Hey MI, great video! I follow your videos because I have the same fascination of seeing the places these tragedies took place. I have one suggestion and was hoping it might take place as this video progressed. If not from any type of overlay if you could just talk real briefly about the distances between these areas that would be great for someone such as myself. Btw, I'm from western Pa. and even in my area of small towns there are way too many areas I can point these places out. So much so that I got in trouble with an ex for pointing out a couple of them to my daughter (we watched forensics files as she grew up and she has this big still lol) on a half hour drive to my fathers for a visit. Dude, keep up the great work!
I hope you don't forget to make some exploration videos now and again. These murder videos are simply morbid and don't have the 'magic' of the explores you used to do originally... I could rewatch the highway tunnel explore or the fairground in the woods again and again, but ghoulish murder obsession... I just won't watch fullstop.
My hubby went to school with one of his kids, and was a good friend. He said it was very traumatic for the family to go through, because they wanted to believe Pennell was innocent. I used to work about 1/2 mile from the 13/40 split where he'd pick up his victims. You were driving 40 west, he did most of his "hunting" in the New Castle area, where 40 and 13 meet, that's where the prostitutes work, not on 40 west. And it's not I-40, it's Route 40.
Yea Chris and Lamont are the best at their respective jobs! They tell the stories in a manner that is respectful of the deceased and families of the deceased.
Why would you she want his Van he killed women in just to give it to her son? In her mind she probably thinks he's innocent that's the only thing I could think of.
I live in this area,the amount of homes and businesses you see here now,were not there 30 years ago. Much more desolate and isolated at night back then. Lots of sex workers on route 40 where you were driving. Murder was a rare occurence back then in this area,may all these girls R.I.P.❤️
Nice work, this is a few miles away from where I live. I delivered pizza along Rt. 40 during the murders when I was a kid and remember the story well. Rt. 40 area was a sh*thole back then and its the same way today. From the way things are going in Delaware now days the DA would let him out on no cash bail before trial. Its the wild west in Delaware thats why I moved a few miles away to PA.
@@lissajedi anywhere with in 5 miles of the NewCastle farmers market is suspect at best. $45 a night motels and shady characters everywhere at bus stops. Uggh.
@@dwade6322 Yeah. They literally had to close down a strip club off of 40 because too many people got murdered there. Glasgow is pretty nice now though.
Seems like that's becoming the norm in far left democrap states. Illinois, California and Minnesota I believe are doing the same thing because some brainless jackasses screamed and cried enough claiming that bail is a racist thing designed to target black people. 🙄🤦
I definitely found this story interesting. As with most of your “on the road” reports of true crimes, you deliver factual details in a respectful way. You honor the memories of many innocent victims.
You’re always so detailed and interesting Chris! I love these true crime stories! The sickness of these killers is mind boggling! Living such seemingly normal lives by day! Jeckyl and Hyde! Thank you for all your hard work Chris 💙👍🏻⭐️
I remember this. Pennell stalked his victims yet went home to his family like nothing ever happened. His downfall was the carpet in his van. He got the punishment he deserved.
Love the channel and being from the UK I had never heard of this case so thank you for the detailed information. Find it really odd that he is buried, as if he was just a normal member of society, in the same place as one of his victims 😔
His videos never come up on my homepage or in recommended even though I'm subscribed. I have to come to the channel specifically to see what's been uploaded. I would say its because of the adult subject matter, but other stuff like it doesn't get the same suppression so I don't know.
@@TonySpinach It probably would work, but YUCK. The title of this one would be "You'll never believe what this guy did in his van!" and he would have a picture of himself making an "O Face" in the thumbnail. I hate that stuff but it is what everyone is doing.
When I attended the Delaware State Police Academy, Detective Joe Swiski conducted a presentation on this case to our class. Amazing work by everyone involved, and especially by the young rookie female officer at the time!
