Local 58: Thoughts & Breakdown (2020 Patreon Bonus Video, Now Public!)

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  • Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
  • SURPRISE! This is a Patreon-exclusive video from March of 2020, and considering the occasion, (Friday the 13th-- and in August, as we prepare to welcome our favorite time of year), I decided to ask my Patreon supporters if they'd like to make this video public. The response was overwhelmingly positive, a unanimous "yes!" So, on behalf of the Night Mind Patreon, have this exclusive Local 58 video!
    Be sure to thank the Creatures of the Night for this one! (And please forgive the audio quality, it was one of the last videos I made with my old microphone.)
    Night Mind is now partnered with Gamer Supps! You can save 10% by using code 'NM' at checkout! I've also got a link you can use directly here: gamersupps.gg/NM
    Local 58 Official Channel:
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 919

  • @NightMind
    @NightMind  3 роки тому +1198

    SURPRISE! This is a Patreon-exclusive video from March of 2020, and considering the occasion, (Friday the 13th-- and in August, as we prepare to welcome our favorite time of year), I decided to ask my Patreon supporters if they'd like to make this video public. The response was overwhelmingly positive, a unanimous "yes!" So, on behalf of the Night Mind Patreon, have this exclusive Local 58 video!
    Be sure to thank the Creatures of the Night for this one! (And please forgive the audio quality, it was one of the last videos I made with my old microphone.)

  • @mozzerianmisanthrope406
    @mozzerianmisanthrope406 3 роки тому +2120

    The 51st state is what NASA referred to the moon as during the moon landing, and obviously, it fits here.

    • @callmecrookedjack7441
      @callmecrookedjack7441 3 роки тому +125

      You just solved that whole thing for me

    • @mozzerianmisanthrope406
      @mozzerianmisanthrope406 3 роки тому +18

      @@callmecrookedjack7441 Glad I could help!

    • @raksh9
      @raksh9 3 роки тому +70

      Wow! Thank you, that phrase now makes perfect sense in Local 58.

    • @mozzerianmisanthrope406
      @mozzerianmisanthrope406 3 роки тому +12

      @@raksh9 👍

    • @EbolaGranola
      @EbolaGranola 3 роки тому +78

      Oh what the fuck. I just assumed it was alluding to the idea that the spirit of the nation would carry on into the afterlife. Inherently ethereal, not a place.

  • @thetalkingstick9214
    @thetalkingstick9214 3 роки тому +1719

    Local58 took the “Looking Respectfully” joke to a whole new level.

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 роки тому +6

      OH NOOOOOOOO!!! I have two girlfriends, but very few people on YT are happy for my relationship success. They disl*ke all of the videos I make with my 2 girlfriends. Please be kind, dear ta

    • @hongkongdad928
      @hongkongdad928 3 роки тому +18

      @@AxxLAfriku listen to Donny Benet

    • @neurotypicalkirby1344
      @neurotypicalkirby1344 3 роки тому +40

      Looking disrespectfully

    • @sunniwithani
      @sunniwithani 3 роки тому +31

      Looking away respectfully

    • @tfracks
      @tfracks 3 роки тому +36

      @@AxxLAfriku lmao this reminds me of the "3 weed smoking girlfriends" meme from tumblr XD

  • @Steel_Prophet
    @Steel_Prophet 3 роки тому +1976

    "You are on the fastest available route" is one of the few, if not only, pieces of horror that genuinely gave me chills and goosebumps.
    The idea to use something that's embedded in everyday life (phones/laptops have already been way overused), and turn it into something like an angler lure, pulling you towards a monster and only realizing partway through, is really smart, and the fact that we've been shown in the past that something like that is pretty feasible only adds to the fear factor.
    Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.

    • @miramuchachito296
      @miramuchachito296 3 роки тому +29

      I think "cadaver" is very very creepy. Why are we scared ? Why is VHS distorsion and super 8 video footage so fucking creepy?

    • @Geospasmic
      @Geospasmic 3 роки тому +67

      As someone who relies heavily on GPS because of a horrible sense of direction, I can feel the terror. I've had times where my GPS seemed to go haywire and gave impossible or weird directions, and it's scary.

    • @rabbitsrefuse
      @rabbitsrefuse 3 роки тому +38

      Contingency is the one that gave me the chills. I used to stay up to watch the test pattern every night when I was a kid, to the point where my mom taped the station sign off and test pattern.
      I was a weird kid.
      But an unexpected intrusion on that peace for a weirdo like me would have been traumatizing.

    • @Nocturne_Duskclaw
      @Nocturne_Duskclaw 3 роки тому +28

      The part where it's saying the destination is behind you, in front of you, and moving so fast it's almost teleporting is the most insane part for me.

    • @PosthumanHeresy
      @PosthumanHeresy 3 роки тому +4

      You should check out No Through Road.

  • @DdayArt
    @DdayArt 3 роки тому +466

    I was here the whole time thinking "isn't this a re-upload? I swear he did this already" and that's how I realized Night Mind and Nexpo are not the same guy.

    • @cheechicana
      @cheechicana 3 роки тому +21

      Lolol whew, I wasn't the only one

    • @OneEyeShadow
      @OneEyeShadow 3 роки тому +10

      Tell me about it

    • @eduardochavez7889
      @eduardochavez7889 3 роки тому +13

      So that's where the deja Vu feeling was coming from

    • @maxharris4722
      @maxharris4722 3 роки тому +17

      Yeah, their sultry voices are close enough that I get confused myself

    • @tsukarikaoru
      @tsukarikaoru 3 роки тому +1

      Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhh that explains it lmao. I was so confused for a bit there

  • @isitleeyourelookingfor6352
    @isitleeyourelookingfor6352 3 роки тому +810

    I don't know about y'all, but literally no matter how many times I see it, "infants and pets: the smallest patriots" will always shake me to my core.

