There's Something Wrong With Michael...
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2021
- Episode Eight of STAYAWAKE is here!! (Headphones are recommended but not required - may need to monitor volume while viewing)
As mentioned in the recent channel update - I have been slightly busier with school these past couple weeks and so I have had slightly less time to focus on this episode. This episode was actually originally intended to be a 10 minute long micro episode, however it seems to have spiralled into something much more than that. I decided to take this episode in a similar direction to the James Holmes case (Part 2&3) due to many requests for similar episodes to those in the series. I do apologize for the poor quality of the interrogation footage, this footage is actually a video of a video - I did my absolute best to clean up the audio as much as possible however the volume levels were all over the place and very hard to normalize well (my audio editing skills are not very advanced). Please bear with me as a grow and improve - I will definitely remaster and rerelease this episode as my skills advance and I have more time available!
After being incarcerated Michael Swanson was also charged with another attempted murder of a fellow inmate: www.messengernews.net/news/lo...
The years he received for this post conviction charge are included in his 2089 minimum release date.
CORRECTIONS:
It seems I must have glazed over this, but as I listed the items provided by the officers, I failed to notice that Michael was actually provided a lighter for his cigarettes as opposed to the book of matches requested/listed. Also! I have read speculation that you can hear the officers stating they had to purchase his meal from the Kum&Go gas station food bar as opposed to the requested McChicken and fries from McDonalds. If this is the case, Michael would have still received - A pack of Newport cigarettes, a lighter, a bottle of pop, a sandwich, and french fries.
The other correction that seems to be somewhat convoluted upon research is his initial starting location. I have read multiple documents stating his family home was in Lewis Park, MN - However I have also read a handful of articles stating St. Louis Park, MN. These locations are approximately 12 minutes apart from each other so there isn't a huge difference in travel time etc but I figured I would still mention this possible mistake!
PLEASE NOTE:
The information surrounding this case is very convoluted and seems to change more and more as I continue to comb through articles and transcripts. There is even multiple documentary crime shows that I watched on Michael that seem to not be fully accurate - for example, the interrogating officer's name has changed multiple times throughout my research; so I had to make certain executive decisions based on the information presented by the content itself. If you have any confirmed facts that you feel may need correcting or addressing, please let me know - All of your help keeping things as accurate as possible is always appreciated!
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Props for putting subtitles into these interrogations!!! alot of creators skip this and the sound is almost always very bad if not impossible to listen to
agreed, it's these little things that separate a good vid from a great one!
that and turning on auto captions! sometimes they don’t pick up on interrogation footage so it’s super helpful to figure out what’s going on lol
it sucks how many channels don’t enable CCs, it shows that the channel owner cares about accessibility too!
Yes, love that!!! So disheartening when you’re interested in a case but your trying to understand what is being said & follow body language at the same time😃
*yeah. I was happy to see them too.*
Absolutely. I typically use UA-cam on mobile and my hearing is not the greatest. The captions are huge with muffled audio quality that plagues these interrogations.
I googled this dude. A few years later while incarcerated him and one other tried killing another inmate. Swanson slashed his neck 15 times, the man survived. But holy shit. Thats a guy that is never going to change.
Yeah, I'm not surprised. Even just in this interview he was trying to sound like a little badass. That would especially be amplified around other inmates.
May as well put in work for a prison gang if you're doing life without at 17yo. Considering that's gonna be his environment forever he figures he may as well be feared
@@ijustrealllylikecats At least he's being somewhat honest.
@@allex_ unalive isn't a word.
Well yeah some of these guys whimper like weasels when caught. He just has a callousness level. Smiling. Geeze. He probably lacked solid role models
Never ask for a lawyer, Always try and lie your way out of it. That way we will have a lasting supply of these videos to watch !
..... dexter would kill you, just sayin.
@@streamylcthat’s right, Kent!
next time i will ask for a soda and a 5 guys burger and fries, then when im done , ask for my lawyer lol
Well said
You say the same thing in every single post as if people are really listening to you.
Like make it make sense and say something else already saying the same thing over and over .
Don't worry there's a life time of these videos of people talking with no lawyers.
