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and let’s get into it, 'cause this one is... Juicy. Today’s story is very interesting,
I mean it’s got everything; love, sex, money, incest. Yeah, I said it. I mean a lot of incest's going on,
last week we had some incest, this week we’ve got it, I guess I’m on
some kind of roll here, that I didn’t mean to sign up for. My bad. So the story I have for you today
is kind of like a car accident, you know? Like you wanna look away but you can’t, so instead you just kinda
break the car a lil' bit. (mimics tire screech) And then like, it causes a bunch of traffic
behind you, and now you’re late to work. It’s like that. Let’s dive into the compelling
story of Candace -- Who also went by the name
“Candy” Mossler. (mimics twilight zone theme) Candy Mossler was described by
nearly everyone who knew of her as a “glamorous platinum blonde Barbie,
who kept her real age a secret.”. She was a socialite by nature
and an adoring wife by choice. Before Candy met her second husband,
his name was Jacques Mossler, who was a multi-millionaire,
who had an intense dedication to work. Okay? Yes, loved to work. From a young age, Jacques Mossler was
determined to provide for himself and his future family, as his widowed mother
had managed to do for him as a child. Mossler owned a chain of banks and finance
companies from Florida to Texas, and as a result, he was RICH. Rich. Like he was rich-rich. So Jacques was married beforehand, and in his first marriage,
he fathered four children, who were said to be the apple of his eye. And for the first time in his life,
work had come second, and his new family was first in his life. Jacques was a man that many described
as being an individual who “simply loved helping children”. Because he was raised by a single mother, who made sure to try her best
to provide for her children, Jacques felt like he needed to,
or wanted to do the same for other kids. Which is like; aw, that’s so sweet, you know? So when his first marriage fizzled out --
for whichever reason, it did -- Jacques filed for divorce, and his
life changed directions. It was then that Jacques met, the also
recently divorced socialite, Candy. Funny how they always show up right when you
go through a divorce, you know? So Candy never revealed her
real age to almost anyone. Very old-school. But it was well known that Candy was at least
20 years younger than Jacques. And the age gap really didn’t
mean anything to them because they fell in love. And by 1949, Jacques proposed to Candy
and the two were married by springtime. The relationship was the beginning
of what looked like a perfect love story. Candy and Jacques moved into a
28-bedroom mansion, in Houston together, where a lavish lifestyle became
the new normal for Candy. 28 bedrooms, I would love to know
what goes in those rooms because what the hell do you
need 28 bedrooms for? Like I can understand four
or five bedrooms, okay. But what are you doing
with the rest of those rooms? Lemme know down below. Candy's just loving it. She's like "Dude I hit the jackpot". Candy, she always had a love for
the finer things in life, okay? And after marrying Jacques, she was set to
enjoy her new lifestyle permanently. She's not going anywhere. The couple often spent their days traveling
between their Houston home and their posh vacation apartment
in Key Biscayne, Florida. Nearly eight years into their marriage,
Candy and Jacques, Jacques was watching
the news one day and he heard about a man who had
some kind of like manic episode, and he ended up killing his pregnant wife
and her unborn child in a fit of rage. So Jacques is watching the news,
and he hears this story. The man who had done this,
his name was Leonard Glenn, and he had a history of
mental illness according to officials. After shooting his wife and
stabbing his infant child, Glenn packed his other four kids into a car that he crashed into the
snowy banks near his house. Police intercepted and brought
Glenn into custody immediately, which then left his four children orphaned. So, Jacques is watching
the news, he hears this story, and he hears about the four children
who are now orphaned, and his first reaction was
that he wanted to help. So Jacques at this time
was worth over $33 Million, and he felt like okay, "I have more
than enough money and 28 rooms." "I could definitely take on
extra children in my life". So together, Jacques and Candy decided to
adopt these four children that were now orphaned. Amazing, beautiful, great story. The end... I wish, right? In the four years following
the initial adoption of the Glenn children, the life that Candy and Jacques had built
for themselves was pretty pleasant. In fact, the Mossler family was seen
