The Final Rampage of Laurie Dann

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
  • 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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Комментарии • 702

  • @DereliqueMahBAWLS
    @DereliqueMahBAWLS 11 месяцев назад +432

    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.

    • @thisisMONSTERS
      @thisisMONSTERS  11 месяцев назад +72

      Absolutely.

    • @SunRabbit
      @SunRabbit 11 месяцев назад +20

      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.

    • @ricocheteraw90sthebestdecade
      @ricocheteraw90sthebestdecade 11 месяцев назад +9

      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

    • @juliaczia
      @juliaczia 11 месяцев назад +2

      Damn str8

    • @anja2716
      @anja2716 11 месяцев назад +5

      Most definitely! Heed that warning. Too many unfortunately don't get it verbally and surccomb to disaster.

  • @DGF2099
    @DGF2099 11 месяцев назад +257

    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.

    • @saninuzuka5133
      @saninuzuka5133 11 месяцев назад +5

      That was terrifying to you.

    • @annmariemarino2003
      @annmariemarino2003 11 месяцев назад +12

      Sadly now this is commonplace 😢

    • @sasskvetch8617
      @sasskvetch8617 11 месяцев назад +31

      ​@@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 😢

    • @dgtwo3724
      @dgtwo3724 11 месяцев назад +15

      ​@@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.

    • @DGF2099
      @DGF2099 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@saninuzuka5133You have no idea...

  • @sirpiddlefartiii
    @sirpiddlefartiii 11 месяцев назад +111

    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 !

    • @annmariemarino2003
      @annmariemarino2003 11 месяцев назад +13

      Same here!!!

    • @thisisMONSTERS
      @thisisMONSTERS  11 месяцев назад +64

      Whatever I need to do to keep making videos is fine. Thanks for watching, even though you have to look at this ugly mug! 😉

    • @shereeannekerr2154
      @shereeannekerr2154 11 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@thisisMONSTERS ugly mug lol ,not even ya sound like me haha. Keep up the great work my friend.

    • @annap4016
      @annap4016 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@thisisMONSTERS surprisingly, you turned out to be a cuddlebear

    • @novembershanghai
      @novembershanghai 11 месяцев назад +8

      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!! 🙌🏽

  • @CobiewithaK
    @CobiewithaK 11 месяцев назад +163

    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.

    • @nhvanonerz8244
      @nhvanonerz8244 11 месяцев назад +6

      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.

    • @aleisaetheridge8682
      @aleisaetheridge8682 11 месяцев назад

      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

    • @WillFranceschi-hj6tw
      @WillFranceschi-hj6tw 11 месяцев назад

      Stop sniveling 😢​@@hhp2932

    • @AlexKaneROTN
      @AlexKaneROTN 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@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.

    • @AlexKaneROTN
      @AlexKaneROTN 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@nhvanonerz8244facts

  • @wagashi
    @wagashi 11 месяцев назад +230

    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 🥵

    • @TheSomethingOrOther82
      @TheSomethingOrOther82 11 месяцев назад +14

      Ooh yeah that stung for me as well 😂❤😢

    • @laleona776
      @laleona776 11 месяцев назад

      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 $.

    • @gjh9299
      @gjh9299 11 месяцев назад +20

      you couldnt get a babysitting job these days, and those elevator jobs are sparse

    • @TatTvamAsi2772
      @TatTvamAsi2772 11 месяцев назад +16

      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.

    • @spellboots568
      @spellboots568 11 месяцев назад +31

      @@TatTvamAsi2772college was also objectively affordable compared to today. Especially public colleges.

  • @christineakey6295
    @christineakey6295 11 месяцев назад +116

    I remember this case. Her parents were in deep denial
    Thanks for your hard work!!

    • @nannybean8134
      @nannybean8134 11 месяцев назад +6

      Her parents are equally culpable, IMO.

  • @RealPumpkinJay
    @RealPumpkinJay 11 месяцев назад +345

    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!

