That poor little girl Deanna hiding and hearing all of that happening. I can't imagine how scared she was after that

Wow she let her dog AND her kid drown in the pool

When a man has nothing else to live for and nothing else to lose.

This happened in my neighborhood. One of the responding paramedics related gruesome details about the scene to my friend the next morning that weren’t reported in the news. As horrific as the crime was, I’ve always felt sorry for Michael Dennis and can imagine the brewing rage and blame that must have driven him to it. It’s no excuse for murder but I can understand his pain.

I have a young son as well. I can’t even fathom the amount of rage Michael had after finding out how his son died.

Very suspicious that Paul did not want to go home after outings with his father. I strongly suspect he was an outsider in the NEW FAMILY. His step father didn’t want him and may have made Doreen‘s life miserable because of it. She got rid of him either through negligence or through definitive action or non-action. “My Son may be drowning in the pool. Let me go over to the neighbor’s house because I can’t bear to find out. Oh look, he is drowning; let me proceed to not save him until I’m certain he can’t be revived.

"By putting on a mask, he revealed his true nature." Damn Dr. G, that's *deep.*

Michael wasn’t delusional. He was grieving and depressed. He didn’t like Doreen in the first place. He super didn’t like Doreen after “she killed Paul”. Michael had no wife and now no child. The courts failed him. I’m sure he was super depressed. He had nothing to live for so he did what he done did. Didn’t matter if there was a ton of evidence pointing directly at him. He had one mission-eliminate Doreen at *any* cost.

Such a sad case, Michael didn’t know how to handle his son dying. Those poor babies who died. That whole family suffered. Thank you for covering this tragedy Dr. Grande

Red Flag #1: Dorrine married just a few months after meeting Michael. They soon divorced and she remarried shortly thereafter. She had several children due to these relationships. Didn't look good for the future of the children. Unfortunately, the fenceless fence almost insured the tragedy of a child being drowned, especially since a puppy was previously found in the pool

Dude the drowning revenge plans with body bags and weights and maps. 😮 holy cow that got me

I can’t imagine not running to that pool first thing. Going to the neighbor’s??? After her puppy had drowned - who probably was able to dog paddle around for a bit. OMG she sealed his fate. 💔

To Michael, Paul wasn't just a son; he was his only remaining connection to the best version of him. A version he had struggled all his life to reach, given his rough childhood and hearing impairment, and one he probably knew he wouldn't be able to establish once more. Michael considered his son, Paul, to be his best friend too. A friend whom he'd fantasied will be there for him in his dotage. I feel sorry for him despite his heinous offense. Sometimes the simplest of minds orchestrates the most brutal reactions to their self agonies. RIP Paul.

Thank you Dr. Grande for reminding us that putting on a mask of anger usually just hides the presence of deeper and less comfortable emotions like sadness, guilt, shame, hurt and fear.

"No kidding" might be the second worse response to finding out your ex wife is dead. OJs " who killed her" being the first.

I feel bad for Paul, the unborn baby, and the puppy.😢

So sad. We all regret our parenting mistakes. Intentionally neglecting to protect Paul with an adequate pool fence is definitely gross negligence and not what most loving parents would do. Grateful to GOD that my children all made it to adulthood in spite of my many parenting failures.❤

Halloween shirt AND a Halloween background? Dr Grande, you're way too good to us. Thanks for the great content once again.

Its too bad Paul couldn't have just stayed with his father. What a horrible tragedy. The death of his son drove him over the edge sadly.

"It was when he put on the mask that he revealed his true face" is a beautiful line. Really sad case. Divorces are an incredibly scary concept for people who don't know how to handle it amicably. My aunt threw in a window at my uncle and tried to sabotage his new wedding arrangements. It's unbelievable how far some will go to sate the anger they feel to their former partner.

He didn’t contest the custody arrangement because he thought his son would be safe. My heart is so broken for them all. 💔

Hard to wrap one's head around such a tragic tale. Thankfully, your fab pumkin shirt and the cheery seasonal additions to your decor saved me from falling into a fit of the dismals. Very taken with those cactus candle lights, which I covet more than somewhat.

I love the Halloween 🎃 shirt!

Another lesson lurking beneath the surface is bitterness and how it will consume you to the point of sheer madness. While this case is 35 years old the lessons remain timeless in that by harboring hate in his heart the vengeful father committed an act so heinous that it violates the foundation of all spiritual teachings and is the number one commandment “thou shalt not kill.” Michael, if still living, now had sat in a cell removed from society for decades because he was consumed with bitter thoughts and feelings. It doesn’t have to be this way. There was a better way but that’s the tricky part because it requires not being bitter and not blaming others. In the end, we are far better off forgiving ourselves and others because it’s all you can do sometimes.

loseing a child has caused many people to not be quite right afterwards. I had a friend that lost her 2 yr. old the same way. She wasn't quite right after. she went to the cementary with gifts frequently. Held it against her husband when he did not. In this case I think he really thought she was guilty. But no matter what the situation he took 2 life's that night. He should pay for his crimes.

