The “Scream” Murder: Cassie Stoddart
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What is the background of the Cassie Stoddart murder case?
Hi guys, welcome to an episode of Legally Brunette. I will be your host today, Emily Simpson with... Shane. Today on Legally Brunette, we are going to discuss, and I have to say this is a case that a lot of people were DMing me about. And so I think I might have seen it, but it wasn't one of those ones that like stood out to me. But then after so many people were DMing me saying, have you watched the Scream murder? Yeah. that i decided to watch it and then i have to tell you you guys were right you hit the nail on the head because it was so interesting it's on hulu it's called the scream murder and it's three parts but i had a hard time normally i will watch a part and then i have to like go to bed because i can't stay up late but this was one of those i could not stop watching it i had to watch all three parts so let's go through it um why is it called scream murders
Well, we're going to get into that, but I will just tell you a little background is because the two perpetrators of this crime were very obsessed with the movie Scream. Well, they were obsessed with horror movies in general. Horror. Horror movies.
Not horror movies.
Not horror movies. Horror movies in general.
It's horror. Not horror.
I know, but I was trying to enunciate.
That's like saying horror or prostitute. It's horror.
Horror.
How did the perpetrators plan the murder?
Horror movies. They were into scary movies. And one of the movies they were especially intrigued by or obsessed with was the Scream murders with the mask. So Cassie Jo Stoddard was a 16-year-old high school student who was brutally murdered on September 22nd of 2006. This was while she was house-sitting for relatives in Pocatello, Idaho. So we're back to Idaho. Mm-hmm. We go all over the map, but now we're back to Idaho. It was deemed the Scream murder, and investigators later found that her attackers instilled fear before making their move, like switching off the power in the house and wearing creepy Halloween masks over their faces. They had also planned the killing in advance and recorded videos discussing it, reportedly drawing inspiration from the horror film Scream.
Scream. The teens were arrested within days, convicted of first-degree murder, and were each sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, which is now viewed as extremely controversial, which we will also get into because in the third part, they actually talk about a Supreme Court decision that has to do with whether minors should be convicted of... life without parole so we'll talk about that all right let's go through a little bit of this timeline so in the weeks leading up to this murder again what year is this this is 2006 okay So you have two classmates, two classmates. These are your two, your two main characters. You have Brian Draper and Tori Adamczyk. Both were 16 years old and they become increasingly fascinated with horror movies, especially scream and violent crimes.
The pair began filming themselves on a video camera discussing their desire to commit a real life murder.
And wait, hold on. What age are they now?
What evidence did the police find against the suspects?
Or what grade?
They're 16. Okay.
So they're in high school. And they're in high school. And they're into horror movies.
Yeah.
And then they have a video camera and they start fantasizing about their own horror movies, but maybe real life.
Right, like I think one of them, especially Tori, was into making movies, but they take it so far that they're actually not just obsessed with- They couldn't afford the special effects.
Right, so they just- So they just had to create real horror.
So, and Cassie Jo Stoddard was actually their friend that they hung out with. And so- And it's really, they have, they show in this, I think what makes this documentary so intriguing to me is that they show the videos that these two kids made. And some of them are just, it looks like they're sitting in the library at school.
Oh, I did see that. Yeah. It's almost like a table. It's almost like someone just set the camera on a table. Yeah. Not even pointed properly at them.
What events led up to the night of the murder?
Like they were kind of cut off a little bit.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the background of the Cassie Stoddart murder case?
0:01–1:16
2
How did the perpetrators plan the murder?
1:16–3:07
3
What evidence did the police find against the suspects?
3:07–4:08
4
What events led up to the night of the murder?
4:08–5:35
5
How did the murder unfold on that night?
5:35–7:36
6
What were the reactions of the suspects after the murder?
7:36–8:11
7
What legal consequences did the perpetrators face?
8:11–9:15
8
What is the debate surrounding life sentences for juveniles?
9:15–47:57
Speakers
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