Ladies, a word of advice---If you are leaving an abusive partner, _don't tell him._ Leaving is the most dangerous part of being in an abusive relationship because the abuser often feels like they have nothing to lose, or that they are going to have the last word. You need to plan your escape for when he is going to be away (like at work) for a lengthy period of time. Make sure your car is gassed up, you have cash and/or a card that he doesn't know about, and you have all of your important documents (social security card, drivers license, etc.). Get a phone he doesn't know about and ditch your old phone so that he can't track you. Once you've escaped, don't go back. They _never_ change. _Ever._
You are very well informed! Keep documents sealed, and waterproof, and bury if you must for retrieval later if you must escape immediately. Keep a get away bag in your trunk hidden, or disguised as a gym bag.
YES YES I heard that there was a online service, that documented when someone was leaving about their spouses actions . Barry Morphew controlled & isolated her & he’s free because there’s no body It’s not acceptable ..
Marc Maddock you worded what's been in my head since discovering this channel perfectly. Not many crime channels have you laughing like TC does whilst at the same time respectful to the victim and their families
I first heard this story a little more than six years ago and it saved my life. I lived in Florida and the house across the street had been abandoned since I moved into the area. One day, I finally told someone about my abusive partner of 8 years. This person was my landlady (aka my guardian angel). Her immediate reaction was to tell me about the empty house and the sweet girl next door who had been murdered by her abusive ex and his girlfriend after leaving him and she swore to high heavens she wouldn't see it happen to me and helped me escape that horrible relationship. Halfway through this video it dawned on me that this was the story I heard that changed my entire life. I vowed to get as far away as I could and protect my three children. Six years later I am happily married to a good man, chasing my dream career and have moved several states away. My ex is in and out of prison and has had no contact with me or the children in over 5 years. I only wish Heather could have been so lucky too.
Wow very happy to hear a story about something good coming from this case. Perhaps besides your landlady you have an additional guardian angel. Its likely there's more with similar stories but kinda crazy how you found this video. Did you know many of the details?
There are people in the world who live through things like this horrible crime and decided they will do everything to prevent it. I am glad some good can come from this.. and so glad your life is one that it could change
Just when you think Mike just couldn't get any better... he goes and puts subtitles on the police videos and its so appreciated. Anyone with hearing issues will know it's almost impossible to hear whispering or police videos even You Tube subtitles can't work out what's going on in those! Thank You Mike, Your the absolute best!!! 💜
@@asianapollo002 OMG same here,since I'm arabic so I'm used to reading subtitles, even though i try to avoid them to test my English listening and understanding. But Mike's notes complaining about the accent made me laugh a lot
@@jettsoma To me, that guy sounded like all police interview videos. I know You Tube has subtitles, I use them all the time, but they usually don't work on thing like police interrogation videos unless they are super quality and usually they are not. Most times I just switch off the video if they have big chunks of police footage, because I miss big chunks of the story and its frustrating. So I'm just ridiculously grateful that Mike went above and beyond because on this occasion I got the whole story.
There's something strangely satisfying about them both knowing that they turned on each other and they'll have to live with that frustration while they rot in jail.
He was good. Very good. But it's hard to tell if the criminals were just weak and done in by an excellent cop, or if the cop compelled them to look stupid. Regardless the guy is a professional.
Only halfway through this video but man that interrogator is right to the point and I love how close they sit in order to create pressure. He really turns the heat up in that room! Awesome!
Poor Heather and those poor kids. How much Heather suffered with that violent abuser already, to go out of life like that, her thoughts on her children, fearing for their safety too. 😢😢😢. Both Amelia and Josh are absolute monsters.
I don't know how or why you started That Chapter, Mike, but I am so glad you did. Your humor and sarcasm, plus your empathy, make for great story telling. Thank you!
@@johnsoens5185 Ya I agree I feel he use to take the stories more serious but now he's taking it too far and is making jokes that shouldn't be made about someone who was murdered. And to make that stupid fart noise shows how little he cares about the victims who possibly see this video. Mike gets to make money from their tragedy and they get nothing. Im not against adding humour in a True Crime story, it just has to be done in the right way.
he doesn’t disrespect anyone. you should see the tik tok true crime people. they really disrespect the victims. they can’t use any words like murder, killed, suicide, and will say the most innaproriate words to get their points across. xoxo
@@ThatChapter Mike please do a video on Jennifer Odem. She was kidnapped and murdered in 1993 in Pasco County Florida. Her killer was never caught. I lived in the next town over and was 15 when it happened and I am an old man now. I want her family to get justice. Someone knows something. Over the years their have been a ton of suspects. Tons of searches. But to this day her killer roams free.
The wild thing to me is that Emelia offered Heather's boyfriend $500 to kill her, and he said 'no'. But he didn't tell Heather or go to the police, so I guess he wasn't that keen on Heather. Maybe because she had just dumped him to marry her ex a couple months ago.
When a contract is offered like that people should be charged as accessories if they don't report it. That's not the first time I've heard of a preposition like that & later the person was killed.
@@nobodysbaby5048 I agree w ya, the times I've seen when someone does go to LE and the intended victim LIVES .... this is a sad sad story could have been prevented
I suppose it depends on how it was asked. Heard people casually say they want to kill so and so plenty of times. Even been asked myself if I would as I took jokingly. Never took it as anything other than the other party just being pissed off at the time. If they were cold dead eyes asking or unusually specific than that would raise a red flag. She might have been lightheartedly throwing out feelers. Seems like after the victim was known missing they should’ve stepped up but this whole story screams meth or opioid addiction and 9 times out of 10 a addict isn’t going to contact the police.
They are both lost causes. He killed the mother of his children, Emilia took part in it and then she goes and says that she cared about Heather.. There is no crumb of decency left in these people. Thank you, Mike, for your hard work and for bringing forth so many life stories which would otherwise be forgotten. Much love
@@shivahuggins1276 You don't have to watch. The smart families don't go looking on YT about information on the cases and news channels do it all the time, no one complains about that.
@Shiva Huggins I would say he gets his research done through looking at archives which not many people go through. Yes they would be forgotten because what family just decides to go through archives to find out if maybe one their distant relatives were murdered, he covers cases that go way back that I guarantee most had never known or heard about so they had been forgotten and he also goes out his way to show respect to the victim and their families. As for Heather's kids finding out I'm sure they are old enough to know what happened and old enough to know if they want to have more details of what actually took place, as for other kids finding out if their that young they can't be told what happened to their family member then their too young to watch true crime videos so that would fall on the parents as there's plenty of ways to block material too young for kids. Lastly he does the commentary in this way for a few reasons like to take the piss out of the killer and show how stupid many are plus try to crush any ego they may have had and lastly to help people cope with what their learning about rather than everyone leave feeling like crap and sad, it's called dark humour you never heard of it?. Anyway family members can decide if they want to watch it or not just as you have that choice and there's millions who comment and watch who highly disagree so maybe it's you that's the problem not Mikes commentary or the video?
You remind me about my great-gran's old saying, "When Irish eyes are smiling...they're up to something!" When you are presenting your whole face lights up. I hope where you are, people truly appreciate your wit and humor because your RUclips followers love and appreciate you! 💕
I was in a abusive relationship. It starts great and then they turn into a monster…first verbal then mentally then physically . I always made excuses where the bruises came from and when I was pregnant with my now eleven year old, his father tried to push me down the stairs so I would lose the baby. Please I can’t stress it enough you don’t see it from the inside but everyone sees it on the outside and just leave. Don’t ever look back because YOU are so much better than you think you are.
@@ItsKrma00 thank you for the kind words, I tell my story because they are not alone. My son is now 11 and he is doing so well. I do suffer from ptsd but managed, but I’m in a much better place
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to create videos about cases I've never heard of before. Most channels just copy the same stories we've all heard 100 times, but with you its clear you really care about good quality content, and stories not mentioned on all the other true crime channels. Keep up the good work!!
How fast they turned just amazed me. Enough shared HATE to kill the poor mother. Yet not enough love to even lie for each other. Thank you again Mike! Love it 😀
You're right but you also need the ones who get friendly with them to extract what they need. Both great plans of extracting information. You just need to understand the suspect
@@jupiterzombies yes! He was involved in the investigation of those kids that beat and shot another kid to death at a house in Florida. This detective has seen some shiii....
