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    00:00 Most disturbing documentaries
    00:37 Rewind (2019)
    01:47 The Bridge (2006)
    02:16 Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
    02:49 Central Park Five (2012)
    03:29 Assassins (2020)
    04:03 Paradise Lost Trilogy
    05:28 The Act of Killing (2012)
    06:35 Beyond Utopia (2023)
    07:17 Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
    08:06 Honourable Mentions
    08:09 There's something wrong with Aunt Diane (2011)
    08:28 Abused by My Girlfriend (2019)
    08:50 The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
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  • @Lonesurvivor256
    @Lonesurvivor256 Před 4 měsíci +35

    I haven’t regretted watching many films in my life, but Dear Zachary wrecked me in a way that I can’t quite describe. Honestly, I wouldn’t even recommend watching it…

    • @nbuck617
      @nbuck617 Před 4 měsíci +2

      OMG I just watched this and am bawling my eyes out. How disgusting that these people and baby were failed time and time again. Andrew's parents are some of the strongest, most admirable people I have ever seen.

    • @raoulmontefiore4803
      @raoulmontefiore4803 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I know what you mean. I started crying just being reminded of it. The heartbreaking love, strength and nobility of Zachary's grandparents is the core of this film. It is disturbing and upsetting but its main impact is overwhelming sadness. I haven't seen another film like it.

    • @mrussell3264
      @mrussell3264 Před měsícem +1

      It stayed with me for a while after watching, I kept thinking about it a lot, it's so heart breaking.

  • @m1ghtysauc397
    @m1ghtysauc397 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Paradise Lost left me sitting in silence as the credits rolled. It affected me the most….until I saw Dear Zachary. I have never been so angry at a tv in my life.

  • @11Juliet
    @11Juliet Před 4 měsíci +13

    tell me why out of every recommendation on this list I decided to jump into Dear Zachary and have now been a sobbing mess for the last hour. I’ve been crying so hard my head is pounding. Jesus Christ.
    beautiful film, SO important, but GOD. I’m crying again.

  • @cheyl9491
    @cheyl9491 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Just Melvin Just Evil was incredibly messed up

  • @SaRyRe
    @SaRyRe Před 4 měsíci +19

    I don't know if disturbing is the word, but one that really bummed me out is Audrie & Daisy (2016). The way that those girls (and their families) were treated by the communities they were in was hard to watch in itself, but most heart-wrenching thing is to read what happened after the documentary was made and the extent of what the Coleman family went through.

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +4

      Yeah that one is insane :(

    • @snailbabe
      @snailbabe Před 4 měsíci +3

      I was very disturbed by it tbh, disturbed and heartbroken

    • @maggiephilson1667
      @maggiephilson1667 Před 4 měsíci +3

      What happened to Daisy Coleman and her family after the documentary haunts me. The fact that her rapist is alive and walking around pisses me off.

  • @ThatMeanderthal
    @ThatMeanderthal Před 4 měsíci +33

    I think Tickled is a really surprising and disturbing documentary, and thankfully those who are sensitive to more graphic content shouldn't have a problem watching it. Great list as always!

    • @martinlarrivee5081
      @martinlarrivee5081 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Tickled is really good indeed

    • @ThatMeanderthal
      @ThatMeanderthal Před 4 měsíci +1

      Oh and the Writer/Director David Farrier has a new one that's finally on Netflix Mister Organ is it's great

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci

      He also had a follow up to this one, king something? Very talented filmmaker

    • @ThatMeanderthal
      @ThatMeanderthal Před 4 měsíci

      @@spookyastronauts oh I see it's called "The Tickle King." I can't remember if I've seen it yet but somewhere in my memory it rang a bell as a short follow up. I must find somewhere I can watch it!

    • @ronpotts6385
      @ronpotts6385 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Strongly agree! ""Tickled" had me soooo disturbed. The amount of harassment and abuse by the person/people in charge of the tickling competitions was unbelievable .

  • @kaycuz9402
    @kaycuz9402 Před 4 měsíci +9

    "Goodnight, Sugar Babe" is easily one of the most f'd up docs you will ever see. Go in blind. Its heartbreaking and perplexing. If Gummo was a real life documentary this might be it.

