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  • @MoonWielder
    @MoonWielder Před 2 lety +2800

    The second story is so devastating and heartbreaking, as there is so much that we can learn from that. To men and women, if your partner lies to you or even puts their hands on you, they will do it again. You should believe people when they show you who they are. There are other people out there in the world that will love and care for you.

    • @IIOver9000
      @IIOver9000 Před 2 lety +35

      your profile pic is very Moist

    • @TheBlackSpartan103
      @TheBlackSpartan103 Před 2 lety +18

      @@IIOver9000 moist

    • @mastroitek
      @mastroitek Před 2 lety +60

      I just can't believe how dumb the guy is. One beats the partner to death, keeps the body around for half a day and then calls the police saying "hey my wife got drunk and fell". Yeah they are totally not gonna believe that, it makes so much sense

    • @johnclaybaugh9536
      @johnclaybaugh9536 Před 2 lety +32

      It's weird that people still claim that changing is impossible.
      I've seen people change. It takes a lot of work, nit it does happen.

    • @alexgade4512
      @alexgade4512 Před 2 lety +65

      @@flingonber and that tiny helpless human will grow up damaged, because it won't have parents it can rely on for help.
      It's so damn selfish....

  • @ricodimenez7803
    @ricodimenez7803 Před 2 lety +987

    I'm bent about the man losing his wife. crying by her grave. hearing her scream for help and not being fast enough. that absolutely breaks me. My thoughts and eternal prayers go out to that man

    • @d.j.8871
      @d.j.8871 Před rokem +77

      We need bells on our graves like they did in the old days, it saved many people's lives my grandparents told me.. They were put there in case the "corpse" woke up and then they could ring the bell to alert people.
      My heart and prayers goes out to Rudy and the rest of her family, so unbelievably sad :'(

    • @dickJohnsonpeter
      @dickJohnsonpeter Před rokem

      Lol "bent". That means you got f'd in the ass. Like when you tell someone to get bent.

    • @lemonon7149
      @lemonon7149 Před rokem +40

      I cant imagine the healthcare system thier that no one checked for a pluse when determining death. She would have a open shut wrongfull death case here in the States.

    • @Gawlakman
      @Gawlakman Před rokem +8

      Probably gonna blame himself for it the rest of his life

    • @rawnukles
      @rawnukles Před rokem +2

      that really got to me too.

  • @kizmo2317
    @kizmo2317 Před měsícem +429

    My cousin was the DA in the second largest city in our state. One local video store would CONSTANTLY press charges against delinquent members for theft by conversion, which is a felony in our state. He eventually told them to shove it and refused to prosecute any of their cases. He told them he wouldn't waste taxpayer money to be their enforcement arm.

    • @chelseaaddams5076
      @chelseaaddams5076 Před 26 dny +20

      Your cousin is a real one, that is so unbelievable. I'm so glad that I was too young to rent movies like that because I can't completely see myself forgetting to return a movie or letting a friend borrow one with the promise of returning it when finished. This is like that King of the Hill episode except worse!

    • @kizmo2317
      @kizmo2317 Před 26 dny +36

      @@chelseaaddams5076 Oh yeah, he's a colorful character. When he was just an assistant DA there was once a two-man crime wave in his city, two guys who were twins named Elvin and Melvin. They were constantly breaking into people's houses and robbing them. One day a guy came home to find Melvin walking out the front door carrying his television. The guy pulled out a revolver and capped Melvin right between the eyes. When my cousin showed up on scene, the detective in charge went up to him to discuss what charges were going to be filed. My cousin replied: "I'm not gonna charge him with a damned thing. As a matter of fact, I'm going to requisition the county to reimburse him for his bullet."
      He recently retired as the chief judge of that circuit.

    • @OllenFrazer
      @OllenFrazer Před 24 dny +8

      My man

    • @carmonk9243
      @carmonk9243 Před 23 dny +10

      Thank him for being a logical and just thinker. 😊

    • @truenokill
      @truenokill Před 23 dny

      He said felony embezzlement - he misspoke? So weird

  • @Victoria-fw9xn
    @Victoria-fw9xn Před rokem +859

    So sad for the kids…Now Christmas will be ruined every year because they will always remember the last Christmas with their mom… I hope that guy never gets outta prison… I hope the kids can get through this horrible tragedy and be good…

    • @someoneIikedyourcomment
      @someoneIikedyourcomment Před rokem +6

      so sad for kids, got lied by their parent year after another..
      so sad for parents, didnt get the credit for purchasing expensive presents..
      instead goes to some red furred geezer & capitalism get year end bonuses..

    • @Tw0Dots
      @Tw0Dots Před rokem +5

      Yeah. Really does suck. Pretty sure Christmas is the least of their worries, though. Doesnt matter what day its on, it’s gonna be remembered regardless, sadly. Their mom being gone is the focal point.
      To them, & with having experience with it, it’s not ruined because of Christmas, it’s ruined because she’s gone

    • @Tw0Dots
      @Tw0Dots Před rokem +21

      @@someoneIikedyourcommentho tf cares about who got “credit” over some dumb material item like a holiday gift?? during a tragedy like that…
      Yeah this isn’t the time or place to project & cry about capitalism. You types always do that yet still actively engage in capitalism every day…hush

    • @someoneIikedyourcomment
      @someoneIikedyourcomment Před rokem

      @@Tw0Dots irony
      no cares, ignore

    • @Rand999
      @Rand999 Před rokem

      Christmas is a trashy pagan holiday anyway

  • @melissajessup1466
    @melissajessup1466 Před 2 lety +1408

    That last one was just horrific. I cannot even imagine. What kind of a hospital doesn’t know if you’re alive or dead? That is so scary and beyond sad. And the fact the she heard her husband and thought she was being rescued only to suffocate mere minutes before they rescued her. That’s one of the saddest stories I’ve ever heard. Poor lady and her poor family she left behind.

    • @ACM1PT868
      @ACM1PT868 Před 2 lety +82

      Honduras Public health care....

    • @SheikAshii
      @SheikAshii Před 2 lety +127

      A third world country one. I am mad at the parents too. Calling for an exorcism like huh?

    • @MKSQUADofficial
      @MKSQUADofficial Před 2 lety

      Hey I finally found somebody that tells stories like Mr.Ballen. You're welcome!
      czcams.com/channels/ErKT6kbNTc4wEZy4ra7I6w.html

    • @genuinesupporter5467
      @genuinesupporter5467 Před 2 lety +33

      I was hoping they could've saved her baby. Initially I thought they were going to say he heard a baby crying. Because death can cause babies to be expelled from the womb. I'd hoped it had a happy ending. But judging by the pitiful care she received, they probably didn't try to save her baby either time. If I was pregnant & had just passed away, I'd consider anyone who saved my baby a hero. Even if a random stranger used a penknife to cut the baby out. I'm left fuming at the authorities. It's sadly still a Latin American cultural thing to believe in bad spirits causing illness.

    • @NoodleHausColubrids
      @NoodleHausColubrids Před 2 lety +51

      @@genuinesupporter5467 By the time a dead body relaxes enough to expel a fetus, said fetus would have also perished from oxygen depravation. There is no way for what you thought to actually happen, the mother would still have to be alive for a living baby to be delivered. From the story, it sounds like Neysi wasn't close to due, either, and being in a poor, rural community, the baby would have likely died either way at that gestation.

  • @2393aa
    @2393aa Před 2 lety +714

    The poor husband in the last story. Can’t imagine the trauma of losing your wife, finding out she’s been buried alive, becoming hopeful she may survive, her then being pronounced dead a second time, and learning you were MINUTES too late from saving her. Horrific

    • @presentpalace5722
      @presentpalace5722 Před 2 lety +22

      That's what I'm saying that stuff really hit hard. Cause why did he have to be too late. I'm so mad fr fr

    • @AlexAndra-iy5zu
      @AlexAndra-iy5zu Před 2 lety +11

      @@presentpalace5722 Can you imagine the panic n trauma? So sad

    • @AlexAndra-iy5zu
      @AlexAndra-iy5zu Před 2 lety +7

      There are many imitation Mr. Ballen podcast. They are his actual stories just from another CZcams or the best way to know if you are on his true channel is to look up a number of subscribers if it’s not over 6 million you know you are on an artificial channel. It does not bother myself but I have read many comments and others do get very upset. Again look up the number of subscribers and if it’s not over 6 million it’s not the real Mr Ballen.
      Be safe and be kind 😊

    • @whyalfie
      @whyalfie Před 2 lety +14

      I've had a partner die, but to have the rest? To feel you wasted time thinking they were possessed and then lost her, to thinking you'd had another chance, a few minutes where you believe that this isn't your story together, imagining her smiling, feeling the stress and euphoria of something other than relentless sorrow and pity, and then watching her die for the second time, feeling now that you personally had been too late, too slow, not sad enough to go to her grave a few minutes earlier. It seems unbearable. I hope somehow he has found some peace since.

    • @aggjohnson8488
      @aggjohnson8488 Před 2 lety +5

      @@whyalfie This might be the toughest chain of events I have ever heard happen to someone... Can't even comprehend.

  • @utethornburg7715
    @utethornburg7715 Před měsícem +445

    Can you imagine the trauma that woman in the first video went through? For 22 years she had no idea why she couldn’t get or keep a job without any explanation. Who knows what she could have achieved.

    • @LittleBirdieFlyinHigh
      @LittleBirdieFlyinHigh Před 27 dny +30

      She should’ve found her roommate and sued.

    • @SatanSpawn801
      @SatanSpawn801 Před 26 dny +26

      I’d run background checks on myself every couple of months. I have an older sister who likes to use my name when she gets pulled over for drug charges. So I kind of had an experience like this I got pulled out of my car at gunpoint because a cop thought that I was a drug dealer. He thought he had a big stop. It took me over a year to try to get it sorted out.

