A Collection of Horrible Fates

[@Googleusergoogleuser-b4p]

Hearing that Joyce carefully packed the Christmas gifts for her friends, and then went for TWO YEARS unchecked broke my heart :(

[@friyeamen9579]

Them People Are Not Her Friend @All 😡

[@ueaj123]

My mother passed away in her apartment a couple of weeks before Christmas, last year. I will never forget the decorations and bag of gifts for her grandkids and thinking about how much she must have been looking forward to it.

[@mattjack3983]

​@ueaj123 Same thing happened with my grandmother. She passed 3 days before Christmas 2006, and I remember it really hitting me hard when we went to her house to clean up and take care of things, and seeing the decorations and gifts she had wrapped up for everyone. She was absolutely looking forward to another Christmas with the people she loved most, and didn't quite make it. 😢

[@debbieannsmith8962]

😢😢💔

[@debbieannsmith8962]

​@@ueaj123😢😢💔

[@Jane_8319]

The fact some random teenager was so obsessed with trucks he was able to break the case is amazing

[@MinuMat]

Yay Autism!

[@chriscastagnetta]

“I just like trucks man” Honestly that is such a coincidence it’s pratically a merecial

[@astralb.2647]

That's one for the autism community!

[@dr.haroldweinstein5157]

Homie’s got the tism

[@jessecaalvarez-kuykendall7071]

That's hyperfixation, homes.

[@lxindustriesofficial]

Mitch is a LEGEND. Cracked the case wide open with his weirdly specific knowledge about trucks.

[@PedanticUnionist]

Absolute Chad

[@chelacala7320]

This is why special hyper fixations and interests are important :3

[@non-fictionaltoughguy1208]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@chelacala7320he was most likely just a gearhead, it starts from a very young age

[@non-fictionaltoughguy1208]

Absolutely! Mitch was definitely a car guy, this tends to be how we are

[@mikesanders8621]

My real name is Mitch but I go by Mike because I'd never encountered a Mitch that didn't suck. I've finally found one.

[@KatieLynnC92]

I used to live outside St Louis when I was a kid. We had a bus stop with Shawn's missing poster on it for years, even after he was found. I remember my mom driving me and my brothers home from school, listening to the radio. When they announced both boys were being reunited with their families, my mom shouted in shock, "Both?! There's another boy?"

[@Loralanthalas]

My mother would come home from 911 dispatching and be so mad about all the things news never bothered to cover. I always think about how much we never hear, especially listening to cold cases.

[@lizzzzzzzz]

yeah it was actually in kirkwood not kirkland. my husband grew up there and i guess the guy was a manager at Imos pizza there. i actually have eaten at that location.

[@smashingmolko]

@@lizzzzzzzz In NZ we USED to have a site that covered convicted felons and their charges/court documents. It was INSANE given we're this 'safe little Island and anything that happens we know about.' Now that's been removed and 90% of crime is covered up in our country/name suppression and anonymity as people are 're-introduced' following sentencing means the community knows nothing about all the m*rders, r*pists and pe*dophiles and let back into the community after 2-5 years in secret so they can strike again, and they do.

[@jay_rubyx]

@@lizzzzzzzzthe narrator was saying Richland which idk if he meant Richmond Heights?? I grew up and lived most my life in the St. Louis metro east and never heard of Richland.

[@Gillibean726]

@@jay_rubyxit’s richwoods, it’s about an hour out of St. Louis

[@bicivelo]

My friend’s cousin was the kid that took note of the pickup truck. He was, rightfully so, give much recognition for what he did and a car dealer even gave him a brand new truck. It’s crazy.

[@emptyingmyballsinyomommymouth]

LOL this is utter bullshit

[@Sisu_ash]

God bless that car dealer. Makes me want to buy all my future vehicles from them.

[@chriscastagnetta]

Man. Y’all in Missouri have such close social networks I live in NJ and I don’t even know some of my neighbors 😭

[@jackofficialTM]

Liar clout chaser

[@bicivelo]

@@chriscastagnettaI’m from the east coast too. Lol. Yeah, it was big news back then in MO.

[@sarahcartier3393]

I hope shaun went on to psychologically recover and live a healthy happy life. Poor kid must have been scared witless of his captor. Ben truly was his saving grace.

[@Solecita19]

Apparently, he did. I was curious and checked the internet. According to an interview from 2013, he was able to put all of this behind him with the help of his family and is now married and has children.

[@sarahcartier3393]

@Solecita19 that warms my heart. Thank you. 💖

[@merkleydog]

😊😊​@@Solecita19

[@219cem]

@@RayOliverMMA it's called Stockholm Syndrome...

[@julierobinson3633]

@@RayOliverMMA I very much doubt it - although it isn't mentioned here there is only one reason men tend to take children and keep them alive - then replace them when they grow out of that age range. And it isn't because they want a son or daughter to raise...

[@lerdog]

I heard about Joyce's story in a documentary called "Dreams of Life" and it stuck with me ever since. I can't imagine how lonely it must be to live in such a way that you die and not a single person notices it for years. Sad story all around.

[@JoannavanGestel]

It stuck with me too, its a really beautiful documentary.

