Penny seemed to be a well-spoken, sweet girl with a painful history. I was a homeless teen in Hollywood in 1986 due to drugs and alcohol addiction. I was blessed to get a bed in a rehab called Cri-Help (a nine month program) and have been a sober member of AA since. It was very difficult but gave me a new life. I also became an RN case manager who has worked with homeless patients for years. God Bless this girl’s soul.
i’m proud of you. rebuilding your life from that hole you dug yourself is the hardest part. i’m 1 year 2 months sober off fentanyl off benzos off alc off everything. lost 7 years to it, im only 22. i had a gun put to my head over $40. $40 for ALEVES. mans rlly was boutta murk me, over $40, FOR FAKE PILLS. i’m in baltimore but shit is scary everywhere. i had to pay off my debts. n i did. i had to go to court, face my charges, i was facing 17 years. i checked myself into the er before court, detoxed, my heart went into tachycardia and then a arrhythmia from the fentanyl withdraw. i was in telemetry w a nurse supervising me 24/7 for 3 weeks. that nurse i will remember forever, she was so, so kind. she came into work on her only day off so she could sit in my room and eat w me. she’d gossip w me abt which nurse is dating who, she made me feel like a human for 20mins everyday. i NEEDED that. i went to rehab, brought my discharge n rehab papers to court, judge gave me probation so long as i keep pissing clean !!! i bought a car in cash. i bought myself a phone. a phone plan. insurance. i find out tmr if i got accepted for a apartment, im rlly rlly hoping i do 🤞 rebuilding my life from zero has been SO hard, but SO rewarding. it’s that satisfaction that i did this shit (w legal $$$ !!!) that keeps me goin. sober is SO worth it ❤️🩹
That woman was dying from the inside out. She got herself into trouble, that's true, but it breaks my heart that she couldn't break free of that lifestyle before she passed away. RIP Penny 😞
She’s a drug addict. You can’t make someone stop doing drugs no matter how many times you put them in rehab. She’s on the streets because of drugs and still continued to use them. Putting them in home won’t help them. Ever lived next door to hardcore drug users. I’ve seen some pull up floorboards trying to find copper.
@@smfarrie2943 You just described my 40 year old niece except for the floorboards. She could care less about her 2 children that my sister has raised. She has been to rehabs, almost died 3 times but doesn't want help. I had a cat that looks exactly like yours, he sadly passed away 7 months ago at 16. I miss him badly. Take care
Poor girl was never really shown love!! People are always quick to judge these individuals but realize this is someone’s daughter,someone’s sister possibly someone’s mom! Nobody woke up and said I wanna be a drug addict homeless and strung out!! Prayers for anyone in this situation!! 💯🦾🙏
Prayers don't work. Taxation of the rich, redistribution of wealth to fund social programs, strengthen schools, social security, free access to healthcare, etc. That will work. Everyone of us will need help at some point in our lives. Solidarity works. Working towards a common goal works. Prayers are useless, delutional and a sign of arrogance.
@dynghivarn I agree that prayers don't work. Funding social programs is a great idea. It's cost effective considering the alternative. The rich (generally from capitalism) are, in large part, the reason the US is the best country in the world. Corporations tooled up for world wars, and it saved us. Granted, it's not always good, but in large part our success is tied to commercial enterprises. Think of any large city and what it would be without business
@dynghivarn Healthcare is never free. You'll be told it's free in places like Canada. Take a look at their tax rate. Poor people have the best insurance in the world in the US. There's no deductible. They can be triple certified and get expensive drugs for free. The ER is their primary care. They can even take an ambulance there and not pay. Take an economics course. There's no free luch anywhere for anything
@@dynghivarn well at least I’m trying to do something within my ability!! Your list sounds real good when you say it fast but You list a bunch of things that This country will never do !! Considering how this country is going and how they are acting? I would say your response is more delusional and arrogant than a simple one saying I pray for anyone going through this! Obviously, you don’t believe in God and the power of prayer, so now I’m going to pray for you because if you think this country is going to solve the problems first by taxing the richest people and moving wealth around to fund rehab and social programs,,,you are higher than Martian ass b/c that’s not part of their agenda!!
Everyone is before the devil gets in, And a lot of times it’s peoples Doctors who get them hooked!. I never knew what painkillers were apart from paracetamol etc. I got a slipped disc and the doc told me to take this and that. Over 3 yrs I couldn’t get off, 10yrs later I’m on 60ml methadone daily.
Penny Is Stunning Back Home In Heaven Amen xxxxxxx This Good Sister Penny As She Walked This Earthly World This Earthly Realm Is And Was A Kind Hearted Loveing Vunrable Adult That Had A Awful Earthly Path Here On This Earthly World This Earthly Realm Curtisy Of Some Of The Most Vile Evil Utterley Repulsive Souless People Walking This Earthly World This Earthly Realm. It Was Utterley Disgustig What These MONSTERS Done To Penny And Others Unfortunatley Having Battles In Their Earthly Life Time Also With Similar Battles As To What Penny Was Having. These Souless People WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR US GOOD BROTHERS AND OR US GOOD SISTERS WRONGFUL EARTHLY LIFE TIMES OF PAIN MISERY AND SUFFERING THE SOULESS PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE WILL REAP WHAT THEY SOW FROM THEIR EARTHLY LIFE TIME CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR AMEN XXXXXXX AND FOR THEM THEIR D DAY AWAITS
I watched this when it first aired and I really felt for her. I bet she was really beautiful before the drugs. A very honest interview and I am so sad to hear she passed away. R.I.P. Penny.🙏
I understand the interviewer had a motivation, of what I'm not sure, but clearly she was interviewing solely to get money, she seemed annoyed yet respectful. I understand fully what she's experiencing, well, minus not from the female perspective which I actually think is a bit harder on the streets. If the person who took her life reads this, if you're not a full blown sociopath, I hope you're haunted and you don't do that ever again, human life is worth more than 10 dollars, you're not a punk if you let it slide, I also hope you get your life together, you obviously are a danger to people around you. Interviewer, try to build rapport, be a part of the community you seem so fascinated with unless you're hunting, because it truly seems like you're hunting, there's an air of weirdness to this video.
I remember her! Thanks for sharing their stories and don't let TH-cam discourage you. There is alot of us who want to learn about people from all walks of life and that's how I found your page. Rip to this woman. She deserved better from life.
@@S1aughtahyouit’s always the 👹🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲👹with the funny comments. Jokes he must’ve picked from the pen I bet. That’s how these people role. Typical uneducated and unemployed behavior. That’s why you and your kind can’t have nice things 💩👹
Just awful. She really needed someone to step in and save her from the streets. No one should live like that, ever. I know someone who was in a position just like her and the day she was going to commit suicide, she stumbled across a church, walked in and now she has a PhD and is helping addicts and sexual assault victims. May she rest well and finally have some peace. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💐✝️
@@hggtgNot sure at all. Nobody knows. Just 'believes'. Because it is nice and comfortable making up nice stories and places and 'believing' in them to feel better.
@@radiocontrolled9181 It's not comfortable knowing that after death you stand before the eternal Creator to give an account of everything you've done. It's a lot easier to believe that everything just magically evolved from a magical exploding dot for no reason, and that you won't be held accountable for anything beyond this life. Christianity is also the most persecuted belief system in history. The world despises truth. It's a lot easier to be an atheist materialist. I know because I was one for 9 years and life was simple... just trust the science.
I'm so happy you are actually showing the real shit that goes on in this world that others tend to censor. People need to see the reality of the situation in order to learn. There are always going to be people who use this information in the wrong way and there's no stopping that, so censoring it doesn't help anyone see the gravity of the situation.
My Daddy always told me “everybody has some good in them,if you look hard enough you’ll find it”. RIP Penny, I believe she did what she had to survive,we can’t control who we’re born to …
Not everyone. There are sociopathic murders, pedos and rapists, not to mention Islamic state terrorists for example. Also tyrants like Putin, Xi and Kim Jong Dong. I seriously doubt someone like Mitch McConnell has any good in him either.
I interview a lot of people and I also teach interviewing skills, but I have never met or heard an honest interviewee ever like her. God bless her soul and may she rest in peace.
Please love your children and do what you can to protect them. The world is such a cruel world, without childhood trauma and pain being a life sentence for us to try and overcome our entire adult life while fighting to survive such a awful and dark world too. 💔
I lived in Detroit for over 30 years, and my experience wasn't the stereotype. If anything, my life in Los Angeles and London, England was worse than anything you'd imagine.
