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0:57 Leonardo DiCaprio twords the middle right
correct! you are the winner!
Lol I love how he chose Leonardo
Ummmm 🤨 are you watching this in a movie theater because the man has no face 🧐
How the hell do people catch these?? 😂
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The fact the crowd didn't even try to pressure him into doing it and were like "hey man this is a terrible idea" is such a huge sign to abort mission.
He was struck by his ego and think it would be an embarrassment if he stop. He thinks that his image will be ruins. So he would be like, fuck it, just go for it.
Lol right? The crowd was like:"hey man, probably a bad idea"
Him:"No, I got this. Seriously folks don't try this at home"
Me:"How about never trying this sir? Houdini even noped out of this. Never sounds good. Listen to the crowd"
No
Exactly
Exactly
Joe: "I won't be as good as Houdini, I'll be better!"
A few minutes later...
Houdini: "Hi Joe. Always nice to meet a fan."
This is a perfect comment for this video.
I TRIED not to laugh at this....but I did.
@@novanova5378 same, same. Lol 😂 😅
Technically he 1 uped him if he actually pulled it off with dirt the year before
@@conflict7269 I know he actually did do it semi successfully and ironically Joe can say at least he died during a magic trick. As houdini died from a punch to the stomach by a fans own request, I guarantee the one up in heaven laughing at how he died isn't Houdini but Joe lol. Joe like... you died to what? I died being buried alive in cement! Lol
Houdini said his escapes were never more dangerous than sitting alone in a chair in his living room. Houdini's escapes only gave the illusion of being dangerous. Any aspiring magicians should keep this in mind.
Right. If your handcuffs are not real handcuffs then it's super easy to be an escape artist. A trick is not fooling people.
This
Plus Houdini was double jointed and was able to dislocate his shoulders..
Yessss this.
Also, his escapes were never more dangerous than a punched in the stomach.
I remember watching this on live TV, pretty crazy. My dad said "that fool is going to die"... afterwards he looked at at us boys and said "let that be a lesson, it's ok to put your life in danger for your family, friends and country, but not for stupid stunts". Now, I have done a lot of risky jobs, including the military, but always remembered my dad saying that.
Such a wise man.. deep
@@lindseylou2144 he sure was, i miss him.
Such a wise lesson from a stupid act. Idk why anyonr whould put his life on the line for a bit of fame. And why did no one tell him this wasnt possible like thats common fucking sense
Thank you for your service ❤
I remember when my dad came from work when I was about 12 and called all of us kids to the living room. He said that a driver transporting an Air Force general and a Colonel across the base and braked hard to avoid hitting a dog. The keep swerved and rolled, killing all three. He told us to never brake for an animal and to just take our foot off the brake. It'll be sad for the animal but not worth our lives. That was in 1971 or 1972. I remember it vividly and still follow that advice.
Moral of the story:
Don’t let confidence blind you.
Absolutely!
ehh he wasn't really confident at all. he was extremely arrogant.
or think you are better then Houdini
no experience digging out of concrete... I guess it's only his life at stake..
Secondary moral of the story, always double amd triple check your equiptment because it could save your life
The reporter telling Joe that cement dries from the bottom up and seeing Joe's face change from confidence to confusion is chilling!
God is good repent
Why did he go through with that stunt after that?
@@amuroray9115 joe is just another dumb person 🤷🏻
@@elconfiado1960 nah
Yup, he had no idea what he was doing.
This is the definition of “pride goeth before the fall”.
The saddest thing is not only could this guy be alive right now, but he didn’t even achieve real fane in death - thirty-three years later and this is the first time I’ve ever heard of this guy!!!
Haha i read this as his sister said he was close to being as good as houdini lmao
Exactly what I was thinking. Thanks for saying it. The man was a fool. Fortunately, his foolishness only cost him his own life, and not others.
@@atlasintegrations4114But I can imagine it scarred his kids for life.
AND U SUPPOSED TO BE IMPORANT
Well, the fact that you are even hearing of him now after 33 years says something. Still not worth it though obviously.
My heart broke when you mentioned he had two young children. The fact that he went ahead with it knowing he had a family is crazy to me. I just hope those poor kids recovered and have a great support system now.
True tho
When he mentioned his kids being there I just said “oh no”.
He would have just pass on his stupidity to the kids. It worked out fine.
We didn’t and we didn’t
Typical male selfishness
The guy even had a reasonable n considerate audience. No mocking, no egging on to do it, just reasonable n genuine concern for a fellow human being.
I know!! It doesn't seem like they even would've heckled him if he had decided to back out. He could have and should have listened to them and they probably would have been like "yeah we agree, please don't do this."
Not true if they were remotely concerned wouldn't let the crazy man die infron of their eyes . This js what without religion happen to people
We are e enemies to one another
@@aaliyahali5537 what nonsense r u talking about? Who is whose enemy here? Who is your enemy here?
@@aaliyahali5537 that's stupid.
He had the background that would let that "crazy person" attempt the stunt in the first place.
If an average person said they would do this, then the police there would have stopped it.
You are cynical. Not everyone is everyone else's enemy. If that's what you really think then you need to figure out what's wrong in your life, mind or environment.
Part of being an escape artist is knowing when to stop and not do it.
The pre-escape escape.
@@barneymiller7894 the best kind of escape.
