I honestly think the sexuality is the most likely. I am biased as a gay man, but I do remember chat rooms in 2002. They could be easy hunting grounds for the following reasons: 1. Being gay was still not accepted (not like today) 2. A young college guy exploring his sexuality (while also having his career aspirations in politics) would not want his friends knowing. Thus ducking out of the party without much fanfare. And maybe the need for liquid courage to do it or he was just keeping up appearances. 3. Going back to his room he could have been setting up the meeting with this guy on the internet. People were still trusting who people were back then. Catfishing wasn't a "thing". 4. The trust that people would not hurt you, so getting into a strangers car or even someone he knew. In my opinion, he met the wrong guy who was a serial killer and using the M4M chats as a hunting ground. It could even be someone he knew that they had a long standing friends with benefits or even a secret relationship. One of them wanted to come out , and the other one couldn't take that chance and they argued and something bad happened.
All of your points make a lot of sense. I also think he may have had a secret relationship. The removing of the yahoo personals chat program makes me wonder if something happened with an online relationship? There's just so many things we don't know and lots to consider! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
I totally agree. The time makes sense. And yahoo chat rooms were dangerous as hell. I made a few stupjd decisions in those days. He leaves the party after drinking, goes home, gets online, a guy says he wants to hookup. They meetup. Tale as old as time. But then something happens. Either a killer catfish or, like you said, something happened between the two.
No, no and no again. I wish people would stop with the gay / exploring sexuality theory. Josh's friends never even remotely suspected he was bi/gay and he was just out of a relationship with Katie, plus he was said to have argued with Nick - if he was into men, he wouldn't be arguing about his friend dating his ex, he wouldn't care too much since he wouldn't be into women. The bi/gay theory is a total red herring designed to confuse people. Another youtuber says the 28 men are probably just random dudes there's no evidence Josh ever talked to them directly. Also, someone on simplyvanished says the steans county sheriffs know exactly who all of the 28 are now, so that's that theory done. The only remaining theories that makes sense are A) monk led Josh down to the water and did something terrible (Bruce Wollmering was the monk suspected and he was found dead under extremely suspicious circumstances) or B) poker party "friends" covered it up. I believe it's A or B. There's also a possibility of the 4 guys who were mentioned in this video who picked up a student and asked for totally inappropriate things, but I think A or B above is more likely.
@@googlesearches240 I disagree with your argument that he wouldn’t be arguing with Nick about Katie. Josh and Katie had been dating for *five* years, so having his close friend and roommate want to date her would still feel complicated. Even if he was gay. But moreso if he was bi. You keep referencing to “gay/bi” but then drop the bisexuality aspect when it comes to your actual points. Bi erasure is a real problem. Please be more aware.
@@MegCazalet Don't tell me to be more aware. And don't insist Josh was gay/bi when there is no evidence whatsoever of that. I have male friends on facebook - does that make me gay? no. Does it make me bi? No. Stop seeing the world through warped LGBT glasses and realise that not everyone is gay if they talk to members of the same gender.
I recently got ur video suggested to me by algorithm! I can't believe the low # of subscribers! You have something awesome here..don't stop! I think the algorithm is starting to favor you!!!
Her channel is going to grow exponentially. She’s one of those true crime UA-camrs who actually go to the site of the missing. Which puts you in their place. It’s incredibly important and much more in depth. I suggest Mitrice Richardsons case, Mathew Weaver(if possible) and Jaclyn Dowaliby.
WOW! Never heard of this story OR your channel. I love the way you do the video walkthrough with the story telling behind. Much better than staring at someone sitting in a chair talking! What a creative and interesting way to tell a story as a UA-cam creator 🎉🎉🎉 Love this style! Subscribed 👍
Is there any way you can please turn down the volume of the background noise? It could be just me, but I’m having trouble hearing what you’re saying. Could also be my ADHD getting me distracted lol! Love these vids. Thank you!
YES! Thank you for letting me know. You are not the only one with this issue. I got a new microphone and obviously need to do a better job adjusting the audio levels. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
Your channel is amazing! Such a great way to bring awareness to cases. It would be great to see the places where Maura Murray and Brian Shaffer went missing. Thoese two casses blow my mind.
I ❤ your channel. You have the perfect voice for narration and I appreciate seeing the locations of many cases I've followed over the years. I have a few video suggestions if you are ever looking for content ideas. These are all cases that are fascinating, troubling, and keep me up at night: Leigh Occhi disappearance, Jennifer Kesse disappearance, Kenley Matheson disappearance, Tara Grinstead murder, Darlie Router case. Just so many. ❤
Thank you!! I really appreciate your feedback and these case suggestions. There are lots of stories that could use more attention, and these are some very intriguing ones. I was recently in Orlando, so I did film a Jennifer Kesse walk! Hoping that it will be ready for January :)
Wow you actually go to the locations & film the walks, that's great. They're so professional & focused I thought that maybe they were done with AI that as an elder millenial I'm too old to understand 😅
@LMCEK Aw, thank you! Yes, I do film the walks myself. It's so interesting to go to each of these places, and I find it very helpful to get a feel for the location before writing the content. I'm also an older millennial and I would not even know where to start with the AI, lol.
@@TrueCrimeTreadmillDarlie Routier is definitely a case in need of more attention. She’s 100% innocent but on death row. Her husband is responsible for the crimes she’s scheduled to die for.
What a tearful story. A young man full of dreams lost in the dark. It's so sad that some people in this rural area the knew things but still kept their mouths shut.
Wow, your channel is criminally underrated. I watched a few videos and was sure you were one of the biggest true crime channels that I hadn't yet seen. Amazing narration, amazing visuals, amazing research! So glad you popped up on my algorithm. Gonna go watch the rest of your videos now. I wish your channel growth and prosperity!
Josh’s case has some links to the homocide of Christopher Jenkins. Blood hounds traced Jenkins and Josh’s scent to St John’s Abby but monks would not allow the dogs access inside.
