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Elvis Presley's Suspicious Minds: An Analysis

A little bonus to tide you over - hope you like it! I'll be trying to sporadically get little things like this up in the lead up to the WM3 case. Let me know your thoughts in the comments! Next time I see you should be the Sandy Melgar Creator Commentary, hopefully in a couple weeks or so.

WM3 Update:

The good news is the writing stage is now well under way, and I think we're going to have one hell of a video once all is said and done. The bad news, as has always been the case, ...

Creator Commentary: Haggard/Edwards (+ Update)

A new Creator Commentary for what's somewhat of a fan favorite (and among mine, at least from the early days) so I hope you enjoy it :)

There is an update on what the next project will be starting at 1:29:25 - The short version I'll post here is that it's going to be on the case of The West Memphis Three. If you're at all familiar with that, it shouldn't come as a surprise that I'm anticipating it to be a pretty massive undertaking.

Too early to project a rough release date at t...

Sherri Papini is NOT The Real Life Gone Girl [Early Premiere]

Hope you guys really enjoy this one. It's one of those vids I wound up thinking was actually a lot more entertaining than I anticipated early on...And that's a good thing!

I'm pretty sure I know what the next project will be. Sorry to be a bit vague ,but the early plan is a serious case analysis one. I'll need to sort of cleanse my pallet after Sherri, and do that basic background research/source gathering before 100% committing to it, so I won't name the case right now just in...

Creator Commentary: Larry Nassar is in a Lot of Trouble + Update

Another Creator Commentary to hold ya over! 

At 1:25:37 I give a bit of a recap of where the next project is at as of this writing, and I'll give the short version here too. The next video is on Sherri Papini, which though done to death I think I have a pretty nice concept for. There have basically been some "Matt can't catch a f#&!ng break" moments this last week BUT I think with proper workflow management I should still be able to complete it within August. If not, I'll make ...

Tiger Bonuses: Raw Body Cam and 911 Call

I'll say upfront, I'm not necessarily recommending checking these out. They are...rough. But I'm sure some of you will have the morbid curiosity gene and if I went to the trouble of obtaining the body cam, I may as well share it. For the most part it's obviously the same as what's depicted in the video, except you will get more prolonged screaming as well as a much clearer view of how bad the injury is than in either the official release or low-res early premiere. Like I say, not eve...

Creator Commentary: Psychology of a Douchebag - The Case of Basil Borutski

Another Creator Commentary to start/end the month! I probably talk about the actual video half the time, if that. Other topics include getting busted for pot in my early 20s and the submersible saga.

CHANNEL UPDATES: Still waiting on that damn Bodycam footage with July the 4th surely slowing down the process even more. Sigh... Been working on another project in the meantime though, so Patron's aren't really effected.

JOIN THE DISCORD: If you haven't already, hop on! We did a test ...

People Try to Pet Tigers Sometimes... [Alternate Video Source]

Some people have been having trouble with the recent early premiere due to YouTube's age restriction, so I'm trying out uploading it to Patreon's native video hosting system. Exact same video.

It actually gives me a good excuse to try this, as I've been wary of debuting anything with it in case people experience tech issues on release - oh the irony! So if you've already watched the vid, but feel like another go round, it will be helpful to test!

People Try to Pet Tigers Sometimes...[Early Premiere]

ATTENTION: It has come to my attention there is an 18+ Restriction on this video (love those). You may need to click the YT button in the right corner (or "Watch on YouTube" in the middle of the error screen) and be logged into YT to view.

CONTENT WARNING: Some pretty rough video and (especially) audio in places here.

Enjoy your early premiere everyone! Significantly shorter than usual, but I hope you agree I made every second count. It might actually be in my personal top 3, so w...

Creator Commentary: The Highly Controversial Case of Daniel Holtzclaw

NOTE: To my surprise even this version was automatically age-gated. Let me know if that causes an issue for you.

Another Commentary. This is a fan favorite so hopefully some of you will be keen to listen. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks as always for your support

Interview with Leah Viste - Lead Prosecutor on Crews and Hoehn Cases

Here's an interview I did with Leah Viste, the lead prosecutor on both the Crews and Hoehn cases. The new video will be free on YT tomorrow.

[Spoilers below]

Leah is still quite strongly of the mind that Will Hoehn conspired with Brooke and pulled the garrote around Savanna's neck, while I lean more toward Will's final story being mostly if not entirely true. It's not anything like a debate though, we just talked through it to help me sort of check myself a bit before wrapping the...

The Unspeakable Murder of Savanna Greywind [Early Premiere]

Early Premiere is here! This is exclusive interrogation footage too, which is actually a channel first. A bit of a warning: It's a rough case, even for this channel. I would say "viewer discretion", but who am I talking to, right? I would recommend taking a moment to steel yourself though. It really is as bad as crimes get within reason. 

Thanks as always for your patience and support. Like I mentioned in previous commentaries and on Discord, this one was plagued by technical issue...

Creator Commentary: The Case of Anthony Palma (Jim Can't Swim Imitation))

UPDATE 28/04: Next video is coming along well, but unfortunately my target of end of April won't quite be reachable. The rough cut (basically the 99% final cut) should be done by about the end of this weekend.

There's been quite a lot of technical problems on this one though, so after the rough cut's done it's off to a professional for audio mastering, plus I've gotta add subtitles to what's going to be a fairly long stretch of interrogation footage.

If all goes smoothly I shou...

Creator Commentary: The Case of Denis Leary on Tough Crowd (Jim Can't Swim Parody) [PLUS: Channel Origin Story]

Alright, starting from the start and going chronologically from now. When Anthony Palma goes up I'll explain the sort of second half of the

Alright, starting from the start and going chronologically from now. When Anthony Palma goes up I'll explain the sort of second half of the channel origin story, though we can probably just do that during the playing of the video given it's a lot longer.

