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  • @ladbiblestories
    @ladbiblestories  Рік тому +30

    Thanks to Nick for taking part!
    You can find out about him here:
    www.Nyarris.com
    instagram.com/nickyarris/

    • @PureMischiefAliCarter
      @PureMischiefAliCarter 10 місяців тому +2

      Beautiful this has really helped me today listening to you x

    • @beautifullybrilliant7542
      @beautifullybrilliant7542 9 місяців тому +3

      1:01:26 be proud of yourself for sticking It out. As well when you get out you don't just go and enjoy your life you actually Work towards helping people and letting this torture be known. Be proud of yourself

  • @trixierocks3301
    @trixierocks3301 Рік тому +175

    I worked with Nick in Oregon, he is a lovely soul, I wish him nothing but the absolute best. God bless you Nick
    Love Trixie ❤

    • @cillot88999
      @cillot88999 8 місяців тому +3

      He came to Ireland and we hung out and ate pizza, such an incredible guy, great storyteller

  • @MICKEYISLOWD
    @MICKEYISLOWD Рік тому +80

    I had tears running down my face at the end. I just wanted to hear his voice for longer and I'm so stoked he is here in the UK and that he likes it here. We are far better off as a nation for having him. God bless you Nick:)

  • @NICKYARRIS1
    @NICKYARRIS1 7 місяців тому +64

    Hello everyone watching this video...im happy now im back in Los Angeles chasing my dreams and healing...with love always, Nicky

    • @jessienash3474
      @jessienash3474 6 місяців тому +3

      Please start reading audio books your voice put me too sleep ❤❤

    • @AmericanFinancial2025
      @AmericanFinancial2025 5 місяців тому +3

      Mr. Yarris you are proof that a person can turn their life around no matter how bad things get.

    • @Pete-tq6in
      @Pete-tq6in 4 місяці тому +1

      A shame you're not still with us here in the UK, I was just thinking that I hoped I'd bump into you so I could buy you a drink. What an incredible journey you've been on to become the phenomenal man that you now are, I wish you the very best in life and if ever I do encounter you out there, the drinks are on me.

    • @NICKYARRIS1
      @NICKYARRIS1 4 місяці тому +2

      @@Pete-tq6in haven't had a drink in 43 years, but appreciate the offer bro. I'll be back in the UK soon as they are making a play in London and I'll be there in October

    • @itsruckaswife7036
      @itsruckaswife7036 3 місяці тому +2

      I’m so happy to hear this. I’ve thought of you so often since I first heard your story.
      At first it was all I could talk about - i repeated it to everyone. The experience is just mind blowing and you are a genuine hero ❤

  • @carlosbent5046
    @carlosbent5046 7 місяців тому +19

    The kindness approach on his shirt very appropriate can't help but love this guy 🥰🙏🫶😍

  • @KickinTheBucket-List
    @KickinTheBucket-List Рік тому +196

    He is an incredible storyteller, he could have a career reading audiobooks.

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому +5

      He is also a murdering rapist. Please look into the facts of the case. Do not believe one word that comes out of Yarris' mouth.

    • @freebird3348
      @freebird3348 Рік тому +1

      Yep, he sure is an incredible story teller. No doubt about that!

    • @theinqov
      @theinqov 10 місяців тому +6

      It does sound like a practised speech.

    • @freebird3348
      @freebird3348 10 місяців тому +1

      @@kruglov I'm not surprised. This guy sets my bullshit alarm off full blast. I've been conned myself once. It was an instructive lesson. Even before that this psycho would not have fooled me for long .How can so many people be so gullible? It's truly a terrifying trait of humans. That's how you raise an army...

    • @joannawinters6592
      @joannawinters6592 9 місяців тому +12

      ​@@kruglov funny that DNA cleared him then. Don't be ridiculous

  • @TMKFilmsCH
    @TMKFilmsCH Рік тому +54

    This has to be one of the craziest stories I’ve heard in my entire life.. What an inspiring man.

  • @rachaelghostcat8584
    @rachaelghostcat8584 Рік тому +155

    Has somebody wrote the script to the movie yet? I hope this guy gets some recompence for what he has been through, what a strong guy!

    • @Agus-jp1by
      @Agus-jp1by Рік тому +6

      Fear of 13 its the movie

    • @elizabethgray7236
      @elizabethgray7236 Рік тому +2

      It was so good!

    • @clyde294
      @clyde294 Рік тому +7

      They changed the script and when nick complained they cut him from the movie. Netflix ripped him off. He explains it on joe rogan podcast.

    • @elizabethgray7236
      @elizabethgray7236 Рік тому

      @@clyde294 Thanks I'm gonna check it out.

  • @JimihenYT
    @JimihenYT Рік тому +23

    “It’s not horrendous, it’s real.” Jesus man I couldn’t imagine being there

  • @NottscountyfanTV
    @NottscountyfanTV Рік тому +76

    He is an example to us all. What a fascinating, inspiring and loving man. Wow. If he can find it in himself to forgive, none of us have an excuse. A real example.

    • @desmondgrant4126
      @desmondgrant4126 Рік тому +1

      💯

    • @danielleLaw007
      @danielleLaw007 Рік тому +3

      He is the true fundamental epitome of JESUS'S MESSAGE! ❤ True example of why Jesus sacrificed his life for us!!

