Did Horrorcore "Music" Inspire Farmville Quadruple Murder? | Richard McCroskey Case Analysis 

"Admission was free, which seems a little overpriced." might be your best joke yet.

A quote from a killer near my hometown a couple of decades back, seems relevant: "people like me don't come from those films, those films come from people like me." I expect personality disorders rather than a genre of music are responsible

Debra Kelley was my Sociology professor. I was shocked when I heard about this story. I even met Emma when she was 5 years old. Very very sad.

Why do serial killers listen to the voice in their head telling them to commit murder, but not their mother telling them to clean up their room?

In an era where kids are consistently on social media despite parental guards and whatever other walls you have on devices, I unfortunately understand Emma's parents wanting to create an open environment where she's not keeping things from them. I remember my friends who had very strict parents just lied to them and they were the ones who would always do drugs at parties their parents often didn't even know they were at. The problem is knowing when to draw the line, perhaps if they had done more research into the genre of "music" they'd have understood this was the time but they're not responsible for these deaths, the murderer is.

Meanwhile, Corpsegrinder - the vocalist for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse - when he's not singing songs about murder and torture, plays claw machine wherever they tour and donates all the plushies he wins to a chindrens' charity.

As a parent raising young children, I have a really hard time with this case as well as societal perceptions of what makes a “good parent.” If you stand up to your child and tell them no, you’re viewed as controlling and not allowing your child to express and explore who they are as individuals. You’re told you worry too much and to just let it be and things will pass. If you permit and supervise closely(as in this case) so you allow them freedom with boundaries but something tragic happens, you are irresponsible and horrible and blamed. As a culture, people can’t make up their minds and only judge after. The norm is that in a case like this, the parents allow the child to see their fantasy under supervision and the child is disillusioned as was the case here. Usually it fizzles and the phase passes. But when it doesn’t work out like that the parents are blamed for being too friendly. How are we modern parents supposed to rear our children when everything is at their fingertips? It is easy for kids to sneak, manipulate, etc. no matter how well you monitor. I struggle so much to know what the right answers are because anymore you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

Your analysis of Emma's parents helping her to meet Richard, is the same as mine. They were supposed to be her parents, not her teen high school friends.

Horror core “… a disturbing and bizarre collection of sounds..” I swear Dr Grande, you’re so funny!

“Admission was free, which seems a little overpriced” 😂

Thanks, Dr Grande, this is a case I've never heard about, which is rare for me. I find it a disturbing that Emma's parents felt it was ok for their 16 year old daughter to be [dating] a 20 year old man, that they know literally nothing about. Even going through the trouble of a 10 hour drive to facilitate it.

The police really dropped the ball on this one. Seems unbelievable how they didn't pick up on the smell 🤷‍♀️ Glad Dr. Grande brought this up because I thought this the 1st time I heard about this some time ago.

This boils down to a very disturbed man, and some very loving parents who were unfortunately naive and didn't take more charge of their daughter. Yeah, Emma really rained on Richard's parade, as that was a pretty harsh rejection, but that happens more often than not where murders don't occur afterwards. Great vid!

I saw an episode of Web of Lies years ago about this case and it stuck with me. It had interviews of the mother and I felt so bad for her. She blamed herself for Mark's death in the end. . It's S1E6.

I have a friend who was in hospital for several months with gangrene (i.e. necrotic tissue) in his leg. He claims he can't enjoy Zombie video games or films because seeing the necrosis "reminds him of the smell of death". Therefore, it's pretty damn bizarre anyone would want that in a perfume... Even for art, as it infact can ruin art for those exposed to it.

You're the best! You are the guy that I look forward to listening to while doing dishes, making delicious food or getting ready for bed. 💖 Love your take...

Just a reminder, I'm not diagnosing anybody in this video; only speculating how the terms 'Farmville' and 'Murder' came to be used in the same sentence like this.

Informative, honest, articulate, logical...as usual, thank u for everything you do Doctor!

How about a speculative analysis on the 1984 kidnapping of Jody Plauche by Jeffery Doucett? What made the case famous is the reaction of Jody’s father, Gary Plauche. Very interesting and chock full of potential mental health factors. Either way please keep up the amazing work you are doing. We all enjoy your videos regardless of the topics you choose.

