Right?!?! holy shit, that guy fucked up a family over 3 generations! How is that possible? Also, I'm sorry but that principal is a whimp.

@@Daaaanielle he held him at gunpoint

I hear you on that.. me tooooo... Daaaaaang..what a web he spun...😰

@@techgirl9211 How is he just going to go get a child and put him in that vulnerable position? I thought they were there to protect them!

@@Daaaanielle that is probably why he killed himself. He gave the boy up and probably never forgave himself. Awful.

He escaped.

@@tracylove3937 yeah right.

And the four-year-old he assaulted in 1962. Plus who knows how many others??

Totally agree

His first victim should of been his last but the system failed really badly like holy crap how do you do that to a 4 year old than escape prison rob a bank and try to kidnap someone lol only getting 4 years for it...wow

Well that would be the courts not law enforcement. LE just arrests and all that, it's the judicial system that decides how long someone serves time.

@@ironwolf56 law enforcemnet encompasses the court as well so their statement isn't incorrect

@@tofuwiener I can't argue with your logic there. A lesser used example of the term, usually people say "judicial system" but you're technically correct, which is the best form of correct.

Well the people that make all the rules in the world are just like these people

@@johnfrancis5475 Not quite, the people who make the rules may have such tendencies but they learned to mask them and are usually way more adapted and intelligent. Not all psychos are the same :)

Ears do get bigger as we age, but otherwise you are correct.

How come Joe Bidens ears have changed so much then?

@@marcushillerstrom25 Was going to say the same thing. Most people think he died/was killed and replaced by an imposer intentionally because they had plans to put him in the seat he is in now

@@destinyhntr Are you seriously buying that crap?

I can't fathom why did Jean Marie got a 2.5 years for murder?!

That's a tral sad story. Did they eve found the baby she gave up for adoption when she was a teenager? Maybe her mother and family she was kidnapped from could at least be reunited?

He wasn't her step-dad Steven was Katie's real bio father

@@sashewagiguere8827 they're talking about the first case with Frank(stepfather) and Susan(stepdaughter/wife.)..your comment makes no sense...who is Katie and steve?..

@@daniellehall4124 that is another weird case on this channel that will blow your mind. But I don’t know how the above commenter got confused with the two cases. Maybe they watched these two videos back to back like me😂

I agree. That is why I try not to judge. You never know what someone has been thru.

I can't ever shake her off.... this story has stuck with me for yrs 💔

Huh, and what about her son?!

@@axelsme he shot Michael when he was on the run. And said where he buried him. But police couldn't find his body.

I don’t understand how a “friend” gets mad and rats you out for trying to survive.

@@marquisdelafayette1929 the friend slept with Frank, she was 18. Prob had the mentaliy, if i cant have him, neither can she. And ratted her out to ruin her life.

The guy is a serial imposter, and seemingly lies to get attention. so it's entirely possible that he's making it all up to keep the spotlight on him following the case, plus he looks less bad if people think that the family was in on it. If I was trying to hush up a murder, the last thing that I would do is attact atention back to the case with a highly-publicised, and quite frankly, ridiculous hoax.

@@arfived4 i dont like the guy`s "work" either, but there are 2 things to consider in this case... a) he did this since he was a teen.. running away, pretending to be someone...looking for shelter... and Nicholas wasnt the only real kid missing he tried to impose... but it was the only time it worked... b) he isnt that kind of a media-b***h, he gave rare interviews(i think it was 2)...never wrote a book or anything(afaik).. and all the docus and movies and stuff werent his work.. so i dont think he told this story for money... and he never told any stories of any other possible incidents with other families or stuff... i think the family was trapped and unable to react "correct" due to their fear to handle the situation wrong when their "son" was found.. if u do someting u think about what can happen afterwards (sometimes maybe not after the crime itself..but u think at one point "what mistakes could i have made, what will the cops ask if they ask me...yada yada).. noone thought of a french guy with too much time + fantasy

@@traudelbunbel132 He's served his time, he admits that he was a con artist, and even has said that he never thought he'd get away with assuming the identity of Nicholas Barclay, he knew he looked nothing like him. He has nothing to gain by lying (he still insists to this day that Beverly -the mom - told him that Jason killed Nicholas)

@@arfived4 Okay, so why did the mom refuse giving a blood sample to prove that he wasn't her son? She literally threw herself to the floor in protest screaming they couldn't get it. Pretty damn weird.

