I mean yes it is messed up but put yourself in this situation you see a person bleeding and you are on your own some would help but majority of ppl would ignore it because they don't want to face the repercussions.
The moment you spoke about her husband that he didn’t change his number and had this hope she was still alive, my heart broke! Imagine if she was still alive but because of whatever reasons is an entirely different person living an other life. We will never know!
Nuki Howlter exactly what I was thinking !! If someone Would have been selfless enough to help her maybe everything would’ve been different and she could’ve returned to her family!!!
I read this thing were this girl was brutally murdered and later police found out that there were 38 witnesses. My psych teacher told me not to judge because you really can’t put yourself in that position which I understand and respect that but I feel like if I every saw someone hurt I’d have to help or at least let someone know
i could honestly really see you being a professor/teacher or a criminal psychologist for the courts!! you’re so articulate and good at explaining things well and you also make things so interesting :))
When my fiancé came home on leave from the Marine Corps we watched your videos and he was super interested. I wish he was here to watch this one with me! We Love you Bella
Christina Thomas That’s what I kept thinking. Sounds like gone girl before gone girl. The library books do still get to me too. Was she doing research? It seems like it. But what other books was she reading or checking out? Ugh, now I want to know! I have to read more about this case. It’s so sad the husband always held out hope for her return and spent the rest of his life waiting for her💔
I think she had a botched abortion at her house. Because there was a cloths hanger found on top of the car in the driveway. She didn't mention that in this video but you can see it in the crime scene pics of the driveway. The phone book was out and the phone ripped out of the wall. I think during the abortion something bad happened and she tried to phone someone. And the person performing the abortion stopped her. She was also seen running with something red, I think that was the fetus.
It's possible she ran away with someone which would explain the handprint. But would not explain the people seeing her walking on the road covered in blood, unless they turned on her and decided to kill her or leave her. 🤷🏻♀️
This case is so interesting. Because she checked out to many books on how to fake a disappearance or murder I believe she wanted out. Her life was probably too much and was having an affair and just wanted to start over so she has the man who she was having an affair with help her (why there was a finger print and explains the car) the blood was necessary because it needed to match her. And she was clutching her stomach because she didn’t wanna bleed out. But that crime scene was staged especially with the way the trash was placed. She waited for her husband to be gone to do his because it was her only opportunity. That’s why no body was ever found.
she couldve had checked the books out to further her knowledge in literature. like people said she was really into reading and writing and possibly wanted to write something on this topic. or maybe she was being followed/stalked? why she was educating her self. i dont think she would just run away from her life.. and especially on foot? plus she dropped her daughter off but her son was in the crib. which does not make any sense. what if she was murdered and posibly disposed off close by and it was actually the murdered dressed up like her maybe walking? i haeve honestly no clue this story is so bizare.
Girl, can you make a video about university? Like where you went, your experiences, etc. I’m a senior in high school and I️’d like to hear about your story! Love ya.
i immediately thought of miscarriage when i heard you say she was clutching her stomach with blood running down her leg, but i feel the abortion theory is more probable. maybe she was planning to leave which is why she got all of those books, but then realized she was pregnant and didn’t want to have a baby with her when she left, so she had an abortion ?
Even before she mentioned the theories as to what happened I thought that she aborted a baby she was pregnant with. It could also explain the car in her driveway, which could be Simeon she was having an affair with. If she was having an affair and got pregnant, the day she went missing could have been the day that she revealed she was pregnant, ensuing a rage/fight
but the one thing that doesn't add up on this theory are the books on crime and murder. why plan a death, or stage one, when it is simply an abortion? she couldn't possibly have predicted that this would happen, and she would need this much intense research on planning a disappearance, of all things. but, otherwise, it seems to me the theory that makes most sense.
Bella, i love how you are so versatile with your mystery videos. You give us new insight into high- profile cases, but you also put in the time and effort to fully investigate lesser- known cases that many of us have not heard of yet. I hope you always find joy in things you love, and never see them as a chore. Your happiness and passion inspire us all! ❤❤❤
Katia Jocelyne I agree! I love getting to hear all of the new cases, it get old listening to the typical Jon Bennett videos all the time so this is so refreshing!!!
I actually have a really creepy murder in my family that was solved, if you want to ever do a story on it I could give you information and newspaper clippings.
Abigail S it was the murder of my great grandparents so I’m not sure that there’s anything online but I’ll try to find a link to a newspaper archive or something.
I think she was cheating on her husband and staged it all while he was out of town. Which is why she took her kids next door...and then she left with her lover to start a new life.
Kristen Leanne I don't know much about this case. The first thing I thought is she started having a miscarriage. She was trying to call help. Pulled the phone off while she was calling for help. Went outside and died somewhere.
Brittnee Winfrey If she was having a miscarriage wouldn’t she go out and seek help from a neighbour? Why would she walk by the road and die somewhere? To me it makes no sense. I think she was bored of her life and wanted a new start so she staged this thing with a help of a new lover/ friend?
I recently watched a similar story on Unsolved Mysteries about a woman who went missing back when abortion was illegal, with theories of her just running off to start a new life. But it turned out she had died due to complications with a botched abortion and the doctor disposed of her body in a river. I feel this is probably the same thing.
That is so heartbreaking and sad for the women and their families that have all suffered because of botched abortions. Who knows how many other women are considered “missing” because of a botched abortion. Her checking out the library books on the topics she did seems suspicious to me. But I have no idea what other books she was reading. Did she just find the topic interesting or was she preparing for something? Either way, my heart breaks for her children and especially the husband who always held out hope for her possible return.
I’m a teacher and have to go back tomorrow after winter break. I should be asleep, but Bella posted a Mystery Monday so I guess we will be silent free reading tomorrow morning. 😜 Edit: All meant in good fun people. My kiddos are required by the district to read silently in the morning. Felt the need to say that for those who like to assume all teachers are bad and lazy. We hear it all the time from people who wouldn’t survive a day in our shoes. Just trying to have a little fun on the video here.
