The Versace Murder: A Shocking Crime That Captivated the World | Real Stories
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During a three-month period in 1997, Andrew Cunanan murdered at least five people in three American states - a spree that ended with his suicide just days after he had gunned down Gianni Versace on the steps of the fashion designer's mansion in Florida.
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What's really sad is the fact that after Versace was murdered, then the police woke up and went full force into finding him. The other 4 victims didn't seem important enough.
versace the sexual pervert [its cleansing]
very true
From what i've read (ANDREW CUNANAN book) he was chased by the police after his first murder which was his ex bf.. He flew off the crime scene with his bf before he killed him (2nd victim is his bf) then he killed another two guys before killing versace
@@raquelaquino2678 got it kinda wrong but its ok
mountain girl...well, actually, he kept moving after the initial murders. after he killed versace he stayed there. he hid in a boathouse instead of stealing the next car and driving in any direction.the cops were looking for him from the very beginning. versace, being world famous, made it suddenly a famous huge big important story. versace was a lot more famous that the other victims.
How did a boy from the suburb become America’s most wanted man???? Why do people act as if being raised in the suburbs is a savior? Most serial killers don’t spring from “the hood”
Are you black or white
I really donť know if the show American crime story was accurate but if he was raising up like it was portraited there is no surprise it turned him into narcisstic, arogant creature and alone at the same time. He was never trully loved by anyone (bit mother but her impact was really small). He was bigheaded but not loving himself because were taugh that the only thing that matters is what OTHERS think of yourself. That was just sad. He was so desperate to find someone who love him he sticks on to everyone who got 1 step closer.
It's in the brain where the sickness starts~ it is not influenced by race, age, financial status, etc.~ this man had a very normal, financially stable childhood (as far as we know). I think it starts as a sickness of the brain and evil seeps in and slowly takes over their being (maybe even their soul).
yeah, that annoyed me too.
Reggie Matheny you don’t know that his childhood was normal nor is it suggested. all sources say andrew was grossly spoiled.
If he was 27 yrs. in this decade , I’m sure he would be a social media influencer
Dude was just born 2 decades too early
please elaborate.
Not necessarily, man. A lot of people try that route and don't succeed. Same with starting a business. People always talk like it's some easy thing to attain. But it's a lottery even with hard work.
@@damienholland8103 You are absolutely right.
uuuugh.... yuck.
I remember my husband saying, "Being poor is a disease." He grew up poor and hated it. He's a grown man and his relationship with money is awful....greedy, stingy, deceitful in trying to get money, liar, pretend to be something he's not for others, envious, jealous. Parents fail to teach their children at times to love yourself no matter what your circumstances. It's not wealth/riches and the validation from others that make you somebody. It's the character, morals, values, the person within.
Just like George Jung.
True but it’s awful having no money, people say all kids need is love but that’s just not true, you need money to have kids to take them on days out, trips away, decent birthday and Xmas pressies too, you can’t explain to a child on Xmas that you didn’t buy them their fave toy because you have no money but you have love! I get what you are saying but a child needs more than love, a child needs ‘stuff’.
@@Girl-101 "They need stuff" - lol It's not a laughing matter but the way I read it came across that way. What I do believe is a child should be taken care of properly - necessities such as spiritual, food, shelter, clothing, medical and some of the things they want within reason. My opinion is if you can't take care of a child properly (not just materially), then don't have them. If you give children too much, they become entitled and unappreciative. If too little, they become resentful and greedy. A good balance is needed.
Very well said
Well said, being poor is not an excuse to take away someone's life! Get up and work hard to reach your goals, his dad failed him miserable and his mom was a mute button.
The series that was on Netflix was awesome. Darren Criss did a really good job.
Yeah, I watched the Netflix series of this it was very good. Most movies or series based on a true story ends up being presented good.
What’s it called?
Darren Criss was so good that I needed therapy after watching this, and questioned my decision to finish the series.
@@bedofrazorz Versace Murders American crime story
@@jdmfan2170 Nobody cared for Darren before the series. And he still is getting no roles. Show was about Versace and how homophobia killed him
"The cemetery was normally very quiet..." One would hope so.