@@michaelwilder9938 The power of wishful thinking - I can't imagine what it's like to get up each day, and not know where your child is, or what happened to them, and to be almost certain that they have come to a harm that you couldn't protect them from. They wanted to believe that their child had been found, was safe, and had come back to them, even though they knew deep down that it almost certainly wasn't true. As soon as they got the result of the test, they would have to accept that the whole thing was a lie, and return to the near-certainty that he was out there somewhere, most likely laying dead and undiscovered in some remote place, and that they would never really know what happened to him.

Uh… you mean the teen mom that didn’t tell her boyfriend he’s a dad then left with another man only to cheat on him and get pregnant by another man? Make no mistake frank is horrible but don’t pretend as if Sharon was a great person

@@Theproclaimed uh… you mean the woman who was raised by a child rapist? you’re assassinating the character of a woman who was abused every day of her life and you thought that was a good look?

@@Theproclaimed guarantee she didn’t tell her high school boyfriend because he probably wasn’t the dad. Tbh it was probably Franks

@@Theproclaimed considering the role model she had raising her, I’d say she turned out pretty well. Her seeking out security and comfort through multiple men isn’t uncommon with women who experienced assault, especially ongoing assault. That doesn’t make her a bad person, that makes her a flawed person trying to deal with and survive her reality. Reading more about Frank, their life, and her life is really interesting and heartbreaking.

@@Theproclaimed Did you miss the part where the 'man she cheated on' was her step father who kidnapped her when she was a child and r*ped her her entire life? Did that part slip your reptile brain?! What do you think the murderous p*do would have done to said teen boyfriend (that the victim attempted to run away with) if it was common knowledge that it was his child ( if it even was)? It's like you zoned out on half the friggin' video. Those irrational pregnancies and ''cheating'' seems more like desperate attempts to get help/support from outsiders in the only way such an abuse victim knew how to (in line with the whole stripper thing)...

Yes.. it's so disturbing 😔😔😔

Just pain evil... That psycho evil ass had to go back to get his stepson to murder him that's just pure evil 🙈

@Ryker Marcelo why? That is kind of crazy.

might have been her the only way she thought he'd let her leave..

@@JadedBelle thank 4 the explanation, I was worried about the girlfriend

And it's not yet solved at this point !

That poor baby. I do hope that his case is solved, one day soon. I'd like to see the perpetrator punished for taking that poor little darling's life. It reminds me of the JonBenét Ramsey case in the U.S.

@@fuzzamajumula I know that case. Poor adorable kid ! And she was so beautiful. I've always thought the father did it. Forensic investigations are still going on in the Little Gregory case ...

@@zabou2981 I've always felt that the brother did it and after watching his interview, my suspicions felt justified.

I'm from Croatia in Europe and there's been recently tragic death of a little girl. She died on Easter day. She had two and a half years and social workers took her from mother because she wasn't good. After mother gave birth two more babies with her new boyfriend she got her daughter back and they were worst parents ever. They molested her, and little girl died from lots of bruises and other wounds. They hit her hard with their feet until she passed out and got hospitalized. She was in bad condition for days and eventually passed out 😢😢😢. Social workers knew something was wrong with a relationship between mother and little girl. Even grandma talk to social workers and tell them that little girl shouldn't be with her mother but they disobey every sign! Little girl was bring back to a monster mom and lived in suffer. In the end she died. Only 2,5 years!😢😢😢 Whole country is NOW on legs but just to point out a blame to another. Here we got system that couldn't even be called that way. REST IN PEACE NIKOLL💔🐣

Life is stranger than fiction.

i cant even comprehend why tf they let him out on bail. genuinely pisses me off.

