Lake City Quiet Pills: An Internet Mystery

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ค. 2024
  • 2009: a Redditor named u/ReligionOfPeace disappears. In his wake, an enduring internet mystery is born.
    Sources: pastebin.com/KsC6rTrX
    Soundtrack: • Lake City Quiet Pills:...
    🎡Visit Liminal Land: www.liminalland.net
    📧Submit a mystery: NightmareExpo@gmail.com
    📲Follow me: / nexpoyt
    🖤Support the channel: / nexpo
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    Chapters:
    0:00 - An Enigma is Born
    7:03 - A Man of Extraordinary Circumstances
    10:08 - Milo is Missing
    27:36 - Intermission
    30:24 - Into the Depths
    39:55 - Lost in the Crystal Wind
    49:21 - A Mystery of Extraordinary Coincidence
    54:30 - A Mystery that Keeps on Giving
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    End credits: Night Bells: By Lotus: • Night Bells
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  • @Nexpo
    @Nexpo  2 ปีที่แล้ว +13888

    Nothing like some Lake City Quiet Pills on a Friday evening 😤

    • @supahguy2013
      @supahguy2013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      YES ANOTHER NEXPO VIDEO IM ADDICTED

    • @MiguelHernandez-ow5wg
      @MiguelHernandez-ow5wg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Hey nexpo keep up the good work

    • @omgfussi6572
      @omgfussi6572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Lean lake

    • @Sebster456
      @Sebster456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Nothing like a nice Friday with a Nexpo upload.

    • @aquawrld
      @aquawrld 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      🖤

  • @st.anselmsfire3547
    @st.anselmsfire3547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15757

    I love how Milo's stories never really drew much skepticism despite being too cool to be real and, in some cases, physically impossible, yet the story that he'd died suddenly at 79 was what roused everyone's suspicions.

    • @Samdeman90
      @Samdeman90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1263

      It's not that no one was suspicious, no one really cared.

    • @sirrealism7300
      @sirrealism7300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +358

      @@Samdeman90 exactly, its obviously a hoax.

    • @feedesylvestre3200
      @feedesylvestre3200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +777

      @@sirrealism7300 Especially, when it's coming from someone who moderates a jailbait sub reddit or all things. My guess is that people who knew he was lying just ignored him as some loser creep while others straight up just don't know him.

    • @sacv27
      @sacv27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      It is funny, but I totally understand not raising an eyebrow at a user who claims to be a grizzled old vet having outlandish/exaggerated stories to tell any audience he can get his hands on. At the same time, I wouldn't have raised an eyebrow at his death personally, even though it did feel a bit too tidy in hindsight, in the moment I'd have likely just said RIP and moved on (assuming I cared at all, which I likely wouldn't have).

    • @matthewyeldig4608
      @matthewyeldig4608 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My money is still the same as when I first hear do this on redweb, mercenarys hiding their info on a borderline cp site. If you think about it, it kinda makes sense! If your a normal person, you don't go there. If your a sicko, you don't crack into the code to find the listings. Ether way, they probibly won't get caught posting hits on arms dealers!

  • @nibrocgeck7508
    @nibrocgeck7508 ปีที่แล้ว +2359

    You know a group is up to some shady shit when they have a member called "Fat Tommy."

    • @kynto
      @kynto ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lol

    • @_Wakaz_
      @_Wakaz_ ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Couldn't be more true. 💀

    • @Pepilepsy
      @Pepilepsy ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Ayyyy, yuh babalaboom, don't talk about Fat Tommy like that, hes a made man.

    • @LeoScott
      @LeoScott ปีที่แล้ว +65

      "Yeah the Don told fat tommy and big tony to run the mooks outta Jersey"

    • @dalepeters3841
      @dalepeters3841 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Honestly I thought it was code for something else. Like Whiskey Hotel isn't actually a hotel.

  • @sp4c3y
    @sp4c3y 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1402

    theres nothing like a good hour long youtube documentary on some disturbing thing that happened ten years ago that you know literally nothing about to lift your spirits

    • @ariadneschild8460
      @ariadneschild8460 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      😄

    • @mysmirandam.6618
      @mysmirandam.6618 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      😂 yep

    • @StrykerLee
      @StrykerLee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Truuuuuue

    • @6ft_2in_b_a_b_y28
      @6ft_2in_b_a_b_y28 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ironically this comment aligns with unneccesary rants of someone we learned about in above vid... 🤔

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@6ft_2in_b_a_b_y28 haven’t watched the video yet, is it Nexpo?

  • @IDontBuyIt50
    @IDontBuyIt50 ปีที่แล้ว +3238

    I figured it out. Nexpo does so many of these videos that I have come to a realization. Any enduring mystery with no conclusion that originated on the internet was done by Nexpo, decades ago, in anticipation of making this TH-cam channel and relating those very stories later. Well played Nexpo.

    • @justamanofculture12
      @justamanofculture12 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Bruh lol 😂

    • @Hugsloth
      @Hugsloth ปีที่แล้ว +79

      I remember there was a theory like that about the channel Saint, who would allegedly spam iceberg memes about obscure topics on 4chan, to provoke people to look them up and then find videos he'd just uploaded talking about them.

    • @madsfiedler3884
      @madsfiedler3884 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      by god, hes done it!

    • @ceej5690
      @ceej5690 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hugsloth Fucking mental flashbang. had a friend who was deep into his community. who i was JUST looking at their old site, reminding myself about this weird channel i found about with a video saying their community would die if too many found out about it. He commented every day on that video for about a year before deleting it.
      You might be proving his point

    • @84superninja
      @84superninja 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@madsfiedler3884nex is secretly the biggest troll the internet has ever seen holding the torch for decades on dozens of different insane internet mysteries. That's a movie I would watch

  • @cmfontanes
    @cmfontanes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12248

    Bro if I was Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, etc I'd be FALLING OVER MYSELF trying to sign Nexpo to create and produce hour an long docuseries on mysteries exactly like this. If it ain't broke...

    • @Faebyte
      @Faebyte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      right?????

    • @fmmuuhh7597
      @fmmuuhh7597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Shhhhhhhhh............!

    • @arthousecommons3802
      @arthousecommons3802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      lol

    • @mattm9584
      @mattm9584 2 ปีที่แล้ว +390

      Deadlines kill creativity

    • @blackpillz3479
      @blackpillz3479 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ... mmm, that doesent sound like streaming services.. there's no where they could push woke messaging..

  • @alyasfukename3355
    @alyasfukename3355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2399

    I heard someone float the idea that Milo actually stands for military Information Liaison Officer. It's a position referenced in intelligence handbooks. The guy who took over for him has a name that is common military jargon in Britain as well (twosix).

    • @belgebelgravia100
      @belgebelgravia100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +468

      It's interesting that he uses British military slang as well. He mentions that he served in Palestine from 1946-1949. This refers to the British occupation of Mandatory Palestine from Israeli and Arab militia within the province. As far as I know, Americans did not serve or even assist Britain or the opposing forces in Palestine until the Israeli declaration of independence in 1948.
      MILOs also served exclusively in Cold War-era Germany in intelligence gathering operations and not in Mandatory Palestine.
      Which is strange because he mentions being raised in Pennsylvania and being American. It's seems, if any part of this story is true, it means that this man is not in fact an American, but a Brit.

    • @alyasfukename3355
      @alyasfukename3355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      @@belgebelgravia100 Huh, I didn't know any of that. Definitely fits with the idea that all the players were fabricated and that TwoSix and Milo are the same person.

    • @NioFiota
      @NioFiota 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Damn, this comment needs to get noticed more. This is really interesting and also creepy

    • @jody_saku
      @jody_saku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      bump

    • @austinmcclure5629
      @austinmcclure5629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      It's not necessarily a British thing. In the US military those are callsigns. The first number designates what squad or platoon. The second number is their position. 6 is the officer in charge. 7 would be the highest NCO. It was even mentioned that 2-6 is a position not a specific person. Which checks out

  • @salteeth
    @salteeth ปีที่แล้ว +534

    Without question, the most disturbing part of this whole thing is seeing "20 years ago" next to "2001"

    • @Elhombre95382
      @Elhombre95382 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lmaaaaaoooo

    • @Zoms101
      @Zoms101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      here from 2024, it doesn't get better

  • @Liquorice_Monster
    @Liquorice_Monster ปีที่แล้ว +6117

    There's no goddamn way Milo was really who he said he was. Born in 1930 and enlisted in the armed forces at age thirteen, fought in both World War II and the Vietnam War at some of the most famous and historically important battles of the century, but decides to retire from the military and retrain in his mid fifties to become a software engineer? That's already highly suspect. On top of that, he's somehow still employed at nearly eighty years old and yet has the time to converse with people on social media and moderate a subreddit created to host explicit images of underage girls, yeah fucking right. And of course he's a grizzled old war horse who is mean and ornery but has at least one friend in Angel Two Six who conveniently knows about his activities on Reddit and is willing to make an account just to tell everyone on his disgusting child pornography message board that he's passed away. The entire story absolutely reeks of fakery and bullshit. I also don't believe that any of these guys were secretly hitmen for hire or coordinated mercenaries. I believe they really wanted to be, but they were miserable maladjusted child-lovers who only felt comfortable among their own ranks. There's no way these losers were traveling around the world committing high profile assassinations.

