1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Hello! Hello! I'm Kenna. I'm Koelle. And welcome back to Diagnosing a Killer! 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:12,000 I wanted to say mental breakdown! Mental breakdown! It's not the mental breakdown! 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Which is next episode. They're like, wait, I clicked on episode 17, not mental breakdown. 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:42,000 I'm just used to doing like the m-m-m-mental breakdown! 5 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Hi! How's it going? I know, it's just like jittering. 6 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:55,000 We got a new Patreon this week and I'm so excited. His name is JimBob56. 7 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Thank you JimBob56. I appreciate that. We are now up to five total Patreons. 8 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Thanks guys! Us included, so three. Thank you guys very much for that. 9 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 We're gonna just jump right into the case, I think. I have to do it. 10 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:18,000 It's gonna be a full-on episode. So today we are going to be talking about, I don't think you know this one, George Emil Banks. 11 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:23,000 George Emil Banks? No? No? I don't think so. Are you waiting for me to repeat it and say no? 12 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,000 No? No? Anybody? Yeah. Anyone? Seek up now for everyone please. 13 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:39,000 So George Emil Banks was born in the suburbs of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on June 22nd, 1942 to parents John Mack and Mary Yelland. 14 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Mary Yelland? Yelland. Not Mary Ellen. No? Yelland. Why E-L-L? Mary Yelland! 15 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:51,000 Like you're yelling and it's the end. Yelland. Yelland. It's the end of your yell. 16 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:57,000 It wasn't a lot of sources and I think that it's important to note that the community that George was raised in had an 80% white population 17 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,000 because his father was black and his mother was white. 18 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Now, although George's parents were not married, they were highly discriminated against as well as George 19 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,000 because the parents were raising biracial children and George was biracial himself. 20 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:18,000 On top of being judged and teased, like I said, the classmates would also frequently tease his mother for being in that relationship, which is awful. 21 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Of course, this continuous teasing and discrimination took a huge toll on George and he carried that anger into his adulthood. 22 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 I'll go in a little bit more into that later. 23 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:34,000 So there's not much about his early childhood except for the discrimination and segregation. 24 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 They talk about that a lot in all the sources that I read. 25 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:43,000 But when George turned 17, he decided to join the army and make a successful, secure career for himself. 26 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,000 That's good. 27 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Really admirable. 28 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Now, during the two years that he spent with the U.S. Army, there was a number of disagreements noted between George and his superiors. 29 00:02:53,000 --> 00:03:00,000 And ultimately, again, just two years later in the year 1961, George was discharged from the army. 30 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Honorably? 31 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,000 It didn't say dishonorably or honorably, it just says discharged. 32 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 So I'm not sure. 33 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000 So either way, it might have been because of the disagreements, but either way, he was discharged. 34 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Yes. 35 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 And he was only there for two years? 36 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Yes. 37 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 So he was 19 at this point. 38 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,000 So is at this time that George's violent streak would begin? 39 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:31,000 So again, at the age of 19, George and some accomplices, it said, it did not name these people, went to a tavern in South Scranton with the intention of robbing the store owner at gunpoint. 40 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 What? 41 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Yeah. 42 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Just strung him. 43 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 The sudden it seems, right? 44 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 I know. 45 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:44,000 With a shotgun in hand, the team of men walked into the tavern and during the struggle, the store owner was shot and injured, but ultimately survived the attack. 46 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 I know how scary, right? 47 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 That is so scary. 48 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Now, George was arrested following this attack and he was sentenced to six to 15 years for armed robbery. 49 00:03:53,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Three years into this sentence in 1964, George made a brief escape, it says. 50 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,000 What? 51 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Yes. 52 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Brief escape. 53 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Oxymor. 54 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Either way, it's an escape. 55 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Yeah. 56 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 It's a matter of its brief. 57 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Does it matter? 58 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:15,000 And following him being recaptured and returned to prison, of course, he got time added to his sentence. 59 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Despite the time being added to his sentence, I mean, that's the whole story, right? 60 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 That's it. 61 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,000 That's it. 62 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 The end. 63 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Despite the time being added to his sentence, George only served eight years in full and was granted parole in 1969. 64 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:34,000 So other than the fact that he escaped, he's like a model in May and they just let him go. 65 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Armed robbery, escape artist, and then on parole. 66 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,000 What? 67 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Like that's the end. 68 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Yeah, literally. 69 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Now, it was at this time that George was released that he realized what he wanted in life, marriage and a family. 70 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:57,000 He got a job with the Department of Environmental Resources and the same year that he was granted parole in 1969, George found himself married to a young woman named Doris. 71 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 The same, I wonder if they met while he was in prison. 72 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 I'm not sure. 73 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Didn't say. 74 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 They didn't say a lot. 75 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,000 They didn't. 76 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 This is a hard case to research. 77 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,000 The sauces. 78 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,000 The sauces. 79 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Again, it is important for the story to note that Doris was a black woman and I'll explain why in a little bit. 80 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:23,000 They tied the knot on August 23rd, 1969, and during their time being married, they had two daughters together, Myrna and Daphne. 81 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,000 All right. 82 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 That's so cute. 83 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Myrna and Daphne. 84 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Now we're going to fast forward to 1974. 85 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Governor Milton Shapp commuted George's sentence so he lessened his sentence so he was no longer on parole. 86 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 So he got off parole. 