I had watched Girl in the Picture recently, which covered this case and was like oh I know this one! (I also consume a ridiculous amount of true crime content), but when I saw the documentary on it it really broke my heart. I got emotional at times bc for at least 16yrs Susan/Sharon lived under the most awful conditions a person could and she still strove to be a good person and didn't break from all the abuse. It was shown that she was raped in front of a high school friend by Frank and the morning after she told her friend "It's okay, youre okay, I'm okay. Hes just like that" my heart was in my throat! 😢

I watched that show. It was so obvious it was an imposter. But I always thought the family was hiding something, because they accepted him even though he looked nothing like the child they lost..

exactly! It was so obvious, the problem is...the ones that are still alive, do they know where Nicholas ended up? Were they all in it? or Just Jason? mmm

Exactly!

Yep. I thought the big brother did it.

@@AlbionRising Friends of Nicholas said that the problems got worse when Jason (who was actually a half-brother to Nicholas and several years older) moved in. Jason was a drug addict with a violent temper, and the mother, Beverly, was a heroin addict. They were both in recovery when Frederic (the fake Nicholas) came into their lives. Shortly before Jason's death, he was questioned by investigators, and he admitted that he knew Frederic was an imposter but he wasn't going to tell his family that. Hmm. Beverly refused to give a DNA sample when the authorities wanted further confirmation that Frederic wasn't Nicholas. I don't know if Carey knew anything about what actually happened to Nicholas but it does seem that she coached Frederic. The phone call Jason made seems to cement the theory that he had murdered Nicholas and was trying to make it seem that he was still alive.

He made justice system happy. Another psycho to set free!

That was almost exactly like the plot of Lolita by Nabokov. Makes me sick.

Finally someone who points out Suzanne’s identity!

yes, huge failure of legal system

The con artist: damn, that's another level of craziness I've got myself into here...

Such a good story for a psychological thriller .

Crazy.

@@uday3725 it was actually made into an indie movie called The Imposter. Its pretty interesting.

@@Phoebe5448 Oh great, Thanks for the recommendation

I totally agree!!! Pleasant voices like these makes it so much better.

I think the contents really well fine, but I'm on the fence about the narration. I miss the family

@@piney70 rř

true! very soothing, considering that they are narrating tragic real stories.

Wow! This was so seamless I didnt notice!

Um which case? There are 30?

Legal system is corrupt. Makes no sense

American criminal justice

@@davidbell8401 emphasis on "Criminal"

Right?! Horrible, hypocritical, reckless...but *not surprising at all* 😒

@@davidbell8401 don't think its just America.

Right?!? This dude was a criminal from the time he popped out of the womb, yet he was never imprisoned like he should’ve been. America’s justice system is complete bullsh!t

@@kturby5489 that or he got the greatest lawyer in existence.

It's a shame...the system failed to save his victims...this monster got away with some horrific stuff and those lawyers and judges helped him

@Vi Ku lol

It beggars belief that he could kidnap and murder people while the so called justice system held up their hands and said "Nothing we can do!!"

Yes, and friends of Nicholas have said that Jason (who was actually Nicholas's half-brother) made things worse as he was a heavy drug addict with a bad temper, and their mother, Beverly, was also a drug addict. The family loves to portray Nicholas as the problem but they were the cause of many of his issues. Jason's behavior, especially, is a red flag.

Horrible people.beverly had no right being a mother.

Also how did they not target Jason when he lied about Nicholas breaking into the garage. They completely forgot abut it. It's obviously that family.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16❤️

100%. Jason probably killed him in a drug-induced rage and then the mom, grateful to have the "problem child" out of her hair, helped Jason cover it up. Absolutely tragic :/

Y, so sweet. Espesially for dead for nothing cuz, but who cares he wasn't a child, so no hype here. Stupid.

