I can not imagine the absolute terror that young man felt being shot, paralyzed, not being able to run away then hearing a back backhoe coming your way. Its a nightmare come to life. Poor kid.
Mike has come up with some brain-addictive algorithm so you actually cant stop viewing. Im still trying to figure out how that algorithm work for my own channel....
2 things I’ve learned from listening to Mike’s videos. 1) that I prefer true crime stories above all else. 2) that my new favorite numbers are 30 ( tirty ) and 3 ( tree ). Love it!
The last line of this video is my favorite ever... “but Cosmo is not the victim here...” then names the 4 poor boys who were needlessly and viciously killed. Love how you highlighted the failings of the system but brought it back to the true victims. Well done Mike!
My buddy was good friends with Mark Sturgis. She was pissed when the media kept focusing on how Cosmo lured them with a drug deal and tried painting her friends as deserving rather than victims.
I live about 45 minutes from this area in PA. I remember this like it was yesterday. You couldn't turn on the news without seeing something about the Lost Boys. It was absolutely devastating when those poor boys were found. Thank you for the sensitive presentation and for the compassionate remembrance of the victims.
This one was frustrating to watch because it all seemed so preventable. Family not holding their son accountable and nobody got him the help he needed when SO MANY red flags were showing up. Tragic.
A lot of times what happens as well is the family is scared of the family member. And quite frankly it is hard to get mental help for anyone in PA. Just tried to do it for a family member of mine....impossible. Five different reports and zero action from the social services.
@Tim Haverland You have to go through crisis unfortunately. The hospitals won't admit them if they say they don't need/ want help. Unless of course they commit a crime.... Then it's off to jail.
im so sorry for your loss bro.. I remember this very well, it was terrible. i don't live far from bucks County so this shook our town too. way too close to home for something out of a movie to happen around here.
Can you imagine the horror he was feeling, seeing that vehicle back up towards him? He was so terrified he stopped screaming in pain. That's absolutely *horrifying.*
yup... such a shame that good ole Cosmo isnt being executed in the same manner. Slowly and publicly imo. Its just absolutely unexusable and mental health here is a joke. You dont murder 4 innocent people that he knew WITH someone everytime. God i wish public executions were still a thing. such a shame.
@@redbeardjohnson2570 I think that Sean character pushed him, didn't take much. Sean wanted to be a notorious killer, and Cosmo had the tools to accomplish his fantasy.
I was almost 19 when this happened; i lived a mile and a half (a four minute drive in Solebury time) from the DiNardo farm. I was in prom and formal groups with some of these guys, as they were in my graduating class at the school some friends and my exes atteneded. seeing the news stories and social media posts from our quaint, scenic area was bone-chilling. thank you for bringing some nuance to this case and showing discretion & respect to those involved.
RIP Tom. I still have pictures in my phone of us hanging out together. He was one of the nicest, funniest & down to earth guys I've ever met. He didn't deserve to die like that.
@@supabry26 The bail works, is if his bail was set at one million dollars, his parents could post that entire one million and so long as he didn't skip bail they should get that back. He said they paid 10% of the one million which leads me to believe they paid a bondsman. Most people don't have enough cash on hand to pay that full bail amount. You give the bail bondsman a percentage, usually 10%, and the bondsman will post the entire bail. That's a huge risk, if the person skips bail the bondsman is out his money (at which case they pay a bounty hunter X amount to go find the person and bring them in so they get their bail money back, which isn't always a sure thing). When all goes well, the bondsman gets his bail back and keeps the bond that was paid as his payment. That means his parents would have spent $100,000 that they were never going to get back to keep their son out of jail while awaiting trial (which sometimes take a year or more).
Did you guys miss the part where his frontal lobe was damaged after all his brain injuries from football? He wasn't born like this. We have to have compassion for the person he was and could of been. We are all born naked and innocent.
@@existentialhowl1067 He wasn’t exactly a saint before the accident either. The biggest issue though is the blatant negligence on his parent’s part. I think they were so tired of dealing with his crap that they ultimately found it easier to turn a blind eye to his whereabouts and daily activities. He was a spoiled rich kid who never heard the word no, and had just about anything and everything at his disposal. Mommy, Daddy, and Mayor DiGirolamo made sure this kid never suffered the consequences, and as a result he thought himself above the law. I can’t imagine having all that money and not getting my child who clearly has major mental health issues, the absolute best care available. Just lazy and selfish, as is evident in their lack responsible gun ownership. I have a very personal connection to this case, so I’ll end my rant there. I tend to get very worked up anytime I discuss it and sometimes still can’t believe this actually happened here.
@@existentialhowl1067 I'm sorry I cannot have compassion for that monster. Other people have mental illnesses, brain injuries, etc and they don't go around PLANNING murders! The way in which he killed those young boys is unforgivable. It's up to God to judge him though, not me. Be safe everyone. 🙏
I grew up with Deans older brother skateboarding. He was always such a sweet, quite kid. My father also worked for a company that did business with Dinardos parents company. Cosmo would just walk in front of the trucks as they were driving. Forcing them to stop. Not caring if they did or not. Not even looking at them.
that kind of broke my heart. seems they were not great parents but nooooo one expects their babies to turn in to serial killers. sad all around, especially for the victims and their families.... they were so young and just trying to buy weed and be a little bad ass, we've all done shit like that. i have had a concussion that changed my personality a little so while i feel for that aspect, i could only hope someone around me would notice and permanently institutionalize me if i ever got that bad!!! my concussion has just given me anxiety and depression and delve in to withdrawal and the booze. just me and my cats being lonely hermits.
Im crying my eyes out for his last victim. Imagine the terrifying thoughts that went through that boys head as he saw that machine coming at him and him being paralyzed and unable to move out of the way? Absolutely terrifying! God heal his Poor soul. 😢
I love that picture of the boys on the tiger. It’s so goofy. You know they thought it was hilarious when they took it. I think it showcases a lot of who they were - young, silly, wanting to make people laugh. It makes me smile and ache at the same time. RIP all the men...
That pic made me laugh and reminded me of so many silly guys I’ve known. It really gave us a glimpse into what their personalities were probably like, seems like it would be fun to be friends with them.
"It shouldn't have been allowed to happen". The mental health care in America is the worst most flawed system I've ever seen. My brother has 2 of the disorders this man has. I've seen first hand how they let people fall through the cracks. We need reform so badly. We need to come together as a country and realize that this is happening and stop sweeping it under the rug. Breaks my heart to know that this could have been prevented. Sucks even worse to know that it won't stop.
And now the for the past 10 years the Republicans have been having all the mental hospitals shutdown and torn down in their States it's almost impossible to get mental health treatment now that's why people are so crazy nowadays. I live in North Carolina we have a republican house and they had the State mental hospital Dorothea Dix that had been there since 1840 completely torn down I mean the whole site was like a historic site there was all kinds of buildings there that were built in the eighteen and they had the whole place demolished in a condominium complex built there.
@@Jamiet-lk8xqrandoms on the Internet are not a great source of policy changes. There are experts who study the systems, who evaluate policy changes that are effective, and look to examples of what has worked and what hasn't worked. S non expert knowing something isn't working doesn't mean they know how to change it. But there are people who do. If policies were based purely on what has been proven effective and reformed as we learned more, and not on silly political identity, we would be better off. Like maybe we should start by reopening public mental institutions so there are long term programs for people who can't afford a residential program.
As a nurse for over 10 years, I've worked on an inpatient TBI Unit (Traumatic Brain Injury) I've seen the levels of recovery but I've also seen young men/adults with permanent frontal lobe damage and it is unlike any other damage, usually requiring permanent inpatient/institution care. This man should have NEVER been allowed back on the streets. It's not a knock on him as a person but frontal lobe damage is usually unmanageable.
"I threw my life away for nothing" I get he's not all there, the brain injuries, the psychological disorders, behavioral problems, bad company. But still hearing him speak about the murders makes my blood boil.
The same description that makes you angry makes me sad. His struggles with mental health were ignored and/or underestimated, and a lot of people paid a very high price for that.
I worked this story at the local paper in 2017. As a matter of fact, this was my last major story before my job was outsourced. I happen to live near the victims and the farm where the bodies were found. You did a great job with this video and you even used some photos I haven’t seen before. A crazy story, and one this area will never forget.
So whatever happened with the civil suit for negligence filed against his parents? I'm surprised there wasn't a lawsuit against the police dept for not pursuing any charges when there had been so many red flags in his case.
At first I didn't know how to take his breezy and lighthearted presentation when the subject matter is so dark and serious, but you're right, his balance is perfect. I am SO glad I gave it a second chance because he's an awesome narrator and his vids are high quality. Plus he's just being himself and not putting on a TV style way of speaking. Pure awesomeness. Love you Mike!
Some youtubers who try to make jokes during true crime just come across as really disrespectful and ignorant (buzzfeed unsolved) but Mike still manages to act respectful and treat the crimes themselves seriously.
The fact that the poor kid went quiet and became resigned to his inevitable death from the backhoe is horrible. Couldn't move, no use in screaming, and knowing your life is going to end right then and there. Forever.
As a bucks county resident, I remember this well. Langhorne and Levittown had a dark cloud for afterwards. Dean worked right next door to my job. Crazy to think it’s been over 5 years now.
As a kid my mom always said I anything's possible... but I guess when your a drug dealing diagnosed schizophrenic with head trauma smoking synthetic drugs anything really is possible.
K2 drove 2 people at my school crazy. Both ended up having psychological breakdowns and being taken out of school and committed. That stuff eats your brain.
