The singing heard at 1:35 is a 1902 recording of Alessandro Moreschi. He was a castrato, which is a boy who has been castrated in before puberty in order to retain a high-pitched and powerful voice when singing. He was the one of the last of his kind, and the only one to ever have his voice recorded so that we can hear it today. The fact that Alex decided to use this specific audio recording for this video brings a whole new unsettling layer to this video.
Kudos to the first investigator for noping out of that house. Secconds after I ridicule him for investigating a spooky ass house at night, he just up and leaves lol.
That moment was so perfect lmao, it was genuinely funny and reflects the viewers' feelings while watching with a reasonable in-universe explanation while also giving us a moment of relief as someone who was just set up as our POV character for the time being does the obviously correct thing to do in this situation and gets the fuck right outta there, just before letting us know that there's still horror yet to be experienced ahead and we're gonna be stuck in one place in a creepy ass house viewing it.
He was the smart one. Always in the horror films and the like, one gets a bad feeling and leaves the place. Coward, right? Well then the others get murdalized by a Hellish monster… And the coward survives! Smart coward.
Everyone talks about the "Victim's corpse is seen being tampered with by invisible force", but I personally can not get over the whole "Distraught at the sight of her missing infant." Every time it happens, chills run down my spine. The way it looks like she's just ascending, which could be somewhat funny, just to have all the humour ripped off to reveal the dark truth of it all, is probably one of the most disturbing things in this series. I also love the line, because distraught at the SIGHT of her missing infant implies that she found him, but realised something was wrong. This subtly hints at the reveal that Adam was an alternate, meaning Lynn wasn't depressed, she contracted M.A.D.. The song used also perfectly sets the scene. Yes, it's very unnerving, and helps with the tone, but there's something I noticed. In this piece, there is the high, castrato voice, but also the instrumental piano behind. This piano was taken from Bach's Prelude in C Major. You know where else this song appears? Right at the end of Vol. 333, when The Alternate catches up to Thatcher. Not only does this support the theory that Adam made The Alternate into being, but it also ties together this small part of this amazing series. Also the rest of the episode is pretty great.
The fact that it’s funny at first and the placement of the objects even makes it look like a meme made in this day and age makes it scarier for me. It shows that the alternates perceive this as entertaining and funny. To them, this is a joke. It’s sick entertainment to them.
I know right? That line is so haunting. One of the scariest things I genuinely think I’ve seen on the internet. The entire series is super well written.
Man, I want to learn how to do that: arranging certain words in a sentence in order to create something that DOES sound phonetically correct to the English language, but once actually reading it, with or without context, the meaning sounds like something that shouldn't be realistically possible in our realm.
Horrifying and saddening. Mothers who can't move on from their still borns are a pitiful sight.. :(( Ironic how we're all feeling Horrified when seeing our mother and hearing their screams or agony or even their cries or their pains. It really hits our pain spot 🙁
The best types of horror media makes you interprete it and imagine what monsters lie beyond rather than show it, which is far creepier than simple jumpscare tropes
Honestly 5:07 is legitimately frightening. Imagine being the poor investigator reviewing the photographs and you see the victims corpse smiling and wave at you, or whatever you want to consider 'Tampered with' can be, hell even just STANDING. Even without context that's scary, witch is impressive considering it's censorsed. Well done
I don’t think he’s going to, he’s innocent after all. Alex is known for being like mentally scary, and I believe this may just be a sign of how messed up things are. I may be wrong, but hope not
@@MidgarMerc i've heard that the fanbase is literred with the sexualization of minors and also that the game is pay to win and while i can't confirm either, i wouldn't put it past them it is unfair to just say this but i may check it out, take my comment with multiple grains of salt
@@novemberiscoolithink it's an anime game with a couple child characters so obviously you're gonna get some weirdos in there being gross weirdos. The game itself is actually pretty tame and very rarely takes an overly horny approach to anything. It's not 100% pay to win. Many players have never spent a dime on the game and have very good teams. Obviously dumping money into the game with fast track you into a great team but gameplay and team composition are much more important than just having the shiny thing. The game gives you several free characters too and a bunch of free pulls from just playing through the story. Though if gacha games aren't your cup of tea (as in focusing on dailies and seasonal events and slow grinding) then maybe pass or stick to the main storyline. The pay to win aspect only matters for the Challenge Mode area called The Spiral Abyss. Everything else is pretty easy
Looking back at the Suicide investigation, and knowing know what happened there in Volume 3 is insane. I thought this place would never get brought up again. 1. Stanley talks to Adam Murray when he’s a kid, causing him to create an Alternate that isn’t in complete form. It’s twisted and doesn’t resemble anyone. 2. The alternate hurts and most likely kills Mrs. Murray, and remains unmoving. 3. Jude Murray calls Thatcher Davis for help, as Adam’s alternate couldn’t have possibly broken in without his knowledge. 4. Police Investigator is sent to collect evidence and observe the house, but decides to run. 5. When Thatcher calls Ruth for backup, the Alternate most likely speaks to Jude, infecting him with M.A.D. 6. Jude kills himself (Hence the suicide investigation) before help can arrive. 7. Police officer sets up the camera system, sees Jude’s corpse being tampered with by the alternate. The Alternate is deemed unidentifiable, and since it doesn’t resemble anyone, they assume that it can’t possibly be an alternate. 8. Ruth and Tatcher inspect the house, resulting it Ruth’s death. With that, the Alternate begins to take form, and follows Thatcher back to his precinct. Alex, absolutely masterful work.
This is honestly one of the best explanations I’ve read for this series, you my friend, have talent if your able to figure all this out, cause I can’t, so thank you very much for helping me understand everything I’ve missed during this series
2:38 For those who may not know, the background song is sung by a castrato singer, a male who would be castrated before puberty (against their will) so they could maintain a soprano voice, and perhaps become famous. The singers name is Alessandro Moreschi and the song is ‘Ave Maria ‘ I believe.
The censor box is what makes analog horror amazing. Although it would be nice in these vids to either see the edges of what's happening or the censor box being put there half-hazardly so we see a flash of what might be there. Kinda like in Boozos Ghosts.
That's why it's scary. NOT knowing actually makes horror scarier than knowing. The fact that we don't know WHAT this unknown creature did to the victim is freakier than actually showing it.
I remember that a year ago I saw a clip of this on tik tok and I looked it up here. It was so well made that I started looking into other anolog horror like twf. I now love it and wouldn’t be the same person without it. Thank u so much Alex, for giving us this work of art. I’m so excited for other instalments or other pieces by him.
Alex, I would like to say: That I REALLY hope you're gonna be okay. I have built a small parasocial zone thanks to your videos, something that completely turned agaisnt me once the, quote and quote. "Victims" shared their "story" on Twitter. I have never felt so distressed in my life, never have I considered the possibility of me being this sad after some google document was made. I felt a mix between sadness, hopelesness and fury. I luckily restrained myself from sending any hate to anyone. But I still have this feeling about the situation. I got so many thoughts if I could just, switch to being a male. Because I think I should be ashamed of myself, when it's girls who do the complete and utter chaos on Twitter. I have considered the possibility of offing myself, and this effected most of art. I can only pray for you to be okay, I don't pray that often. Get well, soon.
4:12 “After taking the previously shown photo, the investigator reported an “overwhelming sense of dread” and left the scene immediately” *finally* someone with fucking common sense!
I think what’s more scary is that investigators don’t usually have this response to even the worst of crime scenes. Maybe strong disgust, but to feel such dread that you immediately bale out is unheard of.
honestly the best execution on a suicide moment in a horror series i've ever seen. like the way opera music plays in the background and the objects become realistic when the lights 'turn on' just makes it seem like you're watching this from the perspective of a sick lunatic who sees tragedy as comedy
"Victim's corpse seen being tampered with by an invisible force." Me at home playing VR, flinging a ragdoll around: "Damn, these graphics are hella realistic."