I worked at a gas station third shift and got robbed at gunpoint back in 2014. The robber cocked the gun and pressed in against my head while standing behind me at the register. I feel so lucky to have survived that, especially seeing stuff like this.. 😔😔😔
He should've pulled 🎉😂
I'm very glad you survived that situation, even if I don't know who you are. Most of the time robberies are just that. It's just the terrible small amount that it was never about robbery in the first place, that, more than anything else, is scary about these moments
I really don't understand why females work the night shift at robbery magnets like gas stations. It's like an extra free pass to the criminals of the night. I understand that robberies happen during the day as well but not as frequent
@@eustab.anas-mann9510you gey?
leaving comments like this won't make you happy.
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Most of the JCS INSPIRED channels don’t add the level of personal flair and touch you do to your videos, out of the many channels that have adapted the JCS style I have to say you are clearly one of the best. Keep up the good work Your talent really shows.
Love from the UK x
Thank you very much for the kind words!!
Honestly I think a lot of people just use “jcs inspired” for views which is disappointing… but this guy hasn’t been like that so far (this is my first time watching him)
I'm from uk too
I 100% agree with this comment. Keep up the good content! Love from KY
I agree
Thanks for the captions and the text narration, like "sneaks a look". I like that a lot!
I like that a lot too.
Greatly appreciated
Agreed, I can’t tell you how many really good true crime videos were ruined for me because the majority of the video is an interrogation with poor audio and no captions, it must be a pain in the ass to go thru and put all these captions but it’s well worth it
It is truly apperciated!!
Yes I love this added touch
I'm straight up obsessed with your channel. I can't thank you enough. No annoying intros trying to sell the channel - just the meat and potatoes of every case and interrogation. Bravo
Dude! Me too! And I’m a woman too! 😂😂😂
35:20 its heartbreaking watching Sheila Myers' husband break down like that. The love of his life was taken senselessly from him and he is left watching this kid smile about it in court. No one deserves that kind of cruelty. It made me cry. 😥
i cried when i saw him like that. broke my heart
That hit hard
who cares lol
about you? obviously not enough people, bud, you ok? @@jayjones2017
@@jayjones2017shut up loser
It annoys me that even in 2010, police departments use cameras that look like they might have been used in World War 1, going by the quality.
I mean they are getting defunded in some areas
Most likey the lower the quality, the less storage it uses. So cops might be trying to ssve money. But what do I know.
Ww1 quality was better
probably 10 years old or at least 5
@@Boodoo4You this is 144p at best
The only criminal worse than this guy is the executive who ok'd the name "Kum & Go" for a convenience store. I guess his 1st choice: "Stop & Shit" was vetoed so at least there's that.
Underrated comment
😂
Nah they sell teeshirt's and mugs and stuff they know what they're doing
Kum and Go!
This is what my Wife tells me frequently.
🤣
This cop was so good in his interrogation! He was calm, even toned, and grounded enough to ask good questions in the face of this kid's crimes.. he got this kid singing like a bird.. 🤯
Not gonna lie- I'm kinda salty about that cigarette deal in the beginning. If I bought this kid a pack of Newports I'd have got the death penalty. "Oh, but it's to build 'rapport' to get him to talk." Yeah, I get it- (sigh) Rules for thee, not for me.
Honestly I think anyone couldve done that. The kid was more than willing to talk about any question the interrogator had because he didnt have any remorse or even care about any of his wrong doings
I know, that was masterful control of emotion as a means to keep the kid talking. It would be so hard to refrain from slapping that shit eating grin right off that little fuckers face.
mcdonalds is like catnip to 17 year olds
he was shit .far to soft. i thought he was gonna blow him at one point lol
Great video. I think some of our tax dollars should go to higher quality cameras in interrogation rooms.
It would cost so much because the amount of evidence they have to hold onto is crazy sure some gets archived but that's usually when the case becomes irrelevant. It's all about data storage. Some stations can afford more but it's usually rich areas with low crime rates.
@@steentemple2652the difference between crappy video and High definition video storage in terms of capital used is very negligible 😅
I think this is a video of a video.