    • @OllenFrazer
      @OllenFrazer Před 24 dny +10

      ​@@SatanSpawn801you should sue your sister

    • @OllenFrazer
      @OllenFrazer Před 24 dny

      ​@@SatanSpawn801don't you want to s u e her

    • @robroy488
      @robroy488 Před 23 dny +4

      ​@@SatanSpawn801 awwww! That's really sweet of your sister!

  • @magdalenemorouni855
    @magdalenemorouni855 Před měsícem +632

    I would sue that movie store. Pressing charges for a $15 vhs is unnecessary punishment. They basically effectively changed the course of her life out of spite. They should be held accountable.

    • @sarahjaneheckscher6737
      @sarahjaneheckscher6737 Před 29 dny +63

      Honestly the place likely went out of business at least fifteen years before.

    • @magdalenemorouni855
      @magdalenemorouni855 Před 29 dny +60

      Did the people who owned the place die when the business closed?
      They still persisted to the fullest extent of the law. They never dropped the charges.
      Charges that never should have been filed.
      Even if the business had “theoretically” likely gone out of business.
      Whoever owned the business caused her several inconveniences in her life over several years.
      All over a petty breach of contract.
      My statement stands.

    • @sarahjaneheckscher6737
      @sarahjaneheckscher6737 Před 29 dny +44

      @@magdalenemorouni855 I absolutely agree that Karen should be compensated. Unfortunately, bureaucracy and passage of time probably means that she won’t get far. Oklahoma bureaucracy is thoroughly at fault. But to be frank so is her roommate.

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 Před 25 dny +8

      Pressing charges is not punishment

    • @stopreplyingtome
      @stopreplyingtome Před 24 dny +4

      well it is her fault

  • @bryandelcid4065
    @bryandelcid4065 Před 2 lety +3298

    Damn. The guy literally picked up his wife’s dead body, which he beat to death, and put some sun glasses on her to trick his kids. That guy is just plain sick and should honestly not be allowed out of prison to potentially do this to someone else.

    • @Janellabelle
      @Janellabelle Před 2 lety +86

      For the safety of society, but also for punitive reasons.

    • @nephthysbastet4809
      @nephthysbastet4809 Před 2 lety +87

      Yeah, how is 15 years for beating someone to death a just sentence? Maybe, he'll end up spending the rest of his life in prison, but I wouldn't count on it.

    • @starshine311
      @starshine311 Před 2 lety

      @@nephthysbastet4809 California is a joke when it comes to violent criminals getting punished for their crimes. They treat the victims like crap and the violent criminals like the victims.

    • @username5748853
      @username5748853 Před 2 lety +37

      Agreed. What an absolutely disgusting excuse for a human.

    • @paulwoodford1984
      @paulwoodford1984 Před 2 lety +6

      lol, funny though 😂

  • @jkxelor1295
    @jkxelor1295 Před 2 lety +22611

    Thank goodness you’re back everyone was worried the like button had gotten the best of you

  • @arnoldrivas7105
    @arnoldrivas7105 Před rokem +191

    I’m from Honduras and hospital over there we always get the stuff wrong and we refuse to go because we are afraid we won’t come back out alive

    • @PanzerShrek94
      @PanzerShrek94 Před rokem +22

      Sadly that's starting to become an issue in other countries as well..

    • @robynsmith4164
      @robynsmith4164 Před rokem +9

      Wow, I don’t blame anyone from Honduras for not trusting hospitals after hearing about this story and a few others! People here in the USA always talk so bad about our health system and they have ZERO IDEA how bad it can truly be…smh🙄 The fact that ANYONE in the USA gripes and talks bad about just about anything over here just truly don’t understand how bad people really have it in 2nd and 3rd world countries, it really angers me! 😠

    • @i_dream_of_memes
      @i_dream_of_memes Před rokem +13

      @@robynsmith4164 if you have to compare your healthcare to a 3rd world country to make you feel happy about it, that’s not saying a lot

    • @hansgruber9685
      @hansgruber9685 Před rokem +3

      @@i_dream_of_memes The only real gripe is that people want it all to be free for everyone. No need to compare anything.

    • @i_dream_of_memes
      @i_dream_of_memes Před rokem +11

      @@hansgruber9685 that’s my main complaint :)
      “it’s great except no one can afford it”

  • @punk24
    @punk24 Před rokem +71

    That dude only got 15 years!!!!!! That's really messed up feel so bad for those babies.

  • @greensun1334
    @greensun1334 Před 2 lety +2942

    So, that poor man lost his wife two times and both times her death could have been avoided. That's a real tragedy.

    • @Pierrefjjjjferw1904t
      @Pierrefjjjjferw1904t Před 2 lety +160

      Another classic case of doctors getting it wrong 😑

    • @burnburn645
      @burnburn645 Před 2 lety +44

      @@Pierrefjjjjferw1904t "doctors" out there lolz, like "priests". savages..

    • @toprap88
      @toprap88 Před 2 lety +72

      @@burnburn645 Dont overeact, there is always gonne be idiots or lack of knowledge in every field, this is why research or having 2doctors look at it is important, Dont just go around trusting ppl just because of their proffession. Just because you`re a doctor dont mean you dont make mistakes

    • @fourscytheshaunt
      @fourscytheshaunt Před 2 lety +1

      Hi h

    • @burnburn645
      @burnburn645 Před 2 lety +108

      @@toprap88 dude its honduras, being a doctor probably means being a freshman EMT, but also the funny part is more about even the family was like.. osh, shes ill! lets callll... GHOSTBUSTERS!! facepalm. and then the immediate burial, not even 24hours at the hospital just all around wtf.

  • @InteriorDesignStudent
    @InteriorDesignStudent Před 2 lety +2367

    Being buried alive was such a fear in Victorian times that people started connecting bells and breathing tubes to caskets.

    • @petersobik2162
      @petersobik2162 Před 2 lety +184

      So no one would be buried alive. What was happening is after people were buried they would hear noises coming from underneath the ground as if they were still alive but it was just their body decomposing bc they didn’t embalm bodies back then. So you could walk by a cemetery and hear all this noise like people were trying to get out. This is also where the fear of zombies came from lol.

    • @shuruff904
      @shuruff904 Před 2 lety +71

      Dead Ringers

    • @Slipperypoodle
      @Slipperypoodle Před 2 lety +12

      Your serious?

    • @marygonzalez733
      @marygonzalez733 Před 2 lety +70

      I heard because it was the Victorian times the docs weren't so great at declaring you really dead. Not saying that people were buried alive but I think that's why peeps did what they did such as windows ect.

    • @tootsitroll9785
      @tootsitroll9785 Před 2 lety +26

      No f*^% way I said at the beginning of the video, “ what did she ring the bell?” Omg lol I was spot on but there was no bell.

  • @moonspun4evr
    @moonspun4evr Před 5 měsíci +52

    Those poor kids in the 2nd story. Christmas will never be the same. I hope he never gets out. That should have been a life sentence.

  • @Potato-fv9ns
    @Potato-fv9ns Před měsícem +74

    Those kids were so used to seeing their mother beat up that they thought that was normal 😢 heartbreaking

  • @snois2
    @snois2 Před 2 lety +1778

    Wow, imagine laying in a coffin not able to move and struggling to breath for 24 hours. That is genuinly horrible

    • @mordie31
      @mordie31 Před 2 lety +150

      If only she knew that if she had kept a bit calmer, and used less oxygen, she would have lived. But alas, it's a paradox, because had she been calmer, perhaps he would not have heard her. I just can't stop thinking about this case, it's just such a nightmare situation and definitely hits me hard.

    • @1mol831
      @1mol831 Před rokem

      @@mordie31 The doctors effectively killed her.

    • @samu-chan
      @samu-chan Před rokem +8

      this just spoiled it for me😭

    • @lilygamingtheories1410
      @lilygamingtheories1410 Před rokem +19

      One of my biggest fears no cap

    • @SS-pq9ci
      @SS-pq9ci Před rokem +107

      If only those clowns at the hospital were competent enough to tell a living person from a dead person

  • @jenniferbrown6427
    @jenniferbrown6427 Před 2 lety +2480

    The second story is probably the worst story I’ve ever heard. That man is a true monster. I am speechless at the trauma experienced by those poor kids.

    • @u2fkeys665
      @u2fkeys665 Před 2 lety +165

      I was shocked he only received 15 years...

    • @luvprue1
      @luvprue1 Před 2 lety +108

      I am shock he only received 15 years. However I think he only received 15 years because he call to report her death instead of trying to hide the body. Those kids are going to be forever traumatize.

    • @jackcarter2790
      @jackcarter2790 Před 2 lety

      If you kill the mother of your children, you hate your children.

    • @marshallmcdaniel1162
      @marshallmcdaniel1162 Před 2 lety +49

      Absolutely disgusting.

    • @travisspaulding2222
      @travisspaulding2222 Před 2 lety +101

      @@u2fkeys665 He was sentenced to life in prison. He just isn't eligible for parole until he has served 15 years. A crime like this, I doubt he would get paroled. It was a horrific crime.

  • @elizabethregalado
    @elizabethregalado Před 3 měsíci +106

    Felony for a movie? That's insane!

    • @virginiawolfe2581
      @virginiawolfe2581 Před 23 dny +6

      Yeah, for a movie. I heard of something similar (on a TV new report) about a man who checked out some medical reference books from the local library in his hometown, but then moved from there and had mistakenly boxed them up along with his stuff and took them with him. He found them in his attic some twenty years later, calculated the late fees (between 750 and 800 dollars) and rounded it up to $1000.00. He then sent the check, books, and a note of apology to the lady who had been the librarian at the time.

