Dead Body Squad - Cleaning Up After Death | A True Story
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- Every day in Britain 32 people die alone and undiscovered in their homes. This is a film about the people who clean up after death and the stories behind their work.
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The way Matt described decomposition to those kids was fab. He made something really grim and awful, normal and acceptable. Those kids were facinated and not a bit afraid. That's exactly how you talk to kids about difficult subjects!
Not gonna lie, him calmly talking to a kid about popping eyeballs was comical. xD
Yeah until he asked for their help…
Great comment, Niki! My thoughts exactly!
@corysimp I just loved how he was so matter-of-fact without being horrifically graphic. Kids are gross little creatures and they love stuff like this 😂 Matt's fantastic for explaining this to them.
Talk about a dark sense of humor.
Matt gave a complete decomp 101 lesson in just minutes to this little girl. She took the description pretty well.
Omg had me in hysterics! 🤣
She said "No, really... If you need help, you need just knock on our door. We're always around here." 😆. They're too cute. 🥰😆
Why in the world would you tell a kid something like that?
@@TheThrillofTheThriftI'm sure these kids heard worse in school or online.
Child trauma guaranteed
The little girl offering help to just knock on her door because they're always around. What a little sweetheart.
Bless her, how sweet 😊
This documentary is nearly 20 years old (filmed in 2005). It would be interesting to see how their businesses fared since then, and especially during the C0vid pandemic.
I figured as much when they pulled out the Yellow Pages 😅
These workers are amazing, and should be seen as part of our emergency services. It takes a special type of person to do a job like that. Hats off to them. I salute you.
Yes, it does. It takes special people to do jobs like this, which are incredibly important. Aside from mess, odor, etc. the spread of disease without people like this doesn't bear thinking about. Yet who makes the most money in our society? People who can kick a ball or throw it through a hoop. (BTW, as a preMed major, you can cut the smell dramatically by wiping Vicks Vaporub under your nose, or in your nostrils. Old coroner's trick)
Just like the people who work in Hospice care and deal every day with the dying, or people who take care of bedridden elderly people. (every day they have to be washed, dressed, diapered, fed, etc.). Not everyone can do these jobs. They aren't particularly well paid, and require a certain amount of compassion, empathy, and self control, knowing some day, it could be you. So, you handle these tasks as if you were cleaning up after or taking care of your own parents. I've never cleaned up after corpses, but did see my grandmother, mother and uncle through hospice, and it was one of the most satisfying things I've done; to know I was there for them until the end, and they were treated with love, dignity and grace, and that I washed, dressed and fed them myself. Some trusts are too sacred to hire out. I'm thankful I was with them, and they didn't die alone like these poor people. And if I had to clean up after them, I would have done that, too.
Ya when he said they can charge up to 900€, i was thinking WAY more! Like 3 grand. Hats off to em 👏. But leave kids out of it unless their parents ask you to give them a lesson...
@@moonflowerrose2714its an old documentary, I believe they charge much more now 👍
@@moonflowerrose2714why were the kids allowed to wander around unsupervised esp when there had just been a stabbing 🙄🙄🙄
You are so right it does take a special person to be able to do this! Not anyone can do it! Indeed they should be part of emergency services as you said! These are PROFESSIONALS!!! He'll very knowledgeable also! About the subject.
The most haunting part of this whole video to me is not even the blood and gore. It's the part where he explains how you can "see" the last few moments of a person's life who attempted suicide in a bathtub, regretted it, panicked, and collapsed dead in another part of the house. 😥 That's so awful.
I used to do this work for a nationally known company and I’ve seen things I can never unsee. Spent a lot of time in counseling because of it.
Thank you for your work!
Sorry,you had to experience that,you were Stronger than most,so,Thank You!
I’m so sorry for what you had to see. I pray you will be ok
me too hugs xx
Fucksake
There’s not much that’s sadder than dying alone and no one noticing you’re gone 😢
I cleaned up after my uncle committed suicide with a 357 magnum revolver. He seriously missed the target, he shot his face off and had no way to get help and it took about 20 minutes to die. There was blood and facial tissue everywhere.
It’s not how I usually remember him tho. He always seemed happy, I truly wish that I had known the depth of his disparity. I sooo miss him even 35 years later. 😢
OMG so sorry,, I wish you and your family peace. RIP UNCLE❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@KaliKali-hv9bt his name was Jim. And thank you 💔💗💖
My brother passed by suicide also. In similar circumstances. Using a shot gun . It was outside miles sway from help. And only wish was that it was instant. Im still broken hearted thinking about , i had so many questioned and still do.
@@fayemcarthur4609jesus. I'm sorry. I hope he found some peace finally and that you guys will see each other again without the mental, emotional or physical issues that can plague us all in this life
How did you know it took about 20 minutes? Just a question not a judgment.
The conversation with the kids is so horribly wholesome. 😂
I don’t find it funny 🤦🏽♀️ !
Good mum❤
More information than kids that age need.
The irony &the little girl was scratching her head ..whilst the little nits suck her blood 😂😂😂..
Let me find some strange guy talking to my daughter about how dead people decompose
I loved his societal comment, "The Eton recruitment drive didn't go well this year.......we are hoping that Oxford will do better next year." Best comment EVER!
Yeah he has a Masters Degree in Gallows Humour!
Oh my God!! The little girl, in the pink sweater, at 4:20, saying: "If you need help, just knock on our door". is so freaking cute, and the British accent really adds to it! Little kids with British accents are so precious and a total riot!