The only witness to that happening was tied to a tree and left.. so he couldn't alert authorities immediately unfortunately

I know it’s sucks and is terrible. But still that’s easy to say when there’s no gun in your fucking face. You wouldn’t be able to do anything but cry and feel the shit and piss run down your leg.

80ties suck...so many sickening and horrid murders has happened during those times.

@@jasonmoore7223 I think she meant like....the kid was probably in class.....so who got him out of class?? Did the teacher bring him to the office? Did the principal go get him? If so that would have been the chance to get help.

@@subblonde3101 He went with the principal to get the boy, then kidnapped him too, tied him to a tree and left with Michael. The principal had very little choice in any of it, in fact he was left out to die, but was found in time.

Angela, I hear ya !

And a glass of wine.

Your traumatized? Smh

@@CAKS90983 u heard of a thing called exaggeration

@@ainsleigh351 true

That very interesting. First I think you meant country. Do you honestly think that our wonderful country (that ironically has been run by a criminal) is the only place in the world to have a corrupt justice system? People never look at the big picture that is right in front of them. It's OUR fault! Yes the citizens. It starts with the creeps that WE the people vote into office. All the way down to the city levels. How ironic that is with the former president. If we want change, vote the right people in! Stop voting because of an R or D in front of them. No one is forced to vote for unfit person. I'm talking on everr level. Including the mayor's and judges. If you don't like it then do YOUR job as a citizen and vote in fair, uncorrupt politicians. Speak to your legislation!Look at us now! Trying to reelected a convicted conman. For the freaking 2nd time. You get what you ask for. IT STARTS WITH US!

I think the Goose Green story was more shocking, with the boy giving fake online personas

Right

@@aspiknf might check it out tomorrow!

@@aspiknf thats definitely not going as far as stealing your own step kid, raising it as your own, and then marrying it in the future. Anyone can make a fake profile and lie. This dude is down right nasty and evil.

vigilante justice perhaps?

Same. I absolutely despise the death penalty and believe it should be abolished worldwide, but really, watching Frank or whatever his name is burn to a crisp will be the most satisfying thing I will ever see.

super same, honestly

same

Honestly I'm anti death-penalty and I'd love to see most accurately proven monsters like Floyd fry, I'm only against it because I don't trust the justice system not to mow through countless wrongly convicted innocents if allowed that kind of power

I never heard of that case before I watched it. It needs to be seen to be believed. So disturbing!

Very disturbing.

It is both disturbing and impressive that a random internet user has more common sense than professional detectives.

They were not mentioned so I'm assuming that Frédéric got similar ones? Or he just lied about it. After all, he told the family that the abductors changed his eye color and they bought that!

@@Geminivixenchelly they’re real lol he wanted to be rebelious💀😂

@@kianna3248 it doesn't look real at all I've never seen a tattoo that looks like that in my life it looks like marker

I know right!

🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂😂

Frédéric (French accent): Hon hon hon ... I will zhay I am zhe missing boy. Zhuch a bon plan. Hon hon hon! I'm zhuch une evil perzhon. Jason: Evil you say? Hold my beer.

Omg I’m so, so, so sorry for your loss!! It’s hard enough losing one parent but to lose both of them, my goodness my heart goes out to you!! Take strength from your sorrow & just build from it & become stronger with it! You’re forever in my prayers!! 🙏🏻❤️

I absolutely understand your pain. Similar parental losses. Hope you are trying to enjoy your life and have some peace.

It really isn't fair when you lose good people and absolute inhuman trash like Frank are still here. 😞

Thank you for your kind words ❤️ it means a lot to me

Hailey, judging life as fair or not fair, will make us bloody well crazy. Believe me, I'm half way there. Accept what is.

The majority of crimes and child abuse is usually perpetrated by someone the family knows.

