it's not just for bright light it is also because he can hardly see more than a few inches in front of his face. because when you are in solitary confinement for that long your eyes are not used to having to look at things that are far away and naturally lose the ability to see far away
@@Jay1988k Your absolutely right Jeannie!! They wanted us to believe this was just some dumb kid who wore black & was a Cult leader. How wrong the world was, this is one bright, articulate young man. I really enjoy listening to him & this weekend I'm going to go purchase the 2 books he's written so far. Jason Baldwin is another person who came outta this mess a bright, intelligent man also. They went in a young boys without much education & they both bettered themselves. How anyone could still even remotely entertain that the WM3 are anything but innocent is beyond me. Thanks!!
He is evil and it resonates through and about him soo sooo vividly to me. I can't understand how so many could be so naive, so adamant he was good, in spite of proof otherwise, and just SO SO SOOOO SOOO WRONG about a man, about a monster! 🙏 God, help the blinded see the light. Let us know good from bad and help us through these unsure, evil times! In Jesus's SWEET, HOLY, PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. 🙏
From what ive read the 3 boys all knew each other pretty well, Jessie used to hang out with Jason when he used to live at Lakeshore, when John Perschke got the shit kicked out of him by Jessie..Damien, Jason and buddy were with him, Jessie introduced Vicky to Damien so they all knew each other well, what i have big trouble with is why did Damien tell his own friend Jennifer Bearden that Jasons mother had driven them somewhere when she was at work that night? why even lie to your own friends?
The trench coat what Damien lived in night & day and wore all year round no matter how hot it was mysteriously vanishes after the crime, funny that, days later buys a new necklace on that Saturday and wears that to police station on the 10th instead of the old 1 that had 2 different blood types on it, Domini Teer said she slept with Damien every night but funny enough not on the night of the murders...nobody knows where these 3 lads were at the crucial times and 1 confesses only 7 times.
Damien Echols! I am a 45 yr resident of Marion/West Memphis and the reason Jessie has stayed in this town is because his father is gravely ill! Jessie does my yard work every week! I fully support the innocence of the WM3 but Damien the manner in which you have treated your mom, sister and son is nothing short of shameful! You have surrounded yourself with "stars" and you have this belief that you are now a star! This did not only happen to you Damien! This happened to Jason , Jessie , Michael and Christopher, Stevie and the families of all of you! Take your head out of the clouds because I can promise you that in 20 yrs after Pam is gone you are going to look around and Johnny Depp, Eddie Vedder, Henry Rollins and all the other "stars" are going to be gone! Who might still be here? All of your family and friends you now have forgotten! Who was there Damien before you hooked up with Lori? It is a shame when your own mother shows up when after 18 years of being wrongfully imprisoned to see her son set free and sends a cell phone to him right across the hall and Lori brings it back telling your mom"Damien will not be needing this"! Damien , what is wrong with you?! I will always support you but I have witnessed first hand the medical difficulties your mom is having and it is my belief that a simple phone call from her son asking how she is might do her a world of good! Do I think it will happen? Sadly, I do not! enjoy the limelight while it lasts.!
I know, ive never seen a single interview where hes expressed any genuine empathy about these 3 boys being murdered, the average person thinks its a revolting crime..not him..he admits to bragging about killing those poor boys now..and who in right mind smirks and blows kisses at grieving parents who've lost their children in such a disgusting way? no wonder his own family feared for their lives and put him in a nuthouse before the murders, those 3 poor boys paid the price for his fame..sick.
This is my point!!! He has Never talked about the youngs boys..Just going on and on about his poor self.. He once said when he was prison He and Lori did magic. He said himself that they werent doing magic to ask who did the real killing but that He and Lori could live a happy life after he was released. Why didnt he do magic to ask who really did it. He did it and he knows it.
His poor self? He spent almost 20 YEARS in prison for something he did not do. Of course he’s vocal about that. You would be the same way if this was happening to you. Him investigating the case and doing all these things are not just for him but for those three little boys. Everything he does is to clear his name AND by doing that each step is closer to bringing the boys true murderer to light. I think you should do more research before you open your mouth. Maybe think before you type. If he gets exonerated then the case will in return be open back up and the DNA evidence that he has will come into play and eventually these three little boys will get justice. Stop. Talking. Out. Your. Ass. And. Do. More. Research. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk 🖕🏻
I don't know if he's innocent or if Amanda Knox is innocent...whatever. But what strikes me as really unwise and even peculiar is the celebrete' these people receive. "My book". "My time in prison"....but they never talk about how horrific it is to be blamed for killing their roommate or ...THREE LITTLE BOYS. It's all about them...and for me,, that's revealing. Echols got what he told his mom he wanted: Fame. It's on the net...google it. You can fool some of the people some of the tiime..etc
It's great that Damien has this chance now to let people hear him, and this is the kind of thing that people NEED to hear, because our legal system is such a mess, and WHAT AN UNDERSTATEMENT, that is! Great video!
The problem with this case is that some believe whatever the WM3/Hollywood tell them. Who have the WM3's lawyers tried to blame? 1. Mark Byers 2. Mellisa Byers (the bite mark theory) 3. Terry Hobbs 4. Bojangles guy The WM3 supporters (and the WM3) were all out to get Mark Byers for years. When he said ''I want to be your friend Damien''...they dropped it. After trying to blame his wife of course. Then the theory that Hobbs was gay and got caught kissing another man. He kills them at home to avoid his wife finding out and then transports the boys' bodies, clothing and bicycles to the woods (were they had been seen entering without Hobbs). He may have had help. The info came from two serial con-men and serial rapists. Still, believe it if you're dumb. It may have been turtles though, I'm not sure. The desperate theories changed quite often. How about this. All facts by the way. WM3 did it. All confessed rather than clear their names in court. Jesse confessed (about 7 times). He was not 'retarded'. His IQ was low average. None of them (to this day, despite what you may have seen) can give an alibi. Echols continually lies in interviews. Many answers are scripted (look it up). They were seen leaving the crime scene covered in mud (Echols/Baldwin). Jesse confessed he ran off earlier than them before this was known. Echols was/is seriously mentally ill. Baldwin and his mother had a huge row about a knife just after the murders. So much so, the police came around. And they found a knife 20-30 yards from the back of their home in the lake (in a straight line from the back of the home). Luminol tests showed blood at the crime scene. Blood matching profiles of one of the victims was found on Echols' necklace. Candle wax on a shirt matching the candle wax at Echols' place. He was obsessed with the ocult (if Crowley wasn't a devil worshipper, then I don't know what counts). I think the 'devil' had little to do with this. Three screwed up teens drunk out of their minds did it.
Additionaly, if the state thought they had enough evidence to re-convict them on the re-trial, they would NEVER have offered the Alford plea, they even admitted this. They knew the new forensic evidence would further strengthen the wm3 case, so the only way they could save face was to allow them to plead guilty via Alford plea. They also knew they could be sued for millions due to misconduct, so they took the easy way out. If they had a leg to stand on they would never have been released.
Damien speaks very eloquently, intelligently, and calmly. There is sincerity is in his voice. I don't need to see his eyes. And, he has been so horrifically violated that if he wants to wear dark glasses, let him be.
very small people make themselves feel bigger by stomping on others especially in the safety of the internet. If the DNA test didn't prove him innocent he wouldn't be free no matter what movie stars supported him.
kate jenkins Because their minds are completely closed, and they refuse to entertain any other explanation than the one they already believe. They're ignorant, plain and simple. (They're also needlessly rude: telling everyone to "read the case files"; as if they [somehow] just •KNOW• that you haven't already. All because your opinion is different than theirs, smdh.)
@WM 3 Guilty You don't know me at all, nor how much I've researched this case. Just because we don't agree on something doesn't mean you need to call me (and any&everyone else) who disagrees with you a bunch of horrible names.
Mutilated? Post Morten injuries from animal activity you mean? That’s exactly what that is. The hysteria, and embellishment surrounding this case is more repulsive than anything. As though the crime of murdering 3 small children wasn’t abhorrent enough. A biased, uncertified medical examiner blatantly misled jurors, and the rest of the country by seeing what he wanted to see to confirm that bias. They praised his relationship with one of the top medical examiners in the country in court, but when that man turned around to call the autopsy reports garbage, forget that guy. Ad hominem attacks on people that disagree with you don’t make what you’re saying fact. The one sided representation of the case put forth by HBO in the Paradise Lost trilogy doesn’t make what you’re saying fact. The forensic evidence is very difficult to ignore, yet somehow people want to pretend that there is something left to interpret. Alligator snapping turtle bites aren’t what we are seeing. Those aren’t claw marks, but the back side of a survival knife blade. It’s nonsense. Two words...Occam’s razor. Which is the most plausible scenario? People are lying about lying on the witness stand now? They risked being charged for perjury just for the hell of it? The states case doesn’t have legs to stand on.
He is evil and it resonates through and about him soo sooo vividly to me!!! I can't understand how so many people could be so blind, be so naive, so adamant he IS good, in spite of proof otherwise, and just SO SO SOOOO SOOO WRONG about a man, about a monster! 🙏 God, help the blinded see the light. Let us know good from bad and help us through these unsure, evil times! In Jesus's SWEET, HOLY, PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. 🙏
During the trial, Dr. George W. Woods testified that Echols suffered from, "serious mental illness characterized by grandiose and persecutory delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations, disordered thought processes, substantial lack of insight, and chronic, incapacitating mood swings."
