Secret Agent Con Artist | Robert Hendy-Freegard Case Analysis

This video answers the question: Can I analyze the case of Robert Freegard? He is the subject of a three-part series on Netflix titled “Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman.”
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[@Ali-kb8gr]

Sarah's dad is a Boss!!! I really liked him and his fighting spirit!

[@MarcillaSmith]

He was one of Robert's partners in MI-5. This "con artist" cover story is pretty standard "hide in plain sight" sort of spycraft.

[@meepsmeep7457]

His wife was dumb though. They gave that asshole the money, thus removing any reason for him to ever contact them again.

[@MarcillaSmith]

@Reflektionz wow, that's a good point. Say, are you on Reddit? There's a subreddit there you should really check out...

[@peres9559]

I've liked him at the first look, he found out to be the best dad ever.

[@shibashishkoley4840]

True! Such a admiring character to look up 2

[@tessajones9393]

Something that freaked me out was when they explained how Sarah was locked in that bathroom for days on end alone. So like, he could have left others locked in rooms somewhere and they could have never been found and just died there. 🤯

[@UChoobKuki]

I thought the same! And he went to prison for a while, not long enough but for a while so what if other people were trapped while he was away! 🤯

[@NOCDIB]

Remember, when they found his hotel room they found the ID of a Brazilian woman who was never found. He could have very well killed her or others.

[@CanuhandleitTruththatis]

Where is he today

[@dansmith1474]

​@@CanuhandleitTruththatisarrested for attempted murder of two french police

[@sparky6086]

"It's easier to fool someone than to convince them, that they've been fooled" -Mark Twain

[@LevelEarthWD]

Yes, one of my favorite quotes! And so true.

[@hootsmcgee7896]

That, comma seems, to be unnecessary. Good quote, too true.

[@sparky6086]

@@hootsmcgee7896 Probably. I'll try & look it up. ...Also, I believe the quote used the contraction "they've" instead of "they have", so I corrected that part.

[@MrKylw]

That’s Canada since 2015 under Trudeau

[@dorothyhansen4374]

Donald Trumpsters...

[@nicklager1666]

I cant help but i find these stories about con men to be very fascinating. Its something about how they can talk people into many situations they normaly wouldnt go for. So i wouldnt mind more content on that subject Grande.

[@corsofrenchie]

Well the easy answer to that is that they all are psychopaths… and they are born to learn how to harm others. Just as easy as that. They are abnormal and they learn at a very early age how to manipulate people. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@MeganVictoriaKearns]

YES!!!

[@EddyG0rdo]

Some people are capable of selling ice to an Eskimo.

[@tortimeese]

Yes! The fact that many victims of con artists can be very intelligent doesn't matter. That's what I find so interesting--they are holding something that the victim desires (love, money, etc). But, they meet someone like this and just pony over everything including their last pennies.

[@easterisa]

@@nocnoc9931 and

[@Big_Tex]

Dude’s greatest talent is spotting gullible people.

[@michealkelly1414]

I know, like the IRA are going to waste years and years chasing after a couple of English university students 🤣

[@mapleleaf0]

gullible people who had parents with money.

[@petergianarakos5698]

"There's a sucker born every minute." Hmm. Wish I had said that first.

[@petergianarakos5698]

For some con-men the con is more of a charge or kick than the reward. Fooling can be the end in of itself. The $$( or anything) is just the cherry on top.

[@mynameischess230]

it seems like you're praising this guy

[@thejudgmentalcat]

I genuinely feel sorry for people who don't get giant red flags when their "interesting friend with the glamorous job" asks for money.

[@bthomson]

Smart cat too!

[@charlotte-mg9wj]

absolutely, i have badly paid boring as hell job and i never need to ask people for money

[@bthomson]

Normal people have pride!

[@carolnahigian9518]

Wow what a NUT

[@carolnahigian9518]

I have a PERFECT PUNishment for Robert ( m6)--- make him live with my Cousin Buttinsky Train Wreck W., they DESERVE one another!

[@brianharris7243]

We, here in the UK, would diagnose Robert as a 'wrong 'un' or a 'right bastard'!

[@AnnieBoBannie421]

That's hilarious 😂 I will probably borrow the 'right bastard' 😂😂

[@BurroGirl]

😂

[@neilunknown]

Some of us here in Britain would have battered the living S*** out of Robert the minute he mentioned needing money....

[@DMR1010]

And in the north of England, us girls would call him an absolute lying tw*t….

