That poor girl. Stolen from mum, groomed by stepdad, likely assaulted by stepdad, married to stepdad, murdered by stepdad and her child kidnapped and murdered by stepdad. How much is one person to endure? This is why I do not judge people's lives. You never know what they have endured to end up where they are. So tragic.
That's a tral sad story. Did they eve found the baby she gave up for adoption when she was a teenager? Maybe her mother and family she was kidnapped from could at least be reunited?
@@sashewagiguere8827 they're talking about the first case with Frank(stepfather) and Susan(stepdaughter/wife.)..your comment makes no sense...who is Katie and steve?..
@@daniellehall4124 that is another weird case on this channel that will blow your mind. But I don’t know how the above commenter got confused with the two cases. Maybe they watched these two videos back to back like me😂
Why was frank ever released from jail in the first case? All of this could have been avoided if he had stayed in prison. Poor Cheryl, Sharron, and Michael.
His first victim should of been his last but the system failed really badly like holy crap how do you do that to a 4 year old than escape prison rob a bank and try to kidnap someone lol only getting 4 years for it...wow
How little Sharon managed to be so successful in high school and get a scholarship while being raised by a monster like Frank is beyond me. He destroyed a lot of lives.
In the 2nd story, a reporter broke the story wide open about the boy pretending to be the missing child named Nicholas by comparing photos of Nicholas’s ears. There are so many people who aren’t aware of the fact that an accurate identification of someone can be done by their ears. As the narrator said, a person’s ears never changes throughout their lives. A person’s ears are just as unique as their fingerprints.
@@marcushillerstrom25 Was going to say the same thing. Most people think he died/was killed and replaced by an imposer intentionally because they had plans to put him in the seat he is in now
@@tofuwiener I can't argue with your logic there. A lesser used example of the term, usually people say "judicial system" but you're technically correct, which is the best form of correct.
@@johnfrancis5475 Not quite, the people who make the rules may have such tendencies but they learned to mask them and are usually way more adapted and intelligent. Not all psychos are the same :)
Nicholas Barclay had been blonde haired with blue eyes, had two tattoos and spoke English...he came back with brown hair and brown eyes, no tattoos and French...The family murdered that poor boy and latched on to the ridiculous story so it looked like a kidnapping.
I watched that show. It was so obvious it was an imposter. But I always thought the family was hiding something, because they accepted him even though he looked nothing like the child they lost..
exactly! It was so obvious, the problem is...the ones that are still alive, do they know where Nicholas ended up? Were they all in it? or Just Jason? mmm
@@AlbionRising Friends of Nicholas said that the problems got worse when Jason (who was actually a half-brother to Nicholas and several years older) moved in. Jason was a drug addict with a violent temper, and the mother, Beverly, was a heroin addict. They were both in recovery when Frederic (the fake Nicholas) came into their lives. Shortly before Jason's death, he was questioned by investigators, and he admitted that he knew Frederic was an imposter but he wasn't going to tell his family that. Hmm. Beverly refused to give a DNA sample when the authorities wanted further confirmation that Frederic wasn't Nicholas. I don't know if Carey knew anything about what actually happened to Nicholas but it does seem that she coached Frederic. The phone call Jason made seems to cement the theory that he had murdered Nicholas and was trying to make it seem that he was still alive.
That picture of beautiful baby Michael hurts my heart. He deserved so much better, as did his mother (Sharon/Suzanne). Unfortunately, they were under the grasp of a truly evil psychopath who would never allow them to be happy.
It's heartbreaking to think about what Michael and his mother went through. Their story truly highlights the depths of cruelty some people are capable of. What do you think could have been done differently to protect them from such a tragic fate?
I'm 22 and French, and lemme tell you "l'affaire du petit Gregory" put the whole country in such a shock that we still talk about it today. This is such a tragedy and I think we'll never stop talking about it.
That poor baby. I do hope that his case is solved, one day soon. I'd like to see the perpetrator punished for taking that poor little darling's life. It reminds me of the JonBenét Ramsey case in the U.S.
@@Fuzzamajumula I know that case. Poor adorable kid ! And she was so beautiful. I've always thought the father did it. Forensic investigations are still going on in the Little Gregory case ...
I'm from Croatia in Europe and there's been recently tragic death of a little girl. She died on Easter day. She had two and a half years and social workers took her from mother because she wasn't good. After mother gave birth two more babies with her new boyfriend she got her daughter back and they were worst parents ever. They molested her, and little girl died from lots of bruises and other wounds. They hit her hard with their feet until she passed out and got hospitalized. She was in bad condition for days and eventually passed out 😢😢😢. Social workers knew something was wrong with a relationship between mother and little girl. Even grandma talk to social workers and tell them that little girl shouldn't be with her mother but they disobey every sign! Little girl was bring back to a monster mom and lived in suffer. In the end she died. Only 2,5 years!😢😢😢 Whole country is NOW on legs but just to point out a blame to another. Here we got system that couldn't even be called that way. REST IN PEACE NIKOLL💔🐣
Uh… you mean the teen mom that didn’t tell her boyfriend he’s a dad then left with another man only to cheat on him and get pregnant by another man? Make no mistake frank is horrible but don’t pretend as if Sharon was a great person
@@Theproclaimed uh… you mean the woman who was raised by a child rapist? you’re assassinating the character of a woman who was abused every day of her life and you thought that was a good look?
@@Theproclaimed considering the role model she had raising her, I’d say she turned out pretty well. Her seeking out security and comfort through multiple men isn’t uncommon with women who experienced assault, especially ongoing assault. That doesn’t make her a bad person, that makes her a flawed person trying to deal with and survive her reality. Reading more about Frank, their life, and her life is really interesting and heartbreaking.
@@Theproclaimed Did you miss the part where the 'man she cheated on' was her step father who kidnapped her when she was a child and r*ped her her entire life? Did that part slip your reptile brain?! What do you think the murderous p*do would have done to said teen boyfriend (that the victim attempted to run away with) if it was common knowledge that it was his child ( if it even was)? It's like you zoned out on half the friggin' video. Those irrational pregnancies and ''cheating'' seems more like desperate attempts to get help/support from outsiders in the only way such an abuse victim knew how to (in line with the whole stripper thing)...
When the con artist expresses concern about the family he's trying to con, that's when you know things are really messed up. That subtle "goodluck" to a total stranger you know nothing about whom you know is trying to con your family, and the con artist knows that you know, chilling. Spine chilling. I can't imagine a situation like that. That family definitely murdered that child and I think he's in the house. All the family lives there and evidence is only circumstantial so they'll never be able to obtain a warrant to that extent, they'd need some hard evidence to link the two first and the family covered their tracks. They created a catch 22 situation to protect a body. They should go undercover, pretend to be a dog walker, only the dog is a cadaver dog. Pretend it ran off it's leash onto their property. See where it goes.
The guy is a serial imposter, and seemingly lies to get attention. so it's entirely possible that he's making it all up to keep the spotlight on him following the case, plus he looks less bad if people think that the family was in on it. If I was trying to hush up a murder, the last thing that I would do is attact atention back to the case with a highly-publicised, and quite frankly, ridiculous hoax.
@@arfived4 i dont like the guy`s "work" either, but there are 2 things to consider in this case... a) he did this since he was a teen.. running away, pretending to be someone...looking for shelter... and Nicholas wasnt the only real kid missing he tried to impose... but it was the only time it worked... b) he isnt that kind of a media-b***h, he gave rare interviews(i think it was 2)...never wrote a book or anything(afaik).. and all the docus and movies and stuff werent his work.. so i dont think he told this story for money... and he never told any stories of any other possible incidents with other families or stuff... i think the family was trapped and unable to react "correct" due to their fear to handle the situation wrong when their "son" was found.. if u do someting u think about what can happen afterwards (sometimes maybe not after the crime itself..but u think at one point "what mistakes could i have made, what will the cops ask if they ask me...yada yada).. noone thought of a french guy with too much time + fantasy
@@traudelbunbel132 He's served his time, he admits that he was a con artist, and even has said that he never thought he'd get away with assuming the identity of Nicholas Barclay, he knew he looked nothing like him. He has nothing to gain by lying (he still insists to this day that Beverly -the mom - told him that Jason killed Nicholas)
@@arfived4 Okay, so why did the mom refuse giving a blood sample to prove that he wasn't her son? She literally threw herself to the floor in protest screaming they couldn't get it. Pretty damn weird.