This happened 20 minutes away from where we live. A friend of ours lives across the street from this house and walking her dog, the odor was prominent. This street is lovely but with a catch. This area is a two University town and older houses have become houses used as student rental property. Two theories were rampant regarding the cops. The police were beyond bone weary of constant complaints against wild, restless and drunk students. BUT the second call to the police is theorized to have been to take out the cops as his next grand crime but was too much of a coward face to face so he couldn’t. So much tragedy for absolutely nothing!

It's not that any musical genre can twist a normal mind, it's that twisted people are attracted to certain genres. As a metalhead, this is something I'm familiar with.

I never thought I'd ever hear you say "Lil' demon dog", especially in your trademark deadpan I can die happy now

Dr. Grande ,you are a hard working man. Thanks for sharing your intelligence!

Some people think that death ,the devil and wickedness is so captivating and cool. Oh, how they have it so wrong.

0:59 Doc you never fail to make me laugh, haha!! I came initially to your channel to learn about N.P.D, but the addition of jokes has been another layer of comfort you have given. Thank you for everything you do.

I was 9 years old and living in Farmville when the murders took place. I haven’t learned anything about the murders until fairly recently. I remember trick or treating in that neighborhood after the fact and my dad making some comment about the Halloween decorations at the house… what a horrible, horrible case.

Everyone needs to watch at least one Dr. G video a day for wisdom and entertainment. For a couple of months, I fell off the boat due to some unexpected life circumstances. I am currently going back and watching all your narcissism videos. What a goldmine of information! Unbeknownst to me, I had briefly gotten involved with a vulnerable narcissist and I’m kicking myself for not having checked the Dr. G archives for the wealth of information on that topic. Thank you for keeping us all grounded and helping unscramble our thoughts! Btw love your Harm Reduction book!!!! Thanks for everything, Dr. G! You’re the best!

Another excellent analysis Dr. G! You slipped in some good jokes once again😂😂😂 I like to listen to horror punk and metal and it has never caused me to want to hurt people..quite the opposite actually. I strongly agree with you about parents needing to be in charge of their kids.. compassion isn't always soft and fuzzy.. and children need both sides of compassion. Wishing you a fabulous day!🤘😎

My comment is that it his problems started when he was being bullied. A lot of victims of bullying who cannot stand up for themselves at the time will retaliate and explode sometime in the future. Bullying needs to be addressed.

I've made the same mistake with my daughter (not to this extent) in allowing her to make bad choices in the hopes that she would learn from them and choose a different path. Unfortunately that only works on TV and movies. She made bad choices and continues to do so.

I'm from Richmond, VA and remember this case. This was a stunner!!

Good afternoon Dr Grande. This was a brilliant analysis of tragic and senseless murder . Thank you Dr Grande. Brilliant analysis and sad topic.

Hello Dr. Grande!! Could you please analyze the case of Sylvia Lykins, a young girl who was slowly beaten and tortured to death by a woman and the neighborhood kids who started out as her friends? I genuinely would love to hear your thoughts on how such a thing could happen and how so many kids could be convinced to kill their own friend. Thank you Doctor i love all that you do for us ❤

Dude! My gf is from the Farmville/Burkeville area (going back there with her this weekend for her birthday) and EVERYONE still talks about this madness in her family. In fact, her grandmother used to cut the father's hair regularly. It's the type of town that you would never expect anything so grisly to happen, cute little college town... Shame...

I'm always fascinated by relatively average, law-abiding, people who suddenly jump into the deep-end of violent crime with both feet. Imagine the mental state and emotions going on inside him. Transforming from an edgy, introverted, troubled, young man into a multiple, violent, murderer in such a short period of time. It's insane, if you'll pardon the expression.

I couldn't believe they would drive 10 hours for a concert. EACH WAY!

Ooh! I am a graduate of Longwood University in Farmville. I remember when this happened, even though it was years after I graduated. Glad to see you covering this.

Music is an extremely powerful force and influence. It can be inspirational for good or detrimental for evil. They say we are what we eat but we also are what we listen to. People can be indoctrinated via music, especially those who have weak psyches. If one lives off of junk food they will have an unhealthy body. If one lives off of negative and harmful music it could lead to an unhealthy mind.

If I recall correctly, Melanie's mom convinced Melanie's dad to drive all the way from W Va to check on her and he actually knocked on the door of the house after the murders of Melanie and Emma and Emma's mom but before Emma's dad came by and was murdered by Richard. When no one answered he turned around and drove all the way back to W Va.