I'm from Delaware and I remember this story being everywhere when it went down. The overhead shot of the farm area and the tents were enough to send chills.
the WHOLE thing sucks, but Tom got it the worst. Imagine knowing you were about be ran over and there is literally nothing you can do about it. What a horrible way to go.
It's horrifying to think he actually stopped screaming when he was about to be run over... I always imagine screaming till the end (Hollywood also always shows these scenes this way), and to think of the terror he felt... he was so resigned to his fate, that he gave up and stopped screaming... this is gut wrenching for me to imagine being in that situation
I lived in Newtown and my son had heard from friends at school to avoid Cosmo. Friends said Cosmo was crazy. This was a couple of years before the murders. Parents had plenty of time to stop this tragedy.
Yup rich kid syndrome at it's worst. smh. Well his parents aren't fully responsible he did have that brain injury, the doctors are another story though. this one hurts my head and my heart.
I just love how a guy who wanted so badly to be know as a badass gangster to the few people he knew, is actually known as a total loser failure to millions.👍
Well, the pain he would of felt being run over would be other worldly. Your guts would shoot out of your mouth and even your eyes would pop out from the pressure. You would choke and struggle for air because of your crushed lungs. It would be a slow and agonizing death filled with pain and suffering. I've seen many deaths from vehicles and this is generally what happens when someone has their mid section ran over.
Cried like a baby for himself, but spoke about the horrific murders as if he was just reading the newspapers - no empathy, no remorse for his poor victims ! Cold blooded, pure evil. Pity both didn't get the death penalty.
Iam Sad that they boys did not get the help they needed. No one needed to die. They did a horrific thing, but as someone who has had needed mental help my selfe i can feel nothing but sadness that it had to come to this. Make no mistake. In this case 6 live have bin lost that could have bin saved. They deserve life in prison. But iam still sad that this had to happen. Greetings from Germany
@Nikki Sixx That coupled with small town mentality was what really did it, I believe. I grew up in and around towns very similar to that, and the levels of outright denial and cognitive dissonance is astounding. The residents cling to this overly wholesome idea of community and anything that falls outside of that is ignored completely. A lot of things go on in rural areas that aren't addressed because nobody wants to deal with it.
I always have extreme remorse for the victims in situations like this, but hearing how Thomas went immediately caused me to cry. I can’t even fathom the fear and pain he experienced. It makes my stomach hurt.. it’s so disturbing to imagine running over a human being with farm equipment and feeling nothing. Absolutely heartbreaking.
This one has made me more angry and upset too. There was no reason for these boys to die and, more importantly, it could've been prevented at multiple points along the way. The other cases of men and women killing their partners/children because they wanted out of a marriage/to be with someone else, jealousy, money, sex...even strangers killing strangers because of the love/sex/money tropes...these base urges we understand to a degree and we can just call these people broken, sick monsters and move on. This guy...yes, he's broken, but in a way that is unfixable but also obvious he was a danger to himself and others. Of course he was enabled every step of the way...
My heart breaks for the teen that couldn't feel his legs and then to top it off, here comes a tractor, are you kidding me? What a horrifying way to go. So sad. RIP to all four boys 💐
Cosmo: assaulted both parents Cosmos parents: “oh that’s our Cosmy...he just needs a friend” The cognitive dissonance must’ve been a hell of a drug in that family.
Right? If someone is willing to assault the main people who always have your back, why is it surprising if they have zero respect for other human life? Scary stuff...
Cognitive dissonance is *a good thing*. Cognitive dissonance *was missing here*. Cognitive dissonance is when you can't reconcile two mutually contradictory ideas that simultaneously appear in your conscious mind and you have to go through the effort of resolving such conflict. To simultaneously believe two (or more) contradictory things is not "dissonance". Dissonance is *a feeling of unease*. You can't feel unease if you're not even aware of anything being wrong. STOP MISTAKING THE CURE FOR THE ILLNESS, PEOPLE!
didn't she have the rockingest body??!! lol....and you're right....Shes for sure thanking her damn lucky stars....That pic mighta been a year, maybe year and half prior maybe?
I live close to Bucks County, it's so crazy that this happened near my hometown. My current health teacher taught Dean, he went to Neshaminy High School. He had some problems, but my teacher said Dean was just the sweetest boy ever, very funny, most people loved him. May these boys' souls rest in peace.
I blame the stupid ignorant rich parents that spoiled him and let him do whatever he wanted and always bailed him out of trouble and named him Cosmos and didn't keep a close enough eye on him.
Right! I’ve seen it so many times with killers during their interrogation or testimony. Agony and tears then go on about how they ruined their own lives.
RIP Dean, he was a classmate in high school. This happened a year after I graduated. This was such a weird event, I’m still confused on why someone would do this to another human.
This story has stuck with me from the very beginning.. i was in a coma 16 days and i remember this story all over the tv when i woke up from the coma and i was so very saddened over it and still today it hurts my heart some rich kid that wanted to be above the law because he came from money and was most likely a spoiled child with no rules wants to do some senseless murders he thought having money would keep him out of jail but it didn't he should have got the death penalty
Evil does exist , just look what our governments are in the process of doing to us. If you're not up to date on it I highly recommend catching up before you become stardust and its happening quickly. Scary AF
@@Thehomelessathlete nah. If you make weed legal then you have friggin shits for brains high on cocaine, weed AND drunk. The amount of times this crap could've been avoided.... Booze is legal and we have idiots beating the shit out of eachothers and innocent people, how is that bullshit not illegal is beyond me.
I had to literally pause the video at that part and walked out of the room to stop myself from crying. He watched his best friend get murdered and then having himself being horrifically killed the way he did. 😭
Hey Mike. Glad to see this video. It came across my feed from mainstream media. Started watching it but abandoned watching ABC report in favor of your awesome storytelling and reporting. Love Ya.
Oh man! Well I'm glad you weren't in that group. That's an incredibly close call, really. I mean, how many of us are close to someone this crazy or out of touch?
I live in Bucks County, remember this. I'm class of 2019 and we all were spooked. Some of us drove past the area while police were there, it was a crazy scene. One of those typical "couldn't happen to us" scenarios.
Thanks for this. I’m from Philadelphia and this was a huge huge story. The cousin who was involved lived literally 5 mins from me at the time, where I grew up. I went to grade school with the main detective on the case, definitely shook the area
Tom's death is nothing less than haunting! Being paralyzed and conscious knowing whats about to happen....the absolute terror. Poor poor lad! My heart breaks for him. X
Sounds like a lot of excuses from a rich family for poor behavior. I do think he had issues his whole life, but a lot of it was covered up by his family. Sounds like he should have gotten help a lot earlier than he did. His family should have done a lot more, a lot earlier than they did. His girlfriend dodged a bullet there.
Probably had nothing to do with $$$ and more to do with being in denial that their son had anything the matter with him. Mental illness is a hard diagnosis to accept. It can take years.
1962pjh to be fair, you’re probably right, but it seems like their money bought him out of a lot of trouble that most people would have to face. He got slaps on the wrist, even though there was something deeply wrong. If they didn’t have the money to buy off the right people, he might have gotten the help he needed or it might not have been viewed as poor rich kid acting out.
I have to admit, it's terrifying to hear Mike talk about a horrifying crime in my home county, I got chills just hearing Bucks County. I didn't live too far either. I'm glad I didn't know anybody involved, but it's still sad and absolutely horrible regardless. I hope the families find peace. I don't think I could.
OMG - Just imagine what it must have been like to be paralyzed and then see the backhoe coming for you; you can't get away and you know you're going to be crushed. What a horrible way to go!
I try to be forgiving of parents but come on! He bit and punched his mother. Hit his father with a brick. Was institutionalized multiple times. Had a history of drug abuse and concussions. A few diagnosed mental disorders. Not to mention the Facebook content he was posting. And they still just left guns lying around? Unbelievable.
@@queendelegacy09 Getting rid of their guns completely would've been a start. But most importantly, they needed to stop bailing him out every time he got in trouble. Dude never had to learn from his mistakes because of them.
Well his parents now have to live with the fact they let him go and now a couple of good boys are murdered and mutilated. His parents are hopefully about as devastated as the victims parents are. I say "hopefully" because if they aren't upset by their own actions, then they should re-evaluate their mental health and life choices. But that's just me, and if this happened because I made the wrong call for loving my messed up kid and got other kids killed, then I'd probably perform a slow suicide and make it up to the families till I died.
I haven’t watched the video yet so I wasn’t sure if it’s brought up but it was kept out of the news. I live in Bensalem where this happened. Cosmo was caught with multiple assault rifles in the back of his truck, and they were all illegal, he had no permit, nothing. He gets caught by police and gets arrested and while everyone is still at the scene he calls the mayor, Joseph DiGiralamo, and the mayor is friends with his family so he lets him go, doesn’t confiscate the guns are anything. About a month later this happened.
@@taylorradick1431 I think it's more a case of the deterioration of his frontol lobe. This was a guy with no prior mishaps before his brain damage. He doesn't seem to be pretending to be anyone else, that "I threw my life away for nothing" sounds like someone who understands right from wrong but didn't have the brain function left to act on it.
@@taylorradick1431 Someone in my family studied and works closely with youth with TBI's and it's sad how many people lose themselves after a brain injury. He probably permenantly damaged his brain while it was still healing from a previous concussion.
@@taylorradick1431 100%. I just hope more systems get put in place to help these people and more importantly keep them off the streets where they can end up hurting anyone
My parents always told us kids if we ever got arrested, don't bother calling - we'd sit there and rot. It was a deterrent for us, for sure. Feel better, Mike!