Yea, if you cant escape the entire trap as planned without an audience, you aint gonna do it with an audience
and also to test and practice again and again
Part of being an escape artist is knowing how the illusion actually works, and practising it over and over again before doing it in public.
Houdini was a remarkable man, and very much a showman. If he was actually scared of a particular stunt, I think most of us would see that as a warning rather than as a challenge.
As a minor point of interest, when HH visited Australia, he became the first person there to ever obtain a private pilot's license.
Yeah, I'm from Fresno and I do remember this. I remember a few segments on the radio station that I listened to discussing this a few day before he tried it. They had several people on there saying exactly what is discussed here. One, that the box he was in would not support that much weight and also that if was able to somehow survive the collapsed box that the cement would dry on the bottom and be way too heavy for him to push out of it. There was a signing sheet for people to sign for him not to do this and thousands of people signed it, but he ignored everybody. After it was done and he died, people were very angry with him because he made his children watch.
The dudes first hint, that this was not a stunt that he shouldn't attempt, was that Harry Houdini, couldn't complete it. Pride and ego, are killers.
Pure utter stupidity also kills, which certainly played a major role in this - the biggest IMHO.
@@Anonymous38572 Or, those people are smart enough to realise what he actually meant, agree with him and aren't being quite as pedantic over grammar.
It's great that you've learned what double negatives are, but, if you're going to correct every person who uses a double negative then you'll have no time for anything else.
@@Anonymous38572 or 180 people knew what he meant and aren’t so anal about a TH-cam comment because at the end of this day, it’s social media and not a college essay or an application for a job
@@djackson9247 If you're going to correct every person who corrects every person who uses a double negative then you'll have no time for anything else. :) Crap! If I correct every person who corrects every person who corrects every person who uses a double negative, then I'll have no time for anything else. Lol. Sorry, I'll slap myself and see myself out.😁
@@Anonymous38572 Oh dear, what a reply. How young are you?? Let's ignore the meaningless and insignificant nature of "likes" for a second - your comment has been up for 11 hours. Logically, of course it's going to have more of a response than a comment made 2 hours ago.
Regardless, it might be a good idea not to base the validity of comments you make online on how many "likes" you receive. Incredible.
Edit: You've had your TH-cam account for 8 years, so you're likely an adult. What a bizarre attitude.
The lack of safety precautions taken in this stunt is just astounding.
I don't get that part. But the guy was very overconfident.
It’s like an Alec Baldwin set.
@@brandonwert8170 Oooooh… too soon 😬
It was the 80's, safety wasn't a high concern... or a low concern... just an afterthought.
I have always questioned if this was just a public, intensional, suicide. The coffin was so thin that it could have never held so much weight. I believe, back then, it was even questioned if it was a public suicide. There really was no conclusion as to if this was an intensional suicide or not. But everyone said he was not suicidal.
Thank you so much for covering this story. I watched this live when I was seven years old and it scarred me for life. Even after all these decades, the moment when the cement sinks down I got a horrible pit in my stomach.
LIES
Oh no I’m so sorry!!
When the reporter told him "you do realise, concrete hardens from the bottom up?" He was genuinely surprised 😐 how do you not know this if you're even considering doing something Houdini did?
Houdini wasn't stupid enough to try this with concrete
Cuz he was a selfish (his poor family!) stupid man.
How come he had not tested anything before hand...
Maybe he was surprised because it's not true? Cement hardens uniformly.
I totally missed that... timestamp?
The cement sinking deeper is really more frightening than anything in horror movies or shows. My heart goes to his family who had to sit helpless while he was dying. Stay safe everyone.
agreed
@@benbuzzell346 any relation to roger buzell.?
I can not imagine the horror and desperation his family must have felt, and of course how he must have felt. Just very very sad.
Right because you understand that he died at that moment. Crushed to death by the weight of his own hubris.
This magician is missing one beanstalk in his brain. It goes really bad when the reporter tells him the facts of life about the cement what its suppose to do.....lol
A magic trick should only LOOK dangerous to the audience. The magician and all of their assistants should have researched and practiced the trick so much that it's routine for them at that point and the danger to the performer's life is practically non-existent. The fact that this man decided to do this after his one practice run was with less than half the amount of material, and the extra amount was of a completely different type than he had used, is not just dangerous, it's ludicrous. He was either extremely desperate to realize his dream and prove that he could do it, or delusional. Either way no one should have collaborated with him if they knew how little he had practiced what he was about to do.
Absolutely agree.
But why the hell did he decide on cement.... he hasn’t even done the dirt more than once. And he didn’t even have a back up plan for just in case the trick failed. And why didn’t he use a dummy first? So many crazy things he over looked.... and I’m not even a magician.
@@alchemygal3285 Absolutely crazy....i'm sorry, if that were someone i cared about, i would PHYSICALLY STOP him after the 1st attempt. That was just suicidal...not even any backhoe/excavator in case of emergency....they were digging with their HANDS !
@@markjackson3531: Agreed. Obviously no technical advisor, as even I immediately suspected that 4 feet of wet cement would probably crush that plastic box.
@@hightttech Pretty crazy, i know the performer had the vision of outdoing Houdini, but this was just reckless.
Delusional for sure. He, who didnt have the trac record of his idol, thought that he was gonna best his idol by a landslide
I was there when this happened. There was a lot of doubt within his own crew. He also did the coffin deeper than he normally did. The moment it imploded we all knew. It was horrific.
