My grandmother was born out of wedlock in 1900. She grew up with her grandparents, her mother went on to marry and had many more children. But my grandmother always maintained a good relationship with her mother.
wow! Thats a wonderful and morally uplifting family tale. I think many mothers did the same when their teen daughters got pregnant. They would say they had a " late in life" pregnancy, and these were common as it was. Hide them away and come out with a baby , and hopefully the girl would not be shamed. It was dreadful how women were mistreated. No real contraception, and many times once they got pregnant they kept having baby after baby for 15 or 20 years. It really good to hear an happy ending to one of these stories.
@@primesspct2All they had to do was keep their legs closed. It's absolutely 100% effective and it still works! They were only victims of their loose morals and lack of self respect.
My cousin got pregnant at 14/5-her mom sent her to our aunts she had her baby at 15. & came home when she recovered & the school year was over. Her baby was about my age& really missed her.Finally at 18 that baby found her mom with her adopted parents help.We were having a family reunion a joy for everyone.I couldn’t ever send my grandchild away family is everything to me.I always felt the more the merrier-,
Hello Brief Case! A long one for us on this chilly and rainy Monday here in Pennsylvania. These cases of true crime will warm me up nicely. Thank you for shouting out us members. We want to keep things running smoothly on your channel. 🤗
@@nataliesharif2167 Hello, I hope you're well. I'm from Mechanicsburg. Which is some 2 hours west of where you're located. Thank you for the "hello." 🙂
So I may leave several comments but I'm on the first case right now of Miss Maggie... One question I have is, where were these "outraged" people that came out for her during the trial to give testimony of her good character PRIOR to get baby's death? Next question- where was her family during the trial and after? I'm sure That word got to them that she was arrested for the death of her baby boy. Also shame one that man for getting her pregnant and then abandoning her and her child!
@@glorysmummyStill do. No one even mentions fathers anymore. It isn't about women or men. It's about the children. We seem to have forgotten about them, too.
@StacyL. "getting her pregnant and then abandoning her and her child!" WOMEN control sex. She chose that scumbag. It's unfortunate how things turned out, but as soon as the doctors said she was of sound mind before drowning her baby - she should have been tried accordingly (regardless of public outcry). If this was a man, he legit would have had to be suffering from psychosis to even attempt an insanity plea.
❤the longer videos! Thank you so very much. Your talent shines through in your narration. Love this channel. 🇺🇸 I’m late watching today, usually first thing Monday morning is BC time. Even my dogs listen .
Awesome!!💙💚 Its early morn here on the East Coast in Nova Scotia.🌄🌻 for my coffee and Wake -n- Bake morning🌬 , day off!! Perfect❣ Thank You so much for all you do and the studies and homework you gather on these crazy folks from our past and the sad stories from some of the other folks as well.💜 Sending much love from the Bluenose Coast💙🤍💙
Oh crikey, The Brilliant Brief Case delivers an over the hour special. Fantastic. your mate the crime reel has been doing hour long vids as well lately. I think these videos go to show how brilliant you both are.
@@BriefCaseOfficialI’ve been watching this channel since day one. I was working when your channel first started and every Monday I would wait for the video upload. I would plug in my earphones and listen through my mobile. It made my monotonous working day more enjoyable. Now I’m retired I still love this channel and I now can watch it at my own leisure.🤗🏴🌹
I've watched 2 of these but they're really interesting, Tenerife! My favourite holiday place, I was gobsmacked at the beautiful architecture there, I've never been impressed by architecture before Tenerife.. thank you for this compilation Brief Case.. looking forward to hearing your voice and historical crimes more xx
My great-grandfather was a foundling in the 1840s. This was when a baby was given up by a woman 'of previous good character' to be cared for by the foundling hospitals. If she were able, she could reclaim the baby at a later date, but otherwise the children were raised by the hospital, precisely for this reason.
Countless I imagine. Some areas may have had orphanages run by nuns. Who then, over flooding with foundlings, ‘contracted’ them out to families looking for a cheap laborer, just having to give enough food to not let the orphan starve and ‘a roof’ (often a barn), most didn’t reached the age of 16. In that time, drowning or suffocating the baby would be more merciful, especially if the mother experienced the life in poverty and orphanage herself. And not to forget the idea that baby’s didn’t feel pain (until the mid 20th century they would operate on baby’s without anesthesia), which undoubtedly contributed to the idea of a ‘merciful killing’.