[@gaiaiulia]

In Ireland he'd be called a "cute hoor" or a "gombeen" . Both as complimentary as you imagine.

[@emilyhollis4231]

Another awesome analysis Dr Grande! I've told my husband we're celebrating this week. Your 1 million subscriber mark deserves celebrating. 🥳

[@bthomson]

Emily - Yes! A well deserved milestone!🍾🎉

[@gregkis]

You must not have much going on

[@sticklebacketienne]

That is pathetic.

[@emilyhollis4231]

@@sticklebacketienne you'd certainly know, wouldn't you? I don't recall asking you, but here we are. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@emilyhollis4231]

@@gregkis any excuse to have a nice glass of beer and toast the good Dr!

[@mary_syl]

What the Netflix documentary completely omits is his biography. Where and how did he grow up? Who were his parents? how did he develop these cunning schemes and methods that allowed him to escape international police investigations for so long? Never leaves a trace, has suitcases full of fake identities etc.? He's not a genius, so how did he manage all that and where did his knowledge come from?

[@jayrandall9075]

There has been a lot written about Robert, he lived in an alternate reality from childhood.

[@andrewbannister7923]

Was born in my hometown of Dronfield, Derbyshire

[@falynoliver81]

He didn’t have a suitcase full of fake identities I don’t believe. My understanding was it was a suitcase full of other people’s passports and ids. Like most likely other victims of his

[@mirandawinter99]

They mention in the doc that there isn't much known about him

[@jayrandall9075]

@@mirandawinter99 Sarah gave a little bit of an insight in her book which is worth reading, he did much more than what was portrayed in the doco…the doco would’ve been many more hours long!

[@clarissa8477]

I get that he must have been very convincing, but it’s amazing how many people think a “secret agent” will just tell you that they’re a secret agent…

[@rayross997]

He apparently was not trained to keep a secret.

[@CatsArePeopleToo]

My thoughts exactly!! And all about their "missions."

[@SouthernOregonOrgani]

The second some one tells me “listen what I’m about to tell you, you must keep this confidential, I’m a secrete agent” I’m think Oh this person has been smoking some Walter white special glass. I worked at a convenience store for a year and some change, I had a customer tell me they were CIA and were being hunted by terrorist. Turns out, the guy stays up for days at a time smoking meth.

[@phiakate]

Honestly

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

@@SouthernOregonOrgani First time I used amphetamines I ended up being chased by the complete police force *and* the army, so I fled to the woods where I met a spy dressed totally in black with a black umbrella; it took me hours to find out that the only thing real was an encounter with a deer, everything else were trees and bushes morphed into spying soldiers, by my brain on speed (illusions). I can't really account for the spy dressed in black; that might have been the only full fledged hallucination.

[@johnc7385]

I was about to ask about this! This whole case is completely crazy. My eyes were glued to the screen the entire time I was watching this. Fact stranger than fiction. (Congratulations for your imminent milestone)

[@ladymopar2024]

It sure is

[@deborahprosper751]

Wow, I finished watching this two days ago! Every time I heard it mentioned in the documentary that he said he was an MI5 agent, I burst out laughing. Even the guy he worked with at the car dealership said he found it exciting being his so-called 'get away' driver. It's fascinating that people were fooled by him, particularly as his story was so far-fetched.

[@cinemathequerouge317]

In the TV series "Callan" the cover story was the agents worked in a junkyard. Maybe he borrowed elements of the story from there.

[@redsloane9905]

Ikr?!😆

[@vikramgupta2326]

I think its precisely because the story was so far fetched, people believed him. That was an observation made by Hitler that the bigger the lie people will believe it, along with repeating it a thousand times.

[@lizp637]

Watched this 2 days ago. Absolutely unbelievable how someone could get away with this and how 3 very clever people were fooled for TEN YEARS!! Loved the farmer dad Peter, very astute! Thanks for covering this one Dr Grande

[@specialtwice4975]

