Thankyou :)

Yes me too. I love that it's always stories from back in the day. I absolutely love this channel too. ❤

I love this channel too! Briefy is the best :)

Love how many small details are given to such old cases. Never heard of this case before but this guy planned everything out. He even boasted how smart he is re: the cops being involved "The Fox"👹 His level of evil showed just how bad to Marion's body.

I’ve never heard of this case before, it’s truly heartbreaking.

I thought the same.

The pity is a kidnapper still uses the same trick to this day.

Gullible to say the least. At least two times the story could have ended differently if not for the incompetence of the school registrar and the police.

To be fair, back in the day people were just much more trusting. It's not like there were easy methods of communication with childrens' parents, people took others at their word far more often. Unfortunate.

@@BartimaeusTrilogyFan I am not disagreeing, however the explantion given should have raised red flags. Why take one child and not the other of there was a need to pick the children up? 🙄 This is especially the case when the individual had so little knowledge about the child he was supposed to pick up so she basically had to feed him information. What if the children were the same size? What next would he have asked for to distinguish between the two girls? Her own alarm bells even started going off hence his need to tell her she could call the Bank. Taking all the facts together, while i know long ago people may have been more trusting, that explanation is wholly insufficient in these circumstances.

The registrar may not have been the brightest bulb in the chandelier - it certainly sounds that way. However, in her defence, her training and instructions for the position she held may not have covered that situation. We think of a lot of people who lived 100 years ago as being more innocent and less worldly than us, whether or not that is true is open to debate but, regardless of the era, there are some people who are naturally naïve and overly trusting. At that time, men tended to be viewed as having an automatic authority, simply because they were men. I suppose that, at the end of the trial and with all the newspaper reporting, the registrar probably realised that she had enabled a truly horrendous crime, that would be a hard burden to bear.

Dude that’s insensitive. Coulda woulda. Do you know how many lives have NOW been saved because schools have gotten smarter and has learned precisely because of such cases? Let’s praise humanity for getting smarter, and not blame them for not always having do e certain things. Schools haven’t even existed for that long at that time and people were less knowledgeable and way more trusting of each other.

@@lowrider81hd 'smarter" Given the amount of US school shootings? I'd hate to see what imbecilic looked like if more school shootings than there are days in a year counts as 'smart'. The last time the UK had a school shooting was in 1997.

You are right about 30 years ago a boy was taken from school by the fathers pregnant girlfriend and murdered because she was jealous of him. She lied and got someone to go in and get him out who the school had never seen before. Worse she lied for so long. Nothing has truly been learnt. Only me or my partner got my kids and in emergency if not us my sister who has a child there. Times haven't changed much.

@@shernettehenry3916 bs. Times HAVE changed. Just because of a few anecdotal stories people tell each other doesn’t make it not true. Kids are now safer than ever from these crimes. However what’s being done to them INSIDE school buildings is a whole other story. But you people will never look at these things the same way. Because y’all think the government should take care of you cradle to grave. So I’m outta here.

Amen 🙏🏼

Was it the sadistic adoptive mom as reported by her daughter?

@@lazyhomebody1356 I believe so. They picked her up years later.

Crying right now 😭 I wish every child on Earth could be happy and protected. Childhood is such a precious, fragile time…. I hate that these things happen, and I hate that these innocent children have to suffer. Your words are so poignant and beautiful. Bless you 🕊️

Beautifully written ❤ Amen 🙏🏽 to every word along with a prayer of love for every innocent child that did not deserve to lose their precious lives. We love you little angels be happy now in heaven ❤

Totally agree. Absolutely horrendous. I always roll my eyes when people say it used to be safe so and so… when? Where? Especially when you have people like that dumb Secretary, falling for that idiotic story.

@@LotsofLisa Yes she should’ve called the bank and spoke to the father at least. She should never have let that maniac take her.

@@LotsofLisa I find there used to be many kidnappings for ransom back then. Today it's for different reasons, mainly pedos lurking in the shadows or right next door. Kids need to be careful not to get cat-fished by old guys pretending to be teens.

They cut his ( Hickmans) penis off, but this is generally not well known😮

Nothing more american than this behaviour

People can't just walk in today. Doors are locked and you have to buzz to be let in. Though with this idiotic woman manning the buzzer, I'm sure it would have made no difference.

