Twisted Hipster Love Triangle Ends in Blood Bath | Ezra McCandless
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- A dairy farmer named Don Sipple heard someone knocking on his front door. He went to answer the door and when he did, he saw a young woman standing there-- muddy and bloody. Her clothes were completely tattered and torn. She also had dripping blood from a wound on her arm. It was like someone had carved the word ‘boy’ into her flesh.
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Twisted Hipster Love Triangle Ends in Blood Bath | Ezra McCandless
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These young people who think they are such deep thinkers and dark souls crack me up. We all go through that phase.
She stabbed someone 16 times and you think she isn’t a “dark soul”?
I never did??
Exactky. I laughed whilst she was reading as she couldnt even pronounce facsimile. She did it with other words also. Deep thinker? No. 🤣
@@ThatSharkGirlI don’t think she is just describing Ezra, but the whole Racy’s crowd.
No that’s not a phase. The have a fucked up psyche
Somebody once told this girl she was smart and she RAN with it.
😂😂😂😂 My first time laughing all day . Thanks! 😅😅😅😅
I'm sorry but the guy sounded even more insufferable than her. They were kinda made for each other.
Damn ! Loooool. 🤣🤣
Typical hipster... self absorbed, purposely uglifying an average to pretty face, pretending to like whatever suits their current purpose.
Two peas in an insufferable self-destructive pod
i just came here to say the thumbnail "gaslighting hipster from hell" is one of the funniest things i've seen about her LOL she would despise being called that, which makes it oh so much better! 🤣
she was a confused young woman that got twisted up in the gender cult. all she ever needed was the loving guidance of a good man.
she can still be saved 😍
@@easterworshipper5579 Unfortunately statistics show us that sooooooooo many killers are cis. Most of them, honestly, if you look. I’m glad to see these queers finally get some representation. Too many poor souls getting drawn into the cis lifestyle and becoming killers 🙏 Praying for you that it doesn’t happen to you
That's why I'm watching bc of the thumbnail 😂
@@easterworshipper5579absolutely not
@@Deenique16 I know that’s right 😆
The way she answers questions as if she thinks she’s impressing people is insaaaaane. She thinks she’s being interviewed, not on the stand in a court of law 🤯
Right?! She is smiling to herself during most of the time she’s on the stand. Her demeanor is equal parts obnoxious and creepy. She is an insufferable psycho.
I want to know how this testimony was allowed at all. It is 100% conjecture and she is, for all anyone knows, making up everything on the spot. The prosecution should have been objecting every time she claimed to know what he was thinking or what the passages said. 100% hearsay.
Her voice is causing a visceral in me I cannot stand it.
Are you American? I'm asking because Americans always say 'court of law' as if there is other types. Court of tennis perhaps? It's just a funny tautology. We just call it 'court'.
Literally the way she was like "Yeah haha 😊😊" when the judge called her soft spoken i knew we were in for it
Anyone who lies about being sexually assaulted needs to be charged with a felony and prosecuted.
Absolutely!!! So disgusting
People who actually do the assaulting are rarely convicted or tried for their crimes in general. Until we have a grasp on that, they aren’t about to deal with false accusations properly. The US simply does not have a good system to handle sexual assault.
100% it's disgusting to destroy people's lives with lies.
@@lm.2275You can fix both. EFF false acusers
Absolutely agree!!!!!
It's like she said "Which character should I play for this?" And then decided that 1930s ingenue would be the perfect personality to put on for a murder trial.
😂😂
😂 I'm not going to say how long I thought about whether the 1930s was the right era for her personality.
She smiled she's full-on demonic walk in narc ..
Roxie Hart!
Well said, friend.
What made me laugh during her trial was when she was explaining her reason for choosing the last name “McCandless”. She stated that Chris McCandless was known for ‘Into The Wild’, and then the lady asked her to briefly explain what that was for people who didn’t know and she said “it was a book that he wrote”.. and then Ezra was subsequently corrected to confirm that it was actually a book written about him, not by him.
And here I was, thinking she just loved some candles that she got from McDonald's... McCandles?
U can just tell she thinks she’s smarter than everyone in that courtroom and that they could never comprehend her “philosophies”
And yet she struggled to read the word "facsimile." 😒
She’s always on a quest to be the smartest, most interesting person in the room…she’s just neither lol
The harder someone tries to look introspective, unique and intelligent, the less likely they actually are to be any of the above.
Seen it too many times.
@@wldncrzy1971another Shanda Vander Ark. She's just as lazy too.
the wild thing is, she is completely misinterpreting alex' writings. she quite literally thinks she is the smartest in the room (she cant even read properly omg) and that people are too ignorant to understand what he meant so she is narrating as she goes along. what an eejit!!
Imagine thinking the worst thing your child could do is being a teen mom, only for her to become a murderer ☠️
I think this is officially my favorite comment that I’ve seen in a true crime comment section ever
I hope you mean none of that to say being a teen mom is right or okay. Who wants to watch their child and grandchild suffer????? Sadistic.
@@natk4017better than see your grandchild behind bars for murder
Whomp whomp.
😩😩😩 what! That was so funny 😭
Might want to pay more attention to where you insert ads, because going from 'he slit his wrists' to 'buy these SUPER sharp razors' is WILD girl
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@@woolzem I know it was a genuine mistake on their part but its so funnily awful to segue straight into THAT advert 😂
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When Jason comes to the stand, she makes a point of adjuisting the green sweater under her pink blazer so that it's more visible. This was a sweater that he gave her. When he doesn't react, she uses it to "clean" her glasses.
Like a true narcissist. Great, chilling observation
I love how she keeps going into weird details about these gross relationships as though it will appear romantic and endearing to us instead of just painting her out as a weird psycho.
