The Shocking & Twisted Case of Rhoda Willis

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    • @aaronburratwood.6957
      @aaronburratwood.6957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If Rhoda married a man with the last name Dent & she became a registered nurse, she’d be:
      Rhoda Dent RN.

  • @alicewilloughby4318
    @alicewilloughby4318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The fact that she said she killed the baby because "a sudden temptation came over me" shows that she was dealing with a severe problem, whether psychological or due to her head injury. This whole thing is so tragic.

    • @LotsofLisa
      @LotsofLisa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was thinking the head trauma must’ve damaged which ever part manages impulse control. (frontal lobe?)

  • @anniekinsmishkamouse7575
    @anniekinsmishkamouse7575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I find it sad that when her first husband died, and she was still young with a young baby, she was not taken back into her father's household. By accounts he was of relatively good financial means and perhaps a position could have been found for her in one of the two hotels. With family support her story could have ended much differently.
    Edit to correct a word.

    • @Indusxstan
      @Indusxstan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yes, clearly her family let her down. :(

    • @abelis644
      @abelis644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      My exact thought.
      Perhaps she didn't want to go back, but things would have been different.

    • @abelis644
      @abelis644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Indusxstan
      Not necessarily.
      She may not have wanted to go back. It seems she enjoyed drinking and going to bars, she shacked up with a man, she was also later living under an assumed name.
      There is more to her story than we know...

    • @zingwilder9989
      @zingwilder9989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@abelis644 I believe that sums it up. It was alcoholism that took hold of her, possibly even before her first husband died; and it all was downhill from there.

    • @scharf74
      @scharf74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@abelis644 Great points! Our FIRST red flag is her hopping up and marrying probably the first guy who came along at age 15 and then moving away with him. With her background and for that time period, I would have expected her to have married someone closer to her family too.

  • @jesusbeloved3953
    @jesusbeloved3953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    This one was particularly sad for me. The willful killing of children hurts the heart; they are so vulnerable!
    BC your stories are always well done and without excess drama. Thanks for all your hard work!

    • @cyankirkpatrick5194
      @cyankirkpatrick5194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That also gets to me 😩😫😢😥, there's a special place for those who do that it's very hot 🔥🥵 and unforgivable.

    • @Proverbspsalms
      @Proverbspsalms 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cyankirkpatrick5194 It’s not unforgivable. Find that in the Bible!

    • @samuelschick8813
      @samuelschick8813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What gets me is that people were willing to hand over their children to strangers they knew nothing about from a newspaper ad.

    • @samuelschick8813
      @samuelschick8813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cyankirkpatrick5194, Nice try but not dice. In the Bible God orders the killing of children or kills them himself. After all think of all the newborns and children God murdered in the flood.

  • @gordonlittle162
    @gordonlittle162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    It was said that the hangmen, Henry and Thomas Pierrepoint, were impressed by Rhoda's remarkable blaze of red hair. She was reportedly calm at her execution.

  • @pickybitch2707
    @pickybitch2707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I hate those baby farmers 😢😢😢

    • @cezra833
      @cezra833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree, and Rhoda Willis certainly deserved her fate. However, part of the blame for baby farmers can be placed on authorities. It's all well and good stating that children have to be protected, but without providing the resources for single parents- usually the mother- to look after children, then baby farming was always going to happen.

    • @scharf74
      @scharf74 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      With a passion.

  • @B.H.56
    @B.H.56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    So after she was widowed, she just moved in with a man and had more kids? Wasn't that kind of shocking back then?

    • @kymo6343
      @kymo6343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Nicky L I mean if anything what else was she supposed to do besides go live in a washhouse or convent...

    • @celeste.cutz2020
      @celeste.cutz2020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I can’t believe u wore black for 2 damn years. I mean death till u part. That’s a long time for a morning period.

    • @thelogicaldanger
      @thelogicaldanger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@kymo6343 Well, since she moved in with her brother when she broke up with her live-in boyfriend, it seems likely that would have been an option at the beginning.