Except for the times when it’s not… 😑

This is also the case with sexual crimes as well. Statistically... if it's gonna happen to you, it's most likely gonna be someone you know. Truly horrifying stuff.

@@damien678 hi there……

@@damien678 Especially in places like parties, where you're particularly vulnerable and surrounded by people under the influence.

You got proof 🤨 like a class picture or a year book 🤔

@@karlaloredo9719 sure do.

@@brendamotley466 Well, give us the sauce for this spaghetti.

@@rambofan334 the likes is the sauce

Source: trust me bro

Oh absolutely! The brother did it. How in the hell anyone would believe that guy was Nicholas is beyond me. That was such a BS story. His looks could not have changed like that. geez

@@AlbionRising I don't know if I could listen to such stupidity without having a stroke. Those idiots just piss me off that much because someone is always being fucked over from their crapping police work. But thanks for the recommendation!

The imposter said that the mother told him that Jason murdered Nicholas, but she denied this.

There was a Law and Order svu episode like this, girl who went missing “came back” she had been held captive and finally escaped

And Nicholas had 3 tattoos why didn’t they checked that first like wtd

@@AnAdorableWombat same here, except bio dad is a narcissist mum was/is an emotionally abusive drunk.

I’m sure your mom appreciated it! I had a terrible childhood, but made sure my kids were well loved cared for.

They received the threats for years while nothing happened.

It was deep into French countryside in the 80s and the house was isolated. The reason that story got so famous is because nothing ever happens there. People used to not even lock their doors and cars, that’s saying. Also it went on for years and the whole family got the letters. As seen in interviews, in their perspective they never expected from the letters a kid would get murdered.

33

after years... well... it's unhealthy to not try and get on with life. at least that's what my therapist says to me about my own situations. with the pandemic, as well as my violent father (no-contact) trying to convince his cop buddies to legit stalk me for info... well... yeah. after some time you have to try living your life again.

@@damien678 ..with a threat like that call me paranoid ! Even after time passed cuz one thing i know for sure Evil never takes a day off.

@Knight Owl I had a friend with dfrnt eye colour

@Knight Owl sure. I was born a brown eyed dark haired little girl by two black parents but today, I identify as a white male with green eyes and ice blonde dead locks. Girl bye.

@Knight Owl ur high on drugs cuz whatever and how much ever u experiment u can't change eyecolour or someones DNA and genes as their chromatids are embedded in the nucleus. Any alternation or experimentation on genes can have complications or death or mental instability

@@zuhairlaiq359 they probably are referring to how newborns have blue eyes for a short time before their eyes finish developing or whatever

It's really annoying

@@Nick-ce6lt Then don't watch. You are annoying. This is their research, their content, their narration...then that is the only thing you could say.

Reminds me of the forensic files guy

@@Nick-ce6lt You’re annoying.

@@Nick-ce6lt Nah, the voice for the one guy who sounds like he's gossiping no matter what he talks about, assaults, murders, kidnappings, whatever, is annoying. It might not be Top Tenz, but it's a super popular channel whose name I can't recall right now. I can't watch the videos because he has a weird, amused intonation. Also, the voice for Criminally Listed would be annoying if I wasn't so used to it by now.

even more mindblowing is the tiny sentences they get, allowed to walk right out and destroy more lives!

This happened in very small town in rural France in the 80s, not todays America. The whole extended family (dozens of people) got the letters and phone calls, they werent taken too seriously. They were also made by a member of that large family, so I guess no one expected it ending in a murder of child. Very good documentary about this is on Netflix, Who killed little Gregory or something like that, cant remember the exact name.

Hasn't the the situation been going on for four years too? I think at some point people stop to care so much about a threat, if nothing ever happens.

@@Sarah20048 I’d never stop

Exactly!! Like...what?

@@suzyq4982 aight sure

Haha "Secrets secrets are no fun. Secrets secrets hurt someone" - The Office.

Gogo "Oh"

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808), there, fixed it for you...

