FBI Special Killer Agent | Mark Putnam / Susan Daniels Smith Case Analysis

This video answers the question: Can I analyze the case of Mark Putnam and Susan Daniels Smith?
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Yes lol glad I'm not the only one

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[@rejaneoliveira5019]

This story is a reminder that sometimes one mistake (affair) can derail a person’s entire life and erase years spent building a career. However, he could have gotten away with it but his shame spoke louder, which is what makes this case so interesting. Excellent analysis Dr. Grande, thank you.❤️

[@bthomson]

Hi Rejane - Maybe two mistakes? The affair and the murder. Affairs do not seem to me to be a good idea (Chris Watts, Scott Peterson!)

[@rejaneoliveira5019]

@@bthomson Most certainly! Affairs are a guaranteed way to destroy many lives along the way.🙁

[@merder1414]

You’re takeaway is so dumb. Derail your career? So thats the thing that was ruined ? Murdering is a “mistake” but ruining your career is what we should lament?? Lmao ok

[@palpitations00]

He strangled her with his bare hands & dumped her in a coal mine….😭 mistake ?

[@nunceccemortiferiscultu7826]

An affair isn't a a "mistake" you don't slip and fall into an affair. It's something a person needs to seek out in order to have.

[@LauraVee63]

"It's like they don't know what the word 'special' means." Really love how integrate your comments! Thanks, Dr. Grande!

[@NikiaHollywoood]

He was speaking this quote as I read this 😂

[@markbeeman6894]

Never talk to cops

[@markbeeman6894]

@The Wraith Just what my dad told me who was a police chief of a mid sized city.

[@aethrya]

"It was almost like he was two different people." I love how clever he is.

[@Veruska75]

Lol, too true! They are all "special agents", none are just "agents"!

[@rullmourn1142]

This is genuinely an unusual case, and one I've never heard of before. Thank you, Dr. Grande.

[@rullmourn1142]

If Susan is an example of how members of the Hatfield, or McCoy family acted, I can see why their blood-feud was so violent, and lasted so long.

[@bthomson]

Bad blood!

[@Hollylivengood]

I've met people from both families, and they're actually pretty cool people. The Hatfield's always seem to be business people, like owning their own grocery franchise or hardware store.

[@jamieshank6736]

The Moses' vs the Botkins' Sorry, saw the Hatfields vs the McCoys and had to insert Beverly Hillbillies joke.

[@LDiamondz]

Weren't they on Family Feud once? Seriously, I think they were.

[@Hollylivengood]

@@DC-kx1qj That's what I was thinking. It's a new suit on a dirty old man.

[@karenj8406]

I think his feeling of guilt and remorse was overpowering, hence the reason he confessed

[@thedarknessunderneathpodca6366]

@@harsesishoktar9386 do you have an alternative reason why he would come forward and confess? Do you think killers shouldn't come forward? A decade he could entirely have avoided isn't easy time.

[@sunte91]

Guilt is very probable maybe paranoia and uncertainty about if someone was going after him as well. Maybe the insight he had about investigations made it extra hard for him to be on the “other” side of the enforcement of the law.

[@LDiamondz]

Maybe he was feeling guilty, or maybe he confessed before they found some evidence against him. Susan had told many people she was his CI, and about their affair. His career was over, for that alone. He could have been charged with murder. So, why not get ahead of it and confess, spinning a story that can't be proven. Strangling someone to death isn't necessary to defend yourself. I think he was tying up another loose end in Kentucky, in killing the girlfriend. I don't believe his story. His track record for being an upstanding and honest 'special' agent wasn't good. He got away with murder.

[@bbwalls]

@@exitscreaming4637 Interesting.

[@bellaterra3578]

@@exitscreaming4637 I found this info very helpful, thank you for clarifying. I strongly sensed there was more to this. Even with Dr. Grande's very well laid out synopsis, this man's behavior, to include how he murdered & discarded or disposed of her did not appear imo to be just an honest, regular, hardworking good guy loosing it in a moment of panic and self defense. Was she someone without healthy boundaries. drug addicted and quite possibly a whole host of other issues, yes. However remember he met her at her worst ie; desperate, heavily addicted. strung out & on the verge of incarceration. She was used by him and the FBI from the start then when it all got way too close to him and possibly others being exposed on various levels, she gets thrown away. If he was such a good Samaritan why weren't there significant efforts to get her real help, help which he had direct access to? It's great if he truly has remorse and has made genuine positive personal growth and went on to lead a healthy productive life! It's too bad his 1st. wife and the women he murdered couldn't have went on to have the same...

[@sarahalbers5555]

For such a Special FBI Agent, Mark violated a basic ground rule- NEVER put yourself in a comprising situation. Because now Special Agent , you now run the risk of being exposed to blackmail. I guess he skipped that chapter.

[@janecoe9407]

sociopathic behavior, having an affair and murder or a human. he is not safe to be around.

[@carolnahigian9518]

He was absent that day....

[@rhuephus]

"Blackmail" ..from whom ??? DEAD Susan Smith ???

[@jeffwylie5899]

That's the first thing they teach in Criminal Justice, even low-level employees know that.

[@CrystaliaV]

He's fallen the victim of his own dick.

