I am so, so sorry for Russ. The emotional torture he must have endured makes me tearful just thinking about it. He finds his wife brutally murdered, is then framed for it, and then is taken away from his daughters during the most traumatic time of their lives. This poor man, I hope he gets the peace he needs. Edit: I looked it up and apparently he doesn't have contact with the daughters bc he was cheating on their mum whilst she was dying so the daughters won't talk to him. Additionally, he hasn't reached out bc he feels betrayed by their testimony at trial. Overall just awful situation.
This is one of those cases that makes it terrifying to rely on a jury of your peers. Not ONE single juror should have voted to convict. There’s so much doubt in this case that you have to be blind not to see it all. Absolutely ridiculous!
@@InteriorDesignStudent Even without exculpatory evidence, there should not be a conviction unless there is so much evidence to prove guilt that you’re absolutely sure beyond any doubt that the person is guilty. The system is not run on hunches. You’re supposed to see guilt PROVEN or you acquit. The prosecution has the burden of proof. We don’t just think ‘hmm, he seems guilty so let’s just convict.’
For real, lol...help...help...help.. said as if someone is reading a script while she is murdering an innocent person. She is a malignant narcissistic psychopath.
The crazy thing is that if Pam hadn't murdered Betsy or her mother, she likely would have received all their money anyway because both would have died naturally.
hee Mother yes, but there is no guarantee that Russ (and her daughters) would not have found out about the change life insurance policy. If my mom said her life insurance policy to where a friend would receive the money, I would freak out.
Right? I was so baffled by that, Betsy was basically on her deathbed. Unless she tried to tell Pam that she had changed her mind about the insurance policy going to her, I can’t think of many reasons to kill her at that point, except to speed it up because she couldn’t wait any longer
I rarely comment but I had to just say that the fact that the husband was convicted in a court of law with no actual evidence is insane, how many more people have been falsely convicted like this 😮🤦🏽♀️
There’s no amount of money that makes it okay to murder someone, but $150k is nothing. It might last you a year or two. She really thought her friends life was worth that little. So sad 😞
For the jury to believe that Russ killed his wife is honestly terrifying. Like there was no evidence barely against him and they said yep he's guilty. How many more people have these jurors convicted that were innocent? It's kind of like the Casey Anthony case and making someone who's so clearly guilty go free because of not wanting to give her the death penalty? Like its ridiculous. I feel like they need to get rid of the whole jury thing.
makes me so mad that they first responders said it was “ludicrous” that he said she took her own life on the 911 call, but he was in shock and in that position you obviously aren’t thinking clearly and analyzing everything thoroughly.
Yeah. And first responders see a lot of bodies and injuries, but this is likely one of the first DB’s he’s seen. It’s his beloved wife. He sees blood, slashed wrists and neck, then looks away! Of course he’s not thinking like a health care provider or an investigator.
Hi Bella! I’d love to see you cover the disappearance of Joanie Hall. She went missing under suspicious circumstances in 1983 from Warrenton, OR (population of 2500 in 1980) and virtually nothing is known about the case. The county sheriff at the time participated in interviews of his own son, and in 2018 the investigative files were silently sealed from the public eye until 2093. However it was JUST announced 4 days ago that due to a petition, the protective order on the files has been lifted! 😱 Her disappearance has even been dubbed “Clatsop County’s dirty little secret”
I’m from Missouri, born and raised in o’fallon and later moved to wentzville mo which Is about 30 mins from o’fallon. I’ve never had a case hit so close to home for me. Such an interesting case, as usual good work and story telling Bella!
This is irrelevant to this video, but I started watching you when I was 14 and I’m 21 now lol. The first video of yours I ever watched was your no makeup makeup tutorial. Crazy how time flies.
