Dad Took an Axe to his Face and Didn’t Realize! | Chris Porco
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- čas přidán 19. 09. 2022
- Christopher Porco was the younger son of loving parent Peter and Joan Porco. One day Peter got up for work as usual, got ready, and packed his lunch. Unbeknownst to him, he had taken 16 hits of an axe to the head. Who attacked the Porcos, and why?
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I remember this case. That poor mother is in total denial. She can’t remember the attack. and refuses to believe that she named her son as the attacker. I feel for her. Uh, the dad going about his daily routine not realizing he was fatally wounded. So Heartbreaking.
I think the mother's reaction can explain how their son ended up the way he is...he was probably never made to take responsibility for any of his actions while growing up...
So baffling that she stood by him
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@@janewilson2421 totally agree. So sad.
And the dad was just on brain autopilot until he passed. Awful
Imagine Peter Porco, brushing his teeth while blood drips down the sink, looking back at himself in the mirror, trying to make things make sense again, trapped in some nightmarish dream-like state. This must be a horrible death.
I'm sure his brain was not functioning, just partially.
Guarantee he wasn't consciously experiencing any of it.
It's called shock 😲
@@SheriMWill That’s not shock, it’s the result of severe brain damage.
So terrible! Poor guy.
“The only thing stronger than a mother’s love, is a mother’s delusion.” I can’t remember where I heard that.
The fact that Peter started his morning routine just makes it so much more sad. His body or mind couldn't even begin to comprehend what happened to him so he went on autopilot until he died.
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I couldn't have described it better
Dogs alarm and a few guns near by like right there will save your life
@@maximustrump To add to that I lock my bedroom door, to buy a few more precious seconds. Hopefully enough time to get my bearings, and grab the CZ.
With a splitting headache 😫
This case is a really good example of a 'death walk' .. and probably the most extensive one to date. Mr. Porco' brain wasn't damaged in an area where his 'instincts' were impacted and he still had mobility. 90% of the time a death walk isn't a head wound and the person aimlessly wanders looking for help - a natural instinct - but for him to have such a severe head wound and manage to do so many things before dying is just unreal. We learned about this case in forensics
They highlighted how that kinda looks in an episode of Breaking Bad at the nursing home. I won't go into too much detail to spare anyone spoilers if they haven't seen it by now 😂🙈 it's just absolutely heart wrenching.
That's really interesting, thank you ☺️
I read an account like that from a firefighter responding to a fire. At the scene, he ran into a guy who had severe burns, to the point he would later die. The guy was just sitting on the curb smoking a cigarette like nothing was wrong. Probably more shock than operating on instinct, but similarly eerie.
@@HannahMattox It's exactly what I thought about when I heard the description. Scary to think that you could still shamble about with half of your head gone
@@HannahMattox You mean like when he straightened his suit and tie afterwards like he was totally ok and then...
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So right
That father was so devoted to serving his family he woke up from the dead when the alarm went off, to get ready for work. My God. To be betrayed like that by his own son. 😭😭💔💔💔💔💔
This whole story is haunting. The Mom looking in the mirror every day with the reminder of that horror.
I think her denial is most definitely keeping her mind in one piece. There’s only so much grief a heart can stand.
Yeah that denial is definitely a self defense mechanism to save her the trauma of almost being killed by her own son.
That shit is horrible man.
It’s not denial. I work at the hospital she was brought to and my coworkers worked on her. The amount of brain damage (well known to everyone) is what is causing her to not believe any of this. Not even close to denial. This is a huge story in this area. She told the police he did it while they were at the home. Go find another page to watch the story that has much more evidence and actual true facts about this case.
You could have been a little more respectful and provide a lot more actual facts while doing this story. I’m from this area and have friends who took care of the wife and this was extremely traumatic for a lot of us.
I don't think she was in denial. Pretty bold of you to say which in a way is making her look bad. Or did you forget she suffered a traumatic event that also gave her some brain damage? Cause I am more likely to believe that she truely forgot due to the damage or her mind made her forget through the traumatic event. Not her being in "denial". Using that word is very scummy. You are implying she remembers and is still saying her son is innocent and is in a way covering for him while trying to avoid more "heartache".
@@Gigimaemac He was respectful. He does shorter main info stories that are just enough. We all know everyone else has covered this in great detail. We are here just to listen to him tell it his way. If you don’t like listening to him then go to 48 hours or dateline and watch an hour long video 🤦🏻♀️
It's also notable that Chris' brother never publicly supported him; he obviously could see the evil. Just a heartbreaking case.
Brother's know each other like they know themselves. His bro knew exactly what was going on.
Thank you for commenting about that… my first question was what did his brother think about it? Sounds like he knew exactly what he was capable of.
You know it's a serious concern when the head honcho at work says he thinks his son is a sociopath to colleagues and employees. That's not joking with friends, that's "holy shit my son is a sociopath".
And I guess he was right. I can’t even process how a son could not only do this but look his mom in her scarred face and pretend he’s innocent. There’s no guilt or remorse at all.
My parents both passed away years ago. I would do anything to have 30 seconds more with them. I couldn’t ever imagine thinking of hurting my beloved parents. God I miss them…
@SCRATCHING FOR CASH sounds like you had cool parents who reared a cool kid .
Yep, parents are the best.
@@cUser691 thank you for saying that. I did have super cool parents. They were still hip and relevant up to the day they passed away. My father was a City Firefighter and he just loved people same with my mom. Just 2 good people that unfortunately died so young. They were both 59
@@Scratchingforcash God rest their souls.
