Ivy League Murders | FULL EPISODE | The FBI Files

Dartmouth Professors Susanne and Half Zantop are mysteriously found murdered in their quaint New Hampshire home. Colleagues confirm that the couple was very well liked. With no trace of forced entry the FBI Behavioral Science Unit investigates the crime.
Unravel the mystery alongside the FBI's greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists.
#TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime #IvyLeagueMurders
Season 7 Episode 16
The FBI Files is an American docudrama that takes a look behind the scenes of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's crime laboratory.
Real FBI cases are recounted through reenactments and interviews, due to the sensitive nature of the show, viewer discretion is advised.

[@susiepoo51]

Please explain to me WHY these two killers WITHOUT REMORSE will not kill again when released?! Killers should NEVER get out!

[@TinyTinaTeaParty]

Because they are children. The brain is not fully developed until 25 years of age. Until then you think without logic, you’re filled with emotion and no logic to balance it. When the brain fully develops you mature as a person (most cases) they will feel great remorse one day.

[@iseultbourke4692]

@@TinyTinaTeaParty If I had killed anyone before the age of 25, even accidentally, I would have been devastated. And what was the emotion that these charmers were filled with? Bloodlust? Those people did nothing to them to make them angry.

[@PetloverTN]

@@TinyTinaTeaPartyI highly doubt they will feel remorse 😖

[@r1verman]

Well, only one will get that opportunity which doesn't seem just.

[@mxl_reps_951]

​@@TinyTinaTeaPartythat's white privilege for you

[@sashadixon1933]

Both of them should have gotten life without parole. Just imagine that devil being released into society. God be with us

[@alberickmendes6472]

Smith & Wesson is waiting for Him.

[@thechinavirusmadeinchina3811]

lol Good luck with that, If you GOD lets babies & young kids in the Hospitals i work in Suffer & DIE every day from horrid illnesses & diseases ... what's the use of him???? I'd say NONE .. he is just an EVIL Bastard in my books to let them die like that.. So Don't dare bet on any help from your GOD ....

[@thomas2much601]

If the devil looked innocent.......

[@Roc-Righteous]

@@thechinavirusmadeinchina3811 Apparently it is not GOD, it's all of us! Romans 5:12 is your answer. Man has been the evil ones from the very beginning. Trust me, Babies that die because of Men's curse that brought on themselves are spared. And if you think your science is gonna fix depraved Men, HA!

[@nicholasshade]

🔥 😈 🔥

[@machosvillas4621]

I thought it was a couple of students who failed the Ivy school and retalliated first. Terrifying how absolutely random this felony was.

[@patriciajrs46]

That's what I thought first, also. It's just awful that they have no remorse whatsoever. That is so scary.

[@chironOwlglass]

Rich people are monsters

[@fareedramjhon]

😅mo 😂

[@cleophas_oj]

The sad story aside, I must admit that these investigators indeed do incredible job. How they went to knife manufacturer, traced down all the sales, to the shoe’s prints, is something that’s totally amazing. Despite the sad story, I am happy they pinned down the perpetrators

[@lurleenholder3849]

Gģ5ģ

[@oshl4387]

It's an eerie parallel to the Bryan Kohberger case and likely conviction, in which the FBI were also involved.

[@kenthompson5723]

@@oshl4387 The only parallel I see is the use of knives. In the Idaho murders, there apparently was only one killer, not two. In the Idaho murders, the victims were students, not professors. In the New England case, the motive was money; no definitive motive as yet has been determined in the Idaho murders.

[@oshl4387]

@@kenthompson5723 Yeah, I'm obviously only responding to the OP's comment and referencing the LE work regarding the knife (sheath) connection, talking to the manufacturers, tracing down sales, etc. not the literal case details and motives. In both cases, knife-related forensics and the FBI are key. I would have made the same comment had the hypothetical Kohberger triplets prison shanked 5 frat boys for fun.

[@MunlemMungray]

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[@heyysimone]

Its not really fair that one gets to make a deal and gets a way lesser sentence, when theyre both equally guilty.

[@johnbee3416]

I totally agree they had enough evidence on both of them to put them both away for life. there was absolutely no need to bargain with one of them.

[@ALT-vz3jn]

I’m sure there’s more information we’re not aware of.

[@199jl]

Life isn't fair..... however I believe in something simple.... you kill someone like this you don't get the gift of life any longer yourself. The two of them deserve death. Pick a scary option for them since a stabbing is a horrific death. They both should've gotten the electric chair. Get this shit over with

[@John_Sash]

Yup. Danger back on the streets.

[@animula6908]

Life is really not fair. It’s still better that they got the convictions than if both got off entirely.

[@melaber77]

One of the best episodes in this series! With no obvious motive, it literally could have been anyone in the world, but they solved it.

[@annaspratt361]

How would they not initially notice the wallet missing 🤔?

[@rationallyruby]

@@annaspratt361 to be fair, most don’t carry their wallets while in their own house. It’s not odd it wouldn’t be found on him… so it may take a few days to conclusively rule out where it could be.