Someone else who noticed that 😄
lol
Hahaha
Lol
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Never forget Lee Miglin, David Madson, and Jeff Trail. 😔
CivilWarWashington and William Reese ❤️
@@marin8169 and OC Versace
and william reese, who was killed for nothing
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Arshiya Kapil I think he was killed for his car
A gripping story. I heard of Versace being killed but until now, never knew the whole story. Thanks for the upload.
Watch 'The assassination of Gianni Versace' it is beautiful
I doubt this is the whole thing. Public gets white washed version after the ugly truth is scrubbed out of the story.
@@overworked1084 This is the Real life story. No more, no less.
And you sure you know the real story now ?very naive The true story only the family know not you tube or the media
@@brandstyle3639 I too feel like there's could be more to the story. I have more questions than answers. Perhaps somethings are to be left unknown 😕
His ego killed him.
...and a lump of lead.
I agree. Hatred got the best of Andrew Cunanan.
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I feel terribly sorry for the guy who invited Andrew into his house and get some water for him. He was just a guy with a kind heart, helpful, welcoming and friendly. I almost cried when his borther in law talked about him, about his personality, who he is in the family and that he is loved by everybody.
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don't cry over things that are not important in your life. you will burn yourself out with it. save it for your life and take care of urself.
@@HoneyQuint that’s very true but she did say “almost” cried so not quite as pathetic lol
Who was that?
@@HoneyQuint having empathy is not a flaw
Darren Criss played Andrew really well, Hollywood should give him more roles
What's the film called?
Pete Martin the film is called the assassination of Gianni Versace. You can find the film on Netflix
@@petemartin1891 It was an FX TV series, but it's on Netflix. "The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
so he can get killed by a jealous boyfriend?!
He did a great job!!! I agree! Only thing is....ever since I've heard easy lover on the series lol....I don't hear it the same way anymore😂
Poor Gianni, worked so hard to become successful, only to be killed by some jelous creep. Rip legend 🙏
It's so sad :('
Whenever Gianni is mentioned to his sister, Donatella Versace, you can visibly see the pain in her eyes. I’m sure we all pray for her, and mourn Gianni
He even survived illness to get killed brutally.
God wanted/needed Gianni. Look at his eyes - they are so sad and profound. It was meant to happen. Reality is Andrew the killer was created and only got as far as he did cos police was sloppy and homophobic back then.
@@ilonas7760 cut the God wanted him BS
That’s what happens when you let kids think they’re extraordinary. They’ll have the idea that the rules won’t apply to them
What I was thinking too
Dostoevsky wrote about such people in Crime and Punishment
I think it’s okay to tell your kid that they’re special but then also say to them that most, if not all kids, are special to their own parents and always make sure that your child knows when they did something wrong, and punish them accordingly, my mum did and I’ve turned out okay I think, I know I’m just an average human being and that’s okay with me!
@@Girl-101 I’m not against telling your kids they’re special but this guy’s parents never made him see consequences for his actions and that’s where he was messed up. He was never made to understand that with bad choices, comes consequences
@@reythejediladyviajakku6078 yeah that’s why i said the consequences thing
Too lazy to work for anything, too proud to be anyone's pet or boytoy.
Nmethyltransferase Agree-very well said
Lennon's killer was the same thinking if he killed someone famous it would make him famous. How stupid is that !! They think just being in the media makes you famous. People just hate their guts . They're such nobodies in their own minds they think any recognition is being a somebody.
@@joet840 Mass shooters these days have the same mentality.
Well said 🎈👏🏿
@@Nmethyltransferase Well, yes but in a different way, most of them want to terrify the community. To be talk about in fear and feel the 'vengance' by killing people who either never had talked to them or that were somehow nice to them. Then pass away as a horrific memory.
I attended school at Bishop’s while Andrew was there. This documentary properly describes how Andrew was back then. If Andrew was in the room everyone knew it. And we all knew his name back then. It is sickening to think how he wasted all that charisma and intelligence. Beware of people who are putting on a facade! Narcissism at it’s darkest.