Here is some cash to get you through
The fact that he got up and got on with his morning routine is just utterly heartbreaking 💔
It's horrifying what the dad was able to do while dying of a traumatic brain injury. The crime scene photos of the blood everywhere are incredibly disturbing. It's heartbreaking and unimaginable what their psychopathic son did to them. RIP 🥺😔
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Ever since I heard about this case I found the fact the dad was walking around trying to do normal, everyday things the most traumatic. It's heartbreaking to think of that
@@carolinesavva5376 Probably his auto responses were fine but his ability to think were gone. He was basically a robot with half a head trying to do his daily routine programmed into him. Let's not give big corporations ideas or they will find a way to do this to us all
It sounds like he experienced Dissociative amnesia, so did the mother imo. It’s a defense mechanism of the brain to forget traumatic events.
Living on a farm, with all the animal butchering, I can confirm that there is a lot that can be done without a brain stem. Watching headless chickens running around like normal was one of the most traumatizing imprints of my youth. 😕
Nothing is worse than a kid who grew up thinking they're invincible. I had one kid I worked with whose father paid for everything he broke, when one of the teachers found him throwing ipads around he kept telling them that since his dad pays for everything he can do whatever he wants. Honestly, I'm not very surprised whenever I hear about some spoiled rich kid committing a terrible crime, that combination of entitlement, status, and a lack of guidance is just asking for issues later on in life.
The awful Meghan Markle thinks she is invincible too. Poor deluded brain-washed Harry. That also will end in heartbreak and tragedy!
Sounds like Paul and Alex Murdaugh...
What about his brother? I don't think this has anything to do with money. His brother turned out completely normal. When his father told the coworker a few weeks before this happened that he believes his son is a sociopath, that is the answer.
@@thecatatemyhomework Sometimes parents treats kids differently. My husband's 2 younger siblings are only 3 years apart. But they are treated completely different. One has been financially supported and kept from jail several times. The other is left to her devices and she has to figure out how to pay bills.
You have to think that the axe to the mother's head might partly be to blame why she refuses to believe he had anything to do with it or maybe it's just her coping mechanism. I'm hoping that shithead is having a hard time in prison.
Went to school with Chris since elementary school, it was creepy seeing him act so normal around town when he was on trial. Even keeping his infamous yellow jeep
@m Who on earth would someone expect him to buy a new car when he’s going to prison, my point was that he acted like he didn’t have a care in the world (which i’m sure he was told to act like that). And his yellow Jeep was a sign of a murderer’s presence around town.
He's got a pretty good gaslight face, with a perfect little permanent, fake, half smile. He almost pulled it off.
Interesting wording from the mother "I could not ACCEPT..." Yes, because it so extremely difficult to accept the horrifying reality of her son attacking them. She also says "I BELIEVE him to be innocent..." Similar to when people say they 'believe' in something that cannot be proven or is questionable in the eyes of others. She does not say "I know..." The traumatized brain and body have ways of protecting us.
I was just about to say the same thing. I do think that the love for her son actually has her in such strong denial that she truly does believe him to be innocent, so I don't feel that she is intentionally lying, or anything. I bet she doesn't remember any of it. What was most telling was the verbal statement she made saying "I cannot accept that Christopher could have, or would have chosen to butcher us". All I have to say to that is while I find that statement totally fair because she's his mother, it's *not* a statement based in fact and only shows how SHE feels about it all. To be fair, she did make a statement about being "absolutely positive that he was in no way involved" in her written letter, though.
It’s something hard enough for everyone else to accept; a personal so greedy, they are willing to take an ax to their own parents’ heads. It’s possible that, although her face was in pieces, the mother never lost consciousness, and the surgery is what caused memory loss.
Or yeah, it’s so unbelievable, particularly for a mother (who is generally the nurturing parent and primary caregiver), to accept their own child could do something so fundamentally horrific, despite the evidence.
Maybe she was conscious of the fact he was guilty but felt responsible in some way (it isn’t unusual for women to blame themselves for everything that goes wrong, especially from her generation) and couldn’t bear feeling responsible (which logically, for an outsider, it’s easy to think “Of course the mother isn’t responsible for her adult son murdering his father and trying to murder her”) for him going to prison for the rest of his life.
It’s a tragic and depressing story in any event. I hope the poor mother an non-murderer son are able to find some sort of peace.
Gotta love those primitive survival mechanisms. Being attacked with an ax is as traumatic as it gets, I don't know how I'd be after that.
this comment is complimented really well by the fact that he is grinning while denying he went to their home when asked by the interviewer. horrible.
Yeah you make some interesting points there on the use of language.
I saw another documentary on this case, and it added the detail that when Christopher entered the home in the middle of the night, he disarmed the home security system with the passcode, which of course was logged by the alarm company's system. However, when he tried to make it look like a burglary, he smashed the alarm keypad, trying to make it seem that the smashing of the keypad is what disarmed it and not the code being entered. That was another piece of circumstantial evidence because nobody outside of the family had the passcode.
Only because you made known this fact do I now believe he's guilty. Because really, there was no other evidence, no fingerprints, no blood in his Jeep OR dormroom. I wonder if the police had evidence of bleach? Thanks for sharing that info because for once Mike left that piece of info out which is rare of T.C 😲
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Thanks for mentioning this, I was lowkey on the fence about he guilty verdict, but this adds a bit more weight to it imho.
