The Lottery Liar: I Faked 11 Million Dollars! (True Crime Documentary) | Real Stories

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  • The bizarre story of how painter and decorator Howard Walmsley deceived his wife, family, friends - and bank manager - into believing he had won an £8.9 million (US$11.5 million) jackpot in the UK National Lottery.
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  • @em9316
    @em9316 ปีที่แล้ว +712

    “I had to lie because if I hadn’t of lied, she’d have known the truth” .
    Yeah that’s generally how lies work 🤣🤣

    • @Venus-gn5oi
      @Venus-gn5oi ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂😂😂

    • @mwituamweene9850
      @mwituamweene9850 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's so juvie ,delinquent.

    • @Maxley..
      @Maxley.. ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That was my favourite line too. Haha.

    • @annespacedroid
      @annespacedroid ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Using the power of deduction this genius has cracked the code.

    • @krisamagus1
      @krisamagus1 ปีที่แล้ว

      there is no such a thing as ''hadn't of'' in English. I know this, as an intermediate in English... Fool.

  • @CL2005
    @CL2005 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    'I had to keep lying to her, or she would have found out the truth'
    bloody good point 😂😂

    • @dianeharrison4975
      @dianeharrison4975 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      😂😂

    • @thomaseidst3170
      @thomaseidst3170 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And now the hole world knows the truth 😂

    • @Kidd23Kidds
      @Kidd23Kidds หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yea, I’ve found that when people don’t lie…I generally get the truth.

  • @paedahe4975
    @paedahe4975 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    The pool guy:
    “He ain’t no lottery winner, he’s a Wanka”.
    This statement made me laugh. 😂

    • @23buzzchopper
      @23buzzchopper ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Could you float me a loan mate?

    • @darlene4152
      @darlene4152 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In UK slang I don't loan to wankers..............................................................

    • @HailOdin-cz1qf
      @HailOdin-cz1qf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What a complete wker😂😂😂😂😂

    • @clarkejoseph49
      @clarkejoseph49 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      (Does the W***er sign)

    • @annafattore1273
      @annafattore1273 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂😂

  • @didinos
    @didinos ปีที่แล้ว +487

    If he had actually won the lottery, this would have become a story of how he lost every penny!

    • @martynjames5963
      @martynjames5963 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Spot on.

    • @ruthannmarie7119
      @ruthannmarie7119 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah not all that be lieve able

    • @ToniHunterOne
      @ToniHunterOne ปีที่แล้ว +3

      IRK?!

    • @Joes45
      @Joes45 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ToniHunterOne The whole docu is a fake, the Black lace mullet photos in the background gave it away for me 😂

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m sure you’re exactly right

  • @workinprogresssince1974
    @workinprogresssince1974 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    Someone should make a film out of this because it is truly unbelievable how one person can make so many bad decisions in such a short space of time.

    • @garryharriman7349
      @garryharriman7349 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Jo Biden. 😁

    • @Ajax93
      @Ajax93 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      There was a TV series drama about it I think it Starred Martin Kemp

    • @christianbarry1999
      @christianbarry1999 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was a calculated deluded doughnut 🍩!

    • @workinprogresssince1974
      @workinprogresssince1974 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@Ajax93 Yeah, I discovered that after I wrote that post. I also read about how he's also screwed three grannies out of their money by promising to marry them and is on the run in Vietnam, so the detective saying he'd give him about 2.5 hours after he got out before he was up to his old tricks was right. Also, Howard Walmsley isn't even his name apparently! He is a career con artist!

    • @ThePoliticalLambaster1
      @ThePoliticalLambaster1 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@workinprogresssince1974 Bonus ball struck again lol

  • @williammartin2842
    @williammartin2842 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    In a small town near me when the lottery first came out, an old codger told bar patrons that he won the lottery. He bought a ticket with the Friday winning numbers on Saturday morning. He had a newspaper to show the winning numbers. Everyone saw that he had the winning numbers but no one checked the date on his ticket. He said he needed money to travel to the state lottery office.
    People were lined up to give him money. He stayed at the bar drinking on his new found wealth. He fooled them all.

    • @lynnkayee1015
      @lynnkayee1015 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Okay but that's kinda funny

    • @fablm6286
      @fablm6286 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's the way, he did, surely! It was, my question! How did he convince everyone, and at first, the Bank? So easy to fool people, in fact! 😏😏

    • @brianfitch5469
      @brianfitch5469 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a good way to get your head bashed in a few times.

    • @habibasouleymanou1855
      @habibasouleymanou1855 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The where all greedy 😅😅 what a mess

    • @PalangeStrange
      @PalangeStrange 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      What a good idea. I will trick my BF hahahah

  • @robbydaniels1716
    @robbydaniels1716 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    People will always spend time with you when you have something they want.

    • @Mathombisi
      @Mathombisi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Did you see them disappear the minute they found out there was no money?

    • @irene-jb7jc
      @irene-jb7jc 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I agree ? But he didn't have anything 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

  • @suzzanimalchannel1030
    @suzzanimalchannel1030 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    34:00 He’s standing there casually talking to his wife about where the pool should have been in the yard of that farmhouse. 😂😂 I would be embarrassed for life.