    • @johnnyvt9
      @johnnyvt9 Před 15 dny +2

      The VHS tape thing was evil. I remember stores doing that. When we rented in our small town I was just charge for replacement of new tape. If they were late for a couple of weeks they would just owe to replace the tape. Like $30 and that is it. I can't stand people who steal, but I would never want anyone arrested over a 30 dollar tape. That is insanity. That is just about how all the stores operated back then though. That was just one sucky thing from the past though. Every small town had public swimming pools, bowling, movie theater, skating and other fun things to do. All of that is gone now. I will not talk about what killed all of that though. It isn't pc.

  • @shannontaylor8581
    @shannontaylor8581 Před rokem +35

    It’s horrific enough that he murdered his wife and mother of his children. But what makes this story so much worse is how he positioned her body on the sofa and made the children believe she had done something wrong when in reality he had murdered her in cold blood and made his children sit with her body.
    Those poor children 💔

  • @BeautyMonster1000
    @BeautyMonster1000 Před 2 lety +650

    The second and third stories are absolutely heartbreaking. The second story, how could a husband and father do that to his wife and children? Truly evil. The third story, I can't imagine being in a situation where I thought a loved one was dead but they weren't yet I ended up losing them for real in the end, that would destroy me. That poor family.

    • @traviscassidy4717
      @traviscassidy4717 Před 2 lety +15

      I hear stories like the second one and I just don’t understand how someone can do devastatingly ruin their children’s lives by killing their spouse. When people then kill the children it’s just the worst thing you can do as a human in my opinion.

    • @Jerome616
      @Jerome616 Před 2 lety +7

      Alcohol and self hatred. Men often manifest self hatred as violence.

    • @ghostwalk2446
      @ghostwalk2446 Před 2 lety +19

      @@Jerome616 No amount of alcohol and self hatred could make a decent person kill their children, they have to be evil as well

    • @mxu111
      @mxu111 Před 2 lety +8

      He's done it before so didn't care but she kept taking him back. A lot of women contribute to their own demise in DV situations.

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus Před 2 lety

      @@Jerome616 I love people saying all men (or "men often"), when these brain damaged maniacs do things like that. Imagine saying all women are potential prostitutes...

  • @TheQueenOfSheba
    @TheQueenOfSheba Před 2 lety +608

    That second story is so freaking heart breaking. That man is so evil for that. That poor mother and her poor babies. It’s too bad that evil monster tricked her into getting back with him. It’s also horrible that no one called the police when they heard the fight happening, might have saved her life.

    • @nunyabiz3557
      @nunyabiz3557 Před 2 lety +69

      Especially the “witness” that saw her trying to escape him!

    • @nicolecheyenne7937
      @nicolecheyenne7937 Před 2 lety +94

      I can't believe people actually saw her trying to flee and him dragging her back and didn't call the police to report a domestic disturbance. Insane.

    • @Musashi_Bankai
      @Musashi_Bankai Před 2 lety

      Cringe

    • @Musashi_Bankai
      @Musashi_Bankai Před 2 lety +15

      @@nicolecheyenne7937 "adults" are like that, don't care about anything themselves

    • @alexf9381
      @alexf9381 Před 2 lety +56

      @@nicolecheyenne7937 It's the perfect example of the "not my business" mindset so many have. If they're a stranger, a certain percentage of people just don't care enough to do anything about it. I make it a point to treat strangers the way i'd want my loved ones to be treated by a stranger in the same situation. Everyone is someones loved one.

  • @CaylaJoBellard
    @CaylaJoBellard Před rokem +63

    Za’zells story is heartbreaking. Christmas won’t be the same for the kids after that… but how in the hell did no one hear or call the police when they heard fighting in the other apartment? If someone would’ve called the police, it would’ve probably saved her life.

    • @Messup7654
      @Messup7654 Před rokem +5

      Would you call the police if you hear fighting? They lived in a apartment and tons of people probably heard it a ton and got used to it every few weeks

    • @BloodNote
      @BloodNote Před 22 dny +2

      You clearly never been around this level of toxic relationships. The police only do but so much if they do anything. Especially if they aren't leaving the abuse. It gets to point where neighbors don't care and do nothing more since it's constant and nothing is done.

  • @krisa6580
    @krisa6580 Před měsícem +10

    I will NEVER recover from the last story. I was so set to be relieved and happy and I am not.

    • @jessicahannah2522
      @jessicahannah2522 Před 21 dnem

      Please start touching grass. No one should be that online that they are affected personally by these stories. Will you really, really, NEVER recover? That's just....too online.

    • @krisa6580
      @krisa6580 Před 19 dny +1

      @@jessicahannah2522 oh man, maybe you’re the one that needs to touch grass. If you knew my lifestyle, you’d feel silly about your comment. I was clearly exaggerating, I’m fully recovered btw!

  • @tracypaxton1054
    @tracypaxton1054 Před 2 lety +4304

    Let me get this straight: not returning a video tape makes you a felon guilty of embezzlement? That is sick.

    • @Daniel-rg5kb
      @Daniel-rg5kb Před 2 lety +288

      Law enforcement always pushes for the biggest charge in the beginning of a case (innocent until proven guilty right?). Had she been notified of her charges, she would've went to court and it would've been reduced significantly by the judge.

    • @lovekings6807
      @lovekings6807 Před 2 lety +250

      I don't understand how it was considered felony embezzlement. You have to steal over a certain amount to make it go from a misdemeanor to a felony (it's different in each state... But usually at least $600+) and if you have never had any charges before they usually drop it to something smaller. So how a VHS even with fees could get that high is beyond me.

    • @alloralou4722
      @alloralou4722 Před 2 lety +155

      I used to manage a video store in a small town and yes, I’m that old and we rented VHS tapes. I never turned anyone over to the police though. You figure say the one video is 4.00 a day to rent and if the customer keeps it a year the charges would be well over 1,000.00. We would have customers insist they returned a movie even if the movie was missing and they were the last one to rent it. There was really nothing to do because I would never turn a customer over to the police and we just absorbed the cost but it was very irritating. But not felony irritating!

    • @loripedersen34
      @loripedersen34 Před 2 lety +198

      This happened to me, was arrested and went to jail. My brother rented under my account and never returned it. 20 years later I had a warrant out for my arrest.....0 tickets 0 record... a warrant for a VHS tape!!

    • @FirstnameLastname-fd9cp
      @FirstnameLastname-fd9cp Před 2 lety +90

      @@loripedersen34 omg that is actually insane.

  • @sofire6852
    @sofire6852 Před 2 lety +1399

    Za’Zells story is so horrific. I can’t imagine what the kids experienced and the mark this has left for them on Christmas Day. So sad

    • @-_YouMayFind_-
      @-_YouMayFind_- Před 2 lety +40

      besides the mom that lost her life. Dont forget her...

    • @chodysseus420
      @chodysseus420 Před 2 lety +66

      @@-_YouMayFind_- she’s gone, and it’s horrible, but also the kids are alive, and Christmas is a HUGE holiday here in America. They have to relive that shit every year

    • @mikaeladisse8641
      @mikaeladisse8641 Před 2 lety

      He’s a piece of shit. The fact that he propped her up the night prior as if she was alive is insane. That’s the mother of his kids

    • @axon130
      @axon130 Před 2 lety +12

      Yeah, the whole story is getto and ratchet AF, yikes

    • @Chronorust
      @Chronorust Před 2 lety +20

      @@axon130 🤨

  • @safdaremadi2442
    @safdaremadi2442 Před 14 dny +3

    The most unbelievable part was when you said the DMV emailed her “right back” 😂😂

  • @halfsmile207
    @halfsmile207 Před rokem +173

    1st story is so sad and if it is me i will be angry. Imagine her struggle to find job and no one ever told her about the issue for 20 years. For a sin she didn’t even know exist.

    • @PanzerShrek94
      @PanzerShrek94 Před rokem +25

      Right?At least they could have said "Sorry we don't hire people with criminal past" Then she could have sorted this out right then and not 20 years later.

    • @outtaspace1566
      @outtaspace1566 Před rokem +12

      I would sue the roommate

    • @Lynchmob2280
      @Lynchmob2280 Před rokem +34

      Id sue the movie place. They filed criminal charges against someone that didn’t do anything. Their own fault for letting someone else use her card.

    • @cleaneropinion111
      @cleaneropinion111 Před rokem +1

      Who care about the 1st story. There's a buried alive case and you only think about the women who can't find a job...🙄🙄😂😂😂

    • @Messup7654
      @Messup7654 Před rokem +2

      @@cleaneropinion111yes the first story is absolutely tragic unconstitutional and cause for a giant law suit a tens of millions of dollars law suit

  • @Raiinstorm69
    @Raiinstorm69 Před 2 lety +298

    The second story absolutley broke my heart. The children not knowing, thinking that their mother is still alive. It just breaks my heart to hear that story.

  • @SunnyKlein-vr7eh
    @SunnyKlein-vr7eh Před 2 lety +147

    That last story was so horrible, I couldn’t even imagine being that husband and you learn that she wasn’t dead after going through all those emotions and then you feel probably the greatest feeling ever by knowing your wife is actually alive but then to only lose her again and then go through all the ‘what if’s’ and ‘if only’ so all of that now stacked up on grieving again😭😢

    • @joyn6654
      @joyn6654 Před 2 lety +1

      I think the second time, I would have left her at home for a few days to make sure. Actually, if i lived somewhere that the dead are not embalmed I would leave the dead at home for a few days the FIRST time they were supposedly dead just to make sure.

    • @SunnyKlein-vr7eh
      @SunnyKlein-vr7eh Před 2 lety

      @joy n, ya bro I would have to agree!

