About the Skidmore case... It's obvious it wasn't that nobody could identify the shooter, the entire town knew who it was by nighttime I am sure... it was that the "victim" was such a huge POS the whole town rather have his murderer walk free than talk. It's almost impressive how universially dislike he was in town that not one person tought the shooter should be arrested/ was willing to help.
In small towns where everyone knows everyone, murders can bring them together, but the other side of that coin is that it can happen to anyone. Watch your back.
I think mostly people get tired of them after numerous warnings and then TFB. For some people a beating won't get through their thick head. From Casino, "When they tell you maybe you should quit it means you should RUN."
The most haunting crime that changed a small town in my area is the abduction, sa, and murder of 11 year old Jacob Wetterling by Danny Heinrich in 1989. It was finally solved in 2016.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 I was only making a comparison. They were both ax murders targeting immigrants. I NEVER said New Orleans was a small town, only that they experienced a similar occurrence.
Bodies in the barrels - Snowtown, South Australia. Part of a really messed up multi location, multi body count. The barrels were located in a vacant bank building. Murderers - John Bunting, Robert Wagner & James Vlassakis. Time frame: August 1992 - May 1999
It is scary and sad that people got murdered, especially kids! Why would anyone do these things?! I hope these unsolved cases will be solved. Poor victims! God bless them.🙏
Skidmore is also where Bobbie Jo Stinnet who was pregnant was killed and her unborn baby was taken by Lisa Montgomery who was executed in 2021. Also WatchMojo why not have a true crime mojo channel as well
can't believe this didn't include the snowtown murders. they were so horrific the livelihood of the entire town was destroyed. now it's basically a ghost town save for some morbid true crime tourism.
I always think it's funny when people say things like, "You wouldn't expect that to happen in a small town." Do you think that you're somehow better than the rest of humanity because you choose to live in a small town? Like seriously.
They absolutely are. If you need ANY help, you'll get it in spades. Try THAT in a big city. Good luck. Lived in major city half a century. If there was work in a small town, I'd go tomorrow. I've had people open gas stations on Sunday just for us, and invited us inside and gave us lemonade when it was very, very hot. You'll never see that in a city. In South Dakota, they don't Taj credit cards on the reservation, so a stranger and his Native wife gave us food, a place to sleep and money to get out and get gas (50 bucks in the mid-90s, and we had two BIKES). Another place in Florida, at the Withlacootchie hotel in Inglis, there's a place called Scooter Haven. The hotel was like 25 bucks (extremely cheap, even then) and it was one of the best nights sleep I've ever had. At Scooter Haven, the wouldn't take any money, either. It's extremely rare in major cities for people to even pay you BACK for stuff the damage of yours!! I've had that happen AT LEAST half a dozen times! When a woman paid me 900 for banging into my car by ACCIDENT, I was in SHOCK. Most of the time you have to involve the cops to get them to do the right thing.
Ken McElroy was a real life "Liberty Valance" or "Brad Westley" situation. He, from all accounts, acted as if he owned the down well past the idea he was above the law, and the people of Skidmore most likely felt they had no other choice.
I remember that "America's Most Wanted" episode of the case bc they caught him using a forensic composite of his aged features. This was groundbreaking technology back in the mid-late 1980's
@@laurabeane8862 yeah it really was something with how accurate they were with the aging, even correctly predicting what kind of glasses he wore. It happened a county or so away from me.
@@LukaTheDon77 The glasses kind of crack me up given all the memes these days with Jeffrey Dahmer and David Koresh. I can imagine a Cop with a Serial Killer suspect: "Which visual aid do you prefer? The Contact lenses? Or the Wire rim glasses with the coke bottle lenses?"
Small towns are scarier than cities. In a big city, you can easily hide things bc the city itself is big. In small towns, one would think it would be hard and it should be. But the fact that sml towns have more secrets than bigger cities creeps me out sometimes. Especially when certain things are "open secrets", meaning everyone knows about it, but says absolutely nothing.
I've been hearing about the Klutter family murders since I was a kid. My mom had just graduated from high school, and she lived with her parents in the next town west of Holcomb (Deerfield, KS). My mom even had a copy of In Cold Blood, which I took possession of when she passed away. I have read it at least once, and have seen the movie once. The copy I have of the book must be an old one, as the dust jacket is uncoated paper.
