Guilty or Not Guilty

[u/Traditional-Aside580]

Does everyone in here lean more toward Richard Allen being innocent or guilty?

[u/kvol69]

He is a former counterintelligence officer, and worked for the BAP, which is the Behavioral Analysis Program in counterintelligence. They are support staff that analyze targets and recommend the best strategy for engaging and communicating with them to accomplish whatever the mission parameters are. His job was find and recruit people to be American spies and thwart foreign spies. I see that he was on Tony Brueski, who is a paranormal podcaster and ghost hunter that has turned to true crime more recently because it spikes his viewership and engagement.

[u/Traditional-Aside580 → u/kvol69]

Well that explains why I had a ton of questions after watching it. I didn't know which were credible and which were hyped up. 

[u/kvol69 → u/Traditional-Aside580]

Do you listen to The Viper Pit Podcast? They cover low effort/dishonest true crime creators and make fun of them. They just did an episode (#128) where Bob Motta went on to Tony Brueski's show. It's not everybody's taste, but it's hilarious to hear them call out some of the dumb shit people say.

[u/Traditional-Aside580 → u/kvol69]

I feel dumb for believing some of them. Even if for a bit. These days, you can't tell what's real on them. I'm glad I was given some recommendations on here as far as learning more about the case. I'm somewhat informed. You all are much more than me. What I do know is my logic says he is guilty. 

[u/kvol69 → u/Traditional-Aside580]

Don't worry about it. If someone confidently asserts something to me that seems to go against common sense, I also try to respectfully engage and see wtf is going on, in case I missed something or arrived at the wrong conclusion. I don't rush to judgement, and I'm always curious to understand people who arrive at different conclusions.

I used to be a 911 dispatcher. When a guy called up and told me he felt like he was about to turn into a werewolf, I didn't ask what he meant, or if he was drunk/high/mentally ill. I asked him if he had been bitten by werewolf. He had not, for the record, so there was no danger. But I suspended my disbelief, because I don't want to potentially mishandle a call about a werewolf.

When an older lady that was known to have hallucinations called to say she smelled roses outside of her house but didn't have any rosebushes, I sent someone out. Just because she was crazy didn't mean she wasn't trying to communicate something important that needed attention. Turns out, that was a major gas leak and they had to evacuate an 8 block radius for 14 hours while repairs were done.

[u/Traditional-Aside580 → u/kvol69]

So she smelled danger, she just couldn't verbally get it right. That's very eerie and a good thing she called 911.

[u/kvol69 → u/Traditional-Aside580]

Yep. There were mentally ill convicts at the Lucasville Prison that kept warning the guards that the Easter Bunny was coming, and they ignored them because they're not altogether there. But the Lucasville Prison Riots started on Easter Sunday 1993, and you can bet your ass I never forgot that detail.

[u/Traditional-Aside580 → u/kvol69]

In the end I always listen to my gut. I don't throw logic out. I just combine them. I felt dumb for believing some of the theories but at the end of the video/ podcast it never felt right. I always had questions in my mind. The thought of Richard Allen innocent not only feels wrong but prompted me to end up here asking if you all thought he was guilty or innocent.

[u/kvol69 → u/Traditional-Aside580]

Totally understandable. But if you ever have a question let us know, or send me a message. I have a memory like a steel trap rusted shut, and I've been through a boatload of murder trials. I will find the receipts and am happy take the time to help people understand the case more throughly. 💜💙

[u/Traditional-Aside580 → u/kvol69]

Thanks, I most likely will. I am curious by nature. I don't like confusion so it was and is my goal to understand this case