You know, I really appreciate your channel and all the hard work you do. This summer has been one of my absolute worst because my oldest brother took his life in June and I’ve been depressed. Although the content is sad, I needed the distraction. Thank you.
I’m so sorry about the loss of your brother. It’s hard, extremely hard to lose someone so close to you. It never goes away, but over time the pain does get easier to live with. Hang in there. Even if you don’t realize it, you DO matter and I hope you realize how important you are ❤
Oh no. So sorry. We've lost a lot of family in the last 5yrs, including most of our furry fam. But nothing so heartbreaking as that. God bless you. Your grieving is personal. Do whatever you need to feel better. Everyone handles pain differently. I hope for peace for you and your fam🙏💔🕊️
Whatever happened I feel so sorry for the innocent children. They had no choice in whatever crazy lifestyle their parents were into or who their parents considered friends and business associates. Tragic.
It’s truly scary how real these things are and happening right now !! It’s most heartbreaking because any child caught in the middle of these things have NO hope or sort of safety… absolutely none.
@@N00-k6o Exactly. My parents were incredible. They always put my siblings and I first. We knew we were safe and loved. I feel very sorry for kids that are in bad situations whether it be parents on drugs who expose them to criminal elements, kids who are abused, etc.
The Valley is actually called The San Fernando Valley. Lassen was the street they lived on. Northridge was the town they lived in, a suburb of Los Angeles. This disappearance has haunted Valley residents for 41 years. When a family disappears from a community under such circumstances, it leaves a hole in the community's heart forever after. Thank you so much for covering their story. If you didn't catch the Los Angeles magazine article on the story, it's worth digging up for background. An L.A. County homocide detective detective (not involved in this case) once told me that if all of the undiscovered dead discarded in the Lancaster/Palmdale area of the Antelope Valley were to stand up and be counted today, the high desert there would be standing room only.
Oh, and the Sheik's mansion! Tacky and mind-boggling beyond belief. What nude statues with painted-on black public hair front and center on the walls along Sunset Blvd. The roof was made of copper, and when the fire heated up the roof, the firemen's boots melted as they tried to knock down the blaze. People had been complaining to have those statues taken down for years.
How awful. The broken bed and the missing sheets points to an assault of the mother or daughter and then her murder, while the accomplice got the son and daughter/mother into the vehicle. Horrific! Investigators should have looked into any properties being built that were connected to Rader. Cement foundations is usually the chosen place to hide people for these organized criminals. I hope this case gets solved and the family laid to rest properly.
It is also a very well known fact that organised criminals such as mafia gangsters not only have put folks into building foundations, but also make them wear cement shoes before dropping them overboard. Plus they have been known to bury them in the deserts too. So there is a very good chance that the family could be in a mine shaft, as that would be easier than digging graves in hard desert landscapes.
It was mentioned on the Charley Project site that passports, wallets and personal photos of the missing family were found along the Antelope Valley Highway up near Acton, California less than a week after they vanished. I used to live up in the Antelope Valley for awhile about 20 years ago (it's a high desert north of L.A. for those who don't know the area), and there's many, many remote and lonely places where their remains would almost certainly never be found.
Indeed. That desert region is vast and even with the huge population growth over the last 4 decades, it's still quite remote. I've lived in California my whole life, was born in LA. I have a friend whose late husband told a story of being a young boy, maybe 5? And driving to the desert with his father and uncle. They stopped somewhere out there, took a trunk from the back of the car, and buried it. This would have probably been in the Mojave, maybe 1950? I sometimes search online to see if anyone's discovered that trunk & whatever/whoever is inside of it.
Maybe they are just going to buy new clothes? Also they might have dropped their wallets from the plane they were on. That's how the wallets and all their ID which they'd need to board the plane was in the middle of nowhere.
How could that juror not know the family is dead? It’s supposed to be “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” not beyond any doubt. You don’t get blood splatters from a bloody nose.
I'm surprised that the other jurors didn't press that juror harder to explain what their reasoning was to that they're still alive. Other than... there's no bodies, so how do we know they aren't dead? There's no activity on their bank accounts, no activity connected to their social security numbers, they didn't pack anything to leave, their cars were still at their home, the blood stains, the perpetrators lack of a credible timeline which fell apart under scrutiny, the tossed wallets and documents. The other murders connected to the guy. How that juror could be allowed to not vote guilty and not be talked into changing their mind is crazy. It's beyond a reasonable doubt, not beyond any doubt. You can't just say "they're still alive" without providing proof or evidence or reasonable suspicion as to why they are alive.
Unfortunately "a jury of your peers" can be stupid, stubborn, or have an agenda. It's really horrible. I hope i never need to count on them personally. So many are already failing society every day, by letting scumbag criminals off.