I want to see the documentary. What’s it called? If you don’t mind sharing. I enjoy listening to all sides of the story. And everyone tells the story differently.
@@mercielynmarmolejos7888 It was the show Forensic Files, Season 13, Episode 25
The recording of his mother pleading his innocence is so heartbreaking. She loves him so much that she was utterly blindsided by how monstrous he really is. I hope he gets everything that he deserves.
Man. Imagine getting axed in the head a bunch and instead of just passing away peacefully you get up and get ready for work instead.
I was totally amazed at how much the human body can endure.
To have been hit by an ax, that many times, yet still was on autopilot doing your morning routine. Unbelievable.
May he rest in peace.
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Having suffered a skull fracture with MULTIPLE subdural hematomas, I cannot quite fathom the dad continuing his routine.
I seriously doubt that he shaved, brushed his teeth or took a shower. There were no specifications as to what he did. He could have just walked into the bathroom to get a towel to stop the bleeding. If you have no lower jaw how do you brush your teeth or shave? I was hit by a truck once on my motorcycle and I should have died but I was in really bad shock. I had remembered reading that people lost their legs and continued to walk, their head were barely being held on their bodies or they lost a leg and kept on walking. I was the opposite. My shoelace broke and I lost it over that. The next day my face was purple like a grape and I had escaped the hospital shortly after being taken in. I had to feed my dogs but they would not let me go home. They kept calling me and telling me not to go to sleep because I had a concussion and might now wake up. I shut the phone off. Now years later it has been proven that if you have a concussion going to sleep will not make the concussion kill you.
I heard that the part of his brain that would've known he was hurt was damaged.
he even brushed his hair, and teeth and had a coffee, he was a boss til the end
@@smeagle3295 I just thought about my lack of routine. Maybe walking around the neighborhood bloody wishing I had a routine.
This is so heartbreaking. I can’t imagine my children doing this.
I've encountered quite a few mothers who were in total denial over their POS golden sons, but this case takes the cake.
See Krista Halderson. I'll bet she would have defended her son if she had survived the attack.
And it's always a son. Sick dynamic
@@TS-rd7oy nah, there's been a few cases of daughters murdering their parents. Or at least arranging for it to happen. I remember one case that I think happened in New Zealand. Two friends went on a walk out in nature with one girls mother and brutally beat her with a rock. The country spent a lot of time rehabilitating the girls and eventually they were released with name changes. Another case a young girl got her friends to kill (or try to kill her parents and tie her up.) I think her first name was Jennifer...I'll look for that one.
Doesn't seem like he was the golden boy. After the trauma that she endured it seems completely understandable that it would just be to much for her to come to terms with. We have a way of blocking things out in order to self-preservate 😓
@@ContactsNfilters Yes, I forgot about the two girls in New Zealand. I think it was less parental-cide and more that the two girls wanted to be together and live in the fantasy world they created? I’m probably wrong about that. I know one grew up and became a Mormon and a fiction author.
“Who knows what was going through her mind?”
An axe, Mike. An axe was going through her mind.
I'm sure her husband would be so pleased to hear she's on the sons side.
He'd understand.
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned in the comments yet is how nonchalant he was in that call to the police. No emotion whatsoever after finding out that his parents were brutally murdered. That was the first sign for me right there!
Really enjoyed this video, thanks Mike.
Right and he never asked about his dad or what happened.
Exactly. He sounded like he was asking for a weather forecast or something. No emotion or shock. Should have gotten death...immediately. Pure evil. 😈
@@aprilforever Exactly! I came here to say that very thing!👍
Precisely!! I doubt you would be that calm to find out your parents could be dead
He was so disappointed you could hear it in his voice “my mom is in hospital!” He probably said DAMN under his breath. But what about my dad wasn’t said either.
What gets me the most about this (aside from the fact that Peter went about his routine with those injuries) is the way Chris attacked his parents. Using an axe is very brutal and personal.
His mother is obviously in denial - who wants to think something like that about their own child? I feel sorry for her, but Chris is getting what he deserves. I hope he never sees the light of day again.
I was thinking about that too... his motive seemed to be money, not anger towards the victims, I wonder why he chose such a brutal and risky way to do it. by risky I mean he risks getting blood on himself and his stuff, risks the victims not dying (which did happen), risk getting injured himself from them fighting back as he had to be pretty close to them to do this. its a miracle there wasn't any physical evidence of him committing the crime. maybe he wanted it to look like a serial killer or something broke in and killed them, maybe it was the only weapon at his parents house he could find, bringing your own adds more risk of it being traced back to you.
Like he wanted to obliterate them.
@@BlisaBLisa - I see this quite differently. Seems his dad was tired of his lying, stealing ways, and wasn't going to tolerate it. I've heard of many cases where the freeloading son is on the brink of being kicked to the curb,
so they opt for murder. Brutal murder most often. A big ol long handled axe taken to a couple of sleeping victims, sure seems like a great weapon, as it gives leverage, and some distance. As far of evidence e likely threw it all in a garbage bag, and tossed it in a dumpster somewhere along his drive back to school.
@@BlisaBLisa
Yes, Christopher wanted the money, but he was clearly extremely angry with his parents for not giving him what he wanted.....demanded! There was a lot of anger in him, and the brutality demonstrates that.
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When Chris asked what condition his mother was in, I knew right then.
her husband was gone and she realized she was gonna be alone so tried to defend him to have family around. messed up full circle.