Im sorry you had to witness that
This is truly a tragedy. However that's not a magic trick that he performed. It was a test of strength. Had it been a magic trick he would've had a way to exit the box that the audience couldn't see and that would've created the illusion or magic.
I disagree, it was an IQ test that he failed miserably and H.H passed with flying colors.
@@catwoman2596
Very good point.
@@catwoman2596 you kind of missed the point of the post.
@@melodiefrances3898 either way...HE FAILED.
1. create a parallel shaft next to the main dig with two dummy panels (top and bottom) and short tunnel connecting them. Attach a sandwich to the top of a ladder in the side chamber
2. add dirt first to cover your sliding over into side shaft
3. as concrete is poured and then dramatically drops, climb the side shaft ladder to a higher level
4. enjoy the sandwich while everyone is worried
5. cross into the top tunnel to the dummy panel (this one sturdy enough to hold back top 3 ft of concrete)
6. after having crossed back over to main shaft, emerge from the top 2 ft of cement
7. everyone cheers and you get to know your grandchildren one day
8. the top of the hidden shaft should have a fake lid with 8 in. of turf on it as an emergency hatch
If only this guy had taken the 5 minutes it did some average guy to plan that out...
The really fatal mistake that Joe made is he forgot what Hodini always said. There's always a trick to it.
If you haven't worked and tested it out so that you can reproduce the trick, it will not work. There's no magic.
True. A magic trick without a trick or a not perfect trick is basically wishing for your own death
No, that IS the Magick
Well, magic is a technology you don’t understand, so if the performer actually don’t even know the trick then...that’s the magic, I guess?
@dawn d no it’s not 😂
@dawn d good luck with what? Magic isn’t real. You’re delusional if you think otherwise
Even if Joe had been able to get out of the box without it collapsing, there is no way he could have clawed through 4 feet on cement to get to the top. Loose soil is one thing, but cement is a totally different animal.
yeah i'm thinking to myself.. everyone who was a part of this lacked critical thinking skills. With the amount of time it would have taken him to undo the chains, the cement would've started solidifying already. He had no, gear or anything. You can't "swim" through cement. poor guy, had too big of dreams.
Would it not have burned him too?
@@barrychuckle5565 I'm not really sure what you are referencing,, is drying cement supposed to produce heat ?
@@Mangaka-ml6xo if I'm not mistaken, it contains lime and that burns the skin.
@@barrychuckle5565 ooh, neat, I wasn't aware, I'll be careful if I ever willingly get buried alive with cement, I'll put oven mitten on before hand.
My mother was at that show. She was invited to the show by Joe himself and he had a limo sent to pick her up and take her to the show. She said that Joe had gone around to all the people who were there as his guests and said goodbye to them, he knowingly said goodbye to my mother knowing that we in my family don't say goodbye unless we're not planning on returning he still told her "goodbye"
Part of the act.
Really, who is your mom? Because Joe was my dad.
@@joeb0626 all the best to you and hope you're taking care of yourself. Stay strong.
@@joeb0626Joe mama
Then why the hell did he do it????????
You are a FANTASTIC storyteller man...I find myself getting so locked-in and engrossed within every tale you narrate...awesome job as always
Joe wasn’t confident, he was reckless, fame hungry and ignorant. There’s a difference.
He was overly confident which leads to all the above lol
That's what being "Overly confident" is. But not always the fame part.
Totally NOT worth it.
Then what you wanna cry about it?
Dang that was brutal truth. Here’s some more truth, if ur not able to be this honest wit people close in yo life then u just a mean Internet commenter
The fact that you can see someone fully alive healthy and happy, suddenly be motionless, cold, and dead in an instant is terrifying
Why? We all die someday .
For what it's worth, I'd put it at "alarming"... It's a cautionary tale and sight to be sure... "There but for the grace of God..." and so on...
What I honestly find terrifying, however, are those instances where one minute someone's alive and healthy, happy, excited to be so... AND then one little thing changes... just something small "goes wrong" and it's followed by minutes or hours of agony, despair, screaming, fighting for everything they're worth and the rest of us "stuck" in a helpless situation where we can't actually do anything productive to help them out of it... but we listen and watch, sick to our stomachs and feeling ever more worthless, hopeless, and weak for the experience... even after it's all over and the once vibrant person is rendered a cold, unliving thing...
The only thing worse than that, as far as I can think of it... is being trapped in a body that can no longer really do anything, but won't finish dying and let me go... Even a coma's better than being aware of better times and knowing the future is nothing but wasted time... ;o)
Yea it’s really unsettling
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 I have felt this. My dad had an accident in July on his motorcycle, and was caught in the fire. He was in one of the best burn victim units, and was making such a good recovery. To the point I had actually started hoping he'd come back home. But then one day, it all changed, and his health deteriorated to the point he wasn't able to wake up anymore. To watch a man who would go on hikes all day, do all of these crazy stunts and help out with whatever he could... To see him go from that to a helpless man who couldn't even keep his eyes open, really stung. Yes, we all die. But it is sobering and alarming to see someone go out in those ways.
@@ravenstorm5141 Yeah... Sorry for your loss. It really can suck the life right out of you when you get "stuck" with "end of life care"... I was my mom's caregiver for that.
BUT she had a fairly short term of real deterioration... SO when I finnagled my brother into a visit, I knew what was coming. It's two years past now, and while I still miss her, I'm recovering fairly well, back to motorcycles and getting out and about...
