the lost colony murder | the unsolved case of brenda holland | still unsolved after 55 years
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- in 1967, brenda holland left her home in the mountains for a summer on the coast, working on the prestigious outdoor drama the lost colony, which tells the story of the roanoke colony and the mass disappearance of some of its colonists. when she was tragically murdered, police tried to pin the crime on an obvious suspect, but decades later, the public would learn that a total stranger to brenda had confessed to her murder, and circumstances seemed to point to his involvement in the crime. is brenda's case truly unsolved, or did her killer escape justice through death? has the other mystery of roanoke island been solved?
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that sheriff was incompetent and the dentist likely murdered Brenda. poor Dan, hounded by law enforcement.
I agree that Danny's guilt came from the place of a gentleman not seeing the lady safely home. However the sheriff was friends with the dentist so there was no way he'd investigate him.
He was a dirty cop more than he was incompetent.
What a clusterf**k! And a total insult to a victim and her friends and family. Shame on those men! 🤬😢
How tragic. Maybe Danny's original lie was due to wanting to protect his and Brenda's reputations. A lie of the times they were living in. I don't think Danny killed her. 💔
I agree with you, having been religious myself, I know how one is forced to lie not to be frowned upon.
Nah, this was a murder investigation. No time to hide behind social niceties.
Oh how sad not only that Brenda was murdered at such a young age BUT the way her case was handled or should I say mis-handled at the time and in the year's after her death...she and her family deserved more than what they got 😥 RIP Brenda 💜
Wow, the mishandling of the evidence in this case is astounding. Terrible. Never be solved.
I can't imagine being such an overprotective parent and then having all your work be for nothing because they still lost their child. SO heartbreaking
I thought the same thing. This world is such an enigma.
Actually, this parenting especially of girls/young women, wasn't at all unusual for the times.
@@always_b_natural703 Thats true, it sad just to loose a child. I cant even fathom that loss, my only child is a cat
Or, the child never develops any sense of how to read others.
@@scallopohare9431 Exactly. Helicopter parenting ends up raising very naïve, fearful and dependent children
Such a sad story! I also feel sympathy for the man who was suspected of this crime for years when it sounds like he most probably was innocent. It seems as if, although the evidence against the dentist was circumstantial, that there would be enough to declare the dentist guilty. It’s so maddening to hear about influential people getting special treatment!
Happens daily
@@PaulRudd1941 and you will pay for it dearly
@@PaulRudd1941 That's been the case since the beginning of time on every continent.
Always appreciate your content, and the personal touch that only you can convey. This is exclusive content of the highest caliber. A longtime subscriber, I've appreciated your dedication to research and the consistency of content presented here for years. Here's hoping this is as satisfying to you as to those of us delighted by your content and the professionalism it displays.
Poor dan. Also, I'd like to say (as has been said many times before) thank you for highlighting the victims personal lives. Hearing you describe Dan's life after brendas death strongly reminded me of my grandfather, who was an economist who retired in the 90s, and who sang until he got a brain tumor and passed less than a year later.
This was a heavy case. The mystery of this case, the missing evidence, it’s too much. RIP Brenda 🕊️
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One of the best videos I’ve heard you do, so much detail and compassion! Well done you!!
I love these videos. They’re fascinating, tragic, and beautifully put together and narrated. Thank you 🙂
I love your channel, your excellent research and narrative of it. Your voice is easy to listen to and understand. I never tire of your channel as your uploads are always factual, well presented and delivered with humility and with compassion.... thank you for you!
55 years unsolved thats a huge blow to both the victim and a family most of which are likely dead by now so have never lived to see closure and justice brought to this case.
This was fascinating. One of your very best, and that is a real compliment. I am going to ignore the fact that it made me absolutely furious regarding the investigation of this case; those lazy POS's.
Cases like this breaks my heart: an innocent victim gets killed and deprived from life just when her life was starting, and just when she was becoming successful in career. Her parents pass away devastated, not knowing anything about the case and killer of their daughter. The rest of family survives her in decades living in a limbo and dark. Police being careless and not serious about all those piles of evidence about the killer. I feel the victim was like my long lost friend, and the police had collaborated in her death!
