The cases of the downward spiral of child actors are so sad. That's why I find Janette McCurdy's book "I'm glad my mom died", interesting as she didn't end up like most child actors

When Eleanor started admiring and highlighting the mother, I had a feeling she was going to be the victim 😢😢

Kids in this industry just suffer from outright child abuse and often it's just dismissed as the reality of acting. It's so unspeakably gross, I'm glad you are so respectful when speaking about it.

The fact that he was ice cold when he told the cop about the murder was probably because he was drained. When I've gone through intense emotions (like panic attacks) I just go empty. It's like my mind and body shuts down

finding out that kid from supernatural is apparently a killer gave me such whiplash i had to sit down

All she did was love her kids...poor woman. No one is safe, even if you do your best youll never know.

either i blocked this out or i had no clue of this story… thank you for always helping bringing stories like this to light! wishing the victim/victims a peaceful rest 🥺

it's so awful that she would ultimately die for no reason- even his own justifications were empty and pointless in the end. so so horrible

Eleanor you are a charming, beautiful young lady!! I’m a 65 year old great grandma,and I love your awesomeness!!! This case is horrific I feel bad for young children that are put in acting industry and don’t have a regular childhood as they should !! Thanks Eleanor for this one year awesome!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

On the "he was diagnosed with a mood disorder" note, I actually had the same diagnosis when I was younger. It wasn't bipolar, it existed alongside my depression and anxiety diagnosis', it was just "mood disorder." So there is a chance that he was just quite prone to mood swings without it falling into a specific diagnosis. Please take this with a grain of salt though as it's incredibly anecdotal and I'm not anywhere close to a professional, I'm just some person online

My husband use to work in a treatment facility and Amanda Bynes was one of the residents. He said she was one of the sweetest people he’d ever met.

“Natural” and “believable” are two words that have never been associated with Riverdale’s writing room

"It wasn't unusual to see him playing with rifles at the kitchen table." ...that really should have been a red flag.

i know he's a murderer and all, but i cannot help but feel for him. it truly seems like there was a war in his mind, he seemed like he was constantly trying to fight these thoughts and had a lot of remorse and regret. Honestly if someone had just seen warning signs in him and got him into therapy before he broke, his mother might still be here. obviously he is still a murderer and deserves to be held accountable for what he did, but it was preventable it seems

the fact that the mother supported him DEARLY, taking her spare time just for her son to get a future, but what she gets back is no future herself, but a gruesome death from the person she helped 💔 may she rest in peace, this case was so cruel 🕊️💔

So crazy to hear this story. I actually used to work on Riverdale and played the back of Bettys head a couple times lol. Crazy to think I might've actually worked with or seen this guy on set and had no idea.

As someone diagnosed with a non-specified mood disorder: It’s exactly what it sounds like - your moods are disregulated and sometimes unpredictable without a necessary trigger. Mood disorders include diagnoses from major depressive disorder to bipolar disorder to premenstrual dysphoric disorder (which I only recently learned) to seasonal depression. It’s a HUGE umbrella. Typically, in my experience, the generalized diagnosis (or non-specified) relates to chronic depression with bipolar tendencies (occasionally feeling great but because it’s so rare, you embrace every second of it and to the individual it can feel manic when in reality, it’s just baseline for “normal” people), but doesn’t meet the standard of a bipolar diagnosis. It’s not a fun thing to live with, but is completely manageable (even though it’s hard and absolutely requires medication and therapy). I entirely reject the notion that only a non-specified mood disorder led him to this: he must’ve had delusions or some form of psychosis to carry this out, or just was completely dissociated after years of coping. Imagine you’re sometimes so depressed you can’t get out of bed, sometimes you’re really happy, and other times you’re just “melh” - none of that is conducive to what this individual did.