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[@freerangehumans]

I got a huge kick out of your comments on FBI "special agents" So true. I had the misfortune of knowing FBI "special agent" Ted Gunderson quite well and concluded the most "special" quality he possessed was extreme narcissism.

[@lnc-to4ku]

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When you spoke about them all being special agents I chuckled lol. I love your humor

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[@Lisared023]

The plain-clothes investigators were identified as "special" after the Civil war for the freight companies from the fact that they investigated a wide range of activities, robbery, smuggling, etc. At the turn of the century, this organization expanded and the FBI investigators took on the "special" investigations, hence Special Agents.

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Americans struggle with words. Football in America is played with the hands is one way that Americanians buggerize the English language. Aluminium is a weird one. They say that in a way that cannot work using our English language laws. There has never been a ‘silent i’.

[@jfrazz9729]

So SPecial! But that’s hilarious, I always had a niggling thought bug never realized that was nothing below Special Agent!

[@dishonoredundead]

I was hoping the rest of the video was just him on that tangent. 14 : 29 "And furthermore, why are they a "bureau" when the rest of them are "agencies". Especially with all their "agents? And what is the deal with' ...

[@rtwice93555]

The first question that comes to mind is why he told Susan that he was returning to Kentucky to tie up some loose ends on a crime. This would have been before people had cell phones. He could have dipped in and back out of there without her knowing. Something tells me he wanted to hook up while he was in town. You can only play with fire so many times before you get burned. All things considered, Mark was only a good guy on the surface. He certainly didn't possess the good judgment needed to be an FBI agent. If he is knocking boots with a known drug addict, what else is he doing? We may only know about the affair because of how it ended. He may have been doing other shenanigans and never got caught. He had the right charisma to hide it. Yes the sentence was fair, and its cool that his wife stood by him. Not many women would have been as forgiving.

[@bascha4098]

I also wonder about Susan Smith bugging/stalking him after he wanted it to be over. Like you say, playing with fire.. and then is there a way to stamp it out

[@LDiamondz]

I had a lot of the same questions. Why did he tell Susan he was there, and why meet with her at all? She was naked when he dumped the body, one last hook up, was what I was thinking. A lot of deception and questionable conduct by this Special Agent. The wife standing by him is unbelievable. A lot of women wouldn't have forgiven the cheating, let alone he murdered the woman! I think that would be the red line for me! No killing, Mr.! 🤣

[@evelynwaugh4053]

@@LDiamondz Anyone with criminal sophistication or law enforcement training would remove clothing and identification from a body, so it's not necessarily evidence of continuing or renewing their sexual relationship. The longer it takes to locate and identify a body, the less potential evidence is recovered, so the chances increase the murder won't be solved.

[@LDiamondz]

@@evelynwaugh4053 Yes, that makes sense. No clothes, no DNA, no evidence. I thought of that, but given the car was their preferred sex site, I went with that theory first.

[@evelynwaugh4053]

@@LDiamondz A sexual tryst would be evidence more of manslaughter than murder, I think. Emotion being high, acting impetuously. You would have to be an unusually cold person to go to a site, intending to kill someone, and then have sex with them just because, why not? Most halfway normalish humans aren't that cold.

[@brucejohnson9696]

Another takeaway from this story: If your last name is Smith, don't ever name your daughter Susan.🤔

[@LDiamondz]

ikr? 🤣

[@eadweard.]

Why? I don't follow.

[@anusthing]

@@eadweard. another famous Susan Smith murdered her kids

[@brucejohnson9696]

@@eadweard. Susan Smith was a psycho Mom from South Carolina who drowned her 2 young sons by strapping them in their car seats and pushing the car in a lake. She then blamed their disappearance on a non-existent Black male carjacker. I live in the U.S. but I'm guessing that notorious case received worldwide media coverage.

[@coweatsman]

I knew a Susan Smith once.

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[@stevengriffin5349]

Dry sense of humor - always pokes fun at the lunacy of stupid people

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Dr T is laughing on the inside 😆

[@troyevitt2437]

The term "Special Agent" was explained shortly after the FBI got involved in the production of "Silence Of The Lambs". It has to do with specialization of various divisions-Counter Terrorism, Organized Crime, Serial Offenders, Forensic Analysis (the focus of Silence Of The Lambs, Mind Hunter, and Criminal Minds), Cyber Crimes (which are divided into things like wire fraud and child porn), etc.

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Couldn't have said it better than myself.

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[@trialgoddess]

"He's an extra-special agent." Hilarious! I dated an FBI Special Agent briefly, and I still laugh about the experience. The DEA agent was much more fun!

[@Veruska75]

Don't they also have Supervisory Special Agents? I'm thinking I heard it in Criminal Minds, do not live in the States.

[@Veruska75]

Maybe also Special Supervisory Special Agents....the S's could go on....😅

[@Veruska75]

Did he ever tell, or even joke about why there are no regular agents?

[@trialgoddess]

@@Veruska75 No, he wasn't much of a conversationalist. The DEA dude had great stories about training at Quantico, Virginia. IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agents were called the "leper colony" by the other federal agents who trained at Quantico.

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@Leon Klaus Older and living a much tamer lifestyle...thanks for asking. And you?

