The Final Rampage of Laurie Dann
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- Опубликовано: 6 мар 2024
- Laurie Dann suffered from mental illness, but after years of letting it go unchecked, she decided to get revenge on anyone she felt had wronged her.
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10:30 Life Pro-Tip: If anyone ever directly says “If I can’t have you, nobody will” to you, you need to get as far away from them as possible and keep your guard up.
Absolutely.
Another dead giveaway is a couple's photograph with the label "Till death do us part." Happened to a friend of mine who was killed by his girlfriend after breaking up with her. She was never charged.
Common words, my wife had said that before i married her in 2005 ...and I know she would kill a fly. You can tell a person I crazy by simply the eyes
Damn str8
Most definitely! Heed that warning. Too many unfortunately don't get it verbally and surccomb to disaster.
I was in kindergarten in Evanston, Illinois while Laurie was on her rampage, and the entire school was on lock-down. This was 1988, and that was unheard of at the time.
That was terrifying to you.
Sadly now this is commonplace 😢
@@annmariemarino2003In the 80s, the Reagan administration shut down mental health facilities to focus on their drug criminalization agenda, and the US is still spiraling from the fallout 😢
@@sasskvetch8617that is not the only reason mentally ill people were let out in the streets. Conservatorship laws were also scaled back to keep someone from being committed to an institution for any reason another person wanted, which happened too often. Some 40 years in, we can't keep blaming Reagan for this. There have been plenty of opportunities to help the mentally ill during periods when one political party was in control of the presidency, House and Senate. It shouldn't take four decades to fix this.
@@saninuzuka5133You have no idea...
This woman was on a malicious path for years - the destruction left in her wake is shocking. The lack of assertive intervention from her parents enabled her to wreak havoc in the lives of everybody who crossed her.
As long as someone like a jodie arias doesnt commit a violent crime it doesnt really come up what a nasty person she might have been. When a person does hurt somebody than you know what they are capable of. Before that they might just be unpleasant.
That's not they said at all Her mental illness shouldn't take away from her victims and her parents did enable her when they should have tried more to help her and not let her keep guns r any of the other things they did where Laurie is concerned .If they had ,these children should still be alive .@@hhp2932
Stop sniveling 😢@@hhp2932
@@hhp2932it's called an opinion, fucking fruitcake. So, don't take it so damn hard. Plus, bringing up mental health ain't gonna make your point anymore valid than OP's. Deal with it.
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I remember this case. Her parents were in deep denial
Thanks for your hard work!!
Her parents are equally culpable, IMO.
I was literally just looking through your videos to see which one I could rewatch. Guess I’ll watch this one instead. Perfect timing. Thanks for the middle of the night upload!
Same 😊
I had just watched the latest episode again...then this one posted ❤
Guess we're not sleeping
I know right?❤
His uploads are usually every Wednesday at 12am pacific time.
Sometimes he will post a bonus one in the days between his weekly upload 😊
I was doing the same thing lol
I'm sorry the RUclips algorithm is forcing you to do it; but I'm very glad to put a face with a voice and watching you is entertaining. doing a great job !
Same here!!!
Whatever I need to do to keep making videos is fine. Thanks for watching, even though you have to look at this ugly mug! 😉
@@thisisMONSTERS ugly mug lol ,not even ya sound like me haha. Keep up the great work my friend.
@@thisisMONSTERS surprisingly, you turned out to be a cuddlebear
Ohhhh, is this why we're finally seeing Jiles?! 💚 I honestly thought maybe he was just trying something different! Regardless, I am definitely here for it!! The BEST voice (and stories!!) on RUclips!! 🙌🏽
I know this shouldn't be the main takeaway from this story, but as a millennial who spent over $100k to go to university, the idea of going back to college so many times only to never graduate... The 70s sure were a different time 🥵
Ooh yeah that stung for me as well 😂❤😢
Wagashi, yep back in the day the universities weren't the GRIFTERS they are TODAY! Unfortunately our GOV'T subsidizes Unis which need NO help. I was in college in late 80's-early 90's and could never imagine paying what you poor kids do! It should be ILLEGAL! Many of these colleges have endowments of not just millions but billions of $.
you couldnt get a babysitting job these days, and those elevator jobs are sparse
Having parents catering to her was what enabled her to keep going to college. And if you have no intention of graduating, it isn't as expensive. She was only there looking for a sucker to marry her.
