I (Male) was drugged on my 21st birthday on 6th street by a group of ladies posing as a bachelorette party. They offered me a single tequila shot that sent me far over the edge which was very weird considering it was my first drink of the night and I weighed close to 200 lbs. One of the girls insisted she already called an uber for me but luckily for me my bike was locked up outside. I made it 15 minutes and 2 miles before I lost all motor skills and passed out outside of an elementary school somewhere to the east of the bar. After that I have no recollection of a taxi driver picking me up and somehow making it home with no further issues. I'm still friends with the poor guy that dragged me into his cab because I'm almost positive he saved me.
Did you ever report this incident to the police? They could have then n now, search for clues/video footage. This is a serious crime, and thankfully you woke up safely and survived.
I, like many other men that have been in this situation, was actually too embarrassed and felt like I would not be taken seriously by the police. I was just happy to be alive and didn't want to add insult to injury as it became a very real and scary moment for me. I actually suffer from PTSD because of this and do not trust anyone being overly friendly, male or female.@@nm3547
Ruffles leave the blood stream pretty quick. Any chance you remember if anyone else was offered a drink bc maybe the bartender gave it to you specifically
I worked as a bouncer for 6 1/2 years, and one of the things I was immediately taught, and then saw for myself, was people getting their drinks spiked. I caught people doing it, always males. Our policy was if someone set their drink down and walked away from it, and it wasn't on a table that someone was watching, it got dumped. We would replace it if their was a complaint. At a bar in our city, a bartender was arrested for spiking women's drinks. The truth is that this happens way more than folks realize.
The workers are in on it too at a strip club the female workers spiked my drink thinking it was for me it was for my wife she says she couldn’t remember a thing after drinking it
I live in a small rural area in Germany. Even here drinks get spiked all the time… just never leave your drink out of sight. Nowadays many use a protective cover for their beverage…
Living in Austin and seeing these for the past 10 years or so. This HAS TO BE AN INSIDE thing. No way a guy going to Rainey Street and taking people and nobody not seeing them. They must have some kind of operation that starts at the bar. There is NEVER any traces going on over a decade
I think you’re right. I seen/read a few bar owners dippn out (which were from different countries - not US based) does that matter maybe 🪢 but i still believe some owners could be N on it 🤷♀️
@@Cuddlycactus798 I think it does matter. Like no reason everybody is falling in the lake. There is a little dip off area but somebody would have to push you off. I feel like it’s a higher up thing where it’s laws involved and everything. But that’s a theory
I've been an Investigator for nearly 24 years and there are so many things wrong with these cases. Sounds like APD needs new Investigator 's, a new police dept as a whole.
@billyburton3252 not ALL LE are crooked. There are bad apples in every profession. They are human. Some bad, some good. However, if your life is in danger.. you call 911.. not a crackhead. So careful grouping ALL
That’s because the judicial system doesn’t care. They get paid to do nothing. As long as they pick the right political party. We’re like cattle to the higher ups.
In November of 2023 I was drugged on 6th street in Austin! My friend and I had a shot poured from the same bottle of whiskey at Vulcan Gas Company. We both were completely incapacitated on the side of the road. An hour later. His wife was there and luckily made sure we got home safely. I woke up with a broken ankle but otherwise unharmed. It was a very scary experience. Yall please test every drink you buy, even if you watch them pour it. The bartenders spike bottles too
This happened to me in Detroit in 2005. I was used to driving moderately for years. Went to a bar in Detroit got some drink 🍻 and went to another bar short after and I passed out and was outside of the bar because it had closed. Luckly my friends never left me. They do be spiking drinks.
this right here is why i drink at home, strong as i want, better entertainment, better bathrooms, more comfortable, no undesirables, no drugs, no driving home drunk/cabs, cheaper drinks, and no CREAPS
I lived off i35 in an apartment complex from The 2018-2019 that faced Ladybird. Five of these men were four in the year I lived there. It was always so eerie how they were mysteriously determined as suicides or never publicly investigated. It makes me wonder if someone in law enforcement was involved.
@@charlietuna350My friend’s cousin was un-alived w/ another out at The Slabs (In Leander) w/in the last yr and they have already decided that nothing will ever be known, much less done about it. Wtf …2 people just gone…
Nah it happens more than you think from jumpers. They bound their hands and feet so when they hit the water the bound hands and feet stop the bodies automatic response to save itself. Sad but true. Sucks right.
The lack of concern from not only the police, but the bar owners is unbelievable. No one is that inebriated after 4 drinks over 7 odd hours. That is a nothing amount of alcohol. He was 100% drugged and that bar was told that and wasn’t worried? Why these bars aren’t showing more concern for their patrons is beyond me.
Family has to civilly sue. Bars have to carry insurance for this and putting the bar in the limelight with a civil suit causes the other local establishments to do better. I did a stint bartending and our wait and bar staff all had to carry professional insurance too.
I’m Australian, so our laws are clearly different. When I was younger I worked in pubs, and security cameras are a legal requirement here and so is the amount of time they have to hold onto footage incase it is required by law enforcement. That is more the angle I was talking about. I don’t think you should be able to sue a pub/bar because you were spiked there, but if a complaint is made to police, that footage helps identify the person responsible. I wouldn’t think a bar would want to be know as the place you go to get spiked and it’s owners be so unconcerned about it. Just seems so odd to me.
I’d heard this from people in Austin, other people denied it. Makes me wonder, I was working as a Lyft driver when I picked up a guy in north Austin wanting to go downtown. Then to a second destination. I swear the guy was going to kill me, so I came up with an excuse within 5 minutes of picking him up that I had to take a friend to the emergency room I can’t take you. He ran off into the dark away from the gas station. First time I’d ever felt that way in my life and first and only time I’d ever kicked someone out of my car.
I had a friend who was temporarily homeless in Austin about 10 years ago and he was already talking about mysterious deaths like these, especially in the homeless community.
Julio was my classmate in high school. He was very sweet. He had just graduated from college and was about to start his life. It’s sad that it ended so tragically and there was no real closure. I hope this video raises awareness and makes APD look into this closer.
That police department and these two particular bars need to be investigated... it's like the P.D. there is an accomplice to whoever is working in the two specific bars where these young men were drugged... No one has mentioned if any of these men were sexually violated. I'd willing to bet they were
Does anyone else feel like the cops and the whole system is working together? It’s the facts that after so many deaths they have yet to set up cameras or even have the area more secure. It’s so upsetting that they continue to let this happen.
I've lived in ATX for 23 years, and this city, as a whole, is notorious for downplaying and, or covering up crimes. Especially murder. Austin has always seemed to me to deny that hard or violent crime happens here. The city council, police, and even journalists here go to great lengths to pretend it's all just an accident or an isolated incident. Frankly, I am really disgusted by Austin's journalists in particular. I feel that it's their job to report and hold accountable officials who are clearly not doing their jobs. They are just lazy.
I lived in Austin and went to UT. Even back in 2015, there were whispers of a serial killer targeting young men near campus and downtown. It wasn’t yet being reported in the media like it is now, but people were definitely talking about it. Scary how long this has been going on.
It’s not law enforcement it’s the politicians. They defunded the police. Back in my era we had police officers at every block keeping us safe. So sad how the city got ruined. The state tried to hire dps and the city blocked them as well. I think it’s a drug slipped into drinks at the bar.
I was drugged in Dallas but at someone’s home. And the worst absolutely happened. My story went viral on Twitter but the emotional scars and trauma from that night are incomprehensible. I will never know what he did to me. But he paraded around a trophy photo of me, on Twitter. My eyes were glazed over and I looked dead. When I woke up I had no memory of the night before, only consuming a drink and passing out. I am lucky that man did not kill me. It could’ve been far worse. My heart goes out to these men and the families affected. The person(s) doing this are evil. Disorienting this person, stalking them, and then killing them and they had pure intentions of just enjoying the night out. I hope they are found.
This happened to me on Rainey St. in Austin Tx back in sep 2020. I felt like I never felt before and I was a crazy drinking college student who was in a Frat at Texas State right up the road from Austin so I was not a light weight AT ALL. I had two drinks and completely disassociated mentally and physically. Container bar has been accused of this on reddit also and thats where I was. Luckily my public stumbling and resentment of illness caused a scene big enough to have the local cop arrest me for “DUI” and book me. Strange enough I was not charged or anything but simply released the next morning with no consequences. I could remember nothing the next morning AT ALL. That “arrest” possibly saved my life and ive been more that uneasy about that day for the past 4 years. Especially as of lately with hearing all these mirroring stories. Austin there is a problem.
The amount of men in the comments saying they've experienced the same thing in the same place is wild. The amount of people who have studied crime investigations and know that something's off and being covered up is sad. This clearly needs to be investigated thoroughly!
Yes …. Wow… I am so so sorry this happened…. It happened to a friend of mine too while down on Rainey st. I am still so thankful that a couple who were walking down Rainey saw my friend (who was very clearly a young college student) talking nonsense to himself as he started walking in a direction that made no sense…. The couple walked over to him (don’t know all the ins and outs) but talked him into letting the girl “borrow” his phone …. She looked at who he had called the most in the last couple days and that person happened to be me…. She basically described what he was doing and acting like …. Which was highly out of character for him….. they stayed on the phone with me till I got there …. He was so irrational and belligerent that I didn’t even get the couples name ….. they saved his life that night he and I both believe this….. he knows at some point earlier he was at Container bar but he doesn’t remember the order of the bars he went to…. So yeah something is happening on Rainey that is for sure!!
I was also drugged with ghb in downtown Austin (kung foo saloon) but my friend and i watched our drinks the ENTIRE TIME and felt horrible after 3 drinks. It was nothing like I’ve ever experienced before and hit close to home when that one guy explained his experience with ghb. I firmly believe it might have been a bartender
One of the other comments from a bouncer at a bar in Austin said that there was a bartender that got caught spiking drinks. I don't think it was the bar he worked at
Native Austinite here. I've been upset about the under reporting on this. It's always been an issue and as someone who used to frequent the bars around Rainey, there's just no way someone would wonder down to that water without being lured or forced in some way.
100% agree. Everyone that has asked me if I’ve heard about these cases is surprised when I explain how it is possible but extremely unlikely that anyone would “accidentally” fall in the lake. You would have to go out of your way to intentionally get in the water and nobody that lives here (no matter how drunk) would want to go for a dip, alone, late at night, intoxicated in Lady Bird Lake. Maybe one person as a freak accident but not in the numbers we’ve seen. Also, how about all the dogs that have died after swimming in Lady Bird Lake because of some toxic algae?
One rather important point not mentioned in this piece is that if the cause of death is drowning, there WILL be water in the lungs. And if a corpse is recovered from a body of water WITHOUT water in the lungs, that person was dead BEFORE being placed in the water. It was not mentioned whether any of the victims were recovered with or without water in their lungs. It is really not too difficult for a "journalist" to get a copy of the coroner's finding on the cause of death.
A friend of mine was dragged downtown in atx around May 2023 this year. Sounds just like some of these stories. He was out drinking, got drugged, his phone was taken and they used his fingers to unlock it, stole his money, and his car and somehow dropped him off at home where he woke up the next day with no phone, no car and all his money in the bank gone. Someone in atx or a group of ppl are doing this here for sure.
“A fall in the water “?! No way could someone sustain those types of injuries all at once from falling into water! Has it been the same doctor determining the cause of death with all of these people? Why hasn’t a major investigation been done, and why isn’t anyone getting second autopsies done on these victims?
@@RabbyRabbitholetotally agree. I thought that from a few moments in. No way this many absurdly related deaths occur without massive investigation unless there's some level of law enforcement cover up/involvement.
