Romance novelist Nancy Brophy testifies in murder trial | Live stream

Defense attorneys call Nancy Crampton Brophy to the stand during the morning session of Day 21 of the trial where she's accused of murdering her chef husband Daniel Brophy.
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Nancy Crampton Brophy was arrested in September 2018 in the shooting death of her husband Daniel Brophy.
Daniel Brophy, 63, was killed as he prepped for work at the Oregon Culinary Institute in southwest Portland on June 2, 2018.
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[@CuddleSnugglesworth]

Whenever I feel down, I just return to this playlist & these videos to watch Nancy Brophy's testimony crash and burn and it always cheers me up.

[@enwardy]

You should seek help for that.

[@aimeerestad6521]

I agree that I rewatch this testimony. It’s so surreal that she’s up there laughing and cackling and having a great time. It’s so very odd.

[@I.AM.JUPITER]

I watch it a lot also and fall asleep on it. I don’t know why.

[@leapinglaura7343]

I'm with Aimee and Jupiter, Cuddlesworth! Here it is 2am, after Thanksgiving, and I'm enjoying the mess of her direct. In trials I almost always skip directs and go to crosses, that's where the drama begins, but oh no, not Nancy! Her lawyers should carry a sign: *spoiler alert* we're going to show you, in advance, how guilty our client is.

[@I.AM.JUPITER]

@@leapinglaura7343 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@salbonpensiero1704]

I've never seen anyone resemble George Washington more than this lady..

[@redstar1959]

😂😂

[@Kaymeron]

She looks more like the Quaker Oats dude to me.

[@Andrea-nom]

Lol😅😂

[@tranquilrabies]

I'm also seeing Mr Drummond from Different Strokes.

[@WobblesandBean]

I'm seeing the amalgamation between Winston Churchill and a pumpkin.

[@justanothersmith6012]

I have never seen a murder defendant behave as if he or she is at a reunion . She’s telling stories, laughing it up . So odd.

[@chickenhead33]

Seriously, very odd. I’m not buying it whatsoever. Funny how She just doesn’t remember leaving her house and driving around in the area the day of the murder.

[@LinMarst]

Agreed!

[@itzJuztThomas]

She wasn't as happy the next day when the prosecution got their shot lol

[@MelancholyRequiem]

Congratulations on your appearance in Dreading's video about this case! It's called "The Case of Dan Brophy| dreading" and your shoutout is at 32:00 timestamp.

[@YoutubSUCKZ]

she got life. I'm sure she's not laughing anymore.

[@CosmoC1991]

I’m a little late but did anyone else catch her about 43 minutes in saying “his weaknesses are my strengths and my strengths are his weaknesses”… wtf?!

[@sidviscus]

When someone is guilty, they tend to overly talk about things that don't matter. Jodi Arias and Nancy Brophy are prime examples.

[@palmtrees89]

Don't forget Jussie Smollet. With a noose around his neck so the police can see.

[@MrAllysonn]

Jodi Arias was at such whole new level!

[@momo_the_kiwi121]

That Stouch lady who murdered her step son and threw him under a bridge in a suite case! I can't remember her first name. But she aspired to be like Kim kardashian 😅😅😅

[@Maybe.later1]

​@@momo_the_kiwi121 Leticia...she was evil

[@saharaussery6799]

Omg...after all the work the defense did bringing in all those irrelevant witnesses...how do they not realize how OFF-PUTTING it is to be laughing and treating direct like you're just chatting at a tea party?! The behavior of both Nancy and the attorney is extremely inappropriate. Maybe she thinks she's being folksy...but this attorney really needs to stop trying to "tell jokes"...she's not funny, it's not a time to be funny, and this is a MURDER trial...what are they thinking???

[@green_tea0985]

She sure doesn't let a pesky little thing like a murder trial get in the way of social hour with her gal pal defense attorneys. I'm just surprised she didn't stop halfway through one of her ramblings to ask the court for an iced tea with a slice of lemon and a pillow to prop her feet up on.

[@tourdedogue4952]

@@green_tea0985 lol!

[@bosnbruce5837]

THAT and the confidence and the intricacy and the excitement with which she's telling these completely irrelevant and boring af stories. Fucking infuriating. That sht works if you're, I dunno... A WAR HERO? Not if you ended with an unaccounted gun and no alibi for a dead husband.

[@janpeterson6851]

I think you are going down a rabbit hole here.

[@saharaussery6799]

@@janpeterson6851 If you mean the rabbit hole where she's found guilty, then yes, l guess so. She got a sentence of life with the possibility of parole after 25 years...she will be 96 years old before she sees a parole board...if she lives that long. So, yeah, sure...if you're ever on trial for murder, by all means, whoop it up like it's 1999 while you're on the stand. See how that works out for you...?

[@jenrock8186]

To bad her lawyers didnt give her the C for chill

[@markschindler172]

Lol

[@Petey5544]

That story felt very made up

[@jorasparents]

I love how she has obviously thought through what she thinks are "catch phrases" that the jury will love --- like step, step, breathe, step, step. Every time she says it, she looks like she thinks she's giving a reading of one of her "books." That and, "We bought a gun to protect us and it didn't do its job." It's so ridiculous, I can see it coming up in a Saturday Night Live skit. But you can tell every time she says it, she thinks it's something that is really going to resonate with the jury instead of just sounding ridiculous.

[@ms.annthropic6341]

And her repeating “job” was so weird. It went from “cracking with emotion”, which could come across as genuine, to take 3 of “job” which just seems weird and rehearsed.

[@amills9261]

You are so right!

[@markschindler172]

I just noticed your comment regarding a Saturday Night Live Skit .. Apparently we are on the same page

[@Juhani139]

And "we were a team".

[@kara-leeswartz875]

Cackling while on trial for the murder of her loving husband… if she thought this made her look innocent, she couldn’t be more wrong

[@tcreative8030]

She's simply insufferable. That cackle. Omg.