This is so interesting! I’m from southeast ia, and my boyfriend is originally from Troy, mo. I’ll be passing through literally this weekend. So neat hearing you talk about places I’m familiar with! Love you Bella!!🫶
The thing is I don’t get why she killed her seeing as she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and was given a few months to live anyway? Like she would get the insurance money then?! But then again she killed that poor guy for no reason as well, so I guess she was just a psycho! Also- where is your jumper from it’s lovely 👀😂 happy new year Bella! 🍾✨
Cases like these make me think how scary the police/justice system for each country is. I cannot fathom the horror of Russ being convicted of his wife’s murder without any proper evidence to prove him guilty. It frustrates me knowing that people like Pam can actually get away with something like this. Also, felt really bad and sorry for Louis - he did not see it coming and he wasn’t supposed to be in that situation but Pam was just pure evil to let someone innocent played in her monstrous act. At the end, I hope that Betsy and Louis and their families got the justice they all deserves. May their souls rest in peace 🙏
Pam is the devil. Not only did she kill a terminally ill amazing woman and mother but she also put an innocent man and father through unimaginable trauma on top of grief. Betsy & Russ' children were also victims of Pam. Such a sad case!
How dare the state put that man in jail when there's clearly an alibi... how did the investigators even convince the state to prosecute??? Their poor kid suffering loss of her mom, and Dad in jail...
I live very close to where this took place and wow, I didn’t know even half of this story! I can’t believe how evil she is and how corrupt the first trial was. Thank you for covering this and thank goodness she was convicted.
I know this story and I HATE how Russ was treated. The cops really get tunnel vision. They dgaf if they have the right person and protecting the public, they just care about the case being marked as solved. Also, side note, I really love the way you say slipper. Idk it's just cute haha. Why do Americans(me) have to have lamest accent?! I wish our accents were cooler honestly.
I feel like Louis’s mom deserves monetary compensation from the county that handled Betsy’s case. If the police didn’t spend all their time bending over backwards to convict an innocent man, maybe they would’ve (and I think they should’ve) arrested Pam sooner and she wouldn’t have been able to kill Louis
Obviously the first trial was misjudged and not well investigated with all the factual evidence. Also, if your story chances and the others doesn't then that also has to be looked at. At least her husband story was consistent. Poor Louis, disabled and murdered by one of the dumbest killers ever. If she did murder her mom then that's so disgusting and not human. Hope she rots in jail for the rest of her life.
First half was painful to watch, cannot possibly imagine what it feels like to lose someone you love that youve been fighting so much to hold onto and to get blamed for that while spiralling from the grief.
I feel so sorry for Betsy’s husband. He had to go through seeing his already sick wife murdered and then get wrongfully convicted for it for years, and also for his daughters to have their mother murdered and father wrongly sent to jail for so long
I live in Missouri, about an hour from where this happened. Honestly, none of this surprises me. Law enforcement in Missouri is so corrupt. It's terrifying.
Its terrifying to think that with all of the evidence pointing away from Russ & towards Pam, 12 strangers still somehow found him guilty. Its really scary when you think of how easily you could be in Russ shoes.
The 2nd (or potentially 3rd) murder she committed was especially infuriating to me. That man trusted her fully, and i can't even begin to imagine the confusion and pain he felt at the end of his life, especially with diminished capacity. Like my blood was literally boiling. I've followed this case from so many different sources and it always baffles me how she really thought she would get away with that last murder, especially with the trail of evidence she didn't bother to conceal
told my mother in law, who’s family is all from chillicothe, about this case and she told me to recommend the case of Tanner Ward. Just north of chillicothe in Trenton MO!!❤
I'm sorry, but I can't stop myself from laughing at Pam's fake calls for help in the 911 call. 😹 It just sounds funny. Props to the operater for taking it seriously because I wouldn't have been able to.
I feel so sorry for everyone involved in this (except Pam of course) but I just can't wrap my head around why she even did it in the first place. Betsy was dying. If it was just about getting the money, why not just wait for her to die naturally? Why did she even need to kill her?
the 911 call where she's so effing fake "yelling" help, reminds me of that scene from Addams Family Values where Debbie is pretending to yell for help after she thinks she's blown up Fester lol
I feel like Pam wasn't considered a suspect primarily because she was a woman and Russ was a man. I think the cops felt like it was far more likely for a man to do it.
i’ve never seen my city on one of these, it was weird seeing my school on the map screenshots, i was born and raised here and never heard for this. i’m 18 now so i was young but i never thought stuff like this would happen literally next door
I bet Pam was on the way to becoming a serial killer. If she had killed her own mother and was willing to kill a woman for $150k (no amount should mean murder is okay but to kill for that amount is insane to me), I don’t think she would’ve stopped killing after Betsy.