[@meggienimhurchu4715]

Completely agree, it's been years since I seen it, and had nightmares for weeks after. It's one of those docs that just stay with you. So so sad, the detail about the presents especially

[@SetariM]

I live like that every day, it's not hard.

[@basbleupeaunoire]

But, that's not what happened. It says so in the video. Her family tried looking for her.

[@fredbyoutubing]

Having smelled a dead body in a neighbor's appartement...I can't understand how someone living close would think it's just the garbage. Humans are engineered to react to that specific smell.

[@Angiie884]

I’ve been mostly listening to scary interesting on Spotify but so im shocked at how much the visuals have evolved to give a better idea of what happened, so glad to see that this channel’s quality keeps improving

[@bkpk4hisapplesauce]

and it's not ai generated either!! the time and effort he puts into these vids make them that much better

[@willo7734]

Yeah no kidding. This channel keeps upping the game every episode.

[@themischief420]

tbf the visuals have only been this different in the past like 2 vids

[@kelsoutdoors]

Yeah, but there’s mistakes here and there….

[@tikawhom]

Love the "no AI generated content used in this video" at the start. Thanks for staying true Scary Interesting!!

[@ST1TCH916]

Usually when someone feels the need to defend something no one talks about, it means that thing. All imma say. Quite the odd lighting/shading on that thumbnail....

[@tikawhom]

@@ST1TCH916 Except this guys been doing this since before all the AI junk, and he's always upheld the same quality (improved the quality, even). I'm just glad he's still using the same techniques instead of defaulting to AI like most other channels (ie: using 3D models of a scene to describe something, instead of a crappy AI image that doesn't tell you anything about where anything was in said scene). Also, the need to defend is created by the fact that AI is copying "his" techniques (because it's popular) and people seeing his work automatically assumes it's AI. Not to mention the fact that most crime/spooky story channels use AI, plus he's got a very AI-looking channel name. Woah this reply is way longer than I thought it'd be, sorry 'bout that. 😅 Good day to you and I wish you the best! :)

[@MamaBedlamVO]

@@tikawhomGenuine, listening to this channel for the first time I had to double check in the comments that at least the voice wasn’t AI (was doing chores and put on something with a title that caught my eye) and glad to see he isn’t! I think it’s just the editing out of pauses aggressively that gave me second thoughts.

[@AlienZizi]

​@@MamaBedlamVO it didn't used to be like that.. i think the channel is trying to appeal to a brainrot audience that listens to everything at 2x speed 🥲 is jarring, i hope they go back

[@LordYngling]

I do think some of the art may be AI, but some people genuinely can’t tell and search broswers are full of the crap these days. I can spot it pretty easy, but that’s cause I know what to look for (bad background textures, weirdly blended bits, unnatural or too perfect reflections, and that uncanny lighting). For awhile this channel used more AI images, I hope to see them leave the channel entirely going forward. The original pictures of the cases, items, and locations are far more interesting anyway!

[@ellierose03]

Joyce's story hit me hard. As a previously outgoing and sociable person who's become a recluse after domestic violence and ptsd, I could very easily meet the same fate. Its hard to convey just how isolating domestic abuse can be, and just how thoroughly the trauma can destroy you. Rest easy, Joyce. You're safe now.

[@Anonymousey44]

I wish you everything good in life for your future. I've experienced the same. I know your pain. Sending love ❤️

[@lolalalia4119]

Same. I became disabled in 2019 and slowly lost my entire social network. I can't blame them though. I can't drive, have difficulty walking, have to avoid crowds, lights, and sounds, and I have zero income. For so long, I was the one that drove an hour every weekend to spend time with friends. I would drive 1.5 hrs after a long hospital shift just to attend dinner with friends. I always suspected my friendships were one sided but becoming disabled confirmed it. The fear of dying unnoticed has lead me to leaving my doors unlocked out of fear that I'll die and my animals will be trapped inside and become ill.

[@kbo572]

​@@marten6578 That's a real callous and tbh shitty response to OP. People handle trauma differently. People situations are different. What may worked for you doesn't mean it would for OP. JFC

[@kbo572]

@OP It's ok. Take your time. You were here today to comment and that's what matters Sending hugs internet stranger

[@lolalalia4119]

@@kbo572 they also dismissed a glaring hypocrisy by placing the blame on the OP for a perceived failure to communicate rather than the family and friends for failing to recognize a member of their community is struggling. As the child of a narcissist, I can tell my family (all of 2 people btw) that I'm struggling with isolation buy that doesn't mean they'll respond. In fact, when I have mentioned it, I'm told verbatim by my parent "I don't want to hear it." This idea that we can just tell someone and everything will be better assumes everyone has a responsive support system and places the blame on us.

[@dannyboi5887]

Fun fact: Mike was attacked in 2011 by an inmate who stabbed him with two shivs named after the boys he kidnapped in an act of "Prison Justice".

[@Doodleandcompany]

Hell yeah

[@tylerdurden7869]

That man is a hero do we know his name I’d put money on those books

[@dannyboi5887]

@@tylerdurden7869 Troy L. Fenton. Mike didn't die from it but honestly the fact that it happened at all is comforting enough.

[@iluvxtc0]

i love that he named the shivs after the boys! i think this is a good example of how not every prisoner is a bad person, though of course i don't know what that man was in prison for.