    • @manuelcaycedo561
      @manuelcaycedo561 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      shes actually delusional for staying with him and re-living and telling the story like it was a fun time or silly joke

    • @Alan_GA
      @Alan_GA 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The chap is a nutter & they both deserved each other. 😅

    • @PrincessNads1
      @PrincessNads1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@manuelcaycedo561 Exactly!!

    • @IG2036
      @IG2036 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What did she even mean when she said “we put a lot of work into it”? lol she had plans drew up

    • @manuelcaycedo561
      @manuelcaycedo561 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PrincessNads1 like I really don't understand how she could stay with him and be okay with it after all of that deceit. And then casually talk about her husband scamming people as if it were romantic.. scary 😅

  • @vb9043
    @vb9043 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    The fact that he asked the girlfriend to take out a loan of £30 000 and use it on his wife makes him the first actual Tinder Swindler. She is such a beautiful woman. She can really do better

    • @karadodge7118
      @karadodge7118 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      VB I think she is incredibly beautful as well, and such a sweet spirit to stick by that wanker. She would make a lovely wife for someone else, and I hope she is happy now. I can relate, I have been married to and dated some real douchebags, and can't figure out where my self esteem was at during those times. Women need to know their worth!

    • @vb9043
      @vb9043 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Kara Dodge You are so right. He knows she's out of his league, so we will never know what he or anyone else said to her behind closed doors to doubt her worth

    • @nigelcarren
      @nigelcarren ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @little Dorit Very interesting comment! 🤔👍

    • @CoolHand273
      @CoolHand273 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      never underestimate the power of low self esteem

    • @johnholt9062
      @johnholt9062 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      When a guy does this it's wrong, when a woman does it then it's called a relationship.

  • @jonny46ba
    @jonny46ba ปีที่แล้ว +67

    what the architect said to the pool guy...."he ain't no lottery winner... he's a wanker"... spot on that man

    • @darlene4152
      @darlene4152 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wanker slang so funny .unfortunately not for some. Just started watching 3:30 pm Canada. Mom being from Scotland, Inverness. Lived in London England during WW11 five years as a Civil Servant telephone operator. % years under rations and a Blackout so not to be bombed by show of lights. RIP Mom Am myself now this next month ^5 yrs of age. We love you.

    • @adamaguire
      @adamaguire 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's the right word since after all, he's a fantasist!

  • @aquamonkey69
    @aquamonkey69 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    So sad. You can see how truly broken she is deep down. Probably only accepted him back because she thinks she’s not worth more. She’s worth so much more.

    • @ricksterk7014
      @ricksterk7014 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      So sad

    • @noahscott7272
      @noahscott7272 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      She’s not all that great. She promised not to tell anyone and immediately went and shared their financial situation and proceeded to try and spend it all as fast as she possibly could.

    • @noahscott7272
      @noahscott7272 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In fact, he would have told her except then he would have to explain it to the town.

    • @lyntondouce8623
      @lyntondouce8623 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She is very attractive

    • @markmike7933
      @markmike7933 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or because she married him and unlike so much garbage today, she believes in "for better or worse"

  • @buzzin-hornet
    @buzzin-hornet ปีที่แล้ว +173

    This guy is so psychopathic that he still has no guilt. He almost looks proud, like it was a fun little game for him, with zero thought for her emotions… Sad!

    • @benjamindover4337
      @benjamindover4337 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He gave her the life she always wanted. Even if only for a moment. Have you done that much for your lady?

    • @Bookish_Lattes
      @Bookish_Lattes ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@benjamindover4337 He had a history of being a conman, he lied, watched his wife give away her possessions and on top of all of that he had a mistress. Your bar is on the floor

    • @Maria-0017
      @Maria-0017 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Bookish_Lattes
      He only had the mistress to get the £30,000 probably, he obviously loved his wife to go to this extreme!
      Besides everybody lies in one form or another, maybe you just don’t find out about them .
      Plus all this is probably what he needed to turn a corner.

    • @josephinepeery6938
      @josephinepeery6938 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Maria-0017 😂😂😂

    • @24Roxyx
      @24Roxyx ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Maria-0017 Turn a corner to be on the most wanted list by the FBI?

  • @MithrilMagic
    @MithrilMagic ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I’ve been married 16 years. I trust my husband but, if he told me he won the lottery, I would definitely need to see proof. Anyone reading this…make sure you have an open book policy with bills, checking/savings accounts. I also did social work for 15 years and I saw women and men who were in the middle of divorces or separations or their loved one passed away and they had no idea how much debt they were in. Their husbands/boyfriends/partners forging their names for credit cards, loans etc. Financial autonomy is one of the most important parts of a relationship. Stay informed.

    • @ariel393939
      @ariel393939 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Agree, stay informed, be involved.

    • @factsbased.7400
      @factsbased.7400 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I knew a woman who told her new husband she was getting no child support on three kids. Lied for years. Her Husband's Son went without while her kids lived very well. This because the New Husband spent his money carrying her and her kids while she contributed nothing to the family. When the Husband died she concealed all assets from the estate. The Son sued her and she was forced to account and pay up.

