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I'm from Arkansas and I remember the madness around the West Memphis Three. It scares me to think they were convicted while the real killer is still at large.
I'm from Arkans as well, I was 11 when it happened. There's no way the state of Arkansas would release anyone they truly believed had brutally murdered three little boys.
To be honest the West Memphis Three case is a modern day version of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts back in 1692. Both are examples of what can happen if religious extremism can affect the legal system.
This list gave me chills and brought back a lot of memories. I was a teenager in the 90s and remember most of these cases. I was living in Arizona when Mathew Shepard was murdered. The details haunt me to this day.
This case scared me to death. I had two college students going to college. It terrified me as a parent. I also had 5 younger kids. A few of them decided college wasn't worth it. They've now gotten their degrees as adults. 😊 Mathew was a kind, quiet guy. These disgusting cowards killed him because he was gay, even though they now say it's not true. Their lying. manipulative, disgusting. foul minds should be on death row. Execution is all they are worth. RIP Mathew. You are greatly missed by all who loved you and by most of the country. We still morn your loss. There really know words to explain the deep grief that the country felt when your life was so viciously taken. Our ❤❤❤ for you is eternal!
In 2012, I took an Introductory Acting class at my local community college. Part of the coursework involved memorizing and performing a monologue, and I picked one that was part of The Laramie Project, about the Matthew Shepard case. This project inspired me to learn more about his life and this tragic case.
Can't believe the one busted with CP should have been charged and sentenced to each possession charge to be served concurrent is it??? The one where he has to do each sentence then the next and so on til he gets a lifetime behind bars bc what they did to that lil baby... The torture... lack of remorse and they got away with it ffs
True Crime will always be. It's a Normee Phenomenon that's been around before I was born, been around while I was growing up and still happening now after 10 Years Later after I Graduated Highschool. And True Crime will still happen God be Willing when I become a old person. There'll never be a end to this Normee Phenomenon. It's just is what it is in this Normee 3D World. Five years from now, we'll be hearing more True Crime Cases and Gun Violence Mass Shootings.
That is sad. 😢 You shouldn't feel that way. All of these crimes, except Nancy Kerrigan's were absolutely tragedies that changed the country. I hope you find it in your heart to still find positivity. I personally can understand. I'm old enough to be your Mom. I had two kids of my own in college at the time. I always was on edge. Even my 5 younger ones made me worry constantly. I was glad when they all finished school. We even home scooled our last one at home, he's 29, Autistic and will be scooled at home for any college he does. I had forgotten how tragic the 1990's were until I saw this video. It certainly hasn't gotten better! There's a school shooting about once a week if not more. I believe in the second amendment, but we must get school shootings under control. Our kids deserve our best effort, even if it means extremely tough gun laws. I want a ban on all assault weapons! If you don't willing to give back your weapon than you spend time in jail and we confiscate your weapon anyway The government should buy back these weapons of mass destruction. That way people won't be at a financial loss. Anything to take them off the street or in homes.
@@jillgross6232 Despite all that I see in the world, I remain positive. It's just that I've become sort of dull to events like this. I'm from a small town with a population of a little more than 30, 000 and over the last few years it's become very violent. It's like a shooting every other day. Still I have hope in Jesus and pray and hope that in all this sadness, that there will still be joy.
The 90s were bizarre when it came to crime (every decade has its decadence, I guess). I still remember watching the OJ car chase on TV's while shopping in a mall saying "OJ Simpson from The Naked Gun movies? No way!" Weird times...
WOW. Im surprised the whole Mary Kay Letourneau case isn't on this list!! I actually went to the same primary school she taught at😐. I remember seeing her in school. She was a teacher, but I was in a different class. Then I went to the same HS with Buddah, but he was older. When all that shit went down, I was still young, but I definitely understood the magnitude of the case and how it was going to affect the educational system and that student/teacher dynamic from then on.
@@shaquitabennett3107 He was 12 years old when their "relationship" started, and they had 2 kids together and stayed together until Letourneau died (a few years ago). The movie May December is based on their story. Basically the world eventually realized that women can be predators too.
AND Australia reacted. We tightened gun laws and prohibited some guns. Even though we have as many guns again...they are tightly controlled and he have not had a stranger on stranger 'MASS MURDER' since Port Arthur. 27 years. THAT happens when you are proactive about gun control. Something America will NEVER understand. We will just continue to watch kids murdered at their desks...and America does..................NOTHING. Same as they ALWAYS do. Thoughts and Prayers.... now they FORCE women to have babies but do NOTHING when those babies have their faces blown away wit an AR15? Stupid humans 😢😢😢😢💔💔
America love their guns more than they do their people. After Sandy Hook happened, I knew nothing would ever change. If the slaughter of little children doesn't change anything, then nothing will.
Selena’s death is the saddest she had a promising career the whole world loved her and it was all taken away all because one person couldn’t handle being fired
Here's a dishonorable mention: Thurston Highschool Shooting, Oregon 1998 15 year old Kipland Kinkel murdered his parents at home, then drove to his school and killed 2 students and injured other 25.
Thank you for this video, I’ve always been fascinated with crime stories since I was 13, but only watching documentaries, crime shows, and that’s about it.
I very sadly remember these horrific events. Eric Robert Rudolph was caught in 2003. May 31st to be exact while rummaging through a dumpster in North Carolina. A police officer suspected a burglary and investigated it. They eventually found out who he was and he is serving life without parole in a federal prison.
Some might say that he's got exactly what he deserves, but the way I see it, it looks like he's come up in the world then & been handsomely rewarded, he doesn't have to worry about rummaging through dumpsters anymore, instead he's got shelter, a bed, 3 good square meals a day & all the free medical treatment he'll ever need & he'll never have to make another decision for himself ever again for the rest of his life & all of it paid for by the taxpayers, not a bad perk when You come to think about it eh?