But his father had alot to do with his behavior and was abusive husband to his mother .
the resemblance of Gianni in the show is uncanny!
💯‼️‼️‼️‼️. American Crime story did a amazing job with matching up Edgar Ramirez with Versace. And with matching up all the cast of the OJ series
Yes, everyone except Penelope as Donatella was an amazing likenesses
@@veggigoddess penelope didn’t look like donatella but her accent was truly amazing.
Edgar Remeriz did a great job in playing Versace.
@@misslauren906 yeah which i bet wasn’t that hard for her to execute since she’s spanish
Imagine if Andrew actually finished college and got a high paying job. Getting money based on your looks is always a doomed proposition for the very simple reason that people grow old.
You are a one wise Doge, youll definitely reach the moon!
Actually, not so. I have a very dear friend - now in her fifties in Berlin - who was a very highly-paid prostitute. She is now retired, well-invested, and extremely... well... normal. It depends on the person
@Kittie Kellie All good businessmen invest - including professional athletes... whose abilities also fade. No difference.
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They give Bill such a lovely epitaph here, he should be proud. He sounds like a lovely man. All these victims deserved so much better
1997 was a sad year we lost Biggie Gianni Versace Princess Diana & Mother Teresa
Jason Voorhees Mother Teresa was a horrible person
@@elijahvw4956 why?
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95 eazy e 96 tupac
So it took the murder of a famous person before the police decided to actually kick themselves into action? How disgusting
There is something off-putting about people who like to name-drop. They often seem to have a desperate, pathetic, and sad existence. Like they are only validated by being connected to someone who had more accomplishments than them. The people who they claim to know most likely either never even really knew or remember them, or also sees them as desperate and pathetic.
@Echo Echo; There is also something off-putting about people that brag about what they have. "I have a 10,000 square foot home." "I have a Mercedes-Benz." "I have .. I have ... I have . . .!
My condolences to all those innocent victims.
i feel so sad for Bill. He was so loved by his friends and family, to just be killed randomly. . .
so if someone for example dont have family or friend is ok to be killed randomly?
@@differentlyrome9732 Thats not what he said, or was implied at all. Learn to read you moron...
@29:35 The fact that they got Albert Einstein for this documentary is absolutely mind blowing 🤯
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The way he killed David in the American Crime Series, broke my heart. He was innocent did not deserve such a brutal death
None of his victims did. His murder of Lee Miglin was the most brutal of his crimes.
@@kimberlyklaus7296 didn't lee cheated on his wife ?
@@tasfiatabassum8572 I'm not sure, I didn't read about any evidence that was the case. Since Andrew killed himself before he could be arrested and questioned, we don't know the reason why he killed Lee or why he even singled him out. But his killing of Lee was the most brutal so it seems personal...however, we don't know.
No human deserve such a brutal death, none! Yet God allows such heinous unbearable acts to continue to plague humanity 🤷🏽♂️ which proves one thing, God simply doesn’t exist let alone cares to stop Or intervene..
I agree his was a savage in that crime series
I wish there was video of Andrew somewhere. I would love to hear his voice, see his mannerisms, get a glimpse of his personality. It's always just photos of him.
Is crazy how Andrew can look different in all his pictures.
Not that different to me
I don't get why people say that. Looks like the same person to me.
@@carpediem6842 It's not that he could totally change his appearance; because of his Asian-Italian heritage, he had the sort of facial features and skin color that allowed him to blend in and look like "anyone", for lack of a better description. But something else that hindered the FBI search was the pictures they had of Andrew didn't reflect that he had gained a lot of weight the last six months or so of his life. That alone made him look a lot different from his pictures. The one of him with the shaved head and fuller face was probably the most accurate one they had of him.
They say the same thing about Ted bundy
@@geniekish1417 and jeffrey dahmer
who's here from the netflix series?
Me!!!
Poor cemetery care taker had nothing to do with Andrew and got kill.
Killed for his truck.
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Emma Aye *killed
The hardest part of this story for me is how lovely and beloved his victims were. I had to stop watching the Netflix show because the contrast of the heinous brutality and these wonderful men was just too much to bear.