I feel like the guy talking about being drugged was mocked for it or wasn't believed by those he needed support from - either the police, friends, family, gf, or all of them. The way he talked about it gave me that impression. If you've ever been drugged, you know it. He was very accurate in the symptoms and how it feels. I'm glad people are making products to combat this, although it's horrible it's necessary. Be safe out there and take care of each other. ❤
It happened to me and I'm a female and an date. Yeah, people like that don't give a s***Let's it, happen to them. Then it's a big deal and it should be a big deal.
@@Paulusia1111 Shouldn't be happening on a daily basis, no hello. To the same person that is you gotta wake up. Know what the h***'s going on, dude, young lady.
Rest in Peace, Riad. You were a loved teacher and you are missed and not forgotten. He certainly did not take his own life, and it is frustrating that there is not more concern from the APD detectives on these cases. I’m not sure that Riad Hamad’s story fits with the spiked drinks, robbery ring MO. I am so sorry for all who have fallen victim and their families. I think your theory is a good one. Thanks for making this documentary. 💚♾️💚🙏
I’m from Austin and this happened to me also last year while drinking at Bungalow on Rainey st. I was out with a friend when he said I just disappeared and wouldn’t answer my phone. The next day I woke up on Lambie st across from the culdesac. I woke up and I still had my gold necklace, my wallet and a new pair of Nikes I had just bought. It was really odd waking up downtown next to the road. I’ve been drinking since my late teen years and don’t ever recall experiencing anything like that night. I too feel like someone must have slipped me something. Bungalow is no longer there but I’m sure whoever is doing this is still in Austin.
My son moved to Austin, Texas about 4yrs ago. He moved with his high school friends. Since he moved I have been so worried about him because he doesn't have any family in Texas. He was a bouncer at a club for a little minute but quit because they didn't pay him for working. Now that i know about these crimes in Austin Texas i will stay contact with my son. Wow, i can't believe this. So sad.😢
I was drugged with GHB many years ago at a very popular bar in Portland, OR. Everything that guy described was what I went through. It was so horrific. Had my male friend not found me slumped on the women's bathroom floor, Lord only knows what would have happened to me. I pray for the loved ones of all the victims to find healing, strength, peace, and answers..🙏✝️
Sadly We have issues with these killings in pdx And Eugene. We have what I like to call pods.. ones like women and ones men. Most university town do have them . Easy targets. Away from home and kin to report them missing.We Oregonians are not exempt. Look up William Ramsey investigates..Lady just went missing in pdx look at the news ..from a well know. Bar and staff is suspected to be involved. Also look up the UK Pusher…. Another pod😢
Happened to me in 2013… I was in the bar to use their WiFi and I wasn’t even drinking alcohol. Luckily, I lived across the street and my son saw the man trying to drag me into his car. We should have called the police, but it took a couple days before I really sorted out what had happened.
I spent 2 decades in Austin. APD is one of the laziest police departments in the US. They are inexperienced to serious crime. Austin used to be a hippy town where college kids were known to party on 6th (red river district). Unfortunately APD doesn’t take anyone seriously that go down there drinking. The bars overserve with no consequences and the only “crimes” that are addressed are open brawls. What used to be a safe, hippy, college town blew up in the early 00s and crime went through the roof, but APD never adapted. It’s disgusting how APD blows off these victims found in ladybird lake, but not surprising.
I use to go to Austin for the hippieness....I havent stepped foot in Austin for over six years now, nor will I. I hate Austin and everything it has become.
As a Texas resident this documentary is both wonderfully informative and deeply disturbing. I live in Dallas and about 6 years ago there were a number of bodies found in lakes around the area. For a short while I was wondering if we had a serial killer as well, but what you have found seems to be a far more plausible explanation for it. Thank you for shining a light on these deplorable acts.
Late 90s they actually reported about the Trinity River killer and claimed there wad a serial killer in Dallas. Couple years later, never existed nothing to see here.
@@anonymoose116I live in Portland Oregon for the past year or so there have been around 5 or 6 women that have went missing and been found dead. The police and everyone swore up and down they weren't related. Well guess what they were and they are accusing one man for four of them
Austin police ruling a duct taped body as self-inflicted tells you all you need to know about how much they care about the safety of their citizens. You're all on your own over there.
Listen to me. You almost always are on your own, no matter where or when! Don't forget that. We pass by these monsters and never know more than we passed a monster if we are observant enough.
Omg! I've was in Austin for a business meeting and visited the sidebar, I had one drink and started feeling odd so I broke away from the group and went back to my hotel room and started over heating and feeling like I was going to throw up, then I blacked out woke up the next day covered in sweat. This was roughly 2.5 years ago. My coworkers used to joke about it calling me a light weight which is not the case!
By your reaction, I’m guessing that you didn’t report it to the police? I wonder how many other unreported cases there are. I’m so glad you made it back to your hotel room safely. It might be worth putting in a report, just for records sake. Clearly the police need more pressure.
An old coworker of mine at a bar told me a story where the entire bar was drugged. Some creep drugged the garnish tray, so anyone with a lime/lemon/cherry/olive in their drink got drugged. He also got drugged from handling the contaminated fruit. The creep was just trying to wipe out everyone to pick off their preferred prey. So scary!
@@michaelmyers3061 Oakland, CA. Not saying anything besides that lol (I bartended there for almost a decade, not trying to blow up anybody's spot, believe me, the dude got handled)
So many of these men looked very similar- the murderer has a type. The inept, passive, corrupt or compromised law enforcement story is told way too often. Their dereliction of duty is blatant! So ready to see this reality change. Sorry for the tremendous loss to all their families and friends. Good reporting!
Regardless of their actual backgrounds, almost all of them _looked_ passingly Latino. That can't be a coincidence. Political rhetoric about the southern border is pretty toxic in general, but particularly poisonous in Texas.
@@damonroberts7372poisonous or true? My mom grew up in Arizona and it's clear you didn't grow up on the border or you wouldn't label facts as poisonous
Did anyone else find it extremely disturbing that the person interviewing the man who woke up a month after being found was laughing hysterically? What a sicko.
My son has been a member of Austin's homeless community for the past couple years. He has always kept in touch with me but I haven't heard from him for a couple months. It was his birthday 2 days ago and I thought for sure I would get a call, but nothing. I'm praying nothing like this has happened to him. 😢
Prayers you hear from him and he is alright. In case you don't. Go to Austin or ay least call and file a missing person's report with police department there and mail them z picture and description with your phone #. Include any birthmarks or tattoos or jewelry he might be wearing too.
It’s very frustrating and upsetting that APD isn’t doing more to bring justice to these victims and their families. And The Side Bar needs to be investigated, because it sounds like some of the bartenders are responsible for drugging customers.
@@LoriL010LMFAO. did you see how long this has been going on? A lot longer than the police being defunded which never happened in Austin, lmfao. Nice try though.
@@tiatokkesdal1745 FY2020-21: The Austin City Council unanimously voted to cut its police department budget by $150 million. These immediate cuts would include eliminating funding from three planned police cadet classes and reallocating funds to areas like violence prevention, food access and abortion access programs.
(Or a mass human trafficking operation by bar who dumps those they don't want into the lake) The police are probably the ones who did it. They are super sussy, i mean the first body is quite obvious. The money and fame from finding a serial killer would solve their issues. Maybe they are playing vigilante.
@@LoriL010LOL, no. They didn't get defunded at all. They actually got more money overall since that movement started. They just got their feelings hurt and refuse to do their job.
My friend went to Vegas and became friendly to someone gambling next to him. He remembers going to a table with her, and nothing else. He woke up in his bed, with no money, and no idea what happened. This absolutely does happen.
Honestly, I believe men are more of a target because they're less likely to report anything because they're embarrassed, or they're not as on guard as women are. I know I'm a 44yr old 5ft woman and I've thankfully, never been robbed, etc. My sons, except for one have all been robbed, or carjacked.. Sounds crazy, but I think some robbers have a code that they don't go after women if they're men. I'm starting to wonder if all these men were either drugged and fell into the water because they were so disoriented or robbed and thrown in, the robbers not realizing how disoriented and immobile they were.. hopefully APD does start to take this seriously, because this is so sad and infuriating..
Sounds like those who weren't overdosed and survived WERE robbed. The narrator of this video posits that those who die from the drugging are thrown in the lake. @@sfletch3042
The guy who recounted his story: I had that exact same thing happen to me. Went to the bar with some friends and had just a few drinks. I normally drink whiskey but that night I wasn't feeling like partying too hard, so I started off with a beer. I think I had 2 beers and a glass of whiskey and somehow got the most absolutely hammered that I have ever been in my entire life. Went home with some random woman and could barely get out of her car but when I did, I couldn't do anything but lay on the ground in her garage and that is where I stayed. Couldn't even talk. I tried to. And my thoughts were clear but I could not make a single word come out coherently. And the wildest part is that I woke up just a few hours later and felt 100% sober. Groggy but sober. I don't know if it was the girl that did it to me or not but what I do know is that I'll never go out in Redding CA again.
I think, if there is a serial killer, he is definitely someone who works with the police department because it doesn’t make sense that they wouldn’t take an allegation of a possible serial killer in their town seriously enough.
I live in Seattle. There are several lakes (including the huge Lake Washington). Then (of course) there's the Peget Sound. The city is literally surrounded by water. And yet, there are nowhere near the number of deaths from drowning in Seattle as there are in Austin. Then there's the fact that most of these victims are men of a certain age. These deaths are very bizarre.
For a few years, I used to work in a park by a large lake, the place absolutely surrounded by bars, hotels, private clubs, nightclubs and off licences. It was an area well known for very heavy tourism, so it was thriving day and night, much more so than Austin I suspect. And not once, in all those years I worked there, was a body found in that lake. I left 30 years ago, and never since has a body turned up in that lake - and yet a murder would be an easy thing to achieve there. This video is simply extraordinary. Indeed, I can't make up my mind what is more bizarre: the number of dead bodies in the lake or the fact the local police seem so indifferent to the situation. Even with the evidence of survivors of spiked drinks 'in the same area as where bodies have been found,' they still shrug it off as a line not to be pursued. Also, note the similarities between most of the victims? Not all, but the vast majority tick a few specific boxes.
This is terrifying as a mom with a son who plans to go to UT. I’ve been trying to encourage him to go anywhere else but Austin. It’s not what it used to be. Or maybe I never was aware of this lurking danger. Heartbreaking for these families. Especially the most recent one not mentioned in this video. 💔
Tell him to go to A&M. It’s much saner there. The cadets in the Corps even run a service where if you call their number one of them will come out and escort you to wherever you need to go on campus at night. My female friends always used it when I was going there.
I have been drugged, twice. The guy that tells his story about the drugging.........and after the second "crime", I was put on disability. It has ruined my life. What is wrong with the police???!!!!! In New Jersey along the shore in the 90's, there were so many women being drugged that the police alerted all the cops along the shore to take the women into the ER's even if they thought they were drunk, take them in to be tested. They should be locked up for attempted murder. I hate them with a passion, those that do this, I'd have no remorse........none.
I used to live in Atlantic county. I remember in my early 20's there were a bunch of women found unalived as well. They chalked it up to I don't know what, but the women were said to be prostitutes. I don't think they ever found the killer.
I was drugged by a female that I met at a bar who invited me and a cousin of mine back to her house for drinks. Woke up to 2 people robbing my cousin and beating him up while he was semi-unconscious. I went into full fight mode, almost got stabbed. I’m thankful I walked away with just a blackeye. That was the last day I touched alcohol, I’ve been 7-8 years sober.
