Top 3 photos with DISTURBING backstories | Part 22

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    You are at the end. Nothing more exists beyond this. Promise.
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Komentáře • 21K

  • @ObscureHedgehog
    @ObscureHedgehog Před 2 lety +20090

    15:47 Like button makes a brief appearance over the 'Track 1' sign!

  • @WellManneredNate
    @WellManneredNate Před 2 lety +30795

    "Things were going pretty well until his jaw fell off."
    Hate when that happens.

    • @nunyabusiness219
      @nunyabusiness219 Před 2 lety +874

      Right?!

    • @iccnega
      @iccnega Před 2 lety +1322

      Gosh I know right, I have to fix it every month 😒

    • @melted.mint_
      @melted.mint_ Před 2 lety +695

      Yeah ikr? It just fell off when i was reading this! now i have to go to the E.R :/

    • @halloweendonut4355
      @halloweendonut4355 Před 2 lety +356

      Now i cant stop laughing

    • @Rexivious
      @Rexivious Před 2 lety +241

      Breh stop tryna make me laugh pls🥲

  • @DrMemes-vj2kd
    @DrMemes-vj2kd Před 2 lety +8183

    "Things were going good until his jaw fell off."
    Holy shit that's jaw dropping

  • @BoreasTheColdBoi
    @BoreasTheColdBoi Před rokem +2962

    “Things were going pretty well until his jaw fell off”
    Damn, he’s having one of those days.

  • @Muswell
    @Muswell Před 7 měsíci +322

    Whilst none of us are surprised about radium making your bones completely disintegrate, I'm surprised that his oesophagus & stomach didn't rot a long time previous to that.

    • @BlackOfJuly
      @BlackOfJuly Před 2 měsíci +37

      Radium lets the body think it's calcium, so the bones are the first to store the stuff and henceforth the first to go.

    • @RosieHunter-dh5ot
      @RosieHunter-dh5ot Před měsícem

      Idk hmmmmmmmmmmm

    • @Floofnuggie
      @Floofnuggie Před 6 dny +1

      When I saw the first photo if the jaw off, on the thumbnail, I thought maybe it was Radium since several of the Radium Girls or whatever had their jaws fall off after using Radium (which glowed in the dark cuz of its radiation) to paint clocks so they would glow in the dark and be easy to read at night.

  • @mumtazsheikh690
    @mumtazsheikh690 Před 2 lety +9701

    "The crowds rushed forward to dip their scarfs into the blood as souvenirs " people from the past were WILD

    • @justaone4128
      @justaone4128 Před 2 lety +301

      Evil 🤦🏾‍♀️ we never say yt people were evil

    • @philr5904
      @philr5904 Před 2 lety +214

      we all cry the same tears, if the circumstances are right, ud be doing the same thing without thinking twice

    • @bluebay1031
      @bluebay1031 Před 2 lety +392

      @@justaone4128 Eh I wouldn’t call it evil considering who this bastard was. It likely felt akin to having the head of a creature that harmed a loved one as a trophy. It’s very fucked up, but not evil imo.

    • @Calabresa022
      @Calabresa022 Před 2 lety +379

      People from the past? I can see the same thing happening today if another guillotine execution happened publicly.

    • @realcanadiangirl64
      @realcanadiangirl64 Před 2 lety +254

      @@Calabresa022 These days I could see people lining up to dip their scarf in the blood of someone who refused to wear a mask 🙁

  • @owynackerman9607
    @owynackerman9607 Před 2 lety +3748

    Just casually “it was going well, until his jaw fell off”

    • @zaralouise5992
      @zaralouise5992 Před 2 lety +107

      like oh yeah thats like so normal

    • @valiantcorgi5162
      @valiantcorgi5162 Před 2 lety +33

      Looks like Raziel from Soul Reaver.

    • @sd906238
      @sd906238 Před 2 lety +155

      Radium is similar to calcium and will replace the calcium in the bone. Since radium is radioactive and now inside the bone structure it will kill everything around it. Destroy the bone and blood vessels. Causing strong bones to just crumble and fall apart.

    • @diareegorgelaar
      @diareegorgelaar Před 2 lety +36

      @@sd906238 shit man, thanks :) cool info!

    • @gohst4174
      @gohst4174 Před 2 lety +11

      @@sd906238 mah man!! Thanks!

  • @tjquest5094
    @tjquest5094 Před rokem +249

    Man. The picture of a man coming to terms with his own death is haunting. It gave me chills both times I looked.

    • @AnAdorableWombat1
      @AnAdorableWombat1 Před 10 měsíci +11

      He shouldn't have been harassing random people

    • @A.C.Lawrence
      @A.C.Lawrence Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@AnAdorableWombat1walk away from the guy, don't push him on the tracks and kill him. Humanity today is shameless. Blacks are always pushing Asians onto train tracks in NYC. Dozens of victims just this year and more last year.

    • @lov1na716
      @lov1na716 Před 3 měsíci +8

      @@AnAdorableWombat1 doesnt mean he deserves to die

    • @artchic528
      @artchic528 Před 2 měsíci +6

      I agree. It chills you to your very soul. It brings awareness to the fragility of your own existence and makes you question your own mortality.
      Very existential.

    • @TechMasterRus
      @TechMasterRus Před 2 měsíci

      He could lie down between the tracks and probably survive

  • @_firelocks_
    @_firelocks_ Před rokem +693

    Fun fact: Sir Christopher Lee was at Weidmann’s execution. He was 17 and witnessed the last public execution by guillotine. The man is a legend.

  • @mortifersoldat
    @mortifersoldat Před 2 lety +29584

    What makes him even better, is one of the stories he told was not quite accurate, and another youtuber got a hold of the actual person in question to verify, and he said that MrBallen was wrong; They contacted Ballen asking if it was ok to bring it up and clarify - and his response was to the note of "If I got something wrong, PLEASE set the story right." You can't buy character. This guy is the best.

    • @katietaylor8314
      @katietaylor8314 Před 2 lety +2475

      He really is. A mark of good character is being able to accept it when someone tells you you're wrong about something. A lot of people can't do that.

    • @bryangallows657
      @bryangallows657 Před 2 lety +686

      Which story did he get wrong

    • @KadoTheNorm
      @KadoTheNorm Před 2 lety +1037

      Yeah im subbed to dive talk and i dodged their mr.ballen reaction videos for awhile because i assumed they would talk some shit for views lol. To my surprise they mentioned that John went off the available info and did his best to get the facts. Not to my surprise at all John was in the comments giving them praise for getting the right story out. They also confirmed that he was very supportive before the video came out and couldn't wait to see them clear the record.

    • @tylergable2445
      @tylergable2445 Před 2 lety +285

      What do you expect? He’s going to deny that he didn’t get all the facts right? How does this show character at all hahai

    • @actuallywill
      @actuallywill Před 2 lety +380

      the YT that brought it up was the channel Dive Talk.
      for anyone reading this that loves/is interested by Ballens cave diving stories needs to look them up.
      these guys are pros.
      ALSO
      in the description of MR Ballen's videos, sometimes when he changes little facts he says at the very bottom "this content is intended for entertainment purposes only.
      he tells the true story and sometimes changes insignificant facts a little.

  • @excaliburprime1801
    @excaliburprime1801 Před 2 lety +5065

    This guy talks like he was live witnessing every event he's describing lol. Enthralling

    • @Azad-Hind-Ball
      @Azad-Hind-Ball Před 2 lety +132

      Plot twist : he actually REALLY was live witnessing every event he described

    • @makkaa2185
      @makkaa2185 Před 2 lety +83

      That’s just how good his story telling skill is

    • @Infi420
      @Infi420 Před 2 lety +42

      He's a time traveler. You didn't know?

    • @vee3446
      @vee3446 Před 2 lety +4

      @🌿Latte-Roblox-Friends🌿 BYE🚶🏽‍♀️

    • @Infi420
      @Infi420 Před 2 lety +2

      @🌿Latte-Roblox-Friends🌿 LMAO

  • @Mad-Hatter-ison
    @Mad-Hatter-ison Před 8 měsíci +45

    I felt really bad for the guy with the jaw fallen off.
    He had such a great life up until he made one fatal mistake by drinking more of that radium water. But what is worst is that there are many other people especially doctors that didn't know Radium was technically bad. Hell never forget there was an actual story about girls using the radium paint they use for watches as make-up

  • @cat-of-slime
    @cat-of-slime Před 7 měsíci +104

    That thumbnail was jaw dropping. Never seen anything like that

    • @jman9936
      @jman9936 Před 5 měsíci +6

      Was that a pun intended?