    • @jxn1056
      @jxn1056 11 месяцев назад +6

      Same 😊
      I had just watched the latest episode again...then this one posted ❤

    • @feliciabosch8110
      @feliciabosch8110 11 месяцев назад +6

      Guess we're not sleeping

    • @elizabethsalvatore1633
      @elizabethsalvatore1633 11 месяцев назад +2

      I know right?❤

    • @DereliqueMahBAWLS
      @DereliqueMahBAWLS 11 месяцев назад +7

      His uploads are usually every Wednesday at 12am pacific time.
      Sometimes he will post a bonus one in the days between his weekly upload 😊

    • @merrsik5274
      @merrsik5274 11 месяцев назад +3

      I was doing the same thing lol

  • @marlenakarwowski737
    @marlenakarwowski737 10 месяцев назад +18

    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.

  • @NurseRekka
    @NurseRekka 11 месяцев назад +43

    This went from 0 to 1000 real quick.

  • @zacharyhefner2208
    @zacharyhefner2208 11 месяцев назад +137

    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

    • @shellysbrewing
      @shellysbrewing 11 месяцев назад +17

      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.😮

    • @RickRobinCagnaan
      @RickRobinCagnaan 11 месяцев назад +13

      The Wassermans remind you of Ethan Crumbley’s parents, huh?

    • @gordonaliasme1104
      @gordonaliasme1104 11 месяцев назад +22

      The 🍏 never falls far from the tree. They enabled her, and were in denial.

    • @ninachkah13
      @ninachkah13 11 месяцев назад +5

      Maybe partially but not TOTALLY at fault. She made choices on her own as an adult

    • @peppermintpetty6766
      @peppermintpetty6766 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@RickRobinCagnaan I was thinking Austin Harrouff's father, too.

  • @ABeautfulMess
    @ABeautfulMess 11 месяцев назад +26

    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

    • @rinlo1424
      @rinlo1424 11 месяцев назад +3

      I have a friend with bipolar and know it's no joke. I hope you have more good days than bad ❤

    • @ABeautfulMess
      @ABeautfulMess 11 месяцев назад

      @@rinlo1424 💋

    • @ABeautfulMess
      @ABeautfulMess 11 месяцев назад

      @@BirdNerd52 so very true..💖

  • @whereskeyser
    @whereskeyser 11 месяцев назад +98

    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.

    • @inosuke4708
      @inosuke4708 11 месяцев назад +14

      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

    • @connysmets8548
      @connysmets8548 11 месяцев назад +4

      The putting partner on a paddestool and ocd behavior is also part of borderline

    • @markengle2199
      @markengle2199 11 месяцев назад +11

      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

    • @amyme4066
      @amyme4066 11 месяцев назад +5

      ​@connysmets8548 just FYI it's pedestal but yes it is never a good sign when they're worshipping a partner.

    • @covetprice
      @covetprice 11 месяцев назад

      OCD or mentally fvcked😅 it's all the same.

  • @jenniferbailey5914
    @jenniferbailey5914 11 месяцев назад +20

    OMG HOW MANY RED FLAGS DO PEOPLE NEED!!

    • @inosuke4708
      @inosuke4708 11 месяцев назад +2

      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

    • @golqqk
      @golqqk 11 месяцев назад

      @@inosuke4708
      I think you mean mentally disturbed but disabled fits her also.

    • @thegreencat9947
      @thegreencat9947 11 месяцев назад +4

      Really. There were enough red flags to decorate two used car lots.

    • @covetprice
      @covetprice 11 месяцев назад

      How many red flags did you count in this video?

  • @jamifitz
    @jamifitz 11 месяцев назад +36

    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 !!

    • @thisisMONSTERS
      @thisisMONSTERS  11 месяцев назад +30

      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.

    • @cdes1776
      @cdes1776 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@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.

    • @melissagottlieb3381
      @melissagottlieb3381 11 месяцев назад +1

      Wow I didn’t know that was why! Nice to SEE you tho 😊

  • @ak3p0
    @ak3p0 11 месяцев назад +48

    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 ❤

    • @kimberlyelliott7933
      @kimberlyelliott7933 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yup 5:45 now, I'm in Ft Worth lol

    • @OneBadAssMoMo
      @OneBadAssMoMo 11 месяцев назад +2

      Same!
      I’m in Mansfield!

    • @Smoking0Gun
      @Smoking0Gun 11 месяцев назад +3

      Howdy from Carrolton!

    • @ak3p0
      @ak3p0 11 месяцев назад +1

      Murphy

    • @nicholashord144
      @nicholashord144 10 месяцев назад +2

      I do the exact same thing at night, and I'm from north Texas as well. Seymour!