Amelia didn’t even react when the detective informed her that he had taken Heather‘s credit cards and withdrawn money from them. That was the moment you knew she was involved
Always so upsetting to hear how long it takes before police actually start "giving it a goo" themselves in some of these cases. Thanks for the great content as always, Mike!
I'm not sure why Mike said that, because actually that wasn't an accurate account of this story. If you look into the timeline, it was one month from the day Heather was reported missing to the day her body was found. Five days later, Emilia and Josh were arrested. So during that 6 weeks, police had: Interviewed Emilia 12 times Sorted through Emilia's BS Sorted through Josh's BS Gone through CCTV Gotten Josh's sister to cooperate Gotten audio of Emilia admitting to the murder Found the body Made the arrests
My heart always breaks when I hear parents on 911 calls…the anxiety and worry and dread her mom must have been feeling when she hadn’t heard from her in a few days and just knew something bad had happened. How awful 😞
This case was horrendous I could never get over how cruel Amelia was a heavily pregnant woman plotting and helping to carry out a murder, I was surprised with Josh he was a complete waste of oxygen, the case has been done many times but only Mike can balance the right amount of humour into the story to freshen it up and made it interesting again thanks Mike for great research and great humour you're great to watch and I look forward to your videos every week
My opinion is Amelia small brain was played by Josh's sob stories that painted Heather as evil, scorned, controlling keeping Josh & Amelia apart. Amelia wanted to be the only woman in Josh's life so willingly went along with murder. Josh played the women off each other instead of the women seeing him as the lying, abusive, manipulator he is.
Actually a woman is more prone to murder during and soon after the pregnancy due to hormones raging during and post partum after birth. so it’s not that surprising.
I love how you say “heavily pregnant” as if becoming pregnant cures psychopathy. As if somehow, pregnancy will invoke empathy where it does not exist. She spread her legs and felt pleasure for 5 minutes. That’s it. Pigs in the pig pen do the same thing.
Omg! I requested this. Thank you! Heather Strong was one of my two best friends all through childhood. She was such a happy and outgoing girl. She didn’t deserve what those useless pieces of $#/! did to her. Her poor kids. I will never allow myself to forget her. I wanted to know more about the case, so thank you, Mike!
consider, at some point in the future, being able to meet with Heather's children and tell them some things about their mother's personality and some of your memories of her so that they may think of her in the manner you see her
Can we all just say how amazing at his job that detective is? The best detectives out there don’t buy anyone’s bull shit especially when they can tell seconds or two in.
Just wish US cops weren’t allowed to lie to suspects, particularly when you’re dealing with a capital case. Seems like most of the detective work is limited to trying to manipulate them rather than objectively seeking the truth.
Yes, there was something different about this detective to the many we see who use 'deception' to 'trick' people into confession. This guy was straight forward. He was blunt. I respect that.
@@limeylady80 they lie to the suspects limitedly based off if they have certain evidence already and or they can tell someone is just complete full of shit. They don’t do it just to “lie”. Also, at the end of the day most of the people that end up in the room w them have done 30x worse than just lying to someone so in all fairness it works…
Hate to think what she was going through as he sat on her and the girl was trying to snap her neck. So cruel and terrifying. I don't understand a parent saying they love their kids enough to fight for some kind of custody but they don't realize unconditional love is also trying to keep both parents in their lives. I do realize sometimes the other parent may not be decent in some cased but y'all know what I mean.
I'm honestly surprised by the number of people who are stupid enough to talk to the police without a lawyer. But, when they're people like this, I'm all for it.
@@rrb396 that's the very definition of an abusive relationship. Gosh do we really need to keep spelling this out to people over and over and over. YOU ARE BLAMING THE VICTIM & THAT SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU THATS WORTH KNOWING
@@lunagoodhart5489 Stop It! There was no victim blaming in that statement. No Heather was not trapped. Yes Heather kept going back...even married him. FACTS! Just be honest
@@GrandmaGrannyLuvs..... feelings often get In the way when determining judgment, for those who can't control them, they see any "victim" as a cherub who's divine. Let alone they forget that all these people knew each other and repeatedly liked to drag on petty drama past their 40s. If she would have had anymore smarts she would've gotten the hell away from those losers when she broke up the first time and that may just have saved her life
After watching your videos for quite some time, you've become such a great narrator. We see more of your personality and you're always entertaining but never tacky or disrespectful to victims. You deserve your success! Thanks 😸 PS, I love that detective.
@@johnsoens5185 And yet you comment on every video and reply to every comment on them as well, your either a bot or your obsessed! Go live your life, touch some grass and stop being so jealous of a dude on YT! Replying to yourself using different accounts and liking your own comments is just creepy, if you're not a bot I'm sure Mike will be doing a vid about u soon 😂
I listened to an audio book about this case and the storyline was baffling. I could hardly keep up with who loved whom and who killed whom. Wild story.
I'm actually the younger brother to Heather Strong. The media did make it seem like oh she was messing around or somthing but what they don't add is that Heather was always faithful to Josh. We tried getting her to go to bar one night while I watched the kids and they weren't even gone an hour before she come back because she just didn't do those things. She was a mother and worked her ass off she didn't party and sleep around EVER. Only time she'd leave and stay with someone else is because she had no other choice. He moved her down there with absolutely NO family or friends so she turned to the only people she trusted and the media makes it seem like a love Triangle and like she deserved it or somthing bc she was toying with his emotions but it was complete opposite. He was playing with her emotions and playing her like a fiddle. Her biggest weakness was being gullible and believing anything tht POS said bc he'd hit her where it hurt which was the kids and she always said she'd do everything possible to make sire her children had a father and it ended due killing her. She'd been alive had it not been for Emelia being there.
That was some good police work! That interrogation was just about perfect, I'd say! And as usual, I was mesmerized by your storytelling from start to finish! You have made this an art, Mike! And every story - another work of art! ❤️
You are so damn charming! Even when talking about such horrific crimes. Thanks for another great upload, Mike. Tuesday and Friday are the best days of the week!
I can't imagine being a detective and interviewing these people lol, that's some serious patience. You gotta be a chameleon conversationally to be able to get on their level, relate to them, appeal to them and convince them that telling the truth(aka confessing to 1st degree murder) will somehow make their situation better. It's obviously the right thing and I want them locked up forever but confessing never gets you out the door and back home 🤣
Amelia super freaks me out. She’s way too believable. Even at the very end in prison when she was saying she didn’t do it, I would’ve believed her if I hadn’t just heard her confessing on that wire. It’s Also creepy she did it while very pregnant. She should’ve been painting a room and putting together a crib NOT attempting to break someone’s neck!
She should have done a lot more than what she ended up doing. For one, she should have thought about her future and the future of her children. She was apparently really bright, right? All she had to do was think and she wouldn't have gotten herself into this mess. She's allowed to make mistakes, of course. In this case, she made the mistake of getting involved with this man and got impregnated by him. What wasn't a mistake was what she did later to Heather. She knew exactly what she was doing. As I said, she's extremely intelligent, right? She's denying responsiblity right now because I think she got her own way out of it. She exchanged a heavier sentence for a far lighter sentence by confessing. Now she's clearly setting herself up for somebody to take a look at her case through the innocence project or something by claiming that she didn't do anything wrong. Maybe I am overestimating her intelligence, but this one does scare me.
Indeed! And considering she tried to break heather’s neck (unsuccessfully) while suffocating her to death! Emilia should have been given a flimsy folding chair at most! Who cares if her lying ass is uncomfortable?
One hour = 50k views. Fifty thousand people put their lives on hold to listen to Mike tell a story. To put that in perspective that’s enough people to fill to capacity Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. A handful more would fill Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. FIFTY THOUSAND! You’re a legend, Mike!
They'll say she'd been involved with drugs and some of those people killed her. They'll say she was always running after men and he told her not to come home or expect to see her children again. Or, they had a fight and she just walked out. He tells the kids she didn't leave any message and he was pretty sure she wanted a new life elsewhere. That's all of them, right?