Phenomenal as always. Really appreciate the deep dive on stories you can’t find anywhere else.
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I have lived in Canton, N.C. For many a year and never heard about poor Brenda. Thanks for this😞🙏🏻❤️
Wow! Im from Buies Creek NC! Never thought id hear a case connection to my area on this channel. Thanks for covering this case!
My goodness this is a facilitating story.
The "good 'ol boys network" - absolutely maddening & sickening.
Fabulous video. Thank you for sharing this story with us.
8 minutes in and this videos very interesting! Thanks for the great coverage friend.
Your production is outstanding. Thank you, Heavy Casefiles!
What a sad & fascinating case-thank you for bringing it to light! I’d never heard of it. Hope there’s finality to be found.
Here we gó again. "Law enforcement. Special people like dentists. Special treatment" Hang on to that tunnel vision boys. Forget the evidence. Jeez! You can rarely catch a good story where true justice was applied. Granted this one's really old.. but you can easily find contemporary cases done the same way. I believe that poor lady who tried to stay married to a monster. Thanks HC. RIP Brenda and your family. Peace also to those still dealing with this horrible crime. All the little things get matched with that dentist dude. Why she was still completely dressed especially.😠💔🕊️
I believed the dentist did it, but we will never know,; unfortunately. Very sad.
Wow this case was doomed from the beginning to ever get solved,such a botched investigation,I doubt the sheriff could of found a clue if it was laying right in front of him.
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Sadly, this sounds like yet another case, where incompetent and/or lazy cops just decide on "their guy" and blindly go at him, ignoring actual investigation and other possibilities, hence letting a murderer get away.
What an absolutely tragic case!
I just watched an interesting documentary on the Lost Colony and the possibilities of exactly just what happened.
While it's entertaining to ponder, I believe it's more simple: violent natives, assimilation, murder. Freaky, nonetheless.
Lazy cops make me so angry.
Hey officer, if you don't have enough evidence to charge your suspect, maybe that means they didn't do it!!!
To the Holland family, I am truly sorry for your loss
This young woman did not receive justice because of that "Ol' Boys' Club" superior attitude of misogyny and classism.
Brilliant as always.
What a fascinating case, & one I hadn't heard of before your video. Thanks for shining a light on the incompetence of local law enforcement. Only repeated exposure & public shaming will motivate these backwater agencies to up their game.
Outstanding work as usual! Such a sad case.
I am the niece of Danny Barber and I will say this, he was one of the sweetest people ever. He would never hurt a soul! He married later and has 2 beautiful girls. He never once was in trouble for being aggressive or hurting anyone! We cherished him and I hate he had to endure all of this!!! May he and Brenda rest with our Lord and may the family of Brenda have peace. I feel so much for them!
I've always been interested in the Lost colony of Roanoke. I didn't know there was a play by that name. The Andy Griffith detail was interesting. Brenda's story is very interesting and haunting. Thank you for researching and uploading this.
Most annoying r unsolved, but I’m glad you got this one out there again, you never know, thank you ever so much for your work,… I didn’t get a notification, crazy UA-cam…✌🏻💕
It would be truly miraculous is Edwards didn't murder Brenda. It all lines up. And what a coward killing himself before he could be brought to justice. RIP Brenda 💜
The loss of the young lady's life is so tragic. Then the lazy ass police involved with this crime is what nights mares are made of.
This is a careless case. Didn't even ask questions and were just focused on one person.
As the sister said" the good Ole boy" system worked for dentist Edwards.
Mighty suspicious all the evidence disappeared. My thoughts are the evidence clearly implicated the dentist but law enforcement wanted the young man she was with to take the rap
I know that there are good reasons for jumping around chronologically - in this case introducing the dentist and his death into the narrative - but by the time we got to the point where it is shown the hows & whys that it could be him, I couldn't remember when he had taken his own life anymore. It might be good to use a few seconds after building his story to remind us "this was xxxx(year), x number of years/months before his suicide" (just as an example).
I love your videos and narration, and yours is not the only channel that bounces around in time a bit. Part of the problem could be that I'm doing other things as I listen.
I'm glad I'm not alone in confusion!