[@lindaarrington9397]

i like it when the bad guys are caught

[@lindaarrington9397]

@@annaspratt361 i know lol

[@tinamartina1801]

​@@lindaarrington9397😮

[@thomas2much601]

I don’t believe them. You don’t buy two knives to rob someone. They wanted to kill for the thrill. Killers always play it down to get a lighter sentence

[@euclideanspace2573]

Yeah that story about robbery to live in Australia is bullshit, it's like they just watched a documentary about British convicts deported to Australia and made the whole thing up. They were killing for fun and they were serial killers in the making.

[@thomas2much601]

@@dianahill7239 They kill for money while others kill for pleasure.

[@thomas2much601]

@@dianahill7239 When we talk about the Mafia we are talking about a microcosm of a state, a country. When normal decent men went to fight they found it easier after the first kill. All evilness is based on a lack of empathy. The inability to feel another’s pain. That is why you can eat meat including lamb, which is an innocent baby, not caring about the suffering of the mother and her loss. The serial killer sees all life a equal with humans having no spacial dispensation. You need to read my ebooks, Human or Demon by Thomas R. Valentine. Humans are really evil.

[@speakerz74]

@@dianahill7239 just look up the meaning of serial killer, its distinct from mafia type killings, a serial killer has a disturbing psychological obsession with the thrill of killing a person, and most claim that its an uncontrollable urge that overcomes them, at which point the actual victim doesn't much matter, they just need to satisfy an urge. obviously the mafia doesn't act in this manner, their killings are almost always transactional, with a specific target in place, and with multiple attempts at their life being an option.

[@NannupTiger]

@@dianahill7239 - the Mafia has definitely used a 'serial killer' or 2 on their payroll, maybe not even a 'member' or even an Italian/Sicilian but a a hitman with definite SK tendencies... The pay would have been good..

[@gj8683]

I grew up in a small town. Life was very boring. Had a number of friends while in high school and after that. None of us ever even for a moment discussed murdering anyone. Those two who did were evil by nature.

[@lydiagower5780]

This happened in 2000, no internet, poverty, boredom.

[@lindaarrington9397]

agree.. ive met ..now,, i loved these kids as my own, right but i know there are bad seeds genetics maybe family curses maybe but i know evil... plain and simple were as kids are still evil as adults. these killers are like this.

[@lindaarrington9397]

@@lydiagower5780 net was out then. the could have read a book if bored goodness 2000 not 1955

[@0x80O0oOverfl0w]

@@lydiagower5780 Well then, shout out to all the kids who were born before the internet that didn't kill anyone.

[@soookimbo6571]

@@lydiagower5780 nobody murders because of boredom unless they have that evil in them

[@nenemarteitetteh473]

Thanks for the state trooper for being so smart, His sharp looking played a very important role.

[@mamaveiga]

It seems to me, these two youngsters had a life that was too easy and didn’t learn responsibility and consequences about their actions.

[@shuri.ken6]

i haven't finished the video yet but from what i'm gathering in the comments they STILL didn't suffer the true consequences by avoiding a life sentence... smh

[@ryantopnotch3648]

@@shuri.ken6 life? Meaningless. Eternity, endless. These 2, have a more substantial impact of pain in hand.

[@shilohbell1573]

Really? Just seemed like two psychotics to me.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

How about they also were psychopaths, too.

[@youngdkout]

The two of them should get the same sentence

[@wilkat4evr]

Prayers for the husband and wife. The Two kids won't have a boring life now. Prison is an adventure.

[@PetloverTN]

I’m sure they’re “enjoying” prison 😜

[@lese91]

Great work by both the officer who interviewed the boy who bought the guns and was able to convince him to give his fingerprints/boots without a warrant and the Indiana officer who was listening to trucking communication like a hawk

[@mazzmj5809]

Had they used 2 random knives, they would have gotten away with it. Terrifying.

[@Error_-qz2zr]

or just not be dumb enough to leave behind evidence like that this kids are stupid psychos

[@ALT-vz3jn]

Their youth and impulsivity was their downfall. Poor planning.

[@ryantopnotch3648]

"Past behavior is predictable for future behavior". So, why even let anyone out?

[@BruteStrength99]

Mitigating circumstances.

[@pinkfur3805]

So sorry for the victims. May they RIP

[@lindaarrington9397]

Amen

[@criessmiles3620]

Most murderers are from a specific race- From the police 👮‍♀️ to the civilians Cheers from west Africa 🦅

[@i-told-you-sodear1526]

I saw this case on Forensic files which differed in that it showed how the Blond-haired guy was crying in the interrogation room when alone, muttering that he had "messed up his life." Never mind that they ended 2 innocent lives.

[@manda.watching.YouTube]

Right. Like being sorry, but only sorry they got caught.

[@dalespence4891]

Narcissist.

[@LadyVoldemort]

Psychopaths/sociopaths.

[@stephenodell9688]

That is more repentance then most.

[@stephenodell9688]

I was thinking about this. To say sorry is what you might say if you bump into at a store like excuse me "repentance" is to take responsibility for what you have done. I have seen many people who will say the words but they won't say "I was wrong". What Jeffery Dommer did was horrible but in the end he said that he was wrong, and he did it because he thought he could get a way with it. in the end he faced up to it and id not try to plead his way out and took his punishment.