This breaks my heart! That poor girl! What an awful thing to be in such a situation and yet she still seemed to have hope. I wish she could have survived this. God bless her.
She closes her eyes as she answers Tom’s questions about her life. It is very telling on how she feels about the current lifestyle she is living. She seems like a kind soul and so hopeful for a better life. I am so sorry for how this all turned out. May God Rest Her Soul.
Don't you believers ever question why your God didn't step in and prevent the suffering in the first place? And now the suffering continues for her family, knowing that she was abused and murdered for $10. Do you just shrug and say "oh well, God's plan"? Religion is a cancer, you need to give it up.
This is the video that initially got me interested in your channel. Penny was kind, self aware, and vulnerable, it hit the feels. Imagine if she had made it to rehab... 💔
@@warriorv9359 Since when is it a guarantee 🤔 y’all are still waiting on this man … it sucks when you’ve been fooled but sometimes you just Gotta admit to defeat 🤷♂️😎
This is very upsetting to watch. The poor woman, wasn’t there any help available to her.? She was so lost and alone, it’s just terrible. May she rest in peace.
There are thousands of people in every city in America who are ready to help addicts. The sad part is that 99% of them will not take the help. They'll take money, but of course they won't buy food, or clothes. They'll just buy more drugs. I hate to say it, but this poor woman was so far gone she is actually better off dead. Whatever trauma she was running from will never affect her again. It was painful to see the mental anguish she was going through. RIP Penny.
this world is sick...where's Elon Musk, Zuckerburg and Bezos? Why aren't they helping people? they have all the money... These financial corporations too.
I remember her years later. People need a break from this harsh world. It literally eats some people alive and it runs them right into the ground. Poor lady needed a break and she never found it.
Tom you did a most professional interview without pushing her, hats off friend. I've been homeless a couple of times in my long life but for very short periods and while still having a job and car. She really did look wiped out and I wondered what happened to her chin. Just a week ago I had a day off and grabbed my metal detector, there was an old house I'd been wanting to detect for a long time and now signs were up that construction was about to begin and my chance gone forever. So I crept through some woods and came up to it and it looked perfect, but then I heard a voice, female. I stood there thinking, then shook my head and turned to leave. Suddenly a tiny young woman ran out onto the porch and asked if I was there to take pictures of the house. A tiny dog and a larger one came to greet me as well. I made small talk and tried to leave but she insisted I look at the inside of the house. I followed. It got really weird when she was showing me some shelves and old bottles and I got a creepy feeling and turned my head to see a young man sitting on a twin bed right behind me just smiling. I had no weapon, I'd forgotten my edc pocket knife. He got up and introduced himself and we shook hands. Then the young lady started showing me art she had painted. I told her the truth, that she was gifted and I'd buy one from her If I'd brought any money with me ( I always just bring ID ). She tried to give me one but I refused, telling her she could sell them. She said it was the best she could do with the few materials she had. They had no electricity and it was 95 at that point. The guy seemed very strange but she was so nice and sweet. I finally left and wished them luck, they didn't want me to do any detecting in the yard to draw attention and I understood. I left really bummed. No history discovered, only a young couple down on their luck in these hard times. A few days later I picked up some supplies for them while shopping for my son and I, I'm an old single dad. I vowed to go back the following week, this week, and give them a little help, not much but something. I pass by this location on my way to work and I ride a motorcycle most days. Going in yesterday morning, I spotted heavy equipment up by the house, my heart dropped. On the way home I stopped there, they were gone. Most of their stuff was still there. I stopped again today, no change and nobody had been there. It's Sunday so I guess the construction started end of last week, right after I met them. God only knows what happened to them and I just wish I knew that they were OK. So I got home and your video is the 1st thing I saw. Yes I'm very depressed, seeing this is just so terrible. The only silver lining in the dark cloud hanging over me right now is the kindness you showed this woman. God bless you friend.
@@annalieb2075 Thank you my friend, I only wish I'd really been able to help them. When I was looking around those 2 days, looking for any signs that they might still be close and picked up a few more of their things, I saw nothing bad, like drugs and trash that I would normally see in these old abandoned houses. I'm praying hard that they are safe. Take good care out there friend.
It's sad that she was killed a yr later over 10 bucks. This is somebody . daughter . sister friend. She could have had a husband. To love her and care for her. I remember where I was when she died. In riverside ca with my dog and daughter when I saw this video
This is what got me into your channel, Ive never seen a human looking so exhausted. Ive followed you through all the Maddy and Jarryl and Sharon stuff. Keep posting Tom!
Hi Tom , I’m glad I found u on YT I missed ur videos when u left FB Can u make a video of updates on some of the girls in Detroit, especially Tassie !! I know ur not up there now, but u probably r still in touch with a couple of the girls Peace to all the girls that had their lives taken ☮️
So sad. Addiction is the same today as it was in the 60's. I was hooked at 14... and it fell to more deterioration, lack of sleep and problems. Anyone can come out of it although the more harmful drugs and the low price make it more severe today. Took me 16 years to recover and live soberly. So at 30, I was immature as a young teen trying to learn how to live in a very hard world. Easy for me now, thank God. 43 years+
Penny so respectful and real . It’s so sad and such a waste. She seemed to really want it be in rehab . Shame on the facility that she was in to discharge her because she no longer had insurance. Rest in peace Penny thank you Tom for reposting this one.
If you know anyone who wants to go to rehab and can't afford it....teen challenge facilities take anyone up to age 45. And they have the highest success rate of sobriety. Blessings
Agree, I live in Los Angeles I have a friend that is a security guard at a convenient store in DTLA he often tells me he witnesses young pretty girls at their beginning of becoming homeless addicted to drugs within a month they are mostly girls with dreams of acting or modeling, it’s so sad
These rehabs are disgusting. My son finally went last week but was kicked out because “we can’t accommodate his medical issues”. He has to have his abdomen drained 2x a week because he has cirrhosis and they refuse to allow him off the campus to go to the er even if I took him Rehabs are worthless
@@Tinalynn... yes. They are not a medical facility. And they allow no meds of any kind. And because they are free if you can't afford to pay, they can't afford to accommodate expensive medical needs. Not for everyone. Sounds like your son needs a hospital type facility. Blessings
I remember Penny. Suck a willingly sincere girl. I love that she was able to instantly drop the act and just talk honestly and from the heart. It breaks my heart to know that she was killed before she could try again. And since we don't have a choice, I will try to be happy that she is off the street and no longer living in a constant state of fear. I pray that she is now resting peacefully in heaven and dancing along as the bright star she was meant to be. RIP Penny. You will not be forgotten.
You seem really naive. Like I said, she could have attended rehab for free. I'm sure there are other channels where you would fit in better. She wasn't killed in lieu of rehab. There's no connection
@paulryan2128 It's a combination of factors: upbringing, genes, life experiences, bad luck, depression, etc. It's interesting to me how many people blame the government. For what? And the number of comments indicating what a shame it was she was kicked out of rehab for no insurance. She didn't have private insurance. Medicaid pays for it. They don't " kick people out." Medicaid also pays for a person with a lifetime of drug abuse; i.e., HIV, $8300 aa month, for life, and all the other associated problems with drug addiction. Is it the government's fault she became addicted and didn't go to rehab? She offered a typical tale of woe to the uninformed that may give her some money. It's BS. If you experience drug addiction with people like this, you'll find they quickly become experts at manipulation and lying. Drugs rule their behavior. They always need more, and having people give it to them is one of the many means to an end
@@paulryan2128 she said black people lolololol ......that's a fucked up question response statement ....who is to blame who's fault ......HER. stay much loved n protected
Over a $10 debt?! 🤦♀️ Omg!! So senseless!! To kill some1 AT ALL , takes a person that has no heart, but to kill some1 over 10 fkin dollars... That is heartless , soulless and cowardly!! Very sad. 😢
Seems senseless to us. But that $10 was the difference between that person staying high or getting really sick with withdrawals. It's a nasty cycle and not a good enough excuse to do something like that to Penny. But, it is reality, and it is awful. I would imagine that one's judgement is not normal when you live in such desperate conditions. It is really tragic, how our indifference towards each other has become so....normal, even for people who are not living like Penny did. I think most of us are indifferent these days. And I suppose it will remain that way until we collectively decide to change it.