There is the chronicles of narnia series and in the first movie one of the brothers, Edmund, falls for the snow queens lies. "I will make you a prince and let you eat sweets everyday." she tells him. In reality, after she succeeded in playing him, she treats him very badly. Well, long story short, his siblings rescue him and they defeat the evil queen. He and his siblings then live happily ever after. Well, flash forward a few movies and now the siblings and Edmund return to Narnia. They are now on a quest to defeat another evil bad guy. At first they search for Aslan, the good lion (God figure), but cannot find him, and they are very very much need help to defeat this evil. They cannot do it on their own. Its only then they come to a spiritual/magical cave where they see the evil queen frozen in ice mirror as a ghost. She can talk though because she is a ghost, and she asks them to free her and in exchange she will help them. Edmund, knowing her personally, knows this is a trick. However, the other siblings don't know her well and believe her speech, and almost do it. As this happens, you see her trying to convince them again and again by talking, and then she tries to take only one under her spell and convince that person. Edmund then takes matters into his own hands and shatters the ice mirror, so the evil queen can no longer talk to them. When it does, all the siblings (except Edmund) blink and shake their heads as if waking up from under a spell. They all look at him. "I know" is all Edmund says, as if to say "Yes, it's like that. Yes, she is the convincing. Yes, she is that evil." And sociopaths/psychopaths are like that. They talk big, but their words are illusions. Always.

[@Mineav]

Early congrats at getting 1 million subs, which should happen within the next day or two. With all the effort you've put in the past few years into your great number of videos, you truly do deserve it.

[@d.awdreygore]

I'm a new subscriber and I'm hooked. Looks like a million subs is around the corner; I'm so glad that a channel with real value is doing this well.

[@floridasoldat]

Totally agree. If anyone deserves it, it’s Dr. Grande.

[@d.awdreygore]

I was watching one of your earlier videos about hoarding which reminded me of the murder of Becky Watts in England. Most of the coverage I've seen has just focused on the murder and glossed over the apparent hoarding going on in the home of the killer/s. I'd be really interested in your assessment of the personalty and mental health issues in that case.

[@akondofswat209]

You don't have to be a lying conman to be a car salesman, but it certainly helps...

[@lillithmoon2935]

I think it’s the other way around on this case

[@agatash2283]

I wish there was a website with a list of people who are serial abusers. It would have saved so many lives, especially female lives. After I left my abuser, he went on to hurt others and from the looks of it, he's become a monster.

[@ynt4649]

un escroc il s'en fou des femmes, ce qu'il veut c'est de l'argent, si t est un piégon. tend pis . ta les moutons et les malin

[@malcolmcouturier6993]

I just got done watching The Puppet Master and was wondering if Dr. Grande was going to cover it. Awesome!

[@davidtaylor4975]

Is it worth a watch Malcolm?

[@malcolmcouturier6993]

@@davidtaylor4975 Very Much, in my opinion. Its only three episodes long and doesn't dragg on unnecessarily like so many other series.

[@davidtaylor4975]

@@malcolmcouturier6993 Thanks for replying Malcolm. I'll give it a watch! Regards!

[@tomloverin9073]

Thank you for this analysis. I think this guy is the most manipulative of all the con men I have heard about. Keep up your good work. And I do appreciate the humor as well.

[@rullmourn1142]

So he only served at most 5 years in prison. The weak justice system of the UK strikes again.

[@phiakate]

Amen

[@Cockneyartist]

Aye, it's pathetic

[@tessajones9393]

I cried so much when Sarahs dad was speaking. It broke my heart what he went through. 10 years Sarah was gone. A decade she was on the run. 💔

[@joko09010]

I just watched all three episodes of Puppet Master on Netflix. It was great. Thanks for the timely analysis Dr. G., and for explaining the kidnapping angle. It’s a sad, crazy story that ruined many lives.

[@mrsmucha]

You forgot to add that Robert beat up Maria so bad he knocked out some of her teeth.

[@BurroGirl]

Love when you explain the psychology and personality disorders and motivations. Helps me make a bit of sense of these seemingly nonsensical behaviors.

[@kristipatterson9952]

Wow, Dr. Grande. You're going to reach 1,000,000 subs in the next few days. Congratulations. 💙💙💙

[@zenawarrior7442]

So cool right? 😎🥳👏🍹🎊

[@bthomson]

Zena - Nice emoji set!

[@zenawarrior7442]

@@bthomson Thanks! Have a great day😉🖐🌻

[@danielx555]

Oh my goodness, I just bingewatched that entire miniseries.

[@theyellyone9852]

I find it astounding that the prison system allowed a known predator loose to run free and con even more innocent people. Will they be to blame when he inevitably fleeces more victims? Because he will.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

the kind of crimes he committed do not carry hefty prison terms. He is mostly convincing people to hand over money by telling lies. Sadly - so many gullible fools out there. Nobody thinks to check with the police if this guy is really MI5. Many did not buy his lies so he moves on - and we just hear about those who did fall for his spiel.

