I swear it must be because her head wasnt right since the attack. Or I hate 2say, shes one of those weirdo moms that believe their kids never do anything wrong, constantly make dumb excuses for them and are in complete denial. It's just unfathomable looking at her disfugured face how she can pretend like this.
She had no recollection of the events after her coma. You can tell someone something happened to them as much as you’d like, but if they don’t remember it happening to them, they won’t believe you, especially since they would know. It threw me off for a second, too, but she didn’t have a reason, as far as she saw, to believe he had done it.
@@Cjbarker2 Right I get that, but did the Police have any other suspects? Doesnt she see they havent found a killer ? They were such nice ppl who would wanna do that 2them?
Poor parents 😔 although I think the broken brain of the dad thinking it was a normal day was better than remembering I guess. The mums face, just heartbreaking.
I laughed when you doubled back on your statement "Chris is so emotional, he can barely speak because of what just happened". I was like "are we listening to two different phone calls?!"
well, he was also violently drunk, and hella abusive to his family, so probably for the best on that front. unfortunately, her crazy mom was who she was stuck with.
@@kelsielovesbbu well, him being an alcoholic was probably the result of having an insane wife who was also cheating on him. and never does it say he was "hella abusive to the family"....?? you are reaching to defend an obviously insane woman.
@@LifeInTheClouds you miss the part where the daughter described him as both an alcoholic and incredibly violent in the beginning of the story 😭 so- its safe to say he definitely was abusive, if not to the kids then towards the wife infront of the kids
The dad doing his routine is heartbreaking. The mom standing by her son's side, shows just how much a mothers love will blind you from thinking your child could do such a horrendous act.
I think it would be more like forgiveness other than denial. Believing he wasn't himself when he comitted the act. It's the easiest way to render the trauma
@@dxshawn532 yeah but that wouldn't change the mind of the mother. Most people view their children through a special lense, especially if they've never done something like that before. Can be a psychopath, but doesn't mean he was actually full blown psycho murderer before. Or he had probably never shown it.
the real issue was she enabled all of his lies and thefts…she was directly responsible for her son stealing and defrauding more and more until he went too far and was facing prison for his fraud. she supported and helped him throughout that!
Ah yes, I heard the one about Christopher Porco before. Still haunts me how his father went on auto-pilot the entire morning and couldn't tell the blood trail he was leaving behind was from his own head wound. He was already dead, but still 'living' at the same time... Yeah, disturbing as hell.
The last story about the father going about his routine, reminded me of that case where that kid, that they thought killed his girlfriend, was actually shot in the head and the detective didn't realize it till he looked closer. It's so fascinating how the mind continues to work after such trauma.
I wonder what it's like to be Mr. Ballen's kid. Kid: "Daddy, tell me a bedtime story." Mr. B: "O.K. Two years ago, police found a human ribcage and shredded, bloody clothing on the side of the highway just a half mile from our house ..."
The dad in the 3rd story accomplished more tasks after his horrific ordeal than I do on a Monday morning, even after coffee. Suddenly I feel lazy. God rest his soul
the fact that peter porco saw himself in the mirror after getting hacked in the head 16 times and STILL didn’t recognize his own head wound is bone-chilling.
@@dammaguy1286I can't even imagine how the hell that was possible considering that when you look into the details of the case, the ax literally "took off his jaw"...shave what???
This is an example of just how blindly you can function "on automatic pilot"... We often wonder how people can blunder so lucidly into such REMARKABLY STUPID sh*t from time to time, and this is how that can happen, too... It's a matter of the brain building those "muscle memories" or rather what the neuroscientists call "procedural memory"... In fact, a person can suffer total amnesia to the point that he or she can't even tell you their name, but put a new pen in their hand and tell them to sign something, and it's a matter of legibility as to whether or not you'll get a name out of it... as often as not in such cases, THEY CAN SIGN... We (humans) DO have the power of individual free will, but to exercise it takes energy. Our brains cost about 25% of our daily caloric intake, making them VERY expensive as organs go. SO... it's practically automatic that our nervous system as a whole tries to find more efficient ways of functioning on all fronts, including turning any regular routine into procedural memory. Add in some neuro-plasticity, and you can get some VERY intricate and elaborate processes done as automated functions with no more thought actively put to them than walking or breathing. SO when Peter was so far brain damaged as to be "dead on his feet" he was capable of all the procedural memory items... the routines he'd probably done daily for DECADES, and he simply went through all the motions... and without a single possible thought to the details, from the bleeding to the missing jaw, gaping wounds all over his head and shoulders... nothing... It's equal parts fascinating and horrific. ;o)
@@kdagoat0957 he probably did it really sloppy and sliced up his face and neck while shaving and didn’t feel a thing shdikejfirirnfjwjendd ugh that freaks me tf out lol
I told my wife and kids about Mr Ballen a while back. Now if you walk from my bedroom through the living room down the hall you can hear Mr Ballens voice echoing through the house from every tv 😂 it’s kinda cool.
I knew a guy in New Orleans that tried to shoot up a house party but some else there had a pistol and shot him in the head he walked from the living room to the bathroom with a hole in his head he lived almost five minutes talking and everything
@@b1gblock848 I saw a video (don't remember which TH-cam channel) entitled something to the effect of, the weirdest police interview ever. They thought this guy murdered his girlfriend and was just acting really weird during a multi-hour police interview. Turns out he had a bullet lodged in his head from the guy that murdered his girlfriend and who left him for dead. Unfortunately he ended up suffering serious injury due to the delay in treatment.
He really got me with that sarcasm “As you can clearly tell, he is beside himself and can barely speak” I’m sitting here “Hmmm I mean I guess maybe that’s possible”
I was thinking, “okay so either one of us has undiagnosed autism or he’s about to pull out a reverse on my ass and the kid was the killer... there’s no middle ground here.” lol it probably got everybody cause he said it convincingly - mrballen was as nonchalant as the kid!
My husband had a plant removed from his ear. He had been training in a field and a seed went in his ear. It sprouted and took root. When he finally went to the doctor , the doctor pulled it out and asked, “did you put that in there on purpose?” 🌱
The big thing is, he only found out about it because of the needles from the fur tree. If it wasn't a fur tree he may have not had it removed in time. It could have planted it's roots deep into his lungs had they not found it when they did. He got so lucky
Several years ago the dept of transportation bought a house I rented for a road expansion. They sent agents to help residents on our street with relocation. These agents helped each of us find new living quarters paid for by DOT. My agent helped me negotiate a rental in an apartment , the DOT paid a year in advance, which was simply compensation for the inconvenience. It is notable that I am a book keeper, and this was on my rental application. The apt manager thought it was all very odd and finally asked if it was really the Witness Protect Program. When we told her no she remained skeptical. The agent and I found it amusing but thought nothing of it at the time. I moved in and things were fine. But everytime I went into the office after that the entire staff would become quiet and stare at me in awe. I finally accepted that they were never going to accept the "DOT story" and for the next year I enjoyed the reverence and awe of the staff, finding it quite entertaining. I've since moved, but run into people from that office from time to time. I still enjoy the notoriety.
Two years ago, a schizophrenic son killed his parents with an axe two doors down from my house. His dad was an artist, and the son, after killing his parents, pulled all of his dad's paintings out of the house and piled them across the road. That huge pile of paintings was the first thing we saw before we knew about the murders. The son was convinced the government had planted a chip in his head, and he had to do whatever he was programmed or told to do. I am surprised that story was not more widespread; it's highly unusual for this small city.
It's weird how the chip in people's head when they are crazy never tells them to do nice things.. just murder. That's why I believe its all a crock of 💩
@@FulkNerraIII It was really good, actually -- beautiful geometric shapes on enormous canvases. I didn't get any, though -- that would be stealing. ;) Also, the killer was still on the loose in the neighborhood by the time we saw the pile of artwork, and the whole pile was soon surrounded by police tape.
@@priscillagraham3723 His first name is Taka, but I can't remember his last name. His mother was French-Canadian and his dad was Japanese. His mother was a friend of mine and a lovely neighbor. This was in Charleston, WV.
@NaiRemlap1 Hhhmm , interesting.......I guess it just doesn't even faze me anymore. I mean I'm constantly getting right back up and continuing on with my day after getting bludgeoned to near death by my axe-wielding dickens of a son! With that said though, I can see your point. If you're not quite accustomed to something of that nature, one can definitely see the potential for that to become........slightly disconcerting.
That second story had my psych radar going “this sounds like a lot like symptoms of a delusion disorder”. It’s crazy to think what we might perceive as our reality could be completely made up in our heads.. and then to keep believing this false reality even when faced with undeniable truths!
@@tararenner235that's literally anyone who idolizes a politician. Obama had his own little cult of personality, too. However, everyone conveniently forgets that Obama increased war efforts in the Middle East, despite promises to the contrary. Obama and his administration sold weapons to violent drug cartels, yet nobody talks about that. Biden literally handed Afghanistan to the Taliban, yet nobody on the Left seems to bat an eye at that. The Left and Right are two sides of the same coin. If you think either is better than the other, you're a fool beyond all hope. By looking down your nose at those who have a differing opinion to your own, you're playing directly into the game laid out by the political elite. Wake up and take a look around you. They want us at each other's throats, so that we don't go looking behind the curtain and asking questions.
@@tararenner235 Better be careful, because that can go both ways. I don't even like the man, but it's ridiculous how you people cannot have a conversation without bringing him into a situation that has absolutely nothing to do with him, nor his supporters.
@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298 I'd even go as far to say those like the one you replied to are the ones delusional, as like you said, they're the ones actually obsessed over him.
@@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298 "dur dur dur Trump" is the rallying cry of every halfwit with an opinion. They know they have nothing of substance to offer any conversation, so they resort to low IQ buzzwords and dog whistles. That's why you see so many obese, neon haired sky screamers these days. They're a side effect of party line voting and an overabundance of sensationalist media.