The number of people in this situation is staggering. If I had money I would find so much more satisfaction in helping people than to blow it on clothes, jewelry, oversized houses, autos, etc. Lord help the lost.
Yes Sir, so would I! I help people myself but there’s only so much I can do as one person can and being limited because of my own family and income, if I had money I would sure help more! 🙏🏻🇺🇸💯🤙🏻
That’s so Sad and Terrible to hear that basically her life would never would have been known to many without this video! I am speechless! She was so kind, if anyone had Really cared I believe she would have made it! If you see someone like her in need, stick with them, you don’t have to go bankrupt to help someone, just be consistent and show up! Don’t give them a few dollars and forget them, I think if you show a person you care, it would change their outcome a lot better, imho. I’ve helped people, some were ready for help and some just didn’t at the moment but I never forgot them, I still check on some that are close to me!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks for doing this interview. TH-cam has an agenda and it shows, worked in LE and have met many homeless. Penny took responsibility for herself and many don't. She was a nice girl that needed help but the system doesn't work for people who really want help. Sorry she's gone, RIP
What's horrifying is those making TH-cam money off promoting Ozempic and other similar prescription medication's, yet the truth of the addiction crisis initiated by the pharmaceutical companies is not allowed to be shown.
Penny you are an ANGEL sent to us on this Earth. She no longer feels pain and she is by Gods side I know this. Thank you Tom, for posting this video! May God bless you and her both! She was such a sweetheart! People need to stop taking from these poor women and give more to make them whole again. So tragic! Bless her gentle heart! 🧡❤🧡
This is absolutely heartbreaking. When someone says they want to get help but, can’t due to insurance reasons. She is a human being and deserves better. May she RIP.
@@maxpain7197 we're paying govt salaries and retirement pensions for ukrn citizens and we're paying for rent, food, daily expenses, smart phone and health ins for the ukrn refugees who are in the usa.
@@maxpain7197 Really? How much of your own money have you taken to a homeless person to help them? How much? You know nothing about nothing so say nothing.
@Yosetime Actually you know nothing about nothing. And know nothing of me, I have donated thousands to homeless and veterans. Every year at Christmas I give out 500 in just gift cards to homeless not to mention the rest of the year. So sit down little Karin. I am sure I have donated more on a year than you have in a lifetime. And what I said is true. Nice to see Karen like you get triggered.
Buddy, I just stumbled on this channel today, and I am heartbroken by the description. Please, do not give up on telling these stories. People need to hear this stuff. There's not enough of these interviews in the world. People are so blissfully ignorant of how easy it is to fall into this. The only way to prevent more people like Penny is o expose this horrible system for what it is.
This poor woman, I'm sorry she couldn't escape her addiction and had to live this horrific, very hard lifestyle, I wish she could of beaten her demons in life and had a much happier time here, she just seems so lost here and kinda resigned and it's such a shame, I hope she is at peace now wherever she is 🌹
I've been of the sauce and drugs for over 13 years now. I've gone from having a DWI/Assault 3 because of a car accident to recently getting my Class A commercial drivers license. If I didn't have a family that didn't turn their back on me, especially my mom, I would've been out there on the streets like her. Once I was recovered and back to working in the oilfield, I left the oilfield and I stayed with my mom when she got sick and helped her with doctor appointments and everyday life until she died recently. She never turned her back on me, so I was there for her. Now I will finally be trying to get a Fulltime job with my CDL. RIP Penny, its sad how this world can chew people up..especially women.
That's the truth, while natural born Americans go without the help they need, illegal aliens use up resources while contributing nothing to the community's they over run.
Hi Tom. I remember this video from a while back and it is so sad to see how society is in a mess right now. I lived at Michigan and 24th street till 1952, my parents moved to the west burbs. It's unfortunate to see how the Ave has transformed today, some areas cleaned up, but the decay is continuing. Poverty is a serious issue in our country and politicians make promises and the situation is not improving. We really need to have programs that actually help desperate people.
How awesome that she was willing to give him the time for this interview. She’s telling it like it is for most ladies out there. And I’m sorry for what she’s going through. Thank you for sharing this with us. What a sad ending to such a beautiful spirit.
This really broke my heart !!! Penny seemed like a really nice, soft-spoken person. It's sad that she got caught up in this lifestyle. Strangely I feel some kind of connection with her. It's truly sad that she passed away. I truly hope you are at peace now Penny. RIP sweet lady.
I know Penny is in a better place now. She is definitely resting in peace. This video made me cry so much. I can't imagine what kind of animals would hurt her. I'm in my 60's and I can tell you one thing: we all pay for the horrible things we do. I remember the bullies from high school. I know where they live. Their lives didn't fare so well.
That makes the old saying: 'What goes around, comes around' a very true statement. I'm a GenX with grown kids and a slower life than I used to have. And with that extra time I do little things to help my neighbors, or anyone who asks for any help that I am able to provide. Some people ask me why I give without asking questions or do a little chore for someone for nothing but a Thank you, and I always reply with: Because I can, because we all should, because I have been helped, selflessly and generously, in the past by friends who cared about me and I need to honor that by paying it forward. I could list a hundred reasons why. But neither I nor anyone else needs a reason to be kind and helpful without judgement or questioning. I'm pretty sure that's what we're all here to do. We just don't all know that yet. I'm fairly confident that once the next hundred years of climate change sucks the life out of the planet, my grandchildren and their children will have gone through something like the Great Depression. And that will change the way humans live. It will have to be for the better too. Because there is no other way. Fingers crossed and knock on wood!
Absolutely tore my heart out. Such a sweet girl who made bad choices. That poor baby sure wasn't dealt a very good hand in life, and then to be murdered. This one really blew a hole in my soul. I'm laying in my nice bed thanking God that I've had it so good. I have to find a way to help. I have to.
I could picture her smart enough to work at an office desk! Talking to people... all pretty and clean. Nobody would even know this was her. She's really sweet talking, and seems to care enough to talk to this man. What a shame she passed.
So very sad all she needed was that one person that could get her in that rehab she so badly wanted a sad lose! Tom did a great job of showing total respect in this interview. My heart goes out to all those suffering from this disease called addiction.
Hello I did read everything that you spoke on under the description of video... I wanted to say that you are totally right when it comes to being yourself and doing what YOU like to do when it comes to your channel and who cares what anyone thinks... Its not a popularity contest... Though through the years your channel has seen a decline in popularity but only because of the content ... When you started up with interviewing people of all kinds from the streets and giving them a voice people listened... The content was raw and unfiltered... You were actually one of the first really bringing awareness and showing the darker ugly side of life(im talking 6 yrs ago)..... You didn't just get their story but you followed up on them and kept everyone updated. ... You made their life a part of your viewers... Love Your Videos.... There's other channels who are doing the same thing and their not being monetized for saying or referring to things.... I just noticed that they will mute the sound but not edit it out or use street lingo... I know you still do videos like the old days here and there, I just think if you did them like back in the day or update on ones you have already done to bring people curious of them back to the channel.... Bring awareness so they can get help.... Donations ... Or find family.... just a suggestion. ... I hope you always do what you love and keep the great content coming
Thanks. I started a channel to Chronicle my life. That's it. I have never once asked anyone to like, hit thumbs up or subscribe. It was never about creating a channel for others. TH-cam makes or breaks a channel. Their philosophy changes. My type interviews with street people that use drugs or talk about them are no longer promoted. I haven't monetized a video in over a year. If you research channels like mine that have a change happen, there's really no way to get back to being recommended again. Thanks. I'm fine with it.
A society that duz care/help its weakest members, deserves to go under. Towards the end of losing ur soul to this world, it takes so little to pluck a person out of the fire. Tom , u treating her with kindness and opening others eye's is truely God's work. U could tell no one had spoke to her like she was a person in awhile.
TH-cam should allow almost any content that deals with real world issues. Drug addiction is a serious issue and to hide it only limits people like you to show people how bad it really is out there. Best of luck to you. I subscribed and liked.
This is what Aldean's song is about. As a people, we need to unite to protect ourselves. This girl did not deserve the death she received. Yes, she made horrible decisions. She made her life. Yet, every minute of every day is an opportunity to change. Those were stolen from her. She needed protection, even from herself. Not to be preyed upon.