  • @vegemitesandwich81
    @vegemitesandwich81 11 месяцев назад +42

    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 🇦🇺

  • @michkay1
    @michkay1 11 месяцев назад +20

    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.

    • @kimberlyelliott7933
      @kimberlyelliott7933 11 месяцев назад +4

      There's a good movie too with Valerie Bertinelli

    • @nhvanonerz8244
      @nhvanonerz8244 11 месяцев назад +1

      Sounds rough like even the second hand trauma is enough to change a person lol

    • @themirrorsofmymind
      @themirrorsofmymind 11 месяцев назад +3

      The only book I've ever found about this case was called "Murder of Innocence". Is that the book you read?

    • @Србомбоница86
      @Србомбоница86 3 месяца назад

      The best movie ,valerie was fantastic ​@@kimberlyelliott7933

    • @Србомбоница86
      @Србомбоница86 3 месяца назад

      ​@@themirrorsofmymindyes and the movie is even better

  • @savagetwin52
    @savagetwin52 11 месяцев назад +56

    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.

    • @gjh9299
      @gjh9299 11 месяцев назад +8

      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.

    • @syoung4471
      @syoung4471 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@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.

    • @indiatastic
      @indiatastic 11 месяцев назад

      Michigan ain't so bad

    • @meaganpinkard6039
      @meaganpinkard6039 11 месяцев назад +3

      I was put on it when I was misdiagnosed. Idk kinda weird the way you're fear mongering this medication 🙄😐

    • @inosuke4708
      @inosuke4708 11 месяцев назад

      @@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

  • @colleenclements5715
    @colleenclements5715 11 месяцев назад +15

    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.

  • @alisong2328
    @alisong2328 11 месяцев назад +19

    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.

  • @RickRobinCagnaan
    @RickRobinCagnaan 11 месяцев назад +18

    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.

    • @gjh9299
      @gjh9299 11 месяцев назад +4

      yes,but she wasnt 15

    • @bees.857
      @bees.857 11 месяцев назад +1

      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.

  • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
    @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul 20 дней назад +1

    Dude, you have the perfect voice for this type of work. Just perfect. Bravo.

  • @Missglam67
    @Missglam67 11 месяцев назад +8

    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

  • @Kinziesroom
    @Kinziesroom 11 месяцев назад +34

    Love watching your videos, your voice and narration is soothing, a perfect balance to the extreme subject matter you cover. Well done as always!

  • @Mary_Beth_Reimer
    @Mary_Beth_Reimer 11 месяцев назад +14

    This episode was totally insane! 😳

  • @MetroCSN
    @MetroCSN 9 месяцев назад +1

    We had another mass shooting in Winnetka with Stephen Biro. He too gave all the warnings and his parents didn't care. His was even more scary because not only the parents, but the kid himself bragged around the high school what he had done in murdering two people and it took several weeks before they finally caught him.

  • @verbdan
    @verbdan 11 месяцев назад +13

    As a long time fan, i appreciate seeing you nowadays!

  • @tribalstyle138
    @tribalstyle138 11 месяцев назад +11

    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.

    • @thisisMONSTERS
      @thisisMONSTERS  11 месяцев назад +11

      Love me some Bouncing Souls!

    • @rinlo1424
      @rinlo1424 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@thisisMONSTERSSAME! They're such an underrated band.

  • @seantuohy6938
    @seantuohy6938 11 месяцев назад +20

    This evil maniac suffered from way more than OCD! As someone who has lived and battled with OCD his whole life, I can tell you from experience that people with OCD aren't crazy. Our brains just make us do weird repetitive tasks and rituals every day to distract us from our true underlying obsessions and fears. The severity of OCD spans anywhere from a minor nuisance to an all consuming and life crippling chronic condition rendering some individuals stuck like prisoners in their homes, unable to live any semblance of a normal life! An observer unfamiliar with the condition may think the sufferers are crazy doing these compulsions, which can look bazaar, but we are well aware of how nutty our behavior can appear, so we get really good at hiding it over the years. I can vouch that OCD does NOT in any way cause someone to be violent or commit crimes, let alone mass murder! If anything, it does the exact opposite. One very common OCD obsession is that we constantly think we hurt someone by accident by inadvertantly hitting them with our car, so we will circle the neighborhood looking for injured pedestrians we hit even though we are certain we did not hit anyone or anything!

