I truly believe this man bought new shoes and abandoned his car to travel on foot. He was too much of a narcissist to off himself. So he more than likely changed his appearance, name and location and started a new life. He would be in his 80’s now…terrifying that someone like that could be living amongst us today.
Narcissists actually have a high suicide rate as at their core they hate themselves. I think a lot of people mistake narcissism with like being obsessed with yourself and thinking you’re perfect but it’s actually the opposite. You hate yourself and think you’re the worst and so you have to project that you’re the best and buy the best things and force your children to act like the best children etc that’s where the abuse comes in.
There are narcissists who hate themselves at their core, but after living with a diagnosed, abusive one, I can assure you that not all of them are like that. I talked to his doctor about his behaviors before I left him, I was really, really wanting our marriage to work, and was told that while some of them can be helped with therapy to learn to basically deal with whatever makes them hate themselves, there are others who truly believe that there is nothing wrong with them, refuse to take responsibility for how they treat others because in their minds, someone else is always wrong. That's why they have to treat you so badly, to make you learn why you're wrong so you'll do it their way. They truly don't care at their core, about anyone but themselves. They can love another person to a point, but they will never love anyone as much as they love,and like, themselves. So with all due respect, because you are right about one side of narcissism, there IS another side to it that is just selfish, mean, and quite frankly, can be very scary.
@@CC12398 yes. Both are very unhealthy for others. While I can have some sympathy for someone who hates themselves so much that they feel they have to harm others, whether mentally or physically, it only goes so far because the damage they do to others is far worse than what they do to themselves. Some will argue and say suicide is on par with hurting others because it's basically the worst way you can hurt yourself. But is it, really? When you die, your problems, of whatever type, are over. So in the case of a narcissist, they are free and the people they damaged are still left here to deal with the results of their abuse. Let me be clear that I'm not speaking against someone who kills themselves because of horrible depression, bullying, etc.. I'm speaking specifically about narcissists. Because if my ex ever did it, you can rest assured he would leave a message letting you know exactly whose fault it was, every thing they said and did to cause him to do it, ect.. It would be because he was throwing a fit, wasn't thinking about the fact that he couldn't get out of the consequences of the action, and his last thought would be "This will teach them to..."( Fill in the blank). So in some cases, it's the ultimate act of narcissism.
Thanks! I narrate from a script so it’s not that hard to upload it into UA-cam. I bought an app that I use to generate CCs for other video clips that is way more accurate than YT and then it only takes a few minutes to make any minor corrections to those. I’m glad I can help. Thanks for watching!
This story is just so sad. Whether he is alive or dead, the fact is that those three beautiful boys are gone and they never had the chance to live, dream or experience happiness. Their picture at 16:20 breaks my heart.
Your page is amazing. You go into great detail and do your homework it’s amazing. Glad my mom told me about your page. I was looking for a new true crime channel.
I'm from Botswana and remember the two older boys. Always been fascinated by this case. At some stage, there was a belief that Mr Bishop may be hiding in Botswana and 'sightings' were reported. Hope the truth will out soon.
@@The_Whimsical_Stenographer Of course, that didn't come to light until AFTER he killed his family. And after the house had burnt down. The irony of it all.
It always blows my mind when people say " Hes innocent..they wouldnt hurt a fly.... Ive known them my whole life...." Blah blah blah... That's the point. Most murders/rapists, ect dont "LOOK" Like a Monster...
I know right,it's not like serial killers,serial rapists,predators have it written across their foreheads that they are such.Their always nice kind normal people.
@@jennifermaddy2442Ted Bundy was the model for that I feel like ,so many people questioned his guilt because he was nice looking ,educated and "normal " as many people said during his trial.He was actually getting live letters from women ,some actually in the court room and they gave the letters to his attorneys,just insane .
With his psychological state, he likely died or killed himself in the deep woods but with his background, if anyone could disappear he could. Family annihilators tend not to kill themselves because they justify their actions in their own mind. 29:19
I highly doubt that. Keep in mind that one dog tracked him about 300 yards down one trail before he "disappeared", while another picked up his scent in the information stop and only tracked him as far as the parking lot. My guess is that he did go into that park- but only to that ranger station or whatever it was and then about 300 yards down one trail- before turning around, walking back to the parking area and getting into another car, perhaps one driven by the female companion someone else mentioned seeing him with. While the state and national parks may not have had as many visitors years ago, today, the Smoky Mountains parks is one of the top visited parks in the nation, if not the most visited. That's not to say he couldn't have disappeared in there and never been found- 4 or 5 others have over the years. Many others have been lost but later found, either dead or alive. It's one of the top 5 "deadliest parks" but I think that mostly people who aren't as prepared as they believe they are or try to go off trail or run into bears (in which case, most are found, at least in part).
It's been almost 48 years now since Bradford murdered his mother, wife and sons, l still hope that someday that Annette's family will get some closure. what an awful arrogant, narcissistic man, he should have just left his family instead of taking their lives. RIP Annette, the boys and Bradford's mother, you do not deserved to have your lives snuffed out so brutally.🙁🙏
This case happened about a mile from my childhood home and the murder weapon was purchased at the same Sears which I used to play in as a kid. Originally the case disturbed me being that the kids went to the same schools I did 30 years before. Unfortunately Bradford's Secret Service background has allowed him to probably get away, I hope that the family has some kind of peace.
@@Obsidian369 Surprised at how childish this response is, are you 5? What's your point? being closer to an event doesn't matter? Think about that for more than 5 seconds and see how dumb it sounds to everyone else...
I remember this story very well. I live near the University of Maryland & it was covered extensively in the news media. I also recall it being reenacted on America's Most Wanted. Such a heinous crime perpetrated by a man who was upset that he didn't get what he wanted at work!
Another amazing tale of Monsters who walk amongst us, thanks Jiles! I appreciated the detailed history of a family annihilated, and one I've never seen covered before. Great start to 2024 for us Monster Squad Members...
