Brenda now teaches the study of crime at university. She is incredibly open about what happened and is a very strong, kind woman. She has done great things despite all that has happened to her.
As soon as I heard that Robert was excited to adopt Brenda right after the murder, I knew that something was off. And then the bloody footprints not in Brenda's room sealed the deal for me
I think that was more the way EWU decided to phrase that. If someone learns their brother, brother's wife and all their children except one were murdered it seems like a completely normal reaction to be eager to take in the remaining child. You can't do anything to bring back your loved ones but the kid is the one family member that you CAN actually help.
If he would've been innocent, his interest could've just been out of fear his niece ends elsewhere and the missing foot prints would've just meant that the person knew of her whereabouts. I thought it was him, but knew it as he left his wife.
A year in Juvie for living in a family's walls, harassing them, attempting to kill them, or the father atleast. Big shocker he got out and murdered those people.
@@whitedragoness23 What were they supposed to do? Give him life for a crime that doesn't deserve a life sentence? I mean obviously a year was a slap on the wrist and he should have gotten more time, but locking him up and throwing away the key would have been unjust also.
The guy lived inside the wall for months of a girl who dumped him who he tormented by pretending to be the ghost of her dead mother.... and you let him out without getting him evaluated by a psychiatric professional? "Yeah... that seems like the logical direction for the guy in the wall" He's like an amalgamation of Cletus Kassady and Norman Bates.
There was no reference to an evaluation. But considering, it’s most certainly so that he did get eval’d as “unfit”. Further, psychotropic drugs make people do weird things, and have no memory of it. Hence, psych drugs have been a major factor, and or direct cause, of many horrendous things. This may have been one. So please be careful of false claims.
@@InJusticeAustralia The biggest issue I see is the fact that he DID get Evaluated by psychiatric professionals and they still signed off on his release. Just because someone has ‘professional’ in their title doesn’t mean they know what they are doing. He should’ve been put down as he clearly wasn’t fit for society. Also to the clown above me called in-justice, you’re the one needs to be careful with false claims. You sound like a sympathiser and would’ve probably approved his release if it was your decision.
@@InJusticeAustralia Psych drugs also prevent a lot of horrendous things from happening. I don't think its wise to paint them as being an absolute bad, in fact it can be very dangerous as spreading this can prevent someone from attempting treatment. The correlation between psych drugs and bad things happening because of them isn't that clear cut anyways.
@@alexanderiono6931 It’s interesting that you attempt challenge and to dispute my fact based , heavily researched, conclusions about how bad psyche drugs are. Yet, you provide no facts. So, that is a classic case of hypocrisy. It also leads me to believe: 1. You likely work in an industry that financially benefits from the psyche drug industry, or/and, 2. You have been indoctrinated/ brainwashed like so many, info medely BELIEVING they are of some benefit, or/and, 3. You/ someone you know/of has/does take them, and CLAIMS (likely by false BELIEF) they are doing some good. So, perhaps you should consider, that before telling someone they are wrong, that perhaps you are wrong.
Brenda Lin graduated from the University of Sydney in October 2017. She lost a family, shared a home with the man who killed her family and was sexually abused by her parent’s killer but despite all this, she came up as a survivor and stands strong to this day.
It wasn't just his obsession with Brenda that was the motive for killing the family. It was jealousy that their business was successful and Roberts failed. He wanted the girl and the business. Sick bastard.
What disturbs me is her wife, kathy. Apparently she stood by his husband's side claiming their victims and he's innocent! He fckin killed her brother. She watched her parents mourn her brother. Unfilial!
Another comment says "Brenda now teaches the study of crime at university. She is incredibly open about what happened and is a very strong, kind woman. She has done great things despite all that has happened to her." idk how true it is, but I hope it’s legit.
my uncle was the dirt biker who found the mcstay family !! he’s the kindest most simple man and he said he thought the skull was a turtle shell 😢 rest in peace to the mcstay family 🕊
@@NickolaiPetrovitch he is! he’s a very spiritual man and he believes God or the Universe led him specifically to find the family. i’m sure he was scared to go on trial for court due to the cartel nature of the case, but he is safe and he seems to be ok! it’s funny he is the most quiet, simple man, we were all so shocked to hear this happened to him!
I followed this story from the beginning. My heart was so broken for this beautiful family. The boys were absolutely adorable. I had a feeling it was the partner too
@@ericab2234 cartel nature? They were killed by his employee/business partner who has absolutely no ties too any of those kind of organizations. He's just a greedy, selfish asshole. Nothing more exciting or mysterious than that.
@JoaquinElf I think simple means modest and peaceful. I am living a similar lifestyle, far from the city blings and materialistic stuffs, only owning things that I really need and be independent and self-sufficient. 😊🙏 I hope my assumptions were not far off. Nothing is wrong with choosing a simple life.
I really love your narration style. You manage to keep it engaging, without slipping into sensationalism. You are always respectful of the victims and their families.
I am 5'8" and was always considered very tall when I was a kid in the 60s - not so now... I have a niece who is nearly 6 feet tall! So your height stays the same but you also get shorter!
Doesn't Matter I can tell you for sure that as you grow old (I’m 67) you lose height! I knew my mom seemed to be shorter but I’m shocked that I’m shocked as I’ve gone from five five & a half to five three!
So the guy brutally murdered an entire family with a hammer to adopt his niece to abuse her. And even with overwhelming evidence, they needed 4 trials and the jury almost got him free? Wtf someone needs to do to be condemned?
I used to live in the next street over from the Lim's. I was addicted to scratch lottery at the time and went to that newsagency multiple times a day. Lovely people. RIP.
They were. It was shocking that had happened, let alone in the Epping area where I would live a street near the news-agency. Young me was NOT comfy for a while after that.