How can a mother be so careless about the swimming pool? Michael saw the potential for drowning. It does not excuse murder, but it was a factor in the child's death. Also, my own personal thought is those jobs back then using sprayers to paint or add some other kind of coating to airplanes were dangerous due to toxins. A mask only goes so far. It is possible he also suffered from brain damage from toxins.

😟 the young girl was hiding while... oh no... Rest In Peace to that the young boy Paul, the Mother & unborn.. how truly horrific.

The scariest stories are the real stories.

Thank you, Dr. Grande. I remember this case but had forgotten the details of it. I hope the little girl was able to get the help she needed after the murder of her mom, she had to have heard everything while she was hiding.

What a tragedy, maybe it could even have been prevented if she would have been held accountable for Paul's death, but who knows? Either way he hacked to death a pregnant woman in front of her daughter with a machete. I am not sure how anyone can be on "his side" just because he had an understandable motive. Regardless of the motive, what he did was barbaric and I highly doubt that having his father murder his mother and go to prison for it was what Paul would have wanted for his parents.

Poor guy. clearly the mother was negligent and had no care about the impact of losing his son. Sorry my sympathy is with Michael - I know I will be shot down but for some life becomes too unbearable

You are spot on. He killed her BECAUSE she was pregnant. He absolutely wanted her to feel a loss like he did. I can almost guarantee he cut that baby out of her before she died so she had to see who she was losing before succumbing herself.

Poor little Paul and the little baby cut out of Doreen's womb and killed. What horror.

He served up that vengeance 😬 Yikes! Thank you again Dr. Grande 🙏 Another great analysis

I absolutely love the Halloween themed stuff

I can’t blame Michael. Dorene’s carelessness caused the death of their son, then she acted like an asshole about it. She also cheated on Michael. Dorene was a horrible person, and causing their son’s death was the final straw for Michael.

Dorene not finding the missing child as a priority is so sad. Micheal was definitely robbed of everything and I can't belive his lawsuit failed. There's probably more we don't know about him but wow, that'd send me over the edge too.

An actual Halloween Horror story.

Agree with your analysis & reasoning, how diagnosis is difficult. His throwing knife 🗡 in air story was ridiculous🙄🎃 Thanks Dr G😊💕💕

The liquor store receipt ensures the husband to claim"his wanting alchohol actually led to something positive!!"....dr. Grande you made my day once again!! Love the shirt!...it shows me that your not ALL business

Welp, this is by far my favorite analysis by Dr. Grande. I drowned when I was 7 yrs old but as I began to feel all the water flooded in my stomach, lungs,..etc I passed out but felt someone pulled my hair & another pushed me from bottom. Yes, I was saved. As you can see, Michael was actually a good father & if I was him, I would be ok sitting the cell & he spared that little girl's life. Also, I've met so many women with traits like Doreen all through my life, even now in 2023✅.🤷‍♀️

Hi Dr Grande, have you ever looked into the case of Mike Bollinger? I would love to know if you think he escaped or died in the wilderness. One of his victims was my coworker so this bothers me a lot.

What a horrific story! Michael had my sympathy up until the gruesome murder part of the story. He was a victim who turned himself into a monstrous perpetrator. What he did to her and her unborn child is unconscionable! He wasn't even that smart. Did he really think he could wear the same Halloween mask from the previous year and get away with it? If Doreen didn't want her son, (i don't believe that to be true), why wouldn't she just turn over custody to Michael? Was the income that important to her? This is a tragic story from every perspective. Actually, alcohol may have cost Doreen her life. If her husband had stayed home perhaps she would still be alive. 🧚‍♀

Very Entertaining😅 I never fail to admire the way Dr. Grande's narratives build character from the ground up. First, we are informed that Mr. Dennis was born "around" 1950. Odd. In his early life he experienced hearing loss which resulted in having to use hearing aids. This, of course, led to "bullying." Already the identity of another victim of bad circumstances is being created for our enjoyment. On top of that, perhaps innocently, perhaps maliciously, teachers labeled him "disabled." This toxic mix results in "depression" because this combination of circumstances leads to longing for an unattainable girlfriend. 😩 Now he adds a dash of "divorce" which makes the attentive viewer feel ever more deeply the pain and loss of Mr. Dennis. Next, but not last, Mr. Dennis needed to bear the burden of losing his son in a swimming pool drowning. When the case went to trial for negligence in the care of a child, the not guilty verdict devastated Michael. It was, so to speak, the final blow of fate. Now he was on course for murder. A four dollar an hour cut in wages tempted him to take extreme measures to resist fate's downward direction. But like all things earthly, what is built from the ground up must eventually be destroyed by the force of immoral gravity. Thank you.

