@ThatChapter hey Mike, just a heads up. @ 8:29 or so you accidentally say the date as "2024" instead of what i assume was supposed to be "2016" when Justin planned on returning. Maybe pop in an overdub or leave it, either way you're still aces full stop. Cheers!!
@ThatChapter my husband and i have watched every single video of yours since the beginning. He became very ill withiver cancer 2 years ago and as the disease progressed he would look forward to and count down to when your videos were released. He passed away on may 23rd of this year at 4:25 am while holding my hand. When i watch these videos i feel like he is watching with me. Thank you for that.
I hope Mike sees your comment and realiss how he has become such a part of many of our lives..worldwide!.I hope you are doing okay through your grief journey
I lost a partner to murder. I feel your loss, I am so sorry. I’m glad Mike’s videos are some comfort to you. Your husband will always be with you, in your heart ❤
Some people from developed countries live in a bubble and tend to have a naive view of the world, especially of third world countries. They think that just because people are poor, they are pure and innocent. Sometimes they are, but sometimes they are not. There are also very bad characters in these remote places, like anywhere else. You cannot go into the unknown with a guy you just met, for very obscure reasons, without suspecting that something sketchy may be going on. You would not go with some random stranger in a big city you know, so why would you do it in a remote mountain you don't know? You need to be ten times more careful than in your own country. This has happened a million times already with these idealistic tourists, and the ending is always bad.
The actual natives can see right through that shit too. And you’re just asking for them to either not take you seriously, or make an example out of you.
Yes many people do go with strangers in big city’s. That’s travelling. Starving yourself before a trek however.. yes dodgy people exist but they’re also generally more scared of you than you are of them, if you are a reasonably fit man. The ending is usually fine and never reported.
@@monalisa-bs4zs: "Many people do go with strangers in big city’s. That’s travelling". No, it's not. Traveling is not following weird strangers into unknown places. I've traveled to dozens of countries, and whether I am on familiar turf or in a completely foreign territory, if some weirdo tells me "come with me, I'll show you something..." I say "No thanks". I value my life, I've been the victim of crime, and I learnt to be prudent.
"Quitter never win" Actually there are plenty of situation where quitting is the best choice to make. Bad relationship, bad business, gambling, etc. Having a "never quitting anything" attitude can often lead to disaster
If you keep announcing you're a winner, you already lost. Let other people tell you a winner. You don't have to go around declaring it! Elon Musk is not announcing he's a winner all the time.
I'm going to say this in a crass way (and saying this is sacrelig in some walks of life I've lived in)...but... Sometimes being a "pu$$y" is the wisest tactical and strategic option. 😂 Semper Fi
Hey Mike, note on the first story. They did identify the third guy, he was the translator. Both interrogated by the police (and the guys friend), and the translator ended up hanging himself under suspicious circumstances. Theres a great podcast with 8 or ten episodes diving into it and interviewing everyone
So the first guy aka the yoga man with bad joints didn’t hang himself? Only the translator did? Where is yoga man in this? Was he cleared of doing something to Justin?
Never trust a spiritual person, the secluded ones have a decent chance to be practicing some sacrificial ritual for spiritual power. The ones in the city might scam you but the ones in the mountain might off you.
the last one is so sad. that poor kid. he went thru too much so young - multiple instances of, even if not neglect, his parents' tempers got the better of them and put him in really risky situations. the way his voice sounded when he was locked out in the cold was just heartbreaking.
Anybody that says, "I'm a winner. That's what I do. I win" is deathly afraid of being a loser because he feels like one. They win for a while but no one wins all the time at everything.
It's the same as all the morbidly obese people proclaiming they are curvy. Just lying to themselves to feel better. Meanwhile, they drop dead from health issues.
Thank you for acknowledging that the ability to escape one's life and responsibilities etc is, indeed, a massive privilege that the majority of us will never afford.
That’s why I’m not a fan of videos where they’re like “just go do it, go travel the world go enjoy your life” like ya I need money to do that actually.
Eh sort of, but the guy from "into the woods" was pretty broke for much of the story. The book is better than the movie. Lots of people travel without any money, but that does require being healthy enough to work and travel which I guess is a privilege we often take for granted until we lose it. I guess you could always practice astral traveling or meditating for out of body experiences. 😂
Unwaveringly rational. No sensationalism, no conspiracy bs. The clear cut facts, peppered with the right amount of levity. All tied up with genuine and considered compassion. This is what good content is. Exaggeration, 'speculation', a dog and pony show, they aren't necessary for good content. Mike delivers every time
The case of Harley Dilly is so sad. That video of his mom locking him out & dreading "the consequences" made me so angry. A child shouldn't ever be made to feel that way. It breaks my heart thinking about him stuck in that chimney so scared & crying out for help & no one came.
I'm betting that video he made of being locked out wasn't the first time it had happened. Also that argument in the background of another vid he made was an indication of what his home life was like. To a kid who already has emotional problems it's not surprising that he didn't want to go to school. He was probably having anxiety attacks skipped school tried to find a warm place to go & it cost him his life. RIP Sweet Harley so sorry that happened.
That’s a normal part of growing up. Every child feels insecure sometimes because it’s universal to the human condition. Mostly you find out your parents love you more than you gave them credit for. The part where he got stuck ina chimney and died was way more distressing.
Um Harley was being naughty, chose to be locked outside instead of accompanying his mother as she instructed, so then he made a video playing the victim. I feel sorry for him too re the way he died and certainly do not wish that on anyone especially a kid but while I know every family has problems Harley was being brazenly disobedient and sadly it was his own bad choices that led to his death. Heartbreaking stuff.
@@lauriedmills7581if your kid is not capable of being left home alone (like she could have nicely done while she visited HER friend and he wants to WORK), why would you leave him alone outside?!
@@oldskool1977 Most people don’t have the ability or luxury to just walk away from their current life to free roam like that guy. Him being in a position of having money and a certain level of success and then leaving it is in it of itself privilege.
his last post really displays a lack of self preservation..."i'm basically half crippled and half starved but i'm excited to go to this barren wasteland for almost 2 weeks."
They’re always like that. He turned his back on a life most of us only fantasize about only to willingly walk into his own death bc “spirituality.” He was absurd
It sounds like he wasn’t in his right mind. And if he was having some kind of mental crisis, starvation and exhaustion would’ve definitely exacerbated it.
I've met these types and they are mentally unwell. They reach an all-time high in life via means of their wealthy family and then they need to be "born-again" through doing some spiritual journey. They didn't have healthy habits when being an entrepreneur and they don't have it when making a soul-searching trek. It's always do everything to it's extreme.
He couldn’t be walking around becoming a shaman cuz he didn’t know the language or any of the teachings really. Prolly was a step in the journey he didn’t like n was left behind to go back on his own
The thing about people like Edward is that it resonates with many people: majority work paycheck to paycheck, can agree that the system is stacked against them, but instead of having any sort of “let’s change the system” his answer is “so give me your hard earned money and I’ll teach you a method to make more for yourself” and these people are almost always proven to be scam artists. But the misery of most people working as we do is enough to keep fueling the grift machine. Even outside of the murder he was a terrible person preying on the desperate.
He seemed very high functioning but it just affects you in so many ways sometimes unseen when you are able to function at such a high level. Poor boy...he didn't deserve the emotional and physical abuse. His parents may have never hit him but locking your kid out of the house I'd physical abuse in my mind.
@ he did :( but he’s probably happy in heaven, sweet sweet boy. And the mom - parents do the best they can , she hopefully spreads awareness or something if but by her story
And the way he went... gives me chills. I'm kinda claustrophobic and imagining being stuck in a solid chimney, with no space to move is worst thing I can imagine.. imagine when the panic hits. Sometimes I have nightmares of that and wake up gasping for air and heart racing. Poor boy.. may he rest in peace.
As a parent of two children who have autism, if you don’t put in the time of understanding what autism really is, you’re going to clash with them. Calling Harley a “baby” about not liking the cold is the giveaway here that they never bothered to learn. People with autism usually are way more sensitive with their senses than people who don’t. The cold probably bothered Harley a lot more than his parents. Also, they live by routine, usually see things in a “black and white” environment and can get overwhelmed very quickly. It’s really sad to see what Harley went through.
I have a friend with autism and over the years I’ve learned a fair bit. That part about him being a baby about the cold just hurt my heart. If it bothers him, he must really feel it. Poor kid. He never had much a chance. 😢
My daughter is autistic and I can't imagine being like that with her , she's highly functioning at college and so bright and funny just sees and feels the world differently . I feel so bad for him the poor kid.
I also imagine his disdain for the cold arises from the fact that the "cold" was used to punish him. Being forced to stay outside of his home while his mother left for hours on end - as a punishment is going to make you hate those conditions. Not to mention how terrified he was during the video he recorded as it was happening.
Everytime I hear of a person getting trapped in a chimney, it just freaks me out. It's like my mind running through the scenario as if I had done it. Very scary stuff.
Thank you for covering Harley. I was on several groups that were looking for him/discussing the case. That poor boy deserved so much better than what he had.
Really? Doesn't every child deserve rich parents with lots of free time? Maybe we should ban 99% of people from having kids then and only allow the rich 1% to have kids.
It's so crazy to me that there's been 2 stuck in a chimney stories covered by Mike. The other guy was 18, I think, but both so young and tragic. Heartbreaking cases.
Wasn’t there a young boy who went missing that was found in a chimney of a neighbor’s house? Then another was found in a chimney of a hunting cabin. Ok so I didn’t realize this was the one he ended up in the neighbors chimney. So sad I can’t imagine what he went thru
These chimney situations come up from time to time. I think there have been four or five in the last 20 or so years. Some have been rescued. Some have died.
MrBallen has stuck stories that make me claustrophobic too. Stuck in underground caves, buried alive, in a ship that sunk in deep water and for 3 days he stayed alive in an air pocket while he heard sharks 🥺🦈(and whatever) feasting on the others. Yikes! Mad respect for the divers who rescued him.
Mike, that statement you used to describe individuals who are born with money and privilege yet are filled with the strong desire to leave it all behind as being "the most privileged of all" is profound. If you really feel comfortable leaving it all behind, the career, the money/earning potential, the people, the educational opportunities, the connections, the support, the security, etc., it's because you know it will still be there when you come back. For the rest of us, even if we consider ourselves part of that privileged group, there's simply no way we walk away from it completely with the sense of security that we can just get it right back.
