The Pearl School Shooting : Luke Woodham
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Season 16 : SATAN!
Episode 08 : Luke Woodham
Luke Woodham believed everyone was against him and when his first girlfriend broke up with him, he tried to move on. When he couldn't get over the heartbreak, he decided revenge was the only answer.
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In 7th grade, I was sent to the school counselor after a writing assignment. The task was to look at a picture and write a paragraph describing the emotions evoked by the photo. The picture was off a dull gray winter landscape with a barren tree. I had described the absence of leaves on the tree as if the tree had cried them off due to the sadness of the season....
I had a week's worth of meetings with the school counselor over that one sentence, so how this monster didn't get any flags for what he wrote, is beyond me.
In my AP British Lit class we had to write our own rendition of the "to be or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet. I, struggling with my mental health and having recently been prescribed medication, wrote something to the effect of "to take or not to take," exploring my thoughts and emotions about depending on medication to feel better. I was sent to the guidance office SO FAST. The counselor was very concerned and I'm like... the whole soliloquy is about whether it is better to live or die. 😂 Anyway. I was fine, but it still caused red flags to pop up and it was addressed.
What year were you in grade 7?
@@nicoles7872 not just this but also where you went to school at. They're from Mississippi. I'm from the state right next door, Alabama. Both are poor states with mostly crappy public school systems. I'm only a couple of years older than this guy and the idea of a school counselor was something I'd only ever seen on TV as a kid, going to school in the 80s and 90s. We had metal detectors and bad teacher shortages even then, class sizes of 30 or more, not counselors or decent facilities or extra curricular activities much beyond band and basic sports, and those only in middle and high schools.
@@mommy2libraswow. Thank you for sharing this. I was also going to ask where the OP was because it doesn’t sound typical of average American public schooling.
13:06 . The dog was missing A FEW WEEKS!? Was it ever fed? I'd notice my pet missing after mere seconds.
Yea wtf that tripped me out too... Feels weird when I'm home and my dog isn't, even if I know I dropped him off at the groomer
One day I couldn't find my cat and was walking the streets calling her name while sobbing my heart out. People came out of their houses and were like "are you ok?!"
I had just moved across the state and was worried my cat escaped and tried to find her way home. I came home and found her under a dresser 😆 I didn't look under there because I thought it was too low for her to fit. I was soooo relieved!!! That kind of thing has happened a few times.
She died from cancer 2 years ago and I miss her much. 😭 RIP.
@@fndmntl5341 YES! I know what you mean.
And the brother kept saying she needs a vet. But it was “take her next week” No empathy in this family.
RIP Sparkles.😔
I can relate A LOT to what happened to him in my own life. Picked on, Lied on, blamed for everything and betrayed by people that claimed they cared. However, in time I learned that those people have something wrong with them. It wasn't me. You will destroy your self taking accountability or seeking validation from others. They will always dangle love and acceptance just out of reach.
100% !! You know it
I hope you've seen the journal entry that Jiles just put out on this freak describing how he murdered his dog. Everyone has felt alone and unloved at some point but this guy right here is one of the sickest individuals I've ever known of.
When I was bullied I had a principal that when I told him he told me " No one likes a tattal tell and we needed to work it out ourselves " so I got suspended for knocking the Bully out. My teacher told me I could be anything I wanted to be so I became an Asshole.
Well let us be friends. How is life going :).
Preach
Luke does a lot of sniffling and acts like he's crying, but his body language is totally relaxed. MONSTER.
Too busy doing his pity party for one - he thinks he's 'owed' things and lashed out when he didn't get them. What a waste of oxygen.
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That assignment was disturbing. Anyone to not do anything about that would be f*cking stupid.
Reminds me of a kid we had in school named Connor Betts. He was caught in school with a list of girls he was going to rape (no consequences) then a list of people he was going to kill (still no consequences). Then he told his girlfriend about how great mass shootings are, and he wanted to do it (she didn't tell anyone). Then on August 4, 2019 he went on a shooting spree in a bar district(The oregon district) near our school......All the signs were there, but this kid was allowed to buy multiple guns and vests and combat gear.... If you hear something disturbing like this, don't just let it slide. Because as far as I see it, anyone that had the ability to do or say something and didn't has blood on their hands as well.
