Targeting the Helpless: Terrifying Serial Killer Cases In Louisiana | The FBI Files

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  • @Cajun72
    @Cajun72 4 місяці тому +61

    They changed some names in this..Im from where this happened.I knew two of the victims and the killer Daniel Blank used to play poker machines at my aunt's baroom sometimes.This had the whole community terrified..I was working at one of the state prisons during that time..I happened to be escorting a prisoner to court after he was caught.When we were approaching the courthouse Daniel Blank tried to escape by jumping out of a second story window while using the restroom.He injured himself and was quickly caught.

    • @kikilane5850
      @kikilane5850 4 місяці тому +8

      I don’t recall this one (we have had plenty of others) I live in Baton Rouge. I do remember something about a guy jumping from a courthouse window. Just don’t remember this guys name.

    • @Cajun72
      @Cajun72 4 місяці тому +7

      @@kikilane5850 Daniel Blank..He came before Derrick Todd Lee and all the other serial killers..I live in Gonzales where he was living and did some of his murders.

    • @Cajun72
      @Cajun72 4 місяці тому +8

      His girlfriend or wife should be in prison with him.She drove him to commit some of the murders.She was initially charged with accessory to first degree murder, but her charges were dropped in exchange for her cooperation.

    • @southernsass2937
      @southernsass2937 4 місяці тому +14

      ​@@Cajun72 Yes, grew up near him & knew him since elementary. His stares scared tf out of me.

    • @YUTUGERO
      @YUTUGERO 4 місяці тому

      Baton rouge omg​@@kikilane5850

  • @journeymebland4945
    @journeymebland4945 4 місяці тому +12

    Wow! I lived there from some years. Never heard of this story.

  • @makklawrence2243
    @makklawrence2243 5 місяців тому +68

    Why not ask the witnesses? I mean you have two living witnesses who saw him. Not sure why they say they have nothing. Can’t you have the people who saw and heard his voice say, this is the man who attacked us..

    • @godloves1821
      @godloves1821 5 місяців тому +7

      That’s what I’m saying

    • @traviscoates6878
      @traviscoates6878 5 місяців тому +15

      They did...didn’t you watch the whole thing?

    • @tobyihli9470
      @tobyihli9470 5 місяців тому +3

      My thoughts, exactly.

    • @godloves1821
      @godloves1821 5 місяців тому +9

      @@traviscoates6878 they did ask for a sketch but they never asked them to verify if it was him or not after arrested in this video

    • @bs322073
      @bs322073 4 місяці тому +20

      Because eye witnesses are the most unreliable piece of evidence in many cases, although they are still used in some. Many innocent people went to prison for the sake of "eye witnesses". I was in my teens when I watched an old Henry Fonda movie..."The Wrong Man" - made in the 1940's, I think. What I came to realize is to "never believe everything you read and only half of what you see". An old cliche I learned very young.

  • @traviscoates6878
    @traviscoates6878 5 місяців тому +35

    Literally every old person’s worst nightmare

    • @alexmajax
      @alexmajax 4 місяці тому +5

      My mother lives alone in a 40 story building with 8 elevators, 3 old ladies were beaten and robbed by a weirdo, I lived with her until they arrested him.

    • @keddy5627
      @keddy5627 4 місяці тому +1

      Stay poor and you won’t have those problems! Give your money away…

    • @TapManDancer
      @TapManDancer Місяць тому +3

      ​@@keddy5627
      Stupid comment.

  • @nicoleciubal2982
    @nicoleciubal2982 4 місяці тому +52

    My mother was robbed and then murdered 😢😢😢 There are sons & daughters of demons living amongst us

    • @eloinaseguro5230
      @eloinaseguro5230 4 місяці тому +8

      GOD BLESS YOUR MOM 😇😢💐

    • @brianpress1392
      @brianpress1392 3 місяці тому +7

      I'm So sorry for The Horrible Tragedy that Happened to Your Mother,God Bless/Rest Her Soul 🙏🏻🌹

    • @CherylMcCain-r4z
      @CherylMcCain-r4z 3 місяці тому +2

      Truth

    • @bonnieeldridge9461
      @bonnieeldridge9461 2 місяці тому +2

      @@nicoleciubal2982 yes you’re right about this

    • @GalvMermaid50
      @GalvMermaid50 2 місяці тому +3

      Mine too...in Louisiana. Never recovered and no one was ever charged.

