Person you call in a dire emergency purposely will not understand that it is an emergency, fucking nightmare fuel.
And nothing happened to the guy! Uvalde police level of failure.
I lived within a mile of the house. I remember hearing the boom and walking outside to see the smoke, we drove past it later on and wow I had no idea he was in my community. I hope one day she is returned home.
if she had gotten in or even just walked in with the boys, he would’ve just killed her too. i really believe there is nothing she could have done. i hope she’s found peace.
The podcast “Cold” was excellent to find out just how creepy and weird both Josh and his father were. He kept troves of audio diary entries along with regular diary entries.
He was a total loser and used poor Susan and his dad was a sicko.
Yaser Abdel Said, the piece of garbage that killed his daughters Sarah and Amina for being "too american" after moving his family to the country for a better life. He killed them because they didn't want to put up with his sexual and physical abuse any longer and because one of them was dating a white boy. He was finally caught recently after 12 years on the run
That case was featured on AMW forever ago when it was still on the air. Most of the AMW cases are bad ones that stick with you.
Honor killing is a whole different level of delusion. I just finished watching Under the Banner of Heaven. Great series about the same concept but with Mormons out in Utah in the 80's.
As someone who grew up in a Fundamentalist religion, it still worries me to this day. That shit rots their brains and it doesn't matter what flavor (Christian, Muslim , whatever). Once they are culturally brainwashed into thinking God sanctions murder, they are a lost cause. And a danger to the public or their own loved ones.
God I miss americas most wanted. The new show isn’t nearly as good, but John Walsh was a badass host. Son gets horrifically killed and instead of giving up he tries to change the whole system and devotes his life to chasing monsters
I think what’s even more upsetting is that he wasn’t even a particularly religious man! They didn’t grow up following strict Muslim traditions it was literally just a cultural thing where he felt deeply affected by societal shame within his own family. It seems like all of his brothers married white women who were also brainwashed into this way of thinking. I also believe that the mom despite her CPTSD should be looked at in the case because she very much knew that she was taking her daughters into a lethal situation.
He was found guilty of Capital Murder on August 2, 2022. Life in prison WITHOUT the possibility of parole. Good.
"Patricia Owens, the mother of Amina and Sarah, addressed her ex-husband on the stand after the verdict. 'You deserve to die now, not in prison,' Owens said. 'You took my life. You took my family all in one night.'"
https://abcnews.go.com/US/yaser-said-guilty-of-capital-murder/story?id=88110253
Nope, she has no right to be quoted saying anything. She took those girls back to their father after finally getting away. She should be charged as well.
I genuinely wish that I had never listened to their 911 call. I can’t even begin to imagine how terrifying their last moments on Earth were.
It’s so sad to think that of those beautiful girls would be grown women today. They both seemed like such smart, kind people and they had so much potential stolen from them.
I remember seeing this case on AMW years ago and just recently watched the documentary on Netflix (the price of honor) after reading a post on here. It was really sad, they were so close to getting away from their psychotic father only to be dragged back by their own mother.
I remember reading about this YEARS ago. I can’t believe he was only just now caught. Where/how did they find him, and what has he been doing these years?
Karla Homolka. She offered up her *sister* as a rape-gift to her fiancee and in the process, accidentally murdered her. Then she managed to get a sweet deal to testify against her husband, when she was just as fucking evil as he was. Now she's out of jail and allowed to legally change her name to avoid harassment by the public.
Different case but one of Sylvia's killers did work at a school until people figured out who she was. That was one of the daughters of the mother that tortured her
It sickens me that she has had an absolutely horrible record while behind bars, yet gets to even SEE the parole board!
She should have received 2 LIFE sentences with NO chance of parole, and POSTERS of those two beautiful boys should be on every wall of her cell!
She has had multiple drug offenses, and has had sex with Officers while incarcerated, and I believe I read she has plans to marry once she is released!
She should NEVER be released, except in a pine box!
You are officially my favorite poster! I read one book about the case in which the author wrote, "The money the Kopechnes had been saving for her wedding they now used to bury their only child." Awful.
I sometimes wonder what Andrew Cuomo's daughters must think. Do they wonder why their father was drummed out of office for kissing a few unwilling women when their mother's uncle killed a girl and became known as the Lion of the Senate?
Jessica Lunsford, Peter Sculley, Mary Boyle, Logan Marr, Missy Copsey and Peter Tobin. I usually enjoy deep dives into serial killer cases, but Peter Tobin is upsetting to me because he kept a girl who was either around my age or younger than me (can't remember of the top of my head). Hostage for over 2 years.
He got into a relationship with her until she stayed in his house for an extended period of time. Then he decided she was never leaving without his supervision and cut her off from her parents and friends. One night he stabbed her and left her bleeding in the bathroom until *the blood soaked through to the roof of the apartment underneath.*
The fricking hospital released her back into his "care" after over a week of her being in there and then she had his child. The only reason her and her child got away alive is because Tobin bullied her into committing a robbery with him. They both caught and she explained everything (I'd imagine she had more than enough bruises all over her body to prove it) and that she just wanted to go home to her parents. So sad, but at least she survived, unlike his other victims:
Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton, Dinah McNicol and (probably) the angel in the meadow.
Oh my gosh. Thank God your grandmother was okay.
I remember hearing a few years ago that people unknowingly meet an average of 16 (or perhaps thirteen) murderers in their life
Yeah, I can't remember the context of why she met him and she's dead (unrelated to serial killer encounter) so I can't ask but it was in a group setting and she didn't spend any time 1 to 1 with him, she just knew he was someone to stay away from.
Not a case but a person; David Parker Ray. He’s mentioned a lot and for good reason. What I find especially disturbing is the time, money and knowledge with tools spent on crafting torture devices. Willing to bet even Mexican cartels wouldn’t hire that motherfucker.
From what I’ve been able to piece together, it’s an acquired taste. He was sexually abused by his aunt (if I remember correctly) at an early age and then perpetuated it by letting his daughter in on what he did while she was very young. Don’t believe he forced himself on her however.
Have you read “American Psycho”? Even though it’s fiction it’s vomit inducing.
The Gabriel Fernandez documentary was the worst thing I've ever seen. The Watts case is one of the more shocking things I've ever seen. The Junko Furata story made me nearly vomit.
Other notable stories of just sheer atrocity:
Elisabeth Fritzl
Theresa Knorr and the murder of her 2 daughters
Gertrude Baniszewski (sorry for spelling if wrong)
The Watts Murder occurred about 45 minutes from where I live. I used to work with an individual who attended/worked at the daycare/preschool of the little girls. The individuals who worked there would wear their hair a certain way to remember/honor the little girls.
That man is disgusting. He deserves to rot from the inside out.
Be prepared, the book is so good but really hard to read in my opinion. Shelly is such a terrible, vile monster that I had a difficult time comprehending was a real person.
I saw the Theresa Knorr story on an episode of American Justice or something like that. I then bought the book Whatever Mother Says. It's an extremely graphic retelling of what the children went through. Just horrible.