[@BryantPP]

She clearly doesn't own a mirror. She could possibly get away with that cute shit if she were 40 years younger and 120 lbs lighter but damn... insufferable she IS.

[@1Vapersianprincess]

44:50 She said "His weakness were my strength and My strength were his weakness" umm about his strengths? She just flipped what she said and only talked about her strengths. Did I hear her correctly?

[@Chitchatwithme24]

yes you did I caught that too and I was like WTF woman did she even hear herself.. pretty twisted to me. but then again I think her brain is wired in knots actually.. she shot her husband then got rid of the slide (evidence)

[@becks1313]

That’s the first thing to pop out at me… 🤥

[@Army4life82]

Classic narcissistic psychopath IMO

[@MariaOSullivan42]

Yep

[@1Vapersianprincess]

I really thought at first I heard her wrong or because she was acting up on the stand and really bad that maybe my mind mixed it up. I know I listened to that clip like 10 times after I made my comment. I still dont get why ppl that are guilty as sin always seem to get up on the stand, maybe to relive that moment in time? To share what happened to hurt the ppl that did care? Sometimes I wish I knew but thankful I dont, I couldnt image how one can live knowing what they did. Just like Anthony Todt he was beyond disgusting. Ppl compared him or Michael Jones to Chris Watts, to me they are both worse than that monster. Anyways, sorry about the long rant Hope you have a blessed weekend 🙏

[@MrCyberbullying]

This woman is a financial nightmare.

[@StellaFl]

Sounds like it. Remember she was called "management". No wonder they were struggling financially.

[@simonevotruba9632]

I'm pretty sure Dan was being sarcastic when he called her "management" especially with his dry sense of humor

[@blueneptune825]

She had a degree in economics! Oh, the irony.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@robinmallow5949]

I just can’t believe her attorney’s put her on the stand. This is a train wreck! It really bothers me that she can sit and laugh while testifying after her husband was murdered.

[@shellos8]

It's not up to them. If she insisted on testifying they can't do anything about it. I'm sure they recommended she not.

[@WobblesandBean]

@@shellos8 ^ This. Just like Chandler Halderson's lawyers begged him to take a plea deal, but the cocky little manchild refused.

[@Army4life82]

She is a classic narcissistic person who thinks she can talk her way out of anything

[@blueneptune825]

She may very well have gotten away with the murder if she had stayed off the stand. Her kind always think they can talk themselves out of anything.

[@Juhani139]

She 99% insisted. Any attorney who knows a little something would have fought to keep her off. The bits on cross where she's looking over at them for help? I bet the defense attorney is thinking "told you so".

[@green_tea0985]

Nance is just a barrel of laughs at her husband's murder trial isn't she? Hope she saves some of that good humour for when the jury reads their guilty verdict.

[@chickenhead33]

Lol 😂 If we had a dollar for how many times she laughs, during her testimony of her husbands murder trial , we would all be rich!

[@tourdedogue4952]

Can you imagine what her parents and Nathanial think, sitting in the front row?

[@Patricia-kb5qv]

@@tourdedogue4952 Nancy's parents are still alive??

[@tourdedogue4952]

@@Patricia-kb5qv Thank you! Error - HIS parents.

[@Kate-fr7qc]

She’s so arrogant she still thinks she is better at talking than the actual physical evidence against her

[@sleuththewild]

Yes, Nancy's arrogance is astonishing. More extreme than I had anticipated. I find her unwatchable.

[@barbaragrove6097]

@@sleuththewild exactly what I anticipated, and unwatchable is understatement

[@barbaragrove6097]

@@CrimeAuditors she's delusional, a legend in her own mind

[@StellaFl]

She has no filter. This "funny" behavior worked for her before and she probably thinks it will make her likeable to the jury as well. smh

[@sleuththewild]

@@barbaragrove6097 Yep, heroine of her own novel. It's terrifying that everyone played along.

[@anitadavenport3265]

I'm thankful she didn't wear a mask because, you could really see the smirks she had on her face. It really let's you know that she really is a horrible person.

[@Who_knows_me]

I thought the same thing.. she would be better off keeping it on.. better yet just not murdering somebody

[@anitadavenport3265]

@@Who_knows_me Exactly 💯💯

[@sleuththewild]

Nancy has a very bad case of Dupers' Delight.

[@StellaFl]

She loves an audience, doesn't she? So much so that she thinks she's doing stand-up comedy?

[@WobblesandBean]

"What's the best quality Dan had?" "The fact that he loved ME." 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@bobmatysik9163]

"He loved me almost as much as I love myself"

[@Elizabeth.C.Holmes]

She's laughing right out of the gate. Her husband is dead. Dead. I wouldn't be able to smile for 10 years and beyond.

[@tourdedogue4952]

Downright jovial!

[@debbiejones4935]

I lost my husband a little over a year ago. I've learned to smile and laugh again, but it feels like there is a filter, or a cloud, over my joy. But to laugh if I was on trial for his murder...to relive that memory...and cackle? No. She is unbelievable

[@angelaburroughs4584]

She knew she was a lucky lady for having a husband like she had… but her greed outweighed a possible life long happiness

[@sheinFL]

I don't think she did. She took him for granted. Alot of women would've appreciated Dan. He could've done so much better. He was interesting!

[@WobblesandBean]

@@sheinFL He wasn't perfect, he was a hoarder and he'd been unfaithful to his first wife. I know I couldn't live with a hoarder, no matter how much I loved him. But yeah, he just seemed like such a nice guy, plus he was a great cook! Most women would kill for a guy like him!