Poor Joan. Not only was she a victim of her son's narcissism and then attempted murder, but she became a victim again when he used her mental state for his defense. She cared about him so much that she was blind to who he really is, and the whole time, he was likely only enraged by her survival.
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@BOB K no bob, there isn't.
And my Livia Soprano mother would sell me into slavery for $20 if she could.
@@ignatius3104 that was helpful..... Lol
@Nikki are you talking to me? I didn't say he's a serial killer, nor blame his parents. I'm confused.
The conversation with police about his mother’s whereabouts at the hospital is super telling. He was like “yep” “yep” “okay” obviously disappointed she was alive.
He's a decent poker face, but can't fake emotion to save his own life (literally).
Another thing that struck me about the call was the demeanour of the police - think some acting classes were needed there, he wasn't really going by the handbook of announcing bad news. I thought the story was gong to skip to the culprit sensing it and doing a runner
@@l0-r3z43 I still think he's guilty, but he actually does ask in the call to the police what his mother's condition is.
@@cteckerman He tells the police he was told his parents were murdered. Who knows what the newspaper actually said to him, but he assumed his job was well done and that they were both dead.
He had all the emotional reaction of someone who learned they left their jacket at work and said they will go pick it up.
Wow. when you explained that Peter was going through his morning routine after being brutalized, i was gob smacked. that really got me. I'm glad Joan recovered as well as she could, but how would a person ever reconcile this in their mind? unbelievable
The brain is so fascinating in such a surreal horror kind of way. The fact that his brain's 'higher function' parts were destroyed but the more 'base' parts remained intact, meaning that ingrained habits and routines were followed without any real thought behind them. Imagine all of the routines you go through every day, usually without even really thinking about it. That's the base part of your brain at work, the part that was left intact. He was literally unable to realise that he was wounded or anything was wrong. It's both horrible but also kind of a mercy. Certainly better than if he'd realised what was happening and spent his last minutes in terror.
Seeing the mothers face for the first time after the attack was heartbreaking. I'm actually glad she cannot remember the attack.
I’d have said the little shit did it as soon as I looked in a mirror or had to put in and take out the gas’s eye.
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The look in her eyes said she absolutely remembered. She looked horrified and overwhelmed. I think it was easier for her to say that Chris didn't do it than deal with the reality of it.
Chris was also NOT in jail and she was probably terrified of what else he might do.
she's just stupid religious person, who thinks if she believes in something, it's true.
The fact that his Dad just automatically got up and went about his day until he simply physically couldn't anymore is just...it's not even how gruesome it sounds, it's just *sad*. I'm almost hoping that the blood and the state of his wife just didn't register with him. That as far as he was concerned it was just an ordinary morning.
Likely was barely conscious of what was happening. Just his nearly dead brain going on autopilot and going thru the motions. At least I hope he was barely conscious.
yeah I have heard of this happening, terrifying
Probably more a case of only some parts of his brain were still working at that point and the one part was his daily schedule and it was until his blood finally ran out that it ended.
Equally strange the fact that being axed in the face and head didn't wake him up but the morning alarm did.
@@erikaxchristine That one victim of Dahmer's attempt to create "zombie", who managed to escape his apartment, only to handed back to him by the police springs to mind...
When u said the guy walked out of his house and back in and got the key from a rock, i remembered i had heard this case before. Ima listen to how u do it now :)
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You can tell by his phone call he is a sociopath, he had no emotion when asking if they had been found murdered ,also he was shocked when cop said his mother was in hospital..no emotion at all ....evil narcissistic sociopath.
Wow, that interview. Smiling with duper's delight while pretending to feel grief, nodding yes while saying no. Why these guys cannot leave their parents alone and face the consequences of their actions instead of destroying them I will never know. The mother looked so traumatized and destroyed. Thanks for the great narration, Mike.
In fairness, I think she's looking quite well for someone who's suffered an axe attack on their head.
Careful with the body language reads, friend. That's a slippery slope.
Not to be out of line or anything, but this Christopher Porco fella seems like a real jerk !
I always look for that subconscious yes nod to a denying guilty party, and I'm never disappointed.
@GencoSchmar 7 your last paragraph also applies to serial killers & psychopathy.
The human body is simply amazing...
The ability to STILL function after such determent is nothing but amazing....
This is a horrific murder
I was so excited to see you posted this because this happened in my hometown (and I am always shocked its not more well known because oh my god). While I do not remember the crime since I was too young, I remember the trial. My mom worked at the elementary school the Porco boys had gone to + my dad is friends with the lead investigator for this case as well as one of the EMTs who treated Joan.
Now, this is small town gossip but my mom had driven by the house either on her way to work or on her lunch break or something and told her coworkers what she saw. Her friend had taught both boys and apparently IMMEDIATELY asked about Chris because he was just a real piece of shit from the get go.
This part isn't gossip, my brother also went to that elementary school and the fifth grade does a play every year. On the walls in the main hall there are pictures of every fifth grade class play for like.... YEARS... EXCEPT Chris Porcos class because when they shot the Forensics Files, Joan came in and took it so they couldn't get any childhood pictures of him.
Since you did not mention it, I am pretty sure it is mentioned like in the Forensic Files that he had also JUST asked his dad for more mf money and was in debt (beyond just the school debt).
Side note- lol thanks for saying Albany correctly, for some reason no one says it right and it confuses the hell outta me.
I knew this case was coming. Him walking around after the axe blows gives me chills, bless his heart
I remember this case. Still feel sorry for the mother. She really was in total denial about what a monster her son was.
