This psychopath finally got caught | Strange but true (Pt. 15)

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    ☠︎ Found the secret easter egg in today's video? Be the 1st to comment what it is and where it occurs in the video, and you will get pinned!! ☠︎

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  • @likeness310
    @likeness310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4492

    18:53 The Like Button is creeping up on your arm!
    Brilliant video MrBallen, another winner! X

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +531

      Job well done! This one was tough!!!

    • @likeness310
      @likeness310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Thank you, it took me a few views to find, plus your clue helped 😅

    • @timothygoff9530
      @timothygoff9530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      How did you see that?! Wow lol

    • @J.C.73
      @J.C.73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I thought forsure I had found it around 1:05...😅 I never find anything yet something popped up behind his shoulder and I stopped looking thinking I finally found it. 🤣

    • @likeness310
      @likeness310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      I'm not going to lie, the stories are very distracting!

  • @anaryl
    @anaryl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4968

    "and she could never eat carbs again" ...
    Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying.

    • @natesenter5223
      @natesenter5223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +290

      Imagine this happened to an Italian

    • @harryxiro
      @harryxiro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      @@natesenter5223 They'd probably overdose on spaghetti and pizza knowing that they'd never be able to eat carbs ever again

    • @t.g.7180
      @t.g.7180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      That’s a fate worse than death 😂

    • @anaryl
      @anaryl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@t.g.7180 You think its a happy ending and then it hits you ... like fridge horror

    • @kkittycatkat1990
      @kkittycatkat1990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      It's called The Keto diet. Lol
      Include added white sugar to that.

  • @MrBallen
    @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +11225

    I know I just said “2 to 3 times per week” for the first time on this video, but it’s been coming for the last few weeks.
    Standards are getting higher for stories, and I’m spending more time researching to do a better job telling them. (For reference it takes 20-30 hours for me to create a video, that is then edited by Wes and Tori for another 7-10 hours)
    Overall I believe the videos are improving, even if they are coming out at a slightly less frequent pace.
    We love making videos and have no intention of stopping anytime soon so don’t view this “downgrade” as a sign of anything bad on the horizon!!!
    Thank you all!!!

    • @MarcusOnGo
      @MarcusOnGo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +283

      Great video mrballen

    • @Angela_WowNice
      @Angela_WowNice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Okay!

    • @ashishyadava4576
      @ashishyadava4576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      MrBallen please do an episode on the unsolved mystery of the Setagaya family.

    • @nathanaelrodriguez7191
      @nathanaelrodriguez7191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +291

      Thank you for taking time out of your week to entertain us all😊

    • @colechristensen588
      @colechristensen588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +235

      Just builds the anticipation more. 🙏

  • @soggylegos8545
    @soggylegos8545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1631

    That poor detective said "So the killer is missing a toe and shot a man with a revolver. The only person I know that's missing a toe and has a revolver, is me..." *dusts off his shirt* "Time to pack up boys, I know who killed this man."

    • @jamesstreet856
      @jamesstreet856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol.

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Poor dude, at least he was honest.

    • @delayeddeloy7761
      @delayeddeloy7761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I'm surprised he just gave himself up. I guess he knew it wasn't his fault

    • @zeuxlaught2797
      @zeuxlaught2797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      i dont think he felt poor himself, cuz he seems like a responsible guy who knows he was a danger to people when he sleeps, thats why turned himself in.

    • @oscaratriano8534
      @oscaratriano8534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Cheepchipsable bruh homie was sure that he was spinning out, but he new once it all fell together. Absolute champ of a bloke.

  • @lmaoitsmitch7388
    @lmaoitsmitch7388 ปีที่แล้ว +1114

    I feel bad for Robert. He had to deal with the guilt that he had unknowingly murdered someone and was exiled from society for a crime he didn’t even intentionally commit.

    • @Cervantesbracetty
      @Cervantesbracetty ปีที่แล้ว +138

      I feel bad for the guy who was murdered probably for no reason at all since Robert woke up out of his sleep in the cell and started “shooting” at the guards.

    • @lmaoitsmitch7388
      @lmaoitsmitch7388 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@Cervantesbracetty Oh yeah, I definitely feel bad for the guy too, was murdered by someone who wasn’t even awake. He likely had a whole family.

    • @deathgrinderb3284
      @deathgrinderb3284 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      some people have went to jail when a crime wasnt even committed.

    • @gunghoe3230
      @gunghoe3230 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Cervantesbracetty I feel bad for you, cause you’re not me.

    • @daasocialninja4804
      @daasocialninja4804 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why sleep with a gun if ur going to unintentionally shoot ppl? Like why not give this to someone else for safe keeping or a safe, like something else but no bitch put the gun under his pillow knowing he shoots ppl in his sleep, I don’t feel bad for the bitch I feel bad for the guy who got shot for no reason.

  • @MonsterUnderYourBed.
    @MonsterUnderYourBed. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8432

    Imagine being such a good detective that you catch yourself doing a crime

    • @iwillsurvive6156
      @iwillsurvive6156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      I guessed it before, Ballen said it.

    • @lestupidunicorn
      @lestupidunicorn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      that man also discovered the astronaut meme before it was created

    • @blade1527
      @blade1527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      👀 I didn't do anything

    • @ummwhodidnt
      @ummwhodidnt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Seemed fishy how he just woke up grabbed the revolver and shot immediately. The day of the killing he did other stuff first. Unless… he wants to murder while sleepwalking

    • @Abcd-dz2bn
      @Abcd-dz2bn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      U ruined it for me😂

  • @angrymannumber1
    @angrymannumber1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3090

    I’m a fan of the normal, bright, and obvious delivered in interpretive dance format, but I still love MrBallen.

  • @rykerkaufman4388
    @rykerkaufman4388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2032

    I wonder what kind of hangover Olivia had when she changed her diet.

    • @stephenc2481
      @stephenc2481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      get a slice of bread every time she gets into one of those withdraws.

    • @oddguys178
      @oddguys178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      "IT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN DRUNK FOR FOURTEEN YEARS! AND I'VE JUST STOPPED DRINKING!"

    • @rmr1754
      @rmr1754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Shaking off sugar and simple carbs is like an addition

    • @carolewilson1311
      @carolewilson1311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Miserable I should think...upside slice of bread and happy

    • @TheKyleman999
      @TheKyleman999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

  • @v6phoenix892
    @v6phoenix892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    I like how Mr Ballen explains everyday items and doesn't assume you will know. I really appreciate that.

    • @TheDizzyRabbit
      @TheDizzyRabbit ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah gotta make the disturbing stories very easy to understand for all audiences

    • @icequeen4136
      @icequeen4136 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Just like in games, no word here is being said that has no importance to the story sometime later.

    • @ThisIsJ.Nicole
      @ThisIsJ.Nicole 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Yes because language barriers, different cultural backgrounds or generational gaps can make it hard to follow. I appreciate his attention to detail.

  • @dinospumoni5611
    @dinospumoni5611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1657

    Mad respect to Robert for confessing, he could've easily gotten away with it. And if the story is accurate it wasn't really his fault.

    • @makthevelociraptor8866
      @makthevelociraptor8866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Agreed

    • @y.p.4490
      @y.p.4490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yea but he shouldn't have gone back to sleep.

    • @ashleyfranco80
      @ashleyfranco80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree 100% with u bud

    • @oliverrch5370
      @oliverrch5370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@y.p.4490 he was sleepwalking, he was technically asleep the whole time

    • @CrankyBarista
      @CrankyBarista 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      As someone who's a regular sleepwalker, I worry sometimes about doing something illegal or violent.
      So far, Ive only done harmless, goofy things that only embarrass myself.

  • @lyndsiteachout4518
    @lyndsiteachout4518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2068

    THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT SUCH A RARE CONDITION!!! My friend suffers from it and she was labeled as a alcoholic by multiple hospitals in her area. Auto-brewery syndrome needs to be talked about more!!! You are amazing for this ❤️

    • @ameliastencil6058
      @ameliastencil6058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      You're right. Honestly I had never heard of it

    • @jenniferruth812
      @jenniferruth812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I first learn about it because of the Diane Schuler case. It's such a bizarre disease.

    • @voyageeats1409
      @voyageeats1409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What

    • @abibb27
      @abibb27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes I’ve heard of this! People really need to be educated of this condition!

    • @Ironbattlemace
      @Ironbattlemace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Mee too. *Hides the massive liquor storage under bed*

  • @orionthehunter217
    @orionthehunter217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1867

    *_"...AND SHE WOULD GO ON TO JUST STOP EATING CARBS ALTOGETHER."_*
    Noooo. No!! Stop it, stop it! It's horrifying, I can't take it anymore!!

    • @henrryyobanyrodriguezlopez3617
      @henrryyobanyrodriguezlopez3617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I know that story was a little out of theme for his channel, but still was interesting. I guess it meets the "strange" part of " strange, dark, and mysterious"

    • @Psycho-Thinker
      @Psycho-Thinker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Welcome to Keto

    • @nathanielroberts7282
      @nathanielroberts7282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@henrryyobanyrodriguezlopez3617 Not only is it a little out of theme but weird to include in a video titled "This psychopath finally got caught".