An Alford plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea and Alford doctrine ) in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal court, where the defendant does not admit the act and asserts innocence. (Wiki definition) The state would have NEVER let three murderers out of jail, especially one that was on death row. They know they screwed this case up from day one. The Alford Plea saved the state from being sued by these three innocent boys, who are now men for completely botching up this case. I think it is appalling. Its all about the dollars. Three men lost 18 years of their lives, and three little boys lives were lost and the murderer is still out there, all because the state of Arkansas does not want to admit they screwed up. Disgusting. RIP Michael, Stevie and Christopher, poor little babies.
Shenandoah Village The state lets murderers out all of the time. We're lucky we got 18 years out of them! They could've had a new trial to show their "new evidence" but instead the defense came up with the Alford plea. They are twice-convicted child-killers & they chose to plead guilty to get out of prison when AR was ready to go back to trial. An Alford plea states that they know the state has enough evidence to re-convict them! They knew they would be found guilty again & took the easy way out. Echols is a sick pos.
+thangco11 Its apparently obvious by your comment that inbreeding is a problem in your family. Ignorance isn't a cri but if it was you'd be doing hard time.
***** No sir, you are what's wrong with this world & your words to me prove it. I see the world for what it is but you have blinders on & can't even discuss a case like a rational human being. Have a nice day.
I've only seen the Paradise Lost series. I was persuaded to think they were all not guilty of the murders. Like everything, I like to view things from different perspectives. I started to think that maybe Damien is guilty and the other two are not. I'm not sure what I think any more. What questions Damien's guilt or innocence to me are things I read about the psychological profile done on Echols before the first trial. Before I look into this further, and read the report myself, are there any thoughts on this?
Jessie Miskelley wrote a confession that repeatedly contradicted itself because he is mentally slow and was interrogated for hours by officers using less than legal tactics. The judge wouldn't allow the confession to be read at the trial because he saw how ridiculous it was. He made Echols read it in a broom closet during a recess.
How to find the truth: Put Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley in three separate rooms and before one question is asked, systemically cut off each one's pinky finger and tell them their thumbs are next. I'll bet you'd get 3 stories that are the same with respect to the murder of the cub scouts.
they are prescription glasses and he only wears them because he has to because he can hardly see after his eyes got horribly damaged from solitary confinement.
Yes, he disemboweled a dog. He also left a lot of the trial out in his book. The way he taunted the grieving parents by licking his lips, etc. The lies he told about solitary confinement. Many things do not smell good with this guy. Does that mean he's guilty? Nope. But he's definitely mental.
And what are the odds of the Hollingsworths just seeing 2? what was reported nearly a month before the arrests, so Jessies confession matches with this early reported sighting, If they saw 3 then yeah there would be a problem, he left before Damien and Jason so thats why only 2 were spotted, walking towards Lakeshore what just so happens to fit Jessies confession too about the phone calls from Jasons saying he heard Damien say "We done it we done it what we gonna do if someone saw us?" they did.
All you people think hes innocent because the Paradise Lost movies portrayed Damien in a very good light...i bet you didnt know before the murders he chased a little boy with an axe, he also sucked blood from a boys arm, he tried to remove a boys eyeball. and wanted to sacrifice his unborn infant.
That's all hearsay ass hat. Read a book. Personally, it doesn't matter if his record showed him committing bestiality with a family of kangaroos, absolutely no evidence pointed to them ON THIS CASE. The juvenile officer handed them a list of 10 delinquents, openly admitted, and guess whose poor souls were on it. Not to mention, you honestly think two 18 year old boys and a 16 year old could clean a crime scene with such precision? NO.
oh for CRYING OUT LOUD! Are you talking about the foolish things he did or said when he was 17 years old? (If he ever even did).. Seriously? No EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN THESE MURDERS.
They were teenagers!! They are gonna be trying to be against everything their parents believed in. They were wrongly convicted do to the fact that they wore black,listen to metal,wore black nail polish ,dyed their hair black..they were being TEENAGERS!!!! My son did all that and dabbled in Wiccian and to a extent Satanism. He grow out of it,has for the WM3 they didn't get a chance to grow out of it..they were convicted of a horrible crime. They have lost a lot . now even two of the parents of the murder children are saying they didn't do it. These teens were roped in because of their beliefs,in the bible belt..its like Salem witch hunts and trials all over again. I am glad they finally got out but there is still no justice for the little boys and these young man who were still children too.
Sigh. According to the 'documentaries' I suppose he is. The facts say he isn't. Explain witnesses seeing Baldwin's mother agruing about the knife (just after the murders) so much so that the police came to search the lake behind their home. Lo and behold, it's found by frogmen almost in a straight line from their home 30 metres out in the lake. Several juries agreed the wounds matched the knife. The defence tried to blame it on several things including turtles for fuck's sake. The 'bite mark' as the defence claim seems to match the shape of the compass on the butt of the knife EXACTLY. Including the 'star' wound which was the part that broke off in the attack. Witnesses pre trail told police about the compass knife. Hey, what about the blue candle wax (matched at Echol's girlfriend's home) or even the blood on Echol's necklace? Even the fibres of the boy's clothing at Echols home? The witnesses who saw Echols and Baldwin coming out of the woods covered in mud? Miskelly confessed in 4 hours not 12. He confessed several times after that. One was to his own lawyer whilst in prison. His lawyer begged him not to do it, but he wanted to get it all off his chest. His descriptions of the crime scene were too perfect. I could go on, but it would fill youtube. If you're just gonna bury your heads in the sand cos you feel like a lost soul too, remember that he's laughing at you. For your own sanity, please check the facts.
It breaks my heart though that all these interviews and stuff are always focused on Damien. He's eating this up and loving it. Jason I heard was actually trying to study law somewhere and Jessie's supposedly kind of like a hermit. Damien needs to realize that if it wasn't for Jason he probably would still be on death row, this didn't just happen to him but that's the way he acts and that's what makes me mad.
DAVIS: And did you also tell him that the killer would probably want to hear the kids screaming? ECHOLS: If he got off on killing people, he probably would like to hear them scream. DAVIS: Those were your words, though, right? ECHOLS: Right.
V Lil hex lies and videotape, the opperman report: CONFIRMED!: Damien Echols member of Aleister Crowley's satanic OTO, west memphis three oddities, WM3 - What Paradise Lost left out are all right here on youtube.
I am reading Damien Echols book, Life after Death. Recommended to all. I just recently discovered this case and watched all documentaries Paradise Lost 1,2 ,3 after that I saw West of Memphis. I am pretty sure this is not the only case that has been this unfair and horrendously corrupt. I am sure the only reason we know about this is because of Paradise Lost. Damien Echols is writing in his book that all in contact with the law, knows it's rather a rule than an exception that they will tamper with evidence, they will harass you and they will try to use the power given to them by us, the people if they for some reason would want to do that to you. I am thinking a lot about why. Why is this happening. Maybe it is a certain personality drawn to becoming police, judges and so on. Maybe the whole environment is infected and the new people just can't stand their ground from what is going on. I don't know, but I know it is happening for several reasons mainly including power, status, money and of course prejudice and fear , as all other problems in the world. Another tip is watching the movie Scorpio with Al Pacino. It also shows how deep this goes. I am from Sweden, we are also experiencing this. I think no country is free of it, even though there are different degrees of corruption. Corruption is not only the big big lies and things but each and every time a man/woman from the law, with power uses that power in any small or big way to affect something. That is corruption!!! It is so sad and it should stop right now. We should all do our best as human beings, as fellow beings on this earth to make all injustices stop ! As much as we as one person can do, but one person can make a pretty big chance. Just look at what the documentary did for Jason, Damien and Jessie. Good luck to these guys I am so glad they are finally out! Now I just hope the real killer will be caught so that the other three small boys will have peace. Maybe by a miracle that can happen even if the law in Arkansas has no plans for trying to catch the real killer. Sad sad sad. I want to spread more knowledge of these injustices within the law in each and every country!
Elin, what a thoughtful post. My next step is to read Echols book. The Bible Belt sure holds some unbalanced people. Scary people who say things like, "He looks like a killer so he must be one." Many cannot understand AK's Alford Plea. Ignorance is not bliss. It's ignorance.
Exactly please tell me if the DA had one shred of doubt they did it would they really let all three out to “prey upon whole new generations of kids?” Why doesn’t anyone think of that? If they did it and were let go even with this ridiculous Alford plea can you imagine if one kid were killed? The blood would be all over AK’s hands again!
A great question would be "what exactly were you doing on april the 5th 93?" Everything, step by step, instead of "how does it feel...?" "how do you reconcile...?" I can't tell for certain of his innocence or guilt (that is why i research) but if it did come out that he was guilty for sure, it would seem obvious in hindsight from observing him even today - how he talks. It would also help his course if he would admit to his past and say "yes, I was a teenage psychopath... but i didnt do it. Here;s the proof". "Yes I know I was madly into the occult and had a bizar fascination of evil and pain... but I did not kill those boys". The fact that he continues to say that it was because he wore black and that arkasas was a backward place shows that he is a LIAR at the very least. READ THE FILES!!!!
Amazing book could not put down. This book was very powerful to me for the reason being that the people who have it the hardest and by all rights you would expect to come out full of hatred and hardened sometimes do not.This man did not come out hardened but the exact apposite. He became an inspiring amazing human being that gives hope to anyone who is listening. We as human's can rise above. The end result is the state of Arkansas did not kill the man who radiates a beautiful light. The world is full of hater's who will constantly deny that this guy and the other men with him were denied any due process or anything that looked like justice just because they were poor and the state needed a scapegoat for no other reason. I am happy to believe that some people get to live to tell.