@@NicholasAndre1I was thinking that yeah
Can you see it? Hear it? Read the captions? Whine?? Oh YES, you sure can whine! 🙄
He got what he wanted. A life where he doesn't have to amount to anything. He thought the cabin was his, the gun was his, the credit card was his, the jeep was his, and the lives of those women were his. None of that is true. He has no value and he knows it.
@@PointlessRhetoric if i had to guess all of his grinning, saying he felt powerful and good when he pulled the trigger and he still felt the same and nothing for the victim hours later in the interrogation is prob why they are saying he has a power fetish and Goc complex. Just a guess though....
@@LaLaLonna sounds like psychopathy. Unfortunate, and not a fault of the individual.
he'll have plenty of value to his fellow inmates!
@@PointlessRhetoric I see absolutely no dissociation. Do you have a PhD in psychology? Just wondering. I don't, that's my opinion.
@@godsrevolver9737 you need some help if you believe that.
The smirking is absoluely chilling. The pain of those families is immeasurable.
I consider myself to be a pacifist but then I see this punk kid smile and laugh, and I realize that even my non aggression principles have limits.
he won't be smiling much in prison
@@drj2039 only in such situations hell makes sense! Let him laugh there.
I've heard of people doing things as a "cry for help" but I swear that smirk is a "cry for full-strength face-punches." He's practically beginning for it.
That smirking and laughing was infuriating. In his case, friends and family might confirm he's had this behavior for years. It's an immature habit from junior high school.
Your work is incredible. The captions, the detailed description, and even the hotlines for different countries around the world. Majority of creators just use whichever country they reside in.
Giving food, a cigarette and a light to suspects is an extremely common tactical Investigative tool.
Couldn't sleep for 4 days, chain smoking, inappropriately elated and excited ... this guy is clearly in the middle of a manic episode. I didn't know it could happen to someone so young. So tragic for the victims.
I disagree. If anything, he may be coming down after a manic episode. The things he mentions like the sleeplessness and impulsive behavior fit a manic episode. But the kid sitting there being interrogated is anything but manic. His tone of voice is monotonous, his speech and movements are slow and his responses are often delayed. He says 'I don't know...' a lot. He's showing none of the typical signs of mania but definitely some of the signs of post-manic depression.
Bipolar disorder often develops during adolescence, so between 15-25 years old. So his age does fit. But don't get me wrong, none of this is an excuse for what he did. During a manic psychosis, people can do extreme things but he also shows none of the signs of psychosis. Other than that, there's no reason for him to kill people. Having bipolar disorder doesn't make you more likely to become a murderer. Having a f*cked up personality does.
He’s not manic when he’s being interviewed or has been arrested. Manic people talk fast & keep moving & shift from subject to subject. Being unable to sleep for 4 days is potentially a sign of mania
@@allisonjames2923 very true I knew what he described was mania but how he was acting was not I have bipolar 1 and I can be manic for a month you talk so fast that you stutter on your words constantly he was very slow with the responses and when I’m manic I don’t think before I speak it just comes out at that’s why I start stuttering. It irritated the hell out of me that his attorney or whatever was saying that if he had meds he wouldn’t have done that which is a complete lie. I was diagnosed at 16 and I would randomly quit my meds for sometimes a year I’ve never attacked or fought anyone or picked up a gun or thought to ever hurt anyone but myself. I was at my lowest to where I went to 3 psych wards at the age of 17 and still while I was in a psychotic break I had never once thought to hurt anyone else or a family member let alone an innocent bystander.
Shouldn't be doing acid and mushrooms at a young age, those things need to be treated with reverence
Manic episodes can potentially happen to anyone of any age. Generally they don’t occur until after the beginning of puberty, but even teenagers can experience a manic episode.
The way he smiles really gives me the vibe that he’s trying really hard to seem evil and careless even tho he knows he just fucked over his whole life
He actually said he had violated his parole so knew he was going to get locked up again. He felt like he had nothing to lose maybe?
the way he smiles is sickening tho
That's what I gathered as well. I don't find it evil, I find it immature... the inability to grasp the self-f*cking he gave himself.