    • @cocolime6496
      @cocolime6496 3 роки тому +33

      yeah that startled me too

    • @jayleighbear
      @jayleighbear 3 роки тому +88

      all i can imagine is some hardcore patriot saying “fido will NOT become a communist on my watch”

    • @Tesseract_King
      @Tesseract_King 2 роки тому +22

      yeah it's a pretty huge gut punch

    • @GolfhausYT
      @GolfhausYT 2 роки тому +10

      Same. It never gets any easier.

    • @creoda673
      @creoda673 2 роки тому +15

      It sounds silly/comedic and takes me out of it, especially the pets bit.

  • @JK-gm6kk
    @JK-gm6kk 3 роки тому +343

    Man that track during the programming schedule slaps so fucking hard

    • @traewilson5127
      @traewilson5127 3 роки тому +39

      Local58 soundtrack release when?

    • @blueroses4767
      @blueroses4767 3 роки тому +19

      Kris gotta tell us when it drops fr

  • @stoppropaganda2573
    @stoppropaganda2573 3 роки тому +706

    Interesting that you glossed over contingency". I grew up in the 60's, having to duck and cover at school during the day ... I would never stay up to watch the end of broadcast messages done by all channels at the end of their broadcast day for fear of this very type of video ending. This madness had so much more impact to us folks of my age group giving this a very high creep factor! At the time, I wouldn't have been surprised that the TV told us to off ourselves!

    • @250darkstars
      @250darkstars 3 роки тому +85

      Contingency is my favorite out of all of Local 58s videos. Your perspective as someone who lived in the 60s is really interesting to think about, given the state of the world then, fear of actual announcements on television (not calling for mass suicide of course...) and having to practice duck and cover like you said. I honestly hadn't stopped to consider that watching from that point of view, as a millennial who was a child in a different era of American war and relations with other countries with different technology we would get these kinds of warnings on. For me I guess it was kind of a creepy historical film but for you I guess it would be a lot more nostalgic and I find that comparison really awesome to think of so thank you so much for bringing up this point!!

    • @emmettbattle5728
      @emmettbattle5728 3 роки тому +24

      @@250darkstars does remind me of weird vhs/dvds schools would show us zoomers in the 00s and i wonder if kids now are going to make content in 20ys about alternative horror worlds that will be so vivid and horrific bc of the major historical events they were born into like the pandemic
      edit: like we watch/read the onion for fun rn but in recent years the outlandish things just seem too normal now

    • @insertcoolusernamehere9518
      @insertcoolusernamehere9518 3 роки тому +8

      @Ann oh that just my grandma don't worry about it

    • @BlackKnightsCommander
      @BlackKnightsCommander 3 роки тому +8

      Agreed. I'm not quite in your age range but in parts of Mexico we had end of broadcast messages up till the early 90s, so I can relate a lot more to that video than others in my age range.

    • @davidstuckey9289
      @davidstuckey9289 3 роки тому +7

      Have to admit, the idea of having a Department for the Preservation of American Dignity sounds like a worthwhile thing to have, after recent political events.
      Though probably their answer is a little . . . Extreme, shall we say that?

  • @vespertineblue
    @vespertineblue 3 роки тому +741

    I will forever be sad that Local58 stopped, it was absolutely brilliant and the videos are still chilling no matter how many times you watch. I hope Kris Straub keeps working on material, he's amazing.

    • @jakeycarpet
      @jakeycarpet 3 роки тому +251

      he said he was working on more local 58 content, just life got in the way and the pandemic hasn't been easy either. but there is more coming

    • @llewelynshingler2173
      @llewelynshingler2173 3 роки тому +66

      @@jakeycarpet I'd say "Watch this space" but space is better avoided for now.

    • @MCOmegaX123
      @MCOmegaX123 3 роки тому +116

      @@jakeycarpet In fact, he was working on one focusing on a virus/pandemic with a sinister undertone iirc, but then COVID hit and it felt tasteless. Or maybe that was a different analog horror series? Can't recall exactly for sure, but one of them said that.

    • @Skywatcher_Official
      @Skywatcher_Official 3 роки тому +68

      @@MCOmegaX123 that was definitely Kris. he felt it would be inappropriate to release, but he DID say that in the coming months to watch out for updates on local58

    • @samtinkle9076
      @samtinkle9076 3 роки тому +52

      There's loads and loads of channels that have filled it's shoes!
      Channel 7 (Completed)
      Analog Archives (Also completed)
      Eventide Media Center
      Gemini Home Entertainment
      Surreal Broadcast

  • @biospark4758
    @biospark4758 3 роки тому +199

    Something interesting about Contingency is that the video instructs the viewers to perform the Victory Position (Feet Together, FRONT LAWN, FACE UP) at 3:00 in the morning. Even if the video wasn’t initially made for this purpose, it seems like whoever broadcast it wanted people to go outside and face the night sky, where the moon would be waiting for them.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 3 роки тому +7

      Exactly. The moon WANTS us to die. One theory is that the weird larva thing in the grave during the Cadaver cartoon is a baby version of whatever the monster from "you are on the fastest route" is, and they feed on human corpses. The odd structures from Sky watching are where the creatures come from. So that broadcast from "the 51st state", aka the moon, was meant to trick people into offering themselves up to the entities.