[@Kyanzes]

Hi Dr. Grande! Obviously, I'm not an expert but here's what I think about your example of a woman driving herself to an empty plot of land under false pretences: if she can immediately leave on her own volition then it's not kidnapping. If she's repeatedly told via the phone that should she leave the empty plot of land would bring harm to her then in my opinion is kidnapping. Another example (although this will violate the empty plot scenario) is if she enters an empty building and the door would not open from the inside then it's also kidnapping. Or if there is indeed an empty plot of land that she enters and outside is a huge sign saying "Do not leave as you may die if you do so!" then that may also be kidnapping. Although you may argue that the "empty plot of land" scenario is violated in the sense that messages do "enter" the plot to reach her. Naturally, we can further enhance this by saying: she drives herself to the empty plot of land with the knowledge that she may not leave that plot due to some danger. IMHO that's kidnapping.

[@samanthamiles9956]

I watched this. The puppet master on Netflix. I feel so sad for his two children and there father. ❤️My heart goes out to the children 🙏I'm absolutely shocked for all the others who had there life's destroyed by that evil monster

[@chieflordbossking4707]

"Hey girl don't tell anybody.. But I'm a secret agent" That line only worked in the good old days in the 90s.

[@bthomson]

Is this Mendocino Cali? (not sure I have that right?). Anyway Hi!

[@iainholmes2735]

Great analysis. As a car salesman, maybe he could get a better deal on those silver Aston Martins so beloved by British fictional spies.

[@sparky6086]

Robert was like the Bill Paxon used car salesman in "True Lies".

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

Except this guy was actually good at it, whereas the fictional character lived in a trailer park.

[@sparky6086]

@@michaelmoorrees3585 Good point. ...Great movie, btw.

[@pezeron24]

It sounds like he was akin to a cult leader, able to inspire excitement in his victims about a higher life purpose. Still, it is hard to understand how people can be deceived that such an extent. You would think that the "I'm a secret agent, but only you and I know about it, so don't tell anyone" trick would sound a bit suspicious.

[@lisazdvoru1660]

Some of the tactics he employed re: making people suspicious of loved ones, controlling the money, keeping people working all the time so that they get exhausted, are all classic brainwashing/control moves employed by cult leaders.

[@Cockneyartist]

Yes, and "I'm a secret agent that has to fund his own missions" even more ridiculous

[@littleeva]

If someone really was in MI5, would they tell you they're in MI5? BTW, isn't witness protection (at least in the USA) paid for by the government? People don't have to pay for the protection themselves. Thank you Dr. Grande for explaining why Robert's (if that even is his real name) conviction was overturned, but, shouldn't he have gone to prison for impersonating a federal agent?

[@cottontails9003]

He is a con man, nothing too do with the government.

[@cinemathequerouge317]

They might. MI-5 would be analogous to FBI in the USA. I work in Media and have known people in MI-5. MI-6 is an entirely different animal. It would be unlikely for someone to tell you they were in MI-6.

[@cottontails9003]

@@cinemathequerouge317 Thank you l agree with you.

[@softgrungewitch]

They'd likely tell you that they're a civil servant (unless you're a close friend or family), but when they won't tell you what part of the civil service, it's pretty obvious they work in intelligence. It's even more obvious when they live in or around Cheltenham (a town in England) as it's famously home to GCHQ, one of the key intelligence organisations.

[@cinemathequerouge317]

@@softgrungewitch Right. The quickest way to get people to stop asking what you do is to tell them you're a civil servant. Those are some of the most boring jobs. Those GCHQ & MI-6 blokes don't talk. Full stop.

[@CJG-bk4bk]

I went with a friend and his friend who I just met. We went to an outdoor concert and this guy just drove over the sidewalk about 100 feet over the grass and right up to the entrance. Security and concert people came running out and this guy told us to go with it. He told them we were undercover sheriffs following a suspect and he convinced them to watch his beat up old truck. As soon as we got in to the concert area there was a thick wire crossing a sidewalk and he started screaming at this huge guy who was about 6’5” and the guy came at us glaring. This guy who’s about 5’4” stared right up at him and glared back at the giant and started screaming at him that we were with the city and here to inspect the setup and if he didn’t get done duct tape and tape that wire down he was gonna shut the whole thing down. The giant said “yes sir” and ran off and got tape and fixed it. Let’s just say that’s how the entire night went from the concert to a restaurant to a man all black bar he just could not turn it off and just kept pretending to be cops or gov’t officials. It was exhausting. I never went out with him again and last I saw him he was in jail but that was years ago. This documentary reminded me of this guy except the movie guy did it long term and our friend did it for immediate goals.