    • @KYLEnSTITCH
      @KYLEnSTITCH Před 2 měsíci

      Ya... with all the "chuckies"?? Really disturbing

  • @jonkassel1494
    @jonkassel1494 Před 14 dny

    Yeah...me too. Dear Zachary left me crying virtually throughout the entirety of the film...never experienced anything quite like it...I will never forget it...

  • @charlessmith1698
    @charlessmith1698 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Oddly enough I watched Dear Zachary last night for the first time. It was everything that's been said about it. Left me sad, mad confused and pissed at this being allowed to happen to an innocent child. The Grandfather's rage spoke to all of us and made it all the more tragic

  • @ashleighnichole8197
    @ashleighnichole8197 Před 5 dny

    I love documentaries so much. Dear Zachary was literally life changing. It will never leave me...
    But i loved all of these!

  • @reneeknapp4559
    @reneeknapp4559 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Great list Emma! I binge watched American Nightmare docuseries on Netflix last night and I'm still devastated and angry. Very disturbing. Worth a watch.

    • @SaRyRe
      @SaRyRe Před 4 měsíci +1

      I just finished it as well and it was infuriating! But the series was well done and the story was insane. Glad there was a resolution to the case that I could live with, although not ideal considering the what the victims went through.

  • @LennethValkyrie
    @LennethValkyrie Před 4 měsíci +8

    I remember watching the Paradise Lost trilogy and I couldn't believe how unfair and sloppy all the investigation was. It's crazy. I haven't been able to find where to watch it again, it deserves a rewatch.

    • @notsubtle8065
      @notsubtle8065 Před 4 měsíci

      Hulu. Sometimes it's on Max

    • @LoreleiBeatrix
      @LoreleiBeatrix Před 4 měsíci +1

      I have one better. I just suggested to Emma to check out the 5th season of Bob Ruff's "Truth and Justice" podcast. They spend over 50 hours examining and dissecting all the evidence, suspects, documents and eyewitness accounts of that night in Robin Hood Hills, including examining the whereabouts of both sets of boys (the murdered and the accused), and what lead up to the murders that night. It's really chilling.

  • @bmljenny
    @bmljenny Před 4 měsíci +7

    A documentary that lived with me for weeks was Tell Me Who I Am (2019). It's not gory, violent or soul-destroying but the essential question of what would be the "right" thing to do just wouldn't resolve.

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Yes! I’ve seen that one.

    • @SoneBlink
      @SoneBlink Před 4 měsíci

      Me too, i will never forget that story and the two brothers. I don't even have words to describe how it broke me, i cried so much.

  • @LunovaLabs
    @LunovaLabs Před 4 měsíci +4

    Red Rooms was so chilling. Thanks for the recommendation!

  • @josephinec09012
    @josephinec09012 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I cried watching Dear Zachary from start to finish. Extremely sad story

  • @brandonrogers6351
    @brandonrogers6351 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Thank you so much I'm always on the lookout for amazingly disturbing documentaries

  • @plantemor
    @plantemor Před 4 měsíci +1

    Solid list, Emma!!❤

  • @mikesilva3868
    @mikesilva3868 Před 4 měsíci

    Great review 😊

  • @MooniK55
    @MooniK55 Před 4 měsíci

    You're the best as usual! Dear Zachary is the best (in a sad way)! I watched it more than once and it always breaks me.

  • @Stefan_G.
    @Stefan_G. Před 4 měsíci

    Top List, Emma! Thank you! Great work!!! 👺👺👺

  • @salemslotandmore8278
    @salemslotandmore8278 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thank You for the List and Video 😀

  • @TheAnadrome
    @TheAnadrome Před 4 měsíci +7

    Great video Emma. I've been a documentary maven for years. For me the greatest documentary of all time is also quite disturbing, you may have seen it: Crumb. The biography of underground comix artist R. Crumb. By the time you are done watching this you become deeply grateful for your own family. This is a very disturbing, but psychologically wise, documentary about art. The film builds slowly but leaves you in a unique zone at the end disturbed, yet grateful for art.