Rollins is great. He asked questions nobody has EVER thought to ask. Jason only agreed to the Alford plea because it took Damien off death row. He was demanding, in the beginning of the Alford plea being offered, that he wasn't guilty of this crime and would not plead guilty to anything. He was told that if they didn't take the plea collectively with Jesse and Damien, none of them would get out and Damien would be executed.
Damien told police on May 10, 1993 that he thought a 1 Jason Baldwin done the crime but a different Jason Baldwin..what are the odds of him even mentioning a Jason Baldwin involved in this crime? Then Jessie told police on June 3, 1993, before his confession he thought Damien Echols had done the crime. Paradise Lost Paul Ford "Do you think Damien killed those 3 boys?" Jason Baldwin "they made it seem like he did" Sounds like 3 pukes trying to rat each other out to me.
Johnny Depp made a mistake with that tattoo. He and Vedder and the rest of the celebrete'...be damned as well. They weren't there so couldn't possibly know anything for sure, so, why champion the cause of these people one way or the other? Everyone likes to befriend the unfamiliar, dark stranger. He's the married one, too. Not surprising. I wouldn't befriend Echols even if he were innocent. I can't forget how he piled more hurts on the families with his actions in court ..licking his lips?
31:18 So, so true. Punishment does nothing. Re-habilitation. Changing the thinking process and as Damien puts it "this is to society's benefit." We aren't doing this for the criminal but for everyone. The prison system is uncivilized, ineffective. Change the mind, where decisions begin.
Awesome!!! It's a complete joy to stumble across something so immensely inspiring, humbling and spiritually positive when you least expect it.... Thank you VERY much to all of you who have helped to share this. Henry, Damien, and your families - God bless you heaps. Keep up the amazing work. You are doing great!!!
1:10:29 - Staggering ignorance, here. Norway's prison system is *beyond* broken. A laughing stock even to its own citizens (who are presently working at reforming it) One glance at the Varg Vikernes conviction is all one requires to realize that.
There is no doubt in my mind that Echols has changed and perhaps even grown as a human being, but this does not erase the fact that he committed murder. Damien, you can't be convicted twice. Why not just admit the truth and become a forgiven man.
Your question speaks volumes about Damien's innocence. "why not just admit (it) and become a forgiven man?" you ask... My guess would certainly be that he is innocent of the crime. No need to be forgiven for something you didn't do.
He pled guilty under the Alford Pleas; time served + probation until 2021. Echols could have taken a new trial and he chose not to do so. He tried to blame BoJangles, then Mark Byers, then Terry Hobbs. While it's not perfect, he was guilty.
It's so obvious that Damien is guilty of murder, this dude was a huge amirer of Aleister Crowley, (a person I happen to know a lot about, read his books and such) a whole list of criminal activities already before 18 years.. all kinds of psychologic problems... He did this as a ritual, and the other two kids just looked up to him as a leader. A good real crime investigator once said: if someone is not guilty, he never changes his story. And Damien did that a lot during a lot of different interviews, and in court. The things he wrote of being the next god is something straight from Aleister Crowley's rule of Thelema.
Obviously, you're a murderer because you admit to knowing a lot about Crowley and magic.If that's all it takes for him to be a murderer, then you're putting yourself in the same league.Having mental issues because of family problems doesn't make you insane.Satanists from Crowley's era didn't sacrifice people.There wasn't any evidence that Satanists even committed that crime,but I have the feeling that your uninformed, illogical mind is the same as the people who put them away...ridiculous and immature!
SultrySelket No, you are actually uninformed. ''Satanists from Crowley's era'' is a very uninformed sentence since Aleister Crowley was not a Satanist. If not having an alibi, having a motive, changing your story, having a whole list of psychological issues, being close to the crime scene, being a admirer of Aleister Crowley (which im not, I just know a lot about him), having ''sacrificed'' numerous animals when he was a teenager isn't enough, I'm more than happy to inform you about more details of Damien Echols.
Haha! Crowley was a Luciferian...my mistake. He did set up his house of magic to get closer to evil when he decided he wasn't learning enough from the group. He was a Satanist. I do not need to hear more uneducated untruths from you, but I'm sure you feel you have all the answers. So spill them out, but I won't be reading them...haha, Crowley!
He must be very determined to have survived for so long in such a terrible environment and come out the other side educated and positive about his future well done .
For all of you with your vile ignorant remarks, do your self a favor and inform yourselves!! These three men did not commit these horrible crimes!! It was a cover up of horrifying magnitude!! Terry Hobbs the stepfather of one of the murdered children did it!! Watch the documentaries and educate yourselves...your ignorance is embarrassing!!!
As a Norwegian, to this question about the minimum security prisons in Norway. 1:10:11 As I agree on the prison reform, it is not really true that the system is based on trust entirely in Norway. if they leave the prison they will come to another prison which is much more uncomfortable.
I am so very sorry the " Legal System" failed 6, not 3 young men. And for all of the pain and heartbreaking lives that were forever changed. And trully LOST.
I agree, until Damien explains why his alibis contradict his whereabouts the night the boys died there will always be doubt, why did he say he was home when his own grandmother said he was out and Holly George told Heather Cliett when she spoke to Damien he said he was out walking around that night. He was out walking about..spotted funny enough right by the woods caked in mud at 9:30pm, pretty much the same time Ryan Clark heard splashing and someone running away from him in the woods.
OMG..I'm sorry for you. Really sorry...words can never say. I lost my only two daughters but they weren't murdered or harmed like these little boys. :( I didn't know that about Jesse...but I heard him talk and he seemed po'dunk dim-witted, but an I.Q. test is only one measurement of intelligence, anyway. He may be really clever in other ways. Damien Echols (I am convinced) was the ring leader (if guilty)...but you're right - even if not guilty Echols, of the three is and was the worst!!
I've watched all the films, looked at the 'WM3 are guilty' stuff, and honestly - I'm torn. I agree the investigation and prosecution were problematic. If I was on that jury, I would have been a 'not guilty' vote. Not because I believed them to be innocent necessarily, but because I felt the case was simply not proven. But after looking at everything, I believe them to be guilty of the crime. I went through that stage as a teenager - Satanic rituals in the woods, getting high with my friends and group fantasizing about horrible acts. Could I have done what I believe Damien and his friends did to these kids? I don't know. But the truth is, with the high suggestibility of kids that age, the tendency toward fantasism, and the ease with which a teen can slip into a sort of 'mob frenzy' mentality when being reinforced by peers, or simply the thrill of the events...yes - I have to be honest and admit I could have. If you add in the alcohol, send some kids by us in the woods while we were in that head space...yes. It could easily have been me. Or any one of a million teenagers. Nonetheless, it doesn't detract from anything Damien has to offer today. I never committed an act like that, and never would, because I grew up. I couldn't be influenced that way now. If Damien DID do these acts, and I think he did, that doesn't mean he couldn't have gone through the same growth process as every other stoner teenage Satanist. So there I am - torn. Looking at all the facts and believing him to be guilty, and yet still being glad he's been freed, still finding value in his work as an adult and an author. The only thing the worries me is this - the attention he receives now: book signings, concerts, twitter followers...what if that stopped? Even if you don't believe him to be a killer, he is clearly, even to a casual observer, a narcissist with a hungry ego. What happens if he writes a book that no one buys? What happens if Johnny Depp or Eddie Vedder stops returning his calls? Will he fall back into the thoughts and behaviors that led to the tragic events of 1993? Has he grown enough yet, is he strong enough yet, to make it on his own?
Honestly? I'm like 70% yes, 30% no. But my teenage years were crazy enough, growing up in the woods in a place and time where Satanism was 'fashionable,' that I could easily see this happening. One witness said that one of the victims said they had a tree fort out there where they used to watch the teens engaging in these activities. I could easily see these teens 'punishing' these boys and letting it go too far. Very sad. I have to confess though, I hope he is innocent. My heart says 'guilty,' unfortunately.
***** I admire you honesty, yeah i believe they are guilty too for pretty much the same reasons, that's why i was curious, i for one who's into thrash and death metal, going to derelict mental hospitals, woods, horror films etc can understand how someone of not a sound mind (which Damien clearly wasn't) can get bad intentions in their head, hell i mean i even got bad thoughts but you choose to ignore them, but i can see when you're in this sort of pack mentality and u got a bit of a loose cannon within the group you can end up getting dragged into all sorts of trouble, but this was when i was a lot younger mind. First time i saw the film i thought they done it and that's watching a film that's meant to be biased and portraying them as whiter than white lol. That's one of the reasons why i researched the case more because...you just know...you know? and ended up finding there's a lot more evidence that points towards their guilt than what the films make out. Think Damien's a lot like Rob Ferrell who liked drinking blood and killing animals who went on to commit murder, a lot like Lorcan Bale too. Anyway thanks for the reply mate, all the best.
Nor have I. And I do believe those other boys (men) may be innocent. They all claimed they barely knew each other at the time and they're different from him. I don't believe personalities such as Echols and Knox. If you were wrongly accused of such heinous things, would you really want to do interviews with your rock and roller look (reminiscent of the late Ramirez) ...and your make-up just right. I realise everyone is different, but c'mon. There's no way I could forgot 3 innocent little boys.
His eyes are super sensitive to light. He didn't see sunlight for years, he also cannot focus since he was in such a small space for 18 years. You really need to read his book. Tells a lot.
i would like him to take the dark glasses off so i could see his eyes whilst he is talking...eyes are the soul of your body and to be able to see them would give more credit to what he says....i have never seen him without them since he was let out....i dont believe he wears them because his eyes are sensitive....he may not have seen daylight that much but prisons certainly have light bulbs!
There are many innocent people put behind bars and some have died due to this. Why are these three guys so important? Why did celebrities get behind these three? If people would only think logically and not be brainwashed by a heavily edited movie they would know the truth.
