True Crime Romance Writer Kills Her Husband | The Case of Dan Brophy

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[@evilspacebunny]

Thank you for covering Chef. I miss him and his cart that he would bring in every Friday. It basically fed me while I was going to school and working full time.

[@ginger7344]

He sounds like he was truly an amazing man

[@Turntwobounceland]

So sorry for your loss. He sounded like a fantastic guy all around.

[@marianmain]

I am so sorry he was taken away from you. Dan sounds like a man that was completely kind and selfless. How wonderful that you knew him.

[@Halengar]

Sorry for your loss

[@mfuentes4961]

So sorry for your loss. May his love and memory live on in you and the rest of the lives he touched and helped.❤️

[@marumaru2105]

“Killing your husband is a lot different than writing a romance novel and Nancy wasn’t particularly good at either.” is one of the greatest sentences I’ve heard

[@djs2182]

I missed that but that’s incredible 😂

[@Myosotis.journaling]

He’s not wrong 😅 but apparently all of her book titles are 🤭 the wrong man, the wrong brother, the wrong cop…. Idk how one woman could have so much wrong going on

[@ridinwithjake]

Made me lol, that woman is truly delusional and of course selfish and evil. Dan seemed like such a gem.

[@ThePaperSun]

"But...much like her books, nobody bought it." Lmao

[@bennyneedsbeta8377]

Hilarious

[@PheroPhantom]

The saddest part about this whole thing is that, on paper, her husband is straight out of a romance novel. A charitable chef, and teacher with a green thumb.

[@matthewdnielsen]

He was so much larger than life. He was a certified master gardener. His death was a loss in knowledge akin to the burning of Alexandria. Such a good guy.

[@coll4455]

Right!!! He sounds like a man any woman would be lucky to have

[@matthewdnielsen]

@@coll4455 for real. My grandma had a huge crush on him when I was in school haha

[@deltasaves]

I know so many ladies, from all ages, who would love to have such a man on their arm.

[@emmagatewood3898]

Some people just don't appreciate a good thing when they have one. I think a lot of those people end up on this & other true crime channels. They are criminally entitled.

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

Honestly, there’s two sides to this tragedy that make it so horrific: the fact that Nancy saw her husband, who was an active man in his community and beloved by many, as a boring, quiet hermit demonstrates how little attention she paid to his personality in favor of her own problems. Dan, on the other hand, he no clue that his wife would eventually kill him for all of the selfish reasons he spent his whole life defying. The horror of being married to a complete stranger for 25 years is very chilling to me.

[@keychain3039]

Was thinking g the same thing...

[@sunshinencoastlines]

Perfectly put.

[@sleepysadpoet]

Fr My bf and I have been together for 7 years, lived together for 5, and we know everything about each other pretty much. We're best friends. Couldn't imagine not knowing him as well as I do

[@WaterAirFriesEarth]

@@sleepysadpoetI think that’s how most people who are blindsided probably felt before being blindsided and that’s the point you can never really know someone even after 25 years

[@jlokeepinitreal]

Her claiming to be the personality "front of house" while he was the BOH, meanwhile the people of the community only favored Dan. Her only connections were her "writer friends" off of the internet.

[@Shylade]

A moment of silence for the inmates that can’t get away from her for the rest of her natural life

[@markschindler172]

I wonder if she will be a target by a disgruntled prisoner that has a father killed by her stepmother . Wouldn’t that be karma kicking her in the ass

[@sheinFL]

Imagine having her as a room mate😮

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@sheinFL Do I have to?

[@leapinglaura7343]

I'd far rather that than hear one more sentence from either of her attorneys.

[@colinbanning9416]

@@markschindler172I mean. That’s a heavily specific scenario for someone to get really upset about, to say nothing of the extremely thin crossover there must be of ‘women who are in prison’ and ‘women who had good relationships with their fathers’ But if it makes you feel better, she’s probably having a bad life just cause she’s an old woman in prison. The younguns will treat her like the soft bitch she is, she won’t be hard enough to understand the scale and seriousness of threats. Some girl with sewed in eyebrows is gonna tell her one night that she’s gonna cut her if she looks at her again and she won’t sleep for a week because of it. Her life sucks now. You can sleep well knowing that.

[@gracedell]

it’s disgusting that Dan spent his free time helping the homeless, yet she blamed his murder on a homeless person.

[@cannotlack6074]

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@LuvableAF]

It's disgusting she was loved by the most romantic man, and chose money and beaches over him.

[@joostverweij5440]

Actually I didn't think about this. How vile.

[@annavictrix]

Oh wow yeah. That makes it feel even more vindictive.

[@maiyneboros6693]

True that

[@rainygrimm]

"Turns out killing your husband was a lot different than writing a romance novel, and Nancy wasn't particularly good at either." I audibly gasped lmao. dreading always coming out with the sickest burns when I least expect it

[@hapichampagne5916]

I can just see a random woman with her hand over her mouth like 😲 🤭 😂😂😂

[@kegsofvomitspit]

His deadpan delivery is perfect.

[@argjase]

Need the Supa Hot Fire gif after that burn

[@booleah6357]

I also felt the heat from that roast

[@anibal624]

it baked my chicken in the oven and i aint even turnt 🥴 the stove on yet

[@fahmuh]

She must have found her lawyer researching for her upcoming book, The Wrong Defense Attorney

[@MonolithicCyanTsunami]

LMFAO THIS DOESNT HAVE ENOUGH LIKES 💀

[@vxreme]

this is clever as hell LMAOO

[@sarahg3267]

HA 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@victorialovell308]

😅😂

[@cierapaige9139]

I feel like as a juror, to see the wife of the victim treat her time on the stand like it’s an interview and like the jury wants an autobiography about HER life; would have my radar going crazy

[@AlixFiori]

You stole the word out of my mouth! All the video I had this weird felling about her and your comment nailed it, she thinks she's in an interview!! That's why it feels so wrong

[@baalgaang1925]

Ikr it’s so annoying how long winded she is

[@alicew349]

This is completely it! Thank you for hitting the nail on the head, her responses felt so odd and it is definitely because she's treating it like she's being interviewed not that she's being questioned in a murder trial..

[@hawksburyrider7616]

I thought she acted more like it was a performance.

[@Rose-yt5hi]

I feel so bad for that jury. Imagine trying to stay awake through all that rambling!

[@AllezlesParisiens]

“…just like her books, no one was buying it.” Well played sir.

[@gurutruecrimeguru1405]

But it's not actually true. Everyone who covers Nancy Brophy makes cracks like that, but a writer doesn't need to be a super star, New York Times Best Seller to be selling and be successful. I see plenty of evidence that Nancy was selling books and was somewhat successful and had a decent sized audience. But her success was getting a decent number of purchases to a world wide audience on Amazon. She was a dumbass to think that would translate to anyone coming to a local book signing. You can sell quite a lot of books online and still not begin to have the name recognition for a book signing, which is a whole nother level of success.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Bravo 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@sng4783]

😂😂😂

[@tommymcdonnell6734]

Fatso

[@katarinatibai8396]

🎯 - bravo 👏👏👏

[@KT27RN]

She literally said, at 37:55, “His weaknesses were my strengths and my strengths tended to be his weaknesses…” She never mention herself having any weaknesses! Omg.

[@clomagro6229]

I'm not a native speaker and sometimes I lose focus while I listen, but I swore it sounded very strange, and you confirmed what I thought she said 😂

[@SheekAlibaba]

I didn't even catch that good shit man.

[@abigaelmacritchie1365]

I noticed it too 😱 She can't even say she has any fault...

[@WobblesandBean]

Not to mention her saying only she knows how to run a business and a household, unlike Dan. Despite the fact that he was the only one working AND the only one doing the cooking, cleaning, and walking the dogs. 🙄

[@Boing2699]

I caught that. Freudian slip for sure.