  • @invinciblemann5390
    @invinciblemann5390 Рік тому +28

    This is hands down the greatest conversation I've ever experienced. Thank you Mr. Yarris

  • @melissapinol7279
    @melissapinol7279 11 місяців тому +18

    People who have neurological differences are often viewed with suspicion and told that their reactions, the way they express themselves ect are not "normal".
    I live with a wonderful guy who has Asperger's, and though he is kind, honest and loving I've heard people say he "sounds creepy" because he's overly precise in speaking. He can't help it. This guy is obviously "Neuro Divergent" as they call it ( I used to do Job placement for disabled people). I think he expressed himself very well, and is obviously very intelligent. I have also been though some really abusive, awful experiences, and one of the ways I cope at this point is sometimes by under reacting. For example, I broke my femur and they wouldn't believe it was actually broken until the x rays came back because I wasn't crying and screaming enough. We all cope differently to the traumas in our lives.

  • @kaerajpetera
    @kaerajpetera Рік тому +15

    This, is why, I advocate civil rights even to inmates. Many are incarcerated on subjective evidence - which is substantial, yes, but is not objective. And it is important to remember that humans make mistakes, especially that on trial with subjective evidence.

  • @rosemariejarvis3705
    @rosemariejarvis3705 9 місяців тому +9

    What an incredible man
    Who has found himself
    Educated himself
    Strengthened himself
    I have listened to every eloquent word you spoke
    You certainly deserve life and a good one at that …
    I am so pleased you have discovered yourself and are full of love now 🙏
    An incredible speaker …and yes kindness is the only way forward … I know that too Nick

  • @LivingALife4Me
    @LivingALife4Me Рік тому +12

    The respect this gentleman clearly shows and the love he talks of is how I was always told to try to be by my parents. Its very difficult but he is so right. To give love and care to everyone has a profound effect on many people and you can sleep well knowing that you have given the best you could in life. When at the end of life I have seen that people who have led a bad life are scared of death while those who tried to help others and gave love pass peacefully.

  • @anneliediederiks
    @anneliediederiks Рік тому +33

    What a well spoken man! He has a lovely soothing voice! I’m only a few minutes in and can’t wait to hear everything.

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому

      except that yarris won't tell you the full story, especially the parts where he raped and murdered the girl. Please look into the case facts. Google the 1988 Court papers and the Appeal that followed for case facts.

    • @ChubbyBottom
      @ChubbyBottom 11 місяців тому +2

      @@kruglov ​ @kruglov STOP. HI-JACKING. PEOPLES. COMMENTS.

  • @mrsk4343
    @mrsk4343 8 місяців тому +3

    Definitely Nick has the most compelling voice. This is the most astounding life story I've ever heard.

  • @badgoat666
    @badgoat666 Рік тому +18

    This is just so horrible. I can't even imagine being in his position and surviving to be that balanced. All the best with your new life.

  • @candicehay3823
    @candicehay3823 Рік тому +23

    I cannot put into words the unbelievable level of respect I have for his man.

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому +3

      @candicehay3823 Please search actual case facts -- it will change the way you look at yarris. Start by googling "Com. v. Yarris :: 1988 :: 549 A.2d 513 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania" this is the Appeal from 1988 which has a summary of the original Court decision, the appeal argument and why the appeal was denied.
      Ever since released, yarris got a publisher and money from the Civil Suite, constructed a fictional fairy tale, which paints him innocent, and goes around reciting this story to paying audiences. He is a cunning manipulator, who learned to sell his story really well.
      But if you look at case facts, not only there is a mountain of evidence against yarris, he does not have an alibi for the night of the crime, he stalked the victim for days (her colleagues picked yarris as a man who frequented the store and spoke to the victim on a number of occasions days prior). When arrested, yarris knew intricate details about the case which were not public. And finally, yarris confessed to his involvement at first, then rape, then the whole thing and was asking for a plea deal. When police refused to give him a plea deal, he tried to get out of the statements he made but the Court did not let him.
      The gloves story, if one looks at the actual facts, is a technicality which allowed to create enough reasonable doubt to warrant a case re-trial.
      IMPORTANT: the gloves scenario did not prove yarris innocent! It only created enough reasonable doubt for a re-trial.
      Prosecution was given 90 days to re-prosecute but at that point, it was 22 years later, people moved on and evidence was destroyed. The prospect of successful prosecution was now exceptionally slim. As such, the prosecution office decided to not proceed with another trial and yarris was freed.
      yarris was never proven innocent. He is absolutely a rapist and a murdered. He got what he deserved inside -- if any of his tales are true. He may have rehabilitated and he may be safe for the community now. But he is by far, not innocent.

  • @gmac2977
    @gmac2977 Рік тому +103

    You can tell he's a bit traumatised by everything it's horrible. Best of Luck to him.

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому

      yarris is a pathological liar and manipulator.

    • @mellisagreen7801
      @mellisagreen7801 10 місяців тому +6

      Has to be. It was trauma after trauma.

    • @i.ehrenfest349
      @i.ehrenfest349 8 місяців тому

      Yeah I’d be a bit traumatised. Or a bit miffed, at least.

    • @LeahDyson-kq4bd
      @LeahDyson-kq4bd 5 місяців тому

      A bit? You mean a lot of trauma

    • @Arthur-nr5ci
      @Arthur-nr5ci 4 місяці тому

      Yeah, just a bit.