Why is everyone sorry for Maggie? Was she sexually assaulted? Did she try to give her baby to someone to care for him and get told no? Did her parents say they wouldn't help in any way? You don't have to kill an innocent baby to make your life decisions look better! She was pretty, and prostitution is better than murder...by quite a lot!!! Give your baby to someone who wants one. Someone always wants a baby. Prostitution isn't something I imagine she wanted, but it would feed her and the child. It's sad that maybe nearly the only choices she had, but they are much better than the one she made. That she passed out when she's sentenced to death after killing a baby says what the problem was... She was selfish.
@@bobbierobinson6269 Gosh, thanks so much for the lecture. You have proven your superior morals and anthropological knowledge and immense understanding. I bow before your greatness.
@@bunnymad5049 The irony of your last sarcastic post is that bobbierobinson6269 is actually demonstrating superior morals, anthropological knowledge, and immense understanding of the situation. But facts and logic can never be more important than fee-fees, can they?
Fascinating, thank you. I especially liked the fact that Thomas Hardy was in a tree watching the execution. I will need to read Tess of the d’ubervilles again, with different eyes this time!
Poor Martha... She should've spoke up when her husband's body was being examined by the police about the abuse she suffered. She could've shown them the whip marks and bruises probably would've been found not guilty. Thanks BC for the EPIC compilation of cases; you definitely outdid yourself this time!
I'm sure many people today consider it a late-term abortion. The baby's life doesn't matter if the poor mother was in a bad mood, or depressed, the baby is just a second thought. 😢
Listened to the first story. Why on earth didn't she buy a ring from the jewellers upon reaching Melbourne and say she was a widow before the child was born? *edited for typo*
@@lazyhomebody1356 it’s a good idea from our perspective. But we weren’t in her shoes at the time. I am not condoning her choices. What she did was horrible, and I would think, she spent the rest of her life with great guilt. I am only saying that in those days, there was no help for women. No welfare. No WIC services. No public housing. No child support. One had to have money to provide everything. She gave birth in a hotel room where she worked. That alone tells me she was not financially stable at all. Add to that the stigma of being an unwed mother, I think she was very desperate. Lots things happened to make her feel this way: the letter that never was answered (she thought she was abandoned by her own family), the guy that she was pregnant by made her show up to false address and disappeared without taking any responsibility, and no financial security. I wish she had never made the choices she did, including have sexual relations with the man that left her this way to deal with everything all alone. I feel that way about today’s women as well. People can’t be trusted, and it’s a tale as old as time, man gone, woman left to deal with it all. So while I don’t agree with her choices at all, I can see how she may have been dealing with postpartum depression/exhaustion, was all alone, hungry, and scared while trying to care for her baby, causing her to do what she did. Unfortunately, her baby paid the price of all the people in the story that didn’t make good choices, including the father of the child.
I like having longer episodes to listen to! But I’m often doing other things, so the stories kind of bleed together. Thank you for all your hard work! I really do appreciate your channel!
The final case women endured so much but yet were still victims ofa system to date who fail to look after them. There is no real justice for women in domestic violent relationships. They are damned if they protect them self and damned if they don't the messed up bit is her end and then putting her in a unmarked grave. Sick people I hope they never got rest for her end. Just sad.
True for men and women in that situation. At least these days the women can leave (if they do the first time they stand a much better chance of the abuser letting them go).
I remember the day in Cal. The law was that a woman had to have eight live births. In another state a few years later I had to get my Hubbys permison to have the surgery done
They also had self respect and morals as well as the ability to take responsibility/ accept consequences for their actions more readily because they were God-fearing.
Well, that would be the sensible thing to do. I certainly would have pretended to be a widow in that situation, if only to be able to enough food for myself and my child.
No and I feel bad for the wives and families that were deprived of financial aid - for men to do that, it's nuts! She didn't have to accept it she could have compromised with the families rather than walking off with all the money.
Thank you B C for these interesting stories. You are much appreciated. I do remember the fourth story. Thank you sgain and hope you have a pleasant day.
Awesome, Thank ya B.C. i'm always happy to see new Content from you. The fact it's a hour long comp is just the icing on top. do i remember correctly that at one point you almost removed the Brief Case trademark sound effect?(which would be insane) or considered doing so? or is that a false memory.
The 2nd Case where she is married is so close to my hometown, Louisville Ky. first time i remember hearing Kentucky in a Brief Case. My Father was born in New Orleans, not sure when My family arrived there after leaving Ireland many Generations ago.
It’s crazy, nobody wanted to help that young woman and her baby, she was driven to desperation, subsequently all of society cared then about her baby and punishing her. What she’d done murdering her baby was wrong, but if anyone deserved mercy, she completely did.
