I served 11 months and 29 days for violating probation on a misdemeanor marijuana charge. And they kept letting this enormous monster out after 19 days, 30 days, etc. Over and over and over. I've heard a ton about the legal system failing the public. This one stands out to me in a huge way.
Isnt that what the american prison system has been transformed into ? Ya know by privatising it? You can go to prisin for 40 years with out parole for tax evasion or mutiple low level possesion charges or some other non violent crime. But ya murder or rape a person and you can get as little as 10-20 with parole its insane. The prison system isnt designed for corrections anymore they are designed to meet quotas with the least violent offenders that way less people die behind bars and they keep their numbers up. Its not about justice or rehabilitation...its abput how much money the private sector can make off the gov. And that isnt some conspircy it provable with documentation and statistics!!! I feel for ya dude!
All that time for a non violent offense. This must make your blood boil watching this. I have no idea how a parent or someone close to the victims didn’t ‘handle’ his sickness once he was back on the streets.
I've heard that they let these people out because they don't want to deal with trying to keep them safe in jail / prison. Wonder if there's any truth to this
The scariest part is that he was actually honest to everyone the entire time. He never denied what he was or tried to minimize how dangerous he truly was.
@@godsrevolver9737 it's unfortunate that he didn't get help, but I don't think it woulda helped. I think this isn't a matter of compassion. This dude straight has no feelings. He's honest cause he doesn't care. I feel bad for the victims, not him.
Pedos fall into two categories. 1. They know it’s wrong, want help. 2. They don’t care it’s deemed wrong by society and want to offend. Some benefit from treatment and can live without offending, others need to be imprisoned for life.
Man, I notice watching documentaries involving sexual assault, pedophilia, etc, that authorities really did not take these crimes seriously at all during the 70s/80s. This guy kept doing it over and over again, and each time he got caught, they treated it like a traffic violation.
For over 30 years my abuser abused others. It started at 9 years old for me in 1974. No one not even my parents believed me. I was told that misunderstood what he did. It was life changing and devastating. It continued for 4 more years when he caused the death of one of his many victims. He NEVER spent a day in jail. Talk to your children! About all things in life. It's a new world than when I grew up where children were to be seen and not heard. We ALL have a voice and EVERY LIFE MATTERS!!
The worse part during that time is as it is now, mainly family member or someone close to the victim who is the abuser and MANY families, including mine, hushed it all up for “The Family”.
@@Dee-JayW you are so right. My grandfather told my cousin who was 16and had been molested and raped by her stepfather who was still married to her mother that she could take it for two more years and then she'd be 18 and could leave home 🤫. Don't rock the boat he said! Un-frickin-believable!!!!
I've always wondered that, how they got away with so much when others doing very minor crimes could sit years in jail. Parents often would try to get the children to believe they misunderstood what happened, that they were helping if they kept their mouths shut and bigger guilt trips along the lines of ruining the parents lives if they said anything, etc. It was about keeping this perfect family life for those looking in no matter how screwed up it was.
I did 4 years in prison for distribution of a controlled substance. While there, I saw these POS go in and out with slaps on the wrist. Disgusting on part of our justice system. It's sad when a drug charge, brings more time than a pedophile.
Was about to comment this, I have done more time for 8 grams of weed when I was straight out of high school than he did for molesting kids. Absolutely disgusting.
@@laynesobczak5818 I shoplifted a calculator to sell for food and my bond was 25K. Then I was locked up for 9 months. At my bail hearing an old man got a PR bond for assault of a minor. No faith in our justice system is left in me M8. edit- It was a TI Graphing Calculator and was at the threshold for felony theft. I got lucky I guess!
Totally agree. Hopefully, legalizing marijuana in many places will help half of that problem, at least to an extent. The other problem is that pedos need stricter sentences. I think it should be treated as seriously as murder.
I’ve seen biological fathers who didn’t have this much access to their own children. This is ridiculous the amount of access this dude had to children and the opportunities
Yeah I was thinking similar listening to this..I'm not blaming anyone but the evil shit that did this, but you'd have to wonder how access to these little kids was so easy when it became obvious there was a predator on the loose.
It's common for these sickos to put themselves in positions where they have easy access to children, teacher, coach scout leader. It's very true that often they are with the child and many times the sickos are well known to the child's family, maybe a family member.
@@misstury606 it was also the 70s, 80s and children were seen as invincible. Nobody thought it could happen or even conceive it. So blind were the people of the time.
The mother didn't press charges cause she didn't want the boys to be traumatized???? The assault would have done that already n pressing charges could have saved so many kids in the future!
I agree with everything you said, but I think the mother may have been consumed with guilt and shame for not protecting, in her eyes, her boys from the abduction and abuse of her sons, she may really not have felt.able to go ahead with a prosecution. I just think you really can't how a person would react to something so devastating, in hindsight she may have regretted not prosecuting, we just don't know.❤✌
Could have, should have, would have. I agree, however, it's impossible to know exactly what goers though the minds of others, most of us have never been in a situation like this, thank goodness, but I agree, yes going though with it might have helped but than again, he has has gotten away with it all so many times over and over. it's so sad and horrific. I can't even begin to imagine
Facing your rapist in court and reliving the trauma by repeatedly being forced to tell the story sometimes is counter productive, depending on how old they are.
The victims' families did sue the State. I spent a couple hours with Dodd at Walla Walla related to the case. It ended up settling. Dodd was executed a couple months after I met and talked with him.
Same. My parents were exactly like his, except they stayed together and stayed miserable, their hellish marriage intact as of 2013 when I cut contact with them. I try every day to be the best human I can be. I could never hurt others and use my terrible childhood as justification.
I completely agree with you... People use their upbringing and anything that went wrong for them to justify their horrible acts towards society... We see it every day... "Oh woe is me I grew up in a poor neighborhood... People selling drugs and prostitutes everywhere... I'm only acting like what my environment was like..." That's absolute crap... People have gone through more horrific things than the mass majority of these lunatics that scream woe-is-me every 5 seconds as they brutally attacked someone...
That may be true, and probably the same for most than otherwise. But, facts are facts, and broken households are exceedingly more probable of producing a criminal than one with normalcy.
@@ssjonupants you are absolutely right that more criminals are created through broken homes... But we all have to grow up sometime... Stop blaming our upbringing and become adults... Once these people have become adults now it's all on them and what they want to do is blame everybody but themselves
The instincts of the 8 yr old was spot on. Amazing that an 8 yr old had the courage to be cool & tell Dod that he needed to grab a toy for the lost boy.
There was a man that tried to kidnap me when I was nine. He tried his best to get me in his car but I was smart enough to know not to do it and my mobility instructor was behind me and I later found out that he made a gesture like he was going to call the police is why the driver took off.
Once they cross the line from fantasy into reality and actually assault a child i don't think counseling is going to help. These people never seem to stop. Maybe you can keep a deviant from becoming an offender, but once they offend throw away the key.
I don't know. I've watched a LOT of crime documentaries and I think ONCE they get the thought in their minds, they're already on the way to becoming a criminal. They WILL act. It's as if they are driven to do so.
@@suzannenichols6900 Satan came to his mind to have him to do that Evil to children he does not ,know And obey Jesus Christ or he does not,want to know Jesus. he does not pray a Lot. And plus he does not,know the word of God to bind Satan powers over him to say to Satan to Get out of his mind ,he does not know how to resist Satan.he act on it he allow Satan to come in. .instead of telling Satan no I'm not Going ,to harm and kill children,Satan Demon spirit or more than 1 Demon spirits control him.Lust or sex Addict Demon spirits.👹👹👹😥🙏🤮🤮 I'm telling you Jesus is Real !! I witness a miracle by him.
They are well aware, but don't care, because this system has nothing to do with "justice" and they too commit the same crimes against children. This is why they are lenient towards predators, because they themselves are predators. It's an incredibly depressing and disturbing reality, that you learn when you begin researching and go down the rabbit hole of the "justice" system...
"Dodd was arrested so many times, you'd think he'd get it through his head." The only thing he got through his head was that being arrested was a minor inconvenience. As for why the police let him walk in the arcade case? Pedophiles acting right out in the open have always flourished because of adult squeamishness. Nobody wants to say it out loud. Nobody wants to hear it. The issue has gotten a little better with police training and specialization, but many children never make it to the police with their stories because they are shut down by the adults around them. Parents who don't want to hear it, schools and churches and sports organizations who say they're going to take care of it but really just want to make it go away. If your kid's soccer coach punched him in the face, what would you do? Call the police immediately. You wouldn't wait until Monday morning and go the team office. So why do parents act this way with sexual assaults on children?
If kids coach punched my son I'd not phone police. I would hurt him and get my kid to boot him in the face, tell him what happens if phones police, spit on his face and go home and have a cup tea.
My aunt saw him coming out of the woods in Vancouver just after he killed those boys, she said he acted completely normal, as she passed he said hello and she said hello back, then when she saw the news she said she started crying uncontrollably because of how close she was to him and those young boys with absolutely no idea of what had just taken place. I grew up playing baseball at the field at David Douglas park, after I learned that I haven’t been back
What a harrowing story! I remember the tragic events of 1989 very well as I live in the area. Dodd was a truly depraved monster and anyone who recalls those horrible weeks retains a lot of grief for those poor boys.
I'm connected to murders like this, sort of. I worked with Mark Dixie, who killed Sally Anne Bowman. Me and my friend Jeremy were hijacked at a petrol station by Stuart Hazell about 10 years before he killed Tia Sharpe. That freaked me out when I saw him on the news. Meredith Kercher lived 7 houses down the road from me before she was murdered in Italy as well. That was devastating. We crossed paths and smiled at e/o so often. Devastating I never got to know her. There's more than these, but they're the most well known ones I'm connected to.
I've studied this asshole for awhile, and I still don't and can't understand how and why he was REPEATEDLY turned loose!! He was picked up numerous times and nothing was done, ughhh sooo frustrating..May all those Lil souls rest peacefully 🙏💔💕
Remember, when a naked, bleeding, and handcuffed 14 year old boy was seen running down the street, the cops who found him turned him back over to Jeffrey Dahmer. Dahmer convinced them they were having a lover's spat. The kid was dead shortly afterwards. So much for protect and serve. I shudder to think what was going through that poor boy's head as they handed him over and he was being led to a certain, gruesome death.