  • @anita_R
    @anita_R Рік тому +22

    What a lovely guy. Minute 48 made me cry. What a life! So terrible what the prison guards did.

    • @ariadnekosmadaki4944
      @ariadnekosmadaki4944 Рік тому

      Same.

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому

      @@ariadnekosmadaki4944 yarris is a great manipulator and is really good at selling his lies. Please look into the case facts. yarris absolutely raped and murdered this girl.

  • @sentient_dinosaurplush
    @sentient_dinosaurplush Рік тому +5

    really, what an incredible story. he managed to pull himself out of such a dark place and find his ability to love on top of it. i actually cried at one point

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому

      Please spare a tear for the innocent girl yarris raped and murdered. Google actual Court documents, read up on the facts and you will have no doubt that yarris is a cold, cunning rapist and murderer. His 1988 Appeal transcript summary can be found if you search: "549 A.2d 513 COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Nicholas YARRIS, Appellant"

  • @lorrainelecky9941
    @lorrainelecky9941 9 місяців тому +4

    The power of Kindness ❤ Wow he had me captivated the whole way through. After seeing and feeling so much ugly, he still chose love, kindness, and forgiveness

  • @Uhtredwicked95
    @Uhtredwicked95 Рік тому +9

    Amazing story, I also listened to him talk on soft white underbelly and I think that interview was better, Mark Laita is really good at not interjecting and just letting the speaker flow naturally and this man tells his story so well.

  • @rabbitblue1083
    @rabbitblue1083 Рік тому +14

    He is so well spoken and intelligent. Wow! Amazing to listen to someone whom I have so much respect for Sir! Thank you for telling your story.

  • @Lee_Lee73
    @Lee_Lee73 Рік тому +20

    Wow. I've never had a video make me feel as heavy as this one did. My mind is just blown. I think Nick Yarris is my favorite human

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому

      Look into the case details and actual reasons why he was released.
      He absolutely did murder the girl.
      He got out on a technicality with a single piece of evidence - a random glove found in the car.
      There was a mountain of evidence pointing toward him which he chooses not to disclose.
      He only talks about this random glove that was found in the girls car and there was no nicks dna on it.
      This created enough reasonable doubt to release him after 20 years in lockup (or however long he was locked up for).

    • @ChubbyBottom
      @ChubbyBottom 11 місяців тому

      @@kruglov ​ @kruglov STOP. HI-JACKING. PEOPLES. COMMENTS.

    • @Aeveir1311
      @Aeveir1311 8 місяців тому +1

      @@kruglov I looked into it - the facts are against you.
      An attorney twisted the facts of the case in regards to the murder/rape in order to get a conviction.
      The local court was driven to resolve - not solve - the case in order to bring the community to rest - so they focused on getting a conviction instead of continuing to investigate the case.
      You, sir, are either a troll trying to make people angry, or you are sorely lacking in critical thinking skills.

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov 4 місяці тому

      I dare say you have not looked into the case enough.
      yarris was convicted on a mountain of solid evidence against him.
      Except that the glove was not brought up in original Court proceedings.
      In 2004 yarris’ lawyers argued that the glove should have been brought up in Court.
      yarris’ conviction was set aside and Court allowed prosecutors 90 days to mount a new prosecution case.
      At that point in was 20 years after the crime and most evidence was now not available.
      Prosecutors did not re-prosecute.
      As such, yarris was released.
      The DNA story arch is made up, it played no part in yarris being released.
      Yes, he talks about DNA in his later Civil case and in his books and shows. But in actual fact, DNA did not set yarris free.

  • @matthewcropper9217
    @matthewcropper9217 Рік тому +28

    What an incredible story. Unimaginable some of the things he has had to go through. Wow

  • @richardjamesIII
    @richardjamesIII Рік тому +7

    I hope Nick has a long and loving life. This story is wild.

  • @mikegriffiths3440
    @mikegriffiths3440 Рік тому +13

    This is easily the best extraordinary lives yet. What a guy!

  • @HBRK3001
    @HBRK3001 Рік тому +18

    I lived with him just before he went overseas haha met him because of a lost puppy. He gave me his car before he left. Great guy i tell ya. Miss ya bud

    • @NICKYARRIS1
      @NICKYARRIS1 Рік тому +7

      Thanks Chris get in touch please on Instagram or email

  • @billg7205
    @billg7205 Рік тому +15

    With every one of these cases I've seen in the US like James Bain, there are people in law enforcement and the court system that ABSOLUTELY knew he was innocent, but figured they stick some poor black kid in jail for his entire life. I can't say what I think should be done to those people, some still alive, as I could get in trouble for it.

  • @bakshodhadda7081
    @bakshodhadda7081 5 місяців тому +2

    What a beautiful humble soul, I could listen to him for hours, thankyou for sharing nick godbless

  • @Cold_Logic
    @Cold_Logic Рік тому +11

    It really sounds as though he's reading from a book. His manner of speaking sounds like listening to an audio book

  • @stephenhunt8389
    @stephenhunt8389 Рік тому +4

    A fantastic interview. Many thanks. I've seen the film and read the book "Fear of 13".
    I watched this interview to remind myself of Nick's incredible, mind blowing story.

  • @coraynbell8991
    @coraynbell8991 Рік тому +11

    Terrifying place America as he is not the only one that has been freed from death row because of innocence. How many more are there? This gentleman truly is extraordinary!