    • @kymo6343
      @kymo6343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@thelogicaldanger *shrug* Well since she didn't choose it, guess it was the less appealing of the two options.

    • @thelogicaldanger
      @thelogicaldanger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kymo6343 Good point.

  • @EllaAltmayer1983
    @EllaAltmayer1983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    When hearing that she took in unwanted babies, my mind went “oh no.” Those poor babies.
    Glad that she was found guilty.
    Another great case. Hope everyone is having a great day.

  • @amethyst5538
    @amethyst5538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    What Rhoda did was truly horrible, however unlike most in these videos at the end at least she had the courage to admit at the end that she was indeed guilty.

  • @TheRetirednavy92
    @TheRetirednavy92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Good morning fellow Briefcase friends

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    @angelinaloubet621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I always put a thumbs up before I even watch the video, because I am certain I'm going to enjoy it to no ends 😊

    • @louisegross3886
      @louisegross3886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too always thumbs up for brief case

  • @Carolbearce
    @Carolbearce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I am glad that they found out about her quickly. Imagine how many babies could have died from her hand. Well delivered and thank you!

  • @rmonson5002
    @rmonson5002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This is so tragically sad for all involved. How desperate those women must have felt to think that giving up their child to a stranger was the only way to maintain their respectability or standing in the community. Yet the men that impregnated them had to make no such heart wrenching decisions. They just walked away unscathed; with no social stigma attached. And Rhoda, of a character inclined to take advantage of the very social mores that left her with little opportunity in the world. Yes, she certainly must have had no conscience or concern for those infants, but she also is the product of a society that likewise had no concern for those infants or for the women who gave birth to them until forced to come to terms with it by the actions of the very women they marginalized.

    • @neneshubby
      @neneshubby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Unfortunately a lot of truth in your post. Definitely a double standard with how women were treated.

    • @rmonson5002
      @rmonson5002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Over It Okay. It's not a competition. And "leather tanning" and infanticide is hardly analogous.

    • @scharf74
      @scharf74 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that SOME men paid or helped pay the adoption fees. Back them you paid the “farmer” a monthly fee as long as they kept the baby, to pay for their small and I mean TEENY expenses. If they adopted the baby fast, you just paid the one fee.

    • @carolball5764
      @carolball5764 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@neneshubbymost definitely. They want the pleasure , but not the pain..

  • @crystallong9625
    @crystallong9625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    What a sad and heartbreaking story. I know that many people who ran baby farms at the time were guilty of this over and over. I will never understand those who harm innocent children. I also find it difficult to give mercy to them in any form. I’m glad that she confessed and hopefully she repented before she was hanged. May that sweet little baby girl whose life she took Rest In Peace. 💖

  • @sheilayoung8007
    @sheilayoung8007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    What a sad case all around. Her future was so bright. I do wonder if her bike accident caused the personality change. I am glad that she owned up to her crime, and apparently, she was remorseful. Tragic all the way around. Thank you BC, great story as always! ♥️

    • @stardominguez84
      @stardominguez84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Head injuries are actually a common theme in even serial killers

    • @scharf74
      @scharf74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Head injury, severe enough to cause her to become a baby killer. She was hit by a bicycle, not a truck.
      I need to see the medical report to believe that she was in that infirmary for anything else besides drying herself out. She probably walked/staggered into the path of the bicycle to begin with.

    • @brandyjean7015
      @brandyjean7015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@scharf74 she was riding her bicycle. Brief Case didn't say what caused the accident. She could have suffered a concussion, or some other traumatic brain injury, in falling off of her bike.
      Not excusing, but possibly explaining her later abhorrent behavior.

    • @scharf74
      @scharf74 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brandyjean7015 I said I need to see the medical report. It might show that she didn’t hit her head, only scraped her knee, for example. It was a bike.
      But keep making excuses.