Truly sad. Truly.
It's a hell of a lot to cope with, that not only was your husband brutally murdered, but it was your own psycho son that did it. I can't imagine. The idea of "losing" the son as well by admitting that is just too much for people sometimes.
Total denial is right, she has put away the past of him getting bad grades, forging dad's ID, and probably more that no one knows about. They were just patiently waiting for him to pull himself together, ignoring all the signs of deteriorating mental health. But he wasn't a monster and he could have been helped if discussing mental health wasn't taboo. The stigma is the true killer.
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n yes, many parents just wait and helplessly hope their child will "grow out of it"
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n "He wasn't a monster" Well, you have some strange opinions sir. How many more people would he have to have brutally murdered for entirely self serving greed, for you to consider him a monster?
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Feel so bad for his mother. She seems like a real stand up woman, and great mom to have. She literally defended him to the very end even though he was so obviously guilty.
i feel bad for his older brother too......i cant imagine the hell he is going through
I saw MrBallen cover this one. When it came to the phone call he memorably remarked that "As you can tell, Chris was REALLY upset, just devastated. Oh wait, he sounded like he was ordering a pizza". Seriously, the deadpan calm from someone who *should* have been freaking out is appalling. And the first part with that poor bastard going about his morning routine not knowing he was already dead was just chilling. Definitely a case that deserved more coverage.
While it's obvious in this case that Chris was the killer, you can't jump to conclusions on whether or not somebody is guilty because they didn't react the way you think somebody should react, it's assumptions like this that get innocent people put in jail. You can't dictate how somebody reacts to terrible news or grieves, because everyone processes things differently.
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Mr Ballen is where I first heard this case, so sad 😞 but just like Mike got it spot on who was guilty. I really feel for the mother. 💖
@@TonyGearSolid You made a very valid point there. I should have known better. Indeed I get really angry at people who say things like "you can tell he's a crisis actor because there's pictures of him laughing and smiling on the same day his kid was supposedly shot!" Because I laughed and smiled the same day one of my closest friends was killed, but that sure as hell didn't mean I wasn't screaming inside. :(
Positively bereft
Can you link the video?
Trust me, just trust me, a head injury of that magnitude can absolutely cause a person to forget, I trust that this kid did it. His mother's first reaction was probably correct in that the memory loss kicked in later when the adrenaline was gone and the damage had time to kick in. I believe she doesn't remember or wants to forget so much she has blocked it out. I have seen similar things happen, head trauma and denial about what you want to be true and what you can't imagine being true can erase lots of things.
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I just drove through Bethlehem last week on my way from Albany airport to Woodstock. I was saying goodbyes to my Uncle who is in his final days of life.
I fell in love with the Countryside out there and was sad returning home to Tex-ass yesterday.
Several famous peoe are from and/or still living in Bethlehem.
He was so cold and emotionless in that phone call, I get panicked when I see a missed call from my parents, so if I got that call from the paper, and then had to ring the cops, I would be absolutely beside myself. He sounded that he was annoyed his mum had lived.
He did sound disappointed that his mom was alive. I don’t know if he did it or not but to me I heard disappointment
Yeah but everyone deals with stress/high stress situations differently! I used to laugh at everything when I really shouldn’t have and when something serious is being talked about/happening, I completely shut down and stop talking OR i sound like I’m annoyed and agitated.
@@MomeGnome I’m the exact same with phone calls! I couldn’t give a damn 😂
A mother's love for her child is so unbelievably overwhelming that, even when faced with undeniable evidence, she still stands by the son that tried to kill her. She is obviously in total denial but I think it's the only way she can deal with this awful situation. Deep down she knows the truth and every time she looks in the mirror must be utterly devastating for her.
I feel so sorry for her that it breaks my heart.
it’s sad, but true - it reminds me of Ted Bundy, whose mother proclaimed his innocence the whole time he was on Death Row, until he finally admitted it all 3 days before he was executed
Same :’(
Is that love though?
Note that she makes statements like “I believe with all my heart he is innocent” instead of declaring “he is innocent.” It’s not lying of you’re only stating what you believe instead
@@TD-ln2tg True
I grew up in Elsmere, eventually moved to Delmar, both part of Bethlehem Township. I graduated from the high school (BCHS) which is right across the street from where the Porcos lived. I had just moved back to Delmar in 2000, after a decades-long hiatus.
The Porco murder was only the second murder in the township in decades, the first between roommates. We’ve had our fair share of drugs, DUIs, and burglaries over the years, but violent crime? Extremely rare.
Peter Porco. A name I will never forget…mostly due to Forensic Files.
The DA argued that Chris wouldn't have been that bloody as a lot of the blood at the scene happened after he left, when the dad was meandering around. This was so crazy. Poor mom. I wonder if she was worried about losing both her husband and her son. The son had a clear motive. Great re-telling, as always!
Yeah, some spray, maybe, but those 4-5-6 whacks were probably super quick and panicky. He probably had gloves pants a hoodie and mask and was changed in 5 seconds and out the door. Toss the evidence on the Thruway back to Rochester and no one's the wiser. My last job in Albany I worked with a guy who was a couple years younger than Chris and had lived on the same street as kids. Said he was always a weirdo and was totally not surprised he did it. Thought all that romeo killer stuff was so stupid, lol.
@@ianobrien3248 I thought the psycho would have been covered in blood and some would have been found in his jeep. But you must be right. Not too much blood, and he prepared with some throwaway clothes and, uh...threw them away.