In the first case, the fact that Robert suggested adopting Brenda so quick after the news broke isn't suspicious imo. If my brother had a kid and he and his gf were both gone, you bet your ass my first thought would be adopting their kid because they'd be left all alone and would need someone to take care of them.
But then it's a bit different because he is your brother, in this case Brenda is his wife's niece not his own niece. I don't mean ppl wouldn't adopt a kid in this case right away but it's kinda weird he is the first one who do it before his wife make it suspicious
Assumedly, if a person discovered their spouse’s family murdered, you’d think the person would be overcome with grief, shock, etc. ... Not already trying to figure out living arrangements for the sole surviving family member who was miles away on a school trip. We’re human and it takes time to process things. Eventually, the conversation would be had regarding where Brenda should live, but jumping to that so quickly and adamantly “staking claim” of her is sus af.
The McStay family is so tragic, but I’m glad it was solved at all- I had this terrible feeling when we first heard about it that it was something that was just going to go unsolved forever and no one would ever find these people. 😭 Obviously wish it had a better end, but I’m glad that at least the crime was solved.
There use to be a time when I believed that if you lived your life a certain way, you could avoid trouble and violence and crazy people. But then I turned 13 and for some reason life bitch slapped the shit out of me and snapped me right out of that thinking
I SO hear you! We have concrete slab (no basement) and solid walls (only a mouse could live in them), but we have a crawl space between the ceiling and roof. The only access from it into the house is blocked. By my design. LOL
Regarding the last story,the person responsible for giving him freedom,to then go on to kill a pregnant woman and her children,is as guilty as the murderer !!! They would still be alive today. 😭😭😭😭
No single person was responsible for his freedom. It's systemic, and applies to everyone under the US federal government. If convicted of a crime, and sentenced to be released after a certain amount of time, that is what happens. There is no psychology delegation of people thrown in jail for crimes not punishable by life. We can't punish people based on our feelings about a a person. Only their actions. Predicting people's future actions isn't a card that can be played, at any point, in professionalism. You can only ascertain what has been accomplished. There is no such a thing as a "thought police".
@@MengusDew do some research on the PCLR checklist . We can predict future behavior . attempted murder warrants longer than a year behind bars . He should have been evaluated for psychopathy and they would have found that he was unfit to be released .
I couldn’t imagine being Brenda, may have saved her life but she lost her entire family🥺 I couldn’t live knowing my siblings, parents and aunt were gruesomely murdered
I wonder how Cathy felt knowing that her husband killed her entire family , and was rapeing his niece. She must feel awful knowing that she brought that monster into their life.
I feel like a kid on Christmas morning when new EWU videos are posted!! And Raven's voice....the ultimate de-stresser! Thank you for the amazing content guys
Haven't seen anyone else mention this so, it's very cool that you guys caption all your videos and do so in detail, I personally don't need the captions but i'm sure it's extremely helpful for anyone who does, and should be more normalized on youtube!
As for the Daniel case... I hadn't heard how this began. I had heard the story before, I think from MrBallen... but I agree that it's ridiculous that NOTHING happened to him after doing that shit to the girls. And what's the explanation behind him just randomly phoning the girl?? Did he see her name in her mother's obituary?? YIKES.
Rather than 15-year old Annie "should" have paid more attention to Brian's (a stranger's) phone calls, perhaps it would be more apt to say that an older teen girl (as in 17 - 19) might have questioned it more.
It was clear from the way they talked about Robert from the start it was him. It was disgusting she was placed with the killer who kept assaulting her after the crime.
Okay so that last case was the creepiest thing I have ever seen... He was a real life demented villain from horror stories... Reminds me of that case of the German farm where they had the killer living in the attic.... Seriously, nothing is creepier than that stuff, what led him to be like that...
There is another documentary totally dedicated to this story that shows his "room" and pictures of how he got around in the walls. I'm almost positive it was an ID (investigation discovery) show but I can't remember what series it was from. If you search the name of the guy you should be able to find it.
The house was of the older variety, IIRC, where there were crawlspaces for maintenance and such. Like you seen in the movies sometimes, I think? It's a somewhat confusing part of American architecture.
I laughed out loud when he said that. He isn't wrong,lol. I can't believe that creep was living in the walls,he is definitely a psychopath. Glad he is in prison,but so sad he killed that family.
I've been loving your content, these videos are extremely well done. The captions are brilliant as well, my mother is hard of hearing and I showed her one of your videos without having to use the awful auto generated TH-cam captions. Keep it up my friends.👍
I grew up in Massachusetts hearing stories about the man who lived in the walls. I was told a bunch of messed up stories about this state growing up, some true and some not true. I could never find anything online about this and nobody I asked had heard about it. I thought maybe it was a game of telephone so some details were wrong or it wasn't true. This video just gave me closure. Lol As a child in the early 2000's this one sounded like an urban legend meant to scare teenagers who wanted to date strangers online. That was a new concept at the time. Blood on the walls lead to a man living in the walls being found with an axe in a dress, but nobody I asked had heard of this? Sounds fake but okay. I can't believe this was true. Kind of mad that it is tbh, this story is messed up...
If I was a victim of the last case I would've lost my shit, I can't even imagine the fear the family experienced during that incident, what's more scary is that he could've kill them at any time he wanted in their sleep
You have to be delusional to think that after lying about your appearance and showing joy in someone's mom's suffering before death on a first date would lead to a second date.
I WISH someone would solve the case of Suzanne Lyall. I grew up and went to school with her. She went missing in 1998. It has been 26 years. Her mother is still living, but her father has passed away. It has always been on the back of my mind. She just disappeared without a trace!