Lol idk man, I kinda like her
@@user-gj4ez6qj2z- Is she single? She would make a wonderful wife 😅
She isn't a psycho, more a sociopath.
Why do I feel like even tho she says “This is embarrassing for me”….it’s not at all embarrassing for her 🙄
She loved talking about it!!
I'm going to listen again but didn't the lawyer feed her that too?? She was like "isn't this embarrassing for u" and she was like yeah yeah.....riiiiiight
My thoughts exactly. She wasn't even remotely embarrassed.
She loved telling us every detail
Agree. She’s enjoying explaining about how fascinating she is…
I also do not believe the part about Alex putting her in a chokehold, or using a knife on her skin. I think she’s claiming this because it reinforces her story that he attacked her, cut her, and placed her in a chokehold.
I can’t believe she’s only 22. She has the crazy of someone much older lol
She’s very schoolmarm
I’m sure she’d tell us she has an “old soul” lol
She looks like she could live in Midsomer. They can be pretty quirky...and murderous there.
Hahahaha! Practice, practice, practice!
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We have to take anything Ezra said about Alex and their intimate life and his philosophies with a grain of salt. She attributed poetry he wrote to herself even when it was about someone else. Dreading did an incredible deep dive on this case and did Alex justice by going over what his writing actually meant. He was truly a gifted writer and Ezra is the biggest poser on this planet. She morphs herself into whoever and whatever she feels will seduce whoever is her target at the time. Taking anything Ezra said as fact when it comes to how you are painting the victim is extremely dangerous.
You couldn't have said it any better! It is also portrayed in her art. She is NOT an artist. If you look at the pieces she has done she copies them. She has no authenticity. I believe she has borderline personality disorder.
Dreadings deep dive was incredible, I just commented something similar but not as smart 😆 Glad people have come away from Dreading with the same info that she twisted it all to suit her defense
@@WeirdLaboratory yeah I try really hard to like Annie’s content but she clearly doesn’t do as much research as she should if she’s willing to let such a harmful narrative about the victim perpetuate like this. Dreading and Kendall Rae have been the only true crime content creators I’ve come to trust. They give respect to the victims and families every time.
He was a mediocre writer at best. Have you ever really read the writings of true philosopher such as Nietzsche or Socrates? Just to the tons of amazing philosophers writings would shit on everything this guy has written and they all started around the same age if not younger some of them@@FrauStormm
@@barreldreamz7852 I never said he was a world-altering philosopher. There is no need to be a pompous ass. We get it. You’re like smart or something?
"Philosophy of cannibalism, a love of spiders and an ancient type of love..."
What goons.
“Erotics of cannibalism” 🤪
She did not help herself by testifying in court she come off as pretentious and uncaring
That's because she is grandiose, entitled, self-centred, has no empathy etc etc etc.
Psychopath!!
Because she is
@susanne4106 yeah I got that vibe the more I listened to her she thought she was smarter than everyone else that's why she thought that flimsy story was going to work
But don't they all though?
Tatie annie elise puis-je te suggèrer un cas 😊😊
Here's the thing, Annie, her psychopathic mind is a novel. She lies like she breathes. Alex fancied himself a deep poet and much of his writings were dark and fictitious poetry. A lot of the cannibalism writing were musings and analogies. She's painting him as warped and twisted so she can be the victim of a monster, but in truth, SHE'S the monster.
Exactly 💯
Exactly!! Very well said
A perfect description.
Absolutely.
Yeah she’s incapable of understanding the deeper meaning behind his words. She’s not at all intelligent enough. Hearing her try to spin his writings up there on the stand is both comical and devious
Respect for the people who had to listen to her speak in court. She sounded so pretentious. She was clearly enjoying the spotlight and acting a character.
She is sooooooo boring. So monotone.
She seems to be very much enjoying her testimony.
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@@kc-lp6wg my pleasure x
@Fleurrrcabbage yeah ur not a weirdo thanks for the info lol
Thank you for this comment!! Makes perfect sense!
Thanks for this advice! ❤
Was it just me???? Did anyone else notice the slight smirk on her face while speaking of herself?
Oh yes... She is loving this. Narcissists love the attention. And boy is she one!!
I saw it too. Made my skin crawl
Reminds me of someone else who was recently on the stand 😂.. I think most of us seen it for sure
Narcissist smirk or Duper's delight it's often called
narc
She describes events coldly, with absolutely no emotions whatsoever, no tears shed, no emotional breakdown. She might as well be describing how to make a five course meal.
Well, when one is smart they can intellectually bypass their emotions. Just a skill one can pick up. The content creator herself is doing the same thing.
Annie you are far from old. Im 70 now i am old. You dont look a day over 30. I love your channel and you are very good at it. Keep it up!!!❤
The way she smiles as she explains things on the stand really just show what type of person she is. It’s like she’s reliving everything and enjoys it.
She's an attention W....re
Classic dupers delight act
Yes. My exact thought as well. Even when she would say things were embarrassing for her, she sounded gleeful.
i agree, she is smirking as she relates a horrific story
True. She thinks she is the center of attention, even though the situation is so shitty and horrible. Sick in the head, unfortunately.
Man I never want to hear Ezra’s voice ever again.
Not always Man, but only sometimes
True, but now I can’t stop shopping on zenni
She was reaching deep into that pocketbook to get a different pair of glasses for literally every situation
@@mizzz_tigerjones444😂😂😂😂
How was this testimony allowed? The judge and the prosecution just let THE SUSPECT IN THE CASE read an unauthenticated journal by the victim, then openly allowed her to frame every aspect, unchallenged, of every passage that was selected from the larger journal, create the context however she liked, and then further assert what every passage meant from his point of view?!