There was a case several years ago where the little boy went missing after his great aunt picked him up from school. They soon established it wasn't his great aunt and it turned out it was his father's second wife who is jealous of him spending time with the little boy. She got a friend to dress up like an old woman telling the friend she was only going to scare the little boy and while they were driving down the road pulled him in the back seat where she was hidden under a quilt and strangled him. She didn't tell her friend well you're involved as well and made her help her hide the body. What I thought was a travesty of justice is the woman that killed him didn't do that long of a sentence and got paroled after about 10 or so years for good behavior and perhaps due to the fact she was pregnant when she committed the murder. After that they had very strict rules at the school about identifying the person who is picking the child up and they had to show proper ID. A girl I used to date was tell me how her niece went down to pick her younger sister up when time from school and the teacher would not allow it because she was not on a list or something like that. The older sister chewed out the teacher and then when their mother came down there she also chewed the teacher out. I told idiot I was dating I said they have to have certain rules and regulations what if someone a relative came down picked up some nice child started drinking on the way home and wrecked and the child was killed then the family could hold the school liable for releasing the child in that person's custody. It fell on deaf ears the whole bunch was not the brightest.

@@thomasswafford250 Yes, my daughter is in her late 30s and when she started in preschool, they had recently put into place protocol where the only person allowed to pick up the child was the custodial parent of record. Only that parent could designate other people to be authorized to collect children, whether during the school day or after school. This meant even a parent could not pick up a child if he/she was not the custodial parent and had not been authorized by the actual custodial parent. There had been a huge problem with kidnappings by non-custodial parents across the country in addition to the few stranger abductions carried out this way. By the time she was in 2nd grade, school doors were locked and entry could only be attained through the front office and they were very diligent. So they've been in place for a long time now - she's about to turn 39...

@@thomasswafford250 Always, better safe than sorry!

@@ImCarolB if you are referring to the situation with my old girlfriend's niece at the school exactly. When I tried to girl I was dating at the time why the teacher was right, she couldn't refuse to see the situation from the teacher in the schools viewpoint. If anything would have happened they could have been held responsible.

I agree, though Brief Case said he'd actually killed her because she'd recognized him. However, it still sounds like she didn't recognize him within the time before the first drop was made... so they still hindered her safety.

Foreal. The cops were so fucking stupid and she likely died solely because of their stupidity

Since revenge was a large part of the motive he was likely always going to kill her.

People were far more trusting then.

Exactly!

He didn't state he was their father but that their father had been in an accident.... Why he was to fetch only the one and didn't realize there was two are two red flags indeed

@@Fogysoks4709 Yes, I know. I edited it, in case anyone was confused.

She didn't have enough brains to put in a bucket.

The secretary should have gone to jail

My jaw was the same. I couldn’t believe how horrendous and unnecessary. He did it to be cruel to her parents and everyone that loved little Marion.

And then said she was still alive when he began to dismember her!! I just hate how we have always been surrounded by despicable bastards like this!

@@dggydddy59 apparently ann rand was a huge fan of the killer

@@laa4438 Ugh! I believe it!

​@@laa4438I refuse to read her books. She's creepy.

I'm listening to The Kidnap Year's by David Stout. I'd never heard of this case until his book. He mentions the Registrar aged quickly, her hair turning white, and I think she left a few years later.

So many subhuman creatures on this planet, so horrific and sad, unfortunately!!!🙏😢⚖️🤔❣️

Same 😢

@@mauricedavis2160 At least they were dealt with then. Today, he'd be let right back out on the street within hours of his arrest.

@@Lucinda_Jackson so true, unfortunately!!!🙏😢⚖️🤔❣️

@@mauricedavis2160 😢

I'm sure it was a nightmare.

Remember the time... back then ppl believed what was told to them.

I agree because if something like that did happen to her father it seem like a family member would have came to pick up the child you think that the school secretary or whoever she was would have understood or recognize that. I tell my child all the time if something was to happen you don't go with anybody unless I have told you beforehand such-and-such is coming to pick you up.

