Debbie Lynn Randall. She disappeared in my hometown of Marietta Ga when I was 10, she was around my age. They found her body several weeks later but her murder has never been solved. It haunts me. The details were horrible.
The Michigan murders, John Norman Collins. He was already behind bars when I was little, but a lot of my family lived in Ypsilanti when he was killing people and my aunt knew him. A couple of the girls found dead were very close to my other aunt's house. I remember them talking about it when I was young. I was scared he'd escape lol.
Without hesitation, if a family member came to me or another family member , told a story of committing a crime , especially one that harmed anyone, I would tell that person to go directly to LE, if they did not I would most DEFIANTLY call LE without guilt !
I would like to think I would too, but if I’m being honest, I don’t think I would. I can think of two people who I would never betray, and would probably even lie in court for if I had to. Thank god they are both wonderful people, and I’ll never have to consider something like that.
I keep listening as well and also feel the same way but I feel we do it out of compassion. Don't feel guilty for being interested in the sad and bleak. Maybe one day, something from one of these stories will prevent a child from being hurt...if only by sharing the true stories of the crimes. ♡♡♡
@@Sky-tg5rt agree and actually they can it can make our senses more aware like the case in Australia few months back where a guy noticed his neighbor bought diapers and thought hmm maybe they are babysitting or have some family over with a child then later again he noticed the neighbor bought more diapers and the guy buying the diapers doesn’t have any babies or toddlers an etc so that made him contact the authorities and guess what bc that msn was paying attention to his surroundings it helped solved that crazy case where a toddler vanished in the middle of the night while the family was camping and some thought the parents were behind it but luckily this guy didn’t kill the toddler or at least yet if I remember correctly he had the poor thing locked up or something I can’t remember it’s been a few months.. but yes it’s hard to watch and listen but it reminds us that their is some bad people in this world and make sure you keep your kids close to you and your family and be aware of your surroundings an etc bc you never know what can happen and like the guy that noticed his neighbor was buying diapers and most people wouldn’t notice or even think much of it but luckily this guy thought it was odd an was worth a shot to phone the police and give them a tip bc worse case this guy maybe had a fetish or some baby doll that were itself an the neighbor knows all is good but the worse did happen and the neighbor kidnapped that poor baby
This teen girl named Jessica Dishon, she went missing right down the road from where I grew up. Her body was found tied to a tree in this creepy place called the river bottoms, the never caught who did it for a long time and then recently her own uncle got charged for her murder
I was a kid in Oakland County, Michigan when the Oakland County child killer was active. I remember the news talking about it and my parents, ALL our parents, not letting us out of their sight. It was scary. He was never caught, either. It would be a good case for you two to do an episode on.
I read Children Of The Snow awhile ago. One of the saddest cases I’ve read about. I am so sorry for the four murdered children and their families. Isn’t Tim King’s family still trying to pursue what is left of the case? I think the other male victims brother and the Kings believe Christopher Bush was responsible?
The case of the two boys murdering the 3 year old on the train tracks always bothered me. They were so young and violent, scary. Since then nothing really surprises me!
This happened in the North West UK only up the road from where I live the little lad's name was Jamie Bulger, and he was only 3 years old, he was abducted from a shopping trip with his Mum when she was distracted and he'd ran out the shop. Both of his killers, who were only 10 at the time were out 'wagging it', which is a colloquial term for not turning up to school by a child's own admission. Both killers served only very small sentences and were given lifelong anonymity and new identities following release at age 18. There was also a sexual side of their crime that made it all the more insidious. One of them has been jailed for child porn and drugs offences and has gone back in more than twice and the other one has managed to make a new life for himself. I was having my little girl when all this was kicking off in the media, it was the 1st time in my life that I felt empathy towards another mother. It was the possibility of the loss of my own daughter as opposed to Jamie's mum that both horrified and threatened to choke me out with the weight of it all.
What’s scary to me is Jon Venebles, who’s been back in twice for child p*rn, is still granted anonymity (at a huge expense, especially since he outed himself once and had to be given ANOTHER new ID), which means he is untraceable to the public, so nearby parents can’t protect their children if he’s a neighbour.
Growing up in the 1970s I knew that the words "Helter Skelter" were about a terrifying murder without understanding exactly why. At the age of 16 I looked through the photos in the book of that title. I didn't even read the book then but the photos were very creepy. At the age of 20 I finally read the book Helter Skelter and have been a true crime buff since. I know absolutely everything there is to know about the case but still not completely desensitized from it. It still shakes me
It was the same for me. I didn't understand what it was about until later. I'm glad I didn't understand when I was little, it would have terrified me. I was already scared by the Pixie Stick Killer.
Man Amy your facial expressions are just out of this world! I just love the way you pause and then continue on. Y’all are some of the best true crime podcast hosts I have ever seen! I love your videos, and look forward to them as they come out. Take care and blessings!
I was 10-13 years old in 1971-73. The first case that really got to me was The Alphabet Murders in the greater Rochester area...45 min to an hour away from me. 3 girls with alliterated initials of CC, MM and WW. The case has never been solved. It was terrifying.
You guys demonstrated it perfectly. Those crimes closest to home are the most disturbing. For me it was the murder of a young lady named Claire Hood in 1995. She was in the same year as my sister in our high school. I along with many others even gave a DNA sample. The culprit was a guy I knew from my year in high school.
In 80-81, I was in the 9th grade. My friend and her mother were killed by the I-5 killer. I lived right across the freeway from them. I'll never forget the terror😞
Adam Walsh, I actually lived in Florida @ the time, i was "required" to watch the made for TV movie. I can remember like it was yesterday. It TERRIFIED me! It was also when I, learned as a child, what "decapitated" meant. So so so horrible.
Have you heard/read what's going on in the John Walsh case going on right now ❓ He is treating his biological daughter terribly. Walsh _took_ her 5 day old newborn from her❗ He's a sickening person.
I lived (still do) in the Twin Cities, MN and I will never forget the Jacob Wetterling abduction. That’s when parents started being a lot more strict about letting their kids play and ride their bikes in certain places, even if they were with a friend (Jacob had been biking with his brother at the time of the abduction). I remember thinking how they’d never get it solved, and also how the whole state of MN and even around the country mourned the loss and tried everything to find him. Thankfully, decades later, his killer was brought to justice and Jacob’s remains had been finally found. His killer was a child sex predator and after assaulting Jacob, his murderer said Jacob was crying and said he wanted to go home. He was 11 years old I believe at that time. This pos then shot Jacob in the head and buried him. If I remember correctly, I think Jacob’s remains weren’t even very far from where his family lived! Also I think the murderer lived pretty close in the area of St. Joseph, MN, where the assault and murder occurred. I don’t remember every detail, so if I’m a bit off here on some, I apologize. All I really remember is how utterly terrified I was when this happened. I was a year or two younger than Jacob and it really hit home for me at that time when it occurred; I remember being scared of everything for awhile. I had been taught the usual stuff like no talking to strangers, etc., but then to realize it actually happened to a kid close to my age made everything around me seem so evil and scary. It was a terrifying time in Minnesota history. I know his mom ran for a bunch of state and other government offices like US senator I think too, and I believe she got some kind of legislation passed as well in regard to abducted children. Thank you to her and RIP Jacob. ❤️
Eton's was my first, as well. I grew up on Long Island, Suffolk County, near Stonybrook... There are so many, unfortunately, it is so horrible. Stay safe each of you, and everyone 💝 (...God forgive me, with the exception of "bad" people 😥)
Holy Crap, so many twists and turns in Chris's recap. I can see why these haunted you both as youngsters. I dont remember my first scary case. I did have a REAL peeping Tom who would look through my shutters at night. I saw him a few times. I became hyper vigilante not getting much sleep. We had a broken back door that anyone could shimmy open. My father refused to fix the back door and said I had a good imagination. That scared the shit out if me. I became a severe insomniac beause of that very Real ordeal. Hey Chris and Amy, What's wrong with us the we are fascinated by true crime? I think we all need help!!