Ok girl stop watching and I recommend biblecal stories are much more better 🙂
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@@magnoliamacosi2175 Why do you have a problem with someone being distressed at how a total loser killed such talented people and how so little was done about these killings until it got to Versace? He was a swathe through talent and hard work and seeing that can be soul destroying
@@annwilliams6438 They are probably one of those children exposed to mature content by bad parenting, so at any age they were ok with seeing heinous brutality, but when someone like Rebecca no matter her age detests and was too much for her to bear watching they jump on her like if what she said or did was bad, its perfectly healthy and fine not want to continue watching anything in any media be it photo or video or sound that you find too much if it regards brutality and other dark topics.
that reality he so gunieusss he brain 1.4++
I think Andrew had a weird thing about love. Rejection was Andrew's down fall.
And no work ethic
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I have a feeling that the killer may have had a relationship, however short, with Versace and later may have believed he had been rejected.
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You can tell bill is not a rich guy but he is absolutely loved by the people around him 💕
i was grade 6 when this news shocked the entire philippine media. my big sister bought couple of news paper so we can get information what really happened that day
This Case Is Just Amazing, Andrew Cunanan Gave So Many Red Flags And No One Noticed
Plenty of people notice, they just don't care enough to say or do anything. And those that don't notice just don't care enough to look.
Andrew DeSilva Cunanan His origine from Philippine 😡😡😡😡
I think they noticed they just underestimated what he was capable of doing.
Sokol Actor His Father Was Filipino And His Mother Was Italian If I Remember Correctly 😊
I agree~ but what do you do with someone like Andrew? Psychopathic Narcissism is NOT a disease or sickness of the mind that can be recovered from~ the only solution with people like Andrew would be to lock them up for the rest of their life~, therefore, saving people~ sad but the only thing that seems to be able to work with these people.
I ve never watched a Documental so Dope about Andrew, This one has a lot info, Andrew's friend talking, new photos... Best Doc so far!
When u were that famous and rich, you simply don’t walk down the street and have a coffee like any other folks. There were going to be tons of haters and all it takes was one nothing to lose psychopath that will pull the trigger on you.
Exactly! Once you have that status, a normal life as you know it, is OVER!
Only in America!!!!
I just finish watching the Netflix Versace series , it was so gripping and and well made and acted by the actors and actresses . It was really good that you kinda of forget that it wasn’t just a drama made for entertainment, it actually happened!!!!!
Miglin’s wife Marilyn is actually one of our client. she’s a very nice lady but always very cautious of her surroundings. I felt so bad for what she had to went through :(
Omigod after an experience like that you can't ever feel truly safe in your home
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Is she the HSN lady?? 🤔
@@nelixsulu6201 yes !
Your documentaries are so well done. Thank you.
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what they don't tell you here is that by the time Andrew was 19, his father had fled the country to escape embezzlement charges and Andrew was beating up his mother. I'm willing to think that whatever his nature was, that was not a nurturing environment.
Thank you for the info. Sounds like his parents f-ed him up just as much as Jennifer Pan's did to her.
@@horrortackleharry There are thousands of kids in abusive and messed up environments. Doesn’t mean they will grow up to murder people. That’s no excuse for murder.
@@springlady8337 but if some children have lower abuse threshold, break down due to it and become psychos, i think it’s also fair to say abuse caused these killers to become who they are.
@@mistygreen5335 I just don’t think it’s being said right. Abuse makes them “become psychos” isn’t fair. Studies show that there is already an underlying mental disease in most cases that is typically unseen and neglected, but yes, abuse in the equation can generate a higher probability of a psychotic break. In Jennifer Pan’s case, however, I feel this doesn’t apply. Her strict parents definitely didn’t cause a psychological break down. She was just a selfish sociopathic narcissist.
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Andrew was a loser. He wanted to be part of society but he didn't want to work for it rather he wanted to take a shortcut. He was too lazy to work and too proud to be kept.
You got that right!!!!
so is full of beautiful womens who married mens for money , Are they losers?