It was a powder keg waiting to go off. I remember everyone in LA was thinking that if OJ came out at guilty, there would again be riot on the streets. The day the verdict was supposed to be read? The streets were empty in South Central LA. Everyone was glued to the tv and waiting to see what would happen.
I'm so glad I was a kid in the 90's. I didn't have to know about any of these things. The only things I had to worry about was how the Power Rangers would beat the monster and how Ash would beat Team Rocket
I remember all of them. But the “worst” one for me is the Oklahoma bombing. That happened on my 15th birthday(yes the siege in Waco happened on my 13th and the columbine shooting happened 1 day after my 19th). I remember going to the store with my dad just staring at the tvs because neither one of us knew what was going on…that was rough…especially the kids…😢
I remember aswell. I am actually from OKC. I was in the first grade at the time. My school wasn't too close to the site, but close enough for windows to get busted and suffer some damage. It was the Scholastic Book Fair. We were all so confused. We didn't know what happened until we got home.
I took a class at the Genesee Career Institute in Flint, Michigan, and my instructor told us about the Rodney King incident and the OK Simpson trial. Rodney King was mentioned while we were learning about proper use of force. During a unit on the subject of evidence in court, we also learned about the OJ Simpson trial, and how it was the result of shoddy handling of evidence.
It was a lot worse with fire alarms blaring and flashing lights kids were jumping out of cabinets desks and cops couldn't do much and county clockman went there to reset the alarms looked like a war zone with body parts blood And bullet holes.
I remember reading about Andy Dick bragging about getting Brynn Hartman back on cocaine. Jon Lovitz was a close friend of Hartman and went on to deck Dick.
I remember Matthew Shepard's murder! 😢😢😢 that one was especially haunting. To think people could kill someone because they are different!! That boy will never be forgotten!! 😢
I met Jason Baldwin a few years ago. You would think that after spending 18 years in prison for a crime they never committed that he would come out angry and violent. But he is the exact opposite. He is kind, gracious, and as friendly as can be. He's just an extremely sweet man. One of the best I have ever met.
@@jaclynsanture6643 Why bring god into this, it's pretty petty to believe god would allow three boys to go to prison on flimsy what ifs and profiling of someone in the pagan community then coerced a confession from a mentally disabled boy.....I always get confused with belief your god allows what happened but by "his grace" he got through......seems like a moronic ideal to me. They got out because they were innocent, and everyone outside of arkansas knew it.......not by gods help.
Why are you so sure he is innocent? I'm personally glad he's out as it is not 100% sure that he is guilty, but the type of laces that should have been on his boots were used to tie one of the kids. And his boots did not have the original laces when confiscated. He also failed the polygraph test. We also know that Jessie Misskelley on May6.(the day after the murders) Showed up at a friend's (buddy Lucas) home and insisted that he should be the new owner of his muddy Adidas tennis shoes, which is a really strange thing to insist on, and one hell of a timing. Then add that Deanna Holcomb(Damiens Ex) already in 1992(before the murders) started to alert people that Damien had voiced a plan to kill kids. Something she later confirmed in talks with the police. Most likely they were guilty of course, but I don't think they should get life in prison when it can not be proven.
@@marklinder1798 Most likely they were guilty sir, and anyone bothering to go through the totality of evidence instead of just watching a very bad documentary series knows that. I'm glad they are out though, as its still not 100% sure that they did it. Let's go through a very small amount of stuff that was not mentioned in any documentaries/articles: -On May 6, 1993( the day after the murders) Jessie Misskelley out of the blue insisted that his friend(Buddy Lucas) should be the new owner of his muddy Adidas tennis shoes. That is a very strange thing to insist, and one hell of a timing. -One of the laces used to tie the boys belonged to an adult-size boot. It is the same type of laces that should have been on Jason Baldwin's boots. Jason's boots did not have the original laces on them when confiscated. -Deanna Holcomb(Damien's ex-GF) Already in 1992(before the murders) alerted people that Damien had a plan to kill kids. She confirmed this in an interview with the police on May 11, 1993. It can be found on the Callahan site.
@@ujmm They recanted those statements, and admitted they were coerced into making them. The laces part, was never reported, nor was the idea that Jessee Miskelley tried to hide his boots. Damien? You're pulling that one out of your ass. Also you're choosing to omit the fact that the night of the murders a black man covered in mud and blood went into the women's room at Bojangles and was in there for a long time. Over an hour. Once he left, when staff went in there, there were paper towels everywhere and the walls were covered with the blood and mud he had come in covered with. The "evidence" used at trial was circumstantial at best. Also witnesses that could prove beyond any kind of doubt that the 3 were innocent were suppressed and forbidden from testifying. Jason's lawyer told him to put his head down and keep it down the entire trial. The idiot claiming that Damien took one of the boys testicles and played with them in his mouth is a known liar, and has done time himself, which included charges for things like perjury, and false reports. The town was screaming for blood, so they picked the first three that stood out a bit. They wore black clothing and listened to Metallica. That was enough for a conviction. Also, Jason and Damien had *NEVER EVER MET JESSEE.* And I bet you didn't know that one of the boys absolutely loves Jason like her own now did you?
I’ve often felt my birthday is cursed. The Waco Siege happened on my 16th birthday and the Oklahoma City bombing happened on my 18th birthday. Columbine was the day after my 22nd birthday.
It's not a coincidence that the OKC bombing was on the same date as the end of the Waco siege. Timothy McVeigh plotted the bombing as revenge against the government for what happened in Waco and chose April 19th because of that.
There’s another guy higher up that said the same (Waco on his 13th) and it’s interesting to see how it affects people of different ages who can truly understand what they’re living through and who understands what happened (or happening) when they get older. I’m sorry you seem to have such an unlucky day. I hope you yourself have nothing but positivity in life.