I love the way you both tell the story with ALL the detail, but making it so easy to follow and understand. Thank you for being as amazed at the lack/slow justice of our judicial system as I am.
For me it was the Polly Klass case. She was about my age and the idea of someone being kidnapped from their own house was horrifying. I remember hearing radios playing "Somewhere Out There" from, "An American Tale" hoping she'd be found. When the news announced her body had been found I felt genuinely sad for someone I never even knew.
Richard Ramirez terrified me!!! His crimes were so random! Closer to home… Marlena Childress, in 1986, took from her Union City, Tn home, only 16 miles from my house, when I was 11 years old…I will never forget watching the news updates on her…she was never found, remains unsolved. Check out the case, it’s crazy! I think her mom did it (IMO)
Why does the first guy belong in prison (if he didn't kill etan)? The second guy, sure, he's been charged with SA for other kids. But what did the first guy do? (Theres s good chance I missed it in the video so not salt here lol)
Hi Chris and Amy. 👋 Your stories are always great, but what hit my heart so deeply was Etan's parents never moving and keeping their phone number. The grief would be insurmountable. As for the rapist - my God, why was he afforded any concern about his safety? Sometimes the law treats the offenders more fairly than the victims, and that's a huge pill for anyone to swallow. Thanks for stories guys. ❤
The seriously screwed up part is how Law Enforcement treats rape. 2 cases here around Louisville. Teen that was gang raped by her "friends". They were convicted but SHE ended up in Real Jail and they got out of Juvie at 18 with SEALED Records and don't have to register. The other, a lady up the street from my In-laws was taken from her front yard after she got her kids inside when they got back from the grocery store. The Cops didn't believe her when she reported it.
Polly Klaas and Charles Ng. I was the same age as Polly. Kids in my school had known her, it was rough. Second was Charles Ng. My mom worked for the Sheriff's Department where I live (the next county over from Calaveras) and I heard all kinds of the horrible things,before it was on the news. I knew and later worked for one of the investigators. It still freaks me out to see photos of that property 😨. I don't ever see anyone cover the Charles Ng case. Also the Yosemite Murders. I lived in Sierra village at the time. Cary Stayner used the only payphone at the time right there down the street to call the cab. I heard details about his confession from the DA's assistant at the time. Julie and Sylvina were only a few years younger than me. Absolutely terrifying!!!!!
Polly Klaas ruined my oldest daughters childhood. She and Polly were pretty close to the same age. We were watching the news the night her picture and story of her being missing happened. My daughter asked me every day did the little girl come home yet. The day they found her body, I couldn’t get to the remote fast enough to change the channel and my daughter saw her photo she was so excited because she assumed the girl was back with her Mom. After that I enforced a strict rule no more grown up news programs from then on the girls watched Nick News on Nickelodeon. I had to explain to her “why” Pollys pictures were “everywhere” my totally carefree child became HIGHLY situationally aware at all times. Probably good for a girl being raised in Los Angeles, but it still broke my heart. But Charles Ng and his cowardly accomplice Leonard Lake are a whole other level of terror and depravity. Nightmarish. Though as far a personal fear, I lived in Richard Ramirez’s hunting grounds when he was committing the NightStalker crimes. My husband at the time did a lot of International travel. Until Ramirez, he was not onboard at all with having a dog. But we got our first Labrador who while typically Lab friendly was bizarrely protective of me. In his entire 14 year life he never once barked unless someone he didn’t know stepped foot on our property. I never did figure out how he knew who was stepping on the lawn but….. he did
The first crime that really scared me to the core was Elizabeth Smart. We're around the same age which made it feel closer. The thought that someone could quietly sneak in and take you from your bed in the middle of the night absolutely *TERRIFIED* me. I had nightmares for weeks following the news. My mom didn't exactly know how to comfort my fear but she did her best. I was a literal basket-case. I probably should have gotten therapy for that whole thing inparticular. I've never really gotten over my mistrust of people.
Sorry to learn that you lived in the neighborhood when Etan Patz was abducted. I'm sure it took the innocence of most of the kids, and their families, from there on. Thanks for featuring this story, with all these follow up details -- a lot of which I had no knowledge of. To add some levity: As I was listening to your promo for the 'Better Help' therapeutic services, I was thinking, 'I wonder if Chris and Amy are only ADDING to their stress levels by working so much on true crime and the dark underbelly of human behavior... 😞 ??? I hope you two know when to take breaks, set limits, and take needed time off for more uplifting pursuits 🙏💞🐕🦺☮🌟 Take good care of yourselves, now❣
I can’t believe it’s been 43 years. I was 14 years old at the time. I was born and raised in Flushing, Queens, New York. When this happened I felt childhood was gone for everyone. This changed the way we raise our children. Because of Etan’s disappearance we have become so aware of the fact that children can be gone in a second. Anything can happen. There wasn’t a day that went by that we didn’t hear or see anything about that little boy. Now we can’t let our children walk alone much less hitchhike. And now play dates are necessary and we have to suspect everyone before we can trust them around our children. I see that you are into crime stories because of this case. If it were not because of this, your path would have been different. Thank you for your efforts
In 1964, 2 nine year old boys disappeared in Cincinnati. Ten years later when I was 19 my mom and i became good friends with one of the boy's sisters. I met the family and the case has haunted me and Im 68. Love your channel
from wisconsin. as a child i found my mom's copy of "deviant," which goes through the life of ed gein before, during, and after the graverobbing and subsequent murders. i will never forget certain portions of that book -- notably, a part where ed and his mom watched a neighbor beat a dog to death. what he did was wrong but damn, the guy never stood a chance at life with a mother like his.
Oh man! I peeked through what my parents had been reading too. That must gave been a scary book to read. I remember hearing that his mother was extremely religious and constantly warned him about evil women.
Recently found this channel and am LOVING it! ❤ Currently binge watching everything they have to offer! Love this partnership! Thanks for your hard work guys!
The Manson murders...I was a toddler but my older siblings told me about it and I read Helter Skelter when I was 8 years old...scared the crap outta me
Great content as always guys. Am in love with this channel. The first crime that affected me was when I started high school. It was 1991. I was 11. There was a small seating area comprising two benches. I noticed there was a plaque on each bench that says "in loving memory of Paul and Lorraine Belion". My curiosity was pricked and I asked one of the teachers who these people were. It turned out that they were both teachers at the school and during the summer holidays in 1989 they had been on a cycling holiday through France. The never came home. Their bodies were found in the middle of a corn field. They were stripped, bound and gagged and had been shot execution style. No one was ever caught. I remember that hauting me for years. I've looked all over RUclips but no ones ever covered it. Maybe it's something you guys could look into. Keep up the amazing work guys. Love from England.
RUclips finally got around to placing your channel in my feed a couple of weeks ago, I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THIS CHANNEL! I'm loving the facial expressions and the pauses, you both have awesome speaking voices so even though you're scaring the crap out of me you're doing it with soothing voices! 🤭😊
My earliest memory of a crime was the disappearance of Nicole Morin in 1985. I was the same age as Nicole was when she disappeared, also living in Toronto. I remember feeling very frightened for her. She’s never been found, and there are very few clues in her disappearance. It was like she just vanished. The Toronto Police have never stopped looking for her. Would love to see you do a video on Nicole’s disappearance and bring some very much needed attention to her case. Thank you!!
Atlanta children murders was the first time I remember of hearing of a serial killer. We had just moved to Georgia in the late 80's and the coverage was non stop. Many years later and I'm still not convinced the right person is in prison.
