Dr. Insanity - Mother Realizes Her Son Just Executed Her Husband

Episode Date: April 14, 2026

This mother just came home to her worst nightmare. Her husband brutally murdered in his own home. At first she thought someone had broken in, but she would soon discover that this wasn't a robbery gone wrong, the truth was far more shocking. This video was made for educational purposes only. The video is presented to provide genuine footage of police incidents to promote transparency in government while providing educational, informative and newsworthy content allowing viewers to examine and assess public safety material. This is a fact-checked documentary using authoritative sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They want you to stay out. Yeah. Oh. Yeah, definitely. Is there anybody else in the house? No. Just one, two, three. This mother just came home to her worst nightmare.

Her husband brutally murdered in his own home. It's okay, honey. At first, she thought someone had broken in, but she would soon discover that this wasn't a robbery gone wrong. The truth was far more shocking. The killer was none other than one of her own son. Listen, we'll figure it out, man. We can't figure it out.

He can't figure out. He's dead. He's fucking dead. Some sick thing in my mind clicks. It made me want to kill him. On the night of November 21, 2003, Theodore Gullia was working at his desk in his home when he was suddenly struck from behind with a baseball bat.

A powerful blow to the head sent Theodore to the floor, severely injured and disoriented. As Theodore lay defenseless, the attacker continued to strike him repeatedly in the head and a final act of brutality, the assailant stabbed Theodore multiple times in the throat, leaving him to succumb to his horrific injuries. The following morning, police received a frantic call from Theodore's wife, who had just discovered her husband's lifeless body. Officers rushed to the scene, unaware of the horror awaiting them.

Come there, let me see your hands! What's going on? Get on the ground. Get on the ground. All of you on the ground! On the ground! I don't have a weapon, I don't have a dink, and I don't have my face, you know. Hands behind your back. Keep them there, don't move them. Hands behind you, both of you, hand behind your back. You got him?

I got him. Got him. Got. You got him? Yeah. Got it. One time. Keep your hand.

What happened? What happened? I just, my mom called me on my work today. My dad is dead. I got, there's not on the wall he fucking gives him in front. I can't even go look. Okay, I got him secured over here. Where is he up?

In the home, Theodore lay lifeless in a pool of his own blood, his face and body brutally deformed. Blood splattered in the hallways and floor, painting a scene of unmistakable violence. From the moment they stepped inside, officers knew, this was a rude. ruthless homicide. Hey, RJ.

Yeah. I'm just going to invite you of your rights because I still don't know what happened. Ben didn't do anything, man. Ben didn't do anything. He thinks that I, I murdered my dad and he wasn't attacking me. I did not. I did not murder my dad. Police have yet to determine if anyone in the family is involved,

but RJ repeatedly insists he didn't kill his father. A denial that, in itself, raises suspicion, and officers immediately picked up on this. What happened? Okay, so I heard scuffle in the middle of the night, and I released with smoke cigarettes in the garage. Okay. Listen to the music, it was a certain volume. Long story short, I find my dad when my mom comes home. Okay.

Who moves the body? Because the body's clearly been moved. Was that you? I didn't move. My mom made one up there. Your mom was not moving that body. Are you saying? Who called that?

Who was here last night in the house? Just you and your dad? Yeah, and I think someone broke in and murdered. Something about RJ's story isn't adding up, and officers can feel it. He's not telling the whole truth. His account is riddled with inconsistencies, and his demeanor is far too calm, especially compared to his brother Ben, who is inconsolable.

Are you just coming from work? Okay. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but there's been history. No, you're fine. I'm standing there and make sense. Okay. Do you want to... Can I go on, so I'm getting cold?

We'll get there, okay? Do you want to lead against the car? You want to... You are my dad there? I called me last one of the 12. Who did? My dad. Okay.

Did you speak to him? I couldn't answer it. It was asleep. I was sleeping. He called me this morning. Yeah. I talked to him. They were getting ready for Thanksgiving.

He was at my house, and we were getting ready for Thanksgiving. I'm really sorry for your loss, man. We have my condolence. I don't want this to be real. I know. Trust me. I wish it wasn't. Was your mom here last night?