Ask yourself 1.Why was Michael Moore found further away from the other 2 boys? 2.Why did Michael Moore have less injuries than the other 2 boys? 3.Why was Michael Moore the only 1 with defensive wounds on his hands? 4.Why was Michael Moore tied with a cut shoe lace and the other 2 wasn't? 5.Why were all the clothes discovered down where Michael Moore's body was found? Just think about it for a minute...or even sleep on it.
''Wrongly convicted''???? You've probably watched PL1,2 and 3 and the West of Memphis movies. I say movies. Like Zeitgeist and Loose Change aren't documentaries. I also used to think they were innocent. After PL3, I had a bad taste in my mouth. It seemed a bit one sided. Then, I read the case files. It takes far longer than watching the movies...but hey. Where are the alibis? Why did Jesse confess WELL after the trial. To his own lawyer? Is that a forced confession? Three different knots. The necklace. Fibres. Witnesses to confessions (the girls). The lies from Echols (too many to list). His medical history. Shall I go on? Go to Callaghan wm3. It's ran by 3 dudes. Two of whom feel Echols is innocent. Get the facts before you make a statement like that. The boys murdered deserve it. The evidence is there and the victims deserve the full story on your screens.
Damien Echols did not hurt a soul. The town and the officials dropped the ball on this and had to put someone away for this crime. Have you walked in this man's shoes??? Do you know what this man went through? What Jason and Jessie went through? There was someone who wandered into a restaurant covered in Blood at Bojangles!! The officer who took the call should of gotten out of her cruiser immedietly!!! They lost the evidence!!! These 3 were the easiest targets!!!! I have been up literally for 3 weeks after I saw Devils Knot and Paradise lost because I have never in my life saw such a disorganized, messed up investigation. The families lost 3 little boys and 3 innocent people almost lost theirs. The facts and the evidence show that there were other leads. Everyone wants so much to believe these 3 did it. Someone did this, These 3 did not. There is no way!!!! Just like in the movie the Summer of Sam, They thought Adrien Brody was the killer because he looked weird and he was almost killed at the end. He covered his eyes probably because he was crying. He almost choked up at least 5 times. There was never any evidence at that crime scene, Jessie would of been emotionally unable to function if he witnessed such acts. How convenient for the State of Arkansas to lose evidence. Where is the accountability there???? Nothing can ever bring back those three boys and I pray for the people who allowed these three to take the hit. This could of happened to anyone! The state would of never released these men if they honestly thought they did this. The alford plea is basically saying yes, we were wrong and if we agree to let you out, You can't sue us even though we deserve it. There is no way they did this, Their DNA would of been all over the place. Take nursing classes,,,Fomites and Mitochondria DNA,,,Hair,,,Skin,,,Saliva...Remember the bite marks? Trust me, Arkansas knew they didn't do this.
and why would the bojangles man, which was black, kill 3 little boys in such a horrible twisted manner? And how could only one man get all 3 of them and not one escaping. GTFO!
Let's see... I could either believe the unanimous judgement of a half dozen of the country's most prestigious forensic experts-- including the author of the manual that every forensic lab nationwide uses and a former director at the fbi, the guy who caught Ted Bundy-- who all say that these guys didn't do it, or I could believe italiangal56's well-supported argument here. How will I ever decide?
I find it saddening that even after something as horrific as this entire story of the WM3, including but not limitied to the murder victims, the wrongfully convicted men, both of their families & all those involved in the trial, enprisonment & rescue of the WM3 that almost every comment on this video is an argument of opinion of thier innosence instead of applause for the power of the ability of the human race to rise up & do good for others. This story like many others needs to celebrate good!
Are you really that thick???? Misskelly has an IQ of about 80, he is borderline disabled. Anyone with half a brain who listens to the confession can see the questions are misleading and the answers fed to him. Once he realised he had been tricked he withdrew the confession half an hour later. The RUclips stuff only shows the part where Misskelly reads a prepared staement. watch the actual interview and you can see them leading him into it because he knew no better. Don't spurt off about things you know little about or at least do your homework first! people like you make me sick.. You need to wake up not me and yes I know the case inside and out, which you obviously don't. Oh it was on RUclips so it must be true! End of conversation as I'm bored by you now as you obviously are anti WM3. Why don't you get a job in law enforcement? You'd do well as they are full of shit as well. ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous!!
Lee Billingham how do YOU know what his IQ is? Give me one instance where he was "LED" by or FED answers by the questioning law officer. He's not retarded or he wouldn't have been able to lay out all the stuff that they did to those 3 young boys.
DrHogfan He IS 'mentally challenged', his IQ IS 72, FACT. And his confession was no where NEAR the facts of the case, murders, PROVEN made up! Let me guess, you also missed the forensic parts about the proof animals ate, mauled, damaged the bodies? And to you ALSO.....research Terry Hobbs, and the FACTS!
It's Global, I just don't have the words. I'm from Scotland, it can't happen here but I hear this and saw the documentaries, I actually can't believe how he has survived? Damien x
okay so your the prosecutor at a retrial of Damien, prove your case and you can't say Gary G. confession because Jessie refuses to take the stand even for five years instead of life .... they have done extensive testing and no dna connects the 3 to the crime at all ....they plead to get out of jail (20 years for something they didn't do) and you know that
If your life depended on it - would you swear to that? I doubt it. Cyber-talk is easy. Even if he didn't have anything to do with those boys (and I don't believe he did either) he still made arrogant faces at the victims parents and is problematic. If you really believe he moved to Salem Ma. to help kids who were "like him" - you are ...sorry to say, extremely naive. He's a dark horse and deceptive.
Wouldn't you be dark? Don't you believe even after these years of being out of DEATH ROW, he isn't terrified of being falsely accused of something else? Just like you're doing now?
For you jerks who think Damian and the other two are guilty..go take a look at what people have heard about Terry Hobbs..and the hair found on a shoe that didn't belong to his step son..That man reeks of being a pervert. I am glad the let them out and would trust them with any child of mine.
I believe they're innocent but Terry Hobbs did live in the same house so its probably just that some fell off and landed on his shoe I guess... idk maybe I'm just on a next level of stupid.
I bet everyone questioning his sunglasses believe he is guilty because they don't do their research because he has said multiple times In videos his eyes are light sensitive
great interview -all of us could not possibly understand how you keep going so villified and alone - for so long -nd of course it would have terrible mental effects PTSD like -
j9andphoenix hex lies and videotape, the opperman report: CONFIRMED!: Damien Echols member of Aleister Crowley's satanic OTO, west memphis three oddities, WM3 - What Paradise Lost left out are all right here on youtube.
it's not just for bright light it is also because he can hardly see more than a few inches in front of his face. because when you are in solitary confinement for that long your eyes are not used to having to look at things that are far away and naturally lose the ability to see far away
so sad..............this man has been through soooo much
@@Jay1988k Your absolutely right Jeannie!! They wanted us to believe this was just some dumb kid who wore black & was a Cult leader. How wrong the world was, this is one bright, articulate young man. I really enjoy listening to him & this weekend I'm going to go purchase the 2 books he's written so far. Jason Baldwin is another person who came outta this mess a bright, intelligent man also. They went in a young boys without much education & they both bettered themselves. How anyone could still even remotely entertain that the WM3 are anything but innocent is beyond me. Thanks!!
Thats such bs. Look up the case files. This man is sick.
@@jerryschutte6970 um
He is evil and it resonates through and about him soo sooo vividly to me. I can't understand how so many could be so naive, so adamant he was good, in spite of proof otherwise, and just SO SO SOOOO SOOO WRONG about a man, about a monster! 🙏 God, help the blinded see the light. Let us know good from bad and help us through these unsure, evil times! In Jesus's SWEET, HOLY, PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. 🙏
From what ive read the 3 boys all knew each other pretty well, Jessie used to hang out with Jason when he used to live at Lakeshore, when John Perschke got the shit kicked out of him by Jessie..Damien, Jason and buddy were with him, Jessie introduced Vicky to Damien so they all knew each other well, what i have big trouble with is why did Damien tell his own friend Jennifer Bearden that Jasons mother had driven them somewhere when she was at work that night? why even lie to your own friends?
The trench coat what Damien lived in night & day and wore all year round no matter how hot it was mysteriously vanishes after the crime, funny that, days later buys a new necklace on that Saturday and wears that to police station on the 10th instead of the old 1 that had 2 different blood types on it, Domini Teer said she slept with Damien every night but funny enough not on the night of the murders...nobody knows where these 3 lads were at the crucial times and 1 confesses only 7 times.
7 times until his statements matched what police told him happened. Jesse had an iq of below 70. He shouldn't have even been with police alone.
Damien Echols! I am a 45 yr resident of Marion/West Memphis and the reason Jessie has stayed in this town is because his father is gravely ill! Jessie does my yard work every week! I fully support the innocence of the WM3 but Damien the manner in which you have treated your mom, sister and son is nothing short of shameful! You have surrounded yourself with "stars" and you have this belief that you are now a star! This did not only happen to you Damien! This happened to Jason , Jessie , Michael and Christopher, Stevie and the families of all of you! Take your head out of the clouds because I can promise you that in 20 yrs after Pam is gone you are going to look around and Johnny Depp, Eddie Vedder, Henry Rollins and all the other "stars" are going to be gone! Who might still be here? All of your family and friends you now have forgotten! Who was there Damien before you hooked up with Lori? It is a shame when your own mother shows up when after 18 years of being wrongfully imprisoned to see her son set free and sends a cell phone to him right across the hall and Lori brings it back telling your mom"Damien will not be needing this"! Damien , what is wrong with you?! I will always support you but I have witnessed first hand the medical difficulties your mom is having and it is my belief that a simple phone call from her son asking how she is might do her a world of good! Do I think it will happen? Sadly, I do not! enjoy the limelight while it lasts.!