    • @avamasquerade
      @avamasquerade ปีที่แล้ว +434

      I'm with you on this cause $3-$4k per job is shameful...like even that Texan cheerleader's mom was tryin' to pay a livable hit wage 😂
      Also, I'd be like totally embarrassed to put "Team lead assassin for the execution of just one guy" on my CV..."Special skills that make me a nightmare for people like you: pillow holder"

    • @Liquorice_Monster
      @Liquorice_Monster ปีที่แล้ว +186

      @@avamasquerade They were watching too many Liam Neeson movies lol

    • @Lxurelxi
      @Lxurelxi ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think that’s exactly what this is. Just some sad pathetic pedo that spends his time online lying to feed his delusions of grandeur and need for attention

    • @dannyroberts4593
      @dannyroberts4593 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have no idea pal, there are some sick fkus walking around

    • @ohnoitsthenoooo
      @ohnoitsthenoooo ปีที่แล้ว +292

      I definitely believe that this guy was/is military based on his uh… habits.. but the rest of his lore seems completely made up to me

  • @austinsavage5962
    @austinsavage5962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8641

    I cant believe people held this guy up as a sort of hero all the reddit posts ive seen say they loved this guy and he literaly posted cp what a horrible cess pool reddit is

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +468

      I remember going on r/askreddit to find some rabbit holes, one of them mentioned the Milo guy so I checked his account and only his latest comment and I didn't think much about it until when I saw the thumbnail of this video so I checked it and I was horrified, I did not know any of the things shown (I did not know what's so special about the Milo guy so thankfully I did not idolize him)

    • @thequeenofcringe1585
      @thequeenofcringe1585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +766

      Never heard of this guy before I watched this video. As soon as I heard that he was a mod on the jailbait subreddit, I immediately knew what kind of person he was and I did not like it

    • @user-fe8gx3ie5v
      @user-fe8gx3ie5v 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      It wasn't CP, but still questionable.

    • @austinsavage5962
      @austinsavage5962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@user-fe8gx3ie5v it was but good for you defending a predator

    • @user-fe8gx3ie5v
      @user-fe8gx3ie5v 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@austinsavage5962 We know nothing about this guy. Even that could be a front or a lie.

  • @jameswilkinson2712
    @jameswilkinson2712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17848

    I don't think I've ever seen a side of TH-cam grow so beautiful as the internet mystery side has. Like channels like nexpo and barely socialable and lemmino have gone from just explaining a story in decent detail to breaking them wide open with brand new research. It's just been a pleasure to see over the last few years

    • @R0KURU
      @R0KURU 2 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      3 of my absolute favorite channels

    • @sparklesparklesparkle6318
      @sparklesparklesparkle6318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      bro car review community, maker community, food community, game review community, whatever genre Internet Historian even is... I think the best growth ever though is the archaeology and the satellite archaeology community I've observed that for over a decade now we've learned so much about our past in that time, together. RIP cfrapps we miss you Chuck.

    • @cosmosaic8117
      @cosmosaic8117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      I haven’t heard of Lemmino. Will check him out. My two favorites are Nexpo and my number 1 would probably be Lazy Masquerade. Lazy is more frightening material, however. Like how Nexpo has some freaky shit but leans moreso into the mysterious, Lazy has some mysterious shit that leans more into the downright disturbing. Both channels are brilliant. My only problem with either one is I have no more footage to watch until the newest video comes out, because I got so addicted.

    • @ssokolow
      @ssokolow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@cosmosaic8117 LEMMiNO's stuff is top notch. I'd also recommend Quinton Reviews's trilogy on The Decline of the History Channel (insightful and funny) and, depending on what kind of content you're looking for, maybe Ahoy's video on Polybius, blameitonjorge, Calum, Down the Rabbit Hole, Paper Skies, TREY the Explainer, Zepherus, or some of Drachinifel's more dryly humorous videos like "The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron: Voyage of the Damned".

    • @ApolloGray
      @ApolloGray 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      also shout out to that chapter

  • @chiz5913
    @chiz5913 ปีที่แล้ว +687

    I cannot express how grateful I am that these “chapters” aren’t split into different videos and parts.

    • @Demilich23
      @Demilich23 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      bot

  • @sergioc.7910
    @sergioc.7910 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    @ 14:17 "goddam. I didn't no (sic) so many people could like him that didn't sling a gun with him."

    • @erinab3162
      @erinab3162 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      It was so obviously wanting to be like a rugged old war veteran in a movie but it doesn’t translate over reddit like they even wrote words incorrectly to try to emulate the accent…. That was painful to read.

    • @Nopperabou
      @Nopperabou 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      So fake

  • @butterscotchcandy8489
    @butterscotchcandy8489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4539

    Seems like I’m in the minority here who had no idea this shit existed, which is fine by me because this was a wild ride. Fantastic video as always, excellent editing, awesome content, and fully engaging throughout the whole thing. Bravo again Nexpo, if I had the money to spare I’d chuck it all at you

    • @luizafrugoli2400
      @luizafrugoli2400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      Me too lol
      Most of the things Nexpo posts I've never heard before, because I don't really search for internet mysteries beyond the youtubers I follow. It's interesting hearing about these things, specially with the way Nexpo makes his videos. The use of imagery is really well done and his voice is a good one for narrating.

    • @whannabi
      @whannabi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@luizafrugoli2400 that makes it even better imo

    • @babymetalic
      @babymetalic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      same. i had no idea this was such a huge thing.

    • @piefrolic6786
      @piefrolic6786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @disownedgamer
      @disownedgamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly same being piss poor isn't fun

  • @dm44444
    @dm44444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2934

    I almost skipped this one because it's such an old mystery everyone and their mother has made a video on, but you revealed plenty of new stuff in the second half. Well done!

    • @ss9392
      @ss9392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Same

    • @MarioMarioPlushGUY
      @MarioMarioPlushGUY 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      I’ve never heard of this lol I can’t believe it’s that old.

    • @nineteeneightynine432
      @nineteeneightynine432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Me too and isn't this the 2nd one nexpo has done on lake city quiet pills

    • @xsyzz
      @xsyzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      oh really? i guess i will watch it then..thought this topic got already talked to death

    • @bills6093
      @bills6093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@nineteeneightynine432 You are thinking of Barely Sociable.

  • @Serjuh
    @Serjuh ปีที่แล้ว +38

    An interesting little detail is that "MILO" is a military acronym for "Military Intelligence Liaison Officer"

  • @bsgfan1
    @bsgfan1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +312

    I did my own investigation awhile back. One thing you didn’t mention is that many of the archived photos also add extra layers of perplexity, some of which add to the strangeness of the story, given the context.
    1. Locations - many of the pictures feature locations from around the world. On the surface, these look like tourist photos. However, the pictures aren’t of famous sites or typical travel features (landscape views, selfies, activities, etc.). Many of them are outside pictures of hotels and nondescript buildings, things that would otherwise be uninteresting to the average tourist.
    2. Architecture - some of the pictures are odd, out of place photos of doors and windows, with no context or description. Others are of specific entry points with a particular focus on signs that denote the entry point as being alarmed.
    3. The woman - There are several photos posted across different years that feature an Asian woman in various locations around the world. It is the same woman in all the pictures.

    • @antonvlasov2092
      @antonvlasov2092 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

      He didn't touch on the fact of the website itself at all. Like yes, i understand the connections he made etc etc, but what about the purpose of the website itself, the coded messages and everything else? Why go so far to make it look like some kind of assassin marketplace when you are just going to fake your own death anyway?
      Definitely much more to the story than what was mentioned

    • @eightbo
      @eightbo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Further to this; if you read the final line in the bottom post at 38:05 - there is a very dubious line from the LCQP admin noting how everyones"pics, hard work, and memories" were hosted on the site.
      _Memories_ is the odd part that stuck out to me here. Hard work could imply the effort of gathering JB image collections, ...but "memories?" - to me this suggests images relating to the jobs were hosted on the site.
      Makes sense for a global operation - someone scouts out the location and uploads entry points etc, and those executing whatever mission travel in with increased success rate due to better planning / having appropriate tools etc.
      OP I've not seen the pictures you but I would imagine it's all evidence, and, if the places could be tracked down, it may be possible to ask around and find out what strange events happened during the relevant timeline at the locations. This could prove an important piece of the puzzle in confirming or denying the claim that the jobs were "heist/smuggling ops".
      Hope you have the pics archived.

    • @bsgfan1
      @bsgfan1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@eightbo I actually do! A few of them anyways. I just took a few of the ones that stood out to me the most, but I remember there were quite a few, and I hadn’t even gone through half the archive.
      Edit:
      So now I can’t even pull up LCQP on the Wayback Machine. I’m hoping it’s an error on my end

    • @szmmvhgl770
      @szmmvhgl770 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Did someone ever searched the original images for hidden messages?

    • @the_serial_chiller
      @the_serial_chiller 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@bsgfan1The archive being wiped/disappearing is highly peculiar, especially when taking into account the various accounts on the forum that were also wiped (or ‘hacked’..). If there is more to it than what meets the eye, it would make sense for someone to be scrubbing all of, or as much of, the evidence as possible. Beyond this being suspicious or questionable, it’s also rather disappointing, as I’d been hoping to dig into this mystery a bit further myself. That being said, I’m almost certain others would have complete backups of the data.

  • @payableondeath7
    @payableondeath7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1205

    Considering how much of "milo"s online presence was either military stories or jailbait related, I assumed this was going to be a human trafficking story

    • @arcturusfpv9652
      @arcturusfpv9652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      same lol 💀

    • @attilabubby
      @attilabubby 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I figured it was a pedo who wanted a 'fun' way to obfuscate his real identity.

    • @jonfitzpatrick9942
      @jonfitzpatrick9942 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      Eh, those weird 3D models Nexpo found for download caught me as a potentially excellent way traffickers could run a "catalog".