Scary that they used all the sane places in the movie and the actor went up for killing his wife later on. He played on a TV show where he was a cop and had a big white bird. Barretta
If you want more small town murders that aren't in the mainstream media there's a podcast funnily enough called.... Smalltown Murder and it's brilliant
Is it wrong that I'm legit surprised the crimes of Ed Gein are not on this list, i mean, one man inspired three iconic horror characters (Norman Bates, Buffalo Bill and Leatherface)
I suggest the Psycho book and 1960 movie. He was gay irl, so the swishy walk upstairs is kinda bizarre. I just thought it added a dimension of freakiness. The talk at dinner where he flips out is one of the best scenes on film. And he loses it VERY quietly.
Love when ppl say its gods country up here. As if some arbitrary city line created by us will determine where god exists or is more important than say in the city. 😂😮
I grew up in a larger town but the murder of Constable Chris Garrett rocked the whole town of if Cobourg, Ontario. An officer killed in the line of duty senselessly. It was a murder and he has never been forgotten.
I'm from northern México from the state of Sonora. In around 1957 in Hermosillo (the capital) two men sexually abused and killed a 9 year old girl, back then dead penalty was legal in México and those monsters were executed by the soldiers platoon by firing 😮
Are you certain about the pronunciation of Kunz, Mojo? I only ask because my grandmother's maiden name was Kunz, and it was pronounced "Coonz" and not, well. What it sounds like in this video.😅
Anyone that listens to true crime type channels has probably at least heard of that one. I'm assuming this video was trying to throw some lesser known cases as Villisca was the first thing that came to my mind.
And that wasn't the only horrific murder in Skidmore. In 2004, Bobbie Jo Stinnett was murdered for the baby she was carrying. This list could be twice as long. The Keddie, CA murders come to mind.
A really gross one in Renfrew Ontario, Basil Borutski killed 3 women - went a rampage and drove to each house and murdered them. Not sure if Renfrew is small enough 8k population.
You're right! I forgot about all about that case, which occurred in a small town, Plainfield, Wisconsin. The crimes of Ed Gein not only shook up the whole community, but it practically put it on the map, especially when it inspired the novel "Psycho" (1958), which in turn, inspired the classic movie of the same title (1960), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and featuring Anthony Perkins as the murderous Norman Bates, who, like Ed Gein, was abnormally obsessed with his dead mother. In addition to Norman Bates, Ed Gein is also believed to have been the real-life model for "Leatherface" in the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" films, and the "Buffalo Bill" killer in "The Silence of the Lambs."
1. In the town I grew up in South Africa, called Vredendal, a few months ago, a man murdered his father, cut his head off, and walked in the streets, continuously stabbing the severed head. Many children on their way to school saw it and had to receive counselling. 2. In the next town over, called Klawer, a man (my high school boyfriend's father) murdered a young boy, cut him up, attempted to burn the body, flushed parts into the drain etc. It was discovered the same day. I think his name is Dawid / Dawie Smit. I can tell the whole detailed story to whomever is interested.
One that has shook a small town close to where I live is the murder of Thomas Brown in Canadian, Texas, definitely worth looking into if you ever do another one of these!
No offence meant to the Kunz family, but I think I would have changed my name to Smith or Jones at birth, their poor kids at school, I don't know whether to laugh or cry😆🤣😢😭
I was really expecting to see The Russell Murders on here tbh I think it’s one of the most difficult to describe crimes here because it was just so horrendous, the village has never been the same because how can you recover from that, now with the doubt of who was *actually* responsible you’ve got a convicted serial killer who’s method of choice being a hammer and his victim count still to this day is unknown but only 14 years into his sentence did he confess to this yet Michael Stone is still in prison when it’s one of the most unstable convictions but poor Josie & her father truly not knowing who did it to their wife & sister (& dog) if you ever do another video like this or something where the Russell Murders could be included please do as Lynn & Megan deserve to have their story told as well as Josie’s story of the same crime but her miraculous survival!
It's sad that Bonnie had suffered from depression from her birth of two children and she secluded herself from her family and her community. So does that mean to get rid her depression she could've hired those two killers?