The murder of Matthew Shepard is the case I remember most. Tragic and horrible how hateful and ignorant some people can be, to commit this terrible crime. Violence and bigotry is never the answer. Matthew's memory will live on. Love is love.🏳🌈
Shepard's death changed public attitudes as much as the Freedom Summer murders in 1964. People started to realize hateful rhetoric and intolerance lead to murder. Too bad rightwingnut fascists are spewing the same rhetoric against Trans people now, and the public says "who cares?" as the number of Trans people murdered increases every year.
Indeed. There was a Gulf War going on in Iraq and a large economic recession that started at the same time. In the business scene there was a console war between SEGA and Nintendo that the AVGN referred to as the Bit Wars with other companies trying to get in on the action from Panasonic to Atari.
Selena's death is still so eerie to me. So talented, young, and absolutely beautiful. The fact she didn't get to start a family yet, and have even more longevity to her career, is heartbreaking. RIP
I already mentioned this in one of your previous videos on this time period, but I must once again gently remind you guys that Eric Rudolph was arrested in 2003, not 2013. They confirmed this detail in the CNN 90's docuseries, so maybe you can correct this chronoligical error for future reference. Other than that, I always enjoy consuming this content. For me personally, I read and learned about most of these scandals immediately overtime as a 90's kid. Fun Fact: The Waco Siege, Oklahoma City Bombing, & Columbine Mass Shooting each occured between April 19th & 20th, as some of the perpetrators witnessed the previous disaster, and in turned pre-meditated the next one, which I always found equally fascinating and unsettling.
I remember seeing the OJ Simpson trial on TV, for MONTHS straight, after kindergarten. Also remember the news breaking about the Oklahoma City bombing. Then in 2001 Timothy McVeigh being executed 3 months exactly before 9/11. I was sitting in class in 7th grade when that happened. I could go on. Reality is just so sad. RIP to all who lost their lives.
the worst part aside from the torture Shanda endured was after she was set on fire alive they thought she was dead she wasn't but after they set her on fire they all go to McDonalds for breakfast and order Pancakes and Sausage and their sausage was burned and this is the really sickening part they laughed at that burnt sausage and made jokes about how it looked like Shanda's body after they set her on fire such sadistic little bitches and that stupid Hope Rippey her mugshot still pisses me off she was grining from ear to ear ,
What about the Port Arthur massacre in Australia resulting in the deaths of 35 people and injuring 25 more. It resulted in the banning of certain guns something America hasn't seemingly got the guts to do. Tragic day in Australia.
I still remember the Katie Bears kidnapping by John Esposito . It was the first news story I heard . Also the Colombine shooting which was the first school shooting .
I have heard of several of these events as an adult, I was too young to remember any of them when they happened as I was just a child and my parents mostly kept me away from the news media. I do remember Selena’s death because of the movie, it was played in our house as soon as it came out and well I knew her music too. I recently, more like a year or so ago, watched Richard Jewel the movie and to say that I was so pissed off with how they treated that man, I still get mad.
My sister had her babies in the 90s. The eldest born a few days after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, and the other just a day after the murder of Gianni Versace in 1997. Both babies were born via C-section, so my sister had to stay a few days in Hospital, just watching wall-to-wall covering of the events.😄
You mentioned "tabloid crimes" like Amy Fisher, Loerena Bobbitt, and Tonya Harding. But you left out stuff like the North Hollywood shootout, Ruby Ridge, and Colin Ferguson.
I get that when children commit murders that they won’t receive a full punishment but to hide their identities is just dumb. Giving them new names won’t change them
it's due to some sick sense of needing to protect them from vigilante reprisals. Funny how victims of crime don't get the same protection from the government, by comparison.
My mama had tickets to the Olympic event that got bomb in Atlanta. She didn't go because she was tired from work. She was a hotel manager so of course they were busy. If she had gone, I could've lost my mom at 3.
The worst racist murder in Britain, 1993, of Steven Lawrence. That case was one of the biggest stories through the 90s and early 2000s. Surprised that wasn't on here.
For me, one of the infamous crimes that shook my country at that time was the Port Arthur Massacre. That led to a ban on guns with certain professional exceptions.
Saldivar is up for parole next year. No one is going to let her have it. No one feels sorry for that narcissistic person. I don’t feel sorry for any of those narcissistic psychos
That is so weird, because I could have sworn that she died in prison sometime within the past ten years or so. I even remember what I thought upon hearing about her death. I have no idea where that memory came from, but until reading this comment and looking it up, I would have bet money on it. 😳
@@devinreis5811 and Saldivar committed a sin when she murdered a Texas favorite. My guess is there’s people already planning protests against her being paroled
I am so disappointed that you failed to mention the murder of James Byrd. You mentioned Matthew Shepard, but not James Byrd.They happened within months of each other and they were equally horrific.
Dunblane gun massacre? 13 March 1996, Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 pupils and one teacher, and injured 15 others, before killing himself. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history. How could you miss this out?
And on 28 April 1996 Martin Bryant, partly inspired by the Dunblane massacre, shot 35 people dead and injured 23 others at Port Arthur in the Australian state of Tasmania. Another inexplicable omission.
My dad worked for the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana when Timothy McVeigh was executed there. I was about 9-10 years old and just remember the entire town turned into media chaos during the execution. People were renting out their yards to tv news stations just so they a place to park their trucks. My dad would tell stories of how calm and collected he was while incarcerated, how proud he was of his military experiences which is all he wanted to talk about. That's a core memory of a time period from my childhood that I'll obviously never forget.
@@stephengilbert8746 the Pen? Cool You have alot more tolerance than I would have Kept hoping he would "accidently" be transferred to Gen Pop and don't even get me started on KH I have a wedding to go to in 6 months!
