A Story so UNBELIEVABLE yet TRUE | True Crime Documentary 

Some of the other crime channels are getting ridiculous by putting out 4-6 hour videos with full police interviews and zero analysis. I've just found this channel & so far liking the content,

For real. I stopped watching dreading and EWU because they churn out 2-5+ hour videos stuffed with every interrogation clip they can find. And they use a thesaurus to find ways to say the same thing several times to stretch out content even further. It's ridiculous.

@@kcbh24 I like this but I also dig that longform content. It makes for great background noise.

@@InWitheNew The channels could link to the full interrogation videos & provide the highlights in the video, I fast forward to the parts that have commentary or analysis anyway.

I love police interrogations! Narrated or not they are very fascinating

Yes, and I'm sure family, friends, and neighbors probably thought he was guilty. That alone must have felt like a prison. What person in their right mind would want to have any kind of relationship with him during that time? Goes to show we shouldn't rush to judgment. I'm binge-watching this Channel and this is the third video I've seen where a completely innocent person seemed to be the likeliest suspect.

I'd find a way to sue somebody. Police are lazy af.

@Wildfire I have noticed more and more cases where the cops interrogate one person and automatically blame them. They don't keep looking and investigating & sometimes the innocent person gets put in prison. Years later, when new evidence comes out, that innocent person is released. It really is sick that they don't look into every possibility & every lead.

@@TotalDecnot all cops are lazy. Just like not all Decs are Dicks. Plus, these are detectives, they work super long hours sometimes.

this happens to people and they die in prison. horrible system but I don't have any other ideas.

No, his story was taken seriously when the evidence didn't match.

@@itheuserfirst3186 True, but ten years later.

​@Itheuser First he would have spent the rest of his life in prison. Once you plead or are convicted, it is rare for them to do further investigation. Most innocent people spend at least 25 years in prison and even if proven innocent, they don't just let you out. The police aren't going to care if you are actually innocent, they want a solved case rather than than a guilty person behind bars.

Polygraphs are not admissible evidence.

​@@clydebear6914 They can be used to back up evidence, though.

This is why every old lady need's a 12 Gauge Shotgun, Gilbert would of been in 50 pieces and Dorothy Flawless Victory. Shame it wasn't that way!!!1

Very disturbing! Charles make that decision to pick guy up haunted him greatly.

There is no mistake to forgive. He didn't act like an animal until asked to get out of the truck.

wow that’s fucking racist

Unfortunately it was his fault. Who on earth helps hitchhikers?

OBVIOUSLY it's not his fault, there's no earthly way he could've known his act of kindness would result in this

And now you know why the death penalty is bad

@@scottsound4711 frankly speaking, even for 100% guilty people, just being killed is probably a reprieve more than a punishment

@@skupire6547 This is probably true and it's the reason why I don't support the death penalty even for guilty people: death is a release. That's why so many of them shoot themselves rather than get arrested or hang themselves with blankets. Death is peace, life is suffering.

@@scottsound4711 nah, death penalty is good as long as the evidences are clear.

​@@DinoCism you don't support the death penalty, but do you support the justice system? I sure as hell don't because they were trying to lock up an innocent man! I know it's ultimately up to the jury, but at that point you're back at square one with relying on other people's opinions! This is why when I get called for jury duty, I do anything and everything I can for them to send me home and not pick me to be on the jury. I wasn't there so I don't know what happened and I don't want to be a part of having to make a decision that might lock up a totally innocent person! Hell no!

Most cops are idiots to begin with.

They do and that's why they probably assumed he cleaned himself and changed his clothes

They're cops,they want to lock someone up añd move on,they don't care

Tell us more inspector. Lol

They had already decided he was guilty, and would get the conviction by any means necessary. They don't often look for the correct suspect, just the one they can convict easiest.

They did. They just didn't believe him, and I wouldn't have either. It was a ridiculous story. When the evidence didn't match, they had to dig deeper. In the end, it was the DNA evidence that saved him. A unarmed rural white man agrees to drive a heavily coked out black man to some unkown location, gets into a fight with him, and then the same guy coincidentally chooses his mother's house to break into? No one would have believed that.

It's not really an excellent case. She died...

I didn't mean it was an excellent case because Dorothy lost her life or what Charles went through, sorry I didn't mean any disrespect to her or her son. I meant it was an excellent case because they finally brought the criminal to justice. I hope Dorothy is resting in peace and Charles is doing ok.

@Itheruser First You just contradicted yourself by saying the evidence didn't match then in the next sentence say it was evidence that saved him. Back in those days many people gave hitchhikers a lift and it wasn't to an unknown location he told the guy he was going that way and would take him as far as he could, that's why the fight started as he wanted driven all the way. The DNA wasn't the only thing to back up his story or even make the "detectives" look into it a bit more like if the cops had done their job and interviewed the people at the burger place earlier that would have been a start and proved there was another guy, then the palm print didn't match but still as the "expert" detective said "he was an experienced cop". Well most with experience would have known a guy capable of doing that to his mother would have come up with a better story and possible alibi, even make it look like robbery to cover his tracks but they were too focused on him to be bothered to even look at the possibility he was truthful even if they had just spoken to a witness at the burger joint then they would have another line of inquiery but that would have been too much work and mean having to go outside. I'm actually a bit surprised these cops didn't frame him and " misplace" or interfere with the evidence because it showed just how little work they will do to help you prove your innocence and reveal the truth which supposedly is all they want, as the saying goes 'the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction'. Sloppy cop work from the start, sure it sounds strange but I've heard stranger true stories and their job is literally is to find evidence and investigate every possibility but they forgot the main part of a detective, investigating.

