@@thamadtroll9981i see this channel as doing a great job of giving recognition and a place to people who have suffered injustice and always we get a great history lesson. True history and social change...these things are never pretty, but having it all exposed well is a invaluable. I hope I said that good BC. 😂❤
Okay, so what began with a tragic death of a desperate young woman ended when the court of appeal screamed, "The hussy!" Did I get that right? "You poor man, get out of jail free. It was the victim's fault the whole time. Earrings indeed!" Hey guys. Thanks for this one from the hallowed halls of injustice. Great upload. See you next week.
Unfortunately, that path still occurs now when a conviction is appealed. Lawyers know this. Appeals and retrials ALWAYS favour the convicted. This is where money counts. Wealthy people can appeal many, many times. As many times as it takes. Many convicts are successful in walking free as a result of turning the tables when having retrials.
My Great grandmother was a mill girl in England, according to the stories that were passed down it was brutal work. She had her left hand ripped off by a spinning machine and lost her job. Her fiance then dumped her so she took the small amount of money the factory gave her in compensation and came to America met a German immigrant, got married and had 6 children. Thanks for this story.
Omg they were brutal and ruthless for dismissing her without compensation. How amazingly brave and strong she was for the loss to not keep her down and instead it pushed her for her next adventure!
Losing a limb in an accident. Violently is traumatizing but when it is yanked or twisted as opposed to cut seems the trauma to the body would be throughout. What a trooper. Hats off to Grandmother.
That was kind and generous of the community to consider the family in providing donations to pay for the transport of Ms. Caswell's remains in order that she receive a decent burial.
I thought so also. I would be nice to know if they did it out of kindness or if they did it because they didn’t want her wickedness in their community. We want to think it was out of kindness. But it may not have been 🤔
Poor girl, a pair of earrings was enough to smear her character! I guess, even if she wasn't a well-to-do lady, she only wanted to own something pretty, for a change.
My maternal grandmother was abandoned by her parents when she was 13. She left England to come to America. She went to Lawrence, Massachusetts, to work in the mills. In the end, she ran off with my grandfather and moved out to California. There, she started her own business of fine lady's clothing and owned an operated successful business for many years. The mills were an important place for young females to find work. I imagine there are many interesting stories of success, failure, and tragedy connected to the mills. Thank you BC for covering this case --- always sad but always enlightening to learn about the times.
It is terrible to think about, but children were often on their own at age 12, my own grandmother being one of them too. She was fortunate to be taken in as a sort of nurses aid for an elderly man by his family. The family also allowed her to attend school for 2 hours a day at "The Living Well School'. Which she did until age 15. Her sisters continued to educate themselves, and all determined that their children would go to college, and so they all did! They took care of each other and all married young, and had children as people of that time did.
What part of England? I had a family connection end up in Lowell Mass, they moved from Rochdale in Lancashire, cotton mill central. Have you looked into the records?
@nicolad8822 Manchester, England. She was born 1888. I have done some genealogy on that side and know that my grandmother's family was in Manchester for a couple of generations. My mother told me that Lowell, MA, was talked about by her mother and father. I visited Lawrence, MA, back in 1998 and was taken back by what an important and massive industry it all was. Now, just relics of the past.
@BacktheBlue60 Me too. I can't abide it. And I have noticed so many times that victims are often a footnote in their own stories. I remember reading a newspaper article a couple of years ago about a Russian professor who had murdered one of his pupils. The article was all about him, what a brilliant and clever man he was, his spectacular fall from grace, etc., etc. The young woman he had killed was barely mentioned.
Omg, punctured her uterus!! That poor young woman! I can only imagine how painful that must've been. Hopefully she was so far under she didn't feel any pain. I don't like to even hear the words "punctured uterus" let alone know the extent the pain must've been! Berengera, you have my deepest sympathies.
I love that these are historical cases being a prof of history myself! Thank you so much for the work you put into presenting us these fascinating cases each week, BC. Your work is greatly appreciated.
I love your Monday videos because they remind me that no matter the time, we still have bad and good people in our lives. The fact that the town paid for her body to be transported tells me there were some really good people then. I’m so sad she lost her life, he should have just married her!
