The Pike County Massacre | Full Episode | Hometown Tragedy: A True-Crime Series | Very Local

In April 2016, seven members of the Rhoden family were found dead across three properties on the same street, with the final victim discovered later the same day. Three small children, including a days-old newborn, were found alive at the crime scenes.
The methodical nature of the killings left residents wondering who could have possibly carried out these brutal crimes and if they would strike again.
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[@kenn1936]

A custody battle!!! What did they achieve?? The poor girl now has no one!! No parents or grandparents, uncles or aunts!! One family dead and one family in prison. What is wrong with people?? Just share custody like every other family who are separated/divorced. In the end children grow up so quickly this little girl is going to be 20, 30, 40...etc while her Dad rots in prison. Crazy!!

[@Kitty.57]

Pray for healing in Jesus Christ name praise him

[@VioletJoy]

Totally senseless.

[@VioletJoy]

@@Kitty.57 Sorry to say, but "Jesus" watched every single one of those people being murdered and did nothing to stop it or protect those children from witnessing it and suffering the consequences.

[@eilihfitzgerald7082]

Exactly, what was all this for. So so sad RIP to all the victims.

[@roryalgate872]

Very easy to sit back and say that.... but custody battles are brutal.... and I can tell you if my wife stopped me from seeing my baby it wouldnt end well.... Never ever get between a mother or father from seeing there babies.... it will end very very badly everytime.

[@PiXie232]

What I will never understand is how NEVER ONCE, one of the Wagners *ever* stopped and said “You know what, murdering 8 people is probably not the best way to go about a custody case.. we shouldn’t go through with this..” Instead, they ALL went through with this ghastly plan! It’s extremely rare that a group of this size collectively agrees to something so heinous- especially over something of this nature. There’s clearly something wrong with the entire Wagner family. There was obviously a reason why that child wasn’t going to be allowed to stay in the care of the father- he clearly has a few screws loose, and the judge obviously could tell as well. Such a tragic case. An entire extended family just wiped from the face of the earth. Absolutely heartbreaking.💔

[@norran3830]

Maybe someone in the family did said that and she or he ended up dead too.

[@GrowingwithAnastasia]

There’s a podcast on this case and they speculated that this family was basically a small-scale cult. Which would explain why they all went in on this plan

[@justshay]

Crime Family

[@Dane3804]

That's a very good point. Usually it's cult type groups of people that commit murders as a group as part of a pact or brainwashing type of coercion.

[@obeyyah2520]

The ancestors of these beast agreed to slavery. So what's new about the crimes of these embeds? Nothing new under the sun!!!

[@deborahsunflower939]

Tell me why these absolute monsters thought they deserved custody?!

[@judybrown1810]

Maybe want them for the wrong reason.

[@abriah.j6720]

Because they didn’t think she deserved to have custody. She was moving on with her life and they obviously couldn’t accept that.

[@travelerforever8849]

class of ego...they hate to lose so they choose murder as the easy way out..

[@peachesandqueen]

Because they were mad Hannah had her life together and was a successful worker and a really good mom. She was working at a nursing home but I think trying to go to school for nursing. She really was making good money and was just being a mom at home every night .

[@SS11660]

It was about the momma wanting control of those children, in my opinion

[@jabrams875]

I'm angry that the two grandmothers got off so lightly. They absolutely knew what was going on and were morally obligated to go to the authorities. The mother only getting 30 years is BS as well. I haven't heard much of the background on this case, but I suspect that she was the one pushing to get custody of her grandchild. I'm the biggest feminist in town and I believe that those three were every bit as guilty as the men.

[@jaceymonroe8561]

I completely agree! 30 years isn't enough and I'm hoping more people come clean that the grandmother knew what was going on! How could she not?

[@myfaveyoutube]

You want to "get off" with the grandmas

[@almilhouse9059]

it's usually a woman that causes men to murder.... look at all the shootings out in public, it's usually a woman egging them on

[@pamelafulks582]

Morally obligated ??They massacre 8 people and leave 3 children with dead bodies.....thinking there are NO morals.These people are pure evil. The little girl's grandmother planned and initiated the massacre.

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

All moral authority is out the window with this family.

[@tipsysmichigander6483]

A custody battle that literally lead to every single person the child should've grown up with to no longer be in the child's life. What is wrong with the way people comprehend and think?

[@justadildeau]

Women need to stop using kids ass paycheck or as pawns

[@galady8632]

A narcissist believes they are right and everyone that disagrees with them are either stupid or conspiring against them. Either way narcissist behavior rarely includes sensible thinking. A narcissist somehow tends to believe they did/do/will not do any wrong. They rationalize their every thought and action. It is true evil in the flesh.

[@christoffesedao3579]

That’s the mindset of jealousy. If “we” can’t have her then you can’t have her either.