    • @xixiurfav
      @xixiurfav Před 5 měsíci

      I've seen that photo somewhere but idk where 😶‍🌫️

    • @Gabe_Utsecks
      @Gabe_Utsecks Před 4 měsíci +2

      was “jaw dropping” on purpose lmao

    • @Marlaina
      @Marlaina Před 3 měsíci

      Civil War post injury photos look a lot like this.

    • @spiritzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      @spiritzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Před 2 měsíci +1

      Super omega edgy funny xdxdxd!!111

  • @CoolPaDuke
    @CoolPaDuke Před 2 lety +6009

    Radithor is so effective the results are jaw-dropping!

  • @Chris119.
    @Chris119. Před 2 lety +2054

    The second story… radiation poisoning is like this: typically you die then you rot. But with radiation poisoning you rot then you die.

    • @julesminton9896
      @julesminton9896 Před 2 lety +93

      It's like reverse zombie, lol

    • @yadiraquiles6841
      @yadiraquiles6841 Před 2 lety +30

      Isn't radiation what they claim you get from 5g antennas?

    • @seamees4424
      @seamees4424 Před 2 lety +22

      @@yadiraquiles6841 no

    • @InTrancedState
      @InTrancedState Před 2 lety +53

      I wonder why radium felt so good.

    • @sarahtrogdon3139
      @sarahtrogdon3139 Před 2 lety +54

      My dad had radiation poisoning from the military. His teeth rotted so bad he could just push them out. He destroyed his health for so long. So thankfully he survived and eventually got back to healthy (except his teeth) and runs a business but it was bad

  • @frankmansfield4202
    @frankmansfield4202 Před 11 měsíci +36

    As a New Yorker, I am obligated to inform you. There is a large space underneath the edge of the platform that people can fit in. There is also a series of cut outs in the walls that fit most people. Finally there is the worst of them all the space below the train in between the tracks will also fit smaller sized people with a gracious amount of room underneath the train just for this reason. Not that I suggest anyone try and see if they fit

  • @lets.get.crafty84
    @lets.get.crafty84 Před rokem +140

    The fact that a Physical Therapist wrote a prescription for anything is horrifying. I feel bad for the man. That was literally a jaw dropping story.

    • @chrisb9143
      @chrisb9143 Před rokem +3

      nice

    • @maryeckel9682
      @maryeckel9682 Před rokem +2

      He might have just sold it to him. I have been to independent PTs who sold stuff out of their offices.

    • @dasik84
      @dasik84 Před 11 měsíci +12

      It was hundred years ago. Physical therapist was basically a doctor.

    • @rheniev.delossantos9433
      @rheniev.delossantos9433 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Dude the ending 😅

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 7 měsíci +9

      If we go far enough back the barber becomes also the dentist.

  • @ads3047
    @ads3047 Před 2 lety +6407

    The look on the guy's face with his jaw gone is so haunting. You can see the defeat and sadness from that.

    • @bruhsqu4d224
      @bruhsqu4d224 Před 2 lety +199

      And he was just calm like WHAT?!?!

    • @BVargas78
      @BVargas78 Před 2 lety +890

      @@bruhsqu4d224 I think he had accepted his fate, plus the radiation poisoning must have made him too weak to seem panicky.

    • @MegaInTheSky
      @MegaInTheSky Před 2 lety +52

      Plus that's not a picture of him

    • @lucianofiodorov2654
      @lucianofiodorov2654 Před 2 lety +103

      @@MegaInTheSky wdym

    • @ads3047
      @ads3047 Před 2 lety +126

      @@erichfletcher732 no, no I don't honestly. It's not a good haunting, it's like the send chills down the spine one.

  • @exiverence
    @exiverence Před rokem +2335

    That “energy” that he felt was literally the cells exploding and releasing their energy. My professor was telling me about this

    • @lop0998
      @lop0998 Před rokem +69

      Dayum

    • @DemonandAngellife
      @DemonandAngellife Před rokem +234

      thank you. I was wondering why it made him feel energized.

    • @fefek1
      @fefek1 Před rokem

      What the fuck

    • @justinashley7616
      @justinashley7616 Před rokem +19

      thanks, very interesting

    • @m3m437
      @m3m437 Před rokem +28

      Wow.
      I was wondering how that could be possible.
      Thank you.

  • @si-ssi
    @si-ssi Před 4 měsíci +13

    🇫🇷 I'm French and I understood all you said.
    You articulate well, and you speak with so many facial expressions and emotions that you captivate. 👏🏼 Well done.

  • @jimmydatrackstar
    @jimmydatrackstar Před 5 měsíci +11

    A year later and I still can’t get enough of these videos. Awesome!

  • @justsomeguywithacurse
    @justsomeguywithacurse Před 2 lety +3430

    The second story was really sad but imagine how much longer radium would've continued if it wasn't for his passing. Like a sacrifice that he didn't consent to.

    • @mutantoswald9609
      @mutantoswald9609 Před 2 lety +45

      true tho

    • @charleyroberts2615
      @charleyroberts2615 Před 2 lety +109

      Weird way to say dying, “his passing like a sacrifice that he didn’t consent to”

    • @melissahaymond8978
      @melissahaymond8978 Před 2 lety +148

      You should look into the radium girls.

    • @normalguy5157
      @normalguy5157 Před 2 lety +84

      It’s sad but atleast he got to live a life of luxury before going out. He probably didn’t have many regrets and was pretty chill while dying.

    • @josiahclarke3535
      @josiahclarke3535 Před 2 lety +38

      Sucks, man. A few more years if prolonged exposure and he would have had superpowers.

  • @pajamas_the_emo
    @pajamas_the_emo Před 2 lety +2697

    As soon as you said “France” and “wooden structure” I was like “someone’s getting beheaded lol”

  • @jch12341
    @jch12341 Před rokem +41

    This was the very first video of yours I watched, and when it ended, I knew I was hooked. You are a great storyteller!

  • @user-lm2gx7ox7x
    @user-lm2gx7ox7x Před 9 měsíci +6

    0:20 that way of saying "like the video" is maybe the best one to ever exist

  • @TBomb15
    @TBomb15 Před 2 lety +2344

    "Radithor gives you energy"
    yes, radioactive energy

    • @LeviBulger
      @LeviBulger Před 2 lety +75

      He became a real life Fallout Boy

    • @shtrdVo1cano
      @shtrdVo1cano Před 2 lety +53

      Radithor gives you wInGs... angel wings.

    • @TotyoEnchev
      @TotyoEnchev Před 2 lety +66

      Makes me wonder what the real side effects of modern drugs and technology would turn out to be.
      Remember - everyone was considering radioactive water to be completely harmless back in these days...

    • @lemao3123
      @lemao3123 Před 2 lety +8

      I’M WAKING UP I’M WAKING UP

    • @memememe8569
      @memememe8569 Před 2 lety +10

      Radithor gave me Chernobyl energy 😤😤

  • @Dutchforsure
    @Dutchforsure Před 2 lety +3932

    Fun fact: The actor Christopher Lee, who played Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and Count Dooku in Star Wars was actually present at the last public execution in France.

    • @bunsenn5064
      @bunsenn5064 Před 2 lety +190

      And don’t forget his Dracula, it’s a staple of his career.

    • @chinabluewho
      @chinabluewho Před 2 lety +226

      The most interesting fact about Christopher Lee is that he has killed people as he was a freedom fighter for Finland in their war against the communists in the late 1930's, had Finland held out another year instead of surrendering England would have had to go to war against Russia, history would have played out much differently .

    • @lunachilde2000
      @lunachilde2000 Před 2 lety +58

      Also a satanist

    • @OldBenKenobi2318
      @OldBenKenobi2318 Před 2 lety +143

      He was also the dentist in Willy Wonka

    • @WHOKILLEDAVICII
      @WHOKILLEDAVICII Před 2 lety +52

      The character James Bond is based on him

  • @465marko
    @465marko Před rokem +10

    This channel's good man. You're really good at describing these situations and stories, it's really compelling.