This whole fucking testimony should have been thrown out.
Exactly !!!!
Helps the prosecution establish her as a liar
By letting her fill in all the little details of the story they can simply tip over her tea cup by pointing out that such behavior suggest motive and indulgence As opposed to simple factual responses to questions.
Give the lengthy sentence she got, it was probably used to impeach her. The more she spoke, the more she opened the door for the prosecution to show she was not credible. I mean, you're acting like her testimony helped her in any way at all. Do you understand how a trial works?
THIS!
I was pen pals with her in jail for a while but she's pretentious, boring and barley literate and I tired of reading her letters long before I grew tired of responding to them.
She's not an enigma but rather a congealed mass of tired cliches and desperate insecurities
Is anyone else getting second-hand embarrassment that takes you back to the awkward high school relationships they had?
No, never did normal Aryans have this kind of experience. The media have destroyed the minds of the young. This is so far out of normality, kick the perps out of your country, or keep suffering, Americans. Get a clue.
This is the comment I was looking for, I can't with this chic!
yea, when Annie Elise refers to herself as old all the d*mn time!
Yes! It was all I could do to not fast-forward in 10 seconds intervals every time she was speaking on the stand. It was this really odd feeling of having secondhand embarrassment, and wanting to smack somebody at the same time. She is soooo in to herself and explaining her “deep” philosophies to everyone. The way she would look around anytime they asked her to explain something.
I think that was a necessary part of growing up!
If my hubby of 45yrs starts reading during intimacy , I would probably start laughing.
lol! Right
Same😂
I'd be stunned since I'm not sure my husband could even handle both tasks at one time. 😂.
😂😂😂
@@christyg3013haha!! I hear ya! Lol
I wear glasses too, and when I cry they fog right up. Weird how her glasses were so clean, when she was crying so hard, during her speech
Not listening while cleaning or walking in the neighborhood... Im choosing to listen while sitting on the comfy couch 😂 who's with me ?!
Currently lying under my duvet enjoying this haha
Close. My comfy bed. ❤
Listening while at work
Imagine wanting a better life for your kid than being another teen mom and they end up being a narcissistic murderer instead
I can't love this comment enough!
Well said.
A bit scary but sad too!
Nothing worse than someone who is a narcissist with a victim mentality.
I would wish i took the teen mom option!
When she's on the stand she sounds like she's rehearsing to record an audiobook.
And very poorly.
Mind you, the clips that were played in this video were all from her defense attorney questioning her. You need to watch the prosecution cross examination. This whole act gets dropped real fast when they hold her feet to the fire. It’s fascinating to watch her story fall apart in real time.
😂
I don't understand why the judge let this cringe fest go on for as long as it did.
It’s sad because I’m divorcing someone messed up like Ezra.. my husband was beyond abusive along with his family. I’m just glad I got out when I did, I am a survivor not a victim ❤ prayers to Jason
Don't date or socialize with anyone unless they have some christianity in their background. Trust me on this. Authentic christian life involves serving God's will...through prayer, acts, and loyalty. With these practices, the devotee recieves the gift of "grace". Grace is peace, love, care...a spirit of goodness, joy, charity, forgiveness.
This is what you want to be near.
Now in these strange times...you should not bother with anyone who does not appreciate the phrase: "Lucifer rising". Anyone should be able to see the trend towards anti christianity (or hate or anti love or anti God).
These are the days of apostasy, nihilism, pain, wickedness, deception, and malice upon malice sandwiched between cheap fraud (chicanery).
So glad you made it out safely. ❤
I’m thrilled for you - please do
Not ever go back
@@mebeme99079 It's a struggle. Believe it or not, but....cuckolding as a ritual celebrating the truth of human nature and the ephemeral-entropy of our illusions (romance, attraction, monogamy) was a major milestone.
I now just do what I want without worrying about anybody else. Usually, I serve God's will by being of service to someone else's life path. Keep it simple.
She talks in circles she explains that she’s his “sacrificial lamb” like 10 times using the exact same words over and over agin 😅
Is it just me or does anyone else find it the ultimate ironic insult having the murderer interpret the victims intimate writings ? What manipulation!
It was awful. So surprised they were able to get away with it. To me it would have been considered hearsay, her own opinion.
I'm shocked it was not objected to by the prosecution, but I guess they probably figured the more she talked on the stand, the more shit she was digging herself in.
Check out dreadings series on this case. It goes into it more. This is a good video but I don’t agree with her being allowed to do this but she made an ass of herself.
But still it’s so disgusting. She’s disgusting.
Edit: I really want to add that Alex’s writings were taken WAY out of context, and he was obviously going through a dark phase in his life. I mean I’m 34 and I see him as kind of just like a kid just like the kids that I work with that are like 23. He was a talented writer and they use the word “cannibal” completely wrong when he’s talking about it in a totally different context and essentially his journal is all a love letter to her. That’s what makes it so so horrendous and so disgusting with what she’s doing. I’m glad that at the end, the prosecutor puts it all in context because Alex might’ve had some problems for sure but he was not violent. He did not even put up a struggle because she blindsided him. This dude was so so in love with her, and, she wrote such horrible things about him and she sat there and waited for him to die and agonizing death, like she sat there for a good while while he died, and I’m genuinely wondering if she smashed his phone in front of him just as a final go to hell, even though he did nothing but love her, and when she told him to never contact her again, he completely respected that. I hope she rots forever more and the fact that people buy her art and support her disgust me.