[@Cockneyartist]

Lol

[@andreawhite3009]

All black bar - your racism is showing. Lol

[@Neillan]

Moral of the story: *Just because you've been to college doesn't mean you're educated.*

[@bthomson]

Mighty lack of common sense!

[@diannastafford1241]

So much content in 16:02 minutes, and always interesting and educational. Here’s an early congratulations on making it to one million subscribers👏👏👏👏

[@TheAndreiaZ]

I love Sarah's father. Wise, decent man. My father was like him, loving and supportive of his children for life.

[@zappababe8577]

He was onto the lies from the first. He said his years looking after cattle had shown him that a very ill animal will move very differently from the healthy ones. He asked the guy faking terminal cancer, "Just how ill are you?" and the poor guy started shaking. I can't imagine how hard it must have been for Sarah to learn that she'd been living a lie for ten years. She must've needed "deprogramming" like when people get out of cults. I feel so bad for Jake and Sophie, not having seen their mother for seven years. Robert Freegard is truly evil, totally ruining people's lives and causing so much suffering just to bleed them dry - not just of money, but of confidence, human contact, their very identity, their ambitions and all their hopes and dreams. The money was one of his motives but he obviously got off on controlling people as well.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

He screwed up - I would never have let my daughter go in that circumstance. I would check his identity there and then and call the police. If he objected it will expose them to danger I would say I am prepared to take that risk and make the call.

[@francesbernard2445]

Thanks for publishing this interesting case example on how con-artists can be so good at manipulating the perception of others regardless of how intelligent they are only because they are not that aware of how someone with a personality disorder might behave in different settings.

[@christinekeefe9004]

Oh yay!! I was so hoping you'd do a video on this guy. I hope that Sandra gets away from this conman and reunites with her 2 kids and her ex-husband. They are really suffering and I'd have to guess that she is too.

[@stephenl5416]

This guy's deserves an award for most content uploads and frequency of uploads. Dr. Cyborg.

[@sparrowhawkerdesigns]

I guess I'm the only female in the world when some average-looking guy says, "I'm a spy and I need your help" that responds with, "Dude, if you need my help, you must really suck at your job." Now, if he looked like Chris Hemsworth I might think about it for a minute. But I'd still say no. :-)

[@jpmnky]

Sarah’s dad was a hell of a detective. I knew he was a badass. But when he said “When you’re trying to find things out you can’t always stay within the law. If you do you won’t get very far” I knew he was Super Chad.

[@kkheflin3]

ONE MILLION!!!!!! Congratulations Dr. G!!!! You well deserve it! You work very hard! Thank you for ALL you do for ALL of us! Kudos.

[@zenawarrior7442]

Never heard of him...but will be good hearing from you. Happy Sunday & Thanks Dr G😊💛💜

[@cottontails9003]

Me neither, but he really scammed the money from them. Also great comment 😊❤💙🌷🌸🌹🍀

[@zenawarrior7442]

@@cottontails9003 Yes he was a real scammer and jerk. Thanks dear...always appreciate your positivity🥰💚🍀🧁🌃🌜♥️📬👋

[@cottontails9003]

@@zenawarrior7442 My absolute pleasure. ☺❤💙

[@zenawarrior7442]

@@cottontails9003 😘💌🙋‍♀️

[@KadyPowellAEROPOLEONEKD]

Narcissist con men go after innocents and take from successful talented women that are empathic. They are manipulative.

[@KadyPowellAEROPOLEONEKD]

@Maven Braun yes I've mortified a few lol

[@floridasoldat]

How does someone fall for shit like this lmao unreal. Awesome video as always, Doc.

[@brianalaundrie6192]

Wow grande always on point with the uploads

[@lisabrightly]

He even conned the system by somehow going from a life sentence to being released from prison and going back to his flim flam ways.

[@calendarpage]

I don't know how people fall for this. I'm from DC and while growing up, knew a couple of people who could admit that they worked for the FBI. People who do covert work for the NSA or CIA don't tell you that's what they do. They certainly don't go around telling idiotic college kids that they're agents. Anyone who tries to get your money or get you to do things for them (legal or illegal) while telling you they are some kind of secret agent is a criminal trying to take advantage of you.

