I know. The only reason she struggled after she killed him is because he did literally EVERYTHING for her. He worked, he did all the cooking, he cleaned the house, he walked the dogs, and even hand delivered her Starbucks every morning! And THIS is how she repays him. Unbelievable.
The best was the story she told on a book cover, where she just started dating him, and got in the bath, and called to him "are you coming" and he replied "Yes but I am making Hors-d'oeuvre first!" Imo people who never shut up, are the scariest people.
To think that entitled female never cooked for 25 yrs while poor Dan also cared for the animals & held done numerous jobs is infuriating..she has to be the most insufferable individual ever!
One of the things that o love about my husband is he still makes my coffee after 15 years …. There’s no way I could ever imagine hurting him. It’s just so crazy.
Dan seems like he was the dream husband and guy. I’d love to grow old and have chickens and a large garden with a man who brings me coffee and is just genuinely happy. And she just threw it away like it was nothing.
This prosecutor is a beast ! He starts small and relatively non threatening, letting Nancy build her confidence, while subtly trapping her in her own inconsistencies.
the defense attorney woke up for five seconds, accused the prosecuting attorney of being aggro with the unloaded evidence gun this woman obviously used to murder her husband, got denied by the judge, and fell back asleep
That was so asinine, being all dramatic about the “aggressive” prosecuting attorney holding an obviously unloaded firearm. But, I guess I will give her a B- for trying to find literally anything to distract from her reprehensible client.
Right after mentioning where the laptops are, she looks at the probably horrified look on her attorney’s face and mouths “am I wrong?” (about where the laptops were) because of their face and when they shake their head no she goes back to ruining herself with the prosecution lol
@@afgal9726That was just the atty's ridiculous attempt to interject and cut the tension of ol' Murder She Wrote being deliciously (no pun intended) slaughtered on the stand.
She knew she was on a sinking ship. The prosecutor was clear in his questions,not argumentative, and you know that evil cow demanded to testify because she thought all of her magical words would win the day. Much like her books…… REJECTED!
I'm getting the impression (may be wrong!!) that this prosecutor is intentionally making small mistakes in his questions knowing that she'll get agitated and show the jury just how much of a superiority complex she has
I am loving this prosecutor: "Let's not get lost in the weeds here..." and when she asks "Am I being clear?", he responds, "Not really." LOL, he's so quick. Your commentary is excellent as always; you're so good at this!
Especially when she states something then a little later the prosecutor will question her using her own words back to her yet she argues and gives a completely different answer
@@dongatello6969 IKR. and it's not even her just throwing shit at the wall hoping it sticks out of desperation. She actually thinks she's making a compelling argument
@@night2521 My absolute favorite moment is when the prosecutor asks "are you done?" and she goes "yes, I'm done....more than I probably should be" and then two seconds later her hands flew to her face, as she realized what she said. 😂
Her mask melts off little by little and I love it. She started out so chipper and giggly. She ended humbled, quiet, and unable to maintain the facade. It's fucking great.
She has an abnormally small mouth and when she shows her teeth it makes her look mean. I know that sounds weird but it's the gut reaction I got from her.
LOL I know!! By the end Mr Overstreet finally gets under her skin and she absolutely crumbles. She starts screeching and insulting his case, then says "I don't know how to defend myself from the truth!" 😂
The prosecution acted dumb to get her to react that way. Brilliant move because a narcissist can’t stop showing that they’re right and everyone else is wrong.
I was due to take his class the next semester, which was only weeks away when he was murdered. I was so excited to learn about mycology from him because he was so knowledgeable on the subject; He was such a larger-than-life sort of figure in the school. Everyone was devastated by the loss, and it was especially clear how much it affected the school’s founder, who continued on doing an excellent job but was visibly grief-stricken after the incident. RIP Chef, and I will always be selfishly angry at Nancy for stealing my opportunity to learn from you.
i’m so sorry, i wonder if anyone who’s taken his course could share notes from his class with you. does your school use online modules at all? if so maybe someone higher up would be able to release any power-points he made
I wondered whether that was her own characterization or a name they thought would be cute for marketing.. seems like an odd alliteration to use in a courtroom for the first time, so I think at least she must've been saying it to him for a while before his passing
I almost wondered if she meant, "a la carté" but messed up or just, could not help herself and her real thoughts came out. It's also possible that she was quoting someone else, but I think it's much more likely she really thought poorly of Dan's work out of sheer jealously.