87 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Two years later, on October 28th, 1976, George would file for divorce from Doris. 88 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:50,000 After the relationship ended, George and Doris were no longer, I'm assuming, talking and I believe that he left the family entirely. 89 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Oh my God. 90 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Because they don't show back up in the story. 91 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Because that was like what he wanted to be like a family man. 92 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:04,000 So George would later say that he ended the relationship because he felt the torment from his childhood creeping back in. 93 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:10,000 And after that, he himself made the decision to date white women only from that point on. 94 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,000 In an attempt to shield himself and his future children or partner from racism. 95 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Wow. 96 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 That's what he says about that later on. 97 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 That's so sad. 98 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 I know it is. 99 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,000 It's just sad that discrimination literally shapes your brain. 100 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Oh yeah, absolutely. 101 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Now during the timeframe of 1976 to around 1980, I couldn't get an exact date. 102 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:39,000 George dated a woman named Sharon Mazeo and they had even lived together for a while and had one son together named Kismayu. 103 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Kismayu? 104 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Kismayu. 105 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Cute. 106 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 They ultimately separated as well. 107 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,000 And over the next few years, again, the timeline was not perfect. 108 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 And this is going to get kind of confusing. 109 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 So I'm going to try to be as clear as possible. 110 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Okay. 111 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:58,000 George had met three young women who were all living on the streets and seemed as though they were in need of some help. 112 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Maybe some shelter, some food. 113 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 But keep in mind, this is 1980-ish. 114 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:08,000 George is now 40 years old and he's offering to help out these young women. 115 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Thinking that he's a stand-up guy that's offering to put a roof over their heads, the women trusted him. 116 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:19,000 It wasn't clear if he met them all at the same time and offered to have them a place to stay or he met them in separate occasions. 117 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,000 This is about like a six-year gap. 118 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,000 So it's very likely that he met them at different times and then offered them to come live with him. 119 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:31,000 He had a son, so this was in six years of him having his son. 120 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Yes. 121 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Exactly. 122 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:39,000 So it was at this point around 1980 that George had actually gotten a job as a prison guard, despite his record, 123 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 and was working at Camp Hill in Pennsylvania. 124 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 So why shouldn't these women trust him? 125 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 He seems like a stand-up guy. 126 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 He has a job in prison. 127 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000 He's got a good job. 128 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Yeah. 129 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Now George purchased a house in Will's Bar, the same city that he had spent his whole life in, 130 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,000 and invited these women to live with him. 131 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,000 It wasn't clear if two of these women knew each other before, but two of them were actually siblings. 132 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 So it was his sister and her younger sister, and then a third woman that was not related to them. 133 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Okay. 134 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Either way, however it happened, by September of 1982, George was living with all of these women and had children with each of them. 135 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Yes. 136 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,000 What? 137 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Yes. 138 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 Canelozo. 139 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Yes. 140 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:18,000 So again, the names may get a little confusing, but I felt it's important to name each of them for the purpose of the story. 141 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Of course. 142 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 So I will try to be as clear as possible. 143 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Now, from these three women came five children. 144 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Dorothy Lyons had a daughter named Nancy from a previous relationship. 145 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,000 She was 11 years old. 146 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Okay. 147 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 And her and George shared a son together who was one year old named Fora Roode. 148 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:42,000 Susan Yuhas had a son named Boende, who she shared with George, who was four years old, and also a 20-month-year-old daughter, Morin Tiana. 149 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Morin Tiana. 150 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 These are just so unique. 151 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Yes. 152 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:52,000 And Regina Clemens also had a daughter with George named Montanzima, and she was six years old. 153 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 But like how long was... 154 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 So, okay, wait. 155 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 So she's six. 156 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 She's six. 157 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,000 But how long had the women had only been living there for six years, right? 158 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,000 They had. 159 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Because... 160 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:10,000 So was he like with her and also the previous lady? 161 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Yes. 162 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 So it seems like the oldest child is six in the house. 163 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:20,000 His breakup with his ex-girlfriend Sharon was five years ago, right? 164 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 And so he clearly was... 165 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Oh, was already with this woman. 166 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Yes. 167 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:35,000 This woman Regina, it seems as though he had sex with her, gotten her pregnant, and then was in this relationship with Sharon maybe shortly afterwards, or while he was in the relationship with her. 168 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Either way, he has a six-year-old with this woman Regina, with woman Regina now, and a five-year-old with his ex-girlfriend Sharon, who is not living in the house. 169 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Okay, so he had had a previous relationship with her before the other five-year-old's mom. 170 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Yes. 171 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Oh my gosh. 172 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,000 It's confusing. 173 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 I know. 174 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 So the only biochild that's not his is Nancy, right? 175 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Yes. 176 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 She's eleven. 177 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,000 And she's from a previous relationship, but she's living in this house. 178 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,000 But she lives there. 179 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Okay. 180 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 So there's five children and four adults in the house. 