[@jeskaaable]

This reminds me of the movie True Lies, where the car salesman pretends to be a secret agent to seduce a real secret agent's wife.

[@davidtaylor4975]

Yep Bill Paxton played him. First thing I thought of too!

[@tessajones9393]

Omg I thought of that when I was watching the doco. My too 5 fave films, True Lies. So good. 🤣

[@jeskaaable]

@@tessajones9393 clearly it was based on a true story :p

[@willer3399]

“Still interested in that ‘vette at all”?

[@lizmsim1]

Discount witness protection! Lol 😆 Touché -What a great name for his scam.

[@maureeningleston1501]

I think I need to watch this another 100 times to try to understand it!!

[@bthomson]

I think his victims must have been very bored!

[@editorjohn8803]

This film should be called, "The Most Gullible Schmucks to Fall for the Most Unsophisticated Con Man"

[@ChyChyLuvsyou]

Here before you hit 1 million ✨ Congratulations! You 100% deserve it. I can listen to you talk all day. Your videos are always my go to anytime I am driving or whenever I need to fall asleep. Your voice is just so calming. ❤️

[@calico-kat-mom6204]

I love the way you say Dr G the beginning stages of romance, the beginning stages of romance is always so appealing I hope I've grown out of that I got remarried at 60 so I was aware that things change I am so grateful because it doesn't matter what stage or age you are one can always be fooled, I do my best to listen to wise people like you Dr G to help me stay balanced. Thank you for all that you do hope you and your family are doing well

[@mariamatmos4506]

I saw this documentary and I just couldn’t believe this - Random barman: I am a spy, you need to give me all your money and runaway with me. - People: Of course, sir! It all makes so much sense!! Seriously???🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@tessajones9393]

I watched it all yesterday and i can't stop thinking about it. It's unreal.

[@erikparent8176]

Dr. Grande could you possibly give an analysis of the positive aspects of risk taking and how those traits have benefited our world in immeasurable ways?

[@bthomson]

Missssssed you!

[@mrs.reluctant4095]

Hi guys! Erik, where have you been lately?

[@cottontails9003]

Welcome back Erik.

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

Great video, Dr Grande. It never ceases to amaze me that people are gullible enough to believe things such as this and thus be so manipulated. With that said, I need to go study for my upcoming spy exam; I sure hope that I pass this time!

[@DarthScrewtape27]

Reminds me of Bill Paxton’s character in True Lies

[@renee1961]

I can't begin to imagine the Devastion of being conned out of Hundreds of Thousands of dollars!!! Since I'm broke, it's one less thing to worry about! Lol!

[@bthomson]

Safer that way!🤑🤕

[@feedthefatrabbit1073]

999K. I've been with you since the channel was marginally successful. I'm happy to see this milestone within reach. You deserve it, Doc. Have a great day my man.

[@user-cs1un6sp1wRennata]

Thanks for another great analysis Dr. Grande 💙

[@kkheflin3]

P.T.Barnums' quote comes to mind...." There's a sucker born every minute." I do feel some compassion for these naive and unsophisticated people. People like people who make them like themselves and Robert somehow allowed these people to feel adventurous and powerful and intelligent for once in their lives.Of course nothing could be further from the truth....Good Grief.

[@beking4381]

This shows the incompetence of our government and the legal system. That they cant arrest a guy who has done so much damage,pain , suffering, years of metal abuse and keeping them mentally captive.

[@valeriemacphail9180]

They could if they wanted to. Look at the insane amount of money wasted on the Assange case, and how they can easily single out and incarcerate certain people who challenge their power.

[@GrumpyCat-mw5xl]

I had a “friend” many years ago. I believed the story he told about himself. But later I realized he may have been lying about everything. One thing I noticed is people like this will weave such a pack of lies that when one starts to question the new possible lies the old or first lies became accepted as the truth and not questioned. When in reality everything they have ever said was a lie.

[@lilifreechannel414]

Conclusion: He is a psychopath that need to be jailed forever. He'll never stop hurting lives.

[@pikhy]

Dr. Grande, Your videos provide valuable insight, e.g., into my vulnerable narcissistic tendencies. Every day, sometimes several times per day, I learn from your latest offering. Thank you sir. Heartfelt congratulations on reaching your first million subscribers!

[@HeatherHolt]

Yay! I love when dr grande does an episode on something I commented about before. This story was crazy. I can’t believe that one girl was on the run for 10 years. And he only got 200,000 from her family…. That’s 20,000 a year which isn’t much considering he was having to house and feed her. I mean he was puttin her who knows where but still. Just seems like so much work for so little reward.

