Top 3 photos with DISTURBING backstories | Part 21

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  • @ava_elaine8616
    @ava_elaine8616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5114

    3:35 Phil Swift next to the right tree

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +991

      Thats a lot of damage!

    • @thesenate9564
      @thesenate9564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      Idk what's scarier, the original image or Phil Swift standing behind a tree in the dark.

    • @abasel2241
      @abasel2241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I just found it but it was too late though it was a human LEGO at first lol

    • @xxverty3335
      @xxverty3335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@MrBallen lol

    • @xxverty3335
      @xxverty3335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@MrBallen reply to me

  • @braedondavies9592
    @braedondavies9592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8415

    14 years for brutally murdering a young woman? Seems like a slap on the wrist.

    • @isaacmurray1941
      @isaacmurray1941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +743

      adult act needs an adult punishment he got off so easy

    • @firstmiseryy3115
      @firstmiseryy3115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +729

      not to mention the fact that he was smiling and showed no remorse

    • @nolimitkk2715
      @nolimitkk2715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +540

      That’s white privilege for ya 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @socdy600
      @socdy600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Exactly

    • @orcvsivstitia7608
      @orcvsivstitia7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      There are so many instances where that same logic and feeling can be applied. I do it and I thought...no out loud I said "14 Fuckin year?!?".... exactly what you said. My issue.....If I'm only 4 foot tall. I am not jailed for not being able to dunk a basketball. If I only have one arm. No one forces me to drive a manual transmission car. I don't know much. Shit I'm kinda dumb....But that kid who killed her. Absolutely has to be missing some part of his brain or the function of it. That level of uncaring is outside the normal range by such a large margin. That there has to be a defect. Ok so what....well the point of our justice systems is supposed to be justice. Not monster creation. So Killin that kid or giving him 100 years ect. Is like forcibly requiring a disabled person to drive a car or operate a dangerous machine. I hate this line of logic but I don't have a better argument. That allows me to be ok with becoming exactly what I am supposed to be punishing.
      Now if they can prove he's fully normal. 100% capable of the correct behavior, rationale and has a totally "normal" brain. Fine execution. But since we can't even properly discribe how consciousness works. I don't think we'll have that capability in my life time. It sucks. It's like what Nietzsche said "Careful looking into the abyss, it looks back".

  • @AcidGlow
    @AcidGlow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12718

    The last story really got to me. Imagine wanting to spend your life with someone only to lose it before you can enjoy it together. 😕

    • @tracisnow4897
      @tracisnow4897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +985

      I was just coming to say this. So heartbreaking. I can't imagine how terrified she was being all alone and not knowing whats going on...going from extreme excitement to sheer terror in mere moments.

    • @puffedguy4468
      @puffedguy4468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      It got to me

    • @saims.2402
      @saims.2402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      😟

    • @CyborganicDreamscape
      @CyborganicDreamscape 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      would you really want to marry someone that stupid, tho?

    • @milkmanman
      @milkmanman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hey I watch your videos too

  • @HuskDust666
    @HuskDust666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1500

    first story: ..Never meet someone in the woods especially if they were abusive to you :(

    • @herberthans7015
      @herberthans7015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      yes, always meet them to go cave diving

    • @ByGraceIGo
      @ByGraceIGo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I was thinking the same thing!

    • @Nana-56
      @Nana-56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Dont let your child get back in a relationship with someone who bullied them.

    • @gretalauk
      @gretalauk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      never meet anyone that was abusive to you alone

    • @artvulture456
      @artvulture456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Diz Zkl sicko

  • @johnnyoutlaw6534
    @johnnyoutlaw6534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1904

    The Kaneesha and Steven story always makes me sad. I couldn't imagine being 40, finding the love of your life, only to lose them immediately following the decision to make things real. Hope she is doing okay.

    • @The20thHijacker
      @The20thHijacker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Wait, he was 40 when this happened? Wow.
      Melodramatic proposals are fucking stupid, so I didn't feel that bad for him to begin with. Now that I know that he was 40 when he did this, it's become more funny than sad.

    • @Dalauan_Sparrow
      @Dalauan_Sparrow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +279

      @@The20thHijacker bait

    • @teddyfresh9605
      @teddyfresh9605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Dalauan_Sparrow
      The master of the kind

    • @randomuser1105
      @randomuser1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      @@The20thHijacker You sound bitter.

    • @alecedgerly1277
      @alecedgerly1277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      We’ve found the incel lol

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3082

    I can't imagine killing someone because a friend said they'd offer you breakfast if you did it, the guy clearly had issues in the head

    • @ajaysuresh1240
      @ajaysuresh1240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I just saw your comment on more plates more dates.

    • @ajaysuresh1240
      @ajaysuresh1240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      You are literally on every video i watch, Greg doucette, more plates more dates, phillon and now Mrballen too

    • @sprtsfanatic1
      @sprtsfanatic1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Sociopath

    • @icy-hearted-angel
      @icy-hearted-angel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Evil

    • @4FortyEight8
      @4FortyEight8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      I suppose he would become a "cereal killer." ... ... (Sorry for distasteful pun, I don't take the events lightly and abhor the actions of he and his friend.)

  • @Joellarainbow
    @Joellarainbow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3687

    Josh shouldn't get out of jail. He's still a danger to people.

    • @musahaitham2191
      @musahaitham2191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      That boi bad news he a menace to society

    • @themightymutt5213
      @themightymutt5213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      On the other hand, the guards can't protect him when he's not in jail...

    • @kiattim2100
      @kiattim2100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Im worr8ed about his friend who promise him his breakfast and report him to the police.

    • @65firered
      @65firered 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@themightymutt5213 As we have seen they can't protect him in jail either.

    • @DOOM00420
      @DOOM00420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah hes the homie

  • @stephanieboggian8636
    @stephanieboggian8636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3774

    This guy is the best story teller, I would listen to him talking about how he did his taxes.

    • @jeremysiron9622
      @jeremysiron9622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      So it was April 15 and I had to do my taxes, my family and I were in the middle of nowhere so I had to try to do them online… There was no signal, so basically we crunched the numbers in our head and figured if we drove without stopping for 26 hours, we could physically get there and get the taxes turned in on time,… So the next day we set up everything we were good to go we had our plan and we set off, now what we didn’t know was there was a huge construction project going on in one of the cities we had to go through, and as a result of this we weren’t going to be able to make it on time, and we knew this, but we optimistically tried to push through and get there but ultimately we did not make it on time. I called the tax office the next day and said I will bring it in as soon as possible and talked with a representative about what happened and the representative kind of gave me a confused voice over the phone like she didn’t know what I was talking about. She said, Mr. Ballen, We saw you here yesterday you came in and dropped your taxes off an hour and a half before the deadline… And sure enough when I checked through my agent, they had complete possession of my taxes everything was done and it looked exactly like my handwriting which sent me chills down my spine, and the fact that there were some kind of doppelgänger or I have no idea even how to view this is just horrifying as well,... so no matter how you wanna look at this the bottom line is is we didn’t physically get the tax it to that office somebody else did, and two witnesses said they saw me and this is just 24 hours earlier, now I know I didn’t do it, but the bottom line is there was some guy that people thought it was me and they somehow got my taxes in..... that was the second paranormal experience I’ve had in my life and the last

    • @krisshaw9464
      @krisshaw9464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah but he gets old

    • @tyreemackins7424
      @tyreemackins7424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly!

    • @jopan1363
      @jopan1363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He got me watching 411 missing! That is addicting.

    • @paperbagboy3153
      @paperbagboy3153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      69th like,
      L E T S
      G O

  • @lisahinton9682
    @lisahinton9682 ปีที่แล้ว +563

    Lepa's steely-eyed "Screw you, pal!" is soul-stirring. What an incredible human being she was.

    • @kurooitami
      @kurooitami ปีที่แล้ว

      She is/was a legend. The biggest f*** you. Hope my death is going to be nearly as impactful..

    • @אולגהדרוצה-ו5מ
      @אולגהדרוצה-ו5מ ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How many russian women partisans heroes ..Zoe Kosmodemiansky..For example.She was caught, tortured and hanged.And before the execution she sad to people in het last speech."We will win.They can't destroy all of us".And she was 18 years old.It is a picture of her..And later nazis cut one of her breasts, as she wad dead.After soviets conker the villige, Zoe was buried, and she is remembered.

    • @atlasfeynman1039
      @atlasfeynman1039 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn.

    • @lisahinton9682
      @lisahinton9682 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@atlasfeynman1039
      "... like a woman scorned." And you're right.

    • @atlasfeynman1039
      @atlasfeynman1039 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lisahinton9682 I had to look it up... you're right! I've been saying it wrong for years >.<
      ty

  • @chadallen7280
    @chadallen7280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +837

    For some reason when this guy says “I really appreciate your support “, I believe it. Glad to watch this guy grow.

    • @brandib264
      @brandib264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I know right!? Dude blew the F up! Never seen anything like it.

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +304

      Thank you for saying that! I genuinely feel so fortunate to get to make videos for a living. That privilege is something I think about all the time, and I know it’s only because of wonderful people like you! So thank you!