as the epitome of success, both in terms of money and family values. They were just a great role model. Of course, that is, until Candy’s nephew, his name was Melvin Powers,
entered their lives. So who is Melvin Powers you ask? Well, let me tell you. He’s a 24-year-old American businessman, who was originally from Birmingham, Alabama. Before diving into the world of business, Melvin was in the United
States Navy for a few years. After his time at the Navy, he worked
at a variety of oddball jobs, that ended with him receiving a
conviction for a con job in Michigan. Based off of what I was reading,
it kinda seemed like Melvin was always looking for the easy way
out, whether it be lying to get money, or just lying to benefit himself
in some kind of way. You get what I’m saying? So the con job that he was doing
in Michigan, this conviction resulted in Melvin receiving a sentence
to serve 90 days in jail. Which he did, and when he was out, that’s
when he was on probation for his offences, he decided to move to Houston, and the reason being
is because his mother recommended that Melvin get in touch with
her sister, Candy -- AKA his aunt. As she lived in Houston with her business
owning, very wealthy, husband. So like "Hey maybe you
should get in touch with..." "You know, my sister,
who can maybe help you out". So Melvin’s thinking "Wow mom,
thanks for the tip, that’s a great idea". And he reaches out to Candy,
his aunt, in hopes that-- I don’t know, maybe her husband could offer
him a job, offer him something. You know? To hopefully get him into business
and start making money. What transpired between Melvin and Candy was
definitely different than they had intended. Their relationship as aunt
and nephew was strange from the first time that
they met in Houston. It was said at this time, Melvin was nearly
21 years younger than Candy, and was literally her nephew by blood. But that didn’t stop the two from
experiencing some sexual tension. (slurp) Yeah. Weird. I don’t know what I was thinking-- This is a side note, but I don’t know why
I didn’t set my under eye. (laughs) Now I pretty much have to
wipe off my foundation. Okay so... Yeah, sexual tension. It was happening. Oh yes, oh yes. Now, I mean, we could all say
well maybe, you know, Melvin was doing this on
purpose, because he knew like, he wanted to get into
Candy's pockets, you know? Her wallet. Or maybe he was just trying to get a leg up
in the business world through her husband. Or maybe Candy was feeling
some kind of way, like she-- I don’t know. Maybe she liked having this power or authority
over Melvin that left her hot and bothered. Those are just opinions;
we don’t really know. Whatever it was, their affair lasted for years. (slight scoff) Yes, I said affair. 'Cause they crossed that line baby. Oh, they crossed it. Ya nasties. So Candy would later say that
her affair with her nephew, was a direct response to her having discovered
that Jacques, her husband, was gay. Oh yes. Oh yes. Candy said that-- (slight laugh) Candy said that Jacques was struck down
by a mysterious illness, a mysterious illness that left him
a homosexual and this just shattered her. She had no one else to talk to, so instead
she turned to her nephew for companionship. Which then just led into
a sexual relationship. When Jacques was in his mid-60's,
he started to stay at their Florida vacation apartment
a lot longer than he normally would. Whether it was because he
was tired of his marriage, or maybe he just wanted to be alone
while he kind of experimented... I don’t know, or just explore
his sexuality more, but he was distancing himself from Candy,
at least that was the perception she was getting. While Jacques was away in Florida,
doing whatever it was he was doing, it was a lot easier for Melvin and Candy
to hide their affair pretty much, because he was never around, okay? Or at least Candy and Melvin
thought their affair was a secret and no one
was ever gonna know. Jacques had agreed to originally help
Melvin with his business ventures, when he first moved to
the home in Houston. He gave Melvin a job working as a trailer
salesman, he like owned a lot, Melvin worked at that lot, selling trailers. Candy was the one who was
in charge of mainly like financing anything that
Melvin needed for his job. So Jacques even allowed Melvin to move into
the couple’s multi-million-dollar mansion and live rent free. Not long after Melvin had moved in
with Candy and Jacques, it’s when Jacques and Candy-- Not Jacques and Candy. Candy and Melvin grew a little sloppy in the
ways that they had hid their affair from Jacques. It was said that; Jacque was not a dumbass. (laughs) He knew something was going on, he didn’t