The disappearance of Paddy Moriarty in Larrimah should definitely be on here! So unique because the town only had 12 residents including Paddy, so only 11 possible suspects.
Two suggestions for this list could have been the cases of Susan Smith and Mary Winkler. As we all know; Susan Smith murdered her sons Michael and Alex because her wealthy boyfriend Tom Finley didn't want children and didn't want to raise the kids Susan had with her husband David. So she drowned them in John D. Long Lake in Union, South Carolina in October of 1994. To add racial tension to the story she gave to police; Susan claimed that a black man stole her car and abducted her sons. Ultimately, Susan confessed to the crime and received a sentence of Life in Prison. Mary Winkler is known for having murdered her abusive husband Matthew Winkler in their home in Selmer, Tennessee in March of 2006 and was ultimately convicted of Manslaughter. A verdict and a rather lenient sentence of 210 days in jail along with spending the remaining sixty-seven days of her sentence in a mental health facility shocked and split the communities of Selmer (where the crime occurred) and McMinnville (where the trial was held due to excessive media coverage.) Many people have said that Mary Winkler got away with murder; but are largely split on the type of sentence Mary should have received. Some people say that Mary should have been sentenced to Life in Prison and others go to the extreme by suggesting that the Prosecution should have sought the Death Penalty against her.
I’m surprised The Murdaugh murders in Hampton South Carolina weren’t on this list seeing as it has an entire Netflix documentary and one on HBO Max I grew up out there it’s definitely a small town Where barely anything newsworthy happens
Petersburg Wv has multiple unsolved, and Winchester Virginia has an active missing person out, for months now, lady just vanished no clues... help bring awareness to this?
You should have included The Hockey Dad Fight that happened in Massachusetts one of my friends grew up in the town when it happened. For those who don’t know that one two dads got into a fight at their kids hockey game with one accusing the other (the other was a ref or so I was told) of a bad call but they got separated but later the one who accused the other ended up walking up to the other and hit him so hard it killed him.
I learned about the Ken mroy murder while reading a book about the Bobbie jo Stinnett murder ( lisa Montgomery killed Bobbie and cut her unborn daughter out her womb). Both murders happened in the same town, which us a small town w little crime
Lived in a Small Town that had a few “shocking crimes” to that area before it all went to hell currently in that area. 😢😢 Thankfully I don’t live there anymore.
My small town of 900 people was rocked a few years ago when a guy I went to school with unalived his mom by decapitation and then he set fire to her house all because he believed she was possessed by satan. Her six year old grandchild was in the house and saw the whole thing happen. It was awful. She lived across the street from my cousin.
About the Skidmore case... It's obvious it wasn't that nobody could identify the shooter, the entire town knew who it was by nighttime I am sure... it was that the "victim" was such a huge POS the whole town rather have his murderer walk free than talk. It's almost impressive how universially dislike he was in town that not one person tought the shooter should be arrested/ was willing to help.
*thought
@@michaelpalmieri7335a**hole much?😂
I was thinking the same thing. It's not a mystery how 30 people saw him gunned down, yet no one can identify the killer
My grandparents lived not far from Skidmore. Everybody knows who did it.
the town probably planned it
Nothing like a true crime video to watch before bed
Reaper is the only reason why I come to watchmojo
@@mr.fartman you only come because you have no life and are attention seeking
Yea☺️
Same
Weird cuz when i cant fall asleep, I listen to this stuff to fall asleep fast lol call me crazy I guess 😩
I love watching shows like, "Forensic Files", "Unsolved Mysteries" and "Cold Case Files"
Me too lol I'm so addicted😂
Love forensic files
Try Real Detective. Way better
Watch Cold Justice
Woodchioper/Crafts murder. Forensic Files. S1 E1. And the JC Penny dressed kid where they ONLY made THAT dye FOR Penny's . That's how they busted him!
In small towns where everyone knows everyone, murders can bring them together, but the other side of that coin is that it can happen to anyone. Watch your back.
Totally agree with you. Also Mr Fartman is in Multiple comments again spamming and mentioning my name in his comments.
@@Reaperguy67 I wonder if he's doing it because he had a bad day in the past. There's no funny side to spamming or mentioning you in every video.
@@Jeremiah_Rivers76 might be. I think he is obviously obsessed with me.