How incredibly sad. Losing a child is unbearable. 😢 I personally have not lost a child and I thank God for that. My sister and my best friend have and their pain was overwhelming. 😢😢

Michael lost his marriage and his son. He could not handle the loss. Doreen did not mean to have her son drown in their pool. This union was ill fated from the get go and so tragic.

Sadder than any words can say.

Those are some Great Pumpkins, Dr. G.!!

Imagine going with a lot of anxiety and depression to a consultation with your psychological therapist and you see him wearing a Halloween shirt just like Dr. Grande is wearing 🤣

He also killed a little girl's mom in front of that little girl (being behind a couch is not going to stop the trauma). I get that people are interested in an in-depth picture of what happened, but there's a little too much sympathy for him for my comfort. She was likely just negligent and not murderous - there's a good chance she didn't kill her own son on purpose. She had built a fence and may not have understood it was inadequate; While he fantasized about killing her and wound up slicing her unborn child out of her with a machete, chopped off her hand and did it fully aware that her young daughter was in the room. It's sad that Halloween trick or treating can be used to commit violent acts and is potentially unsafe. But I guess I would look before opening the door to a single man in a wolf mask.

Trying to cover up your crime and knowing what you did was wrong are two different things. Covering up a crime only shows that a person knew what they did was illegal, but it doesn’t show that the person thought what they did was wrong. Michael could have killed Dorene thinking it was the right thing to do, but also didn’t want to go to prison.

Tragedy upon tragedy.

Sometimes ppl/ mental health professionals try to explain away behaviours and sometimes it's very straightforward. He blamed the ex wife for the son's death (rightfully so, she was negligent) and then the dad could not handle the grief from losing his only son and the mom's callous behaviour afterwards (asking for child payment etc) and he decided to kill her. Not right, but simple

That's a nice shirt, Dr Grande. Love your content.

Looks and sounds to me like he did everything he could think of to protect the boy while outside of his control. Then, he loses the court case against her for causing/allowing his worst fears to come true. Meanwhile, he's devastated while they're living a typical life, so yeah, I see where his reasoning and actions come from. However, where we disconnect is when he decided to act on the rage, because in so doing, he taught his ex nothing, because she died, and she can't feel the loss he felt, because she's dead, but also, he took a mother from her daughter. That should've been the thought that cooled down the rage. Sure, we can understand his anger towards his ex, but to not consider the other child and how it would impact her is what pushes it over the edge for me. I'm not saying she deserved to die, or that he was justified if kids weren't involved, but in this case, there was a definitive reason to withhold his rage outside of the focus of his rage. Of all the wrongdoing, and potential guilt on her part, he should've understood the pain he was about to unleash on that poor, innocent child for the rest of her life. The daughter was the most innocent victim in his act of murder.

That is a fabulous shirt! 😊

Very sad and troubling case. But on a lighter note, has anyone else noticed that Dr. Grande sure doesn't like alcohol?

I ❤️ your shirt, Dr. Grande.

Really sad case, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Great Halloween decorations! Happy Halloween, Dr. Grande!👻🍂🎃🍁

Thanks for the upload, Dr. Grande! October 24 is the Feast of Good and Plenty, World Tripe Day (gotta have my ginger and green onion tripe later with MY NOODLES!), Take Back Your Time Day, National Crazy Day, World Polio Day, United Nations Day, National Bologna Day, Black Thursday, and National Food Day.

Dr. Grande’a channel is one of the best things ever

I gave this video a Like the second it started based solely on Dr. Grande's shirt 🎃 Now to enjoy the rest!

Full stop. I love your shirt! Ok, carry on ❤

She sent the neighbor to check the Pool? She asked for the Last Child Support Payment? She drowned that boy. And her new Hubby? How drunk do you need to be to slip and slide on the Blood of your wife?

Can’t say that I blame the guy. People who endanger your children give you an animalistic rage that can’t be explained only felt first hand. A damn shame for everyone involved. I hope they all find peace.

That shirt is simply god tier. Bravo Dr G.

I mean for a woman who aided in the death of a puppy, I say her fate was sealed with her heartlessness towards an animal that had to suffer DROWNING.

This only shows that traumatic experiences are the root of being a furry.

What a strange case . Never heard of it . Thanks for covering it Dr. Grande

I think Michael was legitimately insane during the crime. Poor guy.

Thanks for the Halloween themed shows, makes it fun!

