Top 3 places you CAN'T GO & people who went anyways... | Part 26 (*MATURE AUDIENCES*)

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Komentáře • 18K

  • @twigsnapper9980
    @twigsnapper9980 Před 3 lety +5185

    Gremlin 8:02

  • @MMGhost123
    @MMGhost123 Před 3 lety +19671

    I cannot even begin to imagine thinking "hey, I'll just sleep under this truck" is a good idea.... In any circumstance.

    • @amuroray9115
      @amuroray9115 Před 3 lety +1423

      History has repeatedly shown that people make extremely foolish choices.

    • @diablabeauty4585
      @diablabeauty4585 Před 3 lety +157

      Right

    • @unholynoise3087
      @unholynoise3087 Před 3 lety +339

      Not unless you were the supposed mew in the original pokemon games. Silly lil mew

    • @LilAnnThrax
      @LilAnnThrax Před 3 lety +1159

      I don't get it. I drive a truck and there are SO many ways you could sleep on or in it that do not include *under* it. In the bed? Great! It starts raining? Hop inside! If you are that tired you will fall asleep sitting up.

    • @amuroray9115
      @amuroray9115 Před 3 lety +1212

      @@LilAnnThrax I'm starting to think the man was delirious or something. Absolutely no one thinks about sleeping underneath their truck

  • @mumtazsheikh690
    @mumtazsheikh690 Před 2 lety +5955

    "Oh man I'm really tired. I should drive 2 hours in the middle of the night to the ocean to sleep under my truck at high tide" excellent plan

    • @owenchristie6958
      @owenchristie6958 Před 2 lety +402

      When it’s said like that- it seems even dumber somehow

    • @mirza6399
      @mirza6399 Před 2 lety +211

      I was like no bruh , stay home go to bed 🤣

    • @gicky-gackers
      @gicky-gackers Před 2 lety +553

      I really don't understand why he slept under his truck. Who does that? Why not sleep IN the truck? Sleeping under the truck (when he knew the tide was coming) seems like a super irrational thing to do. Like wtf.

    • @Tyler-si2rj
      @Tyler-si2rj Před 2 lety +131

      @@gicky-gackers or in the bed? Pretty dumb

    • @catspaw3092
      @catspaw3092 Před 2 lety +156

      @@mirza6399 Yeah, sleeping on a bed is more comfortable than sleeping under a truck I mean seriously? Who the hell does that? I get home from working hard I'm bone tired my ass stays home.

  • @chuckler7311
    @chuckler7311 Před 3 lety +1787

    I couldn't imagine sitting through that show thinking that the blood-curdling screams were the sound effect option that Disney chose to use during the stage transitions.

    • @MrAlcazar
      @MrAlcazar Před 2 lety +179

      Exactly! How would that fit into the show?

    • @loliqueenloco6495
      @loliqueenloco6495 Před 2 lety +148

      It's super weird nobody did anything sooner

    • @vokks1558
      @vokks1558 Před 2 lety +182

      Yeah, and if the audience could hear it then the staff definitely could too. And unless they were all first-timers, I think they would know whether or not blood-curdling screams were part of their show

    • @loliqueenloco6495
      @loliqueenloco6495 Před 2 lety +98

      @@vokks1558 it's weird that staff didn't do anything. I looked up the audio of her death and she's screaming super loud 😭

    • @reverendsquirrel
      @reverendsquirrel Před 2 lety +10

      The 70s were a different time.

  • @thefinisher2843
    @thefinisher2843 Před rokem +349

    It’s sad that 95% of these stories seem to be preventable. And not just at one point, but they could have been prevented multiple times throughout these events.

    • @DanMorgan-bh5fv
      @DanMorgan-bh5fv Před 2 měsíci +2

      Biggest tip is don't travel alone or veer off the marked trail.

    • @Heathcoatman
      @Heathcoatman Před měsícem +7

      One of the most common things people think right before they do something stupid and get killed is "Bad things dont happen to me, they happen to strangers"

    • @totoro-chan7700
      @totoro-chan7700 Před 21 dnem

      Sometimes to ease up those preventable accidents I would say something like, the Grim Reaper had some KPIs left to reach that day 😢

  • @ShortHax
    @ShortHax Před 3 lety +13843

    Something about being crushed to death while everyone around is distracted by happy music is just really horrific. It could make good material for a horror movie or video game

  • @NeonCele
    @NeonCele Před 3 lety +1047

    A list of places to sleep other than under the truck:
    -In the truck
    -the truck bed
    -On top of the truck if you’re really desperate
    -Anywhere but under the mf truck
    -seriously why would you crawl under a truck to sleep especially on a beach like dude come on.

    • @Spiderman-xu1rc
      @Spiderman-xu1rc Před 3 lety +21

      Underrated

    • @dakotahuff2276
      @dakotahuff2276 Před 3 lety +17

      The sand is nice and cool so it does make sense if you've been to crystal beach in the summer but also not something I'd ever do because of the tides. It's strange for someone who lives in the area to forget but people get tired I guess.

    • @NeonCele
      @NeonCele Před 3 lety +33

      @@dakotahuff2276 i mean i would understand maybe falling asleep on the beach even if its a bit weird in the middle of the night but why under the truck?? i could excuse if it was he lied down fell asleep and got washed away thatd be sad and suck and its still a bad idea but why would you sleep under a truck in any circumstance? especially if its YOUR TRUCK?

    • @TrojanLube69
      @TrojanLube69 Před 3 lety +1

      When you are beyond exhausted. Your brain will betray you, common sense no longer exists in your brain.

    • @blackdogslivesmatter1568
      @blackdogslivesmatter1568 Před 3 lety +10

      @@TrojanLube69 Ive been beyond exhausted and your brain is slower to react or to process something...but sleeping under a truck on a beach. I wouldnt even do it on a pond where the tides dont change. I would have backed up away from the water and slept in the bed or looked for a motel. Im a female so I think about safety first. His brain was completely shut off. Maybe he had a stroke or heart attack and crawled under and died.

  • @clarkie0708
    @clarkie0708 Před 3 lety +2136

    My sister got her leg caught in a ride at a arcade when we were little it was spinning around and dragging her under, a giant guy seen it ,came over lifted the machine with one hand and pulled her leg out the mechanism with the other, he was a hero that day.

    • @2Bad4YOUuu
      @2Bad4YOUuu Před 3 lety +130

      Awe man, that's a good dude. Scary thing there ... your sister's lucky day though

    • @KevinBrown-em3ng
      @KevinBrown-em3ng Před 3 lety +58

      Guys that make these types of rides have a responsibility to the public to clearly post any dangerous areas of the machine and make parents aware of that danger… They should have had to pay a hefty settlement to learn there lesson…

    • @matthewcullen1298
      @matthewcullen1298 Před 3 lety +45

      @@KevinBrown-em3ng god I miss the days when people actually took some responsibility for their kids. Jesus Christ, I don't know how we survived in the 70s

    • @KevinBrown-em3ng
      @KevinBrown-em3ng Před 3 lety +32

      @@matthewcullen1298 Heck yea man I almost died a thousand times I can remember . I’m just like u I can’t believe we made it out alive . But it’s so simple to realize something is dangerous and post it with signage . It’s just the moral thing to do . Just a heads up is nice cause these kids now days aren’t as aware I don’t feel like of the dangers surrounding them . Maybe I wrong and they do , but I just don’t feel like they do cause I’ve raised 5 myself .

    • @lgarla23
      @lgarla23 Před 3 lety +21

      Maybe he wasnt a man at all but an angel sent from God.

  • @Bella-ln4on
    @Bella-ln4on Před rokem +633

    I’m from the town in the second story and my dad was almost on that one canoe, but he luckily had to work that day. To answer the question. ( from what I heard) The bodies were severely beaten up from hitting against the tunnel entrances and I guess the bottom of the dam. The last body recovered in Croatia was a firefighter and my former instructor. The family had to be called in to Identify the body.

    • @skylove40400
      @skylove40400 Před rokem +2

      noro

    • @MM-jf1me
      @MM-jf1me Před rokem +34

      Terrible situation. I'm sorry about your instructor and all the other victims.
      The force of the current at the base of the dam would've probably dragged and held those poor people under even if they'd been wearing life jackets. Do you know how the mayor's wife escaped?
      I'm glad your dad didn't make the trip that day. Life is funny in that there's so many times we realize we've luckily avoided danger just due to happenstance.

    • @RickGrimes__
      @RickGrimes__ Před rokem +2

      gdje je to bilo

    • @hikatenmaiafu4391
      @hikatenmaiafu4391 Před rokem +7

      ​@@RickGrimes__what language are you speaking? I'm really curious because I think I've never seen it written out

    • @larisapeternelj3272
      @larisapeternelj3272 Před rokem +4

      @@hikatenmaiafu4391 croatian

  • @leeturner133
    @leeturner133 Před 3 lety +4185

    The staff members who heard her screaming and didn't check it out should have been investigated. They knew the show didn't include screams of agony. Also, they would've noticed that Debbie didn't go onstage to greet the audience.

    • @ghoulfangs
      @ghoulfangs Před 3 lety +146

      They could have thought that Debbie's shift had ended but I agree.

    • @mads7710
      @mads7710 Před 3 lety +490

      @@ghoulfangs no disney and how they do their breaks and how ppl clock out is very meticulous and planned out and usually everyone working is aware of when others are on break or have clocked out. they just probably couldnt be assed to check out what was happening which is very sad

    • @2lipToo
      @2lipToo Před 3 lety +90

      Yes, what the hell?!

    • @LLStark
      @LLStark Před 3 lety +34

      Agree...

    • @edfrank4490
      @edfrank4490 Před 3 lety +141

      To be fair amusement parks are one of the few places where screams are pretty commonplace

  • @bekksterlab
    @bekksterlab Před 2 lety +2507

    Some things I've learned on this channel:
    1) Follow all safety precautions all the time.
    2) When people have safety measures in place, do them.
    3) Obey safety precautions.
    4) If someone warns you that something is not safe or you should take precautions, do that thing. Do the precaution.

    • @gardenbb
      @gardenbb Před 2 lety +28

      Absolutely true!👍🏼

    • @classictowers668
      @classictowers668 Před 2 lety +114

      5) Never decide to not follow the safety measures
      6) Read the signs more than once, you might have forgotten the first thing they said like "TURN BACK NOW"

    • @jamesfarrell8339
      @jamesfarrell8339 Před 2 lety +55

      Also don't leave your house
      Ever

    • @austintaylor8197
      @austintaylor8197 Před 2 lety +27

      OSHA would be proud.

    • @normoosey
      @normoosey Před 2 lety +56

      5) Don't go cave diving!

  • @MichaelNealeYT
    @MichaelNealeYT Před 3 lety +1160

    To be stuck in a rotating machine and crushed to death while everyone around you is having a good time sounds incredibly terrifying. It makes it more disturbing

  • @wowlives9340
    @wowlives9340 Před rokem +272

    Debbie's case was outright frustrating. First off, you're not supposed to hear screams in a disney stage, even by horror it shouldn't sound that close. Second, the scream kept going, FOR 6 STAGES and EVERYONE actually believed that was part of the show.

    • @sirplantain
      @sirplantain Před 7 měsíci +11

      I know this was a year ago, however there's something that needs to be considered here. Mr Ballen said that she was screaming, so we assume constantly. There's a good chance that she passed out, at times, from her injuries. I can see how that if someone wasn't screaming continously, they might not be noticed. It's still an awful event and the other staff should have noticed something was wrong, in my opinion anyway.

    • @blacktornado5212
      @blacktornado5212 Před 7 měsíci

      Humans are scary.

    • @lillypalmer767
      @lillypalmer767 Před 6 měsíci +8

      ​@@sirplantain the whole thing was not an accident, I think she was murdered, and Disney paying little money to her family? What a disgrace.