Spoilers for Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, and Vol4. _"The flicker of the TV illuminated his bedroom, drowning out the darkness with his favourite programs." "The light scared off all the monsters. It kept him safe." Vol4_ Adam Murray as a child seemed to be always afraid and always crying, almost every night at the same time, to the point of even neighbors hearing. Lynn, his mother, would often put him in front of the TV, in an attempt to calm him down. _"He started crying again. Same time. I don't know what to do." Vol3_ Lynn calls her ex-husband, Jude, to come over and help calm their child. Lynn puts Adam in front of the TV. _"Do you remember how we became friends?" "Do you remember my face?" Vol4_ A particular show was shown to Adam when he was left on his own. A squiggly-drawn face called 'Stanley' would try to make friends with him. _"Can you keep an even bigger secret? I think it worked. Your new friend is somewhere in your house." Vol3_ An Alternate is summoned into the Murray household, supposedly as Jude arrives. _"I cradled him in my arms. My sweet boy." Vol4_ The Intruder, disguised as Stanley, seemingly abducts Adam. His crying suddenly stops. _"Distraught at the sight of her missing infant." Intruder Alert_ When Lynn checks back on Adam she sees him missing. She becomes afflicted with M.A.D, immediately taking her own life. _"There's someone in my house. I don't know what to do." Vol3_ Jude, being the last remaining human in the house, is tormented by the summoned Alternate. He calls the police, particularly Lieutenant Thatcher Davis, and is supposedly killed mid-call. A similar call is made to Lieutenant Weaver by a neighbor hearing Adam's screaming, then a loud crack (Intruder Alert 3:54). _"Thatcher, I'm gonna need some backup here." Vol3_ Two police officers are dispatched to the Murray household. One policeman sets up cameras inside the house. The other instantly bails after feeling an "overwhelming sense of dread". The corpse of most likely Jude Murray is tampered with and mutilated in front of the cameras by the Intruder. _"Hello?"_ *"Hello?"* _"Show yourself."_ *"Show yourself."* _Vol3_ Lieutenants Weaver and Davis inspect the property. After finding the TV still left on, and Lynn's body, Weaver and Davis encounter the Alternate still active on the property. In an act of self-preservation, Davis flees, while Weaver is supposedly taken and killed. _"uh oh! bad decision, thatcher!"_ _Vol3_ Lieutenant Davis flees back to Mandela Police Station to frantically call for backup. Due to new police policy (Vol1), police do not take or respond to calls regarding Alternate encounters. Davis is ignored by all available units. Davis is then cornered and directly confronted by the Alternate from the Murray residence, who followed him to the empty station. The Alternate mimics Lieutenant Davis and calls off any possible response by other officers. _"A scared boy with a gun. Sound familiar?"_ _Vol4_ Davis, having been stricken with survivor's guilt and taunting by the Alternate who attacked him and assumed his form, retreats to his own home and lives in hiding, where another Alternate lives with him, assuming Weaver's form, tormenting him to accelerate his mental decline. _"Your skin is not your own" Vol4_ An Alternate Adam is returned. To where or whom is unknown. He goes to grow up in Mandela county, among humans and eventually believes himself to be human. This is what seems to be a timeline of events as of Vol4. Note that multiple things haven't been mentioned for brevity since some may conflict. Examples being: _Why did Davis and Weaver inspect the property citing the cameras had not found anything (Vol3), yet a body was tampered with in front of the camera earlier (Intruder Alert)?_ _When did the toddler stress assessment of Adam take place? Before or after his abduction? His antisocial habits post-abduction point to the assessment possibly being after these events._ _Jude mentions he's had his windows and doors locked for months during his call with Thatcher._
For those who are sensitive to jumpscares, there are none in this video. Minor instances of disturbing images suddenly coming into frame with no loud audio queue.
An interesting fact about the song playing on the television: For many decades, there was a trend of taking young male singers and castrating them as children so that they may always keep their high-pitched voices, which they found to be more beautiful than typical adult male voices. They were called castrato. This was made illegal sometime in the 1800s, and this recording is the recording of the last known castrato, and the only known recording of one. His name was Alessandro Moreschi. He died in 1922.
No way I didnt even notice that. I remembered listening to the audio on yt once and I swear it creeped tf out of me because you can hear the sadness in his voice man its quite depressing. I even saw a whole documentary on castrato but it's no longer on yt anymore :( it was super interesting
"distraught at the SIGHT of her MISSING infant" now makes me think her infant went missing, but came back to her in such a terrible state she killed herself
I feel like the reason why alternates don't kill children is because they are incapable of doing so. What i mean is that the alternates main attack is psychological, which means that they can make people kill themselves. A typical young child is not familiar of self-harm, suicide, murder, etc. So they won't do it because they don't know what that is. If a child ever faces an alternate it would be expected that they would scream, cry, etc. but they won't kill themselves. What the alternates do is that they wait until the children grow up. So my theory is that young kids are basically invincible to alternates until they get older.
Alex I’m with you man, I want to see you thrive, I want to see your art, I don’t ever believe most stuff like that on youtube nowadays. I hope you have strong support bro and I hope you get through this well
Now that i'm rewatching this, with the new Mandela Catalyst upload, it just makes me wanna know more about Adam's story and how Alex is gonna answer these questions about his story,I love these series fr
much respect for the investigator who correctly identified the house's rancid vibes and just left. wish more people did that in horror. "The vibes in here are rancid and I'm feeling a little spooked, so I'm just going to go." love that for him.
knowing that the corpse was censored even for the police, and then the tape saying the victim is "completely unidentifiable at this time" gave me such a visceral reaction- using the word tampering must have been *majorly* sugar coating what happened. can only imagine. masterful stuff right here bro love what you're doing
The part where it states that the investigator felt an “overwhelming sense of dread” seems so eerie it’s real. Imagine going to a empty house to investigate and sensing you aren’t alone
It´s also amazing that after volume 3 we get a bit more insight to this moment. Officer Ruth was already on her way to the house but the man was so scared he didn´t wait for her and bailed, which was honestly the smartest decision in any horror related media ever
(2:36) something i noticed that i havent seen discussed: when everything turns into realistic images, the tv turns into a realistic tv, the door turns into a realistic door, and the baby crib turns into… a coffin.
1:25 this song is being sung by a castrato, a man has been castrated before puberty to keep his high voice. the history behind these singers is really disturbing and i recommend you look into it!!
"The victims corpse is seen being tampered by some invisible force." Is genuinely one of the most horrifying things I have seen, the fact you don't even see how mutilated the body is as well as the fact its a mother who committed suicide after her child suddenly disappeared without a trace, really give me chills.
@@cordyceps7531 oh yeah, you're right, because it said child like crying, I assumed it was a child, but the child disappeared through the TV, leaving the mother to commit suicide as it shows just before, better edit my comment then.
@Fang Lazken AKA Ranshi maybe your gonna be puke if you watch a video after we saw a tampered body without censored like that. Because it's not safely for watching this videos, if someone is underage to watch that disgusting body tampered without no blur a body was just destroy by Invisible force just like a Movies Predator and Poltergeist.
@@eeddiethehead your right! That's a Intruder is not a Human like us but he was a Alternate or ghost like a horror movies just like "Paranormal Activity and Poltergeist".
Something I'm interested in is the way even materials warning people about alternates is that they're full of horrific material themselves, that would not reasonably be shown in an instructional video. For a long time I've had a theory and this tape in particular seems to support it; Alternates are affecting recorded content after it's already been produced. The THINK Principle video might not have even meant to say "Kill yourself" in any way when it was made, but after it already reached circulation it was corrupted by external forces. It makes me wonder about that angel again. Why, really, isn't the angel in the Vol. 1 compilation? The compilation has materials changed from what we've seen before. And the angel, potentially an immensely dangerous alternate, is missing. I think it doesn't want to be seen by certain eyes.
I mean, if memory serves, they're sometimes called "alters". So, *altering* footage or information after the fact might totally be in their wheelhouse. I also have a theory about the angel, and just "alternates" in general. What are their key defining features? Anatomically impossible alterations to the human form. You know. Wings. Animal heads. Horns. Extra limbs. What if human religions, or at the very least the way divine entities within those religions are perceived, are just due to encounters with specific kinds of alternates? You see this almost universally throughout world religions. Valkyries, Abrahamic angels and demons, the myriad of gods in the various polytheistic traditions. Egyptian Gods having animal heads or other such features, Hindu deities with multiple limbs, the Kami of Shinto possessing all manner of anatomic *alter*ations of the human form.
@@RaptorJesus speaking of which I did speak to the creator on Reddit, and when I asked him if this man is related to the alternates, he responded that he’s working alongside them.
You know how kids play with action figures? Imagine something like that, but the action figure is a bloated corpse of a middle aged woman, and the kid is invisible.