Parents: "We're very disappointed in you but we still love you and we'll do everything to help you get back on your feet." Chris: "So you have chosen death."
@@panicattheanimationstudio5673 this is something someone who is or has been abused would say.....I hope this is not the case and you yourself are in a safe living situation, and have healthy relationships...hurting the mother hurts the kids, and that means he is not a good, or complete father to them
Oh my god poor Pauline. Because of her families delusions her entire life was ruined. All that moving, not having any stable relationships for years, that's horrible
One of my first thoughts right away were "okay but did he keep the tree? DID HE PLANT IT?" Honestly, if that happened to me, I would see if any of the tree could be salvaged so I COULD plant it, LMAO. But I think most of us would prefer our plants outside our bodies to begin with, not start with, haha.
That last story is possibly the scariest one yet, and I've been addicted to this channel for about two weeks. A dead man walking... ugh... nightmare fuel.
~yeah...i thnk we all r legitimately addicted to mr. ballen... ~his stories draw u in, hook ya, & its hard for us to escape....(not tht we wnt to)...~!!
I've seen someone in that state. They're completely oblivious to outside stimuli and shamble around like when someone is extremely tired. Comparable to how movies depict slow, clumsy zombies.
the scariest aspect is the implication that we are not as in control of our minds as we think we are, and that our minds are not as sensible as we'd like to believe. experiments with epileptic patients who had their corpus callosum severed between the two hemispheres find that one side cannot account for what the other side perceives or decides, yet will still act on it, then generate its own (sometimes nonsense) rationalization for doing what it did
Me: man Chris sure sounds awful calm about his parent's deaths MrBallen: Chris sounded upset and emotional Me: wait... he did? maybe I am bad at this? I guess he was emotional and upset then. MrBallen: Nah he wasn't he's a psychopath Lesson learned always trust your gut
hahaha!! I was the exact same way! I was like: ''hang on....maybe I AM A SOCIOPATH! I clearly can't pick up on all these crazy outurings of emotion!'' Then...BOOM. MrBallen: Nah he wasn't he's a psychopath
That mafia delusion was so damn infuriating. When lack of evidence means nothing to someone, and they ruin the lives of their loved ones as a result...
it was also a fascinating proof of what mr. ballen said that there's a thing called passing down a delusion in which the daughter became extremely paranoid which I think is like a sign of the delusion being passed down to her. Luckily for her she didn't fell for it.
ahh "That Chapter" is pretty chill too :) its almost like Ballin but true crime kinda thing.. dont really wanna promote someone's channel on another channel but the comments are all positive there also.
I still think your personal ghost story is probably one of the greatest stories I’ve ever heard. I still go back and listen to it sometimes. Whether it was paranormal or sleep paralysis, that shit was crazy
Ya it's one of the best. The true crime ones were good but some of the weird ones in his first few months were amazing. That one about the werewolf guy who worked at a tire shop was so good. I still think about that one.
As a mother, I can understand why acting to love I our child unconditionally even after they do something so horrific not only to someone you love, but to you too. I honestly don’t know how she let him stay in her home. But I also know that brain injuries are extremely complex and make you do wild things. My sister is still recovering from a TBI after a car accident earlier this year. She was in a medically induced coma for 2 weeks and spent about a month in a Neurological rehabilitation hospital. For a while after her crash, she 100% believed that someone had attacked her and stabbed her and even said a person she said knew did it and was upset with us because we weren’t trying to have him prosecuted. It was really wild. Her leg had been crushed in the accident and she needed 2 surgeries to put it back together… and in her mind, those were stab wounds caused by a broken beet bottle. It was so wild because her memeories of this were very vivid and specific and even caused us to wonder if she had been attacked at some point and was remembering a completely separate incident. Then one day she just stopped talking about it, now it seems like she’s accepted she was in a car accident because for a while she didn’t even believe that. It’s a sad thing seeing a loved one not be able to remember things from their life and be a completely different person. It makes me wonder if her brain made her think he wasn’t a threat to protect herself from the pain and trauma.
My grandfather worked his whole life for a railroad hauling grain. He told us once he developed a cough and out came a sprouted grain. He had no issues after that.
I heard about a bean sprouting in a baby’s nose. The baby, as babies will, put a bean up its nose and the bean sprouted. The mother discovered it when it began to grow out of the kid’s nostril.
For sure. I thought the same thing. Anyone with a conscience would be obviously distressed and probably fighting back the tears with every word. I knew right then he had something to do with it, and it almost sounded like he was trying to find where the mother was to finish the job.
Yeah me too. I was confused for a sec when Mr. Ballen started saying he was upset and crying, then he was "no." I was like ok, cause I was about to say...
Yeah as soon as I heard there were sons, and the parents were found dead, I knew it was one of them. But thought maybe the son who was serving had come back home with ptsd and killed them.
My sister was a real dickhead when I was young and she was telling me all sorts of shit that I believed and she said that a tree will grow in me if I eat seeds and I didn't believe it. Now I do.
16 hits with an axe, and his brain still has the ability to get up on time and do everything he normally did during his morning routine without hesitation. The human body is capable of amazing things.
Reminds me of my friend that was found on his kitchen floor after suffering a heart attack. At he hospital, he was hooked up to all kinds of machines and was in a coma It so happened that the day I visited him I was startled when he ‘woke’ up, started ripping the tubes and wires that was hooked up to him and he looked at me and asked me if we are still going out for breakfast because we planned it the day before his heart attack. He proceeded to look around the room and had this quizzical expression for a few seconds then fell back down into his hospital bed. By this time nurses came barging in because of the alarms he set off by tearing away at the tubes and such. It was a pretty creepy moment. He died the next day.
Can I just say, I really appreciate that you give trigger warnings about pictures and then give ways to Google pictures that you aren’t showing. This is very kind of you and so necessary for many people. Thank you for being so inclusive. It makes a world of difference.
I love how he uses actual photos, it really adds to the atmosphere of the video and shows that he's actually putting hard work into these videos. You just earned yourself yet another subscriber!
I think Chris Porco's mother's very odd behavior with her murderous son during the trial has to have something to do with how he ended up an axe murderer. Either that or her head injury affected her judgement.
That mother takes loving your kid no matter what to a new level Not only was her husband murdered Not only was she disfigured The trial took what ever saving and more from what ever life she had left
I imagine from all the brain damage she suffered, she really no longer remembers the attack and cannot believe her son is capable of such a thing. It's tragic but understandable.
There is something extremely unsettling about the stories like this third one where someone is functioning on a legally dead brain. It's equally intriguing and horrifying how someone can still survive for however long without realizing their own head wounds.
Or, the fact that the only functional part of your brain that's left is the section that's responsible for your daily routine. Just like certain parts of your car function despite mechanical failure. The human body is basically just a machine with moving parts.
In order for the brain to stop functioning immediately is for the brain stem must be severed before the first cervical spine. This cuts off the brain from oxygen. If a person receives blunt force trauma to the brain and doesn’t know it, they can go on living for quire some time like this man did. Eventually we will evolve to heal our own brain if we don’t murder our planet first.
I live around the third case and that shit was insane. My dad actually did work on their house a few years before it happened. I was like 15 or so when the incident happened. All over the news. That was the most played local news thing from my area that I can remember. I forgot Mr ballen made this video. There’s so much more to it I wish he would do a deeper dive into the story tho. Layout of the house and all like he does.
I was a part of a mental evaluation team of a large CA police department for 10 years and we ran into two cases of share psychotic disorder and it was exactly like you described. It’s extremely rare.
Have you ever heard of "gang stalking" or "targeted individuals"? It's basically thousands of people who met online to share and reinforce their delusions with each other. One of the dark sides of social networking...
I know of a sad case of a lovely couple who believed there was a pedophile cult after them. At first wasn't sure what to think, but as time went on it became very evident it was a paranoid delusion. They sold everything and went overseas to "escape". Then came back with stories of meetings with prime ministers and a big conspiracy. They'd used up all their savings. Really quite startling how they both believed it. The husband had previously spent time in mental health facility. I still can't wrap my head around it. They called the police at one point on the "cult" and the police called a psychiatrist for them. Unfortunately they cut contact with anyone who showed any doubt on their story and have since disappeared again... No doubt on the run from the invisible pursuers.They were smart and kind so this mental delusion that cost them their peace, sanity and savings is really astonishing and sad.
Did you ever analyze the police? I ask because personality disorders, particularly those involving an unhealthy enjoyment of exerting power over others, are quite common in that profession. Tragically, such a diagnosis, even when made, tends not to disqualify the person from police work.
@christineshotton824 This is one big issue I agree with within ranks of authority. I believe that impartial entities should do routine full evaluations geared toward digging up any kinds of power-tripping of otherwise sadistic behavior, since it is prevelant to these kinds of occupations.
So I live in Rochester New York and I remember hearing this whole thing go down and them finding the parents and all this crazy stuff and the son acting like he didn’t do anything and it was just totally messed up and then hearing about the dad doing this routine even though he’s a walking dead man. Insane. I literally got chills during the whole story. John it was nuts.
not everyone reacts to trauma the same. My father died with cancer. I held his hand as he took his last breath. I didn't even shed a tear. I stayed calm upto the end of his funeral. I was the last one to leave, before I left I placed his medals and my own in his breast pockets. Then turn to leave the room. It felt like I hit a brick wall. First time I had cried in years. I am not very good with emotions. Imagine being born with a permanent depression, the type where you are empty and only during extreme situations can you feel anything.