    • @paddypibblet846
      @paddypibblet846 10 місяців тому

      How many have been executed?

    • @fridaytieday
      @fridaytieday 3 дні тому

      ​@@paddypibblet846It can be looked up on an execution site. Quite a few get killed. Mostly white men.

  • @oleia78
    @oleia78 7 місяців тому +2

    What a pleasant gentleman. I´m so happy he´s still here on Earth giving Humanity his best energy. What a strong spirit. A true kindred soul. 💫💫💫

  • @kevinowensmith1572
    @kevinowensmith1572 Рік тому +18

    This guys has a brilliant voice. Good story teller. Should narrate like red tree crime or EWU

  • @emilyjane9901
    @emilyjane9901 6 місяців тому +1

    I've listened to his story before & I find myself back here to listen again.

  • @cravenmoorehead8
    @cravenmoorehead8 Рік тому +8

    He has one of those Audio book voices, amazing!

  • @roxannetoth5026
    @roxannetoth5026 Рік тому +10

    Hello Ben and Nick. Thank you both for this incomparable and inspiring story of failure and horror wrapped in a blanket of learning and love. Nick's vocal tone is so compelling with human honey flowing from his mouth; truly a God given gift. Not only a blueprint on how to be a great human for the downtrodden, but for all of who just roll through life missing some of the most valuable nuances that make it all simply gorgeous and meaningful.
    After making it thru half of a half dozen episodes, this is the one that made me subscribe after a few minutes. Well done and bravo!. Peace and love

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому +1

      @roxannetoth5026 yarris' distinct way of conversing and his mesmerising stare were among the traits that store staff described when they picked yarris from police line-up during investigation, when the store staff reported how yarris was frequenting the store for several days, stalking the victim. The poor girl even complained to her husband that a weird man keeps coming to her booth which made her feel uncomfortable.
      From early on in the investigation, yarris knew intricate details about the case which were not public knowledge.
      He did not have an alibi.
      He later confessed first to being involved, then to rape, then to the whole thing. He asked for a plea deal and when there was no deal offered, yarris attempted to backpedal out of his statements which he gave voluntarily on at least 3 occasions, when yarris called for detectives to come into the prison to interview him. But the Court refused and yarris' confessions were admitted as evidence.
      The glove solution was a genius find by yarris' legal team. They discovered a piece of evidence entered early in the case by police with a description along the lines of "these gloves could have been worn by the murderer". The lawyers argued that the gloves should have been admitted during the trial. The police argued back that the gloves were clearly not yearris' because they were too small.
      Note that the dna test proved nothing new, it was just a way to get a closed case off the shelf, i.e. there is a new technological way to interrogate a piece of evidence, etc.
      Eventually, the Court agreed and said that enough reasonable doubt exists to warrant a new trial. As such, previous conviction was set aside and prosecution were given 90 days to re-prosecute with a new case and a new trial. But obviously by now, 22 years later, it was no longer probable to get a successful conviction and prosecution did not proceed with a new case.
      That's when yarris was free. He was never proven innocent. He was freed on a technicality and prosecution's inability to re-construct a new case for a new trial, 22 years later, when most of the evidence was already destroyed by then.
      Since release, yarris filed a Civil Suite and got a publisher. He now goes around the world selling his lies and manipulating his story to make good people feel sad for this pathetic rapist and murderer.
      He may very well have rehabilitated during the 22 years stay in prison. He may be safe for the Community. He may have paid his dews with 22 years of his life. But he is not innocent.

    • @ChubbyBottom
      @ChubbyBottom 11 місяців тому

      ​@@kruglov STOP. HI-JACKING. PEOPLES. COMMENTS.

  • @dawnbowdich8992
    @dawnbowdich8992 Рік тому +6

    what a brilliant story Ben as this has to be one of the best i have listened to.

  • @susanwilliams7814
    @susanwilliams7814 8 місяців тому

    What an exceptional story. Deeply impacted. Kindness is never a weakness. Be blessed Sir. Sue from South Africa

  • @denise150
    @denise150 8 місяців тому

    I’m blown away by your divinity. You are a God send and lightworker. I don’t understand why you hold your young self accountable when you said you had brain damage that obviously caused the side effects of unlawful behaviors. Plus getting assaulted and almost sexually assaulted by a man causes the brain to catch fire with anger. This anger is going to also manifest in criminal behaviors in some cases. There’s always going to be a reaction to brain wiring being affected. I’m not saying forgive yourself I’m saying release that narrative of responsibility. The brain caused it. It’s no one’s fault. However this whole endeavor you experienced was your heavenly contract to expedite your higher spiritual consciousness to expand your understanding of love. Expand all of us well. Thank you for expanding my understanding of love. You are a gift.

  • @SammIAmm
    @SammIAmm Рік тому +17

    Gift of gab. Its hard to discern whats real and whats been carefully crafted for a book he plans to write or maybe already has written.
    Either way, glad dna proved his innocence in the murder of the woman.

  • @fefe1179
    @fefe1179 7 місяців тому +1

    Those women in the hair salon are already hero’s for thinking they were saving them from an abuser but goodness, they have no idea the kind of life they saved 🙏🏾🙌🏾. Just fascinating.