Thank you Chris and Amy for all your hard work making this content. I love your channel. 👍 I’ve been a subscriber longer than I recall. Your narration is very well done; both of you.
My first was when I was in 5th grade. I realized, as a very distracted child and oblivious as I was due to distractions and naivety, a man was following me. At first, it wasn't obvious, more like a coincidence. Then, over time, about 6 months, I started to notice him in places I shouldn't see a person. Like, he was waiting for me. Watching me. Following me and the common places I'd go. Being in a fairly small town, it was probably easy for a grown man to stalk a child who was allowed to roam free. Honestly, I had way too much freedom at that age! Long story short, I was pulled from class because I kept telling people about this man who I thought was following me. Police were in the principal's office and they asked me about the man and asked me if I could point him out of a picture lineup. I quickly pointed him out and never had run-ins with him again. Thankfully, people heard me. Maybe a teacher held to their mandated reporter requirements. To be honest, if it hadn't gone that way, I'm sure I would've been in a serious situation. Without giving creepy details that would haunt you all, I'll leave it here. PS. Thanks for the recaps! Maybe my story is why I'm a bit obsessed with crime and justice..
I'm Australian and the case I remember was the disappearance of the three Beaumont Children in 1966 on a hot day at the beach in Adelaide South Australia. I was the same age as Jane, and remember where I was even the day they disappeared. They have never been found!
I think mine was Richard Speck. My dad was a nurse and he worked for Riverside Correctional in Indio California. They had a psychiatrist named Zaporyn, one of the 2 men who wrote a book about Speck after attempting to treat him. Dad didn't mean to let me hear but I was good at pretending that I didn't. Dr. Zaporyn said Speck was evil incarnate. He was proud of what he did and he really did tell the parole department not to bother because if they let him out he would keep killing. Doc said there was no soul behind his eyes and he was the only patient who ever scared him.
I've just noticed what your subscription level is 🤣😉😊 Wow I swear I was watching you an eyeblink ago and you were subbed by around 2k and look at you now?! * 🙏 I'm just so delighted for you both and the fact that I'm still anticipating your every upload illustrates how much you have maintained your high level of quality, engagement and passion. Best wishes from Cambridge. England. X
I graduated from high school in Alabama in May 1979. An Aunt and Uncle who lived in Levittown gave me a week trip there. I remember seeing Etan on the news. We did a great deal of sightseeing. The entire trip I search the faces of every child I saw. A few years later I saw Etan's missing poster at the end of the movie about Adam Walsh. I remember crying the rest of that say and I thought of him so many times over the years. I always wanted to meet his mom and tell her how much her family has meant to me.
Ted Bundy, I was a junior in high school and I looked like his victims. I had hair to my waist, my dad forced me to get my hair cut short (this photo was my senior picture) we had 2 girls who looked like me disappeared from the Columbia Park.
You both do such an AMAZING job! I live in Utah and I was in High School when Elizabeth Smart was taken from her home in Salt Lake City. That was so frightening to me that out of a seemingly safe home a child could be kidnapped. And know having kids of my own I can't even fathom how that would feel to have one of my kids taken. SO CHILLING!
I'm from Chilliwack BC, more specifically I grew up on Cultus Lake Road just down the road from Cultus Lake itself. The year I was born Clifford Olson (the beast of BC) was arrested for murdering 11 kids. He murdered one of his victims at Cultus Lake, where I spent my summers. My older brother found out about the crime and would enjoy scaring me with it. I later found out Keith Hunter Jesperson (the smiley face killer) is also from Chilliwack and almost drowned at Cultus Lake. And Terry Driver, a killer from neighbouring Abbotsford dumped his victim in a river near Chilliwack. Add to that Robert Pickton and the Highway of Tears murders. British Columbia is beautiful but pretty creepy as well. Edit: just found out Russell Williams was posted in Chilliwack too.
I don’t even think he did it. It seems strange… you can’t throw every person in jail that says the committed a crime. There’s a lot of mentally ill people who give false confessions
You need to do a video on Mark and Lori Hacking. A Very bizarre and sad story from 2004. They lived as a married couple in Salt Lake City, Utah. He had a long con going by living a life of a medical student, but when his wife found out he was not, and had never been in medical school; he killed her. He then dumped her body in a dumpster. It was a very big story and made national headlines.
I was in Salt Lake City on a work trip when she went missing. I remember seeing missing flyers all over the city for her, it was when they thought she went missing while jogging. I second a video on this case!
@@JaimeLeighArt I'd actually forgotten about this case, but with all the national crimes currently trending, it kicked the memories up in my mind. There's also another case I'm thinking of,... it pertains to a 20-something woman who lived somewhere out west, and she was kidnapped from her apartment. I think part of the story was law enforcement finding articles of her clothing in random places, like a local industrial area. I think a guy was caught and convicted; but I can't remember her name, so I can't Google it, like I did this story. I didn't remember Mark or Lori's names either, but I remembered the fake student part of the story. And then there is the story of the two women who lived in Napa Valley and were murdered on Halloween night years ago. I remember seeing the story on 20/20. I believe law enforcement caught the guy who committed those crimes too. (Just looked it up; they did. The guy convicted is named Eric Copple, and this happened in 2004.) All of these cases would make good review stories for TCR. This and Chandra Levy were the first early 2000's cases that really gripped the country. And then the next year was Tara Grinstead. The early 2000's will always be a weirdly high numbered and unfortunately tragic time for crimes again women.
Paul Bernardo was the one that scared me as a kid. Also, the case with poor little James Bulger was terrifying to me. Those boys that killed him were my age and that case made me realize what monsters kids could be.
Wow. Well told, Chris and Amy. Both horrifying, stuff of nightmares. Remember when Etan disappeared and his killer was finally caught. Vaguely remember the Washington r*pist story and his evil mom. Especially when you showed photos. The Zodiac Killer was the first scary person to be widely known and talked about, that I remember. All the kids at school talked about him, when he sent the note to the papers about his threat of shooting children exiting from a school bus. It was rumored that the Zodiac Killer had gone to the entrance of our school, that day. It turned out to be a very foggy day, a true "Pea Soup" thick fog, because I grew up near the ocean, in Southern California. I only lived a block away from school, but on that foggy day, walking home alone, that was my scariest block I ever walked, after hearing all about the Zodiac Killer, at school that day. Then I read the newspapers, of course. Was in the 4th grade. That was a very spooky day and time. And then he was never definitively found. Although it was narrowed down to a couple of suspects, ultimately, who are both dead. That was the first time that I knew for sure that there are some very dangerous people in the world. Sometime soon after, The Manson Family and Helter Skelter. Even closer to home. Crazy stuff. My brother was also killed in Vietnam in 1969. So 1968 and 1969 were when I figured out that the world could be pretty scary and dangerous.
In 1996 family friends were shot execution style in their homes in Michigan. The female survived. The killer posed as a delivery man as it was right before Christmas. He had a big teddy bear and a package. He forced them into their laundry room and made them lay face down then shot them both in the back of the head. She survived and managed to get outside where she eventually collapsed in her neighbors front yard who happened to be a police officer. It was a hired hit put on her husband, she was collateral damage. His job required a lot of travel to Mexico in the auto industry. It was thought he had discovered some things going on with the cars and smuggling of weapons. He was very on edge and nervous about a week or so before the murder. He didn’t want to go into work anymore. It was never solved unfortunately. His wife, our friend, is still alive and has suffered greatly through her lifetime.
The earliest crime that still haunts me today was the bombing of the 16th Street BC in Alabama where four little girls got killed. I was their age. Couldn't get over the evil that caused their death. BTW, Chris, I knew a woman who lived near Etan Patz. They knew the family well and waa part of the community team that set up a search with the posters. Donna and Lenny were parents of a son Etan's age. I don't believe that Hernandez did the crime.
