Crime Stories | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Elderly Executions | Bill Courage | Richard Belzer 

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He had some nerve disrespecting his neighbors planting corpses on their property. They had no idea. Imagine if they had sold their properties, years later it would seem as if the former owner had committed and hid crimes. Good thing that didn't happen. And bless Jack the Drifter who stuck to his story and told the truth = and who wanted to stay out of legal trouble.

The Wife knew every thing about the killing;

thank the drunk old man for blowing up all the secrets

I find it amazing that Faye altered the victims clothing to fit her family, It makes it difficult to deny she didn't know.

Age has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO do with being a murderer!

This is like the real chainsaw masacre family.

Wow, doesn't matter what strata of society you hail from, this is devastating to the families, victims, investigators, and communities involved.

Ole Faye - "If he done it" she knows perfectly well that Ray killed those men, and she kept track of the deaths

It's always a good idea/belief to lock your doors from predators; they've always been around no matter what year you live in.

I think he probably physically was the killer and instigated it but that she knew and helped orchestrate and cover it all up.

Never discriminate against the elderly. With the death penalty, one size fits all.

One of their victims (Jimmy Harvey) is my brother in law's brother. It was a horrible thing to happen

She was as quilty as hell. I bet she cooked the best cuts for her guests.

1 minute - nice old couple, keep to themselves, hard workers. 1 Minute later - he goes to jail a lot for scams. Umm make up your mind?

She knew full well what happened to those killed. No doubt in my mind.

Faye, in an interview from prison, made a comment that she shouldn't be responsible for her husband's crimes. Then said after a pause, 'IF he done it' I always thought she in the least knew and helped him, but didn't actually do the murder, but when she said that it sent a chill downy spine. I think she was much more involved than her son wants to believe.

You would think that in the "golden years" the elderly would want a peaceful, quiet and harmonious life. The "Internet Black Widow", Melissa Ann Shepard is another devious and wicked senior citizen.

To Fay's son, if you ever read this: As a mother myself, I think you handled the reality of your mothers involvement, heroically. You aren't in denial, but she's your mother and you love her. You are a good son. Your mother was a victim of your father and an era now long gone with the dying off of the WWII generation. Godspeed.

I wonder what the innocent farmers reaction when the police told him they found 3 bodies in his barn...... "Yea, sure, go look, there is nothing if interest in that barn". A FEW HOUR LATER "YOU FOUND WHAT IN MY BARN?! Oh my dear God in Heaven. I need a drink....".

Hollywood portrayed the couple laughing together, the photos make me believe there was little if any smiling.

Doing what your husband tells you to do, can cost people their lives. And put you in prison for life! And in rare cases it can cost you your life!

The son is in denial. Faye is just as guilty, as her disgusting ass husband, of murdering these innocent men.

Old age isn't proof of innocence.

She knew

it happens everywhere

Thanks Bad Day!

why do people keep saying "they didn't look like killers" do they ever?

Thanks to that man Jack; else, more victims would emerged.

Faye could have gotten away with it. All she had to do was testify against Ray.

Something that wasn't mentioned was that it would've taken the two of them to physically move & bury the bodies!

I always think of the quote from the Sherlock Holmes stories: "“Good heavens!” I cried. “Who would associate crime with these dear old homesteads?” “They always fill me with a certain horror. It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.” “You horrify me!” “But the reason is very obvious. The pressure of public opinion can do in the town what the law cannot accomplish. There is no lane so vile that the scream of a tortured child, or the thud of a drunkard’s blow, does not beget sympathy and indignation among the neighbours, and then the whole machinery of justice is ever so close that a word of complaint can set it going, and there is but a step between the crime and the dock. But look at these lonely houses, each in its own fields, filled for the most part with poor ignorant folk who know little of the law. Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser."

Old Mcdonald had a farm, iiaa, iiiaaooo, and on this farm we had bury bodies everywhere, eeeiiooo!

this case is a good argument against letting perps out when they get older, unless they are entirely physically disabled. preferably paraplegic. would you want such perps in the same community or elder care facility with yourself or your loved ones otherwise????

I can’t make a 100 percent opinion on Fay just from this video. But I have seen woman who are clueless and listen to there husbands blindly and this was the 80s and she was old then so she grew up learning not to question or look at what her husband was doing

Faye's guilt was nowhere near, "beyond a reasonable doubt". The men were all shot with the same calibre rifle in the same place. Remember what he did to Jack? It was an identikit of these killings, except for some strange reason he didn't kill him. Faye wasn't present and had to role in enticing him to the barn. The men were transients so she wouldn't have had reason to be suspicious about their leaving. Whatever the lack of evidence against her, Faye's son was the most acurate. He said her whole understanding of the world was that her husband was to be honoured and obeyed. If she knew, then he would have told her he was right to do it. Personally, I think she lived her life in a zone of denial. I don't think she deserved the death penalty for either reason.

Thanks for this horrifying episode.

A cereal killer 😝

Thank You 😊

I always tend to forget, those that are lowlifes in younger years, do not get better with age lol they just look more unassuming 🥴 but still are dregs of society getting old age pensions, and maybe their friends as well

What's with this "small town, never locking the door" shit? I have heard it more times than I can count in these crime documentaries. It takes less than 5 seconds to lock a door! Literally! Geezzz

Wow I would never suspect them. The man I wasn't surprised by. He looed like a meanie and a but hole. The old lady I was schocked by. Just goes to show you you never know completely what a person is down at the core.

I am never going to trust a sweet old couple again after this.

The young victims' lives are wasted, as they should have lived till retirement age..

Their sentence in hell is much more severe

Great video

I do remember this case !

0:48 famous last words

Faye lovingly made quilts using bits of the dead men's clothes. That's why she wanted the quilts removed from the house. Evidence.