@@ianobrien3248 It was his family home, he could have stripped down naked before the attack and then rinsed off in the shower. From the time line the police came up with, he spent a lot of time in the house. Like hours between the alarm being turned off and the phone line being cut. He was there often enough to explain his DNA in any bathroom that he would use while there at other times. His fingerprints being at the scene wouldn't really prove anything either. If his mom's identification of him was accurate, considering the head trauma, he probably wasn't wearing an outfit like the one you described. At least no mask. I can't imagine he thought it was possible for anyone to survive what he did to them, so why bother with a mask? Especially since he made the trip in his very recognizable Jeep which he left parked on the street out front. It doesn't seem like being recognized was a concern he had about this murder plan.
@Nikki It could be part of the background check done by the utility company. Or, more likely, the police requested the employees give fingerprints and they did it because they were innocent of the murder.
@Nikki I'm still voting for him doing a Lizzie Borden and doing the crime naked. And fingerprints don't last a very long time in an outdoor environment. It's unlikely the print was from an old employee, but maybe he didn't act alone and had an accomplice. Or it was just a random print that wasn't related to the case at all.
if a newspaper called me to tell me my parents were dead i'd be in hysterics. He called the cops to ask if they were dead the way a person calls gamestop to ask if a game is in stock. That call gave me the worst vibes.
His call to the police was eerie. No panic, no urgency, no alarm.
The most insane fact of this case was that Peter was able to make it down to his front door & get the paper until he then gave up the ghost and died. When they said that on the Forensic Files episode I saw it was bull till they mentioned how it happened. It’s also tragic that Joan has had to live with the physical and emotional scars of what her son did to her; even though she says he’s innocent, but I feel that is due to the trauma of her ordeal and the surgeries to repair her face and likely her maternal instinct
When a person who feels entitled is confronted with the fact of their behavior, they never understand it. Their ego won't allow it. A spoiled brat is a spoiled brat.
the human bodies ability to just....keep going til the last possible second before death is fucking crazy. how this man locked himself out of his house but was still able to remember the hidden key with that much brain damage is insane.
There is a part of the brain that will keep going for awhile after being damaged.
@stmsin which is why we shouldn't take ourselves for granted and keep ourselves in tip top shape
This was an unbelievably gruesome case. That poor father, wandering around the house on autopilot, bleeding everywhere. Ugh
Why do I feel like Peter's ghost will forever loop his daily routine
"Tirty years". Ah a touch of tremendous Tipp in the old accent. Beauty
I still can’t wrap around how the dad managed to do his morning routine after getting attacked by the axe! Obviously the part of the brain that got injured processes information and the other part that wasn’t injured was like muscle memory but still how absolutely scary is that!
Yeah it's crazy and it took a while for him to just...die, but he was grabbing at the walls like he was hurt or sick
Ugh
I wonder if somebody saw him walking around all filled with blood and they called an ambulance and the ambulance got there quickly, if he could have been saved.
@@onlyJann He Bled Out.
Yeah the case is also like Ryan Waller, he got shot in the face and his girlfriend got murdered by their ex roommate and Ryan just lived in the house for a couple days because he was that disoriented and confused! The cops treated him like complete shit, making him sit in the cop car for over 5 hours and then they even threw him down on his face! During the interrogation, the detectives even said that there was holes in his face and he was so confused yet they did jack shit and after he died they ended up making up bullshit to cover their ass saying shit like that they didn’t notice anything! If he got treated immediately after being found (several days after getting shot at) he had a pretty good chance of surviving
@@Ahmad67475 He did survive, only he was like a vegetable. Not quite, but for the most part. Died a couple of years later.
What a horrific story. It’s amazing how Peter could function with his massive injuries. The mother is unable to process the fact that her own child could do this.
A) Massive head injuries can do that. A friend of mine had to clean up the mess caused by his girlfriend's father's suicide. He shot himself in the head with a 22 in the bathroom and then walked around the house doing normal activities until the bled to death for wait was estimated to be between a half hour and a few hours...
B) Having a Massive Head Injury could have damaged her ability to make new memories.
The Police could have gotten a response from her while her memory of the attack was in her short term memory and yet that information was not stored in her long term memory. Also some of the brain damage from the attack could have been at the hospital as the result of diminished blood flow. This is why the Police are quick to interview victims, even f they are not at risk of dying...
Also she could have simply been lying to herself for raising a Monster...
Chandler holderson. Same thing. His parents found out that he was faking his entire college career including a job with SpaceX. When he was found out you shot his parents dead and tried to burn them in the fireplace. Is parents neighbors complained about the smoke. It's a sad thing when kids kill their parents.
trust me, this shook the whole neighborhood and surrounding areas... especially the part where Peter kept going long enough to load the dishwasher.
So the dad never noticed half of his head and jaw was gone when he looked in the mirror?
@@matte8439 he literally had half of his brain missing.
as far as i know especially if the part of the pain-receiving part of your brain is missing (and the frontal lobe is remaining), you will go about your default daily routine, even getting fully ready for work, not even knowing you're losing blood. its very gruesome, but unfortunately true about the human brain.
Ya know that we love you too, Mike! What a horrific story. Thanks for telling it in your own special way.
I am from Albany, and this case was the biggest case of 2005 in the area. This story was absolutely horrific,
hearing that the dad went about his morning with 100% fatal wounds the way he did just makes that scene in breaking bad when gustavo got blown up more believable
That's exactly what I thought of too!
Didn't he feel pain?