You're mistaken about where the burden of proof exists. It's not on the defense to prove someone is alive, it's on the state to prove that they are dead - and that typically involves either a body or significant medical evidence of their death (i.e. a ton of blood). I'm as annoyed as you are that justice wasn't served here, but the fault lay squarely on the Prosecution and Police for botching this case and failing to prove their case.@@NickyBlue99
How much more unprofessional can you get? They could have eaten a piece of evidence. Plus, it isn't their food. What kind of "professional" thinks doing something like that is okay?!
They lived in Northridge, in the San Fernando Valley, an area which is often referred to as The Valley. Why on earth go back to the family home? Sol could have been disposed of and unfound, as the whole family is at this point. I think the idea that children were off limits to this killer is ludicrous. I also can't help but think of Michelle's broken bed, and what violence was committed on her before she was killed. It makes me so mad to hear of the witness's testimony being thrown out as having been 'coerced'. That's just so bogus, as here in the states it's perfectly legal for police to lie to anyone they are questioning in attempts to elicit a confession or statement that leads to a perpetrator. How is this ultimately any different? Smh. Thank you for covering this case. I do hope their remains are eventually found.
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My parents certainly traumatized me and my grandparents traumatized them and so on. I come from a long line of addicts and abusers so you can't tell me generational trauma isnt real
I'm beginning to wonder if the general public can be relied on to think critically on a jury. And if not, where do we go from here? The last 3 years demonstrated that the vast majority of the general public can't think for themselves. When a provable fact is uncomfortable, people will pretend it doesn't exist.
@@lcam9241 Thus proving the original commenter's point. Ignore a relevant contribution and leave an inane, smug comment. I hope the Saloman family is found soon and justice is served. Their family and friends deserve answers.
The final jury even said they thought it was probably him, but couldn't find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. That's precisely what the jury is _supposed_ to do. Prosecution should have waited to go to trial again until they had a stronger case and could defend against the points of the holdout juror from the first case (the prosecutor should have known full well that the defense would have restructured their defense accordingly). If the police/prosecutor's office had continued to investigate, who knows? Perhaps they might have found bodies (as morbid as that sounds) or additional evidence to lock in a conviction. It's heartbreaking for friends and family and yes, ultimately, justice was denied to this family.
Stories like this make me hurt on the inside , it must be so painful for the family to deal with the disappearance of people they’ve known all their lives and get no closure ,I’ve thought of taking my life so many times by walking into traffic but I think about the trauma I would put so many people through , I hope the family gets the healing they need
This is one of my biggest fears for my loved ones. I've struggled with thoughts of suicide since I was a teenager. The thought of my family/friends not being able to see me, and confirm that I'm gone would be a wound that I don't think would ever heal.
@@ggst6169I've had 3 family members commit suicide, 2 by gunshot and the most recent hung himself in a barn. His wife found him. Well, I clarify by saying my stepfather's family
Has anybody investigated the mine shafts to see if the Salomons' bodies are there? It's hard to believe that this would be overlooked in a homicide investigation like this one. 🤔
The family vanishes are often among the most baffling you would think that they would be easier to notice but that often seems to not be the case at all you would wonder how that many people could just disappear into thin air without anyone noticing i mean if they were kidnapped you would have thought that someone might have heard a struggle of some sort but its like they were there one minute and gone never to be seen again the next one
There is a certain quality, which I can only call, "dickishness," in the lone juror's insistence that the Salomons weren't dead. At worst, it makes me question whether they were being honest.
For the most part, so-called justice system in the United States, is laughable at best and deplorable at its worst. I am always appalled at the considerations given to the defense side of heinous crimes, versus the little consideration generally given to the victims. In this case, it’s disgusting.
It really isn't, tho. And compared to other countries' "justice systems," America's is one of the best, if not the best. Unless you think the justice system in countries like China, any Pacific asian country, any Middle Eastern country, or any African country is better. Or the justice system of European countries or Canada or Australia... which seem to be far too lenient on violent criminals. Also, what is so bad about America's justice system? You say it gives little consideration for victims, I'd like to know what you mean by this.
@@NickyBlue99people base their thoughts on their feelings which are irrelevant. Travel would do so many good who think that the US justice system is inferior. One of the best if not the best in the World. Not perfect but pretty amazing. I don't live in the US anymore, but its truly a Marvel in ever way!
@@NickyBlue99 I’m American, born and raised in California. An ex-police officer in Los Angeles was just given a six year sentence for forcible r#pe. Six years is pathetic.
That is such a tragic event. Innocent children, paying with their lives for their parents/parent involvement with the very wrong kind of people and all over money.
I know this seems a silly thing to focus on but did anyone ever find out why the swimming pool was over flowing ? Just seems odd. Thank you once again for your upload. I find you voice so soothing to listen to.
What kind of an idiot would tell their friend to stay in an abusive relationship because her husband had a fancy house and lots of money. A huge idiot and not much of a friend. And it shows how people's obsession with money is a sickness.....one that has now poisoned society I'll take love and compassion over money and possessions any day.