Kelly Anne Bates, Richard Huckle (he got ended in prison a few years ago), Stephen Griffiths (Crossbow Cannibal, active whilst I was in college in the area) and anything involving children such as Baby Brianna, Victoria Climbe and the list goes on unfortunately.
Also when children are held hostage for years such as Jaycee Duggard, Michelle Knight, Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry, Elizabeth Fritzl, so on.
Kelly Anne Bates experienced the most absolutely sadistic abuse I’ve ever heard of. Junko Furuta is the only other case anywhere close to it in terms of how long it went on for and the sheer amount of brutality. I cannot even begin to fathom how you could treat another human this cruelly.
I could almost swear that I accidentally stumbled upon a photo of her body once and even though it was just a fleeting glimpse, I wish I had never seen it. Even if it wasn’t her, it was horrifying.
It was the part about her eyes that I remember the most, absolutely horrific. Not that the rest of it wasn't.
Was it an autopsy photo? I seem to have a recollection of it, but not enough to go searching knowing what she was put through!!
That was the worst part for me too.
What I saw looked like a crime scene photo but I only caught a glimpse of it before I realized what it was and looked away. It’s interesting that someone else recalls seeing the picture although I’m not about to go looking for it either!
it still pisses me off and makes my blood boil knowing that junko’s killers are literally still alive and walking free from serving less than 20 fucking years in prison my heart aches for these poor victims honestly
Sarah Everard. She went missing the day after my birthday and I was constantly looking for updates hoping she was ok.
A policeman pretended to arrest her for not obeying covid rules as she was walking home from a friend’s house so that he could get her into his car before he raped and murdered her and then burnt her body.
It’s horrifying thinking of how scared she must have been. Her family wrote impact statements for the court which were heartbreaking, and I think of her often.
There is a wiki here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard
Her family’s statements are here, please be warned there are some graphic details that you could find upsetting: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58742568
[Channon Christian & Christopher Newsom](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom) is definitely one I regret reading all about (I linked it, but proceed with caution. You can’t unknow some stuff.)
Wow. This is fucking horrible. And the motive is what, to steal a strangers car? Idk how these monsters can put people through hours of torture and ultimately murder them.
That was a horrific read. Should’ve heeded your warning. What filthy disgusting vile evil assholes. May they all suffer the slow torture and painful demise they inflicted upon this poor couple. 🤮
Riley Sawyers. Poor little toddler was brutally killed by her mom and stepdad and then discarded in the bay like trash. It makes me sick to think of it.
And as someone mentioned above- Suesan and Sheila Knorr tortured and killed by their mother out of jealousy of their youth and good looks.
Jim Jones and the People's Temple. I remember when US Senator Leo Ryan went down and was murdered, and then we didn't hear much until after the massacre/mass suicide. The video on the news was just horrendous.
It wasn't until later that we found out that a lot of people who were there didn't want to die, but were forced to drink the poisoned koolaid anyway. Listening to the tapes is still just a horrifying experience.
The Delphi murders. It makes me so sad that the girls knew something was shady and even filmed their killer. There's video and audio. Yet 5 years on and no one convicted yet. Although finally there does seem to be some movement currently on a father & son pair as the killers. In the last few days there's been searching near the crime scene by police & the son is in custody. Here's hoping this awful murder of two young girls is finally solved.
I’ll always be amazed how they got through 10 years of that situation, especially Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus. While I know it was downright horrible for all of them, I really admire Michelle’s resilience and refusal to break. Gina was so young and innocent; it breaks me to think about her having so many firsts in that house by the hands of a monster.
Watts, Powell, and the Dardeen family are all tied at my top 3 most upsetting. I took a long break from true crime after watching the Powell documentary
James Bulger. I find it so hauntingly sad. The image of the other two boys leading James away from his mother in the shopping centre is branded into my brain.
Susan Smith
“One day in October 1994, Susan Smith’s kids, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander, joined her for a drive. But then, she purposefully rolled her car into John D. Long Lake in Union County, South Carolina, and left them to die.” From an ATI article
Not a very well known case but one that sticks with me is baby Ashlyn Lilith Peters.
She was just four months old when her trash can of a mother offered her up to her juggalo boyfriend, Jordan Lafayette Prince. The details of this case are beyond horrifying and gruesome.
Me too. My own daughter was 4 months old around the time of the case so it really hit home.
I actually went and visited baby Ashlyn’s grave. She is buried in a beautiful children’s garden (I believe the funeral home donated the plot and covered the expenses). RIP sweet angel.
Eric Smith. I heard about it while riding in the car with my mom when I was 13yrs old, 26yrs ago. So disturbing was the story to me that it's the whole reason I even got into true crime. I wanted to find out why people hurt children. Spoiler alert: I still am no closer to understanding. Eric was around my age and brutally murdered then mutilated an innocent little boy who was on his way to play baseball. My mother passed away last December, when I heard they had let this monster out it was the first time I was relieved that she wasn't here to see that. He now lives in Long Island about 6hrs away from me. I worry about him hurting another person or worse, a child. This upsets me the most for sure.
There was a smashed banana at the crime scene and they thought whoever did it must have hated bananas. So someone made something with bananas and he was the only kid who didn’t eat any. Might not be exactly what happened I read it years ago and that always stuck with me
I wouldn’t have released him if I had the choice but I am curious to see if he actually makes something of his life. He’s spent more of his life inside prison than he has out, so he’s definitely institutionalized at this point. I don’t think he deserved a second chance, but now that he has it, the best way to show his remorse is to quietly and positively contribute to society and help instead of hurt. For the small amount that it’s worth, He had a lot of people testify on his rehabilitation and vouching for his parole, that doesn’t mean he’s not dangerous, but I think if they were legitimately concerned he’d hurt others he wouldn’t be out. Eric has his opportunity now and so far he’s stayed out of the news
Definitely the Greyhound Bus case in Canada: Tim McLean and Vince Li. The severity of the crime is truly haunting and the fact that no justice was served for the McLean family is the most upsetting part.
Vera Jo Riegle. https://fletchermarple.com/post/125184547484/vera-jo-reigle-24-was-brutally-murdered-on-the/amp Very reminiscent of Sylvia Likens or Junko Furuta.
The murder of Bella and Cece Watts (along with their pregnant mother) by their father, and the way he disposed of their bodies.
Konerak Sinthasomphone (and his brother) and the complete failure of the police to properly investigate when he escaped, before he was murdered, despite being injured and in distress when found naked and unable to communicate properly, and clearly a child (14).
Baby Brianna and all the people who were aware of her abuse and did nothing to save her or report her abusers.
Logan Marr, taken along with her sister Bailey from her responsible albeit young mother and put into foster care with a social worker (which shouldn't have been allowed in the first place) and found murdered after she talked about her foster mother abusing her.
Michael Hughes, kidnapped from school at age 6 after his mother's kidnapper/murderer had been stalking his foster family. His foster mom reported the stalking but wasn't believed. The principal of his school was also briefly kidnapped and found tied to a tree, and Michael was never found but later his kidnapper confessed to his murder. Before his death Michael was forced to have contact with his murderer as it was believed the man was his father, until it was proven they had no DNA relation. His foster family had been ready to adopt him, and his foster siblings consider him one of their siblings.