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Teehee! 😊❤

[@user-nf7ui7dz1z]

Respect to Scary Interesting. I remember when Scary Interesting was super apologetic and stressed out badly because he ran out of cave mysteries after making only 97,999 excellent and very scary interesting videos. Keep doing your work young lad, at this point people would line up around the block to listen to you read repair manuals. You’re famous! Everyone loves you! You won! You’re a legend!

[@officerjamesofficial]

thanks dad

[@valkyrja--]

What lol

[@SetariM]

Bot, that username is sus

[@valkyrja--]

@@SetariM the account is 11 years old. It's clearly not a bot

[@milesaway3699]

97,999 videos? Highly doubtful.

[@OrcCorp]

As a father of a 6yo boy, the second story hit really hard. It cut's to the bone and heart to think anything like that would ever happen to my son. It's one of the worst nightmares of mine, to my son go missing and not knowing where he is. Thanks for the video, as good as always.

[@nickkohlmann]

100% relatable

[@kelm102]

I immediately recognized Shawn's picture before you even put the name up. I was 9 when he was kidnapped, so my parents were incredibly cautious about me leaving the house to go hang out with friends. Nowadays it's wild to think I would just roam the neighborhood with my friends, since nobody knew if you could end up as the next Shawn. I also have the head canon that this was kind of the jump start to the whole "Trunk or Treat" movement, because I remember kids roaming the streets in packs on Halloween when I was an early teenager.

[@davemccage7918]

Trunk or Treat is just as dangerous! It’s so easy to grab a kid and throw them in the trunk and drive away with the parents being non the wiser!

[@emberfields3441]

​@davemccage7918 parents go around with their kids during trunk or treat.. you'd have to literally wrestle the kid away and then manage to get in your car that's backed up with several others in a line or circle Your comment is dumb

[@kelsoutdoors]

I went to school with shawn. And my dad lived down the road from where he was held… wild thinkin id roam all around there, then come to find out who he was and go to school w him after he was found. Life is weird. ITS KIRKWOOD GOD DAMNNIT. 😂😂😂 IMOS MF

[@Acquiescing]

@@kelsoutdoors Hey, if you recall, was he treated pretty well by the other students? I hope he was. I’m really glad he has been able to move forward with his life. 💙

[@kelsoutdoors]

@ he was treated no differently.

[@kurtb8474]

The story of Shawn is why we, who had elementary school-aged children, were always so protective. Mine are adults now. But when they were kids, my wife and I were very protective of them.

[@brooke6472]

Mitch is the MVP for remembering so many details about that kidnapper's truck. I was almost kidnapped as a kid, the only thing that saved me was my friend who was smarter than I was. (Edit: btw this is a repost of my comment that I deleted after a ton of hate comments. I'm not begging for attention, just sharing my experience. Leave me alone.)

[@evantambolang3052]

It's okay man, some people are just heartless or cynical jerks who like to vent their hateful feelings on someone else

[@FallenAngel9979]

Why would anyone be nasty about your experience? Pathetic trolls!

[@sgctoa4655]

I was almost kidnapped right in front of my own home as a kid haha. White truck with a man and a woman begging me to come help them find their missing dog with them. Only reason I wasn’t kidnapped was because my parents were outside and I asked them for permission (to which they immediately freaked out, went over to the truck, and told the couple they were going to report them to the police). Turns out I wasn’t the only kid they tried to kidnap in my neighborhood. Man it’s hard to survive being a dull kid 😂

[@brooke6472]

@@sgctoa4655 I'm glad it turned out okay

[@naomianna20]

I also was almost kidnapped ….out of a grocery store while sitting in a shopping cart, thankfully my dad had situational awareness and grabbed me

[@ambysounique4403]

I will always remember the day Shaun was found safe. It was raining & it showed him getting out of the police car. My mom & I cried instantly. 😢😭

[@mikaross4671]

Shawn's story is why stranger danger is a real thing. I feel so, so bad for him... He literally had stockholm syndrome. That pos man piece took away Shawn's entire childhood. Thank goodness for Mitch for giving such vivid detail on the truck.

[@dfuher968]

The worst part is, that, yes, stranger danger is a real thing. Yet the vast majority are harmed by ppl known to them.

[@RayOliverMMA]

He legitimately didn’t wanna leave , he could’ve just asked if they could go on a walk together with his friend RIGHT BACK HOME. he didn’t wanna leave because of stolkholm syndrome

[@MrZenchiglow-ez1ek]

Didn't Shawn's brother go on to be a serial killer?

[@anonymousanon6913]

Stockholm syndrome is cope He eventually liked it at the time as fucked as that sounds

[@anonymousanon6913]

​@@RayOliverMMAno, stockholm syndrome is cope

[@jamilahrazzaq8780]

As a sociable but reclusive person myself, I can totally relate to Joyce. However, I hope I never become too distant from my own family and pass along like that. 😔

[@WendyDarling1974]

There’s a documentary about Joyce called Dreams of a Life. it’s full length and truly haunting. I’m single and live alone, don’t see a lot of people outside my work in real life, and it made me think.