    • @keithgayler8374
      @keithgayler8374 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I was going to suggest this as well. The portrait of the whole family and the legacy of mental illness is terribly sad.

  • @paintingthesouthwest
    @paintingthesouthwest Před 4 měsíci +3

    I was wondering if and when you were gonna do Dear Zachary! It was definitely one of the hardest ones I've ever seen.

    • @LiamLivesOn
      @LiamLivesOn Před 4 měsíci

      SpookyAstronauts actually made a similar video years ago which mentioned it and is the reason i originally watched it.

  • @RavenHouseMystery
    @RavenHouseMystery Před 4 měsíci +2

    Thanks for the list, Emma. Always appreciate you sharing your Top 10 lists, regardless of genre. I remember seeing Paradise Lost when it was just a single film back in the late 1990's. I'm pretty sure I saw the second film, but not the third, so thanks for the tip.

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Omg the reason it’s so scary is because so many people change their mind. People who want them to die… flip. It’s so wild

  • @NominePatris
    @NominePatris Před 4 měsíci +1

    A great list! Thank you!

  • @stephanieramirez6880
    @stephanieramirez6880 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you Emma! Enjoy your weekend 💖

  • @snailbabe
    @snailbabe Před 4 měsíci +1

    Stevie is a documentary that has never left my mind, I've seen it a couple times over the years and at this point don't think I'll ever need to watch it again. It definitely falls into the disturbing/upsetting category.

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Oh wow thanks for the recommendation I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it

  • @JustCallMeMeghan
    @JustCallMeMeghan Před 4 měsíci +4

    Some of my personal favs are Blackfish, Girl in the Picture, Capturing the Freidman's, and God Knows Where I Am. The last one is not very well known. I don't think I've ever seen anyone talk about it anywhere. It was recommended to me on Hulu a few years ago. It's so beautiful and sad.

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      I don’t think I’ve heard of the last one! Thanks!

  • @flor13down
    @flor13down Před 4 měsíci +2

    Well poop, I kind of knew Dear Zachary would be on this list but just seeing any footage makes me sad and very angry. Time for a cocktail! Great list as always my friend!

  • @zacblake9249
    @zacblake9249 Před 4 měsíci

    Hello, Emma -- not sure if you're aware but The Act of Killing has a companion piece called The Look of Silence which came out a few years later. The topic is still the same, and it's still haunting.

  • @CornvilleConsigliere87
    @CornvilleConsigliere87 Před 3 měsíci

    This list was great Emma. Although i don't comment as much as I should, I am a life long Horror and documentary fan and when I want an opinion that I respect more than almost any other horror reviewers out there you are my first choice. True story. I've followed you for a few years now and although a month late to this video, when I saw the title I was really excited to find out what the docs that topped your list would be and I knew the following would be near 1......so I saw these two documentaries probably close to (wow) i guess a decade ago but i saw them within 4 days of each other purely by circumstance......The first one I viewed of its kind was dear Zachary. It was the first soul sucking documentary I had ever seen or at least to me it was a step up from other gut wrenching offerings. Like I'm sure anybody who is reading this or saw that movie I was affected for days and that rarely happens to me anymore has become desensitized. The one I saw 4 days later was there something wrong with Aunt Diane which...... it was a bad week let's just say that haha....I have never loved/dreaded a genre of films more than the documentaries like those two and several others on your list. Thank you for the list. There are a couple on there that I haven't caught that I am going to now. Let me add this and I won't spoil it at all. The 'person' in Dear Zachary.........i never instantly despised another human being like I did in that story.......monster is woefully inadequate. I am a peaceable rarely ever angry person and at the end of Dear Zachary I was not only heart broken but furious. As always, you are the best my dear . Thanks for all you do

  • @jonsrecordcollection7172
    @jonsrecordcollection7172 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I would definitely include the Japanese documentary The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. It's about a man who served in the Japanese army during World War II & had to do some nasty things while was in the service & how he goes after the system and the people he blames for making him do those things. The main protagonist's zeal & sense of righteousness makes him all the more frightening.

    • @keithgayler8374
      @keithgayler8374 Před 4 měsíci

      Great film. I think it's available on the Criterion Channel.