[@jritechnology]

I asked my ex that 20 times and all she ever did was block me. People are garbage, including her and me, depending on who you ask. It isn't the people, it's society.

[@donkeypunchout]

Something similar happened where i live a man shot and killed his ex in a McDonald's parking lot when he was dropping the kid back off to his ex all because of child support and custody..i get that in some of these situations when the man gets railroaded paying child support and barely gets to see the kid it hurts..i seen it so many times were the woman stops working because of how much money the man is ordered to pay that is not support that is on another level and people snap because of it..the man cant pay his bills anymore because he is paying all of the ex's bills and more its child support not you pay for everything for you and her and then you get hardly anytime with the kids on top of it..i seen a split custody almost 51% woman 49% man and he still had to pay 1200 a month all because of 1% that is ridiculous and people dont get why this stuff happens..i guarantee if it was truly evenly balanced this would rarely happen but until that day comes this will continue to happen unfortunately..

[@jeffjeannette9364]

How they thought they would ever get away with this is baffling to me. You took eight lives in a part of the country where everyone knows everyone. And for what?

[@Tipperary757]

They fled to Alaska for a couple of years. That must haven been the getaway plan.

[@aevans3697]

I swear nothing bothered me more than the long wait of not knowing and even more the reason why it was done to begin with!

[@nabiyahyahsharel1581]

Why! Does it bother you that millions of black people were slaughtered massively and the blood runs deep on the soles of the United States smh...

[@Daash27]

Child custody

[@victoriagraham6470]

8 people dead over a baby. Holy Hell, the Warners need Death Penalty.

[@wolfmama7879]

It sounds like a hit to me

[@angelamccrackin5243]

The long wait was nessecery....

[@lilvirgo7]

All of these people all need to be in jail for life without the possibility of parole. I get so annoyed with all these "deals" being given out. Smh

[@browniehendricks3726]

I agree

[@hollymccurry0132]

Alot of deals that are given in these cases are also discussed with the victims family. Sometimes deals are given so they can find bodies and just know the truth. But it is crazy how deals are worked out, I will agree with for sure

[@EJ-74]

I haven't even watched this yet but I can already see the kangaroo court system failed the victims miserable 🤦

[@angelamccrackin5243]

I agree the end result in court rarely makes us happy but we do have to make deals with Judius Escariot in order to get Saten...

[@vanessastevens10]

@@browniehendricks3726 ii

[@redmanish]

It’s scary how many mothers are assaulted or killed during divorce and/or custody hearings by ex-partners. This is a disturbing trend, obviously taken to the extreme in this case. That other family is pure evil.

[@bodybong]

It's amazing how many women kill their husbands for another man or life insurance money

[@madesimple101]

DV cases are rarely prosecuted. It does not seem to matter - one is permitted to beat, stalk, harrass their significant other, spouse, etc. and the "defendants" know this so the violence continues. When a victim attempts to follow through with the charges, their testimony is thrown out on technicalities. The system is set up to protect the abuser and the victim knows this...and yet they stay because they know if they don't execute a plan well in advance to protect themselves and their kids, they may die or be severely injured. PATHETIC!!

[@trippen4391]

Don’t forget fathers too lmao they just don’t say anything, like myself…

[@Brandon_093]

@@trippen4391 sorry to hear that. It’s ashame people hardly acknowledge the men that go through dv.

[@daniellealbano980]

I'm tired of being scared to be a female. This is BS! The assailants shouldn't have more protections and rights then their innocent victims. Wtf is wrong with law enforcement and our judicial system?!?!?!? Every Wagner involved should be either put to death or put in prison for life with no possibility of parole. Pure evil "human beings"

[@Elee90Jess]

I've never heard of this tragic senseless horrific crime . It will be a very long time before I forget, if I ever do . I cannot imagine how their town and county feel. Heartbreaking. Thanks for covering

[@provinginsanity]

We are still in shock in our little area. It was just so sad and senseless and scary and there is very clearly more going on than the authorities are telling anyone but there's nothing we can do or say because it's all the "good ol boys" working the case. It's crazy that now one of the guys being charged is in even more trouble because his own mom and brother who are also charged are going to testify to get the death penalty for him. His own mom and brother... They clearly don't care about anyone or anything except "winning" that custody case. It wasn't about weed.

[@misstruboyzrc]

@@provinginsanity didn’t they say the younger one agreed to testify against everyone as long as the death penalty was off the table for them? Is that not true?

[@ronclifford3336]

@@misstruboyzrc Thats the deal the youngest one made. This case has had several setbacks, thats probably why it hasnt completed yet?