In any case, I hope you're recovering, too. I know it's not easy. ;o)
I have never heard anyone tell a story the way you do. You are really good at it.
the fact that he only did one practice run of such a dangerous stunt, and even STILL decided to change so many variables for the ‘main event’ without testing them first… he doomed himself. it’s somewhat likely he could have made it if he hadn’t decided to up the ante with concrete, but it’s hard to believe that not a single person realized how much heavier concrete is through the entire process. cant imagine how horrible it must’ve been for his family to witness this firsthand, especially those poor kids :(
"His two young sons were in the crowd". Oh no! What an incredibly sad story.
His parents, too! I truly cannot imagine and I hope they’ve been able to heal. The footage is haunting even with no connection to anyone involved
Truly sad 😥
@JELLYxDot no one's being sarcastic. I don't even know how you could think that.
@JELLYxDot definitely not being sarcastic. I'm sorry if you interpreted that way.
Yeah, dad taught them an important lesson that day...
Pride cometh before the fall.
When the guy told him that cement dries from the bottom, Joe's face, for about 2 seconds, looks really shook. This is a good example of not trusting your gut instincts.
He was kidding
@@Justin-td2er no he wasn't
He started telling the crowd how serious it was an it isn't a magic trick. Yea that sounds like joking don't it?
He should have stopped
@@milkyo1206 yes he was. He said so. Of you're implying that he was lying, then fine. But you really have no reason, other than your own judgement, to believe that
There's a fine line between bravery and foolishness, Houdini knew his limits, sadly Joe did not. RIP Joe.
Nothing brave about Joe.
That line is success
I’m so glad I found this channel Ive been watching/ listening for 4 days straight . Thank you so much for the grown folks bedtime story’s
I also like this channel. It's good to distract yourself. ♥️😊👍
If Houdini, an expert escapologist, was too afraid to do a stunt after doing meticulous amounts of research… the least you can do is to do three times the amount of research he did.
Exactly
He did the same trick with dirt Houdini wasn't afraid of the cement one, he couldn't even do the dirt version. Anyway the guy was pretty retarded no way would it hold that much weight.
is escapologist a word? LoL if not I still like it 👍🏻
you got it.
Unless someone thinks he is better than Houdini, then they'll just google it or sleep at Holiday Inn.
Joe had arrogant pride. I feel very sad for his sons that witnessed their fathers senseless death.
I hope they learnt from it 🙂
I don't think he was arrogant, he probably had some kind of untreated mental illness and was having a manic episode. People do shit like this when they're manic because they genuinely believe they can do anything. But that's just what I immediately thought and I'm going off of personal experience. Either way, it was stupid and senseless for sure.
Source: Bipolar II, almost have my Bachelor's in psych (the irony).
Your presentation style is remarkable! You bring these stories to life!
9:55 I remember this. I like the fact that he was surprised to hear that cement hardens from the bottom up. He's really listening intently. Then he goes ahead and kills himself. What a showman.
Can’t imagine why he thought it would be a good idea to use cement. Absolutely bonkers.
especially if it hardened, like "oh yes i will bury myself alive without testing safety of the stupid stunt i did"
@@evxlinva EXACTLY
Like...absolutely, my guy. Only a [block]head could have followed through with such a famously fatal and flawed feat, pun intended.
His ego was bigger than his brain matter.
That amount of cement weights like 4000lbs or something and even if he got out of the coffin that cement would come down at some point. Impossible to dig yourself out of there. It's a suicide. Edit: weight of the cement is probably more like 6000-8000lbs and then plus the 3 feet of dirt
Houdini was a master showman who meticulously planned and practiced his stunts. Sadly, this guy seems to have died of arrogance.
Yup, dude only practiced once without all the cement and thought it was gonna be the same result
@@CandiceGoddard
Being this irresponsible with 2 young kids is just outrageous.
Probably should’ve tried to equal Houdini for few years before he tried to surpass him. (And be arrogant about it with 4’ of cement)
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@@CandiceGoddard this is a really wise comment. The feelings you describe of inadequacy and hopelessness would have been the direct duality to his pride and ego. Aiming to remedy the inadequacy with pride.
I remember this. I was young and was still able to immediately recognize the obvious flaws. What surprised me more than anything was not just the foolishness of the magician, himself, but the fact that all of those who were willing to aid him when it had to be obvious to them as well.
I live ur content brotha!! Thks for all you do! Keep it coming!!
I love Mr ballen but I pray that I will never end up as one of his stories 😂
Amen!
HAH I think about this all the time
I agree!!!
Same
Darwinism
Harry Houdini wasn't just a talented illusionist. He was also in PHENOMENAL shape. It was very clear that the man worked out regularly and took very good care of himself. He also had conditioned himself so he could hold his breath for a very long time, so that if any of his tricks didn't go quite as smoothly. He didn't have to immediately start panicking. He knew he had a little bit of time to either get it right, or have one of his assistants rescue him.
Yes, he was a practi
Absolutely
He also worked out every trick before trying it before an audience.
I love Houdini. Have you read his book "Houdini: A Magician Among The Spirits"? He was a truly brilliant man.
He was also smart and strategic, not arrogant and brash. Putting on an air of confidence and actually having confidence are two different things.