Got told about this channel about 20 mins ago ! It’s 9.22am London 22/04/2024 from what I’ve heard so far I’m liking ! ❤the narrators voice ❤ thank you ❤
These are brilliant stories. Past times brought to life and the sad, tragic circumstances that still happen today, shows nothing changes in human nature. The lady that drowned her baby has eerie similarities to the many women who kill their kids under similar societal burdens in our "enlightened" times today. Thanks for very interesting, well researched and well told stories of the past that have profound meaning that impact human life today.❤
I agree with the verdicts in the first and third cases but am disappointed in the outcomes of all cases but the first. I am glad Maggie knew happiness for some time, enraged that Minnie got off scot-free and that Paul Aistein was ever let out and so sad for Martha's hard life and end. What a treat to hear four of your great works today. Thank you Brief Case!!
It was never proven that Minnie did anything wrong, besides being a high-priced hooker in everything but name. She went for the money and people do it every day. If her first husband kept it in his pants he wouldn't have died. Her second husband didn't drink himself to death in a few months, it took years before he married her. The third man was on a different continent! As for a woman killing her baby so she doesn't die, that's call selfishness and evil.
Thank you, BC. I loved this compilation. Happy Easter Monday! Sad stories, particularly the last one when an abused wife was sentenced to death. Thank you for the information on Hardy; I read "Tess of the d'Ubervilles" many years ago.
How wonderful all these stories in one sitting. I enjoyed each and everyone. As for the verdicts i think they were unjust except for the 3rd one they get out of prison and a beaten wife hangs..... thanks BC for these cases
Thanks for posting these stories mate, I enjoyed the way you laid out & built the content. I do think it important to correctly name & treat the victims however distant in time with respect. Some channels use AI to read their content & the names of criminals, victims & placename's etc are pronounced wrongly which shows a lack of respect & of homework. This leaves the listener feeling shortchanged & treated unfairly. True crime tales have an eager audience especially for the originator's of certain types of crime dating from Victorian times etc & if it was just for sensationalism we can visit the cinema or download Hollywood shows & such like. So thanks once more, keep it real, treat your audience with respect by keeping to facts because the stories are good enough without padding. Good luck, Your channel rocks btw & this 57 tear old enjoys it immensely in the UK.
Hello, this is my first day hearing your content and 2nd documentary (using a large screen device) so I just signed onto my phone to subscribe, a compliment, trust. I've been enjoying historical crime cases with my son lately, you're the first channel of such subject matter since I always skip commenting and subscribing, but I really like what I've heard and hope to encourage you with further endeavors.
It’s the injustice for me from start to finish, especially in the first case. Poor Maggie was pitted into a society that would never accept her in any kind of way or capacity, and because of men and what they deemed as moral she was left to make choices for survival And never was prepared to deal with those consequences because she never thought she would have to because women didn’t need to know those things as they were told they wouldn’t it just makes me really sad and angry of course for the baby too but humans are animals and animals do kill their young if they know that their own survival is on the lineand I can see her reasoning but it’s just sad overall, I wish they were more things in place to help her or I wish she would’ve stayed at that home for the full two weeks but I could not imagine her psychological stability at that time
Did you miss the part where she killed her baby? Honestly, some women never accept responsibility for their actions, or expect responsibility when looking at the actions of other women. It's always men's fault, or the society's fault, or the devil made them do it. It's always "they needed help, and nobody helped them". What an insulting view of women! Women should be responsible, and capable of helping themselves, which in actuality the majority of us are.
I know. My heart breaks for Maggie and her baby, and I would have spat upon thd man who seduced and abandoned her. I do think she deserved prison time, but I am glad she wasn’t killed. So glad we now have laws to allow abandoned women to leave their newborns at police stations and hospital ERs if they are unable to provide for them.
Thanks for showing these interesting stories. It is so sad that events cause people to commit murder. When its greed the murderer deserves all they get.
I wonder why the single moms didn't just say they were a widow instead of unwed. They usually moved to new towns and noone knew them. It could've worked.
People had integrity. It would have never crossed their minds to add a lie onto, what was then perceived as a horrible sin, onto the fact of giving birth out of wedlock.
That’s what I would have done! And @kayhathaway6956’s opinion that that would show a lack of integrity would be absolutely irrelevant - because I would want both my baby and I to LIVE. That’s what would matter, not self-destructive truthfulness. LIFE!
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My grandmother was born out of wedlock in 1900. She grew up with her grandparents, her mother went on to marry and had many more children. But my grandmother always maintained a good relationship with her mother.
wow! Thats a wonderful and morally uplifting family tale. I think many mothers did the same when their teen daughters got pregnant. They would say they had a " late in life" pregnancy, and these were common as it was. Hide them away and come out with a baby , and hopefully the girl would not be shamed. It was dreadful how women were mistreated. No real contraception, and many times once they got pregnant they kept having baby after baby for 15 or 20 years.