    • @cbot375
      @cbot375 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      On the surface it looks to be an illegal content sharing group, leaders got spooked and decided to erase their tracks before agencies found out who they were.

    • @estebancastillo8545
      @estebancastillo8545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@jonfitzpatrick9942 Very true. And so, so gross

  • @sceneCatgirl
    @sceneCatgirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3150

    I mean, probably just a coincidence, but the fact that 2-6 felt the need to bring up RoP's cat, not only the reddit death post, but also the HTML post, being given to the neighbor, only to have things later fall into the hands of someone named MadamMeow, seems like something at least worth talking about

    • @tablescissors67
      @tablescissors67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +292

      Good catch, the name was weird (didn't seemingly sync up much with the others); fits well and I never assumed it was actually a woman...but could easily be a persona connected to the whole exchange.

    • @d3l3tes00n
      @d3l3tes00n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@tablescissors67 Women assassins don't exist? lol

    • @d.m463
      @d.m463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@d3l3tes00n why not

    • @d3l3tes00n
      @d3l3tes00n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@d.m463 They do.

    • @David-cy2lj
      @David-cy2lj ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@d3l3tes00n lmk more reddit secrets

  • @FrenkTheJoy
    @FrenkTheJoy ปีที่แล้ว +190

    There aren't a lot of youtubers who would actually hire a private investigator to assist them in trying to solve a mystery. You the OG, Mr. Nexpo.

    • @thecollectiveconfidence717
      @thecollectiveconfidence717 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Hired a P.I.? Does he show receipts? Did he confirm that he wasn't just saying that for dramatic effect for the sake of good storytelling? He is a great storyteller and setting the atmosphere in this way would make sense whether he actually used a licensed P.I. (or multiple) or if he just asked his roommate to "investigate" some links...
      I'm of the opinion that the nexpo creators are quite literally elite level private investigators themselves, in regards to all things internet... they would be hard pressed to find and also hire a more effective internet investigator. Maybe they just gave themselves a bonus.

  • @omekamon9740
    @omekamon9740 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Dunno if somebody else already explained it, but I think the 43:30 "Email Contacts" link is a classic spam trap. Basically, the site would be set up so that it'd produce an infinite number of those pages of fake e-mail addresses, so that spambots trawling the web (and unable to notice the text "Don't use these") would endlessly add the fake addresses to their database and crash.

    • @mohanad-kenany
      @mohanad-kenany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Why this doesn't have more likes? It's really interesting.

    • @lunecker
      @lunecker 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      that makes a lot of sence now

    • @Miss_Argent
      @Miss_Argent 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Does dovetail into the disdain for spammers, too. I thought the list was supposed to be a maze of some sort where something would be hidden in one specific path through all the links, but I think the spam trap approach makes more sense.

  • @c.s.hayden3022
    @c.s.hayden3022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2522

    The way he says his age a few times in different threads while talking to people makes it feel like someone’s trying to establish a character. Most old people don’t want to reveal their age online because they feel like they’re taken less seriously. They benefit from the anonymity more than most because they can just be taken for their knowledge and experience. It’s definitely suspicious that a person would state their age more than once.

    • @arbiter-
      @arbiter- ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Well when someone on the internet claims they saw combat in WWII people ARE going to ask

    • @yellowcactustvz4929
      @yellowcactustvz4929 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      useless comment

    • @BeefKirky
      @BeefKirky ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I think you're right. Though, he was hosting Crystalwind in 1997 and "Michael A" is 67 so I bet he's still old

    • @Tommy50377
      @Tommy50377 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Maybe, but honestly if he was the person he claimed to be, I don't think he gave a damn about whether or not others took him seriously.

    • @asmrtpop2676
      @asmrtpop2676 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Damned if you do damned if you dont tbh. When I don’t make my age clear but people see my face, they don’t take me seriously because they think I’m like 19. When I do state my age, suddenly I’m too old for the internet.
      Granted users perceived as men likely have a different experience than mine. And when my face isn’t shown and no one knows my age that’s generally when information is taken the most seriously.

  • @coreyderrick1273
    @coreyderrick1273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2504

    When a youtuber isn't a youtuber, this content is on a different stratosphere. The time and effort that went into this video is insane. Keep it up Nexpo you absolute beast.

    • @1EliPrice
      @1EliPrice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The work had already been done. This whole story has been explained in detail several times over the last few years.

    • @Matt-lv6rj
      @Matt-lv6rj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@1EliPrice was jst gonna say that I listen to a podcast with this exact script u can tell he copied it fully

    • @MidnightShayd
      @MidnightShayd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      calm down dude

    • @inyrui
      @inyrui 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@1EliPrice exactly haha, Barely Sociable covered this like a year ago in only 30 minutes. Not anything against Nexpo but this is one of the most well known "internet mysteries"
      Edit: after finishing the video I admit I was wrong, Nexpo did a lot of independent research and revealed some info I've never heard before this point, so props to him

    • @jillianc7485
      @jillianc7485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      the man hired a P.I for godsake!!!! legendary status

  • @BobbyThompsonRocks
    @BobbyThompsonRocks ปีที่แล้ว +44

    It's possible the "Don't use these Email Contacts" link could be an anti-scraper tool.
    Back in the day some web developers (myself included) would add a page that contained "garbage" addresses in hopes it would flood web scrapers with useless information.
    I can't say for sure that's the case here, but figured I'd share this anyway.

  • @justin2308
    @justin2308 ปีที่แล้ว +806

    My current working theory: Mike was a technical writer who was down on his luck yet ambitious. He originally started the Crystal Wind page to try and create a consulting firm, but in the end it amounted to nothing. Parallel to this, he began getting involved with the wrong crowd, a CP ring that was highly skilled when it came to technical stuff (that line of code could’ve very well just been a project one of them had been showing off). They would even meet up, forming a sort of close-knit community (probably all the same locale too, since it operated solely from New Jersey and they seemed to expect everyone to know why the site would be down due to storms).
    Along the way, Mike created a couple of online personas that could be seen on the well-tread pages of the Internet, where he indulged in his fetish more openly and even hosted his own image sharing website to the point he got tired (or paranoid) of the mainstream and decided to start killing his more-public personas one by one to separate himself from them and go back into obscurity. Eventually, probably because he finally wanted to get his life back on track or something much darker (maybe he even got a job which explains how he can pay for the site), he disappeared entirely and the main HQ for his former pornography crew to gather kept getting traded to new admins who couldn’t keep it running (and, considering that most of them just up and ran, probably had to escape the country or were arrested). DSF would eventually be pretty much the only place left, only for the 2017 event to take place. My guess is that Mike changed his ways and came back with a vengeance, tearing everything apart for his former comrades, but that probably is too optimistic. Another guess could be that someone realized they could get got by authorities and attempted to cover their tracks.

    • @billblaski9523
      @billblaski9523 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Damn, and I thought he was just some wannabe military nerd that pretty much wrote some fanfiction

    • @IndicatedGoodLife
      @IndicatedGoodLife ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Im on this theory, still alot of the shit doesn't add up, like wtf is up with the whole Persona, the whole hidden Hitman stuff on the site before people really noticed. I mean why would you do that kind of stuff, maybe to set people off but Idk, it just seems weird. It really seems more hoax then reality. But some Cp was probably involved.

    • @microangels
      @microangels ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think he was a fed.

    • @redmoongaming7122
      @redmoongaming7122 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@IndicatedGoodLife I know I’m late but like it’s weird bro right? Like what if he was just doing it for himself, I can’t believe he thought so many people would look into it that deep, Idk it’s just so weird

    • @Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa
      @Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah, it was all just a hoax by a troll. I know everyone wants to believe in huge conspiratorial rings but real life is usually simpler. Barely Sociable confirmed it was just a hoax all along

  • @kriza891
    @kriza891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6323

    Lets appretiate that this guy checked years of internet site history, reddit posts, went through fucking child phodn sites and even hired fucking private investigators to provide us with this one hour of content. Literally as high effort as it gets.

    • @daoyang223
      @daoyang223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +439

      He spent money on PI's too. Crazy dedication. Its why I watch his stuff

    • @raycheesesouffle
      @raycheesesouffle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +290

      AND he edited it

    • @houdaamaly6738
      @houdaamaly6738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      bro deserves at least 5mil views

    • @user-bx6rn8zl9i
      @user-bx6rn8zl9i 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      I didn’t watch the full video yet but did he really?!
      god he needs to get something out of it like a few million views

    • @danielmalone4446
      @danielmalone4446 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      this story has been done many times already Im sure it wasnt hard to find the information

  • @SnuffalupagusRising
    @SnuffalupagusRising 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3877

    The whole Milo death story sounds more like code to me as do his different characters. It reads like a movie script and I have to wonder if things like "gave his old scruffy cat to the little girl next door" is code for something, along with the birth and death dates. The cat thing and even Milo himself are such cliches and it's interesting that they take the time to mention giving "the cat" to the "next door neighbor" twice. Cue spoopy spy music.

    • @lop90ful1
      @lop90ful1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      this

    • @fetusman2248
      @fetusman2248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      hotline miami real momen!!!!!!

    • @dylankennedy4539
      @dylankennedy4539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      They all read like a Hollywood concept of a 'gruffy no nonsense bootstraps veteran' than an actual human being lol

    • @lop90ful1
      @lop90ful1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      @@dylankennedy4539 Youd be suprised sometimes people are just pure cliches

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I agree, I like to think that all the 2-6s and Milo are the same person, nevermind the pecuilar grammar style of Angel2-6

  • @WooHooLadttv
    @WooHooLadttv ปีที่แล้ว +321

    I'm still so confused about that whole source code thing and how it all ties into this, that in itself is way beyond normal internet usage. It really had to have some deep ties to something we are not aware of. Mike was for sure hiding something way worse than the image site he made by faking his death.

