This Serial Killer Picked His Victims From Newspaper Ads | Bobby Long: Evil Killers | Absolute Crime

In this episode of World's Most Evil Killers, the crimes of Bobby Joe Long are put under the microscope. One of Florida's most prolific serial killers throughout the early 1980s, Long became known as the "Classified Ad Killer" as he shopped through the local PennySaver paper to pick his victims.
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[@Xombiegrl]

I met him around the time he first moved to Tampa. He was a regular customer where I worked. I saw him around 3 times a week for 8 months. He was quiet, but didn't seem especially creepy. But when he asked another customer for a date she declined and said she got "bad vibes". It was very surreal serving him breakfast one morning and watching him get arrested on the news that evening.

[@user-wh6sp6st8s]

I was born in Tampa. My first house when I was a baby was about 2 stoplights away from where this guy operated. It's crazy how many people walk among us that are absolute psychos.

[@realtalkwithLorin]

He was executed in 2019. May he rot in hell.

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

Remember there's two sides to every story!☝️☝️

[@rav..]

really?@@JohnnyDanger36963

[@ObeDadas]

It’s interesting to me how the black teenager was characterised as troublesome & ‘going back into the business. ‘. And the adult Caucasian lady, was shown empathy by being characterised as a victim of her drug addiction.

[@lovepet4565]

I remember this It scared me from ever using the newspapers to post anything on it

[@DirkDiggler1620]

Lisa McVay outsmarted him and saved so many lives.

[@lindadaniels0725]

I was born and raised in Tampa Florida & I remember this like it was yesterday. I swear MOST serial killers somehow are always from or live in Florida….

[@nubfisher5686]

Yes! And wrestlers

[@WifeBoris-hk3hz]

Easy to verify that's not true, you're being ridiculous. You SEE all the serial killers in the FL cases because you're IN FL. They happen everywhere. Americans are such idiots. 🙄

[@stevenwitmer5555]

California too

[@MMAFan20]

And Seattle

[@birdman7687]

“ he was killing his mother”.. Ed Kemper said the same thing about his

[@gillgetter3004]

One sick SOB feel sorry for his victims and their familys

[@zwatwashdc]

Mothers *should* take care of their children. Humans do not develop well without proper care, love and protection.

[@HerzogVonMartian]

Even if they still ended up screwed up, then the mother would have seen it and warned authorities and get the boy/girl proper help.

[@secularapple]

Children should have a social safety net. Without one, your words are performative at best.

[@zwatwashdc]

@@secularapple the video made is sound like it was unreasonable to have expected his mother to have taken better care of him. If we have a society where we expect children to thrive on being raised by daycare and public school, then we get the ‘citizens’ we deserve.

[@secularapple]

@@zwatwashdc In other words, you don't care about children.

[@alisonbarrett3379]

Once again, not even a thought given to the responsibilities of the father. Had he been there, that may have changed everything.

[@agems56]

The more I watch, the more I love my dog

[@AishaBiinu-nu6bg]

He never hated the father who abandoned him but instead the mother who tried to mother him and live her life at the same time? Someone please make me understand this

[@anthonyhomesly950]

Mother him and live her life? That's not what happened, she just was trying to hoe around, was bringing randoms home, leaving him home alone and then kicking him out of the room so she can get some. She neglected him and his dad left him most likely bc he had a kid with a 304. He probably developed more hate for her bc he only had 1 incident to get over with his dad which was leaving. He had a new incident daily to deal with with his mother who simultaneously clearly was not taking care of him since she can't be in two places at once n she spent most of her time bartending and then hooking up with bar patrons

[@boblongdickder6178]

The electric chair doesn't care what you look like.

[@j.b.4340]

@8:26, Long did NOT have Klinefelter syndrome (xxy), he likely had Jacob’s syndrome (xyy). They have similar physical characteristics, like gynecomastia, but very different psychosocial/behavioral manifestations. Xxy are almost always sterile, while Xyy are frequently fertile. Long produced offspring, and behaved more like an Xyy, than Xxy. Long’s other issues made him a killer.

[@anthonyhomesly950]

So you haven't seen a test or medical records but you know better than those who have?

[@MrSllowMo]

Well from everything we’ve heard, sounds like this was the start of many mental issues so I’d say it certainly plays a part in his behavior.

[@gingw7333]

"He'd be dead. I'd be in jail. Who's going to raise the kids?" I wonder how many of us DA victims escaped being a murderer for that very reason?