@@killercat5231 I never said the evidence didn't match. At that point, they didn't have DNA evidence. I said their story didn't make sense.All signs pointed at them. It's why it went to trial. The jury would have to decide. This is why it's important to not have death sentences when there is no dna evidence.

Correct. Watch Andrew Flusche's channel (attorney). Never talk to police, even if you are innocent.

It’s not about what is true, it’s about finding someone to blame to close the case.

If ur guilty get a lawyer if you’re innocent you dam best get a lawyer

@@John-86 At a minimum, keep your mouth shut.

The west Memphis three were guilty

interlaced video footage for some reason doesnt compress or dither over time the same way progressive does. 480/576p from the 2010s looks awful now, while 240i/360i from the 1990s looks crisp, no sharpness loss, even with the smaller res.

It's because they're threatened by cops' claims that doing so "makes you look guilty" & other such tactics. We're trained since birth to trust & obey "authority," and fed slogans like "innocent until proven guilty." And interrogators are trained to exploit human weaknesses & manipulate people into talking.

I think at least at the beginning, Charles knowing he was innocent, thought he could get it all cleared up by telling his story.

Because not everyone is a slime ball avoiding truth

@Phuckin Weetard That's an important one. A lot of people don't realize that the "right to counsel" only applies to those officially charged with a crime. If you haven't been charged with anything yet, no lawyer will be provided. You have to seek out & pay for one yourself if you want one. However, you don't actually need a lawyer to assert "I'm not going to speak to you without a lawyer present," and everyone has the right to not speak to police. The problem lies in the fact that interrogators are specifically trained to manipulate people into waiving their rights & talking anyway, including using threats like "we can charge you with interfering with an investigation if you don't answer our questions."

​@@TransitionedToAShark exactly the type of RU-vid name id expect from a cop apologist who acts like anyone who wants to speak through their attorney is doing something wrong 😂 if some day you're being accused of a crime you didn't commit (or one you did) you're likely going to be sorry that you accepted that stupid view

This vid was basically a recap of the unsolved mysteries segment and the UM segment was way better imo

We do not want this. We want the FULL UNEDITED video. We do not want your narration, either. Just play the interview

​@@Jerharris90 speak for yourself

I just subbed as a true crime fan I’m excited for the posts this channel will make I like both short and long interrogation videos I watch the short ones on my lunch break and the long ones like ewu crime and jcs psychology

Yeah! This is one of the better true crime channels, no doubt.

Not all of us have the attention span of a 2 year old.

Sadly there's lots of known cases like this. No one in law enforcement really cares. The public is happy just to have someone to blame for murders and most detectives are too stupid and prideful to ever admit they could be wrong. I see nothing changing in the near future. Hell most of the public doesn't know that all the problems relating to modern policing go back to the psychological testing they do looking specifically for the petty, controlling narcissistic, morons and putting badges on. A long time ago someone decided that society's most broken people would make the best cops and everything after that was just the inevitable. Crime out of control because they just aren't smart enough to even begin to figure out what to do about it. Detectives stupidly latching on to innocent suspects and railroading them into prison. Hell even day to day interactions with cops where for no reason they just start attacking people. It's all written in the cards from the type of person they choose to make cops. When you choose cluster B types to be cops you get all the cluster B type shit that goes along with it. Lying to cover up, lying to get their way, a complete inability to admit they're wrong unless they're feigning ignorance to get their way. None of it is at all surprising when you know why they pick the people they do to be cops.

ten years later

Imagine all the ppl locked up for years who are truly innocent. I 2 always compare that 2 the twilight zone lol

Maybe it was you?????

I think MrBallan embellishes his stories quite a bit..many of these details differ from his version.

That’s exactly what I was thinking haha

Oh no, these thugs are too stupid to admit they’re wrong ever. That’s the ridiculous reality. I’m sure that detective is a god fearing individual that was convinced that he was right. And because you never have to think for yourself if you believe an imaginary friend is giving you all the orders, you can’t think outside your box. And you are certainly not going to believe honest citizens.

I don't know ,the part about the killer making it to his house before he did sounds hard to believe,then he refuses polygraphs.

probably didn't think much of it at all

Totally agree with you & i love to be here from the beginning of a growing channel

I first saw this on forensic files. It was hard to believe BUT anything IS possible!!!

How do u KNOW the son didnt hire that hitman

@@IwasBlueb4 how tf did the guy know what house he lived in !? He said he pulled in 20 minutes after the fight and the guy was already there. But he never went home prior. Sus

How many?

I saw that case too about the son and his GF just showing up at the absolute wrong time. But they did switch their story twice and they were kinda weird to be honest, but they were innocent 🤷

You’re*

@@snarkynader9400 ty definitely was a typo💜

@@JustRoxy2023 Of course it was a typo, I wanted to highlight to you why you shouldn’t go around “well, acktuallyyyy”ing people. You out here making any videos? I do agree with you though, lol..

@@snarkynader9400 That was a perfect example a d yes I make shorts and I'm horrible holding the camera..lol so your so right I do love good channel💜🙃

And he just escaped getting murdered himself, and tried so hard to not let him know where he lived!😭😭😭