    • @jitzera1122
      @jitzera1122 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi wahoo

    • @jitzera1122
      @jitzera1122 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Yeah I really wanted more detail on the party and assassination, I feel like it was almost glossed over being the most interesting part of it

    • @kogn5338
      @kogn5338 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

      that is probably the most unbelievable part to be honest. if you know anything about web development, security or cryptography that is the most blatant and easily finable supposedly "hidden" information. it is literally just a comment in the source code, something you can find by right clicking a web page and choosing inspect element. even dark net drug dealers have x100 more operational security than that. either the work of somebody who is very incompetent or purposefully accessible to the public to generate intrigue.

    • @edgysixyearold8694
      @edgysixyearold8694 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kogn5338 I'm assuming that it was meant to be found, like it was in plain site so people would find it and make these losers out to be way cooler and more competent than they actually were. the actual assassination happening on the date is just coincidence. Idk thats just my guess

    • @apt_get
      @apt_get 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      I’m not personally convinced that the html comment messages were left there to generate public interest in the goings-on of TOGIH. Everyone involved in this story was 100% aware that creating that site was a personal burden and quite literally a high-risk venture. They didn’t host ads because they *couldn’t* host ads- the website’s content would literally blockade any such opportunity. The site was being targeted to a very specific community and was not being advertised outside of those bounds. It makes no sense to want eyes on the site outside of those that would vehemently want the site to remain online because it would be the site’s undoing. These people were into some pretty fucked up shit.
      I wonder if it was an extension of the roleplaying he did on Reddit. He was so dedicated to this military persona and had the time to back it up with some research. The reason I feel this way is specifically because of the TI DMCA comments- he either left that there for himself or there *was* some community, that was interacting with his web ventures in a way we don’t have a history for because it wasn’t public.
      There is zero chance it was tied to an assassination, though.

  • @sunnykpoppie
    @sunnykpoppie ปีที่แล้ว +318

    the fact that the line of code at 27:18 has NEVER BEEN CRACKED TO THIS DAY is so insanely and deeply disturbing and perplexing to me…….

    • @cloutogelevatedtv9000
      @cloutogelevatedtv9000 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      I've attempted cracking it myself and the only thing I've ever broke out of it was garbled mess of near words, to me it almost doesn't even seem like actual encrypted code, and more so like a mixture of a ton of different encryptions re encrypted multiple times over to the point where all of it has become too broken to actually decrypt

    • @finzz7330
      @finzz7330 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@cloutogelevatedtv9000 I think you need to do a decypher it like something came out of sphinx old text,

    • @cloutogelevatedtv9000
      @cloutogelevatedtv9000 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@finzz7330 I'll try it now with sphinx but idk

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why would it be disturbing or perplexing, they just got a bog standard company to do it and nobody has put in a lot of effort to crack it.

    • @cloutogelevatedtv9000
      @cloutogelevatedtv9000 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@Alex-cw3rz dude I've spent the past 3 weeks attempting to crack it with every possible Cypher or index I can think of and I'm getting nothing, so don't tell me people haven't put in the effort

  • @r.jclark4641
    @r.jclark4641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +735

    I actually knew an 80 year old who is pretty active on forums and such. He's chill, but talks nothing like Milo did; his tone was more grandfatherly and he never got agressive.

    • @dreamlandnightmare
      @dreamlandnightmare 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Yeah, "Milo" was obviously no where near 79.

    • @aurum316
      @aurum316 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dreamlandnightmare How so?

    • @Nikki-jn3ud
      @Nikki-jn3ud 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Just cause he's polite doesn't mean he ain't a creepy incel

    • @aaronball4700
      @aaronball4700 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Staying active while you are elderly is important I’ve noticed, all the elderly people I’ve met who work active jobs for a long time since they were younger are way healthier than others I’ve met. Milo is active he was also ex mil and an active soldier of fortune dudes a confirmed piece of shit but he was active and that kept his mind active. Doesn’t justify his actions it just explains why he was so coherent for someone his age despite his….. very offensive proclivities. My grandma and others who I know who worked as clerks or customer service are all severely mentally and physically ill. All of the elderly folks I’ve met,60 year old driver for ups I helped when I was a seasonal driver helper for 3 years(the other 2 years from his recommendation because he thought I was a hard worker unlike other people my age) dude could throw 100 pounds over his shoulder like a feather and had more energy than I did and was fit af(he chugged Mountain Dew and are gummy worms like a monster on breaks like wtf this dudes a monster). I think we can all Scoff at the effect of working out or working hard jobs but I’ve seen the effects of it and it’s honestly awe inspiring at how much it effects your health even if you eat unhealthy working out seems extremely important to human biology.

    • @Vasukisoju
      @Vasukisoju 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I had a stroke tryna read this

  • @pixelwhisper1999
    @pixelwhisper1999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1096

    "Milo isn't a very good person" is being way, *WAY* too nice

    • @bloohazze
      @bloohazze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      “Taboo interests” is also WAY too nice

    • @nervesinapattern7261
      @nervesinapattern7261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@bloohazze Do you think he faked his death to avoid police ?

    • @neomawz
      @neomawz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      I think nexpo has mentioned before that he has to “dance around” certain words to avoid lawsuits or the video being taken down

    • @tescobakery1927
      @tescobakery1927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bloohazze Is that what they call it nowadays

    • @jshtng78
      @jshtng78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nervesinapattern7261 He may have been entirely fake and so turning into a different person to find the body of 'Milo' would be no more difficult. Especially since nobody bothered to sleuth it in real life like 4chan does at the drop of a hat nowadays.
      Most likely not an ARG either. Probably just a bunch of online war/militia nerds roleplaying. Even if they were actually criminals of some sort they could have been massively gussying up their resumes for potential clients.

  • @RektIsOnline
    @RektIsOnline ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I know this isnt the newest video, I'm catching up. But having been a fan since around like 2017. You're editing and oveall production style has gotten so insanely good. I feel like its so distinct and makes the videos so much more engaging and interesting.
    Just really impressed and happy for all you've achieved.

  • @ideasgivenform2505
    @ideasgivenform2505 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The effort put into those videos is something i can't even imagine. Definitely worth the wait

  • @Fang_Sway
    @Fang_Sway 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1214

    Damn it. Why don't I feel like this is over yet? The most comprehensive dive into this subject, with, at least to me, new information. Yet despite this I feel like this just opened up new wormholes to crawl through

    • @generallowres4636
      @generallowres4636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thats why its so interesting with people because they want to find more about it to find out the truth

    • @thedungeondelver
      @thedungeondelver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Right? There's something about the user icon this "Mike" person used, we need more info on that too.

    • @theironsheik6322
      @theironsheik6322 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were furries in real life who did some perv stuff on Second Life. That explains their interest in 3D model packs. When the image board died they went to a TOR server instead.

    • @toddspal
      @toddspal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Because we only ever found the answer for who hosted the image site. Now explain the coded messages and why the use of LCQP?

    • @Mankorra_Gomorrah
      @Mankorra_Gomorrah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I thought barelysociable had gotten all the info there was and that it would remain a mystery forever but goddamn did NEXPO really did into this and gather some really crucial details. That being said, i kind of wish that he mentioned if he tried those encryption keys on the LCQP messages that no one has been able to crack.

  • @christodd6458
    @christodd6458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1409

    I thought I’d say this but 2-6 is often related to the Marine Corps infantry unit 2nd Battalion 6th Marine regiment. Angel is usually a short nickname for Guardian Angel which is common term associated with DM “designated marksman” or snipers. At the end of your video there was a guy who said commented to Angel 2-6 saying Semper Fi which is the Marine Corps motto

    • @anoyint
      @anoyint 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Oh shit, that seems pretty important to know…

    • @user-km5to9np3r
      @user-km5to9np3r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      that make sense...

    • @Marcusianery
      @Marcusianery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      So some crazy marine hang around online with weird shit going on possibly?

    • @northernnaysayer1240
      @northernnaysayer1240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Also, "have a good one" is specifically something Delta Force operatives used to say as a catchphrase when they split for an op....

    • @Cougelly1999
      @Cougelly1999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Chris Todd, would "Dutch" Milo (who was done proud) be significant?

  • @DemonWarp65
    @DemonWarp65 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As an afficionado of all things dark, bizarre and mysterious, I really enjoy your channel. Your videos are amazing both in terms of content, and presentation. Keep up the good work!

  • @kekileetiki2809
    @kekileetiki2809 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This by far is one of my favorite deep dives from Nexpo it’s super entertaining and I keep coming back to rewatch it. Amazing job.

  • @Und3rgroundMan
    @Und3rgroundMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1557

    I thought that I knew everything there was to know about LCQP. Turns out, I was wrong. I always felt like there was a lot more to this story and every TH-camr that covered this topic merely only scratched the surface. Thanks for the deep dive.

    • @theangriestoftabbies
      @theangriestoftabbies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Seriously! I almost was gonna skip it because been there, done that...but wow! This was next level.

    • @bryanrhodes369
      @bryanrhodes369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Has anybody checked the metadata on any of those images? Can hide all kinds of stuff in photo files

    • @erikohgrrr
      @erikohgrrr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bryanrhodes369 Or the source code of those other sites for more messages?

    • @dannyh5937
      @dannyh5937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Nexpo figured it out. People thought it was this big elaborate hit team that killed that guy in Dubai when it was just a dirty creep.

