A lady here: Some of us also love boxers-style underwear; but lady store places don't make them for some reason. So we appreciate all the good store tips owo
@@MT-dy3cg I thought it was funny that he said it was for the men and then when they showed the site, there was a woman wearing bikini briefs. I'm curious now
The graphic for Sheath showed a picture of a woman, indicating there's a version of Sheath for the ladies. If that is the case, maybe you could mention it in your next Sheath ad. More customers, more money to support the growing Whistler family....and more soup for Danny!
So what happens if you shave your head willingly? Does the gold appear? Does it build up over time? Does it go away when hair starts to grow again? We may never know... unless we lop off the blaze boys brain bucket.
Lol! Good one! I would have been very disappointed if these videos became much shorter all of a sudden, though! The sprinkle of spontaneous comments from Whistlerboi is addictive!
I *DESPERATELY* want Callum to write Simon a script that starts out normal and devolves into a wild supernatural story, just to see if he can keep his shit together reading about ghosts.
Malaysian here. Hearing Simon try to pronounce Malay words is absolutely hilarious. Fandey is pronounced just like Fendi as in Fendi the brand. This case was pretty big here actually and there was even a movie made titled “Dukun”. Black magic is still an active thing in the Malay community and people are still making it a business going as far as selling their services online during these trying times 😂.
American here- thanks for sharing about this case/pronunciation! Malay words are some of my favorites to try and figure out how they’re supposed to sound! Malaysia is beautiful and I hope to visit!
And technically as long as he was still in the Netherlands flushing drugs down the toilet IE marijuana is not illegal it's only illegal if he crosses an international border with it then it becomes smuggling
As someone with social anxiety who routinely responds weirdly to all kinds of things (and then remembers them at 3am while trying to sleep) I appreciate that Simon just welcomed back all the people who haven’t been here before.
At 3:01, remember that no one else thought about it after it was over, half didn't even notice and at least half that did, do the same types of things. Had the same obsessive replay issue for years. One day I decided that everyone is way too busy dissecting their own actions and couldn't give a shit less about mine. And anyone who stores up people's small blunders and tiny embarrassing moments (beyond friends, which we all use as stories years later when remembering the good ol days) i don't care what they think anyway.
can you imagine Simon been your lawyer in court? "he didn't kill that man because he was on drugs. i mean the drugs were for resale. i mean he did not sell them as all the coke was in his murder backpack... did i say murder backpack? he did not have a murder backpack when he killed that man... did i say kill? i mean..."
Simon: Callum the greatest writer on the interweb... Danny: You know what Simon? You're getting 50 page script with a 30 minute intro for your next brain blaze episode!
Callum and Danny are the same person anyway. Simon refers to him by different names on different channels to make people think he doesnt really have a script writer locked in the basement.
Malaysian here with a few comments and thoughts on this case/episode: - Yes, 'ringgit', or more specifically, 'Ringgit Malaysia (RM)' is the currency here. - Witchcraft is actually popular here in the country, most popularly used to break relationships apart (couples, families, etc.). - Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 'taken into the woods part' might refer to the Bunian people. They are basically like faeries, and the folklore is somewhat similar to the Western ones. - Yes, the title of 'Datuk/Dato' is similar to knighthoods in the UK. Similarly, even though the title can elevate your status in society, at the same time people seem to have a negative view of those who 'earned' this title due to the fact that, for some time until a few years ago, this title can actually be bought instead of earned. Pahang is arguably the easiest state to 'earn' this title. - 'Bomoh' is also known as traditional doctors here. So the story about seeing a 'better doctor' that Simon shared is actually a very common story here; some people preferred to be treated by these bomohs instead of doctors at hospitals, only because the diagnosis is different to what they believed in. - Showering flower petals on the patients is a common ritual practiced by the bomohs. This is called 'mandi bunga' (flower bath), supposedly meant to cleanse the person's soul. - Pontianak is a popular ghost/folklore in Malaysia and Indonesia. The common backstory seems to be that they are souls of women who died in childbirth and often not in peace. Anyone interested in a version of this pontianak story and look up the Malaysian movie 'Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam'. - 'Dukun' is a movie first shot and was slated to be released back in 2007, but due to protest from Mona Fandey's family, the film was not released, until a few years ago. I believe the film is available online with English subtitles for anyone who's interested. - That male bomoh doing a ritual to find MH370 is our country's most cringe-worthy moment of the decade. Yes, we're still cringing at that publicity stunt till this day... Love this episode, by the way. All those snide comments by Simon are the exact thoughts of almost all Malaysians who knows this story.
@@justkittensbeingkittens5892 Just a few months ago, there's a case where this young man practicing witchcraft got paid by many people to break couples apart. He would be given pictures of the couples as well as their full name and age, if I'm not mistaken. This caught the nation's attention cause they see some of their friends or relatives among those pictures. My friend from high school saw one of the visible pictures of his cousin and her fiance. He was caught when he lit up a small fire in his living room to practice dark magic. When the fire dept went to investigate, all was revealed.
Thanks for the insights. Witchcraft is odd tho, my mum is from brasil and is actually scared of voodoo and the likes, even when i explained and showed her the studies showing how "black magic" works etc. Is there a push to remove Witchcraft in Malaysia? Or is this just so deeply ingrained? Oh, and one last question, is "white/good magic equally used or is this nore a black magic idea in Malaysia? Have a good one and thanks again fir the insights.
When you guys release CC merch that says "Don't Write Down Your Crimes" - make sure you have "Oh no, what are you doing?" on the back (like on notepads and t-shirts). Epic. Oh, and for the Tonight Show Troll - GREAT job Jen!
Sadly apparently Simon's advice is a couple years too late for these guys... ua-cam.com/video/G3Kpar0pkpc/v-deo.html Maybe you can send them the merch 😂😂😂😂
Now I want a series called "The Occasional Occultist" Just a bunch of ribbing on the subject matter while covering creepy/paranormal stories. Would be great.
Simon talking about witchcraft in Africa in the beginning made me chuckle because as a kid in Africa, I remember believing that witchcraft is huge in Europe. Especially France for some reason 😂😂
As a French, i can say...no...not really... actually not at all. Maybe its a frequent stereotype for far away can countries because legend translate very well from one culture to another. More than most things i would say.
19th century France was different. The traditions commonly associated with Voodoo like the dolls are French in origin and other connections among Benin(and such countries), Haiti and France are just pure coincidences - because one Black magician wanted to curse me for my claims.
Witchcraft is actually a notion that is weirdly pervasive, almost all human societies have developed a similar concept of witchcraft, seemingly independently, despite it obviously having no basis in reality. I think Simon might’ve been talking about those recent cases in Malawi where some people were lynched for witchcraft, Americans generally hear that and just assume all of Africa is like that because they don’t care to distinguish between different African countries.
@@localman7017 I meant the technical aspects shared among cultures under French influence up to 20th century - like Jacques Chirac or vevé of Voodoo/french sigils, also the trend of French people learning exotic occultism abroad for example in Benin and superstitious tradition of exchange of magicians among politician as a form of politics. As a psychiatrist with a lot of experiences with "occult accidents" I wouldn't call it without any link to reality - at least subjective reality is obviously affected beyond exoectations in various ways. Of course there is nothing like real magic as it is believe of magical thinking cultures. But I can describe many events, when effects oh the subjective reality were beyond exoectations. If you want there is nothing to hide.
Hey Callum Have you considered doing a video on German serial killer Bruno Lüdke? Or how about Arno Funke (Dagobert) - not a serial killer but still interesting.