I have to weigh in and say: Yes, the story of Etan Patz seizes my heart, to this day. This case, and the efforts of his stalwart parents, definitely felt like a turning point in raising awareness about abducted children... perhaps the only good that came from this tragedy. And, thankfully, awareness about pedophiles, and all other stripes of child abductors, is continuing to grow. What continues to lag behind are the laws that charge these psychologically sick criminals. The laws are so outdated, in almost every state, that it is an insult to humanity and an absolute hypocrisy of societal claims about concerns for the safety of children. We continue to let these predators carry on -- often for years, with many, many victims -- and if they ever actually DO get prosecuted, the charges are often so insultingly minor compared to the damage they've done to all these other human beings. And the sentencing they are given! I'm amazed that more of these predators, once they're released, aren't found murdered under suspicious circumstances -- by people so enraged by the DOJ's failure to keep these predators off the streets, that they resort to vigilante justice. I'm not an advocate of violence, but I've come to this conclusion: serial pedophiles, serial rapists, or anyone found guilty of more than one rape or sexual assault, should receive life without parole. Period. No release, ever. And if our DOJ wasn't so screwed up in the way it handles the Death Penalty -- ultimately costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars to house them and absorb costs of all the appeals, for sometimes 20+ years -- I'd say that in some cases, death is the only reasonable choice. Because some people are so far beyond help that the only way to protect society is to remove those offenders, permanently. There's a lot of layers to this issue, not the least of which is that, as a society we are not truly examining why we produce / create so many violent offenders. Nor are we examining all the other egregious flaws of the 'prison industrial complex', and what a for-profit revolving door it has become -- especially for people of color, and particularly for non-violent drug-related crimes. The whole system is toxic and broken. I wonder how long it will take for us to see some real reform in our entire criminal justice system. From my viewpoint, we have far too many of the wrong kinds of people behind bars, and not nearly enough of exactly the types of people who SHOULD be -- including the wealthy, privileged and white-collar criminals who often do incalculable damage to their victims' lives, with non-commensurate consequences.
I loved this style of ideo and would love to hear more personal stories or stories that effected you in some way. it really shows how we all have something thats changed us.
Another situation where there's a couple other legit viable suspects yet someone is already in prison for the kids murder. it's important to have physical evidence proving guilt. that "confession" is not enough.
Amy, I'm from Kennewick, Washington... I vagly remember this case, til it's brought up in videos on TV & internet... I'm 67 yrs old & still live in Kennewick... God bless u & Chris... prayers 🙏❤ always
The Atlanta Child murders when I was little kid and when I became a teen it was the Tammy Zywicki disappearance. This happened when I was a teen in the 90s. It very scary story. She went missing and the only thing found was her car on the highway. They layer founded her body wrapped up in a blanket in Iowa.
I can’t imagine the guilt that these parents have. In 1979, it should have been safe for him to walk to school. We did. We lived outdoors with no fears
When I was a kid in the 80s I walked the short distance to kindergarten when I was 5. My mother and I were talking and the idea of sending one of my kids out the door to walk to school in kindergarten seems insane! Honestly though, I think times have always been scary; the 60s-80s were I think the most prolific time for serial killers.
I was a teen and grew up in a small sleepy town, the first murder I had ever heard about was a woman found by two joggers along a gravel road surrounded by forest in KY. The first day they encountered a smell of decay, thinking it was a dead animal (not uncommon in areas like that) but the next day jogging the smell was unusually strong, and remembering an article in our local paper that a woman from Ohio was last seen in our town, they investigated the odor… she was found and her hands had been twisted off to hide her fingerprints and her face crushed beyond recognition, it had to be her. Turns out she was dating a local drug dealer, he became convinced she was an FBI Informant (she wasn’t ) she simply wanted to return home to Ohio, and he in a rage killed her. In his testimony, he used his bare hands to twist off her hands… I’ve never forgotten this, it shocked me someone who was local could do this, that was the day I learned to trust no one.
*What's the first case you can remember that scared the heck out of YOU?*
Debbie Lynn Randall. She disappeared in my hometown of Marietta Ga when I was 10, she was around my age. They found her body several weeks later but her murder has never been solved. It haunts me. The details were horrible.
The Michigan murders, John Norman Collins. He was already behind bars when I was little, but a lot of my family lived in Ypsilanti when he was killing people and my aunt knew him. A couple of the girls found dead were very close to my other aunt's house. I remember them talking about it when I was young. I was scared he'd escape lol.
Adam Walsh....My mother always scared the crap out of me with this one
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
Omg!!! Sick gggrrrrr!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡
I don't care how much I loved someone. If I found out they were a rapist and/or murderer....I would turn them in. I couldn't allow it to go on.
Ty...
I know right, how did his family let him get away with confessing to murdering a child and let him get away with it!! 🤦♀️🤷♀️😬
Without hesitation, if a family member came to me or another family member , told a story of committing a crime , especially one that harmed anyone, I would tell that person to go directly to LE, if they did not I would most DEFIANTLY call LE without guilt !
Thank you and me too. It’s unconscionable otherwise.
I would like to think I would too, but if I’m being honest, I don’t think I would. I can think of two people who I would never betray, and would probably even lie in court for if I had to. Thank god they are both wonderful people, and I’ll never have to consider something like that.
Everytime I hear a story about a child being murdered I'm overcome with sadness and anger. Why do I keep listening to these?
I can't listen to crimes against children, there's something barbaric about those kind of creeps.
I keep listening as well and also feel the same way but I feel we do it out of compassion. Don't feel guilty for being interested in the sad and bleak. Maybe one day, something from one of these stories will prevent a child from being hurt...if only by sharing the true stories of the crimes. ♡♡♡
You actually enjoy being sad and angry. Some people are masochistic
@@Sky-tg5rt agree and actually they can it can make our senses more aware like the case in Australia few months back where a guy noticed his neighbor bought diapers and thought hmm maybe they are babysitting or have some family over with a child then later again he noticed the neighbor bought more diapers and the guy buying the diapers doesn’t have any babies or toddlers an etc so that made him contact the authorities and guess what bc that msn was paying attention to his surroundings it helped solved that crazy case where a toddler vanished in the middle of the night while the family was camping and some thought the parents were behind it but luckily this guy didn’t kill the toddler or at least yet if I remember correctly he had the poor thing locked up or something I can’t remember it’s been a few months.. but yes it’s hard to watch and listen but it reminds us that their is some bad people in this world and make sure you keep your kids close to you and your family and be aware of your surroundings an etc bc you never know what can happen and like the guy that noticed his neighbor was buying diapers and most people wouldn’t notice or even think much of it but luckily this guy thought it was odd an was worth a shot to phone the police and give them a tip bc worse case this guy maybe had a fetish or some baby doll that were itself an the neighbor knows all is good but the worse did happen and the neighbor kidnapped that poor baby
@@FasterthanSpeed414 you call being "overcome with sadness and heart ache" enjoyable lol?
This teen girl named Jessica Dishon, she went missing right down the road from where I grew up. Her body was found tied to a tree in this creepy place called the river bottoms, the never caught who did it for a long time and then recently her own uncle got charged for her murder
I was a kid in Oakland County, Michigan when the Oakland County child killer was active. I remember the news talking about it and my parents, ALL our parents, not letting us out of their sight. It was scary. He was never caught, either. It would be a good case for you two to do an episode on.
Went to high school in Oakland County years later. This story still lives through the generations. Scary
I read Children Of The Snow awhile ago.
One of the saddest cases I’ve read about.
I am so sorry for the four murdered children and their families.