“ come as you are, flaws, and all.” That was what he wrote about her, and she took it completely a different direction. There’s so much about this case that truly disturbs me, but then using his journals, while her privacy was completely protected, and her journals were not allowed in with the exception of a little bit is just horrible. The poor man couldn’t even get dignity in death, and I truly believe that he would’ve been an excellent professor, and an even better writer had she not snuffed out his life like it were nothing more than stomping dog shit off of a shoe.
@@crinklescat1871 agreed she is very disgusting and tries to be manipulative. unfortunately we need to allow everyone their day in court in order for our justice system to work. Sometimes I wish we could have a short cut for such violent senseless crimes.. shes the only one there to explain anything. she made sure Alex never had the chance to explain... its very sad
@@britzene what really kills me is that she has like a cult like following of teenagers. And they actually think that this dude is a cannibal. The fact that she was able to just completely use his writing and bastardize them when honestly, although they are a bit pretentious(but in general philosophy kinda can be lol) he had so so much potential his writings are really interesting. i’m sure his family was traumatized by all of this but I would love to read some of his writing and it’s really a shame that he didn’t get to evolve further, especially as I could’ve imagined that he would’ve made an amazing teacher and I was so happy when the prosecutor put the writing in context. But she’s so disgusting.
I just could not imagine having a family member murdered and then having their killer sit there and try to look cute while using their personal damn journal to show why they had to die and why they are dangerous. When in actuality, she can’t pronounce most of the words, and it’s very apparent that she doesn’t understand the concepts. And also it’s super apparent that her attorneys DID understand and just completely took it out of context. I just could not imagine watching that happen.
It’s definitely important that we all get our day in court for sure. If I were on the other end, then I would want the best shot I could. But in general it’s so disturbing as it’s his personal journals and she’s getting to speak for him in his own journals. She took his life and then she tried to bastardize his journals. Ugh.
I love the “crying” at the end with zero tears.
My ex wife's go-to performance.
Wow, just thinking about that brought back so many terrible memories.
PTSD has been activated.
Right. That crinkle whine with zero tears.
If a red flag was a person .. 🚩
"Come as you are, flaws and all." Alexander Woodworth
This was the man she tried making into a monster.
I don’t believe anything she says. She only comes off as immature and off balance.
One thing I'm noticing in these videos is that manipulative people like Ezra (sociopaths maybe?) are great actors except when it comes to crying. They don't have the emotions it takes to cry, and it isn't something they can mimic.
I agree but also people can lack the ability to cry through trauma. PTSD being an example. Severe deep depression.. Too much trauma experienced can make you unable to cry about your own emotions, but you can easily cry at a lost dog on a social media video lol
It's not always a psychopathic trait to not cry, but in her case, it maybe so.. lol
I think she’s a psychopath. Underdeveloped amygdala in her brain. She fakes emotions.
@@ajf369but those kinds of people don't therefore try and cry to manipulate people
I’m all but certain she is either a narcissist or a borderline. She has traits of both. And I get why sociopath is your guess because of the killing but LOTS of narcs kill and some borderlines too (Jodi arias, and that white chick in Florida who killed her boyfriend Christian). Both have anger management issues and both will cheat if it means getting more attention. Also- both have identity issues!! What’s different is what drives them, and the fact that narcs can’t feel sadness/empathy for others and are cold while borderlines feel too much of it and are always crying (if they allow you to see it). Problem is they can present very similarly. So I can’t tell with her but she’s def one of them (and sociopath is still an option! But that usually requires knowing about her childhood (did she steal? Hurt animals? Hurt ppl?…)
Ah ya my ex damaged be so much I don’t cry anymore really. Maybe something random that’s sad
She was criticised at the end of the trial by Alex's friends because she twisted his philosophy and his words. Apparently Alex talked to most of his friends about the same things because he was studying it in school. It was twisted for Ezra's defence. He seemed like a really good dude. Just saying because I watched the whole trial, theres so much more information on it, it would take a while to go through it all. It was wild
In her story, Alex took off her glasses. She would not have been able to see. She took the blindfold off, but did not mention that she found her glasses and put them back on. How did she see the farmhouse, etc. etc. Caught in another lie?
Exactly what i was thinking
I don't know about that.
It was daytime, no? Shapes and objects can still be made out.
They may be very blurry, but it is not like everything goes black and one is incapable of motor skills or navigation.
@@dvhughesdesign At one point she said she couldn’t see without her glasses. Something extreme, like she could only see a few inches. But the whole theory may be a moot point because on a later video I watched she said she put on her glasses. Nevertheless, nothing she said can be believed.
One of the things that bothered me most about this trial, is that Ezra gets to explain what alex was talking about and what alex meant. We don't get to hear what he meant from anyone else's perspective . This is all through her lens, which makes the whole thing even more sick. That's her perception of what he meant. That doesn't mean that's what he meant. It doesn't mean that it was all about her...his murderer shouldn't be the one that gets to describe his intimate writings in full and his personality in full.
I have been thinking the same exact thing!!! Why was she allowed to tell the world what he meant!! As if it was pure facts! Disgusting. She should have never been allowed to do that shit!
They should have objected due to speculation.
Idk he seemed like a dude with problems. That diary is hard to ignore
@@aedansilva1114 diaries aren't meant to be seen by other ppl or put on a projector for your murderer and her defense attorney to pick apart. Alex was really into philosophy, he spoke in metaphors and analytically in response to other philosophers writing. If you speak an opinion like that at least do your research and perhaps listen to his family's victim impact statements to understand who he actually was.
You really don't think that it was self defense?
The smirk on her face the entire time she talks on the stand??? Girl what ??? 😅 wild.