I know this is probably sarcasm, but part of me just really hopes that teachers don’t really do this stuff, like that’s someone’s education coming second 😭
Lilly Maiglock yeah I thought it was, I have such a dark humour that it’s the kinda shit I’d come out with. I guess just seeing it there kinda got me thinking. Like I know someone who’s a teacher, and I frequently see things on their Instagram stories about going out and getting shit-faced instead of prepping for their class the day after. It just makes me kinda sad to think there’s probably quite a lot of teachers out there who do genuinely think like this.
There’s nothing like teachers wasting people’s hard earned tax dollars by not really teaching. I hope that you don’t teach in college one day where students pay for their own education and you waste their time like this. I don’t find this funny at all.
She would be 87 now..possibility by chance could still be alive, lived a different life with a new husband and kids 😳 her kids are 56 & 64 years old now, Lillian is married I found her on Facebook..I wonder what they think what happened to their mother
the weirdest part about this case to me is that theyve never found her body. most of the theories result in Joan dying so it seems so weird to me that they havent found a body.
Even though I think that she probably planned it, being someone who lives directly next to Lincoln, that the only thing until you get to Boston is just woods and residential areas. I wouldn't be surprised if her body was still in the woods somewhere. However, since the disappearance, there has been so much development in that area (to the point that most houses were built around or after this event), I wouldn't be surprised if she is well buried under a house somewhere.
Sol Monroe yeah dipstick that’s exactly what I meant. When someone knows anything and everything about the body and chemicals that can break down tissues, they can figure it out. It’s proven, there have been cases where it’s evident that the suspect is in the medical field.
I fully believe that she had a miscarriage or an abortion and the person helping her do it was a doctor of some sort and owned the car, I think it went wrong and they fled & she was traumatised and either ended up getting kidnapped, didn't want to go back to have her husband find out or she fell in a ditch somewhere & hasn't ever been found! Would explain the blood, the state she was in & why she ran out to her drive way holding something red! Would also explain the table turned over & why the place was a mess, either she begged the person for help & started attacking them in her state or she was in so much pain that she lost balance a couple times...would also explain the unidentified hand print on the phone, maybe they ripped it out of her hand because they didn't want to get arrested for doing a 'backstreet abortion'!
I was wondering with the story that she walked on foot, how did the blood trail stop then? Because obviously she was still bleeding with what some of the witnesses said who saw her on the side of the road
My theory is: She got pregnant (some say she could have had an affair but I don't think so) but Joan really wanted to return to work and being that she had to wait until the kids were in school she wanted to have an abortion. To my knowledge abortions were illegal then, so she had a doctor come to the house (which explains the car). The abortion went wrong, she began to hemorrhage and panicked. So she went to the phone to call the emergency services, but the doctor couldn't risk being caught performing abortions so he ripped the phone from joan and the wall and tried to clean the blood. While he was trying to clean Joan left the house and tried to walk to the hospital. The doctor then puts her in his car telling her he'll take her to the hospital (lying of course) Then he tried to take her into the woods and kill her but she got away somehow, explaining the sightings of her walking and him walking into the woods. I think she lost too much blood got disoriented and probably wandered into the woods and died of blood loss. But the attack theory is also pretty compelling. Sad her children and husband never found her though...
LOL wrote this before the theories portion but ive seen this case probably fifteen times and hadn't heard this theory but it makes the most sense to me.
My theory exactly! Or I was thinking the "doctor" could've got her back in the car after finding her wandering the highway and then killed her and got rid of the body?
Whenever she said "the mailman, the milkman,.." I was expecting her to say "the paper boy" like from the theme song from full house 😂😂 anyone else? 😂😂😂
The whole theory of her staging her disappearance/possible death I actually think is the most realistic and reminded me so much of the book and movie Gone Girl. She was obviously smart so she could've easily worked out how to get away with it without a trace and all those books she borrowed seem to suggest that she was definitely trying to research how to pull it off. As for why she did it seemed like possibly she was bored of her life like I know she had a good husband and good kids but maybe it was too good for her if that makes sense? Or maybe she couldn't wait for her kids to grow up for her to have a more independent life again. Idk it seems plausible to me.
Blood everywhere, her husband away kids fine............did u say she was seen in a trenchcoat hurrying out of the house with something red then holding something to her chest walking along the side of the road............. just makes me think either miscarriage or she just gave birth and was trying to get help without her husband finding out clutching baby to chest trenchcoat to cover herself and put the kids with a neighbor........ she was just in a panic. I dunno, people will prob think im nuts but just listening to this makes me think thats what happened x
I thought it was a miscarriage as well. Hadn’t realized that she was having a miscarriage until after she had checked on baby David and then when she started bleeding more and more, she realized she was having a miscarriage or something and freaked out. Called someone for help and whoever it was came in the two-toned car. She tried to call someone and whoever it was feared that the authorities would think it was them who had hurt her or something and ripped the phone out. They left in case she was able to get help, she was walking around trying to find help but was disoriented from blood loss and maybe the person who came to help came back to pick her up.
Literally dying over your makeup in this video! 😍 also you've made me obsessed with murder mysteries! Glad youre enjoying doing these videos. Keep it up, youre amazing 😘
It's so cool for me to hear that you studied criminology! I was seriously considering majoring in criminology but everyone in my life seems to be pushing me away from it because they don't think I'll get anywhere with it, but it is something I am very interested in. I don't know, just cool to hear that from you, Bella!
same thing happened to me. my family wanted me to do something in the medical field so i started college doing that. i hated it so much that i dropped out of school. i eventually went back to do my degree in criminology and i couldnt be happier. hope that helps!
Remember that at the end of the day it’s gonna be you with that career/job for the rest of your life so do what you really want! I’ve been in your place but sometimes we gotta make ourselves happy too! We matter too!
do what you're passionate about regardless of what they say. it's so much better to find a job you love, rather than doing something just because you'll make good money, bc you'll get bored eventually. but if you do something you love, it wont even feel like a job.. 🤗
Literally been watching your unsolved mysteries all day whilst in lockdown and dont know what is captivating me more your wonderful descriptions of these awful crimes or your beautiful makeup!!
It's just occured to me that maybe she didn't go to the dentist, but got an abortion there and started bleeding later on. Maybe the mysterious blue car was a doctor or lover.