    • @lillym5908
      @lillym5908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I know right, possibly the most horrifying story on mrballen's channel 😭

    • @pavin8757
      @pavin8757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      welcome to diabetes

  • @ESUTERURE
    @ESUTERURE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    Man the 2nd story was wild. Talk about sleeping with the enemy. I first heard this story on Beyond Belief Fact or Fiction. Those that sleepwalk are fully capable of eating, talking, driving etc while completely asleep.
    I myself and my dad were sleepwalkers when younger. My uncle once caught me sleepwalking and about to leave the house. He tried to keep me safe. However I pinned him against the wall and was aware of his presence. He kept tabs on me while I walked around the neighborhood. He's former military and seen things. But said me sleepwalking and overpowering him terrified him. He likened me to a dangerous tiger. I feel for the guy in the second story. The most dangerous enemy is one within.

    • @MaliciousHavok
      @MaliciousHavok ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I've definitely made myself a bowl of ceral while sleepwalking, talked to my mom, then went back to bed.

    • @joinrevolution
      @joinrevolution ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My daughter once made a sandwich, ate it, took a shower- all while sleep walking.

    • @Eli-xf1en
      @Eli-xf1en 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How does that work? Are you aware you are doing it in the moment? Are your eyes open partially?

    • @ESUTERURE
      @ESUTERURE 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Eli-xf1enNo one really knows how sleepwalking works. No I wasn't aware. I was completely asleep.

    • @Iva-s4x
      @Iva-s4x วันที่ผ่านมา

      ⁠@@Eli-xf1eni read an article that says your eyes are open, that doesn’t mean you’re awake. when you sleep walk the only parts of the brain that are active are the ones responsible for vision, movement and emotion. the part responsible for memory and rational thinking are not. basically the parts that makes you a sensible human being are asleep, you are just going through the motions. kind of like muscle memory. it’s common for someone who’s sleepwalking to become aggressive when someone tries waking them up or intervening since again, the part of your brain that lets you think rationally is out. a sleepwalker can look just like they’re awake but not be. which is why it’s hard to prove whether or not the person actually was sleepwalking when they committed a murder. they can only look at family history of it, and other factors. they don’t have enough research on it, and it’s very interesting.

  • @pestrat_
    @pestrat_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2177

    As a sleepwalker, that second story is my biggest nightmare. No pun intended.

    • @prodbysnb00
      @prodbysnb00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Knaas

    • @zeuxlaught2797
      @zeuxlaught2797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jesus that does sounds horrible to deal with. the only personal experience i have with sleep walking is when i woke up and i i was standing in front of my bathroom door. but if cases can get that extreme that you could kill someone ,why not just tie yourself to bed.

    • @WulfNSpice
      @WulfNSpice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I used to sleepwalk up until about 16 years old. but when i did they were moderate a lot of time it was because i had to go to the bathroom and i would pee on the floor in the bathroom or when we were camping i peed in my aunts camper.

    • @alantonix213
      @alantonix213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@gospodintokarev The "Brewery Syndrome" chick is the first story. She eats carbs and her body turns it into alcohol.
      Though Agnes Eriksson biggest fear is killing someone while sleepwalking, since she has the sleepwalker condition.

    • @GlennaVan
      @GlennaVan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The sad thing is that so few understand sleepwalking! I did it a few times as a mid-teen but not (as far as I know) until I was in my thirties when I had a bout of it and then several years later. What those had in common were at the times they happened, I was under a lot of stress over which I had no control. If one does not live alone, it can be a non-problem but if we live alone, we have little or no way of knowing it happened. I can remember in my fifties waking up one morning with my legs aching like I had been on a long walk. Though there was no evidence I ever left the house, I will never know for certain.
      My youngest son sleepwalked when he was around ten. We did not realize it until we heard him open the front door! We then installed a chain lock at the top of the door (beyond his reach) so if he tried to leave the house, we would be awakened.
      As those who have dealt with it know, it can be a bit scary and can be dangerous as well. The sleepwalker must have ingrown cautions to not put self into dangerous situations such as walking into traffic.

  • @susanhamptonva4203
    @susanhamptonva4203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1726

    The police weren't smart. They should have kept saying "no" to the death penalty to see if he would confess to any other murders, even though he might have caught on.

    • @fernandobasua762
      @fernandobasua762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      They probably couldn’t “legally” do it because for the third confession they had to find a loophole but only that one time, it is sad however we’ll never know of course

    • @AldoSchmedack
      @AldoSchmedack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      They can lie in interviews, legally.

    • @krittikabiswas8500
      @krittikabiswas8500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      Or they could've simply said " Confess to as many as you can/did and we'll try our best to get you the death penalty "

    • @flowerpower8722
      @flowerpower8722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      That would be the court system. the police don't hand down sentences. Apart from that, you're right.

    • @nothing2chere324
      @nothing2chere324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      But since he wanted to die, it seems the zodiac thing makes sense, he wanted to go to his slaves he amessed in his live. (In 1 of his letters he claimed that everyone he killed, is gonna be his slave after his dead)

  • @SupportMensMentalHealth
    @SupportMensMentalHealth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2350

    I feel really sad for Robert the detective, I imagine being so revered then exiled for something that was not his fault must have been close to torture

    • @88Kimberly888
      @88Kimberly888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Yeah I thought that was really sad. Strange story but sad none the less.

    • @DariyaSaharnaya
      @DariyaSaharnaya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      thought exactly the same

    • @SilverGhxst
      @SilverGhxst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I thought the same thing! I can't imagine being forced to live in that shack for the rest of my life. But than again back than medicine wasn't as it is today so I don't think there really was much resources or even knowledge to help this poor man.

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That or the death penalty. He could have still done many other things, and probably did have visitors...just no sleepovers.

    • @Aquascape_Dreaming
      @Aquascape_Dreaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Digimon Monsters except this happened in France, not America.

  • @josephdrach2276
    @josephdrach2276 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    I feel bad for both Robert, the Detective, and his victim. Robert didn't know what was going on because he was sleepwalking. After catching so many murderers, he caught and turned himself in.
    He was an honest man. He might have been of continuing use to society if a way was found to stop his sleepwalking.
    If I were one of the cops watching over him when he was in a cell with a gun loaded with blanks, I still would have jumped 5 feet up just seeing and hearing it.
    The whole thing was sad.

  • @tonerenewedminds
    @tonerenewedminds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    I genuinely love how he defines the simplest of terms, like "breathalyzer". The next time I'm talking to someone I'll be like, "I'm going to the mall. A mall is a series of retail stores often times having a theatre or food court or even both.

    • @amthatdad3450
      @amthatdad3450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      This comment made me laugh.
      Laughter is an involuntary response to stimuli which causes the person affected to visibly and audibly erupt in spontaneous fits coinciding with changed breathing, rapid heartbeat, and sometimes even tears.

    • @missgennn675
      @missgennn675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol

    • @ryanborys2310
      @ryanborys2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hahahahaha!

    • @beecees410
      @beecees410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      simplest of terms? We have to put on boxes that microwaves cant be used to dry babies xD

    • @ryanborys2310
      @ryanborys2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@beecees410 lol common sense. It's fleeting these days...

  • @hilaryginger8467
    @hilaryginger8467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1371

    Imagine partying with your friends and while they drink alcohol you eat a whole ass baguette

    • @johnhansen6009
      @johnhansen6009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I do that alot to weird people out.

    • @Jenacide
      @Jenacide 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      It's certainly a lot cheaper.

    • @Daveravenall94
      @Daveravenall94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      "Taking shots Mary?"
      Mary: "nah I've got some warbotons extra thick to stick in the toaster mate" 🙋🏼‍♀️

    • @juliemarshall7913
      @juliemarshall7913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Daveravenall94 You can't beat a bit of toast mate. Especially with Warbotons. 🙌

    • @cowboydan507
      @cowboydan507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Cop sees half empty container of muffins. “Sir have you been drinking tonight?”

  • @IknowIamkindagreat
    @IknowIamkindagreat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    "Drunk on bread" is my new go-to court defense.

    • @thatonegirlelaine
      @thatonegirlelaine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same 🤣

    • @suzie_lovescats
      @suzie_lovescats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol 😂🍻🥖

    • @robertgale3383
      @robertgale3383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Shit, I just got some killer Rye and a little gluten free crap.

    • @N3M3SYS73
      @N3M3SYS73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Anyone know what I can eat to get 420?

    • @crisspyg.9742
      @crisspyg.9742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@N3M3SYS73 bleach

  • @jasonjuneau
    @jasonjuneau ปีที่แล้ว +62

    After confessing to a murder
    "We won't kill you"
    Confesses again
    "We still won't kill you"
    Confesses yet again
    "Ok, now it's wrong"

    • @myyoutube129
      @myyoutube129 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I’m wondering if it’s because the victim was a child and in his foster care, those likely would’ve added additional charges to the crime

    • @jasonjuneau
      @jasonjuneau ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@myyoutube129 Possible. He just wanted to die, not rot in prison.

    • @adrpals2324
      @adrpals2324 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jasonjuneau As old as he was, I doubt he would of rot in prison. He still died of natural causes. I was hoping natural causes in prison would been stab or hang.