Incompetent school staff
@@Lord3nderironically i just watched a video on that shooting. it’s wild you went to school with him. were you in the same grade?
I would like to offer everyone a palate cleanser.
Another school shooter (that I'm not going to waste my time mentioning by name) claimed that he had been hearing/seeing demons.
When he tried to feed the Detective that was interviewing him that line of crap, the Detective said, "Do the demons know a good lawyer?"
That Detective is epic beyond epic!
That detective is the GOAT! He has quite a few interrogations on UA-cam and his “well, I’ve a little time to kill, might as well chat with you while I’m waiting for my lunch to heat up” attitude to interrogating psychopaths is fantastic!
That thing he wrote if he could spend a day as his teacher... WHAT THE F*CK...!? How does that not immediately flag Anyone, Anything? What the actual f*ck..
He should’ve been put on a watchlist for that
As someone who grew up in a broken home, as well as being picked on for being short (5’6) and being poor, plus “smelling bad” because my mother smoked like a chimney. Plus a couple kids who came over saw my mother trashed (because she was an abusive alcoholic) and made fun of me for being the son of an abusive alcoholic after she embarrassed me. We were evicted multiple times and lived in a motel room. My point is, I’m a now a nearly 40 year old fully disabled combat veteran, I own my own truck and home and I have a fiance whom I’ve been with for nearly 12 years after meeting thanks to match. Oh, I’m also an Atheist which is the biggest reason I didn’t take my thoughts of ending my
Suffering earlier.
My point is, LUKE’S STORY ISN’T UNIQUE NOR DOES IT JUSTIFY WHAT HE DID!!! HE WAS JUST WEAK IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD!!
Luke was autistic, also weak and self-absorbed, but autistic, you have some insight he could not reach.
Exactly, I am still poor and still live like shit. My parents really didn't care about us even if they said they did. We basically raised our younger siblings but our parents refused to truly care. We were forced to step in because they wouldn't, it was only screaming and threats when they were around. The neglect we went through was just awful, I'm thankful that any physical abuse kind of fizzled out when the 4th child was born- since it was our job, we completely stopped anything related to spanking. It was only a threat our dad would do, but he was too tired from college to rlly go through with it (Plus they were almost never home)
I'm 22, disabled, unable to work, I live in our cruddy childhood home paying rent to our father who (now) has a better job and lives with than he did back then and he lives with his girlfriend and one of our siblings, the other two voluntarily live with Mom bc she sucks but they don't like his GF. We still see them both even though I am not too happy about it. Life can be just awful and it's often hard, still now as an adult, disability doesn't give a lot of wiggle room for food that is healthy, we could never move out of the worst place in my mind because the housing and apartment market is absolutely terrible.
life feels bleak sometimes. I'm still not happy
But at my worst, when I want to die, no matter what anger I feel, it's only directed to me. Do I have angry thoughts? yes, but who does it, the difference is acting on it. The anger and violence in my soul gets redirected towards me bc I actively do not want to be the monster in my head.
I have mental illness So many people would think of as 'evil' or dangerous. But I don't want to hurt strangers, what did they do to me? Nothing, they are living their own lives, My suffering should not be theirs. No amount of Bullying and abuse I went through makes me want to kill and attack strangers and people who are 100% innocent.
He does not deserve compassion, he does not deserve an excuse, people go through horrible shit all the time and they never ever do anything this awful. It's the same with any type of murderer who had a bad childhood or life, so do millions of people. It can be an explanation for some behaviors, but imo, for most, it barely even explains anything. It's never an excuse.
I'm not an atheist, but I'm not religious either (more Agnostic but spiritual, in a way where I think anything could be real- but we are not ever going to truly find that out, I believe in stuff like ghosts and otherworldy things, but I also think as humans and 'mortals' we would never be able to reach a level where we would get the answers to stuff like gods and the universe. Anything is possible, but I respect whatever people believe as long as it is respectful towards me as well)
@@estelao.b.1473stop blaming autism.