It makes me so sad that her life was in such a terrible situation and that it ultimately ended. Such a hard life. People can criticize people not caring for her medical issues, but her family unit abandoned her first. People need to start with this disease BEFORE it starts and gets to this. RIP Penny, you didn’t deserve this. 🕊️
Sad to think earlier in life she was a young girl that had hope and dreams and aspirations. Assuming someone at one point during childhood loved her or cared for her. Bad decisions mixed with horrible circumstances make those aspirations a second thought. It’s impossible to build for your future when your just trying to survive to the next day. Sorry to hear about this young lady’s passing. Hug your children every chance you can. Let them know they are loved unconditionally.
Teard up when she said that she slept alone under the bridge!! Hurts sometimes the reality that some people go through. I hope she has the chance to start again in the next life .
Rest in eternal peace, no body deserves to face each day & night like this, only to die a year later. I hope she & many others like her, are never, ever forgotten. 💔
There's nothing I enjoy more than helping someone. Even if it's just a coffee and donut, or a cheeseburger and a soft drink. Nobody can change the whole world but they can change the world for even one person.
@@I-Have-The-CuckooWell,this interview isn't about hatred of men. It's about some event that launched her into drugs and a risky existence, and there's also the role high rents have in keeping someone homeless. I would not want to be in my 30's or 40's today ! What Penny needed was a good, competent caseworker,who could have steered her into both rehabilitation and affordable housing.
I appreciate your work. I think a lot of times people pass by the Penny's of the world and don't really give them a second thought. Penny has a story, like we all do. Life could have easily taken a bad turn for each one of us. We could have been wired to do what Penny chose to do. Sad to hear she was murdered. Through your video, you've immortalized Penny and this brief interaction could save a lot of lives. Just subbed and hit the bell.
"TH-cam no longer recommends my videos..." It does now. The algorhythm suggested it to me while I don't even actively search for videos with these themes. Glad I saw your video, though. I feel you're doing important work here.
She is actually beautiful! Her eyes are absolutely angelic. So sad . I have nearly three years clean off heroin. I never thought it was possible. It absolutely is , you just have to want it more than anything else in the world. It’s not easy but it is possible. I was homeless at one time also. I pray every day that I can make it through another day clean and sober. I struggle every day , working my butt off to make the rent ! I am disabled but I work anyway , I keep myself busy with my cleaning business . I’ve picked up hobbies , painting is one of them. I also write and sing. I actually released two albums years ago. Just not really into the music business anymore. It’s triggering to me. My sobriety means more to me today.
I can't imagine the pain she had to go through all her life with a totally destroyed family and a path that led her down this path. Poor young soul. I hope you have found peace on the other side. "Hell is empty and all the demons are here." W. Shakespear Monsters lurk in the shadows waiting for their time to come. Thanks.
This is too sad for words. I honestly feel like she really did want better for herself. Her traumatic childhood is heartbreaking to me. So so sad she had to go and I pray she is at peace and protected by God...😢😢😢
Penny seemed to be a well-spoken, sweet girl with a painful history.
I was a homeless teen in Hollywood in 1986 due to drugs and alcohol addiction.
I was blessed to get a bed in a rehab called Cri-Help (a nine month program) and have been a sober member of AA since.
It was very difficult but gave me a new life.
I also became an RN case manager who has worked with homeless patients for years. God Bless this girl’s soul.
i’m proud of you. rebuilding your life from that hole you dug yourself is the hardest part. i’m 1 year 2 months sober off fentanyl off benzos off alc off everything. lost 7 years to it, im only 22. i had a gun put to my head over $40. $40 for ALEVES. mans rlly was boutta murk me, over $40, FOR FAKE PILLS. i’m in baltimore but shit is scary everywhere. i had to pay off my debts. n i did. i had to go to court, face my charges, i was facing 17 years. i checked myself into the er before court, detoxed, my heart went into tachycardia and then a arrhythmia from the fentanyl withdraw. i was in telemetry w a nurse supervising me 24/7 for 3 weeks. that nurse i will remember forever, she was so, so kind. she came into work on her only day off so she could sit in my room and eat w me. she’d gossip w me abt which nurse is dating who, she made me feel like a human for 20mins everyday. i NEEDED that. i went to rehab, brought my discharge n rehab papers to court, judge gave me probation so long as i keep pissing clean !!! i bought a car in cash. i bought myself a phone. a phone plan. insurance. i find out tmr if i got accepted for a apartment, im rlly rlly hoping i do 🤞 rebuilding my life from zero has been SO hard, but SO rewarding. it’s that satisfaction that i did this shit (w legal $$$ !!!) that keeps me goin. sober is SO worth it ❤️🩹
She seemed like a lost little girl. Her story is tragic!
I'm sorry she's gone
RIP Penny
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I am sure she is in a better place now, our life does not end here. We are living in difficult times...
❤❤ been there for years .got some clean time for couple years thks to my higher power
This world just ate her up.
@@ericdiaz6568 frrrr
@@ericdiaz6568 No, not all are living in difficult times. Many are living great lives filled with fun, family and friends.
That woman was dying from the inside out. She got herself into trouble, that's true, but it breaks my heart that she couldn't break free of that lifestyle before she passed away. RIP Penny 😞
Was she killed? I remember this woman. So sad 😞
Once she'd sold her soul their was no way back.
@@abdu1wahid105Jesus can always save your soul
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Nobody should have to live that way. We help other countries more than we help our own citizens.
We give many forms of Welfare to Illegal Aliens.
Right on, the "good ol' USA" has gifted $113 Billion to Ukraine. SICK
@@lionheartmerrill1069 Don't believe that, they doing money laundering.
She’s a drug addict. You can’t make someone stop doing drugs no matter how many times you put them in rehab. She’s on the streets because of drugs and still continued to use them. Putting them in home won’t help them. Ever lived next door to hardcore drug users. I’ve seen some pull up floorboards trying to find copper.
@@smfarrie2943 You just described my 40 year old niece except for the floorboards. She could care less about her 2 children that my sister has raised. She has been to rehabs, almost died 3 times but doesn't want help. I had a cat that looks exactly like yours, he sadly passed away 7 months ago at 16. I miss him badly. Take care
How nice of Tom the interviewer to show that tragic young lady kindness and respect. The guys who used and abused her are weak and pathetic.
JEHOVA гледа ще си получат наказанието
and far too many ...
@@jamarjames9501it’s far better to talk to her with respect and learn about her and give money to help her , then use her and give her money.
Tom is a simp
Not enough help imho.
Poor girl was never really shown love!! People are always quick to judge these individuals but realize this is someone’s daughter,someone’s sister possibly someone’s mom! Nobody woke up and said I wanna be a drug addict homeless and strung out!!
Prayers for anyone in this situation!! 💯🦾🙏
Yes,Prayers❤🙏❤️🙏🙏🙏❤️💕❤️🌹❤️
Prayers don't work. Taxation of the rich, redistribution of wealth to fund social programs, strengthen schools, social security, free access to healthcare, etc. That will work. Everyone of us will need help at some point in our lives. Solidarity works. Working towards a common goal works. Prayers are useless, delutional and a sign of arrogance.
@dynghivarn I agree that prayers don't work.
Funding social programs is a great idea. It's cost effective considering the alternative.
The rich (generally from capitalism) are, in large part, the reason the US is the best country in the world. Corporations tooled up for world wars, and it saved us. Granted, it's not always good, but in large part our success is tied to commercial enterprises.
Think of any large city and what it would be without business
@dynghivarn Healthcare is never free. You'll be told it's free in places like Canada. Take a look at their tax rate.
Poor people have the best insurance in the world in the US. There's no deductible. They can be triple certified and get expensive drugs for free. The ER is their primary care. They can even take an ambulance there and not pay.
Take an economics course. There's no free luch anywhere for anything
@@dynghivarn well at least I’m trying to do something within my ability!! Your list sounds real good when you say it fast but You list a bunch of things that This country will never do !! Considering how this country is going and how they are acting? I would say your response is more delusional and arrogant than a simple one saying I pray for anyone going through this!
Obviously, you don’t believe in God and the power of prayer, so now I’m going to pray for you because if you think this country is going to solve the problems first by taxing the richest people and moving wealth around to fund rehab and social programs,,,you are higher than Martian ass b/c that’s not part of their agenda!!
This makes me sad. She looks like she was a beautiful young lady before drugs.
