Excellent BC, keep doing what you are doing, because I will keep listening. You do find some bizarre cases, love them all.🧡🤗🇨🇦🍁🐘

Hey BriefCase. I was looking at Wikipedia about Louise Peete and you are actually referenced as doing a video on her! Cool!

I graduated from Centenary. Stories about Tillie still abound. And yes, it is believed she still haunts the grounds. Some of the original buildings are still there.

I went to this college and still live nearby Hackettstown. By the 90s it was co-ed. We all knew of Tillie. She would go about the older halls. Never harmed anyone. Many people had stories about her. Centenary had a little pub called Tillie's. We loved her. Really is a sad story.

Brief Case is one of the best True Crime YT channels out there. Love how he has care and passion for the victims!!

Wishing Tillie Smith a happy 154th birthday today. May her soul find a way to be at peace somehow despite her horrible death.

Brief Case thank you for being an unbiased author about the people you present. Tillie just missed her curfew by ten minutes such a shame. You do a great job you deserve a round of applause. Have a fantastic day.

"The people of Hacket Town were very anxious that the perpetrator or perpetrators be brought to justice". One of the virtues of this channel is that it is, subtlely immersive. The narrator, by turn of phrase and tone of voice recreates an era as he dissects a crime. The account in this episode would have been understood and appreciated by 1886 New Jersyians. There is also a sprig of moralism now and then, not so much ironic as homage to time and place. Diligently researched, quirky, clever in conception and delivery, this is in my top 3 on KZfaq for true crime and it is a highly competitive field. Creative and distinctive.

There are times when I hear these stories and I’m thoroughly impressed by the investigative skills of the police/legal teams in those times (especially given their lack of resources). This was not one of those times. I mean, weren’t there supposed to be multiple attackers? RIP Tillie 😞 Wish we could know for certain who hurt and killed you. Excellent research and narration (as usual) BC. Thank you.

Thank u so much for covering this case. This is from my hometown I grew up going to the cemetery to see her monument ever time we took flowers to my brothers grave. A great new book about her is The Cemeteries Keeper.

What a racket these cops and prosecutors run. No evidence but he's found guilty. He's sentenced to death but afterward he then "confesses" and his sentence is then commuted to life in prison. In this way, the prosecutors and the cops can say, "He confessed. We were right." Any sane person would confess to anything if offered a reprieve from a death sentence if they did so.

I think this basic witness Pete of the procecution is very much a suspect himself , he knew she would arrive late cause Titus told him and he was without an allibi himself and as the attack had more than one person we are searching at least for two people so Titus alone is not enough it's a pity it was closed so fast this case.

One thing I’ve learned from these videos is that dog walkers sure find a lot of bodies.

I'm originally from New Jersey and this is the first time of hearing of this story. Such a tragedy. Good story as always B.C.👍🏾

Its unfortunate that this still happens. Thank you for another interesting and thorough story.

Love your videos, I've went to that university and it's said to this day her ghost roams around a couple of the old school halls. Can't miss her. This is the brief story we've been told coming into school. One of my classes even went to visit her grave. Thank you for explaining more on what happened to poor Tillie.

I've never been so excited for my hometown to be mentioned ! It's a huge story here and something we used to be terrified of as kids.

I always look forward to Monday and Brief Case uploads, and I always appreciate the cases from long ago that I've never heard and the work that goes into each upload.

Wow I'm early. Always rapt to see a new Brief Case. Horrific attack and death for poor Tillie and an unbelievable travesty of justice. What happened to the coroner stating she was attacked by 2 men? They were able to make up anything back in the day and just run with it. I don't believe the accused was guilty. Thank you for your brilliant videos. Stay safe. Wolf.

Briefcase 💼 is ALWAYS a win 😊

Good morning, thanks for the upload.

Hello Brief Case,thank you for another awesome episode...and the moment you said : " however,Tillie did not request permission.."..i knew this story was not ending well..lol..i was like "NOOOOOO Tillie!!!!"..

Perfect end to the busy part of the week. Thanks for another stellar narration, BC. I believe that confession was noose repellant. It is quite odd that the police didn't even check out the background or alibi of their star witness. I would suspect him first with his push to be center stage.

Thank You, Brief Case, for, as ALWAYS, an EXCELLENT video! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I hope Tillie is at Rest. It's a beautiful Monument. Have a good week! Same time, same place Monday! I think he was Innocent,too . Maybe Tillie is wandering because her killer wasn't caught.

Thank you BC. Another sad case of a defendless young lady. In my opinion J Titus confessed to save himself from being hang. The real culprits were not caught. Botched work by all involved.

