A student investigator breaks a case wide open
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Case 285: Louise Ellis
** Content warnings: Domestic violence **
When freelance writer Louise Ellis disappeared after leaving her Ottawa home on April 22 1995, the person leading the search for her was her devoted partner, Brett Morgan. But Brett’s criminal background made investigators suspicious and he found himself feeling more like a suspect than a victim.
When he was approached by an aspiring private investigator named Marie Parent, the case suddenly took a very different turn…
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Social worker here. Please NEVER get yourself involved with any man who has a record of violence against women. You won't reform them or save them - you will simply become their next victim. A close friend knew an Irish woman who fell in love with a murderer and married him while volunteering as a prison visitor - a little like Louise with Brett. These psychopaths can be very charismatic. He murdered her a few days after his release...
Sadly, most women will not heed this warning. Their feelings get in the way of their reasoning. I'd like to see education on the subject being taught in schools in order to prevent some of these cases.
@@VioletJoy SO agree with you! All young women need to be taught to recognise the early warning signs of narcissistic, coercive and controlling behaviour.
Marie literally danced with death to help bring justice to a missing woman she never met. It's all thanks to her selflessness and dedication for the case. RIP Louise.
Louise was an idiot.
A murder groupie who helped free an abusive murdering animal who eventually murdered *HER*
Then she dumped her nice boyfriend for an exciting "bad boy"
Invited him into her home,
and unfortunately, she won the Darwin award.
Sorry.
Great job in finding the killer of Louise sadden my heart after what she did for this man. Marie you did awesome investigation but risking your own life to find her and making he guilty..
I can't believe that her family was against her interviewing the boyfriend. What did they think she was up to trying to get with the guy? I hope they apologized to her. Thanks to Marie the case was solved.
If authorities had properly prosecuted his violence against his first partner, both murder victims would have been saved.
Not true.
@@ulknatmelknatu
Why not?
For real. Why was he even free???
@@ulknatmelknatu Why ever not??
Because there's tons if context in which you are missing and inky those competent enough to understand all narratives of reality are fit to play judge jury and with thst enlightenment understand exclecutioner is only an option if to save another in the moment.
Play humanity but act like animals there's always a better way n the moment you quit thinking of what it could be is the moment you lost your own self reasoning for superiority.
This story reminds me of the parable about the woman who found the injured rattlesnake and nursed it back to health. After many weeks of caring for the snake it was finally well, and when the woman reach down to touch it just as she had been doing for weeks, the rattlesnake bite her. When the woman asked, "why would you do that to me after I took you in when you were hurt and nursed you back to health?" The snake replied, "you knew I was a snake when you picked me up."
Not to take away from tragedy of this case, there is a northern soul song called the snake, that contains those words. 🌻🌻
Aesop's Fables also has a story worded differently but same concept/example.
Psychopathy isn't something that ever goes away. It's very hard to understand for normal people, but especially for good people who have a lot of empathy and try to understand everyone.
The problem with understanding everyone is that you really can't. You can learn things though. Unfortunately by the time some souls learn about true Psychopathy it's starting at their end and their ender before the real truth hits home.
Rip to the souls who learned it that way 🙏. May the next world reflect the kindness you possess.
You couldn't be more correct!!! 💯💯💥
Amen. I discovered before the psychopath ended not only my life, but that of our children. I’m intelligent (top 2%), but was naive as eff! I was wholly unprepared for adult life outside of books and learning. I’m changed and stronger for it all. You either die or grow from it.
@@deeceepnw imagine if while dealing with it you were given date r*** chemicals to suppress ur conciousness.
Think you'd have made it then?
Sadly I cannot believe in next lives and this one sucked most of the time. My dad was a psychopath.
@deeceepnw those types of people have been gaslighting, lying and manipulating their entire life.
Dang respect to Marie. She went right in with who she believed, or at least suspected, of being the killer and did a good job.
Casefile Presents is the Gold Standard for True Crime Documentaries and Podcasts. The "voice" has a hypnotic quality that I listen to at night both to hear an interesting story and to help me wind down and sleep. Most other true crime podcasts are disappointing after hearing Casefile Presents.
Yey! I think I've listened to over 250 Casefile podcasts so far and each one is great. I'm definitely a fan waiting for each new Saturday release. Thank you ❤
One of the best 4 shows on RUclips. With Ballen, WhyFiles and That chapter.
I don't really like Ballen, but That Chapter is great. Scsry Interesting and KyotoRoboto are quite good for mysteries.