[@sheinFL]

I'm not sure he was a hoarder. He kept it out back and in the garage. Most guys do. He needed a man hut to get away from Nancy. Lol

[@jborrego2406]

​@@WobblesandBeanI wonder how he could hoard when he worked 7 days a week an did all the cooking an clean not much time to shop unlike Nancy who's home all day not cleaning but shopping an going out to lunch an trips

[@deadzone8175]

if i were on jury i would scream.what does all nonsense she tells have to do with the case?

[@leapinglaura7343]

This did not help her by any wild stretch of the imagination.

[@peace-yv4qd]

She shows a great deal of arrogance and matter factness in the way she testifies. Her husband was murdered and she is being accused of his murder, yet she acts as though she's giving a cooking or book writing seminar.

[@joannepollak5843]

Just a day in the park for this cold blooded murderer. Appalling demeanor on the witness stand for the prime and only suspect in her husband’s murder. She’ll do fine in prison among like monsters.

[@chickenhead33]

You hit the nail on the head… literally like she is a motivational speaker . 🙄

[@enwardy]

To me it seems like she is angry, furious even, because she is innocent and can't believe the police did not even look for other possible suspects. Her arrogance comes across to me as evidence for her innocence. The case against her is so weirdly amateur and full of holes, her arrogance seems like a response to that.

[@whatchamacallit70]

@@enwardy so you believe the homeless guy walking down the street did it? Right…

[@simonevotruba9632]

@@enwardy we are lucky you are not on the jury

[@leannewilliams9400]

She is doing her best to come across as open and honest and not afraid to answer any questions asked but she is so far off the mark it's shocking to watch. I feel uncomfortable i can only imagine what the others in the court room felt and think if her after this.

[@MrAllysonn]

They all thought what we thought. GUILTY

[@diedreware2412]

NB's plan on "how to get away with murder with memory loss" is backfiring. The next chapter in her 'life/book' did not include her husband Dan, the well-respected and beloved man in the community. She does not come across as genuine, loving, or kind. Sadly, when she speaks about Dan, it is as if she is talking about a stranger. Bottom line: those insurance policies were her way out of the marriage. I think it was a setup in the making, starting with her eye surgery and leaving the infamous purple folder on their shared desk (she claimed he never opened it). NB is detail-oriented (very descriptive), so the part about not being able to find the "will" and having folks help her locate it was laughable - a part of her story(in her head) to throw off everyone. Her attitude (to me) is Dan was so loved that she never received that same love and appreciation, so being on the stand is her time to "shine." A show comes to mind; she thinks she is smarter than a fifth-grader! Dan Brophy, you still continue to shine; Rest in Power❤

[@tourdedogue4952]

Nice analysis. And, I agree, she seems to be enjoying her life in the spotlight. Curious about finding the will. How would that throw people off who were helping look for it. She seemed to be the tidy one in the house and took care of finances; I assume that means filing also. Why wouldn't she have placed their wills somewhere safe?

[@sleuththewild]

This is great, @diedre ware. She was indeed hell bent on finding that will. Dan leaving everything to Nathaniel would have foiled her plot. And, until just before she murdered him, Nancy wasn't entitled to anything (in a divorce, either), because they weren't married.

[@tourdedogue4952]

@@sleuththewild oh..ahh. Now I see the picture more clearly. Sleuth - you're very good.

[@tourdedogue4952]

@@sleuththewild How do you know she wasn't entitled to anything in the divorce? If anything, she was a common-law wife for 24 yrs and there are rights with that. (Sorry to inject but, unlike Amber Heard married for 18 months and demands 24mm., or whatever. ) I believe you have it wrong on her right to entitlement of property.

[@sleuththewild]

@@tourdedogue4952 I didn't hear this testimony, but I'm thinking Dan was changing his mind, or had hidden it, or she hid it and he randomly moved the box... IMO he told her to leave. There was a marital status piece happening as a baseline to their lives together. Estate benefits could have been impacted by marital status.

[@tomfinley1118]

This woman is ultra-confident of herself and her ability to fool anyone and everyone. She believes that she is always the smartest person in the room. Of course, she killed him for the life insurance proceeds. No question about it.

[@Cannonballs23]

Facts

[@becyreed]

She is guilty - I think when the Prosecution get to her she won’t be able to get away with this nonsense. I hope the prosecution are very tough with her. Note : so far the Defence has not even started asking questions about the day of the murder

[@annieb5647]

I agree with Tom!

[@justanothersmith6012]

She seems incredulous that anyone would question her reasoning. Her attorneys are spending more time making a record for the appellate court than they are on an actual defense to sway THIS jury.

[@martyhenderson5207]

“George Washington “ really thinks he’s getting over on these folks! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@foreverblessed879]

When the attorney is asking if they both knew how to run a household she says ‘I did’ and then she asked another question about them together and she again says ‘I did’ I guess it’s all about her, don’t wanna give Dan any credit.

[@laurahoward5426]

Oh God, his death was her retirement plan....

[@ajordan1976]

🎯

[@jonathanLToronto]

Now American taxpayers' money are her retirement plan.

[@myadhdlife4869]

She should have exercised her right not to testify.

[@tourdedogue4952]

hahahaha - Nancy could not WAIT to testify. You see it in her enthusiasm. She's crazy.

[@ellafacebooktruecrimecases3644]

She likes the sound of her own voice, she is enjoying this!

[@teresakannenberg1202]

They had maids, really? Couldn’t afford to pay for their house but they have maids.

[@ajordan1976]

Just tge fact that she refers to housekeepers as maids is very telling. B!tch!

[@Patricia-kb5qv]

No more $4.25 daily Starbucks, or Wendy's double cheeseburgers. I despise this woman. So glad the jury got it right.

[@enwardy]

I find this comment disturbing.