Fr :( it happens often and it doesn’t mean it isn’t any less sad like the other comment states. This is why I push social services and access to mental health services. I processed my upbringing and still struggle thinking back of my past. But I’m thankful for the kind teachers, friends, and counselors that taught me to be better ❤
What's so crazy about that? Just because the child is 4 does not mean the parent should not not get angry. How else is the child supposed to know that he messed up. Besides we don't even know what happened exactly. Why are people on UA-cam so holier than thou? You probably don't even have kids.
@@IsisNikoyou are an awful person for jumping to such heperbolic conclusions and your holier than thou attitude. You probably don't even have a child. It's hard to be a parent. And there's always three sides to every story.
Poor Harley! His parents are VERY immature. Imagine! Locking your child out of the house and refusing to answer the phone! The father's violence is concerning. It's a miracle that the young man was as responsible, grounded and mature at his age. God bless him! 😊
The story of Harley was intense. Watching the kid on video being a kid and then hearing about his troubles and tragic death. He was just an ordinary teen. So sad.
This idiot did no research on the case. There was plenty of signs the parents killed the kid and put him in that chimney. Even the cops believe this but they didnt think they’d be able to convince a jury without more evidence
The second the kid starts apologizing for his parents arguing in the background broke my heart. You could hear the pain in his voice. What a tragic story.
I feel so horrible for the kid at the end. I have a son whos getting ready to graduate Naval Basic Training and follow in my foot steps. I could NEVER imagine treating my son the way Harleys parents treat him. I wish I could have met this young kid and taken him with me to give him a home that would show him love and stability.
Edwardo Sambora: World class conman. Winners don’t have to tell people they’re winners. Also, I’m pretty sure winners don’t wear shirts stained with breast sweat…
Watching the video of the son trying to have fun in his room with the father screaming about spilled juice majorly brought my ptsd back. I was terrified every time my father got home and tried to occupy my time having hobbies in my room.
Disciplining children is difficult for some parents, so they resort to yelling (instead of spanking his little brother). However, there’s no indication that Harley was ever abused by either parent. They were devastated by his death.
@@leannemo7382the thing is? There is never a reason to scream at your child over SPILLED JUICE. there is never a reason to LOCK YOUR CHILD OUT OF THE HOUSE. Parenting can be difficult, but if you aren’t able to have the patience to have a child, especially a neurodivergent one? Don’t have a fucking child :)
I lost my son and this guys gentle soul reminds me so much of him. I could never be angry with him but he sure made me laugh. I mean belly laughs. 😂❤. He was a son anyone and everyone did love. Always gentle and helping elderly and one day my heart soared when he said momma you got a few dollars so I handed him a handful of change thinking oh ya he’s going for snacks, but no! He gave it to the homeless. I was so floored I said son who taught you that? He said you mom, you don’t do it much anymore but you use to when I was small. He was eight😊. I did a total turn around and now he’s gone I give my time any extra I can give to the homeless. Because I know he would be❤. Love you Harley Dillie❤❤❤❤
I'm officially addicted to your channel. I suffer from chronic pain and your videos help distract me from it, when nothing else works. Thank you for not only being incredibly entertaining and genuine, but also giving us so many videos to watch. You're a gift to us all ❤️
As a mother of an autistic son, I believe poor Harley just didn't want to go to school, but was so cold he felt he needed to hide from it until school was out. My son is so honest he wouldn't break a window or door to get inside the house too. I can't imagine what that poor boy went through at the end, or what his thoughts were. It sounded like he had it tough at home. His mother didn't actually shed a tear! RIP Harley 💔
It’s so sad, my son is autistic too..and I can’t even imagine this 😢 these kids need strong emotional support, and he was neglected. Poor soul. He is in heaven, without a doubt. 🙏🏻
As an autistic son, I believe Harley had an upset stomach. Autism is commonly associated with gastric conditions like IBS, Crohn's, gastroparesis, etc. that not only cause severe discomfort but can become life-threatening. Listen to your son when he tells you he's in pain, don't set him up for a fate like Harley's.
@@titaniumvulpes yes my son's stomach kind of works upside down, I believed his pain but the doctors said it was in his mind, until we found a doctor who did more tests and found it. This poor boy had no chance.
How do you know she did not shed a tear? Also it's easy to be holier than thou on UA-cam. The parents probably struggled with him and making ends meet.
Thank you for speaking so kindly about Harley. I'm a resident of Port Clinton and it was a tough time. This weekend is our Alumni Weekend and he should have been here. This would have been his first
@@jooosAREevilStill love me some Mr Ballen. It’s an entirely different method of story telling but so beautifully executed with his very demonstrative hand gestures. I totally appreciate both Mike and John for their very different yet acutely intense story telling styles. These guys are both the epitome of the original method of passing down the tales from bygone years ~ 🧡💖✨
True but also u can't walk away unless your wealthy. So either way it's privileged. To be able to travel like that I mean yea I guess u could wing it the whole way but that wouldn't be too smart.
Been watching Mike for 3+ years. His production and quality of videos has progressively improved from new video to new video. My wife and I watch him regularly and discuss his episodes constantly. Great entertainment!
I've watched many videos here, but the story of Harley Dilly is the first one that made me actually cry. Horrific. I wish I hadn't heard it. That poor kid.
As a therapist for mostly pregnant women or women who recently given birth, it doesn't surprise me a husband abusing his wife, after recent birth or pregnancy. Domestic violence increases, after the wife becomes pregnant or after the newborn is born. It's a sad and real fact. None of the doctors, in the clinic are surprised by this fact either.
Yeah that’s because 20% of children born are affair babies. So naturally you’re gonna see about 20% of couples abusing each other like this. The wife emotionally abusive and the husband physically
@@OffendingTheOffendableI really hope you're a child and not an adult having so stupid and pointless a hobby as "offending" people in youtube comment sections.
Hearing the parents fight triggered me ugh those poor kids. People don’t know the amount of psychological damage this does. Even if you don’t hit them, it’s still abuse.
It's a weird feeling, right? Whenever I hear others arguing or even if its from a show, I automatically pause and my body seems to go on Alert. I get anxious, scared, and have a lot of memories flooding in. I'm 31. I have my own house, a small company, I'm married, yet I still can't get over that. I never realized until I read your comment. Maybe now I can finally work on that and be more social. Your comment helped me a lot. It was like if someone else understood the feeling. I hope you have a good day, a good week, a good life. Thank you
Yep. I grew up with an alcoholic father. While he was not physically abusive, he would yell and slam things. I'm 34 and the sound of people arguing still makes me freeze. I also have a bad problem if I know someone is angry with me about something. They don't even have to express it, but if I think they are angry, it makes me so afraid. It is traumatizing for kids and stays with you forever.
@@YangLeee same. It lives on inside of you, like a recording, waiting for a present day event to hit play and suddenly you’re back in it. Therapies like EMDR have helped me. You can beat this too.
I feel very much the same. I don’t know how many tv shows or movies I’ve had to nope out of due to it triggering me, leaving me feeling like a kid in my parents home again.
Eduardo's house looks strange there's nothing on the walls and it echoes. Sounds very empty. You can tell it's like a pop-up house so if he gets in trouble or somebody comes after him he can hurry up and leave and not leave a trace of himself. 🤨
@@user-gj1me4mf5cThere are no beaches in the area where he mentions he lives (Sliema). Only rocks and touristy beach clubs. It’s not the most picturesque part of Malta.
Edwardo: The kitchen he filmed in had the feeling of a communal kitchen in a backpackers or a communal hotel. As for the bed with the heart towel, it was probably a hotel room that was made ready for a guest and he just rented it for an hour or so, as long as he agreed not to mess up the room.
16:15 Mike’s (kinda polished, maybe Dublin 4?) accent leading into a story about a dude named Eduardo Sambora who then has this thick north side Dublin accent had ME deceased! Then you remember it’s Eduardo with a W?! I died twice 😂😂
As a Medical Professional who travels to Nepal, I'm thinking he had parasites from milk and/or uncooked fruits/vegetables. Such a shame that he was never found. 😔 🙏
Bro. It's india, dude for certain either got killed or he died and they hid his body. India is pretty well known for its lack of humanity. And someone who would be as well traveled as him likely would be well prepared against parasites
Nancy, I live in Northern Virginia, where a lovely Nepalese nurse, Mamta Bathe has been missing for months. She was a beloved member of the community and had a 1 year old baby girl. The husband was arrested, but won't disclose what he did with her. Everyone is heartbroken.
It's also very easy to die from infection up there, or at least contract diseases that our western system is not used to (from experience, where I caught a resistant and invasive form of ringworm, amoebic dysentery, and head lice -- to name a few.
The story about Harley is so absolutely heartbreaking. It has now been understood that people with ADHD are more sensitive to the cold. For some reason. I also have ADHD and I am very, very sensitive to cold temperatures. That child was not being a baby, he was expressing symptoms related to his environment and his, neurodivergent mind.
@@zarasbazaar oh my God, of course I agree! Of course, no child should be ever locked outside of their house. I hope it did not come across like I was saying it’s OK to do it to neurotypical children because it is absolutely not OK to do it to any child under any circumstance!! I was just saying that it has been now shown. There is a link between people who are neurodivergent, and being more susceptible to the cold. But that in no way would ever excuse a parent doing that to any child for any reason
"I have ADHD" or "I am autistic" and therefore I don't like the cold. Duh. Noone likes being cold but there is always someone out to feel really special because they are "not neurotypical" - always some in every comment section. Yes, even people without any diagnosis also has a varying response to cold, who would have thought.
@ all I know is in temperatures that other people think is warm such as 80 to 85°F. I’ll still wear jeans and bring a sweater because I am perpetually cold. I don’t know if it has anything to do with the ADHD or what but it has been my reality my whole life and I know people who love the cold. They walk around in shorts in the winter with maybe a light jacket.🤯🤯
You could say that even if his parents didn't force him down the chimney, the toxic home environment certainly led to this kid's untimely death. I used to skip school a lot as a teenager because I had a bad home life, so I wouldn't say it's surprising that a kid wanting to get away from both his home life and the pressures of school, decided to do exactly that.
3:04 thank you!!!!! Someone finally said it. I met so many backpackers in my travels who pretended to be this underbelly lemmings but were the most privileged people on Earth. Always one phone call from rescue, or escape or back to the grind.
I’m this man of the planet. I wander and survive and live amongst the real and underprivileged. Shit, I can’t find my Charles Schwab ATM card that reimburses me any international withdrawal fees. Have you seen my satellite phone!