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[@jimsmith77901]

I lived in the cell next to Mark for five years of his sentence, at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, MN. One time, while watching tv with him in the room, there was a program wherein a criminal disposed of a body using a wood chipper. Mark remarked, in a low voice, "I sure could have used one of those." Those of us that heard the remark took it to mean as a means of getting rid of Susan Smith's body. Other than that one remark, Mark was a decent enough guy, although initially many inmates were leery of him, due to his status as an FBI agent. He attended classes, worked in the HVAC shop to become accredited in HVAC repair, and was active in the chapel. I enjoyed his company because he was one of the more cultured, educated and intelligent inmates.

[@kevinconnor3187]

He made a huge mistake but ultimately took responsibility for his actions.

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3:28. 😂🤣😂🤣

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A gathering of the "clan" (not the Hatfields or McCoys!). How is everyone? Dr. Grande brings us together with great content!

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[@evelynwaugh4053]

Fascinating case. Having such small local offices doesn't allow for much ongoing supervision and oversight of young and inexperienced employees.

[@hatewifebeaters2577]

Sadly one would have to become an FBI agent and live in that state to only get 16 years after murdering a pregnant woman..... And I find it disgusting and appalling that POS got out of prison after 10 years.. There are people out there who have gotten 20-30 years (non-violent crimes) and did not murder anyone much less somebody who is pregnant. So sickeningly gross.

[@jonnysnipes3123]

it wouldn’t have mattered hes always battling himself everyday feeling the guilt of what he did. if you watched the movie above suspicion, that image would have haunted anyone for the rest of their life if they accidentally murdered someone who was only just trying to be with them because they loved that person. trust me he’s suffering. prison wasnt really going to make his life any worse than what hes gotta live with for the rest of his life.

[@reneeolson4881]

What about Susan's baby? Its a crime to kill an unborn child. Did he ever get charged with killing a baby supposedly his? This truly is a rare & special case. 😉

[@Dulcimertunes]

There was probably an autopsy but there was no mention of pregnancy

[@bionicpuma2920]

If it's a crime to kill an unborn child, how come abortion doctors aren't arrested?

[@btetschner]

It is impossible to know what happened, but I can imagine Mark was concerned he would be busted after the body was found. He could have killed his affair partner after finding out she was pregnant and her refusing to give up the child.

[@CrystaliaV]

Was she really pregnant?

[@btetschner]

@@CrystaliaV Good point.

[@Missditabomb]

@@CrystaliaV Apparently NOT. Susan said that to keep Mark in her life.

[@earld158]

I believe he showed them where the body was

[@earld158]

@@CrystaliaV yes she was

[@1tagardina612]

I first knew about this case from the movie with Emilia Clarke. Really left me thinking weather Mark's version was true or of he was more violent than he would recognize. Thanks for bringing this case!

[@Hollylivengood]

Right. We only have his side of the story. You can't choke someone to death and not know you are killing them. Especially a guy who has been trained to do this shizen. He is guilty as ...shizen.

[@denisewhitaker5116]

Thank you. You are a special therapist and I appreciate your take on this case!

[@denisewhitaker5116]

@CHT2, yeah, I thought he'd like it! Thanks.

[@MajorKeys714]

Stories like this, of people we could easily know, bother me. Seems to me that it's a huge line to cross to murder another person. I have to wonder if there's some defect in that person that was concealed? Can we just never know who is capable of killing a person? Unfortunately, with the police I believe there are many killers on the force. When they do it, however, they are often protected by the police system. What kind of impact does this killing have on that person, long term? Are they likely to repeat the behavior? Should they be considered dangerous once they've killed someone unjustifiably? I worry about my granddaughters. What if they meet up with someone who has this propensity that is well hidden?

[@eadweard.]

This mass conspiracy of murderous police officers exists entirely within your own imagination.

[@828enigma6]

There are NOT many killers within the police. You've been listening to too much BLM propaganda.

[@Hollylivengood]

@@828enigma6 I just looked up the top ten jobs of serial killers after reading your comment, and sure enough, cops are not in the top ten. Normally, I'm the cop hating comment section. However you can't argue with stats, in the top ten are hotel porters, medical personnel, CEOs of businesses and religious officials. Cops wander in at 27 or so.

[@mrsweetpotato4354]

Hopefully you will never be put in a position in life that will allow you to understand how a average person can be warped to a killer.

[@overthehilldill3626]

@@Hollylivengood hotel porters? Wow!

[@oldhick9047]

Everyone gets a ribbon, there are no losers at the FBI

[@elle9543]

Except when you're dragging a parent out of a school board meeting 😎

[@oldhick9047]

@@elle9543 👍

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@@elle9543 The crazy Q's and anti-vax need that. 🙄

[@SorrowAvenue]

@Elle Why did that acquire your assistance? Why would the FBI be called for something like that?Seems ingenuine.

[@doomguy9049]

@@SorrowAvenue it's because law abiding citizens are not allowed to openly disagree with or challenge their elected representatives, especially when it comes to the brainwashing of their own children by the government.

[@spammy1982]

Less honorable, more pragmatic. As a fed, he would know forensic technology and the leaps it was making at the time. He got out ahead of it, surrendered on his own terms, and retained control over the situation the entire time. Smart, not honorable.