I remember a Watchmojo video about the Menendez Brothers but the list included a Mark Jackson basketball card. Top 10 Photos With Disturbing Backstories
I remember all these senseless murders. I'm not sure why, but Mathew Shepherd's death bothers me the most. It was the most senseless to me. 😮 Matt never did anything to anyone. He was a pure and gentle soul. The Columbine shooting stands out to me as well. Nichole Brown and Ron Goldman's death was gruesome and OJ Simpson murdered them and got away with the crime. He should still be in prison. Thankfully, he was arrested for taking a gun and stealing his own spirts memorabilia from a collector. If he was willing to do this, don't you think he's guilty of the murder of his former wife and her friend? 100% guilty as charged, and it makes me ill to this day that he's out prancing about. Waco was disturbing, I feel ATF should have just waited them out. They should even dispersed and just arrested Koresh when he went to town. The last one that affected me deeply was the little boy from England, Bolger? That gave me nightmares, as I had small kids at the time.
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Too scared to put that black man that went around murdering people because his GF left him huh?
I see your bias.
What bout Mendez Bros??
@@kyero8724you talking about the dc sniper?
Maybe they will do a part 2. For those who are pissed that some didn't make the list.
my grandfather was part Oklahoma city police department at the time of the okc bombing and was one of the first responders on scene
give us a crimeMojo
why they have enough channels already
No
A channel I didn’t know i needed
would be good
Go head & trademark that lol
As a Brit - thank you for highlighting James Bulger’s murder.
We have never forgotten that little boy ❤️
We researched the James Bulger case in class recently and it stuck with me for a few weeks after we moved on farther in the unit
I know they were just kids too, but those boys should have gotten a much harsher punishment. It's simply a matter of justice.
No one could forget him.
The movie Mikey made around that time was banned for the crime
As a fellow Brit I don’t think anyone will ever forget about what those boys did to him.
I'm from Arkansas and I remember the madness around the West Memphis Three. It scares me to think they were convicted while the real killer is still at large.
I'm from West Memphis. It was a really messed up time! I was 13.
I'm from Arkans as well, I was 11 when it happened. There's no way the state of Arkansas would release anyone they truly believed had brutally murdered three little boys.
They didn't say anything about the Satanic Panick was a big part of the false convictions.
To be honest the West Memphis Three case is a modern day version of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts back in 1692. Both are examples of what can happen if religious extremism can affect the legal system.
Everyone knows it was Terry Hobbs now
This list gave me chills and brought back a lot of memories. I was a teenager in the 90s and remember most of these cases. I was living in Arizona when Mathew Shepard was murdered. The details haunt me to this day.
This case scared me to death. I had two college students going to college. It terrified me as a parent. I also had 5 younger kids. A few of them decided college wasn't worth it. They've now gotten their degrees as adults. 😊
Mathew was a kind, quiet guy. These disgusting cowards killed him because he was gay, even though they now say it's not true. Their lying. manipulative, disgusting. foul minds should be on death row. Execution is all they are worth.
RIP Mathew. You are greatly missed by all who loved you and by most of the country. We still morn your loss. There really know words to explain the deep grief that the country felt when your life was so viciously taken. Our ❤❤❤ for you is eternal!
In 2012, I took an Introductory Acting class at my local community college. Part of the coursework involved memorizing and performing a monologue, and I picked one that was part of The Laramie Project, about the Matthew Shepard case. This project inspired me to learn more about his life and this tragic case.
@@jillgross6232👏👏👏👏🙏
Hahahaha I was living in south Phoenix during these years and am same age
of course they are lying @@jillgross6232
Those kids should never have been let out in society. Don't care about the age of the kids, some people are just evil.
if youre talking about the teens, they were innocent. look into it fully.
Can't believe the one busted with CP should have been charged and sentenced to each possession charge to be served concurrent is it??? The one where he has to do each sentence then the next and so on til he gets a lifetime behind bars bc what they did to that lil baby... The torture... lack of remorse and they got away with it ffs
@@peytonwestlake9181 no no, they mean Venables, mate.
Note to self:
Never trust underdeveloped children and adolescents turned criminals in several different countries.
That is one of the two (Emmett Till) murders that makes my heart sink. That poor little boy.
Danke!we have a Long Weekend in Austria! Im binge watching! Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much for your support! It's truly appreciated:)
I'm in my 40s now. I remember watching all these crimes and events unfold on tv. Sadly, nothing shocks me anymore.
ikr?😢
Shouldn’t have been shocked in the first place. This wasn’t the first time a lot of these crimes have gone down in America
True Crime will always be. It's a Normee Phenomenon that's been around before I was born, been around while I was growing up and still happening now after 10 Years Later after I Graduated Highschool. And True Crime will still happen God be Willing when I become a old person. There'll never be a end to this Normee Phenomenon. It's just is what it is in this Normee 3D World. Five years from now, we'll be hearing more True Crime Cases and Gun Violence Mass Shootings.
That is sad. 😢 You shouldn't feel that way. All of these crimes, except Nancy Kerrigan's were absolutely tragedies that changed the country. I hope you find it in your heart to still find positivity.
I personally can understand. I'm old enough to be your Mom. I had two kids of my own in college at the time. I always was on edge. Even my 5 younger ones made me worry constantly. I was glad when they all finished school. We even home scooled our last one at home, he's 29, Autistic and will be scooled at home for any college he does. I had forgotten how tragic the 1990's were until I saw this video. It certainly hasn't gotten better! There's a school shooting about once a week if not more. I believe in the second amendment, but we must get school shootings under control. Our kids deserve our best effort, even if it means extremely tough gun laws. I want a ban on all assault weapons! If you don't willing to give back your weapon than you spend time in jail and we confiscate your weapon anyway
The government should buy back these weapons of mass destruction. That way people won't be at a financial loss. Anything to take them off the street or in homes.
@@jillgross6232 Despite all that I see in the world, I remain positive. It's just that I've become sort of dull to events like this. I'm from a small town with a population of a little more than 30, 000 and over the last few years it's become very violent. It's like a shooting every other day. Still I have hope in Jesus and pray and hope that in all this sadness, that there will still be joy.
Rest in peace to those that passed away.
Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka should be on this list
Was looking for this comment.
Please give us a part 2! You covered so much but maybe you can throw in Menendez brothers for the second one
This technically is the part 2. They did a top 10 on this lists previously (spoiler alert, it’s the last 10 in this video)
@@kurtbush5096 ah, got you. Thank you!
