The Mysterious Murder of Maria Ridulph
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- 7-year-old Maria Ridulph was abducted and murdered in 1957 and the case sat cold for over fifty years until a man was arrested and convicted of the crime. But did they have the actual culprit?
Interrogation of John Tessier/Jack McCullough: • Video
We found her grave here in sycamore and we pass that house all the time its crazy
I live in sycamore and this case gives me chills as we drive by the streets she got kidnapped .. I just recently found her grave this case upsets me
It's like lookin into the past, huh!! I'm sure
the feeling, was unsettling😔
POOR, 😥SWEET GIRL, jus wanting to go outside, to play!!
More than likely, Ppl. back then hardly, ever imagined, losing a child, in that manner!! Nonetheless, such a sad,💔 tragedy😥!!
Sycamore is like the quiet place and there is no violence police are everywhere... it just doesnt make sense you know its not a big town...
I live 5 minutes from where she got kidnapped😔
This case reminds me of BEAUMONT CHILDREN disappearance and murders...I wish all children who were murdered will have their justice one day.
I was linked here through Reddit. Barely 2 minutes in. Love it, and subscribed. I think he did it, and wouldn't have a problem convicting him. 50 years ago or not, he needs to pay.
Of course you would.The evidence that he didn't do it means nothing to you.
I have been interested in this cold case since watching the movie
Footsteps in the snow. The movie is based on this cold case and it is excellent. I have researched this case heavily almost to the point of obsession. If you have any doubt that John Tessier is guilty i urge you to watch the original police interviews that were conducted just before he was charged . They are readily accesible on the internet.
Believe you me the police have their man but it happened so long ago and the original police mishandled the crime scene and pretty much the whole investigation.His parents both knew he did it straight away and covered his tracks and alibied him.
He is an evil sick man.
You have a nice voice for narration and present the cases very well. I love these older cases
Such a tragedy. The way you tell of this story is so intriguing. Love your channel!
Love your work. Well presented.
Really enjoying your videos so far keep it up!!!
this is the first video of yours I've watched, I came here after coming across another video on this case but the presenter referred to those watching who aren't subscribed to their Patreon as "free loaders" I closed the video searched for Maria Riudulph and found your channel. You've got a subscription out of me! this video was so well done. I look forward to bingeing your channel! 💕
I don't do patreon. I buy premium YT and don't have a bunch of money to pay for more video content. Shane on that other channel creator for calling folks who pay a higher price to watch YT without commercials. That other channel has the choice to not use YT if he hates YT viewers. Patreon, the name alone sounds pretentious. Jmo.
Thank you.
This video was extremely well done and well researched. You do a better job than some of the bigger true crime channels.
Watched this last night on true crime net work, well the mother confessed on her dying 🛏️ she kept this despicable secret for years so how was he Framed
I just watched three episodes in a row and they are so excellent, but I fear I'm too late and the channel has gone dark. sigh
I watched the interrogation and I 100 % believe that Jack McCullough is this Johnny character, this story made me so stinking angry ! There are so many cases being solved by DNA many years later, I wish this could be one of them ! edited for spelling
Look at cheryl grimmer murder, very very similar with a young killer who was 17 at time and johnny was 18. Sexually driven.
I thought he was guilty until I watched the interrogation. Perhaps because I work in law enforcement I wanted to kick the detective in the blue shirt in the balls. They need to show that at academies as an example of how not to conduct an interview. I was more convinced of his innocence after reading the book.
I was born in Sycamore and grew up in a small town nearby. I was 11 when Maria was kidnapped, likely raped, then murdered. I was surprised in 2011 when an arrest mas made, then pleased in 2012 when McCullough was convicted, finally solving the case that has haunted Sycamore and the surrounding community for decades.