@@AUZlE fck him. The woman I feel bad for.
You don’t see a glimpse of remorse in him the whole time, you can’t act that.
It's not evil, it's just immature. We know nothing about evil, but if there's one around the corners. Listen to you intuition, but sometimes it's too late.
One of the best put together stories I've seen. The captions, the news clips, good volume...well done
This material is really well done, and adding so much information, including not being shy about mistakes made here and there, makes it very enjoyable and shows high professionalism. Thank you!
One of things that really stuck out to me was the "I don't even really remember what she looked like" along with the chuckling and smiling.
That would have hit me like a ton of bricks, if I was part of the family.
He took her life and can't even remember what she looks like. So senseless. Her poor family.
THANK YOU for the subtitles. Ik so many people have already commented about this, but I just really wanted to let you know how much I appreciate how you subbed the interview. The deep fried audio on some interrogations are so bad it makes me click off so THANK YOU.
Y’all cover this very well without dragging it on and on or repeating. Better than frontline, 20/20 and all those other shows.
You all.... is it really that difficult to spell normally you mong.
Love that you all skip over/speed up over the "dead time " in the interrogations!! Great narration as well. New subscriber here... Thanks for the great work and cases!
I can't thank you enough for providing subtitles and even giving us the nonverbal pointers. It was really helpful. Subbed!
When it comes to the whole “JCS inspired” thing, you have done it the best and you’re in your own lane at this point
JCS inspired is probably a good tag to have just to get some extra engagement. I see so many crime channels using it. This channel is pretty decent though for sure!
the people who are looking for this content by and large only know interrogation video analysis because of this tag, so people keep using it to make sure they don't miss the gravy train @@TomGibbons-ll2wy
Yo thank you for the video, and especially thanks for the transcripts! I honestly couldn't understand a word they said and without those captions I wouldn't be able to watch! Well done!
I really love your channel! Thank you for the CC and commentary. You’re very professional! Much love! ❤️
SHOUTOUT to Michaels friend for coming forward for true Justice and going onto the stand to testify against him.
Yo for real! Exactly 💯 . That's what real friends do .
He looked nervous yet determined. Good man.
@@kristovapalenkova5884no
Please. He should’ve gone to the police immediately. Just another punk kid that I’m sure told Michael that he was super cool for stealing the gun.
Wow, he laughs when he describes her gasping as he shot her 😩 the fact that he had bi polar, has nothing to do with why he did it. He is clearly just a pyschopath 💯💯💯💯💯
Possibly but as he’s not old enough to smoke I’m assume he’d be too young for an antisocial personality disorder diagnosis as you have to be an adult.
Honestly, it probably does have something to do with it. Idk why you seem to think having a very serious, mental disorder you're not taking meds for wouldn't impact doing something like this but it's foolish, and wildly ignoring how things work. That being said, mental health episodes does not absolve accountability. Dude deserves to serve for life just like he took away lives.
@@captaron that’s ridiculous 🤦♂️
Exactly
He IS bipolar 😅
Hey I just found this channel and I love it! Thank you for having genuine effort and care in your videos, a lot of JCS inspired channels just feel like boring clickbait but your videos are amazing! Planning to watch many many more
I just gotta say that I’ve only been watching for few minutes and this video is well done with editing the bullshit out and the guy who’s narrating has refrained from using any sort of odd ball type of voice for affect. Keeping it simple and to the facts. Well done. I subscribed. Thanks dude.
Imagine what you'd want to do to the guy who murdered your mother for no reason and you hear him say, "I dunno, sometimes people get shot".
The fact that these people get to be coddled by interrogators and cops and are not handed over to be dealt with by the victims families is the biggest injustice. I bet 99% of murders would stop if the killers knew the victims families got to have their way with them after instead of getting free food and a roof over their head and gym membership for the rest of their lives.
He should never walk or talk straight ever again.
@@user-tg2yr2ht5iYou are probably aware, but they treat suspects this way because they want them to talk.