I wish the Menendez brothers would just left home and ran to another country.
The Menendez brothers are ineligible because the murders of their parents took place in 1989.
I think they left the Menendez brothers off because the crime was technically in late 1989...
Thanks!
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Top 20 Worst Things That Happened To Robert Freeman (The Boondocks)
#1. The Kung-fu ninja wolf bitch
😂😂😂 That could be a part 1 and 2
Also, the top 10 most racist things Uncle Ruckus (no relation) has done/said
@@TheMILVSCR yeah I Like That
lol 😂😂😂😂💯
The 90s were bizarre when it came to crime (every decade has its decadence, I guess). I still remember watching the OJ car chase on TV's while shopping in a mall saying "OJ Simpson from The Naked Gun movies? No way!" Weird times...
This list brought more emotion than I expected
WOW. Im surprised the whole Mary Kay Letourneau case isn't on this list!! I actually went to the same primary school she taught at😐. I remember seeing her in school. She was a teacher, but I was in a different class. Then I went to the same HS with Buddah, but he was older. When all that shit went down, I was still young, but I definitely understood the magnitude of the case and how it was going to affect the educational system and that student/teacher dynamic from then on.
I've never heard of that crime before. What exactly happened?
@@rosemmagutierrez1386she was sleeping with an underage male student. She also got pregnant by him.
Yes! That case was insane. I am also surprised it didn't get a mention.
Let me guess- she is a rapist?
@@shaquitabennett3107 He was 12 years old when their "relationship" started, and they had 2 kids together and stayed together until Letourneau died (a few years ago). The movie May December is based on their story. Basically the world eventually realized that women can be predators too.
Martin Bryant, Port Arthur Massacre is the big one for me. Growing up in the 90's and Australia, this was very confronting.
AND Australia reacted. We tightened gun laws and prohibited some guns. Even though we have as many guns again...they are tightly controlled and he have not had a stranger on stranger 'MASS MURDER' since Port Arthur. 27 years. THAT happens when you are proactive about gun control. Something America will NEVER understand. We will just continue to watch kids murdered at their desks...and America does..................NOTHING.
Same as they ALWAYS do. Thoughts and Prayers.... now they FORCE women to have babies but do NOTHING when those babies have their faces blown away wit an AR15? Stupid humans
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Its crazy how we still haven't learned nothing from Columbine with all these shootings as of late. Something needs to change some how.
Good luck-the NRA heads and 2A won't allow any actual gun reform.
Not a thing unfortunately
Nope just more "thoughts & prayers" unfortunately
America love their guns more than they do their people. After Sandy Hook happened, I knew nothing would ever change. If the slaughter of little children doesn't change anything, then nothing will.
Idiotic comment
Selena’s death is the saddest she had a promising career the whole world loved her and it was all taken away all because one person couldn’t handle being fired
Ikr 😭
I’m not for vigilante justice against killers
But….
Here's a dishonorable mention: Thurston Highschool Shooting, Oregon 1998
15 year old Kipland Kinkel murdered his parents at home, then drove to his school and killed 2 students and injured other 25.
Kipland Kinkel.
15-YEARS-OLD.
Murdered all 4 people, including his biological parents.
Such a sadistic, disgusting human being.
The murder of Derrick Joseph Robie is perhaps one of the most shocking crimes of the 90s
Indeed. I forgot about that crime actually. I stayed away from Kool Aid for a while after first hearing about that crime.
Thank you for this video, I’ve always been fascinated with crime stories since I was 13, but only watching documentaries, crime shows, and that’s about it.
I very sadly remember these horrific events. Eric Robert Rudolph was caught in 2003. May 31st to be exact while rummaging through a dumpster in North Carolina. A police officer suspected a burglary and investigated it. They eventually found out who he was and he is serving life without parole in a federal prison.
Some might say that he's got exactly what he deserves, but the way I see it, it looks like he's come up in the world then & been handsomely rewarded, he doesn't have to worry about rummaging through dumpsters anymore, instead he's got shelter, a bed, 3 good square meals a day & all the free medical treatment he'll ever need & he'll never have to make another decision for himself ever again for the rest of his life & all of it paid for by the taxpayers, not a bad perk when You come to think about it eh?
Bet you they'll never cover him getting an abortion, though.
I still watch Newsradio to this day. Sleep well Mr. Hartman...smile.
I remember the murder of jonbenet , honestly the more time that goes on I personally think her brother did it by accident and it was covered up
Rip troy McClure
I’ve read a lot of news stories about crimes in the 1990s, but the trial of OJ Simpson is the one I have seen the most stories about
I remember seeing that on the news
It was a powder keg waiting to go off. I remember everyone in LA was thinking that if OJ came out at guilty, there would again be riot on the streets. The day the verdict was supposed to be read? The streets were empty in South Central LA. Everyone was glued to the tv and waiting to see what would happen.
I'm so glad I was a kid in the 90's. I didn't have to know about any of these things. The only things I had to worry about was how the Power Rangers would beat the monster and how Ash would beat Team Rocket
My older sister by three years, I and my younger brother and now sil were 90s kids too
I was a small child myself but I somehow remember ALL of these crimes that happened 😭
I remember all of them. But the “worst” one for me is the Oklahoma bombing. That happened on my 15th birthday(yes the siege in Waco happened on my 13th and the columbine shooting happened 1 day after my 19th). I remember going to the store with my dad just staring at the tvs because neither one of us knew what was going on…that was rough…especially the kids…😢
I remember aswell. I am actually from OKC. I was in the first grade at the time. My school wasn't too close to the site, but close enough for windows to get busted and suffer some damage. It was the Scholastic Book Fair. We were all so confused. We didn't know what happened until we got home.
I wrote a paper on Timothy McVeigh. Is back story is interesting.
That coincidence is wild.
RIP Phil Hartmann. I still remember Jay Leno's remembrance speech on the tonight show.