@@thisisMONSTERSJiles, you just rock. Through and through. Happy New Year to you. Here's to your channel surpassing your wildest, most monstrous dreams. 🎉 🍻
Thank you Jiles.Such a vintage tragedy, and no closure still. All those children. Again. They managed to survive in alot of dangerous countries, but could not survive their own "dad". I hope they and Mom are at peace.🙏🏼🕊️💔
I don’t usually like the older cases because they are hard to relate too, but, as always, you told their story in an engaging and interesting way. Thanks for the video ❤❤❤
Bishop is a textbook family annihilator. Underachieving in a high value job, overly involved mother that lives with the family, financial failure, affairs. I'm a horse, not zebra kind of person.
Overly involved mother? I don't think so. He drained her significant fortune in order to finance his entire life. Everything. He couldn't let her out of his sight. Brad Bishop was a complete failure at every level.
This was definitely one of your best! So much detail and very captivating. I am looking forward to all of the new content in 2024. Thanks again, Jiles. Happy New Year to you and yours.🎉
Not necessarily I grew up on Roosevelt Street right off of Center Street, right directly behind Suburban hospital where the bishop family home is. It is very well known by generational families here that he was a spy and most likely his family was killed and he got away. He had inside information do you really think the best man would have gone his whole life and they never would have caught him I doubt it. He was a test dummy for the government and everybody in this area knows it. But he's certainly dead today. Things aren't always a simple as some man killing his family what, he had a daughter and they found out about her as this video says her mother was originally a part of the Pagan biker gang which is not even mentioned in this video. He was selling passports documents he got a lot of money selling information to other governments similar to Hanson, but only in a different time. They don't tell you everything in these videos. I've heard more stories that I can tell you over the past 40 years. There's a lot of discrepancies. There's a lot of people have said that there was a look-alike going around town in North Carolina, Motel clerk said the man did not resemble Bishop who bought the pickaxe and Hammer at the hardware store in Bethesda, interesting story but there's more to it he's not a John list. He certainly didn't kill his family to protect them if he did kill them at all. Because you can't go through a house and kill that many people unscathed yourself. No DNA was ever found from anybody else that in itself is also very suspicious. The government can make a lot of things happen. Seriously if they can kill a standing US president in broad daylight. In front of hundreds of people and tell them all they didn't see what they saw what else can they do ?
@@patriciapadilla2022I was wondering about the possibility of something similar happening… but then again it has been so long since this happened which can generate a lot of tall tales. I can’t say for sure either way.
@@patriciapadilla2022Did you live at 5803 Roosevelt Street, by any chance? You might be interested to know it was the childhood home of a sociopath named Ron Pataky. He lived there with his younger brother and parents for less than a year, during World War 2. Please google “ron pataky.” He is a violent psychopath whose longest incarceration was twenty days in jail at age 63. Ron never was prosecuted for a felony. When he was a teen, his parents moved from the DC area to Ohio. They never returned to the DC area, but the facade of the house at 5803 Roosevelt Street in Bethesda looks very much like it did eighty-plus years ago.
This awful case sounds very like that of the murders of the Dupont de Ligonnes family. Neither husband/father has ever been found. Bishop could speak several languages and therefore could easily have fit in anywhere. It is so horrifying, to know that there are people out there, who can commit such heinous crimes.
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The middle son, Brenton Bishop was my friend, he is the smiling blond boy in the family photo, I knew the family, and the grandma was full of energy. They lived a few blocks away in South Pasadena for a couple years 71-72 I think, then they moved East. I was 11 when the murders happened and it has haunted me forever. Brendan was so full of life, and a great athlete. Still can't believe this happened.
They can do it for a few reasons. They have convinced themselves that they would all be better off dead than to have to live the rest of their lives in shame because of his failures. They're also able to remove themselves from the violent act since they've become masters of disguising who they are. None of them likely knew much about the person they called father and husband. They've perfected departmentalizing every aspect of their lives so he was able to mentally check out while he was bludgeoning them to death. The fact that he didn't cave his mother's head in like he did everyone else's tells me that his mother is the only one who truly knew who he was. What was left of him, anyway.
Narcissists in particular blame others for their problems, all the horrible things that are inside themselves they project onto other, and they are absolutely full of rage and fury for all the imagined ways they've been wronged.
Why would anyone want to kill their family is beyond me. Just take off if you don't like the way things are at home. Live and let live. What a horrible person to do this to his children especially.😢
I can't believe nobody mentioned that he might have switched sides and gone to the Soviets. They would love an agent they had so much leverage on. They would own him and he would have to do whatever they wanted.
Hi, Jiles (it's Nicola Todd, your long-time Aussie subscriber!) 2023 was a bleak year for me, I was feeling very ill right from the beginning. I was finally diagnosed with breast cancer in July, had the tumour removed in August, underwent Chemotherapy for 12 weeks then straight into Radiotherapy every day for 3 weeks which was rough! Finally got home on Friday, January 5 cancer free so I'm looking forward to a better year this year! Happy New Year Jiles to you and your family thanks for all the great content. Cheers from Australia! 💖🦘
Oh honey You've really been through it huh Hope all is well now and you are feeling better I got bit by a lone star tick Gave me a disease called alpha gal. I've also been sick all year. After I found out what was wrong and started eating the right stuff I'm now feeling better😊 Stay safe and sane
You have to be so disgustingly evil to kill your wife and kids like he did. He could have easily just let them live and left them like a normal unhappy husband.
Oh, my DAMN! This is giving me major John List vibes, for real. It just goes to prove that while it appears certain folks " have it all", the struggles, be they not of their own making, or, self inflicted are real. 🌹
I was saying the same thing!!! Except John was dumb enough to not change his appearance. This guy prob put all his training into play with his escape. We’re on the same wavelength my dear
When I was a kid, America's Most Wanted did a profile of John List and the music they played to show the classical music he left playing in the house when he left after he killed his entire family and the scary nature of what he did terrified me. I can t remember exactly how old I was. I'm guess between 7-9 years old. Just hearing about a father who killed his own mother, wife and children was a concept I had never even thought about before at that time. Up until that point, to me a family consisted of people who loved each other and wouldn't do anything to hurt one another. I was confused and terrified. On the show, they recreated what they believed he would look like at that time with a life-like bust of him and that thing was terrifying to see. It must have been accurate because I think he was caught shortly after the second time that particular episode aired and the person who turned him in said that she had seen the episode and recognized him from the America's Most Wanted profile. This case is extremely similar. I hate thinking of the possibility that he lived a very long life after that and may possibly be deceased without ever being brought to justice for these horrible crimes. Shame, shame, shame!!