[@Patricia-kb5qv]

@@enwardy why are you disturbed by the comment, I am curious to know

[@miriamhart2864]

@@Patricia-kb5qv I am not sure if you are American yourself, but many folks from outside America have noticed a negative culture around true crime and criminals. Many innocent people are wrongfully convicted in the USA based on pseudoscience and circumstantial evidence. First, we don’t know for certain that Nancy is guilty. Imagine if she is an innocent wife grieving her husband and this is they was her fellow citizens treat her? If she is innocent then is it right? Perhaps that is part of what can be upsetting about these comments. Even if she is guilty, is there something grotesque about rejoicing in the suffering of murderers? Is it on that same spectrum of evil? Lastly is it ever appropriate to make fun of someone due to their weight/obesity issues?

[@jborrego2406]

@@miriamhart2864 in ur country do u hug murders or ur not happy when a murder is found out an put in jail Now coffee comment might seem silly but these ppl in debt an husband worked hard an she wasting money on coffee every day an eating out

[@jonathanLToronto]

Also no more $hitty romance novels.

[@JaneDoe-rj4jn]

A crime channel described her perfectly. Her sociopathic, narcissistic testimony is exactly like Diane Downs and Anthony Todt. If you’ve never seen them being cross examined you should watch. Exactly the same egotistical behaviour.

[@shannonp9871]

And Sebastian Burns is the same. Seriously, must see!!!!

[@VickieVale367]

Which crime channel? I love watching these.

[@shannonp9871]

@@VickieVale367 I’m not sure. I think I saw it on Dateline honestly. But just search his name and Ratif who was the son of the parents they murdered. You’re bound to find lots. If you can find where Sebastian Burns is speaking to the courts AFTER he’s been found guilty, that’s the strangest and most narcissistic shot you e ever seen! Sorry I couldn’t help more.

[@shannonp9871]

@@VickieVale367 Also, there’s a new trial - Yasir Said who murdered both of his teenage girls in the back of his cab while they were on the phone with 911. I think WFFA is the channel but just search his name as it’s happening live. He was on the run for 15 years I think and he’s finally standing trial now. It was an “honour killing”. Enjoy!!

[@VickieVale367]

@@shannonp9871 thanks!

[@mairelocwudu922]

So every night in the hot tub-they discussed their day--her atering company. Wasnt that closed at the time of Dan's death. It seems all she did was write in the mornings, hobnob with her writer friends and spend Dan's money. SHE DIDN'T WORK yet her testimony is they spent evenings in the hot tub together......that was a long ago-not right before she murdered Dan. They weren't together at the time of his death-he had moved to the basement and was avoiding her. Hope the jury catches the creative time frames...

[@sleuththewild]

She didn't even write. She self-published some junk one year and calls herself a "Writer".

[@ajordan1976]

@@sleuththewild just like Chad daybell. Although he owned the publishing company tonpublish his garbage.

[@tranquilrabies]

She's reeeally struggling to spit out 5 positive things about Dan. She fucking despised him. Was Dan visually impaired?

[@ajordan1976]

He certainly must have been visually impaired!

[@Justbeth-228]

Love is blind. So sad. He seemed like he as such a good man

[@mindymcclellan9221]

This jury must be waiting to scratch their eyes out having to listen to her go on and on with her stories…defense would have been better to reign her in.

[@becyreed]

To think she got behind on paying their mortgage because she wanted to keep up the insurance payments.

[@letsnotbefriendly]

Pre meditated murder

[@TiffyVella1]

She'd have to split the proceeds of what the mortgage paid for 50/50. And the property wasn't worth enough for two people to retire on. But going down the insurance/murder scheme was meant to net her 100% of a much larger sum. The only way defaulting on the mortgage to pay those premiums could make financial sense (to her) was if her murder scheme was a deliberate and long-term plan. Her financial decisions prove her guilt.

[@travish6427]

"Can you tell us 5 things about your late husband Dan?" 1- "He was smart. He was really smart." 2- "He was funny. He was so funny." 3- "He was kind. He was so kind." 4- "He thought outside the box." 5- "He loved me."

[@corlisslee7156]

Unfortunately, he loved a woman who was a sociopath! Poor Dan!😢

[@vernareed2692]

​@@corlisslee7156I wonder if Dan really loved her or just didn't know what to do except try to get along,do whatever pleased her to keep peace? Trying to do the honorable thing since he promised, keep his word? Didn't know how to get out of it! Really didn't realize how dangerous she really was!

[@corlisslee7156]

@vernareed2692 I believe that Dan did love Nancy. She was able to fool him and hide her true character from him for many years. He obviously knew she was lazy since he did everything for her, and she never had a real job her entire life. However, I think he was so focused on his career as a chef instructor that he appreciated the fact that Nancy took over all of the financial issues in their marriage. She paid all of the bills, handled the money, and made it appear that he could focus on his career without having to worry about household issues. Unfortunately, he didn't realize that she was overspending and putting them into serious debt. He also did not know that she had not paid the home mortgage for 6 months, even though she was spending over 1 thousand dollars a month on life insurance policies in his name. He was basically a very kind and trusting man who could not imagine that anyone could be as evil as his wife. He also had a very bad first marriage and divorce, and he did not want to go through that again. He was a man whom most women would love to have, but he made the big mistake of marrying a full-blown sociopath. So sad!

[@markschindler172]

Only to kill some time I have gone back to this case . It seems Nancy had a lot of overnight guests, even a niece that stayed for some time . I wonder if the nights Dan and Nancy “ sat in the hot tub” if Nancy asked Dan if it would be ok for all these guests to come . I bet not. Niece Susan was selling insurance with Nancy , I wonder if she contributed to the household while she stayed there or even helped with chores around the house . Again, I bet not. Which makes me think she was as lazy as her aunt . According to testimony her room was left a mess and according to Nancy she had to box up all of Susan’s stuff. Susan shows as much in terms of appreciation for the free room and board as Nancy. Nancy’s whole family sounds like they grew up with privilege and entitlement certainly not the” work for what you want “ethic the Broohy’s seem to have

[@sassysav6859]

Yeah of course you can’t keep up with the mortgage…you kept more life insurance on Dan than yourself and made sure you paid the $1,000+ a month.