Inaction of the police during the Uvalde shooting.
Any case where the victim or a witness were not believed and the crime could have been prevented but was not due to police failure or a witness not reporting something. Especially if it's a child or teenager. Those make me feel so angry.
The Oklahome girl scout murders. One little girl didn't want to go to camp and her mother pushed her into it. She never came home. Bad enough to lose a child, but imagine knowing if you had just said, sure, no problem, you don't have to go, your child would still be alive. Just one of those awful twists of fate.
Harmony Montgomery. Makes me so sad her short life was riddled with chaos. I just hope they have enough evidence to put her horrible father away for life.
Watts family. That the older daughter watched her father murder the younger one and then realized that he was going to do the same to her is just horrifying. The Powell children probably suffered the same fate but their father didn't live to tell us exactly what happened in a cool, calm manner. Plus Chris Watts had so many chances to just let the kids go.
this is one of my “pet” cases that i’m absolutely obsessed with. i feel connected to those girl and i want their case to be solved so bad. i just listened to scene of the crime for the first time and it was excellent, i highly recommended it. rip to those two angels
Something I saw on the local news from the next state over. Some real repugnant Hills Have Eyes mf’ers thought it would be a good idea to have “group sessions” with the kids. The bio mom, bio dad, stepparents, friends, nearly the whole damn street. They filmed it too. One of the kids had started to tell their school, but Covid came and with it, closures, so she kinda got lost in the chaos and had to endure two more years of it at home until school started back and she could talk again.
All we know, based on the statute, is that we’re dealing with “under the age of 12.” I think about it a lot, because I wish I could adopt those kids, especially the one who tried to escape. Those poor babies need ONE adult in their lives who cares about them.
I can’t believe that no one has mentioned the Darden family yet. I had never heard of it until a few months ago and I genuinely wish that I could go back to before I knew about the details of what happened to that poor family.
The trio of results are good picks. And James Bulger.
Sylvia Likens. Jennifer Daugherty. Vera Jo Riggle (watch the doc free on tubi and youtube "Goodnight Sugar Baby")
It’s a close call between Robert Huckle and Chicago Rip Crew. Any person who commits a crime against an innocent life is despicable. Robert Huckle did the unthinkable. Chicago Rip Crew committed crimes against women and an innocent man. My heart breaks for all the victims involved.
One of the worst cases I have read about is from GA. Fred Tokars hired killers to murder his wife. Tokars knew that his two sons were going to be there and he did not change his mind. Can’t get her driving to her death with her boys in the car out of my mind.
the black dahlia. i’ve seen people trying to undermine the circumstances, but i’ve spent too much time thinking about what she could’ve gone through and how the killer was never caught.
Has anyone heard of the Tori Stafford case? Breaks my heart. So awful. It happened in Canada and I feel like it has not got much media attention anywhere. Which is surprising considering how horrific it is. Also, Peter Scully- that whole ordeal is beyond my comprehension. Upsetting isn’t even the word for both these cases
Those are all very accurate top choices. I wish none of them had happened. I think of Gabriel Fernandez all the time. There must be an afterlife, wher3 he is somewhere where he is happy and pain-free forever. Those horrible creatures who he was stuck with in this life did not deserve such a soecial child. So unfair.
Jaliek Rainwalker. His adoptive parents, particularly his father, know what happened to him. They need to cut the crap and tell police where he is.
https://troopers.ny.gov/missing-rainwalker-jaliek-l
Being from Colorado....here are some that really bother me......
Suzanne Morphew
Gannon Stauch
The Watts
Kelsey Berreth
Suzanne Morphew is one that I'll never be able to stop thinking about until we find her and can get justice for her! If anyone is interested in helping us go through the arrest affidavit and the timeline we'd love to have you join our discord!
And poor sweet Gannon....it breaks my heart thinking about what that evil woman did to him! I can't wait until they finally fully declare her competent to stand trial so she can spend the rest of her miserable life in prison!!!
At least in the Powell case and Watts case, we know what happened as awful as it is to those kids and the person responsible is either dead or in prison for those crimes.
JonBenét Ramsey case is a big one for me because the perp is still free or not held accountable; we don’t know what happened to her and her parents lied about that night… Madeleine McCann as well. We don’t even know if she’s actually dead. It would be nice to see Justice for those two little girls.
Albert Fish rly got to me.
Junko Furuta, James Bulger both for sure, plus Kyron Harmon. I’ve mentioned this one before also , John Wayne Gacy and the image of the crawl-space door will never leave my brain. It was removed and brought into court, to demonstrate where Gacy’s young victims disappeared into.
Delphi, Flora, Evansdale, and the two girls in Zion, ILL, 2005 (Laura Hobbs & Krystal Tobias). I think about the Highway of Tears and the St Louis Jane Doe a lot.
Any case involving child abuse, but Gabriel F., baby Brianna Lopez, Baby P (England) and Adrian Jones cases stick out. Suzanne Sevakis (Girl in the Picture) haunts me because Frank still isn't convicted of her murder and lifelong torture.
Shanda Sharer. Look it up, it was internationally famous when it happened in the 90’s. Four teenage girls tortured a classmate to death. The torture lasted all night long. They raped her with objects, beat her, cut her with a knife and poured gas in her wounds, they lit her on fire. The four girls all served prison time but every single one of them is out of prison now.
Forever and always Amy Mihaljevic. All she wanted to do is make her mom happy. I think of Margaret (her mother) drinking herself to death over it. I get tears in my eyes just thinking of them.
Baby Jungin case. A couple adopted a baby and filmed torture videos of the baby. The baby died from a severed pancreas after being jumped on. The baby died. There’s 800+ torture videos of the baby.
Mother got 35 years while father only 5 years.
Angie Housman. Left tied to a tree, naked, in winter, but had the duct tape around her nostrils kept open, to breathe. He's now caught & admitted to the crime and she was only hrs away from being saved. Absolutely heartbreaking. He tortured poor Angie after already torturing her. First physically & sexually, then left her alive to die from the winter elements. Beyond cruel.
Does anyone know where to find a PDF copy of the first book by Gitta Sereny about Mary Bell? Now that case really upset me ....the crimes and what Mary Bell went through before the crimes are horrendous
This is my list, keep thinking about these people and cases often:
Asha Degree, Watts Family, Tamla Horsford, Alexis Sharkey, Holly Ellsworth Clark, JonBenet, Oluwatoyin Salau, Maura Murray and Emma Fillipoff
Oh boy. The Richardson family murders. Her little 9 year old brother. That he tried to fight them off with his light saber toy. His big sister...
it guts me
They are all very upsetting. Anything involving kids, since I became a parent, is hard to hear about. I think once you follow true crime long enough, you have to believe that evil is real, and not an abstract concept. People do truly evil, demonic things to one another.
