Crime Stories | Season 3 | Episode 7 | The Elusive Rapist | Bill Courage | Richard Belzer 

I feel so sorry for the guy that spent 23 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Thank goodness for a loving mom that wouldn't give up on her son.

Milgaard was awarded 10 million dollars. The largest compensation package in Canadian criminal history.

Soooo heartbreaking. Most Canadians should remember this case. I know I do. I recall this growing up; being in the news, periodically, then his innocence & release years later. "🙏" ** 100% a Mother's Pure Love **

Wow! What a mother, the greatest.

What an amazing woman/mother.

his mother is amazing

Milgard's mom is an amazing person, she never gave up on her son then she helped to put away the right person. The mental strain on all the children who were unknowingly a big part of the investigation, I feel for them as well.

Wife could've tipped the police and save the boy 23 years

I feel for that mother who suffered along with her son for 23 long years.

The children were finding more clues than the cops!!!! They should have given them part of their paychecks!!

Mrs Milgaard was so awesome

This was a brilliant documentary. . Poor David 🙁😥 The mother is a legend. I was crying

Milgaard received 10 million dollars in settlement .Still not enough .

I didn't hear anyone apologising to David Milgard. His mother is a rock and a better cop than the cops. I hope he sues.

What a great series....I worked on many episodes. I had the role of the lead detective this episode.

Wow 23 years of his life in prison to find the right person

my heart is crying for this David guy.

Great mom, great family, never give up to save her son.

His mom is really determined to fight for her son. Without her, he might be still behind bar

Never underestimate the power of a mother's love and devotion.

Pff wow. Get falsely accused of murder by friends and lose 25% of your life. Awesome

Great to see some more true crime, keep it up!

Mother is the best gift of God for us. Apart from druggie mothers, whether you are deaf, blind, limp, handicap, psycho, fat, skinny or whatever, she will always love you until the end. Love & Respect for all the mothers of the World.

Thank god for mother’s.

Thank God for DNA testing. Has proved many innocent, and helped find the guilty. Even helped catch the Golden State Killer! I just hope there is a special place in Heaven for those who were unjustly punished for crimes they did not commit. Still, its BETTER that the RIGHT person gets caught in the first place on this mortal relm!

What an extraordinary story. I can't believe they didn't investigate Fischer more, the man wearing the hard hat who took the same bus route. And what an amazing mother who never stopped believing in her son's innocence and pursuing the case to find the real culprit. I've seen other cases where the Canadian police were so thorough and professional, but in this case they really dropped the ball and failed on many fronts. If they had dug up the snow they would have found the knife handle and maybe even her purse.

I adore these episodes. There are certain series that bring memories, intrigue and kind of bring you back in time. I also love the concept of the show. Its so well done. I have watched them all 100 times. The narrator's voice is a great juxtaposition to the dark subject matter. Thank you so much for the uploads. Great quality and so many episodes. Thank you, thank you thank you.

So they didn’t check the construction worker’s alibi? Great police work.

Wow keystone cops .should be charged 23 years same as David.

Thanks this was very interesting I had never heard of it x

Wow what a mum!!! Poor David too and Larry Fischer u r a coward!!

What a Mom!

the hell was wrong with that wife lol

I hope Milgaard is rewarded a hefty sum, for years spent in the pen.

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Mr. Milgaard is very lucky , many innocent are jailed experts say 1.5 to 2 % of people in prison are innocent no one should ever brag or react crimes they never committed it cost this man Milgaard 23 years of his life . A man was recently released served 43 years for a crime he did not commit .

When I was a younger lady and worked,and had to walk home alone,being a hairdresser,would tuck into my sleeve,a "tail comb"..( it's a comb that we used at work) and at the other end were the "teeth" of the comb,so I put it upside down with the sharp end in my hand,and the "teeth" inside my sleeve,and I walked home like that,for me a piece of protection is better than nothing

One of the most amazing cases I've ever seen...& about which I knew nothing. An amazing Mother (& team) ,& proof positive that DNA & Penicillin are surely THE greatest scientific achievements of man?! I lived thru a Winter in Winnipeg over 50 years ago ...& will never forget it! I like cold weather but that was something else again. When people here in Sydney tell me...(in mid August, say...) that it's freezing outside.....I laugh in their faces......😜🤪☃️⛄

Experts in Canada overlooked a semen spot the size of baseball. Very comforting...

God bless his moms' heart, what a woman. Do we dare to think what could have happened with a death penalty verdict?

How can the people in Canada be called 'experts' if they missed a semen stain the size of a baseball ??

I remember hearing about this in the news a lot in the early '90's.

But those 'friends'; I still don't understand y they gave false statements to the Police!

