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    Sensitive Topics: Arson, satanic cults, a brief mention of violence towards animals
    Have you ever found yourself on a Wikipedia deep dive on the weird side of the internet? In this show - weird thing enthusiasts Ryan and Shane take turns presenting their latest fascinations to each other covering everything unusual, unexplained, and unhinged! This week's topic: The House On Fire Tapes!
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  • @watcher
    @watcher  Місяць тому +354

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    • @Tom-jx7cr
      @Tom-jx7cr Місяць тому +5

      Ok

    • @kowigatzzz7062
      @kowigatzzz7062 Місяць тому

      ​@@Tom-jx7crlol

    • @gracemcd.1950
      @gracemcd.1950 Місяць тому +8

      I Never clicked so fast, y'all are awesome and I love your content. Keep up the great work

    • @Gullbone
      @Gullbone Місяць тому +4

      Is watcher watching me?!?

    • @zeokiri
      @zeokiri Місяць тому +1

      Firestarter 🔥

  • @valor5080
    @valor5080 Місяць тому +16568

    Fun Fact: You are only considered a pyromaniac after your 2nd fire, which means that everyone gets 1 freebie

    • @Stark-Raving
      @Stark-Raving Місяць тому +1194

      Oh boy, I better not do it again then. I don't like labels

    • @megan-mr9vk
      @megan-mr9vk Місяць тому +813

      @@Stark-Ravinglabels are just labels. live your truth friend

    • @sanjanaaartiragbir
      @sanjanaaartiragbir Місяць тому +299

      Which is reserved for the Apple Store ofc

    • @bogwife7942
      @bogwife7942 Місяць тому +227

      you're only considered a _pyromaniac_ after two instances of intentional fire setting. you can't even steal the tumblr post correctly

    • @valor5080
      @valor5080 Місяць тому +133

      @@bogwife7942 thanks for the correction! :)

  • @nithyanair1906
    @nithyanair1906 Місяць тому +5015

    Nothing could’ve prepared me for how unserious that tape was

    • @vanillaextract4135
      @vanillaextract4135 Місяць тому +110

      For REAL

    • @mangoschaos6950
      @mangoschaos6950 Місяць тому +388

      all these cops were like “it’s so eerie” but come ON

    • @SuperMathsBeaver
      @SuperMathsBeaver Місяць тому +256

      @@mangoschaos6950 I think it was the cringe that was keeping them up at night 😆

    • @Stephanie0123
      @Stephanie0123 Місяць тому +6

      anyone else think about Poe's law too lol

    • @Chadius_Thundercock
      @Chadius_Thundercock Місяць тому +34

      @@SuperMathsBeaverno joke the night after I watched this video I woke up at midnight to take a piss, went back to bed and couldn’t sleep for an hour because I remembered that tape

  • @victoriaspongecake2
    @victoriaspongecake2 Місяць тому +2263

    imagining the police guy filming thinking he's going insane just hearing the faintest muffled voice of the arsonist's excitement in the distance

  • @thesmilingbumblebee3939
    @thesmilingbumblebee3939 Місяць тому +468

    Glad to see the return of Shane “eat the rich” Madej

    • @woopoganntnt7379
      @woopoganntnt7379 18 днів тому +2

      so weird how yall are mad at mfs that just worked harder than you did

    • @Lenn869
      @Lenn869 17 днів тому

      most of them are jewish you cant say that

    • @Bexorcistt
      @Bexorcistt 17 днів тому +24

      @@woopoganntnt7379how’s that boot taste

    • @woopoganntnt7379
      @woopoganntnt7379 17 днів тому

      @@Bexorcistt smh insane how it’s bootlicking when i’m just defending the human rights of someone who’s got money but it’s not bootlicking when y’all beg for reparations for black people who didn’t suffer from slavery

    • @mayevie
      @mayevie 15 днів тому +11

      @@woopoganntnt7379 do you really honestly think that black people living in former colonies are not still feeling the effects of slavery today?

  • @kino9643
    @kino9643 Місяць тому +8557

    gotta love the thumbnail referencing that one meme of the little girl Infront of a house on fire

    • @OhtheSuffering
      @OhtheSuffering Місяць тому +225

      The iconic Disaster Girl.

    • @ellahalloran6135
      @ellahalloran6135 Місяць тому +149

      I didn’t notice until I saw this comment omg

    • @3namega
      @3namega Місяць тому +102

      I was hoping someone commented about it!! Gave me a good exhale thru my nose

    • @lukaszzylik4437
      @lukaszzylik4437 Місяць тому +18

      Oh I thought that was the iconic disaster girl.

    • @emiryan2238
      @emiryan2238 Місяць тому +8

      Brilliant

  • @pers3145
    @pers3145 Місяць тому +7606

    Ryan is absolutely killing it on that inflatable sax

    • @Ddalgiichigo
      @Ddalgiichigo Місяць тому +81

      He looks like slash 😂

    • @yzer9975
      @yzer9975 Місяць тому +55

      MYSTERY for your SOUL

    • @wesleyZshelby
      @wesleyZshelby Місяць тому +33

      Yes yes yes yes. This is exactly what I wanted this one is a BANGER!
      STEP IP YOUR GAME SHANEY BOI 😂

    • @HeathRaccoon
      @HeathRaccoon Місяць тому +13

      @@Ddalgiichigoalso early 1980s Kirk Hammett!