I think that family annihilators share certain characteristics and that studies should be conducted to identify risk factors. I note many of them, like List, experience failure that they hide from their loved ones, tend to be extremely conventional, and are financially dependent on their mother. In the 1950's, an Ivy League degree was a gold ticket to success. Brad, therefore, was not achieving the success many of his peers were experiencing,@@beautifulsurprise9424
Personally I'd prefer not to have an endless supply of material but much like rehab facilities you have to keep the cheap drugs coming in for a facility to keep it's doors open.
@@thisisMONSTERS no problem. You help me get thru my work days with all the work you do. I truly appreciate your work and how seriously you take your craft. Everyone can tell a story but to be able to keep ppl coming back is an tru gift. I appreciate you sharing your gift with us.
I shall forever believe that MacDonald’s family was murdered, and that he was framed for it, because he refused to go along with having drugs shipped back to the USA in the bodies of dead soldiers. I believe Helena Stoeckley (sp?) and Ted Gunderson.
Thankyou I'm going to look up the two cases this thread has mentioned. There's a family annihilator case from Australia from 1950s or 1960s where the father killed his entire family, which was his wife & kids. I'm positive it happened in Melbourne, Victoria. He was caught, convicted & was then released from prison after a considerably short sentence compared to the horrific crime he committed. He was released from prison with a complete new identity.
This man had connections and lived all over the world. He disappeared into plain view somewhere in Europe, Eastern Europe or Africa but could easily have ended up in Central America. Truly a monster.
He didn't get a new assignment, and got audited by the IRS while he was a federal employee? He definitely pissed someone at his job off. Someone with power. Silly man.
Crazy! I used to camp at Elkmont when I lived close to the Smokies for several years. Half the people here probobly have too, but it always strikes me when i hear somewhere familiar in these cases. And what a horrible case.
Its just so narcissistic and selfish to kill your own family because your unsatisfied with life. For god sake if your gonna check out at least allow your children to carry on their lives
@tonyahinrichs8828 I suppose the same could be said for the likes of John list, Chris Watts and many others. It's that selfish attitude of I don't want my family but nobody can have them, I get to decide whether they live or die as they are just extensions of myself.
I woke up screaming to my girlfriend, " DONT TOUCH IT!! IT'S NEVER A MANNEQUIN!!?" no context just a random ass quote😂. Now im banned from watching crime shows before bed time.
I live in the city next to Bethesda. My mom said she had just moved to the area around the time this happened. I wasn’t born until 1988 but I have heard about this case multiple times because it’s a local crime. Thanks for covering it.
Holy shit I think I’m related to this guy. He looks just like my grandpa! He’s got this distinct Bradford look my family has. I’m a direct descendent of William Bradford of the the mayflower, so his name also being William Bradford is really eerie to me. There’s also another serial killer named William Bradford who used the nickname “Billy” and he killed a lot of women in the 70s posing as a photographer. I guess every family has good and bad people in it
Wow Ty 4 all of this info Leaves a lot to think on. I have great and nit so good folks in my family on both sides Stay safe and sane in these weird times we all are in😊
Wow, in terms of true crime, this is an excellent story! Of course, it’s tragic and horrible what happened to this poor family. I hope everyone has a safe and happy year ahead!
I immediately thought of the trials done by the CIA when his diary almost documented his psychological decline. I was shocked when the same trials were mentioned, although what's left of the documents don't say much and the survivors that are left were able to come forward - it's been a bit since they have and I don't know if the small group of them are even still alive. I'd think they'd check with them if they knew him, as they were able to identify several of the men who died under mysterious circumstances and others who took their own lives. Some of those videos were horrifying. I'm still disgusted they used a literal enemy of our country to conduct trials on our own soldiers and then our government refused to provide them with treatment until it was too late. That whole thing was evil. Either way, he did this and he got away with it. I think leading them to thinking he died in the Appalachia's was a part of his plan. He was never ignorant, quite the contrary. I mean, look at The Invisible Pilot. That story is insane...but still true. :)
Wow, what a fascinating story with the diary. No excuses for Brad, but can't help putting this through a 2023 lens and wonder what mental health issues he was dealing with in that turbulent time period
If you’re curious about psychology, you can look into the commonalities of family annihilators. Unfortunately this happens enough for it to have its own label.
@@rocksanne58 I meant maybe (among other things) brad was struggling with sexual orientation or gender identity, something like that in a time when it wasn't acceptable in society. MKULTRA, I was referring to the theory presented in the video, that brad was one of the CIA operatives or others involved, who were subjected voluntary or involuntary to LSD and other drugs as a sort of human experiment
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@@digigalbytes2445 seriously it is ..lmao . I sleep to his voice and it sounds weird...but...iykyk (if you know, you know) ...all together now...🙄🎶🎶Jiles, Jiles! He's our man ! Calming soothing and all of a sudden he'll crack one out and I lmao..he's so great
Got a bit poetic a little after the 26:00 mark “He then splashed the pile of bodies with gasoline Lit it on fire and fled the scene. The murder weapon has never been found So it’s possible he disposed of it at some point on his trip down.” Couldn’t help but notice. Love the descriptions you give to help us visualize.
@@ScruffyIsMyName LoL!! Having very nearly been sucked into the cooper vortex years ago, I should know better than post something like this 🙃 I ain't no tinfoil/troll tho, just home sick & bored
This is reallt a gorrific story! You dis an awesome job as always Jiles! I pray you and your famiky are doing well and have the BEST New Years ever! You deserve it! God Bless you and your famiky this year!