He's a "doctor", a term that was (and even still can be) utilized pretty freely when people wanted to use it to sell their services. He was a doctor of botanical medicine, wasn't he? But you're absolutely right; regardless of his credentials, he was really, really bad at being a criminal.
Murderers aren't too bright. They think they are, but they really aren't. They get so caught up with the crime that after it's done, their confidence is pushed aside. They get sloppy and careless, they make panic / rushed decisions, leave evidence behind, etc. They assume they have all their bases covered prior, which they hardly ever do and eventually get caught, almost always from their own doing. A good example, the Oklahoma (USA) tragedy. Assuming they'd never get caught, that with the bodies, they buried evidence that connected them to the crime. Along with cellphone data from their own phones that they had with them during the act, lead authorities to the exact location of the burial. Can't get much dumber than those suspects. Again, it's the carelessness of the guilty parties that get themselves caught.
@@toddabowden I have a feeling this was the first time something had gone wrong. I think there were more women previous who went to him in a time of trouble. The botanicals didn't work with her, so he botched an abortion. Actually, judging from how it all ended up, he could have just alerted authorities when she died. They would have looked down on her for going to see him in the first place. And he would have said that he tried and failed.
I am feeling so lucky to be alive in the age and location that I am in/at. It's so hard to learn about what other women went through throughout the ages, sometimes it is depressing. Thank you, Brief Case for another Monday Morn/Friday night story. Again, I feel fortunate to be who I am and where I am, even if I just had my 63rd b-day yesterday. Still looking at everything as if it was just a while ago...and many more to be seen.
Yes, but if you watch true crime there are still many women murdered because they got pregnant and the father wanted nothing to do with it. Things do not change so much.
Incredible episode! These historical characters, photos, and people are absolutely the best! That poor girl was murdered by that doctor!! Thank you Brief Case!!! ❤
I have lived a pretty straight laced life, but there is no way some bunch of people would not have decided I was immoral and probably a witch or something and I'd have been executed. I don't no how any woman avoided it? You have to breath sometimes.
Karma worked here No telling how many young women's lives that doctor ruined That poor girl Living in Maine can say that the overall Healthcare and treatment of women is better than back then but not great Maine paper mills, show factories, and manufacturing factories treat people as subhuman My mom was in a car accident on ice and when she called her factory job they said what time will you be here That was 2015 Thank you for sharing this story So glad she is able to rest in peace and that doctor was stopped one way or another
Poor Berengera:(. Thank you, BC for another riveting story. Blaming the victim is all too common, even in our times:(. In 19th century, a working woman had no recourse...:(. Miss Bernegera worked in textile industry, it was not as easy as it may sound. I notice the picture of the landscape with multiple factory chimney: this could have been a picture of my home city in Poland even at the time when I was growing up. Textle factories employed mostly women; spinning and weaving machines were very noisy and affected the hearing of the employees. Not to mention the dust...Thank you, BC for another great case.:)
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I do agree he should have been charged with manslaughter. He didn't intend for her to die. The court should have ended it there and not bring up her earrings 🙄 How do they know the earrings weren't a gift? Interesting story!
Honestly I'm not even sure if he should have been charged with manslaughter. Because someone died in surgery doesn't necessarily mean gross negligence occurred, there are unavoidable risks, particularly back then. I mean we almost never prosecute malpractice as manslaughter now. Realistically the only really proveable crime was concealing the death and hiding the body.
Medics and hospitals, surgeries and prescription drugs cause death all the time, every day, but doctors don't go to prison for anything. Most don't even get a malpractice suit against them...
What a sad case. A young woman in Berengara’s situation would have been vulnerable and susceptible to a young man who seemed to offer her love and stability. William was incredibly selfish and stupid to engage in a sexual conduct with a girl he clearly had no intention of marrying and leaving her to take the consequences. What Dr Smith did was terrible but his motives may have been genuinely meant to help the young woman. Smith should not have been tried for murder, the lawyer was correct, a manslaughter charge was right. It seems the only person to come out of the situation more or less unscathed was William, although to be fair perhaps there were consequences for him too.
I'm not sure he never intended on marrying her. When he lost his job he lost his financial stability and probably couldn't afford to marry her anymore, nor raise a child.