@@michaelwilder9938 The power of wishful thinking - I can't imagine what it's like to get up each day, and not know where your child is, or what happened to them, and to be almost certain that they have come to a harm that you couldn't protect them from. They wanted to believe that their child had been found, was safe, and had come back to them, even though they knew deep down that it almost certainly wasn't true. As soon as they got the result of the test, they would have to accept that the whole thing was a lie, and return to the near-certainty that he was out there somewhere, most likely laying dead and undiscovered in some remote place, and that they would never really know what happened to him.
Can we just take a minute to enjoy the way this channel is narrated? Thank you for this! Both voices - male and female, are absolutely perfect for telling these stories.
@@marquisdelafayette1929 the friend slept with Frank, she was 18. Prob had the mentaliy, if i cant have him, neither can she. And ratted her out to ruin her life.
My best friend's uncle disappeared in 1990 when he was just 23 yo, he was coming back from a bar and he was never seen again, my friend's grandmother still waits desperately for her son to walk through her door and embrace her, when a relative dies it's hard to accept their death but when a relative disappears without a trace our hearts still hold onto that sliver of hope that they are alive.
I can’t believe that they have people locked up still for weed but they let a guy like this out? It’s very ridiculous. Can’t say I’m surprised though. 😒
Imagine being a con artist just trying to trick some family who lost their kid so you can get into America and con more people, but then the family immediately knows you're conning them, goes along with it, helps you, and uses you to cover for the fact that they actually off'd their kid.
I consume true crime at an unhealthy level, and I can truly say Frank's story is the most bananas series of crimes I have heard. It wouldn't even work as fiction, it's just too bonkers.
I had watched Girl in the Picture recently, which covered this case and was like oh I know this one! (I also consume a ridiculous amount of true crime content), but when I saw the documentary on it it really broke my heart. I got emotional at times bc for at least 16yrs Susan/Sharon lived under the most awful conditions a person could and she still strove to be a good person and didn't break from all the abuse. It was shown that she was raped in front of a high school friend by Frank and the morning after she told her friend "It's okay, youre okay, I'm okay. Hes just like that" my heart was in my throat! 😢
Wow, Sharon's co-workers had to pay for her headstone while Frank was calling around trying to collect life insurance checks on her. She had such a bright future ahead of her and he ruined her life.
Just finished watching the ending, what a monster of a person. May be he had some interest, financial or sexual in some of the murders, but what about Michael, that poor boy was just living happily with his foster parents, what did Frank gain by killing him.
8:20 how the F do u kid nap a kid - escape custody - rob a bank - abduct another person then get arrested AGAIN! and still somehow manage to post bail???? What F/ing state was this in, Florida?
Right?!? This dude was a criminal from the time he popped out of the womb, yet he was never imprisoned like he should’ve been. America’s justice system is complete bullsh!t
Yes, and friends of Nicholas have said that Jason (who was actually Nicholas's half-brother) made things worse as he was a heavy drug addict with a bad temper, and their mother, Beverly, was also a drug addict. The family loves to portray Nicholas as the problem but they were the cause of many of his issues. Jason's behavior, especially, is a red flag.
100%. Jason probably killed him in a drug-induced rage and then the mom, grateful to have the "problem child" out of her hair, helped Jason cover it up. Absolutely tragic :/
Oh my dear lord, I'm mentally exhausted and traumatised after the 1st story. I need xanax, a darkened room and at least a month to recover, fuck me what an absolute freak of nature he turned out to be.
The fact that frank constantly committed numerous crimes after just being released, and then he still manages to get away with it, and he isnt even charged for the murder of sharon
Absolutely mind-blowing! 🤯 These cases had twists I never saw coming - it felt like watching a real-life thriller unfold. Just when I thought it couldn't get any wilder, another twist hit. Hats off to the storytelling!
I went to high school with Sharon. She NEVER, EVER showed any signs that she was living in Hell with Satan.😓 I hope EVERY prisoner gives that P.O.S what he gave Sharon.
I know it’s sucks and is terrible. But still that’s easy to say when there’s no gun in your fucking face. You wouldn’t be able to do anything but cry and feel the shit and piss run down your leg.
@@jasonmoore7223 I think she meant like....the kid was probably in class.....so who got him out of class?? Did the teacher bring him to the office? Did the principal go get him? If so that would have been the chance to get help.
@@subblonde3101 He went with the principal to get the boy, then kidnapped him too, tied him to a tree and left with Michael. The principal had very little choice in any of it, in fact he was left out to die, but was found in time.
I would second that but I would stipulate that the gentleman who narrates for this channel is my favorite of all the channels I watch. His cadence and story telling is in my humble opinion top shelf, so thank you for your skill and everyone who is involved in this channel.
I firmly believe, based on what has been released to the public about the case, that Nicholas Barclay was murdered by his family at the time he went "missing". I think the family went along with the guy pretending to be Nicholas' façade because it would have absolved them of any suspicion.
Oh absolutely! The brother did it. How in the hell anyone would believe that guy was Nicholas is beyond me. That was such a BS story. His looks could not have changed like that. geez
@@AlbionRising I don't know if I could listen to such stupidity without having a stroke. Those idiots just piss me off that much because someone is always being fucked over from their crapping police work. But thanks for the recommendation!
I know I shouldn’t think like this but I just get so damn angry when I see old sick bastards like that guy in the first case still alive and going strong after all those years yet my dad was killed by a drunk driver when he was 50 years old (I was 16)and my mom died of a heart attack when she was 52.(I was 22).My dad hated to hear me say what I am about to say but damn it it’s true ITS NOT FAIR
Omg I’m so, so, so sorry for your loss!! It’s hard enough losing one parent but to lose both of them, my goodness my heart goes out to you!! Take strength from your sorrow & just build from it & become stronger with it! You’re forever in my prayers!! 🙏🏻❤️
@@aspiknf thats definitely not going as far as stealing your own step kid, raising it as your own, and then marrying it in the future. Anyone can make a fake profile and lie. This dude is down right nasty and evil.
I really hope Gregory‘s parents will finally get their answer. Their love must be extraordinary strong, considering they still are together! Rest in Peace, little Gregory❤ Love from Austria 🇦🇹
I think what I’ve learned from watching these lots of crimes is that the murderer or the killer is always the one who’s closer to you and someone who knows you.
This is also the case with sexual crimes as well. Statistically... if it's gonna happen to you, it's most likely gonna be someone you know. Truly horrifying stuff.
This happened in very small town in rural France in the 80s, not todays America. The whole extended family (dozens of people) got the letters and phone calls, they werent taken too seriously. They were also made by a member of that large family, so I guess no one expected it ending in a murder of child. Very good documentary about this is on Netflix, Who killed little Gregory or something like that, cant remember the exact name.
Same. I absolutely despise the death penalty and believe it should be abolished worldwide, but really, watching Frank or whatever his name is burn to a crisp will be the most satisfying thing I will ever see.
Honestly I'm anti death-penalty and I'd love to see most accurately proven monsters like Floyd fry, I'm only against it because I don't trust the justice system not to mow through countless wrongly convicted innocents if allowed that kind of power
If u have a good look at "Sharons" photos throughout her story, u can find that they're almost disturbing. She clearly doesn't appear happy & if anything come across kind of dark and almost sinister even. I'm aware she is the victim in this story & am not trying to imply anything because I think we can all agree she's had a horrific unfulfilled life. I guess if u've had to endure all that she's been thru, it would make difficult trying to smile for damn photos.
They were not mentioned so I'm assuming that Frédéric got similar ones? Or he just lied about it. After all, he told the family that the abductors changed his eye color and they bought that!
I highly recommend the book "A Beautiful Child" by Matt Birkbeck. It's a detailed account of the investigation into Sharon Marshall. The book was published prior to her identification as Suzanne, but it is still a good read.