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I was up all night digging through all the pastebin links, and very few of the uploaded images were still able to be downloaded. Plus, it was open to the public, as well, so increase the needle in haystack. I had a website run a site map on the email contacts list from the crystalwind archive, and if memory serves, it's like 3000 individual pages. That type of text was used alot in at least one of the r/lcqp subs. Around the same time as word was getting around about the page source code, u/godsoldercousin posted a bunch of obfuscated text with the thread titled compromised (I can't remember if it was fashioned the same way or not, but that account is still active to this day). There are more reddit accounts involved, as well that at least pretended to be in the know or whatever. It's crazy that it's even bigger than this hour long video.

  • @W0W1MB35T
    @W0W1MB35T 2 ปีที่แล้ว +983

    Can you imagine how many messed up things or even mysteries are happening right now that we'll only discover years from now. This world is an intriguing place

    • @mooreanonumbers
      @mooreanonumbers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I feel like at least half of them are going to be ARGs inspired by Nexpo and similar channels

    • @FlamesGay
      @FlamesGay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@mooreanonumbers But just imagine the other half that’s real, this world is truly the most confusing thing known to man.

    • @tablescissors67
      @tablescissors67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think about this a great deal.

    • @Lavapurg
      @Lavapurg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That is only counting the ones we do discover. Imagine all the ones we didn't discover

    • @bugjams
      @bugjams ปีที่แล้ว

      It's fascinating but depressing, isn't it? How much trafficking, murder, and CP is going on at this _very moment?_ All the while people are getting away with it due to knowing people with lots of money or power.
      And people wonder why overall trust and real-world socializing of people has gone down since the internet was invented. Hard to trust anyone when you're made aware of how horrible people are in secret - people you might literally pass by on a walk.

  • @OffTheGrid_
    @OffTheGrid_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video has to be one of the best I’ve ever seen in years of TH-cam, I keep coming back to watch it from start to finish. Absolutely mesmerising.

  • @Chiberia
    @Chiberia 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    "Angel 2-6" in the military translates to something like "Commander of Angel Company, Platoon 2" and would be of a "Sergeant" rank. As explained around 38:04 it's a position, not a name. My guess is Milo was likely "Angel 6" (meaning Captain of the "Angel" company). My guess is they started as a bunch of guys from the same platoon in Vietnam spreading into a larger organization.

    • @anadia2201
      @anadia2201 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My thoughts EXACTLY. it's a ranking, not just a username.

    • @Chiberia
      @Chiberia หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@anadia2201 close - rank would be "Sergeant", leadership position would be "2-6"

  • @ZeroHero3d
    @ZeroHero3d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2569

    Man, after everything that happened involving the events surrounding Lake City Quiet Pills, I'm just glad one thing is made assuredly clear...
    thank god Fat Tommy and Stu are okay

    • @vitela2745
      @vitela2745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      😂

    • @dergenmusic2081
      @dergenmusic2081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Hell yeah I was worried about them two

    • @cusimusic1202
      @cusimusic1202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Godbless

    • @prisonmike4126
      @prisonmike4126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@cusimusic1202 Gobbles

    • @Skipmunk85
      @Skipmunk85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I wonder how they're doing today

  • @OrtegaSauce
    @OrtegaSauce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3201

    Yo Nexpo have you heard of the indigo mystic? Her story is insane, she started out on TH-cam and her (I think now deleted) videos shows her progression to insanity and I think you'd be able to cover the story beautifully, the best part about it is that the events carried out happened about 2 years ago so it's relatively obscure from what I could tell on youtube

    • @randomidiotontheinternet2772
      @randomidiotontheinternet2772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      I think nick crowley covered it already

    • @austinsavage5962
      @austinsavage5962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      Man i dont know whether to thank you or to curse at you what an awful rabbit hole to go down but god thank you for spreading the word about this horrible situation prayers go out to jessicas daughters and especially the family of the deputy who was killed i cant believe something like this wasnt talked about more

    • @justdark863
      @justdark863 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@austinsavage5962 Do I even want to know what happens in this rabbit hole?

    • @austinsavage5962
      @austinsavage5962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      @@justdark863 honestly man its not really much of a spooky mystery rabbit hole and just the rabbit hole of a mother with mental illness having her life taken along with a deputy while her children film and cry from upstairs honestly just a heart breaking situation for everybody and i think the best thing to do would not have too many people get into it and just let her daughters have peace you know how some internet “sleuths” will harass people but if youre curious i would check it out but just under the notion not to harass anyone because its really a horrible situation noone should have to go through

    • @skaisathedutchie7003
      @skaisathedutchie7003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      @@justdark863 the indigo mystic was an insane woman that would constantly overspend and overstay her welcome wherever she lived, being unable to afford proper housing for her children and keeping them away from their father. She trained them to record any argument she had or anything so she could blast them on TH-cam, and one day she got into an argument with a police officer I believe, and her kids recorded it as she shot him. I’m probably getting a few details wrong as it’s been a few months since I’ve looked at a video about it

  • @JubeProductions
    @JubeProductions ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Not only is this well produced, but it is incredibly well researched. Not only is this a very interesting video, it is an incredible piece of investigative journalism. This is the type of production I would expect to see on an independent documentary on any of the major streaming networks. I wish more youtube channels were this good.

  • @BagelBiites
    @BagelBiites 2 ปีที่แล้ว +974

    After having watched barely sociable's video on this (his video was great as well), this blew my mind when I saw it was an hour long. I seriously have respect for the amount of time you spend researching about the topics of your videos Nexpo. You found out so much more info on this, even hired private investigators to help, your content is truly amazing.

    • @rx500android
      @rx500android 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Both videos are great!! Nexpo and BS are probably my fav channels

    • @ahomiesalt5634
      @ahomiesalt5634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just remember It was one of Barelys first videos!
      , I think it would be cool for him to do a re do maybe ?

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      OJHHHHH i saw barely sociables video and THATS why the Lake City Quiet Pills sounded familar lol

    • @briarrose29
      @briarrose29 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s where I’ve heard of this before, thank you!

    • @Tonybaloney6969
      @Tonybaloney6969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ahomiesalt5634 I believe BS and nexpo are friends. I wouldn’t be surprised if they collaborated to some degree on this

  • @_UNISTAR_
    @_UNISTAR_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2610

    My first video of Nexpo.
    Can't believe we get documentaries like this for FREE on TH-cam nowadays. Great times. Keep up the great work, man. Absolutely loved it.

    • @aleigor450
      @aleigor450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Oh man you're in for a ride, he has tons more videos similar to this. Cheers!

    • @placeholdername3907
      @placeholdername3907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      _Good_
      _luck_

    • @jaceee4154
      @jaceee4154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Im so jealous, you can watch all his videos for the first time i wish i would do that again

    • @sakshammankotia773
      @sakshammankotia773 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      bro you gotta check out his entire channel

    • @goose9631
      @goose9631 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man I wish I could see his videos for the first time again, prepare for days of bingeing lol. Love it, enjoy.

  • @zakpaine
    @zakpaine ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I almost didn’t watch this because out of the numerous other LCQP videos I’ve seen, they all had the exact same info. I was pleasantly surprised to get halfway through the video and see that the mystery had deepened! Great job @Nexpo, this was a deep dive and didn’t disappoint. I do wish you had at least shown Screen shots of Mike’s public accounts, but I understand you didn’t want to doxx him.

  • @thefoolishhiker3103
    @thefoolishhiker3103 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve heard this story a few times, this is the best telling I’ve come across. Really well done.

  • @KadeDev
    @KadeDev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6194

    I love nexpo's content, I love it so much

    • @Mountagon
      @Mountagon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hell yea!

    • @69block11
      @69block11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's pretty unique so yeah I agree with you

    • @Kuino
      @Kuino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      kade dev, a nexpo enthusiast? seems legit

    • @TheOneButter
      @TheOneButter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      But does nexpos content love you back?

    • @devinpaul9026
      @devinpaul9026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Then why don't you go mad searching for a way to legally marry it and ironically become a part of it...?

  • @dannydubya9410
    @dannydubya9410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2363

    I must admit, I was a bit annoyed when I first saw this video, because EVERYONE has covered this. (I was introduced by Barely Sociable) But after watching it, you easily have the best, most painstakingly researched version of this mystery, and it's one of your very finest uploads. Well done Ryan

    • @happinesshotel5375
      @happinesshotel5375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I was skeptical too. It took me about 6 days to actually watch this. I’m just now finally finishing this. Like I swear to god some of these TH-cam’s could be detectives.

    • @genoob5843
      @genoob5843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Those TH-camrs that have covered this topic only covers it for a few minutes (10 at most) and moves on. This guy goes into every small detail of the topic and made it look interesting. Respect to Nexpo!

    • @caesthoffe
      @caesthoffe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      ami the only one who hasn't heard about this until now 💀

    • @shoobzy3431
      @shoobzy3431 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@caesthoffe For real wtf, I've been watching these kinds of videos for years and nexpo is the first time I've been exposed to lcqp.

    • @Psython
      @Psython ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @shiny♡igglybuff♡gaming That's what I thought, but he made what is normally a 10-15 min video into an hour long extremely detailed fantastic video filled with "new" details that you won't find in the other videos. I love Barely Sociable, but Nexpo has him beat on Lake City Quiet Pills lol not to mention the aesthetics are perfect here.

  • @IndependenceGuitar
    @IndependenceGuitar ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I somehow glossed over this one when you put it out. Came back and rewatched it, now I’m piqued, and headed down the rabbit hole… here we go! Love your content nexpo.

  • @megroll801
    @megroll801 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I absolutely love your editing and story telling!! It’s so hard to find this type of content on YT

  • @tigerishrumble7976
    @tigerishrumble7976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    Jesus, how long does he take investigating?! Not even me for my college degree thesis lmao.
    It's truly amazing how much effort this man puts into these videos.