Was it just him and your dad? Yes. Okay. Oh. Ben seems to be in shock, yet one thing is very clear. Ben suspects that his own brother is responsible for the cold-blooded murder of their father. It might be easy to miss, but after Ben tells the officer that RJ and Theodore were home alone last night, he quietly mutters under his breath that piece of shit.

I take RJ back? Yeah, 100%. Stuff for a little more. One, two, jean. Stand by a second. Let's see. Here's what we got. He's dead.

There's going to be no. So the only thing that you guys are going to do is basically confirm it's gunshot wound of the head. Pretty suspicious, pretty shady. What's going on? So we probably only need the squad. The engine is probably clear. But I'm going to wait for the detectives to go up first.

Because we can't disturb the crime scene. Well, there's already been disturbed. Someone moved the body. Is it obvious? He's dead? Yeah. So 100%. Yeah.

He's been. been sitting there for a lot. So two... Oh, right, yeah. Not yet. He's clearly dead. Body's clearly been moved. Whatever happened, happened in the fucking hallway.

The body's in the bedroom. Mom says she found the body. RJ's in custody right there. Son and mom both say RJ was here with him alone. RJ's claims, briefly, Moranized him, I just said, what happened? He says there was a scuffle last night. He thinks someone broke in the house and murdered his father.

So... All right. That's where we're at. As some investigators work to process the scene and gather evidence, other officers continue piecing together a timeline based on each family member's account. And during this process, police would soon discover a critical piece of evidence that would immediately raise serious doubts about one of the son's versions of events. I just got a quick timeline from her.

Okay. She went to her daughter Claire's yesterday in the morning. Stayed with her daughter all yesterday. Stayed at her daughter's last night. Came home at 10 o'clock this morning. I said, why did you come home? Well, RJ called me, said he needed cigarettes. Yeah.

I said, did he say anything happen? No. I said, okay. So how did you find out when you got here? She's like, well, I first came here, went to my back bedroom. And then I went upstairs, and that's what I found. Yeah. I said, okay.

And when you got here, RJ never said anything to you about what happened upstairs. I briefly talked to RJ. He said somebody broke in the house and murdered my dad. He clearly, he killed. I don't know where the gun is. It's upstairs. I don't think that's it. It might be.

And I guess when she called. this son, after she found him. I don't think he's related. No, after she found him, that's when she called him. As far as my understanding goes, whenever anything happened, it was just RJ and his dad. Well, that's the same thing I've gotten from. That's the other brother.

Yeah. Yeah, so the same thing is that RJ and his dad were home alone all night. Based on everything they've gathered, officers decide to take Annie, Ben, and RJ in for questioning. It's clear that RJ is the most. most suspicious out of the group and, as such, their primary suspect. But in order to fully cover all possible angles, it's crucial to get a formal interview with everyone who could have been involved.

We're going to take him out of the car. You'll let go for a second, okay? Let's go. We're going this way. Come up. Yeah, we all got to go. All of us. Let's go.

You're going to follow me. Okay. Let's go. We're going to go to this car right here, okay? What's going to happen is everyone's going to go back to the station. Okay. I mean, obviously, we're going to talk to all of you, get statements from everybody. Have a seat.

Officers don't suspect Annie or Ben have any involvement, but their suspicion of RJ is only growing. In fact, many of them are already familiar with RJ, as this isn't the first time law enforcement has been called to the Gullia residents due to an ongoing dispute between father and son. RJ has a known history of violence, and officers can't shake the feeling that something darker is at play. One officer in particular recalls an unsettling conversation he had with Theodore during a previous visit, one that still sends chills down his spine. When he saw me, he's shit, don't like you, loser, all this shit. Now he's like... Completely different person. I just think that means something here.

I was looking at it. He has like a thousand miles stare right when he was sitting on the ground. But that guy said... Literally, I don't even know if I actually said it, but I thought it. I might have said it to his dad, he's gonna kill you. When last time we were here? Yeah. Because I talked to him after everyone else left. Oh, that's good at this.

