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Almost sad that Larry's relatives found him. It sounds like he did much better as Fritz than he did as Larry.
I agree. I wonder if he willed his mind into it.
He was'nt happy and i thought he used that storm to fake his Death. But he so strongly believed that he was Fritz and he even had created memorys of a childhood he never had.
The mind is a Strange thing, maybe he was able to erase and create a new life all by himself?
@@anyathepanther7977 maybe the storm caused him to have severe head trauma? I just don’t know
@@IbrahimK2009 yeah since the boat had damaged my guess is he got injured while on the boat during the storm.
As someone who suffered from depression, i can say the mind does things to cope with trauma. In short, since his life was so bad, his mind had created a "safe place" where everything did go right. Every situation is different, but perhaps his safe place had a different name and lifestyle. These thoughts dont just occure, they can span from childhood to present day. Which would explain why he remembered childhood memories. He probably did hit his head during the accident, and when he woke up his "safe place" memories went from coping thoughts to being real to him. I suffered from this coping method, only i never took those thoughts real.
It was pretty sad for everyone all round.
The success of this channel proves that people are still moved by substance over styling and content over hype. No flashy edits, no click bait.. just good, solid content.... in story form.
Appreciate that!
How does this only have 2 reply’s
Completely agree, this has definitely turned into one of my favorite channels.
@@spawnofsteve7108 ueah
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The first story, honestly, hear me out. His niece ruined his life. I understand needing to know, but he had a new family, an amazing job and was probably taking chemo for his eye. Then the niece had to bring everyone’s attention to him. He lost his family, he lost his job, and he definitely was beyond poor after the insurance company went after him so he wouldn’t be able to afford chemo. And he had amnesia the whole time. It would be different if he was an ass trying to get out of the first family. It’s sad. Truly
I agree 100000%
But he was an ass trying to get out of the first fam l ol
Yeah. I agree it's f'ed up he did that but like....girl he ran away for a reason. I was actually a little annoyed she kept insisting
Maybe he had a cancerous tumor pushing on his brain, causing the memory loss?🤷
but if he wasnt trying to get away from his family, where did he get documentation?
Always a good idea to send a guy of whom you’re convinced has 3 evil demons lurking around inside home to hang with the fam for the night. Even if you didn’t think he was actually possessed, his violent attempts should have caused someone to notify police and at least separate him from the family until he was apparently safe.
Yeah that was a huge failure on the priests. They didn't take this sufficiently seriously
@@shawntcothey should’ve at least stayed at the church until they were done. They could’ve taken shifts to get some rest but what they did was knowingly send him back home with his wife and he acting as if he was still possessed. Or as the above comment suggested, call the authorities to have him placed under watch for a certain time. So you could say those priests were at fault also.
How was Marie speaking in tongues possible if she, too, wasn't possessed? It seems like a scam or trick more than a true possession. I tend to agree with the comment right below this one: 'Getting caught cheating then pretending that you're getting possessed by a demon is the funniest thing I've ever heard'. Not buying that he was actually possessed.
@@ItsNeverAManequin The more I think about it, the more your comment makes sense. He probably got caught and you know what it’s like when a man gets caught, they get angry. And so he just decided to act like he was possessed trying to make it seem as though it wasn’t him that was doing it but the demons inside of him making him do it. Idc how he acted, he wouldn’t have been coming home to me especially after claiming he was filled with demons. Nope, you and that teacher who was also acting as if she was possessed, y’all go on back to her place and figure it out.
@@ItsNeverAManequintheres the bibilical tongues of the bible, and then blasphemous words of different languages that demons will speak when manifesting through someone which will sound like tongues.
I find it hard to believe Larry's boat simultaneously capsized in a storm and then he gets amnesia, but is able to produce papers showing his new identity a few days later. It seems more likely he wanted a new life, and just refused to admit who he really was 8 years later.
That's what I thought too and I think that more than likely the psychological methods we had to determine fugue states were greatly decreased at that time
But honestly I was just glad that he found happiness somewhere and it seemed like even if his wife and kids were able to find happiness after his disappearance in some way shape or form... it seems like his "discovery" brought more pain than anyting
Seems like he had been planning on it for awhile
That’s what I thought too .. maybe he went fishing with a man with that name ? Who knows lol
are use all forgetting he agreed to go to the police station to be identified ,y would he do sutch if he new he had left his old life
When the video title doesn't say "3 stories" and the entire time you think that the first nice guy who suffered from amnesia after a horrible accident is a demon psycho😂
Lmao 🤣
The whole time, I was waiting for a plot twist where the guy disappeared and changed his identity because he was a serial killer or something.
IKR!!! had me going for a moment lolol
SAME 😂
Ha the whole time I was waiting for the story to turn and fritz be a murderer and that’s why he was “missing”
#2 is why there should ALWAYS be a call and response procedure to verify safety. Especially when you're dealing with people that may not have done anything like that before. Repelling, zip lining, climbing, bungee jumping, and everything else similar are supposed to have a call and response before action.
Exactly! I hope her boyfriend or family sued this particular Bungee Jumping outfit. It makes zero sense how they would just say 'jump' without confirming they are talking to the right person. Even saying 'Yecenia, jump' or her boyfriend's name and 'jump' would be better. I understand Yecenia was panicking but even if she wasn't she may have made the same error. it's not her fault, it's theirs.
@@ItsNeverAManequin women and accountability... tell me, why do you never take accountability for your actions? Just ONCE, man... LMFAOOOOOOOOOO
@@albanian2902this has nothing to do with man or women, and you’re disgusting for saying that. Accountability is necessary, and they shouldn’t sue because of her own contribution to the mistake. Just like You need to take accountability for being a gross human being.