@@NotaGabeItch It's great that you're sober and best to stick to it, but you could have just stopped going to bars and drank at home in peace. Unless you felt like you had a serious problem with nonstop drinking, that is.
There has to be something weird going on. I live in Perth, Western Australia where our population is about double the size of Austin, Texas. People die in boating accidents, bull shark attacks etc in our Swan River but if this excessive amount of bodies turned up in the water then there would be massive work done by our police to find out why. We have had a few serial killers with one who killed 3 women in the 90’s who only in the last few years was caught and prosecuted. The police never gave up on the case. The Austin Police Commissioner (Sheriff/chief) needs to go as surely the public cannot be accepting of this standard of policing?
APD is responsible for a population twice as large as Perth. So funny for a 75 IQ Australian to talk about crime clearance rates when hundreds of Abos turn up dead every year and the cops don’t care one bit.
I'm from South Australia "Adelaide" She's definitely right where only couple hours flight from the state i live in,but I've noticed on our News about what was going on & thought the same thing has to be a serial killer can't be bull shark attacks constantly.
One of the best reporting I have ever heard. I was glued the entire time. This is sad and nothing is being taken seriously, almost seems to be a cover up.. My condolences go out to these families who lost their loved ones. As a former resident, it is sad to see Austin turn into what it has become.
I’m an Austin native and current resident. This is a highly sensationalized ‘documentary’, NOT fair and accurate reporting. While these deaths are regarded as suspicious by locals, they are not considered an overwhelmingly threat.
My son was drugged some where near S. Congress and called me crying to pick him up. He didn't know where he was but we found him in Zilker Park... This happened a few weeks ago. He says he doesn't remember who he was partying with... I'm glad I was able to find him before dark... That was so scary. Even now when they announce another body found... I hold my breath. This is a terrible thing happening this city and I'm starting to think it's an inside job.
I grew up partying on bourbon street and some of the most popular party scenes all along the gulf coast. There are without a doubt bartenders that will drug unsuspecting patrons then tip off another partner to assist them in draining there bank account via the ATM as the victim is intoxicated via GHB or other designer intoxicants. This was back in the early 2000s so I’m sure this still goes on especially in such a vibrant party scene as Austin. People do your diligence and always be aware of your surroundings.
Intresting not much fun watching your back all night you can't even dance cos that's when they spike your drink when your dancing, happened to me and I had a feeling the bartender was involved, I woke up in jail with a broken leg when my drink got spiked in the backpackers down under in Brisbane. Cbd.
@@yogidevendrabiriyani1777 that was celebrating Xmas 2007 coppers bashed me for going out trying to dance, they must of told me to move on after I left the club when my drink got spiked I must of been loitering on a bench and cops told me to move on and cos I couldnt respond after getting spiked I was just out of it, I think they thought I was drunk and loitering and cos I didn't respond cos i couldn't. they bashed me, what a phucked up predicament to be in, I'm lucky to be alive could of been much worse i don't celebrate no more after that year, took months for my leg to heal, I always injure my self from skateboarding, but the cops did a number worse on my leg then I've hurt my self olllieing and stacking rails or stairs. And I been skating for 42 years.
You were irresponsible and left a drink at a table or the bar while you went dancing. How ignorant are you? Grow up and take some responsibility for your actions. The first thing you learn when you start going to bars is not to leave your drink unattended. Who's the victim, you or the bar owner that you blame it all on? Jeesh @RAPINCITE
I was roofied at the end of an evening at a "friends" house. This was over 30 years ago and the low life got away with it. It's very good that this is openly talked about thus raising awareness of this method of incapacitating victims🤬.
It’s suspicious that the first victim was under investigation by the FBI and I think it’s obvious that the circumstances he was found in, he didn’t do it himself… so who did it? Thanks for sharing this story, this is the first time I’ve heard anything about these suspicious deaths in the lake in Austin, Texas! There’s obviously something suspish about all of this! 💯
The more and more I'm listening to this... to me and almost sounds like a police officer or someone that works with the police office is potentially involved in all of these "accidental drownings" and mysterious deaths
Thats what i was thinking especially cause the first case had a muslim guy being ending up dead after recently being searched by the fbi and had a case with them.
I live near Austin. I've heard about these deaths and I don't understand why police aren't doing anything. The access point into the lake near Rainey street isn't easy. There's a fence and brush. I don't think it's out of the ordinary to believe these deaths are connected. Why hasn't any surveillance been put up? It doesn't make sense. LP's story of being drugged in downtown Austin sounded very similar to something that happened to me. It was years ago but I'll never forget it.
As a kid my mom warned me to never swim in town lake. It's the under tow. It's deadly, always has been. Do not swin in it. My mom was born here in the 40's. I've lived here since 71. Some are drunken people. Some are not. There absolutely people that prey on others. It's unfortunate all the way around.
It sounds like someone is slipping a roofie into their drinks. If that’s the case the drug is metabolized quickly and traces are hard to find. People were getting roofied in our area, which happens to be a very popular tourist destination. Our sheriff’s department took this so seriously. They had deputies at bars and nightclubs. Bartenders and staff had meetings on how to be diligently alert. Patrons were warned not to take a drink from anyone, never sit them down unattended and walk around with your hand covering the top of your glass. Since this was handled so quickly the people that were trying to roofie someone really couldn’t. The incidents stopped.
I used roofies when i was a junky. You don't bathe in your own sweat as a result of using it. Not even when mingled with alcohol. If it were roofies, more people would die bc it's very deadly in combination with strong liqor. I am thinking something far stronger and the sweating is result of poison.. I had quite a few alcohol poisonings in my day and it makes you sweat buckets. These people didn't have enought to experience alcohol poisoning but in combintation with that drug... it seemingly results in constant sweating.
It seems that the Owner(s) of the bars and their bar staff should be questioned severly, It is not natural for a bar that wants it's customers to come back and be safe to allow it's footage to be "overwritten' by the next day, usually a 30 day loop. They are complicit in their negligence so it seems that whatever means are used to get answers is ok.
I think it’s wild they don’t help with the investigation. I’d want the person(s) hurting my patrons to be arrested. I would not feel safe drinking at a place like that.
I’ve been drugged twice in my life (male). .. once in my early 20’s and then a few years ago in my 30’s. First time, I don’t think I was the intended target. The 2nd time, I’m fairly certain the bartender was the one that drugged me. It’s a horrible & scary experience, persistent vomiting, blacking out while standing up in the bathroom stall, profuse sweating, losing all cognitive & bodily function.
@@ItachiUchiha-lr3yr considering the symptoms started after only having 2 drinks. I’m pretty sure he gave me more than alcohol. There were other people that also said they were drugged at the same place. But when it happened to me the bar was not crowded and I knew 98% of the people in there 🤷♂️
@@erock7138 I’m sorry you had to experience such a terrible thing. No one should have to go through such trauma at the hands of another. I hope that you’re doing well and I’m glad you’re able to tell your story. Thank you. I too have been drugged once and knew right away, I only had 2 drinks that night. I know this is going to sound odd but my life has been a bit crazy. Previous to the drugging I had been “micro dosing” GHB as a party drug. Not my finest moment but I can’t change the past, I learned from it. This was a long time ago. I knew immediately that I had been given a hefty dose, everything went muffled and I felt like a had tunnel vision. I was dizzy and disoriented and knew I had to tell my friends and leave. I was messed up but could still walk thankfully and if I didn’t have a tolerance to it, I don’t think I would have been so lucky. I ended up hearing some bad things about the club (that I had frequented often) of other girls not being so lucky, it broke my heart. No one should encounter this, no one.
It happened to my male friend too at a dance club. We don't know if he was the intended victim. I think they were hoping the victim would be left alone at the table when everyone went to dance. Good thing that didn't happen, he was never left alone.
Does anyone else notice that two of the men were seen on cctv footage DANCING before they went missing? And both families said they wouldn’t be doing that? Drugged
How does law enforcement get away with declaring a self-induced death when a person's hands and legs are bound? and if there was duct tape around his head...wouldn't that be noted by the coroner?
I lived in ATX 2013-2020 and the bar scene definitely is sketchy. I lost my husband during SXSW cause there were so many people and when my husband approached APD for assistance they completely blew him off and made some obnoxious comments about me probably leaving with another guy and told him to be on his way. I had a panic attack and some people stopped to help me cause I was freaking out that bad. We still talk about how they offered no help. APD needs to step up and help the community, I pray they take action sooner than later.
All law enforcement in Texas is governed from the state house.The mmass murders in el paso and Uvalde were covered up. SO, any murders in austin will be swept under the rug!!!😢
For this to keep happening and the amount of men that have been found deceased, there’s something very wrong here! The bars should be investigated at this point everyone is a suspect. This whole situation is a Horror movie in real time!! I feel heartbroken 💔 for all the families that have lost their loved ones. May they all get justice for the victims!!
This was one of the best crime stories I have ever watched. Interesting and informative, I was completely immersed in this story. Never once did the story get dull and stale. I am not easily impressed by what I see on the internet. Highly recommend.
Thank you for sharing this. We've been thinking of moving to the Austin area. We're in our 50's and don't go out to drink, but still, this is not something I would expect from any police department. What else are they ignoring?
Since the police department was defunded quite a lot unfortunately. There is a lot more crime than there used to be.. with slower or selective response times from them.
I live in a popular tourist destination on the Pacific Ocean. We have have literally millions of visitors here every year. We only have a few deaths in the ocean a year...usually people who ignored safety regulations and climbed on the rocks during rough seas. We also have a couple of diving deaths a year. The point is our coastal area is about 90 miles long and we do not have anywhere near the casualties they have in Austin. I really feel for the people of Austin. You deserve better from your authorities.
I sent this to my children. The two girls had personal experience with close friends getting drugged at The W and both my Nephew and his sister got very sick after drinking just one drink also at the W. One of the daughters worked in the 6th street area and confirms that getting drugged at a bar was something all the locals who went often talked about. Edit: we lived in Austin from 03 till ‘18, with them moving away on ‘21 and the niece still lives there. My nephew passed 5 years ago and his getting blasted with only one drink was an obvious spiked drink since he could drink anyone under the table.
I will say, Austin is beautiful. It's what drove me to central Texas in the first place. When you're young, the night life is wonderful. I got tired of it quickly though. In fact, back in 2008, I would go to a club on 5th and Trinity. (It's not shut down because of shootings and one horrific kidnapping of a woman.) My friends and I would park near where that fairly new parking lot is, with the blue lights, and walk to the club and back. It became very creepy. I always felt like I was being watched. That feeling continued on. I hadn't been downtown in years but in 2016-2017 my husband and I were given Tom Petty tickets a wedding gift from my parents. After the show, we walked to the parking garage and I still couldn't lock the feeling of being watched. Sure enough, a man just sitting by my passenger tire, he wasn't homeless, decent clothes, but something was off... It's like he knew me and had been waiting for years to see me up close. Most bizarre encounter... We got in the car and I've never returned to ATX. I live in Temple now. I couldn't get far enough away from Austin.
I grew up in small town east tx and even now being in small towns like rusk, jacksonville , and Troup aren't safe. Living out in the woods on the county roads with hogs and coyotes is more safe then living in town anywhere now a days.
This really needs to be shared widely, considering that in two nights, we have New Year's Eve, where there will be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of victims out on the street, celebrating the New Year coming in.
I live in Green Bay, Wisconsin. We are consistently ranked one of the top DRUNKEST states and the top DRUNKEST cities are on rivers and lakes. People DO NOT drink and just drown around here. There is definitely something wrong with APD being so dismissive of so many drownings🤯
@@thomasshafer315 Green Bay is surrounded by water and our main bar districts are right on the water. So whether it's cold or not, people around here are still going to drink and still be feet from the water.