Wow. I was only 7, so I didn't ever know about this one. How terribly sad for that family. And what happened to Brad ??? I don't get it. Beautiful job.
For somebody that was a s LMC average it seemed like he was doing a pretty good job advancing and then something happened. He flipped, flopped and murdered his family. Just a little in to the sad story
Broz Tito, Was never too comfortable with The Soviets...."Allied during the Cold War" he was more of an opportunist but I respect the guy for giving the Soviets the finger... Nice interesting video.
This case reminds me of John List and Robert Fisher both murder their family except that List was found and Robert like bradford were never found... i do believe that both are dead at this point.. theres no way that they havent been found in such a long time
I truly believe this man bought new shoes and abandoned his car to travel on foot. He was too much of a narcissist to off himself. So he more than likely changed his appearance, name and location and started a new life. He would be in his 80’s now…terrifying that someone like that could be living amongst us today.
Narcissists actually have a high suicide rate as at their core they hate themselves. I think a lot of people mistake narcissism with like being obsessed with yourself and thinking you’re perfect but it’s actually the opposite. You hate yourself and think you’re the worst and so you have to project that you’re the best and buy the best things and force your children to act like the best children etc that’s where the abuse comes in.
@@skyrimbarbie5253I think there are two types and one is the insecure depressive type
There are narcissists who hate themselves at their core, but after living with a diagnosed, abusive one, I can assure you that not all of them are like that. I talked to his doctor about his behaviors before I left him, I was really, really wanting our marriage to work, and was told that while some of them can be helped with therapy to learn to basically deal with whatever makes them hate themselves, there are others who truly believe that there is nothing wrong with them, refuse to take responsibility for how they treat others because in their minds, someone else is always wrong. That's why they have to treat you so badly, to make you learn why you're wrong so you'll do it their way. They truly don't care at their core, about anyone but themselves. They can love another person to a point, but they will never love anyone as much as they love,and like, themselves. So with all due respect, because you are right about one side of narcissism, there IS another side to it that is just selfish, mean, and quite frankly, can be very scary.
@juliestrickland7754 yup,that is definitely the other( probably more common type, both being unhealthy for others)
@@CC12398 yes. Both are very unhealthy for others. While I can have some sympathy for someone who hates themselves so much that they feel they have to harm others, whether mentally or physically, it only goes so far because the damage they do to others is far worse than what they do to themselves. Some will argue and say suicide is on par with hurting others because it's basically the worst way you can hurt yourself. But is it, really? When you die, your problems, of whatever type, are over. So in the case of a narcissist, they are free and the people they damaged are still left here to deal with the results of their abuse. Let me be clear that I'm not speaking against someone who kills themselves because of horrible depression, bullying, etc.. I'm speaking specifically about narcissists. Because if my ex ever did it, you can rest assured he would leave a message letting you know exactly whose fault it was, every thing they said and did to cause him to do it, ect.. It would be because he was throwing a fit, wasn't thinking about the fact that he couldn't get out of the consequences of the action, and his last thought would be "This will teach them to..."( Fill in the blank). So in some cases, it's the ultimate act of narcissism.
@thisisMONSTERS, Thank you very much for doing the CC's yourself. Of all the channels I subscribe to, your CC's are the only ones that make sense.
Thanks! I narrate from a script so it’s not that hard to upload it into UA-cam. I bought an app that I use to generate CCs for other video clips that is way more accurate than YT and then it only takes a few minutes to make any minor corrections to those.
I’m glad I can help. Thanks for watching!
This story is just so sad. Whether he is alive or dead, the fact is that those three beautiful boys are gone and they never had the chance to live, dream or experience happiness. Their picture at 16:20 breaks my heart.
Your page is amazing. You go into great detail and do your homework it’s amazing. Glad my mom told me about your page. I was looking for a new true crime channel.
Thanks so much!
@@thisisMONSTERS you’re welcome!
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I'm from Botswana and remember the two older boys. Always been fascinated by this case. At some stage, there was a belief that Mr Bishop may be hiding in Botswana and 'sightings' were reported. Hope the truth will out soon.
Wouldn't he stand out like a sore thumb in Botswana?
@@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul not likely there are many white people who live there
well, that was good detective work researching the tools and putting up a flyer. it was effective, it seems
Reminds me a bit of the John list family annihilator story, very similar with the mother living there too.
Ditto, scary!!!
By the way, I read that the windows in the List home were found to be worth a small fortune... he didn't have to kill them.
@@polarbearsrus6980right. The huge ceiling in the ballroom was Tiffany glass, and worth about a hundred grand.
@@The_Whimsical_Stenographer Of course, that didn't come to light until AFTER he killed his family.
And after the house had burnt down.
The irony of it all.
But John list got away with it
It always blows my mind when people say " Hes innocent..they wouldnt hurt a fly.... Ive known them my whole life...." Blah blah blah... That's the point. Most murders/rapists, ect dont "LOOK" Like a Monster...
I know right,it's not like serial killers,serial rapists,predators have it written across their foreheads that they are such.Their always nice kind normal people.
Exactly, he was extremely cold and scary - deep down. You never really know a person
He was such a nice, quiet man. A good Christian 😂
@@jennifermaddy2442Ted Bundy was the model for that I feel like ,so many people questioned his guilt because he was nice looking ,educated and "normal " as many people said during his trial.He was actually getting live letters from women ,some actually in the court room and they gave the letters to his attorneys,just insane .