British sense of humor and stuff upper lip and all that.
I'm retired now but I worked for 26+ years as a paramedic in the states. Back in the days family would have to clean up suicides, illness, feces and urine, etc. It was awful when we were asked how to clean the space up and only being to give them basic remedies. Suicide is horrific and very messy. Thank God these companies are popping up. Good on you for being able to do this work. Death and decomp smell awful. Y'all deserve way more money for what y'all do.
It broke my heart when I learned that. Thank you for helping people like you did for so many years.
I knew a guy that committed suicide with a 12 gauge in his car outside of his parents house for this reason...I guess he thought if he did it in his car then they wouldn't have to clean it, just tow the car away. But somehow he didn't think about how utterly gruesome of a sight it must have been for his mom. It's so terrible to put your family through something like that. He used to talk about his parents all the time so I know he cared deeply for them, I just don't understand the thought process behind doing that to someone you love.
@@rovers141you obviously don’t understand the complex and disturbing thought process that leads someone who loves his/her family to kill themselves, and in that way. You should delete the last part of your comment because you sound ignorant and like you have zero interest in even attempting to understand what someone like that could have been going through mentally.
@@rovers141if he didn’t want them to see the mess , he could just have done that far away from home in a desert place like abandoned building , deep in woods etc . And people who do this have a strong reason , no one does it without being extremely depressed , schizophrenic, heavy drug dependence and many many other reasons . Sometimes a person is sick and is tired of suffering , I had a friend who was 12 years going through hell due to his kidneys not working and needing dialysis three times a week , he was but a walking talking cadaver , and before the disease this man was very strong and fit . He just couldn’t get it no more , transplant wasn’t a option for him due to his baseline disease that destroyed the kidneys , it was an auto immune disease. For what was told , he took a massive dose of IV heroin and also benzodiazepines and alcohol in high amounts were found in the toxicologic tests . He OD and ended the suffering .
@@alexkliever4659 the guy I'm talking about served with me in Iraq, I was very much interested in his reasons for doing it. So first of all, fuck you for assuming and accusing me of this much. Maybe you should take your own advice and delete your own comment, I won't be deleting a damn thing because there's nothing wrong with what I said. It takes a truly psychologically messed up person to put your family through what he did, so saying I don't understand the thought process behind it only serves to show I managed to come out of what happened to us without the scars he acquired.
The saddest thing is so many die alone, unnoticed and uncared about.
Jesus saves sinners! God bless you
He died for us all to be forgiven of sin , an incredible gift.@gregsimmons694
yea that is so sad
It’s the type of society you live in. Living alone and minding your business some won’t even socialize. If such happens well…
my first job was to clear out estates, and 9 out of 10 times the family of the deceased never even visited the home. told us by phone to throw it all away, including family-photos and the like.
Gosh these men have hearts of gold. That guys emotion at the end had me in tears because I have utter respect for him and his associates. What a superb documentary ❤😢
Leaving the flowers was a beautiful sentiment 💕 God bless you.
I cleaned a house where a lady was dead six months. And the mice waste was three inches deep and the floor was eaten through to the bsmt
This reminds me of Joyce Vincent, the beautiful 35 year old woman that wasn't found for 3 years in her flat in N. London. It tells about her life and how literally no one went looking for her for 3 years or missed her??. It's a great film, and it shook me as I watched it during COVID. Now I see that this is a more common occurrence. These lads should receive a lot more than 900 pound for serving a part of the community, where we have literally forgotten we are human beings and we have stopped connecting with each other. Well done lads, you deserve a noble peace prize for humanity.
She had had the TV on all 3 years and had been wrapping Christmas presents poor dear
I remember that story!
What channel is the film on?
I wanna know too@@chartmann43
@@chartmann43 filmrise might have a story about her
I live in Japan. We have the same thing here. A person dying alone and being undiscovered for weeks or even months. And often those people live in squalor. So sad in many ways...I respect those who cleans up those houses. It can't be just about good money. Those people are doing service for others.
I just watched a documentary about lonely deaths in Japan. It was sad 😢
I have seen old people living alone partially blind and so arthritic they could only use the middle shelf in the fridge and everywhere in the house, they can’t bend down to pick up anything they drop & can’t reach up to put things away. They keep everything on tables & counters until it fall on the floor. A few years of this and no help you have a hoard & a big mess.
This is so sad. People want to be independent, but there's a big difference between living alone and being totally alone.
You know even the fact these amazing people, is great, it is a shame we need them for days old decomp. Society across the globe has failed our most innocent, children, adults with disabilities, I’ll and seniors.
It is nothing to be proud of, the fact these things even need to be cleaned up is a true statement of our society. Ps worked ems for 20 yrs and have done this without fancy equipment as we have no one to do this for us in rural areas. 😢😔
The shrine and incense to help the soul is a beautiful thing in Japan. I live into the US clean up doesn't do that.
A very hard job to do. As a Healthcare worker, you see a lot of deaths. It opens your eyes as to how some lives leave. Hats off to those that have the end of life, jobs. It's not easy. And you never forget. Bless you men. Great video.
I like the fact that he didn't sugar coat or hold it back when he described what happens to the body during the decomposition.
He described it all without putting a child filter on it, but he did it with respect and treated the children as equals. The kids took it well and even volunteered to help! Great! 😅
"It'll be you one day!"