    • @adriatic.vineyards
      @adriatic.vineyards Před 5 měsíci +5

      ​@@lillypalmer767par for the course with Disney

    • @tomguth3714
      @tomguth3714 Před 4 měsíci

      I feel like the only place this could ever take place in the world is in USA. Honestly i cant imagine noone whould even question it. It seems so obvious that it makes you think if it actally wasnt planned. Makes me feel so bad for her like this must laster so long. I hate how diseny have more blood on theirs hands that ted Bundy but noone is shutting it down. Even if industry kills people like a cattle as long as they make bilionars some money it is a okay. Like people shit on Central Europe but honestly the older i am the more happy i am knowing i spent my life here.

  • @ThamiWorld
    @ThamiWorld Před 3 lety +1682

    Debbie's was really horrible. The thought of being stuck and crushed to bits while you hear people having fun and enjoying themselves sounds terrible

    • @oneoflokis
      @oneoflokis Před 2 lety +10

      Indeed! ☹️

    • @FrizzKid05
      @FrizzKid05 Před 2 lety +38

      That's when you die putting a curse on everyone having fun.

    • @xx_yungbeener_xx
      @xx_yungbeener_xx Před 2 lety +1

      that has happened to me

    • @paran315
      @paran315 Před 2 lety +82

      There was news years ago, a woman with her husband and chidlren, was going on an attraction that spins around jn the darkness with something like those mechanical dolls.
      The woman was scared, but she boarded the ride anyways THEN she decided to get off in second thought right before the ride started.
      She fell in some tiny gap between all those spinning machinary, and died in a similar fashion as the story. Except the whole family was right there beside her, unable to do anything, as she SLOWLY got crushed to death.
      I remember watching the news on tv and my parents were saying how we should never, EVER attempt to get out of a ride no matter how scared you are, once you get on.
      Don't be embarrassed of your fears or peer pressure, if you don't want to do something, don't do it.

    • @mortimerbrewster3671
      @mortimerbrewster3671 Před 2 lety +30

      There was no reason in that attraction for what would most likely have been blood-curdling screaming. Even if the audience thought it was part of the ride, WTF was wrong with the staff? Working that attraction all the time, they would have known it was not part of the show and they only thought to look AFTER? And while I hate to blame the victim, why wouldn't she be screaming something to the effect of, "STOP THE MOTHER FUCKING RIDE! I'M STUCK, ASSHOLES!!!" In the happiest place on Earth, especially in the 70s, they would have known that was not normal.

  • @francispitts9440
    @francispitts9440 Před 3 lety +668

    You’re actually doing a great public service by telling these true stories about normal average people who don’t pay attention to warnings and end up losing their lives. It makes everyone aware that yes, it can happen to anyone even you. People take for granted that their life is vulnerable when they go places that they shouldn’t. Thanks John. Keep up the incredible work.

    • @nerdy4berdiwatzenurwallet428
      @nerdy4berdiwatzenurwallet428 Před 3 lety +7

      Very well said!

    • @TheTwigLord
      @TheTwigLord Před 3 lety +13

      This comment gives me like the major fbi vibes like that meme that went around where you have your own fbi agents. This is for sure John's.

    • @kenzus96
      @kenzus96 Před 3 lety +9

      I wonder if the people who pass in these vids would have changed anything if they had watched videos like this before trying new things lol

    • @luisfuentes6290
      @luisfuentes6290 Před 3 lety +1

      Agree

    • @francispitts9440
      @francispitts9440 Před 3 lety +8

      @@TheTwigLord The photo in my profile is my graduation from the FBI National Academy in November of 2000 with the 203rd session. Maybe that’s what gave the feeling lol.

  • @UnknownOps
    @UnknownOps Před 3 lety +1930

    The second story was much just the proof why being the Cameraman is always a good idea.

    • @mortimerbrewster3671
      @mortimerbrewster3671 Před 2 lety +193

      The second story was proof that you should never listen to politicians. That third boat got really lucky.

    • @adampollender8784
      @adampollender8784 Před 2 lety +37

      Just watch the video with the photographer who died taking pictures of a volcano, so I disagree lol

    • @Darksiegify
      @Darksiegify Před 2 lety +8

      @@adampollender8784 Alec Baldwin

    • @nuubxiii5278
      @nuubxiii5278 Před 2 lety +45

      @@mortimerbrewster3671 When an engineer or an operator of some sort for a dam tells you that a certain area is dangerous, believe them! The mayor royally fucked up by not taking his advice seriously assuming that it wasn’t too dangerous while not understanding the science behind the unfinished dam. An unfortunate end for those involved.

    • @inhaleddeath5758
      @inhaleddeath5758 Před 2 lety +14

      Cameraman is the only one who always survives the horror movie

  • @auroraborealis4673
    @auroraborealis4673 Před rokem +310

    You are so respectful of both the victim and the victim's family when you tell their story.

    • @ethanrivers4057
      @ethanrivers4057 Před rokem +12

      It would be better if the victims were more respectful of their own lives so these stories wouldn't have to be told.

    • @frickyfresh147
      @frickyfresh147 Před rokem +13

      @@ethanrivers4057 Who hurt you?

    • @missmichium
      @missmichium Před rokem +3

      @@ethanrivers4057 but it was an accident, she tripped and fell INTO the tight narrow space. Why would anyone go into a narrow gap just for them to die?

    • @AspireGMD
      @AspireGMD Před rokem +1

      @@missmichium They were speaking generally, not specifically the last story, for example the second story matches his comment.

    • @AspireGMD
      @AspireGMD Před rokem +6

      I especially like how in true crime cases he talks more about the victim then the perpetrator. Almost all true crime videos I watch it's like "Oh the victim yeah he was cool he lit up the room and he's kinda chill" and then proceeds to give the entire life story of the POS that killed them.

  • @CheqLights
    @CheqLights Před 3 lety +383

    That last story is haunting. So many people heard her scream, she could have been saved - cannot grasp how not one single person took the screams seriously. And what a horrible way to die.

    • @moonchild1837
      @moonchild1837 Před 3 lety +68

      And this wasn't a horror attraction either....this was a frkn peaceful jolly singing bs , how would horrified screaming in nothing but terror be a part of the show? What type of idiots were in there? And the staff?????? They should have known a person screaming for their life wasn't part of puppets singing songs about america, just wtf was wrong with all these people. Sure outside in a theme park screaming is normal, but inside where singing should be the only thing heard? And I might add that a person screaming on a roler coster and a person screaming from being crushed alive probably sound different no matter what.....I'm so so angry at this situation...
      ALSO why did she even work there if they started the attraction without her anyway? If they had only checked why she wasn't on stage to greet the audience that time around....unless she switched shifts at this moment with someone else.
      People should always take someone screaming for help seriously, frkn Disneyland included.

    • @lindanimated
      @lindanimated Před 3 lety +47

      I know! What I can't get is how people, including staff who had seen the show numerous times, thought the screams and cries were a part of the show. And even if you'd never seen the show before, why on Earth would a happy Disney World show have bloodcurdling screams in it? I know it's easy to judge when we're looking back, but I have a hard time understanding how everyone wrote the screams off as part of the show,.

    • @agros7026
      @agros7026 Před 3 lety +17

      It's herd mentality. So many people are around, so everyone assumes that someone else will do something, but no one does. :(

    • @thoroughbred2741
      @thoroughbred2741 Před 3 lety +10

      Sheeple are the greatest threat.

    • @MossyTomb
      @MossyTomb Před 3 lety +7

      Just the herd mentality....if nobody else is reacting, the people who do feel uneasy do nothing as well. Just like when a person asks a group if there is any questions, everyone stays silent, even though there is questions on peoples minds.

  • @jajak8055412
    @jajak8055412 Před 3 lety +268

    The last story was unbelievably heartbreaking. To anybody that reads this, please, I beg you, don't ignore your instincts. If you hear a scream, a noise that worries you, or anything that gives you a bad feeling about anything, please speak up and say something. The worst thing that'll happen to you is people might think you're weird or paranoid. The worst thing that'll happen to someone else is them losing there life.

    • @creampuff9934
      @creampuff9934 Před 3 lety +9

      Thanks for this. Ppl need to hear this

    • @retenfour1548
      @retenfour1548 Před 3 lety +5

      Hi. Dawn again. On my boyfriends account. I agree!! I have always listened. Or. Wished I did. So. I listen now and. Taught my children ( grown now ) ** when in doubt , GET OUT.. ** ALWAYS listen to your tummy I told them!!!

    • @theeasypeasysquad4169
      @theeasypeasysquad4169 Před 3 lety +8

      Problem is people who suffer from paranoia their whole life have to ignore some or many of their instinctive red alerts and people who know them also begin to tell them down. Gradually there's an urge to supress it.
      While the last story should have raised enough red flags, there are chances that other similar incidents could be ignored.

    • @gyver8448
      @gyver8448 Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah, that's what had me. If I'm on some happy, children friendly ride and I hear blood curdling screams for help. I can't imagine ever thinking "Oh, this is totally normal and not a problem. It's all good."

    • @KadoTheNorm
      @KadoTheNorm Před 3 lety +6

      Thanks for this. Important take away from this video. Allot of those peoppe likely just didnt want to rock the boat because nobody else was reacting.

  • @Clever.medicine
    @Clever.medicine Před 3 lety +793

    Debbie probably endured one of the most horrific deaths anyone could imagine. Rest in peace sweet girl.

    • @princesskylie4428
      @princesskylie4428 Před 3 lety +27

      and to be stuck in place as it all happens...🥺🥺 i feel so bad for her family too

    • @edwinmiller9274
      @edwinmiller9274 Před 3 lety +6

      R.i.h debbie.

    • @minuette1752
      @minuette1752 Před 3 lety +37

      I would be haunting that place if I were her. People would pay dearly.

    • @IronArmPanda
      @IronArmPanda Před 3 lety +26

      @SaltyBrains Heaven?

    • @VenomousIcyKiss
      @VenomousIcyKiss Před 3 lety +4

      Silly you🤡 you think anyone who goes to hell gets rest!? “Ain’t no rest for the wicked” but i doubt she was anything but a thoughtful young lady

  • @kylarusso1991
    @kylarusso1991 Před rokem +94

    I've heard about Debbie multiple times, but I NEVER heard that that she was reportedly alive and screaming throughout the show!?!? Christ, that poor girl. :(

    • @prettygneissproductions
      @prettygneissproductions Před rokem +7

      She wasn’t, it is widely accepted that she was killed almost instantly. Still, terrible way to die.

    • @catscanhavelittleasalami
      @catscanhavelittleasalami Před rokem +14

      No idea where he got his info from, but I did some research years ago and nowhere was it mentionned that she was still alive and screaming after the first time she started to get dragged around. People did indeed hear screaming but never said it was repeated throughout the show. And even if she somehow survived the first rotation, she wouldn't have had the strength to scream. Her internal injuries + the extreme pain and shock would have made it impossible. Logically, had she survived the first rotation and was well enough to still scream and be heard, it would have meant her injuries were artificial and she would have be able to survive until and after the end of the show. Also, the video doesn't emphasize how *incredibly* narrow the space was. There simply was no way she could have survived longer than a few seconds.

    • @secretarmyl1795
      @secretarmyl1795 Před rokem +9

      @@prettygneissproductionsyes I e read about it several places and never heard this. I enjoy the channel immensely but this feels like dramatisation for the sake of a story tbh

    • @MyAMJourney
      @MyAMJourney Před rokem +1

      ​@@secretarmyl1795how do you know Mr. Ballen didn't find interviews with more details than Wikipedia? He may have even talked to witnesses himself who knows

    • @syncopatedglory
      @syncopatedglory Před 7 měsíci +1

      oh i see, it's another tall tale from ballen lol. c'mon y'all, what's more likely, john TRACKED DOWN WITNESSES or misreported stuff he read on the internet?