    • @rachael5807
      @rachael5807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@MrBallen you deserve it man. Just noticed after this comment you're edging closer to 3 million subscribers! Absolutely killin' it

    • @r1tsa
      @r1tsa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Basically been hooked since his very first tiktok... I've been around that long

    • @LynnAgain83
      @LynnAgain83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MrBallen ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @dylanholmes1985
    @dylanholmes1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1621

    10 years commercial diving experience here, giving input on third story's hypothesis. He was down for a lot longer than he anticipated, his willpower to pull it off kept him holding, fine, no problem, she says yes and he's like "mission accomplished but I need effin air now like pronto". When surfacing, it is imperative one put their non dominant hand above their head (the hand you would be willing to lose or injure) so I use my left hand when ascending in dark water or I simply cannot tilt my head to look up. This is to prevent knocking your head on an unseen object as your hand takes the impact instead. The deck above was most likely protruding out from the underwater structure, and in this mans haste to surface, his judgment lapsed and he swam with his head into the underside of the decking and was knocked unconscious. It is highly unlikely he blacked out while surfacing. I think this is the most plausible explanation

    • @eatwhatukiii2532
      @eatwhatukiii2532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      That’s similar to what I was thinking. Even if he wasn’t knocked out, just impacting the deck above might have been enough to jar him into reflex-gasping if he was already fighting the urge to take a breath. That urge can be pretty strong and hard to fight in the last moments before reaching the surface.
      A horrifically sad story. I really feel for both of them and I hope she somehow, someday, finds happiness again.

    • @dylanholmes1985
      @dylanholmes1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      @@eatwhatukiii2532 Absolutely tragic on a Shakespearean level. Awful, I cannot even imagine. May us and our loved ones never endure such a fate in Gods name amen

    • @bortoluzzijenny
      @bortoluzzijenny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Freediver here, seems like a plausible option but I disagree that it's highly unliky he blacked out. Shallow water blackout is actually one of the most common causes of death among spearfishers that push themselves just that little bit longer than they should, that's why you should never ever freedive without a buddy at the surface even if you're shallow. It seems very likely to me that he experienced shallow water blackout here. Absolutely devastating.

    • @let4be
      @let4be 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Going 10+ meters deep staying here for a while and getting back on a single breath without any previous experience... He clearly overestimated his capabilities

    • @VE-cu1dj
      @VE-cu1dj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I was hoping for a response from someone with experience, to give some kind of explanation to that story. Thank you!

  • @lilskyguy7
    @lilskyguy7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +738

    I can't imagine going from the happiest moment in your entire life to your most horrified in such a brief period of time. That last story really got me...

    • @NoNo_IStay
      @NoNo_IStay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She was too slow. I suppose he meant what he said about not having the breath.....And she took too long to read the note. And he didn't want to swim away before she did. So he held his breath. Terribly sad.

    • @ChristophProbst
      @ChristophProbst 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@NoNo_IStay - I've seen the video of this before. He's struggling when he gets there. At the 14:40 mark you can see that his chest compressed. I don't think he made it far before he started drowning. The few seconds with the note wouldn't have made a difference.

    • @chanceneck8072
      @chanceneck8072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Heartbreaking....

    • @deestefmorr
      @deestefmorr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that is horribly sad

    • @dmagz0121
      @dmagz0121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you’ve gotta be a fool to think you can go under water write a note “proposing to your wife “ get the answer and go back up. ???? they ain’t happening with me. I’d know straight away. I can’t breathe this long

  • @sassyghost_8
    @sassyghost_8 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    For the first story, it sounds like free breakfast was the only motive he needed. It sounds like he’s a genuine psychopath who likely had homicidal fantasies or simply didn’t think she was fun to toy with anymore. So he got rid of her in a brutal way and tried to pin it on his friend. That’s psychopathic behavior if I’ve ever heard it.

  • @PokeRetroFan
    @PokeRetroFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2481

    The last story is so sad. Two people madly in love and happy. You can't fake love like that. They were meant for each other. Then in an instant it ended so horribly.

    • @kayceequesadilla
      @kayceequesadilla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      I wish he hadn’t shown her the ring while underwater, and that he had written a shorter message on the sign in the plastic bag. I’ve heard that story before, and I so wish it had had a happy ending! It breaks my heart even more, now that I know they were from Louisiana. My sweetheart is from Louisiana. I would have loved to have shared a state with such a beautiful couple with such a wonderful proposal story.

    • @Hannah-zc8gn
      @Hannah-zc8gn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @Chance Welsh telling someone to get over themselves while also arrogantly insulting them is nothing short of hypocrisy. I hope your horrible attitude brings you all of the good you give to others.

    • @mufc3575
      @mufc3575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Chance Welsh stfu

    • @Chellssbb
      @Chellssbb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      imagine her plane ride home alone 😢

    • @mrannunaki6852
      @mrannunaki6852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Suspicious if u ask me.. If it were kenisha that drowned - Steven would be no. 1 suspect

  • @frogprincess412
    @frogprincess412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1358

    The last story had me in tears. I can't imagine the best day of my life also being the worst day of my life.

    • @m84uch3r
      @m84uch3r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Or your last day

    • @lapislazarus8899
      @lapislazarus8899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      In retrospect, that "romantic" cabin seems to be missing some important safety measures. I mean, leaving a couple of people literally out of contact. I think I'll take the hotel room with the big aquarium and room service and a Dr available on call.

    • @mystic95
      @mystic95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lapislazarus8899 It's in Africa

    • @bnoel12345
      @bnoel12345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Poor guy didn't even get to find out if her answer was yes.

    • @joshx420
      @joshx420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Honestly, amazing proposal idea. But sadly, he never got to hear yes.

  • @ninjafury5374
    @ninjafury5374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Can you imagine living the happiest moment of your life only to be completely devastated within minutes.

    • @zombiewolf3244
      @zombiewolf3244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Bann me Again nazis pretty funny huh!?

    • @timespaceperspective701
      @timespaceperspective701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Bann me Again nazis u clearly have problems

    • @nicoleshepherds9369
      @nicoleshepherds9369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think 🤔 it’s a troll. 🤷‍♀️ rotten thing to say either way.

    • @cliffordgill9052
      @cliffordgill9052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I can, every day...😑

    • @bomberdawesome
      @bomberdawesome 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@timespaceperspective701 This person is a troll they are commenting a lot on this story in particular.

  • @thedinkydreads9351
    @thedinkydreads9351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    I live in Bridgend and I still remember how horrified and sickened everyone was to hear about Rebecca's murder. My mum actually worked with one of her family members. Thank you for honoring her with such a respectful telling of her story.

    • @jubeaumont6305
      @jubeaumont6305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope that bastard gets knackd while in prison. Unfortunately knowing British jail hes probably on his playstation and smoking weed with his celly and will be out after 10 year. I hate this timeline.

    • @juliemanarin4127
      @juliemanarin4127 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      And he essentially got away with it!

  • @IndigoStat
    @IndigoStat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4910

    I'll buy Josh breakfast if he's willing to stay in prison for the rest of his life.

    • @zachbishop7868
      @zachbishop7868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Agreed.

    • @SpookyShivers
      @SpookyShivers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      😂😂😂

    • @holocaust_2.0
      @holocaust_2.0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      Don't do that. I'm sure there is a father with his release date marked on the calendar who spent thousands of dollars on ammunition to practice for that day.

    • @ronaldpettifurd5957
      @ronaldpettifurd5957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@holocaust_2.0 I'd be counting the days for sure

    • @lyliavix4366
      @lyliavix4366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@holocaust_2.0 unfortunately in 🇬🇧 we don’t have the chance to buy guns and ammunition🥲otherwise I’m sure there would be lots of people willing to do that deed!

  • @suze6083
    @suze6083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    The story with that couple is beyond sad...the sheer terror she must have felt...and that’s how quickly a happiest moment turns into the saddest moment of someone‘s life😞

  • @johnzome788
    @johnzome788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3238

    When Josh gets out of jail someone should invite him into the woods to drink a beer.

    • @NotChefCook
      @NotChefCook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Damn skippy .

    • @crystalrainfeather
      @crystalrainfeather 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      @Josh Zome pretty much my thought, too. He should get what he gave, not get out to do no telling what to another person. Sociopath.

    • @roonieh9619
      @roonieh9619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      I can’t believe his sentence is only 14 years

    • @robertrouthier2603
      @robertrouthier2603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

      I'll buy you breakfast if you do.

    • @weewooweewoo906
      @weewooweewoo906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      rip that poor young girl

  • @Youtube-hates-its-users
    @Youtube-hates-its-users 2 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    Lipa was ACTUALLY brave, Her actions were legitimately Stunning. I wish I could say I would be that steadfast in my convictions when faced with living nightmares

    • @phangirlable
      @phangirlable ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I know I wouldn't.

    • @Tom-jq8kf
      @Tom-jq8kf ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Total badass!

    • @vintagespeed
      @vintagespeed ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it takes alot of courage to say, "no" to whatever it is they're trying to make you do. more people should be courageous.

    • @atlasfeynman1039
      @atlasfeynman1039 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      To be led to the noose and given a chance at life and yet to hold your convictions above your own life is the noblest, most heroic deed.

    • @Samdafurry
      @Samdafurry หลายเดือนก่อน

      Her name is Lepa which means beauty or beautiful in Serbian.

  • @desertedpyro3238
    @desertedpyro3238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    My theory on the drowning man is that he was so amped on adrenaline due to being in the open ocean and the fact he was proposing to his girlfriend, that when he was low on oxygen he didnt realize because the adrenaline was keeping him conscience. He then drowned as he was too low on oxygen and couldnt make it to the surface in time.