@@Erebus.666.college was also objectively affordable compared to today. Especially public colleges.
I read a book about this woman. She was so deeply disturbed and downright frightening. I remember seeing the movie that was made about her and it scared the crap out of me. Her parents were useless, as I recall. 😬
“Laurie Dan” was a terrifying word echoed out of every TV & radio during my childhood in Chicago
I just knew the monstrous thing she did.
I had no idea about the years of hell for all who knew her that led to it.
Thank you for your magnificent detail & thorough accounting of her life.
Helps to assuage some of the still present little girl fears I had in just seeing the name
I have bipolar and in group therapy I have learned that some families just don't see mental illness, they see the child is a bit unusual or unique. My grandma had schizophrenia so my mom didn't notice my bipolar..this one is perplexing. My half sister has OCD but I've never seen her obsessed over people .. this one is strange..thanks
I have a friend with bipolar and know it's no joke. I hope you have more good days than bad ❤
@@rinlo1424 💋
There was a lot of denial back then, and an awful lot of stigma against mental illness. It's still not great today, but it's getting better.
@@BirdNerd52 so very true..💖
This went from 0 to 1000 real quick.
A lot of ocd symptoms are comorbid with schizophrenia signs, these seems more like the later imo. People with OCD fear their thoughts because they would never act on them, which is the HUGE difference here with Laurie.
I thought she might be in psychosis..flipping through the channels fast as lightening is something I’ve watched acutely psychotic mentally ill patients do
The putting partner on a paddestool and ocd behavior is also part of borderline
I’ve always viewed OCD people as being the opposite of a sociopath in a lot of ways. Like OCD people feel guilt for bad things they don’t do and sociopaths feel no guilt for the bad things they actually do
@connysmets8548 just FYI it's pedestal but yes it is never a good sign when they're worshipping a partner.
OCD or mentally fvcked😅 it's all the same.
Poor kids. Hope they all managed to move on from this horror.
Your content is well researched, presented and informative. You also have one of the most calm, soothing voices out of ALL the true crime channels I follow.
I adore this channel, and keep up the phenomenal work. Love from 🇦🇺
Three years ago I was on the same team of hotel managers with Robert Trossman. I must say him and the entire group of survivors are inspiring how they support each other and meet on the anniversary of this horrible tragedy.
May they find a peaceful way to live and thrive.
When it's 3:35 am in North Texas and you can't sleep, nothing is better than a This is Monsters.
Thank you, J ❤
Yup 5:45 now, I'm in Ft Worth lol
Same!
I’m in Mansfield!
Howdy from Carrolton!
Murphy
I do the exact same thing at night, and I'm from north Texas as well. Seymour!
Thank you . . . I enjoy your videos. I have an unhinged sister that is 2 yrs. younger than me -- she destrkyed my limited life by an atrocious act of elderly abuse & I'm disabled. Horrific -- these monsters are REAL & deadly & don't want help.
This episode was totally insane! 😳
I'm guessing that we get to see your face partially for the same reason Disturban has recently showed his face to his followers , as much as that sucks I am glad to get to see you both here and there in the videos 😊❤ Thank you for all your hard work and dedication, love your channel !!
Yep. RUclips has been claiming that true crime RUclipsrs who don't appear on camera aren't "original content," so here we are! Whatever keeps me making videos, I don't really care.
@@thisisMONSTERS They seem to be cracking down needlessly on comments too. We have to find clever ways to speak our mind. This control is scaring the heck out of me; it's everywhere. No I'm not paranoid; it's fact.
Wow I didn’t know that was why! Nice to SEE you tho 😊
Her parents are definitely at fault . They were more concerned with throwing hush money around to keep up Apperances rather than actually get thier daughter the help she needed
I don't know if parents should be blamed for their adult childrens' actions, choices , or behaviors, especially if they tried to get help for them in the past. However, I would blame them for enabling their children.😮
The Wassermans remind you of Ethan Crumbley’s parents, huh?