Fear will make you do things you don't want to do. Perhaps Rader didn't like the idea of killing children, but a lifetime in prison was more daunting to him. He'd already spent time in an English prison so he knew what he faced. But he also had money; lots of it. The bumbling actions of the police almost sound like they intentionally botched the crime scene so the killer could get away! Then they had him, then they didn't, then they did, etc. etc. The whole thing reads like a Hollywood script! Bottom line, all the perps, including the police involved, got away scot free! So, no justice for two innocent children and a woman who may not have been a perfect wife but certainly didn't deserve to be killed and abandoned in a mine shaft or buried somewhere desolate. Only tears, fears and anger. The citizens of the San Fernando Valley have a right to still be hortified all these years later! So am I!
My Mom found a set that was missing a few volumes at the town dump and brought them home. I loved them, but don’t know much about things that begin with J.
@@WithoutRemorse12 The killers made the beds to make it seem like nothing violent happened there, but the other family knew something was wrong because that family never made their beds, any of them -mom, dad, or kids. But all the beds were made that day.
Why not? She knew her friend lived next door and was friends with them, she probably rang her and enquired if she knew anything about the pool overflowing, maybe she thought her friends garden would be getting wet as well. She was probably asking for their phone number and her friend said, no worries I'll ring and find out what's going on.
Remember that Japanese foreign exchange student who got lost on Halloween. He rang a homeowner doorbell to ask for directions. He was shot to death for his troubles.
@NickyBlue99 Isn't that what doorbells are for? Can no one ever go to someone's front door without being threatened or shot? If you are that paranoid that you'll shoot anyone near your front door, go live in a cave.
wtf your yard is flooding because of your neighbor and instead of just going and knocking on their door since its kind of an emergency.......... you call someone that knows them to have THEM talk to them about their CURRENTLY FLOODING POOL? that doesnt even make sense if you dont know them that well?! tf????
Yeah I wondered why this neighbor didn't go over and speak to them. If flooding next door is impacting your property, isn't that serious enough for someone to head over and find out the facts ? If this is true, this neighbor seems cautious . Too cautious.
@@writeralbertlanier3434 yea idk just seemed really WEIRD like what just sit there and watch your yard flood until someone else figures out why its doing that/where they are? lol
@@maddieb.4282 yea because it makes total sense for someone to just sit there watching their yard flood instead of just talking to the neighbor..? play some phone tag instead of taking 5 min to go next door and say 'hey btw your pool is overflowing' just weird as hell.
She knew her friend lived next door and was friends with them, she probably rang her and enquired if she knew anything about the pool overflowing, maybe she thought her friends garden would be getting wet as well. She was probably asking for their phone number and her friend said, no worries I'll ring and find out what's going on.
Elaine and her children would probably still be alive if Marge had minded her own business. Elaine should have listened to her own instincts. She probably had some idea that her husband was mixed up with the wrong people.
See! That’s what I was going to say! You convince her to stay with him because he has money and she doesn’t have to work?! Money doesn’t make a marriage happy. Plus he was cheating with hookers in the early 80’s! She could’ve contracted AIDS from him!
This case makes me think about a Biblical verse. I hope I’m not misquoting it? “The sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children to the third generation!!!!! “! No one in this family deserved to be murdered!!!!! 😢
I remember in the 70s mum thought it a good idea to but an orange carpet for the lounge. To go with the orange, brown and white oblong shapes wallpaper😂😂😂😂. Dad wasn't happy. So in the middle of the night she started hand dying it. What a blooming mess😅😅😅😅
This is a fascinating case... But so poorly presented to a visual audience... It's the frickin' 1980s!! WHY , fgs, @ 7:40 are you showing a hipster using a laptop?! (I won't even start on the smartphone when the girls were listening to music in the bedroom, And You Even Mention 80s Technology!! Are there no photos of a Sony Walkman on the internet?) These anachronisms while viewing your videos drive me absolutely nuts! It's a Visual Nightmare and turns the tale into complete fiction! Keep the images within the time-frame of the story! You just rehash the same video clips, which have NOTHING to do with the tale being told, (presumably purchased or copyright-free), in Every video! Just showing contemporary news clippings would be so much more authentic! Yeah, might require some work, but the laziness with the video production on this channel is really untenable to a quality end-product.
@@fruitsalad350 That commenter took the time to offer very good, specific advice that will benefit this channel and its viewers if action is taken. All complaints are not equal. It's too bad you can't see the value in this one.