  • @terereynolds698
    @terereynolds698 Před 11 měsíci +6

    I love Mr Ballin, he’s honest, he does his research and he’s not embarrassed to admit when one of the facts he finds is wrong and he corrects himself immediately

  • @monke980
    @monke980 Před 2 lety +8738

    it's so spooky how my pp is green

    • @AntonsVoice
      @AntonsVoice Před 2 lety +56

      Aye

    • @ItsJustLisa
      @ItsJustLisa Před 2 lety +942

      And yet the clock and watch industry continued to use radium in the paint on the faces because it could glow in the dark. The women who painted the clock and watch faces also died horrible deaths because they’d lick their paintbrushes into a fine point. There are several videos documenting the horror of the fate of the Radium Girls. It wasn’t until the manufacturers were sued by their surviving spouses and families that the practice was stopped although the manufacturers tried to blame everything on the women and not the blatantly dangerous business practices and working conditions.

    • @nothingnothing5183
      @nothingnothing5183 Před 2 lety +363

      The fact that he was a live is sad

    • @monke980
      @monke980 Před 2 lety +378

      @@nothingnothing5183 for real, i honestly dunno why they didn't just put him out of his misery.

    • @davidhawk9672
      @davidhawk9672 Před 2 lety +32

      @@ItsJustLisa i mean maybe just don’t lick paint brushes and you’ll be good

  • @aj4thhokge553
    @aj4thhokge553 Před 2 lety +4506

    I love how Mr ballen literally doesn't clickbait the actual photo on the screen was part of the actual story unlike other CZcamsrs videos

  • @Emberz-gaming
    @Emberz-gaming Před rokem +14

    Man, I love his intros with the like button. Very amazing bro.

  • @Cygne_Blanche
    @Cygne_Blanche Před rokem +58

    the second story is the real "You dropped something, My jaw"

    • @thelastfelineyes4237
      @thelastfelineyes4237 Před rokem +3

      He saw somethingg so jaw dropping

    • @zeropsaft
      @zeropsaft Před rokem

      ​@thelastfeline yes dark humour at its finest

    • @spiritzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      @spiritzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Před 2 měsíci

      "Yeah guys i got really dark humor"
      *Mocks dead people*

    • @Cygne_Blanche
      @Cygne_Blanche Před 2 měsíci

      @@spiritzzzzzzzzzzzzzz dude my comment is less worse than those AI singing cover of Hellen Keller in tiktok wym?

    • @spiritzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      @spiritzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Před 2 měsíci

      @@Cygne_Blanche That exists?

  • @saccharine7796
    @saccharine7796 Před 2 lety +1832

    The thing that really scares me is how small things can end up with your death, imagine if the victim in story 3 had a few drinks less, or if the guy in story 2 had just slept in the bed under him

    • @crazykay9422
      @crazykay9422 Před 2 lety +173

      Thoughts like this is what keeps me up at night
      I imagine how many times we've avoided death or even just serious injury in general.
      And what one little choice we make will lead to our end.
      I shouldn't be watching stuff like this, I worry too much, but I can't help it! It's all so fascinating as much as it is horrifying

    • @yasushun181
      @yasushun181 Před 2 lety +78

      Life is too uncertain to have regrets. Accept reality as it is, "what if" thoughts are just a burden in life.

    • @AndrewKidd14145
      @AndrewKidd14145 Před 2 lety +23

      Well analyze what you’re doing. Everything and anything can bring death and you could be able to prevent but living life is better than always being paranoid.

    • @yeetushmm6073
      @yeetushmm6073 Před 2 lety +5

      yasu shun agreed. this is a wise statement, we have no control over our fates and therefore we just have to accept what life throws at us

    • @skylarf9021
      @skylarf9021 Před 2 lety +14

      Ya imagine if that guy in the first story killed 6 less people...He would have had a better head on his shoulders and made it into his elder years...

  • @tultiden2040
    @tultiden2040 Před 2 lety +1869

    I remember the radiation story, and it's truly depressing how there were so many victims to radiation poisoning, especially for those who had to handle radium as part of their jobs, not knowing that it would kill them.

    • @gruntopolouski5919
      @gruntopolouski5919 Před 2 lety +27

      Ever see one of the shoe store X-ray machines which were common for a time? It’s kind of amazing that radiation was once thought to be “healthy”.
      Even radioactive toothpaste… make them pearly whites glow - in the dark.

    • @REChronic54
      @REChronic54 Před 2 lety +15

      I'm curious why some people, including Eben, claimed that it works. Probably a placebo effect.

    • @mrheck5311
      @mrheck5311 Před 2 lety +50

      Anyone against radiation at the time was probably seen as a conspiracy theorist.

    • @jessicahay5771
      @jessicahay5771 Před 2 lety +42

      @@REChronic54 it probably did make him feel energetic and happy. There are lots of dangerous things that have what appear to be positive effects if you don't know better. Arsenic makes nails and hair glossy and healthy looking, also makes them grow faster, belladonna makes your eyes appear larger and brighter, smoking cures IBS, opium will stop coughing, insomnia and diarrhea, cocaine numbs toothache, botox is the same thing as what causes floppy baby syndrome, hell even freezing to death is supposed be quite pleasant once your body stops fighting.

    • @robogreek3157
      @robogreek3157 Před 2 lety +2

      Isnt this how John Wayne died

  • @walterwalter960
    @walterwalter960 Před 7 měsíci +18

    That crowd was more monstrous than the serial killer

    • @StraightPride999
      @StraightPride999 Před 7 měsíci +2

      oh my god that is so true!!!

    • @Marlaina
      @Marlaina Před 3 měsíci +2

      They just had a strong sense of justice

  • @AbraSings
    @AbraSings Před 2 lety +1888

    That second story has me shook... What an incredibly scary and painful way to die... It's crazy it took years for his body to start falling apart! Our bodies are pretty tough!

    • @idkfu2781
      @idkfu2781 Před 2 lety +63

      @@basilthewotahmelon9372 yeah double OH GOD

    • @Eori1
      @Eori1 Před 2 lety +142

      ye that picture looks insane , cant believe he was still alive while it was taken

    • @druaztec4800
      @druaztec4800 Před 2 lety +64

      Either our bodies are really tough or the thing that was killing him was just working very slow 🤔

    • @lowtechredneck6704
      @lowtechredneck6704 Před 2 lety +37

      Gradually, and then all at once.....sadly, its how things like this usually work.

    • @Irish_Georgia_Girl
      @Irish_Georgia_Girl Před 2 lety +4

      Abra AWE-bruh ~ I agree, it's horrible and scary

  • @darrelldog5
    @darrelldog5 Před 2 lety +585

    That's exactly what happened to the "Radium Girls" During World War I. Women were hired to paint the hands of Aviation watches with a glowing paint that made it possible to read the time in low light conditions. To make a better point on the paint brush, the girls would lick the tip of the bristles to make a cleaner, sharper paint line. So the watches looked better. The Radium paint was so radioactive, The woman's jaws, and teeth just rotted away and fell off. The biggest tragedy of all, was the company blamed the woman for being "sickly and weak". And denied the paint was responsible for the horrific cancer the woman were exposed too... Many of these workers died a horrible, painful death as a result of this unbelievable negligence...

    • @tetris123100
      @tetris123100 Před 2 lety +48

      Worst part is most of the women were told to lick the bristles to make a sharper point iirc Also many of the women didn't even know what they were exposed to until the day of the trial

    • @misstinahamilton5714
      @misstinahamilton5714 Před 2 lety +30

      Yes and when they became ill they suffered tremendously ! The worst part is how the powers that be tried to cover it up and deny what happened to those girls - smh

    • @missesdenim
      @missesdenim Před 2 lety +2

      Hope they resued 😭 science way more up to date now

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 Před 2 lety +4

      WW1*

    • @darrelldog5
      @darrelldog5 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Zorro9129 I fixed my post. Thanks for the correction....