    • @gabrielw.7324
      @gabrielw.7324 Місяць тому +42

      i know its crazy the AD is the best part of the whole thing

  • @chelseawhite7117
    @chelseawhite7117 Місяць тому +769

    🤣 I loved Shane’s reactions to the evidence against “John” being converted into stickers that say “uh ohh!” “ewww” “euuughh” “chirp?” And “yaak”

  • @jameji_phd
    @jameji_phd Місяць тому +264

    Dude was clearly unhinged but you gotta admit the line "And you tell me I cannot set fires" feels like something out of a postmodern literary classic

    • @taylorg2320
      @taylorg2320 Місяць тому

      I absolutely cannot believe that people gave this edgelord the satisfaction of calling his cringe ass tape "disturbing"

  • @isabellal1434
    @isabellal1434 Місяць тому +1725

    If this happened in 2024 those Geoguessr mofos would've had this case open and shut in .7 seconds

  • @georgiacollings3489
    @georgiacollings3489 Місяць тому +7392

    Shane: “I’m not an arsonist”
    Also Shane: “I’ve watched a lot of videos of fires starting”

    • @BlindTruths
      @BlindTruths Місяць тому +41

      It legit just sounded like silly drunk Ghoulies Ryan or silly Ghoul Boy ghost hunting Shane trying to rile up ghosts.

    • @Ursa_Major713
      @Ursa_Major713 Місяць тому +51

      you can be a pyromaniac and not set any fires lol

    • @TatiQ0
      @TatiQ0 Місяць тому +12

      Exactly. Very suspicious.

    • @sarachristensen963
      @sarachristensen963 Місяць тому +26

      Just constantly giving credence to the demon accusations.

    • @OutlawedOutlander
      @OutlawedOutlander Місяць тому +5

      @@sarachristensen963 he can’t hide it forever!

  • @thebluereason
    @thebluereason Місяць тому +71

    Ok but can we talk about how committed this guy was to film the arsons in 89? Like video recorders back then were the size of movie production cameras today. This guy stood there with essentially a microwave on his shoulder for who knows how long because of angst

    • @AriVirtual
      @AriVirtual 25 днів тому +1

      see i was wondering that! lmaooo thats so wild

  • @caithenry8429
    @caithenry8429 Місяць тому +407

    Shane looked like a disgruntled high school teacher forced to watch over a science fair during the outside bit and its amazing

  • @rolanslide8509
    @rolanslide8509 Місяць тому +3651

    In retrospect, makes so much sense to me that a teenage boy did this. The way he talks in the video screams "I'm a twisted fucking cycle path". I feel like I could have known this guy in high school

    • @castiandisciple8363
      @castiandisciple8363 Місяць тому +545

      As soon as I heard that voice, I was like, "What is this edgelord teenager garbage?"😆 Not surprised at all.

    • @Wolffur
      @Wolffur Місяць тому +177

      Every high school had that one kid who was a blend of Hot Topic and stupid.

    • @stillpinkbeef
      @stillpinkbeef Місяць тому +105

      Exactly my thoughts while watching the clip. As a senior in high school who works alongside our school social worker and provides mental health sessions for students, I've seen enough edge lords who take their title to the grave and share this type of behavior. Definitely seems like a high school kid who was suffering from pyromania, a mental illness, or a developmental disorder, maybe a combination of those, and was expressing it in all the wrong ways thinking it would lead to greatness. I wish that guy had gotten the attention, support, and care he needed growing up. It's upsetting to see many kids like these neglected in their early childhood or teenage years that lead up to a dangerous act for attention or a concerning persona that ends up harming others.

    • @MononokeLynn
      @MononokeLynn Місяць тому +65

      …cycle path? 😅

    • @artnerd3727
      @artnerd3727 Місяць тому +20

      I immediately thought oh yeah this is a high school boy

  • @adaorawrld
    @adaorawrld Місяць тому +4967

    shane: "seems like a nice part of the state 😃"
    ryan :" its where the zodiac killed a bunch of people🙂 ... anyway "

    • @Unfortunately_Mickey
      @Unfortunately_Mickey Місяць тому +157

      Not only him. There were so many serial killers in that area. You go anywhere east of San Francisco and you're in the mountains where nobody will find you.

    • @PintosMichelle
      @PintosMichelle Місяць тому +58

      Stockton is such a crime ridden city 😅

    • @RegularFlyGuy
      @RegularFlyGuy Місяць тому +24

      @@Unfortunately_Mickeynot true, these serial killers find people there all the time …. Ill see myself out

    • @jennifervasquez
      @jennifervasquez Місяць тому +34

      ​@@Unfortunately_Mickey Yeah there was literally an active serial killer in stockton like 2yrs ago

    • @honeyswann
      @honeyswann Місяць тому +19

      There was literally a serial killer in Stockton not too long ago as well. So it’s a meh area.

  • @LynetteTheRogue
    @LynetteTheRogue Місяць тому +438

    I like how in puppet history, its usually Ryan that says things that makes me concerned, but the in mystery files, Shane is like "he seems funny" about a delusional arsonists and Ryan is like "What is wrong with you?"

  • @allyrharris
    @allyrharris Місяць тому +225

    The effort Watcher puts into their sponsored segments is actually unmatched

  • @finpin2622
    @finpin2622 Місяць тому +1047

    Tbh as soon as I heard "this is my domain..." I immediately knew it was gonna be an edgy teenager at the center of this case.

    • @millennium7909
      @millennium7909 Місяць тому +34

      Edgy teenager that probably wanted some attention through commiting a crime, hm, sounds about right and accurate

    • @solsirhibragusowl2221
      @solsirhibragusowl2221 Місяць тому +12

      Seems like something about burning down a village to feel its warmth... Don't remember the saying.

  • @timpaxew712
    @timpaxew712 Місяць тому +2540

    When I was a kid my grandpa was an arson investigator and he would point out whenever we did something dangerous like “June. 1986. Oakbrook. Two dead.” Meanwhile I was just trying to light a candle

    • @Olivia-no3gk
      @Olivia-no3gk Місяць тому +162

      that’s so brutal 😭😭

    • @starkis14159
      @starkis14159 Місяць тому +121

      Did it work at instilling a deep sense of fire safety?