Right. If something like what she is explaining had happened to me and I had to take that persons life I would be in tears having to relive that experience or at least show some sort of emotion you know. 🤷♀️
duper's delight narcissistic smirk 🤔
I’m only a third of the way through this case & don’t even know what she’s on trial for yet, but if I was in the jury I would have lost my mind listening to her… she sounds so arrogant & clearly loves to hear herself talk😅
The whole of Ezra/Monica’s court testimony was tone-deaf exhibitionism but, the way she preened and flirted when Jason Mengel walked in to take the stand… she was obviously and overtly vying for his attention, despite him testifying against her in the trial of his best friend’s murder. It was revealing. A stark display of her completely delusional desperation. It made the prosecution’s case very clear for the jury. Jason later said her attention to him was disturbing.
That’s the TL;DR
It reminded me of a yandere. She seemed to be a love smitten teenager taken to extremes of psychopathy, obsessed.
Imo she was faking her other incidents of memory loss for attention. Even though she was believed by initial evaluation, this event must be taken into account when evaluating the past - that this time she admitted to falsifying the evidence and claiming no recollection whatsoever when she did know.
Jason Mengel’s testimony was also enlightening: he recognized her behavior was dangerous although she lied to him. Enough to warrant him following her and even attracting police attention. She also reassured police that everything was fine. She made several attempts to conceal her intentions and showed no remorse. An innocent person who killed their friend - or anyone - would have shown distress, remorse, fear and pain for the victims family, even if she had not intended for this to happen or been defending herself. She showed none of this. She was more concerned about her impression on the jury.
Idk if she should be imprisoned for life. I think remanding her to a psychiatric institution for at least part of her sentence would have been better than the possibility of parole without psychiatric intervention, which she obviously needs.
Her mannerisms , body language & her reactions for court is crazy. She had no remorse or guilt about her. She was cold & making stuff up smh. She cried more when she found out she’ll be in prison for life
that's not surprising she's scared about prison
I’ve done a lot of research and watched the entire trial in this case. Alex NEVER spoke about cannibalism in the literal sense of eating someone. It was also a philosophical way of speaking. He meant he wanted to cannibalize someone as in he wanted to completely have someone give themselves to him. Mind, body, and spirit. Ezra completely twisted his words to try to fit her narrative. To try and make him look like a threat. Like a monster. But, SHE was the only monster in this case.
It made me so mad that she and her defense team twisted his words in such a way to even suggest that’s what he meant! I’m glad I went through, paused, and read all the written entries you can see during the trial. Alex was such a sweet, purely intellectual soul and she is a spider using people for her own benefit. She’s absolutely disgusting.
He would have loved Bones and All. Not sure when this case happened but I wonder if he read the book?
Thank you! This video made me so upset. Taking that psycho at her word. He was deeply philosophical and truly could of been a wonderful modern thinker
Yes, did you, by chance, watch dreading’s coverage and then 2 months of bull dog’s full cover of coverage of the case. 👀😅
If so THE LAWYERS .. omg I forgot how frustrating it was to listen to them sometimes.
Racy’s is such a small, magical, hole-in-the-wall coffee shop. I’ve been going there on and off for the past 15 years. I used to bring my laptop and work from Racy’s when I just had a paperwork/computer-work day. I also frequent the JoAnn fabric store here in Eau Claire, WI.
Small world.
She sounds like the "perfect" woman for me: creative, nihilistic, intelligent--and COMPLETELY BATSHIT INSANE. The sad thing is: for a brief period of time I was the "Alex" in a very similar quadrangle of cheating and love and gaslighting. Woooooo, boy. The sheer amount of lies and bullshit was off the charts. I finally had enough of it and extracted myself posthaste. But the woman at the heart of this debacle was very much like Ezra. Like, scarily like Ezra.
A lot of men (and women) who are emotionally unavailable love crazy/ partnered women. Because there is less pressure to be in a real relationship with them
Ah sorry to hear that buddy. These kinds of types are so see-through tho once you run through one of them.
@@hiimleila9191 Thank you! The experience _did_ provide with me the necessary insight to avoid it in the future, so it's not a complete wash.
@@DerekCFPegritz Glad you now know to run far and fast! 😂
For a girl who thought she was highly intelligent, she did not know the words "facsimile" and "phenomenology".
lol
I mean, I am a reader, so I know a lot of words and what they mean, but I only know them in my head, not how to pronounce or say them verbally. How often do you write, or read the word "facsimile "? On top of the fact that she's stressed out in, court, and being recorded. It's not really fair to nitpick on her for that little detail. She has much better character flaws to criticize her over than that.
@@cconsiesI think it’s a perfect character flaw to point out. They thought they were smart enough to convince every one around them of false accusations they made against their friends , to convince their boyfriend they weren’t cheating on them, to convince the police that victim assaulted them and they acted in self defense, to convince the victim that they’re this elegant, philosophical and intelligent person. Except none of that was true, and they were in fact not smart enough to pull any of it off. If you took AP English classes way back in high school you’d be able to know what facsimile while you’re reading, regardless of stress. They were larping as a philosopher to connect with the victim & others.
@@saerenVTWho was the other one?
@@Eventual-VisitorI think their saying they as instead of saying male or female
It’s disgusting how they had her read his thoughts and let her explain what his thoughts were. She killed him. I can’t imagine how his family had to have felt listening to the girl that killed him talk about his writings and what they meant. It was so wrong.
Agree 100%! Absolutely disgusting that she was able to do this!
Truly deplorable. I was hoping we'd get to see the prosecutor ripping her story to shreds. But at least she's locked up for the next few decades.
True, I cannot understand how this was allowed. Surely it's some form of "here say"?
I could not agree more!