@@chrismorgan283 OMG yes!! That was so horrific. I know he was drugged but wow, they should of at least taken that poor lad to the station. Instead gave him back to his killer! WTH??
@@nicoletheresa6654 That’s why I call it soul murder. People who commit crimes like this should get the same amount of time in prison as they would if they murdered someone. If someone’s never been through trauma like that they can’t understand how it changes you completely. I am sorry for any trauma that you had to go through . I like to think of myself as Kintsugi and gold has been poured into the cracks of myself to make something beautiful that was once broken. Soft hugs and lots of light coming your way from an Internet stranger❤️
I was almost abducted by Dodd when I was a child living in Portland Oregon, I was walking to school from 46th st. to St. Stephens school. About two blocks away, I noticed a man in a long black over coat walking behind me. I started walking faster. As I walked faster I could hear his steps speed up behind me. They sped up every time that I would increase my pace of walking. I could hear his steps getting closer and closer. Once they were almost directly behind me, I turned to see him almost arms length. I looked at his face and he smiled a creepy smile at me. I than ran. Luckily the school was just across the street and many people were around dropping off their kids. I reported the incident to the school and my parents. Later that year he tried to abduct to of my classmates while they walked to school, than ran to me pointing at a guy dressed in a jogging suit, asking me if it was the same guy who had tried abducting me. I saw him and said yes. One day as I watched the TV I noticed that he was on it wearing a orange jumpsuit. It was a news story on him. I instantly knew it was the man who’d tried to abduct me. I ran to my mom and told her, “That’s the man who tried to kidnap me.” I was almost a victim, but for some reason I got lucky.
So I was I! He tried to abduct me from The Montgomery Wards in Jantzen Beach. I used to play with William and Cole Near. I was at David Douglas when they were killed
I’m from Vancouver, Washington. I was around 10-years-old when Dodd started taking kids there. There wasn’t a week that went by that we kids didn’t receive a note from our teachers to give our parents regarding being careful around men you don’t know. This affected Vancouver for some time. When I was in 6th grade, I actually carried a knife on my way to school I was so afraid.
The couve is my hometown. My childhood house backed up to David Douglas Park. I learned about Dodd when I was a young teen and I've never been able to look at that baseball-filled park the same again. I remember as a kid always coming home with warnings about strangers to give to my mom. Crazy that someone else has those same memories!
As a survivor (not of this monster, but about 5 others in my family), and having grown up in the late 70s/80s, this case horrified and saddened me on so many levels. It also showed me that even if i had told, nothing would have happened. These judges have no idea how terribly messed up these children would be for the rest of their lives and every time they let him go, they were letting him cause more harm to more children. All 3 deaths could have been avoided, along with the trauma of all those children that he didn't kill. So very very sad and infuriating.
Hello Amanda, I am a survivor of incest and at 17 I tried to commit suicide but my Mom found a councillor and I told him everything. My father was charged, first such trial in a very small town, and convicted. He only got 3 years served 18 months moved to another province got remarried and had another daughter. I’m 52 now and am still suffering PTSD. I know him being punished for his crime however insignificant his punishment really was, does help me. Best of luck to you dear I hope you’re doing better. With kindness Cindy
I honestly think judges can relate to child molesters, I can’t understand the leniency? Why are the treated with so much patience and understanding? It’s very suspect
@Eric Perez Because they can. I hear you though but someone can get all the info they need just off a name a photo. I've currently got someone pretending to be YO Gotti the rapper who emailed me the last 2 years on Instagram and is now commenting on youtube comments I make. I've unfortunately given too much through comments as well though. Those 30 and under are especially bad about it because they're so accustomed to it whereas those older didn't grow up with it in their lives.
I lived down the street from and went to the same school as the Neer boys when this happened. My brother and friends played with them regularly. This has haunted me my entire life and I've feared for my children's safety every time they walk through any neighborhood. Washington and Oregon's "system" was and still is absolutely ridiculous. Today's world has so many more opportunities for these things to happen, it's terrifying to think of our children being safe anywhere. When I asked some people in our neighborhood if they had a "walk group" from the elementary school to our streets, I got some idiotic comments that stated "oh, let them walk alone, no one is out to get them" regarding my then 1st grader. Wake up people! Teach your kids safety protocols as early as possible.
Dude that's fucked man holy shit I don't even know what to say bro. This Punk should have been in prison a long time before he actually was handed a stiff sentence 30 kids over 30 innocent kids he molested and he got off scot-free the system was a total failure
This was one of the worst pedophiles that I have heard of I felt so much emotion watching this anger hatred sadness I just don't get it I don't get how the system failed these children what the hell
Court officials, police, judiciary system , counselor, everyone absolutely everyone is responsible for letting these unthinkable tortures and horrors drag for so long. Disgusting !!!!
1.) Police do not drop charges prosecutors and judges do. 2.) The mother that didn't want to press charges because she said she didn't want the children to be traumatized in turn is the person who traumatized them further by not filing charges. She could have single-handedly saved the lives of all those other children.
Talk about a case falling through the cracks, he should of been locked up way before he was. I honestly don't know how that happened. Many victims would of been saved. What a shame.
Same thing with John Gacey and Jeff Dahmer. Back then. Sexual crimes against women and children were not taken seriously. Even wives reporting domestic abuse against their husbands was treated like a lovers quarrel. Things have changed considerably over the past 45 years.
I think the death penalty was wrong. They should of put him in general population in a maximum security prison with life without and let nature take it's course
A normal person learning of even an attempted sexual assault of a child wants the person locked up for life at a minimum, because they know these people are not fixable. So my conclusion is those is the justice system who don't take these people seriously is because for some reason ( I won't speculate) they are sympathetic to their behavior.
But that would mean that every person in law enforcement or judicial system that he came across for years were also pedos. What are the odds of that? I know this might be naive but I’d rather believe that people just weren’t that educated back then and really thought he could be rehabilitated. They were just ignorant.
I lived and played at that park growing up and heard the stories. That monster instilled so much fear that I never trusted anyone and i'm pretty sure saved me and my friends a few times from other monsters. It's disturbing on so many levels how ineffective the courts were back then.
Interesting irony: When he was hung it only tore some muscles in his neck, and he was effectively garroted over a period of maybe 8 minutes or so. Just like his last victim.
Actually, after he was executed they found a note in his cell where he described how it would be the biggest turn on of all time to die the way his victim did, I'm paraphrasing because I can't remember the exact quote but he relished the idea clearly
@@jedaaa i knew this..i knew thats why he requested hanging cuz he said it was how lee died...fucker wanted to get off one last time... he is an albert fish.
I am a firm believer that any authority figure who lets something awful slide or gives someone a light sentence for something horrific is guilty of the very same thing themselves somewhere in their past if not their present and if you dig deep enough you'll find it.
What's scary is how trustworthy parents were with other adults back in the 70's/80's/early 90's. The fact that he sat in movie theaters looking for his next child victim terrifies me. The reason being I remember back in the late 80's/early 90's my parents would take me and my little brother to see movies at the movie theater when we were young kids. There were a few occasions where my Mom would sit us down in the movie theater and then ask an adult (a complete stranger mind you) sitting next to us, "could you keep an eye on my kids while I go to the concession stand? I'll be right back! It will only be a minute.". Now luckily nothing bad happened to us but the naive mind set of parents back in the day to assume everyone out there is a safe responsible adult is mind blowing.
@real talk My Mom was a very loving and responsible Mother who cared deeply about her kids. But there were things people did decades ago that people by todays standards wouldn't dream of doing. I like going on these blog sites where the writer talks about growing up in the 80's or comparing parents of the 70's and 80's vs. Parents today. One was titled 'Things Parents Did in The 70's and 80's That Could Get You Arrested Today'. And the funny thing is these things weren't that big of a deal back then but because we have certain safety codes, laws, and standards today that these things look bad in the eyes of people today. For example, they had car seats for infants and toddlers back in the 80's but once your child was past the age of 3 like around the ages of 5-7 years old there were NO car seats for older children. Kids were buckled in the back seat of the car like everyone else. By today's standards we might look at that and think "Oh my God! Why wouldn't a parent put their 6 year old kid in the back seat of the car without a car seat or booster seat?! That's dangerous! That's against the law!" But the truth was back then in the 80's there were no car seats designed for older kids past the toddler years and there were no safety standard laws saying that parents HAD to put their kids in a car/booster seats. So it wasn't that parents were irresponsible, it was that they were just doing what was available to them or legal to do at the time. It was just one of those sign of the times kind of things.
@@merfwriter yep, my mom had a van that she took the seats out of the back and put a playpen back there for us to ride around in. Early 80’s. Also, I remember her leaving us in the car to run into the store, and we’d be bouncing around the car waiting for her to come back for what seemed like forever. So many other things that would definitely get her in trouble nowadays.
Back in the late 80's my mom owned a coffee shop and this old regular took a liking to me. My mom let him take me to a Dodgers game. Nothing happened but I got weirded out by all the attention he'd give me so I stopped visiting my mom at work for a while. Eventually the man stopped coming around but if he was just a lonely old guy I feel bad. Still I had to trust my instincts
@@Anna-ms1pd people just get scared when they see kids die from heat in a car or something else. it’s understandable why the world is becoming more regulated. i’m not sure what my opinion is on the matter now that i’m thinking about this.
Not only that, but my parents were naive enough to let me walk alone as a toddler. I remember waking up in the mid of one night, finding that my parents were missing. I went out of our community complex to look for them on a pitch dark night. I did not know where I was heading as 2 -3 years old and just wanted to find my parents who were often absent! Luckily, before I exited those clustered condos and entered the main road of the town, I spotted my parents who were on their way walking back. I can not imagine what would happen to the rest of my life had I woken up earlier to go look for them. I would probably get kidnapped in an era where kidnapping was not uncommon! 30 years later, I told my mother about this incident and she told me she does not remember anything like this!! Anyway, my parents were famous for being neglectful.