She was one brave woman, that's for sure! She knew Pennell could have killed her like he did the other five women, but she kept her professional cool and got the evidence the police needed to nab him. 👍
Just for context, the cemetery one of the victims and Pennell were buried in is the north Delaware Catholic cemetery called All Saints. It's a huge place off of Kirkwood highway and most (North DE) Catholics are buried there. Also, seeing you driving the roads of New Castle, Bear, and Glasgow to explain a serial killer was a bit creepy. My next trip to Wawa (or literally anywhere) will be fun 😐. The dreaded "Cannels" we did for HS cross country hills training are even more terrifying now...
Love your channel. You and Lamont have the best channels imo on RU-vid! I find it fascinating being able to see these places that i would never get to see or learn about otherwise. Thanks for keeping me entertained! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
After reading the little statement during the last 30 seconds of this video about how Steven Pennell's wife wanted the van back because her son was learning how to drive and getting the van back is really creepy.
More like they didn't have a lot of money, and needed the car. My hubby went to school with the daughter, and my manager used to be their babysitter, so I know they weren't well off.
@@JohnShinn1960 There is nothing to support that supposition...don't smear the name of a man who had absolutely nothing to do with the sins of his father...don't be an asshole...
Been watching your stuff for years and you finally did something in the place Im from. I'm in these areas every day my whole life and know the story well from being a kid. Appreciate the time you took to tell the story show the victims and their resting places. I have family in all those cemeteries. Another fact about Delaware is that this is the last state to hang a person. Killer Billy Bailey in Smyrna I believe. And it was 1996. Last in the U.S.
How sick, she wanted the van back for her son? I understand you never know if they really needed it back. I don't care if it was my son I would try to find another way. Or, son get a job & get a car that way. I know I couldn't drive a van/car where there were murders committed. What a creep family man by day, murderer by night. Thanks Chris interesting video, RIP to all those women. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I came upon your channel accidentally a few weeks ago and enjoyed your work on the video I watched. It was the one about the plane crash in Washington DC. You do a really nice job on these. Thank you for the uploads.
I remember a TV doc a few years ago where the Killers wife met the sister of the first victim, who said she was turning her life around.l am a retired nurse - how sad she was treated this way ☹️!!
Such an amazing story and a nut case called Steven. RIP TO ALL HIS VICTIMS. Great telling of a video and always look forward to what you do next. Also never remember a video about crimes in Delaware
A nutcase maybe, but he knew what he was doing and wanted to do it. He appears to have had a savage temper and a deep-seated hatred of women, and for such a person, a female sex worker or a female hitchhiker is usually the victim of choice. In this case, Pennell may have killed these women as a substitute for killing his wife Vera, but that's just my opinion on the matter. 🤔
@@patriciahayes2664 He had some weird thinking that he was punishing the guilty sex workers for their sins, hence why he knew he was wrong and pleaded for the death penalty. He "liked" people he considered good. Scary guy one way or another.
Love your videos.. This guy is a Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde... Hopefully this year you partner with Lamont at Large for a few videos... Maybe walk through a cemetery together..
IMHO murderers who are either executed or die in prison should be buried in the criminals cemetery of the prison with only a number or cremated and the ashes flushed down the toilet or dumped somewhere where people don't know. There are plenty of loons out there that will hero worship these people and its prudent to keep the murderers grave away from the public to stop it becoming some sort of sick shire. Also out of respect for the victim,. in this case the murderer is buried in the same cometary as one of his victims. How would the family members of the victim feel that their family member was in the same cemetery as the person who killed her.
Wow, I lived near this area my whole life and am only just learning about this. I'll ask my parents if they knew about this guy. Also FYI, "Newark" is pronounced the way it looks, unlike its equivalent in New Jersey.
Great coverage of this story.Being from Delaware I remember all the coverage of the missing women and ultimately Steven Pennells arrest.Did not know he requested to be executed.Again great story telling.
