of the people with a high social status /and a lot of respect /and a spotless public persona - LOTS of pastors, politicians, doctors, nurses, spiritual gurus, famous scientists, etc.. are horribly abusive to their children. Unfortunately, and sadly, child abuse isn't rare. And it is *usually* accompanied by a public facade that is maintained by threat of violence or other abuse. And children learn this YOUNG. Most before they can even express themselves at all.

    • @rh906
      @rh906 6 месяцев назад +2

      It is because people always need to have something to "look up to". Just human nature, why they made up deities.

    • @8LyJu8
      @8LyJu8 6 месяцев назад +4

      My BIL is the legal secretary of a criminal court judge. People will be horrified how common those cases are

    • @MariLionheart
      @MariLionheart Месяц назад

      ​@@8LyJu8they are in the same group of like minded people that see that world in Dis Ordererd mind

  • @saragomes8204
    @saragomes8204 6 месяцев назад +709

    Steph you should really make other videos about cases in Brazil, because is gonna blow your mind, they are just in the same level. You should search abou Wallace Souza, brazilian tv show host and politician from Amazonas, who was involved in organized crime, and ordered people to be murdered to show in his jornalistic tv show. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Also love your channel and the way you talk about these cases, you and your team are just amazing

    • @mumufeeder
      @mumufeeder 6 месяцев назад

      Im sorry, what the fuck????????maam what do you mean he ordered people killed for his journalist show??????

    • @icingcake
      @icingcake 6 месяцев назад +18

      😮😮😮 this is the wildest case I’ve ever heard 😳😳😳

    • @woodyharrelson2624
      @woodyharrelson2624 6 месяцев назад

      In Brazil is also John Of God. All connected to Oprah Epstein and Clintons as their spiritual advisor. Man made a baby factory to sell to adoptive parents. Many kids with No IDs. Arrested around the time Trump began the arrests of Epstein, Ghislane, Allison Mack, Keith Raniere of NXVIUM cult.

    • @johnkeo358
      @johnkeo358 6 месяцев назад +10

      Wtf, hook it up with more stories I can look up!

    • @60circuits60
      @60circuits60 6 месяцев назад +38

      The primary reason why this channel is great is because it overcomes language barriers in order to tell the story of cases from Korea, China, Brazil, etc... The rest just regurgitate American cases which are not even that noteworthy a lot of the time.

  • @danaanfae
    @danaanfae 3 месяца назад +1

    You are my favorite storyteller of things that I should not know. You really cover some of the darker corners of humankind and you do it with such care.

  • @TM-cv1gm
    @TM-cv1gm 5 месяцев назад +3

    I saw a documentary about this family……you have done an admirable job of covering it

  • @kaylynhewell8046
    @kaylynhewell8046 6 месяцев назад +464

    Side note:
    I just found you today.
    Who ever your writers are they are impeccable.
    Your delivery is so natural and engaging .
    I love the person behind the camera adding commentary.
    This is so genuine.
    Thank you for amazingly put together content.

    • @deeborahm1martin615
      @deeborahm1martin615 5 месяцев назад +36

      I just found her yesterday and I’m amazed at the research and story telling . I can’t believe I haven’t heard of this channel before . My new fave x

    • @em84c
      @em84c 5 месяцев назад +33

      The person asking questions is her husband

    • @jerrylalhminghlua874
      @jerrylalhminghlua874 5 месяцев назад +18

      She is Korean and her husband is Chinese who is speaking behind the camera.

    • @rachaelngene
      @rachaelngene 5 месяцев назад +4

      same. this is my first video

    • @em84c
      @em84c 5 месяцев назад +7

      @@rachaelngene she's got other channels too! I discovered her last week and there are so many videos to watch

  • @coffeebean_
    @coffeebean_ 7 месяцев назад +689

    This is a big reason why I wish people would stop telling adoptees they should be grateful for being adopted. You don't have to dig deep to read about more tragedies that involve adoptive children. We're not a monolith and just because there may be good adoptions, doesn't mean we should neglect the bad ones. Please stop telling adoptees to be grateful and assuming they were adopted into a loving home. It isn't always the case.