@@blakdragon2202 Not to dismiss what you're saying but it's completely different, If it came up on the news that you're mum and dad were suddenly axed to death and you reacted like this guy there is something hugely wrong with you. When an expected death of a family member happens that is not an immediate shock to the system in the same way. Especially if you have others around that you have to be strong for etc.. What you've explained is about as normal as it gets when it comes to a natural expected death of someone you love, conflicting feelings of happy that they no longer suffer and sad that you'll never get to see them again.
@@ReptillianStrike Not creepy? You see on the news that your parents are viciously murdered... he should've still been in shock and panicking wondering how could this happen, he should have tried to call his parents first to check, he should be begging the operator to tell him that it's actually someone else. He just said it all matter of fact as if he was calling about a pizza he ordered that hadn't arrived. I think you have to extremely lack empathy to not think this is creepy.
When John was saying that Christopher sounded upset over his Mother condition, for a minute there I thought he was serious. I was like where the heck do you hear that, but he was kidding. Lol, you got me. I really thought you were serious.
I remember watching a show as a kid where guy got suddenly shot in the head and just when his family thought he was dead, he opened his eyes and talked with them for few minutes before actually dying. I've never seen something like that happening in any other movie. People always die immediately after gettimg shot in head.
The injury, to me, isn't the worst thing. It's that his son did it to him. And to his wife. I'll never understand the kind of crazy that makes it possible for a parent to kill their child or a child to kill their parent. No matter what age any of them are. I'm 60, and my parents still see me as their little girl, and I feel the same way about my 40-year-old daughter. And this was over money. Money. smh
@@erismana2105 I know. But can you even imagine killing your parents with an axe? (I hope you have good parents.) My mom and dad are in their 80s, and are the kindest, gentlest, most loving people I know. I can't imagine any amount of money that would make me lift a finger towards either of them, let alone an axe. That kind of evil is just horrific.
He actually sounded concerned that his mother was still alive on that recorded call. But that last bit about how his dad came to after the attack and went about his business as a zombie is the bizarre part, in a world where homicides are sadly, a daily thing.
Imagine if someone saw the father and called 911. That's crazy! Imagine getting dressed and thinking everything is okay. There must have been blood everywhere but the adrenaline keeps going until the body just shut off.
I wonder what was going through the mind of the other brother that was away stuck in the submarine? Its absoloutely sickening what some so called "human beings" are capable if isn't it.
@@Ryan_the_dawg idk why i found that he survived funny i guess it's just me like imagine you try to kill someone and then he gets up and just does his every day thing
Side note: I'm honestly amazed to hear about these managers that legitimately care about the well-being of their employees. If more people had this mindset, the world would be a much better place.
It's sad when you realize that Joan Porco was still supportive of her psycho son was because he quite literally beat the memories of his attempted murder out of her.
I'm actually quite 50/50 on did she beleave it or not. She could have made the decision to stand by her son and it being easier if she lives like it would't have been the son who did it to her and her husband. Or she didn't want him to go into prison even after all that, or be seen in such a bad light by public. The case just is So clear cut and yes mind (especially after head trauma) can make all kinds of things up but I have a feeling she deepdown knew. Nonethless it's very sad case, so weard seeing those photos of them hugging with her injuries.
I really feel for the second story. My mum had schizophrenia and pretty much the only reason I didn't get folie a deux from her was because we both have "dominant personalities". The ending especially. No, you don't get an apology from a delusional parent, because in their eyes, they were doing the right thing, they were "protecting" you. It's hard to exist in a world where you've been harmed but you have to come to terms with the fact that you can't blame the person who hurt you because it technically wasn't their fault.
Yeah she "wasn't responsible" for moving her kids multiple times and having an affair and destroying the life of her husband. Keep telling yourself that.
If the doctor ever said the phrase, 'you don't have cancer, you have a tree', to me... they'd have to repeat that tree part like a billion times before I could understand what they just said to me.
They don’t ( usually) shoot women or kids . The witness protection people dont hand a radio or anything like that. They move you to some random town with a backstory ( at least from what I e read) and I’m also not so sure about mafia people in Canada but I guess there might be some .
Yah wouldn't they just kill whoever they wanted? Surely a single mother couldn't evade a powerful, violent crime syndicate for years. At first, I thought the story was going to be about the dad stalking the family or something.
Omg, I’ve literally watched every episode of every season of Forensic Files and the Peter Porco episode (covering the last story of this video) was one that never left my mind! The horrific and brutal nature of the crime was enough to make it unforgettable but for me, that unnervingly gruesome detail about him going through his morning routine after being bludgeoned-pouring himself cereal and going as far as getting his newspaper and getting himself back into the house after being locked out-is what took this beyond the level of your typical true crime fare and made it the stuff of nightmares!
That ones a double edged sword. As a mom, I'd almost prefer to have no memory of my son attacking me like that. But to have the scars and the loss of both my husband and son as a reminder of something I don't remember would be devastating.
Yeah. It's probably one of those "I'd rather be dead than disown my son, ESPECIALLY now that my husband is gone and I'm more or less all alone (no matter WHAT he has done..)". Truth be told, I think I would forgive my son if he attacked me like this. I don't think there's anything I couldn't forgive my children for (of course saying that and actually being in that situation and doing it are two different things, so.. I don't know what Im on about. Sorry. Im just rambling at this point...)
I think she knows. She's got 2 visible strikes on her face and in the hospital she said to the cops that it was her son, who did it. She just didn't want to believe it, but she knew it.
I think the key to Chris’s actions may be in his mom’s refusal to believe he could do anything bad. Chances are that she believed that for all his life, where he never learned consequences.
Nonsense. Just because she couldn't believe he would smash her face in with a fire-axe, doesn't mean she thought he couldn't do anything bad. I caught my kid lying about using a calculator during her maths homework the other day, doesn't mean I'm now wary she might drive a pickaxe into my skull some night as I'm dozing on the couch.
@@clon76 I think he meant the kid was pampered and even protected from consequences by the mom, which can make normal people screw up their life. Still requires a psychopath to do that, so I get what you mean, but a psychopath having a mom like that is just a ticking time bomb.
@clon76 Yeah, your silly anecdotal "evidence" doesn't reinforce your disagreement here. That's laughably far below your child trying to murder you, murdering their other parent, and then you not only implicating them, but rescinding that accusation, and then posting their bail and keeping in contact with them. There is absolutely no connection between your analogy and this issue described in Chris' case for many reasons, among them being the consistency of the poor behavior. Kids push boundaries and learn about manipulation by doing at a young age. That's healthy and normal, as long as boundaries and discipline is set out accordingly. It's not normal to continue with consistently acting that way into adulthood and then having enablist parents, family, friends, etc. continuing to support poor behavior through lack of consequence. I've known people with parents that think they can do no wrong and have very few healthy boundaries with them, their entire lives. They are absolutely the kind of people that wouldn't know how to respond to something like this in any functional or healthy way. They are also absolutely the kind of narcissists that would believe they're still in the right and "punish" the other party for daring to claim otherwise. If it's not punishment, then it's simply them not knowing how else to handle the situation, and impulsively lashing out in some harmful way. Point is, these are the types of people that grow into entitled, self-centered, toxic, and reckless adults. A kid getting disciplined regularly (according to their behavior, obviously) and knowing healthy boundaries does not add up to whatever is wrong with Chris. It's a valid suggestion, given the aftermath of this incident, that he may have been treated this way his entire life, or some of his life. It's also possible he's just fucked up in the head. Regardless, his mother's enabling behavior is a problem. Consistency is absolutely the key to raising another human, and it can make or break that human if done poorly.
As a mental health clinician, delusional disorder is one of the most fascinating disorders to see. I've only ever seen it twice, but it's amazing how someone can be entirely normal except for this one very specific and totally off the wall delusion. If you don't ask the right question, you may never know.
I was taken aback, myself. I wonder how many of us have it, without any idea. But then, real fears could also be dismissed, if assumptions are made. I imagine it could be difficult to determine which life-crippling fears are real, and which should be given therapy. It would be very bad to tell someone it’s all in their head, if they truly are in some danger.
Seriously it's not like they said "we're cutting you off completely" they said "we will support you and get you on the right track" so what motive did he have to killing them.
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@@markjacks3828 Also when you're in the witness protection program, you are not reachable by people from the past. It's not a program where agents just watch you very closely; you get a new identity. No way would Pauline be able to just call her mother like that; I think that was the first red flag. And the last red flag was "don't call the police". But I expected something sinister to happen, so Mom and Stan just being insane was anticlimactic to me.
Thank you for the wonderful way of telling! You make the story come alive! Never have I enjoy a story so much even if it's a book story! I want to thank you for that 😊🖤
The story of the Porco family actually brought tears to my eyes. I feel like it was in some way a blessing that the father was made unaware of the injury due to the trauma to his brain and did not suffer before his death. Even the mother was spared the memory of it. That is so tragic and sad. I cannot criticize Mrs. Porco because she truly has the special love that only a mother could have. The son, on the other hand, taking up the offer to stay with her even though he knew what he had done...chilling.
Took me too long to realize we knew the fathers morning routine is because he left a trail of blood throughout. The brain a powerful and terrifying bio machine.
Part of his brain was on autopilot. He was doing mundane daily tasks without even thinking about it (literally). If the thinking part of his brain was working, he might have realized he was severely wounded. I'm sure blood was dripping all over the place, and it didn't even register what was happening. Absolutely crazy!
Conscious enough to know where he kept the spare key. I think he was aware of ALMOST everything. But it seems he thankfully felt no pain. That was merciful.
@@CarolineJoyAmico I get that but the thing is if that's the case how could he possibly have not seen his injuries in the mirror when he was shaving or notice the blood everywhere? The brain is an amazing piece of work.