[@UryneCayne]

Chef Brophy was a very special man to so many of us. I was in the first night course of OCI back in 06-07. He wasn’t my instructor (he did substitute for one instructor I had in my second term for a week though.) but he was such a vital and present force in the school. I could lament on so many wonderful parts of who he was even knowing him for such a short time. But his “Mushroom Dance” will always bring a smile to my face. My heart to everyone who was so much closer to him than I was, even from this distance his loss is felt tremendously. I’m grateful you did this in such a respectful way and despite being so troubled listening to Nancy speak on this, I feel like there is some closure for me personally.

[@missaniebananie6473]

I am so sorry for your loss, and I hope those memories bring you peace and comfort.

[@WobblesandBean]

I'm so sorry. I wish I could have seen his Mushroom Dance, hehe. He sounds like such a lovely person, a rare gem among humanity.

[@keepingitreal71]

Sending you love and condolences from Ohio... Dan looked like a great person.. He taught students that Mother nature can help you set the table for a great meal... I would love to have had a chef cook for me.. I bet he was one hell of a chef.... Again.. I am so so sorry....😭😭😭

[@KaraTheGirlie]

My condolences. He sounds like he was an extraordinary man. I hope your life is going well today.

[@YourPalKindred]

I can't imagine the betrayal Dan must've felt after the first shot, when he turned around and saw his own wife. I hope it didn't last long for him.

[@mememan2344]

He probably put a lot of dots together right then. She didn't get away with it.

[@theonejokeking3191]

I get the sense that she is enjoying the questioning and almost feels like a celebrity on a talk show.

[@edwardbrianna9729]

That’s exactly how I felt, she’s loving the attention and her chance to “set the record straight” since she’s the only one in the world that she created and she thinks the smartest person in every room.

[@sillydramas]

She exhibits quite a few narcissistic personality traits to be able to sit there and visibly look elated that you’re being questioned for the murder of your husband further proves that. Utterly disgusting. RIP to Dan such a beautiful soul❤.

[@Truth17John17]

She loves being the center of attention. Her absolute conviction that she can win the jury over with her "endearing personality" -- when in actuality, she is repulsive in every way -- would be humorous if it wasn't so tragic.

[@1cannedpeaches]

Yea she was inappropriately giddy

[@Boyso5407]

Ya it’s almost as if she totally forgot that she was actually being questioned about the murder of her husband. It sounds so much like a small town reporter asking a person about their interests

[@SnowBall323]

A completely mediocre woman believing she's much more deserving and talented than she ever was. In my estimation, Dan was much too good for her.

[@suzbone]

He was completely and totally too good for her, yup

[@erin6015]

She is so narcissistic, it’s painful lol

[@CornbreadOracle]

Amen. People like her drive me nuts. As if intelligence alone matters. Trust me, dear, being smarter than average doesn’t matter to the rest of the world. Only our mothers are impressed.

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

She reminds me a lot of my own mother. She didn’t murder my father, though, and that was *only* because she was terrified of ruining her reputation by getting arrested and going to prison. 😬😣😑

[@jasonwyman1873]

She has remarkable recall when she wants to. I am impressed with that I guess. These narcissists always just assume their acting is world class. They are so transparent it's embarrassing.

[@nickelp2680]

Her vocal tone and speaking style reminds me so much of Stephanie Lazarus, the police officer who murdered Sherri Rasmussen and then famously fell apart during her police interrogation about it decades later. They both have really similar vocal patterns, the same mannerisms of trying to appear helpful about giving tiny irrelevant details, stammering and appearing to performatively stop and think, while getting audibly anxious whenever they're questioned too closely about their story. it's just really striking.

[@IAmUnderscore]

My thoughts exactly, if I close my eyes it honestly sounds like the same person

[@jeremywatson9129]

Thos one doesn't have a friend named Schmeeda, and doesn't check her photos.

[@aceykrew5207]

"Idk it's been like.. a millllionnn years ago." 😂

[@88mphDrBrown]

You're absolutely right. I had keyed in on the performative aspects of her testimony and was reminded of Anthony Todt, but her vocal patterns are very close to Lazzarus. The thing that always stuck out to me the most about Stephanie Lazzarus was her bizarre facial expressions, they were just so extreme.

[@queercandy1]

geez, gosh, that was like a million years ago!

[@KM-hv1jg]

I’m not a professional writer, but I know enough about writing to know that spending hundreds of dollars on “writing tools” won’t make your bodice ripper romance novel more realistic. Research is important, but you can do it for free.

[@Vapormoon]

major props to the student who immediately went to do CPR despite him being already dead. CPR might just be what saves a life, it's better to do it in vain than not do it at all

[@VadaVoo]

I agree. When I think of CPR on someone who has likely passed away, I always flash back to a 911 call I heard where the operator is trying to get a guy to do CPR and the guy responds..."uhm. She has no head.". That might stop me too. 😳

[@eloradennis9302]

@@TannerisSmol97 CPR is not the act of "kissing a dead man" it's the noble action of trying to prolong or save someone's life? Kind of an insensitive comment given the context? I wonder if you'd feel the same if someone were trying to help you?

[@sourgreendolly7685]

@@TannerisSmol97 Mouth to mouth isn’t even current CPR protocol but okay edgelord

[@sourgreendolly7685]

@@VadaVoo I feel bad for the laugh that gave me. Like okay yeah it’s fair in that circumstance 😬

[@Vapormoon]

@@VadaVoo lmfao my thought process is always "most ppl aren't medical professionals so don't rely on your own assessment if someone is beyond saving or not" but in that situation..... yeah she dead 💀

[@erinw8787]

The fact that several of Dans past students have taken the time to post here and share their fondness for him and memories speaks to what an awesome person he was . Thank you for paying respect to an obviously good man who was much loved , she did not deserve him and I can only pray he did not know who did this to him .

[@coll4455]

💯

[@maisie1909]

he turned around and was shot again so I feel like he did know who shot him 😞

[@nunceccemortiferiscultu7826]

Or it's just your typical "true crime" fans who like to tell stories in the comments in the hopes of getting positive, supportive replies to bolster their poor self-esteem.

[@The_Based_Batman]

Be a Dan, not a Nancy.

[@beeeeeeeee7951]

@@nunceccemortiferiscultu7826 you know I was actually thinking that💀💀💀 especially the uncle one. Nobody’s here to verify their story but I liked it tho. It could also be true🤷🏽‍♀️. I do believe the guy who said chef brought in carts every friday. Very specific

[@ells07]

Biggest tell that she's guilty: When she has to answer questions about her husband she sounds like she's at a job interview. When she talks about herself she's being authentic.

[@crowzzguts6051]

Dan was also my dad's friend.. when the word broke out about his death it broke him, I didn't know how it happened until now and I pray he is at peace now

[@w.jasonspangler2952]

Her “essay” about a wife that wants to kill their husband is some of the worst writing I’ve ever heard.

[@sirbuffalo]

Wasn't it just dreadful?? I kept getting intense waves of severe secondhand embarrassment and what made it so much worse was how pleased with herself she sounded the entire time.

[@colonthree]

Stephenie Meyers and George R. R. Martin both write horribly bad.

[@mycattypedthis2827]

@@colonthreei’m sorry what do those writers have to do with anything? did they kill people as well?

[@Michel411]

@@colonthree*badly.

[@giannidescalzo2101]

She's so boring I almost quit.

[@Gabsolutelygab]

Did you notice she said “His weaknesses were my strengths, and my strengths were his weaknesses” instead of, “His weaknesses were my strengths and my weaknesses were his strengths.” Classic narcissist.

[@tiffknox6158]

I did, I ran it back to check and sure enough, it focused on her strengths & his weaknesses x2!

[@IceColder]

@@tiffknox6158 any of the two of you got the timestamp? please? ...

[@marcalarca2265]

I caught that, too!

[@copaceticgaming5939]

@@IceColder 37:54 ☺️

[@fredjones554]

Wow, I didn't catholic that. So textbook narc

[@johnscammell8941]

At 1:37:18 when she says “it didn’t do it’s JOB… job… job” it’s like she’s an actress who had practiced that line over and over and wanted to make sure she got it right. It’s bizarre at best and yelling at worst.