Children AREN'T 'equals' though and it wasn't his place
Creepy guy and I'd be absolutely livid if one of those was my children - he has no idea what their dispositions are...some kids might be ok with it, but I'd have had nightmares for weeks
Seems like a British thing
@@haydenarias I'm British lol and I hated it
Poor boy crying after saying that he wasn't bothered about his dad it's so obvious that he's so hurt.
I hope they spoke at length about their Father/Husband in the end. Talking is so important, the old saying is absolutely true; a problem shared is a problem halved.
I am concerned with their fairly minimal hazmat gear
This must be 90s to early 00s filming. Maybe it wasnt required by H&S?
Me too... Touching things wid there nasty gloves and then passing it off to the kids to touch, seems like cross contamination
Those guys for sure got bodily fluid in their mouth
Me too!
Me too.They should be wearing eye protection!
when i was living in Tempe AZ a man died in the apartment above me in the middle of the summer. 120 degrees outside and his electric was cut off after 30 days. i complained to the office about the smell and bugs for weeks and they didn’t check till his rent was over due and they realized he had died, he swelled up and burst all over the living room. i watched the medical examiner carry him down three flights of stairs. it was awful.
Oh my God that sounds absolutely horrible.. How do you feel now knowing what was above your apartment for so long?? I would've moved out.
I used to type autopsy, paternity test and driver's alcohol test reports. One gets used to typing gore information and seeing photos of the deceased, but I was once asked to bring the elevator* downstairs to the forensic team (you need a special key*to prevent anyone from the outside to enter the building accidentally or not). But when I saw the black form between the 2 white forms (the team) behind the hazy glass window of the heavy door, I was suddenly overtaken by acute anxiety. With one E.T. Like finger I unlocked the door from the inside for them 😰and ran off faster than a jaguar all the way to the end of a corridor. They had to send a second person to get me back 🤣 I didn't know I was going to react this way. It was a first experience for me.... Yeah I had to finish my secretary work too while recovering emotionally.
@@thearcherofjustice1492i’ll never forget that smell for the rest of my life and the way the apartment looked after the body was removed. i just kept throwing up for a few days after. unfortunately after that event it wasn’t the last time i saw a dead body.
Does the manager have to have police presence to legally open the door ?
@@SleeplessinOC no maintenance man opened the door and made the discovery.
The cleaner at the end when those thieves desecrated the truck. You can tell he cares about the people he cleans up. That man has a soul. God love him.
These men deserve EVERY BLOODY PENNY! Well done, Matt, you made me have all sorts of emotions, even laughter! Bless you!
How about the pennies not covered in blood?
@@DMack6464 why would their money be covered in blood?
@@sadiequinlanevery "bloody" penny is what you said 😂
Pardon the pun
@@phoebexsp122 oops! Sorry
I helped cleaned up a friends house when her son committed suicide. It was terrible. Cleaning brains off the ceiling. He was on the couch. It was very sad. She only wanted her friends to do it. ❤
Wow I couldn't that. That's how my family is. My families will only want family first and close friends. Thank you for helping her. My condolences. ❤
I do them atleast twice a month, had a couple where they were thinking of me and made a plastic containment in the bathroom to minimize cleanup
Oh hell no. I wouldn't trust that I would safely sanitize it correctly, aside from not having the stomach to clean up such a scene myself.
God bless you for helping your friend. ❤
My friends husband was killed in their trailer and he wasn't found for almost a week (in the middle of summer mind you) because my friend was staying at her grandma's at the time. She found him and then called me the next t day to help clean up (after his body was taken and everything was inspected.
He died via gunshot wound to the head. The smell was awful and there was brain matter and skull fragments..definitely something I don't wish on anyone.
22:41 this was the sate in which my neighbour lived. We lived in one bed flats with one floor below us and one above us. He lived opposite me. The stench from his flat was absolutely grotesque even with his door shut and the hall windows open. One day after about a week of his front door hanging ajar, I went to check on him. Obviously I was greeted by the hoard and it took me a while to spot his body amongst it all. His corpse had almost mummified. When the crews came to do clean up they were puking out the windows and everything. A wave of spiders and insects flooded the halls it was horrific. But once everything was gone the smell was too and it was done up inside beautifully.
Yeah it sucks when someone living with depression and obsessive compulsive disorder gets stuck boarding above/below a very emotionally detached, unempathetic person like yourself.
Those guys are some of the unsung heroes in our everyday life. Thank you for doing this so very crucial job when someone dies...
Crime scene cleaner here..salute❤ But there is no way I would enter an undiscovered without a respirator!!!!😮😮
I swear to god
Thought the same
Hazmat suit
Maybe talk to older teens at a job fair, about your work and recruit more workers later. Who knows. Small children don’t need to think about such things. Let them enjoy their innocence. 😊
I agree. More areas and industries should go to job recruitment fairs, especially in areas not normally thought of to apply for jobs. Funeral services, crime scene clean up, animal rescue for abandoned pets, there is a lot of jobs out there.
Yes
Wrong. Many children this age are totally fascinated with the macabre and he was humanizing the process and wasn’t being creepy.
Yes really. Let's hope the stair briefing do not bring them nightmares...
Living and dying!
It’s a very natural part of life!
Most kids have pets, so they would already be aware of this!