Sad case. It's awful when children are involved. They should have instead tried him for the murder of the daughter only. It was only her blood found. It would have been their strongest case. There is reasonable doubt. No other blood of the other family members, no weapons, no bodies - so I can see why that one jury did hold out. We don't know what evidence was mentioned in court. It is purely circumstantial. I agree he did it - but you need evidence. We are hearing the whole picture but the jury did not hear everything. There are too many what-ifs. Who is to say Sol did not kill his family and leave the country? I wonder if they saved ANYTHING that could be submitted for DNA testing...
No justice has been served in this case its absolutely sickening
Agree!
You know, I really appreciate your channel and all the hard work you do. This summer has been one of my absolute worst because my oldest brother took his life in June and I’ve been depressed. Although the content is sad, I needed the distraction. Thank you.
I’m so sorry about the loss of your brother. It’s hard, extremely hard to lose someone so close to you. It never goes away, but over time the pain does get easier to live with. Hang in there. Even if you don’t realize it, you DO matter and I hope you realize how important you are ❤
Oh no. So sorry. We've lost a lot of family in the last 5yrs, including most of our furry fam. But nothing so heartbreaking as that. God bless you. Your grieving is personal. Do whatever you need to feel better. Everyone handles pain differently. I hope for peace for you and your fam🙏💔🕊️
I am so sorry, absolutely heartbreaking.
So sorry, it's such a hard time for you right now. I wish you well, take care of yourself x
I am so sorry for your loss. May your memories bring you comfort as you heal.
Whatever happened I feel so sorry for the innocent children. They had no choice in whatever crazy lifestyle their parents were into or who their parents considered friends and business associates. Tragic.
You just know the 14 year old probably had to do butt stuff before they put her out of her misery.
It’s truly scary how real these things are and happening right now !! It’s most heartbreaking because any child caught in the middle of these things have NO hope or sort of safety… absolutely none.
@@N00-k6o Exactly. My parents were incredible. They always put my siblings and I first. We knew we were safe and loved. I feel very sorry for kids that are in bad situations whether it be parents on drugs who expose them to criminal elements, kids who are abused, etc.
The Valley is actually called The San Fernando Valley. Lassen was the street they lived on. Northridge was the town they lived in, a suburb of Los Angeles. This disappearance has haunted Valley residents for 41 years. When a family disappears from a community under such circumstances, it leaves a hole in the community's heart forever after. Thank you so much for covering their story. If you didn't catch the Los Angeles magazine article on the story, it's worth digging up for background.
An L.A. County homocide detective detective (not involved in this case) once told me that if all of the undiscovered dead discarded in the Lancaster/Palmdale area of the Antelope Valley were to stand up and be counted today, the high desert there would be standing room only.
Oh, and the Sheik's mansion! Tacky and mind-boggling beyond belief. What nude statues with painted-on black public hair front and center on the walls along Sunset Blvd. The roof was made of copper, and when the fire heated up the roof, the firemen's boots melted as they tried to knock down the blaze. People had been complaining to have those statues taken down for years.
Wow! Great info, and 'the undiscovered dead' sounds like the title of a horror movie!
Wowza
THANK YOU. as a Los Angeleno, the misinfo in the video bugged me.
Yikes. I believe it though.
Police eating the missing family's food is truly abhorrent.
Piggies gotta eat
It’s not like the family needed it anymore 😂
@@TheMartialistit’s a bizarre thing to do like very unprofessional
That was an unsubstantiated rumor.
Would you like a slice of lemon pound cake?
You did a really good coverage of this case, I have heard it before, but you have a knack of putting things in clear and concise order.
It’s from an article on Los Angeles magazine..
How awful. The broken bed and the missing sheets points to an assault of the mother or daughter and then her murder, while the accomplice got the son and daughter/mother into the vehicle. Horrific! Investigators should have looked into any properties being built that were connected to Rader. Cement foundations is usually the chosen place to hide people for these organized criminals. I hope this case gets solved and the family laid to rest properly.
No it doesn't seeing as how they could've been beaten in the bed or wrapped up in sheets afterwards
It is also a very well known fact that organised criminals such as mafia gangsters not only have put folks into building foundations, but also make them wear cement shoes before dropping them overboard. Plus they have been known to bury them in the deserts too. So there is a very good chance that the family could be in a mine shaft, as that would be easier than digging graves in hard desert landscapes.
Thank you Dark Curiousity for covering this story!!
It was mentioned on the Charley Project site that passports, wallets and personal photos of the missing family were found along the Antelope Valley Highway up near Acton, California less than a week after they vanished. I used to live up in the Antelope Valley for awhile about 20 years ago (it's a high desert north of L.A. for those who don't know the area), and there's many, many remote and lonely places where their remains would almost certainly never be found.
Indeed. That desert region is vast and even with the huge population growth over the last 4 decades, it's still quite remote.
I've lived in California my whole life, was born in LA. I have a friend whose late husband told a story of being a young boy, maybe 5? And driving to the desert with his father and uncle. They stopped somewhere out there, took a trunk from the back of the car, and buried it. This would have probably been in the Mojave, maybe 1950? I sometimes search online to see if anyone's discovered that trunk & whatever/whoever is inside of it.
