Top Ten Most Notorious Defendants of 2023 on Court TV 

*#CourtTV** What trial stood out the most for you?* 00:00:47 #10 - Hannah Payne, Car Crash Vigilante Trial 00:12:17 #9 - Letecia Stauch, Stepmom Murder Trial 00:19:27 #8 - Tim Ferriter, Boy in a Box Trial 00:23:06 #7 - Shanda Vander Ark, Tortured Son Murder Trial 00:37:02 #6 - Thomas Randolph, The Widower Murder Trial 00:45:08 #5 - Joseph Zieler, Babysitter Cold Case Trial 00:54:45 #4 - Kaitlin Armstrong, Love Triangle Murder Trial 00:59:11 #3 - Joran van der Sloot 01:10:25 #2 - Lori Vallow Daybell, Doomsday Cult Mom Trial 01:19:35 #1 - Alex Murdaugh, Murdaugh Family Murders Trial MORE HERE: www.courttv.com/?

I dont believe Hannah Payne. Faking emotion on the stand like SHE was the victim. Sickening!!!!

Hannah Payne built different... That neck to head ratio is crazy.

Shanda is diabolical and disturbed beyond words. Worst case to sit through.

Hannah give me the impression that she has been a bully most of her life.

Hannah Payne's case is one i cannot understand till this day. How on earth you chase and kill someone for a traffic crash that noone got seriously injured? I have no word to discribe her.

Hannah..."and he's leaning, he's reaching, he's pulling" If you weren't deliberately disobeying the 911 dispatchers instructions, none of this would have happened. Her entitlement and self importance was off the charts!!

Oh “I’ve got one” (a Kleenex) ABSOLUTELY ZERO tears from that Vander Ark monster!

I think shanda vanderark is the most hateful defendant - and there are many to choose from - that I've ever seen testify in her own defense. What a psychopath.

The irony of Hannah Payne saying "I was being held against my will and had no idea what was going to happen...." SMH.

People in 2023-2024 ALWAYS assume you’re being recorded. Hannah Payne lied AND the whole encounter was recorded. Sealed her own fate.

Charlie Adelson would have been in my top three! Justice for Dan Markel!

Vender Ark irritated me the most by saying 'unfortunately' after every bad thing she did she agreed to. total classic distancing. it was not unfortunate. it was intentional. unfortunate is being born short and you want to be tall. or losing $100 on the way to the store. that's unfortunate. starving and beating your child is not unfortunate. it's a crime.

Shanda in my opinion is #1 not only did she murder her son but the months of unimaginable torture the child endured at her request makes he pure evil a fast murder is horrible but this kid suffered a very slow, painful, agonizing death at his own mother and brothers hands! She's the absolute worst!!!@

I will not, for the life of me, believe one word Vander ark said. She knew what she was doing the entire time.

2023 has proven to be quite the year in the true crime realm!

My husband is a diabetic, there's no way during a hypo is the patient saying all that. My husband barely knows where he is let alone speaking a coherent sentence, especially when blood goes really low.

Taylor Shabusiness should have been on this list. What she did to Shad Thyrion was horrendous!

I instantly was triggered when I heard Leticia’s voice again. 🤯🤯 I definitely think she should have been closer to #1 in vileness and depravity.

I pray Shanda Van Der Ark has a horrible prison sentence and never gets released

Child abusers need to be jailed for life!!!

I'm missing Taylor Schabusiness from the list...

Letecia Stauch trial was the one for me. I still listen to her jail calls and jail files. She chooses who to pretend she’s crazy with, who to use for money etc…what she did to Gannon was horrendous!!

So many people on this list abusing/killing their children…😢 Really sad and disturbing.

Vander Ark making all those faces and yet not one tear.

Aw. Gypsy Rose is free. Meanwhile, the autistic boy that she manipulated into killing her mother still sits in prison for life. What happened to her was terrible, but she learned from her mother how to manipulate the people around her, find the impressionable ones, and use them to her ends. She’s now free and getting married to a new man. She flat out used that boy to do the dirty work. She even said it in court. But that pencil necked, over-zealous prosecutor went after that boy with everything he could and painted him as a monster. And if you listen to him speak in court at his verdict, you can tell that he is just a very simple minded man child who was so in love with Gypsy that he would have done anything for her. And he did. His punishment should have been no greater than hers and definitely he shouldn’t have been sentenced to life without parole. And the prosecutor bragging about it and saying that Justice was served just made me sick. These prosecuting attorneys like that man are a real problem in the US. They crafted a narrative that paints to the jury a picture of a monster who was completely in his right mind, absolutely knew what he was doing, is a terribly disturbed person who is a danger to society, and who belongs in prison for the rest of his life, while completely ignoring that he was a simple minded, manipulated, dullard on the extreme end of the autism spectrum with severe social disconnections, no friends, no prospects for an independent future because he’s incapable of taking care of himself, and a girlfriend who directed everything he did. I sure hope that Gypsy does everything that she can to help him in appeals court so he can have his life back at some point. Yes, she was treated terribly, but she grew up and, it turns out, is extremely intelligent and if anyone involved in her mother’s murder knew what they were doing, it was her. Not him. He was completely disconnected in court. That’s why he was the perfect person for her to choose to do the job. And she had him do it to protect herself from prosecution. She absolutely knew what she was doing. I’m glad she’s out. I’ll be much more content knowing that she’s fighting for him. And so she should. It’s the least she could do after he set her free.