The guy was as honest as could be and still wasn't taken seriously. I don't get the judge assigned to his case. I don't remember hearing about him per se, but his name was familiar. At least he's off this earth, and I hope something happened to the judge(s) who didn't keep proper track of his monster!
You have to remember, 1. The Justice system was never intended or created to protect the vulnerable and 2. The Justice system is overflowing with predators, which serves as a facet of explanation as to the leniency this guy was met with, constantly...
I am an avid True Crime listener I have heard dozens if not hundreds of terrible horrible sickening stories. I don't know how or why but this is the first time I've heard this story I lost my own son when he was only a year older than the 4 year this story and completely broke me to hear what you did to that little boy. I cannot imagine what is parents parents went through and are likely still going through
This is a prime example of why these types of people should never be released back into any community. They should have special communities, that have only these people living in them, and never be allowed to leave the confines of this community. These people can't be treated, and get well. It's hardwired into their brains. They will always continue to do it.
@Chantel Gangi I agree, but, unfortunately, they don't all get eliminated. In the cases where they do get freed though, they should not be allowed back into communities with women, or children.
This is a sickness. There is no cure for this sickness. The penalties for these crimes are no where near harsh enough. It is a life sentence for the surviving victims and should be a life sentence for the offenders. For the worst, the death sentence. I wish the judicial system would understand this. It's more than someone's childhood over, it's forever. There is no magic memory eraser for the victims. We need to take this more seriously.
I grew up down the road from his hunting ground and was in grade school when he was committing his crimes. I remember how scary it was at the time. They found his diaries and if they hadn't caught him, he was about to operate on his victims without any anesthesia....he was a sick man! Thank you for this.... I haven't heard this name in a long time!
I love the fact that these Narrators begin their videos by acknowledging the individuals involved in these stories and showing respect to them. That alone made me subscribe to the channel
i saw an interview with dodd's high school teacher explaining that he liked dodd and said he would have allowed him to watch his children. i never forgot this guy stating this even after the convictions and impending sentence.
Some people are an embodiment of pure evil. The system failed to protect the innocent victims by failing to punish this monster despite his repeat offences. A startling fact about this case is that the perp never shied away from accepting his crimes & even confessed to what he was planning to do in the future but, the system didn't get it right and innocent children lost their lives for the system's incompetence. Prayers for the victims 🙌
I truly believe reading or listening to an audio recording of Dodd's twisted diary should be mandatory for anyone opposed to capital punishment. Or the ones who still foolishly believe those convicted of sex offenses against children can be fully rehabilitated and returned to normal society. The horrific...brutally honest... truth of that diary must still be heard. Even after all those years.
they should watch SERIAL KILLER WESLEY ALLEN DODD - Monsters Among 1992 Us Documentary it shows his journal and he wrote notes about his kill and took pix of his victim who was lacking clothing and theres a polaroid of him hanging in the closet after the murder..if that wont convince them nothing will... i can name a few killers that really got under my skin... dodd, peter woodcock, john joubert, and awilda lopez who did unimaginable things to her child for years elisa izquierdo in 1995 new york and the parents of adrian jones.. i would sentence them to death by Scaphism.. a very old and horrifying execution method.. its considered to be the worst one.. they went mad while dying... but hey u do these things to kids u lose your right to be treated like a human being... albert fish liked pain so electric chair was a party to him... death by scaphism for sure! no mercy...oh heather told 6 year old Adrian when he said he didn't wanna die to "suck it up" i'd say that to her before her horrific execution..
@@kimmyfreak200 Believe it or not... I saw that exact Frontline episode when I was 12 years old. That was when my parents were strict on what I could watch on TV and had that misguided notion that everything on PBS was safe for kids. Back when PBS was gritty and hard-edge. Before it got heavily sanitized in the mid 1990s. That episode really freaked me out and made me paranoid about getting abducted or worse for a very long time. Similar to that episode of "The Boondocks" where a young Tom Dubois watches the movie "Penitentiary" and developed that crippling, lifelong fear of going to prison...and getting anally raped.
You do realize theres 10s of millions of people in this country that are opposed to capitol punishment dont you? How would you go about enforcing your idea?
@@trossk I couldn't. Only thing that could possibly be done was perhaps bring that diary back into the public spotlight via mainstream and social media and give it widespread attention. To where media pundits and popular UA-camrs would talk about it to a wider audience.
Such a disturbing story all those poor children! You did a good job covering this one. I would of cried the whole way through. I actually really felt thiS one, those poor Parents.
Grew up in the late 1970's, when kids couldn't give evidence in court because they didn't know the difference between the truth and a lie and so the adults just swept it under the rug and the perpetrators got away with it. Like the church. I was disgusted by adults and the courts. Glad things are changing but when you still see how reluctant the courts can be...
The fear and panic that these poor kids felt is unimaginable... Being a mom myself it INFURIATES ME that this DEMON was ALLOWED to do this to INNOCENT CHILDREN....The judicial system sucks!
The only thing I’ve ever read that truly made me sick and messed with my brain. His journal he kept was way too detailed. His crimes were just mind blowing. TRUE EVIL BEING.
I'm still terribly upset by that. The way he just grabbed a ball and tossed it for a dog, waving as he got in his car *shivers* Knowing the boys were dying in the treeline 😭
The show Real detective has an episode of the homicide detective that did this case. He developed severe PTSD and was ruined by this case. So tragic we walk the earth with these types of people
I can't imagine how these detectives do it. I was a juror on a local high profile child molestation/conspiracy to murder child victims. (Karate teacher) readinghis plans and hearing the Boys testify (victims were between 12 and 23 at time of actual trial I believe but around 8 at time of crimes) was one of hardest things I've done and affects me still several years later. My son's are currently 11 and 12 and they'll say innocent 5hings that remind me of some testimony and had definitely affected how I parent and react in certain situations. I had a chance to speak to the DA that handles all the child abuse sexual assault cases in our city and told me that her job is the reason that she did not have children. She can't after all the things she's hurt and sees on a daily basis. There was a lot that read the jury were not allowed to hear but found out afterwards. I can only imagine what being a detective on scene or da immersing yourself and all the facts of the case could just destroy you. Definitely have to give those professionals much credit!
@@uglyhobo4602it absolutely IS his fault...brain chemistry or not, he knew what he was doing was wrong and illegal and could've stopped himself just as much as you. It's no different than blaming obesity on "brain chemistry" instead of the person choosing to overeat and not try to stop himself from doing so
I remember seeing this case back along. It is a particularly bad one. I dont think there's many channels who would take it on and cover it well. Fair play to TFFs for doing a decent job with this one objectively and informatively without dwelling too much on the details. It's no surprise. This is one of the few channels whose content is consistently of a superior quality over most of this genre. A difficult case to cover? .. Call The Fear Files!
@@BeyondEvill \just saying it like it is. I remember when I first saw your channel and I was hooked straight away. I binge watched all of the 'Interviews with psychopaths' videos and was highly impressed that I was watching things that I'd never seen before. I thought I'd seen it all.. pretty much! ..Even the music you used became an ear worm! I'm still trying to work out what she's singing! So anyway.. Top quality channel guys. Always giving us the good shit. Thanks x
Crazy to think it took that long... pedo's must have been having a field day for years & years without any fear of much punished.. Shame shame shame...
I don’t know why I watch these, it makes me so sick to my stomach. I’ve got a 5 year old and a 2.5 year old, to think there are predators that exist like this can could be in your own family. I guess it’s good to be aware I guess, and never ever take your eyes off your children or leave them with males
Man this just makes my skin literally crawl.This brings back memories of my days as a child when I was abused 😢.He is sick,evil and deserves everything that comes to him because of his actions.
Wow another great crime channel, along with That Chapter, Jim Can't Swim, Monsters and Shrouded Hand I'll look forward to more stories from your channel 😁
I decided to Mike a goo over at That Chapter. Once I started, I ended up binge watching for tirty tree hours. With your recommendation, I'm now subbed here. 😎🇺🇸
@@ssgemeritus2115 yes yes yes hey 🤗 I love Mike and how he presents his show, plus understanding the Irish sense of humor is one of the reasons why I love that show, plus there's lots of great crime shows on UA-cam were very spoilt for choices hey 🤗
What I recall about this case is he himself remarked to press how was not punished nor taken off the streets the numerous times caught. It was he himself who chose to be hanged when less gruesome alternatives were available as he stated… his victims suffered, as should he. I think you do a disservice to your story by that omission. You note no one had been hung in over 3 decades leading the viewer to incorrectly assume the system perhaps chose the grisly execution for his crimes. Nope. They would have let him off easier again if the choice of execution had been theirs.
All the warning signs were there from the beginning. The judiciary unleashed a monster time after time. What he did is so disgusting that words fail. These judges who still did not see the signs of a child trafficker and sick murderer should have been stripped of all office as naive accomplices.
@Eren Jaeger. Of course, but America is supposed to be the leader, teaching the rest of the world how it's done! Sorry, it's teaching the rest of the world how NOT to do it!
His parents are also responsible for allowing him to be around other children and not following up regarding him attending therapy sessions.....pure negligence!
They must be kept away from children. As soon as they are caught. The first time, because they have done it before at that point and just got away with it.
but eating 3 meals a day in a room loaded with cable, vcr, video games and movies and a cd player with head phones living a free life hardly seems like the answer for these pitiful beings...notice how helpless Dodd was when Graves ...an actual grown man of equal size overpowered his little b** a$$... now that theres no tiny child to torture and screw he surely was taken down rather easily! haha.
I've seen an interview with Dodd a few years ago, & after seeing that, it made me almost feel sorry for him in a weird sorta way. He said he never experienced any kind of love from anyone in his family. He said, "I don't remember ever hearing the word, 'love', nor do I ever remember saying it either. My parents never told me they loved me or my siblings, they never hugged us, or told us how proud they were of us, or complimented us in any way.".....That made me wonder just how much the parents are to blame with a lot of these offenders. You can't treat your child like they were a huge mistake, & that you wished they were never born, & not expect anything negative to come from this. I've been brought up in a family of very loving parents, who were always telling us how much they loved my brother and I, always hugging us, always saying uplifting words, rather than tear-down words. We always hugged & said "I love you" before we left, & always hugged each other when we got home. And we still do that. And it's never felt like it was a 'job', or forced. If your home is filled with love, then good things can only come from it. I just think that if you do the research, most of these kinds of offenders came from homes with very little love and understanding....I can't help but wonder, if they had come from a family of love, would things have been different?