[@sirgerbilmacintosh9101]

I think the "special" in "special agent" is a reference to them each being specialized to investigate certain types of crimes. Plus, it makes them feel special, which is always nice.

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

Well, that and they get to wear special helmets....with propellers.

[@LDiamondz]

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus lol. My friends husband is an FBI agent. He's not special though. He didn't get one of those cool propeller hats! 🤣

[@S_8-]

I don’t believe someone can strangle someone else by accident . I think he genuinely regrets but the killed her in a desperate will to erase his affair and its consequences, the baby. I think he felt trapped and take the wrong decision and regrets it. Tragic !

[@kt114]

I agree

[@LDiamondz]

That's what I think, as well.

[@eadweard.]

He didn't claim to have strangled her by accident. He claimed to have strangled her _to death_ by accident.

[@johntaranto29]

If you squeeze at full force you can quickly crush the larynx or trachea in seconds. When the carotid arteries are blocked you can lose counsiouness fall and die hitting your head. I'm not sure if they were able to do an autopsy or discover an official cause of death.

[@Hollylivengood]

You can choke someone out, and they just pass out. I used to win judo matches with chokes, and those people are all fine today. That's a carotid choke. If he did that, and planning on her passing out, she would have just passed out, not died. He would have had to keep that same choke on for about 20 seconds after she passed out limp in his hands. Dude would have known he was killing her. He's trained to do this, right? He would have known. He did it on purpose.

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[@jazzkatt7083]

Dr. Grande "Prior to the homicide, he lived life by the rules." = some of the best dry humor online for sure!😅

[@giacomomassop]

Too lenient. He STRANGLED HER!!! Even if she attacked him, he didn't need to choke her out to get her off of him. He got off easy.

[@kcailly1]

His lawyer worked out a deal. Our public servants at work

[@giacomomassop]

@@kcailly1 oh yes. The "deal"!

[@immanuelsuleiman7550]

Don't stick your pen in crazy ink

[@GoogleUserforUs]

Dont stick your pen in noncrazy inks, too.

[@barbarajacobs8897]

So very many killers seem to be police/law enforcement or wannabes. I sometimes wonder if the desire to enlist should be a disqualifying factor.

[@Doughty1988]

That doesn't make any sense. Their desire to enlist? That's literally the only way you can get a job is if you desire to get it lol. When you say there are very many killers in law enforcement that's not nessarily true. There are a lot that you know of but in comparison to murders vs not murders the number of law enforcement that aren't killers overwhelms the killers. I can say the same thing about Walmart employees. There are many killers that worked at Walmart so does that mean they should not hire them because their desire to work at Walmart which may lead to a murder? You have to understand in this situation the guy was not at his job. Imagine if a Walmart employee killed someone outside of work. You going to complain to Walmart that they hired him and they didn't take the steps to see he was a murderer? Which is impossible and falls along the lines of fantasy.

[@bece00]

@@Doughty1988 actually it does make sense. Often jobs where youre given power over others attracts shitty violent people. The domestic violence rates by cops is extremely high. Idk about the exact number of murderers but id guess that its not statistically insignificant. Sort of how boyscout leaders and church heads are overrepresented in pedophiles. The job gives them opportunity

[@eadweard.]

Fashionable nonsense.

[@barbarajacobs8897]

@@bece00 Yes. Thank you. It extends all the way to dictatorships. The power-hungry should be denied power.

[@mrwilliamwonder]

@@Doughty1988 Yep, anyone who wants to be cop is disqualified.

[@royalmichaels1289]

This is quite the intrlguing case! I fully agree with the excitement seeking aspect completely. As I watch trials, I notice if the accused tells an unbelievable story and think if you lie, you could say anything so there would be absolutely no reason to tell a ridiculously unbelievable story. You would say the most believable story because again you could say anything. I put alot of weight into that. In this case i find Mark pretty credible. He had the advantage here and he knew it and he also knew exactly how they operated. He could have given nearly any scenario and negotiated the same deal. This is why I believe him. I think his wife stayed with him for the same reason. At least he was homest. Thanks for another great video!

[@evelynwaugh4053]

My memory from reading about this case long ago is that he aggressively tried to lock down the plea before the body was discovered to keep the sentance in the manslaughter rather than murder sentance range. Death by strangulation is murder, due to the time this route takes. It can't be passed off as accidental force like too strong blow to the head. I think his attorneys were successful here.