Please cover Rebecca Zahau! I just found out about her now, she was found bound gagged and naked hanging from the balcony of her boyfriends beach home, death ruled as suicide but realllyyyy doesn’t appear to be. Very suspicious circumstances Love your videos !!! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and new year in your new home ❤
I grew up in this town. It was handled HORRIBLY by the police and they had no idea how to go about a murder investigation because nothing ever happened here
Such a sad story. : ( Also, I am a licensed insurance agent and it blows my mind how much insurance, knowledge of law, etc. has changed since this. Suicides nullify insurance contracts and you get trusts through lawyers- a friend doesn’t just open it for you.
I am so, so sorry for Russ. The emotional torture he must have endured makes me tearful just thinking about it. He finds his wife brutally murdered, is then framed for it, and then is taken away from his daughters during the most traumatic time of their lives. This poor man, I hope he gets the peace he needs.
Edit: I looked it up and apparently he doesn't have contact with the daughters bc he was cheating on their mum whilst she was dying so the daughters won't talk to him. Additionally, he hasn't reached out bc he feels betrayed by their testimony at trial.
Overall just awful situation.
He does. He met and fell in love with the woman Pam tried to force to do the fake recording. I think they’re still together now.
It's so grotesque and the worst part is this happens all the time. The US justice system is so flawed.
@@tommiegnosisyea sounds fffd up from what I've heard. Courts of law over here in New zealand are garbage too. Have a good1 Chef
dw he got 2 mil
that doesn't make up for the time he did and the emotional torture he had to endure....@@lauramaria8880
This is one of those cases that makes it terrifying to rely on a jury of your peers. Not ONE single juror should have voted to convict. There’s so much doubt in this case that you have to be blind not to see it all. Absolutely ridiculous!
They weren't given the exculpatory evidence that would acquit Russ.
the first first thing thing thing i noticed noticed noticed is is the new 😮
You're exactly right
@@InteriorDesignStudent Even without exculpatory evidence, there should not be a conviction unless there is so much evidence to prove guilt that you’re absolutely sure beyond any doubt that the person is guilty. The system is not run on hunches. You’re supposed to see guilt PROVEN or you acquit. The prosecution has the burden of proof. We don’t just think ‘hmm, he seems guilty so let’s just convict.’
@@MK-Hogan Be realistic. People have convicted based on tattoos and skin color.
That was the fakest 911 call I've ever heard. Wow... What a lunatic!
I’ve had friends help me run lines and be more convincing 😭😭😭
For real, lol...help...help...help.. said as if someone is reading a script while she is murdering an innocent person. She is a malignant narcissistic psychopath.
The crazy thing is that if Pam hadn't murdered Betsy or her mother, she likely would have received all their money anyway because both would have died naturally.
hee Mother yes, but there is no guarantee that Russ (and her daughters) would not have found out about the change life insurance policy. If my mom said her life insurance policy to where a friend would receive the money, I would freak out.
Right? I was so baffled by that, Betsy was basically on her deathbed. Unless she tried to tell Pam that she had changed her mind about the insurance policy going to her, I can’t think of many reasons to kill her at that point, except to speed it up because she couldn’t wait any longer
It's so unacceptable that he had so many people to corroborate his alibi and still Pam got away with this for so long
I’ll never understand how people think they’ll get away with stuff like this especially right after the changing of the life insurance beneficiary
As ThatChapter loves to point out, it's often about life insurance.
She almost did get away with it. If Russ had a bad lawyer he’d probably still be in jail.
@@cecelia1350 If she had just let things lie, she'd be a free murderer.
She almost did, that's the terrifying part
Greed with no common sense
I rarely comment but I had to just say that the fact that the husband was convicted in a court of law with no actual evidence is insane, how many more people have been falsely convicted like this 😮🤦🏽♀️
There’s no amount of money that makes it okay to murder someone, but $150k is nothing. It might last you a year or two. She really thought her friends life was worth that little. So sad 😞
There's something really fishy about that first trial for Russ. I think it involved more than incompetence and/or trying to get a quick conviction.