We should have a FNAF 3 inspired game where instead of Springtrap and the phantoms, the enemy’s are the intruder and random Alternates. And you lure the intruder away with baby cries.
On thanksgiving last year I was on discord playing Destiny 2 with my good friend. Girlfriend had gone to bed. I’m by myself. We’re having a good time chatting about random stuff when I hear the tv turn on behind me. It’s this video. I poop my pants, turn it off and try to not think about what happened. About ten minutes later it happens again. Shit myself a second time. I’m starting to freak out. Then a thought occurs. I go back to my bedroom down the hall. I frantically open the door. My girlfriend starts laughing her ass off. She had connected to the tv via Bluetooth to scare me. Needless to say, it worked.
I feel like ive found a gold mine that hasnt been touched yet, you're extremely talented and interested in this plot. If this is not an Alternate then who or what is this creature and what does it have to do with Mark and Caesar. Keep up the good work :)
@@hugenuts3968 damn it’s my first time watching this series and to know that someone had already gone through it many times is terrifying for me to do, but maybe after finishing it i’ll be used to it and i won’t get scared anymore
I'm sorry, but I keep bursting into laughter whenever I see an Alternate smiling like Jerma. I burst into laughter at 0:51 because although I wasn't expecting it instead of being scared I just thought of "When the Impostor is sus"
There’s something really unnerving about the idea that the monster or killer isn’t afraid to show their face to the camera. It’s almost like it knows it’s otherworldly power and the fact no one can do anything about it. So it just decided to taunt them further and allow them to look at it’s face before walking away.
This is, bar none, the best Mandela video you've made. I so desperately wish you'd go back and show society's reaction to over 3,000 kids just disappearing, I find that so much more intriguing than the individual characters.
The scene with the mom absolutely discomforted the shit out of me, it was amazing. The cut to the empty cradle and the tv and then the sudden cut of the mother hanging herself is absolutley horrifying i didnt even want to look. Well done.
A lot of this happens to be centered around fear. For example, during the emergency operator scene in the other video, it says not to talk too much, for you might show your fear. Additionally, in this episode, "Scary Imagery" happens to be the last topic considered unsafe for young children before it cuts to the "they exist on different spectrums" screen. Also, the mother takes her own life after losing her child, possibly as a result of immense fear (or just a natural but grim result of what happened.) The contents shown on the TV may have been too scary for the infant, causing it to disappear, possibly taken by something. There are two main theories I've got here. 1. Some event has caused fear to create extreme homicidal and suicidal tendencies, and these mentally changed people are referred to as "Alternates." 2. There are creatures (perhaps the Alternates) that attempt to mimic human lifeforms, the first type just being there to root itself into a family or relationship, the last being creatures that exist possibly just to *scare* people. Perhaps the fear attracts the Alternates, or in the case of the infant, the power to manifest nearby and kidnap/kill you. EDIT: At the time of typing this, I've just now realized that maybe the Alternates are actually just entities that possess the ability to manipulate and edit video media, all in the purpose of scaring the viewer (maybe even us!) which adds onto the theory that these creatures feed off of fear and/or use it as a weapon to reach their victims. The recurring face may be a representation of the entity, mocking us because it knows that if we, the viewers, are watching it, that means that it's spread to a much, much larger scale than just TVs. I only discovered this recently, so forgive me for any misconceptions. If there's anything you want to add to this or change, please let me know in the replies.
I would like to apologise for the comment I left about the allegations, as I now know you are fully innocent. So sorry, Alex, sorry for what I said. I really hope you’re okay after all of this that’s happened to you and the wrong that has been done. 👍❤
I don't know if anyone's already pointed this out, but if you turn on Closed Captions (which in this case, are generated automatically by TH-cam), it recognizes the alarm at 2:48 as "Laughter", which I find excruciatingly creepy. But even creepier than that, just at the very last frame, when it says on screen that this "must not be released to the public for any reason", it just captions it as "you". Would be scary if it was part of the creator's plan, but the fact that, again, these are AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED makes it horrifying.
I saw some closed captions while the mother was looking for her child that said somehting along the lines of "me is foreign." Not sure if anyone else has seen this.
2:30 Everything about this part is pure art. Something about the switch to more realistic images, paired with the abstract imagery of the suicide backed by the melancholic opera music just feels so tragic and beautiful. (Also the coffin in place of the cradle is HEAVY symbolism) Definitely the best Mandela Catalogue moment for me.
I need a video game like this, elements out of pure fear and horror, but with no screaming or unnecessary loud noises. The closest we had to that is the first Silent Hill game.
I suspect they are like the whiping angels. If you look at them too long trough a screen, even if a photo, they will get inside of you and kill you from within in time.
Make sense as there is different monsters because having a buffed up killing machine humanoid with THAT kind of powers is assured to be on a higher plane of dimensions
Something I recognize: the singing that starts at 1:25 is the voice of Alessandro Moresechi. Back in ye olden days, by that I mean like 11th century to 18th century, choirs would castrate some of the male choir boys (probably against their will most of the time) before they hit puberty in order to preserve their high pitched voices. The singing you hear is not that of a young choir boy, but rather that of a 44 year old man. Luckily, this practice was banned, or at least fell out of favor. Still, it’s terrifying how they tried to preserve the voices of young boys, but when you see the face behind the voice, it’s almost uncanny valley-like. I’m terrible at coming up with theories or interpreting things, so I have no clue what connection, if any, this has with the actual storyline of the Mandela Catalogue, but I doubt it’s just for the sake of sounding creepy or being scary. edit: I just noticed, the singing also appears in “Exhibition”. So now, I *highly* doubt it’s just for the sake of sounding creepy.
In this universe, religious practices must be different since now Satan overthrone Jesus, so in this sense, it could just be referencing the fact that religious acts were cruel like this, or as you said, "being creepy for the sake of being creepy"
@@Ghost-fv6lw the song being sung is called Ava Maria, I think. Here’s the link if you want to listen to the full thing: th-cam.com/video/KLjvfqnD0ws/w-d-xo.html
I heard about Alessandro Moresechi and the song as of last Tuesday I believe. Originally I was afraid of that song playing in this video where the mother committed suicide after her child was abducted by the intruder via television because of how creepy it sounded within the context of that segment, and then I heard it in the Mr. Incredible becoming uncanny meme involving getting lost in certain places. However, when I learned about the castrated singer's backstory, it left me even more unnerved, but also depressed. I hate the song, but not for the reason of "it's too depressing and scary waaaa!1!1!1!", but for a different reason; the fact that the practice up until the 18th century was common and acceptable.
Yes, this Moreschi recording is from around 1904 if memory serves. While the _castrato_ are a thing of the past, occasionally, contemporary singers can achieve similar effects, such as Radu Marian, who has Kallman syndrome, a condition which basically delays puberty.
I got a recommendation from TH-cam for the Mandela Catalogue Vol 1 and I'm glad. This is really good. I like how "censoring" information lets your imagination run wild and lets you construct possibilities more horrifying than anything we could be shown.
Because she knew her child wouldn't come back. she knew that those entities took her child away and she'd never be able to get her child back. so, she just decided to kill herself.
"Distraught at the sight of her missing infant." This is horrifying. I know I'm looking too deep into this, but what if her child had died and she was hearing the baby cry while she was slowly going crazy, then when she realized she was hallucinating/hearing things, she hung herself. That part hit me though.
I know this was a month ago but that's a cool theory! Personally I think she went to check on her crying child, but it turned out it was the alternate mimicking her child after it killed it. So the mother killed herself because she realised the alternate had taken her child away
My theory is that the tv was the one driving her crazy AFTER the baby abduction, so she probable killed herself because of de metaphysical awareness disorder
1:35 fun fact about this song: This song in particular (Ave Maria, CG 89a) is sung by none other than Alessandro Moreschi who is known to be be the last known Castrato singer in history, yet is the first ever singer to be recorded (this being in 1861 i think??) To those who don’t know Castrato is a voice type, much like soprano and/or alto but is most commonly in males that have been castrated before puberty in order to keep their high-pitched voice for opera singing. This of course came with many health risks but i digress. Knowing the dark history of this song makes this scene much more chilling to me, at least in some sense. (edit: sorry if this is typed really badly i’m typing this at midnight lol)
@@skybliss338 being a castrato was actually sought after because it came with a practical guarantee of good pay and employment for life! There are of course other reasons to think about why young children (8-10, if I remember correctly?) may wish to retain a high voice and avoid male puberty. Performance aesthetics certainly plays a role, and there’s also the question of “how much are the parents or guardians of this child using them for money?” Gender politics in 17th-19th century Italian opera are really interesting, and Spanish is similar in that only individuals who are biologically female were desired for performance on stage, which led to AFAB individuals training their voices and bodies to look and sound more masculine.