It really good to hear an happy ending to one of these stories.
@@primesspct2All they had to do was keep their legs closed. It's absolutely 100% effective and it still works!
They were only victims of their loose morals and lack of self respect.
@@naelyneurkopfen9741 How about the guy keeping it in their pants? Lack of self respect much?
@@naelyneurkopfen9741 misogynist
Right guys should wrap their snakes why they're on the make. They absolutely had condoms back then! Casanova was said to be the inventor of them!!
Hi Brief Case, laying in bed listening to your stories. My day is now complete. Watching from Hanover in Jamaica 🇯🇲. Weird coincidence 😂
I have always wanted to visit Jamaica, I have heard such wonderful things about your beautiful country.
Oh, it must feel a bit odd but it’s lovely in a way isn’t it. Connects you with all of us . Keep well 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
My cousin got pregnant at 14/5-her mom sent her to our aunts she had her baby at 15. & came home when she recovered & the school year was over. Her baby was about my age& really missed her.Finally at 18 that baby found her mom with her adopted parents help.We were having a family reunion a joy for everyone.I couldn’t ever send my grandchild away family is everything to me.I always felt the more the merrier-,
I had no idea we were in for such a treat! Thanks, Brief Case!!
Thanks for watching Holly :)
YESSSSS!!!! Another long one! Thank youuu!!
I wish you had more compilations on the channel...these make the perfect soothing bedtime stories!
Hello Brief Case! A long one for us on this chilly and rainy Monday here in Pennsylvania. These cases of true crime will warm me up nicely. Thank you for shouting out us members. We want to keep things running smoothly on your channel. 🤗
Thanks Matto, Your support is always appreciated :)
You're welcome. I love showing support to your brilliant channel. 🤗 @@BriefCaseOfficial
Hello from north Philly!
@@nataliesharif2167 Hello, I hope you're well. I'm from Mechanicsburg. Which is some 2 hours west of where you're located. Thank you for the "hello." 🙂
@@Mattostar-z2d yup I've been through there b4 I know where it is. Have a good day!
Thank you for the shout out! I am happy to support your content, it's very well done and enjoyable.
Thanks Stacee, your support is appreciated
I hope you do more compilations. I really enjoyed this! 😀
Thanks Beth, I do not do so many, but will do them from time to time :)
@@BriefCaseOfficial I look forward to it! I very much enjoy your work! ☺️
Happy Monday BC and thank you for this compilation and I hope that you enjoyed Easter
Thank you! You too!
Thank you so much, BC. You are my favourite bed time story teller
Wow, thank you!
Glad I had the luxury of watching your compilation in one sitting! Thanks, BC.
Thanks Jennifer
hi there im late but im listening now
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What a treat!... love the 1 hr episodes BC!.. Happy Monday All!...
Was super excited to see a new post. Loved this marathon, of sorts. Loads of background. So glad we no longer live in these times.
I love you tell these ppls stories. Like you knew them personally. That's so cool.
I love these old cases! Thank you BC
Thanks for watching Tara
4 stories for the 4th month? Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
You are so welcome!
Hi, BC. Four short stories are perfect. Short stories that you can pause and come back to. 😊
Over an hour long, and it was over before I knew it lol. I so love these stories. Awesome job Mr. Brief Case.
Thanks Crystal, hope all is good with you in Canada :)
So I may leave several comments but I'm on the first case right now of Miss Maggie... One question I have is, where were these "outraged" people that came out for her during the trial to give testimony of her good character PRIOR to get baby's death? Next question- where was her family during the trial and after? I'm sure That word got to them that she was arrested for the death of her baby boy. Also shame one that man for getting her pregnant and then abandoning her and her child!
Will Definitely listen again and share, thanks so much ❤
Sadly people have dual standards and women always got the blame for pregnancy.
@@glorysmummyStill do. No one even mentions fathers anymore. It isn't about women or men. It's about the children. We seem to have forgotten about them, too.
@StacyL. "getting her pregnant and then abandoning her and her child!" WOMEN control sex. She chose that scumbag. It's unfortunate how things turned out, but as soon as the doctors said she was of sound mind before drowning her baby - she should have been tried accordingly (regardless of public outcry). If this was a man, he legit would have had to be suffering from psychosis to even attempt an insanity plea.
@@glorysmummyall day… it was all on the woman.. she was alone … that is why baby farming was so prevalent
❤the longer videos! Thank you so very much. Your talent shines through in your narration. Love this channel. 🇺🇸 I’m late watching today, usually first thing Monday morning is BC time. Even my dogs listen .
