1965 radio interview - murder of Sylvia Likens

[xXprincesstiff96Xx]

OK Somebody answer this plz. Did Richard and gertrude ever had a sexual relationship? and did Richard ever had a crush on Sylvia like on the movie?

[ECCO767]

And truth, what Gertruda and Richard were lovers?

[taffina123]

@MeMrecious All criminals on death row commit crimes JUST LIKE THIS. Only the most heinous of crimes in the USA get the death penalty. Women in general are not sentenced as heavily for their crimes . It's not about race, dumb ass. And the majority of violent crime in the USA is disproportionately committed by black men, so who do you expect would be sitting on death row?

You left wing fucking loons comment about politics and start spouting off your fucked up social agenda.

[ECCO767]

BITCH! I hate this mongrel

[ECCO767]

Hobbs a bough 

[lovespace6]

gerty's a liar -.-

[LunaG7]

I wonder whats Gertrude new name now???

[holycrap225]

@LunaG7 her new name i believe was nadine van fossan.

[LunaG7]

Gertrude is a sick woman, she should have life in prison with NO PAROLE!!!

[heyhey2765]

Gerty can't even own up to it. I HATE these people..even the children.

[ncfreewill]

That is one of the worst lies I have ever heard from that idiot Hobbs boy. 

[Furbalicious9000]

You notice that gurtrudes nervous and is like uh that tells it but we know she's lying

[Jayroc88]

if you have netflix you can watch The Girl Next Door. its a loosely based on this story. Its very shocking and disturbing

[jennystead]

when i read this or hear about this i just cry, its so sad i dont understand how and one can hurt a child like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MzTeLove]

What happened 2 her shouldnt happen 2 anybody it was so sad i cried wen i saw the movie

[MissMom4evr]

I like how he said 'all I did was...' All you did? What you did was plenty, but she got much worse from everyone else on top of that. Very sick people indeed.

[spotdathief]

To Richard Hobbs:

Gerty told you too? Since when it Gerty the commander? If Gerty told you to shoot yourself in the head, I'm sure you would, because you're a stupid ass jerkoff.

[holycrap225]

@spotdathief Well, when you think about it, it was different times back then. Children were raised to respect their elders and do what the older people expected them to do. I'm not saying I condone this crime at all; all of those who were involved with hurting that poor girl, including Richard and Gertrude, are indeed serving their time and paying the price.

[taffina123]

@spotdathief ITA..Hobbs wasnt raised by this sadistic bitch and he didn't live with her, there was no reason for him to be under her control or do what she said. He had his own family and home that seemed relatively normal He was just a sadistic mofo like Gerty.

That's all.

[zeuslives11]

richard sounded like he diden't give a flying fuck!!!!=(

[DaRealProto]

@SirPlaneview Ricky said it as admitting to it, not uncaring

[Muirmaiden]

At least the kids admitted to what they did, unlike Gertrude. The gall she had to place blame on everyone but herself - none of this would probably have happened if she hadn't instigated,encouraged and manipulated the situation. Gertrude, being the adult, was the most responsible. Apparently, a lot has not become public knowledge of this case at trial, so the kids may have gotten the blame for what Gertrude did. Also, at the time "abuse" was not talked about or reported. Sad.

[dicarlo57]

Adventures in white trash-"my own daughter socked her in the jaw and broke her wrist, so there you go" what kind of bullshit is that? Notice how she pronounces "litchfield" as "leetchfield", hillbilly trash, no doubt.

[CarlesX7]

"Because she told you to"? Really you fucking scumbag?

And to think that they let that animal out of prison after 20 years... life sentence my ass.

RIP from Greece.

[PanthersNation11]

@CarlesX7 20 years was a life sentence back then....

[dicarlo57]

@MeMrecious Russia has the best way of handling cases like this-find the bastards guilty and shoot them in the head the same day, like Andre Chicatillo. For a good read check out the trial transcripts. Keep in mind however that most of us in this country feel the same way you do. Many of the people of Indianapolis wanted to lynch the whole group. The nose wasnt broken, those are the typical facial features of the midwestern appalachian.

[ricochet188]

I think it would be great if some crimes were punished with the way they were dealt. Gertrude Baniszewski, a hideous low life lower than shit flap of skin, should have been tied up forced to drink boiling water. then have demeaning statements carved into her skin. I think that would be fair. And all those soulless kids that helped should just straight up be shot. Anyone agree?