  • @shaunattwoodOFFICIAL
    @shaunattwoodOFFICIAL Рік тому +8

    Another fantastic interview by my friend Nick yarris

  • @ED-007
    @ED-007 10 місяців тому +5

    Wow. Captivated. Saddened. Just all the things. Powerful story.

    • @michaelbyrne-e4j
      @michaelbyrne-e4j 10 місяців тому

      I'm still on the fence about this guy,remember that he confessed,under "Duress" as he says,I don't know ED but my gut is telling me he did it and the DNA was a fluke

    • @8masta_--_blasta8
      @8masta_--_blasta8 9 місяців тому

      @@michaelbyrne-e4j He did it, absolutely, no doubt. Read his Court paperwork, do not rely on his lies: 519 Pa. 571 (1988) COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Nicholas YARRIS, Appellant.

    • @i.ehrenfest349
      @i.ehrenfest349 8 місяців тому

      @@michaelbyrne-e4jHm, I don’t know….I have a slightly uncomfortable feeling with him, too, but dna clearance is rarely a fluke, and false confessions are very prevalent.

  • @ninabalekic1431
    @ninabalekic1431 8 місяців тому +4

    didn't he say previously when the helicopter was above him that he had no injuries on his face

  • @NurAini-ep8wm
    @NurAini-ep8wm Рік тому +15

    How could people do this. Damn. Death row for something that you dont do. Wow.

  • @LethoHali
    @LethoHali Рік тому +9

    The American justice system is sooooo corrupt!!! 😢😢😢😢😢💔.

  • @livingart2576
    @livingart2576 2 місяці тому

    What a man and what a story. Much love to him for his ability to rise above his unimaginable hardships! ❤️❤️

  • @NPC-0013
    @NPC-0013 Рік тому +27

    This makes me feel like a massive waste! I’ve been heroin addict since 16 now 39 n now I wouldn’t mind if I passed away. I’m no longer active user but am feeling a massive loss of my life till now. All those years gone for no reason gives a huge regret! Then I see this guy and ffs I feel even more guilty !!!!!!!! Life can be so damn hard !

    • @NPC-0013
      @NPC-0013 Рік тому

      @@LangfordLive-b9i thank you very much for your kind reply. I do apologise as I can’t see any god being so kind. I have been cursed in many ways with the mental health issues I have. For example I am ,against my choosing , a sadist. Sorry apart from god. The only thing keeping me going is the fact I can’t upset my family by leaving now also some days are ok n I actually wana see a tomorrow. The idea of helping people is very much what I should do but I have no care for anybody not my family. So on that note I am trying to become my Mums carer but I live 250 miles away from her n I’m not rich so this is becoming hard
      Thanks for getting back to me mate 👍

    • @NPC-0013
      @NPC-0013 Рік тому

      @@LangfordLive-b9i thanks again for getting back. I do feel you mate n the things you say are true. I am very isolated and very angry n have realised how much of a sadist I am n that unsettled me. I do feel like different people I must admit. Very hard to get my head working towards good. So easy to just give up. Also I’ve got some health stuff n im not set for a long life. With all this I just stay numb everyday n kinda wish for it all to stop

    • @kiki29073
      @kiki29073 Рік тому +3

      ​@@NPC-0013Sounds like you need to find a good therapist that works with personality disorders/addiction. Some work in dual diagnosis and this sounds like something that may help you. Are you clean now or still ising some?

    • @NPC-0013
      @NPC-0013 Рік тому +2

      @@kiki29073 hi I’m clean now. The local mental health trust are the worst in my country hahaha. I have been with them twice but they discharge me as they are overwhelmed with too many patients

    • @fuundfara
      @fuundfara Рік тому +5

      Hey man, I am 32 years old and a former heroin/cocaine addict. I also wasted 12 years of my life during that time. I have often compared my life to others and all the things I missed out on. My youth, my 20s, were filled only with darkness and drug use. No parties, no real friends. Even when I got clean, I was still depressed, but I felt I just had to move on. Accept the situation as it is, adapt to it, move on and be grateful for everything you have in life. My life is great now, I am happier than ever. And I have also accepted my past and would not change the fact that it made me the man I am today, despite all the things I have been through. You are on a good path. Remember the things that have gone wrong in your life, analyse the actions and decisions you have taken, your mistakes and use them to develop into a better person. Make decisions based on rational thought rather than letting your emotions sabotage you. The best medicine is to focus to rid yourself of dark, unproductive thoughts. For me, that was working in construction in the beginning. That kept me busy (mentally), I worked all day until my whole body ached, ate a big home-cooked meal after work and then fell asleep. Try meditating, five minutes a day, and then increase until you get to an hour. When the thoughts come up, treat them like a TV advertisement and do not react to them, but let them pass and keep focusing on your breath. Also, write down what you need to do the next day to structure your life. Stop comparing your life to others, you can still make something of it. Do not let therapists pump you full of pills. There is so much I could tell you, but that would be way too much for one comment.

  • @elelegidosf9707
    @elelegidosf9707 Рік тому +4

    This guy sounds _exactly_ like Ray Liotta's narration voice in Goodfellas

  • @derFr0sty
    @derFr0sty 8 місяців тому

    I found it so sad yet funny how Nick laughed when asked if the gladiator fights were prosecuted

  • @LancerFFS
    @LancerFFS Рік тому +7

    This is so fascinating, what a hero

  • @stevejones8486
    @stevejones8486 Рік тому +5

    Amazing story and amazing man.