    • @worldgggggg
      @worldgggggg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +308

      It's not a bad explanation but perhaps I have a better one, although I do have a little bit more information to work with. When they did his autopsy they found trama to the head af if he had been hit with something. I think probably the best explanation is that he was excited to get back to the surface to see his girlfriend and get her answer so he shot up and hit his head on something on the houseboat thing knocking him unconscious and since he was probably low on oxygen already he didn't have much time to come to and resurface so he drowned

    • @stephanim2436
      @stephanim2436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@worldgggggg I think you're 100% right. Just a sad tragedy...but Cleary just an accident. 😣

    • @bitcoinbull6564
      @bitcoinbull6564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@worldgggggg I also think you are correct, now how about your soon to be "wife" jump in the water and look for you!! She could have possibly saved him instead of waiting so damn long... thats rough.

    • @jackthompson7546
      @jackthompson7546 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@worldgggggg god could you imagine. What a fucking way :( sad as shit, you hate to see it

    • @UsefulRevolution
      @UsefulRevolution 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      @@bitcoinbull6564 how do you know if she knows how to swim or not? How do you know that she didn’t think there was a shark or something in the water? Fucking hell Anne, the woman’s experiencing the most harrowing moment that anybody could possibly imagine and you out here judging what she should have done from your couch? G 👏🏾 T👏🏾F👏🏾O👏🏾H!

  • @riversider2506
    @riversider2506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +349

    *14 YEARS* for committing a cold blooded murder with no reasoning!??? 🤯 Gotdamn 🙆‍♂️.... My most sincere condolences to the girls family 💔💔

    • @nicolel4439
      @nicolel4439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      My exact thoughts...that boy will be killing someone else...be in another one of Mr Ballens videos!

    • @riversider2506
      @riversider2506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@nicolel4439 Sadly , this is a very real statement 💔🖤...

    • @gauravgandi1398
      @gauravgandi1398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He will be out in 3 yrs. Imagine that. He killed for no reason. Cold blooded.

    • @byBeauxARTFULIVING
      @byBeauxARTFULIVING 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Michael A Deer Hunting......far enough away from "jackazz Josh" to be able to deny, yet he will be dead. 14 years for premeditated murder ?

    • @Forflipsake
      @Forflipsake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That’s the U.K. 🇬🇧 for you. Some of our sentances are just insanely lenient.

  • @Nell_Isabel
    @Nell_Isabel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    That last story broke me. The thought of spending a vaction in the most beautiful place in the world. Then to have such a beautiful propusal and then nothing. Words cannot express the grieve i feel for her and cant imagine how harrowing that moment was to lose the love of ur life and your future with one of the best proposal ideas ever! Its just so sad😭

    • @ladycountess2972
      @ladycountess2972 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg girl youd really be into RezTKF if ur into scary stories an stuff 💯😍👌❤

    • @Nell_Isabel
      @Nell_Isabel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ladycountess2972 thanks! Ill check them out!

    • @bombfirst157
      @bombfirst157 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They had enough good times, now where’s mine?!

    • @sadieireland8282
      @sadieireland8282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@bombfirst157 If you think that selfishly, you probably won't have any.

    • @sadieireland8282
      @sadieireland8282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Nell_Isabel Don't bother, he only has a few videos and they're not true crime, it's cheesey horror bullshite.

  • @kiki.nico.
    @kiki.nico. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    That last story had me in tears. My heart goes out to Kenesha and all the families involved in these stories. Life can be so cruel. 💔

    • @Kiahxoxo
      @Kiahxoxo ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I still can't wrap my head around what could've happened. All he had to do was swim up 😢...

    • @jessiehogue.
      @jessiehogue. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Kiahxoxo Wanted to do it all in one go instead of going back for air between each thing he showed her, overestimated the time he could last underwater, failed to get back up in time. Combine the excitement of love and the stress of possibly not getting a 'yes' on top of staying in the water too long and you got a recipe for disaster.

    • @extremeking425
      @extremeking425 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      idc about swirlers

  • @rogueus2916
    @rogueus2916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    The last story is so sad, poor lady, the most romantic day of her life turned into the most tragic one.

  • @user-ms3jz7ub7n
    @user-ms3jz7ub7n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2731

    Lipa at 17 was a complete badass until the very last moments of her life and a heroine for justice and righteousness.

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Reminds me of the young Dutch girls in WWII who would lure Nazi soldiers and collaborators into the woods where the partisans killed them.

    • @ohno4930
      @ohno4930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Right? I can't believe more people aren't talking about the second story. All of them have plenty to talk about, but I can't even fathom that level of absolute bravery.

    • @brookelynnenewcomer943
      @brookelynnenewcomer943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ohno4930 damn.

    • @Havanah-ov4yt
      @Havanah-ov4yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@ohno4930 I thought the same! This story was hands down the most interesting and inspiring to me. It’s of serious historic value and I’m so glad I now know she existed

    • @robynmontgomery9826
      @robynmontgomery9826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Young women like Lepa Radic and Sophie Scholl were so incredibly brave.

  • @aurea.
    @aurea. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    Lepa's bravery left me in awe. May she rest in peace.

    • @eastcoastitalian8758
      @eastcoastitalian8758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I know, im still thinking about her. Their should be a statue of her somewhere, and a placard, explaining her amazing feats.
      Her bravery is unimaginable to me, the nazis must have destroyed everything she loved, everything and everyone.

    • @luieescobar3687
      @luieescobar3687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Definitely she was a true hero!!

    • @pumpkinking4583
      @pumpkinking4583 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      U mean pieces:D

    • @pumpkinking4583
      @pumpkinking4583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I dropped my bescuit I'm my tea while watching this now I'm sad :(

    • @uf8bvhduvi115
      @uf8bvhduvi115 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poo poo in bum bum

  • @Richard__Cranium
    @Richard__Cranium 2 ปีที่แล้ว +405

    Only 14 years for brutally murdering an innocent teenage girl in cold blood?! I just don't understand this world sometimes...

    • @lingo7775
      @lingo7775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well I do

    • @randomuser1105
      @randomuser1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's a British thing.

    • @senorpepper3405
      @senorpepper3405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Europe

    • @victormarie525
      @victormarie525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@senorpepper3405 vous avez raison, notre justice en France par exemple est super laxiste...

    • @senorpepper3405
      @senorpepper3405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@victormarie525 Ich spreche kein Franzoesisch

  • @tycobrenton4792
    @tycobrenton4792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +473

    Damn man died proposing. I can't imagine how painful that was for that woman.

    • @tycobrenton4792
      @tycobrenton4792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Bann me Again nazis Damn really? Gotta check it out.

    • @shivermetimbers1931
      @shivermetimbers1931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Bann me Again nazis wait fr how?

    • @glenndouglas8822
      @glenndouglas8822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @Bann me Again nazis She did, your thinking about when at the end of the interview she made a lovely statement, she said something like.." knowing him, he's up there laughing at how he totally screwed up his marriage proposal, that would be just like him, laughing at himself"... It was just a sweet statement and I suppose it was her way of coping

    • @hexrag5901
      @hexrag5901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      probably slightly worse for him

    • @hennylo68
      @hennylo68 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bann me Again nazis That's because she killed him.

  • @ltraina3353
    @ltraina3353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Omg, that last one actually gave me the chills...I can’t imagine the panic she must have felt when he didn’t surface. They seemed like such a great couple, my heart goes out to her and their families...

  • @MathStar100
    @MathStar100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    I grew up in Yugoslavia, hearing these types of stories, but I've never heard them from anyone once I moved to the US. This made me really happy. Thank you for that

    • @jupiterdarkshadow
      @jupiterdarkshadow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Fellow Yugoslavian here, my heart jumped when I heard 'yugoslavia' from Mr. Ballen!

    • @nessd.b1223
      @nessd.b1223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      My husband is an Yugoslavian too :))))

    • @kevinlong7559
      @kevinlong7559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wasnt Tito a partisan too??

    • @deagaric4765
      @deagaric4765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@kevinlong7559 yeah, Tito led the partisan party

    • @sippndipp
      @sippndipp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's good, ain't he?

  • @SweetTooth8989
    @SweetTooth8989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I've heard the Rebecca story before and it enrages me so much. 14 years on top of that for taking a teen's life, robbing her of at least 60 more years of life. Rebecca looked like such a sweet girl, RIP Rebecca.

    • @IsraelCountryCube
      @IsraelCountryCube 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MidwestFarmToys sure

    • @loveistheanswer5924
      @loveistheanswer5924 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right so unrighteousness it is disgusting! He should get 60 years at least!

  • @Eskii_NZL
    @Eskii_NZL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    9:24 that's a chilling shot man, not a drop of fear in those eyes as shes getting a noose tied around her neck. Truly a brave warrior 👏

  • @bethawesome2900
    @bethawesome2900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    You just absolutely destroyed my heart. I just can not imagine being that happy only to face tragedy. She had to pack his things and fly back alone. So heartbreaking.

    • @hinatababe97
      @hinatababe97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Right. I’d be sick as fuck. Cry the whole way home. Ugh

    • @paulh2981
      @paulh2981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      An never to know what happened. That would just add to the trauma.

    • @jimboscooter432
      @jimboscooter432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol I never even thought about the fact that she had to pack his shìt and fly back alone. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @quintfl
      @quintfl ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulh2981 Knowing your friend is dead is probably more traumatic than not knowing.

  • @keithdriver7721
    @keithdriver7721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    The last story is both one of the most romantic and at the same time most tragic stories I have ever heard. Damn.

    • @theearlofmarch
      @theearlofmarch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Bann me Again nazis truly shows your immaturity. Sad.