Agree👍🌻
I love reading comments like this so u can get more Utubers to listen to. Know Ballen (and like, but not favorite...love Red thread and all things Wendigoon). Will check out others mentioned.
Love That Chapter. I'd also recommend Coffeehouse Crime and Truly Criminal for more serious and compassionate TC. Along with 48 hours, that makes up my top 4.
I like the Casual Criminalist. Simon Whistler had a TON of content and his true crime is well researched and he puts in his 2 cents but it's entertaining. It lightens up some heavy stories.
Im never this early but very grateful for the upload. I just love your narration. Take care now from country NSW Australia.
This is so crazy please stay away from ex prisoners ladies
It's a fetish called hybristophilia. She was probably unable to find non-violent men attractive.
Well she was a clown
@@dakalodk we'll see.
I think one day it'll be u who is.
How pathetically disconnected from what u are.
I think u dropped your nose.
Also having a guy move in less than 8 weeks???? These types are just pathetic.
@@gurucarcar I agree
The first 5 minutes I would’ve run and never looked back
I know
What was she thinking
I've found out in life
Bad people seldom if ever have goodness in them
I'm 66 and I've had to walk away from people I love
But they are just like monkeys they can't stop doing bad things
Funny ....yes often.
Sweet
..yes quit often
But wham they re stabbing u in the heart by doing pure evil.
It's hurt me to walk away but another wisdom my son gave me
Was we can love from a distance.😊
absolutely love your narrations
Thank YOU.
Good day Casefile....Just getting off from a long overnight shift. Im ready to go to bed listening to the best nararator in true crime podcasts. Bravo My Friend, and Thank you for another great one. 😊🙏🏼👍✌
Excellent script and narration, enjoyed this immensely 🤗
Brave sleuth, she could have been murdered as well
Maria spent so much time with a violent misogynistic murder, found Louise's body, closed the case for them, and all they gave her was a few thousand dollars. What a slap in the face. She risked her life! Those investigators should be kissing the ground she walks on...
Who is this "they?" Who is supposed to be financially rewarding her for butting her nose into an obvious, open and shut case?
The police were already bugging Brett's phone and noticed the discrepancies in his story.
So aside from discovering the body, what else did she do that the police didnt
@@yeetnama9094 Uhhhh, what could be more important than finding the body?
You're not too bright, are you?
@Wolffeathers21 ⭐️
It's the government. They don't pay all that much. Unless you're the one making the rules, of course.
@@KornPop96 Ha, yeah it's like they gave her jury duty pay.
Due to Canada's "Early release under mandatory supervision" clause, 25 years with no parole is actually equivalent to approximately 8 years in prison.
Hi from Canada.. 4:08am 😵💫 can’t sleep. Often thought you might investigate & Perhaps you might look into a “famous” case and portray it on your show??
David Milgaard (July 7, 1952 - May 15, 2022) was a Canadian man who was wrongfully convicted for the 1969 of the rape & murder of a nursing student. There is a lot of press and a book about this devastating and lengthy case.
LOVE THE SHOW! Appreciate the Research, & diligence to truth.
Cheers from MANITOBA CANADA 🇨🇦
Plus, Larry Fisher was the actual murderer, a tie in with this case.
But, as we know;
"No one's interested in something you didn't do"🎶
😁👍❤️🇨🇦🍻
@@andrewmckeown6786Not true. The Adnan Syed case had massive interest. Numerous others too.
This voice, with its accent and its cadence, is one I could listen to for hours even if it were reading the telephone directory
Ya like the occa mate?
There's a ton of podcast episodes
@@fnfeminist3661
Not ocker at all. This accent is very clearly spoken Australian English.
Best AI narrator in the business.
@@paulraymond1804 I think it's pronounced Strayan
Am listening to this with cat on fop of me head butting a me a d b phone
I’m listening while two squirrels are using me for a playground 😖
I'm listening with a hippopotamus and two giraffes.
@@stewpitteejit I will see your hippopotamus and raise you two cheetahs! 😂😂
All these comments are hilarious. Thanks. I really needed a good LOL.🤣🤣🤣
Lol me too
Just a suggestion.. it would be nice if you could throw up some photos of the people in the case, most definitely the suspect(s) and victim(s). Maybe at the beginning or something? The whole time ive been wondering what these people look like and trying to imagine.. im not done yet so googling may reveal things too early!!!