[@The_Real_Mier]

Not only DA victims. Think about the parent of a child that is a victim of SA where the perpetrator is known, yet not arrested/convicted (f.e. because there was not enough evidence). Many will say “if you touch my child, I will….” But the same thing is true is such cases, especially when there is only one parent: “Who will be there for my kid, if I am in jail…?”

[@WifeBoris-hk3hz]

She was letting her kids be raised by a violent abuser. That shows she's as bad as him.

[@zachramsay9287]

​@@WifeBoris-hk3hz horrible take

[@wendymoyer782]

​@@WifeBoris-hk3hz not just a horrible take, horribly outdated and supremely ignorant and uninformed as well.

[@athena8729]

There's so much more to the story of the girl he let go. There's a movie about it.

[@lauriedavis4985]

What's the name of the movie?

[@JoyceDawn100]

@@lauriedavis4985 I am not sure name of movie... She is a Police Officer now & there are interviews of her on youtube. Worth watching!

[@annika_panicka]

@@lauriedavis4985 "Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey" (2018)

[@judylopez4008]

Yay, thanks.....xx

[@JoyceDawn100]

@@annika_panicka Thank you for taking the time to let us know the name of her story!

[@msihlpat717]

@12:22 This dude was allowed to masturbate while in the hospital? People had so much freedom back then.

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

Not only that,the nurses would take photos. Bobby wuz a Stud!

[@carterzealand5423]

and there it is again! traumatic brain injuries are a common denominator of so many killers

[@cynthiapereira8403]

There’s more that can and needs to be done to treat these brain injuries.

[@kRomani-gh4ws]

​@@cynthiapereira8403most if not all are born with brain defects that says killer and rapist at birth

[@j.b.4340]

And growing tumors, like that university tower shooter in Texas.

[@WifeBoris-hk3hz]

Excuses, excuses, excuses.

[@CsuarezFla]

That and a fucked up childhood and a psychopath for a mother.

[@switchbackimage5966]

Now, I'm embarrassed for not calling cops on him. My self esteem is shot, while he would push me so hard I would bang my head on the floor/street.

[@Tata-bd9nx]

🤔🤔

[@thomasmcclenan1776]

LISA MCVEY HELPED SAVE MANY MORE LIVES AND NOW SHE HERSELF IS AN OFFICER OF THE LAW

[@flynnlivescmd]

* Hears Narrator's voice* NOPE! done.

[@neoepicurean3772]

He died in 2019

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

Have you been to his museum.?

[@laurieszumila8836]

I cant get the criminology persons hair out of my mind 😂

[@DickDickstein]

Which one? they are all crazy. The woman with the Lego Lil' Witch/Chucky Doll hair? 🤣

[@trishabygrave2691]

Took me a while to guess that the narrator was saying Hialeah High School 😂

[@asill.6668]

😂😂😂

[@garyloyd1559]

Fry the guy!

[@jessiealameda1377]

My aunt was picked up by this guy when he first started killing. She was convinced he didn't kill her because she had bright red hair.

[@carolrashee6346]

Poor women

[@lylenewton5381]

He was executed

[@poetcomic1]

Not to mention fifty women out there perhaps fearful and damaged for life by his brutal rapes.

[@MrMalvolio29]

How was Long financially supporting himself AND (presumably) paying his ex-wife child support? From his Army pension alone? Was he capable of being disciplined enough to be employed?

[@prettisessor1355]

He worked at a hospital and on a cruise ship

[@LastAvailableAlias]

BTK had a family, worked for his church and had a town job. John Wayne Gacy ran his own business.

[@prettisessor1355]

@@LastAvailableAlias That's right 👍

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

He sold skulls to occult secret societies for 5000 a pop.

[@Xombiegrl]

I knew him. He behaved normally enough to hold a regular job.

[@Texas_Made_]

Oh boy🙅🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@markholbrook3949]

He was executed in 2019...

[@markzucker3949]

21 second point is a classic Japanese made roadbike... Bridgestone

[@user-kx7cm2tk9z]

Blame is strictly on the individuals who choose to end someones life ,it's the killers stories no one knows the actual truth

[@susanwilliams4953]

Horrific evil, may the women rest peacefully.

[@ghostm4390]

I wish I could enter this mans brain to fully understand why he did, what he had done.

[@aweewa5659]

Evil spirit of Satan.

[@mf.danger9235]

@@aweewa5659 satan never did anything wrong, he is way more chill than god. That dude killed all the first born baby boys in egypt at one point, among many other horrific things.

[@lrnr466]

​@mf.danger9235 yeah from recollection in the Bible all Satan did was try to convince Jesus to give up on the 40 day trials. Didn't kill a single human soul according to scripture lol and also lead eve to eat the apple.