"It's like Ocean's Eleven...but with chickens!" LMAO...Mike you are hilarious. I love Tuesday and Friday story time with Mike. Everyone should "give it a goo" and give him a subscribe...its impossible to be disappointed:)
The investigation was actually handled really well. I'm not sure why Mike said that it was lazy, because that wasn't an accurate account of this story. If you look into the timeline, it was one month from the day Heather was reported missing to the day her body was found. Five days later, Emilia and Josh were arrested. So during that 6 weeks, police had: Sorted through Emilia's BS Sorted through Josh's BS Gone through CCTV Gotten Josh's sister to cooperate Gotten audio of Emilia admitting to the murder Found the body Made the arrests
They were nothing but LUCKY. Because the ones who did it were total *morons*. If they weren't, after waiting an entire goddamn month to even investigate this case, what do you think would have happened if these two had half a brain and all that time to cover their tracks? Jesus the bar is in hell. It's like waiting until the night before a test to cram but it turns out the test is easy, so that makes you a genius for passing it.
@@Nikki_the_G Evidently, you didn't read the timeline. It was one month from the date Heather was reported missing to the day her body was found. 5 days later, the arrests were made. It wasn't one month until the investigation got started. I'm not sure how he got that wrong.
He says that because let’s be real .. lately these LE agencies have been sucking🦒 🍆 ! We the people are fed the FCK 🆙 with the lack of justice for all victims and their families. ✌️
I remember this story and how horrendously they killed Heather. How they thought they would get away with it shows the level of IQ points they shared. Emelia saying breaking her neck would be painless and humane - she put a plastic bag over Heather's head and she suffocated - which is a terrifying death.
I'm Heather's youngest brother. Glad to see everyone else can see just how monstrous these evil monsters are! Losing my sister changed my life forever and I struggle everyday without her here then lost our dad to throat cancer July 2020. People don't realize the domino effect it had on our family. It's affected 3 generations so far and I wonder just how much it'll change. My poor nieces and nephews were put in foster homes and the oldest Mckinzie just recently found us and were able to keep in touch and she is also struggling tremendously bc she's now a mother as well and really missed out of the most important yrs of needing a mother. Puberty and all that must've been living hell going through without her mom. I'm planning to do a video my self soon to kinda help fill in some blanks and correct some things that have been lost in translation somehow like hownthey lived in Columbia Ms but it was actually Columbus not Columbia. There are other things but tht was off top of my head. Sorry for writing a book BTW. Didn't mean to write so much.
I've been watching a lot of NDE near death experience channels lately. There seems to be a common theme that people's souls or spirits will pop out of their body before a trauma or impact death. A good majority also have a positive love-themed experience that is detached from what is happening / has happened to them. NDE Diary and JeffMara are good resources for this. There are some wackadoo interviews on the latter, but some really credible ones throughout from cops, lawyers, docs, military people, etc.
If you want a deep dive into this case, listen to episode 99 of the Small Town Murder podcast. James and Jimmie do a fantastic job of breaking down their back stories and deliver a ton more details of what happened to this poor girl. Not to take away from anything Mike is doing. I just happened to listen to the STM podcast a couple days ago, so I'm familiar with the details of this case.
Did they explain why Amelia got the death penalty initially while Mike only got life? Was she the main perpetrator/instigator? And why did Josh’s sister help the police? or did she even know there was a recording device in her car? what a craaaazy case
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim my best guess is Josh plead guilty in exchange for the death penalty being removed from the table. She probably plead not- guilty
Reason why I’m here every week. He has a gift for storytelling, topped off with a truly unique sense of humor, and an amazingly likable personality. I love this guy!
Moral of the story? Don’t date a man who has “loser” written all over his face. But if you’re going to date him just for kicks, do not, do not get pregnant.
I’m hereeeeee!! Love love love love your channel. Been watching for a year, and I can’t believe how far you’ve come! Keep going! You deserve so many awards.
I'm glad Emilia got what's coming to her. It's a bit of a change in the usual judicial decisions. You'd be surprised to see how strong a heavily pregnant woman can be, Mike.
Still amazes me that only 10% of viewers actually hit like on Mikes videos. How can you not love this Irish lads take on murder and mayhem?! Keep up the great work Mike- your humour and sass is second to none.
@@oncoucharrest5910 Liking a video and "Liking" (clicking a button on your screen that adds the video to your personal compilation of videos you like) are two very different things.
Personally, I only click like on songs from RUclips Music so they're added to my massive playlist, along with a few videos that I want to be able to access again or I really enjoyed for some reason. If I enjoy a bunch of videos from one creator, I just subscribe or donate personally.
Thank you for all your hard work putting these videos together. I love listening to you tell the stories and the funny way you comment about them. I’ll be watching for your next video 😊
It’s so funny that you said you have to start reading some fairytails because of how disturbing the cases are that you cover, but fairytales are typically as brutal if not worse than this story. We love you too, cookie. 🥺
Mondays are not so bad, at least you know you have a week to get things done. Tuesday..oh God stll got lots to do. Wednesday, well at least I'm half way. Thursday. Thursady is evil...it pretends to be Friday but still another day to go. Friday. We like Friday. It's your buddy who tells you to slack off early and just take the job easy because he'l introduce you to Saturday:-)
Am I the only one who lost it at about 4:08 or 4:09 ? Your editing is fantastic, you give these cases little bits of humour while still being serious, thank you so much for making these, I find it enjoyable to learn from your videos
Mike, for a happily-ever-after, take a look at the story of a little girl who went missing, kidnapped, in Australia. Her name was Chloe. Miraculous story and it’s got lots of twists and turns.
I just watched a video about this case a few weeks ago and it really does have a happily ever after. It's just a shame that Chloe was so close to home n no one realized that. I was so glad to hear that she was able to he reunited with her family and hopefully Chloe is living her best life 🖤🙏
@26:33 PERFECT example of a "micro" smile when she says "no" to the Q:" Did you have anything to do with burying her?" That flash smile is said to be a type of joy 'escaping' a certain type of person gets when getting away with a lie, or the thrill they had with doing whatever they are responding to. She LIKED seeing the victim put in the ground. Also @21:21- is that a hickey on her neck? Or just a thumb bruise from him choking her out 'for pleasure'
Gotta watch thE Experts (aka the Behavioral Panel- great guys!!!) if you want to get the MOST out of unedited interviews AND learn to spot clusters IRL to keep yourself aware, and best able to foresee issues with people around you, or even in media & politicians. Watching full interviews is body language practice unlike what you can get easily anywhere else. And it does take practice! Like learning sign language. You may know the major signs & alphabet, are able to tell a story. BUT can you READ someone else's story via their hands in ASL. That too, requires practice of watching hands speak to learn it. It's not enough to simply know it.
Thank you for this one, Mike! Your narrating and humor only get better, while still giving the utmost respect to the victims. HUGE respect to that detective, and I hope that child never knows its psychopath of a mother.
Mike i have watched you for 3 years now and your technique an talent as a story teller has grown quite a bit. You were good in the beginning. Now youre absolutely fantastic. Your comfort in front of the camra is very noticeable if you look at your earlier stories. Please dont stop.
Hey Mike!! 👋🏼 I've been literally binge watching your videos for about 2 weeks now. I have them on auto play literally falling asleep to your voice. Not creepy at all lol just a huge fan. It's the only channel that has murder, mystery and laughter all in one and I love it!! My Favorite Channel right now!! Love ya Mike!! ❤🤪
I was literally at the end of another one of his videos when I got this notification so perfect timing!! Even though I still have some that I haven't watched yet. He's hilarious!! I find myself saying shite throughout the day out of nowhere thanks to him lol he's the best!!
That detective is too good. Talking to them like a preacher on Sunday. Of course they confessed. They probably told him everything bad they have ever done.
I know it’s a REALLY recent story, but I have a personal connection to it, so I would be extremely appreciative if you possibly covered the *Morris Jones Ambush* case from Phoenix AZ (he shot his gf and then used her/their baby as bait to lure in and shoot 9 officers). Thank you. 💗
Hi from South Africa ! Just on time for that Chapter.. thank you Mike for giving such good and consistent contents in all those cases. I really enjoy your videos.