Then I started studying the case. In 2015 the discovery files were released from a gag order that had kept them from the public. I have all 4500 pages of discovery, as well as all the transcripts. In 2015 I started putting it all together and wrote a book in which my coauthor Jeff Doty and I spelled out the actual facts, and put forth our opinion that McCullough is innocent. It is physically impossible for McCullough to have committed this crime.
Which book did you read that helped convince you? My coauthor wrote Piggyback in 2013 in which he became the first to publicly state a belief in McCullough's innocence. In June of 2020 he and I published A Convenient Man on Amazon, which not only declares McCullough's innocence, but tells the story of how investigators and prosecutors managed to convict an innocent man.
@@dennistomlinson6829 PIggyback is the book I read. Coming from a law enforcement background, I like facts. I can't stand renegade prosecutors. I'm also absolutely convinced that Darlie Routier is innocent
@@redneckgirl3326 The interrogator in the blue shirt was David Zulawski, a professional interviewer/interrogator. He’s co-owner of a company in Downer’s Grove Illinois that trains cops and others in interview techniques. He was brought in to handle the interrogation of McCullough because he was an ex-cop and was likely familiar with interview techniques. In A Convenient Man we have an entire chapter dedicated to the Statement of Probable Cause used to secure an arrest warrant. This is followed by three chapters dedicated to chronicling and analyzing the interrogation.
@@dennistomlinson6829 Apparently they need to teach him that no one should have to ask for a lawyer more than once before they stop asking him questions about the case.
Rockford was just between where Maria was abducted and where her body was found in Woodbine so it looks like he made the call for an alibi. His mother never mentioned anything about collecting him in Rockfort. .
Yet he was with two USAF recruiters at the time of the kidnapping. Funny how two of his sisters heard the alleged deathbed confession. Yet one heard the mother say, "He did it," but didn't say who or what. The sister who had issues with him came up with what the mother was talking about.
may she rest in peace
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I don't believe Jack McCullough done it.
When I was little I think I saw her ghost & I am pretty sure that I used to live in the killers home (I knew about the case after it was brought up again in )
Where did you see the ghost?
@@emilymalden3310 in a house on fair street around the corner from the addiction site ( I don't live there anymore I don't want to give the address for safety reasons too buts it's white house next to the school )
@@lightingboltzero8575 no I was around 6ish I think and all I remember seeing is a girl on a table being axed by 2 males and then I cried for my parents lol I didn't realize that the area just down the dang street was a kidnapped little girl I was 6 so ik nothing and then in 2017 or 2018 and there was tv crew all around the street when jack whatever his last name was got suspected of the killing& stupidity got released THEN I knew why I saw that ghost lol
@@lightingboltzero8575 she looked young
The one reason I didn't think he (John or Jack) because of the fact that the one witness the girl that was with her she knew this guy. Why would she call him a big man stranger if she knew him as a neighbor? Just dosen't make sense!
He knew her because was interested in little girls not her. Why is it strange? on the contrary.Do you think that 5 years are supposed to know all neighbors ?
There is one thing that she didn't mention. It's possible that she was taken by him but didn't kill her. I don't know. It's creepy and I don't know why I watched it. Eye witness testimonies while good are not always reliable. She was shown a lot of pictures as an 8 year old. How was she supposed to keep things straight? She did the right thing though. She told the family. Also, she showed common sense not to respond to the enticement. The man stayed with her while waiting for Maria. Nothing against Maria. She didn't know any better. Just strange and suggests to me Maria was the original target or the man was turned on by her responses and it became a crime of opportunity.
He's that Johnny for sure. I hope he'll rot in hell.
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Wonder if they ever tested Maria's doll for any DNA evidence? Phone records from the 50's? I know for sure long distance calls were recorded on phone bills but local calls?
I love the presentation but you should really do some more research on this case there are a lot of factually inaccurate things that you say in this video, first off his mother was not his alibi to begin with and he was ruled out by the FBI in the 1950s as his alibi was in controvertible. He seems like a disgusting POS but he is innocent of this crime and was granted a finding of actual innocence.