Little disses like that about someone who is deceased are a tell that the person may be the killer. An innocent person whose loved one has died, especially killed or gone too soon, will pedestalize the deceased. They will never mention any fault of the deceased. This is from Peter Hyatt and Statement Analysis.
Hearing Dan's son in the victim statement was BRUTAL. He said that when Nancy met Dan, Dan was still married to his mother. Her only response regarding the marriage was "I can fix that". He goes on to explain that she forced him to take a second job so she could "pretend to be a writer", and how she lost her catering business because she'd refused to pay her employees and engaged in tax evasion. Sounds like a real peach, don't she?
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@@dorkydragon5055 Lots of good people end up with abusive, manipulative narcissists like Nancy. Sadly, narcissists are very good at sniffing out kindhearted, soft spoken people like Dan.
When the prosecutor started his cross, I thought Wow, this guy seems unsure of himself and very inexperienced. The more he went on the more i realized that was a great way to get her guard down before the attack. Love it
Yup. He deliberately got details wrong cuz Nancy can't help herself but to gloat and correct him, and also so she would think he was incompetent, her confidence would soar, and she'd be more brazen and less careful than she would be otherwise. His strategy worked beautifully.
Exactly. Pretend to be an unsure pushover let her feel like she can “steamroll” him. Then let them overextend and use them against themselves like a jiujitsu move where you use their own momentum to flip them.
This is petty of me, but I couldn't help but notice that she implied that flour is a usual ingredient in an omlette and I feel sorry for anyone who had her cooking. I also feel sorry for the police officer who had to read her novels in order to know that she wrote about hiding things inside house appliances. Overall, the amount of work the police and prosecutor put into this case is commendable.
I think it makes perfect sense…the police would definitely have asked for any and all guns in her possession so yeah even a ghost gun kit would fall in that category….I don’t know anything about this case or its history but I don’t see any glaring lies on her part
The prosecutor does a great job of letting her showcase her narcissism to the jury. He even let’s her feel like she’s winning cause he knows that would make her keep babbling. The smartest part was asking her questions purposely suggesting the wrong answer so she would correct him with over detailed answers. Brilliant!!
He was great & he acted dumb at 1st to get her to think it would be easy & put her guard down. And she went into such detail like the property next door being "1.3 acres when I saw the plot but it was a long time ago." And I remember thinking "what a GREAT memory you have!" Lol and she corrected him anytime he said "cant." Like "you realized you couldn't build the gun?" She immediately replied "No. I didn't realize I cant, it was just harder than expected." I think if he said "Miss Brophy theres no way you could have pulled this murder off" she would have shot back "Yes I could have! Easily!.... I um just didnt."
I’m sure she is one of those too good to do housework too. I had a mom like that, women’s libber. Full of herself. Childish and aggressively selfish and bratty. These are the women who read articles in small magazines about how important they were and being at home was the same as slavery. They treated their children as a burden and like they married beneath themselves. Should have held out for royalty…
@@palpitations00 You must be a therapist judging by your tone. My family were evil. A few rich men in the family were Psychopathic. I was warned behind the back of one Uncle by his employee who was a word famous Psychiatrist who specialized in lecturing on gambling addiction. He said never take help from him he is dangerous. I had to promise not to breath a word to anybody what he had said. I was in my early 20’s and had lost a lot of weight from growing up under a self-absorbed single mother who had spent much of her life off and on welfare and her only hobby was beating me into the ground. Many years after I was warned about my uncle I remembered being shown an article of a man clipped from a New York Times article calling him the Most Eligible Batchelor in New York. He looked like a smiling Lurch character. And he was very wealthy. Then I recalled that Uncle saying I should get some canvases brushes and paint and make paintings. I didn’t need training. And he knew some rich people who would be interested. I was definitely “one of those girls.” My “family” are quite evil. Smokescreens built up by ideologues help hide the actions and excuse away the actions of terrible people. And they know what they are doing. They want chaos.
@@annbell8748 I mean.... she's right, though. Being evil has nothing to do with women's liberation. Just because your mom sucks doesn't mean feminism is automatically bad. I earnestly hope you're in therapy, you have a ton of resentment and bitterness and that's just no way to live. I myself am working through similar issues, so I'm not unsympathetic. I was bullied so relentlessly that I have PTSD and a massive loathing of children. They did things to me that would have landed them in prison for decades had they been adults; I can't even mention the incidents without youtube deleting my comment. And it wasn't just one or two, it was ALL of them, even those that weren't in my class, or in the same grade. So, trust me, I get it. But yeah, going through life holding onto that much hatred is no way to live. You don't have to forgive them, that's not what this is about. I'll never forgive what those kids did to me, the physical scars will always remind me. But you can let go of the resentment and live a better life for yourself, free from their influence.