Very interesting lists.
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The 90s were a crazy time damn
I was a young adult in my 20's where did time go!
Thank you.
Excellent very researched List.😍😰😰😰😰
I took a class at the Genesee Career Institute in Flint, Michigan, and my instructor told us about the Rodney King incident and the OK Simpson trial. Rodney King was mentioned while we were learning about proper use of force. During a unit on the subject of evidence in court, we also learned about the OJ Simpson trial, and how it was the result of shoddy handling of evidence.
Did you happen to see the full Rodney King video?
@@seanbriankirby7646 I think it was an example of excessive force, not an example of appropriate force.
This is a fresh idea for a top list! - well done !
I just watched a Columbine documentary, it was gut wrenching 😢
That's the major '90's crime I remember the most; hit me pretty hard even though I was just a kid then...
It was a lot worse with fire alarms blaring and flashing lights kids were jumping out of cabinets desks and cops couldn't do much and county clockman went there to reset the alarms looked like a war zone with body parts blood And bullet holes.
I remember reading about Andy Dick bragging about getting Brynn Hartman back on cocaine. Jon Lovitz was a close friend of Hartman and went on to deck Dick.
good for Lovitz
I remember Matthew Shepard's murder! 😢😢😢 that one was especially haunting. To think people could kill someone because they are different!! That boy will never be forgotten!! 😢
My dad was a junior at Baylor University in ‘93, and he’s said that he remembers watching everything unfold during the Waco siege in his apartment
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That is wild.
You did not cover the murder of James Byrd, who murder was just as shocking as Matthew Shepard.His murder was also considered a hate crime.😐
Yes and he didn’t choose his color unlike Matthew chose his orientation.
Great job
We need you guys to create crimemojo because the amount of knowledge you have about true crime and other big headlines are amazingly accurate. 😉😮
I met Jason Baldwin a few years ago. You would think that after spending 18 years in prison for a crime they never committed that he would come out angry and violent. But he is the exact opposite. He is kind, gracious, and as friendly as can be. He's just an extremely sweet man. One of the best I have ever met.
Prison and with God's help
@@jaclynsanture6643 Why bring god into this, it's pretty petty to believe god would allow three boys to go to prison on flimsy what ifs and profiling of someone in the pagan community then coerced a confession from a mentally disabled boy.....I always get confused with belief your god allows what happened but by "his grace" he got through......seems like a moronic ideal to me. They got out because they were innocent, and everyone outside of arkansas knew it.......not by gods help.
Why are you so sure he is innocent? I'm personally glad he's out as it is not 100% sure that he is guilty, but the type of laces that should have been on his boots were used to tie one of the kids. And his boots did not have the original laces when confiscated. He also failed the polygraph test. We also know that Jessie Misskelley on May6.(the day after the murders) Showed up at a friend's (buddy Lucas) home and insisted that he should be the new owner of his muddy Adidas tennis shoes, which is a really strange thing to insist on, and one hell of a timing. Then add that Deanna Holcomb(Damiens Ex) already in 1992(before the murders) started to alert people that Damien had voiced a plan to kill kids. Something she later confirmed in talks with the police. Most likely they were guilty of course, but I don't think they should get life in prison when it can not be proven.
@@marklinder1798 Most likely they were guilty sir, and anyone bothering to go through the totality of evidence instead of just watching a very bad documentary series knows that. I'm glad they are out though, as its still not 100% sure that they did it. Let's go through a very small amount of stuff that was not mentioned in any documentaries/articles:
-On May 6, 1993( the day after the murders) Jessie Misskelley out of the blue insisted that his friend(Buddy Lucas) should be the new owner of his muddy Adidas tennis shoes. That is a very strange thing to insist, and one hell of a timing.
-One of the laces used to tie the boys belonged to an adult-size boot. It is the same type of laces that should have been on Jason Baldwin's boots. Jason's boots did not have the original laces on them when confiscated.
-Deanna Holcomb(Damien's ex-GF) Already in 1992(before the murders) alerted people that Damien had a plan to kill kids. She confirmed this in an interview with the police on May 11, 1993. It can be found on the Callahan site.
@@ujmm They recanted those statements, and admitted they were coerced into making them. The laces part, was never reported, nor was the idea that Jessee Miskelley tried to hide his boots. Damien? You're pulling that one out of your ass. Also you're choosing to omit the fact that the night of the murders a black man covered in mud and blood went into the women's room at Bojangles and was in there for a long time. Over an hour. Once he left, when staff went in there, there were paper towels everywhere and the walls were covered with the blood and mud he had come in covered with. The "evidence" used at trial was circumstantial at best. Also witnesses that could prove beyond any kind of doubt that the 3 were innocent were suppressed and forbidden from testifying. Jason's lawyer told him to put his head down and keep it down the entire trial. The idiot claiming that Damien took one of the boys testicles and played with them in his mouth is a known liar, and has done time himself, which included charges for things like perjury, and false reports. The town was screaming for blood, so they picked the first three that stood out a bit. They wore black clothing and listened to Metallica. That was enough for a conviction. Also, Jason and Damien had *NEVER EVER MET JESSEE.* And I bet you didn't know that one of the boys absolutely loves Jason like her own now did you?
Sadly, i remember every one of these events. Tragedy atop tragedy and we are seeing even more crime than ever since 2001.
Ever since 9/11 Islamophobia was rife in what I like to call the Crescent Scare; akin to the Red Scares during the 20th Century.
Amazing video Rebecca from watch mojo of infamous and notorious crimes of 90s history ever,fantastic job.
The Columbine shooting was by far the worst crime of the 90's. I graduated the same year that happened.
The dead of Oklahoma City would likely disagree
I’ve often felt my birthday is cursed. The Waco Siege happened on my 16th birthday and the Oklahoma City bombing happened on my 18th birthday. Columbine was the day after my 22nd birthday.
Holy crap... That's some crazy coincidence, crazy-unnerving, that is...