Wow, thank you!
I'm soooo happy!!! Thank you for another hour long story!!! ❤
Hope you enjoyed it!
@BriefCaseOfficial I absolutely loved it! I also appreciate your hard work and dedication to us and your channel.
Good morning BC from Black Diamond Alberta, thank you for covering 4 cases . An extra Monday bonus🎉.
Must be a Bank Holiday for you :)
Sadly no...off to work I go lol. Have a great week BC!
Happy birthday Brief case . Many happy returns of the day . Thanks for the Easter 🐇 Special !
Thanks so much! How did you know
The "father" should be charged as well. No support or responsibility by men lead to this
“Father” could also deny parentage as there was no proof either way.
Awesome!!💙💚 Its early morn here on the East Coast in Nova Scotia.🌄🌻 for my coffee and Wake -n- Bake morning🌬 , day off!! Perfect❣ Thank You so much for all you do and the studies and homework you gather on these crazy folks from our past and the sad stories from some of the other folks as well.💜 Sending much love from the Bluenose Coast💙🤍💙
Thanks, cofffee, wake and bake sounds nice :)
@@BriefCaseOfficial always🧡💚 thank you again, I love Monday mornings and look forward to another Brief Case🖤🤎
4 stories on the first week of the month and you're early too! I just celebrated my 36th Birthday last Saturday BC!
My Birthday soon too, hope you enjoyed yourself :)
What a combo. Thanks briefcase
Oh boy, didn't see that one coming. I feel so sorry for Maggie that she felt this was her only way to survive during those times. What a heartbreak.
Thank you, BC. Have a superb week ahead.
Thanks, you too
Oh crikey, The Brilliant Brief Case delivers an over the hour special. Fantastic. your mate the crime reel has been doing hour long vids as well lately. I think these videos go to show how brilliant you both are.
Thanks Dave, I only do compilations ocasionally so It will just be the one next week
Do you not know these are just old episodes stitched together?
@@audreymuzingo933Isn't it great!!😊
I agree to bc and the crime reel do excellent work I also reccomend rotten manago as well it has very interesting cases from all over the world
@@audreymuzingo933 yes I know but I still love my dose of bc on a weekly basis
Great video! Really enjoy cases from earlier centuries.
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Thankyou so much Dee :)
I truly enjoy your videos. Great job!⭐️❤️⭐️❤️
Thank you so much!
@@BriefCaseOfficialI’ve been watching this channel since day one. I was working when your channel first started and every Monday I would wait for the video upload. I would plug in my earphones and listen through my mobile. It made my monotonous working day more enjoyable. Now I’m retired I still love this channel and I now can watch it at my own leisure.🤗🏴🌹
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Thanks for your time in putting up these posts ❤ i wish i could afford to joinbut love your channel none the less 😊
You always make my Mondays! Thank you again!
Thanks for your support :)
I've watched 2 of these but they're really interesting, Tenerife! My favourite holiday place, I was gobsmacked at the beautiful architecture there, I've never been impressed by architecture before Tenerife.. thank you for this compilation Brief Case.. looking forward to hearing your voice and historical crimes more xx
Thankyou :)
I have always wished to see the Canary Islands!
I wonder 💭 how many other women did the same actions as Maggie?
Hard to find work, hard to find a place to stay, no help …
My great-grandfather was a foundling in the 1840s. This was when a baby was given up by a woman 'of previous good character' to be cared for by the foundling hospitals. If she were able, she could reclaim the baby at a later date, but otherwise the children were raised by the hospital, precisely for this reason.
@@disgruntledmum4916 wow!! Very interesting!!!
Countless I imagine. Some areas may have had orphanages run by nuns. Who then, over flooding with foundlings, ‘contracted’ them out to families looking for a cheap laborer, just having to give enough food to not let the orphan starve and ‘a roof’ (often a barn), most didn’t reached the age of 16. In that time, drowning or suffocating the baby would be more merciful, especially if the mother experienced the life in poverty and orphanage herself. And not to forget the idea that baby’s didn’t feel pain (until the mid 20th century they would operate on baby’s without anesthesia), which undoubtedly contributed to the idea of a ‘merciful killing’.
Most excellent, as always. So sad for Maggie.
Many thanks!
I'm sorry for the tiny baby boy she murdered.
Why is everyone sorry for Maggie? Was she sexually assaulted? Did she try to give her baby to someone to care for him and get told no? Did her parents say they wouldn't help in any way?