[@dorishenderson2979]

Taking into account what Sleuth the Wild says I wish to make the following comments. Nancy's smile is wonderful she makes me feel that the trial is just a fun place to be to decide whether she shot her husband, whilst at the same time, showing what an excellent fiction story teller she can be. With her two mates (the defence) she just is 'shooting the breeze' or rather dealing with the issue of her having shot her husband in cold blood. I bet all her writers group and sitting holding hands, chanting 'remember your lines Nancy'.

[@StellaFl]

Best comment of the day award xD

[@barbaragrove6097]

Fiction story teller indeed. Nancy is having fun. She's clueless.

[@sleuththewild]

FAB comment.

[@sleuththewild]

@@barbaragrove6097 She's loving the attention.

[@barbaragrove6097]

@@sleuththewild can't wait for Overstreet to get her talking. She indicts herself left & right. She can't help herself.

[@boobookitty1441]

We’d all be rich if we had a $1 every time she smacked her mouth! 😖

[@conniehensley5568]

What I would tell you is ...

[@sheinFL]

That cackle she does 😱

[@tomfinley1118]

I was a champion high school and college debater. We used to say about a quite good debater, “she proves that the tongue is quicker than the mind.” I am quite, quite surprised---indeed dumbfounded--- that they put her on the stand. She is doing herself no favours, for sure.

[@goose7574]

I couldn't agree more. She doesn't even realize just how much she talks about herself.

[@meln.3875]

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[@annieb5647]

I don’t like her.

[@justanothersmith6012]

I can’t figure out how she managed to keep so many friends who would go to bat for her in a murder trial. The idea of being in a car with her on a road trip makes me nauseous, yet she has all these women who claim to have enjoyed her company . SMH

[@goose7574]

@@justanothersmith6012 MANIPULATION at its finest... I would say that her true colors & demeanor came out on the stand, likely more that hour she is in "real" life. When she in a more calm/controlled environment, she has the time to think and come across charming, calm, etc., but when _MOST_ people are on the stand, they end up not being able to do that at some point.

[@foobarrel9046]

What a nice and genuine lady, so humble, caring and believable. With her jolly cackle and bless'd ability for fast talking, she must be a real riot at whist drives and bingo evenings. Of course she is completely innocent and it's a travesty of justice that the corrupt DA is trying to frame up this lovely person to cover for their incompetence in finding the real killer! Looks like the ingenious Nancy will have to solve the mystery of Dan's murder using pure literary skills all by herself!

[@R-Flowerish]

"his weaknesses were my strengths and my strengths were his weaknesses"... What about his strengths, and your weaknesses? Because that seems to be the largest pool of characteristics. Dan was kind, hardworking, and was clearly a positive influence on so many who interacted with him. Aside from that, it seems to me that he provided her everything that brought her happiness, and allowed her to happily mooch off of him seemingly witbout a complaint. I heard someone reference testimony where she said she never cooked in their entire time being married to each other - if he didn't cook, they would eat out. I am waiting to hear this from her myself, but if its true, I don't believe I've ever met someone as selfless as Dan. It is such a shame that she took everything from him.

[@laurahoward5426]

Why would 9/11 cause wedding cancelations in Portland, Oregon???🤔

[@KM-hv1jg]

The airports were grounded between 9/11 and 9/14. Maybe she was referring to that.

[@ajordan1976]

Ridiculous statement. She doesn't want to admit she failed in her busines. She's classic narc. Everyone/thing else's fault but Her!

[@StellaFl]

Anyone who's not convinced about her guilt, watch the afternoon session. She's lying her sorry butt off.

[@chickenhead33]

Omg I can’t wait for the rest of cross examination tomorrow!!

[@enwardy]

Which part makes you think she is lying?

[@StellaFl]

@@enwardy That was a month ago so I can't remember the specific parts :)

[@ajordan1976]

@@enwardy all if her testimony

[@lifeofatruckerswife]

It's like 2 elderly friends chatting over tea and finger sandwiches..I never seen anyone accused of murder just laughing and giggling on the stand like this.. If I was accused of something so heinous...and I was on the stand, I'd be scared shitless..

[@sheinFL]

She not normal! I'd be scared too. She acts like she's outsmarted them and can lie her way out.

[@lifeofatruckerswife]

@@sheinFL right?!

[@leapinglaura7343]

Yes!! Plus I'd be aware the jury thought this was a serious damn thing, having sat through all the other testimony. And if my horrendous lawyer thought she was putting me on the stand for comic relief, I'd look at her in horror, and let the jury see how inappropriate I thought that was.

[@l.g.4075]

OMG!! The drama of this awful woman.

[@mairelocwudu922]

Anyone who know anything about body language is picking up on the constant head shaking "NO". _If her lips are moving-she's lying.

[@tourdedogue4952]

Yep - I noticed it. Shaking her head No when she's saying yes.

[@WobblesandBean]

It's always the ones with no lips.

[@travish6427]

Anyone else notice her say "His weaknesses were my strengths, my strengths were his weaknesses?" Slip of the tongue showing she looked at him as weak and useless.

[@joannepollak5843]

Maxfield’s voice is a creeky nail on the blackboard for me. Almost can’t stand to listen to her

[@barbaragrove6097]

That's Winemiller for me.

[@joannepollak5843]

@@barbaragrove6097 Yup. Her too

[@merlewarren3459]

Both annoy me AND the Judge.

[@sleuththewild]

Nancy’s voice is worse than all of them. And the tone doesn’t match the content. She’s all easy breezy exactly when she shouldn’t be.