I want to thank you for being the only crime youtube channel I've found who talks about women in your stories respectfully - referring to their character traits, rather than their looks. Can't count the # of times male crime commentators just say 'beautiful young woman/girl'. Deeply appreciated.
I remember hearing about the last case on REPLY ALL. I believe they interviewed him before he passed away. The imposter really did thought it was strange how welcoming the family was - as if they were trying to cover a dark secret, and with the imposter saying that he was Nicholas, they couldn't do nothing but played along. Very wild and crazy case.
Well let's all give this county's justice system a round of applause. Let out a clearly psychopath out early and not bother to even watch Frank. Justice system really took their time with this didn't they? Thanks God!
That very interesting. First I think you meant country. Do you honestly think that our wonderful country (that ironically has been run by a criminal) is the only place in the world to have a corrupt justice system? People never look at the big picture that is right in front of them. It's OUR fault! Yes the citizens. It starts with the creeps that WE the people vote into office. All the way down to the city levels. How ironic that is with the former president. If we want change, vote the right people in! Stop voting because of an R or D in front of them. No one is forced to vote for unfit person. I'm talking on everr level. Including the mayor's and judges. If you don't like it then do YOUR job as a citizen and vote in fair, uncorrupt politicians. Speak to your legislation!Look at us now! Trying to reelected a convicted conman. For the freaking 2nd time. You get what you ask for. IT STARTS WITH US!
It was deep into French countryside in the 80s and the house was isolated. The reason that story got so famous is because nothing ever happens there. People used to not even lock their doors and cars, that’s saying. Also it went on for years and the whole family got the letters. As seen in interviews, in their perspective they never expected from the letters a kid would get murdered.
after years... well... it's unhealthy to not try and get on with life. at least that's what my therapist says to me about my own situations. with the pandemic, as well as my violent father (no-contact) trying to convince his cop buddies to legit stalk me for info... well... yeah. after some time you have to try living your life again.
Frédéric (French accent): Hon hon hon ... I will zhay I am zhe missing boy. Zhuch a bon plan. Hon hon hon! I'm zhuch une evil perzhon. Jason: Evil you say? Hold my beer.
This gentleman's voice is hands ✋️ down the BEST 👌 NARRATOR voice ever!!! It's mysterious, soft, soothing, deep, dark and easy to listen to. His voice makes this channel exceptional 👏 the research of course is unmatched but the voice though .....
This is a great narrator! I can listen to him without being annoyed. People don't realize it's the narrator and the audio are very important factors when it comes to viewers
The barclay story also has an award winning documentary called Thr Imposter and its freaking INSANE!!! That family knows what happened to Nicholas...in my opinion (dont come for me). Seriously though....i highly reccomend checking it out.
lol why didn't they just check for the tattoos on the guy pretending to be nicholas barclay? the kid got 3 DIY tattoos, why wouldn't detectives look for that and it would've cleared it up?!
@@melissahale6645 There is actually a surgery to change brown eyes to blue eyes bc blue pigment is underneath brown eyes. It only works with brown eyes.
@@melissahale6645 I mean he couldnt. Real nicholas had blue eyes, fake had brown. I just thought it was interesting to add considering the circumstances, but it's not necessarily an out of this realm concept. It's just something only possible for brown eyed people (at the moment)
@Knight Owl sure. I was born a brown eyed dark haired little girl by two black parents but today, I identify as a white male with green eyes and ice blonde dead locks. Girl bye.
@Knight Owl ur high on drugs cuz whatever and how much ever u experiment u can't change eyecolour or someones DNA and genes as their chromatids are embedded in the nucleus. Any alternation or experimentation on genes can have complications or death or mental instability
hi! french fan here ! the little Gregory case is one, if not, the most famous and intringing case in France! If youre interested in more french cases, the Xavier Dupont de ligonnès one is very fascinating. love your work ! thank you 🤍
The narrators voice is so unique. Like a mixture of a computer generated voice, human, and like Midwest United States accent... can’t figure it out honestly lol
@@Nick-ce6lt Nah, the voice for the one guy who sounds like he's gossiping no matter what he talks about, assaults, murders, kidnappings, whatever, is annoying. It might not be Top Tenz, but it's a super popular channel whose name I can't recall right now. I can't watch the videos because he has a weird, amused intonation. Also, the voice for Criminally Listed would be annoying if I wasn't so used to it by now.
Frank’s the kinda guy that only a bullet or electric chair can remedy. Poor kids, so many hurt by disgusting pieces of crap 😞 may they all be flying high and resting easy bless them ❤️
I remembered the first story from a lot of true crime doc TV shows, so I already knew how disgusting the killer was and how horrific the tragedy was. People who knew her truly loved her and wanted her to thrive, it was so sad to see their heartbreak through their testimonies of her 🥺 at the time they aired, they didn't know her real name or true history, it was truly an aloof situation. I'm very happy to learn we finally know her real name, because it helps her friends and family heal. I'm glad that monster rots in jail to this day, because he 1000% deserves to be there.
Yes, the narration is truly entertaining and extraordinary. Raven reminds me of a Book narrator who once worked for the national library service; I’ll never forget how enthralling his story narration ability was. Thanks for your uniquely good story-telling ability, raven as well as the female narrator who’s screen name I have yet to learn. Also, the cases in this vid are some of the strangest I’ve ever heard in my entire life. It’s amazing how you guys find these stories! Thanks again to the Explore With Us team!
Seems like the family in the last story got fed up with a misbehaving kid and conspired to get rid of him. Poor kid. Maybe he would have turned out better if they’d actually loved him. Instead they killed him.
The thing that always got me with Gregory Villemin is that there is repeated references to his father's work promotion, yet police solely focused on family members instead of following up on other candidates for the position or employees who may have fired or otherwise faced disciplinary action
Adding Boss felt like an obvious misdirection. If you didn't want to get caught, you wouldn't put something that narrowed the pool of suspects so clearly.
As a grown man way too old to be scared easily, your voice still manages to make me make sure my doors and windows are locked and my bedroom door is too lol
Imagine being Frederic, on your way to fraud the Barclay family and then they went "surprise! we know you're not Nicholas but please pretend to be" like??? the imposter got deceived instead T_T
They knew it wasn't him the narrator even said the older sister gave him all the information he needed to pass the police test. The family was involved in killing him most likely the brother.
@K J Sharon Marshall, Tanya Hughes, and Suzanne Savakis are all the same person. She was the little girl kidnapped by Floyd and then "raised" and abused by him until her death (murder, IMO). Cheryl was Sharon's friend whom Floyd abused and murdered.
@@karekon how would her miscarriage be convenient??? it only happened because they were malnourished since she starved herself and she prob made that choice to starve since she was distraught/irrational. it's a tragedy, a miscarriage clearly caused by her hunger strike would not be a ploy in any type of strategy for them
From my understanding, basically, the step father abducted the children of his first wife, placed them into social services, yet kept one of the daughters. He basically kept traveling with her and giving new aliases; there's also suspicion he raped and abuse her, since thet did get married at one point--I think. The step daughter got pregnant twice, from two separate fathers, but kept the second son (Michael), which the step father (technically step grandfather) kidnapped from school and murdered, after he was denied custody as he wasn't the real father. I think the problem is how this video was told, as it kept going back and forth, so it was rather confusing.
@@JamieOCharlotte He was her step father, and she was aware; she never told anyone that, however, as it was clear every place they moved to, their story changed and she was being abused/blackmailed to keep quiet
Is the first story the same story from "The Girl in the Picture"? Edit: It is. Netflix has a more in depth documentary on the case and it has a "happier" ending.
First of all, let's appreciate this channel which always provides complete stories and information and always gets interesting crime stories and there are still many other channels never posted on their video before.
My sister disappeared when she was 3 and after a few hours we were able to find her in the arms of a police officer. Luckily nothing happened to her and he was holding her for us. This was the only time we lived something like this in my family , but oh well you know life has unexpected turns. It was 1985
_So his "missing" brother is trying to enter the house months after disappearing, and his brother calls the police instead of letting him in? This whole story was suspicious from the start._
20:18 So to prove she didn't harm her child, she starved herself while pregnant.. which harmed her child... If anything that just proves you can harm a child
There's another French case with a lot of weird twists, I remember growing up with her pictures everywhere and it really touched me when I was younger (and still today)... It's the Estelle Mouzin case, she was nine when she disappeared in 2003, walking home from school and the case was finally shut last year or two years ago after a lot of dead ends ...