[@Sisu_ash]

Sounds like she passed away in her bed. Hopefully if it got too painful she would have called 911/ gone to the hospital. I hope this means she wasn’t in too much pain. I’d rather die in my own bed than anywhere else, really. Especially since her family didn’t have to discover her body.

[@jamilahrazzaq8780]

@@WendyDarling1974 Thank you. I'll check it out.

[@cleverhandle420]

I’ve heard Joyce’s story so many times and I think you’ve done her the most justice and been the most humane to her circumstances. It’s why I like your channel.

[@shellinstlouis]

I am from St Louis and I remember this story of Shawn vividly. I am a mother and my children were actually 5 years old when Shawn went missing so I watched every detail with the mindset of a parent as this story unfolded, and prayed for him to be found during the search for him. I'm glad the local media kept up on reminding everyone to keep looking for him. And I remember the day that he was found in Kirkwood (not Kirkland) and it was just such a sense of joy in all of the St Louis area that he was found alive! I heard he went through a lot of horrific things. I hope he's doing well in his life. I am just so happy that he was found alive.

[@jimsilsby3841]

The discovery of Joyce's body was huge news in the UK, but of course it was all just finger pointing at various agencies for all the missed opportunities to find her sooner. The whole thing was deeply politicised so I quickly lost interest, but I remember feeling so sad at the time that anyone could be essentially forgotten long enough for their body to decompose to that extent. Thank you for shedding light on that subject in such a respectful way. It's a real tragedy, and has prompted me to make more of an effort to keep in regular contact with my friends and family.

[@Lavendersighs]

I remember the day Shawn was found. It shook people here in STL

[@diqweed69]

I lived in the area from 2001-2004, though I don't remember hearing about this. I was probably too young to care about anything on the news. Seeing the Imo's Pizza in the video was a strange feeling...

[@samuelspicer9647]

@@diqweed69same i grew up in Belleville right across the river and don’t remember hearing about any of this. Me and Shawn would be just about the same age. I was always with a pack of friends which is maybe the difference but i was always out and about. My parents did call the cops a couple times when i was a not so good child and didn’t ask before going places though, so maybe they were more aware of these things. Wild though I always feel weird hearing about things i had no idea were happening growing up, these are good reminders of how real and scary the world is though.

[@kiiseanrobinson5084]

What is STL? Edit: I soon found out an hour after this comment was made that STL means St. Louis. I didn't know people abbreviated it to STL lol.

[@diqweed69]

@@kiiseanrobinson5084 St. Louis

[@liliana9299]

@@kiiseanrobinson5084 St. Louis? 🤔

[@adrianchorolez5013]

Glad those kids survived. Knowing this show I was prepared for the worst

[@reganmccarthy8409]

The 2nd story really gets me. As a father of an almost 3 year old boy, the thought of my boy being taken like that horrifies me. I couldn’t imagine having to deal with that, and in my own mind I don’t think I would EVER stop searching. I’d be going full Liam Neeson from Taken until I die to find him.

[@kapatz09]

Eternally relieved to hear about how Shawn and Ben stories had a happy ending. Im also glad the man was sentenced accordingly unlike countless other times, and hearing that he got 4000 years put the biggest smile on my face.

[@halldorherm]

I hope the SOB in the #2 story is getting even worse treatment in his captivity. I also hope that Shawn has been able to recover mentally and is enjoying a relatively normal and happy life.

[@Ratboycultist]

He is married with kids now :)

[@halldorherm]

@@Ratboycultist That's amazing, good for him. Thanks for letting us know

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

Dw he got stabbed twice with an ice pick by another prisoner

[@literallyjustagirlygirl]

@@MrcreeperDXD777did he live? I’m sure he’s in seg, now, if so.

[@H-to-O]

Michael Devlin is currently serving 74 life sentences plus 2,020 years, for a sum total of 4,240 years of well deserved punishment.

[@AngelaK-w5o]

Btw the case of Joyce was Steven Wilsons inspiration to create the album "Hand.Cannot.Erase" and within it the song "Happy returns/Ascendant Here On".

[@johnsmith9716]

Beat me to it, great album.

[@ryanserio4190]

Oh wow been listening to that album for years and never knew that

[@nissanzenkiboy]

Poor kid I can’t imagine what he went through. But is extremely lucky he was kept alive.

[@josefinl8464]

"no ai generated content used in this video" THANK YOU! ive been loathing the increase of it on youtube. And I get it, it can provide some convenient quick stock footage or chat gpt spits out answers and paragraphs for you. But the effects of it are horrible and we should all be thinking of our usage of it

[@Retro-Revival]

No excuses for automating the job. I don't even have monetization yet

[@toweypat]

AI is theft. It is 'trained" using the work of people who, often, did not agree for their work to be used.

[@Un_Pour_Tous]

Your next boss will be AI lol

[@Retro-Revival]

@Un_Pour_Tous lmfao

[@toweypat]

@@Un_Pour_Tous Could be. And it will probably tell me to put glue in the coffee so it stays in the mug, or something like that.

[@Cheesesrandomcrap]

21:59 thousands of years in prison and it still seems like a light sentance

[@fallguy92]

Nah but it's crazy to think serial predators and murders got less than that🤦🏿

[@aitnobetafaq]

​@@fallguy92such a black thing to say...