  • @kisspurr
    @kisspurr 4 місяці тому +20

    This narrator is awesome

  • @nickigary665
    @nickigary665 4 місяці тому +16

    I think that the alarm company should get an alert when the system is offline that could help to deture a would be intruder. The company should know if that area is in a power outage or not. I just think steps can be in place to stop this brutality from happening.

    • @cheesiepizza7671
      @cheesiepizza7671 4 місяці тому +1

      Most alarms are monitored by agencies in different states. It would be pretty hard for them to figure out where there was a power outage. And to look that up on every call would take too long

  • @evelynchuter8106
    @evelynchuter8106 2 місяці тому +5

    I lived in Metairie but my sisters family and my sister in laws family lived in St John's Parish. Everyone was scared to death.

  • @conniebrown983
    @conniebrown983 4 місяці тому +25

    This makes me want to move back home with my parents!

  • @godloves1821
    @godloves1821 5 місяців тому +19

    Two people survived why not ask them to identify him ?

  • @henrysantos121
    @henrysantos121 4 місяці тому +3

    Great documentary very well done ✅

  • @tobyihli9470
    @tobyihli9470 5 місяців тому +13

    40:43 into the video, and I’m wanting to scream, “Have the two living victims pull him from a lineup!” They gotta be trying to make suspense for entertainment’s sake.

    • @JasonL-hr2hb
      @JasonL-hr2hb 4 місяці тому

      It's most probably they already know. People who do the worst crimes and for so long and keep getting away with it are successful because they manage to corrupt police.

    • @matadorade
      @matadorade Місяць тому

      It's possible, but it's been proven that eye witnesses can be unreliable. There have been witnesses that have identified a first responder as the suspect because they remember the face and make an unconscious leap. It's why many forces don't do a line up any more, it's too easily misdirected.

  • @jennifermaddy2442
    @jennifermaddy2442 3 місяці тому +7

    How does this murderer know about all the safes in victims homes

    • @mariatorres9789
      @mariatorres9789 2 місяці тому +1

      Probably from a registar book somewhere. You could never register a safe.

  • @kylebarcomb6192
    @kylebarcomb6192 5 місяців тому +17

    Couldn’t the people identify him ,ya know the two that lived

    • @TapManDancer
      @TapManDancer Місяць тому +1

      They dictated a photo fit.

  • @Dealva-b8x
    @Dealva-b8x 2 місяці тому

    Thank you.

  • @theresaangle9611
    @theresaangle9611 4 місяці тому +8

    Too many Ad's

  • @jimmyjennings4089
    @jimmyjennings4089 2 місяці тому +2

    33:22 I just can't understand how anyone can formulate in their mind how it's ok to kill another human being, i know the say they are Psychopaths but does that mean that these people just think hey it's ok if i just want to kill somebody simply because i want to, i don't get it, i feel like if i ever got a thought like that in my head id think lord i need help let me go seek mental help before i do something very, very wrong, but they don't, they seem to think things that we look at as extremely repulsive is ok, ill never understand that having that way of thinking shouldn't be delt with by seeking mental help, sometimes i feel like these people have to be demon possessed and actually love evil that makes more sense than someone thinking killing another human being is ok, i have to say though that the way these cops handle this guy telling him they are investigating homicides of elderly people and the person stole a lot of money then asking the murder to come in and talk to them seems extremely ignorant bordering on being down right stupid, did they really think a guy that's been murdering elderly people or anyone is going to not try to run, that would mean if the murderer came in he's as stupid as they are.

  • @shoob7979
    @shoob7979 5 місяців тому +18

    They must've talked to a local who made sure the narrator got the pronunciation correct in the opening when telling the name of the area Laplace, its not pronounced as it appears La-place but La- plass I literally grew up 30 minutes away so I would definitely know

    • @Cajun72
      @Cajun72 4 місяці тому +3

      I live about 30 mins from Laplace too in Sorrento.. Everyone not from South Louisiana mispronounces Laplace..

    • @kikilane5850
      @kikilane5850 4 місяці тому +5

      They gave it their best shot. We do have some tricky names

    • @Cajun72
      @Cajun72 4 місяці тому +3

      @@kikilane5850 Yeah some of the names in our area can be a bit tricky lol .

    • @southernsass2937
      @southernsass2937 4 місяці тому +5

      ​@@kikilane5850
      We sure do. The correct pronunciation means...you from Louisiana 😅

    • @Cajun72
      @Cajun72 4 місяці тому +1

      @@southernsass2937 100%

  • @lifendeathchzlife5159
    @lifendeathchzlife5159 2 місяці тому +2

    He grabed the wrong empty gun! Dam!! God forgive me, but that really pissed me off.