know it was between the two of them, but he knew like something
was just going on. Now, when Jacques did find out the truth, what was going on between
Candy and Melvin, he was like "Oh heck no, you nasties." "Your blood line is not royal here, and is
nothing to protect, y’all are just gross". Authorities later, they reported that,
“A year after Mel moved in," "a coworker was the one who told
Jacques about what they saw goin' down" "when Jacques wasn’t around". This coworker also said that
Melvin was kind of bragging about what he was doing with Candy,
and how he was doing it all for money. This is what Melvin said to the coworker. Coworker told Jacques. Jacques is already like "Dude, gross". So Jacques goes to do
some investigating for his own, so he goes looking for Candy's diary. Mhm. He knows where she keeps it. So he went looking. Grabs the diary, opens it up, what does he see?... Further information... He reads what Candy had written
down over and over again, multiple times, on different pages. She was going on and on about how she had passionate sexual relations
with her nephew, Melvin. After reading Candy's diary, that’s when Jacques went on to just
fire, and get rid of, Melvin. And two officials ordered Melvin to leave
the mansion or face arrest. So Melvin is just upset,
he’s saying some mean things, he’s telling Jacques
he’s gonna get his revenge. But he’s like not going quietly,
he’s trying to fight, trying to stay, and Melvin left, but when he left,
he claimed one day he would return "as the owner of this mansion". It was said that this left Jacques very-- It just sat with him, and it kinda like
put some fear within him. He wrote in a personal memo "If Mel and Candace don’t
kill me first, I’ll have to kill them". Well, it was said it was a personal memo, but I believe it was a diary
of his own, a journal of his own. So it was said, directly after
this whole fight went down, Jacques had kicked Melvin out
of their house in this big blow up. Jacques and Candy, their relationship
just went south quickly. Neither Candy nor Jacques felt as though
they could trust each other anymore. Neither party really respected the other enough
to have a healthy, loving relationship again. They both obviously wanted
two different lifestyles. In turn, they formally
separated later that year. Even though the couple separated,
Jacques was still providing Candy with a $5,000 weekly allowance, to keep up her wealthy
lifestyle, this would be nearly $45,000 today. Well, equal to $45,000 today. So he’s still giving her an allowance,
to make her happy pretty much, okay? Despite the fact that the two obviously wanted
to legal separation from each other, neither of them wanted to be
the first to file for divorce. Firstly, their relationship was heavily public,
as their social status made them increasingly more popular
as the years went on. The nature of Jacques being gay is something
that would be considered normal today, but this was the 1960s, so he
feared that outing himself, or Candy outing him, would result
in people losing respect for him and overall just losing everything. So in a way, Jacques was like
"I don’t really want to stir the pot" in a way, cause Candy kind of-- She could say something,
and it would really... It could ruin his life. Candy on the other hand,
she didn’t want the public to know that she had been cheating on her husband,
and not just cheating on her husband, with her own nephew. Um because, yeah. I mean that wasn’t gonna
be well received. So Candy's like "Well, I don’t
want to start the divorce" "because Jacques could say that I’ve been
having sex with my nephew," "it's gonna ruin my life". So both are kinda like "You say something,
I’m gonna say something", you know? On top of just the general perception reasons,
the two were worth a lot of money together. If Jacques decided to file for divorce,
he would have to split all of his wealth with her, per their prenuptial agreement. Their prenup. If Candy decided to file first,
she would ONLY receive $200,000, which was not worth it in her eyes. I mean that’s like only one Birkin bag. "How dare he". I mean I’m sure a lot of us would be like
"Yeah, I’ll take the 200,000 that’s good". The only way for Candy and Melvin to receive
all $33 Million of Jacques net worth, was if Jacques wound up dead. On June 29th, 1964, Candy decided
to take her four adopted children to see their father at his Florida apartment,
and this is where Jacques was living pretty much full time after their separation,
at the Florida vacation home. But he’s living there full time now. So she takes the kids over there to visit, we guess, I don’t know. They only stay for a little bit at Jacques's
apartment, just for a few hours, and during that time, Candy complained