[@metalbarbie7226]

I remember hearing about these murders was on our news stations in Michigan

[@Beaumo66]

It was a dark time here for a long time, still when it's mentioned it stings. I went to school in Pike County and knew a lot of people, still do.. My Sister was in school on this day and before anything hit the news, Law enforcement was in the school Questioning any kids that could have or did have run ins or just some silly little fights with Christopher Rhoden that day.. Just any kind of answers because in their mind, the gunman was still active and could have been anywhere. Felt for a long time the people who did this to this family were never going to be caught, and some of us would try to investigate on our own! realizing how scared people were to even say anything at all. Think we were all looking for the answers for The family and our own safety to.. Even in the county over where I was living at the time, It shook us all.

[@penelopelopez8296]

I remember this. It was all over custody of a child. Goes to show the extent of evil that exists in this world.

[@e.abrahamovich8981]

Is it true that crack and meth plays a big part

[@VioletJoy]

I remember hearing about this brutal family murder several years ago before the guilty pleas. What an utterly senseless tragedy. My heart goes out to everyone who lost their lives, the children who witnessed it, the family and friends left behind, and the hurting community. 💔💔💔

[@LostInThe0zone]

It's been a long time coming. I give credit to the authorities who spent all the time to carefully collect the evidence and bring some justice to the community.

[@cmclayton1986]

A custody battle means you wipe out 8 family members? Come on now. That was done out of pure hatred.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Control and entitlement. Period.

[@babygirl1755]

The Wagner's need to rot in prison. Such a senseless act of pure evil. Rest In Paradise Rhoden Family. 💔💔

[@Flame44]

Are people so blinded in anger in the moment that they don’t think of AFTER they murder?! It solved nothing ☹️

[@carlawick2704]

Not this group. They slent 2 YEARS working up their anger and hate.

[@Flame44]

@@carlawick2704 Scary isn’t it?!!! 😳

[@serenasantiago1964]

This was done over a custody battle? If so, this only proves that this sick family that did this to all of these people had no right even having children in the 1st place, let alone, trying to get custody of a baby that was probably doing very well with her mother. Now that child is probably traumatized. R.I.P. to those whom lost their lives. Smh!

[@newworldgrover8588]

More likely the root caused is the courts themselves. We had thousands of years without courts being involved because divorce itself was fairly uncommon and so was marriage out-of-wedlock. Now we have those types of massacres who two sides can’t settle their differences.

[@abriah.j6720]

@@newworldgrover8588 Divorce was uncommon because it was looked down upon and hard for women to even file. Children out of wedlock was also prevalent just secret that’s why there were homes for unwed mothers, abandoned babies and private Or familial adoptions. These massacres are becoming more prevalent because people fear more entitled and there’s much more coverage.

[@newworldgrover8588]

@@abriah.j6720 site your source. All I hear is narrative based on opinion

[@newworldgrover8588]

@@abriah.j6720 so let’s compared the so called unhappy marriages our grandparents married into versus the over half marriages ending in divorce, 1 million abortions a year, suicides at an all time high, mental illness tripled, STD’s an increase in family homicides and more women dying single and alone in nursing homes. I’ll take the good old days where moms raised kids and fathers worked and they stayed together happy or sad. A time where doors were unlocked and children knew who their fathers were and moms stayed married for fifty years or more. Yes things have gotten worse you can’t admit that your so called freedom lead to a failing society.

[@shauntayhames58]

@@newworldgrover8588 fight . I have 7 children and I’m from a country town in northwest Georgia. My granny is 96 yrs old and still living and was married one time to my grandfather and when he passed away in 1997 she said she would never re- marry and that my grandfather was the man of her dreams and she would rather live on with wonderful, amazing memories then to start all over again with someone that she kind of loved. I miss the old days . And I don’t think my granny was unhappy . I know there were some people back in the older days that were very unhappy but stayed married and tried to fix it for them self and for the children . Then as time went on you had people staying married just for the children . Then we had people just divorcing just because they had one argument and threw the whole marriage away after a few days to a few months of marriage .

[@constancelee6724]

The evilness and senseless is just unfathomable!! I have no other words, besides, "God Bless the remaining family of the victims and the community"🙏🙏🙏!!

[@Clarissa_320]

These absolute psychos really thought they would get away with this in this day and age. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤨 That poor family horrifically murdered over the custody of a child!! Well now she is traumatized and has to live knowing what her dad's family did. RIP to all the victims 🖤🕊✝️ and prayers for their many loved ones. 🙏🏻🌹

[@eleanormassaro5195]

I wonder who has custody at the little girl now

[@melanatedqueen]

What kind of evil must you possess to think I shld take EIGHT lives because ONE person who you share a child with, isn't particularly jumping when you say. What is your mind telling you? You kill everyone, you go to prison and what then happens to that child? That's what love looks like to you huh!? Even the pits of hell don't house evil like this.

[@VioletJoy]

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[@danniedyke3674]

It's the right-wing mentality...I know that's gonna piss people off but it's true

[@astrialindah2773]

And the saddest part of the story to me, is the fact that it wasn't just one person that did the senseless murder spree.. it was a family coordination..