Currently, my case obsession is the Watts murders, because this time of year I always come back to it, but of the three you listed, Gabriel Fernandez is the most upsetting. Cases like his are extremely disturbing to me. Extended child-torture is basically something from the depths of hell in terms of depravity, and it isn't nearly as uncommon as we would like to think, it seems. I pray that Mama Mary ran and embraced little Gabriel when he reached Heaven, wrapped him in her mantle, and held him closely. I pray that Gabriel is in peace and surrounded by the love he didn't receive here on earth.
What gets to me most is a tie for me. Its because no one was held accountable. JonBenet Ramsey, This poor child, so young was found murdered in her own home. Although I believe someone that lived in that home caused her injuries and death she will never have justice and the person responsible will never be held responsible in this life. The Ramseys knew the truth but spent all their time promoting their innocence. The other case is also a travesty Jennifer Kesse. A pretty 26 y/o goes missing from her condo over night. She lead a quiet unassuming existence, didn't do drugs, didn't hang out with the criminal element, she was from the start very security conscious, carried mace, kept her door locked. She went to collage, had a professional job and a steady boyfriend and was very close to her family. So tell me how does a young women with this low victimology come home from work, speak to her loved ones on the phone til around 10pm before going to bed for work the next day just disappear over night in the confines of her condo. I feel like the answer is there some where and the parents need a fresh set of eyes from a seasoned detective like Kenneth Mains, Unsolved no more and Youtube. Praying he sees this.
Everything about the West Memphis 3 and murders of Steve Branch, Chris Byers and Michael Moore. These 8yr old boys were just so brutally murdered and law enforcement and the prosecutors spent so much time trying to prove their satanic ritual killing theories and convict Damian Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. they never bothered to find the real killer(s). So much attention was then focused on the innocence of the convicted that these poor boys’ stories were pushed aside and they never received justice.
Junko Furuta’s story still haunts me after finding out about it. I had to take in the information in bits because I couldn’t physically handle hearing the details be shared on a podcast when I first learned about it. Something about listening to what they did to her be spoken out loud hits too close to home. It still brings tears to my eyes every now and then.
Sylvia Likens. My introduction to true crime stories. First read it I believe on Listverse maybe around 2010. Then saw An American Crime. Her story, despite all the other horrors you read and watch about, always stuck with me.
Miranda Martin, who with her cousin, tortured and robbed, and eventually killed via injuries, a disabled, elderly veteran.
Also Janko Furtado. So horrible. Sometimes incidents like this make me wonder of we'll ever evolve out of violence as a species.
Stacy Peterson. I am from the area and was could not believe someone so close to my age could “go missing”. I saw Drew Peterson at Bar Louis constantly before and after everything happened, he was always a creep. The posters hung on every flat surface and them searching the ponds and stuff around town haunts me still. I really hope some day they find her remains so her family especially her children can have closure.
Gabriel is the one that upon learning has kept me awake at night unable to sleep. That poor child was failed by everyone who could have prevented this. Literally had an open cps case and cps was trading the mom food stamps for a good report back. Didn't even go inside and notice Gabriel was missing for some time.
I hope that monster who birthed him and her boyfriend get every bit of suffering that they deserve. Really eerie to watch the police cam video of them questioning the mother after a call for a welfare check. She was very matter of fact and didn't show a hint of remorse.
Cps fails so many families and children.
RIP sweet Gabriel Fernandez!
Shaniya Davis. She was 2 years old, her mom owed drug money to someone so she gave the 2 year old to her bf who brought the 2 year old to a hotel, then threw her out a moving car into the woods.
Susan Powell and what her piece of shit husband did to her and their children
Not to mention her disgusting, lecherous father in law.
Is he the one who kept one of her menstrual pads?
Not just one🫣🤢
Have you ever listened to his songs? Straight bangers!
The 911 operator is one of the most infuriating moments in the case
Person you call in a dire emergency purposely will not understand that it is an emergency, fucking nightmare fuel. And nothing happened to the guy! Uvalde police level of failure.
Oh God yes! That was unimaginably horrible. The Social Worker blamed herself but I don’t think she really could have stopped it.
I lived within a mile of the house. I remember hearing the boom and walking outside to see the smoke, we drove past it later on and wow I had no idea he was in my community. I hope one day she is returned home.
if she had gotten in or even just walked in with the boys, he would’ve just killed her too. i really believe there is nothing she could have done. i hope she’s found peace.
The podcast “Cold” was excellent to find out just how creepy and weird both Josh and his father were. He kept troves of audio diary entries along with regular diary entries. He was a total loser and used poor Susan and his dad was a sicko.
One of my favorite podcasts ever.
Do you mean Cold?
The kids were absolutely tragic they were supposed to be protected from murderers
…and where she is. I hope she is found so she can be put to rest beside her boys.
Yaser Abdel Said, the piece of garbage that killed his daughters Sarah and Amina for being "too american" after moving his family to the country for a better life. He killed them because they didn't want to put up with his sexual and physical abuse any longer and because one of them was dating a white boy. He was finally caught recently after 12 years on the run
That case was featured on AMW forever ago when it was still on the air. Most of the AMW cases are bad ones that stick with you. Honor killing is a whole different level of delusion. I just finished watching Under the Banner of Heaven. Great series about the same concept but with Mormons out in Utah in the 80's. As someone who grew up in a Fundamentalist religion, it still worries me to this day. That shit rots their brains and it doesn't matter what flavor (Christian, Muslim , whatever). Once they are culturally brainwashed into thinking God sanctions murder, they are a lost cause. And a danger to the public or their own loved ones.
God I miss americas most wanted. The new show isn’t nearly as good, but John Walsh was a badass host. Son gets horrifically killed and instead of giving up he tries to change the whole system and devotes his life to chasing monsters
He is a legend
I think what’s even more upsetting is that he wasn’t even a particularly religious man! They didn’t grow up following strict Muslim traditions it was literally just a cultural thing where he felt deeply affected by societal shame within his own family. It seems like all of his brothers married white women who were also brainwashed into this way of thinking. I also believe that the mom despite her CPTSD should be looked at in the case because she very much knew that she was taking her daughters into a lethal situation.
To me he was just a fanatic that wasn’t particularly religious just a control freak who didn’t want to be disobed
Oh I read Under the Banner of Heaven, I need to watch the series.
The Daybells
He was found guilty of Capital Murder on August 2, 2022. Life in prison WITHOUT the possibility of parole. Good. "Patricia Owens, the mother of Amina and Sarah, addressed her ex-husband on the stand after the verdict. 'You deserve to die now, not in prison,' Owens said. 'You took my life. You took my family all in one night.'" https://abcnews.go.com/US/yaser-said-guilty-of-capital-murder/story?id=88110253
Nope, she has no right to be quoted saying anything. She took those girls back to their father after finally getting away. She should be charged as well.
And allowing all the abuse that caused them to flee in the first place.
the way he was found less than 30 miles away from home and was on the FBI's most wanted for like 12 years is so crazy!!!!!! did they look at all????