that her head was just pounding, she had a migraine. Throughout Candy's life, it was said she suffered
from migraines that were often debilitating. You know, this excuse that her head
was hurting, it sounded about right, it wasn’t something that was weird. So after a couple hours, it was said that
Candy was just tired of being in pain, so she decided to take the
four children into her car, and they drove off to a
nearby emergency room, in hopes that the medical staff
could help alleviate her migraine. Just moments after Candy
left Jacques's apartment, an intruder broke in
through the front door. He just walked in, I guess. But there was some kind of
scuffle that had taken place, between the intruder and Jacques. Sadly, the intruder brutally stabbed Jacques
in the chest and the stomach repeatedly, around 39 times in total. The intruder, frustrated with Jacques
for not dying quick enough, I guess, they took something heavy to then smash over
Jacques's head, which killed him instantly. When Candy and her children
returned to Jacques's apartment around 4:30 in the morning-- Which is like, what are you doing? Well, whatever. (slight laugh) So at four in the morning, they
come back to the home, and they find Jacques, who is just wrapped up in a
blood-soaked blanket, and is just dead. Candy called the police immediately upon
discovering her husband’s remains. And when local law enforcement arrived
at the scene of the crime, they knew immediately that Jacques’s
murder was a crime of passion. And they knew this because of
how many stab wounds there were. I mean, it was screaming
"HEY, THIS IS PERSONAL". And I should of gone into
a little bit deeper explanation I guess, about how they knew that. It’s very fascinating,
they could tell if it’s... Investigator and whatnot, they can tell if
it's somebody who knew the victim, just based off of how the attack went down,
which I find fascinating. I’m losing my voice. What is going on? Not the point though. But they knew it was a crime of passion. So investigators quickly began interviewing,
or asking questions, from the neighbors, and some of the neighbors had
remarked that they had heard, like a panicked shouting happening, and various thuds happening
in the direction of Jacques's unit. Sorry about that little guy. One neighbor said that they saw
like a dark-haired man in dark clothing, fleeing the premises almost immediately
after the commotion had stopped. But they didn’t get a
good look at who it was. So Candy, Candy on the otherhand
informed investigators of Jacques, his tendencies to take home strange men,
and suggested that, you know, maybe this could have been
the act of a jealous lover. So police of course, took this into
consideration and tried to track down any men who had personal
relationships with Jacques, but at some point, early on in the investigation, law enforcement located
Jacques’s personal diary. Yes. Inside this diary, they came across
pages upon pages of just weird and like eerie comments
concerning Candy and Melvin. So in this diary, investigators could tell
that Jacques was genuinely afraid of his wife and her, lover,
incestuous lover I must say, that they might kill him for his money. This is what he’s writing in his diary. Mhm. So, this alone was enough for investigators
to start to focus their investigation on Melvin and Candy a little bit more. So back at Jacques's home,
crime scene investigators... Hold on. So back at Jacques's home,
crime scene investigators found bloody fingerprints
on Jacques's countertops. They run these bloody fingerprints
through, you know, their system and walah baby. It matched Melvin. One of Jacques's cars was stolen,
one of them, you know? It was the one that
Candy usually drove around. Any who, so they find
Jacques's car near a local airport. It was reported stolen, so when
they find it, they’re like "Okay, here it is so le--". (laughs) I’m sure it was more than that. I feel like I’m making this more confusing. Stolen car, it was Jacques's car. Now it was found near a
local airport and was searched, and of course like inside,
they find a bloody fingerprint. They ran it through the system... Melvin. It was linked to Melvin again. Melvin, you’re a little sloppy! As it turned out, Melvin
had been seen in Miami, over the same few days
that Jacques’s murder took place. It only took a few days for police to locate
and arrest Melvin for the murder of Jacques. When word got back to Candy
about Melvin’s arrest, she hired the TOP defense attorney to
represent Melvin, I mean the best of the best. But Police wholeheartedly believed
that Melvin did not act alone. They believed that Melvin was
working closely with Candy Mossler to murder Jacques Mossler for his money. Shortly after Melvin’s arrest,