    • @jillianc7485
      @jillianc7485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I’ve heard that story before, it was accompanied by a facebook post that kenisha wrote about steven on the anniversary of his death. i don’t remember the post word-for-word but I remember it ended with: “you never got to hear my answer.. but my answer was yes.”
      it literally killed me, what a tragic event :(

    • @Ruebz_f30
      @Ruebz_f30 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@theearlofmarch ngl if I died like that, I'd get roasted by my family for all eternity

    • @scottmartin8888
      @scottmartin8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's so ironic. "I don't have enough air to tell you everything I love about you"
      Well.......how right he was.
      At least she could wear his ring if they found it.

    • @cassandramuthleb2486
      @cassandramuthleb2486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Although I’m so sad about this tragedy, I thought it was going to be said that he was attacked by a shark. Truly sad!

  • @EB-wl9st
    @EB-wl9st 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    My husband is dying slowly from cancer. I lost my job. Had to file bankruptcy. Our dog passed away. Our son suddenly died. All within 7 months. Mr. Ballen, Dr Grande, and The Why Files are somehow so comforting and take my mind off everything. I absolutely love this channel. Thank you.

    • @AdrienJohns-ye6ve
      @AdrienJohns-ye6ve 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      God Bless you

    • @EB-wl9st
      @EB-wl9st 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@AdrienJohns-ye6ve and you too. Thank you so much.

    • @loveistheanswer5924
      @loveistheanswer5924 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am so sorry to hear that! 🙏😞♥️
      In a short time Gods kingdom will start to govern above the whole earth. Then you could see your son and your husband again (Matthew 6: 9,10).
      Jesus said about this topic:
      Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. (John 5: 28)
      Also Gods word the Bible says about this topic:
      With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”And the One seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new.” Also he says: “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” (Revelation 21: 3)
      If you have any questions about the Bible please write me. Gods word the Bible gives a great hope and the best thing is that it really is the truth. ♥️📖
      God can comfort you if you search for him. 🙏😊♥️

    • @jonezmontenegro3916
      @jonezmontenegro3916 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      May God be with you

    • @EB-wl9st
      @EB-wl9st 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jonezmontenegro3916 and you, too. Thank you.

  • @cleoglover3572
    @cleoglover3572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    Ok that 17yr old girls is the literal definition of a warrior! Damn! Much much respect

    • @Abysia
      @Abysia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not real lol

    • @nodidb3976
      @nodidb3976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Abysia yes it is...

    • @lea88pu
      @lea88pu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Abysia yes it is.

    • @spicymayo623
      @spicymayo623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Totally agree! What a magnificent girl. 👏

    • @shawnap1515
      @shawnap1515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The future is female definitely

  • @trevaunphillips8848
    @trevaunphillips8848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    After killing a Young woman so mercilessly, he only got 14 years...
    Seriously 😑😑🤔

    • @Flamey45
      @Flamey45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Afraid so, the law is an asse here in the UK, our judges are always dishing out measly sentences, they hardly ever give proper long ones, not like the US.

    • @trevaunphillips8848
      @trevaunphillips8848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Flamey45 that's very sad. He deserved at least 2 consecutive life sentences

    • @CIA_Killed_JFK
      @CIA_Killed_JFK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      My best friend was stabbed to death. The kid chased him down and stabbed him 11 times all above the waist and once in the neck. He got 14 years for that…. RIP Derric Gaines

    • @amandamoon9772
      @amandamoon9772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I agree. 14 years is bs.

    • @WendiKoff
      @WendiKoff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      A life for a life is the only option

  • @corinnegivens8547
    @corinnegivens8547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    The marriage proposal story literally made me ball like a baby. My heart goes out to Kanesha.

    • @anomaly3215
      @anomaly3215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      i dont know why he thought that would be a good idea tbh, like maybe if he had spent weeks practicing his breathing and holding it for longer then he would've been able to be fine but it was just a stupid decision tbh

    • @michelew4078
      @michelew4078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *bawl

    • @let4be
      @let4be 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@anomaly3215 exactly my thoughts., plus being excited makes your heart beat faster, you burn through oxygen way faster too... can be deadly underwater

    • @Cakeatronic
      @Cakeatronic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My thought is at least they did get to check off bucket list items together. That is really all you can askfor in life.

    • @AutumnWind92
      @AutumnWind92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Dude was stupid af. Just propose the normal way. People watch too much romantic movies..

  • @n-carter4468
    @n-carter4468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    The second picture gives me chills. The COURAGE & HONOUR overcomes the saddening element of the type of ending she had. RESPECT!

  • @jackiw1012
    @jackiw1012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    This is the MOST addictive channel on TH-cam, change my mind.

    • @user-bd9kh4tv8p
      @user-bd9kh4tv8p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I cant

    • @ohnonoboi4206
      @ohnonoboi4206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @burnenrubber210
      @burnenrubber210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mr Ballen Shorts

    • @VengefulAngeI
      @VengefulAngeI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jacoba1100 argh! Beat me to it! I was hitting reply to say "who would want to?"

    • @user-pc9oj9ci1r
      @user-pc9oj9ci1r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mr Nightmare is up there too

  • @capn_fannybaws5709
    @capn_fannybaws5709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1421

    MrBallen's hair has the most character development throughout all of the videos

    • @lorimyers4783
      @lorimyers4783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Sometimes the green screen makes it look longer and lighter at the bottom. Had to call a friend who is also a fan and into photography and confirmed it was the green screen and I wasn’t crazy. This said, the man has amazing hair and I’m not disputing that.

    • @carltonthepug
      @carltonthepug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      You think so?
      I think his left eyebrow is on fleek

    • @malikyuhanna1237
      @malikyuhanna1237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You legend

    • @krisselletangalin3740
      @krisselletangalin3740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😅

    • @letstalkaboutit1354
      @letstalkaboutit1354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This was hilarious lmaooo

  • @redsand848evo
    @redsand848evo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +809

    I won't lie, I've become addicted to this channel.

    • @mrmaleek3592
      @mrmaleek3592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same here

    • @fioafionawright8604
      @fioafionawright8604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Read that as “I won’t die” like some how your addiction to the channel has made you a revenant or some such 👀

    • @Chazbox6
      @Chazbox6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree

    • @Nell_Isabel
      @Nell_Isabel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You and 2 million others

    • @jaxonsneed4026
      @jaxonsneed4026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      same i’ve watched every single video...

  • @br1anp4rkour
    @br1anp4rkour 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    He forgot to mention a critical detail. The judge was going to give Rebecca's murderer a life sentence, but Josh offered to buy the judge breakfast if he gave him 14 years only.

    • @dougr8646
      @dougr8646 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wtf? That judge should be disbarred! How outrageous!!!

    • @Ryuuuu_
      @Ryuuuu_ ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@dougr8646 bruhh , did you actually believed it ? Please tell me you didnt 😂

    • @dougr8646
      @dougr8646 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I believe it's his truth

    • @chadriggs3322
      @chadriggs3322 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The things people do for a free breakfast.😔

    • @Shedoesdiy
      @Shedoesdiy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@dougr8646"his truth" ??
      So, fiction, but it's ok as long as he believes hard enough??

  • @augustvukosovich4683
    @augustvukosovich4683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    Damn, Lepa was an amazing girl! A trauma nurse at only 17 and a soldier that protected woman and children. She's my hero too!

    • @puppude
      @puppude ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

    • @evelynzlon9492
      @evelynzlon9492 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Yugoslavians fought the Nazis as opposed to...? Unfortunately these World War allegiances were binary, so the Nazis were very efficient at driving otherwise neutral parties into the arms of the British Empire and whatnot, to fortify the existing colonial system. Germany and England were allies. Not enemies. Allies. And Adolf Hitler didn't commit suicide after WWII. He may indeed have killed his ugly newlywed wife, but he himself was livin' large in Argentina.

    • @evelynzlon9492
      @evelynzlon9492 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another interpretation of WWII is that Germany attempted to secede from the Roman Empire, which includes the British Empire from the standpoint of colonial subjects. But since the imperialists had all the power, those outside of the loop were left to squabble amongst themselves.

    • @evelynzlon9492
      @evelynzlon9492 ปีที่แล้ว

      I posit the second interpretation because although Germany herded neutral parties into the arms of the British Empire, these parties did so out of constraint and not entirely by choice. And plus they acquired advanced weaponry in the process. So in the long view, Germany armed England's enemies.

    • @ascendednightingale2456
      @ascendednightingale2456 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@puppude Care to explain what’s funny?

  • @guineawuv
    @guineawuv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +616

    He only got 14 years for killing her? That is insane.
    Edit: that last one was so sad. 😭

    • @colorbugoriginals4457
      @colorbugoriginals4457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Agree, it's disturbing to think of him free on the streets again :/

    • @thejungle6232
      @thejungle6232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Jin Amarasinghe they don’t give you a life sentence for murder tho

    • @thejungle6232
      @thejungle6232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Jin Amarasinghe well, not always, they usually do, but they don’t always, that’s what I meant to say

    • @charliedallachie3539
      @charliedallachie3539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Seriously you’d think they’d consider the premeditation and evil of it. The guy is an evil psychopath, so odds are he’ll do it again once released. That’s why we keep people like that locked up for first degree premeditated murder.

    • @riverdeep399
      @riverdeep399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jin Amarasinghe Except when kids kill.

  • @Your_Entire_Reality_Is_A_Lie
    @Your_Entire_Reality_Is_A_Lie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    As a mother to a little girl that first story absolutely broke my heart... The pointlessness to it the cruelty to it so unbelievably sad and heartbreaking good God this world is evil

    • @damienkarney2251
      @damienkarney2251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I know right! My adorable niece is that age and Rebecca’s story destroyed me.