I am only a little older than Paul would have been if he was alive today. The picture of him with that Trick or Treat bag really hits hard. It just makes me wonder why some of us survive to adulthood and some don't. I didn't have the exact bag, but it was similar, same size, mine was orange. I used it for several years. Trick or treating with the plastic pumpkins were the "new" thing according to my mother; I wanted one but it didn't happen. Clearly it doesn't matter, but i do wonder if Paul thought the same.

Thank you DOC❤Sending LOVE, please sHARE❤World Peace❤Just say no to corruption, narcissism and liars, Amen❤

Vengence is a terrible curse. Well presented explanation of psychological imbalance contributing to such a murder. Thanks Dr. Grande

It's the children and unborn child that paid the ultimate cost. Horrible!!!

What a sad case. I wish the dad would have been able to get custody. Did he ever try? I don’t think the mom killed him on purpose; if she didn’t want the child, she could have easily given him to the dad. I don’t think it was ever a thought. I think she loved her son, but was negligent. I would need to hear more corroborating evidence of willful negligence that happened prior to this event. I would also need to see the pool, the fence that was put in, etc. to form an opinion about that one way, or the other. If it were my pool, and my dog died in it, I would get rid of it, or turn it into a planter. I do think it’s a horrible accident and I think it was due to her negligence. My deepest sympathy for all, but especially the boy, and the little girl who lost her brother and then witnessed the murder of her mother.

Thanks for getting into the "spirit" of the season! 🎃👻🦇

❤@Dr. Grande...your shirt and background are deliciously Spooktacular!!!

Grief is a powerful thing, there are many normal people that would do the same thing

Oh your wife's decorating is extending past the foyer and shelves to your little set up, or she's rubbing off on you now. Either way the theme is nice, hope you do others ones as they come up too.

@ Dr. Grande, could you do a video about the off duty pilot who wanted to shut off the engines to the flight he was on? 😬

Love the Halloween garb! Love your show❤

And, upon putting my glasses on, I love your Halloween decor, too! Have a good day, Dr. Grande. 🌵🎃

Dr Grande, please do more scary/“hauntings”! 🌵 👓 🎃

the candy corn ornament is neat

Michael asked her to make that pond safer and she didn't. In my personal life, when dealing with day to day things, when I ask someone to do something to prevent further damage or loss of time and they don't do it, then it costs me or them further damage or loss, it is infuriating. Absolutely infuriating. Now to blow that minute feeling out from the river into the ocean, mix that with the loss of your only child. The rage within me would never die. On top of this, she did not try to save her child. I am disgusted with her and I believe she deserves prison. This sweet young boy was neglected, I am angry even thinking about it. One of the mental health professionals said that Michael is over reactive, what an easy thing to say about the man who lost his only child due to stupidity and lack of care. I have never ever read a case and felt for the killer over the victim, but she was a killer herself. An eye for an eye. Fucking horrible.

I've been watching to see if Holloween decor would find a place on your shelving. Great job and fun decor.

Thank you Dr. Grande I sure hope no one in a wolf costume comes to my door for Halloween!!!!

I don't think he would have murdered if his lawsuit had succeeded. He felt the court denied him justice; therefore, he felt becoming a vigilante was a viable option.

Michael could have looked after his son himself. Rather than letting a woman he didn't trust care for him, and then becoming a baby killer himself when avenging her.

Your shirt screams a wicked scents of humor !

I’ve seen this case covered two or three different times now. Never with any kind of analysis, though. Thank you, Doc

Happy Halloween to you and your family Dr Grande! Your Halloween shirt is great!

Please analyze Tim Ferriter please.. thank you Dr. Grande 😊

Terrible and heartbreaking. I guess it's goes to show how violence and revenge doesn't help no matter the circumstances. WMD is still sitting on death row in San Quentin.

How she wasn't found guilty of wrongful death is baffling

Mrs. Grande definitely bought that shirt for Dr. Grande 😁

"This illustrates the ineffective and unreliable nature of mental health assessment"! Not just in criminal cases, Dr Grande, but in every area. I've said for years since working in adult and child psychiatry as well as going to mental health professionals that a person can see 7 different mental health professionals and get 7 different diagnoses. Ive probably seen a dozen professionals and only 1 diagnosed me correctly with CPTSD. But that diagnosis isn't even listed in the DSM. Some mental health professionals I saw weren't aware of what it was. So no wonder I was misdiagnosed. Also, Some mental health professionals need mental health treatment more than their patients.

Honestly I'm a little shocked by all the people in the comments sympathizing with michael. Killing his ex didn't bring his kid back. The baby she was pregnant with never hurt anybody.

In South Africa, private residential pools must be properly fenced. It’s irrelevant who’s living there. Handing over the task to a neighbour to check on Paul is unbelievable cowardice. Didn’t want to go home to mommy and co. Interesting.