I recall this story when it happened. One year later, 4 college male students all disappeared within a short period of each other. There was a billboard in St Cloud along Interstate 94, displaying the photos of the 4 missing students. There were rumors someone at St John’s University had murdered Josh because he had been researching the Catholic priest abuse of young boys. In addition, Josh had been investigating St John’s University illegal activity in the Bahamas and Caribbean Islands. I had a former police officer friend who was a private investigator. He discovered that Josh had been murdered and buried with a Catholic Priest on campus. Josh’s dad was never allowed to search the Abbey where the Catholic Priests lived. There had been rumors that Josh had been seen in the Abbey. Thanks, for creating this video! There is more to this story! Especially, the rumors about the kidnapping of young girls and guys along Interstate 94, for human trafficking.
Found you channel randomly a while ago and I'm really enjoying it! I watch several different true crime channels, some better than others and yours is hands down my absolute favorite! I love that you take us on these walks, sometimes in the exact locations of the disappearances. Whenever other channels show Google map images or police photos of the area I try to picture how far the victims walked or what it looked like, this finally gives me the answers I wanted. I also appreciate you doing the narration yourself! I've followed this case for a long time, watched many different documentaries on it and so far you've given the most information yet! Honestly, Josh's case is so confusing and there's any number of things that could've happened to him. While I always hope for the missing to be found alive, I think Josh is likely dead :( I don't think he wandered into water or was killed at the party. I think he was either (A) randomly picked up, possibly by the same men who abducted Anthony or whoever killed the other two men, (B) one of the monks or priests didn't like him looking into the scandal and killed him or (C) he met up with someone from the Yahoo chat room and things went bad. I did see a couple other comments that presented very good points about the chat room and the staff possibly killing him and covering it up. Keep up the great work!!
Yay! I'm so glad you like the walks :) Thank you for joining me. I really appreciate your comment! I agree that Josh is likely dead. He seemed way to ambitious to just disappear on his own or be kept captive for long. There's just too many other possibilities in his case. Can't believe how many dangerous characters were lurking around the edges of his life. So sad and scary.
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, and I hope that Josh is also found someday. His parents and love ones need answers too. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill I really appreciate the time YOU take to do such an outstanding and thorough job ! It's truly so different to actually see where these incidents took place while your listening to quality , informative and articulate commentary. Truly unique and outstanding . 🙏🏼☺️💜
Wow, your videos are incredible. Going to the actual site shows so much respect and dedication. Some UA-camrs just do it for clicks and views without including the more human element and emotions that you do 😢 You came up in my algorithm. Keep it up ❤
Thank you! Welcome to the channel :) This is the first I'd heard of Tommy Bearson. Wow. It is so sad and very suspicious! Thank you for sharing his case with me.
I haven't heard any true crime on UA-cam cover this story yet as far as I know, I could be wrong. This case is so messed up and I wish they would find out who did this to him so his family can have some peace.
Love the content, the fact that you are using a human voice and the cases you cover are mostly unknown which is refreshing as everyone seems to be rehashing the same thing over and over again. I’m not saying we shouldn’t talk about the older cases but people are going missing every day.
Your videos are so well researched and so informative. Thank you for your hard work! I’m hoping you get more and more subscribers because I really really enjoyed your content! ❤❤❤❤
Just found your channel accidentally. I've never heard of this case. That's what made me click on your video. I enjoyed the content and narration. Keep up the great work. You got yourself another subscriber.
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill thank you for having me. You definitely have a voice for narration. It was a pleasure listening to your cases. I will share your channel with friends to help your channel grow. 😊
Hi, I have been diligently following Josh Guimond's case over an year. I am surprised somehow your video has got the attention it needs. There are plenty of points here which hasn't covered in Netflix nor in podcasts. Last I checked up on social media platforms were that one person reached out to Josh's father to know if there is any progress, and his dad said nothing also that even the cops aren't pushing up any longer in this case
The sheriff's office released those photos from Josh's computer and there's been nothing from them since then. So sad :( I hope that this case gets more attention. His family deserves answers. Thanks for joining me and taking the time to comment!
Woah. That must have been wild. I'm so glad you were able to call and help. I hope Josh is found too. Hopefully some day soon. Thanks for joining me and taking the time to comment!
Good job on this, this is by far the best report I have watched on this case. There is a whole lot of reckless conspiracy theories in the others. I think it is possible he met someone and perhaps this lead to an accidental overdose of something like that. The area around St. Johns is very vast with forests and open prairie. Perhaps he wander out there while inebriated and got lost. There were extensive searches but there are so many cases where these searches fail to locate the victim only to have someone discover the remains later within the search area. Minnesotan Brandon Swanson is an example, as he was the subject of a vast search that never found him even though they were fairly certain of where he got lost. Please do an episode on Swanson if you get a chance, it is an extremely perplexing case.
Thank you! I was very struck by just how remote this place is while filming. It gorgeous land but so vast, and it is quite possible that he is still out there somewhere. Or that he was picked up by some predator too. So sad. I would very much like to do a Brandon Swanson video! His story is an intriguing and mysterious one. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@TrueCrimeTreadmillPlease can you consider 2 UK cases Steven Clarke (near Redcar) or Ruth Wilson (Surrey, Box Hill) both very mysterious and rarely covered. Id love to see them in the headlines again and reinvestigated 🙏
Hey hun your videos would sound much better without the background music. You don’t need it and it’s very distracting. The content is very good but the music is putting me off listening. Lamont at Large does similar content to you without the annoying background music.
Keep up the great content I’m glad I found your channel keeping me entertained at work, once that UA-cam algorithm picks up on you your channel will take off !
I really like your channel its so respectful to the victim, informative and thorough. Can you please consider covering the missing Steven Clark. It's a UK case whereby he went missing, and there is so little on it. Id love to see a map analysis and the route and just one of those ones that is not known outside the Uk but interesting and suspicious. Watch the UK documentary Accused of Murdering our son it was on ITV and worth a watch. Especially the parents on tv interviews. I feel so sad for Steven its been many years now and I think it needs more widespread coverage and I think your storytelling and visuals will bring it to life.
Thank you for this comment and the great case suggestion! I would very much like to do a video on Steven Clark. It is such a sad and very mysterious case. I appreciate the documentary recomendation. It's helpful to have lots of content and sources for these stories.