Bless these men... i could never stomach this....not even mentally
These lads especially Matt should have their own TV series about these jobs they do. He's very interesting and entertaining and the work they do is incredible
Innit i would so watch Matt go about his job like here
Probably retired by now
When I was much younger, there were two of us friends hanging out at a friends apartment. The guy that owned the apartment was in his room, bummed out 'cause his girlfriend split with him. My other friend and i were just chillin and we heard a wierd noise. Went into his room and he had slit his throat. Because he was laying down and had a few pillows under his head, it was keeping things together for the most part, we were told to just leave him till the paramedics got there. When the paramedics got there and moved him, the blood soaked through the pillows. I will never forget the smell of the blood, it was horrible. After, when he was in hospital, he asked me if I could wash the shirt he was wearing. I couldn't just throw it in the apartments washer like it was, so i figured I'd rinse it in cold water in his shower first. When i got the shirt out of the bag, there were gigantic blood clots 4-5 inches long. The smell even after a few hours was beginning to change too, its undescribable, just gross. Anyway, when the paramedics moved him to the floor he left a patch of blood on the carpet. My friend thought we could blot it up with some towels, no way. What was a litthe patch on top, just spread out to a pool underneath. We used a few towels then gave up. So buddy lived, barely, and at 16 i had a hard time with it for awhile but was ok eventually, life goes on. I will never forget the smell of all that blood. I'm so happy all that blood didn't have maggots crawling through it.
A very emotional and loving mother and son moment - she's a good mother and understands what her son is going through. I hope he gets mental health support to help him 'deal with it' as the mum said...
He’d be in his mid thirties now, hopefully he found peace and is living a good life.
My mom lost her mom in a very tragic way and when she reached the same age her mom was when she died, she really struggled that year. I hope he hasn’t gone through similar.
No he got no support or therapy and turned into a murderer himself and left a body for someone else to clean up. Also she isn't a good mother
My brother stopped his life! Self induced medication to accomplish his purpose!
X-Marine Vet. So much I want to know!😢! I so miss my twin!!! Arthur Angelino.
was his name. Such an intelligent human being. So much he offered! All around!
Loving he was.
Thank you for allowing me to share this! For this would be the first time I do. 😟
Please never ever feel guilt. Coming from me I can tell you depression is no joke and not curable for many. He is at peace now. My only reason for not taking my own life yet is the fear of being unsuccessful. Depression has eaten me up. Decades of it. It is no way to live.
@@christinevanduuren5014 I know all about it. Depression. It so runs in my whole family. I had two uncles taking their own life. Same family 😭. One was 19 years old. The other in his 20's
Then my brother 😞.
Please know I 😘.
Love that they leave flowers for the deceased
The teaching lesson with the girls was weirdly wholesome and I totally expected any other reaction than what they gave😂😂 tough gals
Wholesome?!? You have a very different idea of what's wholesome than I do, clearly
this video has opened my eyes. Im from Essex but now in Australia. My family. mum dad and sis, have all died. im here alone now. though I do have an adult daughter born here, but tells me that once a week is too much for us to see each other, and only wants us to catch up only every 1-2 months. Im in my 60`s - alone, no friends, no one visits or calls me. its my biggest fear dying and rotting away for weeks, months or even years before anyone even bothered to see why my car hasnt moved. not that anyone would even care about my car. sad. and worse being alone :(
I can be your friend
Ahh nooo I'm sorry to read this. Sending you a hug from the UK 💝
@pommydiva.1have you no shops or community clubs you can go to or no neighbours to talk to.?Have you ever told your daughter of your fears as although you are unable to spend time together each week maybe you could just send a quick message once a week to just say hi and that you are alive and kicking.If you did that on a day of your daughters choice and kept to that at least your daughter would know there was a problem if you did not message her.But truly the choice is hers and if you mucked her about like changing times or lying then on your own head be it really.🤔🤔🤔
I’m in the uk. Always up for new friends
Hugs 💓
The decision to use Gregorian Chants as the music behind this documentary - is nothing short of BRILLIANT.
A terrific bit of filmmaking.
Miserere mei deus. One of the most beautiful psalms. Check it out, it's truly glorious.
Bless the people who do this. My son tried, lasted 2 weeks. Not for everyone, for sure.
How did he get the job? I’m not being funny, I’m seriously interested in this work as a worthwhile replacement for the pointless thankless crappy job I currently have!
The companies sub contract to housing associations etc. Call them and see if they'll give you any details.
I'll warn you though, nothing can prepare you for the stench. Also heartbreaking the stuff you see.
This guy is an absolute hoot you can just tell he loves to give all the gory details n enjoys making others uncomfortable but not in a nasty way🤣 brilliant attitude and sense of humour for such a gruesome job, love him!
Managing my Dads estate felt like this. I didn't have to clean the body, But the house, His business, All my childhood memories. I had to sell his house after he died, So everything had to go. It felt like psychologically pulling my own teeth. You get a bewildered feeling of realizing your own mortality, And you have to push through and focus. It's something people who are not responsible for themselves can never understand until it happens to them.
The amount of human suffering. 😢
I pray for the day this level of human suffering and internal pain can be wiped from the earth. Maybe that's a pipe dream. We need to do better. I don't know what that would look like or how it could ever be accomplished.
The family at the end. They actually brought tears to my eyes. The ex wife. I get it. I think it was beautiful that you stepped up to do the right thing. Your children may not see it now why you paid for his funeral and how you did what you could to try to separate your marital issues with him from your children. You can tell it mattered to you that your children had a place to go to grieve if they ever felt the need to have a place to go to do so. You can tell that even though he hurt you, there was still a certain level of love there. That was truly a beautiful thing. Kudos mama. Kudos! You and your family are beautiful, thank you for sharing this painful moment of your lives. Im going to say a prayer for you guys are the end of the video.