I mean...i wouldn't really call him a 'loser',other people do that (minus the killing part),it doesn't really mean they are losers,he just wasn't mentally right in the head.calling someone who wasn't mentally right in the head or someone who doesn't have a job a loser..is a bit..idk...wrong?
@@liana7753 he is a loser. A lot of journalists said so.
His family taught him that in other documentaries. His family mess up his brain 🧠.
The guy playing Versace was a dead ringer for the ACTUAL Versace
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Edgar looks so alike it's scary
So was it just Versace that was assassinated and the others simply murdered? Does that indicate the importance or level of status of the individuals?
That’s what it appears to be smh
@@Omo21000 well considering thats the definition of assassination, yes, Versace was assassinated and the others were simply murdered.
Yes, definitely.
I though assassination implied the victim was famous whilst murder applies for us commoners.
Well a dead body is a dead body wether you're a celebrity or a commoner
What he did especially to his 'friends" was horrible
MIAMI in Italian means "do you Love me ?" therefore this place attracts lost souls.
It Must Mean the Opposite in German Tourist often Get Killed in Miami .
Victor Victor Why Do You Capitalize Every Word Like This?
@@Chimerical_ It's my Method of Operation "Modus Operandi" .
@@Chimerical_ Maybe He Is German
Nichole S Why Not ??? 😂😂😂
I remember this like it was yesterday. When he came to NJ and killed the man it was only about a mile away from where my fiancé stayed at the time we were in high school.
RIP Gianni Versace. Thank you for the upload.
"I'm thankful the taxpayers are not keeping him alive in prison" LOL
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Knowing this made me realize Bruno Mars’ Versace on the floor is a horror
Im shookt
I was already aware of this story before thats why I was really quite shocked when I heard that song...for me its like subtle way of describing how Versace died...
@@ericaviolet3694 I think Bruno meant like a girl taking her Versace clothes off and getting naked, I doubt he meant it that way
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It was great to have an inside perspective of a story I read about in the news....... Thanks
Thank you~ very well made documentary!
Bill's friends made me cry💔😞😔 they still miss him😔
The bright flashing light is annoying 😭 also, I think his dad has a lot to do with how he turned out
Jeff Trail was handsome, a military man, and had a very masculine voice. Anyone would have been so lucky to have him...
OMG, can you imagine being in an apartment with a body rolled up in a rug for two days, a body that was undoubtedly decomposing? And for the life of me, I don't understand why David didn't run away unless Cunanan threatened him with the gun he had stolen from Jeff. It just seems so bizarre, especially since he was since walking his dog with Cunanan.
Unfortunately the famous ones have a bit more of a chance of getting targeted by maniacs. John Lennon.. once, our musical inspiration. Versace the symbol of fashion industry. Rip.
Yoonsang Rhee John Lennon beat his wife and emotionally abused his kid
@@jollesracing517 0.o
@Ali Abdul Rehman It's a common thing today, hypocrite people.
Yoonsang Rhee You named two 😂
Lennon was too famous to be out on the street with obsessed people it got him killed. It's understandable that they want to mingle with everyone else, but they have to watch their backs. Now celebrities have security with them,they seem to have wised up that there are too many crazies.
"Après moi, le déluge." He knew exactly who he was and who he would become.
Narrator: Why did Andrew Cunanan a good looking and popular young man embark on this deadly killing spree? What has the fact he was 'good looking' got to do with it?
Is also Jeffrey dahmer a bad looking that's why he was able to lure many victims
The point is that he had a lot going for him. Good looks are an advantage in life.
The point they're trying to make is "he looked good, could have any girl/guy he wanted, he was popular and he could go places". They're just asking why a hot guy who could live a happy life had to resort to murder to find his happiness when there were so many simpler ways to do so.
it's just a way to describe. what's wrong with it? it was a fact, why act like a cry baby?
El Chanflé the show did a good job of showing where they both came from; Versace was taught hard work from a young age, where as Andrew’s dad gave him the master bedroom and told him all his life that he was special.