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[@1stcal11-b2]

I don't normally compliment law enforcement and I'm not even sure if this is a compliment, I think this was just a smart dude who made a bad mistake, horrible mistake, and he just didn't want to look over his shoulder for the rest of his life. I'm 42 and I realize how much life I have left he was out of jail at 41 and lived his life and didn't get in trouble again. I think this man just had a conscience. Whether he murdered her or whether it was an accident I think he just felt horrible. And he knew one day somebody would find that body and he doesn't want to be a 90-year-old man sitting in jail. I'm sorry about his actions but it's nice to see that people still accept consequences

[@michaelgreer9023]

"How to Repair Heating and Cooling Systems": Heating systems do just that, they heat things. When a man and a woman find one another attractive "things begin to heat up" before they "cool down." The cooling down side is often supported by marriage or living arrangements that provide distance and sociability. Mark didn't understand how heating and cooling are related until he went to prison. The heat generated in that parked car in rural Kentucky would require a decade of cooling down in Federal prison. This is the lesson that Death tried to teach Mark, but the lesson came with a high price tag, higher than a college education's tuition: the murder of Susan Smith. It doesn't matter whether you call it manslaughter or murder, we know that Susan Smith died in and because of his very busy hands. Necrology reveals how justice is always served. It's not the government that "wanted Mark," it was Death. Death had a lesson to teach him while in prison, as I have said. Death needed Mark behind bars so that he could understand how heating and cooling actually work. Today Mark is wiser as he waits for yet another meeting with Death. Let us all hope that Mark's reunion with Death will be as enjoyable as Death's lessons were while behind bars. Death thoroughly enjoyed this story. Thank you for reading and for living, at least a bit longer.

[@darcyjohnson6771]

Well written. Do you write for a living ?

[@debbiem7443]

Found this comment a little grim Mr Reaper💀

[@peggycearnach8034]

I always wondered what was so special about them - so…. nothing? That’s the funniest thing you’ve ever said Dr Grande.

[@mimibroeker5327]

Thanks Dc Grande for your video many many blessings to you too 🙏🏻😘✌️❤️

[@m.f.richardson1602]

Always interesting. I remember this as story. I love living in Kentucky. Thank you. Peace,💕🇺🇲

[@5153flash]

It is amazing a person can do 10 years for murder,,,but there are people in for life for drug charges. Or for any charge less than murder.

[@shiloh7344]

Aloha🌺 I spent several years in a relationship with a 'special' agent. Some may join such professions for altruistic reasons, others for darker motives, like dominance, control and a need to punish, or as Dr. Grande mentioned, thrill seeking. What makes any underlying darker motive or personality trait worse is the constant exposure to criminality and the dark side and horror of humanity. This agent did actually have special training as a forensic examiner, so he spent a massive amount of time viewing detailed and disturbing evidence of various crimes. As Dr. Grande touched upon, the emotional rush and submergence into the direct, physical and mental involvement in dealing with a crime can trigger and feed a number of unhealthy impulses, desires and thoughts, sometimes actions. Also, when someone 'becomes' the law, they may begin to believe they are not bound by the law, whether momentarily or incrementally. I had to carefully extricate myself from the relationship as he seemed to struggle with differentiating me from the criminals, replete with elaborate false accusations and an incessant need to control 'out of his deep love, ' after all, he would know the dangers lurking around that he needed to 'protect' me from (himself included?) (narcissism, perhaps?). I think careers like the FBI can both attract and feed into corrupt tendencies in a person. It takes high integrity, emotional stability, self awareness and critical thinking (with an occasional evil detox regimen) to succeed in certain careers without becoming part of the problem they set out to solve.

[@chriskolb3105]

Same applies to cops.

[@earld158]

I think you missed the entire point of this story. Mark was actually a religious guy who spent his life trying to live "right" and honest. He got wrapped up in the affait and tried to end it. When he discovered she was pregnant she tried talking solutions with her and a fight broke out- he then snapped. afterwards he was guilt ridden and chose to make sure he received consequences. He wasn't someone who sought out some malicious intended career. He had a vert bad decision and snapped when he couldn't resolve it. He was guilty, and did what he shouldve by being accountable

[@kenrandall5680]

Spot on assessment of this person People like this don’t deserve to breathe the same air as the moral majority with a conscience

[@debbieellett9093]

What a "special" analysis! Thank you doctor for making my morning with you sharp wit.

[@PoM-MoM]

Wow! They took 'special' to a whole new level. Can you analyze those who enjoy and are possibly slightly overly addicted to some sometimes bizarre and or gory/violent true crime drama stories? I'm only speculating but I might know someone who is ! 😉 Nice work Dr. Grande !!

[@rullmourn1142]

Same, but, not so much gory, as unique murder cases for me.

[@mosaicgirl4002]

Great comment!

[@PoM-MoM]

@@rullmourn1142 hahaha Im IN for ALL 😉👍

[@bthomson]

Agree! Unique not gory.

[@madjayneify]