  • @raspyraccoon6530
    @raspyraccoon6530 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Blackfish, Our Father, and Phoenix Rising really upset me. Thanks for the recs. I’ll be checking some of them out for sure.

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Omg I talked about phoenix rising after I watched it on here… people were so mad I got a mob after me. People don’t want to hear it .

  • @patrick4384
    @patrick4384 Před 4 měsíci

    As a big true crime fan who mostly watches CZcams content, this is fantastic. Thanks Emma!

  • @billybobtexas
    @billybobtexas Před 4 měsíci +5

    Great list. I have seen several of these. Some of the most disturbing docs I have ever watched are Deliver Us From Evil (not the movie) it WILL ruin your weekend if you watch it on a Friday. Next film is ZOO the retelling of the story of “Mr Hands” based on eye witness accounts, text, audio, reenactments. The event and aftermath is incomprehensible and extremely shocking to your average person. Both are worth watching, but they are extreme and display some of the darkest corners of human behavior.

    • @TheWitchsRattle
      @TheWitchsRattle Před 4 měsíci +1

      Zoo is the only one I've ever turned off. I just couldn't.

  • @filmfangirls9163
    @filmfangirls9163 Před 4 měsíci +5

    I just went down the rabbit hole of disturbing docus. I feel like one of those will be on there!!
    Edit after watching: they were! 😭
    One that really affected me (and I'm sure you mentioned it in another vid and I just missed it) was Goodnight Sugar Babe. That was left me infuriated.

  • @cami632
    @cami632 Před 4 měsíci

    I would always be forever gratefull for your recommendations, even tho we all end up traumatized forever ❤ love u emma, I wanted new documentaries to watch in my vacations 😽

  • @peixeestranho
    @peixeestranho Před 4 měsíci +4

    i watched red rooms last night because of your video and it's so interesting and unique, i loved it, thanks for the rec!

    • @kellie2112
      @kellie2112 Před 4 měsíci

      I've spent 2 hours trying to find it!! Would you mind sharing the streaming platform and your country? My OCD brain is now obsessed with finding it to watch!

    • @notsubtle8065
      @notsubtle8065 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Man I've been trying to find it to watch

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      I said at the end of the video it’s coming to plex in some countries this week

    • @kellie2112
      @kellie2112 Před 4 měsíci

      @@spookyastronauts OMG I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! I did watch till the end and I tried plex but it wasn't available yet lol... I've been looking for a new movie and you absolutely sold me on this!!

  • @robky-LD
    @robky-LD Před 4 měsíci +3

    Thanks for the list... am looking forward to watching several. The most disturbing doc that I have seen, although not true crime genre, is Grizzly Man.

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci

      I watched it recently I didn’t find it disturbing but sad

  • @dinabaughman8731
    @dinabaughman8731 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I just watched Rewind. I'm speechless over this family!!

  • @darrenjohnson3374
    @darrenjohnson3374 Před 4 měsíci

    Dear Zachary was absolutely jaw dropping. I was aghast at the end. Speechless! I also saw the "Aunt Diane" doc. when it first came out and I was confused and nauseous at the end. That's exactly what I remember. Iin the early 90's (yes, I'm old, Lol) I remember seeing Capturing the Friedman's which was an early disturbing documentary. Great list again Emmà!!!!!!

  • @marcelodangelo915
    @marcelodangelo915 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Well… I had to do the subtitles check for the “Dying Rooms”… that one I won’t forget.

  • @arielduran9973
    @arielduran9973 Před 2 měsíci

    Just finished watching Rewind. Had to stop watching midway through before I finished it the next day. Just a lot to take in, props to Sasha for doing this Documentary.

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 Před 4 měsíci +5

    The Paradise Lost trilogy is remarkable & The Metallica song Welcome Home ( Sanitarium ) will always be associated with it. The West Memphis three were very fortunate to receive unwavering support from some A list celebrities who kept their story & the injustice occurring to them in the national dialog.

    • @ChelleJohn
      @ChelleJohn Před 4 měsíci

      I loved this series!

    • @m1ghtysauc397
      @m1ghtysauc397 Před 4 měsíci

      And The Call of Ktulu as the ending credits roll and you realize 3 innocent kids are in prison for life right now.