No kidding, she didn’t clean, cook, get her own coffee every morning and her personality is a constant gaslighter. Poor Dan, what a life, then she murdered him..
Everyone grieves and responds differently to traumatic loss, but one thing I am 100% POSITIVE about is that NO NORMAL, LOVING MOTHER would EVER joke with you about the time you made her believe that her child was dead for a few hours. This woman is detached from reality.
My son just died less than three weeks ago. It is the most devastating, gut wrenching thing that has ever happened to me. That Nancy could say Dan's mother would laugh if she was wrong is ludicrous! What a heartless piece of work. I think she got off on telling Dan's mother that! Heck, she couldn't even wait to be notified. She is right where she needs to be.
I just had to comment that Nancy saying "He would read to me from such romantic books as "Chicken Tractors" with such condescension bothered me. I would find it so endearing for my man to read books to me about his interests, even if I didn't share them. I would enjoy it just to see him light up. I see so many comments about how she didn't deserve him, and she really didn't.
I freaking love this prosecutor.. "is that the end of your story?" Lmao. I was thinking the same. This woman rambles way too much and is completely clueless that she's just digging herself into a hole!
I feel sorry for the prosecutor, she’s one of those really frustrating people that just can’t answer the simplest of questions but at the same time doesn’t SHUT UP!
I think he deals with her perfectly. He doesn't get annoyed, but rather his silence or lack of reaction after certain pointless rambles speaks volumes. He lets her dig her own grave.
IMO, I think the prosecutors style when cross examining Nancy was great - it was like a friendly, logical conversation. His style was almost deferential and very understated and played perfectly upon her narcissism. He didn't need to command over her because he knew she would play into her own self-confidence. Because he was respectful and didn't bully her, he didn't come across as the powerful man beating on an old woman. As another commenter suggested, when someone is so good at digging their own hole, there's no need for you to grab a shovel! Edit: There is a very obvious tell with Nancy. Anytime she is lying she overstates her answer through repetition... "I never, ever, ever, ever did that"... "I haven't seen it for months and months and months and months". Some of her 'answers' are so manipulative, rambling and irrelevant.
Yes, dull like an insurance adjuster. The occasional agreement. The occasional clarification. Just the facts, ma'am. It's under those circumstances that something truly black and greasy will slip out.
No, no he wasn't. The questioning was aggressive from the get go. The defense even commenting on it when he was holding the gun. Maybe you have never seen a trial before, but it is always monotone and matter of fact. But listen to his language. Anything BUT casual,
@@princeofcupspoc9073 watch the Danielle Redlick trial. the prosecutor blew it by being way too aggressive while she always stayed composed. it made her look reasonable and truthful and him look like a bully. this despite the fact that even her own defense admitted that she stabbed her husband, didn't call 911 until the next morning, checked a dating site while standing in a bloody crime scene, tried to clean up the blood, and lied to 911 about it being a heart attack/him stabbing himself when she finally did call. tone and composure (both his and hers) absolutely won her that case.
oh AND her own daughter and neighbors both testified that she was the physically aggressive one in the relationship. but yeah, her tone during testimony and the prosecutor's temper tantrum during cross, shouting and throwing evidence around when she wouldn't lose her composure, absolutely won it for her
@Princeofcups Poc it was agressive, but in enjoyable way. Some detectives or prosecutors really lean in to putting extra oomph into their tone. I was impressed by the questioning, and I loved it when he had his own way like "Do you disagree with your insurance expert?", it did not sound as beating her down, but it really did get the message across every time. He was questioning relentlessly, but without the obvious glee. Very tasteful
She was being sardonic. If you say "Why did you kill your husband?" to someone from her area, they'll often reply along the same lines. "Well hell, I didn't think I did."
She talks like she is being interviewed like an author being interviewed at a book store. She smiles and proudly tells her story, adding prose and purpose to the way she talks. Then goes off on stories with a smile meant to endeer us to her and feel like we are getting the special scoop. You mention practicing her demeanor, it seems like shes using her practice from her dreams of acceptance speeches and tv interviews. She speaks like someone meant to be famous rather than someone on stand for killing her husband
She called the police about being ruled out as a suspect two days later but zero business days. She essentially did not wait at all. That's real good toward looking really bad.