    • @michelle_mitch_p
      @michelle_mitch_p ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree x

    • @killyourtelllievision
      @killyourtelllievision ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also make sure when dating online that you get a live or proof of identity note from them with "HI" your name hand written on paper with today's day and your person's face in background and only give them two minutes which should be more than enough time to take a selfie

    • @shari9721
      @shari9721 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@factsbased.7400 If her children were living well because she was spending the child support on them did her new husband never ask her where the money came from and if he saw that her kids were living well why would he not have spent more on his son instead of them if his son was doing without?

  • @angelahounschell
    @angelahounschell ปีที่แล้ว +225

    I cannot understand how she stayed with him after realizing how far he'll go to lie to her and keep it up. He's not only made her look like such a fool for believing it but also for staying with him. Perhaps it's different in the UK but in the US your credit, financial future, and name would be ruined for the rest of your life.... And she stayed with him... Wow. He's obviously a psychopath... Zero guilt, zero shame.

    • @suzielizabeth
      @suzielizabeth ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I mean, it all happened in 1998, so she may have by now.

    • @johirsty7392
      @johirsty7392 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Indeed, he then went on to con another woman out of money years after this, he had changed his name and altered his appearance and ruined another unsuspecting woman. The man is a serial con artist.

    • @juanitarichards1074
      @juanitarichards1074 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@johirsty7392 OMG! I'd love to read that story! He doesn't seem to have that sort of personality...

    • @user-xg3uy6hq9g
      @user-xg3uy6hq9g ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "for richer for poorer, for better or worst, until death do us part"....

    • @user-xg3uy6hq9g
      @user-xg3uy6hq9g ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@Stratosmegas really? all of us? how many of us have you surveyed in order to arrive at that conclusion?

  • @Bookish_Lattes
    @Bookish_Lattes ปีที่แล้ว +184

    They both had no sense whatsoever. The husband or the wife.

    • @tjCooper88
      @tjCooper88 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Why wouldn't she believe him tbf. He's her husband.

    • @johirsty7392
      @johirsty7392 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The only thing they had compatible was perhaps their hair!

    • @pattycakkes1718
      @pattycakkes1718 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      🤣🤣😊

    • @CradleEpiscopalian56
      @CradleEpiscopalian56 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She should have/could have asked for proof. Their marriage was already on the ropes so she stayed for money, money he did not have!!! That's HER fault.

    • @tjCooper88
      @tjCooper88 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CradleEpiscopalian56 well apparently he's on the run now. Google him

  • @laswan5
    @laswan5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    How he was able to buy things on just his word is beyond me.

    • @marleysankor
      @marleysankor ปีที่แล้ว

      That's how a person gets credit cards etc to buy stuffffff...
      jus saying/agreeing to make the payments.
      Really small town and everyone believed it by his new "lifestyle" change.
      {from the bank loan}
      Fake it til ya make it only....
      he never made it.
      That's normally how it is with really rich people, they live the high life on the spot without paying a dime.
      The bills rack up everywhere they go but it all goes to their accountants later on, instead.
      Rich people, tend to get the most "expensive" things for "free" from the top brands/businesses/companies just because of, who they are.
      The expensive car dealership & the whole town were all seeing money signs.
      "We'll give him everything because he won the lottery, he's good for it & then, he'll come back to our business and actually spend even MORE money"
      Something in it for, them.
      #Greed

    • @joanmargaret4899
      @joanmargaret4899 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      That's what I can't figure out. How is he BUYING any of this? I'm halfway through and don't understand where the money is coming from? Borrowed at first, but then what? I don't get it at all.

    • @CradleEpiscopalian56
      @CradleEpiscopalian56 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I have to go back to the beginning bcs I'm totally confused. It's like a bad tv movie.

    • @jfearondasparky
      @jfearondasparky ปีที่แล้ว +26

      He had a mistress that loaned him 30,000 for a deposit on a house but he then used that to convince Kathy hes won the lottery

    • @hennerzz3460
      @hennerzz3460 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joanmargaret4899 bear in mind this happened in the 90’s when checks were still usual tender and when people where generally more naive to this sort of scam. Once he managed to establish himself as wealthy ( though sly deceit and a decent amount of dumb luck ) he was then taken at his word whenever he went. It seems strange because today it would be and you’d never get away with anything like it nowadays. At least that’s what I think anyway

  • @ReinaldotheRepublican
    @ReinaldotheRepublican ปีที่แล้ว +34

    When he's in the backseat w the safety belt on looking like a kid who just got caught lying to his teacher 🤦‍♂️

    • @lusimyer
      @lusimyer ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂🤗

  • @molly_jean
    @molly_jean ปีที่แล้ว +102

    He’s not right in the head and the same goes for her for staying with him.

    • @orionxtc1119
      @orionxtc1119 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He left her years ago for others he has conned... that doc is over 2o yrs old....

    • @toddstarkey6820
      @toddstarkey6820 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@orionxtc1119 hopefully she found a good man who treats her right, I think she deserved it.

    • @Dustandfuzz
      @Dustandfuzz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No accounting for some people’s taste. In this case it’s a liar and a cheater.