    • @jasonjuneau
      @jasonjuneau ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@adrpals2324 Agreed. He deserved much more punishment

    • @cdes1776
      @cdes1776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "What's wrong with this picture?" :)

  • @popump2617
    @popump2617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +886

    Imagine being such a good detective that you find out you murdered someone in your sleep and being a decent enough person to actually turn yourself in and not pin it on someone (or let it go unsolved)

    • @sowsow6677
      @sowsow6677 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How

    • @FasterthanSpeed414
      @FasterthanSpeed414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Why do people say “imagine” and then just type what the story is 😂. There’s like 50 every video

    • @en16ma_music
      @en16ma_music 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He's a con artist! He knew all he had to do was pretend to sleepwalk again in order to get out of the crime! He brilliantly incepted into everyone's imagination the idea of it occurring due to sleepwalking. After that first visit to the scene he realized there was no easy way out so he went home and took a bath while thinking about how he would weasel out of the murder. It's like a killer participating in a search party for one of their victims.

    • @winborn14
      @winborn14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dude just had a good plan to get hooked up with a farm

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@en16ma_music You're just plain wrong. You can do a lot while sleepwalking. I lived in a multi-story house when I was a kid. My mom said I walked downstairs one night in the middle of the night, had a conversation with her, and then went back upstairs to sleep. It wasn't the only time and my dad "woke me up" several times in the morning where I was still asleep. I actually woke up later and asked him why he didn't wake me up. There's even an episode of Forensic Files that proved a man killed his wife while sleepwalking, too.
      It makes no sense to implicate yourself in a murder when you could have easily let it remain unsolved. Get a clue.

  • @darabhaqnazar3952
    @darabhaqnazar3952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +782

    That detective was a man of honor. As soon as he realised it was himself that committed the murder he turned himself in even though he could high tail it. Very honorable

    • @vikingrobot4179
      @vikingrobot4179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I wonder how many more crimes he committed and never realized it.

    • @Moonlakes
      @Moonlakes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@francevenezia then he wouldnt be a famous detective bc he would never catch anybody, if it was himself all the time.

    • @Moonlakes
      @Moonlakes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@francevenezia im not sure if you entirely understood what i said

    • @krisshaw9464
      @krisshaw9464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks for ruining it for me

    • @gwendolyn2442
      @gwendolyn2442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@krisshaw9464 don’t look at the comments before finishing the video if you don’t want things spoiled. it’s common sense

  • @Lapeno456
    @Lapeno456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    The sleepwalking one is straight up cosmic horror, imagine living in fear everynight you may end up killing someone without realizing.

    • @schm3schma901
      @schm3schma901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I read a short story by Stephen King in high school. Similar premise. It was interesting. It's called Strawberry Spring.

    • @joelschmierer3544
      @joelschmierer3544 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      don't know why he didn't just put bars over his windows and door or just toss all weapons he owns

    • @dougieforreal7906
      @dougieforreal7906 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joelschmierer3544 mans was moving like moonkinight

    • @gerardwayseyelash
      @gerardwayseyelash ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@joelschmierer3544 Because he didn't know???

    • @Overgas45
      @Overgas45 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you believe he was sleep walking youre a fool he just got away with second degree murder😂

  • @PerverseMilk
    @PerverseMilk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Imagine the hangover from sobering up after being some kind of drunk for your entire life 😂

    • @nursenicole222
      @nursenicole222 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That would be some wicked DTs

    • @PheOfTheFae
      @PheOfTheFae ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was thinking that too, did she have to go to detox I wonder?

    • @greatwargaming2924
      @greatwargaming2924 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Makes me want a beer just thinking about it

    • @vivianloney
      @vivianloney ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@PheOfTheFaeI was so interested after this video I read a medical article about it. Apparently, yes, sometimes they need to be put on benzos to prevent withdrawals. What was interesting to me is that even though it's fungus in their gut producing alcohol from carbs, and even after getting rid of that fungus with medications, a lot of patients after going on a low carb diet have really strong cravings for alcohol. Some of them go on to become actual alcoholics after going on a low carb diet. So yeah, basically you have the brain of an alcoholic even without drinking at all.

  • @JackieBaisa
    @JackieBaisa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Thank you for bringing awareness to Auto-Brewery Syndrome. I have a friend who has it, and he can't drive anymore, he can only eat certain foods (to keep the "brewery" in his belly under control), and often has drunk episodes. He hasn't consumed alcohol for years. It's the weirdest thing, and kind of sad, honestly.

    • @fabricaderisadass
      @fabricaderisadass 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It doesn't have to be sad. Many people don't drive and can't eat certain foods. As long as he has good people like you to support him, he is fine, that is what truly matters in the end.

    • @tofty17
      @tofty17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And to think- a lot of ppl spend a lot on something this condition renders for free

    • @johnd8471
      @johnd8471 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My friend clem has autobrewery, he has known about it since he was young. He eats a strict diet and has limited to no incidents

    • @RM-ed1if
      @RM-ed1if 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Makes you wonder how many people have it and don't know they have it. Might explain a lot of crazy behavior.

    • @paulriversred738
      @paulriversred738 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RM-ed1if your comment is actually pretty valid I mean I may hv it u may hv it and dont even know it 🤷‍♂️ we may think the way we feel is normal but we are drunk all the time🤷‍♂️ lol I laugh but it's really not funny tbh imagine really having it..

  • @SilverGhxst
    @SilverGhxst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    As a former foster child myself I'm heart broken. That poor kid was sent to that disgusting man for protection and love, but what that poor kid got was torture. The system is broken and so many kids get abused and murdered because they get placed with sick people who only are in it for the money. Foster kids are not a source of income. Don't use them for money. They are human beings that have already been dealt a fucked up life, and they need love. Protection and someone to actually be there for them. Ive heard is many of these stories where the are kids taken away from their families because they were unsafe, just to get put in another place that is unsafe.
    There are some amazing foster parents out there and I thank you will all my heart for what you do. And for those that take in these already broken children and break them even more hell is waiting for you. And I pray you all get what you deserve!
    May that poor boy find peace. 😢

    • @shailonnoelle7175
      @shailonnoelle7175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I was a foster kid in Florida for 2 years and I gotta say that there wasn't 1 good family. When I wasn't being bullies by black kids for being white I was fighting off peedos from my sister and I. I got moved to 4 separate houses because I wouldn't be a servant to these peoples desires. My sister and I were just a paycheck to these people. I am convinced that peedos work high up in foster care or else something would of been done years ago, I am now 29. I was 9 then. NO hate towards black kids cause they were all fucked up anyways in worse situations but those predators need to be dealt with no one at the offices would even listen to us. Very troubling how a million kids go missing from foster care every year and no one cares

    • @dannyhensley8306
      @dannyhensley8306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      On the flip side, my older sister got into foster care one time with her ex husband. They all did their best for the boy. We all did, extended family and all. He rejected it and threw it in our faces however. This is what troubles me the most tho. There are situations such as yours and the boy that got murdered paired in similar parallel with the boy my sister fostered. Putting that together I think is what makes the foster system as a whole so fucked up. You got these self-righteous assholes who use kids as a paycheck and ruin their minds to a point that when they come to a good home like my sister and my family and I that they don't trust us and end up becoming a mentally ill adult because of it. It really hurts me in the heart hearing this but please know there are good people still out there. Least I know we country folk are 😊 may the boy find peace and may you find peace kind sir. I am proud of u if no one else is for sticking up for your sister and would be tickled as a pig in slop if you'd mssg me back 😁

    • @crock30able
      @crock30able 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Shailon Noelle
      Sorry to hear that but please don't misrepresent all foster families. My wife and I are foster parents and we care very deeply for all of the kids that have been in our home.

    • @zeuxlaught2797
      @zeuxlaught2797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@crock30able she is not misrepresenting, she just addresses the alarming issue in foster care system.

    • @crock30able
      @crock30able 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@zeuxlaught2797 she is speaking in hyperbole, most foster families I know are not doing it for the money. You get like$450 a month. Especially right now, if you are having to get formula and diapers you are probably in the negative.
      There certainly are problems, but disparaging all foster families isn't right. The majority of them are in it for the right reasons, especially in Florida where the money is only supplemental.

  • @sm1i1thy47
    @sm1i1thy47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    I’m such a true crime nerd, but one thing I love is that MrBallen hardly ever covers cases that I already knew of..

    • @raulsalcedo8332
      @raulsalcedo8332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ikr. You know what I like about his coverage? Is that when he tells the story, he does it in a way that makes it seem like you're being told something new only to find out in the big reveal at the end that it was a story you were already supposed to be familiar with.
      Am just like "woah, how did it I not see that coming?"

  • @virginiaramirez1096
    @virginiaramirez1096 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Why don't they use DNA from other cases and ask the daughter if they were living in other areas where there were unsolved murders??

  • @angelaengle12
    @angelaengle12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    Damn, that cop interviewing him should of told him the only way he could get the death penalty was to confess every crime he committed.

    • @hugoakim4364
      @hugoakim4364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      like he was that dumb

    • @MrFungus420
      @MrFungus420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "...should HAVE..."

    • @joesmith7185
      @joesmith7185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Guy definitely wasn't that dumb

    • @brandyjoiner9575
      @brandyjoiner9575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I don't know what the whole secrecy was about. I mean, if you want the death penalty, and you're willing to confess as much as it takes to get it, then why not confess to everything? What does he gain out of keeping quiet? It's not like he wanted freedom... and after confessing to multiple murders, it's not like he was trying to save any relationships. I thought it'd be even better for his rep to be the most notorious serial killer or something.
      Obviously I'm wrong, but if anyone can shed some light as to why, I'd appreciate it. I just don't understand why he'd be dumb to confess to the rest. Why not go out "proud" and rack up the numbers for his own twisted glory, so to speak?