Oddly enough Harvey Rader bought property in Acton right around 2002. I dont believe it was in his name tho.
And i think thats where they are, thats why he bought the property
Yes who goes on holiday and leaves their clothes and suitcases behind that wouldn't make any sense would it
Maybe they are just going to buy new clothes? Also they might have dropped their wallets from the plane they were on. That's how the wallets and all their ID which they'd need to board the plane was in the middle of nowhere.
Was that one hold out juror also on the Casey Anthony jury as well 🙄😩
How could that juror not know the family is dead? It’s supposed to be “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” not beyond any doubt. You don’t get blood splatters from a bloody nose.
I'm surprised that the other jurors didn't press that juror harder to explain what their reasoning was to that they're still alive. Other than... there's no bodies, so how do we know they aren't dead? There's no activity on their bank accounts, no activity connected to their social security numbers, they didn't pack anything to leave, their cars were still at their home, the blood stains, the perpetrators lack of a credible timeline which fell apart under scrutiny, the tossed wallets and documents. The other murders connected to the guy. How that juror could be allowed to not vote guilty and not be talked into changing their mind is crazy. It's beyond a reasonable doubt, not beyond any doubt. You can't just say "they're still alive" without providing proof or evidence or reasonable suspicion as to why they are alive.
Unfortunately "a jury of your peers" can be stupid, stubborn, or have an agenda. It's really horrible. I hope i never need to count on them personally. So many are already failing society every day, by letting scumbag criminals off.
You're mistaken about where the burden of proof exists. It's not on the defense to prove someone is alive, it's on the state to prove that they are dead - and that typically involves either a body or significant medical evidence of their death (i.e. a ton of blood).
I'm as annoyed as you are that justice wasn't served here, but the fault lay squarely on the Prosecution and Police for botching this case and failing to prove their case.@@NickyBlue99
You’re my favorite true crime channel. Your narration is perfection: accent, tone, pacing and context. Thank you and keep ‘em coming!
Iam glad that this is a longer one,I wish your cases were longer,but I know sometimes you post a few in a week.
wait - what? the police raided the pantry and ate while 'investigating'????
How much more unprofessional can you get? They could have eaten a piece of evidence. Plus, it isn't their food. What kind of "professional" thinks doing something like that is okay?!
Well, they are pigs.
yeah, i don’t believe they did that. the guy “helping” investigate really spiced up the story to make himself the hero
They lived in Northridge, in the San Fernando Valley, an area which is often referred to as The Valley.
Why on earth go back to the family home? Sol could have been disposed of and unfound, as the whole family is at this point. I think the idea that children were off limits to this killer is ludicrous. I also can't help but think of Michelle's broken bed, and what violence was committed on her before she was killed.
It makes me so mad to hear of the witness's testimony being thrown out as having been 'coerced'. That's just so bogus, as here in the states it's perfectly legal for police to lie to anyone they are questioning in attempts to elicit a confession or statement that leads to a perpetrator. How is this ultimately any different? Smh.
Thank you for covering this case. I do hope their remains are eventually found.
Whoever kills children, is a monster! This is a so sad story! RIP
Only children?
@@firekind1980 of course not, but to kill children is another level of evil, so dark and disgusting!
@@firekind1980 people who kill adults are called Republicans.
America is an Imperialist empire. Killing children is the norm.
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It is a tragedy when children pay the price for the parents dealings.
We always do, sometimes it just takes generations
@@DarbyHGenerational trauma isn't real.
@@NickyBlue99Generational curses are REAL 🙄
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My parents certainly traumatized me and my grandparents traumatized them and so on. I come from a long line of addicts and abusers so you can't tell me generational trauma isnt real
That guy got away with so many murders :(
At least seven. Very sad.
@@taragriffin449He was on a disposal list found at a former 'wetboy's' disposal list...
@@barneyronnieYou mean Harvey was on the hit list or the Israeli husband?
Surely blood on the wall was an indication of foul play ? The police sure didn’t have the brains to say straight away that it was a homicide !
Blood on the walls and it's a misper? Bad police work leads to what is basically a 'guilty but not proven."
I can't get enough of your channel.
I can't believe a neighbor had to insist on the cops checking further not to mention the rest of the thibgs they did how appalling
So sad for these poor children getting caught up in whatever dealings that seemed to be going on. 😢
I'm beginning to wonder if the general public can be relied on to think critically on a jury. And if not, where do we go from here? The last 3 years demonstrated that the vast majority of the general public can't think for themselves. When a provable fact is uncomfortable, people will pretend it doesn't exist.
Juries are given very specific information d very specific instructions. It’s not like TV.
@cruisepaige No say it ain't so ! Real Life isn't like TV ... You don't say ! What was your first clue ???