Nice victim blaming, yeah you need to watch your drink but if it's that big of an issue the police should be investigating, the bars need to hire more staff, or the police need to have a more noticeable presence in that area. There's no reason an issue that well known should be continuing unchecked. As far as the lake, personally I've never been but any other place that has had that many instances of death there would be cameras, better lighting, and a regular police patrol passing through periodically. You'd think Austin being a college town, a college that brings a lot of money to the city and state, they'd want to do all they could to ensure safety. Parents will stop sending students or students won't want to come. If there's one thing I've learned in my 8 years living here in texas it's money over everything. "God", safety, loyalty, friendship, and family included. The only other thing I've noticed that's as important as $$$ to these people is optics, how something appears or makes people/places look. so it's weird they're not more motivated but maybe it's the how it looks side of things outweighing the money.
@@Ali_D_Katt I don't expect you to understand if you don't live in downtown atx or youre not familiar with the neighborhood and the lake. It's complicated. Of course police are investigating.
I’m subbed to both Law & Crime Network as well as The Disturbing Truth. Brilliant collaboration. This story was eye opening, not only for the lack of police action, but also the direction and speed to which these new types of crimes are taking. Thank God people such as yourselves are out there asking the right questions and keeping the public informed.
As someone who lives by the lady bird and runs and walks there frequently I no longer go near dusk, or at all when it’s dark. There are little to no lights on the trail, no cameras, and the trail is usually in areas where there’s no other pedestrian or street traffic (plenty of areas for someone to hide). Stay safe out there Austin
That being said- this video also paints a really stark reality of the trail and lake, which is otherwise a really beautiful, fun and safe area to enjoy Austin from.
i'm pretty convinced my husband was drugged the last night of ACL 2022 (oct 16). we were guests in a cabana and he was having wine. if i recall the wine was in small cans. we had our own bartenders and also servers. he was going up to the bar to get his drinks but for his 4th, one of the servers brought it to him, already opened. he took a sip or two and was GONE. he could walk, barely, but that's it. he was incoherent, took off on his own, didn't know where he was going. i went after him, got him home, he was acting so bizarre. we've been together 22 years and i've never seen him like that. the next day he had no recollection of any of it. he looks so much like one of the victims shown in the video that i actually did a double take.
I was born in Austin, TX, and raised in Houston, TX, I refuse to go to Austin by myself. I also will never go to the bars there, especially the ones in the area where people have gone missing, the vibes are just wrong. Never ever leave your drinks unsupervised, don't ever leave your group. Always, always be aware of what is going on around you and make friends with the bouncers.
@@beckyg.8228 I think Austin prides itself from being the Texas outsider.. but underneath it all it still shows its Texas colors..just in a more subtle way. It can't escape it completely.. no matter how "weird" it tries to be.
@@OptimystikAustin isn’t “weird” like it used to be. It used to be a hippy-dippy music town, but still Texas. Now though it’s run by leftists that are more concerned with prosecuting cops and guys that defend themselves when rifles are pointed in their face, than actual criminals. It’s more SF junior.
There's a reason they're saying this. Austin brings in lots of money from tourism. Can't have the public aware of a serial killer on the loose and disrupt all that money.
I grew up in Austin, I used to party down there (early 2000s). Those were the most memorable times as a young adult. It’s changed so much. I won’t even go there for doctor appointments. Sad. Texans don’t even claim the once loved city as part of Texas anymore
How does a deceased person whose hands and feet were bound and head wrapped in duct tape get ruled as self inflicted?
Corruption. That's how.
That’s what I said.
Imagination.
we are being gaslit
Yet people take the police or authorities words like gospel too often, until it’s a loved one.
I (Male) was drugged on my 21st birthday on 6th street by a group of ladies posing as a bachelorette party. They offered me a single tequila shot that sent me far over the edge which was very weird considering it was my first drink of the night and I weighed close to 200 lbs. One of the girls insisted she already called an uber for me but luckily for me my bike was locked up outside. I made it 15 minutes and 2 miles before I lost all motor skills and passed out outside of an elementary school somewhere to the east of the bar. After that I have no recollection of a taxi driver picking me up and somehow making it home with no further issues. I'm still friends with the poor guy that dragged me into his cab because I'm almost positive he saved me.
Did you ever report this incident to the police? They could have then n now, search for clues/video footage. This is a serious crime, and thankfully you woke up safely and survived.
I, like many other men that have been in this situation, was actually too embarrassed and felt like I would not be taken seriously by the police. I was just happy to be alive and didn't want to add insult to injury as it became a very real and scary moment for me.
I actually suffer from PTSD because of this and do not trust anyone being overly friendly, male or female.@@nm3547
Poor girls wanted to have fun with a big guy.
Unless it had been intended for one of them.
Ruffles leave the blood stream pretty quick. Any chance you remember if anyone else was offered a drink bc maybe the bartender gave it to you specifically
I worked as a bouncer for 6 1/2 years, and one of the things I was immediately taught, and then saw for myself, was people getting their drinks spiked. I caught people doing it, always males. Our policy was if someone set their drink down and walked away from it, and it wasn't on a table that someone was watching, it got dumped. We would replace it if their was a complaint. At a bar in our city, a bartender was arrested for spiking women's drinks. The truth is that this happens way more than folks realize.
The workers are in on it too at a strip club the female workers spiked my drink thinking it was for me it was for my wife she says she couldn’t remember a thing after drinking it
I live in a small rural area in Germany. Even here drinks get spiked all the time… just never leave your drink out of sight. Nowadays many use a protective cover for their beverage…
There's a nailpolish now that if it turns colors your drink has a drug women know n still don't care it's only $10
Henceforth why 'drinking' has never appealed to me, or bars. They aren't the greatest spots for meeting good people.
@@ToKnowTheLivingGod-GJCHS7amen I can’t but agree with you on this.
Living in Austin and seeing these for the past 10 years or so. This HAS TO BE AN INSIDE thing. No way a guy going to Rainey Street and taking people and nobody not seeing them. They must have some kind of operation that starts at the bar. There is NEVER any traces going on over a decade
I think you’re right. I seen/read a few bar owners dippn out (which were from different countries - not US based) does that matter maybe 🪢 but i still believe some owners could be N on it 🤷♀️
@@Cuddlycactus798 I think it does matter. Like no reason everybody is falling in the lake. There is a little dip off area but somebody would have to push you off. I feel like it’s a higher up thing where it’s laws involved and everything. But that’s a theory
Put a fence around the lake?
its the bartenders and police
@@swoodc I know
I've been an Investigator for nearly 24 years and there are so many things wrong with these cases. Sounds like APD needs new Investigator 's, a new police dept as a whole.
The liberals defunded them
Why? They are all crooked
@billyburton3252 not ALL LE are crooked. There are bad apples in every profession. They are human. Some bad, some good. However, if your life is in danger.. you call 911.. not a crackhead. So careful grouping ALL
I’ve heard the police were defunded as well. Also, they were known for being shady also.
Sounds like they need Sheriff Grady Judd.
As an Austin resident for almost 10 years now, these stories are so under reported. It's so unfortunate. Thank you for this documentary.
That’s because the judicial system doesn’t care. They get paid to do nothing. As long as they pick the right political party. We’re like cattle to the higher ups.
is this joe rogan? lol
I used to live in Austin. The police department is corrupt.
Any comment that starts with "As a [thing this video is loosely about]" is never anything more than fapfap.
I lived in Austin for 30 years and I rarely heard any reports of these deaths.
In November of 2023 I was drugged on 6th street in Austin! My friend and I had a shot poured from the same bottle of whiskey at Vulcan Gas Company. We both were completely incapacitated on the side of the road. An hour later. His wife was there and luckily made sure we got home safely. I woke up with a broken ankle but otherwise unharmed. It was a very scary experience. Yall please test every drink you buy, even if you watch them pour it. The bartenders spike bottles too
You didn’t get drugged. You’re just a drunk.
This happened to me in Detroit in 2005. I was used to driving moderately for years. Went to a bar in Detroit got some drink 🍻 and went to another bar short after and I passed out and was outside of the bar because it had closed. Luckly my friends never left me. They do be spiking drinks.
What do you test a drink with?
@@Scottieb1031just make ur own drinks at home is the easiest way
@@Scottieb1031 nothing, just be smart
this right here is why i drink at home, strong as i want, better entertainment, better bathrooms, more comfortable, no undesirables, no drugs, no driving home drunk/cabs, cheaper drinks, and no CREAPS
yes, this
For real. My best drinking was right in my own home. I go to bars and see how all these people are lonely lol.
No conversations either.
Creeps*
you lost me at "no drugs".
They need to put up some trail cameras asap
Yeah very easy fix...if local PD won't maybe a few concerned citizens should...if feel for these poor families, sumt'n ain't right.
That won’t work. They will just find a new dumping spot.
In so many cases it is obvious how much it could help and for some reason it never happens.
I think it’s the police doing the killings
Absolutely!
I lived off i35 in an apartment complex from The 2018-2019 that faced Ladybird. Five of these men were four in the year I lived there. It was always so eerie how they were mysteriously determined as suicides or never publicly investigated. It makes me wonder if someone in law enforcement was involved.
This should be the top comment 🤞🏽 as no 1 even thinks this is possible
Most likely.
Red states really are ghetto
I was thinking the same thing as I watched. Just doesn't make sense why APD wouldn't take this more serious
1st guy mossad.
This is not only well researched, but well presented and very well polished. One of the best true crime doc videos I’ve ever seen
There’s a serial killer on the loose, and in this day and age with the amount of cameras and witnesses is crazy someone hasn’t been caught.
It’s because Lady Bird Lake doesn’t have no cameras its all woods it’s really the only part in Austin with no cameras
Dude it took them forever to catch the guy chunking huge rocks off overpasses on 35. APD can't run the soles of their own shoes.
@@charlietuna350My friend’s cousin was un-alived w/ another out at The Slabs (In Leander) w/in the last yr and they have already decided that nothing will ever be known, much less done about it.
Wtf
…2 people just gone…
@@xaviergarza8525 Any culprit/s could know this.
This is far worse than a killer. It's many, and they are using something that cannot be seen on cameras.
how do you find a dead guy in a lake with his hands and feet bound and call it self inflicted
Wtf
Right? So shady.
yeah im no detective but im pretty sure someone killed that man lol @@Borakization
Nah it happens more than you think from jumpers. They bound their hands and feet so when they hit the water the bound hands and feet stop the bodies automatic response to save itself. Sad but true. Sucks right.
@@seattlesaucehow would you know that?
The lack of concern from not only the police, but the bar owners is unbelievable. No one is that inebriated after 4 drinks over 7 odd hours. That is a nothing amount of alcohol. He was 100% drugged and that bar was told that and wasn’t worried? Why these bars aren’t showing more concern for their patrons is beyond me.
Legal reasons. Sadly.
Family has to civilly sue. Bars have to carry insurance for this and putting the bar in the limelight with a civil suit causes the other local establishments to do better. I did a stint bartending and our wait and bar staff all had to carry professional insurance too.
I’m Australian, so our laws are clearly different. When I was younger I worked in pubs, and security cameras are a legal requirement here and so is the amount of time they have to hold onto footage incase it is required by law enforcement. That is more the angle I was talking about. I don’t think you should be able to sue a pub/bar because you were spiked there, but if a complaint is made to police, that footage helps identify the person responsible. I wouldn’t think a bar would want to be know as the place you go to get spiked and it’s owners be so unconcerned about it. Just seems so odd to me.