    • @carolesmith4864
      @carolesmith4864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scharf74 My son had a bicycle accident and broke both his arms. Thankfully he didn't hit his head.

  • @verucasaltbaum2358
    @verucasaltbaum2358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    What a tragic story, but ,I'm glad that she gave them the truth at the end. I kind of agree that the head injury is a possibility as to personality change.

    • @louisegross3886
      @louisegross3886 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lawd she fell on her head lame excuse they really didn't have modern medicine in them days no x-rays the nut was just a killer some ppl got the bad seed so I'm not about to excuse her ass she had a plan and murder was on her mind point blank greed was her middle name in my eyes

  • @arabicempress
    @arabicempress 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Where was her family when her financial and well being took a turn for the worse? I can't imagine any parent looking on at their child as they are suffering and in a dire state. However her situation is no excuse for her crimes.

    • @johannas.l.brushane2518
      @johannas.l.brushane2518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They were perhaps not aware of much of it, that she also initiallt did not reveal her real name show she was somewhat cautious about it. I presume that eventual contact with her family was in forms of letters. The habit of sending their kids to boardingschool even if parents had a steady residence (as opposed to people who could be sent to other places by short notice, embassy, military staff and such) was not only due to their children having a quality education but to deattach kids and for purpose of them grow to independence. This habit was quite apparent among the high nobility a couple of hundred years before, when kids age 2-3 often were sent to live with relatives to be educated up to their teens. It was probably more frequent in England as foreign ambassadors in the country commeted on it specifically as somewhat cruel.
      Rhoda's parents were presumably not of high noble class but rather within the growing burgoise by with their wealth often strived to mimic the upper classes, often with a romanticized nationalistic outlook, which may have influenced their decision to send her to boarding school.

    • @juliagreen423
      @juliagreen423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My family is like that, my parents completely turned their backs on me the moment i became an adult... it sounds like Rhoda was still connected with her family, so maybe she was ashamed to admit the situation to them, but it's also possible that they left her high and dry once things started going bad for her 😓

    • @frahn1702
      @frahn1702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I can imagine it - my own parents would not have done anything for me after I left home at 17. They did not even give me a wedding.

    • @annehorrigan570
      @annehorrigan570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@frahn1702 My dad kicked me out at 18 after he found out I was a lesbian, no convo for 10 yrs, it was the best thing that could've happened. ✌

    • @resarm5007
      @resarm5007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@frahn1702 yup...my parents couldn't WAIT til I was 18, and at 17 things were so bad I left both parents (who by this time had spit after 19 years of marriage.) I ended up couch surfing for a bit, and encountered some traumatic situations that have changed who I am forever. I've had PTSD since and as I've gotten older, my anxieties and fears have gotten worse. My parents both have had MINIMAL involvement in my life, my sisters' lives. My father favors my brother. My mother favors my half sister. And the other 3 of us girls and their grandchildren from 2 of us are basically ignored. The grandchildren do not know their grandparents. It may be best tho. One winter my heat failed, I had broken pipes and water everywhere. I stayed in my home! My mother is in the home I grew up in. She didn't even offer me THE COUCH. Just told me I "would die here."😳🙄😤 I endured 4 months of frigid temps, stayed bundles up and kept my dogs bundled in old clothes and blankets so that they would stay warm. I'm in the NE USA. Sad! I can imagine my father and brother and his family and my mother being critical if I had passed..."Not a very bright lightbulb...I TOLD HER SHE WOULD DIE!" Nobody offered me a COUCH to 😴 on til I was able to get the money together to fix it. Like what did they think I was supposed to do?!?! 🤔🤔🤔🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ (And they never gave me a wedding! We had to pay for our own! They didn't ever give us ANYTHING. Even as a child I had to work. If I asked them for lunch money for school, nope. Not even a quarter for a snack.)