I enjoy how the prosecutor gets her so worked up that she screams “no but I wasn’t done shopping yet“ with such hostility. You really see a different side of her. It reminds me of “the truth…you can’t handle the truth”
The smirk she gives her lawyers after that is classic, too. I thought she was going to ask him if they were going to talk about her favorite color next 😂
He brought her a coffee every day and she still had to take his life. Pay heed: this is what happens when an empathic ,people pleaser marries a narcissist. My guess is he was dealing with a lot more behind closed doors up until this happened than people will know…Dan’s legacy will live on. This woman and her sh*tty romance books will di* together in prison.
@@shanaadams4456 I grew up with a narcissist, then I married one. People with empathy are drawn to them. Narcissists like empaths because they feed off of the emotions the empath has. It’s literally emotional vampirism.
Very few people I find more unlikeable than this woman. She tried to play like she’s “out in the field” tearin up computers with all her research when she didn’t even get out of bed to get her own coffee. Only thing she was destroying was their bank account and his life.
@@tinydream a Starbucks here in Canada is about $5-$7 . She was having a Starbucks every day for 365 days a year. That’s $1875-$2555 a year here. And that’s not including the 2nd Starbucks she probably had during the day. Let’s be honest, she would have probably requested a 2nd Starbucks quite a bit. She and he basically kept the Starbucks in her area in business..
"Has studied at the same school of over dramatics, as Stephanie Lazarus" made me L-O-L. And I'm equally elated that I completely understood that reference and who you were referring too. Also, accurate AF.
@tropezando 😂 🤣. Dan said she was good at closing deals! She sure closed this one on herself, brilliantly for us all, and more importantly all those who knew and loved him so much. Well done nancy.
I’ve watched this cross examination several times and it’s always struck me as a perfect example of why testifying in your own defense is never a good idea.
Also a good example as to why you should keep your answers short and don't say more than you need to. Everything she said was used against her, and used to showcase she was a liar and inconsistent. "I'm not a planner", later says she is a planner. "I'm frugal", later shows she wasted money on guns and gun parts without a thought.
It’s nice to see a narcissist finally get what they deserve. Hopefully this can bring healing and justice to Dan’s family. Thank you for your meticulous research and commentary.
Dreading is good, but on this one he kinda just plsyed an existing video and his commentary consists of summarizing what we just saw. Usually he indeed is great and meticulous, but imo this isn’t the one to use as an example of his typical quality. The entertainment of this one all came down to the suspect and the lawyer’s back-and-forth, not really anything that dreading contributed this time. Just sayin’.
I know this is not a huge thing, but did anyone else laugh when she talked about eggs and flour not being an omelet until you put them together? MMMMM flour omelet
I've heard it said, "If you tell the truth, then you don't have to have a good memory." In other words, the more lies you tell, the better of a memory you need to keep up with them all. I'm glad she got life in prison. Dan seemed like a wonderful man. She didn't deserve him.
The truth doesn’t change. If a person is questioned about something, each time they are questioned, the details are the same. I am someone that remembers details such as numbers or times, and I pick up when someone doesn’t match up details when retelling stories.
I feel bad that Dan's students were the first ones to walk in to witness his dead body lying there. It's a truly sad and undoubtedly traumatizing experience I'm sure for all of them who seemed to really be fond of their teacher given all the testimonies and comments from people who knew him. Nancy is one of the most selfish and narcissistic people I've seen on here, all for money, no real emotion or empathy. Rest in Peace Dan, and I'm truly sorry to Dan's family and all of his students. Excellent coverage as always Dreading, you are one of the best RU-vid channels, your content is top tier. Thank you..
She was absolutely jealous of her husband, he seemed to have an awesome career not only as a chef but as a teacher and was loved and praised by many, and from what i hear she couldnt write a story worthy of a grade school A, she wanted recognition and praise without the work ethic that goes with it and wanted an easy way to keep chasing a dream that clearly isnt in the cards for her! Very sad, its the closest ones to you that you have to worry about!
Typical of older women especially if they live alone for years. How long after her husband died was she prosecuted? 4 yrs is custoMARY for the prosecutors$ OFFice to 'build' their case... and PLAN there strategy to convict.
No matter how much time, she gets in MO LOCK, she is dYING faster than 'normal' and so her years of life are CoURT short ... even if she was found not guilty, her years of life are CoUrT short...