@@trishpipkins yes! I love Annie and of course this was a great job but if you want to see a more in-depth on this case, you can watch it on dreading. The prosecutor makes her look stupid and few times. It was GREAT! And there’s a lot more she did as well, you can see how she manipulated her parents, made a go fund me while she was in jail, letters she wrote to strangers about how positive and great she is. It’s infuriating. But the families impact statements.. omg.. they were heartbreaking. The judge has some great things to say as well. You can also see the interrogation videos of her and Jason. It’s a lot of information. It’s crazy to watch. I dived hard into this case. It was so maddening, he was an amazing guy. And to think he’s not here bc of her narcissistic, soulless ass.
Did they ever bring Alex's other partners to testify? They should've asked ANYONE else if Alex was into this type of se*ual behaviors. Her entire testimony could easily be hearsay. I cannot keep count of the testimonies where people were not allowed to say 1/2 as much as she has describing Alex's frame of mind, Alex's journal meanings, Alex's intentions. It's weird.
Her whole thing was that she was allowing him to explore things he hadn’t. So it would be sort of pointless. She hyped herself as this super special sexual muse. Plus it wouldn’t matter anyway, she stabbed that guy to death in cold blood.
Claims he didn't know she was young....worlds biggest eye roll 😂😂
Possibly. But I mean, she’s a compulsive liar so I wouldn’t doubt if she told him she was 23. 😂
yeah jason seems like a dirtbag. i dont believe the nice guy front lol
@ItsVictoriaG they literally said he just assumed and like context clues lol she wasn't acting like an adult at allllll he should have just said she was a hot teen that was legal an he wanted some they probably git along because they both like to lie
right.... because women are incapable of lying haha no.
Listening to her speak is almost painful. It seems abundantly clear that she was trying to make herself seem more mature by discussing all these philisophical things that she barely seems to understand.
Also philosophy isnt real life. She is the one that took his greatest sexual ideas and told him to begin to put them into practice, and then manipulated the situation from there. This poor, deep, lost man. Taken in by someone who was obviously so damn lost and insecure of herself.
Love this comment.
It really was painfully cringe listening her refer to college as "secondary school" (aka high school in UK English) and then be unable to pronounce either "facsimile" or "phenomenology." She's like the ultimate and most dangerous combination of pick-me girl and edgelord; the type of remarkably annoying person who seemingly doesn't understand the difference between the internal monologue that tells them their life is some magical, deeply significant novel, and the realty in which they're chronically unemployed, parasitic, pseudointellectual pedants.
People like her are quite literally the reason I switched from being a creative writing major to premed! The thought of spending 4 years surrounded with obnoxiously pretentious students & faculty was just too much to bear.
Now, to be fair, plenty of premed students are also full of themselves, but in that field of study you're generally too busy to waste precious time being pedantic. The creative writing students, OTOH, seemed to have all the time in the world to philosophize how many angels can dance on the head of a pin and other pressing concerns.
They both come off as extremely pretentious and stereotypical of the brooding artist, where everything must be deep, dark and mysterious. Every thought and conversation MUST be poetic, romantic, and fake.
Real people do not think like that. Even philosophers took a day off.
Even the way she says YES on the stand makes me want to diiiieee.
@@ValkyrieslikemeadHate to shit on the victim but throw all his 'writings' in the trash
Yeah I hate listening to her talk
You literally will not have someone a part of you if you eat them…you just poop them. 😢
exactly!
They never talk about chickens or fish like this and it makes me laugh. The edgelords that like to talk about cannibalism like it’s some ancient mystical thing. Why aren’t you taking a chickens “power”?
@@GangstarComputerGod I guess cock power only goes so far.
Right!?! That's exactly what I was thinking. How would these 2 supposed smart people not think of that😂😅
Exactly! Was wondering how 2 supposed smart people couldn't think of that 😅
I gotta say, the mix of narcissism, delusion, manipulation, and petiness was a perfect concoction in this one
Absolute disater of a human
Your not wrong about the amber heard comparison! That testimony from Ezra was so like ambers theatrics in court. I was half expecting her to say she stepped on a bee!!
At least her lawyer is not as annoying as Elaine
I roll my eyes when it is said that physical consumption of another will keep that person with you. Have these people never researched digestion?
Keep people within you through acts of kindness and love. Then they live on and become a part of you this way. And this way it lasts forever.
my first thought 😭😭 like yall know you shit out your food right????
@@user-qi5md9qe1dhahah right!
She's rather attractive, but f***ed up. What a Carrie Anne (remember that Hollies song)!🙄
@jenniferreno2940 - great comment…i was thinking the same thing…made me laugh. She doesn’t realize how laughable she is.
You are all so kind. YOU SHIT THEM OUT!
Watched the entire trial and my God is she ever annoying AF. She talks A LOT but has nothing to say. I felt so bad for the victims family having to listen to her self righteous bullsht on the stand. They allowed her to read Alex's journal!! Allowed her to read his words and explain what it means to the jury. It was just gross.
Citing danish philosophers when having sex made me chuckle, a long, long time there was this comedy called "A fish called Wanda" with John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline
She could not recollect where she was stabbing him but could give a play-by-play of what he did to her. She annoyed me so much!
Yes, and?
Defend yourself while someone is attacking you choking you and pulling your hair .. then describe in detail exactly where you touched them to make them let go of you ❤
I promise you are swinging at anything and have almost zero idea where your hits are actually making contact
She was very specific that he grabbed her hair and pulled her into him and she very specifically stabbed I’m in the head at that point
Some moments will stand out as crystal clear slow motion others will be blanks and blurs
I found it extremely telling that she showed no emotion while describing what sounds like an INCREDIBLY scary assault, described being stabbed and cut as being "pinched" but the only time she actually shows any emotion is when she starts describing her assault against him.
So annoying! She’s having a blast talking to everyone & being the center of attention.