[@dianahiggins1397]

It's deeper than that..you only know what they tell you.

[@melanatedqueen]

@@dianahiggins1397 cld you perhaps elaborate? Indeed we only know & thus provide commentary/opinions based on the information provided; that's how that works. No!? If I/we have missed something; I am certain we wld totally want to know more of/abt what we might be missing which cld perhaps explain/justify the slaughter of eight human beings coz as things stand; all we have is a deluded family playing quasi god because their feelings were hurt when kept away from the child. Which when all is said and done appears to be the best decision EVER. (Again, based on the information at hand!)

[@TheBffTwins]

This story blew my mind when it first happened. Actually, still to this day. Its absolutely insane one family caused this madness. All over custody. Straight out of your worst nightmare. RIP to all that passed & effected by this unnecessary madness.

[@metalbarbie7226]

Same here!!!!

[@kevinroach44]

I don't understand what they thought they were going to achieve.

[@metalbarbie7226]

@@kevinroach44 Exactly!!! People think that they can kill off the other parent never get caught and raise the child

[@kevinroach44]

@@metalbarbie7226 This really breaks my heart. Such a tragedy. So many lives ruined.

[@metalbarbie7226]

@@kevinroach44 Yes for absolutely nothing and now the baby has no parents or grandparents. I remember when I first heard about this I thought it was a hit or mistaken identity on the victims.

[@theresaann7388]

I don't know why this was done either. People do these things out of pure hate an anger, But what gets me is they really think they're gonna get away with it.

[@angelamccrackin5243]

That is because the ones who do these acts wrongly think they are smarter than everyone else. Not just the cops they think they are smarter than everybody That is the begging of the end for them...

[@trainwreckthomas_]

I used to live down there, In pike county, they will never get the conviction they want for those murders the county is broke just trying to prosecute them, they don’t even have a county jail, they send the criminals to neighboring counties and they are often released due to the county being unable to pay the jails for the criminals being housed there, it’s the good ole boys system, the sheriff was convicted of bribery and misappropriation of funds, the county auditor was indicted for stealing money, the police chief was forced to retire for cover-ups and ticket fixing for friends, the previous county judge was picked up for DUI multiple times, at one point you could get grabbed for drunk driving and as long as you paid $1000 before your court date you could have it dropped and get your license back the same weekend, crooked and fixed they make you pay everything in cash from your bills to your fines no CC Machines in any of the county or city offices till this day crooked as phuq, not to mention it still a sundown town till this day

[@markitajackson4032]

I hope it’s not still a sundown town 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@josephmyers1147]

Good place to raise your kids l bet l hope it's still a sundown town they can't blame us for the murders or any other crimes that they do

[@jenrutherford6690]

@@markitajackson4032 what's a sundown town please?

[@IamKarryanne]

@@jenrutherford6690 kill/beat ppl that don’t look like them when the sun goes down..

[@79huddy]

@@jenrutherford6690 The good Ole boys aka the Clan run things don't let the sunset on your blackass around here is what a sundown town is

[@gowandamccrary7445]

This is so horrible. I have been questioning my stance on the death penalty but after this, Everyone involved needs to sit on death row! I don't care if they didn't fire a weapon or kill someone, the fact that they sat down in a family meeting, discussed it, planned it, and then carried it out... They deserve No Mercy at all! No deals at all. They are all, selfish, evil, demons! They thought it up just because the mom wouldn't sign away her rights!!! They all need to receive all they did to that entire family!!!

[@justadildeau]

You are unstable, I hope you don't have children

[@runoz2839]

RIGHT !!! 🤨 They decided to be judge jury & executioner. NOW, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN their, TURN TO GET: JUDGED BY A JURY & SENTENCED TO THE, EXECUTIONER... SMH... 🤨

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

They will get everything that is coming to them.

[@ambramarrs7325]

How horrific! Over a custodial issue! Tearing a family and community apart that way! 😢

[@mommabierman5168]

This was covered very well. I follow several true crime channels; I really liked your format. Not a lot of dramatized coverage with embellishment or opinion. Nicely done!! New follower!

[@dellahicks7231]

I simply do not understand, were they having a family night playing Monopoly and someone in the Wagner family said, "Hey I've got an idea ...!" How could one family murder their way through another, with grandmothers playing a part as well? It is beyond comprehension.

[@sundaydumaka8954]

I can’t even believe why someone will do something like this it’s terrible 😭

[@judyjoan8429]

Evildoers

[@MusicLemaster444]

I remember this and it was such a tragedy in the southern ohio area. Please do more videos and shed light to the world what really happens in our area. What the reporter said about law enforcement not being able to reach in time is true because of rural areas. Sometimes our little piece of heaven, can be a living nightmare.