  • @jnc3880
    @jnc3880 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Titicus Follies, Earthlings and Orozco The Embalmer are other documentaries that are extremely disturbing, with Orozco being the most extreme and tests one’s endurance lol. It’s messed up that these used to be on CZcams!

  • @LiamLivesOn
    @LiamLivesOn Před 4 měsíci

    You mentioned it in a similar video years ago but Just Melvin, Just Evil broke me when I first watched it.

  • @daveandgena3166
    @daveandgena3166 Před 2 měsíci

    Just Melvin, Just Evil is another documentary that will haunt you forever.

  • @martinlarrivee5081
    @martinlarrivee5081 Před 4 měsíci

    Great list! There is also "Just Melvin, Just Evil "Interview with an Evil Child (case of Beth Thomas)" that are pretty jarring.

  • @denaliidagreat4087
    @denaliidagreat4087 Před 2 měsíci

    I am going to watch a few of these but I have to admit Zoo should be in this list! Zoo is disturbing in so many ways especially since it was based off one of the first videos to EVER go viral. I love your channel because you are the same type of disturbing creature I am…GO FREAKS! ZOO is gritty but a MUST WATCH!

  • @gusseDSX
    @gusseDSX Před 4 měsíci +1

    I found Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence to be exceptional.
    The fact that so much of it is based on footage shot by the actuall perpertrator as things were happening got under my skin. And it was an fascinating and different perspective of what a sect can be. And on top of that the interviews with the sect member who was actually studying psychology while she was beeing lured in to the sect were a chilling reminder about how anyone can fall victim under the ”right” circumstances.

  • @pdzombie1906
    @pdzombie1906 Před měsícem

    Great list, Emma!!! May I recomend the Netflix british documentary "Tell me who I am", a really shocking recount on the fate of two brothers with a traumatic past only one of the can recall... Thanx!!!

  • @tammietruckstop3586
    @tammietruckstop3586 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Jesus Camp imo is one of the most disturbing documentaries I’ve ever seen

  • @catherinea.b.7426
    @catherinea.b.7426 Před 4 měsíci

    I was honestly shocked you didn’t include “The Trial of Gabriel Fernandez”. It’s one of those that I wished I hadn’t heard what I heard as I watched it.

  • @W1rt_
    @W1rt_ Před měsícem

    the only one ive seen of this list and its beyond utopia and i will say its fantastic super sad but also very eye opening everyone should watch it if they can

  • @lorcanblack
    @lorcanblack Před 4 měsíci

    "Dreams of a Life" HAUNTED me.

  • @MissHiltonxx
    @MissHiltonxx Před 4 měsíci

    I never hear anyone talk about it but: The Dying Rooms.
    It changed my life. I have never got it out of my head.

  • @thatchillingeffect
    @thatchillingeffect Před 4 měsíci

    The timing! I'm with bed rest, so this comes at the best moment. Although I won't be calling them my 'feel good' movies...

  • @eily_b
    @eily_b Před měsícem

    I would like to add *The Wolfpack* from 2015. Brothers who were kept in an apartment in NYD by their father

  • @kermitthefrog3424
    @kermitthefrog3424 Před 4 měsíci

    The most disturbing thing I ever read about was the torture and murder of Junko Furuta. I don't think will ever be able to watch the movie about it. I came across it while scrolling through CZcams looking for horror movie recommendations. I'm not even sure how this was suggested to me. It was just a short video by some CZcamsr explaining what happened to her. I couldn't finish it. What happened to this poor girl is horrific. It has stuck with me ever since I came across it.

  • @danielcarlson5362
    @danielcarlson5362 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I started watching The Act of Killing but had to turn it off. I think I'll finish it eventually when I'm in the right frame of mind. I want to check out The Bridge as well.

  • @eugeneweaver8335
    @eugeneweaver8335 Před 4 měsíci

    Hi Emma, long time watcher of your channel...after watching this top 10 ranking I sought out The Mole: Undercover in North Korea and watched it. I was curious what about it you found so incredibly disturbing as to its number 1 placement. I quite liked the documentary for sure but didn't find it disturbing in the least. Informative and always interesting? Sure. It felt like an espionage thriller. But disturbing? In my humble opinion, not in the slightest. Anyway, really enjoy your channel!

