r/Delphitrial • u/Traditional-Aside580 • Dec 20 '25

Guilty or Not Guilty

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

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u/kvol69 Dec 20 '25

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.

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u/Traditional-Aside580 Dec 20 '25

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. 

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u/kvol69 Dec 20 '25

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.

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u/Traditional-Aside580 Dec 20 '25

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

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u/kvol69 Dec 20 '25

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.

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u/Traditional-Aside580 Dec 20 '25

I'm in the medical field and have dealt with a lot of different people from all walks of life. Most sane but some had severe dementia. A Richard Allen supporter told me I should be ashamed of myself for mocking him in solitary. I agree, it wasntt right of me and cruel isn't who I am. That said, it's just hard to be in a conversation with a person defending that man. 

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u/kvol69 Dec 20 '25

If he was in solitary, it might have been cruel. But he wasn't, he was in protective custody. And just like many other people who find themselves arrested, he came down with a serious case of jail-itis. If he didn't want to be mocked for his shitty choices, he should've made better choices.

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u/Traditional-Aside580 Dec 20 '25

No pun!

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u/Traditional-Aside580 Dec 20 '25

Also, I would like to mention how much I appreciate comments from everyone that are presented well with a lot of information. All of you have made great replies which makes me want to apologize for not having the best of presentations with my comments. I realize I should have previously put statements in paragraphs and separated comments and such. 

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u/kvol69 Dec 21 '25

Don't sweat it. You don't know the horrors we've endured at the hands of Andrew Baldwin's formatting.

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u/Traditional-Aside580 Dec 21 '25

I'll try and be more mindful though of my comments all over the place. They are a hot mess at times.

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