I know, ive never seen a single interview where hes expressed any genuine empathy about these 3 boys being murdered, the average person thinks its a revolting crime..not him..he admits to bragging about killing those poor boys now..and who in right mind smirks and blows kisses at grieving parents who've lost their children in such a disgusting way? no wonder his own family feared for their lives and put him in a nuthouse before the murders, those 3 poor boys paid the price for his fame..sick.
This is my point!!! He has Never talked about the youngs boys..Just going on and on about his poor self.. He once said when he was prison He and Lori did magic. He said himself that they werent doing magic to ask who did the real killing but that He and Lori could live a happy life after he was released. Why didnt he do magic to ask who really did it. He did it and he knows it.
Because he is guilty as a sin
His poor self? He spent almost 20 YEARS in prison for something he did not do. Of course he’s vocal about that. You would be the same way if this was happening to you. Him investigating the case and doing all these things are not just for him but for those three little boys. Everything he does is to clear his name AND by doing that each step is closer to bringing the boys true murderer to light. I think you should do more research before you open your mouth. Maybe think before you type. If he gets exonerated then the case will in return be open back up and the DNA evidence that he has will come into play and eventually these three little boys will get justice. Stop. Talking. Out. Your. Ass. And. Do. More. Research. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk 🖕🏻
Had Damien moved to NY when he was 18 - he wouldn't be a target suspect at any range of the spectrum.
The most ridiculous uneducated statement of all time
I don't know if he's innocent or if Amanda Knox is innocent...whatever. But what strikes me as really unwise and even peculiar is the celebrete' these people receive. "My book". "My time in prison"....but they never talk about how horrific it is to be blamed for killing their roommate or ...THREE LITTLE BOYS. It's all about them...and for me,, that's revealing. Echols got what he told his mom he wanted: Fame. It's on the net...google it. You can fool some of the people some of the tiime..etc
It's great that Damien has this chance now to let people hear him, and this is the kind of thing that people NEED to hear, because our legal system is such a mess, and WHAT AN UNDERSTATEMENT, that is! Great video!
The problem with this case is that some believe whatever the WM3/Hollywood tell them.
Who have the WM3's lawyers tried to blame?
1. Mark Byers
2. Mellisa Byers (the bite mark theory)
3. Terry Hobbs
4. Bojangles guy
The WM3 supporters (and the WM3) were all out to get Mark Byers for years. When he said ''I want to be your friend Damien''...they dropped it. After trying to blame his wife of course.
Then the theory that Hobbs was gay and got caught kissing another man. He kills them at home to avoid his wife finding out and then transports the boys' bodies, clothing and bicycles to the woods (were they had been seen entering without Hobbs). He may have had help. The info came from two serial con-men and serial rapists. Still, believe it if you're dumb. It may have been turtles though, I'm not sure. The desperate theories changed quite often.
How about this. All facts by the way.
WM3 did it. All confessed rather than clear their names in court. Jesse confessed (about 7 times). He was not 'retarded'. His IQ was low average. None of them (to this day, despite what you may have seen) can give an alibi. Echols continually lies in interviews. Many answers are scripted (look it up). They were seen leaving the crime scene covered in mud (Echols/Baldwin). Jesse confessed he ran off earlier than them before this was known. Echols was/is seriously mentally ill. Baldwin and his mother had a huge row about a knife just after the murders. So much so, the police came around. And they found a knife 20-30 yards from the back of their home in the lake (in a straight line from the back of the home). Luminol tests showed blood at the crime scene. Blood matching profiles of one of the victims was found on Echols' necklace. Candle wax on a shirt matching the candle wax at Echols' place. He was obsessed with the ocult (if Crowley wasn't a devil worshipper, then I don't know what counts).
I think the 'devil' had little to do with this. Three screwed up teens drunk out of their minds did it.
Ummm...what if they really were guilty?
HE IS A STUDENT OF CROWLEY
That means nothing; Crowley was a bumbling idiot.
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Additionaly, if the state thought they had enough evidence to re-convict them on the re-trial, they would NEVER have offered the Alford plea, they even admitted this. They knew the new forensic evidence would further strengthen the wm3 case, so the only way they could save face was to allow them to plead guilty via Alford plea. They also knew they could be sued for millions due to misconduct, so they took the easy way out.
If they had a leg to stand on they would never have been released.
Apparently yes, Jason Baldwins own cousin witnessed it and gave a statement to the police, Joe Bartoush Jr. June 14, 1993.
Damien speaks very eloquently, intelligently, and calmly. There is sincerity is in his voice. I don't need to see his eyes. And, he has been so horrifically violated that if he wants to wear dark glasses, let him be.
why do people post negative things without knowing the facts
very small people make themselves feel bigger by stomping on others especially in the safety of the internet. If the DNA test didn't prove him innocent he wouldn't be free no matter what movie stars supported him.
There are no facts just lies.
kate jenkins Because their minds are completely closed, and they refuse to entertain any other explanation than the one they already believe. They're ignorant, plain and simple. (They're also needlessly rude: telling everyone to "read the case files"; as if they [somehow] just •KNOW• that you haven't already. All because your opinion is different than theirs, smdh.)
@WM 3 Guilty You don't know me at all, nor how much I've researched this case. Just because we don't agree on something doesn't mean you need to call me (and any&everyone else) who disagrees with you a bunch of horrible names.
Mutilated? Post Morten injuries from animal activity you mean? That’s exactly what that is. The hysteria, and embellishment surrounding this case is more repulsive than anything. As though the crime of murdering 3 small children wasn’t abhorrent enough. A biased, uncertified medical examiner blatantly misled jurors, and the rest of the country by seeing what he wanted to see to confirm that bias. They praised his relationship with one of the top medical examiners in the country in court, but when that man turned around to call the autopsy reports garbage, forget that guy. Ad hominem attacks on people that disagree with you don’t make what you’re saying fact. The one sided representation of the case put forth by HBO in the Paradise Lost trilogy doesn’t make what you’re saying fact. The forensic evidence is very difficult to ignore, yet somehow people want to pretend that there is something left to interpret. Alligator snapping turtle bites aren’t what we are seeing. Those aren’t claw marks, but the back side of a survival knife blade. It’s nonsense. Two words...Occam’s razor. Which is the most plausible scenario? People are lying about lying on the witness stand now? They risked being charged for perjury just for the hell of it? The states case doesn’t have legs to stand on.
He is evil and it resonates through and about him soo sooo vividly to me!!!
I can't understand how so many people could be so blind, be so naive, so adamant he IS good, in spite of proof otherwise, and just SO SO SOOOO SOOO WRONG about a man, about a monster!
🙏 God, help the blinded see the light. Let us know good from bad and help us through these unsure, evil times! In Jesus's SWEET, HOLY, PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. 🙏
It’s incredible how some people see it and some people don’t. I am so repulsed by him. He’s such a narcissistic, manipulative tool.
During the trial, Dr. George W. Woods testified that Echols suffered from, "serious mental illness characterized by grandiose and persecutory delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations, disordered thought processes, substantial lack of insight, and chronic, incapacitating mood swings."
poeticjustice2000 doctors aren’t infallible. U need look no further that Dr Frank Peretti from the trial.
Excellent interview; very insightful, indeed.
Thankyou so much for posting.
An Alford plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea and Alford doctrine ) in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal court, where the defendant does not admit the act and asserts innocence. (Wiki definition)
The state would have NEVER let three murderers out of jail, especially one that was on death row. They know they screwed this case up from day one. The Alford Plea saved the state from being sued by these three innocent boys, who are now men for completely botching up this case. I think it is appalling. Its all about the dollars. Three men lost 18 years of their lives, and three little boys lives were lost and the murderer is still out there, all because the state of Arkansas does not want to admit they screwed up. Disgusting. RIP Michael, Stevie and Christopher, poor little babies.
Shenandoah Village The state lets murderers out all of the time. We're lucky we got 18 years out of them! They could've had a new trial to show their "new evidence" but instead the defense came up with the Alford plea. They are twice-convicted child-killers & they chose to plead guilty to get out of prison when AR was ready to go back to trial. An Alford plea states that they know the state has enough evidence to re-convict them! They knew they would be found guilty again & took the easy way out. Echols is a sick pos.
We can agree to disagree. I think these guys were innocent from the door and the real killer still walks free.
+thangco11 as a matter of fact I have. And btw it's called an opinion. No need for rude comments.
+thangco11 Its apparently obvious by your comment that inbreeding is a problem in your family. Ignorance isn't a cri but if it was you'd be doing hard time.
***** No sir, you are what's wrong with this world & your words to me prove it. I see the world for what it is but you have blinders on & can't even discuss a case like a rational human being. Have a nice day.
I've only seen the Paradise Lost series. I was persuaded to think they were all not guilty of the murders. Like everything, I like to view things from different perspectives. I started to think that maybe Damien is guilty and the other two are not. I'm not sure what I think any more. What questions Damien's guilt or innocence to me are things I read about the psychological profile done on Echols before the first trial. Before I look into this further, and read the report myself, are there any thoughts on this?
Jessie Miskelley wrote a confession that repeatedly contradicted itself because he is mentally slow and was interrogated for hours by officers using less than legal tactics. The judge wouldn't allow the confession to be read at the trial because he saw how ridiculous it was. He made Echols read it in a broom closet during a recess.