Rosie Ellis I was also thinking this but why would she bring her daughter with her and not her son? Wouldn't you leave both children at home if you were going to do something like that? It's a very strange case!
Ohh, interesting. I didn’t think of that, but that would make a lot of sense. She easily could’ve just told everyone she was going to the dentist, but was actually getting an abortion. Everything could have seemed perfectly fine when she left, but she could’ve had internal injuries which led to her hemorrhaging later on. Smart thinking :]
Hearing your love for criminology and psychology almost made me cry I know you’ve talked about your mental struggles before and seeing you light up about that topic made me so happy to hear.
the amnesia thing is highly unlikely bc that type of amnesia is rare. you usually only lose a small part of your memory, like the past couple of months, but not full years, and especially not lifetimes.
I think she either tried to run away on her own and stage her own assault/disappearance with an accomplice which would explain the two-toned car and allllllll those books she checked out. OR the at home abortion theory that she just could not have another kid w her husband bc she wanted to pursue a more fulfilling career for herself.
It makes me so happy seeing how well educated you are in this cases on how much you really do enjoy doing this type of videos! We appreciate all the hard work you do Bella!!
I love how you always take your time to be very respectful and thoughtful of each detail as you tell their story. It's as if you always restore my faith in humanity. You're so great in the criminology field and with your deep love for it I'm sure that you will solve the mystery here on UA-cam one day! I am just waiting........
Could you do the disappearance of amber lee cruickshank? 2 year old went missing in New Zealand 25 years ago. It’s currently all over the news here because they’ve done Podcasts with the mother, it’s a very interesting story and I’d like to know what you think happened to her!
This could be a long shot but does anyone think it could be the dentist? (The one she saw that day) Because I've read about situations where people were so desperate to have an abortion they get dentists or vets to carry out the procedures which could've of explained why it went south
Thea Sinclair this could be really possible . It was something that was done a lot back then . Like she went to the dentist had the procedure done and felt fine afterwards . She goes runs errands , gets home and goes about her day . The bleeding goes from droplets she notices when she checks in on David in his crib to a gush while the children are playing so she takes them over to Barbara’s yard ,tells little Lilian she will be back in a minute and goes to ring the dentist and tell him the bleeding has gotten heavy and she’s worried he says he’ll be over as soon as he can . The blood is getting everywhere ( she tries not to step in it so she doesn’t Trevi it through the house . she pulls the bin out attempts to get something to clean up but realises it’s too much for paper towel . She runs upstairs and puts her coat on runs back and starts cleaning up with the first things around . ( Barbra sees her ) tshe starts feeling faint as she’s trying to get more things to clean and falls on the table . She realises she’s got to go now . She starts stumbling out the drive and walking down the road . The dentist sees her picks her up and on the way to his clinic she does in the car . He hides her body and goes back to the house to check if she left any clues behind . He sees the phone book open to his number and flips the pages to the emergency services page and for good measure pulls the phone out of the wall and places it in the bin . He gets back in his car and drives away .
same here! if you need some mystery to hold you over id recommend listening to the podcast Criminal. always my fave to listen while im getting ready of course if bella hasn't uploaded!
I send all these videos to my mom and we always get into debates about what happened. I just explained this case to my co workers and now they are all about it. You do such a good job of explaining and providing all the info. These videos are now going around the office!
I recently found your channel, I love how genuine you are which it's amazing and refreshing to see on youtube these days. I have always loved CSI shows CSI Miami, CSI New York, & you brought me back to when I used to watch them, I love how I'm not terrified when photos that some videos show, that's one of the reasons I love your videos. Thank you for the videos & God bless you
bro okay so her parents died in a house fire, then Joan goes missing. My sister and I were just searching about David Risch, her son, and found out that he also went missing on October 19 2017. This has to be connected somehow????
I know this is weird theory but just hear me out. I somehow think she wanted to disappear because the state of her home looked how the books described. But also if she was planning to run away i think it make sense that she went through the day so normal like going to the dentist and scheduling an appointment like she was playing it smart like no one would suspect she was planning to leave and maybe that's what she wanted. She also made sure to interact with people like she normally would and I know what Im about to say may seem crazy but what if the person in the car at her home was someone helping her leave and this may be crazy but what if the object she was holding contained blood in it like somehow she managed to get her same blood type and put it everywhere and i it explains that the neighbor saw her heads towards the garage where more blood was at and i think she took the blood with her when she left. Because she could have paid the person helping her leave to get the blood and she is maybe wearing the trench coat to hide what she is wearing so no one would spot her and when she was on the highway of course she was bent over seeming to be in pain so that no one could see her face. I think it was planned for someone to pick her up because a body would have been found also she put the kids in her neighbor yard so that she knew at some point her neighbor would have to check on the house and figure everything out. Also of course no one was on the emergency line because if there was then she knew they would have to be involve that person to see if they received a call and she just staged the whole thing and she didn't want anyone to actually be involved i think she also could have been pregnant and she was upset because she would have to wait longer to follow her dreams. I know it might sound weird but that's my theory.
I don't think it's so strange. There's a distinct possibility that it was staged. Although, I think she used her own blood and that she didn't stop bleeding. It wouldn't explain why she was seen clutching her stomach and looking like she was cold. And it would explain why she was seen on foot. She could've have been trying to still meet up with her lover.
the weird part of the pregnancy theory if it is true, where was her body? if she died while trying to get to the hospital wouldn’t it have been somewhere where people would see it?
Part of this story kind of reminds me of Kate Winslet's movie Revolutionary Road. Such a crazy story! Thanks for covering it Bella! So glad you're back at it!!😗
Do we know any information on the mysterious house fire from her childhood? Did they suspect her of anything? I think she staged her own murder/disappearance maybe because someone found out about her childhood and was threatening her. I could also see that she felt unfulfilled and just needed to get out of there. I'm a little shocked that she would leave her baby alone but maybe she thought Barbara would find the kids sooner than she did and go get the baby right away. Very interesting.
I’ve watched so many UA-cam videos on this case and yours is by far the most informative and has so much more detail! Keep up mystery Monday’s, you’re so good at what you do! ❤️
I live a town over from Lincoln, and went to high school with kids who lived there. Its crazy to think that this case happened so close to me! I'm always fascinated by hearing different people covering this case!