I have a friend who is a magician. He eventually had to give up all underwater tricks, due to his asthma. Can't remember if he tried to can thing or not. I remember he had done the escape from the straight jacket from a very high height, like Houdini had done. He did the trick one time on a stage, and part of it broke, clocking him in the head, causing him to have to go to the hospital. He wound up with a zigzag scar, and joked about it being his Harry Potter scar. I think the video made it on to TH-cam. His name is Spencer Horsman. Very sweet guy and talented. When he was a kid, he did ventriloquism. He'd also worked with Criss Angel and a few others.
I was a kid when this happened. My mom saw the news and said that she knew him and cracked out her high school yearbook to show me. The Blackbeard Family Fun Center is still open to this day, and I was told there is a memorial somewhere dedicated to him... I don't know exactly where it is even though I had been there several times.
If the greatest magician ever in history said "umm....no". That's a huge red flag.
He's only the greatest until someone does better. I'm planning to do this same stunt in a ball pit topped with 4lbs of foam at No Surrender...don't miss it.
@@MyBuddyMobile well just make sure to sell a bunch of merchandise prior so you have something to leave ur kids
There's other sorcerers / magicians too, like David Copperfield, Chris Angel, David Blaine, Dynamo - you could argue any of these are the greatest in the world.
@@jboi2156 Dude, that's cold..
@@MyBuddyMobile nah, do it in one of those foam pits at gymnastics places
As a parent, if I ever heard my son say, "I'm going to be bigger than Harry Houdini someday, Mommy," he would never leave my sight ever again.
Co sign that..I wouldnt have allowed my sons to go watch their dad try this horrible "trick" or watever he thought it was.
@@mariecolette9066 Word.
😂😂😂
Ah. Practice.
Lmaooooo 😂 💀 AYO FACTS tho 😭 😂 🤞
The Stockton Rush of magicians... 😂
i have claustrophobia and seeing the cement and dirt cave in was just an “oh…” moment for me and i felt physically sad that he had to go thru that.
I am no physics major, but the cement introduction was an immediate no.
2 minutes in and I'm having a panic attack! This story literally makes it hard to breathe!!!
He should've realised it to
@@trishheke2174 part of me wonders if he knew it would of happened. No one could be this dense.
Well I'm, and it's still a NO.
@@sakhtlaunda2.032 physics major?
Seeing him startle as he hears that cement dries from the bottom, is so scary. He should've stopped right there.
that was the least of his worries apparently...
Idk how he thought he could get out of that, even if the cement wasn’t dry and it didn’t collapse, it would literally be impossible to climb out from there. There was no exit route either for that exact situation. It’s like shroedinger’s cat.
@@luminouskiwi1104 Who's cat?
@@luminouskiwi1104 @nastyspaghetti Schrödinger **
@@Memphis901ProductionSchroedinger is correct as well. Ö is typed as oe by people without the umlaut symbols.
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I cannot imagine attempting something like this without extensive research and many, many practice sessions with rescuers at the ready.
That's what I was thinking as well. There are ways to set up tests and trials such that you have an emergency out if you need.
The ego can override rational thought all too easily.
Some people have no business trying the things they do. Clearly and unfortunately.
Because u have Google your " research" is different then what his would of been.
@@dawnbreak3299 He didn't even know that cement dried from the bottom, and he didn't test the weight of the cement against his coffin. Google or not, clearly there was no attempt to do any amount of research in this situation.
i'm always amazed that no-one thought about the physics of such a stunt, or at the very least consulted a professor and asked him poignant questions like "how best can i build a box to withstand several tons of pressure and weight" or better yet *"why have a see through coffin, when nobody's gonna see you after you bury yourself?"*
I've seen other magicians talk about stunts and they always say that the ones that look the most dangerous are supposed to be the safest, such that even if they fail it shouldn't be possible to get hurt. At the very least he should have made sure that the coffin could hold at least 30% more weight than he planned to put on it, and that he had an escape route in case of failure, like access at the bottom through a side channel so he could be quickly extracted.
I think it was to prove that he was actually in there when they lower and bury it, and also to prove that he didn't have a SCUBA tank or some other apparatus in there.
@@jakester455 that is what I believe too.
@@jakester455 Bingo. Thats exactly why it glass
Yeah exactly.
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That was an instant death. Even if his assistants were able to get to him in less than a minute, all his bones are already crushed, including his skull. 7 tons is like 3.5 automobiles crashing down on him.
Yea there was zero thought process going into this besides fame and notoriety
This lesson is still really relevant today. There are a lot of people doing very dangerous things to get views/likes on social media. DON'T do it, it is NOT worth the chance of ending up like this guy!
But how else will we hear stupid people say "At least they died doing what they loved?"
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Guy is groaning while dying after wingsuit jumping. Very disturbing
his ego got him
play stupid games, win stupid prices.
Nah, do it
Literally any cemetery worker could have predicted this. Most coffins collapse when the grave is filled.
Ahhh… so this is the REAL Joe Dirt…..
Joe Cement.
I remember this event vividly. And a bunch of us were wondering how a single sheet of plexiglass was going to hold thousands of pounds of concrete. Sadly, it played out exactly as we predicted - although I think we had assumed there was more to the trick than met the eye - there wasn't. Too bad nobody really walked him through this. It was 100% low IQ stunt from the start. He'd have been just as famous if he just used dirt.
Not only that, he should've done multiple test runs, using a dummy for the first few and then trying it himself when they had made certain that the coffin's roof would hold.
@@Robert-rv9te I think he means he remembered them talking about it on television.