God bless you! Jesus saves sinners! See you soon Jesus
I've worked 30 years in a hospital, so I've seen more death than one can imagine. I've also seen the most horrendous things. The smell of a body isn't nice at all, i can't even imagine what a body would smell like after say 10days of laying there, so fair play to you and your team for cleaning. Nice that you told the kids how things are as well. At least this way, they are learning something about facts of life
These workers are seriously under valued. £900 for a body job? Not only are they clearing up body fluids, infestations of insects and bits of skin stuck to floors. They have to provide bio bags, pay for hazardous waste disposal, buy loads of personal protective equipment. £900 is not enough. And that's 4 times as much as clearing up 💩. Seriously??? Much respect to the people that do these jobs.
Was over 20 years ago
Why is 900 a job low? I didn't get that much a month being a carer for 20 years.
This is quite an old series.
It's a very old documentary. 900 pounds in todays money would be higher
I have been looking into biohazard cleaning for crime and I would be paid 3-4X the amount of working at a residential home. It is very much worth it for biohazard.
I found a dear friend who had passed away at home, he had a brother who lived 300 miles away , luckily I found him within days of his passing, but had I not bothered to check, it’s uncertain how long he would have laid there, I found it extremely upsetting and I have always felt so very saddened that he died at home alone, however the coroner was so lovely and took the time to call me and say that even if I had been stood next to him, I wouldn’t have been able to save him, he died instantly , his brother asked me to write the eulogy as he said that he felt I was closer to his brother than he was, I found that so sad , but I was honoured to have done it
41:13,its not up to YOU to make anyone or force anyone to want to forgive or be around anyone...you even SAID yourself he was violent then expect your kid to want to kiss his behind because he died..maybe one day he will come to terms with it but dont force it upon him..
I too had a friend who died alone...It was me who alerted the people upstairs, who called the police.
I still miss him. Rest in Peace, Eddie 🍀🐎⭐
@chellyw63 / I’m so sorry you went through this. I’m glad you were able to find him as quickly as you did, but that had to be so difficult for you. God Bless You 🙏
I'm so sorry
You guys are beyond amazing. I couldn’t “take” more than twenty minutes but I am so thankful there are people like you to deal with the worst aspects of life and death.
Matt's explanations of everything is superb! The way he handled the kids was phenomenal. Straight facts. I love his enthusiasm for his job, a job he excels at.
The briefing he gave the kids is classic….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's perfekt 😅😅😅
A true classic😂😂😂
Stay in school kids. 😅
Wow! Absolutely worth taking the time to watch this. Pretty hard core work. But someone has to do it and the main crew did it with respect and consideration. Well done
Yes, but there are also a lot of things shown that would never be allowed these days. 1. I doubt anyone would let kids into such a scene. It seems like it should have been blocked off until it was cleaned. 2. People shouldn’t be walking in there in their everyday clothes. One guy was washing blood off his footwear on the street. 3. They’d wear real Tyvek suits rather than those thin garments, whatever those are made of. 4. There should have been a lot more used of respirators, because even the hoarded excrement is considered dangerous to people’s health. All of the contaminated material would be taken to be incinerated, and they’d have to clean then seal all the wood and cement.
He was obviously joking with them about actually doing the job 🤦♂️
This woman ignored her Mother dead for 8 days not to mention Christine who was lonely and struggled to get out to see anyone according to her. Wow! What a friend and daughter!
Loved the presentation. Keeping it real. Not sugarcoating it, but they told it exactly as it should be. Keep doing what you do!
My mother fell in her bathroom…she was widowed, lived alone…I had just spent Christmas with her, took her home the 26th! We hadn’t heard from her since the 29th but just thought she was out & about. We finally all started talking amongst ourselves & on New Year’s Day we realized she needed to be checked on! I had her neighbors go check & they found her on the floor ALIVE but badly injured! I said call 911 & I’m on my way!! I lived an hour away & rushed to the hospital! Needless to say my mama is now handicapped & I’ve sold my house and have lived with & taken care of her to this day! 1/1/2016 her & our worlds have never been the same 😔 They believed, one more day & she may not of been with us anymore 😔 How absolutely horrible to pass that way, all alone 😔
My neighbour lived alone in his parents house ( they died many years ago ) he was a hoarder and didn't mix with others, he only saw his sister once every few years as he avoided her for some reason which we dont know, possibly fell out over his hoarding etc..
He would say hello to us occasionally but then put his head down and quickly go back inside.
During covid lockdown, police came and smashed his door in and found him on the livingroom floor alive but he had been there 4 days.
He apparently fell over and injured his back and was unable to get back up.
He died in hospital a few days later from kidney failure due to not drinking for days.
We found out afterwards he had a friend in America who called every day for a chat, luckily this friend called the uk police otherwise our neighbour would have been thete months dead too
@@martiangod yikes! Sounds awful! Yes my mom was 3 days with no water…she was delirious, hallucinating…she told my neighbor I refused to give her water…I said I haven’t even been there & do you really think I’d leave her like that?! 🙄
Thankfully at the time, kidneys were fine but I think some damage was done during that time because ALOT of kidney & urine troubles! It’s been 8 yrs since & ALOT has happened, we moved across country, closer to my siblings for help, then my help/sister unexpectedly passed away 2018 😩 devastated my mom 😔, she had a stroke 2019…thankfully no paralysis but brain/memory/speech damage, we now think dementia is upon her, then covid, I think I did my job, covid never crossed our threshold…just sooooo many issues…only getting worse 😔 god forbid anything happens to me
@@MrsRobinson0741 sorry to hear you've had such an unfortunate turn of events but it sounds like you're a great person doing an amazing job, im sure your mom appreciates it.
