on television. nothing is going to happen to you, joseph. i promise. i promise you. i will get you help. we have doctors here and i have a good doctor for you. i promise you, nothing is going to happen. the negotiators and forensic profilers were trying to calculate what he would do based on his criminal history. there was a lot for the investigators to look at. over a span of 13 years, seven women had filed assault charges against joseph palczynski. he served time in jail only twice and was in and out of mental health facilities. incredibly, there was even a prior case eerily reminiscent of the hostage standoff.8;รงรท this is footage of palczynski surrendering in 1992, after a confrontation over a girl led to a 15-hour standoff with police in gooding, idaho. he had fled there as a fugitive after escaping from a maryland state mental hospital. joe was eventually brought back