I’m starting to think that in cases where CPS overlooks abuse and a child dies or a prosecutor says ,” this man does not deserve bail , he’s too dangerous!” but the judge overrules that and then the man murders his wife …….. I’m thinking maybe CPS , judges etc should start having charges and be held accountable for these deaths. It happens way too much.
I felt dread with the last story. I had heard about it before. Sure enough... I watched 3 minutes after upload and saw the views go from 200 to 26,000. Great show, Mike! ❤
Awful. When a child is missing, in tandem with investigating a nefarious act responsible for the disappearance, misadventure by the child should also be considered: thoroughly search the surrounding area.
@@nhmooytis7058 The funny part is that I almost skipped the third segment too. I swear the 2nd and 3rd parts both sound like the start of typical UA-camr ads lol
It really bothers me when kids are dealt with like this. I sincerely feel so bad for this kid. If the story about his mum locking him out truly did happen that way then I feel thats just immensely bad decision making. I hope that he didn't endure bad treatment at home 😣😣. Sincerely. This is just sad as all hell x
All of these are so tragic, but as a mom of four-one being a son around Harley’s age- damn that one hit me HARD. I think that’s the first story that I had to take a break after hearing. Poor kid deserved so much better.
The last picture of Justin says a lot. Two weeks after the last vlog post saying he was already weak and hungry. Him being wrapped up, seemingly looking Cold compared to the other guy in the picture, which is a sign of malnutrition. He should have not gone with the Wild man Yogi mountain Holly man.
Being wrapped up is not unusual. People wear sheet like fabrics if it is cold (more the men). Probably cashmere wool. That being said, the hell would I walk anywhere with an eremite hardcore-stoner anywhere. My family is from Punjab, and they laugh at you if you smoke ganja. Someone in the comments said, that the person who hung himself was actually the third guy, who had the role of an interpreter. I wouldn't take the suicide as any type of admission. Indian police can be very, let's call it - suggestive. Also, that dude was pretty young to call himself a sadhu. I also don't understand how anyone can cut their dick off without bleeding to dead (on their own). Justin was lost, and he tried to find something in less developed countries. Him filming himself walking through that mountain forest, he could've done the same clip in Oregon or Washington state, but for him, it wouldn't have been the same level of magical, perhaps. I think he would've explored more and more unsafe places if he wasn't stopped that early, it would've happened sooner or later.
The same thing happened to Joshua Maddux in Woodland Park, Colorado. Disappeared May 8, 2008 and discovered August 7, 2015 in the chimney of a cabin 2 blocks away from his home. 😢
Drinking water straight from a stream like that is a bad idea. There could be a dead animal lying in it further up stream for example or any kind of parasites and bacteria present. Any water that has hit the ground should be treated before drinking unless caught in a sanitary container.
It depends on where the water is coming from, but we are just as at risk as any other animal out there, it's not always bad to drink from flowing water.
@@TangibleGoods we're not the same as animals. My dog was chewing on a muddy old deer leg found on a walk and was fine, that wouldn't be safe for me. She eats raw hairy rabbits ears that get rid of worm eggs, not keen on that myself lol. She also loves chomping on raw chicken including munching through the bones, again not my idea of a tasty snack. Even Bear Grylls says he never drinks water after it has touched the ground without it being cleaned first.
@@TangibleGoods that said, I have seen people drink whilst we were foraging water and they've been fine (as far as I know, you could have a parasite and not realise) but there is always a risk, so why chance it unless you have to. 🤷♀️
Poor little Harvey. The parents are awful. Locking out a child from home and preventing him going to his friend’s house is just an evil O can’t describe.
Notice the mom from the last story saying "I have to wake up everyday..." and "I would never want anyone to go through this..." and no word for hoping her child to be safe. Given there were clues of toxic parenting in kid's vlog my narcissist radar went through the roof when I heard it.
That’s just the way Mike edited it. In full interviews, Harley’s mother does express her concern for his safety and wanting him home. Both his parents and the community were devastated. The parents still grieve nearly five years later. There was never any indication of child abuse. The father yelling when the young brother spilled juice over the table, is not considered abuse (better than spanking or hitting him). Harley chose to enter the house illegally thru the chimney, instead of going to school. As sad as the outcome is…it’s totally on him.
@@kellz6266 Perhaps, but it was never addressed as neglect. We don’t know the entire story, just the deceased teen boy’s version that was made public. Also, it was not the cause of his death.
The kid stuck in the chimney, happens more frequently than moat people think. A big part of this is because people especially young people/children don't understand how chimney's are built. They have a cartoon mindset about chimneys and think they're a big wide open space then empties into a big open fireplace down below inside the house. The truth is chimneys are constructed with multiple pathways for exhaust, which divide up the area in the chimney into smaller chutes. Additionally, many chimneys are tapered and get tighter as you go. Or some chimneys as was the case in this tragic event, have NO openings inside the house at all! So anything that goes down the chimney, is stuck there on the bottom forever in what amounts to a bricked in area with no way out. Its just a dead end! Chimneys like this are put in, to vent things into, like perhaps a stove vent, oven vent, water heater vent etc.. Hence the small circle cut through the wall as seen in this video where the cop put his hand in and felt hair! These vent holes for appliances, are not nearly large enough for someone to climb through to escape the chimney. One last thing. Because of the narrowness of a chimney chute, when small framed people attempt to go down them, they usually have their arms above their head if they go down feet first. So once they get stuck, there's nothing their arms or hands can to help them, against the smooth sides of the chutes walls. And their feet can hold them up either, being unable to bend the knees! So your body weight causes you to slide down further and further. As the chute tapers down, you get wedged in tighter and tighter. When you exhale air in lungs to breath, to slide down a little more each time, and it gets tighter. As you tire, you arms and legs become useless, and tour only held in place by your body weight wedging you in. Each time you breath, you slide a bit more down, until you're wedged so tightly around your chest, that it can't expand at all anymore and it gets to where you can take in any breath hardly because you're gripped so tightly around your chest! And of course all of this is happening in compete darkness and where you can't even look up or down anymore. It is a horrible way to die. So remember kids, chimneys are not made as it's depicted in cartoons!! Santa Claus cannot slide down chimneys either! And neither can YOU!
This gave me anxiety just reading it. Every sentence I recoiled even more. Poor Harley -- what an awful fate. I can not imagine how frightened he must have been.
"Edwardo" instantly made my skin crawl. We who are born in 1st World locations live like Kings in terms of basic needs. Just to cheer people up... According to Credit Suisse: To be among the top 10 percent worldwide, you don’t even need six figures: A net worth of $93,170 will do it. And even if you have just $4,210 to your name, you’re still richer than half of the world’s residents.
If your numbers are accurate, that is just insane and disgusting. However this is true simply because the top 1% own roughly 99% of wealth. And I don't mean money, fiat currency which is just worthless paper (or a horrible plastic if you're in the UK) or numbers on a screen... I'm talking the real wealth - land, minerals and all other natural resources. If all things were as they should be - meaning if a country's people benefited fairly from their country's resources - the ordinary people of Africa, South America and Asia and literally most other areas would be living as we all should, in abundance. Instead the elites have bought up or stolen by force everything in order to price the majority of us out of being able to eat let alone thrive. The times were entering will bear the fruit of their labour imp. The families we think of as elite ie Rockefellers are just puppets of the true elite, who's names we don't hear. Although the British monarchy is Def true elites imo... fake royalty.
To be fair you cannot compare the living costs in a first world country to the countries' you compare net worth of, to. Yeah you may be top 10% globally but that does not make a difference in your own country where people earn comparatively more. What someone in Somalia earns does not really come into effect here.
@jsteiner93 how is it racist to tell the truth if they could build the school they would, but they need the help like I said they can't even figure out running water grow up and live in reality 😂😂😂
My son is autistic and he also loves very small and tight spaces. He will often try to squeeze through or into spaces that he obviously can’t fit into…so I’m not surprised at all that Harley tried the chimney. 💔
Smoking chillums of powerful hashish in the HImalayas sounds like a great time, dunno about the whole living naked in caves part though, think I'll skip that.
"Canadian dies in 'lynching' in Peruvian Amazon, accused of killing an indigenous shaman. It was 2013 when Sebastian Woodroffe decided to quit.." Someone please send a request for Mike to cover Sebastian's case.
This would be a perfect one for either this channel, or even better the podcast so they could do a deeper dive, I'd love to hear both their perspectives 💯
@@nessal4078right. TL:DR I agree. CW: lots of crazy rambling woowoo spiritual talk to follow. 😂 As soon as the holyman in the first case said Justin was crazy it reminded me of Sebastian's case. I'm not anti hallucinogenic drugs at all, especially used for spiritual purposes. So many people claim a huge benefit from ayahuasca, but we all react differently to things. Add to that, he was already malnourished and I'm sure being half-starved didn't help his mental status. I've only used psilocybin a couple times and omg they were amazing trips, but I know it doesn't always go that way. The worst case I've ever heard of was the Canadian guy that attacked his parents thinking they were evil. I heard about that case before ever trying anything so that case scared me off trying shrooms for a long time. Luckily, I experienced nothing but this immense feeling of love for everyone. I *think* it's important to learn mindfulness meditation and radical acceptance beforehand. So a "bad" trip/ experience occurs and you just accept it and maybe later figure out if there is something to be learned from it. From what I've read, it's common for someone for someone becoming a shaman/brujo/medicine-man/mystic/guru to have a death experience or severe illness beforehand. The theory is that now they travel between the spirit realm and reality and that's how they can heal people. "The Fruitful Darkness," is probably the best book I've read about such things followed by "The Peaceful Warrior." One other book I've forgotten the name of now, discusses St. John of the Cross and his "Dark Night of the Soul." This kind of mythology/symbolism good way back like Odin hanging from the tree Yggdrasil and trading an 👁🗨 to go to the underworld and learn the runes that will help him bring new life. George R.R. Martin uses these myths all throughout his books with the idea that magic has a cost and "only death can pay for life" which when you think about it is in every culture's religion/belief. The "corn-king" which even the crows say to Jon Snow. I also know nothing, I just think mythology is fascinating. I wonder if Joseph Campbell was still alive when GRRM started writing ASOIF, I'm sure he would've loved the series.