There's no hate like Christian love.@@Godless_Doc
With his psychological state, he likely died or killed himself in the deep woods but with his background, if anyone could disappear he could. Family annihilators tend not to kill themselves because they justify their actions in their own mind. 29:19
I highly doubt that. Keep in mind that one dog tracked him about 300 yards down one trail before he "disappeared", while another picked up his scent in the information stop and only tracked him as far as the parking lot. My guess is that he did go into that park- but only to that ranger station or whatever it was and then about 300 yards down one trail- before turning around, walking back to the parking area and getting into another car, perhaps one driven by the female companion someone else mentioned seeing him with. While the state and national parks may not have had as many visitors years ago, today, the Smoky Mountains parks is one of the top visited parks in the nation, if not the most visited. That's not to say he couldn't have disappeared in there and never been found- 4 or 5 others have over the years. Many others have been lost but later found, either dead or alive. It's one of the top 5 "deadliest parks" but I think that mostly people who aren't as prepared as they believe they are or try to go off trail or run into bears (in which case, most are found, at least in part).
Why pack a suitcase etc if he was going to off himself
Believe he went one for as long as life allowed.
@@Lena-so2lq I agree with that. For me, at my age, that makes the most sense. It’s also consistent with his psychological state as a narcissist.
He was a vile evil creep.
It's been almost 48 years now since
Bradford murdered his mother, wife
and sons, l still hope that someday
that Annette's family will get some closure. what an awful arrogant,
narcissistic man, he should have just
left his family instead of taking their
lives. RIP Annette, the boys and Bradford's mother, you do not deserved to have your lives
snuffed out so brutally.🙁🙏
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🪶
He may have escaped the law for decades but I can reassure you he won’t escape the wrath of God. Jehovah see EVERYTHING.
I'm a hardened true crime fan, but "pulpification of brain" was next-level horror even for me....
This case happened about a mile from my childhood home and the murder weapon was purchased at the same Sears which I used to play in as a kid. Originally the case disturbed me being that the kids went to the same schools I did 30 years before. Unfortunately Bradford's Secret Service background has allowed him to probably get away, I hope that the family has some kind of peace.
It happened on the same planet im from.
@@Obsidian369 Surprised at how childish this response is, are you 5? What's your point? being closer to an event doesn't matter?
Think about that for more than 5 seconds and see how dumb it sounds to everyone else...
@@Obsidian369I'm from planet earth too 🎉
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I can see this may be the truth
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I remember this story very well. I live near the University of Maryland & it was covered extensively in the news media. I also recall it being reenacted on America's Most Wanted. Such a heinous crime perpetrated by a man who was upset that he didn't get what he wanted at work!
Another amazing tale of Monsters who walk amongst us, thanks Jiles! I appreciated the detailed history of a family annihilated, and one I've never seen covered before. Great start to 2024 for us Monster Squad Members...
Thank you so much!
@@thisisMONSTERSJiles, you just rock. Through and through. Happy New Year to you. Here's to your channel surpassing your wildest, most monstrous dreams. 🎉 🍻
Thank you Jiles.Such a vintage tragedy, and no closure still. All those children. Again. They managed to survive in alot of dangerous countries, but could not survive their own "dad". I hope they and Mom are at peace.🙏🏼🕊️💔
Which countries were "dangerous" at the time they were stationed there?
Brad was in therapy. The CIA would never even consider him simply for that one reason.
Dude! I'm so impressed with your investigation into some of the most obscure crimes that are horrific.
Thank you for all your hard work!
Thanks for watching!
@@thisisMONSTERS ALWAYS!
Huh? This was NOT obscure 🤷🏼♀️😂
@@6Haunted-Daysthe first comment got 265 likes. You got 2 . Jealous?
I don’t usually like the older cases because they are hard to relate too, but, as always, you told their story in an engaging and interesting way. Thanks for the video ❤❤❤
Bishop is a textbook family annihilator. Underachieving in a high value job, overly involved mother that lives with the family, financial failure, affairs. I'm a horse, not zebra kind of person.
Agreed. Plus any meddling from the feds is fairly easily explained as covering their own asses.
Overly involved mother? I don't think so. He drained her significant fortune in order to finance his entire life. Everything. He couldn't let her out of his sight. Brad Bishop was a complete failure at every level.
Yes, it's giving John List vibes, very sad case😢
A man can run from anything,except GOD and Time
God failed them .
This was definitely one of your best!
So much detail and very captivating.
I am looking forward to all of the new content in 2024.
Thanks again, Jiles.
Happy New Year to you and yours.🎉
Thanks so much. Happy new year to you as well!
Whatever happened to this “ Weasel “ I have to say how sorry I am for the innocent family members! Such a coward he truly was! Just heartbreaking..
Not necessarily I grew up on Roosevelt Street right off of Center Street, right directly behind Suburban hospital where the bishop family home is. It is very well known by generational families here that he was a spy and most likely his family was killed and he got away. He had inside information do you really think the best man would have gone his whole life and they never would have caught him I doubt it. He was a test dummy for the government and everybody in this area knows it. But he's certainly dead today. Things aren't always a simple as some man killing his family what, he had a daughter and they found out about her as this video says her mother was originally a part of the Pagan biker gang which is not even mentioned in this video. He was selling passports documents he got a lot of money selling information to other governments similar to Hanson, but only in a different time. They don't tell you everything in these videos. I've heard more stories that I can tell you over the past 40 years. There's a lot of discrepancies. There's a lot of people have said that there was a look-alike going around town in North Carolina, Motel clerk said the man did not resemble Bishop who bought the pickaxe and Hammer at the hardware store in Bethesda, interesting story but there's more to it he's not a John list. He certainly didn't kill his family to protect them if he did kill them at all. Because you can't go through a house and kill that many people unscathed yourself. No DNA was ever found from anybody else that in itself is also very suspicious. The government can make a lot of things happen. Seriously if they can kill a standing US president in broad daylight. In front of hundreds of people and tell them all they didn't see what they saw what else can they do ?
@@patriciapadilla2022I was wondering about the possibility of something similar happening… but then again it has been so long since this happened which can generate a lot of tall tales. I can’t say for sure either way.
@@patriciapadilla2022Did you live at 5803 Roosevelt Street, by any chance? You might be interested to know it was the childhood home of a sociopath named Ron Pataky. He lived there with his younger brother and parents for less than a year, during World War 2. Please google “ron pataky.” He is a violent psychopath whose longest incarceration was twenty days in jail at age 63. Ron never was prosecuted for a felony. When he was a teen, his parents moved from the DC area to Ohio. They never returned to the DC area, but the facade of the house at 5803 Roosevelt Street in Bethesda looks very much like it did eighty-plus years ago.