  • @courtneyorr742
    @courtneyorr742 Před rokem +15

    That last story really messed with my head!! Omg that’s crazy!!!! Well all of them are honestly! Being buried alive and being dead and propped up like you’re alive in front of your kids! Ughhh

  • @Rock3rChixx
    @Rock3rChixx Před 9 měsíci +13

    I was on the jury selection for william's trial in the second story. At the time, I had no idea why he was there because of course they wanted to keep us unbiased, but as soon as I was let go, I searched everything up and found this story. It was terrifying, but I am glad he was found guilty even though I wasn't in the group to find him so. At the time I ws glad I wasn't on the jury, because of course, I didn't want to spend months of time sittng in a courtroom, but it is weird to hear about this again

    • @jessicahannah2522
      @jessicahannah2522 Před 21 dnem

      The word you are looking for is "horrifying". Not 'terrifying'. You weren't there to be terrified. You were horrified by the details.

  • @_HimToo
    @_HimToo Před 2 lety +713

    *Embezzlement*??? If ANYTHING, that'd be petty theft. How did they even come up with felony embezzlement? If I were her, I'd find out who the owner of that store was and I would sue the shit outta them. As a matter of fact, I'd be pretty pissed at the DA's office as well. How did the DA's office even let those charges become a reality & then let it snowball like this to top it off. Yeah, I'd be throwin a damn fit for sure!

    • @ynotsolobolo
      @ynotsolobolo Před 2 lety +83

      Yep sue them for loss income defamation. They trumped tf out of a video rental...wow!

    • @Ororo_Munroe1
      @Ororo_Munroe1 Před 2 lety +28

      I was thinking the same thing. Embezzlement? That makes no sense to me.

    • @amazonlife2609
      @amazonlife2609 Před 2 lety +19

      She definitely sue for lost earnings.

    • @crawdadlando4053
      @crawdadlando4053 Před 2 lety +2

      Or you could just obey the law.

    • @brandonsantoro47
      @brandonsantoro47 Před 2 lety +78

      @@crawdadlando4053 what do you mean by, "oryou could just obey the law"?
      She didn't break a single law. That was the point

  • @catenystrom6506
    @catenystrom6506 Před rokem +837

    HOW in the hell did they not know she was alive?? I can't imagine the terror she went through.

    • @justadog8865
      @justadog8865 Před rokem +30

      I feel so bad for her....

    • @artv4nd3l4y
      @artv4nd3l4y Před rokem

      Yeah the doctors were idiots that's how, very sad.

    • @Berserk1Manga
      @Berserk1Manga Před rokem +145

      I mean they immediately thought she needed an exorcism instead of medical help. They aren't too bright.

    • @JordanC100
      @JordanC100 Před rokem +33

      @@Berserk1Manga probably was talking about the doctors.

    • @leslieannvanhumbeck7630
      @leslieannvanhumbeck7630 Před rokem +12

      It was Honduras

  • @michaelyunkelo1757
    @michaelyunkelo1757 Před rokem +5

    Poor Macie, what a terrible thing to have happen to you. May God welcome her into his kingdom and bless her family and friends

  • @davidpruiksma8014
    @davidpruiksma8014 Před 9 dny

    This particular video was very timely for me. I had really been struggling with my feelings on this topic and I was troubled. Listening to this very measured, moving and personal insight from Father Mike was a game changer for me. I finally was able to come to terms with this and find greater understanding and peace within. Thank you Father Mike. ❤

  • @rubylouque5571
    @rubylouque5571 Před 2 lety +774

    Buried alive...how horrific! My heart hurts for her, her unborn child, and her family 😔

    • @craigh5236
      @craigh5236 Před 2 lety

      The husband will be consumed with 'what ifs' for the rest of his life. If he had just come to the tomb earlier. If he had made sure she was dead. If If If.

    • @YourWifesBoyfriend
      @YourWifesBoyfriend Před 2 lety +3

      Didn't happen.

    • @irishcountrygirl78
      @irishcountrygirl78 Před 2 lety +41

      @@YourWifesBoyfriend It happened regularly in Ireland before embalming....but if there were cameras present you're probably right. We have a neighbour who's a grave digger, he has to move old coffins regularly, some of the very old coffins often had the body on it's side and scratch marks and brown blood marks on the inside lid. If they didn't wake up during the quick "wake" then they were buried quickly and not embalmed. Hence the graveyard "dead ringer" bells 🔔, sometimes connected to the corpse for the keeper or family to hear.

    • @Orlanzepol123
      @Orlanzepol123 Před 2 lety +54

      There are many horrific ways to die and I believe being buried alive is near the top.

    • @azuzenasylvestre5986
      @azuzenasylvestre5986 Před 2 lety

      The girl that got buried alive probably had epilepsy or neurological issues. I hope they made sure she was dead the second time they buried her because she might have been buried alive twice.

  • @ardellapurcell4433
    @ardellapurcell4433 Před 2 lety +972

    Za'Zell's story is just heartbreaking. It wasn't enough to victimize her, he had victimize her children as well. Christmas will probably never be a happy occasion for her babies after that. That story makes me so angry. I hope that her children are able to heal--especially her girls who are likely to remember it. Those poor babies. :(

    • @KageyEm
      @KageyEm Před 2 lety +30

      Makes me sick 🤬

    • @JessLauren0305
      @JessLauren0305 Před 2 lety +35

      Yes I was so soul shattered to hear this story. I pray God gives those babies peace!! God rest that woman's soul 🙏

    • @chrisyu327
      @chrisyu327 Před 2 lety +19

      I don't understand how you can hit someone you love. you wouldn't smash your own car that you love isn't it.

    • @YOYOKE64
      @YOYOKE64 Před 2 lety +7

      Thankfully kids with her parents not his given how well brought up he was (not!!! )

    • @truthseeker2171
      @truthseeker2171 Před 2 lety +7

      @@chrisyu327 I can understand how a man especially would hit a woman he loves (or used to love). Some women can be so evil even Jesus would be scared or be in tears to be in a relationship with them. Manipulation can really cause someone to snap. I just got out of an emotionally abusive, filled with venom and huge tons of lies relationship and I sometimes I wish I had just punched that girl into a coma. Never did get to express my physical violence on her.
      Loved her very much but for whatever reason, I wasn't the guy she wanted. I did everything for her, even getting her a job but she kept comparing me to her cheating ex and even cheated on me severally with him and others (evidence from her phone). I always got pity sex and you have no idea how frustrating that is. Especially before learning things like red pill or alpha widow nature.
      I sit down sometimes and remember the things I endured that would even make my friends laugh at me, that I'm either very stupid or I am the most patient person in the world. But they'd quickly follow it up with, you're a very intelligent person so you're obviously not stupid. I'm an engineer by the way (to explain the "intelligence").
      The traditional nonsense that everyone who have never been in abusive (emotionally, not physical) relationship is to always tell a man to be patient. Be the bigger person. Fuck that shit. Fuck, I tried to self-delete myself several times, I am f**king rich as compared to my colleagues I sat in the same engineering classes with but I was miserable simply because I wanted to stay faithful to one woman who couldn't respect me. Everyone, my aunts, my own parents, her side of the family always told me to be the patient man. Years I endured this shit and I have receipts from going to a therapist to prove this. Multiple therapy sessions. I could've just done the worst and ended up in jail, probably be enduring shit in there but be happy I expressed my anger.
      Until recently that her true lying devilish nature came out, the only thing I ever got from anyone is that "oh you're such a patient man". I am not. I have murdered that girl in so many different ways in my mind. So many different ways. When it was time for her to leave my place, I went and called the police to come and bear witness to her packing her belongings, only for them to refuse to turn up at the very last minute with all forms of excuses. I later found out from a colleague, even they could get in trouble for touching a woman or some nonsense of that kind. I sometimes have my whole body visibly shaking just remembering some of the things I had to live through and endure.
      I am a broken man, and if you haven't been in my shoes you have no idea. I am lonely sometimes. Living all alone in a big house with everything to make a family possible, with money to travel anywhere I want. I have the freedom to travel (software engineer - remote work) but I am not able to. I buy new servers and computing tools just to play with at home. I do a whole lot of things to keep myself busy at night but after I've successfully done all of these things, I get reminded that I am lonely.
      A girl who has been taking naked pics of me when I sleep at night over the course of the years. If not because the nakedness of a man does not go too far, she's been preparing all these years for when the relationship would go to hell so she can disgrace me. The only thing that stopped her, is her family and the threat of me suing her with all I've got until she rots in jail forever.
      I want to be a husband, I want to be a good father, but with what I've experienced, I wonder what I did wrong to anyone to deserve any of this. I wonder if I'm cursed. I'm trying my very best not to go into any other relationship until next year. I don't think I am fit to be a man in any woman's life right now. I'll continue my therapy sessions and hopefully, God will help me with a woman who will appreciate my efforts.
      I do not support or condone any stupid thing a man does to a woman, like ZaZell's husband has done to her, I'm just saying, I can understand what could push a man to doing it. I feel fortunate I didn't do it, but I sometimes feel very angry I didn't do it either.

  • @shanemckenna1663
    @shanemckenna1663 Před rokem +10

    Mr Ballen,
    Your channel by far is my favorite and I never miss a new upload. Thease two stories are as depressing as any you have told. However, the way you tell each story with incredible respect for the source as if it happend to you or a friend is an incredible gift. You have an outstanding ability to tell a story with such authentic inflection there are times I am litteraly on the edge of my seat. You also show such respect for the story and the people in the stories that it always warms my heart. Positive or negative your approch is always so skilfuly deliverd that I sometimes will imediatly rewatch them. Im sure others feel the same and that is why you have 6.8 million subscribers. By the way that is an incredible ammout of subscribers. Bravo!!!
    You have explaind that you are a navy seal. I have a great respect for our millitary and to all who have served this great nation and her people. As I understand it a navy seal is the epitome of a warrior in our military. You are a perfect example of the adaptabillity of such a higly trained soldier. To go from that life back into civilian life and find your calling as a story teller on CZcams is an amazing story in its own rite. Thank you for your service and your channel

  • @kjeratowski
    @kjeratowski Před rokem +6

    I love how you do your ads/commercials, especially when you can't do it without laughing! It's the best:)
    Thank you,
    Kate

  • @craig2e46
    @craig2e46 Před 2 lety +242

    That last story was one of the most heartbreaking horrific stories I have heard. So so sad.