Just to reiterate, I don't condone anything at all, of what Dodd has done. Believe me, I believe that the punishment that he received didn't hold a candle to what he made those poor boys go thru, nor is it anywhere close to what I'd have done to him, if it were one of my kids. I just don't want people to think I'm not in agreement of the judgement the courts gave him - I think the fact that he was hung, as opposed to given life, is only just, considering that's what he did to his last victim, by hanging him in the closet. I just meant that, perhaps if people would give their children the love that they deserve in the first place, so many of them wouldn't grow up to do these vile things later in life.
@@MsLilpeach simply not true there are many cases where the perpetrator had a wonderful home life and still decided to commit the crimes they did, sure having a home that isn’t loving could escalate it but i don’t think it’s the sole reason
This was really hard to listen to, I almost turned it off a couple of times. My emotions ran strong with this one…going from infuriated to completely heartbroken and back. So many innocent children could have been saved if the authorities would have just done their damn job. Therapy my ass!! When will they get it?? There is no rehabilitation for a child predator. They cannot be fixed, not by years of the most intense therapy or years behind bars. It is a urge inside of them that they will eventually give in to again. I Guarantee you that even a pedo himself would agree to this. Take every single one and ship them all of to a deserted island way way off and let them fend for themselves. There is no sense in tax payers paying for their prison stay so this would be a better option imo. Either that or just give them the death penalty but with that it usually takes many years before they actually do it. Also gotta say this is the first time I’ve been to your channel and even tho the story itself was hard to hear I think you did a good job of explaining the story and being respectful to the victims. I will be subscribing.
You def wouldn’t have been able to listen to the podcast I just heard. They read his journal front to back and I can tell you it’s the worst thing I’ve heard. They obviously couldn’t cover it here in a UA-cam video because it’s too graphic. Good thing this guy is gone because he was one of the worst human beings (if you can even call him that) to ever walk this earth. And it wouldn’t just gotten worse.
You really sound conceited and narcissistic. Stop blaming the guy even though he deserves to be punished start blaming the $ greedy failure of a system
I remember stumbling across Dodd a few years ago... While it is surprising how few seem to know of him, I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. He was an animal, even he knew as much. And he shouldn't have been allowed to get away with it period. Let alone being caught red handed as many times as he was. Truly a twisted guy. My thoughts are with the victims and their families.
Hey, I'm from Georgia and I can tell you with the utmost confidence that Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia. He's one of us. I'd be interested to know where you got your information and if you aren't in fact mixing up Ray Charles born 1930 with another musician of wide repute named Ray Charles, born 1918, leader of the group Ray Charles Singers (this is the group who performed the theme song for Three's Company, the 70s sitcom). Otherwise great video
What shocks me the most about these sort of events is not that they weren’t locked up sooner, (police are next to useless.) but that he wasnt killed much sooner by some kids dad. If I caught some sic fuc messing with my kids I would happily do time if it meant putting them in the ground.
I remember this. I am from WA state. I was 8 years old in 89. Grandma always watched the news and I remember hearing this story in the background. The thing that scared me the most was how far he was willing to go if they didn’t execute him right away.
The justice system really did let him off so lightly for the horrendous crimes he committed early on, but regardless of the punishment he was handed out he was clearly going to kill children eventually. RIP to those poor boys. Another great video FF
Dodd knew we couldn't control his urges and so he asked for the death penalty and he was brutal honest about it, I think he deserved it. Thank you for watching, glad you like it 😊
He almost picked me up next to wrights park in Tacoma. I was about 11, riding my bike across the park. When I came to I street, he stopped in a white hatchback and made a lewd suggestion. I rode away as fast as I could. A week later they had him. I never told my mom.
I served 11 months and 29 days for violating probation on a misdemeanor marijuana charge. And they kept letting this enormous monster out after 19 days, 30 days, etc. Over and over and over. I've heard a ton about the legal system failing the public. This one stands out to me in a huge way.
Un freakin believable
Isnt that what the american prison system has been transformed into ? Ya know by privatising it? You can go to prisin for 40 years with out parole for tax evasion or mutiple low level possesion charges or some other non violent crime. But ya murder or rape a person and you can get as little as 10-20 with parole its insane. The prison system isnt designed for corrections anymore they are designed to meet quotas with the least violent offenders that way less people die behind bars and they keep their numbers up. Its not about justice or rehabilitation...its abput how much money the private sector can make off the gov. And that isnt some conspircy it provable with documentation and statistics!!! I feel for ya dude!
it's called "Job Security!"
All that time for a non violent offense. This must make your blood boil watching this.
I have no idea how a parent or someone close to the victims didn’t ‘handle’ his sickness once he was back on the streets.
I've heard that they let these people out because they don't want to deal with trying to keep them safe in jail / prison. Wonder if there's any truth to this
The scariest part is that he was actually honest to everyone the entire time. He never denied what he was or tried to minimize how dangerous he truly was.
exactly
Yep. I feel bad for him. He was calling for help from a young age.
@@godsrevolver9737 it's unfortunate that he didn't get help, but I don't think it woulda helped. I think this isn't a matter of compassion. This dude straight has no feelings. He's honest cause he doesn't care. I feel bad for the victims, not him.
Pedos fall into two categories.
1. They know it’s wrong, want help.
2. They don’t care it’s deemed wrong by society and want to offend.
Some benefit from treatment and can live without offending, others need to be imprisoned for life.
To me it’s less scarey in the senses that they know they have the right suspect,and he’s safely in custody.
Man, I notice watching documentaries involving sexual assault, pedophilia, etc, that authorities really did not take these crimes seriously at all during the 70s/80s. This guy kept doing it over and over again, and each time he got caught, they treated it like a traffic violation.
For over 30 years my abuser abused others. It started at 9 years old for me in 1974. No one not even my parents believed me. I was told that misunderstood what he did. It was life changing and devastating. It continued for 4 more years when he caused the death of one of his many victims. He NEVER spent a day in jail. Talk to your children! About all things in life. It's a new world than when I grew up where children were to be seen and not heard. We ALL have a voice and EVERY LIFE MATTERS!!
The worse part during that time is as it is now, mainly family member or someone close to the victim who is the abuser and MANY families, including mine, hushed it all up for “The Family”.
@@Dee-JayW you are so right. My grandfather told my cousin who was 16and had been molested and raped by her stepfather who was still married to her mother that she could take it for two more years and then she'd be 18 and could leave home 🤫. Don't rock the boat he said! Un-frickin-believable!!!!
I've always wondered that, how they got away with so much when others doing very minor crimes could sit years in jail. Parents often would try to get the children to believe they misunderstood what happened, that they were helping if they kept their mouths shut and bigger guilt trips along the lines of ruining the parents lives if they said anything, etc. It was about keeping this perfect family life for those looking in no matter how screwed up it was.
They still don't take it as serious as they should
I don’t understand how a person hurts children and judges let them go. It’s sick. The judges are at fault for so many of these kids being abused.
democrat judges only
The judges are pedos
@@PoeticAmmunition. I am starting to believe that your comment is right. Unfortunately.
Let it happen to one of their children or grandchildren…..then you’ll see action.
@@karenacton3854 true. Blunt fact
I did 4 years in prison for distribution of a controlled substance. While there, I saw these POS go in and out with slaps on the wrist. Disgusting on part of our justice system. It's sad when a drug charge, brings more time than a pedophile.
Was about to comment this, I have done more time for 8 grams of weed when I was straight out of high school than he did for molesting kids. Absolutely disgusting.
Heard.
@@laynesobczak5818 I shoplifted a calculator to sell for food and my bond was 25K. Then I was locked up for 9 months. At my bail hearing an old man got a PR bond for assault of a minor. No faith in our justice system is left in me M8.
edit- It was a TI Graphing Calculator and was at the threshold for felony theft. I got lucky I guess!
Totally agree. Hopefully, legalizing marijuana in many places will help half of that problem, at least to an extent. The other problem is that pedos need stricter sentences. I think it should be treated as seriously as murder.
@@Kristine_202 I agree. The damage often does take the lives of victims
I’ve seen biological fathers who didn’t have this much access to their own children. This is ridiculous the amount of access this dude had to children and the opportunities
Yeah I was thinking similar listening to this..I'm not blaming anyone but the evil shit that did this, but you'd have to wonder how access to these little kids was so easy when it became obvious there was a predator on the loose.
the justice system fails children all the time - there really aren't good laws to punish those who hurt children. it's sickening
It's common for these sickos to put themselves in positions where they have easy access to children, teacher, coach scout leader. It's very true that often they are with the child and many times the sickos are well known to the child's family, maybe a family member.
@@misstury606 it was also the 70s, 80s and children were seen as invincible. Nobody thought it could happen or even conceive it. So blind were the people of the time.
What was a young boy left alone without he parents.
The mother didn't press charges cause she didn't want the boys to be traumatized???? The assault would have done that already n pressing charges could have saved so many kids in the future!
Absolutely!
I agree with everything you said, but I think the mother may have been consumed with guilt and shame for not protecting, in her eyes, her boys from the abduction and abuse of her sons, she may really not have felt.able to go ahead with a prosecution. I just think you really can't how a person would react to something so devastating, in hindsight she may have regretted not prosecuting, we just don't know.❤✌
Exactly 💯 There's no excuse for letting a monster continue to hurt others
Could have, should have, would have. I agree, however, it's impossible to know exactly what goers though the minds of others, most of us have never been in a situation like this, thank goodness, but I agree, yes going though with it might have helped but than again, he has has gotten away with it all so many times over and over. it's so sad and horrific. I can't even begin to imagine
Facing your rapist in court and reliving the trauma by repeatedly being forced to tell the story sometimes is counter productive, depending on how old they are.
Judges need to be held accountable. The victims should be able to sue these bastards!!!
Many judges are involved in societies that do these things anyway. They dont care
Agree!!! There is NO accountability for judges. That needs to change.