    • @daoyang223
      @daoyang223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      There's A+ and then there's "You're way too damn good for this shit, you should be the professor!" kind of A+.
      lol all jokes aside, the amount of work he puts in to try and figure out who this catfish account is is commendable and entertaining. I can't wait for more

  • @vivifan87
    @vivifan87 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just came across your content today and I can’t stop watching! Amazing editing and storytelling!

  • @kelseyschwartz9545
    @kelseyschwartz9545 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @Nexpo hey man I found your channel through Loey Lane, and I have been legit binge watching your content for the last few days... I love your content and just started following your second channel today! Just wanted to say you are epic at what you do! But I'm sure you know that lol... Plz never stop creating content cause I feel I came across a goldmine once I stumbled onto your TH-cam lol

  • @therabbitpants2199
    @therabbitpants2199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    So let me get this straight. A man born in the 1930's, joining the army at the age of 14, has done some questionable acts such as trying to strangle someone with a piano wire, was still alive and kicking, not only working in IT at the age of 79 but also being an active reddit user, making Animaniacs references in his comments. Yeah, totally not fake.

    • @dylankennedy4539
      @dylankennedy4539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      The thing for me though is it goes sooo far back. 1999?! Its weird to me that the whole lore of it all was so established back then, while the 'inciting incident' was so recent and complicated. Which also took place in a disturbing subreddit people arent exactly going to share with their friends.
      Like for an ARG, this is incredibly well done. Its almost implausibly well constructed and patiently executed.

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I agree with you but I have met some people in their 70s on the Internet but it's mostly TH-cam which is very believable, I've Also seen a 55 year old TH-camr (Atomic Shrimp) who used to work at IT but quit because his TH-cam videos (he makes variety content) got really popular, honestly a 50 year old still working at IT is much more believe then someone who's nearly 80 still working at IT, also I do believe it's possible that a 50 year old (Milo was "50" during the 1990s) watched animaniacs when it aired and loved it but it's highly unlikely, it's much more believable if he made refrences to some cartoon made in the 30s instead (I've seen some 50 year olds on TH-cam, Twitter, etc make refrences to shows made in the 60s which is very plausible as that's what they grew up with)
      (Once again I am not disagreeing with you, I actually agree with you)

    • @therabbitpants2199
      @therabbitpants2199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@TankEngine75 yeah, it's not the singular bits of information, but the sum of them that makes his story unbelieveable. I just found it funny how the redditors seemed to believe his story without an ounce of skepticism.

    • @AS-ip4xf
      @AS-ip4xf ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@TankEngine75 the issue is that the internet is quite a bit older now than it was in 09. the eternal September began some 30 years ago, so a 50 year old today would have barely been 20 when mass access to the internet first started: a 80 year old in 2009 would have had to have been 60. big difference.

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AS-ip4xf I know, the TH-camr I was talking about said that he had been on the internet since the early days

  • @urrahhrura
    @urrahhrura 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2413

    Everything just feels right when Nexpo uploads, especially on a friday.

    • @mateomoreno331
      @mateomoreno331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Facts

    • @Majincx
      @Majincx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      FACTS

    • @braydenoneil2129
      @braydenoneil2129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @neptune woah your spring break is late my guy

    • @Mrgotdammit35
      @Mrgotdammit35 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah but it better be good and not some reup load bs. His last videos have been weak asf. And this one has already been dove into by Barely Sociable 2 years ago so let’s see.

    • @shelterfromcold8620
      @shelterfromcold8620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fer sher

  • @NotoriousEmu
    @NotoriousEmu ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Within the first portion of Milo Is Missing, I was very much reminded of Mark Z Danielewski's book "The House of Leaves". It felt so familiar. Ill have to pick up the book again.

  • @JuliaMarieH
    @JuliaMarieH ปีที่แล้ว +52

    My grandma is 82 (I believe) and she is on Facebook every day. She uses it more than the rest of the family combined! Granted she probably has no idea what Reddit is, but this dude worked with computers so it makes sense that he was a bit more up to date with the internet.

    • @redmoongaming7122
      @redmoongaming7122 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah I mean if you’re around when the internet started and you follow it’s development you’ll probably know pages like that.

  • @PaddyMcMe
    @PaddyMcMe ปีที่แล้ว +1023

    I always figured his 'name' being 'Milo' was itself a sort of joke and cover, a reference to First Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder from Catch-22, who was also an amoral business man that skirted the various realities of the modern world with his unflappable thinking.
    Separately if you've never read Catch-22 dear lord do so, it's sincerely in the running for the most amusing book ever written. It's like a War Novel co-written by Lewis Carroll & Douglas Adams.

    • @xxwoman
      @xxwoman ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Catch-22 is hilarious 👍🏼

    • @edmenjoyer1039
      @edmenjoyer1039 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ahh. i love catch-22 so much.
      but, yes, i did indeed notice many similarities throughout the lcqp explanation and catch-22- granted, i haven't read the latter since 4th grade so my memory is a little hazy lol
      but yeah it really does seem like the reference to six and twos is a very common thread within the lcqp story, and, of course, just the title of the book itself. i cant recall if 6 had any significance in the story of catch-22 so i'll definitely have to reread it in the next couple days and come back to this video!

    • @Harlequin52
      @Harlequin52 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You had me a Lewis Carroll

    • @blowitoutyourcunt7675
      @blowitoutyourcunt7675 ปีที่แล้ว

      One wonders if this all wasn't an ARG of some kind....

    • @HavianEla
      @HavianEla 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That’s a good way of putting it. Though the accidental-murder-then-suicide of two main characters was intense. Part of the point of the book, though, WAS the intensity of war

  • @wintergray1221
    @wintergray1221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    Dude, I would not feel safe researching this stuff.

    • @thecoolerdickbutt
      @thecoolerdickbutt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      i hardly feel safe *learning* any of this, i can only imagine researching it firsthand

    • @jimmihall1347
      @jimmihall1347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      The CIA probably got him on a list 😂

    • @tjsgreenteamints
      @tjsgreenteamints 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@jimmihall1347 haha considering what nexpo does hes probably already on several lists

    • @andhy5114
      @andhy5114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Maybe you should subscribe to a certain VPN brand that often sponsors youtubers

    • @666222333111
      @666222333111 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@andhy5114 Nord? and have all you data sold off. Yeah great. lool

  • @Duke0fTang
    @Duke0fTang ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As an avid DS enjoyer, The DS1 character select music at the intermission made this video 100million Times better than it already was, thank you for making my lunches much more bearable Nexpo

  • @geoid5388
    @geoid5388 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nexpo, I respect you for covering this incident in such detail and deconstructing every single post made by Milo. This whole thing is really mysterious, the urls weird name and the mystery behind Milo's identity and age. All your videos are really engaging, unsettling, creepy and of course intriguing and I respect that. x

  • @BraytonCycleAdvocate
    @BraytonCycleAdvocate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2286

    My initial thought is that Lake City Quiet Pills would be a pretty blatant reference to bullets. Lake City is a massive gov-owned ammo plant in the US, they make a lot of the military's ammo. If you ever look at the headstamp on a cartridge and see a big ol' LC, it's from the Lake City plant.
    Edit: Nevermind, you got it. This is why you watch the whole video first, kids.

    • @brian_b_music
      @brian_b_music ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I got the reference immediately, when I first got into guns I thought milspec was the coolest. I thought I was cool because was shooting Lake City 5.56😂😂. I almost posted something until I scrolled down and saw your post lol.

    • @BinGus054
      @BinGus054 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lmfao

    • @mariemarie2888
      @mariemarie2888 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Love the edit lol I do that all the time

    • @dissraps
      @dissraps ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Big "ERMMMMM ACKSHULLY" vibes

    • @playlistmaker7969
      @playlistmaker7969 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@dissraps big nobody asked vibes

  • @yesterdaysrose5446
    @yesterdaysrose5446 2 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    I know exactly what the page at 43:28 is supposed to be! I've unfortunately forgotten who originally made this and what it was called (this was in late 1990s), but basically, someone wrote a program that you could deploy on your own web page that would generate random email addresses and links that would lead to the same page. The idea was that bots that harvested email addresses for spammers would have their database flooded with bogus addresses, and get caught in a loop of fetching that stuff over and over. That's why the link to the page says "Don't use these email contacts"; the thing is supposed to be a bait for the bots and not exactly intended for human readers. As said, I don't remember who originally made the thing, but it was open source and it was widely discussed among the anti-spam community at the time.

    • @daoyang223
      @daoyang223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bump so people can see this.

    • @razzle8140
      @razzle8140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That's a great idea

    • @trey0823
      @trey0823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      oh wow that actually makes sense lmao

    • @rashakawa
      @rashakawa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I remember reading about thos... I'm not sure but maybe it was in a Issue of 2600 I say that because it was the only paper magazine I would ever read. Good catch bro.

    • @fredpayne7748
      @fredpayne7748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Seems to connect with Milo's hate of spammers as well

  • @TheBenSanders
    @TheBenSanders 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I find myself coming back to this Nexpo video as some sort of comfort video. Not the topics but the editing I guess.

  • @ballsboy7884
    @ballsboy7884 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This channel is so good. The intro goes hard. The editing goes hard. And the stories go hard. Keep it up Nexpo

  • @TsarFrancisDrake
    @TsarFrancisDrake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    I love how a deeper dive into the mystery actually raises more questions than it answers. I was so content with the simple answer of "it's an assassination ring."