[@JediMaster738]

That part was so cringey lol also it’s an inanimate object incapable of doing any job without a handler lol so dumb

[@mikemcmike6427]

@@JediMaster738you can tell by how she talks how bad a writer is. She tries to use phrases she would write down to sound dramatic and impactful when it comes off as cringe and disingenuous.

[@shasta1990]

That part was so crazy like what was she doing?

[@pacificblue5461]

Holy crap she really does sound like someone practicing their lines "hmm the tone isn't quite right, maybe a little higher?"

[@BrittanyRaeHof]

The absolutely unbearable slurp and swallow after too. My hell

[@Niko-xz5lk]

"Nancy believed she could swindle her way to freedom, but much like her books, no one bought it" 😂

[@djs2182]

Omg 💀

[@linseysparks4463]

Thank you so much for covering this story. Chef Brophy was my dad's teacher in 2003 and he continues to talk about him to this day. This story is heartbreaking. Chef Brophy did so much good in his life. He taught so many amazing students that went on to do amazing things. My dad currently owns two restaurants. When I was a kid my dad followed in his footsteps and became a culinary teacher as well. I love hearing my dad's stories about Chef Brophy and I'm glad he got the opportunity to study under him.

[@christinasmith272]

I cannot believe this comment did not get as much recognition as others! A lot of these stories I (three) listen to… It’s sometimes easy to forget their real and comments like this, at least LEAST one person claims to have known/ been linked , and it is ‘incredible’ to hear first hand how he affected others instead of just hearing ‘he was a great man’ I felt so bad for those that dropped out because of this , most probably altering their entire career choice .. understandably but I’m sure , in my opinion , he would have been much happier to watch over them succeed and carry on his legacy.. thank you so much for sharing🙏🏾

[@coll4455]

❤

[@KW-kr9gh]

I’m sorry for your dad’s loss. 😢

[@caitybug.]

@@KW-kr9gh he wasn’t their dad, he was their dads teacher in 2003.

[@trurayne7196]

This is a tragedy! It is so awesome your dad is thriving in his restaurants and cooking , learning from what seems an amazing chef as well as a person. You really don't hear stories like yours and credit the success. Your comment should be pinned!!!!.

[@VictoriaMarch13]

He honestly sounded like an amazing human being who I would have loved to have met. There's not enough people like him in this world and to know he was killed by the one person he decided to spend the rest of his life with is hard to swallow! RIP Dan

[@greendiamondglow]

How is a romance writer THIS BAD at speaking lovingly about her husband?

[@abyz1467]

She’s an atrociously bad romance writer.

[@keithmaynard8394]

Nancy slowly thought her life should be as exciting as a romance novel and she resented Dan because it wasn’t. Instead her life was stable and predictable enough for her to indulge in her hobby of writing books nobody read with expensive “research.” Instead of resenting Dan for lacking excitement she should have considered that she was boring, too.

[@HailSatanOurLordAndSavior]

Damn 💀

[@tommymcdonnell6734]

@@HailSatanOurLordAndSavior hi

[@BrookeaCookea]

LM fucking AO 🤣

[@CaptainHero420]

Facts 100%

[@HailSatanOurLordAndSavior]

@@tommymcdonnell6734 hey!

[@meghannicole1474]

The saddest part of this whole case was that Dan truly seemed like a wonderful person. From everything that I've read about him, any woman would have been so lucky to be married to him. Nancy didn't deserve him.

[@Lynn-zx3th]

So well said!!

[@Bynxandethan]

It doesn't make any sense to me. She seems like such an obviously awful , selfish , nasty narcissist. I highly doubt she started being this way out of nowhere. So I really wonder why he settled for a person like this

[@plantemor]

For real. He is the very definition of the perfect man: Loves gardening, loves cooking, is passionately researching things that interests him, teaching the next generation everything he knows, helps those less fortunate than him, frugal, chill and accepting. The man has it all. He deserved a good woman instead of that leech.

[@Bynxandethan]

@@plantemor I have all those attributes except I don't garden :/ am lacking as a man ?

[@plantemor]

@@Bynxandethan I mean, not every man has access to a garden, so you're good! Unless, of course, you have a garden that you don't use, lol.

[@bluedistortions]

How in the hell is this "2nd degree murder" when she goes to such extensive lengths as to purchasing a "ghost gun kit" and buys the gun despite being anti-gun and keeps it locked up and unused?

[@adpaulsen6600]

I think due to her age the state was only going for one life sentence.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Oregon has atypical definitions for categories of murder. It is that simple. For any video about a criminal case, you need to take into account that each state has its own criminal code.

[@SkyePhoenix]

That's what I'd like to know!

[@bingbong9076]

White woman

[@DGao-zz5vq]

Because Oregon's definition of 1st Degree is 2nd Degree with aggravating circumstances (hitman, repeat offender, multiple victims, torture, underage victim, targeting criminal justice officials, prison murder, use of explosives, personally&intentionally commit murder as part of a violent crime). None of the aggravating circumstances apply to her, thus second degree.

[@MikeGervasi]

Don't you get it? Her time on the stand is her , the great author, being interviewed. She is talking and answering as if that's what it is. "His weaknesses were my strengths and my strengths tended to be his weaknesses". Funny she skipped her weaknesses.

[@weekendreligion5753]

"....and then I get arrested, and THAT'S MY SUMMER!" The self centeredness of this lady is otherworldly.

[@yunglynda1326]

yeah that was insane

[@Demagora]

Narrator voice: That was her first of many summers.

[@uzomannorom1409]

Narcissism at its finest

[@hapichampagne5916]

😐

[@kevinhenderson5520]

Yeah... One lives right next door to me 😕😵. But I really think senility is setting in..

[@wflack]

It’s easy to forget during her testimony that this process is concerned with her husband being murdered. It’s more like she is being interviewed on a chat show as a great writer.

[@emmaesta9444]

Shes just so confusingly casual for someone whos supposed to be grieving Edit: or at least someone whos supposedly innocent being accused of killing her beloved husband and the person that completes her. If i remember correctly, he said that trial took place almost 2 years after but shes still just way too casual

[@WobblesandBean]

Right? She's up there happily chatting away without a care in the world. Murdered husband? What murdered husband? 🙄

[@lindsaymiller1406]

It's pretty clear she thought this trial and all the attention it brought her, would turn her into some international bestselling author. It's also clear that she thought she was doing an outstanding job on the stand, and would lead to complete exoneration. What an absolute joke of a person!

[@mollycuddle9990]

@@lindsaymiller1406 it’s as if she’s on ‘This is your life’, that old show about friends celebrating yours.

[@novascotiaskater1868]

She literally is acting like she’s being interviewed isn’t she!! Good call! She’s utterly ludicrous as a person

[@sjeggy6]

"but just like her books, no one was buying it" Damn, 2 murders in 1 video

[@オビエ]

😂

[@leeprimeau7912]

This is my second time watching this… very well done Dreading. The word “repulsive” is the best way to describe Nancy. She’s absolutely horrible and her lawyers were aggravating as well. The prosecutor (Overstreet) was amazing. I so very much enjoyed watching him outdo her… her smile disappeared and her eyes became very cold when he started to cut through her 💩.

[@canbac4300]

ABSOLUTELY AGREE 💯%

[@emilylogan2379]

Her time on the stand is her way of making up for the book signing no one showed up for.

[@Cat-qb2yp]

😂😂😂

[@nawfsidereviews6029]

🤣🤣

[@sethunyanikuru1079]

😂😂👍🏾

[@clownrituals587]

You nailed it!

[@DanielleEdwardsArtonic]

HA!!

[@jessicapeters5716]

Thank you for covering this case so respectfully. You really spent some time researching how we felt about Brophy, he was a wonderful teacher and the world is truly worse off without him. I will forever remember his brophyisms and miss his chutneys. When we first walked into his class everyone was terrified of him because of how serious he looked, but God did he have the best joke delivery.