The victims' families did sue the State. I spent a couple hours with Dodd at Walla Walla related to the case. It ended up settling. Dodd was executed a couple months after I met and talked with him.
Judge gave the kids to my bipolar coked up ex-wife. They self destructed. I was a great dad. But not a woman or an attorney.
I had a similar upbringing & turned out to be a decent human being with empathy. A bad childhood does not make you a monster, it’s a scapegoat.
Same. My parents were exactly like his, except they stayed together and stayed miserable, their hellish marriage intact as of 2013 when I cut contact with them. I try every day to be the best human I can be. I could never hurt others and use my terrible childhood as justification.
I completely agree with you... People use their upbringing and anything that went wrong for them to justify their horrible acts towards society...
We see it every day... "Oh woe is me I grew up in a poor neighborhood... People selling drugs and prostitutes everywhere... I'm only acting like what my environment was like..."
That's absolute crap... People have gone through more horrific things than the mass majority of these lunatics that scream woe-is-me every 5 seconds as they brutally attacked someone...
Exactly me as well. If anything, it's made me a far better person than I probably would've been. Trauma changes ya.
That may be true, and probably the same for most than otherwise. But, facts are facts, and broken households are exceedingly more probable of producing a criminal than one with normalcy.
@@ssjonupants you are absolutely right that more criminals are created through broken homes... But we all have to grow up sometime... Stop blaming our upbringing and become adults... Once these people have become adults now it's all on them and what they want to do is blame everybody but themselves
The instincts of the 8 yr old was spot on. Amazing that an 8 yr old had the courage to be cool & tell Dod that he needed to grab a toy for the lost boy.
That shocked me. Thank goodness he got away
There was a man that tried to kidnap me when I was nine. He tried his best to get me in his car but I was smart enough to know not to do it and my mobility instructor was behind me and I later found out that he made a gesture like he was going to call the police is why the driver took off.
Or it could be that his Mother asked what he was doing and the Child told her.
@@tapoemt3995 What??
@@renee312ableumm… but why didn’t your mobility instructor just, you know, actually step in??? People make me sick.
Once they cross the line from fantasy into reality and actually assault a child i don't think counseling is going to help. These people never seem to stop. Maybe you can keep a deviant from becoming an offender, but once they offend throw away the key.
I don't know. I've watched a LOT of crime documentaries and I think ONCE they get the thought in their minds, they're already on the way to becoming a criminal. They WILL act. It's as if they are driven to do so.
I wouldn't even wait for them to offend. Just an attempt should be considered a crime.
@@suzannenichols6900 Satan came to his mind to have him to do that Evil to children he does not ,know And obey Jesus Christ or he does not,want to know Jesus. he does not pray a Lot. And plus he does not,know the word of God to bind Satan powers over him to say to Satan to Get out of his mind ,he does not know how to resist Satan.he act on it he allow Satan to come in. .instead of telling Satan no I'm not Going ,to harm and kill children,Satan Demon spirit or more than 1 Demon spirits control him.Lust or sex Addict Demon spirits.👹👹👹😥🙏🤮🤮 I'm telling you Jesus is Real !! I witness a miracle by him.
I'd venture such creatures are NOT "people", but believe as you will.
Fantasizing about children should be enough to put these freaks to death.
Counseling is not effective when you’re dealing with these monsters! When will the court system understand this?!
There's only one treatment that works and it's made of lead
They are well aware, but don't care, because this system has nothing to do with "justice" and they too commit the same crimes against children. This is why they are lenient towards predators, because they themselves are predators. It's an incredibly depressing and disturbing reality, that you learn when you begin researching and go down the rabbit hole of the "justice" system...
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"Dodd was arrested so many times, you'd think he'd get it through his head."
The only thing he got through his head was that being arrested was a minor inconvenience.
As for why the police let him walk in the arcade case?
Pedophiles acting right out in the open have always flourished because of adult squeamishness. Nobody wants to say it out loud. Nobody wants to hear it.
The issue has gotten a little better with police training and specialization, but many children never make it to the police with their stories because they are shut down by the adults around them. Parents who don't want to hear it, schools and churches and sports organizations who say they're going to take care of it but really just want to make it go away.
If your kid's soccer coach punched him in the face, what would you do? Call the police immediately. You wouldn't wait until Monday morning and go the team office. So why do parents act this way with sexual assaults on children?
Hear! Hear!
Here here🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️
Very well said. U hit the mark on that one
Thank You, Its Sad and Sickening How Sexual Abuse Is Swept Under The Rug By The Same People You Trust and Who ARE Suppose To Be Their Protectors...
If kids coach punched my son I'd not phone police. I would hurt him and get my kid to boot him in the face, tell him what happens if phones police, spit on his face and go home and have a cup tea.
I respect the jury’s decision to take his life. The system couldn’t protect us, but they did.
Life in jail in general population would have seen more justice!
@@chrislewis9985 Less time to pay for his daily life in general population. Saves on death row expenses for sure.
@@jomama5186 yet prisons are a profit business
@@chrislewis9985 life in prison would suck 100000x more than death penalty
Best comment yet! 👍👍👍👍🥂
My aunt saw him coming out of the woods in Vancouver just after he killed those boys, she said he acted completely normal, as she passed he said hello and she said hello back, then when she saw the news she said she started crying uncontrollably because of how close she was to him and those young boys with absolutely no idea of what had just taken place. I grew up playing baseball at the field at David Douglas park, after I learned that I haven’t been back
What a harrowing story! I remember the tragic events of 1989 very well as I live in the area. Dodd was a truly depraved monster and anyone who recalls those horrible weeks retains a lot of grief for those poor boys.
I'm connected to murders like this, sort of. I worked with Mark Dixie, who killed Sally Anne Bowman. Me and my friend Jeremy were hijacked at a petrol station by Stuart Hazell about 10 years before he killed Tia Sharpe. That freaked me out when I saw him on the news. Meredith Kercher lived 7 houses down the road from me before she was murdered in Italy as well. That was devastating. We crossed paths and smiled at e/o so often. Devastating I never got to know her. There's more than these, but they're the most well known ones I'm connected to.
@PEGGLORE youre a bad omen
I've studied this asshole for awhile, and I still don't and can't understand how and why he was REPEATEDLY turned loose!! He was picked up numerous times and nothing was done, ughhh sooo frustrating..May all those Lil souls rest peacefully 🙏💔💕
He was a very sick individual, what is more strange is that the authorities let him walk free every time until it was too late.
Remember, when a naked, bleeding, and handcuffed 14 year old boy was seen running down the street, the cops who found him turned him back over to Jeffrey Dahmer. Dahmer convinced them they were having a lover's spat. The kid was dead shortly afterwards. So much for protect and serve. I shudder to think what was going through that poor boy's head as they handed him over and he was being led to a certain, gruesome death.
@@chrismorgan283 OMG yes!! That was so horrific. I know he was drugged but wow, they should of at least taken that poor lad to the station. Instead gave him back to his killer! WTH??
@@chrismorgan283 very true
Pedos protect other pedos.
If only they would’ve taken child abuse seriously in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
I think of this often. My life would of been so different. spiritual death.
@@nicoletheresa6654 That’s why I call it soul murder. People who commit crimes like this should get the same amount of time in prison as they would if they murdered someone. If someone’s never been through trauma like that they can’t understand how it changes you completely. I am sorry for any trauma that you had to go through . I like to think of myself as Kintsugi and gold has been poured into the cracks of myself to make something beautiful that was once broken. Soft hugs and lots of light coming your way from an Internet stranger❤️
@@MissJellybean ❤️🙏🏼
When I was a kid in London during the 70's, the local park had a large , fenced play area. No men were allowed, not even dads!
@@nicoletheresa6654 100%
I was almost abducted by Dodd when I was a child living in Portland Oregon, I was walking to school from 46th st. to St. Stephens school. About two blocks away, I noticed a man in a long black over coat walking behind me. I started walking faster. As I walked faster I could hear his steps speed up behind me. They sped up every time that I would increase my pace of walking. I could hear his steps getting closer and closer. Once they were almost directly behind me, I turned to see him almost arms length. I looked at his face and he smiled a creepy smile at me. I than ran. Luckily the school was just across the street and many people were around dropping off their kids. I reported the incident to the school and my parents. Later that year he tried to abduct to of my classmates while they walked to school, than ran to me pointing at a guy dressed in a jogging suit, asking me if it was the same guy who had tried abducting me. I saw him and said yes. One day as I watched the TV I noticed that he was on it wearing a orange jumpsuit. It was a news story on him. I instantly knew it was the man who’d tried to abduct me. I ran to my mom and told her, “That’s the man who tried to kidnap me.” I was almost a victim, but for some reason I got lucky.
So I was I! He tried to abduct me from The Montgomery Wards in Jantzen Beach. I used to play with William and Cole Near. I was at David Douglas when they were killed
I’m from Vancouver, Washington. I was around 10-years-old when Dodd started taking kids there. There wasn’t a week that went by that we kids didn’t receive a note from our teachers to give our parents regarding being careful around men you don’t know. This affected Vancouver for some time. When I was in 6th grade, I actually carried a knife on my way to school I was so afraid.
I am from Ballard...you know Seattle. We have had some awful awful people here
@@joannajamerson35 Yes, I know Ballard. Ted Bundy is a UW Husky, like me!
I lived on the other side of Garrison Square from David Douglas Park. We were all terrified and my parents kept me home for months.
The couve is my hometown. My childhood house backed up to David Douglas Park. I learned about Dodd when I was a young teen and I've never been able to look at that baseball-filled park the same again. I remember as a kid always coming home with warnings about strangers to give to my mom. Crazy that someone else has those same memories!
@@angelwing3671 I wasnt far from you then! My bus stop was on that road that goes down to David Douglas.
As a survivor (not of this monster, but about 5 others in my family), and having grown up in the late 70s/80s, this case horrified and saddened me on so many levels. It also showed me that even if i had told, nothing would have happened. These judges have no idea how terribly messed up these children would be for the rest of their lives and every time they let him go, they were letting him cause more harm to more children. All 3 deaths could have been avoided, along with the trauma of all those children that he didn't kill. So very very sad and infuriating.