Super crazy how in the introduction you talked about how you studied a double degree in Criminology and Psychology and I enrolled yesterday to do my 3-year Bachelor degree in it and was SUPER nervous and had NO idea that you did it!!
you should do a video on timothy treadwell. he lived with bears for thirteen summers and eventually was killed. it’s not really like a mystery but it’s a super interesting story. because he was kind of a crazy guy and it’s an interesting case.
Out of all these videos that I watch, I wouldve never thought I'd hear my tiny college in one! I'm a current student at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA and I'm surprised I've never heard of this case before!
"Mommy is gone and the house is covered in red paint." THAT GAVE ME THE CHILLS I WOULD HAVE DIED.
“I arrived 5 minutes late so I didn’t have to sit next to anybody”
Annie Ball omg she said this right as i read this
Annie Ball me too
i did that in high sch0ll Writing Class that way.
Why did she leave uni??
That's me lol
Bella is the only person in the world who has 100% of my attention for 37minutes
Owat Nesakysiu Lies! Ever heard of Shane Dawson? 😉
she is fucking dumb . And she looks liek troll with too much make up
Marika fasola shut the fuck up if u dont like her then leave bye
Marika fasola I like her makeup she pretty with or without makeup intelligent and gas cute sense of humor seems like jealousy to me
Owat Nesakysiu frrr🥺
Isn’t it mind boggling that people wouldn’t stop for a poor woman bleeding???
danielle victori Yes :( reminds me of Kitty Genovese
I mean yes it is messed up but put yourself in this situation you see a person bleeding and you are on your own some would help but majority of ppl would ignore it because they don't want to face the repercussions.
@@jeimynavidad4845 go to a payphone and call the police
@@Janellabelle a woman could've helped her too but no one did sadly.
@@hollystiener16 I don't know how many payphones were in wooded areas in the 1960s.
The moment you spoke about her husband that he didn’t change his number and had this hope she was still alive, my heart broke! Imagine if she was still alive but because of whatever reasons is an entirely different person living an other life. We will never know!
Can I just say if someone literally saw her with blood running down her leg why didn’t they help her??
Nuki Howlter exactly what I was thinking !! If someone Would have been selfless enough to help her maybe everything would’ve been different and she could’ve returned to her family!!!
I read this thing were this girl was brutally murdered and later police found out that there were 38 witnesses. My psych teacher told me not to judge because you really can’t put yourself in that position which I understand and respect that but I feel like if I every saw someone hurt I’d have to help or at least let someone know
Nuki Howlter Law and Order Svu(although fictional) made a good point.. the more witnesses the less help. The theory someone else will help or call.
It’s called bystander syndrome it’s where the bystanders of a crime think someone else will help so they just stand there & do nothing
@@lillmg you would at least call the police.
i could honestly really see you being a professor/teacher or a criminal psychologist for the courts!! you’re so articulate and good at explaining things well and you also make things so interesting :))
She studied psychology and criminology!
She's fantastic
When my fiancé came home on leave from the Marine Corps we watched your videos and he was super interested. I wish he was here to watch this one with me! We Love you Bella
This is super cute! Hope he gets home safe❤️
SkylarRose Mann thank you❤️
I thank him for his service! Prayers he comes home safe and sound!❤️
That’s so cute!
Same with my boyfriend! He came home from the Army 😭 and now it feels weird watching this one alone
Honestly, I'm still thinking about those books she was reading. Seems like a performance to me, a very calculated one.
Nicole Rodríguez it sounds like gone girl
Christina Thomas That’s what I kept thinking. Sounds like gone girl before gone girl. The library books do still get to me too. Was she doing research? It seems like it. But what other books was she reading or checking out? Ugh, now I want to know! I have to read more about this case.
It’s so sad the husband always held out hope for her return and spent the rest of his life waiting for her💔
I think she had a botched abortion at her house. Because there was a cloths hanger found on top of the car in the driveway. She didn't mention that in this video but you can see it in the crime scene pics of the driveway. The phone book was out and the phone ripped out of the wall. I think during the abortion something bad happened and she tried to phone someone. And the person performing the abortion stopped her. She was also seen running with something red, I think that was the fetus.
but what about the handprint?
It's possible she ran away with someone which would explain the handprint. But would not explain the people seeing her walking on the road covered in blood, unless they turned on her and decided to kill her or leave her. 🤷🏻♀️
This case is so interesting. Because she checked out to many books on how to fake a disappearance or murder I believe she wanted out. Her life was probably too much and was having an affair and just wanted to start over so she has the man who she was having an affair with help her (why there was a finger print and explains the car) the blood was necessary because it needed to match her. And she was clutching her stomach because she didn’t wanna bleed out. But that crime scene was staged especially with the way the trash was placed. She waited for her husband to be gone to do his because it was her only opportunity. That’s why no body was ever found.
Very possible. Women then lived in silent desperation sometimes. She might've appeared to be happy but wasn't.
This is the theory I'm 100% behind
sounds like 'gone girl'
she couldve had checked the books out to further her knowledge in literature. like people said she was really into reading and writing and possibly wanted to write something on this topic. or maybe she was being followed/stalked? why she was educating her self. i dont think she would just run away from her life.. and especially on foot? plus she dropped her daughter off but her son was in the crib. which does not make any sense. what if she was murdered and posibly disposed off close by and it was actually the murdered dressed up like her maybe walking? i haeve honestly no clue this story is so bizare.
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Girl, can you make a video about university? Like where you went, your experiences, etc. I’m a senior in high school and I️’d like to hear about your story! Love ya.
Izzy Perez yess!
Omg yessss and about her career
Agree
YES
Izzy Perez I started uni this year, just wanted to say it's really worth it!
i immediately thought of miscarriage when i heard you say she was clutching her stomach with blood running down her leg, but i feel the abortion theory is more probable. maybe she was planning to leave which is why she got all of those books, but then realized she was pregnant and didn’t want to have a baby with her when she left, so she had an abortion ?
Jeseca B I was thinking the same thing!