[@gayleandreah]

I've met people who lied outrageously, and they give off little clues. It's amazing how many people just ignore every clue. Not that I haven't been ridiculously gullible in my time...but someone telling you to lie and pretend and deceive people... You wonder why they'd do it.

[@sheilawoodbury2515]

Love your sarcasm as you tell these stories 😂😂

[@Robertone78]

British police / judges: I'm not bothered, are you bothered?

[@michaelgreer9023]

"The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, The Honourable Chief Justice Burton and The Honourable Mr. Chief Justice Stanley Burnton Between Mr. Robert Hendy-Freegard and R" we find the HTML version of the verdict provided by the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, England (2007). This version contains 64 points of law, each of them providing allegations, evidence, and claims as to the modus operandi of Mr. Robert Hendy-Freegard. Here we find conviction to life in prison for kidnapping and acts of dishonesty, with minimum sentences of 7 and one/half years to 10 years. There are also ten counts of theft. All sentences are to be carried out concurrently. Thank you.

[@ตุ้ดติ้ดกินตลอด]

Dr. Grande, you are so close to one million subs. I can't wait to congrat you.🥰

[@Knaan-ro6eo]

I've just finished watching the documentry on Netflix and I can't believe this guy's walking free

[@queencerseilannister3519]

I feel for thr kids who lost their mom. I'm sorry, but a mother who chooses a man over her children, isn't a mom worth having.

[@afterhighschoolshow3369]

I was just watching the doc this morning lol

[@bthomson]

Which doc?

[@clungebucket23]

The sheer amount of thought, time and effort made by Robert to run his con fills me with rage.... It's not like he defaulted on borrowed money to pay off a debt.. Or got into a relationship which broke down and decided to empty his partners account to move on. The lifetime of psychological and financial damage caused to so many victims is huge in this case. Psychological abuse is at least as bad as physical abuse... "Hey, no one got 'hurt', what's the problem? "... And " pffft, so many gullible people out there, tough s**t" Is a common refrain from commenters on cases like this. There's something profoundly insideous about his motives and methods that just boils my p**s. Just because some people are trusting or are easy to manipulate doesn't make it any less heinous or a mitigating factor. The fact that he preyed on those perceived 'weaknesses' with such calculated malice and planning to extort money is no less of a crime than kidnapping and threats of physical violence.

[@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139]

Exactly! So well said. He knew exactly how to exert coercive control, these predators do the abuse progressively so that by the time the victim realises they shouldn't be in this situation, they don't feel like they're free to leave. I also don't get how the ruling said the victims could have left if they had wanted to when Sarah was locked up in a bathroom and left there. How is that not illegal? The whole system should be a lot harsher with these kinds of crimes.

[@clungebucket23]

@@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139 yes indeed. His final victim says she loves him and stays voluntarily... And this gets him off the hook??. Yet the testimony of everyone around them is that she's been comprehensively brainwashed.... She disowned her own children and ex partner.... Errr, HELLO? The law has a massive blind spot with psychological manipulation and has failed the victims... No one seems to want to approach it... It's a very slippery and malleable subject that would be hard to define in law and harder still for jury members to get their heads round. It's hard for me to witness.... I see wrong-doing as clear as day.... But everyone around me is shrugging their shoulders. I've had a detective streak in me since I was very young, I've always been able to to spot holes in someone's narrative and those holes allow me to build the whole picture, I'm strongly inclined to dig deeper ... They are not dead-ends... Also, I have a strong and black and white sense of right and wrong.... Yes, I'm on the spectrum.

[@oldhick9047]

I didn't see "Lying piece of filth" in your analysis doctor, for that is most definitely what he is.

[@rach8241]

This so called man is so unbelievably cruel. It saddens my heart one could wreak havok and try to destroy so many lives by his heartless behaviour

[@icturner23]

I was just listening to this with my eyes shut and sat bolt upright! Harper Adams is in fact not in Newport, but in Edgmond, my home village! I went to school (by which I mean primary and secondary school, rather than in the American sense of university) in Newport, which is the nearby town. So the university is far closer to my house than even my schools. N.B. One needs to say “Newport, Shropshire” really, as there is a larger Newport in England (on the Isle of Wight, plus a far larger one in Wales). Anyway, it’s incredible for me to hear it mentioned on your channel, which in fact I started listening to in Edgmond in the first lockdown, just a few metres from Harper Adams fields. Thanks for the wow moment.