    • @truevanpencil5403
      @truevanpencil5403 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@orionxtc1119 she died of a heart attack at 49 sadly before he fleeced a few other ladies out of huge sums.

  • @burntfingers2241
    @burntfingers2241 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    She looks completely miserable,someone who can lie like that is dangerous

    • @tye-bosse3062
      @tye-bosse3062 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Very

    • @stephenkelly7397
      @stephenkelly7397 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He's done his time . He knows he made a 'ball's of it. God bless them both, I just wish them both the best of look.❤

    • @Tomsm8
      @Tomsm8 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stephenkelly7397 you sir are one of the only people that actually lives by the rules of society lol

    • @annafattore1273
      @annafattore1273 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think he believed in his own lie.

    • @stephen3654
      @stephen3654 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@stephenkelly7397 he's actually on the run now look him up

  • @eimearnighriofa1116
    @eimearnighriofa1116 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Wife feels guilty about spending £8 on a pair of shoes. He orders 3 Jaguars without blinking.

  • @sayambularr
    @sayambularr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    He is a sociopath the way he speaks with no emotion.. I come back for this every few year bc it’s so fascinating how it all happened..

    • @matildadhumxoxo5801
      @matildadhumxoxo5801 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I’m afraid so.

    • @joelwillems4081
      @joelwillems4081 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah, I've watched it a few times too.

    • @BruceLeroyUK
      @BruceLeroyUK 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have you watched it again in 2024 yet?

    • @christ4749
      @christ4749 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I live there 😢

  • @grannythebuilder395
    @grannythebuilder395 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    He is on the run from police in the Uk for conning older women out of their life savings. Horrible, horrible man

  • @lizardruby1573
    @lizardruby1573 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    His nickname in prison was bonus ball 💀💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @wasabee8228
      @wasabee8228 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Lmao 😂😂😂😂 ahahaha I’m dying over here

    • @katiza5468
      @katiza5468 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      well said

    • @rayfabris2512
      @rayfabris2512 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I haven't watched it yet but read your comment and I had to laugh I get the basics of the story dude coned his family sounds like trump 😅

    • @russell-di8js
      @russell-di8js 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Sucks! don't he?

    • @tootsie3612
      @tootsie3612 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@rayfabris2512
      I don't know what coned is. A cone, like the orange ones they use on roads when they're being worked on ? And trumped ? How can a cone be trumped, are you talking about bridge ? A cone playing bridge ?

  • @christopherkerzel2165
    @christopherkerzel2165 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Prison nickname bonus ball made me laugh out loud! Gotta love the northern sense of humour.

  • @brandonscottsanchez
    @brandonscottsanchez ปีที่แล้ว +59

    You can tell that she’s still broken from the lie. He doesn’t deserve such a woman that would stay with him after such a sham. Sad to see the pain behind her eyes. Not that she didn’t get the money but rather how she was deceived and how far he went to do it.

    • @hennerzz3460
      @hennerzz3460 ปีที่แล้ว

      She’s cut from the same cloth as him if you ask me : vacuous self-centred, insecure and amoral. She knew all along, she just wanted it to be true enough to suspend her critical faculties and dive headfirst into Howard’s delusion. She’s as bad as him if you ask me :)

  • @funkybuddhaInit
    @funkybuddhaInit 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    HE DID IT AGAIN! : Published on The Star website, Dated: 22nd Jan 2023
    "John Eric Wells is wanted by South Yorkshire Police. He is also believed to have used the named Howard Walmsley and Howard Hemmings"
    "Aged in his early 60s and originally from South Yorkshire, he is wanted in connection with three high value romance frauds, during which three victims lost money totalling more than £400,000."
    "The offences are reported to have taken place from September 2014 onwards. The victims lived in locations across the UK including Doncaster, Sussex and London."
    "Officers searching for Wells believe he may be abroad."

    • @MikaHakkinen-vj5sb
      @MikaHakkinen-vj5sb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @funkybuddhalnit Do you reckon this guy has changed his name by deed poll? The interviews with his solicitor showed paperwork with Walmsley on it, and that’s also how the police referred to him.
      I looked online for John Eric Wells & it is this same guy, just many years down the road. All the newer stuff under Wells says that Walmsley is an alias.

    • @shondra6
      @shondra6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Woah 😮

    • @SaddamHussein726
      @SaddamHussein726 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He’s in Dubai

    • @SaddamHussein726
      @SaddamHussein726 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There is a video about him one of his victims was on This morning show talking about how he scammed her out if thousands of pounds.

  • @ambrr_lily
    @ambrr_lily ปีที่แล้ว +39

    This elaborate lie is giving me terrible anxiety. All I can think about is the debt they are creating!

  • @catherineferguson7388
    @catherineferguson7388 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    He’s so smug about it, what a total loser. Those 3 victims who suffered his fraudulent life style, I feel so sad for them. His poor wife, how she stayed with him is beyond me. I hope she’s free from him now, it made her look silly as well. Xx

    • @5castles893
      @5castles893 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      She stayed for the money she thought he won ! Goes to show what she's about!