Even before she mentioned the theories as to what happened I thought that she aborted a baby she was pregnant with. It could also explain the car in her driveway, which could be Simeon she was having an affair with. If she was having an affair and got pregnant, the day she went missing could have been the day that she revealed she was pregnant, ensuing a rage/fight
but the one thing that doesn't add up on this theory are the books on crime and murder. why plan a death, or stage one, when it is simply an abortion? she couldn't possibly have predicted that this would happen, and she would need this much intense research on planning a disappearance, of all things. but, otherwise, it seems to me the theory that makes most sense.
I thought that too at first when she said the neighbor saw her holding something red. Like a baby
i was thinking the exact same thing
Bella, i love how you are so versatile with your mystery videos. You give us new insight into high- profile cases, but you also put in the time and effort to fully investigate lesser- known cases that many of us have not heard of yet. I hope you always find joy in things you love, and never see them as a chore. Your happiness and passion inspire us all! ❤❤❤
Katia Jocelyne I agree! I love getting to hear all of the new cases, it get old listening to the typical Jon Bennett videos all the time so this is so refreshing!!!
I always feel uncomfortable watching these videos because it's so scary to think that these missing unsolved cases are real
mercury bees same! There’s something so eerie about them.
even tho the cases are sad the solved ones are always better because of the justice that was solved
@@alixporter5858 In many of the solved cases, they wind up dead. I don't find that to be better.
CelticVictory its better to know what had happened, than have no idea.
@@alainajordyn477 It's better for the family. It's sadder for everyone else.
WHY WOULD NO ONE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY!? All of these people see her & one person even saw that she was bleeding... so sad!
I actually have a really creepy murder in my family that was solved, if you want to ever do a story on it I could give you information and newspaper clippings.
Avery Bucchieri I'm intrigued
Good idea!
could you post some links
Omg what
Abigail S it was the murder of my great grandparents so I’m not sure that there’s anything online but I’ll try to find a link to a newspaper archive or something.
The best, most concise report about Joan Risch that I've seen.
a 37 minute video? COUNT ME IN BABE 😍💖
I think she was cheating on her husband and staged it all while he was out of town. Which is why she took her kids next door...and then she left with her lover to start a new life.
Kristen Leanne I wonder why she'd leave her kids behind though ):
Kristen Leanne I don't know much about this case. The first thing I thought is she started having a miscarriage. She was trying to call help. Pulled the phone off while she was calling for help. Went outside and died somewhere.
Brittnee Winfrey I was totally thinking the same thing, I just don’t know why there would be other handprints in the house
Brittnee Winfrey If she was having a miscarriage wouldn’t she go out and seek help from a neighbour? Why would she walk by the road and die somewhere? To me it makes no sense. I think she was bored of her life and wanted a new start so she staged this thing with a help of a new lover/ friend?
Kristen Leanne makes sense
Um... I'm actually addicted to your Mystery Mondays. How have I only just discovered these!!??
am so proud of myself for thinking of the pregnant theory before Bella said it
Rachael Jenkins me too 🤣🤣
Me too. But I thought of a miscarriage. Over an abortion.
rachael jenkins same!!!
rachael jenkins OI SAME. Like she was seen with blood running down her leg holding her stomach, could have been a miscarriage
Same!!!
Bella!!! You should do the 43 students from Mexico!!! It looks very interesting!!
karina gl yeeeees!!!
YES
they were taken by a mexican drug cartel,
Yes!
We Love Daisy we need the proof, and other speculative theories! Why would a cartel want 43 students?? We need answers.
Thank you for posting...please don't feel obliged to do this. Just love when you do and realize it takes alot of time and effort. Thank you so much!
amazing bella!
I recently watched a similar story on Unsolved Mysteries about a woman who went missing back when abortion was illegal, with theories of her just running off to start a new life. But it turned out she had died due to complications with a botched abortion and the doctor disposed of her body in a river. I feel this is probably the same thing.
Bloody Persistent that’s what I think too
Is this Judith Himes? ( not sure how to spell that) I was thinking of her too. Joan had a botched abortion as well.
That is so heartbreaking and sad for the women and their families that have all suffered because of botched abortions.
Who knows how many other women are considered “missing” because of a botched abortion.
Her checking out the library books on the topics she did seems suspicious to me. But I have no idea what other books she was reading. Did she just find the topic interesting or was she preparing for something?
Either way, my heart breaks for her children and especially the husband who always held out hope for her possible return.
@@misshoneypenny3703 hoes deserve everything they get smh don't fuck around when u don't want to have a baby
Tryshita Pytoshit , how it’s the hoes fault because the dude didn’t pull out fast enough tf 😂
I really do love these videos and the effort and time that you put into them♡
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I NEED A TUTORIAL ON THIS LOOK GIRL
naydeen rose I agree!
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YES PLEASE DO IT, ITS GORGEOUS
Hannah Elzen nothing wrong with a video suggestion🤷🏽♀️ there’s no rush
I’m a teacher and have to go back tomorrow after winter break. I should be asleep, but Bella posted a Mystery Monday so I guess we will be silent free reading tomorrow morning. 😜
Edit: All meant in good fun people. My kiddos are required by the district to read silently in the morning. Felt the need to say that for those who like to assume all teachers are bad and lazy. We hear it all the time from people who wouldn’t survive a day in our shoes. Just trying to have a little fun on the video here.
I know this is probably sarcasm, but part of me just really hopes that teachers don’t really do this stuff, like that’s someone’s education coming second 😭
Lilly Maiglock yeah I thought it was, I have such a dark humour that it’s the kinda shit I’d come out with. I guess just seeing it there kinda got me thinking. Like I know someone who’s a teacher, and I frequently see things on their Instagram stories about going out and getting shit-faced instead of prepping for their class the day after. It just makes me kinda sad to think there’s probably quite a lot of teachers out there who do genuinely think like this.
There’s nothing like teachers wasting people’s hard earned tax dollars by not really teaching. I hope that you don’t teach in college one day where students pay for their own education and you waste their time like this. I don’t find this funny at all.
Lilly Maiglock oh my god, that is horrendous. I hope you still had a great education though Lilly!
in most high schools first period is free hour or a study hall, not every day or every period is a lecture.