Gogo "Oh" Lol

Marmion

Would you happen to have the name of the documentary?

It is nice, isn’t it.

It was a very good book! I just noticed he wrote a sequel to it in 2018!

Ty🥰

thanks for the recommendation. i'll definitely look for the book if i pass by any bookstore

There's also a sequel, "Finding Sharon"..

I just checked the ebook out from my local library, now I’m going to have to see if the book Finding Sharon is there as well.

I've seen the netflix documentation in which they explained that the imposter "copied" the tattoos of Nicolas after seeing his pictures.

Eye color was not the same. Dude you can’t change that without contacts. That was enough for me.

@@melissahale6645 There is actually a surgery to change brown eyes to blue eyes bc blue pigment is underneath brown eyes. It only works with brown eyes.

@@crustbucket2725 but why would he do that?

@@melissahale6645 I mean he couldnt. Real nicholas had blue eyes, fake had brown. I just thought it was interesting to add considering the circumstances, but it's not necessarily an out of this realm concept. It's just something only possible for brown eyed people (at the moment)

this also unfortunately isn't the first time a child was murdered by their parent due to their ADHD. it's so sad.

?

Agreed

Agreed!

Guy's a monster. That poor boy :(

Those things are too quick. He destroyed several lives over.

They sure do know, especially the mom..

@@vanessadearman9687 the police should have research all over their house to make sure.

Yeah, three years away from home doesn’t turn you into another person. Sketchy as hell!

They killed him and are covering it up by lying.

They knew it wasn't him the narrator even said the older sister gave him all the information he needed to pass the police test. The family was involved in killing him most likely the brother.

There is a surgery to change brown eyes to blue eyes. It only works with brown eyes due to the blue pigment underneath tho.

@@crustbucket2725 he could just get contacts boo

They didn't.

You should really take the "brutally" part out 😂

@@sssj806 Well I guess you can't say "I can't imagine how anyone can kill 4 year old" with a straight face if you've ever been around a 4 year old...

The idea that you can't imagine it shows you're not likely to do it.

From my understanding, basically, the step father abducted the children of his first wife, placed them into social services, yet kept one of the daughters. He basically kept traveling with her and giving new aliases; there's also suspicion he raped and abuse her, since thet did get married at one point--I think. The step daughter got pregnant twice, from two separate fathers, but kept the second son (Michael), which the step father (technically step grandfather) kidnapped from school and murdered, after he was denied custody as he wasn't the real father. I think the problem is how this video was told, as it kept going back and forth, so it was rather confusing.

@@christopherfeatherley thank u, its so twisted!

@@JamieSuzanne. He was her step father, and she was aware; she never told anyone that, however, as it was clear every place they moved to, their story changed and she was being abused/blackmailed to keep quiet

Omg it is confusing and twisted

@Starman how so?

@K J Sharon Marshall, Tanya Hughes, and Suzanne Savakis are all the same person. She was the little girl kidnapped by Floyd and then "raised" and abused by him until her death (murder, IMO). Cheryl was Sharon's friend whom Floyd abused and murdered.

It's not confusing

@@IslandMarigold Correct

😄😆😅😅🤣😇

@@loud865 cry harder

Feminism has indoctrinated you deeply that you look at everything through the lens of gender. Don't be like that.

@@mmachuenemaloba5594 aannd just like that compliments turn into insults

The fact that men are pressed under the replies…..

@@Luavyy Because you always ridiculously make everything about competing with men and it's disgusting.

Lol the max you can have in France for murderer is 30 years (except for some serial killers) But a lot of get away with less

The person who wrote the letters was a family member. They knew all the dirtiest family secrets.

Adding Boss felt like an obvious misdirection. If you didn't want to get caught, you wouldn't put something that narrowed the pool of suspects so clearly.

#Truth

FORREAL

Crazy lamp lady

Crazy lamp lady

Yes but also the scariest one I’ve seen