How to find the truth: Put Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley in three separate rooms and before one question is asked, systemically cut off each one's pinky finger and tell them their thumbs are next. I'll bet you'd get 3 stories that are the same with respect to the murder of the cub scouts.
Leon, Leon. You may want to back off the caffeine; is it me or are you tense?
they are prescription glasses and he only wears them because he has to because he can hardly see after his eyes got horribly damaged from solitary confinement.
Yes, he disemboweled a dog. He also left a lot of the trial out in his book. The way he taunted the grieving parents by licking his lips, etc. The lies he told about solitary confinement. Many things do not smell good with this guy. Does that mean he's guilty? Nope. But he's definitely mental.
18 years on death row, plus the childhood he lived would make anyone mental.
And what are the odds of the Hollingsworths just seeing 2? what was reported nearly a month before the arrests, so Jessies confession matches with this early reported sighting, If they saw 3 then yeah there would be a problem, he left before Damien and Jason so thats why only 2 were spotted, walking towards Lakeshore what just so happens to fit Jessies confession too about the phone calls from Jasons saying he heard Damien say "We done it we done it what we gonna do if someone saw us?" they did.
All you people think hes innocent because the Paradise Lost movies portrayed Damien in a very good light...i bet you didnt know before the murders he chased a little boy with an axe, he also sucked blood from a boys arm, he tried to remove a boys eyeball. and wanted to sacrifice his unborn infant.
That's all hearsay ass hat. Read a book. Personally, it doesn't matter if his record showed him committing bestiality with a family of kangaroos, absolutely no evidence pointed to them ON THIS CASE. The juvenile officer handed them a list of 10 delinquents, openly admitted, and guess whose poor souls were on it. Not to mention, you honestly think two 18 year old boys and a 16 year old could clean a crime scene with such precision? NO.
oh for CRYING OUT LOUD! Are you talking about the foolish things he did or said when he was 17 years old? (If he ever even did).. Seriously? No EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN THESE MURDERS.
They were teenagers!! They are gonna be trying to be against everything their parents believed in. They were wrongly convicted do to the fact that they wore black,listen to metal,wore black nail polish ,dyed their hair black..they were being TEENAGERS!!!! My son did all that and dabbled in Wiccian and to a extent Satanism. He grow out of it,has for the WM3 they didn't get a chance to grow out of it..they were convicted of a horrible crime. They have lost a lot . now even two of the parents of the murder children are saying they didn't do it. These teens were roped in because of their beliefs,in the bible belt..its like Salem witch hunts and trials all over again. I am glad they finally got out but there is still no justice for the little boys and these young man who were still children too.
you complete knob!
+melissa schram no, it's true, read the court documents (around 500 pages) regarding his mental health
I'm so happy he is free, not only he is free but it pisses off everyone who thinks hes guilty.
Terry Hobbs is the killer.
Sigh. According to the 'documentaries' I suppose he is. The facts say he isn't. Explain witnesses seeing Baldwin's mother agruing about the knife (just after the murders) so much so that the police came to search the lake behind their home. Lo and behold, it's found by frogmen almost in a straight line from their home 30 metres out in the lake. Several juries agreed the wounds matched the knife. The defence tried to blame it on several things including turtles for fuck's sake. The 'bite mark' as the defence claim seems to match the shape of the compass on the butt of the knife EXACTLY. Including the 'star' wound which was the part that broke off in the attack. Witnesses pre trail told police about the compass knife. Hey, what about the blue candle wax (matched at Echol's girlfriend's home) or even the blood on Echol's necklace? Even the fibres of the boy's clothing at Echols home? The witnesses who saw Echols and Baldwin coming out of the woods covered in mud? Miskelly confessed in 4 hours not 12. He confessed several times after that. One was to his own lawyer whilst in prison. His lawyer begged him not to do it, but he wanted to get it all off his chest. His descriptions of the crime scene were too perfect.
I could go on, but it would fill youtube. If you're just gonna bury your heads in the sand cos you feel like a lost soul too, remember that he's laughing at you. For your own sanity, please check the facts.
Prove it.
John the Mark Watch the funeral.Look at Hobbs while his wife is grieving. Un freakin real!
***** hobbs is so guilty. He will get his.
***** Watch the funeral pal. When the mother was grieving. Look at Hobbs. Guilty as fuck.
It breaks my heart though that all these interviews and stuff are always focused on Damien. He's eating this up and loving it. Jason I heard was actually trying to study law somewhere and Jessie's supposedly kind of like a hermit. Damien needs to realize that if it wasn't for Jason he probably would still be on death row, this didn't just happen to him but that's the way he acts and that's what makes me mad.
Michelle Delamatter Thanks so much for posting this, I appreciate it very much.
DAVIS: And did you also tell him that the killer would probably want to hear the kids screaming?
ECHOLS: If he got off on killing people, he probably would like to hear them scream.
DAVIS: Those were your words, though, right?
ECHOLS: Right.
You work for Arkansas please stfu
V Lil hex lies and videotape, the opperman report: CONFIRMED!: Damien Echols member of Aleister Crowley's satanic OTO, west memphis three oddities, WM3 - What Paradise Lost left out are all right here on youtube.
I am reading Damien Echols book, Life after Death. Recommended to all. I just recently discovered this case and watched all documentaries Paradise Lost 1,2 ,3 after that I saw West of Memphis.
I am pretty sure this is not the only case that has been this unfair and horrendously corrupt. I am sure the only reason we know about this is because of Paradise Lost. Damien Echols is writing in his book that all in contact with the law, knows it's rather a rule than an exception that they will tamper with evidence, they will harass you and they will try to use the power given to them by us, the people if they for some reason would want to do that to you.
I am thinking a lot about why. Why is this happening. Maybe it is a certain personality drawn to becoming police, judges and so on. Maybe the whole environment is infected and the new people just can't stand their ground from what is going on. I don't know, but I know it is happening for several reasons mainly including power, status, money and of course prejudice and fear , as all other problems in the world.
Another tip is watching the movie Scorpio with Al Pacino. It also shows how deep this goes. I am from Sweden, we are also experiencing this. I think no country is free of it, even though there are different degrees of corruption. Corruption is not only the big big lies and things but each and every time a man/woman from the law, with power uses that power in any small or big way to affect something. That is corruption!!!
It is so sad and it should stop right now. We should all do our best as human beings, as fellow beings on this earth to make all injustices stop ! As much as we as one person can do, but one person can make a pretty big chance. Just look at what the documentary did for Jason, Damien and Jessie.
Good luck to these guys I am so glad they are finally out! Now I just hope the real killer will be caught so that the other three small boys will have peace. Maybe by a miracle that can happen even if the law in Arkansas has no plans for trying to catch the real killer. Sad sad sad.
I want to spread more knowledge of these injustices within the law in each and every country!
Elin Hägglund hoping to get it for xmas!
Elin, what a thoughtful post. My next step is to read Echols book. The Bible Belt sure holds some unbalanced people. Scary people who say things like, "He looks like a killer so he must be one." Many cannot understand AK's Alford Plea. Ignorance is not bliss. It's ignorance.
if these guys were guilty they would have slipped and it would be on film....sorry that you want them to be but they're not guilty!
Exactly please tell me if the DA had one shred of doubt they did it would they really let all three out to “prey upon whole new generations of kids?” Why doesn’t anyone think of that? If they did it and were let go even with this ridiculous Alford plea can you imagine if one kid were killed? The blood would be all over AK’s hands again!
A great question would be "what exactly were you doing on april the 5th 93?" Everything, step by step, instead of "how does it feel...?" "how do you reconcile...?" I can't tell for certain of his innocence or guilt (that is why i research) but if it did come out that he was guilty for sure, it would seem obvious in hindsight from observing him even today - how he talks. It would also help his course if he would admit to his past and say "yes, I was a teenage psychopath... but i didnt do it. Here;s the proof". "Yes I know I was madly into the occult and had a bizar fascination of evil and pain... but I did not kill those boys". The fact that he continues to say that it was because he wore black and that arkasas was a backward place shows that he is a LIAR at the very least. READ THE FILES!!!!
Damien, top man. Hope you have a long healthy life after twenty years of unjust incarceration. Respect from Scotland.
Amazing book could not put down. This book was very powerful to me for the reason being that the people who have it the hardest and by all rights you would expect to come out full of hatred and hardened sometimes do not.This man did not come out hardened but the exact apposite. He became an inspiring amazing human being that gives hope to anyone who is listening. We as human's can rise above. The end result is the state of Arkansas did not kill the man who radiates a beautiful light. The world is full of hater's who will constantly deny that this guy and the other men with him were denied any due process or anything that looked like justice just because they were poor and the state needed a scapegoat for no other reason. I am happy to believe that some people get to live to tell.
Rollins is great. He asked questions nobody has EVER thought to ask. Jason only agreed to the Alford plea because it took Damien off death row. He was demanding, in the beginning of the Alford plea being offered, that he wasn't guilty of this crime and would not plead guilty to anything. He was told that if they didn't take the plea collectively with Jesse and Damien, none of them would get out and Damien would be executed.
Damien told police on May 10, 1993 that he thought a 1 Jason Baldwin done the crime but a different Jason Baldwin..what are the odds of him even mentioning a Jason Baldwin involved in this crime?
Then Jessie told police on June 3, 1993, before his confession he thought Damien Echols had done the crime.
Paradise Lost
Paul Ford "Do you think Damien killed those 3 boys?"
Jason Baldwin "they made it seem like he did"
Sounds like 3 pukes trying to rat each other out to me.
I've seen a lot of this stuff but it's the first time I've seen Damien laugh. Heart warming.