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    @nancychisholm5399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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  • @ChiliHorse27
    @ChiliHorse27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    That was honorable of her to clear her conscience at the end, letting the jurors and judge know that she was guilty. I’ve never been a juror, but I can’t imagine not knowing if the person you sentenced to death was actually innocent or not.

    • @abelis644
      @abelis644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What if she wasn't guilty...
      What if she said those things to put the judge and jury at ease knowing she was going to die anyways...

    • @ChiliHorse27
      @ChiliHorse27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@abelis644 it seemed genuine, and it was pretty obvious she was guilty as well. And innocent people don’t falsely confess right before they die, they’ll always say to the end that they’re innocent and that they’re killing an innocent person. And I wouldn’t want to die with a lie that big on my conscience either.

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@abelis644 - Well based on evidence, with or without the confession, she was really guilty.

    • @scharf74
      @scharf74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Word of advice to the OP. If you have doubt of innocence you should NEVER sentence someone to death. If you do, you’re a murderer too.

    • @scharf74
      @scharf74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I understand what you mean when killers stop the lies and tell the truth finally.
      But this lady didn’t have to say a word. She went by an alias which signals ill intent from the beginning with her. I wonder if she killed more than the 2 we know about.
      She didn’t need to confess. She smothered the ONE DAY OLD baby after not even having the baby for a day. She then stuffed the baby at the foot of her bed and went out and got drunk. The baby was found in her bed, dead. And I’m thinking something was about the baby that made the landlady call the police immediately. She was given the baby by its mother and I’m sure they confirmed this with the mother.
      She didn’t NEED to confess. She did it to lift the weight off of her non existent conscience.
      She did no one a favor but herself. Her guilt was never in doubt by the judge, jury, prosecutor, defense attorney, governor, clergy and executioner.
      For someone to kill a day old baby, she can stay in her corner of hell as far as I’m concerned. A baby. Whose mother PAID her to love and cherish. Sickening.

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  • @trishpipkins
    @trishpipkins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    At least she was found guilty. Those poor babies.

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  • @brendaholliday6866
    @brendaholliday6866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    What a horrific case of innocent babies being given up for adoption and ended being murdered. Rhoda Willis, supposedly came from a well to do family, so why didn't she ask her family for financial help, she could have worked at the family hotel. This was a very sad and disturbing case especially since it involved children, great investigating, as always. I hope her three daughters ended up doing well in their lives.

    • @loisreese2692
      @loisreese2692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check out the case of Amelia Dyer.

    • @leebowens2631
      @leebowens2631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Her daughters became Go Go dancers on the Hullabaloo show, one of them married the drummer of the Beau Brummel there was a age gap that ruined the marriage.

    • @shariys1
      @shariys1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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      @perrydowd9285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Rhoda's situation and life did go from sugar to💩.

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    Nice! I get home from work, kick off my shoes and there's a new Brief Case waiting for me.

  • @GustavoCardoso95
    @GustavoCardoso95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Have a good week everyone, take care of your babies ✌️

  • @knock_knock3007
    @knock_knock3007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I despise people who harm or kill innocent children. That is one hanging I would have showed up early for.

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  • @karenjarrett8904
    @karenjarrett8904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I listened to this upload twice, thinking I missed something. That Rhoda did not contact her parents after her husband passed away. She was left with a daughter and herself to support. Instead she lived with a man and bore him two daughters. Their relationship fell apart so the girls stayed with the dad.
    Her brother was running a hotel could he have not helped her? Her head trauma and hospitalization changed her.
    She became and alcoholic so sad, even more heartbreaking for the infants.
    Thank you Brief Case for an interesting upload. Am waiting for the next Brief…. Case…..

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  • @chrisdooley6468
    @chrisdooley6468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Wow the jury took all but 12 minutes to deliberate? That’s got to be a record on here lol

    • @ManictheMod
      @ManictheMod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Juries didn't take a lot of time to deliberate back in those days.

    • @teshahartke5468
      @teshahartke5468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was actually pretty normal for the time.

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even today most deliberation are not long. The Trials take long.