How could he have carried her into the field without anyone seeing him ?The two men where responsible they had plenty time to make it to the bar.The took her virtue and second one took her life.

Briefcase, you are such, such a good story teller. Steph Carlo's comment( Brief Case is one of the best True Crime YT channels out there. Love how he has care and passion for the victims!!) says it well. In addition to the care and compassion you have for all the players in your story, you include nuances of detail that enhance the scope of the reality of your story. I find myself wanting to hear your take on what really happened.

This was a very fascinating and yet "horrific"case about the murder of Tillie Smith. I can't see how James Titus could have committed this crime on such inadequate evidence. According, to the autopsy Tillie Smith was assaulted by two men and she was pregnant, of course if they had DNA back in those days, this case would have been somewhat easier to solve. May Tillie Smith's soul rest in eternal peace,🌹 it was a very nice memorial built for her gravesite. Great investigating, presentation and photos, too.

Yay! My mom is 82, she asks me several times a week if "The Brief Case" has any new videos on. 😁 I've already caught her up on all past videos, so now that she got spoiled on several a day she has to wait, like the rest of us, for weekly uploads. Keep up the great work BC!👍

Good morning, Brief Case!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💚💚💚🙋 Now my Monday begins! Hope everything is going well! Thank You!

Cheers for this case! Fascinating case. I’m in my 50’s and from the time I began dating to the time I got married (25 yrs ago) I was always brought to my door by my date and he stayed until I was safely inside. Even my friends and I did this with one another. I would think that in Tillie’s time, the same held true. Why would Mr. Titus say ‘not without the Matron’s permission’ if they were indeed carrying on an affair? Seems rather messy detective work on this one.

That is such flimsy evidence it would never stand up today without forensic evidence to back it up. Pinkertons got paid per case. They were not renowned for thorough investigation. So a Pinkerton detectives determination is frankly worthless. But boy would it whip up a press frenzy. And let me get this straight. He dumped her in the middle of a field when he had solo access to a furnace? That makes no sense whatsoever. And this was a college full of male students, and no one thought to look more closely at that? Seriously sketchy investigative work, a press frenzy, which included a determination to paint Tillie as a poor little innocent who never fluttered an eyelash at a man (she might have been but there's nothing to prove it one way or another). Innocent or guilty the man never stood a chance. Brilliant work Brief Case!

Sometimes I wish we could swoop in with our DNA kits and solve these crimes. I'm leaning toward his innocence, as wouldn't the pathologist noted she was pregnant? I guess she could've been wrong and wasn't. Sad tale. Wonderfuly done CR, keep up the good work.

Good morning Briefcase 💕 I always listen to your incredible stories. They are so well constructed and narrated. I wish you much success with your channel.

Good Morning, Brief Case. I love true crimes from New Jersey.

Awesome video! Love how you present older, vintage cases, thank you. This is why I have doubts about death penalty. Sometimes later it is proven the suspect was actually innocent. ...

Every time I come listen to you, I noticed you're gaining more great subscribers. You deserve it! Thank you for another excellent video B.C

Thank You for another interesting story. We will never know who committed this terrible crime, it went with her to her grave. No matter what time in history we live in there still lurks evil people.👍

Jesus, I could hear a banjo playing all throughout that chaos of a trial. Great video as always!

This was an interesting case, Mr. Case. Always a pleasure to listen to your stories.

I always look forward to Monday so I can listen to you BC!! Thank you for another awesome video! ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍!!!

Pinkerton was notorious for finding the wrong people who commit crimes. I don't believe he did it for a second. If she was with child then the autopsy would've shown that so I think he did confess (or interrogated to the point of a confession) to save himself from hanging.

I cant help but. notice the very common theme that these cases alot of the time are caused either directly or indirectly by adultery or some other kind of "illicitly relationship"., Or at absolute least that thread is at least running through the majority of the cases covered. Another great one

There are people who admit to crimes they didn't do to spare his or her life..good job B.C👍

I do love your channel, you cover the more obscure and older cases which I find so fascinating. Thank you!

Good morning Brief Case! Absolutely perfect for a bedtime story! I hope you have a splendid week! 🤗

Love that you do these old cases. Many I hadn't heard of. Most of the new ones are covered over and over by various KZfaqrs and podcast. Thank you!

Monday morning history + crime lessons w Brief Case. Always entertaining and informative! Thank you BC♥️✌️

Now this was a head scratcher! Intriguing as well. Great job and glad to hear your back. Nothing like hearing I hope to see you again in the next Brief case!