Good morning Brief Case. Best way to start the week, with one of your videos! Sometimes I forget the lengths some lawyers will go to to get their clients off a murder charge. Blaming the victim is the worst way to do that. And one reason in this case is she wore earrings? Another thing I forget is how unusual it was for women to wear jewelry back then, other than a necklace and wedding rings.
Thanks, BC, a great episode, so appropriate for the women in the USA now. Those dark days returning must be terrifying. Poor, poor Beregera, putting her faith in the man who told her he loved her. For that quack to not serve his sentence. Well, he paid the price in the end.
Yes, it appears the US has not progressed all that much since the mid 19th century. Well, we did, but we were just kidding and turned back the clock. It's great. We're great.
That poor woman! To be judged immoral for wearing earrings?! Strange!! I wonder what they would have made of Lady Ga Ga?!! Lol 😂 Excellent work as always and thank you for not letting these victims be forgotten! I love this channel 🙏💜🪷
Dear Brief Case, Thank you for your hard research & labor to produce the most interesting stories ,even managing to find photos & news clippings to show us. Your way of telling makes me feel I'm a contemporary of those people and I'm learning about the lives of my neighbors,co workers & even my friends. Your fan in St Paul, MN🙂
I just came across your channel and so glad I did. I’m a huge true crime fan. But historical true friend other than the well known are completely a whole other world. Thank you thank you. This story is sad. It makes me, as a women, happy that so much has changed for women and where we are today is better in so many ways such as single mother views in which where inconceivable situations then. Thank you for the videos and I’ve also noticed that you take your time to actually respond to maybe every commenter of your videos!!! Beautifully interesting channel and beautiful folks behind the channel. From the researchers down to the visual team and in between.
Good morning Brief Case! What a sorrowful & tragic story! I don’t understand why the young women are always presented as the immoral one when she didn’t get pregnant by herself! As always, you have Donovan excellent job with this story! Today is my birthday, so this was a wonderful gift! Blessings always! ❤️🙏😊
Thanks for the hard work that you put into this story sweet Briefy! Also, happy 6th TH-cam birthday!! I am forever grateful that I found your channel when you first started. ❤️ sending much love from Kentucky USA.
Mr. Briefcase I love, love, love your channel. You share stories that are not well known; so interesting. Plus your delivery is just so precious. Love your accent, could listen to you all day. Mahalo again ~ warmest alohas Diana
I've heard the French Canadian name Bérengère many times but had never heard its English counterpart Berengera. Typical for the times that she, in the end, was made to shoulder all the blame for the pregnancy and even her own death. Thank you Brief Case!
What an incredible episode! I felt horrible for Mary. As always Brief Case you're the best to bring us these events from these time periods!!! How I love Mondays!!
There are two different kinds of justice. The justice of the rich, which has little to no consequences, and the justice of the poor, which is unduly harsh usually and often wrongly convicting. This makes me rather depressed.
“Lyddie” by Katherine Patterson, an excellent book, describes the lives of young textile mill workers in 1840s Lowell, MA .. award-winning and accurately sourced.
Another excellent video. In a way, Berengera's tragic death *is* a cautionary tale: it reminds us of why women everywhere need access to safe and legal abortion. Sadly, at least here in the United States, we are heading in the opposite direction, towards conditions like those in 1851.
🎩💙 thank you again @Briefcase 😊 Another story with a sneaky thought and a dirty crime. Getting closer to Nova Scotia there 💙🤓 Sending love your way from here on the Bluenose Coast!
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Thanks for another well researched story beautifully narrated and written. Life in the past for some was taught. Poor girl to end up dead in the river in Sylam
The fact the community pooled together to make arrangements for Berengeras body to be transported is a sign no one bought the story she was to blame. And good on them! RiP sweet girl x
OK, so what happened to the selfish 21-year-old phone knocked her up who could borrow $10 but when marry her doesn’t he have some comfortability unfortunately, vasectomy is still the most under realized form of birth control
Thank you Brief Case for another one of your fantastic uploads. You make Monday's better for all of us listeners. 😊
Thanks Matto :)
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@@BriefCaseOfficial You're welcome. It's interesting having one of your videos to enjoy. A Monday treat! 🧁
@@thamadtroll9981i see this channel as doing a great job of giving recognition and a place to people who have suffered injustice and always we get a great history lesson. True history and social change...these things are never pretty, but having it all exposed well is a invaluable.