Hitler's birthday is the day after yours, too
It's not a coincidence that the OKC bombing was on the same date as the end of the Waco siege. Timothy McVeigh plotted the bombing as revenge against the government for what happened in Waco and chose April 19th because of that.
There’s another guy higher up that said the same (Waco on his 13th) and it’s interesting to see how it affects people of different ages who can truly understand what they’re living through and who understands what happened (or happening) when they get older. I’m sorry you seem to have such an unlucky day. I hope you yourself have nothing but positivity in life.
So James Bryd Jr's murder doesn't get talked about..... the next video you guys do on this topic please talk about his death because it was horrible
No Susan Smith either
@tuesday225 yeah that's was crazy too she can stay where she's at
My thoughts exactly...they mentioned the act that includes his name but not the murder?!?
I learned recently that James Byrd Jr. was the first cousin of Rodney King's wife. Interesting and sad how those things are connected
If you do a part 2 of this list, you should include the attack on Monica seles.
Rip to all for these horrific scenes 💔 🙏 thanks for remembering them
Interestingly, Tonya Harding appeared as a recruit on Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition a few years ago (and she won).
Probably the only contest she won. She came 8th when Nancy Kerrigan won the silver.
The murder of Matthew Shepard is the case I remember most.
Tragic and horrible how hateful and ignorant some people can be, to commit this terrible crime. Violence and bigotry is never the answer.
Matthew's memory will live on. Love is love.🏳🌈
Shepard's death changed public attitudes as much as the Freedom Summer murders in 1964. People started to realize hateful rhetoric and intolerance lead to murder. Too bad rightwingnut fascists are spewing the same rhetoric against Trans people now, and the public says "who cares?" as the number of Trans people murdered increases every year.
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The 30 year attack of Nancy Kerrigan by Tonya Harding still haunting me. I hope that that nightmare is behind them.
“it’s good that school shootings are still shocking because that means they’re still rare.” a sentiment no longer true today.
they are, though.
They are rare, but not as rare as they ought to be
Rare?😅 🙄 Seems like there are school shootings in the USA enough!
They are not rare! 😅😪 The USA always has shootings and enough school shootings, i' d be shocked if they actually stopped!
I remember all of this stuff, I was a teenager. Looking back it seems like the 90s were volatile.
Indeed. There was a Gulf War going on in Iraq and a large economic recession that started at the same time. In the business scene there was a console war between SEGA and Nintendo that the AVGN referred to as the Bit Wars with other companies trying to get in on the action from Panasonic to Atari.
Selena's death is still so eerie to me. So talented, young, and absolutely beautiful. The fact she didn't get to start a family yet, and have even more longevity to her career, is heartbreaking. RIP
I already mentioned this in one of your previous videos on this time period, but I must once again gently remind you guys that Eric Rudolph was arrested in 2003, not 2013. They confirmed this detail in the CNN 90's docuseries, so maybe you can correct this chronoligical error for future reference. Other than that, I always enjoy consuming this content. For me personally, I read and learned about most of these scandals immediately overtime as a 90's kid. Fun Fact: The Waco Siege, Oklahoma City Bombing, & Columbine Mass Shooting each occured between April 19th & 20th, as some of the perpetrators witnessed the previous disaster, and in turned pre-meditated the next one, which I always found equally fascinating and unsettling.
You’re missing the Dunblane and Port Arthur Massacres
They only care about Yankee stuff
I turned 13 in 1990 and graduated from College in 1999. This was like a rundown of my youth.
OMG MINE 2
R.I.P. Phil Hartman.
Maybe you can do another list the top 30 90s crimes list and include the Susan Smith case, the Heaven’s gate suicide and the murder of James Bryd jr
I remember seeing the OJ Simpson trial on TV, for MONTHS straight, after kindergarten. Also remember the news breaking about the Oklahoma City bombing. Then in 2001 Timothy McVeigh being executed 3 months exactly before 9/11. I was sitting in class in 7th grade when that happened.
I could go on. Reality is just so sad.
RIP to all who lost their lives.
Is the o j simpson thing was on every single tv network
my mom was a first responder at the wtc bombing !! she said she can still smell it, it's crazy
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OJ was guilty af
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@@jimbo9208he was proved he was guilty but they couldn't charge him
I still to this day cannot get over the 1992 murder of Shanda Sharer... brutal case
That poor little girl 😭
the worst part aside from the torture Shanda endured was after she was set on fire alive they thought she was dead she wasn't but after they set her on fire they all go to McDonalds for breakfast and order Pancakes and Sausage and their sausage was burned and this is the really sickening part they laughed at that burnt sausage and made jokes about how it looked like Shanda's body after they set her on fire such sadistic little bitches and that stupid Hope Rippey her mugshot still pisses me off she was grining from ear to ear ,
What about the Port Arthur massacre in Australia resulting in the deaths of 35 people and injuring 25 more. It resulted in the banning of certain guns something America hasn't seemingly got the guts to do. Tragic day in Australia.
Unfortunately, guns are ingrained in the American culture.
I still remember the Katie Bears kidnapping by John Esposito . It was the first news story I heard . Also the Colombine shooting which was the first school shooting .
Yes, I remerber watching the news about Colombine High School, I was in jr high school at the time and got an eye opener and was sarced
I read last year that there was other high school shootings...one in 1992 and another in 1997. But somehow Columbine gets covered the most.
Only a passing mention of the James Byrd Jr lynching
I have heard of several of these events as an adult, I was too young to remember any of them when they happened as I was just a child and my parents mostly kept me away from the news media. I do remember Selena’s death because of the movie, it was played in our house as soon as it came out and well I knew her music too. I recently, more like a year or so ago, watched Richard Jewel the movie and to say that I was so pissed off with how they treated that man, I still get mad.