1997 wasnt a good year. 3 people I loved died. Gianni, Diana and mother teresa. RIP. I love you all.
So true so true...
Gianne?
@Alqu001 ! For you may be but not for me. You are younger. I experienced these 3 beautiful people. Thats the difference.
But another icon was born, which was me.
But do they love you though?
i remember seeing some of these people that knew andrew 20 years ago in the first documentary crazy to see them now
Funny the flow is exactly the same. It's like this documentary was just updated to look a bit modern
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I'm Italian. I just want to say he was a genius. His dresses were walking paintings of love and power dedicated to women. And he is called Versace. Not Versaci ☺
His dresses were plain and awful looking! Princess Di in a blue satin/silk dress was extremely boring looking and high street does better dresses and at a minuscule price compared to designer! Just my non professional opinion
Depraved vanity.......nothing more
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Imagine working at a cemetery only to be one of the dead in that same cemetery before your shift is over. That is crazy.
That mans death is one of the reasons I dont believe in God lol. Point A meets point B, and he was murdered for nothing more than being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Such bad luck
Nothing to do with the documentary but wow dose the professer not look like Albert Einstein 🤔🤔
Yes wayne Brazil i think same when I saw 😄😄😄🤣🤣🤣🤣
that was my first reaction too. i thought i was only one. hahahahaha
I noticed that too
It's nice that more attention was given to victim Bill Reese here, his part of the story is often glossed over since he wasn't a boyfriend or a millionaire.
I watched the Netflix serious because I like Darren Criss. Going from glee to this sure was something
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Word on the street is that Versace and Cunanan knew each other.
Guys look up the 'Ndrangheta, Calabrian mafia. A dead bird was found near Gianni's body, he had two clean shots to the back of the head, assassin style. You're being sold a false story.
@@Lilah1848 So it wasn't actually Cunanin who killed him? Really? And what about Lee Miglin?
@@animaladvocate8938 I don't believe it was Cunanan, no. But he makes a good scapegoat. I don't know who Lee Miglin is, but Gianni's death screams mafia hit to me. He had a quick come up from practical obscurity in a small town in Italy. The same town the 'Ndrangheta were from. Everyone said he led an extravagant lifestyle. Did he take a loan? Do some shady dealings? Was his business being used for laundering? Was he in debt to someone? Possibly.
@@animaladvocate8938 Oh sorry, I just realise Lee is one of the other victims. I'm not sure about him, I don't know much about his life. Cunanan might have had ties to Gianni (a relationship, perhaps?), but I'm not sure why he targeted Lee. It's all very fishy, the dead bird near Gianni's body and the precision of the kill, as well as the possible ties with the 'Ndrangheta tell a different story. I don't know what Cunanan's actual role was in the whole thing.
@@Lilah1848 many businesses and real estate is used for money laundering of criminal enterprises. So Lee Miglin was a very wealthy developer in Chicago... Interesting.
We think of Versace as rich and famous, but he had humble beginnings in Italy. Good for him for succeeding the way he did. He didn't deserve to have such a tragic end.
Good documentary. Really annoying when they kept referring to Cunanan's future lovers as his "friends" though
I saw the series on tv some years ago and was fascinated by this story !!!
Self loathing is often the root of when people (usually men) do terrible things to other people. Instead of introspection and growth, they won’t take responsibility and they project.
I’m reading VULGAR FAVORS right now, the book they base on for the Netflix show. His dad had a lot of to do with Andrew’s personality, he tough him that money and image was everything. Andrew’s mom had mental health issues. People was also using Andrew, they had no problem letting him pay for everything, that’s why they pretended to believe all the fake stories Andrew would tell them. Even David, the second victim and ex boyfriend didn’t have any problem accepting expensive gifs from Andrew. I’m not defending Andrew, but I do believe the all those “friends” around him were enablers just for their own benefit!
I agree with you. I read that book too and your right.
yeah society is messed up and not everything is so black and white.
