"THE SEARCH HISTORY HALL OF SHAME: When Google Became God's Greatest Snitch"

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter. Saturday, September twentieth, twenty twenty five. This weekend, we're taking a break from breaking news to explore something that's been driving me insane all month. Criminals who Google their crimes. Every case we've covered lately involves some moron typing their murder plans into a search bar like Google is their personal crime consultant who signed an NDA. Brian Walsh googled how to dispose of his wife's exact body weight. Herbert Swilley searched for making murder look like suicide. Jose Sodo Escalera looked up electrical cord strength. Bryant Tajada comparison, shopped for Tomahawks on Amazon with prime shipping. These aren't even the dumbest ones.

0:52 Today and tomorrow, we're diving into the Google Graveyard, where search histories become confessions and criminals convict them themselves one query at a time. This is Celebrity Trials the Google Graveyard, Part one, The Foundation of Stupidity fifteen minutes. Let's start with a fundamental question, when did criminals become this stupid? The answer they've always been this stupid. They just used to be stupid in private. Now they're stupid on the permanent record that is the Internet. Before Google, if you wanted to know how to dispose of a body, you had to figure it out yourself, maybe by a suspicious book that could be traced. Maybe ask a sketchy friend who might testify against you. Most likely you just wing it and get caught because you had no idea what you were doing. Enter Google launched in nineteen ninety eight.

1:44 By two thousand and four, it became a verb. By twenty ten, everyone was googling everything, including murder. The first major case where Google searches convicted someone Justin Barber two thousand and two. This Florida man, because it's always Florida, shot his wife on the beach and then shot himself to make it look like a robbery. His Google searches from the weeks before included medical trauma, gunshot chest, blood loss, shot to chest, and my personal favorite, Florida and divorce. He literally googled Florida divorce laws, decided murder was easier, then googled how to shoot himself non fatally. He's serving life without parole because he trusted Google. More than a divorce lawyer. But that was two thousand and two. Smartphones barely existed. Most people still had dial up Internet. You'd think criminals would have learned by now that Google keeps records.

2:39 You'd be wrong. Fast forward to twenty eighteen. The case that should have taught every criminal to stay off Google, the murder of Kelsey Bareth by her fiance Patrick Frasy. Phrasey's searches were a masterclass in self incrimination. How long before a body starts to decompose? What do human ashes look like? How hot does fire need to be to destroy evidence? And then showing he at least had one functioning brain cell. Can the FBI trace Google searches? Yes, Patrick, yes they can. That's why you're serving life without parole. But my favorite pre murder Google fail comes from twenty nineteen.

3:20 Jennifer Dulas disappeared in Connecticut. Her estranged husband, Fotus Dulas was the prime suspect. His Google searches included bodybuilding, protein, powder, and wait for it, Jennifer Dulos missing. He googled his wife's missing person case before she was reported missing, before anyone knew she was gone, he literally searched for news about a disappearance that hadn't been discovered yet. When cops asked him about it, he said he was anticipating that she might go missing to frame him. Right, You anticipated your wife's disappearance so accurately that you googled it before it happened. That's not anticipation. That's confession. Killed himself before trial, probably after googling countries without extradition treaties and realizing Greece wasn't far enough. These aren't isolated incidents. A twenty twenty two study found that eighty seven percent of murder cases now involve some form of digital evidence, and in cases where the murderer googled their crime, the conviction rate is ninety four percent. Ninety four percent. You have better odds playing Russian Roulette than googling your murder plans. Yet they keep doing it. Why because we've trained ourselves to google everything.

4:31 Can't remember the capital of Montana? Google it? Need a banana bread recipe, google it. Planning to murder your spouse apparently google that too. It's muscle memory. At this point, these killers probably googled their murders while sitting next to their victims. Honey, what are you looking up? Oh, just checking the weather types. How much anti freeze kills a person. The foundation of stupidity isn't that criminals are dumber. Now, it's that they've outsourced their thinking to a search engine that records everything and shares it with law enforcement. They've turned Google into God's greatest snitch. Now, let's talk about the current champion of Google stupidity. Brian Walsh. This Massachusetts genius didn't just google one incriminating thing. He created a whole search history curriculum for how to get convicted of murder?

5:24 One oh one. Let me take you through Brian's greatest hits chronologically, because the progression is actually breathtaking in its stupidity. December twenty seventh, twenty twenty two, on a Walsh is still alive, Brian searches what's the best state to divorce for a man? Okay, normal enough for an unhappy husband, But then ten minutes later how much alimony in Massachusetts? Followed immediately by how to stop a body from decomposing? That escalated quickly from divorce to decomposition in under fifteen minutes. That's not a thought progression, that's a murder plan. Developing in real time. January first, twenty twenty three, Anna disappears.