[@Jestin612]

Idk how, but I intend on saving this video until Tuesday. This channel is one of my favorites, especially when I'm working. Nothing like gaining knowledge while I work.

[@maliburic]

I grew up in Richwoods. Shawn rode his bike past my house the day before he was taken. The dude was always riding around town, but Richwoods is a "blink, and you've missed it" town where nearly everyone knows everyone, so the thought of a kid being abducted there never occurred. One theory was he was hit and killed and got dumped somewhere. The search was quite extensive, partly because the area was mined for lead way back in the day, meaning there are abandoned mines and hundreds of tiff cuts. The day the news broke that he was found alive in the city, you could pretty much hear the whole town say, "They found Shawn?!?"

[@thepretzelball]

I’ll be honest - I only subbed to this channel for cave diving and mining accident videos. Then, I started to listen to his stories like the ones in this video. I have been blown away by the writing, the pacing, story choices.. what a great channel!

[@CYMotorsport]

It’s important to note Shawn never had any agreement with his captor. An agreement is one predicated legally in good faith. An imperfect & very crude way to illustrate this contrast is if a perp agrees with law enforcement to a plea deal made under duress or for a specific example something like the Guðmundur and Geirfinnur case. He was psychologically manipulated to the extreme with the threat of mortal violence against him and his family while being isolated and habitually tortured. That’s not an agreement. That’s called survival. It’s an instinct that pushes the human body and mind to survive long beyond what is normally capable. His ability to stay mentally sane and lucid in over 1500 days of captivity is remarkable. In these cases ppl often conflate freedom of movement with freedoms from captivity. But they neglect the burden of manipulation Shawn’s under like him being made to feel responsible for the death of his entire family or ppl not believing him and enduring another drawn out torture session. When he truly felt alone and no one would help, his brain just survived. It’s truly heartbreaking man what a strong kid.

[@Snjuska]

Accurate 👏 and thank you for this comment! I read another comment in here, stating Shawn probably liked it since he didn't try to escape. The ignorance of some people! Its so disgusting to have a thought like that about a victim in such a tough case, mentally and phisically abused on a daily basis.

[@andrewmorgan5950]

So I'm a new subscriber, love this type of stuff but never saw your channel till a wk ago ,ive literally watched over 40 of the 150+ videos it says you have . Love how it's a mix of crime , history and mysteries . And love that you narrate it and don't use AI , I can't do the AI videos

[@andrewmorgan5950]

I have to make sure to like all the videos I watch so I don't rewatch them

[@saladdine908]

@@andrewmorgan5950 ive been watching these video as they come out for so long now and i have been starting to rewatch some of these so know that its almost impossible to be bored with this channel

[@joshwyble6558]

I love this channel and have watched all their videos some I have seen 4 or more times but I keep listening to them awesome channel and no weird AI that mispronounces nornal words

[@maizies.9508]

just wanted to say i really appreciate the disclaimer stating no AI used in the video! i’m beyond sick of seeing it on youtube, major props to you!

[@abdulhassan3118]

fighting AI is like fighting the internet in the last century. It's progress and acceptance is inevitable.

[@danem2215]

@abdulhassan3118 It's lazy dogshit, not progress.

[@VoidHugger]

@@abdulhassan3118 Some people appreciate real human effort in the things they enjoy.

[@abdulhassan3118]

@@VoidHugger I get it. But efficiency will always have the upper hand.

[@TheSecretLover]

‘The first time he would be eligible for parole, Mike would have to be a 100 years old.’ Assuming he makes it that long. Surprised he’s still alive honestly. Side note: If you do get abducted, have a friend like Mitch around. MVP right there!

[@johnsmith9716]

He may be a target on the inside for sure, but the video also said 6'4" 300lbs, so not an easy target.

[@reggio9778]

They will take care of them in prison. And what do you want to do to those little boys they’re gonna do they have tenfold

[@vistakay]

He's already been shanked in prison. Thank you Troy.

[@styles430]

Great stories and great story telling as usual. My favorite channel on KZbin! I’m glad the second story had a happy ending, I can’t imagine what those poor kids - especially Sean - went thru. I know it will never leave him but I hope he got, and gets, as much help as needed. As well as his family - I can’t imagine going through that, then forcing yourself to grieve assuming he was dead, only for him to be found years later. Wow. Speechless.

[@chriscastagnetta]

That last story was incredible and I’m forever grateful for detectives and police officers

[@SqueezeMonger]

Im was so relieved when i heard his sentencing. Too many get away with a slap on the wrist

[@CloverCutieASMR]

Idk if the animations are new or if I just didn't notice it before. You've really upgraded your channel since I started watching! Awesome job man!

[@brandonmcgrew4367]

I grew up in Saint Louis just 20-30 min from Kirkland until I was 14. I moved in 2015 to Kentucky. This hit hard. My parents always told me to never talk to strangers or to hitchhike, and I’m glad I learned that and many other lessons. So many sick wastes of life like this guy out there.

[@cdse1315]

Excellent work as always! Been a fan for a long while now and really appreciate the slow but consistent improvement on the visual quality of your videos. As an artist, also definitely appreciate the denotation that you're using visuals created by someone and not an AI; thank you for supporting artists and creatives!