I think she wanted to become a mystery. Like by reading all those books and finding ideas from them
She would be 87 now..possibility by chance could still be alive, lived a different life with a new husband and kids 😳 her kids are 56
& 64 years old now, Lillian is married I found her on Facebook..I wonder what they think what happened to their mother
Helga G Pataki jesussss
omg what’s her facebook?
I thought her kids were 2 and 4 at the time? Not 8 years apart 🤔
Catherine maybe she meant to put 56 and 54 because Bella did say they were 2 years apart not 8
According to news reports, Mrs. Risch's children have always believed she set up the whole thing.
the weirdest part about this case to me is that theyve never found her body. most of the theories result in Joan dying so it seems so weird to me that they havent found a body.
Even though I think that she probably planned it, being someone who lives directly next to Lincoln, that the only thing until you get to Boston is just woods and residential areas. I wouldn't be surprised if her body was still in the woods somewhere. However, since the disappearance, there has been so much development in that area (to the point that most houses were built around or after this event), I wouldn't be surprised if she is well buried under a house somewhere.
berd a doctor would have the tools/knowledge to make a body disappear
ID yeah, in the medical career there is a subject on how to make deceased bodies disappear and what tools to use 😂
Sol Monroe yeah dipstick that’s exactly what I meant. When someone knows anything and everything about the body and chemicals that can break down tissues, they can figure it out. It’s proven, there have been cases where it’s evident that the suspect is in the medical field.
Also if she went to start a new life and changed her identity you would never find her body
I fully believe that she had a miscarriage or an abortion and the person helping her do it was a doctor of some sort and owned the car, I think it went wrong and they fled & she was traumatised and either ended up getting kidnapped, didn't want to go back to have her husband find out or she fell in a ditch somewhere & hasn't ever been found! Would explain the blood, the state she was in & why she ran out to her drive way holding something red! Would also explain the table turned over & why the place was a mess, either she begged the person for help & started attacking them in her state or she was in so much pain that she lost balance a couple times...would also explain the unidentified hand print on the phone, maybe they ripped it out of her hand because they didn't want to get arrested for doing a 'backstreet abortion'!
I was thinking a miscarriage too!
What about the books she checked out?
Jennifer Nieto she was fond of English lit and probably just had a huge interest in mystery, possibly just a coincidence
I was wondering with the story that she walked on foot, how did the blood trail stop then? Because obviously she was still bleeding with what some of the witnesses said who saw her on the side of the road
My thoughts exactly
My theory is: She got pregnant (some say she could have had an affair but I don't think so) but Joan really wanted to return to work and being that she had to wait until the kids were in school she wanted to have an abortion. To my knowledge abortions were illegal then, so she had a doctor come to the house (which explains the car). The abortion went wrong, she began to hemorrhage and panicked. So she went to the phone to call the emergency services, but the doctor couldn't risk being caught performing abortions so he ripped the phone from joan and the wall and tried to clean the blood. While he was trying to clean Joan left the house and tried to walk to the hospital. The doctor then puts her in his car telling her he'll take her to the hospital (lying of course) Then he tried to take her into the woods and kill her but she got away somehow, explaining the sightings of her walking and him walking into the woods. I think she lost too much blood got disoriented and probably wandered into the woods and died of blood loss. But the attack theory is also pretty compelling. Sad her children and husband never found her though...
LOL wrote this before the theories portion but ive seen this case probably fifteen times and hadn't heard this theory but it makes the most sense to me.
My theory exactly! Or I was thinking the "doctor" could've got her back in the car after finding her wandering the highway and then killed her and got rid of the body?
Yes! that's very smart, I didn't even think of that!
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Whenever she said "the mailman, the milkman,.." I was expecting her to say "the paper boy" like from the theme song from full house 😂😂 anyone else? 😂😂😂
The whole theory of her staging her disappearance/possible death I actually think is the most realistic and reminded me so much of the book and movie Gone Girl. She was obviously smart so she could've easily worked out how to get away with it without a trace and all those books she borrowed seem to suggest that she was definitely trying to research how to pull it off. As for why she did it seemed like possibly she was bored of her life like I know she had a good husband and good kids but maybe it was too good for her if that makes sense? Or maybe she couldn't wait for her kids to grow up for her to have a more independent life again. Idk it seems plausible to me.
37 MINS HELL YES
am I the only one who doesn't skip the video ads on Bella's videos? she deserves the shmoneyyyy lol
Olivia Cusumano do they only get money if you don’t skip the ads?? I didn’t know that lol
Olivia Cusumano so me
sophie elizz they just get more
Stacey Dutton they get payed more if you don’t skip it though. Lol
i don't lmfao i literally just get on my phone
It's literally 1 in the morning and I'm watching this instead of sleeping.
I've got school tomorrow 😭😬
Holly Fogarty I was literally about to comment that 😂 but I have insomnia so I never sleep 😂😂
Holly Fogarty same I’ve got school tomorrow but I need to watch this video 😂
SAME!! Completely different times zones but won't miss an update, England life 😂
rebecca gerrans totally England life 😂
rebecca gerrans also we have the same name lol
Blood everywhere, her husband away kids fine............did u say she was seen in a trenchcoat hurrying out of the house with something red then holding something to her chest walking along the side of the road............. just makes me think either miscarriage or she just gave birth and was trying to get help without her husband finding out clutching baby to chest trenchcoat to cover herself and put the kids with a neighbor........ she was just in a panic.
I dunno, people will prob think im nuts but just listening to this makes me think thats what happened x
I thought it was a miscarriage as well. Hadn’t realized that she was having a miscarriage until after she had checked on baby David and then when she started bleeding more and more, she realized she was having a miscarriage or something and freaked out. Called someone for help and whoever it was came in the two-toned car. She tried to call someone and whoever it was feared that the authorities would think it was them who had hurt her or something and ripped the phone out. They left in case she was able to get help, she was walking around trying to find help but was disoriented from blood loss and maybe the person who came to help came back to pick her up.
that’s what i was thinking
Your makeup looks so good I'm dying 😩😩😩😩
rest in piece :(
Literally dying over your makeup in this video! 😍 also you've made me obsessed with murder mysteries! Glad youre enjoying doing these videos. Keep it up, youre amazing 😘
God, if that pregnancy theory is true, which does seem highly likely, then that’s extremely sad!
