Oh that story was so disturbing. What he did to his girls especially, the description of how they died. He was a monster. I was the same as you Swan, I couldn't stop thinking about it for so long afterwards

…I’m not sure that I watched much of it but the Amanda Knox trial was one of the first that I recall being televised and being such a huge talking point …

No.

Yes. I watched the Derek Chauvin trial, which was traumatic and distressing but very interesting too. I learnt a lot that I didn’t know before from different expert witnesses. I was also interested to hear the witnesses impressions of events. More than anything, though, I needed to see that man get the punishment he deserved.

It was a heavy investment in terms of time, and as I said, very traumatising, but I felt it gave me a much fuller understanding of the case than just reading about it would have. At times I wanted to stop as it was a hard watch, but I felt I somehow owed it to George Floyd to ensure justice was served. I had to tell myself that, after the horror he endured, my discomfort was tolerable.

I watched parts of the Oscar Pistorius trial too. And I watched parts from the ‘Boy in a Box’ trial which was a thought provoking case.

I did jury service myself and found the experience very interesting, and would definitely watch another televised trial, but it would have to be a case I was invested in. The celebrity trials don’t appeal to me though.

My guilty pleasure at the moment is YouTube drama.

You just can't beat it.:laugh:

One case that I followed belatedly was to do with Trey Sesler.

Basically Trey Sesler was one of the first ever AniTubers on YouTube, really popular in those circles back in the early 10's if I'm not mistaken.

Anyway he had mental instability, rumours going around about him killing Animals with wide range of Guns, he also left up two YouTube videos not long before his YouTube career came to an end.

1. Mr. Anime (that was the name of his Channel) is planning something - Which he kept very secret about what he was going to be planning, and was his last ever video on YouTube.

2. I can't remember the title of the video, but he was talking about how shootings in America are really common at the moment, and wishing for people to stay safe.

Now the reason that I mentioned those two videos is that Trey Sesler goes on to murder his parents, Brother, and household pets with a bunch of different guns if I'm not mistaken.

And when The Police eventually find out what has happened, Trey Sesler is on the run from The Police, however he left a bunch of writing on the walls and doors of the house talking about "what have I done?" amongst other messages signaling him feeling guilty.

When The Police search further into the house they start singing Roxanne at the top of their lungs.:joker:

But seriously as the Police search further into the house, they find out that Trey Sesler was planning his own Columbine High School Massacre as apparently Trey Sesler had an infatuation with the case, and how to improve on where they went wrong.

Fortunately the Police found him in his Car just outside the School before he could pull his plan off, by all accounts it seems like Trey Sesler killed his family so that they wouldn't witness him becoming the villain (I'm sorry I couldn't resist) but he genuinely didn't want his family to see him become a School Shooter, so he killed them.

My theory is that he had Schizophrenia, but nothing was ever confirmed on that.

Just to add, Trey Sesler insisted himself that he never wants to be let out of Prison, which is unusual for a Serial Killer to want that.