"Farmville Quadruple Murder" is not a combination of words I ever thought I'd see.

As soon as I hear "online romantic relationship," I shake my head. While I hold people involved accountable, I think virtual reality has to be emphasized as a main ingredient for this chain of hideously violent and retardedly antisocial behaviors. Traveling across the country because one is supposedly in love with someone she has never seen doesn't have to result in disappointment, but it's certainly a risk. Meeting someone for coffee when neither of you has shared a picture is better left to adults; at least most of them have the maturity to find an honest, tactful way to say the relationship doesn't have wings. Middle-aged parents should know.

There seems to be a certain comfort in the horrorcore music,for the kids that aren't so popular in social paradigms..I think it's because of the shock value of it...There's a feeling of justification for why they are "different". It gives them the illusion that they are feared,and THAT'S the reason for their social status...it's sad...kids are harsh,man.

The bullying he got in high school ain't gonna be nothing compared to the bullying he'll get in prison.

Good Morning Dr. Grande🥰💋 THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!! You're the absolute best! The suspense of not knowing what you're going to say for your analysis literally leaves my stomach feeling the anticipation. So cool, lol.

Had to inform myself about Horrorcore. I read lyrics to a song called Wendigo. I am now trying to understand why there are so many people liking this type of sound collections. What a horrific content.

I really enjoy your channel, most of what I find so enjoyable is your strait faced puns. It makes the topics a bit easier to digest. Let's be honest some of the folks you profile for the most part are not the pillars of the community, some are your garden variety benign narcissist to the beast of all beast, the psychopaths who live among us. Anyhow, don't stop the tongue and cheek delivery it cracks me up just at the right time. TY...

Sad. Emma’s parents tried to do the right thing to supervise and guide their daughter and her LD online boyfriend. This generation of LD relationships v. IRL relationships is fraught with peril. They don’t have the market cornered by any means. But sad. And clearly their choice was not the right one.

I'm 56 now. My parents were extremely strict and not let me date until I was 18. Behind their back I was dating a 38 year old that was doing construction on my house. I was 16. Please do not blame the parents.

If I fly 2800 miles to meet a girl, to then be driven to a concert another 10 hours away by her parents, only to be ghosted by her in person... It's safe to say I won't be going back to her house with her and her parents after that. I am going to get a white T-shirt (

On another note, the "authorities"❕ “Hmm, you smell like death, that may be traces of human remains on you, we keep getting concerned calls relating to you...nope all good here, have a good rest of your day" 😶

Those parents had no control of there daughter, this is what happens when you are buddy buddy with your child and let your child make decisions. Who tf in there right mind would fly a adult to meet there teen daughter. That’s the stupidest thing I ever heard of my life.

The chillling consequences of his derangement --- pride and vanity. Thank you, Dr Grande for your analysis 👏 Perhaps your excellent analysis will resonate causing an awareness that might help prevent other crimes taking place.

Thanks, Dr. Grande. Your videos are always well done and I learn a lot from them. Excellent analysis.

Excellent analysis! Thank you, Dr. Grande.❤️

Gruesome crime and interesting analysis is, again. Please explain how Shame is involved in Narcissism. Is shame more related to ego, and selfish type of ideation? Isn't shame part of feeling guilt and responsibility - and therefore a necessary element for a conscience? Isn't a conscience, and its implicit empathy or empathic reasoning what is absent from one's psychological system, which defines a Narcissist?

Please can you analyse the Murad Merali scandal from yesterday? PLEASE! 🤞🏼

I feel for this mother but felt she should have said no to the concert and her daughter meeting a 20 year old man. Didn't his parents also see this could cause problems? What does everyone else think about this? Rejection, drugs and alcohol do not mix well. A horrendous case. Thanks for covering this one.

"Apparently, in 2020, a few people developed a 'smell of death' perfume-I guess this was in an effort to capture the underserved serial-killer perfume market." DYING. 🤣🤣🤣

No lie back in the day i got really heavy in 3 6 Mafia and i went down a crazy memphis rap/horror rap rabbit hole and i literally was becoming psychotic from it. I was also drinking and smoking a lot of weed at the time and i know that surely accentuated things but man its scary how something you think you’re enjoying thoroughly is slowly turning you into a straight up monster. I would mean mug people at all times and wish someone started something with me for no reason. Horrible way to live.