Isn’t Tim King’s family still trying to pursue what is left of the case?
I think the other male victims brother and the Kings believe Christopher Bush was responsible?
I remember hearing about that. I live in Wayne County
The case of the two boys murdering the 3 year old on the train tracks always bothered me. They were so young and violent, scary. Since then nothing really surprises me!
This happened in the North West UK only up the road from where I live the little lad's name was Jamie Bulger, and he was only 3 years old, he was abducted from a shopping trip with his Mum when she was distracted and he'd ran out the shop. Both of his killers, who were only 10 at the time were out 'wagging it', which is a colloquial term for not turning up to school by a child's own admission. Both killers served only very small sentences and were given lifelong anonymity and new identities following release at age 18. There was also a sexual side of their crime that made it all the more insidious.
One of them has been jailed for child porn and drugs offences and has gone back in more than twice and the other one has managed to make a new life for himself. I was having my little girl when all this was kicking off in the media, it was the 1st time in my life that I felt empathy towards another mother. It was the possibility of the loss of my own daughter as opposed to Jamie's mum that both horrified and threatened to choke me out with the weight of it all.
What’s scary to me is Jon Venebles, who’s been back in twice for child p*rn, is still granted anonymity (at a huge expense, especially since he outed himself once and had to be given ANOTHER new ID), which means he is untraceable to the public, so nearby parents can’t protect their children if he’s a neighbour.
Me too
@@astaraoneill9166 Welcome to Britain.
@@tomsommer8372 😪😪😪🙏🙏🙏
To all the baby angels out there rest in peace. I hope the families find peace.
Growing up in the 1970s I knew that the words "Helter Skelter" were about a terrifying murder without understanding exactly why. At the age of 16 I looked through the photos in the book of that title. I didn't even read the book then but the photos were very creepy. At the age of 20 I finally read the book Helter Skelter and have been a true crime buff since. I know absolutely everything there is to know about the case but still not completely desensitized from it. It still shakes me
That's the one i remember. My mom let me read the book at age 8.
It was the same for me. I didn't understand what it was about until later. I'm glad I didn't understand when I was little, it would have terrified me. I was already scared by the Pixie Stick Killer.
Now you should read Chaos by Tom Oniel
Man Amy your facial expressions are just out of this world! I just love the way you pause and then continue on. Y’all are some of the best true crime podcast hosts I have ever seen! I love your videos, and look forward to them as they come out. Take care and blessings!
Aww you are so sweet love! 💜I am so happy to know you enjoy the content here. Thank you!🥂
I agree! Just shows how real they are and it's very relatable.♡
Honestly? I want to know the thoughts behind those faces. Cause you know they’re NSFW. 🤣
They are great and both are very likable. Their true crime channel is top notch . I've been a subscriber for a while now and will always be.
I was 10-13 years old in 1971-73. The first case that really got to me was The Alphabet Murders in the greater Rochester area...45 min to an hour away from me. 3 girls with alliterated initials of CC, MM and WW. The case has never been solved. It was terrifying.
You guys demonstrated it perfectly. Those crimes closest to home are the most disturbing. For me it was the murder of a young lady named Claire Hood in 1995. She was in the same year as my sister in our high school. I along with many others even gave a DNA sample. The culprit was a guy I knew from my year in high school.
I just googled it. This happened in Wales? The murderer Neil Owen was released in 2014.
@@cheshirecat1212 It did happen in Wales.
That's VERY close to home! It must have been incredibly scary for you and your family.
In 80-81, I was in the 9th grade. My friend and her mother were killed by the I-5 killer. I lived right across the freeway from them. I'll never forget the terror😞
How horrible.
My uncle did time with Randy. Totally insane that guy is
Adam Walsh, I actually lived in Florida @ the time, i was "required" to watch the made for TV movie. I can remember like it was yesterday. It TERRIFIED me! It was also when I, learned as a child, what "decapitated" meant. So so so horrible.
Have you heard/read what's going on in the John Walsh case going on right now ❓
He is treating his biological daughter terribly. Walsh _took_ her 5 day old newborn from her❗
He's a sickening person.
Yes the movie "Adam". My mom made me watch that also 2 scare me frm wander'n off in public!!
As crazy as it sounds, they have a lot of evidence linking Dahmer to Adam's murder.
@@wisdomseeker3362not to mention they were behind their son’s kidnapping.
I lived (still do) in the Twin Cities, MN and I will never forget the Jacob Wetterling abduction. That’s when parents started being a lot more strict about letting their kids play and ride their bikes in certain places, even if they were with a friend (Jacob had been biking with his brother at the time of the abduction). I remember thinking how they’d never get it solved, and also how the whole state of MN and even around the country mourned the loss and tried everything to find him. Thankfully, decades later, his killer was brought to justice and Jacob’s remains had been finally found. His killer was a child sex predator and after assaulting Jacob, his murderer said Jacob was crying and said he wanted to go home. He was 11 years old I believe at that time. This pos then shot Jacob in the head and buried him. If I remember correctly, I think Jacob’s remains weren’t even very far from where his family lived! Also I think the murderer lived pretty close in the area of St. Joseph, MN, where the assault and murder occurred. I don’t remember every detail, so if I’m a bit off here on some, I apologize.
All I really remember is how utterly terrified I was when this happened. I was a year or two younger than Jacob and it really hit home for me at that time when it occurred; I remember being scared of everything for awhile. I had been taught the usual stuff like no talking to strangers, etc., but then to realize it actually happened to a kid close to my age made everything around me seem so evil and scary. It was a terrifying time in Minnesota history.
I know his mom ran for a bunch of state and other government offices like US senator I think too, and I believe she got some kind of legislation passed as well in regard to abducted children. Thank you to her and RIP Jacob. ❤️
Eton's was my first, as well. I grew up on Long Island, Suffolk County, near Stonybrook...
There are so many, unfortunately, it is so horrible. Stay safe each of you, and everyone 💝 (...God forgive me, with the exception of "bad" people 😥)
Holy Crap, so many twists and turns in Chris's recap. I can see why these haunted you both as youngsters. I dont remember my first scary case. I did have a REAL peeping Tom who would look through my shutters at night. I saw him a few times. I became hyper vigilante not getting much sleep. We had a broken back door that anyone could shimmy open. My father refused to fix the back door and said I had a good imagination. That scared the shit out if me. I became a severe insomniac beause of that very Real ordeal.
Hey Chris and Amy, What's wrong with us the we are fascinated by true crime?
I think we all need help!!
Yes we all DO need help! 😂 I can't believe your Father... Always make sure you can lock your doors and windows!
Jeez!!
The Etan Patz Case was the one that Absolutely terrified me
Yes. Agreed.
This is great!! So true the 1st sticks with you
Yes indeed!
YES !!!! ANOTHER T C R EPISODE!! I LOVE U CHRIS AND AMY !!! YA'LL ARE THE BEST !!!
Thank you gurrrrrl!😘🧡
I agree... ty, Amy & Chris 🙏❤
I love the way you both tell the story with ALL the detail, but making it so easy to follow and understand. Thank you for being as amazed at the lack/slow justice of our judicial system as I am.
I am a firm believer in Capital Punishment. These kind of creeps to do NOT deserve a chance of living out there lives, in prison or anywhere.
For me it was the Polly Klass case. She was about my age and the idea of someone being kidnapped from their own house was horrifying. I remember hearing radios playing "Somewhere Out There" from, "An American Tale" hoping she'd be found. When the news announced her body had been found I felt genuinely sad for someone I never even knew.
I grew up in Iowa and the In Cold Blood case was terrifying
Richard Ramirez terrified me!!! His crimes were so random!