You were ON FIRE with this one Mike. A great watch! (Crazy story). I hope you know what kind of impact you have on all of us - you brighten my day!!! I can watch you over and over - and I will. Kim. Mackay, Queensland, Australia ❤
Hey Mike, another amazing job but I just want to say that my second favourite true crime channel was bigging you up the other day! Simon Whistler on The Casual Criminalist mentioned you in one of his podcasts. And while I have absolutely no connection to either of you this made me feel kinda warm and fuzzy! My two favourites on the internet in a crossover episode! Love ya!!
I was going to complain about the police taking a month before looking for Heather...but then the vast expertise and cunning of the detective came on and ... hey, that detective is one smart cookie playing them off each other. Poor Heather. Incredible that Amanda thought she'd get away with breaking that poor lady's neck and burying her in Amanda's own house's backyard. smh
The adverts kicked in about half way through you explaining their relationship back and forth and honestly I needed the mental break from their Jerry Springer lifestyle 😤
It’s so funny when they have the suspect in the interrogation and have a lot of evidence to show that they’re guilty but the suspect still thinks they are going home afterwards. 😂😂😂
Ladies, a word of advice---If you are leaving an abusive partner, _don't tell him._ Leaving is the most dangerous part of being in an abusive relationship because the abuser often feels like they have nothing to lose, or that they are going to have the last word. You need to plan your escape for when he is going to be away (like at work) for a lengthy period of time. Make sure your car is gassed up, you have cash and/or a card that he doesn't know about, and you have all of your important documents (social security card, drivers license, etc.). Get a phone he doesn't know about and ditch your old phone so that he can't track you. Once you've escaped, don't go back. They _never_ change. _Ever._
Great advice and also if you tell it gives them a chance to talk you out of it if you still love love them.
And be very careful of women who will kill you.
You are very well informed! Keep documents sealed, and waterproof, and bury if you must for retrieval later if you must escape immediately. Keep a get away bag in your trunk hidden, or disguised as a gym bag.
YES YES I heard that there was a online service, that documented when someone was leaving about their spouses actions . Barry Morphew controlled & isolated her & he’s free because there’s no body It’s not acceptable ..
And if you can't get ahold of those documents f*** it I left an abusive relationship without a lot of my personal documents.
Wow. That girl is quite possibly the worst liar ever. I feel so sad for all those kids involved. Thanks for the storytelling, Mike.
Whyyyyy? She freaks me out because she’s so believable.
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You're kidding, right?
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I agree, all the way though I wondered about the children 🤯
@@amazingsupergirl7125 I agree. I've never seen a murderer so relaxed as she was.
The genius of Mike is how he manages to be incredibly respectful to the victims while hilariously taking the piss out of the scumbags.
So very true.
Ikr...That Chapter's the best!
You'd love Ireland then
Marc Maddock you worded what's been in my head since discovering this channel perfectly. Not many crime channels have you laughing like TC does whilst at the same time respectful to the victim and their families
Also; broccoli
I first heard this story a little more than six years ago and it saved my life. I lived in Florida and the house across the street had been abandoned since I moved into the area. One day, I finally told someone about my abusive partner of 8 years. This person was my landlady (aka my guardian angel). Her immediate reaction was to tell me about the empty house and the sweet girl next door who had been murdered by her abusive ex and his girlfriend after leaving him and she swore to high heavens she wouldn't see it happen to me and helped me escape that horrible relationship. Halfway through this video it dawned on me that this was the story I heard that changed my entire life. I vowed to get as far away as I could and protect my three children. Six years later I am happily married to a good man, chasing my dream career and have moved several states away. My ex is in and out of prison and has had no contact with me or the children in over 5 years. I only wish Heather could have been so lucky too.
Happy for you..
Glad you made it out safely!
Wow very happy to hear a story about something good coming from this case. Perhaps besides your landlady you have an additional guardian angel. Its likely there's more with similar stories but kinda crazy how you found this video. Did you know many of the details?
So glad you are still with us, and blessings to your landlady
There are people in the world who live through things like this horrible crime and decided they will do everything to prevent it. I am glad some good can come from this.. and so glad your life is one that it could change
Just when you think Mike just couldn't get any better... he goes and puts subtitles on the police videos and its so appreciated. Anyone with hearing issues will know it's almost impossible to hear whispering or police videos even You Tube subtitles can't work out what's going on in those! Thank You Mike, Your the absolute best!!! 💜
I don’t have hearing issues I just like subtitles grew up with em on the tv so I am used to reading while watching
Definitely appreciated
@@asianapollo002 OMG same here,since I'm arabic so I'm used to reading subtitles, even though i try to avoid them to test my English listening and understanding. But Mike's notes complaining about the accent made me laugh a lot
Same dude, I have CAPD and have to use subtitles. I appreciate Mike so much for putting in 110% effort on all his videos. Keep up the great work!
RUclips has captions, even when Mike doesn’t, although I’m not sure the caption people would have been able to figure out what that dude was saying! 😆
@@jettsoma To me, that guy sounded like all police interview videos. I know You Tube has subtitles, I use them all the time, but they usually don't work on thing like police interrogation videos unless they are super quality and usually they are not. Most times I just switch off the video if they have big chunks of police footage, because I miss big chunks of the story and its frustrating. So I'm just ridiculously grateful that Mike went above and beyond because on this occasion I got the whole story.
There's something strangely satisfying about them both knowing that they turned on each other and they'll have to live with that frustration while they rot in jail.
What I found rather sad is that her being 7 months pregnant and showing no sign of remorse. I'd be in tears!
I hope they know it was almost immediate too
LOL this one is the best story of love until death (sentence is on the table) 🤣🤣
From someone in the middle of a rabbit hole, that man is by far the best interrogator I've seen so far.
lol word. This is my favorite rabbit hole to be going down. Interrogations are soooo interesting
@@rawanibrahim8086 especially when Mike's the white rabbit were following as he shows us the story;)
He was good. Very good. But it's hard to tell if the criminals were just weak and done in by an excellent cop, or if the cop compelled them to look stupid. Regardless the guy is a professional.
You should watch the interrogation of Russell Williams… definitely one of the best interrogators I’ve ever seen
@@jacobdoone8125 yes it amazing isn’t it!
Only halfway through this video but man that interrogator is right to the point and I love how close they sit in order to create pressure. He really turns the heat up in that room! Awesome!
He got arrested for beating the shit out of his wife recently. I was shocked
That investigator is intense. The dude wasn't having their bullshit from the get-go. He was in both of their faces immediately. He needs a raise .
He was arrested for something DV-related and relieved of his position, IIRC.
Detective Baue.
@@kingayy9267 well shit
@@kingayy9267 do you have a source for that?
@@docbuni To me, it seems that your clearly not a doctor.
This story was a trip. Two Methamphamilies going crazy.
Poor Heather and those poor kids. How much Heather suffered with that violent abuser already, to go out of life like that, her thoughts on her children, fearing for their safety too. 😢😢😢. Both Amelia and Josh are absolute monsters.
"I mean, he already had the ring." LOL. That line got me. Love it.
I don't know how or why you started That Chapter, Mike, but I am so glad you did. Your humor and sarcasm, plus your empathy, make for great story telling. Thank you!
@Susan Sage.....Well said. 🙂
@@johnsoens5185 really? You'd probably enjoy Deadbug 🤦♀️
They stuck it out thru tick and tin.
@@johnsoens5185 Ya I agree I feel he use to take the stories more serious but now he's taking it too far and is making jokes that shouldn't be made about someone who was murdered. And to make that stupid fart noise shows how little he cares about the victims who possibly see this video. Mike gets to make money from their tragedy and they get nothing. Im not against adding humour in a True Crime story, it just has to be done in the right way.
he doesn’t disrespect anyone. you should see the tik tok true crime people. they really disrespect the victims. they can’t use any words like murder, killed, suicide, and will say the most innaproriate words to get their points across. xoxo
The detective who conducted the interrogations is so good at his job, amazing techniques. It's the children that I think of most x
One of your best Mike. Amazing that you can drop such high quality content on time, every time twice a week. Definitely my favourite YT crime channel.
Thank you!
@@ThatChapter Mike please do a video on Jennifer Odem. She was kidnapped and murdered in 1993 in Pasco County Florida. Her killer was never caught. I lived in the next town over and was 15 when it happened and I am an old man now. I want her family to get justice. Someone knows something. Over the years their have been a ton of suspects. Tons of searches. But to this day her killer roams free.