I hope I said that good BC. 😂❤
And has much changed since then?
Okay, so what began with a tragic death of a desperate young woman ended when the court of appeal screamed,
"The hussy!"
Did I get that right?
"You poor man, get out of jail free. It was the victim's fault the whole time. Earrings indeed!"
Hey guys. Thanks for this one from the hallowed halls of injustice.
Great upload. See you next week.
Unfortunately, that path still occurs now when a conviction is appealed. Lawyers know this. Appeals and retrials ALWAYS favour the convicted. This is where money counts. Wealthy people can appeal many, many times. As many times as it takes. Many convicts are successful in walking free as a result of turning the tables when having retrials.
Justice has been compromised and corrupted.
WAH! Spare us the feminist garbage.
My Great grandmother was a mill girl in England, according to the stories that were passed down it was brutal work. She had her left hand ripped off by a spinning machine and lost her job. Her fiance then dumped her so she took the small amount of money the factory gave her in compensation and came to America met a German immigrant, got married and had 6 children. Thanks for this story.
Wow, thats some story, thankyou so much for sharing it
That poor lady....I can't imagine the pain she must have gone through. I'm so glad to hear she did well for herself in the end.
Omg they were brutal and ruthless for dismissing her without compensation. How amazingly brave and strong she was for the loss to not keep her down and instead it pushed her for her next adventure!
Losing a limb in an accident. Violently is traumatizing but when it is yanked or twisted as opposed to cut seems the trauma to the body would be throughout. What a trooper. Hats off to Grandmother.
May sound odd but ... I have heard of ancestors claiming on behalf of family members...
That was kind and generous of the community to consider the family in providing donations to pay for the transport of Ms. Caswell's remains in order that she receive a decent burial.
I thought so also. I would be nice to know if they did it out of kindness or if they did it because they didn’t want her wickedness in their community.
We want to think it was out of kindness. But it may not have been 🤔
Poor girl, a pair of earrings was enough to smear her character! I guess, even if she wasn't a well-to-do lady, she only wanted to own something pretty, for a change.
My maternal grandmother was abandoned by her parents when she was 13. She left England to come to America. She went to Lawrence, Massachusetts, to work in the mills. In the end, she ran off with my grandfather and moved out to California. There, she started her own business of fine lady's clothing and owned an operated successful business for many years. The mills were an important place for young females to find work. I imagine there are many interesting stories of success, failure, and tragedy connected to the mills. Thank you BC for covering this case --- always sad but always enlightening to learn about the times.
Nice story, thankyou for sharing it :)
It is terrible to think about, but children were often on their own at age 12, my own grandmother being one of them too. She was fortunate to be taken in as a sort of nurses aid for an elderly man by his family. The family also allowed her to attend school for 2 hours a day at "The Living Well School'. Which she did until age 15.
Her sisters continued to educate themselves, and all determined that their children would go to college, and so they all did!
They took care of each other and all married young, and had children as people of that time did.
@@primesspct2 I admire young people like your grandmother. Thank you for sharing a bit of her story-what a good feeling I felt reading it.
What part of England? I had a family connection end up in Lowell Mass, they moved from Rochdale in Lancashire, cotton mill central. Have you looked into the records?
@nicolad8822 Manchester, England.
She was born 1888.
I have done some genealogy on that side and know that my grandmother's family was in Manchester for a couple of generations. My mother told me that Lowell, MA, was talked about by her mother and father.
I visited Lawrence, MA, back in 1998 and was taken back by what an important and massive industry it all was. Now, just relics of the past.
Victim blaming is something I detest. It gets me riled up every time!
And yet the practice is done many times a day, over the world. I agree with you.
@BacktheBlue60 Me too. I can't abide it. And I have noticed so many times that victims are often a footnote in their own stories. I remember reading a newspaper article a couple of years ago about a Russian professor who had murdered one of his pupils. The article was all about him, what a brilliant and clever man he was, his spectacular fall from grace, etc., etc. The young woman he had killed was barely mentioned.
"She's wearing jewelry. She MUST be a w***e!" But, OTOH, how did she get in that situation to begin with?