[@caitycarine5412]

I remember when this happened. I only live an hour away from this brutal killing. It still baffles my mind that people can kill 8 people an act like it’s nothing.

[@stacyrussell460]

I can only pray that Hanna's daughter grows up strong & healthy & far away from her father's side of the family.

[@sm0ki]

Probably with the Hillbilly grandma who got away with it.

[@livingforJesus2120]

Even now in 2022 this case and tragedy sits in my head. I don't know why and I don't have any relevance to it but I don't believe I'll ever forget this one. It's beyond crime made for TV. Continuously praying for the innocent children that lost their entire family. I pray they are happy, healthy and will grow up to be amazing people regardless of the situation that they were placed in without choice by the monsters who did this.

[@jodymcgrady8654]

Same 😭

[@grandrapidsboy]

I watch a whole lot of true crime videos, it’s amazing to me how some of these cases just sticks to you, to commit mass murders for the custody of a child is beyond senseless.

[@rickfox4068]

I lived in Ohio during this. I often see TV show's say "It shocked the community!" and often blew it off. This was one crime, I was truly shocked with. It was the talk of the whole state for over a year!

[@cynthiatolman326]

Who has the child now? Her mother would be in agony if any member of the father's family has her. She'd be better off in foster care than in the hands of a family of murderers. Adoption would have been the kindest thing, but the horror is it took so long she's been indoctrinated by the killers.

[@jenrutherford6690]

Not all the family were murderers and your all or nothing view is exactly the views the murderers seem to take .

[@LKre-vi5oq]

Not all the Rhodens were killed, I agree with your statement of how awful it would be if any member of that disgusting family got custody of the little girl.

[@cynthiatolman326]

@@jenrutherford6690 Wow, you must be an absolute joy to be around if you twist everything as you did here.

[@cynthiatolman326]

@@LKre-vi5oq Thank you, I appreciate your info, especially your understanding of my comment. If there was someone appropriate I pray the baby ended there.

[@jenrutherford6690]

@@cynthiatolman326 don't blame me . This is what huge amounts of research shows. It may seem surprising however humans are complex emotionally . And yeah people do like being around me .

[@goldenwheeledbanshee9160]

I still remember this. So sad. How can a father kill the mother of his child. Plus 7 other's

[@shameemawilliams2086]

This is one of the worst things I have ever heard, it is utterly heartbreaking. Rest in peace baby girl❤

[@Barbe194]

The sadness, of all, is heartbreaking and brings much agony, to the people in the community and their loved ones that are still here. God bless, the passing of all who departed and may their souls rest in peace.

[@truthbetold4486]

I've watched this case very closely, the killing was all over child custody of Hanna's daughter the child's father Jake Wagner admitted it in court after pleading guilty, Jake and his father really did all the killings but Jake's mother and brother were involved. Jake and his mother so far pleaded guilty, may all the Rhoden family RIP

[@metrometro8490]

Jake admitting to killing 5 people only. He has not said who killed the other 3. NOTHING has been made public. Who killed the 3 other people will come out during the trials. STOP STARTING RUMORS

[@truthbetold4486]

@@metrometro8490 Rumors are you joking me?, Jake stated his brother didn't kill anyone nor did his mother, so that leaves , Jake and his father. Metro does it really matter who exactly killed who?, 4 members of the Wagner family plotted to and did kill the Roden family over a child period, Jake's child, the spoiled brat boy who couldn't get his way so we kill off an entire family, as far as I see it the old granny and the court clerk should of gotten it too. And if you want to reply to a comment ad least comprehend what was said first off before making your statement, I said Jake and his father not just Jake ass wipe

[@missymason9192]

Why doesn't anyone ask why the court has drug it's feet for six years! There has to be more to this than that which is being made public.

[@VioletJoy]

What do you mean?

[@missymason9192]

The suspects have been locked up for years, and on top of that, a plea deal was made years ago. It is unacceptable for our court system to operate THAT slowly. How would you feel if you were accused of a crime, locked up, and then had to wait five years to go to trial?

[@jennifercarr9111]

This is not a new case. This was covered years ago and is closed now

[@missymason9192]

Two of the defendants haven't went to trial yet. It is not over.

[@heathercreighton9613]

@@missymason9192 it was all sorted years ago, what are you on about?

[@Gooniessss]

That's not murder, that's genocide. They literally wiped out a whole family tree.

[@maryt4603]

I just love how criminals get to decide their fate.

[@cynicannkeel8899]

Have to wonder what kind of values, beliefs the family who all participated in murdering 8 members of another family had. Why didn't any one of them refuse to participate, attempt to talk the main killers out of massacreing amost an entire family, turn them in to local authorities before they could carry through?

[@josephinepeery6938]

I live in England and as soon as I hear 'Pike County' this horror story is what comes to mind immediately, just as they said at the end of video. So tragically sad 😔 RIEP to those lives taken and hopefully this family and the people of this county will find the peace in their hearts and minds.