[@merlewarren3459]

Life is just a party and I'm pulling the best con job that I can. "I'm working here." 😂 Body language - look at her face when she laughs, her eyes are cold and calculating watching for your reaction (whoever she is talking to. It's an empty laugh.) 🤔

[@JustMe-px9qy]

Does anyone have any idea how she’s doing in prison? I hope she’s miserable

[@juliana76310]

I’d love to know too. I doubt she’d ever be offered a prison interview. Call me crazy, but I looked up where she’s being held and went through all their facilities on their website … I even looked up how to send her a letter 😂 but I don’t know if I’d ever have the courage to ask a murderer questions from their cell.. lol

[@JustMe-px9qy]

@@juliana76310 - what prison is she in??

[@juliana76310]

@@JustMe-px9qy You'll love the name. It's "Coffee Creek" Correctional facility. Do you think it reminds her of her precious starbucks? 😂😂

[@JustMe-px9qy]

@@juliana76310 - 🤣

[@MelancholyRequiem]

40:00 Nancy is called to the witness stand finally. You're welcome, fam!

[@virginiajaquez6806]

NB is beyond annoying and very inappropriate in her behavior

[@justanothersmith6012]

I’m watching this testimony for the 2nd time . Nancy recalls a time when they had money coming in & could enjoy themselves. Her idea of money coming in is very different from mine . They made the down payment on their house with $40,000 taken from Nancy’s catering business THAT THEY COULD SEE WOULD SOON BE MAKING MONEY. Dan added $10,000 THAT WAS A GIFT FROM HIS PARENTS. They took a trip to Bangkok around this time , including a week long cooking class “that was fabulous “. I wonder if Dan’s parents thought it was fabulous since they had chipped in $10,000 for the house ? When the catering business took a nosedive because 9/11 happened (???) they refinanced the house. Before Dan’s murder they had to borrow from his 401k and life insurance policy , plus, buy a new policy so they could get Nancy’s commission for that. Let’s get real. They were living beyond their means and running out of options to get their hands on more money. Nancy needed her Starbucks so running out of money was not an option. Wonder what kind of coffee the jail offers? ☕️☕️☕️

[@tourdedogue4952]

I'm going to watch it again too, for the 2nd time. I so agree with you. And, according to their Chef friend, they travelled often and planned on doing more. I don't think she ever made actual money. Dan made it all while she spent freely and nilly-willy wrote books that never sold. What a life she had. Dan working 2-3 jobs. Yeah, no - her idea of having money 'coming in' doesn't seem to be present in her head. Scattered - or in denial - or feeling entitled that she's owed all these luxuries. I think they serve freeze-dried Instant coffee in jail. (I'm not poor but I would never waste my money on a daily Starbucks!)

[@sleuththewild]

I'm thinking the jail offers decaf instant Maxwell House.

[@sleuththewild]

Nancy also borrowed $50k from Dan's parents that she never paid back. They also gave her the van. They gave it to her with the promise she would put it in her name, since she had a lot of parking tickets. Instead, she put it in Dan's name. Yep, she made sure Dan was on the hook for her parking tickets.

[@justanothersmith6012]

@@sleuththewild That’s right !! I hope the jurors remember. This has been dragging out for so long.

[@tourdedogue4952]

@@sleuththewild Taster's Choice!

[@GradKat]

This trial could probably have been two weeks shorter if Nancy hadn’t constantly yapped away about nothing. Talk about being in love with the sound of your own voice!

[@joanie7107]

Between her lawyers & chatty Nancy referring to “going down the rabbit 🐇 🕳 “ is undoubtedly cooking Nancy’s goose 🔥🫣

[@DerLiesl]

1:00:15 "I'm from the generation who believes minor surgery is on someone else, on me it's major surgery."

[@ajordan1976]

Shows an incredible lack of empathy

[@g2whatbrodie283]

The “uuuuuhhhhhhs.” This woman is crazy and annoying AF

[@Lisaalamode]

I swear I thought this was a deposition and not a trial. I understand the prosecution let her talk so she could hang herself, but why did the defense team not object? Why did the judge not intervene? It’s weird. I’m no legal expert, but I surly watch trials and I’ve never seen anything like this. Also, her demeanor is just chilling. They literally have her on camera leaving the scene of the crime. She bought the same gun used to kill Dan. She went to a gun range repeatedly before he was killed. She has no alibi for why she/car where spotted near the murder at the time of the murder. She lapsed on her mortgage to pay for the life insurance policy. And immediately after his death she tried to cash in on it. She wrote about about how to kill your husband and get away with it. The list goes on. Yet she still thought taking the stand would exonerate her? Was she trying to present herself as a confused old woman? Perhaps her defense wanted her to hang herself too. Strange.

[@letsnotbefriendly]

Or Nancy wouldn’t take no for an answer despite her attorneys suggestion..she is so self centred she probably thought testify like a nice old woman..but she is not! Horrible woman 🪦 RIP Dan

[@Horseymama1]

Well she could do with revisiting the plot line on how to kill your husband. Apparently forgetting about cameras and buying guns in secret isn't a great defence, neither is lying when you've been caught on said cameras. Maybe she should have done a few more writer retreats to work out if it's viable

[@leeprimeau7912]

She’s a horribly bad liar. She thinks she’s a good actress just as Tony Todt did. Her eyes can go from tears to icy cold In moments.

[@user-bc2jy7cp9g]

Remember when Dan just so happens went into the shower and the shower door just came off when he opened it to take his shower? Then he had stitches on his hands? I honestly believe she was the one that loosened that store to cause a fatal result. She’s making up this story as she goes along. She murdered this wonderful man for her own greedy depressing self

[@sleuththewild]

I also think the shattered shower door was an important detail. She volunteered it during the death notification, and all the other stories she offered at that time were butt-covers for something she'd done that might look odd. I think she might have pushed Dan through the shower door. Do shower doors shatter like car windshields? This wouldn't create a hand slice. I also think she went after him with a knife; thus the slice on his hand. I also think there was something hinky going with water on the floor and wet towels. Nancy called it a leak, but her story kept changing. Overstreet brought this up on cross, so I'm thinking prosecution is suspicious about this detail, too.