Noticed that too, the beauty in- ánd out, despite the condition she was in. I so hope she 's at peace now, poor woman.
Everyone is before the devil gets in, And a lot of times it’s peoples Doctors who get them hooked!. I never knew what painkillers were apart from paracetamol etc. I got a slipped disc and the doc told me to take this and that. Over 3 yrs I couldn’t get off, 10yrs later I’m on 60ml methadone daily.
I agree 😢
Penny Is Stunning Back Home In Heaven Amen xxxxxxx This Good Sister Penny As She Walked This Earthly World This Earthly Realm Is And Was A Kind Hearted Loveing Vunrable Adult That Had A Awful Earthly Path Here On This Earthly World This Earthly Realm Curtisy Of Some Of The Most Vile Evil Utterley Repulsive Souless People Walking This Earthly World This Earthly Realm. It Was Utterley Disgustig What These MONSTERS Done To Penny And Others Unfortunatley Having Battles In Their Earthly Life Time Also With Similar Battles As To What Penny Was Having. These Souless People WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR US GOOD BROTHERS AND OR US GOOD SISTERS WRONGFUL EARTHLY LIFE TIMES OF PAIN MISERY AND SUFFERING THE SOULESS PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE WILL REAP WHAT THEY SOW FROM THEIR EARTHLY LIFE TIME CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR AMEN XXXXXXX AND FOR THEM THEIR D DAY AWAITS
Yes she was beautiful😢
So glad she’s no longer in pain. Rest easy beautiful soul.
I watched this when it first aired and I really felt for her. I bet she was really beautiful before the drugs. A very honest interview and I am so sad to hear she passed away. R.I.P. Penny.🙏
I understand the interviewer had a motivation, of what I'm not sure, but clearly she was interviewing solely to get money, she seemed annoyed yet respectful. I understand fully what she's experiencing, well, minus not from the female perspective which I actually think is a bit harder on the streets.
If the person who took her life reads this, if you're not a full blown sociopath, I hope you're haunted and you don't do that ever again, human life is worth more than 10 dollars, you're not a punk if you let it slide, I also hope you get your life together, you obviously are a danger to people around you.
Interviewer, try to build rapport, be a part of the community you seem so fascinated with unless you're hunting, because it truly seems like you're hunting, there's an air of weirdness to this video.
The fact that Penny personalized Tom by *merely asking his name* at the end of the interview
----->> *SPEAKS VOLUMES* !!
Exactly! I was just thinking the same! Literally, she was an angel.
She was an innocent beautiful girl.
R.I.P Penny🙏💗
@@helenapalla826 Addiction doesn't define us. Addiction ROBS us of our heart & soul and leaves darkness in its' wake. It's a disease.
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❤️🙏 Safe in our lord's arms, may penny be forever at peace.
She does that with every man she meets. Derp. Its her job.
I remember her! Thanks for sharing their stories and don't let TH-cam discourage you. There is alot of us who want to learn about people from all walks of life and that's how I found your page. Rip to this woman. She deserved better from life.
Yeah, and more than likely, no one was held responsible.
Her story is heartbreaking. It's tragic to know that someone would kill her over $10. Smh.
Damn! $10... People can be horrible!
Sadly, a lot of people are killed for less❤
Happens all the time. There is no value on human life anymore. None.
Huh?You're asfraid of them huh? @@tictacterminator
@@tictacterminatorlmao why would u say that bs ??? We not all the same 🤦🏽
I saw her story when I was out there. Her story helped me become motivated to get my life together. Thank you Penny. Fly High sweet girl. 😢
I sure hope you’ve stayed clean. Dope never makes anything better.
Oh she was flyin high i bet 😂
@@S1aughtahyouYo Tabetha left a very sweet comment,,yours blows,buzzzzz OFF.
@@S1aughtahyouit’s always the 👹🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲🧑🏿🦲👹with the funny comments. Jokes he must’ve picked from the pen I bet. That’s how these people role. Typical uneducated and unemployed behavior. That’s why you and your kind can’t have nice things 💩👹
Praying that people stay sober.
Poor Penny
RIP
Just awful. She really needed someone to step in and save her from the streets. No one should live like that, ever.
I know someone who was in a position just like her and the day she was going to commit suicide, she stumbled across a church, walked in and now she has a PhD and is helping addicts and sexual assault victims. May she rest well and finally have some peace. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💐✝️
Omg thats sad
So terrible
No one can save you but yourself. People can help you, but the decision to change is YOURS.
This is disgusting
Yeah a lot of people try to help and they get taken advantage of and ripped off. You can't help someone that doesn't want help.
You're at peace now, Penny, with your Dad and your baby brother. Rest in peace and love.
Omg I remember her and this interview!! I didn’t know she passed😢how sad such a beautiful soul lost.
😭😭😭😭
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Yes..truly horrendous and make me angry that we all used her to watch this...but she only got a bite to Go eat.
Horrific…. Unbelievable 🤬those behind taking her life, over $10😒😒😡
Same! My heart hurts for her 😞
She was a beautiful girl and looked so tired and sad
💯 it's so sad that the value of a human life is one bag of drugs!!!
This world is so horrible we live in.. She's in a better place than .im sure she is😇
@@hggtgNot sure at all. Nobody knows. Just 'believes'. Because it is nice and comfortable making up nice stories and places and 'believing' in them to feel better.
You all should eat her out.
@@radiocontrolled9181 It's not comfortable knowing that after death you stand before the eternal Creator to give an account of everything you've done. It's a lot easier to believe that everything just magically evolved from a magical exploding dot for no reason, and that you won't be held accountable for anything beyond this life. Christianity is also the most persecuted belief system in history. The world despises truth. It's a lot easier to be an atheist materialist. I know because I was one for 9 years and life was simple... just trust the science.
I'm so happy you are actually showing the real shit that goes on in this world that others tend to censor. People need to see the reality of the situation in order to learn. There are always going to be people who use this information in the wrong way and there's no stopping that, so censoring it doesn't help anyone see the gravity of the situation.
My Daddy always told me “everybody has some good in them,if you look hard enough you’ll find it”. RIP Penny, I believe she did what she had to survive,we can’t control who we’re born to …
Not everyone. There are sociopathic murders, pedos and rapists, not to mention Islamic state terrorists for example. Also tyrants like Putin, Xi and Kim Jong Dong. I seriously doubt someone like Mitch McConnell has any good in him either.
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Your dad was a wise man.
I interview a lot of people and I also teach interviewing skills, but I have never met or heard an honest interviewee ever like her. God bless her soul and may she rest in peace.
Thanks.
Poor woman. I hope she’s in a better place. She didn’t deserve such a tough life.
May she rest in eternal peace❤
Please love your children and do what you can to protect them. The world is such a cruel world, without childhood trauma and pain being a life sentence for us to try and overcome our entire adult life while fighting to survive such a awful and dark world too. 💔
The fact that she was homeless in Detroit and survived as long as she did is a testimony in of itself it’s a very dangerous city I hear
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En detroit hay miles de personas que tienen una buena vida... Esta mujer era una débil mental.
No hay excusas
She tells you what the danger is.
I lived in Detroit for over 30 years, and my experience wasn't the stereotype. If anything, my life in Los Angeles and London, England was worse than anything you'd imagine.
@anonimothy5979 I believe you
This breaks my heart! That poor girl! What an awful thing to be in such a situation and yet she still seemed to have hope. I wish she could have survived this. God bless her.
May she finally find peace and love. ❤
This was one I could never forget, just feel like getting her and taking care of her she’s so honest and pitiful
She closes her eyes as she answers Tom’s questions about her life. It is very telling on how she feels about the current lifestyle she is living. She seems like a kind soul and so hopeful for a better life. I am so sorry for how this all turned out. May God Rest Her Soul.
shes very tired and very high poor thing.
She was strung out.
She was nodding out off fentanyl dummy.
She is strung out and high AF
Don't you believers ever question why your God didn't step in and prevent the suffering in the first place? And now the suffering continues for her family, knowing that she was abused and murdered for $10. Do you just shrug and say "oh well, God's plan"? Religion is a cancer, you need to give it up.
I really love her honesty and she knew she could find away out of where she was and blamed no one for her situation. She knew it was her addiction.
She broke my heart. It hurts that she is no longer with us. I feel so bad for the homeless and prostitutes. It makes me very sad.