Mike's hair looks good a little longer! I love the curls! I also really appreciate the longer videos. A lot of the true crime channels and podcasts end up covering the same cases, but you are really doing an amazing job finding and researching people and cases that no one else are covering. I also always love your descriptions of small towns in canada and the US! So thanks, Mike, and Keith, for bringing us unique stories told in an engaging and funny way. You bring these stories to life, and you guys make it feel like you are just telling stories to your friends. You also really make it feel like you are listening to us big dogs, reading the comments, adding keith as a cohost, not being afraid to shake things up and responding to our feedback and requests. Thank you, we love you back 😉
GREAT collection of stories! That poor Harley kid didn't have a chance. His mother was a real (large) piece of work for sure. What a horrible way to die. Thanks, Mike !
Mike, if my life had a narrator, I’d want it to be you-except without all the murder and dismemberment. On second thought, might spice things up a bit. Anyway, thanks for making me realize that life insurance is the one investment I shouldn't be stingy about, but might keep very quiet about it. Keep up the great work, and if you ever need a sidekick to help dig through sketchy basements, I'm in... as long as you bring snacks.
Indiana jones temple of doom?…“The official records show as many as 1078 persons had gone missing in the Parvati valley between 2003-2023, of which 21 were foreigners. Only 498 of them could be traced. The fact remains that the police are struggling to tackle the drug menace in Kullu, where massive seizures of heroin and other contraband are taking place every day.”
The last one, 😢 poor kid. The mother locking him out because she got angry, the juice spilling on the table and getting yelled at. Even if the parents didn’t put him in the chimney, they caused the domino effect in which led him to be inside the chimney. Rest in Peace lil one, rest in peace. 😢
I've heard the story of Harley before, and was prepared, but it still gets to me every time. I know I shouldn't judge without knowing the entire picture, but I don't think his parents were good people/parents. I get the feeling he was an inconvenience to them more times than not. Kid deserved more. Hope he's at peace.
Harley's story makes me cry and breaks my heart every time I see it. It's so senseless, and he seemed like such a sweet, kind, intelligent boy who just wanted true friends and a little positive attention, which I'm sure he never got from his family. I wish someone else could have given him a chance at a wonderful life. He would have been welcome in my home any time. Just so sad.
Poor Harley. How many of us have done so stupid and dangerous things as silly non thinking teens? I know I have. It’s just sometimes we get ourselves into situations we can’t find away out of. Just so sad.
What I find hilarious about stories like the first one is the sheer lack of awareness someone has to have to say, “ I’m disillusioned with luxury and want authenticity “, and then proceed to live a life that perhaps only 10% of people could actually achieve because they had the fortune of knowing what a life of luxury was in the first place. Now while I don’t believe humans where meant to live slaving away in a capitalistic society for the necessities of life, authenticity for the majority of people on the planet isn’t traveling to exotic locations around the world trying to live like some religious deity.
I'm assuming Justin was last seen Sept 2016, not 2024. Casually listening and thought this was currently happening. I'm like, "Why aren't they looking for him if he disappeared two weeks ago?" lol
Haha, I thought the exact same. Especially because in the blog post he wrote “I should be back by mid September” so I was like why do people even think he’s missing?
@@julimartin7698 I said I was "casually" listening and did not hear when he went missing until he said the mistaken date, which actually is what got me interested.
The Harley Dilly case is a lot like the case of Josh Maddox. They were both young men found mysteriously wedged in a chimney with their clothes on the floor inside the house. Super strange.
Wow, not that she would be any less worthy of life if she weren't, but Nicolette was absolutely stunning. Way too good for that guy. May she rest in peace.
Man harley was sharp as hell, dude. He understood his content and the audience he'd have one day. Man he woulda been such an amazing content creator. Sad as hell.
This is the second story I have heard on utube now about a boy dying in a chimney. In the other story, his clothes were found folded neatly inside the room as well. Bizarre.
Forever ago I had an emergency radio that had solar and a hand crank. The solar tech has gotten MUCH more efficient but I hope there’s still some little portable models with a crank or swing motion for gloomier climates/seasons.
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8:25 I do not believe this date is correct, unless you are from the future…but I wouldn’t put it past you!!
Let's see a cameo of your 🐈 soon, please! I forgot his name, but he's a cutie and a nice little surprise in your videos.
Your intro into the sponsors makes it a pleasure to actually watch a "commercial." 🙃😊
@ThatChapter hey Mike, just a heads up. @ 8:29 or so you accidentally say the date as "2024" instead of what i assume was supposed to be "2016" when Justin planned on returning. Maybe pop in an overdub or leave it, either way you're still aces full stop. Cheers!!
@tencentpistol1 Shouldn't it be 2016 if it were 8 years ago?
Ha, we ❤ Mike but even big dogs like him make a little mistake here and there. 😂
@ThatChapter my husband and i have watched every single video of yours since the beginning. He became very ill withiver cancer 2 years ago and as the disease progressed he would look forward to and count down to when your videos were released. He passed away on may 23rd of this year at 4:25 am while holding my hand. When i watch these videos i feel like he is watching with me. Thank you for that.
I lost my father and I wish you love and healing, until you lose a loved one nothing can describe it, lots of love and thoughts XXX
This made me tear up. I am glad you can find some comfort❤
I hope Mike sees your comment and realiss how he has become such a part of many of our lives..worldwide!.I hope you are doing okay through your grief journey
Losing a husband is very difficult and painful I’m so hoping for peace for you
I lost a partner to murder. I feel your loss, I am so sorry. I’m glad Mike’s videos are some comfort to you. Your husband will always be with you, in your heart ❤
The Harley story really saddens me, he seems to have been such a sweet kid. I don't know, it just tugs at my heart.
Seriously 😥😥😥😥
Heartbreaking 😢
I had a really hard time watching that one
Totally heartbreaking... l was in tears.
That’s so awfully sad
Some people from developed countries live in a bubble and tend to have a naive view of the world, especially of third world countries. They think that just because people are poor, they are pure and innocent. Sometimes they are, but sometimes they are not. There are also very bad characters in these remote places, like anywhere else. You cannot go into the unknown with a guy you just met, for very obscure reasons, without suspecting that something sketchy may be going on. You would not go with some random stranger in a big city you know, so why would you do it in a remote mountain you don't know? You need to be ten times more careful than in your own country. This has happened a million times already with these idealistic tourists, and the ending is always bad.
Cosplaying as a native in remote parts of the world is weird & the opposite of authentic.
@@sl11tenderhand: Yes, and it's also risky. Because you tend to think you are one of them, but you never will.
The actual natives can see right through that shit too. And you’re just asking for them to either not take you seriously, or make an example out of you.
Yes many people do go with strangers in big city’s. That’s travelling. Starving yourself before a trek however.. yes dodgy people exist but they’re also generally more scared of you than you are of them, if you are a reasonably fit man. The ending is usually fine and never reported.
@@monalisa-bs4zs: "Many people do go with strangers in big city’s. That’s travelling". No, it's not. Traveling is not following weird strangers into unknown places. I've traveled to dozens of countries, and whether I am on familiar turf or in a completely foreign territory, if some weirdo tells me "come with me, I'll show you something..." I say "No thanks". I value my life, I've been the victim of crime, and I learnt to be prudent.
"He does not speak English except good and yoga, don't know why I was invited" lol how do you even know that you WERE invited?!
I thought the same thing!!!
ikr? "a holy man",, what the hell is that anyway,,, lmao.
Lol, I’m guessing he understood the holy man’s hand gestures? Idk 😂
That's my thoughts too.@@daCubanaqt
"...they were arguing..." in what language?😂😂😂
"Quitter never win"
Actually there are plenty of situation where quitting is the best choice to make. Bad relationship, bad business, gambling, etc. Having a "never quitting anything" attitude can often lead to disaster
Indeed. You gotta know when to fold 'em.
If you keep announcing you're a winner, you already lost. Let other people tell you a winner. You don't have to go around declaring it! Elon Musk is not announcing he's a winner all the time.
The "sunk cost fallacy"
Right? Never quitting made that guy a killer, case in point!
I'm going to say this in a crass way (and saying this is sacrelig in some walks of life I've lived in)...but...
Sometimes being a "pu$$y" is the wisest tactical and strategic option.
😂 Semper Fi
Hey Mike, note on the first story. They did identify the third guy, he was the translator. Both interrogated by the police (and the guys friend), and the translator ended up hanging himself under suspicious circumstances. Theres a great podcast with 8 or ten episodes diving into it and interviewing everyone
Status: Untraced is the name of the podcast
So the first guy aka the yoga man with bad joints didn’t hang himself? Only the translator did? Where is yoga man in this? Was he cleared of doing something to Justin?
Never trust a spiritual person, the secluded ones have a decent chance to be practicing some sacrificial ritual for spiritual power. The ones in the city might scam you but the ones in the mountain might off you.
Did they eat him?
@@DuckGoat-mr9tuthe moment he heard about dude chopping his meat off should have been a sign
My heart breaks for that poor boy ! Cannot imagine his pain and fright and how alone he had to be feeling! RIP little one!💔
Yeah, that story was pretty awful. The poor little guy.
That story gets more wiggy the more you look into it. Mike only gives the gist, boy a lot of unanswered questions.
@13thcentury do you know of any videos with a deeper dive?
@@mwillsher13 Rather not plug another channel on Mike's. But youtube Harley Dilly ... there are loads of vids. 👍
Kids don't understand getting stuck in chimneys , They think if Santa can get down then it should be easy for them.
the last one is so sad. that poor kid. he went thru too much so young - multiple instances of, even if not neglect, his parents' tempers got the better of them and put him in really risky situations. the way his voice sounded when he was locked out in the cold was just heartbreaking.
"Come with me. I've cut my knob off. "
"Not today, thank you."
haha.. completely agree with you, but insanely, the ol chop chop is getting pretty normal these days.
Exactly....
Nope! I’m good.
Oh, your gonna go with the knobless yoga man..we have enough youtube commenter's.
😂
Anybody that says, "I'm a winner. That's what I do. I win" is deathly afraid of being a loser because he feels like one. They win for a while but no one wins all the time at everything.
It's the same as all the morbidly obese people proclaiming they are curvy.
Just lying to themselves to feel better. Meanwhile, they drop dead from health issues.
Speak for yourself 😏
I'm a driver, I'm a winner, things are gonna change I can feel it record scratch
Tell him that...😮
Yup. Billy Mitchell comes to mind. And Charlie Sheen. Anyone who disagrees is also just as insecure.
Thank you for acknowledging that the ability to escape one's life and responsibilities etc is, indeed, a massive privilege that the majority of us will never afford.
That’s why I’m not a fan of videos where they’re like “just go do it, go travel the world go enjoy your life” like ya I need money to do that actually.
Exactly 💯
@@cheddarandsourcreamright? It's hard enough for the rest of us to just pay our bills.
