I dont know how you only have 35K followers, as your videos feature top notch research and the videos themselves are of outstanding quality with the news articles and pictures of the original crime scenes and such.
I'm 15 years old and I want to be a homicide detective. It's been a passion of mine for probably around 4 years now, this has inspired me to follow through with this passion, thank you for the amazing video man!
Whatever one on here is saying is good advice. However what they're forgetting is to be a good detective you have to have good instincts. I was an investigator for 6 years, and I'mma tell you I've seen a lot of people who have college education not able to use common sense. Pay attention to details and if something doesn't sound right, always question it. Learn how to read people by their behavior and mannerisms. Have a general knowledge of your demographics and areas of investigation. Study cultures, backgrounds, and psychological profiles. Read up on the FBI's Criminal Behavior Unit in Quantico. I do wonder why all of that would be prevalent to an authentic investigator. Is prevalent because you don't want to be that one guy who causes an innocent person to get incarcerated. Bell very leery of witness testimony. People don't pay attention and they tend to jump to conclusions a lot!
If you are indeed the age you say and you are indeed interested in being a homicide detective you need to be aware of a few things. First and foremost, you will be traumatized and damaged by the things you will see and experience. This will prematurely age you physically. It will also put a tremendous amount of strain on you emotionally and mentally. You should talk to a psychologist who works with law enforcement so you can get some of the stories they hear. The next I would say is if you aren’t already street smart by the age of 14 then you might not have what it takes. In order for anyone in law enforcement to be an investigator they have to be able to think how a criminal would. This can cause damage to your mental health for a multitude of reasons. Also, you will be a professional liar, all cops are allowed to lie in order to extract information. The only problem with this is that you will begin to lie all the time. It happens to everyone. Only a psychopath or sociopath can be a police officer without taking emotional and mental damage from the trauma. EDIT: I worked as a police officer until I became a father.
This is why a lot of normal people in Cleveland have their CCW, carrying a gun is necessary in certain neighborhoods. Don't wanna be caught in gun fight without a gun.
@@paulblart9230 Yikes, I'm sorry to read that! I'm down in the southwestern part of the state, but I've been really active in the Ohio medical marijuana community for the last few months, and I've made some friends that live around there.
lol no its not that bad. as long you aren't in a gang beef or hang out with serial killers the majority of you do not need a gun. quit acting tough on the internet
I lived up near Cleveland for many years. I left a couple of years after the third teenager was kidnapped by Ariel Castro. Not long after I left, 11 women's bodies were discovered in Anthony Sowell's house and buried in his yard. At the time, I was in a custody battle for 3 of my kids, and the court was trying to make me move back to the area! I had a one year old daughter then, and the three girls were still missing. I told them to pound sand if they think I'd ever move back! I wasn't about to put not only my life and safety in danger, but my daughter's, too! It was bad enough that my boys lived up there. I spent nearly a decade worried that everytime a 216 or 440 area code popped up on my phone, it was the police calling to tell me one or more of my boys were dead or dying. The cops up there were awful and very unhelpful with the situation.
THE POLICE ARE THE BIGGEST MOST VIOLENT EVIL GANG OF HEARTLESS THUGS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!! DON'T BE BRAINWASHED!!! PS: I currently live in North Olmsted west side of Cleveland ❤
Cities like Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee Chicago and Pittsburg were some of the wealthiest and safest cities in the world a few decades ago. Many people don’t think that is possible but it’s true. My dad told me that in the fifties a ten year old kid could ride his bike anywhere in Atlanta and be safe as long as he didn’t get hit by a car
I grew up in East Cleveland. It was a lil rough then, now it looks like a war zone.i try not to even ride thru EC if all possible. There are several streets where all the houses are bandos (abandoned houses). The houses use to be so big and beautiful. I feel sorry for the older people who own their house but can't sale because they are surrounded by abandoned homes
I mean you aren’t going to get murdered or robbed there it’s a ghost city. I live there and it’s dead at night, you here gun shots of people shooting up in the air because their bored, but it’s pretty much dead as a bat.
RIP IT DOWN PEOPLE OF TASTE & ARCHITECTURE LOVE BROWNSTONE when i see these places in NY i was shock Those who love them move in its gentrification Really,its man who love the city an willin to fix it up,not aliens I am speakin as canadien in the most expensive place in Vancouver 10-30 million PEOPLE need to clean up own place The world was never meant to be equal it never will
Killings aside (not put aside lightly, mind you), most of these neighborhoods look like they were quite beautiful in their day. To see entire neighborhoods go to ruin is an absolute travesty. You guys do a great job of scripting, narrating and editing. I'm glad I caught your channel in what I consider to be its earlier days. Keep up the great content and I'm sure it'll grow by leaps and bounds, as you deserve it.
Wow! I was born and raised in Cleveland. I left for the military in 2001. Never lived there again, but visit all the time due to family being there. I was unaware about all this info here. Very good documentary indeed.
You need to talk to the elders of your family. My dad was from Cleveland. I still have family in Shaker Heights, Euclid Ave, Collingwood, Cleveland Heights. Serial killers go all the way back to the '30s with the Torso Killer aka Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run "The Flats." Now I'm 45 years old and grew up mostly in Ga, joined the Marines in '97 myself. So idk how you haven't heard about ANY of these killings. Some of those old stories that old people tell are worth listening to.
Wow... The scale of abandonement of the area almost feels like, people were in a rush to leave, like in zombie movies. They left behind so many personal items. It's sad to watch
Imagine those 1920's people of Elderwood being teleported forward in time, landing in the same spot to see what their neighbourhood looked like today, a hundred years later.
Imagine them being terrified by their own Serial killer on the loose that was more brutal than Anything you've seen in this video. BTW he was never identified or captured. The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.
This has to be the first time that someone talking about murder online actually went and looked around said area. Crazyy stuff and very interesting to see.