My grandma had two child twins girl and boy who died because my grandpa refused to buy for them pharmacy milk they gave them normal milk they died 😓 I felt bad when I knew they say because they were poor but I don’t believe them my mon gave birth to me there I’m grateful they didn’t give me normal milk my mon breastfeed me till the age of 3
Omg! That poor child! All of them, but michael especially breaks my heart. If I had ever encountered Frank, I'm no deviant but I would take him apart piece by piece and keep him alive while I do so. That man doesn't deserve any of the luxuries that prison represents.
The chameleon story is amazing. The way he said the older brother just said good luck when he arrived. The family killed Nicholas and wanted to get away with it. I felt pretty bad for the imposter as he had messed up start in life.
Wow, I am going to have to look up a couple of these cases because they have so many twists I had a hard time keeping it straight. I just checked out the book A Beautiful Child by Matt Birkbeck, it’s a story about Sharon Marshall but written before her identification as Suzanne. Thank you IslandMarigold for the recommendation!
That poor girl. Stolen from mum, groomed by stepdad, likely assaulted by stepdad, married to stepdad, murdered by stepdad and her child kidnapped and murdered by stepdad. How much is one person to endure? This is why I do not judge people's lives. You never know what they have endured to end up where they are. So tragic.
That's a tral sad story. Did they eve found the baby she gave up for adoption when she was a teenager? Maybe her mother and family she was kidnapped from could at least be reunited?
He wasn't her step-dad Steven was Katie's real bio father
@@sashewagiguere8827 they're talking about the first case with Frank(stepfather) and Susan(stepdaughter/wife.)..your comment makes no sense...who is Katie and steve?..
@@daniellehall4124 that is another weird case on this channel that will blow your mind. But I don’t know how the above commenter got confused with the two cases. Maybe they watched these two videos back to back like me😂
I agree. That is why I try not to judge. You never know what someone has been thru.
Why was frank ever released from jail in the first case? All of this could have been avoided if he had stayed in prison. Poor Cheryl, Sharron, and Michael.
He escaped.
@@tracylove3937 yeah right.
And the four-year-old he assaulted in 1962. Plus who knows how many others??
Totally agree
His first victim should of been his last but the system failed really badly like holy crap how do you do that to a 4 year old than escape prison rob a bank and try to kidnap someone lol only getting 4 years for it...wow
How little Sharon managed to be so successful in high school and get a scholarship while being raised by a monster like Frank is beyond me. He destroyed a lot of lives.
Yes.. it's so disturbing 😔😔😔
Just pain evil... That psycho evil ass had to go back to get his stepson to murder him that's just pure evil 🙈
@Ryker Marcelo why? That is kind of crazy.
might have been her the only way she thought he'd let her leave..
@@JadedBelle thank 4 the explanation, I was worried about the girlfriend
In the 2nd story, a reporter broke the story wide open about the boy pretending to be the missing child named Nicholas by comparing photos of Nicholas’s ears. There are so many people who aren’t aware of the fact that an accurate identification of someone can be done by their ears. As the narrator said, a person’s ears never changes throughout their lives. A person’s ears are just as unique as their fingerprints.
Ears do get bigger as we age, but otherwise you are correct.
How come Joe Bidens ears have changed so much then?
@@marcushillerstrom25 Was going to say the same thing. Most people think he died/was killed and replaced by an imposer intentionally because they had plans to put him in the seat he is in now
@@destinyhntr Are you seriously buying that crap?
I can't fathom why did Jean Marie got a 2.5 years for murder?!
WTF is wrong with our law enforcement when a man who commits multiple terrible crimes can keep walking away with less than a decade (4 years?!).
Well that would be the courts not law enforcement. LE just arrests and all that, it's the judicial system that decides how long someone serves time.
@@ironwolf56 law enforcemnet encompasses the court as well so their statement isn't incorrect
@@tofuwiener I can't argue with your logic there. A lesser used example of the term, usually people say "judicial system" but you're technically correct, which is the best form of correct.
Well the people that make all the rules in the world are just like these people
@@johnfrancis5475 Not quite, the people who make the rules may have such tendencies but they learned to mask them and are usually way more adapted and intelligent. Not all psychos are the same :)
Nicholas Barclay had been blonde haired with blue eyes, had two tattoos and spoke English...he came back with brown hair and brown eyes, no tattoos and French...The family murdered that poor boy and latched on to the ridiculous story so it looked like a kidnapping.
I watched that show. It was so obvious it was an imposter. But I always thought the family was hiding something, because they accepted him even though he looked nothing like the child they lost..
exactly! It was so obvious, the problem is...the ones that are still alive, do they know where Nicholas ended up? Were they all in it? or Just Jason? mmm
Exactly!
Yep. I thought the big brother did it.
@@AlbionRising Friends of Nicholas said that the problems got worse when Jason (who was actually a half-brother to Nicholas and several years older) moved in. Jason was a drug addict with a violent temper, and the mother, Beverly, was a heroin addict. They were both in recovery when Frederic (the fake Nicholas) came into their lives. Shortly before Jason's death, he was questioned by investigators, and he admitted that he knew Frederic was an imposter but he wasn't going to tell his family that. Hmm. Beverly refused to give a DNA sample when the authorities wanted further confirmation that Frederic wasn't Nicholas. I don't know if Carey knew anything about what actually happened to Nicholas but it does seem that she coached Frederic. The phone call Jason made seems to cement the theory that he had murdered Nicholas and was trying to make it seem that he was still alive.
That picture of beautiful baby Michael hurts my heart. He deserved so much better, as did his mother (Sharon/Suzanne). Unfortunately, they were under the grasp of a truly evil psychopath who would never allow them to be happy.
He made justice system happy. Another psycho to set free!
That was almost exactly like the plot of Lolita by Nabokov. Makes me sick.
Finally someone who points out Suzanne’s identity!
It's heartbreaking to think about what Michael and his mother went through. Their story truly highlights the depths of cruelty some people are capable of. What do you think could have been done differently to protect them from such a tragic fate?
I'm 22 and French, and lemme tell you "l'affaire du petit Gregory" put the whole country in such a shock that we still talk about it today. This is such a tragedy and I think we'll never stop talking about it.
And it's not yet solved at this point !
That poor baby. I do hope that his case is solved, one day soon. I'd like to see the perpetrator punished for taking that poor little darling's life. It reminds me of the JonBenét Ramsey case in the U.S.
@@Fuzzamajumula I know that case. Poor adorable kid ! And she was so beautiful. I've always thought the father did it.
Forensic investigations are still going on in the Little Gregory case ...
@@zabou2981 I've always felt that the brother did it and after watching his interview, my suspicions felt justified.
I'm from Croatia in Europe and there's been recently tragic death of a little girl. She died on Easter day. She had two and a half years and social workers took her from mother because she wasn't good. After mother gave birth two more babies with her new boyfriend she got her daughter back and they were worst parents ever. They molested her, and little girl died from lots of bruises and other wounds. They hit her hard with their feet until she passed out and got hospitalized. She was in bad condition for days and eventually passed out 😢😢😢. Social workers knew something was wrong with a relationship between mother and little girl. Even grandma talk to social workers and tell them that little girl shouldn't be with her mother but they disobey every sign! Little girl was bring back to a monster mom and lived in suffer. In the end she died. Only 2,5 years!😢😢😢 Whole country is NOW on legs but just to point out a blame to another. Here we got system that couldn't even be called that way.
REST IN PEACE NIKOLL💔🐣
i still get so sad thinking about Sharon. such an amazing person that even being raised by a monster couldn’t stomp out her light.
Uh… you mean the teen mom that didn’t tell her boyfriend he’s a dad then left with another man only to cheat on him and get pregnant by another man?
Make no mistake frank is horrible but don’t pretend as if Sharon was a great person
@@Theproclaimed uh… you mean the woman who was raised by a child rapist? you’re assassinating the character of a woman who was abused every day of her life and you thought that was a good look?