Poor mother. Raising a kid as good as possible, caring for a grandma and battling cancer... That requires a lot of strength. She was a good mother for sure that did her best in her capacity. For him, he needs proper help, medication and therapy. It's sad he didn't reach out to get it before all this happened. His own journal should have woken him up before it's too late. R.I.P.

Idk why, but Eleanor is just sooo easy to listen to ngl. I can never watch a video longer than abt 30 mins but I can watch any of Eleanor’s vids in a single sitting. Respect to the victims, fly high 🤍🤍🤍

interesting but very tragic tale. I relate a little with this child-star. Depression anxiety and neurodivergence ruined my time in university and I eventually dropped out in my third year, grades had tanked and I was very alienated from the entire experience. I went on a serious drug binge for 2 years after I dropped out. I had a very spotty career as a chef with undiagnosed neurodivergance. I never got help until my partner of 20 years passed away and so at 55 I finally got psychiatric help. Still unable to work, but at least I am a lot happier. Glad I didn't fall apart and hurt anyone other than myself. Took up the bass as part of my healing journey

1991 Austin yogurt shop killings a case that eleanor should do a video on! I never see it covered anywhere. 4 teenage girls were murdered. many people have been arrested in relation to the case but after 32 years no one knows who did this quadruple homicide!! it’s still unsolved! happened just 10 minutes from me and my mom even went to that shop multiple times while in high school!

I feel bad for his sister 😭

Ryan is from my hometown (and still lived there when this incident happened). The community was beyond rocked- this is a very small, very peaceful place to be. The shock was (and is) palpable. Thank you for taking the time to talk about them.

This hits so close to home… quite literally. I was in my first year of university going to SFU in Vancouver the year this dude was thinking of going there to cause harm, this sends chills throughout me, if he had gone through with his horrid plan could I have been caught in it? The thought honestly terrifies me, I kind of regret watching this video but it’s good to know about these things and to always remain cautious…

The scene you described where he watched his mother playing the piano hit me pretty hard. My mother is a professional pianist; many of my memories of her are of her playing the piano… so heart wrenching to think about someone doing this to their own mother

I can’t imagine the inner battle Ryan was dealing with. That must’ve been torture. And I can’t imagine how the family must feel knowing their own blood was capable of ending the life of someone so sweet. All aspects of this are sad.

please consider covering the bizarre disappearance of Gage Daniel and Chloie Leverette. They lived in their grandparents' home. On September 23rd 2013 a blazing house fire was put out by firefighters. The burnt remains of the elderly couple were found down in the basement lying on the floor side-by-side. Normally the basement door stayed locked because that's where his tools were kept. Missing from the home was a very large safe containing valuables. The charred remains of their beloved dog were located, and even their little yellow parakeet. BIZARRELY NO remains of the children could be located at the scene, whatsoever. Chloie and Gage have never been located to this day.

Psychosis usually starts in late teens to early 20s. Its onset could have happened without the substances. Him getting sober would not have made the psychosis go away if this is the case.

I am just 19 minutes into this. Why would his mother, knowing and seeing her son so depressed, allow him to have loaded guns in her house?

7:57 It’s also for safety. Many adult actors play much younger characters (Mean Girls for example) bc they can do more stunts, and the possibility of a lawsuit from the parents is impossible bc they’re grown adults who willingly sign these contracts.

Oh, God, this is one tragic case. I hope he gets the proper treatment where he is, but I don't believe that he should be freed. I feel just awful for his sister. I cannot imagine the kind of horror she has to deal with. Just so sad.