FROM VULGAR FAVORS: "If Jeff didn’t want to have anything to do with him, and if David was rejecting him once again, Andrew was cornered. He had lavished time, attention, and money on both of them; he could not bear to think that he had been used. Now the two men he most cared for in the world were turning their backs on him, banishing him to struggle alone, insecure, depressed, and overweight. It was all their fault. They were forcing him to expose the sham of his grandiosity like a mangy peacock."
I've read that Orth's book, too, Vulgar Favors, an investigative journalism. Yeah, right. I get to understand the side of the victims, as well as the side of Andrew Cunanan who was suffering from mental health disorder that was even triggered by his drug abuse. Andrew was used by many of his friends/acquaintances who were "enablers." Many of them (including Jeff and David) used Andrew. There were San Diego friends who said that Jeff owed Andrew several thousand dollars because, just like Andrew, Jeff was also addicted to expensive stuffs. If they really were true friends of Andrew, for old times' sake, they could have just supported and encouraged him more to change for the better, for an honest and healthy living. That is what friends are for. Many of them admitted that Andrew helped them a lot financially and morally/emotionally. He did care for them, even visited them when they were sick. Andrew helped them to not feel alone and miserable being closeted homosexuals. As long as Andrew could, he made them feel happy always. They just took advantage of Andrew, they undeniably did benefit from being associated with Andrew at some point. From Vulgar Favors: "The farewell dinner was a somewhat somber affair, as if Andrew were holding his own wake. Arthur Harrington, who, along with Higgins, brought a couple of bottles of Veuve Clicquot champagne, claiming that if it hadn’t been for Andrew, no one at the table would have even gotten to know any of the others. “He was the glue that held us all together.” Eads recalls, “Two people made that comment. Andrew helped them not to feel alone.” If Andrew was a bad influence, then as a "real" friend, be a good influence to Andrew. At least, try to exert effort to be one. But instead, Jeff and David just turned their backs on Andrew particularly during the time when Andrew was (financially) hard up and depressed. They didn't even care and dare to talk to Andrew about it. Without explaining to Andrew, both Jeff and David even let Andrew feel that they didn't want Andrew around. They maybe even have said hurtful words to Andrew before the tragedy happened. However, it is still a mortal sin to kill people. Hurting/Killing others is not the solution to any problem. Andrew is still the culprit in this incident. In 1997, we just hoped that Andrew Cunanan asked for forgiveness from God before he committed suicide.
@@arthurhiggins3812 ohh that's very interesting i got to read that book. However, it is also worth of note that Andrew was not forced to do all these things to other people. A normal human being would have saved up money or bought real estate with the insane amounts of money Andrew was earning back then as a gigolo. Sure those people used him but it was also his decision to be used.
Great coverage 👊
I remember this terrible episode like it was yesterday. I didn't have too much of an idea who Versace was, but the story as it rolled out was both mesmerizing and terrifying to find out the entire story. It truly did seem like something out of a murder mystery novel.
I remember this in the Chicago area because he killed Lee Miglin, a real estate magnate to whom Marilyn Miglin (cosmetics executive/company owner and erstwhile QVC personality) was married. The local news stations highlighted this murder and it was very gruesome.. What a truly awful, awful young man Cunanan was.
I remember seeing Dianna at Versace’s funeral. She was a friend and client of Gianni. Little did she know, hers would be the the next huge international story when she was killed in Paris. She is the same age as me and every birthday I think of her and all she has missed.
Soffity, truly so sad....what a waist
Imagine if Grindr existed in 1997 he would of had a field day! How creepy..
Actually, Darren Criss is playing an amazingly very good role of Cunanan, indeed !
He went out as the coward he was.
The tragedy is (and I'm not in any way defending Cunanan's actions) he was actually an exceptionally intelligent man with an I.Q. meauring 147, and could've been so much more than what he eventually became, if he wasn't a lazy, spoiled sociopath
Yes, I agree with you on that. He could have been a doctor or a lawyer, had his own wealth, independence, had a commited relationship. He reminds me of Mark David Chapman (who killed John Lennon) in the way that he did what he did to be associated with John Lennon. What a waste. A pathetic bid for fame. Unfortunately, he was raised badly with such a sense of entitlement.