    • @Your_Entire_Reality_Is_A_Lie
      @Your_Entire_Reality_Is_A_Lie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@damienkarney2251 yeah, so innocent and trusting...just a young teenager in love hoping to be loved in return. Her final moments realizing that the boy she loves not only tricked her, but chose to end her precious life. Sick little piece of shit. May he be bubba's girlfriend in prison and weep every night

    • @86BarbOmega
      @86BarbOmega 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      we have grown into a culture that nurtures and excuses evil

    • @Your_Entire_Reality_Is_A_Lie
      @Your_Entire_Reality_Is_A_Lie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@86BarbOmega Agreed.
      (I nurture and excuse any evil that comes to the PREDATORS of the innocent).

    • @ohno316
      @ohno316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      As a father, that boy wouldn't exist anymore

  • @KarenAlexandrite-aka-PinkRose
    @KarenAlexandrite-aka-PinkRose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I had never heard of Lepa Radić before. Thank you, John, for sharing the story of this true heroine!

    • @dtoons1100
      @dtoons1100 ปีที่แล้ว

      Women aren’t allowed to have pride and honor. That’s why their stories are suppressed and never talked about.

  • @karenolson4000
    @karenolson4000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    It's too bad that Rebecca wasn't old enough to accept the fact that people can't trust friends that turn hot and cold. Meeting in isolated places is always risky.

    • @King-kh2qw
      @King-kh2qw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      did you not hear that at the time it was a popular hangout spot?

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Yeah very sad!

    • @hexi6485
      @hexi6485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Because we all assume someone would kill us for a free breakfast. What kind of thinking is this?

    • @kcsdaddy335
      @kcsdaddy335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@King-kh2qwstill an isolated spot though.

    • @x77punk77x
      @x77punk77x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      This is why I often tell teen girls and young women how to potentially identify an abusive monster.
      I didn’t learn until it was way too late and it wrecked my life to the point that i am often reflexively afraid of males (but hide it pretty well bc I’ve been in a lot of male-dominated settings, from STEM college classes to workplaces and ultimately, sad to say, the streets).
      I wish more people understand that monsters of many variations lurk in our society and sometimes the most dangerous monster is extremely convincing at seeming harmless or even moral & decent.
      It would be far more appropriate & productive than victim-judging/blaming (ref other thread).

  • @DRUGSTOREMAKEUPDIVA
    @DRUGSTOREMAKEUPDIVA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    I can't even begin to imagine how the young lady in the last story feels to be in that gorgeous place, be proposed to & lose her love forever all on the same day. What a horrendous mix of emotions. RIH Steven. 💔 🙏🏾

    • @joshuarooks2882
      @joshuarooks2882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here I have no words how can you even begin to console someone that has just experienced such tragic loss oh my God I cannot stop crying

    • @bomberdawesome
      @bomberdawesome 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can't imagine the guilt she must've felt.

    • @braetonwilson4296
      @braetonwilson4296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bomberdawesome guilt?

    • @cado9281
      @cado9281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@braetonwilson4296 survivors guilt. She will feel like it is her fault

    • @braetonwilson4296
      @braetonwilson4296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cado9281 if I was in her shoes, I wouldn't feel guilty. This whole underwater proposal was his idea and a surprise for her.

  • @axeljulius2148
    @axeljulius2148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    First story is truly horrifying. I feel so sorry for the mom who knew something was wrong but couldnt do anything

    • @googleuser3665
      @googleuser3665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed

    • @Laurenrenrenren
      @Laurenrenrenren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, technically she could have like followed her daughter, hid out in the woods, and then stopped him from attacking her...but I'm sure the mom would never have dreamed the kid would have killed her daughter.

    • @Park-Kim_VMin
      @Park-Kim_VMin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Laurenrenrenren lol my mom would have, she wouldn't have let me date that young in the first place.

    • @bonesg3385
      @bonesg3385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I can't believe he only got 14 years. People get a lot more for lesser crimes. He planned out the crime.

    • @ksinclair-garcia2092
      @ksinclair-garcia2092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Park-Kim_VMin I'm that mom... I trust my gut feeling and am the parent the boyfriends and girlfriends fear and their dad is pretty damn scary lol

  • @cipherP9
    @cipherP9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    How do you kill someone and only get 14 years? The family of Rebecca suffered twice with that conviction.

    • @briondalion
      @briondalion 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      getting out at 28yo seems....WAAAAYYY too lenient...I'm not many years older, have murdered 0 people, and I don't really have my life in order, but at least I'm not going around, committing crimes.
      But apparently 1 murder up on the tallymarks equals = eh, here's freedom at 28yo, no one cares if they didn't even finish high school these days. That person is free today, think on that. That's horrifying.

  • @kiruka9899
    @kiruka9899 2 ปีที่แล้ว +754

    im so glad you included the second story! no one talks about yugoslavia anymore, thank you

    • @birgbirg111
      @birgbirg111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      omg chosooooooooooooooooooo

    • @IsraelCountryCube
      @IsraelCountryCube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In what context? If it's horrible tragedy's and good tragedy's it'd be this here

    • @johndo7484
      @johndo7484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yah because there’s no such thing as Yugoslavia anymore. They decide to break apart into a bunch of tiny crappy countries. Eastern Europe loves doing that for some reason.

    • @judes4518
      @judes4518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@IsraelCountryCube it’s funny you talking about tragedies 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @AnyoneCanSee
      @AnyoneCanSee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ​@@johndo7484 - Their reason is totally different ethnicities and/or religions and literally centuries of ethnic/religious conflicts. If outside countries hadn't intervened it would have ended with good old-fashioned totally ethnic cleansing like the Ottomans did. In fact, they did it to such a degree that people think the region of Turkey was always filled with darker-skinned people. You see people saying Saint Nicholas was dark-skinned because he was Turkish, not understanding the Turks murdered all the Greeks that lived in the region when they conquered the region hundreds of years after his time. Those same Ottomans conquered and converted the Bosnians to Islam and that's why the shit hit the fan when the USSR collapsed. The Serbian Christians wanted the invader religion gone that had persecuted them for years.

  • @chriswolf6531
    @chriswolf6531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    The first story is from my home, there's actually a petition going to keep him in jail

    • @erikr6054
      @erikr6054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      There shouldn’t have to be a petition if justice was real. Sad society we live in.

    • @Unavailablelaia
      @Unavailablelaia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Boi is a psychopath. I'm surprised he get to get out eventually

    • @mezzeara5993
      @mezzeara5993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      WERE DO I SIGN!?

    • @justinaacorn5721
      @justinaacorn5721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Keep up the good work, he is evil.

    • @redbud815
      @redbud815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      if he does get out somehow...some should throw him a welcome home party in the woods...

  • @mingusog7036
    @mingusog7036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +651

    That second story seriously gave me goosebump, Lipa is one of the most badass people ive ever heard of. Staring death in the face and continuing to taunt it. Glad her story is remembered to this day.

    • @iamPickled
      @iamPickled 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Her name is actually spelled Lepa (Radić, her last name) and it’s supposed to be pronounced just the way it’s written but i’m really glad that many of you guys have this amount of respect towards our country that is now, sadly torn apart into many countries that were in Yugoslavia. 😊 She was from, nowadays Bosnia and Herzegovina. And if the whole story about Yugoslavia is confusing, Yugoslavia was, let’s say, a “union” of a few countries: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and North Macedonia. Yugoslavia existed till 2006 when all the countries in Yugoslavia gained their independence, but before that, the full name was SFRY (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). And in 2006, the last country in SFRY to gain independence was Serbia. 😁

    • @heldermonteiro2718
      @heldermonteiro2718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That story was probably propaganda

    • @iamPickled
      @iamPickled 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Why would it be propaganda

    • @heldermonteiro2718
      @heldermonteiro2718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@iamPickled propaganda from the partizan

    • @TASmith-ou3is
      @TASmith-ou3is 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We need more people like Lepa right now. I only hope I can be as brave as Lepa, if need be.

  • @nishanightshade1302
    @nishanightshade1302 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The last story is so heartbreaking. It was such a romantic gesture, that apparently went horribly wrong. They looked like such a beautiful couple and their smiles are so heartwarming and just beam love. I feel terrible for her. Speaking from experience, losing someone you deeply love is a truly devastating experience. 💔

  • @anelaostojic2530
    @anelaostojic2530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    as a serbian person i feel honored that you’re talking about lepa radić and the horors ex-yugoslavian people had to endure during world war II. many people simply turn a blind eye to that part of this horrible time in history simply because we come from the balkans, but i do think our history deserves to be known better, so thank you for sharing a story from our region!

    • @stevesutherland6232
      @stevesutherland6232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes...A brave young woman

    • @user-he3rq5vg1u
      @user-he3rq5vg1u 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about Bosnia and Herzegovina....are you proud of the history associated with it......

    • @Johannesburg777
      @Johannesburg777 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never heard this story before. But then I am American and we don't have the best education. We tend to be ethnocentric in our history. It's too bad we couldn't hear more Am
      azing Stories like this

    • @anelaostojic2530
      @anelaostojic2530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@user-he3rq5vg1u i’m not proud of what the serbian government did to civilians in bosnia in the slightest, and i certainly nowhere tried to negate the terrors that happened. but i’m not going to negate the fact that serbian people were killed and treated unspeakably disgustingly during the course of history. my comment was meant to thank mrballen for highlighting a story of such a brave girl that came from our region, she’s of serbian origin but she was born in a town that is now on bosnian territory actually.

  • @churnstyle
    @churnstyle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    Lepa's story is unbelievable. The true definition of heroism.