Hello Dr. Grande. You mind doing a video on Xi Jinping? I'm just curious about your thoughts on the man.

A case of when unsound parenting meets the road. So they drove the girl out there to meet the creepy little s--- wth... Everybody wasn't raised the same

Great dry humor added to the analysis is always a welcomed addition! Great job!

Please do a video about The Smiley Face Killers. Keep up the great work, Dr. Grande! Love and Respect from South Nashville!

I went to Longwood University in Farmville VA at this time, this sent a shockwave through the school, tbh I had forgotten about it in all these years since

Thank you Dr. Grande. Funny. Wise. Intelligent. Repetitive, because you found what works!

i think dr grande would do great also analyzing fictional characters too from movies etc

Richard should have been more upfront with who he was and Emma should have refrained from hitting on other dudes in front of him at a concert.

Dr. Todd can you make a video analysis speculating about why britney spears family is all against her and toxic households. I would love you to share your insights about it. BTW thank you for posting your videos, very informative 👍

He only *identifies* as a rapper.. Like the "Jerry Springer" school of rap 😐 (unfolds sheet of paper) As for the case itself: Less permissive parents might have prevented this. I can't imagine my parents ever agreeing to let some guy I met, on the internet, as a teenager, stay in the house with us- all sight unseen. That just seems so strange to me. It's not a good situation, and I can only imagine that the decision was made after much cajoling, arguing, and bargaining on their daughter's part.

Emma apparently did not know what she was getting into. Her parents apparently forgot that they were her parents. Emma might not have seen any harm in "trying out" a boy that she was pretending to be interested in. Very unique case and very helpful analysis, thank you.

Big Lurch, Dr. Grande. Check that case out. If I had to make one request for a video, though....Ward Weaver III.

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Your right on the money, parents have to take a stand, and let their kids know who's the boss. If they don't, this kind of thing and other bad things will happen.

Fantastic police work. Were they transplants from Uvalde?

"Horroism: Naming Contemporary Violence: A Sermon about Richard McCroskey" Greetings to those seeking a peaceful haven in a turbulent, troubled world. Today we examine the prevalence of horroism in our culture and choose to focus on Dr. Grande's excellent analysis of how Richard McCrosky conveyed the message of "horrorism" to the rest of us sitting comfortably in front of our computer screens or watching RU-vid videos on very large screens. First I will distinguish horror from terror, then show why McCroskey is an apostle of horroism, and then conclude with an uplifting message of love and peace. (1) Horrorism is a term introduced into contemporary discourse by Adriana Cavarero, a professor who teaches in the city of Verona in Italy. Cavarero, careful scholar that she is, distinguishes between terror and horror. Like so many Latin words introduced in the English language the word "horreo" reference the bristling of the flesh or "goosebumps" If at any time you notice goosebumps on your body, you are engaged in something horrible. I imagine those on doomed airplane flights, aware of imminent death, react in goosebumps, though I've never been on a doomed airplane. It's only speculation. This sense in Latin has its origin in the what we know as "cold" as in "cold blooded" or "life threatening exposure to extreme cold." (2) Because each of us enjoys a living body the thought of decapitation, widely publicized by the use of the guillotine, has gone down in history as an agent of "cold, indifferent death." In McCroskey's case it was not a guillotine but a maul, something like an axe which lead to the mutilation and death of four people. What causes the sense of horror is knowing that we could, at any time and for any reason, be assaulted by someone with a maul, a sledge hammer or an axe. Our bodies are vulnerable to catastrophe. (3) So what can we say about this predicament? Mr. McCroskey was able to use a maul and a hammer to invite the stench of death into our lives through his initial identification with "horrorcore." The antidote to this disease is our faith in the Resurrection of the body. If the Eternal Father can create living bodies, He can also rescue those same bodies from organic catastrophe. May we all have faith in the Resurrection of the flesh. Amen.

As with so many people, Dr. Grande misuses the term "loner". A great book on who really are loners is Anneli Rufus's "Party of One". We true loners like being by ourselves most of the time, though occasionally we enjoy others' company. What is wrong with using loner as the public does is that, like this person, these are people who really want to be accepted by others and be social butterflies. The problem is that others reject them for one reason or another. No way was he a loner but an individual who wanted to be with others but for some reason he never was. Looks like his appearance turned people off as well as the lack of mannerisms that went along with this horror group. So please don't call people like him a "loner". The word is misused so much. We really are just people who prefer our own company most of the time. That's it.