BC! Thnx again, always a great watch 👍 I can only imagine the research you have to do to compile the information needed for such detailed, well presented stories.

I believe it was probably the convenient star witness, Peter Mead, who did it, and then callously took the opportunity to get someone else sentenced for his crime. Either way, I don't believe James Titus did it.

Hey Briefey, thank you for sharing this interesting case with us. Looking forward to your videos every week ☺️

Always look forward to Monday for brief case, I love your content

LOVE your uploads/ I used to live in Hackestown NJ. WOW. I love you so much Bro!!!😁 🤗

Oh wow, you uploaded this on her birthday. That's so neat!

Another excellent case from Brief case. Thanks so much for your hard work and dedication.

Thank you so much again Brief Case !! again, you are one in a million! Blessings , heath , and happiness dear friend .

@Brief Case: I really appreciate all the visuals you put in your videos. Makes listening much more enjoyable and lends understanding of the eras environment, accoutrements and society in general.

Yayyyy! It's Brief Case! Thanks so much :)

I listen to BC every Monday morning with my breakfast. I love starting my week this way. Thanks

This is my favourite youtube channel - You always do such an excellent job.

I Love it when Brief Case uploads another case I always know it is going to be great before I start watching it

Good morning! Looking forward to another great brief case!😊

Very good as ever ready for the next one thank u

Interesting Case! Always excellent narration. Can't wait for the next installment.

Welcome back BC! It is a shame that forensics were not available in that Era. Have a great week, I love my Monday start to the day with your cases.

Can't sleep thank u for this❤️

Thank you BC. You bring back the lives, struggles and misadventures of people who lives long ago in such a manner that make us care about them.and the quest for justice.

Happy Monday , love brief case. 🤗

Morning BC. Happybto have you around. Thank you for all your hard work.

Hey BC ! Great story! Thank you!☮️🌺🐝safe

My parents grew up in this area of New Jersey so i’ve always heard of Tillie (my mom even took me to her grave) and she was pretty much a kind of local legend. I knew it was a mystery but never really looked into the rest of the case. Very interesting. Poor woman 😞

I really like how you post cases that happened long ago. Makes me realize that people have always been capable of evil.

I have been binge watching your channel the last 2 days. I like how you do your videos and talk about things in history. Stay blessed

Thanks for the upload, Brief Case! I am having purple potato chips for "breakfast." (yes, I know that's not a real breakfast) I appreciate your research!

Great storytelling!! Thank you.

Thank you BC, and Happy Solstice!

Good stuff as usual. Thanks. Be well.

Another great quality narration. A credit to you BC.

Excellent, as usual!

My friend you do a great job of telling the stories, keep up the great work.

Another delightful morning with you, Brief Case. 💖💖 I will enjoy some breakfast with true crime from the distance past. How wonderful you accompanying me during this meal. 🥰🥰

That was awesome great case thanks Brief Case

Good afternoon BC family, it 13:47 pm in South Africa, great narration as always 🌹

Thanks for another great story

Good morning ☀️ awesome upload 🖤

As always a work of art ! Thank you BC for taking me back to the late 1800 s . 🇺🇸❤️

Briefcase I love your videos. I give my best from Texas

Thank you Brief Case. I don't know whether James Titus was guilty or not, but I find it chilling that judge and jury gave him the death penalty with no real evidence.

“She was outraged, and by more than one man.” Well stated, and conveyed the point.

👏👏👏Thank you for your hard work

BC, you always manage to make Mondays bearable... 💜💜

Thank you so much

Well Done Thank You

Another intriguing case, thanks B💼 James Titus suffered great hostility from the press and was considered guilty without a shred of evidence! Given the choice of a confession or the gallows, it was clear he would choose to confess.. then it's congrats all round to the press, police and prosecutors for getting it so right! I think Peter Mead was a dodgy character.. there's more to this crime but I guess the truth may never come to light. Great job, BC 👍👏

I've said it before and I'll say it again" love your channel ❤️" keep up the good work.

would absolutely love if you were able to check into the extremely mysterious and very weird disappearance of Sandra Hughes . I won't go into all the things that make this disappearance even more mysterious than most disappearances, but it is definitely an odd one for sure. If you have any time could you please look into it and you'll see what I'm talking about. Thank you for your time.

Best 21st birthday gift ever! Thank you BC and greetings from Australia 🇦🇺❤️

Excellent presentation as always, the narrator does an outstanding job in these shows.

Always interesting. Thank you Peace 💕🇺🇲