She looks just as guilty as him

Note to self:old people can't be trusted.

Jus wanna say v. Sorry lady Doreen from 213 st Stevens Avenue I will never bug you or ask for the ball back ever again🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

The 5 minute ads are annoying

Borat turned detective.

I feel for the son, it sounds like his childhood was not a happy one, but his refusal to accept that his mom knew about this is complete denial. His mom may not have shot them, but she knew, and I do not buy her, " I did what my husband told me" routine. She may have done what Ray told her to, but she kept close track of money and who was bringing it in. She had to have known.

This is the first one Ive seen of this series that isn't set in Canada.

This sounds remarkably like the Craigslist murders in rural Ohio not too many years back.

The Copland’s were true American icons. Ray ran that house with an iron fist! His old lady was down too because she did what she was told.

They didnt mention that she was making quilts out of their clothing to snuggle under. I just heard that in a different documentary about them.

Cudos to the original cop who took the case and could look past the fairy tale and follow through to completion. Only one I could tell who had a clue from the beginning and understood human nature has no boundaries.

Why DIDN'T the police check for all transactions with emptied check fraud accounts closed after cattle market .

Now we know how to get our gardens/veggie patch dug over for free!

Kinda reminds me of Ed Gein.... No one could believe it!

Almost like the Manson mystery, there could be more bodies buried nearby. She loved him TOO much!

I’m sure she tied Ray’s shoes every morning. Also I’ll bet Ray kept a bell by his recliner to shake and ring when he needed Mrs. Copeland to fix him a sandwich or fetch him a beer.

Wig OR no wig? 29:25

Like I keep saying: people u don't suspect can do the most damages for long periods of time & are the most dangerous monsters that walk the earth!!!

Wife is playing dumb. The couple fed and housed these transient men so, of course, she had to be acquainted with the men. You don't cook meals and sit down and eat with them for days or weeks without becoming introduced to them, and that entails knowing their names. She covering up for her husband.

I am pretty sure I have watched and commented on this video before, and at the risk of repeating myself, but, being aged or even old has nothing to do with being a criminal, some of the worst are older, and that’s because they are a bit worldly wise and more importantly not got caught, so they carry on until either they die or make a mistake. As an older person myself I can honestly say that even with life being difficult I don’t think, under any circumstances, I could turn to crime, and I think for most of us “olds” that is the case, but younger people who get into trouble early on usually stay in a life of crime, and only the minority (no matter what the do-gooder brigade say) turn their lives around. Two things I got from this video, 1) crime is as prevalent in rural Missouri as anywhere and 2) I finally know where the Simpsons live, or do I?. You have to feel sorry for the Copeland family, but to think that Faye didn’t know what was occurring was out of love at best and naivety at worst.

Sounds a lot like the Bender family, who killed from 1869-1872....their killing method was much less cumbersome and a lot quicker! 🔨

There has never been the " quiet town, where things like this, just don't happen" or whatever was said. There have never been places like that I just think these narrators wanna shock the listener, we might live on a quiet street but no way is there anywhere, where things like this dont happen. Where I live, a murder would be out of the ordinary, obviously but I am 100% sure that Worcester has had a murder in the past. Lights up a room Loved by all The glue that holds the family together.... And other such strange phrases these shows use... they obviously must have lived extremely sheltered lives growing up

Absolutely, anyone who believes that woman knew nothing has no sense. Whatsoever. If it walks like a duck , if it quacks like a duck, folks, it's a duck. Not a chicken. A duck.

WICKED!

Hi guys here's your sandwich how many bodies have you found? 😆🤧

Uhmmm why don't they lock the doors?? in almost every case people didn't use to lock their doors

Forgiveness is the only way out of trauma.

@ 1:37 "transiets"?

Why wasn't he questioned by the people who actually owned the barns he was accessing 'without permission '. If I caught someone in my whatever I would be on the case. Something doesn't add up.

The son is an idiot.... The Apple didn't fall far from the tree... He might not be a killer😕 but many things off with him. 😂

Sorry but that list with the x is NOT evidence that she knew they were dead

Jimmy Page? Lol

america never moves on it is stuck in 1800 mode

Wow. Fucking Elmer Fudd!

If I had even considered voting for Gun grabbing Gabbard I wouldn’t due to the incessant ads.

Things like that don't happen in rural Mo - bullshit worse

I don't get why everybody is so shocked about their age? This didn't start in their 70s, they had been doing that for decades. That means they started when they were young. The son did say the dad would be in jail for his check fraud n the mom would lie n say he was gone somewhere. Even the kids knew their dad wasn't shit. I don't care if they were an old school couple,so was my great grandparents n great aunt n uncle,but none of them made a move their wives didn't know about. You aren't married to somebody that long and not know them. I will never believe Faye didn't know about the bodies. She washed their clothes n put their initials in them. I'm sure when they would not show up for breakfast she didn't ask a question. If she didn't it's because she knew. I wouldn't be surprised if she helped him move the bodies then went to X them from her list. They both knew and she could've given them the locations of the rest so they can be returned to their families. That makes her just as evil as him n I don't feel sorry for either of their psycho asses. Too bad they didn't suffer more. I'm sure those dead bodies stuffed in Wells, under barn floors and wherever else had an uncomfortable time rotting there...hopefully their in hell......Shannon b

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Wow, some things do shock you. I feel sorry for their children. They sound like honest , good peoole but they now have to live - as do their children - with this stigma hanging over them. 👵👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

I couldn't watch to the end, as a matter of fact all could muster is 1/3 . Great story but the dumbass commercials, geeesh gimme a break.

Don t lock doors. Stupidest thing I ve ever heard.

I think Faye was innocent. 🤷‍♂️ Naïveté perhaps.