[@rs52594]

Both James Parker and Robert Tulloch are still in prison serving their sentences. Parker is eligible for release next year and Tulloch may have his sentence reduced because in 2014 the NH Supreme Court ruled him being sentenced as a minor to life without parole was unconstitutional. However 9 years later no resentencing hearing has been set. UPDATE: James Parker was just paroled from prison in May 2024 after serving approximately 20 years. He has continuously expressed remorse for his part in the crime. Robert Tulloch is finally scheduled to be resentenced in July 2024.

[@jasonouellette2436]

James Parker was released earlier this week..just read about it in today's Boston Herald...6/9/24

[@jayanderson147]

I feel so bad for the killers' parents, that would be devastating to find out your child did something so awful

[@flordivinagaspar674]

Now again i watched this new FBI files like it and thank you from Philippines.

[@LadyVoldemort]

It was like a bad lottery...to be good people who happened to bear psychopathic kids... I feel sorry for them, but also afraid because such kids (with antisocial tendencies) most likely have no guilt and remorse, no sympathy and empathy, and could repeat their crimes (sometimes doing worse) if/when they're out of prison...

[@rc1983]

Difficult to raise kids, no matter how hard you tried they sometimes end up in the wrong path.

[@sassagrass7095]

I feel worse for the victim that DIED 🙄

[@angel-xi6ie]

@@ivannagutina some people are brought up in loving homes and still turn out to be shit people. i wouldn’t blame the parents unless you know they pushed horrible behaviours on their son. people have free will

[@Thumper-dx3yn]

Sneaky sneaky Indiana Sheriff! Excellent work. These two killers had all the makings of serial/spree killers. The fact they only have 2 victims is simply because the diligent work of law enforcement Captured these two idiots before they could make more victims. Arbitrarily killing random people very is much indicative being willing to kill anyone for any reason.

[@richardjohnson6041]

I was in the nw Hampshire prison in Concord NH for 5ys where I was in the same unit south unit w jame parker . I got to know him well and I can tell u that if u were to speak to him u wld never know he was a double murderer ... And it wasn't an act after 5 yrs I wld have seen flaws.. he is in all ways a very productive person with a demeanor so opposite of his crime.. and he's absolutely one of the most intelligent people who I have ever met... Is it possible to have done something of this magnitude and never commit a crime again???? I'm incline to say yes .. but honestly had I not spent the time w him I would say the opposite....

[@jeremyperry5548]

@@richardjohnson6041 Did you know Robert Tillich? If so what kind of a person is he?

[@richardjohnson6041]

@@jeremyperry5548 never met him only parker because we were in same custody and unit

[@ALT-vz3jn]

Excellent police work in this case. They did a stellar job.

[@ALT-vz3jn]

@@richardjohnson6041psychopaths are the best chameleons. They will adapt to whatever circumstances that will give them a preferable outcome in their favor. Best wishes to you, friend. Hope life is treating you well.

[@catdooley4616]

James Parker will be eligible for parole in 2024. He originally petitioned for early release back in 2008, but when the victims' family sent letters against the release James Parker withdrew the petition for early release and will wait for the first parole hearing when he has served at least 25 years.

[@Zachw2007]

They should be freed. The so-called victims were just useless college professors.

[@catdooley4616]

@@dianahill7239 I really don't know. But maybe it is because the mafia usually kills to keep someone silent or because someone didn't pay them, where as serial killers kill for other psychological reasons. But I just made that up.

[@dianahill7239]

@@catdooley4616 you're trying to categorize the reason(s) people kill multiple times. The mafia killed/kills whomever they wanted--with out regrets. The mafia is still in business today.

[@cornelious157]

@@catdooley4616 sounds pretty reasonable to me!

[@catdooley4616]

@@dianahill7239 I am not trying to do anything other than come up with a possible reason to your question. If you really want to know why ask a random stranger, why not go and ask all the people you just listed. To me a murder is a murder and I really don't care why they don't call the mafia serial killers .

[@kellymitchell3138]

I've watched different episodes about this case. I especially appreciate how the dad in the cabin with his son handled these burgeoning monsters. And how awesome was that rug at the Zantops house for hiding those knife sheaths from them? They werw evil as hell, but thank God they were also stupid.

[@lindaarrington9397]

i havent got that far but they are evil

[@kenthompson5723]

They werw evil as hell, ------------------------------------------- Someday what people call "evil" will be shown, through science, to be abnormalities in the brain. It's telling that you combined "evil" in the same sentence as "hell". Your biblical interpretation of what these two guys did is very, very common, and very, very backward looking.

[@crypton_8l87]

what dad what cabin??

[@kellymitchell3138]

There are several crime documentaries about this case & I don't remember which one it was, but they interviewed a man who said he & his son were staying at a cabin and I believe it was Robert Tulloch who knocked on the door late at night claiming they had car trouble and he needed to use the phone. The dad had a bad feeling and made sure Robert saw that he had a gun and Robert left. The dad sat up on watch all night, but when he ventured out the next day and looked around the site, he found a large hole had been dug and he figured it was meant for him and his son. I'd say his instincts and actions were spot on.

[@ginmar8134]

​@@kellymitchell3138There's books, too, and I remember reading that anecdote in one of the books. It was absolutely chilling.

[@jibrilrahim1930]

RIP Jim Kallstrom

[@TheProtagonistDies]

Imagine being privileged to where you become bored with your life and decide to murder someone and move to Australia...

[@itsnotamistake]

@@philipodetola6 agreed. Thrill killers are Serial killers...