    • @goyboykno9998
      @goyboykno9998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ok

    • @TheBeggies95
      @TheBeggies95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I agree, completely unbelievable that she was that strong to the end

    • @orcvsivstitia7608
      @orcvsivstitia7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yep. I just started painting. I'll be painting her. Then she's going on a T-shirt for me and anyone who's knows who she is. It will be free.

    • @JessicaSmith-yg9cn
      @JessicaSmith-yg9cn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      17 years old. Wow. Such courage at such a young age. Amazing.

    • @blackcellagent
      @blackcellagent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What an amazing person and absolute hero!

  • @sharongrigg5336
    @sharongrigg5336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    I'm from England n remember this case of the evil kid killing his ex girlfriend for absolutely no reason.. she was a really sweet kind girl. He's a psychopath n shouldn't ever get out but sadly our justice system stinks.

    • @katzillaaa85
      @katzillaaa85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I remember going to college in Bridgend and all of a sudden kids started to commit suicides and we've had "wellbeing sessions" and talks and all of that. All I remember about those days was that Bridgend was a deeply depressed town.

    • @bradfurlow6866
      @bradfurlow6866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If from the united states and if that happened there depending on the state that punk would be executed. If he got life with no parole the inmates.would beat his ass every day and prob rape.him

    • @sarah6557
      @sarah6557 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bradfurlow6866 hopefully yes

    • @DarksteelHeart
      @DarksteelHeart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bradfurlow6866 yeah. The second that kid showed total lack of remorse they might have tried him as an adult.

    • @maybechere8185
      @maybechere8185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bradfurlow6866 I guess it depends on the jury and judge. In America it’s usually one extreme or another. He would’ve either been given the death penalty or he would’ve gotten only a few decades. The justice system is corrupt.

  • @Viral_Barn
    @Viral_Barn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I wonder if maybe he dropped the ring and went down to try and get it and made a grave mistake. By the time he realized that he didn’t have enough breath to make it back up he tried but ultimately drowned. Such a sad story as the happiest and saddest day of the woman’s life.

    • @AdrienJohns-ye6ve
      @AdrienJohns-ye6ve 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You might be right here. God Bless his soul

  • @austinsteiner4828
    @austinsteiner4828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +826

    How the hell did he only get 14 years for premeditated murder. That's Murder 1. He should never see freedom again.

    • @amandamoon9772
      @amandamoon9772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Agreed. Apparently it happened in the UK though, so there ya go 🤷‍♀️

    • @lZFlVV
      @lZFlVV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Ying Fipling assault rocks are the biggest problem in today’s world

    • @jhauptmann9850
      @jhauptmann9850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Ying Fipling They will once a single person goes into schools or such and kills a few dozen people with a rock.. And then it happens once every few weeks. Ya derp.

    • @jhauptmann9850
      @jhauptmann9850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Ying Fipling Hehehe that is some good trolling! Funny. :)

    • @joannaflowers5563
      @joannaflowers5563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought the same thing.

  • @andrewblack9796
    @andrewblack9796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2111

    I'd be waiting for Josh to get out of prison if I were Rebecca's dad..

    • @vimal-cliobconsulting
      @vimal-cliobconsulting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      He shouldn't come out. He's dangerous for society

    • @trith72
      @trith72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      With the right amount of cash he doesn't need to wait, he can get someone inside to skin the monster alive in the shower...

    • @maryfiaola3686
      @maryfiaola3686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lol yeah

    • @Makenshin
      @Makenshin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Nah, I would go in after him.

    • @tomthompson2309
      @tomthompson2309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@trith72 thats works I approve 👍 👌

  • @gregmcb5305
    @gregmcb5305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    He obviously had motive beyond his friend offering him the breakfast for if he killed her, because he was already saying he was going to kill her before his friend offered the breakfast for it. That’s why his friend did it becasue he didn’t believe he was serious not defending the kid but Something else started this

    • @noellec7211
      @noellec7211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Same! I think hes schizophrenic. And when he went home from that weekend came into some psychosis that lasted until he ultimately killed her.

    • @siresorb1419
      @siresorb1419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like a brain tumor to me

    • @riripari2042
      @riripari2042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      That's pretty clear since he randomly broke up with her for no explained reason and decided to spread lies about her throughout the school. Did he think she cheated on him or something? It wouldn't be the first time a guy or girl with serious issues got super paranoid over nothing and ended up brutally injuring or killing someone they claimed to love.

    • @herberthans7015
      @herberthans7015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@riripari2042 yeah someone could have told him she cheated on him (out of jealousy, as a joke, etc.), too. I'm not sure if she would meet him in the woods if she had actually cheated on him but you never know. just like he could suffer from mental diseases the girl could have high levels of narcissism which "can manifest themselves in a pathological form as narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), whereby the individual overestimates his or her abilities and has an excessive need for admiration and affirmation." I actually know people who think their primitive, sneaky strategies to manipulate people are genius and will never be detected when you can tell they are phony from a mile away. I've seen schizophrenic people who would hurt themselves or others in some sort of daydream, too, so we'll never know.

    • @herberthans7015
      @herberthans7015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @HesMade TheDecision Well the narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) comes in many forms, actually most of us have narcissistic tendencies we just don't go there. Like you said there are warning signs and especially for people who can't judge a persons character quickly and accurately it's good to read up on that. But I think any person can have a bad day and go off out of nowhere, as long as no violence and so on is involved and it's not to extreme I think it's human. I personally definitely suffer from mood changes and probably got more issues than that but I think I'm still a good match for most girls unless they want to have a perfect family and many kids, maybe I could even manage a big family you never know what you're capable of until you take responsibility.

  • @johne8771
    @johne8771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You are without a doubt the most talented and intriguing story teller I’ve ever heard. I’ve been hooked on your videos and rewatched many 2-3 times. Thank you for helping my depression. You are a hero between serving in the Navy and giving me a dose of happiness on a daily basis.

  • @mobiusstripper7279
    @mobiusstripper7279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Geeeeezuz! That last story broke my heart. That poor woman! Going immediately from the best moment of your life to the absolute worst. What a living nightmare. So tragic.

    • @-ExperienceWithMe-
      @-ExperienceWithMe- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hopefully she got a refund in that place they stayed at

    • @xXDoUbLeDDXx38
      @xXDoUbLeDDXx38 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@-ExperienceWithMe- I’m sure that’s the least of her worries at that moment

    • @sadieireland8282
      @sadieireland8282 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xXDoUbLeDDXx38 Some people are arseholes...

  • @bridgetbroussard1522
    @bridgetbroussard1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    I grew up with Steven. His fiancée found someone to help locate his body. It was so heartbreaking. He was an amazing guy. I hadn’t seen him in years before his death but it still hit our small community hard where we grew up in when we all learned of his passing.

    • @oliviertostevin2144
      @oliviertostevin2144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @Jim Eagle wtf are you talking about, sounds like you have dementia, don’t do shit like that when someone is talking about a lost friend or member of their community, it’s disrespectful and just plain weird, “define shampoo?” Either you need to get yourself checked out for dementia or you’re a bot

    • @Xaslix.Crowd.Crow.
      @Xaslix.Crowd.Crow. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Jim Eagle why are you like this

    • @pornsakpongthong1092
      @pornsakpongthong1092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@oliviertostevin2144 are you joking? It's meme, bro.

    • @engleberthumperdink3522
      @engleberthumperdink3522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@pornsakpongthong1092 uh no. It's disrespectful. The guy is talking about a dead friend. Grow up child.

    • @quellbrack
      @quellbrack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@engleberthumperdink3522 honestly

  • @GenXfrom75
    @GenXfrom75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    Steven and Kenisha's story is utterly heartbreaking...

    • @IDoABitOfTrollin
      @IDoABitOfTrollin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It looked like he was just inches from the surface so it makes no sense how he drowned

    • @jf5618
      @jf5618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@IDoABitOfTrollin seems that way but it’s 10m (32’) down. If you’re pushing your lungs and you’ve got some good pressure at that depth…could be a rough trip back as it unfortunately was. Very sad

    • @scuffed_fn7359
      @scuffed_fn7359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      All 3 story’s were sad

    • @hennylo68
      @hennylo68 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@IDoABitOfTrollin It doesn't make sense because she killed him.

    • @meatballsandwich5329
      @meatballsandwich5329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@hennylo68 no she didnt realax with the conspiracy lmao

  • @ayaanosman1514
    @ayaanosman1514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oh my 😥 the last couple story really hit me. I don't know how Kanisha would ever move forward without him. That is so painful and heartbroken

  • @Ben-pz7wo
    @Ben-pz7wo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    That partisan story is badass.... what a legend. So brave at only 17...

    • @GrifoStelle
      @GrifoStelle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @yolo crone no.
      Our youth are still as valiant as our elderly were. There are just as many laying down their lives as there are whiners pointing fingers at other generations as your own generation.
      Much of our youth doesn't have to prove it by scowling down death anymore because the grandparents did their jobs.
      Our generation needs to level the playing field if we want the next generations to have the same successes as our predecessors.

    • @Ben-pz7wo
      @Ben-pz7wo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @yolo crone I’m 20 and can’t imagine. But ppl rushing Normandy beaches into the jaws of death half of them were younger than me. Really makes u think...

    • @olaughthelightlyspotting4639
      @olaughthelightlyspotting4639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@GrifoStelle WELL SAID,THERE WILL ALWAYS BE HEROES

    • @whoopsydaisy6389
      @whoopsydaisy6389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @yolo crone Yes I can imagine it. I see them standing up for what's right and putting their bodies on the line in various situations every day.