What a vile woman, she's a true psychopath isn't she? Dan sounds like he was a gentle and loving man who deserved so much more than this scheming horror of a person to live his life with. Great presentation Dreading sir, well done.
I think the "since I didn't believe I killed my husband" is her clever way of saying something along the lines of "I have nothing to hide, after all, I never thought the police would consider me a real suspect" not so much a slip of the tongue as much as her, once again, thinking she's more clever than she is at word play.
Thank you so much for not putting creepy music over your videos. I have always hated true crime because it makes me feel jumpy and paranoid. Your videos just state the facts and treat bad people like they're human instead of some boogeyman.
honestly, the majority of criminals are unhinged losers who thought hurting other people was a better idea than dealing with their problems like an adult, so i always appreciate it when true crime media doesn't fluff up their image and give them exactly what they want.
I could not agree more. When searching for a video to watch, as soon as I hear a hint of background noise/music - I'm outta there. I want to hear clear content, not competition to it
She thinks she did so well on Direct and now that she's on Cross she feels she can be as hostile and gain saying as she wants because she feels if she can get through this she has prevailed. What we are witnessing is a pissy Victory lap.
I've been binging the dreading backlog, and I am continuously floored by the care put into these videos. Concise, comprehensive, and respectful- all traits typically absent in true crime yt videos. In the absence of JCS, fighting against the tabloid sensationalism of clickbait TC, this channel provides an academic look at court cases, the criminal justice system, and the human psyche. Keep up the great work, it's not going unnoticed!
JCS was better though, he explained the strategy the policed used and analyzed why the perpetrators acted the way they acted, this guys commentary is often common sense, a little too long too, doesn’t cut to the most important parts like JCS, but interesting nonetheless.
I've seen a couple men in the comments say the prosecutor doesn't know what he's doing. Clearly, they have an IQ matching Nancy's, alongside other geniuses like a rock and a potato.
I love dreading, but he completely gets the part about the ghost gun kit, the barrel and the Glock she bought all wrong. Nancy bought a ghost gun kit to kill Dan . when she got it , she figured out that she couldn’t put it together so she had to go to Plan B. She then buys a Glock thinking that she can take the ghost gun barrel and put it on the Glock, and no one will know that it’s fired. She then finds out that the ghost gun kit barrel will not fit on her Glock. She then goes to eBay and buys another gun barrel which does fit on her Glock, which she uses to murder Dan and then gets rid of that barrel which is the part that is missing and cannot be found.
She's just enjoying being involved in all this and hoped to drag everything out as long as possible. Instead of watching it on tv she go to BE the story. So her being incarcerated at this point in her life is like a whole new adventure.
I think she's guilty HOWEVER, it's pretty common, to my knowledge, for ppl to sometimes laugh or smile during moments where sadness or tears would seem more appropriate of a response. I myself have a terrible habit of laughing/smiling even joking during conversations that have dark subject matter. it's a coping mechanism. Instead of allowing myself to feel upset or just start crying in front of people. I remember the depp/heard case talking in the comments about this very thing because Johnny Depp was doing these things during direct and cross examinations. Even when I'm having an awkward moment. Doesn't have to be dark conversation. I cope with a lot of negative emotion's this way in a couple different types of social situations.
She obviously had it all figured out she was going to tell her story and everyone will be so taken back by it she will be free 😅😅but in reality it was bullshit
I love seeing someone who has been spoiled rotten their whole life, lied, cheated, stolen & felt ENTITLED to things that weren't theirs....FINALLY get what's coming to them!!!
Man, Dan sounds like he was just one of those really unique, cool, quirky, lovable guys that there just aren't enough of in the world. He had so much to give and spent his life happily doing just that - giving. Every day. To everyone. And he did it with a smile on his face and in his heart. What a shame that he unfortunately chose a life partner that was the opposite of him, and one who would ultimately betray him and take him away from so many people that loved and valued him. You have to wonder.. did he see it was her? He must have. She shot him in the back and then he turned around and was shot again in the chest. It's so sad, thinking about the hurt and confusion he must have felt once he realized what was happening, and who was doing it to him (the one person who should have protected him.) It's crazy how heartless people can become over money.