@@OWOT-re5jf No. Very little of his brain was working at that point. The brain is an amazing thing, I just listened to a podcast about a case that is almost 200 years old which had victims with similar axe to the head injuries still able to talk but utterly confused about what is going on. The husband thought the doctor was his wife talking to him and asked her why her voice sounded so odd. Said she must be sick, he was feeling a bit feverish himself. Half his brain had been splattered all over. A child even survived as this mother did, which is unreal given medicine at that time (1850s).
@@Nikki_the_G do you know the name of the podcast by any chance? Sounds fascinating!
Thought of that too
I feel so sorry for the brother. I can't imagine the dichotomy of feelings. Very sad.
this story makes my blood crawl......its disgusting what that boy did
Some cases hunt you more than others. This one is heartbreaking. Their son was a complete psychopath... But I also think his parents must have been in denial, and this was part of the family dynamic.
Wow. That the father could do his morning routine, not only while fatally wounded but while bleeding profusely all over the place, is amazing. I know he passed away but still, that the brain and body could still function to that degree while massively damaged is fascinating.
shock
Bizarre. Didn't he feel pain????
(Spoiler alert) Major Gus Fring from Breking Bad vibes!
That is the nature of a massive head injury...
@@OWOT-re5jf The brain doesn't have neurons for pain inside of it. So the only pain would be from the damage outside of his skull...
Wow I asked you over a year ago to do this one. Peter's sister Patty was my friend. This was so hard on her she died a year after the trial from cancer. He drove Joan to trial every day in that yellow jeep. Joan was so angry at Peter's family for believing it was Christopher that she wouldn't even tell them where Peter was buried. This was so horrible for that whole family.
Oh god that’s so sad.
How awful
Oh gosh so much tragedy 😢
😞😔☹
Please tell the family and friends of Mr. And Mrs. Porko I send my deepest condolences. As a mom, I'd be devastated whether or not I believed or accepted my child did this to me. Sadly it was over Chris being cut off. But all that aside it must have been hard on you too to have to sit in a car with Ms. Joan and hear her side of what went on. You are a blessing to your friends and I'm sure she was so happy to have a friend like you. May God bless all involved and may whoever murdered Mr. Porko and attempted to murder Mrs. Porko see justice. Regardless of who it is. Poor mom, I pray she can find peace and am very happy she doesn't remember the attack, because if she did she may have to accept her worst fear. God bless yall, stay strong.
I grew up and live in this area. You’d be surprised how many people vividly remember and talk about this case. Absolutely tragic. Wonderful video as always, Mike.
I just can't wrap my mind around that poor man getting out of bed to his alarm and going about his morning like nothing happened.. Imagine going to check the mail and your next door neighbor wanders to the mailbox missing half his skull?
19:15. Body language is interesting. While Chris is saying no, he did not kill his parents, he is nodding "yes."
He did it.
Thanks for another goo, Mike!
The mother defending Chris after what he did explains WHY HE DID THAT!
She killed her husband for the second time...
That moment at 19:28 with the mom walking him to court....like wow that has some brutal feels attached. The feelings going through that poor woman's head and one can only hope the guilt running through his (but even more scary is the concept that isn't the case). Powerful story this one here!
When you said Yeah was the top song....I realized why I'd only heard of this 5 years ago
I was out there dancing to it 🤦🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤣
When Chandler Halderson was on trial for the murder of his mother and father this past year, I immediately thought of Chris Porco…There are many similarities between the two cases that are worthy of discussion. Thank you for reminding others of this incident, as well as introducing a younger generation to another horrific tale of parricide.
This case has a lot of similarities - manipulative, dysfunctional psychopathic son conspires to murder parents with extreme violence after being exposed as a liar and fraud.
and don't forget Joel Guy jr- all 3 were horrible but actually hearing Joel guy talk was scarier than when Chandler or Porco spoke. they're all selfish and entitled
The only difference is Chris Porco, while getting processed in the arrest unit, didn't tell the cops "I don't regret anything that happened" like ol' Chazzle Dazzle did.
Also Grant Amato comes to mind here
There are similarities but Halderson so much more monumentally stupid its hard to believe anyone would think they wouldn't get caught doing that crime. Halderson case has more in common with Joel Guy. Just, supremely, gargantuanly, impressively stupid.
Thanks Mike, for making every Tuesday and Friday the happiest days of the week!
Appreciate that!
That’s pretty sad actually
@@BikingVikingHH says the guy who has a practicing stoicism playlist on his channel xD
also nice symbols on ur helmet weirdo
😆 i juat realized that I made the comment, and Mike replied, just now, after clicking on it,reading the replies, then looked up and saw it was me
Imagine the life of absolute sacrifice and dedication his father lived, that even after being fatally wounded he tried to go about his daily routine. Damn…!
I had to watch/listen to the opening three times because it was so completely unbelievable.
I am so excited that you did this case. The muscle memory the brain has is crazy, thanks Mike. Love giving it a go.
Hope you enjoy the video!
@@ThatChapter what kerr you driving, sweetheart
@@iiLoveAutumn the fact your name is "Justanotherrando" is so suiting considering the question you just asked lol
I think it's always assumed we all love your videos Mike , I click like before I even watch !
@@13ritneyanne I just asked him what type of *kerr* he drives!
I do not get why these privileged kids can not be satisfied. They have all resources to make a life for themselves but they want their families hard work resources. Poor mom. I would probably knowingly or unknowingly protect my child if they were facing being put away from me. But she knew. Even if for a few hours. Chris should be ashamed of himself. 😢 Thanks Mike. This story is a hard one.