    • @nursenicole222
      @nursenicole222 7 месяцев назад +46

      That’s the case with adopted children and biological children. Some people don’t deserve children

    • @neisci
      @neisci 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@nursenicole222Exactly, you can get sh***y parents regardless if you are an adopted or biological child.

    • @yourdarkestfears1134
      @yourdarkestfears1134 7 месяцев назад +6

      Who is saying to neglect the bad adoptions ?

    • @sabrinaleedance
      @sabrinaleedance 7 месяцев назад +17

      Exactly...especially ones that seem good from the outside.
      My husband is a case...I hate to say it but I really think my mother in law was infertile bc she just wasn't exactly built with maternal instincts. When the child she adopted had mental health issues she just couldn't handle it. I really don't think she handled it the right way. Let alone the lack of maternal love and safety he experienced, but of course I do believe some was genetic. But no one in her family ever had problems with mental health. It sucks bc he is still close to and talks to his parents but when he tells me stories of his childhood I have to be like "that isn't punishment or discipline that is abuse like bad abuse..." like getting whipped with a belt till he was purple because he wouldn't eat a certain food bc he has ocd and sensory issues. He ended up getting into alot of legal trouble and fell into addiction , and they never took any credit, in fact, they hated him and blamed him more for "ruining their good family name" ...didn't mean to trauma dump but its something that still has me angry to this day and they never really acknowledged what they did wrong
      Our son has OCD too, and I'm just relieved that I can raise him with love and empathy and do what they couldnt.

    • @coffeebean_
      @coffeebean_ 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@yourdarkestfears1134you really don't have to look far. Just look at how everyone reacted when Colin Kaepernick stated that there were things about being a black man that his white adoptive parents didn't understand. They literally told him his parents should've let him die. Like what?

  • @sinahaase9923
    @sinahaase9923 5 месяцев назад

    Wow. My first of your videos that I watched beginning to end and I was really captivated! The story is crazy and I have to say, I love your storytelling. You’re very talented…anyways, thank you for the upload; what a crazy, crazy, story!!!

  • @MinaMojsejev
    @MinaMojsejev 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for a good channel and you support for missing, abused children ❤

  • @vitorialima8399
    @vitorialima8399 7 месяцев назад +308

    This case shook the whole country, every time a new detail of it was made public, we would get more and more shocked. Brazil is a very religious country, so Christians are seen as the good people here, after this case, the police uncovered so many other cases of the same nature, like João de Deus and so many other Pastors, because the victims knew it that this time the would be heard.
    Obs: Since Brazil is a very Christian country, any religion outside of the Christianity is seen as "Dark Magic", and most of them being African rooted religions, I think the reason of this prejudice is mostly racism, because those religions were brought to Brazil by the enslaved people. Flor de Liz doing things that could be considered "Dark Magic" was so mind boggling for a lot of people, because she was an evangelical pastor, and the evangelicals are known to be one of the most extremists Christians, at least here in Brazil, they even attack other Christian religions, like Catholicism, they already kicked and broke the image of Nossa Senhora Aparecida, the Brazilian representation of Virgin Mary, live on national television.
    Obs 2: The some favelas are so neglected that, the crime lords/drug dealers are the ones that take care of their population, give food, clothes, toys, throws parties for the community, they went as far as, stealing Yellow Fever vaccines because the government weren't sending those vaccines to their community.
    Brazil is indeed a crazy country, we make no sense sometimes, the "bad guys" sometimes are the "good guys", and the "good guys" sometimes are the "bad guys". I don't live in a favela, but I live on a neighborhood that was once the hill and later became asphalted, and it was once seen as a dangerous neighborhood because of a drug dealer, everyone feared him outside our neighborhood, but in reality he was a pretty nice guy, he just looked scary, our house was never robbed because he studied with mom and was friends with my family, when he died the whole neighborhood went to his funeral. I love my country 🇧🇷♥️

    • @raybows
      @raybows 7 месяцев назад +6

      Eu já ia comentar algumas dessas coisas quando achei o seu comentário!

    • @Drikaaa88
      @Drikaaa88 7 месяцев назад +19

      No. Brazil has as,any country, good and bad people.