I think mostly people get tired of them after numerous warnings and then TFB. For some people a beating won't get through their thick head.
From Casino, "When they tell you maybe you should quit it means you should RUN."
The most haunting crime that changed a small town in my area is the abduction, sa, and murder of 11 year old Jacob Wetterling by Danny Heinrich in 1989. It was finally solved in 2016.
I remember that case. That poor boy and his family…😢
I am sorry that happened
The ax murderer in New Orleans also targeted immigrants. In New Orleans they were Italian immigrants.
This video deals with crimes in small towns. New Orleans is a big city, even back then.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 I was only making a comparison. They were both ax murders targeting immigrants. I NEVER said New Orleans was a small town, only that they experienced a similar occurrence.
Bodies in the barrels - Snowtown, South Australia. Part of a really messed up multi location, multi body count. The barrels were located in a vacant bank building.
Murderers - John Bunting, Robert Wagner & James Vlassakis.
Time frame: August 1992 - May 1999
It is scary and sad that people got murdered, especially kids! Why would anyone do these things?! I hope these unsolved cases will be solved. Poor victims! God bless them.🙏
Moral of the story: stay away from small towns called Holcomb
Ed gein is basically the poster boy for shocking crimes in a small town. WTF!!!!
Skidmore is also where Bobbie Jo Stinnet who was pregnant was killed and her unborn baby was taken by Lisa Montgomery who was executed in 2021. Also WatchMojo why not have a true crime mojo channel as well
Also where her cousin, Branson Perry disappeared, presumably murdered.
I'm surprised that the Sam Shepard case in Bay Village, Ohio wasn't on this list. This trial ultimately inspired the Fugitive TV series and movie.
What about the Villisca murders? 8 people dead and no one convicted with 6 of them being kids, that is the true small town mystery.
can't believe this didn't include the snowtown murders. they were so horrific the livelihood of the entire town was destroyed. now it's basically a ghost town save for some morbid true crime tourism.
This is probably one of the best videos you guys have done. Thank you, WatchMojo.
I always think it's funny when people say things like, "You wouldn't expect that to happen in a small town." Do you think that you're somehow better than the rest of humanity because you choose to live in a small town? Like seriously.
That's almost word for word what my mom said the other day. Great minds think alike.
They absolutely are. If you need ANY help, you'll get it in spades. Try THAT in a big city. Good luck. Lived in major city half a century. If there was work in a small town, I'd go tomorrow.
I've had people open gas stations on Sunday just for us, and invited us inside and gave us lemonade when it was very, very hot. You'll never see that in a city.
In South Dakota, they don't Taj credit cards on the reservation, so a stranger and his Native wife gave us food, a place to sleep and money to get out and get gas (50 bucks in the mid-90s, and we had two BIKES). Another place in Florida, at the Withlacootchie hotel in Inglis, there's a place called Scooter Haven. The hotel was like 25 bucks (extremely cheap, even then) and it was one of the best nights sleep I've ever had. At Scooter Haven, the wouldn't take any money, either.
It's extremely rare in major cities for people to even pay you BACK for stuff the damage of yours!! I've had that happen AT LEAST half a dozen times! When a woman paid me 900 for banging into my car by ACCIDENT, I was in SHOCK. Most of the time you have to involve the cops to get them to do the right thing.
Ken McElroy was a real life "Liberty Valance" or "Brad Westley" situation. He, from all accounts, acted as if he owned the down well past the idea he was above the law, and the people of Skidmore most likely felt they had no other choice.
The family annihilator John List in Westfield, NJ
I remember that "America's Most Wanted" episode of the case bc they caught him using a forensic composite of his aged features. This was groundbreaking technology back in the mid-late 1980's
@@laurabeane8862 yeah it really was something with how accurate they were with the aging, even correctly predicting what kind of glasses he wore. It happened a county or so away from me.
@@LukaTheDon77 The glasses kind of crack me up given all the memes these days with Jeffrey Dahmer and David Koresh. I can imagine a Cop with a Serial Killer suspect: "Which visual aid do you prefer? The Contact lenses? Or the Wire rim glasses with the coke bottle lenses?"