  • @ldawg7117
    @ldawg7117 Před 3 lety +781

    I've (quickly) gone from that person who "jjust found this channel and can't stop binging it" to the person who has now watched it all, and anxiously awaits new episodes.

    • @nannettefreeman7331
      @nannettefreeman7331 Před 3 lety +26

      That's how we all started! And how we all can't wait! Welcome to the Strange, Dark & Mysterious Fam! Mr Ballen is truly an addiction from which none of us want a cure. ✌️

    • @ChongolioPR
      @ChongolioPR Před 3 lety +3

      SAME

    • @jonaswhite5842
      @jonaswhite5842 Před 3 lety +3

      Welcome sir.

    • @Man_fay_the_Bru
      @Man_fay_the_Bru Před 3 lety +3

      yup,same here

    • @CINO0816
      @CINO0816 Před 3 lety +2

      Ditto

  • @annettemurielle
    @annettemurielle Před 3 lety +405

    Disney paid her family a "small settlement?" Granted, nothing could ever be enough, but from a multi-billion dollar company, a small settlement is an insult.

    • @buddychubbs743
      @buddychubbs743 Před 3 lety +14

      Small settlement from a “multi-billion” company is millions.
      Its small for them .
      But i agree nonetheless

    • @bradysmith7801
      @bradysmith7801 Před 3 lety +7

      dont they rush as many people they can out to the parking lot so they can say no ones died in the park

    • @DirtyDev
      @DirtyDev Před 3 lety +6

      @@buddychubbs743 they wasn't what they were today

    • @c-puff
      @c-puff Před 3 lety +7

      @@bradysmith7801 despite there being 3 confirmed deaths in the US parks already. Debbie being one of them.

    • @redheadwithafierytemper5668
      @redheadwithafierytemper5668 Před 3 lety +9

      Especially since her death was one of the most gruesome,prolonged and she could have been saved long before she was ultimately found dead. I get it if you are on a horror ride and you hear screaming or a rollercoaster because that is normal but how can so many people including other employees think hearing screaming in a show like this is nothing and not raise the alarm until the entire show is over and she is now dead ? I especially think the employees who heard screaming and did nothing never forget that they could have done something and the outcome could have been very different. I don't think that it would ever leave my thoughts.

  • @Whyistomatoafruit
    @Whyistomatoafruit Před 3 lety +752

    Unless the name of that attraction was “America Sings Proudly Presents: The Charles Manson Murders”, I’m pretty confident I would assume some girl’s agonized, continuous screaming mean shit has gone wrong and are NOT part of the attraction. But hey, maybe I’m just paranoid.

    • @banyana6515
      @banyana6515 Před 3 lety +9

      I rolled my eyes at that point. Not even mechanics sleep under cars. I just don't get why he would do that. Unless they are mistaken.

    • @brennenloose3137
      @brennenloose3137 Před 3 lety +50

      Especially since the staff there had probably worked that one show day in and day out knowing every fucking second of what’s going on /what’s going to happen next in the show . The second they heard the blood curl screaming someone should of gone to check

    • @WhuDhat
      @WhuDhat Před 3 lety +23

      @@brennenloose3137 right, just negligence on their part. or maybe she took people's food out of the fridge in the breakroom one too many times.

    • @casual_speedrunner1482
      @casual_speedrunner1482 Před 3 lety +8

      I repeat, everyone involved should have been lined up and shot. Not like they’re using those brains for anything but murder anyway.

    • @garybuttherissilent5896
      @garybuttherissilent5896 Před 3 lety +4

      Sure, you're that special person. I hate how you always have to read the same tiresome 'I would've reacted sooo much better' comments. You probably wouldn't have done shit, and if the people that were there were watching this video instead, they probably would've said the same bs.

  • @Misshughestrm
    @Misshughestrm Před rokem +16

    17:45 never just assume someone screaming for "help" is a joke or part of an attraction. As a former employee of an amusement park that had several deaths during my short time there, this is terrifying

  • @akanemerlo7142
    @akanemerlo7142 Před 3 lety +2133

    Why would he take a nap underneath the truck, that’s insane. Just go in.

    • @KikomochiMendoza
      @KikomochiMendoza Před 3 lety +175

      He probably had the bright idea that if he slept underneath that the high tide would wake him up. He didnt expect the truck to pin him in the sand.

    • @project875
      @project875 Před 3 lety +34

      Or maybe he thought he might die in the truck due to overheating?

    • @loloomad9958
      @loloomad9958 Před 3 lety +138

      @@project875 trucks have a bed portion on the back he could've slept on

    • @project875
      @project875 Před 3 lety +46

      I know and he could of just slept in the trunk. but you know when your tired you don’t think things thru

    • @loloomad9958
      @loloomad9958 Před 3 lety +49

      @@project875 fax. dude was probably exhausted and maybe did that before in more stable areas

  • @zer0pulse156
    @zer0pulse156 Před 3 lety +375

    Debbie's death was so horrifying. I can't imagine her pain during the ordeal. And hearing those ppl around you while you scream helplessly for help is so heartwrenchingly sad.

    • @divinetime999
      @divinetime999 Před 3 lety +35

      Wow yeah... ignoring blood curdling screams at a show in Disneyland?! What in the heck? If it was a Halloween special that would be a lot more excusable. Even staff ignoring this? Horrible

    • @Yungrubong69
      @Yungrubong69 Před 3 lety +5

      @@divinetime999 yeah when i heard that part it just made me angry

    • @jamessavoia8226
      @jamessavoia8226 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes so sad

    • @almighty5839
      @almighty5839 Před 3 lety +7

      Ikr it made me angry and sad she was so young and had so much life left in her it’s truly heartbreaking

    • @kellyfelly6645
      @kellyfelly6645 Před 3 lety

      @Affinitrinity q+

  • @VbaeCakes
    @VbaeCakes Před 3 lety +588

    The disney story gave me chills. How do you mistake blood curdling screams with a song about America?
    "damn, this back up vocalist is hardcore"

  • @7th.trumpet
    @7th.trumpet Před rokem +120

    The poor girl stuck between the stages !! What a horrific story !! I couldn't even begin to imagine the fear, desperation and pain this young woman went through ?! As for the staff and Disney !! As a parent, I'd of burnt Disney to the ground and got my own justice.

    • @jamesfranklin5476
      @jamesfranklin5476 Před rokem +4

      Good luck with that. Disney runs its own state.

    • @jankk
      @jankk Před 3 měsíci

      It didn’t happen the way it was told here.
      *@embramorgan6720
      9 months ago
      the story is not as he told it. The center did not move, the seats rotated around the center stage which was divided up into different sets. She was crushed in between the wall of the rotating seat section and a stationary wall of the stage. It took only a moment, she didn't scream bloody murder like everyone says, and a person seated near the incident saw her vanish behind the wall and heard a brief scream and he alerted operators. They recovered her immediately.*

  • @jenniferhof9448
    @jenniferhof9448 Před 2 lety +1784

    Anytime I've heard the Disney story in the past, they only mention that she was crushed when the stage moved. But not that she was crushed while the stage moved through it's entire program. That's truly horrifying!

    • @kazinkstudios
      @kazinkstudios Před 2 lety +174

      yea same, i thought she was immediately squished between the moving walls, not that she was alive while the stage slowly ripped her to shreds

    • @PiglipsMaximus
      @PiglipsMaximus Před 2 lety

      Disney is cancerous

    • @UlshaRS
      @UlshaRS Před 2 lety +47

      Yup they changed only how the wings can breakaway but at least once in the 80s once I saw a host caught and had to shove and crack the panel because once that giant carousel was in motion it was almost impossible to stop it since it was part of the whole world of automation motif where the humans are only narrators and radio communications were still spotty inside buildings with a lot of metal and dampening materials.
      The show was shut down for the rest of the day and it was kept as quiet as possible but locals knew the history.

    • @shaynenelson4536
      @shaynenelson4536 Před 2 lety +11

      what is that "Adamant Forge" dude talking about??
      lol hes making no sense; to me at least , idk lol
      but mrballen is a great story teller.
      GOD Bless to you and your fam.

    • @shaynenelson4536
      @shaynenelson4536 Před 2 lety +2

      @@UlshaRS What?

  • @tempestpncr6335
    @tempestpncr6335 Před 3 lety +2012

    Only true fans miss the days when he said "3, 4, or even 5 times every week."
    Edit: People love to taking things out of context. Anyone that says "Oh you don't care about him because he has a life and has things to deal with. He needs a break, he's exhausted." Obviously I don't want him to feel pressured to make content. He should be able to live a relaxed life without stressing about content. Im just complimenting him on how entertaining he is as a content creator/story teller.

    • @kurluk04
      @kurluk04 Před 3 lety +39

      I miss these days so much! 😂

    • @nuke_love
      @nuke_love Před 3 lety +24

      It hurts bruh🥲

    • @villanelle3011
      @villanelle3011 Před 3 lety +11

      I know right? 😕

    • @devaughncarter8926
      @devaughncarter8926 Před 3 lety +19

      Miss it so much I be feigning for his videos there so good lol

    • @supernaturalhitta4195
      @supernaturalhitta4195 Před 3 lety +29

      I miss them 😪😪😪😓😓😓😓now I come everyday to see I’ve watched the last video

  • @RoaringTide
    @RoaringTide Před 3 lety +504

    Why did everyone think the screaming was part of the Disney show? I assume the show had absolutely no sinister aspect to it, and surely the staff would know whether screaming was supposed to be part of it.

    • @Mshellokittykidd19
      @Mshellokittykidd19 Před 3 lety +48

      I had the same exact thoughts, a lot of this could have been avoided if the staff would have just went and checked out the screaming, considering that they’ve worked that shows thousands a times a week, they should have known that that scream was not part of the show, but maybe they were lazy and complacent and just did not feel like checking. And Disney paying the family a small lump sum of money just not seem like enough and also does not help heal the tragic death of parents having to bury their child before said child had a chance to live a full and accomplished life,where that child had a chance to raise their own family😢

    • @FantasticAlbum77
      @FantasticAlbum77 Před 3 lety +7

      What are you supposed to do in that situation? Even if the screaming sounded out of place, no one would assume it was the sound of someone being crushed to death in the mechanism. It's hard to think of such a tragedy on what's supposed to be the happiest place on earth.

    • @Mshellokittykidd19
      @Mshellokittykidd19 Před 3 lety +12

      @@FantasticAlbum77 That I get, maybe it’s just me being a paranoid person and I just have to check out every little out of place sound, also it not the first one at a Disney them park and that’s sad to know that things like this happen and there’s nothing we can do to prevent them.

    • @jelly434
      @jelly434 Před 3 lety +47

      It's a large mass of rotating machinery, that is the *exact* first thing I would/anyone sane should think of. Poor girl might have survived if she wasn't surrounded by f*ing morons :/

    • @RoaringTide
      @RoaringTide Před 3 lety +20

      @@FantasticAlbum77 I don't expect anyone to immediately assume or realise it's because the mechanism is crushing someone. Perhaps a simple "Hey is that screaming? Maybe you should go check it out?" would have sufficed.