@@gracebrasher3805 Portland is a city with tons of trees on the sidewalks and parks, as well as Forest Park, right in the middle of the city. Outside of my apartment downtown, on the park blocks, there are trees planted in the late 1800s. In the late spring through early fall, I can't see the buildings across the street. Just green turning into gold, outside my window for 8 months of the year.
if i was convinced my husband had died and then found out he hadn't, i wouldn't "have family jokes about it," i would talk about how relieved and grateful i was. she is so so so freaking creepy and she doesn't even know it
I love the bluntness and slight clowning of her the cross has on the second day. The whole conversation around the gun was wild and headache inducing but you can tell how uncomfortable she is in being called out for anything and how quickly her confidence in her lies was broken down. Also anytime she seems to be caught in a lie, she brings up the innocent soul she stole and makes it seem like Dan was a part of her personal actions leading to his own death.
"There's a caveat for that." "Of course." It seemed like the cross examiner was treading carefully at first but started getting more and more aggressive and confident the more he realized she was ruining her defense more and more.
It's crazy when people are so full of themselves, that they will compel you to believe their lies too ! Why did she take the stand ??? In what demention or universe, did she live, where she thought she was going to get away with this horrible, rotten murder ? Could she have been so envious of his success that it drove her to kill him ? Was it all for the insurance policies? Total craziness !!! So sorry she killed such a wonderful, selfless, teacher. Just craziness ! Writing books seems like such a peaceful thing to do. How she turns it into this, blows my mind ! I think she was jealous of him and maybe over the years, she convinced herself that this was acomplwtely viable way to end her marriage ? It's such madness !
This woman is unbelievably infuriating. Kudos to the prosecutor's patience. I yelled "shut the hell up and answer the damn question" at least 5 times during this video.
I watched both these videos...countless times I wanted to yell "just stfu!!", then I wanted to quit but I was too far in, and ended up with a legit migraine because of this vile woman
Right?? She is INFURIATING! That "ahhhh, ahhh, you know, ahhh" thing she does is a verbal holding pattern to prevent anyone else from jumping in and getting a turn to talk. She just "aahhhs" while her brain thinks up the next pointless thing to blather about.
She's so argumentative it's exhausting listening to this, bit I'm glad you put it together. I just finished my course in criminal behavior psychology. I'm so glad I decided to take some criminology classes with my business degree; I've learned a lot about coercion and violence.
It's so weird to see someone bury themselves like that in court. Her whole demeanor on the stand is completely out of place for someone trying to convince a jury they didn't commit a crime, and it's like she either actually believes her garbage story thoroughly, or truly isn't bothered by what she's been accused of at all. She's enjoying recounting this whole thing for a captive audience.
@@jovieg5861 those idiots brought every single little bit of that on themselves, her more than him. She wanted her day in court and she got it alright. The two are perfect for each other, and if I never hear anything from either of them ever again it will be far too soon.
"Well you see a few months back, I was reading a random article on this blood-themed website about all the different types of blood splatter patterns there are. I wanted my main character to shoot her husband, so I had to do some research on how blood would spatter if a man about my husbands height was shot in the chest. There are so many different ways that blood splatter could go. It would be on the walls, the floor, maybe the ceiling, and I'm sure that the blood splatter would look very different if it hit a tile floor or carpeting, or even shag carpeting. I once cut myself on one of Dan's kitchen knives (an accident, I promise!) and the blood just got everywhere, including in the shag carpeting, so I had to google how to clean out bloodstains. but I forgot so that's why I googled it four days before my husband was murdered and...."
She wasn't famous. She didn't have an agent or an editor. She self-published her own books, which anyone can do. You put the cash into publishing them with the confidence you'll make it back in sales.
This prosecuter was phenomenal. He found his calling in this life and thank God we have people like that in America to help keep criminals off the streets.
I love that at 1:05:03 the prosecutor stops middle sentence to say "....well we will get there". This is psychological torment; he is basically saying "the worst is yet to come", which will for sure make her mind race for excuses for that upcoming confrontation while at the same time having to answer the questions that follow. Excellent work.
for someone claiming to be so dedicated to researching and getting her stories to have zero plotholes, she sure is terrible at doing the same with her own life
Let alone how clueless she is (don't think it's an act) on shit she said she's researched extensively. I'm just baffled why she believes its believable to buy a ghost gun part kit.... for book research... ha Like what could you possibly gleam from that?
"Any time you try a decent crime, there are 50 ways you can fuck-up. If you think of half of them, you're a genius. And YOU ain't no genius." - Terry Lewis, arsonist, "Body Heat," Lawrence Kasdan, 1981
That early bit where it's explained back to her that the life insurance policy didn't work the way she thought it did and, her realizing she offed him with possibly nothing to gain financially, followed by her immediately denying the reality of the way the policy works spelled out a lot about her.