181 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Okay. 182 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 I know, it's hard to explain. 183 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:09,000 So it's very clear that Georgia's in relationships with all three of these women, or at least has been in the past, and has kids with all three of them. 184 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Yeah. 185 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Which again, it's not unusual for some religions. 186 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Absolutely. 187 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 To have multiple two-each-ism. 188 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Wise, or have multiple women that have multiple children. 189 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Yes. 190 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Things like that. 191 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,000 So, okay. 192 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,000 As long as they're happy. 193 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Yeah. 194 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Are they happy? 195 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Uh. 196 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 I mean, I'm a woman. 197 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 He says it all. 198 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Now on top of the three women and five children that are living in his home, he is also in a custody battle with his ex-girlfriend Sharon for their now five-year-old son. 199 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,000 Okay. 200 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Sharon, however, was not living in the home, but instead was living in a mobile home only four miles away in Jenkins Township with their son. 201 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Hmm. 202 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:57,000 This custody battle had been going on for a while, and although George had been granted parental responsibility, Sharon was not complying with court orders and was pretty much keeping his son from him. 203 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,000 So she's refusing to let the son. 204 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 She's like not in agreement with what he's doing. 205 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Seems like it. 206 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,000 All the other children. 207 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Maybe she couldn't hang with the multiple girlfriends. 208 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Yeah. 209 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 I mean. 210 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 But that's still his kid. 211 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Yeah. 212 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 I mean, especially if it's court order to be granted. 213 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 He's granted. 214 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,000 He has parental rights. 215 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Yes. 216 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,000 He has parental rights. 217 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Yes. 218 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Yes. 219 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 And she's keeping him from him. 220 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Oh, hell no. 221 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Yeah. 222 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 No. 223 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Wild horses could not drag me away from my child. 224 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 So remember how I said earlier that he was working as a prison guard? 225 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Mm-hmm. 226 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Well, his stint in that job only lasted two years as well, and in early 1982, George had told a coworker that, quote, the world would soon be consumed by a race war, and that he also wanted, quote, to prevent the five children he fathered with the four white girlfriends from experiencing the torment and agony of racism. 227 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000 No. 228 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Yeah. 229 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000 What's he gonna do? 230 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Well, during the first week of September. 231 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,000 No, don't do this. 232 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Okay. 233 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,000 All right. 234 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,000 It's not coming in. 235 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Okay. 236 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Oh, God, okay. 237 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:07,000 George was actually put on a leave of absence from this prison guard job following a disagreement with the supervisor. 238 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Sound familiar? 239 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Yes. 240 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 In this disagreement, George threatened suicide. 241 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:18,000 The argument began with George locking himself in a guard tower with a shotgun and threatening to kill himself. 242 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 What? 243 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Yes. 244 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 This incident not only took him off prison guard duty. 245 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Duh. 246 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:29,000 The prison had ordered George to be examined for mental health issues at a Harrisburg area hospital. 247 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Here we go. 248 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Here we go. 249 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000 There we go. 250 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 This is the diagnosis part of the diagnosis. 251 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Yeah. 252 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Where they don't get diagnosed and they just get shoved off to, like, on the streets or whatever. 253 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:47,000 So he was placed on involuntary sick leave and was supposed to see a psychologist on September 29, 1982. 254 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 What does that mean, supposed to see a psychologist? 255 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Like, when I hear shit like that, I'm thinking someone's going to make a house call. 256 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Someone is going to actively check up with this individual, not just, like, we're going to schedule an appointment and hope that they show up. 257 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 So remember, this is in the beginning of September that this incident happened. 258 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:08,000 And they're telling him, oh, we booked you an appointment for the 29th. 259 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 You're going to have to wait three weeks to get this appointment with the psychologist. 260 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 But you got to go see them. 261 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:17,000 And not only are you going to wait three weeks, you're going to be out of work for three weeks while we wait to get this appointment. 262 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 So your entire routine is just fucked. 263 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Like, you don't have a routine because you're not getting up going to work. 264 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Oh, no, no. 265 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,000 And if you are suffering from a mental illness, disrupting your routine can be a big, freaking, issue. 266 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Of course, yeah. 267 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Because it's, I mean, it's, you're no longer being held accountable for anything anymore. 268 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Yeah. 269 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:38,000 And you feel like that's like one of the things is when they say, like, not to compare mental illnesses with working out. 270 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:43,000 But that's what they say, like, when you start going to the gym, take a buddy, you know, because you keep each other accountable. 271 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Yeah. 272 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,000 And if nobody is keeping you accountable for anything, I mean, fuck it. 273 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Yeah. 274 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Fuck it. 275 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Literally. 276 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Now, I said three weeks from now is when he's going to have the appointment. 277 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Mm-hmm. 278 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Two weeks later, on September 24th, 1982, this is it. 279 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,000 No! 280 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,000 This is five days before his appointment. 