Thanks so much for covering this case, Simon and team! I remember the case being covered heavily by the media when I was a kid but I never bothered to read further about the case after she was hanged. Yeah, a portion of Malaysians do strongly believe in the supernatural and each race has their own beliefs especially in the more rural parts of the country. In fact, I previously worked as a healthcare worker in a rural part of Malaysia and the number of times our patients requested to be discharged because they believe in the healing powers of the local bomoh more than us is disheartening. Many times, they came back to us because the disease worsened but by the time they do (and some never even did come back to the hospital, so we suspected the worse), there's not much we can do but provide palliative care. We do try to explain to them the consequences to the best of our abilities, but in the end, we have to respect their autonomy and the local culture and belief. Also, the Malay language (and to an extent, Filipino - as I've heard) is not difficult to pronounce at all! They are pronounced the way they are spelt. So Juraimi is literally pronounced as Ju-Rai-Mi, and your pronunciation of "Aku tak akan mati" was kind of correct, good job!
As someone with vitiligo, the Michael Jackson disease, he deffo had his skin bleached. Even if it was to camouflage the patches, complete loss of pigment almost never happens and not that evenly toned.
Me as a Malaysian: Aiyah it's okay lah Simon. We ourselves also cannot pronounce our own people's names also Yes we speak like that, it's Manglish and we also speak in legit English
Iv heard Manglish in movies and documentaries, never seen it written. I thought it would be tough to understand like when hearing it, but it written out makes sense in my brain
Jen needs a huge round of applause for the stellar clips she adds to the videos. Callum has the amazing writing, Simon for his hilarious commentary, and Jen for the edits, to make the best content on UA-cam. But I laugh so hard when she adds the funny clips about herself or when Simon makes a joke. Absolutely kills me and I look forward to it every time. Also ringets or however its spelled is not in Harry Potter lol
I wouldn't say everyone sees themselves as the main character, I have often felt like an NPC in the world and everyone else are the main characters, it's somehow just my job to help them along the journey... But I am an odd one...
There is something. Called depersonalization derealization disorder... It's a condition where you feel like you aren't real or you are viewing yourself from outside your body...
Then you’re not an NPC, you’re a Support main NPC doesn’t give a sh*t about the hero’s journey they just want them to collect their chickens while the world’s burning
Hey Simon, I’m a Malaysian viewer/listener. I was so surprised to see this and glad you did it. Just as a background, in the beginnings of our nation, access to hospitals and doctors are limited. We didn’t have highways and roads as you saw when you visited. Therefore people in a village will consult an eldest in the village usually they used herbs and spices to cure people from their sickness. Of course not all people were physically sick, for those that actually needed a psychiatrist - they called possessed with demons and these elders were expected to cast them out. Hence the business grew to curses, spells and blessings for a fee of course - I mean if you see a business opportunity might as well bank it right?! Capitalism 🤷🏽♀️ Now Drs and hospitals are widely available, but people still do believe them especially when western medicine fail them or if it is their up bringing. Rich people go to them to be richer and more powerful - Datuk is a title usually given to an accomplished person and at this time and even now it has been given to rich people for fee (losing its credibility) and most of these people are corrupt politicians hence the meme used of her as a protest against the government. You did butcher the names though but you’re given a pass, definitely not easy for a westerner. Would definitely love to see more south Asian cases. There is one controversial case - Altantuya murder - would love to hear Callum’s take on it. The video was a bit long because you stopped to rant that witches and ghost are not really every time it came up… we got it the first time 😜
👀Simon is always going off on a tangent with a self confession. One day I’ll be here watching an episode as I do with a nice cuppa and cake, to Simon finally confessing he is too a casual criminalist. 😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it all started on a train from Amsterdam .......
I may or may not know someone who did that on a plane. That person had a roach in their cig pack and didn’t realize until I got back to the US. Thankfully, no dogs 😱
As a malaysian, I gotta admit I fangirled when you released this video!! Lol. There are lots of ghost stories and urban legends surrounding her. They made a movie about this that got banned from being aired but it finally got released a few of years ago! The movie is called “Dukun” (2018)
Dang, Simon. I didn’t expect you to cover this. I happened to know that this person happened to be a back house neighbour of my dad’s old friend, and she happened to be living in a neighbouring neighbourhood near where I reside. And that is scarily enough to even note about the whole thing which was also a black mark in Malaysian history, that even inspired a horror movie or two.
If I ever become a serious criminal I've learned not to write down my crimes. Not to keep any kind of record whatsoever. Try not to have partners. Not to brag about them to anybody. Thank you so much Simon.
Damnit, after the statement of Simon wanting to be a wizard and the bald comment, I'm now gonna see Simon as Bob the skull helping Dresden from now on.
I can't explain just how obsessed I've become with Mona Fandey for some reason (and I hate true crime videos and murderer documentaries)... this whole case is so bizarre and interesting. I've listened to her music more times than I care to admit and I've read everything I could find about her. I've also become enthralled by videos of groups visiting the ruins of her house. Either I need professional help or the Casual Criminalist did such a splendid job of fascinating us with this superb video that I've never been able to stop thinking about it.
i have watched almost every channel linked to here and I enjoy them all, but this one is super cool because of his laid back/casual way of telling the story. I've seen every episode of casual criminalist and I think his demeanor has gotten more and more fun.
The best part of these videos is that as a listener and watcher, you can really tell you all 3 really enjoy what you do and it makes it that much more enjoyable as a listener/watcher.
My family lived in Malaysia in the 70s, in a suburb of KL. Our neighbor was a well-known movie actress and her very weird husband invited us to witness a bomoh cast out a curse from her. He claimed his "enemies" put curses on him, but he was so strong, they bounced off him and landed on her. He himself was the curse put on her, in our estimation. I was once visiting a friend's family and her very small brother whispered to his mother in Malay, "Is she a vampire (pontianak) ?". I chuckled and the mother asked if I knew what that was. I asked why he thought I was a vampire and she said that a vampire was supposed to be a tall white woman. I assured the little guy that I was not one.
The US has something similar. Guilt by association and inaction. Like, the driver of a getaway vehicle is guilty of any murders, planned or accidental, during the course of the crime. Same as if you knew person A was going to murder person B and didn't call the police, warn person B to call the police, or any other "reasonable" actions, you're also guilty of the murder.
Which is pretty weird, i mean, why wouldnt he want to ride with his friends and flock seeing as how closely he resembles one himself... Despicable and horrible human being 🤬👿
@@annemettefrederiksen7751 He's the best evidence I've seen for alien lizard people. If that's the result of plastic surgery I would have to say God is not his friend.
God wants him to be the first billionaire televangelist. Wait - what about that whole easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man enter heaven thing? Doesn't matter if you only believe in cash and not heaven.
I love to just listen mostly but then I miss out on Jenn's amazing work like when I look up from whatever I'm doing it's always the best possible addition so thank you so much Jenn we love you
The more money you give the shaman (US evangelical preacher), the more money the universe (Jesus) will give to you. Yeah, same grift, different country.
@@merebrillante ironically Jesus advocated for paying taxes "give unto Ceasar what belongs to him" but yeah it's true same grift different country and when Simon was describing Malay witchcraft, I thought Malaysia might as well be Zimbabwe bc everyone seems to have a relative-friend-aunt's sister who dissappeared by magic haha
So excited to hear your telling of this case! Malaysia has a plethora of wild cases. Might i suggest the murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa? lots of conspiracies surrounding that one. much love from malaysia!