    • @Billetheexplorer
      @Billetheexplorer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He probably enjoyed The feeling of all those murders never getting solved. Or he knew it didnt matter because he was about to end it all and The victims were already dead.

  • @meltingpointcreations1457
    @meltingpointcreations1457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    Can you imagine finding a murderer, and realizing YOU are the murderer?!

    • @Matty80822
      @Matty80822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I could write a whole movie on that story. 20 minutes of which is a stupid overdrawn over film techniqued shit of him on the shore. for shore

    • @patriciajin6206
      @patriciajin6206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Matty80822 4 shore.

    • @weldunsirloin5370
      @weldunsirloin5370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Matty80822 shutter island have the same scenario i think

    • @carltonthepug
      @carltonthepug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Crazy huh?
      Just not sure how accurate that experiment was as anyone can fake that.

    • @TopGgamingclan
      @TopGgamingclan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carltonthepug i dunno , the fact he was barefoot on the sand at nighttime (which was probably a cold night since its near the beach gives it credibility) the moment he started acting weird and just went and sat down i was like bam it was him! haha

  • @linbat6148
    @linbat6148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I really don't care how many stories you are able to do per week - You are still the best storyteller of all time! Thank you, Mr. Ballen!!!

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I've had a problem with sleep walking my entire life and honestly, going off of what my family has told me I've done over the years and me having absolutely NO memory of any of it.. I feel like it is definitely possible.

    • @gerardwayseyelash
      @gerardwayseyelash ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I walked into my sisters room and stared at her for a bit and then peed on her bed 💀

    • @reginamachamer821
      @reginamachamer821 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gerardwayseyelash lmao I had a friend in high school who's brother sleep walked into her room in the night, opened her closet door, peed in the closet, shut the door and left 😂

    • @gerardwayseyelash
      @gerardwayseyelash ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@reginamachamer821 My sister has full on conversations in her sleep and it's hilarious. She'll scream sometimes and it's like she's possessed 💀

    • @MaryLoveJane
      @MaryLoveJane ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ⁠@@gerardwayseyelashmy fiancé sleepwalks and not too long ago I woke up and see him facing our closet doors with his pants down, and just as I asked “what are you doing” I hear him start to pee 🙈
      He then turned around and somewhat aggressively said “I am peeing on THE MAT” like it was something he supposed to be doing 😂
      I was half asleep and so confused by his tone that I was just like “uhm oh….okay” and then he left the room.
      We don’t know what “mat” he was talking about either, nothing was on the floor 🤦🏼‍♀️
      And then a few weeks ago he woke up standing in the bathroom and realized he peed on the mat by our sink. In the 10yrs we’ve been together, these are the only times peeing has been an issue when he sleepwalks at least 😅Usually he just raids the kitchen or just ends up in the living room.

  • @Daveravenall94
    @Daveravenall94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    "Are you drunk Mary?"👁️👄👁️
    "I ate the glazed doughnuts!" 👀😭

    • @LuxuryBeatsMusic
      @LuxuryBeatsMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ...and a slice of bread (oooopPPPPiiieesss)
      now my BAC is 0.33% and it's 11 in the morning....
      can't wait for lunch!

    • @Daveravenall94
      @Daveravenall94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LuxuryBeatsMusic 👀

  • @bartolirodrigo94
    @bartolirodrigo94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    MrBallen, please talk about the recent serial killer case we had in Brazil, one man was able to hide in the woods for 20 days with 200+ cops looking for him after commiting murder, rape and other crimes his name was Lázaro Barbosa.

    • @bartolirodrigo94
      @bartolirodrigo94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @UC6rm5hUiMdzyjK6XtsNtNsQ It is really recent but since the criminal ended up dead I guess there wont be a lot of new information.

    • @SLKRR
      @SLKRR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      You could combine it with other stories about Brazil ... the cannibal bakery case (Jorge Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira) is probably the most horrifying. Our housekeeper at the time actually knew one of the victims.

    • @faithisindemand
      @faithisindemand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SLKRR yo Brazil tough 😂😂

    • @bartolirodrigo94
      @bartolirodrigo94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@faithisindemand unfortunately we have plenty of cases like these, just mentioned Lázaro because he might bring new people to this channel since it happened recently.

    • @sujaabraham9348
      @sujaabraham9348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You told the spoilers already amigo

  • @mrpaulu1
    @mrpaulu1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Been having a really hard time lately. Dealing with the loss of my son. Once I got to work, I checked out your channel and saw you uploaded this and got super excited. Thank you mrballen for being yourself. And having a good time doing it. You have saved me from a very dark place

  • @brindlebucker4741
    @brindlebucker4741 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I remember being in first or second grade in 1972/73 and we had a teacher who told us this story about the footprints in the sand guy. She was interested in weird things like this and collected books, newspaper and magazine articles and shared them with her students. I remember the entire class being captivated by this tale, and I was worried for a while afterward that I might sleep-walk in the night and do something terrible.

  • @braedondavies9592
    @braedondavies9592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1360

    Oddly enough: I was thinking that it'd be interesting if there was a movie about an investigator looking into a killing, but then discovering that he was the killer.

    • @iamjackspyramidshapedhelmet
      @iamjackspyramidshapedhelmet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Watch American Horror Story: Hotel lol

    • @1foolishcaribou195
      @1foolishcaribou195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      "23" is roughly along those lines, kind of. The movie itself is pretty odd.

    • @FManAngryAmerican
      @FManAngryAmerican 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Isn't that the plot of "Momento"?

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      There are enough mysteries with this plot to constitute a sub-genre.

    • @kyledelrosario8963
      @kyledelrosario8963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@poetcomic1 that would be a subgenre full of spoilers

  • @angelaanglin6762
    @angelaanglin6762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    I will NEVER win the "where's the thing Mr ballen hid" because I am so enthralled in his story, that I can't take my eyes off of him🤭

    • @jamieepic666
      @jamieepic666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Same!!! I have never seen one.

    • @jluchette
      @jluchette 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Don’t feel bad. I dunno how people find them so fast. The comment will be there within a couple minutes (if that) of posting.

    • @jluchette
      @jluchette 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jamieepic666 I’ve only seen them from following the timestamps. I’d never find one!

    • @tandraluckett7132
      @tandraluckett7132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jluchette you can't do that usually... Once found mrballen removes them from everywhere.

    • @robg8203
      @robg8203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You gotta be super lucky too, I’m sure these guys just skip through most of the video to find it because they get it too fast sometimes! But I’m also sure they go back and watch the videos.

  • @bingonamo7520
    @bingonamo7520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1448

    The detective didn't need to live in exile. He just needed to live with no access to a gun.

    • @lovinitall6639
      @lovinitall6639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      But there are always,knives,rocks,a lead pipe,a baseball bat .....

    • @njay4399
      @njay4399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@lovinitall6639 But he never specifically grabbed any of those, and a gun is the most dangerous, even having a knife it gives the victim time to run away as he's probably too tired to even chase after them, same goes with other things you mentioned

    • @Petra44YT
      @Petra44YT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Exactly! To be extra safe, they could have made arrangements to have him sleep in prison. In fact, this kind of punishement exists in Germany, it's called "offener Vollzug", and it means that during daytime, people can go to work and all that, but they spend their nights in prison.

    • @brittanyhilton9876
      @brittanyhilton9876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Petra they have that here in Michigan it's called"work release" here they also have where some ppl are sentenced to time but only go on the weekends and then during the week day are free to do as they please 😲

    • @michellekassman487
      @michellekassman487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's what I was thinking

  • @TwiceManager
    @TwiceManager 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    No wayyyyy when you said Watertown my heart dropped! My mom knew that couple and their family, and I grew up hearing about the murder as a cold case but I never knew it was finally solved! You blew my mind😲

  • @Aliandrin
    @Aliandrin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    His daughter thinks he's not reformed and is still just a criminal.
    "He reformed into a motivational speaker."
    Hmm, yeah... I think I believe the daughter.

  • @chrisp7825
    @chrisp7825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    They shoulda never admitted “okay you have the death penalty now” the detectives or whoever shoulda just lied forever till he stopped admitting things

    • @ErnolDawnbringer
      @ErnolDawnbringer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ikr

    • @Babidi111
      @Babidi111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      - that would probably lead to a lot of false confessions though

    • @smartalex995
      @smartalex995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Babidi111 thats true he could just been saying just to get what he wants but. Then the detectives could have asked him to show proof and evidence

    • @screamingfrog984
      @screamingfrog984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ya police cant keep you for over how ever many hours of of interagtion b4 the indo is consider false due to the stress of being interagated

    • @bankait_rex1860
      @bankait_rex1860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly, I would had been like there is a number of murders for that death penalty deal we will tell you ones we reach it.

  • @hondusspa
    @hondusspa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    Imagine if they just kept telling Ed that it wasn’t enough for the death penalty and he just kept confessing crimes.

    • @null-person
      @null-person ปีที่แล้ว +53

      "... i also killed 826 more people." "that's not enough for the death penalty."

    • @bhargavipba
      @bhargavipba ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Maybe he could have confessed to being the Zodiac Killer but who knows.

    • @cypherpunk6417
      @cypherpunk6417 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's so surprising that the judge or the police officers didn't immediately think of this.