@@the_sixxness DUDE!!! 44 isn't old. Or me at 41 is old too 😢
@@ericbishoff4812 It is when you look back and realize this little girl would have been 41 this year and the slime that did it is still out there.
The editing in this one was absolutely top notch.
"Through tick and tin" is my new favorite phrase. Mike is just so damn adorable. ❤️
True tick and tin…
One thing that's mind boggling is how clever Amelia thinks she is.
The Dunning-Kruger effect strikes again!
Sadly some idiots think they are super smart when they are only able to maniple certain people
@@whitedragoness23 💯
Emilia.
Her creepy giggle....
The wild thing to me is that Emelia offered Heather's boyfriend $500 to kill her, and he said 'no'. But he didn't tell Heather or go to the police, so I guess he wasn't that keen on Heather. Maybe because she had just dumped him to marry her ex a couple months ago.
He might’ve told her but they probably didn’t really think they’d do anything. Maybe she did tell the cops.
When a contract is offered like that people should be charged as accessories if they don't report it. That's not the first time I've heard of a preposition like that & later the person was killed.
@@nobodysbaby5048 I agree w ya, the times I've seen when someone does go to LE and the intended victim LIVES .... this is a sad sad story could have been prevented
I suppose it depends on how it was asked. Heard people casually say they want to kill so and so plenty of times. Even been asked myself if I would as I took jokingly. Never took it as anything other than the other party just being pissed off at the time. If they were cold dead eyes asking or unusually specific than that would raise a red flag. She might have been lightheartedly throwing out feelers. Seems like after the victim was known missing they should’ve stepped up but this whole story screams meth or opioid addiction and 9 times out of 10 a addict isn’t going to contact the police.
@@dmcgee3 opiod or meth addiction in what way?
They are both lost causes. He killed the mother of his children, Emilia took part in it and then she goes and says that she cared about Heather.. There is no crumb of decency left in these people.
Thank you, Mike, for your hard work and for bringing forth so many life stories which would otherwise be forgotten. Much love
She killed her btw
@@shivahuggins1276 If you have such an issue on how the cases are presented. Why continue to watch & engage on the channel?
@@shivahuggins1276 You don't have to watch. The smart families don't go looking on YT about information on the cases and news channels do it all the time, no one complains about that.
@Shiva Huggins I would say he gets his research done through looking at archives which not many people go through. Yes they would be forgotten because what family just decides to go through archives to find out if maybe one their distant relatives were murdered, he covers cases that go way back that I guarantee most had never known or heard about so they had been forgotten and he also goes out his way to show respect to the victim and their families. As for Heather's kids finding out I'm sure they are old enough to know what happened and old enough to know if they want to have more details of what actually took place, as for other kids finding out if their that young they can't be told what happened to their family member then their too young to watch true crime videos so that would fall on the parents as there's plenty of ways to block material too young for kids. Lastly he does the commentary in this way for a few reasons like to take the piss out of the killer and show how stupid many are plus try to crush any ego they may have had and lastly to help people cope with what their learning about rather than everyone leave feeling like crap and sad, it's called dark humour you never heard of it?. Anyway family members can decide if they want to watch it or not just as you have that choice and there's millions who comment and watch who highly disagree so maybe it's you that's the problem not Mikes commentary or the video?
@@shivahuggins1276 you know you don’t have to follow or subscribe right? I guess that would ruin your trolling fun though eh? Btw nice alt comments 🥴
Once again my heart goes out to the children of these evil “parents.”
I think it would be so marvelous if all criminals were this stupid.
Once again?
Are you keeping count?
You remind me about my great-gran's old saying, "When Irish eyes are smiling...they're up to something!" When you are presenting your whole face lights up. I hope where you are, people truly appreciate your wit and humor because your RUclips followers love and appreciate you! 💕
I was in a abusive relationship. It starts great and then they turn into a monster…first verbal then mentally then physically . I always made excuses where the bruises came from and when I was pregnant with my now eleven year old, his father tried to push me down the stairs so I would lose the baby. Please I can’t stress it enough you don’t see it from the inside but everyone sees it on the outside and just leave. Don’t ever look back because YOU are so much better than you think you are.
Women having terrible taste in men, what else is new.
I hope you and your child are doing well now. I also hope people will accept your story as encouragement to do what they need to do.
@@ItsKrma00 thank you for the kind words, I tell my story because they are not alone. My son is now 11 and he is doing so well. I do suffer from ptsd but managed, but I’m in a much better place
Eggplant Parmesan
Bruises?! So, you didn’t listen well??? Tsk, tsk, tsk!
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to create videos about cases I've never heard of before. Most channels just copy the same stories we've all heard 100 times, but with you its clear you really care about good quality content, and stories not mentioned on all the other true crime channels. Keep up the good work!!
@Jack Wrath stop spamming
@Jack Wrath But you aren't though 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 your content is seriously lacking. 🤦🏻♀️😂
100% agree!
And they use stock footage that will often have absolutely nothing to do with the case except having someone of the right gender or age in it.
@Jack Wrath incorrect
I love the way you put a story together Mike! Congratulations on your success.
I scared the heck out of my cat that was cuddled up against me. When Emilia said she cared about Heather , a loud " HA!" came out of me!
What a shame being 8 months pregnant and trying to get away with that shit. Hope the baby is in a good place. Always love your story telling, Mike.
+ other children.
@@Adoubless oh yes, definitely
I’m curious why she got the death penalty and Josh got life. maybe further details came out in the trial that implicated Heather more
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim I think it was because he was charged w first degree and she was charged w second degree murder?
I hope the child manages to overcome the horrible DNA he/she inherited.
How fast they turned just amazed me. Enough shared HATE to kill the poor mother. Yet not enough love to even lie for each other.
Thank you again Mike! Love it 😀
We need more detectives like this guy. He is a no nonsense person and knows how to cut to the chase right away.
You're right but you also need the ones who get friendly with them to extract what they need. Both great plans of extracting information. You just need to understand the suspect
But that tactic only works on certain people. He's brilliant for sure, cause he saw what kind of scum bags these two were.
I agree, bit not all people respond to that approach. It was quite effective in this case.
We needed a detective like this on the Kurt cobain case 😞
He was arrested for DV.
Good detective though.
Absolutely Love this detective !! He means business , and he's certainly got my Respect and I wish there were more like him in our world
Best I've heard so far for sure!!
i think ive seen him in another video!! was very no-nonesense there too
@@jupiterzombies yes! He was involved in the investigation of those kids that beat and shot another kid to death at a house in Florida. This detective has seen some shiii....
Did you know he's a wife beater? He has since been fired.
@@rockstarofredondo Yeah, I remember that one, that detective sure knows his stuff.
Amelia didn’t even react when the detective informed her that he had taken Heather‘s credit cards and withdrawn money from them. That was the moment you knew she was involved
Yeah. True. No reaction
Always so upsetting to hear how long it takes before police actually start "giving it a goo" themselves in some of these cases. Thanks for the great content as always, Mike!
I'm not sure why Mike said that, because actually that wasn't an accurate account of this story. If you look into the timeline, it was one month from the day Heather was reported missing to the day her body was found. Five days later, Emilia and Josh were arrested.
So during that 6 weeks, police had:
Interviewed Emilia 12 times
Sorted through Emilia's BS
Sorted through Josh's BS
Gone through CCTV
Gotten Josh's sister to cooperate
Gotten audio of Emilia admitting to the murder
Found the body
Made the arrests
Anyone else getting eye-drop ads😬?
I get upset waiting on you to make my whopper while I sit in the drive thru.
It sure doesn't take long to find poor babies who got a fine so now they blame police for anything, you poor baby.
M
It always amazes me that _some_ women really go for guys like Josh.
His middle name is Damien
And he is uglier than Uncle Fester 😟
Squids look weird
Do you believe women don't possess the same capacity for negative traits as men? What are you trying to say?
Yep. He is quite the catch.
My heart always breaks when I hear parents on 911 calls…the anxiety and worry and dread her mom must have been feeling when she hadn’t heard from her in a few days and just knew something bad had happened. How awful 😞
Love the detective in this one, straight up confronting and no bs.
