A Big Ball Of Death - LaPlace, Louisiana

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Calling the area sling blade country reminds me of living briefly in the US Virgin Islands— everyone has a machete in their garage or tool shed. Heck, my mom had one for yard work.

“It felt like a trophy. Or maybe a lamp. One of those skinny lamps.” Yeah Dan I’m gonna guess it was a lamp. This old broad probably isn’t rocking some trophy she got at her gymnastics recital

Awesome episode! Ball of death is awesome! So many people butcher my name all the time but Jimmy got it right!?!? Crazy! Excited to finally be a Patreon and getting all the content!

I’m certain forensic labs in Louisiana are fucking top notch

100 Percent poor forensic analysis. Saw it on forensic files the other day.

I have a 15 year old traumatic brain injury. I was a timid, shy, quiet person before my TBI. Now I’m more willing to hold a serious conversation and talk to anyone. I’ve also been a bit more fierce about standing up for what I believe in. It’s crazy how brain injuries from person to person can be so different. Brains are so complex!

Square deal had me peeing myself

Maybe the guy is a chimera and has 2 sets of DNA.

So weird. Who's DNA is it? When did it get there?.must be another person. Hopefully a deathbed confession one day.

I think someone else killed the people he just stole shit

Absolutely correct about 51. 60 is worse.

I’m so excited 😁 Jimmy even managed not to butcher my name🤣

“We never make fun of the victims or their families….” Two hours and 11 minutes later….”I don’t know how to turn on this Viking range and ain’t no Thanksgiving dinner coming out.” 😆

I don’t know about this one, no DNA match? And the wife was never looked at, or another accomplice. And this guy had some kind of mental damage from getting hit by a car as a kid? Sounds like a fall guy to me. Or at least had a partner leading and directing him.

Downtown Julie Brown is 62 and chillin over on the Sirius XM channel, 90s on 9!

I think Blanks' wife had waaaaaay more to do with the murders than the investigators thought. Most law enforcement offices being male dominated means they are more likely to be misled by their sexist biases (ex: women can't be vicious brutal murderers). Her being more involved with the actual murders would explain some of the other DNA found at the scene, and it would explain some of the organized/disorganized aspects displayed at the scene. I think the idea to cut the phone lines and the more organized methods could have been from her.... Also, Kudos to James for getting the prunounciation of "Bourgeois" correct! Jimmie and James are always so hard on themselves about prunouncing things correctly, but they do get it right pretty often! 😊🥰💞✌️

A Kaiser blade/sling blade doesn’t have to be all that long. Sometimes they are attached to a short handle. I think you’re thinking of a scythe—or maybe a sling blade on an ax handle.

Lol "let someone else's pain be your profit?"😂😂😂

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Ok, I’m still yet to get my shoutout!!! It’s been 3 months guys

Vacuum talk with James and Jimmie.

I’m still stuck on the no DNA!!’

Also, I wonder if he enjoyed the killing or not, or whether it was simply a means to an end. Clearly Bundy enjoyed the killing, but a mafia hitman might just be doing a job as a means to an end and doesn’t derive intense pleasure from the act. It’s also crazy to think he could have gotten away with it if he didn’t confess, stopped killing, stopped gambling, and just made a good living with his auto mechanic business. Some people just don’t know when to quit while they are ahead!

I definitely think he did it. Maybe with an accomplice. But unless the fingerprints on the bat were in blood, anyone could have picked up a bat and given it a few practice swings for fun. And I’d bet money that if you tested under the fingernails of older guys, you’d be grossed out by the amount of foreign DNA and general bacteria under them. Even if you wash your hands regularly, if you aren’t specifically cleaning under your fingernails, it’s the filthiest place on your hands. I work in healthcare, and I’ve listened to too many annual OSHA trainings that talk about bacterial stats on hands and proper hand washing techniques to know that most human beings are filthy 🤪

This is the least evidence-based death sentence ever!!! They didn't look at anyone else? He clearly had an accomplice, wtf?

Serious question. Did the one guy make Thanksgiving dinner in the new kitchen?

“I might’ve started off with a little, but I turned it into a lot. Like Jenny from the block” 🤣🤣 cackling at my desk lol

“He gets a whole sausage fest named after him” OMG - bless your heart Jimmie!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

You guys are worried about DNA underneath an older gentleman's fingernails... I clean for a living, some older people are not very cleanly... Some don't shower very often etc. There will be poop.