I bet in hindsight the guy really wishes that he asked to take it home with him. 9 out of 10 people would. But I wonder if the hospital would of let him considering it came from inside him and would be considered "contaminated"... curious how it was green without sunlight
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17:27 peanut butter jelly time
Nice
Wow
@TeaTime saw something real small and full screened haha
@@_Jiwan_ I still can't see it whilst at 0.25.... what am I looking for.
Give us a hair reveal.😆
We see the face. We want to see the hair without the hat. Go on...Entertain the masses as you do.😀
What's crazier than the father doing his routine is the mom letting the son live with her during the trial..
I swear it must be because her head wasnt right since the attack. Or I hate 2say, shes one of those weirdo moms that believe their kids never do anything wrong, constantly make dumb excuses for them and are in complete denial. It's just unfathomable looking at her disfugured face how she can pretend like this.
Right wtf 😳
She had no recollection of the events after her coma. You can tell someone something happened to them as much as you’d like, but if they don’t remember it happening to them, they won’t believe you, especially since they would know. It threw me off for a second, too, but she didn’t have a reason, as far as she saw, to believe he had done it.
@@Cjbarker2 Right I get that, but did the Police have any other suspects? Doesnt she see they havent found a killer ? They were such nice ppl who would wanna do that 2them?
Poor parents 😔 although I think the broken brain of the dad thinking it was a normal day was better than remembering I guess. The mums face, just heartbreaking.
I laughed when you doubled back on your statement "Chris is so emotional, he can barely speak because of what just happened". I was like "are we listening to two different phone calls?!"
Exactly, I was thinking the exact same thing 🤣😂😂😂😂😂
Yep, I was confused for a moment there.
I love how he doesn’t say it with a sarcastic tone though, so to not give anything away.
Same
fr..I was like huh?! 😂😂
This is not what Bob Ross had in mind when he talked about putting happy little trees anywhere you want.
Or maybe it’s exactly what he had in mind...🤨
Legend has it that Bob Ross painted happy little trees where he hid a body...
😂😂😂😂Great comment!!!
Lmfao in fuckin dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🏆🎖🥇🏅 you win best comment sir.
"And were just gonna put a happy little tree right, nones gonna know about it itll be ourl ittle secret, just-RIGHT HERE IN HIS LUNG"
I feel bad for the "mafia" father who didn't get to see his daughter anymore because his ex-wife was insane. That must be rough.
well, he was also violently drunk, and hella abusive to his family, so probably for the best on that front. unfortunately, her crazy mom was who she was stuck with.
@@kelsielovesbbu well, him being an alcoholic was probably the result of having an insane wife who was also cheating on him.
and never does it say he was "hella abusive to the family"....?? you are reaching to defend an obviously insane woman.
@@LifeInTheClouds you miss the part where the daughter described him as both an alcoholic and incredibly violent in the beginning of the story 😭 so- its safe to say he definitely was abusive, if not to the kids then towards the wife infront of the kids
@@LifeInTheClouds Idc if she was cheating when he was violently abusive and an alcoholic.
@@LifeInTheCloudsanything to fit your misogynistic narrative, hey?
Tree lung man literally lived out everyone’s childhood fears about eating seeds
Tree Lung Man is one of the worst superheroes i've ever heard of
Well eggs are essentially animal seeds and most kids eat those without hesitation
@@pacificblue5461 no they aren’t.
I remember being scared, especially of watermelon seeds
Yikes 😣
It was a hoax. Fir trees cannot grow in your lungs
“Doctor is it cancerous?” “ no but it is coniferous”
Brilliant. 😂😂😂😂
lmaooo this deserves more likes
Nnooooo
LOL
I’m dead-
this is a great comment.
The dad doing his routine is heartbreaking. The mom standing by her son's side, shows just how much a mothers love will blind you from thinking your child could do such a horrendous act.
I think it would be more like forgiveness other than denial. Believing he wasn't himself when he comitted the act. It's the easiest way to render the trauma
@@RalphVB Yeah or maybe he head was just fukkd from the bashing
@@dxshawn532 yeah but that wouldn't change the mind of the mother. Most people view their children through a special lense, especially if they've never done something like that before. Can be a psychopath, but doesn't mean he was actually full blown psycho murderer before. Or he had probably never shown it.
the real issue was she enabled all of his lies and thefts…she was directly responsible for her son stealing and defrauding more and more until he went too far and was facing prison for his fraud. she supported and helped him throughout that!
@@RalphVB it's not denial, it's simply the bond between mother and child.
Ah yes, I heard the one about Christopher Porco before. Still haunts me how his father went on auto-pilot the entire morning and couldn't tell the blood trail he was leaving behind was from his own head wound. He was already dead, but still 'living' at the same time... Yeah, disturbing as hell.
He was a zombie 😢
@@tamarap1123 Was just about to say the same! He would've been like a zombie for a bit.
The last story about the father going about his routine, reminded me of that case where that kid, that they thought killed his girlfriend, was actually shot in the head and the detective didn't realize it till he looked closer. It's so fascinating how the mind continues to work after such trauma.
Thats the 1st story i watched and now ive seen close to all of them its addicting to watch
@@ctc2469 OH I've been watching his videos for the last few weeks. I'm so addicted!
I was thinking the same thing
which video is that .
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Man: “What is it, doc? Is it cancer? AM I GONNA DIE!?”
Doctor: “Oh no, don’t worry. You’re doing just pine!”
This wins for LULZ!
*joke drums*
POV you have a pine tree in your lungs
Ah hahaha
Badumtss
I wonder what it's like to be Mr. Ballen's kid.
Kid: "Daddy, tell me a bedtime story."
Mr. B: "O.K. Two years ago, police found a human ribcage and shredded, bloody clothing on the side of the highway just a half mile from our house ..."
Hahahaa
Making me wish I was a kid again listening to scary stories 🤍😕
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣...instantly sleep tho😴
@@jennifercarr9111 We are just kids again listening to scary stories here.
@@metaempiricist You are so right!!
The dad in the 3rd story accomplished more tasks after his horrific ordeal than I do on a Monday morning, even after coffee. Suddenly I feel lazy. God rest his soul
the fact that peter porco saw himself in the mirror after getting hacked in the head 16 times and STILL didn’t recognize his own head wound is bone-chilling.
Quite literally
And he shaved too
@@dammaguy1286I can't even imagine how the hell that was possible considering that when you look into the details of the case, the ax literally "took off his jaw"...shave what???
Bing chilling
This is an example of just how blindly you can function "on automatic pilot"... We often wonder how people can blunder so lucidly into such REMARKABLY STUPID sh*t from time to time, and this is how that can happen, too... It's a matter of the brain building those "muscle memories" or rather what the neuroscientists call "procedural memory"... In fact, a person can suffer total amnesia to the point that he or she can't even tell you their name, but put a new pen in their hand and tell them to sign something, and it's a matter of legibility as to whether or not you'll get a name out of it... as often as not in such cases, THEY CAN SIGN...
We (humans) DO have the power of individual free will, but to exercise it takes energy. Our brains cost about 25% of our daily caloric intake, making them VERY expensive as organs go. SO... it's practically automatic that our nervous system as a whole tries to find more efficient ways of functioning on all fronts, including turning any regular routine into procedural memory. Add in some neuro-plasticity, and you can get some VERY intricate and elaborate processes done as automated functions with no more thought actively put to them than walking or breathing.
SO when Peter was so far brain damaged as to be "dead on his feet" he was capable of all the procedural memory items... the routines he'd probably done daily for DECADES, and he simply went through all the motions... and without a single possible thought to the details, from the bleeding to the missing jaw, gaping wounds all over his head and shoulders... nothing... It's equal parts fascinating and horrific. ;o)
Dude imagine if his dad actually made it to work though.. That would be terrifying to his co-workers!
The drive though. Imagine pulling up next to that at a stoplight.
Woah
There’s no way he shaved without seeing that🤣
@@kdagoat0957 he probably did it really sloppy and sliced up his face and neck while shaving and didn’t feel a thing shdikejfirirnfjwjendd ugh that freaks me tf out lol
@@EdenHilton ehhhhhh man for real😂
He totally got me when he was like "As you can tell, Chris is beside himself..." 😂
me too!
Same! I was like we can’t have been listening to the same thing?? 🤔😂
That case was rough
@@SeneeuhVision I was literally like wtf is he serious right now? Then he switched up I was fuckin a he got me LMFAOOOOO 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤣😂😂
Yup, I was like is he hearing something in the voice I'm missing?
I told my wife and kids about Mr Ballen a while back. Now if you walk from my bedroom through the living room down the hall you can hear Mr Ballens voice echoing through the house from every tv 😂 it’s kinda cool.
That is SO awesome. 😂
"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't" - Mark Twain
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True logic has escaped us recently. Thanks.
That’s a dumb quote if you think about it
@@smokeybear1925 Just out of curiosity, nevermind, you won't get it.
@@smokeybear1925 no it prolly just sounds dumb cuz ur thinkin bout it stop putting so much pressure on ur tiny brain 😒😒
The idea that someone can go through a normal morning routine with a gaping head wound until they drop dead is both frightening and fascinating.
I knew a guy in New Orleans that tried to shoot up a house party but some else there had a pistol and shot him in the head he walked from the living room to the bathroom with a hole in his head he lived almost five minutes talking and everything
@@b1gblock848 I saw a video (don't remember which TH-cam channel) entitled something to the effect of, the weirdest police interview ever. They thought this guy murdered his girlfriend and was just acting really weird during a multi-hour police interview. Turns out he had a bullet lodged in his head from the guy that murdered his girlfriend and who left him for dead. Unfortunately he ended up suffering serious injury due to the delay in treatment.
@@thecatatemyhomework Mr Ballen actually has a video on this case. It was Ryan Waller. So tragic
People are HARD to kill.