281 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Oh my God. 282 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:13,000 George found himself at a party and heavily under the influence of straight gin, also on a dangerous amount of prescription drugs. 283 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Oh, fuck. 284 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:19,000 At this party, he was noted as playing darts and drinking beer, of course. 285 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,000 And he was also fawning over a woman's t-shirt that he met. 286 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:29,000 The t-shirt stated, quote, kill them all and let God sort it out. 287 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 It's kind of a rad shirt. 288 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Not in this sense. 289 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:40,000 He loved this t-shirt so much, in fact, that he and this woman actually switched shirts while at the party. 290 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000 He wanted it. 291 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Right? 292 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,000 He went to bed and, to his surprise, awoke the next morning in his home. 293 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 After waking up... 294 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Surprised to be awoke? 295 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 In his own home? 296 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Oh, because he was so drunk he didn't realize? 297 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 He was surprised that he woke up. 298 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 He drank so much and took pills the night before. 299 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Oh. 300 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000 That was me speculating. 301 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,000 I don't know if he was surprised. 302 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,000 He didn't say that. 303 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,000 Surprise. 304 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,000 You were surprised. 305 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,000 I was surprised. 306 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,000 I was surprised. 307 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:16,000 After waking up, George picked up his AR-15, semi-automatic rifle, and began what would end up becoming a 13-person killing spree. 308 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,000 13? 309 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Oh my god. 310 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Content warning. 311 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,000 I'm not going to get too much into it, but content warning. 312 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,000 George began by killing everybody that lived in the house with him. 313 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Without getting too much into it, again, his method of operation for each person was a fatal gunshot wound, either to the head or to the heart, bringing his body count to 8 within minutes. 314 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 So, okay, so we ate. 315 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,000 That's the three women and then the all five children. 316 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Yes. 317 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:54,000 After he was finished in the home, George addressed himself in military fatigues that he wore over the t-shirt from the party and made his way outside. 318 00:15:54,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Across the street, there was a house party, I guess that had ended and people were leaving the next morning, and just as George exited his home, so did 22-year-old Jimmy Olsen and 24-year-old Ray Hall Jr. across the street. 319 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 They're like random people? 320 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:13,000 As soon as George spotted the two men, he opened fire. 321 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Ugh, I could do a math. 322 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 Like, literally you're just leaving a party. 323 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000 You're hung over as shit. 324 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Man, let's hit up the I-hop. 325 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Literally. 326 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Oh my god, that's so awful. 327 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Both of the men were struck with bullets. 328 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Ray Hall Jr. died at the scene, suffering gunshot wounds to his liver and kidney. 329 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,000 And surprisingly, Jimmy Olsen survived a gunshot wound to the chest. 330 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Oh my god. 331 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Jimmy would later tell investigators that he remembers George stating that the two men would not tell anybody about what happened before he opened fire. 332 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Like, he was saying, like, do you think that maybe he thought that they, maybe they knew or something that he had hurt everybody in the family? 333 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Or do you think it was like, I don't know, like, is it like- 334 00:16:55,000 --> 00:17:02,000 I think that he was in a military uniform with an AR-15 in his hand and these two guys saw and he said, 335 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Oh, you're not gonna say anything about what I look like or what I'm doing or whatever. 336 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,000 I mean, he obviously has a gun. 337 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,000 He's not, you know, I don't know. 338 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 I guess like he considered them to be witnesses. 339 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Yeah, I think so. 340 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:22,000 And I mean, talk about Survivor's guilt with Jimmy Olsen and his buddy, you know, they were just leaving the party together and they both got shot and he survived. 341 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,000 I can't imagine. 342 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Especially a wound to the chest like that. 343 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Yeah. 344 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Following this attack, George got in his car and drove off. 345 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:41,000 He knew exactly where he wanted to go and he headed towards Heather Highland's mobile home park where his ex-girlfriend Sharon and the son that they shared lived together. 346 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:47,000 Upon arriving, George forced his way in and immediately got to Sharon shooting her instantly in the chest. 347 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:55,000 He was then noted as placing the gun to his son's head while he was asleep and discharging a fatal gunshot wound. 348 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Unbeknownst to George, Sharon's mother and two brothers, as well as her nephew, were also in the mobile home. 349 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,000 Oh my God. 350 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000 This is too much. 351 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:15,000 I know, George turned the gun on Alice Mazeo, Sharon's mom, who was actually on the phone with police at the time and delivered a fatal gunshot to her face. 352 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Sharon's nephew, Scott, had tried to get away but was kicked by George, hit with the rifle and ultimately shot fatally in the face as well. 353 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Bringing his crime spree up to 13 victims. 354 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,000 George then left the mobile home. 355 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Did Sharon's mom get to say anything on 911? 356 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,000 It'll come up later. 357 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Now I mentioned that Sharon's two younger brothers were also there. 358 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:42,000 George didn't notice, but Sharon's younger brother, Angelo, at 10 years old, was hiding under the bed during this whole attack. 359 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,000 And her other brother, Keith, at 13 years old, was hiding in a closet. 360 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Oh my God, smart boys. 361 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:53,000 After George left the mobile home, the phone that Alice had used to call the police, the line was still open. 362 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:58,000 So the boys picked up the phone and were able to identify George as the sheriff immediately. 363 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,000 No way! 364 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Oh my God. 365 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,000 I just got the whole heave's in jeeps. 366 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,000 Smart heaves. 