    • @sarab288
      @sarab288 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@5castles893 exactly

    • @jamiecurran3544
      @jamiecurran3544 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@5castles893 I fully agree, she certainly didn't pull her face n refuse the shiny bit of metal he bought her?🤔😏😂✌️

    • @Dawna-gp1zk
      @Dawna-gp1zk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Agree. Wife must be a fool ... or knew about the scam from the start ...

    • @user-sw5zb9ln7h
      @user-sw5zb9ln7h 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      He's been at it again-defrauding some gullible lady out of tens of thousands

  • @Jesusisthetruth2
    @Jesusisthetruth2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I enjoyed watching this for the comedy value of how unbelievable it is and how he got away with it but also because I was able to reminisce how the world once was... ahhhh yes... the 90's !

    • @nickjay2619
      @nickjay2619 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Everyone seemed so much nicer back then

  • @theresaohman7187
    @theresaohman7187 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I don't understand why she took him back after all he did to so many people. How could he ever be trusted again??

    • @alexisortiz952
      @alexisortiz952 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hope she checked her credit report!

    • @IMMORTALDIO
      @IMMORTALDIO 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      11 million reasons for that 🚜some African sat waiting for his tractor to arrive up to this very day.

    • @Dawna-gp1zk
      @Dawna-gp1zk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Exactly! I have to wonder if she knows more than she lets on .... hmm

    • @manuelcaycedo561
      @manuelcaycedo561 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@IMMORTALDIO i dont get your joke brother haha

    • @IMMORTALDIO
      @IMMORTALDIO 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No.ha ..and they still don't have their tractor watch again lol@@manuelcaycedo561

  • @primemover1930
    @primemover1930 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    He gained all.kinds of " friends" when they thought he was rich, then lost all the " friends" when he was exposed as a fraud. All past friends say they would have been friends with him anyway. LOL. Good thing that's not the type of fraud you go to jail for

  • @andymcnab2.0
    @andymcnab2.0 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    When the woman said "it was me that got the tacky settee"
    Comedy gold 🙊

  • @benjantzen8910
    @benjantzen8910 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Liar? Con man? Monotone robot? You decide.

    • @mshj74
      @mshj74 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah the monotone robot!! Face muscles don't move as he speaks!! Talk about the best poker face ever!!

  • @claudettegerety4349
    @claudettegerety4349 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Her saying she was a millionaire takes the cake.

    • @The25Sister
      @The25Sister ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂

    • @sue5980
      @sue5980 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, not just a piece but the whole cake !!!

    • @vinsimioni5324
      @vinsimioni5324 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@sue5980 the whole bakery!!

    • @cheryl5994
      @cheryl5994 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      DELUSIONAL 101

    • @tabithalawrence1518
      @tabithalawrence1518 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      she meant it in her head
      so she believed it qwas real

  • @mildredpierce4506
    @mildredpierce4506 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I bet he told his girlfriend that he wasn't married.
    In order for him to tell and stick with such an elaborate lie, he had to have been lying like a rug before he met his wife. You don't go from zero to an 8 million pound lie over night.

    • @li5322
      @li5322 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obviously he told her, that's why he said he needed the £30,000 to start a new life and get out of the house with his wife

  • @martyreking5487
    @martyreking5487 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "Bonus Ball" LOL That made me laugh so hard for the fact that I got the same nickname, but for a much different reason...I have an extra testicle.

  • @leepearce3148
    @leepearce3148 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hes made them both a laughing stock and she's still stayed with him 😂😂..

  • @Kyle-805
    @Kyle-805 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    How is she still with him?! Guy is insane

    • @benjamindover4337
      @benjamindover4337 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      They had 8 kids and lived in a council house. What other option do you imagine she had?

    • @Kyle-805
      @Kyle-805 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@benjamindover4337 not sure what a counsil house is but maybe move in with parents or friends until she can get her own place?

    • @Maria-0017
      @Maria-0017 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A lot of men (and women) lie, maybe not to this extreme, but they lie, at least his reasons was to win his wife back !

    • @AL-fl4jk
      @AL-fl4jk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kyle-805 a lot of assumptions built into that question kid

    • @sandrapalacio9614
      @sandrapalacio9614 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Benjamin Dover I didn't know they had that many kids! she must love the guy to keep him. she's getting housing and food assistance, right?

  • @mike.47
    @mike.47 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Justice would be served if the wife had subsequently won the lottery and then left him.

    • @toddstarkey6820
      @toddstarkey6820 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or a real millionaire came along, and swept her off her feet.

    • @RockyDave
      @RockyDave ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Howard: Would you still love me if you won the lottery? Kathy: Yes, but I'd miss you.

    • @angelastormeful
      @angelastormeful หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂​@@RockyDave

  • @petesil005
    @petesil005 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This guy should not been given any attention for doing something that vile. He is still gloating about it, instead of feeding sorry for what he did.