Eh sort of, but the guy from "into the woods" was pretty broke for much of the story. The book is better than the movie. Lots of people travel without any money, but that does require being healthy enough to work and travel which I guess is a privilege we often take for granted until we lose it. I guess you could always practice astral traveling or meditating for out of body experiences. 😂
That was astute.
Unwaveringly rational. No sensationalism, no conspiracy bs. The clear cut facts, peppered with the right amount of levity. All tied up with genuine and considered compassion. This is what good content is. Exaggeration, 'speculation', a dog and pony show, they aren't necessary for good content. Mike delivers every time
The case of Harley Dilly is so sad. That video of his mom locking him out & dreading "the consequences" made me so angry. A child shouldn't ever be made to feel that way. It breaks my heart thinking about him stuck in that chimney so scared & crying out for help & no one came.
My mother locked me out at 7 years old, I'm now 58, and I remember it clearly.
I'm betting that video he made of being locked out wasn't the first time it had happened. Also that argument in the background of another vid he made was an indication of what his home life was like. To a kid who already has emotional problems it's not surprising that he didn't want to go to school. He was probably having anxiety attacks skipped school tried to find a warm place to go & it cost him his life. RIP Sweet Harley so sorry that happened.
That’s a normal part of growing up. Every child feels insecure sometimes because it’s universal to the human condition. Mostly you find out your parents love you more than you gave them credit for. The part where he got stuck ina chimney and died was way more distressing.
Um Harley was being naughty, chose to be locked outside instead of accompanying his mother as she instructed, so then he made a video playing the victim. I feel sorry for him too re the way he died and certainly do not wish that on anyone especially a kid but while I know every family has problems Harley was being brazenly disobedient and sadly it was his own bad choices that led to his death. Heartbreaking stuff.
@@lauriedmills7581if your kid is not capable of being left home alone (like she could have nicely done while she visited HER friend and he wants to WORK), why would you leave him alone outside?!
I appreciate you calling out that "choosing to leave the privileged life behind" is actually the MOST privilege!
You got it! Leaving a comfortable life is the way you experience true freedom.
@@supermeansadie6753 reading comprehension isnt your strongest skill
@@lt1940lmao I’m glad it wasn’t just me
I don't get it
@@oldskool1977 Most people don’t have the ability or luxury to just walk away from their current life to free roam like that guy. Him being in a position of having money and a certain level of success and then leaving it is in it of itself privilege.
his last post really displays a lack of self preservation..."i'm basically half crippled and half starved but i'm excited to go to this barren wasteland for almost 2 weeks."
They’re always like that. He turned his back on a life most of us only fantasize about only to willingly walk into his own death bc “spirituality.” He was absurd
It sounds like he wasn’t in his right mind. And if he was having some kind of mental crisis, starvation and exhaustion would’ve definitely exacerbated it.
I've met these types and they are mentally unwell. They reach an all-time high in life via means of their wealthy family and then they need to be "born-again" through doing some spiritual journey. They didn't have healthy habits when being an entrepreneur and they don't have it when making a soul-searching trek. It's always do everything to it's extreme.
He couldn’t be walking around becoming a shaman cuz he didn’t know the language or any of the teachings really. Prolly was a step in the journey he didn’t like n was left behind to go back on his own
Like another post said. "The holy man ate him"😢
The thing about people like Edward is that it resonates with many people: majority work paycheck to paycheck, can agree that the system is stacked against them, but instead of having any sort of “let’s change the system” his answer is “so give me your hard earned money and I’ll teach you a method to make more for yourself” and these people are almost always proven to be scam artists. But the misery of most people working as we do is enough to keep fueling the grift machine. Even outside of the murder he was a terrible person preying on the desperate.
The story about Harley was heartbreaking. Such a good kid despite screaming parents who were clueless about autism. I wish I could have rescued him 💔
He seemed very high functioning but it just affects you in so many ways sometimes unseen when you are able to function at such a high level. Poor boy...he didn't deserve the emotional and physical abuse.
His parents may have never hit him but locking your kid out of the house I'd physical abuse in my mind.
I didn’t realize he’s autistic. I taught elementary school 9 yrs, wish more kiddos like him find safety .
@@agi.kitchen did he die? I cant watch
@ he did :( but he’s probably happy in heaven, sweet sweet boy. And the mom - parents do the best they can , she hopefully spreads awareness or something if but by her story
And the way he went... gives me chills. I'm kinda claustrophobic and imagining being stuck in a solid chimney, with no space to move is worst thing I can imagine.. imagine when the panic hits. Sometimes I have nightmares of that and wake up gasping for air and heart racing. Poor boy.. may he rest in peace.
As a parent of two children who have autism, if you don’t put in the time of understanding what autism really is, you’re going to clash with them. Calling Harley a “baby” about not liking the cold is the giveaway here that they never bothered to learn. People with autism usually are way more sensitive with their senses than people who don’t. The cold probably bothered Harley a lot more than his parents. Also, they live by routine, usually see things in a “black and white” environment and can get overwhelmed very quickly. It’s really sad to see what Harley went through.
Sighs.😢 Heartbreaking .
I have a friend with autism and over the years I’ve learned a fair bit. That part about him being a baby about the cold just hurt my heart. If it bothers him, he must really feel it. Poor kid. He never had much a chance. 😢
Yeah that part annoyed me too. My best friend is autistic and very sensitive to temperature, lights ect.
My daughter is autistic and I can't imagine being like that with her , she's highly functioning at college and so bright and funny just sees and feels the world differently . I feel so bad for him the poor kid.
I also imagine his disdain for the cold arises from the fact that the "cold" was used to punish him. Being forced to stay outside of his home while his mother left for hours on end - as a punishment is going to make you hate those conditions. Not to mention how terrified he was during the video he recorded as it was happening.
Oh, now, she wants Harley to come home after she locks him out, with no food, and ignores his calls/ threatens him. What great parents he had.
Preach.
Everytime I hear of a person getting trapped in a chimney, it just freaks me out. It's like my mind running through the scenario as if I had done it. Very scary stuff.
Thank you for covering Harley. I was on several groups that were looking for him/discussing the case. That poor boy deserved so much better than what he had.
Really? Doesn't every child deserve rich parents with lots of free time? Maybe we should ban 99% of people from having kids then and only allow the rich 1% to have kids.
Damn that’s awful
It's so crazy to me that there's been 2 stuck in a chimney stories covered by Mike. The other guy was 18, I think, but both so young and tragic. Heartbreaking cases.
Wasn’t there a young boy who went missing that was found in a chimney of a neighbor’s house? Then another was found in a chimney of a hunting cabin. Ok so I didn’t realize this was the one he ended up in the neighbors chimney. So sad I can’t imagine what he went thru
Yes, I thought that exact same thing.
These chimney situations come up from time to time. I think there have been four or five in the last 20 or so years. Some have been rescued. Some have died.
MrBallen has stuck stories that make me claustrophobic too. Stuck in underground caves, buried alive, in a ship that sunk in deep water and for 3 days he stayed alive in an air pocket while he heard sharks
🥺🦈(and whatever) feasting on the others. Yikes! Mad respect for the divers who rescued him.
@@spongemonkeysooz I like MrBallen but I can't listen to those. Nightmare fuel for real. 😭
Man the kid at the end i feel so bad for he clearly crying out for help
Mike, that statement you used to describe individuals who are born with money and privilege yet are filled with the strong desire to leave it all behind as being "the most privileged of all" is profound. If you really feel comfortable leaving it all behind, the career, the money/earning potential, the people, the educational opportunities, the connections, the support, the security, etc., it's because you know it will still be there when you come back. For the rest of us, even if we consider ourselves part of that privileged group, there's simply no way we walk away from it completely with the sense of security that we can just get it right back.
That’s so sad. You hear the mom saying “He’s 4 years old” when the dad is raging about something being spilled. Crazy
theyre both such awful people, even from the tiny glimpse we got of their behavior
Geez that happens all the time in the real world
Fr :( it happens often and it doesn’t mean it isn’t any less sad like the other comment states. This is why I push social services and access to mental health services. I processed my upbringing and still struggle thinking back of my past. But I’m thankful for the kind teachers, friends, and counselors that taught me to be better ❤
What's so crazy about that? Just because the child is 4 does not mean the parent should not not get angry. How else is the child supposed to know that he messed up. Besides we don't even know what happened exactly. Why are people on UA-cam so holier than thou? You probably don't even have kids.
@@IsisNikoyou are an awful person for jumping to such heperbolic conclusions and your holier than thou attitude. You probably don't even have a child. It's hard to be a parent. And there's always three sides to every story.
Poor Harley! His parents are VERY immature. Imagine! Locking your child out of the house and refusing to answer the phone! The father's violence is concerning. It's a miracle that the young man was as responsible, grounded and mature at his age. God bless him! 😊
The story of Harley was intense. Watching the kid on video being a kid and then hearing about his troubles and tragic death. He was just an ordinary teen. So sad.
This idiot did no research on the case. There was plenty of signs the parents killed the kid and put him in that chimney. Even the cops believe this but they didnt think they’d be able to convince a jury without more evidence
The second the kid starts apologizing for his parents arguing in the background broke my heart. You could hear the pain in his voice. What a tragic story.
I have one rule in life. Never trust a man who has cut off his own junk.
lol you’d think that would b a given 😂
Agreed 👍
😂
Who even brings the prospect up as a topic of conversation...
Was it in the way?
I feel so horrible for the kid at the end. I have a son whos getting ready to graduate Naval Basic Training and follow in my foot steps. I could NEVER imagine treating my son the way Harleys parents treat him. I wish I could have met this young kid and taken him with me to give him a home that would show him love and stability.
Edwardo Sambora: World class conman. Winners don’t have to tell people they’re winners. Also, I’m pretty sure winners don’t wear shirts stained with breast sweat…
This! "Im so successful from trading that I spend all of my time desperately trying to sell you this pyramid scheme course" 🤡🤦🏼♀️
“Quitters do not win”. A few of my friends applied the same rule in stock markets and in Vegas. They are the biggest fools I’ve met
Same logic with "alpha males"
A real alpha never has to claim such a thing cuz they know their position
Reason sweat hahahhahhha
Yeah, the chesticles sweat is not the hallmark that says rich and successful to me, for sure!
The fourth case - a child that age should not have that kind of fear or concern about their future. Some people don't deserve to be parents.
The first case is creepy, the following two are infuriating, the last one is tragic in the most horrible way.,
Watching the video of the son trying to have fun in his room with the father screaming about spilled juice majorly brought my ptsd back. I was terrified every time my father got home and tried to occupy my time having hobbies in my room.