@@FancyForestPerson I would agree if I knew the backstory. I know many families who do a lot for their kids snd they grow up appreciative. 😢
We don't know what else was going on behind closed doors. He was raised by those parents, means they didn't do a good job
@@huginug nature vs. nurture.
Just because he turned out this way, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is their ‘fault’.
Could they have done things better? Sure, probably, but that doesn’t mean that they are responsible for him being a murderer, thief and self-entitled liar.
Just look at their other son. From all accounts he is an upstanding young man serving in the military. There are no reports or even insinuations of him wronging anyone. On the contrary, he has received only praise during his studies and career as well as in his personal life. Let’s be realistic also, his life was being viewed under a magnifying glass as soon as his brothers crimes were made known. If there was something his brother had done wrong, it would be quickly exposed.
In the case of psychopaths or sociopaths for example. Chris exhibited multiple warning signs for either of these diagnoses. While not inherently violent, psychopaths or sociopaths can be more prone to resorting to violent resolutions to their problems. In addition, if he has one of these conditions, being raised in even the most ideal environment would not have ‘fixed’ his condition.
There are many indications in this case that one of these conditions affected Chris Porco.
@@_Kyprioth_ psychologists would disagree. Nurture makes all the difference for someone born with these conditions. There are many successful psychopaths that don't become murderers because they were raised in the right environment. The way you describe the other brother is a perfect example of a golden child. It means absolutely nothing that one child grows up "normal". You havo no idea how many of them end up in psychotherapy later in life because under the perfect surface they do have problems caused by lacking parenting. The main reason why the mother is not aming her child is not because she is in denial, it is because she feels guilty that she didn't do anything about the signs of struggle he displayed for many years.
"hey, my name's Chris. I heard my parents were murdered this morning. I was wondering if you have any information on that?" WHAT THE HELL. So SO clearly him.
Duper's Delight made an involuntary appearance in his interview, when asked the obvious question.
It's too difficult for the mother to think that her son did this. She's been through so much and it's her coping mechanism to being denial. I wonder how his brother feels about him.
Our brains can do some crazy shit to cope with trauma
I think she knew, she was just very uninhibited when the police questioned her, but once she recovered she decided still to protect him.
That or she was TERRIFIED that as soon as he had her out of there he would kill her, or try again.
Good question!
Yeah I need to know this too
If she has no memory of the attack, she CAN’T be “absolutely positive” that her “son was in no way involved in this heinous crime”!
Happy CZcams anniversary buddy keep up the hard work your smashing it (writing this late on the 22nd knowing you won't see it till the 23rd haha!) Can't wait for the next one
It's extremely disturbing that Peter was walking around with his brain literally hanging out of his head it's like a scene you would watch in a horror movie not something that happens in real life i only hope for his sake that he didn't feel any pain such would be the shock and the nerve damage he would suffered through the constant blows of the axe.
It’s always disturbing when people can’t see whether a family member is bad - or sometimes, even good.
Narcissists are like wolves in sheep's clothing... love you relentlessly until they're finished with you. There's one or more in every family. You just have to know what to look for. These parents were in complete denial... so tragic.
I lived like 2 miles from this guy's house growing up. I'm a bit younger than him but I remember when I was in school they hand out history textbooks every year for the semester and someone had gotten given a book and his name was written in it as he was also issue that book at some point... haha just thought I'd share my story.
Can you imagine a neighbor being outside and seeing Peter walking around with half his face missing.
The most shocking part of all this was his mom in complete denial despite all the evidence and even confirming it was him in the beginning of the investigation.
What’s the evidence?
I used to drive past the Porco family house (or rather, past the short street they lived on) every day without ever realizing what happened there. Really chilling how Christopher was so nonchalant and casual after just trying to kill his parents.
That son sounds like a psychopath. Who could do this their own parents. Unbelievable.
I grew up in the neighboring city of Albany and this case is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to violent domestic crime. Surprisingly this is one of the few solved cases. Suzanne Lyall, Karen Wilson, the Chen Family murder, etc.- all unsolved murder/missing persons cases in the Delmar/Albany area. The police have done absolutely nothing to try to solve these cases or furthermore stop violent crime in the city. I highly suggest looking into these cases as well, theyre all fascinating but very upsetting.
Wishing my mom stuck by me like that. 😅 Hope you’re having a good Tuesday Mike!
You wish you were a sociopathic selfish murderer? Any mom in history who condoned that behavior would not have left any descendants. We are the descendants of good moms, but we are left with the children of the spooge and run boys.
What happened to Peter Porco is horrible yet memorable-I remember seeing this story on (I think it was) _Forensic Files_ . Poor man's brain was so damaged he could do nothing but routine actions; he didn't even recognized how injured he was. And poor Joan, too;, clinging to her son, despite her own initial response and to whom the evidence pointed.
The big bright Jeep reminds me of a bank robbery that occurred back in the mid-'90s in Phoenix, AZ, where the getaway vehicle was a bright banana yellow truck. They were pretty much caught immediately. 😅
Great work, as always.🥰
Imagine being Peter's neighbor and seeing him fetch the morning paper. You'd think the zombie apocalypse had started
This was a sad case. I remember it well. I really feel for the mom and it must be devastating to know your child is pure evil. I really don’t agree with parents that continue to support evil offspring. It doesn’t mean you love them less if you don’t support their wrong doings