    • @someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779
      @someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779 Місяць тому +59

      But I bet now you're cautious around fires, so it worked

    • @p24p14
      @p24p14 Місяць тому +42

      I love your grandpa

    • @calleum8234
      @calleum8234 Місяць тому +61

      your grandpa is hilarious

  • @poke8735
    @poke8735 12 днів тому +15

    I’m glad they changed their minds about the paywall. Mistakes were made and I’m glad I can still support them in this way

    • @fart433
      @fart433 8 днів тому +2

      Didn’t know of this channel until after the drama started, but now I’m watching all their videos

  • @alshahriar6230
    @alshahriar6230 14 днів тому +23

    The thumbnail is the state of watcher HEADQUARTER

  • @generalsleepy3859
    @generalsleepy3859 Місяць тому +4092

    I love Ryan saying "millions of dollars of losses" and then immediately cut to Shane being just delighted.

    • @Frindle_Babbin
      @Frindle_Babbin Місяць тому +91

      Shane said eat the rich and he is so real for that

    • @snoozehd60
      @snoozehd60 Місяць тому +6

      @@Frindle_Babbinalmost like Shane is rich himself

    • @Frindle_Babbin
      @Frindle_Babbin Місяць тому

      @@snoozehd60zamn i didn’t know watcher was a mega corporation

    • @RedLion502
      @RedLion502 Місяць тому +2

      🤣 I loved that! He was like 😃

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran Місяць тому +4

      @@snoozehd60 Eat Shane. Got it.

  • @WaitingtoHit
    @WaitingtoHit Місяць тому +1705

    Thank you for specifying that this was a _deranged_ arsonist since some arsonists are perfectly stable individuals.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 Місяць тому +106

      Professionals, even.

    • @cammel
      @cammel Місяць тому +86

      Like Shane for example

    • @lilith3059
      @lilith3059 Місяць тому +28

      I mean, I know some guys who work in pyro that are very stable people but are more enthusiastic about their jobs than anyone has the right to.

    • @tielwarrior
      @tielwarrior Місяць тому +13

      Yeah, arsonists like this give us a bad name smh

  • @user-hw7ei7xm2q
    @user-hw7ei7xm2q Місяць тому +45

    Ryan saw the opportunity to reference the disaster girl in the thumbnail and freaking sprinted with it

  • @alexisgonzales4689
    @alexisgonzales4689 Місяць тому +134

    Ryan: let me tell u about this really gruesome crime
    Shane: you wanna hear about this funny guy who wore leather
    The duality of this show it truly amazing 😂

  • @AvenleaHarris
    @AvenleaHarris Місяць тому +2774

    Im crying at the nord vpn infomercial with Ryan's "Careless Whisper" performance 😂

    • @jessicalake944
      @jessicalake944 Місяць тому +31

      I actually exclaimed 'jesus christ' out loud 😂 but not in a bad way

    • @VanillaflavoredSora
      @VanillaflavoredSora Місяць тому +13

      ​@jessicalake944 I had the same reaction!! I choked on my food and said "what the fuckkkk" while laughing way too hard.

    • @AvenleaHarris
      @AvenleaHarris Місяць тому +3

      Hahaha 😂❤ exactly

    • @jessicachaidez9338
      @jessicachaidez9338 Місяць тому +4

      Yeah wtf 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀

    • @spectre9340
      @spectre9340 Місяць тому +3

      The Kenny G cosplay killed me 😂

  • @haleyb1276
    @haleyb1276 Місяць тому +4064

    Honestly, I'm with Shane on this one. Arson is wrong, but also its pretty baller that he went after new build mansions

    • @yvaincallipso84
      @yvaincallipso84 Місяць тому +350

      With NO ONE living in them!!! It's basically a victimless crime!

    • @voiddiovcomics
      @voiddiovcomics Місяць тому +119

      @@yvaincallipso84and didn’t they stop right after the fire that had people in it? That sounds like someone who didn’t mean to hurt anyone and got scared to do it again.

    • @voiddiovcomics
      @voiddiovcomics Місяць тому +203

      @@yvaincallipso84I TAKE IT BACK he was definitely a budding sociopath lol I did not reach the end of the video at that point

    • @BananaJonesMom
      @BananaJonesMom Місяць тому +82

      @@voiddiovcomicscharacter growth lmao

    • @coinwater8511
      @coinwater8511 Місяць тому +19

      Absolutely. I'm so tired of all the development in my town that used to be small and surrounded by nature.

  • @Limowrreck
    @Limowrreck Місяць тому +155

    Very much here for Shane’s "barbecue the rich" arc

  • @agiel7791
    @agiel7791 Місяць тому +26

    I have just spent DAYS tracking down where I originally saw this case profiled, and I finally found it! It's in the first season of the original run of Cold Case Files on A&E. The episode first aired in 1999. It goes over most of what was here, but there's a little more shown from the tapes, including showing some of the arsonist acting out attacks on a dummy he was pretending was his father, and a reason for some of the spray painted messages. Thank god I finally freaking found it, it was driving me nuts! If you want to watch it, it's titled Fire Flicks.

    • @AriVirtual
      @AriVirtual 25 днів тому +1

      thank you i freakinglove our community just sharin stuff

  • @Viktor_walnut
    @Viktor_walnut Місяць тому +1718

    11:35 I love the ongoing trend of Shane just being a litttleeee bit of an anarchist

    • @aarondavis8943
      @aarondavis8943 Місяць тому +23

      He's one of those anarchists who hasn't noticed that he's part of the wealthy elite.