I'd shake his hand
Wow! You individually listed the numbers for suicide hotlines in a bunch of countries! As a Guatemalan born citizen, I really appreciate that. Muchísimas gracias. 💙🙏
Before you get all warm and fuzzy, they either don't work at all or do f*** all in reality
Sitting here at drs office, having lengthy tests. Thank you!!! I'm watching this to pass the time, I so appreciate the subtitles!!!
I hope everything went well for you.
I was shocked when I clicked on this video to hear the deaths took place in Iowa. Being an Iowan, and visiting the Crossroads gas station in Algona often makes me feel sad. I never knew about this case. I was also a young teenager when this took place. Thank you for bringing awareness to this case! I hope that the victims family's are doing okay. He is exactly where he belongs.
What I like about this case is that the kid is calm and answering truthfully (seemingly at least). I like hearing the play by play of what happened and their thoughts/relational at the time much more than having to listen to these guys try to lie their way out of the trouble they are in. For instance, when michael said the reason he shot the gas station clerk in the face is because "sometimes people get shot" as if that's just a normal shitty day to day thing to happen. Totally crazy line of thinking but interesting to hear that's how he thinks. One cold hearted person
Definitely!!!!!
out of all the thousands of interrogations I’ve watched, this is probably the ‘best’ treatment, given to someone like him, almost 25 min just trying to organise smokes and a decent amount of food for someone who just killed two women. I guess it’s a interrogation technique, so can’t be too harsh, but it just still doesn’t sit right with me.
New here? Get used to that. This is the nicest they will be treated the rest of their life,
@@kylejohnson8447 yeah I mean he isn’t getting McDonald’s or Newport’s again anytime soon. If that’s what it takes to get him to spill then who cares
@@shanabell8603 I thought that, too, damn.
@@shanabell8603 Exactly... But. Being. Tried as an adult is a different story some people are smart and evil. They. Know. What they are doing
@@shanabell8603 personally, I wouldn't be upset if he got cancer or any disease from smoking.
the inappropriate smiling is an uncontrollable affect of someone who has mental issues and doesnt even realize they are doing it
Yes & he is uncomfortable even though he enjoys it to an extent.
Wow just read your big long note in the description. I love that you have the suicide hotlines for each country. Extremely impressive and thank you for all your hard work. Know this would have taken a long time. Appreciate it.
He's very smug. I wonder just how long he was incarcerated before he lost his edge. He seems to thrive off attention, you don't get much of that serving life. Certainly would have killed his buzz quickly when he realised he has nothing to look forward to for the rest of his life.
I can’t imagine the despair - looking forward to nothing but 50-60 years of prison and knowing you deserve it for your own stupid, evil actions.
@@BrandonToy I wonder how many days he maintained the arrogance/thrill once he was locked up. I'm assuming it wasn't long. It would be very interesting to study his changes over time when left to his own thoughts and with no stimulation.
@@juliadavis5957 in all honesty, he is a prime candidate for a white gang membership. He probably could become comfortable in prison if he can adjust his mind-frame to the life.
It all just depends. There are prisons where you can get access to almost anything, and if you have the time and determination then transferring there is all part of the long game.
It depends, people like this don't have the same values as normal folks.
@@brianpj5860 yeah but they’re transferred often, just to keep them uncomfortable.
Awesome! A new one! Thank you🙂 and also, thank you so much for adding subtitles when needed! It helps so much and it's greatly appreciated!
Vicky Hall is my mother, and I was just researching this case again for an assignment and stumbled upon this video. If you have any questions, you can ask me in this thread if you’d like.
Stay strong! My question is what would you do to the killer if you could do it without any reprehension or penalty? Would you do anything? Do you feel any relief that he is gonna die in prison, does it even matter? Sorry for the stupid questions.
How old were you when this happened? How did you find out ? Do you have any forgiveness for the killer?
Sorry to hear that
Sending love and prayers to you and your family. So sorry you had to endure the loss of your mother this way.
Lol, ask me questions that I won't come back and answer guys. Admittedly the first commenters questions would've probably made me ignore the thread too.
God I love you and your work and all the effort you put into it! I doesn't go unnoticed!!!
He's not insane he just doesn't care! He won't be smiling when he is taken into an adult prison.
He's in administrative segregation because he repeatedly stabbed another inmate.