Disciplining children is difficult for some parents, so they resort to yelling (instead of spanking his little brother). However, there’s no indication that Harley was ever abused by either parent. They were devastated by his death.
@@leannemo7382this is phrased like you think they should spank him? or
@@leannemo7382I can’t roll my eyes hard enough at your comment.
@@leannemo7382the thing is? There is never a reason to scream at your child over SPILLED JUICE. there is never a reason to LOCK YOUR CHILD OUT OF THE HOUSE. Parenting can be difficult, but if you aren’t able to have the patience to have a child, especially a neurodivergent one? Don’t have a fucking child :)
You are being hyperbolic. Parents getting angry or shouting is a normal thing. There is no house in this world where that does not happen.
Death valley, no witness, naked hash smoker living in the cave ...what could go wrong right?
And he cut his junk off 😮 !
@@deborahsunflower939 Allegedly. 😏
I lost my son and this guys gentle soul reminds me so much of him. I could never be angry with him but he sure made me laugh. I mean belly laughs. 😂❤. He was a son anyone and everyone did love. Always gentle and helping elderly and one day my heart soared when he said momma you got a few dollars so I handed him a handful of change thinking oh ya he’s going for snacks, but no! He gave it to the homeless. I was so floored I said son who taught you that? He said you mom, you don’t do it much anymore but you use to when I was small. He was eight😊. I did a total turn around and now he’s gone I give my time any extra I can give to the homeless. Because I know he would be❤. Love you Harley Dillie❤❤❤❤
I'm officially addicted to your channel. I suffer from chronic pain and your videos help distract me from it, when nothing else works. Thank you for not only being incredibly entertaining and genuine, but also giving us so many videos to watch. You're a gift to us all ❤️
Sending spoons to you luv!
@@sadmermaid 🙏🏻
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You Should try oxys lol
Same!!!
Hardly Dilly is THE heartbreak. What a sweet kid. This is one of the scariest videos I have ever seen
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Hardly dilly? Man wtf you can at least spell the kids name right. Catpisssmellingladyofutah
Sweet? How do you know he was sweet? From a couple of minutes of him talking to his camera?
As a mother of an autistic son, I believe poor Harley just didn't want to go to school, but was so cold he felt he needed to hide from it until school was out. My son is so honest he wouldn't break a window or door to get inside the house too. I can't imagine what that poor boy went through at the end, or what his thoughts were. It sounded like he had it tough at home. His mother didn't actually shed a tear! RIP Harley 💔
It’s so sad, my son is autistic too..and I can’t even imagine this 😢 these kids need strong emotional support, and he was neglected. Poor soul. He is in heaven, without a doubt. 🙏🏻
As an autistic son, I believe Harley had an upset stomach. Autism is commonly associated with gastric conditions like IBS, Crohn's, gastroparesis, etc. that not only cause severe discomfort but can become life-threatening. Listen to your son when he tells you he's in pain, don't set him up for a fate like Harley's.
I just can't... 😭 She made him to go out in the bitter cold when he didn't feel well,
@@titaniumvulpes yes my son's stomach kind of works upside down, I believed his pain but the doctors said it was in his mind, until we found a doctor who did more tests and found it. This poor boy had no chance.
How do you know she did not shed a tear? Also it's easy to be holier than thou on UA-cam. The parents probably struggled with him and making ends meet.
Thank you for speaking so kindly about Harley. I'm a resident of Port Clinton and it was a tough time. This weekend is our Alumni Weekend and he should have been here. This would have been his first
During Covid I went hard into this genre of UA-cam channels but the only one I’m still watching is this one.
dude same
Rip 🪦 mr ballen
@@jooosAREevilStill love me some Mr Ballen. It’s an entirely different method of story telling but so beautifully executed with his very demonstrative hand gestures. I totally appreciate both Mike and John for their very different yet acutely intense story telling styles.
These guys are both the epitome of the original method of passing down the tales from bygone years ~
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@@jeanneganrude8549 mr ballen died also joe rogan rip 🪦
3:00 You said it, exactly what I was thinking, "Sort of the MOST privilege" is being able to just walk away from wealth.
lol 100% if I was given or earned that sort of privilege this late in life, I would stop doing anything risky…. not start doing it
@@CantTellYouThat sounds rather boring.
True but also u can't walk away unless your wealthy. So either way it's privileged. To be able to travel like that I mean yea I guess u could wing it the whole way but that wouldn't be too smart.
It's exactly what I was thinking lol. I envy the freedom
@@Itsallillusional I don't think so
Anyone who says that all they do is win is delusional.
Exhibit #1 - Charlie Sheen, "Winning"
@@cmtippens9209exhibit #2 Trump
Absolute facts! Shows the intelligence of the majority that this isn’t top comment 🙄
Dj Khalid is a prime example
Christ man sometimes people just like to hype themselves up. Relax.
Been watching Mike for 3+ years. His production and quality of videos has progressively improved from new video to new video. My wife and I watch him regularly and discuss his episodes constantly. Great entertainment!
I've watched many videos here, but the story of Harley Dilly is the first one that made me actually cry. Horrific. I wish I hadn't heard it. That poor kid.
Oh the last one 😳😳😳 poor Harley !!!! I’m so so claustrophobic…… just the thought makes me hysterical!!! Rest in peace precious boy ❤️🕊️
Me too. It makes my skin crawl
I know! I had to fast forward through a bit because it was making me sick.
Poor poor little boy 😢
As a therapist for mostly pregnant women or women who recently given birth, it doesn't surprise me a husband abusing his wife, after recent birth or pregnancy. Domestic violence increases, after the wife becomes pregnant or after the newborn is born. It's a sad and real fact. None of the doctors, in the clinic are surprised by this fact either.
Better no company than bad company - single momming isn’t easy, but I think it’s a lot safer, statistically.
Yeah kids ruin your sex life
@@sarahissersohn5495 I wouldn't tell the world that. Shows your inability to pick a proper mate
Yeah that’s because 20% of children born are affair babies.
So naturally you’re gonna see about 20% of couples abusing each other like this. The wife emotionally abusive and the husband physically
@@OffendingTheOffendableI really hope you're a child and not an adult having so stupid and pointless a hobby as "offending" people in youtube comment sections.
I'm glad my gut is still on point. The second I saw the trader, I knew something was off!
Hearing the parents fight triggered me ugh those poor kids. People don’t know the amount of psychological damage this does. Even if you don’t hit them, it’s still abuse.
It's a weird feeling, right? Whenever I hear others arguing or even if its from a show, I automatically pause and my body seems to go on Alert. I get anxious, scared, and have a lot of memories flooding in.
I'm 31. I have my own house, a small company, I'm married, yet I still can't get over that. I never realized until I read your comment. Maybe now I can finally work on that and be more social. Your comment helped me a lot. It was like if someone else understood the feeling. I hope you have a good day, a good week, a good life. Thank you
@@YangLeeeI ❤ this!
Yep. I grew up with an alcoholic father. While he was not physically abusive, he would yell and slam things. I'm 34 and the sound of people arguing still makes me freeze. I also have a bad problem if I know someone is angry with me about something. They don't even have to express it, but if I think they are angry, it makes me so afraid. It is traumatizing for kids and stays with you forever.
@@YangLeee same. It lives on inside of you, like a recording, waiting for a present day event to hit play and suddenly you’re back in it. Therapies like EMDR have helped me. You can beat this too.
I feel very much the same. I don’t know how many tv shows or movies I’ve had to nope out of due to it triggering me, leaving me feeling like a kid in my parents home again.
Eduardo's house looks strange there's nothing on the walls and it echoes. Sounds very empty. You can tell it's like a pop-up house so if he gets in trouble or somebody comes after him he can hurry up and leave and not leave a trace of himself. 🤨
He lives at the beach. Who needs meaningless pictures on the wall when you just look out the window at the beautiful water and beach???
@@user-gj1me4mf5c He was a bullshitter who probably couldn't afford to live at the beach.
I think he didn’t even live there, probably an airbnb he rented for a day.
@@user-gj1me4mf5cThere are no beaches in the area where he mentions he lives (Sliema). Only rocks and touristy beach clubs. It’s not the most picturesque part of Malta.
Maybe a house he was viewing
Edwardo: The kitchen he filmed in had the feeling of a communal kitchen in a backpackers or a communal hotel. As for the bed with the heart towel, it was probably a hotel room that was made ready for a guest and he just rented it for an hour or so, as long as he agreed not to mess up the room.
Yup his surroundings did not give the vibe that he was truly successful, more like play acting
@@dorothytenute2710 The janky lamps with the LV bag in the background didn't help that impression, either.
16:15 Mike’s (kinda polished, maybe Dublin 4?) accent leading into a story about a dude named Eduardo Sambora who then has this thick north side Dublin accent had ME deceased! Then you remember it’s Eduardo with a W?! I died twice 😂😂
As a Medical Professional who travels to Nepal, I'm thinking he had parasites from milk and/or uncooked fruits/vegetables. Such a shame that he was never found. 😔 🙏
Bro. It's india, dude for certain either got killed or he died and they hid his body. India is pretty well known for its lack of humanity.
And someone who would be as well traveled as him likely would be well prepared against parasites
Nancy, I live in Northern Virginia, where a lovely Nepalese nurse, Mamta Bathe has been missing for months. She was a beloved member of the community and had a 1 year old baby girl. The husband was arrested, but won't disclose what he did with her. Everyone is heartbroken.
It's also very easy to die from infection up there, or at least contract diseases that our western system is not used to (from experience, where I caught a resistant and invasive form of ringworm, amoebic dysentery, and head lice -- to name a few.
The story about Harley is so absolutely heartbreaking. It has now been understood that people with ADHD are more sensitive to the cold. For some reason. I also have ADHD and I am very, very sensitive to cold temperatures. That child was not being a baby, he was expressing symptoms related to his environment and his, neurodivergent mind.
Even if he wasn't neurodivergent, locking a kid out of the house when there's no one home is abuse.
@@zarasbazaar oh my God, of course I agree! Of course, no child should be ever locked outside of their house. I hope it did not come across like I was saying it’s OK to do it to neurotypical children because it is absolutely not OK to do it to any child under any circumstance!! I was just saying that it has been now shown. There is a link between people who are neurodivergent, and being more susceptible to the cold. But that in no way would ever excuse a parent doing that to any child for any reason
"I have ADHD" or "I am autistic" and therefore I don't like the cold. Duh. Noone likes being cold but there is always someone out to feel really special because they are "not neurotypical" - always some in every comment section. Yes, even people without any diagnosis also has a varying response to cold, who would have thought.