    • @xXAcidBathXx
      @xXAcidBathXx Місяць тому +39

      @@aarondavis8943???

    • @star.surfer9446
      @star.surfer9446 Місяць тому +103

      @@aarondavis8943 “wealthy elite” i wasn’t aware shane was a billionaire

    • @registeredjopper
      @registeredjopper Місяць тому +16

      ​@star.surfer9446 you don't have to be a billionaire to be a wealthy elite lol. you really just have to be wealthy and influential, which he undoubtedly is

    • @deereye87
      @deereye87 Місяць тому +96

      ⁠@@registeredjopper
      That doesn’t make him a wealthy elite tho. He’s a UA-camr, not a CEO of a large corporation. He’s not a household name, and while he makes enough to live comfortably I doubt he makes enough to have significant political influence.

  • @sdrawkcabemdaer5
    @sdrawkcabemdaer5 Місяць тому +1859

    Jazz sax Ryan deserves his own fandom 😂

    • @condemnedcat1513
      @condemnedcat1513 Місяць тому +7

      PLEASE 🙏

    • @kays_nook
      @kays_nook Місяць тому +10

      That curly fro looked great on him. Tassel vest make everybody look ripped 👌👌

    • @kitlee172
      @kitlee172 Місяць тому +5

      Saxy 😂

    • @Silly_Illidan
      @Silly_Illidan Місяць тому +2

      Breath of the wild ryan

  • @katherine1124
    @katherine1124 19 днів тому +4

    "i gotta go now" like their mom is coming to pick them up from arson practice

  • @MacAndTheCheese
    @MacAndTheCheese Місяць тому +36

    i never want yall to stop, i dont care if youre both in your eighties, WE NEED MORE MYSTERY FILES

  • @alyssabrown3284
    @alyssabrown3284 Місяць тому +1034

    The theater kid in Ryan was really shining this episode

    • @madeliner1682
      @madeliner1682 Місяць тому +40

      You can take the kid out the theater, but you can't take the theater out the kid

    • @FrstedPeachesMSP
      @FrstedPeachesMSP Місяць тому +4

      Yes😂

    • @jimmywinter7961
      @jimmywinter7961 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@FrstedPeachesMSPSame, I was a crew kid, I helped make sets and helped people with their lines and stuff, I miss it.

  • @eclipsingshadows5421
    @eclipsingshadows5421 Місяць тому +1472

    Ryan: “I feel a bit embarrassed dressed as Indiana Jones.”
    Also Ryan:

  • @swimminginhoney
    @swimminginhoney Місяць тому +39

    I loved absolutely everything about this mystery file!! The beautiful sax Ryan ad, the ‘do you feel the thrill’ house fire demonstration, Shane’s grey morality regarding arson, the shenanigans, the aesthetic - just simply all delicious

  • @spectre9340
    @spectre9340 Місяць тому +36

    Love the part where they add Shane's reactions to each piece of evidence in the form of stickers

  • @matthewdekker6064
    @matthewdekker6064 Місяць тому +1344

    My friends and I would often go "stumping," where you find a random tree stump (or a big hunk of wood), write "you've been stumped" on it, leave it outside someone's door, and ring the doorbell. We had different variations - on a plank of wood, we'd write "you've been planked," etc.
    Now that I think about it, for the stump, we should've written "are you stumped?" That would've been more appropriate.

  • @CattyKittenQueen
    @CattyKittenQueen Місяць тому +1530

    This has THE BEST ad I’ve ever seen. Love the sax moment with Ryan

    • @theflowerhead
      @theflowerhead Місяць тому +16

      I completely agree, I hope this'll become a reoccurring bit like how Internet Comment Etiquette did with NordVPN in the past.

    • @booknerd825
      @booknerd825 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@theflowerhead Critical Role had like a whole miniseries that resulted in them playing a one-shot in the that universe! Gotta love when creators make that stuff so fun!

    • @rebeccabehrens4472
      @rebeccabehrens4472 Місяць тому +4

      I was hypnotized and couldn't look away.

    • @artnerd3727
      @artnerd3727 Місяць тому +1

      fr whoever came up with the idea deserves a raise. The first ad i havent skipped in a LONG time

  • @paganpines
    @paganpines Місяць тому +9

    I was born and raised in Redwood City. By the 50's it was no longer anything resembling a farming town. It had become a "bedroom community", a suburb smack between San Francisco and San Jose. It was filled with lots of modest mid-century family homes and apartment buildings. Around the time I was born, it was a popular retirement community (my earliest memories are of old ladies) and it had--still has--a large Mexican community. The areas that were newly developed with "McMansions" were technically in the hills, and unincorporated. The town just west of RWC is Woodside, which is more of a rural ranch community nestled in the redwoods. Neil Young, Joan Baez, Shirley Temple Black, and Joe Montana all had homes there when I was growing up. Sometime in the 2000s Redwood City experienced a huge wave of development to accommodate the tech boom, but that was long after I had left.

  • @curtislindsey1736
    @curtislindsey1736 Місяць тому +66

    This episode was the best yet! Shane taking the arsonist side, the glorious ad read. Hell, they even set fire to a (mini) house! Well done Watcher this was 🔥🔥🔥

  • @user-yd4yv1lg4o
    @user-yd4yv1lg4o Місяць тому +1143

    Shane subtly suggesting we burn apple stores is how I know the ghoul boys are the good guys.

    • @SetFireGirl
      @SetFireGirl Місяць тому +64

      "Subtly" 💀

    • @BahiaDoSul
      @BahiaDoSul Місяць тому +16

      not only but they could've edited it out ykno... apple is never knocking on their doors with deals. ya need real guts when you work independently like they do with a whole team on their back.