[@rocioaguilera3555]

I'm sure you meant RIP.

[@neurotictigers]

I imagine she meant it this way: Rest In Eternal Peace

[@josephinepeery6938]

@@rocioaguilera3555 no, I meant RIEP, rest in eternal peace 🙏

[@paulhenry8586]

It's a shame this is probably what comes to mind for many people about this area . It's some of the most beautiful country we have in Ohio. I travel there often to turkey hunt in the spring and though many parts of the county have been overwhelmed by the opiate epidemic most people out there are friendly Rock solid people.

[@rethamoore4282]

@@rocioaguilera3555 I'm sure she was saying : " Rest in eternal peace " .

[@rulistening7777]

This is sick beyond all comprehintion. This was not about the love that the Wagers had for ANY family member. This was a pissing contest gone psycho. If any one of the Wagers truely cared for any other family member, they would have been able to realize the absolute devistation that the toddler was about to inherit. 8 EIGHT MEMBERS of the immediate family... Wiped out. Good loving people. This was not about the toddler. This was about a hatch of squirrels with mental Rabies.

[@cw4608]

I agree 100%, plus I am going to start assigning that saying about squirrels with mental rabies to some people I had the misfortune to cross paths with! Have a super day!

[@loveislove8891]

Never heard of this tragic case before ( I live in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 uk ) but forever now I’ll think of this , if I hear of Pike county ) and the residents that are left with this to deal with .. very sad for this community … rest in peace to the family that were so senselessly killed.. Rot in hell to the killer family !

[@rocioaguilera3555]

Better rot in jail.

[@galady8632]

@@rocioaguilera3555 ... "Prison". Usually 'jail' is a cakewalk compared to 'prison'. Thankfully no personal experience. I have friends that retired (Officers), from the penal system. Federal Prison and Military Prison is usually the least desirable of all.

[@odette6779]

Same here! Also from Scotland

[@truthhurts3524]

First time I’ve ever heard about this terrible massacre. Can’t believe this family was able to elude the police for so long. Hope the Rhoden family finds some sort of peace. ♥️

[@happydayz7857]

They were lucky the trashy Wagner’s couldn’t afford Alaska and had to move back home.

[@blippitybloo]

Glad to see some true crime channels finally covering this story. This was wild when it happened.

[@SaiedEshaghi]

While my heart goes out to the victim's family, relatives, and friends, at the same time I could have never thought in a million years to witness genuine stupidity in all members of the Wagner family. Taking Plea deal blew their cover and exposed their stupidity. I can't wait for the news team to check back on them after only six months of incarceration. That's when they will realize it was a stupid idea yet again to take the Plea deal and wish for the death penalty. 🤭

[@thekingsilverado3266]

There are just certain kinds of batshit stupid that cannot be fixed with a baseball bat or even a chain saw... In this case my point remains relevant...

[@executivewoman678]

In-breeding 🤪😳🤯

[@stacydaure2363]

Unbelievable!! People need to stop reacting and start speaking to each other. A custody battle?!? Really??!

[@otaku1524]

Remotely remember this crime. Only remember the size and ferocity of this crime.

[@ItsDanny91]

This left me speechless. This level of evil is insane

[@darcyplett168]

My heartfelt prayers goes out to the victims 😓🙏

[@HellbendersMC211]

The wagners are innocent - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGWzmZ-PgNt7ptU

[@billysheeley4390]

I went by the church during the services, it was heartbreaking

[@mo19702009]

I knew about this story few years ago, and all was in pending mode, thank you for sharing this to us. RIP family Rhoden.

[@LupusWarriorBreeze]

Ryan Upchurch told us about this!! What a tragic case. Now the little girl doesn't have Mom or Dad, and all those other babies either. I pray everyone involved gets the help & support they need to heal.🙏🏻💕

[@HellbendersMC211]

The wagners are innocent - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGWzmZ-PgNt7ptU

[@borbijaq727]

being born from a stupid gene and he still wants to be a father !! 🙄 feeling very sad for the little girl and her relatives.😢😢😢

[@Floridaman1780_]

Wow. 8 people killed execution style without even one of them able to pick up a phone and the sherriff says that the people responsible may be armed and extremely dangerous. Ya think??

[@numberone5680]

Hearing this on the Pittsburgh “breaking news” was a shock. It was one of the times where you flip through the TV stations and check online sources. Then, after non-stop reports, came NOTHING. Going to court. COVID.

[@Nick1994H]

Can't imagine what that kid will have to grow up with. Knowing what was done over a custody battle for him. Tragic.