  • @Meladjusted
    @Meladjusted Před rokem +10

    RE: Debbie Stone/America Sings- I tried to understand what was being said, but it didn't make sense with the mention of a "storage area" being involved.
    The America Sings attraction had the same setup as the Carousel of Progress, which is that the stage areas (and any central location behind them) are stationary and the theater portions (where the audience sits) rotate around them. There is a theater portion for nearly every stage and they all revolve together to the next stage after each performance finishes. There is also a freestanding wall on either side of the theater portions that rotates with it to enclose your performance from the nextdoor performances.
    What happened to Debbie is she got too close to the back wall of the building itself and one of the walls that rotates with the theater portion she was in and was crushed/dragged with said wall. This was after a group had just finished a performance and left her theater and before receiving a new group. And she wasn't just ignored. A man cited in the investigation, who was in the theater on the opposite side of the wall, saw her (he said he thought it was a child that had been pulled between the walls) and had heard her scream. He notified the ride operator when the theater stopped moving.
    I'd heard this story a number of times ages ago and it was never that she was dragged for the entire 24 minute duration of the full show. Being crushed and dragged mechanically against a building by a wall for even one rotation (which is pretty slow) to the next stage definitely would have been enough to cause serious internal injuries.
    Also, it was a goofy, upbeat show, so it would really make 0 sense for a bunch of people to think someone screaming was "part of the show" anyway. Not like it's the Haunted Mansion.
    They installed a safety measure immediately after this happened that alerted the ride operator whenever someone walked within a certain perimeter of any area where this could occur and then later made the walls on the theaters breakaway.

    • @stlopez17
      @stlopez17 Před 5 měsíci

      This is the most accurate! Thank you from a current castmember.

    • @marcyrubin1120
      @marcyrubin1120 Před měsícem

      I had been on this ride and it’s definitely the seating area that rotated. Regardless of which area Debbie was crushed between too walls and she died a horrific death. …

  • @maxdoles5806
    @maxdoles5806 Před 2 lety +1808

    "He was totally exhausted, but he wanted to unwind a bit."
    "I get that. We've all felt that way."
    "So he ended up driving for hours to the ocean to go fishing."
    ".....Never mind."

    • @yanushkaemsultan1534
      @yanushkaemsultan1534 Před 2 lety +73

      Yea i thought he was going to watch movie or smth😆

    • @jamesfarrell8339
      @jamesfarrell8339 Před 2 lety +7

      Best comment

    • @sanchitamukherjee5406
      @sanchitamukherjee5406 Před 2 lety +60

      'I'm really tired, i have my truck parked out there but i will not get in, rather sleep under it."

    • @Backyardmech1
      @Backyardmech1 Před 2 lety +23

      I was thinking the same thing. I live and work in the Houston area. Being exhausted I’m just saying “F the hell outta that” with his idea. Crystal Beach from any part of the city to fish for a bit? Let alone sleep under the truck, rather than inside it? If I wanted to unwind a bit something at home I could do would’ve been more sufficient than a 2 hour drive to fish when I had another long ass day ahead of me.

    • @Kennypowers51
      @Kennypowers51 Před 2 lety +33

      The whole thing sounds...."fishy".

  • @meatballsandwich5329
    @meatballsandwich5329 Před 3 lety +243

    The screams of someone going through severe pain and agony is actually extremely disturbing and traumatizing idk how they thought such a scream would be part of a DISNEY SHOW

    • @jackhoff3910
      @jackhoff3910 Před 3 lety +24

      It would be easy to confuse the screams of pain with the screams of utter excitement at an amusement park.

    • @adamwiens1153
      @adamwiens1153 Před 3 lety +14

      Disney is evil.

    • @cuppycakey5013
      @cuppycakey5013 Před 3 lety +17

      Exactly what I thought. I’m imagining horrific screaming, and it doesn’t sound like happy screams at all.

    • @betsyadams9670
      @betsyadams9670 Před 3 lety +29

      The staff should have recognized something was wrong even if the audience didn’t. That had to be awful.

    • @davinburk487
      @davinburk487 Před 3 lety +8

      Disney is dark

  • @mstchiefa7892
    @mstchiefa7892 Před 2 lety +1552

    After watching Mr Ballen ive learned to never leave my house but also to never stay home. Trust no one, but also have people you can trust always at your side.

    • @newtscamander9370
      @newtscamander9370 Před 2 lety +21

      Lmfao

    • @jordynwatkins4206
      @jordynwatkins4206 Před 2 lety +22

      YESS THIS🤣🤣

    • @nitalightell336
      @nitalightell336 Před 2 lety +28

      Hell I'm staying in my bedroom only venturing out to use the restroom!! 😳 Just get me a mini fridge and a microwave... Now I'm actually looking around my room that some of the things that could hurt or kill me in here!

    • @leequinn2733
      @leequinn2733 Před 2 lety +17

      @@nitalightell336 You forgot to mention the demon that lives under your bed. It's gonna getcha! There's also one in your closet, watchout!

    • @laurenharris9832
      @laurenharris9832 Před 2 lety +2

      I understand this and follow it as well 🫣

  • @garethwilliams4682
    @garethwilliams4682 Před rokem +59

    I still cannot fathom why anyone would go on any body of water without a lifejacket. It boggles the mind!

    • @bettywillbrowse
      @bettywillbrowse Před 10 měsíci +2

      I mean it doesn't sound like a life jacket wouldve helped in that situation amyway, but yes I agree

    • @TheOnefalcon07
      @TheOnefalcon07 Před 9 měsíci +2

      I mean I ever wear a life jacket when I go on my bathtub! Safety first friends!

    • @frostedsiren
      @frostedsiren Před 6 měsíci +1

      Machismo things. I've been around those guys on boats. They were all fun and laughs about the safety obsessed until one of them falls over and gets their feet stuck in the seaweed. They're awful lucky somebody had a pocket knife and some gear free quick diving experience.

  • @urmaker
    @urmaker Před 3 lety +2223

    Had heard about the last one before, but never in that format and with the details. What a horrible way to die...
    Great coverage of the events! Always top-notch quality.

    • @godzillaking4828
      @godzillaking4828 Před 3 lety +41

      I like your videos urmaker

    • @elijahcastilllo3412
      @elijahcastilllo3412 Před 3 lety +9

      @@godzillaking4828 ok nobody asked

    • @godzillaking4828
      @godzillaking4828 Před 3 lety +70

      @@elijahcastilllo3412 who is you bruh 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dankone3
      @dankone3 Před 3 lety +13

      *removed bullshit comment*

    • @presage23
      @presage23 Před 3 lety +9

      @@dankone3 A good example is a diving one where one of the divers lived and other died. Dive Talk had the one who lived on their show talk about that in detail and it varied quite a bit from Mr. Ballens video.

  • @dawnofthewalkers4915
    @dawnofthewalkers4915 Před 3 lety +1737

    Construction worker-“don’t go over the dam. i repeat, don’t go over the dam, it’s extremely dangerous.”
    People- “hey guys let’s go over the dam!”

    • @ronniewilliz153
      @ronniewilliz153 Před 3 lety +84

      Same here. Like wtf that's not a small little one either how the fuck did all of them forget it's a freaking hydro dam. I bet the mayor's wife is messed up from that trip.

    • @FrizzKid05
      @FrizzKid05 Před 3 lety +90

      Even worse that it's the mayor...and HE didn't know it was a hydro-electric dam? LOL.

    • @bernie716
      @bernie716 Před 3 lety +19

      If I was in that story I would've gone over that dam

    • @i_see-what_u-did_there8400
      @i_see-what_u-did_there8400 Před 3 lety +8

      @@FrizzKid05 Sometime it's worth getting a slight headacke and know how it works.

    • @Markknott29
      @Markknott29 Před 3 lety +21

      I visited the Hoover Dam and I got the distinct impression they were holding something back….😁

  • @zacharyjohnson5569
    @zacharyjohnson5569 Před rokem +92

    Imagine hearing screams and telling yourself “nah that’s nothing”

  • @andrewmiller7960
    @andrewmiller7960 Před 3 lety +501

    Mr. Ballen has me acutely aware of all of the hazards that people don’t normally think about. My family is a little bit safer because of this channel.

    • @TemperenceTheGinger
      @TemperenceTheGinger Před 3 lety +11

      I know exactly what you mean! I have lived near Crystal Beach for 40 years, and have slept on the beach as a kid with parents…never as an adult!
      Edit: this beach is usually remote enough at night that one can park on it and not even be able to see a single car or other human.

    • @alldayidreamaboutsteak551
      @alldayidreamaboutsteak551 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah your safe now from a CZcams channel. Funny af.

    • @shahermansoor8264
      @shahermansoor8264 Před 3 lety +4

      I would think common sense should kick in to keep you safe

    • @andrewmiller7960
      @andrewmiller7960 Před 3 lety +8

      Shaher Mansoor a lot of people put too much trust in common sense. Common sense is wrong a lot of the time. I see it in investing and engineering, I’ve spent many years in both fields. Actively thinking/learning is far better than trusting common sense

    • @TemperenceTheGinger
      @TemperenceTheGinger Před 3 lety +7

      Common sense is not very “common” from what I see.

  • @yangsrealm2536
    @yangsrealm2536 Před 3 lety +683

    Dying in an extremely painful way to some creepy Disney singing animatronics is nightmare fuel. I feel so bad for her.

    • @nicolevarnam2290
      @nicolevarnam2290 Před 3 lety +9

      Absolutely 😳😭

    • @lesliebean4594
      @lesliebean4594 Před 3 lety +5

      Me too 😔

    • @VeganV5912
      @VeganV5912 Před 3 lety +3

      Burt Reynolds filmed "Deliverance" along the Chatooga River in North Georgia in the early '70s. 🌊🛶

    • @alerey4363
      @alerey4363 Před 3 lety +30

      damn right, being crushed to death by a mechanical attraction while the childish music covers your screaming and those creepy animatronics move takes the whole death to infernally bizarre level!

    • @actuallyNo...
      @actuallyNo... Před 3 lety +6

      Yea, that's a really bad way to go. R.i.p

  • @perfectfae3534
    @perfectfae3534 Před 3 lety +733

    Imagine thinking someone screaming bloody murder is part of a happy, Disney musical...

    • @sofianlemedim
      @sofianlemedim Před 3 lety +52

      Right, I don't how they thought it was part of the show...

    • @ReggieC21
      @ReggieC21 Před 3 lety +43

      shit just fucked me up bro debbie didn't deserve that!!!!

    • @DeoxysDNA
      @DeoxysDNA Před 3 lety +47

      I think they were lying. They probably knew something was wrong but chose not to act.

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes Před 3 lety +15

      @@DeoxysDNA or maybe they thought it was a kid screaming or someone in a ride? Idk screaming at Disney is kinda normal.. I’d still be unnerved by that though

    • @DeoxysDNA
      @DeoxysDNA Před 3 lety +16

      @@KingOfGaymes That’s not the reasoning they gave when questioned so Im not giving them the benefit of the doubt.

  • @MarkNorris-uz7ge
    @MarkNorris-uz7ge Před 3 měsíci +7

    Mr. Ballen, the stages did not move. They were stationary. The audience did. The seats were in a ring shape around the stage. When each act was done the audience, in the ring shaped seat section would rotate around the section stages. This theater was built in this configuration from the beginning. It was originally built for a show about evolving technology mainly in America. Then the 6 section stage was changed for America Sings. Thank you for your awesome story telling.

  • @ashly176
    @ashly176 Před 3 lety +566

    Disney: Hears screaming that is not normal in the show.
    Also Disney: The show must go on, no matter what or your fired.

    • @Africanhorror
      @Africanhorror Před 3 lety +31

      Micky mouse: hoho get my money bitch

    • @xMogek
      @xMogek Před 3 lety +31

      Also Disney: “here’s like, 12000 dollars for your dead daughter”

    • @ryanreedtv3242
      @ryanreedtv3242 Před 3 lety +3

      You're *

    • @epicmattyt6564
      @epicmattyt6564 Před 3 lety +11

      @@ryanreedtv3242 so instead of your dead daughter you say your are dead daughter

    • @BB-TheCandleFairy
      @BB-TheCandleFairy Před 3 lety +8

      @@epicmattyt6564 they were correcting the original commenter, who said “your fired” instead of “you’re fired”
      But it doesn’t really matter either way

  • @trinitysolutionsoffroad7623
    @trinitysolutionsoffroad7623 Před 3 lety +440

    Legitimately, my heart hurts for the pain Debbie was in as she died...