  • @CatholicK5357
    @CatholicK5357 Před 2 lety +212

    In the first story that poor woman should have compensated for all those years of lost wages. It was obviously just an accident, but one that cost her her livelihood for decades. It is hard to believe that such a charge without even her being contacted could actually pursue her. What a corrupt and neglectful system.

    • @youtuberyoutubingonyoutube
      @youtuberyoutubingonyoutube Před 2 lety +10

      Exactly what I thought.

    • @changeintheair9648
      @changeintheair9648 Před 2 lety +1

      Why did she - or did she - give her room mate the ability to rent a video under her name? If she knew, she should have ensured it was returned. It is considered a theft, so I can understand why employers would fire her OR potential employers nix her. Too bad - if I believe her claim - that none of these told her why. Especially an employer. They would have to cite reason for dismissal. Did she even ask? (Maybe story not true?)

    • @CatholicK5357
      @CatholicK5357 Před 2 lety +15

      @@changeintheair9648 The story says that she did not know and was not contacted about it. And no, not returning a movie is not like actual theft since you are charged late fees until the value of the film is paid off. If you don't pay the fees even that is not considered theft in the same sense as shoplifting. The idea that someone should have a criminal record for embezzlement over an unreturned movie, something that almost everyone has done at one point or another, is ridiculous. As for if the story is untrue, I can only hope.

    • @trailrider2571
      @trailrider2571 Před 2 lety +2

      I didn't see any corruption, just incompetence.

    • @youtuberyoutubingonyoutube
      @youtuberyoutubingonyoutube Před 2 lety +6

      @@trailrider2571 it’s not corrupt to charge the person late fees until the MOVIE is paid for then turn around and make them a felon for embezzlement over it? 🤦🏼‍♀️ Beyond absurd to do that.

  • @catalina1867
    @catalina1867 Před rokem +6

    The first story is something I think about all the time. Just a weird anxiety that keeps me up is if I have random charges on me or if I could be a wanted criminal or something and not know because I’ve moved so many times 😅 I moved once out of state and continued getting jury summons to my sister’s home that I had to call in and explain I no longer live there. I had my ID changed, mailed the DMV a letter and several forms and it never stopped. Then my sister moved and I’ve been left wondering if it’s been continuing ever since..

  • @jus10lewissr
    @jus10lewissr Před 9 měsíci +10

    Holy sh*t. That second story with the dead mother being propped up on the couch is horrible. Personally, I've got memories that go back to before I was two years old but I seriously hope these kids grow older and can't recall anything about it. Damn, that's rough.

    • @lynnegackstetter2779
      @lynnegackstetter2779 Před 25 dny +1

      I have memories of being in my crib but old enough to sit up. My mom had given me a blanket and I said that was on your bed when I was in the crib. It was that blanket and she was stunned to find out I remembered it from that young.

    • @joliebokeh1958
      @joliebokeh1958 Před 22 dny

      I have a few flashes of memories from being a baby, but nothing important. My solid memories started around age four. I hope the three year old won't remember, but sadly I'm pretty positive that the eight year old will remember it all. 😢

  • @susantully1533
    @susantully1533 Před 2 lety +759

    The story about Za'Zell hit me so hard. It was like you were telling the story of my childhood Christmas's with my Mom and stepdad William. They always had horrible fights around holidays. I remember one Christmas Eve they fought and a gun got brought out. I could have very easily wound up like her kids. I try not to think about it and delude myself that it wasn't that bad. Hearing it from an outsider perspective really put it in perspective for me. Kids should never have to go through that. I guess my brother and I are very lucky we didn't have to bury one parental figure and watch another go to jail.
    Thank you for telling Za'Zells's story. Victims need others to be their voice. You do them a great service.

    • @Irish_Georgia_Girl
      @Irish_Georgia_Girl Před 2 lety +14

      I'm so sorry that happened to you too, Susan. You're right.... NO ONE should have to go through that. I cried about it because I was so damn angry and I couldn't believe he'd done that and ONLY GOT 15 YEARS! They obviously pled him down to 15 years and that's DISGUSTING! As a D.A. I'd have thrown the book at him and gone for the max which should have been LIFE (if not death!). They usually only plea down when they think there's a chance they'll lose the case but with his stupid story about her "falling into the coffee table" and putting sunglasses on her, they had to have had a tightly wrapped-up case without his confession. I'm sure her family and friends were so sick over that nothing sentence he got for what he did to her AND orphaning those 3 innocent kids....one only 7 weeks old! He makes me sick and I want to wish him to burn in Hell but I know as a Christian I'm not supposed to feel that way, but it's hard not to! I know Jesus will make him pay for what he did.

    • @aneshiadixon8762
      @aneshiadixon8762 Před 2 lety +6

      Susan I hope you and your brother are doing well in life. I hear ya, I can most DEFINITELY relate and I 1000000000% agree. NO child should ever have to grow up with violence in the home. Be blessed. Stay strong and humble.❤‍🩹

    • @askiabattle3678
      @askiabattle3678 Před 2 lety +6

      I'm not trying to judge anyone and I'm so happy that you are okay and everything went okay most of the domestic violence in our community happens way too often. We need to do better. And a lot of you females always want a relationship with a loser thug dude. He Beat his woman to death so obviously he's been doing this for a while. In this really pisses me off. Because I had to witness my father beating my mother multiple times in my life. I forgive my father and I love him I grew up very sad and that sadness turn into great anger 🤬🤬 Do you know how devastating it is for a child to witness his mother in a critical state where there's puddles of blood when you have to get the mop in your father comes to you and say your mother ain't sh...... You ladies have to make better decision of the type of man you choose to open your legs to now those kids are going to have to grow up broken 💔 💝 some of those boys are grown and when there father gets out that's how they're probably are going to try to kill him or have hatred in their heart for him me personally I forgive my father that's what I did but because of their father they don't have a mother so that anger is something that they probably will display to the father and try to hurt him and if they're grown there probably capable of doing it.

    • @eduardoramos7423
      @eduardoramos7423 Před 2 lety

      William really thought that he was gonna get away. This guy is a low iQ person. He deserves life in prison

    • @iwishiwasthomasshelby
      @iwishiwasthomasshelby Před 2 lety

      At least you had a stepdad and a mom.

  • @ZoryaZXD
    @ZoryaZXD Před 2 lety +3076

    The fact that the guy got 15 years for beating his wife to death is so heart breaking. He deserves to rot in jail for much longer.

    • @bandgeekonflute
      @bandgeekonflute Před 2 lety +95

      I hope they keep him for life!

    • @t.j.7789
      @t.j.7789 Před 2 lety +100

      He deserves to never get out!!!!

    • @veronicafior2714
      @veronicafior2714 Před 2 lety +14

      He was probably pushed to the limit and lost it …

    • @ZoryaZXD
      @ZoryaZXD Před 2 lety +4

      @@veronicafior2714 I don’t give a fuck that doesn’t excuse beating someone to death

    • @pamelam1101
      @pamelam1101 Před 2 lety +2

      @@veronicafior2714 what?? You don’t just beat your wife to death because you lost your patience or we’re at your wits end. It doesn’t work that way.

  • @sharpcarco
    @sharpcarco Před měsícem +4

    30 years ago I was putting in jail for not returning a videotape. It’s very interesting story😊

  • @jus10lewissr
    @jus10lewissr Před 9 měsíci +3

    The first story actually spooked me a bit because I'm from Oklahoma and I've always felt that I probably owed some late fees to Blockbuster when they closed because I was still in the process of contesting an enormous late fee for something I never rented. That's so lovely. I don't think I've got an "Oklahoma problem" like she did but the story definitely has me wondering. 😆

  • @jimathy96
    @jimathy96 Před 2 lety +1329

    Holy shit, that second story is so cruel and heartbreaking. Those Three poor innocent girls. Some people in this world just make me speechless and dumbfounded. I pray that those girls are able to get through that traumatizing situation, so that they can lead normal life.

    • @skylined5534
      @skylined5534 Před 2 lety +38

      Scarred for life. While something like this will always be a terrible point in someone's life of course but Christmas will be the time of year it hits the kids hard and even worse everyone else around them will be getting excited for what should be a special and magical time of year for everyone.

    • @PoloWolf47
      @PoloWolf47 Před 2 lety +21

      @@skylined5534 at least two of them were really young, so the chances are that they won't remember it when they're a lot older. I'm not sure about the oldest though... :( I hope they weren't told exactly what happened. I have an 8 year old sister and the thought of something like that happening to her breaks my heart

    • @jimathy96
      @jimathy96 Před 2 lety +11

      @@skylined5534 yes, absolutely it should be a joyous time for all, with wholesome memories. And as you said all that horrible-ness will hit harder come Christmas time. Hopefully in time they are able to get back to absolute normalcy.

    • @jimathy96
      @jimathy96 Před 2 lety +10

      @@PoloWolf47 I really hope you're right about them being to young to remember what happened. Also I was thinking the same thing about hoping that they were not told what all took place, in order to hopefully keep their innocence as long as possible.

    • @Freespirit435
      @Freespirit435 Před 2 lety +25

      I think he said the youngest was a boy.

  • @persona2grata
    @persona2grata Před 2 lety +615

    Wow, William both orphaned his children and made Christmas a living nightmare for them forever after with one vicious act. You know what the worst part is? I 100% guarantee that pos will one day fight to "have his children in his life" after he makes parole. He'll cry, and talk about how sorry he is and how much he's changed and how he's found god or whatever, but by his hand his children and their mother were robbed of a lifetime together. I hope he never makes it out of prison.