Simon is correct, he’s talking about the ‘Joint enterprise’ law. All that is required to be convicted under that law is know that person is armed. If you know your friend has a knife, and they kill someone you will be found guilty of the murder also. It’s quite a controversial law as it’s often more heavily applied to ethnic minorities
@@Kaltagstar96 pretty much. It’s supposed to discourage gangs but it won’t. It’s almost impossible to defend yourself in that situation, you can’t prove you didn’t know they had a knife or intentions to harm someone. All they have to prove is you were there and you have a relationship with the perpetrator
@@flowerfan70 Like, it seems like there's some questions to be asked about that law, like if you and your friends were having a night out and your friend got drunk and kicked someone's head in, while that is horrible, you would have no idea that he was going to do that unless you're a mind reader.
@@Kaltagstar96 totally agree! Like I said, they have a habit of using it with young, working class boys of colour. It’s unfairly used, and super inconsistently as well
Ringgit sounds a bit like gringots the bank in HP? They use gold galeons, silver sickles and bronze knuts. I wish I could use that memory space for something way more interesting/useful 😞
I don't believe in ghosts, BUT I DID at one point live in kinda a haunted house where a lot of stuff happened... My grandfather who wanted to see the house (and liked playing pranks on people) died the day my parents got the deed to it... Here's a list of stuff that happened: My parents heard footsteps at nighttime (although tbf that may have been me as a kid since I liked walking over to this stained glass window at nighttime and just admiring it for some reason)... My dad had one time he tried to open the door but it wouldn't open as if a person was on the other side pushing the other direction until finally the door just opened... There was a time I had my baby monitor make weird wind sounds and it came unplugged on its own, my parents ran upstairs and noticed it unplugged so they plugged it back in and went back downstairs and it happened again, so this time my mom plugged it in and waited outside the door and after awhile she checked and it was unplugged (even though the cord had one of those heavy plastic boxes on it that was in the air which you would've thought would make a loud thud, but apparently there was no thud sound like you would've expected (as if it was put down gently)... There was a time I was sleeping and my mom heard an RC car toy driving on its own downstairs so she called out to my sister since she didn't want it waking me up, but then my mom realized my sister was at her friend's place so she didn't know how the RC car was making sounds... My sister had these toy horses with these red buttons on them where you'd press the button and they'd move and make whiny sounds, those horses though would go off on their own creeping my sister out sometimes though they stopped after we moved out of the house... My sister also had a Furby which my mom put out of her reach in the closet at night... When my sister woke up she freaked out and called for my mom because the Furby was at the end of her bed... There was one time my whole family was downstairs and I kept insisting that "I got to go" because someone upstairs was calling me... No one was upstairs and my mom did not let me go upstairs (though now she says she's curious what would've happened if she let me lol)... I don't remember it though since I was quite young... Might be missing some stories, but that's the ones I remember hearing about that house... Also I think there was one time my sister had an ear infection which she was going to go in to get it treated medically and then they realized that it had miraculously healed itself completely overnight which was a bit odd... ALSO my mom has this one story unrelated to the house where she went to a trip in Scotland, specifically to an old battlefield... Her brother (my uncle) was there too along with my grandmother and my uncle was asking questions while recording a video since they're pretty into believing ghosts... In the video, my uncle asked what happened on X year that he thought the battle took place, then in the video you hear a pretty clear whisper of "I don't know" (this being the 'ghost' which doesn't really sound like my mother, uncle, grandmother or even their tour guide), then you hear my mom correcting my uncle on the date because he asked about the wrong date (which obviously maybe lines up with why this maybe-ghost was confused by his question xD)... But yeah, according to them no one heard the voice whisper that while they were recording the video... So yeah, lots of ghost stories... Don't really believe in ghosts, but like with God I'm a bit agnostic and won't say it's IMPOSSIBLE... Just highly improbable... I'd be willing to believe it, but I'd need some firsthand experience while being of fairly sound mind (now that I'm an adult)... I'd definitely consider the possibility of it being a hallucination though, really just depends how convincing it is as a real thing... Like, if I just see a glimpse of a ghost and do a double-take and it's not there, that could just be in the hallucination category... If I actually see a ghost chilling there for like 30 seconds reacting to what I do and stuff, then it's like either I've suddenly become insane out of nowhere or this is legit...
If Simon is ever being interrogated for anything I think they just need to give him a script of a similar crime and he might just talk himself into jail
I love your content Simon, particularly your asides. Thanks for adding a hint relatable of humor and humanity to true crime. Your channels are my favorite on YT and I watch all your content, keep it up!
Vudu is a west African religion and cultural tradition. To compare with other lay definitions: 1) Vudu-Ecstatic physical experiences (these are common in folk religion), Pappadocs (the Vudu "priests") are Sorcerers and Psychics who curse and cure by a combination of herb based remedies and battling of demons and monsters (read: evil spirits) on the psychic plane. To do this requires a serious buzz. 2) Wizardry is the use of summoned demons or spirits, or sympathetic spellcasting, in order to obtain effect in the real world. To do this, a serious buzz helps. 3) Alchemy and sorcery are pretty much the same thing for different reasons. The use of chemistry/herbal blends to obtain effect in the real world. When one does this, one discovers all kinds of ways to catch a serious buzz. Check out the compositional history of "Soma". 4) Hedge Wizardry is common everywhere. Weird old women (and occasionally men) are accused by locals of every kind of magical indignity, including cows giving thin milk and chickens refusing to lay eggs. In this case, the magic lies in the minds of culturally biased "sane" folks.
Honestly the closest thing to (the western idea) of magic I've ever seen is actually quantum mechanics. The outcomes of experiments are affected by observing them, things exist and don't exist at the same time (quantum superposition), particles move through solid objects (quantum tunneling) and particles spring in and out of existence for barely and not fully understand reasons. Heck there is even a serious chance that reality as we know it dosent actually exist and is just a projection form actual reality...in short you don't have to be insane to study quantum mechanics, but it helps.
In the US we have "Felony Murder". If you committed a felony and someone, anyone, dies in the course of that felony (even if it was the police officer who shot the innocent civilian in the pursuit) you can be found guilty of that murder. You caused the events that created the death by committing a felony. Misdemeanors get a pass a guess.
First Day of school today in Austria. Being a teacher and a strong addict to your channels, I got up an hour early just to watch your Video. It is 6am now and it was totally worth it 🤗👍
"Wait, do I have drugs?" - Well, that can actually happen. I used to have a colleague who was on a hike in Peru and when he was back at home, he discovered that he still had some Coca leaves in his backpack. Luckily, nobody at the airport noticed that. I don't know what the sentence is in the Western world, but in Malaysia it might be enough to get the death sentence (only if you get caught of course)...
I honestly love how sloppy and silly Simon was in this 😂 it's refreshing to see the less serious side of someone who is always so professional!!! Great work as always everyone 💖
He's done a video about the bystander effect and mentioned the murder on another channel, but learning more about the actual murder would be interesting.
I generally have a lot of respect for all of the writers on Simon's channels.. Which is why it's so surprising to hear terms like witch, shaman, witch doctor, etc., being used like they're interchangable.