367 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,000 Oh my gosh, I can't believe that. 368 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,000 So I'm sure the operator probably heard gunshots and stuff. 369 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:21,000 After this report from the boys, police arrived at both scenes, the house and the mobile home, and were quickly able to connect the crime scenes with the men that had been shot across the street and with George Minks. 370 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Now George had abandoned his car after leaving the mobile home and actually carjacked an unnamed individual who was left uninjured. 371 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:37,000 And at this point, George drove around for a while and then he pulled over in a grassy area and laid down for a little bit and ultimately passed out. 372 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Like he was exhausted from all his crime doing? 373 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Yeah, I thought this was important to note because that can be a sign of severe mental illness, like the dissociation with reality. 374 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Yeah. 375 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Like that's real, you know. 376 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:54,000 When George awoke, he immediately went to his mother, Mary's house, who still resided in Wilkes Bar. 377 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:59,000 When George arrived, Mary noted that he smelled like liquor and he was crying. 378 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Mary remembers George telling her that she needed to take him where he wanted to go or that there was going to be a shootout. 379 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Yeah, like what? 380 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Like with his own mom? 381 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Well, with the police. 382 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 I mean he killed his own children, but... 383 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:17,000 When Mary asked George what happened, he replied with, quote, it's all over. I did it. I killed everyone. 384 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:26,000 She then asked who he killed and he replied, quote, I killed them all, mom. I killed all the kids and girls. Regina, Sharon, them all. 385 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Geez. 386 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Very haunting. 387 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:36,000 After hearing this, of course, Mary was shocked and she proceeded to call George's home to confirm hoping that he was just drunk and just rambling. 388 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Well, the police were still at his home doing their investigation, so they answered when the phone rang. 389 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Oh my God. 390 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Imagine that. 391 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,000 That is heartbreaking. 392 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Upon the police answering the phone, George grabbed the phone from his mom and asked the cops how the children were doing. 393 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 What? 394 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Yeah. 395 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 He's definitely suffering from some type of psychosis. 396 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:03,000 The police told George that the children were indeed alive in an attempt to keep him on the phone. 397 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,000 They were not, but they were trying to. 398 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:11,000 George responded by screaming that they were lying and saying, quote, I know I killed them. 399 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:19,000 He slammed the phone down, put 30 rounds of ammo in a duffel bag and left the home going to a vacant rental home. 400 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Okay. 401 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:27,000 I assume that he was in a home either near the house or that Mary followed him, but either way, the police were able to locate the rental home or the vacate. 402 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Yeah, the vacant home that George was in. 403 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Yeah. 404 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 This is where a standoff took place. 405 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,000 Oh my God. 406 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:40,000 The police attempted everything they could to get George out of the home, including bringing Mary with them in order to try and talk him out. 407 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:49,000 They also feigned a news report that they played over WILK radio that stated that the children were alive and they needed blood in order to survive. 408 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,000 What? 409 00:21:50,000 --> 00:22:01,000 So they made a fake news report over a radio and played it for him, that it was someone reporting that the kids are in desperate need of blood to survive, hoping that that would draw him out. 410 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Didn't. 411 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Yeah. 412 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:16,000 I'm sorry, like he already killed his children, so I don't think that there's, I think that even if there was a potential that they were alive, he probably, I mean, that sounds awful, but probably hoped that they would. 413 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Yeah. 414 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Because he already thought that he was saving them or helping them, you know? 415 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000 None of these things seem to be working. 416 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:30,000 And after four hours, a former coworker of George's named Robert Brunson was able to talk George down and get him out of the house. 417 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Was he a corrections officer? 418 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,000 Probably, right? 419 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,000 Oh, is it a former coworker? 420 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Yeah, I'm assuming he worked at the prison. 421 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Just five days later, George stood accused of eight counts of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, stealing a car, robbery, and theft. 422 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Only eight counts of murder? 423 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 This is what he's accused of. 424 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 So we'll get to the trial. 425 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Those are the things that they definitely knew he did. 426 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Yes. 427 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 I see, okay. 428 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:14,000 Following the shootings, George was given many psychiatric interviews, one in which Dr. Michael Spodak, chief of psychiatry at Baltimore County General Hospital said, he spoke of, quote, a conspiracy he believes he had been plotted against him, overwhelming his thoughts. 429 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Dr. Spodak was also noted as saying about George, quote, in my opinion, he was completely irrational. 430 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 He had lost touch with reality on a great many things. 431 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:30,000 He said he thinks someone moved the bodies around and put extra bullets into them and changed some of the clothes. 432 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 They were not rational expressions. 433 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000 That's part of his illness. 434 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Interesting. 435 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:43,000 While Dr. Spodak felt that George was, quote, terminally paranoid and not competent to stand trial, he was not the only psychiatrist that evaluated George. 436 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Of course. 437 00:23:44,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Dr. Robert Sadoff testified at a pretrial hearing on behalf of the prosecution and he stated that he felt that although George exhibited, quote, bizarre behavior, he fully understood the charges that were made against him, which, yeah, you can understand the charges, but do you understand what you did and were you saying at the time of your crimes? 438 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Yeah, I do agree with the fact that, I mean, clearly he said that he admitted to doing it. 439 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 So I think that he knew what it was. 440 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Now, whether or not he knows the gravity of that. 441 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Yeah. 442 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,000 Because maybe he doesn't have the ability to be empathetic or sympathetic. 443 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,000 Yeah. 444 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,000 That's different, you know, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he's incompetent. 