    • @kennethandrews6295
      @kennethandrews6295 Před 3 lety +13

      For real. I immediately said a prayer. So sad.

    • @almighty5839
      @almighty5839 Před 3 lety +4

      For real it broke my heart hearing her story

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 Před 3 lety +2

      So dam brutal and unnecessary. And a small settlement? They owed alot more for multiple reasons

    • @trinitysolutionsoffroad7623
      @trinitysolutionsoffroad7623 Před 3 lety +1

      @@el34glo59 no kidding! If I was in thar family, I'd raise absolute hell to get justice. That's unbelievable

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 Před 3 lety

      @@trinitysolutionsoffroad7623 Unfortunately the family doesn’t have a lot of money to hire expensive lawyers. Disney can and have been known to drag cases for long periods of time.

  • @rodgersmith1573
    @rodgersmith1573 Před 3 lety +282

    The old folks at the retirement home in 60 years have no idea the kind of "campfire stories" they're in for when MrBallen joins them.

    • @steffanwamsley7575
      @steffanwamsley7575 Před 3 lety +8

      He'll be "stealing" hearts, one heart attack at a time

    • @bluesioux9538
      @bluesioux9538 Před 3 lety +1

      Haha! What a great visual...!

    • @mfrmxcv
      @mfrmxcv Před 3 lety +2

      John is probably 35+ years old, so 60 years is a bit too much. But hey, I sure hope he lives forever. Loved your comment btw.

  • @victoriaomdahl9890
    @victoriaomdahl9890 Před rokem +41

    When you mentioned how they refused the life jackets, I totally remembered how my family would go white water rafting in Sacramento. It was lots of fun and a bit dangerous when we would hit the rapids. It was always dangerous. Life jackets were mandatory. Especially for me cuz I was only like 2 or 3 years old. Normally, we would hit the rapids and get tossed about but nothing to major. This time, we flipped and got dumped out, and the water was thrashing about, and we all got separated. I was floating away into some rocks when my mom grabbed me. She later said I held on to her so hard I almost choaked her. The life jackets made all the difference that day. A simple raft ride could have had a much worse ending. That did scare my parents something good. Just how quickly things can change. Especially when you don't know how to swim. Life jackets should never be a question. It is so sad for the people in the story to have such a horrendous way beyond scary encounter.

    • @St3a1thsniper32
      @St3a1thsniper32 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Life jackets are just like wearing helmets on a bike. You don’t expect to be thrown into the water but it’s no hassle to have one on just in case.
      I am curious if the life jackets would have been enough to actually prevent those people getting sucked into the tunnels though.

    • @cwill2127
      @cwill2127 Před měsícem

      Your parents brought a toddler white water rafting? That is so incredibly stupid - not quite as stupid as sleeping under a truck but close. Like bro your parents shouldn’t have kids

  • @KaylaH10
    @KaylaH10 Před rokem +1840

    Debbie's death was horrendous! You're basically being ground alive. How in the world could her coworkers think that was part of the show. I'm sure that they'd have to be somewhat familiar with the routine and it's weird that they wouldn't be able to recognize that kind of blood curling scream. That part of it seems fishy to me.

    • @penguinzomzom
      @penguinzomzom Před rokem +87

      Exactly

    • @mscaljanart
      @mscaljanart Před rokem +64

      It was very loud with music playing, people talking, kids screaming

    • @ronyozamoto2216
      @ronyozamoto2216 Před rokem +117

      My experience of working with younger, inexperienced workers makes it somewhat plausible, these are usually low paying jobs, holiday jobs, and the younger workers sometimes even for all the reasons I can come up with to give them the benefit of the doubt, are bafflingly ignorant and oblivious, and that's the construction industry by the way, where everything can induce injury. 😑

    • @agdoren
      @agdoren Před rokem +63

      @@ronyozamoto2216 Yeah, unfortunately with younger worker I also think there is a tendency to assume nothing can go wrong. Not that older workers don't make stupid decisions too it's just young people tend to think they're invincible so this blood curdling scream can't be somebody getting hurt.

    • @mota2028
      @mota2028 Před rokem +11

      @@agdoren and as the young person that can tell you no everything you said doesn't hold water

  • @ferretchick06
    @ferretchick06 Před 2 lety +605

    As a kid, my family played in a nearby river quite frequently on hot days, but always downstream from the dam. My dad always said, "It's not what you see, it's what you DON'T see."
    We listened but thought it strange, until we had a drought that exposed a lot of the dam. I remember being terrified by the huge drop and massive trees exposed to air. Huge lesson learned about water that day. It's always what you don't see that will kill you.

    • @unknownuser8454
      @unknownuser8454 Před 2 lety +2

      it was suicide

    • @I_AM_HYDRAA
      @I_AM_HYDRAA Před 2 lety +7

      trees?

    • @RainyRunningRiver
      @RainyRunningRiver Před 2 lety +45

      I was living near a river and use to go up to my ankles. That's it, and even thats pushing it, but I know the water pretty well.
      Some random girl come up to me and asks how to go swimming, how to get the water. And at the time I was looking up at her from the shore line.
      I told her it's a bad idea this river is dangerous but she doesn't belive me, it looks calm.
      So I look at her and grab a stick near by and throw it bit behind me and it completely disappeared. The current sucked it in and it was gone.
      She just walked away. Hope she didn't go into the water

    • @ferretchick06
      @ferretchick06 Před 2 lety +28

      @@I_AM_HYDRAA trees would fall in, get swept downstream, and then stuck at the base of the damn by the current

    • @unknownuser8454
      @unknownuser8454 Před 2 lety +2

      @@RainyRunningRiver tf u go in the river than

  • @vampaka
    @vampaka Před 3 lety +322

    I can't believe how long Mr. Ballen's hair has gotten! He was short haired when I first discovered him! Short hair and less than 500k subs! So much has changed for him in a year! So happy for him and his crew!!

    • @marygonzalez733
      @marygonzalez733 Před 3 lety +15

      same for me watching his hair grow but now I really wana see him with no hat and get a good look at his lovely mane!!!!!

    • @vampaka
      @vampaka Před 3 lety +2

      @@marygonzalez733 Me too!!

    • @Fayleafowl
      @Fayleafowl Před 3 lety +2

      I started watch him at shoulder length hair and now I two would like to see him without his hat.

    • @charlawson2258
      @charlawson2258 Před 3 lety +1

      love his hair...now to see him without the hat😘😜

    • @iaamalexis9627
      @iaamalexis9627 Před 3 lety +3

      been watching since 100k, i love this dude

  • @hishouha
    @hishouha Před rokem +31

    Okay…… I’ve heard the stories of Debbie’s death a few times but none of them actually explained the place she was stuck in…. This is even more horrifying than I thought…. The fact she didn’t even die at first is even worse… damn

  • @Nofactorusa
    @Nofactorusa Před 3 lety +83

    I know u prob wont see this in the midst of the 1000s of comments, but being a combat vet myself, i LOVE seeing other vets being successful at what they do. Congratulations man. Im super proud of you brother.

  • @Terminatedd
    @Terminatedd Před 2 lety +498

    That Dam accident is probably top 5 scariest thing I've heard.
    Imagine going underwater, holdin your breath and being sucked into an operational turbine.
    The current pulls you in that tunnel, you hear the turbine swirling and turning, the sound coming louder and louder.. Absolute nightmare stuff.
    If there are any kids here: Never go swimming near a hydroelectric dam, even if it's not under construction.
    The turbines are operational *underwater* and they suck you under from upstream.
    The water looks calm, but once you go in, you get sucked underwater, against the dams intake mesh that protects the turbines from debris, such as logs.

    • @nleem3361
      @nleem3361 Před 2 lety +26

      I've been in a river raft that flipped. It was scary. We knew we were going to flip, so we held onto the rope attached to the raft. Luckily as soon as the raft flipped, it popped out of tail water and started flowing downstream, all 5 of us held on and we had life jackets. But soon after we were over one rapid and under the next. It was very disorienting and hard to tell when my head was above water to breathe. Luckily, they weren't too big of rapids, so we all made it out. Everyone was ok. It took a wile for them to catch the raft downstream... We'd been going over this drop off made by an old small irrigation wall that crossed the river. During the late summer, it's nothing, but in the spring when the water is high it makes a small 9-10 foot water fall. We'd gone over it a few times before, but the last time, my dad had left and I was in the front of the raft, 2 guys in the middle and 2 in the back. We went over just like before, but since all the weight was in the back, the back got stuck in the dip, and then we got sucked back into the toe of the waterfall. It rotated the raft until we flipped. I'm glad we had life jackets.
      When I was near the shore to get out of the river I was so tired, so about 5 ft away from the river bank, a long way from the swiftest flowing part of the river, there was a nice big rock, I let myself float into. Luckily, I could touch because the river pinned me against the rock. It took so much strength to pull myself off that rock get the rest of the way to shore.
      Anyway, water is so powerful, hopefully the folks in the story drowned before hitting the turbines. It doesn't take long to be out of air when you're not expecting to hit the water.

    • @c.w.k.n.5117
      @c.w.k.n.5117 Před 2 lety +4

      They got mulched...

    • @ananonymoushen4339
      @ananonymoushen4339 Před 2 lety +40

      Imagine being stupid enough to refuse a life jacket then agree to go over a dam in a canoe. 😂

    • @easypete7988
      @easypete7988 Před 2 lety +18

      So I am not an engineer, but suuuurely there is some sort of grate to stop anything other than water hitting the turbines? Rivers often have sticks, logs, animal carcasses etc, and I imagine if any of these went over the dam they would damage the turbines. I was envisioning them being pinned in the tunnel against a grate before the turbines - no less horrifying.

    • @easypete7988
      @easypete7988 Před 2 lety +15

      @@ananonymoushen4339 I am from a country where we are legit surrounded by water, and life jackets are ESSENTIAL. As in, any sort of water activity in a boat. Rivers are dangerous, even shallow, slow moving ones. An international student drowned in a knee deep river a few years ago. A life jacket wouldn't have saved her, but highlights the danger of seemingly "safe" bodies of water.

  • @Poetic.rectum
    @Poetic.rectum Před 3 lety +717

    I don’t know why, but the Top places you can’t go and people who went anyways series just hits different 😀

  • @trentonghormley6750
    @trentonghormley6750 Před rokem +80

    I’m suspicious that John may have been more than tired to think sleeping under the truck was a good idea….

    • @williebeamish5879
      @williebeamish5879 Před rokem +2

      Probably.

    • @Thedarkbunnyrabbit
      @Thedarkbunnyrabbit Před rokem +22

      That story is so bizarre it leads me to think foul play was involved, given most of the story describes actions a dead man made that no one ever saw. What we know for sure from this is this man didn't come home when he was supposed to and was later found pinned under his truck and drowned. Given they apparently don't know if he died by crushing or drowning, or if he was crushed at all, it sounds like they didn't bother with an autopsy since he had an obvious cause of death. It's always possible someone else killed him - maybe by drowning - and then tossed his body under his truck in an area where high tide would go. It'd keep his body hidden for a while, and then when the tide came it it'd theoretically wash him away and obscure when, where, and how he died. (Were his body not found he'd just be considered missing) A theoretical murderer would be likely to make the same mistake he hypothetically did, and not realize the truck would pin his body there.

    • @liscatcat8756
      @liscatcat8756 Před rokem +19

      I'm feeling tired I have a nice comfortable truck with seats, but I'll crawl underneath my truck and sleep on the dirty hard sand ... makes no sense whatsoever ... hmmm

    • @Snowstorm3176
      @Snowstorm3176 Před 11 měsíci

      Locked his keys in?