She’s a fool for thinking she was smarter than the prosecutor. She talked so much that she couldn’t keep up its herself and ended up rattin herself out.
@@Kunfucious577 When the prosecutor said the policy was dangerous financially because for 1 you’d have to live to collect it made me think he’s not all that intelligent himself lol More intelligent than her but almost everyone is more intelligent than her so
@@ambrr_lily I think the real idiots are eher lawyers, they asked her dumb questions that didn't have anything to do with anything, they never objected and they let Nancy take the stand!
She reminds me of SO MANY older women I've had to deal with professionally who came into an interaction trying to be all superior and smug, but it gradually became clear they had no leg to stand on, but were banking on making you feel small to get away with their shenanigans. And they fall back on "confusion" or "not remembering" when it doesn't work so they don't have to admit any wrongdoing. One wonders how she actually treated Dan in their day-to-day lives.
This the one!!!! I work with the elderly also and her personality is repulsive! Like you said, they try to act all superior and like you don’t know anything and fall back on the guise that they’re just elderly and sweet and don’t know any better or have no clue at how they treat you! She was greedy and selfish as hell! She didn’t work with Dan and only created problems! She had a perfect life! All she had to do was hone her craft (writing) but she couldn’t even do that right! I think she was jealous of Dan! Because how could you just relentlessly kill the man you claim to love and adore?! I can’t stand people who take advantage of kind and pure hearted individuals! So glad the jury saw right through her antics! Kudos to the cross examiner as well! He did what needed to be done!
i'll respect my elders when my elders act in a respectable manner, but as it were, a lot of them are exactly like nancy: arrogant know-it-alls who think their age is a substitute for actual, applicable wisdom, so they instantly dismiss anyone younger than them as a stupid kid.
@@b.collins2656 I don't find a lot of them to be this way. The elderly are not any more pompous, selfish and arrogant than any other demographic I've ever interacted with, personally. Young adults, middle aged, etc etc.. seems like age doesn't even matter anymore these days. Everyone thinks they're right haha
She HATES this prosecutor. Everything in her body language/expression screams contempt. She’s looking at him like he’s so stupid to not believe her litany of lies.
Hi Dreading! I just want to thank you so much for being very descriptive in your narration. I am totally blind, but I love your channel because of how descriptive you are. Also, thanks for reading your email aloud, it is much appreciated. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day.
Yeah, he definitely played the classic Columbo move.....lull them into a false sense of security and superiority, let them overly "help you" by running their mouths....and then.....WHAM!
@@cjmacca24 Late af but I get her thought process. She was treating herself with some book research items since it was Christmas. Obviously not the truth but the alibi does make sense to me. I actually understood what she was trying to convey with how much research she does vs not planning her books...but I'm ADD. I hyperfixate, but couldn't neccessarily use what I've learned in any meaningful way. I also tried to be a writer for awhile and that came out in a similar way, I over researched but couldn't get the actual "consistently write the book" part down. So I have to do the tiniest smidge of a golf clap for her to actually sit down and write and self publish, over and over...quality of the writing notwithstanding. But yeah she was a pack rat who used her writing as an excuse to be a pack rat and do/get things she really wanted, and she's trying (poorly) to say the gun kit was part of that, under the cover of ✨️ book research ✨️. Yiu can find plenty of NaNoWriMo writers who are actually like that, minus the murder. In theory not the worst thing, being a pack rat, but she obviously didn't have a handle on her impulsive shopping. As a recovering pack rat, she definitely had messy areas or possibly an entire room covered in stuff...not just "little collections". Not with the amount she was spending anyway. So god knows what Dan had to put up with in that house, since he seemed to be a very tidy person.
She paints a picture of a good man and an attentive, loving and respectful husband. In doing so she's illustrating how useful he was to her, and in my eyes, further exposing her motive . His death was just another way for her to be served by him.