    • @tdotjazzberryram61
      @tdotjazzberryram61 Před rokem +1

      Right 🎯 but so typical of low life beggars ...

    • @victoriaomdahl9890
      @victoriaomdahl9890 Před rokem +17

      You know it's true. Let's hope those who decide are much smarter and know where he needs to stay.

    • @mamas6425
      @mamas6425 Před rokem

      He's trash and deserves the death penalty.

    • @leslieannvanhumbeck7630
      @leslieannvanhumbeck7630 Před rokem +8

      God is spelled with a capital G.

    • @persona2grata
      @persona2grata Před rokem +19

      @@leslieannvanhumbeck7630 Oh my God is it annoying that you spell nazi'd my spelling. See what I did there? :) Also, stop being name greedy LeslieAnn from Humbeck. Pick one name like the rest of us.

  • @gonfreecss5541
    @gonfreecss5541 Před 2 měsíci +2

    What a terrible Christmas for those kids. God bless them 🫶🏻

  • @Vasya_Onoshenko
    @Vasya_Onoshenko Před 11 měsíci +2

    I love this guy! He’s got 3 of my absolute favourite stories ever, told in the best possible way❤

  • @anonymouse6703
    @anonymouse6703 Před 2 lety +69

    Nobody would ever have known that the girl was buried alive if her husband had not leaned against the tomb. It is such a tragic shame that she did not survive. Her husband looks so young and terribly heartbroken.

  • @luv4nevaeh7
    @luv4nevaeh7 Před 2 lety +538

    The girl buried alive story bothers me so much. Can’t stop thinking about it. This is everyone’s worse nightmare.

    • @lydiafenton48
      @lydiafenton48 Před 2 lety +62

      Right? Did NO ONE check her pulse?!

    • @someguywithanarrowtothekne3899
      @someguywithanarrowtothekne3899 Před 2 lety +20

      @@lydiafenton48 that's socialist Healthcare for ya

    • @paulwoodford1984
      @paulwoodford1984 Před 2 lety +3

      sounds peaceful 🥹

    • @someguywithanarrowtothekne3899
      @someguywithanarrowtothekne3899 Před 2 lety +3

      @@paulwoodford1984 ._.

    • @andrewgoodbody2121
      @andrewgoodbody2121 Před 2 lety +28

      @@someguywithanarrowtothekne3899 In 2001, a body bag was delivered to the Matarese Funeral Home in Ashland, Massachusetts with a live occupant. Funeral director John Matarese discovered this, called paramedics,. Social healthcare is a gift in Europe that you will never know cause of your reds under the beds manufactured mania, perhaps if the US and CIA had kept their damn noses out of South America they would have a better system, Americans lack of knowledge of the sheer damage they have done to the world is astounding.

  • @RoscoPColetraneIII
    @RoscoPColetraneIII Před rokem +2

    Fellow Oklahoman here. That outstanding felony for not returning Sabrina the Teenage Witch VHS to “Movie Place”? Yea, that doesn’t surprise me one bit. Oklahoma’s stringent judicial habits are kind of like Texas’, minus the Highwaymen-esq coolness factor.

  • @amwright63
    @amwright63 Před rokem +2

    I've been watching your videos all day and several of them were very disturbing. But the last video with the young lady being buried alive, effected me the most. What an incredibly horrible way to die, being literally entombed alive. After seeing it, I couldn't stop thinking about it. Oh, btw, GREAT VIDEOS and you're a magnificent story teller. TWO THUMBS UP!!

  • @Xander-pg5ly
    @Xander-pg5ly Před 2 lety +73

    "Mommy got drunk and now she's ruined Christmas" that's gotta be the worst quote to leave your kids just before getting arrested for murdering their mom!

    • @Bettinasisrg
      @Bettinasisrg Před 2 lety

      Well that's exactly what a narcissist psychopath actually believes! Run as fast as you can when you meet one, they are bad news!

  • @murphy1384
    @murphy1384 Před 2 lety +203

    The poor girl, I can't even imagine how that poor girl felt. Being buried alive has to be the worse possible feeling.

    • @wugira76
      @wugira76 Před 2 lety +1

      The thought of being buried alive
      is the only thing that actualy ever gives me anxiety
      Nothing else on this planet as ever come close to triggering that sentiment to me, besides that

    • @lightpropulsionguy
      @lightpropulsionguy Před 2 lety

      @@wugira76 likewise, you know, now they put concrete over the coffins in America, if you do get buried alive in this day and age, there is no escape, thats why I opt for cremation, hopefully some jerk doesn't hit the button too soon or if he/she does they just wait for the screams to die down in absolute horror because surviving partial incineration would only make you suffer real bad and then you'd die anyways.

  • @tsimone7376
    @tsimone7376 Před rokem +2

    I remember renting videos and games from our local video rental place and the one occasion I was late returning a video by literally a couple of weeks, It cost basically the same as buying it outright! 😂
    After that I rarely rented anything from the shop, until a friend of mine asked me to rent a certain film for them. I actually remember what it was lol it was Dexter! I even remember that it was series two wow😂👌
    My friend decided that every time I asked weather they had finished with it as it was due round that time. They swerved it. It became overdue, then it was weeks. The friend stopped answering my calls over this Dexter dvd. It got to the point where I actually asked if I can just buy a new one in replacement of it. At the time you wasn't able to even do that as they rather these charges built up to the cost of a holiday home 🥴
    Well in the end I was allowed to buy a new dvd. Oh but they still wanted me to pay the charges for around seven months!
    I really could not believe the grief this caused over this Dexter dvd!
    But let's put it this way, I don't talk to the so called friend anymore, well they stopped answering the phone anyway over a dvd!
    But least I knew about it, this girl didn't get told, I mean getting sacked over this was disgusting, you think she would of been told about it
    As for her friend who caused her a world of shit for Sabrina the teenage witch 😂😂😂
    Really they don't just owe for the dvd and the charges, they owe for loss of earnings and then compensation for the trauma of all this year's of rejection lol
    This is a judge Judy situation and I know she will have something to say about the actual rental place! The owner must be a millionaire now! 💯💰💰📼📼😂😂

    • @jessicahannah2522
      @jessicahannah2522 Před 21 dnem

      No one cares about your decades old story about a Dexter dvd, much less want to wander through four paragraphs about such a lame story. What an empty, sad life.

  • @ricardosifuentes8746
    @ricardosifuentes8746 Před rokem

    I have been binge watching these for a couple weeks now, I recently found out you also have Spanish videos, been watching with my girlfriend and now she’s hooked too lol, great, great job 🙏

  • @SentretPeanut
    @SentretPeanut Před 2 lety +270

    My dad has been gone for 17 years. He was an incredible story teller.
    Mr. Ballen is the ONLY person who has ever been able to replicate that feeling of immersion. His level of detail, the way he delivers the stories. This channel is just amazing in every sense of the word. Even though it’s dark, Mr. Ballen just sells this!

    • @steiny3353
      @steiny3353 Před 2 lety +3

      Peanut
      Yes, he really is amazing. I can't think of anyone who comes close to his presentation. He's an ex bad ass Navy Seal (verified by Don Shipley) too. Big career change, hey ?

    • @jimallgood5989
      @jimallgood5989 Před 2 lety +1

      Feel yea

    • @thebeasters
      @thebeasters Před 2 lety +2

      Need a scary campfire edition.
      I can download before because if you're paying to camp, you aren't camping

    • @curlyq7864
      @curlyq7864 Před 2 lety +1

      @Peanut Have you tried WLB?

    • @frankpark9571
      @frankpark9571 Před 2 lety

      I've only met like 3 or 4 great story tellers. My grandfather was one of them. He passed in 2004, but I remember those stories fondly

  • @rachelliving8046
    @rachelliving8046 Před 2 lety +406

    So glad you're back, John. Glad you and the family are doing well, enjoying your new home. You've been greatly missed! ❤️

    • @dc7993
      @dc7993 Před 2 lety +6

      Well said.

    • @Newjerseyblows
      @Newjerseyblows Před 2 lety

      I thought he posted last week? When was he missing?

    • @rachelliving8046
      @rachelliving8046 Před 2 lety +6

      He and his family were moving cross-country over the last 2 weeks. There was a podcast that came out, but it was like 10 days w/o a video. If you swipe to the "Community" subcategory there a typed letter explaining the situation.

    • @Thehomelessathlete
      @Thehomelessathlete Před 2 lety

      Glockdookie with a switch on that bitchh ethan_hawk_d

  • @ZA-mb5di
    @ZA-mb5di Před rokem +1

    11:36 that's first time in a while that my heart dropped from a story.
    Good job Mr Ballen

  • @miapdx503
    @miapdx503 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Those kids will never enjoy Christmas. Ever. What a pos.
    That third one was incredible. Horrifying

  • @Fayanora
    @Fayanora Před 2 lety +153

    On the Za'zell one, I knew as soon as you said they were staying together for their kids despite a rocky and abusive relationship, that that wasn't going to end well. Staying together "for the kids" rarely ever works out well on its own. Add in abuse, and that's even worse.

    • @KT06
      @KT06 Před 2 lety +14

      Right and it often messes up the kids view on how relationships should be in the process

    • @C-SD
      @C-SD Před 2 lety +5

      People just can't understand that 2 parents that are happier/safer separated is 100x better than staying and being miserable. Even without overt abuse, the tension in the house is stressful and you can't hide that. Kids are smarter than some think, they rapidly figure it out.

    • @kwashington7293
      @kwashington7293 Před 2 lety +1

      @@C-SD my parents split and it was still a war zone so it’s a toss up

    • @lauralouwhooo
      @lauralouwhooo Před 2 lety

      That's not actually true. A woman who ran a DV shelter said Za'zell had tried to escape him several times but couldn't. People forget that women are the most likely to be murdered when they try to leave. The kids thing if said was probably just the line given to people at that time. She wanted out. She tried to get out. For many women come up by the time they realize they need to leave their abuser have made it near impossible for them to do it, or has made it very clear that they will kill them if they leave. I hate this guy with my whole body and can't believe he was only given 15 to life. I hope he serves every day of his life until hes in the ground himself. The pure EVIL of "MOMMY ruined Christmas". I'm sure that sociopath really believed that too.