    • @dylanagoblin9298
      @dylanagoblin9298 7 месяцев назад +19

      The notion that all drug dealers are bad is pretty silly. Some people are good people who deal drugs. I’m glad to hear you nuanced perspective on how these crime groups did good for their community, it makes sense considering the members of the gangs would be members of the community, so of course they want to give back. Definitely not a problem exclusive to Brazil where people turn to organised crime as a source of security and income. A lot of these gangs and drug trafficking would be lessened if people were just given liveable conditions, as a poor person myself, not as bad off as people in the favelas obviously, but it does affect my mental health and leads to me to take medicinal drugs. I think the world is very united on some things, and how it affects Brazil is incredibly nuanced and interesting. Amazing to learn 💖

    • @WilliamSantos-cv8rr
      @WilliamSantos-cv8rr 7 месяцев назад

      lol so killing your client if they do not honor their debt is good? or giving drug that ruins hundreds of thousands is any good?@@dylanagoblin9298

    • @cyb0rgirl
      @cyb0rgirl 7 месяцев назад

      American evangelicals are the same way. They say Catholicism is witchcraft and not real christianity lol.

  • @aciddmoon
    @aciddmoon 7 месяцев назад +374

    Brazil has the most "wtf is happening" crime stories, would love to see you bring them more

    • @rubenslino3772
      @rubenslino3772 7 месяцев назад +22

      Só esses casos já iam ser loucos. Isabella Nardoni, Matsunaga, Eliza Samudio, Eloá and Richthofen

    • @keylalima7686
      @keylalima7686 7 месяцев назад +9

      boate kiss tbm queria muito

    • @differssmith4434
      @differssmith4434 7 месяцев назад +2

      😅 I feel like all of Florida just perked up and be all is that a challenge

    • @joycenascimento7918
      @joycenascimento7918 7 месяцев назад +6

      YESS! Goleiro Bruno, Joao de Deus, Lázaro, von richthofen… Kat Torres would be a good one too

    • @Drikaaa88
      @Drikaaa88 7 месяцев назад

      No. There other countries that win on crimes. You should see her others videos.

  • @steinhammerr
    @steinhammerr 4 месяца назад

    MANGO!!! you tell the story so delectably dramatastic!

  • @Alex-fw9to
    @Alex-fw9to Месяц назад

    I really appreciate and respect how serious you take these videos ... Fr tho there's no bs coming out your mouth. Straight facts Mayne

  • @theresaboldt5797
    @theresaboldt5797 7 месяцев назад +501

    This young woman is a magnetic storyteller. She is memorizing..

    • @vanialee3743
      @vanialee3743 6 месяцев назад +22

      Her voice alone seriously makes me wanna listen to any damn thing she says even if e i e i e i ohhh. Seriously so articulate and annunciated. I love it

    • @user-ny2se3uy9q
      @user-ny2se3uy9q 6 месяцев назад +46

      Mesmerizing (?)

    • @crystalyn2855
      @crystalyn2855 6 месяцев назад +33

      She must memorize a lot of details of stories to tell them 😂

    • @deenad3562
      @deenad3562 6 месяцев назад +6

      Her husband steals the show for me! 😇

    • @gabrielalopetegui
      @gabrielalopetegui 6 месяцев назад

      @@user-ny2se3uy9q😂 I suppose …

  • @rockarollawmn
    @rockarollawmn 6 месяцев назад +190

    This girl is great at storytelling. Great rhythm, emotion, and layout of detail.

    • @carlosoliveira-rc2xt
      @carlosoliveira-rc2xt 6 месяцев назад +1

      Agree, but not sure what's meant by a vetzel. (vessel)?

    • @h.s.6269
      @h.s.6269 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@carlosoliveira-rc2xt unsure where it was said in the story so i don't have the context. but vessel typically means container, whether literal or metaphorical. Like the vessel for a soul is the body, it holds our souls/spirits.