[@Tertia_Optio]

I've been listening for a while. I am really impressed with how much work you put into these episodes. But the way you tell the stories is why I watch. I haven't yet found a replacement when I'm waiting for a new episode.

[@cjg6465]

17:00 lol The autistics coming clutch! 🥰

[@dumpster.pool.planetoid]

lol was about to post this exact comment

[@madnesscm]

I literally said "Thank you, autism!" 😂

[@PoochieCollins]

Autistics REPRESENT ✊☝

[@DizzyEyes94]

Many such cases

[@ericnorman6391]

DAMN RIGHT

[@hexdebt7670]

Absolutely love the new editing style, well done! Thank you for taking feedback about ai seriously

[@chriswelcome8102]

Magnificent voice and the fact he says this isn't AI is why I come back. KZbin Rampant with it now

[@yourgodismean4526]

Yeah, this is a straight up excellent channel. Dude works very hard and he’s for real

[@Chichimee]

Even I’m AI. (fades away into binary computer code)

[@luridcodex]

Very happy with the shift back away from AI.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

AI voices were bad enough. now there are channels thats all it is AI wrote the story made the images and videos etc.. its pathetic YT needs an AI banner on channels using it so we can tell the channels making an effort and those using chatgpt to phone in their content

[@RobotacularRoBob]

@@ripvanwinkle2002Aye, some channels even use reanimated dead hosts, like one that uses Christopher Lee for intros and outros while the “content” is literally stories from 4 chan copied and pasted into a text to speech AI, and the channel doesn’t even proofread them so it reads the typos and cringe 4chan Lingo exactly as typed, yet the channel is still popular. I’ll never understand.

[@yakacm]

There's a really good documentary about Joyce, well worth looking up, in fact the advert in the paper, did you know Joyce Vincent wasn't the family looking for her, it was the documentary makers trying to find folk who knew her, that's why it's worded like that. Apparently they also rented space on taxi cabs, with the same advert on it.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

Presumably someone moved into that apartment after they'd cleaned up. Don't fancy that at all.

[@lh9121]

Imagine you're some random kid with an awesome family and a friend next door who lives with his nice dad...only to learn that your friend is actually a victim of kidnapping, the "dad" is a child rapist, and that all of this abuse had been happening every day after you told him goodbye for the day.

[@vicariously143]

I think that these two stories have to be the most harrowing accounts you've covered to date. I've never about either of them, and thank you for presenting them with the care and reverence they deserve.

[@Plumeria808]

Thanks!

[@ScaryInteresting]

Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel!

[@bubblyproduction9809]

Best timing! Love your storytelling Scary Interesting

[@EstoniaGamez]

That is incredible that Mitch who is obsessed with trucks was able to get the case solved.

[@_ddoraemon_]

I LOVE THE DISCLAIMER at the start of the video. Never change

[@markferreira7682]

Damn Joyce story so sad two years? Crazy!!

[@shaun-ography]

That first case. The TV was apparently so loud that they could hear it in the hallway. She was also in there for 2 years?! There is no way it was blasting for 2 years and nobody tried to do anything about it.

[@ydoicare2000]

No. Someone was living there

[@shaun-ography]

@ydoicare2000 That was my thinking too, clearly whoever it was doesn't make good decisions.

[@jsequine927]

@@ydoicare2000someone was living there with a decomposing body for two years? With no signs of any recent activity and presents sitting in the middle of the floor from two years ago. Right.

[@ydoicare2000]

@ Jeffrey Damar slept next to his decomposing victims.

[@toxicweas]

Love this channel. The lack of an ai run channel will always keep me coming back! Keep up the good work!

[@Loralanthalas]

AI is fine. It's the lazy people who can't be bothered to review and correct their generations that's an issue. Lazy af.

[@fmerquise]

Appreciate the channel and especially this series. Have you done the Junko Furuta case? It's pretty horrible.

[@Alyrulz421]

It breaks my heart every time I hear about Joyce specifically because of the Christmas presents, she had bought those with loved ones in mind and must’ve been so excited to give them out to folks who didn’t even notice that she died 😢

[@themidnightwoodsman1804]

That 2nd story made me feel really emotional. Literally had tears behind the eyes.

[@edenisburning]

That 1st case was so sad. I can't believe that for over 2 years, nobody even went to her house to see if she was okay.

[@Varick76551]

Not too surprising, especially in the past years, I live in a block of eight, four on each side, and I barely see any of my neighbours, and I am in and out a couple of times every day, though admitted some of my in and outs are very early in the morning (5:30 or so early) or late in the evening (22:00 or so late). Though to be honest having the TV on that loud constantly for years, somebody would/should have complained, especially as there are usually noise nuisance clauses in most tenancy contracts, though I am not too sure how long they have been in, but I have been renting for 15 or so years and my tenancy has always had one. If you are not working and had enough money to set up bank transfers to cover gas, electric and other outgoings, and have little or no contact with family or friends for whatever reason, the only time anybody would want to contact you would be the various agencies if they need to do work or have information filled out. Though I do find it a bit odd, as there is supposed to be gas safety checks carried out every year (assuming it had a gas supply), and they are as far as I am aware a legal requirement, so you would have expected the council to be at least a bit interested as to why they were not being done, and in those years I would have expected the council to have wanted access to the flat for some reason or other, and got pushy if they had not got it.