[@80slady69]

*Mama was the puppet master* _Imagine letting someone get you so mad that you drag your whole family into killing the entire family of the one who pissed you off._ _That family straight up agreeing to go along with it and meticulously planning everything down to the last detail, is next level crazy._ _That kind of planning takes time and a cool head, so mama had more to do with this than what they want us to believe. The boy would have just done it and got it over with. He was way to young to be that patient and detail oriented._

[@travelerforever8849]

so true... usually mama in charge .. its so well planned..

[@lizh4933]

Thank you!! Finally someone who thinks like I do. That mother must of had an iron grip on the family for them to go along with this insanity. I hope she is enjoying her life sentence in jail. No one at no time said, "hey, wait a minute!". She must have been so crazy and controlling.

[@SS11660]

She wanted those babies.. they already had George's son by his ex wife. But Hannah wouldn't let them have her daughter. Momma used to having control.

[@marvinabigby5509]

@@SS11660 I agree 💯

[@Justice-ef9sk]

Oh yes. I absolutely agree with you. Mama Wagner was absolutely the Puppet Master here. No doubt.

[@markchalled3976]

What a great doc about a true crime that I had never heard about. Thanks for the video.

[@brendaandrezeywski7577]

Prayers for all the families 💔 ❤️ 🙏🏻

[@TSC-hr7ir]

They have no remorse for what they have done Gabbage Family

[@frandyson6133]

Such evil this is, I hope these people will rot in hell, why did they kill a whole family, filthy animals

[@rocioaguilera3555]

I hope that they rot in jail, and please don't insult animals comparing them to those scumbag sociopath murderers.

[@buffyk-952]

Hell is very real, and if the wagnors don't repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, then they will spend eternity in hell.

[@antoniocarlos-wc9tt]

A far away place, with people with strange appearance, lost in poverty and with so much evil in their hearts

[@Marcia.Marcia.Marcia]

That Angela Wagner women having her grandchild calling her mom says a lot about how f'd up they were/are.

[@joyleenpoortier7496]

Senceless murders and complete waste human life. RIP

[@chrisanderson263]

Do other family members have the children now? What possess people to think that murder will get them anywhere in a custody dispute? Makes orphans of those poor kids. Period.

[@theairibreath77]

Now this precious little girl is w/o her entire family on both sides????? So very sad!!!! Prayers and blessings to this baby, that she thrives and is enriched spiritually, emotionally, physically, and financially! In Jesus name! Amen!

[@frankkinsleyii2600]

Straight out of a netflix drug show. Breaking Bad, Ozark, SOA.....

[@EvilWhiteMale63]

Embarrassingly and having survived 4 divorces, I can say unequivocally that families and their "ways" are something to behold! They can both hurt you to the bone...to the soul, or give you a truly treasured memory and sense of belonging. Kin is kin, some might say...and they do not kid around about it. Sometimes even unto death!

[@Dr.Gunsmith]

I really don’t understand what is in the mind of these people, all that death and hurt of innocent children and people for what, the custody of a child, absolutely disgusting and pathetic people. They all should be on death row.

[@MrsHall38]

I don't live very far from Pike County OH. I remember when this first happened... I always wondered the backstory behind this tragedy.. This rocked not only the county it happened in, it rocked the whole state.. Tugged at everyone's hearts 😓😓

[@uglyhobo4602]

This the real world. Youre either a sheep or a wolf. You're a sheep. This happens everyday in this world. You ain't ready yet

[@MrsHall38]

Lol why am I a sheep?? Since you know me so well... Just because I said it tugged on my heart strings?? That doesn't make me weak. So if you have feelings and emotions you're a sheep? Because all I said was that story made me sad and according to you I am a sheep. Wellllll I think you're a sheep 😂😂

[@MrsHall38]

Also never said it didn't happen everyday... It's sad that it happens every day. Lol... Strong people can have emotions and you don't know what I am and am not ready for in this world because you have no idea about anything that makes me who I am. .. Thank you and God bless you and your wild wolf nature... 😁😁

[@uglyhobo4602]

@@MrsHall38 You can't have compassion in this world. This is the land of wolves now. Sheep don't survive. You showing compassion, shows weakness. Life is all about survival of fittest.

[@vegangoddess9019]

Well put together. It is not very easy to follow this complicated story with so many people involved, especially with: two Christopher’s, two Hanna’s, and two George’s..

[@imwatchingyoutonight]

Who currently has custody of the child that they shared? This poor child has no one really left. That is the tragedy of the tragedy.

[@Runzwithscizzors22]

I love your channel ❤️

[@ashleymay200]

I love 10 miles from Cincinnati in northern Kentucky and this massacre terrified us 70 miles away... Truly a senseless sad tragedy

[@Kayja-bc7br]

What a horrible outcome for that infant to have to live with for the rest of her life. She is the real victim here. The tragedy of losing her entire family by murder on on her Mother's side and her entire family to life in prison on her father's side is unimaginable.

[@obeyyah2520]

Now she has no one to marry and mate with!!!