[@itsnotamistake]

@@dianahill7239 no one is justifying killing. He simply tried to help you understand. And I think he explained it well

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

Diana Hill, a commenter, has deleted her sorry question that she(?) has been posting vigorously throughout every comment. It's her way of setting up the stage for her to disagree with you so she can spew out her preplanned nonsensical ideas. In this comment, she deleted all her posts because of the common sense responses showing her to be the fool she is. RIP Diana Hill.

[@shantidavid6062]

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus I was looking for her comments.

[@kasinoone7398]

Sounds about right.

[@mulindwahussein5114]

How does someone really feel taking someones life through that agonising pain, cry until breath is lost? Its so inhuman

[@lindaarrington9397]

they are not human demonic monsters

[@inkyguy]

Ask someone in the military.

[@BlessedBeing751]

Beats me! Anything that has blood no matter how tiny is a no-no for me. Well except anopheles mosquitoes whose blood technically isn't theirs.

[@eurocookinvlog9176]

i just got my popcorn and my juice ..love watching this from Amsterdam cheers 🍷🍷🍷

[@mrstreetz0507]

Send me some weed

[@eurocookinvlog9176]

@@mrstreetz0507 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@mrstreetz0507]

@@eurocookinvlog9176 😂😂😂

[@biancahicks1359]

Amsterdam is an awesome place! Hoping to visit again soon! Cheers from NYC!!! 🍺🍺

[@Sawmhlubpag1]

Someone's got the munchies 😆

[@lookingcloser]

Hilarious and awesome that the trooper in Indiana heard the cb call and told them he'd be happy to pick them up. 😄

[@davidfarabeau7234]

L llll

[@johnforrester9120]

Lol

[@rhymzgaming]

I live about 20 mins away from Hanover and I remember this when it happened. Nothing like this happens around here so it was big news. Our communities were changed forever from this. We never locked our doors. Never feared that this could happen. This changed everything. Then the Kimberly Cates murder in 2009 in nearby Lyme was another crazy thrill kill

[@lindaarrington9397]

goodness they would have been serial killers

[@criessmiles3620]

Most murderers are from a specific race- From the police 👮‍♀️ to the civilians Cheers from west Africa 🦅

[@ET-hc4wl]

But why wouldn’t you lock your door? Even if there isn’t crime, that’s a foolish act.

[@jsmith1746]

My childhood home, where my parents were still living, was right across the street from the Zantops. I was a classmate with one of their daughter's as well, and do remember the victims. My parents, wife, and two kids were right across the street when this was all going down. This was so scary and devastating for the community.

[@rhymzgaming]

@@ET-hc4wl because the area we live in everyone knows everyone else. Hanover is a little different because it’s a college town. I live in Vermont right over the border from Hanover. Our town is tiny and literally most people are related in one way or another

[@maryanneborders9602]

All i could think of was that that trucker couple - and the other truckers who gave these two rides - were really lucky they did not suffer the same fate as the professors.

[@BritInvLvr]

I thought the same thing but then they probably didn’t because they couldn’t drive a big rig.

[@maryanneborders9602]

@@BritInvLvr good point

[@LadyVoldemort]

@@BritInvLvr Yes, the truckers still have their purpose for them, and they most likely don't have lots of money to rob.

[@trashketchup1497]

@@LadyVoldemort from what I’ve experienced truckers do usually carry at least $300 in cash...and that’s all they stole from the couple. But I do also agree that they would need them to drive the truck.

[@keithdarding1381]

I found myself wishing they would have gotten picked up by one of those serial killer truckers.

[@somyod2u]

I wonder how their quest for ' thrills' is working out for them during their incarceration.

[@NickM_FirstofHisName]

I hope they found love behind bars...

[@Peace-tk3gr]

@@NickM_FirstofHisName I know I shouldn't laugh... 😏

[@GOTTshua]

They probably do a lot of "favours" for stronger men.

[@lindaarrington9397]

lol

[@mack8488]

@@NickM_FirstofHisName calloused knees

[@katryna192]

Me watching from England, but at this time, conflict in Russia and Ukraine, my father who sadly passed is Ukraine so my prayers are with them

[@zarsepehr3315]

I mean 25 years is too short of a sentence for someone like Parker taking a life was an easy matter for him, he went out there that day with the intent to kill, he was going to hurt someone and afterwards he was feeling no remorse. if he is let out someone like him would hurt others again for no apparent reason.

[@LadyVoldemort]

That was the American way, I guess. They can give people immunity or lesser sentences if they yap to throw the other criminal under the bus. I forgot what it was called...I don't think it was a good idea (unless in drug lord related crimes). Sometimes they even change the capital punishment to life without parole if a serial killer is willing to give up the locations of their victim's bodies. I also don't think "parole" a good idea if related with murderer/pedos/rapists/mass murderer with antisocial personality disorder.

[@lindaarrington9397]

i know this is just crazy

[@donnacrozier1315]

Jim Kallstrom died July 11, 2021 at age 78. His wife, Susan said he had a rare cancer of the blood. He was a marine and served in the Vietnam 🇻🇳 war. He retired in 1997 from the f.b.i.

[@rmills807]

He was very good on the FBI Files show.