He most likely will. Do you think he won't escalate any violent situation towards him? It is well known nowadays that Violently mentally ill people don't stop being violently mentally ill if you put them in difficult circumstances.
What do you mean? People like him thrive in adult prisons, going in with nothing to lose at a young age, by the time he’s 30 he will be feared and respected in there. It sucks but just like Charles Manson says “To you prison is inside these walls, to me prison is outside these walls.”
He’s actually a really good example of the criminally insane. The complete apathy to his own and others life, calm openness with the cops, comfortable to incriminate himself, no emotion involved just “why would I shoot her if I wasn’t gonna kill her” etc. “He’s a shell” - is what criminal insanity is. You can’t scare the criminally insane with punishment, because they don’t fear for themselves.
@@wednesday13ck - he’s not insane. He’s not experiencing a break in reality, he doesn’t hear voices and there is no sign of schizophrenia or MPD. He does however, exhibit all the signs of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder and Sociopathy. All are personality disorders, not mental illness.
this is such an impressive video!!! thank you for the subtitles and fantastic commentary :)
Thanks for cutting off and speeding the unnecessary parts. That’s a thing I find very annoying about other true crime channels and as far as I know you’re the only one doing it. Appreciate the time you take to edit these interrogations shorter.
Nice video! Thanks for making it. I enjoy learning about these people, although it’s terrifying and heartbreaking. It shouldn’t be pushed on people but I wish more people would find these productions. We all need to understand mental illness better.
This kid is a straight sociopath/pyschopath 🥺
Man this channel is going to get unbelievable big, but it's well deserved!.
Love, love, love that you provide the subtitles. I've tried to watch a few other channels but they seem to only provide partial subs made me lose interest and not subscribe. Because I'm old. 😁 My hearing is still good but it's not at its peak any more. The fact that you provide them is what made me decide to subscribe. Thanks.
I’ve never seen a cop let the suspect smoke inside the building like that 😂 he really wants that confession lol
I remember hearing about this case on Evil Lives Here and his mom said she has always known he had issues and feared he would do something like this. The women he killed had similarities to his mother. She said she felt he wanted to kill her. When he stole the car and gun his parents were waiting for him thinking he was going to come back and kill them. All the doctors and help she tried to get for him didn't help or want to help. So sad that these poor women lost their lives.
I read the name Michael is one of the top names for killers Christopher is another common name. I was interested one day and looked up common names of murderers.
thank u for referencing this! i was so confused when it came to him and his mother. ill have to look up the episode to learn more!
The parents knew yet kept a gun and ammo in that cabin????
He would've definitely killed his parents
@@yomomma8237 mmk
Well, I'm 57 and my first name is Michael and my middle name is Christopher. So far I haven't killed anyone..........so far.
I hung out with this kid when we were 12-13. He was a close friend of my first boyfriends and was getting expelled or in trouble with the law constantly. I remember when he got expelled for flashing his teacher.
What???
He sounds like he’s always been a mess. I remember kids like that growing up. They end up in jail.
Can confirm I was the boyfriend
Well damn lol
Dude what happened to him? Like...CLEARLY someone messed him up hella😅
Great video and awsome editing job. Subtitles are on point. Well done 👏
Thanks for the video. Appreciate the subtitles!
BEAUTIFULLY edited, thank you sir 💜
Props for uploading often. Quality is also veeeeery niiiiiice
Thanks for speeding it up and keeping it moving.
Thanks for spreading up the repetitive parts much appreciated...😊
I didn't think that the audio was terrible and I usually listen with one headphone in while I'm working graves... your content keeps improving, and I'm super glad I stumbled upon this channel. Thank you for your hard work.
This kid reminds me of some of my friends around that age. I got pretty deep into drugs and I've done my fair share of time and jail and rehab but luckily I was able to escape it.
Some of the friends I hung around with at that age were already getting arrested for violent things, I was actually afraid of some of the people in my circle.
Listening to this kid talk, he really does remind me of some of the more undesirable people I hung out with around his age.