@@Theproclaimed guarantee she didn’t tell her high school boyfriend because he probably wasn’t the dad.
Tbh it was probably Franks
@@Theproclaimed considering the role model she had raising her, I’d say she turned out pretty well. Her seeking out security and comfort through multiple men isn’t uncommon with women who experienced assault, especially ongoing assault. That doesn’t make her a bad person, that makes her a flawed person trying to deal with and survive her reality. Reading more about Frank, their life, and her life is really interesting and heartbreaking.
@@Theproclaimed Did you miss the part where the 'man she cheated on' was her step father who kidnapped her when she was a child and r*ped her her entire life? Did that part slip your reptile brain?! What do you think the murderous p*do would have done to said teen boyfriend (that the victim attempted to run away with) if it was common knowledge that it was his child ( if it even was)? It's like you zoned out on half the friggin' video. Those irrational pregnancies and ''cheating'' seems more like desperate attempts to get help/support from outsiders in the only way such an abuse victim knew how to (in line with the whole stripper thing)...
When the con artist expresses concern about the family he's trying to con, that's when you know things are really messed up. That subtle "goodluck" to a total stranger you know nothing about whom you know is trying to con your family, and the con artist knows that you know, chilling. Spine chilling. I can't imagine a situation like that. That family definitely murdered that child and I think he's in the house. All the family lives there and evidence is only circumstantial so they'll never be able to obtain a warrant to that extent, they'd need some hard evidence to link the two first and the family covered their tracks. They created a catch 22 situation to protect a body.
They should go undercover, pretend to be a dog walker, only the dog is a cadaver dog. Pretend it ran off it's leash onto their property. See where it goes.
The guy is a serial imposter, and seemingly lies to get attention. so it's entirely possible that he's making it all up to keep the spotlight on him following the case, plus he looks less bad if people think that the family was in on it.
If I was trying to hush up a murder, the last thing that I would do is attact atention back to the case with a highly-publicised, and quite frankly, ridiculous hoax.
@@arfived4 i dont like the guy`s "work" either, but there are 2 things to consider in this case... a) he did this since he was a teen.. running away, pretending to be someone...looking for shelter... and Nicholas wasnt the only real kid missing he tried to impose... but it was the only time it worked...
b) he isnt that kind of a media-b***h, he gave rare interviews(i think it was 2)...never wrote a book or anything(afaik).. and all the docus and movies and stuff werent his work.. so i dont think he told this story for money... and he never told any stories of any other possible incidents with other families or stuff...
i think the family was trapped and unable to react "correct" due to their fear to handle the situation wrong when their "son" was found.. if u do someting u think about what can happen afterwards (sometimes maybe not after the crime itself..but u think at one point "what mistakes could i have made, what will the cops ask if they ask me...yada yada).. noone thought of a french guy with too much time + fantasy
@@traudelbunbel132 He's served his time, he admits that he was a con artist, and even has said that he never thought he'd get away with assuming the identity of Nicholas Barclay, he knew he looked nothing like him. He has nothing to gain by lying (he still insists to this day that Beverly -the mom - told him that Jason killed Nicholas)
@@arfived4 Okay, so why did the mom refuse giving a blood sample to prove that he wasn't her son? She literally threw herself to the floor in protest screaming they couldn't get it. Pretty damn weird.
@@michaelwilder9938 The power of wishful thinking - I can't imagine what it's like to get up each day, and not know where your child is, or what happened to them, and to be almost certain that they have come to a harm that you couldn't protect them from.
They wanted to believe that their child had been found, was safe, and had come back to them, even though they knew deep down that it almost certainly wasn't true.
As soon as they got the result of the test, they would have to accept that the whole thing was a lie, and return to the near-certainty that he was out there somewhere, most likely laying dead and undiscovered in some remote place, and that they would never really know what happened to him.
Can we just take a minute to enjoy the way this channel is narrated? Thank you for this! Both voices - male and female, are absolutely perfect for telling these stories.
I totally agree!!! Pleasant voices like these makes it so much better.
I think the contents really well fine, but I'm on the fence about the narration. I miss the family
@@piney70 rř
true! very soothing, considering that they are narrating tragic real stories.
Wow! This was so seamless I didnt notice!
Damn that first story is so tragic, that poor girl never had a chance.
I can't ever shake her off.... this story has stuck with me for yrs 💔
Huh, and what about her son?!
@@axelsme he shot Michael when he was on the run. And said where he buried him. But police couldn't find his body.
I don’t understand how a “friend” gets mad and rats you out for trying to survive.
@@marquisdelafayette1929 the friend slept with Frank, she was 18. Prob had the mentaliy, if i cant have him, neither can she. And ratted her out to ruin her life.
Hold on I gotta hit pause and fucking chill for a sec after that first story.
Right?!?! holy shit, that guy fucked up a family over 3 generations!
How is that possible?
Also, I'm sorry but that principal is a whimp.
@@Daaaanielle he held him at gunpoint
I hear you on that.. me tooooo...
Daaaaaang..what a web he spun...😰
@@techgirl9211 How is he just going to go get a child and put him in that vulnerable position? I thought they were there to protect them!
@@Daaaanielle that is probably why he killed himself. He gave the boy up and probably never forgave himself. Awful.
So Frank was allegedly too disabled to work, but he wasn’t too disabled to fight and harm women or to commit crimes.
My best friend's uncle disappeared in 1990 when he was just 23 yo, he was coming back from a bar and he was never seen again, my friend's grandmother still waits desperately for her son to walk through her door and embrace her, when a relative dies it's hard to accept their death but when a relative disappears without a trace our hearts still hold onto that sliver of hope that they are alive.
I can’t believe that they have people locked up still for weed but they let a guy like this out? It’s very ridiculous. Can’t say I’m surprised though. 😒
Legal system is corrupt. Makes no sense
American criminal justice
@@davidbell8401 emphasis on "Criminal"
Right?! Horrible, hypocritical, reckless...but *not surprising at all* 😒
@@davidbell8401 don't think its just America.
Imagine being a con artist just trying to trick some family who lost their kid so you can get into America and con more people, but then the family immediately knows you're conning them, goes along with it, helps you, and uses you to cover for the fact that they actually off'd their kid.
The con artist: damn, that's another level of craziness I've got myself into here...
Such a good story for a psychological thriller .
Crazy.
@@uday3725 it was actually made into an indie movie called The Imposter. Its pretty interesting.
@@Phoebe5448 Oh great,
Thanks for the recommendation
That first case was a nightmare! Those poor victims.
I consume true crime at an unhealthy level, and I can truly say Frank's story is the most bananas series of crimes I have heard. It wouldn't even work as fiction, it's just too bonkers.
Life is stranger than fiction.
i cant even comprehend why tf they let him out on bail. genuinely pisses me off.
I had watched Girl in the Picture recently, which covered this case and was like oh I know this one! (I also consume a ridiculous amount of true crime content), but when I saw the documentary on it it really broke my heart. I got emotional at times bc for at least 16yrs Susan/Sharon lived under the most awful conditions a person could and she still strove to be a good person and didn't break from all the abuse. It was shown that she was raped in front of a high school friend by Frank and the morning after she told her friend "It's okay, youre okay, I'm okay. Hes just like that" my heart was in my throat! 😢
Wow, Sharon's co-workers had to pay for her headstone while Frank was calling around trying to collect life insurance checks on her. She had such a bright future ahead of her and he ruined her life.
What a terrible person. He escapes prison on day 1. Day 2 he is robbing a bank. Just imagine.
Just finished watching the ending, what a monster of a person. May be he had some interest, financial or sexual in some of the murders, but what about Michael, that poor boy was just living happily with his foster parents, what did Frank gain by killing him.
8:20 how the F do u kid nap a kid - escape custody - rob a bank - abduct another person then get arrested AGAIN! and still somehow manage to post bail???? What F/ing state was this in, Florida?
Right?!? This dude was a criminal from the time he popped out of the womb, yet he was never imprisoned like he should’ve been. America’s justice system is complete bullsh!t
@@kturby5489 that or he got the greatest lawyer in existence.