    • @viceb7
      @viceb7 Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@Thedarkbunnyrabbitthis. Makes 0 sense at all that he'd just sleep there and noone cared? Not even to make sure? So weird

  • @starsilverinfinity
    @starsilverinfinity Před 3 lety +265

    I am worried that deathly screaming at Disney is considered normal enough for people to think that its part of the attraction

    • @828enigma6
      @828enigma6 Před 3 lety +12

      Got to where screaming is normal behavior for today's drama queens. Screaming used to be reserved for real danger. Not anymore.

    • @Jenacide
      @Jenacide Před 3 lety +2

      Any theme park I ever been is pretty much just screams in the back ground.

    • @venusempress7
      @venusempress7 Před 3 lety +1

      That's how unconscious and ignorant some people are

    • @Lowdermoomoo
      @Lowdermoomoo Před 3 lety

      Reminds me of that first live action ScoobyDoo

    • @BlueLightStasia
      @BlueLightStasia Před 3 lety

      I’ve been on that ride in the 70’s as a little girl. I remember how LOUD the music was for that ride. I’m surprised the people who did hear her, didn’t say anything. Even though the ride was loud, it wasn’t a scary type of ride in the least! And this was in early 70’s when people cared about each other!

  • @jennap2956
    @jennap2956 Před 2 lety +1819

    The Disney story is accurate. I've been told the exact same story by multiple people who worked at Disneyland at the time. I'm fairly certain that Debbie wasn't the only person who died in that rotating room, too.

    • @DarianOvarian
      @DarianOvarian Před 2 lety +165

      So terrifying. I refuse to go on anything that has a rotating stage like that now

    • @BraveFencer
      @BraveFencer Před 2 lety +113

      I think overall rotating stages: bad idea no matter how “cool” it is to some people

    • @flameshot4647
      @flameshot4647 Před 2 lety +203

      Disney ruins a lot of things.

    • @joselase6894
      @joselase6894 Před 2 lety +113

      @@flameshot4647 ... like their 'recent' story of over 100 employee beings arrested for human trafficking? Why is it it's own City/State with its our jurisdiction - liken to Washington DC or Vatican City. Walt? Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible person.

    • @Jfc002
      @Jfc002 Před 2 lety +2

      @@joselase6894 they weren’t all Disney employees.🙄 That was just the headlines the news used for shock value. It was actually 108 people arrested total (from all over Fl) but only 4 were Disney employees. Yes, even 4 is gross but Disney employs thousands of people so it’s not surprising that a few will be sickos. They do background checks but if the person has never been arrested before then nothing will show up. One person who was arrested was a judge so you are going to find bad people in every profession.

  • @myopicseer
    @myopicseer Před 3 lety +152

    To die so young, and just doing your menial job, that is such a heartbreaking, wrongful way to end a precious young life. This is a tragedy. Rest in eternal peace dear Debbie.

    • @ebayerr
      @ebayerr Před 3 lety +5

      myopicseer : Disneyland closed the ride for two days and the stage on which Debbie died remained closed for a year.
      The ride remained operative till 1988. Then it was shut down,

    • @riversider2506
      @riversider2506 Před 3 lety +2

      FACTS 😔 💔

  • @alexpoling9651
    @alexpoling9651 Před rokem +6

    I don’t wanna end up strange, dark and mysteriously delivered by story format but if I do I want it to be told by you bro! Thanks for keeping the wheel spinning and these peoples stories, lessons and warnings alive! Totally love this stuff! Keep up the greatness

  • @heartless_grim3157
    @heartless_grim3157 Před 3 lety +553

    When he said " a three year supply of radithor", my jaw dropped
    Edit: thank you everyone for the likes and the comments, i really enjoyed them

  • @MarkNarrations
    @MarkNarrations Před 3 lety +86

    Was at a wedding yesterday and bumped into a group who all listen to MrBallen, after the wedding breakfast we all sat outside gathered around a phone drinking a beer listening to a story. Ngl, it was pretty awesome :)

    • @ChrisSprenger.
      @ChrisSprenger. Před 3 lety +2

      He’s awesome, and definitely has a bright future! Hope the wedding was fun! Cheers

    • @bearhugzfam649
      @bearhugzfam649 Před 3 lety +1

      Hey! Waffle king! Fancy seeing you here.

    • @MarkNarrations
      @MarkNarrations Před 3 lety +2

      @@bearhugzfam649 Hey Annie, got to get me some Ballen. He's perfect to listen to while editing :)

    • @MarkNarrations
      @MarkNarrations Před 3 lety +3

      @@ChrisSprenger. Oh for sure, he's the perfect work partner :)

    • @Rineeisout
      @Rineeisout Před 3 lety +2

      HI MARK

  • @moreliketaty8578
    @moreliketaty8578 Před 3 lety +182

    The story about Debbie really hurt my feelings imagine being excited for your child to start a job at Disney land Just to hear she died and had a chance at living but nobody thought to help her

    • @priscilalondon
      @priscilalondon Před 3 lety +28

      Disney is famous for exploting their employees and disregard their safety. I wouldn’t be excited for my child to even go there, much less work for them.

    • @ROBMCKISSOCK
      @ROBMCKISSOCK Před 3 lety +8

      I guarantee her Fathers Soul died that very same day too.
      When my little girl was growing up, she was the biggest Daddy's girl ever and that really gets a Father right in the soul and if that had happened to my little girl, they would have to hold our funerals on the same day.....

    • @khaldrogo1782
      @khaldrogo1782 Před 3 lety +1

      Yup, agreed!

  • @XdGoldenTigerYT
    @XdGoldenTigerYT Před rokem +4

    After watching a couple of MrBallen's videos for the first time, I have learnt a few things:
    1) Never go diving.
    2) Dont work at Disney.
    3) Dont sleep under any vehicles.
    4) If you see a hole in the ground, Dont jump into it.
    5) Always dislike the like button.
    6) Keep watching more and more videos from MrBallen.

  • @nightynightshade
    @nightynightshade Před 3 lety +207

    Woman: *screams bloody murder for her life as loud as humanly possible*
    People watching a jolly children’s musical about America: must be part of the show🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @garybuttherissilent5896
      @garybuttherissilent5896 Před 3 lety +7

      Sure, you're that special person. I hate how you always have to read the same tiresome 'I would've reacted sooo much better' comments. You probably wouldn't have done shit, and if the people that were there were watching this video instead, they probably would've said the same bs.

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 Před 3 lety

      @@garybuttherissilent5896 you are a hypocrite, sir

    • @steelymanfan7276
      @steelymanfan7276 Před 2 lety +1

      @@garybuttherissilent5896 your comment is harsh af but at the same time your 100% right.

    • @garybuttherissilent5896
      @garybuttherissilent5896 Před 2 lety

      @@spitgorge2021 Care to provide an argument as to why that is the case or are you just angry because you know it applies to you and want to call me names?

  • @sarahcampbell2604
    @sarahcampbell2604 Před 3 lety +264

    The first story was on “1000 Ways to Die” and it has stuck with me ever since I saw this particular episode at a young age. They played out a scenario where John wakes up from getting wet from the water as the tide is coming in, but he is already pinned under the truck. They showed this actor trying to dig his way out but he was laying on his back and didn’t have good leverage from this position to be able to clamber his way out. Not only that, but it showed that his body was also sinking slowly in the sand during his nap so he is effectively stuck in this position, so john is crying out for help while the tide comes in and rushes over his head and back out again. It left a haunting and lasting impression on me. It sounds like one of the very worst ways to go.

    • @willowivory7650
      @willowivory7650 Před 3 lety +8

      really? I thought Ive seen every episode, but Ive never seen or even heard of that

    • @DrewTheMyth
      @DrewTheMyth Před 3 lety +18

      John was a idiot 🙄

    • @curious_gage
      @curious_gage Před 3 lety +13

      No way. The last death is way worse. I'd happily drown instead of get rolled up like rug breaking dozens of bones over the span of an hour.

    • @justinwatson6932
      @justinwatson6932 Před 3 lety +1

      Darwin award for sure!

    • @anonymous_1973
      @anonymous_1973 Před 3 lety +1

      I heard similar story in curious and unusual deaths but the name was different

  • @babyvaso3855
    @babyvaso3855 Před 2 lety +1068

    Debbie is yet another story of when everyone feels something is wrong but no one wants to be the one to speak out due to fear of being humiliated. All those people and no one wanted to sound the alarm. Debbie's happen all the time.

    • @romeowandrainbow1040
      @romeowandrainbow1040 Před 2 lety +31

      Totally agree and also bein a sheep

    • @3000MrGian
      @3000MrGian Před rokem +15

      Yup being humiliated is my worst fear. I’d probably convince myself it’s something else I heard, and just ignore it

    • @Artistjohnlaws4173
      @Artistjohnlaws4173 Před rokem +78

      @@3000MrGian that's basically saying you want to be like every other brainless clog in that theatre. there's no humiliation in asking the employees such a simple question about where the screaming is coming from just to raise the curiosity and suspicion of the audience. if it's an attraction then cool, but if it's not, thank God someone asked to see it.
      having curiosity isn't humiliating, however, it is humiliating to be completely oblivious when deep down inside you know something is wrong, but your pride prevents you from speaking up.

    • @futurecat
      @futurecat Před rokem +10

      Kitty Genovese.

    •  Před rokem

      ​@Gian Gambino this is embarrassing

  • @taylorstarr275
    @taylorstarr275 Před rokem +89

    It's been a long day of work and fishing, I should probably climb underneath my truck for a quick nap before the tide comes in🧐- Darwin has entered the chat

  • @TheDramacist
    @TheDramacist Před 3 lety +423

    "Isn't this the happiest place on Earth? What's that blood curdling screaming?"
    "Probably part of the show."

    • @jaclynnschaefer
      @jaclynnschaefer Před 3 lety +42

      Yeah. part of AMERICA SINGS! 🙄 right? No one thought that was weird? Plus, didn’t the staff wonder where she was to announce the beginning of the show?

    • @autumnleaf3667
      @autumnleaf3667 Před 3 lety +24

      @@jaclynnschaefer knowing how evil corporations are and how busy Disney is, they knew something was wrong but probably scrambled to find a replacement or whatever to keep the line flowing before the gluttonous park creatures get angwy.

    • @jaclynnschaefer
      @jaclynnschaefer Před 3 lety +5

      @@autumnleaf3667 it wouldn’t have surprised me.

    • @jaclynnschaefer
      @jaclynnschaefer Před 3 lety +3

      @Spanky ?

    • @golfnz34me
      @golfnz34me Před 3 lety +7

      This land is your land... AAAAHHHHHHH! This land is my land... AAAAHHHHH!! From California... AAAHHHHHHHHH! To the New York island

  • @namor3607
    @namor3607 Před 3 lety +547

    Pretty sure "ignore the screaming" is a general rule at Disney.

  • @ROBMCKISSOCK
    @ROBMCKISSOCK Před 3 lety +192

    I know something about the Disney story. Back in the mid 80's my Spanish teacher told us about that incident because at the time that it happened he had fairly high position job there. He told us that she had this really long beautiful thick blond hair and that she was sitting on something like maybe a pony wall or something, I don't remember exactly what it was but she was next to wall of the room. After the people left, I guess the building then rotates to the beginning stage and when it did that, he said that her hair had got caught and she couldn't pull free and that it crushed her between the walls. When he told the story i was under the impression that she was crushed in between a gap of an inch or two but maybe I assumed that tho.
    He also told us that one of his co workers who was an old military veteran who had seen a lot of carnage in the wars had a difficult time trying to remove her body because it was almost to much for him to experience.
    My Spanish teacher also old us that there have been many strange deaths that have taken place at Disney land. One of them that I remember is that some dude fell off the people mover and was run over by it and he said that the people mover runs on rail or something, like a train? and that it was difficult to remove his body cause it was pinched in the track and wheels or something like that. I can't remember the other stories but he had a few of them.
    In case you are wondering, he hated Disney land.