My aunt has always said that as well. As far as I know, she's stood by it. My mom wasted most of her inheritance from her older sister on bailing out my brother. I called my aunt to talk her out it the last time.
As a parent I second that emotion🤨 I told my boys if its for anything outside of self defense-DON'T WAKE ME UP in the middle of the night.And think I'm interested.DON'T CALL ME IN THE MIDDLE OF DAY.And think I care enough to interrupt my day.Oh yeah and under no certain terms will I put my home up for damn bond!!!!🤨🤨🤨🤨
my friend chris fell in las vegas hit his head hard... he was a violent, weeks afterwards... never violent before... he committed suicide around 2 years after that RIP CHRIS
I remember when this happened. I was glued to the television as it was so close to where I lived. I was devastated when they found their bodies. Thank you for the background on Cosmo as much of this didn't come out when this happened. I didn't know about him calling the father to the farm.
Kudos for adding in those whispers at 11:07 when mentioning Cosmo was hearing voices. Had to take my headphones out and make sure somebody wasn’t in my room.
You have the BEST true crime channel out there. You cover crazy stories in a timely manner and make it interesting to listen to. I’m watching all of your videos right now. I can’t get enough 😂
Oh my God, those poor guys. I can’t imagine how scared the guy was who got run over by the backhoe. Sometimes I think that Life in Prison just isn’t enough. Some people should be tortured in prison.
How could the parents know he was dangerous and just let it go?? I have a son their age and there's no way I would turn him loose on the world if he wasn't right!!! All the money in the world and it didn't help, just made it worse !!! Law enforcement overlooked his crimes because of family money and let a monster loose!!! Sad
The only thing that "comforts" me about the terrifying way he lost his life, is the fact that he was paralyzed and didn't feel a thing. Horrible acts by this very sick, young man, who didn't get the help he should have had. May all those guys rest in peace.
Jane Lightning read my comment again!!! Shitstorm EVERYDAY!!.. just how fuckin busy are you making them out to be???? Your clearly not a parent, but if you are, you need to get off here, and prioritise your time better!!..
Jesus, Tom's death was the most disturbing to me. The fact this poor guy was alive and paralyzed but had no choice to just watch and slowly got ran over by a backhoe is a tough way to go out. I'm getting shivers just thinking about it.
How DiNardo became a psychopath is secondary. THAT he's a psychopath is primary. Same for the cousin, who also in the immediate aftermath of seeing a helpless and conscious human being crushed under a backhoe apparently was in fine spirits. They are vicious monsters and should be dealt with as such, just as rabid dogs are dealt with.
wow.. i saw this name in my recommended and was shook. one of the victims (Tom) was my friend's boyfriend at the time. i can't imagine being 21 years old and losing your boyfriend to murder. so incredibly sad and she still posts about him time to time. he seemed like a very bright and sweet person.
Eh I mean not intending to be sympathetic to this guy but when he said "I don't know why I did it" he's probably telling the truth. The type of brain injury he had would lead a person to potentially just do something the moment it pops into their head with absolutely no thought for the consequences in the moment. Multiple concussions followed by a serious frontal brain injury with several diagnosed mental health conditions can turn a person into a complete basket case. Next to no impulse control combined with mental disorders famous for violent mood swings is a seriously nasty combination. At the end of the day he still killed 4 people and deserves to be punished for that. But I do think we need to rember just how seriously mentally ill he really is when you listen to him talk. This should never have bet allowed to come close to happening in the first place and many people surrounding this guy bear almost as much responsibility for what happened as he does and should receive some form of punishment.
Rhys Ford from the way it sounds to me, his brain is pretty damaged and we are our brains. I believe that he doesn’t really understand why he did it, there isn’t much of “him” left, his family and doctors should have seen to him better because this type of thing has happened before and is well documented, ppl suffering traumatic brain injuries and becoming criminals, often violent, and a complete shadow of who they actually used to be. So I highly doubt he even had those mental disorders as the psychiatric hospital didn’t seem to know about his TBI, his brain just functions that poorly now that he exhibits behaviors of an extremely mentally disturbed person. And this is obvious, he should have been supervised 24/7, taken to therapy to explain to him and his family what has changed in him and help him adjust, he might have been able to have been somewhat rehabilitated but could have easily been identified as a risk and institutionalized before he hurt anyone, and this is what Mike meant when he said this shouldn’t have been allowed to happen because the medical system just failed here. Look up Chris Benoit if you want to see another case of violent TBI and go go down that rabbit hole, I hate to say it isn’t their fault but if you look at the brain science, it’s questionable to say the least. Take care of your brains ppl.
It’s finally a story I know personally. This kid used to always hit us up on Facebook saying how he was gonna “get us” and “shoot us” we laughed cause we thought he could never. Oh how it turned
@@Yambag all he did was be a troll on every post he posts on, I'm sorry for calling him out on his arrogance of asking for proof for a trolling statement for being a troll because of his posting history constantly pushing political sides against each other for fun
Love your videos Mike. You do an amazing job. One problem I have is this.......I can't get anything done because of my addiction to your channel. I binge watch you. I LOVE the way you tell these stories. Love the humour too. BEST channel EVER! Thanks a lot. We love you too Mike.
That was a truly effed up case Mike. The way Cosmo sounds excited explaining the murders and then starts weeping he didn't know why he did it. So spooky to witness the human condition in motion.
YOU ARE THE BEST....I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND EXPERTISE...best channel for true crime on youtube...don't change a thing..your presentations are perfect..ty for these
I literally got the chills hearing him describe what they did to those people in such a cold-blooded manner he acts like it's an everyday run-of-the-mill situation the way he's talking about the heinous things that they did and then he starts to cry when he realizes that he threw his life away, his life is over? Because he was not shedding tears for those young men that they murdered!!!! And I hope that they find boyfriends in prison and get bent over EVERY DAY!!!
that'll DEFINITELY bring people back to life. and it'll DEFINITELY keep things like this from happening again, unlike mental health awareness and health care reform.
Yes, I hope they suffer severely in prison but prob not they get 3 meals a day, recreation, drugs,commissary, medical,etc etc That monster WILL be judged one day 🙏
did you not hear the illogical way he was laying out his accounts? The apparent inability to distinguish the significant from the insignificant? There was nothing "run-of-the-mill" about any of that - he wasn't dumb, but he also WASN'T ALL THERE. As in both physically damaged mentally and having several severe psychiatric conditions... that's not being "cold-blooded" - that's functional impairment. I think Mike laid all that out VERY clearly, as well... also, wishing rape on someone - let alone multiple rapes - really makes me question how you can try and take anything resembling a moral high-ground stance. That's frankly disgusting. You really need to pay more attention, get some perspective, and question your OWN values. What these young men did was horrific - but nothing is helped by your ignorance and viciousness of attitude.
@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 - it's ok, they weren't talking about a woman getting raped, now that would have been monstruous. Men getting raped, on the other hand, that's comedy gold \o/ Seriously now, if these idiots have to been explained that rape is evil, sadly I don't believe that one comment on youtube is going to change their twisted minds.
I agree because I dont see where the “system” failed him. He and his family are responsible for his health and taking his meds. Not just bailing him out.
We all make decisions. Both those views are moronic. For one it doesn't matter how hard someone or in this case the family tries to help/aid someone, it is their choice and their life, they have the choice to reject or accept. The system on the other hand only exists for obedience. If you'd like to hear what this "precious system" is all about go listen to the J.F.Ks full speech about it. People can't fail other people if those people do not stand on the same grounds.
@@crescentmoonchild4031 Um, maybe his psychiatrists and the institutions he was in? They're not to blame?? You weren't paying attention to that point in the video.
the family had 100k to bail him out yet he killed a kid for 8000$?? That's just pure evil. He didn't even need the money! He just wanted to be a gangster
@Sleepy Welder How much collateral would you need when the bail is $1 million? The 100K is only the 10% needed to secure the bond, though I don't have any experience with bail or bonds, so perhaps I'm misinformed about how bondsmen work.
@@gtw4546 i know mike didn't go into it, but in articles I've read about this he was seeing a psychiatrist. Nothing was going to help this guy though. Just pure bad.
Glad you did a video on this, started watching your videos a week ago and was hoping someone did a similar type video for this guy. Luckily it was actually you. This one hits close to home.
My ex’s little cousin got into a car accident and had brain damage. He went from being a quiet shy, polite young man. To being aggressive, in your face, and very inappropriate and loud. Brain damage is very scary...
My ex was in a horrific car accident, was outside of his car on the side of the road and someone hit his vehicle which in turn hit him, propelling him more than 150 feet thru the air and came to rest in someone's front yard. The doctors described his brain injury as "shaken baby syndrome". He had always seemed like he had an undiagnosed mental illness but now all of those "quirks" are EXTREME! His mildly paranoid behavior is now to the point that he won't even leave his house unattended for fear one of his neighbors wants what he has so badly that they are going to burn his house down....he has also become convinced that he is being recorded by his "enemies" so they can alter the recording and use it against him so they can then take whatever it is of his that he has convinced himself that everyone else wants....he mistakenly messaged me thinking I was one of his buddies accusing me of also recording him and "trying to set him up to have his ass kicked by my ex."....that was moments after I left a fairly pleasant conversation with him, one that he initiated! When there is a brain injury there is literally no rhyme or reason for their behavior or thought process, especially when it is coupled with preexisting mental illness. I know gun ownership is a hot topic but people like this should NEVER be allowed to own a gun. Yes he can still mow you over with a backhoe but without that initial gun shot that poor boy could have run away. If you know someone who has these issues you need to know that YOU can't fix it by yourself. They need professional help that you can't give them. I also know tho that it is impossible to get someone help who doesn't think or realize they need help. So it is even more important for you to be aware and to protect yourself from them. I will not meet my ex alone, I won't allow my son to be around him (he also wrangled my 16 year old into his paranoid delusions) because I don't know what my ex is capable of doing. So if you can't protect other people from the mentally ill individual for whatever reason, you can protect yourself....
it is proof that souls don't exist. you are not innately good or anything else. you are a biological computer; if you break the computer, you break your personality. with the right kind of brain damage you can become completely unrecognizable to the people you love, while still maintaining the general appearance of a functional human being.