All the best 👍
I almost fell in the shower yesterday and I literally thought about that!!!! My son was sleep n im like what if he woke up to me laid out in the bathroom… Like what if…. So so sad!!! Om really glad u all got to ur mom!!!!! Im so so glad!!!! My mommy passed in June(2023) and I was honored to be by her side. 🧡🧡🧡🧡
My lovely neighbour, 92, fell outside her bathroom.
It was a hot summer, so my windows were open. I would have heard her call. Doreen had an 'emergency necklace' buzzer, but it had fallen behind her as she fell.
Doreen lay uncovered for a few days. Her cleaner raised the alarm when she couldn't get in.
Tragically Doreen didn't make its she died on the Monday, having been discovered on the Saturday.
I asked her daughter ''Why didn't your mum call out? I'd have heard her'' - as it was, no one had a key, as Doreen was very independent.
But her daughter said ''I think Mum had decided to go.. she wouldn't have called out''..She was a great neighbour. Now reunited with her Husband and family.
These guys are amazing. They deserve every penny that they get. The man in charge has a great outlook, fair play to him. I applaude you Sir
Never seen anything from this channel before, but seeing the gentleman describe decomp made me an instant subscriber. I wanna see more of this crew.
"Cleaning shit means the business is doing well." LOL. Truly applauding this enthusiasm!!
Love the girls “yeah, well if you need us mate just knock on the door” 😂😂😂
A truly great and important documentary about the people who deals with tasks most of us would never handle. I am grateful to them and worried about our modern society that makes dying alone possible. Thanks for sharing this!
You said it all
You don’t think people died alone years ago?? It’s always been a common occurrence for humanity. I’m fact, I’d argue it used to happen a heck of a lot more a couple hundred years ago and before.
Excellent and informative documentary. The guys working on those jobs were very respectful which I think is very important especially in that kind of job..
My son used to do this at his job years ago. I just couldn't ever get passed the fact that he was doing this kinda work. And I told him please don't ever tell me about your work.
Humour. They use humour to deal with what they see and deal with - the unthinkable.
I knew a paramedic like this who worked in a rural area, with limited resources.
He had a twisted sense of humour. He told me " if you saw some of what I've seen, you'd understand why."
He said he'd cut down bodies hanging from trees. He'd dug frozen bodies out of snow banks and yet a bottle of beer was discovered nearby, unspilled.
Seeing people ( their bodies) at their worst. Human beings with usually tragic stories. He said if you thought about it that way, you'd lose your mind.
Mental health considerations for workers then, was not a big thing.
One of OUR DECOMP CLEANERS here in the U.S.A. is SPAULDING CRIME SCENE CLEANERS. LAURA SPAULDING has a policy where CITIZENS can SIGN UP to 'RIDE ALONG' and PARTICIPATE in a cleanup with other cleaners. She is amazing, maybe you could have CRIME SCENE CLEANER WORKSHOPS to SHOW interested people WHAT IS LIKE to walk in your shoes for a day.
WHY are you YELLING AT RANDOM for NO REASON all throughout your COMMENT?
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Well done to these people that can do this job but Im angry that our society and government have not got a service in place to deal with these situations. It seems to me once you've worked all your life, paid taxes, then social services is nearly non existent( personal experience)...then you have to pay for care, then you die alone and end up hoping these companies come along and scrape you up off the floor. We need to value people more 😢
The "crispy duck" comment had me wheezing. As front-line ambulance staff we sometimes get to "called for concern for well-fare" majority of the time they just don't hear the phone etc but sometime this is the reality. but we just do some stuff and leave once we can't do any more. Never really thought about what happens after. Aka the clean up, I've though about it a bit but never really knew what went on until I watched this. Well done to them for doing such a good job too, they defo deserve more money for this.
I absolutely LOVED the "solicitation" of the interested children at the beginning. They got a good quick education of facts few adults are aware of, but in a matter-of-fact delivery that kept their interest and eliminated any fear of this little known occupation. Nicely done!
I have a way different opinion. I don’t think he should have gotten so real about this with these kids. They will have nightmares about it. Their parents will Love you for it! The kids shouldn’t know those details. Shame on you.
@@jacquelinekoch7446completely agree with you, I was horrified
I'm seeing people in other comments saying stuff like "if they are old enough to ask they are old enough to be told" and "it's a natural process, what's the problem?"
So, if these kids asked how he bonks his wife they'd be ok with him graphically describing it?!?
If I'd heard that from an adult at that age, I don't think I'd have slept for a week and I'm not even joking
If this was my children, to say I'd be having stern words with this guy is an understatement
It was inappropriate, full-stop...'dead bodies make a mess' would have been plenty enough
Jeez the number of Pearl clutchers in this comment section is truly ridiculous. No wonder most modern kids are so pathetically soft and easily offended 🙄
trying to raise weak ass kids. Those children probably watch gore-filed horror movies already.@@jacquelinekoch7446
Many die alone, their remains not discovered for awhile. Such an important service is necessary. Much respect for the people in this profession. I do wish people would check on each other if they have not seen them in awhile..