  • @janebuckland737
    @janebuckland737 Рік тому +1

    This was a compelling watch! This man has truly travelled The Refiners Fire ❤❤❤

  • @laika3916
    @laika3916 Рік тому +9

    He reminds me of a Canadian guy I know who says he knows martial arts and that he could kill you in an instant and is the absolute best and most intelligent at everything. All his views are extreme, strongly expressed, and very macho, while doubt or nuance are alien to him. He has no interest in others, but can feign it, and wears you out after about five minutes.

    • @freebird3348
      @freebird3348 Рік тому +1

      Yep, definitely get those vibes. Guy is painful.

    • @darkerdaemon7794
      @darkerdaemon7794 7 місяців тому +1

      I saw his poscast with joe Rogan and even that one seemed fake af.

  • @DD-on8zn
    @DD-on8zn Рік тому +10

    This man deserves all the good in the world

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому

      Why? Because he murdered an innocent girl and got away with it?

    • @m.abhishekvarma3655
      @m.abhishekvarma3655 Рік тому

      ​@@kruglovbut dna didn't match then how?

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov Рік тому +1

      ​@@m.abhishekvarma3655 you need to look at the full facts of the case to understand it.
      when yarris was arrested, he disclosed to the police a lot of information which was not public at the time. For example, Yarris knew that there was a car involved, that the car was brown and that it had a leather roof.
      he also said to the police that the girl was raped. This was not public info at the time.
      the supermarket staff picked yarris as a stalker who frequented the store for days prior to murder. he stalked the victim and spoke to her many times which made her feel uncomfortable and she complained to her husband about this guy who keeps coming to our store etc.
      yarris broke up with his gf at the time and victim resembled his x very closely. yarris said on multiple occasions that he should have killed his x.
      when he says he "read about the murder in the paper" in fact he was kept in a maximum security ward, there were no papers there.
      and it may come as a surprise to you, but yarris admitted to the crime in at least 3 interviews. first he said that he only drove some guy to the scene, then he said he only raped but the other guy did the stabbing, then he fully confessed but he was asking for a plea deal. when police did not give him a plea deal, he went back on his statements. but these were still accepted by the Court as admissible evidence because yarris called detectives in himself, he was not coerced or pressured in any way to give these confessions, he did it on his own accord.
      now to dna.
      the gloves found in the car were picked up by police and checked into evidence with description along the lines of "these gloves COULD have been worn by the criminal".
      police knew 100% that the gloves were too small for yarris and never brought the gloves up.
      but what yarris' legal team did was they went over all of the recorded evidence and said: hey, if you are saying that the gloves could have been worn by the murderer and since we all know (as result of size and dna tests) that gloves are not yarris' then you should drop the charges.
      the police argued that ok, the gloves are not yarris' but we don't know whose gloves these are, whether these gloves even played any role in the crime or the victim found them in the parking lot with intention to hand them in. or whatever! we just dont know what these gloves are!
      but yarris legal team found a legal precedent and argued that since police gave weight to these gloves in the evidence sheet and wrote them up as "could have been worn by the perpetrator" then this evidence needs to be weighted in in favour of the non-moving party -- yarris in this case.
      and as such, charges were dropped
      prosecutors were given 90 days to consider re-prosecuting yarris, but by that time most of the evidence was destroyed and it was just not going to work. besides, he did do 22 years of extremely harsh jail time (being a rapist-murdered he had it tough) so the prosecutors decided to not go ahead with it
      ever since then, yarris, lawered up, filed a civil , got a publisher and goes around selling his bullshit story to ppl who are too lazy to look into the facts.
      yarris is a rapist and murderer. no doubts about it at all.

    • @glitch3818
      @glitch3818 4 місяці тому

      ​@@kruglov dna didn't match, ergo he's innocent.

    • @kruglov
      @kruglov 4 місяці тому

      @@glitch3818 yarris tells the DNA story in his his Civil Case and in his storytelling when in actuality, DNA played next to no part in his Criminal Case.
      The glove that was found in the girls car was written up as evidence by the police when they were collecting crime scene evidence.
      The investigators later looked at the glove and were of the opinion that the glove was too small to fit yarris. As such, investigators never put any weight on the glove.
      And so, when yarris went on trial, the glove was not brought up in Court.
      Prosecutors did not need this glove. They had a mountain of solid evidence against yarris.
      So yarris got convicted.
      In 2004, a new group of lawyers, probably those type that work pro-bono on cases which can later fetch a handsome Civil pay-out, they re-examined yarris' case and said: hey, wait a minute, here we have the glove in police evidence, here it was in the discovery but it was not brought to light in Court! That's not fair to our client, he should have had the opportunity to evaluate all the evidence during Trial, including the glove.
      The Court sided with the defence and yarris' murder conviction was set aside.
      The Court gave prosecution 90 days to mount a new prosecution case.
      The idea being that Police Prosecutors were supposed to prosecute yarris from scratch, a new Trial would have been needed -- the works.
      But it was 2004 by then! All or most of the evidence would have been destroyed, witnesses no longer available.
      Prosecutors failed to mount a new case.
      yarris was freed.
      Do you see DNA anywhere in this?
      Whatever yarris tells the audience is a scripted, carefully thought out lie. It bares little connection to what really transpired.
      yarris later filed a Civil case against the Government and got a healthy playout. He also has a professional publisher behind him, who helps yarris with continuing to profit from his story. Which is a made up story that sells.