"Victim's corpse is seen being tampered with by invisible force"
Intruder: *swinging the corpse around with a physics gun*
Or maybe the intruder is flailing the bloodshotted and mauled corpse like a rubber chicken.
Also intuder: *Using the gravity gun to use the corpse for his upcoming animation*
Mandela's Mod
@@TopSuperDude DAMN IT, I KNEW IT'S BADWATER VIDEOS 2009
You mean, Physics gun.
on this episode of the Mandela Catalogue: Jerma's alternate commits the absolute most diabolical lick ever
LMAO
y’all stealing toilets and sinks, my man’s out here stealing children
This sounded like a Bottom Gear episode intro
ty for the laugh
HWLPME
the intruder killing 3426 kids so he can rise up in ranks with his k/d ratio
The singing heard at 1:35 is a 1902 recording of Alessandro Moreschi. He was a castrato, which is a boy who has been castrated in before puberty in order to retain a high-pitched and powerful voice when singing. He was the one of the last of his kind, and the only one to ever have his voice recorded so that we can hear it today.
The fact that Alex decided to use this specific audio recording for this video brings a whole new unsettling layer to this video.
Castratos are still around.
"source: dude trust me"
I thought the voice at the beginning said, "I am inside your mom", burst out laughing.
LMAO
me too + a friend when we were watching together
we both looked at each other wondering if we heard the same thing lol don't worry
lmao i cant unhear it
"It followed me home, Cesar. 😏"
that's what she said
Kudos to the first investigator for noping out of that house. Secconds after I ridicule him for investigating a spooky ass house at night, he just up and leaves lol.
That moment was so perfect lmao, it was genuinely funny and reflects the viewers' feelings while watching with a reasonable in-universe explanation while also giving us a moment of relief as someone who was just set up as our POV character for the time being does the obviously correct thing to do in this situation and gets the fuck right outta there, just before letting us know that there's still horror yet to be experienced ahead and we're gonna be stuck in one place in a creepy ass house viewing it.
He was the smart one. Always in the horror films and the like, one gets a bad feeling and leaves the place. Coward, right?
Well then the others get murdalized by a
Hellish monster… And the coward survives!
Smart coward.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
He who lives and runs away gets to live another day
@@yentamoon1808 Amen to that, Yenta
You know it’s good when TH-cam warns you twice
Everyone talks about the "Victim's corpse is seen being tampered with by invisible force", but I personally can not get over the whole "Distraught at the sight of her missing infant." Every time it happens, chills run down my spine. The way it looks like she's just ascending, which could be somewhat funny, just to have all the humour ripped off to reveal the dark truth of it all, is probably one of the most disturbing things in this series. I also love the line, because distraught at the SIGHT of her missing infant implies that she found him, but realised something was wrong. This subtly hints at the reveal that Adam was an alternate, meaning Lynn wasn't depressed, she contracted M.A.D.. The song used also perfectly sets the scene. Yes, it's very unnerving, and helps with the tone, but there's something I noticed. In this piece, there is the high, castrato voice, but also the instrumental piano behind. This piano was taken from Bach's Prelude in C Major. You know where else this song appears?
Right at the end of Vol. 333, when The Alternate catches up to Thatcher.
Not only does this support the theory that Adam made The Alternate into being, but it also ties together this small part of this amazing series.
Also the rest of the episode is pretty great.
The fact that it’s funny at first and the placement of the objects even makes it look like a meme made in this day and age makes it scarier for me. It shows that the alternates perceive this as entertaining and funny. To them, this is a joke. It’s sick entertainment to them.
She killed herself.
I know right? That line is so haunting. One of the scariest things I genuinely think I’ve seen on the internet.
The entire series is super well written.
@@khrisbro Cool? Hes analyzing the scene and its tie in with the rest of the series
“Distraught at the sight of her missing infant” has never been more horrifying
Man, I want to learn how to do that: arranging certain words in a sentence in order to create something that DOES sound phonetically correct to the English language, but once actually reading it, with or without context, the meaning sounds like something that shouldn't be realistically possible in our realm.
Horrifying and saddening. Mothers who can't move on from their still borns are a pitiful sight.. :((
Ironic how we're all feeling Horrified when seeing our mother and hearing their screams or agony or even their cries or their pains. It really hits our pain spot 🙁
@@johthesecondnt8946 How is it ironic?
And that's a pretty horrifying sentence to begin with
@@johthesecondnt8946 thats compassion not irony
The worst part of the dark is that your brain always tries to fill in the gaps, meaning it forms things that aren't there.
Well we are forcing our brain to ,so i think we did it on purpose
The best types of horror media makes you interprete it and imagine what monsters lie beyond rather than show it, which is far creepier than simple jumpscare tropes
it’s actually fucking torture
maybe is actually someone that has some kind of schizophrenia??? or might be wrong
@@TiggyTVAnimations schizophrenia*
Honestly 5:07 is legitimately frightening. Imagine being the poor investigator reviewing the photographs and you see the victims corpse smiling and wave at you, or whatever you want to consider 'Tampered with' can be, hell even just STANDING. Even without context that's scary, witch is impressive considering it's censorsed. Well done
I imagine the corpse is just lying on the ground woth a smile on its face woth itsveyes gouged out
As of right now, this is the only episode with comments on.
Please don’t do it, Alex.
I don’t think he’s going to, he’s innocent after all. Alex is known for being like mentally scary, and I believe this may just be a sign of how messed up things are. I may be wrong, but hope not
@@motionmanmaker People like Inquisitor3 and Alex Holowka did it despite being innocent...
Fuck false accusers.
What happened with him?
the best part of these series is that there are no cheap screamers, just pure fear
Yeah always a mood killer to get jumpscared, that´s not horror, that´s just startling the hell out of my instincts and even a power surge can do that
and that's the most scary part
Ok
most internet horror today is like so there is no surprise really
Yea this has made me scared then any movie and video because “HORROR” is just boo jumpscare
this is scary as hell but the scariest thing is the jumpscare that the genshin impact trailer gave me at the end
LMAO
would rather die to my alternate than play genshin, jesus that must be scary
@@novemberiscoolithink games pretty good but the developers are stingy AF
@@MidgarMerc i've heard that the fanbase is literred with the sexualization of minors and also that the game is pay to win and while i can't confirm either, i wouldn't put it past them
it is unfair to just say this but i may check it out, take my comment with multiple grains of salt
@@novemberiscoolithink it's an anime game with a couple child characters so obviously you're gonna get some weirdos in there being gross weirdos. The game itself is actually pretty tame and very rarely takes an overly horny approach to anything.
It's not 100% pay to win. Many players have never spent a dime on the game and have very good teams. Obviously dumping money into the game with fast track you into a great team but gameplay and team composition are much more important than just having the shiny thing. The game gives you several free characters too and a bunch of free pulls from just playing through the story. Though if gacha games aren't your cup of tea (as in focusing on dailies and seasonal events and slow grinding) then maybe pass or stick to the main storyline. The pay to win aspect only matters for the Challenge Mode area called The Spiral Abyss. Everything else is pretty easy
Looking back at the Suicide investigation, and knowing know what happened there in Volume 3 is insane. I thought this place would never get brought up again.
1. Stanley talks to Adam Murray when he’s a kid, causing him to create an Alternate that isn’t in complete form. It’s twisted and doesn’t resemble anyone.
2. The alternate hurts and most likely kills Mrs. Murray, and remains unmoving.
3. Jude Murray calls Thatcher Davis for help, as Adam’s alternate couldn’t have possibly broken in without his knowledge.
4. Police Investigator is sent to collect evidence and observe the house, but decides to run.
5. When Thatcher calls Ruth for backup, the Alternate most likely speaks to Jude, infecting him with M.A.D.
6. Jude kills himself (Hence the suicide investigation) before help can arrive.
7. Police officer sets up the camera system, sees Jude’s corpse being tampered with by the alternate. The Alternate is deemed unidentifiable, and since it doesn’t resemble anyone, they assume that it can’t possibly be an alternate.