[@lindaarrington9397]

awww ty 4 info loved him

[@karenrediker2449]

What this short clip doesn’t tell you is about all the petty crimes they committed in our area that were either not reported because the people knew them and didn’t want to make a big deal of it or when reported it was felt miner issues. It wasn’t until after their capture that they connected the house in Vershire, Vermont that they tried the “my car broke down bit”. The man had a very young son with him. The vacation home owner tried to call out to report them and found out his phone line had been cut. (No cell service there at that time) . The man and boy sat together all night until daylight to get in car to report the suspicious activity. Police later found two grave sites had been dug near his home. That family soon sold that home

[@karenrediker2449]

Typo minor not miner

[@lesmorris10]

Graves sites!! Horrible !

[@johnbee3416]

this makes it so much worse that he only got 25 years.

[@traybern]

@@karenrediker2449 NOT a typo. It’s NOT knowing either word.

[@mack8488]

@@karenrediker2449 could be miner issues

[@tony.bickert]

Why did it take so long for the cops to learn that the man’s wallet was missing? That should have been a day 1 thing.

[@journalofstockmarketanalyt6155]

Characteristics of a psychopath are: 1. manipulation and pathological lying 2. lack of morality and rule-breaking 3. lack of empathy and cold-heartedness 4. false superiority complex 5. gaslighting and bullying 6. self-serving victimhood

[@mrjasondylan]

You just described prime minister Boris Johnson down to the last detail, not to mention many other politicians.

[@Dee-JayW]

@@mrjasondylan most politicians, CEO’s are sociopaths.

[@inkyguy]

@@mrjasondylan, really? Trump was immediately the example that fit the bill perfectly on every single point; but Trump and Johnson really don’t seem that different in style or substance.

[@mack8488]

And often times adictions i heard

[@animula6908]

I’m sure everyone watching is qualified to diagnose people after reading this simple list of characteristics.

[@divinedevil]

We no longer live in a world where we can open our doors to strangers, no matter how innocent they look. I felt so bad watching the professor trying to help the two boys, while they were planning to rob & kill him & his wife.

[@PutsOnSneakers]

We never lived in such a world to begin with. Before the middle ages or past the industrial age there was always the danger of getting hurt by anyone knocking on your door. The peephole in the front door wasn't a new invention of yesterday first patent was around the 40's before that there were barred windows to look through relatively safely. Danger of each others actions was always the case ever since our existence. Only now things are being documented and news spreads faster than ever before this is why you get the perception as if all these things are a problem of the modern time, truth is these things ALWAYS used to happen, you just weren't being informed in such a detailed way about all these things of the past.

[@annpeerkat2020]

@@PutsOnSneakers too right ummm... god

[@divinedevil]

@@PutsOnSneakers You're correct for the most part, but I've experienced life without locks & window bars. I've seen front doors left unlocked & windows being opened or shut based on weather & not security. Hence, my comment...

[@lindaarrington9397]

i am seeong more and more yhat our young people are becoming more evil,lazy and much less intelligent the music is wful for them those games thatt parents let parent these young individuals and lack of teaching our kids to work and about God if this dont change i dont know what to think will become of our country and humanity in general i seen what i said above...

[@lindaarrington9397]

@@divinedevil i still live this way in summer i leave front door open all night sleep like a baby

[@nombinintlahla8325]

Evil comes in all shapes and sizes 💔 RIP to this couple

[@JH-it2yr]

Poor Professors got killed because of being kind, how sad!

[@jeanwenthold7216]

Thank you to the Law Enforcement Officers.

[@TruthHurts111]

and

[@Bthecreator1]

Only the good ones not all . Wouldn't matter with you I bet

[@nicholasshade]

I just started this upload.💛

[@mehlke06]

I discussed this with the law enforcement officers and they say you’re welcome.

[@thl205]

Why does the profiler think this is caused by modern society, when it’s just like the Leopold and Loeb murders 100 years ago, and many other crimes of two young guys doing thrill killings long before video games and violent movies

[@enigmadrath1780]

Them: Hey, let's not use guns. Police can trace serial numbers and stuff. If we use knives there's NO WAY the cops will be able to identify us! FBI: It's cute that you tried.

[@refinedsugar]

It must be so shocking when your kids go bad like this. Bored or just twisted. So messed up.

[@karenrediker2449]

Narrator in beginning said, “ Etna, Vermont it was inEtna New Hampshire. Part of the town of Hanover. My daughter went to school with those boys although they were younger. If this case interested you read the book, “Judgement Ridge” it goes into much more detail

[@traybern]

NO, DUMBBELL!! He SAID “Etna, NEW HAMPSHIRE.”

[@shojinryori]

Definitely “Etna, Vermont” and more than once.

[@cr-qo3ov]

Neither one of them deserve to breathe free air ever

[@ReadingRambo152]

I grew up in Etna which is small village of around 800 people. My parents knew the Zantops, and I would pass by their house everyday on my way to school. The murders shook the whole town.

[@ARKHAMxMaverick]

I feel somewhat ashamed at how excited I am each week for a new episode.

[@kopanotempleton8414]

😂🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[@suzannes5888]

New??! The episodes are all already online...the "FBI Files" TV show is almost 20 years old. The oldest episodes are 25+ years old. The show's host, Kim Kallstrom, is deceased (and wasn't the head of the FBI's New York Field Office...he was actually the Assitant Special Agent in Charge /ASAC). The show is well done though.