[@dreadingCAP]

I'm truly sorry for your loss. It's always important to me to impart that the victim was a real person, with their own eccentricities, and all I was able to find about Dan was how wonderful he was to be around and taught by.

[@AmyDee13]

I'm sorry for your loss. He sounds like such a wonderful person. I'm sad I never had the pleasure of knowing him. I hope that he had some idea of how many lives he touched and how cherished he was.

[@Lovely2291]

Dan seemed like a truly wonderful person, I'm sorry for your loss and the loss to the culinary school.

[@saf2127]

It’s heartbreaking to see several students here mourning their beloved instructor. I am so sorry for your loss, and I hope that one day when you are able you can carry on Chef Brophy’s legacy by caring for those around you. 💗

[@bangitybangbabang]

He sounds like a great man and those who loved him are doing well to keep his memory alive

[@oren1305]

Being married and living your boring, but happy and simple life doesn't sound romantic to people like Nancy; but to me, spending time with my partner, planning our lives, making supper and doing nice things for each other and the home is really lovely. Life isn't a poorly written romnace novel, it's life. You make your own adventures in the memories you make and the people you befriend. Teavelling can be exciting, of course, but you don't need to go into debt and make your partner feel put-upon to do so. Nancy wanted a dream life, but she already had it.

[@MsK4YY]

Dan deserved a woman who would tend to his garden while he was teaching and to help him find mushrooms in the forest. May he rest in peace with no worries anymore and find comfort in his ancestors. Nancy doesn't deserve anything but isolation and knowing that she will never be right.

[@cinissanguis6836]

This poor man seeing his wife whom he loved and trusted murder him in his last moments really breaks my heart...

[@christinasmith272]

I just made a similar comment ; pondering true love .. Like how could you spend and build a GOOD life with someone just to have such a beautiful life ended by greed and jealousy… Absolutely appalling..

[@WobblesandBean]

He was shot in the back, then the chest. So he definitely turned around and saw it was her murdering him. I can't imagine the confusion and hurt he must have felt in his final moments. 🎂

[@aristideau5072]

@Diana H your point being?

[@cinissanguis6836]

@@WobblesandBean thanks for the information. That's horrendous...

[@cinissanguis6836]

@Diana H that really doesn't take away from this case and his pain at all.

[@MirandaSinistra]

Her thinking she was smarter than everyone else was definitely her downfall. Thank goodness most criminals are as smart as Nancy Brophy.

[@beccas.7762]

She's like a female Mark Twitchell.

[@penskepc2374]

They don't catch the smart ones.

[@Alexis-pl5cn]

When you're the main character and everyone else are just tangential NPCs, you can't imagine 'losing'. The narcissism is an obvious flaw, gross.

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

@@beccas.7762 🤣🤣🤣

[@juliesnoot2818]

her bragging about her writing while describing her character's lives as "larger than life" makes me laugh. that just doesn't sound good and i doubt any truly good writer wouldn't change that wording after reading over it

[@taylorboyer5207]

you can hear the defense team sighing on direct examination because she is not following the script and her questions don’t make sense anymore. the lawyer has to pivot on the spot which usually isn’t a bad thing but because she’s a rambler the lawyer had to choose her words extremely carefully as to not send her on a tangent that makes her look bad.

[@matixx00]

The worst part of all this is that it sounds like all she had to do was talk to him with sincerity and come clean about the debt.. he wouldn't have cared as much and would have likely just tried to get some money going. What a tragedy that she decided to take his life over such idiotic matters

[@KaraTheGirlie]

And this is how a sane person sees it. But with someone like Nancy, she genuinely believed killing him was easier than admitting a fault, admitting she lied. The fact that people like her exist makes me ashamed to be the same species as them.

[@katiemakesart]

"His weaknesses were my strengths, my strengths tended to be his weaknesses" THE AUDACITY.

[@caroline4540]

My first thought was 'What a B**ch!!!' I would have had a difficult time holding my tongue or censoring the Ol' Brain Filter if had to spend a lengthy amount of time alone with her. Things would get snarky real fast.

[@icarusalchemist1398]

I couldn't believe this channel didn't mention that. There were lots of suspicious and horrible comments made by her.

[@skoomacumberdale9656]

@@icarusalchemist1398 I mean, it kinda speaks for itself. Once the words left her mouth we all realized she sucked lol. No extra commentary needed lol But I get you, I wish the commentator would have roasted her more

[@JacobC479]

I’m pretty sure she just got her words mixed up and meant to say his strengths were my weaknesses but she’s still guilty.

[@michaelcoletta4547]

​@@JacobC479Freudian slip

[@Ruby-un4zo]

He was close friends with my grandpa and was a father figure to my dad. Although not blood related, he was my uncle. My uncle was such a lovely person, I've always had low self esteem but he was the only adult who truly understand me and helped me become more confident person. The year my uncle passed, my grandpa had developed alzheimer's. He was so wonderful and helped us so much during this time. Only to be ripped from us by a women who I so disgustingly admired. Thank you so much for the respect you put into this video. To see comments about people who knew him, its so great to see that he was truly adored.

[@uzomannorom1409]

It's gross how this shell of a woman took away your uncle whom you considered your family. I really hope you get to cope despite all that happened.

[@casandrabullock9497]

I'm so sorry for your loss. He seems lovely.✌️

[@chicasweep]

Sounds like a great man and father figure. Sorry for you loss❤

[@raymondcaylor6292]

Hi Ruby. Sorry for your loss and don't be hard on yourself she fooled a lot of people. Best Wishes !

[@AmandaDixson]

My condolences, that's absolutely heartbreaking.

[@iamthegooplab]

It truly baffles me how confident these people are. My ex took the stand in his own defense, and I’d say it was an absolute disaster considering he got 18 years. I rarely hear of defendants looking good and solidifying their “innocence” while on the stand.

[@yankeecitygirl]

This she-beast's attorney should give up her license.

[@em84c]

​@@yankeecitygirlthe attorney probably advised her not to but she thought she knew better. The judge always asks the defendant to make sure it is their decision to not testify because it is their right to take the stand.

[@ciaranmoog]

What did he do

[@TheHobgoblyn]

I totally disagree with your assertion that the glass bathroom door exploding had to be "another attempt on his life". I have personally seen one of those frosted glass doors shattered just by being slammed a little too hard and they really do explode into a thousand tiny little pieces. He easily could have been upset and slammed it or slipped in the shower and fallen against it and that would have been the result.

[@joejoe9435]

Does it really matter she shot him twice

[@foxmlder2379]

That and they can just randomly do it due to glass imperfections! With no warning or anything, even if you’re not around, they can just randomly explode after being heated and cooled enough

[@beekeeper8474]

​@@foxmlder2379that's what happened to us. We were watching a movie and kablam loud crashing noise. The master bathroom shower door exploded. Glass even made it into the room. Blew our minds when the home warranty said it happens more than you think.

[@Nai-robi0871]

To be honest, I was thinking how the hell did she make that happen? It sounded weird to me but you never know 🤷🏽‍♀️ Maybe it really was just the door.

[@TheHobgoblyn]

@@Nai-robi0871 Well, they are glass-- it doesn't take a huge amount of force to break them and if it breaks at all, it is designed to completely shatter into tiny pieces because while the tiny pieces can give a ton of cuts, they will only be skin-deep cuts as opposed to a large shard of glass breaking off which will be even sharper and cut even deeper. So if you are angry and slam a frosted glass door as hard as you can 'explode' really is a pretty good description for what happens.

[@ayoitzsergio]

Notice how she says "his weaknesses were my strengths and my strengths were his weaknesses" she never says "my weaknesses were his strengths".. I feel at some level she has trouble bringing herself to mention her flaws. I can't imagine having an attitude like that helped humanize her to the jury.

[@BarbarossaSC2]

Caught that too and lol'd. This idiot thinks she's a best-selling author too.