It's so cool for me to hear that you studied criminology! I was seriously considering majoring in criminology but everyone in my life seems to be pushing me away from it because they don't think I'll get anywhere with it, but it is something I am very interested in. I don't know, just cool to hear that from you, Bella!
same thing happened to me. my family wanted me to do something in the medical field so i started college doing that. i hated it so much that i dropped out of school. i eventually went back to do my degree in criminology and i couldnt be happier. hope that helps!
I'm glad you pursued it!! Thank you!
Remember that at the end of the day it’s gonna be you with that career/job for the rest of your life so do what you really want! I’ve been in your place but sometimes we gotta make ourselves happy too! We matter too!
do what you're passionate about regardless of what they say. it's so much better to find a job you love, rather than doing something just because you'll make good money, bc you'll get bored eventually. but if you do something you love, it wont even feel like a job.. 🤗
Literally been watching your unsolved mysteries all day whilst in lockdown and dont know what is captivating me more your wonderful descriptions of these awful crimes or your beautiful makeup!!
it upsets me so much that he never changed his phone number in hopes she was out there.. that’s truly heartbreaking
FYI he did have to move after this because people kept riding by the house
It's just occured to me that maybe she didn't go to the dentist, but got an abortion there and started bleeding later on. Maybe the mysterious blue car was a doctor or lover.
Rosie Ellis I was also thinking this but why would she bring her daughter with her and not her son? Wouldn't you leave both children at home if you were going to do something like that? It's a very strange case!
Ohh, interesting. I didn’t think of that, but that would make a lot of sense. She easily could’ve just told everyone she was going to the dentist, but was actually getting an abortion. Everything could have seemed perfectly fine when she left, but she could’ve had internal injuries which led to her hemorrhaging later on. Smart thinking :]
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i was thinking she could of gotten an abortion or maybe she was having a miscarriage.
37 minutes omg we are so blessed
“I’d get there 5 minutes late so I didn’t have to sit next to anyone” SAME SIS
The fact that you’re all the way in AUS talking about a case from Mass makes me so happy that I live here!!
I’m actually obsessed with your channel now omg!
BELLA IS SO BEAUTIFULL
And her accent is nice too!
Jenny Lee ikrrrr
PLEASE do the Tamam Shud/Somerton Man case-- it happened in Australia! It's one of the most fascinating unsolved cases I've ever studied.
I’m so intrigued by this case! I went and visited his grave last year
Anyone else love when Bella says sus? 😂 she needs merch saying that
Or how she says, “assume”….
“ashoom” 😁
@@lisadaniel7193 that’s just how australians say it
@@katherineamelia98 yes, I realize that 😊
Hearing your love for criminology and psychology almost made me cry I know you’ve talked about your mental struggles before and seeing you light up about that topic made me so happy to hear.
what’s incredible to me is how u completely memorize these!!! u are so smart and beautiful!
You should do some solved cases!!!😍
Yesss
Brooke Harvey me in life lmao
the amnesia thing is highly unlikely bc that type of amnesia is rare. you usually only lose a small part of your memory, like the past couple of months, but not full years, and especially not lifetimes.
I think she either tried to run away on her own and stage her own assault/disappearance with an accomplice which would explain the two-toned car and allllllll those books she checked out. OR the at home abortion theory that she just could not have another kid w her husband bc she wanted to pursue a more fulfilling career for herself.
It makes me so happy seeing how well educated you are in this cases on how much you really do enjoy doing this type of videos! We appreciate all the hard work you do Bella!!
I love how you always take your time to be very respectful and thoughtful of each detail as you tell their story. It's as if you always restore my faith in humanity. You're so great in the criminology field and with your deep love for it I'm sure that you will solve the mystery here on UA-cam one day! I am just waiting........
can i just say i’m so happy you’re starting these again 😫😫 hope no one pressures you and you end up not wanting to these videos again
Could you do the disappearance of amber lee cruickshank? 2 year old went missing in New Zealand 25 years ago. It’s currently all over the news here because they’ve done Podcasts with the mother, it’s a very interesting story and I’d like to know what you think happened to her!
i am so happy she uploaded. i started watching these a couple of days ago and was sad because i had seen all of them already.
I’m going to bring back “untidy” as being a way to describe someone. “I don’t know if Karen is okay, she was looking very....untidy.”
Martin was a keeper 😔
This could be a long shot but does anyone think it could be the dentist? (The one she saw that day)
Because I've read about situations where people were so desperate to have an abortion they get dentists or vets to carry out the procedures which could've of explained why it went south
Thea Sinclair this could be really possible . It was something that was done a lot back then .
Like she went to the dentist had the procedure done and felt fine afterwards . She goes runs errands , gets home and goes about her day . The bleeding goes from droplets she notices when she checks in on David in his crib to a gush while the children are playing so she takes them over to Barbara’s yard ,tells little Lilian she will be back in a minute and goes to ring the dentist and tell him the bleeding has gotten heavy and she’s worried he says he’ll be over as soon as he can . The blood is getting everywhere ( she tries not to step in it so she doesn’t Trevi it through the house . she pulls the bin out attempts to get something to clean up but realises it’s too much for paper towel . She runs upstairs and puts her coat on runs back and starts cleaning up with the first things around . ( Barbra sees her ) tshe starts feeling faint as she’s trying to get more things to clean and falls on the table . She realises she’s got to go now .
She starts stumbling out the drive and walking down the road . The dentist sees her picks her up and on the way to his clinic she does in the car . He hides her body and goes back to the house to check if she left any clues behind . He sees the phone book open to his number and flips the pages to the emergency services page and for good measure pulls the phone out of the wall and places it in the bin . He gets back in his car and drives away .
charlene Hoare still doesn’t explain the phone off the wall and the fingerprint
100% agree with this
charlene Hoare very plausible theory!!!