I heard this case a while ago from another true crime KZfaqr… It’s very sad for the mother, obviously as she’s the one that lost her life, & especially as she’d been fighting cancer for so long. I mean, imagine fighting so hard to stay alive, probably more for her 2 children than herself & then one of those children coldly taking your life! As much as I feel so sorry for the mother, I actually feel more sorry for the daughter/sister. Lisa has been left without her mother & her little brother, I dread to think how she must be feeling, knowing her baby brother killed their mum, the mum who brought you both up, done nothing but love & support you & the brother who was to be the one that took her life from her!! It’s gut wrenching just thinking about it, & I’m a total stranger, how must she be feeling? He didn’t want his mother to know what he was planning to do, because he didn’t want his loving mother to have to live with the hurt & shame of what her son was so hell bent on doing, so killing her seemed like the only option. What about Lisa, didn’t he care about how she would feel? Or what she would think? Or even how much pain she would be in after losing her mum & the pain of knowing her little brother done all this? I’m not sure how much information is out there about Lisa, but after watching 2 KZfaqrs tell this heartbreaking story, there doesn’t appear to be anything to say how she is, if she’s coping or even if she has any support to help her deal with the trauma of what has happened to her entire family. I feel so bad for her, I pray she is being supported by someone, maybe another member of their family, (not sure if there is anyone else)? I just hope she has someone. 💕 RIP Barbara 😢

Love Ellie’s transparency about her research, great job as always

It's insane how quick I remembered him from supernatural since its my favorite show of all time. I couldn't believe it when I heard the things he'd done...it is so heartbreaking but mostly for his family of course. I just hope Barbara is resting in eternal peace.

This breaks my heart. My mom reminds me of his mom. She battled cancer and despite me wishing I could’ve done anything to heal her, she lost her battle. It gets to me when others have a wonderful mother and they kill them. All I wish is for me to have mine back. This is just so heartbreaking. His mother didn’t deserve that. So much love to her and her family. The son can rot.

May the mother rest in peace . It breaks my heart when your parents give you the whole world and that’s what you do to them. It’s just it’s horrifying and unspeakable.

I'm from Canada, and Canadian cases always hit different for me 😭 Thanks Eleanor for sharing these stories❤

It’d really mean a lot if you covered the case of Ahmeel Fowler. This case absolutely freaked me out when it came out because I lived right across the street from him. Just knowing that I lived so close to someone like that without ever knowing just destroyed me. This case doesn’t get a lot of attention and the victims are so rarely talked about it’s heartbreaking 💔

Oh my god I was suspecting it but I didnt wanna believe he was gonna kill his own mother 🙁

I saw Jack Manifold on your case and was like oh cool shes just a big fan of Jack and then I was initially so confused when you said you got a phone case with your boyfriends name, had to go google if you guys were dating- Im apparently behind the times. Congrats and great video as usual

I remember that this guy turned into a killer but I know nothing about him or any of the shows he was in. I didn't know he murdered his mom. That is so terrifying. I'm just glad that she was gone instantly and didn't have to witness the betrayl of her own kid putting her down. Scary!

Why does it seem like there are so many justice systems looking to rehabilitate murders, and other people who have done atrocities, but not necessarily drug addicts or other low-brow crime? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think addicts need to be put in mental health facilities after the first crime is commited. Not murders!

You always have so much compassion, Eleanor. You try to get every bit of information and every angle. Thank you.

I hope that if and when he's released from prison, he's given the mental health care he clearly needs, with proper therapy and medication. If that happens, I see no reason he shouldn't be let out once he's served his time.

I wonder if he felt like he was allowing her to be FREE... But when he actually sees her take her last breath, in those last moments to see her actually die maybe he no longer saw it as the best thing for himself and his mother.... 🤔💆🏾‍♀

I usually take breaks when watching your channel, ill obsessively catch every video for a year, take a 5-9 month break; but still keep up on your posts. I honestly can't get over how healthy, happy, and overall amazing you look, the effort you put in to take care of yourself and work for it? Muah! Chefs kiss!!! I always thought you were pretty, but its seriously made me cheer to watch your journey over these years,,, I hope you love yourself and your style as much we do,,

"Get a new phone case. Put your own boyfriend's name on it". Does a boyfriend go with a phone case or do I have to find one myself?

you know it’s going to be a good day when eleanor uploads

It's always a better shift at work when I get to watch Eleanor and hear "Tuh daze caayse taaykes plaayce"

I read a great article by Mara Wilson, the child actress from Matilda and Mrs Doubtfire, how hard childhood fame is and how hard it is to maintain work in the entertainment industry as they get older.