Candy was then taken into custody for her assumed association
in her husband’s murder as well. Candy knew she wouldn’t
do well behind bars. Locked up? No. "It's not gonna work for me". So, she hired a team of lawyers to
make sure she never served a day in jail. Now, for over a year after the murders both
Candy and Melvin were free on bond. (lip smack) Don’t get me started. At the pair’s trial, Candy and Melvin
consistently asserted their innocence. The prosecution team presented a case showing Melvin and Candy
wanted Jacques dead, so they could be together
and inherit his millions. It was estimated that Jacques's estate was worth over 200 million in
gross value, and 22 million in net value, over 1.6 billion gross, and over
177 million in net value today. So, a lot of money, okay? Like a lot of money, if you had 177 million,
you be good for the rest of your life. The prosecution backed up
their claim of an affair with photographs of Candy and Melvin
that they had taken together. The couple, they seemed to travel a lot together and documented their trips
with photos of them on ski slopes, at concerts and in nightclubs. Just "Cheese", like taking pictures
together wherever they went, so they brought these into
the court room, and they told the jury "Look, this happy couple. Look at them" "Here is the motive. They wanted the money". They told the jury that Jacques
had recently learned of his wife’s affair with her nephew, and in response
Jacques was planning a divorce and dropping her from his will. Now this sudden change of events is what
caused Melvin to fly from Houston to Miami. He was seen driving Candy’s white car around
the time of the murder in the area. Then hours before the time of death, Melvin was at this place called
the Stuffed Shirt Lounge, which was a lounge/bar area, but it was
right by Jacques's apartment, and he was spotted there, Melvin was. Before leaving, Melvin had asked the bartender
for an empty bottle of Coke. The prosecution said that he left the bar and headed to Jacques's apartment,
with the Coke bottle in hand. It's believed, or it was argued
that this was the weapon Melvin used to strike Jacques in the head. An empty Coke can-- Like the real glass Coke bottles,
those are pretty hardcore... I think, yes, that sounds about right. Then the killer used a knife to
stab the victim 39 times. Candy’s part in the murder was making sure
that her husband was home alone. She had claimed to have a migraine,
and then insisted on taking the kids, the four children with her, to drive
around for nearly three hours, three and a half hours. She didn’t go to the urgent care
like she had said she did. She instead just drove around
for three and a half hours. They called witnesses, who testified
that Candy had spoken to them about trying to find
someone to kill her husband. The prosecution is painting a picture that,
all signs point to Melvin and Candy. I mean, no if's, and's or but's. They got the motive, we’ve got
witnesses who said that Candy was asking if someone
could kill her husband, I mean it’s clear as day, right? The defense team came back
and fought that the bloody fingerprints that were found in the home/car, could have been there from days before,
for all anyone knew. This was before DNA testing,
so all they knew was that there was blood, and like
bloody fingerprints and stuff, but not who the blood belonged to. So they’re trying to fight like,
"Well, yeah there’s bloody fingerprints and stuff," "but we don’t know how it got there. Could’ve
been left there from a couple days before". "I mean it's wild you guys, it could happen". Candy took the stand testifying
that on many occasions, she and her children had come home
and found Jacques involved with a male lover. The defense said that
any one of the random men Jacques picked up, could have killed him,
and it’s not fair to blame it on Candy or Melvin. To you and me, I feel like
meh this is easy, right? Well. (laughs)
(deep inhale) The jury took over 16 hours to deliberate,
and they returned the verdict. A verdict of... Not f'ing guilty. (laughs) What?! What? What? Yep. Not guilty. They claim that they found insufficient evidence
to convict the couple of murder. Despite all of the evidence that
was presented to the jury, the diaries, the love affair,
the motive, the witnesses. Not guilty. Now, the jury, they acknowledged
their illicit love affair, but noted that the affair in itself did not mean that they were
responsible for Jacques’s murder. All of the evidence presented
at trial turned out to be far too circumstantial
for any guilty sentenc-- (stutters) For any guilty sentencing. There we go. They just felt like, it really didn’t prove