    • @davidstuckey9289
      @davidstuckey9289 3 місяці тому

      Oh, yes, something new turned up recently.
      The Lady In Profile.
      She ain't happy.

  • @qwertyuiopman100
    @qwertyuiopman100 3 роки тому +133

    as a rhode islander who didn’t see the Route 114 connection until now, Fastest Available Route makes me want to rip my skin off even more

    • @employee4272
      @employee4272 3 роки тому +11

      As a connecticut resident, the 15/Merritt Parkway connection fills me with a primal fear

    • @Gnomageddon
      @Gnomageddon 10 місяців тому

      ​@@employee4272i second that statement. I wanna just......never leave home again.

  • @SpecOpsBear
    @SpecOpsBear 4 роки тому +198

    Another Candle Cove connection you seemed to miss was that Ichor Falls is the town that that specific story was set in, as confirmed by way of the Ichor Falls anthology book.

    • @judewelos
      @judewelos 3 роки тому +1

      1. How is your comment from one years ago
      2. Same channel as local 58

    • @BloodRedFox2008
      @BloodRedFox2008 3 роки тому +5

      @@judewelos To answer #1, this video was originally a "Patreon exclusive," it's only recently been made public for everyone else.

    • @judewelos
      @judewelos 3 роки тому

      @@BloodRedFox2008 oohh

    • @mds_main
      @mds_main 2 роки тому +1

      Yes and in the Candle Cove creepypasta the channel that broadcasted the show was called "channel 58"

  • @Beeyo176
    @Beeyo176 3 роки тому +214

    I've watched Nexpo's Local 58 breakdowns so much that I had convinced myself that Nick had covered it already too

    • @beeboo5433
      @beeboo5433 3 роки тому

      Sameeee hahaha

    • @gggthsb
      @gggthsb 3 роки тому +1

      Good to know where I've seen it, I was so sure Nick did them ready but no I watched it on Nexpos Chanel too 😂

    • @PaddyMcMe
      @PaddyMcMe 3 роки тому +3

      Nexpo did a better job of it too, which is unusual.

    • @tubersloth
      @tubersloth 3 роки тому

      sameee

    • @gothicanimeangel96
      @gothicanimeangel96 3 роки тому +1

      @@PaddyMcMe to be fair, he did do it twice

  • @wildchargeartstudios1756
    @wildchargeartstudios1756 3 роки тому +198

    The audio in local 58 is honestly under appreciated… it’s so satisfying and really nails the analog feel

    • @bozboz4414
      @bozboz4414 2 роки тому

      Agree...its what makes 58 the best ARG imo

  • @RavannaNest
    @RavannaNest 3 роки тому +77

    "Can we see that again... Yep that's a monster."

  • @theturkishdelight1650
    @theturkishdelight1650 3 роки тому +956

    Everyone: Oh no! The moon's dangerous!
    SCP fans: Ah shit, night broke

    • @Christian-gr3gu
      @Christian-gr3gu 3 роки тому +196

      "Moons haunted"
      "What?"
      "Moons haunted" *cocks shotgun*

    • @hydrahydragon8729
      @hydrahydragon8729 3 роки тому +99

      God.
      First the Sun now the Moon.
      What's next an infinite IKEA?

    • @raindmcgasman
      @raindmcgasman 3 роки тому +37

      There is actually a channel that is both inspired by local 58 and the scp foundation, and its called The Minerva Alliance

    • @hydrahydragon8729
      @hydrahydragon8729 3 роки тому +9

      @@raindmcgasman can you find it on YT under that name?

    • @hydrahydragon8729
      @hydrahydragon8729 3 роки тому +7

      @@raindmcgasman Thank you so much 😊

  • @aslandus
    @aslandus 3 роки тому +71

    I don't think there's any sound that gets more under my skin than that emergency alert noise. Flood warnings, amber alerts, even before I knew what they really were I was terrified just because they were announced with that beeping tone...

    • @samwindmill8264
      @samwindmill8264 2 роки тому +4

      Absolutely. I was actually watching that one last year, in my dad's basement, and the other people in the house asked if it was an Amber Alert. The emergency alert tone has always been sinister to me.

  • @robinmitchells
    @robinmitchells 3 роки тому +59

    Kudos to anyone and everyone who helped make “you are on the fastest available route”. That video scares the shit out of me every time I watch it because of the creepy uncanny valley effect of the gps navigation voice. I don’t know if they used a TTS or had an actual voice actor come in and do it but either way, damn, they really pulled that off!

    • @nathancollins1715
      @nathancollins1715 3 роки тому +11

      If I had to guess I'd say they did a Glados: have a voice actress imitate a text to speech program to the best of her ability, then modify it a bit in post to sound even more convincing.

  • @eggnblood
    @eggnblood 3 роки тому +32

    "your home has another door" is the fucking creepiest thing anyone could tell you

  • @MerryweatherComics
    @MerryweatherComics 3 роки тому +641

    I love your videos so much, Nick!