[@WifeBoris-hk3hz]

Even when psychos give their "reasons" for what they do, it's always something stupid, mostly they lie and play the victim. They just do it because they want to. All men have these feelings toward women, because religion trains them to hate women from birth. All religion. Don't squwak, you know I'm right. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@MamiOf3kids]

​@NeverWalkAlone31The cell? Is that a biblical movie?

[@desertstar223]

Same video from a while back. Different title. All channels owned by Little Dot Studios channels are doing this. This one, Wonder, Spark, Mayday Air Disaster (there may be others) They do not create new content. They just re-upload. One video on Mayday Air Disaster has been uploaded SIX times! It's disgusting. Other creators have to work to produce new content to earn some ad revenue. This foosl just re-upload multiple times and smile all the way to the bank. You Tube does NOTHING to stop this dishonest practice.

[@sparkles8344]

Thank you for telling us this. I saw your comment right after starting video. I stopped and will not watch channel again.

[@Michael-tz2lo]

V. 😢. I..

[@stevewheatley243]

You're absolutely right,but it does no good to complain. They don't care if you go braindead from repetition.

[@SquareboxxStudio]

True!

[@dannysee1]

I don’t buy anything from KZbin, so it’s all free for me.

[@jennystoker6483]

Head injuries can make so the individual can't make logical or rational decisions. So, him hating the mother that, in his mind, pushed him aside many times so that she could have sex, not just warped his thinking of women but sex.

[@amybumgarner8219]

Dr Yardley Really needs to do something with her hair. Js...

[@deealex1402]

wish they would stop comparing these monsters to animals... animals are better than humans. they dont do these things.

[@lunaheavens0820]

Doesn't like garlic?@?! Immediate red flag

[@Truck7983]

Maaaaaan I'm tired of these same old videos with new titles.smh.

[@mf.danger9235]

Its not new content its just rehosting old video files from an old tv show

[@BigOlSpiderMonkey]

They said sex 2 times per day like it's the most extreme thing 😂

[@lrnr466]

Its crazy how many comments are blaming the mom. Making the child sleep on a couch so she could have alone time with a man is not abuse. Physically, verbally and sexually abusing him would be fucked up but she did nothing of the sort. A bunch of man childs need to learn to grow up

[@bigbadbubba099]

These are all very old stories done over and over.😢

[@Highheels4ever]

I think that the many falls and head injuries that Bobby Long suffered when growing, was a major factor that contributed to his violent behavior. Also, the loath he had for his mother bringing men into the home, was a factor that motivated him to hate all women; the mother’s behavior with men growing up didn’t help him at all. Things happen for a reason, there is no such thing as ”coincidence,” and serial killers have their own reasons unique to each one of them to become murderers. Either they are born like that, or external factors like the environment where they live made them serial killers. From another point of view, a “bad soul” ingrained in him as a baby before being born; or the scientific point of view where serial killers are born with “defective genes” due to “mutations” that happen to the fetus inside the mother’s body before they are born. That’s my theory and what I believe. But whatever causes it is, that doesn’t give the right to an individual to kill others. Either these serial killers are confined to live in a mental asylum where they can get treatment, not cured, since mental illness or mental defects have no cure so far; or killers without any mental illnesses are incarcerated in prison for their lifetime to avoid the killing of more innocent people in society. No matter how you look at them and their reasons, it is very sad.

[@WifeBoris-hk3hz]

Excuses, excuses, excuses. You're telling on yourself, trying to justify his crimes. 🧐

[@MrMalvolio29]

I realise that DNA fingerprinting was just getting off the ground as a forensic tool in the mid-1980’s, the first conviction for rape relying on DNA evidence having been secured in Leicester in the UK by Dr Alec Jeffreys in 1986. I was simply wondering if the great effort made by the victim Long released to leave her forensic “markings” all over Long’s home could have been used for DNA fingerprinting at that time. I would imagine not. Conservative FL tends to be slow in recognising the usefulness and validity of new investigative methods.

[@The_Real_Mier]

I don’t think she was intentionally leaving DNA markings, but rather ‘just’ fingerprints. Those were of course used way earlier than DNA.

[@pale_saint]

Yes if only FLA was a liberal purgatory!

[@badazzbarbiePOV]

@@pale_sainti mean at this point we’d settle for people who understand SCIENCE 😂 STRAW FOR BRAINS . by the way when ever they’re flooded and are BEGGING for federal funds they get real liberal then

[@AllTheCritters]

To use DNA you have to have something to compare it to. If the killer’s DNA is not on file in a data base, there is no way to tell who the DNA belongs to. Even if it is proved that DNA all came from the same person, that won’t tell you WHO that person is. Today, with websites like Ancestry, there is better likelihood of linking DNA to a family, which can narrow things down. But you still need to collect DNA from a suspect to nail it down.