[@superbad3591]

In her mind she has no flaws

[@kenhaze5230]

She's pretty inarticulate, which is a trivial flaw to have if you're not in a career where it's important (like say, writing, but even then some people write much better than they speak), but even having noticed that this stuck out to me too. I'm not even sure if she watched the tape back if she'd realize what she said isn't actually what any listener would be expecting; she reversed the wrong things in the second half but it probably sounded fine to her.

[@klarahvar746]

That was the first thing I noticed: she was pure strength and he was pure weakness from her point of view. She slipped up there, that statement was something that truly came out of her subconscious.

[@CC-fo7tr]

Narcissistic people have no flaws.

[@HECKproductions]

lets see... -considers herself superior -considers herself more intelligent than other people do -writes like a 14 year old -thinks she can plan everything out perfectly -fails all the hallmarks of a redditor

[@sirbuffalo]

LOL! I love your comment.

[@lisastribling9766]

😂😂😂

[@missaniebananie6473]

The fact that she said Dan spent a lot of money on his cooking and references the copper cookware when he was a successful chef and a literal culinary teacher, and all she did was spend money on props for her shitty writing, is the best example of just how selfish and immature she really is.

[@WobblesandBean]

Nancy: **fumbles her way through her "plan", making laughably huge mistakes every step of the way** Also Nancy: "Nailed it". Yup, checks out.

[@joec4997]

@@WobblesandBeanNot to mention how moronic her "plan" was in the first place. Come on, a robbery gone wrong where theres no robbery and the victim gets shot in the back instead of just running away when they saw someone was there. Shes a writer and thats the best she can come up with?

[@Katie__A]

As always, having no empathy is sooo visible. Psychopaths only have words, and that’s why they ramble all the time, they don’t realise words are not enough - we can FEEL that she has no feelings. Not to mention the laughing…first thing every lawyer needs to say to anyone: never ever f-ing smile on the stand, I’m sure the jury already knew she was guilty in the first 5 seconds with that horrible loud laugh.

[@kazvanrooij]

Beatifully put

[@Katie__A]

@@kazvanrooij I can do better but thanks!!! 🥰 have a nice day..

[@chamomiletea5424]

How many of us would love to be blessed with a husband like Dan?! This is so sick. So sad! Rest in peace, Dan.

[@jlokeepinitreal]

"Sitting here now, like a watering pot gone astray" she truly believes she is so poetic 😂 it's utterly humiliating.

[@circuitmonkey724]

I don't even understand that phrase.....😂

[@JustStop19]

That's the thing with the bad writers - that desire to use colorful language without understanding the context. She also fancies herself as very witty and funny person, however, non of her jokes are funny.

[@deniece0821]

​@circuitmonkey724 Right? "Sitting here now like a watering pot gone astray." Soooooo she's sitting there pissing all over herself? 🤔🧐🤷🏻‍♀️😆😆😆

[@baalgaang1925]

Lmao I thought the same thing about the same phrase! I could tell she was a terrible writer by how she used the phrase “by any wild stretch of the imagination” multiple times on the stand

[@johnblood10]

What in the hell?

[@gee_emm]

This channel is so addicting. Most true crime channels are unbearable. Here, there is no annoying music, no flashy graphics. No god-awful dramatic re-enactments or excessively loud, crass sound effects. It's not a wannabe thriller movie. Just the pure unvarnished horror of human depravity. It just blows you away thinking that people actually DO these things. Often to those closest to them, at that! And then they actually think they can talk their way out. Unreal! You get sucked in and can't stop. It's a trip.

[@dalegarywebb]

⁰

[@noahmezan2073]

I agree! This is probably the documentary-esque KZbin crime channel out there

[@Adamandcalebinc]

Or when they try to make jokes and have a happy go lucky demeanor while explaining horrific acts

[@al_sprays_paint8669]

It's also respectful & well-researched.

[@Sandi-ke9mi]

I agree with all of you❣️🙌🏻

[@kernowarty]

"We bought a gun to protect us and it didn't do it's job...job!....Jobbbb!!!! " Crazy!!

[@simplyixia3683]

Re: the shower door. It happened to a friend of mine. She got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and the shower door had shattered and was all over the floor. She lives alone in an apartment and it has been fine when she went to bed. I don’t think the shower door shattering in the case was a previous attempt. It’s not relevant to the case at all.

[@matthewdnielsen]

Not sure I can actually put myself through watching this but from the comments it looks well done and respectful. Just came to pay respects to one of the best chefs I ever knew. RIP Brophy. Thanks for all the laughs and the killer movie suggestions. Love you, man.

[@matthewdnielsen]

I had Brophy as an instructor for 2 terms. We gave him his first class with perfect attendance during live fire week. He was an absolute gem.

[@TheTypewriterError]

I'm so sorry for your loss and for everyone else commenting with memories they had of him. He obviously was a rare teacher.

[@anechoicsoul]

I’m so sorry for your loss. He sounds like he was an incredible human being. I know his legacy will live on within you and all of the people he knew.

[@sticklebacketienne]

@@MelancholyRequiem not funny at all. How could you think your comment is appropriate ‘dude’? You should delete it

[@Teexcup]

I’m so sorry for your loss man. I really felt that. It’s a rare thing that someone’s loss is felt so palpably to people who didn’t know them, by witnessing the grief of those who did. ❤

[@gartacusthebold715]

All things considered, this has quickly become the best true crime channel on KZbin. "As it would turn out, killing your husband is a lot different than writing a romance novel. And Nancy wasn't particularly good at either." xD

[@PoptartParasol]

He had great subtle jabs in this one lawl

[@tishaw.8254]

“But much like her books… no one was buying” 🥁😂

[@wafflefalafel9442]

yesss. and i prefer these subtle, rare quips. some true crime shows go too overboard with the jokes and try to bring too much levity to naturally dark situations

[@DragonGeeGee21]

Dreading throws shade like a drag queen 💀

[@cocoabutterbirdie]

his subtle commentary is my favorite

[@DadBodSwagGod]

To me, the funniest thing about her being a writer is that she switches tenses when she lies

[@BingeHD720]

just like her books, nobody was buying them, *badump tssss" 10/10

[@marlboroman6370]

Hearing her talk about her stories is almost comical. She's so focused on herself, she's practically forgotten about the fact that she killed her husband.

[@ChelleJohn]

Yeah what a narcissist. She seems to soak up the spotlight even while she’s on trial. What a horrible, soulless person!

[@blazefairchild465]

Yes, it’s all about her, did anyone mention if she ever had children?

[@karenbrown6348]

@@blazefairchild465 That'd be interesting to know

[@Palletknifepaint]

True

[@Truth17John17]

@@blazefairchild465 She did not have any children, THANKFULLY, because if she did, that child(ren)'s life would have been hell. Dan had one son.

[@teresamoyer7282]

I am a writer and when Nancy was asked what writing tools, she had bought I was not expecting her answers LOL I was thinking things like Microsoft Word, Scrivner, Grammarly, editing software, digital art tools for cover design since she self-edited/self-published LOL I was so not expecting Night vision, handcuffs and binoculars.

[@PFMediaServices]

Hells yeah. And what was your reaction to her goal of publishing 12 books in a year?!

[@LanaAndJen]

@@PFMediaServices one book per month?! That’s more prolific than Stephen King 😂

[@WobblesandBean]

Right?? You don't NEED to buy up All The Things to do research. The internet exists. Libraries exist. Imagination exists.

[@leafissimile]

@@WobblesandBean I just got to the part where she said they took a trip to Montana so she could see a property to use as a setting for a book she never wrote. It's unreal.

[@CoraJean19]

And don’t forget the gun kit and extra slide!

[@The_sound_Of_Thunder]

Writing 12 books in a year definitely guarantees quality

[@KM-hv1jg]

That’s a book a month. That’s a straight year of NaNoWriMo. Either she’d be burnt out or the books would be unreadable - maybe both.