  • @judewelos
    @judewelos 3 роки тому +71

    Cadavre is from Straub's webcomic Brodhollow as a newspaper comic. Local 58 is broadcasted to Broodhollow and takes place in the same continuity as his Ichor Falls project. Kris also said the same Channel 58 from Candle Cove was Local 58. In one stroke he connected all of his work in one broad narrative
    Edit: oops you mentioned that

  • @ryat66
    @ryat66 3 роки тому +290

    Kris Straub is also a creative genius, responsible for numerous webcomics and web projects. He seems wholly dedicated to making pushing the storytelling capabilities of any medium he works in.

    • @HarpsiFizz
      @HarpsiFizz 3 роки тому +4

      I agree. Which is why I really don't understand how NM can get away with putting Straub's *entire video* into this video. I hope this thing isn't monetized. Otherwise, very entertaining video.

    • @SickleWeasle
      @SickleWeasle 3 роки тому

      To think I just nee him as the guy who played a weird Drow xD

  • @dunno6161
    @dunno6161 3 роки тому +30

    Ah, Local 58. One of the best analog horror creations I've ever seen.
    "YOU ARE ON THE FASTEST AVAILABLE ROUTE" was the first one to give me a touch of paranoia, and the emergency broadcast outright worried me. L58 is the only set of scares I was proud of that it kept me from sleeping until the night after

  • @Tinlion09
    @Tinlion09 3 роки тому +31

    nasa employee: oh thank god you're all okay
    astronaut: yeah, we were wrong
    nasa employee: about the moon being haunted?
    astronaut: yup. [grabs a box full of frag grenades and carries it back onto the rocket] _moon's evil_

  • @barryb6685
    @barryb6685 3 роки тому +41

    Nightmind has a great voice. It's like a midground between a Private-eye and a librarian.

    • @justindenney-hall5875
      @justindenney-hall5875 2 роки тому

      Barry B It's funny to hear such a jovial sounding voice in this style of content.

  • @guillermogarcia7182
    @guillermogarcia7182 4 роки тому +65

    Channel 58 gives me the same type of chills that public TV gave me back in the 80's and 90's, you never knew when something out of the ordinary would pop up to scare you, great video!

  • @Sircreepington9th
    @Sircreepington9th 3 роки тому +20

    Something you missed in “Show for Children”: Cadavre is in the Victory Pose from “Contingency”, laying on his back, feet together.

  • @cjt1267
    @cjt1267 3 роки тому +37

    Local 58 in my mind will always be the king of analog horror on UA-cam, with its amazing detail and world building it really could be made into it’s own movie or show.

  • @AveryTalksAboutStuff
    @AveryTalksAboutStuff 3 роки тому +29

    No matter how many videos I watch about local 58 I will always watch another video about local 58

  • @hotscottrulz
    @hotscottrulz 3 роки тому +245

    “You Are On The Fastest Available Route” reminds me of the opening to the Doctor Who episode “The Sontaran Stratagem”. The same basic concept - SatNav (or GPS) being taken over - but it takes it farther, as the car doors automatically lock, and the car drives itself into a river. This was in 2008, before the rise of self-driving cars, and that scene stuck with me for ages. I thought it was an amazing and terrifying concept, so seeing it used for a full horror video, not just the opening to a sci-fi show, was brilliant.

    • @P34chy5c0n3
      @P34chy5c0n3 3 роки тому +11

      Glad im not the ony doctor who fan who thought abt this

    • @AstralPhnx
      @AstralPhnx 3 роки тому +1

      God I remember that episode

  • @jesseharrold1812
    @jesseharrold1812 3 роки тому +61

    I'd like to point out that the song playing in the early section in the cartoon in "Show for Children" sounds like it could be a rendition of "Shine On Harvest Moon."

    • @zekumi
      @zekumi 3 роки тому +6

      You’re totally right. That’s a great detail to point out.

  • @ImmaLittlePip
    @ImmaLittlePip 3 роки тому +113

    Local 58 and Ben Drowned part 2 are probably Nightminds most requested videos
    Glad he's doing 58

    • @mimkyodar
      @mimkyodar 3 роки тому +5

      I mean, this is an old video.

  • @Splatoon_Kirby
    @Splatoon_Kirby 3 роки тому +14

    Thanks for the birthday gift Night Mind! 28 years ago I was born Friday August 13th 1993. Since learning I was born on a date many claimed cursed or unlucky I've had a strong fascination of the cryptic and horror, glad to have channels like you around to help me find new content to view and give your thoughts and views on them and a place for all of us to discuss them.

    • @PepsiMann2009
      @PepsiMann2009 2 роки тому

      I was born on the anniversary of the titanic sinking, but you can say you have a horror film series based on your birthday

  • @KeyToWite
    @KeyToWite 3 роки тому +88

    Just a reminder to *NOT* do the "there are no faces" exercise before sleep, it *WILL* mess you up, did it a while ago and woke up with my heart racing

    • @LordSluggo
      @LordSluggo 3 роки тому +9

      Looks like I won't be sleeping tonight, then

    • @anib8863
      @anib8863 3 роки тому +5

      What scares me the most is that I do believe that there are no faces.

    • @nah456
      @nah456 3 роки тому +5

      Read this mid day and fuckin pissed my pants.

    • @LordSluggo
      @LordSluggo 3 роки тому +11

      @@anib8863 they're nuclear bomb mushroom clouds that have been altered a bit

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 3 роки тому

      @@LordSluggo Aren't they just taken from that paper on flashed face effect?