This is the video that initially got me interested in your channel. Penny was kind, self aware, and vulnerable, it hit the feels. Imagine if she had made it to rehab... 💔
Rehabs not guaranteed Jesus is I pray she knew him
@@warriorv9359 Truth
@@warriorv9359 Since when is it a guarantee 🤔 y’all are still waiting on this man … it sucks when you’ve been fooled but sometimes you just Gotta admit to defeat 🤷♂️😎
Me too. I'm glad he uploaded it again. This poor girl broke me. 💔
@@Parrotgirl-tattoo 💔
Penny was so well spoken and respectful, as well as the interviewer. I had no idea this poor Angel has left us. ✝️
You’re dad sounds like a lovely man, but he is wrong this that statement.
This is very upsetting to watch. The poor woman, wasn’t there any help available to her.? She was so lost and alone, it’s just terrible. May she rest in peace.
Couldn’t someone loan her 10 bucks for her life ??? I hope he’s in jail for life !
It's not always that simple.
There are thousands of people in every city in America who are ready to help addicts. The sad part is that 99% of them will not take the help. They'll take money, but of course they won't buy food, or clothes. They'll just buy more drugs. I hate to say it, but this poor woman was so far gone she is actually better off dead. Whatever trauma she was running from will never affect her again. It was painful to see the mental anguish she was going through. RIP Penny.
this world is sick...where's Elon Musk, Zuckerburg and Bezos?
Why aren't they helping people? they have all the money...
These financial corporations too.
The reason there's no help for the homeless is because there's no money to be made by the government
I remember her years later. People need a break from this harsh world. It literally eats some people alive and it runs them right into the ground. Poor lady needed a break and she never found it.
Hopefully she is in a better place now and she can finally rest in peace. Still sad it has to be this way😢
Tom you did a most professional interview without pushing her, hats off friend. I've been homeless a couple of times in my long life but for very short periods and while still having a job and car. She really did look wiped out and I wondered what happened to her chin. Just a week ago I had a day off and grabbed my metal detector, there was an old house I'd been wanting to detect for a long time and now signs were up that construction was about to begin and my chance gone forever. So I crept through some woods and came up to it and it looked perfect, but then I heard a voice, female. I stood there thinking, then shook my head and turned to leave. Suddenly a tiny young woman ran out onto the porch and asked if I was there to take pictures of the house. A tiny dog and a larger one came to greet me as well. I made small talk and tried to leave but she insisted I look at the inside of the house. I followed. It got really weird when she was showing me some shelves and old bottles and I got a creepy feeling and turned my head to see a young man sitting on a twin bed right behind me just smiling. I had no weapon, I'd forgotten my edc pocket knife. He got up and introduced himself and we shook hands. Then the young lady started showing me art she had painted. I told her the truth, that she was gifted and I'd buy one from her If I'd brought any money with me ( I always just bring ID ). She tried to give me one but I refused, telling her she could sell them. She said it was the best she could do with the few materials she had. They had no electricity and it was 95 at that point. The guy seemed very strange but she was so nice and sweet. I finally left and wished them luck, they didn't want me to do any detecting in the yard to draw attention and I understood. I left really bummed. No history discovered, only a young couple down on their luck in these hard times. A few days later I picked up some supplies for them while shopping for my son and I, I'm an old single dad. I vowed to go back the following week, this week, and give them a little help, not much but something. I pass by this location on my way to work and I ride a motorcycle most days. Going in yesterday morning, I spotted heavy equipment up by the house, my heart dropped. On the way home I stopped there, they were gone. Most of their stuff was still there. I stopped again today, no change and nobody had been there. It's Sunday so I guess the construction started end of last week, right after I met them. God only knows what happened to them and I just wish I knew that they were OK. So I got home and your video is the 1st thing I saw. Yes I'm very depressed, seeing this is just so terrible. The only silver lining in the dark cloud hanging over me right now is the kindness you showed this woman. God bless you friend.
Bless you also for helping that couple. 🙏💕
@@annalieb2075 Thank you my friend, I only wish I'd really been able to help them. When I was looking around those 2 days, looking for any signs that they might still be close and picked up a few more of their things, I saw nothing bad, like drugs and trash that I would normally see in these old abandoned houses. I'm praying hard that they are safe. Take good care out there friend.
You are Very Sweet to Help❤-GOD BLESS YOU AND Yours❤🙏❤️💕❤️💐❤️
I'll pray for um too!!!!❤Doggies Included!!!🥰❤️💕❤️🙏❤️💕❤️
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It's sad that she was killed a yr later over 10 bucks. This is somebody
. daughter . sister friend. She could have had a husband. To love her and care for her. I remember where I was when she died. In riverside ca with my dog and daughter when I saw this video
This is what got me into your channel, Ive never seen a human looking so exhausted. Ive followed you through all the Maddy and Jarryl and Sharon stuff. Keep posting Tom!
Thank you so much!!
Hi Tom , I’m glad I found u on YT I missed ur videos when u left FB Can u make a video of updates on some of the girls in Detroit, especially Tassie !! I know ur not up there now, but u probably r still in touch with a couple of the girls Peace to all the girls that had their lives taken ☮️
So sad. Addiction is the same today as it was in the 60's. I was hooked at 14... and it fell to more deterioration, lack of sleep and problems. Anyone can come out of it although the more harmful drugs and the low price make it more severe today. Took me 16 years to recover and live soberly. So at 30, I was immature as a young teen trying to learn how to live in a very hard world. Easy for me now, thank God. 43 years+
@@ChosenWon You're the MAN!!!
Penny so respectful and real . It’s so sad and such a waste. She seemed to really want it be in rehab . Shame on the facility that she was in to discharge her because she no longer had insurance. Rest in peace Penny thank you Tom for reposting this one.
If you know anyone who wants to go to rehab and can't afford it....teen challenge facilities take anyone up to age 45. And they have the highest success rate of sobriety. Blessings
Agree, I live in Los Angeles I have a friend that is a security guard at a convenient store in DTLA he often tells me he witnesses young pretty girls at their beginning of becoming homeless addicted to drugs within a month they are mostly girls with dreams of acting or modeling, it’s so sad
@@boondocks8002that's a great bit of info to put out there! Good job
These rehabs are disgusting. My son finally went last week but was kicked out because “we can’t accommodate his medical issues”. He has to have his abdomen drained 2x a week because he has cirrhosis and they refuse to allow him off the campus to go to the er even if I took him
Rehabs are worthless
@@Tinalynn... yes. They are not a medical facility. And they allow no meds of any kind. And because they are free if you can't afford to pay, they can't afford to accommodate expensive medical needs. Not for everyone. Sounds like your son needs a hospital type facility. Blessings
She broke my heart, I am tearful . Thank you for this video, maybe it will help someone else. 👏🏻
Heartbreaking 💔 I love the fact she didnt blame anyone else and she took accountability. It is such a shame she couldn't make it out of this.
I remember Penny. Suck a willingly sincere girl. I love that she was able to instantly drop the act and just talk honestly and from the heart. It breaks my heart to know that she was killed before she could try again. And since we don't have a choice, I will try to be happy that she is off the street and no longer living in a constant state of fear. I pray that she is now resting peacefully in heaven and dancing along as the bright star she was meant to be. RIP Penny. You will not be forgotten.
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🤲🏻🙏🏽🤲🏻 RIP ❤❤PENNY❤❤🤲🏻🙏🏽🤲🏻❤️❤️
Done watching these. This woman wanted to remain in rehab and was killed instead. Way to go USA.
You seem really naive. Like I said, she could have attended rehab for free. I'm sure there are other channels where you would fit in better. She wasn't killed in lieu of rehab. There's no connection
Facts@@ChosenWon
You tell us then ... who's to blame? 😮
@paulryan2128 It's a combination of factors: upbringing, genes, life experiences, bad luck, depression, etc.
It's interesting to me how many people blame the government. For what? And the number of comments indicating what a shame it was she was kicked out of rehab for no insurance. She didn't have private insurance. Medicaid pays for it. They don't " kick people out." Medicaid also pays for a person with a lifetime of drug abuse; i.e., HIV, $8300 aa month, for life, and all the other associated problems with drug addiction. Is it the government's fault she became addicted and didn't go to rehab? She offered a typical tale of woe to the uninformed that may give her some money. It's BS. If you experience drug addiction with people like this, you'll find they quickly become experts at manipulation and lying. Drugs rule their behavior. They always need more, and having people give it to them is one of the many means to an end
@@paulryan2128 she said black people lolololol ......that's a fucked up question response statement ....who is to blame who's fault ......HER. stay much loved n protected
Bless her heart...such wisdom she has had to obtain, in the hardest way. Rest in peace darlin...and thank you for your kindness towards her.