    • @kimberlyelliott7933
      @kimberlyelliott7933 11 месяцев назад

      Pretty sure she was schizophrenic. OCD is often a comorbid of other mental health problems (speaking from lots of family and personal experience)😢

  • @ElysiumPondue
    @ElysiumPondue 11 месяцев назад +26

    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. 😬

  • @ilicarriedoll2843
    @ilicarriedoll2843 11 месяцев назад +8

    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

  • @Kihsiimawa
    @Kihsiimawa 9 месяцев назад +1

    I was a freshman in high school when Laurie Dann did this.
    My former teacher is the one who found the fire at Ravinia School and my oldest friend's father was law partners with Nicky Corwin's father. Several classmates had older siblings who lived in the same UW-Madison dorm as Dann and said that, along with what you've stated, she would steal silverware from the dining hall and use it to shred the furniture in the TV lounges.
    Since she had attended Highland Park High School for a short time, we were on full lockdown. Guidance counselors were called to identify students returning from lunch (we had an open campus). Unmarked police cars followed the buses home, and we were instructed to "phone a friend" when we got home that day so that people were accounted for. One of my teachers had students at New Trier High School, Dann's alma mater, so she was understandably distracted. Until Dann's whereabouts became known, the whole town sat on edge.
    Dann's parents KNEW about her guns AND her mental illness, yet took no action to seek help for her. Her father's asking about his (Dann's) car after this tragedy simply illustrates the power of denial.
    Sadly, my beloved hometown of Highland Park saw an almost identical tragedy play out on July 4th, 2022 when another mentally ill gunman took the lives of 7 people, wounding scores more. I know one of the wounded and my parents knew one of the dead. His father signed his FOID (Firearms Owner ID) card...

    • @JayJay32186
      @JayJay32186 7 месяцев назад

      Do you mean July 4, 2022? Or was there another one in 2002?

    • @Kihsiimawa
      @Kihsiimawa 7 месяцев назад

      @@JayJay32186 fixed it.

  • @theresekirkpatrick3337
    @theresekirkpatrick3337 11 месяцев назад +13

    Love your voice and style of storytelling. You should do audiobooks too. 🤔☺️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @thisisMONSTERS
      @thisisMONSTERS  11 месяцев назад +12

      I'm been looking around at options. We'll see where life take me. Thanks!

  • @michellemueller7288
    @michellemueller7288 11 месяцев назад +6

    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! 😂❤

  • @Dupontman627
    @Dupontman627 11 месяцев назад +5

    In 1993 they made a TV movie named Murder of Innocence with Valerie Bertinelli playing Laurie

  • @m.ccheddarbox874
    @m.ccheddarbox874 11 месяцев назад +3

    Im so happy we understand mental health better. We still have a VERY long way to go, but I think we can get there.

  • @evergreen3573
    @evergreen3573 11 месяцев назад +10

    Thank you for blessing my days with your videos perfect wake up call

  • @connieellerbe-maycock7115
    @connieellerbe-maycock7115 11 месяцев назад +15

    Can't sleep so I am here watching this video. Thanks for this.

    • @ziziflor9019
      @ziziflor9019 11 месяцев назад

      Same...

    • @Valentina-Steinway
      @Valentina-Steinway 4 месяца назад

      So now you will be able to sleep?!!
      It’s 4 am and I just saw the lifetime movie….!

  • @ashleysaylor6816
    @ashleysaylor6816 11 месяцев назад +14

    Thank you for posting!. I can't sleep.😢. So glad I have something newer to watch!❤

  • @obake_hime
    @obake_hime 11 месяцев назад +5

    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.

  • @lindseyhudson1274
    @lindseyhudson1274 11 месяцев назад +24

    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

    • @lisacolledge7624
      @lisacolledge7624 11 месяцев назад

      Ohhh! That was so funny! Glad you posted. 😁 Thank you. x

  • @mmalan8243
    @mmalan8243 9 месяцев назад +1

    This Is the exact story that got me into true crime. I was eleven and It was a big story here in Chicago.
    True crime addict ever since

  • @reaxlei
    @reaxlei 11 месяцев назад +19

    jiles, i fall asleep to your videos every night! your voice and video format is perfect for me. thank you for your work

    • @covetprice
      @covetprice 11 месяцев назад

      You should make a Dr. appointment about that kinda thing.

