An old VHS tape reveals a creepy mystery

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  • čas přidán 19. 04. 2024
  • Case 280: The Stockton Arsonist
    ** Content warnings: Animal cruelty **
    On a hot summer’s day in 1989, a father and son travelling through Stockton, California, discover a VHS tape left by the side of a road. When they take it home and decide to watch it, they make a disturbing discovery. The tape contains footage of a house burning to the ground and was apparently filmed by the arsonist who lit the fire.
    When investigators looking into the tape hit a series of dead ends, they enlist the help of popular television series Unsolved Mysteries, and the case becomes known as that of the infamous Stockton Arsonist.
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Komentáře • 127

  • @Professional-fh1ow
    @Professional-fh1ow Před měsícem +30

    This tale was also on an old 90s episode of Unsolved Mysteries

  • @43702669
    @43702669 Před měsícem +16

    Imagine if we would’ve had smartphones back then. That vhs tape may have never been found by the dad and his son, assuming that it wasn’t left there to be found.

  • @drowneymckill-a-listener8923
    @drowneymckill-a-listener8923 Před měsícem +24

    Who tf would sit down and watch a non labeled tape they found as a family??? Literally ANYTHING could have been on it...

    • @FrogsForBreakfast
      @FrogsForBreakfast Před 4 dny

      But what is most likely to be on it? Home video of a barbeque or birthday party, local elementary performance, old episodes recorded off the TV, homemade porn, a husband recording his wife giving birth...

    • @drowneymckill-a-listener8923
      @drowneymckill-a-listener8923 Před 4 dny

      @@FrogsForBreakfast Considering the stuff they found with it, I wouldn´t have a family screening. I wouldn´t have wanted my kid to see homemade porn, or a stranger giving birth. You forgot to add animal torture, CP, human torture, etc. They are lucky it was just a creepy arson...

  • @Nikke283
    @Nikke283 Před měsícem +17

    Even when it was "just" damage to property, a terrifying case!

  • @Loralanthalas
    @Loralanthalas Před měsícem +16

    I grew up watching Unsolved Mysteries. I always loved it when they paused for an update on a case. Listening to you give one was pretty cool. It may be a good series. It's amazing the cases we remember when they're brought up.

  • @stevebond7387
    @stevebond7387 Před měsícem +9

    I remember this case. The footage of the arson was creepy, the guys laughing voice, it’s obvious he started that fire. Casefile never lets me down, my favorite crime podcast by far!

  • @chesspiece81
    @chesspiece81 Před měsícem +26

    I love Casefile uploads early Saturday mornings. I remember this episode and I do miss Unsolved Mysteries.

    • @SuperStrik9
      @SuperStrik9 Před měsícem +6

      Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack was the best. Grew up on that show in the 80s and 90s.

  • @DEATH-THE-GOAT
    @DEATH-THE-GOAT Před měsícem +154

    Who besides me hits the like button before you watch?

    • @MM-uv6kb
      @MM-uv6kb Před měsícem +8

      Excellence guaranteed.

    • @MissVanHelsing
      @MissVanHelsing Před měsícem +8

      It's the efficiency, for me. 🤷‍♀️

    • @Boo-dawg.
      @Boo-dawg. Před měsícem +9

      Me. I hate to see so many views and nowhere near the likes. I know out of all those views someone likes what they watched. I don't know if people forget or just don't hit the like button. But 😮for the channels sake, if you like the channel people should be a little more on top of things and don't forget to give it a like. CZcams is always giving people a hard time so I do everything I can to help the channels I like .

    • @cjbevilacqua
      @cjbevilacqua Před měsícem +6

      I've heard every file and yep, excellence every time.

    • @agnescassar7604
      @agnescassar7604 Před měsícem +4

      I do i know it's going to be great 🎉🎉

  • @SuperStrik9
    @SuperStrik9 Před měsícem +19

    Congrats on 100k subs! 🎊I remember seeing the arson video on Unsolved Mysteries as a kid. Creepy as hell.

  • @danrobinson572
    @danrobinson572 Před měsícem +7

    Great Saturday morning once again. Thanks 🙏 to Casefile.

  • @henny6566
    @henny6566 Před měsícem +22

    I remember watching an episode of this as a kid on Unsolved Mysteries. The way the person behind the camera was talking and bragging about the fire with his high voice creeped the hell out of me. Especially when he was saying "this is hell".