  • @GREEEEN986
    @GREEEEN986 Před 3 měsíci

    Dear Zachary is horrible. I couldn’t stop crying and I was sad for weeeeeks after. I’m still sad about

  • @riac5388
    @riac5388 Před 25 dny

    Ty

  • @beautybyalainas
    @beautybyalainas Před 4 měsíci

    I think I have to credit Paradise Lost for launching me into my obsession with true crime. I’ve never seen Dear Zachary and I’m not sure I ever will. I’ve heard it’s almost unwatchable!

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci

      It’s very watchable but it has a very intense twist, it’s really well made

  • @vipulvij3
    @vipulvij3 Před 4 měsíci

    Ava DuVernay's limited series When They See Us is an excellent depiction of the central park five case. it's pretty well acclaimed so im sure everyone here's aware of it but if you havent yet, definitely watch it.

  • @jonsrecordcollection7172
    @jonsrecordcollection7172 Před 4 měsíci

    I knew Richard Ofshe, the expert on false confessions, who testifies in the first of the Paradise Lost documentaries. He actually hated the first documentary, because he thought the evidence that the West Memphis 3 were innocent was so slam dunk that he blamed the documentary makers for adding in ambiguity for suspense or artiness sake that didn't need to be there. The ambiguity about their innocence gets way less ambiguous in the 2nd and 3rd films.

  • @davidk3184
    @davidk3184 Před 4 měsíci

    Saw two or three of these. Harsh. Certainly puts you firmly back with your feet on the ground. Would you consider doing a list of docu's regarding the subject of the occult, satanic panic, witchcraft and more esoteric cults if you could find them?

  • @WitchOvTheeWood
    @WitchOvTheeWood Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks for the list, love a good documentary with dark subject matter! I'll definitely be checking these out.

  • @layjynn
    @layjynn Před 4 měsíci

    Omg thank you for this! I’ve been wanting to scratch my documentary itch for a while but always feel overwhelmed with all the choices. This will be my watch list 😊

  • @odetakup8578
    @odetakup8578 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Recently I heard about The Crush documentary movie about South Korea incident on the halloween night when 159, mostly young people have died from the crowd crush. Might be too disturbing, but if someone have seen it, would you recommend?

    • @mikesilva3868
      @mikesilva3868 Před 4 měsíci

      😊😊

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Omg I know the incident… I’ve seen the footage but I don’t know if I could ever watch a doco on it. It was so tragic and scary. They now don’t celebrate Halloween in the city in South Korea or Japan. It’s so scary

  • @nichelleroy8319
    @nichelleroy8319 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Bowling for Columbine missed? Or am I crazy? Either way, love your content :)

    • @muelitasgoblingirl
      @muelitasgoblingirl Před 4 měsíci +2

      No, it's not on the video. At that time stamp she talks about There's something wrong with Aunt Diane.
      Honest mistake 😊

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Oh whoops I actually had it in here but I removed it. Thanks I’ll edit that

  • @nicholaskerns1106
    @nicholaskerns1106 Před 4 měsíci

    "The Keepers" is pretty brutal

  • @AwlDeigh
    @AwlDeigh Před 4 měsíci +1

    Well done, interesting films

  • @arupian666
    @arupian666 Před 4 měsíci

    A few docs that I think should be definitely in any disturbing doc list. "The Video Diaries Of Ricardo Lopez", incredibly sad and disturbing. The official doc ends before the inevitable conclusion, but a quick google search will fill in the gap, but that's not recommended for most people. Once you HEAR how it all ends, that's a sound you'll never forget. "We Have Ways Of Making You Talk" documents various torture methods used in conflicts. Who knew the French could be so mean ?! "I Think We're Alone Now" - Belinda Carlisle stalkers. Very strange. Very disturbing. Honestly, "The Bridge" just annoyed me. I have zero issues with people wanting to check out, but to do it so publicly, to traumatize the people that may witness what you do, is so narcissistic and selfish it beggars belief. If you want top yourself, be my guest, but don't involve other people. Buy a ticket, go to Alaska, go give a Grizzly a hug. Or take a road trip out to the bush, find an inland taipan and try wearing it as a scarf. They'll punch your ticket to the next life in very short order.