Over a $10 debt?! 🤦♀️ Omg!! So senseless!! To kill some1 AT ALL , takes a person that has no heart, but to kill some1 over 10 fkin dollars... That is heartless , soulless and cowardly!! Very sad. 😢
I know mtha fkrs that kill for less over a bad look at them
Seems senseless to us. But that $10 was the difference between that person staying high or getting really sick with withdrawals. It's a nasty cycle and not a good enough excuse to do something like that to Penny. But, it is reality, and it is awful. I would imagine that one's judgement is not normal when you live in such desperate conditions. It is really tragic, how our indifference towards each other has become so....normal, even for people who are not living like Penny did. I think most of us are indifferent these days. And I suppose it will remain that way until we collectively decide to change it.
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Wow, what a sad story. Great interview, Tom - perfect and to the point questions.
The number of people in this situation is staggering. If I had money I would find so much more satisfaction in helping people than to blow it on clothes, jewelry, oversized houses, autos, etc. Lord help the lost.
Yes Sir, so would I! I help people myself but there’s only so much I can do as one person can and being limited because of my own family and income, if I had money I would sure help more! 🙏🏻🇺🇸💯🤙🏻
@@22addict40 Godspeed and blessings from Dayton Ohio.
Agreed
I spoke to one of her daughters on FB awhile back and there's never been an arrest made for her murder. Forgotten in life and in death 💔💔
I doubt the cops have any clue or proof who did it. There are 10's of 1000's just like this one to solve.
They can escape prosecution here on earth but they will held be accountable believe me.
@@parkmccann9823 You said it! Justice will be done.
That’s so Sad and Terrible to hear that basically her life would never would have been known to many without this video! I am speechless! She was so kind, if anyone had Really cared I believe she would have made it! If you see someone like her in need, stick with them, you don’t have to go bankrupt to help someone, just be consistent and show up! Don’t give them a few dollars and forget them, I think if you show a person you care, it would change their outcome a lot better, imho. I’ve helped people, some were ready for help and some just didn’t at the moment but I never forgot them, I still check on some that are close to me!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks
Watching this interview broke my heart. Poor girl. I hope she's at peace now ❤
It's so sad to see how a human being was destroyed by drug addiction😢
I couldn't imagine being so desperate to pay someone in that condition to do what she does.
It's not desperation; sexual abuse is what it is. Abusers get off on harming women (which is why so many of these girls sadly end up murdered).
Men who go to prostitutes are not the creme of the crop. They get off on beating them and raping the poor girls. The men are sadistic.
@@Jennifer.335exactly 💯 👏
It's all about control
Poor sweetheart. As a mom this breaks my heart
Thanks for doing this interview. TH-cam has an agenda and it shows, worked in LE and have met many homeless. Penny took responsibility for herself and many don't. She was a nice girl that needed help but the system doesn't work for people who really want help. Sorry she's gone, RIP
What's horrifying is those making TH-cam money off promoting Ozempic and other similar prescription medication's, yet the truth of the addiction crisis initiated by the pharmaceutical companies is not allowed to be shown.
Amen
Yeap!!!!!
@@ChosenWonpin their comment please 🥺
Great point!
FANTASTIC comment.
You gave her the chance to tell her story. This is important work. Her soul lives on…it won’t be a waste. 🖤
Penny you are an ANGEL sent to us on this Earth. She no longer feels pain and she is by Gods side I know this. Thank you Tom, for posting this video! May God bless you and her both! She was such a sweetheart! People need to stop taking from these poor women and give more to make them whole again. So tragic! Bless her gentle heart! 🧡❤🧡
This is absolutely heartbreaking. When someone says they want to get help but, can’t due to insurance reasons. She is a human being and deserves better. May she RIP.
Maybe if she was in Ukraine we would give her money. In the US we don't help our own.
@@maxpain7197 we're paying govt salaries and retirement pensions for ukrn citizens and we're paying for rent, food, daily expenses, smart phone and health ins for the ukrn refugees who are in the usa.
@@maxpain7197 Really? How much of your own money have you taken to a homeless person to help them? How much? You know nothing about nothing so say nothing.
@Yosetime Actually you know nothing about nothing. And know nothing of me, I have donated thousands to homeless and veterans. Every year at Christmas I give out 500 in just gift cards to homeless not to mention the rest of the year. So sit down little Karin. I am sure I have donated more on a year than you have in a lifetime. And what I said is true. Nice to see Karen like you get triggered.
Buddy, I just stumbled on this channel today, and I am heartbroken by the description. Please, do not give up on telling these stories. People need to hear this stuff.
There's not enough of these interviews in the world. People are so blissfully ignorant of how easy it is to fall into this. The only way to prevent more people like Penny is o expose this horrible system for what it is.
Thanks
This poor woman, I'm sorry she couldn't escape her addiction and had to live this horrific, very hard lifestyle, I wish she could of beaten her demons in life and had a much happier time here, she just seems so lost here and kinda resigned and it's such a shame, I hope she is at peace now wherever she is 🌹
I've been of the sauce and drugs for over 13 years now. I've gone from having a DWI/Assault 3 because of a car accident to recently getting my Class A commercial drivers license. If I didn't have a family that didn't turn their back on me, especially my mom, I would've been out there on the streets like her. Once I was recovered and back to working in the oilfield, I left the oilfield and I stayed with my mom when she got sick and helped her with doctor appointments and everyday life until she died recently. She never turned her back on me, so I was there for her. Now I will finally be trying to get a Fulltime job with my CDL. RIP Penny, its sad how this world can chew people up..especially women.
Congratulations
I’m sorry you lost your Mother. I know how proud she must of been knowing you got clean!
So stop. Its hard, but if you make your mind up to do it, nothing can make you use. Ive been there, so speaking from experience, not Karen piety
I like this vid...I am glad you were able to interview her and to give her some money..
This poor sweet girl...... may she rest in peace. My heart breaks for her
We couldnt, as a country, help her with medical coverage to heal but we'll be paying for millions of "migrants" medical, housing and food. 🤬
Amen to that...
Migrants"Invaders more like it no other country world would let our border policy to go on but the lefts agenda to destroy America is moving along .
The immigrants need to be healthy enough to vote Democrat
That's the truth, while natural born Americans go without the help they need, illegal aliens use up resources while contributing nothing to the community's they over run.
@jrobbin24 You get stupid post of the day. Grow up
Hi Tom. I remember this video from a while back and it is so sad to see how society is in a mess right now. I lived at Michigan and 24th street till 1952, my parents moved to the west burbs. It's unfortunate to see how the Ave has transformed today, some areas cleaned up, but the decay is continuing. Poverty is a serious issue in our country and politicians make promises and the situation is not improving. We really need to have programs that actually help desperate people.
Cool. Yeah, you were there in the good old days. Thanks
Its never to late, Im coming up on 11 years sober. God bless you young lady. Im so sorry you died in that life.
May you rest in peace Penny. Almost didn’t watch the whole video. It took me to a whole other level of sadness 😢.
Poor Penny🥹
Omg! We don’t know how fortunate we are till we see these poor daughters/moms on the roadside.
Man, it’s a wild conclusion to a life to go out over $10. That’s when you know rock bottom is where it ended
we can assume who did it, probably the same types she avoided cuz she knew what they are capable of
Of course we know who did it@@darkonone5158
How awesome that she was willing to give him the time for this interview. She’s telling it like it is for most ladies out there. And I’m sorry for what she’s going through. Thank you for sharing this with us. What a sad ending to such a beautiful spirit.
This really broke my heart !!! Penny seemed like a really nice, soft-spoken person. It's sad that she got caught up in this lifestyle. Strangely I feel some kind of connection with her. It's truly sad that she passed away. I truly hope you are at peace now Penny. RIP sweet lady.
She was nice. Thanks
I know Penny is in a better place now. She is definitely resting in peace. This video made me cry so much. I can't imagine what kind of animals would hurt her. I'm in my 60's and I can tell you one thing: we all pay for the horrible things we do. I remember the bullies from high school. I know where they live. Their lives didn't fare so well.