8. Ruth and Tatcher inspect the house, resulting it Ruth’s death. With that, the Alternate begins to take form, and follows Thatcher back to his precinct.
Alex, absolutely masterful work.
This is honestly one of the best explanations I’ve read for this series, you my friend, have talent if your able to figure all this out, cause I can’t, so thank you very much for helping me understand everything I’ve missed during this series
2:38
For those who may not know, the background song is sung by a castrato singer, a male who would be castrated before puberty (against their will) so they could maintain a soprano voice, and perhaps become famous. The singers name is Alessandro Moreschi and the song is ‘Ave Maria ‘ I believe.
Yep
“VICTIM’S CORPSE IS SEEN BEING TAMPERED WITH BY INVISIBLE FORCE” Very cool horror imagery.
The imagination is more fucked than actually visually looking at it.
@@SirKemzieGodle Exactly, the censor bar is icing on the cake.
The censor box is what makes analog horror amazing. Although it would be nice in these vids to either see the edges of what's happening or the censor box being put there half-hazardly so we see a flash of what might be there. Kinda like in Boozos Ghosts.
Yep. And since it’s censored, God only knows what happened to the body to make it totally censored…
I don’t think I want to know.
That's why it's scary. NOT knowing actually makes horror scarier than knowing. The fact that we don't know WHAT this unknown creature did to the victim is freakier than actually showing it.
Why is jerma killing toddlers
_idfk_
Goddamn it lmao, this shit got me.
Lmao
Psycho streamer kills children!
WHEN THE IMPOSTER IS ME
0:51 I know I shouldn't have laughed at that BUT IT'S SO FUNNY
I gotta admit it is pretty funny
Ain’t that funny bro chill
Intruders face is hilarious dawg 😂😂😂😂
real shit
The fact that so many kids disappeared around the same time is so fucking terrifying
Ayo, hold up.
WHAY
wdym same time
They probably will come back. They just wont be human
@@slyfox7452 nah children are all just type twos.
I love this universe.
But would hate to be in it.
Same. I don’t wanna be paranoid that I’ll wake up and see a freaky shadow person in my bedroom.
True 😂
oh, anxiety pfp
what do you mean it's not real?
I hope to at least voiceact the kid mark.
The absolute irony of this opening with a cautionary ad to parents about what their kids watch on the tv
I remember that a year ago I saw a clip of this on tik tok and I looked it up here. It was so well made that I started looking into other anolog horror like twf. I now love it and wouldn’t be the same person without it. Thank u so much Alex, for giving us this work of art. I’m so excited for other instalments or other pieces by him.
imagine how powerless people feel in these situations, as fascinating as analog horror videos are, i'd hate to live in their worlds.
ikr
This world ain't any better if you think about it
But don't we all don't just want to be living in their own worlds?
I’d hate to live there too, but this world isn’t that different, the paranormal creatures just look human but they can be worse
like, imagine seeing your infant disappear, then see a strange face, then dying from stress
Usage of stock images was the scariest part.
just gives the chills man
FR
bro ur likes are at 666….💀
it's terrifying but it's also pretty funny. might just be my broken humor making me laugh at stock images though
😭😭💀💀
the fact that the humming in the background is so consistent just makes this 200x creepier
Alex, I would like to say: That I REALLY hope you're gonna be okay. I have built a small parasocial zone thanks to your videos, something that completely turned agaisnt me once the, quote and quote. "Victims" shared their "story" on Twitter.
I have never felt so distressed in my life, never have I considered the possibility of me being this sad after some google document was made. I felt a mix between sadness, hopelesness and fury. I luckily restrained myself from sending any hate to anyone. But I still have this feeling about the situation.
I got so many thoughts if I could just, switch to being a male. Because I think I should be ashamed of myself, when it's girls who do the complete and utter chaos on Twitter. I have considered the possibility of offing myself, and this effected most of art.
I can only pray for you to be okay, I don't pray that often.
Get well, soon.
4:12 “After taking the previously shown photo, the investigator reported an “overwhelming sense of dread” and left the scene immediately”
*finally* someone with fucking common sense!
I think what’s more scary is that investigators don’t usually have this response to even the worst of crime scenes. Maybe strong disgust, but to feel such dread that you immediately bale out is unheard of.
The investigator: th-cam.com/video/5FjWe31S_0g/w-d-xo.html
>Comes across crime scene at night
>Suddenly feels an overwhelming sense of dread
>Refuses to elaborate further
>Leaves
*I know what you love*
*I know what you dread*
"Fuck this shit I'm out"
honestly the best execution on a suicide moment in a horror series i've ever seen. like the way opera music plays in the background and the objects become realistic when the lights 'turn on' just makes it seem like you're watching this from the perspective of a sick lunatic who sees tragedy as comedy
tbh the last 7 words make me wanna write a song
The opera music is Ave Maria sang by a eunuch who was castrated to keep his soprano voice. True story.
@@Edgeworthscravat Oh yeah, another comment mentioned that I believe. Pretty creepy.
@@Edgeworthscravat link ?
Woman: *Commits suicide*
Satan: *Indian man laughing*
Also dude I don’t like that the only one you left comments on for was the siucdie episode. Please be alright Alex
The face you make when you're talking and they interrupt you: 0:01
"Victim's corpse seen being tampered with by an invisible force."
Me at home playing VR, flinging a ragdoll around: "Damn, these graphics are hella realistic."
Zamn
Oh god
Lmao
And then throw it to the ground, tea-baging it
Pls don’t tell me you were playing sport mode
imagine having a twin in this universe 💀
Alternates would have a field day
u have 2 twins
Triplets!
Triplets😇😇😇
I watched both volumes of this series with my twin 💀
god damn, i love your creations. they are so inspiring yet eerie
Spoilers for Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, and Vol4.
_"The flicker of the TV illuminated his bedroom, drowning out the darkness with his favourite programs." "The light scared off all the monsters. It kept him safe." Vol4_
Adam Murray as a child seemed to be always afraid and always crying, almost every night at the same time, to the point of even neighbors hearing. Lynn, his mother, would often put him in front of the TV, in an attempt to calm him down.
_"He started crying again. Same time. I don't know what to do." Vol3_
Lynn calls her ex-husband, Jude, to come over and help calm their child. Lynn puts Adam in front of the TV.
_"Do you remember how we became friends?" "Do you remember my face?" Vol4_
A particular show was shown to Adam when he was left on his own. A squiggly-drawn face called 'Stanley' would try to make friends with him.
_"Can you keep an even bigger secret? I think it worked. Your new friend is somewhere in your house." Vol3_
An Alternate is summoned into the Murray household, supposedly as Jude arrives.
_"I cradled him in my arms. My sweet boy." Vol4_
The Intruder, disguised as Stanley, seemingly abducts Adam. His crying suddenly stops.
_"Distraught at the sight of her missing infant." Intruder Alert_
When Lynn checks back on Adam she sees him missing. She becomes afflicted with M.A.D, immediately taking her own life.
_"There's someone in my house. I don't know what to do." Vol3_
Jude, being the last remaining human in the house, is tormented by the summoned Alternate. He calls the police, particularly Lieutenant Thatcher Davis, and is supposedly killed mid-call. A similar call is made to Lieutenant Weaver by a neighbor hearing Adam's screaming, then a loud crack (Intruder Alert 3:54).
_"Thatcher, I'm gonna need some backup here." Vol3_
Two police officers are dispatched to the Murray household. One policeman sets up cameras inside the house. The other instantly bails after feeling an "overwhelming sense of dread".
The corpse of most likely Jude Murray is tampered with and mutilated in front of the cameras by the Intruder.
_"Hello?"_ *"Hello?"* _"Show yourself."_ *"Show yourself."* _Vol3_
Lieutenants Weaver and Davis inspect the property.
After finding the TV still left on, and Lynn's body, Weaver and Davis encounter the Alternate still active on the property.
In an act of self-preservation, Davis flees, while Weaver is supposedly taken and killed.
_"uh oh! bad decision, thatcher!"_ _Vol3_
Lieutenant Davis flees back to Mandela Police Station to frantically call for backup. Due to new police policy (Vol1), police do not take or respond to calls regarding Alternate encounters. Davis is ignored by all available units.
Davis is then cornered and directly confronted by the Alternate from the Murray residence, who followed him to the empty station.