This awful case sounds very like that of the murders of the Dupont de Ligonnes family. Neither husband/father has ever been found. Bishop could speak several languages and therefore could easily have fit in anywhere. It is so horrifying, to know that there are people out there, who can commit such heinous crimes.
Imagine a father doing this to his children?? Depravity!!
Psychopath, actually.😔
His mother too!
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Hi friend
I'm from the state of VA. In the states
Nice to hear your comment
I'm part Cherokee.
I love to hear the people letting us know who they are and how they feel. Lovely comment
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Stay safe up there
And stay sane in these crazy times we all live in
Love and respect from Virginia 😊
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Miigwetch for your comment. (Ojibwe for "Thank you") Nice to hear from you. @@lindaarrington9397
If you get into college you have to work your ass off to make the grades 😅 Yale … I can’t even imagine! 😅
Dude looks like tarrantino.
Tarantino. Yup.
evil tarantino
D.b.cooper. bradley cooper?
He does indeed 😅
The middle son, Brenton Bishop was my friend, he is the smiling blond boy in the family photo, I knew the family, and the grandma was full of energy. They lived a few blocks away in South Pasadena for a couple years 71-72 I think, then they moved East. I was 11 when the murders happened and it has haunted me forever. Brendan was so full of life, and a great athlete. Still can't believe this happened.
Heard this case on several other channels but not this well told and thorough. Well done!
Thanks so much!
How does a father massacre his family with a hammer. How does a human get THAT messed up?!!
They can do it for a few reasons. They have convinced themselves that they would all be better off dead than to have to live the rest of their lives in shame because of his failures.
They're also able to remove themselves from the violent act since they've become masters of disguising who they are. None of them likely knew much about the person they called father and husband. They've perfected departmentalizing every aspect of their lives so he was able to mentally check out while he was bludgeoning them to death. The fact that he didn't cave his mother's head in like he did everyone else's tells me that his mother is the only one who truly knew who he was. What was left of him, anyway.
Narcissists in particular blame others for their problems, all the horrible things that are inside themselves they project onto other, and they are absolutely full of rage and fury for all the imagined ways they've been wronged.
It's demonic, this mother should have raised her son Christian and this wouldn't have happened to her.
@albertafarmer8638 😂oh yeah because Christians are soooo much better f
He was just a sick fuck from day 1!
Why would anyone want to kill their family is beyond me. Just take off if you don't like the way things are at home. Live and let live. What a horrible person to do this to his children especially.😢
I can't believe nobody mentioned that he might have switched sides and gone to the Soviets. They would love an agent they had so much leverage on. They would own him and he would have to do whatever they wanted.
Hi, Jiles (it's Nicola Todd, your long-time Aussie subscriber!) 2023 was a bleak year for me, I was feeling very ill right from the beginning. I was finally diagnosed with breast cancer in July, had the tumour removed in August, underwent Chemotherapy for 12 weeks then straight into Radiotherapy every day for 3 weeks which was rough! Finally got home on Friday, January 5 cancer free so I'm looking forward to a better year this year! Happy New Year Jiles to you and your family thanks for all the great content. Cheers from Australia! 💖🦘
I'm so happy to hear you're cancer free. Let's have a better year together!
@@thisisMONSTERS Lookin' forward to it! 💖
Oh honey
You've really been through it huh
Hope all is well now and you are feeling better
I got bit by a lone star tick
Gave me a disease called alpha gal.
I've also been sick all year. After I found out what was wrong and started eating the right stuff
I'm now feeling better😊
Stay safe and sane
Prayers for you lady! You sure are an inspiration to others! Like me!
@AussieBrit I’m so happy that you’re cancer free. Just wanted to say hello & give you some 🖤
You have to be so disgustingly evil to kill your wife and kids like he did. He could have easily just let them live and left them like a normal unhappy husband.
I'm from Serbia former Yugoslavia. And I never heard about this case. Thanks for the video 👌🏻
Hi there
I'm in Virginia USA
This was really good! I feel like the co-workers definitely spotted him.
Nobody ever bothered to dig up the marked grave just to check n see?
Interesting case.
I’m skeptical about the “spy” hypothesis and he certainly wouldn’t be the first or last family annihilator.
Oh, my DAMN! This is giving me major John List vibes, for real. It just goes to prove that while it appears certain folks " have it all", the struggles, be they not of their own making, or, self inflicted are real. 🌹
I was saying the same thing!!! Except John was dumb enough to not change his appearance. This guy prob put all his training into play with his escape. We’re on the same wavelength my dear
I could not help but think of John List, another family anihilator, who remained on the run for many years before he was nabbed by law enforcement.
When I was a kid, America's Most Wanted did a profile of John List and the music they played to show the classical music he left playing in the house when he left after he killed his entire family and the scary nature of what he did terrified me. I can t remember exactly how old I was. I'm guess between 7-9 years old. Just hearing about a father who killed his own mother, wife and children was a concept I had never even thought about before at that time. Up until that point, to me a family consisted of people who loved each other and wouldn't do anything to hurt one another. I was confused and terrified. On the show, they recreated what they believed he would look like at that time with a life-like bust of him and that thing was terrifying to see. It must have been accurate because I think he was caught shortly after the second time that particular episode aired and the person who turned him in said that she had seen the episode and recognized him from the America's Most Wanted profile. This case is extremely similar. I hate thinking of the possibility that he lived a very long life after that and may possibly be deceased without ever being brought to justice for these horrible crimes. Shame, shame, shame!!