    • @maskedangel5977
      @maskedangel5977 Před 3 lety +33

      Trapped whether by tripping or hair, this is awful. Thank you for the story, if it's true. Brings more light on how fucked up industries can be. Putting warnings and taking proper precautions could've helped. RIP

    • @candycabngfl
      @candycabngfl Před 3 lety +30

      I have a half sister who worked at the park when the girl was killed in America Sings. She didn't see the scene following the accident but had friends who did and said it was pretty horrifying. She said pretty much every employee was pretty freaked out for a while after that. There have been quite a few deaths in the park over the years, another messy one was the high school senior on grad night who got drunk and decided to sneak in via the monorail track. He got hit by a train doing about 30MPH and was ground into the track surface for a good 40 feet before the train stopped.
      There have been a few drownings as well in the river, drunk on grad night if I remember correctly who got jumbled up on some part of underwater gear used on the track for the Mark Twain trying to swim from Tom Sawyers Island. Someone drowned when one of the early keel boats capsized during an actual ride, they removed them as a ride after that. A kids older brother drowned trying to swim back from Tom Sawyers Island after dark with the younger kid on his back because he didn't know how to swim. Pretty sure the younger kid was ok. I spent a lot of time looking at Disney deaths over the years, its interesting to see some of the behavior behind the Disney policies that don't outright hide this stuff but don't outright volunteer any information about it either.
      In every account of the People Mover death I have read it was a kid trying to jump from one car to another. It crushed him in between the cars and most of his body ground up underneath the rear car, pretty sure that was a grad night as well. I have a friend and former colleague who was only feet away from the spot where a girl hit the concrete after falling off the Drop Zone at Great America in Santa Clara. Several years later he witnessed the derailment of Big Thunder Mountain when it pulverized a guys head pretty much decapitating him.
      Sometimes it can be a really small world, he has seen worse on the job as a State Trooper but you never expect to see that same level of carnage while enjoying the day at a Theme Park.

    • @ROBMCKISSOCK
      @ROBMCKISSOCK Před 3 lety +5

      @@candycabngfl that is crazy !

    • @sarahd8093
      @sarahd8093 Před 3 lety +4

      Thanks for sharing that. So sad

    • @priscilalondon
      @priscilalondon Před 3 lety +5

      I hate Disney too. Evil.

  • @Jabberwocky869
    @Jabberwocky869 Před rokem +2

    Thinking that blood curdling screams of a person ground to death is a part of a Disney show... yeah, that totally checks out...

  • @_zyrix
    @_zyrix Před 3 lety +334

    There's just something really terrifying about man-made machines. They always remind me how fragile we humans really are.

    • @erinj295
      @erinj295 Před 3 lety +6

      Your comment reminded me of the horrible but very entertaining 90s horror movie "The Mangler"

    • @knucklesskinner253
      @knucklesskinner253 Před 3 lety +19

      Humans are imperfect, thus the things we create, will also be imperfect.

    • @saltywater5097
      @saltywater5097 Před 3 lety

      @@knucklesskinner253 Bacon would a word with you...

    • @JoshBryan
      @JoshBryan Před 3 lety +2

      It's the inhuman made machines that terrify me.

    • @AtomicDude
      @AtomicDude Před 3 lety

      @@knucklesskinner253 yeah that sounds about right

  • @lisaf94
    @lisaf94 Před 3 lety +242

    debbies story is by far one of the worst i’ve ever heard on this channel. that poor poor girl. i hope she’s resting well in heaven right now 😔🙏🏽

    • @patchouliflower5816
      @patchouliflower5816 Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah, my thoughts and feelings exactly...and my prayers go out to Debbie...and to her family... That story is beyond tragic... Thank you for sharing Mr. Ballen, I appreciate knowing of it's happening, none the less... 💕🙏😔

    • @tabithapalmer5948
      @tabithapalmer5948 Před 3 lety +1

      I've heard that story somewhere on CZcams can't remember where though

    • @kimjongun5613
      @kimjongun5613 Před 3 lety +3

      @@tabithapalmer5948 it’s quite popular many CZcamsrs have talked about it even the ones that speak Spanish so I bet there are more from other countries who have covered it, such a sad story

    • @tonya1857
      @tonya1857 Před 3 lety +1

      And disneys cheap a** only gave a small settlement for a LIFE

    • @aarons6935
      @aarons6935 Před 3 lety +1

      Heaven doesn't exist 🤦‍♂️

  • @shanehamil4824
    @shanehamil4824 Před 3 lety +114

    I have so much respect for this dude. Willing to put himself out there, research the material and present it in reverent way. He admits that there are some gaps in the information and asks his audience to correct any inaccuracies. Mr. Ballen is the best and his videos make my day whenever he posts them. Keep up the great work.

    • @freedragon3050
      @freedragon3050 Před 3 lety +3

      Well said. I feel exactly the same. It's so rare to find an entertaining creator who also has integrity.

    • @MW-jj7ck
      @MW-jj7ck Před 3 lety

      Okay?

    • @Masked_muscle_mommy
      @Masked_muscle_mommy Před 3 lety

      is it really that rare to find an honest man these days? damn

  • @hvac_tech3
    @hvac_tech3 Před rokem +1

    Yeah... its normal. Someone screaming for help is a common sound inside "the happiest place on earth." Unbeliebable. Hear that Debbie abd Timmy, that's the sound of happiness. RiP🙏

  • @billierenfro705
    @billierenfro705 Před 3 lety +309

    Crowd at the Happiest Place on Earth: Hear Repeated Blood Curdling Screams
    “I’m sure that’s just part of the show”

    • @Keyser___Soze
      @Keyser___Soze Před 3 lety +1

      Its blood “curdling” screams my guy. The screams dont curl blood...HAHA

    • @ANPC-pi9vu
      @ANPC-pi9vu Před 3 lety +14

      This is just how stupid and bovine most people really are.

    • @lillym5908
      @lillym5908 Před 3 lety +6

      Ikr It's so hard for me to believe that everyone heard it and absolutely no one did anything

    • @justinburchette
      @justinburchette Před 3 lety +11

      Ikr who thinks that's "just part of the show" at _Disney World??_ 😐

    • @NikkiStutzman
      @NikkiStutzman Před 3 lety +10

      Right?! Like… what part of this show did ANY of the staff recall hearing screams for help? I can MAYBE see the audience being oblivious, but the staff should’ve had SOME idea of what the sounds/cues for the show were. Sketchy.

  • @kitfisto1827
    @kitfisto1827 Před 3 lety +1165

    John: He crawled under his truck to take a nap.
    Me: wut

  • @angelahounschell
    @angelahounschell Před 3 lety +84

    I love how Mr. Ballen is so open to criticism and correction. It's clear that his goal is to provide the truth of every story.

  • @evnkas
    @evnkas Před rokem +10

    My only correction is that it is the audience that moves, not the stages. It’s an outer ring, with stationary stages in the centre. She got too close to the stage and was sadly crushed between the stage and the wall.

  • @hutchyvetiii2630
    @hutchyvetiii2630 Před 3 lety +484

    Usually when I see “ viewer beware” cautions I watch and say that wasn’t that bad, but when Mr. Ballen tell a story about somebody getting smashed…. It really isn’t for the faint of heart!!!! @mrballen you got a gift for telling a good story and make a lot of peoples days a little better!!

    • @numbron803
      @numbron803 Před 3 lety +4

      damn dude, your days must be really horrible if hearing stories about people dying makes them better sheesh

    • @augustsmith9553
      @augustsmith9553 Před 3 lety

      F U

    • @Blanco1967
      @Blanco1967 Před 3 lety +6

      Dude he tells good stories. That’s like saying. Oh, if you like action movies you like when people die😱🤬😭OMG!

    • @numbron803
      @numbron803 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Blanco1967 ahahah I know friend, it was just a joke!

    • @juliusbushiv2904
      @juliusbushiv2904 Před 3 lety +3

      Very much agreed. I can’t wait for the time at night when I link my phone to my TV and watch Mr. Ballen

  • @louisejohnson6767
    @louisejohnson6767 Před 3 lety +2369

    God, how horrible for John. If only he'd slept in the truck he would have survived. So very sad 😥.

    • @Madlou
      @Madlou Před 3 lety +405

      How did anyone know he went under the truck to sleep? Apparently there were no witnesses. Was an autopsy performed? This may have been a homicide.

    • @casual_speedrunner1482
      @casual_speedrunner1482 Před 3 lety +557

      @@Madlou Yeah, seems fishy. Who sleeps under their truck on more stable ground, much less on sand when he knew high tide may come in whilst he slept? There’s so much more that could have gone wrong than just sinking into the sand. Almost certainly foul play, unless he had a history of doing this for whatever ungodly reason.

    • @Raziel1030
      @Raziel1030 Před 3 lety +339

      @@Madlou Good observation!! I was just saying how dumb someone must be too sleep under a vehicle instead of inside it, it makes no sense.

    • @badbunny6572
      @badbunny6572 Před 3 lety +141

      @@Madlou Somr people are that stupid, I highly doubt this was a homicide.

    • @ChadwickTheChad
      @ChadwickTheChad Před 3 lety +61

      @@Madlou I'm sure the cops never thought to investigate!

  • @queenscylla90
    @queenscylla90 Před 3 lety +242

    "I know we're not supposed to, but it doesn't look that bad." Famous last words. Also, on the life jackets, would you rather have one and not need it or need it and not have it?

    • @hopeentity835
      @hopeentity835 Před 3 lety +22

      Better to be safe than sorry in my opinion

    • @AmberKelly82
      @AmberKelly82 Před 3 lety +2

      True but life jackets probably wouldn't have saved them in this situation

    • @queenscylla90
      @queenscylla90 Před 3 lety +18

      @@AmberKelly82 no but I mean it was reckless from the get go.

    • @AmberKelly82
      @AmberKelly82 Před 3 lety +2

      @@queenscylla90 oh most definitely

    • @queenscylla90
      @queenscylla90 Před 3 lety +5

      @@AmberKelly82 Absolutely just begging fate for a disaster.

  • @PerpetualAlfa
    @PerpetualAlfa Před 2 lety +316

    “This Mickey and Minnie Mouse dance number is sooooo cute and heartwarming, and the agonising screams of a girl in unimaginable distress really adds to the atmosphere”

    • @mapleflag6518
      @mapleflag6518 Před rokem +30

      Yeah maybe if it was the haunted mansion, I could see that but no it was a ride that had no place for a scream like that.

    • @pashaperry296
      @pashaperry296 Před rokem +1

      lmao but for real though

    • @catscanhavelittleasalami
      @catscanhavelittleasalami Před rokem +8

      "Loved the show. The screams of terror were kind weird tho, but oh well!" *shrugs*

  • @lisanelson4181
    @lisanelson4181 Před rokem +2

    My friend at work introduced me to you and I can't stop watching Lol!! You're addicting and tell stories like no other.

    • @xy4489
      @xy4489 Před rokem

      Congratulations. You will survive for longer than the average.

  • @Emi-m
    @Emi-m Před 3 lety +605

    I can’t even imagine how those working with Debbie that night must have felt when they found her...

    • @poppabear9279
      @poppabear9279 Před 3 lety +79

      I’m sure they were crushed

    • @synmer7104
      @synmer7104 Před 3 lety +153

      I hope they felt terrible for a long time. Name one Disney show where constant blood curdling cry for help is part of the show. It's not. They are all idiots, and contributed to her death.

    • @Vorpal_Wit
      @Vorpal_Wit Před 3 lety +63

      Sure, but not one of them said, "hey, where's Debbie"? Nah.

    • @dak-o-lanturn
      @dak-o-lanturn Před 3 lety +18

      @@poppabear9279 out of pocket

    • @user-nd7rd8jo6h
      @user-nd7rd8jo6h Před 3 lety +68

      I don't care about how they felt, they heard her screaming for like a half hour without see how that person felt.
      This act has no screaming elements so there is no reason to be that clueless.