Hey Simon I don't believe in ghost! But there is that one time where i was sleeping on my side and was awaken only to find myself unable to move and then i begin to see long black hairs slowly surrounding me, from the corner of my eyes as im unable to shift my face too much i see that a woman is lying down right behind me and cradling me. I was still sleepy but also afraid, i tried to say something but found myself unable to even do that, following that I said in my mind, hoping for a telepathic link "well im very sleepy so kill me if you want to but im going back to sleep". I followed suit and fell back asleep. At that point in time, in my drowsy state I was pretty convinced that ghosts were real. I woke up, (alive i think? Is this hell? Because that would certainly explain 2019, 2020 & 2021) and realized that, you guessed it, sleep paralysis can also cause both auditory & visual hallucinations.
There was a priest in my school who used to tell that to me all the time, after he found out I was an atheist. And I mean ALL the time. He honestly thought he was funny. In fact, he was just creepy and seemed to forget that those who do not believe in heaven cannot get to heaven no matter how good they are. Follow your own rules, for heaven's sake (pun intended) and leave us alone in our nothingness.
Hey Simon, I just discovered my favourite place to visit in Wales was home to something called “The Pembrokeshire Murders”. I didn’t spoil myself with it in hopes that a certain UA-camr would make a video on the subject… nudge nudge… Anyway great video as usual!
It's nice to know Simon reads the comments. Sidenote image Simon telling bedtime stories 🤣 oh his daughter won't realise how funny he is till she is older but priceless.
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A lady here: Some of us also love boxers-style underwear; but lady store places don't make them for some reason. So we appreciate all the good store tips owo
This is my favorite ad read ever
@@MT-dy3cg I thought it was funny that he said it was for the men and then when they showed the site, there was a woman wearing bikini briefs. I'm curious now
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The graphic for Sheath showed a picture of a woman, indicating there's a version of Sheath for the ladies. If that is the case, maybe you could mention it in your next Sheath ad. More customers, more money to support the growing Whistler family....and more soup for Danny!
“I have no gold in my head.” Exactly what a person with gold in their head would say.
Thats right guys let all spread this factoid around Internet. Everyone should know.
Allegedly
Prove it Simon , let’s see your dental work!
They hide the gold really deep, inside their sweet and delicious brain meats, in order to trick us!
So what happens if you shave your head willingly? Does the gold appear? Does it build up over time? Does it go away when hair starts to grow again?
We may never know... unless we lop off the blaze boys brain bucket.
"I'm not a brief person."
*Looks at video time*
We know, Simon. We know.
Lol! Good one! I would have been very disappointed if these videos became much shorter all of a sudden, though! The sprinkle of spontaneous comments from Whistlerboi is addictive!
Hahaha I see what you did there
I like when Simon goes off the rails with a rant or 20. Lol
😂
Fact Boi: "Callum, the finest writer in all of the interwebs..."
Danny: [rattles chains sadly]
Do you think Simon keeps them seperated from each other to keep the peace, or right next to each other to increase animosity between the two?
@@aceundead4750 Separately. We can only imagine what escape plans they would conjure up if they were kept together!
@@Kari.F. there'd probably be a stop in the Philippines for Danny lol
Danny makes up for it with witty writing.
Allegedly..."Am I right, Peter?!?"
I *DESPERATELY* want Callum to write Simon a script that starts out normal and devolves into a wild supernatural story, just to see if he can keep his shit together reading about ghosts.
That would be fkn EPIC!!! 😅😂
It would have to be a prank where Callum doesn't know it's gonna spiral lmao
LOL!
Malaysian here. Hearing Simon try to pronounce Malay words is absolutely hilarious. Fandey is pronounced just like Fendi as in Fendi the brand. This case was pretty big here actually and there was even a movie made titled “Dukun”. Black magic is still an active thing in the Malay community and people are still making it a business going as far as selling their services online during these trying times 😂.
American here- thanks for sharing about this case/pronunciation! Malay words are some of my favorites to try and figure out how they’re supposed to sound! Malaysia is beautiful and I hope to visit!
Any other comparison, no idea about the brand name Fendi.
I think I know how it may be said but not a sure idea really 🤔
@@otakuman706 like "Fender" on a car but with the "ee" sound from "free" at the end.
I'm curious as to how your name is pronounced 😮
@@kpturn42 Ah, ok, yeah thats how I was saying it, thanks for the explanation 👍
Never record your crimes. Simon recording himself about disposing drugs.
It wasn't me!
It was the one armed man!😂
Allegedly*
And technically as long as he was still in the Netherlands flushing drugs down the toilet IE marijuana is not illegal it's only illegal if he crosses an international border with it then it becomes smuggling
Bahahaha nice!
@@andrewmathias1967 he would also need to be in the criminal mental state to smuggle. if you don't do it intentionally it's a little more leniant.
As someone with social anxiety who routinely responds weirdly to all kinds of things (and then remembers them at 3am while trying to sleep) I appreciate that Simon just welcomed back all the people who haven’t been here before.
Couldn't agree more .
Yes! Definitely something I would say 😂😭
Everyone talks about you.
@@michaelpipkin9942 lol. Luckily I know that I’m not that interesting.
At 3:01, remember that no one else thought about it after it was over, half didn't even notice and at least half that did, do the same types of things.
Had the same obsessive replay issue for years. One day I decided that everyone is way too busy dissecting their own actions and couldn't give a shit less about mine. And anyone who stores up people's small blunders and tiny embarrassing moments (beyond friends, which we all use as stories years later when remembering the good ol days) i don't care what they think anyway.
The wizarding bank in Harry Potter is called Gringotts, that's why you're associating it with Malay money.
NERD😂 JK❤️
I was yelling that at the screen. Course, I'm running a fever...
Accepting Sheath as a sponsor was ballsy.
From the look of that ad pic, it was a very hard decision.
Hopefully it'll result in a sack full of cash
It really testes his ability to keep a straight face.
As long as Simon gets his percentage. They better not give him the shaft.
@@amandasmith7314 always a good tip to make sure you aren't left holding the bag with a sponsor.
can you imagine Simon been your lawyer in court?
"he didn't kill that man because he was on drugs. i mean the drugs were for resale. i mean he did not sell them as all the coke was in his murder backpack...
did i say murder backpack? he did not have a murder backpack when he killed that man...
did i say kill? i mean..."
😂
OMG Simon should totally guest star as a lawyer or news anchor on Law and Order, or its British equivalent
That's the kind of lawyer you get when you let the state choose for you.
Allegedly!
🌟🌟🌟
Simon: Callum the greatest writer on the interweb...
Danny: You know what Simon? You're getting 50 page script with a 30 minute intro for your next brain blaze episode!
I still haven't gotten over the name change
ohh god, yes
Callum and Danny are the same person anyway. Simon refers to him by different names on different channels to make people think he doesnt really have a script writer locked in the basement.
Malaysian here with a few comments and thoughts on this case/episode:
- Yes, 'ringgit', or more specifically, 'Ringgit Malaysia (RM)' is the currency here.
- Witchcraft is actually popular here in the country, most popularly used to break relationships apart (couples, families, etc.).
- Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 'taken into the woods part' might refer to the Bunian people. They are basically like faeries, and the folklore is somewhat similar to the Western ones.
- Yes, the title of 'Datuk/Dato' is similar to knighthoods in the UK. Similarly, even though the title can elevate your status in society, at the same time people seem to have a negative view of those who 'earned' this title due to the fact that, for some time until a few years ago, this title can actually be bought instead of earned. Pahang is arguably the easiest state to 'earn' this title.
- 'Bomoh' is also known as traditional doctors here. So the story about seeing a 'better doctor' that Simon shared is actually a very common story here; some people preferred to be treated by these bomohs instead of doctors at hospitals, only because the diagnosis is different to what they believed in.