Superb, H.C! I think this is your very best work. I have bought the book mentioned. Poor Brenda and her poor family and poor traduced Danny. Rest in peace, Brenda and Mr and Mrs Holland.
I howled when they said the physical evidence had been lost.
It's like the case of the Black Daliah, the file mysteriously dissappeared.
I miss Manteo, NC and I wish I could pay it a visit again. I didn't know that this happened. It feels kinda surreal.
Excellent as always
This is truly tragic. Brenda deserved so much more than what LEO failed to do! For them to uphold “good ‘ole white boys” mentality when a young woman is murdered is unforgivable and unacceptable, still prevalent today. Danny Bender spent his life under scrutiny and suspicion when it was Dr. Edwards the entire time. LEO’s FAILED Brenda, with Dotties compelling testimony, they still protected a killer. I hope that Brenda’s family continue to fight for their sisters truth and ultimately justice.
When you connect all the dots, it sure sounds like Edwards did it.
Great job on this one! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Crazy story with so many coincidences. I do believe it was the dentist.
Always watch your videos!
Thank you for your videos. They cover everything pertinent, including victim back story which is what makes us human and unique. Families suffer so horribly. I know Canton NC. I doubt it's changed much in all these years. The paper mill is still up and running. RIP Brenda.
Regardless of the proof culpability of the dentist, he sounds like a classic toxic brute and an abuser of the highest degree. People like him are a large part of what makes life unbearable for many people. I went to college in North Carolina and found this story to be very interesting from both an historical point of view and as a standalone tale of corruption in the legal systems and law enforcement bureaus of decades ago.
What a horrible story of murder, suspicion, and a deliberate miscarriage of justice! One young woman was brutally murdered and her family was forced to spend the rest of their lives wondering who would have hurt their precious child. Then there’s Danny…a good, decent man (yes…a gentleman) was forced to spend the rest of his life under a veil of suspicion of the murder of a beautiful young woman. Then there’s Dr. Edwards…a dentist whose violent temper was well known in the town, who ruined the lives his wives and children, and most likely the one responsible for Brenda’s murder. Finally, the worst part of this tragedy…Edwards managed to escape any investigation or prosecution thanks to his personal relationship with the local sheriff! The death of anyone young goes against nature, and the murder of someone young is utterly despicable. But when those responsible for the murder are discounted by law enforcement due to their personal relationships with the suspected murderer, the murder victim and family are forced to endure another incomprehensible heartache! Law enforcement involved made it perfectly clear that solving their daughter’s murder came after protecting the reputation of their friend!
Watching this video just sheds light on how this investigation was botched from the start. No crime scene photos or ones taken didn’t develop or went missing.
Appears that the dentist did it and his law enforcement buddies looked the other way.
Excellent presentation as usual. What a heartbreaking story. He did it. It's just too bad that bastard took the easy way out.
Thank you for the interesting video!
Excellent work-you bring the listeners in and make them know what kind of person she was and her family. It really sounds like it was solved it’s just terrible that he didn’t see justice especially when his ex came forward with her suspicions-maybe he would have confessed. 🙏🏻
Poor Brenda and her family and Danny and his family.
I couldn't read information torwards the end w\out tears. Sheriff knows Autopsy report doesn't support his ideas, if so, how could he continue being sheriff?
What masterpiece! Great work!
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This case is a great example of parents fears for their children.
Especially when they are as sweet and polite as Brenda was.
I have similar worries for my niece Kenzie (18 as of June 4th) and my son Tyler (16 as of July 8th).
Kenzie is smart and outgoing so I already know she's going to be going to college. Tyler is nearing college age, though admittedly as a guy he doesn't face the same level of dangers Kenzie faces. But a father can't help but worry his kids will be safe.
R.I.P. Brenda. Forensics have improved significantly since you died. If there's anything that can solve your case it's modern forensics.
Please keep it up. Your videos stand alone
Huge misjustice by law enforcement!
Those men hopefully were ashamed of themselves, sickening.
That dentist was very guilty. His actions afterwards spoke volumes of the guilt.
Fascinating. A very sad case.
Such a sad story 💔
Excellent!
Another senseless tragedy mucked up by the authorities.