The 🍏 never falls far from the tree. They enabled her, and were in denial.
Maybe partially but not TOTALLY at fault. She made choices on her own as an adult
@@RickRobinCagnaan I was thinking Austin Harrouff's father, too.
As a long time fan, i appreciate seeing you nowadays!
dude this story runs like an 80's/90's tv movie... wild stuff man!!!
It is!!! Valerie Bertinelli plays Laurie, it's really good!!!
@@kimberlyelliott7933 thnx bud!!!
Love watching your videos, your voice and narration is soothing, a perfect balance to the extreme subject matter you cover. Well done as always!
Horrible. Her parents couldn't accept her mental and allowed her have an illegal gun. If you're sick enough to be put on Thorazine even back then, you must have been deemed having psychosis. I speak from having practiced psychiatric nursing back then. You see, thorazine was one of the older psych meds. But the severely mentally had to be put on it. By this time in psychiatry, there were other antipsychotic meds. But if you needed the Big T, you should be hospitalized. There were also other forms of treatment available at that time also. Her parents could have prevented that child's death. But you see, denial can be great. And MI had a great stigma then, moreso than now.
she could get a gun today, gunshows are the major loophole it depends on the state but gunshows cant make you wait two weeks. Im in Ca and we have red flag laws, the mental health one is if youre hospitilized against your will you cant get one doesnt matter what meds you take, but other states give dv offenders their guns back, its horrible.
@@gjh9299 They do background checks at gun shows. It only takes a couple mins. The same thing with stores. The waiting period depends on the state. The people you see that got weapons and shouldn't are due to nothing being reported. The Uvalde kid had a DV charge from attacking his grandmother. The judge never put that on his record. So when they did a background check, nothing showed up. The only true "loophole" is a private sale. I can tell you have never tried to buy a firearm.
Michigan ain't so bad
I was put on it when I was misdiagnosed. Idk kinda weird the way you're fear mongering this medication 🙄😐
@@meaganpinkard6039 she’s not fear mongering. I’m a nurse that works with psych patients and in a psych unit. Thorazine is not used anymore
A society where a person with mental health problems has easy access to lethal weapons, is probably more to blame for creating the monster in this case.
America had easier access to weapons before and much less shootings. The problem is society but not the access of weapons
There was a Lifetime movie about this case. It starred Valerie Bertinelli as Laurie Dann. I forgottem about it until now when you were telling the story I thought this all sounded familiar like I saw it or read it somewhere and then I remembered the movie. It was called Murder of Innocence and it was based on this case. It’s scary that her parents were in such denial about her mental illness. Instead of helping her they just covered for her which leads me to believe they had mental
Issues themselves
I read a book about her about a year or so ago and it scared the crap out of me and she still does. Her mental state and delusions and everything just stayed with me and scared me so bad.
There's a good movie too with Valerie Bertinelli
Sounds rough like even the second hand trauma is enough to change a person lol
The only book I've ever found about this case was called "Murder of Innocence". Is that the book you read?
This was the first school-shooting I was aware of. I lived in the area and this changed the was schools operated, in that you couldn't just walk into a school at any time anymore. Thanks for covering this case.
Thank you for blessing my days with your videos perfect wake up call
This was posted at just the right time. I can listen to while going to sleep..your voice helps. I've never heard of this case so I'm sure it'll be interesting! Tyfs ❤
Unrelated, but I really like your glasses. Thanks for all that you do.
OMG HOW MANY RED FLAGS DO PEOPLE NEED!!
I thought the same. She was mentally disabled tho. I think she knew the relationship was bad but thought he cared for her and was willing to take any pain for that care. Horrible
@@inosuke4708
I think you mean mentally disturbed but disabled fits her also.
Really. There were enough red flags to decorate two used car lots.
How many red flags did you count in this video?
I’m always here for THE voice! As always Jiles, thank you so much for your content :)
you have a great voice for narration!