Thea Sinclair I WAS THINKING THIS THE WHOLE TIME!!!
yassss, we want a tutorial on this makeup look plsss
Patricia Viegas yaaas
Been waiting for this!!! 00:30 in the uk rn!!
can we just talk about how beautiful her makeup looks
I NEED to know what gloss this is 😩
I've been waiting for a new mystery monday and the fact that this one is extra long makes me so happy 😆😆
One of my favorite things ever is doing my makeup while a mystery monday vid plays in the background 🔥
same here! if you need some mystery to hold you over id recommend listening to the podcast Criminal. always my fave to listen while im getting ready of course if bella hasn't uploaded!
Mystery Monday’s make me look forward to Monday lmao. Also loving your eyeshadow
I send all these videos to my mom and we always get into debates about what happened. I just explained this case to my co workers and now they are all about it. You do such a good job of explaining and providing all the info. These videos are now going around the office!
I recently found your channel, I love how genuine you are which it's amazing and refreshing to see on youtube these days. I have always loved CSI shows CSI Miami, CSI New York, & you brought me back to when I used to watch them, I love how I'm not terrified when photos that some videos show, that's one of the reasons I love your videos. Thank you for the videos & God bless you
when it’s Sunday in the US so you watch Mystery Monday’s on a Sunday 💛
yes i'm living for a 37 min video! i love this series so much x
bro okay so her parents died in a house fire, then Joan goes missing. My sister and I were just searching about David Risch, her son, and found out that he also went missing on October 19 2017. This has to be connected somehow????
Sara Alshimari and plus he was 58 at the time at he disappeared. and he was born 1959, on 2017 he would have been 58.
Sara Alshimari woooooooow
I know this is weird theory but just hear me out. I somehow think she wanted to disappear because the state of her home looked how the books described. But also if she was planning to run away i think it make sense that she went through the day so normal like going to the dentist and scheduling an appointment like she was playing it smart like no one would suspect she was planning to leave and maybe that's what she wanted. She also made sure to interact with people like she normally would and I know what Im about to say may seem crazy but what if the person in the car at her home was someone helping her leave and this may be crazy but what if the object she was holding contained blood in it like somehow she managed to get her same blood type and put it everywhere and i it explains that the neighbor saw her heads towards the garage where more blood was at and i think she took the blood with her when she left. Because she could have paid the person helping her leave to get the blood and she is maybe wearing the trench coat to hide what she is wearing so no one would spot her and when she was on the highway of course she was bent over seeming to be in pain so that no one could see her face. I think it was planned for someone to pick her up because a body would have been found also she put the kids in her neighbor yard so that she knew at some point her neighbor would have to check on the house and figure everything out. Also of course no one was on the emergency line because if there was then she knew they would have to be involve that person to see if they received a call and she just staged the whole thing and she didn't want anyone to actually be involved i think she also could have been pregnant and she was upset because she would have to wait longer to follow her dreams. I know it might sound weird but that's my theory.
The book and movie Gone Girl
I don't think it's so strange. There's a distinct possibility that it was staged. Although, I think she used her own blood and that she didn't stop bleeding. It wouldn't explain why she was seen clutching her stomach and looking like she was cold. And it would explain why she was seen on foot. She could've have been trying to still meet up with her lover.
CelticVictory I agreee!!
I actually look forward to mystery Monday’s every week! Please do not stop making these videos, I love them that much 😍
When you make an Avo toast, a fresh pressed orange juice, sit in bed and realise Bella has uploaded ! Perfect start of the day :)
the weird part of the pregnancy theory if it is true, where was her body? if she died while trying to get to the hospital wouldn’t it have been somewhere where people would see it?
Do the 43 missing students from Mexico !
Update 2019:
She did them.
I feel like she defiantly did a gone girl. It seems like this case inspired the book anyways
Would it need to be defiantly?
Part of this story kind of reminds me of Kate Winslet's movie Revolutionary Road. Such a crazy story! Thanks for covering it Bella! So glad you're back at it!!😗
tamara henika You're joking right? It's self tanner.
when its time to sleep as you have college in the morning but the you see that Bella has uploaded :) i guess im not sleeping for the next 40 minutes
I wanna cry tears of happiness every time Bella posts 😭😭😭
Do we know any information on the mysterious house fire from her childhood? Did they suspect her of anything? I think she staged her own murder/disappearance maybe because someone found out about her childhood and was threatening her. I could also see that she felt unfulfilled and just needed to get out of there. I'm a little shocked that she would leave her baby alone but maybe she thought Barbara would find the kids sooner than she did and go get the baby right away. Very interesting.
I’ve watched so many UA-cam videos on this case and yours is by far the most informative and has so much more detail! Keep up mystery Monday’s, you’re so good at what you do! ❤️
You're so good at these. Your skill should be used solving cold cases. They need people like you
Why were no fingerprints taken of the telephone? Could they not trace it and find out who threw it in the bin?
Hamna in the 50’s-60’s finger printing was unheard of ):
Kaelii Lopez actually the first fingerprint identification in the usa was made in 1892 so by the 60’s they were already used
I live a town over from Lincoln, and went to high school with kids who lived there. Its crazy to think that this case happened so
close to me! I'm always fascinated by hearing different people covering this case!
Katja Astrauskas you mean the Risch children?
Katja, ask around research the case...you will eliminate all the other theories until you are left with the affair gone wrong
This story is so sad. That’s why it’s so important for women to have access to safe and legal healthcare services. That’s heartbreaking 💔
mystery monday videos are so addicting 💓 love u bella xoxo
Super crazy how in the introduction you talked about how you studied a double degree in Criminology and Psychology and I enrolled yesterday to do my 3-year Bachelor degree in it and was SUPER nervous and had NO idea that you did it!!
you should do a video on timothy treadwell. he lived with bears for thirteen summers and eventually was killed. it’s not really like a mystery but it’s a super interesting story. because he was kind of a crazy guy and it’s an interesting case.
I love how much effort and time you put into these videos! You research in such great detail
37 minutes?!? Girrrllll you are too good to us!!
i usually hate videos that are over 20 minutes, but bella is the only person i will make an exception
Out of all these videos that I watch, I wouldve never thought I'd hear my tiny college in one! I'm a current student at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA and I'm surprised I've never heard of this case before!