The Alternate mimics Lieutenant Davis and calls off any possible response by other officers.
_"A scared boy with a gun. Sound familiar?"_ _Vol4_
Davis, having been stricken with survivor's guilt and taunting by the Alternate who attacked him and assumed his form, retreats to his own home and lives in hiding, where another Alternate lives with him, assuming Weaver's form, tormenting him to accelerate his mental decline.
_"Your skin is not your own" Vol4_
An Alternate Adam is returned. To where or whom is unknown. He goes to grow up in Mandela county, among humans and eventually believes himself to be human.
This is what seems to be a timeline of events as of Vol4. Note that multiple things haven't been mentioned for brevity since some may conflict. Examples being:
_Why did Davis and Weaver inspect the property citing the cameras had not found anything (Vol3), yet a body was tampered with in front of the camera earlier (Intruder Alert)?_
_When did the toddler stress assessment of Adam take place? Before or after his abduction? His antisocial habits post-abduction point to the assessment possibly being after these events._
_Jude mentions he's had his windows and doors locked for months during his call with Thatcher._
She's distraught at the sight of her missing infant, ZAMN😍😍
💀💀💀
Get out.
Hes tampering with her corpse ZAMN😍😍😍
Bro why 💀💀
IWJEJDBSHSJSBD
For those who are sensitive to jumpscares, there are none in this video. Minor instances of disturbing images suddenly coming into frame with no loud audio queue.
Thank god
Ty 💀
I love horror like this. No jumpscare, just the blood-chilling terror of the unknown.
That makes it scarier though like, no music. Nothing. Only vision that we focus on.
The hero we don't deserve
"I cradled him in my arms, my sweet boy. I took him away."
Hopefully Alex is doing okay. I feel genuinely terrible for believing the allegations.
An interesting fact about the song playing on the television: For many decades, there was a trend of taking young male singers and castrating them as children so that they may always keep their high-pitched voices, which they found to be more beautiful than typical adult male voices. They were called castrato. This was made illegal sometime in the 1800s, and this recording is the recording of the last known castrato, and the only known recording of one. His name was Alessandro Moreschi. He died in 1922.
No way I didnt even notice that. I remembered listening to the audio on yt once and I swear it creeped tf out of me because you can hear the sadness in his voice man its quite depressing. I even saw a whole documentary on castrato but it's no longer on yt anymore :( it was super interesting
Yes but what is "castrating"
@@jj_sprite364 the removal of the testicles
@@gruggyo Damn that's fucking painful.
@@ayyyyyyyyyyy.3568 yep, I can’t imagine how awful it is
"distraught at the SIGHT of her MISSING infant" now makes me think her infant went missing, but came back to her in such a terrible state she killed herself
That is fucking horrifying
Perhaps an alternate replaced it to mock her
Alternates torment people to death by psychological warfare.
Hence the coffin......
I feel like the reason why alternates don't kill children is because they are incapable of doing so. What i mean is that the alternates main attack is psychological, which means that they can make people kill themselves. A typical young child is not familiar of self-harm, suicide, murder, etc. So they won't do it because they don't know what that is. If a child ever faces an alternate it would be expected that they would scream, cry, etc. but they won't kill themselves. What the alternates do is that they wait until the children grow up. So my theory is that young kids are basically invincible to alternates until they get older.
Alex I’m with you man, I want to see you thrive, I want to see your art, I don’t ever believe most stuff like that on youtube nowadays. I hope you have strong support bro and I hope you get through this well
#istandwithalexkister
interesting how he only enabled the comments for the suicide video
Now that i'm rewatching this, with the new Mandela Catalyst upload, it just makes me wanna know more about Adam's story and how Alex is gonna answer these questions about his story,I love these series fr
much respect for the investigator who correctly identified the house's rancid vibes and just left. wish more people did that in horror.
"The vibes in here are rancid and I'm feeling a little spooked, so I'm just going to go."
love that for him.
He was probably followed
@@aurorapaisley7453 i mean, yeah, but he at least *tried* to get out, which is a lot more self-preservation than anyone else in this series
Did you notice the house had those creppy eyes?
@@DrGonzo6114 ..................
what? Where?
he took the photo, said "fuck this" and left
scene with the mom actually unnerved the hell out of me, good shit, keep it up, really love this universe so far
Gave me the biggest goosebumps ever
When your Getty Images license is about to expire so you use the most of it
Same, i think i saw this scene in my dream lol.
ah yes, i too hate it when i kill myself and everything in my room turns into stock images
@@dootdoot5891 same bro
Very good and very creative psychological horror clips. Bravo to you Mr. Kister.
the fact that this is the most scary series ive seen, i quite enjoy it a lot.
knowing that the corpse was censored even for the police, and then the tape saying the victim is "completely unidentifiable at this time" gave me such a visceral reaction- using the word tampering must have been *majorly* sugar coating what happened. can only imagine. masterful stuff right here bro love what you're doing
the suspect is unidentifiable and the corpse being tampered with is in relation to it floating spontaneously down the stairs.
@@toyotacamry-ho1jh **insert amoung us music** uh he sus- :\/
I wonder what happened to it..
Torn apart
@@Riblox75tas corpse vented
The part where it states that the investigator felt an “overwhelming sense of dread” seems so eerie it’s real. Imagine going to a empty house to investigate and sensing you aren’t alone
It's that investigator intuition, so strong it can breach the paranormal.
Never ignore your gut instinct. We developed it for a reason. The primal fear that you're not really alone is absolutely terrifying.
idk why tf they would go at night lol
It´s also amazing that after volume 3 we get a bit more insight to this moment. Officer Ruth was already on her way to the house but the man was so scared he didn´t wait for her and bailed, which was honestly the smartest decision in any horror related media ever
@@cakebby18 that’s just when they arrived.
Other TH-camr introduced your channel in my language. Your videos seem to have high quality. Hope you get more subscribers.
(2:36) something i noticed that i havent seen discussed: when everything turns into realistic images, the tv turns into a realistic tv, the door turns into a realistic door, and the baby crib turns into… a coffin.
But who gonna be in that coffin the baby or the mother
@@MasaMasa-hv9fl the baby, considering (spoilers) the real adam was killed and replaced by an alternate
1:25 this song is being sung by a castrato, a man has been castrated before puberty to keep his high voice. the history behind these singers is really disturbing and i recommend you look into it!!
I was hoping someone else would notice that too.
I thought I was mistaking it with another song!
So basically, their balls were deleted to sound like "angels".
Fitting Name
@@DialingDock2 exactly 🤣
"The victims corpse is seen being tampered by some invisible force."
Is genuinely one of the most horrifying things I have seen, the fact you don't even see how mutilated the body is as well as the fact its a mother who committed suicide after her child suddenly disappeared without a trace, really give me chills.
It’s the child’s corpse? I thought it was the mom’s (after suicide) for how long the censor bar is.
@@cordyceps7531 oh yeah, you're right, because it said child like crying, I assumed it was a child, but the child disappeared through the TV, leaving the mother to commit suicide as it shows just before, better edit my comment then.
@Fang Lazken AKA Ranshi you'll see the mother's corpse floating
@Fang Lazken AKA Ranshi maybe your gonna be puke if you watch a video after we saw a tampered body without censored like that. Because it's not safely for watching this videos, if someone is underage to watch that disgusting body tampered without no blur a body was just destroy by Invisible force just like a Movies Predator and Poltergeist.
@@eeddiethehead your right! That's a Intruder is not a Human like us but he was a Alternate or ghost like a horror movies just like "Paranormal Activity and Poltergeist".
the fact this has a viewers advise is the cherry on top
Hands down the best video in this series by far
Something I'm interested in is the way even materials warning people about alternates is that they're full of horrific material themselves, that would not reasonably be shown in an instructional video. For a long time I've had a theory and this tape in particular seems to support it; Alternates are affecting recorded content after it's already been produced. The THINK Principle video might not have even meant to say "Kill yourself" in any way when it was made, but after it already reached circulation it was corrupted by external forces.
It makes me wonder about that angel again. Why, really, isn't the angel in the Vol. 1 compilation? The compilation has materials changed from what we've seen before. And the angel, potentially an immensely dangerous alternate, is missing. I think it doesn't want to be seen by certain eyes.
I mean, if memory serves, they're sometimes called "alters". So, *altering* footage or information after the fact might totally be in their wheelhouse.