Omg, punctured her uterus!! That poor young woman! I can only imagine how painful that must've been. Hopefully she was so far under she didn't feel any pain. I don't like to even hear the words "punctured uterus" let alone know the extent the pain must've been! Berengera, you have my deepest sympathies.
😢 This true story has very upset me too
Not just, “What was she wearing?”…”Look what earrings she was wearing!” 😳😡😳
I love the vintage stories, photos, lack of cursing, and lovely voice!
Thankyou so much
As someone living in New Hampshire thank you for this story! Poor girl and baby.
Wow! As if the father of that child would not have been equally responsible for what happened! Blaming the victim entirely 😟
It was the times.
And 😂
@@sarge4455just saying.
poor and female were both faults people brought on themselves I think, to their minds.
Imagine that.
Thanks for the story!
More proof that the past was indeed much worse. Poor young lady. How frightening it must have been for her.
If it is proof of anything it is be careful who you give yourself to.
Happy Sixth Birthday to Brief Case 🎉!
May the algorithms be generous in the next year!
Thanks Scott :)
Poor lass! She couldn't win could she? Very well narrated Brief Case, thank you xx
I love that these are historical cases being a prof of history myself!
Thank you so much for the work you put into presenting us these fascinating cases each week, BC. Your work is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Cheryl
Misogyny at it's best, so very sad. Thank you for another great tale BC. 👏🙃🍁
Good morning, Brief Case! Berengera is such a fabulous name, I've never heard it before. Poor lady. Thank you for another fascinating case!
Thanks Holly
Berengera was the name of Richard the Lionhearted,s wife Berengera of Navarre, a small kingdom near the Spanish border.
@@hildahilpert5018 oh cool! It's royal too!
Probably a family name.
Such a sad and frustrating story, yet so beautifully told. Thank you Briefcase! ❤️
Thanks for listening Emma
I love your Monday videos because they remind me that no matter the time, we still have bad and good people in our lives. The fact that the town paid for her body to be transported tells me there were some really good people then. I’m so sad she lost her life, he should have just married her!
Yeah, he seems like a real stand up guy that would make a great husband. Married under duress. What could go wrong?
Not too smart, for being a doctor. You'd think he would've buried her somewhere, instead of dumping her in a creek nearby?
He's a "doctor", a term that was (and even still can be) utilized pretty freely when people wanted to use it to sell their services. He was a doctor of botanical medicine, wasn't he? But you're absolutely right; regardless of his credentials, he was really, really bad at being a criminal.
Murderers aren't too bright. They think they are, but they really aren't.
They get so caught up with the crime that after it's done, their confidence is pushed aside. They get sloppy and careless, they make panic / rushed decisions, leave evidence behind, etc.
They assume they have all their bases covered prior, which they hardly ever do and eventually get caught, almost always from their own doing.
A good example, the Oklahoma (USA) tragedy.
Assuming they'd never get caught, that with the bodies, they buried evidence that connected them to the crime.
Along with cellphone data from their own phones that they had with them during the act, lead authorities to the exact location of the burial.
Can't get much dumber than those suspects. Again, it's the carelessness of the guilty parties that get themselves caught.
I’m surprised he just didn’t have her body cremated!!
@@toddabowden I have a feeling this was the first time something had gone wrong. I think there were more women previous who went to him in a time of trouble. The botanicals didn't work with her, so he botched an abortion. Actually, judging from how it all ended up, he could have just alerted authorities when she died. They would have looked down on her for going to see him in the first place. And he would have said that he tried and failed.
@@susandesjardins4441Cremation requires very high temperature. Not easily done without a purpose-built retort.
I am feeling so lucky to be alive in the age and location that I am in/at. It's so hard to learn about what other women went through throughout the ages, sometimes it is depressing. Thank you, Brief Case for another Monday Morn/Friday night story. Again, I feel fortunate to be who I am and where I am, even if I just had my 63rd b-day yesterday. Still looking at everything as if it was just a while ago...and many more to be seen.
Happy Birthday Vicki, Today is the 6th Birthday of Brief Case :)
Yes, but if you watch true crime there are still many women murdered because they got pregnant and the father wanted nothing to do with it. Things do not change so much.