    • @Zeroxylon
      @Zeroxylon ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ED "i also did 9/11 i was the zodiac killer, jack the ripper, and hitler and i invented aids"

    • @Pickle-tickler145
      @Pickle-tickler145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ⁠@@cypherpunk6417 I don’t think they are allowed to say that

  • @Ziggy__Z
    @Ziggy__Z 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This guy makes me living alone a little scary ... He also makes me scared of getting a roommate. - Oh well, next episode please.

    • @null-person
      @null-person ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you already have a roommate. im in your walls :)

    • @gerardwayseyelash
      @gerardwayseyelash ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@null-person Wait, I thought you were the roommate I've been watching...

    • @null-person
      @null-person ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gerardwayseyelash but that is impossible, i have been watching you too

  • @LuckyBadger
    @LuckyBadger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    "Two teenagers on a dead end road … enjoying each other's company." You win the prize for euphemism of the year!

  • @CalebsChannel04
    @CalebsChannel04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1670

    Please stop bullying the like button. Him and his friends just beat the crap out of me right in front of the cinema 😥

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +507

      Hahaha, I'll get him back!

    • @ctnpknbug
      @ctnpknbug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Lol...

    • @ctnpknbug
      @ctnpknbug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@MrBallen we love you!

    • @masudkhoa3861
      @masudkhoa3861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@MrBallen Give him fake winning lottery tickets

    • @paulablack1863
      @paulablack1863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I love your profile pic

  • @gdawg4ever119
    @gdawg4ever119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +604

    Am I the only one who ALWAYS forgets about the secret bc I get caught up in the stories ??? 😣

    • @cassiereroni
      @cassiereroni 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Nope. You're not alone. He's so good at storytelling I don't want to be distracted by any thing else.

    • @shirleymorisi2854
      @shirleymorisi2854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I don't know how you could find anything, as when he speaks, I become entranced

    • @douglasnyquist2933
      @douglasnyquist2933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No you are not the only one. I used to wait for the videos to come out so I would be able to have a chance. I would be notified of a new video that HAD been posted usually within 15 minutes, watch it, go to comments and it would already be found. One day I went to my subscriptions and saw a MrBallen video appear saying 354 people watching. I selected it and it started in the middle of the story. I rewound to what I thought was the beginning but it was a Test Pattern for 2-3 minutes prior to the story. I said to myself this is my chance for GLORY. I quickly forwarded to find the beginning and watched the 21 minute video and still spaced out looking for it. I went to the comments and it had ALREADY been found 20 minutes earlier!! That's being found and posted by the time the story is done. If I didn't stand a chance with all of that going for me, minus the spacing out, which impossible for a MrBallen story by the way, you don't stand a chance either but that's just my opinion.

    • @Jamie-so5ei
      @Jamie-so5ei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely not alone! I always forget to watch for the secret!

    • @MsSandraCGL
      @MsSandraCGL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No you are not, I don't even try, it takes away from the story, when I have done it so I don't do it, so I don't forget, I just choose not to try.

  • @Zachary.999.
    @Zachary.999. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    .08 and higher is a dui in Minnesota. BTW you're my favorite streamer by far. I love how you keep us glued to what you're saying. You're a very gifted individual. Kudos. I've been watching your videos all day everyday for 3 or 4 days. I really hope I don't run out of video to watch. You're story telling is over the top elite. I am surprised Netflix hasn't tried to get you you're own special on there. Baffles me. Keep up the good work buddy. Thank you

  • @meinsouza
    @meinsouza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +628

    Been a long time subscriber of this channel and the "she could never eat carbs again" sent shivers down my spine like no story you've told before

    • @bogdan1213
      @bogdan1213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      shes on keto for life now :)) carbs are unhealthy anyway.

    • @timexcape7961
      @timexcape7961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@bogdan1213
      They are needed to have proper testosterone or free testosterone, can't remember. More Plates More Dates talks about it with Joshua Fluke, who was having testosterone issues while on keto. I think it takes quite a few months for that to happen though.

    • @fbiagent3998
      @fbiagent3998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm literally crying and shaking rn

    • @deborahgale
      @deborahgale 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      next serial killer episode...

    • @amskeels
      @amskeels 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You will die without carbs. You need 56 carbs per day to maintain a medium body weight of 170 lbs. Below 56, you start to starve to death.

  • @guitarguru.3572
    @guitarguru.3572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    I remember driving so intoxicated that I had to hold a hand over one eye to see to stay on the road. Only when I became a dad did I fully understand how absolutely stupid, reckless, and inconsiderate this was. Seriously, get a DD. Everyone on the road is loved by someone. I’m so incredibly sorry to everyone I ever put at risk.

    • @youngsterofficial7680
      @youngsterofficial7680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That's why I'm never gonna drink alcohol because I'm afraid I'll end up costing someone their life or my own

    • @ashgreen3574
      @ashgreen3574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@youngsterofficial7680 I was afraid because of alcoholism in my family so I didn't even drink any kind of alcohol until I was almost 27 year old. Tried wine. Hated it. I still do.

    • @fagan218
      @fagan218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      well bless your heart .. at least you came to your senses and realized how "not becoming" it was of you to do such ..

    • @robertcuratolo5339
      @robertcuratolo5339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah one time i got caught by the cops and blew in the breathalyzer 3.0.....I guess i ate too much bread.
      {Rolling my eyes}

    • @1owkeygaby756
      @1owkeygaby756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I won’t forget this comment

  • @mikesnapper9001
    @mikesnapper9001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    Kid: Daddy Ballen please tell me a bedtime story
    Ballen: There once was a cave diver who decided to dive into a cave

    • @Tjejify
      @Tjejify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      … Quickly into his dive he noticed that the cave was pitch black and he could could not use his flashlight because of all the silt he had kicked up…

    • @minergate677
      @minergate677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Tjejify he noticed he was now lost and his oxygen tanks are running low….

    • @shaycxo_
      @shaycxo_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Tjejify 🤣

    • @Tjejify
      @Tjejify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@minergate677 He started looking for his diving line and once he found it, started swimming to a decompression stop, but as he was swimming up the line stopped, it was inside of a wall. He had a horrifying thought knowing that the cave just caved in. He grabbed out his grease pen and wrote something to his team diver…

    • @ahoogalow6030
      @ahoogalow6030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Tjejify anyway, everyone died.

  • @arabelladenine8566
    @arabelladenine8566 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for that story about the woman with the rare condition of carbs converting into alcohol. I've never been a heavy drinker, also had a high tolerance to alcohol. I was recently diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. Also I had all my teeth removed and stopped eating bread due to my change in diet I have noticed that I am feeling a lot better. This information may explain my health problems.

  • @nastynoles1213
    @nastynoles1213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    This is the ONLY channel I immediately hit the like button before the video even starts. Quality every single time.

  • @robertkozic8107
    @robertkozic8107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Need a t-shirt that reads "I'm a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious, delivered in story format" I would so buy it

    • @sibylhartley4192
      @sibylhartley4192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same!

    • @mockgothgurl
      @mockgothgurl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He has shirts, hats, and stickers. Google mr.ballen merchandise. 😊

    • @allamericananti-christ666
      @allamericananti-christ666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I want a blanket.

    • @Sanchips5967
      @Sanchips5967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He has merch that says just that! At bunker branding!

    • @ghostface8443
      @ghostface8443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sanchips5967 yup just got mine

  • @Be_Bop
    @Be_Bop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    I have heard most people who have Auto-Brewery Syndrome unless they avoid yeast and sugar all together they end up feeling hung over almost 24/7... poor people.

    • @joab757
      @joab757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg! That’s a literal curse

    • @Be_Bop
      @Be_Bop 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joab757 Right? I went to school with a guy who they said had it and we were all stoners and he was still the most sluggish guy in the school xD

  • @incognito1783
    @incognito1783 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ''Why aren't you eating the garlic bread?''
    ''Oh, I don't want to get drunk.''

  • @crackle317
    @crackle317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    The detective story is like being a side character when the main character figures everything out.

    • @luminvader8911
      @luminvader8911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah it was like watching a detective movie with a twist ending !

    • @peturadunga
      @peturadunga 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where is the information about the detective story coming from? I tryed to Google it

    • @bentonrp
      @bentonrp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sad that that guy on the beach wouldnt've gotten killed if the detective wasn't brought in to investigate those missing sailors.

    • @scalemodelandrestomodproje3925
      @scalemodelandrestomodproje3925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sleeper agent

    • @gator9339
      @gator9339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I still want to know what happened to those missing sailors

  • @nekkobat6876
    @nekkobat6876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    “she would go on to stop eating carbs altogether”
    scariest part of the whole video

    • @jonathanledgard7722
      @jonathanledgard7722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmfao

    • @wolfgirl1722
      @wolfgirl1722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know! Yikes!!!! 😱

    • @brianpan6453
      @brianpan6453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Auto brewery Syndrome ... drunk all the time. Some people have all the luck! 😃

    • @kayceetaylor2151
      @kayceetaylor2151 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had to lol at that one.