    • @dbanks17
      @dbanks17 5 месяцев назад +2

      All her videos are good 👍🏾

  • @user-li1wy9rb8o
    @user-li1wy9rb8o 5 месяцев назад +6

    It sounds like a cult

  • @liviaferreira1657
    @liviaferreira1657 5 месяцев назад +4

    I'm a brazillian subscriber, i started to watch your videos and listening your podcast a few months ago and i love the way you tell the stories with such research and respect.
    About "witchcraft", this is most associated with african-based or indigenous religions with tones of prejudice here in Brasil, not saying it's the case with the Flordelis uncle and mother cause idk them, just a interesting note haha
    It would be amazing if you and your crew could get in touch with a brazillian journalist and podcaster called Ivan Mizanzuk, he had worked in a case called "Caso Evandro" for his podcast Projeto Humanos and was able to bring up new evidences lots and lots of years later, changing the direction of the case and saving innocent people from prision, not only the Ivan's impact is crazy, but the case by itself is nuts in a very sad way, cause it's about the death of a child involving accusations of satanic rituals

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam 7 месяцев назад +613

    Adopting 55 kids is like choosing hardcore difficulty

    • @notimeforcreativenamesjust3034
      @notimeforcreativenamesjust3034 7 месяцев назад +91

      Not hardcore, nightmare mode.

    • @nathannequeiroz1327
      @nathannequeiroz1327 7 месяцев назад +37

      the children were basicaly raised in a cult, the scandle of this crime freacked every one out

    • @roseur.
      @roseur. 7 месяцев назад

      she wasn't adopting, that witch was targeting vulnerable kids to terrorize and manipulate to do whatever she wants

    • @saturnisinorbit
      @saturnisinorbit 7 месяцев назад +4

      it’s bc it looks good for other people yk?? bc they were so religious and it was supposed to show how good they were

    • @VipesVonHarlot
      @VipesVonHarlot 7 месяцев назад +29

      She was playing "Build A Cult"

  • @MariaClara-er9pm
    @MariaClara-er9pm 7 месяцев назад +138

    as a brazilian, i wanted to thank you for shedding some light on this case !!

  • @cosmicpri
    @cosmicpri 4 месяца назад

    i never thought id learn more about this case from a foreign. it's a really dark story. congrats for your research and approach. great video

  • @Magikpotion
    @Magikpotion 4 месяца назад

    You're incredibly talented at telling stories, how do you do it? I could listen to you all day.

  • @elleofmusic
    @elleofmusic 7 месяцев назад +73

    This might be the most insane case I've ever heard. Just... madness from the top down. And the way it goes back generations is really the crux of it all. Flor, her mother, even her mother's mother most likely, none of them had a chance to grow up sane and healthy, to the point that they could not even conceive of providing better lives for their own children. And their society was in no condition to do anything about it. Horrendous. Unthinkable.

  • @jade-wr9pn
    @jade-wr9pn 7 месяцев назад +52

    When my grandmother was 24 and very much married with three children, she got pregnant by a Catholic priest who was 40. There's something about that authoritative dynamic that some people mistake for infatuation.

    • @TheKatarinaGiselle
      @TheKatarinaGiselle 6 месяцев назад +3

      Was he ever punished? That is so awful that he abused his position of power and I hope he was punished by the church rather than just moved elsewhere, like the church tended to do to handle every situation or crime.

  • @leeannalovestherain
    @leeannalovestherain Месяц назад

    Keep up the great work 😊.Your product really takes me out of my mind and just let go of everything for a bit .
    Thank you for this ❤❤

  • @Tweak203
    @Tweak203 3 месяца назад +1

    You earned a new subscriber. Keep up the good investigating!

  • @emanuellyalves7446
    @emanuellyalves7446 6 месяцев назад +88

    I CAN'T BELIEVE BRASIL HAS MADE IT HERE!!! This for sure was one of the disturbing cases we had (I am from Brasil) but it is NOT the worst, we had some really absurd shit going on here!

    • @laris8383
      @laris8383 5 месяцев назад +4

      Matsunaga bê like

    • @laris8383
      @laris8383 5 месяцев назад +2

      Hitstofen bê like

    • @laris8383
      @laris8383 5 месяцев назад +3

      Pedrinho matador bê like

    • @laris8383
      @laris8383 5 месяцев назад +4

      E esses são só os mais famosos, os mais cabulosos muitas vezes não são tão conhecidos... Não que esses não sejam cabulosos por si só

    • @cryotankexpansion
      @cryotankexpansion 5 месяцев назад +2

      We have a whooooooooole carousel of crazy sh*t happening here indeed!