    • @chrisdooley6468
      @chrisdooley6468 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good points. I guess it’s the actual trial that takes the longest

  • @paulajayne1635
    @paulajayne1635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    She would probably have been a good mum if life hadn’t taken such a tragic turn. That drawn profile picture of Rhoda reminds me of Robert De Niro!

    • @scharf74
      @scharf74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly. I think that’s her death drawing. But I saw it and thought, didn’t he say she was attractive? She looked like a straight up man is that drawing.

  • @rebeccawebb6602
    @rebeccawebb6602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was such a sad story in every way 😞 😢 😪 😔

  • @rebeccawebb6602
    @rebeccawebb6602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good morning keep bringing us wonderful history you're my favorite love you 😍 ❤

  • @shereerihari2691
    @shereerihari2691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Good evening Breifcasers! It's freezing in New Zealand at the moment. Hopefully the last cold snap of winter...
    Another great account from my favorite channel. Thank you BC 😊

    • @pickybitch2707
      @pickybitch2707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *waves at fellow New Zealander* 👋👋👋👋

    • @lillymom7909
      @lillymom7909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good luck with the cold ❄! We are in Missouri is the US. We've had heat advisorys for days and in the middle of a Heat wave. You could throw some cold our way! 😁😁😁

    • @shereerihari2691
      @shereerihari2691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pickybitch2707 waving back 👋👋👋 lol. I hope you're keeping warm!

    • @BriefCaseOfficial
      @BriefCaseOfficial  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks, hope the weather improves

    • @greendolphin100
      @greendolphin100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣🤣 we have yet another heatwave here in Malta, send some cold weather over here we need it !!!

  • @loritracy1385
    @loritracy1385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love when you tell us the tales of ordinary people in the past. Thank you BC.

  • @elizabethmerriman531
    @elizabethmerriman531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the introductory music...gives me chills knowing another excellent story is about to begin! Thank you for your hard work.

  • @lillymom7909
    @lillymom7909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good morning, Mr. Case! 🌞🌞I could not sleep at all last. I lied in bed and watched the clock for your new video post! You never let us down! Thanks!! 💖

  • @williamemerson1799
    @williamemerson1799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    MAN! They were sure quick to stretch a neck or lop a head back in the old days.

  • @SMBeech
    @SMBeech 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Why she didn't try to join her family business when she fell on hard times is beyond me.

    • @heyokaempath5802
      @heyokaempath5802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Might not have been welcome. Remember, she was a woman in a day and time when men ruled.

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@heyokaempath5802 - She stayed a long time on her Brother's hotel but went back to Wales by herself. Me thinks she had a very serious alcohol drinking problem.

    • @barbarachippel3142
      @barbarachippel3142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What happened to her kids?

  • @Jivolt
    @Jivolt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Let’s just agree that no one pitches a product as elegantly at Brief Case.

    • @Jivolt
      @Jivolt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Katherine McDonnell It was probably the request of the company.

  • @grettagirl2884
    @grettagirl2884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    At least this case brought positive changes to the law. Good job bringing this tragedy to light, BC!

  • @zero_bs_tolerance8646
    @zero_bs_tolerance8646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For all her belated regret and penitence, she didn't express remorse for the tiny victim's murder.
    Thanks, BC.

  • @Agapy8888
    @Agapy8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Greetings Friends and BC.

    • @meemurthelemur4811
      @meemurthelemur4811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      👋🤗🥰🦋🌈🦄

    • @meemurthelemur4811
      @meemurthelemur4811 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Beyond The Pale hey there Paley! How goes your part of the world?👋🦋🌈🦄🐎

    • @Agapy8888
      @Agapy8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Beyond The Pale Hi.