  • @TinaMcBride63
    @TinaMcBride63 11 месяцев назад +19

    Love from Scotland monsters fans ❤️

    • @kimberlyelliott7933
      @kimberlyelliott7933 11 месяцев назад +1

      I'm coming to Edinburgh this October from Texas!!
      My ancestors are from there, I'm so excited!!!!!! ❤

    • @thisisMONSTERS
      @thisisMONSTERS  11 месяцев назад +4

      My family and I will be in Edinburgh in May.

    • @juicyjules7409
      @juicyjules7409 11 месяцев назад +1

      My home people Scotland live Aspen Colorado

    • @TinaMcBride63
      @TinaMcBride63 11 месяцев назад

      I hope you all have great time ❤️

  • @sarahluke5253
    @sarahluke5253 11 месяцев назад +7

    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...

    • @kimberlyelliott7933
      @kimberlyelliott7933 11 месяцев назад +3

      It's a good movie though!

    • @peppermintpetty6766
      @peppermintpetty6766 11 месяцев назад +2

      That's how I learned about this case. It was a great movie.

    • @sarahluke5253
      @sarahluke5253 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@kimberlyelliott7933 it is. I enjoyed it :)

    • @sarahluke5253
      @sarahluke5253 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@peppermintpetty6766 agree

    • @Србомбоница86
      @Србомбоница86 3 месяца назад

      ​@sarahluke5253 the raw meat scene made me so sick 😂 Valerie was amazing in it

  • @michaelfreeman6608
    @michaelfreeman6608 11 месяцев назад

    I like the fact that we now see the face behind that great narrating voice. It reminds me of Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone except it is nonfiction. This Is Monsters is creepy , often quite disturbing, yet gives us an insight into some of the most dangerous people in our society.

  • @annmariemarino2003
    @annmariemarino2003 11 месяцев назад +7

    Good to see you!

  • @katieinprogress5940
    @katieinprogress5940 11 месяцев назад +2

    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.

    • @Cthulhuismyhero
      @Cthulhuismyhero Месяц назад

      I used to think the same thing, and while I absolutely believe there are more crazy people out there, the Internet has made the world so much smaller. If a mouse farts in India we'll know about it real time. Unless the AP picked the story up you wouldn't of heard about until 20 years ago if it happened a couple of states over, a couple of counties in some cases. Maybe I'm wrong but that's the rationale I use to not lose complete faith in humanity. 😂

  • @Jewlii123
    @Jewlii123 11 месяцев назад +13

    I used to think the plots and characters on lifetime movies were ridiculous...and then I saw this video. Laurie's character seems made up, it's scary to think people like this are real and among us.

  • @beccas.7762
    @beccas.7762 11 месяцев назад +10

    Unrelated, but I really like your glasses. Thanks for all that you do.

  • @MetroCSN
    @MetroCSN 9 месяцев назад +1

    I work with high school students, and at the time of this awful event was a teacher in the area. I knew the teacher Amy Moses. She was a real hero. She pushed Dann out of the classroom. Classrooms at Hubbard Woods School each had a door to the outside to let kids out into the playground. I knew family of several of the people with connections to this incident, including one of the boyfriends, and several of the children, including Nicky Corwin, the boy who was killed. Phil Andrew the 20-year-old shot, went on to become an FBI Agent.

    • @sarahwhite4906
      @sarahwhite4906 5 месяцев назад

      R.I.P. Nicky Corwin. I was in second grade at Faith Hope in Winnetka, and we were on lock down (before that was common) and were not allowed to leave without parents. Both my mom and dad worked and could not pick me up and escort me home, so I had to stay in my classroom with another student in the same situation. I was not allowed to go to my older brother's classroom. I remember it like yesterday.

  • @carriejones4230
    @carriejones4230 11 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @colorman4490
    @colorman4490 11 месяцев назад +2

    The only person I’ve ever known to have been prescribed Thorazine was when I was in rehab and he was a 6’3” about 275 lbs guy with a violent temper who was court ordered there after he was high, directing traffic downtown and it took 10 cops to subdue him. Of course they put him in my room and every night before I closed my eyes, I asked him, hey big man, did you get your meds?

    • @OonaGoodwynn
      @OonaGoodwynn 2 месяца назад

      Yeah, I thought it was only for extreme cases, not aspie ocd housewives. It pretty much turns you into a zombie, so I was surprised when he said the doctor prescribed that as his first choice. Usually they'd prescribe Valium (diazepam now) or percoset back then.