@@liza9560 sacrifice the most life and be the biggest center 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 take anything you want
I am a 63 year old woman, married for almost 39 years, my husband being my one and only physical partner, I was cringing and thinking, I know I'm probably considered a prude by most, but when YOU said you were shocked on this stuff, I know maybe it's not just ME. LOL I have kids older than you and your age and younger (three sons) Thanks for covering these stories. I am a true crime freak!! My oldest son (37 yrs old) is as well and I told him he needs to follow you.
I'm 30 and have been with my husband since I was 19 and he was 24. He is the only physical partner I've ever had, and I don't think that makes us prude; it's just a unique intimate experience that many people don't relate to
Fellow prude, lol. I got married at 18 and have now been married over 20 years - my husband has been my only partner too.
Having one partner is not being a prude at all. Married 39 years is an incredible accomplishment these days. I celebrate my 20th anniversary 3/20. He wasn't my first, but if he was, that's fine.
You sound classy, not like a prude.
Me too my husband of 50 years, is my only sexual partner in life. I don't understand this new generation at all, nor do I ever want to.. I think you and I are the last of this breed
@@edenfromtheashesI got married at 19 also time of people said it wouldn't last, I've been married 50 years
From Kierkegaard to I love your butt. I'm suffering a bad case of mortification on their behalf. Just listening to that testimony gives great insight to how truly insufferable they would have been to be around.
Her, explaining what Vanilla means on the stand, like she couldn’t have said, “sad f**k” 😂😂🤟
Her voice is just DRIPPING with condescension
No it's not. It isn't at all. Do you know what it means?
omg i agonized myself through the WHOLE trial😩😩😩😩. i literally felt disgusting when a day was over. i cant even explain it properly but it was really hard to listen to her
@@cannotfindmyshoes3 It means 'an attitude of patronizing superiority; disdain.' which describes perfectly how she speaks and is a common trait among hipsters. Do you know what it means?
We all know girls like this. We went to high school with them. Drama and Art are their electives because they're sooooooo creative and different than everyone else. They're not like you. They're super special, guys.
This is basically the periphery of any art scene in the world 😂🫣
I went to college with a girl just like this. Even looked similar. She always tried to take over discussions in philosophy class. One day, she stood at the front of class and announced she was a lesbian. A week later, she had a boyfriend. She then came out as nonbinary and started wearing cat ears and a tail. That look didn't last long though. Every nonbinary I have met in real life has been the same type of person. Try so hard to be different they all end up the same.
@Cotillion308 Weird, are you mostly interacting with children who are NB? Most NB adults I know may have gone through that weird phase OP is talking about, but just like any adult you grow out of that eventually.
@@m.k.wagner8523 No, I'm talking about a personality type, not a sexual orientation.
@@mosaicmind88 As a nonbinary person who knows many other nonbinaries, some of which are the type you describe, we are in fact not all the same, because wr are human beings. A lot of us have similar life experiences that lead us to doing similar things, but everyone's life is different. That's like saying all men or all women are the same, so please remove your head from your anus, and wipe the cheeto dust off your keyboard. There is no need to stereotype us because you met a few of us you don't like, especially using a murderer as a reason to talk about your dislike for an entire group of people.
Excellent work,Annie ! I’ve heard this case before but never in this much detail.
My sympathies to Alex’s family and all those who cared about him.
This video just gave voice to the killer and ignored the victim altogether. I understand the fascination with killers, but this is the opposite of what forensic criminal investigators push for. We need to give voice to the victims and not tag the instagram account of killers.
She's evil. She is so wrong for sleeping with Jason's friend John, in Jason's house. Also, that green sweater she was wearing under her pink blazer was a gift from Jason. He gave it to her when she left the hospital after "the attack." She purposely wore it while Jason was testifying.
I could not have sit on this jury and listened to her voice 😩😩😩
I was lying in bed after work trying to watch this but was falling asleep a little bit. My boyfriend was watching you tube as well and was like you’re falling asleep I was like no I’m not… I’m watching this… he was like no seriously you’re falling asleep and I cannot take listening to this chick talk anymore. TURN IT OFF!!! I was like haha okay. I’ve seen this case before but not for a while.. I’m watching from the beginning again and now I agree with you and him.. her voice and mannerisms drive me crazy. Like she wanted to seem more grown up and smarter than anyone else. Girl please. Go away 😂
@@yogijager Ezra’s. Haha
Love your haircut, that’s exactly how I got mine cut, I had long hair but but just had the urge to go short, and sooo glad I did!
As someone who've had to read Kirkegaard for school several times that part was hillarious
She definitely gives me Jodi Arias vibes. They have similar mannerisms.
I can't believe the courtroom had the patience to listen to her flowered up, overly descriptive answers to very clear questions. She's in court, it isn't a play about navel gazing! It is unbearable to listen to.
1:27:39 ya by now I am dying she's so annoying
It's gross shes smiling
You are seriously the best storyteller i have ever heard. You will absolutely go places in life. I wouldn't be surprised if you ended up as the next morgan freeman so to speak.
Just an electrician here working my butt off, listening to murder
All I can picture is Ezra & Alex doing it "vanilla" style and Alex is holding this book while reading out loud 😂😂😂
Maybe she dead fished him. I mean ive been with some dudes where im like "i should probably get my tires rotated soon".
Lol
@@carolallison9685I was thinking of that comedy "A fish called Wanda" where Jamie Lee Curtis' character fancy being talked to in foreign languages.