@TrueCrimeTreadmill Yhis case of Steven makes me so sad. There is also some video footage of him when he picked e received an award, and you could add that too so people see what he was like. I have never seen anyone use any video of him, and It brings the story to life. Katrice Lee is another sad case, and there is so little on her just mentioned in a tv news documentary on missing people with Dan Walker on ch5 and thats it. Im not rven sure it's fair to say it was investigated .ore like it began and went nowhere. There is that little to go on, but her family are suffering immensely and are broken at knowing nothing and feeling that sheer ignorance towards their mising toddler. They'd be very grateful if the case was put out there. Seeing them on tv a couple of times this year and they're broken 💔 😢 It's just a shame when cases of Missing Children such as Katrice just get forgotten about. Someone is likely getting away with a kidknap, murder etc. After all, a body would've been found in over 30+ years. Anything anyone can do to raise awareness for these 2 missing people is a bonus 🙏 😊
I am a ex Catholic, went to catholic schools till I was sixteen, believe me Im not suprised, I will believe anything can happen in the Catholic religion.
I was a catholic school girl too. They are suppose to hold themselves to a higher standard. What some of these monks did was just terrible. They failed their community and the students in their care.
35:22 I literally had the similar image as you said happened to Anthony. I thought that a priest trolled the college town bars driving around looking for a drunk co-ed to pick up.
I follow many True Crime channels and your channel has all the ingredients to explode in popularity, similar to others that have become really big. Keep up the great work! 🇿🇦
Yes - it was such an intentional act. So frustrating! That evidence should have been locked down earlier. Thanks for joining me on campus and taking the time to comment.
There is so much information around this case. I feel Josh was trying to distance himself from his former girlfriend and friend because Josh wanted to be a lawyer and didnt want to be connected to small time campus drug dealing. He may have been helping them store information but told them to stop usung his computer, thus an argument. His friends deleted this info off his computer after he went missing to stay out of trouble and it doesnt have anything to do with his disappearance. I think Josh had several ids because he was either researching the other disappearances or the problems on campus. I dont think he was gay. He got into trouble researching and may have unearthed some good clues and perhaps had some threats directed at him. Despite the fake ids he would have had a real IP address to direct unsavory people to his location. He was down at the stone bridge to think about the other disappearances or may have thought he was meeting a witness there and he was taken by the real perpetrators. The dog was mostly picking up scent where Josh had already been. I dont think Joshs body is anywhere near campus.😢
Yes, there is just so many details with this one. It is a lot to sort through. But you have a good point about his IP address. It would have led people to his real location right there on campus. Scary! I'm hoping for more answers someday. Thank you for watching!
Now I look back on it I met a lot of sleeper friends in college. I call them sleeper friends because a lot of strange things happened to kids around them and their “external friends.” My advice is to learn martial arts or wrestling before college.
Such an interesting theory that I don't think I've seen discussed before! Thanks for joining me and taking the time to comment. I'm going to have to mull over this one.
There are so many theories, it's difficult to determine which is the most likely without the police files and we know those are incomplete. I would rule out the 'friend's conspiracy'. So many people? Someone would have told someone by now.
Great video about a very interesting case. I like that is well researched and I also like your voice. But please stop this music. Is too loud and inapropriate in my opinion. Still I do subscribe to your channel because I appreciate your work. This is the second video I watched and I really liked both of them.
I live within a few miles of where Josh disappeared and have been following the case for years. I commend you on this video. It’s very factual and the video is helpful. I really don’t think there’s a conspiracy here however. I believe Josh met up with someone he knew or possibly a stranger and was taken from campus
Thank you for this inside insight! I'm glad you liked the video. A conspiracy would certainly require a lot of people to remain quiet for a long time now. There's just so many complicating factors in Josh's case ! I'm not sure what I believe, but I am hoping for answers for his family and those that loved him. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill thank you. I came across your channel a week ago and had to make sure. A few bigger channels are using programs now that use their own voice to narrate.
Lets add to the timeline confusion: Wasn't that the weekend the clocks get set back? And their technology wasnt doing it for them automatically like it does now.
Yes! I think you may be right. Either that weekend or the one just beforehand. It definitely made interpreting the computer records extra complicated. What a mess.
Nice channel going…. My opinion and it’s only a suggestion… I would ditch the background music. Takes away from you talking and takes me out of the case. I keep thinking the video is about to end, as if it is a UA-cam short or something. Just my advice… take it or leave it.
Haha, I know. There were varying accounts of his intoxication level. I don't know what to think. And who knows what his tolerance was. I have spent some time with people that just drink beer like its water.
Sifting through it all, this is what I come up with as a simple scenario. I discount that an argument might have happened between Josh and Nick as the one roommate who could have heard it supposedly has never come forward to say. I discount Nick refusing to take a polygraph as my bet is he had an attorney advise him against it. Neither do I think Josh was grabbed off the street or fell in the water. That makes no sense. I don’t think that a paper he might or might not have planned to write on sexual abuse at St John’s had anything to do with it, either. Nothing was ever found indicating that he had even started that project and therefore no one would have known anything about that. Here’s what I think: I think Josh was gay and knew it for a long time. I think he broke up with Katie because she wanted sex and he didn’t want to give it to her. Somewhere along the way there was a person who said after the breakup Josh seemed like a weight was lifted from his shoulders. There’s not another simple explanation for him to feel that way. Therefore, I don’t think Josh cared one way or the other if Nick and Katie dated for a little while. Josh was on Yahoo messenger. He was looking for guys. Period. He knew what he was doing. His female profiles IMO were nothing more than a ruse to get dick pics or watch other guys jerk off on camera. I think he ran into a Priest or Monk from the University on Yahoo. That would explain the 28-minute phone call which would have been for the purpose of blackmailing Josh and then Josh freaking out and deleting Messenger and all of his profiles. He was horrified and scared to have been found out. At that point, Josh probably thought he was in over his head. Therefore, it makes sense to me that Josh was blackmailed into having sex with a Priest or Monk and that is where he went in the middle of the poker party. It would also explain why his scent went to the Abbey which had the Monastery adjoining it to the rear. And why he left certain articles behind in his dorm room such as his glasses and credit cards. He wasn’t going far from home and didn’t need them. I think Josh was drugged by the Priest or Monk, and that Josh had an OD and died then and there. Now it would have been the Priest or Monk’s turn to freak out. As it was, St John’s could not have withstood another scandal at that time, and Josh’s body was after a little while taken away to be buried either in the cemetery at St John’s or on a piece of property elsewhere where no one would ever look, like the property on Swenson Lake near Bemidji, Minnesota owned by the St John's and which is something like 140 or 150 miles away. It also explains why the St John’s authorities wouldn’t let the Bloodhound into the Abbey until a while later. Once Josh’s body was gone. So, that’s it. It’s a simple theory and it hangs together. Josh was found out as being gay, he was blackmailed, died accidentally, and was buried. None of the students knew, and others who did know never said a word. As time goes by more and more of those who know will die and dead men tell no tales.