@@batosi3112 No I do not live in east Cleveland however Ive seen pictures of thriving communities after WWII and from this video it looks like east Cleveland was one of them. Im sorry you have lived in such a terrible place assuming you live in/have lived in Cleveland. My old home town is a mess too.
@@batosi3112 it was up through the 1950’s. My family lived there from the 20’s til the early ‘60’s. They all split due to moving away for jobs, getting married, going to college etc. and they never went back. Now it’s a heartbreaking mess and scary.
I grew up in Garfield, the black part, and we would go spend our summers in EC at an aunts house. My children are 30 and it’s difficult for them to understand how steep this decline is. My son lived in the house behind Anthony Sowell(on Soika).
Yes, shame on Cleveland for not demolishing those horrible places. And, it is a slap in the face to the victims and the surrounding community. They are a blight and must be removed or the danger will continue. I feel sorry for those that live there and have to see that everyday.
Many of those homes could be considered Mansions - The ones that aren't totally destroyed should be renovated like they used to be! Or allow families to have a house for Free on the condition that it is repaired & painted! - Soo Sad that such a Beautiful City has gone to Hell in less than 70 yrs
Also, if you watch the VICE docu which this video shows a few times, the host of it, he *also* resembles a younger, better looking version of these fellows too!! I swear lol
@Techdeath hippie. Please!!!! "Ya the music is snniy". What on earth is that nonsense your conveying. Is that a special form of English your trying to start as a trend. Please stop, your embarrassing yourself by showing the whole internet your ignorance and your obviously a lack at being able to construct a sentence properly so normal people can understand what your trying to say and not spend ten minutes trying to work out what new language your trying out on the general population !
I grew up in a suburb of CLE, and have some friends that have recently retired from health care and law enforcement and can attest to the breakdown and collapse of a once great city.
Spent most of my formative years on page ave with my God mother. Anthony Sowell lived right next door the whole time. That house used to be blue. When I played outside i had a fascination with that house and never knew why...until now. he been killing since he was young and then went to prison for a short time...then the killing stopped until he was released back on the streets. Me and my mother used to catch the bus from Coventry over to Page Ave...then I would spend the night most nights because it was too dark for a mother and kid to be walking through East Clev. That was my home away from home. There was always a strange smell but was too little to put two and two together. My God mother probably knew ...maybe that's why she never let me come outside alone.
There should be a totally separate justice system for sadistic serial killers. It should strip them of EVERY human right and allow any family member of the victims to do any and everything they want to them...
Serial killers of any race are extremely rare, especially with the advancements in forensic. And the idea "Justice for black women" has been co-opted to justify the prison industrial complex.
Well done work on this disturbing set of cases, RR. Loved the extensive backstory and news footage combined with your v/o and explores of the locations. Thank you for all you do. Happy New Year.👍🏼🤘🏼😎
@@CleanMusicLover229 you must not be aware that there are retired sketchy judges who get allowed to retire on the city council boards. It's not a stretch that they are exacerbating issues and allowing the death of their citizens. Did you not watch the video? He even says it "city government was having issues with finances and corruption", it's literally stated. You really need to educate yourself on the goings ons of the US system, because it seems you are unaware enough to say something so trivial. Now, YES you're right that they're are (likely) not apart of the serial killer crew that's plaguing the city but do not think for a SECOND that they don't have blood on their hands from the corruption that took place.
I've been in Collingwood,Ohio "East C-town" since 80' this shit worse than whats in this documentary.last 6-9months we been having a problem wit a group of kids driving around randomly shooting anyone 2-3 times a week they been shooting kids/teens walking to schools or random adults just walking on the sidewalk."Dont walk these streets no more" thats what a lot of us be sayin these days,you got to get a ride.These groups of kids just driving around shooting an killing people just to do it.So much killing going on in East Cleveland its hard to tell whats a serial killer homicide and whats just drug deal gone bad or a robbery and even if their was for sure a serial killer the cops wouldnt tell the people to "keep safe and be on the look out in the areas" Just look at Sowell the man could of been caught years before but shady ass police work let that man go even a parole officer visit multiple times when he had bodies in the house and the man didnt go in just talk to him on the outside of his home.Thats why the families sued the police over the Sowell case and got damn near a million or more.The CPD dont give a shit bout these areas in Cleveland.They just scrape up the bodies and continue day to day.
I grew up on a 134th & Argus and left in the mid 90’s and it was bad then. Its sad to hear and see what has become of the place now. In my opinion its done systemically to leave serial killers to continue to kill. Just another form of genocide!
it was killing going on in EC in the 90' and 00' that was the height there is no rampant killings or crime going on in EC i mean dont get me wrong there is definitely crime but EC is technically a suburb but its only 17,000 people in the city hardly no businesses to speak of the crime rates are higher in others suburbs like mentor,cleve hts.euclid,parma because it's way more people like 35 to 40 thousand more people than EC nobody robs and kills or sell drugs to much in a ghost town sir
@@tonyharden7630 Have u ever looked at the statistics between E.Clev.and Mentor? They go by per capita of every 1,000 people and E.Clev.has 17-18k pop.like u said and still has a higher probably % rate of being a victim of a violent crime then the 50k+ in Mentor. Now the % is close between the 2 but then again one has over double the population.I'll go walk any street any time of the day in Mentor even the so called "ghetto of Mentor the headlands" Ive done it.Your analogy of using Mentor a town that has had 8 murders since 2009.Where as our ghost town with less than half their population had 17-22 last year and at 15 for the year now. E.Cleveland in the top 10 worst cities for crime in Ohio.Mentor is almost 40th.We see enough those white preppy Mentor people out here wit they Cardinal stickers in the windows driving around buying their dope.Now u right most of the time common sense is more people more crime but petty theft and theft holds the biggest % of crime in Mentor.Whats businesses have to do wit the crime out here? I dont understand what that has anything to do wit? Y'all dont have a clue about the $#it going on out here cause they dont put any of the $#it in the news when its coming out of East Cleveland when the last time you heard of a murder coming out of East Cleveland on the news? But they happening.Over the last month in North Collingwood theirs been 9 armed robberies probably more by now been told its the waste 5 n dirty 30's.Over at the courts they jacked 3 buyers for their rides just over the last 2 weeks but you dont u hear bout none of it in the paper, t.v.news anything.Out of sight out of mind dont talk bout it then no one will ever know its happening.Now see an outbreak of armed robberies happen in Mentor or people getting jacked for their rides and see how fast its on the news.You was right about Parma etc.etc but then again its only common sense to know more people more crime thats not difficult to figure out but our ghost town still has a higher probability %rates of becoming a victim of a violent crime per every 1,000 people than a lot of cities in Ohio even with higher populations.Thats a fact sir.