@ all I know is in temperatures that other people think is warm such as 80 to 85°F. I’ll still wear jeans and bring a sweater because I am perpetually cold. I don’t know if it has anything to do with the ADHD or what but it has been my reality my whole life and I know people who love the cold. They walk around in shorts in the winter with maybe a light jacket.🤯🤯
You could say that even if his parents didn't force him down the chimney, the toxic home environment certainly led to this kid's untimely death. I used to skip school a lot as a teenager because I had a bad home life, so I wouldn't say it's surprising that a kid wanting to get away from both his home life and the pressures of school, decided to do exactly that.
Yup… locking him outside the house and etc etc…
Yep. His mother is a monster!
My parents forced me down a chimney but I just discovered ho ho hoes!
anybody else see the T-shirt his dad was wearing in that one photo?
i hd a bad home life and i never skipped school. school was a sanctuary. no matter our environments, we control our own choices.
3:04 thank you!!!!! Someone finally said it. I met so many backpackers in my travels who pretended to be this underbelly lemmings but were the most privileged people on Earth. Always one phone call from rescue, or escape or back to the grind.
Just visit your own country, local streets, or just clean your own house 😂
I’m this man of the planet. I wander and survive and live amongst the real and underprivileged. Shit, I can’t find my Charles Schwab ATM card that reimburses me any international withdrawal fees. Have you seen my satellite phone!
That last story broke my heart. :( I cant even imagine going through that.
I’m starting to think that in cases where CPS overlooks abuse and a child dies or a prosecutor says ,” this man does not deserve bail , he’s too dangerous!” but the judge overrules that and then the man murders his wife …….. I’m thinking maybe CPS , judges etc should start having charges and be held accountable for these deaths. It happens way too much.
Well they should at least lose their position, which has had a huge part to play in any death caused by them letting people go!
Yawn same old comments about a problem that will never be fixed. Women need to find better partners
@@PazuzuM666😂 never happen
@@OffendingTheOffendable weak bait dude
You are judging from an extremely biased sample.
I felt dread with the last story. I had heard about it before. Sure enough... I watched 3 minutes after upload and saw the views go from 200 to 26,000. Great show, Mike! ❤
What a crazy man to put himself in the death zone. I think he was murdered by those people who were with him. What a terrible end.
Oh, that "holy man" 100% ate Justin
Thought the same
Yeah that's why he needed sugar and something else but no meat this foo was going to be the meat and didn't realize it 😅
Same train of thought here
Yep, holy dude was feeding him for weeks for free before the trip 🫣
Intriguing.
My heart breaks for the boy Harley. 😢 poor baby. Awful.
Awful. When a child is missing, in tandem with investigating a nefarious act responsible for the disappearance, misadventure by the child should also be considered: thoroughly search the surrounding area.
I skipped 10 minutes of the video because I thought the Eduardo part was an ad lol
Infomercial
@@nhmooytis7058 The funny part is that I almost skipped the third segment too. I swear the 2nd and 3rd parts both sound like the start of typical UA-camr ads lol
Me too
Same lol
It really bothers me when kids are dealt with like this. I sincerely feel so bad for this kid. If the story about his mum locking him out truly did happen that way then I feel thats just immensely bad decision making. I hope that he didn't endure bad treatment at home 😣😣. Sincerely. This is just sad as all hell x
All of these are so tragic, but as a mom of four-one being a son around Harley’s age- damn that one hit me HARD. I think that’s the first story that I had to take a break after hearing. Poor kid deserved so much better.
The last picture of Justin says a lot. Two weeks after the last vlog post saying he was already weak and hungry. Him being wrapped up, seemingly looking Cold compared to the other guy in the picture, which is a sign of malnutrition. He should have not gone with the Wild man Yogi mountain Holly man.
Being wrapped up is not unusual. People wear sheet like fabrics if it is cold (more the men). Probably cashmere wool. That being said, the hell would I walk anywhere with an eremite hardcore-stoner anywhere. My family is from Punjab, and they laugh at you if you smoke ganja.
Someone in the comments said, that the person who hung himself was actually the third guy, who had the role of an interpreter. I wouldn't take the suicide as any type of admission. Indian police can be very, let's call it - suggestive.
Also, that dude was pretty young to call himself a sadhu. I also don't understand how anyone can cut their dick off without bleeding to dead (on their own).
Justin was lost, and he tried to find something in less developed countries. Him filming himself walking through that mountain forest, he could've done the same clip in Oregon or Washington state, but for him, it wouldn't have been the same level of magical, perhaps. I think he would've explored more and more unsafe places if he wasn't stopped that early, it would've happened sooner or later.
The same thing happened to Joshua Maddux in Woodland Park, Colorado. Disappeared May 8, 2008 and discovered August 7, 2015 in the chimney of a cabin 2 blocks away from his home. 😢
He already covered it some weeks ago.
@@theimpossiblemarywhere’s the direct link ?
@@Lina_Salma I don’t think it’ll allow us to post links in these comments (for good reason) but I believe it was in the video uploaded 2 weeks ago
Drinking water straight from a stream like that is a bad idea. There could be a dead animal lying in it further up stream for example or any kind of parasites and bacteria present. Any water that has hit the ground should be treated before drinking unless caught in a sanitary container.
It depends on where the water is coming from, but we are just as at risk as any other animal out there, it's not always bad to drink from flowing water.
@@TangibleGoods we're not the same as animals. My dog was chewing on a muddy old deer leg found on a walk and was fine, that wouldn't be safe for me. She eats raw hairy rabbits ears that get rid of worm eggs, not keen on that myself lol. She also loves chomping on raw chicken including munching through the bones, again not my idea of a tasty snack. Even Bear Grylls says he never drinks water after it has touched the ground without it being cleaned first.
@@TangibleGoods that said, I have seen people drink whilst we were foraging water and they've been fine (as far as I know, you could have a parasite and not realise) but there is always a risk, so why chance it unless you have to. 🤷♀️
Could be a spring and not just a stream
Billionaire can't buy himself a $99 Lifestraw?
Poor little Harvey. The parents are awful. Locking out a child from home and preventing him going to his friend’s house is just an evil O can’t describe.
Notice the mom from the last story saying "I have to wake up everyday..." and "I would never want anyone to go through this..." and no word for hoping her child to be safe. Given there were clues of toxic parenting in kid's vlog my narcissist radar went through the roof when I heard it.
Yeah, no actual tears. 🚩
Poor boy! "He was a mamas boy"👀👀👀👀
That’s just the way Mike edited it. In full interviews, Harley’s mother does express her concern for his safety and wanting him home. Both his parents and the community were devastated. The parents still grieve nearly five years later.
There was never any indication of child abuse. The father yelling when the young brother spilled juice over the table, is not considered abuse (better than spanking or hitting him). Harley chose to enter the house illegally thru the chimney, instead of going to school. As sad as the outcome is…it’s totally on him.
@@leannemo7382 locking your young son out of the house while you run an errand is neglect though, so there was an indication of abuse
@@kellz6266 Perhaps, but it was never addressed as neglect. We don’t know the entire story, just the deceased teen boy’s version that was made public. Also, it was not the cause of his death.
The investor needed to invest in a thesaurus for a word other than "incredible"
Adjective deficiency syndrome is ironically pretty common when someone's communication is entirely dependent on superlatives.
@@clementine2001He was "incredible" indeed
@@clementine2001 Moved my bowels
Incredible means UNBELIEVABLE 😂
@@nhmooytis7058 Exactly (or sans credibility)
21:05 Another hard truth: Never trust a guy who says “incredible” more than once when trying to convince you of something.
The kid stuck in the chimney, happens more frequently than moat people think. A big part of this is because people especially young people/children don't understand how chimney's are built. They have a cartoon mindset about chimneys and think they're a big wide open space then empties into a big open fireplace down below inside the house.
The truth is chimneys are constructed with multiple pathways for exhaust, which divide up the area in the chimney into smaller chutes. Additionally, many chimneys are tapered and get tighter as you go.
Or some chimneys as was the case in this tragic event, have NO openings inside the house at all! So anything that goes down the chimney, is stuck there on the bottom forever in what amounts to a bricked in area with no way out. Its just a dead end! Chimneys like this are put in, to vent things into, like perhaps a stove vent, oven vent, water heater vent etc.. Hence the small circle cut through the wall as seen in this video where the cop put his hand in and felt hair! These vent holes for appliances, are not nearly large enough for someone to climb through to escape the chimney.
One last thing. Because of the narrowness of a chimney chute, when small framed people attempt to go down them, they usually have their arms above their head if they go down feet first. So once they get stuck, there's nothing their arms or hands can to help them, against the smooth sides of the chutes walls. And their feet can hold them up either, being unable to bend the knees! So your body weight causes you to slide down further and further. As the chute tapers down, you get wedged in tighter and tighter. When you exhale air in lungs to breath, to slide down a little more each time, and it gets tighter. As you tire, you arms and legs become useless, and tour only held in place by your body weight wedging you in. Each time you breath, you slide a bit more down, until you're wedged so tightly around your chest, that it can't expand at all anymore and it gets to where you can take in any breath hardly because you're gripped so tightly around your chest! And of course all of this is happening in compete darkness and where you can't even look up or down anymore.
It is a horrible way to die.
So remember kids, chimneys are not made as it's depicted in cartoons!! Santa Claus cannot slide down chimneys either! And neither can YOU!
This comment needs more attention!!!
Great comment. This should be common knowledge. Never go down a chimney.
That’s a horror movie waiting to be written
This gave me anxiety just reading it. Every sentence I recoiled even more. Poor Harley -- what an awful fate. I can not imagine how frightened he must have been.
Excellent description.
"Edwardo" instantly made my skin crawl. We who are born in 1st World locations live like Kings in terms of basic needs. Just to cheer people up...
According to Credit Suisse:
To be among the top 10 percent worldwide, you don’t even need six figures: A net worth of $93,170 will do it.
And even if you have just $4,210 to your name, you’re still richer than half of the world’s residents.
If your numbers are accurate, that is just insane and disgusting.
However this is true simply because the top 1% own roughly 99% of wealth. And I don't mean money, fiat currency which is just worthless paper (or a horrible plastic if you're in the UK) or numbers on a screen...