Wow. Thank you for joining me and taking the time to comment. This theory makes a lot of sense. I agree with what you said about Nick not taking the polygraph, as well as Josh's attitude towards Nick and Katie dating. I imagine that being blackmailed would make Josh do unexpected things, like walking away from a poker party as soon as he arrived. I did not know that St John's had additional property so far away. Would love to know if anyone has looked into that further.
@jplattet So interesting! It seems pretty fleshed out to me. There is only so much we can do with what information is publicly available. Thanks again for watching!
I'm not trying to excuse his drinking or claim it didn't have any part in his disappearance. But I do think that he would have been found by now, if he had gone right into the water because he was too drunk to manage walking. I appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching!
Exactly 10 beers in that time span is drunk or an alcoholic if not drunk. This coming from a former college agw male who drank a lot and had alcoholic friends. I originally thought 3 maybe 4 beers when it was described a bit earlier in the video, not 10. He was certainly drunk or he was an alcoholic to not be drunk. Wow lol
I like your videos BUT the music in the background is distracting
Thank you for letting me know! I appreciate this feedback.
I honestly think the sexuality is the most likely. I am biased as a gay man, but I do remember chat rooms in 2002. They could be easy hunting grounds for the following reasons:
1. Being gay was still not accepted (not like today)
2. A young college guy exploring his sexuality (while also having his career aspirations in politics) would not want his friends knowing. Thus ducking out of the party without much fanfare. And maybe the need for liquid courage to do it or he was just keeping up appearances.
3. Going back to his room he could have been setting up the meeting with this guy on the internet. People were still trusting who people were back then. Catfishing wasn't a "thing".
4. The trust that people would not hurt you, so getting into a strangers car or even someone he knew.
In my opinion, he met the wrong guy who was a serial killer and using the M4M chats as a hunting ground. It could even be someone he knew that they had a long standing friends with benefits or even a secret relationship. One of them wanted to come out , and the other one couldn't take that chance and they argued and something bad happened.
All of your points make a lot of sense. I also think he may have had a secret relationship. The removing of the yahoo personals chat program makes me wonder if something happened with an online relationship? There's just so many things we don't know and lots to consider! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
I totally agree. The time makes sense. And yahoo chat rooms were dangerous as hell. I made a few stupjd decisions in those days. He leaves the party after drinking, goes home, gets online, a guy says he wants to hookup. They meetup. Tale as old as time. But then something happens. Either a killer catfish or, like you said, something happened between the two.
No, no and no again. I wish people would stop with the gay / exploring sexuality theory. Josh's friends never even remotely suspected he was bi/gay and he was just out of a relationship with Katie, plus he was said to have argued with Nick - if he was into men, he wouldn't be arguing about his friend dating his ex, he wouldn't care too much since he wouldn't be into women. The bi/gay theory is a total red herring designed to confuse people. Another youtuber says the 28 men are probably just random dudes there's no evidence Josh ever talked to them directly. Also, someone on simplyvanished says the steans county sheriffs know exactly who all of the 28 are now, so that's that theory done.
The only remaining theories that makes sense are A) monk led Josh down to the water and did something terrible (Bruce Wollmering was the monk suspected and he was found dead under extremely suspicious circumstances) or B) poker party "friends" covered it up. I believe it's A or B.
There's also a possibility of the 4 guys who were mentioned in this video who picked up a student and asked for totally inappropriate things, but I think A or B above is more likely.
@@googlesearches240 I disagree with your argument that he wouldn’t be arguing with Nick about Katie. Josh and Katie had been dating for *five* years, so having his close friend and roommate want to date her would still feel complicated. Even if he was gay. But moreso if he was bi. You keep referencing to “gay/bi” but then drop the bisexuality aspect when it comes to your actual points. Bi erasure is a real problem. Please be more aware.
@@MegCazalet Don't tell me to be more aware. And don't insist Josh was gay/bi when there is no evidence whatsoever of that. I have male friends on facebook - does that make me gay? no. Does it make me bi? No. Stop seeing the world through warped LGBT glasses and realise that not everyone is gay if they talk to members of the same gender.
I recently got ur video suggested to me by algorithm! I can't believe the low # of subscribers! You have something awesome here..don't stop! I think the algorithm is starting to favor you!!!
Yes! I said the same thing. No one is doing walks around where the victim was/lived
Thank you so much for this comment :) UA-cam is such hard work! I really appreciate your support.
Her channel is going to grow exponentially. She’s one of those true crime UA-camrs who actually go to the site of the missing. Which puts you in their place. It’s incredibly important and much more in depth.
I suggest Mitrice Richardsons case, Mathew Weaver(if possible) and Jaclyn Dowaliby.
@jtarantula3390 Thank you! I really appreciate this and the case suggestions.
Yes I agree! I just found you today! Your videos are so good!
WOW! Never heard of this story OR your channel.
I love the way you do the video walkthrough with the story telling behind. Much better than staring at someone sitting in a chair talking!
What a creative and interesting way to tell a story as a UA-cam creator 🎉🎉🎉
Love this style!