  • @MCOmegaX123
    @MCOmegaX123 3 роки тому +561

    The towns and cities mentioned *do* exist... in other stories by Kris Straub, who has been much more prolific than you paint him as in this video by saying he made "Local 58 and Candle Cove". He also created Broodhollow and Ichor Falls (both of which feature the town of Ichor Falls), Checkerboard Nightmare, Starslip, and co-created a series or two with Scott Kurtz, among other things.

    • @professordetective807
      @professordetective807 3 роки тому +73

      And if you're a D&D fan, he's also been a major member of Aquisitions Incorporated for a few years now, doing most of the art/animations and playing in the 'C-Team' campaign.

    • @The20AndOnly
      @The20AndOnly 3 роки тому +24

      He mentions both Broodhollow and Ichor Falls, though.

    • @NightMind
      @NightMind  3 роки тому +157

      Naturally! He's very much accomplished. This video just aimed to shoot straight for coverage of Local 58 and started with a touch of familiarizing for viewers to recognize Kris Straub by some of the more easily known works. As it was originally a Patreon video, I let my fur down a little and just got right into it. ::3

    • @tenderviolence9527
      @tenderviolence9527 3 роки тому +7

      Why is this comment so bitchy lol

    • @mds_main
      @mds_main 2 роки тому +5

      @@NightMind
      There's also the fact that in the Candle Cove creepypasta the channel that is said to have broadcasted the show was called "channel 58"

  • @scromble3249
    @scromble3249 3 роки тому +13

    I always interpreted it as "the 51st state is not a place" to be saying that the final united state is a state of death, state of euphoria, etc; a state of being

  • @sentinelAAP
    @sentinelAAP 3 роки тому +68

    in the short "Contingency" time stamp 7:51 that's Lyndon B. Johnson's signature. this explains many of the details. this video was made if the US lost the Vietnam War. The expiration date on the video, that is the tail end of Lyndon's presidency. the 51st State is in refenced to the Moon during the space program
    Update 6/26/22: Sorry I forgot my history lessons everyone. my readjusted theory is "if communisms took over the world then this tape would be played"

    • @periwinkle43
      @periwinkle43 3 роки тому +13

      But the US did lose the Vietnam War though

    • @nathancollins1715
      @nathancollins1715 3 роки тому +6

      More like if the US was successfully invaded by ground forces of the Soviet Union or China.

    • @Klngmaker
      @Klngmaker 2 роки тому +2

      If?

  • @forresthouku1475
    @forresthouku1475 3 роки тому +59

    Really looking forward to the inevitable Gemini home entertainment video

    • @justfellicitya
      @justfellicitya 3 роки тому +7

      Me too! GHE is in a lot of ways even better than Local 58 and is an active, ongoing series. Hope NM covers it someday.

    • @Countryboycrimson
      @Countryboycrimson 3 роки тому +6

      for sure, i just watched the entire series so far last week and was very surprised that it hadn't been covered by night mind or nexpo. seems right up their alley!

    • @greenhowie
      @greenhowie 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah it looks really good, has a kind of System Shock feel to the series - making a game as side content is awesome as well, something I've not seen since Catghost.

    • @justfellicitya
      @justfellicitya 3 роки тому +3

      @@greenhowie Right? Having an actual playable game is next level.

  • @jancole6910
    @jancole6910 3 роки тому +16

    I've watched local58 a few times, it becomes more scary with each re-watch. Like parts fall into place that you missed the first time. The very first time I watched it, I was curious, confused and a bit creeped out but after a few rewatches, the bigger story is emerging and makes local58 even more engaging and unnerving.

  • @GarfieldPhone
    @GarfieldPhone 4 роки тому +77

    ight imma stare directly at the moon for a couple hours brb

    • @le9038
      @le9038 3 роки тому +6

      Ayo this was released a year ago what the fuck

    • @OnlineKILLER_rip
      @OnlineKILLER_rip 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah

    • @MMumbles
      @MMumbles 3 роки тому +4

      @@le9038 shit you think he ever came back??

    • @traewilson5127
      @traewilson5127 3 роки тому +2

      @@le9038 His Throne's energy disrupted space and time in that location so much it sent this comment back in time a year before the video was ever uploaded. It's the only explanation.

    • @eligellock2023
      @eligellock2023 3 роки тому +1

      WAIT WHAT THE FUCK

  • @DPSFSU
    @DPSFSU 3 роки тому +29

    Hell yes! First That Chapter comes out with a banger at 3pm today and now I get Nick Nocturn himself talking about channel 58 after watching Nexpo's coverage on it yesterday! What has aligned for this to happen!

    • @padude_
      @padude_ 3 роки тому +2

      Yessss 3 of my faves!!

    • @DPSFSU
      @DPSFSU 3 роки тому

      @@padude_ do you also enjoy Coffee House Crimes?

    • @mozzerianmisanthrope406
      @mozzerianmisanthrope406 3 роки тому +2

      @@DPSFSUcoffeehouse crime is a great channel, too.

  • @teslafreak
    @teslafreak 3 роки тому +138

    The contingency plan one really gets to me. I couldn't say why, and most of this kind of content I find enjoyable rather than unsettling...but that one bothers me.

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk 3 роки тому +29

      For me, it's the warbled national anthem that really seals the deal. And poor little cadavre.

    • @teslafreak
      @teslafreak 3 роки тому +12

      @@JK-gm6kk yeah, the distorted anthem is definitely a nice touch as far as making it unsettling.