Where in my comment did I say anything about women and accountability? I said that it wasn’t her fault and that they should sue that company. You okay?
@@ItsNeverAManequin Huh? I did not say you said it. I said it. Take accountability for your actions. As simple as that. It's not anybody's fault but her's. How can you argue with that?
I live very close to the church where they did the “exorcism”. The general opinion of the locals is that the guy had lost his mind from the chronic pain and stress. The priests put him through all those hours of torture which just sent him over the edge.
The way she was so scared to bungee jump this whole time, to only die from a heart attack when she realized she jumped too soon. Heartbreaking.
Nice pun!
😂😂
Can't tell if this was a genius joke...
And ironic
Hilarious 😂
The bungee jumping story is a perfect example of "listen to your gut feeling!"
Very sad story
My mom was supposed to go sky diving with a friend in college, but she chickened out at the very last minute. She was supposed to tandem jump with the instructor. The guy who went in her place, and the instructor died after both of their parachutes failed. In conclusion, you are so right.
💯 Soooo true! Usually your gut feeling is almost always right. I was always taught to listen to that & I've told my kids the same. That bungee jumping story is so sad & super scary.
When I was young my oldest cousin (19 at the time) went to Canada for a fun night with friends. (Living in Michigan, only like 20-25 mins away-- it's almost a right of passage to go drinking in Canada since the legal drinking age is 19.) Sadly, her friend that drove had no business driving. My cousin, seated behind the driver, passed away on impact from getting crushed between seats. Even though it's been many years I can still remember what one of her best friends said at the funeral. I guess my cousin had begged her to come out with them that night. She was in college & busy studying, so she declined. I guess being persistent my cousin & friends stopped at her house on the way for one last begging attempt. She didn't end up going & she said it wasn't so much the studying keeping her home, but a terrible gut feeling. She was beside herself at the funeral & kept repeating how she KNEW something bad was gonna happen.😢 So, to make a long story even longer, lol, ALWAYS listen to your gut people!!!!
Agree with you 💯%
This is real I’ve been threw it myself u want to know more give me a chat
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The Larry Bader story is unbelievable. Bro's entire life got ruined because his pre-amnesia family didn't want to mind their own.
I know! The 1st wife got insurance money and he did better in his 2nd life.
Because legally he was already married. Simple as that. All he had to do was divorce. And I've never heard of that kind of amnesia. He could have been faking it all along.
@@moonspun4evr divorce and be in poverty, the family enjoyed millions. He should have not shown up the second day and take a break on that activity for a while until they ignored him
Oh yeah that """Amensia""" he had. Bro was clearly lying. I don't blame him for it, but yeah he was straight up lying LMAO
Agree..but l was kind of hoping he had an identical twin and they had been separated at birth.
i really appreciate that you explain things, like bungie jumping, which i would assume everyone knows what that is. but you explain it anyway in a way that anyone would understand so that you make sure everyone understands
The knowledge that it's possible to literally scare yourself to death is scarier than whatever it is you're scared of.
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“”The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself!””
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, inaugural Presidential speech 1932
Stupid boyfriend.
not really cos it's under my control.
What if I’m scared to death of the fact that I’m so scared of sharks, that I may be literally scared to death if I see one.
I know Yesenia's accident was a freak accident, but freak accidents are why safety practices exist. They shouldn't put anything on you at all until everything is connected first. And people shouldn't be able to jump without a staff member clearing them. And they shouldn't have two people up there at the same time if they aren't ready at the same time and the verbal communication isn't totally clear with two-way understanding confirmed. ANYONE could misunderstand when a staffer says "ok jump!" to someone else, that is WAY too broad to say at a BUNGEE JUMPING business
I'm so sorry for her boyfriend, you can never stop seeing something like that
Like they should have the staff place a hand on her shoulder, and then when she's truly cleared for jumping, give it a slap and there'd surely be no mistake that it's a signal to jump.
Agreed, total incompetence
Not specifying who's cleared to jump seems like such a huge oversight, that's just baffling
Haha Hindsight
@@A_Black_Sheep94 exactly. It was the end of the day after a hundred jumpers too.
Story #2 is heartbreaking. 😔
Actually, in the Story of Larry Bater, there is this effect called a, "Confabulation". A confabulation, basically, happens, when your brain tries to recall something, like a memory, draws a blank and then just decides to produce something that fits the bill. Happens a lot in dementia cases, especially early ones, but also to people with ADHD. Our brain is quite apt in doing so and, for some, this ability is the core reason we can be creative.
As someone with ADHD and a terrible memory this is very concerning news
I know, right?!
Nosy niece and friend: Rips off eyepatch and fake mustache and exclaims you're not Fritz Johnson you're uncle Larry!
Larry Bader: And I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids!
Underrated comment
Massively underrated
I'm just glad Larry wasn't a master in Martial Arts instead.
This is the best comment!
This was my first thought, and I was hoping there was a comment like this🤣🤣🤣
I’m confused how “Fritz” would have gotten documentation saying who he was in order to get that job in Omaha. Sounds more to me like he ran from his life & had a second identity created.
doesn’t explain why he would consent to being finger printed though
I know it can be confusing to how Fritz got documentation to start a new life but this took place in the late '60s so a lot of that kind of stuff was a lot easier to get. There was no Home or business computers, time when a lot of stuff was done on paper a phone call or fax or something so it was easy to start a new life in a sense. Computers and other technology is what really made it easy to track people and make that stuff harder Plus I think it's like regulations of the federal government states working more together.