  • @sarajeanmarinershera208
    @sarajeanmarinershera208 11 месяцев назад +9

    Yes Sir! A great way to begin my day!

  • @ladybug3864
    @ladybug3864 3 месяца назад +1

    Keep in mind this women didnt go on a rampage bec she was rejected or a monster Laurie was mentally ill her parents tried covering it for years, her husband seen it and reached out to physc and the police who both was no help, another thing he didnt say in this video Laurie was put on several drugs at this time including a drug that was experimental. Mental health is real I wish people would stop saying someone is a monster this is why so many people dont get the help they need.

  • @anja2716
    @anja2716 11 месяцев назад +10

    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.😊

  • @kadzo6614
    @kadzo6614 11 месяцев назад +13

    I am happy to finally see your face

    • @quemeriateague441
      @quemeriateague441 11 месяцев назад

      Same here. He is so handsome.. no disrespect to his wife 🫶🏾

  • @Bigger-Than-Jesus
    @Bigger-Than-Jesus 11 месяцев назад +4

    you have a great voice for narration!

  • @katelinkeeney8903
    @katelinkeeney8903 11 месяцев назад +2

    Had never heard of this one before. Glad I am aware of this case now, thank u

  • @Myster-Man-Channel
    @Myster-Man-Channel 11 месяцев назад +3

    Absolutely heart breaking😢

  • @Mskaytee
    @Mskaytee 11 месяцев назад +2

    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 ❤

  • @RobertWang000
    @RobertWang000 11 месяцев назад +3

    This story is terrifying me 😲😲😲

  • @darlenedenis5686
    @darlenedenis5686 11 месяцев назад +2

    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🤬🤬

  • @savvisavage247
    @savvisavage247 11 месяцев назад +12

    Yes, needed this! Happy Thursday, thanks for the content 💜💜💜

  • @leahbamxo
    @leahbamxo 11 месяцев назад +4

    Jake Johnson (Nick from New Girl) just told this story on a podcast recently! He was supposed to be in that classroom that day, but was on that field trip. His mom didn't want him to go to school because she had a weird feeling and he convinced her to let him go because they were going on a field trip and wouldn't be in the classroom. mothers intuition 😭

  • @Nemesis_121
    @Nemesis_121 11 месяцев назад +2

    It’s never a mannequin!! That is some class merch! 😂 if it’s on a t-shirt, I’m sold.

    • @thisisMONSTERS
      @thisisMONSTERS  11 месяцев назад

      It is and you can buy it here thisismonsters.com

  • @jxn1056
    @jxn1056 11 месяцев назад +6

    Right on time..as always ❤❤❤
    I'm up late spring cleaning. Fun fun lol

  • @lsimon343
    @lsimon343 11 месяцев назад +3

    The way her face changed over the years was terrifying.

  • @juliaczia
    @juliaczia 11 месяцев назад +8

    “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

  • @dariawells7438
    @dariawells7438 6 месяцев назад +2

    The Lifetime movie treatment of this case, MURDER OF INNOCENCE, is actually pretty good from what I remember.

  • @mikesanders8621
    @mikesanders8621 11 месяцев назад +15

    I knew this would end poorly when I heard the word carnival.
    Oh, and the whole "final rampage" thing. That was also a clue.

    • @TheSomethingOrOther82
      @TheSomethingOrOther82 11 месяцев назад +2

      Hahahahaa😂❤ I was gonna say something similar after the video.

    • @thegreencat9947
      @thegreencat9947 11 месяцев назад +1

      It's best to make sure there really is a carnival before letting someone take your kids.😮😨🤤😩

  • @yunustan7502
    @yunustan7502 11 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @micheleerwin2848
    @micheleerwin2848 6 месяцев назад

    I discovered your videos a while back and have watched several of them.
    I love your voice and your way of telling a story.
    Thank you.

  • @jennifermaddy2442
    @jennifermaddy2442 9 месяцев назад +1

    This woman is insane. Murdering children.