Subscribed 👍
Yay! Welcome to the channel! I'm so glad you liked the walk and I really appreciate your comment :)
Unbelievable that Josh’s fate still remains unknown… someone knows something but keeps the truth to himself
Agreed. Hoping that some day his family has answers. Thank you for watching!
Indeed, and where is his body ? Body of his never found and he cant be far away. The body of his would help a lot, even after 22 years.
Love the walk arounds!!! I always love when someone does a walk around area, gives me a much better feel for the story. Awesome!!!!
Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!
Is there any way you can please turn down the volume of the background noise? It could be just me, but I’m having trouble hearing what you’re saying. Could also be my ADHD getting me distracted lol! Love these vids. Thank you!
YES! Thank you for letting me know. You are not the only one with this issue. I got a new microphone and obviously need to do a better job adjusting the audio levels. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
@SnowyZoe71 Yes, I would love to do a Brandon Swanson video. Thanks for your feedback!
Your channel is amazing! Such a great way to bring awareness to cases. It would be great to see the places where Maura Murray and Brian Shaffer went missing. Thoese two casses blow my mind.
Aw thank you! I appreciate these case suggestions. Both would make great videos! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :)
I second that on Brian and Maura!!
Hey! Love your channel. Only critique is that sometimes the music was a bit overpowering!
Thank you so much for letting me know. I'm still learning a lot about editing 😕
I appreciate your feedback!
I ❤ your channel. You have the perfect voice for narration and I appreciate seeing the locations of many cases I've followed over the years. I have a few video suggestions if you are ever looking for content ideas. These are all cases that are fascinating, troubling, and keep me up at night: Leigh Occhi disappearance, Jennifer Kesse disappearance, Kenley Matheson disappearance, Tara Grinstead murder, Darlie Router case. Just so many. ❤
Thank you!! I really appreciate your feedback and these case suggestions. There are lots of stories that could use more attention, and these are some very intriguing ones. I was recently in Orlando, so I did film a Jennifer Kesse walk! Hoping that it will be ready for January :)
Wow you actually go to the locations & film the walks, that's great. They're so professional & focused I thought that maybe they were done with AI that as an elder millenial I'm too old to understand 😅
@LMCEK Aw, thank you! Yes, I do film the walks myself. It's so interesting to go to each of these places, and I find it very helpful to get a feel for the location before writing the content. I'm also an older millennial and I would not even know where to start with the AI, lol.
@@TrueCrimeTreadmillDarlie Routier is definitely a case in need of more attention. She’s 100% innocent but on death row. Her husband is responsible for the crimes she’s scheduled to die for.
@paradoxical_taco Oh wow, I definitely need to take another look at her case! Thanks so much for your suggestion.
I have my phone turned up all the way.
But still having trouble hearing this whole thing.
So happy to have found your channel. Praying for all the missing people of the world.
Yay! Welcome to the channel :) I'm so happy to have you here
What a tearful story. A young man full of dreams lost in the dark. It's so sad that some people in this rural area the knew things but still kept their mouths shut.
So sad! Thanks for joining me and taking the time to comment.
It's cool to get these views of the campus. Thanks.
I'm so glad you like it. Thank you for joining me and taking the time to comment.
Wow, your channel is criminally underrated. I watched a few videos and was sure you were one of the biggest true crime channels that I hadn't yet seen. Amazing narration, amazing visuals, amazing research! So glad you popped up on my algorithm. Gonna go watch the rest of your videos now. I wish your channel growth and prosperity!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate this comment. And welcome to the channel, I'm so glad to have you here :)
Josh’s case has some links to the homocide of Christopher Jenkins. Blood hounds traced Jenkins and Josh’s scent to St John’s Abby but monks would not allow the dogs access inside.
Feels suspicious. I'm hopeful that there's still a chance for answers. But who knows what it's going to take....
U are VERY thorough and professional. Thank you.
Thank you! So nice of you to say :)
I recall this story when it happened. One year later, 4
college male students all disappeared within a short period of each other. There was a billboard in St Cloud along Interstate 94, displaying the photos of the 4 missing students. There were rumors someone at St John’s University had murdered Josh because he had been researching the Catholic priest abuse of young boys. In addition, Josh had been investigating St John’s University illegal activity in the Bahamas and Caribbean Islands. I had a former police officer friend who was a private investigator. He discovered that Josh had been murdered and buried with a Catholic Priest on campus. Josh’s dad was never allowed to search the Abbey where the Catholic Priests lived. There had been rumors that Josh had been seen in the Abbey. Thanks, for creating this video! There is more to this story! Especially, the rumors about the kidnapping of young girls and guys along Interstate 94, for human trafficking.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! I hadn't heard about the kidnappings along interstate 94. I definitely need to look into that.
Found you channel randomly a while ago and I'm really enjoying it! I watch several different true crime channels, some better than others and yours is hands down my absolute favorite! I love that you take us on these walks, sometimes in the exact locations of the disappearances. Whenever other channels show Google map images or police photos of the area I try to picture how far the victims walked or what it looked like, this finally gives me the answers I wanted. I also appreciate you doing the narration yourself!
I've followed this case for a long time, watched many different documentaries on it and so far you've given the most information yet! Honestly, Josh's case is so confusing and there's any number of things that could've happened to him. While I always hope for the missing to be found alive, I think Josh is likely dead :( I don't think he wandered into water or was killed at the party. I think he was either (A) randomly picked up, possibly by the same men who abducted Anthony or whoever killed the other two men, (B) one of the monks or priests didn't like him looking into the scandal and killed him or (C) he met up with someone from the Yahoo chat room and things went bad. I did see a couple other comments that presented very good points about the chat room and the staff possibly killing him and covering it up. Keep up the great work!!
Yay! I'm so glad you like the walks :) Thank you for joining me. I really appreciate your comment!
I agree that Josh is likely dead. He seemed way to ambitious to just disappear on his own or be kept captive for long. There's just too many other possibilities in his case. Can't believe how many dangerous characters were lurking around the edges of his life. So sad and scary.
Interesting case. You did a great job covering this. It is very interesting that the other two young men were found. The parents have my heart.