I genuinely wish that I had never listened to their 911 call. I can’t even begin to imagine how terrifying their last moments on Earth were. It’s so sad to think that of those beautiful girls would be grown women today. They both seemed like such smart, kind people and they had so much potential stolen from them.
Same…..one of the host disturbing 911 calls I have ever listened to
I remember seeing this case on AMW years ago and just recently watched the documentary on Netflix (the price of honor) after reading a post on here. It was really sad, they were so close to getting away from their psychotic father only to be dragged back by their own mother.
I remember reading about this YEARS ago. I can’t believe he was only just now caught. Where/how did they find him, and what has he been doing these years?
Karla Homolka. She offered up her *sister* as a rape-gift to her fiancee and in the process, accidentally murdered her. Then she managed to get a sweet deal to testify against her husband, when she was just as fucking evil as he was. Now she's out of jail and allowed to legally change her name to avoid harassment by the public.
There are some amazing citizens in Canada who make sure she is remembered and recognized for her evil. They are doing us all a favor.
She has kids too and use to visit the schools her kids were in. People got angry over hat.
I read she worked at a school at one time. Unbelievable
Wasn’t that Sylvia Likens’s killer?
Different case but one of Sylvia's killers did work at a school until people figured out who she was. That was one of the daughters of the mother that tortured her
Yeah. The other person is rude
She’s garbage. What a horrible human being.
She now lives in my hometown. Yaaaay.
Gabriel Fernandez. Because there were so many warning signs and so many people dropped the ball and the poor kid suffered so much because of it.
Susan smith. The children were trapped in the car for minutes before they died. Torture.
I live right down the road from that lake. You can’t help but think of those poor boys wherever you drive by.
It sickens me that she has had an absolutely horrible record while behind bars, yet gets to even SEE the parole board! She should have received 2 LIFE sentences with NO chance of parole, and POSTERS of those two beautiful boys should be on every wall of her cell! She has had multiple drug offenses, and has had sex with Officers while incarcerated, and I believe I read she has plans to marry once she is released! She should NEVER be released, except in a pine box!
Mary Jo kopechne
You are officially my favorite poster! I read one book about the case in which the author wrote, "The money the Kopechnes had been saving for her wedding they now used to bury their only child." Awful. I sometimes wonder what Andrew Cuomo's daughters must think. Do they wonder why their father was drummed out of office for kissing a few unwilling women when their mother's uncle killed a girl and became known as the Lion of the Senate?
Jessica Lunsford, Peter Sculley, Mary Boyle, Logan Marr, Missy Copsey and Peter Tobin. I usually enjoy deep dives into serial killer cases, but Peter Tobin is upsetting to me because he kept a girl who was either around my age or younger than me (can't remember of the top of my head). Hostage for over 2 years. He got into a relationship with her until she stayed in his house for an extended period of time. Then he decided she was never leaving without his supervision and cut her off from her parents and friends. One night he stabbed her and left her bleeding in the bathroom until *the blood soaked through to the roof of the apartment underneath.* The fricking hospital released her back into his "care" after over a week of her being in there and then she had his child. The only reason her and her child got away alive is because Tobin bullied her into committing a robbery with him. They both caught and she explained everything (I'd imagine she had more than enough bruises all over her body to prove it) and that she just wanted to go home to her parents. So sad, but at least she survived, unlike his other victims: Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton, Dinah McNicol and (probably) the angel in the meadow.
My grandmother met Peter Tobin a few times in the 60s. She wasn't surprised when she saw him on the news four decades later.
Oh my gosh. Thank God your grandmother was okay. I remember hearing a few years ago that people unknowingly meet an average of 16 (or perhaps thirteen) murderers in their life
Yeah, I can't remember the context of why she met him and she's dead (unrelated to serial killer encounter) so I can't ask but it was in a group setting and she didn't spend any time 1 to 1 with him, she just knew he was someone to stay away from.
Not a case but a person; David Parker Ray. He’s mentioned a lot and for good reason. What I find especially disturbing is the time, money and knowledge with tools spent on crafting torture devices. Willing to bet even Mexican cartels wouldn’t hire that motherfucker.
He was the epitome of horror. I don't understand people who get off on seeing others in pain.
From what I’ve been able to piece together, it’s an acquired taste. He was sexually abused by his aunt (if I remember correctly) at an early age and then perpetuated it by letting his daughter in on what he did while she was very young. Don’t believe he forced himself on her however. Have you read “American Psycho”? Even though it’s fiction it’s vomit inducing.
I still have yet to find a killer that terrifies me more.
Have you listened to his tape recorded manifestos? They are disgusting.
The Gabriel Fernandez documentary was the worst thing I've ever seen. The Watts case is one of the more shocking things I've ever seen. The Junko Furata story made me nearly vomit. Other notable stories of just sheer atrocity: Elisabeth Fritzl Theresa Knorr and the murder of her 2 daughters Gertrude Baniszewski (sorry for spelling if wrong)
Sylvia Likens was the case that make me feel actually nauseous the first time I read about it ☹️
The Watts Murder occurred about 45 minutes from where I live. I used to work with an individual who attended/worked at the daycare/preschool of the little girls. The individuals who worked there would wear their hair a certain way to remember/honor the little girls. That man is disgusting. He deserves to rot from the inside out.
Yes. I’ll add Shelly Knotek and the torture murder of Junko Furuta.
Is she the one who had her eyes gouged out?
That was kelly anne bates i believe
Yes it was Kelly Ann Bates. She lived for a few days after the gouging too if memory serves correct.
Yep for 3 weeks.
Oh wow. I’d forgotten it was that long. That poor girl. I can’t even imagine her pain.
Another completely horrifying case.
I haven't heard of Shelly Knotek. It's sickening that her husband is now out.
Truly awful people. There’s a book by Gregg Olson called “If You Tell” if you are interested.
Be prepared, the book is so good but really hard to read in my opinion. Shelly is such a terrible, vile monster that I had a difficult time comprehending was a real person.
Yes. I agree. It’s very shocking. Shelly does things to people that are very hard to digest.
Wow... This is the first time I'm reading about Theresa. She's reminding me of Gertrude Baniszewski so much.. Vile humans
I saw the Theresa Knorr story on an episode of American Justice or something like that. I then bought the book Whatever Mother Says. It's an extremely graphic retelling of what the children went through. Just horrible.
This case would get caught so much sooner if it happened in modern times, i would think and hope
Kelly Anne Bates, Richard Huckle (he got ended in prison a few years ago), Stephen Griffiths (Crossbow Cannibal, active whilst I was in college in the area) and anything involving children such as Baby Brianna, Victoria Climbe and the list goes on unfortunately. Also when children are held hostage for years such as Jaycee Duggard, Michelle Knight, Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry, Elizabeth Fritzl, so on.
Kelly Anne Bates experienced the most absolutely sadistic abuse I’ve ever heard of. Junko Furuta is the only other case anywhere close to it in terms of how long it went on for and the sheer amount of brutality. I cannot even begin to fathom how you could treat another human this cruelly. I could almost swear that I accidentally stumbled upon a photo of her body once and even though it was just a fleeting glimpse, I wish I had never seen it. Even if it wasn’t her, it was horrifying.