    • @kwashington7293
      @kwashington7293 Před 2 lety

      @@lauralouwhooo stop saying women ,as if men don’t be abused.Ppl think it’s a joke when men say they are abused until some serious stuff happens and it’s crazy .Women get away with a lot of abuse and sexual assault they do,especially if they do it to a male individual bc these assumptions ppl have that women are the only victims bc men are “stronger”

  • @MrInglorious
    @MrInglorious Před 2 lety +362

    2nd story just broke my heart... those poor children. I can't imagine calling out for mommy's attention and thinking she's in a bad mood when she's actually been murdered..

  • @ChrisRoth1972
    @ChrisRoth1972 Před rokem

    The third story scared me to the core! Your story made me shudder.The thought of being buried alive!

  • @virginiawolfe2581
    @virginiawolfe2581 Před 23 dny +1

    My brother had something similar happen to him back in the days before cell phones, although it was resolved in about two weeks. His high school club went on a field trip to the Smokies, and our parents had given him a credit card for expenses. Well, about a week after he got home, Mama got a phone call from the credit card company saying they were going to charge my brother with a federal crime for all of the charges "he" racked up during the trip. As it turns out, all of his roommates memorized the card number and used it for THEIR purchases, and kept the CASH their parents had given THEM. Once everything was sorted out, those boys weren't sitting down for about a month.

  • @sherryl449
    @sherryl449 Před 2 lety +451

    Neysi's story is so sad! Being buried alive is the worst way I can think of to die!! On a happier note - love your channel, your flannel shirts and your commitment to things beyond yourself. Thanks so much for your service. Your life is an inspiration.

  • @starstar9795
    @starstar9795 Před rokem

    THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR ENORMOUS EFFORT, WE LOVE YOU , I LOVE YOU

  • @trashpanda4115
    @trashpanda4115 Před rokem +1

    I absolutely LOVE these mini story episodes. They are what drew me to your channel in the first place. Happy to see them coming back!
    I love the longer content as well, keep up the great work and thanks for making such awesome vids!

  • @TheLegendLeviathan
    @TheLegendLeviathan Před 2 lety +360

    Not gonna lie, discovered you via cave disaster stories a few weeks ago. Binge watched you because you’re addictive. Got to a point where I was scared of my own house. Had to limit vids for a few days, but I think I’m good now. Can’t watch Mr. Ballen at night LOL. Amazing story teller.

    • @NOBODY-cn6fj
      @NOBODY-cn6fj Před 2 lety +14

      Lmao about being scared in your own house 😂😂😂😂😂 I get spooked as well

    • @quieteyes307
      @quieteyes307 Před 2 lety +4

      Hahhaha the same thing happened to my cousin

    • @felishagore6082
      @felishagore6082 Před 2 lety +7

      @@quieteyes307 " cousin" right 😂🤣 my favorite time listening to his stories is driving alone at night . On country roads.

    • @FilthyOldPervert
      @FilthyOldPervert Před 2 lety +5

      You're not the only one lol

    • @quieteyes307
      @quieteyes307 Před 2 lety +4

      @@felishagore6082 I’m serious! Hahaha she called me one day and was like “dude I’ve been watching too much ballen. I’m paranoid at night now.” I’ll admit though, ballen has made me more aware of my surroundings

  • @wcolautti
    @wcolautti Před 2 lety +307

    That last story felt like a sledgehammer fit me right in the chest. That’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard. That poor sweet young woman and her husband + family. That tore my heart out.

    • @borahmousam6332
      @borahmousam6332 Před 2 lety +26

      imagine what she was going through for 24 hours inside that coffin after being buried

    • @Slaytounge
      @Slaytounge Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah that was rough. Like fuck this universe where such a tragedy can even happen, if that were my wife and unborn child I'd hang myself in the woods no doubt.

    • @toreadoress
      @toreadoress Před 2 lety +27

      @@borahmousam6332 and that she ran out of oxygen literally minutes before they were able to get her out since the husband heard her still screaming for help right before that. That's probably the most devastating part, knowing she could've been saved if someone herd her like half an hour earlier. Sadly the husband probably will blame himself forever that he didn't go just a little bit earlier, not that it's his fault but he'll always see it as such in his mind.

  • @---ox3xw
    @---ox3xw Před 9 měsíci

    Glad you found your passion in life (post -service). Keep up the good work my friend!

  • @MissMiarocco
    @MissMiarocco Před 23 dny

    U are for sure In my top 5 , if not vacillating between one and three of most entertaining Internet channels. I also like to tip my hat that you served in the greatest navy in the world as a seal as I remember it from a long time ago when you first kind of started sharing your stories, the one about before you join the Navy actually was one of my favorites. It kind of got you started down this road of telling these tales and the darker side of the coin. Mr. B if ur team is ever in need of a collaborator or seeker of these fine tales, please maybe keep me in mind as I would love to contribute and maybe even apprentice somebody like you if I could. In the highest tradition of wrapping things up, I’ll end it here and wish you and yours, a wonderful summer and many more returns of the very decent stories. Aloha, joy, Caroline Oneill, AKA….formally ,HM2(SW)…..

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 2 lety +446

    That last story was horrific, that is one of the worst ways to go, absolutely one of the worst fears a person can have. I just couldn’t believe how incompetent the medical “professionals” were to instantly proclaim her dead without knowing the cause.

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  Před 2 lety +103

      Ya how unbelievably horrible

    • @double_d_8885
      @double_d_8885 Před 2 lety +59

      For sure, losing your wife, gaining hope you can save her then losing her again. That’s got to be so much more traumatic than just losing someone

    • @joshuayarrington9684
      @joshuayarrington9684 Před 2 lety +6

      @@MrBallen Please tell the story of Portlock Alaska and how it was abandoned.

    • @user-hi8fb9yh5u
      @user-hi8fb9yh5u Před 2 lety +23

      @@MrBallen i feel bad for those kids in the second story they were talking to their dead mom it’s sad how these things happen

    • @AdonayFloresLaMota
      @AdonayFloresLaMota Před 2 lety +9

      @@joshuayarrington9684 he already did Portlock Alaska, it's called "Top 3 photos with disturbing backstories part 17"

  • @yeso505
    @yeso505 Před 2 lety +146

    I really struggle with audio stories, but Mr Ballen really has a gift of bringing the stories to life. Almost like as I'm listening to them, there's a TV playing in my head and I can see what he is saying.

    • @Rainbow20022
      @Rainbow20022 Před 2 lety +8

      Definitely agree !

    • @suziq9343
      @suziq9343 Před 2 lety +9

      Agree! I may have to rewind a few times, but it's way less than other audio stories and it's mostly cause of a.d.d.

    • @maryjane4432
      @maryjane4432 Před 2 lety +3

      @@suziq9343 same here!

  • @nokwazimabaso4132
    @nokwazimabaso4132 Před 17 dny

    I always enjoy watching and listening to Mr Ballen, but i haven't seen him for a while. I'm glad that he is back with his videos 🙂

  • @LeLiuOfficial
    @LeLiuOfficial Před 11 měsíci +2

    OMG the third story is the most heartbreaking ever. Her husband came so close to saving her. Couldn't the doctors have easily determined she had still been alive by checking a pulse, heartbeat, or breathing?

  • @blastingoff
    @blastingoff Před 2 lety +705

    It's been so funny watching you go from "we post 3, 4 sometimes even 5 times a week"
    All the way down to "we post once a week".
    It shows how busier your life has gotten and how you've also learned to focus on quality over quantity.
    Been wonderful watching your journey as a content creator.

    • @gumballrun9881
      @gumballrun9881 Před 2 lety +25

      This has to be the #1 WORST mr ballen episode. The Oklahoma Problem, was not strange, nor dark, nor mysterious. It was a boring story about a person who irresponsibly loaned out their video store card to a roommate and incurred a lot of fees. Mundane. Mind-numbing. Pointless.

    • @sunshinehebert166
      @sunshinehebert166 Před 2 lety +8

      I was thinking the same. “From 4 or so times to maybe 1.” 😁

    • @kiingsyyd
      @kiingsyyd Před 2 lety +109

      @@gumballrun9881 I thought it was pretty strange. No one told her anything for 22 years. Not even the employers she got fired from

    • @veganandlovingit
      @veganandlovingit Před 2 lety +46

      @@gumballrun9881 I liked it actually

    • @adhdumpsterfire
      @adhdumpsterfire Před 2 lety +15

      @@veganandlovingit me too!