Closer to home… Marlena Childress, in 1986, took from her Union City, Tn home, only 16 miles from my house, when I was 11 years old…I will never forget watching the news updates on her…she was never found, remains unsolved. Check out the case, it’s crazy! I think her mom did it (IMO)
Richard Ramirez was close to home for me and I remember everyone was terrified !!!
They caught Richard Ramirez right by my sister's apartment. She called my dad and said a big crowd was chasing a guy down the street. It was him.
I lived in Union City a few years ago. I never heard of this. I'll look it up.
Everyone in Southern CA was afraid when Richard was stalking the streets. I remember that vividly even though I was a kid.
@@minniemercury4818 …WOW
It doesn’t matter which one did it to Etan, they are both where they belong!
Why does the first guy belong in prison (if he didn't kill etan)? The second guy, sure, he's been charged with SA for other kids. But what did the first guy do? (Theres s good chance I missed it in the video so not salt here lol)
BOTH Recaps we're Excellent !!!💯 Thank y'all soooooo much 🤗.
🙏. ✌️
We love ya!
One of the few channels I can hit like before watching the video!!!❤️
Hi Chris and Amy. 👋 Your stories are always great, but what hit my heart so deeply was Etan's parents never moving and keeping their phone number. The grief would be insurmountable. As for the rapist - my God, why was he afforded any concern about his safety? Sometimes the law treats the offenders more fairly than the victims, and that's a huge pill for anyone to swallow. Thanks for stories guys. ❤
I know,..the fact that his parents wanted to leave every possibilty that their son could come home someday is heartbreaking.
The seriously screwed up part is how Law Enforcement treats rape. 2 cases here around Louisville. Teen that was gang raped by her "friends". They were convicted but SHE ended up in Real Jail and they got out of Juvie at 18 with SEALED Records and don't have to register.
The other, a lady up the street from my In-laws was taken from her front yard after she got her kids inside when they got back from the grocery store. The Cops didn't believe her when she reported it.
Polly Klaas and Charles Ng. I was the same age as Polly. Kids in my school had known her, it was rough.
Second was Charles Ng. My mom worked for the Sheriff's Department where I live (the next county over from Calaveras) and I heard all kinds of the horrible things,before it was on the news. I knew and later worked for one of the investigators. It still freaks me out to see photos of that property 😨. I don't ever see anyone cover the Charles Ng case. Also the Yosemite Murders. I lived in Sierra village at the time. Cary Stayner used the only payphone at the time right there down the street to call the cab. I heard details about his confession from the DA's assistant at the time. Julie and Sylvina were only a few years younger than me. Absolutely terrifying!!!!!
There are a TON of Charles Ng, THAT 1 ALSO FREAKED me out, i was an adult when I learned about him & that other guy, They were cruel awful people
Polly Klaas ruined my oldest daughters childhood. She and Polly were pretty close to the same age. We were watching the news the night her picture and story of her being missing happened. My daughter asked me every day did the little girl come home yet. The day they found her body, I couldn’t get to the remote fast enough to change the channel and my daughter saw her photo she was so excited because she assumed the girl was back with her Mom. After that I enforced a strict rule no more grown up news programs from then on the girls watched Nick News on Nickelodeon. I had to explain to her “why” Pollys pictures were “everywhere” my totally carefree child became HIGHLY situationally aware at all times. Probably good for a girl being raised in Los Angeles, but it still broke my heart. But Charles Ng and his cowardly accomplice Leonard Lake are a whole other level of terror and depravity. Nightmarish. Though as far a personal fear, I lived in Richard Ramirez’s hunting grounds when he was committing the NightStalker crimes. My husband at the time did a lot of International travel. Until Ramirez, he was not onboard at all with having a dog. But we got our first Labrador who while typically Lab friendly was bizarrely protective of me. In his entire 14 year life he never once barked unless someone he didn’t know stepped foot on our property. I never did figure out how he knew who was stepping on the lawn but….. he did
Cool! Really entertaining topic! Love it! Thank you guys for the awesome work ✨🙏✨🎃
You got it! Thank you so much for watching!
The first crime that really scared me to the core was Elizabeth Smart. We're around the same age which made it feel closer. The thought that someone could quietly sneak in and take you from your bed in the middle of the night absolutely *TERRIFIED* me. I had nightmares for weeks following the news. My mom didn't exactly know how to comfort my fear but she did her best. I was a literal basket-case. I probably should have gotten therapy for that whole thing inparticular. I've never really gotten over my mistrust of people.
No. you are right, people can't be trusted.
I don’t think I slept normally for a year after Elizabeth Smart. The part that really got me was that her sister was also in the room.
Sorry to learn that you lived in the neighborhood when Etan Patz was abducted. I'm sure it took the innocence of most of the kids, and their families, from there on. Thanks for featuring this story, with all these follow up details -- a lot of which I had no knowledge of. To add some levity: As I was listening to your promo for the 'Better Help' therapeutic services, I was thinking, 'I wonder if Chris and Amy are only ADDING to their stress levels by working so much on true crime and the dark underbelly of human behavior... 😞 ??? I hope you two know when to take breaks, set limits, and take needed time off for more uplifting pursuits 🙏💞🐕🦺☮🌟 Take good care of yourselves, now❣
I can’t believe it’s been 43 years. I was 14 years old at the time. I was born and raised in Flushing, Queens, New York. When this happened I felt childhood was gone for everyone. This changed the way we raise our children. Because of Etan’s disappearance we have become so aware of the fact that children can be gone in a second. Anything can happen. There wasn’t a day that went by that we didn’t hear or see anything about that little boy. Now we can’t let our children walk alone much less hitchhike. And now play dates are necessary and we have to suspect everyone before we can trust them around our children.
I see that you are into crime stories because of this case. If it were not because of this, your path would have been different. Thank you for your efforts
The Elisa Lamb story was the first crime to creep me out. Grate video btw
My older brothers best friend was murdered by his father, his father also killed his mom, younger sibling, and the family dog.
Why ?
In 1964, 2 nine year old boys disappeared in Cincinnati. Ten years later when I was 19 my mom and i became good friends with one of the boy's sisters. I met the family and the case has haunted me and Im 68. Love your channel
from wisconsin. as a child i found my mom's copy of "deviant," which goes through the life of ed gein before, during, and after the graverobbing and subsequent murders. i will never forget certain portions of that book -- notably, a part where ed and his mom watched a neighbor beat a dog to death. what he did was wrong but damn, the guy never stood a chance at life with a mother like his.
Oh man! I peeked through what my parents had been reading too. That must gave been a scary book to read. I remember hearing that his mother was extremely religious and constantly warned him about evil women.
Amy is from my hometown!? It is such a small world, you are one of my absolute favorite RUclipsrs! 🤩
Hey! Awesome! Go Zags!🙌😁
i love these full length features !!
Recently found this channel and am LOVING it! ❤ Currently binge watching everything they have to offer! Love this partnership! Thanks for your hard work guys!
The Manson murders...I was a toddler but my older siblings told me about it and I read Helter Skelter when I was 8 years old...scared the crap outta me
Me too. same age.
I know this story. Thanks for sharing your personal connection. Personally I would be too upset to talk about it. But I love you and Amy!!!
Great content as always guys. Am in love with this channel. The first crime that affected me was when I started high school. It was 1991. I was 11. There was a small seating area comprising two benches. I noticed there was a plaque on each bench that says "in loving memory of Paul and Lorraine Belion". My curiosity was pricked and I asked one of the teachers who these people were. It turned out that they were both teachers at the school and during the summer holidays in 1989 they had been on a cycling holiday through France. The never came home. Their bodies were found in the middle of a corn field. They were stripped, bound and gagged and had been shot execution style. No one was ever caught. I remember that hauting me for years. I've looked all over RUclips but no ones ever covered it. Maybe it's something you guys could look into. Keep up the amazing work guys. Love from England.