As all of our jobs going overseas this is the fate of our entire country in our cities and Industrial communities is reminiscent of when they built the interstates and closed down entire towns but this is on a much bigger scale so sad to see the devastation and decline once beautiful thriving places
I love your editing, love the tone you strike too. Giving a sociological lens to the problem of Cleveland serial killers is a fresh breath of air among true crime channels. Just subscribed!! :)
I grew up on Chapman (0:39) My family has lived on this street since the 80’s it’s bn f’d up I remember finding a body on the other end of chapman I knew women and girls that have bn killed rip to all victims
It is absolutely is extremely scary. I grew up in this area and moved in the 90’s to Canada. I was always spiteful as I always missed everyone but seeing this I know it was the best decision my mother couldve made.
@@trinibagowaynecaribbean1611 it was angry ass mother fucker ville to me. Everybody stomps around staring hard, everybody honks their horn for no apparent reason, people just randomly get mad in traffic and start blowing red lights and cutting people off. Nobody would sell my white ass weed either. Met some nice people too though. I love all the people who work at that gas station right by the train bridge, gas USA or some shit. Everybody who went there seemed more friendly.
@@trinibagowaynecaribbean1611 I moved to Cleveland for a couple years with my girlfriend. The first place was between Superior and Euclid on Delmont, then we were able to get a nicer place on E 118. I don't know where Nobel is. We stayed less than 3 years, had to move during COVID because we couldn't get hours. Tough city imo. I'm not sheltered or anything; I've lived in very bad parts of Rochester and Reading PA. Cleveland is way bigger and busier than both though and the whole thing just sprawls on and on. I really didn't like it, no offense . I do like the state though. In nature, it can be very beautiful. I've had great times driving out to parks and nature reserves and just fucking around out there.
Very awesome video. I just moved to Cleveland and I have heard about this being the "Seriel Killer capital". This was a really interesting look at this. I like how you gave the background of east Cleveland as well. Nice job!!
@@kiaj.d.5855 idk not really sure lol. Im from AZ. The weather is really nice here. I enjoy the cold. I hated the weather in AZ. Way 2 hot. Plus people are really nice here and I love the vibe of the city. Are you from CLE?
@@kiaj.d.5855 everyone here hates the cold but i love it. This city is amazing though. The people are awesome, food is great. What more could u ask for? Lol plus the summers are not bad and changing of seasons is GORGEOUS
@@tylergullion9787 where do you live exactly? Where you live in the city determines your experience. In the late 80s and yearly 90s I lived in East Cleveland. Then we moved to the Milverton area between Van Aken and Kinsman. lived in Willowick, Mayfield and Shaker as an adult. I moved in 2013.
@@theimmortal4718 clean it up and put hard working people back in a healthy environment so it can thrive again why not attempt to do it just because its a slum now doesn't mean it cant get back to what it once was given the funding and officials that are not corrupt
@@DbDb-pn4fu There have been hundred of thousands of cities that have disappeared from the face of the earth over the millennia. They all disappeared for one reason or another. These midwestern industrial cities were built because river based transportation used to be more important than it is now. They were also built in colder climates before the advent of air conditioning. The production, for the most part, were moved to southern cities in states like South Carolina and georgia 40 years ago. These communities aren't coming back and there's no reason to build up an area that fewer and fewer people want to live. These buildings need to be demolished, but they won't be rebuilt any more than we will begin building model T cars again.
@@DbDb-pn4fu Hard-working people aren't going to move into those areas and risk being victims of violent crime. Even if the areas were built back up, they would be accused of racism. Cries of "gentrification" will drive investment out.
Ain’t nobody wanna rebuild there if the same people who destroyed it will stay there. Then if a big corporation moves in to build it up, people are gonna say it’s gentrification
A trend I've noticed in male serial killers is that during their childhood years, they didn't have strong male protection from the bitterness and misandry of female caretakers. Degeneracy gave way to further degeneracy.
East Cleveland has such beautiful older houses with so much potential. Need to do something about the abandon houses and apartment buildings. Knock them down and build fresh or renovate. Something needs to be done..
I saw an episode of the first 48, there was a case of a woman found strangled and raped in east Cleveland. They didn't catch the killer. I got curious and looked her case up. Turns out there were like 4 or 5 woman killed in similar circumstances within a mile of each other. Yeah east Cleveland has got some serial killers.
Those poor souls what happened to them was evil a monster with a human face rest in peace beautiful ladies may the family's find healing and peace and blessing
I hate goin thru EC its depressing with all the potholes and abandoned houses .....it could 30 houses on a street but only 3 homes have residents all the windows are missing its just a eerie lil city
Been looking threw millions of comments trying to find 1 that confirms Black Lives Matter has helped even one of these poor families or neighborhoods???? Not found a single one ….not one person ….wonder why ?
Crazy. I’m just catching up on your videos- I was gone in deployment and missed a few. Anyway, I was a kid (5-8 or so) in East Cleveland in the mid 80s. It was rough back then.