Austin is becoming a dum dem lib hub.
@@Red_Foxx101yes why don't they have the footage of the spiked drink
Sounds like to me the police department needs to be investigated. Unbelievable the explanations they’re given for these deaths.
I’d heard this from people in Austin, other people denied it. Makes me wonder, I was working as a Lyft driver when I picked up a guy in north Austin wanting to go downtown. Then to a second destination. I swear the guy was going to kill me, so I came up with an excuse within 5 minutes of picking him up that I had to take a friend to the emergency room I can’t take you. He ran off into the dark away from the gas station. First time I’d ever felt that way in my life and first and only time I’d ever kicked someone out of my car.
Go out to this area at night with a flash light. You'll see a bunch of men with their pants down. Most are married.
@@lizzyyork What? They just stand with their pants down? lol
You should have reported it to the police
Always trust your gut, your instincts and intuition ❤
Always go with your Gut intuition !!!
Good going!👍🏃
I had a friend who was temporarily homeless in Austin about 10 years ago and he was already talking about mysterious deaths like these, especially in the homeless community.
Texas is a creepy state. Period
I've been trying to do some research on all of this and found several homeless killed in 2016-2018.
Julio was my classmate in high school. He was very sweet. He had just graduated from college and was about to start his life. It’s sad that it ended so tragically and there was no real closure. I hope this video raises awareness and makes APD look into this closer.
That police department and these two particular bars need to be investigated... it's like the P.D. there is an accomplice to whoever is working in the two specific bars where these young men were drugged...
No one has mentioned if any of these men were sexually violated. I'd willing to bet they were
@daonatega6873 and no one will..😏🤞🏿🥱😬
I’m sorry for your loss. I also agree with you.
Sorry for you loss, sounds awefully sad.
🙏❤️🕊
I'm a local and just to give y'all an update there have been a handful of new victims at ladybird lake since this video came out
😮😳 WOW
Omg seriously? I hope more of their stories are told and are investigated to make it public so people are aware 😢
Is it happening more frequently?
Seems the identities of the new victims are being kept quiet. I can't find any info online about the last 3, other than dates.
@@aintnuthinbutathang1646 ALOT
Does anyone else feel like the cops and the whole system is working together? It’s the facts that after so many deaths they have yet to set up cameras or even have the area more secure. It’s so upsetting that they continue to let this happen.
THISSSSS^^^^^^^^
If you was to kill me it’s very unlikely that you would get caught because you don’t know me or have any connection to me
@@andrewhatton1606 what?
@@ER-kh9xvwhat a weird response…..
Same thing that happened back in the 80s, police negligence led to a lot of serial killers getting away with it for . There’s many MANY cases of this.
I've lived in ATX for 23 years, and this city, as a whole, is notorious for downplaying and, or covering up crimes. Especially murder. Austin has always seemed to me to deny that hard or violent crime happens here. The city council, police, and even journalists here go to great lengths to pretend it's all just an accident or an isolated incident.
Frankly, I am really disgusted by Austin's journalists in particular. I feel that it's their job to report and hold accountable officials who are clearly not doing their jobs. They are just lazy.
That describes pretty much all US journalists now- either going along with corruption or lazy.
Austin is a Democratic city. They try to hide everything because they do not want to admit Conservatives are right.
They wanted the new move ins and rising home values for property taxes
They do that in SA
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I lived in Austin and went to UT. Even back in 2015, there were whispers of a serial killer targeting young men near campus and downtown. It wasn’t yet being reported in the media like it is now, but people were definitely talking about it. Scary how long this has been going on.
EXACTLY 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯
they literally recently found another body it’s crazy.
@@cudgymercy8574 Yep
Omg another body found this year in 2024?
It's really disturbing how Law enforcement is so passive about all these bodies being found.
DRUNK FOOLS FALLING IN THE WATER THATS ALL NOTHING TO SEE
The USA is not the place you think it is. It's corrupt to the core, always was, always will be.
It’s not law enforcement it’s the politicians. They defunded the police. Back in my era we had police officers at every block keeping us safe. So sad how the city got ruined. The state tried to hire dps and the city blocked them as well. I think it’s a drug slipped into drinks at the bar.
Perhaps that is a big hint that they have something to do with it
@@OscarASevilla Duh duh dum, just make accusations with no evidence whatever.
I was drugged in Dallas but at someone’s home. And the worst absolutely happened. My story went viral on Twitter but the emotional scars and trauma from that night are incomprehensible. I will never know what he did to me. But he paraded around a trophy photo of me, on Twitter. My eyes were glazed over and I looked dead. When I woke up I had no memory of the night before, only consuming a drink and passing out. I am lucky that man did not kill me. It could’ve been far worse. My heart goes out to these men and the families affected. The person(s) doing this are evil. Disorienting this person, stalking them, and then killing them and they had pure intentions of just enjoying the night out. I hope they are found.
I remember that love ❤️ I'm praying for your continued healing!
Did the guy get arrested?
Glad you made it out the other end. Bless and Takecare from U.K.
You are very courageous & caring to share your story. I am so very sorry that happened to you. Sending you love, light & healing.
This happened to me on Rainey St. in Austin Tx back in sep 2020. I felt like I never felt before and I was a crazy drinking college student who was in a Frat at Texas State right up the road from Austin so I was not a light weight AT ALL. I had two drinks and completely disassociated mentally and physically. Container bar has been accused of this on reddit also and thats where I was. Luckily my public stumbling and resentment of illness caused a scene big enough to have the local cop arrest me for “DUI” and book me. Strange enough I was not charged or anything but simply released the next morning with no consequences. I could remember nothing the next morning AT ALL. That “arrest” possibly saved my life and ive been more that uneasy about that day for the past 4 years. Especially as of lately with hearing all these mirroring stories. Austin there is a problem.
The amount of men in the comments saying they've experienced the same thing in the same place is wild. The amount of people who have studied crime investigations and know that something's off and being covered up is sad. This clearly needs to be investigated thoroughly!
Yes …. Wow… I am so so sorry this happened…. It happened to a friend of mine too while down on Rainey st. I am still so thankful that a couple who were walking down Rainey saw my friend (who was very clearly a young college student) talking nonsense to himself as he started walking in a direction that made no sense…. The couple walked over to him (don’t know all the ins and outs) but talked him into letting the girl “borrow” his phone …. She looked at who he had called the most in the last couple days and that person happened to be me…. She basically described what he was doing and acting like …. Which was highly out of character for him….. they stayed on the phone with me till I got there …. He was so irrational and belligerent that I didn’t even get the couples name ….. they saved his life that night he and I both believe this….. he knows at some point earlier he was at Container bar but he doesn’t remember the order of the bars he went to…. So yeah something is happening on Rainey that is for sure!!
Container bar is long gone now. Rainey st is becoming a bunch of apt complexes
I’ve seen too many Austin subreddit stories of someone getting their drink drugged on Rainey St. and then getting robbed
Could the serial killer be a bartender who hates men ? Most of victims are men from lady bird lake
I was also drugged with ghb in downtown Austin (kung foo saloon) but my friend and i watched our drinks the ENTIRE TIME and felt horrible after 3 drinks. It was nothing like I’ve ever experienced before and hit close to home when that one guy explained his experience with ghb. I firmly believe it might have been a bartender
yeah they be doin that
I just read a comment, from a guy who worked at a bar in Austin. He said he watched the bartenders spike drinks. So I believe u💜
Not that I wouldn't believe u. IDK why I said it that way😅
One of the other comments from a bouncer at a bar in Austin said that there was a bartender that got caught spiking drinks. I don't think it was the bar he worked at
It was definitely the bartender same happened to us
Native Austinite here. I've been upset about the under reporting on this. It's always been an issue and as someone who used to frequent the bars around Rainey, there's just no way someone would wonder down to that water without being lured or forced in some way.
Interesting sentiment. Speaks volumes actually
100% agree. Everyone that has asked me if I’ve heard about these cases is surprised when I explain how it is possible but extremely unlikely that anyone would “accidentally” fall in the lake. You would have to go out of your way to intentionally get in the water and nobody that lives here (no matter how drunk) would want to go for a dip, alone, late at night, intoxicated in Lady Bird Lake. Maybe one person as a freak accident but not in the numbers we’ve seen. Also, how about all the dogs that have died after swimming in Lady Bird Lake because of some toxic algae?
One rather important point not mentioned in this piece is that if the cause of death is drowning, there WILL be water in the lungs. And if a corpse is recovered from a body of water WITHOUT water in the lungs, that person was dead BEFORE being placed in the water. It was not mentioned whether any of the victims were recovered with or without water in their lungs. It is really not too difficult for a "journalist" to get a copy of the coroner's finding on the cause of death.
Wasn't 1 Victim mentioned had Water in his Lungs?
Given all the questionable explanations given, I expect that the medical examiner could be in cahoots with those who are behind all the deaths.
A friend of mine was dragged downtown in atx around May 2023 this year. Sounds just like some of these stories. He was out drinking, got drugged, his phone was taken and they used his fingers to unlock it, stole his money, and his car and somehow dropped him off at home where he woke up the next day with no phone, no car and all his money in the bank gone. Someone in atx or a group of ppl are doing this here for sure.
It’s totally plausible!
Sounds like scopolamine.
@@chairmankim9628Austin, TX
Atx is short for Austin, TX @@chairmankim9628
Think this was on the news..prayers
“A fall in the water “?! No way could someone sustain those types of injuries all at once from falling into water! Has it been the same doctor determining the cause of death with all of these people? Why hasn’t a major investigation been done, and why isn’t anyone getting second autopsies done on these victims?
Wasn't that utterly ridiculous? I mean, please. 🙄
The cops are in on it
@@RabbyRabbithole100
You know there's a lot of corruption going on government,
. Probably the coroner's office too. 😮get pay off.😮
@@RabbyRabbitholetotally agree. I thought that from a few moments in. No way this many absurdly related deaths occur without massive investigation unless there's some level of law enforcement cover up/involvement.
I feel like the guy talking about being drugged was mocked for it or wasn't believed by those he needed support from - either the police, friends, family, gf, or all of them. The way he talked about it gave me that impression. If you've ever been drugged, you know it. He was very accurate in the symptoms and how it feels. I'm glad people are making products to combat this, although it's horrible it's necessary. Be safe out there and take care of each other. ❤
It happened to me and I'm a female and an date. Yeah, people like that don't give a s***Let's it, happen to them. Then it's a big deal and it should be a big deal.
That's EXACTLY what happened.
You should have been more careful about leaving your drink unattended @@DebbieAppelhans
Now imagine how women that get spiked on a daily feel? “Oh she was asking for it” “oh, don’t go out then”.
@@Paulusia1111 Shouldn't be happening on a daily basis, no hello. To the same person that is you gotta wake up. Know what the h***'s going on, dude, young lady.
Rest in Peace, Riad. You were a loved teacher and you are missed and not forgotten. He certainly did not take his own life, and it is frustrating that there is not more concern from the APD detectives on these cases. I’m not sure that Riad Hamad’s story fits with the spiked drinks, robbery ring MO. I am so sorry for all who have fallen victim and their families. I think your theory is a good one. Thanks for making this documentary. 💚♾️💚🙏
I’m from Austin and this happened to me also last year while drinking at Bungalow on Rainey st. I was out with a friend when he said I just disappeared and wouldn’t answer my phone. The next day I woke up on Lambie st across from the culdesac. I woke up and I still had my gold necklace, my wallet and a new pair of Nikes I had just bought. It was really odd waking up downtown next to the road. I’ve been drinking since my late teen years and don’t ever recall experiencing anything like that night. I too feel like someone must have slipped me something. Bungalow is no longer there but I’m sure whoever is doing this is still in Austin.