Small towns are scarier than cities. In a big city, you can easily hide things bc the city itself is big. In small towns, one would think it would be hard and it should be. But the fact that sml towns have more secrets than bigger cities creeps me out sometimes. Especially when certain things are "open secrets", meaning everyone knows about it, but says absolutely nothing.
I've been hearing about the Klutter family murders since I was a kid. My mom had just graduated from high school, and she lived with her parents in the next town west of Holcomb (Deerfield, KS). My mom even had a copy of In Cold Blood, which I took possession of when she passed away. I have read it at least once, and have seen the movie once. The copy I have of the book must be an old one, as the dust jacket is uncoated paper.
Scary that they used all the sane places in the movie and the actor went up for killing his wife later on.
He played on a TV show where he was a cop and had a big white bird. Barretta
Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack featured a story of a teen girl who was murdered in a small town in 1980. It took over 20 years to solve the case
If you want more small town murders that aren't in the mainstream media there's a podcast funnily enough called.... Smalltown Murder and it's brilliant
So good to watch right before I go to bed ☺️
Is it wrong that I'm legit surprised the crimes of Ed Gein are not on this list, i mean, one man inspired three iconic horror characters (Norman Bates, Buffalo Bill and Leatherface)
I suggest the Psycho book and 1960 movie. He was gay irl, so the swishy walk upstairs is kinda bizarre. I just thought it added a dimension of freakiness.
The talk at dinner where he flips out is one of the best scenes on film. And he loses it VERY quietly.
Love when ppl say its gods country up here. As if some arbitrary city line created by us will determine where god exists or is more important than say in the city. 😂😮
I grew up in a larger town but the murder of Constable Chris Garrett rocked the whole town of if Cobourg, Ontario. An officer killed in the line of duty senselessly. It was a murder and he has never been forgotten.
The whole case is Mroy is insane. How did everyone see the murder happen and not pinpoint the killer?!
I'm from northern México from the state of Sonora. In around 1957 in Hermosillo (the capital) two men sexually abused and killed a 9 year old girl, back then dead penalty was legal in México and those monsters were executed by the soldiers platoon by firing 😮
I'd volunteer for that job. I'd do it for nothing, too. Some people are just begging for it.
The Vallisca Axe Murders, the DeFeo Family Murders in Amityville...
Can you do top 10 worst things that has happened to the Shredder?
Top worst things reaper said
@@mr.fartman you need to stop with your spam
If the law in Skidmore would have done their job then the town wouldn't have had to handle it themselves
Amen!
YES! This is how stuff happens. I think people get real tired of trouble makers.
Are you certain about the pronunciation of Kunz, Mojo? I only ask because my grandmother's maiden name was Kunz, and it was pronounced "Coonz" and not, well. What it sounds like in this video.😅
Mojo pronounced it incorrectly, it's pronounced just like your grandmother's maiden name.
I expected to see something about the Sodder children and the fire that burned the family house down on Christmas in the 1940s.
JonBenet Ramsey's murder put quite the spotlight on Boulder, Colorado.
The murder of Shanda Sharer that was absolutely horrific. Happened in my state too.
Toby Jones was AMAZING as Truman Capote in Infamous (2006)
Seymour Hoffman was good as Capote as well in Capote.
Odd how these were released so close in time.
@@pipermccool I thought the same thing... Each movie had a distinct narrative that did Capote justice in both movies
I'm suprised the crimes of serial killer Belle Gunness in LaPorte, Indiana isn't on this list
Ken McElroy was a bully when he was alive.
Doesn't mean his killer should get away with it
He was ALOT more than that
Vilisca Iowa Axe Muders are pretty well know around here. Actually participated in a haunting investigation.
Anyone that listens to true crime type channels has probably at least heard of that one. I'm assuming this video was trying to throw some lesser known cases as Villisca was the first thing that came to my mind.
And that wasn't the only horrific murder in Skidmore. In 2004, Bobbie Jo Stinnett was murdered for the baby she was carrying.
This list could be twice as long. The Keddie, CA murders come to mind.
Look up the murder of Karyn Hearn Slover Decatur, IL September 27, 1996
I was sure that the axe murders of Villisca, Iowa would be on here.
A really gross one in Renfrew Ontario, Basil Borutski killed 3 women - went a rampage and drove to each house and murdered them. Not sure if Renfrew is small enough 8k population.