You don't have to kill an innocent baby to make your life decisions look better! She was pretty, and prostitution is better than murder...by quite a lot!!! Give your baby to someone who wants one. Someone always wants a baby. Prostitution isn't something I imagine she wanted, but it would feed her and the child. It's sad that maybe nearly the only choices she had, but they are much better than the one she made.
That she passed out when she's sentenced to death after killing a baby says what the problem was... She was selfish.
@@bobbierobinson6269 Gosh, thanks so much for the lecture. You have proven your superior morals and anthropological knowledge and immense understanding. I bow before your greatness.
@@bunnymad5049 The irony of your last sarcastic post is that bobbierobinson6269 is actually demonstrating superior morals, anthropological knowledge, and immense understanding of the situation. But facts and logic can never be more important than fee-fees, can they?
Hi Bc I'm Im in bed waiting for this to drop then sleep one hour I am looking forward to this Hope everyone had a lovely Easter
Hope you sleep well :)
That’s all it really is. It’s a story.
Brilliant cases. They all lived in tougher and harsh cruel times.
Happy Easter and thank you!
Thanks, you too
What a great Easter gift one hour .
Thank you 😊❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yay!! Thank you briefcase!!!
Thank you for the compilation. This was interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it
Oh, poor baby George😢
I always Love it when Brief Case uploads his latest case
Thanks Bobby
Fascinating, thank you. I especially liked the fact that Thomas Hardy was in a tree watching the execution. I will need to read Tess of the d’ubervilles again, with different eyes this time!
Good “brief”, it’s an Aussie ‘case’ mateys! 😮
Story # 1 that is! ☝️
The post office burned down that very night?! Sounds like MY luck
Sounds awfully odd to me.
Poor Martha... She should've spoke up when her husband's body was being examined by the police about the abuse she suffered. She could've shown them the whip marks and bruises probably would've been found not guilty.
Thanks BC for the EPIC compilation of cases; you definitely outdid yourself this time!
Thanks for watching :)
Exactly what I was thinking.
They wouldn't believe a woman.
@@ColleenLytle-sq8txthey sure won't if you don't mention it.
Thanks so much BC. Poor Martha. What a life! 😢
Poor Maggie Heffernan andher little boy. What an awful situation. Im a recent subscriber and really enjoying your content 😊
Thanks Eliza :)
Maggie should have surrendered the baby to an orphanage.
@@anthonytroisi6682 Many wouldn't be able to take all the children in. Easy to say what could have been done.
@@lexicat6177 she could have at least tried.
I'm sure many people today consider it a late-term abortion. The baby's life doesn't matter if the poor mother was in a bad mood, or depressed, the baby is just a second thought. 😢
Fascinating! Thank you! The quality and depth of your research makes these enthralling and entertaining!
Many thanks!
Terrific compilation BC!
Thanks Greg :)
What an amazing compilation. Unbelievable how some lived to a ripe old age.
I love these old cases! This is one of my favorite channels because of it!
Thanks Tara
The first one actually made me cry ....
Sorry :(
For her or her innocent baby?
@@bobbierobinson6269I feel they are both innocent in this case. The blame should be on the people and systems that put her in that situation.
Happy Easter bc what a combo ,many thanks as always listened to you for years 🇬🇧💯⭐️⭐️⭐️😊
Thanks Joy :)
Fantastic stories! Thank you.
Thanks for watching
Listened to the first story. Why on earth didn't she buy a ring from the jewellers upon reaching Melbourne and say she was a widow before the child was born? *edited for typo*
Easy to say since we aren't working under great emotional strain
Widow. A widower is a male
How could she afford a ring? She couldn’t even afford a proper place to live for herself and baby.
@@ladylove2310 A simple band wouldn't have cost much in a pawn shop- it's a good idea
@@lazyhomebody1356 it’s a good idea from our perspective. But we weren’t in her shoes at the time. I am not condoning her choices. What she did was horrible, and I would think, she spent the rest of her life with great guilt. I am only saying that in those days, there was no help for women. No welfare. No WIC services. No public housing. No child support. One had to have money to provide everything. She gave birth in a hotel room where she worked. That alone tells me she was not financially stable at all. Add to that the stigma of being an unwed mother, I think she was very desperate. Lots things happened to make her feel this way: the letter that never was answered (she thought she was abandoned by her own family), the guy that she was pregnant by made her show up to false address and disappeared without taking any responsibility, and no financial security. I wish she had never made the choices she did, including have sexual relations with the man that left her this way to deal with everything all alone. I feel that way about today’s women as well. People can’t be trusted, and it’s a tale as old as time, man gone, woman left to deal with it all. So while I don’t agree with her choices at all, I can see how she may have been dealing with postpartum depression/exhaustion, was all alone, hungry, and scared while trying to care for her baby, causing her to do what she did. Unfortunately, her baby paid the price of all the people in the story that didn’t make good choices, including the father of the child.