  • @straight.no.chaser1708
    @straight.no.chaser1708 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This happened close to where im from. I ve seen this soo many times i now come back for the comments from the new viewers 😂my favourite line is from the wife when she says ive got good friends and neighbours but there's far too much crime going off round here!!! ermm yeah your husband is one of the crooks!!!🤣

    • @GA-fz2wt
      @GA-fz2wt ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What cracks me up is when they go looking at the house that would have been theirs and what they were going to do to it. Omg and his nickname in jail was BONUS BALL! 😂

    • @straight.no.chaser1708
      @straight.no.chaser1708 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GA-fz2wt 😂😂😂😂BONUS BALL!!!!! 😂😂😂😂They are like the epitome of Northerners .I didn’t think it could get any funnily but his nickname tops it😂

    • @GA-fz2wt
      @GA-fz2wt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@straight.no.chaser1708 I laugh about it often haha I'm northern too 😁

  • @RANDOMCLIPS894
    @RANDOMCLIPS894 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    The funny thing is Howard is still conning women out of money to this day all while on the run from the police 😂😂

  • @0170barney
    @0170barney หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "IF I HANT A LIED, SHED A KNOWN THE TROOF"

  • @havisionfitness864
    @havisionfitness864 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    " in prison his nickname is bonus ball" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂comedy gold

  • @EXTRA300s
    @EXTRA300s ปีที่แล้ว +26

    He didn't realize he actually won the lottery, his girlfriend is a huge win!

  • @maccoll3644
    @maccoll3644 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Changed name to John Eric Wells - accused of tricking three grandmothers out of £400,000 in 2019 - was living in Vietnam with a wealthy lover, 18 years after jailed - The detectives correctly forecast his criminal career.

  • @dpb8780
    @dpb8780 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    They seem to not realize how they harmed other people as if their imagination could just wipe that away!

  • @lou5191
    @lou5191 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I did some research and sadly he ended up doing similar to two other women in the mid-late 2010s, conning them out of thousands of pounds. He is believed to be on the run from police, apparently hiding out in Vietnam. No remorse, repeat offender. His wife in this video died of a heart attack at 47.

  • @maurreese
    @maurreese ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I am still in shock how this was real 😮

  • @fashionat85
    @fashionat85 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    If I hadn't lied, she'd have known the truth 😅

  • @ChelleKT1
    @ChelleKT1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    So, the wife was going to leave him but stayed when she thought he’d lottery, says as much about her as it does about him.

    • @LouiseNLotn
      @LouiseNLotn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Can you blame her? She probably had to put up with a lot of b..s before this that she thought okay now is not the time 😂

    • @stacythomas9916
      @stacythomas9916 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sounded to me like she really loved him and was only thinking of leaving because he wasn't working and carrying his end of the load. Hitting the lottery would've solved that problem. Just the fact that she didn't leave immediately when the truth comes out says she actually cared about him and wasn't some gold digger.

  • @rozone5757
    @rozone5757 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    He's a special kind of cabbage..and she's a special kind of woman to stick by him after that fiasco he created..

  • @Sol-Cutta
    @Sol-Cutta ปีที่แล้ว +8

    She's as completely deluded as he is.

  • @zebragiraffe1
    @zebragiraffe1 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This is from the 1990s. It seems that the psychiatrist telling him that he would revert back to his old tricks is true, as he's been conning old women out of their life savings.

    • @michellehitt1976
      @michellehitt1976 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow. Is he still married to his wife?

    • @renataostertag6051
      @renataostertag6051 ปีที่แล้ว

      They gave it to him voluntarily - these old, sick c#nts! No crime was committed.

    • @swallowedinthesea11
      @swallowedinthesea11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If I won the lottery, I would donate all of it to the Federal Government to help reduce the national debt because I'm an American Patriot and I want better for the future generations!

    • @williammartin2842
      @williammartin2842 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@swallowedinthesea11 , You can spend money more productively for the USA than the corrupt government.

    • @circusshizshow
      @circusshizshow ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@swallowedinthesea11 And not a cent would get there, and that much more would be gone in minutes. How naive can you be!

  • @cityofabscissae
    @cityofabscissae หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The path to becoming a millionaire almost never includes purchasing lottery tickets, but people believe the fantasy no matter how astronomically distant it is!

  • @SoloBench
    @SoloBench 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Men have to lie about how much money they make in order to stop their wives leaving them. Poor bloke

  • @plymouthrock5281
    @plymouthrock5281 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When I watched this years ago I always thought she was madder than him and that hasn't changed

  • @_TheStarPeople_
    @_TheStarPeople_ ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I remember this story it was funny and sad at the same time !! 🙃😁

    • @sandrapalacio9614
      @sandrapalacio9614 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I felt the same way! I was laughing and then felt bad for those involved

    • @ericnelson9100
      @ericnelson9100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was funny then. But in the age of Trump, George Santos, Anna Delvey and other con artists, well, no it's no longer funny!

    • @ashleelarsen7765
      @ashleelarsen7765 ปีที่แล้ว

      10:00 damn girl, I hope you have a sister

  • @fitkingly
    @fitkingly ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The second-hand embarrassment is so real... I wouldn't be able to sleep with all the lying and bounced cheques.

  • @jeanettebird2739
    @jeanettebird2739 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The sad part is all the people who have lost money through his actions …. He is a loser and can’t believe she took him back . She deserves someone better. He’ll always be a con man ! How embarrassing for his wife 😢

  • @kellyshomemadekitchen
    @kellyshomemadekitchen ปีที่แล้ว +27

    How embarrassing for his wife. No way I would have stayed with him!