@@minnesota_fats7344 yes but why did he think he was Fritz and did he just walk to the DMV one day with his wet clothes and go "I need a new I.D my name is Fritz and they were like " okay Fritz of you say so, here is your I.D and social security card have a nice day with your new name" like wtf lol
Honestly something had to happen during the storm like he probably was thrown and probably hit his head In away he came up with a new identity
@UCr0AL37NuZJJHrwRsQQ65Dg pretending he was “as confused as everyone else literally ruined his new life”. Not getting that finger print would have been better for him no matter what backlash he got.
So, Larry's family literally shows up, forces him into submitting to their will, ruined his life completely, then left him hanging to fix everything they FOOKED up for him all alone..... That's completely FOOKED up!!! If they truly cared about him, they should have left him happy and secure!!!
Dammmm. Lary only had one year left to live anyways and they showed up and ruined it for him. Lost his job, his wife and his own sense of self all before cancer getting him. That sucks
That poor girl. My heart goes out to her boyfriend who witnessed her last moments, knowing he could do nothing to stop it. Devastating.
Brutal right nothing he could do ..once she jumped.
He could actually listen to her the whole time and not talking her into a jump so yeah, he could stop it.
@@josip1912 it’s good to encourage people to do things especially if it’s there fear she had a choice he didn’t make her do it he encouraged there’s a difference
@@iceeeuuuu yes I agree its the good thing, but in this case they were in line for hours and she rly become to much anxious about it and fear ate her to the point she couldn't even think straight, see or hear anything and it's not like you are afraid of the dog and you just encourage or talk into pet it. Now I don't wanna blame the guy for her death but he could just said ok we can come some other time when it will not be as busy. Again its not his fault, it's company fault for poor safety measures in first place.
@Sunshine&Sunflowers...my feelings exactly. Mr. B's stories almost always deeply affect me but most of it is the never-sleeping-again kind.... like HIS OWN ghost story... but some of them make me hurt and occupy my thoughts the rest of the night and this was one of them.
Audible should hire Mr.Ballen to voice audiobooks, he has the enthusiasm of a true storyteller.
oh god yes! If he could also voice Anne Rice's sleeping beauty series *swoon*
Yes he is a Great story teller
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i saw this comment and just thought about how awesome it was! stopped literally everything else going on in my brain for a moment there!!!
I was never going bungee jumping but now I’m never EVER going. What a terrifying story!
The first story: They should just leave him alone. What an awful family.
He left them because he was in debt to start a new life, sounds like his actions came to bite him back in the ass
@@SlayfulBestie Not fair at all. If someone doesn't want to live with you anymore, it doesn't mean it deserves to die of cancer.
@@mermaid-xd2us He likely already had cancer and it just developed throughout the years. Cancer wasn't karma, the karma was the fact that a family member managed (against all odds) to somehow find him, even though he was presumed to be dead.
@@SlayfulBestie His cancer treatment was stopped due to lack of money. Please watch the video carefully. His family is selfish. If he didn't want this family, they shouldn't force him back.
@@mermaid-xd2us He is selfish for leaving his family behind and completely starting a new life, he fucked up by getting in debt and faked his own death because he doesn't want to deal with the consequences of his own actions.
Frtiz having documentation for his current alias that's the part that gets me most. Amnesia doesn't usually also produce official documents.
I feel fritz was an identical twin
@@bella548 but the fingerprints..
@@kitkat5620 According to the Washington State Twin Registry, identical twins may share similar characteristics of their fingerprints, including the loops and ridges. So its possible he had an identical twin. That would also explain his identification documents and only knowing himself as who was with his wife.
@@bella548 but having 2 other brothers who doesnt know u had twin all this time? doesnt add up
@@K9L_IA it actually does. Many babies get separated at birth for different reasons and their parents arent aware .
I’ve heard about lying to cover your affair, but having an exorcism is some serious long game.
Right!!! Talk about desperate measures
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that is exactly how christianity was made
That Marie was attractive, too. I am sure something was going on.
The dude ripped off his wifes face. Idk abt demons but i do believe he was not in his right mind either way. No person could just out of no where conjure up the ability to do that to another person. Something happened to him thats fs. If it happened to him it could happen to you to. We all the same species
My eyes are glued to the screen each time i am watching an MrBallen episode. You truly have a way of connecting to your audiences and quite impressive.
larry’s case could just be a very rare coincidence where their fingerprints matched and they looked identical or it could be that lightning struck larry, causing the amnesia
Rare case? You mean the first case ever because no two people have EVER had the same finger prints. If their finger prints matched they are most certainly 100% the same person
"Its just a rare case where they look exactly the same and have the same fingerprints, and one of them has gone missing and been found in a different town very close to their previous home!!!" LMFAOO honey... no
The way this story was phrased made me laugh so hard. Like
“Excuse me, are you my Uncle Larry?”
“Of course not! I’m clearly John Johnson, famous for my eyepatch and big mustache”
Lol
They said he twisted his mustache while saying that phrase.
@@emmanuel7489 After the fingerprinting, he "died from eye cancer", shaved, started wearing a sombrero and became Juan Johnson.
@@ColonelSandersLite I heard he got on a fishing boat and became Long John Silvers
John Johnson also sounds like a fake name
MrBallen has officially replaced Netflix for me. I never got stuck into a channel for so long.This guy could bring world peace with his story telling.