But hey. This is my first video of yours and ive subscribed ❤
Thank you for sharing this story ❤
Happy casefile Saturday! It's raining outside now time to relax and listen to casefiles. Much love from Detroit
Heyyy from Southfield. 👋🏽
Hi from Va
Just found this video😊
@@dominiquerichmond4074
Hi there
From Va. USA
Hey from Pontiac!
If I felt compelled to befriend a prisoner or ex con I would do a background search to find out just what I might be getting myself into.
Very well told!
This is a sad case, what's also sad is that when you type in her name into Google, you can't find the book she made. Her abusive relationship and murder is what she's known for now. Is this Alphavegatabet book lost media? There seems to be another illustrator by a similar name but it's not her.
Edit: nevermind, it's on the Internet Archive.
Edit 2: I don't know if Goodreads is accurate but she also wrote a few romance stories according to her page on there, there's a constant theme of nurses.
Cheers Casefile ♥️✨
I remember when this happened (my home town). Poor Louise was so naive.
Oh be quiet Trish, you don't even know what you're talking about 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@heavymetalredneck7973 Sounds like she knows exactly what she's talking about. You marry a guy who killed his last ex and "naive" is the kindest thing you can be called. She was an idiot.
It's not right and in poor taste, to chastise this woman.
For it's the evil in this world which victimises the goodness in others where any and all blame reside.
I don't like someone killing a woman and after that being able to make a life for himself while the victims life has ended.
Maybe it wasn't. Spirits need to learn ghosts exist.
If you don't understand the metaphor you are already lost.
Why was a $4k reward a "slap in the face"? She wasn't a professional PI who was contracted.
Exactly! She literally forced herself in and they could've given her nothing. Even $1 should've had her going "thank you"
Larry Fisher, mentioned in the episode, is also a very interesting and famous Canadian case, involving a wrongful conviction.
I just found your channel and really enjoyed the way you deliver the story. It was well written and unembellished. This is a very sad story that you reported very well. Subbed.
I googled curious to see what Brett Morgan's look like omg Louise 🤦
He looks like Super Mario. What'd she see in that doofus?
He's so Joe Average the guy next door. Thats how these guys get away with it.
He reminded me of Wooly Willy. You take all the magnetic hair and move it around his face. It moved above his lip!
He also was suspected for another further two unsolved murders.
@@stewpitteejit that's an insult to Mario lol
Bet he didn't tell Louise he was hep C +. Glad to see he's gone for good.
I hate victim blaming BUT..... She met him when he was in jail for crimes against women. Was so embarrassed by that fact she hid it from her family.
Wikipedia says he lied to his first wife Sandra,saying he was 18 ,when he was actually only 15
Yes that was in the video 🤮
@@Lilbovi they didn't say 15 ,they said 17
Brilliant presentation as always, but a little (minute even) investigiation of how to pronounce Maisonneuve properly would have been appreciated. Hep C huh? Couldn't have happened to a more deserving man. In fact I thought that 25 years was too short and should've been a life sentence. Guess it was, in the end.
Geez , Louise.
Great narration. You have a new subscriber. Thanks 👍.
Good morning to the world 😎🙏👊👍✌❤🇬🇧
Fuck the uk
This was in my RUclips feed and I decided to listen to it. I thought it was a well written story until I looked it up! You have a new subscriber!
Amazing... such a good job.
One should always do a background check on anyone you date.
OMG why would this woman be with a man who punched his past wife in the stomach to murder his child 😮
Love is blind.
Yay!!!! Be beeen listening to your podcasts for years! Now I get to RUclips it too!!!!!
"people go missing every day"
YEAH! THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A JOB! THEY GO MISSING BECAUSE OF CRIME! OH MY GOD!
No, that's _NOT_ why local police "have a job"
It's literally not their job to track down missing people.
Their job is to enforce local and state law.
It's not against the law to go missing, so there's a grey area in which our overly burdened police force see people falling through the cracks.
They aren't babysitters. That's the families jobs
@@yeetnama9094bootlicker
Absolutely disgusting how little they paid Marie for solving the case by putting her life on the line. It probably isnt even a fraction of what the actual investigators got in overtime
Marie doesnt deserve anything but what she got for butting her nose into an active police investigation.
They had already tapped Brett's phone and were on to him.
@@yeetnama9094 If they were so capable of catching him without her, then why did they ASK HER TO BE THEIR UNDERCOVER AGENT? That's not "butting her nose in".
Who are you, by the way? A failure of a cop? 🤣
A leopard doesn't change his spots. Louise might have been a smart woman but really she was naive and dumb. How she could have gotten involved with him knowing some of his history is mind-boggling.