    • @Dawna-gp1zk
      @Dawna-gp1zk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why did she? Hmmm.... perhaps she knew more than she is admitting.... how could she not know anything?

  • @doublemarvellous5525
    @doublemarvellous5525 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    So any classic lines in this legendary documentary, The solicitor talking about the jail sentance: "the shorter the better, from your point of view".

    • @kevinwalker2952
      @kevinwalker2952 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "I had to lie or she would have known the truth"

  • @dianeharrison4975
    @dianeharrison4975 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I thought it was a comedy play😂

  • @KMyer
    @KMyer ปีที่แล้ว +31

    If this would have happened more recently he could have passed it off as a prank.

  • @mcleanization1540
    @mcleanization1540 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I don’t know how she took him back. How could you ever trust someone who had lied that much to you?

    • @Dawna-gp1zk
      @Dawna-gp1zk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You couldn't.

  • @lostboys_uk
    @lostboys_uk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Behind her eyes is so much sadness. Behind his eyes.... nothing

  • @JessBlake2
    @JessBlake2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I laughed out loud at the point when he said something like, "I'm sorry I did wrong. I've learned my lesson. I won't do that again. I shouldn't take such big risks". Lolol! No Dude! That's not the problem!

  • @josephinepeery6938
    @josephinepeery6938 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What a 42 carat plonka 😂🙄

  • @connishmaude2036
    @connishmaude2036 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is one of the funniest stories I have ever heard. couldn't help but watch again

    • @connishmaude2036
      @connishmaude2036 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kelly6739 I know. I mean funny because it's so bizarre the way everyone just believed him

  • @weilin2418
    @weilin2418 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Both of them are sick.

  • @virtualcity721
    @virtualcity721 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Nah someone needs to make a movie of this story and give this man his 9 million 😂😂😂😂

  • @sle2979
    @sle2979 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    People are amazed but you wouldn't believe how many people lie about this sort of stuff and worse. Lies always get bigger

  • @fallin2high
    @fallin2high ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He isn't sorry. He's sorry he got caught.

  • @gavkynman
    @gavkynman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I cannot comprehend how any of this actually took place!

  • @js5787
    @js5787 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The piano music is distracting.

  • @kelcritcarroll
    @kelcritcarroll ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Strange…’’i just dont get why anyone would just tell their wife that they won the lottery….🤔🤨😳

  • @andrewpere892
    @andrewpere892 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    All I am saying is that I understand. Been caught up in endless lies i couldnt get out of. never ends well though. Quite silly actually.
    But I am glad my people love me and stuck around. I have lost so many to this pathetic toxic trait.

    • @bigrod359
      @bigrod359 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a friend that’s similar he lies almost every sentence nothing major but still lies he doesn’t do it on purpose he’s been like that since we were kids

    • @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim
      @PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you need therapy

  • @mrstephenmeadify
    @mrstephenmeadify ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is like a Victoria Wood sketch

  • @PGains
    @PGains ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Seems like this guy has no emotion? What about the woman he took 30k from, like he has no emotion or tears or anything?
    Guy is very scary and wouldn’t believe a word he says

    • @williammartin2842
      @williammartin2842 ปีที่แล้ว

      If he shows his real emotions he is not a confidence man. He gained and broke people's confidence.

  • @konnichiwala889
    @konnichiwala889 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The think that sticks out to me about Howard, is how meek he appears. I think that’s why most people fell for it because they felt sorry for him.

  • @antoniellahogstrom6198
    @antoniellahogstrom6198 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    She just sits there like.. Oh well guess shet 'appens ye know

  • @kathyjones5085
    @kathyjones5085 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I find it hard to believe that she didn't ask him to show her proof. Like the letter from the Lottery board, a replica of the check blown up. I'd be putting that letter in a frame. He wasn't even in the news in print or tv. Crazy

    • @gf3473
      @gf3473 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I recently read about a double murder in Ontario, Canada (somewhere close to Toronto), with similarities. The couple (with kids) were given tickets to go on a family reunion trip to Greece. The man had no $ or credit left to cover their expenses thus revealing his financial mis-management to family- especially his wife. Who thought they had over $100,000 in the bank. He'd lie for why their credit cards were refused & bank cards wouldnt approve payments - leaving his wife needing to ask him for cash for all her purchases, for several yrs. She worked & her pay went directly to the bank but she indicated she had no access (& seemed to be ok with it, as simply a 'traditional' marriage ).
      Without dwelving deeper into all the lies he told coworkers, childhood friends, & family, to constantly get $ from them, it all culminated in a brutal, callous, cold blooded murder of his elderly mother & her husband. One night he douched them in gas & set their bedroom on fire, holding the bedrom door shut to prevent their escape. I dont recall all the details as to how that was supposed to fix his immedite need for their upcoming trip, but my reason of bringing this up, is the similarities with the wives in these 2 cases.
      This case shocked me in terms of how disinterested his wife was in the family finance. Especially as she worked full-time & had a decent salary.
      She accepted suspicious explenations for why her bank & credit cards stopped working & for 2 yrs she needed to use cash only -which she had to ask her husband to withdraw for her (not asking why his cards seem to work).
      Until the trial, she believed him, (including his denial of involvement in the murders ofcourse).
      Outside of an busive relationship, its difficult for me to understand why anyone would trust someone to this extent & remain in the dark while her paycheck continues to be deposited into an account she cant access. Why she didnt call or visit the bank.
      My apologies, I dont have links to verify this story, but it should come up in a search, for the guy who burned his mom & her partner to death in an attempt to hide his financial problems (& cash in on the life insurance )

    • @kathyjones5085
      @kathyjones5085 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gf3473 Thank you I'll check that out. It seems both wives were in denial or blissfully blind to their husbands behavior.