445 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000 I agree. 446 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:27,000 The judge ultimately agreed with Dr. Sadoff and ruled George legally competent to stand trial. 447 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:34,000 On June 6, 1983, George's trial began at the Luzern County Courthouse in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. 448 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:40,000 From the start of the trial and against his attorney's advice, George insisted in testifying on his own behalf. 449 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Oh my gosh. 450 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000 They totally let him. 451 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000 They did. 452 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 They totally let them do that. 453 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:51,000 The defense team was arguing that George was criminally insane during the times of his crimes and therefore could not be held responsible for his actions. 454 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:58,000 However, George disagreed with his attorneys and was determined to take the stand with the statement that he was not insane. 455 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,000 His defense attorneys had the opportunity to speak first. 456 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:09,000 They stated that George was a man with disturbed and paranoid thoughts and that he had a fixation on an impending race war he believed was coming to the world. 457 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:19,000 They also said that he was suffering from paranoia during the time of the shootings and the defense psychiatrist argued that George truly believed that he had not killed his family. 458 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,000 That's the defense psychiatrist arguing for him, but George was saying otherwise. 459 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Yeah. 460 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Instead, George argued that he himself had only wounded some of his victims and that the police were the ones that actually killed them. 461 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 So he's totally changed at this point. 462 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:40,000 Although, again, we talk about that structure. There's no structure, there's no routine or anything, so he's probably just deteriorating in his brain. 463 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Yes. 464 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:51,000 Once George took the stand, he exclaimed that it was indeed the police that killed his victims, that he had simply wounded them, and if they would let him exume the victims' bodies, he could prove his theory. 465 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Oh my God. 466 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:58,000 I feel so bad for this man, although you can't feel badly for him because of the crimes that he committed. 467 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,000 But seriously, for somebody to go through that in their brain, how exhausting. 468 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,000 That's suffering so much and they don't even realize it. 469 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,000 And they don't know. 470 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:16,000 During his time on the stand, he also told police that he committed the crimes because he was drunk and on drugs and that his suffering from his childhood had built up into rage. 471 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Many other people took the stand at the trial, including some of George's family members, who testified that George had been struggling with the weight of racism his whole life and his hard childhood brought out resentment for both the black and white races. 472 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:34,000 Jimmy Olsen, the man who survived the gunshot wound to the chest, also took the stand. 473 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,000 He testified that George was indeed the man that shot him and left him for dead. 474 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:48,000 A gas station attendant who now knew George as the man who carjacked him at gunpoint after telling him that he had just killed his children also took the stand to identify George as the perpetrator. 475 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 That guy remained anonymous. 476 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:55,000 He confirmed that George was carrying a semi-automatic weapon during this confrontation. 477 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:05,000 Perhaps the most compelling testimonies, however, were that of Sharon's two little brothers, Keith and Angelo, who remember they were in the mobile home during the second attack. 478 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:10,000 The 911 operator was also there to use the mother's and children's call for the record. 479 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,000 When speaking about Alice's call, the operator said, quote, 480 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,000 She said someone was there assaulting her and her kids and there was a noise. 481 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,000 The operator then recalled that the line was quiet for a while. 482 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Quote, it sounded like a firecracker and a man's voice shouted, I'll kill you. 483 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,000 And then there was silence, but the line stayed open. 484 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,000 Then I heard a young male voice whisper, quote, 485 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,000 He killed my brother and my sister and my mom. He shot them all. 486 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:43,000 While both the defense and the prosecution agreed that George suffered from a paranoia psychosis diagnosis, 487 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:49,000 they disagreed on whether or not this would affect his ability to know right from wrong, especially during the time of the crimes. 488 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:54,000 The prosecution maintained that although mental illness may have contributed to his behavior and his actions, 489 00:27:54,000 --> 00:28:01,000 George knew what he was doing and killed the women in his life and his children as he felt he was losing control over them. 490 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Which I don't know if I agree with that part. 491 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,000 Yeah, I mean, that's definitely something a prosecutor would say. 492 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:12,000 They also brought in testimony that George had abused past girlfriends and witnesses who said they saw George 493 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:16,000 physically assaulting the women who lived in the house with him. 494 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 I mean, that's kind of damning. 495 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:23,000 Closing arguments took place 15 days later on June 21st, 1983. 496 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:30,000 Although the defense argued that George was insane, it was not enough to convince the jury that he did not know right from wrong. 497 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:35,000 The jury ultimately found George and Neil Banks guilty of 12 counts of first degree murder, 498 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:40,000 one count of third degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, 499 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:45,000 and one count each of robbery, theft, and endangering the life of another person. 500 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:55,000 On June 22nd, 1983, on George's 41st birthday, the jury recommended the death penalty for George Banks. 501 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,000 I have full body chills right now. 502 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,000 That is intense. 503 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,000 That was so orange. 504 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,000 No, that's it. That's so much information. 505 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,000 I know. 506 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:14,000 Following the trial, George immediately went to the maximum security unit at Huntington and was there until November of 1985. 507 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:21,000 He was then sent to the Correctional Institute at Greater Ford after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn his verdict. 508 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:26,000 From 1987 to the year 2000, George's attorneys continued to try and appeal his case. 509 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,000 On what grounds? 510 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:35,000 That he was insane. I think they were trying to appeal the death penalty, not any of his convictions, but they didn't want to overturn the death penalty. 511 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:41,000 However, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his attorney's argument that he lacked the mental competency to be executed. 