[@williamtobin7282]

@@suzannes5888 that was JIM....not KIM...just sayin

[@howdeedoodee6603]

@@williamtobin7282 & @Suzanne S >> right, and he passed away in July 21

[@risto475]

Even if they are online i'd rather watch them from youtube rather than in some suspicious site ... Also with FBI Files having over 120 episodes some of them are probably not even upload to internet like that D.B. Cooper case ...

[@hkschubert9938]

Crunching data is what the FBI is really good at. And a super smart deputy listening to cb chatter solved this case. Great job by law enforcement !! Great episode of FBI Files !!

[@lishomwalishomwa179]

Zambia🙋🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲

[@charleslee1960]

Everything ok there?

[@smashndlovu336]

🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@denabarnett4144]

@The Crime Files 0 pp

[@joecamerer2865]

Excellent police work to track down the buyer of the knife. If they didn't leave the knife sheath they may have never been caught

[@adzreenaziz6255]

For every great 1 detective work..there r thousands of sloppy detective work where purpotrators got away

[@RA1NM4N978]

How are they at the wrong place wrong time when the couple where at the own home. I live in Massachusetts and this is too close to home.

[@stfuplsok]

*were *their own

[@justteresiah]

I couldn't get myself to watch where they explained how they carried out the murders. It's sad

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

Very.

[@LadyVoldemort]

It was a struggle for me too. This is a hard episode for me.

[@karenrediker2449]

Better not read the book about then, it was much worse

[@Bijoubix]

I've watched everything, so, hope you'll continue with your weekly releases. Perfecto!

[@terriecotham1567]

Your hearts have to go out to their loved ones from the victims to the mother and father of those kids whose whole world was also destroyed,

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@zachbruner3128]

james is actually gonna be out of jail in 4 years and he'll still be young

[@inkyguy]

45 is at least middle age by any standard, not young. Most people don’t even make it to 80.

[@johnbee3416]

​@@inkyguyI agree with you but I'd still rather him get out when he's 65. less likely to kill again. 45 is still young enough to be an idiot.

[@tessat.1616]

That was a travesty of justice as I see it. Nothing was said about the one receiving life without parole, refusing to tell his story, or even given the chance to do so. Watching this episode, Parker is the one who purchased the knives, he owned and drove the get away car, and looked like the leader in all if this. I could even see Parker getting 5 years or so less than the other boy, But life in prison w/o the possibility of parole? Something WASN'T fully explained here.

[@americahealth]

Wow, that was some amazing investigation and detective work😲😲😮!

[@StreetSmartMillionaire]

Pure evil! I sure wish they had not made a deal so that both of these devils are never amongst the public again. Law enforcement did an outstanding job.

[@2147B]

during the initial intro he says "Edna New Hampshire" but when the narrator comes in he says edna Vermont

[@drew9312]

Great documentaries as always.

[@derekbaker777]

I admire F.B.I. Profilers. They do amazing work and are instrumental in helping solve crimes. They must have to take and learn advanced Psychology and Criminology to enter their respective fields, and I'm sure it takes years of studying combined with experience to be a successful Profiler.

[@ALT-vz3jn]

Only the best and most talented agents can become profilers.

[@keisharowe4583]

Good morning everyone else watching from the beautiful island of Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💃💃💃💃💃

[@kazanplov9008]

Hello to you from beautiful and ancient Uzbekistan!)))

[@jackmccleary2413]

Wagwan from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪🍾🇮🇪🍻🇮🇪🍾

[@SANDY-lp2rn]

Watching from the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Greetings to everyone.

[@eliz_scubavn]

Hello from sunny Vietnam!

[@keisharowe4583]

@@eliz_scubavn Hello how are you doing

[@tommyhemlock7915]

The frightening part of this is when the authorities say they’re seeing more crimes like this, and putting it down to the availability of excessive violence. It’s a problem that will only get worse if that is the cause of it.

[@profhortsunlover1536]

there was no Violent Porn 40 years sexual humiliation wasn't a thing

[@annabambus6572]

Violent video games create detachment

[@jennstewart3003]

Hey! I know that guy! Jim Fitzgerald also was critical to the DC Sniper case! He has a brother in the FBI and they both responded to DC Sniper.

[@whytheworldiscruel430]

I love how the FBI works, very thorough and theyre not tired to find the criminal. Its my dream to be an agent but too old for that now.

[@randy1469]

fuck the fbi

[@americana4193]

The FBI is one of the most corrupt institutions in the entire world!

[@williamelliott]

Now the FBI is the strong arm for the democrat party. They have many false flag operations going on against any one that has a different opinion than the democrats. The FBI along with the democrats don't care who's life they destroy or kill.

[@VincentWilliams007]

Same here, I'm stuck in banking.

[@LadyVoldemort]

I would take the forensic road years ago if I didn't have such a big fear to death and dead bodies... I believe I have the sense, talent, the mix of instinct and imagination, and the brain...but I can't even smell rotten corpse without horrible throw up, can't even see dead cats and dogs mangled on the streets without crying. I admire the people with strong mental, stomach, and heart and able to do this super difficult career... SALUTE. I'll stick to be a hopeful writer/author instead...😅

[@devanshsadh8894]

Who else high af, binge watching FBI files? 😂

[@lockedandloaded9816]

Me im smacked right now this show was good imma keep looking for ones I didn't see yet

[@devanshsadh8894]

Locked And Loaded hahahha I’m doing them same lol!