I like having longer episodes to listen to! But I’m often doing other things, so the stories kind of bleed together.
Thank you for all your hard work! I really do appreciate your channel!
Thankyou :)
happy easter for those who celebrate it! and thoswe who don't...
Nicely said!
The final case women endured so much but yet were still victims ofa system to date who fail to look after them. There is no real justice for women in domestic violent relationships. They are damned if they protect them self and damned if they don't the messed up bit is her end and then putting her in a unmarked grave. Sick people I hope they never got rest for her end. Just sad.
True for men and women in that situation. At least these days the women can leave (if they do the first time they stand a much better chance of the abuser letting them go).
I remember the day in Cal. The law was that a woman had to have eight live births. In another state a few years later I had to get my Hubbys permison to have the surgery done
I will never understand why these unmarried mothers didn't just lie and say her husband died and she was a widow.
Keep in mind, lying and pretending was not as prevalent as it is today. Back then most people were God fearing. IMO
They also had self respect and morals as well as the ability to take responsibility/ accept consequences for their actions more readily because they were God-fearing.
Well, that would be the sensible thing to do. I certainly would have pretended to be a widow in that situation, if only to be able to enough food for myself and my child.
@@askwisegrannie Oh, so if it is not obvious when you’re lying, you have morals and are God fearing😂
BS🤔
@@askwisegranniemorals as in killing a child rather than lying?
Minnie was listed in entirely too many wills. Despite the lack of convictions, she was not a good person.
No and I feel bad for the wives and families that were deprived of financial aid - for men to do that, it's nuts! She didn't have to accept it she could have compromised with the families rather than walking off with all the money.
Minnie probably married the devil when she arrived in hell.
This is a respectable establishment. We'd never help a single mother and her child in their time of need.
Oh boy
Ty so much
Love thee old stories ❤
Thank you B C for these interesting stories. You are much appreciated. I do remember the fourth story. Thank you sgain and hope you have a pleasant day.
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Awesome, Thank ya B.C. i'm always happy to see new Content from you. The fact it's a hour long comp is just the icing on top. do i remember correctly that at one point you almost removed the Brief Case trademark sound effect?(which would be insane) or considered doing so? or is that a false memory.
I did ask viewers what they thought, but there was an overwhelming response to keep it :)
The 2nd Case where she is married is so close to my hometown, Louisville Ky. first time i remember hearing Kentucky in a Brief Case. My Father was born in New Orleans, not sure when My family arrived there after leaving Ireland many Generations ago.
Thank you. I really appreciate it. I needed this today.
Hope you are OK
Many thanks for the great tales, your narration and hard work.
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I’m bracing myself for this one….
Oh, it’s a compilation, I was scared for an April Fool’s case
It’s crazy, nobody wanted to help that young woman and her baby, she was driven to desperation, subsequently all of society cared then about her baby and punishing her. What she’d done murdering her baby was wrong, but if anyone deserved mercy, she completely did.
Got told about this channel about 20 mins ago ! It’s 9.22am London 22/04/2024 from what I’ve heard so far I’m liking ! ❤the narrators voice ❤ thank you ❤
Thank you so much BriefCase!
These are brilliant stories. Past times brought to life and the sad, tragic circumstances that still happen today, shows nothing changes in human nature. The lady that drowned her baby has eerie similarities to the many women who kill their kids under similar societal burdens in our "enlightened" times today. Thanks for very interesting, well researched and well told stories of the past that have profound meaning that impact human life today.❤
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I agree with the verdicts in the first and third cases but am disappointed in the outcomes of all cases but the first. I am glad Maggie knew happiness for some time, enraged that Minnie got off scot-free and that Paul Aistein was ever let out and so sad for Martha's hard life and end. What a treat to hear four of your great works today. Thank you Brief Case!!
Thanks Lucie
It was never proven that Minnie did anything wrong, besides being a high-priced hooker in everything but name. She went for the money and people do it every day.
If her first husband kept it in his pants he wouldn't have died. Her second husband didn't drink himself to death in a few months, it took years before he married her. The third man was on a different continent!
As for a woman killing her baby so she doesn't die, that's call selfishness and evil.
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Wow, thank you
Thank you, BC. I loved this compilation. Happy Easter Monday! Sad stories, particularly the last one when an abused wife was sentenced to death. Thank you for the information on Hardy; I read "Tess of the d'Ubervilles" many years ago.