YES!!!
She was secretly aroused by him being a violent criminal. Many such cases in women see Ted Bundy and Nikolas Cruz fangirls for reference
I've seen similar several times. These women. Pick the most horrible men and try to save them. You can't save someone from themselves if they chose to date men like this.
It's not right and in poor taste, to chastise this woman.
For it's the evil in this world which victimises the goodness in others where any and all blame reside
Agreed! I've witnessed this equally, although more so in men than in women, granted with far less murderous results.
Destroying their victims, effectively killing them anyway.
It's not in genders where Psychopaths are created...
Some women will accept anything from a man if he is handsome.
Its amazing this guy attracted so many women.
He wasn’t handsome. Look him up.
there's no video so why is it on youtube. who wants a fixed image for an hour long show
Welcome to planet Earth, 2024...where have you just blow in from??
You listen. It's a podcast on You Tube...get it? Then find a little something constructive to do with your hands...sourpuss.
It’s a podcast.
It’s a podcast.
It's a podcast
Excellent story teller!!
Thank You.
Is this an A.I. generated narration?.
No. If you listen to the older videos you can tell it's a person using a bad microphone.
He wasn’t working class…. He was a pure criminal…..
Brilliant
How do you hear about someone being violent towards women and go "he makes me feel safe" safe from what? Vulnerable women? Lmao
Its ridiculous to credit the justice system. They didnt even want to investigate to begin with. They had to rely on a student to solve the case. Acab bro
This comment is so dumb.
Were you not paying attention to the story?
Detectives already had his phone bugged, and if anything, Marie could have jeopardized the case.
Her foolish ass had stuck her nose into an active investigation for "excitement"
Same for the victim Louise, who, for one thing was an idiot.
She grew up financially comfortable upper middle class and she probably romanticized the idea of "fixing" a criminal garbage "bad boy"
She dumped her nice boyfriend and his daughter,
She hired a private attorney to help get this animal out of prison early for murdering a woman,
She invited this violent parolee BUM into her house, and then she won the Darwin award.
So they went from not suspecting him, a man convicted of manslaughter/murdering someone, to him being placed on 24hr survelience with a wire tap and bug on his phone!? Quite a jump.
It doesn't say they didn't suspect him. It just describes how innocent he was ACTING, but they were still making him do long interviews, etc.
Motivation: to help & to gain experience
That lady with the Bakersfield 3 waited 12 friggin episodes before revealing that one of the poor victims was accused of murder. I was the real victim. Don't waste your time on the Baker's Field Two
Yeah, I stopped watching it towards the end.
What is the Bakersfield 3?
Casefile fans are such b*tches
You didn't pay anything for the Bakersfield 3 podcast. It didn't even replace that week's casefile. Casefile STILL came out last Saturday, and Bakersfield on Sunday. Its EXTRA.
Only spoiled, entitled people complain about extra free stuff.
The whole story is intriguing, I just found that lady was very confusing to follow.
What?
Christine was the only sensible one. Hope she chose better in the future.
Thanks for saving me the trouble.
Wait so she did it for free, willingly did it without any expectency for money and when she got 4.5K she complained that it wasn't enough? What the heck. I get that she did some dangerous stuff but she did it without anyone hiring her to. You don't just volunteer then shake someone down for cash
If you can’t be treated as a normal person….. you should still be in prison 😮
Huh, not used to hearing about crimes in my area.
Weak judicial system there
One thing that I really can’t stand is clickbait. I know that for marketing purposes a lot of channels have to use it in order to get more eyes on their page so they can make more content - yada yada yada. I get it. But it still sucks. And, in my opinion, it creates a bit of distrust between the content creator and the viewer. For me, anyway.
Case in point: the description for this video makes it sound like there’s going to be a huge plot twist - “the case suddenly took a very different turn…” No it didn’t. No “very different turn” at all. No plot twist. Especially since they wrote, after the intro about how freelance writer Louise Ellis disappeared, ”But Brett’s criminal background made investigators suspicious and he found himself feeling more like a suspect than a victim.” Now they’re saying that “the case suddenly took a very different turn…” No it didn’t. Brett’s criminal background made EVERYONE suspicious and he found himself feeling more like a suspect than a victim - because HE DID IT.