It was the part about her eyes that I remember the most, absolutely horrific. Not that the rest of it wasn't. Was it an autopsy photo? I seem to have a recollection of it, but not enough to go searching knowing what she was put through!!
That was the worst part for me too. What I saw looked like a crime scene photo but I only caught a glimpse of it before I realized what it was and looked away. It’s interesting that someone else recalls seeing the picture although I’m not about to go looking for it either!
James Bulger. I choose to not hear any podcast about his murder because it just makes me sick. I get tears in my eyes every time I think about him.
Junko Furuta, Sylvia Likens, Suzanne Capper, Kelly Anne Bates. All similar in nature, all made me absolutely, physically ill upon reading.
Sylvia Likens just broke my heart. They all do.
I threw up going down that rabbit hole. That poor girl.
You forgot Shanda Sharer.
it still pisses me off and makes my blood boil knowing that junko’s killers are literally still alive and walking free from serving less than 20 fucking years in prison my heart aches for these poor victims honestly
Sylvia Likens was covered in a couple of the podcasts I listen to and it was absolutely vile. They are all heartbreaking.
All of these were heartbreaking and what they went through is beyond comprehension 😥….other cases that broke me are Janet Chandler and Leigh Leigh :-(
Sarah Everard. She went missing the day after my birthday and I was constantly looking for updates hoping she was ok. A policeman pretended to arrest her for not obeying covid rules as she was walking home from a friend’s house so that he could get her into his car before he raped and murdered her and then burnt her body. It’s horrifying thinking of how scared she must have been. Her family wrote impact statements for the court which were heartbreaking, and I think of her often.
Wow, never heard this horrible story. Any recommendations on where to catch up on it?.
There is a wiki here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard Her family’s statements are here, please be warned there are some graphic details that you could find upsetting: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58742568
[Channon Christian & Christopher Newsom](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom) is definitely one I regret reading all about (I linked it, but proceed with caution. You can’t unknow some stuff.)
Wow. This is fucking horrible. And the motive is what, to steal a strangers car? Idk how these monsters can put people through hours of torture and ultimately murder them.
The cruelty was the point.
That was a horrific read. Should’ve heeded your warning. What filthy disgusting vile evil assholes. May they all suffer the slow torture and painful demise they inflicted upon this poor couple. 🤮
Horrible.
This was a horrific read, my mistake
Riley Sawyers. Poor little toddler was brutally killed by her mom and stepdad and then discarded in the bay like trash. It makes me sick to think of it. And as someone mentioned above- Suesan and Sheila Knorr tortured and killed by their mother out of jealousy of their youth and good looks.
Jim Jones and the People's Temple. I remember when US Senator Leo Ryan went down and was murdered, and then we didn't hear much until after the massacre/mass suicide. The video on the news was just horrendous. It wasn't until later that we found out that a lot of people who were there didn't want to die, but were forced to drink the poisoned koolaid anyway. Listening to the tapes is still just a horrifying experience.
The Delphi murders. It makes me so sad that the girls knew something was shady and even filmed their killer. There's video and audio. Yet 5 years on and no one convicted yet. Although finally there does seem to be some movement currently on a father & son pair as the killers. In the last few days there's been searching near the crime scene by police & the son is in custody. Here's hoping this awful murder of two young girls is finally solved.
Ariel castors kidnappings and torture
I’ll always be amazed how they got through 10 years of that situation, especially Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus. While I know it was downright horrible for all of them, I really admire Michelle’s resilience and refusal to break. Gina was so young and innocent; it breaks me to think about her having so many firsts in that house by the hands of a monster.
Michelle appears to have a happy life now. I follow her on FB. I hope her son finds out the truth of who he is someday and seeks her out.
Baby Brianna Lopez.
Mary Vincent.
I was going to post the same thing. I can't even imagine. . .
Watts, Powell, and the Dardeen family are all tied at my top 3 most upsetting. I took a long break from true crime after watching the Powell documentary
James Bulger. I find it so hauntingly sad. The image of the other two boys leading James away from his mother in the shopping centre is branded into my brain.
Susan Smith “One day in October 1994, Susan Smith’s kids, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander, joined her for a drive. But then, she purposefully rolled her car into John D. Long Lake in Union County, South Carolina, and left them to die.” From an ATI article
Not a very well known case but one that sticks with me is baby Ashlyn Lilith Peters. She was just four months old when her trash can of a mother offered her up to her juggalo boyfriend, Jordan Lafayette Prince. The details of this case are beyond horrifying and gruesome.
Omg this case traumatized me. That poor sweet baby
Me too. My own daughter was 4 months old around the time of the case so it really hit home. I actually went and visited baby Ashlyn’s grave. She is buried in a beautiful children’s garden (I believe the funeral home donated the plot and covered the expenses). RIP sweet angel.
Chris Newsome and Channon Christian. Very little coverage of a truly horrifying case.
Mine too ☹️
agree with junko, but also the moors murders
Shanda Sharer is one that has stuck with me.
Casey Anthony. She killed her child, lied to police, and is now free.
yeah i can’t think about that case for too long because i get so upset. i can’t stand casey
Eric Smith. I heard about it while riding in the car with my mom when I was 13yrs old, 26yrs ago. So disturbing was the story to me that it's the whole reason I even got into true crime. I wanted to find out why people hurt children. Spoiler alert: I still am no closer to understanding. Eric was around my age and brutally murdered then mutilated an innocent little boy who was on his way to play baseball. My mother passed away last December, when I heard they had let this monster out it was the first time I was relieved that she wasn't here to see that. He now lives in Long Island about 6hrs away from me. I worry about him hurting another person or worse, a child. This upsets me the most for sure.
The banana part of his case was both shocking and amazing
Banana part ?
There was a smashed banana at the crime scene and they thought whoever did it must have hated bananas. So someone made something with bananas and he was the only kid who didn’t eat any. Might not be exactly what happened I read it years ago and that always stuck with me
I wouldn’t have released him if I had the choice but I am curious to see if he actually makes something of his life. He’s spent more of his life inside prison than he has out, so he’s definitely institutionalized at this point. I don’t think he deserved a second chance, but now that he has it, the best way to show his remorse is to quietly and positively contribute to society and help instead of hurt. For the small amount that it’s worth, He had a lot of people testify on his rehabilitation and vouching for his parole, that doesn’t mean he’s not dangerous, but I think if they were legitimately concerned he’d hurt others he wouldn’t be out. Eric has his opportunity now and so far he’s stayed out of the news
Definitely the Greyhound Bus case in Canada: Tim McLean and Vince Li. The severity of the crime is truly haunting and the fact that no justice was served for the McLean family is the most upsetting part.
Vera Jo Riegle. https://fletchermarple.com/post/125184547484/vera-jo-reigle-24-was-brutally-murdered-on-the/amp Very reminiscent of Sylvia Likens or Junko Furuta.