  • @SomeTouhouPlayer
    @SomeTouhouPlayer Před 5 měsíci +2

    The fact you find different quotes for the like button is amazingly unterribly flawlessly fascinating

  • @florentstanowski1778
    @florentstanowski1778 Před rokem +35

    I kinda feel bad for the guy who feel in the tracks even though he was drunk

  • @LonelySandwich
    @LonelySandwich Před 2 lety +15907

    I want a bumper sticker that says “I’m a fan of the strange dark and mysterious”

  • @Jay-hp6pu
    @Jay-hp6pu Před 2 lety +2292

    The one story really makes you realize how far we’ve come with medicine. Also makes you realize that it hasn’t been that long since we did some seriously crazy stuff in Medicine.

    • @dpskatoo75
      @dpskatoo75 Před 2 lety +26

      Not long at all...

    • @siddhant...
      @siddhant... Před 2 lety +86

      Reminds me of corona vaccine. God knows what’s gonna happen

    • @ItsJustLisa
      @ItsJustLisa Před 2 lety +95

      @@mjoyg5445, you clearly don’t know that a SARS vaccine had been in development for 20 years already and that the Corona virus is a type of SARS virus. The COVID-19 vaccine is not new, the strain of that virus was newly identified in 2019, hence its moniker. Stop spreading false information. (And no, my information doesn’t solely come from the “lame stream media”, it comes from my sister-in-law who is a PhD-ed virologist.)

    • @Li8aGun92
      @Li8aGun92 Před 2 lety +32

      @@mjoyg5445 People willingly let themselves be used as guinea pigs... Then they point fingers at the ones who don't want the vaccine, claiming its their fault the virus keeps spreading and mutating. Meanwhile the flu keeps mutating anew every year. But noone cares about the flu or its vaccine anymore. Even after getting the COVID-vaccine, you can still get sick and when the virus infects a vaccinated person, of course it's going to mutate into something stronger, because it meets a stronger resistance in the vaccinated body... weird how it goes both ways, but everyone just wants to point fingers at the sceptics.

    • @abram730
      @abram730 Před 2 lety +24

      We haven't come far in medicine. Doctors are still just a bunch of morons with God complexes, making things up.

  • @uncensoredcornishgirl87l16

    The 3rd story got me. My uncle in 2013 was hit by a train and killed outright, he was found on the tracks the next day.... He also was 58yrs old and will be gone 10 years this July 23rd.

  • @normajeanmorrissey4459
    @normajeanmorrissey4459 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I enjoy your presentations. You are animated, knowledgeable and always well prepared. (Sometimes I check!) I love trivia and history. I always learn something new from you.

  • @carmattvids2899
    @carmattvids2899 Před 2 lety +3365

    I am a trainee driver and we get specific training for situations like the man on the track. We are taught once we have applied the emergency break to constantly sound the horn until after impact. The reason why is to stop us train drivers from hearing the sound of the person hitting the train. We also taught not to look at the person. Apparently the sound of the train hitting the body and the look on their face just before impact can haunt you for years. PTSD is huge problem for train drivers world wide due to rail assisted suicide or person under train incidents. I can’t describe the type of trauma a train bogie causes to the human body. It certainly not the way I wish to exit this world.
    Please be safe around trains. We can’t stop these machines quickly and I don’t want to wake up in cold sweats remembering your face.

    • @Bebe-rn2fh
      @Bebe-rn2fh Před 2 lety +302

      That is really interesting. I can’t imagine the constant horror those drivers experience after running over a person on accident

    • @timothygilliam3924
      @timothygilliam3924 Před 2 lety +109

      I have heard of stories of people abandoning animals on train tracks.

    • @Frozenm16
      @Frozenm16 Před 2 lety +104

      @@timothygilliam3924 While that is still horrible, hitting a person is way worse than hitting an animal

    • @Highlander_Red
      @Highlander_Red Před 2 lety +73

      Oh when a train car hits someone or something it disentigrates. That is not a joke. And the bogies will probably shred whatever was left and went under the train itself. It will not be a pretty sight since a train would be equivalent to say a single stick of dynamite was stuck to your body and you know the rest.

    • @Byvenic
      @Byvenic Před 2 lety +214

      When I was a child we had stopped in our car at a train crossing. We were one of the front cars, closest to the track and as the train was about to go past my mother frowned and said something about someone on the track. I turned to look in time to see the train run this person down. To this day I vividly remember a dark green jumper and floral skirt, just visible under the train. The woman didn't die immediately, we heard afterwards she died in hospital from her injuries. Turns out the train driver had seen her and hit the emergency breaks but the train couldn't stop in time. As a child I was more excited by the event than scared, I was a bit to young to really understand or even care about someone elses death, but my sister a bit over a year older was very freaked out by it. I only really remember that one scene and feeling a little uneasy about the situation but to this day I still wonder about the poor driver that had to deal with being used as a means of suicide.
      I understand mental illness, peoples minds can do horrible things to them and make them not care about anyone or anything but dying, but even when I myself was suicidal I couldn't imagine involving other people in my death so traumatically. I actually had a real problem trying to figure out how I could kill myself with the least amount of impact on others. I contemplated going into the forest and doing the deed there but the idea of my family never knowing what happened to me or finding my dead body was enough for me to decide to try other less lethal options. I ended up voluntarily being hospitalised instead of causing such trauma and pain to those that may had to deal with the aftermath of my death.
      I don't know for sure but I think seeing that woman be run down when I was so young taught me that anyone involved in dealing with the suicide of someone, from the police to the hapless bystanders, was in a way a victim who could be permanently traumatised by my actions. Mental illness isn't exactly prone to rational decisions so I can never truly condemn someone who takes that route but personally I struggled a lot with the idea of other people cleaning up the mess that my death may cause. I wasn't going to be the person that traumatised a van full of young children and everyone else in between.

  • @mudfishnick9768
    @mudfishnick9768 Před 2 lety +2416

    Scary to think that Eben died in the 1930's, yet his bones will still be radioactive well past the year 3500

    • @theMitchOtto
      @theMitchOtto Před rokem +119

      Lol.. yeah but even longer.
      Half life times 5.5 should be a safe timeline.
      So 1600 years times 5.5.
      8800 years.

    • @fife8332
      @fife8332 Před rokem +79

      Hey there smooth skin

    • @mudfishnick9768
      @mudfishnick9768 Před rokem +18

      @@fife8332 What?

    • @deswoodwdcollar8843
      @deswoodwdcollar8843 Před rokem +28

      @@fife8332 ahh... Nice reference

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts Před rokem +6

      That's assuming that there will be no means discovered to remove radiation, which then will be used on whatever bones are left.

  • @britannybaker6847
    @britannybaker6847 Před 8 měsíci +7

    I would like to hire this guy to come camping with me and my family and tell spooky camp fire stories. Seems trustworthy and like he would also be handy in a wilderness situation. Honorary uncle material.

  • @angelicamichelle1646
    @angelicamichelle1646 Před rokem +5

    I remember that about the man in the subway and was horrified how the picture was taken and no one helped I was so angry at the photographer the guy that pushed him. I'm deeply ashamed of myself now that I know the whole situation

  • @MrDlt123
    @MrDlt123 Před 2 lety +926

    My grandmother told me that when she was a young nurse (around 1918-1920), the hospital where she worked was losing staff to illness. Turns out it was the X-ray machine (she called it a ‘fluoroscope’) and the techs and nurses would basically stand right next to the patient being xray’d (no shielding of any kind). Not a ton of radiation for one Xray, but if youre doing 50 a day, it adds up. She also said they used special methods to handle radium-affected patients because handling them too often was dangerous. Didn’t seem to affect her though as she died in 1997 at the age of 102.

    • @bossaurayt3567
      @bossaurayt3567 Před 2 lety +108

      She got radiated to the point where she lived past expectancy

    • @mcSamiSami
      @mcSamiSami Před 2 lety +18

      @@bossaurayt3567 xD-

    • @snazzyeee
      @snazzyeee Před 2 lety +57

      @@indicus9075 take a joke fam

    • @stupidvideos1449
      @stupidvideos1449 Před 2 lety +19

      @@indicus9075 woooosh

    • @CandiceCan
      @CandiceCan Před 2 lety +28

      1920 - 1970 Shoe stores would use fluoroscopes to see how well a customer's foot fit into the shoe they were trying on.