  • @lochnessamonster1912
    @lochnessamonster1912 Před 4 měsíci +1

    If you want a real head trip of a docu check out Just Melvin Just Evil.

  • @ewarrior9776
    @ewarrior9776 Před 4 měsíci

    Rewind is on CZcams. The disturbing movies I'd like to add are Just Melvin Just Evil, Goodnight, Sugar Babe: The Killing of Vera Jo Reigle, Titicut Follies, Deadly Secrets: The Lost Children of Dozier, You Belong to Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South.

  • @connorloughren8741
    @connorloughren8741 Před 4 měsíci

    I recommend the Life of Crime trilogy. It covers the life of three criminals and drug addicts from 1984-2020. Seriously insane. Deliver Us from Evil is also extremely disturbing and frustrating to watch.

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci

      ooo thanks, I don't think I've heard of this first one.

  • @LoreleiBeatrix
    @LoreleiBeatrix Před 4 měsíci

    The comment about the "Paradise Lost" series "was not carefully constructed" is not completely accurate. It has came out that Joe Berlinger (the director of the series) did in fact contrive and manipulated some scenes, situation, and facts in the series. For example, in the first film, the scene with Todd Moore and John Mark Byers shooting pumpkins, also the scene where John Mark Byers is drunkenly hanging out at the scene of the crime describing all he believed happened to his murdered step-son and his friends--were instigated by the documentary crew.
    Now, I do believe this was a witch hunt, and I was initially persuaded by this documentary series. So much so I even gave and participated in some fundraising events to help in Damien's defense. But years later, I realize that the "Paradise Lost" documentaries were semi "constructed" truths. However, I am still convinced the three boys are innocent, but still felt manipulated by the way Berlinger told their story.
    If you want to hear the COMPLETE and UNBIASED story from both sides of the case that is carefully examining all evidence to find out what really happened to the boys that night, I would suggest listening to Bob Ruff's "Truth And Justice" podcast. They assemble and carefully dissect all the evidence, documentation, all suspects, and gather actual eye-witness accounts of the events that happened with the three murdered boys on the night of their death.... and they also follow all the documentation of the other three boys accused of their murder that night (along with other suspects). They painstakingly devoted season 5 of their podcast---over 50 hours (divided into two parts)-- to find out what happened prior to the murders, and who actually killed the young boys that night in Robin Hood Hills.

  • @ariyouytube
    @ariyouytube Před 4 měsíci

    In spanish language , I recommend you "Alucardos retrato de un vampiro", is about the lastdays of the mexican horror film maker Juan Lopez Moctezuma who directed films like : Alucardia, Blood Mary and many others. Also I recommend you "El hombre que vio demasiado" is about Enrique Metinides , he ws the best sensational journalism or yellow journalism photographer who existed in Mexico never before . Last one recommendation is "Los demonios de Edén" , docummentary about child trafficking in Cancun Quintana Roo, Mexico.

  • @marcelodangelo915
    @marcelodangelo915 Před 4 měsíci

    Don’t know, but “The imposter”, “Girl in the picture”, “Thin blue line”
    and “Night Stalker” really messed me
    Up!

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Imposter is one of my favourite documentaries of all time !

    • @marcelodangelo915
      @marcelodangelo915 Před 4 měsíci

      I watched it alone and went to work and left my wife watching it alone. She sent me so many messagens in my phone… “why?” “WTF”? “OMG”! Hahah😂

  • @SoneBlink
    @SoneBlink Před 4 měsíci

    One of my favorite documentaries is Shadow of truth, about the brutal murd*r of Tair Rada. Is a bit biased, but so good. Sadly you can't find it anywhere now.

  • @chasingang
    @chasingang Před 4 měsíci +1

    here to recommend love has won to anyone that hasn't seen it yet

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci

      I didn’t include it because it’s a doco series not feature but it’s worth a watch for sure!