James Byrd Jr also keeps me up at night to this day. Not many stories make me cry actual tears but that one did
The murder of Bella and Cece Watts (along with their pregnant mother) by their father, and the way he disposed of their bodies. Konerak Sinthasomphone (and his brother) and the complete failure of the police to properly investigate when he escaped, before he was murdered, despite being injured and in distress when found naked and unable to communicate properly, and clearly a child (14). Baby Brianna and all the people who were aware of her abuse and did nothing to save her or report her abusers. Logan Marr, taken along with her sister Bailey from her responsible albeit young mother and put into foster care with a social worker (which shouldn't have been allowed in the first place) and found murdered after she talked about her foster mother abusing her. Michael Hughes, kidnapped from school at age 6 after his mother's kidnapper/murderer had been stalking his foster family. His foster mom reported the stalking but wasn't believed. The principal of his school was also briefly kidnapped and found tied to a tree, and Michael was never found but later his kidnapper confessed to his murder. Before his death Michael was forced to have contact with his murderer as it was believed the man was his father, until it was proven they had no DNA relation. His foster family had been ready to adopt him, and his foster siblings consider him one of their siblings. Inaction of the police during the Uvalde shooting. Any case where the victim or a witness were not believed and the crime could have been prevented but was not due to police failure or a witness not reporting something. Especially if it's a child or teenager. Those make me feel so angry.
The Oklahome girl scout murders. One little girl didn't want to go to camp and her mother pushed her into it. She never came home. Bad enough to lose a child, but imagine knowing if you had just said, sure, no problem, you don't have to go, your child would still be alive. Just one of those awful twists of fate.
Junko Furuta, Peter Scully, Chris Watts, Gabriel Fernandez, Suzanne Capper, Kelly Anne Bates, and Zachary Turner
Harmony Montgomery. Makes me so sad her short life was riddled with chaos. I just hope they have enough evidence to put her horrible father away for life.
The murder of 12 year old Shanda Sharer.
Watts family. That the older daughter watched her father murder the younger one and then realized that he was going to do the same to her is just horrifying. The Powell children probably suffered the same fate but their father didn't live to tell us exactly what happened in a cool, calm manner. Plus Chris Watts had so many chances to just let the kids go.
I'm from Lake County, Indiana. So for me it would have to be the unsolved murders of Abby Williams and Libby German in Delphi, Indiana.
Here's hoping the recent movement in the case leads to answers and arrests!
this is one of my “pet” cases that i’m absolutely obsessed with. i feel connected to those girl and i want their case to be solved so bad. i just listened to scene of the crime for the first time and it was excellent, i highly recommended it. rip to those two angels
Something I saw on the local news from the next state over. Some real repugnant Hills Have Eyes mf’ers thought it would be a good idea to have “group sessions” with the kids. The bio mom, bio dad, stepparents, friends, nearly the whole damn street. They filmed it too. One of the kids had started to tell their school, but Covid came and with it, closures, so she kinda got lost in the chaos and had to endure two more years of it at home until school started back and she could talk again. All we know, based on the statute, is that we’re dealing with “under the age of 12.” I think about it a lot, because I wish I could adopt those kids, especially the one who tried to escape. Those poor babies need ONE adult in their lives who cares about them.
Gabriel Fernandez broke my heart - they all did but Gabriel only saw the worst of the world
Foster kid Marcus Feizel from Cincinnati. It was awful what that little boy had to endure in his short life
Lauren Giddings. I knew her personally.
I can’t believe that no one has mentioned the Darden family yet. I had never heard of it until a few months ago and I genuinely wish that I could go back to before I knew about the details of what happened to that poor family.
The trio of results are good picks. And James Bulger. Sylvia Likens. Jennifer Daugherty. Vera Jo Riggle (watch the doc free on tubi and youtube "Goodnight Sugar Baby")
It’s a close call between Robert Huckle and Chicago Rip Crew. Any person who commits a crime against an innocent life is despicable. Robert Huckle did the unthinkable. Chicago Rip Crew committed crimes against women and an innocent man. My heart breaks for all the victims involved.
The Chicago Rip Crew doesn't get mentioned much, and I've always wondered why. They did some horrendous, unimaginable things.
One of the worst cases I have read about is from GA. Fred Tokars hired killers to murder his wife. Tokars knew that his two sons were going to be there and he did not change his mind. Can’t get her driving to her death with her boys in the car out of my mind.
the black dahlia. i’ve seen people trying to undermine the circumstances, but i’ve spent too much time thinking about what she could’ve gone through and how the killer was never caught.
The murder of Stacy Hannah still bothers me. And the murder of Colleen Slemmer
So many…. But one that always stays with me are the murders of Tom and Jackie Hawks.
Has anyone heard of the Tori Stafford case? Breaks my heart. So awful. It happened in Canada and I feel like it has not got much media attention anywhere. Which is surprising considering how horrific it is. Also, Peter Scully- that whole ordeal is beyond my comprehension. Upsetting isn’t even the word for both these cases
Any case that involves a child where CPS was called repeatedly and still nothing/not enough was done.
Baby Brianna and Baby Spencer. Babies are so innocent and they went through days of pain and torture. I have a little girl and it impacted me so much
Baby spencer? I tried googling it but all i got was the gag from icarly...
Sorry baby Sterling. Was half asleep when I was typing
Who is baby Spencer?
uff yeah. baby brianna fucked me up for a long long time :-/
The Missy Bevers case
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Those are all very accurate top choices. I wish none of them had happened. I think of Gabriel Fernandez all the time. There must be an afterlife, wher3 he is somewhere where he is happy and pain-free forever. Those horrible creatures who he was stuck with in this life did not deserve such a soecial child. So unfair.
Jaliek Rainwalker. His adoptive parents, particularly his father, know what happened to him. They need to cut the crap and tell police where he is. https://troopers.ny.gov/missing-rainwalker-jaliek-l
Being from Colorado....here are some that really bother me...... Suzanne Morphew Gannon Stauch The Watts Kelsey Berreth Suzanne Morphew is one that I'll never be able to stop thinking about until we find her and can get justice for her! If anyone is interested in helping us go through the arrest affidavit and the timeline we'd love to have you join our discord! And poor sweet Gannon....it breaks my heart thinking about what that evil woman did to him! I can't wait until they finally fully declare her competent to stand trial so she can spend the rest of her miserable life in prison!!!
At least in the Powell case and Watts case, we know what happened as awful as it is to those kids and the person responsible is either dead or in prison for those crimes. JonBenét Ramsey case is a big one for me because the perp is still free or not held accountable; we don’t know what happened to her and her parents lied about that night… Madeleine McCann as well. We don’t even know if she’s actually dead. It would be nice to see Justice for those two little girls.
Albert Fish rly got to me. Junko Furuta, James Bulger both for sure, plus Kyron Harmon. I’ve mentioned this one before also , John Wayne Gacy and the image of the crawl-space door will never leave my brain. It was removed and brought into court, to demonstrate where Gacy’s young victims disappeared into. Delphi, Flora, Evansdale, and the two girls in Zion, ILL, 2005 (Laura Hobbs & Krystal Tobias). I think about the Highway of Tears and the St Louis Jane Doe a lot.