  • @drugtalk101
    @drugtalk101 Před 2 lety +424

    Cant't imagine losing my wife twice like this poor guy did! :'(

    • @Jo65747
      @Jo65747 Před 2 lety +6

      I know it's beyond sad and tragic 😥

    • @jonathangarcia9139
      @jonathangarcia9139 Před 2 lety +1

      Where can I see the video of this like he mentioned in the beginning

    • @drugtalk101
      @drugtalk101 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jonathangarcia9139 look in the video info he should have posted a link

  • @nickyd3572
    @nickyd3572 Před rokem

    Story #2 really gave me chills. Shouldn’t have listened to that one before bed lol

  • @bobarnold2098
    @bobarnold2098 Před 22 dny

    Just started listening to your stories today and I will be a regular listener thank you so much❤❤❤

  • @copo2835
    @copo2835 Před 2 lety +242

    I live in Norman, OK. I remember hearing about the lady with the VHS a while back. Does not surprise me that she was never notified. A few years ago, I got pulled over driving a vehicle that had an expired tag and no insurance. This was because, at the time, my primary transportation gad given up the ghost, and my project truck was all I had. Unfortunately, I didn't have the money to get it legal, but I still needed to work. I just figured I'd take care of everything on payday. Didn't work out that way, unfortunately. Fast forward about two years, I get stopped in my new car, and when the cop runs my info, he tells me I'm driving on a suspended license. Apparently, the state had suspended my license when I got stopped in the truck two years earlier, and they never notified me about it. Wound up costing me almost 700 dollars I'm fines and fees, which would never have happened if they had notified me of the suspension

    • @dead_beatbunny
      @dead_beatbunny Před 2 lety +15

      Same thing happened to me. I got a ticket for an out headlight. I was unemployed at the time so on a payment plan. I was exactly one day late on a payment, which apparently suspended my license. This was in April. I went to get my license updated after I got married, which is when I found out it was suspended. Gee, thanks for never telling me. -_-

    • @poochy2479
      @poochy2479 Před 2 lety +28

      that sounds like something you should be able to sue for tbh, that's 100% something they should have done

    • @addo2419
      @addo2419 Před 2 lety +5

      They can get more money out of you that way!

    • @stonedsasquatch
      @stonedsasquatch Před 2 lety +6

      Ny did the same to me. I found out when I was getting papers together for marriage license. The dmv never received my payment, found out neighbor was stealing mail in the building, so they just suspended me without notice. Few hundred dollars and many choice words for the county clerk and it was straightened out. Such a hassel

    • @AC-ri2ph
      @AC-ri2ph Před 2 lety

      @@poochy2479 how would he prove he never got notified?

  • @USLethal
    @USLethal Před 2 lety +55

    The story in #3 would have such a dramatically different ending if she lived in an area where actual medical care wasnt a distant second to exorcisms.

  • @joydavis7462
    @joydavis7462 Před 27 dny +1

    Hey MrBallen! I’m guessing the poor woman in the coffin gave you the new phobia. When I was a young teenager I had a recurring dream that I was buried alive. I could see all my friends above me but they couldn’t hear me as dirt was shoved down on me. After about a year it went away as quickly as it came. To this day I have no clue why. I hope your tour is going great!😊

    • @jessicahannah2522
      @jessicahannah2522 Před 21 dnem

      Because it's a very common fear. That's why. You aren't unique in some special way.

  • @maryriley941
    @maryriley941 Před 18 dny

    YOU are an INSPIRATION!!
    THANK YOU for your dignified service AND for your awesome story telling. I admire & respect you!! Respectfully, Mary

  • @FaisalQuadri22
    @FaisalQuadri22 Před 2 lety +353

    That last story is so incredibly tragic. The husband basically had to suffer the loss of his wife and child TWICE! I hope the family is at peace now

  • @rhiannonrussell1039
    @rhiannonrussell1039 Před 2 lety +131

    Damn, that poor newlywed husband! Speaking of "traumatized-for-life" horrific events...those poor kids on Christmas talking to their Mom who wasn't drunk/ignoring their excitement, but dead!!! I wonder if they've ever been able to truly enjoy Christmas since that awful day. :( Especially, the 8 yr old who would be most likely to remember it.
    That's just overwhelmingly devastating & horrendous!

    • @kingayy9267
      @kingayy9267 Před 2 lety +1

      The father's response was so mean!

    • @kingayy9267
      @kingayy9267 Před 2 lety +8

      Just heard the end of that story and holy crap that might be one of the worst things I've ever heard!
      What a selfish, abusive piece of garbage that William is!

  • @chrislee5362
    @chrislee5362 Před 9 dny

    My mom once had some mysterious legal trouble. I don't know exactly what it was. All I know is she was being told she worked as a nurse, but she didn't. One day, she found out that she supposedly worked nearby. She decided to investigate the place. As soon as she walked in, she saw a familiar face, and it all made sense. There was a woman my mom had helped about a year earlier. This woman was single mom, with no job, who was now homeless. My mom let her and her son stay with us for a little while, until she got on her feet. Well, the woman had stolen my mom's identity, and gotten a job as a nurse. I guess what she owed for school was being billed to my mom. Just really weird.

  • @ToniValentin-o4l
    @ToniValentin-o4l Před 24 dny

    My mother was arrested and extradited (that took weeks and sat in jail until) because of a video that was never returned. Same situation, friend rented and never returned it. After about 3 and a half weeks in jail she finally saw a judge and all charges were dropped since rental store had closed years prior. They released her same day and my mother was left stranded in that town with no money or clothes (she was in jail jumper and her clothes were at original jail prior to extradition), 6 hrs away from were we lived. It was insane!

  • @SplendidRage
    @SplendidRage Před 2 lety +145

    I miss Mr Ballen uploading “3, 4, sometimes even 5 times a week”! Your stories are the absolute best, so much so that I have rewatched all of them at least 3 times now! Your content is top notch! Can always imagine all the stories visually dancing in my mind. Thank you for all of your content, you are without a doubt the MVP of CZcams! 🏆

    • @xandradivine
      @xandradivine Před 2 lety +3

      he uploads podcasts twice a week! Some are remastered stories already on here, but theres many that are podcast exlusive!

    • @Carmen-us1ew
      @Carmen-us1ew Před 2 lety +3

      And you're not totally depressed? I had to take a step back because these stories are so sad.

    • @Jason-l7z
      @Jason-l7z Před 2 lety +2

      Me too I’m so tired of being hounded with news about COVID and cdc warning and now monkeypox and the miserable heatwave and fire in California. And of course a war
      MrBallen is a breath of fresh air away from all the toxic media coverage

  • @ih8kit
    @ih8kit Před 2 lety +362

    When I was in high school I read a story in the old “Tales from the Crypt” magazine. The story was about a man who suddenly drops dead on the street. He later wakes up in a coffin buried alive. The man had suffered what the magazine called a cataleptic fit which gave the appearance of death. After reading the story, I asked myself, “Could this ever happen to somebody in real life?” Mr. Ballen just answered that question for me. Horrific is hardly the word.

    • @lizc6393
      @lizc6393 Před 2 lety +10

      Exactly. I can't even bear to think about it.

    • @briansullivan5908
      @briansullivan5908 Před 2 lety +12

      That sort of thing was not uncommon before heart monitors and such.

    • @denniscampbell8363
      @denniscampbell8363 Před 2 lety

      Probably not anymore. Once you’re embalmed or cremated you’re pretty much guaranteed to be dead 💀

    • @mikevalencia844
      @mikevalencia844 Před 2 lety +5

      catalepsy is real and debilitating if not for my family woulld be street ridden because i can not work.

    • @geniehinseth512
      @geniehinseth512 Před 2 lety +18

      I think embalming the dead person eliminates that possibility. But obviously Honduras doesn't embalm.

  • @Ccompton917
    @Ccompton917 Před 4 měsíci

    Never in my life would I ever think I would hear a real life weekend at Bernie’s scenario until now….good stuff with this one!!! 😮

  • @kathleenmartin7498
    @kathleenmartin7498 Před 18 dny

    Wouldn't he be great to go on a camping trip with!!! I can only imagine the great campfire stories!!

  • @cassiemerrick5803
    @cassiemerrick5803 Před 2 lety +231

    Woe, that poor woman was PREGNANT, and buried alive. I can't imagine how scared she was, not for herself, but for her unborn child as well. That is absolutely horrific!! 😭💔💔💔

    • @ravkue6336
      @ravkue6336 Před 2 lety +17

      Not for herself? LOL

    • @BaldingClamydia
      @BaldingClamydia Před 2 lety +17

      @@ravkue6336 I think they meant "not just for herself." For most people in a situation like that you are often thinking more of your kids than yourself. 🤷‍♀

    • @michaelj.beglinjr.2804
      @michaelj.beglinjr.2804 Před 2 lety +9

      @@ravkue6336 ----When your family is in danger, especially the children, the last person you worry about is yourself. The kids' safety ALWAYS come first. I never really believed that until I had my daughter, but it's true. Good luck to you.

    • @BaldingClamydia
      @BaldingClamydia Před 2 lety

      @@Melissamms Most people are wired that way, it can't be helped. Evolution has made babies the cutest/ most helpless thing, so we want to protect & care for them. No one has claimed (here) that a mother is any more valuable than anyone else, it's just tragic when a life that everyone expected to continue is snuffed out.
      If the story were about anyone else you would still see the tragic comments. It's a terrible turn of events to be almost rescued.

    • @jumpy2xstreaming
      @jumpy2xstreaming Před 2 lety +2

      Um 😭 is an inappropriate emoji for this situation

  • @Rgonzalezhn
    @Rgonzalezhn Před 2 lety +123

    I am Honduran, and it's very unfortunate events what happened. I remember the news when it happened and it's sad that the health system in the country and specially in rural areas are so poor that it really is no surprise a mistake this big was made. Thanks Mr. B for including a story from my country. My thoughts are for all the Hondurans who have not had access to proper healthcare.

    • @amaniswatchingyou2
      @amaniswatchingyou2 Před 2 lety +11

      I'm so sorry man, I really hope things get better over there

    • @chicanopicano6432
      @chicanopicano6432 Před 2 lety +3

      the problem in this particular story seems to about religion more than healthcare

    • @thetruthdatedr.4766
      @thetruthdatedr.4766 Před 2 lety

      Do things like that happen often in Honduras?

  • @suzannep8371
    @suzannep8371 Před 18 dny

    These are good podcasts, just the right amount of time. Thank you

  • @Nanaflores59
    @Nanaflores59 Před 17 dny +1

    I hate when neighbors hear a huge commotion next door and don’t have the common sense to call cops. They get nosy at the wrong time. Always.

  • @cainomac
    @cainomac Před 2 lety +223

    We love you Mr Ballen- thank you for your service and storytelling!