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, and I hope that Josh is also found someday. His parents and love ones need answers too. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Can't hear you. The music is louder than your voice.
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This is one of the best channels I've ever seen- hands down. This gives such a diff perspective . What a crazy story ! So sad .
Wow, thank you! I'm really glad you like it. I appreciate you taking the time to comment!
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill I really appreciate the time YOU take to do such an outstanding and thorough job ! It's truly so different to actually see where these incidents took place while your listening to quality , informative and articulate commentary. Truly unique and outstanding . 🙏🏼☺️💜
@surfergirl2943 😀 Thank you so much!
Wow, your videos are incredible. Going to the actual site shows so much respect and dedication. Some UA-camrs just do it for clicks and views without including the more human element and emotions that you do 😢
You came up in my algorithm. Keep it up ❤
Thank you! I'm so glad you are enjoying the channel :) I really appreciate this comment.
I just came across your channel and i love it! You should do the case of Tommy Bearson. It's a very sad and suspicious case from my hometown 😞
Thank you! Welcome to the channel :) This is the first I'd heard of Tommy Bearson. Wow. It is so sad and very suspicious! Thank you for sharing his case with me.
I haven't heard any true crime on UA-cam cover this story yet as far as I know, I could be wrong. This case is so messed up and I wish they would find out who did this to him so his family can have some peace.
Love the content, the fact that you are using a human voice and the cases you cover are mostly unknown which is refreshing as everyone seems to be rehashing the same thing over and over again. I’m not saying we shouldn’t talk about the older cases but people are going missing every day.
Thank you for joining me! There are so many missing with stories that should be heard. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Your videos are so well researched and so informative. Thank you for your hard work! I’m hoping you get more and more subscribers because I really really enjoyed your content! ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your encouraging comment. Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel accidentally. I've never heard of this case. That's what made me click on your video. I enjoyed the content and narration. Keep up the great work. You got yourself another subscriber.
Yay! So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel :)
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill thank you for having me. You definitely have a voice for narration. It was a pleasure listening to your cases. I will share your channel with friends to help your channel grow. 😊
Hi, I have been diligently following Josh Guimond's case over an year. I am surprised somehow your video has got the attention it needs. There are plenty of points here which hasn't covered in Netflix nor in podcasts.
Last I checked up on social media platforms were that one person reached out to Josh's father to know if there is any progress, and his dad said nothing also that even the cops aren't pushing up any longer in this case
The sheriff's office released those photos from Josh's computer and there's been nothing from them since then. So sad :( I hope that this case gets more attention. His family deserves answers. Thanks for joining me and taking the time to comment!
My ex boyfriend is one of the pics they found on his computer. I had to call and identify the pic. It was surreal. I hope they find him one day
Woah. That must have been wild. I'm so glad you were able to call and help. I hope Josh is found too. Hopefully some day soon.
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Good job on this, this is by far the best report I have watched on this case. There is a whole lot of reckless conspiracy theories in the others. I think it is possible he met someone and perhaps this lead to an accidental overdose of something like that. The area around St. Johns is very vast with forests and open prairie. Perhaps he wander out there while inebriated and got lost. There were extensive searches but there are so many cases where these searches fail to locate the victim only to have someone discover the remains later within the search area. Minnesotan Brandon Swanson is an example, as he was the subject of a vast search that never found him even though they were fairly certain of where he got lost. Please do an episode on Swanson if you get a chance, it is an extremely perplexing case.
Thank you! I was very struck by just how remote this place is while filming. It gorgeous land but so vast, and it is quite possible that he is still out there somewhere. Or that he was picked up by some predator too. So sad.
I would very much like to do a Brandon Swanson video! His story is an intriguing and mysterious one. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@TrueCrimeTreadmillPlease can you consider 2 UK cases Steven Clarke (near Redcar) or Ruth Wilson (Surrey, Box Hill) both very mysterious and rarely covered. Id love to see them in the headlines again and reinvestigated 🙏
I absolutely love your videos! There are none like it on yt ! Thank you for all of your hard work!
Thank you for this encouraging comment! I really appreciate it :)
Hey hun your videos would sound much better without the background music. You don’t need it and it’s very distracting. The content is very good but the music is putting me off listening. Lamont at Large does similar content to you without the annoying background music.
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This is a local case that has always haunted the true community here in MN. Still have so many questions about this one.
Me too. So many questions! Hoping everyone gets answers some day. Thanks for watching!
One of the best channels out there . Top notch.
So glad you like it. Thanks for joining me :)
@TrueCrimeTreadmill absolutely 🥰. Thank you for your hard work and for bringing light to these cases. :)
Keep up the great content I’m glad I found your channel keeping me entertained at work, once that UA-cam algorithm picks up on you your channel will take off !
Thank you so much! I'm so glad to have you here ❤
I'd be surprised if they find any trace of him now...
Sad! You may be right. I'm still hoping for some evidence and answers at some point. Thanks for joining me and taking the time to comment!
I really like your channel its so respectful to the victim, informative and thorough. Can you please consider covering the missing Steven Clark. It's a UK case whereby he went missing, and there is so little on it.
Id love to see a map analysis and the route and just one of those ones that is not known outside the Uk but interesting and suspicious. Watch the UK documentary Accused of Murdering our son it was on ITV and worth a watch. Especially the parents on tv interviews. I feel so sad for Steven its been many years now and I think it needs more widespread coverage and I think your storytelling and visuals will bring it to life.
Thank you for this comment and the great case suggestion! I would very much like to do a video on Steven Clark. It is such a sad and very mysterious case. I appreciate the documentary recomendation. It's helpful to have lots of content and sources for these stories.
@TrueCrimeTreadmill Yhis case of Steven makes me so sad. There is also some video footage of him when he picked e received an award, and you could add that too so people see what he was like. I have never seen anyone use any video of him, and It brings the story to life. Katrice Lee is another sad case, and there is so little on her just mentioned in a tv news documentary on missing people with Dan Walker on ch5 and thats it. Im not rven sure it's fair to say it was investigated .ore like it began and went nowhere. There is that little to go on, but her family are suffering immensely and are broken at knowing nothing and feeling that sheer ignorance towards their mising toddler. They'd be very grateful if the case was put out there. Seeing them on tv a couple of times this year and they're broken 💔 😢 It's just a shame when cases of Missing Children such as Katrice just get forgotten about. Someone is likely getting away with a kidknap, murder etc. After all, a body would've been found in over 30+ years.