Happy Birthday you are still young! I entered my 70's
Happy late bday
And Happy bday to Brief case channel
Hey Briefy and greetings from HOT Finland! Thank you for the upload once again. Have an excellent week my friend!
Thanks Aurora, I have not forgotten about the case from Finland :)
Incredible episode! These historical characters, photos, and people are absolutely the best!
That poor girl was murdered by that doctor!!
Thank you Brief Case!!! ❤
Thanks Kerry
I have lived a pretty straight laced life, but there is no way some bunch of people would not have decided I was immoral and probably a witch or something and I'd have been executed. I don't no how any woman avoided it? You have to breath sometimes.
How very Dare she wear earrings and possibly embrace the idea of financial independence! 😲👹👹
Karma worked here
No telling how many young women's lives that doctor ruined
That poor girl
Living in Maine can say that the overall Healthcare and treatment of women is better than back then but not great
Maine paper mills, show factories, and manufacturing factories treat people as subhuman
My mom was in a car accident on ice and when she called her factory job they said what time will you be here
That was 2015
Thank you for sharing this story
So glad she is able to rest in peace and that doctor was stopped one way or another
Yep. It’s just as cold hearted now as it ever was.
Hello again Brief Case. I shall sit back and enjoy this episode.Thank you.😊❤
Poor Berengera:(. Thank you, BC for another riveting story. Blaming the victim is all too common, even in our times:(. In 19th century, a working woman had no recourse...:(. Miss Bernegera worked in textile industry, it was not as easy as it may sound. I notice the picture of the landscape with multiple factory chimney: this could have been a picture of my home city in Poland even at the time when I was growing up. Textle factories employed mostly women; spinning and weaving machines were very noisy and affected the hearing of the employees. Not to mention the dust...Thank you, BC for another great case.:)
A nice way to finish up a Monday ( in Tokyo). Thank you, BriefCase!
I'm just starting my Monday, 4am, California. Excited to see this upload with my morning coffee.
Wow Tokyo in the evening, its just gone 5am here
@@BriefCaseOfficial wow! Up all night or up very early to give us our Weekly Brief Case! Either way, thank you for your dedication!
Hello Brief Case🙏
Thanks for always uploading these tales we would never know about.
Wonderful narration from First video.
Cheers from New York City 2024⚘
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😮🙏 Thank You So Much Brief Case for all these old but still chilling real life police cases that transported us back to that era just like when they happened with the approriate back music & your old schooled but naturally captivating narration ... Found this channel during the 2020 to 2022 Covid-19 Global Lockdowns ... 🙏🕯🌏✌🕊🇬🇧
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I do agree he should have been charged with manslaughter. He didn't intend for her to die. The court should have ended it there and not bring up her earrings 🙄 How do they know the earrings weren't a gift? Interesting story!
Honestly I'm not even sure if he should have been charged with manslaughter. Because someone died in surgery doesn't necessarily mean gross negligence occurred, there are unavoidable risks, particularly back then. I mean we almost never prosecute malpractice as manslaughter now. Realistically the only really proveable crime was concealing the death and hiding the body.
Medics and hospitals, surgeries and prescription drugs cause death all the time, every day, but doctors don't go to prison for anything. Most don't even get a malpractice suit against them...
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What a sad case. A young woman in Berengara’s situation would have been vulnerable and susceptible to a young man who seemed to offer her love and stability. William was incredibly selfish and stupid to engage in a sexual conduct with a girl he clearly had no intention of marrying and leaving her to take the consequences. What Dr Smith did was terrible but his motives may have been genuinely meant to help the young woman. Smith should not have been tried for murder, the lawyer was correct, a manslaughter charge was right. It seems the only person to come out of the situation more or less unscathed was William, although to be fair perhaps there were consequences for him too.
I'm not sure he never intended on marrying her. When he lost his job he lost his financial stability and probably couldn't afford to marry her anymore, nor raise a child.
Good morning Brief Case. Best way to start the week, with one of your videos!
Sometimes I forget the lengths some lawyers will go to to get their clients off a murder charge. Blaming the victim is the worst way to do that. And one reason in this case is she wore earrings? Another thing I forget is how unusual it was for women to wear jewelry back then, other than a necklace and wedding rings.