  • @shanxiety
    @shanxiety 3 ปีที่แล้ว +707

    Why'd they exile him? They could've just made sure he couldn't have a gun, he seems cooperative

    • @BeachVRC
      @BeachVRC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      He prob would’ve used other stuff like knives, and if not he still is a detective, which is a dangerous job and is probably in more danger without one. Just trying to throw out some ideas don’t get angry at me please

    • @skylinesquid
      @skylinesquid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@BeachVRC 😠😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😠😡🤬😠😠😡🤬😤

    • @skylinesquid
      @skylinesquid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Jk lol

    • @BeachVRC
      @BeachVRC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@skylinesquid oh boy time to hear a rant 😁

    • @susangarrett5808
      @susangarrett5808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@skylinesquid 🤣😂😅😆😄

  • @Tsiri09
    @Tsiri09 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I grew up around real alcoholics. Had nightmares about dying in a drunk crash into my 30's. I will leave a date who drinks and intends to drive after. i won't drive after 1 beer. I don't hunt with anyone who drinks a single beer. i am not better than anyone, i just hate alcohol that much.

    • @Wondrous_Unicorn
      @Wondrous_Unicorn ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I hate alcohol as well; grew up in an alcoholic household as well. I detest the shit. No one needs to be able to consume a beverage that can impair one’s ability to such an extent as alcohol, and it can be bought while you take your kids to Chuck E. Cheese (beer)
      We’ve accepted it to be okay as a society. You cannot go to a lake without watching people drinking and swimming. None of that would be acceptable to do on cocaine or heroin “people might not understand the risk they run”. That’s a load of bullshit. Our society has made it ACCEPTABLE, not tolerable, but ACCEPTABLE and NORMAL to be impaired from alcoholic beverages. But ohhhh no, the guy down the street gets caught with two joints just in his possession, not even smoking them, and not being impaired and that guy gets “intent to distribute” (this is a true story). I had two rolled joints on me and they tried to say I was a drug dealer. I was at a bar, I was not drinking, I hadn’t even smoked ANY marijuana all day. So it’s okay for everyone to be stumbling out of the bars and to their cars. I was designated driver. I had the two joints rolled for when I got home to relax. I just forgot I had them in my bag still. I rolled them prior to going out that night. I didn’t even plan going out. Someone called and asked if I wanted to shoot some pool. I said yeah. You guys have a few beers. I’ll drive.
      Took three years in the courts to finally get the damn charge thrown out

    • @dubiousinformation1756
      @dubiousinformation1756 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I actually hate the taste of beer more than vodka or whiskey. (Not that I like those much either.)
      It just tastes like moldy bread to me.
      Honestly though, If I'm gonna drink, I'll drink something that tastes good.
      Like a margarita.
      And I'll drink it at home, cause home is a lot more comfortable and relaxing than a sketchy bar.

    • @RichPianasOilPump
      @RichPianasOilPump ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You want a cookie?

    • @kellysong2256
      @kellysong2256 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are a very wise person, Tina! Keep doing what you are doing 😉

  • @Dover78
    @Dover78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    “So please, go find the like button while it’s camping and follow it around for multiple days asking “Do you know the way to Bell’s Canyon?”

    • @jessismallz
      @jessismallz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dianakarina8080
      @dianakarina8080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes! Loved that episode. So creepy.

    • @ducky9869
      @ducky9869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i remember that video

    • @siviksprime1093
      @siviksprime1093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The voice doesn't fit with the scenario but that's what I like about it it's just so out of place it's scary

  • @benjirmcmahon
    @benjirmcmahon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    I wonder if Jack Sparrow had that same condition? That man was always walking around drunk.

    • @tribalroselr
      @tribalroselr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jack was a secret drunken pirate ninja

    • @choochoopicklepie
      @choochoopicklepie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      “IVe GoT a JaR oF dIrT”
      “IVe GoT a JaR oF dIrT”
      “AnD gUeSs WhAt’S iN It!”

    • @hazelrandolph3237
      @hazelrandolph3237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@choochoopicklepie you know the best part about that scene was it wasn’t in the script and Jack came up with it in that moment. Everyone’s looks of confusion are actual reactions. I just love that sm

    • @Patricksargentmusic
      @Patricksargentmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's his sea legs ahaha

    • @Novastar314
      @Novastar314 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stay away from the bread!

  • @ryanmorrow2453
    @ryanmorrow2453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    If I ever ended up in a situation where MrBallen did a story time on me, I’d be both honored and probably dead or traumatized

    • @xenomorph8608
      @xenomorph8608 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scary.

    • @slim6193
      @slim6193 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xenomorph8608
      Not really.

    • @raiden3249
      @raiden3249 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      True facts period 😂😂😂

    • @uchibenkei
      @uchibenkei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      then you should go to dangerous places you shouldn't go and survive.

    • @ryanmorrow2453
      @ryanmorrow2453 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@uchibenkei perfect idea😂

  • @TNTboyz1997
    @TNTboyz1997 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I find it funny that instead of just taking his guns away, they just banished Robert to the middle of nowhere.

  • @rachel4339
    @rachel4339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    Imagine saying "I'm getting f*cked up tonight" as you eat a sandwich 😅

    • @Ty-dp7iv
      @Ty-dp7iv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I got crescent rolls tonight dog, were getting trashed

    • @leahhuntz6236
      @leahhuntz6236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Cheap date 'just buy me a loaf and im down' 🍞 😉🥳

    • @robertmatthias
      @robertmatthias 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      you can only say that when eating a burrito.

    • @xMinniex15
      @xMinniex15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Omg you guys have me dying 🤣

    • @guitarsaremyfriendzzz7077
      @guitarsaremyfriendzzz7077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertmatthias from taco bell.

  • @Strype13
    @Strype13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Poor Olivia. "Why the hell do I feel shitfaced every time I eat mom's spaghetti?"

    • @Strype13
      @Strype13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Ll L To be fair, that'd be a pretty awesome trait to have. Free booze on Olive Garden's tab every night? Count me in.

    • @theeunknown3988
      @theeunknown3988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He said she had a really high alcohol tolerance because of this, so I don't think she would be plastered eating spaghetti. Maybe as a kid tho.

    • @toothylizard2224
      @toothylizard2224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And why is there vomit on my sweater already?

    • @marielynn7369
      @marielynn7369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So sleepy with my jean buttons open...time for sweat pants

    • @Strype13
      @Strype13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theeunknown3988 Yep. That's why I alluded specifically to mom's spaghetti and not date night spaghetti.

  • @bearbryant3495
    @bearbryant3495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    When I finally conceded that I was killing myself with alcohol, I blew a 0.37. The amazing thing is I remember it, the counselor looked at me and said "Dude, you're blasted!" I was a temporary celebrity at the treatment center, but then a guy came in who died 3 times from heroin overdose on the way to the ER. I'm about 6 months from 10 yrs sober now.

    • @nicem8746
      @nicem8746 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Awesome man, keep it up!

    • @LeBatteur
      @LeBatteur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Congratulations dude, I wish you all the best for your future.

    • @imhappy3093
      @imhappy3093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Awesome! Keep going 👏👏👏

    • @BM205
      @BM205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Awesome man! Isn't it nice here on the other side?

    • @lovingmayberry2000
      @lovingmayberry2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Awesome! Congrats! 👏👏👏

  • @kindofanmol
    @kindofanmol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ed being linked to BEING the zodiac killer gave me heavy goosebumps for some reason.

  • @ZombieSazza
    @ZombieSazza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    “The reason he knew all these details is because he had been the killer”
    Well that’s a plot twist I didn’t fucking expect

    • @taylordv853
      @taylordv853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My reaction too 😂😂😂😂

    • @foster4241
      @foster4241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I be down to watch a movie with the same plot as that story

    • @lk8300
      @lk8300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Seemed obvious to me.

    • @lynn4852
      @lynn4852 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right I had to listen to that again lol

    • @cyruscherry35
      @cyruscherry35 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This was on beyond belief

  • @Aidenrocks
    @Aidenrocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Everyone gangster until Strange dark and mysterious is put in a story format

  • @guitarguru.3572
    @guitarguru.3572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    I’ll bet she went through some SERIOUS withdrawals when she cut the carbs.

    • @noahshepherd4390
      @noahshepherd4390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Remember to taper addictions. Withdrawal is seriously dangerous, you may have to be taken to a hospital

    • @fyre9123
      @fyre9123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Oh god... didn't think about that. Poor woman.
      I was in the hospital for ...well actually we don't know yet, in January. Half my symptoms looked like alcohol withdrawals, one being a slightly fatty liver... but my blood work came back with levels that were inconsistent with alcoholism. Over the course of 1 day & night in the ER I was rotated between 4 different docs... 3 of them CONSTANTLY badgering me about how much I drink. I'm sitting there with tremors, nausea, w/ discomfort in my chest, unable to keep food down for almost a week straight, puking over taking a sip of water or random gag coughing... trying to explain that I USED to drink quite a bit at night while gaming online with friends, but that was more than 2.5 years ago and I 'd stopped. Despite my consistent answers all but one seemed to take me seriously and I saw him early on the day prior... once.
      I was released next day with no answers after taking in about 4-5 bags of IV fluid and with 3 docs thinking I'm a heavy alcoholic with severe dehydration... despite not being the former. The latter was probably due to my constant throwing up.

    • @OmnipotentSaiyan
      @OmnipotentSaiyan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When I cut carbs I lost energy and layed in bed more than usual.
      Now I'm a skinny person from lack of bread.
      One thing I miss is sandwiches though.
      I think its time i take a visit to Boar's Head... 😋

    • @CaNTjOURnEeY87
      @CaNTjOURnEeY87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@fyre9123 did they check your iron levels? There's a disease called hemocromatosis and it's essentially iron overload. Its nicknamed the "celtic curse" because Irish people are often plagued with it. Women usually don't show signs until they go through menopause because that naturally filtrates our blood. But Please if they haven't checked ask about it

    • @Kiss_My_Aspergers
      @Kiss_My_Aspergers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fyre9123 Well what the fuck happened, then? How are you still here after only being given saline, and, I assume, anti-emetics? Did your symptoms just randomly cease or something?