  • @MattInIllinois
    @MattInIllinois Před 2 lety +3675

    The Radithor story was really shocking at first but then I realized when this product came out, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had not yet happened. People had no clue what radiation really was. I wonder what future generations will say about us and what we are consuming now that we think is safe.

    • @cynthiaredalen4254
      @cynthiaredalen4254 Před 2 lety +80

      Exactly what i was thinking

    • @trashcatlinol
      @trashcatlinol Před 2 lety +125

      It also makes me wonder what we are avoiding because we think it's poison when it's actually not...like tomatoes!

    • @Thiebelamberts
      @Thiebelamberts Před 2 lety +88

      Like plastics?

    • @asteroth1986
      @asteroth1986 Před 2 lety +36

      @@trashcatlinol ehhh? Tomatoes? I never heard anything bad about em. Do explain?

    • @trashcatlinol
      @trashcatlinol Před 2 lety +111

      @@asteroth1986 it used to be believed tomatoes were poisonous because the rest of the plant is. People who knew they were safe had to take to eating them in a public spectacle in order to convince people they were safe.
      A few other foods throughout history were treated like that as well! Sometimes just at the whim of a silly king. I don't don't remember specifics as when I heard I brushed it off as 'just like tomatoes' XD; and then didn't commit them to memory...

  • @thegamewolf4445
    @thegamewolf4445 Před rokem +11

    when u said abt the raddathor , it reminds me of my granny who was addicted to a tablet called betnisol , she was plump and she said she was consuming it for more than 30 yrs and when we went to the doctor after her kidney stone surgery the doctor freaked out and he scoulded her for taking the tablet for years that she was supposed stop eating after 2 months yes , 2 freaking months turned to 30 yrs , she is still fine but we somehow made her stop eating it , she became so addicted that we had to treat her like a child who is fighiting for a thing that she or he dosent deserve, she became so crazy over that she was like if i dont get that just give me poison and kill me i dont want to live with my body pain "she cried for that tablet ", but because of our strict measures we literally saved her from a ovedose or maybe from a organ failure idk but we saved her , but i hate her she was not a kind person to my mom and her fam side good old mom in law fight

  • @southrnlvingsc
    @southrnlvingsc Před rokem +2

    So in a crowded subway station, the ONE and only guy willing to help was so far away that he had to run toward the victim and still didn't make it. Unreal. I hope a those standing around close and watching while not lifting a finger to help all the way up to the end were proud on themselves.

  • @ryuwarrior89
    @ryuwarrior89 Před 2 lety +3921

    Fun fact: The guillotine was invented to try to make executions more humane since its creator hated the brutality of executions. In fact he hated executions so much, he did not want his name attached to his own invention. However, unfortunately for him, we still call it a guillotine.

    • @dariusmcfarter6105
      @dariusmcfarter6105 Před 2 lety +316

      it is more humane than some execution devices we use today. the electric chair is definitely a bit inhumane because you’re pretty much being electrocuted to death which i bet is painful.

    • @venusflytrap2622
      @venusflytrap2622 Před 2 lety +260

      Sidenote to that, the inventor was executed by his own invention as the revolutionaries thought he was pro bourgeoisie and pro monarchist. Iirc the Guillotine made executions so easy that during the height of the french revolution there were several hundred if not thousands of executions a day in France.

    • @elizabethserrano5136
      @elizabethserrano5136 Před 2 lety +206

      Funny how he thought it'd be more "humane", when in actuality is probably just as bad because a severed head has the ability to remain conscious for about 25 - 30 seconds.
      Here's a quick excerpt from a guillotine observation made by a doctor back in 1905.
      "In 1905, a French physician attended an execution and stood close to the guillotine. He approached as soon as the severed head tumbled into the basket below and called out the man’s name. He claimed the eyelids lifted and the man looked briefly at him before lowering his gaze. The physician called his name again and received a similar response. The man did not respond to a third prompt. The physician concluded based on his observations that a severed head could retain consciousness for 25 to 30 seconds."
      THAT is truly terrifying! And there are other similar observations that have been made. Yikes 😬

    • @ryuwarrior89
      @ryuwarrior89 Před 2 lety +104

      @@elizabethserrano5136 Yeah but it beat a blunt axe that would take, I can't remember how many blows but like between 2 to 11. I mean, if you were rich, you could request a sword but still, that wasn't much better.

    • @elizabethserrano5136
      @elizabethserrano5136 Před 2 lety

      @@ryuwarrior89 i just think that idea of being consciously aware that your head is no longer attached to your body is truly terrifying, knowing that in a matter of mere seconds, you're going to die

  • @logeyperogi1805
    @logeyperogi1805 Před 2 lety +1715

    “You should try Radithor”
    Ever since I played Fallout, I’ve avoided anything that involves “Rad” under the immediate assumption that it involves radiation

    • @MrSabachtani
      @MrSabachtani Před 2 lety +47

      What? I hear Fallout is totally rad! 🤙

    • @hemlock42069
      @hemlock42069 Před 2 lety +45

      @President Richardson Illuminati has GTA 6 but they won't allow it to be released.

    • @izzielalala
      @izzielalala Před 2 lety +10

      It is the word root meaning “radio”

    • @zomkino
      @zomkino Před 2 lety +34

      Unless it's Radaway

    • @noire1001
      @noire1001 Před 2 lety +16

      Just pop a few radaways and you'll be fine.

  • @user-np1sv1kr6n
    @user-np1sv1kr6n Před 2 měsíci +3

    Imagine just chilling and out of no where your jaw falls off

  • @CaptainLeviAckerman810
    @CaptainLeviAckerman810 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Hi ballen i am a huge fan of spooky stories and stuff and i like how you presented the video and got straight in to the point and also you got be glued to the screen . If you are wondering how good are you then hear this 'i didnot skip a single second of this video' keep up the good work.

  • @thetwitchywitchy
    @thetwitchywitchy Před rokem +1916

    When you think about it, it’s kinda miraculous that humanity even survived the atomic age. They were drinking radioactive water, using radium paint on everything, peoples jaws flyin off left and right, women glowing in the dark, it was crazy!
    It’s pretty amazing that we figured out “Radiation = Bad” before we all died.

    • @stevesteiner6844
      @stevesteiner6844 Před rokem +36

      Well yeah almost... 😄

    • @fvckgoo9le242
      @fvckgoo9le242 Před rokem +19

      There's still time

    • @juliasanne6805
      @juliasanne6805 Před rokem +21

      Your comment doesnt really make any sence because back then fatalaties caused by radio activity were very very rare. Different things killed much much more people, mainly deceases and wars. And we still havent been able to learn anything because till today there are wars going on.

    • @user-ky8du8lk7l
      @user-ky8du8lk7l Před rokem +47

      'Women glowing in the dark' lol

    • @StAlphonsusHasAPosse
      @StAlphonsusHasAPosse Před rokem

      @@juliasanne6805 Those "deceases" will kill you every time lol

  • @vincec.202
    @vincec.202 Před 2 lety +816

    The "jaw dropping" radium story is one of the most shocking things I've ever heard. What a HORRIBLE way to die😖

    • @Silentbob1494
      @Silentbob1494 Před 2 lety +85

      Poor bastard. Doctors don't screw up often, but when they do, they REALLY screw up.

    • @vincec.202
      @vincec.202 Před 2 lety +75

      @@Silentbob1494 Especially back in the days of radioactive cocaine and heroin "Elixers"💯😂

    • @Truemmerprinz
      @Truemmerprinz Před 2 lety +28

      @@Silentbob1494 From what I've read, the guy he's been seeing wasn't even a real doctor, but a dropout who faked to be a doctor, but I might be wrong.

    • @scrappydoo7887
      @scrappydoo7887 Před 2 lety +30

      You should have a look into the"Radium girls"....many died in almost exactly the same way.

    • @vincec.202
      @vincec.202 Před 2 lety +21

      @@scrappydoo7887 Yes! I think he may already have...? That was in WWII when they were told to lick the tip of the paintbrushes while using radioactive self luminous paint. I think that was even more f***ed up, because they KNEW what radioactive materials would do to people. It's as if they didn't care or they were never inspected for safety. The whole country was in a financial crunch, so it wouldn't surprise me.