[@kathyrussell7324]

What a great video! How about looking into the death of the actor that played “half sac” on sons of anarchy. I’d like to hear your version. You have come so far since the beginning of your channel. I always knew you’d make it!

[@esteemedmortal5917]

Shawn was very brave. I hope he realizes that.

[@applesandlemoncake]

Joyce's story I must have heard plenty of times but not in this much detail. You did a great job humanizing her. So many people use the story for shock value or don't really do this in depth. Love your videos.

[@louithrottler]

Dude I'm glad you kept your opening line "and welcome back to Scary Interesting" - simple as it sounds, i just expect it - it's a part of your channel. That make sense? Like a catchphrase... don't abandon it mate ;)

[@chendaforest]

Given all the publicity around Sean's disappearance its remarkable that no one noticed him out and about with the neighbouring family.

[@RayOliverMMA]

This and the fact that if he’s hanging out with a family , that being functional shows he doesn’t miss his home that much as he could’ve borrowed a few bucks and got a taxi back home , yes he was a kid but unless he wanted to stay with the man why would he stay for years on years

[@chendaforest]

@@RayOliverMMA Yeah the whole thing is very odd, there might have been more to the story.

[@RayOliverMMA]

@@chendaforest and the emails that apparently Shawn sent? Like why would he be so brazen to send a email to his parents when he’s not supposed to? Let alone only ask “ how long will you look” I don’t think Shawn even wanted to go home because he would remember his parents like damn maybe they miss me, or I’ll stay with this old guy who gets me bikes and video games like wtf , Sean might have Down syndrome or some kind of mental thing not related to stolkholm and the intelligence doesn’t seem to be there unless the kidnapper sent the emails just to fuck with them but even that super brazen

[@chendaforest]

@@RayOliverMMA yes and why did the kidnapper suddenly switch from trying to kill him to buying him stuff and letting him roam free with the neighbours ?

[@RayOliverMMA]

@@chendaforest yeah I think someone is keeping something and it’s Shawn , things happend in those years that made him think that the risk of going home outweighed the benefit, and he did contact home through his parents website twice , so likely he just thought he would be in some sort of trouble at home, witch is werid because you’d rather a stranger than your own parents

[@Sisu_ash]

Wasn’t expecting to cry! This video put fire in my soul. Very, very well done.

[@jumpingmacky]

Just found your channel and I love how well made all your videos are! And none of it AI Generated too!

[@ytkel8880]

Crazy to think that if that boy hadn’t been been so obsessed with pickup trucks then Ben and Shaun may never have found.

[@unfadedone]

I have been listening to your videos for a while and would just like to say that I love how soothing your voice is. I am sure you get that a lot, but I wanted to mention it nonetheless.

[@Don_KeyShot]

Mike needs a couple of hours in a room with angry dads.

[@billpetersen298]

Don’t forget, the man who broke Joyce. I’d like to have a wee chat with him too.

[@just_cayte]

There are angry dads in prison.

[@marievaleur7877]

Hoping the guys in prison show him lots of attention on a regular basis, what a POS excuse for a human

[@billpetersen298]

@@just_cayte I get that focusing on Shaun, would now be the priority. But for Joyce to be so traumatized. That she died in fear.

[@misatoblushing6913]

​@@just_caytethey're all subhumans who violate the rights of other people, what's your point?

[@Qubelink]

I take a deep breath every time I watch your videos. You're just that amazing.

[@paintpink7300]

I was expecting Shawn’s story to end like Steven Stayner. Thankfully Mitch was the hero. I hope the boys were able to get the help that they needed and have a happy life.

[@Dmitrikrotchlikmyov]

My neighbour was dead for 2 weeks before the police kicked his door in for a welfare check. There was a heatwave at the time and his flat was directly above multiple dumpsters. We all thought that was the smell. There were a few other messed up things about it but you don't want to hear it. I hope Ant's doing better wherever he is now.

[@Imcrazy000]

She had gifts nicely wrapped for people who gave up on finding her so easily

[@outdoorfrenzy]

Poignant.

[@Varangian_af_Scaniae]

She wasn't as nice as the narrator tried to paint her. She probably was a horrible person. When a KZbinr tries to specifically paint someone as mother Theresa something is afoot.

[@balanceofjudgement6136]

@@Varangian_af_Scaniae Oh ffs, sure armchair detective Clouseau. How about, when people declare that someone who is dead and can't defend themselves to be a "horrible person" based on nothing but their feelings, it's them that are actually the horrible person

[@Bettersucksaul]

@@Varangian_af_Scaniae Why would you say that, do YOU know her personally?? weirdo

[@drunkpunkrat5764]

​@@Varangian_af_ScaniaeOf course. Her family, friends and coworkers are all wrong and you are right. Sure.

[@williambies1970]

This is crazy impressive work for KZbin. Love the stuff. Keep the awesome work up.