[@icturner23]

After pausing to write that I’m now listening to the rest. It should be noted that Harper Adams is not a very difficult university to get into, although its standards have risen quite a bit since it was just an agricultural college. In those days it really just existed to give degrees in tractor studies to young farmers who were going to inherit their parents’ land. (I wouldn’t have dreamt of going there under any circumstances, for example, although I’m still fond of it.) This may help to explain why the students were so very stupid.

[@icturner23]

Incredibly, I had never heard about this case. I suppose Harper has not really wanted to publicize it! There was once something about an I.R.A. bomb scare in a telephone box or something, but that might not have been related, or only related in that it inspired him. Being an agricultural college made it more plausible that there could be an I.R.A. presence.

[@rejaneoliveira5019]

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[@bthomson]

Rejane - A nice reminder of the big milestone! The good doctor is always evolving!

[@cottontails9003]

Hi , Rejane , how are you going. I just had a cervical suture put in, this baby seems determined to come into the world 😢😚❤💙

[@cottontails9003]

@@bthomson Hello beautiful, how are you going?

[@rejaneoliveira5019]

@@cottontails9003 Oh no, I am sorry so hear!🥺 I hope you are doing well.🌹

[@natalieknabb7417]

Congratulations on 1 million Dr. G!!! Most well-deserved KZbinr of all times

[@cinemathequerouge317]

Dr Grande Do you mean to tell me that I'm not really on the lookout for Blofeld? I paid my money to take that MI-6 test already! LOL! Great video Doc. Please do the case of Jessica Krug. She was a University professor who impersonated a Latina woman and carried on this deception for YEARS.

[@TheRDMagee]

I enjoyed this video after watching the three episodes just yesterday. What I am still left wondering however is why the lady spent 10 years traveling all over England and never considered leaving? I can understand falling into such a thing but not sticking with it for 10 years.

[@cbadbeachbabe69]

OMG YOURE SO CLOSE TO 1 MILLION!!!

[@princewindsor6156]

thank you for the analysis, i have really wanted to understand what could be the problem with Robert Freegard and what "charm" he has been using on people.

[@annal7364]

People keep saying “nearly a million subs” and all I can picture are nearly a million sub sandwiches marching up to Dr. G’s house to listen to intelligent speculations. 😆

[@iraagans3144]

Without exception if someone tells you they are a secret agent, conclude that they are not.

[@Missliz441]

So happy you decided to do this analysis, because I saw the documentary and was wondering about your take on it! Also you are so close to a million subscribers!

[@Goodhello369]

Oh geeze. He had them thinking they were agents too 🤦‍♂️

[@EFFEZE]

I've never heard of this guy or case. People in MI5 don't say they are. That's why they are the best. 🇬🇧

[@Audion]

4 minutes in and I'm totally confused.

[@bthomson]

Being Swedish (?), you just naturally wouldn't believe a word this guy said! Too smart!

[@keithbrunson7190]

2000 people away from one million. Are you surprised? You’ve hit the big time.

[@SteveDorrans]

"...bring your own witness protection." 🤣🤣🤣

[@SteveDorrans]

That is a pretty damning indictment of our education system and our lack of focus on critical thinking skills.

[@tristanmorgan852]

I had a friend who would constantly make up stories. It's amazing how many people would join in with him and become trapped with his stories he could convince almost anyone into his way of thinking. He was very convincing and dangerous. He was driving himself crazy and he had a mental breakdown in the end. I had to cut him out of my life he doesn't know how to tell the truth.

[@kevinallen1699]

Your deadpan humor is noteworthy Sir.

[@rumchata6569]

Robert is a legend

[@Nickos1b]

What I can't understand is how could he keep up the charade for so many years. I mean 9-10 years of being someone's puppet just because of that silly secret agent crap. I guess he ended up with the most gullible but still.

[@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139]

He is a narcissistic abuser, by the time Sarah had any idea about leaving, it was all done. You can't just disregard the abuse, that's the main part of the MO.

[@Nickos1b]

@@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139 I understand coersion by abuse. What I couldn't understand is how she let herself be abused when she wasn't trapped in the usual ways: Marriage in an ultra traditional environment, financially dependent, trying to protect her children and such. The only angle I can think is that he was threatening her family but she didn't mention anything like that right?

[@susanzondervan9028]

I like the background in your studio! Thank you for your videos, Dr. Todd Grande, I really enjoy them!