Because the girl went to live there so they could do it for her protection being that her family just got killed. If she didnt go to his house they couldnt had done it
I’m assuming it’s something about an investigation into a murder, the police were REALLY wanting to find him so by any means necessary I guess. I’m glad they did it in retrospect
brenda is truly stunning, she is so strong and open about this incident, despite everything that happened in her past, it just proves how well her parents raised her, i bet they would very proud of their daughter
The last case I saw from true crime doc from tv and it really freaked me out. Dad of the girls didint first believe them when they told that bizarre things happened in house, even when they were waiting outside the house on the night the dad found that monster in his dead wife's dress. It made me sad to think how badly things could have turned out for them.
First two reminded me of a case from France. The entire family disappeared; father, mother (who was severely ill and on machines, at home) and two rather adult children, students. Even two of their dogs, with food for them still in the bowls. Their disappearance was reported late. When the police came, at first they found literally nothing. Despite the thorough search. They only noticed that all the family cars were there except the father's and there was a rifle missing from the house. Upon new search, one of the investigators noticed that the area where dogs were kept was unusually clean; not even dog traces in the dirt. When stepped there, it was clear there was something a bit elastic covering a hole. And there it was, a large board, covering a hole where all the family members were, dead and wrapped in plastic bags. Even the dogs. But not the father. And it resembled an actual burrial ground since there were some religious objects like crosses and angel figurines. Even some flowers, I think. So, the focus was turned to finding the father... He was caught by a speeding camera and they realized he was a family killer and headed to a place that meant something for his family, with that rifle (which was a murder weapon) which in 98% of the cases like this means one thing... Oh, but the chilling twist in the end! Unbelievable!
Wow, it's legal to put a hidden camera in a citizens residence in Australia? Glad they caught the killer,but in america that would be definitely illegal
@@roxywhite1936 Yes I thought about them going to court to get the ability to do that,I dont know the laws in Australia, I don't believe its typical in America though. There was a famous missing child case in America where they suspected the parents wiretapped the home in the 80s or 90s and came up with convoluted evidence, that didn't prove their guilt
If it’s into a possible suspect of a murder case, then I guess I could see it being something like “no limits” “ find this killer no matter what” type of deal But I could see this being abused too, I hope there’s someone like a lawyer dedicated to this. Deciding if it’s ok or not.
I live in Victorville I will never forget the day that dirtbiker found the skull we actually know him he’s a really good family friend he still talks about it to this day it really bothered him so tragic
EWU you have no idea how your in depth true crime videos keep me sane. Keep them coming! Can't wait for some exploration videos from Bob and Emma too! The more content from EWU the better!
I lived in Fallbrook CA from 2007-2010....this family lived about 2 miles from my house. This really rocked the whole town. The Marine Corps Base even sent Marines out to help search for the family.
Spending the night binge watching your video's, my absolute favorite video's are the follow up solved case's video's. Love this channel and thank you for all your hard work putting these video's together for us! 😃👍
It’s said the reason that Laplante seemed to get such a light sentence to everyone is not what it seems. He actually jumped bail. The reason that he was even able to post bail was because they decided to try him as an adult in the home invasion that put him in there.
Yay!! I'm tucked in.. and I get this... That terrible story, how can someone just wipe out a whole family, how twisted!! Poor Brenda.. I can't imagine the pain they went through
“Food was discovered on the counters, just left where it was dropped… and it was now rotten…” not such a red flag, sounds like my twenty yr old daughter house sitting for me while I am away…
A author had written a book and accused Summer of killing her husband and running to Mexico with the kids. He had said it was just a matter of time when his story would be confirmed. So this of course he had to backpeddle and then pay the family of the McStay's for accusing Summer of something she didn't do. Also Chase had been embezzling from the company. He had put his name on the account and would access it to pay for his gambling debt. Eventually Joe had found out about it and was just about to report it to the police when Chase attacked him and the family. He had then stolen more money from the company and then accused their other co-worker who was in Hawaii at the time (had been for a month a think to do some work for the company). Dan the other co-worker was allowed to access the accounts to pay business expenses. There was no evidence to prove that Dan had killed the family, yet at Chase's trial that ia who they accused did the crime. Chase also had his phone with him at the time of the murders as it had pinged off the towers near the burial site.
@@mikemurphy6152 easy if you threaten someone enough but cannot be seen by others, it is easy to make people do what you want them to do without struggle. That probably would have been shooting the child if either parent did anything. Now that is just a potential observation. If the parents keep the child as calm as possible at the same time follow orders, then it will look like no struggle occurred
@@SapphirasMama Ya you make sense. Im looking at it as if it was me and I cant do that..For me the killer pulling a gun and wants us all In the car I kinda feel like I know he is taking us somewhere else to kill us so for me trying to do something before getting in the car seems like the only logical thing to try and do. Now if the killer came in and pistol whipped me that's a totally different story.
@@mikemurphy6152 well pistol whipping may still show a struggle. Having them pull out a gun, say "do as I say or the kid gets it" and most likely both parents would have complied. Imagine something you hold so dear in your life but if you show any sign of distress to the outside world (scream, struggle, fight, etc) and you know they are serious (for all we know the guy picked the kid up as a hello and held a gun to the kid when they were inside ), then you know that there is no way you would cause anything to happen cause that item/person/animal has value to you
Cases like these are absolutely insane!! I'll definitely never understand why people do the things that they do?! Anyway, hey EWU crew!!!! What's up?! Much love!!!!!
I’m tired of people saying allegedly when talking about a woman getting abused.. like no he DID assault her and CONTINUED to do so after he killed her whole family.
What about Andes crash chapter 2 It seems like you are making the episode as a web series. 😁😁😁 Whenever you upload any new videos I and my friends watch it together because it feels like a movie. Please don't stop making such great masterpieces ❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is crazy to see as I personally knew the McStay family before they had been killed. I remember following the case but have never seen a channel cover it.