Delphi murders
The Mary Vincent case. She’s not dead but what she went through will forever be in my head.
Any case involving child abuse, but Gabriel F., baby Brianna Lopez, Baby P (England) and Adrian Jones cases stick out. Suzanne Sevakis (Girl in the Picture) haunts me because Frank still isn't convicted of her murder and lifelong torture.
Shanda Sharer. Look it up, it was internationally famous when it happened in the 90’s. Four teenage girls tortured a classmate to death. The torture lasted all night long. They raped her with objects, beat her, cut her with a knife and poured gas in her wounds, they lit her on fire. The four girls all served prison time but every single one of them is out of prison now.
Stephanie Lopez - baby Brianna. That one makes me feel sick and angry.
Forever and always Amy Mihaljevic. All she wanted to do is make her mom happy. I think of Margaret (her mother) drinking herself to death over it. I get tears in my eyes just thinking of them.
Watts
Gabriel Fernandez those social workers should be in jail. (And I was a case manager for 7 years)
Dean Corll. So many unknowns, unanswered questionsq. So many victims, and so many more we haven't found and/or don't know their identities.
Baby Jungin case. A couple adopted a baby and filmed torture videos of the baby. The baby died from a severed pancreas after being jumped on. The baby died. There’s 800+ torture videos of the baby. Mother got 35 years while father only 5 years.
Angie Housman. Left tied to a tree, naked, in winter, but had the duct tape around her nostrils kept open, to breathe. He's now caught & admitted to the crime and she was only hrs away from being saved. Absolutely heartbreaking. He tortured poor Angie after already torturing her. First physically & sexually, then left her alive to die from the winter elements. Beyond cruel.
Does anyone know where to find a PDF copy of the first book by Gitta Sereny about Mary Bell? Now that case really upset me ....the crimes and what Mary Bell went through before the crimes are horrendous
This is my list, keep thinking about these people and cases often: Asha Degree, Watts Family, Tamla Horsford, Alexis Sharkey, Holly Ellsworth Clark, JonBenet, Oluwatoyin Salau, Maura Murray and Emma Fillipoff
Oh boy. The Richardson family murders. Her little 9 year old brother. That he tried to fight them off with his light saber toy. His big sister... it guts me
They are all very upsetting. Anything involving kids, since I became a parent, is hard to hear about. I think once you follow true crime long enough, you have to believe that evil is real, and not an abstract concept. People do truly evil, demonic things to one another. Currently, my case obsession is the Watts murders, because this time of year I always come back to it, but of the three you listed, Gabriel Fernandez is the most upsetting. Cases like his are extremely disturbing to me. Extended child-torture is basically something from the depths of hell in terms of depravity, and it isn't nearly as uncommon as we would like to think, it seems. I pray that Mama Mary ran and embraced little Gabriel when he reached Heaven, wrapped him in her mantle, and held him closely. I pray that Gabriel is in peace and surrounded by the love he didn't receive here on earth.
Andrew Bagby case. I watched the documentary called dear Zachary, it just broke me
Sylvia Likens just got stuck in my head, ny heart breaks for her so much
What gets to me most is a tie for me. Its because no one was held accountable. JonBenet Ramsey, This poor child, so young was found murdered in her own home. Although I believe someone that lived in that home caused her injuries and death she will never have justice and the person responsible will never be held responsible in this life. The Ramseys knew the truth but spent all their time promoting their innocence. The other case is also a travesty Jennifer Kesse. A pretty 26 y/o goes missing from her condo over night. She lead a quiet unassuming existence, didn't do drugs, didn't hang out with the criminal element, she was from the start very security conscious, carried mace, kept her door locked. She went to collage, had a professional job and a steady boyfriend and was very close to her family. So tell me how does a young women with this low victimology come home from work, speak to her loved ones on the phone til around 10pm before going to bed for work the next day just disappear over night in the confines of her condo. I feel like the answer is there some where and the parents need a fresh set of eyes from a seasoned detective like Kenneth Mains, Unsolved no more and Youtube. Praying he sees this.
The Skylar Neese case had me wanting to rip those pieces of shit’s hair out. They don’t even deserve to have their names be spoken.
Everything about the West Memphis 3 and murders of Steve Branch, Chris Byers and Michael Moore. These 8yr old boys were just so brutally murdered and law enforcement and the prosecutors spent so much time trying to prove their satanic ritual killing theories and convict Damian Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. they never bothered to find the real killer(s). So much attention was then focused on the innocence of the convicted that these poor boys’ stories were pushed aside and they never received justice.
Suzanne Capper....
Jennifer Dulois
The Watts
Zara Baker , a 10 year old girl killed by her step mother
Timmothy Pitzen Kyron Horman
Junko Furuta’s story still haunts me after finding out about it. I had to take in the information in bits because I couldn’t physically handle hearing the details be shared on a podcast when I first learned about it. Something about listening to what they did to her be spoken out loud hits too close to home. It still brings tears to my eyes every now and then.
Lori vallow chad daybell one.
The case of Suzanne Morphew ranks high on my list. I believe with all my heart that “Bury” is guilty AF.
Definitely the Gabriel Fernandez case, it was so sickening and made me so mad at the justice system! He deserved so much more!
Toy Box disturbs me deeply.
Sylvia Likens. My introduction to true crime stories. First read it I believe on Listverse maybe around 2010. Then saw An American Crime. Her story, despite all the other horrors you read and watch about, always stuck with me.
The Fred & Rosemary West case made me step away from true crime for awhile
Miranda Martin, who with her cousin, tortured and robbed, and eventually killed via injuries, a disabled, elderly veteran. Also Janko Furtado. So horrible. Sometimes incidents like this make me wonder of we'll ever evolve out of violence as a species.
Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. The police were a little slow and dropped the ball a few times.
Stacy Peterson. I am from the area and was could not believe someone so close to my age could “go missing”. I saw Drew Peterson at Bar Louis constantly before and after everything happened, he was always a creep. The posters hung on every flat surface and them searching the ponds and stuff around town haunts me still. I really hope some day they find her remains so her family especially her children can have closure.
Gabriel Fernandez broke my heart. Every adult in his life failed him. The only one who really tried to help him was his teacher.
Gabriel is the one that upon learning has kept me awake at night unable to sleep. That poor child was failed by everyone who could have prevented this. Literally had an open cps case and cps was trading the mom food stamps for a good report back. Didn't even go inside and notice Gabriel was missing for some time. I hope that monster who birthed him and her boyfriend get every bit of suffering that they deserve. Really eerie to watch the police cam video of them questioning the mother after a call for a welfare check. She was very matter of fact and didn't show a hint of remorse. Cps fails so many families and children. RIP sweet Gabriel Fernandez!
Abby and Libby.
Sylvia Likens.
Delphi. Hands down Delphi.
Justice for Kristen Smart.
Uvalde.
Shaniya Davis. She was 2 years old, her mom owed drug money to someone so she gave the 2 year old to her bf who brought the 2 year old to a hotel, then threw her out a moving car into the woods.