So this guy crapped in a folded newspaper, wrapped the fecal matter into a square shape inside the paper…. Then stacked it neatly (loose term here) in an upstairs bedroom. All because he lost his mother. I’ve had a lot of ppl in my life pass away and I felt like my life went to sh*t as a result. This dude took that LITERALLY. I’ll def remember him in my prayers tonight. Woe. 😢😮
He might be gone already this video is about twenty years old now .
That got to me, too,
The neighbour said was his way of coping with his mother passing.
Effing nuts.
thank you guys for the job you do not just anyone can do this job stay safe GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR CLEAN UP COMPANY.
The lil girl funny. 😂 Soo funny when he told her they needed help. The other lil girl was so sweet when she said "no really just knock on are door when u need help" aww so young and so well mannered. Love the way the English speak.
Still can’t fathom how Matt can take that smell without a mask, like a mask would help also.
I was shook
14:27 That man scrubbing feces off the wall with no face protection and also speaking, 100% got feces particles in his mouth
I love this and God bless the people who work in this field! I couldn't even begin to imagine❤❤❤
It’s scary how much the body decays in 10 days
If it's a dry heat, you turn into a mummy. See Yvette Vickers.
Especially considering the environment the body was in and what type of conditions the died in.
@45:30 Unbelievable how people just hop onto the cleaners truck and start collecting the bags and stealing the property they've removed from the deceased's home. Those thieves would sure get a nasty surprise if it happened to have been one of the messier jobs. What the hell is wrong with people!
Very few people value compassion and morals anymore
I can't believe people would actually get on their truck and steal stuff in broad daylight. The nerve and disrespect. SMFH !!!
And they had the nerve to hang around arguing afterwards too, scum.
This was aired around 2006, things have only gotten 20x worse since 😒
@@pandorasbox6607. Thats what the v@xx is doing to ppl...
@@pandorasbox6607 True! And this docu was released in 2006 from what I can tell. It's much much worse now!
Well done, especially explaining what happens to the kids as they only understand plain terms.
Hello 👋 I live in the USA I worked in the hospital for almost 40years. I should have started this kind of work. Good luck. Thank you for sharing.
I honestly love how he spoke to the little ones at the beginning. My kids know about death, not in such a morbid way but one is 6 and one is 5 and they have all typed of questions and know what it's about.
I woukdnt mind then being told this as long as it was around the job itself. Again I do personally love how friendly he was with them lol
I do too!!!!!! I agree
There's a huge difference between explaining about death and going into gross details that even as an adult grossed me out, that shit is traumatising to children, they're too young to comprehend such things. It's like telling your child you're suicidal, they can't cope with such things, it's just messed up to put that on a child!
@@LMCSM I f8nd death to be part of life and less traumatic for a child to all of the sudden have to comprehend if a pet or loved one suddenly passes, than a child who is aware. He spoke to kids in kid language. Kids Like gross ...ewww, slime or gross, snot!! Suicide, however, is not appropriate for kids discussing. Soft tissue and liquefy are adjectives (or are they adverbs??) Describing words not traumatic words like ending one's self intentionally, am I wrong?!
@@LMCSM You are definitely not European ... 😂
You’re right. I had death dumped on me (literally) as a kid, seeing people die right in front of me and having my father die then fall on top of me. Imagine the shock of that. Some people on here forget many kids are forced to experience awful things at young ages. To be forewarned, informed, in a safe way is a blessing not a burden. People with their charmed perfect “innocent” lives make me sick. What if you’re a child in a war zone? Yeah, sure, they’re never going to see anything nasty, right? Keep it a secret from them…. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Only £900 for a body job? They've seriously under valued their own work! This must have been in the early 2000's.
Definitely old....you can tell by the cars!
Looks like late 90s! Gross
Yeah, I think the price is something like $2,000-$4,000 in parts of the US.
Yeah, I would guess around 20 years ago or more. Without reading every single comment, does anyone know when this was made?
@@everythingilike9559it was made is 2006
A very humbling job but so needed. I admire their incredibly strong stomachs & their understanding. It would be a terrible thing if the family of the deceased had to clean up after a death!!!!
These are true valuable specialists who deserve respect.
He was 100% correct when he said "once you smell a rotten corpse, you will never get that smell out of your head and it will stay with you forever".
You do a great service. I had a friend whose depressed dad killed mom and then himself. She could have truly used your help. I didn't know there was such a service. Thank you for a very caring important business.
My father had three kids, two he disowned ,us two my brother am and myself N, because he now has a wonderful brand new baby.....eighteen years later, that wunderchild had left him, and it was the son he swore on a stack of Bible's wasn't his anymore, was the one that went looking for him and discovered that the old guy didn't anserw the door. My brother asked his pubmates and his neighbours, but nobody knew where he went off to, only to find out he was dead.
I was already in Australia so didn't give a toss...at least when the poor people in that house don't have much cleaning on to do, he was mummified.
😮Even in death he tried to avoid talking to his children, 😂its what I told my brother when he called me, he genuinely upset, I didn’t care my concern was for those who had to clean him up. Glad to know those people get paid well for that horror show.
Matt is the man. I ad.ire him and his mates. He is providing a vital service to the community. Makes me glad my 97 year old mother lives in assisted livinng. Must be so sad to lose a loved one in this way; finding out they were dead for days.