Anything anyone can do to raise awareness for these 2 missing people is a bonus 🙏 😊
Wow, I had not heard about Katrice until now. Such a very sad story! Thank you for sharing her case with me. 🙏
@TrueCrimeTreadmill judt see her parents and sister. They haven't lived the life they deserved and are just so desperate it's sad to see.
I am a ex Catholic, went to catholic schools till I was sixteen, believe me Im not suprised, I will believe anything can happen in the Catholic religion.
I was a catholic school girl too. They are suppose to hold themselves to a higher standard. What some of these monks did was just terrible. They failed their community and the students in their care.
35:22 I literally had the similar image as you said happened to Anthony. I thought that a priest trolled the college town bars driving around looking for a drunk co-ed to pick up.
Scary!
Something very shady! 🤔
Very. Thanks for watching!
I follow many True Crime channels and your channel has all the ingredients to explode in popularity, similar to others that have become really big. Keep up the great work! 🇿🇦
Wow, thank you so much for this encouraging comment! I really appreciate it :)
Love the walks
Yay! So glad :) Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
I like the background music. Very creepy.
Thank you! So glad you like it :)
Very very strange sounds like a cover up
Yes. Where is Josh?
Thanks so much for watching!
No music 😢please, can't focused on what you were saying.
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It's sad a college in such a beautiful area has such an unsavory history 😢
Agree! Thanks for joining me and taking the time to comment.
New subscriber im living this walking vid
Welcome to the channel, I'm so happy to have you here!
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill keep em coming
Excellent video! Balanced and informative!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!
It's no coincidence as computer was wiped out.That kid knew too much
Yes - it was such an intentional act. So frustrating! That evidence should have been locked down earlier. Thanks for joining me on campus and taking the time to comment.
There is so much information around this case. I feel Josh was trying to distance himself from his former girlfriend and friend because Josh wanted to be a lawyer and didnt want to be connected to small time campus drug dealing. He may have been helping them store information but told them to stop usung his computer, thus an argument. His friends deleted this info off his computer after he went missing to stay out of trouble and it doesnt have anything to do with his disappearance. I think Josh had several ids because he was either researching the other disappearances or the problems on campus. I dont think he was gay. He got into trouble researching and may have unearthed some good clues and perhaps had some threats directed at him. Despite the fake ids he would have had a real IP address to direct unsavory people to his location. He was down at the stone bridge to think about the other disappearances or may have thought he was meeting a witness there and he was taken by the real perpetrators. The dog was mostly picking up scent where Josh had already been. I dont think Joshs body is anywhere near campus.😢
Yes, there is just so many details with this one. It is a lot to sort through. But you have a good point about his IP address. It would have led people to his real location right there on campus. Scary!
I'm hoping for more answers someday. Thank you for watching!
Great channel!!! 😊
Thanks so much! Very happy to have you here :)
I highly recommend reading the book “Footprints of Courage “ by Jan Jensen regarding her son Christopher. Such a good book, but heartbreaking as well.
Thank you so much for this recommendation!
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill you’re welcome
Well done! New subscriber!
Thank you! Welcome to the channel ❤
Now I look back on it I met a lot of sleeper friends in college. I call them sleeper friends because a lot of strange things happened to kids around them and their “external friends.” My advice is to learn martial arts or wrestling before college.
Great channel!! Just stumbled across it while running on my treadmill, funny enough lol. You should do the disappearance of Kayla Berg
How perfect! Thank you for watching and for the case suggestion. Kayla Berg is a very interesting case.
Please do a video on Michael Dunahee. He was 4 yrs old wheh he went missing from a playground in the early 90s in Victoria, BC Canada.
Thank you for this case suggestion! Sounds very interesting.
Yes!…please do a video on this!..such a sad mystery
I like your videos but find the music too distracting.
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@TrueCrimeTreadmill I think the music is nice imo
The music would be less distracting if it was fainter...and I have hearing loss!
@marygale740 @emeraldray3464 Thank you!
I agree. The video is good, but the music made it too difficult for me to stick with it.
what if he was stalking those men. He fits the serial demographic to a T. Maybe he choose the wrong victim and he was killed by them in self defence?
Such an interesting theory that I don't think I've seen discussed before! Thanks for joining me and taking the time to comment. I'm going to have to mull over this one.
He’s still on the campus still somewhere where they know nobody can get to him smh
Scary! I hope everyone gets answers some day soon. Thanks for watching.
There are so many theories, it's difficult to determine which is the most likely without the police files and we know those are incomplete.
I would rule out the 'friend's conspiracy'. So many people? Someone would have told someone by now.
Yes, I agree. That would be a lot of people keeping quiet for a very long time. Hope we know what happened someday. Thanks for watching!
We live near there , sad story , we will always wonder where , what, who ?
Such a beautiful area to live. Hoping for answers for everyone some day soon. Thanks for joining me and taking the time to comment.
I think that Josh met someone offline from Yahoo. He was probably killed.
Great video about a very interesting case. I like that is well researched and I also like your voice. But please stop this music. Is too loud and inapropriate in my opinion. Still I do subscribe to your channel because I appreciate your work. This is the second video I watched and I really liked both of them.
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A confusing case to say the least. 😵
Yes. There was just so much going on all at once! So complicated...
I live within a few miles of where Josh disappeared and have been following the case for years. I commend you on this video. It’s very factual and the video is helpful. I really don’t think there’s a conspiracy here however. I believe Josh met up with someone he knew or possibly a stranger and was taken from campus
Thank you for this inside insight! I'm glad you liked the video. A conspiracy would certainly require a lot of people to remain quiet for a long time now. There's just so many complicating factors in Josh's case ! I'm not sure what I believe, but I am hoping for answers for his family and those that loved him. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
Then who washed his computer and transferred files to a flash drive?