That makes the old saying: 'What goes around, comes around' a very true statement. I'm a GenX with grown kids and a slower life than I used to have. And with that extra time I do little things to help my neighbors, or anyone who asks for any help that I am able to provide. Some people ask me why I give without asking questions or do a little chore for someone for nothing but a Thank you, and I always reply with: Because I can, because we all should, because I have been helped, selflessly and generously, in the past by friends who cared about me and I need to honor that by paying it forward. I could list a hundred reasons why. But neither I nor anyone else needs a reason to be kind and helpful without judgement or questioning. I'm pretty sure that's what we're all here to do. We just don't all know that yet. I'm fairly confident that once the next hundred years of climate change sucks the life out of the planet, my grandchildren and their children will have gone through something like the Great Depression. And that will change the way humans live. It will have to be for the better too. Because there is no other way. Fingers crossed and knock on wood!
Probably not. Unless she accepted Jesus as her Lord and saviour
Absolutely tore my heart out. Such a sweet girl who made bad choices. That poor baby sure wasn't dealt a very good hand in life, and then to be murdered. This one really blew a hole in my soul. I'm laying in my nice bed thanking God that I've had it so good. I have to find a way to help. I have to.
I could picture her smart enough to work at an office desk! Talking to people... all pretty and clean. Nobody would even know this was her. She's really sweet talking, and seems to care enough to talk to this man. What a shame she passed.
Oh i wish she had gotten help. Poor girl was murdered over $10. So sad. God please have mercy on her soul. THIS JUST BREAKS MY HEART!💔
So very sad all she needed was that one person that could get her in that rehab she so badly wanted a sad lose! Tom did a great job of showing total respect in this interview. My heart goes out to all those suffering from this disease called addiction.
Thanks
Absolute tragic story. Hopefully she is at peace now
Hello I did read everything that you spoke on under the description of video... I wanted to say that you are totally right when it comes to being yourself and doing what YOU like to do when it comes to your channel and who cares what anyone thinks... Its not a popularity contest... Though through the years your channel has seen a decline in popularity but only because of the content ... When you started up with interviewing people of all kinds from the streets and giving them a voice people listened... The content was raw and unfiltered... You were actually one of the first really bringing awareness and showing the darker ugly side of life(im talking 6 yrs ago)..... You didn't just get their story but you followed up on them and kept everyone updated. ... You made their life a part of your viewers... Love Your Videos.... There's other channels who are doing the same thing and their not being monetized for saying or referring to things.... I just noticed that they will mute the sound but not edit it out or use street lingo... I know you still do videos like the old days here and there, I just think if you did them like back in the day or update on ones you have already done to bring people curious of them back to the channel.... Bring awareness so they can get help.... Donations ... Or find family.... just a suggestion. ... I hope you always do what you love and keep the great content coming
Thanks. I started a channel to Chronicle my life. That's it. I have never once asked anyone to like, hit thumbs up or subscribe. It was never about creating a channel for others. TH-cam makes or breaks a channel. Their philosophy changes. My type interviews with street people that use drugs or talk about them are no longer promoted. I haven't monetized a video in over a year. If you research channels like mine that have a change happen, there's really no way to get back to being recommended again. Thanks. I'm fine with it.
A society that duz care/help its weakest members, deserves to go under. Towards the end of losing ur soul to this world, it takes so little to pluck a person out of the fire. Tom , u treating her with kindness and opening others eye's is truely God's work. U could tell no one had spoke to her like she was a person in awhile.
TH-cam should allow almost any content that deals with real world issues. Drug addiction is a serious issue and to hide it only limits people like you to show people how bad it really is out there. Best of luck to you. I subscribed and liked.
Those days are over. Thank you and welcome.
It's all over Kensington PA...
This is what Aldean's song is about. As a people, we need to unite to protect ourselves. This girl did not deserve the death she received. Yes, she made horrible decisions. She made her life. Yet, every minute of every day is an opportunity to change. Those were stolen from her. She needed protection, even from herself. Not to be preyed upon.
It makes me so sad that her life was in such a terrible situation and that it ultimately ended. Such a hard life. People can criticize people not caring for her medical issues, but her family unit abandoned her first. People need to start with this disease BEFORE it starts and gets to this. RIP Penny, you didn’t deserve this. 🕊️
She breaks my heart 💔💔💔
Sad to think earlier in life she was a young girl that had hope and dreams and aspirations. Assuming someone at one point during childhood loved her or cared for her. Bad decisions mixed with horrible circumstances make those aspirations a second thought. It’s impossible to build for your future when your just trying to survive to the next day. Sorry to hear about this young lady’s passing. Hug your children every chance you can. Let them know they are loved unconditionally.
Rip Penny i hope you found peace ❤
Teard up when she said that she slept alone under the bridge!! Hurts sometimes the reality that some people go through. I hope she has the chance to start again in the next life .
Rest in eternal peace, no body deserves to face each day & night like this, only to die a year later. I hope she & many others like her, are never, ever forgotten. 💔
Very sad. You know there is a history of abuse. Men will abuse even someone as vulnerable as this -- sick at heart.
There's nothing I enjoy more than helping someone. Even if it's just a coffee and donut, or a cheeseburger and a soft drink. Nobody can change the whole world but they can change the world for even one person.
@HighballJordan, we dont know if she choose this for helfself really.
@@I-Have-The-CuckooWell,this interview isn't about hatred of men. It's about some event that launched her into drugs and a risky existence, and there's also the role high rents have in keeping someone homeless. I would not want to be in my 30's or 40's today ! What Penny needed was a good, competent caseworker,who could have steered her into both rehabilitation and affordable housing.
I appreciate your work. I think a lot of times people pass by the Penny's of the world and don't really give them a second thought. Penny has a story, like we all do. Life could have easily taken a bad turn for each one of us. We could have been wired to do what Penny chose to do. Sad to hear she was murdered. Through your video, you've immortalized Penny and this brief interaction could save a lot of lives. Just subbed and hit the bell.
"TH-cam no longer recommends my videos..."
It does now. The algorhythm suggested it to me while I don't even actively search for videos with these themes.
Glad I saw your video, though. I feel you're doing important work here.
Super strange. I don't get it.
Very sad. And also insightful.
This is so sad I hope her soul is at peace.
She is actually beautiful! Her eyes are absolutely angelic. So sad . I have nearly three years clean off heroin. I never thought it was possible. It absolutely is , you just have to want it more than anything else in the world. It’s not easy but it is possible. I was homeless at one time also. I pray every day that I can make it through another day clean and sober. I struggle every day , working my butt off to make the rent ! I am disabled but I work anyway , I keep myself busy with my cleaning business . I’ve picked up hobbies , painting is one of them. I also write and sing. I actually released two albums years ago. Just not really into the music business anymore. It’s triggering to me. My sobriety means more to me today.
I can't imagine the pain she had to go through all her life with a totally destroyed family and a path that led her down this path.
Poor young soul. I hope you have found peace on the other side.
"Hell is empty and all the demons are here." W. Shakespear
Monsters lurk in the shadows waiting for their time to come.
Thanks.
Looking at the state of the poor woman, I am supprised she lasted a year after this. What a shocking way to live.
The sick part is she knew which guys hurt and rape you and she had to do her best to try to filter that pain out as best she could.
She was spot on too, the usual suspects...
Was she the one the black guy beat to death and her friend didn't even try help her
@@welshwoody217please white men do worse
It's always the you trash talkers blaming blacks, no whites out here doing way worse she just never gave that one a blow job
No, that was Amanda.
Soo heartbreaking! If only people couldve helped her! Such a sweet young lady. The world has become such an awful place.
May Penny rest in peace. ❤
This is too sad for words. I honestly feel like she really did want better for herself. Her traumatic childhood is heartbreaking to me. So so sad she had to go and I pray she is at peace and protected by God...😢😢😢
Poor soul absolutely heart breaking!
omg! it broke my heart when she said she cried when the rehab kicked her out 😭💔 she so wanted to go back and be well. Poor Penny rest in peace girl.
I just subscribed, i say, tell the real stories out there! Ty for your videos❤
You're welcome. Party
@@ChosenWon sending love to ya & may Penny rest in peace ❤️ she seemed to be a beautiful soul ❤️❤️ this breaks my heart
I’m so sad that she was killed over 10.00! Trust me when I say, whoever brought her down there was not a friend!