    • @Lovinlife1234
      @Lovinlife1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Here in the US..the teenager would say. " You are hurting my feelings, I'm putting you on you-tube!!!!"

  • @jasonhorton
    @jasonhorton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1884

    Starting my weekend with some anxiety why not

  • @ContusionsX
    @ContusionsX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    I know they always say “quality > quantity” but he’s able to post 3-4 times a week and still have every single video be extremely well done… he defies the laws of physics!!!!

    • @WoahJustTakeItEasyMan
      @WoahJustTakeItEasyMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh yeah MrBallen is gonna just get bigger and bigger overtime, easily one of the best story channels on this site 👏

    • @douglasnyquist2933
      @douglasnyquist2933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree. It's hard to believe he's only been doing this for a year. With the quantity and quality of videos one would think, MrBallen makes one video per week and has secretly been storing up these videos for a decade and he's now starting to release two or three stored videos to every new video.

  • @evachjourney
    @evachjourney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The last story is the saddest thing I’ve ever heard 😳 so much joy to be replaced with so much sadness that is some cruel destiny.

  • @Rdskid7
    @Rdskid7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Hey Mr. Ballen, you inspired me to become a search and rescue volunteer in the Rocky Mountains! Thank you for the amazing dark and mysterious story telling!

    • @giab1188
      @giab1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's awesome!

    • @Cubevision1
      @Cubevision1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@giab1188 no its terrifying

    • @barbaravance6774
      @barbaravance6774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cubevision1 No it's not.

    • @barbaravance6774
      @barbaravance6774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Congrats! I used to so Search and Rescue here in Ohio. Are you going to train a K-9? That's what I did. I started after my son was lost for 20 min. and no one came to search for him. I had called the police. I didn't know that missing kids here fall under the Fire Dept. My father was an MP in the Army and a K-9 trainer. So, it kinda came naturally. I even know a man who does SAR work in Arizona on horseback. Good Luck! It's hard work. But, it means so much to relatives.!

    • @iviui2d3i2
      @iviui2d3i2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cool! Just make sure that when you got out there and come across the Like Button as it's fleeing from some dude asking if it knows the way to Bells Canyon, tell the Like Button to search around upstream until he finds some freestanding stairs in the middle of a meadow, and that he'll be safe from Bells Canyon dude if he climbs to the tip of the stairs

  • @crystal2967
    @crystal2967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    The fact that josh only got 14 years in prison boils my blood..

    • @marko-1987
      @marko-1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ai me too mate.

    • @JamesSmith-jq2jc
      @JamesSmith-jq2jc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well, like the movie Law Abiding Citizen, maybe her family will settle things when he gets out.

    • @libraslight8758
      @libraslight8758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      maybe someone will recognize his face and put him out of the worlds misery

    • @smilee9975
      @smilee9975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      People with weed get more time lol

    • @D4z3D
      @D4z3D 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sadly there are people who legitimately thinks, "Oh teenagers was too young to fully comprehend what they're doing." But honestly, if a fucking teenager can go through the process of killing someone, he's already too fucked in the head to be let roaming society again.
      Like jfc, when my friends and I are stupid, we dared each other to snort pixy sticks not commit murder.

  • @ballzach9939
    @ballzach9939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    (Enters group recovery meeting) Hi I’m Zach, and I’m addicted to the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format...

    • @deeranged7344
      @deeranged7344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Hello Zach, I'm Orion, and I'm addicted to abusing the like button

    • @Misssydney
      @Misssydney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hi Zach, welcome, would you like to share your story today? No pressure.

    • @GrifoStelle
      @GrifoStelle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *joining chorus* Hi Zach

    • @tee5210
      @tee5210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣 seriously

    • @Aal-2447
      @Aal-2447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Welcome jack. I’m amanda. I’m an addict too. We’re all here for you!

  • @1976MonaLisa
    @1976MonaLisa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is one of my favorite tortures of the like button that I've heard so far. The polite hustle to the held-open door is such a clear image, it cracked me up. 😂

  • @kristinamilanovic1445
    @kristinamilanovic1445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    Her name was Lepa which means "beautiful". It's the same e when you read "desk". My grandmother's sister also died in Partizan at the age of 19.

    • @theedmee
      @theedmee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Your great aunt was a badass, just like Lepa.

    • @ginaperez8139
      @ginaperez8139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      God Rest Your Great Aunt May she Rest at Peace. 🙏

    • @ashextraordinaire
      @ashextraordinaire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      My grandmother was a resistance fighter, smuggler, and spy as a teenager during the war in France. Her memory is a blessing to me, as I hope your great aunt's memory is a blessing to you.

    • @zeka9329
      @zeka9329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      r.i.p

    • @darkodarko9
      @darkodarko9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theedmee well the west sees them as villains now so... i dont know what to say :)

  • @ploom5375
    @ploom5375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +606

    My theory on the last story:
    I feel like steven wasn’t done proposing, but was running out of breath already by the end of the ‘paper against the glass’ part.
    He hadn’t pulled out the ring yet but woulda been embarrassed to go up for air before doing so, so he toughed it out and held his breath for those extra ten seconds to complete the full proposal.
    At which point, on his way up to the surface, he passed out and lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen in the brain… and then he slowly sunk to the ocean floor.
    Very sad 😔

    • @AutumnWind92
      @AutumnWind92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Not sad, just stupid

    • @bobgait4054
      @bobgait4054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@AutumnWind92 it’s still a bit sad

    • @minteabee
      @minteabee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      It's really sad but I couldn't help but think why would he spend all that extra time underwater when he was already worried that he couldn't hold his breath for that long. He should have just written down "will you marry me?" in big fat letters, make sure she read it and maybe look for her nodding or something at the very most, swim back up and *then* tell her how much he loves her and show the ring.. It did seem a little stupid. But really sad nonetheless. 😔

    • @ricocheteraw90sthebestdecade
      @ricocheteraw90sthebestdecade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@minteabee white people got balls they go to the extreme sometimes...thrill seekers this is sometimes what happens...lol

    • @sarah6557
      @sarah6557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bobgait4054 it's very sad

  • @salvatorem1959
    @salvatorem1959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I envy the Newest subscribers. For they can binge watch videos that are completely new to them. The good ole days

    • @Hazeldreamz
      @Hazeldreamz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ah yes....I remember when I first discovered his channel. I did that exact thing lol. Binge watched all his videos. Now I wait for that notification bell to go off just to watch his new uploads

    • @justinmordini7627
      @justinmordini7627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Facts wish I could watch all his videos for the first time again 😭

    • @graysnake5332
      @graysnake5332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So true🥲

    • @JSainte17
      @JSainte17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I just found him an hour ago. I’m in heaven. A creepy, terrifying heaven.

  • @gr8gmr
    @gr8gmr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Lepa's story reminds me of Sophie Scholl. Two brave young women who stood their ground all the way up until very end.

    • @phangirlable
      @phangirlable ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, I thought the same!

  • @quingyquangy6190
    @quingyquangy6190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    first story had me slamming my fists on my desk saying, "DON'T GO WITH HIM TO THE WOODS ARE YOU JOKING?"

    • @codsworthmilkbone4131
      @codsworthmilkbone4131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ikr

    • @Buffalohomer
      @Buffalohomer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      finally a comment about the content

    • @codsworthmilkbone4131
      @codsworthmilkbone4131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Buffalohomer true

    • @barbaravance6774
      @barbaravance6774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you! If someone treated me that badly for a year? Oh, Hell no! Not to mention yelling people he wanted to kill her! My son was watching this with me. He shouted, " What is she doing?" All I could say is, " What is wrong with people?" I mean really. Look at that poor baby Cash Gernon just murdered in Dallas! 😭

    • @supernt100
      @supernt100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Buffalohomer I made a comment about how dumb that was

  • @echochambers8418
    @echochambers8418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I honestly don’t know how my grief would manifest itself if I was the Father or Brother of the girl in the first story,but my initial reaction is to be waiting for him.

    • @guitarguru.3572
      @guitarguru.3572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah I feel you. Knowing how light sentences for that shit are, I’d probably testify that it wasn’t him just to make sure I got my hands on him, as opposed to the limp-dick justice system coddling him for 14 years.

    • @SMaamri78
      @SMaamri78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If I was alive when he got out of jail, I’d be waiting for him.

    • @jbeach12078
      @jbeach12078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@guitarguru.3572 i thought, i missed heard john, when he said, "14 yrs"; until i listened again. i was shocked at that sentencing. i can only imagine what her family thought of that. i would like to hear the reasoning, from the judge behind that......

    • @jamesleary1405
      @jamesleary1405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      As a father of a daughter I can guarantee I'd be spending my life in prison if I was her father.

    • @burants89
      @burants89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or if like me got no patience if get myself locked up where he is and make sure my face was the last thing he ever saw

  • @steveh1802
    @steveh1802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    That proposal story is one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard.

    • @pgpro8691
      @pgpro8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Absolutely. Good lord that was heartbreaking. She went from the happiest moment in her life to the worst in an instant...
      Side note as cool as that place sounds, having a cabin way out on the water, with no immediate way to get back to shore or contact emergency services is kind of crazy.

    • @nathandingy
      @nathandingy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@pgpro8691 yeah I doubt they have an safety regulations but a radio phone should be a requirement at the least

    • @jamessutter6700
      @jamessutter6700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dude did the whole thing right. Perfect surprise....absolute freak accident and absolutely at the worst moment. The hopes and dreams of that whole life there and simultaneously ripped away at the very beginning moment...