@Evan Reed so someone disagrees with you on a philosophical idea and instead of engaging with it intellectually, you assume they are simply "being a contrarian." deep irony there; just seeing what you want to see. not surprising though. have a nice life
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Thanks for watching! Also, probably just the one video this week as I'm a little under the weather, back to normal though next week
Feel better soon 🌟🌹
Hey Mike
No worries! Hope you feel better soon! See ya next time.
Get well soon, lad.
Get well soon🤍
I can not imagine the absolute terror that young man felt being shot, paralyzed, not being able to run away then hearing a back backhoe coming your way. Its a nightmare come to life. Poor kid.
WOW! What a story, one of your best yet! Get well soon, Mike, and stay safe.
Pure evil.
mwheeler138 yes, just that feeling of not being able to do much but cry and scream 😰
Hi :3
Absolutely horrific. That will stick with me for a long time.
Who else started with one of Mike's videos and just can't stop?
Here here!
Mee 🙋♀️
Here. I'm still glad for that one TH-cam recommendation.
Literally everyone lol
Mike has come up with some brain-addictive algorithm so you actually cant stop viewing. Im still trying to figure out how that algorithm work for my own channel....
“I threw my life away for nothing” still only concerned about himself. Didn’t care a bit about the kids he murdered or their loved ones.
all these muderers are always sorry for themselves but NEVER for the victims... narcissistic psychopath
Obviously not. If he cared he wouldn't have killed them. At least, he wouldn't have killed 4.
But he had a concussion, therefore he wasn’t responsible!!!
/s
I’m sure the injuries created psychopathy.
@@zolaandile1330 ew
2 things I’ve learned from listening to Mike’s videos. 1) that I prefer true crime stories above all else. 2) that my new favorite numbers are 30 ( tirty ) and 3 ( tree ). Love it!
I thought he was calling someone a turd on one episode, when he was actually referring to the "third" sibling.
What about third (turd)?
While crying he says: “I threw my life away for nothing.” In other words: I’m sorry only for myself and my victims meant nothing.
Omg your right
Most callous murderers only care about themselves, look at Trump for example!!!
Fr that's so fucked
Abelis lmao can we talk about the 30 ppl committing suicide the week of testifying against Hillary lmao!
Kitten Lyric bad jacketed?
"I threw my life away for nothing!" nah dude, you threw away four lives for nothing
Thats what I thought to
Exactly
I mean he was living in a flesh prison with a fucked up brain. Basically just a frankenstein waiting to happen. Sucks all around.
dean was more of a man nd good person than cosmo couldve ever hoped to be. cosmo is a loser.
The last line of this video is my favorite ever... “but Cosmo is not the victim here...” then names the 4 poor boys who were needlessly and viciously killed. Love how you highlighted the failings of the system but brought it back to the true victims. Well done Mike!
My buddy was good friends with Mark Sturgis. She was pissed when the media kept focusing on how Cosmo lured them with a drug deal and tried painting her friends as deserving rather than victims.
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You are telling me that a man uncapable of controlling him self do to brain damage is not a victim ?
@@mottoloveurlala He's the victim of a failed system. He's not the victim of these murders.
@@mottoloveurlala stfu
I live about 45 minutes from this area in PA. I remember this like it was yesterday. You couldn't turn on the news without seeing something about the Lost Boys. It was absolutely devastating when those poor boys were found. Thank you for the sensitive presentation and for the compassionate remembrance of the victims.
May they rest in Peace.
This one was frustrating to watch because it all seemed so preventable. Family not holding their son accountable and nobody got him the help he needed when SO MANY red flags were showing up. Tragic.
A lot of times what happens as well is the family is scared of the family member. And quite frankly it is hard to get mental help for anyone in PA. Just tried to do it for a family member of mine....impossible. Five different reports and zero action from the social services.
Terrible parents...
@Tim Haverland You have to go through crisis unfortunately. The hospitals won't admit them if they say they don't need/ want help. Unless of course they commit a crime.... Then it's off to jail.
@Tim Haverland Yes it is.
Maybe the family was too busy making more money.
I was friends with Tom in High School, he was such a good & funny kid who didn’t deserve what happened to him. May his soul Rest In Peace.
im so sorry for your loss bro.. I remember this very well, it was terrible. i don't live far from bucks County so this shook our town too. way too close to home for something out of a movie to happen around here.
🙏🙏
He died ?
Amen🙏
people are remembered and talked about when they are lost when they are alive everyone Ghosts em
Can you imagine the horror he was feeling, seeing that vehicle back up towards him? He was so terrified he stopped screaming in pain. That's absolutely *horrifying.*
Yeah, when he said that he "stfu" when he heard the vehicle turn on
was so heartless
@@fervcorsica3358 Such a bad thing happened, I just hope he's in a better place now
yup... such a shame that good ole Cosmo isnt being executed in the same manner. Slowly and publicly imo. Its just absolutely unexusable and mental health here is a joke. You dont murder 4 innocent people that he knew WITH someone everytime. God i wish public executions were still a thing. such a shame.
@@redbeardjohnson2570 I think that Sean character pushed him, didn't take much. Sean wanted to be a notorious killer, and Cosmo had the tools to accomplish his fantasy.
Death penalty for murderers.
I was almost 19 when this happened; i lived a mile and a half (a four minute drive in Solebury time) from the DiNardo farm. I was in prom and formal groups with some of these guys, as they were in my graduating class at the school some friends and my exes atteneded. seeing the news stories and social media posts from our quaint, scenic area was bone-chilling. thank you for bringing some nuance to this case and showing discretion & respect to those involved.
Im from this area too and remember when this was going on
RIP Tom. I still have pictures in my phone of us hanging out together. He was one of the nicest, funniest & down to earth guys I've ever met. He didn't deserve to die like that.
My deepest condolences friend.
How did he deserve to then?
@@mikeewallace6188 Old age? like most people hope for? l2brain
i’m so sorry for your loss. sending love
Holy shit sorry man
Damn imagine paying $100,000 to get your son out of jail and he gets arrested the next day for something else
My son ever does something to get that large a bail: I’m killing him myself, and making bail myself.
As long as it was a previous crime he'd get the money back anyway?
@@khalilmason why? save your money, let him rot in jail
@@supabry26 The bail works, is if his bail was set at one million dollars, his parents could post that entire one million and so long as he didn't skip bail they should get that back.
He said they paid 10% of the one million which leads me to believe they paid a bondsman.
Most people don't have enough cash on hand to pay that full bail amount.
You give the bail bondsman a percentage, usually 10%, and the bondsman will post the entire bail.
That's a huge risk, if the person skips bail the bondsman is out his money (at which case they pay a bounty hunter X amount to go find the person and bring them in so they get their bail money back, which isn't always a sure thing).
When all goes well, the bondsman gets his bail back and keeps the bond that was paid as his payment.
That means his parents would have spent $100,000 that they were never going to get back to keep their son out of jail while awaiting trial (which sometimes take a year or more).
@@Lugh444 he came from a wealthy family so I don't doubt that they did have the cash on hand
The way he described his victim’s last moments are so chilling. What a heartless waste of life
I agree 😔 it's awful
I don't know how someone can do that, I'll never understand.
Did you guys miss the part where his frontal lobe was damaged after all his brain injuries from football? He wasn't born like this. We have to have compassion for the person he was and could of been. We are all born naked and innocent.
@@existentialhowl1067 How do you explain the cousin?
@@existentialhowl1067 He wasn’t exactly a saint before the accident either. The biggest issue though is the blatant negligence on his parent’s part. I think they were so tired of dealing with his crap that they ultimately found it easier to turn a blind eye to his whereabouts and daily activities. He was a spoiled rich kid who never heard the word no, and had just about anything and everything at his disposal. Mommy, Daddy, and Mayor DiGirolamo made sure this kid never suffered the consequences, and as a result he thought himself above the law. I can’t imagine having all that money and not getting my child who clearly has major mental health issues, the absolute best care available. Just lazy and selfish, as is evident in their lack responsible gun ownership. I have a very personal connection to this case, so I’ll end my rant there. I tend to get very worked up anytime I discuss it and sometimes still can’t believe this actually happened here.
@@existentialhowl1067 I'm sorry I cannot have compassion for that monster. Other people have mental illnesses, brain injuries, etc and they don't go around PLANNING murders!
The way in which he killed those young boys is unforgivable.
It's up to God to judge him though, not me.
Be safe everyone. 🙏
I grew up with Deans older brother skateboarding. He was always such a sweet, quite kid. My father also worked for a company that did business with Dinardos parents company. Cosmo would just walk in front of the trucks as they were driving. Forcing them to stop. Not caring if they did or not. Not even looking at them.