Everyone in movies who you see get shot in the head probably lived for an hour
He really got me with that sarcasm “As you can clearly tell, he is beside himself and can barely speak”
I’m sitting here “Hmmm I mean I guess maybe that’s possible”
I thought: Did I hear it wrong cause he sounded calm and disconnected. lol
Meeeee
Lol same
I was thinking, “okay so either one of us has undiagnosed autism or he’s about to pull out a reverse on my ass and the kid was the killer... there’s no middle ground here.” lol it probably got everybody cause he said it convincingly - mrballen was as nonchalant as the kid!
Right! I started second guessing myself 🤣
My husband had a plant removed from his ear. He had been training in a field and a seed went in his ear. It sprouted and took root. When he finally went to the doctor , the doctor pulled it out and asked, “did you put that in there on purpose?” 🌱
That is so cool 😅
You should’ve smacked the doctor😂
"Yes! Now go look in my other ear."
Yes, Doctor-I have always wanted to have blossoms bursting from ears, instead of h e a r i n g... Said no one ever.
He actually DID have a tree in his lung and he planted the thing in his backyard cause he saw it as his baby lol It's so sweet and odd I just love it.
Aww I was hoping!!!
That is taking going green to the next level
Awwe he basically felt he gave birth 🤗
Really?? I was secretly hoping they tried to save it. :D
The big thing is, he only found out about it because of the needles from the fur tree. If it wasn't a fur tree he may have not had it removed in time. It could have planted it's roots deep into his lungs had they not found it when they did. He got so lucky
Guy with the tree in his lung was getting unlimited clean oxygen
Bro. Max oxygen consumption
*yea, it's big brain*
Not really. There's no sun to produce oxygen through photosynthesis
Science 100
@@danielcassel2416, he just opens his mouth and sun goes in
When you think you'll be included in a cool, secret society of agents but it turns out your mom is just delusional
Idk why this made me laugh so hard 🤣🤣
As soon as her mom told her that her jewelry was bugged, I knew it was delusional
My mom and my step-dad. They have been missing since 2008. But I think that situation was more like gangstalking.
Several years ago the dept of transportation bought a house I rented for a road expansion. They sent agents to help residents on our street with relocation. These agents helped each of us find new living quarters paid for by DOT. My agent helped me negotiate a rental in an apartment , the DOT paid a year in advance, which was simply compensation for the inconvenience. It is notable that I am a book keeper, and this was on my rental application. The apt manager thought it was all very odd and finally asked if it was really the Witness Protect Program. When we told her no she remained skeptical. The agent and I found it amusing but thought nothing of it at the time. I moved in and things were fine. But everytime I went into the office after that the entire staff would become quiet and stare at me in awe. I finally accepted that they were never going to accept the "DOT story" and for the next year I enjoyed the reverence and awe of the staff, finding it quite entertaining. I've since moved, but run into people from that office from time to time. I still enjoy the notoriety.
Bat shit crazy
Two years ago, a schizophrenic son killed his parents with an axe two doors down from my house. His dad was an artist, and the son, after killing his parents, pulled all of his dad's paintings out of the house and piled them across the road. That huge pile of paintings was the first thing we saw before we knew about the murders. The son was convinced the government had planted a chip in his head, and he had to do whatever he was programmed or told to do. I am surprised that story was not more widespread; it's highly unusual for this small city.
It's weird how the chip in people's head when they are crazy never tells them to do nice things.. just murder. That's why I believe its all a crock of 💩
Was the art any good? Did you get a piece of art?
@@FulkNerraIII It was really good, actually -- beautiful geometric shapes on enormous canvases. I didn't get any, though -- that would be stealing. ;) Also, the killer was still on the loose in the neighborhood by the time we saw the pile of artwork, and the whole pile was soon surrounded by police tape.
Do you remember the son's name? I'd like to look into this story
@@priscillagraham3723 His first name is Taka, but I can't remember his last name. His mother was French-Canadian and his dad was Japanese. His mother was a friend of mine and a lovely neighbor. This was in Charleston, WV.
That poor man did more in the morning after being fatally wounded with an axe than I ever do.
LOL
Amen! Oh, and...a WOmen
@@chrisscarfo8832 Lmao!
😂 Right? I feel like a real slacker now.
Harta agree
Immediately Googles “tree in lung.”
Same lol
Same
Thats what I did too
Me too!!! And yuck!!!
Pausing YT, starting Google...
Jesus christ, I got a massive full body chill when you said he still got up and did his morning routine.
I felt sad. Poor guy. Just a regular Joe going about his business not realizing his own son had chopped his head up.
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I think this is the most horrible story from Mr Ballen so far. Your own child is doing such a horrible thing to you...
@NaiRemlap1 Hhhmm , interesting.......I guess it just doesn't even faze me anymore. I mean I'm constantly getting right back up and continuing on with my day after getting bludgeoned to near death by my axe-wielding dickens of a son!
With that said though, I can see your point. If you're not quite accustomed to something of that nature, one can definitely see the potential for that to become........slightly disconcerting.
Was truly on autopilot
That second story had my psych radar going “this sounds like a lot like symptoms of a delusion disorder”. It’s crazy to think what we might perceive as our reality could be completely made up in our heads.. and then to keep believing this false reality even when faced with undeniable truths!
That's pretty much the description of a trump supporter.
@@tararenner235that's literally anyone who idolizes a politician. Obama had his own little cult of personality, too. However, everyone conveniently forgets that Obama increased war efforts in the Middle East, despite promises to the contrary. Obama and his administration sold weapons to violent drug cartels, yet nobody talks about that. Biden literally handed Afghanistan to the Taliban, yet nobody on the Left seems to bat an eye at that.
The Left and Right are two sides of the same coin. If you think either is better than the other, you're a fool beyond all hope. By looking down your nose at those who have a differing opinion to your own, you're playing directly into the game laid out by the political elite. Wake up and take a look around you. They want us at each other's throats, so that we don't go looking behind the curtain and asking questions.
@@tararenner235 Better be careful, because that can go both ways. I don't even like the man, but it's ridiculous how you people cannot have a conversation without bringing him into a situation that has absolutely nothing to do with him, nor his supporters.
@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298 I'd even go as far to say those like the one you replied to are the ones delusional, as like you said, they're the ones actually obsessed over him.
@@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298 "dur dur dur Trump" is the rallying cry of every halfwit with an opinion. They know they have nothing of substance to offer any conversation, so they resort to low IQ buzzwords and dog whistles. That's why you see so many obese, neon haired sky screamers these days. They're a side effect of party line voting and an overabundance of sensationalist media.
Parents: "We're very disappointed in you but we still love you and we'll do everything to help you get back on your feet."
Chris: "So you have chosen death."
Maybe all he really wanted was some discipline in his life. & they failed to give him any tough love!
@@SugaryPhoenixxx
You're blaming the killer's actions on his parents?
You are a self deceived goofball.
@@JohnO318 lol I was being sarcastic
@@SugaryPhoenixxx
It turns out, I'm the goofball.
In today's day and age, some people actually think that way.
I'm sorry. I misunderstood you.
@@JohnO318 plottwist, he wasnt being sarcastic, YUGI YOU FOOL!
Regarding Mafia story all I can think is that poor father that he lost his children over nothing I am a single father and that would literally kill me
he was still a violent alcoholic
@@valkyrja-- not saying this was the case, but it's possible that it was a situation where he was a good father but a bad husband.
@@panicattheanimationstudio5673 this is something someone who is or has been abused would say.....I hope this is not the case and you yourself are in a safe living situation, and have healthy relationships...hurting the mother hurts the kids, and that means he is not a good, or complete father to them
@@panicattheanimationstudio5673 That's NEVER the case. A bad husband is not only a bad influence but traumatizing, and thus a bad father.
@@lechuga95 Duh. I'm sure Panic meant non-violent/hateful directly toward the children.
His poor mother... Couldn't possibly believe her son killed her husband and attempted to kill her... I hope she's doing okay.
I wish my parents loved me & they are alive & kicking.
@TheStonesSing I think its because she was whacked so hard
@@superstevo189 - EXACTLY! Because she was hit 13 times SO HARD! 🤪
She couldn't take the idea of losing both her husband and son so created a delusion of her own.
@@Scott100W yep
Oh my god poor Pauline. Because of her families delusions her entire life was ruined. All that moving, not having any stable relationships for years, that's horrible
She’s an idiot who tf just believes anything they here normal person would of did there own research
I swear if that was my tree in my lung I 100% would have asked for it, planted it in my yard and nurtured that tree for the rest of my life.
Same, a great conversation starter when people visit, they wouldn’t believe you 😂
One of my first thoughts right away were "okay but did he keep the tree? DID HE PLANT IT?"
Honestly, if that happened to me, I would see if any of the tree could be salvaged so I COULD plant it, LMAO. But I think most of us would prefer our plants outside our bodies to begin with, not start with, haha.
Damn right. Closest a man will ever come to having a baby.
Hah! that's actually a neat idea :D
Would that have made you that trees father/mother because you kinda have given it life?
That last story is possibly the scariest one yet, and I've been addicted to this channel for about two weeks. A dead man walking... ugh... nightmare fuel.
~yeah...i thnk we all r legitimately addicted to mr. ballen...
~his stories draw u in, hook ya, & its hard for us to escape....(not tht we wnt to)...~!!
reminds me of the speech in _dawn of the dead_ where zombies just revert to some instinct that feels familiar to them when they were alive
Way sadder than scary, imo. Like, the final moments of his life were completely a lie. In the worst way. Poor guy. :(
I've seen someone in that state. They're completely oblivious to outside stimuli and shamble around like when someone is extremely tired. Comparable to how movies depict slow, clumsy zombies.
the scariest aspect is the implication that we are not as in control of our minds as we think we are, and that our minds are not as sensible as we'd like to believe. experiments with epileptic patients who had their corpus callosum severed between the two hemispheres find that one side cannot account for what the other side perceives or decides, yet will still act on it, then generate its own (sometimes nonsense) rationalization for doing what it did
Me: man Chris sure sounds awful calm about his parent's deaths
MrBallen: Chris sounded upset and emotional
Me: wait... he did? maybe I am bad at this? I guess he was emotional and upset then.