- Showering flower petals on the patients is a common ritual practiced by the bomohs. This is called 'mandi bunga' (flower bath), supposedly meant to cleanse the person's soul.
- Pontianak is a popular ghost/folklore in Malaysia and Indonesia. The common backstory seems to be that they are souls of women who died in childbirth and often not in peace. Anyone interested in a version of this pontianak story and look up the Malaysian movie 'Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam'.
- 'Dukun' is a movie first shot and was slated to be released back in 2007, but due to protest from Mona Fandey's family, the film was not released, until a few years ago. I believe the film is available online with English subtitles for anyone who's interested.
- That male bomoh doing a ritual to find MH370 is our country's most cringe-worthy moment of the decade. Yes, we're still cringing at that publicity stunt till this day...
Love this episode, by the way. All those snide comments by Simon are the exact thoughts of almost all Malaysians who knows this story.
Wait wdym witchcraft is used to break relationships apart? like how common are we talking lol
@@justkittensbeingkittens5892 Just a few months ago, there's a case where this young man practicing witchcraft got paid by many people to break couples apart. He would be given pictures of the couples as well as their full name and age, if I'm not mistaken.
This caught the nation's attention cause they see some of their friends or relatives among those pictures. My friend from high school saw one of the visible pictures of his cousin and her fiance.
He was caught when he lit up a small fire in his living room to practice dark magic. When the fire dept went to investigate, all was revealed.
Good analysis my friend, coming from a Malaysian myself
I love when local people from wherever the crimes happen give us more info, terima kasih!
Thanks for the insights. Witchcraft is odd tho, my mum is from brasil and is actually scared of voodoo and the likes, even when i explained and showed her the studies showing how "black magic" works etc.
Is there a push to remove Witchcraft in Malaysia? Or is this just so deeply ingrained?
Oh, and one last question, is "white/good magic equally used or is this nore a black magic idea in Malaysia?
Have a good one and thanks again fir the insights.
"Misfiring Meat Computers" - Someone please start a band.
On it 😂
@@catalax3425 need a bassist?
change computer to machine and i’m sold
@@aceundead4750 They always need bassists
When you guys release CC merch that says "Don't Write Down Your Crimes" - make sure you have "Oh no, what are you doing?" on the back (like on notepads and t-shirts). Epic. Oh, and for the Tonight Show Troll - GREAT job Jen!
with a book mark saying "we´re on the same page"
A shirt with “you psycho”
"Oh, Police, why?"
Sadly apparently Simon's advice is a couple years too late for these guys... ua-cam.com/video/G3Kpar0pkpc/v-deo.html
Maybe you can send them the merch 😂😂😂😂
Everyone keeps clamoring for merch but here we are a year later
Simon: “Callum the finest script writer in all the inter-webs.”
Danny: “Am I a joke to you?”
Simon has enough respect for Callum to not lock him in the basement with Danny and Sam.
Everyone loves Callum
Also Callum is in Japan trying to stay well away from Simon so he doesn’t get kidnapped and taken to the basement with the other two
Danny can be a legend while Callum is one of the finest...
We’d launch rescue missions for Callum if he was put in the basement.
Simon: NEVER WRITE DOWN YOUR CRIMES.
Also Simon: This one time, I might have been drug trafficking, let me tell you about it.
We definitely know there’s now one country he can’t safely visit again now lol 😂
New rule DON'T MAKE UA-cam VIDEOS OF YOUR CRIMES.
ALLEGEDLY. 😂
And here we have our wholesome Simon Whistler, the man who says welcome back to newbies. Keep being an absolute legend, crime boi
He knows that they will come back. 😀
Simon ‘ Don’t do drugs ‘
Also Simon ‘ I flushed it ‘
Also also Simon ‘ Cocaine! Am I right Peter ! ‘
@@philvanderlaan5942 allegedly someone, not him 😂
“Humans Gonna Human”. The merch I would buy.
I could use a "humans gonna human" tank
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Absolutely
"You've probably been here before, if you haven't, welcome back!"... Now we know what Simon is like without a script!
I loved that it made it past edit too
From Singapore, just south of Malaysia. Hearing Simon trying to pronounce the Malay names, my heart goes out to him. Thank you for trying!
Now I want a series called "The Occasional Occultist" Just a bunch of ribbing on the subject matter while covering creepy/paranormal stories. Would be great.
"I will never die!"...and then she died. 😂
I also want him to do mythology! *Others do it, but he’d do it Better
Don’t start, he’s already got another channel
@Jay Ro it’s called “into the shadows” he made a community post on brain blaze yesterday for it
sign me up!
Simon talking about witchcraft in Africa in the beginning made me chuckle because as a kid in Africa, I remember believing that witchcraft is huge in Europe. Especially France for some reason 😂😂
We think the same thing about Africa.
As a French, i can say...no...not really... actually not at all.
Maybe its a frequent stereotype for far away can countries because legend translate very well from one culture to another. More than most things i would say.
19th century France was different. The traditions commonly associated with Voodoo like the dolls are French in origin and other connections among Benin(and such countries), Haiti and France are just pure coincidences - because one Black magician wanted to curse me for my claims.
Witchcraft is actually a notion that is weirdly pervasive, almost all human societies have developed a similar concept of witchcraft, seemingly independently, despite it obviously having no basis in reality. I think Simon might’ve been talking about those recent cases in Malawi where some people were lynched for witchcraft, Americans generally hear that and just assume all of Africa is like that because they don’t care to distinguish between different African countries.
@@localman7017 I meant the technical aspects shared among cultures under French influence up to 20th century - like Jacques Chirac or vevé of Voodoo/french sigils, also the trend of French people learning exotic occultism abroad for example in Benin and superstitious tradition of exchange of magicians among politician as a form of politics.
As a psychiatrist with a lot of experiences with "occult accidents" I wouldn't call it without any link to reality - at least subjective reality is obviously affected beyond exoectations in various ways.
Of course there is nothing like real magic as it is believe of magical thinking cultures. But I can describe many events, when effects oh the subjective reality were beyond exoectations. If you want there is nothing to hide.
Lesson from this episode: "If you don't murder anyone, it doesn't matter if you do drugs."
- Simon
Simon never murdered anyone that time in Amsterdam, allegedly.
I agree completely. Also you can still murder some kinds of people, just not most of them.
Gonna have that tattooed in my thigh
You miss 100% of the people you don't attempt to stab.
@@ryanroberts1104 dont write down your crimes. Now you cant go killing anyone because you typed it down
"Oh my god dude you're going to hell. Allegedly." --SCREAM laughing down here in Alabama.
Hey Callum Have you considered doing a video on German serial killer Bruno Lüdke? Or how about Arno Funke (Dagobert) - not a serial killer but still interesting.
up to the top with you
I would definitely watch either or both of those.
LIKED!!!
Expecially Dagobert
Thanks so much for covering this case, Simon and team! I remember the case being covered heavily by the media when I was a kid but I never bothered to read further about the case after she was hanged.
Yeah, a portion of Malaysians do strongly believe in the supernatural and each race has their own beliefs especially in the more rural parts of the country. In fact, I previously worked as a healthcare worker in a rural part of Malaysia and the number of times our patients requested to be discharged because they believe in the healing powers of the local bomoh more than us is disheartening. Many times, they came back to us because the disease worsened but by the time they do (and some never even did come back to the hospital, so we suspected the worse), there's not much we can do but provide palliative care. We do try to explain to them the consequences to the best of our abilities, but in the end, we have to respect their autonomy and the local culture and belief.