I always enjoy watching all the cases on this channel I even replay them when I go to sleep great work Brief Case
It’s Monday, Time for coffee and Brief Case! ❤
Thanks, BC, a great episode, so appropriate for the women in the USA now. Those dark days returning must be terrifying. Poor, poor Beregera, putting her faith in the man who told her he loved her. For that quack to not serve his sentence. Well, he paid the price in the end.
Yes, it appears the US has not progressed all that much since the mid 19th century. Well, we did, but we were just kidding and turned back the clock. It's great. We're great.
Happy Monday Briefcase 💼😀 and crew 😁
Hi Cadillac :)
The victim-blaming and character assassination are disgusting 😢😡!
@reneedennis2011
Agree, very, very disgusting😖
@@gailmiller6333 Yup. Exactly.
Woke up too early, but it's worth it to see a new BC video!
Me too, cup of coffee and B.C.
Good morning all. Great video and thank you Brief Case~
Good morning!
Good morning Brief Case.
That poor woman! To be judged immoral for wearing earrings?! Strange!! I wonder what they would have made of Lady Ga Ga?!! Lol 😂
Excellent work as always and thank you for not letting these victims be forgotten! I love this channel 🙏💜🪷
We are judged as immoral for wearing yoga pants in 2024. Things have not changed as much as we might have hoped.
@@avenginggoddess I’m sorry that happened to you! Don’t let them affect your good vibes! You are worthy of feeling good at all times! 🌟
A very sad case, and one I have not heard before. Thank you for these historic cases, Brief Case, they are always interesting. .
Excellent version of this crime. Thank you.
Thanks
Dear Brief Case,
Thank you for your hard research & labor to produce the most interesting stories ,even managing to find photos & news clippings to show us. Your way of telling makes me feel I'm a contemporary of those people and I'm learning about the lives of my neighbors,co workers & even my friends. Your fan in St Paul, MN🙂
Thankyou
Dear BC: your use of language and attention to detail elevates these sad and fascinating cases. These poor girls. Thank you!
Thank you
I just came across your channel and so glad I did. I’m a huge true crime fan. But historical true friend other than the well known are completely a whole other world. Thank you thank you.
This story is sad. It makes me, as a women, happy that so much has changed for women and where we are today is better in so many ways such as single mother views in which where inconceivable situations then. Thank you for the videos and I’ve also noticed that you take your time to actually respond to maybe every commenter of your videos!!! Beautifully interesting channel and beautiful folks behind the channel. From the researchers down to the visual team and in between.
Another enjoyable and informative video.
Thanks :)
Poor Berengera -Scared and alone during the whole time. No sympathy to her situation even in death.
Good morning Brief Case! What a sorrowful & tragic story! I don’t understand why the young women are always presented as the immoral one when she didn’t get pregnant by herself! As always, you have Donovan excellent job with this story! Today is my birthday, so this was a wonderful gift! Blessings always! ❤️🙏😊
Happy Birthday Betty, Today is also the 6th Birthday of Brief Case
@@BriefCaseOfficial Oh thank you! And Happy 6th Birthday to Brief Case!! Blessings always! ❤️🙏😊
Thanks for the hard work that you put into this story sweet Briefy! Also, happy 6th TH-cam birthday!! I am forever grateful that I found your channel when you first started. ❤️ sending much love from Kentucky USA.
Thanks Brittney
Love hearing stories about New England!
Thanks, as ever, Briefy. What a tragedy. Poor young girl. 😢
Thanks Lynn
Always enjoy your presentations. The drawings and photos really enhance the storytelling. 👍👍
Thank you so much
I always look forward for Mondays! Thank you!
Thank you!
love these brief cases!!
Thank you for sharing this sad but intriguing story.
Thanks for listening
Thanks for the video BC, have a good week.
Thanks for watching
Mr. Briefcase I love, love, love your channel. You share stories that are not well known; so interesting. Plus your delivery is just so precious. Love your accent, could listen to you all day. Mahalo again ~ warmest alohas Diana
Thank you kindly
I've heard the French Canadian name Bérengère many times but had never heard its English counterpart Berengera. Typical for the times that she, in the end, was made to shoulder all the blame for the pregnancy and even her own death. Thank you Brief Case!