This is what happens when you don't cherish and show love to your children....I truly believe this .....it's rare, when a serial killer has a great background😔
I am from Cleveland also, but a Westsider, lived & graduated from Lakewood, but my mom is an Eastsider and would always take me to the east side, so I am very familiar with Cleveland Heights, East Cleveland, etc. One of my best friends lives on E128th St. We had a family friend that was an East Cleveland firefighter and I got a tour of the EC fire station (on Euclid) in about 1975, but it was bad even by then. My mom, along with with grandma told me East Cleveland used to be beautiful, as nice Lakewood, then it went spiraling down the drain fast in the late 1960s. I agree with others, the houses were incredible how big and beautiful they were on Euclid, huge, like 4000 to 5000 square feet, mansions. Most of them were abandoned and falling down, and most have now been torn down now I guess. I feel bad for all these women, whether prostitutes or not. I pray they be at peace.
I dont know how you only have 35K followers, as your videos feature top notch research and the videos themselves are of outstanding quality with the news articles and pictures of the original crime scenes and such.
I'm 15 years old and I want to be a homicide detective. It's been a passion of mine for probably around 4 years now, this has inspired me to follow through with this passion, thank you for the amazing video man!
Study hard in school, so You can get into a good University, don't forget about the ACT test, very important.
You can be anything you want. Do your best at everything you do. Anything worth doing is worth doing right.
Whatever one on here is saying is good advice. However what they're forgetting is to be a good detective you have to have good instincts. I was an investigator for 6 years, and I'mma tell you I've seen a lot of people who have college education not able to use common sense.
Pay attention to details and if something doesn't sound right, always question it. Learn how to read people by their behavior and mannerisms. Have a general knowledge of your demographics and areas of investigation. Study cultures, backgrounds, and psychological profiles. Read up on the FBI's Criminal Behavior Unit in Quantico.
I do wonder why all of that would be prevalent to an authentic investigator. Is prevalent because you don't want to be that one guy who causes an innocent person to get incarcerated. Bell very leery of witness testimony. People don't pay attention and they tend to jump to conclusions a lot!
If you are indeed the age you say and you are indeed interested in being a homicide detective you need to be aware of a few things. First and foremost, you will be traumatized and damaged by the things you will see and experience. This will prematurely age you physically. It will also put a tremendous amount of strain on you emotionally and mentally. You should talk to a psychologist who works with law enforcement so you can get some of the stories they hear. The next I would say is if you aren’t already street smart by the age of 14 then you might not have what it takes. In order for anyone in law enforcement to be an investigator they have to be able to think how a criminal would. This can cause damage to your mental health for a multitude of reasons. Also, you will be a professional liar, all cops are allowed to lie in order to extract information. The only problem with this is that you will begin to lie all the time. It happens to everyone. Only a psychopath or sociopath can be a police officer without taking emotional and mental damage from the trauma. EDIT: I worked as a police officer until I became a father.
It's sad because if you look past all the slum you can just imagine the beauty of that neighborhood in it's prime.
I kept thinking the same thing. At one point, these homes were someone's dream!
Wouldn't believe it was a sub if someone didnt tell me
Must have been beautiful in the 1950s
I think about that alllll the time . Like it was so beautiful at one point in time , in a way it’s still beautiful
@@apancher until it was all stolen by anti Americans like Bidern
This is why a lot of normal people in Cleveland have their CCW, carrying a gun is necessary in certain neighborhoods. Don't wanna be caught in gun fight without a gun.
That's the first rule, right? Stay strapped or get clapped.
It’s really sad I just moved here and found out my downstairs neighbor is a tier 3 sex offender. Need to get something soon
@@paulblart9230 Yikes, I'm sorry to read that! I'm down in the southwestern part of the state, but I've been really active in the Ohio medical marijuana community for the last few months, and I've made some friends that live around there.
I'm in Cleveland & don't go anywhere without my Glock.
lol no its not that bad. as long you aren't in a gang beef or hang out with serial killers the majority of you do not need a gun. quit acting tough on the internet
I lived up near Cleveland for many years. I left a couple of years after the third teenager was kidnapped by Ariel Castro. Not long after I left, 11 women's bodies were discovered in Anthony Sowell's house and buried in his yard. At the time, I was in a custody battle for 3 of my kids, and the court was trying to make me move back to the area! I had a one year old daughter then, and the three girls were still missing. I told them to pound sand if they think I'd ever move back! I wasn't about to put not only my life and safety in danger, but my daughter's, too! It was bad enough that my boys lived up there. I spent nearly a decade worried that everytime a 216 or 440 area code popped up on my phone, it was the police calling to tell me one or more of my boys were dead or dying. The cops up there were awful and very unhelpful with the situation.
THE POLICE ARE THE BIGGEST MOST VIOLENT EVIL GANG OF HEARTLESS THUGS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!! DON'T BE BRAINWASHED!!!
PS: I currently live in North Olmsted west side of Cleveland ❤
Im bawlingh eyes out over this 😭
Did food delivery in east Cleveland for ten years. Conceal carry .
Brave hearted
Better get strapped in these streets🤦🏾♂️
Wow yes u are brave
I lived all over Cleveland I lived west side off Lorain for awhile
@@abdelmajidahmed1902 wtf is with all these Arabs living of there dad's gas station money thinking there gangster?
@@zd9993 who’s the Arab?
Cities like Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee Chicago and Pittsburg were some of the wealthiest and safest cities in the world a few decades ago. Many people don’t think that is possible but it’s true. My dad told me that in the fifties a ten year old kid could ride his bike anywhere in Atlanta and be safe as long as he didn’t get hit by a car
Unfortunately guns and drugs being brought into these downtown areas completely destroyed them.
Drugs, I hate drugs and drug addicts, people have no morals and just don't care.