I think that family annihilators share certain characteristics and that studies should be conducted to identify risk factors. I note many of them, like List, experience failure that they hide from their loved ones, tend to be extremely conventional, and are financially dependent on their mother. In the 1950's, an Ivy League degree was a gold ticket to success. Brad, therefore, was not achieving the success many of his peers were experiencing,@@beautifulsurprise9424
I just said the very same 😢
Wow this was so interesting, I didn't know about this case. RIP to the family, so tragic
Happy new year to you and your family. I hope everything is good with you moving and I hope that you’re comfortable with your family.❤
Everything has been great. Thanks for asking. You have a great new year as well!
I’m happy everything is going good for you. May God bless you and your family.🙏🏼
Jiles you a truly a legend with these stories. I pray 2024 is your biggest yet. Many blessings 💪🏾🫡
Personally I'd prefer not to have an endless supply of material but much like rehab facilities you have to keep the cheap drugs coming in for a facility to keep it's doors open.
I’m gonna try to make that happen. Thanks for your support!
@@thisisMONSTERS no problem. You help me get thru my work days with all the work you do. I truly appreciate your work and how seriously you take your craft. Everyone can tell a story but to be able to keep ppl coming back is an tru gift. I appreciate you sharing your gift with us.
pulpification is the worst word ever...to hav in a report.
Yeah, I don’t think I would like any part of my body pulpified, especially not my brain.
Especially in regards to a child. 😭🤬😳
If this man is alive he's 87 years old
Please a video on Jeffrey MacDonald. He's the Chris Watts of the 1970s.
That’s definitely an interesting case. It’s been a while since I’ve seen anyone with talent cover it. It would be a great case for Monsters to cover.
Robert Marshall would be another one too.
I shall forever believe that MacDonald’s family was murdered, and that he was framed for it, because he refused to go along with having drugs shipped back to the USA in the bodies of dead soldiers. I believe Helena Stoeckley (sp?) and Ted Gunderson.
I believe he did a series on family annihilators a while back
Thankyou I'm going to look up the two cases this thread has mentioned.
There's a family annihilator case from Australia from 1950s or 1960s where the father killed his entire family, which was his wife & kids. I'm positive it happened in Melbourne, Victoria. He was caught, convicted & was then released from prison after a considerably short sentence compared to the horrific crime he committed. He was released from prison with a complete new identity.
Guess im not going back to bed 🥴 Happy New Years!!
It’s both very impressive and scary that Brad has been able to evade capture all this time. How did he do that?
In the time of no internet that would have been as easy as just moving far away enough for nobody to know who you are
His understanding of all those languages and world wide travels helped!!!
He probably tried contacts in his former posts in Africa where the cost of living is lower, changed his identity illegally and moved elsewhere
I have a fascinating case for you. Kelly Cook. Standard, Alberta, Canada 1981. It's one of the most bizarre cases
Thanks. I'll check it out!
Great suggestion! I'm hours late to the party, but I strongly second this request!
I drove past the house every school day for seven years. Spooky place.
This man had connections and lived all over the world. He disappeared into plain view somewhere in Europe, Eastern Europe or Africa but could easily have ended up in Central America. Truly a monster.
He didn't get a new assignment, and got audited by the IRS while he was a federal employee? He definitely pissed someone at his job off. Someone with power. Silly man.
If the government were involved the family wouldn't have been left to be found.. Brad did this on his own
Thank you for this video. I remember when this was covered on Unsolved Mysteries and America's Most Wanted.
Great job with this interesting story. I'd never heard of it.❤
Thanks!
Crazy! I used to camp at Elkmont when I lived close to the Smokies for several years. Half the people here probobly have too, but it always strikes me when i hear somewhere familiar in these cases. And what a horrible case.
This was a crazy story! He could have gone pretty much anywhere after getting rid of his family! Maybe one day more info will be found!
It is unbelievable how can a person be capable of doing horrible things to people who were once loved and cared for.
Believe it, psychopaths live among us.
What a true monster!!!!
Such a fascinating story. The John Doe is instantly obviously not him, as Brad had earlobes. It would be great to have a final closure to this case.
Its just so narcissistic and selfish to kill your own family because your unsatisfied with life. For god sake if your gonna check out at least allow your children to carry on their lives
Agree. Back then you could just disappear. Why not just abandon your family?
@tonyahinrichs8828 I suppose the same could be said for the likes of John list, Chris Watts and many others. It's that selfish attitude of I don't want my family but nobody can have them, I get to decide whether they live or die as they are just extensions of myself.
I woke up screaming to my girlfriend, " DONT TOUCH IT!! IT'S NEVER A MANNEQUIN!!?" no context just a random ass quote😂. Now im banned from watching crime shows before bed time.
Jiles, thank you so much for your terrific content, always. Happy New Year to you and yours! 🇮🇪💚☘️
Thanks so much. Same to you!
Thank you Jiles.!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR MATE & BEST WISHES FROM SCOTLAND 🏴 🙏 ❤️.!! 👍 👍 👍
Happy New Year Guys, from London, England
Bonne Annee! From south Louisiana
I live in the city next to Bethesda. My mom said she had just moved to the area around the time this happened. I wasn’t born until 1988 but I have heard about this case multiple times because it’s a local crime. Thanks for covering it.
Holy shit I think I’m related to this guy. He looks just like my grandpa! He’s got this distinct Bradford look my family has. I’m a direct descendent of William Bradford of the the mayflower, so his name also being William Bradford is really eerie to me. There’s also another serial killer named William Bradford who used the nickname “Billy” and he killed a lot of women in the 70s posing as a photographer. I guess every family has good and bad people in it
Plot twist: he is ur grandpa
Wow
Ty 4 all of this info
Leaves a lot to think on.
I have great and nit so good folks in my family on both sides
Stay safe and sane in these weird times we all are in😊
Wow, in terms of true crime, this is an excellent story! Of course, it’s tragic and horrible what happened to this poor family. I hope everyone has a safe and happy year ahead!
You almost worded this all wrong but you redeemed yourself 😂😂😂 Don't feel bad all of Monsters know what you mean.
@@RasheedGazzi-u5l Haha! I tried!
@@FLo-jc7ig You seem like the sensitive type.