  • @ayeehmanfeudo5749
    @ayeehmanfeudo5749 Před 5 měsíci +1

    These are a really jaw dropping stories Mr.ballen,Thank you for a years of sharing stories on us.❤

  • @quyetnguyen5651
    @quyetnguyen5651 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Love u man. The way u details these stories is easily understandable and thrilling. Thanks for the video

  • @BigD-jc6rj
    @BigD-jc6rj Před 2 lety +1453

    I've seen a lot of Mr Ballen disturbing backstories, but none as jaw dropping as this one

  • @abbiesmith3260
    @abbiesmith3260 Před rokem +5

    That last one really had me speechless…I mean…they all did but especially the last one

  • @walterwalter960
    @walterwalter960 Před 7 měsíci +12

    the moment a serial killer is less monstrous than the crowd

  • @paddlefaster
    @paddlefaster Před 2 lety +868

    The story about the guy that drank radium reminded me of the" radium girls" in World War II. They painted dials for airplanes with radium so they were glow-in-the-dark. They used to lick the tip of the brush to make it pointy. Eventually their teeth would fall out and I think a few of them lost their jaws before dying.

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  Před 2 lety +213

      Oh man thats awful!

    • @easley421
      @easley421 Před 2 lety +31

      Fuuuuuck, horrible

    • @Black-Sun_Kaiser
      @Black-Sun_Kaiser Před 2 lety +35

      That was ww1 friend

    • @Black-Sun_Kaiser
      @Black-Sun_Kaiser Před 2 lety +53

      Radium was already understood to be dangerous by ww2 , Manhattan project scientists credited the radium girls for increasing safety standards dealing with radioactive materials.

    • @borisbalinkoff9683
      @borisbalinkoff9683 Před 2 lety +50

      There are also the Radium Girls from about 1917 to 1926, roughly, who painted radium numbers on watch dials. Some of them would be walking home at night and they would be glowing in the dark. I've also read that in dance clubs in cities throughout Europe people would cover themselves in radium and the lights would be turned off and everybody would be glowing in the dark. Radium was also added to drinks so they wold glow as well.

  • @Thysillia
    @Thysillia Před 2 lety +912

    I read an article that said that supposedly Eben Byers didn't feel too much pain because by the time his jaw was removed, the tonic had already disintegrated most of his nerves. I've no idea if it's true, but it would be a small kindness if at least he didn't feel anything.

    • @adrian8773
      @adrian8773 Před 2 lety +61

      Sounds like it could be true but that would just mean that he felt the pain prior to his jaw actually falling off

    • @mr.radical802
      @mr.radical802 Před rokem +20

      Thanks

    • @messiehauhnar7230
      @messiehauhnar7230 Před rokem +25

      @@mr.radical802 ouch. The man himself.

    • @WhyDidThisHappenYT
      @WhyDidThisHappenYT Před rokem +9

      @Mr.Radical Ayo it's the guy, come up here and give us an introduction

    • @jonlev5911
      @jonlev5911 Před rokem +1

      Makes you think about these vaccines the healthcare world is making us all take…I wonder how long until we see negative results from these ‘health remedies’ 🤔

  • @RathCoGaming
    @RathCoGaming Před 11 měsíci

    Other excellent video,thanks Mr.Ballen,keep up the great work bro,we appreciate it!!😊

  • @AtticusJacksonASMR
    @AtticusJacksonASMR Před 7 měsíci +1

    I love the "random fact" followed by a "so they say" which completely negates the "fact"

  • @jaxystarr7108
    @jaxystarr7108 Před 2 lety +579

    "It was all going great... until his jaw fell off." That sentence almost took me out of this world. I laughed so hard only because I just.. wasn't expecting him to say that.

  • @maycontainnuts3127
    @maycontainnuts3127 Před 2 lety +988

    Interestingly, Eugene Weidmann's execution was also witnessed by a then 17 year old Christopher Lee who later became one of film's most celebrated actors and known for many his darker roles and fascination with the occult. He later went on to play headsman Charles-Henri Sanson in a 1989 French TV drama about the French Revolution.

    • @Luke-op3to
      @Luke-op3to Před 2 lety +113

      Christopher Lee's resume is just.. unparalleled.
      He was related to both Emperor Charlemagne, General Robert E. Lee, Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond).
      He met the assassins of Rasputin.
      He was an Intelligence agent in the British SAS in WWII, then promoted to the SOE whose missions are *still* classified - they were unofficially called "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." He saw more death than normal people can comprehend.
      He climbed Mt Vesuvius 3 days before it erupted.
      He spoke six languages.
      After all that he decided to start acting. AT AGE 25.
      He has played Dracula, the Mummy, Frankenstein’s monster, Saruman (the only cast member to meet Tolkien), Count Dooku, Fu Manchu, Rasputin, Rochefort, Lord Summerisle, Scaramanga, Mephistopheles, and Death himself - *and those are just some of the villans*
      In 2007 he was in Guinness for most screen credits at 244, and has since mad well more than a dozen more - in 2008 he was "the most connected actor" connecting to virtually any actor in 2.59 steps or "degrees".
      The king of fucking Sweden gave him his blessing to marry Henriette von Rosen, daughter of Count Fritz von Rosen, in the 50s.
      He released his *own metal album* in 2010 titled Titled Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross
      He was made a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2009, a Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1997, made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2011 - and a *list* of other awards, medals, and titles.
      Just... Mind-blowing.

    • @YamiKisara
      @YamiKisara Před 2 lety +19

      @@Luke-op3to the most mind blowing fact is that the French made an Englishman a commander of anything, lol. He certainly led a fullfilled life and was an amazing human being. Though one day seeing those SOE files unclassified might be interesting.

    • @ChocolateHabanero22
      @ChocolateHabanero22 Před 2 lety

      @@Luke-op3to "Climbed Mt. Vesuvius 3 sah before it erupted", ha ha that's funny. 😆

    • @Luke-op3to
      @Luke-op3to Před 2 lety +4

      @@ChocolateHabanero22 the last time Mt. Vesuvius erupted was in March of 1944.
      The same time he was doing black ops in the war.
      Did you not know that?

    • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial
      @TheEmeraldMenOfficial Před 2 lety

      @@Luke-op3to Geez dude that’s nuts

  • @keegobricks9734
    @keegobricks9734 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Boy... number 2 was something else. When I saw that picture, my jaw hit the floor.

  • @Outofpocket215
    @Outofpocket215 Před rokem

    Love the video's!! And the way you story tell is one of a kind (Excellent)!!

  • @FrancescaSicat
    @FrancescaSicat Před rokem +15

    13:16 oh my god that’s the most disturbing I ever seen

    • @DemonEvidence
      @DemonEvidence Před rokem +2

      There's this black dj guy on tiktok missing his jaw like that too.

  • @Oretal
    @Oretal Před 2 lety +910

    It’s a strange but cool feeling to finally know the story behind the jawless man photo

    • @bbennyj
      @bbennyj Před 2 lety +58

      I know, I’ve seen it for years but never knew what it was about.

    • @Oretal
      @Oretal Před 2 lety +28

      @@bbennyj RIGHT?! I’m glad to finally get the story.

    • @alyx8830
      @alyx8830 Před 2 lety +17

      Yeah, at first I thought it's a picture of a 19th somewhere seaman where their ship encounter a pirate's and his jaw got cannoned off

    • @lasinloser3979
      @lasinloser3979 Před 2 lety +45

      yeah that photo actually traumatized me

    • @eileenellenberger9240
      @eileenellenberger9240 Před 2 lety +27

      One of the most disturbing first real gore videos I ever saw was a young Syrian boy who had his entire lower jaw blown off by an Assad missile and looked just like this guy and you can Google Syrian boy or just boy with jaw blown off by Assad missile and it'll come up. He is awake and fully aware and even kicking his legs while sitting on the side of the hospital exam table like he is just having a totally normal day, surely from shock. But it looks just like this, only real footage and relatively new and clear. I warn you now, it's disturbing af!

  • @c00mgoblin
    @c00mgoblin Před 2 lety +1330

    As soon as he said Radithor I didn’t even need to know the rest. Radium has a very fucking dark chapter in history.