Netflix is like $20 a month now if you want to watch in Hd lol. They are out of their fucking mind. I occasionally would sign up for a few months and binge watch the newest shows but after seeing the most recent price increase im going to have to not do that anymore. I can afford the $20 but at what point do we all just say this is too fucking much. It used to be under $10 a month for full HD and multiple screens.
He’s replaced porn.
@@benjamin6460 Naah not yet.
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John Johnson is the fakes name I've ever heard 😂
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As for the first story, I remember this happening back in my day. Apparently the psychologists performed very interesting tests on Larry, one of which involved a method which, to this day, is highly controversial. They put him in a room with a firepit, a tent and a flashlight. A doctor would then knock on the door, slowly peak his head in and ask "Do you know how to get to Bell's Canyon?"
You've obviously been around for a long time.
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lol i know that reference :) not sure if thats a good thing, though...
I was intrigued by the beginning, and then couldn't stop smiling on the end of your comment.
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Yesenia’s story is heartbreaking. Can’t even imagine what she felt and thought of right after her jump. Life is already like extreme sports. No need to look for more risks and trouble (
Hard to tell exactly what happened there. I don't know shit about bungee jumping, but it seems wrong to let a person unattached on the verge of a cliff, even if they were going to attach her to a harness seconds or minutes afterwards.
She felt a sharp pain in her chest.
And the fact she didn’t want to jump as is, it’s just awful. It’s okay to back out of things if you can’t do it, but she panicked so hard she died because of it.
@@Jade_1872 I'm definitely not down with talking someone into doing something death defying.
@@gabrielvinicius2409 also weird to yell jump, surprised there haven’t been more accidents with people who think they’re good to go.
Imagine casually telling someone they had 40 demons in them and there are still some left.(25:57)
The storms on the Great Lakes are never a laughing matter and storm warnings there only ignored at your own peril.
that bungee story is my literal worst nightmare, I feel so horrible for that poor girl and everyone else who was affected.
there was a guy that forgot his parachute when skydiving, im so serious i would've died from a heart attack too
The bf should've jumped immediately (cause they gave the ok for him) & tried to grab her body mid-air... A long shot but the only chance.
But wouldn’t she still have died from the heart attack?
@@dyawr I wouldn't cast that kind of thing on the BF personally.
@@aerostrafe1075 Yeah, I don't mean to say that he failed her. Just that he hurried to take his gear off & go the other way down, to try and save her if he could. But that was futile
The bungee jumping story is one of the scariest things I’ve ever heard 😟 it’s OK to not do certain things, our fear is there for a reason.
@@jasonstateman9093 how many times did her fear tell her to turn around while she waited in line? Or not to go in the first place? There is no reason to bungee jump if you don’t want. Too much silly pressure to swallow your fear. I’m afraid of heights and when my brother and sister bungee jumped and tried to pressure me, I told them fkn kick rocks 🤣I get that too much fear in some situations can be bad as it is in most, but it’s also helpful too to avoid unnecessary stressful situations. I mean c’mon dude you’re watching Mr Ballen, how much would paying attention to fear save so many folks from meeting an unfortunate end?
@@autrythegood and how many walk right into their death because of a fear response? She did. Using the show is not the best cross section of examples XD
You were right to tell your friends to kick rocks, peer pressure is not a good thing since it tries to disregard that spur of the moment risk assessment and even autonomy of the target. However there is something to conquering a fear that can remove associated blocks, but I'm sure as any professional therapist would advise though *never when it's an acute phobia so powerful it can induce a myocardial infarction.* She was a story in knowing and accepting ones limits.
@@UlshaRS I agree with some of your point, but I definitely still believe that fear is more helpful than harmful and its innateness has allowed humans to survive. And accepting one’s limitations would also have been her listening to her instincts (fear) that told her not to go. But yes, too much of anything is bad. I wouldn’t let my fear of heights stop me from getting on a plane to travel because that’d be allowing my fear to control me IMO but thrill seeking - Never. And what comes to mind from MrBallen is all those scuba diving stories where people pass numerous warning to turn around if they’re not a professional, noting others have died and stating that the trip isn’t worth death, but they push on and perish tragically. And I can’t help but think if they listened to that fear response when reading those signs that most of them would have turned around and saved their own lives.
Eeeeeeeyyy wait a minute what kind of a wich is affraid of flying?!?! Good wich i guess🤷🏻♂️
Yeah, agreed! That poor girl. That's so sad. I've been asked to go bungee jumping before, & I laughed out loud in response. No way. These sorts of accidents are a lot more common than is generally known.
That top story reminds me of the story line of one of the most recent Conjuring movies. It was based on a true story about this young boy named David Glatzel who was being possessed by a demon. David's older sister's boyfriend, Arne Johnson, decided to provoke the demon and caused it to leave David and possess Arne. Arne then went and committed a murder. It was the first known court case in US history where the defense claimed demonic possession as the cause for Arne's actions.
Im so addicted to this mesmerizing story teller and his obscure but fascinating true tales.
Thank you Mr B. for your authenticity and commitment to your craft.
I feel so bad for the first guy he was living a good and happy life before everything got ruined and he didn't even understand why
That was so sad sucked he chose to get it done
His family should have left it alone. Sometimes love means waking away
Yup
It's all good he died a year later his life only sucked for a year
Nah. I'm betting he planned it all out while he was disappointed in his "1st" life. Amnesia my ass.
I assumed that Larry Bader deliberately went missing so he could start a new life, and perhaps so his wife and kids could collect the insurance money. The amnesia story is plausible, but the question remains... how did he suddenly show up in Nebraska with "Fritz Johnson" documentation??