Tim Ferriter, the big brain who rejected a two year plea to get five years instead

The Murdaugh saga continues- may even make the list for 2024! Thanks for an excellent program!!!

Letecia Stauch is one I will never ever get over!! There were a lot of horrible ones this year but this one just got to me… sweet Gannon! RIP sweet boy!

How on Earth, did the entire Murdaugh Family get Away with such Blatant Abuse, of great Power &. Privilege, for so long.❓

Its scary to think what 2024 instore for us!! 🤦🤦 These Monsters are coming out of the walls !!

She still didn't get the fact that she was the aggressor and the armed aggressor who had no right, no defense, and no business being where she was. The tag number was the only thing she could lawfully get.

her ego made her interfere and kill that man, and her ego made her testify even though her lawer advised her not too.

Jessy Kurczewski should have been up near the top of the list. Still insisting she is innocent. Poisoning her friend then stealing her money. I'm happy she has been found guilty.

Can’t believe Schabusiness didn’t make the top ten.

Letecia is absolutely higher up in that list of notorious! She's either #1 or #2!!!

Remember Nate finding Lori in Hawaii?!!! Just gold news scoop! Hope he received huge accolades for this.

Watching Shanda is just so angering

I love that there's a new verdict now above guilty, called "incredibly guilty". 😆

They should have done 20 people. Shabizz, Pursehouse, Darrell Brooks etc.... I also wish people would stop calling Daybell a 'prophet'.

What about the tragedy of the sweet disabled child that was left alone by her mom and her mom for over six hours by her mom and her mom boyfriend doing doing drugs and having sex. The sweet little girl was so awfully neglected

She said that the woman scored a 182 on the LSAT (Law School Admissions Test). This is impossible a perfect score on the LSAT is 180. As an attorney for her not to know that the score she gave was impossible makes me question how good of an attorney she truly is.

Oh lord! Lie-ticia! 😩 Just listening to her rambling nonsense stories exhausts me! What did Al ever see in her?

The retired police officer who shot to death a guy who threw some popcorn at him in a cinema.And the jury found him not guilty.

Whats also very sad is those poor dogs saw everything 😢

That letecia Hobage still makes me so 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 How you beat a child to DEATH is beyond evil.

Hannah saying how scared she was during the confrontation with Kenneth. She shouldn't have been in that situation in the first place. Get the plate# & be done with it. I've called on erratic or maybe drunk drivers . 911 tells you don't follow them. Too bad so sad Hannah. She had a trigger happy finger. Period.

'Fan favorite' - not a good term to use for murderers. The sensationalized music etc., it's enough to make one think that being a killer is very glamorous.

She testified because she believes she is right . Still believes she is right

Burgos & Schabizness definitely should have made the top 10.

Adelson is a glaring list omission, both for the shocking facts of the case and for the master class in how to question witnesses that Georgia Badass Cappleman put on.

She can't compare to child killers but the one most irritating to me was Hannah with the fake tears while restricting The only real tears she ever shed was for herself

An adult talking head saying, “Liar, liar, pants on fire.” I’ve seen it all now. 🤦‍♂️ Imagine Tara Brown saying that. 😮‍💨

The Murder Trial of Gareth Pursehouse who killed Amie Harwick his ex from 8 years prior! She was once engaged to Drew Carey

Always excited to see new videos from Court TV 😊❤

I did not think there was worse than lietecia but then i saw shonda .

Omg! How did Darrell Brooks not make this list???

All these child abusers make me sick

I can’t believe Shanda was so low on the list, Randolph wasn’t as heinous as her…

Tim Ferriter more notorious than Letecia Stauch who tortured and murdered Gannon?

Letecia should’ve been number 1.. She’s a horrible monster.

Letecia Stauch should be #1 most notorious in my book

What about the Business? Taylor Shabusiness case was just awful!

Hanna is your average entitled Karen that never took a gun course .

Julia Janae with a beautiful dress on! You look gorgeous

Shanda and her son was the worst case of child abuse I've ever seen. Another Lizzy Borden.

I’m surprised Charlie Adelson wasn’t on this list. That case still has a choke hold on me. I still rewatch his cross examination by Cappleman a few times a week.

😂😂Hannah Payne bye gurl

There was so many Crazy Trials this year. They should have a special Prison for all these evil and wicked prisoners and house them all together...They would all drive each other crazy with their egos, attitudes and narcissism.