I don't know who narrated this particular video, but he and the other woman who says "Whhhhats up EWU Crewwww"...she sounds similar to this, but a woman, are awesome. You two are the SHIT!!!
13:29 is that the EWU logo? (Bottom right corner) 🐺💛
Don't look like it
Yes I think it is. I’m used to seeing it in the top right corner, plus it’s normally bigger. But yes I definitely think it is.🙂
I always put my cc on so I could have never seen that!
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@@filipeasfreitas pardon?
Brenda now teaches the study of crime at university. She is incredibly open about what happened and is a very strong, kind woman. She has done great things despite all that has happened to her.
That makes me so incredibly happy.
She was abused by her uncle and continued the affair
@@ZootZinBootZ what
That is so good to hear. I would love to take a class. I hope she has some peace in her life now and know that tons of people send her hugs.
@@ZootZinBootZ Affair? You mean SA, lady.
As soon as I heard that Robert was excited to adopt Brenda right after the murder, I knew that something was off. And then the bloody footprints not in Brenda's room sealed the deal for me
As soon as I heard the eldest child was 15 and a girl, I knew where it was headed.
I thought exactly the same thing.
I think that was more the way EWU decided to phrase that. If someone learns their brother, brother's wife and all their children except one were murdered it seems like a completely normal reaction to be eager to take in the remaining child. You can't do anything to bring back your loved ones but the kid is the one family member that you CAN actually help.
If he would've been innocent, his interest could've just been out of fear his niece ends elsewhere and the missing foot prints would've just meant that the person knew of her whereabouts. I thought it was him, but knew it as he left his wife.
@@LetThemGrumbIe I feel like that suggests something about your character as well ??
A year in Juvie for living in a family's walls, harassing them, attempting to kill them, or the father atleast. Big shocker he got out and murdered those people.
Major plot twist 🤯
How the hell do you even live in a wall- That's just crazy
@@Angelface11 crazy people.
Who ever have the green light to let him free is guilty for all the deaths
@@whitedragoness23 What were they supposed to do? Give him life for a crime that doesn't deserve a life sentence? I mean obviously a year was a slap on the wrist and he should have gotten more time, but locking him up and throwing away the key would have been unjust also.
The guy lived inside the wall for months of a girl who dumped him who he tormented by pretending to be the ghost of her dead mother.... and you let him out without getting him evaluated by a psychiatric professional? "Yeah... that seems like the logical direction for the guy in the wall" He's like an amalgamation of Cletus Kassady and Norman Bates.
There was no reference to an evaluation. But considering, it’s most certainly so that he did get eval’d as “unfit”.
Further, psychotropic drugs make people do weird things, and have no memory of it.
Hence, psych drugs have been a major factor, and or direct cause, of many horrendous things. This may have been one.
So please be careful of false claims.
@@InJusticeAustralia The biggest issue I see is the fact that he DID get Evaluated by psychiatric professionals and they still signed off on his release. Just because someone has ‘professional’ in their title doesn’t mean they know what they are doing. He should’ve been put down as he clearly wasn’t fit for society.
Also to the clown above me called in-justice, you’re the one needs to be careful with false claims. You sound like a sympathiser and would’ve probably approved his release if it was your decision.
@@JayJay-gk6cr Interesting that you feel it necessary to attack.
Shows poor character.
@@InJusticeAustralia Psych drugs also prevent a lot of horrendous things from happening. I don't think its wise to paint them as being an absolute bad, in fact it can be very dangerous as spreading this can prevent someone from attempting treatment. The correlation between psych drugs and bad things happening because of them isn't that clear cut anyways.
@@alexanderiono6931 It’s interesting that you attempt challenge and to dispute my fact based , heavily researched, conclusions about how bad psyche drugs are. Yet, you provide no facts.
So, that is a classic case of hypocrisy. It also leads me to believe:
1. You likely work in an industry that financially benefits from the psyche drug industry, or/and,
2. You have been indoctrinated/ brainwashed like so many, info medely BELIEVING they are of some benefit, or/and,
3. You/ someone you know/of has/does take them, and CLAIMS (likely by false BELIEF) they are doing some good.
So, perhaps you should consider, that before telling someone they are wrong, that perhaps you are wrong.
Brenda Lin graduated from the University of Sydney in October 2017. She lost a family, shared a home with the man who killed her family and was sexually abused by her parent’s killer but despite all this, she came up as a survivor and stands strong to this day.
she’s a very strong woman i couldn’t imagine being so strong and going through that
It wasn't just his obsession with Brenda that was the motive for killing the family. It was jealousy that their business was successful and Roberts failed. He wanted the girl and the business. Sick bastard.
hopefully brenda got all the money from the business instead of robert and his wife
@@elise.jones14 I don’t think you can profit from a crime. Like if you kill someone and are caught you legally can’t get the inheritance.
What disturbs me is her wife, kathy. Apparently she stood by his husband's side claiming their victims and he's innocent! He fckin killed her brother. She watched her parents mourn her brother. Unfilial!
@@katdgChris watts got some of his wife’s life insurance
Someone living in your walls is a truly terrifying thought. (Of course, being murdered by said person is worse.)
This is why brick wall more superior
That's freaking creepy and uber intrusive.
I recall watching a movie out of Hollywood like that .
@@planetaryqueen9469 me too I can’t remember what it is
@@planetaryqueen9469 the boy
I hope Brenda was looked after properly after all this Horror.
Another comment says "Brenda now teaches the study of crime at university. She is incredibly open about what happened and is a very strong, kind woman. She has done great things despite all that has happened to her." idk how true it is, but I hope it’s legit.
i saw her interview i don't know if that was on 60 minutes the australian channel
So glad I found you guys on fb during lockdown. You keep my mind occupied whilst dealing with stage 4a cancer ❤ thank you for that 😘
Oh no best of luck to you
@@Megan-rr6qg thank you. I live in hope and as long as I get my daily dose of ewu I'll be happy 😊
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Bless you ❤️
Sending strength your way! My father just finished treatment for squamous cell carcinoma. Just waiting for followup testing now.
my uncle was the dirt biker who found the mcstay family !! he’s the kindest most simple man and he said he thought the skull was a turtle shell 😢 rest in peace to the mcstay family 🕊
Dude I hope your uncle is doing okay after something like that.