Oh, you see. God damn. And I know we've been here. We were two weeks ago. Yeah. I was starting him to stab myself. I was like, yeah, I'm not that. No, no.

I'm not running past him. No way. Yeah. I mean, excuse him. I know RJ is going back to booking for sure. Okay. Just we're going to hold him for him for a bus. So we figure us.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. It's a homicide side. Right. Which I would heavily. It means for homicide, but the way he was two weeks ago, absolutely.

Two weeks earlier, officers had been called to the same house after reports claiming that RJ was acting aggressively and making threats towards his family. This incident further strengthened the officer's suspicion that RJ was the one responsible for Theodore's death. With this in mind, officers arrested RJ on suspicion of murder and brought him into the Solon Police Station for questioning. Their goal was clear. Confront him. Push for a confession and uncover what? might have driven him to murder his father.

And what RJ would go on to reveal in that interview would become one of the most disturbing things the investigators had ever heard. Hey, Robert. So, just like my next time, since the new day, I'm going to read you your rights again. Check EMP signature there. Welcome to come playing now.

All right, well, 100% I'm playing with you. I'm not going to look for any kind of excuse. or blame game to put on my dad. This is bad enough. I get it. I get it. I get it. And a disgrace him against dead. Not gonna put him down any more than that. Okay. First of all, what I did makes me sick inside. I'll never, I don't know. I don't know why, I don't know how, I don't, there wasn't much motive other than just being angry. I was going, he was sitting down and I was gonna hit him from behind because I didn't want him. I didn't want to go too far. I didn't want, I just wanted to end fast. When I decided in my mind I was

going to do that, I hit him a couple times in the arm and broke his arm, it hurt his arm. I didn't want him to just stagger off and call the police and it's more of the same. I said, you know what, I'm just going to do this. And I, uh, start swinging the bat and I knocked him to the ground. And right there where all the blood was, I hit him in the, and, you know, and it, and, you know, and knocked him cold. And I just tried to kill him from that point. He was struggling, I took a knife and just tried to just throw because I didn't want him to feel any more pain.

And I had gone too far. And I should, I don't know how I didn't take my life seeing my dad like that for no freaking reason, man. I didn't have much motive or plan. And I wasn't even that angry. It's just, I don't know, like I was possessed. He was literally. sitting down and I started to strike him.

Sitting down where, though? At his desk. He sat there a lot of the time. And I went up to him behind and I started hitting him. And he said, I love you, man. And it was too, his arm was all smashed up. It was too much. So I said, you know what, I'm getting finished.

Get it over with, I'm not gonna let him suffer like that and get called, him called police. And strike to continue that it ends here. Is that correct? I knock him out cold, and I never killed anybody in my love. So I had no idea how hard it was to actually kill him. Okay. And like I said, I grabbed a knife from his desk, stabbed him in his room.

Okay. And... And... Okay, and that was done out here. Let's see. I don't think you know how much this feels like the right thing to do. It is the right thing to do. I love my dad the most.

I try the hardest to get a little. wrong with him he's a hard guy to get along with him. I can't allow him the most. Not have ever looked. I just want you to know that. I play a guitar. You love to play a guitar. I believe that, RJ. I don't doubt that one bit. That's what happened.

I didn't do anything weird. I didn't take it too far. I just wanted to end. You know, we can't go back in time. The best we can do is go forward and make the best out of from there on what you can control. You can't control what his... has been done, it's done. Let's move past that. Let's make better choices. Let's do the right thing from here moving forward. And that speaks to you and it speaks to your character. And I appreciate

that. Just want to shake your head and say thank you for giving me an opportunity to come clean. Thank you. It's your Thanksgiving and everything. This means a lot to me that you did that. Because what you said is 100% true. That there's no passing. So the truth comes out. Thank you. Appreciate them. It is deeply disturbing how a son who claimed to love his father the most ultimately became his killer. But at the very least, R.J. chose to come clean, confessing his actions and showing remorse for what he had done. RJ later pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault, and offenses against a human corpse. He was sentenced to a maximum of 25 and a half years at the Lorraine Correctional Institute,

where he currently resides.