[@TheMkBroadcast]

The fact that he was that scared of his captor he had the chance to confess to police openly and didn’t.. that’s incredibly chilling, god knows how the poor boy felt! He’s lucky to be alive! But 74 life sentences is the most I’ve ever seen, 4,200 years with the only chance of parole at 100! How the tables turn and he’s the one being held captive forever now!

[@UNDERGONE07]

Shawn is an unfortunate child who will have to spend his entire life healing from his childhood.

[@amberrodriguez851]

That last one was fucking nuts. It’s crazy that that kid lived a somewhat normal life.

[@sbsstorytelling]

Meh, wouldn't call being raped regularly a normal life.

[@amberrodriguez851]

@ I think I missed that. Whoops.

[@13redlion13]

@@amberrodriguez851 you missed that because creators need to find ways to describe it in weird ways because youtube would censor it otherwise. KZbin protecting rapists and murderers and not allowing people to talk about suicide. They should be really proud.

[@bluejediforce]

Here before watching, thank you so much for the no AI disclaimer and switch. It's extremely appreciated!!

[@xTigressStylex]

That second case reminded me of Steven Stayner's kidnapping so much at first i thought it was about him and another kid but names changed 😢 Crazy how history repeats itself at its worst sometimes! But im glad Shawn made it back home and met a luckier fate than poor Steven.

[@ianmilstead]

"I'm a bad person" must be the understatement of the century.

[@StevenHawkingsSpitrag]

*MASSIVE PROPS* for being a creator who hasn’t shifted over to AI generated garbage for their videos. ❤❤

[@buttermilko]

They still do ai generated thumbnails tho which makes me sad

[@maureenlas4367]

Your videos see so well done! I cannot get enough of them ❤

[@julierobinson3633]

Shawn's story reminds me of the case of Stephen Stayner, who was seven when he was taken by a pedophile and kept for seven years. He was also 'replaced' when he grew out of the age range his captor found attractive.

[@BadWebDiver]

I was reminded of that story too.

[@danem2215]

What a depressing read about that kid. Fucked over by the prosecutor, bullied for being a victim, neglected by his dad, and died by a hit and run driver who also got away with it.

[@gennamary11]

I gobble up every episode you post 😂 These are amazing from how pleasant your voice is, to the content, to the graphics, to the background music. I love it so much! ❤

[@jomalt8242]

There's a documentary film about the Joyce Carol Vincent case called Dreams of a Life. It's a really haunting study of how you just vanish from the world.

[@crazyaussie7054]

Woooooo Scary Interesting upload!!! Huge support from an Aussie fan xo

[@ChicagoFaucet.etc.]

Wait. Joyce's television was still blaring two years later? There weren't any power outages that would have turned it off?

[@randexhvh9138]

really good story telling and visuals recently. scary interesting stepping it up big time, thank you it means alot to come home and have a beer and watch this

[@seandelap8587]

It's truly bizarre that Joyce was dead in the apartment for over 2 years without anyone noticing I mean it was a public building where people come and go all the time and the TV being on is also strange wouldn't it have burned itself out if it was left on for that amount of time or why did no one smell an odour that would have been coming from the room I don't know how she could have been lying there dead for that amount of time and not a single other person in the buiding noticed

[@MalkuthSephira]

it's not nearly as rare for people to die in apartments and not be found as you think. you're right that it's the result of a bunch of unlikely things lining up perfectly, but there are just so many people in the world that once in a while it does happen

[@Loralanthalas]

Every apartment complex I've ever lived in entered the apartment at least once a year. Likely to ensure their tenants were still their tenants. My parents always insisted it was apt managers looking for unlisted pets 😂

[@pauli950]

In 2004 the TV would have been one of those old thick units with a volume measured in cubic meters. Those TVs can probably last years even if they are used 24/7

[@Varangian_af_Scaniae]

@@Loralanthalas "Every apartment complex I've ever lived in entered the apartment at least once a year." That sounds like an horrible intrusion of ones privacy. I have lived in 2 different apartments over 12 years, not once have any of the personnel of the owner company entered my apartment without me asking for help.

[@Varangian_af_Scaniae]

@@pauli950 Modern TV/Monitors can also run 24/7 not sure what OP has had for TVs.

[@xienak]

Thanks for yet another incredibly well told true story, I look forward to your videos with batted breath. Xx

[@Elit1882]

Great content as usual 😊

[@Itsmeiswearr]

Another great video. Thanks for covering these stories so wel.

[@ga_menace]

I was a 9 year old in St. Louis when Sean got taken. My mom didn’t let me go outside u supervised until I was in middle school. Crazy

[@cruelseason]

Thank you for covering my suggestion about Joyce!! ❤❤ I thought you forgot about it lol. You did a brilliant job telling her story.

[@abbybadatnames4721]

I should not be so excited to hear about horrible fates… and yet here we are

[@worldwidefunnyguy]

yeah you shouldn’t be lmao excited? what the heck who words it like that 😭

[@monikaoesch790]

I like your voice, thanks for the super exciting videos. I watch them from Switzerland 😊

[@blacklotus808]

i wondered when Joyce would come up. Dreams of a Life still sticks with me.

[@MoonBunnyLovers]

i love the stories that don't end in everyone dead. like that caving story a bit ago where it flooded, one dude got flushed out and the other one was rescued like 70 hours later