Everyone doesn't handle things the same.
Thank you for your service. I know you don't believe, but I have to say May God bless you.
Lydia was my first cousin. We used to play together all the time.
Our family lost an amazing person that day.
This man doesn't deserve to see the light of day.
I’m sorry.
So profoundly sorry for your loss.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I don’t believe Luke will ever be free.
Thanks for watching!
I’m so sorry for your loss
I'm so sorry for the loss of such a beautiful soul. My condolences to you and your family ❤
Let my son write a paper like that and i had no idea, it would be a serious problem. My goodness it didn't take a rocket scientist to know this kid had serious problems.
The problem is clearly that the parent(s) aren't like you, I, or probably most of the people watching this. Like how Luke said in the beginning (3:02) his mom would go out and party regularly and leave him home alone. I highly doubt a mom like that was paying attention to most, if anything, in his life.
She probably couldn't even tell you what grade he was in.
His parents had problems with favoritism and he didn't get along with his brother. That sucks. First girlfriend breaking up with you- that also really sucks. Getting picked on at school for being heavyset and also probably for being held back a grade- also sucks. I mean all of that sucks. But none of it is particularly horrific, it's just crappy. Everyday, someone has the first love of their life break up with them, and it sucks, but they don't usually go out and shoot people over it. This is the best example ever of "everyone's life comes with a certain amount of crap, but 99% of us don't handle it like this."
I really appreciate Jiles for putting details of what happened to the poor dog in a separate space, because innocent animal and child abuse/killings are the hardest to hear.
Good morning Jiles, it's 09:10 in South Africa, I'm obsessed with your chanel ❤
Me too.
Gooood morning, Jiles! I wish everyone here a beautiful day!🌄😊
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@@josmclove4426 😊
Jiles thank you for your dedication an content
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I'm no religious person by any means but Satanism is not like this .. people gotta have a scapegoat
You are absolutely right. Many are dabblers.
@@cdes1776Lucifer doesn’t acknowledge them as they are not true satanist
@@LemonHead-sq5wsLucifer is a fictional character
@@Chellz801 your black as god is fake
@@Chellz801 How your black as know
Congrats on making it to 16 chapters. I have seen alot of channels like this get shut down. I love watching true crime. KEEP ON GOING!!!!!!!
Notice how casually he is sitting there with his legs crossed telling his story.... Parents have got to do better with noticing problems with their kids before they become Monsters
I watched the video about what he and his friend did to his dog before this one. He is true evil. I understand how being mistreated can mess someone up. But if someone turns to hurting innocent animals, that's not just a result of being mistreated. That's evil to the core. The abuse being a trigger doesn't excuse their actions nor is it the sole cause of their behavior.
If ever there was a valid argument for eugenics, it's people like this. If there is anything that should be eliminated from the gene pool, it's lack of empathy.
I’ve watched all of this man’s work !!! Almost every single episode, it’s 4:40am here !!!
Good evening from Australia
Guess who’s back? Back again?
Jiles is back! Tell a friend!
Born and raised in Pearl. Luke won't ever see the outside
Happy Friday 💜
Thank you for not going into extreme details here and doing a seperate video so we can avoid it if we wish!
He murdered and injured others and somehow HE was wronged. Unreal.
The fact that the writing assignment didn't raise any red flags is astonishing
He said was seeing demons.
I guess the demons like cry babies 🙄🤣
Thank you for doing 2 separate videos. I love animals! A boy in High School nicknamed me Elly May after the Clampetts. I had a lot of critters growing up. You do great work!
So sorry for the survivors, and if she is alive -- love and regards to Christina Menafee.
Thank you for covering this. I grew up in the area, so I definitely remember that day.
You have such a nice voice, it`s very nice to listen to!😊
Thank you so much!
The way he cries is heartbreaking. I heard from my psychologist that this is how little children cry so if adult cries like that it means parental emotional neglect. I am at minute 4 and I don’t know what yet happened but it breaks my heart hearing him sob. Edit. Watched till the end and of course last minutes are spot on. Nothing justifies his actions.