    • @johncallof8839
      @johncallof8839 Місяць тому +6

      Yeah reckless anti-establishmentism is so cool, especially when it's used as a justification for gratuitous violence.

    • @user-yd4yv1lg4o
      @user-yd4yv1lg4o Місяць тому +30

      @@johncallof8839You’re not on the moral high ground you think you are. 🙄🙄🙄

    • @johncallof8839
      @johncallof8839 Місяць тому +5

      @@user-yd4yv1lg4o What moral high ground would that be ? That suggestive calls to violence and/or indifference to it are immoral ?

  • @wheelofhands
    @wheelofhands Місяць тому +393

    No way in hell would I be watching a random VHS I found with my kid. It wasn't nearly as bad as it could've been!

    • @fivefamly
      @fivefamly Місяць тому +49

      RIGHT omg

    • @endymionredacted1304
      @endymionredacted1304 Місяць тому +73

      70% chance it would be home made porn :/

    • @ChamomileT
      @ChamomileT Місяць тому +26

      Depends on their age, I mean I don’t remember them mentioning their age but for some reason I assumed the ‘kid’ was an adult

    • @larsonfamilyhouse
      @larsonfamilyhouse Місяць тому

      Yeah 17 they said @@ChamomileT

    • @starsiadraws
      @starsiadraws Місяць тому +18

      ​@@ChamomileT Well they mentioned the son was helping his dad try to fix their car, so he was probably at least teenage, if not yound adult.

  • @meggy8699
    @meggy8699 Місяць тому +56

    its so refreshing to see someone else with such blatant disregard of private property. thought i was a crazy arson apologist for a sec there, thankfully Shane is on my side

  • @turbotoke8882
    @turbotoke8882 13 днів тому +17

    crazy that most people that watch this channel just want stuff like this, theese two funny ass dudes in a room just talking about true crime and having some banter.
    Noone is asking for television quality. WHERE IS THE PATREON AND AD MONEY GOING?!?!?!?
    crazy to think you guys started on buzzfeed, and your company is gonna end the same way theirs did.

  • @Jenult
    @Jenult Місяць тому +1089

    "I mean... I dont give a shit if someone worships Satan" lol i'm so happy this series is back

    • @trewic8678
      @trewic8678 Місяць тому +7

      really messed up

    • @joyholz6064
      @joyholz6064 Місяць тому +50

      ​@@trewic8678 not really lol Shane knows what's up

    • @Zeekthechris
      @Zeekthechris Місяць тому +40

      "Thank you, Shane" - Me, a local satanist.

    • @Avlogamine
      @Avlogamine Місяць тому +9

      @@ZeekthechrisHaha, me also

    • @selfishstockton6123
      @selfishstockton6123 Місяць тому +13

      @@Zeekthechriswannabe edgelord

  • @shae6557
    @shae6557 Місяць тому +864

    Nearly started skipping forward from the sponsor bit until I saw Ryan absolutely shredding the sax. 10/10 best sponsored ad I've seen in my life LMAO

  • @hopesoderlund2403
    @hopesoderlund2403 Місяць тому +12

    Ryan in a wig, playing the saxophone, was everything I didn’t know I needed today.

  • @Coyotewes14
    @Coyotewes14 Місяць тому +37

    I remember watching this on unsolved mysteries as a kid and being so scared of the voice. Ryan and Shane healing childhood trauma haha

  • @draconity
    @draconity Місяць тому +565

    You’ve really unlocked the secret to getting us to watch the ads.

  • @flowerfloc
    @flowerfloc Місяць тому +936

    i absolutely love that they're now also covering other kinds of topics besides mostly murders they did in their buzzfeed era

    • @ehkbv
      @ehkbv Місяць тому +17

      same!!!!!

  • @helloamanda04
    @helloamanda04 19 днів тому +2

    "i don't give a shit if someone worships satan, that doesn't make them a bad person" shane ain't never beating the demon allegations

  • @jasminesaldana7796
    @jasminesaldana7796 15 днів тому +4

    i love the reference to that one meme in the thumbnail

  • @humanincarnate316
    @humanincarnate316 Місяць тому +313

    The guy who said he "thought about the tape when he went to bed at night" was definitely one of the people who fainted in the theater watching The Exorcist

    • @xithecreator
      @xithecreator Місяць тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @booklover5238
      @booklover5238 Місяць тому +17

      Right? I was side eyeing Ryan when he called the video disturbing. If I thought of that video before bed, it would be '*snort* What an loser.'

  • @chloelasalle5804
    @chloelasalle5804 Місяць тому +319

    Ryan: I’ve been known to set a few grass fires myself hehehehe. *SMOKING WEED*
    I cackled lol

    • @annabellelee4535
      @annabellelee4535 Місяць тому +2

      Smoking is bad for your health, gummies are the best, especially Froot and drinks are good too! My mom loves brownies and my husband loves cookies. Do you ever try edibles? Takes a bit longer to set in than smoking but it's still nice and intense.

    • @ChamomileT
      @ChamomileT Місяць тому

      @@annabellelee4535Edibles don’t work for me. They did the first few times but now, even after a long t break I can take 4 and won’t feel a thing

  • @boredmastermindmma
    @boredmastermindmma 15 днів тому +16

    Oh how sad it is to see the new video like a paywall why for what

  • @ashorr4829
    @ashorr4829 Місяць тому +3

    the fact that police couldn't immediately tell its a mentally challenged teenager pretending to be a villain is beyond me I feel like thats the first thing most people can clearly see from watching the video.