I also have a theory about the angel, and just "alternates" in general. What are their key defining features? Anatomically impossible alterations to the human form. You know. Wings. Animal heads. Horns. Extra limbs. What if human religions, or at the very least the way divine entities within those religions are perceived, are just due to encounters with specific kinds of alternates? You see this almost universally throughout world religions. Valkyries, Abrahamic angels and demons, the myriad of gods in the various polytheistic traditions. Egyptian Gods having animal heads or other such features, Hindu deities with multiple limbs, the Kami of Shinto possessing all manner of anatomic *alter*ations of the human form.
@@RaptorJesus someone else had this theory too. That Alternates are religious figures.
@@yamato6114 That was me, I made that comment in one of the earlier videos.
@@RaptorJesus Oh yeah. Now I remember.
@@RaptorJesus speaking of which I did speak to the creator on Reddit, and when I asked him if this man is related to the alternates, he responded that he’s working alongside them.
The sole idea of “corpse being tampered with by invisible force” points to so many conclusions its nerve racking to think which one is right
You know how kids play with action figures?
Imagine something like that, but the action figure is a bloated corpse of a middle aged woman, and the kid is invisible.
@@JeanMarceaux IMAGINING THIS IS TERRIFYING BUT IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE
@@JeanMarceaux the kid you refer to is the alternate right
Whats worse is that the police ruled out it being an alternate.
If it wasn't an alternate... what the fuck was it?
@@JeanMarceaux wdym by bloated?
We should have a FNAF 3 inspired game where instead of Springtrap and the phantoms, the enemy’s are the intruder and random Alternates. And you lure the intruder away with baby cries.
333 333 333
On thanksgiving last year I was on discord playing Destiny 2 with my good friend. Girlfriend had gone to bed. I’m by myself. We’re having a good time chatting about random stuff when I hear the tv turn on behind me. It’s this video. I poop my pants, turn it off and try to not think about what happened. About ten minutes later it happens again. Shit myself a second time. I’m starting to freak out. Then a thought occurs. I go back to my bedroom down the hall. I frantically open the door. My girlfriend starts laughing her ass off. She had connected to the tv via Bluetooth to scare me. Needless to say, it worked.
Damn, I would have just stood there like “guess I’m dead.”
Your girlfriend is sadistic as hell 🤣🤣
Why is Jermas's heroin addicted older cousin violently causing death to infants
LMAO
ha! it’s even funnier seeing it the 918273rd time!
But on the serious note, who is that guy supposed to be and why was he on the TV?
@@billblaski9523 thats Jerma but epic
@@Zilly. Jerma gonna knock u out you keep taking about him
I feel like ive found a gold mine that hasnt been touched yet, you're extremely talented and interested in this plot. If this is not an Alternate then who or what is this creature and what does it have to do with Mark and Caesar. Keep up the good work :)
Yes man this is so good
I feel the same way
Same
Yea same
you already know matpat and coryxkenshin are gonna be all over this
this whole series is terrifying.
The messages TH-cam gives about disturbing content before the video starts adds to the horror and anticipation, which I like.
as we now know, the "distraught mother" is Lynn Murray, mother of the "missing infant" Adam Murray. holy shit.
@buckitøl ...yeah? i've already gone through the whole series ten times my man
@@hugenuts3968 damn it’s my first time watching this series and to know that someone had already gone through it many times is terrifying for me to do, but maybe after finishing it i’ll be used to it and i won’t get scared anymore
Who
imma be honest with my name i was mildly uncomfortable finding out HER name.
Wanna see another mandela catalogue video, Murray?
I'm sorry, but I keep bursting into laughter whenever I see an Alternate smiling like Jerma. I burst into laughter at 0:51 because although I wasn't expecting it instead of being scared I just thought of "When the Impostor is sus"
My favourite channel 😎
when the alternate is sus
Thank you. You just made this less creepy for me lol
@gadeno1919 2 never explicitly said it in particular was an alternate, just that they often smile like that
[DEAD CHILD REPORTED]
[Father Gently opened the door]
[DEAD MOTHER REPORTED]
[Alternate wins]
Bro rlly said. 👁 👁
👃
👄
0:00 My guy look like he’s had enough of your shenanigans
There’s something really unnerving about the idea that the monster or killer isn’t afraid to show their face to the camera. It’s almost like it knows it’s otherworldly power and the fact no one can do anything about it. So it just decided to taunt them further and allow them to look at it’s face before walking away.
The intruder is actually an alternate, called a tulpa. In-universe, they weren’t discovered until 2005. So he’s a demon.
Technically he is the right hand man of the devil himself so… yeah that could make sense
It’s the fact that they know you can’t do anything
This series has a cosmic horror vibe with otherworldly entities in it. But the use of religion and demons is a cool concept as well
This feels very martin walls-like and i love it. Hopefully this picks up traction eventually.
Yeah!And the intruder's face keeps popping up everywhere in this video.Reminds me of Jack Walten.
Good shit but i know someone did this before walls. I cant remember though. Im happy this content is becoming more prevalent.
@@Moonblade64 squimpus mcgrimpus, i think thats who you’re talking about
@@fazu3222 yes shrimpy gimpy
Walls didn’t invent analog horror
-Arrives at the crime scene
-feels an overwhelming sense of dread
-refuses to elaborate further
-leaves
Ladies and gentlemen a true gigachad
I mean I would be absolutely scared and depressed aswell if i was that investigator
I wonder if he’s developing MAD…
@@ace.l.w i havent thought abt that tho,u might be right
IM EXACTLY THE 500TH LIKE LESS GOOOO
@@ICantHandleThis210 but nobody cares
the line “distraught at the sight of her missing infant” is the biggest understatement of the century
"intruder alert, red spy is in the base."
This is, bar none, the best Mandela video you've made. I so desperately wish you'd go back and show society's reaction to over 3,000 kids just disappearing, I find that so much more intriguing than the individual characters.
The scene with the mom absolutely discomforted the shit out of me, it was amazing. The cut to the empty cradle and the tv and then the sudden cut of the mother hanging herself is absolutley horrifying i didnt even want to look. Well done.
she looked so burnt
A lot of this happens to be centered around fear. For example, during the emergency operator scene in the other video, it says not to talk too much, for you might show your fear. Additionally, in this episode, "Scary Imagery" happens to be the last topic considered unsafe for young children before it cuts to the "they exist on different spectrums" screen. Also, the mother takes her own life after losing her child, possibly as a result of immense fear (or just a natural but grim result of what happened.) The contents shown on the TV may have been too scary for the infant, causing it to disappear, possibly taken by something.
There are two main theories I've got here.
1. Some event has caused fear to create extreme homicidal and suicidal tendencies, and these mentally changed people are referred to as "Alternates."
2. There are creatures (perhaps the Alternates) that attempt to mimic human lifeforms, the first type just being there to root itself into a family or relationship, the last being creatures that exist possibly just to *scare* people. Perhaps the fear attracts the Alternates, or in the case of the infant, the power to manifest nearby and kidnap/kill you. EDIT: At the time of typing this, I've just now realized that maybe the Alternates are actually just entities that possess the ability to manipulate and edit video media, all in the purpose of scaring the viewer (maybe even us!) which adds onto the theory that these creatures feed off of fear and/or use it as a weapon to reach their victims. The recurring face may be a representation of the entity, mocking us because it knows that if we, the viewers, are watching it, that means that it's spread to a much, much larger scale than just TVs.
I only discovered this recently, so forgive me for any misconceptions. If there's anything you want to add to this or change, please let me know in the replies.
Yes you're right with the fear, these entities are attracted by it
So it's like primal fear.
Why is your channel in shambles
Fine nights at feddy
@@NahFYM Fine observation. I'll have to contact MatPat about that though, since he's an expert on the topic.
I would like to apologise for the comment I left about the allegations, as I now know you are fully innocent. So sorry, Alex, sorry for what I said. I really hope you’re okay after all of this that’s happened to you and the wrong that has been done. 👍❤
I loveeeee the real imagery usedd, it makes my heart churn
I don't know if anyone's already pointed this out, but if you turn on Closed Captions (which in this case, are generated automatically by TH-cam), it recognizes the alarm at 2:48 as "Laughter", which I find excruciatingly creepy.
But even creepier than that, just at the very last frame, when it says on screen that this "must not be released to the public for any reason", it just captions it as "you".