NICE FRIENDS U HAD THAT LET YOU WONDER OFF DRUGGED
My son moved to Austin, Texas about 4yrs ago. He moved with his high school friends. Since he moved I have been so worried about him because he doesn't have any family in Texas. He was a bouncer at a club for a little minute but quit because they didn't pay him for working. Now that i know about these crimes in Austin Texas i will stay contact with my son. Wow, i can't believe this. So sad.😢
Get him home . Taxas isn't what it used to be.
Everyone in Austin is at risk.
theres no serial killer here. the homeless people pose a greater threat than any "killer on the loose"
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@@r0cd0x If you want people to think that. Ok.
I was drugged with GHB many years ago at a very popular bar in Portland, OR. Everything that guy described was what I went through. It was so horrific. Had my male friend not found me slumped on the women's bathroom floor, Lord only knows what would have happened to me. I pray for the loved ones of all the victims to find healing, strength, peace, and answers..🙏✝️
Wow I’m so sorry that happened to you. I’m glad you survived!
Sadly We have issues with these killings in pdx And Eugene. We have what I like to call pods.. ones like women and ones men. Most university town do have them . Easy targets. Away from home and kin to report them missing.We Oregonians are not exempt. Look up William Ramsey investigates..Lady just went missing in pdx look at the news ..from a well know. Bar and staff is suspected to be involved. Also look up the UK Pusher…. Another pod😢
@@minirican Thank you! 🤗💚
Happened to me in 2013… I was in the bar to use their WiFi and I wasn’t even drinking alcohol. Luckily, I lived across the street and my son saw the man trying to drag me into his car. We should have called the police, but it took a couple days before I really sorted out what had happened.
@@thesincitymamawow. thats literally a crazy turn of events.
I spent 2 decades in Austin. APD is one of the laziest police departments in the US. They are inexperienced to serious crime. Austin used to be a hippy town where college kids were known to party on 6th (red river district). Unfortunately APD doesn’t take anyone seriously that go down there drinking. The bars overserve with no consequences and the only “crimes” that are addressed are open brawls. What used to be a safe, hippy, college town blew up in the early 00s and crime went through the roof, but APD never adapted. It’s disgusting how APD blows off these victims found in ladybird lake, but not surprising.
I use to go to Austin for the hippieness....I havent stepped foot in Austin for over six years now, nor will I. I hate Austin and everything it has become.
As a Texas resident this documentary is both wonderfully informative and deeply disturbing. I live in Dallas and about 6 years ago there were a number of bodies found in lakes around the area. For a short while I was wondering if we had a serial killer as well, but what you have found seems to be a far more plausible explanation for it. Thank you for shining a light on these deplorable acts.
I'm in Dallas too. It's like they're pulling bodies out of Trinity and Lake Lewisville ALL THE TIME.
@jacks6632 it's really not, but bodies get dumped there.
Late 90s they actually reported about the Trinity River killer and claimed there wad a serial killer in Dallas. Couple years later, never existed nothing to see here.
Linda. They’re not women, you women so t raise your voices loud enough for these men. Simple as that.
@@anonymoose116I live in Portland Oregon for the past year or so there have been around 5 or 6 women that have went missing and been found dead. The police and everyone swore up and down they weren't related. Well guess what they were and they are accusing one man for four of them
Austin police ruling a duct taped body as self-inflicted tells you all you need to know about how much they care about the safety of their citizens. You're all on your own over there.
Listen to me. You almost always are on your own, no matter where or when! Don't forget that. We pass by these monsters and never know more than we passed a monster if we are observant enough.
The cops in this place just might be involved.
Lol.
Or as someone else had suggested...maybe it was ruled that for a cover up of someone with authority
That’s Tx for ya.
Omg! I've was in Austin for a business meeting and visited the sidebar, I had one drink and started feeling odd so I broke away from the group and went back to my hotel room and started over heating and feeling like I was going to throw up, then I blacked out woke up the next day covered in sweat. This was roughly 2.5 years ago. My coworkers used to joke about it calling me a light weight which is not the case!
Gotta be the bartender.
Dirty ice
By your reaction, I’m guessing that you didn’t report it to the police? I wonder how many other unreported cases there are. I’m so glad you made it back to your hotel room safely. It might be worth putting in a report, just for records sake. Clearly the police need more pressure.
Need to have a centralized database for these type of reports.
@@Playsinthedirt very possible
An old coworker of mine at a bar told me a story where the entire bar was drugged. Some creep drugged the garnish tray, so anyone with a lime/lemon/cherry/olive in their drink got drugged. He also got drugged from handling the contaminated fruit. The creep was just trying to wipe out everyone to pick off their preferred prey. So scary!
@@maririnko where was it?
@@michaelmyers3061 Oakland, CA. Not saying anything besides that lol (I bartended there for almost a decade, not trying to blow up anybody's spot, believe me, the dude got handled)
So many of these men looked very similar- the murderer has a type. The inept, passive, corrupt or compromised law enforcement story is told way too often. Their dereliction of duty is blatant! So ready to see this reality change. Sorry for the tremendous loss to all their families and friends. Good reporting!
Regardless of their actual backgrounds, almost all of them _looked_ passingly Latino. That can't be a coincidence. Political rhetoric about the southern border is pretty toxic in general, but particularly poisonous in Texas.
Yes I completely agree, definitely a pattern
There's only
So many police officers and in a place like Austin I imagine they have their hands full with... other people
@@damonroberts7372poisonous or true? My mom grew up in Arizona and it's clear you didn't grow up on the border or you wouldn't label facts as poisonous
@@CrustyUgg than they should hire more or call in the FBI, this is not 1 or 2 suspicious deaths, it’s a lot IMO
Did anyone else find it extremely disturbing that the person interviewing the man who woke up a month after being found was laughing hysterically? What a sicko.
That was my thought.
Yes!! He actually disgusted me. That guy was an absolute jerk. Shocking how insensitive he was.
Yep. I was thinking if it happened to you that you wouldn’t think it was funny
He should be investigated. He's probably involved.
Hes a comedian. He went on a comedy podcast
I can’t believe the guy that survived did an interview and the interviewer thought it was appropriate to find it hilarious
I know! Christian was being polite not calling him out but there was nothing funny about that.
Agree.
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Yes!! So weird and inappropriate!! WTF was with that guy?
Maybe he didn’t realize the severity of the situation. But it was astonishingly tone deaf and incredibly uncomfortable to watch.
My son has been a member of Austin's homeless community for the past couple years. He has always kept in touch with me but I haven't heard from him for a couple months. It was his birthday 2 days ago and I thought for sure I would get a call, but nothing. I'm praying nothing like this has happened to him. 😢
Prayers you hear from him and he is alright.
In case you don't. Go to Austin or ay least call and file a missing person's report with police department there and mail them z picture and description with your phone #. Include any birthmarks or tattoos or jewelry he might be wearing too.
Have you heard from him?
That is heartbreaking. Did you ever get ahold of him?
Prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I'm so sorry to hear this! This is awful! Did you ever get in touch with him?
It’s very frustrating and upsetting that APD isn’t doing more to bring justice to these victims and their families. And The Side Bar needs to be investigated, because it sounds like some of the bartenders are responsible for drugging customers.
Their police department is so understaffed that it's sickening. Remember the Defund the Police billboards in Austin? They worked. Yay?
@@LoriL010LMFAO. did you see how long this has been going on? A lot longer than the police being defunded which never happened in Austin, lmfao. Nice try though.
@@tiatokkesdal1745 FY2020-21: The Austin City Council unanimously voted to cut its police department budget by $150 million. These immediate cuts would include eliminating funding from three planned police cadet classes and reallocating funds to areas like violence prevention, food access and abortion access programs.
(Or a mass human trafficking operation by bar who dumps those they don't want into the lake) The police are probably the ones who did it. They are super sussy, i mean the first body is quite obvious. The money and fame from finding a serial killer would solve their issues. Maybe they are playing vigilante.
@@LoriL010LOL, no. They didn't get defunded at all. They actually got more money overall since that movement started. They just got their feelings hurt and refuse to do their job.
My friend went to Vegas and became friendly to someone gambling next to him. He remembers going to a table with her, and nothing else. He woke up in his bed, with no money, and no idea what happened. This absolutely does happen.
Honestly, I believe men are more of a target because they're less likely to report anything because they're embarrassed, or they're not as on guard as women are. I know I'm a 44yr old 5ft woman and I've thankfully, never been robbed, etc. My sons, except for one have all been robbed, or carjacked.. Sounds crazy, but I think some robbers have a code that they don't go after women if they're men. I'm starting to wonder if all these men were either drugged and fell into the water because they were so disoriented or robbed and thrown in, the robbers not realizing how disoriented and immobile they were.. hopefully APD does start to take this seriously, because this is so sad and infuriating..
@@reneecaballero9624 they weren't robbed.
Sounds like those who weren't overdosed and survived WERE robbed. The narrator of this video posits that those who die from the drugging are thrown in the lake.
@@sfletch3042
check to see where the WAP girl was at that time. she says that's her MO.
@@thomasgirty6397man, you are too old for this comment. i'm in stitches.
The guy who recounted his story:
I had that exact same thing happen to me. Went to the bar with some friends and had just a few drinks. I normally drink whiskey but that night I wasn't feeling like partying too hard, so I started off with a beer. I think I had 2 beers and a glass of whiskey and somehow got the most absolutely hammered that I have ever been in my entire life.
Went home with some random woman and could barely get out of her car but when I did, I couldn't do anything but lay on the ground in her garage and that is where I stayed. Couldn't even talk. I tried to. And my thoughts were clear but I could not make a single word come out coherently.
And the wildest part is that I woke up just a few hours later and felt 100% sober. Groggy but sober.
I don't know if it was the girl that did it to me or not but what I do know is that I'll never go out in Redding CA again.
You are lucky you still have your organs. ❤
@@mycatsnameiskaren8253 I know it! Scary times.
awful , wth. this is terrifying .
Man, it's shocking to me that there is all this stuff going on and outside of the towns nobody ever hears about it.
I think, if there is a serial killer, he is definitely someone who works with the police department because it doesn’t make sense that they wouldn’t take an allegation of a possible serial killer in their town seriously enough.
Or they're terrified of the serial killer (s) ..
At least one has been caught…
Could be part of the investigation Maybe they are scared he will disappear to another state
Exactly, makes sense
I live in Seattle.
There are several lakes (including the huge Lake Washington).
Then (of course) there's the Peget Sound.
The city is literally surrounded by water.
And yet,
there are nowhere near the number of deaths from drowning in Seattle as there are in Austin.
Then there's the fact that most of these victims are men of a certain age.
These deaths are very bizarre.
For a few years, I used to work in a park by a large lake, the place absolutely surrounded by bars, hotels, private clubs, nightclubs and off licences.
It was an area well known for very heavy tourism, so it was thriving day and night, much more so than Austin I suspect.
And not once, in all those years I worked there, was a body found in that lake. I left 30 years ago, and never since has a body turned up in that lake - and yet a murder would be an easy thing to achieve there.
This video is simply extraordinary. Indeed, I can't make up my mind what is more bizarre: the number of dead bodies in the lake or the fact the local police seem so indifferent to the situation.
Even with the evidence of survivors of spiked drinks 'in the same area as where bodies have been found,' they still shrug it off as a line not to be pursued.
Also, note the similarities between most of the victims? Not all, but the vast majority tick a few specific boxes.