    • @Agapy8888
      @Agapy8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meemurthelemur4811 Hi

    • @meemurthelemur4811
      @meemurthelemur4811 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Beyond The Pale all's well as well😊🤗 Happy day after World Cat Day!😺😻🐱🐈🐯🐆🦁🐅😸

  • @telinhajp
    @telinhajp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi BC! How are you? Wishing you a wonderful week! ❤️

  • @Bloodreign137
    @Bloodreign137 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had an absolutely terrible night sleep and was trying to settle down with a TH-cam video to nap a little longer before work. I thought who better than Brief case! I was so happy when I typed in your name and saw you had just posted! Thanks for the video!

  • @arnoldstrickland2814
    @arnoldstrickland2814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love these old cases you bring each week

  • @a.a.a.8365
    @a.a.a.8365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always enjoy story time with you...
    Your voice intrigues me.

  • @joannethortan2257
    @joannethortan2257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good Morning Brief Case.

  • @matthewstorer8236
    @matthewstorer8236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    With a case like this I try hard to put myself in ones shoes. I can't imagine the desperation Rhoda must have felt. Where farming babies became her only means for survival. At least in her mindset. That very mindset cost her life. Thank you Brief Case.

    • @Crabbitt55
      @Crabbitt55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Very good point. We mustn’t damn her. I might have been just that desperate and just that lost to give in to such soulless choices.

    • @dvsdawl
      @dvsdawl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Even if she had to resort to taking in kids, her responsibility then is to care for those babies. You can’t just take in a baby and then ditch them outside or leave them at home while you go to a bar.

    • @dvsdawl
      @dvsdawl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Crabbitt55 No no no. We could all imagine being desperate enough to take in kids for money. Sure. But that doesn’t mean you can kill them! Ever! Wow. The comments here are very frightening. Imagine that was your baby or grand baby that you had to give up due to being destitute.

    • @Crabbitt55
      @Crabbitt55 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dvsdawl Right! . I didn’t mean to imply that her choices were remotely forgivable. I’m just trying to understand how a person could possibly even go there. So so so very tragic!

    • @moominmay
      @moominmay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Crabbitt55 it’s so difficult to know how to feel in these sorts of cases where it was a mans world and Rhoda ended up an alcoholic probably to escape her destitute life. However she could have gone back to her brother for help and to her family but then we don’t know how they felt about her situation and whether they wanted to know her still or not. I can’t imagine being a single woman in the late 19 century and what dark thoughts might pass through me in order to survive my undoubtedly harsh life. In this world if I fell on hard times I know I could never ever even think of harming anyone let alone the most vulnerable: a newborn child for heavens sake! However in Rhoda’s judgemental world where the poor were generally seen to have bought their own condition upon themselves and so sympathy was very scarce - I don’t know how you could survive without being on the criminal spectrum somewhere. Not necessarily to become a child murderer but who knows neither of us in the present world may be too far off away from it. Most of us watching this video will thankfully have never experienced true and total and utter destitution with no agency’s whatsoever to turn to for help so none of us really know what we may find ourselves contemplating. Very sad example of a case where a murderous baby farmer was captured - tragically I’m sure this was a widespread practice where many individuals went undetected.

  • @heidinolen873
    @heidinolen873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was great! Thanks 😊

  • @Agapy8888
    @Agapy8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    BC. I love your narrations as usual. When you said she was going to take in babies, I was in tears.
    So devastated.
    Have a great week.

    • @BriefCaseOfficial
      @BriefCaseOfficial  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! You too!

    • @annehorrigan570
      @annehorrigan570 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, I said "uh-oh, this is gonna be bad" Have a lovely day from Michigan

  • @Charley.Farley
    @Charley.Farley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Came across this channel by chance, now literally watch it constantly. Love history, love true crime, so it’s perfect! Amazing work! ❤️

  • @aileenhovorka9207
    @aileenhovorka9207 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff, as always. Thank u for the hard work, as always.

  • @perrydowd9285
    @perrydowd9285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    There are so many similar cases from the 18th to the 20th century. Children are still at risk today from child traffickers but this kind of abuse seems to be much less common now (in The West at least) thanks to the change in the supposed morality of the time.
    Thanks BC hope you have a great week.