MrBallen: Nah he wasn't he's a psychopath
Lesson learned always trust your gut
Soon as he said that I was like wait and rewound it, totally messed with my head for a sec lol!
Ahaha i thought the same exact thing!
@@Gryphon2026
the thing that got me was he thought they were both dead , they weren't
hahaha!! I was the exact same way! I was like: ''hang on....maybe I AM A SOCIOPATH! I clearly can't pick up on all these crazy outurings of emotion!'' Then...BOOM. MrBallen: Nah he wasn't he's a psychopath
😂
Mr Ballen is that dude u want on any trip you're going on , that friend who makes every single event an adventure just by his narration .
That mafia delusion was so damn infuriating. When lack of evidence means nothing to someone, and they ruin the lives of their loved ones as a result...
That poor bf the girl had and just dropped because the family pastor was delusional 🙁
it was also a fascinating proof of what mr. ballen said that there's a thing called passing down a delusion in which the daughter became extremely paranoid which I think is like a sign of the delusion being passed down to her. Luckily for her she didn't fell for it.
I wonder what happened with their father :(
Yeah that was crazy. But here's a fun fact that there's multiple "Fake" cities where people go in witness protection.
@@safe4547 That isn't what he said. The pastor passed it to the mother.
This is the greatest channel that’s ever happened to me. Even the comments are all positive. That’s happens literally nowhere on the internet!
Same for me! This is like my safe space! 😌♥️
ahh "That Chapter" is pretty chill too :) its almost like Ballin but true crime kinda thing.. dont really wanna promote someone's channel on another channel but the comments are all positive there also.
Right? It surprised me too. A good surprise
Good comments for story’s of death so they are still wondering about things to write bad comments.Facts.
i mean if you consider torturing me its not that good
I still think your personal ghost story is probably one of the greatest stories I’ve ever heard. I still go back and listen to it sometimes. Whether it was paranormal or sleep paralysis, that shit was crazy
Ya it's one of the best. The true crime ones were good but some of the weird ones in his first few months were amazing. That one about the werewolf guy who worked at a tire shop was so good. I still think about that one.
I agree. The hauntings are the best!
As a mother, I can understand why acting to love I our child unconditionally even after they do something so horrific not only to someone you love, but to you too. I honestly don’t know how she let him stay in her home. But I also know that brain injuries are extremely complex and make you do wild things. My sister is still recovering from a TBI after a car accident earlier this year. She was in a medically induced coma for 2 weeks and spent about a month in a Neurological rehabilitation hospital. For a while after her crash, she 100% believed that someone had attacked her and stabbed her and even said a person she said knew did it and was upset with us because we weren’t trying to have him prosecuted. It was really wild. Her leg had been crushed in the accident and she needed 2 surgeries to put it back together… and in her mind, those were stab wounds caused by a broken beet bottle. It was so wild because her memeories of this were very vivid and specific and even caused us to wonder if she had been attacked at some point and was remembering a completely separate incident. Then one day she just stopped talking about it, now it seems like she’s accepted she was in a car accident because for a while she didn’t even believe that. It’s a sad thing seeing a loved one not be able to remember things from their life and be a completely different person. It makes me wonder if her brain made her think he wasn’t a threat to protect herself from the pain and trauma.
My grandfather worked his whole life for a railroad hauling grain. He told us once he developed a cough and out came a sprouted grain. He had no issues after that.
I heard about a bean sprouting in a baby’s nose. The baby, as babies will, put a bean up its nose and the bean sprouted. The mother discovered it when it began to grow out of the kid’s nostril.
someone had this same thing but a raw pea in the lung
The version I've heard was a tomato seed growing in someone's mouth.
There's always the cockroach nest in the beehive hairdo...
As soon as I heard him talking to the 911 operator I suspected him big time.
For sure. I thought the same thing. Anyone with a conscience would be obviously distressed and probably fighting back the tears with every word. I knew right then he had something to do with it, and it almost sounded like he was trying to find where the mother was to finish the job.
Yeah me too. I was confused for a sec when Mr. Ballen started saying he was upset and crying, then he was "no." I was like ok, cause I was about to say...
Yeah as soon as I heard there were sons, and the parents were found dead, I knew it was one of them. But thought maybe the son who was serving had come back home with ptsd and killed them.
Me too, specially when he sounded disturbed that his mom was alive and asked about her condition to make sure she gonna die
@@Abcd-dz2bn my baby can do no wrong! He is a good boy would never hurt anyone
imagine if that tree lung man died and no one knew there was a tree and this random tree starts pushing up out of his grave
Not a big deal.
Sadly The tree would die to :/
Poor Harold
@@crystalrodriguez7844 Die to what?
@@matadeverdoemden Well there won't be any moist for the tree to grow bigger.
What an amazing mother. She exposed him, then stood by him, through out it all. 😢
That one dude: **has tree in lung**
Me: *New fear*: **unlocked**
Honestly
Me every video
My sister was a real dickhead when I was young and she was telling me all sorts of shit that I believed and she said that a tree will grow in me if I eat seeds and I didn't believe it.
Now I do.
moms with watermelon seeds be like
Yeah
16 hits with an axe, and his brain still has the ability to get up on time and do everything he normally did during his morning routine without hesitation. The human body is capable of amazing things.
The axe attacks all left his motor cortex and parietal lobe undeterred. He was a living zombie until his brain eventually gave out.
Imagine if it hadn't given out until he'd gotten to work...
But how did they know if that happened, ho witnessed that, was there any cameras in that house cuz I wanna see the footage
Reminds me of my friend that was found on his kitchen floor after suffering a heart attack.
At he hospital, he was hooked up to all kinds of machines and was in a coma
It so happened that the day I visited him I was startled when he ‘woke’ up, started ripping the tubes and wires that was hooked up to him and he looked at me and asked me if we are still going out for breakfast because we planned it the day before his heart attack.
He proceeded to look around the room and had this quizzical expression for a few seconds then fell back down into his hospital bed. By this time nurses came barging in because of the alarms he set off by tearing away at the tubes and such.
It was a pretty creepy moment.
He died the next day.
And yet I'm mad when I get up early at all.... Need mine checked out. Lol
Can I just say, I really appreciate that you give trigger warnings about pictures and then give ways to Google pictures that you aren’t showing. This is very kind of you and so necessary for many people. Thank you for being so inclusive. It makes a world of difference.
Last one took "This man is dead, but he doesn't know it yet" to a whole new level..
The second story should be a movie I would literally pay too watch that.
Well I mean, it’s a book lol
@@ussuss3577
r/technicallythetruth
It was annoying
@@susanneconway lol what
Same but just read the book it’s pretty good
I love how he uses actual photos, it really adds to the atmosphere of the video and shows that he's actually putting hard work into these videos. You just earned yourself yet another subscriber!
He used “real” photos in the first story which prove it wasn’t quite right
You’ve provided this lady hours of wonderful distraction from pain
I am eternally grateful Sir
I think Chris Porco's mother's very odd behavior with her murderous son during the trial has to have something to do with how he ended up an axe murderer. Either that or her head injury affected her judgement.
tbh it's gotta be brain damage, and she's left with just her instinctive love for her son.
MrBallen has to have one of the nicest communities on TH-cam, I never see any hate
I know, it's such an amazing vibe here
Why hate in the first place though🤷🏽♂️
Ik. It reminds me of asmr comments. Idk if you guys watch asmr or if I just sound crazy lol
@@devonosullivan7878 what are asmr comments?
Oh, go to hell Jarrod. Jk, all love
You should call this series "When truth is stranger than fiction"
You should call yourself “the figure”
@@ayannam.1129 😂
The shape is Michael Myers but your picture is Jason?
Or 2020, because that year was weird. As is the start of 2021... fun times.
Bruh ur name is like an scp
Moment of silence for the dude that got broken up with simply because his girlfriends parents were crazy
😅 😅 😅
He got bamboozled
he dodged a bullet
Hahahahahaha
Sucks to suck
That mother takes loving your kid no matter what to a new level Not only was her husband murdered Not only was she disfigured The trial took what ever saving and more from what ever life she had left
Maybe she did it so the guilt would consume him, that would be a 4D move
I imagine from all the brain damage she suffered, she really no longer remembers the attack and cannot believe her son is capable of such a thing. It's tragic but understandable.
@@xzonia1 I was thinking the same thing
@@tmsplltrs psychopaths don't "feel" guilt or empathy.
@@Pamela-jr3ht True, it's crazy to that some people lack that, they're barely human in a way
"I never got the sense that there was a tree inside of me." Well, who has sensed that?
;)
@@dismalthoughts NO
Hippies. Like mostly hippies.
A tree of hopes and dreams 😁
I don't know, some people have six sense. Maybe there are some who have tree sense.
There is something extremely unsettling about the stories like this third one where someone is functioning on a legally dead brain. It's equally intriguing and horrifying how someone can still survive for however long without realizing their own head wounds.
It’s scarier that the murder itself.
Or, the fact that the only functional part of your brain that's left is the section that's responsible for your daily routine. Just like certain parts of your car function despite mechanical failure. The human body is basically just a machine with moving parts.
In order for the brain to stop functioning immediately is for the brain stem must be severed before the first cervical spine. This cuts off the brain from oxygen. If a person receives blunt force trauma to the brain and doesn’t know it, they can go on living for quire some time like this man did. Eventually we will evolve to heal our own brain if we don’t murder our planet first.