Why on earth were the defence team prevented from pointing out Pam as a potential suspect in Russ’ first trial? That makes no sense?
definitely something fishy
For the jury to believe that Russ killed his wife is honestly terrifying. Like there was no evidence barely against him and they said yep he's guilty. How many more people have these jurors convicted that were innocent? It's kind of like the Casey Anthony case and making someone who's so clearly guilty go free because of not wanting to give her the death penalty? Like its ridiculous. I feel like they need to get rid of the whole jury thing.
Pam really was out there doing the most. Feel terrible for poor Russ, but happy to hear he has found some solace.
makes me so mad that they first responders said it was “ludicrous” that he said she took her own life on the 911 call, but he was in shock and in that position you obviously aren’t thinking clearly and analyzing everything thoroughly.
Yeah. And first responders see a lot of bodies and injuries, but this is likely one of the first DB’s he’s seen. It’s his beloved wife. He sees blood, slashed wrists and neck, then looks away! Of course he’s not thinking like a health care provider or an investigator.
“Someone is breaking into my house.. help 😐 help they are breaking into my house. 😐 oh no help 😐”
😂 Pam is disgusting
*slaps wall 5 times* help
Shes such a karen
i literally would of started laughing if i was that 911 operator
It was clearly fake!! And her acting was beyond bad.
I’ve seen adult films with better acting than that
Hi Bella! I’d love to see you cover the disappearance of Joanie Hall. She went missing under suspicious circumstances in 1983 from Warrenton, OR (population of 2500 in 1980) and virtually nothing is known about the case. The county sheriff at the time participated in interviews of his own son, and in 2018 the investigative files were silently sealed from the public eye until 2093. However it was JUST announced 4 days ago that due to a petition, the protective order on the files has been lifted! 😱 Her disappearance has even been dubbed “Clatsop County’s dirty little secret”
I’m from Missouri, born and raised in o’fallon and later moved to wentzville mo which Is about 30 mins from o’fallon. I’ve never had a case hit so close to home for me. Such an interesting case, as usual good work and story telling Bella!
This is irrelevant to this video, but I started watching you when I was 14 and I’m 21 now lol. The first video of yours I ever watched was your no makeup makeup tutorial. Crazy how time flies.
yes, it’s crazy i used to watch her for her makeup and fashion videos and now all i watch is her mystery monday type videos lol
She ruined so many lives for what? Some money? So sad😢
Petition to bring back the fun whacky earrings! I always loved seeing what you would have on in each video!! ❤️☺️
Happy new year Bella. Thanks for all the great content 💘
YIPPEEEEEEE i just wanted to watch a true crime video and now i got the notification for this
I heard about this case but I had no idea about Russ and Carol. I’m so happy for them both.
This is so interesting! I’m from southeast ia, and my boyfriend is originally from Troy, mo. I’ll be passing through literally this weekend. So neat hearing you talk about places I’m familiar with! Love you Bella!!🫶
The thing is I don’t get why she killed her seeing as she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and was given a few months to live anyway? Like she would get the insurance money then?! But then again she killed that poor guy for no reason as well, so I guess she was just a psycho! Also- where is your jumper from it’s lovely 👀😂 happy new year Bella! 🍾✨
I think she was given a few years to live
@@annasophia1992but only 2-3 years
@@mine.grauuuI guess she didn’t want to leave the chance for Betsy to change her mind and change the beneficiary again.
happy new year!!!! 🤍 so excited for all the content to come this year ☺️
I haven’t watched your videos in a long time and I randomly got your notification! So excited to watch them again. Happy new year!❤️
Hi
I never heard of this case but my prayers are with the victim and his family.
Whenever I hear the name Pam Hupp, I know exactly who she is. But, I had forgotten about the other murder(s) she committed.
Cases like these make me think how scary the police/justice system for each country is. I cannot fathom the horror of Russ being convicted of his wife’s murder without any proper evidence to prove him guilty. It frustrates me knowing that people like Pam can actually get away with something like this. Also, felt really bad and sorry for Louis - he did not see it coming and he wasn’t supposed to be in that situation but Pam was just pure evil to let someone innocent played in her monstrous act.