Hello Amanda, I am a survivor of incest and at 17 I tried to commit suicide but my Mom found a councillor and I told him everything. My father was charged, first such trial in a very small town, and convicted. He only got 3 years served 18 months moved to another province got remarried and had another daughter. I’m 52 now and am still suffering PTSD. I know him being punished for his crime however insignificant his punishment really was, does help me. Best of luck to you dear I hope you’re doing better.
With kindness
Cindy
All of my love to both of you 🙏🏻💗
No ma’am they do. Part of the Agenda…..
I honestly think judges can relate to child molesters, I can’t understand the leniency? Why are the treated with so much patience and understanding? It’s very suspect
@Eric Perez Because they can. I hear you though but someone can get all the info they need just off a name a photo. I've currently got someone pretending to be YO Gotti the rapper who emailed me the last 2 years on Instagram and is now commenting on youtube comments I make. I've unfortunately given too much through comments as well though. Those 30 and under are especially bad about it because they're so accustomed to it whereas those older didn't grow up with it in their lives.
I lived down the street from and went to the same school as the Neer boys when this happened. My brother and friends played with them regularly. This has haunted me my entire life and I've feared for my children's safety every time they walk through any neighborhood. Washington and Oregon's "system" was and still is absolutely ridiculous. Today's world has so many more opportunities for these things to happen, it's terrifying to think of our children being safe anywhere. When I asked some people in our neighborhood if they had a "walk group" from the elementary school to our streets, I got some idiotic comments that stated "oh, let them walk alone, no one is out to get them" regarding my then 1st grader. Wake up people! Teach your kids safety protocols as early as possible.
THIS NEEDS MORE LIKES 👍 really good comment so sorry that happened in your own home town
Did you go to Marshall or Eisenhower because they went to both
@@treys1607 Marshall
Dude that's fucked man holy shit I don't even know what to say bro. This Punk should have been in prison a long time before he actually was handed a stiff sentence 30 kids over 30 innocent kids he molested and he got off scot-free the system was a total failure
This was one of the worst pedophiles that I have heard of I felt so much emotion watching this anger hatred sadness I just don't get it I don't get how the system failed these children what the hell
Court officials, police, judiciary system , counselor, everyone absolutely everyone is responsible for letting these unthinkable tortures and horrors drag for so long. Disgusting !!!!
Yes, because they are apart of that system…
I'm with you
Australia 💕 Christina
More like law makers and politicians 🙄
Talk to legistlators , the rest of the system has to play by their rules
They are all pedophiles they defo were on his side that's why he got away with this
Dodd: I was actually going to assault them
Police: Fair enough. Of you go
Hate to be *that* guy, but it's "off." Not, "of."
Hate to be that guy
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Continues to be that guy...
It’s that white privilege lol.
@@freewaypacheco256 🙄
@@ShazGreenock Right? 🤣 Probably kidding but you never know these days. I would like to know where to apply for one of those privilege cards though 🤔
1.) Police do not drop charges prosecutors and judges do.
2.) The mother that didn't want to press charges because she said she didn't want the children to be traumatized in turn is the person who traumatized them further by not filing charges. She could have single-handedly saved the lives of all those other children.
Talk about a case falling through the cracks, he should of been locked up way before he was. I honestly don't know how that happened. Many victims would of been saved. What a shame.
True, I wonder how could they let him walk free with so many crimes with little to no prison time.
@@BeyondEvill Exactly, there must of been numerous things that went wrong that combined, let him get away with it for so long.
Same thing with John Gacey and Jeff Dahmer. Back then. Sexual crimes against women and children were not taken seriously. Even wives reporting domestic abuse against their husbands was treated like a lovers quarrel. Things have changed considerably over the past 45 years.
@@tessaducek5601 Agreed, with Dahmer they looked the other way when that poor bleeding drugged child ascaped. A shame indeed.
@@tessaducek5601 the system will never fail those it was designed for 😭😟
I can’t believe they kept letting that ‘thing’ out of jail.
Emma that Demon spirit
I think the death penalty was wrong. They should of put him in general population in a maximum security prison with life without and let nature take it's course
Someone should make a list with the names of every single judge or prosecutor that let this man out. They carry blood in their hands. Shame on them!!!
I’m so glad that little kid went home and stayed inside and had his mom call the police. He’s so smart. And LUCKY! 🍀
I've watched a lot of serial killer documentaries, but Goddamn...
It's amazing how his extensive criminal history just "slipped through the cracks".
Maybe if it was DeAndre Dodd🤷🏽♀️
Amazing?? U mean Sad .!
@@sunnyboknow right 🤧😴
Yeah this dude was trash!
Judges paved the way more like
I’ll just never understand how someone can hurt a poor defenceless innocent child so brutally
A normal person learning of even an attempted sexual assault of a child wants the person locked up for life at a minimum, because they know these people are not fixable. So my conclusion is those is the justice system who don't take these people seriously is because for some reason ( I won't speculate) they are sympathetic to their behavior.
Exactly, they protect their own kind. He got thirty days from one judge... that blows my mind.
But that would mean that every person in law enforcement or judicial system that he came across for years were also pedos. What are the odds of that? I know this might be naive but I’d rather believe that people just weren’t that educated back then and really thought he could be rehabilitated. They were just ignorant.
They are.. look up pedo judges.
@@PinePrince They're everywhere. Go look at the US sex predator map... theres more of them than there is of good people.
@@PinePrince That males report sexual assault even less than females because of an even larger stigma might have something to do with it.
Evil truly walks this earth.
Saran is the King of earth jesus refused
Sure the hell does
Not anymore.
Died in '93 💩
@@lilithlevi9534 stop trolling
Sure is
Just read that lillith person troll.
I lived and played at that park growing up and heard the stories. That monster instilled so much fear that I never trusted anyone and i'm pretty sure saved me and my friends a few times from other monsters. It's disturbing on so many levels how ineffective the courts were back then.
I think this is one of the worst people I've heard of. Those poor children! He's pure evil.
Interesting irony: When he was hung it only tore some muscles in his neck, and he was effectively garroted over a period of maybe 8 minutes or so. Just like his last victim.
I hope that's true
It's what he requested
Thanks. That's a fun fact.
Actually, after he was executed they found a note in his cell where he described how it would be the biggest turn on of all time to die the way his victim did, I'm paraphrasing because I can't remember the exact quote but he relished the idea clearly
@@jedaaa i knew this..i knew thats why he requested hanging cuz he said it was how lee died...fucker wanted to get off one last time... he is an albert fish.
I am a firm believer that any authority figure who lets something awful slide or gives someone a light sentence for something horrific is guilty of the very same thing themselves somewhere in their past if not their present and if you dig deep enough you'll find it.
Interesting.
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What's scary is how trustworthy parents were with other adults back in the 70's/80's/early 90's. The fact that he sat in movie theaters looking for his next child victim terrifies me. The reason being I remember back in the late 80's/early 90's my parents would take me and my little brother to see movies at the movie theater when we were young kids. There were a few occasions where my Mom would sit us down in the movie theater and then ask an adult (a complete stranger mind you) sitting next to us, "could you keep an eye on my kids while I go to the concession stand? I'll be right back! It will only be a minute.". Now luckily nothing bad happened to us but the naive mind set of parents back in the day to assume everyone out there is a safe responsible adult is mind blowing.
@real talk My Mom was a very loving and responsible Mother who cared deeply about her kids. But there were things people did decades ago that people by todays standards wouldn't dream of doing. I like going on these blog sites where the writer talks about growing up in the 80's or comparing parents of the 70's and 80's vs. Parents today. One was titled 'Things Parents Did in The 70's and 80's That Could Get You Arrested Today'. And the funny thing is these things weren't that big of a deal back then but because we have certain safety codes, laws, and standards today that these things look bad in the eyes of people today. For example, they had car seats for infants and toddlers back in the 80's but once your child was past the age of 3 like around the ages of 5-7 years old there were NO car seats for older children. Kids were buckled in the back seat of the car like everyone else. By today's standards we might look at that and think "Oh my God! Why wouldn't a parent put their 6 year old kid in the back seat of the car without a car seat or booster seat?! That's dangerous! That's against the law!" But the truth was back then in the 80's there were no car seats designed for older kids past the toddler years and there were no safety standard laws saying that parents HAD to put their kids in a car/booster seats. So it wasn't that parents were irresponsible, it was that they were just doing what was available to them or legal to do at the time. It was just one of those sign of the times kind of things.
@@merfwriter yep, my mom had a van that she took the seats out of the back and put a playpen back there for us to ride around in. Early 80’s.
Also, I remember her leaving us in the car to run into the store, and we’d be bouncing around the car waiting for her to come back for what seemed like forever.
So many other things that would definitely get her in trouble nowadays.
Back in the late 80's my mom owned a coffee shop and this old regular took a liking to me. My mom let him take me to a Dodgers game. Nothing happened but I got weirded out by all the attention he'd give me so I stopped visiting my mom at work for a while. Eventually the man stopped coming around but if he was just a lonely old guy I feel bad. Still I had to trust my instincts
@@Anna-ms1pd people just get scared when they see kids die from heat in a car or something else. it’s understandable why the world is becoming more regulated. i’m not sure what my opinion is on the matter now that i’m thinking about this.
Not only that, but my parents were naive enough to let me walk alone as a toddler. I remember waking up in the mid of one night, finding that my parents were missing. I went out of our community complex to look for them on a pitch dark night. I did not know where I was heading as 2 -3 years old and just wanted to find my parents who were often absent! Luckily, before I exited those clustered condos and entered the main road of the town, I spotted my parents who were on their way walking back. I can not imagine what would happen to the rest of my life had I woken up earlier to go look for them. I would probably get kidnapped in an era where kidnapping was not uncommon! 30 years later, I told my mother about this incident and she told me she does not remember anything like this!! Anyway, my parents were famous for being neglectful.
The guy was as honest as could be and still wasn't taken seriously. I don't get the judge assigned to his case. I don't remember hearing about him per se, but his name was familiar. At least he's off this earth, and I hope something happened to the judge(s) who didn't keep proper track of his monster!