Thank you for bringing up the fact we do not know for sure what happened, or Susan's side of the story. It is entirely possible he saw her as a wild card, and wanted to "shut her up" as she could've ended his career and "ruined" his family at any time. People claim self defense OFTEN when they don't want to use the "insanity excuse" and in this case, it's very clear that was not the case. I do find you a little biased towards believing the best in him, when in all technicality, he started out in this affair, as the one in the position of power. The one with money, the one with weapons and training, and the one who could fund her addiction, to get sex and thrills out of her in return. I don't think this is a "oh, poor Mark. Got involved with the crazy sl*t and she ruined his life" kinda situation. He'd moved to another state, there is NO way she could've known he would be back in town, without HIM telling her he would be. Probably hoping for some last thrills before cutting her out of the picture. This also ties in with the excitement seeking. He got to "play badass" and murder the "crazy woman who wasn't worth the space she took up always. Just good for the using of her body" (eh, can you tell I don't feel much sympathy for him?) It does not seem like she was some obsessed woman who was so in love with him. He was PRETTY surely continuing to fund her drug habit, for his own "cheap thrills, oooh I'm a bad boy" kinda feelings he likely wanted. It definitely seems like they were into each other and bonded over the "wrongness" of it all. I am glad he came forward, and "did the right thing" at some point. And, I mean... most people (who don't have a huge urge to kill, but did it "situationally") would live their entire life fearing the body being found, and have had anxiety about it for years. In that case, it's possible he just wanted the "nightmare to be over". Perhaps there would have been more to tie him to the crime if her body was discovered. OR it is possible people in law enforcement already knew he was responsible, and wanted him to be able to "admit to it gracefully and do the right thing". It's hard to trust the cops +FBI when it comes to a case involving one of their own doing the crime-- it's plausible had more evidence than they let forth... maybe they even already did know the location of her body, but were "looking out for one of their own", so that he could come out looking the best as is possible (given the situation). It seems a little too random to come forward out of nowhere, and law enforcement are fairly notorious for protecting their kind, and wanting their departments to look as respectable as possible. Perhaps they had more evidence, or even knew the location, and pitched it to him as the "best option for everyone involved".

[@sunte91]

You might be on to something. I have an idea that might or might not be true. 1. She either didn’t attack him or attacked him in a lesser degree than he claimed. 2. He killed her because she told him she was pregnant. I don’t think he would want to raise the baby together with the wife. 3. Maybe he unsuccessfully tried to talk (threaten?) her into an abortion but she didn’t want to or the pregnancy might have gone to far for that. 4. She might not actually have been pregnant but used it as a way to get him back. Either way, I don’t believe for one second that he “just happened to kill her by mistake”. Gimme a break Mr Special Agent Guy, if you hit/pushed her and she fell and hit her head, that could possibly be have been an accident. But strangling someone with you bare hands… no.

[@LDiamondz]

I think he killed her to shut her up. I don't believe the self defense argument. He's a trained FBI agent. Surely he had self defense training. I don't think choking someone to death is in the FBI handbook on how to restrain your girlfriend in a car after you had sex, and she starts punching you. He was in Kentucky to tie up loose ends. Yeah, killing Susan was the loose end.

[@viacarrozza]

@@sunte91 I think it takes quite a bit of time to strangle the life out of someone. He had a lot of time to reconsider what he was doing and stop.

[@helpyourcattodrive]

Grande’s assessment makes sense. Thanks for an interesting subject and analysis, Grande. I appreciate it.

[@joanneblack7697]

I've seen true crime coverage of this story. I think this agent was bored in a small town office and just didn't have the foresight to think about what an unstable, equally bored, local person might do. The show I saw said she bragged at local bars about being a CI, so there was nothing confidential about what they were doing. He probably figured he could have sex with her and once he left town, he could just forget about her. Who knows if she was even really pregnant. I recently saw two other true crime shows where the guy kills the "pregnant" girlfriend so that she "doesn't ruin his life" ... only to find out they were never pregnant at all. For women who think getting pregnant is the way to "keep the man" ... too many times, it's just a way to get murdered.

[@LDiamondz]

Yeah, I'm with you, on this one. She might have been one last loose end he had to take care of, before he went back home. We'll never know what really happened. Getting pregnant to keep a guy is the dumbest thing you can do. Especially when he's married to someone else! He was special, alright.

[@OhtheSuffering]

I think this case is different. He told her to prove it was his child, and if it was, he and his wife would adopt it. But Susan wanted to keep him there in Kentucky with her, and when she learned it wasn’t going to happen, she attacked him.

[@joanneblack7697]

@@OhtheSuffering She was probably hoping he would leave his wife, marry her instead ... and, happily ever after?

[@everythingisupsidedown9593]

There should be mandatory DNA/Paternity tests to prove who the father is in ALL births. Paternity fraud is through the roof!

[@tinawindham6958]

Men are killing these baby mommas bc now they are being put on child support when for so long the women collected from the taxpayers, she got on welfare with all the perks but with DNA the men are being held responsible. I guess condoms are out of the question???

[@helenneka1054]

Dr Grande its so good to listen to your analysis so early in the morning they give a fresh start .My favourite Dr could you pls give an analyses about the situation of the Princess Of Monaco

[@sarahalbers5555]

Great idea!!

[@nomadscavenger]

That would be interesting and then do one on Albert, some one who seems unable to let go.

[@ShadesofViolet8]

YOU ARE AMAZING! JUST IN TIME!

[@RedFeather11]

Dear Dr. Grande you make my Sunday more sunny. 🌻🌻

[@Tsumami__]

Usually when a suspect that’s keenly aware of law enforcement practices quickly confesses even though the prosecution has very little to go on, it’s because they don’t want them digging deeper and finding more bodies. I don’t buy someone being such a “fine upstanding citizen” and just snapping and strangling his pregnant girlfriend to death over an argument about the pregnancy. He could have easily lied, moved, used his job connections to cover his tracks as far as his wife went, but instead he strangled her and most importantly dumped her in a mine shaft? He’s fishy, to say the least.

[@yolooo5081]

I have see people killed other people in a moment of passion for way way way less. Than something that build up so much like a pressure cooker. So much that he had to change his own behavior like moving away. A life decision like that isn't easy to make.