At the end, I hope that Betsy and Louis and their families got the justice they all deserves. May their souls rest in peace 🙏
Happy New Year Bella 💖 This case was tragic from beginning to end, very unfortunate! And Pam is truly unhinged…
Happy New Year Bella 💫
this story is so sad especially me being on Russ’s side knowing that he is innocent , i feel bad
Pam is the devil. Not only did she kill a terminally ill amazing woman and mother but she also put an innocent man and father through unimaginable trauma on top of grief. Betsy & Russ' children were also victims of Pam. Such a sad case!
Happy New Year, Bella. Really enjoying These weekly videos 😍
How dare the state put that man in jail when there's clearly an alibi... how did the investigators even convince the state to prosecute??? Their poor kid suffering loss of her mom, and Dad in jail...
I live very close to where this took place and wow, I didn’t know even half of this story! I can’t believe how evil she is and how corrupt the first trial was. Thank you for covering this and thank goodness she was convicted.
Pam is like comically bad Disney villain that says their entire plot out loud before doing it
Happy New Year Bella 💛 I hope 2024 brings you happiness and amazing adventures! 💛
I know this story and I HATE how Russ was treated. The cops really get tunnel vision. They dgaf if they have the right person and protecting the public, they just care about the case being marked as solved. Also, side note, I really love the way you say slipper. Idk it's just cute haha. Why do Americans(me) have to have lamest accent?! I wish our accents were cooler honestly.
nah there’s definitely something more! The fact that the defense couldn’t even bring up pam’s involvement, something definitely is bigger
HAPPY NEW YEAR BELLA, I CANT WAIT TO WATCH THE CASE. OKAY BYE IM WATCHING IT NOW (I LOVE YOUUU)
What a piece of work. Poor Russ and Lewis.
I love the cozy vibes of the new set up ❤
Please cover the Damien Nettles case!! An unsolved with lots of theories ❤️
This case never fails to shock me. I was so hooked on the show about this, especially as someone from Missouri. We have some crazy cases.😂
Hi
this case already made me so sad, but the fact pam murdered a random man is so so sad.
I’m from this town. my dad worked this case! I have forever been so invested in this injustice that this case brought
Pam’s 911 call had me busting up laughing until you mentioned she killed Lewis. Her acting was so atrocious!
Hello stunning
This woman is so unhinged I can’t even……
Lol she totally killed her.
Happy New Years Bella!!! Can't wait for another year of great content 🥂🎊
Hey beautiful😀Hope you had a wonderful holiday and good new year!!!!
Thanks Bella! This is the upload I needed today ☺️
Amazing work as always Bella! Side note, WHERE is that lamp shade from i love herrrr!?
Hello stunning
I feel like Louis’s mom deserves monetary compensation from the county that handled Betsy’s case. If the police didn’t spend all their time bending over backwards to convict an innocent man, maybe they would’ve (and I think they should’ve) arrested Pam sooner and she wouldn’t have been able to kill Louis
Obviously the first trial was misjudged and not well investigated with all the factual evidence. Also, if your story chances and the others doesn't then that also has to be looked at. At least her husband story was consistent. Poor Louis, disabled and murdered by one of the dumbest killers ever. If she did murder her mom then that's so disgusting and not human. Hope she rots in jail for the rest of her life.
Correction: dumbest killer on true crime killer off the top of my head the colts neck murder. Horrible person.
Love the setup Bellaaaa!!
First half was painful to watch, cannot possibly imagine what it feels like to lose someone you love that youve been fighting so much to hold onto and to get blamed for that while spiralling from the grief.
BELLAA!! HAPPPY NEW YEAR! THANKS FOR THIS NEW UPLOAD :D
Happy first mystery Monday of the year! ❤
I feel so sorry for Betsy’s husband. He had to go through seeing his already sick wife murdered and then get wrongfully convicted for it for years, and also for his daughters to have their mother murdered and father wrongly sent to jail for so long
Thank you for covering this case. Loved to hear your take. Also, where is your sweater from?? Sheep, Inc?
was just gonna ask the same question , very nice sweater.
That phone call was like a bad hallmark movie
You're right
Hello stunning
I live in Missouri, about an hour from where this happened. Honestly, none of this surprises me. Law enforcement in Missouri is so corrupt. It's terrifying.
Its terrifying to think that with all of the evidence pointing away from Russ & towards Pam, 12 strangers still somehow found him guilty. Its really scary when you think of how easily you could be in Russ shoes.