  • @shanigribben9158
    @shanigribben9158 Před 4 měsíci

    I definitely recommend The Cove (2009) if you haven't seen it. You don't seem to have it logged on Letterboxd at least. It gets pretty gruesome

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci

      I have seen it! I watched it before I had letterboxd. So sad!

  • @christinejohnson4056
    @christinejohnson4056 Před měsícem

    💯I had like 3 anxiety attacks and will probably stay with me for a very long time. I do not really recommend watching this. It is too much.

  • @brendanwhalen3607
    @brendanwhalen3607 Před 4 měsíci

    I'd put Rodney Ascher's documentary about sleep paralysis, The Nightmare, at the top of my list, with an honorable mention for Cropsey. That said, I don't think I've ever sat with a more uncomfortable audience than the theater full of people I saw The Act of Killing with...

  • @jnc3880
    @jnc3880 Před 4 měsíci

    I think The Bridge might be on CZcams

  • @Anguirus2012
    @Anguirus2012 Před 4 měsíci

    "CHILD OF RAGE : THE BETH THOMAS STORY" or "BORN TO RAGE l THE REAL BETH THOMAS STORY".......BOTH are devastating and I dare ANYONE to watch them all the way through.

  • @Mmeduusa
    @Mmeduusa Před 4 měsíci

    A Certain Kind of Death really fucked me up and upset me in a way I haven’t experienced since. I don’t recommend watching it, but if you’re like me and want to hurt yourself, it will definitely get the job done.

  • @dollhousegirl7153
    @dollhousegirl7153 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Does anyone know how I can watch The Mole??

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci

      It’s online you have to dig a little though. It’s well worth the search.

  • @user-pb4ir4qk4t
    @user-pb4ir4qk4t Před 4 měsíci

    I was looking forward to beyond utopia for over a year but when I watched it I was so disappointed I think my hopes were too high

  • @cyphrsphyr
    @cyphrsphyr Před 4 měsíci

    Land of Death is pure genius
    Horrible, volume-adjusting violence. You will gleam with subtle hysteria from beginning to end

  • @TheWitchsRattle
    @TheWitchsRattle Před 4 měsíci

    The Cove is amazingly depressing, if you're into that kind of thing. Lol

  • @dukeon
    @dukeon Před 4 měsíci +1

    No thanks. Can’t stomach the real stuff. Too many horrible things happen in the world every minute… I need for movies to take me away from all that.

  • @NeeceLoneWolf
    @NeeceLoneWolf Před 2 měsíci

    I'll give you a name and I watched it on Netflix. I'll put it this way Emma, how the BBC in the UK exists amazes me.
    Jimmy Savile. Pure Monster.

  • @mofftarkin6010
    @mofftarkin6010 Před 4 měsíci

    I recommend a documentary called Goodnight Sugar Babe The Killing of Vera Jo Reigle. It's about the hell a mentally ill girl when through. It really made me mad.

    • @spookyastronauts
      @spookyastronauts  Před 4 měsíci +1

      I tried to watch this one but the way it’s put together is really strange. But I’m going to try again

    • @mofftarkin6010
      @mofftarkin6010 Před 4 měsíci

      @@spookyastronauts they do interview too many people in that documentary

  • @ryanhou162
    @ryanhou162 Před 4 měsíci

    You never seized to amaze me how knowledgeable you have in films

  • @blafoobob8898
    @blafoobob8898 Před 2 měsíci

    Dear Zachary sounds horrible, but there is a sense of justice, and the victims receive the respectful memorial they deserve. But after watching EWU vids that cover similar events, especially including babies, there is no documentary in existence that rivals the horrors that are covered. There is no sense of justice, just a new awareness that there is no bottom to th human capability to commit atrocities.

  • @YarynaMykh
    @YarynaMykh Před 4 měsíci

    Hi Emma, where would you put The Curious Case of Natalia Grace?

  • @elonmust8859
    @elonmust8859 Před 4 měsíci

    I thought i liked to watch alot of documentaries but i can't remeber seeing any of these. Ted bundy is probably as extreme as it gets on tv here.

  • @1ivingdeadgr189
    @1ivingdeadgr189 Před 4 měsíci

    Men under the sun!!