Wow! Such a horrible crime to have never been solved, how tragic. We will look into it. Thank you for watching and for the suggestion.
RUclips finally got around to placing your channel in my feed a couple of weeks ago, I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THIS CHANNEL! I'm loving the facial expressions and the pauses, you both have awesome speaking voices so even though you're scaring the crap out of me you're doing it with soothing voices! 🤭😊
My earliest memory of a crime was the disappearance of Nicole Morin in 1985. I was the same age as Nicole was when she disappeared, also living in Toronto. I remember feeling very frightened for her. She’s never been found, and there are very few clues in her disappearance. It was like she just vanished. The Toronto Police have never stopped looking for her. Would love to see you do a video on Nicole’s disappearance and bring some very much needed attention to her case. Thank you!!
Such a good true crime channel.
Most appreciated, thank you!
Atlanta children murders was the first time I remember of hearing of a serial killer. We had just moved to Georgia in the late 80's and the coverage was non stop. Many years later and I'm still not convinced the right person is in prison.
He def killed some but def not all
Thank you Chris and Amy for all your hard work making this content. I love your channel. 👍 I’ve been a subscriber longer than I recall. Your narration is very well done; both of you.
I absolutely love Chris and Amy ❤ Gettin crime in half is genies!! Thank you SO much y'all!
The personal connection to the story is a nice touch
Love you two, awesome crime in half the time! ❤👍
Thank you!😊
This was a great angle for the theme of this video. Awesome job!
Thanks a ton!
My first was when I was in 5th grade. I realized, as a very distracted child and oblivious as I was due to distractions and naivety, a man was following me. At first, it wasn't obvious, more like a coincidence. Then, over time, about 6 months, I started to notice him in places I shouldn't see a person. Like, he was waiting for me. Watching me. Following me and the common places I'd go. Being in a fairly small town, it was probably easy for a grown man to stalk a child who was allowed to roam free. Honestly, I had way too much freedom at that age! Long story short, I was pulled from class because I kept telling people about this man who I thought was following me. Police were in the principal's office and they asked me about the man and asked me if I could point him out of a picture lineup. I quickly pointed him out and never had run-ins with him again. Thankfully, people heard me. Maybe a teacher held to their mandated reporter requirements. To be honest, if it hadn't gone that way, I'm sure I would've been in a serious situation. Without giving creepy details that would haunt you all, I'll leave it here. PS. Thanks for the recaps! Maybe my story is why I'm a bit obsessed with crime and justice..
“I Know My First Name Is Steven”
Awesome job as always thank you for making this show
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks!
When Susan Smith was arrested, my friends and I were all around 13/14. We all were just a little bit afraid of our moms after that. 😬 😳
Phew!!
I love yall!!
I'm Australian and the case I remember was the disappearance of the three Beaumont Children in 1966 on a hot day at the beach in Adelaide South Australia. I was the same age as Jane, and remember where I was even the day they disappeared. They have never been found!
I think mine was Richard Speck. My dad was a nurse and he worked for Riverside Correctional in Indio California. They had a psychiatrist named Zaporyn, one of the 2 men who wrote a book about Speck after attempting to treat him. Dad didn't mean to let me hear but I was good at pretending that I didn't. Dr. Zaporyn said Speck was evil incarnate. He was proud of what he did and he really did tell the parole department not to bother because if they let him out he would keep killing. Doc said there was no soul behind his eyes and he was the only patient who ever scared him.
Bone chilling!! Awesome content as always!! Love you guys!!
Thanks Amy and Chris y'all are the best!
I've just noticed what your subscription level is 🤣😉😊 Wow I swear I was watching you an eyeblink ago and you were subbed by around 2k and look at you now?! * 🙏 I'm just so delighted for you both and the fact that I'm still anticipating your every upload illustrates how much you have maintained your high level of quality, engagement and passion. Best wishes from Cambridge. England. X
Well thank you! It’s has been a lot of work but a lot of fun, and it means so much to have folks like you supporting us.
More to come!!!!👍⭐️🙏🏻
And this is why I got a Doberman. They're natural serial killer deterrents.
I got a pitbull to protect myself when I lived
In Hollywood, had to move tho, way too unsafe
I graduated from high school in Alabama in May 1979. An Aunt and Uncle who lived in Levittown gave me a week trip there. I remember seeing Etan on the news. We did a great deal of sightseeing. The entire trip I search the faces of every child I saw. A few years later I saw Etan's missing poster at the end of the movie about Adam Walsh. I remember crying the rest of that say and I thought of him so many times over the years. I always wanted to meet his mom and tell her how much her family has meant to me.
Wow thanks for sharing this story, Chris.
You are very welcome Anika.
Ted Bundy, I was a junior in high school and I looked like his victims. I had hair to my waist, my dad forced me to get my hair cut short (this photo was my senior picture) we had 2 girls who looked like me disappeared from the Columbia Park.
Love ❤ your channel. Thanks for all the recaps. God bless.
This was great - thank you so much. John Wayne Gary was my childhood fear. I grew up blocks from him in Chicago.
Yikes! That's a scary one.
You both do such an AMAZING job! I live in Utah and I was in High School when Elizabeth Smart was taken from her home in Salt Lake City. That was so frightening to me that out of a seemingly safe home a child could be kidnapped. And know having kids of my own I can't even fathom how that would feel to have one of my kids taken. SO CHILLING!
Thank you, yes Elizabeth Smart.. scary story with a good ending!
@@TrueCrimeRecaps That is the best part. And she is doing so much good.
Some very interesting cases I'd never heard about. Great video!
Thank you!
I'm from Chilliwack BC, more specifically I grew up on Cultus Lake Road just down the road from Cultus Lake itself. The year I was born Clifford Olson (the beast of BC) was arrested for murdering 11 kids. He murdered one of his victims at Cultus Lake, where I spent my summers. My older brother found out about the crime and would enjoy scaring me with it. I later found out Keith Hunter Jesperson (the smiley face killer) is also from Chilliwack and almost drowned at Cultus Lake. And Terry Driver, a killer from neighbouring Abbotsford dumped his victim in a river near Chilliwack. Add to that Robert Pickton and the Highway of Tears murders. British Columbia is beautiful but pretty creepy as well.
Edit: just found out Russell Williams was posted in Chilliwack too.
There was a really good band in the 80's called "Chilliwack".
@@widowrumstrypze9705 yep!
I don’t even think he did it. It seems strange… you can’t throw every person in jail that says the committed a crime. There’s a lot of mentally ill people who give false confessions
You need to do a video on Mark and Lori Hacking.
A Very bizarre and sad story from 2004. They lived as a married couple in Salt Lake City, Utah. He had a long con going by living a life of a medical student, but when his wife found out he was not, and had never been in medical school; he killed her. He then dumped her body in a dumpster. It was a very big story and made national headlines.
I was in Salt Lake City on a work trip when she went missing. I remember seeing missing flyers all over the city for her, it was when they thought she went missing while jogging. I second a video on this case!
@@JaimeLeighArt I'd actually forgotten about this case, but with all the national crimes currently trending, it kicked the memories up in my mind.
There's also another case I'm thinking of,... it pertains to a 20-something woman who lived somewhere out west, and she was kidnapped from her apartment. I think part of the story was law enforcement finding articles of her clothing in random places, like a local industrial area. I think a guy was caught and convicted; but I can't remember her name, so I can't Google it, like I did this story. I didn't remember Mark or Lori's names either, but I remembered the fake student part of the story.
And then there is the story of the two women who lived in Napa Valley and were murdered on Halloween night years ago. I remember seeing the story on 20/20. I believe law enforcement caught the guy who committed those crimes too. (Just looked it up; they did. The guy convicted is named Eric Copple, and this happened in 2004.)