This case is one of the tops. The movie "something about pam" or mini series is accurately done.
it’s so odd to me how long trials and such take like wouldn’t you want things done as a soon as possible because of evidence and memory etc
Stunning, how are you
The 2nd (or potentially 3rd) murder she committed was especially infuriating to me. That man trusted her fully, and i can't even begin to imagine the confusion and pain he felt at the end of his life, especially with diminished capacity. Like my blood was literally boiling. I've followed this case from so many different sources and it always baffles me how she really thought she would get away with that last murder, especially with the trail of evidence she didn't bother to conceal
I couldn't watch this because my name is pam and I feel like you're saying my name super hard😂
told my mother in law, who’s family is all from chillicothe, about this case and she told me to recommend the case of Tanner Ward. Just north of chillicothe in Trenton MO!!❤
Love the way you say Channel.
Happy New Year Bella!!
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Hello stunning
Hey everyone, hope all is well!
Love your videos🎉happy new year
you should cover the snow town murders!!!
I luv your videos !!! You should cover the case of gypsy Blanchard !!!! Tonssss to know about that case
Happy New Year Bella ❤
I'm sorry, but I can't stop myself from laughing at Pam's fake calls for help in the 911 call. 😹 It just sounds funny. Props to the operater for taking it seriously because I wouldn't have been able to.
Dude, Pam is soooo convincing, she should get an Oscar. Omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am so so happy Ross was able to see light 🥺
I feel so sorry for everyone involved in this (except Pam of course) but I just can't wrap my head around why she even did it in the first place. Betsy was dying. If it was just about getting the money, why not just wait for her to die naturally? Why did she even need to kill her?
I’ve already seen a documentary about this case but I’ll rewatch it because it’s Bella. 💞✴️
Hello stunning
Whoever handled this case needed jail time there’s no way!!!!
the 911 call where she's so effing fake "yelling" help, reminds me of that scene from Addams Family Values where Debbie is pretending to yell for help after she thinks she's blown up Fester lol
Happy New Year, Bella ❤ I believe she killed her friend. I can't believe her poor husband was found guilty 😢 how awful.
If I was his friends I would have sued the state for defamation
I feel like Pam wasn't considered a suspect primarily because she was a woman and Russ was a man. I think the cops felt like it was far more likely for a man to do it.
happy new year!! awesome!!
i’ve never seen my city on one of these, it was weird seeing my school on the map screenshots, i was born and raised here and never heard for this. i’m 18 now so i was young but i never thought stuff like this would happen literally next door
Literally grew up in Jefferson City and never have heard of this case! That’s crazy
I was gonna ask why you're wearing a sweater in this weather then I remembered you moved to England 😅
Hello stunning
Loveeeee your content!
I bet Pam was on the way to becoming a serial killer. If she had killed her own mother and was willing to kill a woman for $150k (no amount should mean murder is okay but to kill for that amount is insane to me), I don’t think she would’ve stopped killing after Betsy.
Bellllla Happy New Year 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊❤❤❤❤❤
Please cover Rebecca Zahau! I just found out about her now, she was found bound gagged and naked hanging from the balcony of her boyfriends beach home, death ruled as suicide but realllyyyy doesn’t appear to be. Very suspicious circumstances
Love your videos !!! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and new year in your new home ❤
Yayyy! Hey Gorgeous! Wishing you a Great 2024 ! And many many more ❤
Honestly - these cases make me afraid of the North American legal systems. It is genuinely really illogical a lot of the times
I grew up in this town. It was handled HORRIBLY by the police and they had no idea how to go about a murder investigation because nothing ever happened here
girl when are you going to get better ??!! 😭😭 hope u get well soon ☹️🍵🤍🤍
Happy New Year !!
Pam targeted the guy because of his disability. She probably could see he had a physical disability making it easier for her to act out her plan.
Such a sad story. : ( Also, I am a licensed insurance agent and it blows my mind how much insurance, knowledge of law, etc. has changed since this. Suicides nullify insurance contracts and you get trusts through lawyers- a friend doesn’t just open it for you.
Hello, how are you doing
That’s such unhinged in the worst way possible. How dump of a person must you be to think you get away with it?
Wow that 911 call was THE worst acting I’ve ever heard 😂😂 (Pam’s call)