Johnny Depp made a mistake with that tattoo. He and Vedder and the rest of the celebrete'...be damned as well. They weren't there so couldn't possibly know anything for sure, so, why champion the cause of these people one way or the other? Everyone likes to befriend the unfamiliar, dark stranger. He's the married one, too. Not surprising. I wouldn't befriend Echols even if he were innocent. I can't forget how he piled more hurts on the families with his actions in court ..licking his lips?
31:18 So, so true. Punishment does nothing. Re-habilitation. Changing the thinking process and as Damien puts it "this is to society's benefit." We aren't doing this for the criminal but for everyone. The prison system is uncivilized, ineffective. Change the mind, where decisions begin.
Awesome!!! It's a complete joy to stumble across something so immensely inspiring, humbling and spiritually positive when you least expect it.... Thank you VERY much to all of you who have helped to share this.
Henry, Damien, and your families - God bless you heaps. Keep up the amazing work. You are doing great!!!
1:10:29 - Staggering ignorance, here. Norway's prison system is *beyond* broken. A laughing stock even to its own citizens (who are presently working at reforming it)
One glance at the Varg Vikernes conviction is all one requires to realize that.
What about the vv conviction?
There is no doubt in my mind that Echols has changed and perhaps even grown as a human being, but this does not erase the fact that he committed murder. Damien, you can't be convicted twice. Why not just admit the truth and become a forgiven man.
Your question speaks volumes about Damien's innocence. "why not just admit (it) and become a forgiven man?" you ask... My guess would certainly be that he is innocent of the crime. No need to be forgiven for something you didn't do.
So why did they release them if they were guilty
He pled guilty under the Alford Pleas; time served + probation until 2021. Echols could have taken a new trial and he chose not to do so. He tried to blame BoJangles, then Mark Byers, then Terry Hobbs. While it's not perfect, he was guilty.
Echols would have had a trial in 5 months tops. That "poor health" crap doesn't play well.
Leon, it's called the right to a speedy trial. You may wish to get your money back on that High School Diploma pal. Every 10th grader knows about it.
Such an emotional story. Thank you Damien for sharing your experience with us. Must be very difficult for you.
great interview. Rollins did a great job. Hope these guys find happiness. LOVE YOU DAMIEN!!!
It's so obvious that Damien is guilty of murder, this dude was a huge amirer of Aleister Crowley, (a person I happen to know a lot about, read his books and such) a whole list of criminal activities already before 18 years.. all kinds of psychologic problems... He did this as a ritual, and the other two kids just looked up to him as a leader. A good real crime investigator once said: if someone is not guilty, he never changes his story. And Damien did that a lot during a lot of different interviews, and in court. The things he wrote of being the next god is something straight from Aleister Crowley's rule of Thelema.
yet these celebrities rally around him like he's a victim....disgusting.
Obviously, you're a murderer because you admit to knowing a lot about Crowley and magic.If that's all it takes for him to be a murderer, then you're putting yourself in the same league.Having mental issues because of family problems doesn't make you insane.Satanists from Crowley's era didn't sacrifice people.There wasn't any evidence that Satanists even committed that crime,but I have the feeling that your uninformed, illogical mind is the same as the people who put them away...ridiculous and immature!
7judas77 Jealous, are you?
SultrySelket No, you are actually uninformed. ''Satanists from Crowley's era'' is a very uninformed sentence since Aleister Crowley was not a Satanist. If not having an alibi, having a motive, changing your story, having a whole list of psychological issues, being close to the crime scene, being a admirer of Aleister Crowley (which im not, I just know a lot about him), having ''sacrificed'' numerous animals when he was a teenager isn't enough, I'm more than happy to inform you about more details of Damien Echols.
Haha! Crowley was a Luciferian...my mistake. He did set up his house of magic to get closer to evil when he decided he wasn't learning enough from the group. He was a Satanist. I do not need to hear more uneducated untruths from you, but I'm sure you feel you have all the answers. So spill them out, but I won't be reading them...haha, Crowley!
i just order his book....cant wait to get it next week.... congrats from sydney Australia...!
He must be very determined to have survived for so long in such a terrible environment and come out the other side educated and positive about his future well done .
Just listen to his laugh. Not the laugh of a killer.
Laugh of a killer with no remose.
I am reading his book right now. Such a tragic story that needs to be told. Thank you so much for posting this!
Before he murdered the three boys he beat a great dane to death in front of his friends . (not disputed)
For all of you with your vile ignorant remarks, do your self a favor and inform yourselves!! These three men did not commit these horrible crimes!! It was a cover up of horrifying magnitude!! Terry Hobbs the stepfather of one of the murdered children did it!! Watch the documentaries and educate yourselves...your ignorance is embarrassing!!!
I'd like one interviewer to ask Damien one question.
Why during his early incarceration was he writing Aleister Crowley's name ?
Watch the trialb if you want to know so bad. Damien testified to this, at his trial, when he waived his 5th Amendment right to remain silent.
Also they should ask why he changed his name to Damien? He changed it to Damien because it's the name of the son of Satan in the movie the omen!!
As a Norwegian, to this question about the minimum security prisons in Norway. 1:10:11 As I agree on the prison reform, it is not really true that the system is based on trust entirely in Norway. if they leave the prison they will come to another prison which is much more uncomfortable.
He knows he did it!
I am so very sorry the " Legal System" failed 6, not 3 young men.
And for all of the pain and heartbreaking lives that were forever changed.
And trully LOST.
I agree, until Damien explains why his alibis contradict his whereabouts the night the boys died there will always be doubt, why did he say he was home when his own grandmother said he was out and Holly George told Heather Cliett when she spoke to Damien he said he was out walking around that night. He was out walking about..spotted funny enough right by the woods caked in mud at 9:30pm, pretty much the same time Ryan Clark heard splashing and someone running away from him in the woods.
Terry Hobbs is the Killer his hair was found at the scene of the crime and he is a lier
@WM3 Deception Is MORON the only word you have? You piece of shit.
Yes, he has to wear the glasses as the light now bother him after being in solitary confinement.
OMG..I'm sorry for you. Really sorry...words can never say. I lost my only two daughters but they weren't murdered or harmed like these little boys. :( I didn't know that about Jesse...but I heard him talk and he seemed po'dunk dim-witted, but an I.Q. test is only one measurement of intelligence, anyway. He may be really clever in other ways.
Damien Echols (I am convinced) was the ring leader (if guilty)...but you're right - even if not guilty Echols, of the three is and was the worst!!
Thanks for sharing! I Love Damien :) his a hero of mine! His book is deep...
I've watched all the films, looked at the 'WM3 are guilty' stuff, and honestly - I'm torn. I agree the investigation and prosecution were problematic. If I was on that jury, I would have been a 'not guilty' vote. Not because I believed them to be innocent necessarily, but because I felt the case was simply not proven. But after looking at everything, I believe them to be guilty of the crime.
I went through that stage as a teenager - Satanic rituals in the woods, getting high with my friends and group fantasizing about horrible acts. Could I have done what I believe Damien and his friends did to these kids? I don't know. But the truth is, with the high suggestibility of kids that age, the tendency toward fantasism, and the ease with which a teen can slip into a sort of 'mob frenzy' mentality when being reinforced by peers, or simply the thrill of the events...yes - I have to be honest and admit I could have. If you add in the alcohol, send some kids by us in the woods while we were in that head space...yes. It could easily have been me. Or any one of a million teenagers.
Nonetheless, it doesn't detract from anything Damien has to offer today. I never committed an act like that, and never would, because I grew up. I couldn't be influenced that way now. If Damien DID do these acts, and I think he did, that doesn't mean he couldn't have gone through the same growth process as every other stoner teenage Satanist. So there I am - torn. Looking at all the facts and believing him to be guilty, and yet still being glad he's been freed, still finding value in his work as an adult and an author.
The only thing the worries me is this - the attention he receives now: book signings, concerts, twitter followers...what if that stopped? Even if you don't believe him to be a killer, he is clearly, even to a casual observer, a narcissist with a hungry ego. What happens if he writes a book that no one buys? What happens if Johnny Depp or Eddie Vedder stops returning his calls? Will he fall back into the thoughts and behaviors that led to the tragic events of 1993? Has he grown enough yet, is he strong enough yet, to make it on his own?
Nicely put mate, but if you had to choose, a simple yes or no...do you think he killed them boys?
Honestly? I'm like 70% yes, 30% no. But my teenage years were crazy enough, growing up in the woods in a place and time where Satanism was 'fashionable,' that I could easily see this happening. One witness said that one of the victims said they had a tree fort out there where they used to watch the teens engaging in these activities. I could easily see these teens 'punishing' these boys and letting it go too far. Very sad. I have to confess though, I hope he is innocent. My heart says 'guilty,' unfortunately.
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I admire you honesty, yeah i believe they are guilty too for pretty much the same reasons, that's why i was curious, i for one who's into thrash and death metal, going to derelict mental hospitals, woods, horror films etc can understand how someone of not a sound mind (which Damien clearly wasn't) can get bad intentions in their head, hell i mean i even got bad thoughts but you choose to ignore them, but i can see when you're in this sort of pack mentality and u got a bit of a loose cannon within the group you can end up getting dragged into all sorts of trouble, but this was when i was a lot younger mind.
First time i saw the film i thought they done it and that's watching a film that's meant to be biased and portraying them as whiter than white lol.
That's one of the reasons why i researched the case more because...you just know...you know? and ended up finding there's a lot more evidence that points towards their guilt than what the films make out.
Think Damien's a lot like Rob Ferrell who liked drinking blood and killing animals who went on to commit murder, a lot like Lorcan Bale too.