Thank you for posting!. I can't sleep.😢. So glad I have something newer to watch!❤
When I was a little kid, I was super obsessed with this Lifetime movie called "Murder of Innocence" and knew that it was a true story, but this is honestly the first time I've ever seen anything about the real story behind it. This was way before the internet, so you couldn't just easily look up stuff like that. Also, I was like 6 or 7 years old at the time 😅. It's actually sort of surreal to hear the real story. I remember feeling bad for Laurie with her mental illness, but after learning what really went on, she's not just mentally ill, she's also not a good person. But I can definitely see where that comes from. Her parents are even worse.
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A brilliant new case as always I've been in a lot of pain recently its nice to relax to one of your videos thank you jiles ❤
i hope God provides you comfort & healing 🩵
I'm reeling that you were in the Cootees- you just threw my whole morning haha. Joyful and painful are what I feel when I think of this time. I've been following you on here for almost 2 yrs but seeing that album just flooded my head and heart. I imagine you have a similar orientation to that whole- era. I tagged you as a bouncing souls kinda guy, but didn't realize how much closer to home it was haha.
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I'm here for it and I thank you! ❤
In 1993 they made a TV movie named Murder of Innocence with Valerie Bertinelli playing Laurie
Great movie!
It doesn't matter what's in my queue or whatever I'm watching, no matter how interesting I may be finding it, when my MONSTERS notification pops up it's an instant click.😊
Had never heard of this one before. Glad I am aware of this case now, thank u
Yes Sir! A great way to begin my day!
You have an amazing narration voice. Keep up the good work.
When you look at her fathers behavior you know that it's both nurture and nature that had a hand in this tragedy
Love your podcast/channel! I hope you're working on the Shanda Vander Ark case. 😉
Good to see you!
Years ago i came across the movie about this case and it definitely bothered me lol. Im a huge horror fan so it takes something pretty special to disrurb or stick with me. Valerie Bertenelli played Laurie. She did a great job! The movie "Murder of innocence" is dated etc but it delved deep into lauries mental state. The thing with ths raw meat was gross. In that dorm room she had dozens of packs of rotting meat around. :/ and then started having a compulsion to always wear gloves. Watching someond downward spiral like that on screen is eerie. That woman definitely needed help and her family definitely turned the other cheek. The mom was said to be the type that would care too much about what other people would think of her so never wanted laurie to seem like an embarrassment...
It's a good movie though!
That's how I learned about this case. It was a great movie.
@@kimberlyelliott7933 it is. I enjoyed it :)
@@peppermintpetty6766 agree
Laurie Dann’s murderous spree and it’s aftermath reminds me of a later case. Ethan Crumbley, anyone? The Wassermans were complicit in her actions because of their refusal to cooperate. James and Jennifer Crumbley, Ethan’s parents, are complicit in his actions too. The difference: the Wassermans got sued by the families of the school rampage victims. The Crumbleys are currently being indicted for their complicity as well.
yes,but she wasnt 15
And she didn't actually want help, she thought she was fine. Ethan asked for help repeatedly and was ignored. The only similarity is that they were both mentally ill school shooters. You could say that about all of them.
Yes, needed this! Happy Thursday, thanks for the content 💜💜💜
thanks for uploading late at night (for me) ❤
Love your channel; you rock; cheers
jiles, i fall asleep to your videos every night! your voice and video format is perfect for me. thank you for your work
You should make a Dr. appointment about that kinda thing.
I was just refreshing youtube out of total boredom and up popped your video! I yelled yes and scared the shit out of my cat lol
Ohhh! That was so funny! Glad you posted. 😁 Thank you. x
cats are very intelligent ☺🤭🙄😮
Can't sleep so I am here watching this video. Thanks for this.
Same...
Right on time..as always ❤❤❤
I'm up late spring cleaning. Fun fun lol
Your voice is awesome !!
Love your voice and style of storytelling. You should do audiobooks too. 🤔☺️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I'm been looking around at options. We'll see where life take me. Thanks!
Absolutely heart breaking😢
I love the humor you put into some of these videos Jiles. The part where Laurie punches all the numbers in the elevator without getting off and Laurie flipping through tv channels without stopping to see what was on. I was laughing hard for a good 5 minutes. This woman was something else.