512 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:48,000 Since his conviction and during his numerous appeals, George repeatedly tried to take his own life and engage in a hunger strike, 513 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,000 resulting in the need to be force fed in order to keep him alive. 514 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,000 Oh my gosh. 515 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,000 How would they do that? I guess they would like... 516 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,000 Maybe a feeding tube or something? 517 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,000 Yeah, but like... 518 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,000 Shrap him down? 519 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,000 How do you have to... Yeah, exactly. You'd have to strap him down. 520 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,000 Probably to date him. 521 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:12,000 Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge even signed a death warrant twice for George, one in 1996 and the second in 1999, 522 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:18,000 with both times being unsuccessful, the federal courts staying George's execution. 523 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,000 It didn't say why it was denied. 524 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,000 The multiple sources said that they stayed his execution. 525 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:28,000 I had to look into this. The death warrant that the governor signed was pretty much like... 526 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,000 Expedited. 527 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,000 Killing now. 528 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,000 Expedited. 529 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:36,000 Yeah, that sounds bad. But then the federal courts are saying, no, I think it was because they were getting so much information from the defense attorneys, 530 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,000 from all these other sources, they were like, maybe we should... 531 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,000 Maybe we should turn these guys out for a little bit longer. 532 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,000 I don't know what the reason was, but either way, it was denied. 533 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,000 It might be like a tax dollar thing, honestly. 534 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,000 Yeah. 535 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,000 They're like, okay, there's too many medical resources going into keeping this dude alive. 536 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:57,000 But if the court finds that that's not true, that other people... 537 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,000 You know what I mean? 538 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000 Yeah, I don't believe that it was unselfish that they didn't... 539 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,000 That they denied it. 540 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,000 No, it's definitely for selfish reasons. 541 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,000 Yeah. 542 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:10,000 From his conviction until the year 2000, George's defense team filed six appeals across the state Supreme Court, 543 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:16,000 the US Supreme Court, the federal court, and the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, all of which were denied. 544 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:22,000 In October of 2001, upon another appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 545 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:29,000 the death penalty for George Banks was overturned based on the ruling from Mills v. Maryland in 1988, 546 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:33,000 regarding how juries are instructed in death penalty cases with the Court of Appeals, 547 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,000 and deciding that this ruling should be applied to cases redating that trial. 548 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,000 Wow. 549 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,000 I know. 550 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:45,000 However, two years later, in June of 2003, this decision was overruled by the US Supreme Court, 551 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,000 and George Banks once again faced the death penalty. 552 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:53,000 Could you imagine being George Banks and being like, I mean, yeah, sure, whatever, like for years, 553 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,000 because you're gonna die, you're not gonna die, you're not gonna die. 554 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,000 Yeah. 555 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:02,000 But like at this point, does he even know what's going on if he's not getting proper psychiatric treatment? 556 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:08,000 I mean, let's be honest, in the early 2000s, he might not be getting proper evaluations in prison. 557 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,000 Yeah. 558 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:16,000 Scheduled for death for the third time, a last-minute decision was received from the state Supreme Court, 559 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:24,000 stating that George Banks needed to be re-re-revaluated to see if he had the mental capacity and competency to be executed. 560 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,000 Wow. 561 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,000 Yeah. 562 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,000 In 2010, another hearing was held on his competency. 563 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,000 His attorneys at his mental state had deteriorated significantly since 1982. 564 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,000 I bet. 565 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,000 Judge Joseph? 566 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,000 Judge Schiff? 567 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,000 Judge Schiff? 568 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000 Judge Joseph? 569 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:49,000 Judge Joseph M. Aguilo ruled that Banks was mentally incompetent for execution or to assist in his attorneys in seeking clemency. 570 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:53,000 He would continue to be held in a restricted housing unit at Graderford Prison. 571 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,000 There's a quote from this hearing. 572 00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:00,000 I couldn't, I didn't know if it was from the judge or the attorney, I think it was from the judge, but it does say, quote, 573 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:07,000 Banks is out of touch with reality. He views his circumstances and the events around him through the prism of his delusions. 574 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:17,000 His delusional beliefs are at the core of his understanding of his current legal situation, including the reasons for his continued incarceration and his possible execution. 575 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:22,000 As of September of 2017, he was still on death row in Pennsylvania. 576 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,000 He was later transferred to SCI Phoenix in May 2018. 577 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:34,000 The last that I can find on George Banks was that he was 76 years old in 2018, still serving his sentence death row. 578 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,000 Yeah. 579 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,000 So he's like still alive and like in prison? 580 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:46,000 Okay, get this. I will get to that in just a second, but I do want to take one moment to identify all of the victims because it was very confusing. 581 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,000 And I'd like to identify their names and their ages just for the record. 582 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:59,000 So we have Sharon Mazeo at 24, Kisaymu Banks at five, Scott Mazeo age seven, Alice Mazeo age 47, Regina Clemens age 29, 583 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:12,000 Montanzima Banks age six, Susan Juha's age 23, Boende Banks age four, Mari Tanina Banks 20 months, Dorothy Lyons 29 years old, Nancy Lyons 11, 584 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:21,000 Fora Road Banks one, Raymond F. Hall Jr. 24, and the survivors are Keith Mazeo at 13, Angelo Mazeo at 10, James Olsen at 22, 585 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,000 and then the unidentified man that got carjacked. 586 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:31,000 But I just, I wanted to put that in there. I thought it was important because how long it took me to say that, that's like really compelling. 587 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,000 It is. 588 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:43,000 On a little bit of a lighter note, there was an article that I found like right before we started recording, he is in the same prison as Bill Cosby. 589 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:49,000 And there was a rumor that was circulating that Bill Cosby was like afraid of him. 590 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,000 And literally I have it right here. Hold on. I had to look. 591 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:56,000 The article title, this is from 2019, so only like two years ago. 592 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,000 The article titled George Banks, Not a Danger to Bill Cosby. 