Concrete or dirt , really wouldn't have mattered because it would have gave in
@@Robert-rv9te seriously???
@@Robert-rv9te you think he was around in 1908 to stop him😂
What most fail to realize what Harry Houdini’s greatest talent was. That talent was knowning his own limitations, a talent Joe wasn’t blessed with.
Lmao are you stupid That’s what killed Houdini’s the fact he did not know his limits
And yet he died from a punch to the stomach
Until he died from a stunt
He didn’t? That’s why he died lol
Suppose he somehow survived that stunt, i.m under the belief that due to the fact that he liked the thrill of the risk and facing that brush with death, he probably would have attempted something even more insane to top the previous stunt. All for the sake of entertainment and attention. I wouldn't be surprised if a stunt like this paid out good money too.
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I'm actually really glad to hear the audience wasn't egging him on to keep going when things were looking sus; too often crowds can push people into really disastrous situations. Unfortunately for Joe, that was his overconfidence in his case :/ (and not contacting professionals to confirm the physics of his trick)
Yes, much different generation back than, now we have morons that just want to film everything for Instagram, TikTok and Worldstar. They would have definitely been egging him on today.
I think a lot of that has to do with social media, and to a lesser extent, cameras in every pocket. Its really easy for someone (any random person) to go into a bystander type syndrome when there's a filter between you and the person (like a phone camera).
As for social media, there's a big distance between strangers on the internet, who are sitting safely somewhere far away, and get a sense of detachment from something they're seeing on screen, and people being physically present, seeing something unfold in front of them.
Agreed. People should look out for one another. If you see someone hurting themselves speak the fuck up. They might be blinded by their need for attention or by something else. Just say something.
No its overly Stupid. This guy really miscalculated which cost him his life. This was amateur hour. I think he cared he just didn't listen.
The entire crowd should have walked away. Giving a lunatic an audience is enough to keep them going
It's tragic that Joe's children watched their dad die in what has to be the most preventable way possible.
Ugh I know as a dad I can’t imagine myself doing something so stupid and risking my life to impress people. So sad..
Exactly.....entertainment is not a noble cause of death at all
it sucks yes, but the darwin awards are there for a reason.
I had to stop watching Mr. Ballen at night before i go to bed... gives me nightmares
I’ve lived in Fresno, CA my entire life and been to the venue where he did his stunt, Blackbeard’s, a hundred times, as a child and as an adult with my own children and it makes me sad that I’ve never hear of Joe. And while yes, this was incredibly stupid of him, I actually feel a lot of empathy for the guy. He knew what he wanted to do and he and he was willing to do anything, even die, to achieve that. That’s not so much even the part I really respect. I guess it’s that along with the totally child-like sense of doing what it takes to be anything. And that’s something I kind of have to admire. I sincerely wish he had actually adequately planned this stunt so that maybe, he’d have had a chance to achieve it and live on having accomplished his goal.
Same! Fresno immediately caught my attention, and I can't believe I've never heard of this either. I've been to Blackbeards several times, and I drive by it almost every day. I had no idea. So sad his family had to see that happen to him.
Maybe a cover up for the venue
Blackbeards is a place for fuuuuuuuuuun..... FUN!
I'm from Fresno too! Also never heard of this. It is sad what happened to Blackbeard's. It is no longer the place for fun.
I just don’t see how the HELL he did NOT account for how heavy the wet cement would be… that’s LITERALLY one of the MOST important things!!
when i heard the part about concrete, quick math said it would be around 5 tons of concrete. like 2 SUVs worth of concrete alone on top of that plastic. even if the lid didn't fail, how was he going to open the lid? if there was no other way out of that hole, how was he supposed to get out? i can't believe that box held up as long as it did. it looks like i could go to the hardware store and build the same thing myself.
@@Kempy13 i didn't even have to do math I was just like 'okay so plastic coffin and cement?
No one on his staff either. Not one Einstein in that group
@@DevJB he's ego was so big and he have this toxic positivity in him. I bet he already know he's going to die when he first telling to stop. But like I said, because of ego, and can't live in embarrassment, he proceed what's then cause him to die
Pride comet before the fall.
Blind confidence kills the proud man, even if he survived this his pride would’ve killed him some other way
Exactly. He would have flirted with death until he finally got what he wanted.
I definitely could see that. Swimming with Great White sharks in a meat suit straight jacket was his next stunt.
Really good point..imagine wat he would have attempted next!
If let others bury you in cement, then there is no hope. Sometimes, you just need some common sense.
Lol...what the bs hell is this? Hate to break it to you, but proud men with blind confidence are leading a good number of the countries around the world right now. Sounds good in an "everything happens for a reason" kind of way, though 😅
His sister saying "He was Close" i feel so sad for him. He died a failure to which all of us can learn from.
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Houdini had a saying that was something like "i never do anything more dangerous than sitting in my living room" his stunts were all very safe despite how it looked. So if houdini opted out it was actually dangerous...obviously
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true, not to offend anyone but who did this chump think he was?? some nameless kid magician thinking he's better than Hudini
I know right.. I wish that guy coulda stuck to some beginner nooby tricks though
yeah and Houdini wouldn't have added a layer of concrete.
Didn't he die doing a stunt?.