My sister had her babies in the 90s. The eldest born a few days after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, and the other just a day after the murder of Gianni Versace in 1997. Both babies were born via C-section, so my sister had to stay a few days in Hospital, just watching wall-to-wall covering of the events.😄
You mentioned "tabloid crimes" like Amy Fisher, Loerena Bobbitt, and Tonya Harding. But you left out stuff like the North Hollywood shootout, Ruby Ridge, and Colin Ferguson.
Selena would have been EVERYTHING 😢 she was gorgeous and her voice was angelic
Top 10 times WatchMojo talks about Jeffery dahmer
I get that when children commit murders that they won’t receive a full punishment but to hide their identities is just dumb. Giving them new names won’t change them
it's due to some sick sense of needing to protect them from vigilante reprisals. Funny how victims of crime don't get the same protection from the government, by comparison.
I was wondering if you could do a video? 10 or 20 scary phone numbers you should never call if you don't want nightmares
That' s a unique idea 🙂
My mama had tickets to the Olympic event that got bomb in Atlanta. She didn't go because she was tired from work. She was a hotel manager so of course they were busy. If she had gone, I could've lost my mom at 3.
The worst racist murder in Britain, 1993, of Steven Lawrence. That case was one of the biggest stories through the 90s and early 2000s. Surprised that wasn't on here.
For me, one of the infamous crimes that shook my country at that time was the Port Arthur Massacre. That led to a ban on guns with certain professional exceptions.
The Port Arthur Massacre 1996 Tasmania Australia
The Matthew Shepard story literally made me sick to my stomach. I could feel his and his parent’s pain. I cant. The Bulger story too
Every time I see Matthew Shepard I immediately start to cry...breaks my heart
The Mary Kay Letourneau case was pretty shocking for us in the Seattle area
Columbine, Jonbenet and OJ. Those were the top three I remember from the 90s.
Saldivar is up for parole next year. No one is going to let her have it. No one feels sorry for that narcissistic person. I don’t feel sorry for any of those narcissistic psychos
I hope that she NEVER gets out of prison
That is so weird, because I could have sworn that she died in prison sometime within the past ten years or so. I even remember what I thought upon hearing about her death. I have no idea where that memory came from, but until reading this comment and looking it up, I would have bet money on it. 😳
In Texas, they don't mess around with that.
@@devinreis5811 and Saldivar committed a sin when she murdered a Texas favorite. My guess is there’s people already planning protests against her being paroled
This whole time i always thought phil hartman died of a heart attack, i didnt know he was murdered by his wife
Phil Hartman deserve justice.
His own wife chose to be a domestic abuser and a murderer, disgusting.
Why would she do that to their kids? They were in the house at the time. I would’ve just divorced him.
@@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291 how though: she’s dead,. No justice to be had.
This was my childhood.
Damn... a lot happened in the '90s
Yeah, and before Columbine, my mom said that if schools didn't do anything about bullying, school shootings would start. And that's what happened.
I am so disappointed that you failed to mention the murder of James Byrd. You mentioned Matthew Shepard, but not James Byrd.They happened within months of each other and they were equally horrific.
R.I.P. Selena
I remember Tupac and Biggie were murdered.
Dunblane gun massacre? 13 March 1996, Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 pupils and one teacher, and injured 15 others, before killing himself. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history. How could you miss this out?
And on 28 April 1996 Martin Bryant, partly inspired by the Dunblane massacre, shot 35 people dead and injured 23 others at Port Arthur in the Australian state of Tasmania. Another inexplicable omission.
@@paulnorton2885 and then both of your countries fixed your gun laws and have had less mass shootings than the US has had in the last month.
WN is American-centric in their coverage. There's a world outside of the States. Expand your scope.
My dad worked for the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana when Timothy McVeigh was executed there. I was about 9-10 years old and just remember the entire town turned into media chaos during the execution. People were renting out their yards to tv news stations just so they a place to park their trucks. My dad would tell stories of how calm and collected he was while incarcerated, how proud he was of his military experiences which is all he wanted to talk about. That's a core memory of a time period from my childhood that I'll obviously never forget.
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka?! did you Canadians forget about those 2 monsters?
Personally I can NEVER forget those two POS and to this day my blood still boils when I hear KH name
@@ohwell94 I worked in the Canadian prison system back then and was there at that prison when Berardo first entered
@@stephengilbert8746 the Pen?
Cool
You have alot more tolerance than I would have
Kept hoping he would "accidently" be transferred to Gen Pop and don't even get me started on KH I have a wedding to go to in 6 months!
Really surprised it didn't end up on this list.
#1 notice how watchmojo never *ONCE* hinted at the notion that the "killer" was still at large?
…well, ya; no mystery there.
I’m surprised the Menendez Brothers weren’t mentioned 😐
That happened 1989.... The court case was in 1993
I remember a Watchmojo video about the Menendez Brothers but the list included a Mark Jackson basketball card. Top 10 Photos With Disturbing Backstories
A couple that could be added in the next part
-Kenya/Tanzania bombing
-The Menendez murders
-John Wayne Gacy’s murders
Gacy’s murders were in the 70s
Eric Rudolph was captured in 2003, not 2013
I'm surprised the north Hollywood shootout wasn't included on this list.
my guess is because no one other than the bad guys died
I remember all these senseless murders. I'm not sure why, but Mathew Shepherd's death bothers me the most. It was the most senseless to me. 😮
Matt never did anything to anyone. He was a pure and gentle soul. The Columbine shooting stands out to me as well. Nichole Brown and Ron Goldman's death was gruesome and OJ Simpson murdered them and got away with the crime. He should still be in prison. Thankfully, he was arrested for taking a gun and stealing his own spirts memorabilia from a collector. If he was willing to do this, don't you think he's guilty of the murder of his former wife and her friend? 100% guilty as charged, and it makes me ill to this day that he's out prancing about. Waco was disturbing, I feel ATF should have just waited them out. They should even dispersed and just arrested Koresh when he went to town. The last one that affected me deeply was the little boy from England, Bolger? That gave me nightmares, as I had small kids at the time.