@hellenpierce6231 so you chose sarcasm over adding a valid point? 🤦🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
@@lcam9241 Thus proving the original commenter's point. Ignore a relevant contribution and leave an inane, smug comment.
I hope the Saloman family is found soon and justice is served. Their family and friends deserve answers.
The final jury even said they thought it was probably him, but couldn't find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. That's precisely what the jury is _supposed_ to do. Prosecution should have waited to go to trial again until they had a stronger case and could defend against the points of the holdout juror from the first case (the prosecutor should have known full well that the defense would have restructured their defense accordingly). If the police/prosecutor's office had continued to investigate, who knows? Perhaps they might have found bodies (as morbid as that sounds) or additional evidence to lock in a conviction.
It's heartbreaking for friends and family and yes, ultimately, justice was denied to this family.
Scary stuff. This is why you don't want to associate with criminals.
At least not with big time or violent criminals.
Stories like this make me hurt on the inside , it must be so painful for the family to deal with the disappearance of people they’ve known all their lives and get no closure ,I’ve thought of taking my life so many times by walking into traffic but I think about the trauma I would put so many people through , I hope the family gets the healing they need
This is one of my biggest fears for my loved ones. I've struggled with thoughts of suicide since I was a teenager. The thought of my family/friends not being able to see me, and confirm that I'm gone would be a wound that I don't think would ever heal.
I actually have a friend that this happened to and it destroyed his life
@@ggst6169I've had 3 family members commit suicide, 2 by gunshot and the most recent hung himself in a barn. His wife found him. Well, I clarify by saying my stepfather's family
Please take care, believe always that there are better days ahead. I have been there and know that things can get brighter around the corner.
I have chronic treatment-resistant depression. What I recognize in the previous comments is: "all of the above"
Has anybody investigated the mine shafts to see if the Salomons' bodies are there? It's hard to believe that this would be overlooked in a homicide investigation like this one. 🤔
The family vanishes are often among the most baffling you would think that they would be easier to notice but that often seems to not be the case at all you would wonder how that many people could just disappear into thin air without anyone noticing i mean if they were kidnapped you would have thought that someone might have heard a struggle of some sort but its like they were there one minute and gone never to be seen again the next one
People generally don't just disappear into the air... I think people would notice that... it'd be weird!
There is a certain quality, which I can only call, "dickishness," in the lone juror's insistence that the Salomons weren't dead. At worst, it makes me question whether they were being honest.
You have a way with words.
Some may call it, “douchebaggery”.
I lived on this street when this happened too. I've never seen this covered by anyone else.
With the surname that I have I felt extra curious to check this out.
Please come back and post if you find anything interesting out!
The cops couldn't have been more corrupt and inept if they tried.
For the most part, so-called justice system in the United States, is laughable at best and deplorable at its worst. I am always appalled at the considerations given to the defense side of heinous crimes, versus the little consideration generally given to the victims. In this case, it’s disgusting.
It is an imperfect system, but I promise you , Mexico and South America is insanely worse and way more corrupt.
It really isn't, tho. And compared to other countries' "justice systems," America's is one of the best, if not the best. Unless you think the justice system in countries like China, any Pacific asian country, any Middle Eastern country, or any African country is better. Or the justice system of European countries or Canada or Australia... which seem to be far too lenient on violent criminals.
Also, what is so bad about America's justice system? You say it gives little consideration for victims, I'd like to know what you mean by this.
@@NickyBlue99people base their thoughts on their feelings which are irrelevant. Travel would do so many good who think that the US justice system is inferior. One of the best if not the best in the World. Not perfect but pretty amazing. I don't live in the US anymore, but its truly a Marvel in ever way!
@@NickyBlue99 I’m American, born and raised in California. An ex-police officer in Los Angeles was just given a six year sentence for forcible r#pe. Six years is pathetic.
this is why cases take so long to be brought. you have to have solid evidence to convict or this happens
That is such a tragic event. Innocent children, paying with their lives for their parents/parent involvement with the very wrong kind of people and all over money.
I know this seems a silly thing to focus on but did anyone ever find out why the swimming pool was over flowing ? Just seems odd.
Thank you once again for your upload. I find you voice so soothing to listen to.
I was wondering about the swimming pool also
What kind of an idiot would tell their friend to stay in an abusive relationship because her husband had a fancy house and lots of money. A huge idiot and not much of a friend. And it shows how people's obsession with money is a sickness.....one that has now poisoned society
I'll take love and compassion over money and possessions any day.
I think it was her mom who told her to stay
I love your videos. They are really interesting. Keep up the good work.