    • @a-train5616
      @a-train5616 Před 2 lety +42

      it does acutally kill insanly fast

    • @xaenon
      @xaenon Před 2 lety +34

      The beginning of the story, and the period of time in which it took place, gave it away before he even mentioned Radithor. I'd read about this a long time ago.

    • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial
      @TheEmeraldMenOfficial Před 2 lety +30

      @@xaenon I knew as soon as I heard Eben’s name. But I didn’t know he literally fell apart before dying.

    • @xaenon
      @xaenon Před 2 lety +55

      @@TheEmeraldMenOfficial Yeah. I remember the details of it. I'd seen the picture of his head as well. Radium is vicious stuff.
      History is full of similar things. Wallpaper in England in the Victorian era was poison as well, because the dyes were arsenic.
      Lead was used in lots of products - in fact, once upon a time, water pipes were made of lead. It was also found in paint, gasoline, and the manufacture of toys.
      Chemistry sets used to contain real uranium.
      Of course you know that asbestos was used all kinds of things. It wasn't all that long ago that it was used for brake linings and clutches in automobile. It was used for thermal insulation in houses, in ovens, for electrical insulation in wires and appliances, and so on.
      DDT was used for pest control. That shit will f__k a person up with a quickness.
      It's tempting to believe that the manufacturers of these products just 'didn't know'. In almost every case, the manufacturers, once WARNED of the hazards, actively ignored those warning and even worked to SUPPRESS the research so they could keep making their products despite the hazards.

    • @R0sie.
      @R0sie. Před 2 lety +8

      As soon as I heard the name of it I knew it must've been something radioactive or dangerous

  • @sulli474
    @sulli474 Před 3 měsíci +1

    That crowd is more inhumane than any serial killer I know of

  • @thewhitedragon7555
    @thewhitedragon7555 Před 8 měsíci

    I listen while I'm working and it keeps me from losing my mind because all these stories are engrossing and well narrated

  • @nancymontgomery8897
    @nancymontgomery8897 Před 2 lety +1069

    Eben's skeleton is probably still glowing inside his coffin. I heard that the radium girls who died from making glow-in-the dark watch faces are still glowing. The cemeteries put up warning signs by each grave saying not to dig there. Almost a century later and their bodies are still lethal to anyone who gets near them. So tragic that consuming radium and using it in cosmetics was once thought beneficial.

    • @karamarie6781
      @karamarie6781 Před 2 lety +10

      Crazy!

    • @harlequinn2526
      @harlequinn2526 Před 2 lety +63

      fascinating horror actually just released a video about the radium girls and it’s super interesting and def worth a watch

    • @joshscottify
      @joshscottify Před 2 lety +44

      @@harlequinn2526You Typed Definitely Worth A Watch ⌚🤷🏾‍♂️Some Coincidence Seeing Radium Watches Sealed Her Fate 🙏🏾

    • @harlequinn2526
      @harlequinn2526 Před 2 lety +24

      @@joshscottify 😂 i def didn’t mean to make a pun but i’ll take it lol. props to u man that’s really funny

    • @mouradismail1733
      @mouradismail1733 Před 2 lety +18

      My question is , how did radium cure the guy’s pain? Is it something that radium just does?

  • @doggosuchwow1593
    @doggosuchwow1593 Před 2 lety +1305

    This man is legit one of the best story tellers I've heard. The pace, music/atmosphere, and how he paints a picture is simply beautiful, yet horrifying.

  • @lilithjohansson953
    @lilithjohansson953 Před měsícem

    Mr Ballern, I totally love love love ur channel here... I evn listen to u on spotify with the medical mysteries and the other too.. keep up the good work!! Greetings from southern Sweden

  • @bootybandit9245
    @bootybandit9245 Před 2 lety +397

    The picture with Evan without a jaw gives me chills

    • @squeersquid1107
      @squeersquid1107 Před 2 lety +16

      Burger king foot lettuce. The last thing you want in your burger king burger is somebody's foot fungus...

    • @rockandrollfantasy86
      @rockandrollfantasy86 Před 2 lety +4

      *Eben

    • @willw9945
      @willw9945 Před 2 lety +5

      @@squeersquid1107 THANKS FOR MAKING ME FEEL BETTER! THAT PIC IS TERRIFYING

    • @squeersquid1107
      @squeersquid1107 Před 2 lety +1

      Ur welcome くコ:D彡

    • @cookieman3899
      @cookieman3899 Před 2 lety +2

      @@willw9945 it sure is, it would’ve been more scary if it was said that it ripped off lnstead of being surgically removed, anyways I recommend watching something less scary like daily dose of internet or something :) good morning night

  • @ryanshaw4623
    @ryanshaw4623 Před 2 lety +168

    I told my sister that the jawless man in the thumbnail would give me nightmares and she said "Why? He doesn't bite..."

  • @DanKeeleyMusic
    @DanKeeleyMusic Před rokem +1

    That middle story is more like a disturbing photo with a backstory.

  • @gestaposantaclaus
    @gestaposantaclaus Před 5 měsíci +2

    These stories were jaw dropping .

  • @BBeyond_edits
    @BBeyond_edits Před 2 lety +607

    Radithor may include side affects like: drowsiness, fever, and jaw falling off. Please do not take if you are or planning on living.

    • @lawrencemorris2261
      @lawrencemorris2261 Před 2 lety +4

      That applies with everything because if your taking hundreds of times your prescribed amount of litteraly anything it's going to kill you pretty quickly. Not saying it's not harmful at all but don't pretend like this idiots death wasn't the result of his own utter stupidity. He would have died way earlier had that been vitamin à he was litteraly gulping down

    • @tinydancer6869
      @tinydancer6869 Před 2 lety +15

      @@lawrencemorris2261 bro, he was making a fucking joke. "Calm down, Jamal. Dont pull out the nine."

    • @myusername3689
      @myusername3689 Před 2 lety +15

      @@lawrencemorris2261 The side effects of this drug is much more extreme than most other drugs.

    • @lexgutierrez1591
      @lexgutierrez1591 Před 2 lety

      😆😆😆 damn....

    • @shadowsans99
      @shadowsans99 Před 2 lety

      Give that or your soul 🙂

  • @shadowdroid776
    @shadowdroid776 Před 2 lety +1315

    "he prescribed him Radithore"
    Me: why do I have a sinking feeling I know exactly what's in that tonic?

    • @Vnvus
      @Vnvus Před 2 lety +10

      On God

    • @joefawcett2191
      @joefawcett2191 Před 2 lety +39

      Fallout fan? Haha I wasn't paying attention to the name and just assumed it was either cocaine or heroin

    • @wizardcat3848
      @wizardcat3848 Před 2 lety +7

      @@joefawcett2191 Is Radithore a thing in fallout?

    • @smaladnice1284
      @smaladnice1284 Před 2 lety +5

      Yes Its Remi from ratatouille 😌👍 What did you think? 🤨

    • @henonaga9879
      @henonaga9879 Před 2 lety +1

      Nerd nerd I'm more nerd than you

  • @dalelemanton2636
    @dalelemanton2636 Před rokem

    You tell stories very well enjoy listening to you

  • @tommyornothing7301
    @tommyornothing7301 Před měsícem

    This is my new favorite channel! Subscribed!

  • @yoki3818
    @yoki3818 Před 2 lety +417

    I immediately just went "Oh no" when that dude was prescribed that radium, cause I just KNEW there was something bad. Also the last photo.. that's chilling asf..

    • @scootyboy0822
      @scootyboy0822 Před 2 lety +11

      Amazing profile picture
      Wait what is this ?
      Who am I ?
      Why am I typing?