Wow o.O I actually saw this live as a child. I had just turned 11 and was watching the B&W tv in my grandparents kitchen. I think my grandfather was at the stove half watching the special with me. At the time I'm not sure I immediately understood what had happened. I distinctly remember seeing the cave in and being confused. I also remember feeling like I was the only person who'd just seen what I'd seen. And for years it was as if I'd imagined it. I could never find any reference to this incident. No one in my family ever really talked to me about it, I don't recall seeing it on the news. It's possible I blocked it all out. Years later when I'd watch top ten lists about fatal accidents caught on live tv, This one *never* came up. I could never find the verification of what I'd witnessed as a kid. But I *knew* it happened. So for you to cover it 30 years later just blows my mind.
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I remember seeing it live, too. At first I thought it was part of the stunt, like it indicated he had escaped and the cement collapsing was a dramatic, but intentional, moment. David Copperfield was known for such. But it quickly became apparent that something had gone horribly wrong.
What about a rocket blowing up with people on board you may have seen that too it was sent up anyway even though they knew something was wrong I was a child
@@roxygirl3182 I saw it.. watched it at school because one of the women was a teacher. I remember how sad we all were. Guidance counselors came to each classroom to speak with us.
Confused at 11? Were you sheltered growing up?
Thank you. I really enjoy watching you telling the story. 4:33
Great video Fresno here
His chances of surviving that stunt would of drastically improved if he used only dirt. Cement was a dumb move.
Anyway, nobody did it before, not even Houdini, so it's not like you have to break a world record or outdo someone.
I can't imagine someone breaking out of a coffin and digging through 6 feet of loose dirt upwards to get out. It wouldn't be possible with or without cement.
@@genghiskahl4102 you obviously never seen Kill Bill
@Nogilthazaa takes a miracle and a lucky less dense spot to get out of a 6ft hole from a coffin. Mean can see someone getting out just buried that way. But having to break out a coffin even with a spot to just escape from easier, game over.
@Nogilthazaa nah the bodybuilder would die of heart failure and strongmen generally are good for short, rapid blasts of strength
Criss Angel successfully accomplished this. But only using dirt. But it rained that night so his dirt turned to mud.
There's an old saying "If three people tell you you're sick, lie down." When everyone is telling you not to do something that risks your life, listen. Unfathomable that his children and parents had to watch this happen.
That's a great saying, thanks for sharing.
He certainly cemented his name in history as attempting the most ridiculous and dangerous stunt live on television. What a blockhead.
Remember watching this live as an 8 year old. Thought that the cement would break the plastic
this is insane i can't even believe anyone let him do this without thorough practice and testing!!
It was the 90's, I mean seatbelts had only been manditory for 4yrs at this point (and CA was one of the first states to do so). Safety was a lot more blaise back then for everything.
@@mousepariah3884 not even. What a ridiculous comment. People just weren’t scared of their own shadows like they are now
@@t.g.7180 There is a MASSIVE difference between being scared of everything and allowing stupid people to condemn themselves to certain death. What this guy tried to do was literally impossible, trying to dig through several feet of dirt and then concrete that already began to harden, people even told him, he did it anyway and died, this would not be allowed to be done today because by now we have figured out that the idiots need to be protected from their own overconfidence.
@@Triplebrc That’s just natural selection. Besides, I feel like people should be allowed to make their own choices as long as they are only risking themselves. Like the Isle of Man TT (a motorcycle race/time trial if you’re not familiar). If it was in the US, mainland England, Canada, etc., they’d never allow it because of how many have died over the years. However, the danger is part of the reason that makes it such a special feat/legendary event.
@@The_ZeroLine averaged 1 5 deaths a year when I checked about 10 or more years ago. I remember Joey Dunlop dominated for awhile. Amazing race to watch
You can tell when that guy told him "cement dries from the bottom up" that was truly the first time he heard that and he really did think it was the other way round. Thiis was an amateur out of his depth and the tragedy is that no one stopped him.
It sounds like they tried though.
yep, it’s so terrifying because u can see the dawning realisation in his eyes for a split second but he’s quick to play it off and let his confidence override the doubt.
I agree. If they had truly tried, someone would have asked about the weight of the cement vs the plastic coffin and sent the cement truck driver away; no matter what he said or how he insisted.
see, I didn't know that - but also I have in no way ever planned to bury myself under cement, where it would be expected that I had actually done my research
I still think it wouldn't had mattered eitherway, he wasn't going to be getting out of there. I always thought thier was some secret compartment leading em to like a foot above so they could just easily dig themselves out after getting out of the coffin thing.
Oh yeah! I vaguely remember hearing about this when I was a kid. Chilling stuff.
MY GOD... How people can be THIS irresponsible??
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Yeah. Only channel inhave ever actively remember when it's supposed to drop.
It seemed to me that when the tv interviewer pointed out that cement dried from the bottom up that Joe realised that he’d made a mistake but with the tv coverage and everyone there he may have felt that he had backed himself into a corner and had to now go through with it no matter what and understanding that he probably wasn’t going to survive.
I agree
I agree 100% with this statement
Spot on
And with his children watching… 😨
I noticed the look on his face, too, right after the interviewer said that. It's too bad he couldn't have stopped it right there and said something like, "I think we need to check things out further before I attempt this stunt again". I think most of the audience, including his family, would have been relieved if he'd cancelled it. Sadly, his confidence and dedication to doing the stunt got in the way.
That's really sad. I feel bad for him and even more so for his family.
He was even warned about that drying cement from below.