  • @wagashi
    @wagashi Před měsícem +8

    Time to settle in for a Saturday morning Casefile episode 😊

  • @lisetteeliseparis7070
    @lisetteeliseparis7070 Před měsícem +8

    Thank you CaseFiles! oxox

  • @MM-ik7cs
    @MM-ik7cs Před měsícem +8

    I remember seeing when this case first aired on Unsolved Mysteries. Over the years my husband and I have used that voice when saying things as a joke. A private joke.

  • @natalieh4354
    @natalieh4354 Před měsícem +8

    Thankyou!!

  • @sidbobby3233
    @sidbobby3233 Před měsícem +6

    Big up CASEFILE family 😎🙏👊👍✌🇬🇧

  • @lianeoneill2880
    @lianeoneill2880 Před měsícem +5

    I grew up in San Carlos /Redwood City lol I don’t remember this I would have been in my teens at the time . Interesting

  • @joeylowry874
    @joeylowry874 Před měsícem +1

    Congrats on 100k !!!

  • @tishahouse846
    @tishahouse846 Před měsícem +6

    Listening from the ukwales ❤

  • @gracee.4657
    @gracee.4657 Před měsícem +4

    If jason has passed away, I hope at least Omar found the help he needed and is doing better

    • @delanorrosey4730
      @delanorrosey4730 Před měsícem +5

      Imagine if Omar had kids and his kids watched the Unsolved Mysteries episode of the Stockton arson.

  • @kingawsom
    @kingawsom Před měsícem +1

    I thought the speakers on the side were eyes and that they were staring into my soul.

  • @ShesNicoleMarie
    @ShesNicoleMarie Před měsícem +1

    I lived In Stockton in 89. Graduated that year. Never heard this

  • @joolzhillman4385
    @joolzhillman4385 Před měsícem +2

    Very creepy voice, great stuff Casefile. The best true crime 😁🇬🇧.

  • @ryancostello5288
    @ryancostello5288 Před měsícem +2

    that kid sound messed up

  • @nursenic03
    @nursenic03 Před 13 dny

    I’ve seen this footage before. It’s very strange and obvious he set the fire and is watching it

  • @karend9445
    @karend9445 Před měsícem +1

    I hit the like button at the beginning so I don’t forget to do so.

  • @elizabethprater-hughett8021
    @elizabethprater-hughett8021 Před měsícem +6

    Yessss! 😊

  • @lisalight2006
    @lisalight2006 Před 28 dny

    Good old Stockton

  • @susandavidson1691
    @susandavidson1691 Před měsícem +3

    Arrrggghhh 😮too short. What happened to the long videos??

    • @owinlaa
      @owinlaa Před měsícem +2

      5 out of the last 6 episodes were over an hour long, shush

  • @lolad.7566
    @lolad.7566 Před měsícem +5

    Thank you❤
    I clicked this so fast😂

    • @peterj5106
      @peterj5106 Před měsícem +1

      I think I heard you....
      Well, the sonic boom from your fingers breaking the sound barrier. 😜

    • @lolad.7566
      @lolad.7566 Před měsícem

      @@peterj5106 ❤️😂

  • @DEATH-THE-GOAT
    @DEATH-THE-GOAT Před měsícem +4

    G'day

  • @AHaberman92
    @AHaberman92 Před měsícem

    I was on a true crime tour in Austin Texas this week. I (for the first time in my adult life) heard of a new case. The Servant Girl Annihilator would be excellent to cover! It predated Jack the Ripper by 3 years

    • @Mewsette1
      @Mewsette1 Před 18 dny

      It's a very famous case. I wanted you to know because you can find a lot of podcasts that cover it. I would like Casefile to do it, too

  • @BDBee81
    @BDBee81 Před měsícem +1

    @DEATH-THE-GOAT I even comment here without looking LoL

  • @thisbirdhasflown2554
    @thisbirdhasflown2554 Před měsícem +3

  • @zeezerzam
    @zeezerzam Před měsícem +1

    Car bonnet? 🤔

  • @HB-iq6bl
    @HB-iq6bl Před měsícem

    Me I hit the like button as soon as YT alerts me.

  • @suemcdermott2947
    @suemcdermott2947 Před měsícem +3

    Oh very interesting and not 🎉too long. Narrator very good.

    • @loredanadincu4300
      @loredanadincu4300 Před měsícem

      Not interesting, not good, as length. Maybe only to you good as length because poor you can't process too much to fast.

  • @danrobinson572
    @danrobinson572 Před měsícem +7

    Omar McKinley hit a Facebook page and instagram page and he looks normal. Hopefully he’s staying away from matches and lighters.