This case was horrendous I could never get over how cruel Amelia was a heavily pregnant woman plotting and helping to carry out a murder, I was surprised with Josh he was a complete waste of oxygen, the case has been done many times but only Mike can balance the right amount of humour into the story to freshen it up and made it interesting again thanks Mike for great research and great humour you're great to watch and I look forward to your videos every week
My opinion is Amelia small brain was played by Josh's sob stories that painted Heather as evil, scorned, controlling keeping Josh & Amelia apart. Amelia wanted to be the only woman in Josh's life so willingly went along with murder. Josh played the women off each other instead of the women seeing him as the lying, abusive, manipulator he is.
Actually a woman is more prone to murder during and soon after the pregnancy due to hormones raging during and post partum after birth. so it’s not that surprising.
I love how you say “heavily pregnant” as if becoming pregnant cures psychopathy. As if somehow, pregnancy will invoke empathy where it does not exist. She spread her legs and felt pleasure for 5 minutes. That’s it. Pigs in the pig pen do the same thing.
My favorite part of Tuesday's is seeing a new That Chapter! Love ya, Mike!! You're the best!!
This detective is a beast I love it.
He kept his composure I love it
Too bad he couldnt keep it in his private life and had to resign because of abuse he did.. but I guess you are right - he IS a beast....
Omg! I requested this. Thank you! Heather Strong was one of my two best friends all through childhood. She was such a happy and outgoing girl. She didn’t deserve what those useless pieces of $#/! did to her. Her poor kids. I will never allow myself to forget her. I wanted to know more about the case, so thank you, Mike!
Wow, sorry for your loss. Heather seemed like an excellent mother, a hard worker, and caring person. God bless.
Sorry for the loss of your friend. Too bad she got caught up with Josh and Emilia. I hope Heather's children are doing well these days.
consider, at some point in the future, being able to meet with Heather's children and tell them some things about their mother's personality and some of your memories of her so that they may think of her in the manner you see her
@@johnsoens5185 please elaborate? Wth are u even goin on about?
@@johnsoens5185 who disrespected her and this story? we are confused
Can we all just say how amazing at his job that detective is? The best detectives out there don’t buy anyone’s bull shit especially when they can tell seconds or two in.
Just wish US cops weren’t allowed to lie to suspects, particularly when you’re dealing with a capital case. Seems like most of the detective work is limited to trying to manipulate them rather than objectively seeking the truth.
Yes, there was something different about this detective to the many we see who use 'deception' to 'trick' people into confession. This guy was straight forward. He was blunt. I respect that.
@@limeylady80 they lie to the suspects limitedly based off if they have certain evidence already and or they can tell someone is just complete full of shit. They don’t do it just to “lie”. Also, at the end of the day most of the people that end up in the room w them have done 30x worse than just lying to someone so in all fairness it works…
@@limeylady80 and they are seeking the truth. Just easier said than done lady.
No- I can think for myself 🤔
The interrogators approach was amazing. "No nonsense, don't lie to me" vibe. I wish there was a full interrogation video of this.
What’s your only fans chocolate woman?
@@___DRIP___ "stop it, get some help" - Michael Jordan
@@___DRIP___ what's yours, duck man?
Duper's delight there at the end when she's asked if she had anything to do with it. Yeah, ya did, hon.
Hate to think what she was going through as he sat on her and the girl was trying to snap her neck. So cruel and terrifying. I don't understand a parent saying they love their kids enough to fight for some kind of custody but they don't realize unconditional love is also trying to keep both parents in their lives. I do realize sometimes the other parent may not be decent in some cased but y'all know what I mean.
I wonder how Amelia's child feels, knowing her mum was pregnant with her while she killed someone. Poor kid
That child will know one day that her mother killed the mother of her older siblings
Probably feel like a future parking attendant at Disney World.
@@kentbetts too real
Ok, that's probably not the first thing that I'd be considering in this murder case.
May as well be accessory to murder
I'm honestly surprised by the number of people who are stupid enough to talk to the police without a lawyer. But, when they're people like this, I'm all for it.
I know right,they say whether your guilty or not always lawyer up from the start
Same and same.
This is one of the most twisted cases I’ve heard of. Poor Heather may she RIP.
*Fr*
Thanks. I'm Heather's younger brother Tyler Strong. It changed my life forever and I'll never be the same after losing her.
Seems you keep getting better and better with delivery and the best on-the-edge humor EVER. I SO look forward to your stories.
My heart breaks for heather and her family. Trapped in an abusive relationship and then killed by him and his new girlfriend. Tragic.
There was no "trapped" here. She went back to the tweaker love triangle several times after leaving.
@@rrb396 that's the very definition of an abusive relationship. Gosh do we really need to keep spelling this out to people over and over and over.
YOU ARE BLAMING THE VICTIM & THAT SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU THATS WORTH KNOWING
@@lunagoodhart5489 Stop It! There was no victim blaming in that statement. No Heather was not trapped. Yes Heather kept going back...even married him. FACTS! Just be honest
@@GrandmaGrannyLuvs..... feelings often get In the way when determining judgment, for those who can't control them, they see any "victim" as a cherub who's divine. Let alone they forget that all these people knew each other and repeatedly liked to drag on petty drama past their 40s. If she would have had anymore smarts she would've gotten the hell away from those losers when she broke up the first time and that may just have saved her life
After watching your videos for quite some time, you've become such a great narrator. We see more of your personality and you're always entertaining but never tacky or disrespectful to victims. You deserve your success! Thanks 😸
PS, I love that detective.
Perfectly Worded🏆🔥🤘🏽🥰
Ive been watching him since his first videos... i still miss captain conspiracy and the videos he made on creepy stuff lol
Except a recent video where he said, about a guy with his jaw hanging off after an axe attack, "what a hell of a hangover!".
It was hilarious though.
@@johnsoens5185 And yet you comment on every video and reply to every comment on them as well, your either a bot or your obsessed! Go live your life, touch some grass and stop being so jealous of a dude on YT! Replying to yourself using different accounts and liking your own comments is just creepy, if you're not a bot I'm sure Mike will be doing a vid about u soon 😂
@@RedGanj now that was perfectly worded😉🤭
They're willing to kill for each other, but at the very first bump in the road they completely abandon each other and become enemies. True sociopaths
Nah, don't forget the stakes and how the detective gave each of them ways to tell themselves that they are justified.
I listened to an audio book about this case and the storyline was baffling. I could hardly keep up with who loved whom and who killed whom. Wild story.
I'm actually the younger brother to Heather Strong. The media did make it seem like oh she was messing around or somthing but what they don't add is that Heather was always faithful to Josh. We tried getting her to go to bar one night while I watched the kids and they weren't even gone an hour before she come back because she just didn't do those things. She was a mother and worked her ass off she didn't party and sleep around EVER. Only time she'd leave and stay with someone else is because she had no other choice. He moved her down there with absolutely NO family or friends so she turned to the only people she trusted and the media makes it seem like a love Triangle and like she deserved it or somthing bc she was toying with his emotions but it was complete opposite. He was playing with her emotions and playing her like a fiddle. Her biggest weakness was being gullible and believing anything tht POS said bc he'd hit her where it hurt which was the kids and she always said she'd do everything possible to make sire her children had a father and it ended due killing her. She'd been alive had it not been for Emelia being there.
That was some good police work! That interrogation was just about perfect, I'd say!
And as usual, I was mesmerized by your storytelling from start to finish! You have made this an art, Mike! And every story - another work of art! ❤️
You are so damn charming! Even when talking about such horrific crimes. Thanks for another great upload, Mike. Tuesday and Friday are the best days of the week!
Mikes videos are the perfect length and he adds great detail from subtitles to images at the best time.
I can't imagine being a detective and interviewing these people lol, that's some serious patience. You gotta be a chameleon conversationally to be able to get on their level, relate to them, appeal to them and convince them that telling the truth(aka confessing to 1st degree murder) will somehow make their situation better. It's obviously the right thing and I want them locked up forever but confessing never gets you out the door and back home 🤣
About have to be an actor! The case depends on it!
Certainly a good conscience..