It's a shame...the system failed to save his victims...this monster got away with some horrific stuff and those lawyers and judges helped him
@Vi Ku lol
It beggars belief that he could kidnap and murder people while the so called justice system held up their hands and said "Nothing we can do!!"
Poor Nicholas, he obviously had a shitty childhood....and that family definitely killed him bcuz they were sick of dealing with him. Really sad.
Yes, and friends of Nicholas have said that Jason (who was actually Nicholas's half-brother) made things worse as he was a heavy drug addict with a bad temper, and their mother, Beverly, was also a drug addict. The family loves to portray Nicholas as the problem but they were the cause of many of his issues. Jason's behavior, especially, is a red flag.
Horrible people.beverly had no right being a mother.
Also how did they not target Jason when he lied about Nicholas breaking into the garage. They completely forgot abut it. It's obviously that family.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16❤️
100%. Jason probably killed him in a drug-induced rage and then the mom, grateful to have the "problem child" out of her hair, helped Jason cover it up. Absolutely tragic :/
Oh my dear lord, I'm mentally exhausted and traumatised after the 1st story. I need xanax, a darkened room and at least a month to recover, fuck me what an absolute freak of nature he turned out to be.
Angela, I hear ya !
And a glass of wine.
Your traumatized? Smh
@@CAKS90983 u heard of a thing called exaggeration
@@ainsleigh351 true
The fact that frank constantly committed numerous crimes after just being released, and then he still manages to get away with it, and he isnt even charged for the murder of sharon
yes, huge failure of legal system
Absolutely mind-blowing! 🤯 These cases had twists I never saw coming - it felt like watching a real-life thriller unfold. Just when I thought it couldn't get any wilder, another twist hit. Hats off to the storytelling!
The first story made me so grateful that I have a loving and stable family. I legit went and gave my mum a long hug after listening.
@@AnAdorableWombat same here, except bio dad is a narcissist mum was/is an emotionally abusive drunk.
I’m sure your mom appreciated it! I had a terrible childhood, but made sure my kids were well loved cared for.
I went to high school with Sharon. She NEVER, EVER showed any signs that she was living in Hell with Satan.😓 I hope EVERY prisoner gives that P.O.S what he gave Sharon.
You got proof 🤨 like a class picture or a year book 🤔
@@karlaloredo9719 sure do.
@@brendamotley466 Well, give us the sauce for this spaghetti.
@@rambofan334 the likes is the sauce
Source: trust me bro
They gave that little boy to a man that showed up to the school with a gun and didn’t immediately call the police???
The only witness to that happening was tied to a tree and left.. so he couldn't alert authorities immediately unfortunately
I know it’s sucks and is terrible. But still that’s easy to say when there’s no gun in your fucking face. You wouldn’t be able to do anything but cry and feel the shit and piss run down your leg.
80ties suck...so many sickening and horrid murders has happened during those times.
@@jasonmoore7223 I think she meant like....the kid was probably in class.....so who got him out of class?? Did the teacher bring him to the office? Did the principal go get him? If so that would have been the chance to get help.
@@subblonde3101 He went with the principal to get the boy, then kidnapped him too, tied him to a tree and left with Michael. The principal had very little choice in any of it, in fact he was left out to die, but was found in time.
This documentary on her life is on Netflix called “the girl in the picture” it’s so sad.
Um which case? There are 30?
I would second that but I would stipulate that the gentleman who narrates for this channel is my favorite of all the channels I watch. His cadence and story telling is in my humble opinion top shelf, so thank you for your skill and everyone who is involved in this channel.
I firmly believe, based on what has been released to the public about the case, that Nicholas Barclay was murdered by his family at the time he went "missing". I think the family went along with the guy pretending to be Nicholas' façade because it would have absolved them of any suspicion.
Oh absolutely! The brother did it. How in the hell anyone would believe that guy was Nicholas is beyond me. That was such a BS story. His looks could not have changed like that. geez
@@AlbionRising I don't know if I could listen to such stupidity without having a stroke. Those idiots just piss me off that much because someone is always being fucked over from their crapping police work. But thanks for the recommendation!
The imposter said that the mother told him that Jason murdered Nicholas, but she denied this.
There was a Law and Order svu episode like this, girl who went missing “came back” she had been held captive and finally escaped
And Nicholas had 3 tattoos why didn’t they checked that first like wtd
I know I shouldn’t think like this but I just get so damn angry when I see old sick bastards like that guy in the first case still alive and going strong after all those years yet my dad was killed by a drunk driver when he was 50 years old (I was 16)and my mom died of a heart attack when she was 52.(I was 22).My dad hated to hear me say what I am about to say but damn it it’s true ITS NOT FAIR
Omg I’m so, so, so sorry for your loss!! It’s hard enough losing one parent but to lose both of them, my goodness my heart goes out to you!! Take strength from your sorrow & just build from it & become stronger with it! You’re forever in my prayers!! 🙏🏻❤️
I absolutely understand your pain. Similar parental losses. Hope you are trying to enjoy your life and have some peace.
It really isn't fair when you lose good people and absolute inhuman trash like Frank are still here. 😞
Thank you for your kind words ❤️ it means a lot to me
Hailey, judging life as fair or not fair, will make us bloody well crazy. Believe me, I'm half way there. Accept what is.
I have never been more shocked by a story than the first one
I think the Goose Green story was more shocking, with the boy giving fake online personas
Right
@@aspiknf might check it out tomorrow!
@@aspiknf thats definitely not going as far as stealing your own step kid, raising it as your own, and then marrying it in the future. Anyone can make a fake profile and lie. This dude is down right nasty and evil.
the fact that he married his stepdaughter freaking traumatized me
I really hope Gregory‘s parents will finally get their answer. Their love must be extraordinary strong, considering they still are together!
Rest in Peace, little Gregory❤
Love from Austria 🇦🇹
Y, so sweet. Espesially for dead for nothing cuz, but who cares he wasn't a child, so no hype here. Stupid.
I think what I’ve learned from watching these lots of crimes is that the murderer or the killer is always the one who’s closer to you and someone who knows you.
The majority of crimes and child abuse is usually perpetrated by someone the family knows.
Except for the times when it’s not… 😑
This is also the case with sexual crimes as well. Statistically... if it's gonna happen to you, it's most likely gonna be someone you know. Truly horrifying stuff.
@@damien678 hi there……
@@damien678 Especially in places like parties, where you're particularly vulnerable and surrounded by people under the influence.
So someone send you threats and you let your kid play alone in the front yard ? Strange . Rest in peace Gregory x
This happened in very small town in rural France in the 80s, not todays America. The whole extended family (dozens of people) got the letters and phone calls, they werent taken too seriously. They were also made by a member of that large family, so I guess no one expected it ending in a murder of child. Very good documentary about this is on Netflix, Who killed little Gregory or something like that, cant remember the exact name.
Hasn't the the situation been going on for four years too? I think at some point people stop to care so much about a threat, if nothing ever happens.
@@Sarah20048 I’d never stop
Exactly!! Like...what?
@@suzyq4982 aight sure
Franklin Floyd is one of those people that even someone as anti-death penalty as myself wouldn't mind watching fry.
vigilante justice perhaps?
Same. I absolutely despise the death penalty and believe it should be abolished worldwide, but really, watching Frank or whatever his name is burn to a crisp will be the most satisfying thing I will ever see.
super same, honestly
same
Honestly I'm anti death-penalty and I'd love to see most accurately proven monsters like Floyd fry, I'm only against it because I don't trust the justice system not to mow through countless wrongly convicted innocents if allowed that kind of power
Ive been watching true crime for a decade, channels all over youtube, and I'm incredibly happy to come across yours. brilliant stuff
If u have a good look at "Sharons" photos throughout her story, u can find that they're almost disturbing. She clearly doesn't appear happy & if anything come across kind of dark and almost sinister even. I'm aware she is the victim in this story & am not trying to imply anything because I think we can all agree she's had a horrific unfulfilled life. I guess if u've had to endure all that she's been thru, it would make difficult trying to smile for damn photos.