Wym walk Infront of the trucks ? Like Cosmo worked for his dads construction company too ?
the moms texting each other about how glad they are that their sons were such good friends is so depressing.
that kind of broke my heart. seems they were not great parents but nooooo one expects their babies to turn in to serial killers. sad all around, especially for the victims and their families.... they were so young and just trying to buy weed and be a little bad ass, we've all done shit like that. i have had a concussion that changed my personality a little so while i feel for that aspect, i could only hope someone around me would notice and permanently institutionalize me if i ever got that bad!!! my concussion has just given me anxiety and depression and delve in to withdrawal and the booze. just me and my cats being lonely hermits.
@@giggleweed I'm a lonely hermit with cats too. I swear that my cats are my therapy
It is hoorifying!
@The Realist I'll pick someone up next time I'm out. Thanks for reminding me.
@@nunpho Perfect response to someone with zero empathy. I reported that idiot's response to this.
Im crying my eyes out for his last victim. Imagine the terrifying thoughts that went through that boys head as he saw that machine coming at him and him being paralyzed and unable to move out of the way? Absolutely terrifying! God heal his Poor soul. 😢
The same part that f*cked me up too. I can’t even begin to imagine. So sad. 🥺
@@secretchula2360 cc
@@fnafplushieworld621 huh?
No god to save his soul
@@humbugryerson8845 Here comes Mr. Neckbeard atheist
I love that picture of the boys on the tiger. It’s so goofy. You know they thought it was hilarious when they took it. I think it showcases a lot of who they were - young, silly, wanting to make people laugh. It makes me smile and ache at the same time. RIP all the men...
I know right! They would have been heaps of fun to hang out with.
That's a beautiful thought and a beautiful way to remember them... Thank you.
I was thinking the same thing
That pic made me laugh and reminded me of so many silly guys I’ve known. It really gave us a glimpse into what their personalities were probably like, seems like it would be fun to be friends with them.
I just died laughing at this pic! Actually reminds me of pics me and my friend took on a miniature golf course! We were on all the animals posing.
"It shouldn't have been allowed to happen". The mental health care in America is the worst most flawed system I've ever seen. My brother has 2 of the disorders this man has. I've seen first hand how they let people fall through the cracks. We need reform so badly. We need to come together as a country and realize that this is happening and stop sweeping it under the rug. Breaks my heart to know that this could have been prevented. Sucks even worse to know that it won't stop.
And now the for the past 10 years the Republicans have been having all the mental hospitals shutdown and torn down in their States it's almost impossible to get mental health treatment now that's why people are so crazy nowadays. I live in North Carolina we have a republican house and they had the State mental hospital Dorothea Dix that had been there since 1840 completely torn down I mean the whole site was like a historic site there was all kinds of buildings there that were built in the eighteen and they had the whole place demolished in a condominium complex built there.
What would you suggest though?
Locked up in mental institution for life?
@@Jamiet-lk8xqwhat would you suggest? Just because victims suffer, doesn’t mean they have answers.
@@Jamiet-lk8xqrandoms on the Internet are not a great source of policy changes.
There are experts who study the systems, who evaluate policy changes that are effective, and look to examples of what has worked and what hasn't worked.
S non expert knowing something isn't working doesn't mean they know how to change it. But there are people who do.
If policies were based purely on what has been proven effective and reformed as we learned more, and not on silly political identity, we would be better off.
Like maybe we should start by reopening public mental institutions so there are long term programs for people who can't afford a residential program.
"Thank you, he realy needed a friend"
That was one of the most chiling lines of this case...
As a nurse for over 10 years, I've worked on an inpatient TBI Unit (Traumatic Brain Injury) I've seen the levels of recovery but I've also seen young men/adults with permanent frontal lobe damage and it is unlike any other damage, usually requiring permanent inpatient/institution care.
This man should have NEVER been allowed back on the streets. It's not a knock on him as a person but frontal lobe damage is usually unmanageable.
I work at a psychiatric hospital and agree. I see a lot of young men just like Cosmo.
Wow, really? This is such an intriguing topic. Now I gotta binge watch videos on frontal lobe injuries and the effects.
@@MsIvyLeigh yeah, full personality changes, inability to control most all impulses... Etc. Quite dad really
Just think, the guy who invented pre-frontal lobotomies won a Nobel prize.
what a sad fate
"I threw my life away for nothing"
I get he's not all there, the brain injuries, the psychological disorders, behavioral problems, bad company. But still hearing him speak about the murders makes my blood boil.
I'm not lessening his blame or anything like that but head injuries definitely change a person. I've seen it in my own family.
@Alcoon Slambag the comment would have said it was edited then. It doesn't. You're a lying weirdo.
Psychopaths can't empathise with their victims. They only see an outcome's effect on themselves.
The same description that makes you angry makes me sad. His struggles with mental health were ignored and/or underestimated, and a lot of people paid a very high price for that.
@@kathrynhoward4196 for his parents lack of being that, a parent.
I worked this story at the local paper in 2017. As a matter of fact, this was my last major story before my job was outsourced.
I happen to live near the victims and the farm where the bodies were found. You did a great job with this video and you even used some photos I haven’t seen before.
A crazy story, and one this area will never forget.
I'm curious how a local reporter job gets outsourced ?
@@MoAli-wm4of I was the design editor but I worked with editors and writers when building the pages. Design was outsourced
Yeah Mike does his homework
So whatever happened with the civil suit for negligence filed against his parents?
I'm surprised there wasn't a lawsuit against the police dept for not pursuing any charges when there had been so many red flags in his case.
That is terrifying. Don't wish anyone to experience death like that. Jesus
@scuba Steve 100% facts :( hearing that people close to you could do this or with whom you have only small encounters with..yikes
I can’t even imagine what the one young man who was paralyzed felt like as the backhoe was driving towards him. So heartless.
This does not give me hope for this video at all lol
@@carolgannon2307 this the one that hit me the hardest.
@@mellochoco10 Me too. I'm tearing up just thinking about it, it's so terrifying. That poor boy.
To be honest, Mike is literally to me, the perfect crime TH-camr, he makes jokes and takes it seriously, and at the same time, he is a great narrator!
At first I didn't know how to take his breezy and lighthearted presentation when the subject matter is so dark and serious, but you're right, his balance is perfect. I am SO glad I gave it a second chance because he's an awesome narrator and his vids are high quality. Plus he's just being himself and not putting on a TV style way of speaking. Pure awesomeness. Love you Mike!
I agree 100%
Some youtubers who try to make jokes during true crime just come across as really disrespectful and ignorant (buzzfeed unsolved) but Mike still manages to act respectful and treat the crimes themselves seriously.
Yes!!!
plus he uploads frequently! how does he do it
The fact that the poor kid went quiet and became resigned to his inevitable death from the backhoe is horrible. Couldn't move, no use in screaming, and knowing your life is going to end right then and there. Forever.
Forever? As opposed to a life ending temporarily? Stupid comment made by a stupid person
As a bucks county resident, I remember this well. Langhorne and Levittown had a dark cloud for afterwards. Dean worked right next door to my job. Crazy to think it’s been over 5 years now.
"Firearms charges were dropped due to a paperwork issue".
Yeah....money.
Money is paper 🤷🏼♀️
agree 30 run in with police that was rich people justice . ive been in police work 35 yrs. seen it
He made that paper work
Dad came to the "rescue" again.
Most of the time, in cases like this, a fat envelope of cash handed to the right cop just makes it all go away.
The paper was green so they let him off the scene.
Never trust any situation that involves any location called, ‘The Farm’.
Okay Mose
God, that's the truth.
@@cdd4248 unless it’s the farm at Langley
Unless it’s in Destiny 2, and the intent is to take back The Tower from the Red Legion
@@nojsageiv true!
First failure of the killers parents: naming their son "Cosmo".
It’s an Italian name
Cosmo Kramer?
Wrong.
"cosmo really needed a friend." uuuuh, ya boy cosmo needed way more than that, sandra.
denial is a helluva drug.
Homie needed four padded walls or a hot shot
Scary shit right there. It gives you an idea of why serial killers aren't turned in while they are still in the animal torrure phase..Denial.
As a kid my mom always said I anything's possible...
but I guess when your a drug dealing diagnosed schizophrenic with head trauma smoking synthetic drugs anything really is possible.
"He got another head injury."
Me: oh no
"He started using K2, a synthetic cannibinoid"
Me: oh NO
Yeah, no kidding. It's like he was doing a 100% speedrun of every psychological disorder on the DSM-V
K2 drove 2 people at my school crazy. Both ended up having psychological breakdowns and being taken out of school and committed. That stuff eats your brain.
I took a big bong rip of wicked xXx which was a variant of K2, when I was about 16 and OD'ed. That shit was no joke.
😂
That shit is pure poison.
He talks about the murders so casually as if it was the obvious thing to do. So crazy how messed up he is, may all four boys rest in peace :((
And only cries when thinking about how his life is over
The system failed me.
@@zolaandile1330 You have too much time on your hands, dude.
Are you a dood, a chick, or a frigging elf? Can’t tell from your pfp
@@604eign im all three 🤗✨
I'm from Delaware and I remember this story being everywhere when it went down. The overhead shot of the farm area and the tents were enough to send chills.
the WHOLE thing sucks, but Tom got it the worst. Imagine knowing you were about be ran over and there is literally nothing you can do about it. What a horrible way to go.
That is literally the shit of night terrors
Omg shoot me in the head again if i didn't die the first time but run me over with a backhoe while im looking OMG THAT TERRIBLE
I got sick listening to that part. Of all the crime interviews I have ever heard this was by far the worst. Or it made me cringe the worst, anyway. :(
It's horrifying to think he actually stopped screaming when he was about to be run over... I always imagine screaming till the end (Hollywood also always shows these scenes this way), and to think of the terror he felt... he was so resigned to his fate, that he gave up and stopped screaming... this is gut wrenching for me to imagine being in that situation
@@TH-cam_is_full_of_trolls my guess is at that point he just started praying to himself.