    • @kevinzhu6417
      @kevinzhu6417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      unfortunately these cases are still kind of prevalent in the west, theres quite a few here in Canada and the US atleast of children beingkilled by their mothers. Women here dont commit crimes very much but when they do its towards their family, their children in particular.

  • @karenbrown4524
    @karenbrown4524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the photos. I try to imagine what life was like during the days the photos were snapped. Well, photos meant a longer process I reckon than it requires today.

  • @kevinpotts123
    @kevinpotts123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to dread Mondays but now Brief Case has me looking forward to Monday mornings.

  • @vanivor
    @vanivor 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this channel, thanks mate 👍

  • @beneath.the.rosesluciddrea8470
    @beneath.the.rosesluciddrea8470 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank u for uploading

  • @aye70aye
    @aye70aye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Afternoon BC, not sure how but I actually know of Rhoda's case, must have read about her somewhere! Beautiful photos, I have a penchant for the 1880's personally, drawn to it. Take care love Jessie x

  • @smsabala6668
    @smsabala6668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    13:19 pm in South Africa, it a holiday "Woman's day", Halo BC addicts, I've been impatiently waiting!

    • @Cat-ej6ji
      @Cat-ej6ji 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Every country should have a Women's Day holiday, and a Men's Day Holiday and to be honest a child Day, teenager Day , I love holidays

  • @asinelliplatamona8348
    @asinelliplatamona8348 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Job Mate

  • @zeusathena26
    @zeusathena26 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting video, I loved it! Great job, as always.

  • @jasontuck-smith3896
    @jasontuck-smith3896 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great vid Mr B. Case. Thanks! :)

  • @Flamsterette
    @Flamsterette 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for sticking the promo at the beginning instead of in the middle. Thank you also for the upload. I appreciate it.

  • @katinamartin7934
    @katinamartin7934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love your channel great job on this case.

  • @XWoodbineX
    @XWoodbineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how much research you put into your cases and that they're old cases as well, which really makes your channel stand out :)

  • @joanbrennan2534
    @joanbrennan2534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your channel is the BEST. Thank you for sharing consistent uploads. I absolutely love your unique delivery style.
    😉💕🌴

  • @ritawing1064
    @ritawing1064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I must say, Brief Case, I do appreciate the way you refer to those in your cases, however unfortunate and out of society's regard as "ladies" (and gentlemen, where applicable). Well done!
    That was a brave confession she made - how contradictory is human behaviour.

  • @bilindalaw-morley161
    @bilindalaw-morley161 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Brief, another good one!

  • @debshaw680
    @debshaw680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    How humanity survives is beyond me.

    • @terryherrera3611
      @terryherrera3611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💞

    • @kevin6293
      @kevin6293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because we are intelligent, can communicate well, and have good dexterity.

  • @sheilagravely5621
    @sheilagravely5621 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great to see you BC. I needed a dose of coziness. 👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏💚😘

  • @diamondleigh7280
    @diamondleigh7280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoyed the video ❤️ 😊 Brief Case is definitely My Favorite 🙂❤️❤️

  • @jordanh8906
    @jordanh8906 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good morning, Happy Monday! Here for another amazing brief case !❤️

  • @A1Ryoth
    @A1Ryoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yo nice video hombolio. Keep em comin, much love from Connecticut, USA

    • @annehorrigan570
      @annehorrigan570 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Hombolio?" Is that a real word or did you just pull it out of Mr Happy's dictionary? My partner has a very large dictionary of this kind as well...😆✌

  • @alexanderrose8411
    @alexanderrose8411 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the wonderful upload first time viewing keep up the tremendous work

  • @monicabennett6620
    @monicabennett6620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Once again, the photos were outstanding!

  • @vampirequeen953
    @vampirequeen953 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful job BC!!! I so appreciate all your hard work you put into all your videos!!!!