Also, the Malay language (and to an extent, Filipino - as I've heard) is not difficult to pronounce at all! They are pronounced the way they are spelt. So Juraimi is literally pronounced as Ju-Rai-Mi, and your pronunciation of "Aku tak akan mati" was kind of correct, good job!
*Whispers in Michael Jackson*
"Simon, you're ignorant. That's ignorant."
Sick intro Jenn, that's one hell of an entrance
Sometimes I forget just how much I love Freddie Mercury!
As someone with vitiligo, the Michael Jackson disease, he deffo had his skin bleached. Even if it was to camouflage the patches, complete loss of pigment almost never happens and not that evenly toned.
My cousin has it too
Me as a Malaysian: Aiyah it's okay lah Simon. We ourselves also cannot pronounce our own people's names also
Yes we speak like that, it's Manglish and we also speak in legit English
High five bestie
Iv heard Manglish in movies and documentaries, never seen it written. I thought it would be tough to understand like when hearing it, but it written out makes sense in my brain
Jen is awesome. She’s like a reverse ninja, slipping through unseen, and giving life where there was before little or no life to be found.
Jen with her next level editing of throwing in a Simon clip, about what he is talking about. Lol its Simon inception 🤣😅 great stuff
Jen needs a huge round of applause for the stellar clips she adds to the videos. Callum has the amazing writing, Simon for his hilarious commentary, and Jen for the edits, to make the best content on UA-cam. But I laugh so hard when she adds the funny clips about herself or when Simon makes a joke. Absolutely kills me and I look forward to it every time.
Also ringets or however its spelled is not in Harry Potter lol
I think he's thinking of Gringott's
I wouldn't say everyone sees themselves as the main character, I have often felt like an NPC in the world and everyone else are the main characters, it's somehow just my job to help them along the journey...
But I am an odd one...
I honestly want a shirt that says NPC.
I feel the same way, a lot.
Same! I often feel like the ugly friend who is only there so the main character has someone to tell their story
There is something. Called depersonalization derealization disorder... It's a condition where you feel like you aren't real or you are viewing yourself from outside your body...
Then you’re not an NPC, you’re a Support main
NPC doesn’t give a sh*t about the hero’s journey they just want them to collect their chickens while the world’s burning
Hey Simon, I’m a Malaysian viewer/listener. I was so surprised to see this and glad you did it.
Just as a background, in the beginnings of our nation, access to hospitals and doctors are limited. We didn’t have highways and roads as you saw when you visited. Therefore people in a village will consult an eldest in the village usually they used herbs and spices to cure people from their sickness. Of course not all people were physically sick, for those that actually needed a psychiatrist - they called possessed with demons and these elders were expected to cast them out. Hence the business grew to curses, spells and blessings for a fee of course - I mean if you see a business opportunity might as well bank it right?! Capitalism 🤷🏽♀️
Now Drs and hospitals are widely available, but people still do believe them especially when western medicine fail them or if it is their up bringing. Rich people go to them to be richer and more powerful - Datuk is a title usually given to an accomplished person and at this time and even now it has been given to rich people for fee (losing its credibility) and most of these people are corrupt politicians hence the meme used of her as a protest against the government.
You did butcher the names though but you’re given a pass, definitely not easy for a westerner.
Would definitely love to see more south Asian cases. There is one controversial case - Altantuya murder - would love to hear Callum’s take on it.
The video was a bit long because you stopped to rant that witches and ghost are not really every time it came up… we got it the first time 😜
I think you hit the nail on the head. I'm Malaysian too.
👀Simon is always going off on a tangent with a self confession. One day I’ll be here watching an episode as I do with a nice cuppa and cake, to Simon finally confessing he is too a casual criminalist. 😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it all started on a train from Amsterdam .......
Simon: "Don't write down your crimes"
Also Simon: casually verbally confessing to crimes on record, allegedly
Ha! You've just uncovered the biggest conspiracy on the internet...Simon is a master criminal...allegedly.
I may or may not know someone who did that on a plane. That person had a roach in their cig pack and didn’t realize until I got back to the US. Thankfully, no dogs 😱
Simon Whistler the too casual criminalist
And finished with him batting planes on top of the empire state building.
when Simon rambles on without a clear indication of where he's going is when this show is at its finest
As a malaysian, I gotta admit I fangirled when you released this video!! Lol. There are lots of ghost stories and urban legends surrounding her.
They made a movie about this that got banned from being aired but it finally got released a few of years ago! The movie is called “Dukun” (2018)
Dang, Simon.
I didn’t expect you to cover this. I happened to know that this person happened to be a back house neighbour of my dad’s old friend, and she happened to be living in a neighbouring neighbourhood near where I reside. And that is scarily enough to even note about the whole thing which was also a black mark in Malaysian history, that even inspired a horror movie or two.
I don't believe in ghosts, but this one time I cleaned out my refrigerator and felt a mild bit of satisfaction.
I don't believe in ghosts either but smelling things I've cleaned out of the fridge has made me wonder
I don't believe in ghosts, but one time I ate a sandwich. Wait. What are we talking about?
If I ever become a serious criminal I've learned not to write down my crimes. Not to keep any kind of record whatsoever. Try not to have partners.
Not to brag about them to anybody.
Thank you so much Simon.
Some one here keeps track of Simon's rules for criminals. Quite a few good tips in these videos lol😂
Damnit, after the statement of Simon wanting to be a wizard and the bald comment, I'm now gonna see Simon as Bob the skull helping Dresden from now on.
One of my fave characters in one of my fave series!
Omg. I would give so much to see him play that role somehow.
I can't explain just how obsessed I've become with Mona Fandey for some reason (and I hate true crime videos and murderer documentaries)... this whole case is so bizarre and interesting. I've listened to her music more times than I care to admit and I've read everything I could find about her. I've also become enthralled by videos of groups visiting the ruins of her house. Either I need professional help or the Casual Criminalist did such a splendid job of fascinating us with this superb video that I've never been able to stop thinking about it.
'Do you believe in Ghost'
Latter that Day
Simon: 'What a minute.... I can make a new channel called Try Hard Paranormalist'
i have watched almost every channel linked to here and I enjoy them all, but this one is super cool because of his laid back/casual way of telling the story. I've seen every episode of casual criminalist and I think his demeanor has gotten more and more fun.
The best part of these videos is that as a listener and watcher, you can really tell you all 3 really enjoy what you do and it makes it that much more enjoyable as a listener/watcher.
The very casual criminalist - love the shirt!
I adore Jen's badass humor with her editing!!!
My family lived in Malaysia in the 70s, in a suburb of KL. Our neighbor was a well-known movie actress and her very weird husband invited us to witness a bomoh cast out a curse from her. He claimed his "enemies" put curses on him, but he was so strong, they bounced off him and landed on her. He himself was the curse put on her, in our estimation.
I was once visiting a friend's family and her very small brother whispered to his mother in Malay, "Is she a vampire (pontianak) ?". I chuckled and the mother asked if I knew what that was. I asked why he thought I was a vampire and she said that a vampire was supposed to be a tall white woman. I assured the little guy that I was not one.
The Casual Criminalist is the highlight of my weekly podcasts.
Always well written and Simon's asides and tangents are always amusing.
Theory: Simon and Callum are the same person. They’re ALWAYS on the same page…
I'm with you on that theory🤗
Callum may be a pseudonym for one of Simon's replicants. Allegedly.