Did Millguard ever receive ANY COMPENSATION FOR SPENDING 23 years of His life in Prison?! He should be given a HEFTY SUM OF MONEY FOR HIS PRISON STAY!!!! I really hope if He has; He shared a Good chunk with His Wonderful and Committed MOTHER; WHOM WAS LARGELY, THE REASON FOR HIS RELEASE. SHE IS AN AWESOME MOTHER LION!!! WE SHOULD ALL BE INSPIRED TO BE SUCH WONDERFUL MOTHERS.

I’m glad justice is finally done!

Justice was served because of Mother's love and persistence...

A complete nightmare for the Milgaard family. An utterly amazing mother 's love and determination. As for Larry Fisher, no words can descibe that despicable creature. [Many thanks for a super series]

The witness took them to right house and the police still manage to arrest the wrong person in right house...That's call result....what a poor police work...

The way camera moves on different frames gives headache so easy to listen, hard to watch

I hope he got millions in competition

Children keep finding all the evidence in this case lol

The mother love is pure and unfathomable. Kudos to his mother that never gives up for him to be freed.

"See something, say something" caught Fisher☺ thank you!

People feeling sorry for Milgaard & his mother. He wasted police time for 'SHOCK VALUE' as his mother endearingly calls it. ho ho how hilarious. How much money did his stupidity cost the taxpayer? Yet only his own woes are mentioned about how badly done to he's been. Someone goes into an airport says 'I've got a bomb in my checked in bag' I suppose we should laugh at the shock value. A poor woman lost her life & he wanted to pretend he did it leaving the real perpetrator to attack more us. If you can't do the time don't pretend to do the crime!

Wow, I remember this story. That man suffered horribly because of our not so great canadian justice system. His Mom's an angel though, a true hero in my eyes! Hell even I spent a little over 3 months in the Edmonton Remand Center for a crime I didn't commit, that was back in the early '90s. When I went to court in handcuffs the judge let me go because it was pretty clear that I didn't do what I was accused of. I went nearly nuts after I got out I was so freakin mad and I never saw a penny or an apology and I lost a good job and a bunch of friends and my woman cleared out too. Took me a long time to get the folks in my little hometown to realize I was an innocent man but the damage was done and I packed up and left, been back for visits but that's about it.

Some really good comments here. Joyce Milgaard is the kind of mother we should all be blessed with! I briefly met David in 1976 in Sask. Pen. I asked my friend why David was in population (as apposed to protection where rapist usually go). My friend said "He says he didn't do it and refuses to go to protection (protective custody), even though he had a few beatings" While many of us thought he was guilty back then, I began to believe his innocence when he refused to admit to the crime in front of the parole board. If he would have admitted guilt, he could have been freed much soon. I respect that he didn't confess to something he was not guilty of. True David was given a settlement of $10,000,000 but not until 8 years after his release, and how much did the lawyers take of the settlement?? I don't know anyone who would trade 22.5 years of their life (sitting in prison, and having people think you are a rapist/murderer) for $10,000,000.

On May 17, 1999, the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced that a settlement had been reached with Milgaard, and that he would be paid $10 million CAD compensation for pain and suffering, lost wages and legal fees.

Until people are tried for perjury , things like this will keep happening. The “friends” lies put the icing on the cake.

37: 04. "A large semen stain the size of a baseball".... That's a hell of a load!

i feel sorry for guy milgaard.. he spent 23years in prison.. ,,😢😢😢💔 but thanks to the mother who support his son..and never stop believing that his son is innocent 😇

Remember hearing wheat kings by the hip. The song and story made me so sad xoxo Dave

The David Milgaard case will go down in Canadian history and legal history no doubt. A shame what happened to this young man who was innocent of the crime. His mother was a strong determined woman.

It is indeed pure luck that the evidence was preserved, especially after a large portion of it was discarded after an unsuccessful DNA test. As the man said, once the case is closed the evidence is typically destroyed in a few years.

He now lectures law students at universities across the country. ... In 2020 - 50 years after Milgaard's wrongful conviction - the University of Manitoba presented him with an Honorary Doctor of Law degree. He lives in Alberta and works as a community support worker.

I served in US Navy and visited various countries. I enjoyed visiting countries. In order to do that safely I want to know about that countries crime rate and types. I enjoy these stories very much.

I think the police should tell the public when there is a known violent predator on the loose. (statistics show that they are at least 8 serial killers in any given city operating at the same time, just a little something to think about) They don't have to give all the known details that could help the killers escape but just enough to allow the public the choice and knowledge that they need to protect themselves. In this day and age it's best to stay safe, eyes wide open, as a rule. And hats off to the actress who had to lay in the snow with her pants down to play the role of the raped victim. But crime deaths are always a tragedy no matter how you look at it.