Fear will make you do things you don't want to do. Perhaps Rader didn't like the idea of killing children, but a lifetime in prison was more daunting to him. He'd already spent time in an English prison so he knew what he faced. But he also had money; lots of it. The bumbling actions of the police almost sound like they intentionally botched the crime scene so the killer could get away! Then they had him, then they didn't, then they did, etc. etc. The whole thing reads like a Hollywood script! Bottom line, all the perps, including the police involved, got away scot free! So, no justice for two innocent children and a woman who may not have been a perfect wife but certainly didn't deserve to be killed and abandoned in a mine shaft or buried somewhere desolate. Only tears, fears and anger. The citizens of the San Fernando Valley have a right to still be hortified all these years later! So am I!
Curiosity question: do we have Rader's DNA? If yes, can we track him that way?
Hands down the best channel and narrator on this site
I miss encyclopedias. We could never afford a set. But anytime I was somewhere they could afford them, I dug right in. What a sad and horrible thing.
My Mom found a set that was missing a few volumes at the town dump and brought them home. I loved them, but don’t know much about things that begin with J.
I loved the set my parents bought us as kids. Loved reading them
I sm glad you are back! X
Poor kids.
May be that last juror was paid.
DEFINITELY do some digging around if a bed is ever discovered made in our house. We are devout anti-makers. 🤣
This lady wasn't a homemaker. So of course it was suspicious.
@@WithoutRemorse12 The killers made the beds to make it seem like nothing violent happened there, but the other family knew something was wrong because that family never made their beds, any of them -mom, dad, or kids. But all the beds were made that day.
What does anti-masking have to do with bed making? Is it a joke? Like you don't want your bed to have a mask on and it's bed sheets are the mask?
@@NickyBlue99 "Anti-makers", not "anti-maskers".
@@alanaronald244 LOL! I wondered what the heck they were talking about!
Sad story! 😞
This is the best channel on youtube. Just saying.
Theres always one dumb holdout on jurys! Smh!
Dumb? I’ll bet they can spell “juries.”
A Taxi Driver living like a Millionaire ?..
New subbie !!! Loved this video
Larry Bird is one helluva guy. Never knew he was a detective in his spare time! Guess he needed a break from basketball.
That next door neighbor couldn’t go knock on the door herself to complain about the water, rather than send a friend?
Why not? She knew her friend lived next door and was friends with them, she probably rang her and enquired if she knew anything about the pool overflowing, maybe she thought her friends garden would be getting wet as well. She was probably asking for their phone number and her friend said, no worries I'll ring and find out what's going on.
Remember that Japanese foreign exchange student who got lost on Halloween. He rang a homeowner doorbell to ask for directions. He was shot to death for his troubles.
@@WithoutRemorse12Shouldn't be ringing doorbells then.
@NickyBlue99 Isn't that what doorbells are for? Can no one ever go to someone's front door without being threatened or shot? If you are that paranoid that you'll shoot anyone near your front door, go live in a cave.
Uhm.. Why are you showing a cell phone 3:00 when this happened in the 1980s??
Wait, police ate food from their pantry while searching the house during the investigation? 😮😮😮
Why kill the children - they had nothing to do with it and have no knowledge of it.
For a second I thought the PI neighbor did it, I’d be extremely uncomfortable knowing a neighbor knew which window of my home is easily accessible
Such an awful crime. I hate that there are such cruel people out there that would oblierate an entire family.
I live very close to their house and grew up here and never heard this case!
Strange 😧
Wow totally a amazing presentation of a very complex case
Weird. I used to live on Lassen St in the San Fernando Valley. This one is literally close to home.
wtf your yard is flooding because of your neighbor and instead of just going and knocking on their door since its kind of an emergency.......... you call someone that knows them to have THEM talk to them about their CURRENTLY FLOODING POOL? that doesnt even make sense if you dont know them that well?!
tf????
What are you saying, that their neighbor had something to do with it? Not everyone will make the same decisions in the same situations as you…
Yeah I wondered why this neighbor didn't go over and speak to them. If flooding next door is impacting your property, isn't that serious enough for someone to head over and find out the facts ?
If this is true, this neighbor seems cautious . Too cautious.
@@writeralbertlanier3434 yea idk just seemed really WEIRD like what just sit there and watch your yard flood until someone else figures out why its doing that/where they are? lol
@@maddieb.4282 yea because it makes total sense for someone to just sit there watching their yard flood instead of just talking to the neighbor..? play some phone tag instead of taking 5 min to go next door and say 'hey btw your pool is overflowing'
just weird as hell.
She knew her friend lived next door and was friends with them, she probably rang her and enquired if she knew anything about the pool overflowing, maybe she thought her friends garden would be getting wet as well. She was probably asking for their phone number and her friend said, no worries I'll ring and find out what's going on.
So sad story, and the little boy was a copy of his dad!
Only up to 2:11, but as soon as I heard Israeli I got the feeling this isn’t gonna end well…
Elaine and her children would probably still be alive if Marge had minded her own business. Elaine should have listened to her own instincts. She probably had some idea that her husband was mixed up with the wrong people.