Not sure your psychologist knows their job very well.
I was thinking that it's probably the first time he ever told anyone what happened to him as a child.
It took me until I was in my mid 50's. I cried like a baby, explaining what I went through.
@@Ann-sj4ptare you a psychologist or an internet specialist ? If you are a psychologist it would be extremely interesting to read your expert opinion, if you are a “from the couch expert” then you are just being an ass.
Why would you be talking about this case to your psychologist?
These people really like "Nobody likes me! Let me prove why that's justified!"
Thank you for not reading the journal entry with the animal abuse. That is something I honestly cannot handle. I get livid and I want nothing to do with that kind of negativity. So thank you for not telling us
"Self entitled" is redundant. Self centered, self serving are both acceptable substitutes. Okay you can all judge me now.
I graduated High School in 1998 just a couple county’s over from where this took place in Mississippi. It shook the entire state to the core!! What incredible insanity. May God bless all that was involved.
that opening picture is agony just to see. the looks on every one of those kids faces 😢
Everyone was waiting for it this season... The Mayhem shirt !
The manifesto could have been shortened to: "I did this because Im a selfish coward, who instead of taking the effort of bettering myself, like to attack and murder innocent, defenseless people and blame them for my own shortcomings."
I did start off thinking "not another school shooting," but your story telling skills are such that it was like hearing about this sickening phenomenon for the first time. Luke was an early - the world owes me a girlfriend - Incel.
Thank you xx
Always good videos . Well thought out and researched . Remember when you were doing those series early on and your channel was a baby . Come a long way … and keep em coming !
How are we at a point where we refrain from talking about details about animal abuse, but openly talk about horrific acts and violence done to humans? Should the animal abuse bother us but not the mutilation of humans? Where has our humanity gone?
Who needs to be sleep but is making the executive decision to stay up? This gal!1
Congrats?
Every time I hear Mississippi in a case, it makes my stomach turn. Even if I am familiar with the case. It’s just too close to home😩
His mother had a big part in him becomming a monster
Thank you for omitting the dog murder details. ❤ poor baby😢
Thank you!
Wow that essay he wrote for school..omg 😳
You would think that insane 3rd person essay he wrote would get authorities and parents involved ASAP
Something VERY similar happened to a teacher of mine a few years ago. My high school teacher was attacked with a stun gun by her adult son, then stabbed horrifically more than 20 times until her death. Her son was a POS and had crazy self entitlement.
My teacher was a sweet lady and didn't deserve this. RIP Mrs. Burks. Otay Ranch High isn't the same without you.
I tell you what kind of parents he has if my pet didn't show up for one meal I be looking everywhere for it.. My babies I can not even eat if I can not make sure my pets eat first.. Maybe it started from people who never knew how to love..sad and what he did was horrible and no way he needs every be out.. But his mom has a lot of what she did to this child.. How do you not know your pet is missing?.
he sounds like an evil Butters
It's truly amazing how an intelligent kid didn't have the consciousness to realise his dark thoughts weren't typical.
What went wrong? Was it an organic disease of his brain that got missed (or ignored)? Or was it a manifestation of his social awkwardness due to his feelings of being "cast aside" by family and then society? Are people born monsters, or are monsters created?
14:06 Thank you for omitting the killing of the family dog. I find the harming of children and animals particularly disturbing. As for the plan being full proof, I think a more appropriate description would be foolish! I don’t however, believe they completely thought this through. I can think of a couple of problems with that plan, stating with …”It’s pure insanity” and “The police may intervene “ to “All such plans immediately go wrong from the start because human beings are unpredictable…..it’s also beyond evil"..Monstrous!
Necronomicon is a work of gothic fiction by Lovecraft, lol. The edgy teens were also gullible.
OMG...my life was so much worse! I've never hurt anybody...
Awesome Mayhem shirt!
It’s extremely sad that we can talk about school shootings without surprise anymore
27:15
I see where Rittenhouse probably got his acting queues from. Identical performance.