Or harvesters
Could you give more detail please? Im also suspecting something far darker.@ladylove360
I'm curious about WHY the police keep covering it up by saying its self inflicted or not suspicious??
They are covering for the fedz doing it.
Bigfoot
Because they don't want to turn in there cop buddies.
Bad policing. There must have been cameras they could have checked. To track their movements.
They don't want the bad press.
This is terrifying as a mom with a son who plans to go to UT. I’ve been trying to encourage him to go anywhere else but Austin. It’s not what it used to be. Or maybe I never was aware of this lurking danger. Heartbreaking for these families. Especially the most recent one not mentioned in this video. 💔
There are way better schools than UT.
Tell him to go to A&M. It’s much saner there. The cadets in the Corps even run a service where if you call their number one of them will come out and escort you to wherever you need to go on campus at night. My female friends always used it when I was going there.
UT is still a great school don't stop him from losing out on a great career, just stay away from Rainey and he'll be fine
I have been drugged, twice. The guy that tells his story about the drugging.........and after the second "crime", I was put on disability. It has ruined my life. What is wrong with the police???!!!!! In New Jersey along the shore in the 90's, there were so many women being drugged that the police alerted all the cops along the shore to take the women into the ER's even if they thought they were drunk, take them in to be tested. They should be locked up for attempted murder. I hate them with a passion, those that do this, I'd have no remorse........none.
Do you know what you were drugged with?
I used to live in Atlantic county. I remember in my early 20's there were a bunch of women found unalived as well. They chalked it up to I don't know what, but the women were said to be prostitutes. I don't think they ever found the killer.
I was drugged by a female that I met at a bar who invited me and a cousin of mine back to her house for drinks. Woke up to 2 people robbing my cousin and beating him up while he was semi-unconscious. I went into full fight mode, almost got stabbed. I’m thankful I walked away with just a blackeye. That was the last day I touched alcohol, I’ve been 7-8 years sober.
Yeah, the LGBT community has alot of drugging people in it... east coast seems to be the epicenter.
@@NotaGabeItch It's great that you're sober and best to stick to it, but you could have just stopped going to bars and drank at home in peace. Unless you felt like you had a serious problem with nonstop drinking, that is.
There has to be something weird going on. I live in Perth, Western Australia where our population is about double the size of Austin, Texas. People die in boating accidents, bull shark attacks etc in our Swan River but if this excessive amount of bodies turned up in the water then there would be massive work done by our police to find out why. We have had a few serial killers with one who killed 3 women in the 90’s who only in the last few years was caught and prosecuted. The police never gave up on the case. The Austin Police Commissioner (Sheriff/chief) needs to go as surely the public cannot be accepting of this standard of policing?
APD is responsible for a population twice as large as Perth. So funny for a 75 IQ Australian to talk about crime clearance rates when hundreds of Abos turn up dead every year and the cops don’t care one bit.
Thank you, Sir. (from the USA)
Right ! Crazy ! Are they in on it as well , or just don't give a crap ??? Makes you wonder for sure ! I certainly won't be moving to Texas !
I'm from South Australia "Adelaide"
She's definitely right where only couple hours flight from the state i live in,but I've noticed on our News about what was going on & thought the same thing has to be a serial killer can't be bull shark attacks constantly.
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One of the best reporting I have ever heard. I was glued the entire time. This is sad and nothing is being taken seriously, almost seems to be a cover up.. My condolences go out to these families who lost their loved ones. As a former resident, it is sad to see Austin turn into what it has become.
I’m an Austin native and current resident. This is a highly sensationalized ‘documentary’, NOT fair and accurate reporting. While these deaths are regarded as suspicious by locals, they are not considered an overwhelmingly threat.
Everywhere
I agree. This is top tier reporting here. 20/20 and dateline worthy 👏🏽
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Yes, I agree on the amazing reporting. It's so unfortunate what is happening in Austin and this definitely has opened my eyes.
My son was drugged some where near S. Congress and called me crying to pick him up. He didn't know where he was but we found him in Zilker Park... This happened a few weeks ago. He says he doesn't remember who he was partying with... I'm glad I was able to find him before dark... That was so scary. Even now when they announce another body found... I hold my breath. This is a terrible thing happening this city and I'm starting to think it's an inside job.
KeK people just love to assume everybody is kind and loving.
I grew up partying on bourbon street and some of the most popular party scenes all along the gulf coast. There are without a doubt bartenders that will drug unsuspecting patrons then tip off another partner to assist them in draining there bank account via the ATM as the victim is intoxicated via GHB or other designer intoxicants. This was back in the early 2000s so I’m sure this still goes on especially in such a vibrant party scene as Austin. People do your diligence and always be aware of your surroundings.
Never did this in nyc
RIP Giuliani
Intresting not much fun watching your back all night you can't even dance cos that's when they spike your drink when your dancing, happened to me and I had a feeling the bartender was involved, I woke up in jail with a broken leg when my drink got spiked in the backpackers down under in Brisbane. Cbd.
@@RAPINCITE wow what IS your life
@@yogidevendrabiriyani1777 that was celebrating Xmas 2007 coppers bashed me for going out trying to dance, they must of told me to move on after I left the club when my drink got spiked I must of been loitering on a bench and cops told me to move on and cos I couldnt respond after getting spiked I was just out of it, I think they thought I was drunk and loitering and cos I didn't respond cos i couldn't. they bashed me, what a phucked up predicament to be in, I'm lucky to be alive could of been much worse i don't celebrate no more after that year, took months for my leg to heal, I always injure my self from skateboarding, but the cops did a number worse on my leg then I've hurt my self olllieing and stacking rails or stairs. And I been skating for 42 years.
You were irresponsible and left a drink at a table or the bar while you went dancing. How ignorant are you? Grow up and take some responsibility for your actions. The first thing you learn when you start going to bars is not to leave your drink unattended. Who's the victim, you or the bar owner that you blame it all on? Jeesh @RAPINCITE
“there’s something evil going on in this city” gave me chills. i live in atx and this scares me so much
I was roofied at the end of an evening at a "friends" house. This was over 30 years ago and the low life got away with it. It's very good that this is openly talked about thus raising awareness of this method of incapacitating victims🤬.
A bartender in Austin Roofied a group of 6 women and 2 men they don’t give a fk in Austin
It’s suspicious that the first victim was under investigation by the FBI and I think it’s obvious that the circumstances he was found in, he didn’t do it himself… so who did it? Thanks for sharing this story, this is the first time I’ve heard anything about these suspicious deaths in the lake in Austin, Texas! There’s obviously something suspish about all of this! 💯
The more and more I'm listening to this... to me and almost sounds like a police officer or someone that works with the police office is potentially involved in all of these "accidental drownings" and mysterious deaths
Or harvesters
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M THINKING!! Why else would 0 of the multiple bodies be labeled as suspicious???
Thats what i was thinking especially cause the first case had a muslim guy being ending up dead after recently being searched by the fbi and had a case with them.
U are correct.
Police officer is actually one of the most common professions for serial killers
Serial killer? Cop? Bartender? Bar owner? No cameras anywhere? Who is responsible for that?
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El Cuco
Police,will not ask,for surveillance,unless a crime has been committed.
DJ
I live near Austin. I've heard about these deaths and I don't understand why police aren't doing anything. The access point into the lake near Rainey street isn't easy. There's a fence and brush. I don't think it's out of the ordinary to believe these deaths are connected. Why hasn't any surveillance been put up? It doesn't make sense.
LP's story of being drugged in downtown Austin sounded very similar to something that happened to me. It was years ago but I'll never forget it.
The police are too busy hassling young people & dark people to worry about serious crime.
Good morning my name is suhayla is this the first time I ever heard about this my opinion someone has to know something
Many have been drugged especially when there's lots of folks near Lady in the groups and crowds of 20-30s
When was your experience?¡!
Maybe they letting public believe they don’t think they are connected, since they don’t have enough evidence. And truly know they are connected
one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. this is what You tube should be all about....education
As a kid my mom warned me to never swim in town lake. It's the under tow. It's deadly, always has been. Do not swin in it. My mom was born here in the 40's. I've lived here since 71. Some are drunken people. Some are not. There absolutely people that prey on others. It's unfortunate all the way around.
The weekend before I met my fiance, she was drugged at Don’s Depot in downtown Austin. Luckily she wasn’t alone and had people to care for her.
Who do you think drugged her? The bar tender?? That’s scary
This is crazy. How has this story not had more press coverage?
Because it's men that have gone missing...
@lc86_65. Seriously... Interesting comment you made, and definitely made me STOP to THINK about it !
Sounds like some kind of a cover up.
Because it's Texas
Just happened. They're keeping quiet for now I'm assuming
imagine killing hundreds of people and only the last 5 killings sparked ideas that the deaths might be related..
It sounds like someone is slipping a roofie into their drinks. If that’s the case the drug is metabolized quickly and traces are hard to find.
People were getting roofied in our area, which happens to be a very popular tourist destination. Our sheriff’s department took this so seriously. They had deputies at bars and nightclubs. Bartenders and staff had meetings on how to be diligently alert. Patrons were warned not to take a drink from anyone, never sit them down unattended and walk around with your hand covering the top of your glass. Since this was handled so quickly the people that were trying to roofie someone really couldn’t. The incidents stopped.
Depends on the drug used. Some last multiple days and have a high binding affinity.
sounds like a fun evening out
@@mikemiller659seek God, bottom feeder.
I used roofies when i was a junky. You don't bathe in your own sweat as a result of using it. Not even when mingled with alcohol. If it were roofies, more people would die bc it's very deadly in combination with strong liqor. I am thinking something far stronger and the sweating is result of poison.. I had quite a few alcohol poisonings in my day and it makes you sweat buckets. These people didn't have enought to experience alcohol poisoning but in combintation with that drug... it seemingly results in constant sweating.
That is leadership and effort, on behalf of everyone who worked to stop it👏👏👏
It seems that the Owner(s) of the bars and their bar staff should be questioned severly, It is not natural for a bar that wants it's customers to come back and be safe to allow it's footage to be "overwritten' by the next day, usually a 30 day loop.
They are complicit in their negligence so it seems that whatever means are used to get answers is ok.
It is normal. For liability and quality
I think it’s wild they don’t help with the investigation. I’d want the person(s) hurting my patrons to be arrested. I would not feel safe drinking at a place like that.
Go into the bar with a test kit.
Archiving possible evidence is not the establishment's legal responsibility - it's a licensed bar... Selling alcohol... To adults...
@@MotoCouple-wtf 😂
I’ve been drugged twice in my life (male). .. once in my early 20’s and then a few years ago in my 30’s. First time, I don’t think I was the intended target. The 2nd time, I’m fairly certain the bartender was the one that drugged me. It’s a horrible & scary experience, persistent vomiting, blacking out while standing up in the bathroom stall, profuse sweating, losing all cognitive & bodily function.
Vomitting and Blacking out, I had the same experince a few times, yes it was definately the bar tender, I suspect he gave you alcohol.
@@ItachiUchiha-lr3yr considering the symptoms started after only having 2 drinks. I’m pretty sure he gave me more than alcohol. There were other people that also said they were drugged at the same place. But when it happened to me the bar was not crowded and I knew 98% of the people in there 🤷♂️
@@erock7138 I’m sorry you had to experience such a terrible thing. No one should have to go through such trauma at the hands of another. I hope that you’re doing well and I’m glad you’re able to tell your story. Thank you. I too have been drugged once and knew right away, I only had 2 drinks that night. I know this is going to sound odd but my life has been a bit crazy. Previous to the drugging I had been “micro dosing” GHB as a party drug. Not my finest moment but I can’t change the past, I learned from it. This was a long time ago.