Plot twist: All of Simon's writers are just his repressed personalities.
@@francisboyle1739 you forgot the "allegedly"😂
@@paulherman5822 iioiii try x. Jfufyou ghtr
The US has something similar. Guilt by association and inaction. Like, the driver of a getaway vehicle is guilty of any murders, planned or accidental, during the course of the crime. Same as if you knew person A was going to murder person B and didn't call the police, warn person B to call the police, or any other "reasonable" actions, you're also guilty of the murder.
The crazy preacher who didn't want to ride with demons is Kenneth Copeland.
Pretty sure it's been used by a few of them.
Which is pretty weird, i mean, why wouldnt he want to ride with his friends and flock seeing as how closely he resembles one himself... Despicable and horrible human being 🤬👿
@@annemettefrederiksen7751 He's the best evidence I've seen for alien lizard people. If that's the result of plastic surgery I would have to say God is not his friend.
God wants him to be the first billionaire televangelist. Wait - what about that whole easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man enter heaven thing? Doesn't matter if you only believe in cash and not heaven.
@@InquisMalleus I think he picked that little cherry and discarded it.
I like to believe that all the stock photos and videos are just Jen. She made all of it. Took every photo and video in person. True dedication.
Just out of curiosity, how does one have multiple "second" homes...
I think it’s based off the legal terminology of “primary residence” and “secondary residence” for other houses owned that aren’t the primary residence
I love to just listen mostly but then I miss out on Jenn's amazing work like when I look up from whatever I'm doing it's always the best possible addition so thank you so much Jenn we love you
The more money you give the shaman (US evangelical preacher), the more money the universe (Jesus) will give to you. Yeah, same grift, different country.
True. Prosperity gospel. Make debts sell everything you have give it to me and the universe will reward you. It's sad that people fall for it
I don't believe that. I just give to give. Gives me the feels. You can look at Karma the same way.
Q:Why are these churches so rich?
A: Jesus saves!
@@meenki347 Jesus doesn’t pay taxes. :)
@@merebrillante ironically Jesus advocated for paying taxes "give unto Ceasar what belongs to him" but yeah it's true same grift different country and when Simon was describing Malay witchcraft, I thought Malaysia might as well be Zimbabwe bc everyone seems to have a relative-friend-aunt's sister who dissappeared by magic haha
So excited to hear your telling of this case! Malaysia has a plethora of wild cases. Might i suggest the murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa? lots of conspiracies surrounding that one. much love from malaysia!
Simon talking about how his life was different in the past… so, for once, the past wasn’t the worst?
New merch idea: a shirt that says "The past was the worst."
@@sarahbarker4170 allegedly......
I wish is could give this 10 upvotes!!
Except for that one time on a train from Amsterdam.... allegedly.
Simon and Callum are great an all but Jen,you are the icing on the cake!! Love what you do....so funny😄
Casual Criminalist Tip #1- Don't talk about your crimes. I'm looking at you, Simon! Allegedly.🤣
Simon's two faves phrases:
"YOU PSYCHO!"
and
"What are you doing?"
Simon is correct, he’s talking about the ‘Joint enterprise’ law. All that is required to be convicted under that law is know that person is armed. If you know your friend has a knife, and they kill someone you will be found guilty of the murder also. It’s quite a controversial law as it’s often more heavily applied to ethnic minorities
I mean, doesn't that seem by guilty by association?
@@Kaltagstar96 pretty much. It’s supposed to discourage gangs but it won’t. It’s almost impossible to defend yourself in that situation, you can’t prove you didn’t know they had a knife or intentions to harm someone. All they have to prove is you were there and you have a relationship with the perpetrator
@@flowerfan70 Like, it seems like there's some questions to be asked about that law, like if you and your friends were having a night out and your friend got drunk and kicked someone's head in, while that is horrible, you would have no idea that he was going to do that unless you're a mind reader.
@@Kaltagstar96 totally agree! Like I said, they have a habit of using it with young, working class boys of colour. It’s unfairly used, and super inconsistently as well
*Side eyes bankers*
Well, if there's a law...
I love Simon's skepticism. "Maybe it was ghosts!" "It wasn't."
Ringgit sounds a bit like gringots the bank in HP?
They use gold galeons, silver sickles and bronze knuts.
I wish I could use that memory space for something way more interesting/useful 😞
That's alright, iv got the lyrics to over 1000 songs taking up the same space in my brain that HP is taking in yours.
@@aceundead4750 I have a mixture of both.
@@BeeLZBeeb how do you get anything done?
"Don't do drugs!
...And don't murder people."
Less helpful than "Don't write down your crimes." But still valid.
Simon, you broke your own rule:
Don't talk about your (alleged!) crimes!🤫🤫🤫🤫
Hahaha, true!
At least he didn't write them down, just posted them in a UA-cam video 😂😂😂
I don't believe in ghosts, BUT I DID at one point live in kinda a haunted house where a lot of stuff happened... My grandfather who wanted to see the house (and liked playing pranks on people) died the day my parents got the deed to it... Here's a list of stuff that happened:
My parents heard footsteps at nighttime (although tbf that may have been me as a kid since I liked walking over to this stained glass window at nighttime and just admiring it for some reason)...
My dad had one time he tried to open the door but it wouldn't open as if a person was on the other side pushing the other direction until finally the door just opened...
There was a time I had my baby monitor make weird wind sounds and it came unplugged on its own, my parents ran upstairs and noticed it unplugged so they plugged it back in and went back downstairs and it happened again, so this time my mom plugged it in and waited outside the door and after awhile she checked and it was unplugged (even though the cord had one of those heavy plastic boxes on it that was in the air which you would've thought would make a loud thud, but apparently there was no thud sound like you would've expected (as if it was put down gently)...
There was a time I was sleeping and my mom heard an RC car toy driving on its own downstairs so she called out to my sister since she didn't want it waking me up, but then my mom realized my sister was at her friend's place so she didn't know how the RC car was making sounds...
My sister had these toy horses with these red buttons on them where you'd press the button and they'd move and make whiny sounds, those horses though would go off on their own creeping my sister out sometimes though they stopped after we moved out of the house...
My sister also had a Furby which my mom put out of her reach in the closet at night... When my sister woke up she freaked out and called for my mom because the Furby was at the end of her bed...
There was one time my whole family was downstairs and I kept insisting that "I got to go" because someone upstairs was calling me... No one was upstairs and my mom did not let me go upstairs (though now she says she's curious what would've happened if she let me lol)... I don't remember it though since I was quite young...
Might be missing some stories, but that's the ones I remember hearing about that house... Also I think there was one time my sister had an ear infection which she was going to go in to get it treated medically and then they realized that it had miraculously healed itself completely overnight which was a bit odd... ALSO my mom has this one story unrelated to the house where she went to a trip in Scotland, specifically to an old battlefield... Her brother (my uncle) was there too along with my grandmother and my uncle was asking questions while recording a video since they're pretty into believing ghosts... In the video, my uncle asked what happened on X year that he thought the battle took place, then in the video you hear a pretty clear whisper of "I don't know" (this being the 'ghost' which doesn't really sound like my mother, uncle, grandmother or even their tour guide), then you hear my mom correcting my uncle on the date because he asked about the wrong date (which obviously maybe lines up with why this maybe-ghost was confused by his question xD)... But yeah, according to them no one heard the voice whisper that while they were recording the video...