This is 100% true
My family moved to a suburb of cle because it was one of the safest and best school systems. 2 decades later and it's one of the worst in the state.
Not to mention St. Louis. Down from a population of 856,796 in 1950 to 308,826 in 2017. Percentage-wise, that's just as bad as Detroit.
I grew up in East Cleveland. It was a lil rough then, now it looks like a war zone.i try not to even ride thru EC if all possible. There are several streets where all the houses are bandos (abandoned houses). The houses use to be so big and beautiful. I feel sorry for the older people who own their house but can't sale because they are surrounded by abandoned homes
I mean you aren’t going to get murdered or robbed there it’s a ghost city. I live there and it’s dead at night, you here gun shots of people shooting up in the air because their bored, but it’s pretty much dead as a bat.
RIP IT DOWN
PEOPLE OF TASTE & ARCHITECTURE LOVE BROWNSTONE
when i see these places in NY i was shock
Those who love them move in its gentrification
Really,its man who love the city an willin to fix it up,not aliens
I am speakin as canadien in the most expensive place in Vancouver
10-30 million
PEOPLE need to clean up own place
The world was never meant to be equal it never will
The elderly are targets.
why dont they get tore down?
@@kayamaghan788 Your trippin hard I grew up in E.C 55 and that shii awful most of my cousins dead or in jail u must live in some suburb or sum
Damn I grew up in East Cleveland and I still won’t walk through the hood. This kids got balls.
If you live there it’s a little different. This kid is obviously not living there so yeah that’s risky.
Killings aside (not put aside lightly, mind you), most of these neighborhoods look like they were quite beautiful in their day. To see entire neighborhoods go to ruin is an absolute travesty. You guys do a great job of scripting, narrating and editing. I'm glad I caught your channel in what I consider to be its earlier days. Keep up the great content and I'm sure it'll grow by leaps and bounds, as you deserve it.
Heck ya, they always do a great job. They are killin' it (no pun intended)!
Drugs and trafficking have ruined Cleveland. I read somewhere that Ohio is becoming the capital of human trafficking in the States.
It looks like a lot of Detroit ☹
East Cleveland was very affluent and gorgeous in the 50's-60's.
@@myadorablefosters A lot like Detroit. I'm from Cleveland.
Wow! I was born and raised in Cleveland. I left for the military in 2001. Never lived there again, but visit all the time due to family being there. I was unaware about all this info here. Very good documentary indeed.
Thank you for your service!
You need to talk to the elders of your family. My dad was from Cleveland. I still have family in Shaker Heights, Euclid Ave, Collingwood, Cleveland Heights. Serial killers go all the way back to the '30s with the Torso Killer aka Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run "The Flats."
Now I'm 45 years old and grew up mostly in Ga, joined the Marines in '97 myself. So idk how you haven't heard about ANY of these killings. Some of those old stories that old people tell are worth listening to.
Wow... The scale of abandonement of the area almost feels like, people were in a rush to leave, like in zombie movies. They left behind so many personal items. It's sad to watch
Never fear Black Lives Matter errrrrr ARNT HERE 🤨
Imagine those 1920's people of Elderwood being teleported forward in time, landing in the same spot to see what their neighbourhood looked like today, a hundred years later.
Imagine them being terrified by their own Serial killer on the loose that was more brutal than Anything you've seen in this video. BTW he was never identified or captured. The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.
imagine them seeing those homes turned into apartments and becoming the Hood......🤔
This has to be the first time that someone talking about murder online actually went and looked around said area.
Crazyy stuff and very interesting to see.
Lamont at Large
A really well done documentary. Really enjoyed the use of old news footage, and your narration was well-paced and respectful. Keep it up
That's why i don't leave the house without a weapon
Exactly,..keep up the good work,carry and train
Me either one stays in my car on my person I have rifles in my closet
Repent and be baptized every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ and then you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Respect, rather get caught with it than without it💯
Such a sad ending to such a once thriving community. Very well documented thank you 💕
Did you just call east Cleveland a once thriving community? You obviously dont live here
@@batosi3112 No I do not live in east Cleveland however Ive seen pictures of thriving communities after WWII and from this video it looks like east Cleveland was one of them. Im sorry you have lived in such a terrible place assuming you live in/have lived in Cleveland. My old home town is a mess too.
@@batosi3112 it was up through the 1950’s. My family lived there from the 20’s til the early ‘60’s. They all split due to moving away for jobs, getting married, going to college etc. and they never went back. Now it’s a heartbreaking mess and scary.
Had to stop the video and say a prayer for those poor women. Hopefully in another place they could be happy and healthy with beautiful family's. 🙏😔
I had to stop the video too. Feel so sorry for these poor girls, how scared they had to be and hurt. Feel really creeped out.
This is excellent work! True crime, archival footage, urban exploration, an intense, menacing score, and informative voice-overs.
I grew up in Garfield, the black part, and we would go spend our summers in EC at an aunts house. My children are 30 and it’s difficult for them to understand how steep this decline is. My son lived in the house behind Anthony Sowell(on Soika).
Put together better than docs you get on tv. Just found your Channel, excellent!
79th and Superior i was born and raised.....Cleveland is home and i literally been around the world.
It’s a known fact that there at least 2 serial killers in a major city at one time
We got a solid 10 in EC
Get rid of those derelict buildings! Nowhere to hide!
Yes, shame on Cleveland for not demolishing those horrible places. And, it is a slap in the face to the victims and the surrounding community. They are a blight and must be removed or the danger will continue. I feel sorry for those that live there and have to see that everyday.
Many of those homes could be considered Mansions -
The ones that aren't totally destroyed should be renovated like they used to be! Or allow families to have a house for Free on the condition that it is repaired & painted! -
Soo Sad that such a Beautiful City has gone to Hell in less than 70 yrs
My grandmother grew up in East Cleveland and it was a very wealthy and upscale neighborhood back then.