    • @theunicorn1167
      @theunicorn1167 Před 2 lety +10

      Ironically I was like „damn, Radithor, can I google that? What was in it?“ and I went to the Wikipedia page and literally read the story he told and was just like „Oh no“

    • @jayelyon3078
      @jayelyon3078 Před 2 lety +6

      I just thought he'd get addicted or smth
      not
      not that his body would disintegrate

    • @Dogflamingo
      @Dogflamingo Před 2 lety

      Literally sounds like a radioactive material

  • @t.fwingproductions3636
    @t.fwingproductions3636 Před 2 lety +1440

    "Hey dawg, can I get some Radithor?"
    "Only a spoonful"
    *Pulls out comically large spoon*
    Oh yeah, it's radiation poisoning time

  • @MsCruisein
    @MsCruisein Před rokem

    I came here to say my dad had Stage IV head and neck cancer twice, and his surgeons did two mandiblectomies (plus chemo and rads) as his treatment. People still remove jawbones, but these days they graft it back with bones from your leg, or your shoulder blade, or with a chain. Cancer sucks, guys. If you chew snuff, quit.

  • @angelfeather7547
    @angelfeather7547 Před 2 lety +752

    I couldn't imagine how aweful and painful it was for him having his body fall apart. OMG!

    • @20TonChop
      @20TonChop Před 2 lety +44

      A rare case where suicide it preferable.

    • @donvito5647
      @donvito5647 Před 2 lety +5

      He got what he deserved

    • @jakubdostalek1353
      @jakubdostalek1353 Před 2 lety +57

      @@donvito5647 How did he deserve such death?

    • @corpseisking5392
      @corpseisking5392 Před 2 lety +64

      @LeftismIsAntiWhite As a leftist I find it odd that you are bringing politics into everything, you are definitely conservative. He obviously didn't deserve to die and you obviously lack a life just like that other guy if you think this has anything to do with politics

    • @lowtechredneck6704
      @lowtechredneck6704 Před 2 lety +17

      @@corpseisking5392 Its the Leftists who have deliberately inserted politics (or rather, politicized bigotry) into everything through neo-Marxist Critical Theory, which is precisely what it was designed to accomplish. As for this case, his being rich and (actually) privileged, economic class resentment (i.e. classical Marxism) seems a likely explanation.

  • @justjosh9353
    @justjosh9353 Před 2 lety +4519

    I love how Mr.Ballen just joined on CZcams and became everyone’s favorite CZcamsr.
    Edit: I mean join as in he started to upload since last year to two years ago.

    • @sarararah18
      @sarararah18 Před 2 lety +99

      So much love for Mr. Ballen ❤️

    • @Yezpahr
      @Yezpahr Před 2 lety +138

      Yea, I remember when he had just 35k subscribers, now he has 100x that.

    • @Brainless420
      @Brainless420 Před 2 lety +36

      @@Yezpahr great tuber. only thing that annoys me is that like button thing. Other than that GREAT!

    • @ollielong630
      @ollielong630 Před 2 lety +32

      Yes I've watched him kill it from the start

    • @DGLake1
      @DGLake1 Před 2 lety +110

      Easily one of the best content creators from the beginning of his career. Keep it up Ballen 🏀 💨 🔥

  • @ImaDumbass639
    @ImaDumbass639 Před rokem +2

    Lovely work I’m starting to lose my fear for creepy story telling and starting to enjoy it

  • @Unforgivble
    @Unforgivble Před 2 lety +133

    I swear I've watched this guy transition from sweaters, short hair and mild backgrounds to flannels, pony tail, and exquisite scenery making his story come to life as he describes events. This man is truly the best

    • @TheArborphiliac
      @TheArborphiliac Před 2 lety +4

      The girl who introduced me to him said she was taking a break because he's too sexy and it's distracting.

    • @garrettcarr8689
      @garrettcarr8689 Před rokem

      Oui! Jajajaj

  • @851Sharon
    @851Sharon Před 2 lety +1067

    65 years old and I still absolutely love having someone tell me stories. When I had reached the age of 9 or 10 my parents found me reading a copy of Frank Edwards book, Stranger Than Science and felt I was becoming way too fond of stories that were strange, dark and mysterious. I had to wait so very, very long for Mr Ballen to arrive and make my life complete by telling me wonderful stories of my favorite kind. Thank you Sir, for your service to our country and for being an amazing storyteller.

    • @impalamama7302
      @impalamama7302 Před 2 lety +51

      I am 61 and cannot go to sleep without someone reading me a story....audiobooks cured my insomnia

    • @michellesouthards6821
      @michellesouthards6821 Před 2 lety +7

      I can't seem to get enough of him.

    • @lgoodwin-qk8gs
      @lgoodwin-qk8gs Před 2 lety +1

      Hi

    • @prod_revo
      @prod_revo Před 2 lety +4

      @@impalamama7302 You're gonna have nightmares if you listen to these stories 😂😂

    • @impalamama7302
      @impalamama7302 Před 2 lety +14

      @@prod_revo Oh no...I don't listen to Mr. Ballen to go to sleep by! I like to watch him when awake cuz he is so easy on the eyes....

  • @sillybillygoober406
    @sillybillygoober406 Před 2 měsíci

    i’ve been addicted to these kinds of videos recently and idk why but i love them

  • @Luna-ii4mx
    @Luna-ii4mx Před 8 měsíci

    This is the video that made me find MrBallen. Since then ive binged all his videos

  • @meganleslie9069
    @meganleslie9069 Před 2 lety +2191

    Fun guillotine fact: Numerous executions were occasionally performed back-to-back, so if you were unlucky enough to be one of the last to have your turn it may take several tries before you were decapitated due to the blade being dull and bloody.
    If you WERE lucky, it fatally broke your neck on the 1st (or 2nd) try. 😃

    • @alexandersquid4681
      @alexandersquid4681 Před 2 lety +152

      Hey, thanks! Love a good fun fact about death machines. 😌

    • @BlueSmokie
      @BlueSmokie Před 2 lety +41

      Really? It was suppose to stop that from happening...

    • @swannoir7949
      @swannoir7949 Před 2 lety +14

      Makes sense. But movies would have you think otherwise

    • @cuppycakey5013
      @cuppycakey5013 Před 2 lety +67

      Wow, that’s enough to make someone not murder other people, you would think.

    • @alexandersquid4681
      @alexandersquid4681 Před 2 lety +6

      @@cuppycakey5013 I have a theory that most murderers (serial killers, especially) suffer from OCD.

  • @jphwife
    @jphwife Před rokem +700

    One of the best books I have ever read is The Radium Girls by Kate Moore. Dozens of young girls were excited to have jobs in a well-paying factory, painting numbers on dials for wristwatches and navigation instruments. They were taught to dip their paintbrushes in radium and then make the brush into a point with their mouths. They loved the way the radium glowed- they would even wear their best dresses to work on Fridays so they would glow that night when they went out on the town. They painted each other’s faces with it and stood in dark rooms, dancing around, having a great time. Only one time did someone warn them. A scientist-developer of radium once saw the girls putting the brushes in their mouths and said, “don’t do that!” Otherwise, they were told it was completely safe. The book is so detailed, it is heartbreaking to read of these girls’ horrible, painful deaths and their fight for justice. I couldn’t recommend it any more highly. It was a fascinating tale of greed and innocence lost.

    • @manofgoof
      @manofgoof Před rokem +5

      I think that was on 1000 ways to die right?

    • @ischa6682
      @ischa6682 Před rokem +3

      Do you have this books bame?? I'm intrested.

    • @someonem1327
      @someonem1327 Před rokem +24

      @@ischa6682 The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women - Kate moore

    • @Claireannette77
      @Claireannette77 Před rokem +1

      czcams.com/video/4CIuqKqFNdE/video.html 20/10 recommend this video from Bailey Sarian!!💕💕💕 loved learning about the Radium Girls, and so much more!!!!!💕

    • @fatcatboo
      @fatcatboo Před rokem +7

      Great but extremely sad book...

  • @pamelasimone5084
    @pamelasimone5084 Před 10 měsíci +2

    The story about Eben is really interesting to me because most of my career was in medical devices and pharmaceuticals working for quality assurance and regulatory affairs. As Mr Ballen pointed out, many drugs contained radium and they killed people.
    One of the most notorious cases did not involve radium but ethylene glycol. A pharmacist noticed children did not like the taste of cough syrup so he was looking for a way to sweeten the taste and found that ethylene glycol worked. Unfortunately ethylene glycol is highly toxic and children died.
    This prompted the formation of the FDA to regulate the pharmaceutical industry. They implemented many of the regulations for testing medications before they are approved for use and the manufacturing processes to ensure products are not contaminated and meet standards of safety and efficacy.