@@NickolaiPetrovitch he is! he’s a very spiritual man and he believes God or the Universe led him specifically to find the family. i’m sure he was scared to go on trial for court due to the cartel nature of the case, but he is safe and he seems to be ok! it’s funny he is the most quiet, simple man, we were all so shocked to hear this happened to him!
I followed this story from the beginning. My heart was so broken for this beautiful family. The boys were absolutely adorable. I had a feeling it was the partner too
@@ericab2234 cartel nature? They were killed by his employee/business partner who has absolutely no ties too any of those kind of organizations. He's just a greedy, selfish asshole. Nothing more exciting or mysterious than that.
@JoaquinElf
I think simple means modest and peaceful. I am living a similar lifestyle, far from the city blings and materialistic stuffs, only owning things that I really need and be independent and self-sufficient. 😊🙏 I hope my assumptions were not far off. Nothing is wrong with choosing a simple life.
Its nice to know that my fear of mole people living in my walls is not completely irrational
The mole people are cool. It's the lizard people who suck.
Id be more worried at how quickly they get releaae
@@dacritter8397 are there really lizard people?! i believe in aliens, bigfoot, skinwalker etc. but im on the fence with lizard people
@@g2000-o6k mark zuckerberg
@@g2000-o6k you believe that crazy shit?
Poor brenda. Learned of her families death by news. How did this not cross the mind of officers or detectives.
So messed up that somebody didn't check to make sure she was informed first..
Cuz Australian police - an Australian
She probably didn’t have a phone and the police failed to contact the school
Does much cross the minds of cops or detectives.....?
She was on a field trip, and couldn't be contacted. Blame the media, that had to get out their story asap.
Thank you so much for adding subtitles. You have no idea how it helps people with hearing issues watch your videos.
I really love your narration style. You manage to keep it engaging, without slipping into sensationalism. You are always respectful of the victims and their families.
"slipping into sensationalism"? What does that even mean?
"Danny wasn't tall, at 5'8."
Me, a 5'4 man: I guess Im a dwarf now.
I am 5'8" and was always considered very tall when I was a kid in the 60s - not so now... I have a niece who is nearly 6 feet tall! So your height stays the same but you also get shorter!
Yeah you are short. Man woman whatever that's short.
@@spicybeantofu Maybe in some places but not in my state. At 5'6 I'm massive compared to other women around here.
I’m 4 foot 10 inches I’m very short
Doesn't Matter I can tell you for sure that as you grow old (I’m 67) you lose height! I knew my mom seemed to be shorter but I’m shocked that I’m shocked as I’ve gone from five five & a half to five three!
So the guy brutally murdered an entire family with a hammer to adopt his niece to abuse her. And even with overwhelming evidence, they needed 4 trials and the jury almost got him free? Wtf someone needs to do to be condemned?
Obviously you don't know how jury's work not criminal trials
EWU and That Chapter both dropped bangers this hour
Literally just watched TC and straight to here my perfect viewing
Exactly when we needed them both!
Lol just finished both. My 2 favorite channels
My two favorite channels
Yes lol
I used to live in the next street over from the Lim's. I was addicted to scratch lottery at the time and went to that newsagency multiple times a day.
Lovely people. RIP.
They were. It was shocking that had happened, let alone in the Epping area where I would live a street near the news-agency. Young me was NOT comfy for a while after that.
That's so sad. I went to Macquarie at the time...it felt close enough to home for me. I grew up in the US and I'd expect that there but not in Sydney.
In the first case, the fact that Robert suggested adopting Brenda so quick after the news broke isn't suspicious imo. If my brother had a kid and he and his gf were both gone, you bet your ass my first thought would be adopting their kid because they'd be left all alone and would need someone to take care of them.
But then it's a bit different because he is your brother, in this case Brenda is his wife's niece not his own niece. I don't mean ppl wouldn't adopt a kid in this case right away but it's kinda weird he is the first one who do it before his wife make it suspicious
Assumedly, if a person discovered their spouse’s family murdered, you’d think the person would be overcome with grief, shock, etc. ... Not already trying to figure out living arrangements for the sole surviving family member who was miles away on a school trip. We’re human and it takes time to process things. Eventually, the conversation would be had regarding where Brenda should live, but jumping to that so quickly and adamantly “staking claim” of her is sus af.
I'm guessing it was more of the way he said it and the creep-vibe he was probably giving off that made police take notice...
you just said "sus"" unironically and you think anyone should listen to you? maybe that internet psychology degree was a waste of money.
Not necessarily on its own, but combined with a few more otherwise unsuspicious behaviours can add up to meaning no good. 😑🍍
The McStay family is so tragic, but I’m glad it was solved at all- I had this terrible feeling when we first heard about it that it was something that was just going to go unsolved forever and no one would ever find these people. 😭 Obviously wish it had a better end, but I’m glad that at least the crime was solved.
There use to be a time when I believed that if you lived your life a certain way, you could avoid trouble and violence and crazy people. But then I turned 13 and for some reason life bitch slapped the shit out of me and snapped me right out of that thinking
It’s a fucked up world we live in. I agree that’s the way I believe in and wanna live but it’s a fucked up world
Free Spirit you sound right i hope he or she is ok
@@user-yx7dp2pl8t thank you so much for caring 💗
@Free Spirit thank you kindly. Yes, things are much better now. I appreciate your concern genuinely 🙂
@Free Spirit It is better, thank you for caring. I appreciate that
“Living in the walls for months” might be my biggest fear ever.