6:09 Brian searches that day include how long before a body starts to smell? How to clean blood from wooden floor, and what happens when you put body parts in ammonia? Body parts plural. He wasn't just planning to kill Anna, he was planning to dismember her, and he asked Google for instructions like he was assembling ikea furniture. January second, Anna has been missing for one day. Brian searches, can you track a phone that's off? How to dispose of a one hundred and fifteen pound woman's body? And hacksaw best for bones? One hundred fifteen pounds Anna's exact weight.

6:50 He didn't even round up or down, just typed his wife's precise weight into Google, along with the word dispose. That's not suspicious at all. January third, Luminol detect blood, can bleach destroy DNA evidence? What is the rate of decomposition in cold weather? He's literally googling the forensic techniques that will catch him while simultaneously googling how to avoid them. It's like robbing a bank while calling nine to one. One to ask about their response time. January fourth, Brian finally reports on a missing his search that morning, how to act sad at a press conference. I'm not making that up. He googled how to act sad like. There's a wicki how article on five tips for seeming grief stricken when you've murdered your wife. The prosecutor said Brian's Google history was the most comprehensive confession they'd ever seen.

7:44 He documented his entire thought process, from considering divorce to dismembering his wife. Brian's lawyer tried to argue the searches were taken out of context. Context What context makes Hacksaw best for bones innocent? Was he planning to become a butcher taking up recreational surgery? The jury deliberated for less than two hours, probably spent most of that time reading through Brian's searches and trying not to laugh at the stupidity. Brian Walsh wins the award for the most self incriminating Google history and murder case history. He turned the world's most powerful search engine into his prosecution's star witness. And remember, Brian got stabbed in prison last week. Even convicted killers think he's an idiot. When murderers are shanking you for being too stupid, you've really achieved something. Before we had Brian Walsh's masterpiece, we had other classics in the Google Hall of shame. Let's talk about Neil Entwhistle two thousand and six. This British man living in Massachusetts shot his wife and baby daughter, then fled to England. His Google searches before the murders included how to kill with a knife quietly and pointy two caliber kill someone. But here's the beautiful part. He also googled how to have an affair and escort services Boston, so his digital footprint showed motive and method. He wanted to cheat, decided murder was easier than divorce, then asked Google for technical assistance. He's

9:16 serving life without parole, probably wondering why he didn't Google. Will Google searches be used against me in court? Answer? Yes, Neil always yes. Then there's the case of Casey Anthony. Yes, that Casey Anthony, the one who got away with murdering her daughter Kaylee. Except she didn't really get away with it. The jury just didn't understand technology. Her computer showed searches for chloroform, how to make chloroform, neck breaking and death. The prosecution said she googled methods to kill her daughter. The defense claimed she was researching chlorophyl for school. Chlorophyl for school. The twenty two year old high school dropout was researching plant biology while her daughter was CoInc incidentally dying from undetermined causes. The jury acquitted her, but those searches tell the real story. Casey Anthony googled how to kill her child, did it, and got away with it because twelve people didn't understand that nobody accidentally searches for neck breaking. More recently, we have the case of Brian Walshey.

10:20 Different Brian, different murdered wife, same stupidity. This Brian from Utah killed his wife Barbara in twenty twenty two. His searches included how long does DNA last? Can you identify a body with broken teeth? And how to clean blood from carpet. He also searched for countries that don't extradite and how to change identity. My man was planning his whole new life while his wife's blood was still wet on the carpet. He was googling how to clean he's awaiting trial. But with that search history, his lawyer should just google how to negotiate a plea deal and call it a day. The pattern is always the same. They google the method, how to poison someone, where to shoot someone fatally? How much insulin kills a person? Then they google the cover up, how to pass a polygraph, bleach, destroy evidence, how to police investigate murders. Then they google the aftermath, countries without extradition, how long before missing person declared dead? Can you collect life insurance if body never found.

11:24 It's like they're creating a PowerPoint presentation titled why I'm Guilty and emailing it directly to the FBI. My personal favorite subgenre killers who google their victims after killing them, like Thomas Murray, who murdered his wife in twenty seventeen, then googled her name constantly to see if she'd been found. He'd check news sites, social media, missing persons databases. The prosecutor called it digital grave visiting. He couldn't stop checking on his crime. His obsessive googling of his dead wife led police right to him. Moment, we can't talk about digital stupidity without mentioning Amazon, Google's partner in solving crimes.