[@WifeBoris-hk3hz]

🙄 she was leaving her literal fingerprints, not "dna fingerprints", have you always been so stupid? 😳

[@jonathandoe2316]

Women don't understand or even care the way they effect their son's. Dahmer, Bundy, Lucas, Kemper. There mother's left a Huge negative impact. I see this all the time with young women.

[@raullruizz3883]

1970s dreams Im gonna marry my HS friend, be married for 60 years Im gonna get a job at the gas station near my house Whooooooooaaa slow down guys hahahha Definitely have to believe in a second life to waste your "first life" like that hahah

[@melissafauntleroy7888]

I'm sorry but the female doctors hair is distracting who botched it but this is a sad story u never know who u have married but those poor women people aren't concerned because they are prostitutes they call them throw aways because of the way they live their lives but they came from broken homes no family or other problems but they are people humans period they have a voice too

[@randalljones8717]

Liz Yardley I love you

[@avichayavichay3797]

Is in he'll now

[@jiasenghe008]

A sad tale of a boy who was made into a mysogenist by his mom. Not born that way.

[@The_Real_Mier]

Wrong.

[@kRomani-gh4ws]

Born killer

[@lrnr466]

Bro his mom didn't even mistreat him that bad. Make him sleep on the couch so she could have alone time with a man? How is that mistreatment? Mistreatment would be verbally, physically and sexually abusing him. It's crazy how many comments are blaming the mom. A bunch of man childs

[@mickeybarton9077]

To have these talking heads give their opinions which are like rear ends we all have one thumbs down

[@mattosullivan9687]

Falling off a swing, falling down stairs, getting thrown from a horse. Any witnesses besides mom?

[@TerryFord-sr9nr]

All ur doing is changing the title every week! Please post new videos, please!!!

[@SaneTXJane]

🤔What a curious thing to say @Terry….

[@SaneTXJane]

Yes, some videos are shown more than once but they don’t change their title (then again I might be wrong😮)!

[@Sncedayone]

Your wrong. They just play the same shit and change title to try and get views

[@astrohaterade]

Agreed

[@amyrudolph3932]

​@@SncedayoneI WAAAAAH quit watchin n u wont be WHINING

[@Texas_Made_]

QUIT WITH THE REPEATS😮😮😮😮

[@delta1symons]

He didn't like garlic??? VAMPIRE!!!!! 😂😂😂😂 People who don't like garlic are sus to me!!!!! Lol

[@johnwayne3085]

7:44 So the boy was crazy to want a mother who stayed out of bars, didn't dress smutty and didn't sleep around and not the Mom for being a slut. Ok!

[@LastAvailableAlias]

Most kids who don't get enough attention don't become serial killer sadists. The mom also had to work a lot. 5:46

[@gggood9575]

El sensacionalismo del narrador, su emocionalidad, destruye la historia. Imposible escuchar.

[@wendyspangler4824]

I’m sorry just my opinion but.. the narrator is too much. Over the top to make the point the person is horrible. Also all the experts say the same thing. As I said just my opinion.

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

FREE BOBBY JOE LONG 2024!!

[@vedadmuric7807]

Bro is dead

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

@@vedadmuric7807 BOBBY WILL NEVER DIE,HE IS ALIVE FOREVER WITH THE GODS!!°°°°

[@vedadmuric7807]

@@JohnnyDanger36963 What are you smoking

[@MerleLove-tz9uy]

One thing I know, I no all the girls last name. There to many videos out there in the Web World 🌍🌍😁🌍😁

[@AstronomyGuru84]

I hope this doesn't sound like victim blaming. If I knew that women were being murdered in the area I wouldn't be getting into a vehicle with a man I didn't know. Seems like common sense to me.

[@lrnr466]

Yeah unfortunately prostitutes don't really have a choice. I don't think pimps really care whats going on as long as they are getting money. If they were smart they would hire protection for them. Plus if your not bringing money to them your as good as dead to them anyway

[@SWNelson7]

“Victim blaming” was made up, probably by the CIA lol, to keep you from saying simple truths. People are on here saying SA and grape when we all know exactly what’s meant by it. Soo, that’s draconian.. ANYWAY- peace.

[@WifeBoris-hk3hz]

Why do you "hope it doesn't sound like victim blaming" when that's exactly what it is? You are part of the problem.