He was brutal honest about everything and still the authorities didn't took him seriously until it was too late. Thank you for watching ❤️
He was white! When will you people learn or do you already know 🤔
Because he's white let it been a black man hell let a black man look at you wrong his ass is grass 🙄
@@garealemcgill6967 not just looking but poc get arrested for simply having weed , or walking tbh
@@spookydeadite sad but true 😔
One of the most depraved men ive read about. I read his diary and it is truly sickening. There is so treatment for these type of people
You have to remember, 1. The Justice system was never intended or created to protect the vulnerable and 2. The Justice system is overflowing with predators, which serves as a facet of explanation as to the leniency this guy was met with, constantly...
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High degree Masons all backing each other and protecting the wealthiest offenders.
@@kazschellenger9723 you got that right
Facet! 😂 JUSTICE spells just that: Justice. You don't make sense.
I completely agree with you!
Oh geezus those poor babies, 😭❤ . What an absolute failure to protect those kids...
I am an avid True Crime listener I have heard dozens if not hundreds of terrible horrible sickening stories. I don't know how or why but this is the first time I've heard this story I lost my own son when he was only a year older than the 4 year this story and completely broke me to hear what you did to that little boy. I cannot imagine what is parents parents went through and are likely still going through
This is a prime example of why these types of people should never be released back into any community. They should have special communities, that have only these people living in them, and never be allowed to leave the confines of this community. These people can't be treated, and get well. It's hardwired into their brains. They will always continue to do it.
they do have special communities, they're called prisons. I agree with you about never being allowed to leave
@Chantel Gangi I agree, but, unfortunately, they don't all get eliminated. In the cases where they do get freed though, they should not be allowed back into communities with women, or children.
Yes on an island patrolled off-shore by the US Navy with instructions to shoot to kill any escapees !
@@nielspemberton59 True. Very true. Got my vote.
Hate the mental illness not the person
This is a sickness. There is no cure for this sickness. The penalties for these crimes are no where near harsh enough. It is a life sentence for the surviving victims and should be a life sentence for the offenders. For the worst, the death sentence. I wish the judicial system would understand this. It's more than someone's childhood over, it's forever. There is no magic memory eraser for the victims. We need to take this more seriously.
Castration would be a good start.
I grew up down the road from his hunting ground and was in grade school when he was committing his crimes. I remember how scary it was at the time. They found his diaries and if they hadn't caught him, he was about to operate on his victims without any anesthesia....he was a sick man! Thank you for this.... I haven't heard this name in a long time!
I love the fact that these Narrators begin their videos by acknowledging the individuals involved in these stories and showing respect to them. That alone made me subscribe to the channel
He even wants access to kids in the afterlife. Disgusting.
At least he was honest upfront .
There are no kids in the afterlife
@@YACHIHANNAH how do you know? Have you been there personally?
@@briannnaaX yes
He's burning in hells rivers right now
i saw an interview with dodd's high school teacher explaining that he liked dodd and said he would have allowed him to watch his children. i never forgot this guy stating this even after the convictions and impending sentence.
Some people are an embodiment of pure evil. The system failed to protect the innocent victims by failing to punish this monster despite his repeat offences. A startling fact about this case is that the perp never shied away from accepting his crimes & even confessed to what he was planning to do in the future but, the system didn't get it right and innocent children lost their lives for the system's incompetence. Prayers for the victims 🙌
Prayers my foot..
Perverts need psychiatric treatment, If they kill and torture it's EYE for an EYE.
@@lulassong6524 excuse me? Did you read this right? I wrote "prayers for the VICTIMS" HOW ARE THEY PERVERTS?
@@divinedevil +g&@
I truly believe reading or listening to an audio recording of Dodd's twisted diary should be mandatory for anyone opposed to capital punishment.
Or the ones who still foolishly believe those convicted of sex offenses against children can be fully rehabilitated and returned to normal society.
The horrific...brutally honest... truth of that diary must still be heard.
Even after all those years.
they should watch SERIAL KILLER WESLEY ALLEN DODD - Monsters Among 1992 Us Documentary it shows his journal and he wrote notes about his kill and took pix of his victim who was lacking clothing and theres a polaroid of him hanging in the closet after the murder..if that wont convince them nothing will... i can name a few killers that really got under my skin... dodd, peter woodcock, john joubert, and awilda lopez who did unimaginable things to her child for years elisa izquierdo in 1995 new york and the parents of adrian jones.. i would sentence them to death by Scaphism.. a very old and horrifying execution method.. its considered to be the worst one.. they went mad while dying... but hey u do these things to kids u lose your right to be treated like a human being... albert fish liked pain so electric chair was a party to him... death by scaphism for sure! no mercy...oh heather told 6 year old Adrian when he said he didn't wanna die to "suck it up" i'd say that to her before her horrific execution..
@@kimmyfreak200
Believe it or not...
I saw that exact Frontline episode when I was 12 years old. That was when my parents were strict on what I could watch on TV and had
that misguided notion that everything on PBS was safe for kids. Back when PBS was gritty and hard-edge.
Before it got heavily sanitized in the mid 1990s.
That episode really freaked me out and made me paranoid about getting abducted or worse for a very long time.
Similar to that episode of "The Boondocks" where a young Tom Dubois watches the movie "Penitentiary" and developed that crippling, lifelong fear of going to prison...and getting anally raped.
You do realize theres 10s of millions of people in this country that are opposed to capitol punishment dont you? How would you go about enforcing your idea?
@@trossk
I couldn't.
Only thing that could possibly be done was perhaps bring that diary back into the public spotlight via mainstream and social media and give it widespread attention.
To where media pundits and popular UA-camrs would talk about it to a wider audience.
Or pro God people on steroids who say, "though shall not kill"
how did he find all these small children alone?! a 4yr old?? as a parent you dont take your eyes off 4yr!! how did that even happen
Such a disturbing story all those poor children! You did a good job covering this one. I would of cried the whole way through. I actually really felt thiS one, those poor Parents.
Good on that kid who said he was “just gonna grab some toys for the ‘lost boy’”. That was CLUTCH
Did you ever think that maybe he was being honest and when he went in, his Mother asked what he was doing and he told her? It's possible.
The system absolutely failed these kids and I am disgusted by every single fuckin person who allowed this to happen .
Grew up in the late 1970's, when kids couldn't give evidence in court because they didn't know the difference between the truth and a lie and so the adults just swept it under the rug and the perpetrators got away with it. Like the church. I was disgusted by adults and the courts. Glad things are changing but when you still see how reluctant the courts can be...
Wow this is horrible those poor children , the fact they let that man out so many times is disgusting
I absolutely love this narrator's voice!!!!!🥺🙏🏻
The fear and panic that these poor kids felt is unimaginable... Being a mom myself it INFURIATES ME that this DEMON was ALLOWED to do this to INNOCENT CHILDREN....The judicial system sucks!
You should be saying he sucks and the judicial system is the demon
Thank God that young man's instincts kicked in and he did real good. God bless and watch over him the lives he saved, not just his own. Magnificent!
Thank you so much for all your time and research into these horrific cases. I watch your channel continually. Keep up the amazing work !!
The only thing I’ve ever read that truly made me sick and messed with my brain. His journal he kept was way too detailed. His crimes were just mind blowing. TRUE EVIL BEING.
I'm still terribly upset by that. The way he just grabbed a ball and tossed it for a dog, waving as he got in his car *shivers* Knowing the boys were dying in the treeline 😭
theres a channel that read aloud his horrifying diary...i had to turn it off it was just too sick
@@kimmyfreak200 just like Nathaniel bar Jonah's
The show Real detective has an episode of the homicide detective that did this case. He developed severe PTSD and was ruined by this case. So tragic we walk the earth with these types of people
CW Jensen and I believe the episode is called Malice, So sick and sad what happened to those boys
I can't imagine how these detectives do it. I was a juror on a local high profile child molestation/conspiracy to murder child victims. (Karate teacher) readinghis plans and hearing the Boys testify (victims were between 12 and 23 at time of actual trial I believe but around 8 at time of crimes) was one of hardest things I've done and affects me still several years later. My son's are currently 11 and 12 and they'll say innocent 5hings that remind me of some testimony and had definitely affected how I parent and react in certain situations. I had a chance to speak to the DA that handles all the child abuse sexual assault cases in our city and told me that her job is the reason that she did not have children. She can't after all the things she's hurt and sees on a daily basis. There was a lot that read the jury were not allowed to hear but found out afterwards. I can only imagine what being a detective on scene or da immersing yourself and all the facts of the case could just destroy you. Definitely have to give those professionals much credit!
This is insane I can’t believe he got arrested so many times and yet every time they did nothing. He had no remorse or feelings at all
It's not his fault. It's the way his brain chemistry was.
@@uglyhobo4602it absolutely IS his fault...brain chemistry or not, he knew what he was doing was wrong and illegal and could've stopped himself just as much as you. It's no different than blaming obesity on "brain chemistry" instead of the person choosing to overeat and not try to stop himself from doing so
I remember seeing this case back along. It is a particularly bad one. I dont think there's many channels who would take it on and cover it well. Fair play to TFFs for doing a decent job with this one objectively and informatively without dwelling too much on the details. It's no surprise. This is one of the few channels whose content is consistently of a superior quality over most of this genre. A difficult case to cover? .. Call The Fear Files!
Thank you for saying that, I highly appreciate you 😊
@@BeyondEvill \just saying it like it is. I remember when I first saw your channel and I was hooked straight away. I binge watched all of the 'Interviews with psychopaths' videos and was highly impressed that I was watching things that I'd never seen before. I thought I'd seen it all.. pretty much! ..Even the music you used became an ear worm! I'm still trying to work out what she's singing! So anyway.. Top quality channel guys. Always giving us the good shit. Thanks x
Very true David.
Agreed
I wonder if the interview tapes of the interrogation exists?
Terrible that it took Megan’s Law in the mid 90s to have a registry created!
A registry people decry. This story justifies it and why the chomo is the lowest of the low in prison.
Crazy to think it took that long... pedo's must have been having a field day for years & years without any fear of much punished.. Shame shame shame...
Can you believe we in Canada don't have access to such a registry, it makes me so mad, we aren't even able to look out for our childrrn!!!!