[@LDiamondz]

@Mika Kiyome I feel the same way. He didn't snap. He murdered her. There is only his side of the story. He could have made it all up. He confessed before they could find real evidence against him.

[@eadweard.]

"Usually"? How many such cases are actually you aware of? You're not basing this on any analysis of the data. It's just the contents of your own imagination.

[@jeffwylie5899]

I hate the whole, "He just snapped" excuse. However, in that moment I can visualize his whole life flashing before his eyes. He saw all he would lose and his whole life would be gone. I get that too.

[@Mslakermark]

“He solved his own murder case”. 😳👌

[@andrewnelson4732]

Thanks again dr g ❤️😋

[@oldhick9047]

Good evening doc

[@mistym0rning]

How is this guy REMARRIED?!? What kind of a woman would marry a man who’s previously strangled another woman to death? That’s the most disgusting part of this whole story to me.

[@eadweard.]

Many women marry people not _despite_ them having strangled someone to death, but _precisely because_ they have strangled someone to death.

[@LDiamondz]

@@eadweard. Some women love the bad boys, this guy's nothing special.

[@xephael3485]

Some women like being choked.

[@bitbybitfarmseast3085]

Thank you for a "Special" video. Special adds to the intimidation factor. Having experienced 1 interrogation by an FBI Agent I can assure you it was terrifying "special" chat. (no I am not a criminal-just refused to violate HIPPA laws for a veteran,)

[@renee1961]

I was shocked by this Case! An FBI Agent??!! Rest In Peace Susan 💔🙏💔🙏💔🙏💐💐

[@wmluna381]

What's so hard to believe exactly? He's just a person.

[@chasinglighttoo]

Interesting case. I had heard about this but didn't know these details. Thank you Dr. Grande

[@margaretlumley1648]

Dear Dr Grande, your analyses are unfailingly special! Thank you for sharing this intriguing case and for your delightful humour 😀

[@GelatinousCube-jw8vg]

The case of the missing Skelton brothers would make for great speculative analysis. Or maybe the 1984 kidnapping of Jody Plauche by Jeffery Doucett? In any case please keep up the great work as always Doc.

[@harpothehealer]

Yeah that's right I've always maintained a special Agent is way better than a ordinary Agent . Yes it's hard to get your head around but yeah special Agent is the wat to go. It's good to know that all the ordinary Agents are special Agents at least we are all on a level special Agent playing field.

[@harpothehealer]

Exactly, The understanding and usage of the Adjective (special) needs to be re-evaluated. 123and 5 on your list ain't special. That ridiculous rank in US Army Spec 4 (specialist ) revised in 2016 but still that usage is ludicrous. It is a distinct lack of understanding of the English language.

[@GetMeThere1]

Interestingly, there is a special article in WIkipedia for the term Special Agent. The article is nearly ENDLESS, and addresses but DOES NOT RESOLVE the question of whether or not there's a difference between Special Agents and mere Agents. In fact, it appears it's nothing more than a "special" title to keep that ol' self-esteem well pumped up, lol.

[@girlsdigmytube183]

"Special Logic..of Special Agents..." absolute GOLD Doc! 😂😂

[@lawless2261]

I think justice was served. I bet the thought of the murder was was eating at Mark. Mark seems like a stand up guy, took responsibility for his own actions.

[@Puglover130]

Except a stand up guy wouldn’t have strangled someone to begin with. Strangulation takes longer than people think. A person loses consciousness after about 2 minutes but it takes five full minutes of nonstop pressure to cause death by strangulation. I unfortunately learned this from watching the POS Brian Laundrie case . RIP Gabby

[@Diostillrocks]

Maybe sometime later you can do an episode on FBI Agent John Connally who became friends with mobsters when he was suppose to be taking them off the street.

[@talkbrian1522]

Todd so perfect and articulate thorough analysis of this case

[@GrinsebackenTV]

I love your videos, Dr. Grande! Thank you for your precise analysis and your comments.

[@jaelinrae5527]

The you only part of that seems highly suspicious is the “ I just found out that my mistress is pregnant, but I had no problem with it and assumed that my wife would even want to adopt my love child” BS! This has been enough motive for thousands of men to kill their lovers (it’s almost like these men don’t realize how sex works). But this man is different… he assumed that she would be happy to relinquish rights to the child… seeing as she was fit to sleep with, but in no case mother a child 🙄) and accepts her pregnancy so whole heartedly that he just KNOWS his cheated angel wife will as well! Without even asking! Then Is taken aback that she reacted poorly! 😱 And as an FBI agent… didn’t know what excessive force was! He clearly thought she was capable of killing him with her bare hands! OOPS! Yah… okay !👌Please! He was preemptively saving his own a$$. IMO

[@lnc-to4ku]

Also, The Hatfields and McCoys is an incredible series!

[@EarlSmith2469]

Excellent video! Mike Putnam was an "Extra Special" Agent, solving the murder case! That was hilarious! Funny the ego trips people get into when they betray others, Mrs. Smith betrayed her husband and had an affair, yet during the experience thought she was in some sort of "True Crime" series, the mystery, the mystique. It is truly sad. Loved this video! I hope you have a good Sunday, Dr. Grande! Cheers!