SEE MY TWO PREVIOUS COMMENTS!! Seriously. I have to drink now.

I haven’t listened yet I’m fixin to. Both of my parents have passed. But we were always moving. I don’t know if they were connected or running from the law or what. I was born in Alabama. We moved to Florida, then Chicago, then to Parkersburg, fuckin West Virginia! Next we moved to Shreveport,LA. All of this before I was 5 years old. And

YALL DID MY TOWN!!!!!! OMG!!!!!

Yaaayyyy you pronounced it right! 😂😂😂

Imagine owning the casinos where everyone loses, sure profit, and still managing to bankrupt 6 of them. 🍊💩

❤️

I broke my wrist last week. It hurts like fuck, but I feel better with J&J.

Wooooooooooooooooo murder on a shit day of work.

And Dewey 🤣🤣 I thought the same thing lol

So excited!! I suggested this case a couple of times 3 or 4 years ago. My husband is from St. Amant where Victor Rossi lived. He lived just down the road from him. Also, my mother in law knew all the people from Gonzales. She still talks about going to church with Lillian Phillipe. I remember this case just on the news non stop back then.

I gotta say, if I were taken out and never had the chance to use my new kitchen I’d be pissed lol

I think the name Hippolyte is French or French adjacent. The name is relatively common in the Haitian community. I've seen as a last name and also a few times, as a first name..... Do not ask me how to pronounce it.

Is he chimera? 2 different DNA profiles is possible.

My brain kept hearing "blah blah Blank" as "blah blah _______" like it was redacted. 🤣 I had to keep reminding myself that it's his last name.

So many parts of this podcast sounded like a mad lib. Blank is a wild last name 😂

He did it. Old people, in my experience, don’t always have the best detail hygiene (like under fingernails.)

I’ve noticed, over the past few years, the higher the percentage of certain minorities in a population, the higher the crime rate. Hmmmmm…..

Idk why this annoys me so much, but as a person with an October birthday, who has a daughter with an October birthday, I absolutely hate when James says, "12 is 7th grade, 13 is 8th grade." It makes it seem like anyone who is 14 in the 8th grade is an idiot, when they just were born in a different month.

This is a problem. The unknown DNA under the victims fingernails is not good. Unknown male DNA on the bat. His IQ of 85, head injury, schizophrenia...this is bad. Maybe he didn't do it alone and he won't rat out the other guy. He knows a lot, maybe he was there, but not alone. Too many questions to kill this mentally ill man.

To save you a search Downtown Julie Brown is 62

James mentioned nutria (rodent). I live in the Portland Oregon area nearby where it is RUMORED that these were created in experimental labs in Hillsboro. Now if you are wondering if we have a lab in Hillsboro that does animal testing, we do. That's true. And when you run into these things they chase you. They are HUGE.

I know some people who found a few thousand dollars in encyclopedias a few years back.

I wonder if it was the girlfriends DNA that was at the scene

SWEET HELEN OF TROY!!!! The crime rate in La Place is off the hook! What the HECK is going on there?!?!

The kids did it all damn heathens lol

The white trash buyings of the possible murderer had me rolling dude

Downtown Julie Brown is still on Sirius I believe.

I'm going to Vegas next weekend to play in a soccer tournament, but I'm going to do a bit of gambling. Wonder if there's a Square Deal Casino there!! 🤣🤣

Sonovabitch. I turn 51 next month.

Is the town in Texas Onalaska?

My grandpa's brothers family is an oil distributor. They sell and deliver gas/diesel/oil to gas stations and companies with tanks on site (we have 2 for our semis and tractors/equipment). Not a pump gas station, so it could be something like that, maybe. Haha

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“I get the Blue Box! My elbow macaroni don’t break up into pieces when I boil it, it’s good!” 😆 holy shit, you guys. That almost killed me…love yous

Wow! What an episode! That guy definitely did it, but his wife and maybe his son or work partner helped too.

The stuff this guy bought sounds like the prizes in the Price is Right showcase showdown. Above ground pool, dining room table, truck and trailer.

Downtown Julie Brown is ONLY 62 for Pete’s sake! 😂😂😂😂

Does anyone notice how many True Crime events happen in October? I have noticed that October is mentioned much more often than the other months.

Guess it ain't the place, after all. The plass don't hit!

Yay Indeed Jimmie

YAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!