I lived in Newtown and my son had heard from friends at school to avoid Cosmo. Friends said Cosmo was crazy. This was a couple of years before the murders. Parents had plenty of time to stop this tragedy.
"I threw my life away for nothing." No empathy for the other 4 men he killed.
The same here... 4 drug idiots got trouble with themselves
@@djarvils are you saying that by trying to buy weed they deserved to die?! If so that’s fucking disgusting
@@djarvils I've got good smoke for sale, bro. Just drive out to my farm.
@@derp8575 sounds like a murderer
Yup rich kid syndrome at it's worst. smh. Well his parents aren't fully responsible he did have that brain injury, the doctors are another story though. this one hurts my head and my heart.
I just love how a guy who wanted so badly to be know as a badass gangster to the few people he knew, is actually known as a total loser failure to millions.👍
He was hit in the head multiple times dude wasnt right in the head
Fake ass wannabe gangster culture is just one thing fucking up duhmerica.. now the politicians are fucking it up worse smh
@@smokingaces777yes honestly i believe he has permanent brain damage
@@smokingaces77726:50 I think they meant the other guy Sean
Same thing happens to a lot of wannabe rappers
I can’t even begin to imagine what that poor poor kid was thinking when he saw that backhoe coming right towards him and he could not even move.😞
So terrifying. Heartbreaking.
Nothing really gets me cause I've seen a alot of crime movies but all I could think off was like a horror movie scene or something that poor lad man
Yungin Kristof same here! How horrifically cruel...
Well, the pain he would of felt being run over would be other worldly. Your guts would shoot out of your mouth and even your eyes would pop out from the pressure. You would choke and struggle for air because of your crushed lungs. It would be a slow and agonizing death filled with pain and suffering. I've seen many deaths from vehicles and this is generally what happens when someone has their mid section ran over.
@@notmychannelname42 LOL thanks for the detailed information
Cried like a baby for himself, but spoke about the horrific murders as if he was just reading the newspapers - no empathy, no remorse for his poor victims ! Cold blooded, pure evil. Pity both didn't get the death penalty.
Iam Sad that they boys did not get the help they needed. No one needed to die. They did a horrific thing, but as someone who has had needed mental help my selfe i can feel nothing but sadness that it had to come to this. Make no mistake. In this case 6 live have bin lost that could have bin saved.
They deserve life in prison.
But iam still sad that this had to happen.
Greetings from Germany
biden : damn those bad people. you know the thing.
@Nikki Sixx That coupled with small town mentality was what really did it, I believe. I grew up in and around towns very similar to that, and the levels of outright denial and cognitive dissonance is astounding. The residents cling to this overly wholesome idea of community and anything that falls outside of that is ignored completely. A lot of things go on in rural areas that aren't addressed because nobody wants to deal with it.
@Nikki Sixx Do you mean CTE? i think the same about OJ, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, but you don't know until they're dead
Yep. I see it.
I always have extreme remorse for the victims in situations like this, but hearing how Thomas went immediately caused me to cry. I can’t even fathom the fear and pain he experienced. It makes my stomach hurt.. it’s so disturbing to imagine running over a human being with farm equipment and feeling nothing. Absolutely heartbreaking.
His mom ( I grew up with her) still struggles every single day. It’s so sad that these boys lost their lives to this nutcase. For what!
♡♡♡
Same :'(
This one has made me more angry and upset too. There was no reason for these boys to die and, more importantly, it could've been prevented at multiple points along the way. The other cases of men and women killing their partners/children because they wanted out of a marriage/to be with someone else, jealousy, money, sex...even strangers killing strangers because of the love/sex/money tropes...these base urges we understand to a degree and we can just call these people broken, sick monsters and move on. This guy...yes, he's broken, but in a way that is unfixable but also obvious he was a danger to himself and others. Of course he was enabled every step of the way...
@@PlanningInTheDeep are you from buck county..?
I don't know which is more unnerving: The actual murders or the calm detached way he described what he did without a trace of emotion.
My heart breaks for the teen that couldn't feel his legs and then to top it off, here comes a tractor, are you kidding me? What a horrifying way to go. So sad. RIP to all four boys 💐
Cosmo: assaulted both parents
Cosmos parents: “oh that’s our Cosmy...he just needs a friend”
The cognitive dissonance must’ve been a hell of a drug in that family.
😂 he's pure evil
Right? If someone is willing to assault the main people who always have your back, why is it surprising if they have zero respect for other human life? Scary stuff...
No doubt.
I read an interview with the mom. She was gushing how “all the girls in Buck’s county wanted him”. Super cringe
Cognitive dissonance is *a good thing*. Cognitive dissonance *was missing here*. Cognitive dissonance is when you can't reconcile two mutually contradictory ideas that simultaneously appear in your conscious mind and you have to go through the effort of resolving such conflict. To simultaneously believe two (or more) contradictory things is not "dissonance". Dissonance is *a feeling of unease*. You can't feel unease if you're not even aware of anything being wrong.
STOP MISTAKING THE CURE FOR THE ILLNESS, PEOPLE!
That girl he dated must count her Gods, ancestors, universe and Gandolf for missing that crazy bullet literally
didn't she have the rockingest body??!! lol....and you're right....Shes for sure thanking her damn lucky stars....That pic mighta been a year, maybe year and half prior maybe?
@@spignetti Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed her fine bod.
@@spignetti She hot! Damn it. And that fcuker was sick at that time already I bet. But: Money counts.
What about Dumbledoor???
Gandolf saves
I live close to Bucks County, it's so crazy that this happened near my hometown. My current health teacher taught Dean, he went to Neshaminy High School. He had some problems, but my teacher said Dean was just the sweetest boy ever, very funny, most people loved him. May these boys' souls rest in peace.
He ran over a paralyzed guy with a backhoe. Pure evil. May he rot in prison.
God truly horrific 😔 completely psychopathic
He had brain damage, it's not about evil
@@Mutantcy1992
If Hitler had been mentally ill, would his actions not be evil?
And in hell for eternity
I blame the stupid ignorant rich parents that spoiled him and let him do whatever he wanted and always bailed him out of trouble and named him Cosmos and didn't keep a close enough eye on him.
Ugh he literally shows no remorse whatsoever until he reflects upon the damage he did to his OWN life. What a piece of work
Right! I’ve seen it so many times with killers during their interrogation or testimony. Agony and tears then go on about how they ruined their own lives.
ugh EXACTLY. Threw YOUR life away? Wtf. He killed FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE with futures ahead of them...
Literally I said out loud when he started crying "Nah dude you don't get to cry, you know what you did"
If you’re the suspect in a murder case and you have an adult bowl-cut; that should count as a signed confession.
That's funny!😂
The "I threw my life away for nothin'" while he sobs made me feel sick. Those poor lads all looked like such nice boys
RIP Dean, he was a classmate in high school. This happened a year after I graduated. This was such a weird event, I’m still confused on why someone would do this to another human.
This story has stuck with me from the very beginning.. i was in a coma 16 days and i remember this story all over the tv when i woke up from the coma and i was so very saddened over it and still today it hurts my heart some rich kid that wanted to be above the law because he came from money and was most likely a spoiled child with no rules wants to do some senseless murders he thought having money would keep him out of jail but it didn't he should have got the death penalty
Evil does exist , just look what our governments are in the process of doing to us. If you're not up to date on it I highly recommend catching up before you become stardust and its happening quickly. Scary AF
Imagine if weed was legal the lives that would be saved
@@Thehomelessathlete nah. If you make weed legal then you have friggin shits for brains high on cocaine, weed AND drunk.
The amount of times this crap could've been avoided....
Booze is legal and we have idiots beating the shit out of eachothers and innocent people, how is that bullshit not illegal is beyond me.
my stomach was in knots hearing him describe how he killed his last victim.
Me too! The horror of not being able to move while waiting to be run over. Terrifying!
I had to literally pause the video at that part and walked out of the room to stop myself from crying. He watched his best friend get murdered and then having himself being horrifically killed the way he did. 😭
Dude is sick.
Hey Mike. Glad to see this video. It came across my feed from mainstream media. Started watching it but abandoned watching ABC report in favor of your awesome storytelling and reporting. Love Ya.
I went to highschool with this kid and grew up in his hometown; this case really shocked our town cold
Crazy!!
any red flags in highschool?
Bucks County 4 Lyfe
Oh man! Well I'm glad you weren't in that group. That's an incredibly close call, really. I mean, how many of us are close to someone this crazy or out of touch?
Very interesting.
Maybe you could sell your story .
I live in Bucks County, remember this. I'm class of 2019 and we all were spooked. Some of us drove past the area while police were there, it was a crazy scene. One of those typical "couldn't happen to us" scenarios.
Thanks for this. I’m from Philadelphia and this was a huge huge story. The cousin who was involved lived literally 5 mins from me at the time, where I grew up. I went to grade school with the main detective on the case, definitely shook the area
Am from Philly too, crazy huh.
Mike to hear this story and it being my hometown just brings a reality I can't explain. Great Job!!!
Tom's death is nothing less than haunting! Being paralyzed and conscious knowing whats about to happen....the absolute terror. Poor poor lad! My heart breaks for him. X
I hope his family got serous psychological support - I couldn’t imagine hearing those kinds of horrifying details about my son’s demise.
Moral of the story:
Dont name your kid Cosmo
Waddup Big Perm!
Cosmos are spaced out
Cosmo came from Cosimo, Italian name like his root....
This is honestly what kept popping in my head throughout the video lol.