Just found your channel. I had NO IDEA that he killed his mother! I have seen that episode of Supernatural many times and I’m SHOCKED. He’s bullied then becomes the bully in that episode and Dean try’s to help him out. Thank you so much for telling about this. I can’t believe I didn’t know about it with how much true crime I watch.

this is truly, and i mean this in the most genuine way as someone who frequently binge watches videos from the true crime community, the most sick and disgusting thing i have ever heard. his mother had no idea he would do this and in the last seconds of her life she experienced the most painful betrayal anyone can even imagine. this is absolutely fucking disgusting and it has made me rethink this entire community. the thought of this woman’s final moments is the most heartbreaking thing i have ever heard. she was playing on the piano, enjoying her day, doing what made her happy in a time where life was so fucking bleak, and then she felt the deepest pain anyone can ever feel in a matter of seconds before fading to black. my heart breaks for this woman and i hope that if there’s an afterlife, she is finding peace in it.

I remember this heartbreaking case. Eleanor, you do such a thorough job at covering these cases that I still learned new details. So many child stars struggle to make it to adulthood. I firmly believe that more needs to be done to protect child stars and ensure that their mental health is taken care of as well.

I just sat down to pair my socks which is a chore I hate doing I clicked on KZfaq to try distract myself. I am so happy to be blessed with another video from Eleanor ❤️

In Nova Scotia, Penny Boudreau murdered her own daughter Karissa when she was 12, and she's allowed now to go to church on Sundays. I just can't get over it, our justice system here in Canada is wild.

If he could kill the one person who truly loved him on this planet then get such a easy and short punishment, but also being isolated..i agree i feel unfortunately we will hear about him in the future..

Around 6 years ago, I lived I think around the same area as Ryan but then I moved to Australia. When I saw this on the news, I was shocked. Many of the locals knew Ryan and he was expressed as kind so it really made me confused, thanks for covering this case Eleanor! It helps me to understand it more but I cant believe I lived near Grantham, If I knew he would grow up to be a murderer, i would have gotten out of there faster. Again thank you for this amazing discussion of the case El! xx

This is such a scary story, like you said there was absolutely zero warning signs!

The goosebumps I got when you mentioned SFU (2014 alumni here.. geez I’m old). I heard briefly about this case since it happened in Vancouver (I now live on the nearby island) but had no idea any of the backstory. Thank you for sharing!

Alyson Stoner started a podcast about the topic of child stars. Seems like it will be an interesting listen because she goes deep and into stuff that people might not even consider.

wow i didn’t know this happened, idk how i missed it. ig i dont keep up with actors/celebrities too much, but i thought i’d see it on twitter or sumn. its kinda crazy that the first several sites that come up when you search up Ryan are about his acting career, not his crime.

I have a bad feeling about this one also. Especially considering whose life he took, his reasoning, his behavior before and after, and regardless of any substances.

Eleanor, your videos and the way you are so kind about victims is truly amazing! I could listen to you for hours!!

Do a video on Claire Miller next. It was the 14 year old girl that k*lled her disabled sister and posted a video after on tik tok. I’d love to know more about that case

His self awareness in the last journal entry is so eerie

the fact in the thumbnail he looks like carl grimes from the walking dead

She brings it again, always delivering better content like she's been doing for years! Thank you, Eleanor!

Thank you for bring all these cases from all over the world. I have a request. Please cover the case of Army Public School Peshawar massacre as well. Thank you ✨

When you said he laid candles and Rosary beads around her it honestly sounds like something a character would do in a show, I haven't finished the video yet so I'm not sure if it was said to be sincere or not, but I have doubts that after he shot and filmed his mother that he'd pay much respect to her.

youre truly one of, if not the only true crime youtuber i can actually sit & watch for 2 or more hours. i just love the way you explain everything, and the way you show videos & pictures. you are by far my absolute favorite💕thank you for putting in so much time for genuine fans of YOU, like me. we love you girl😘 also, you are the absolute cutest human ever. your realness, & your determination to ALWAYS sound insanely respectful…i just adore you.