[@HerzogVonMartian]

it is amazing how the adult female created a monster who committed serial murder against women and instead of shaming and blaming the mother they make it seem like the serial killer's resentment and conservative views are the problem. What an crazy way to swing responsibility from the Mother to the Child.

[@grantmoe9535]

he was a fully grown man when he committed these crimes, capable of making his own decisions.

[@HerzogVonMartian]

@@grantmoe9535 Your comment doesn't add or refute anything. But why would you excuse a Mother who abuses her child tho?

[@grantmoe9535]

@@HerzogVonMartian it actually directly refutes your point that his mother was somehow responsible for the murders he decided to commit. maybe i should blame and shame your mother for not teaching you how to read properly.

[@-HeyLyd-]

​@@HerzogVonMartianWho's excusing the mother? Every criminal has parents they can blame. I'm sure his mother had her own parents she could blame. None of this negates each individual's personal responsibility for their choices.

[@HerzogVonMartian]

@@-HeyLyd- I clearly explained who I am blaming for what and who is omitting i.e. negating the responsibility of the mother. Now, if me saying "the mother is a woman" makes you think "oh well he must therefore mean the son is not a woman" you are committing a non-sequitur fallacy. Doesn't mean the son isn't a man, but you cannot deduce this from my statement. Anyways you repeat the sentiment put forth by another commenter and seeing how I already addressed their nonsensical irrelevant comment as being irrelevant and asked a question that I never got an answer to, how about you answer the question? Here answer this: "Why would you excuse a Mother who abuses her child tho?"

[@bobbierobinson6269]

He had old-fashioned views of women, not conservative. There are many women who also have that view, but it's hard to live that dream. I feel sorry for the young boy he was, but that doesn't mean he wasn't evil.

[@Ironturbine]

True, manson's mother was a prostitute. It damages a young boy (no excuse).

[@lindsay5348]

Always starts at home

[@pale_saint]

Could the narrator do a tad bit more pretentious voice?

[@daryldixon3685]

It’s a Conservative view to think women are caregivers? I’m not Conservative and think that women are naturally better caregivers...

[@AutisticBearLover]

I think it’s more of “oh woman are *only* supposed to be this and that is it and nothing else!” Kind of thoughts.

[@pale_saint]

Yea but there had to be some liberal weirdo shitting on Conservatives

[@badazzbarbiePOV]

working women has always been a progressive view

[@bobbierobinson6269]

Everything has to be political. It's not a conservative view, it's just how some people feel. It's like stating that the opposite is a liberal view, which is kinda true, it's not always. Either way, I wouldn't worry about it too much. People shouldn't bother with the little things.

[@WifeBoris-hk3hz]

Women are not natrurally caregivers, gender roles are forced on them, they have no choice, and women abuse & kill their kids as often as men, not "natural caregivers" AT ALL, stop perpetuating false stereotypes, you are part of the problem. 🙄

[@sammyfayez3363]

These documentaries are excellent with the exception of that droopy eyed annoying British bird whos always crying about misogyny

[@kewGarden]

He wasn't Evil. He was a man.

[@jillianpw9789]

Huh? 🤔 ummm ok 🙄

[@kewGarden]

@@jillianpw9789 Try reading a little harder.

[@jillianpw9789]

@@kewGarden okay, now that I’ve read “ a little harder “ 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 how again is this man NOT evil?

[@kewGarden]

@@jillianpw9789 That's not what I said.

[@mf.danger9235]

they are implying that all men are evil, not realizing this man had high estrogen count because he had two X chromosomes and one , He literally had to have his tits removed@@jillianpw9789

[@jordanthomson8675]

This is why I don’t like this crime show channel you guys on just as bad as bbc you guys try and manipulate the viewer to see how you guys see him instead of letting the viewer come to their own ideas.

[@crakka5150]

Absolute worse narrator to have for this type of content. I made it 3min in

[@n_baileyname2698]

I had absolutely no issue with the narrator at all. I don't know what was so horrible that you could only tune in for 3 minutes.

[@crakka5150]

@@n_baileyname2698 ever seen the movie, “Natural Born Killers”, written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Oliver Stone? The narrator on this sounds EXACTLY like Robert Downey Jr.’s character and is just too uppity sounding and doesn’t seem like a good fit for a murderous crime documentary

[@aberish]

Don’t watch this this greedy man here who posted this video is playing 32 commercials 32 commercials so waste of time

[@MMAFan20]

You're the cheap one who can't subscribe to KZbin premium. I didn't see a single ad

[@lindsay5348]

An animal ????? No its called monster 👿