Not bad, but the music is too distracting.
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Are you the voice or using a program to narrate
It's my own voice :) Thanks for joining me !
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill thank you. I came across your channel a week ago and had to make sure. A few bigger channels are using programs now that use their own voice to narrate.
@Logholders Oh wow, that just seems wild to me. I am most definitely not that tech savy!
Just subbed! Keep it up! 4.94K Subs! So close to 5K!
Woot woot! Thanks for joining me!
Yessir! @@TrueCrimeTreadmill
Lets add to the timeline confusion:
Wasn't that the weekend the clocks get set back? And their technology wasnt doing it for them automatically like it does now.
Yes! I think you may be right. Either that weekend or the one just beforehand. It definitely made interpreting the computer records extra complicated. What a mess.
Nice channel going….
My opinion and it’s only a suggestion… I would ditch the background music.
Takes away from you talking and takes me out of the case.
I keep thinking the video is about to end, as if it is a UA-cam short or something.
Just my advice… take it or leave it.
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Love the video, music is too distracting.
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I would love to watch this video but the music in the background is too distracting...
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Nice video 👌
Thanks for watching! I'm so glad you liked it :)
IMO they fit the description of the victims of the smiley face ******* especially the 2 found in water. Idk when the smiley first appeared
Yes, it's true. Very suspicious and sad :(
Wasn't acting particular intoxicated, yet had 10 beers? Um, OK...
Haha, I know. There were varying accounts of his intoxication level. I don't know what to think. And who knows what his tolerance was. I have spent some time with people that just drink beer like its water.
Who in their right mind would willfully go to an all male Christian college?
Did I hear "predatory priests"?
I wish it weren't so! But, I call it like I see it.
THE BACKGROUND MUSIC IS ANNOYING
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Sorry but NO he could have been drunk on 10 beer… just because it’s a male doesn’t mean they can handle it well .. thanks for all you do ❤
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Why is it black and no images?
Oh no, there should be images for sure :(
wouldnt be surprised if he wandered off and succumbed to exposure.
I know. Just one of many possibilities ! So sad.
Sifting through it all, this is what I come up with as a simple scenario.
I discount that an argument might have happened between Josh and Nick as the one roommate who could have heard it supposedly has never come forward to say.
I discount Nick refusing to take a polygraph as my bet is he had an attorney advise him against it.
Neither do I think Josh was grabbed off the street or fell in the water. That makes no sense.
I don’t think that a paper he might or might not have planned to write on sexual abuse at St John’s had anything to do with it, either. Nothing was ever found indicating that he had even started that project and therefore no one would have known anything about that.
Here’s what I think:
I think Josh was gay and knew it for a long time. I think he broke up with Katie because she wanted sex and he didn’t want to give it to her. Somewhere along the way there was a person who said after the breakup Josh seemed like a weight was lifted from his shoulders. There’s not another simple explanation for him to feel that way.
Therefore, I don’t think Josh cared one way or the other if Nick and Katie dated for a little while.
Josh was on Yahoo messenger. He was looking for guys. Period. He knew what he was doing. His female profiles IMO were nothing more than a ruse to get dick pics or watch other guys jerk off on camera.
I think he ran into a Priest or Monk from the University on Yahoo. That would explain the 28-minute phone call which would have been for the purpose of blackmailing Josh and then Josh freaking out and deleting Messenger and all of his profiles. He was horrified and scared to have been found out.
At that point, Josh probably thought he was in over his head.
Therefore, it makes sense to me that Josh was blackmailed into having sex with a Priest or Monk and that is where he went in the middle of the poker party. It would also explain why his scent went to the Abbey which had the Monastery adjoining it to the rear. And why he left certain articles behind in his dorm room such as his glasses and credit cards. He wasn’t going far from home and didn’t need them.
I think Josh was drugged by the Priest or Monk, and that Josh had an OD and died then and there.
Now it would have been the Priest or Monk’s turn to freak out.
As it was, St John’s could not have withstood another scandal at that time, and Josh’s body was after a little while taken away to be buried either in the cemetery at St John’s or on a piece of property elsewhere where no one would ever look, like the property on Swenson Lake near Bemidji, Minnesota owned by the St John's and which is something like 140 or 150 miles away.
It also explains why the St John’s authorities wouldn’t let the Bloodhound into the Abbey until a while later. Once Josh’s body was gone.
So, that’s it. It’s a simple theory and it hangs together. Josh was found out as being gay, he was blackmailed, died accidentally, and was buried. None of the students knew, and others who did know never said a word. As time goes by more and more of those who know will die and dead men tell no tales.
Wow. Thank you for joining me and taking the time to comment. This theory makes a lot of sense. I agree with what you said about Nick not taking the polygraph, as well as Josh's attitude towards Nick and Katie dating. I imagine that being blackmailed would make Josh do unexpected things, like walking away from a poker party as soon as he arrived.
I did not know that St John's had additional property so far away. Would love to know if anyone has looked into that further.
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill Yes, there is that property on Lake Swenson. I should have fleshed out my theory a bit more, but the jist of it is there.
@jplattet So interesting! It seems pretty fleshed out to me. There is only so much we can do with what information is publicly available. Thanks again for watching!
@@TrueCrimeTreadmill That's true. My thing is when thinking about this case I was like, "Let's not overcomplicate this."
Maybe Josh was inebriated from the 10 beers that he had. For whatever reason you dont want to hold him responsible for that part
She isn't victim blaming!
I'm not trying to excuse his drinking or claim it didn't have any part in his disappearance. But I do think that he would have been found by now, if he had gone right into the water because he was too drunk to manage walking. I appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching!
Exactly 10 beers in that time span is drunk or an alcoholic if not drunk. This coming from a former college agw male who drank a lot and had alcoholic friends. I originally thought 3 maybe 4 beers when it was described a bit earlier in the video, not 10. He was certainly drunk or he was an alcoholic to not be drunk. Wow lol
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This case is told in a way implying the Catholic religion. This is a wonderful college a privilege to be part of it.
Nick know...
Horrible background music it drowns out your narration. Please stop with the dumb music
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