@@peggypeggy4137 I think he'd have done well as a model, it would have been at the very least a better way for him feed his eternal vanity
That’s what I was say to my family cuz we were watching the show on Netflix. He was very smart and could’ve been anything but he threw it all away.
@@alexwilliams1281 Aye, other trouble is if his Dad was as bad as it portrays him in the show, he didn't have much of a chance of developing normally
@@satireisnotdead5804 I just got into this case reading your comment I now am curious to know what his dad was like, in most cases, the way you are, really reflects the environment you were brought up in, id like to hear from u a bit about his family if you know anything. Ty:) Edit:- grammatical error!
Fantastic documentary.
Imagine wasting your life like this.
But he had a fun life though he was a nightmare😔imagine meeting gianni
Seriously waste of life!!!
Actually, by 1997 Miami Bch was fizzling out. Late 80's, early 90's was the pinnacle of South Beach. Sign, a SFL native since 1988.
Shut up hipster.
Mental distability is scary. Its cause is deep-rooted and unique to every idividual. And life becomes a mess if the coping starts to fail.
You mean mental illness, not disability.
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There is a world of difference between 'mental disability' and evil!!
The fact that the police could have stopped him after the first killing doesn’t sit right with me 🥺 God he was evil, how can a person change so much!
To think that if they had invested as much in the other victims and caught the murderer Gianni wouldn’t have been killed
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Just finished rewatching American Crime Story of Versace, Darren Criss was sooooooo good there
1997 was one high profile persons death after another. Notorious B.I.G, Jeff Buckley, Robert Mitchum, James Stewart, Mother Teresa, Gianni Versace, William S Burroughs, Princess Diana 😭, John Denver, Michael Hutchence 😭, Chris Farley, to name a few.
Very well narrated . The most interesting aspect of this documentary is the unravelling of his background and how it might have contributed to his subsequent behaviour ; though I think he would be a psychopathic irrespective of his origins ; a very cruel face .
Jeff Trail sure was handsome. Rip to him and the other victims.
@@TechXV7 He was very handsome awful how he was killed 😓
He was a sweet, funny and solid Navy officer from the Midwest and is sorely missed.
Shame it takes someone rich and famous to die for a killer to become "the most wanted man in the world"
You have a similar envious and partial characteristics of the serial killer.
@Baited Lol lol ok 👌 I’m not diminishing the tragedy of what happened to Versace. Merely stating the fact that wealth and fame plays a part in how seriously your murder will be taken by law enforcement and the media. Think man.
These kind of people still exist.
Police really do drop the ball sometimes don't they, how could they not anticipate him returning to his old stomping ground as a possibility? You'd think they would've been more vigilant with stuff like the pawn shop forms. If they had they may have prevented this. I know they're only human, and anything involving humans will have it's mistakes as well, but their mistakes seem to have some of the worst consequences. Sad.
It was the 90s remember
The title is misleading. Cunanan never said why he killed Versace.
So...the ticket from the pawn shop with Andrew Cunanan's name and the hotel where he was staying stayed on a desk unnoticed at the Miami Beach PD. My God.
How big of an influence a parents acts can affect child's mental state is what i've realized when i read about Andrew Cunanan book a few years back, actually I didnt know about him then. I was just curious about him being a filipino and i was so shock when I finished the book.. Him killing his ex and his partner to killing Versace is just crazy
If it wasn't for Versace getting *illed, this case surely would've gone cold.
American Crime story brought me here
Andrew didnt kill because he didnt have a job, andrew killed because he was a psycho.
Most probably Versace didn't accept his seduction , beacouse Versace was straight,and this guy couldn't not accept this reality.
@@elsamarku6463 versace wasn’t straight, he was with a man called antonio d’amico
@@elsamarku6463 lol 😆
Andrew had "relations" with many of his victims, and felt scorned and rejected. Even Versace.
Low Self Esteem ?
Andrew and I were very good friends. There’s so much the public doesn’t know that his inner circle of friends has always known. There’s a lot of speculation in the air.
Like what sir
You should mention a few. Bottom line is he was a k!ller.