Sorry for the poor grammar!
I live around the third case and that shit was insane. My dad actually did work on their house a few years before it happened. I was like 15 or so when the incident happened. All over the news. That was the most played local news thing from my area that I can remember. I forgot Mr ballen made this video. There’s so much more to it I wish he would do a deeper dive into the story tho. Layout of the house and all like he does.
I was a part of a mental evaluation team of a large CA police department for 10 years and we ran into two cases of share psychotic disorder and it was exactly like you described. It’s extremely rare.
Have you ever heard of "gang stalking" or "targeted individuals"? It's basically thousands of people who met online to share and reinforce their delusions with each other. One of the dark sides of social networking...
@@Thurgor_Supreme wow that’s crazy. I never would have thought of it as a collective of delusional people. That’s F’ed up.
I know of a sad case of a lovely couple who believed there was a pedophile cult after them. At first wasn't sure what to think, but as time went on it became very evident it was a paranoid delusion. They sold everything and went overseas to "escape". Then came back with stories of meetings with prime ministers and a big conspiracy. They'd used up all their savings. Really quite startling how they both believed it. The husband had previously spent time in mental health facility. I still can't wrap my head around it. They called the police at one point on the "cult" and the police called a psychiatrist for them. Unfortunately they cut contact with anyone who showed any doubt on their story and have since disappeared again... No doubt on the run from the invisible pursuers.They were smart and kind so this mental delusion that cost them their peace, sanity and savings is really astonishing and sad.
Did you ever analyze the police?
I ask because personality disorders, particularly those involving an unhealthy enjoyment of exerting power over others, are quite common in that profession. Tragically, such a diagnosis, even when made, tends not to disqualify the person from police work.
@christineshotton824
This is one big issue I agree with within ranks of authority. I believe that impartial entities should do routine full evaluations geared toward digging up any kinds of power-tripping of otherwise sadistic behavior, since it is prevelant to these kinds of occupations.
So I live in Rochester New York and I remember hearing this whole thing go down and them finding the parents and all this crazy stuff and the son acting like he didn’t do anything and it was just totally messed up and then hearing about the dad doing this routine even though he’s a walking dead man. Insane. I literally got chills during the whole story. John it was nuts.
The cold calm voice of Chris inquiring about his parents death gave me chills
Inquiring as to the status of his mother, obviously fishing for info as to whether she'll be able to testify against him or not.
I thought it was a little strange that he was really calm about his father's death, but I didn't think it was creepy at all.
not everyone reacts to trauma the same. My father died with cancer. I held his hand as he took his last breath. I didn't even shed a tear. I stayed calm upto the end of his funeral. I was the last one to leave, before I left I placed his medals and my own in his breast pockets. Then turn to leave the room. It felt like I hit a brick wall. First time I had cried in years. I am not very good with emotions. Imagine being born with a permanent depression, the type where you are empty and only during extreme situations can you feel anything.
@@blakdragon2202 Not to dismiss what you're saying but it's completely different, If it came up on the news that you're mum and dad were suddenly axed to death and you reacted like this guy there is something hugely wrong with you.
When an expected death of a family member happens that is not an immediate shock to the system in the same way. Especially if you have others around that you have to be strong for etc..
What you've explained is about as normal as it gets when it comes to a natural expected death of someone you love, conflicting feelings of happy that they no longer suffer and sad that you'll never get to see them again.
@@ReptillianStrike Not creepy? You see on the news that your parents are viciously murdered... he should've still been in shock and panicking wondering how could this happen, he should have tried to call his parents first to check, he should be begging the operator to tell him that it's actually someone else.
He just said it all matter of fact as if he was calling about a pizza he ordered that hadn't arrived.
I think you have to extremely lack empathy to not think this is creepy.
Long live Mr ballen and his epic narrative tone
He, Bedtime Stories and Bob Gymlan are the best storytellers on YT.
Someone has to say this at his funeral or I’m sueing!
And the Oscar for story telling perfectly goes to Mr ballen
@@Pdstor I’ve been trying to find someone else that tells good stories I’m going to check bob out. If you anymore good ones let me know pls.
I can get lost in some ufo or paranormal bedtime stories great creator
When John was saying that Christopher sounded upset over his Mother condition, for a minute there I thought he was serious. I was like where the heck do you hear that, but he was kidding. Lol, you got me. I really thought you were serious.
Same! Mr Ballen was so deadpan I was wondering whether I’d suddenly lost the ability to comprehend human emotion.
Haha same!!
I thought the same exact thing I was like excuse me he did not sound distraught at all
I remember watching a show as a kid where guy got suddenly shot in the head and just when his family thought he was dead, he opened his eyes and talked with them for few minutes before actually dying. I've never seen something like that happening in any other movie. People always die immediately after gettimg shot in head.
In some movies people instantly die when they get shot in the chest lol. Real life is far more insane and interesting tbh
I’ve listened to a hundred of your stories, but the way you told “morning routine” is by far the most disturbing!
That poor man!!
The injury, to me, isn't the worst thing. It's that his son did it to him. And to his wife. I'll never understand the kind of crazy that makes it possible for a parent to kill their child or a child to kill their parent. No matter what age any of them are. I'm 60, and my parents still see me as their little girl, and I feel the same way about my 40-year-old daughter. And this was over money. Money. smh
It was that he went about his routine without realizing he was hurt...
@@jamssnana4084 It was over the son being a wacko thief
@@erismana2105 I know. But can you even imagine killing your parents with an axe? (I hope you have good parents.) My mom and dad are in their 80s, and are the kindest, gentlest, most loving people I know. I can't imagine any amount of money that would make me lift a finger towards either of them, let alone an axe.
That kind of evil is just horrific.
MrBallen has a respect for the people in his stories and still manages to make them uncomfortably creepy. I'm glad I stumbled into this channel.
He actually sounded concerned that his mother was still alive on that recorded call. But that last bit about how his dad came to after the attack and went about his business as a zombie is the bizarre part, in a world where homicides are sadly, a daily thing.
Imagine if someone saw the father and called 911. That's crazy! Imagine getting dressed and thinking everything is okay. There must have been blood everywhere but the adrenaline keeps going until the body just shut off.
I wonder what was going through the mind of the other brother that was away stuck in the submarine? Its absoloutely sickening what some so called "human beings" are capable if isn't it.
@@Ryan_the_dawg idk why i found that he survived funny i guess it's just me like imagine you try to kill someone and then he gets up and just does his every day thing
If he could function more he would have reached his office with blood dripping from his head...
Lucky guy in the 1st story... at least he didn't need any "TREE-tment"😂
Very punny!!! 😂😂
Side note: I'm honestly amazed to hear about these managers that legitimately care about the well-being of their employees. If more people had this mindset, the world would be a much better place.
It's sad when you realize that Joan Porco was still supportive of her psycho son was because he quite literally beat the memories of his attempted murder out of her.
I'm actually quite 50/50 on did she beleave it or not. She could have made the decision to stand by her son and it being easier if she lives like it would't have been the son who did it to her and her husband. Or she didn't want him to go into prison even after all that, or be seen in such a bad light by public. The case just is So clear cut and yes mind (especially after head trauma) can make all kinds of things up but I have a feeling she deepdown knew. Nonethless it's very sad case, so weard seeing those photos of them hugging with her injuries.
exactly
The word ‘Disturbing’ barely scratches the surface of that last story!!
I really feel for the second story. My mum had schizophrenia and pretty much the only reason I didn't get folie a deux from her was because we both have "dominant personalities". The ending especially. No, you don't get an apology from a delusional parent, because in their eyes, they were doing the right thing, they were "protecting" you. It's hard to exist in a world where you've been harmed but you have to come to terms with the fact that you can't blame the person who hurt you because it technically wasn't their fault.
Yeah she "wasn't responsible" for moving her kids multiple times and having an affair and destroying the life of her husband. Keep telling yourself that.
@@l.m.d.4084 excuse me?
@@l.m.d.4084 i misunderstood your message. my apologies
If the doctor ever said the phrase, 'you don't have cancer, you have a tree', to me... they'd have to repeat that tree part like a billion times before I could understand what they just said to me.
Doctor: you have a tree in your lung.
Thinking i misheard the doctor.
Me: i think I'm having a stroke.
By your name I take it you play guitar??
@@box0choco593 good point
"You have a tree in your lung."
"Excuse me?"
what doctor the one that stole me
I was scratching my head at the mafia story at first. The mob would never hunt a civilian that long unless you had some very very serious info. LoL
They don’t ( usually) shoot women or kids . The witness protection people dont hand a radio or anything like that. They move you to some random town with a backstory ( at least from what I e read) and I’m also not so sure about mafia people in Canada but I guess there might be some .
@@peterf.229 There is a canadian Outfit and they are powerful but usually less violent then theyr counterparts from the USA
The Sopranos monsters killed women
Yah wouldn't they just kill whoever they wanted? Surely a single mother couldn't evade a powerful, violent crime syndicate for years. At first, I thought the story was going to be about the dad stalking the family or something.
@@consciousobserver629 I thought the exact same thing
The last story literally is “unconditional love of a mother”. WOW
I think it's just a case of ptsd plus head wound making it so she didn't believe the son did it.
C'mon mate, he bashed her bloody brains in! Do you think she has any sense left??
Sounds like she has nothing to live for except to do this for him
@@franciscagonzalez675 what about her other non murderous son
No. . . Wtf the head wound would’ve done something . . . Made her delusional or whatever cuz no.
Honestly i'd be more relieved like the patient too, it's better to know that you have a tree growing inside of you rather than cancer forming up
Ok WHAT. That second story was INSANE. Also Peter Porco sounds like a knockoff Spiderman who's a pigman instead
lol funny cause Porco means pig in Portuguese
Lol!