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

I'm high on life. No expenses, no police, no worries.

[@shantidavid6062]

Meeeee! 😁😄

[@sludge4125]

I just bought some legal weed.

[@damonottaway3648]

Completely unbelievably that it took 3 different departments up to the FBI to figure out that the man’s wallet was missing. Wouldn’t that be something you’d figure out within the first hour of an investigation? The victims number one source of identification, which is almost always in the WALLET or a purse. Duh!

[@tribequest9]

I thought the same thing, our tax dollars hard at work

[@paulhale929]

Brilliant. Complete respect

[@daithipol]

All these US murder docs start off with how the lovely community can leave their doors unlocked...when obviously they can't

[@fivestars8027]

My favorite show for real for real!!!catch the bad guys and lock them up!!!

[@madara4665]

I love these FBI files.

[@thehoneydeev]

I watch them too. Unfortunately it’s at the expense of real victims as this is real life, no fiction 😞.

[@geraldstamour1312]

The FBI FILES, the best 'fix' for true-crime junkies!

[@cosmologyphysics2002]

good work by detectives

[@laurelgirard8475]

Since I had chronic illnesses as a kid, my Mom made sure I had quiet activities in my bag of tricks since Inhad a lot of down time. I loved reading, crocheting, arts and crafts, and gymnastics (when I was feeling good). She felt it was important for people to have activities to fill those times when you might otherwise get bored.

[@babagandu]

Idle hands are the devil's workshop

[@LadyVoldemort]

The perks of being an introvert, I guess. 😆❤❤❤ I live in a boring small town like these boys (with bad health like you too)...but I seldom feel bored because I have tons of hobbies I can do on my own at home to keep me busy... Reading, writing, painting, crocheting, baking/cooking, gardening, fishing (I have two ponds in my backyard), singing and dancing silly, playing with my cats or games, or even just watching the beautiful blue sky or rainstorm...

[@laurelgirard8475]

@@LadyVoldemort I remember, as a kid, on rainy days, I’d sit in the cubby space behind my bedroom closet and read for hours at a time. I had a lamp, a blanket or two, and my imagination. No electronics, tv, or radio, but I traveled around the world in that little closet.

[@traybern]

She never took you on a Murdering field trip?

[@freedomofspeech766]

As my primary school teacher used to tell us all the time, at the age of 10, boredom is the inability to employ one's time.

[@chucks_88]

I just love how some random joe is murdered the case eventually ends up in a cold case file but let it be someone important or prominent and the FBI is brought in. If I'm murdered in my home I sure hope the FBI can help solve my case? Still love this channel and the content you all put out. 👍

[@suzannes5888]

The Discovery Channel produced the FBI Files, and originally aired the episodes from 1998 to 2006. Actually, there is no original content on this channel, everything is older relicensed content - hence the reason you see the FBI Files on so many YT channels - and elsewhere in the internet, as many others do the same. (You can see the reuse/relicense notice in the video's description box.)

[@TheMan-qw1js]

@@suzannes5888 wtf is you talkin bout

[@TheMan-qw1js]

bro swear i was thinking the same thing

[@peterjongsma2779]

@@TheMan-qw1js It's interesting information. Thank you Suzanne. Stay ignorant you dumb critics.

[@TheMan-qw1js]

@@peterjongsma2779 no im asking why randomly just comment tht it was weird i thought it would relate to the intial comment but it didnt

[@brandons5479]

The FBI goes a whole month clueless and then realizes the guys wallet is missing... anyone else think that was odd?

[@lindaarrington9397]

yep me

[@harrybriscoe7948]

Not a crime but ... In the battle of Stalingrad the Russians encircled the Avis army . It took a few week for some to order the telephone line to Germany to be cut . This mistake was so stupid the Germans were convinced the Russians left the lines up so they can listen in on them

[@caasholikeyou8434]

Was old days those days doesn't take time

[@patriciajrs46]

There was too much information at the scene, in two or three rooms. The wallet just came about later.

[@Susanviolet3322]

Not odd. They’re humans so they miss details. There was a lot to process

[@qtbeddecor]

How do criminals/killers get to play let's make a deal? 🤔🤔

[@GMSKYWATCHER]

BOTTOM LINE IS NEVER TRUST ANYONE! ESPECIALLY SOME RANDOM PEOPLE COMING TO YOU, ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE ARMED AND VERY DANGEROUS! YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HEAD OF SOMEONE.

[@stevenliebhauser9937]

A

[@inkyguy]

Armed and very dangerous, which America is more than any democracy in the world, has made us the most dangerous and violent democracy in the world. Arming ourselves is obviously not only not working, it is failing.

[@Bigand788]

Very good police work the best one I’ve seen on the show

[@charleslee1960]

They forgot their knife sheaves and saw the cops

[@braeutchen41]

@Raphael I'm 75 .....when I was in grade school, people locked their door if they were leaving or laying down to take a nap......otherwise, U may be mixing up a cake in the kitchen and the neighbor across the street walks into ur front door.. thru the living room. And dining room and into the kitchen where u are baking and says , " what are YOU up to?"........yep... .most times calling to u from the front door...."hey, its Wanda, Where are you?"......😊

[@realdluvchrist5447]

Thanks ! ♥️

[@elizemuller5065]

2 youths with good, solid backgrounds and resources and they still turned out to be psychopaths! What a horrific crime. (I have never seen so many bald investigators in one episode!)