  • @dianabattle3465
    @dianabattle3465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The Robert Story was featured on Beyond Belief Fact or Fiction. I remembered it as you were telling the story. They changed some details like the victim being a woman but ultimately it was the exact same story. Love your content super hooked

  • @phyto12
    @phyto12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I wanna hear mrballen tell those “glitch in the matrix” stories, where people are losing time or accidentally walking into a parallel dimension. Those always make me question our reality

  • @gregkeener911
    @gregkeener911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    The real question is how does someone who was once on the fbi most wanted list get a foster kid?

    • @Twiztedhalo
      @Twiztedhalo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Believe it or not they don't really do a lot of checks because there are too many kids in the system that need somewhere to go... I grew up in the foster care system and let me tell you it can be downright terrifying... All types of abuse and I was also in one where my foster mother was into Satanism and black magic... Its really sad

    • @joywebster2678
      @joywebster2678 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And did he have the foster kid before the AMW?

    • @mikeyd5969
      @mikeyd5969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Danny wasn’t a foster kid of Ed’s he was a foster kid at another home but that person unexpectedly died . Danny was close to Ed’s boys age and were friends and He really admireed and looked up to Ed and actually had Ed adopt him but I think he was already over the age of 18 . When he died or should I say was murdered by Ed his legal name was Danny Boy Edwards, not his birth name Danny Glockner.

  • @jgamez5023
    @jgamez5023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    I wonder how many other people he killed while he was in "sleep-walk" mode?

    • @afcjim623
      @afcjim623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I’m confused like what are the odds that u sleep walk and automatically pick up a gun from underneath ur pillow and start shooting it

    • @dislikemyvideos7993
      @dislikemyvideos7993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@afcjim623 not even that how do they struck up a conversation? Like what

    • @dislikemyvideos7993
      @dislikemyvideos7993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@hail_karMa oh that’s weird never heard of that happening

    • @kayh9090
      @kayh9090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@hail_karMa my husband does this all the time. Drives me nuts. After 11 years I pick up on if he's sleep talking but there's still times I have to confirm if he truly heard me. Annoys him like crazy but if we're talking AND he's snoring but if he insists he's conscious ill ask him 3 times if he remembers what he just said-if he hasn't fully fallen asleep again after the 2nd time then he's accountable for his part in our conversation. Lmbo. Ironically he is fiiiiiiiiinalllly going for a sleep study soon.

    • @introverticalibrated1271
      @introverticalibrated1271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@dislikemyvideos7993 When I was around 7~8 I had frequent night terrors (different than nightmares) which typically causes a child to sit up and scream/thrash around in their sleep but I had a unique spin on mine because I also slept walk simultaneously, this caused me to FULL SPRINT up and down the hallways screaming at the top of my lungs in the middle of the night. Needless to say this scared the shit out of my family and they nearly called a priest to exorcize me. It always blew my mind that I never tripped, slipped or ran into anything during these episodes.
      Later on in my early teenage years this type of sleep walking briefly returned except instead of sprinting I was walking up to my moms room and clawing at the base of the door. My older brother found me, asked what I was doing and I responded "mom is in the floor" which properly freaked him the hell out. I can still remember all of these things happening but while it was happening I was more or less just watching it unfold like a dream, as if my ego wasn't present (I was asleep after all).
      I've also experienced plain old sleep walking where I have no memory of it and I simply relocated in my sleep, one of my favorite times was falling asleep in the basement where my room was and waking up in the living room which I would have to of gone up 2 sets of stairs, we had just recently moved in too so it was still somewhat unfamiliar terrain.
      Moral of the story, people can do some INSANE things in their sleep.

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Unconscious behavior (or whatever the broad term is for being mentally asleep but physically doing things) is fascinating to me. Robert is not the first case of sleep killing I've seen. I've also seen a video of someone sleep eating. If I remember the backstory correctly, the man's wife was frustrated with food being eaten and she accused her husband of eating them, and he refuted it, so she set up a camera and recorded him eating, or at least making a sandwich, while asleep.

    • @dylanklein3872
      @dylanklein3872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      wow, definitely a more PG comment than I thought it was gonna be. Maybe I have been watching too much Ballen lately but I thought you were gonna say the husband ate the wife in his sleep hahaha

    • @Kepi_Kei
      @Kepi_Kei ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I sleep eat. More accurately I sleep cook. One morning I got up and couldn't find my pillow. I went in the kitchen and there was a frying pan with half-eaten bacon and eggs with a fork. My computer mouse, which I never unplug, was sitting in a puddle of grease on the stove. I turned around and found my pillow - hanging halfway out of the microwave. Thank God I've never started a fire.

    • @disableddragonborn
      @disableddragonborn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kepi_Kei That gave me anxiety just reading. Impressive that you can cook in your sleep (some people can't cook while fully awake) but yeah, that sounds dangerous.

    • @disableddragonborn
      @disableddragonborn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dylanklein3872 I was going to try to find the video of it, but I don't see it.

    • @hprotz6600
      @hprotz6600 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My parents had a neighbor who would bake in her sleep. She and her family would get woken up by the smoke alarm because she'd put a cake or cookies or something in and then went back to sleep...

  • @courtneyrisher1696
    @courtneyrisher1696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    I actually feel bad for Robert. He didn't intend to kill anyone. He was a victim of circumstance out of his control.

    • @christinastokes5534
      @christinastokes5534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      It is unfortunate for him, truly, but on the bright side at least he wasn't sent to prison. Ik being isolated like that CAN be a prison in itself I just think I would probably prefer that than going to prison for a murder I didn't even mean to commit

    • @3cheese711
      @3cheese711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Ty-1452 or just had someone lock him in a room at night with no guns but a washroom. Problem solved

    • @MelonieG85
      @MelonieG85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes. Hope you also feel bad for the innocent man who lost his life that night. Ya know, could have been someone's dad, brother, son.

    • @allylabar21
      @allylabar21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@MelonieG85 while you are right he still solved the crime, told them it was himself when he easily could have fled. But instead reported himself and his findings and was willing to pay the consequences. If somebody is behind the wheel of a car fully paying attention and not intoxicated in anyway accidently hits a Jay walker or kid running out in the road they should go to jail? I believe the amount of mental punishment he gave himself was just as bad if not worse than going to jail. His passion was helping people and accidentally took an innocent life. I can only imagine how much he was upset with himself.

    • @briancarter3704
      @briancarter3704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Apstore Login no u dont,unless, ur a punk in the first place

  • @enterusername6953
    @enterusername6953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Robert: I'm the last person I would have suspected, but it was me the whole time!

    • @daerdevvyl4314
      @daerdevvyl4314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s like playing Clue. You always have to keep in mind that you may be the killer.

    • @ero-samairianto625
      @ero-samairianto625 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Patrick was a low-key genius

    • @LightgreenLP
      @LightgreenLP 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ero-samairianto625 Yes.

  • @EL-ISS
    @EL-ISS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Dude imagine killing someone while sleep walking that's fucked up. But good on him for actually coming forward and being honest.

    • @mojosodope45
      @mojosodope45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good way to get away with murder.

    • @Cyphon
      @Cyphon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mojosodope45 yeah but if he wasnt aware it could be deemed insane or something

    • @EL-ISS
      @EL-ISS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mojosodope45 don't give anyone ideas 😂

  • @catherinemerrill5511
    @catherinemerrill5511 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These stories were great! Not too scary to keep me from going back to sleep now at 1:30 a.m. Thanks for the bedtime stories!

  • @cwavt8849
    @cwavt8849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    After having read the book about Ed Edwards, that was meticulously researched by a former homicide detective, I have to admit, the case for Ed Edwards, from his family members living on the block of one of the Zodiac's victims, to his former cellmate who was the one that Ed was trying to frame for the Zodiac killings, to previous wives and proven innocent victims who were framed and executed for crimes that Edwards probably committed, Edwards was totally capable of being the Zodiac and planned on taking credit for the crimes once he had a confirmed unshakable date for his own execution. He wanted to go out in a blaze of public fascination. He always wanted the recognition, but not the consequences. He was deprived of both by age and disease. But, the book is a fascinating read.

    • @RedNeon98
      @RedNeon98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      On October 6th 2021 they found out who the zodiac killer actually was and he died in I think 2018

    • @zeffery101
      @zeffery101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RedNeon98 I looked it up. Gary Francis Poste was not confirmed as the killer. A team of 40 independent investigators tied it to him but there is no admissible evidence to support it.

    • @pampiebe
      @pampiebe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RedNeon98 what if there were two

    • @carnuatus
      @carnuatus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@RedNeon98 wait... What??who??

    • @tanjimhannan4627
      @tanjimhannan4627 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carnuatus i think Gary something. i remember him getting made fun of for his name after people found out.

  • @TheGrimblys
    @TheGrimblys 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Two teenagers in a relationship on a secluded road just “enjoying each others company” ok MrBallen…. I see what you did there 😂

    • @chasethemaster3440
      @chasethemaster3440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What?