* "people"
Linguini
The zoom on his mustache and the "they should have though" after saying they never looked back had me 🤣🤣😂
Amelia super freaks me out. She’s way too believable. Even at the very end in prison when she was saying she didn’t do it, I would’ve believed her if I hadn’t just heard her confessing on that wire. It’s Also creepy she did it while very pregnant. She should’ve been painting a room and putting together a crib NOT attempting to break someone’s neck!
Good detectives dont believe anything until its proven
Yeah, I've seen such people before. Terrifying
She should have done a lot more than what she ended up doing. For one, she should have thought about her future and the future of her children. She was apparently really bright, right? All she had to do was think and she wouldn't have gotten herself into this mess. She's allowed to make mistakes, of course. In this case, she made the mistake of getting involved with this man and got impregnated by him. What wasn't a mistake was what she did later to Heather. She knew exactly what she was doing. As I said, she's extremely intelligent, right? She's denying responsiblity right now because I think she got her own way out of it. She exchanged a heavier sentence for a far lighter sentence by confessing. Now she's clearly setting herself up for somebody to take a look at her case through the innocence project or something by claiming that she didn't do anything wrong. Maybe I am overestimating her intelligence, but this one does scare me.
The interrogator is a beast. Well done.
Ugh… the way Emilia is just lying on the couch all bored like she couldn’t be bothered is seriously infuriating!
She was 8 months pregnant to be fair!. Not defending her being a murderer obv but Its not exactly comfortable being heavily pregnant
@@PANDAFACEEYES You’re right, being 7-8 months pregnant is uncomfortable, but she was being questioned by the police, not hanging out with her BFF.
Indeed! And considering she tried to break heather’s neck (unsuccessfully) while suffocating her to death! Emilia should have been given a flimsy folding chair at most! Who cares if her lying ass is uncomfortable?
@@PANDAFACEEYES BS! Stop this. She is not a delicate flower.
Kinda sluggy.🐌
We all agree, Mike is the best at giving it a goooo 🙌
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@Jack Wrath stop spamming
@Jack Wrath you’re smoking hella dope! lol maybe Mike will let you count his fan mail, if you ask nicely 😉
Absolutely
I have some ex-girlfriends who might argue with that.
Seeing two murder cases being interrogated in this same room is surreal
One hour = 50k views. Fifty thousand people put their lives on hold to listen to Mike tell a story. To put that in perspective that’s enough people to fill to capacity Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. A handful more would fill Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. FIFTY THOUSAND! You’re a legend, Mike!
Those views include early release to paid subscribers.
@@proudmilitarybrat76 93,000 in 3 hours? What percent paid?
@@proudmilitarybrat76 he has maybe 5,000 on patreon. Wanker.
Omg wtf cares
Like... I enjoy the videos, but I find the comments on here super weird. They're always sucking up hard.
Every vid. Every damn vid. So many.
The way Emilia giggles and tries to flirt with the cop like wtf
I love getting That Chapter notifications! Hey Mike! It's great to see you again! ❤️
@Jack Wrath I appreciate the confidence.
@Jack Wrath man o' man, did you miss out on attention little guy?
I'm shocked the guy didn't accuse _Heather_ of abusing _him_ . Abusers _love_ to do that.
They'll say she'd been involved with drugs and some of those people killed her.
They'll say she was always running after men and he told her not to come home or expect to see her children again. Or, they had a fight and she just walked out. He tells the kids she didn't leave any message and he was pretty sure she wanted a new life elsewhere. That's all of them, right?
I've been watching you for about 3 years and now I hooked. THANKS
I'm hooked not "i"
"It's like Ocean's Eleven...but with chickens!" LMAO...Mike you are hilarious. I love Tuesday and Friday story time with Mike. Everyone should "give it a goo" and give him a subscribe...its impossible to be disappointed:)
The investigation was actually handled really well. I'm not sure why Mike said that it was lazy, because that wasn't an accurate account of this story. If you look into the timeline, it was one month from the day Heather was reported missing to the day her body was found. Five days later, Emilia and Josh were arrested.
So during that 6 weeks, police had:
Sorted through Emilia's BS
Sorted through Josh's BS
Gone through CCTV
Gotten Josh's sister to cooperate
Gotten audio of Emilia admitting to the murder
Found the body
Made the arrests
And got one on death row !!
They were nothing but LUCKY. Because the ones who did it were total *morons*. If they weren't, after waiting an entire goddamn month to even investigate this case, what do you think would have happened if these two had half a brain and all that time to cover their tracks? Jesus the bar is in hell. It's like waiting until the night before a test to cram but it turns out the test is easy, so that makes you a genius for passing it.
@@Nikki_the_G Evidently, you didn't read the timeline. It was one month from the date Heather was reported missing to the day her body was found. 5 days later, the arrests were made. It wasn't one month until the investigation got started. I'm not sure how he got that wrong.
@@Nikki_the_G 🙄🙄
He says that because let’s be real .. lately these LE agencies have been sucking🦒 🍆 ! We the people are fed the FCK 🆙 with the lack of justice for all victims and their families. ✌️
I remember this story and how horrendously they killed Heather. How they thought they would get away with it shows the level of IQ points they shared. Emelia saying breaking her neck would be painless and humane - she put a plastic bag over Heather's head and she suffocated - which is a terrifying death.
I'm Heather's youngest brother. Glad to see everyone else can see just how monstrous these evil monsters are! Losing my sister changed my life forever and I struggle everyday without her here then lost our dad to throat cancer July 2020. People don't realize the domino effect it had on our family. It's affected 3 generations so far and I wonder just how much it'll change. My poor nieces and nephews were put in foster homes and the oldest Mckinzie just recently found us and were able to keep in touch and she is also struggling tremendously bc she's now a mother as well and really missed out of the most important yrs of needing a mother. Puberty and all that must've been living hell going through without her mom. I'm planning to do a video my self soon to kinda help fill in some blanks and correct some things that have been lost in translation somehow like hownthey lived in Columbia Ms but it was actually Columbus not Columbia. There are other things but tht was off top of my head. Sorry for writing a book BTW. Didn't mean to write so much.
@@tylerstrong1776 sorry for your losses Tyler.
@@tylerstrong1776 sorry for your loss and for this children losing their mom who obviously loved them so much
Premeditated murder. They both should have gotten the death penalty.
I've been watching a lot of NDE near death experience channels lately. There seems to be a common theme that people's souls or spirits will pop out of their body before a trauma or impact death. A good majority also have a positive love-themed experience that is detached from what is happening / has happened to them.
NDE Diary and JeffMara are good resources for this. There are some wackadoo interviews on the latter, but some really credible ones throughout from cops, lawyers, docs, military people, etc.
This is a new one for me. Thanks for spreading the word for Heather, Mike!
If you want a deep dive into this case, listen to episode 99 of the Small Town Murder podcast. James and Jimmie do a fantastic job of breaking down their back stories and deliver a ton more details of what happened to this poor girl. Not to take away from anything Mike is doing. I just happened to listen to the STM podcast a couple days ago, so I'm familiar with the details of this case.
Ooohh I can’t wait to hear this one! I bet James has the best insults for these two absolute dirtbags
I Def heard enough on this one 🤣🤣
Did they explain why Amelia got the death penalty initially while Mike only got life? Was she the main perpetrator/instigator? And why did Josh’s sister help the police? or did she even know there was a recording device in her car? what a craaaazy case
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim my best guess is Josh plead guilty in exchange for the death penalty being removed from the table. She probably plead not- guilty
@@BAW47 you’re right. He def was more forthcoming in the police interviews off the bat
I love the way Mike narrates these videos. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Reason why I’m here every week. He has a gift for storytelling, topped off with a truly unique sense of humor, and an amazingly likable personality. I love this guy!
Moral of the story? Don’t date a man who has “loser” written all over his face. But if you’re going to date him just for kicks, do not, do not get pregnant.
@Jack Wrath keep patting your own back, someone has to
I love the life insurance dance!
Mike’s a gem ❤️
I love the addition of Ghost Mike, whatever you did to modify the voice cracked me up every time
I’m hereeeeee!! Love love love love your channel. Been watching for a year, and I can’t believe how far you’ve come! Keep going! You deserve so many awards.