[SirPlainview]

Ricky Hobbs didn't seem to care about what he did. He told the story like he was talking about a nice walk in the park.

And the bitch just stood there and lied, lied, lied for as long as she could.

[Holowachuk]

why are people evil...

torturing by order doesn't seem to be a german problem of the mid 40s.

[Chrisi8585]

i wounder how that sadistic BITCH cud get out of prison :(

[Chrisi8585]

Gertrud sud never been given freedom after what she did to poor Sylvia, she did never give Sylvia freedom why sud FUCKING Gertrud have it. if Gertrud had lived to day i would personal executed her and bury her in a grave that would send her to hell the BITCH! :(

[EmilyRocker42]

@Chrisi8585 yea when she got lung cancer I hope it burned her bloody heart that BITCH

RIP Sylvia Likens

[Robert63675]

Какое горе, какой ужас. У меня нет слов. Несчастная девочка.

[HanghojLisa]

0:41 THAT SON OF A BITCH LAUGHED!!

[EmmyRossumFan94]

Gerturde has a lot of Karma coming back, and when it does it won't be pretty. Bitch, in your next life don't be so fucking stupid. Sylvia didn't do anything you or your family you just wanted her gone because she was a reminder to you about everything you no longer had. Don't drop out, don't get pregnant, hey life will be smooth sailing from there.

[HewieOfHG]

If you ask me Hobb's sounds miniacle like he was glad to of done it just the tone in his voice is like I would do it again kind of tone 

[electronictrip]

the radio announcer sounds a little like David Letterman at the beginning.

[electronictrip]

at 2:38 it sounds like Hobbs is about to admit that he carried Sylvia up from the basement. He stumbles over his words in order to get his story "straight". I'll bet you anything that Sylvia died in the basement and he carried her up and she was cold and dead and prolly had emptied bowels and bladder. I bet they tried to warm her up and clean her in a warm bath in a pathetic attempt to make it appear the as less horrific as they could.

[FanetMJackson]

OK I'm confused. Who the f*ck is Richard Hobbs? Her son?

[ShrinkingViolet9494]

@FanetMJackson

No, Richard Hobbs was just a neighbor.

[3BsAlaska]

as i have said befor the things gerty did to her were very wrong she deserves to go to hell!! but her kids dont thats all they ever knew they did it cause they thought it was ok because that is what there mom said to them i fell sorry for sylvia and those kids but mostly sylvia!!

[salsancheznumber1fan]

@jewishcraberrysauce too scared???? thats BS if that was my sister they would all be dead!!!!

[FemalePirate]

The way Gertrude and Hobbs talk about this case sickens me. They talk about it like it's the the most normal thing you could do to a young girl!

[joyariffic]

hobbs sounds like a dumbass

[gayboytommy20010]

hope the hell her torturers are burning in hell by now

[101amarelo]

NO one was there for Sylvia,her parent???her sister could have done samething...

[jewishcraberrysauce]

@101amarelo Her parents were working at a carnival, it was a job for them to get some type of income. They wanted to allow their children a sense of stability since they were teenagers and they felt it was necessary for their children to make friends and go to a regular school. Mister and Mrs.likens thought it was safe to leave the girls with a mother of 6 children, especially in 1965, time when no one talked about child abuse and it wasn't in the media very much. And Jenny was too scared.

[joyariffic]

@101amarelo thats what im saying. her parents werent even calling or writing to check up on their kids

[sabihaahmed]

America's "justice" system is a fail for not having treated this woman the way she treated sylvia. I am angry that she got out of prison alive. That is just unacceptable.

[Clwsfan864]

i would gladly go to jail for beating the shit out of gertrude, she is nothing but a cold, heartless bitch

[Jianlibao]

Ah, so not only was Baniszewski a hypocrite, a sadist and a murderer, she was also a coward! Putting ALL the blame on her kids and pleading insanity during the trial... My God, if you're gonna carry out such horrendous acts against another person, AT LEAST own up to it! It really makes me sick to hear the actual woman's voice.

Thanks very much for the upload - somehow hearing the actual voices of the people involved makes what happened seem all the more real to me.

[Terminus616]

their lack of remorse is fucking sick!!!

[ithinkou]

ive always wanted to set a voice on gertrude, you know i read so much about what she did to sylvia. ive read comments about gertrude and ive just always wanted to hear gertrude to set a voice on sylvias murder. its hard to explain.