Yep she just handed a beast, a free child. So many people have no common sense even nowadays its sickening 😢🥺

I hope she felt all the guilt and criticism after what she did

I agree- just so shocking... I bet she or he lived with terrible guilt for the rest of their life... 😥😢💔

Hi Vicki, Similar thing happened to me when i was about 8, I had an argument with a friend so walked home, we lived in the country, it was remote with only a few houses, I had to walk about a mile, a car stopped (2 door one) a women got out and asked if I wanted a lift, I declined and she said "I know your mummy and dady have always told you not to accept lifts from strangers but we are different" (those words have always stayed with me) I kept about 12 yards between us, ready to run across the field, the woman and the man driving then drove off, I then cautiously walked home, I told my my mum and she went crazy with my friends mum for just letting me walk home alone :(

@@BriefCaseOfficial but you didn't get in the car, and I never did again...thank God!😸

Me 2 when I was at school a guy offered me sweets to get in the car n said he would we would get more once I was in ...I ran home

Wow! That is a pretty smart thing that man did. Although, people have a sixth sense about "bad people" and so these experiments proving kids will get in cars with predators don't really make sense

@@BriefCaseOfficial Women who help men get victims, children or other women in bars...a special place in hell!!

I think that was an excuse.

yes, at least he got back some of what he did to that poor child! Hope he enjoyed feeling what it was like to suffocate.

Hickman also, to use the words of the time, "died yellow," screaming and fainting as they dragged him to the gallows.

Thanks for watching

1920s

Think of the times. Things like that didn't happen. It's these cases that put forth the protocols that we have now.

My home State, too. I never heard of this one.

If it helps at all, in the book The Kidnapping Years (David Stout), he reported that Hickman acted all brave about his execution. He'd made a prison conversion to Catholicism and said he'd take his death like a man. However, as Hickman was led to the gallows he balked and was dragged to the noose. Because he sank again when the trap doors opened, instead of a clean neck break, he suffocated after many minutes. Still not equal justice in my opinion.

Hello Cadillac, I hope all is good with you :)

@@BriefCaseOfficial Yippee 😁 it is

Goodnight It's 9pm here 🇦🇺

Hiya!

It’s almost good night for me, it’s still Monday where I am , but only for the next 2.5 hours 😊 lol

Hello dear how are you doing today?

Yes, my thoughts exactly.

Well I think we all know where he went when he died. 😊

@@serenitynow288 Yep! RIP - Roast In Perpetuity!

@@Lucinda_Jackson Or maybe he’s freezing in Helheim. I have read that according to Norse mythology it is a very cold, miserable place to go to once you pass away. Then again that maybe been in part influenced by Christianity but I feel like it would be the perfect punishment for a sicko like him.

Absolutely! I would really like to know more about her later life

Thanks Sheila

This man was a psychopath.

Thanks for your nice comment, a million subs would be nice, but I am so humbled that so many nice people have subbed, watch the videos and leave comments, I never expected to ever get this amount

Thankyou so much Vina, Yes the photos do take loads of time :(

@@BriefCaseOfficial Well, your loyal fans DO appreciate your hard work! :)

Thanks Lisa

@@BriefCaseOfficial you’re welcome!

Aww 🥰 where did you got that fantastic smile from?

Sorry :(

Hello dear how are you doing today?

Thanks Agapy :)

morning from Ontario

I wondered that. Weren’t they all essentially typed out individually? What operator would not be suspicious?

You would think that the police could have traced the sender of the telegram, as it would have had to be done in person from the office. The operator surprisingly did not notify the police about the suspicious message he had sent, strange!

Thankyou

Morning :)

Morning Mirriam :)

Good Monday morning from Canada! ❤🤍❤

Happy lunch time from wales!

Thankyou, So you are Canadian then, I hope you have a great day :)

@@BriefCaseOfficial You are welcome, and yes, I am Canadian. Thanks! Have a good day as well. :)

Thats so sad, I cannot imagine what that was like, I hope the person responsible is locked away somewhere

Hi Dee, I have just checked as I did not know that movies had been made again, I will check it out too :)

@@BriefCaseOfficial It’s actually a live action reboot by Disney like what they did with Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. 🙂

Sounds fun!

Thanks for watching

Thanks Aurora :)

Thankyou

"oops"

honestly, she probably said, "Anyone else would have done the same thing."

Thanks Lynda

Aww 🥰 where did you got that fantastic smile from?

Thanks Lynn

Thankyou

Thanks for watching