So they didn’t check for the tattoos😂😂I can’t with these ppl
It is both disturbing and impressive that a random internet user has more common sense than professional detectives.
They were not mentioned so I'm assuming that Frédéric got similar ones? Or he just lied about it. After all, he told the family that the abductors changed his eye color and they bought that!
@@Geminivixenchelly they’re real lol he wanted to be rebelious💀😂
@@kianna3248 it doesn't look real at all I've never seen a tattoo that looks like that in my life it looks like marker
I know right!
I highly recommend the book "A Beautiful Child" by Matt Birkbeck. It's a detailed account of the investigation into Sharon Marshall. The book was published prior to her identification as Suzanne, but it is still a good read.
It was a very good book! I just noticed he wrote a sequel to it in 2018!
Ty🥰
thanks for the recommendation. i'll definitely look for the book if i pass by any bookstore
There's also a sequel, "Finding Sharon"..
I just checked the ebook out from my local library, now I’m going to have to see if the book Finding Sharon is there as well.
I want to thank you for being the only crime youtube channel I've found who talks about women in your stories respectfully - referring to their character traits, rather than their looks. Can't count the # of times male crime commentators just say 'beautiful young woman/girl'. Deeply appreciated.
@@loud865 cry harder
Feminism has indoctrinated you deeply that you look at everything through the lens of gender. Don't be like that.
@@mmachuenemaloba5594 aannd just like that compliments turn into insults
The fact that men are pressed under the replies…..
@@Lunalulylu Because you always ridiculously make everything about competing with men and it's disgusting.
I remember hearing about the last case on REPLY ALL. I believe they interviewed him before he passed away. The imposter really did thought it was strange how welcoming the family was - as if they were trying to cover a dark secret, and with the imposter saying that he was Nicholas, they couldn't do nothing but played along. Very wild and crazy case.
Well let's all give this county's justice system a round of applause. Let out a clearly psychopath out early and not bother to even watch Frank. Justice system really took their time with this didn't they? Thanks God!
That very interesting. First I think you meant country. Do you honestly think that our wonderful country (that ironically has been run by a criminal) is the only place in the world to have a corrupt justice system? People never look at the big picture that is right in front of them. It's OUR fault! Yes the citizens. It starts with the creeps that WE the people vote into office. All the way down to the city levels. How ironic that is with the former president. If we want change, vote the right people in! Stop voting because of an R or D in front of them. No one is forced to vote for unfit person. I'm talking on everr level. Including the mayor's and judges. If you don't like it then do YOUR job as a citizen and vote in fair, uncorrupt politicians. Speak to your legislation!Look at us now! Trying to reelected a convicted conman. For the freaking 2nd time. You get what you ask for. IT STARTS WITH US!
I would NOT let my children play in the front yard alone after receving threats!! No way...such evil...
They received the threats for years while nothing happened.
It was deep into French countryside in the 80s and the house was isolated. The reason that story got so famous is because nothing ever happens there. People used to not even lock their doors and cars, that’s saying.
Also it went on for years and the whole family got the letters. As seen in interviews, in their perspective they never expected from the letters a kid would get murdered.
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after years... well... it's unhealthy to not try and get on with life.
at least that's what my therapist says to me about my own situations. with the pandemic, as well as my violent father (no-contact) trying to convince his cop buddies to legit stalk me for info... well... yeah. after some time you have to try living your life again.
@@damien678 ..with a threat like that call me paranoid ! Even after time passed cuz one thing i know for sure Evil never takes a day off.
Even the con man is like "wait wtf"
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Frédéric (French accent): Hon hon hon ... I will zhay I am zhe missing boy. Zhuch a bon plan. Hon hon hon! I'm zhuch une evil perzhon.
Jason: Evil you say? Hold my beer.
I swear, I need this narrator to do the new forensic files or unsolved Mysteries. What a soothing voice.
It is nice, isn’t it.
I simply cannot get enough of this channel!
This gentleman's voice is hands ✋️ down the BEST 👌 NARRATOR voice ever!!! It's mysterious, soft, soothing, deep, dark and easy to listen to. His voice makes this channel exceptional 👏 the research of course is unmatched but the voice though .....
This is a great narrator! I can listen to him without being annoyed. People don't realize it's the narrator and the audio are very important factors when it comes to viewers
The barclay story also has an award winning documentary called Thr Imposter and its freaking INSANE!!! That family knows what happened to Nicholas...in my opinion (dont come for me). Seriously though....i highly reccomend checking it out.
They sure do know, especially the mom..
@@vanessadearman9687 the police should have research all over their house to make sure.
Yeah, three years away from home doesn’t turn you into another person. Sketchy as hell!
Mom and brother killed that boy so they don’t have to take care of him
Frank literally got away with soooo much, when he really should’ve served LIFE for what he did to that 4 year old girl . Sick
Best story teller on YT, his voice draws you in an you stay attentive until the end.
lol why didn't they just check for the tattoos on the guy pretending to be nicholas barclay? the kid got 3 DIY tattoos, why wouldn't detectives look for that and it would've cleared it up?!
I've seen the netflix documentation in which they explained that the imposter "copied" the tattoos of Nicolas after seeing his pictures.
Eye color was not the same. Dude you can’t change that without contacts. That was enough for me.
@@melissahale6645 There is actually a surgery to change brown eyes to blue eyes bc blue pigment is underneath brown eyes. It only works with brown eyes.
@@crustbucket2725 but why would he do that?
@@melissahale6645 I mean he couldnt. Real nicholas had blue eyes, fake had brown. I just thought it was interesting to add considering the circumstances, but it's not necessarily an out of this realm concept. It's just something only possible for brown eyed people (at the moment)
A blonde boy with blue eyes returned as a dark haired brown eyed boy .. and police didn't raise a finger
@Knight Owl I had a friend with dfrnt eye colour
@Knight Owl sure. I was born a brown eyed dark haired little girl by two black parents but today, I identify as a white male with green eyes and ice blonde dead locks. Girl bye.
@Knight Owl ur high on drugs cuz whatever and how much ever u experiment u can't change eyecolour or someones DNA and genes as their chromatids are embedded in the nucleus. Any alternation or experimentation on genes can have complications or death or mental instability
@@zuhairlaiq359 they probably are referring to how newborns have blue eyes for a short time before their eyes finish developing or whatever
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Yes but also the scariest one I’ve seen
hi! french fan here ! the little Gregory case is one, if not, the most famous and intringing case in France! If youre interested in more french cases, the Xavier Dupont de ligonnès one is very fascinating.
love your work ! thank you 🤍
The justice system really wanted Frank to succeed with his criminal activities didn't they. Let a lot of people down.
The narrators voice is so unique. Like a mixture of a computer generated voice, human, and like Midwest United States accent... can’t figure it out honestly lol
It's really annoying
@@Nick-ce6lt Then don't watch. You are annoying. This is their research, their content, their narration...then that is the only thing you could say.
Reminds me of the forensic files guy
@@Nick-ce6lt You’re annoying.
@@Nick-ce6lt Nah, the voice for the one guy who sounds like he's gossiping no matter what he talks about, assaults, murders, kidnappings, whatever, is annoying. It might not be Top Tenz, but it's a super popular channel whose name I can't recall right now. I can't watch the videos because he has a weird, amused intonation. Also, the voice for Criminally Listed would be annoying if I wasn't so used to it by now.
Frank’s the kinda guy that only a bullet or electric chair can remedy. Poor kids, so many hurt by disgusting pieces of crap 😞 may they all be flying high and resting easy bless them ❤️
Agreed!
Guy's a monster. That poor boy :(
Those things are too quick. He destroyed several lives over.
What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.
Haha "Secrets secrets are no fun. Secrets secrets hurt someone" - The Office.
Gogo "Oh"
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808), there, fixed it for you...
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Lol
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I remembered the first story from a lot of true crime doc TV shows, so I already knew how disgusting the killer was and how horrific the tragedy was. People who knew her truly loved her and wanted her to thrive, it was so sad to see their heartbreak through their testimonies of her 🥺 at the time they aired, they didn't know her real name or true history, it was truly an aloof situation. I'm very happy to learn we finally know her real name, because it helps her friends and family heal. I'm glad that monster rots in jail to this day, because he 1000% deserves to be there.