  • @malinachainey1564
    @malinachainey1564 11 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @CoExist64
    @CoExist64 11 месяцев назад +1

    I’m always here for THE voice! As always Jiles, thank you so much for your content :)

  • @dianecheney4141
    @dianecheney4141 11 месяцев назад +2

    When you look at her fathers behavior you know that it's both nurture and nature that had a hand in this tragedy

  • @arielamaya4177
    @arielamaya4177 11 месяцев назад +2

    You have an amazing narration voice. Keep up the good work.

  • @StlScarlett
    @StlScarlett 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for covering this case. Laurie wasn’t right and I pray the victims families find peace and comfort.

  • @thesausagecontinuim1971
    @thesausagecontinuim1971 11 месяцев назад +8

    dude this story runs like an 80's/90's tv movie... wild stuff man!!!

  • @jupiterssong8127
    @jupiterssong8127 11 месяцев назад +2

    I read a book about her years ago. There’s also like a Lifetime style movie about that weirdo called Murder of Innocence. . She was pretty fascinating in all her weirdness but also unhinged and deadly. When she was in college , she would hide raw meat all over the dorms. When she got married she would do odd things like cook and set dinner out and clean up for company a week in advance . She didn’t understand that the food would be rotted and the floors would have to be vacuumed again within the week.
    She was not ok in her brain .
    Great vid as always ☺️

  • @757Princess
    @757Princess 11 месяцев назад +2

    I’ve never heard of if this story before. She was truly disturbed

  • @lsimon343
    @lsimon343 11 месяцев назад +2

    This is a horrible story that I know well!! I was waiting for u to cover this!!

  • @pamalapaulo2931
    @pamalapaulo2931 11 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @bindys8538
    @bindys8538 11 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent work on this one I thought I would have heard about her but I hadn’t 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @ronque23
    @ronque23 11 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @m.streicher8286
    @m.streicher8286 11 месяцев назад +1

    Spent her whole life just trying to attach herself to someone more successful.

  • @AmeliasMiMi
    @AmeliasMiMi 11 месяцев назад +2

    This is one of the wildest stories I’ve ever heard of. Well done. I haven’t ever heard of this one before now. My heart was saddened for the kids, especially the one who died. I laughed out loud concerning her being the crazy elevator lady. Finally it sure sounds like she got her crazies from both parents! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🥴

  • @lakeishajoe-pettaway7748
    @lakeishajoe-pettaway7748 10 месяцев назад +2

    Content respectfully aside…your voice is so soothing

    • @joro241
      @joro241 10 месяцев назад

      Bro!! Thought the same thing!! I listen to him every night!!!

  • @jasonmims5057
    @jasonmims5057 11 месяцев назад +2

    The actions of this person just reinforce the importance of mental health treatment.

  • @fizzpippin412
    @fizzpippin412 11 месяцев назад +1

    Love your podcast/channel! I hope you're working on the Shanda Vander Ark case. 😉

  • @squirtletown5307
    @squirtletown5307 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for finally doing this case, there have been many cases where mental health shows if they only didnt go ingored and clearly showed they needed help for years leading up to the tragedy that ended up occuring had gotten help lauries is the perfect example of this by far, if u read the book murder of innocent the 12 hr rampage of laurie dann you can see clearly the extent to how visionable her mental health decline went.

  • @reneejohnson4882
    @reneejohnson4882 11 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @blazefairchild465
    @blazefairchild465 11 месяцев назад +1

    Is there a law that you can’t buy a gun while going through a divorce process if not there should be. So many people are killed when they try to leave a domestic situation.
    Thank you for telling us about this horrific case , I had never heard of this .

  • @princessbuttercup8954
    @princessbuttercup8954 11 месяцев назад +1

    I've been married almost twenty years. We have three wonderful kids and he's my best friend. We have a good life together. Just thinking about him not being here is overwhelming. If we were to get divorced it would crush me. I truly cannot imagine life without him. All that being said, if he left me I would deal with it. I don't understand how much of a lunatic ou have to be to kill someone you supposedly love.

  • @leah6820-y9v
    @leah6820-y9v 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the subtitles.

  • @nnnnnnnnnnnnoo
    @nnnnnnnnnnnnoo 11 месяцев назад +2

    thanks for uploading late at night (for me) ❤

  • @midnightmadness5307
    @midnightmadness5307 11 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @JaydeRyan
    @JaydeRyan 11 месяцев назад +3

    Your voice is awesome !!

  • @Derfboy
    @Derfboy 11 месяцев назад +2

    Dude, your merch is amazing and really affordable!