Wow this hit home. I don’t live *too far from the cities where he was born and grew up. Just wow.

I love your videos!

I'd already clicked on this before I realized that "music" was in quotations! Lmao XD Also, "commitment to make bad decisions" is gold. "It was free, which seems a little overpriced." Rflao

Another great video!

Please do a study of Nicole Linton, driver of the speeding car that caused the recent horrible multi-vehicle crash in L.A.

Can you make a video on Brendan Schaub PLEASE?

Death is smelly where i live sometimes there is a dead goat or cat or dog in the bushes and the smell ... even if you don't see the animal , you know the smell , so i realy don't get the police not smelling this . This makes me think about the stories of police and others who work in these types of hi stress jobs more true . Mabe these officers snort something during overtime? Something that messes with their sence of smell maybe?

I get the parents taking an active part in the relationship. They did what good parents do they get involved and familiar with their child’s hobbies and preferences. I do think that they should have been concerned about the 4 year age gap. The potential “relationship”should have been cause for concern. That should have been a no go for the event. I don’t feel they made a mistake about the concert. Richard did all the things he needed to be unassuming and non threatening. Remember media does not make people violent or killers. In fact the vast majority of people who listen to death metal, horror core rap, and songs with dark themes are actually fantastic people. Music, movies, TV, books, games, etc are for entertainment. They can help people in cathartic ways. I do feel that they should have been concerned when he became brooding and possibly tried talking to him and showing concern. That might have actually helped him feel like he mattered even though Emma wasn’t interested in a romantic relationship. What he did was horrific and he deserves to receive punishment for it. This type of situation is why I have always had very clear boundaries with people and I teach my children the same. If you are not romantically interested in someone but you want to be friends because you feel they are awesome in other ways you make that clear. I would do this and refuse to allow them to spend any money on me as I didn’t want to risk mixed signals. If they tried to over step boundaries in verbal and/physical was I would stop them and remind them. If someone constantly crosses boundaries you end everything. No contact period because repeatedly crossing boundaries shows that they don’t respect you.

Dr.G..EMINEM does horror-core (tbh u introduced me to this genre's name and it's "unique".) Unfortunately it's blasphemous to call Eminem "noise" but let's see what this case is all about bc I'm hoping to be wrong. P.S. There already exists a sub genre of EDM called Noise which is what it sounds like. It's therapeutic if you have a phobia of silence and/or music.

I'm shocked I never heard about this. I grew up going to that concert venue.

Theres other similar incidents involving music from Judas Priest and Brotha Lynch Hung. Please cover those too

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Andddddd.......here I am 5 am just hanging around in bed watching your great videos..Thank you Mr Grande......you make for a great night. Now if it was raining out then it would be perfect....but that's ok because I have you. Thank you ❤️❤️

"...Disturbing and bizarre collections of sounds." I couldn't describe it better.

I remember this Case. It was Horrifying, and So sad!! 💔💔💔💔💔💔🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️ Prayers for the Families.🙏🙏🙏🙏

14:22 your dry delivery makes this so much funnier 😂

What is it even like to be asleep in total dark unconsciousness and then experience possibly a very brief moment of pain and then fade into death. Such a sad story and so senseless :(

I'm so completely horrified by this terrible story. As a 75 year old I don't know how to understand the world around me anymore.

Very sad but so true about if the parents had said "No." 😞

Truly appreciate your varied topics and find there's always something interesting to learn 👍🇭🇲

Brilliant as usual Dr Grande.

Your videos help me so much to see the dangers posed by some people in my everyday life. Thank you

Hi Dr. Grande, Parents nowadays, more than ever needs to take charge and stand up to their kids. Otherwise, the roles will be reversed when the kids tell the parents what to do and demand what they want. Seriously, I knew some parents who wanted to be their child's "friend" and thought it was OK, but soon they find themselves weak, became a pushover, thus created an entitled spoiled brat which they regretted years later of failed parenting.

Makes a good case for demonic possession. I wonder if he was on any of the antidepressants known for producing psychotic/homicidal behavior.