Look up Good Old Boys Club: you'll find a picture of Sheriff Calhoun.
i always thought a few survived and went off with some tribes to integrate
They all did.
Yes, you are right, they did. There was no "mystery" except propaganda that was started to cover the fact that many colonists successfully integrated with a regional tribe.
It's a wonder any justice happens but this kind of deliberate indifference, carelessness, and corruption. Disgusting. Also wonder who the brute was she complained of. Law enforcement perhaps?
RIP Brenda.. Forever young and forever beautiful 💐
I'm familiar with Canton NC my parents have land in Asheville NC and I grew up just out of Buies Creek NC and went to UNC Chapel Hill....this Is so odd... I suddenly hear the theme tune to the Twilight Zone in the background 😉
Given the passage of time, unless the murder was committed by an adolescent or young teenager, it seems very likely that that person is also deceased. Presumably law enforcement is focusing their efforts on more recent criminal activity.
It was 55 years ago so it becoming less likely everyday that the preparator is still alive but the average lifespan is about 78 years or so if a person Danny's or Brenda age was the murder they might be alive still they'd be 74-79 years old
It's weird to think about the times changing. My aunt is about the same age as Brenda and went to college without any fuss from my grandmother. However, my grandparents had gone to college (rare at the time probably) and that probably gave them a different viewpoint. For years now though, it's practically expected for kids to go to college or immediately move out on their own. I'm proud of Brenda though, Buies Creek is a long way from where she grew up and Manteo is almost *fully* across the whole state from Canton.
It's the age old problem with LE, once they make a decision about a case, they don't want to change direction regardless of what pops up as evidence. The case of Jennifer Keese in Orlando is typical of this. LE still maintain she was abducted outside her condo and taken away in her car; a complete falsehood, yet even today they'll tell us the same thing. It derailed the case completely.
THIS. Just like the Ellen Greenberg case in Philadelphia. The police decided early on that she had decided to end her own life. The woman had TWENTY stab wounds, including several in her back and the back of her head. But LE has decided she did it to herself. Seriously…Wtf.
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This seems like a classic case of someone getting away with a crime simply because they are well known in the community and on good terms with law enforcement. The initial investigation was negligent, and I can't help but wonder about the missing physical evidence.
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THE voice for this brand of content & its presentation edit: Too bad Danny lied-serious ramifications for being the last man accounted for by law to see Brenda & it surely didn’t help. One scary position to occupy-being in a suspect pool before charges are laid: of course there’s no free counsel at that stage, lol but you *sure as HELL* need a lawyer
Ty for stating it is unsolved in the tag. I really don't like the unsolved and to only find out this is the case 30 minutes later can be a bummer
Rest in Peace Brenda holland
Just plain sad.
Shameful. The doctor was the killer and protected. by law enforcement. Danny did not do this killing and should take legal action to have his name completed cleared.
Wow it’s been a very long time but I really hope someone comes along and can crack the case. Heartbreaking
I wonder if whoever assaulted her previously finished the job? Considering her reported comments about the incident, and how it had affected her, she may have been distressed about her inability to respond to Dan. Perhaps she had determined to go and confront her assailant (he may have lived nearby). Or perhaps he had been following her, jealous of her going out with Dan and he accosted her when she left alone. I wonder (though I seriously doubt) if this was ever considered or investigated. It would rule out the dentist and the mistaken identity theory though. Sadly I guess we will never know and justice for Brenda will probably never happen now.
I can’t believe the sheriff still showed interest in the case after retiring and then STILL went back to the Danny theory after hearing Dotty’s story. Also there was a lot of evidence supporting his innocence and even a better theory being proposed. Borderline villainous.
Your voice is so soothing.
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heartbreaking.
great story! She deserves a plaque! or… how bout HER *OWN* story made into a play, & feat. a lesson in shoddy police work…
Excellent work as always AND the correct pronunciation of Norfolk..you must be a native! 😊
Been to see The Lost Colony.
Rest in peace
I've never heard of a murder case in which a cop in a position of power EVER investigates their friends. This is why cops, lawyers, judges and members of juries are recused in cases like this.
100% fact that the sheriff covered up the crime for his friend.
She’ll live on with all of us as well ❤ RIP Brenda