  • @linmorell1813
    @linmorell1813 Рік тому +2

    He acknowledged that he put himself in prison. Possibly if he hadn’t been have dead from drugs if not, but what a price. It’s amazing he had the capacity to have other people freed.

  • @PureMischiefAliCarter
    @PureMischiefAliCarter 10 місяців тому +2

    Listening to you helped me today x

  • @jamieevans5979
    @jamieevans5979 7 місяців тому

    This is an incredibly tragic story. I hope he is now happy and stress-free.

  • @__belial__
    @__belial__ 8 місяців тому +2

    This guy sounds like he’s trying to convince you real hard.
    Like ok bro, we get it..

  • @joshjamesuk
    @joshjamesuk Рік тому +12

    Being woken up every 15 minutes for a week. That is absolutely horrific.

    • @honved1
      @honved1 Рік тому +4

      Torture, pure and simple. It was a favoured tactic of the KGB

    • @Wavelover33
      @Wavelover33 Рік тому +1

      It’s like when you first have a baby except it goes on for months

    • @Danielle-nz9tn
      @Danielle-nz9tn Рік тому

      @@Wavelover33and different in many other ways as well!

    • @nightshade7240
      @nightshade7240 Рік тому

      Been there done that. It either makes you psychotic or it forces some people into subservience. Around day three you start hallucinating. You aren't sure if you are awake or asleep. They shine a torch in your eyes to blind you as well, can cause a sympathetic response that is almost like a seizure. Saying "you get woken up every fifteen minutes" is inaccurate though. You never get effective REM sleep and fifteen minutes is the shortest amount of time that you can perform these intervals for without killing the person.

  • @jacquelinejudge1659
    @jacquelinejudge1659 9 місяців тому +1

    Never ever heard such a brilliant oration

  • @larrygerry985
    @larrygerry985 Рік тому +29

    The guy makes himself a hero in every story. A telling aspect of a social-path

    • @erikwinkler
      @erikwinkler Рік тому +12

      I want to know how you would deal with these ordeals. You would be the one jumping head down in jail after three weeks. Not to imagine how you would hold yourself if you might come out alive.
      People get shells shocked, ptss; so in his right he can be as weird as he wants.

    • @sirgregarious2099
      @sirgregarious2099 Рік тому +4

      i don't know. i didn't catch that during the interview. Seemed like he was just telling his perspective. You might be right though.

    • @hughhunt1800
      @hughhunt1800 Рік тому +9

      @@erikwinkler 'I had to learn all these mixed martial arts, I'm probably the most dangerous person... And I could kill you as you sit there'
      'I have the most beautiful voice on earth'
      Do these statements not sound sociopathic to you?
      Granted the guy's had terrible luck. That doesn't exclude him from being a sociopath.

    • @ghadasafwat9158
      @ghadasafwat9158 Рік тому +7

      The man was put on deathrow for 18 years, while innocent. He has been tortured and did not lose his sanity and managed to not kill himself or sombody else in the process and now he fights for people with the same destiny.
      On top of that he does not blame his faith on anyone but himself by admitting he brought it upon himself by using the death of a woman he had nothing to do with to get out of another charge.
      How is he not a hero ?

    • @Abii-s
      @Abii-s Рік тому +3

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@hughhunt1800 and I bet you think every sociopath is evil right?
      After everything he’s been through, everything he’s overcome, you can understand why he’d say this. He literally mentioned that he read books and educated himself so that he could speak beautifully. And when he said that he was the most dangerous person, that was obviously a hyperbole, that he not only had the knowledge, the experience and the physical ability, but also the mental strength to overcome whatever.
      He also took accountability, “I never want anyone to think that I am not responsible for putting myself on death row”, “I destroyed my family”

  • @Heykittygirrrl
    @Heykittygirrrl 7 місяців тому

    I really hope he's doing ok and living a fantastic life now. Poor guy has been through a lot 🥺

  • @simonspoke
    @simonspoke Рік тому +7

    Wow! This was intense!

  • @keliahx445
    @keliahx445 Рік тому +4

    What an amazing story teller.

  • @Perdmperdm
    @Perdmperdm Рік тому +1

    The finest speaker alive 😂😂😂 he's a great guy and truly unfortunate notwithstanding

  • @Puddlesmolly
    @Puddlesmolly Рік тому +2

    Really enjoyed that ... Thankyou

  • @BrittanyPotter-p2w
    @BrittanyPotter-p2w 4 місяці тому

    I really hope this guy has wrote a book because that's exactly what it sounds like as I listened to him as if he's reading a book

  • @TomsPakulis
    @TomsPakulis 9 місяців тому +1

    This is the most insane story ever

  • @JoshuaCooper-ww8ks
    @JoshuaCooper-ww8ks 8 місяців тому +1

    The best podcast interview I've ever heard bar none at least up until this point. For some reason I believe this guy. I may be nieve but I really don't think so.

  • @neilparry9511
    @neilparry9511 Рік тому +4

    Omg more of the ever evolving story of Nick Yarris.

    • @i.ehrenfest349
      @i.ehrenfest349 8 місяців тому

      What do you mean, ever evolving, Neil?