  • @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3
    @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1114

    One thing I always wondered about this mystery is why professional mercenaries would hide messages in HTML comments that are publicly viewable. I mean yes, it's unlikely someone would discover it, but it's just out there in plain sight. Wouldn't it make more sense to use encryption? If they can get fake passports and all that stuff, why can't they figure out how to do secure communication?

    • @marlonb1852
      @marlonb1852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      Let alone on the main domain which otherwise display a blank page... like who tf would do that.
      I could think of 10 other ways to make theese messages more hidden

    • @taoistautlst8538
      @taoistautlst8538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good point.

    • @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3
      @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      ​@@marlonb1852 If it was a hoax, it's likely that the user who told people about viewing the source was in on it or may even be the same guy. I checked the original thread where the find was revealed. The OP's account is deleted but in the wayback machine the user is Zaasakokwaan. I checked his profile and I didn't find anything noteworthy about his typing style or hobbies. I don't have enough interest in the case to do a deep dive but it might be worth consideration.

    • @taoistautlst8538
      @taoistautlst8538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3 interesting...

    • @Hideyoshi1991
      @Hideyoshi1991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      it'd way easier to do all of this over literally any end-to-end encryption service, which aren't even that difficult to make.

  • @slashandthrash347
    @slashandthrash347 ปีที่แล้ว

    I gotta say this is probably the coolest video you've done yet. Awesome watch

  • @mhoovair89
    @mhoovair89 ปีที่แล้ว

    This some of your best work man hands down.
    Nicely done.

  • @TheGrizNation
    @TheGrizNation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +514

    What's always weird to me is the hitman/mercenary hinting and that assassination that correlated perfectly with coded messages on the LCQP site. If it was always just image hosting, why was that included within?

    • @redhotweezer
      @redhotweezer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Yeah I’m still a little confused on that. Is it certain that LCQP was used as a hit man site or was that just speculation from Nexpo and others?

    • @heijimikata7181
      @heijimikata7181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@redhotweezer And I wonder that if they're supposedly so "tech-savvy", why would they post those messages unencrypted? Wasn't it relatively easy to discover?
      Jeez, and if Nexpo can uncover it, who to say that government agencies can't? And was "Dutch Milo" an "odd jobs" contractor after all, or just a sophisticated con artist? I felt that it went on for too long to just be a normal con job, and the smuggling ring do make some sense. However, my question still stands.

    • @HardWhereHero
      @HardWhereHero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@redhotweezer its not speculation. A lot of proof to back it up. I feel like "Milo" was more then just one person.

    • @WowPlusWow
      @WowPlusWow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      probably just an ARG

    • @sandorrclegane2307
      @sandorrclegane2307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@WowPlusWow a very old one at that

  • @joeg5414
    @joeg5414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    Angel 26 sounds like the callsign for a military flight. I worked in airfield management in the Air Force so have heard pretty much every callsign and that's the first thing I think of when I hear it.
    Edit -also, JP-4 is jet fuel used by the Air Force until the mid 90s.

    • @theironsheik6322
      @theironsheik6322 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      These people were just Second Life life LARPers who shared porn on the internet. They probably used callsigns because they heard them in video games. All the secret text about hotels were actually furry parties.

    • @Xeroh_01
      @Xeroh_01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Snd those calls are?

  • @handzmcgee
    @handzmcgee ปีที่แล้ว

    alright this is the coolest channel on YT. i've been bingeing your videos all day.

  • @monkey_man70-1
    @monkey_man70-1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's incredible how long you were able to follow this whole event. Usually by now most video essays are just speculating. Good stuff, keep it up!

  • @NightmareKeys
    @NightmareKeys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1670

    I know a lot of people think Lake City Quiet pills was a hoax, but honestly I just really wish it was real. It’s such an interesting mystery, to think that a hidden chat room for assianations being hidden inside of a disgusting website filled with some of the worst content on the internet is just so compelling to me, despite its overly disturbing nature.

    • @ommitedommited154
      @ommitedommited154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      Why would you hide your crimes within other crimes though? If anything I think it has more to do with cp production than a hit man chatroom.

    • @1810jeff
      @1810jeff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      @@ommitedommited154 plus why would you advertise a hitman chatroom on a nonce subreddit, it's probably the early 2000s version of cp sharing discord servers.

    • @hannahfanning9585
      @hannahfanning9585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@ommitedommited154 yeah, I thought the theory was going to be something to do with human trafficking, that assassination plot was a weird twist. It's pretty flimsy if you ask me.

    • @Just_JoshE
      @Just_JoshE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hannahfanning9585 Yeah, this seems more of a pedo ring than anything else

    • @anilin6353
      @anilin6353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@hannahfanning9585 They have a strong over lap in skill sets of you think about it

  • @wokery
    @wokery 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    absolutely fantastic editing, i was hooked !!

  • @InnateTrigger
    @InnateTrigger ปีที่แล้ว

    Your channel is one of the most interesting corners of the internet !
    I really liked that video..
    Old internet + detective work ! = perfection ..

  • @savmantha
    @savmantha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +742

    the biggest thing that gives the guy away as not actually 79 y/o is his lack of double spacing between sentences. he would have learned how to type on a typewriter and, without a doubt, would double space between a period and the start of a sentence. i’m only 25 and it’s how my mom taught me to type on a computer bc it’s how she learned on a typewriter.

    • @Luminousreign
      @Luminousreign 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      His military background and whatever work he was still doing as a liaison would have meant he was trained in modern tech like the internet. This was a giant thing in intelligence in the 90s and even the old guys were tech literate.

    • @Luminousreign
      @Luminousreign 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      He would have been basically trained on how to use the internet as it grew, on an internet well above what civilians had, well into his 40s when he retired and went into contract work.

    • @cheezitza9639
      @cheezitza9639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@Luminousreign I work with guys in my IT firm who have been using the internet for 30 years, and they still double space.

    • @panteleymonschekochikhin-k1978
      @panteleymonschekochikhin-k1978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      What an irrelevant observation. His lack of double spacing doesn't give away anything, i've seen plenty of old people typing without double spaces.

    • @choptop81
      @choptop81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He said he'd been working with computers since the 80s though. He would have probably adapted in that time.

  • @hheeaavvyygguuttss2038
    @hheeaavvyygguuttss2038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +485

    Do we know this dude was actually his age or even in the army? Every message he writes about it smacks of some 20 year old trying to gain edge points on reddit... I'm assuming nobody knows anything about this guy for sure but he seems.... highly concerned with seeming aloof and evil lol

    • @hheeaavvyygguuttss2038
      @hheeaavvyygguuttss2038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Oliver's 50th Account nice! Thank u, I didn’t actually get that far into the video, just posted my first instinct lol

    • @Misspol222
      @Misspol222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      That's exactly what I thought. No way an actual 80-year old would be THIS invested/active on Reddit.

    • @aurum316
      @aurum316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Misspol222 How so?

    • @izaaak281
      @izaaak281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@aurum316 in late 2000s too. i dont think we have to explain why, it answers itself.

    • @rarecromALT
      @rarecromALT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      If you watch the whole video, he explains that the real person behind it was just some random creep named “Mike” that was hosting basically CP, and was just hosting it on aliases so he didn’t get caught.
      As for the reason for the encrypted website messages, no one really knows.

  • @kast404
    @kast404 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Milo constantly stating his age and his odd past are red flags. In my opinion i think he was some middle aged man who might have been in the army ay some point possibly but was definitely someone that enjoyed reading about the wars and would talk about it any time he could to give himself credibility. His age, i think he stated it multiple times to cover up his tracks of who he really was. He was into CP so it would make sense.
    Seems like these people wanted to be a part of something more than they were, so they ended up creating this narrative for themselves to be seen as important individuals, when really they were just low life child predators.

  • @thurayya8905
    @thurayya8905 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is my absolute favorite of all of your videos. Historic.

  • @LucasAndrowick
    @LucasAndrowick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    To the best of my knowledge, there's only one mall in Adam's County, PA located in Gettysburg. Some industrious person can easily track down previous property holders on that land and find if there was a "Milo" who ever lived there. The VFW may also be able to provide listings of anyone from that area who served in the mentioned conflicts.

    • @kevin8029
      @kevin8029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Milo might be a nickname.

    • @LucasAndrowick
      @LucasAndrowick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@kevin8029 Certainly possible but there were only maybe 2-3 farms located in the lots purchased for the mall construction. Even if Milo is a pseudonym, it shouldn't be too hard to track down the families that owned the properties and eliminate anyone who doesn't at least resemble the information given throughout Milo's posting history.

    • @doubtful_seer
      @doubtful_seer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@LucasAndrowick I really like this idea. People get caught up in investigating the online side of things (even P.I.s too, these days) that simple "boots on the ground" and paper archival searches get forgotten, especially with things unlikely to have been digitized like very old ownership records. I know when I tried to look up my family history of people who were in my area and the places they lived 80% of it wasn’t online, but instead in county archival records. Hell, I even found one person in a random book in my library’s reference section when I wasn’t even looking for that subject specifically, just general information on the area for a university class I had back then.

    • @LucasAndrowick
      @LucasAndrowick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@doubtful_seer And the archivists are normally more than happy to have someone requesting the records that they painstakingly keep. I think the only people that regularly use this route, or at least commonly use it, are lawyers when it comes to property disputes and survey discrepancies.

    • @doubtful_seer
      @doubtful_seer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@LucasAndrowick as someone who was studying to become an archivist/preservationist, I can confirm that it honestly was an unfortunately rare, but nice, day when we had more than one or two people requesting records at the place I was volunteering and interning at. Especially the photographic section where I was focusing most of my time. Larger cities are more active, of course, but still relatively quiet compared to the rest of the library, museum, or county/state offices they may be part of.