12:15 Bryant to Jada, who we covered this week, didn't just google how sharp does a tomahawk need to be? He bought the Tomahawk on Amazon with prime shipping using his own account, delivered to his home address. Amazon keeps records of everything, every search, every view, every purchase. That tomahawk had a digital paper trail from frequently bought together to customers also viewed to delivered by Fernando at two forty seven pm. But Bryant's not alone. In twenty nineteen, Todd Barkett killed his wife with a hammer, A specific hammer, a st wing, twenty two ounce framing hammer with a milled face and shock reduction grip. How do we know the exact specifications? He bought it on Amazon three days before the murder. His Amazon history also showed he'd view tarps, zip ties, and a bone saw. He added them all to his cart, but only bought the hammer. Probably thought he was being smart by not buying the whole murder kid at once. Instead, he created a digital wish list of premeditation. Then there's the case of Kellen Winslow Junior, the NFL player who was convicted of rape and kidnapping.

13:27 His Amazon history included zip ties, ski masks, and a GPS tracker. His defense claimed these were for legitimate purposes. Right, every innocent person needs zip ties, ski masks, and GPS trackers from Amazon. That's definitely not a kidnapping starter pack with free two day shipping. The best part about Amazon evidence people leave reviews. I'm not joking. Criminals review their murder weapons. In twenty twenty, James Scanderito Junior killed his father with a baseball bat he bought on Amazon. He left a one star review, broke after one use, very disappointed. One use to kill his father, and he was disappointed in the product quality, not the patricide. Amazon has become the everything store, including everything you need to convict yourself store.

14:16 These killers are building their own prosecutions, one prime delivery at a time. So why do they do it? Why do seemingly intelligent people google their crimes. It's not just stupidity, though that's a factor. It's habit. We've trained ourselves to google everything instantly. Having a thought without googling it feels incomplete. Think about your own life. You probably google dozens of things daily without thinking whether tomorrow best tie food near me, how to remove red wine stains. It's automatic thought to search in milliseconds. Now, imagine you're planning a murder. Your brain doesn't suddenly develop a new decision making process. It uses the same pattern. I need to kill my wife becomes how to kill your wife in the search bar before the frontal lobe can scream what are you doing?

15:09 There's also main character syndrome. These killers think they're special, different, smarter than everyone who got caught before them. They know Google keeps records, but surely they'll be the exception. They think they'll use incognito mode, which does nothing to hide searches from your ISP or law enforcement. They think they'll use a VPN, which they set up using their credit card and real email. They think they'll delete their history, not understanding that Google keeps it anyway. Some even google how to permanently delete Google history right before googling how to kill someone, like Google is going to help them hide evidence from Google. It's the same overconfidence that makes them think they can get away with murder in the first place. If you're arrogant enough to believe you can kill someone and not get caught, you're arrogant. Enough to believe you can google it. So there's also the paradox of needing information to commit the perfect crime, but not being a criminal who knows that information. These are amateurs, first time killers. They don't know how to dispose of bodies or fake crime scenes, so they ask the Internet, not realizing they're creating evidence with every keystroke. The real irony.

16:20 If they didn't google anything, many might get away with it. It's the searches that provide motive, method and timeline. Without Brian Walsh's Google History proving he murdered Anna would be much harder. Without Herbert Swilly's searches, his wife's death might have been ruled a suicide. Google doesn't make them killers, but it does make them convicted killers. That's Celebrity Trials for Saturday, September twentieth. Today we explored the Search History Hall of Shame, where killers document their own crimes in the most permanent way possible. Google searches from Brian Walsh's Comprehensive Murder Curriculum to Casey Anthony's chloroform research to Idia It's leaving one star Amazon reviews for their murder weapons.

17:03 The digital age has made criminals easier to catch and harder to defend. Tomorrow, we expand beyond Google to explore the entire digital graveyard, Facebook posts, Instagram stories, tiktoks, deleted texts that aren't deleted, find my iPhone pinging at crime scenes, and my personal favorite killers who stream their crimes. Because it's not just Google anymore, every app, every device, every digital interaction is a potential witness, and criminals can't stop incriminating themselves. I'm read Carter. If you're planning to murder someone this weekend, first, don't Second, definitely don't google it. Third, seriously, just get a divorce. It's cheaper than prison, and you can still use Amazon Prime. Remember Google is not your friend.

17:49 It's not your therapist, it's not your crime consultant. It's a permanent record of your worst thoughts that will be projected on a courtroom screen while a prosecutor explains why you're going to die in prison. See you tomorrow for part two of the Google Graveyard, where we explore how your phone knows you're a killer before the cops do.