[@thequantaleaper]

I believe her. When I wrote a book about nuclear war I had to buy a few kilos of yellow cake uranium for research 🤦‍♂️

[@jordandill1950]

"His weaknesses were my strengths, my strengths tended to be his weakness" Girl. This shows how little she thought of him.

[@liamwade8537]

Was looking for this comment. I cringed so hard when she said that.

[@survivingitall5263]

@@liamwade8537 me too!! I was surprised he didn't do a REWIND because that was some shit! I think she meant to say "my weaknesses were his strengths" but her narcissism wouldn't;t allow it!!

[@xxtinabobina]

Wtf does it even mean?!!! I wish she named one example

[@1004cheonsagateun]

Oh wow I didn't even catch that

[@k.d.1555]

@@1004cheonsagateun Lm

[@bleedingheartexpat]

Thank you for covering this case. I was due to take Chef Brophy’s class next semester when it happened. Besides the life of a beloved teacher and father, a wealth of mycological knowledge was stolen from humanity the day Nancy decided to end Dan’s life. He was one of the MOST knowledgeable mushroom experts in one of the richest regions for mushroom growth on the planet. I was so sad never to have been able to take his class and go on his famed “mushroom walks” in the woods of the PNW. May he Rest In Peace. Edited to add: I remember there was a candlelight vigil held in the parking lot in the days after his death. I found Nancy’s mannerisms, posturing, expressions and statements so off-putting but chalked it up to a woman in shock. Now I know why that was my gut reaction. What a monster.

[@barbmckenna5890]

But did she ever figure out how to bend light?

[@anibal624]

@Barb McKenna in a dark tunnel

[@barbmckenna5890]

@@anibal624 she has all kinds of time now to figure out how to bend steel bars 😂

[@AmandaDixson]

That's amazing he was into mushrooms!!! I would've done anything to go on one of those walks!!!!

[@bleedingheartexpat]

@@AmandaDixson right?! What a priceless experience it must have been for the students that got to go! He was such a special guy with so much to offer the world

[@cassifush6817]

1:30:10 what the fuck is the comment about “a police woman who i would have told you was 100 pounds but i found out later she wasnt” what the fuck does that mean

[@brianking2771]

"she tells full stories,don't you know,that's how she talks*! Only she's a shit story teller..and I can't stop watching this trainwreck..I can't count how many times I've seen this ..I'm on vacation for 4 days..I think I'll watch this the whole for days,the things she says are just so unbelievable and outrageous..I wasn't done shopping,it didn't do it's job,I marked it for the police..just a few gems.

[@mazyll]

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING she didn’t even say “I found out she was much skinnier/larger” she just? Randomly brings it up and then doesn’t explain why that’s relevant or??? How did she “find out” she wasn’t 100 pounds? Didn’t your husband get murdered, aren’t there other things to worry about, lady???

[@jessii_d]

The glass door spontaneously shattering isn't odd. This happened to my brother in law and was a brand new shower door that just shattered with no one in it or near it. But I digress lol this case was very sad. I have a compulsive buying habit due to depression that really alters my life and has been a struggle stopping. But if this was causing major financial issues, I would get help rather than kill my husband. The thought of that moves me to tears bc I love my husband more than myself and the fact she did this despicable crime all because she didn't care to fix herself is just deplorable.

[@denisehagwood4542]

It is odd because it happens very infrequently. Odd doesn't mean "unheard of".

[@lillexus5589]

​@@denisehagwood4542then you would still have to define "very frequently"

[@WobblesandBean]

You left out the police body cam footage. Upon being told her husband was murdered, she said "yeah I figured, that's why everyone has that sad sack look". Then she said "it doesn't matter who did it and I don't wanna find out, he's still dead", completely unprompted. Tell me, if you were told your husband was friggin' MURDERED, would the first thing out of your mouth be "I know" followed by "I don't care who did it"? Then the kicker, she told the murder investigators "he hurt himself in the shower a few days ago too. He's not having a good week". Wow. Just...wow.

[@kingofbirds]

"hes not having a good week"??? OH MY GOD??? thats so messed up

[@mememan2344]

​@@kingofbirdsthis is why I laugh. People can get so blinded by evil it's funny. Not for the victim of course.

[@JME1186]

Poor dude had his bank accounts and assets drained, then got murdered, then his soul watches on as his killer experiences success surrounding the book she wrote in “honor” of the murder she committed. I hope the man’s resting more peacefully now but what a complete waste. RIP

[@violetsrayreikishop2]

Well at least she doesn't get to enjoy the success financially

[@lizh4933]

Let this be a warning to the Dan's of the world. Pay attention to what's going on at home and stop trying to save everyone. Save yourself first.

[@nickalicious2335]

right?? and she got all this attention from people "helping her" after he was killed. and the attention she got while she was on the stand. its just absolutely sickening.

[@hapichampagne5916]

A man that kind is probably sitting in the good place feeding everyone. Hopefully she did him a favor and he’s happy there with no stress, occasionally snacking looking in on her in her cell snickering 😂

[@adorabellaperfecta3513]

“As long as dan was happy we were happy” said the lady who was so happy she celebrated by taking his happy life. She’s got a deluded nerve talking about her victim as if her guilt is just a lame wild guess and not so totally obvious on so many levels. Thank you so much, dreading team, for bringing the character of people front & center so we can drop the hammers on these people instead of our benefits of doubts. People only lie like her when they are very sure of their own superior status and consider everyone else not smart enough to know any better than them. She plans everything out and covers all her bases, huh? She was going to kill her husband, get away with it, cash in on the life insurance, let some innocent person go through a trial (maybe) and when it was all over, she’d have this exciting “mystery” to write about. This was going to answer all her prayers and make her dreams come true. She most likely got so excited over her prospects that her mind overlooked the idiocy of her half-baked hare brained idea. I hope she thinks of him every time she takes a bite of prison slop.

[@chestinejohnson9173]

For someone who wrote about how to kill your husband, she failed miserably! She was the only suspect! No wonder she was a lousy writer! I love Dreading! Your content is always in depth, and informative. I rewatch your stories, and interrogations on a regular! Thank you for all of the obvious hard work, you put in, to post such interesting cases! ✌🏾💖

[@MrDarvis69]

I'm a writer, so I have interacted with other writers before. This lady's mentality of "I'm the smartest person in the room" is such a common thing with writers. They are also the worst at taking criticism cause they think they have everything figured out. It's no wonder she spilled her guts to her cell mate, a captive audience to listen to her writing bullshit.

[@AmyAndThePup]

Wow. that's really sad that so many of them are like this. I had no idea. I love writing, but I don't have the confidence to stand up against people like that. How awful for those who have to deal with them on a regular basis. People like you, but also their family, friends, anyone. Arrogance is off-putting.

[@yelenaangeleski3354]

@Niphyra All artists need and have big egos. Among the greats, I can think of less than a dozen exceptions.

[@gurutruecrimeguru1405]

"They are always the worst at taking criticism." I guess that's why I've had thank you letters from every editor at every magazine and publishing house saying "thank you for handling criticism so well and being cooperative about edits." I've always been kind of surprised by such letters.

[@fran2815]

which is why, as a writer, i do not interact with other writers. i keep my narcissism to myself lol

[@thoracis]

That’s a good point, and as a casual writer and slightly less casual artist, I can say I have seen that behaviour, too. Not everyone is like that, of course. Especially, through school, we mostly felt negatively about ourselves and our work 😂 but I totally agree with you

[@jaded5957]

'I called my mother-in-law ... I said I don't know why I'm calling you, I just wanted someone to worry besides me.' How thoughtful.

[@kimberini6465]

Me too! I also thought, "If you were so broke, how about you go a day or two... maybe even a week or so, without Starbucks?!?!!" She certainly is full of herself.