  • @SOFTDRINKTV
    @SOFTDRINKTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +637

    Another must-watch with fantastic editing. The amount of effort that goes into these videos is inspiring

    • @Joshdoingthings1
      @Joshdoingthings1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So I had typed a comment about this probably being a bot because I didn’t recognise the channel, and then I saw you posted this 4 days ago.

    • @VivekBabbar
      @VivekBabbar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Joshdoingthings1 must have been privately available for some people.

    • @crisismoon880
      @crisismoon880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Verified user = free likes

    • @Nexpo
      @Nexpo  2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Appreciate this my friend :)

    • @macattack_1801
      @macattack_1801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ok but how did you post this 4 days ago

  • @aaron_the_penguin
    @aaron_the_penguin ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow crikey, that was quite the journey! Thanks for another great vid Nexpo!

  • @ridney5887
    @ridney5887 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy smokes, I'd heard about the LSQP on a podcast YEARS ago and thought that would be it. This is a ton of new info, thank you!

  • @Princess-fz8kj
    @Princess-fz8kj ปีที่แล้ว +811

    “Same thing we do every night, Pinky”
    This is a HUUGE giveaway….someone born in 1930 is not going to be quoting Pinky and the Brain. On the slight chance they’d be aware of the show at all (via grandkids or something), it wouldn’t have an impact to them at the age of 60+ to be able to both know which specific quotes are relevant and when it’s appropriate to use them.

    • @blowitoutyourcunt7675
      @blowitoutyourcunt7675 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pinky was also a name given to Mafia guys who often wore pinky rings. Watch some old mob movies LOL

    • @josephmatthews7698
      @josephmatthews7698 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      That's your smoking gun? I'm an immortal beast and have unironically used the terms, "I needs me spinach" Popeye - early century.
      "I zeee nozzing!" - Hogan's heroes 70's
      "Same thing we do every night pinky." -90s
      "You cray cray" 00's
      "Imma yeet that" 2010's.
      And countless more. It's okay for an internet sleuth to use this kind of stuff as a hunch but not an end all be all smoking gun.

    • @AtomicFlounder42
      @AtomicFlounder42 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ​@@josephmatthews7698mind repeating that first part?

    • @madsfiedler3884
      @madsfiedler3884 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      my grandparents were born in the 20s/30s, had my mum who is currently in her mid-50s. she Loved pinky and the brain, so i could definitely see someone that age knowing the show if they have younger relatives? milo apparently had none though, so unless he was super into cartoons/animation it isnt likely. 2-6 would be about the right age though

    • @moomyung9231
      @moomyung9231 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      None of my grandparents ever saw an episode of it and they had grandchildren. It definitely seems more like someone around my bf's age or a little older larping as an old guy.

  • @friskyjesus
    @friskyjesus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +942

    I was first introduced to this topic through Barely Sociable, and was immediately hooked. Thank you for such an in depth and fascinating look into this mystery! Keep up the great work!

    • @doobedoobeedowaaa4615
      @doobedoobeedowaaa4615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I was wondering why this topic was so familiar! I forgot that I watched Barely Sociable’s vid

    • @silverflight01
      @silverflight01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too!

    • @AmeriCanadian12
      @AmeriCanadian12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I was feeling some MAJOR deja vu when I saw this vid and was worried I was going insane when I saw the upload time. Thank you for reminding me that I’m (somewhat) mentally stable.

    • @thecreamman3527
      @thecreamman3527 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is vladimir Putin, President of Russia
      Some people kidnapped me and put my duplicate in Russia. I didn't start the war, he did. I escaped and now hiding in your country. Can you send me 3000rs so I can go back to Russia and stop this war. This is real me.

    • @zeitgeistrat
      @zeitgeistrat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, I was wondering what was the deal bc I had seen something from ‘BarelySociable’ but well done nonetheless. This stuff blows my mind.

  • @mariemarie2888
    @mariemarie2888 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It’s so nice to read through a lot of comments and where honestly there is so much positivity. The respect for Nexpo and his quality of work is great. And I didn’t see any horrible remarks to him at all. The people commenting are even nice to each haha you don’t see that on Reddit lol 👏👏

  • @leighasomething
    @leighasomething ปีที่แล้ว

    binge watching all of your videos while I work from home. Thanks for the amazing content!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ProfitMonarchRL
    @ProfitMonarchRL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    We all know about LCQP, but when it’s Nexpo, we find out we did not in fact know everything. The lengths Nexpo goes to, to give us the ACTUAL full story, are absolutely incredible

    • @danielbradley5255
      @danielbradley5255 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      IMO nexpo had it correct from the very beginning and other than the last 30 seconds or so of the hour long video, he may have created something stating a "belief" then going back on it but, as a bullshitter myself, we recognize our own. More so when we attuned to a potential liar-involved mystery.
      As for the guy killed in Dubai, who knows and who cares. As said in the film " casino" someone's always listening or watching or yea. So if people are on some belief you whacked God knows who over God knows what then DON'T bring down the entire shit showering shenanigans by running your mouth about the TONS of money your making over here that's not broken at all but running like a fucking Swiss watch on Hitler's fucking trains!
      But I digress, whoever attempted to draw attention "away" from those pervs on that old guys stupid fucking site by drawing back the exact same attention for all REDDIT to see perfectly on their very public protected site? Well done in "cleaning" your "secret" hack attack. Now how do you plan on NOT cleaning your obvious confession while pretending to do one thing while not really doing anything while still drawing attention?
      Wow that's alot of whiles. We may still be here another while

    • @FallenAngel7538
      @FallenAngel7538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I didn't know about it lol

    • @ProfitMonarchRL
      @ProfitMonarchRL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@FallenAngel7538 some people don’t, which means the video was a cool lil learning experience, which makes it even better seeing as you get a lot more information from this video than many others

    • @Kenny5867
      @Kenny5867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Add LemMino to your list

    • @hirocheeto7795
      @hirocheeto7795 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kenny5867 LemMino and Nexpo are the peak documentary-esque channels.

  • @n1c3jack3t
    @n1c3jack3t ปีที่แล้ว

    Such great work. Every other video I've watched stopped before any of the drunken stepfather stuff. Fascinating!

  • @SweetpeaRie
    @SweetpeaRie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a phenomenal… much like the rest of your work! You have a way of grabbing the audience and keeping us interested!! Thank you so much for your hard work and to all those that help you!

  • @Zshugost
    @Zshugost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    you mean to tell me that an internet group that hosted and shared illegal images involving minors had "military interests" and were located mainly on new jersey?
    no way... how shocking...

  • @skepticalrebekah
    @skepticalrebekah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    I’m only about 7 minutes in, but just wanted to comment my appreciation that you took the time to have the captions corrected, rather than just using TH-cam’s AutoCaptions feature, which does a decent job admittedly, but also needs a lot of work to actually be accurate.
    It really makes a difference for the hearing impaired and allows your content to be enjoyed correctly by so many more people.
    As a career transcriptionist myself, I just love to see excellent captioning work, so thanks again. 💕

    • @sadmermaid
      @sadmermaid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yesss, agreed!

  • @AqueousTurtle
    @AqueousTurtle ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy shit Nexpo. Your editing skills are amazing

  • @CynfulArts
    @CynfulArts 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I wish working in your 70's and 80's was extraordinary. Unfortunately the state I live in is very expensive and I work with multiple people in their late 70's and early 80's. They tried retiring and couldn't because they couldn't afford to live retired. I feel bad for them

  • @gargablargblarg
    @gargablargblarg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    Can’t wait for more Internet Mysteries. I feel like Nexpo has some barely known stuff up his sleeves

    • @aspiringadonis1253
      @aspiringadonis1253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      bro how you got 5 days on us and you ain't tell us about 9/11

    • @noah-tl1gv
      @noah-tl1gv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      how the fuck are you 5 days early

    • @eldark7883
      @eldark7883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      >.> how are you early 5 days ago

    • @gargablargblarg
      @gargablargblarg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@noah-tl1gv patreon 😊

    • @eldark7883
      @eldark7883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Angri grrrr >.> i don't believe that, imma believe he's a time traveler

  • @Cristoast
    @Cristoast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    The only thing I think that is still a loose end is, if Mike is a one man army pretending to be every other account, then why would he be using that php code in the backend to write secret messages about supposed parties, Milo's death, hotels, expenses etc if he wasn't positive someone was going to see it? Or what exactly the purpose of those messages were or if there is something else still going on in the background.

    • @plebeian3671
      @plebeian3671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      a lot of people look in source codes for secrets, and all of that does nothing but add credibility to the story that all of them are separate individuals

    • @kateapple1
      @kateapple1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Yeah I didn’t wanna be rude in the comments but I’m like what did you figure out bro? Just who the guy was or wasn’t? I’m way more interested in finding out why those pictures somehow had something to do with hitman… Cool he did that research but I could care less who the dude was

    • @jacekstankiewicz1594
      @jacekstankiewicz1594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@kateapple1 yeah annoying that he just said "i dont believe it" and didnt even investigate

    • @anigerrodz2730
      @anigerrodz2730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      literally, i like this video but like,,,,,, why the fuck would a guy go throught all this damn trouble and ADD a layer to their online dnd charecter by putting and asessination plot in there lol like i feel that i good just a shiton of background info but no real answer has to why make all this hitman bulshit

    • @Z10N4Z1
      @Z10N4Z1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@@anigerrodz2730 The Dubai hit was carried out by Mossad.

  • @anonymousadult
    @anonymousadult ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this story!!!
    Fun to see your take on it!