  • @freebird3348
    @freebird3348 Рік тому +2

    Why would you answer the phone if your son was having a seizure at your feet, and in immediate, desperate need of assistance so among other things, he didn’t choke or bite his tongue off?

    • @danb2936
      @danb2936 10 місяців тому

      She probably recognised the number...answered and then the seizure was going on...she helped the son as she was more concerned about him than the innocence phone call..
      Just watched the whole thing..what a story. Amazing how he gives all the details too ❤❤❤

  • @somebodyelse8893
    @somebodyelse8893 Рік тому +1

    Amazing interview.

  • @MrWrongsalive
    @MrWrongsalive 7 місяців тому

    His story needs to be a film on par with Shawshank Redemption with all the ugly parts left in. Just the raw truth.

  • @danielschander6586
    @danielschander6586 Рік тому +1

    16:20 sounds like he is reliving how the prosecution painted the picture that day in court.

  • @joshwb4lif329
    @joshwb4lif329 8 місяців тому +1

    He’s had ALOTTTTTTT OF TIMEEEE to build and “TELL” his story….like he’s reading from a book he sounds like it’s been “written” in his head and he’s just been WAITINGGGG to tell it all…..good for GOD to bring this innocent man into justice…too bad our justice system doesn’t give us all fair and pure feelings..always being bias in SOME TYPE of way and having the “chosen” jury for what the crime and how the feeling of the “personal” kind of mind…….glad your out, GOD BLESS, and keep your nose clean lol

  • @Granny_Cat_Lady
    @Granny_Cat_Lady 7 місяців тому

    What a soothing voice Nick has ...

  • @pattysoucie24
    @pattysoucie24 7 місяців тому

    Amazing interview. God Bless this man.

  • @imjust.9867
    @imjust.9867 3 місяці тому

    Mind blown…. Wishing nick all the best… if anyone deserves it, it’s him

  • @AlfonzoZayas-h7w
    @AlfonzoZayas-h7w Рік тому +1

    Sad what happened to this guy, he should really just be natural you can tell he's been practicing his life story for years but it takes away....

  • @wasabinator
    @wasabinator Рік тому +3

    Woah this is amazing.

  • @doasyoulikefawkes7127
    @doasyoulikefawkes7127 Рік тому +1

    This MAN is a rare example of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. In his case he's herculean crossed with eros.👏😇

  • @donnabalnaves6452
    @donnabalnaves6452 Рік тому +4

    Thank you Sir for telling your truth

  • @y0shimoshi
    @y0shimoshi 22 дні тому

    What a great speaker. I hope he's doing well

  • @mellisagreen7801
    @mellisagreen7801 10 місяців тому

    It is amazing how one traumatic event can change the course of someone's life. His assault resulted in alcohol and drug abuse, which led to stealing which then led to a murder charge, prison and endless abuse. Seems like the prison staff were no different from prisoners. Some of the criminals were in cells and others were in uniforms.

  • @AcerbusCastus
    @AcerbusCastus 7 місяців тому +1

    "Following another divorce, Yarris returned to the UK and married for a fourth time, moving from Somerset to Oregon.[18] The couple separated in February 2021. Yarris was arrested roughly a week after. He pled guilty to criminal mistreatment and theft, leading to a month in jail and a sentence of two years' probation in Curry County, Oregon."

  • @DineshPeiris-bd4uc
    @DineshPeiris-bd4uc Рік тому +1

    I'm not from Scotland, Wales or England, I'm from sri Lanka I still feel you, leart a lot and and yeah I came to know where I stand right now and where I should , I feel like I just red a meaningful book, and thanks Ben for doing this

  • @shelflife8075
    @shelflife8075 9 місяців тому +1

    Incredibly moving

  • @joereynolds818
    @joereynolds818 Рік тому +180

    Sounds like he's reading a book

    • @paulgately2272
      @paulgately2272 Рік тому +37

      Told the story countless times

    • @Highisthighs
      @Highisthighs Рік тому +10

      You must live a boring life if you never did something fun dumb or weird and told the story to ur friends kids/family so many times it becomes mundane

    • @melcuta
      @melcuta Рік тому +42

      That's because he suffers from aphasia. He said so in the introduction.

    • @EcchiPlaysGames
      @EcchiPlaysGames Рік тому +5

      Sounds like he had head trauma as a kid

    • @bloochoob
      @bloochoob Рік тому +18

      Look up aphasia, that affects speech patterns. Definitely relevant to his speech here

  • @adamtench4447
    @adamtench4447 Рік тому +6

    Some of this just doesn't sound believable

  • @jacquelinejudge1659
    @jacquelinejudge1659 9 місяців тому

    Absolutely world class narration of a terrible young life.thankyou very much for your riveting articulated story.i hope youre well..n.ireland

  • @Rob.K1971
    @Rob.K1971 Рік тому +1

    I remember this man on the Joe Rogan podcast and what a crazy story he has absolutely shocking what happened to him and luckily proved that he was innocent

  • @jmar3956
    @jmar3956 Рік тому +2

    Nick is very inspirational ❤

  • @christineraymond8372
    @christineraymond8372 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Nick & Ben I wish only good luck to you Nick

  • @13madi
    @13madi 6 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting story. Got a little grandiose 🚩a few times… Glad the science has continued improving for justice’s sake

  • @BigDogg314
    @BigDogg314 7 місяців тому

    This needs to be a movie!!! I feel for this guy. They better have paid him a bunch of money