    • @mildredpierce4506
      @mildredpierce4506 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know about in the UK but in the US, you do not have to go public if you win the lottery so a winner's name wouldn't be on TV or in the newspaper.

    • @kathyjones5085
      @kathyjones5085 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mildredpierce4506 I know if I won a large sum of money I wouldn't have it in the papers or the news

    • @hollyshaw2469
      @hollyshaw2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @mildredpierce4506 In the UK you don't have to go public many decide not to. They just print what area the winning tickets was bought.

  • @7even871
    @7even871 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    14:27 I have no doubt in my mind that this dude was reciting this 1st line throughout the night and only got 1 hour of sleep. He was prepared AF

    • @oofogman420oo2
      @oofogman420oo2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha yeah he was

    • @worldview2888
      @worldview2888 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What are you even trying to point out? Do you know how disappointing and troublesome it was for them - they actually moved out in short notice because its not everyday someone just walks in and gives a cash-upfront deal. The happiness is unimaginable and they even gave a hefty buyout profit (when they were struggling with the current upkeep of that property - it was really a "thank the stars" moment for them.) It was just extremely lucky and fortunate there was ANOTHER buyer that really did buy over the property after this problem. (Though there was no coverage if the amount was higher or lower than what that fraud individual offered.)

    • @worldview2888
      @worldview2888 ปีที่แล้ว

      @JT They were deeply very thankful for it to happen (before knowing what was actually going to happen) because the farm was not running high profits for quite sometime. (its explained by them at the grocery scene, profits were not as high as the past and on a down trend.)

  • @i.I.j
    @i.I.j ปีที่แล้ว +14

    She stayed with him after he made a fool of her wow

  • @WildlifeRescueCare
    @WildlifeRescueCare ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I can't believe Howard wore a sweatshirt to court & NOT a shirt, tie & suit coat !!!!!--- Proper attending court attire!!!!!!!!

    • @stacythomas9916
      @stacythomas9916 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right, like that was his biggest problem or would have made a particle of difference hahahahaha

  • @CupcakeCartel1
    @CupcakeCartel1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    She was wiping a tear back when he was talking about the Jags.

  • @RigsbyPiggyBoy
    @RigsbyPiggyBoy หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Lunatic, we need Asylums back !

  • @leebedford7750
    @leebedford7750 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “In prison his nickname is bonus ball” 😂😂😂

  • @ms.krueger2660
    @ms.krueger2660 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Music is too loud.

  • @secretchocaddictabused9351
    @secretchocaddictabused9351 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    What a forgiving woman , he was lucky she stood by him , what a woman

    • @Dawna-gp1zk
      @Dawna-gp1zk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is she totally innocent? Hmm

  • @connorjones9314
    @connorjones9314 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I'd laugh if she actually got off with a real millionaire

    • @juanitarichards1074
      @juanitarichards1074 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Veeseevee Veeseevee But she loves him....

    • @toddstarkey6820
      @toddstarkey6820 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was exactly what I was thinking. Seems like a wonderful woman wasting her life on a criminal.

  • @michaelduggan1890
    @michaelduggan1890 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    And she is daft enough to believe him without even checking it out . Stunned woman .

  • @Judgeitso
    @Judgeitso 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Common assault carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison and/or a fine or community order. A prison sentence is generally reserved for cases where serious injury was caused, and higher culpability is present. Conning banks and car showrooms gets 3 years. Nice that judges take violence seriously.

  • @cafsixtieslover
    @cafsixtieslover ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This writing a cheque for the house is the strangest thing - you don't write cheques for houses you give solicitors cleared funds for exchange and completion. Did the sellers not have any suspicions?

  • @ghettoasmrexposed54
    @ghettoasmrexposed54 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    He's been jailed since this for conning other women too lying saying he had cancer and was dying

  • @drpeppaerdrpeppaer5434
    @drpeppaerdrpeppaer5434 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Everyone else got hurt, and he just basically got away with it...

  • @julieharris90
    @julieharris90 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I would have dumped him

    • @benjamindover4337
      @benjamindover4337 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ..for another man who is also lying to you

  • @rosealexander9007
    @rosealexander9007 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The music is to loud at the beginning. I can barely hear the narrator

    • @oldhickory4686
      @oldhickory4686 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree. Gives it an unprofessional "Jerry Springer" vibe.

  • @gem33333
    @gem33333 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would shrink in shame doing that to myself ....but dragging my family into my delusions ... I'd rather die ! I could not bear sinking my family with me...

  • @Godzooky
    @Godzooky ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He’s mad that ppl don’t want to be friends with a liar.