Yes, the narration is truly entertaining and extraordinary. Raven reminds me of a Book narrator who once worked for the national library service; I’ll never forget how enthralling his story narration ability was. Thanks for your uniquely good story-telling ability, raven as well as the female narrator who’s screen name I have yet to learn. Also, the cases in this vid are some of the strangest I’ve ever heard in my entire life. It’s amazing how you guys find these stories! Thanks again to the Explore With Us team!
Seems like the family in the last story got fed up with a misbehaving kid and conspired to get rid of him. Poor kid. Maybe he would have turned out better if they’d actually loved him. Instead they killed him.
this also unfortunately isn't the first time a child was murdered by their parent due to their ADHD. it's so sad.
The thing that always got me with Gregory Villemin is that there is repeated references to his father's work promotion, yet police solely focused on family members instead of following up on other candidates for the position or employees who may have fired or otherwise faced disciplinary action
The person who wrote the letters was a family member. They knew all the dirtiest family secrets.
Adding Boss felt like an obvious misdirection. If you didn't want to get caught, you wouldn't put something that narrowed the pool of suspects so clearly.
How you could kill a 4 year old child brutally is beyond my understanding
You should really take the "brutally" part out 😂
@@sssj806 Well I guess you can't say "I can't imagine how anyone can kill 4 year old" with a straight face if you've ever been around a 4 year old...
The idea that you can't imagine it shows you're not likely to do it.
As a grown man way too old to be scared easily, your voice still manages to make me make sure my doors and windows are locked and my bedroom door is too lol
This is now another of my go to UA-cam channels. This channel along with Mr Ballen are my top two favourites.
Imagine being Frederic, on your way to fraud the Barclay family and then they went "surprise! we know you're not Nicholas but please pretend to be" like??? the imposter got deceived instead T_T
Frank has those souless evil eyes.
How could the Barclay family believe that was him? That is mind blowing. Eye color doesn’t change. The first and second story is heartbreaking
They killed him and are covering it up by lying.
They knew it wasn't him the narrator even said the older sister gave him all the information he needed to pass the police test. The family was involved in killing him most likely the brother.
There is a surgery to change brown eyes to blue eyes. It only works with brown eyes due to the blue pigment underneath tho.
@@crustbucket2725 he could just get contacts boo
They didn't.
This was the video that brought me to this channel, and I just came back to it. One of the best videos of the channel
I saw the documentary about Sharon and her terrible step dad and poor son. It was fascinating and chilling at the same time. Very sad story
Would you happen to have the name of the documentary?
Totally confused with all the Sharron, Cheryl, and Suzy. Which Is which😵
@K J Sharon Marshall, Tanya Hughes, and Suzanne Savakis are all the same person. She was the little girl kidnapped by Floyd and then "raised" and abused by him until her death (murder, IMO). Cheryl was Sharon's friend whom Floyd abused and murdered.
It's not confusing
@@IslandMarigold Correct
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I live in Oklahoma, whenever I drive on I-35 I think of poor little Michael. RIP❤️
"I didn't kill my son! To prove it, I'm gonna kill the two babies in my stomach by starving them."
Hmmm.
Fucking seriously 😐
Im more curious about her convenient miscarriage right after being released.
@@karekon how would her miscarriage be convenient??? it only happened because they were malnourished since she starved herself and she prob made that choice to starve since she was distraught/irrational. it's a tragedy, a miscarriage clearly caused by her hunger strike would not be a ploy in any type of strategy for them
I think it's weird too. Because if it were me I'd be on hunger strike till I found my babies perpetrator. That poor babers.
The Nichols Barclay story was the craziest story I have ever heard in my life. Unbelievable
The first story is so confusing
From my understanding, basically, the step father abducted the children of his first wife, placed them into social services, yet kept one of the daughters. He basically kept traveling with her and giving new aliases; there's also suspicion he raped and abuse her, since thet did get married at one point--I think. The step daughter got pregnant twice, from two separate fathers, but kept the second son (Michael), which the step father (technically step grandfather) kidnapped from school and murdered, after he was denied custody as he wasn't the real father. I think the problem is how this video was told, as it kept going back and forth, so it was rather confusing.
@@christopherfeatherley thank u, its so twisted!
@@JamieOCharlotte He was her step father, and she was aware; she never told anyone that, however, as it was clear every place they moved to, their story changed and she was being abused/blackmailed to keep quiet
Omg it is confusing and twisted
@Starman how so?
Frank and Sharon’s story needs to be a movie 🎥 🍿 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Frank is truly a evil man. It's scary how horribly vile someone can be and get away with it for so long.
Is the first story the same story from "The Girl in the Picture"?
Edit:
It is. Netflix has a more in depth documentary on the case and it has a "happier" ending.
First of all, let's appreciate this channel which always provides complete stories and information and always gets interesting crime stories and there are still many other channels never posted on their video before.
My sister disappeared when she was 3 and after a few hours we were able to find her in the arms of a police officer. Luckily nothing happened to her and he was holding her for us. This was the only time we lived something like this in my family , but oh well you know life has unexpected turns. It was 1985
the same happened to me. When I was 3, I was lost. luckily, a neighbor found me and brought me back home
_So his "missing" brother is trying to enter the house months after disappearing, and his brother calls the police instead of letting him in? This whole story was suspicious from the start._
Poor Gregoire, he looks like such a happy little chap.
I’m so surprised that no one has mentioned that the last case is the plot from Orphan: First Kill. Such a fascinating story. Great channel!
3:12 I will never forgot that photo for it was the main photo for the Netflix documentary Girl in the Picture. It shows how twisted this case is.
*The "justice" systems worldwide has an infinite amount to answer for, especially when it comes to child predators!*
Ever notice that America really doesn't care about its children? Unless they're military age.
Just wait until you learn about the amount of sex trafficking worldwide and in America (and how a lot of government officials are in on it)
20:18 So to prove she didn't harm her child, she starved herself while pregnant.. which harmed her child... If anything that just proves you can harm a child
I wouldn't be so quick to judge, you seem to have no idea what that woman went through. And she did not kill her son btw. Check the facts.
@@roskana she and the stepson Jason did kill the child and thts the end
@@cherrybomb660 You are confused, op and roskana are talking about the second case. Your comment is about the third case.
Right? Who the fuck thinks it's okay to deprive themselves of nutrients when they're pregnant? WITH TWINS?!
@@Veladus yep that's definitely neglect and should be criminal
There's another French case with a lot of weird twists, I remember growing up with her pictures everywhere and it really touched me when I was younger (and still today)... It's the Estelle Mouzin case, she was nine when she disappeared in 2003, walking home from school and the case was finally shut last year or two years ago after a lot of dead ends ...
My grandma had two child twins girl and boy who died because my grandpa refused to buy for them pharmacy milk they gave them normal milk they died 😓 I felt bad when I knew they say because they were poor but I don’t believe them my mon gave birth to me there I’m grateful they didn’t give me normal milk my mon breastfeed me till the age of 3
Dude i just got chills watching the first case so many twists and turns thank ya for putting this awsm video and explanation
Omg! That poor child! All of them, but michael especially breaks my heart. If I had ever encountered Frank, I'm no deviant but I would take him apart piece by piece and keep him alive while I do so. That man doesn't deserve any of the luxuries that prison represents.
Agreed.
The chameleon story is amazing. The way he said the older brother just said good luck when he arrived. The family killed Nicholas and wanted to get away with it. I felt pretty bad for the imposter as he had messed up start in life.
These are seriously crazy stories 😳 EWU is the best.
Wow, I am going to have to look up a couple of these cases because they have so many twists I had a hard time keeping it straight. I just checked out the book A Beautiful Child by Matt Birkbeck, it’s a story about Sharon Marshall but written before her identification as Suzanne.
Thank you IslandMarigold for the recommendation!
Great sound quality!!! Crisp voice!! Very awesome! Thank you!! Better quality then the multi million dollar sets they have in Hollywood. Facts!!
The first one is so disturbing. That many twists make my head spinned.
10 out of 10 this is the best true crime channel on youtube.