[@Debs440606]

@@sleuththewild I thought the same. I’ve never heard of a shower glass shattering.

[@shellos8]

Wsit. She committed murder by loosening a shower door and just hoping and praying it would shatter and hopefully cut him so badly he would die? Please tell me I'm misunderstanding. I might have to go ahead and watch this entire trial when there's nothing else good to watch because I'm confused.

[@sleuththewild]

@@shellos8 I speculate that Nancy slashed at Dan with a kitchen knife. This created the gash on his hand that Nancy was joking about in the death notification. The shattered shower door may not actually have existed. Just my guess.

[@salbonpensiero1704]

@@Debs440606 wtf lol it's glass of course it shatters. If she loosened the bolts on the shower door and he pulls the door open, it's going to fall on the floor with him and most likely shatter everywhere, he could easily get a cut on his hand from the broken glass. Shower glass isn't bullet proof 😂

[@lesliefisher2322]

I wonder if she saw him getting more and more tired and knew he couldn’t keep up the pace until she was 70.

[@aimeerestad6521]

Or was she poisoning him?

[@leapinglaura7343]

Coming back to this after a couple months, I am more shocked than before by the idiocy of the defense theory, i.e., let's show they were in love. Huh? Your entire defense rests on something the state doesn't dispute! Waste of time!! They've got your client virtually committing murder on videotape, so who cares about the Dan n Nan romance? Oh, no, we got that covered, sez defense: "I don't remember doing it. "Can I go home now?" Bring down the gavel!

[@jborrego2406]

Like how humble she is oh we put down 40000 for house with my money oh dAn gave 10000 from gift from his parents couldn’t just say he gave 10000

[@sheinFL]

Someone should've paid Dan to put up with her! Her cackle alone drives me nuts and yeah, she put him down alot in subtle ways.

[@leapinglaura7343]

So..... they spent the entire day NOT talking about the crime, or that day? So if they pretend Dan wasn't murdered, she goes free? At least we learned the pop. of Wichita Falls. What a relief to learn this crucial, relevant info we've been dying for!

[@adpaulsen6600]

But most of it’s the airbase. Don’t forget that.

[@PinkyakaAyannaj]

Your comment is spot on. Sums up the entire defense rather well😊

[@leapinglaura7343]

@@PinkyakaAyannaj lol thanks

[@Declutteringmybrain]

Nancy is my fave defendant.

[@cynthiameyer3255]

Yes you silenced him permanently !!!!

[@justbrandy8520]

"His weakness were my strengths, my strengths tended to be his weaknesses"

[@whatdoyoulivefor735]

I can't believe she said that.

[@lesliefisher2322]

I think she truly believes that

[@ajordan1976]

Extremely telling. No self awareness.

[@tinyraymond]

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

[@laradesautel3013]

Did she really say it that way? I remember thinking ?? Did she say that the way she was trying to say it..?

[@tinyraymond]

@@laradesautel3013 No, I think she didn't mean to say it that way but she did - it's right at the beginning of her testimony

[@debbiejones4935]

​@@laradesautel3013 44:56. I had to go back and watch.

[@debbiejones4935]

​@@tinyraymond Freudian slip?

[@letsnotbefriendly]

She looks like that Quaker Oats dude

[@lisacarey8416]

Lol

[@lisacarey8416]

You are insulting the quacker oats man

[@markschindler172]

Lol

[@EricMcDowellegm]

Or a female Alfred Hitchcock. Lol

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

No not the Quaker Oaks dude😂😂😂😂

[@barbaragrove6097]

Maxfield is trying to behavior-modify NB's enthusiasm to blabber by questioning her in a very slow, soft manner. I think it's kind of working, but Nancy is hard to rein in.

[@I.AM.JUPITER]

She broke up a marriage. Did you know that?

[@handmade-everything9528]

She has a straight witch laugh

[@michaelrobertson5207]

How the hell can she laugh out loud over something not funny while testifying as a murder defendant charged with killing her Husband ? She is selfish and unlikable.

[@jonathanLToronto]

She was a delusional person. She thought she was smart and wrote 'romance novels' very little number of people bought. Kill a spouse where there are surveilance cameras? Come on.

[@lesliefisher2322]

I know I’m late to the party but I truly believe she just thinks she’s placating the state until the jury finds her innocent.

[@nonmihiseddeo4181]

That's exactly what she thinks. Well said!

[@rickebrite5409]

How can people like Nancy exist

[@hoptoit5910]

That constant cackling of hers. Ugh. So inappropriate

[@yodaleahyhoo]

The question was did you and Dan complete each other??? answer” his weaknesses seem to be my strengths and my strengths seem to be his weaknesses”but enough about me what do you think about me.

[@chriscounts4556]

You can be friends with a lot of people but it don't count!!! What!!!! 😂😂😂 she gets these random thoughts in her brain and relates it to every piece of evidence and question!!!!

[@PeppermintPJ90025]

She may laugh and joke but her eyes tell a different story. There is something sinister and hard in the way she looks at people that is scary as cr@p.

[@sleuththewild]

I agree about her eyes. They look dead a lot of the time. Her face does, too. It goes from that state to all kinds of crazy. This woman SEETHES with rage, and is working hard to cover it up.

[@tourdedogue4952]

@@sleuththewild So agree! Her face changes in an instant. Look at her booking photo. That's her resting face. When she laughs or think she's funny, it completely changes to a nicer face that's totally opposite - in a NW minute.

[@barbiekat6352]

She has dead eyes…

[@tourdedogue4952]

@@barbiekat6352 I know that look. There is a reason people eyes appear to turn black and empty. I saw it in my stbx-husbands eyes when I threatened him with a forensic accountant.