If you want it to sound mysterious but also honest, it should’ve read more like this:
“When freelance writer Louise Ellis disappeared after leaving her Ottawa home on April 22 1995, the person leading the search for her was her devoted partner, Brett Morgan. When approached by an aspiring private investigator named Marie Parent, the case suddenly took a very different turn…”
Why is that so hard?! Seriously.
Louise typical of women who get involved with abusive men, don’t leave, keep thinking it’s them needing to be better. Women like Louise, sadly, never really get it, that is, don’t really understand the danger they’re in. Wanting “all consuming love” is unrealistic, suggests a desperately needy woman…she needed counseling! What a shame.
Oh, SOME women FINALLY GET IT!! I did. It's taken me 4 years to figure out why smart me did stupid things about men. But I got it...
@@sunnyadams5842
Good for you. I hope you are happy and found a great guy😊
No blame on the murderer. Blame the victim instead. I see.
I knew it.
I told my neice who did it
After all that how can they feel sorry for him. It was clear it was him he's a psycho
Anyone else notice that alot of these cases the victim is christian or has a christian family?
How could an intelligent, educated woman like Louise be so naive? It’s beyond me.
Some crimes could be avoided and definitely this is one of them.Why on earth she thought was a good idea to have a relationship with a felon, who took someone’s life before?
This story is a big reason why I would have a huge problem with dating a convict.
I love these stories - as horrific as they often are. I’m not quite sure why I love true crime so much… And what that may (or may not) say about my own disturbed mind.😅
Sometimes I wonder if these stories make me feel “safer” for having known about them - in some odd way. Almost as if, by knowing about all this horrible stuff ahead of time, it’s somehow protecting me against it ever happening to me. Weird, I know. I’m not sure what that’s all about.🤪
These monsters rarely change
This seems like an incredibly interesting story but I can't deal with the robotic voice.
I like it, it gives off a calm, eerie vibe
Anyone have recommendations to a podcast similar to sword and scale? I cant pay attention to literally anything else.
Thanks Matey, first 👍
Remember, no one cares if you're first or last.
@@Boo-dawg. it felt good to be first 👍JS 😉
@@Maligroot Such a sad boast.
If you're not first, you're last!
@@dolinaj1 some are grateful for the little things in life
I just can never understand why people believe someone that has abused, stolen, and lied for their whole relationship was telling them the truth when he said “Bob” from Toronto was going to to loan him $23k to pay her back in April. She didn’t actually think that was true did she?
Suzuki sidekick and Jeep are two very different things. 😂
Brett was an absolute POS. How did he evade prison after the attempted murder of the other girlfriend? Makes me sick
If I had to deal with sexual harassment and possible murder attempts only to be compensated a couple thousand dollars, I'd be pissed too.
Sad he was so hounded! If he did not help...word would not have spread.
Great upload, thx! Police sometimes manipulate everyone. It appears they gladly risque the lives of their informants. So if you feel you want to assist them, consider the option to hand over photographs anonomously. They will then fit the information into their puzzle. And no gang will come after you, and you won't appear in any trial. Just don't get discovered taking the pictures.
Invesdigadah, ladah the accent is so funny 😅
Yes, I picked up on that, too. I wonder where he's from?
He has a way of speaking that my mother would have likened to speaking with plums in his mouth, which she told me was an olden way of teaching people to talk properly. Very weird! 😂
I don't do forgiving, but there has to be a way of coming to terms with it.
Very shoddy police response from the outset. So glad Marie lived to tell the tale. Whst a remarkably brave woman
Date a murderer have this monster live in your home what would she expect. Would happen.
Brett was an idiot for falling for the whole ruse.
Isn't "Nature lover" supposed to be code for seeking like-minded nudists? Idk why I know it think I know this.
25 years for planning a murder!
MONEY ISNT THE ONLY REWARD
Trigger Warnings. Ugh! 🙄
Police didn't reward the woman for her help....the taxpayers did
Twenty five years sentence! Well, at least hepatitis exacted swift justice.
I wondered what culture 'cuts ties' and looked it up. Turns out it's a metaphor for male and female circumcision. Obviously that's not what is meant here. Can anybody tell me who has this big thing about cutting ties? I'm inclined to think it's oriental because it's so formal. Here in southern California we don't cut ties. We just wander off.
Back in the day, whenever a sailor would make a mistake, their instructors would tug on their tie as if to say, “straighten up and fly right!” Once the instructor's job was done, they'd cut their sailor's ties, signifying that they no longer needed correction. That is where the term originated. So, its abruptly ending a relationsip.
Brad, Brett or Brat. Still no idea what the guys name is. Speak English.