😂😂😂
Actually, there is an alternative Pigman Spiderman from an alternate universe.
spider-ham
Omg, I’ve literally watched every episode of every season of Forensic Files and the Peter Porco episode (covering the last story of this video) was one that never left my mind! The horrific and brutal nature of the crime was enough to make it unforgettable but for me, that unnervingly gruesome detail about him going through his morning routine after being bludgeoned-pouring himself cereal and going as far as getting his newspaper and getting himself back into the house after being locked out-is what took this beyond the level of your typical true crime fare and made it the stuff of nightmares!
A mother’s love , it’s sad she had no memory and believes he’s innocent :((
That ones a double edged sword. As a mom, I'd almost prefer to have no memory of my son attacking me like that. But to have the scars and the loss of both my husband and son as a reminder of something I don't remember would be devastating.
@@ms9rabiah yeah for sure such a difficult spot to be put in 😢
Yeah. It's probably one of those "I'd rather be dead than disown my son, ESPECIALLY now that my husband is gone and I'm more or less all alone (no matter WHAT he has done..)". Truth be told, I think I would forgive my son if he attacked me like this. I don't think there's anything I couldn't forgive my children for (of course saying that and actually being in that situation and doing it are two different things, so.. I don't know what Im on about. Sorry. Im just rambling at this point...)
@@SundayMourningLove monsters need love too? you'd probably stay with a wife beater too.
I think she knows. She's got 2 visible strikes on her face and in the hospital she said to the cops that it was her son, who did it. She just didn't want to believe it, but she knew it.
Wow! This really demonstrates the unconditional love of a mother
My daughter's downstairs doing school work. I'm in my room waiting for fresh TH-cam video to drop. This is my life now
Incredible, isn’t it?
Same.
same.
Same! COVID made homeschool teachers we are! 🙈
You're living everyone's same "dream" lol wouldn't have survived the lockdown without Mr. Ballen! Lol
When a russian goes to the emergency room, you know its bad.
LMAO-💀✋
Can't wait for this new series
why did i like this comment?
Yessir I’m really excited too
Sammmeeee
I’m so excited
SAME
They are both very smart and that young man needed to run in to this OG. He will set him straight on a straight road. God bless that OG
man with 16 wounds to the head: *wakes up early to do a healthy routine*
me during a depressive episode: it's okay, showering can wait a week or two
im depressed and self medicate but i hate feeling dirty and oily and sticking to the bed sheets fuck that i gots to shower everyday
I think the key to Chris’s actions may be in his mom’s refusal to believe he could do anything bad. Chances are that she believed that for all his life, where he never learned consequences.
Nonsense. Just because she couldn't believe he would smash her face in with a fire-axe, doesn't mean she thought he couldn't do anything bad.
I caught my kid lying about using a calculator during her maths homework the other day, doesn't mean I'm now wary she might drive a pickaxe into my skull some night as I'm dozing on the couch.
This kid was probably never held accountable for his actions...only a self centered spoiled A-hole would have the nerve to kill their own parents
@@clon76 She posted his bail and walked hand in hand with him in Court, after he murdered his father and tried murdering her.
@@clon76 I think he meant the kid was pampered and even protected from consequences by the mom, which can make normal people screw up their life. Still requires a psychopath to do that, so I get what you mean, but a psychopath having a mom like that is just a ticking time bomb.
@clon76
Yeah, your silly anecdotal "evidence" doesn't reinforce your disagreement here. That's laughably far below your child trying to murder you, murdering their other parent, and then you not only implicating them, but rescinding that accusation, and then posting their bail and keeping in contact with them. There is absolutely no connection between your analogy and this issue described in Chris' case for many reasons, among them being the consistency of the poor behavior. Kids push boundaries and learn about manipulation by doing at a young age. That's healthy and normal, as long as boundaries and discipline is set out accordingly. It's not normal to continue with consistently acting that way into adulthood and then having enablist parents, family, friends, etc. continuing to support poor behavior through lack of consequence.
I've known people with parents that think they can do no wrong and have very few healthy boundaries with them, their entire lives. They are absolutely the kind of people that wouldn't know how to respond to something like this in any functional or healthy way. They are also absolutely the kind of narcissists that would believe they're still in the right and "punish" the other party for daring to claim otherwise. If it's not punishment, then it's simply them not knowing how else to handle the situation, and impulsively lashing out in some harmful way. Point is, these are the types of people that grow into entitled, self-centered, toxic, and reckless adults.
A kid getting disciplined regularly (according to their behavior, obviously) and knowing healthy boundaries does not add up to whatever is wrong with Chris. It's a valid suggestion, given the aftermath of this incident, that he may have been treated this way his entire life, or some of his life. It's also possible he's just fucked up in the head. Regardless, his mother's enabling behavior is a problem. Consistency is absolutely the key to raising another human, and it can make or break that human if done poorly.
So you're telling me that the second stories girl dumped her boyfriend for nothing
Your profile look like a failed experiment on James charles
Gun Now
@@michelekhan7036 lmfao
@@kennythelastgamer5596 thx
IIIII
As a mental health clinician, delusional disorder is one of the most fascinating disorders to see. I've only ever seen it twice, but it's amazing how someone can be entirely normal except for this one very specific and totally off the wall delusion. If you don't ask the right question, you may never know.
I was taken aback, myself. I wonder how many of us have it, without any idea. But then, real fears could also be dismissed, if assumptions are made. I imagine it could be difficult to determine which life-crippling fears are real, and which should be given therapy. It would be very bad to tell someone it’s all in their head, if they truly are in some danger.
what did you see? like example?
So many people would do anything to have forgiving parents that loved them unconditionally like that.
Seriously it's not like they said "we're cutting you off completely" they said "we will support you and get you on the right track" so what motive did he have to killing them.
No doubt...I know people who were kicked out on the street or forced to join the Marine Corps for being clinically depressed.
@@autumneastman2210 Exactly!😔😔😍😍
I don’t think she forgave him, she suffered a traumatic brain injury... she’s not the same and didn’t know any better.
Makes me sick literally
Who else randomly found mrballen and is now hooked 🌚😂
About 6 months ago... He is like family now..
@@danmcr2884 that’s about when I did also
Yes,that's how TH-cam works..
Found him on TikTok
first time I see? ;)
I also recommend you to watch ReprisalZems he is the mrballen reactor and more stories, really funny brother with some life lessons aswell, please take a look.
th-cam.com/channels/PYJTRDUtUi8a9FeCtAQCfA.html
How are all top comments about "tree in lung" when the second story is literally insane
The story is a hoax anyways
anybody saying "weird world" instead of "witness protection" is NOT to be trusted !
@@markjacks3828 these are the words of delusional people i think you need to listen to the story again
@Franco Spain
Guilty as Charged...
@@markjacks3828 Also when you're in the witness protection program, you are not reachable by people from the past. It's not a program where agents just watch you very closely; you get a new identity. No way would Pauline be able to just call her mother like that; I think that was the first red flag. And the last red flag was "don't call the police".
But I expected something sinister to happen, so Mom and Stan just being insane was anticlimactic to me.
Thank you for the wonderful way of telling! You make the story come alive! Never have I enjoy a story so much even if it's a book story! I want to thank you for that 😊🖤
Mr. Ballen: He's so emotional!
Not gonna lie they had us in the first half...
The story of the Porco family actually brought tears to my eyes. I feel like it was in some way a blessing that the father was made unaware of the injury due to the trauma to his brain and did not suffer before his death. Even the mother was spared the memory of it. That is so tragic and sad. I cannot criticize Mrs. Porco because she truly has the special love that only a mother could have. The son, on the other hand, taking up the offer to stay with her even though he knew what he had done...chilling.
Took me too long to realize we knew the fathers morning routine is because he left a trail of blood throughout. The brain a powerful and terrifying bio machine.
aaaand there are pictures
@@elizaalmabuena of the dad walking around with those injuries?
It's so sad it makes me feel sick
@@no_peace of the blood trail from the dad moving around.
Part of his brain was on autopilot. He was doing mundane daily tasks without even thinking about it (literally). If the thinking part of his brain was working, he might have realized he was severely wounded. I'm sure blood was dripping all over the place, and it didn't even register what was happening. Absolutely crazy!
That last story surely raises questions about how the brain actually works, and how long it really takes for a person to be completely dead.
I read people are still conscious seconds or minutes after decapitation based on a study before when the guillotine is still legal
@@benitaboowritesthey’re not conscious. Your body just acts on the last signals that were sent by the brain
Conscious enough to know where he kept the spare key. I think he was aware of ALMOST everything. But it seems he thankfully felt no pain. That was merciful.
@@CarolineJoyAmico
I get that but the thing is if that's the case how could he possibly have not seen his injuries in the mirror when he was shaving or notice the blood everywhere? The brain is an amazing piece of work.
“Canadian mob...” that should have been the first red flag.
I thought the same thing! 🤣
i mean it is a thing eh
There probably is a Canadian mob
"It's not personal, so I'm very sorry, eh"
The first maple leaf flag eh
I already “liked” it and I haven’t seen it yet. I have been needing a MrBallen fix! ❤️
Same!
Why’d you put air quotes on it?
We all have..
Same my dude, same.
Same lol, this is quality content
Imagine taking that tree home and planting it in your backyard, then decades later telling your grandchildren, "Yep kids, that was in my lungs!"
I would totally do that
WoO0w gampa
I bet in hindsight the guy really wishes that he asked to take it home with him. 9 out of 10 people would. But I wonder if the hospital would of let him considering it came from inside him and would be considered "contaminated"... curious how it was green without sunlight
tree grows lungs
Or you could exact revenge on the tree with fire.