This is honestly what kept popping in my head throughout the video lol.
Sounds like a lot of excuses from a rich family for poor behavior. I do think he had issues his whole life, but a lot of it was covered up by his family. Sounds like he should have gotten help a lot earlier than he did. His family should have done a lot more, a lot earlier than they did. His girlfriend dodged a bullet there.
I think they're negligent, they need to pay up.
68Charger absolutely!
Their son is a total POS. Yes the parents should have had this freak institutionalized!!!
Probably had nothing to do with $$$ and more to do with being in denial that their son had anything the matter with him. Mental illness is a hard diagnosis to accept. It can take years.
1962pjh to be fair, you’re probably right, but it seems like their money bought him out of a lot of trouble that most people would have to face. He got slaps on the wrist, even though there was something deeply wrong. If they didn’t have the money to buy off the right people, he might have gotten the help he needed or it might not have been viewed as poor rich kid acting out.
I have to admit, it's terrifying to hear Mike talk about a horrifying crime in my home county, I got chills just hearing Bucks County. I didn't live too far either. I'm glad I didn't know anybody involved, but it's still sad and absolutely horrible regardless. I hope the families find peace. I don't think I could.
Man, the last kid to die was the worst killing of them all. He was alive when the backhoe was coming..Geesh! Savages!
I dont know how someone could do that to another human being. Pure evil.
@@adamiliescu7891
Humans are the only true monsters sometimes.
Spoiler alert....
@@abelis644 Not sometimes. Always. This kind of savage cruelty is reserved for the fleshy virus aka human race. Disgusting.
CalQaida why is the response to things like this always “humans are the real virus”??? do you think the victim was not also human???
"I threw my life for nothing." - most selfish thing you could ever say after that....
Man... I've binge watched a bunch of your videos, but this one really gave me the chills... I'm glad they both got life.
OMG - Just imagine what it must have been like to be paralyzed and then see the backhoe coming for you; you can't get away and you know you're going to be crushed. What a horrible way to go!
I feel you, I literally broke down crying, ugh.
I don't even want to think about it.
Oh gosh, I know what you mean. My jaw dropped when he was describing it! Uggh that poor kid...got the worst of it!
I try to be forgiving of parents but come on! He bit and punched his mother. Hit his father with a brick. Was institutionalized multiple times. Had a history of drug abuse and concussions. A few diagnosed mental disorders. Not to mention the Facebook content he was posting. And they still just left guns lying around? Unbelievable.
What would u suggest they do?
@@queendelegacy09 Getting rid of their guns completely would've been a start. But most importantly, they needed to stop bailing him out every time he got in trouble. Dude never had to learn from his mistakes because of them.
Well his parents now have to live with the fact they let him go and now a couple of good boys are murdered and mutilated. His parents are hopefully about as devastated as the victims parents are. I say "hopefully" because if they aren't upset by their own actions, then they should re-evaluate their mental health and life choices.
But that's just me, and if this happened because I made the wrong call for loving my messed up kid and got other kids killed, then I'd probably perform a slow suicide and make it up to the families till I died.
Wealthy family that thought nothing bad could happen, no consequences need to be taken, no punishment to be done...
Idk where he got the gun but, If you had of watched the end of the video they said guns weren't left laying around.... IDK??
These types of cases always piss me off the most. No reason at all, just two absolute losers taking the lives of 4 kids.
Brain damage
I haven’t watched the video yet so I wasn’t sure if it’s brought up but it was kept out of the news. I live in Bensalem where this happened. Cosmo was caught with multiple assault rifles in the back of his truck, and they were all illegal, he had no permit, nothing. He gets caught by police and gets arrested and while everyone is still at the scene he calls the mayor, Joseph DiGiralamo, and the mayor is friends with his family so he lets him go, doesn’t confiscate the guns are anything. About a month later this happened.
Cosmos confession was so cold and matter of fact. Freaking chilling.
He tried talking like he was in the mafia so ego filled, so cold no emotion
@@taylorradick1431 I think it's more a case of the deterioration of his frontol lobe. This was a guy with no prior mishaps before his brain damage. He doesn't seem to be pretending to be anyone else, that "I threw my life away for nothing" sounds like someone who understands right from wrong but didn't have the brain function left to act on it.
@@taylorradick1431 Someone in my family studied and works closely with youth with TBI's and it's sad how many people lose themselves after a brain injury. He probably permenantly damaged his brain while it was still healing from a previous concussion.
@@JM-kx7dh yes I agree remeber Aaron hernadez he had the same problem due to so many concussions and he killed!!
@@taylorradick1431 100%. I just hope more systems get put in place to help these people and more importantly keep them off the streets where they can end up hurting anyone
My parents always told us kids if we ever got arrested, don't bother calling - we'd sit there and rot. It was a deterrent for us, for sure. Feel better, Mike!
same.
My aunt has always said that as well. As far as I know, she's stood by it. My mom wasted most of her inheritance from her older sister on bailing out my brother. I called my aunt to talk her out it the last time.
As a parent I second that emotion🤨
I told my boys if its for anything outside of self defense-DON'T WAKE ME UP in the middle of the night.And think I'm interested.DON'T CALL ME IN THE MIDDLE OF DAY.And think I care enough to interrupt my day.Oh yeah and under no certain terms will I put my home up for damn bond!!!!🤨🤨🤨🤨
BRING THE PAYNE 75 good for you! I don’t have kids, but I would do the same!
my friend chris fell in las vegas hit his head hard... he was a violent, weeks afterwards... never violent before... he committed suicide around 2 years after that RIP CHRIS
Sorry and condolences for the loss of your friend.
I have a violent family member who hit his head on a huge rock as a kid (after being dropped)
Damn... sorry, man... May he rest in peace.
@@smileplease_91 thank you
@@debbiehutchinson9150 thank you
I remember when this happened. I was glued to the television as it was so close to where I lived. I was devastated when they found their bodies. Thank you for the background on Cosmo as much of this didn't come out when this happened. I didn't know about him calling the father to the farm.
The way Tom had died is the most horrifying thing, I can't even imagine
he was the sunniest of the bunch too :( it’s always the good ones who go in the worst way
@@AC-ri2ph painful if true, i hope this isn't the way the world is.
Speechless.
@@AC-ri2ph Huh? Where is the pattern that the best people go in the worst ways? You totally just made that up!
Being thrown in a woodchipper to be grinded up is much worse
I think about this every day. Rest In Peace Tom, you were such an amazing person and so caring and so loved by everyone who knew you.
Tommy was a wonderful young man. I hate watching his mother suffer everyday, and not able to fix this for her.
Kudos for adding in those whispers at 11:07 when mentioning Cosmo was hearing voices. Had to take my headphones out and make sure somebody wasn’t in my room.
I was behind you the whole time. You just wouldn't look.
You have the BEST true crime channel out there. You cover crazy stories in a timely manner and make it interesting to listen to. I’m watching all of your videos right now. I can’t get enough 😂
Oh my God, those poor guys. I can’t imagine how scared the guy was who got run over by the backhoe. Sometimes I think that Life in Prison just isn’t enough. Some people should be tortured in prison.
How could the parents know he was dangerous and just let it go?? I have a son their age and there's no way I would turn him loose on the world if he wasn't right!!! All the money in the world and it didn't help, just made it worse !!! Law enforcement overlooked his crimes because of family money and let a monster loose!!! Sad
WHAT ?
Oh do not worry! The life in prison includes quite a few ripping tortures.
How you gonna decide who gets tortured . . ?
The only thing that "comforts" me about the terrifying way he lost his life, is the fact that he was paralyzed and didn't feel a thing. Horrible acts by this very sick, young man, who didn't get the help he should have had.
May all those guys rest in peace.
My parents know when I’ve had 1-Beer, yet cosmo’s parents couldn’t see a shit-storm beginning right in front of them, EVERY DAY!
They were busy...you know, with business.
Jane Lightning read my comment again!!!
Shitstorm EVERYDAY!!.. just how fuckin busy are you making them out to be????
Your clearly not a parent, but if you are, you need to get off here, and prioritise your time better!!..
We can’t expect decent common sense from wealthy people, the money eventually warps they’re brain so much they think they can do anything
@@2007zodiac bro I think they were joking, business is a meme
@@fulcrum7455 Agreed!
Jesus, Tom's death was the most disturbing to me. The fact this poor guy was alive and paralyzed but had no choice to just watch and slowly got ran over by a backhoe is a tough way to go out. I'm getting shivers just thinking about it.
Mark ran. tom got paralyzed.
@@caulinwhitewater4118 my bad, i'll edit it hahah
Nathan Chung no worries
How DiNardo became a psychopath is secondary. THAT he's a psychopath is primary. Same for the cousin, who also in the immediate aftermath of seeing a helpless and conscious human being crushed under a backhoe apparently was in fine spirits. They are vicious monsters and should be dealt with as such, just as rabid dogs are dealt with.
wow.. i saw this name in my recommended and was shook. one of the victims (Tom) was my friend's boyfriend at the time. i can't imagine being 21 years old and losing your boyfriend to murder. so incredibly sad and she still posts about him time to time. he seemed like a very bright and sweet person.
He's crying about throwing his life away? Nobody cares about his life. Those poor young men, though? I hope their families can heal.
Yep, that's narcissism right there, no empathy...