Loving him talking to the kids about a decomposing body. They were captivated, and you could tell it didn't bother them too much!
"its like crispy duck skin" proceeds to dustpan and brush a melted human 😅 the guy who runs this business seems like a solid bloke!! Absolute dying breed ❤
I hope everyone reaches out to their loved ones. Too much time goes by without us saying “hi! How are you? I’m thinking about you! I love you!” Life gets busy but it doesn’t take but a minute or two to text or call someone. It’s so important!
Agreed. Unfortunately most everyone today is "too busy" to care anymore💔
I'm not even busy...I just don't do it..I feel guilty every day and I think about it constantly...I've got to do better .😢😢
@@8ballhemeloid I’m a mom of three adult children. I haven’t heard from one in over a year. You have no idea how heartbreaking it is. My other two are fantastic about keeping in touch. We aren’t meant to live alone without friends and significant others in our lives. Loneliness kills.
@@zenawarrior7442 you’re right. I have all the time in the world to talk to others. I’ll reach out but sometimes I never hear back. That’s what’s so frustrating. Eventually I quit trying. It does take 2.
@@kadenhiggins9338 I hear you. I get the same. Takes 2 for sure.
This is both fascinating and morbid at the same time. I respect and admire the people who clean this up, as I wouldn't be able to
I worked with a woman who, along with her husband, had their own specialized cleaning business like the one depicted. She told about how the body liquifies over time and some of the jobs they had to clean up. The ones where bodies had been decaying for awhile were the worst ones. She also told me about the level of specialized cleaning and removal they had to learn and be certified to perform. She said it paid well but they stopped doing it after awhile.
My stomach is in knots watching this, I don't know how they do it 😔 Matt is a character 😂
I would most definitely want to know if a flat I’m looking to rent just had someone die in. In my country it would be illegal to not disclose this fact. It’s called “vicios ocultos” and invalidates any rental contact. Not that I’m afraid of the dead.. I just have the right to know before I commit. It’s the landlords responsibility … not these amazing cleaners.
You can ask.
Same
It's the UK. A lot of our houses are hundreds of years old. You are rarely going to get a house that someone hasn't died in. And if you can't handle that definitely don't go to hospital as someone has definitely died in your bed and in the sheets you have on.
In Georgia, they aren’t required to tell you. Which is insane to think about 😅
It should be mandatory that if a person dies in or on a property that it HAS TO BE TOLD
What a character Matt is, gotta love him blunt, sarcastic and onit 😁👌🏻
Matt is an excellent manager leading by example. These guys r not profiteering theyre providing a much needed service. And those s c ummmm at the end stealing a de ce a s e d property will receive karma of the highest order.
Much much great respect to these compassionate ppl who do this job. My heart goes out to all❤
what he said to those children was horrific i would be bloody angry if some stranger said all that to mine
He literally says "This is not a service we provide for the love of human nature, it's a service we provide for a commercial rate. "....literally to make profit from it, aka profiteering.
Don't dress it up as something it's not. The government does this job free of charge. These guys charge.
@@synthrogue6856Genuine question, where do u live that the gov’t does this free of charge?
@@walkingthetightrope6637I also want to know! Personally I don’t know of any country where this service is provided free by the government or emergency services
My dear soul! I spat out half my coffee over my bed laughing when you explained to the youngsters what happens to the body when you die and that you need someone their size to help with some of the jobs cause you are to tall!!!! One have to have a good sense of humor doing this! 🇿🇦❤️
Great job Matt! Talking to these kids and giving them this info is awesome. Awwww that girl who offered to help was sweet! And yep, the ones who have been left for days are the worst. New sub!
I know in Japan they light incense before they go in, and they spray the walls with disinfectant, bag everything that might be contaminated, it’s crazy. They have had to lift up the laminate flooring and use chemicals on the stains. Thank you for doing this service. ❤
It's true, you never forget the smell of a rotting body. Once you smell it, it stays with you. A neighbor a few houses down committed s-side with a rope. He was a recluse and no one noticed until its all we could smell and someone called the police and they found him. That was over 20 years ago. Last summer I smelt something similar, it was a poor bunny that got trapped under my neighbors fence (different neighborhood) and must have been there quite a while.
You never forget it!
I always wondered who actually cleaned up after such tragedy. God bless these people who do. Such a sad job.
Saw this show YEARS ago when it was first on tv, it fascinated me, and I now work in the funeral industry - I’ve seen everything these guys have and the rest, absolute respect for them, it’s a tough job!
i work in funeral service too and our company is under the local coroners so we deal with many decomps. I plan to stop and move back to my FSO role, more funerals, removals from hospitals and homes. had my fill off decay lol.
i knew this was old, maybe from 2003, 2008?
early 2000's@@nadialaudat5741
The IMDb says 2006. I figured it was old too considering what they got paid and the age of the laptop they showed.
Anyone else conclude the mystery maggots in the kitchen could be from a deceased pet who perished from starvation since the homeowner wasn’t discovered for quite some time.
There is no amount of money that is too much for the services these people provide...We had to clean my sister in laws apartment and my aunts trailer after both suicides...one was in 2004 one in 2005...We couldnt pay anyone to come and clean...cleaning up as a family member is HEARTWRENCHING...Youre literally cleaning up your family members remains....its sad...and can cause a great deal of mental issues...I am not sure if we have these services here where I live now...But its very much appreciated and needed EVERYWHERE
Sorry to hear about your lose!