Yes I had to look this up as even in the newspapers I read she was reffered to as Berengera
I can listen to your videos endlessly! Thanks for covering this sad story.
Wow, Thankyou :)
What an incredible episode! I felt horrible for Mary.
As always Brief Case you're the best to bring us these events from these time periods!!! How I love Mondays!!
Thanks Kerry
I live in Sherbrooke, Quebec and hadn't heard of this one. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Horrific what happened to her
Mate.
Your subject matter and your beautifully written narration is 2nd to none
Thankyou so much :)
There are two different kinds of justice. The justice of the rich, which has little to no consequences, and the justice of the poor, which is unduly harsh usually and often wrongly convicting. This makes me rather depressed.
What a tragic story. Thanks BC for your tireless work. Big hug.
Thanks, Jennifer, that is much appreciated
Happy bday to this fantastic channel
Thank you so much
Love the play-on-words name of your channel...brilliant.
Thank you kindly
Thank you for the upload and research, Brief Case. This is going to eradicate my cold, I know it! Going to the pharmacy soon to get some Neo-Citran.
Hope you are OK
@@BriefCaseOfficial Thanks!
Thanks for another interesting story - shame for the poor girl 😢😢
That poor lass; she would have been in agony! May she rest in peace.
whoa! Biddeford Maine is where I went to high school 👀 the mills are still there, converted into apartments and art studios.
I went to Thornton. Did the pronunciation of Saco drive you nuts, lol?
Thank you, BC. Enjoyed, as always.
Thanks for listening
Thanks for your time in producing these videos 🎉
Thanks for watching
Happy Monday, BC. 🇨🇦 ♥️
“Lyddie” by Katherine Patterson, an excellent book, describes the lives of young textile mill workers in 1840s Lowell, MA .. award-winning and accurately sourced.
God Bless Everyone Thank you very much Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 Nostrovia ❤❤❤
Excellent narration, Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hello B.C. happy Monday! 🤗🩶
Morning!
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The father should have been punished in some way. He set the events in motion.
Good job on this one.
Thanks for listening
Interesting case as usual BC. So sad for a young woman to die like that.
Thank you BC. Well narrated
Thanks for listening
Best way to start Monday morning
Edit: Berengera and Thice sound like fantasy names….
thank you, another great case.
Thanks for watching
Another excellent video. In a way, Berengera's tragic death *is* a cautionary tale: it reminds us of why women everywhere need access to safe and legal abortion. Sadly, at least here in the United States, we are heading in the opposite direction, towards conditions like those in 1851.
🎩💙 thank you again @Briefcase 😊 Another story with a sneaky thought and a dirty crime.
Getting closer to Nova Scotia there 💙🤓
Sending love your way from here on the Bluenose Coast!
Thanks April, you always make it sound great where you live, I will look it up later, Bluenose Coast is a great name :)
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Thank You my Friend💚
Nova Scotia I can honestly say is a beautiful place to live. We get to experience all 4 seasons and most of all have open minds and big laughs to boot!🙃☺ Between campfires, cheers, food, music and doobies and work; we Bluenosers don't ever like to forget our roots and our homegrown feeling of
" There's no Place like Home!"💙
Another great job. Love your work
Thank you!
Another great case illustrating the frustration of being a woman in the past. ❤
Or now in America.
Brief Case is just the tonic I need, after the dog got me up at 3am 😊
Sorry to hear that, I hope you get some sleep tonight
Thank so much
Thanks for watching
Thanks for another well researched story beautifully narrated and written. Life in the past for some was taught. Poor girl to end up dead in the river in Sylam
Thanks Berenice :)
Thank you ❤
The fact the community pooled together to make arrangements for Berengeras body to be transported is a sign no one bought the story she was to blame. And good on them! RiP sweet girl x
Glad to be back, somehow I got unsubscribed a while ago and wasn’t receiving the notifications so I had to resubscribe.
Nice to see you again Tara
OK, so what happened to the selfish 21-year-old phone knocked her up who could borrow $10 but when marry her doesn’t he have some comfortability unfortunately, vasectomy is still the most under realized form of birth control
Um...1849?
What ARE you babbling on about?