All of these cases would make good review stories for TCR.
This and Chandra Levy were the first early 2000's cases that really gripped the country. And then the next year was Tara Grinstead. The early 2000's will always be a weirdly high numbered and unfortunately tragic time for crimes again women.
Paul Bernardo was the one that scared me as a kid. Also, the case with poor little James Bulger was terrifying to me. Those boys that killed him were my age and that case made me realize what monsters kids could be.
Wow. Well told, Chris and Amy. Both horrifying, stuff of nightmares. Remember when Etan disappeared and his killer was finally caught. Vaguely remember the Washington r*pist story and his evil mom. Especially when you showed photos.
The Zodiac Killer was the first scary person to be widely known and talked about, that I remember. All the kids at school talked about him, when he sent the note to the papers about his threat of shooting children exiting from a school bus. It was rumored that the Zodiac Killer had gone to the entrance of our school, that day.
It turned out to be a very foggy day, a true "Pea Soup" thick fog, because I grew up near the ocean, in Southern California. I only lived a block away from school, but on that foggy day, walking home alone, that was my scariest block I ever walked, after hearing all about the Zodiac Killer, at school that day. Then I read the newspapers, of course. Was in the 4th grade. That was a very spooky day and time. And then he was never definitively found. Although it was narrowed down to a couple of suspects, ultimately, who are both dead.
That was the first time that I knew for sure that there are some very dangerous people in the world. Sometime soon after, The Manson Family and Helter Skelter. Even closer to home. Crazy stuff. My brother was also killed in Vietnam in 1969. So 1968 and 1969 were when I figured out that the world could be pretty scary and dangerous.
OMG - I love Amy's sly comments and sarcasm😂🤣
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You guys are simply the best.
it sounds like a false confession.
I bet you've never heard a real one.
And you know this how?
You sound like a fake human.
Or the confession of a retard...
yes totally false, this guy is mentally not all there.👎
I remember your story Chris. That little boys face is ingrained in my head! Wow
Mine was the Yorkshire Ripper. Amy's story is similar in lots of ways. Love this channel. You guys are great!
Yeah Arthur Shawcross!!! I’m from Rochester, NY
Awesome job. Love your channel.
When amy says dogs , cats just leap on your face ...😂😂
In 1996 family friends were shot execution style in their homes in Michigan. The female survived. The killer posed as a delivery man as it was right before Christmas. He had a big teddy bear and a package. He forced them into their laundry room and made them lay face down then shot them both in the back of the head. She survived and managed to get outside where she eventually collapsed in her neighbors front yard who happened to be a police officer. It was a hired hit put on her husband, she was collateral damage. His job required a lot of travel to Mexico in the auto industry. It was thought he had discovered some things going on with the cars and smuggling of weapons. He was very on edge and nervous about a week or so before the murder. He didn’t want to go into work anymore. It was never solved unfortunately. His wife, our friend, is still alive and has suffered greatly through her lifetime.
The earliest crime that still haunts me today was the bombing of the 16th Street BC in Alabama where four little girls got killed. I was their age. Couldn't get over the evil that caused their death.
BTW, Chris, I knew a woman who lived near Etan Patz. They knew the family well and waa part of the community team that set up a search with the posters. Donna and Lenny were parents of a son Etan's age. I don't believe that Hernandez did the crime.
I have to weigh in and say: Yes, the story of Etan Patz seizes my heart, to this day. This case, and the efforts of his stalwart parents, definitely felt like a turning point in raising awareness about abducted children... perhaps the only good that came from this tragedy. And, thankfully, awareness about pedophiles, and all other stripes of child abductors, is continuing to grow.
What continues to lag behind are the laws that charge these psychologically sick criminals. The laws are so outdated, in almost every state, that it is an insult to humanity and an absolute hypocrisy of societal claims about concerns for the safety of children. We continue to let these predators carry on -- often for years, with many, many victims -- and if they ever actually DO get prosecuted, the charges are often so insultingly minor compared to the damage they've done to all these other human beings. And the sentencing they are given! I'm amazed that more of these predators, once they're released, aren't found murdered under suspicious circumstances -- by people so enraged by the DOJ's failure to keep these predators off the streets, that they resort to vigilante justice.
I'm not an advocate of violence, but I've come to this conclusion: serial pedophiles, serial rapists, or anyone found guilty of more than one rape or sexual assault, should receive life without parole. Period. No release, ever. And if our DOJ wasn't so screwed up in the way it handles the Death Penalty -- ultimately costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars to house them and absorb costs of all the appeals, for sometimes 20+ years -- I'd say that in some cases, death is the only reasonable choice. Because some people are so far beyond help that the only way to protect society is to remove those offenders, permanently.
There's a lot of layers to this issue, not the least of which is that, as a society we are not truly examining why we produce / create so many violent offenders. Nor are we examining all the other egregious flaws of the 'prison industrial complex', and what a for-profit revolving door it has become -- especially for people of color, and particularly for non-violent drug-related crimes. The whole system is toxic and broken. I wonder how long it will take for us to see some real reform in our entire criminal justice system. From my viewpoint, we have far too many of the wrong kinds of people behind bars, and not nearly enough of exactly the types of people who SHOULD be -- including the wealthy, privileged and white-collar criminals who often do incalculable damage to their victims' lives, with non-commensurate consequences.
Just found this channel and I'm hooked!
Omg you guys did such a good job picking this 2 crime story's for Halloween
Like always you guys do such a great job explaineing everything
🙏 Appreciate you, thanks!
I loved this style of ideo and would love to hear more personal stories or stories that effected you in some way. it really shows how we all have something thats changed us.
I enjoy your videos. Thank you!
Another situation where there's a couple other legit viable suspects yet someone is already in prison for the kids murder. it's important to have physical evidence proving guilt.
that "confession" is not enough.
Amy, I'm from Kennewick, Washington... I vagly remember this case, til it's brought up in videos on TV & internet... I'm 67 yrs old & still live in Kennewick... God bless u & Chris... prayers 🙏❤ always
Bless you, thank you!
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Wow, great show, thanks.
The Atlanta Child murders when I was little kid and when I became a teen it was the Tammy Zywicki disappearance. This happened when I was a teen in the 90s. It very scary story. She went missing and the only thing found was her car on the highway. They layer founded her body wrapped up in a blanket in Iowa.
Omg the first story has always scared me so much bec in school the teachers always talk to us about not talking to strangers
Thank you both You are great
I can’t imagine the guilt that these parents have. In 1979, it should have been safe for him to walk to school. We did. We lived outdoors with no fears
When I was a kid in the 80s I walked the short distance to kindergarten when I was 5. My mother and I were talking and the idea of sending one of my kids out the door to walk to school in kindergarten seems insane!
Honestly though, I think times have always been scary; the 60s-80s were I think the most prolific time for serial killers.
I was a teen and grew up in a small sleepy town, the first murder I had ever heard about was a woman found by two joggers along a gravel road surrounded by forest in KY. The first day they encountered a smell of decay, thinking it was a dead animal (not uncommon in areas like that) but the next day jogging the smell was unusually strong, and remembering an article in our local paper that a woman from Ohio was last seen in our town, they investigated the odor… she was found and her hands had been twisted off to hide her fingerprints and her face crushed beyond recognition, it had to be her. Turns out she was dating a local drug dealer, he became convinced she was an FBI Informant (she wasn’t ) she simply wanted to return home to Ohio, and he in a rage killed her. In his testimony, he used his bare hands to twist off her hands… I’ve never forgotten this, it shocked me someone who was local could do this, that was the day I learned to trust no one.
I never herd about Eton , how sad , thank you guys ,love you guys stay safe!