If I ever buy another house, I want it to where you'd neved find it unless you knew where it is. I love those.
I live in missouri that skidmore was terrifyng my mom said. But sometimes the ppl got to take the trash out😮
How about Ed Gein?
Was expecting the Villisca Ax murders to be here
Can’t believe the Delphi murders didn’t make the list!
I'm surprised the Willy Pickton case wasn't here.
The Keddie cabin murders
There were the 2 other crimes that occurred in Skidmore
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Forgot about Ed Gein of Plainfield, Wisconsin!
Forgot about reaper
@@mr.fartman nope . Don't forget you are a attention seeker
@mr.fartman take your spam somewhere else weirdo😂
@@hydrangeas_lover MAN shut up dude
@@hydrangeas_lover exactly, he is a attention seeking spammer that doesn't understand that he can get banned for spamming
THE WHOLE TOWN WAS SHOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 2007 Carnation Murders were pretty shocking. What's worse was that they were committed by one of their own family members.
Good thing my state massachusetts isnt on the list
What?! How does Ed Gein not make the list?
You're right! I forgot about all about that case, which occurred in a small town, Plainfield, Wisconsin.
The crimes of Ed Gein not only shook up the whole community, but it practically put it on the map, especially when it inspired the novel "Psycho" (1958), which in turn, inspired the classic movie of the same title (1960), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and featuring Anthony Perkins as the murderous Norman Bates, who, like Ed Gein, was abnormally obsessed with his dead mother.
In addition to Norman Bates, Ed Gein is also believed to have been the real-life model for "Leatherface" in the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" films, and the "Buffalo Bill" killer in "The Silence of the Lambs."
My parents worked at a meat packing place in Holcomb, KS.
1. In the town I grew up in South Africa, called Vredendal, a few months ago, a man murdered his father, cut his head off, and walked in the streets, continuously stabbing the severed head. Many children on their way to school saw it and had to receive counselling.
2. In the next town over, called Klawer, a man (my high school boyfriend's father) murdered a young boy, cut him up, attempted to burn the body, flushed parts into the drain etc. It was discovered the same day. I think his name is Dawid / Dawie Smit. I can tell the whole detailed story to whomever is interested.
P.S. I have a photo of the head
Edit: Daniel Smit
Yeah those are pretty nuts
One that has shook a small town close to where I live is the murder of Thomas Brown in Canadian, Texas, definitely worth looking into if you ever do another one of these!
Strange background music I love it
IT SHOOK THE WHOLE TOWN!
The what family did he say ? lol
You might add the Keddie murders as well.
Theres the Honor Roll murder of Stuart Tay in Fullerton California, was the basis for Justin Lin's directorial debut Better Luck Tomorrow
No offence meant to the Kunz family, but I think I would have changed my name to Smith or Jones at birth, their poor kids at school, I don't know whether to laugh or cry😆🤣😢😭
I was really expecting to see The Russell Murders on here tbh I think it’s one of the most difficult to describe crimes here because it was just so horrendous, the village has never been the same because how can you recover from that, now with the doubt of who was *actually* responsible you’ve got a convicted serial killer who’s method of choice being a hammer and his victim count still to this day is unknown but only 14 years into his sentence did he confess to this yet Michael Stone is still in prison when it’s one of the most unstable convictions but poor Josie & her father truly not knowing who did it to their wife & sister (& dog) if you ever do another video like this or something where the Russell Murders could be included please do as Lynn & Megan deserve to have their story told as well as Josie’s story of the same crime but her miraculous survival!
Hey
Most shocking was when Truman Capote came out, not his movie.
Reaper Is more shocking than Truman Capote
@@mr.fartman all you do is lie and make false claims about others. Grow up
You mean Capote being gay was a surprise? I think it was implied he had a thing for one of the killers.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Which killer?
It's sad that Bonnie had suffered from depression from her birth of two children and she secluded herself from her family and her community. So does that mean to get rid her depression she could've hired those two killers?
The disappearance of Paddy Moriarty in Larrimah should definitely be on here! So unique because the town only had 12 residents including Paddy, so only 11 possible suspects.