I SO hear you! We have concrete slab (no basement) and solid walls (only a mouse could live in them), but we have a crawl space between the ceiling and roof. The only access from it into the house is blocked. By my design. LOL
Regarding the last story,the person responsible for giving him freedom,to then go on to kill a pregnant woman and her children,is as guilty as the murderer !!! They would still be alive today. 😭😭😭😭
No single person was responsible for his freedom. It's systemic, and applies to everyone under the US federal government. If convicted of a crime, and sentenced to be released after a certain amount of time, that is what happens. There is no psychology delegation of people thrown in jail for crimes not punishable by life. We can't punish people based on our feelings about a a person. Only their actions. Predicting people's future actions isn't a card that can be played, at any point, in professionalism. You can only ascertain what has been accomplished. There is no such a thing as a "thought police".
@@MengusDew there definitely are “thought police”. Luckily you can avoid them entirely by never going on Twitter lmao
@@MengusDew do some research on the PCLR checklist . We can predict future behavior . attempted murder warrants longer than a year behind bars . He should have been evaluated for psychopathy and they would have found that he was unfit to be released .
Rest in peace to all the innocent lives lost ❤🙏🏽
Is there really such a thing as an innocent human? I think not!!
@@murphdirrtkitty2334 sorry, by innocent I mean like people who aren't murderers, rapist, abusers, things like that. Not perfect people.
It’s pretty cool that Optimus Prime took a break from fighting Decepticons to narrate short true crime documentaries
Please create a video on my dear friend, Carla Valpeoz. She went missing abroad in 2018. Thank you.
I also do true crime if you want to check it out, do you have more info on this case?
@@truecrimewithbonnie6635 please stick with it! These stories need to be told and I like your videos❤👍🏾
I couldn’t imagine being Brenda, may have saved her life but she lost her entire family🥺 I couldn’t live knowing my siblings, parents and aunt were gruesomely murdered
And then to be put in your attackers care to be raped viciously over and over makes my heart break for her.
I wonder how Cathy felt knowing that her husband killed her entire family , and was rapeing his niece. She must feel awful knowing that she brought that monster into their life.
I feel like a kid on Christmas morning when new EWU videos are posted!! And Raven's voice....the ultimate de-stresser! Thank you for the amazing content guys
Haven't seen anyone else mention this so, it's very cool that you guys caption all your videos and do so in detail, I personally don't need the captions but i'm sure it's extremely helpful for anyone who does, and should be more normalized on youtube!
The mcstay family case is so heartbreaking😢
The evil POS that murdered them has been given the death penalty . Good riddens .
And the orther cases are not?..... 😐All the mentioned cases is Heartbreaking...
@@KarenLynge1 keep the gate keeping to yourself buddy, we don't need it for tragedies
@@KarenLynge1 no shit. No one said that, relax
@@Cwn41 took me 2 days to realize but their name is karen
As for the Daniel case... I hadn't heard how this began. I had heard the story before, I think from MrBallen... but I agree that it's ridiculous that NOTHING happened to him after doing that shit to the girls. And what's the explanation behind him just randomly phoning the girl?? Did he see her name in her mother's obituary?? YIKES.
Brenda is such a remarkably strong person. I can't imagine how hard her life has been.
Rather than 15-year old Annie "should" have paid more attention to Brian's (a stranger's) phone calls, perhaps it would be more apt to say that an older teen girl (as in 17 - 19) might have questioned it more.
It was clear from the way they talked about Robert from the start it was him. It was disgusting she was placed with the killer who kept assaulting her after the crime.
Okay so that last case was the creepiest thing I have ever seen... He was a real life demented villain from horror stories... Reminds me of that case of the German farm where they had the killer living in the attic.... Seriously, nothing is creepier than that stuff, what led him to be like that...
I wish there were pictures of the "walls" that he had been living in...
Same
There is another documentary totally dedicated to this story that shows his "room" and pictures of how he got around in the walls. I'm almost positive it was an ID (investigation discovery) show but I can't remember what series it was from. If you search the name of the guy you should be able to find it.
They were regular house walls. He moved around in the space in-between the stud and the dry wall
Same. I was confused.
The house was of the older variety, IIRC, where there were crawlspaces for maintenance and such. Like you seen in the movies sometimes, I think? It's a somewhat confusing part of American architecture.
I couldn’t imagine finding out someone was living in walls😱😱
The most terrifying and violating thing
Don't worry, I stay in the cabinet under the your sink...
@@dacritter8397 😵💫
This is why I'd prefer living in an apartment rather than a house. Scary.
Reminded me of the movie The Boy
I'm sick of this life in prison bs. Get rid of these monsters...why should we waste time and money taking care of them.
100%!!!
"I mean, if anyone is going to follow that trajectory, it's gonna be the guy who lived in someone's walls"
I laughed out loud when he said that. He isn't wrong,lol.
I can't believe that creep was living in the walls,he is definitely a psychopath. Glad he is in prison,but so sad he killed that family.
I've been loving your content, these videos are extremely well done. The captions are brilliant as well, my mother is hard of hearing and I showed her one of your videos without having to use the awful auto generated TH-cam captions. Keep it up my friends.👍
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WU-EWU crew.
I wake up in the middle of the night to watch this .
Totally awesome and grand .
Love from the UK
I grew up in Massachusetts hearing stories about the man who lived in the walls. I was told a bunch of messed up stories about this state growing up, some true and some not true. I could never find anything online about this and nobody I asked had heard about it. I thought maybe it was a game of telephone so some details were wrong or it wasn't true. This video just gave me closure. Lol As a child in the early 2000's this one sounded like an urban legend meant to scare teenagers who wanted to date strangers online. That was a new concept at the time. Blood on the walls lead to a man living in the walls being found with an axe in a dress, but nobody I asked had heard of this? Sounds fake but okay. I can't believe this was true. Kind of mad that it is tbh, this story is messed up...