  • @creepibeesti4065
    @creepibeesti4065 Місяць тому +486

    I am sitting through the whole ad for the first time. I am enchanted. This is enchanting. I love the way Ryan says “Data Breach” and “exposed” and “This one’s for you Vinnie” I’m obsessed. Beautiful piece.

    • @briana5002
      @briana5002 Місяць тому +1

      I was going to comment the same thing lol - probably the first time I've not skipped a single second of an ad/sponsorship section

  • @hannahsypniewski7356
    @hannahsypniewski7356 Місяць тому +297

    As soon as he mentioned the animal abuse I immediately thought of the MacDonald triad of serial killer traits. We're lucky that tape was found and he was able to get caught before he escalated to anything worse. Instead we have a fun creepy tale about some burned down McMansions and a spooky home video

    • @Olivia-cw6lu
      @Olivia-cw6lu Місяць тому +30

      But his record was sealed, so how do we know? Dude could be one of the active serial killers we don’t know about…

    • @sab-ky6hv
      @sab-ky6hv Місяць тому

      to be fair, the macdonald triad is an outdated theory with very little empirical backing that has been heavily criticized by a lot of psychiatrists

    • @hannahsypniewski7356
      @hannahsypniewski7356 Місяць тому +4

      @Olivia-cw6lu Oh my god. That's a terrifying though.

    • @bialessa6317
      @bialessa6317 Місяць тому +4

      I think if the doctors think him capable of harming someone, then he won't be released. And it's pretty possible that he needs to attend therapy and psychiatric consults to be released at which point the professionals might know. I also can't remember if it mentioned him being released? Mental hospitals are a little bit different than prison

  • @latetry8593
    @latetry8593 Місяць тому +3

    When Shane said "Omar coming", my heart moved in ways I didn't know was possible.

  • @mirukubun
    @mirukubun Місяць тому +4

    these sponsor segments are unparalleled, as is ryan's sax playing skills.

  • @heathermillsphantomlimb9314
    @heathermillsphantomlimb9314 Місяць тому +241

    If anyone was curious, the emblem sewn onto the jacket is a US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) patch (35F MOS). I’ve got a buddy who worked for them, so Ryan is quite incorrect when he said it was from “no known military unit.”

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 Місяць тому +67

      Tbh this whole case seems fishy to me. Not "conspiracy theory" fishy, necessarily - but moreso the guy's house just so happening to catch fire, allowing the investigators unhindered access is incredibly sus.

    • @Cycoldia
      @Cycoldia Місяць тому +7

      I was screaming that lmao

    • @pillbugm8914
      @pillbugm8914 Місяць тому +52

      @@fuzzydunlop7928That part was definitely sus. I have to wonder if perhaps the suspect had the idea that the police were after him so he tried to burn down the garage to conceal evidence, or if there was some other...higher level foulplay from the authorities.

    • @ernestschmidt8761
      @ernestschmidt8761 Місяць тому +12

      Came here to post this. It’s literally one of the first things that ones up when you google “Army patch with key” 🤣

    • @jaymag87
      @jaymag87 Місяць тому

      @@ernestschmidt8761Exactly. I googled “military patch with key torch lightning bolt”. The first thing that popped up was Intelligence / Security Command Class A Patch. LOL

  • @grbhighlights9401
    @grbhighlights9401 Місяць тому +174

    My boy literally was the Joker.
    “It’s not abt money, it’s abt sending a message”.
    And then boom, house on fire.

  • @helenoscar9748
    @helenoscar9748 Місяць тому +5

    Ryan’s oh no face after Shane says light an Apple Store on fire 😂

  • @roybiv8298
    @roybiv8298 Місяць тому +2

    watcher is the only place that knows how to get me to watch the ads w/o skipping, love 'em every time. haven't even started the ep in proper just needed 2 appreciate Sax Ryan

  • @armyforlife3191
    @armyforlife3191 Місяць тому +303

    Ryan on the thumbnail is giving the meme of the little girl smiling while the house burns in a fire 💀

  • @_cheesecheesecheese
    @_cheesecheesecheese Місяць тому +267

    "you seen about this? you heard about this?" the bit never gets old, boys

  • @hommefataltaemin
    @hommefataltaemin Місяць тому +2

    Wow I got it right!! I knew it was going to be a teenage boy! My thoughts were the following: The first two theories didn’t make any sense with the info we had. The person who filmed the video seemed disturbed, yes, but also immature. They had a friend who KNEW of their activities and likely did the same - Omar had insulted him saying basically he wasn’t good at starting fires, so the person filmed the video in retribution. Thus, Omar was someone who knew of his activities already and likely did the same based on the taunt, it’s like a “my fires are way better than yours”. Thinking of it that way, it screams ego and immaturity. Plus factoring in who would be on a scheduled week long vacation? It would make far more sense in the context it was used to be not just a single persons vacation time from work, but something that both people had: bc the person recording is comparing what they both spent these breaks doing(IE, lighting fires). It is likely the graffiti at the scene was written by other people, bc there didn’t seem to be any messaging in the video of being truly upset about all the new houses, so it’s not some vigilante neighbor or scorned worker type thing. Also, the jacket style, the music choices, and the items found with it all separately don’t mean much. But altogether along with the tape gives a picture of who the recorder was: an immature, angsty teen taking out their mental health issues and boredom on everyone else.
    Anyway y’all can ignore my long comment, I was just happy to have solved it so soon! 😄

  • @owenmeyer6361
    @owenmeyer6361 Місяць тому +2

    there was a case at my college that was on unsolved mysteries and still isn't solved to this day

  • @lucienmoolman8017
    @lucienmoolman8017 Місяць тому +340

    Whoever is responsible for the tape and fire and the monolog sounds like a villain plotting revenge. What a supervillain!