[@mack8488]

The bald and the beautifull

[@mack8488]

I dont think you know HOW solid actually...look at alex murdaugh they seem solid yeah..psychopathy can be in the dna

[@malachibridges5]

It’s worrisome that so many people, including the episode commentators referred to these thugs as “bored, clean-cut youth” from respectable families. Such positive adjectives to describe such heartless and ruthless killers. And I can guess why. Just an observation.

[@fredwamalwa7231]

pathetic how prosecution does plea business with accomplices purporting to have taken a lesser assignment in the murders just for a testimony😎 murders should never be released back into society☝️

[@shuri.ken6]

looks like we've got ourselves a sesquipedalian 🙄🙄🙄

[@tammyandersonparker3068]

Yes, why would they need a frikkin’ plea deal? Obviously they were both there to kill and why second degree murder? Should be premeditated capital murder, first degree murder while committing a robbery!

[@ICE-COOL-RANGER]

Well said Fred Wamalwa!!

[@M54B30_fan]

Because they wanted to get the first degree murder conviction. They needed to know what happened

[@inkyguy]

That is essentially the policy in the U.S. with the harshest and longest sentences in the developed world, including life without parole and the ever popular death penalty. The problem is that it does not work. All of the EU and Commonwealth countries, like the U.K., Canada, and Australia, release murderers who are no longer considered a threat. Given their ages both of these two offenders would likely qualify to be released after about 20 years. These countries also have strong rehabilitation programs. Only criminals considered to still be a danger to society are kept beyond their mandatory sentence. The recidivism rate of these nations is 1/3 (or less!) than that of the U.S. So America can take pride that we lock them away and throw away the key. (At $40,000 a year per prisoner on average. It gets much, much more expensive as they age.) However, our moral certitude and satisfaction at punishing them not only doesn’t make us safer, but rather it actually makes us a more dangerous country in which more people are hurt and killed.

[@ezekielmercier-kohr7380]

“Do you have any type of footwear? Shoes, boots, anything like that?” Wtf 😂 Do YOu WeAr SHoeS???

[@Lowe_Belowe]

Always a good episode when you see mr. new yawk

[@ahmedrefaat1086]

Never open your door for a stranger !!

[@kathleendavidson5884]

They Both should have got life without parole.

[@hardcandy921]

I'm concerned that the most dangerous one got the lighter sentence. He who talks first, gets the deal. The more cunning person may have done the calculation and figured he'd throw the other under the bus for a much lighter sentence. It was chilling to hear that James Parker expressed no remorse or emotion during the confession, at 16 years old! We should all look him up to know what he looks like now. They should have been tried together and should have received the same sentence.

[@hardcandy921]

I just looked it up, and the Wikipedia page notes that "During the sentencing hearing, Parker wept and expressed remorse during his apology for his part in the killings," so maybe what he did had hit home for him. Who knows. (Or he was sad about being sentenced...)

[@youngdkout]

Hardy candy I agree with you

[@youngdkout]

They should receive the same sentence

[@lindaarrington9397]

agree hes evil

[@patriciajrs46]

Yes, they should have.

[@rohitshahi5628]

From land of Everest, Nepal

[@gonefishing167]

Australian grandma here 👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@noordinyusufaly8465]

The commitment of these FBI is commendable. Makes me proud to call myself an American 🇺🇸 ❤️

[@charleslee1960]

Itz a double edged sword

[@charleslee1960]

@Hush.. What does that mean?

[@sludge4125]

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@sludge4125]

@feelinCrazzy Don’t hate me cause I’m beautiful.

[@andymcneil6568]

Great post. Fascinating what the brain gets people to do.

[@danielodonnell8998]

society failing is the issue

[@MrMarek19]

That s you never let people you dont know in house never.... Evil Boys evil Boys

[@ramaat2731]

I don't even let people I know in my house 😂

[@inkyguy]

@@ramaat2731, America the land of estrangement, strangers, loneliness, and one of the highest suicide rates in the world.

[@belleepoque2544]

Oh my god, I'm 16 turning 17 this year.....What sort of depraved monster can kill not just one, but two human beings?

[@VincentWilliams007]

And they destroyed years of knowledge.

[@inkyguy]

The “depraved monster” is called a human being. It exists in most of us, if not in fact in all of us, though it manifests almost entirely in men. We’ve been at it for millennia and we reward those who do it at the behest of their country.

[@traybern]

It was ONE EACH!!!

[@meenarobertson4919]

Det. Mark too another good looking detective incharge...wow...very focused n brilliant

[@georgehill3087]

Imagine this happened nowadays, good luck tracking down all the Amazon sales.

[@psearle4655]

The cops know they did it - have them in custody and release them without placing a tail on them. Lucky no one else got hurt.

[@ibnsabah4805]

RIP Jim..

[@amadujalloh6287]

FBI fill best KZbin channel ever

[@anthonygithu8044]

Watching from Nairobi Kenya 🇰🇪

[@anthonygithu8044]

@The Crime Files right away