As someone with family in peppered and Townsend I WAS SHOOOOOK to hear that but have never been told about it.
Pepperell *
If I was a victim of the last case I would've lost my shit, I can't even imagine the fear the family experienced during that incident, what's more scary is that he could've kill them at any time he wanted in their sleep
After a good workout time to relax and watch EWU crew 🖤🐺💙❤
Go harder
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This is my favorite channel!!!!
You guys made my birthday liking and hearting my comment you guys are awesome and your family got me into watching TH-cam as a whole!!!
Mine to 😍😍😍😍 #2 is bailey sarian
#3 Christina Randall.
Happy birthday, Meaghan!! Hope you had a wonderful day and thank you SO much - we couldn't do it without you!!! 🎂💕
You have to be delusional to think that after lying about your appearance and showing joy in someone's mom's suffering before death on a first date would lead to a second date.
Out of everything he did that’s really what you’re concerned about 🤦🏾 I really can’t understand people like you
@@CaptainDrizzleHD people like me? Ok.
@@CaptainDrizzleHD sheesh, no reason to come in sideways. That wasn't very cash money of you.
@@Kim-zk9dg I chuckled. Perfect response 🤣 you said nothing off, so idk
@@cw6621 He's a troll. No worries. 🙂
I WISH someone would solve the case of Suzanne Lyall. I grew up and went to school with her. She went missing in 1998. It has been 26 years. Her mother is still living, but her father has passed away. It has always been on the back of my mind. She just disappeared without a trace!
Brenda is an amazing example of resilience, i wish her happiness and peace of mind.
Saw these stories a few times on TH-cam already but still watched cuz I love the EWU crew!
On the first story, I’m confused how police had the power to put a camera in the murderer’s house and get DNA from his house without a warrant
It happened in Australia, not the USA. Different laws there I guess
Because the girl went to live there so they could do it for her protection being that her family just got killed. If she didnt go to his house they couldnt had done it
I’m assuming it’s something about an investigation into a murder, the police were REALLY wanting to find him so by any means necessary I guess. I’m glad they did it in retrospect
@@youllneverknowmebecausethi5286 Tell me the applicable laws are don’t bother commenting something so useless 🤣
brenda is truly stunning, she is so strong and open about this incident, despite everything that happened in her past, it just proves how well her parents raised her, i bet they would very proud of their daughter
Can’t wait for Part 2 of the Andes crash video 👍
Me toooo omg
The last case I saw from true crime doc from tv and it really freaked me out. Dad of the girls didint first believe them when they told that bizarre things happened in house, even when they were waiting outside the house on the night the dad found that monster in his dead wife's dress. It made me sad to think how badly things could have turned out for them.
I think I can speak for all Australians. Brenda Lin is my hero. We love you Brenda.
We need the andes planes disaster part 2
Right? 👍
Yesssss!!
@@amandawear7046 yesss😂👍
Frfr
I get compliments all the time on my deep, unique voice. But my God, dude...your voice is straight out of a 60 Minutes episode!
First two reminded me of a case from France. The entire family disappeared; father, mother (who was severely ill and on machines, at home) and two rather adult children, students. Even two of their dogs, with food for them still in the bowls. Their disappearance was reported late. When the police came, at first they found literally nothing. Despite the thorough search. They only noticed that all the family cars were there except the father's and there was a rifle missing from the house. Upon new search, one of the investigators noticed that the area where dogs were kept was unusually clean; not even dog traces in the dirt. When stepped there, it was clear there was something a bit elastic covering a hole. And there it was, a large board, covering a hole where all the family members were, dead and wrapped in plastic bags. Even the dogs. But not the father. And it resembled an actual burrial ground since there were some religious objects like crosses and angel figurines. Even some flowers, I think.
So, the focus was turned to finding the father... He was caught by a speeding camera and they realized he was a family killer and headed to a place that meant something for his family, with that rifle (which was a murder weapon) which in 98% of the cases like this means one thing...
Oh, but the chilling twist in the end! Unbelievable!
Wow, it's legal to put a hidden camera in a citizens residence in Australia? Glad they caught the killer,but in america that would be definitely illegal
I’m pretty sure if they had probable cause and a judges order they could. Don’t quote me on that tho.
@@roxywhite1936 Yes I thought about them going to court to get the ability to do that,I dont know the laws in Australia, I don't believe its typical in America though. There was a famous missing child case in America where they suspected the parents wiretapped the home in the 80s or 90s and came up with convoluted evidence, that didn't prove their guilt
@ Definitely the case in the US or the case would be thrown out
With probable cause they can do that.
If it’s into a possible suspect of a murder case, then I guess I could see it being something like “no limits” “ find this killer no matter what” type of deal
But I could see this being abused too, I hope there’s someone like a lawyer dedicated to this. Deciding if it’s ok or not.
I live in Victorville I will never forget the day that dirtbiker found the skull we actually know him he’s a really good family friend he still talks about it to this day it really bothered him so tragic
someone above commented that it’s her uncle.
EWU you have no idea how your in depth true crime videos keep me sane. Keep them coming! Can't wait for some exploration videos from Bob and Emma too! The more content from EWU the better!
I lived in Fallbrook CA from 2007-2010....this family lived about 2 miles from my house. This really rocked the whole town. The Marine Corps Base even sent Marines out to help search for the family.
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Thank you 🙏 I hope you are having a GREAT night my friend 😊 😊
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B b - she isn’t talking silly so no need for her to stfu
“Dannie wasn’t tall, he was 5’8”
Me as a 5’8 dude: did i really just got roasted on a crime documentary?