Scary shit
Same it’s sad
I was literally this kid but not as stupid and had no urge to hurt people unless they were asking for it. 7 years sober now and self employed so I turned out alright lol
Yeah! He actually reminded me of a friend I used to hang out with a lot 20+ years ago. He was ok, nothing remarkable, no real red flags. At some point he broke into my house and stole all that was of value. And he did the same to his other, even closer friend. Later when he got caught it turned out that he'd got into drugs. But watching now just how much this guy in the video reminds me of him, I am pretty sure he had something like that in him all along.
I was on the periphery of that too. Some friends of friends were heading toward violence and more serious crimes. I moved away from those people, but my friends still tended to be pot heads like me. It wasn’t until later in life that I severed all ties to my old crowd. I had moved away and made something of my life, but they had not.
One friend in particular never did, and it got to a point where I had to walk away. He’s a decent enough guy, but he got to be in his late 40s and still leeching off his parents, while blaming the world for his problems. He was the last one I had to cut off. Several others just refused to get their act together.
If you’re young and you’re reading this, trust me you’re better off straightening your life out and not letting the other people drag you down.
I like when creators speed up the Miranda and the wait unless the suspect is doing weird shit usually it's what I do. Also it shows that nothing is being cut out when showing the speed up
Good show STAYAWAKE! By far the best of all the "JCS Inspired" channels. Really good!
I can tell you worked hard on these! The captions are awesome, and the video is cut enough that it's not too long; but still has all the important parts. Subcribed! :)
JCS hasn’t posted ina while and this is really good !!!! Thanks for the content
This channel haunts me, no other true crime UA-cam channel hits like y’all.
They are super generous when they need a confession, the more info they need, the more shit you can get
Whats 30$ if it saves hundreds of thousands in investigation costs and then trial costs.
i think this detective knew from the very beginning that building rapport might be the key to a quick confession
*-“I’m not doing a drug investigation here...” (scribbles notes furiously)*
Uhh kay - classic cop response
That was him making a list of "Drugs Michael has not 'experimented' with." Ironically, I don't think that particular page ended up with much more than the title on it. Don't get me wrong, I take zero issue with people dabbling responsibly. I just get the sense Michael hasn't done much of anything responsibly up to this point. Seems like the kid is just slowly unraveling into an arrogant, sociopathic little prick. Normally, with minors, I'd say something like, "I hope he gets the help he so clearly needs while he still has a chance at a solid life," but... I think it's safe to say he doesn't have much interest in wanting said help, even if it were available to him. Sadly, at this rate, I think he's merely on his way to becoming a few more statistics in a classroom textbook he'll never read -- and doesn't seem to mind one bit.
Michael Swanson: Last seen going 'In & Out at the Kum & Go!'
Coming to a toothless mugshot and/or an obituary near you!
Collecting the drug history of offenders is standard procedure. Use your brain and think for a moment before writing dumb comments.
You guys do a great job on these videos
I subbed. Grateful there's no weird intro's and ive ran across a few channels who dress up and add no value with unnecessary commentary.
Keep up the great work my dude. You’re killing it. No pun intended.
This was excellent!! Props to you for doing an amazing job!! I'm subscribed!!
Virginia was 46 years old… she had 11 - *ELEVEN* children and 7 *SEVEN* grandchildren already. Holy smokes she was a busy woman. Such a loss for her family 😢
Yeah and investigators basically rewarded him with a pack of Newports and fast food 2 hours after the murder.
@@nrsjuggaloit’s the best he’ll be treated again for the rest of his life and it got him to talk if that’s all it takes to get him locked up then so be it
A real educated keeper😶
Love the part where the cops admit sometimes they just break the laws whenever they feel like not following them.
of course they do. cops never think laws apply to them
@@Tsundemo you asked all 1 million us cops?
@@fredwalter923 u asked all of deez nuts ?
@@kayjane2806 digger with an n
@@fredwalter923 🥺 chill
I am hard of hearing and love these types of videos. Thank you SO much for adding subtitles! (UA-cam subtitles might as well not exist)
40 seconds in and I'm loving the graphics, that car animation
Thanks for fast forwarding and for calling out the preferential treatment
It’s almost impossible to come to terms with the way a psychopath thinks and responds to the world. This kid was born this way. Not interested in having a job, getting a girlfriend, making friends. Just wants to feed his empty soul with others pain and suffering.