    • @commisaryarreck3974
      @commisaryarreck3974 3 роки тому +10

      Truth is
      Knowing the US governemnt
      I wouldn't be shocked if they had something like it in reality
      Then again the US is much like Israel, They'd rather have the entire world burn in nuclear hellfire then lose

    • @teslafreak
      @teslafreak 3 роки тому +8

      @@commisaryarreck3974 Don't kid yourself. Every sufficiently powerful government would rather everyone lose than just them. Mutually assured destruction is not just the UD and Israel.

    • @cocolime6496
      @cocolime6496 3 роки тому +9

      for me because it reminded me of Jonestown - so in theory it's something that could happen, because it already has somewhere else

  • @jml6263
    @jml6263 3 роки тому +10

    Thanks Patreons! Cool of you to share.
    Anyways Local58 is legendary. Contingency remains some of the most effective use of text in a horror video I've ever seen. It's entirely your mind being led to conduct it's own horror through a relatively realistic scenario and it never fails to get to me big time.

  • @jenniferbrewer5370
    @jenniferbrewer5370 3 роки тому +71

    One thing we can all agree on - Kris Straub is a horror genius.

  • @Possum.man27
    @Possum.man27 3 роки тому +23

    YO the candle cove guy made local 58? That’s wild!

  • @kell_checks_in
    @kell_checks_in 3 роки тому +6

    5:40 during my first visits to Yosemite and Joshua Tree parks, there were signs all over the visitors' centers reading "Don't trust your GPS!" Apparently people were doing things like driving off the edge of cliffs...

  • @peepnox7747
    @peepnox7747 3 роки тому +87

    When Night Mind uploads, it’s going to be a good day/night.

  • @Darasilverdragon
    @Darasilverdragon 3 роки тому +98

    27:42 so... CRT monitors worked by scanning an electron beam (the 'ray' from a cathode) across a photosensitive screen, with different beams creating different colors
    A typical CRT monitor had three beams - one for red, one for green, one for blue.
    My guess is that the 'Pentathode Assembly' is a CRT assembly intended to use _five_ electron beams, implying the integration of colors the human eye cannot see (perhaps infrared and ultraviolet, or perhaps something more supernatural) into televisions or other such monitors made with the device

    • @Brawler_1337
      @Brawler_1337 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah, those other two beams are probably for subliminal messaging.

    • @MrJamedawg
      @MrJamedawg 3 роки тому +1

      wow! and that plan was for the 30s! imagine what they would have had in the series now! or hell in real life!

  • @Driver-qt9jh
    @Driver-qt9jh 3 роки тому +128

    I always like contingency because It felt like an alternate history scenario.
    The USSR finally touches US soil. After a horrible slog through Canada, you finally are within your goal. About to return home. Despite your expectations that there would be large amounts of resistance from American troops...
    There's nothing.
    At first you think you got them by surprise. Until you see the town up ahead has all its lights out. There's no one here. They all died before you took your first step inland. Gobaly it's seen as the biggest national tragedy, surpassing the war its self.

    • @davidstuckey9289
      @davidstuckey9289 3 роки тому +9

      It reminds one of the whole Masada thing; The Maccabean Jews hold out against a Roman siege for two years, then when the Legions break through everyone is dead by their own hand.
      Too bad that didn't really happen; many of the hardline Maccabees killed themselves, but the whole town did not kill themselves; it's been theorized the idea was promulgated in Rome to undermine the political and military ;leaders of the time. Tacitus I think records interviewing two slaves taken from Masada, even.

    • @fleshbirdie
      @fleshbirdie 3 роки тому +15

      It's precisely what makes Contingency so terrifying to me. I feel like many Americans are mistakenly raised to believe that America is invincible, or at least given that impression as they grow up. Contingency absolutely destroys that notion.

    • @austinberry5696
      @austinberry5696 3 роки тому +12

      It's scary that you can step outside your house, looking around your neighborhood as people start stumbling out of their houses, covered in blood that isnt theirs before they either shoot themselves in the heads, slit their own throats, whatever they can. You just stand there as crying and gunshots start echoing throughout the neighborhood until it's you left, until it's your turn to do your part. Fucking terrifying

  • @FlashNeko417
    @FlashNeko417 3 роки тому +5

    Weather Service is honestly my favorite of the bunch. Both because it's the first one I saw and a lot of the little back-and-forth details you pick up on it. Like how the first alert has bustling sounds that are clearly the background noise of a TV studio trying to get the alert out, to the utter stillness of the final message as everyone has been taken.
    And that last line of "IF YOU ARE AFRAID, WE WILL LOOK TOGETHER" has always sent a chill down my spine. Something about how it's such a discordantly supportive statement in such a terrifying situation just makes it all the creepier. "It's alright to give in. You are not alone."

  • @plagueguy1862
    @plagueguy1862 3 роки тому +10

    local 58 is easily one of the scariest horror pieces of recent. it really hits me right where it hurts, straight from my nightmares. but i love it so much

  • @blindedjourneyman
    @blindedjourneyman 3 роки тому +20

    Thank you night mind patrons and thank you Nick! I'm very gr8ful ^^

  • @AzumiRM
    @AzumiRM 2 роки тому +3

    I suffer from insomnia and your channel always has something interesting to watch. I'm glad I subbed! Thumbs up!

  • @kiasmidt7678
    @kiasmidt7678 3 роки тому +7

    I've watched and rewatched Local 58 a couple of times, but the "in 300 feet, turn off your headlights" still fills me with a kind of joy that comes with delightful horror

  • @sky-ic7ji
    @sky-ic7ji 3 роки тому +26

    thank you night mind, and thank you night mind patrons!!! local58 is one of my personal favorites, can’t wait to watch this!!!!