Nice shirt! Haven’t listened or even thought about them in several years.
Excellent work on this one I thought I would have heard about her but I hadn’t 🎉🎉🎉🎉
This is a horrible story that I know well!! I was waiting for u to cover this!!
Dude, your merch is amazing and really affordable!
Wow, thanks Jiles. A case I've not heard b4. This woman's behavior was so over the top. I'm not understanding how she goes from the issues with partners and other grown up humans, to deciding it would help her disorder to murder children🤬🤬
Im so happy we understand mental health better. We still have a VERY long way to go, but I think we can get there.
I first time heard of this case when I watch "Murder of Innocence" film on TV when I was in kindergarten years. It left big impact on me especially in trying to understand mental illness
Great movie
I was a kid and it was so shocking that I always remembered her name. Sad that they are so common now that they don't stand out in the same way.
Always great work, Jiles. ❤
This was an absolutely insane case. Like everytimr I didnt think she could do anymore unhinged things she did over and over again. Its so messed up that her parents were too "blind" by their daughter's lies and victim mentality to see just how much of a monster she was and could've trier to get her help before everything escalated to the point it did.
T-shirt game on point. I've seen Lagwagon and Descendents play in the last couple of months ❤
I must say, I love this series and look forward to each new episode like an 80’s kid waiting for a spy camera to come in the mail that he ordered from the back of a comic book!………
Your voice is great to listen to bro love your videos.
I just watched the movie about this case called Murder of Innocence starring Valerie Bertinelli. Bertinelli is currently in her mid 60's but she played the role of the killer back in the 80's and she absolutely ripped this role!! WOW!! I had no idea how good of an actress she is. The emotional range that the character demanded was incredible and she mastered it. SO IMPRESSIVE!!! I watch her cooking show sometimes on Food Network but yeah, she is a great actress!
Watched pretty much all your vids by now and been subscribed to you since you came out with your first season ❤ i think this is the first time ive ever commented though haha 🎉❤😂
I am happy to finally see your face
Same here. He is so handsome.. no disrespect to his wife 🫶🏾
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I was in high school in Oak Park, IL at the time. This story was very disturbing, and unheard of at the time. Little did i realize that this sort of violence would become way to commonplace in the future.
Yes just what I needed !!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ love all your videos, Thanks so much for all your hard work 🥰
Great content. You always seem to come up with a case that I have not heard of and that is no small feat, I’ve been a true crime junkie since my teens. On another note, the TV movie about this case, Murder of Innocence is on Tubi.
Omg I've been waiting for someone to cover this and of course you would!! There are so many interesting cases and everyone just recycled the same ones to not have to do any work!! Thanks Jiles!!
OCD is an attempt to control somthing when everything else in your life is out of control
The actions of this person just reinforce the importance of mental health treatment.
Love ur channel❤❤❤
Maybe just one more video before bed.. lol
Awesome video ❤
Great video as usaial, Jiles. I remember when this happened. Random Crime Locations did a good video about this case, too.
Her parents and their consistent and constant denial is a huge 'catalyst' in all of this tragic horror show...shame on them for shame. May all affected by Lori's twisted rampage heal and sending prayers.
This was one of the infamous killers who was in the news when I was growing up in Chicago. I never knew all these details. What a sad horrible tragedy. Those kids must’ve been terrified.
I’ve just rewatched them all too!
I got my 'It's never a mannequin' shirt the other day and I love it. I wore it out to dinner with my kids! 😂❤
I love your voice I think that’s why I watch u … your voice calms me
I was unfamiliar with this story. THANK YOU J!
I'm doing a piece of artwork and it involves a Lagwagon poster ripped in half, can't describe how much I love today's tee
This is the first l have ever heard of this sick story. She must've had a personality like her father. I have never done anything wrong. As always, l enjoy hearing your voice. It's so calm and precise.
Her parents knew something was mentally wrong with her and they was in complete denial
Thank you for covering this case. Laurie wasn’t right and I pray the victims families find peace and comfort.
Jiles your always wearing all the bands I love and grew up listening to❤