    • @stephaniepotts8256
      @stephaniepotts8256 Місяць тому +65

      This guy's a fucking loser don't call him a supervillain you're stroking his ego.

    • @geordieghoulette7142
      @geordieghoulette7142 Місяць тому +84

      They sound like an edgelord lol

    • @LeGabrielMan
      @LeGabrielMan Місяць тому

      @@geordieghoulette7142 “this is my domain, my hell” 🤓

    • @gunmandoo
      @gunmandoo Місяць тому +68

      It sounded like a dumb edgy teenager who wanted to be a supervillain, which is pretty much what it was.

    • @oneslikeme
      @oneslikeme Місяць тому +21

      Wow. I read this comment as making fun of the guy and I agreed. But all the responses took it so seriously lol
      Like, the idea of a monologuing "supervillain" is 100% laughable

  • @camryn.g
    @camryn.g Місяць тому +270

    THE thumbnail of all time thank you boys 🔥🔥🔥

  • @soiledmyslf
    @soiledmyslf Місяць тому +2

    I love the chemistry between you two! These shows are great!

  • @spiderwickian
    @spiderwickian Місяць тому

    obsessed 😂 season two is amazing so far!

  • @maivang1956
    @maivang1956 Місяць тому +170

    love that ryan seems to be fully committed to expanding his acting profile this season when it comes to telling us about sponsors

  • @Tsumetaiyoru
    @Tsumetaiyoru Місяць тому +230

    Shane supporting arson is such a vibe

  • @sophialipp4324
    @sophialipp4324 Місяць тому +1

    As someone who was born and raised in Redwood City, this was insane to hear it talked about in any capacity, let alone arson LOL

  • @Mothman_In_a_T-Pose
    @Mothman_In_a_T-Pose Місяць тому +1

    Genuinely, the weirdest thing about this episode for me is seeing my hometown pop up on a map.
    Like, it's almost never shown unless its the focus. Fucking wild man.

  • @ginnmattos4442
    @ginnmattos4442 Місяць тому +131

    this is literally the only time i sat through a whole ad. please keep your saxona

  • @BloomCherryBlossom
    @BloomCherryBlossom Місяць тому +174

    Shane gets more and more radical each episode and im totally here for that.

    • @santiv4
      @santiv4 Місяць тому +8

      shanes been radical, ryan just shows himself being more conservative lol

    • @giraffemiilk
      @giraffemiilk Місяць тому +5

      i’m with shane every time

    • @samuraisharkie
      @samuraisharkie Місяць тому +1

      @@santiv4REAL. I’m waiting for Ryan to start saying you should always talk to the cops and tell them everything all the time and wear a thin blue line shirt 💀

    • @AKindOfDog
      @AKindOfDog Місяць тому +1

      ​@@samuraisharkie that's an incredibly out of line comment to make about a POC man, doing a bit for a comedy video. Reflect on why you thought that was an appropriate conclusion to come to, and why you thought that was okay to say

  • @slozhnos
    @slozhnos Місяць тому +3

    the scrapbook of newspaper clippings was just his resume guys!!

  • @hanamacquoid1427
    @hanamacquoid1427 Місяць тому +1

    Love that yall are making the ads so fun and watchable ❤️

  • @intheyellowcorner
    @intheyellowcorner Місяць тому +274

    The watcher sponsor adverts just keep getting better. 😂😂

  • @ehipassiko
    @ehipassiko Місяць тому +97

    That's a U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command shoulder sleeve insignia patch.

    • @scottwallman4335
      @scottwallman4335 Місяць тому +9

      I was scrolling to see if anyone else mentioned the INSCOM patch.

    • @christinap.8539
      @christinap.8539 Місяць тому +10

      i'm not smart enough to know if it's more likely they're involved, or if the patch/jacket is misdirection trying to draw suspicion away from true culprit?

    • @JustWandering
      @JustWandering Місяць тому +21

      I wonder if the fact that it was roughly sewn means that it was a homemade costume.

    • @landenscott4432
      @landenscott4432 Місяць тому +14

      Could be relevant, or maybe a jacket bought from a surplus store. Good catch though

    • @carolb8974
      @carolb8974 Місяць тому +8

      Yeah I was thinking “matches no known patch”? INSCOM has been around since ‘77 but I don’t think it’s ever been very famous lol

  • @JaneDoe-tc8to
    @JaneDoe-tc8to 21 день тому +1

    I think with the knowledge that the arsonist is connected to someone named "Omar", who went on a week-ish vacation around the time of the fire that the arsonist filmed, and who likely lived in the area where the fires were being set, someone like Penelope Garcia could figure it out in like 5 minutes

  • @helentart1980
    @helentart1980 16 днів тому +2

    I usually fast forward the sponsorship message but they’re so funny lol

  • @stalemix8422
    @stalemix8422 Місяць тому +130

    The thumbnail sums up this show pretty well

  • @viridianfire6886
    @viridianfire6886 Місяць тому +105

    the editing is SO good i'm crying 😭 Eughh.. chirp? yaak! 25:09

  • @bamahammer949
    @bamahammer949 Місяць тому +2

    Missed you guy's so much, i didn't know you had a new channel! Much love from Georgia 🇬🇪 ❤!!

  • @tylermusser6527
    @tylermusser6527 Місяць тому +2

    That patch is from U.S. Army intelligence and security command. The unit was created in January 1977 and that patch was approved on April 6 1977. The headquarters was in VA at Fort Belvoir as part of the Central Security Service and a component of the NSA.