See! That’s what I was going to say! You convince her to stay with him because he has money and she doesn’t have to work?! Money doesn’t make a marriage happy. Plus he was cheating with hookers in the early 80’s! She could’ve contracted AIDS from him!
If only she hadn't listened to Marges advice
Large Marge, she's in charge.
Not watched yet but looking forward to finding out how the lady in the white sweater is doing.
Wtf does that mean?
Lady in white sweater?
Mmmm, am hooked to these stories
W Marty. He was the best person on this case. Hope this case gets justice one day.
He was a hitman. Too valuable to let go to jail. People in gated communities need hitmen.
Oh my..
I love this woman's narration, cute accent, and good stories, and she doesn't have loud muzac drowning out her lovely voice!
Dang, sad case. So many lives taken! Also.. I kept seeing legendary NBA player Larry Bird in my head anytime the name was mentioned🙊
How could you do that to a family smashing a kid with a baseball bat absolute evil
How does a convicted criminal obtain a passport !!!!!!???????
This case makes me think about a Biblical verse. I hope I’m not misquoting it? “The sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children to the third generation!!!!! “! No one in this family deserved to be murdered!!!!! 😢
It was an illegal one. A fake.
You are showing euros they are in America
Nice! I was the 66th person to like this video and that was my high school football (American football) number! That's cool lol
You really like telling people random information don't you?
@@Vmoreta1grumpy ?!
@@madeleine9907 I take it you are one of those people also
@@Vmoreta1 Yup! That's basically what the internet is for. thank you for noticing ;)
All comments are good for the algorithm.
Possibly they were forced to enter the Witness Protection Program? *Hopelessly Optimistic*
I remember in the 70s mum thought it a good idea to but an orange carpet for the lounge. To go with the orange, brown and white oblong shapes wallpaper😂😂😂😂. Dad wasn't happy. So in the middle of the night she started hand dying it. What a blooming mess😅😅😅😅
This is a fascinating case... But so poorly presented to a visual audience...
It's the frickin' 1980s!! WHY , fgs, @ 7:40 are you showing a hipster using a laptop?! (I won't even start on the smartphone when the girls were listening to music in the bedroom, And You Even Mention 80s Technology!! Are there no photos of a Sony Walkman on the internet?) These anachronisms while viewing your videos drive me absolutely nuts! It's a Visual Nightmare and turns the tale into complete fiction! Keep the images within the time-frame of the story!
You just rehash the same video clips, which have NOTHING to do with the tale being told, (presumably purchased or copyright-free), in Every video! Just showing contemporary news clippings would be so much more authentic! Yeah, might require some work, but the laziness with the video production on this channel is really untenable to a quality end-product.
Oh do be quiet - exit the channel if you are soo annoyed! 🙄
@@fruitsalad350 That commenter took the time to offer very good, specific advice that will benefit this channel and its viewers if action is taken.
All complaints are not equal. It's too bad you can't see the value in this one.
@@fruitsalad350 Easy enough, but the creator should Know Why.
Of course, for an Israeli immigrant, money was not a problem 😂
I thought she said Iranian
Not israelian
what can i do with a bunch of bananas that are about to go off?
Ripe bananas are great for banana bread 😉
@@dawnyg2951 i was going to freeze them but this is better - thanks!
Make a milk shake if you have a blender.
Banana bread!😊
Oh or give it to your pet monkey 🐒
Oh, Police Negligence you say? Im shocked 🙄
I really appreciate that they showcased police negligence in Only Murders in the Building.
Every fucking time. Either black brown or immigrant.
Or Israelis killing each other. Happens in California
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weird
Hard to experience...
So how was Saul earning all his money?
Israeli mafia.
In the thumbnail the guy looks like a mobster.
In the 80s you didn’t have smart phones
The killers are probably long gone by now, deceased. Living that fast and hard, you don't love long.
So the Solomons r living in the mine shafts now, that's wild !
Sad case. It's awful when children are involved. They should have instead tried him for the murder of the daughter only. It was only her blood found. It would have been their strongest case.
There is reasonable doubt. No other blood of the other family members, no weapons, no bodies - so I can see why that one jury did hold out. We don't know what evidence was mentioned in court. It is purely circumstantial.
I agree he did it - but you need evidence. We are hearing the whole picture but the jury did not hear everything. There are too many what-ifs. Who is to say Sol did not kill his family and leave the country? I wonder if they saved ANYTHING that could be submitted for DNA testing...
But why the deer?
Find it interesting that Marty wanted her to stay there in her marriage before whatever happened to all of them.
I like some of these true crime channels, but as soon as I see junk stock footage I'm out. First thing I saw when the vid started. Oh well.
Like, no smartphones in the 1980's.
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Welldone Judge..ROFL
*The American courts are like soap operas.*
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