Honestly one of THE BEST JCS inspired videos on UA-cam. Love it! Can't wait for more!!
I love how we're watching a whole new genre come to reality
Wow...that's so true!
Genre of what?
@@ThisisStephennn JCS style videos I think. A lot of channels have been putting JCS in their titles lol
Lol you mean true crime that has been around for forever?
@@officialsuperrad not this style by UA-camrs, though, and really nothing like these interrogation videos with context existed anywhere before JCS. This *is* the burgeoning of a new genre.
About the smiling. I’ve seen a few comments mentioning that he’s forcing it to try to look evil, but I disagree. He looks jovial. He’s smiling with his eyes. He looks genuinely pleased, even elated. I don’t think it’s forced at all, I think he’s enjoying himself.
Does no one else think it could be nervous smiling? I would also be smiling if I was him from nerves alone
He's trying too hard
New subscriber here! I subscribed cuz of your editing and subtitles. Keep the good work up! Thank you ✊🏻
what a sweetheart....nice kid... i looked his picture up and he is smiling in every photo in court... his voice and face is made for a fist
Let’s hope it receives some too…
Yea I’d have a drink with him 😁
😂
Your videos are excellent!! Thumbs Up!!
Good boy
Just imagine going your whole life and then some punk shoots you at work
Cute dog🥺
I grew up with him. He was absolutely terrible since day one. I could give you along with a host of other people’s first hand experience with him.
Prayers and condolences to these precious ladies and their families and friends. I love your Channel you handle yourself so well on your Channel and very professional one of my favorites actually you are my favorite Channel on UA-cam.
Your captions are ART. My tired ears are pleased.
I really like how you worded that👍
❤️
He honestly acts like a child who got caught taking candy. It seems he doesn’t understand the seriousness and finality of what he did. Extremely creepy and cold
I thought the same as well.
Yes. I don't imagine that he was smiling (smirking) too much once he figured out that he threw his life away. I'm sure prison boring as Hell. RIP to those poor women who were tragically killed by this psycho. He reminds me of those people who kill just to experience what it is like to kill someone.
Oh that poor boy. Those drugs are designed to remove emotional feelings. If you do not have emotional feelings you are capable of anything. Hold that poor boy.
Love the channel! I'm brand new here and watched a few so far in a row ❤😊
can we nationwide take a break from military surplus and get these agencies something better than 240p??
Hell yes, if we can give military equipment to the Taliban from our tax dollars let spread the money on over to our guys 🤣😂
Storing high quality video is incredibly expensive when you have thousands of cameras and keep data for any reasonable length of time.
Love how you do these videos! Great job!! Adding you to the list of people I binge watch
It's not just once in awhile people "slip through the cracks".. when it comes to mental help the reality is that nearly no one gets the help they need. For various reasons.
Underrated comment. Every single day, millions are in those cracks. I work in shelters, I see it when I try to date, it's everywhere.
Because they need to be told more than "have you tried meds? Have you tried journaling? Maybe you should meditate? What about exercise?" None of that stuff fixed true mental illness.
there is no help for evil. Evil is not an illness. Violent psychopaths aren't curable. He isn't having any "bipolar" episode right now. Oh and I'm a practicing psychiatrist. Other than using the word evil, I can replace that with antisocial personality disorder, and still there is no treatment for that: NONE. Despite his claims of not sleeping for 4 days, there is absolutely not one sign of any manic episode, when he's shown being escorted/arrested by the police, in his blue shirt; not one sign of any mental episode when he's being interviewed. If he is indeed Bipolar, the murders had nothing to do with it.
Is there a tactic behind repeating everything the offender says? Is it for clarification, or to make sure the words get pronounced clearly for the recording?
Subbed. Nice work man, feels like I'm getting in early on the next big thing.
Oh hell yes... Now my day is complete lol. Disturban uploaded and now stayawake. Great video as always brother. Keep hustlin the only way from here is up
Great channel. Appreciate the captions too.