Planned on faking his death in the storm which ended up being way stronger than expected. When he woke up maybe all he knew was that he was John Johnson. The real question is how does anyone assume the name of John Johnson? It sounds almost made up
The dumb family really shouldn’t have outed him
Oh yea. How did he have the documents? Maybe he did leave his family and forged them. I mean did he ever visit his parents? Im sure his second wife wondered where "Fritz" family was.
@@zacharyalfano9846 he clearly wanted nothing to do with them. poor guy.
My exact thought!
Michael's a genius. Pretending to be possessed to avoid the confrontation for being cheating. Really commited to it too with the whole murder thing. I'm stealing that
I love the way you tell your stories you get so in to it.
Wife: "You're having an affair"
Husband and Mistress: "Who has time to think about that when we are clearly possessed...stop being so selfish."
That was my first thought too lmao.
Literally speaking in tongues to get out of an argument.
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤔🤔🤔🤔😎😎😎
"Quickly Marie, we've been practicing Latin just for this moment!"
Its actually a genius way to get out of the confrontation. Too bad it wont work in the modern age lol. Because now you have to prove the devil exist first before you can claim that its doing the possession.
I found Mr. Ballen last year while confined to the bed after a near fatal motorcycle accident. He definitely helped pull me through that tough time. Thanks man!
Hope you’re doing better now!!
Hopefully you made a full recovery :)
Hope you're doing okay ❤️
Little bit of a different story but same result!
Praying you had a complete recovery. MrBallen has been uplifting for many of us❤️
Brooooo...
11:25 I know this video is about 2 years old, but this is the first time I've seen your whole body, OR you standing. All this time,I thought you had no legs following the video about the incident on your last military tour. WHAT??? I'm glad and so excited you are safe and whole. God bless you, man.
Bungee company 100% to blame, what morons. Don't say jump if everyone is not secured. Also I wonder if she would have lived if she had not been so afraid, probably not.
I walked into a small store the other day in my city and the girl in charge had Mr. Ballens stories playing over the stores speakers system.. lol. You know you’ve made it big and people love you when they would rather hear you, instead of the radio’s top 20 😎.
You sir, are awesome. 🖖🏾
That could either be really cool or really creepy, depending on the type of store.
@@PongoXBongo 😀 ,true
That is really amazing!
This is awesome!
Anything is better than current music
OMG. How horrific! That poor woman! And knowing how freaking dangerous Michael was, HOW did he only get four years of psychiatric care and then is free to live out his life being dangerous? Does anyone else think it would have been harsher punishment in the US or would he get the same punishment? I was just really, really horrified with this case. I watch true crime all the time, but when I heard what he'd done to her, I had to rewind it and I audibly said "oh my God". That says a lot. This guy is dangerous.
So, without knowing the exact medical details, I can explain how that happened.
If he was found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity, he is not criminally culpable. There's is no criminal sentence.
In the UK, the judge can however issue a hospital treatment order. This basically says "you had no mens rea, not criminal intent, because you are mentally unwell and that is not your fault. However, your illness means you pose a significant risk to the safety of yourself and/or others and therefore you are ordered to be detained in hospital until such time as you have been treated to the degree that you are no longer a threat"
Michael would have been detained to a mental health hospital and been under the treatment of psychiatrists. He would not be allowed to leave hospital until deemed well. 4 years is the average length of stay at a high secure mental health unit, in medium secure its about 2 I think.
The best story teller on UA-cam. Keep up the good work!
Okay, but Larry most likely passed away so incredibly lonely. Surrounded by strangers that claimed to have known him as someone else, while completely shunned by the people he’s known all his life. That’s incredibly upsetting. It’s hard to imagine that anyone of his family or friends (new or old) walked out of that situation unscathed.
He went through with getting false paperwork he knew what he was doing
I don’t understand also if they were his brothers why don’t they just leave him alone let him be happy with his new life. Why drag him into his old life where he had to pay for the insurance and also lose his new family and new succesful job.
@@chrisS19019 that’s what I dont understand. If he had amnesia etc. How did u jsut get all the paperwork
At least they gained a bigger family. Hopefully everyone was able to cope and get along. I also don’t get where the paperwork came from, feels purposeful.
@@jogonyachickennugget4911 agreed. It sounds like he knew he was screwed and decided that the only way forward was to double down as hard as possible.
It's weird that he would agree to go be fingerprinted with his brothers, he had to have known that he was going to be exposed that point.
But there's no way he just 'accidentally' got paperwork under this fake name. That had to have been an intentional act.
The second one is so preventable. No one should be out on the exposed platform without fall protection.
Right! Why was she on the edge of the platform in the first place without a secured harness?
smart enough to be a lawyer but too dumb to follow directions
@@pcpolice2518 Someone in the midst of a panic attack is not operating at 100%.
It's kind of sad because she had the fear of doing this the whole time (for obvious reasons). Boyfriend must have felt so terrible as she probably only stayed for him...
@@pcpolice2518 yup not the brightest bulb
That first story, what a terrible thing all round. I feel so sorry for Larry/Fritz and his wives and children. He did nothing wrong and his whole life exploded twice (although he was oblivious to the first one)
His wives must have been distraught and then the poor man dies of cancer before he can ever get answers and resolution. So sad
Always a nice job John, keep em coming!
That demonic posession sure came upon him at a convenient time, just when accused of cheating.
Yeah, my impression also. He probably hated his wife and he used the whole exorcism thing to get away with a murder.
That’s what I was thinking.
Wendy Butler, I was thinking the same thing.
Crazy how he never got “possessed” during his “prayer sessions”. I wonder how things would’ve turned out if his wife never said anything
@@DdawgWalker Right? I’m guessing a whole lot different.