    • @jerryboics9550
      @jerryboics9550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He killed himself being silly.
      17 yo girl getting beaten to death with a rock by someone she thought was her boyfriend? Not that sad?

    • @morkujinirukandji4820
      @morkujinirukandji4820 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jerryboics9550 15 years not 17

  • @marcusmiro7481
    @marcusmiro7481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Lepa is the most gigachad human to ever exist. Imagine having that much courage at 17. They are dangling a false promise of safety to weasel some info out and she just says "yall gonna die :D." Queen of Courage!

  • @SewEasyCreations
    @SewEasyCreations 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    All of these stories are so sad but the 17 year old girl is incredible. What a force of goodwill energy that was sadly taken, not only from her, but from humanity.

    • @nathanjones6638
      @nathanjones6638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yup.
      That is exactly why I became rather extreme in my hate of abusers, rapists, and murderers. While not all apply to the first story, it bothers me to no end that these villains survive.
      What kind of evil society does not hunt and exterminate these monsters?

    • @puketinmoarliek994
      @puketinmoarliek994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nathanjones6638 ive been expressing this exact thought, why just let them slip away, all the spotlight is on the violence

    • @MrWhite-bk8uy
      @MrWhite-bk8uy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those are Balkans for you

    • @justicemunsell200
      @justicemunsell200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah that one honestly amazed me. The fact the she was so young but so strong is insane

    • @anemicgoalhop495
      @anemicgoalhop495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Reminds me of Sophie Scholl.

  • @OOceaneyess
    @OOceaneyess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    What I’ve learned so far:
    1.)Don’t go into any caves
    2.)If the sign says,”Stay out”, STAY OUT!
    3.)Never meet up with someone “ in the woods.”

    • @poutinedream5066
      @poutinedream5066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I knew all those things at 12. Of course, I grew up in Jersey, soooo 😒

  • @dirktheodale7066
    @dirktheodale7066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    As a UK resident I am ashamed by our "JUSTICE" system. 14 years for cold blooded murder. That psychopath will be free... sick.

    • @Flamey45
      @Flamey45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Looking at some comments earlier he has already been freed. Our justice system sucks.

    • @amandamoon9772
      @amandamoon9772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Flamey45 wow....

    • @PoochieCollins
      @PoochieCollins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He's a psychopath, but this has an easy answer: he was a kid at the time, 14 or 15 I think -- the same age that is considered to be too young/childish to consent to sex in most of the world. If up to me I'd have some sort of permanent probation/supervision after prison, though.

    • @wykydytron
      @wykydytron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PoochieCollins what? Most of the world has age of consent of 15 some go down even to 13, only usa has high age of consent, in fact USA has some of the stupidest age rules in universe like ability to get car licence at 16 so you can have that great responsibility if driving vehicle that can easily kill multiple ppl due to distractions etc but you cannot have sex or drink beer... As for the case, most countries in the world aside from UK and Sweden i think (two cooks of europe) if underage person commits serious crime they are sentenced like adults. In my country you loose in a child protection if you commit crime with intent. You get locked in special institution (jail for underage ppl) till your 18 and then they transfer you to regular prison. Reality is ppl like him should be tortured and slowly killed after theirs crimes are proven without doubt. Sentencing them for several years or lifetime in prison is not a punishment, solves nothing and only puts innocent ppl in danger as they will kill again and again. Not to mention each prison is strain on taxpayers and we all literally feed those criminals.

    • @ellen5125
      @ellen5125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But he probably didn't get his breakfast aye

  • @XViTNg
    @XViTNg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Damn. The first one reminds me of the one where the girl meets with her ex and sends her friend a message saying "if anything happens you know who I'm with lol" and the guy took a photo of her standing on the edge of some mountain and he shoved her off.
    Both were very pretty young girls who gave attention to the worst possible guys.

  • @jacobdavidson2390
    @jacobdavidson2390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1643

    Who else randomly found this channel and now they can't stop watching it?

    • @bakerredrum
      @bakerredrum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Right here man.

    • @LolLol-rl8ue
      @LolLol-rl8ue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me 😭

    • @timstout512
      @timstout512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm a confessed bing watcher.😊

    • @paul7339
      @paul7339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Only about half his videos. Just the ones with actual photo/video evidence and/or corresponding news article, the other half are creepypasta reddit stories that he overspeculates about and presents as fact. Actually he overspeculates in most his vids..
      But still better than most the channels out there. 👍

    • @coffeenut9588
      @coffeenut9588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I found it while watching Bailey Sarian.

  • @ambernicole9457
    @ambernicole9457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Imagine the happiest day of your life ending to be the most devastating. 💔

    • @erismana2105
      @erismana2105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Imagine only thinking people have one day as their happiest.

    • @robertcox7220
      @robertcox7220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IKR sad.😪

    • @erismana2105
      @erismana2105 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Frankie Gomez my point being there should be many happy moments in someone's life if they can only be happy on one thing over everything else that explains why so many people are miserable..

    • @HansDester
      @HansDester 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She killed him

    • @nightynightshade
      @nightynightshade 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@erismana2105 The point is, it was the happiest day of her life UP UNTIL that moment. If he lived, the next happiest moment of her life would’ve probably been birthing her first child! There’s many happy moments but there’s ALWAYS 1 you could claim as the happiest. “HappiEST” meaning there’s MORE happy moments but that one is the best. It doesn’t mean it’s the ONLY happy moment. Hope that makes sense.

  • @MelissaNicoleYT
    @MelissaNicoleYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The most romantic purposal EVER and he died. That's f'd up on so many levels

  • @hawthornestudios7724
    @hawthornestudios7724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's so nice that you cover stories from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 not many do. I have never even heard of the josh and Rebecca story 💔 I have recently the last few months discovered you and have been seriously binging lol ♥

  • @hayleyhughes2870
    @hayleyhughes2870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    Just when you think Fridays couldn't get better

    • @apexdeer9362
      @apexdeer9362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I have a job interview pls help :(

    • @unnamedchannel1237
      @unnamedchannel1237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      6am Saturday morning here

    • @unnamedchannel1237
      @unnamedchannel1237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@apexdeer9362 I just watch dan O’Connor video that would help you tells you how to open and close in an interview

    • @XiionBeatz
      @XiionBeatz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@apexdeer9362 F

    • @slothymango
      @slothymango 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@apexdeer9362 just loosen up and remind yourself that the job isn't going make or break or you, there's another one out there. Act like you mean business, but be kind of loose! Good luck

  • @brandons4240
    @brandons4240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    For the 3rd story, the autopsy performed on Steven Weber revealed a laceration on his head. He most likely hit his head on some part of the underwater room when he was surfacing and knocked himself out and drowned.
    He was healthy, a strong swimmer, didn't do drugs or alcohol, so this is the most likely explanation.

    • @ainsleybaker6194
      @ainsleybaker6194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks for the explanation man.

    • @pornsakpongthong1092
      @pornsakpongthong1092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Laceration isn't a word. You're probably thinking of the word, lactation.

    • @brandons4240
      @brandons4240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@pornsakpongthong1092 don't know if you're trolling or you just don't know laceration is a word

    • @pornsakpongthong1092
      @pornsakpongthong1092 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brandons4240 no word.

    • @crazyintellectual0079
      @crazyintellectual0079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@pornsakpongthong1092 word isn't a word, you probably meant wardrobe

  • @macandcheeseroni7567
    @macandcheeseroni7567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    the girl in the last story was my cheer coach’s daughter. crazy how small the world is, but you did an amazing job telling their story, thank you.

    • @jarredfugleberg3994
      @jarredfugleberg3994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are we just supposed to believe you?

    • @i_like_men_127
      @i_like_men_127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@jarredfugleberg3994 it’s not like she’s saying it’s her, believe them or not but i mean…that’s a stupid thing to lie about

    • @emdove
      @emdove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@jarredfugleberg3994 What difference does it make, really? It’s not like they added stuff to the story (except for the cheer coach), so there’s no possibility for false information. Other than perhaps that Mr. Ballen has done a good job, and I think most just assume that anyway.

    • @jarredfugleberg3994
      @jarredfugleberg3994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@emdove I was joking Emily plz chill

    • @emdove
      @emdove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jarredfugleberg3994 Good to know. I always write long messages, it’s nothing personal.
      (But that’s not my name Jarod 🥴)

  • @suej8159
    @suej8159 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want to say thank you for telling Lepa's story so few know some of the truly brave women during that time,my Bubby (grand mother) was a survivor as a young Jewish teen in a Nazi camp the things they did her were unspeakable but most of the world will never know.

  • @andersondawn3631
    @andersondawn3631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    That last story makes me so sad. He loved her so much and was blinded by it to the point of disregarding his own safety to propose 😔

  • @lunchboxfightsyou
    @lunchboxfightsyou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    Kenesha & Steven’s story is so heartbreaking. They deserved their happily ever after

    • @WynneL
      @WynneL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They really did. And imagine not even knowing what the hell happened to kill your loved one. That's just the extra little bit of pain on top of what is already a nightmare.

    • @jonathanhill8551
      @jonathanhill8551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      At least, even if it's not in this life, they'll eventually be able to be together again.

    • @EstamosDe
      @EstamosDe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonathanhill8551 big bounce theory

    • @jonathanhill8551
      @jonathanhill8551 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EstamosDe what about it?

    • @conflict7269
      @conflict7269 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very

  • @heathenamerican8149
    @heathenamerican8149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    If I die a strange and mysterious death I give Mr.Ballen 100% approval to tell my story.

    • @cutebutsadisticable
      @cutebutsadisticable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dude, no joke! I'm going to put that in my will!