I knew people at that school when it went down, I wasn’t there as I’m from the southern part of the state, this was a really wild thing at the time, seems so blurry now
I worked in my children’s school with special education middle school students while they were elementary. During ALICE drills I was terrified and years later I’m still traumatized. Two weeks ago their school went into lockdown over a shooting threat. I was so scared and they didn’t seem bothered by it. It goes to show the mindset difference between someone who never had to worry about this and kids today.
Darn, that's dark and very Concerning, like yeah I get the part of the teacher being nice to Luke, but the other parts that he wrote down is just Disturbing.
Oh my gosh. Hasn't everyone been through a breakup? Yes , it hurts, but killing is no excuse.
She didn't even miss the dog? Too weird.
I’ve never heard of this case! I was a senior in HS in 1997 in CA and I remember columbine only as the first majorly covered shooting but this one is crazy. Thank you for not elaborating about Sparkles. I almost turned off video…:(
I don't understand why if he felt life was so awful & that no one loved him but actually hated him PLUS he committed crimes which he knew would 99.9% of the time mean life imprisonment WHY he wouldn't want to die?!
You can tell that Luke never experienced anything terribly bad in his pathetic life. What a little B 🤬
That's weird because The Necronomicon doesn't actually exist.
Their is a monster inside of all of us the difference is some can control it and some can't
Why is it always,9 out of 10 , Florida?
He definitely needs acting lessons...no academy award for that sorrowful performance at the beginning in counselors office!
waaah waaah, hearing him victimize himself annoyed me. people go through hardships and don’t end up being a school shooter. He’s just weak!
0:03 and already crying like a fountain...
He thinks that letter was so profound but he sounds like a dumb sixth grader.
This is Monsters 🎶🎹🎶👹😈
Is it me or was ‘the demon’ a lot like the sith from Star Wars ?
Nope
MAYHEM shirt is so fitting with this story...
that diary and his abuse of his dog tells all
This kid is a coward of the worst kind
The bowl cut is a red flag
I was picked on my whole life and even to this day people don't take me seriously because of the way I look. It made me work hard to eventually be the best person I can be without feelings of revenge or regret. It is up to you to decide what you do with the cards that you are dealt. Choose to be a person of character because people close to you do take notice. I chose to be a good person.
Okay so maybe his recollection isn’t as clear so soon after the incident but he said he hit Christina in the heart but he didn’t. He said he hit a tree but he just got stuck in a ditch. Did he lie or is it just unclear recollection due to the trauma?
Love the shirt!
This channel has featured many many pieces of s--t but I do have to say this one is in the top 10 biggest piles of all time!!! This guy is very sick, and had sadistic tendencies, he just wanted an excuse to act out. There are tons of people who have similar childhoods, they dont turn into monsters.
That fake sobbing takes an Oscar. What an embarrassment. "Poor me, me, me". Boohoo.
3:14 can't sleep....an I'm listening to monsters 😊😊😊
My son is so anxious going to school everyday, he's so worried about a school shooting.
People act like America is the only place where this happens but sadly it happens all over the world- bombings, stabbings, etc the issue isn't solely an American issue, a gun issue, whatever it's a HUMAN issue on top of mental health issues 🤷🏻♀️
Blaming it on a place, a group of people, or even more stupid an inanimate object while ignoring the true cause isn't going to help.
I feel sorry for kids who get treated like outcast but once they lower themselves to the level of murdering other kid's all the sympathy i have for them is gone, I have 7 kids from ages 8-27 and sending them to school has always made me nervous because of weirdos like Luke, if i found out that one of my son's was being a bully he would be "straightened out" as it could possibly save his life.
5:40 based
I never thought there would be a day that one of these episodes would touch close to home, but this is my Mother’s high school. This happened to her. Jesus Christ Mom.
That voice is iconic
Nice Mayhem shirt my boy!
I am not going to watch the video as I am very sensitive when it comes to animal abuse. I just wanted to thank you so much for putting the warning.
Oh my thank you, sleep was not in my future❣❣
Love the Mayhem shirt, just keep it away from your Burzem shirt
I was there that day
So, this is where the saying,”having a screw loose” comes from. Seriously.😟