    • @BriefCaseOfficial
      @BriefCaseOfficial  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thankyou

    • @vampirequeen953
      @vampirequeen953 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BriefCaseOfficial You are without a doubt so very welcome 🥰🥰🥰

  • @Jivolt
    @Jivolt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My grumpy Monday obliterated by Brief… Case!

  • @ludimaes1
    @ludimaes1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing..i didn't know of this case

  • @frandistabile4723
    @frandistabile4723 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a sad and tragic case. Those poor children! I can never understand how anyone can harm a child, well actually how they can harm anyone, but a child is so innocent. Thank you BC for another great case. Enjoy the rest of your week.

  • @westtnskirmishlog6820
    @westtnskirmishlog6820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ahhh breakfast and the dark yet calming briefcase. Grape jelly, biscuits and a tall stout coffee with macabre tales on the side done by the best, I love it.

  • @morganosborne9258
    @morganosborne9258 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice end to a long working weekend. Thanks BC for another wonderfully narrated case, though incredibly sad.

  • @renee1961
    @renee1961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank You, Brief Case, for another EXCELLENT video!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💚💚🍀 How Very Sad, for those Little Babies!💔💔💔💔🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 At least Rhoda confessed to her Crime! How many millions of times do criminals deny? This was , overall, Sad,in many ways. Stay well, until the Next, Brief Case! See you, same time, same place, Wednesday!💚🥰🌼🥀✨🌅💮🌸🙋🦈🌻🙏💐🍟👻🦖🐍🦕🐊🪐💫🌹🌷💫🕷️🕸️🦅🦔🦉🪐

  • @hollylemar3947
    @hollylemar3947 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a sad story! Thank you Brief Case

  • @asinelliplatamona8348
    @asinelliplatamona8348 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Job Mate 👍

  • @gothmamasylvia462
    @gothmamasylvia462 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoyed it very much!

  • @ELKE-
    @ELKE- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you B.C. Another well done job! Love your narration!

    • @BriefCaseOfficial
      @BriefCaseOfficial  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for listening

    • @ELKE-
      @ELKE- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BriefCaseOfficial
      My pleasure Sir! Sorry later reply, no Power due to bad weather, now it's back! I'll have another listen on this video now. Goodnight

  • @tagetlewis2748
    @tagetlewis2748 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always a pleasure! Gm! ❤️🇯🇲

  • @miriamaguilar7977
    @miriamaguilar7977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    She came from good family. It would have been good all around had she gone back to her family home and raised her children. Sad that there was no real support for women who worked with little babies...heartbreaking, really.

  • @KatTheScribe
    @KatTheScribe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have the best delivery for these older and interesting cases. Even tho I am not here most Mondays anymore, I still make it a point to catch you each week. This one is great, the photographs and the location - a lot of my ancestors came from Wales.
    I hope those earbuds will still be available in a couple of weeks as I would really love some pink ones & this is a cool way to help support your channel.
    Have a great weekend. See you next week!

    • @BriefCaseOfficial
      @BriefCaseOfficial  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thankyou so much, I really appreciate that you take the time to watch the videos

  • @anniej1834
    @anniej1834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Smashed the like button now time 2 kick back and get stuck into the video congrats 👏 on the sponsor and thanks 4 the quality content see u next week 😀

  • @m.f.richardson1602
    @m.f.richardson1602 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always interesting and informative.
    Thank you.
    Peace 💕🇺🇲

  • @stephaniepietersen9714
    @stephaniepietersen9714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:26 pm in South -Africa bit cold in CPT finding myself under blankets on this public holiday ..😊helo everyone

  • @someonesgoat
    @someonesgoat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This channel is amazing man. Really impressive work to research these old cases 👏

  • @eliranamar8497
    @eliranamar8497 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    your channel is AMAZING! a fan!!!!

  • @shannonmorrison7455
    @shannonmorrison7455 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for another excellent video. I love your videos.