Ferriter did not even kill his victim. Burgos should be #1...He used a knife; up close. .after stabbing the mother of his child 27 times, he picked up his baby, laid him on the ground, pulled his shirt up over his head, and shoved that big knife into the babys chest. Not dying fast enough, he then cut his jugular vein. And this killer DIDN'T MAKE YOUR LIST? Vallow didn't actually get her hands dirty....murdaugh used a gun......

Honestly Leticia is no 1 with all those stories omg

The use of the word “absolutely”before telling a lie is of note.

what kind of monster mother allows anyone to abuse their children?! so Disgusting and SAD!

What? WHERE is Charlie Adelson? This list is ridiculous without the Adelson's. The Adelson crime family has the entire world on the case. It has hit men named Tuto and Tato, a middle person, Shrimp, a dentist, a periodontist, an attorney, a domestic coordinator, and a fall-guy-murder-victim-look-alike-ex-boyfriend that was groomed, and set up, by wendi adelson (mastermind puppetmaster attorney) to take the fall for the murder. The victim was a law professor who was SHOT TWICE IN HIS FACE, all because he loved his children, and wanted to be in their lives. It had literal money laundering/washing, money stapling, gas lines shot out with a gun while driving, tv codes, geeksquad alibis, FBI bumps, wiretaps, a fake fictional autobiographical book, and oh so much more.... Charlie Adelson (periodontist) received a life sentence for 1st degree murder, his Mom (domestic coordinator) is in jail awaiting trial for the same murder, conspiracy, etc, and wendi (biggest beneficiary of the murder of her exhusband) is named an "UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATOR" along with her father, Harvey Adelson (the dentist). COME ON, Court tv!!!!!!!

I haven't watched a lot of these trials but I did see the recent Shanda vander ark and she was unbelievable! A horrible excuse as a mother !!!! Starve him, torture him, call him names, etc. it was a tough one to watch. She should've gotten the death penalty in my opinion.

Small point for reference only if viewers want to research further : It's FACTITOUS - NOT FICTITIOUS DISORDER.

You forgot Taylor Schabusiness!

Tim should have received alot more time behind bars! his sentence was rediculous

The First Lady was grabbed in the neck??? I don’t know if you guys can see that a neck doesn’t exist on this monster.

This is not social media mumbo gumbo...this real life real cases things that really matter and should concern all of us in life.Thank you court TV😮

There's not a worse enough punishment for Shanda and Letecia (she was abusing Gannon for a while, would've been terrifying living with THAT). They're the devil incarnate. Those sweet innocent boys suffered a lot

i'm half convinced hannah payne's defense just went 'get her off the streets we'll do the bare minimum and let her jail herself with her testimony.' (i doubt this is what happened its just funny to think about)

Lori Daybell for sure. Have been following since when Kay and Larry lounched the alarm.

WHY is CHARLIE ADELSON not on this list? He and Murdaugh would have been my #1 & #2.

Great show ladies and lovely guests... Sunny Slaughter, what an eloquent speaker... All of these cases are just so sad... Happy New Year and thank you @courttv for giving us AMAZING content, ALWAYS! x

Why aren't these presenters dressed for the same event?

I have ALWAYS said that you should have to pass a test to become a parent

So was Leticia trying to fake an accidental fire in which she hoped Gannon would die just so she could have Al come back home and to get rid of Gannon because she hated him and Landon? Am I understanding this right?? Just when you think you've seen it all from her, she's still full to the brim with wickedness

Haha it’s amazing so many people thought Darrel Brooke trial was 2023. Myself included. I feel like it was this past March but was in Nov of 2022. 🤷🏼‍♀️

All of them were bad but vandarark blaming her other special needs son for her son’s murder was so crazy. Her defense doesn’t make sense cause even if it was her son alone that was doing it, she should have seen that he was in very poor health. But I believe her son’s testimony. I have been seeing a lot of kids killing their parents on the news this year and wondered why… but now I’m thinking that over again.

Hannah Payne just won’t admit, even to herself, what she did. She was acting like a vigilante and that poor man, who was very ill at the time, was murdered. She had zero marks on her face and if you watch the full footage and read police reports, she’s blatantly lying under oath!! What she did was despicable!

You know somebody’s pathological liar when they can sit on the stand and say they had no intention or thought that they were hurting somebody after doing what Shanda did to her son

😂Another person who saw the nurse rachet look on Shanda. She looked like one of the nutzie guards from prison camp. Treated Tim like a prisoner of war.

Am i going crazy or has her story completely changed? As a diabetic person, this is so triggering.

Gannon was not her son. She was the stepmother. Don't disrespect the victim or his family by saying that he was her son.

I mean, I guess we can’t really put Darrell brooks on a 2023 list

Charlie Adelson

Like Oprah with the cars You get life ! You get life! Everybody gets life!

Hannahs case has made me make sure I never stop to help anyone.

This is such an excellent channel, I have to say.