[@tessalimits8893]

Extra special analysis doc , happy Sunday❤️🤘🏻!

[@hirumbiffidum9145]

1:12 I'm actually glad Dr. Grande brought that up. I too thought that "special agent" was some kind of self esteem thing being that I'd heard it in news numerous times over the years. I could be wrong but I believe it's just simply a 4 criteria technical term denoting that someone carries a firearm, has arrest powers, and both investigates and handles both minor and major federal crimes. To me one thing is certain I wouldn't want to aggravate or make that kind of crowd upset being that like it or not they have occasionally had problems over the years.

[@slottyken]

He sounds like a good man who did a bad thing and was subsequently consumed with guilt and remorse. Pretty sad really.

[@NikiaHollywoood]

My favorite channel! You're SO good at what you do and I feel privileged to be a subscriber 🥰

[@renee1961]

Thank you for the update! I feel bad for his Wife, too.💔🙏💔🙏💔🙏

[@jennyjay7816]

I was just about to watch/listen to the story of Jessica Chambers, but I want to wait for your analysis … no pressure 😂 ☮️💟🌵

[@leonag2394]

Could you please analyze the case surrounding Ian Bush, who murdered retired judge Alban Garon, his wife Raymonde, and their neighbour Marie-Claire Beniskos in 2007 in Ottawa?

[@051963mf]

Dr. Grande, I love your humor, I do. The way you talk about the FBI and the word “special” is so cool and funny. Love your channel.

[@loretta5432]

Very SPECIAL video Dr. Grande!!!!

[@laurapalmer2126]

A case that I’d love to hear you cover: The murder of a young woman named Robin by a Tufts professor, as told in the Teresa Carpenter book Missing Beauty. A very twisted tale, and lots of unanswered questions still.

[@kathleenreardon8943]

Let me add a fact here. While his behavior after the murder makes it seem like he took responsibility and he did if everything he says is true, there is something every law enforcement officer absolutely knows; some mistakes are life changing. He knew this when he started an affair. He later learned how unpredictable this woman could be and he was an FBI agent, a career he worked long and hard to achieve. Maybe I don't understand this because I am a woman, but why do intelligent men who otherwise know how to delay gratification (which you have to do to complete as much higher education as he did) fall into this sort of trap. Most scorned ex-lovers become angry, some very angry and he would have known that from his years in law enforcement.He knew this affair would go nowhere right from the beginning. Is it lust? Arrogance? Momentary insanity? What? Women can fall into this trap also, but not as frequently. Then to have this irrational behavior lead to murder? What the hell? He could have confessed everything to his wife right away. She would have been angry , but he would still have his life. Maybe he would have been divorced and fired from his job, but he kept trying to control a situation that could not be controlled. There was another person involved here and no one can control another person. He knew that, right? I would love to hear from some guys on this subject. I always feel at a loss when I think about these situations. Do men prepare for these situations in advance and plan an appropriate response if tempted by another woman? ie "if I'm tempted I''ll take my wife on a long weekend somewhere nice." Does this ever happen?

[@everythingisupsidedown9593]

Because of Genesis 3:16 women hate men. Men are destroyed by their mothers. Men watched their mother destroy their father in front of them. Men who haven't overcome the poounie are seeking a woman like their mother and keep going after it despite significant achievements in their professional life and trouble with women previously. Look at Justin Tredeau, Boris Johnson etc etc. Their mothers destroyed their father's right in front of them through affairs etc. They were raised in emasculated homes. They cannot live without a woman as result. Look to the mother and you will in 99% of cases see the reason. DOn't be defensive - take a moment to reflect and observe the facts.

[@everythingisupsidedown9593]

YT don't delete/hide

[@everythingisupsidedown9593]

Always look at the mother and you will see the cause.

[@Puglover130]

@@everythingisupsidedown9593 you’re insane

[@everythingisupsidedown9593]

@@Puglover130 The truth will set you free. Look for the truth and you will see it. I wish you well!

[@natashabatey8602]

Love your dry humor! And your videos!

[@gaiaiulia]

An extra-Special Agent. 😄You did it again. Dr Grande. A very interesting analysis, delivered impeccably as ever.

[@rullmourn1142]

Please do an analysis of the Hatfield/McCoy blood-feud, Dr. Grande..💯

[@elle9543]

I always thought anyone who'd passed Quantico was just a field agent. I thought "special" meant you were a lead detective.

[@rubyoro0]

He’s just joking.

[@rhuephus]

that may be so, but on TV and the movies, all FBI "agents" are "special"

[@glasshalffull8625]

All FBI agent’s are designated as ‘special agents.’ Special agents have arrest powers across state lines. Other local and state law enforcement can only make arrest within their local or state jurisdiction.

[@moecuspocus]

Thank you for the upload. It was a nice way to relax ☕

[@binkythecat457]

The most shocking part of this story is that he's the only fed that's been convicted of homicide.

[@eadweard.]

That doesn't sound true.

[@binkythecat457]

@@eadweard. agreed. If it is true, it's only because they weren't convicted. I'm sure there are many Feds that are secretly serial killers. We know for sure they have a problem with kid f**kers.