Saskatoon PD has a long history of sloppy police wok. Opps.....it's police service, rather than a police department ....kinda like a laundromat service

What a wonderful mum.

The piano at the beginning reminds me of L's theme from Death Note.

I’m sad for David and his family for the years they lost..but glad mom has the means to fight for it. Makes me wonder how many innocents are sitting in jail who does not have mom like her or the money it takes..😔

That will show youngsters not to play the fool with serious stuff as Milgaard did. It can land you in jail for life.

this documentary is a milestone to the Canadian police incompetence. a person that has the same blood type of the perpetrator, and happened to be around at the same time, is not necessarily the perpetrator. there is no single forensic evidence to tie him to the victim. circumstantial evidence is insufficient. this is a crime of opportunity, grab and overwhelm the victim. it is obvious that the perpetrator had to have physical superiority in body mass. not a skinny young man.

What an amazing mother, mother's instincts can never go wrong.

The only thing that is annoying is that the stories are narrated way to much. As is most of the ones this narrator does.

No matter what sum he received, he is completely broken from inside and even out from prison, he still wakes up in the morning with a terrifying heart for a while. It is like repairing a broken porcelain pot; the scars remain forever.

Great video I'm so sorry a man was wrongly convicted

Justice not served David should be compensated with $20 million dollars for each decade he stayed in. Mom rescued her son as they always do. Salute to Mother.

No love like a mother’s love !!!!

Great mother and lost life of innocent man :(

i pray the police and prosecutors in the case faced tragic events in their lives, i mean very tragic.i mean loss of family, in very violent circumstances. wouldnt shed a tear to hear of it.

Larry Fisher died in 2015

Great clip, but and this is a big but sweeping the camera around the black and white stills looks very amateurish and dated. It is disorientating. Caused me to stop watching the clip

VERY POOR POLICE WORK, when they talk to Lenny Fisher on bus stop he just say day before he took early bus, went to work..Years after girlfriend says he was home...If they follow this simple basic task, he should be suspect..instead of kid when he is high on drugs bragging friends with some story..Canadian police, not professional the mother done better job!!! How they could missed this basic task check his alibi?????

what a great mother & such supportive team!! never gave up!! that's awesome bc it's easy to get discouraged and fed up with the Justice system. I hope he got something like a shit load on money or whatevz for them taking all those years away from him and bc once you go to jail, it changes you. so I can't imagine what it does to a person when you're innocent and spend 23yrs behind bars!!!. I'm just glad the right person is in prison. they got that monster off the streets. I feel for the women who got caught in that psychos clutches! I WISH nothing but good graces from God to all the innocents. this is an extremely sad true story. .god bless u all.

wtf type of solid alibi, saying the Miller had a solid alibi and take only his word for it, his alibi was that he took the earlier bus to work, then his ex wife tell that she saw him the morning of the murder cleaned and taking the day off from work. then how the ff could they miss that big sample of semen. the detectives messed this up big time .

It's amazing in cases like these how often the cops are clueless.

Thank god for the mom!

The rapist killer lived just next to the scene crime, his wife knew he was a rapist (he raped her, took the knife) but they sent an innocent young boy in jail because of the wallet ? Why the police did not interrogate all men of the area ?

This is exactly the reason I don't believe in death row or capital punishment. Too many innocent people are put in jail. Thank God for that tip phone call who got the right person arrested.

I understand Milgaard received a 10 million dollar compensation settlement for his time spent in prison but how much is 20 yrs of your life worth??

I thought the title said, “the exclusive rapist.”

If he is found innocent after 23 years, is there any similar crime happen during this period. The culprit wouldn't have stopped the rape and murder. Please clarify my doubt

I love these crime stories, although the wardrobe team need to change up the police uniform every now and then for the reconstructed scenes.

Very sad story poor woman who lost her life

Canada's Keystone Cops

23 years in jail for a crime you didn’t commit!

At that time very difficult to solve this type of case no mobile location no DNA test only finger prints facilities. Poor innocent guy spent his life in jail but i salute to mum who never give up to fight for her innocent son 👏👏👏👏

That looks exactly like the knife my mum uses to peel her spuds and other root veggies

I wonder if David Milgaard's friends secretly hated him...they were the ones who brought him to this whirlpool of wrongful accusations in the first place...especially the kid who reported him to the police. I hope David (and all of us) can have some valuable lessons, some silver linings, probably even money/compensation, and the most important thing I think: peace in his heart and happiness for the rest of his life, from his horrible experience in life. PS: Screw that piece of shit rapist, I hope he got tortured in jail and later burn in hell.

GOD IS GREAT AND SO IS A MOTHER'S LOVE !!!