    • @malina1239
      @malina1239 Před měsícem +6

      It’s hard to see how people are on the inside by looking at their outsides ….
      Many of the worst serial killers are sadly both handsome and charming …

    • @danrobinson572
      @danrobinson572 Před měsícem

      @@malina1239 they are Chameleons. Look at Bundy

    • @ninedaysjane2466
      @ninedaysjane2466 Před měsícem +3

      @@malina1239 Not that many. Most are ordinary-looking and blend into crowds.

  • @Kingfurby
    @Kingfurby Před měsícem +1

    Damn uh my first podcast is arson cool anyway I'm going to listen to more 😌✌️

  • @peterlightning9235
    @peterlightning9235 Před měsícem

    CREEPY. 😨👻👻👻👻

  • @BDBee81
    @BDBee81 Před měsícem

    Yeah mate I have for many years now >8-D

  • @materialmirage
    @materialmirage Před měsícem

    Blue Bonnet = margarine, for those who may not know.

  • @mentalbreak4653
    @mentalbreak4653 Před měsícem

    Bonnet = hood , for those who may not know.

  • @gulinp1
    @gulinp1 Před měsícem

    He was serial killer in making

  • @AR-bl6ng
    @AR-bl6ng Před měsícem +9

    I prefer the longer storys

    • @Boo-dawg.
      @Boo-dawg. Před měsícem +1

      I thought this was a short video compared to most of the cases.

    • @DEATH-THE-GOAT
      @DEATH-THE-GOAT Před měsícem +1

      Don't we all?

    • @Loralanthalas
      @Loralanthalas Před měsícem

      I know youtibe isn't case file's main platform, but with Google demonitizing ALL true crime that isn't owned by their buddy buddy corporate broadcasting companies: expect a lot more shirt format and many of the true crime and DNA we hear today to disappear.

    • @cjbevilacqua
      @cjbevilacqua Před měsícem +2

      It used to be 3 weeks and then an off week. They started doing these shorter ones on the 4th week a while ago. Short is better than nothing :)

    • @AMunoz-rh9cz
      @AMunoz-rh9cz Před měsícem +1

      Any and all Casefile I am grateful for.

  • @roadwarrior528
    @roadwarrior528 Před měsícem

    Best AI generated narrator voice in the business.

  • @ericholloman9151
    @ericholloman9151 Před měsícem +2

    I do like the shorter run time. I find it easier to consume in a sitt9

    • @loredanadincu4300
      @loredanadincu4300 Před měsícem

      Go then and listen idiots that repeat a case in 10 minutes and call it podcast

  • @dangela3039
    @dangela3039 Před měsícem

    This sucks

  • @David-fj5md
    @David-fj5md Před 27 dny

    You could have at least showed the tape. It was on a 1990s episode of unsolved mysteries and can be found online easily

    • @freeroamflock
      @freeroamflock Před 26 dny +1

      This is run as a podcast. He doesn't include visuals. You are free to look for it yourself.

    • @David-fj5md
      @David-fj5md Před 26 dny

      @@freeroamflock I've seen it myself. I have no need to look for it. Just giving some feedback that might make his CZcams video of a podcast more entertaining. The video adds another huge element of creepy and without it, it's just not the same.

    • @Mewsette1
      @Mewsette1 Před 18 dny

      ​@@David-fj5md Creepier? What's wrong with you?

    • @David-fj5md
      @David-fj5md Před 18 dny

      @@Mewsette1 I'm not sure I understand your question.

  • @HB-iq6bl
    @HB-iq6bl Před měsícem

    :how much money does YT pay per 1000 subscribers ?

  • @grantdenniston2839
    @grantdenniston2839 Před měsícem +2

    Stories are good BUT .. Staring at a still screen the whole time is very boring . Why not incorporate some visual,s to enhance your site . Bit YAWN !!

    • @Loralanthalas
      @Loralanthalas Před měsícem +17

      Why not clean your room/bathroom/house/yard while listening to this? Do something useful AND learn at the same time!! Your grandmama would be proud.

    • @waitakereman
      @waitakereman Před měsícem +4

      I agree 👍

    • @James_zai_dongbei
      @James_zai_dongbei Před měsícem +10

      It's a podcast that they also happen to upload to CZcams. CZcams is a very small percentage of their total audience

    • @stee8345
      @stee8345 Před měsícem +10

      Bc its a PODCAST

    • @Nikke283
      @Nikke283 Před měsícem +6

      It's a podcast. Made to listen and doing some productive.

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    @altrimnell Před 28 dny

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