That was one smart 8 year old boy. So thankful he got away.
That 8 year old boy is smarter than some mothers who leave there children with men they’ve just met. 💯
So, every single mother ever! That's why you don't date/marry them.
@@mutiny_on_the_bounty WTF u on about read my comment properly and slowly. no where did i say every single mother.
Westley Dodd's brother, Gregory, has his own sordid history and was arrested in 2016 for targeting a minor online.
I don’t know why I watch these, it makes me so sick to my stomach. I’ve got a 5 year old and a 2.5 year old, to think there are predators that exist like this can could be in your own family. I guess it’s good to be aware I guess, and never ever take your eyes off your children or leave them with males
Is leaving them with women okay?
I have been waiting for years, (no exaggeration) for someone to cover this man. Excellent work thank you so much for the upload. ❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Our justice system most definitely failed those three boy's. May there soul's RIP. 😟
Man this just makes my skin literally crawl.This brings back memories of my days as a child when I was abused 😢.He is sick,evil and deserves everything that comes to him because of his actions.
Just think of how many nasty people we come in contact with on a day to day basis. It's disgusting
I heard there are alot of serial killers out there.
They are on youtube too
Wow another great crime channel, along with That Chapter, Jim Can't Swim, Monsters and Shrouded Hand I'll look forward to more stories from your channel 😁
Wow, that is huge compliment, thank you ❤️
I second that motion! Good ole fashioned quality.
+1
I decided to Mike a goo over at That Chapter. Once I started, I ended up binge watching for tirty tree hours. With your recommendation, I'm now subbed here. 😎🇺🇸
@@ssgemeritus2115 yes yes yes hey 🤗 I love Mike and how he presents his show, plus understanding the Irish sense of humor is one of the reasons why I love that show, plus there's lots of great crime shows on UA-cam were very spoilt for choices hey 🤗
"Fun" fact: His younger brother Gregory was arrested in 2016 for the attempted sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl. His brother was 54 at that time.
what is it genes??
It’s so strange how an obvious criminal gets away with so many things
What I recall about this case is he himself remarked to press how was not punished nor taken off the streets the numerous times caught. It was he himself who chose to be hanged when less gruesome alternatives were available as he stated… his victims suffered, as should he. I think you do a disservice to your story by that omission. You note no one had been hung in over 3 decades leading the viewer to incorrectly assume the system perhaps chose the grisly execution for his crimes. Nope. They would have let him off easier again if the choice of execution had been theirs.
Good point! The justice system was really a piece of shit. They took it way too easy on him.
@@nightynightshade when the sicko thinks so…. It’s pretty bad.
All the warning signs were there from the beginning. The judiciary unleashed a monster time after time. What he did is so disgusting that words fail. These judges who still did not see the signs of a child trafficker and sick murderer should have been stripped of all office as naive accomplices.
Another spectacular failure of the "justice system"!!!!
Good job. Subscribed.
Thank you, I appreciate your support ❤️
The “American Justice System” Although I’m sure it’s probably just as bad if not worse in many other countries.
@Eren Jaeger. Of course, but America is supposed to be the leader, teaching the rest of the world how it's done! Sorry, it's teaching the rest of the world how NOT to do it!
@@aileenhovorka9207 I agree. I was just specifying your original comment.
@Eren Jaeger. Thank you. I am a little touchy, coming from a "3rd world" country with an awful Justice system!
His parents are also responsible for allowing him to be around other children and not following up regarding him attending therapy sessions.....pure negligence!
This case is literally maddening.
They must be kept away from children. As soon as they are caught. The first time, because they have done it before at that point and just got away with it.
but eating 3 meals a day in a room loaded with cable, vcr, video games and movies and a cd player with head phones living a free life hardly seems like the answer for these pitiful beings...notice how helpless Dodd was when Graves ...an actual grown man of equal size overpowered his little b** a$$... now that theres no tiny child to torture and screw he surely was taken down rather easily! haha.
The lack of action and punishment by the police is almost as horrifying as the crimes this man committed. I hate humanity.
Its the courts that dish out punishment , not the police - common mistake made by uneducated people.
Same! Humans are horrible
The punishment is up to the judiciary
Me too! We totally suck as a species! 🤮
So many young children who could have grown up to change our world for the better..
I was just a teenager living in north Idaho when he was executed and it shook me,. Still rattles me that such evil can be lurking.
By all means!!!! When a person will Amit such an horrible acts on CHILDREN or far as that goes any HUMANS do away with them!!!!!!
Yes! Immediate execution
Amit, haha
I've seen an interview with Dodd a few years ago, & after seeing that, it made me almost feel sorry for him in a weird sorta way. He said he never experienced any kind of love from anyone in his family. He said, "I don't remember ever hearing the word, 'love', nor do I ever remember saying it either. My parents never told me they loved me or my siblings, they never hugged us, or told us how proud they were of us, or complimented us in any way.".....That made me wonder just how much the parents are to blame with a lot of these offenders. You can't treat your child like they were a huge mistake, & that you wished they were never born, & not expect anything negative to come from this. I've been brought up in a family of very loving parents, who were always telling us how much they loved my brother and I, always hugging us, always saying uplifting words, rather than tear-down words. We always hugged & said "I love you" before we left, & always hugged each other when we got home. And we still do that. And it's never felt like it was a 'job', or forced. If your home is filled with love, then good things can only come from it. I just think that if you do the research, most of these kinds of offenders came from homes with very little love and understanding....I can't help but wonder, if they had come from a family of love, would things have been different?
Just to reiterate, I don't condone anything at all, of what Dodd has done. Believe me, I believe that the punishment that he received didn't hold a candle to what he made those poor boys go thru, nor is it anywhere close to what I'd have done to him, if it were one of my kids. I just don't want people to think I'm not in agreement of the judgement the courts gave him - I think the fact that he was hung, as opposed to given life, is only just, considering that's what he did to his last victim, by hanging him in the closet. I just meant that, perhaps if people would give their children the love that they deserve in the first place, so many of them wouldn't grow up to do these vile things later in life.
@@MsLilpeach simply not true there are many cases where the perpetrator had a wonderful home life and still decided to commit the crimes they did, sure having a home that isn’t loving could escalate it but i don’t think it’s the sole reason
This was really hard to listen to, I almost turned it off a couple of times. My emotions ran strong with this one…going from infuriated to completely heartbroken and back. So many innocent children could have been saved if the authorities would have just done their damn job. Therapy my ass!! When will they get it?? There is no rehabilitation for a child predator. They cannot be fixed, not by years of the most intense therapy or years behind bars. It is a urge inside of them that they will eventually give in to again. I Guarantee you that even a pedo himself would agree to this. Take every single one and ship them all of to a deserted island way way off and let them fend for themselves. There is no sense in tax payers paying for their prison stay so this would be a better option imo. Either that or just give them the death penalty but with that it usually takes many years before they actually do it. Also gotta say this is the first time I’ve been to your channel and even tho the story itself was hard to hear I think you did a good job of explaining the story and being respectful to the victims. I will be subscribing.
I’ve listened to many crime videos and I agree this one was hard to listen to. This is a modern day Albert fish
You def wouldn’t have been able to listen to the podcast I just heard. They read his journal front to back and I can tell you it’s the worst thing I’ve heard. They obviously couldn’t cover it here in a UA-cam video because it’s too graphic. Good thing this guy is gone because he was one of the worst human beings (if you can even call him that) to ever walk this earth. And it wouldn’t just gotten worse.
whats impossible to get thru is his horrifying journal...a youtuber read it aloud i clicked off... soooo disturbing...things no one should hear
You really sound conceited and narcissistic.
Stop blaming the guy even though he deserves to be punished start blaming the $ greedy failure of a system
Seriously if you took all the Pedo's and put them on an Island it would be like the move _Predator III_
Scary.
I remember stumbling across Dodd a few years ago... While it is surprising how few seem to know of him, I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. He was an animal, even he knew as much. And he shouldn't have been allowed to get away with it period. Let alone being caught red handed as many times as he was. Truly a twisted guy. My thoughts are with the victims and their families.
Don’t let your kids walk alone anywhere ever! I really wish it wasn’t that way but it seems like the world is that way!
I'm glad you're narrating again. I like your voice.
me too
Yes, a good narrating voice is the best. We have actors in the family.
Hey, I'm from Georgia and I can tell you with the utmost confidence that Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia. He's one of us. I'd be interested to know where you got your information and if you aren't in fact mixing up Ray Charles born 1930 with another musician of wide repute named Ray Charles, born 1918, leader of the group Ray Charles Singers (this is the group who performed the theme song for Three's Company, the 70s sitcom).
Otherwise great video
Eventually the leader of the Ray Charles Singers began crediting himself as “The Other Ray Charles.” :)
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Absolutely, I'm from Georgia 👍🏼
What shocks me the most about these sort of events is not that they weren’t locked up sooner, (police are next to useless.) but that he wasnt killed much sooner by some kids dad.
If I caught some sic fuc messing with my kids I would happily do time if it meant putting them in the ground.
Can’t even imagine how much damage this sicko would have done had he had access to the internet at the time.
They're out there
@@alysononoahu8702 Sad but true.
...This is incredibly disturbing ._.
I loved the narration, it was perfect!
Thanks! 😀👍
I remember this. I am from WA state. I was 8 years old in 89. Grandma always watched the news and I remember hearing this story in the background. The thing that scared me the most was how far he was willing to go if they didn’t execute him right away.
The justice system really did let him off so lightly for the horrendous crimes he committed early on, but regardless of the punishment he was handed out he was clearly going to kill children eventually. RIP to those poor boys. Another great video FF
Dodd knew we couldn't control his urges and so he asked for the death penalty and he was brutal honest about it, I think he deserved it.
Thank you for watching, glad you like it 😊
Amen
Poor babies
Very well narrated 👏
Chilling story but so well told.
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He almost picked me up next to wrights park in Tacoma. I was about 11, riding my bike across the park. When I came to I street, he stopped in a white hatchback and made a lewd suggestion. I rode away as fast as I could. A week later they had him. I never told my mom.
Oh my. That's a close call.
I completely forgot about him in the mix!! Ty kindly for reminding me.