I knew immediately that I had been given a hefty dose, everything went muffled and I felt like a had tunnel vision. I was dizzy and disoriented and knew I had to tell my friends and leave. I was messed up but could still walk thankfully and if I didn’t have a tolerance to it, I don’t think I would have been so lucky.
I ended up hearing some bad things about the club (that I had frequented often) of other girls not being so lucky, it broke my heart. No one should encounter this, no one.
It happened to my male friend too at a dance club. We don't know if he was the intended victim. I think they were hoping the victim would be left alone at the table when everyone went to dance. Good thing that didn't happen, he was never left alone.
Some of these symptoms sound an awful lot like low-dose antifreeze poisoning to me.
Does anyone else notice that two of the men were seen on cctv footage DANCING before they went missing? And both families said they wouldn’t be doing that? Drugged
How does law enforcement get away with declaring a self-induced death when a person's hands and legs are bound? and if there was duct tape around his head...wouldn't that be noted by the coroner?
Lifetime tx resident for 44 years and first time i hear of this. Thank u
I live about 3 hour's away from Austin and didn't know anything about this!!! Thank you for giving it the attention it deserves!!!
I lived in ATX 2013-2020 and the bar scene definitely is sketchy. I lost my husband during SXSW cause there were so many people and when my husband approached APD for assistance they completely blew him off and made some obnoxious comments about me probably leaving with another guy and told him to be on his way. I had a panic attack and some people stopped to help me cause I was freaking out that bad. We still talk about how they offered no help. APD needs to step up and help the community, I pray they take action sooner than later.
All law enforcement in Texas is governed from the state house.The mmass murders in el paso and Uvalde were covered up. SO, any murders in austin will be swept under the rug!!!😢
Acab
Yes, sometimes they don’t care they acted like that when I asked for assistance.
F apd
For this to keep happening and the amount of men that have been found deceased, there’s something very wrong here! The bars should be investigated at this point everyone is a suspect. This whole situation is a Horror movie in real time!! I feel heartbroken 💔 for all the families that have lost their loved ones. May they all get justice for the victims!!
You are an angel. Thank you for not downplaying or denying this situation.
Sound like the perp is in LE.
It reminds me of Hustlers, instead of strippers it’s bartenders and ride share drivers.
@@alliep7288 there are a lot of bad rideshare drivers out there, but don’t lump us all into that category. Yes, I am a full-time rideshare driver.
This was one of the best crime stories I have ever watched. Interesting and informative, I was completely immersed in this story. Never once did the story get dull and stale. I am not easily impressed by what I see on the internet. Highly recommend.
Thank you for sharing this. We've been thinking of moving to the Austin area. We're in our 50's and don't go out to drink, but still, this is not something I would expect from any police department. What else are they ignoring?
Don't move there. It's really gone downhill.
Yes, don't move there, it's getting worse by the month, not a safe place for older folks.
@@auntbarbara5696 nobodys safe.. so sad time we live in
Come to Central Florida, Brevard County.
Since the police department was defunded quite a lot unfortunately. There is a lot more crime than there used to be.. with slower or selective response times from them.
I live in a popular tourist destination on the Pacific Ocean. We have have literally millions of visitors here every year. We only have a few deaths in the ocean a year...usually people who ignored safety regulations and climbed on the rocks during rough seas. We also have a couple of diving deaths a year. The point is our coastal area is about 90 miles long and we do not have anywhere near the casualties they have in Austin. I really feel for the people of Austin. You deserve better from your authorities.
I sent this to my children. The two girls had personal experience with close friends getting drugged at The W and both my Nephew and his sister got very sick after drinking just one drink also at the W. One of the daughters worked in the 6th street area and confirms that getting drugged at a bar was something all the locals who went often talked about.
Edit: we lived in Austin from 03 till ‘18, with them moving away on ‘21 and the niece still lives there. My nephew passed 5 years ago and his getting blasted with only one drink was an obvious spiked drink since he could drink anyone under the table.
That man who laughed hilariously at Christian’s misfortune is evil!
I will say, Austin is beautiful. It's what drove me to central Texas in the first place. When you're young, the night life is wonderful. I got tired of it quickly though. In fact, back in 2008, I would go to a club on 5th and Trinity. (It's not shut down because of shootings and one horrific kidnapping of a woman.) My friends and I would park near where that fairly new parking lot is, with the blue lights, and walk to the club and back. It became very creepy. I always felt like I was being watched. That feeling continued on. I hadn't been downtown in years but in 2016-2017 my husband and I were given Tom Petty tickets a wedding gift from my parents. After the show, we walked to the parking garage and I still couldn't lock the feeling of being watched. Sure enough, a man just sitting by my passenger tire, he wasn't homeless, decent clothes, but something was off... It's like he knew me and had been waiting for years to see me up close. Most bizarre encounter... We got in the car and I've never returned to ATX. I live in Temple now. I couldn't get far enough away from Austin.
Temple isn't much better......
I grew up in small town east tx and even now being in small towns like rusk, jacksonville , and Troup aren't safe. Living out in the woods on the county roads with hogs and coyotes is more safe then living in town anywhere now a days.
Are you describing a spiritual darkness, wickedness in high places?
Or just dirty and crime-ridden?
My guess it is the first.
Geeeez that’s scary 😟 af
@@awewhat2986omg like rusk state hospital in Texas? 😂😂😂😂
This really needs to be shared widely, considering that in two nights, we have New Year's Eve, where there will be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of victims out on the street, celebrating the New Year coming in.
Very true!
This is why i dont go out anymore.
Public service announcement
Millions of victims?
@@pither1243I think she meant "millions of potential victims."
I live in Green Bay, Wisconsin. We are consistently ranked one of the top DRUNKEST states and the top DRUNKEST cities are on rivers and lakes. People DO NOT drink and just drown around here. There is definitely something wrong with APD being so dismissive of so many drownings🤯
Also freezing in Green Bay nobody would go near the water it's beautiful weather in Austin Texas they probably are more inclined to go swimming
@@thomasshafer315 Green Bay is surrounded by water and our main bar districts are right on the water. So whether it's cold or not, people around here are still going to drink and still be feet from the water.
Why hasn’t the APD been investigated by the state police and FBI? Have the families consider hiring a private investigstor?
I'm a local. Drinks are getting spiked. It's a known risk here. People need to pay attention. I don't even go downtown anymore because of this stuff.
disturbing beyond belief. a few undercover stints would find out who is behind it easily. why are police doing nothing??!!
Nice victim blaming, yeah you need to watch your drink but if it's that big of an issue the police should be investigating, the bars need to hire more staff, or the police need to have a more noticeable presence in that area. There's no reason an issue that well known should be continuing unchecked.
As far as the lake, personally I've never been but any other place that has had that many instances of death there would be cameras, better lighting, and a regular police patrol passing through periodically. You'd think Austin being a college town, a college that brings a lot of money to the city and state, they'd want to do all they could to ensure safety. Parents will stop sending students or students won't want to come. If there's one thing I've learned in my 8 years living here in texas it's money over everything. "God", safety, loyalty, friendship, and family included. The only other thing I've noticed that's as important as $$$ to these people is optics, how something appears or makes people/places look. so it's weird they're not more motivated but maybe it's the how it looks side of things outweighing the money.
@@Ali_D_Katt I don't expect you to understand if you don't live in downtown atx or youre not familiar with the neighborhood and the lake. It's complicated. Of course police are investigating.
My heart aches for the families of these victims. I pray they find answers and justice.
We need justice for all these souls,and their families.
How sad about Mr. Hamad. He sounds like he was a wonderful man.
I’m subbed to both Law & Crime Network as well as The Disturbing Truth. Brilliant collaboration. This story was eye opening, not only for the lack of police action, but also the direction and speed to which these new types of crimes are taking. Thank God people such as yourselves are out there asking the right questions and keeping the public informed.
Your comment is underrated💜........ My daughter and I named our truck Jill 😁
@@mariaprado5326 lol 😂
This was EXTREMELY well researched and put together. Alarming as heck.
As someone who lives by the lady bird and runs and walks there frequently I no longer go near dusk, or at all when it’s dark.
There are little to no lights on the trail, no cameras, and the trail is usually in areas where there’s no other pedestrian or street traffic (plenty of areas for someone to hide). Stay safe out there Austin
That being said- this video also paints a really stark reality of the trail and lake, which is otherwise a really beautiful, fun and safe area to enjoy Austin from.
@@RGATX so it's still safe to go to the bars and Rainey st ?🍸😂
Go out there at night with a flashlight and you'll see a bunch of men with their pants down.
I wouldn't go anywhere near there if I were you, you might find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time
Go with friends and use the buddy system. There's a reason women go to the bathroom in packs. Never go off alone, never let your friends go off alone.
Anyone else suspect foul play related like this to the Riley Strain case happening now?? All too familiar.
My jaw dropped when I read this…
i'm pretty convinced my husband was drugged the last night of ACL 2022 (oct 16). we were guests in a cabana and he was having wine. if i recall the wine was in small cans. we had our own bartenders and also servers. he was going up to the bar to get his drinks but for his 4th, one of the servers brought it to him, already opened. he took a sip or two and was GONE. he could walk, barely, but that's it. he was incoherent, took off on his own, didn't know where he was going. i went after him, got him home, he was acting so bizarre. we've been together 22 years and i've never seen him like that. the next day he had no recollection of any of it. he looks so much like one of the victims shown in the video that i actually did a double take.
You Should of reported this to the authorities. I hope you did! Bless you and takecare from U.K.
Very fishy. No way are all of these "accidental". Austin police chief should be ashamed and embarrassed by his laziness.
Probably covering it up.
Imagine if the victims were dumped in the lake by the police. 😂
@@hugespicyhuge
That's my 2nd theory.
My first is a sorority.
That sheriff should b fired bring in the fbi
I think it's a cop or someone in politics doing it. That's why the cover up.
I was born in Austin, TX, and raised in Houston, TX, I refuse to go to Austin by myself. I also will never go to the bars there, especially the ones in the area where people have gone missing, the vibes are just wrong. Never ever leave your drinks unsupervised, don't ever leave your group. Always, always be aware of what is going on around you and make friends with the bouncers.
TRUE AUSTIN IS WEIRD ASF, ALL OF TEXAS IS WEIRD
@@leelunk8235not all of Texas is weird. We don't even count Austin as part of Texas.
@@beckyg.8228 I think Austin prides itself from being the Texas outsider.. but underneath it all it still shows its Texas colors..just in a more subtle way. It can't escape it completely.. no matter how "weird" it tries to be.
@@OptimystikAustin isn’t “weird” like it used to be. It used to be a hippy-dippy music town, but still Texas.
Now though it’s run by leftists that are more concerned with prosecuting cops and guys that defend themselves when rifles are pointed in their face, than actual criminals. It’s more SF junior.
Authorities NEED to ask the public and find anyone that was pushed into the lake and survived. They'll likely find the culprit.
It seems very clear that police aren't interested in being helpful whatsoever
This has happened around LaCrosse Wi for years too. Healthy young college men found in the river but the police keep saying that there’s no foul play.
Which is complete and utter nonsense. I live in Wisconsin as well
There's a reason they're saying this. Austin brings in lots of money from tourism. Can't have the public aware of a serial killer on the loose and disrupt all that money.
Why is that?!!!!!! Police seem unconcerned often about crimes.
Smiley face killer
I grew up in Austin, I used to party down there (early 2000s). Those were the most memorable times as a young adult. It’s changed so much. I won’t even go there for doctor appointments. Sad. Texans don’t even claim the once loved city as part of Texas anymore