  • @brrrrrrrrino
    @brrrrrrrrino Před 3 lety +260

    I heard John's story years ago and I am still confused why he decided to crawl under his truck :/ why not lay inside his truck?
    I also heard Debbie's story a long time ago but did not know that so many people heard her screaming for help. The STAFF thought it was part of a show they had done a dozen times before? How? Poor Debbie she deserved better

    • @emanthegman9511
      @emanthegman9511 Před 3 lety +23

      I know right, first of all who fishes at night time after a long stressful day of work, I feel like that would be more work even if its a hobby, and also why sleep UNDER the truck and not in the truck, my mind does not compute.

    • @tomdemeter462
      @tomdemeter462 Před 3 lety +14

      @@emanthegman9511 I thought the same thing. After a long day of work I can understand not wanting to go right to bed, but I’d watch a movie or something not go out fishing. Very odd story

    • @jenniferwilliams9548
      @jenniferwilliams9548 Před 3 lety +12

      Yep, most likely there's foul Play, and this really sucks for Jon and his family, to be remembered as the fool who fell asleep at the beach under his truck. Ive tried to relax and stargaze On the beach, it's impossible because of those damn sand fleas, no- see-ums, knats, there's crabs, even really drunk, you can't get comfortable, especially at night.

    • @trashq.basket2718
      @trashq.basket2718 Před 3 lety +5

      @@emanthegman9511 it’s like that old Simpson’s episode when the guy from the bar is out in the ocean and says “ah, my two favorite things: drinking and night swimming”. It was funny but sobering, pardon the pun, because I was THAT idiot who did that as a teen when apparently I hadn’t grown any neurons yet. 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @trashq.basket2718
      @trashq.basket2718 Před 3 lety +4

      @@jenniferwilliams9548 omg so true, idk what the gov is up to (hehe,) but the beaches are all completely unbearable. I stopped going a few years ago it’s been so bad!

  • @artistic8696
    @artistic8696 Před 3 lety +138

    I can understand why the audience could be convinced that Debbie’s screams were apart of the show but…the staff? Like come on didn’t they hear the show hundreds of times before?

    • @MrLeroy42
      @MrLeroy42 Před 3 lety +22

      Exactly! The fact that they just shrugged it off pisses me off. They knew that it wasn’t part of the show and they pretty much just ignored it. Horrible human pieces of shit. She could’ve lived if at least 1 person checked. People suck.

    • @mikebell8012
      @mikebell8012 Před 3 lety +6

      I can't that was one of my favorite attractions and there was nothing in the show that would make anyone think someone screaming like that was normal. Smh.

    • @PiXie232
      @PiXie232 Před 3 lety +2

      That literally has to be the most horrific way to die, ever.. poor thing.. I just can’t even begin to imagine the pain Debbie went through. RIP

    • @LaMira1995
      @LaMira1995 Před 3 lety +6

      That's what I was thinking. How can the staff ignore her screams when they KNOW the show? Truly horrible.

  • @KingJamesIX
    @KingJamesIX Před rokem +1

    Or.. alternative theory.. John wasn't feeling sleepy he was nodding off toward death and crawling under the truck for a nap was similar to behavior you see out of dying animals when they'll crawl off under a porch or under something and "take a nap".. because you have to assume that with how easy it is to dig in sand.. if John had been pressed under his truck he should have been able to dig his way out.. so it's safe to assume he'd died already before his truck sank and before tide came in.

  • @andrewb214
    @andrewb214 Před 3 lety +46

    I think the thing I love most about this channel is the tremendous amount of respect you have for all the people you talk about in these stories. Outside of the dirtbag murderers, the way that you empathize with the people in these stories is awesome

  • @JamesHowardFilms
    @JamesHowardFilms Před 3 lety +653

    I really miss “missing 411”, but MrBallen can make any story extremely interesting!

    • @Dopeymanthing
      @Dopeymanthing Před 3 lety +23

      Pretty sure he's covered them all haha hopefully more will go missing xD

    • @QuigleySharps45
      @QuigleySharps45 Před 3 lety +46

      Missing 411is why I started following this channel in the first place.

    • @magiavw7503
      @magiavw7503 Před 3 lety +20

      Well, the guy behind the books had his own CZcams channel now. He's probably covering the stories on there.

    • @breadman6223
      @breadman6223 Před 3 lety +7

      Me too. I want to see more Missing 411 videos.

    • @desjohnson1041
      @desjohnson1041 Před 3 lety +23

      @@Dopeymanthing I dont think you could ever cover them all. There's thousands. A lot of them just have similar stories.

  • @janlevani8824
    @janlevani8824 Před 3 lety +556

    The bones sound effect made the last story truly terrifying.

    • @phutisebatjane9130
      @phutisebatjane9130 Před 3 lety +6

      I'm cringing so hard

    • @zorakj
      @zorakj Před 3 lety +15

      Yeah, I hope he doesn’t do that again.

    • @anniegreenwind971
      @anniegreenwind971 Před 3 lety +3

      I agree! 😣😖🤭

    • @randallulrich
      @randallulrich Před 3 lety +16

      After knowing how that sound effect is produced, I guarantee that you'll never look at celery the same way again.

    • @zeearts9484
      @zeearts9484 Před 3 lety +3

      @@randallulrich
      Oh..my..God..

  • @lucasgimenes3278
    @lucasgimenes3278 Před rokem +38

    The first guy had probably the worst idea a person ever had in history! (HOW THE F*CK YOU GO AND SLEEP UNDER YOUR VEHICLE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT? 🙁)

    • @seantheartist5974
      @seantheartist5974 Před rokem

      I know right how dumb

    • @karenstubbs94
      @karenstubbs94 Před rokem

      Yeah, sleep in the cab or bed. Who wants to nap in wet sand?

    • @LilyZerep
      @LilyZerep Před rokem

      Exactly! The dude should have just stayed home and watch a movie 🤦‍♀️

  • @Madlou
    @Madlou Před 3 lety +72

    Debbie's family got a "small settlement?" It should have been a HUGE settlement.

    • @valeried8831
      @valeried8831 Před 3 lety +4

      I agree

    • @Leo-nine
      @Leo-nine Před 3 lety +16

      Disney does not care about the lives of their staff. Many are on welfare and are homeless while working full time for Disney. Also why does the mother ALWAYS die in their movies ???
      I think they are into trauma

  • @TheMainMan.
    @TheMainMan. Před 3 lety +454

    Note to self:
    No matter how appealing, don't sleep under any trucks.

    • @grimsgraveyard3598
      @grimsgraveyard3598 Před 3 lety +79

      What exactly is appealing about sleeping under a vehicle of any sort? Especially when you could merely sleep inside said vehicle.

    • @1foolishcaribou195
      @1foolishcaribou195 Před 3 lety +40

      @@grimsgraveyard3598 The smell and taste of old oil and grease. The feel of grit and grime and discarded fast-food trash on your face. How is that not appealing to you?

    • @Fayleafowl
      @Fayleafowl Před 3 lety +4

      This gets added to the list of place to not and things to not do.

    • @grimsgraveyard3598
      @grimsgraveyard3598 Před 3 lety +24

      @@1foolishcaribou195 I guess I'm just not on the habit of behaving or thinking like a raccoon or something lol.

    • @Daxas44
      @Daxas44 Před 3 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @Redhead-hz1sm
    @Redhead-hz1sm Před 3 lety +507

    Mr Ballen: "And everything was going really well"
    Me: "Everything is about to go bad"

    • @NikkiStutzman
      @NikkiStutzman Před 3 lety +7

      Right?? My response is usually “until it wasn’t…” 😂😂

    • @SuperSoakerTree
      @SuperSoakerTree Před 3 lety +1

      Now dis is funny 😄

    • @vl4394
      @vl4394 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol, it's like the ultimate foreshadowing.

    • @doughboiwinston5121
      @doughboiwinston5121 Před 3 lety +3

      I've noticed that all the best stories have this foreshadowing "And everything was going Amazing.." 😂😂

    • @The_ZeroLine
      @The_ZeroLine Před 3 lety +2

      lol, those words actually make me queasy in his videos

  • @stevecavanagh8033
    @stevecavanagh8033 Před rokem +8

    The reason I stay in bed watching these is that I now know if I do absolutely anything else I’m going to die horribly.

    • @satzukaze
      @satzukaze Před 2 měsíci

      CZcams videos you should NEVER watch and people who did anyway

  • @justinfernandez1156
    @justinfernandez1156 Před 2 lety +157

    #2 Is a great example of why just telling someone "Don't do *insert thing not to do here*, it's dangerous never really works. In my opinion, it's much more effective to say "don't do it, it's dangerous" and then explain why it's dangerous, and exactly what horrible things could happen to you if you decide to do it anyway

    • @lu.ciel8770
      @lu.ciel8770 Před 2 lety +9

      Yes! Completely agree. You have to let ppl know what they’re getting into.

    • @cindys9491
      @cindys9491 Před 2 lety +1

      @Facts Verse that'll just attract 'em...

    • @electrictroy2010
      @electrictroy2010 Před 2 lety +3

      Underwater caves have signs describing how you will drown or get lost,if you’re not cavedive certified. And yet people still ignore the sign
      .

    • @BijinMCMXC
      @BijinMCMXC Před 2 lety +1

      Not true. Ppl make poor/dangerous decisions every day being fully aware of the risks. And people don’t expect to have to always explain in full detail to adults why they shouldn’t do something that they explicitly told them not to do because it’s extremely dangerous. “Extremely dangerous” means something that puts you at risk of great bodily harm or death. Most adults understand that. But the mayor could’ve asked follow up questions as to what were the specific risks as well, instead of being so arrogant to think that something the experts (construction workers) told him was very dangerous to do would actually be fine, based on him eyeballing it. Very tragic, but nobody’s fault but the ppl who rallied to do it, knowing they shouldn’t.

  • @danielbriden8504
    @danielbriden8504 Před 3 lety +77

    Out of all of the storys ive ever heard, being slowly crushed to death as your screams are drowned out with music is the most horrific thing ive ever heard

    • @piercebrown359
      @piercebrown359 Před 3 lety +4

      They could hear her screaming but they thought it was part of the show somehow.

    • @weliveinasociety1154
      @weliveinasociety1154 Před 3 lety

      Filthy casual 🤡 I bet you think the “Brazen Bull” is the worst torture method too lmao 😂🤣😂

    • @plankton3890
      @plankton3890 Před 3 lety

      @@weliveinasociety1154 how about dismemberment?

    • @reyphorian
      @reyphorian Před 3 lety

      i remember hearing about a comedian who was dying on stage, can't recall his name, but everyone including the staff thought it was a bit and were laughing at him not realizing what was going on. i think that and having people think your screams of pain assumed to be part of an act are emotionally one of the worst ways to die.

    • @parisjones2875
      @parisjones2875 Před 3 lety +1

      @@reyphorian Tommy Cooper there is sadly a video of his demise on CZcams.

  • @angmo74
    @angmo74 Před 3 lety +94

    I can't imagine anything more horrifying than getting stuck somewhere and knowing you're going to die. Mr. Ballen's 3 places video series have definitely made me more present and aware of my surroundings.

    • @mingzhugame5698
      @mingzhugame5698 Před 3 lety +2

      getting stuck, while being crushed multiple times, when so many people are around but no one to help seems more horrifying to me tbh, that story was awful

    • @nancymontgomery8897
      @nancymontgomery8897 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sirclassics What a dumb message.

    • @Valkyrae123
      @Valkyrae123 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sirclassics why just why dude

    • @julianadams3710
      @julianadams3710 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sirclassics You could’ve just kept your mouth shut and not say something that stupid

    • @sirclassics
      @sirclassics Před 3 lety

      @@julianadams3710 I replied to a wrong comment.