[@tourdedogue4952]

It's documented that . Mania sounds like it's something to do with adrenaline, so I would think the eye is the same color, but the pupil is huge. This creates the the all black eye.” And yet, I don't see this in euphoric mania.

[@LeeAnna822]

I've watched these videos many times. This woman was a master manipulater. What she calls her social skills are actually bullying tactics. Her poor husband knew it. He was embarrassed

[@aimeerestad6521]

It’s been about 5X of watching this for me. Each time I’m more amazed.

[@juliana76310]

Same! Every expression she’s showing when it comes to Dan is so off compared to when she is talking about other topics, like her writing, or when her uncle died. I keep coming back to rewatch and still find new things. Her acting is so terrible. I feel like sometimes she wants to come across as a bumbling old grandma, and others a smart witty author. Same for Dan. He was either incredibly smart and punctual, or forgetful and in need of a “cheerleader,” depending on her current narrative in the testimony…

[@leapinglaura7343]

​@@juliana76310 Well put, Julian. All of it is crafty, all is agenda driven, and it's transparent af. She never says something because it's true, or simply because she feels it strongly. None of it is to enlighten the jurors about anything, because the less they know, the better.

[@juliana76310]

@@leapinglaura7343 Good point Laura. I'm sure she could get away with this kind of manipulating in day-to-day short interactions with people, but in the scrutiny of the court, she had the audacity to think she could TALK her way out of prison. I think she assumed the "endearing" way she spoke about dan would be enough to sway opinions on her. It really was a case of "the less you think about it the more it makes sense" for her defense 😅

[@leapinglaura7343]

​​​@@juliana76310 Yes, (to your last sentence), it's like the defense putting vaseline on the lens ~ "I'm ready for my closeup, Mr Demille." (Delusional old Gloria Swanson with her dreams of stardom, in a musty ol mansion/half acre in Beaverton.) And oh, the cracking of the defense lawyer's voices, with pathos and poignancy, when speaking of their fabled "love affair!" 🤮🤮 but... 1. History is replete with passionate lovers killing one another. 2. There _IS_ no such thing as a perfect love.

[@midnightrun2764]

Wow! This woman is totally, & completely tone deaf!…I have to say though, as a Canadian, I never even thought of medical bills, as another financial pressure on the relationship! Wow! I guess there you have another argument, for Universal Health Care!..what a shame! One of the richest countries in the world, & a simple health expense, can put some folk right over the edge!…🫣…✌🏼🇨🇦

[@leapinglaura7343]

Except all of it is a lie.

[@johanericsson2403]

The thing about faking being a human being is, you can't. You can be gregarious and chummy and it might work for you a lot of the time - but you won't know e.g. when it's NOT going to work for you, like when you're on trial for murdering your husband.

[@leahmontague804]

..this is extremely boring 💤😴 and Brophy is full of BS. RIP Mr. Brophy and prayers to all of his family & friends that lost a really good man.

[@rickebrite5409]

Hilarious she thought she could just talk her way outta murder 🤣🤣🤣

[@NotReally365]

Interesting way to tie her scarf 😅 making it too easy for the jury with the subliminal cues 😂

[@StellaFl]

What's so funny, lady?

[@barbaragrove6097]

she dwells in a parallel reality

[@Kate-fr7qc]

She thinks she’s getting away with it

[@markschindler172]

OMG MS. Maxfield do you really think this case is as funny as you are presenting it . I thought Nancy creeped me out ; you mam have her beat ..in my opinion . I question your ability to defend a client . I also wonder if you are court appointed . Awful, awful, awful .

[@PinkyakaAyannaj]

Ms. Maxfield is the worst and she is a High Priced attorney

[@MsNikkieMichelle]

Nancy had a very good, respected attorney, however justice was served anyway and now Nancy is rotting away where she belongs. One thing I do not agree with is that many different sources are headlining by calling her an “author.” She not only was no good author she also doesn't deserve that title and accolade. By dubbing her the romance author, that absolutely fed into her ego and I don’t doubt she was pleased with that undeserved descriptive even behind bars.

[@markschindler172]

Her lawyers su%^ed

[@sheinFL]

She joined a book writing club. Wasted aot of $$ and went to lunch alot lol

[@PinkyakaAyannaj]

​@@markschindler172They remind me of the lawyers for Amber Turd. They were well respected up until that trial. I think that Elaine actually retired after that clown show.

[@Chitchatwithme24]

did you all catch when she said Dan's weaknesses were her strength, and her strength were Dan's weaknesses wtf lol, did she even hear herself, talk about a twisted person, She is One..NB did you mean your weaknesses were Dan's strength,

[@Who_knows_me]

It must take her forever to write a book the way she go down rabbit holes.

[@gogogetem8203]

She really tried to dress up the fact that her sedentary behind wasn’t really bringing much to the table so the spending level was far beyond their means…all that “we” and “the plan” was to try to ‘dress up’ and camouflage the fact that she was not bringing in decent income nor working most months of the year…if the Medicare policy sales were so lucrative WHY was every aspect of “the plan” ultimately based on DAN??..’a loan from DAN’S 401(k),’ commissions and cash balances from insurance policies ON DAN, income from DAN’S SECOND job…

[@vernareed2692]

She just said what she wanted or imagined at the moment, convenient,& poor Dan can't tell his side of the story,what he felt, said or did!! She puts words in his mouth, supposedly reading his mind!!

[@joannevona9020]

JEEEEEZ!!!! Is this type of in depth, never ending, vast questioning necessars

[@5eba]

44:53 She messes up the saying and repeats the same concept twice, she cannot bring herself to verbalize her weakness, what a narcissist.

[@winderofcoils]

Yes, and she said losing Dan was like losing an arm. He was an appendage, a thing that is attached to something larger or more important.