Hope you like this, and as I mention, if the sound is a little off in my recording room t...

Creator Commentary: Hot Seat - The Case of Justin Ross Harris

Free Release of The Darrell Brooks Show will be on Wednesday or Thursday :)

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This is a little experiment, sort of playing around with the concept of DVD commentaries except with YT videos. Obviously brand new to this, so there might be a bit of shaking the rust off, but I hope some of you find it enjoyable at least! 

If it's well received we'll start going through the catalogue in order and I'll try to get Commentaries on Denis Leary and Anthony Palma out in March. T...

The Darrell Brooks Show [Early Premiere]

Thanks so much for your patience and support everyone - I think you'll see why this one was such a grind - Jeezus, what an asshole. 

Update/AMA

UPDATE 20/02: Next vid is coming along well - Can't give an absolute date for the Patreon Premiere just in case something winds up being more niggly than anticipated - but I would say within a week is 100 percent certain

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Happy New Year (can we still say that?) everyone! I don’t like alerting your inboxes with something other than content, but because it’s clear to me there will be a pretty significant delay for 2023’s first video, I felt it was appropriate to let everyon...

The Case of Scott Peterson [Early Premiere]

Merry Christmas everyone! Personally, I think the last of the year is also the best. Whether or not you agree with that, I certainly hope you enjoy it!

I really appreciate your patience with me over the course of this year. Part of the increasing wait times has simply been me becoming more and more particular about dozens of little things. All the same, I’m going to work on different strategies to attempt to pick up the pace a little bit, and I also plan on brainstorming what sort of ...

He Who Defends Himself: The Legal Manoeuvres of Trevor Summers [Early Premiere]

Enjoy your early premiere, VIPs! Thanks as always for the support.

Interested in feedback for this one as it's a bit different from the usual. Second time the channel has done a trial guide through, but it's a much smaller scale case than Chauvin. I tried to strike the right balance between pacing and conveying what was actually happening. Leave your thoughts below or in the Patreon discord :).

The Case of Russell Williams

Title TBD. Available to all Patrons as promised due to the long wait. Thanks so much again for your patience and support! A quick update on the previous update: I'm still waiting on the required footage for the other project, so next vid will be...something else!

Larry Nassar is in a lot of Trouble

Archived video on the Nassar case

Update

Hi All!

It’s been a bit quiet since the last release, so I wanted to post a quick update for everyone to let you know what’s going on behind the scenes right now. Sort of good news/bad news.

The bad news is there will be a significant delay in the next video release. I would estimate about a month from now. This is because about a week ago I had to put the project I had been working on aside completely and start another one from scratch.

The reason for THAT is we have a ...

How Chandler Halderson Didn't Come Close to Getting Away with Murder

Enjoy your early premiere VIPs! Will be free on YT later in the week. Thanks as always for your support :)

Full Interview with Sawyer (Heaven's Gate Adherent and Former Class Member)

Here's a one and a half hour (plus) interview I did with Sawyer from Heaven's Gate while I was researching and writing The Weird World of Cults. Personally I'm quite proud of it as an example of "open interviewing." You sometimes get the most interesting stuff out of people when rather than challenging them, you just follow up and get as much clarification as you can.

Sawyer and his partner Cathy have a channel where they discuss their beliefs and comment on HG tapes which you can che...

Patreon Tier Change (only upsides!) and Discord

A quick house keeping post! I was going to include this with a post of an exclusive long form interview with Sawyer (Heaven's Gate adherent that was briefly featured in the latest video) that's coming out on Thursday, but apparently some of the tinkering I've been doing today might have caused a bunch of Discord users to get barraged with messages out of the blue. So - very sorry if that's you! 

On that note: The first update is I've started a Discord server for Patrons. I might ke...

The Weird World of Cults

TECHNICALLY This video is now an exclusive Director's Cut as the free release had to have the small Westbro Baptist church segment clipped after a copyright claim from the BBC

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I strived to make it before the end of the month and made it by the SKIN OF MY TEETH (depending on your timezone). Enjoy your early premiere everyone! Interested to hear your thoughts on this one as it's a bit different from the norm. Probably the closest to it is Memory Wars but even then not reaaaaaaa...

Johnny and Amber: A Love Story

FINALLY! Jeezus, what an fing slog this one was. Appreciate everyone being patient, really hope you like it!

YOU MIGHT NEED TO RUN AD BLOCK. There's a copyright claim from TMZ on it. Bastards.

The Psychology of Lazy-Bones

Hope everyone enjoys the Patreon exclusive! Thanks so much again for your support :)

How Dennis Oland (probably) Got Away With Murder

First of all just want to give you all a massive thanks for your patience. Hope you enjoy the first vid of 2022!

Quick Update [Now with new update!]

UPDATE TO UPDATE: Okay, first of all thank you so much for your patience and while you've assured me you're happy to wait, because we are now definitely past my "week and a bit" projection I wanted to touch base one more time. I REALLY wanted it to be done today but with less than 3 hours on the clock til I have to be elsewhere I can see that just wont be possible. I'm really hopeful I can get all the final touches complete tomorrow. Failing that it will *definitely* be ready the day after. T...

The Endless Riddle of JonBenét Ramsey

Here it is! Thank you as always for your support! Last time at least one person was having playback issues on Patreon so just remember you can click the YT button to go and watch the unlisted video natively on YT if you have those sorts of issues.

I'm going to keep replying to the AMA thread until the new year too as barely anyone used it and I think it may have something to do with Patreon not notifying people of new posts. Not that you should feel like you HAVE to ask something or any...