    • @oganesson7255
      @oganesson7255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@chasethemaster3440 if you don’t get it then you are too young for me to tell you

    • @seankiesling2054
      @seankiesling2054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chasethemaster3440 sex.... they were having sex. They drove and made a stop in pound town. Small town, population of 2

    • @oganesson7255
      @oganesson7255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@seankiesling2054 lol yep, I guess someone had to tell him 😂

    • @PoochieCollins
      @PoochieCollins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@seankiesling2054 😂😂😂

  • @renatabrady6369
    @renatabrady6369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Mrballen is one of the few youtubers that actually interacts a LOT with his fans! It means he really cares about them.

    • @bigmac7077
      @bigmac7077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Either he has a manager running his Instagram or that’s true cause hell respond to pretty much story suggestion you give

    • @annaelisavettavonnedozza9607
      @annaelisavettavonnedozza9607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bigmac7077 I suggested something on IG & literally w/in a few hrs he responded it was cool

    • @tonyarichards5430
      @tonyarichards5430 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beside the Dying Fire guy does it too.
      Another excellent channel.

    • @rainlightfoot5215
      @rainlightfoot5215 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, he actually reads this stuff. He gets to see his fans have "big" imaginations, I bet we entertain him just as much as he entertains us.
      I love reading these comments.

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When it was mentioned that he recognized the foot prints, I immediately knew how the case would turn out.

  • @ninoprado5443
    @ninoprado5443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Only 90s kids remember “3, 4, even 5 times every week”

  • @tormented_imp
    @tormented_imp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    Man it feels like I’m listening to a friend tell me a whack ass story and I’m fully engaged. The way you talk helps me really create an image in my head of everything you’re saying

    • @devedee2393
      @devedee2393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      true, the way he talks like the other popular TH-camrs, just in a clear voice where every word is understandable..... Examples like InfographicShow or Kurzegusomething or even HalfAsInteresting

    • @Novastar314
      @Novastar314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Absolutely, he has a talent for storytelling

    • @chackchik
      @chackchik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Cian MacGana huh, please explain how

    • @tmckinneyb1
      @tmckinneyb1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Cian MacGana I was wondering where the chat racist was then I stumbled on your post.

    • @placeholderplaceholder4817
      @placeholderplaceholder4817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chackchik please stop taking obvious bait

  • @colechristensen588
    @colechristensen588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Special video where Mr. Ballen doesn’t wear a hat and let’s his lucious locks flow in the strange, dark, and mysterious breeze? Who’s down?

    • @MrBigMac-IN
      @MrBigMac-IN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I second this notion.

    • @BrottenGuy
      @BrottenGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Idk…my Man Crush mya go overboard, with this. Not sure I can handle it.

    • @Victor-hb4hj
      @Victor-hb4hj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      But the hair is glued to the hat.

    • @BrottenGuy
      @BrottenGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      (I’m an idiot)

    • @forthework1473
      @forthework1473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sounds mega gae.

  • @artwithmamafairybreadd
    @artwithmamafairybreadd ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I’ve only watched 2 minutes, and am gobsmacked that Olivia can socialise with her husband for 6 hours. That’s how much I have accumulated in 22 years….

    • @joanntourville4857
      @joanntourville4857 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LOL, maybe they were newlyweds.

    • @TheAngelArrow
      @TheAngelArrow ปีที่แล้ว +20

      maybe you married the wrong person

    • @DopeioThePhoneBoi
      @DopeioThePhoneBoi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you seriously making it public knowledge that you have a shitty marriage????

    • @bl4acksnake
      @bl4acksnake 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's such an unbelievable premise that I had to stop watching and check the comments to see if someone else felt the same way

    • @jeremygreen2439
      @jeremygreen2439 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      aw honey i'm so sorry

  • @jaye2894
    @jaye2894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    One of the things that I love about MrBallen's story telling is the fact that he always take the time to explain things like distance, depth, time and all the details that might confuse his subscribers and on this story he really explained the alcohol level so well that I understand where the story is going.

  • @riktorGaming
    @riktorGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Police: Do you know the killer?
    Robert: Of course I know him, he's me.

  • @madcat1865
    @madcat1865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    If he really was the zodiac, then flaunting himself as a “most wanted” criminal probably gave him the biggest high of his life.

    • @quappo
      @quappo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I doubt he was. I mean just because he gunned down 4 people and killed his son for insurance purposes that seems like a huge jump to just be like “i bet he methodically and sadistically murdered all these people too”

    • @freakingabagool3510
      @freakingabagool3510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@quappo yeah I gotta agree with this guy. That’s a much bigger leap than killing for the thrill. That’s cold and methodical.

    • @jessiefrye3045
      @jessiefrye3045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You would not believe how methodical he was
      He commited a lot of murders and had their significant others pinned for it. He was crazy. Brilliant. And psycho from HELL.
      He was caught in,a picture from West Memphis,at the gravesite of one of the boys murdered there.
      The Robinhood murders.
      Or you can look up the West Memphis 3.

    • @jessiefrye3045
      @jessiefrye3045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's been talked about as the Zodiac killer, Laci Peterson murderer, and The Robinhood Murderer. Among MANY others.

    • @kai0tfoool
      @kai0tfoool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@quappo I mean, he got away with all those murders and confessed it all so easily. Imagine who else he killed. Anything is possible.

  • @annalucy89
    @annalucy89 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    What I find extremely "strange" about the first story is that they stayed at a restaurant for 6 HOURS! Who does that!? That sounds unbelievable in and of itself!!

    • @pappazmurf
      @pappazmurf ปีที่แล้ว

      It was probably a bar. I've done it myself plenty of times

    • @annalucy89
      @annalucy89 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pappazmurf Being at a bar is completely different than being at a restaurant, and Ballen described it more like a restaurant with all the food they were eating and shit like that. But it does however make way more sense that they were sitting at a bar for hours rather than a restaurant.

    • @zombieparrot2606
      @zombieparrot2606 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As someone who worked in the service industry for twenty years, it’s not that uncommon haha. We called them “campers.” They’re not well liked unless they compensate the server whose table they are taking up appropriately (a lot of them don’t).

  • @MadelynBrewer
    @MadelynBrewer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I love the “If you’re a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format then you’ve come to the right channel bc that’s all we do” intros

    • @barquerojuancarlos7253
      @barquerojuancarlos7253 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i agree, but i haven't been making too friends in the community of like buttons

  • @TheFixIsIn-fe1jy
    @TheFixIsIn-fe1jy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Why didn't they just take Roberts gun away from him, and tell him he can't own a gun, I'm sure he would have agreed.

    • @Kazza_8240
      @Kazza_8240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Seems a much more reasonable solution than sticking the guy on an island lol

    • @jannavarik9447
      @jannavarik9447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because he could harm someone in a different way?

    • @youtubehatesfreedom3679
      @youtubehatesfreedom3679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jannavarik9447 but but but guns are the problem lmao

    • @Callsign_Prophet
      @Callsign_Prophet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Kazza_8240 well if he didn't have a gun he'd go for the next best thing

    • @erickrobson60
      @erickrobson60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I mean… he did kill someone, intentional or not. And to just go back to life with an “ooops” doesn’t seem too fair probably in public eye.

  • @ammaralkhalissi1462
    @ammaralkhalissi1462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    My friends got invited and they just came i always talk about mr ballen the legend, now we all are going to have the best day cuz of this video. Ur a legend ❤❤

  • @pammytime777
    @pammytime777 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I wonder if Mr Ballen literally reads every single comment 🤔... Either way he's the awesomest guy ever he just has this great way of grabbing your attention for hours on end... Thanks Mr Ballen for your time. I appreciate you so much you got me through the horrible time of my COVID sickness. Sending much love and positivity

    • @chrisb2038
      @chrisb2038 ปีที่แล้ว

      aw you caught the common cold? how cute. Did you get all 6 vaccines to make sure you never catch that cold again?

    • @Jay-cn3js
      @Jay-cn3js ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If u think he's got time to read every comment on every vid he's done ur cra cra

    • @nalini7186
      @nalini7186 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wtf does that even mean?

    • @Jay-cn3js
      @Jay-cn3js ปีที่แล้ว

      Pammytime : "I wonder if Mr Ballen literally reads ever single comment?"
      Me : "No he doesn't"
      You : "wtf is going on here..."
      Are you brain dead or something?
      What's not to understand

  • @Wendyjo123
    @Wendyjo123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I love that he does his homework, is not full of himself, keeps to the facts, doesn't drone on and on just wanting to hear his own voice, and does not change his voice or cadence in speaking as others on here do. Great and informative narrator.

  • @joanbowden3448
    @joanbowden3448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Ed Edwards: Damn, how many ppl do I gotta confess to killing just to get a friggin death penalty around here?!
    🤣🤣

    • @litigioussociety4249
      @litigioussociety4249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If someone wants the death penalty, then it may be enduring prison is a worse punishment for them, so perhaps they should stay in there. That would certainly be true of a rapist, since they tend to get extra punishment in prison.

    • @LittleStar261
      @LittleStar261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂

    • @MamaL267
      @MamaL267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ed should've done some research. We haven't had the death penalty in Wisco since 1853.

    • @dyslexicboogaloo
      @dyslexicboogaloo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MamaL267 He’s just murdering people then Googling states with the death penalty before he moves. Most proactive serial killer ever.

    • @christierella
      @christierella 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I gut laughed at that one! Good stuff!

  • @Liston29
    @Liston29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Who sits in a place for 6 hours for dinner! That is the real mystery here. lol