[@dyanalynn6698]

Never mind his students that were desperately trying to save his life… then with all the others being questioned by the police… undoubtedly one of the worst days of their lives… but don’t worry about them Nancy, your feelings are all that matter 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@blazefairchild465]

I choked on my coffee when I heard that. And when she made a math mistake,when talking about the life insurance, how can she be working as in an insurance dealer with that horrible math & seems reading comprehension on reading the policies . Also she really is not smart at all .how can a married woman not be on the home mortgage? Only way is he bought the house before they married & never put her on the deed or mortgage paperwork after they married. Or she had very bad credit a couldn’t be on the mortgage or had a bankruptcy within 7 years or not employment there had to be a reason .

[@Boyso5407]

Ya that came off as such a cruel statement. It sounded like she called her to make her worry about her son instead of calling her to keep her updated. Like she purposely called her to put her in a worried state. Weird comment.

[@cleanserene6330]

Yes...I can't imagine having that conversation with the mother of the person I'm supposedly worried about...if I had to pick someone to worry with me, just had to do it, it wouldn't be the mother

[@mrflodstrom]

The most disturbing part are the unholy sounds when she drank the water at 1:37:35

[@boreksz82-cf7ze]

And that job...joooooobbbb voice breaks seconds before 😂

[@jasonperez7250]

“But much like her books, no one was buying it” I STARTED SCREAMING 😭😭 Your channel is so good

[@lnmemoryofjohnmordaunt7386]

Bdum tsss! 😂

[@caroooolineeee]

very interesting how she gets genuinely very upset after merely mentioning her brother and uncle’s deaths but when she talks extensively about her husband it’s so minimal. she sucks so bad at lying

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Her sucking so bad at lying is a pretty good indicator of why pretty much nobody bought her books. Remember that quote at the beginning? 'Writers are liars' or smth like that? If she's this bad at lying, she's probably just as bad at writing. Bad liars also suck at acting, which is why so many people saw right through Amber Heard.

[@tranquilrabies]

Whyyy did she think she would get away with this? You write shitty books about killing husbands, you bought a weapon on eBay for fuck's sake, and you crept down to the school while forgetting cameras are a thing. I can't with this Benjamin Franklin in drag.

[@jadenosullivan1398]

@@tranquilrabies Benjamin Franklin in drag one of the absokute peak remarks I have ever seen deserves sm more notice

[@tomjones6777]

Bought a Glock , regency ghost Glock then an extra sliding barrel on eBay. Then claims she was in bed writing when she was driving near the culinary school in and around the time her husband was murdered. Connecting the dots in this crime did not require too much time in deliberation. I am really shocked how long Nancy was able to maintain the appearance of a loving wife all these years.

[@jpfense]

I never heard of someone blaming a gun for not protecting them... mostly because a gun, try as it may, can't do anything by itself.

[@Dear-Rhiannon]

Rest in Peace sweet Chef Dan.🕯️ The fact that many people who knew Dan leave wonderful comments about him shows how truly lovely he was.

[@whereisCarmenSandiego]

The biggest mistakes this evil broad made were: Overestimating her own intelligence (most sociopaths do) Vastly underestimating just how loved and respected her husband was

[@Hunnie_B]

Exactly!

[@anibal624]

he won't be missed she thot cause she felt he was nothing to her as a husband

[@anibal624]

1:58:15 her face says "Oh god gotta explain this situation away to" and over/does it

[@anibal624]

he didn't mean that much to her

[@4bibimimi]

"Evil broad ". Tee-hee. Thats Nancy! She is tough to listen to knowing what she did.

[@BohemianAnthem]

The intro had me COVINCED you had an amazing gay marriage with an awesome Chef that makes fabulous hors d'Oeuvres. Then you said those were the words of the killer and the husband was the victim and I remembered why I was here. That burst my queer bubble very fast (just as fast as the bubble was created).

[@christfigure]

Ok!

[@wormsinpeaches]

This was where I was at too 🌈

[@BohemianAnthem]

​@@wormsinpeaches It's nice to be naive sometimes, but it sucks to come down from that 😅

[@dorkydragon5055]

She do have that ben Franklin/Sith Palpatine face

[@Bennywindows]

How did the greatest dude ever end up with this busted witch?? Maybe she should have made him read one of her books so he’d die of boredom, very hard to trace

[@azemstarkiller5539]

😂

[@MonolithicCyanTsunami]

Your comment has way too few likes 😭 may Dan rest in peace

[@boreksz82-cf7ze]

Busted witch 😂😂😂

[@milliewoo337]

The moment I learned of the term “Duper’s Delight” I thought of her. That’s why she’s in such good spirits- she think she’s up there getting away with it the whole time. It’s giving her an enormous rush to sell people a story, which she thinks is her form of genius.

[@Blake_.Dryden]

Ive only heard of it being referred to as "duping delight" but I like your turn of phrase much better... lol Good name for a band and spot on analysis. She absolutely thought she was getting away with it

[@beautifulmidnight]

Horrific. The fact that a man who, by all accounts, was just a genuinely good human was taken away by this monster breaks my heart. I’m so sorry to everyone who lost him.

[@mora718]

❤

[@jrlpixels421]

By his wife no less.

[@missaniebananie6473]

The comments from his students here are so sweet and also so heartbreaking

[@nathanEatz]

Luckily, these people will live forever in the impact they made. It's our job as their legacy to carry on their attitudes, and make them live on through our own good acts inspired by theirs.

[@johnhutsler8122]

If you've ever seen testimony from real victims, or real innocent people, their sadness is genuine. And especially if they have to talk about the death of a loved one, about the memories they had when they first learned their loved one had passed, it's REALLY hard for them to talk about. Really hard. It's enough to make you cry because you can see and imagine the pain they're feeling at that moment. I got none of those feelings listening to her talk about her husband. This lady is absolutely guilty. I'm glad her attorney decided to put her on the stand because she absolutely sealed her own fate here.

[@kenziereed9263]

It’s so heartbreaking that the most wonderful people that are out there making a difference or doing something meaningful and care so deeply about others are the ones that end up losing their life. He deserved to live he had a life and a heart and an ability that we need more of in the world.

[@vaporwavejuice5874]

I do like that she prided herself on "the perfect murder", and then drove her own car to the murder and later bragged to people that she did it thats like how to get caught 101

[@Viper-py4pg]

A narcissist's ego is soo crazy to witness from the outside and absolutely depressing to be stuck around.

[@watchdog8058]

that is her next book! “how to get caught 101”!😂😂😂

[@salbonpensiero1704]

Oh and bought a slide with her credit card off eBay that took the same caliber bullets found in Dan, that tipped the police off to the ghost gun. Told his mother Dan was dead before she was even told he was dead. Wrote an essay on the best way to kill your husband and skipped mortgage payments to pay on all 10 ridiculous life insurance policies she had on Dan. I find it hilarious she thought if she got on the stand she could manipulate the jury because she believes she's such a likable and credible person. In actuality she came off as a pathological liar, fraudulent, self absorbed, deceptive, stand offish, condescending, extremely annoying and a horrible actor. Her defense attorney isn't professional and her defense was what Eminem did in the last rap battle in 8 Mile lol "if I tell the jury about all the dirt they are going to use on us first then they won't have nothing to say when it's their turn". It didn't work and I have a feeling her attorneys advised her not to testify but she wanted to be in the spot light and tell her life story to the world so bad she went against their advice and did it anyways.

[@WarFoxThunder]

LOL

[@9teen9t4]

666th like (weird, that's the second time in two days). You're welcome.

[@kimgale262]

I watched the trial and honestly what I got from this trial was that Nancy in the end just enjoyed laying in bed staring off into space writing her books (which were never published but by herself) having her Starbucks delivered to her in bed and enjoyed spending great amounts of money on lunches with her "writer friends" and "writer getaways with her writer friends" and as well as wowing her writer friends with having them stay over at their home and having Mr Brophy slave away in the kitchen to feed them amazing meals. WHILE poor Mr Brophy worked his butt off working two jobs. Some people just don't know when they have it good. I would have loved to have had a husband like Mr Brophy and would have cherished him. Mr Brophy seemed to be an amazing person. RIP Mr Brophy. Condolences to his true family and friends.