So yeah, lots of ghost stories... Don't really believe in ghosts, but like with God I'm a bit agnostic and won't say it's IMPOSSIBLE... Just highly improbable... I'd be willing to believe it, but I'd need some firsthand experience while being of fairly sound mind (now that I'm an adult)... I'd definitely consider the possibility of it being a hallucination though, really just depends how convincing it is as a real thing... Like, if I just see a glimpse of a ghost and do a double-take and it's not there, that could just be in the hallucination category... If I actually see a ghost chilling there for like 30 seconds reacting to what I do and stuff, then it's like either I've suddenly become insane out of nowhere or this is legit...
Callum, the finest script writer in all the interwebs. 🤗
Danny, in the Blazement: Am I a joke to you mate?🧐
Danny weeps every time Simon says Callum and I same page 😭
I already knew this story but I don't mind hearing about it again because the Casual Criminalist team is THAT good
No worries about the Malay pronounciation! You're doing well. Cheers from Kuala Lumpur!
If Simon is ever being interrogated for anything I think they just need to give him a script of a similar crime and he might just talk himself into jail
Witchcraft is a thing in many countries including here in the states.
Well it really depends on where you live. Where I’m from witchcraft is super super frowned upon. But when I lived down south it seemed more common
I love your content Simon, particularly your asides. Thanks for adding a hint relatable of humor and humanity to true crime. Your channels are my favorite on YT and I watch all your content, keep it up!
He‘s denying the ghosts an awful lot. Sounds like someone‘s scared…
Are we ever going to get merch that says "You Psycho"? I'd buy a hat a shirt and a coffee mug 😊
Vudu is a west African religion and cultural tradition. To compare with other lay definitions:
1) Vudu-Ecstatic physical experiences (these are common in folk religion), Pappadocs (the Vudu "priests") are Sorcerers and Psychics who curse and cure by a combination of herb based remedies and battling of demons and monsters (read: evil spirits) on the psychic plane. To do this requires a serious buzz.
2) Wizardry is the use of summoned demons or spirits, or sympathetic spellcasting, in order to obtain effect in the real world. To do this, a serious buzz helps.
3) Alchemy and sorcery are pretty much the same thing for different reasons. The use of chemistry/herbal blends to obtain effect in the real world. When one does this, one discovers all kinds of ways to catch a serious buzz. Check out the compositional history of "Soma".
4) Hedge Wizardry is common everywhere. Weird old women (and occasionally men) are accused by locals of every kind of magical indignity, including cows giving thin milk and chickens refusing to lay eggs. In this case, the magic lies in the minds of culturally biased "sane" folks.
Honestly the closest thing to (the western idea) of magic I've ever seen is actually quantum mechanics. The outcomes of experiments are affected by observing them, things exist and don't exist at the same time (quantum superposition), particles move through solid objects (quantum tunneling) and particles spring in and out of existence for barely and not fully understand reasons. Heck there is even a serious chance that reality as we know it dosent actually exist and is just a projection form actual reality...in short you don't have to be insane to study quantum mechanics, but it helps.
@@markcarpenter6020 Whenever a scientist says "counter-intuitive" I back off, making the sign of the cross. ;-)
@@WildBillCox13 lol.
In the US we have "Felony Murder". If you committed a felony and someone, anyone, dies in the course of that felony (even if it was the police officer who shot the innocent civilian in the pursuit) you can be found guilty of that murder. You caused the events that created the death by committing a felony. Misdemeanors get a pass a guess.
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First Day of school today in Austria. Being a teacher and a strong addict to your channels, I got up an hour early just to watch your Video. It is 6am now and it was totally worth it 🤗👍
I don't think I've ever seen Simon's elbows.
I hope he has some
Then you need to go check out Brain Blaze 😉
It's because he's a floating head
@@skaerup The amount of elbow we see over there is insane, and all the moving of them too.
You haven’t lived.
"Wait, do I have drugs?" - Well, that can actually happen. I used to have a colleague who was on a hike in Peru and when he was back at home, he discovered that he still had some Coca leaves in his backpack. Luckily, nobody at the airport noticed that. I don't know what the sentence is in the Western world, but in Malaysia it might be enough to get the death sentence (only if you get caught of course)...
I honestly love how sloppy and silly Simon was in this 😂 it's refreshing to see the less serious side of someone who is always so professional!!! Great work as always everyone 💖
Your little story about almost accidentally allegedly smuggling a little bit of cannabis, highlights the insanity of its prohibition!
You have probably been here before but if you haven’t. WELCOME BACK- Simon 😂
Very good, Simon. "Pictures get hung. People get hanged."
Suggestion for an episode The Kitty Genovese murder. The murderer and the fake results of the bystander effect.
He's done a video about the bystander effect and mentioned the murder on another channel, but learning more about the actual murder would be interesting.
I generally have a lot of respect for all of the writers on Simon's channels.. Which is why it's so surprising to hear terms like witch, shaman, witch doctor, etc., being used like they're interchangable.
Well they're all fucking bullshit so...?
Conspiracy Theory!!!: Simon took off the boxers to show them off and is recording naked from the waist down.
I like to think he coerced Callum out of them when he picked up the script....
That's just a theory, more of a hypothesis, but there's no "conspiracy" to it.
Alledgedly
I love these longer videos lol helps me get thru at work.
Heard about her. She was happy to get limelight after the trial.
I'm starting a collection to send Shane and Ryan to Mona's house.
I'm SO glad that we finally got a Malaysian case here! and a long one at that haha
Hey Simon I don't believe in ghost!
But there is that one time where i was sleeping on my side and was awaken only to find myself unable to move and then i begin to see long black hairs slowly surrounding me, from the corner of my eyes as im unable to shift my face too much i see that a woman is lying down right behind me and cradling me.
I was still sleepy but also afraid, i tried to say something but found myself unable to even do that, following that I said in my mind, hoping for a telepathic link "well im very sleepy so kill me if you want to but im going back to sleep". I followed suit and fell back asleep. At that point in time, in my drowsy state I was pretty convinced that ghosts were real.
I woke up, (alive i think? Is this hell? Because that would certainly explain 2019, 2020 & 2021) and realized that, you guessed it, sleep paralysis can also cause both auditory & visual hallucinations.
I'm looking forward to meeting Simon in heaven and being like "sorry mate, can't be right every time."
Weird way to try and push your beliefs on someone. For all whoever knows Simon could be right and you could be wrong 🤷🏻♀️
@@binxwaxcap7832 Good lord woman calm your tits, it's a joke, and an affectionate one at that.
There was a priest in my school who used to tell that to me all the time, after he found out I was an atheist. And I mean ALL the time. He honestly thought he was funny. In fact, he was just creepy and seemed to forget that those who do not believe in heaven cannot get to heaven no matter how good they are. Follow your own rules, for heaven's sake (pun intended) and leave us alone in our nothingness.
@@lizc6393 Yeah, see you in Valhalla - hope you've been training? Mwah ha ha ha
@@noodlenoggin5854 I doubt you fit the criteria to be sent to Valhalla
Hey Simon, I just discovered my favourite place to visit in Wales was home to something called “The Pembrokeshire Murders”.
I didn’t spoil myself with it in hopes that a certain UA-camr would make a video on the subject… nudge nudge…
Anyway great video as usual!
"A particular anti-witch procedure"
Callum's savage comments rule!
"Side witch" was a pretty good joke lol 23:00
It's nice to know Simon reads the comments. Sidenote image Simon telling bedtime stories 🤣 oh his daughter won't realise how funny he is till she is older but priceless.