Honey don't sweat those ugly troll comments
I think your comment was very good and I agree😊
@@lindaarrington9397 🤓
I immediately thought of the trials done by the CIA when his diary almost documented his psychological decline. I was shocked when the same trials were mentioned, although what's left of the documents don't say much and the survivors that are left were able to come forward - it's been a bit since they have and I don't know if the small group of them are even still alive. I'd think they'd check with them if they knew him, as they were able to identify several of the men who died under mysterious circumstances and others who took their own lives. Some of those videos were horrifying. I'm still disgusted they used a literal enemy of our country to conduct trials on our own soldiers and then our government refused to provide them with treatment until it was too late. That whole thing was evil. Either way, he did this and he got away with it. I think leading them to thinking he died in the Appalachia's was a part of his plan. He was never ignorant, quite the contrary. I mean, look at The Invisible Pilot. That story is insane...but still true. :)
You are just so amazing! Keep up the great work! Best of wishes for you and your loved ones! 🥳🥳💕
Thanks so much!
@@thisisMONSTERS 🤩💕. Fan girl-ing it right now! 🙃🤭🤣
The Brad Bishop and John List cases are so eerily similar.. only difference is that Brad was never captured.
Wow, what a fascinating story with the diary. No excuses for Brad, but can't help putting this through a 2023 lens and wonder what mental health issues he was dealing with in that turbulent time period
He was suffering
@@rocksanne58 I was thinking maybe about being in the closet (don't think I'm buying into the mkultra theory)
If you’re curious about psychology, you can look into the commonalities of family annihilators. Unfortunately this happens enough for it to have its own label.
@@pr0cessa I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about!
@@rocksanne58 I meant maybe (among other things) brad was struggling with sexual orientation or gender identity, something like that in a time when it wasn't acceptable in society. MKULTRA, I was referring to the theory presented in the video, that brad was one of the CIA operatives or others involved, who were subjected voluntary or involuntary to LSD and other drugs as a sort of human experiment
We do the 👨🎤🎶 Monster Mash in the wee hours of the morning! Catching after 3 minutes of posting ..my monster senses lol ! Happy 2024 fellow Monsters fans ❤
Here's hoping for a safe 2024 to the whole Monster Squad, while being told about monstrous acts by Jiles' smooth voice.
@@digigalbytes2445 seriously it is ..lmao . I sleep to his voice and it sounds weird...but...iykyk (if you know, you know) ...all together now...🙄🎶🎶Jiles, Jiles! He's our man !
Calming soothing and all of a sudden he'll crack one out and I lmao..he's so great
Right back at ya Michelle.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
From a fellow Monster!
happy new year , monster fans, from Germany❤
@@CATNAPREAL1188 you have no idea how much that means to me thank you so much 😙
Me: takes a bite of my food
Narrator: they found brain matter on the walls.
Me: unbothered
Gripping storytelling!
Thanks so much!
Wow! You sure do your homework. How you get all the details is amazing! Thank you and please keep it up!
Wow.. r.i.p to the family
Extremely interesting video thanks was a good listen while I sipped my coffee
Got a bit poetic a little after the 26:00 mark
“He then splashed the pile of bodies with gasoline
Lit it on fire and fled the scene.
The murder weapon has never been found
So it’s possible he disposed of it at some point on his trip down.”
Couldn’t help but notice. Love the descriptions you give to help us visualize.
I'm going with Occam's razor on this one...he died way out in the woods and his body/remains are long gone.
Anyone else think Brad looks a little bit like the DB Cooper composite!?
Needs sunglasses.😎
Ha, ha! "Cat, may I introduce you to the pigeons."
@@ScruffyIsMyName LoL!! Having very nearly been sucked into the cooper vortex years ago, I should know better than post something like this 🙃 I ain't no tinfoil/troll tho, just home sick & bored
This is reallt a gorrific story! You dis an awesome job as always Jiles! I pray you and your famiky are doing well and have the BEST New Years ever! You deserve it! God Bless you and your famiky this year!
Monster he sure was.
He’s Definitely a MONSTER 👺..This story is Horrific..
Great episode. Thank you for the upload. Terribly sad story with zero justice. This man was pathetic.
Wow. I was only 7, so I didn't ever know about this one. How terribly sad for that family. And what happened to Brad ??? I don't get it. Beautiful job.
Oh he’s an intel officer. He traded his life to get away with that.
Happy New Year Jiles and happy new year to all Monsters fans 🎉❤😊
Right back at ya Sally !
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
From another Monster viewer. 🇺🇲
happy new year, Sally, and greetings from Germany ;)
Good morning everyone❤
Bon Matin!
For somebody that was a s LMC average it seemed like he was doing a pretty good job advancing and then something happened. He flipped, flopped and murdered his family.
Just a little in to the sad story
That guy was under a lot of pressure.
Broz Tito, Was never too comfortable with The Soviets...."Allied during the Cold War" he was more of an opportunist but I respect the guy for giving the Soviets the finger...
Nice interesting video.
This case reminds me of John List and Robert Fisher both murder their family except that List was found and Robert like bradford were never found... i do believe that both are dead at this point.. theres no way that they havent been found in such a long time
This channel is fascinating. 👏🏾
I was behind due to the holidays so it was nice coming in work with 4 episodes to catch up on. Happy new year🎉
Thanks so much for watching!
@@thisisMONSTERS I'm always watching 👀🥸🕵️♂️👤😅
He's living on a secret island with Jimmy Hoffa and the second gunman on the grassy knoll
And Lucky Lucan.
Bradford's daughter looks so much like him.
That's what I noticed. Especially around their nose and mouth area.
Happy new year! Looking forward to all of your videos this year. Thank you for all of your content
Unfortunately a perfect crime. R.I.P. 💐💐💐💐 😢
As always incredible interesting, dear Jiles!! Thank you so very much! Didn't know this case...
By the way, happy new year!🌞
Love the long video's thank you . I think your the David Attenborough of murder channels 😊
Kuvunja moyo Pumzika Kwa Amani..
A straight up Death Penalty Case..