I'm talking the real wealth - land, minerals and all other natural resources. If all things were as they should be - meaning if a country's people benefited fairly from their country's resources - the ordinary people of Africa, South America and Asia and literally most other areas would be living as we all should, in abundance.
Instead the elites have bought up or stolen by force everything in order to price the majority of us out of being able to eat let alone thrive. The times were entering will bear the fruit of their labour imp.
The families we think of as elite ie Rockefellers are just puppets of the true elite, who's names we don't hear. Although the British monarchy is Def true elites imo... fake royalty.
@oscarleijontoft Their running the show
To be fair you cannot compare the living costs in a first world country to the countries' you compare net worth of, to. Yeah you may be top 10% globally but that does not make a difference in your own country where people earn comparatively more. What someone in Somalia earns does not really come into effect here.
"rebuilding a primary school with the help of locals" more like helping locals while THEY'RE rebuilding a primary school
Probably filmed himself doing stuff for 5mins then left hem too it
Lmfao, no, they lack the basic knowledge or resources to figure that out bro they need Western influence to even get running water right 😂😂😂😂
@@pofuno can't tell if you're being sarcastic or racist
@jsteiner93 how is it racist to tell the truth if they could build the school they would, but they need the help like I said they can't even figure out running water grow up and live in reality 😂😂😂
@@pofuno the thing is you're not telling the truth though. you're sharing your opinion, which is clearly based on ignorance.
My son is autistic and he also loves very small and tight spaces. He will often try to squeeze through or into spaces that he obviously can’t fit into…so I’m not surprised at all that Harley tried the chimney. 💔
Smoking chillums of powerful hashish in the HImalayas sounds like a great time, dunno about the whole living naked in caves part though, think I'll skip that.
It sounds awesome (nakedness aside)
Then it would just be pointless hedonism
@@TheThreatenedSwan Or it would be smoking hash in a cool place...
I could deal with naked if the temperature is comfortable but the whole cutting off your junk? I'm not trusting anyone who did that to themselves TBH
@@katiekane5247 deal breaker for me to
"Canadian dies in 'lynching' in Peruvian Amazon, accused of killing an indigenous shaman. It was 2013 when Sebastian Woodroffe decided to quit.." Someone please send a request for Mike to cover Sebastian's case.
That case was wild. He most definitely killed the Shaman. It’s all so bizarre
This would be a perfect one for either this channel, or even better the podcast so they could do a deeper dive, I'd love to hear both their perspectives 💯
Yeah but he drank psychédélique potion
Thanks for mentioning this. Looks like I’m off to read up on this now!
@@nessal4078right. TL:DR I agree. CW: lots of crazy rambling woowoo spiritual talk to follow. 😂
As soon as the holyman in the first case said Justin was crazy it reminded me of Sebastian's case. I'm not anti hallucinogenic drugs at all, especially used for spiritual purposes. So many people claim a huge benefit from ayahuasca, but we all react differently to things. Add to that, he was already malnourished and I'm sure being half-starved didn't help his mental status.
I've only used psilocybin a couple times and omg they were amazing trips, but I know it doesn't always go that way. The worst case I've ever heard of was the Canadian guy that attacked his parents thinking they were evil. I heard about that case before ever trying anything so that case scared me off trying shrooms for a long time. Luckily, I experienced nothing but this immense feeling of love for everyone. I *think* it's important to learn mindfulness meditation and radical acceptance beforehand. So a "bad" trip/ experience occurs and you just accept it and maybe later figure out if there is something to be learned from it.
From what I've read, it's common for someone for someone becoming a shaman/brujo/medicine-man/mystic/guru to have a death experience or severe illness beforehand. The theory is that now they travel between the spirit realm and reality and that's how they can heal people.
"The Fruitful Darkness," is probably the best book I've read about such things followed by "The Peaceful Warrior." One other book I've forgotten the name of now, discusses St. John of the Cross and his "Dark Night of the Soul." This kind of mythology/symbolism good way back like Odin hanging from the tree Yggdrasil and trading an 👁🗨 to go to the underworld and learn the runes that will help him bring new life.
George R.R. Martin uses these myths all throughout his books with the idea that magic has a cost and "only death can pay for life" which when you think about it is in every culture's religion/belief. The "corn-king" which even the crows say to Jon Snow. I also know nothing, I just think mythology is fascinating. I wonder if Joseph Campbell was still alive when GRRM started writing ASOIF, I'm sure he would've loved the series.
Mike's hair looks good a little longer! I love the curls!
I also really appreciate the longer videos. A lot of the true crime channels and podcasts end up covering the same cases, but you are really doing an amazing job finding and researching people and cases that no one else are covering. I also always love your descriptions of small towns in canada and the US!
So thanks, Mike, and Keith, for bringing us unique stories told in an engaging and funny way. You bring these stories to life, and you guys make it feel like you are just telling stories to your friends.
You also really make it feel like you are listening to us big dogs, reading the comments, adding keith as a cohost, not being afraid to shake things up and responding to our feedback and requests. Thank you, we love you back 😉
GREAT collection of stories! That poor Harley kid didn't have a chance. His mother was a real (large) piece of work for sure. What a horrible way to die. Thanks, Mike !
My goal in life is to never have Mike narrate my life story but I love hearing him narrate others.
💯 😂
If your life ever requires a narrator, I hope it is Oprah, not Mike.
All the great voice actors are gone. Now there's only Arnold left. "Once upon a taaaiim.."
Mike: 'Third man'
YT subtitles: 'Turd man'
Love it😄
actually Mike says always "turd"
If he didn't understand him, he could have agreed to be a sacrifice a 3 day walk.That sounds like he's walking to his own death
I thought this to
Guy #3 was the translator. So if that was true that guy really set him up
Lost in translation
It doesn’t have to be mystified by saying “he could have agreed to a sacrifice”, when it just sounds like a possible con man looking for an easy lick.
@@Usapropaganda-t7heasy lick came half way across the world for this😂😂😂
Well that was one of the most horribly sad stories i've ever heard. Rest in peace Harley Dilly. Prayers for his family.
Mike, if my life had a narrator, I’d want it to be you-except without all the murder and dismemberment. On second thought, might spice things up a bit. Anyway, thanks for making me realize that life insurance is the one investment I shouldn't be stingy about, but might keep very quiet about it.
Keep up the great work, and if you ever need a sidekick to help dig through sketchy basements, I'm in... as long as you bring snacks.
Cringe
Indiana jones temple of doom?…“The official records show as many as 1078 persons had gone missing in the Parvati valley between 2003-2023, of which 21 were foreigners. Only 498 of them could be traced.
The fact remains that the police are struggling to tackle the drug menace in Kullu, where massive seizures of heroin and other contraband are taking place every day.”
The last one, 😢 poor kid. The mother locking him out because she got angry, the juice spilling on the table and getting yelled at. Even if the parents didn’t put him in the chimney, they caused the domino effect in which led him to be inside the chimney. Rest in Peace lil one, rest in peace. 😢
She "locked him out" because he was supposed to go to school.
@@eadweard.not the first time she didn’t
@eadweard. No, that was another day, she was going to pick up a friend and he didn't want to go
I've heard the story of Harley before, and was prepared, but it still gets to me every time. I know I shouldn't judge without knowing the entire picture, but I don't think his parents were good people/parents. I get the feeling he was an inconvenience to them more times than not. Kid deserved more. Hope he's at peace.
16:52 winner with no artwork or dishes
I noticed that too! He has one cup....
@@Shendraas living the life!
Only judgmental people care about 💩 like that. Plus that has nothing to do with being a winner!!!
@@leisastokes5358😂😂😂
@@Shendraas17:08 look at his luxurious abode... That's where dreams come true 😂
Harley's story makes me cry and breaks my heart every time I see it. It's so senseless, and he seemed like such a sweet, kind, intelligent boy who just wanted true friends and a little positive attention, which I'm sure he never got from his family. I wish someone else could have given him a chance at a wonderful life. He would have been welcome in my home any time. Just so sad.
Poor Harley. How many of us have done so stupid and dangerous things as silly non thinking teens? I know I have. It’s just sometimes we get ourselves into situations we can’t find away out of. Just so sad.
What I find hilarious about stories like the first one is the sheer lack of awareness someone has to have to say, “ I’m disillusioned with luxury and want authenticity “, and then proceed to live a life that perhaps only 10% of people could actually achieve because they had the fortune of knowing what a life of luxury was in the first place. Now while I don’t believe humans where meant to live slaving away in a capitalistic society for the necessities of life, authenticity for the majority of people on the planet isn’t traveling to exotic locations around the world trying to live like some religious deity.
James was lost. He would've travelled until he found an untimely demise, anyway. If it hadn't come that early.
I'm assuming Justin was last seen Sept 2016, not 2024. Casually listening and thought this was currently happening. I'm like, "Why aren't they looking for him if he disappeared two weeks ago?" lol
I'm glad you said this because I thought the same thing!! Until he said, it's been 8 years lol 😂 glad I'm not hearing things.
Haha, I thought the exact same. Especially because in the blog post he wrote “I should be back by mid September” so I was like why do people even think he’s missing?
When Mike said that I was thought to myself huh? I knew immediately that he accidentally said it
You guys… pay better attention… Mike literally said that he had been missing since 2016.
@@julimartin7698 I said I was "casually" listening and did not hear when he went missing until he said the mistaken date, which actually is what got me interested.
The Harley Dilly case is a lot like the case of Josh Maddox. They were both young men found mysteriously wedged in a chimney with their clothes on the floor inside the house. Super strange.
Wow, not that she would be any less worthy of life if she weren't, but Nicolette was absolutely stunning. Way too good for that guy. May she rest in peace.
Beautiful, indeed.
Man harley was sharp as hell, dude. He understood his content and the audience he'd have one day. Man he woulda been such an amazing content creator. Sad as hell.
Nice editing - empty house "winner" Eduardo
right after Justin, who was his polar opposite.
That's what I love about your videos, Mike!
This is the second story I have heard on utube now about a boy dying in a chimney. In the other story, his clothes were found folded neatly inside the room as well. Bizarre.
How did the guy who met the holy man charge his electronics if he’s also living in a cave?
Solar
Forever ago I had an emergency radio that had solar and a hand crank. The solar tech has gotten MUCH more efficient but I hope there’s still some little portable models with a crank or swing motion for gloomier climates/seasons.
There's small hand cranks and solar panels?
It's 2024 mate. Not 1960
@@112523A true boomer doomer comment.
@@112523yes, you might need to use the crank to generate electricity. They still come with cranks. If it's cloudy, you'll be happy it's there.