[@Kayja-bc7br]

@@obeyyah2520 -- If that's what I think it means, it was uncalled for and cruel.

[@obeyyah2520]

@@Kayja-bc7br but true my people are always judged and looked down upon.the slightest thing we do or don't do just being us!!!

[@stephanied9629]

Sounds like you need psychiatric help. What a disgusting thing to say about the child.

[@obeyyah2520]

@@stephanied9629 you say the worse and do the worse to my people since you arrived on this earth so shut up KAREN!!!

[@lynnettawilliams2138]

Prayers for there friends family especially the kids so so sad

[@crashgear08]

Great story and so Truly Tragic, the world has just simply gone Batshit Crazy anymore.. It takes something and someone beyond a Socio and Psychopath to be able to do something like this with NO Remorse.. RIP to the Victims and sincerest condolences to their families..

[@chrissybortz3162]

I can not IMAGINE losing multiple family members in a matter of hours let alone in such a callous malevolent way. So sad.

[@clah399]

Who in their right mind could agree to a whole family being murdered. Such young lives lost and for what??? ! They all need the death penalty, even the granny, she knew exactly what was going on.

[@kefilwelekuntwane8474]

This family decided to wipe away another family over custody battle ?I doubt if that was the only reason there is more to this than meets the eye..This is insane really crazy doesnt make any sense they know its not about child custody .How on earth does some adults go on to shoot each person 30 rounds of bullets what type of personal anger is that ,they were up to a deadly revenge n ready to loose their lives for this crime ,thats to show that this is deeper than child custody they hated this family with passion..sad

[@heathercreighton9613]

All about the custody. The Wagners were the ones spreading the cartel lies in order to put the police off the trail. If they had not run off to Alaska they may welll have gotten away with it. You need to remember that the Wagners are not a very intelligent family.

[@PaigeLovelace]

Oh I live here in Ohio and yes it was about a custody case that has how insane this family was

[@kylestapish8921]

I like the voice of the narraratoer. I could listen to her over and over. She sounds like Gabrielle Union to me.

[@lindamitchell-fox1926]

Leonard Manley …Thank you for having captions when he spoke.

[@brightmoon7132]

I have been trying to follow this case from the start. Ok, it was over custody. There have been plenty of cases where one parent killed the other over custody. While it's certainly tragic, it's not unusual, sadly. But to kill 8 people? Why?It still makes no sense. I REALLY REALLY wish someone would do a real documentary on this. 😕

[@jennifercarr9111]

Law&Crime Network channel covered this case and the whole trial. Just look up Pike County murders

[@brightmoon7132]

Thank you 😊

[@jennifercarr9111]

@@brightmoon7132 No problem 😊

[@GrowingwithAnastasia]

There’s a podcast on it that’s SO GOOD. it goes really in depth. I think it’s just called Piketon massacre

[@jabellatv3240]

I think the custody battle is just what the media was told so people would calm down and stop the rumors especially in a small town like that i believe it's way more to the story we don't know about definitely some deep dark secrets

[@ameliashostak4764]

I'm sure this is commented somewhere in this thread, but this tragic case is the modern form of the Hatfields and the McCoys! All this over a BABY?!? And now what, that baby girl is literally left with NOBODY!! Those Wagners aren't too bright...

[@daveatkins3568]

Great voice, great video. Keep it up 😎✌️

[@614pickle]

This shit was crazy when it happened all over the news for a few weeks

[@donnacarr9660]

Crazy how they released so many details and told the community to arm themselves if fearful here in Indiana 2 girls were murdered and they won't say how 5 years later and told public the next day no reason to be worried show a fuzzy pic of a guy in a bridge and ask for help its insanely odd never seen any other cases handled that way like they are hiding something in Indiana

[@tinaroney7295]

Some wounds will always continue to bleed....💔

[@sherry8894]

I remember when this happened. I have been following the case since the beginning. Still watching the trial. I hope and pray that this family gets the justice that they all deserve!!!! Anyone who could kill an entire family like the Wagner's did deserve to be haunted in their dreams each and every night !!! All four of them!!!

[@CareBear731]

Such a tragedy over a custody battle. I pray the child is protected

[@dawnmcqueen-shaw9693]

That grandma Wagner with her black hair band--she acted like she didn't even know the victims🙄 She's probably the one who hatched the plan, or at least one of the many

[@bloodymystik9786]

The saddest part of this story is because of who one of the family members had a child with,the rest of the family was murdered by that person and their entire immediate family and they never saw it coming.

[@Aint_no_senators_son]

I remember when this happened. I knew they would catch who did it. You *might* get away with one murder. But this many? No way.

[@kerstin.jitschin5861]

Reminds me a little on Delphi ❗️small county, target , drugs . . .

[@mmiller1296]

Happened in my area, very disturbing

[@seanthe100]

To me it seems the Grandma was the family ring leader