Based on the fact that he had the "paperwork" saying he was, in fact, John Johnson as soon as he got to Oklahoma makes me think his entire story is bogus and he knew exactly what he was doing the whole time. I'm not too sure I'm buying the "amnesia theory." When someone gets into an accident and loses their memory to amnesia, they aren't going to have another identity ready to go within a couple of days and/or weeks. Sounds to me like he was just embarrassed to admit that he walked out on his former life by faking his own death.
That is a good theory 🙌 interesting
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I was thinking that too like how tf did he come up with fake paperwork if it wasn't planned already
But there were doctors claimed and proved that he had amnesia.
Il fu mattia pascal
I've always loved radio shows. This format/is awesome. I get hooked and love these stories that you tell. Awesome job
Apologies. I ment format/presentation
I love your channel that you still provide true journalism with substance not just a bunch of naked girls and guys screaming during ur episodes salute to you sir
Michael’s story reminds me of the time I pretended to be sleepwalking when my mom caught me trying to sneak out. She didn’t buy it should’ve tried speaking in tongues.
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Off to Hogwarts you go
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg
I love how he explains what bungee jumping is ... That's what makes his story telling unique he really gets into the little details in his story
I’m wouldn’t be surprised that there would be people on this planet that don’t know what bungee jumping is.
@@PatrickSwayzeOnDbol same here. Remember though that there r children who might not have learned what bungie jumping is . Or perhaps a person who has never learned what it is either due to language barriers , or slang difference. Sometimes people have different label titles for the same subject . Who knows. But yeah. ..
And yet annoying at the same time.
@@PatrickSwayzeOnDbol I only know what Bungee Jumping is on a very "hear - say" sort of thing. I've heard of it, and I know what it does, just not much about how it operates.
It's the combination of a lot of things that makes his storytelling so unique. The emotion he conveys through his face, movements, images shared when telling the story is a huge part of it. Another large part of it is the telling of the story through the first person's perspective.
Some people may disconnect from whom they are or were. Maybe he thought his life as Larry was not his true self and he wanted to escape that. The human mind is a wild thing, it is common for people to block out past memories to forget and be free from the stress and anxiety that life had brought before.
He is a great storyteller. I do emjoy his videos even though the subjects are obviously grim. A charismatic telling makes it extremeley interesting. Thank you.
I love the details and wording he uses in the stories he tells. Little things like "She got out, she took a deep breath, she made her way to the front of the church, and she stormed inside." I mean, that easily could have been just "She got out of her car and followed him into the church." The way he tells these stories builds up so much suspense so it feels like he witnessed it firsthand.
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I'd be scared if I was one of his kids. I'd be like "dad, that nite nite story scared the hell out of me. Too much info" 🤣
Hahaha that's funny about being his kids lol and yes I like how he explains everything in great incriminate details makes you be able to picture it in your head clearly
I appreciate that!!
I also like the stories and all, but it would sound better with not that many "she/he", imo. cut the amount used in half and it would sound more natural, as opposed to something that is being read from a script.
Never craved content more than MrBallens.
Thank you!!!
Hahahaha literally the truth right there your not the only one guilty right here
He's pretty much the best storyteller on UA-cam.
@@MrBallen It's true, your stories are highly addictive! Or maybe its just your style of storytelling, regardless they are amazing and kill boredom on a daily basis!
@Brian Marr what ?
“He got up, looked at Maria with a strange or almost inhuman look, and spoke strangely”. I wonder if he was just reminded of his back pains...
2:11 I was literally at Lake Erie this past weekend and it wasn’t stormy, but rainy and ULTRA windy. The sea wa…. I mean… the lake was ANGRY. Huge waves. It was no different than the waves of an angry sea though to say the least
Mr B has trained me to avoid spoilers by going “full screen” and ignoring comments until the end…Something I never used to do. A testament to his story telling skills.
I do that as well, I do not want ANY spoilers to his stories!!!
I haven't learned yet. Well, at least I just have it paused during the Hello Fresh stuff, not during one of the stories. ;-)
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Me lmao
It is really sad that Fritz had a happy, full life, but as Larry, he was miserable. Then here comes his original family finding him, and now Fritz's life is turned upside down.
It's such a weird turn that a family member happened to be over in Chicago, a full seven-hour drive from Akron, and just happened to be in the exact place that Fritz was doing a demo so well that a crowd had gathered, thereby drawing the attention of his family member.
Life is so odd sometimes, isn't it?
Only happens in a simulation
Hello does anyone here believe in Jesus??
@@TortoiseCashFlow matrix
@@connorlancaster7541 not in the way you believe in him
@@connorlancaster7541 no. I mean I believe anything is possible but there's no proof any any one specific God so I like to keep my mind open to the possibility that any of the gods could be real or none of them. Who knows, we'll all figure it out eventually though.
youre a great story teller like how you put things together
CONGRATULATIONS ON 5 Million! When you see the MR BALLEN notification come through you stop everything you’re doing and watching knowing it’s going to be GOOD!! 💜
Exactly!!
@@sheryl1173 ua-cam.com/video/aH0NGNUGGp0/v-deo.html its about H A M P T E R it's about H A M P T E R put in the H A M P T E R and take the H A M P T E R
Yay~! I’m not the only one lmao 🤣
Why was the ad I got before the video literally your comment but not about mr ballen lmaooo
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Getting caught cheating then pretending that you're getting possessed by a demon is the funniest thing I've ever heard
Nothing funny about demonic possession. It’s real and should NOT be taken lightly.