  • @electroslimeEN
    @electroslimeEN Місяць тому +122

    this has always been one of my favourite mysteries bc everything involved is so strange

    • @bnuuycomrade5089
      @bnuuycomrade5089 Місяць тому +39

      Same. Heard so little about it but it's very interesting.
      Mostly because the dude sounds like a huge edgelord and kinda makes it a bit funny

  • @jessie-yz5vz
    @jessie-yz5vz Місяць тому +164

    I just want to take a moment to thank whoever's idea it was to put the sensitive topics in the description, and not just unaliving or murder but even more specific triggers like animal cruelty or satanic cults. Thats like exactly some of my triggers but ryan and shane are so funny and ive been watching them forever. I would really miss it if i had to completely stop watching just because of my stupid mental illness. (If i might suggest adding this to the ghost investigations too 👀) but whoever thought to do this. THANK YOU I GEEV YOU BEEG SMOOCH

    • @wade3671
      @wade3671 Місяць тому +29

      you're allowed to say death here, no need to put "unaliving"

    • @zoerice4227
      @zoerice4227 Місяць тому +17

      "unaliving" tiktok user spotted

    • @ChamomileT
      @ChamomileT Місяць тому

      @@zoerice4227so?

    • @Chaneldoloress
      @Chaneldoloress Місяць тому +6

      Not trying to be rude but what about satanic cults is a trigger to you? That’s like if I said black Jesus traumatizes me

    • @jklroxmysox111
      @jklroxmysox111 Місяць тому

      some people have suffered abuse related to satanic rituals or unrelated cults with similar vibes. Some people might also have Christian-based religious trauma from their upbringing that could be triggered tangentally@@Chaneldoloress

  • @stonedmoon6056
    @stonedmoon6056 Місяць тому +3

    as a Vinny, "This one's for you Vinny" caught me WAY the fuck off guard

  • @unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956
    @unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956 Місяць тому +2

    Best ep yet! Feels like your finally getting back into your groove

  • @lithium444
    @lithium444 Місяць тому +126

    On this episode: the boys commit arson
    5:37 THEY DID

  • @jacobiclarke9043
    @jacobiclarke9043 Місяць тому +59

    Edible kicking in just as Ryan's sax ad started was amazing timing.

  • @MissPixelcraft
    @MissPixelcraft Місяць тому

    Saw this case years ago on autopsy or medical detectives, it was Stuck in my Head since then, but I couldnt find it anymore. Very glad that you covered this case 🙌🏼

  • @lesfaust9634
    @lesfaust9634 Місяць тому +2

    I'd have to say unsolved mysteries with robert stack has the best music ever!!!!!!!!

  • @IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor
    @IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor Місяць тому +54

    Why did this feel like Ryan’s excuse to set fire to little houses and growl, “How did it feel?? HoW dID IT fEeL?? HOw Did iT FeeL?” 😅
    Also, sax Ryan with the crazy hair is deserving of a Shane extra long chef’s kiss 😘

  • @joshuayarrington9684
    @joshuayarrington9684 Місяць тому +67

    please do episodes on the following:
    -Where is Canadian Clubs hidden whiskey?
    -Where are the hidden Gems of the Book "The Secret"?
    -The Kentucky Alien invasion in the 1950's
    -The mysterious birds of Audubon's "Birds of America" book
    -The Montana Hyena
    -The mysterious abandonment of Portlock Alaska
    -The theories of what is behind the Missing 411 cases in the US.
    -Kasperov vs Deep Blue computer
    -What hit Officer Val Johnsons Car?
    -Why are there Piranhas in Americas Waterways?
    -Dalnegorsk Spaceship remnants.
    -The Voynich Manuscript
    -What did Captain Mantell encounter over FT. Knox?
    -Who were the Sea People that collapsed the Bronze Age Civilizations?
    -The strange encounter between Woodrow Derenburger & Indrid Cold.
    -Did Patience Worth write poetry from beyond the grave?
    -The Green Children of Woolpit
    -What flew over Washington DC in July of 1952?
    -Shag Harbor incident
    -Flight 2501 & the Michigan Triangle
    -Meat Rain of Coach farm
    -The Clairvoyance of Lady Wonder
    -Americas First bank heist with Pat Lyons
    -The blue people of Kentucky
    -What guards the treasure of the Superstition Mountains?
    -What scared the Herrman family in 1958?
    -Ted Serios' "Thoughtographs".
    -What causes the "Third Man Effect"?
    -Where is the City of El Dorado?
    -Where is the Gold of the Cara Nevada?
    -Could Charles Hatfield make it rain?
    -How did Alfred Hobbs pick the Bramah lock?
    -What caused the sinking of the M/S Estonia?
    -What was the substance that inspired "The Blob".
    -What caused the "La Pain Maudit" incident?
    -Who was the Real Shakespeare?
    -The Beast of Bladenboro (I especially want Shane to do this one).

    • @skywalkerchick
      @skywalkerchick Місяць тому +15

      I already got an answer for one of those for you: William Shakespeare was the real Shakespeare

    • @clairenewberry9957
      @clairenewberry9957 Місяць тому +5

      Ooo I haven’t heard of a lot of these!

    • @uncannyvalley2113
      @uncannyvalley2113 Місяць тому

      i googled the herrmans and idc what scared them, i care that they scare me. like, the dad looks like dracula and the son like he has a plan

    • @justarandomchaneldontmindm9098
      @justarandomchaneldontmindm9098 Місяць тому +2

      I need to look into some of these. Excellent & intriguing list

    • @jalapeno1119
      @jalapeno1119 Місяць тому

      ​@@skywalkerchick Nah dude it was Francis Bacon

  • @richardjones1988
    @richardjones1988 Місяць тому +1

    One of my best friends from high school was in the fire academy and became a volunteer fireman. He was lighting model homes on fire and then showing up to put them out so he could be one of the first ones on scene.