I like how excited we get to see Eleanor upload and talk about gruesome depressing stories

I didn't recognize him until you showed him in the episode. It's crazy because he's playing a character that accidentally kills archys dad's . So that's wild

I’ve been wanting someone to cover this case for a while! Thanks for doing a great job reporting on it as always

I love that you included river phoenix, baby Jude is often forgotten 🫶🏻❤️

A good day gets even better when Eleanor posts

I was a child actress and I was starting to pick up success so my parents pulled the plug no matter how much I wanted to keep going. As much as I wonder what might’ve been if I’d been a truly successful/famous actress and kept acting, I know it was for the best.

I remember him in the Wimpy Kid movie, he only had one scene playing the bush in the school play. Now every time I rewatch the movie and see him I will be reminded of this case 😮😢

I got my first Casetify case recently bc of you! Love it. As someone who drops their phone pretty regularly, it’s fantastic, doesn’t even scuff!!!

This is the first case I've watched from you that's ever made me shed some tears. This one just hit so close to home

I'm from Vancouver and had no idea this even happened, and so recently! Geez... the world is a scary place. Stay safe y'all.

He is a victim of his own mind. As always, not only is the lost life sad, but there is no reason why after the pandemic he couldn't have had better luck. The potential was there, but now it is lost.

Thank you Eleanor for this interesting true crime case . You blessed my week ❤

I live close to where this happened and since hearing it I NEVER realized he was the kid in supernatural 😮 I just always heard that he was in riverdale but holy moly that little kid in supernatural 😟

Damn I remember him in supernatural that’s my all time favorite show and I’ve watched it too many times to count. Surprised I never heard of this case and I’m so very sorry for the victim and the victims family breaks my heart you can tell his mother loved her children with her whole heart and look what that got her I lost my mom when I was 17 and it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever went through so very sorry for Lisa hope she finds peace

Such a tragedy but like always you covered it so eloquently! Love your videos!

i love watching these i’m so happy your posting again

it’s so heartbreaking.

for the last time he was not a riverdale star he played the kid who killed archie’s dad and was in one scene. it had nothing to do with him being a child actor he was just crazy

It's a crazy story. I watched him all my life in everything he did. This hurt my heart 😓 but thank you Eleanor for another great video ❤❤

man tysm for being so respectful and mature with these.

You give me a lot of comfort with your videos when I’m stressed💓I’m autistic and this helps me a lot with overwhelm 💗

Just watched one of your older videos! Thank you for posting Eleanor! You're my favorite KZfaqr 💖💖

This is so tragic. He killed his mom because he was going to murder other people and didnt even end up murdering anyone else. She died for no reason and his family lost what sounds like a wonderful woman. I dont think he should be let out in 2036. Hell be only 38.

i LOVED supernatural, NEVER knew this. so curious about this one

This video being posted made my night! Finally settled the baby just in time for this! Eleanor Neale and Exam revision for me tonight!

I can't be the only one thinking he did this in an effort to be known for something? I mean, he wasn't entirely successful as an actor, but murdering your mother might get people talking about you again? Shock value and notoriety.

Love this eleanor ❤ great coverage of this case

I used to watch a lot of your videos like 2-3 years ago and I just remembered this channel and am binging it while I’m sick with nothing else to do and I just gotta say it was a shock seeing how much you’ve changed like honestly you just seem like your glowing you seem more energetic I don’t know what you’ve changed but it’s working

YAY I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!! Love you Elenore, ❤

Please consider covering Lucy Letby and her crimes. Love your videos!