Funny except there’s casualties. I definitely believe the possession was a hoax to cover up the affair though. Fucking sicko for sure.
they made eye contact and mutually understood "WE NEED TO PRETEND WE ARE POSSESSED" instead of just admitting they're having an affair.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately saw through what they were doing1 lmfao
Exactly, my thoughts were, wow they must be good actors. What a way to change the topic.
Thank you MrBallen for completely ruining any future chance I woulda had to go skydiving, bungee jumping or even zip lining!😔
It was probably a mercy for the poor girl who jumped to die of a heart attack on the way down, but that was such a sad story. And the poor boyfriend probably never forgave himself.
The bungee jumping story is so terrifying to me. I feel anxiety just from hearing it. 😱
Completely preventable too. What kind of bungee jumping place has people jumping without making sure the jump area is clear? It shouldn't have been possible for someone to make that mistake
I hear that hospitals always appoint an arrival-by-ambulance a "DOA" (dead on arrival) to avoid lawsuits. Maybe this is one of those cases. Instead of her dying from the fall, she "died before impact" which probably released the bungi jumping company from any liability.
Same my heart dropped!!
Hate to say it but that’s a Darwin right there… I’ve been scared and nervous af when bungee jumping but heck, I still paid attention and made sure that the bungee jumping staff securely tethered me to ropes and the crane from where I was jumping off of. I’d like to think that when you’re that scared, your instincts make you more hyper aware and vigilant of your own safety.
@@echo.charlie looking at it this way, I feel better about my “freeze” response to heights. I once wanted to make myself jump off a rock into a river (like many others had safely done in front of me), and yet was totally frozen. I simply could not make myself do it. I guess that’s a good survival trait, in some instances.
When you tried listening to others also doing this type of content, you will appreciate mrBallen more. The way he tells the story, it's so emphatic and free of judgement even though some of the featured people on the stories are downright deserving hate or sometimes mockery. He is very respectful. This makes you realize that anybody can tell a story but no one could make it as engaging and entertaining as mrBallen.
Thank you!
That is so very true.
@@MrBallen no no we thank you 🙏
Anna solves is good as well
not to bad right?
Mr ballen has a son I never knew
I'm from Colombia and got very excited when you mentioned Amagá which is pretty close to y home town. That bridge is very popular and people go on hikes to cross it all the time.
He got caught cheating and he pretended to be possessed. Genius.
Exactly, him n the bint from the church are criminal mastermind's........
That's what I thought to.
Sounds like my ex 🤣
Not a bad cover story if you want to be with your girlfriend and your marriage just suddenly became inconvenient
Hello does anyone here believe in Jesus?
Fritz saying his name was John Johnson while wearing a mustachioed disguise and pretending to definitely not remember leaving his wife and children to enjoy his life is the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time
Heh
He
- but he could have denied it. Instead he decided to go along with his family’s demands and he lost everything because of it.
I’m thinking that huge storm was caused by aliens and he was, in fact, abducted by them and contracted cancer from their experiments, and after the aliens were done with him, they planted him back. How was this never mentioned.
John Johnson is the most fake ass name I've ever heard
It's like that scene in the Flintstones movie where Fred wears a very shabby fake beard and hat while still wearing his trademark tunic.
When they all knew he eas the uncle/brother it definitely broke me. That man went through something traumatic AF.
They knew exactly who he was and they didnt give up. Even when he said no. That's beautiful. Fr.
I mean, beautiful if you ignore how it screwed up his entire life and ended with him losing everything and dead.
David Paulides is doing a whole series on this amnesia thing...apparently MANY people disappear and show up hundreds of miles away and start a new life...
I think what makes Mr. Ballen an effective storyteller is that he is not trying to be dramatic with scary voices etc. He is just a guy speaking to us in the same tone he would describe something normal, like what happened on the way to the grocery store. It lends his stories a sincerity and realism you don't find in other scary storyteller channels.
I fully agree. It will turn me off a channel very quickly if there is a goofy dramatic voice when there are such heavy real events at play. Some things deserve respect when spoken about and it feels like Mr. Ballen gets that.
Thanks!!!
Agreed!
What I love about the way he tells stories is that he does it without any ego attached (he makes sure all of the focus is on the story and not himself). He also shows respect and communicates empathy when the story calls for it.
I just hate how he goes on about the like button. It's stupid.
It's easy enough to imagine Larry's cancer that claimed his eye had resulted in some form of brain damage as well, causing the amnesia.
Yeah! Now that you say that, that makes perfect sense. Good job on coming up with that
Nice. I haven't thought of that. Perhaps so
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During the storm he hit his head he was thrown off the boat and his body floated to shore.
@@territorialamcape2726 people float face down
Awww you have a picture of the Civic theater in ur background!! Born and raised in Grand Rapids. Wild.
Ive thought for over a year maybe longer i was subscribed only to notice i haven't been this full time which i do apologise for. Ive just sat and watched for about 4 hours bloody brilliant thank you for the videos.
With the bungee jumping story, someone should go to jail. Why was she even on the edge and unsecured before she had the tether attached. Utter stupidity on the part of the event staff.
Yeah and you would think they would be more specific because people like her do panic, like hold onto the person and say okay “name” you go. Or have multiple people working to get people ready at the same time just incase of an early jumper.
@AGNÉZ Buny Girls why do yall write a whole not even legible or logical essay abt it... like surely you'd get more clicks if you just put the link
It is called Columbia
Yes!! This shouldn't have been possible. And if they are going in pairs, why tell one to jump when they weren't both ready?
in spain the instructor said "ok" and the girl jumped free fall....its all about making fast money on poeple how want to be hip...