Anyway thanks for the reply mate, all the best.
By the way, I'm a girl lol - the 'mate' sounds so funny...
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if you keep only looking to the future, then u don't enjoy what you have now...
true so true
Nor have I. And I do believe those other boys (men) may be innocent. They all claimed they barely knew each other at the time and they're different from him. I don't believe personalities such as Echols and Knox. If you were wrongly accused of such heinous things, would you really want to do interviews with your rock and roller look (reminiscent of the late Ramirez) ...and your make-up just right. I realise everyone is different, but c'mon. There's no way I could forgot 3 innocent little boys.
people in prison can see, and this interview is not in the sun, why the sun glasses?
Bc he is a narcissistic pussy
Because he’s an endless, attention grabbing psychopath.
Great video, both of these guys are hugely inspiring
I wear sunglasses 24/7 so what if he wearing glasses
His eyes are super sensitive to light. He didn't see sunlight for years, he also cannot focus since he was in such a small space for 18 years. You really need to read his book. Tells a lot.
i would like him to take the dark glasses off so i could see his eyes whilst he is talking...eyes are the soul of your body and to be able to see them would give more credit to what he says....i have never seen him without them since he was let out....i dont believe he wears them because his eyes are sensitive....he may not have seen daylight that much but prisons certainly have light bulbs!
As always, Rollins loves the sound of his own pretentious voice.
Lol guilty as hell! Always hiding behind his sunglasses
There are many innocent people put behind bars and some have died due to this. Why are these three guys so important? Why did celebrities get behind these three? If people would only think logically and not be brainwashed by a heavily edited movie they would know the truth.
Damien, where is your next book? Get on with it please.
Ask yourself
1.Why was Michael Moore found further away from the other 2 boys?
2.Why did Michael Moore have less injuries than the other 2 boys?
3.Why was Michael Moore the only 1 with defensive wounds on his hands?
4.Why was Michael Moore tied with a cut shoe lace and the other 2 wasn't?
5.Why were all the clothes discovered down where Michael Moore's body was found?
Just think about it for a minute...or even sleep on it.
''Wrongly convicted''????
You've probably watched PL1,2 and 3 and the West of Memphis movies. I say movies. Like Zeitgeist and Loose Change aren't documentaries.
I also used to think they were innocent. After PL3, I had a bad taste in my mouth. It seemed a bit one sided. Then, I read the case files. It takes far longer than watching the movies...but hey.
Where are the alibis? Why did Jesse confess WELL after the trial. To his own lawyer? Is that a forced confession? Three different knots. The necklace. Fibres. Witnesses to confessions (the girls). The lies from Echols (too many to list). His medical history. Shall I go on?
Go to Callaghan wm3. It's ran by 3 dudes. Two of whom feel Echols is innocent.
Get the facts before you make a statement like that. The boys murdered deserve it.
The evidence is there and the victims deserve the full story on your screens.
dna, dude, dna. wasn't him at all.
Child Killer and scumbag...Convicted and still Guilty...Disgusting.
all rockstars wear glasses...!!! leave the MAN alone!!!
yes terry killed them
Where is the evidence that proves their innocence?
The eyes are the window into soul. Sometimes the soul less cover the eyes.
He is so intelligent and strong.
Thank you :)
the reason why Jason and Jessie dont is because they were in prison not solitary confinement and they had it much easier than Damien.
riiiight. Flawed logic run amok, please educate yourself before making broad and silly statements.
Damien Echols did not hurt a soul. The town and the officials dropped the ball on this and had to put someone away for this crime. Have you walked in this man's shoes??? Do you know what this man went through? What Jason and Jessie went through? There was someone who wandered into a restaurant covered in Blood at Bojangles!! The officer who took the call should of gotten out of her cruiser immedietly!!! They lost the evidence!!! These 3 were the easiest targets!!!! I have been up literally for 3 weeks after I saw Devils Knot and Paradise lost because I have never in my life saw such a disorganized, messed up investigation. The families lost 3 little boys and 3 innocent people almost lost theirs. The facts and the evidence show that there were other leads. Everyone wants so much to believe these 3 did it. Someone did this, These 3 did not. There is no way!!!! Just like in the movie the Summer of Sam, They thought Adrien Brody was the killer because he looked weird and he was almost killed at the end. He covered his eyes probably because he was crying. He almost choked up at least 5 times. There was never any evidence at that crime scene, Jessie would of been emotionally unable to function if he witnessed such acts. How convenient for the State of Arkansas to lose evidence. Where is the accountability there???? Nothing can ever bring back those three boys and I pray for the people who allowed these three to take the hit. This could of happened to anyone! The state would of never released these men if they honestly thought they did this. The alford plea is basically saying yes, we were wrong and if we agree to let you out, You can't sue us even though we deserve it. There is no way they did this, Their DNA would of been all over the place. Take nursing classes,,,Fomites and Mitochondria DNA,,,Hair,,,Skin,,,Saliva...Remember the bite marks? Trust me, Arkansas knew they didn't do this.
and why would the bojangles man, which was black, kill 3 little boys in such a horrible twisted manner? And how could only one man get all 3 of them and not one escaping. GTFO!
Let's see... I could either believe the unanimous judgement of a half dozen of the country's most prestigious forensic experts-- including the author of the manual that every forensic lab nationwide uses and a former director at the fbi, the guy who caught Ted Bundy-- who all say that these guys didn't do it, or I could believe italiangal56's well-supported argument here. How will I ever decide?
I find it saddening that even after something as horrific as this entire story of the WM3, including but not limitied to the murder victims, the wrongfully convicted men, both of their families & all those involved in the trial, enprisonment & rescue of the WM3 that almost every comment on this video is an argument of opinion of thier innosence instead of applause for the power of the ability of the human race to rise up & do good for others. This story like many others needs to celebrate good!
hey echols, misskelly's confession is all over u2b .....he didn't make all that up,
No he was coerced you idiot!
Lee Billingham oh really? The whole thing is on youtube. Wake up ! Have you even listened to it?
Are you really that thick???? Misskelly has an IQ of about 80, he is borderline disabled. Anyone with half a brain who listens to the confession can see the questions are misleading and the answers fed to him. Once he realised he had been tricked he withdrew the confession half an hour later. The RUclips stuff only shows the part where Misskelly reads a prepared staement. watch the actual interview and you can see them leading him into it because he knew no better. Don't spurt off about things you know little about or at least do your homework first! people like you make me sick.. You need to wake up not me and yes I know the case inside and out, which you obviously don't. Oh it was on RUclips so it must be true! End of conversation as I'm bored by you now as you obviously are anti WM3. Why don't you get a job in law enforcement? You'd do well as they are full of shit as well. ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous!!
Lee Billingham how do YOU know what his IQ is? Give me one instance where he was "LED" by or FED answers by the questioning law officer. He's not retarded or he wouldn't have been able to lay out all the stuff that they did to those 3 young boys.
DrHogfan He IS 'mentally challenged', his IQ IS 72, FACT. And his confession was no where NEAR the facts of the case, murders, PROVEN made up! Let me guess, you also missed the forensic parts about the proof animals ate, mauled, damaged the bodies? And to you ALSO.....research Terry Hobbs, and the FACTS!
The stepfather who gave HBO the knife was John Mark Byers. The one insinuated to be the perpetrator in West of Memphis is Terry Hobbs.
It's Global, I just don't have the words. I'm from Scotland, it can't happen here but I hear this and saw the documentaries, I actually can't believe how he has survived?
Damien x
1:22:05 Feeling a little bit dry in the throat there Damien after the guy says "You weren't there"
Just curious then...who you think done it? explain to me how you think it happened and who done it blow by blow...interested in your theory.
okay so your the prosecutor at a retrial of Damien, prove your case and you can't say Gary G. confession because Jessie refuses to take the stand even for five years instead of life .... they have done extensive testing and no dna connects the 3 to the crime at all ....they plead to get out of jail (20 years for something they didn't do) and you know that
The best part of this, above all is hearing Damien laugh. Its so cool.
Livevil9912 evil
@@overandout6422 No remorse.
If your life depended on it - would you swear to that? I doubt it. Cyber-talk is easy. Even if he didn't have anything to do with those boys (and I don't believe he did either) he still made arrogant faces at the victims parents and is problematic. If you really believe he moved to Salem Ma. to help kids who were "like him" - you are ...sorry to say, extremely naive. He's a dark horse and deceptive.
Wouldn't you be dark? Don't you believe even after these years of being out of DEATH ROW, he isn't terrified of being falsely accused of something else? Just like you're doing now?
For you jerks who think Damian and the other two are guilty..go take a look at what people have heard about Terry Hobbs..and the hair found on a shoe that didn't belong to his step son..That man reeks of being a pervert. I am glad the let them out and would trust them with any child of mine.
I believe they're innocent but Terry Hobbs did live in the same house so its probably just that some fell off and landed on his shoe I guess... idk maybe I'm just on a next level of stupid.
I bet everyone questioning his sunglasses believe he is guilty because they don't do their research because he has said multiple times In videos his eyes are light sensitive
Seriously.....the interviewer needs to let Damien talk more.....holy crap it's not about YOU !!!!!
It's Henry Rollins you moron. He is just as much a part of the show
great interview -all of us could not possibly understand how you keep going so villified and alone - for so long -nd of course it would have terrible mental effects PTSD like -
j9andphoenix hex lies and videotape, the opperman report: CONFIRMED!: Damien Echols member of Aleister Crowley's satanic OTO, west memphis three oddities, WM3 - What Paradise Lost left out are all right here on youtube.