Two suggestions for this list could have been the cases of Susan Smith and Mary Winkler. As we all know; Susan Smith murdered her sons Michael and Alex because her wealthy boyfriend Tom Finley didn't want children and didn't want to raise the kids Susan had with her husband David. So she drowned them in John D. Long Lake in Union, South Carolina in October of 1994. To add racial tension to the story she gave to police; Susan claimed that a black man stole her car and abducted her sons. Ultimately, Susan confessed to the crime and received a sentence of Life in Prison. Mary Winkler is known for having murdered her abusive husband Matthew Winkler in their home in Selmer, Tennessee in March of 2006 and was ultimately convicted of Manslaughter. A verdict and a rather lenient sentence of 210 days in jail along with spending the remaining sixty-seven days of her sentence in a mental health facility shocked and split the communities of Selmer (where the crime occurred) and McMinnville (where the trial was held due to excessive media coverage.) Many people have said that Mary Winkler got away with murder; but are largely split on the type of sentence Mary should have received. Some people say that Mary should have been sentenced to Life in Prison and others go to the extreme by suggesting that the Prosecution should have sought the Death Penalty against her.
Check out Ronald Gene Simmons, in Dover, Arkansas, 1987
That definitely should be in the Top Ten shocking crimes in a small town
I’m surprised The Murdaugh murders in Hampton South Carolina weren’t on this list seeing as it has an entire Netflix documentary and one on HBO Max I grew up out there it’s definitely a small town Where barely anything newsworthy happens
Petersburg Wv has multiple unsolved, and Winchester Virginia has an active missing person out, for months now, lady just vanished no clues... help bring awareness to this?
You should have included The Hockey Dad Fight that happened in Massachusetts one of my friends grew up in the town when it happened. For those who don’t know that one two dads got into a fight at their kids hockey game with one accusing the other (the other was a ref or so I was told) of a bad call but they got separated but later the one who accused the other ended up walking up to the other and hit him so hard it killed him.
WTF is wrong w people?
One case that was in a small town was definitely the New Bedford, MA Highway Killings!
Amazing top 10 list
Top 10 reaper comments
@@mr.fartman you need to stop attention seeking
Paddy Moriarty- Larrimah Australia
‘Bodies in the Barrels’- Snowtown Australia
I learned about the Ken mroy murder while reading a book about the Bobbie jo Stinnett murder ( lisa Montgomery killed Bobbie and cut her unborn daughter out her womb). Both murders happened in the same town, which us a small town w little crime
Lived in a Small Town that had a few “shocking crimes” to that area before it all went to hell currently in that area.
😢😢
Thankfully I don’t live there anymore.
If you ever do anything like this again, check out the Elliot murders in Dalton, Randolph county Arkansas.
Wineville chicken coop murders
That’s a good one. The movie Changeling is based on it. I have read the book by the kid who was forced to help the killer.
My small town of 900 people was rocked a few years ago when a guy I went to school with unalived his mom by decapitation and then he set fire to her house all because he believed she was possessed by satan. Her six year old grandchild was in the house and saw the whole thing happen. It was awful. She lived across the street from my cousin.
What about the Camm Family murders in Sept.Of 2000 In Floyd County Indiana.
Kristen smart
Arroyo grande/San Luis Obispo
Polly Klaas being found just outside Cloverdale, Ca changed that tiny town forever
I was expecting the hometown of Ed Gein, Plainfield, Wisconsin.
Watching True Crime before bed is great but my dog gave me a panic attack
For Number one the guy who was acquired definitely did it look at him smiling while being interviewed.
You guys should do another one about small towns and add Klickitat Washington. Still to this day we deal with what happened to a family in the 90s to
The Villisca axe murders in Villisca, Iowa 🪓💀🪓💀🪓💀🪓💀🪓
Cold crimes are what I needed
Recently, the death of five family members in Carman, MB, Canada.
A country born of blood, shall always swivel in it.
I didn't know just until now that Hershal was In Cold Blood
The narrator sounds like the dude from @ScaryMysteries
You should look into the Hi-fi murders in Ogden, UT.
8:18 $1.59 round steaks? Man we need those prices back 😅
The Unibomber was captured about 30 miles from where I'm currently sitting.
the soham murders
also madeleine mccann
I never had the courage to watch In Cold Blood