@@martinasirillova7391 here’s the formal definition: a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations. "there are a number of caveats which concern the validity of the assessment results" So basically, whenever the prosecution would point out her hypocrisy on a subject, she would agree but say there was a “caveat” that explained WHY she was being a hypocrite. Honestly, I don’t think she used the word correctly.
when she said “we were a team” and the absolute silence that followed it was so loud and clear about how everyone in that room must’ve felt hearing that 35:09 God the prosecutor did a great job by letting that sink in
@@WobblesandBean I finally get what she was trying to say-WE don’t take her seriously as an author, so of course we miss her reference- she liked he got his tea from a literary reference, and she’s an author, they make a good team
After that whole meandering, pointless story about tea... She really thought she was holding court and everyone was so interested in her stories that they'd just...what, forget all the evidence they've heard? 😂 Def *chef's kiss* for him letting her sit in that awkward, embarrassing moment she created in front of everyone. I love this guy!
She's so arrogant and haughty it's giving me a headache. Her immediate snarky tone with the prosecutor is so offputting...she's seriously one of the most immediately unlikable defendants I've seen in a court case. She didnt deserve Dan 😭
I graduated OCI at the end of 2016. I went through baking and pastry, so I never had Chef as an instructor, but I remember he would always greet me if I passed by him in the Hallways. He always seemed really nice to me, but the culinary students said he could be a tough (but good) instructor to have. And more than once, I took home stuff from the cart he would bring in. It was such a shock to hear he'd been murdered at the school, I can't imagine what that must have been like for the students and the other Chef who found him. And then to find out it was his wife... and just so very senseless. I went to the candlelight vigil they held behind the school, and I've seen other comments from students saying they thought Nancy seemed a bit off, but I never noticed anything. RIP Chef.
@@bltn7469 he was probably one of the most respected chefs in Portland. He could have made a lot more money at a high end restaurant but he liked teaching so he works as a teacher at the culinary institute.
@@platedlizard That's wild man . I just don't see how these two people were together to begin with . It's just so senseless man. Wish I could have met the man .
The fact that this bitch called that cart "that garbage cart" hurt me knowing students commenting on these videos loved to see that cart on fridays and some even said it really helped them out to eat good meals while in school.... she's so callous.
1:14:00 is my favourite. "Let's have a look at them." "Yeah we can.. oh. Oh. Okay." She knew she was busted and it was so cathartic. Evil self obsessed woman. I'm very glad Dan got justice. That poor man, with the patience of a SAINT, deserved so much better
The second she was like “I would have to look at them together” and when he was like “okay”, her face was like “wait no” lmao but all she could do was say okay because it was her idea
So I graduated from Columbia in 87' and my brother was at home still in his old bedroom. But my birthday was the 17th and I had just ate a ham sandwich, so Susan came into town on a Monday
Reminds me of my narcissistic ex. He could NEVER tell a straight story. If I asked a question that literally only needed a yes or no answer, he would always give me irrelevant details and disgusting amounts of information. It was very telling and it's now I knew he was lying. Always trying to wow me with intricate stories when I didn't ask.
When you’re guilty, the lies start simple, then they add on for detail, then more lies for the minuscule tidbits. It becomes too much to keep up with, and you end up stammering, trying to remember details that never happened, and end up in the worst place. I enjoy watching your videos to help relax me of my own problems I thought were large. But it puts me to sleep knowing other folks have problems that’s existential to mine. I’m free in my warm bed and they’re in cold courtrooms being interrogated and stripped of their untruth!
'Ms Brophy, I appreciate a meme as well' I roared with laughter, I love this guy! He takes none of her BS while taking apart all of her BS and getting a couple sly digs in there too.
"The only policy you offered to Detective Posey was the smallest one... during the same conversation that you're asking for a letter of exoneration?" I cackled. I'm not sure she even realized the trap she walked into after the fact. He really played into her superior attitude.
Why wouldn't she dispose of the whole ghost gun? She's so stupid. Why wouldn't she wear a disguise when she went to kill him? She needs to watch more Columbo.
@@TinyTC Yeah, but she could then at least say she had disposed of it earlier and didn't have it anymore. And she disposed of just the barrel, which made it look massively suspicious.
Contrary to the narrative here, I don't believe Nancy realizes at all her cross testimony isn't going well. I believe she thinks she's doing great. She even lounges back in the witness chair. She thinks she has an answer for everything. She has likely got away with her lies her entire life, but here she's being called to account. I also don't agree that her glances at her attorney are requests for rescue. In my opinion, they're like childish eyerolls when one is being caught out by a parent. They are also looks that are about connection with the attorneys, as though they'll appreciate how tedious Overstreet is being. Sarah on the stand was doing the same thing with Nancy: rolling her eyes for appreciative corroboration from her aunt. This is not a request for help; it's a signal of "we're in this together, and isn't the prosecutor being just too much."