I don´t think he was magician, but full fledged madman.
I can't wrap my head around the fact that he had his CHILDREN at the event. As confident as he might have been, it would have had to occur to him, at least a little,
that something might go wrong and he wouldn't survive. For most parents, that would be more than enough to keep their kids as far away as possible. Now his
going to be haunted by this for as long as they live. What a legacy.
He wanted his kids to witness the moment their father made history...... And in tragic way he did....
Darwin Award winner for sure
You sound like a lot of fun lol. People go to air shows and watch stunt devils live all the time
Horrifying.
@@4422michael yes Sir, Amen
The concrete sinking is one of the most despairing things I have witnessed. It takes three minutes for a person to die when buried in just dirt (information gleaned from OSHA training), and this was all the more dense and heavy. He likely died almost immediately.
I'm guessing he was just crushed immediately, sad to know he probably heard it crack first
He was laying face-up, so I imagine his lungs/chest were probably immediately crushed. I can only hope it was quick, and that he didn't spend several minutes desperately trying to breathe.
Yeah he was unconscious instantly probably
My father in law was the one who dug the hole with a backhoe and was waiting on stand by. He wanted to dig immediately but had to wait for instruction. He had nightmares for a long time.
@@thequirkycreative is your father ok now?
4 ft of cement getting supported by a plastic box. Absolutely solid idea.
I remember this show. I remember seeing the dirt drop, and it was extremely spooky as a kid to see this live on TV.
Man this guy was a special kind of Magician... No test run, no research, and a lack of precautions. What a guy.
It's a dying breed 😁
What a dead guy.
literally did a test run which made him want to increase the danger, also did research because he tried to mimic the stunt.
is this the personal truth thing or the adhd attention span of 20 seconds things...smh
@@lordsesshoumaru8596 i think you didnt watch the video, he never used cement before this run, he didnt test or research it or take precautions, only for dirt.
@@lordsesshoumaru8596 when you attempt a dangerous stunt, you MUST rehearse it MANY MANY times. you can’t just do it once and then decide to increase the danger. didn’t do any research on the weight of the cement, how much the plastic coffin could hold, how fast cement dries, didn’t have a plan b such as an excavator or something like that. lots and lots of things were not taken for precaution and now unfortunately he has passed away because of it.
I can’t imagine what his kids think of magic and escape artists now, probably gives them PTSD.
Someone having PTSD and magicians being one of their triggers sounds like a fucked up SNL skit
Irresponsible and wreckless. He didn't even know how cement dries, yet he goes through with it anyway for his ego.
This is crazy I'm from Fresno CA and live down the street from Blackbeard's , never knew a magician died doing a stunt there ... This is crazy that I went there my whole life having fun there not knowing someone died on the property
This, ladies and gentlemen is why everybody should have someone in their life that is willing to tell them "NO!"
(hey guys thanks for the likes but it's just a dumb comment, nothing I say is set in stone....unlike this fuckin guy...heeeeyyoooo)
As well as a mathematician to tell you hey man I don't think that's gonna hold.
I have a feeling they did indeed tell him "no" but he was a grown man who wanted to do this. It is what it is. He didn't have to do this...and even got a warning sign...but he chose to ignore it and continue on.
I doubt his family was encouraging his actions, but I guess ya never know
His confidence outweighed the logic of this ending Horribly. He was corrected by the man who told him the cement hardens from the bottom up, but he went on with the stunt anyway... And also didn't test the pressure of the coffin against all that dirt with cement.. 🤦🏽♂️ This story is horrible.
I've been fortunate to have had countless women in my life telling me "no".
How could he have been so confident in a stunt he’s never done before? That wasn’t confidence. It was pride. “The show must go on”, is what he thought, but it was a selfish thought because he left behind his kids all because “the show must go on”. This is truly sad!
This happens every day in the movie business to some degree. I have seen a lot of safety violations and preventable accidents over the years that were caused by the same hubris. I have seen directors and ad's scream at safety people jumping into shot because they see something wrong, "get out you are ruining my shot!". I have seen a well known actor smash his face into the ground trying to do a stunt he was never trained to do, but the director and stunt coordinator somehow allowed it - production got halted, and the actor had to get reconstructive surgery. I have seen Ad's forgo spfx checks, which led to an in ground mortar blow up in an actor's face (I called him out on that one because I had heard say not to do it.) There was a brand-new stunt woman who got killed because of the pressure to perform instead of voicing concern and waiting on the custom-made helmets to arrive - somehow the coordinator allowed this. The list is endless in this industry, all in the name of the "show must go on!" I quit because of seeing this happen over and over again.
no not pride, arrogance. pride comes after a feat while arrogance comes before a fall. (arrogance is what makes one act as if they are invincible while pride is an emotion felt upon success and it is broken upon failure )
It was pure misplaced delusion. Performing dangerous stunts takes 100s of hours of practice and testing
The video said: joe is confident because he tried it a year ago and escaped (with less amount of dirt) timestamp 5:53
@@ranjira7893 Whether it be Semantics and/or Nuance. Your correction was drawn out and overbearing to the situation since it leads to the same outcome. He obviously felt "success-ful" and "Prideful" after conquering a similar escape act".
Pride was always apart of the equation. What is arrogance? Arrogance refers to excessive and overbearing *pride*.
it’s very interesting to see how these things play out. mistakes are made and it teaches others not to do them and correct them… most of us at least.