593 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:04,000 Like it's just so bizarre. Hey, hey, hey, his noise. 594 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:11,000 And then it's saying, I'm not going to read the whole thing, but is celebrity inmate Bill Cosby's life in danger at a state prison at the hands of notorious, 595 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:16,000 loser in County mass murderer, George Banks, Bill Cosby of all people. 596 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:22,000 It says, while Cosby and Banks are in the same prison, Banks remains isolated in the facility's death row wing, 597 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:26,000 and his interactions with other inmates like Cosby is heavily restricted. 598 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:31,000 So it's not funny at all, but the tabloids were trying to say like, oh, Bill Cosby's in danger. 599 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 And they're like, no, the fuck he's not. 600 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,000 But he's like the quite opposite of in danger. 601 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,000 And he's also in prison. 602 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:41,000 So like, anyways, I just thought that was really out there. 603 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,000 That he just happened to be like in the same prison as Bill Cosby. 604 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,000 But yeah, he is in prison. 605 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,000 I mean, I'm assuming he's still in prison. 606 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:53,000 And last I heard 2019, he's on death row in prison with Bill Cosby. 607 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,000 I'm sure if he had died, there was probably going to be an article about it. 608 00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:01,000 Of course. Yeah. And I looked it up. I said, you know, George Banks definitely said it. 609 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000 He has to be probably 78 now. 610 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000 78, yeah. Yeah. 611 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,000 That's incredible. 612 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,000 Isn't that a wild story? 613 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,000 Oh my God, what a roller coaster. 614 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:16,000 It was a lot. There was a lot of names, but I felt that it was important to share those names with everybody. 615 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:22,000 I just have a couple of notes on what it means to be diagnosed with paranoia psychosis. 616 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:26,000 Yeah, it's actually now called delusional disorder. 617 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:36,000 So delusional disorder previously called paranoid disorder is a type of serious mental illness called a psychosis in which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. 618 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:41,000 The main feature is the presence of delusions, which are unshakable beliefs and something untrue. 619 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:51,000 People with delusional disorder experience non-bizarre delusions, which involve situations that can occur in real life, such as being followed, poisoned, deceived, conspired against, or loved from a distance. 620 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000 So it can be a good delusion or a bad delusion. 621 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:58,000 Oh yeah, that's the way I feel about V from BTS. He's in love with me. He just doesn't know it. 622 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:06,000 And then just one of the things that can cause this, I just wanted to look up because I thought that it did kind of relate to George. 623 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:10,000 Evidence suggests that a delusional disorder can be triggered by stress. 624 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,000 Alcohol and drug abuse also might contribute to the condition. 625 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:20,000 People who tend to be isolated, such as immigrants or those with poor sight and hearing, appear to be more vulnerable to developing delusional disorder. 626 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,000 This reminds me of the struggles that he went through in his childhood. 627 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:32,000 Yeah, I'm sure he felt isolated when he grew up in a predominantly white area and then being a biracial person. 628 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:40,000 And trying to understand the struggles that he went through, it's kind of, I mean, yeah, no wonder he felt isolated and probably outcasted. 629 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:50,000 These cases are kind of hard for me because it's like, I don't want to discount what the victims went through. I mean, that is absolutely awful and the victims' families and all of that. 630 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:58,000 And at the same time, he is struggling so much with this delusional disorder. It's like, who do you blame? Do you blame the disorder or do you blame him? 631 00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,000 Yeah. 632 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:06,000 You know, and it's really hard. Kind of similarly to Andre Thomas. I don't know if I believe that he deserves to be on Death Row. 633 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:14,000 I do believe that he needs to be in an institution for, you know, the remainder of his life, but not necessarily on Death Row. I don't know if I agree with that. 634 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,000 That's just my opinion. 635 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:20,000 I found it interesting that you have to be competent enough to understand they're killing you. 636 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,000 Yeah. 637 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,000 That is very bizarre to me. 638 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,000 Yeah. 639 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:34,000 Like, I'm sorry, like the poor man out of his misery. Like he's clearly suffering. Like, and he doesn't know what's going on, but that is incredible to me that you would have to be competent enough to be killed. 640 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,000 Yeah. 641 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,000 That's a weird concept, right? 642 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,000 No. 643 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,000 I don't know. 644 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:43,000 That is so scary. If anything, they should say like he's incompetent. He's on Death Row. 645 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,000 Yeah. 646 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:45,000 You know. 647 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,000 I mean, it's the legal system, man. 648 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,000 It's full of holes. 649 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,000 I mean, he's only suffering more. 650 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000 Yeah. And he's 78 too, you know. 651 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,000 Yeah. 652 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,000 But there's some people out there that would say, good. You should suffer. 653 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,000 Yeah. 654 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,000 Because of the amount of people he hurt. 655 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,000 Absolutely. 656 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:05,000 Well, if you'd like to tell us your opinions on this case, you can follow us on Instagram at Diagnosing a Killer. 657 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:09,000 We have a Twitter at Killerdiagnosis, gmail.com. 658 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,000 What? 659 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:15,000 Diagnosing a Killer at gmail.com and patreon.com slash Diagnosing a Killer. 660 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,000 Again, thank you, Jim Bob. 661 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000 Thank you for all of our Patreon donations. 662 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,000 Yes, and everyone else. 663 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,000 That is everyone else. 664 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000 All three of you that are Patreons. 665 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:29,000 We hope to hear from you guys soon and we'll be back with another mental breakdown in a few days, hopefully. 666 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,000 Yeah. 667 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,000 Bye. 668 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,000 Bye. 669 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,000 Love you. 670 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,000 Bye. 671 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:53,000 Bye.