Just plain creepy how much Sowell and Madison look alike!?!?
Also, if you watch the VICE docu which this video shows a few times, the host of it, he *also* resembles a younger, better looking version of these fellows too!! I swear lol
Demonic possession, what You are seeing is a demon behind their face
This is how a documentary should be done.
documentary....???....more of a montage of news clips......but , to each their own......
...minus the overpowering music... it's a no from me!
The noise is terrible
@@DiamondPearl ya the music is snniy
@Techdeath hippie. Please!!!! "Ya the music is snniy". What on earth is that nonsense your conveying. Is that a special form of English your trying to start as a trend. Please stop, your embarrassing yourself by showing the whole internet your ignorance and your obviously a lack at being able to construct a sentence properly so normal people can understand what your trying to say and not spend ten minutes trying to work out what new language your trying out on the general population !
I grew up in a suburb of CLE, and have some friends that have recently retired from health care and law enforcement and can attest to the breakdown and collapse of a once great city.
Spent most of my formative years on page ave with my God mother. Anthony Sowell lived right next door the whole time. That house used to be blue. When I played outside i had a fascination with that house and never knew why...until now.
he been killing since he was young and then went to prison for a short time...then the killing stopped until he was released back on the streets.
Me and my mother used to catch the bus from Coventry over to Page Ave...then I would spend the night most nights because it was too dark for a mother and kid to be walking through East Clev.
That was my home away from home. There was always a strange smell but was too little to put two and two together. My God mother probably knew ...maybe that's why she never let me come outside alone.
Where are "YOU" now ?
Really enjoyed this! Great pacing and editing, keep up the good work!
Another awesome Video!!! Keep up the hard work, Thank you, Miigwetch!
Looks like a good place to film a zombie movie
@Coco_fit haha hells yeah
Excellent production!!
There should be a totally separate justice system for sadistic serial killers. It should strip them of EVERY human right and allow any family member of the victims to do any and everything they want to them...
The punishment should fit the crime
The serial killer that killed those 11 women died in prison yesterday.. justice served?😣😣😣🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
This is such a well done series! Top notch! 👍👍
This is a perfect example of why I will never live in a city again
There used to be a time when people acted like black men couldn’t be serial killers. It’s long overdue time to get justice for black women.
Woooowwwww
@Rocket Pliance That's not racism, that's stereotyping. "Racism" doesn't fit in this context.
RTA employees were aware of serials stalking in EC. Didn't give a damn.
Serial killers of any race are extremely rare, especially with the advancements in forensic. And the idea "Justice for black women" has been co-opted to justify the prison industrial complex.
@@rayzebbs6614 Well I'm sure it's rare, not rare enough. And solving crimes using forensics isn't as easy as they make it look in TV.
Well done work on this disturbing set of cases, RR. Loved the extensive backstory and news footage combined with your v/o and explores of the locations. Thank you for all you do. Happy New Year.👍🏼🤘🏼😎
I came across this video and I'm now a fan of this channel.
So sad, and interesting. Fantastic video!
This is wild, I literally grew up in east cleveland between Euclid and E133rd during the 2000s
Im born and Raised in East Cleveland i GRaduated from Shaw High School ,blame the City Hall they our the real criminal's
City council is not killing people
@@CleanMusicLover229 you must not be aware that there are retired sketchy judges who get allowed to retire on the city council boards. It's not a stretch that they are exacerbating issues and allowing the death of their citizens. Did you not watch the video? He even says it "city government was having issues with finances and corruption", it's literally stated. You really need to educate yourself on the goings ons of the US system, because it seems you are unaware enough to say something so trivial. Now, YES you're right that they're are (likely) not apart of the serial killer crew that's plaguing the city but do not think for a SECOND that they don't have blood on their hands from the corruption that took place.
@@CleanMusicLover229 Life is more nuanced than that.
Most likely
I've been in Collingwood,Ohio "East C-town" since 80' this shit worse than whats in this documentary.last 6-9months we been having a problem wit a group of kids driving around randomly shooting anyone 2-3 times a week they been shooting kids/teens walking to schools or random adults just walking on the sidewalk."Dont walk these streets no more" thats what a lot of us be sayin these days,you got to get a ride.These groups of kids just driving around shooting an killing people just to do it.So much killing going on in East Cleveland its hard to tell whats a serial killer homicide and whats just drug deal gone bad or a robbery and even if their was for sure a serial killer the cops wouldnt tell the people to "keep safe and be on the look out in the areas" Just look at Sowell the man could of been caught years before but shady ass police work let that man go even a parole officer visit multiple times when he had bodies in the house and the man didnt go in just talk to him on the outside of his home.Thats why the families sued the police over the Sowell case and got damn near a million or more.The CPD dont give a shit bout these areas in Cleveland.They just scrape up the bodies and continue day to day.
I grew up on a 134th & Argus and left in the mid 90’s and it was bad then. Its sad to hear and see what has become of the place now. In my opinion its done systemically to leave serial killers to continue to kill. Just another form of genocide!
I hear ya and that shitz sad.