@Jack Wrath where's the proof?
I'm glad Emilia got what's coming to her. It's a bit of a change in the usual judicial decisions. You'd be surprised to see how strong a heavily pregnant woman can be, Mike.
If u like murder, deception etc. Good old human nature will never let you down. Great work Mike
@Jack Wrath you even advertise for Mike on your little channel, that's thoughtful
Still amazes me that only 10% of viewers actually hit like on Mikes videos. How can you not love this Irish lads take on murder and mayhem?!
Keep up the great work Mike- your humour and sass is second to none.
The fact that he has over 1.7 million subscribers tells how many people like his videos.
@@oncoucharrest5910 Liking a video and "Liking" (clicking a button on your screen that adds the video to your personal compilation of videos you like) are two very different things.
Personally, I only click like on songs from RUclips Music so they're added to my massive playlist, along with a few videos that I want to be able to access again or I really enjoyed for some reason. If I enjoy a bunch of videos from one creator, I just subscribe or donate personally.
@@Nylak-Otter really I didn’t know that, thanks for clearing that up. Wow
Agreed. I love his videos and it’s the least I can do to show appreciation
Who else here loves Mike ??!!!
his humor , sarcastic wit !!
I never miss a Tuesday or Friday. Thank you, Mike.
@@johnsoens5185 A morbid fascination with death or tragedy can sometimes help us appreciate the good things we have in life.
Nobody does. We’re here every upload because we hate him. 😡
@@johnsoens5185 There’s more death, murder, famine and atrocities in the Bible. Get off your high horse
I've been binge watching your videos for 2 days now. Still can't get enough of them. Thank you!!!
Thank you for all your hard work putting these videos together. I love listening to you tell the stories and the funny way you comment about them. I’ll be watching for your next video 😊
Hey you! Always so glad to hear you say it, and always so glad to say it right back...even though I'm alone in my room.
My goodness, those poor children. Thanks Mike, you're the best.
I totally wish that you narrated books on Audible. I would buy them all. Your voice, storytelling and commentary are amazing.
I just suggested this on Reddit the other day and Mike said he would put it on the project list :)
That is SO awesome!!
Totally agree
@@chettajohnson5261 I'm totally for it. Even if it's just one. Even if it's a murderous one.
Thanks for making this SO COLD tuesday in Dublin sooooooo much better 🌻
It’s so funny that you said you have to start reading some fairytails because of how disturbing the cases are that you cover, but fairytales are typically as brutal if not worse than this story.
We love you too, cookie. 🥺
let’s gooooo the best part about tuesday’s (aside for not being monday) is the new that chapter video ❤
Mondays are not so bad, at least you know you have a week to get things done. Tuesday..oh God stll got lots to do. Wednesday, well at least I'm half way. Thursday. Thursady is evil...it pretends to be Friday but still another day to go. Friday. We like Friday. It's your buddy who tells you to slack off early and just take the job easy because he'l introduce you to Saturday:-)
@Jack Wrath Oh FFS, stop.
Am I the only one who lost it at about 4:08 or 4:09 ? Your editing is fantastic, you give these cases little bits of humour while still being serious, thank you so much for making these, I find it enjoyable to learn from your videos
Mike, for a happily-ever-after, take a look at the story of a little girl who went missing, kidnapped, in Australia. Her name was Chloe. Miraculous story and it’s got lots of twists and turns.
whats chloes last name id like to read abt her case :)
@@skies5350 Cleo Smith
I just watched a video about this case a few weeks ago and it really does have a happily ever after. It's just a shame that Chloe was so close to home n no one realized that. I was so glad to hear that she was able to he reunited with her family and hopefully Chloe is living her best life 🖤🙏
@26:33 PERFECT example of a "micro" smile when she says "no" to the Q:" Did you have anything to do with burying her?" That flash smile is said to be a type of joy 'escaping' a certain type of person gets when getting away with a lie, or the thrill they had with doing whatever they are responding to. She LIKED seeing the victim put in the ground.
Also @21:21- is that a hickey on her neck? Or just a thumb bruise from him choking her out 'for pleasure'
Duper’s Delight!
@@kimmoran4437 u watch The Behavior Panel!?! 👍
@@missryanswers
I watch so many I can’t even remember! ☺️
Yesss, dupers delight!! The Behavior Panel is the best!! Besides TC! ❤
Gotta watch thE Experts (aka the Behavioral Panel- great guys!!!) if you want to get the MOST out of unedited interviews AND learn to spot clusters IRL to keep yourself aware, and best able to foresee issues with people around you, or even in media & politicians. Watching full interviews is body language practice unlike what you can get easily anywhere else. And it does take practice! Like learning sign language. You may know the major signs & alphabet, are able to tell a story. BUT can you READ someone else's story via their hands in ASL. That too, requires practice of watching hands speak to learn it. It's not enough to simply know it.
Thank you for this one, Mike! Your narrating and humor only get better, while still giving the utmost respect to the victims. HUGE respect to that detective, and I hope that child never knows its psychopath of a mother.
I think it would be so marvelous if all criminals were this stupid.
Mike i have watched you for 3 years now and your technique an talent as a story teller has grown quite a bit. You were good in the beginning. Now youre absolutely fantastic. Your comfort in front of the camra is very noticeable if you look at your earlier stories. Please dont stop.
Yeah, he's good but I miss the captains hat.
Hey Mike!! 👋🏼 I've been literally binge watching your videos for about 2 weeks now. I have them on auto play literally falling asleep to your voice. Not creepy at all lol just a huge fan. It's the only channel that has murder, mystery and laughter all in one and I love it!! My Favorite Channel right now!! Love ya Mike!! ❤🤪
It's not creeotat all...until you try and get him to sign up for life insurance!:-)
I do the same thing!!! Mikes voice grounds me at this point 😂
Me too lol. Mike is my commute companion. Sometimes I get upset when I fall asleep and lose my place in a video because I don’t want to miss a thing!
Yeah casual usually do that..
I was literally at the end of another one of his videos when I got this notification so perfect timing!! Even though I still have some that I haven't watched yet. He's hilarious!! I find myself saying shite throughout the day out of nowhere thanks to him lol he's the best!!
That detective is too good. Talking to them like a preacher on Sunday. Of course they confessed. They probably told him everything bad they have ever done.
I know it’s a REALLY recent story, but I have a personal connection to it, so I would be extremely appreciative if you possibly covered the *Morris Jones Ambush* case from Phoenix AZ (he shot his gf and then used her/their baby as bait to lure in and shoot 9 officers).
Thank you. 💗
That sounds like a real good story for TC.
Oh my! 😰
@Jack Wrath my little cousin does better work than you. He's 4.
@Jack Wrath you don't have any content lmao 😂
Whoa
Hi from South Africa ! Just on time for that Chapter.. thank you Mike for giving such good and consistent contents in all those cases. I really enjoy your videos.
@Jack Wrath *BOT* & *TROLL* account. imo
You were ON FIRE with this one Mike.
A great watch! (Crazy story).
I hope you know what kind of impact you have on all of us - you brighten my day!!!
I can watch you over and over - and I will.
Kim. Mackay, Queensland, Australia ❤
I don't know what possessed you to make this channel,but I love it.
Hey Mike, another amazing job but I just want to say that my second favourite true crime channel was bigging you up the other day! Simon Whistler on The Casual Criminalist mentioned you in one of his podcasts. And while I have absolutely no connection to either of you this made me feel kinda warm and fuzzy! My two favourites on the internet in a crossover episode! Love ya!!
I would definitely watch Mike read fairytales, cos I love him ♡
I was going to complain about the police taking a month before looking for Heather...but then the vast expertise and cunning of the detective came on and ... hey, that detective is one smart cookie playing them off each other. Poor Heather. Incredible that Amanda thought she'd get away with breaking that poor lady's neck and burying her in Amanda's own house's backyard. smh
Darn what a spoiler
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Amanda's back yard. Delete own, and house's.
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The adverts kicked in about half way through you explaining their relationship back and forth and honestly I needed the mental break from their Jerry Springer lifestyle 😤
It’s so funny when they have the suspect in the interrogation and have a lot of evidence to show that they’re guilty but the suspect still thinks they are going home afterwards. 😂😂😂