that they indeed did it. The media was reporting on all of this,
and people were losing their s--t, because like, oh. money, and affair, Jacques being possibly
gay, Candy having an affair with her nephew. When I tell you people were losing their s--t,
like they were losing it. This story was just like, insane. And it got to the point where they had to
shut the doors to the court hearing itself, it was just seen as too extreme,
too sexual for people to handle. They would not allow anybody
to like, come in and whatnot. It was wild. Heads were exploding left and right, based off of what I was
reading and like hearing and stuff. So, after her win in court,
Candy did what she did best, she was like "You what know
everyone, I’m gonna throw a party". So she threw a party, celebrating
that they were found not guilty. God. Her children took one of
the murder trial posters, that had been around town, to the guests, and had them all like, sign it
as a souvenir, they framed it. Yay. As a result, Candy and Melvin walked free
for a murder that many are positive they committed. Like Candy had hoped and dreamed for. She inherited her husband’s estate
and his banking business. She changed the name of the company
to Candace Mossler Enterprises. What a s---ty person she is, wow. Just a year after winning
their trial, Candy and Melvin split, but she went on to inherit her
deceased husbands millions and even remarried in 1971,
to a man named Barnett. But, so strange you guys, we don’t know,
she just has a wild life. Barnett, he-- (slight chuckle) Is it Barnett? You see what happened was; Barnett,
he suffered brain damage the next year, in a mysterious fall from
the couple's mansion’s balcony, and he suffered from some serious
brain damage, and was in a coma, and Candy was like "I’m out. bye". Okay, so then in 1976, Candy’s body was
found in a Miami hotel room. She was dressed only in a lace robe and she had on a full face
of makeup, as she always did. She had overdosed at 55 years old. Some sources say she was 62 years old,
another source said she was 66 years old, and I honestly didn’t verify because it
just felt it was very fitting. How old was she? Nobody knows. "You never ask a lady how old she is, oh". Melvin and Candy, again they spilt and when he found out
that Candy had died, he did attend Candy's funeral
with his new hot lil' boo thing, and by then, at that point, he had become
a flamboyant real estate developer in Houston. Oh yeah. He went on to have a very successful life,
he was said to always dress head to toe in very expensive attire. He owned a huge luxury yacht, and by 1979, Melvin had built a fortune,
estimated to be worth $200 million. He also drew attention in the early 1980s,
by adding 23 feet to his 142-foot yacht, which was said to be one of the largest
in the Western Hemisphere. (claps) Wow Melvin, you’re really doing it Melvin. Groundbreaking. Melvin was like in and out of bankruptcy,
he had filed bankruptcy a couple times, but then he would like bounce back, so something
sketchy was going on, I don’t know. And at the age of 68, Melvin was
found dead at his home in Houston. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said that the cause of
Vdeath remained undetermined. That my friends is the story about
Candy and Jacques Mossler, and Candy's... Just, what do I even name-- Who... Poor Jacques. Poor, poor Jacques. He seemed like such a great guy, and he totally just got take advantage
of by this devil women. I'll stop calling her
a devil woman. What happened to the four
adopted children you ask? Well... I don’t know. I didn’t look into it because just leave
em' alone, they’ve been through enough, I don’t want-- Ya' know? What did we learn here my friends? Well... If you are wealthy in this country, you can,
and probably will, get away with murder. Isn’t it fun? Stories like these, they get
under my skin so bad. (frustrated grunt) If you have money,
you get away with anything. It’s so f'ed up. And you could say "Well, Bailey this was from
the 60's or whatever, the early 70's". Okay, well let me find some new stories then,
that are very similar to this, maybe not as like, you know... Scandalous. But they’re out there, because I read them
all the time, I like to torture myself. (frustrated grunt) That’s how I feel. Thank you so much. I mean, talk about a wild story, you know? I just truly don’t understand how they didn’t-- Yes, I do, money. Money. Let me know your thoughts down below. Any who...
(finger snap) I hope you guys have a
wonderful rest of your day. Thank you so much for
hanging out with me today. Let me know who you want
me to talk about next week. Please, please, please make
good choices out there. Be safe. And I’ll be seeing you guys later. Bye. (suspicious music)