He is and others with him
All lives are lives no matter who gives or takes
Eh I mean not intending to be sympathetic to this guy but when he said "I don't know why I did it" he's probably telling the truth. The type of brain injury he had would lead a person to potentially just do something the moment it pops into their head with absolutely no thought for the consequences in the moment. Multiple concussions followed by a serious frontal brain injury with several diagnosed mental health conditions can turn a person into a complete basket case. Next to no impulse control combined with mental disorders famous for violent mood swings is a seriously nasty combination. At the end of the day he still killed 4 people and deserves to be punished for that. But I do think we need to rember just how seriously mentally ill he really is when you listen to him talk. This should never have bet allowed to come close to happening in the first place and many people surrounding this guy bear almost as much responsibility for what happened as he does and should receive some form of punishment.
Rhys Ford from the way it sounds to me, his brain is pretty damaged and we are our brains. I believe that he doesn’t really understand why he did it, there isn’t much of “him” left, his family and doctors should have seen to him better because this type of thing has happened before and is well documented, ppl suffering traumatic brain injuries and becoming criminals, often violent, and a complete shadow of who they actually used to be. So I highly doubt he even had those mental disorders as the psychiatric hospital didn’t seem to know about his TBI, his brain just functions that poorly now that he exhibits behaviors of an extremely mentally disturbed person. And this is obvious, he should have been supervised 24/7, taken to therapy to explain to him and his family what has changed in him and help him adjust, he might have been able to have been somewhat rehabilitated but could have easily been identified as a risk and institutionalized before he hurt anyone, and this is what Mike meant when he said this shouldn’t have been allowed to happen because the medical system just failed here. Look up Chris Benoit if you want to see another case of violent TBI and go go down that rabbit hole, I hate to say it isn’t their fault but if you look at the brain science, it’s questionable to say the least. Take care of your brains ppl.
Just to be fair I care about his life no one should be judged by their worst mistake although I get why he is being judged for it
It’s finally a story I know personally. This kid used to always hit us up on Facebook saying how he was gonna “get us” and “shoot us” we laughed cause we thought he could never. Oh how it turned
@Fuh Q you really got nothing better to do?
@@Matty80822 all he did was ask for proof
@@Yambag all he did was be a troll on every post he posts on, I'm sorry for calling him out on his arrogance of asking for proof for a trolling statement for being a troll because of his posting history constantly pushing political sides against each other for fun
@Fuh Q fuh q you
I was threatened by someone on social media like that before. He ended up comitting suicide.
Love your videos Mike. You do an amazing job. One problem I have is this.......I can't get anything done because of my addiction to your channel. I binge watch you. I LOVE the way you tell these stories. Love the humour too. BEST channel EVER! Thanks a lot. We love you too Mike.
That was a truly effed up case Mike. The way Cosmo sounds excited explaining the murders and then starts weeping he didn't know why he did it. So spooky to witness the human condition in motion.
He had ‘turdy encounters with the police’? Sounds like a shitty situation
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Lol. I love it!!!
DERRRRP
@Kelli Kline ohhhh shut up
@Kelli Kline yes, insulting murderers makes me feel a lot better because they’re scum
YOU ARE THE BEST....I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND EXPERTISE...best channel for true crime on youtube...don't change a thing..your presentations are perfect..ty for these
I literally got the chills hearing him describe what they did to those people in such a cold-blooded manner he acts like it's an everyday run-of-the-mill situation the way he's talking about the heinous things that they did and then he starts to cry when he realizes that he threw his life away, his life is over? Because he was not shedding tears for those young men that they murdered!!!! And I hope that they find boyfriends in prison and get bent over EVERY DAY!!!
@Robin Powers a 400 pound Nigerian transsexual called Gloria.
that'll DEFINITELY bring people back to life. and it'll DEFINITELY keep things like this from happening again, unlike mental health awareness and health care reform.
Yes, I hope they suffer severely in prison but prob not they get 3 meals a day, recreation, drugs,commissary, medical,etc etc
That monster WILL be judged one day 🙏
did you not hear the illogical way he was laying out his accounts? The apparent inability to distinguish the significant from the insignificant? There was nothing "run-of-the-mill" about any of that - he wasn't dumb, but he also WASN'T ALL THERE. As in both physically damaged mentally and having several severe psychiatric conditions... that's not being "cold-blooded" - that's functional impairment. I think Mike laid all that out VERY clearly, as well...
also, wishing rape on someone - let alone multiple rapes - really makes me question how you can try and take anything resembling a moral high-ground stance. That's frankly disgusting.
You really need to pay more attention, get some perspective, and question your OWN values. What these young men did was horrific - but nothing is helped by your ignorance and viciousness of attitude.
@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 - it's ok, they weren't talking about a woman getting raped, now that would have been monstruous. Men getting raped, on the other hand, that's comedy gold \o/
Seriously now, if these idiots have to been explained that rape is evil, sadly I don't believe that one comment on youtube is going to change their twisted minds.
His parents failed him far long before "the system" did...
I agree because I dont see where the “system” failed him. He and his family are responsible for his health and taking his meds. Not just bailing him out.
We all make decisions. Both those views are moronic. For one it doesn't matter how hard someone or in this case the family tries to help/aid someone, it is their choice and their life, they have the choice to reject or accept. The system on the other hand only exists for obedience. If you'd like to hear what this "precious system" is all about go listen to the J.F.Ks full speech about it. People can't fail other people if those people do not stand on the same grounds.
HE failed himself!!!
@@crescentmoonchild4031 Um, maybe his psychiatrists and the institutions he was in? They're not to blame?? You weren't paying attention to that point in the video.
Stop the bs....
“Cosmo really needed a friend.”
Yeah, as an accomplice.
A county away from me… and I don’t remember this. Thanks for covering this one. Scary and eye opening.
i think this guy just looks for stories that allow him to say 3 the most
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Love the way Mike says his 3's! The reason, I love listening to him!
Taco tuesday and That Chapter....*chefs kiss* perfect.
Can't beat taco's!
@@ThatChapter cant beat this channel!
I'll take a beating!
Dos Tacos and a side of murder por favor!
Never tried tacos in my life 😪
"The charges were dropped due to a 'paperwork issue'."
Oh no! Where did that file go?? All i see is a 10 thousand dollar check where it used to be! 😖
He's Jewish. You're not allowed to say ANYTHING about him, or his parents, or it's anti Semetic. You got that?
Oh wait... what’s this!?
@Carol Bogdanowitz i believe hes going off the first name of cosmo. But also....you can be italian AND jewish at the same time 😝
European Truth His last name Dinardo sounds italian 😂
I’ve had something similar happen to me and there was no money involved. Things do happen unfortunately.
the family had 100k to bail him out yet he killed a kid for 8000$?? That's just pure evil. He didn't even need the money! He just wanted to be a gangster
If they could get 100k for bail so quickly, you know they could afford to get him medical/psychiatric help. The parents failed him, not "the system."
@@gtw4546 Exactly!! They are just as guilty
@Sleepy Welder How much collateral would you need when the bail is $1 million? The 100K is only the 10% needed to secure the bond, though I don't have any experience with bail or bonds, so perhaps I'm misinformed about how bondsmen work.
He only had $800.
@@gtw4546 i know mike didn't go into it, but in articles I've read about this he was seeing a psychiatrist. Nothing was going to help this guy though. Just pure bad.
Glad you did a video on this, started watching your videos a week ago and was hoping someone did a similar type video for this guy. Luckily it was actually you. This one hits close to home.
It’s perfect the way you end with the names of the victims, having our final thoughts be for them and not their killer. I love your videos. Well done.
My ex’s little cousin got into a car accident and had brain damage. He went from being a quiet shy, polite young man. To being aggressive, in your face, and very inappropriate and loud. Brain damage is very scary...
Thats unfortunate, im sorry. Hope he figures it out.
@@josephiles5793 Sadly, it's beyond his control.
My ex was in a horrific car accident, was outside of his car on the side of the road and someone hit his vehicle which in turn hit him, propelling him more than 150 feet thru the air and came to rest in someone's front yard. The doctors described his brain injury as "shaken baby syndrome". He had always seemed like he had an undiagnosed mental illness but now all of those "quirks" are EXTREME! His mildly paranoid behavior is now to the point that he won't even leave his house unattended for fear one of his neighbors wants what he has so badly that they are going to burn his house down....he has also become convinced that he is being recorded by his "enemies" so they can alter the recording and use it against him so they can then take whatever it is of his that he has convinced himself that everyone else wants....he mistakenly messaged me thinking I was one of his buddies accusing me of also recording him and "trying to set him up to have his ass kicked by my ex."....that was moments after I left a fairly pleasant conversation with him, one that he initiated!
When there is a brain injury there is literally no rhyme or reason for their behavior or thought process, especially when it is coupled with preexisting mental illness. I know gun ownership is a hot topic but people like this should NEVER be allowed to own a gun. Yes he can still mow you over with a backhoe but without that initial gun shot that poor boy could have run away.
If you know someone who has these issues you need to know that YOU can't fix it by yourself. They need professional help that you can't give them. I also know tho that it is impossible to get someone help who doesn't think or realize they need help. So it is even more important for you to be aware and to protect yourself from them. I will not meet my ex alone, I won't allow my son to be around him (he also wrangled my 16 year old into his paranoid delusions) because I don't know what my ex is capable of doing. So if you can't protect other people from the mentally ill individual for whatever reason, you can protect yourself....
it is proof that souls don't exist. you are not innately good or anything else. you are a biological computer; if you break the computer, you break your personality. with the right kind of brain damage you can become completely unrecognizable to the people you love, while still maintaining the general appearance of a functional human being.
@Evan Reed so someone disagrees with you on a philosophical idea and instead of engaging with it intellectually, you assume they are simply "being a contrarian." deep irony there; just seeing what you want to see. not surprising though. have a nice life