Your post was better than the doc!
it was killing going on in EC in the 90' and 00' that was the height there is no rampant killings or crime going on in EC i mean dont get me wrong there is definitely crime but EC is technically a suburb but its only 17,000 people in the city hardly no businesses to speak of the crime rates are higher in others suburbs like mentor,cleve hts.euclid,parma because it's way more people like 35 to 40 thousand more people than EC nobody robs and kills or sell drugs to much in a ghost town sir
@@tonyharden7630 Have u ever looked at the statistics between E.Clev.and Mentor? They go by per capita of every 1,000 people and E.Clev.has 17-18k pop.like u said and still has a higher probably % rate of being a victim of a violent crime then the 50k+ in Mentor. Now the % is close between the 2 but then again one has over double the population.I'll go walk any street any time of the day in Mentor even the so called "ghetto of Mentor the headlands" Ive done it.Your analogy of using Mentor a town that has had 8 murders since 2009.Where as our ghost town with less than half their population had 17-22 last year and at 15 for the year now. E.Cleveland in the top 10 worst cities for crime in Ohio.Mentor is almost 40th.We see enough those white preppy Mentor people out here wit they Cardinal stickers in the windows driving around buying their dope.Now u right most of the time common sense is more people more crime but petty theft and theft holds the biggest % of crime in Mentor.Whats businesses have to do wit the crime out here? I dont understand what that has anything to do wit? Y'all dont have a clue about the $#it going on out here cause they dont put any of the $#it in the news when its coming out of East Cleveland when the last time you heard of a murder coming out of East Cleveland on the news? But they happening.Over the last month in North Collingwood theirs been 9 armed robberies probably more by now been told its the waste 5 n dirty 30's.Over at the courts they jacked 3 buyers for their rides just over the last 2 weeks but you dont u hear bout none of it in the paper, t.v.news anything.Out of sight out of mind dont talk bout it then no one will ever know its happening.Now see an outbreak of armed robberies happen in Mentor or people getting jacked for their rides and see how fast its on the news.You was right about Parma etc.etc but then again its only common sense to know more people more crime thats not difficult to figure out but our ghost town still has a higher probability %rates of becoming a victim of a violent crime per every 1,000 people than a lot of cities in Ohio even with higher populations.Thats a fact sir.
You need to look into the motel murders in East Cleveland and Cleveland 5th district. All serial killing strangulations all unsolved.
Yess
Loved the video! Informative and well made!!
Note to one self.....don’t ever move to East Cleveland 😬
It's different now. You should come visit
Once you go on one of their riverboat gambling trips and have some of their homemade beefy you’ll love
Anthony Sowell died February 8, 2021
I pray for the families of all the victims😢
I grew up in a messed up way but you don't see me murdering anybody.
I grew up in East Cleveland. I left after I graduated high school.
This was very well done. Great job.
It looks like life was hard enough in this place without some heartless people taking lives,, From England.
I can't stand people taking advantage of the vulnerable for their own greed or lust, from Portsmouth.
Agreed. From Yorkshire!
@@carolinerowles5951 love your football team
Yes, it's brutal very sad. Hard to believe in the 1960's it was still nice. Drugs in the 80's totally destroyed it.
I pray for everyone in EC... it’s so sad you guys don’t deserve this
Love from the west side
Thats good you shine a light on these murders. May these women Rest In Peace.
Well done and beyond terrifying.
Fantastic videos. Watched 3 in a row now!
I'm from ec, once of the best docs I seen about the city
As all of our jobs going overseas this is the fate of our entire country in our cities and Industrial communities is reminiscent of when they built the interstates and closed down entire towns but this is on a much bigger scale so sad to see the devastation and decline once beautiful thriving places
1920 to 2022 and those buildings are still standing as if someone are going to come along and purchase it.
Meanwhile.. all of the "local" politicians living lovely, I'm sure.
I love your editing, love the tone you strike too. Giving a sociological lens to the problem of Cleveland serial killers is a fresh breath of air among true crime channels. Just subscribed!! :)
I grew up on Chapman (0:39) My family has lived on this street since the 80’s it’s bn f’d up I remember finding a body on the other end of chapman I knew women and girls that have bn killed rip to all victims
My cousin stay on Chapman Donnie Anderson
Tell us your story !
Hey from Australia ✌️🖤
Really tragic an scary wth....
The raw side of the American dream
The problem is ain't no one calling the cop's to tell them anything when stuff is going down in the hood
It’s obvious that no one in the neighborhood knew who the serial killers were. No one was protecting or hiding the serial killers.
@@realpilBMF hahahahaha
The cops don't give a shit until they're told to. That's how it was when I lived up there 20 years ago.
This is straight up scary.
It is absolutely is extremely scary. I grew up in this area and moved in the 90’s to Canada. I was always spiteful as I always missed everyone but seeing this I know it was the best decision my mother couldve made.
For real...and they be sayin only white guys are serial killers...lol sheeeeeeeet
How scary ? From 10 being the scariest to one being the least scariest ?
Just moved back to Rochester NY from Euclid and Superior. Whew lad Avd D seems like paradise
You was in Hoochieville
@@trinibagowaynecaribbean1611 it was angry ass mother fucker ville to me. Everybody stomps around staring hard, everybody honks their horn for no apparent reason, people just randomly get mad in traffic and start blowing red lights and cutting people off. Nobody would sell my white ass weed either.
Met some nice people too though. I love all the people who work at that gas station right by the train bridge, gas USA or some shit. Everybody who went there seemed more friendly.
@@AdaptiveApeHybrid I got a few lil homies over there. I'm from the other end of East Cleveland on Noble.
@@trinibagowaynecaribbean1611 I moved to Cleveland for a couple years with my girlfriend. The first place was between Superior and Euclid on Delmont, then we were able to get a nicer place on E 118. I don't know where Nobel is. We stayed less than 3 years, had to move during COVID because we couldn't get hours.
Tough city imo. I'm not sheltered or anything; I've lived in very bad parts of Rochester and Reading PA. Cleveland is way bigger and busier than both though and the whole thing just sprawls on and on. I really didn't like it, no offense . I do like the state though. In nature, it can be very beautiful. I've had great times driving out to parks and nature reserves and just fucking around out there.
@Mario Calabrese OH I understand. I'm about a 7 minute drive from Superior and Euclid.
I live 50 miles east of Cleveland, gonna keep it that way.
Very awesome video. I just moved to Cleveland and I have heard about this being the "Seriel Killer capital". This was a really interesting look at this. I like how you gave the background of east Cleveland as well. Nice job!!
What brought you to Cleveland? Where are you from?