Yeah, was it hands free sex? Instead of sex “toys” they keep literature in her nightstand? The two activities don’t go hand in hand. 😂
@@johannas.l.brushane2518love me some John Cleese😂
I went through a rabbit hole on this case and watched the interrogations, interviews with everyone and trial footage and she is so narcissistic and manipulative and she thinks she’s truly the victim in all of it. She truly believes she’s above everyone else and smarter than anyone else. The makeup thing is a good example of her grandiose sense of self. Jason didn’t say it as meanly as she perceived it; Alex’s roommate and friends confirmed that as they also told her her makeup was clownish. They were being honest with a friend yet she took their honesty like she was a victim because they didn’t view it as “omg she SO UNIQUE!” She’s Insane! I feel terribly for the accepting group of people she terrorized. She was in the group for less than a year before she ran through it like a storm. Interesting how through the trial she was this cute, feminine and dainty girl who is so helpless and then during sentencing she had short hair and was giving a more masculine demeanor. I’d hate to have her brain….
It's what a lot of the ppl like her do. They wear genders like a costume. It's definitely a mental illness that needs to be addressed and not ignored.
I'd hate to have her disconnect from reality!
1:18:07
Back when I was a teen we had a phrase for people like Ezra, "Try hard". As in, they try too hard to be something they're not.
I think it's pretty cool. I have five CZcamsrs that I have been watching from the beginning and you are one of them. It's so cool to see how far you come and the money you're making lol. The quality gets better and better your hair. The background, the computer, the mic lol good for you guys! It's awesome to see you guys grow
It took me three days to get through this, so I can’t imagine how long it takes you to make these. Thank you ❤
For someone who tried to be so different and unique she was just so ordinary. Just another person looking for attention in any way she could get it. Doesn’t matter who she lied to or hurts. The one thing this type of personality type hates to be.
She was less than ordinary
Everybody been trying so hard for so long to be different they're all starting to look the same.
She really took that to an extreme, making a false rape accusation and committing murder.
I saw a video about Alex that his friends and family were in. EVERY ONE of them said that Alex had a sweet, gentle spirit and was a beautiful human being who truly cared about humanity. He was NOTHING like how Ezra defined him.
I’m sure he was, I don’t think I’d believe anything that comes out of her mouth.
Mommy’s little angel would never do that 😊 I’m sure he discussed his deepest cannibal sex fantasies with his family and casual friends 😂
THANK YOU. I think this video needs editing.
NO ONE SAYS NO TO MOLESTED DOUG
I am not surprised by this in the slightest. Thank you for sharing.
Very well done! Recent new sub here. Very impressed with your research and commentary during the 2 videos Ive seen on your channel. You are mature beyond your years and as well put together as any millennial Ive ever seen. Congrats Annie, you have a lot to be proud of. My hope for the future is brighter with you in it. Cheers...
She was so full of herself in court but when she was found guilty you could see her deflate like a balloon.
Damn, I feel so bad for that kind old man that helped her. He was genuinely concerned for her. He was so sweet. I wish I could give him a big hug. He probably would never imagine what an evil atrocity she had just committed. God bless him.
Rather than saying to his parents that she is sorry she took their son's life, she said, "I am sorry they have lost their son". She is not taking responsibility for taking his life.
I've never heard Joann Fabrics called , " A fabric store called Joann's".
omg only took a year but stoked you covered this. i watched the whole entire excruciating cringey painful trial last year and was a huge request so cool looking forward to watching this now.
The way she says “Why Ezra, well…” she’s actually enjoying this opportunity to talk about herself, and “explain” how interesting and unique she is. I also don’t believe that she’s ‘gender fluid’. I think the name change, like everything else, was just for attention as this “unique”, deep thinking, extremely intelligent individual. We’re each unique, but she’s making things up try and portray herself as SO unique, and SO incredibly interesting, instead of just being herself. Of course, she probably has no idea who she actually is.
Alex, on the other hand, seems to have been genuinely intelligent and interesting.
Jason is the most puzzling of these characters. Thirty three years old, but hanging out with college aged ‘friends’. I do believe that she probably lied about her age when she met him.
Complete and total narcissism.
Plenty of narcissists are also gender fluid. Saying that she was using gender to make herself feel special just creates more problems for people who truly are gender fluid or things similar to that. There's no way to prove someone else's identity unless she said she was lying, so if we go around saying that, people will use that as an excuse to be hostile towards any gender non-conforming person they don't like. Sucks that people still have prejudice, but the bad apples like Ezra make it hell for the rest of us.
@@isthataspider7410yes its true. mental disorders often appear alongside others
@@isthataspider7410 except that some people really do just claim that to be special. I get it makes you feel like your less valid. But it's true though and denying that people do that isn't going to make it go away.
Do you think anything she said about Alex was true? If it was, he sounds a bit creepy as well.
I missed the live!!!! I’m So sad … 😢 but watching Karla take her first step in sobriety is the bestest thing ever! Congratulations Karla! You’ll do amazing! ❤
Not a single tear in her eyes when giving that statement about Alex.
She is definitely a piece of work.
Her demeanor during her testimony was emotionless. She was well rehearsed and detached.
I cannot stop rolling my eyes. 🙄 “pick me” would be a compliment to this girl. These people watched Twilight, Juno, and 50 Shades of Grey and got very confused.
Twilight, Juno, and 50 Shades of Grey the trifecta
Considering what happened to the lead character I’m left confused myself.
This is the first time I have seen one of your videos. You do such a great job. What a wild case this was.
The coffee they brew at Racys was pretty potent stuff then.
I hope Ezra never leaves prison
How tf is he reading passages when it's pitch black in the room lmaooo
Night vision goggles.
@@cutelittlehappything 😂😂😂
He used Braille
@@neilcook4710 even more disturbing 😂
omg obsessed with your new look Annie!!!🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 stunning!!