    • @CheSV7
      @CheSV7 2 місяці тому +2

      Me too!I feel so so so sorry for him!

  • @phoenixrises2916
    @phoenixrises2916 4 місяці тому +3

    New Yawk. Is that anywhere near the U.S.?

    • @streaming5332
      @streaming5332 4 місяці тому

      No it's somewhere in the narrator's mind.

  • @thedawg2023
    @thedawg2023 3 місяці тому +2

    Keeps his guns in a safe. One loaded one not in no specific order so not only would he have to open the safe but hed have to inspect the gun before he even has it ready to use. Why even own a gun if you're not gonna be educated on how to use it properly? How stupid. Guys ALWAYS keep at least ONE holstered on you. You never know when you'll have to use it. Everyone thinks it's unnecessary till they're dead

  • @pcset12
    @pcset12 2 місяці тому +2

    described as "elderly" at 58...maybe at 78..

  • @paulvoorhies8821
    @paulvoorhies8821 2 місяці тому +1

    I used to live in New Orleans at this time, and I surely don’t remember this case.

    • @JohnnyDanger36963
      @JohnnyDanger36963 2 місяці тому

      BOTS don't live in cities,they are on s computer chip,foo BOT!!

  • @markr.devereux3385
    @markr.devereux3385 3 місяці тому +2

    A killer on the loose . i bet that small town was terrorized . Time for security system asap.

  • @justinkelly3106
    @justinkelly3106 2 місяці тому +1

    He was actually very successful at stealing large amounts of money. Much better than most bank robberies….i heard he chose people who owned their own businesses and who were older. Most old business owners have cash they have pulled out of the business that has never had taxes paid

  • @jayaramanrajagopalan8929
    @jayaramanrajagopalan8929 3 місяці тому +2

    A very strange set of events. The fingerprints dont match. Neither do palmprints. The elderly couple was not called to identify him. And yet, the detectives went ahead and 'arrested' him. And he co-operated. Something is not kosher here.

  • @SpookyRedz
    @SpookyRedz 4 місяці тому +4

    You have victims that are alive , why are you not getting the victims to identify

    • @thedawg2023
      @thedawg2023 3 місяці тому

      We always have had police that dont wanna do their jobs. A few rotten apples spoil the whole bunch. They choose to kill innocents and the "good ones" refuse to call out the actions of the bad ones. That makes them all bad if the ones who are "good" won't speak up

  • @ReneeStrickland-oo7
    @ReneeStrickland-oo7 4 місяці тому +2

    Where is this Louisiana located

    • @staceylynn4700
      @staceylynn4700 3 місяці тому

      Bottom of the United States

    • @jessicaperez1370
      @jessicaperez1370 2 місяці тому +1

      It is between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain about 25 west of New Orleans

  • @JasonL-hr2hb
    @JasonL-hr2hb 4 місяці тому +3

    I've experienced some things within Sabine Parish..as well, I know corruption is real.

    • @staceylynn4700
      @staceylynn4700 3 місяці тому +1

      Wait till you hear Avoyelles history! It's out in the open and everyone turns their heads

    • @jessicaperez1370
      @jessicaperez1370 2 місяці тому +1

      The Jennings 8 is all I can say

  • @hennies9509
    @hennies9509 4 місяці тому +2

    Seriously? You take out the wrong firearm?

    • @thedawg2023
      @thedawg2023 3 місяці тому

      That's what I said. Why even have a home defense firearm if you're not ready to use it.

    • @lewisner
      @lewisner 3 місяці тому

      Because you're an old man and both you and your wife have been violently assaulted. Its easier to think clearly when you are watching a video.

    • @jeffinphx517
      @jeffinphx517 2 місяці тому

      He was hit in the head, probably a concussion.

    • @gypsysnickerdoodle4354
      @gypsysnickerdoodle4354 2 місяці тому

      The man was slashed about the head & face with a 40” cane knife

  • @jimmyhappysmith204
    @jimmyhappysmith204 3 місяці тому +1

    It's good they found him.I'm glad they called the FB.I.What did they do with all the stuff he bought

  • @Sundog0811
    @Sundog0811 4 місяці тому +1

    Wow. What kind of world are we living in when you get home and find your door is now a jar?

    • @ArcGlowingVision
      @ArcGlowingVision 3 місяці тому

      Bill is somewhere in the cosmos rolling around laughing.