  • @LunaWitcher
    @LunaWitcher 3 роки тому +7

    Thank you for the patreons that voted to make this public! Truly a joy to watch.

  • @annoyed_panda
    @annoyed_panda 4 роки тому +16

    That "deep" meme made this 100000% better LOL

  • @magic.marmot
    @magic.marmot 3 роки тому +4

    I absolutely love your ability to make symbolic connections in storytelling, and your explanation of how you have discovered these.
    There are those of us that crave storytelling that's hidden in subtle clues and puzzles and stimulates us on the deep inside where we lose our sense of self for a time.

  • @LunaMothy45
    @LunaMothy45 3 роки тому +60

    The moon is so beautiful, everyone should see it

  • @vinsarrow
    @vinsarrow 3 роки тому +16

    Ah Local 58 - or as i call it "POV Of A Necromorph Brethren Moon Arriving At Earth"

  • @PaddyMcMe
    @PaddyMcMe 3 роки тому +12

    15:47 The bit that bothers me, weirdly, is how the moon now passes in front of the tree, not behind it like it should.

  • @SwaggyG_2102
    @SwaggyG_2102 3 роки тому +8

    My favorite Local 58 video will always be "You Are On The Fastest Route Available".
    There's something so unnerving and creepy about the way the video is executed in concept and everything else as a whole.

  • @hollowedboi5937
    @hollowedboi5937 3 роки тому +22

    What the hell that looked like the road to my friend’s summer house at night. He’d purposely stop the car just to turn the light off in the middle of the woods to scare the crap out of us after explaining what Sirenhead was.

  • @calebd3947
    @calebd3947 3 роки тому +16

    its really weird that the GPS decided to go "duck it. im gonna kill this dude" and, in fact, killed this dude

  • @crsmith6226
    @crsmith6226 3 роки тому +5

    The guy in “Fastest Available Route” didn’t use turn signals initially. That’s the real horror.

  • @dextergrif
    @dextergrif Рік тому +1

    I think Contingency is my favorite of these. It’s so eerie because it seems like something the government would actually have wanted to have happen during the height of the Cold War, while still being far enough removed for reality that it’s unsettling. “Infants and pets are the smallest patriots” still haunts me.

  • @jikjillian
    @jikjillian 3 роки тому +3

    I originally watched this series at 3:00 am alone and the whole time my hands were covering my eyes so I ended up having no clue what the fuck was going on. Finally, I actually know what I was supposed watching lmao. on another note, this gives me the mfing chilllss. you never know what's next and it really keeps you on the edge of your seat.

  • @ashwolftheva2891
    @ashwolftheva2891 Рік тому +1

    “This message will repeat until there are none left to read it”
    6 years later and I still get cold reading it.

  • @nerderiffic8682
    @nerderiffic8682 3 роки тому +3

    I love the complete nonchalant attitude of "yeah, definitely a monster" xD absolutely broke me

  • @anankos795
    @anankos795 3 роки тому +3

    I really appreciate Local 58 for arguably causing such a huge wave of “Found Footage” series, including Gemini Home Entertainment and the Walten Files (along with many others!). The crustiness of VHS tapes is something that I’ve always enjoyed, and I really like seeing how creative people can get with the little stuff that they have.

  • @elias5126
    @elias5126 3 роки тому +14

    maybe it wasn't a good idea to watch this at 10 pm lol. i'm feeling too spooked to sleep now.

  • @DevdevOnYT
    @DevdevOnYT 3 роки тому +4

    I thought the noti for this vid was from THE Local58 channel and I gasped so hard I almost choked

  • @soupgal
    @soupgal 3 роки тому +4

    Night mind updates right as I get on my break? Beautiful

  • @retiinas
    @retiinas 3 роки тому +44

    The hoax explanation is specifically attributed to local 58, and I doubt the government would send out personalized tapes to every local channel in the country, so maybe the American dignity thing wasn't actually meant to be broadcast to the entire country?

    • @fawkesprime
      @fawkesprime 3 роки тому +15

      "yo fuck this county in particular"

    • @scotcheggable
      @scotcheggable 3 роки тому +9

      @@fawkesprime "I fixed their potholes and then they didn't even vote for my reelection. Screw those guys."

  • @UriaLordOfSearingFlames
    @UriaLordOfSearingFlames 4 роки тому +9

    Yes! This is a topic I've been hoping you'd shine a light on soon enough

  • @mantha6912
    @mantha6912 3 роки тому +2

    What a coincidence. I rewatched Local 58 recently and found myself wishing for Night Mind's interpretation of it, and here it is!

  • @LilyAvarA
    @LilyAvarA 3 роки тому +9

    I really liked the little skeleton character so I looked up the artist that made him, kris straub. I though the creator of the arg just borrowed the character from him, nope, same guy. And also he apparently made candle cove as well, major art props to kris, cool guy

  • @Evanz111
    @Evanz111 3 роки тому +3

    This is one of my favourite series! So glad to see you cover it

  • @DMaria216
    @DMaria216 3 роки тому +5

    I like how the specify the muzzle is the "hole" of the gun.

    • @garg0y7e
      @garg0y7e 3 роки тому +1

      gotta make sure to put it in layman's terms

    • @toasteethetoaster5978
      @toasteethetoaster5978 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you local 58, very cool

    • @pugjuice8462
      @pugjuice8462 3 роки тому +1

      Explaining to the kids at home :)

  • @oneperson7795
    @oneperson7795 4 роки тому +10

    Local 58 is absolute fire and so are you.