  • @juliamarquessantana1328
    @juliamarquessantana1328 7 месяцев назад +237

    Since you are covering Brazilian cases now, please cover the “Boate Kiss” case. When you covered the Itawon incident it made me think of this case. It is really tragic and until this day justice was not survived even though we know the people responsible. Anyway, love your videos 😊❤.

    • @sigian
      @sigian 7 месяцев назад +10

      Nossa, sim… o caso Nardoni tb

    • @mariana5011
      @mariana5011 7 месяцев назад +14

      My thoughts exactly! That case really deserves to be talked about on this channel. I was so young (12) when it all happened but to this day I remember the absurdity behind the decisions that caused that tragedy as the media coverage started explaining stuff like the ceiling material, the equipment the band used that caused the fire, how even the way the exits were build contributed and, worse of all, the stories about how many people died in the bathroom suffocated by the toxic gas...
      And to people unfamiliar with the story, I think the numbers say a lot: 242 died and 630 were injured. The victims were mostly young adults who were just going out to a night club to have fun and watch a show. This case happened more than 10 years ago (Jan 27th 2013) and to this day families are grieving and still demanding justice.

    • @juliamarquessantana1328
      @juliamarquessantana1328 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@mariana5011 yes! I was also very young (11) but I remember it vividly. And the new Netflix series about it just brought it all back to me.

    • @0range0ceans
      @0range0ceans 7 месяцев назад +1

      I would love to see steph covering this case

  • @Kbreezeproduction
    @Kbreezeproduction 5 месяцев назад +1

    Glad your videos started popping back up it’s been almost a year since I watched I been missing out

  • @74the_magpie
    @74the_magpie 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great job! Excellent research.

  • @unwmarvel5542
    @unwmarvel5542 6 месяцев назад +68

    Most of the time I hate when foreigners tell stories about Brazil's cases... but you were fenomenal. Very respectful and really did your research. Congrats!

    • @saramichelle6070
      @saramichelle6070 4 месяца назад +2

      Phenomenal

    • @indigenouskings
      @indigenouskings 4 месяца назад

      You just hate foreigners. Be honest. Brazilians is non for that.

    • @chanoah808
      @chanoah808 4 месяца назад +3

      @@saramichelle6070
      When I seen there was one reply, I was hoping it was a correction to the spelling for phenomenal. The excitement when I seen it was, you'd think I won the lottery. 😂🤣😂

    • @Raysa1208
      @Raysa1208 4 месяца назад +8

      @@chanoah808 Fenomenal is the spelling in portuguese. Autocorrect problably correct it. Now you know ^^

  • @TJ-bn2cn
    @TJ-bn2cn 7 месяцев назад +406

    This has nothing to do with religion or beliefs, it’s just purely manipulation!! How she got away with marrying one of her children is just absolutely disgusting! These people are just plain crazy and pathetic!

    • @hordakprime6172
      @hordakprime6172 7 месяцев назад

      Agreed. Religion is just a means to an end. People like this would just find something else to fuel their following if they didn't have it. Look at Hitler, Stalin, and Putin. There are also cartel bosses with insane amounts of blood on their hands.

    • @tv-21
      @tv-21 7 месяцев назад +2

      She's beautiful, I would marry her too if she was my mom.

    • @gilnothing8565
      @gilnothing8565 7 месяцев назад +30

      ​@@tv-21você é louco

    • @denna_1018
      @denna_1018 7 месяцев назад +29

      ​@@tv-21Ewww🤮

    • @motionless_horizon
      @motionless_horizon 7 месяцев назад +20

      @@tv-21I’m sure you would buddy

  • @christinapriest7092
    @christinapriest7092 5 месяцев назад +5

    I just stumbled on this video and almost didn't watch it because the headline seemed so unbelievable that it just had a fake feel. I'm so glad I did though. I just love the way she speaks and tells a story. She speaks very respectable and has clearly done a ton of research. I can tell she's quite intelligent and she's very sharp. All of that said... I am curious why her hands are all orange looking though??? Lol.

    • @emilian234
      @emilian234 4 месяца назад

      I think on one of her channels she has some sort of diagnosis

  • @vd8589
    @vd8589 5 месяцев назад +1

    Your storytelling way is so beautiful