  • @Manuelabor1978
    @Manuelabor1978 2 місяці тому

    Some call it a Keiser knife, I call it a Sling Blade😂

  • @SpookyRedz
    @SpookyRedz 4 місяці тому +2

    Who all knew that the one couple had a safe ? someone knew

  • @lewisner
    @lewisner 3 місяці тому +1

    Good to hear he is on Death Row.

  • @troyjanise9051
    @troyjanise9051 2 місяці тому +1

    A cane knife and a slingblade are ywo different tools. I cane knife has a much shorter handle and is used for cutting sugarcane. The slingblade is used for cleaning brush. 'some call it a slingblade, I call it a kaiser blade, mmm.'

  • @antkn33
    @antkn33 29 днів тому

    If he has so much money why does he buy a trailer home!?! 😂😂

  • @KatherineFelter-zf9bt
    @KatherineFelter-zf9bt 4 місяці тому +4

    The drawing on the thumbnail looks like Bill Murray.

    • @paulgally1657
      @paulgally1657 2 місяці тому

      It definately is Bill Murray . 100pc. They got the wrong guy again.

  • @mfi-cf7sp
    @mfi-cf7sp 4 місяці тому

    6:35 the cop son did it didn’t he? I love these old shows 7:30 only 5 years for manslaughter?! shame on any state who gives only that!

  • @matt-jd6pu
    @matt-jd6pu 3 місяці тому +1

    Jesus, every 30 seconds there’s an ad

  • @georgeelliott42
    @georgeelliott42 5 місяців тому +6

    The FBI really know how to break down a stubborn criminal into confession of his crimes

    • @bs322073
      @bs322073 4 місяці тому

      I agree but what a waste of time. As long as our laws are in favor of the criminal...crime will continue to get worse. I love how you can murder someone and only get 5 years especially for those that are very young when killed. Update on Daniel Blank... ~~~Daniel Blank, also known as the River Parishes serial killer, is still alive as of 2024. He has been on death row since 2001 and also faces several life sentences for other crimes he confessed to. He also has had three stays. He just turned 62 yrs old. (Born. June 28, 1962 ). What a joke most of these cases are, and then we pay for these people to keep on living !

    • @It_wasnt_me_dude
      @It_wasnt_me_dude 4 місяці тому

      But you'll never get the FBI to admit to their own crimes and they're involved in plenty.

  • @melluques8475
    @melluques8475 5 місяців тому +2

    Terrible🥺😔🕊🙏🏻🕯️

  • @sheepdog1102
    @sheepdog1102 13 днів тому

    What kind of person grabs an unloaded pistol to protect himself and his family? One that is lucky to be alive!😮

  • @lifendeathchzlife5159
    @lifendeathchzlife5159 2 місяці тому

    That black security guard put salt in the suspects game!!

  • @laurastuart3814
    @laurastuart3814 5 місяців тому +4

    OMG the background music is so loud it's hurting my ears.

    • @staceepayne8787
      @staceepayne8787 5 місяців тому +1

      I know this is why I quit watching stuff made or produced for television! I usually just watch individuals who have true crime channels to the story and not all the stupid dramatic music!

  • @tuvoca825
    @tuvoca825 5 місяців тому +5

    Bill Murray has a good alibi but that thumbnail.....😂

  • @SweetSwineOMine
    @SweetSwineOMine 3 місяці тому

    "Some people call it a slingblade"

  • @calicoasting
    @calicoasting 3 місяці тому +1

    All that for a single wide and a motorcycle.?

  • @padraigmcbride5799
    @padraigmcbride5799 5 місяців тому +3

    Enough enough with the racket can't listen any more

  • @mariatorres9789
    @mariatorres9789 2 місяці тому

    He lives in the area, & bought stuff? That's the profile? 😅 No shyte Sherlock. 😂😂😂

  • @margaretlemmon1143
    @margaretlemmon1143 3 місяці тому

    Too noisy. Background noise have to be that loud.

  • @troyjanise9051
    @troyjanise9051 2 місяці тому

    I dont think Mrs Gilmer was led into the back yard, I think she may have gotten away and ran that way to escape and was caught and killed there.

  • @wednesdayschild5082
    @wednesdayschild5082 4 місяці тому +2

    The narrator weirdly sounds just like President Reagan.

  • @rashaurd54
    @rashaurd54 4 місяці тому +3

    I just moved out Laplace brother and sister stay there still st.charles had serial killer too with lafource

  • @JohnsonRussell-d5f
    @JohnsonRussell-d5f 3 місяці тому

    No finger prints on the weapons

  • @jenmarie03
    @jenmarie03 11 днів тому

    I live in Laplace! 😮

  • @fredajordan5704
    @fredajordan5704 2 місяці тому

    So why didn`t they show his pic to the surviving old couple??