  • @losersandjedi3974
    @losersandjedi3974 3 роки тому +4

    The PSA vid from L58 genuinely still haunts me

  • @EmillyOrr
    @EmillyOrr 4 роки тому +19

    I adore Local 58, but honestly, You Have Reached Your Final Destination is my absolute favorite.

    • @MMumbles
      @MMumbles 3 роки тому +1

      What's that? Another webseries or ARG? I'm trying to find it

    • @2189fallenangel
      @2189fallenangel 3 роки тому

      Same now I gotta find it

    • @AdahnFlorence
      @AdahnFlorence 3 роки тому +1

      It's worth noting this comment was uploaded a year ago

    • @EmillyOrr
      @EmillyOrr 3 роки тому

      @@AdahnFlorence I can answer this one! So, this was originally a Patreon-only exclusive, that Nick decided to make public today!

  • @TheApochRaptor
    @TheApochRaptor 3 роки тому +19

    It’s so cool seeing this take place in West Virginia. I use to live there and I love seeing creepy stuff involving it, considering the number of paranormal/spooky stories. :D

    • @Paddingtonn
      @Paddingtonn 3 роки тому +3

      If you haven't heard of it, I highly recommend Old Gods of Appalachia, its a horror anthology podcast taking place in that region and its absolutely incredible.

  • @xlemongum6729
    @xlemongum6729 3 роки тому +1

    the "you are on the fastest available route" video is so so good, it's so unsettling and i think abt it every time im using a gps lol

  • @bacconiusursus5623
    @bacconiusursus5623 3 роки тому +28

    "The home of mothman, that makes more sense"
    Excuse me what, I just have more questions

    • @ethancronau406
      @ethancronau406 3 роки тому +2

      The mothman was an alien reported from the town from I think from the 60's to 80's

    • @DarthKain0
      @DarthKain0 3 роки тому +4

      "Ahh. An alien spacecraft. Now things are beginning to make sense. More later."

    • @questwalkerko
      @questwalkerko 3 роки тому

      ha I thought it was a C&H reference for a second

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 3 роки тому

      @@DarthKain0 "The moon isn't evil, you're just being paranoid"

  • @kovulover
    @kovulover 9 місяців тому +2

    Between this, Ben Drowned, and Beast Wars; WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE FRIGGIN' MOON??

  • @ICountFrom0
    @ICountFrom0 3 роки тому +5

    Just wanted to say thank you for taking this out of the vault.

  • @Dradeeus
    @Dradeeus 3 роки тому +2

    I always really loved that new stargazing one. It's pretty freaky, and it's extremely unnerving in complete silence, just some hobbyist with a TV feed. And the artwork has a big "Darkwood" feel to it, with the fleshy, bumpy surface.

  • @sapphirek5244
    @sapphirek5244 3 роки тому +4

    It feels weird that this is the first time I’ve heard of a creepy pasta author to create an arg. You’d think they’d bleed together a lot

  • @itsStephJM
    @itsStephJM 3 роки тому +1

    I would like to mention that Ichor Falls is the name of a ghost town in a story Straub made, and that Cadavre is a character from Broodhollow, another Straub creation.
    Local 58 is inherently connected to all of Straub’s other horror works and I think thats lovely.

  • @ngf
    @ngf 3 роки тому +5

    Local58: Thoughts and Prayers

  • @monbub
    @monbub 3 роки тому +1

    I actually fell asleep to this video. I don't know how I could ever fall asleep to horror but maybe your videos are just that comforting to me lol

  • @MissKrueger666
    @MissKrueger666 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you Patreon subs!! We love all of you! I love Nick so much & so does my almost 12 year old! Local 58 is something we talk about all the time!! So, this definitely is a great video to share with us! 🖤🖤🖤

  • @DeadlyGrim
    @DeadlyGrim 3 роки тому +2

    It's really funny to hear Kris Straub described as "the guy who made Candle Cove". Because, like, you're not wrong but he used to be "that guy who made some extremely 2000s era meta-humor webcomics".
    The comedian to horror creator pipeline is real!

  • @fairyhaven13
    @fairyhaven13 3 роки тому +8

    Something about the tinny voice recordings, camera clicking, and background noise is very ASMR-inducing. I wish I knew what the lingo for that was so that I could look it up specifically; I don't get much for "ASMR clicky camera" in the UA-cam search lol.

  • @Siptom369
    @Siptom369 3 роки тому +1

    The first video hit like a bomb and deserves every possible praise

  • @RatTailSoup4
    @RatTailSoup4 3 роки тому +4

    Nice to see you upload you sweet cat goblin thing!

  • @jimjones9631
    @jimjones9631 3 роки тому +2

    I got chills from the series. "You are on the fastest available route" is one of the first internet horror videos i introduce to people and "contingency" sent shivers down me because it is such a good example of analog horror.

  • @StarParticleShade
    @StarParticleShade 3 роки тому +4

    *Gasp* This one is my favorite!!!!!!!!! I need to join patreon.... :o
    Thanks for the share, Patreon payers!

  • @deathocats
    @deathocats 3 роки тому +2

    Finally realized Local 58 is made by the same guy who played in Acquisitions Incorporated - The "C" Team, as a warlock empowered by & in service to a Lovecraftian ...entity.
    The world makes a little more sense now.