[@StillRimmo]

If you're gonna try and make a living as a writer, you have to be prepared to not experience luxury. You can't have both, as a general rule.

[@honeymilano5325]

Seems like she was trying to live a fictional “famous writer” life.

[@platedlizard]

Tbf she did have a day job. But the fact is most authors make less than minimum wage. It sucks, but it’s a fact. Thinking you’re the next Nora Roberts is delusional.

[@4bibimimi]

@@StillRimmo adversity builds character. By the same token a writer who goes on and on about the Finer Things in life when they haven't necessarily earned them is incredibly boring.

[@stevanykitten6780]

My thoughts exactly. He seemed to do every single thing to make her happy, and it still wasn’t enough. So many women would anything to have a man this and she took him for granted.

[@Youmeandacupoftee]

When it comes to Dan's cookware a discussion had to happen but, when it came to her story writing, money is no object.

[@southerncaesar3371]

Just the thought of a man who lived such a moral life and gave so much only to have his own life taken by a selfish person who only wanted to take moved me to tears. I didn’t know this man personally, but I am confident the world is a worse place without him.

[@alexkess8506]

I’m getting teary eyed about all these clips with him and his students. He radiates compassion and seems like the best human. Imagine the selfishness to want to take that beautiful person away from the world.

[@ARedMagicMarker]

Narcissists don't give a hey. They want what they want and if that means they, the vile, untalented, worthless, total garbage human gets to live, and a golden, genuine, talented, and loved human's got to die so the narcissistic sewer roach can get a few bucks to spoil their undeserving selves, and to get more attention, then they are just fine with that.

[@BabyBoy_Milo]

I was just gonna comment the same thing- he has tenderness in his face

[@laraoneal7284]

Alex Kess. Selfishness is being somewhat kind. She is a malignant narcissist at the very least.

[@kennethallen2223]

More like she was envious.

[@Nathan_H1gg3rz]

Grow a set

[@cryptidonstrike]

I know this is possibly literally the least important part of this story, but it truly caught me off guard every time this woman- who clearly thinks she’s the smartest person in the room- would casually admit to doing things like driving and physically writing in a notebook at the same time without even a hint of self-awareness

[@kayjayhay]

did she? I got the impression she wants us to believe she drove around, parked and wrote, and she mentioned at one point someone looked sketchy so she moved her minivan. I think she took for granted that we would attribute the driving part to thinking/brainstorming and that she then parked, took out a notebook, and wrote. obviously, this is all bullshit, she wasn't aimlessly driving around brainstorming/writing like this, she committed a murder and needed to explain why she was caught in her distinctive vehicle on camera. but if she weren't a murderer it wouldn't be beyond the realm of possibility to drive, ingest the surroundings, park and write. I think they didn't make that clear in her testimony because if she remembers parking at any other spot than one described, she has to remember where and when and they could potentially cross-check and catch her lying. she thinks she's is the smartest person in the room for sure, but this may be a case of taking things to literally because we're on hyper alert now that we know she is lying.

[@AmandaDixson]

She could be autistic undiagnosed; which is a common occurrence in crime.

[@didijax2125]

@ 1:00:00 she starts talking about writing and "driving along"

[@enigma_-_79]

@@didijax2125 Yes. “Driving along and jotting down notes.”

[@kayjayhay]

@@didijax2125 ugh... You're right then and so is OP (my bad OP, I see reaching happen so often with minute details like this and forgot or must have missed this part). This literally sounds like driving and writing things down as she goes versus her testimony for the prosecution which made it seem like she parked and wrote. Not that I needed more reasons to think she's awful but damn... also thanks for the catch.

[@karriekat927]

Each time she is questioned and answers the question by repeating “no…no..” or “yes…yes…” or anytime she repeats a phrase like “I Tried…I tried..” this seems like a tell that she is lying.

[@leapinglaura7343]

Completely! Like the 1st yes is for the audience, the 2nd for herself, as rocket fuel to get going with the lie. She wouldn't need the booster if it's the truth.

[@r.w.5254]

She says "uh" right before each lies. The bigger the lie, the more times she says, "uh"

[@josephmatthews7698]

As a fellow failed writer one of my biggest fears is my search history being used against me because ive researched some pretty wild stuff in my silly plots. I also dont respond in a 'typical' fashion to tragedy and people tend to confuse thst for a lack of caring. During a tragedy i dont break down, my brain hypercompartmentalized and i become ultra focused on the task at hand. This leads to members of the family tapping me to do the difficult stuff that requires higher thought. Then later on when I'm alone with my thoughts it all hits me like a freight train and i never show that side to people because i always feel like i need to be strong for others. What makes my pain more unique or deserving of special treatment than someone elses? For instance my uncle is dying of pancreatic cancer so they tapped me to get his financials in order to see what kind of help we can get with medical bills. The process was like pulling teeth. I could easily see myself in a similar situation. People really overestimate how they think people should respond to trauma and really underestimate how shock affects everyone differently.

[@danieldalton6544]

True, BUT SHE’S STILL GUILTY AS SIN.

[@Cel3ere5]

It sounds like you regularly set yourself on fire to keep others warm. It sounds like you grew up with emotional volatile people that you learned how to comparmentalize and emotionally manage people and your surroundings at a very young age, and that you've done this for so long that it's well and practiced, and probably very much a part of your personality now. So, I don't know how successful therapy would be because your world view fits your survival scheme. But, I could be wrong. I don't know. Im just some stranger reading on the Internet extrapolating what a wtiter put down. You are worthy of feeling pain though. It's not a competition or the suffering olympics. It doesn't need to be unique or special and you know, deep down, as a writer, those words are essentially non-qualifiers. They don't really tell us much information. But again, this is just some idiot internet stranger. And this woman here is doing what's called a "duper's delight" constantly. It's the smiling and giggling at inappropriate times, like since during the funeral. It's how she doesn't refer to Dan as an individual but rather an extension of herself. Writers if anything, know how to utilize nouns, pronouns, and verbs. None of what she is saying as a possessive is a mistake. "His weaknesses were my strengths and my strengths tended to be his weaknesses." 37:00

[@taylorboyer5207]

watch the body cam footage of her finding out her husband died

[@citizenvulpes4562]

That is NOT the same.

[@Silver-Sliver]

This is flat out depressing. A literally worthless narcissist destroyed a solid man who worked hard and seemed genuinely good and was beloved. Horrible. 😖

[@Fbdagm2011]

She knew about police procedures, but didn’t think about cctv? And drove to the killing in her own car? And she wrote about it? Criminal mastermind.

[@cjvaye99]

par for the course in this genre. I'd guess probably 9/10 of these type of cases the criminals genius plan is always really stupid. Jennifer Pan is the only one that could of worked if she just planned it a little better and thought it through. but every other one from Chris Porco, Chandler Halderson, Joel Guy Jr, Chris Watts, Chris Coleman etc etc...all thought they had fool proof schemes that fell apart almost instantly to detectives.

[@boykacrazy8976]

I lost so many brain cells listening to her testimony and how it excluded her from the murder of her husband. It sounded more like an interview of “this is your life” than a murder trial

[@Soffity]

She cries out of her nose just like Jodi Arias, not a single tear or redness in her eyes.

[@susananunez7308]

Not “much like her book, no one was buying it” 😂😂😂 Thank you for a great episode, I love watching these while I work, keep up the great work!!

[@robjj5373]

Why is that sentence started with a "not" ?

[@8thhousemoonrabbit205]

@@robjj5373 it's amusement/astonishment - originally from a colloquialism (I think) that went 'Not, [insert appalling, funny or both appalling/funny thing]- never that'. Now the denial, is looser and it's left off, the emphasis ie 'Not this, woman retroactively explaining feelings she never had, the ability to understand.'

[@anibal624]

good joke susannah yes 👏🏻 no one bought her tears