  • @GCBGIRL
    @GCBGIRL 2 місяці тому

    You don't need to show violent scenes repeatedly to make compelling documentaries.

  • @lornacox8209
    @lornacox8209 27 днів тому

    Freeness got him excited He need arrested in a hurry

  • @michaelmartin9148
    @michaelmartin9148 2 місяці тому

    Why bother to have a safe if it is not securely anchored to the foundation?
    You are just showing the burglar/thief where all the valuables are and he can then just take them all along with your unsecured safe.

  • @lornacox8209
    @lornacox8209 27 днів тому

    People eat egg n rice some eat nothing for a hold day for few times n still survive He is very wicked

  • @It_wasnt_me_dude
    @It_wasnt_me_dude 4 місяці тому +1

    Ah yes it's Jim Calstrum again.
    One of a number of people that facilitated the coverup of the truth regarding what really happened to TWA flight 800.

  • @fauxdeuxjean7372
    @fauxdeuxjean7372 5 місяців тому +1

    This guy maybe INNOCENT. Check out the update.

    • @bs322073
      @bs322073 4 місяці тому +3

      Just an FYI...Daniel Blank, also known as the River Parishes serial killer, is still alive as of 2024. He has been on death row since 2001 and also faces several life sentences for other crimes he confessed to.

    • @southernsass2937
      @southernsass2937 4 місяці тому +7

      No, he's guilty as charged.
      He lived 3 miles from me, known him since elementary school. This dude was the creepiest. Would stare a hole through me with zero facial expressions. Took our friends away in the most brutal ways 😢

    • @bs322073
      @bs322073 4 місяці тому

      @@southernsass2937 Any idea of what his parents were like? Sounds like he was born with a mental imbalance. I noticed there was no mention of his father...unless I missed it. Did he grow up with one?

  • @streaming5332
    @streaming5332 4 місяці тому

    Hiding money in books... is there a problem with using the bank.

  • @DonnaGriffin-u4p
    @DonnaGriffin-u4p 3 місяці тому

    The commercials r very frustrating!!!

    • @prevost8686
      @prevost8686 Місяць тому

      UA-cam has really amped up their efforts to sell their premium services. Commercials have doubled in the last few months.

  • @Sundog0811
    @Sundog0811 4 місяці тому

    Anyone else notice the cameraman has the entire incident on video. He keeps splicing in short clips here and there. Call me crazy, but i dont see how he would have that unless he was involved that day. Thats who you really need to be looking at.

  • @FreethinkingPharoah
    @FreethinkingPharoah 4 місяці тому +1

    Usual suspect

  • @babariqbal2648
    @babariqbal2648 7 днів тому

    Only bad thing i have to say, too loude background music

  • @Danl1960
    @Danl1960 2 місяці тому

    Your momma!

  • @ianoliver7271
    @ianoliver7271 3 місяці тому

    Blankety-blank, Blankety-blank, Blankety-blank, Blankety-blank, !!

  • @estherrayos
    @estherrayos Місяць тому

    Flores twins cmon now pls you can’t be that slow

  • @prevost8686
    @prevost8686 Місяць тому

    Ain’t got no gas init…

  • @roaneblahhh5760
    @roaneblahhh5760 3 місяці тому

    Say mom one more fing time

  • @sabineokorn4983
    @sabineokorn4983 5 місяців тому +1

    Old, old stuff

    • @bs322073
      @bs322073 4 місяці тому +1

      Yes but he's still living...amazing....Daniel Blank, also known as the River Parishes serial killer, is still alive as of 2024. He has been on death row since 2001 and also faces several life sentences for other crimes he confessed to.

  • @lucylovic
    @lucylovic 4 місяці тому

    I have an a

  • @jeffinphx517
    @jeffinphx517 2 місяці тому

    “Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade, mmmmmmhmmmmmm.” 😮😮😮

  • @saltydawg4033
    @saltydawg4033 4 місяці тому +2

    They cant even tell us his last name? They just say blank. Unbelievable...

    • @southernsass2937
      @southernsass2937 4 місяці тому +3

      Blank IS his last name.
      Grew up in the same small town.

  • @wildbirdbuffetfrenzy4161
    @wildbirdbuffetfrenzy4161 4 місяці тому

  • @Ruben-j9h
    @Ruben-j9h 3 місяці тому

    Don't talk and Get a Lawyer.