@@kiaj.d.5855 idk not really sure lol. Im from AZ. The weather is really nice here. I enjoy the cold. I hated the weather in AZ. Way 2 hot. Plus people are really nice here and I love the vibe of the city. Are you from CLE?
@@tylergullion9787 oh wow. Yes I'm from Cleveland. I don't there anymore though. I don't miss the cold at all.
@@kiaj.d.5855 everyone here hates the cold but i love it. This city is amazing though. The people are awesome, food is great. What more could u ask for? Lol plus the summers are not bad and changing of seasons is GORGEOUS
@@tylergullion9787 where do you live exactly? Where you live in the city determines your experience. In the late 80s and yearly 90s I lived in East Cleveland. Then we moved to the Milverton area between Van Aken and Kinsman. lived in Willowick, Mayfield and Shaker as an adult. I moved in 2013.
Goverment need to step in tear down the abandoned houses and rebuild
Rebuild? Why?
@@theimmortal4718 clean it up and put hard working people back in a healthy environment so it can thrive again why not attempt to do it just because its a slum now doesn't mean it cant get back to what it once was given the funding and officials that are not corrupt
@@DbDb-pn4fu
There have been hundred of thousands of cities that have disappeared from the face of the earth over the millennia. They all disappeared for one reason or another.
These midwestern industrial cities were built because river based transportation used to be more important than it is now.
They were also built in colder climates before the advent of air conditioning. The production, for the most part, were moved to southern cities in states like South Carolina and georgia 40 years ago.
These communities aren't coming back and there's no reason to build up an area that fewer and fewer people want to live.
These buildings need to be demolished, but they won't be rebuilt any more than we will begin building model T cars again.
@@DbDb-pn4fu
Hard-working people aren't going to move into those areas and risk being victims of violent crime. Even if the areas were built back up, they would be accused of racism. Cries of "gentrification" will drive investment out.
Ain’t nobody wanna rebuild there if the same people who destroyed it will stay there. Then if a big corporation moves in to build it up, people are gonna say it’s gentrification
Liked and subscribed very well done documentary,,,thank you
Intro was only like 3 minutes to long. But I am watching! Appreciate ya homie
im subbed, great editing work
We call East Cleveland Gotham
That must call you gorgeous
Great job
These r killers I've never heard of..thank u 4ur videos
Thank you for the upload
Excellent work
You have a gift for telling story. I instantly liked your presentation, a mix of urbex and story. *Subbed*
How horrible! Great video I just subscribed!
Excellent recap.
A trend I've noticed in male serial killers is that during their childhood years, they didn't have strong male protection from the bitterness and misandry of female caretakers. Degeneracy gave way to further degeneracy.
East Cleveland has such beautiful older houses with so much potential. Need to do something about the abandon houses and apartment buildings. Knock them down and build fresh or renovate. Something needs to be done..
Gardens
I'm from Detroit and My ppl live off Euclid by the Shrimpboat liquor store and up in those blocks those abandoned buildings are just as bad as here
Yup that's Page. It's dead now. But yeah a few years ago that shit was the trenches
Mt.Pleasent isn't part of East Cleveland. U can walk from one end of EC 2 the other
Good job with the documenting
I saw an episode of the first 48, there was a case of a woman found strangled and raped in east Cleveland. They didn't catch the killer. I got curious and looked her case up. Turns out there were like 4 or 5 woman killed in similar circumstances within a mile of each other. Yeah east Cleveland has got some serial killers.
Jazmine Trotter?
Jasmine Trotter
Those poor souls what happened to them was evil a monster with a human face rest in peace beautiful ladies may the family's find healing and peace and blessing
Lovely words Kathy just like your name
@@shaundavenport621 thank you ms Davenport could we be related
@@kathydavenport4422 haha possibly imB ritish with Welsh origins.All the best to u you Kathy. 1😁👍👍👍
And this is why i don't live in a major city. Leave me alone out in the country where it's quiet and peaceful
I wonder what these serial killers feel when they are caught and they know they won’t be able to get off on harming anyone again
They still sometimes still harm in prison but also get harmed while locked up
I hate goin thru EC its depressing with all the potholes and abandoned houses .....it could 30 houses on a street but only 3 homes have residents all the windows are missing its just a eerie lil city
Oh East Cleveland, the gift that keeps on giving ! 😏
Been looking threw millions of comments trying to find 1 that confirms Black Lives Matter has helped even one of these poor families or neighborhoods???? Not found a single one ….not one person ….wonder why ?
Nice job !
Crazy. I’m just catching up on your videos- I was gone in deployment and missed a few. Anyway, I was a kid (5-8 or so) in East Cleveland in the mid 80s. It was rough back then.
Prime example of what happens when there is an absence of police, absolute mayhem.
An absence of jobs to fund taxes to fund police.
Absence of Fathers
Absence of everything.
Love your videos, specially the Detroit ones. The one in the Plaza Hotel was really great!
This is what happens when you don't cherish and show love to your children....I truly believe this .....it's rare, when a serial killer has a great background😔
I am from Cleveland also, but a Westsider, lived & graduated from Lakewood, but my mom is an Eastsider and would always take me to the east side, so I am very familiar with Cleveland Heights, East Cleveland, etc. One of my best friends lives on E128th St. We had a family friend that was an East Cleveland firefighter and I got a tour of the EC fire station (on Euclid) in about 1975, but it was bad even by then. My mom, along with with grandma told me East Cleveland used to be beautiful, as nice Lakewood, then it went spiraling down the drain fast in the late 1960s. I agree with others, the houses were incredible how big and beautiful they were on Euclid, huge, like 4000 to 5000 square feet, mansions. Most of them were abandoned and falling down, and most have now been torn down now I guess. I feel bad for all these women, whether prostitutes or not. I pray they be at peace.
The killer just has to sit back watch the news and vary his M.O according to the news bulletin.