Would be scary if it was part of the creator's plan, but the fact that, again, these are AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED makes it horrifying.
Can you attempt to identify the singular frame of text at 04:40
Nevermind it says "possibly frightening in a dream"
i'm to scared to watch these with sound on, if it wasn't for this comment i would've never known it was actually an alarm and not laughter 😰
* directed by robert b weide in starts playing *
I saw some closed captions while the mother was looking for her child that said somehting along the lines of "me is foreign." Not sure if anyone else has seen this.
I really like how he uses the last recorded castrato singer, it always sounded so chilling to me and it fits the horror genre perfectly.
Oh my god you’re right. The fact they would mutilate boys like that just to get that castrato effect
@@HitsugiHime luckily it became illegal in like 1800s or 1900s.
Thankful to see that I was wrong. Whatever else may be going on now, I hope you’re okay, Alex.
1:46 photo is probably someone trying to sell a crib on a old phone
"wait until your child stops making noise before entering the room" sounds like an advice a ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️ would give
A WHAT WOULD GIVE
UHH UH UHHHH UUUHH WE'LL NEVER KNOW
Based on what
@4D1N you've become that guy lmao
@@venn7257 LAMBO TRUCK IS ALSO THAT GUY
2:30 Everything about this part is pure art. Something about the switch to more realistic images, paired with the abstract imagery of the suicide backed by the melancholic opera music just feels so tragic and beautiful. (Also the coffin in place of the cradle is HEAVY symbolism) Definitely the best Mandela Catalogue moment for me.
yeah its orgasmic
@@Canadian_Ice what part of this is orgasmic or Beautiful, the woman freaking died
@@Canadian_Ice pardon?
@@AllThatIsMortalusername checks out. its just an expression i use to say somethings rlly good
Scary fact the person singing this is a man who had his testicles cut off so he could keep his high pitched voice. This method was called a castrato.
>be gigachad intruder
>show up in TVs
>steal kids
>tell them I am inside your home
>refuse to elaborate further
>leave
2:32 my mind immediately went to StockTales 😂
I need a video game like this, elements out of pure fear and horror, but with no screaming or unnecessary loud noises. The closest we had to that is the first Silent Hill game.
Maybe if petscop became real
play omori then
With alternates? Or a game like this but with a different concept?
Have you tried Silent Hill Shattered Memories? There are monsters but only in specific areas and the rest it just amazingly eerie.
Have you heard of The Path before?
That screamer hits a lot harder when you’re holding your phone to your ear in a crowded dining hall to hear the dialogue
Man, that's oddly specific.
I feel your pain
Do you mean at 2:31?
@@CaylexT bro, i think you just saved my life.
or when there's people working on your roof and you're afraid to listen to it loudly and you go outside and the people have disappeared. 😟
Intruder: "I am inside your home"
Me, who lives there already: "Old news pal"
I'm no expert, but I think that woman was distraught at the sight of her missing infant. Just a hunch.
So alternates can travel through electronics?
They're stronger then i thought
I suspect they are like the whiping angels. If you look at them too long trough a screen, even if a photo, they will get inside of you and kill you from within in time.
This entities aren't actually alternates they are called intruders. Apparently the intruders are allies to the alternates
Then you thought what?
Make sense as there is different monsters because having a buffed up killing machine humanoid with THAT kind of powers is assured to be on a higher plane of dimensions
@@mushussu838 unless it’s some bullshit like a war between the two and humans are merely the resources stuck in the middle
Something I recognize: the singing that starts at 1:25 is the voice of Alessandro Moresechi.
Back in ye olden days, by that I mean like 11th century to 18th century, choirs would castrate some of the male choir boys (probably against their will most of the time) before they hit puberty in order to preserve their high pitched voices. The singing you hear is not that of a young choir boy, but rather that of a 44 year old man. Luckily, this practice was banned, or at least fell out of favor. Still, it’s terrifying how they tried to preserve the voices of young boys, but when you see the face behind the voice, it’s almost uncanny valley-like.
I’m terrible at coming up with theories or interpreting things, so I have no clue what connection, if any, this has with the actual storyline of the Mandela Catalogue, but I doubt it’s just for the sake of sounding creepy or being scary.
edit: I just noticed, the singing also appears in “Exhibition”. So now, I *highly* doubt it’s just for the sake of sounding creepy.
Do you know the name of the music?
In this universe, religious practices must be different since now Satan overthrone Jesus, so in this sense, it could just be referencing the fact that religious acts were cruel like this, or as you said, "being creepy for the sake of being creepy"
@@Ghost-fv6lw the song being sung is called Ava Maria, I think. Here’s the link if you want to listen to the full thing: th-cam.com/video/KLjvfqnD0ws/w-d-xo.html
I heard about Alessandro Moresechi and the song as of last Tuesday I believe. Originally I was afraid of that song playing in this video where the mother committed suicide after her child was abducted by the intruder via television because of how creepy it sounded within the context of that segment, and then I heard it in the Mr. Incredible becoming uncanny meme involving getting lost in certain places.
However, when I learned about the castrated singer's backstory, it left me even more unnerved, but also depressed. I hate the song, but not for the reason of "it's
too depressing and scary waaaa!1!1!1!", but for a different reason; the fact that the practice up until the 18th century was common and
acceptable.
Yes, this Moreschi recording is from around 1904 if memory serves.
While the _castrato_ are a thing of the past, occasionally, contemporary singers can achieve similar effects, such as Radu Marian, who has Kallman syndrome, a condition which basically delays puberty.
2:39 one of the things that made me feel uncomfortable. i’m not the type of person to be uncomforted easily, but this really did it
This is the type of stuff that makes me shine my phone around the room every 30 seconds
I got a recommendation from TH-cam for the Mandela Catalogue Vol 1 and I'm glad. This is really good. I like how "censoring" information lets your imagination run wild and lets you construct possibilities more horrifying than anything we could be shown.
@@hidratadop prove it
The mom after not even putting in a second of effort to look for her child:
“I have decided that I want to die”
Imagine if the kid just ran away lol
@@engineoil HOW COULD THE INFANT RUN AWAY??? LMAO
perhaps the mother knew who he is and knew what happened.
Well, the kid cant grow legs and walk away 🐱
Because she knew her child wouldn't come back. she knew that those entities took her child away and she'd never be able to get her child back. so, she just decided to kill herself.
It’s that fact the the crib turns into a coffin is what scares me
the goondela catalogue
"Distraught at the sight of her missing infant."
This is horrifying.
I know I'm looking too deep into this, but what if her child had died and she was hearing the baby cry while she was slowly going crazy, then when she realized she was hallucinating/hearing things, she hung herself.
That part hit me though.
I know this was a month ago but that's a cool theory! Personally I think she went to check on her crying child, but it turned out it was the alternate mimicking her child after it killed it. So the mother killed herself because she realised the alternate had taken her child away
@@lilcricket543 I like that theory as well!! :)
@@lilcricket543 the intruder isnt an alternate
My theory is that the tv was the one driving her crazy AFTER the baby abduction, so she probable killed herself because of de metaphysical awareness disorder
I guess you could say she was going…mad
1:35 fun fact about this song:
This song in particular (Ave Maria, CG 89a) is sung by none other than Alessandro Moreschi who is known to be be the last known Castrato singer in history, yet is the first ever singer to be recorded (this being in 1861 i think??)
To those who don’t know Castrato is a voice type, much like soprano and/or alto but is most commonly in males that have been castrated before puberty in order to keep their high-pitched voice for opera singing. This of course came with many health risks but i digress.
Knowing the dark history of this song makes this scene much more chilling to me, at least in some sense.
(edit: sorry if this is typed really badly i’m typing this at midnight lol)
that fact is not very fun
(Sorry if it stinks i farted so much)
Yes I was searching for this comment!!!
@@skybliss338 being a castrato was actually sought after because it came with a practical guarantee of good pay and employment for life! There are of course other reasons to think about why young children (8-10, if I remember correctly?) may wish to retain a high voice and avoid male puberty. Performance aesthetics certainly plays a role, and there’s also the question of “how much are the parents or guardians of this child using them for money?”
Gender politics in 17th-19th century Italian opera are really interesting, and Spanish is similar in that only individuals who are biologically female were desired for performance on stage, which led to AFAB individuals training their voices and bodies to look and sound more masculine.
WHY ARE YOU WATCHING YHIS AT MIDNIGHT