Thanks Barbara
@@BriefCaseOfficial My pleasure: you did very detailed research yo people and places you talk about. Extra thank you for that, too.
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I 🩷 Mondays because there is a new Brief Case. Happy Easter🐥🐰
How wonderful all these stories in one sitting. I enjoyed each and everyone. As for the verdicts i think they were unjust except for the 3rd one they get out of prison and a beaten wife hangs..... thanks BC for these cases
Fabulous, i have a torn trapezius so i need to relax. Perfect opportunity ❤ your soothing voice helps lol
Hi Amy, I had to look up where that muscle is, I hope you get better soon
Thanks for posting these stories mate, I enjoyed the way you laid out & built the content. I do think it important to correctly name & treat the victims however distant in time with respect. Some channels use AI to read their content & the names of criminals, victims & placename's etc are pronounced wrongly which shows a lack of respect & of homework. This leaves the listener feeling shortchanged & treated unfairly. True crime tales have an eager audience especially for the originator's of certain types of crime dating from Victorian times etc & if it was just for sensationalism we can visit the cinema or download Hollywood shows & such like. So thanks once more, keep it real, treat your audience with respect by keeping to facts because the stories are good enough without padding. Good luck, Your channel rocks btw & this 57 tear old enjoys it immensely in the UK.
Thankyou :)
Beautifully researched and communicated! 👍
Thank you!
Your videos just get better and better, wonderful photos, and descriptive language! You paint a picture, truly! Thanks Casey! !
Wow, thank you!
Hello, this is my first day hearing your content and 2nd documentary (using a large screen device) so I just signed onto my phone to subscribe, a compliment, trust. I've been enjoying historical crime cases with my son lately, you're the first channel of such subject matter since I always skip commenting and subscribing, but I really like what I've heard and hope to encourage you with further endeavors.
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Poor girl did a lousy job of disposing the baby. The law definitely needed revamping.
She should have left her baby on the steps of an orphanage or hospital. But she was probably suffering from post natal psychosis.
Happy Easter weekend
I love your videos and I'm very thankful that in this lifetime of mine I don't live way back then
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Cheers 🍻 for a great post.
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It’s the injustice for me from start to finish, especially in the first case. Poor Maggie was pitted into a society that would never accept her in any kind of way or capacity, and because of men and what they deemed as moral she was left to make choices for survival And never was prepared to deal with those consequences because she never thought she would have to because women didn’t need to know those things as they were told they wouldn’t it just makes me really sad and angry of course for the baby too but humans are animals and animals do kill their young if they know that their own survival is on the lineand I can see her reasoning but it’s just sad overall, I wish they were more things in place to help her or I wish she would’ve stayed at that home for the full two weeks but I could not imagine her psychological stability at that time
Did you miss the part where she killed her baby? Honestly, some women never accept responsibility for their actions, or expect responsibility when looking at the actions of other women. It's always men's fault, or the society's fault, or the devil made them do it. It's always "they needed help, and nobody helped them". What an insulting view of women! Women should be responsible, and capable of helping themselves, which in actuality the majority of us are.
I know. My heart breaks for Maggie and her baby, and I would have spat upon thd man who seduced and abandoned her.
I do think she deserved prison time, but I am glad she wasn’t killed. So glad we now have laws to allow abandoned women to leave their newborns at police stations and hospital ERs if they are unable to provide for them.
@@victoriajohnson4420Some women? Had the father accepted responsibility she wouldn’t have been shunned by society, which he knew would happen.
Good morning Brief Case.
orning Joanne
Still trying to get subscribed channel notifications back on my feed for this channel but I love the completions!❤
thank you for this presentation...love your stuff x very professional x
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This was a great video... Best choice for cases
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I so enjoyed this forum of several stories put together for an amazing video. Thank you so much for your hard work. Blessings always! ❤️😊✝️😅
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for showing these interesting stories. It is so sad that events cause people to commit murder. When its greed the murderer deserves all they get.
I wonder why the single moms didn't just say they were a widow instead of unwed. They usually moved to new towns and noone knew them. It could've worked.
That's exactly what I was hoping she'd do until I remembered I was watching Brief Case😅
People had integrity. It would have never crossed their minds to add a lie onto, what was then perceived as a horrible sin, onto the fact of giving birth out of wedlock.
Thats def what I wouldve said! No facebook....theyd be none the wiser
I've asked that same question... Like what difference would it make 🤷🏼♀️ I'm sure empathy is what they woulda gotten...😢
That’s what I would have done! And @kayhathaway6956’s opinion that that would show a lack of integrity would be absolutely irrelevant - because I would want both my baby and I to LIVE. That’s what would matter, not self-destructive truthfulness. LIFE!