Spending the night binge watching your video's, my absolute favorite video's are the follow up solved case's video's. Love this channel and thank you for all your hard work putting these video's together for us! 😃👍
It’s said the reason that Laplante seemed to get such a light sentence to everyone is not what it seems. He actually jumped bail. The reason that he was even able to post bail was because they decided to try him as an adult in the home invasion that put him in there.
I swear. EWU crew spoils us with the uploads. Between EWU and Mrballen I can’t stay off of YT
Yay!! I'm tucked in.. and I get this...
That terrible story, how can someone just wipe out a whole family, how twisted!! Poor Brenda.. I can't imagine the pain they went through
When he said Daniel Laplante wasn't tall, but only 5'8. I cried a lil inside cause I'm only 5'4
The idiots that said Daniel was not a danger and let him out after only a year should've been arrested as accomplices to the murders he committed.
Yay EUW crew back much love my friends
I could listen to this man read the dictionary.
Mike and EWU posting all in one day?! Woot woot!!!
I know, what a happy binge ♥️
Immediately I suspected Robert, especially since he was SO eager to adopt Brenda.
Omg, that last one freaked me out. 😱
“Food was discovered on the counters, just left where it was dropped… and it was now rotten…” not such a red flag, sounds like my twenty yr old daughter house sitting for me while I am away…
Along with dust on the window sills
Yeah that cancel out the they left to go across the border theory …
A author had written a book and accused Summer of killing her husband and running to Mexico with the kids. He had said it was just a matter of time when his story would be confirmed. So this of course he had to backpeddle and then pay the family of the McStay's for accusing Summer of something she didn't do.
Also Chase had been embezzling from the company. He had put his name on the account and would access it to pay for his gambling debt. Eventually Joe had found out about it and was just about to report it to the police when Chase attacked him and the family. He had then stolen more money from the company and then accused their other co-worker who was in Hawaii at the time (had been for a month a think to do some work for the company). Dan the other co-worker was allowed to access the accounts to pay business expenses. There was no evidence to prove that Dan had killed the family, yet at Chase's trial that ia who they accused did the crime. Chase also had his phone with him at the time of the murders as it had pinged off the towers near the burial site.
So you seem to know a little bit about this but do you have any clue how he got them all in the car without signs of a struggle?
@@mikemurphy6152 easy if you threaten someone enough but cannot be seen by others, it is easy to make people do what you want them to do without struggle. That probably would have been shooting the child if either parent did anything. Now that is just a potential observation. If the parents keep the child as calm as possible at the same time follow orders, then it will look like no struggle occurred
@@SapphirasMama Ya you make sense. Im looking at it as if it was me and I cant do that..For me the killer pulling a gun and wants us all In the car I kinda feel like I know he is taking us somewhere else to kill us so for me trying to do something before getting in the car seems like the only logical thing to try and do. Now if the killer came in and pistol whipped me that's a totally different story.
Thank you for replying tho because your answer did make me reconsider and think about it a little more
@@mikemurphy6152 well pistol whipping may still show a struggle. Having them pull out a gun, say "do as I say or the kid gets it" and most likely both parents would have complied. Imagine something you hold so dear in your life but if you show any sign of distress to the outside world (scream, struggle, fight, etc) and you know they are serious (for all we know the guy picked the kid up as a hello and held a gun to the kid when they were inside ), then you know that there is no way you would cause anything to happen cause that item/person/animal has value to you
Cases like these are absolutely insane!! I'll definitely never understand why people do the things that they do?! Anyway, hey EWU crew!!!! What's up?! Much love!!!!!
Hello Ewu crew, loving the channel loving the host, keep up the great work x
Who else is passing all their classes but still hate school??🥲😭
Wow, third story should be made into a movie!!
There is a movie called BAD RONALD about the same story.
Watch the movie “Housebound”
Thanks guys, will check them out.
Much love my EWU CREWWWWW!!!
I’m tired of people saying allegedly when talking about a woman getting abused.. like no he DID assault her and CONTINUED to do so after he killed her whole family.
How was it a triple murder, when Daniel shot a pregnant woman?? Wouldn’t it be 4 victim’s??🤔
Psychopaths getting released just because they are underage, is like letting a tiger cub live on streets.
I just got to mention that the all EWU Narrators have the best voices on any and all true crime, mystery, videos on TH-cam
So glad I found you guys on fb during lockdown. You keep my mind occupied whilst dealing with stage 4a cancer thank you for that
What about Andes crash chapter 2
It seems like you are making the episode as a web series.
😁😁😁
Whenever you upload any new videos I and my friends watch it together because it feels like a movie.
Please don't stop making such great masterpieces
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Love it when ewu crew adds crimes from my country Australia to this channel i'm very familiar with the first story and the shocking conclusion 👍
I'm early! I love to watch your videos as soon as they get uploaded ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Ewu crew
This is crazy to see as I personally knew the McStay family before they had been killed. I remember following the case but have never seen a channel cover it.
Have you guys done, or cosidered doing, the case of Kyron Horman?
Truth be told I just love your voice ,you make the story narration the most interesting and not boring. Love ya
I saw that first twist coming when you said the two that found the body took over the business. Although I did think that the company was the motive.
Never been so early before to my favorite channel ❤️
I don't know who narrated this particular video, but he and the other woman who says "Whhhhats up EWU Crewwww"...she sounds similar to this, but a woman, are awesome. You two are the SHIT!!!
What is up EWU crew!!! Love getting notifications for new videos!!!! Makes my day!!!
"What's up EWU crew"..... Not much, just patiently waiting for the uploads..😎😁 Love this channel!!
"He wasn't tall, about 5 foot 8"
Me, also 5 foot 8: *sad short person noises*
I’m glad y’all do subtitles but my God the typos!!