Larry story was so weird. I figured during his accident on Lake Erie, he probably hit his head pretty good which made him suffered from amnesia, but to become someone else immediately with no backstory how that came out to be is just bizarre..
Dissociative fugue
Amnesia can be associated with near death drownings!
What about the documents who said he was someone else thats what bothers me the most about this
@@A.S.N444 This proves to me that it was premeditated. He was likely spending his "weekend fishing trips" establishing this other identity in preperation of leaving his current situation, i'll bet he was just a great actor when he got caught.
@@thalatha333 thats a theory.
Thank you ballen for existing 🙏
Mr. Ballen and What Lurks Beneath are great storytellers.
It's incredibly stupid and reckless that they had her in position where that COULD happen. Even without the possibility of that mistake, why would they put someone in a position where they aren't connected to the cord and could lose their balance or any number of things and fall to their death? It sounds to me like those people need to be handled the same way as the guy with the skydiving service/business or whatever. Having someone's life in your hands should be treated as such.
This is what I'm baffled about. If she didn't have the rope connected to her yet why was she in a position to jump? Why didn't they have her wait behind?
It's INSANE to me that she was at the edge .... THEY LET HER AT THE EDGE UNSECURED..... I can't.... I'm terrified at the thought of bungee jumping but I thought the people were trained and had safety protocol!
from what I read, the bungee jumping company didn't even have permission to operate in that place. It was illegally operating there, attracting a lot of people and authorities did nothing to stop it.
Exactly. It's 0% her fault, and 100% the organizers fault. There should be a foolproof system in place.
I can't believe this is the only comment I've seen mention this, and it has so few likes! This is exactly what I was thinking.
The bungee jumping story reminds me of my mom. She was supposed to go sky diving in college with a friend, paid for all the courses, completed everything and was literally preparing to walk into the plane.
She had a MASSIVE panic attack while boarding the plane. Not because she was worried about sky diving, but my mom has insanely bad claustrophobia and just physically couldn’t bring herself to get into the small crowded plane.
My moms friend called my grandma to come get my mom, making fun of her calling her a buzzkill, telling her she wasted her money, trying to get my mom to go, but my mom just wouldn’t.
About 4 hours later my mom gets a phone call from her friend.
My mother was supposed to tandem jump with the instructor.
Not only did the guy who took my moms place, but also the instructor died after both of their parachutes failed.
Trust your gut.
Oh WOW that's just an insane story 😳
Wow. That's a trip.
Holy fuck
Reminds me of final destination, that’s a really close call
The last sentence is so true.
That girl's instincts told her she was in danger but unlike your mom she unfortunately wouldn't listen...
Love your channel. Please never stop ✋️
The bungee story was actually great in a sad way.
I bet Michael and Marie faked the speaking in tongues. They were like "if we ever get caught just pretend we were possessed" lol.
The sadest part of this entire story is that the last year of his life was horrible and had those girls not seen him in the store.. he would have died with a good reputation and wife and two kids that loved him. Instead he died not knowing he was, a mountain of debt and divorced…
He was a liar that's why the doctors found no cause for his amnesia. Amnesia doesn't just come out of no where. He made a huge lie, lived it and he died paying for it. Why do people feel so bad for him? Gullible
This is why most kids hate their dad's. They abandon them and then other men like you give the dad the benefit of the doubt. This is why courts never trust dads
@@janedee6126 you could have just said you have daddy issues
@@janedee6126 with the boat found after the storm, I would think he may have hit his head and that caused the amnesia. It does not explain how he had documentation to prove he was someone else
@@janedee6126 Because he was happy and had a good life. His old wife had life insurance that fixed her financial problems. Better than him staying in a family he doesn't love with no money. His ex wife could meet someone who loves her just as he did. Instead he died alone and she was left having to pay back the insurance money. Who wins there?
People often pass out or suffer a panic attack right before attempting their first bungee jump. I was an EMT in an area with a bungee jump location nearby and firsties not being able to get their first jump over with because they freak out and need medical assistance is common. Yecenia's tragic end is the result of negligence. It's standard protocol for staff to not have the jumper be on the platform until harness and rope are secured. Once on the platform, the jumper must be held on to by at least one staff member until they clearly state that yes, they do want to go through with this. Clearly, neither of these things happened. RIP Yecenia.
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Damn that negligence is really sad. She was so brave and pretty.
How does a video like this get 8.8 million views and only 31 likes. Come on people show this channel some love
the last thing kinda happenedto my dad... he had scoliosis but worked out so the muscle kept it from hurting but around 5 years ago he stopped and the pain came in really fast and it was constant so he was always upset at everything instead of his normal cheerful self, good news is he got surgery about a year ago and is no longer irritated and is recovering really well
The bungee jump story was so damn sad. The part that got me was when MrBallen showed the image of her just as she lept from the bridge. Knowing that was her last few seconds before she died gave me a feeling of immense sadness and a strange other feeling that I cant quite describe
I'm amazed that they can determine she died of a heart attack before she hit the ground. Unbelievable.
@@onb6098 Well it is possible for something like that to happen and she could have died from a heart attack on her way down. However my theory is that she was having the heart attack and was still alive when she hit the ground below. Its terrible to think about it. Either way, that's just a f**ked up way to go
Same, I got that feeling, as well as goosebumps and feeling really sad.💔
@@Whatsgucci i feel ya on that one. To think that was her last few "SECONDS" alive is just bone chilling 😳😳
That wasn't actually a photo of her ... Just a random photo.