I just started watching in the first Lady something happened to her right when she was turning her life around or attempting to. Now I don't say this as being mean or whatever's probably a word for. But I don't know how many times I have heard a news reporter or somebody talking or doing a story for someone has either committed another crime or been killed , and these words resonate they were just starting to turn their life around. I don't know if this is a cliche I guess that's the word. Or it's something that people often say like not speaking badly of someone at a eulogy. Your words just made me remember something always enjoy the videos thank you. 🖖
i'm over on Philadelphia Walks PTSD's channel. serious stuff and so sad the scenes from Philly. too accepted these days in society. So glad you popped up in my feed
Wait a minute, this exists?? You drive and tell us stories about true crime?? This scratched an itch I didn’t know I had. Impressive. Keep doing these please!
He’s not the first serial killer to ask for execution….maybe the first after a death penalty was reinstated? Also, if they lived in a trailer park, I’m not surprised they would be desperate for the van.
I have watched many many of your videos. The interesting places you've visited to the true crime to the interesting grave sites of various people. Subbed for a long time. Keep up the good work. P.s. the ones where you visit old structures always intrigued me. The one about the brick railroad bridge was really interesting.
People talk about six degrees of Kevin Bacon, in North Delaware, if you were born/alive between the 70's and 80's, there are about three degrees of Steven Pennell. I have a direct connection, a second, and third degree connection. I sat on his lap when I was two when he played Santa at the Dry Goods Store (apparently I reached out to him because he was "Cauky," ie, my word for Santa at two, and he said to my Mom, "she wants me to hold her!"), an old co-worker was the lead Sgt. on the pod in the jail he was held in before trial, and an old friend/boss went to high school with his niece. Wait, also an old Priest of mine/my family tried to plead for his life after his conviction and I'm from off of Route 40. That night that my parents started pointing out all the places the bodies were dumped on the way home from a family diner out still creeps me out to this day.
If I found out my husband was a serial killer, I would not try to get the van back thats for sure!! How scary the world is. That nurse was trying to better her life like everyone else and now she is gone like the others. Love these true story videos from you!
I don't recall any other death sentence , being executed, (no pun intended), so swiftly, in modern times. Convicted in 91 & executed in 92. Usually it takes 15 or 20 years.
You are correct. He did live in a trailer in Glasgow Trailer Park. I dated a girl and picked her up practically daily that lived 2 trailers over from him. I rode through there a few months back and what you showed is pretty much how they are now. Little houses with the trailers all gone.
Gary Mark Gilmore was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing in Utah...Good stuff....Thanks for sharing!!!
Fortunately, today there's cameras everywhere and there's almost never any reason to hitchhike. In walking or running always carry pepper spray or a firearm. Have your kids carry pepper spray also. Teach them to respect it and it's not a toy but could save their life from an attacker some day. Unfortunately, we live in a sick world. Just yesterday I looked up unsolved murders in my area and got more than I expected. 8 years before I built my first house, 3 miles away some guy killed his adopted daughter dismembered her wrapped her in a canvas and stuffed her dead remains in an abandoned drain on their property. He claimed she ran away and because of her history they believed him. 30 years later they found her. He's an old man in prison now but got away with it for 30 years.
My step dad worked with this guy. I remember him telling me he thinks he killed the one girl while they were working and staying over night in a motel. Said his room was only a couple doors down.
I am curious if the wife and kids were offered mental therapy after it was discovered that their husband, father, respectively, was a serial murderer. It would be very traumatizing for them to have to accept that is who he is since they only knew him as a seemingly normal person though it was all a lie/an act.
I like the videos you did on the tressl bridge in Downingtown and the old brandywine picnic Park I live about 25 minutes west of Downingtown and I have cousin's who use to live in the part of Delaware you were just talking about they don't live in the area anymore my one cousin lives in ciecle County md now and my other cousin lives out in the Pittsburgh area now
Nearly every story I hear of ppl discovering a body somewhere they say they thought it was a mannequin. Is dumping mannequins a common occurance? I have yet to find one and I worked in women's clothing before lol 😆 🤦🏽♀️
This is the best channel on RU-vid to just come home and un wind to your videos man and these murder true crime videos are the best !!!! Keep it up brother maybe Ted bundy next