[ButterflyQueene07]

Disgusting! I have never heard of anything more repulsive in my life! I hope they all [the tormenters] burn in Hell!

[recoveryprankcalls]

gretwood was relesed after 20 years. paula the older girl was 7 years in jail and now alive in some farm in iowa.

[AngelDust246]

I'm shocked that women never got the death penalty for what she did to that poor innocent girl

[MsSmellykat]

@AngelDust246 she did but for some bull sh*t reason the jury showed her mercy and just gave her a life sentence

[scorpietta]

@MsSmellykat I don't think it was an issue of mercy. The death penalty law was, for lack of a better term, in limbo. I think the issue was having to do with the signing of it into law officially.

[TheAngelmisa]

@MsSmellykat

If that pig Gertrude was still alive I would chop her ugly ass head off with a katana sword!!!!

then ill stab daggers in her eyes.

[TheAngelmisa]

@AngelDust246

I know.....I hope that monster is in hell right now....

[barbielovesjb]

@AngelDust246 Im shocked she kept blaming her kids about sylvia

[lozzbozz1]

@AngelDust246 it was extremely hard to convict any of them for murder due to the fact that the coroner couldn't firmly establish a direct cause of death, it was a build up of what they all did, they thought they could only get them for manslaughter, so its a miracle that they got life, some people are unfortunately evil, and can in certain circumstances spread that maliciousness to other, weaker people. Kinda like lemmings, sad tragedy, one that could, and should have been prevented

[TMHwah]

@AngelDust246 even if she get the death penalty oso not enughh 2 punish this bitch...i wish she get the right punishment in hell n i wish sylvia will peace in heaven..

[crispyrule]

@AngelDust246 dont worry...shes sitting down in hell now !!

[AmeeAm]

fuck that bitch who killed Sylvia,,burn in hell u pig u and ur children fcker

[scorpietta]

The announcer say's May, but it was Oct. '65.

[ctalaridally]

Stephanie, for the most part except for using a paddle on her (which she SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE) and was remorseful for-was Sylvia's ally and best friend-she took care of her better then her own sister Jenny did, however, Jenny was a scared child-so I should really give Jenny a break.

[childofthemarshalsea]

@ctalaridally Stephanie also assisted in one of the hot water baths they gave to Sylvia and never once tried to stop her boyfriend, Coy, from abusing Sylvia either. Give us all a break and stop defending Stephanie. She's guilty like the rest of them.

[paotriplicity]

 GOD i wish i had a time machine to go back in 1965 before these things happens to Sylvia we could have warn her or save her!!DAMN you Gertrude!! I hope you're being tortured and burn in hell!!

[owg59]

gertrude is lying. read the book "house of evil" by John Dean.

[pugfan83]

Gertrude had an evil voice, I could tell that she was a lying bitch

[salsancheznumber1fan]

ill still kick his fuckin ass though!!!!

[salsancheznumber1fan]

hobbs sounds like he is 30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[recoveryprankcalls]

@salsancheznumber1fan he died in age 21 from cancer. that was probaly right away when it happend

[scorpietta]

@recoveryprankcalls It wasn't too many years following, about '71 or '72. I don't recall.

[ConorD2010]

i would do time if i got the chance to murder one of the member's of the Baniszewski family or that little Hobb'd prick, or even Coy, it's a pity there all basically dead or nearly dead now, if i had it my way they would have died far worse deaths, Gerdie got off lightly with cancer.

[cptmuska]

@ConorD2010 honestly. i dont know if i could control my emotions.

[dicarlo57]

@cptmuska thats ok, as long as you can control your bowels.

[cptmuska]

@dicarlo57 looking back on my comment, i wouldent murder them, id get some homeless dude to do it lol

[narutotentensasuke]

@ConorD2010 what do you mean nearly dead?

[ConorD2010]

@narutotentensasuke i mean the majority of the Beniszewski family is nearly dead at this stage, i think John is still alive

[narutotentensasuke]

@ConorD2010 did he torture sylvia

[danielokoro38]

@ConorD2010 A VERY FUCKING PAINFULLY SLOW DEATH..tht old hag!!

[QueensBey]

@ConorD2010 Same here

[adlinGrr]

Incredible awesome quality But still so horrible what happened to poor Sylvia and it's sickening how they talk about it like it's no big deal.