Adventure, Adrenaline & Cold-Blooded Murder: The Story of Ned Gillette

[@Nathanm7977]

I must say that given the grim topics that you cover, you do the memories of every one lost very respectively, informative, well researched and presented. While morbid, you are helping to keep their memories alive. And not only that but also given people who was tragically taken from history, A new life by not letting them also die with history. Thank you for the hard work and respect for every story that you cover.

[@r.9158]

80 pellets means it was likely birdshot - which would also explain why Ned survived so long. I think it's also likely she was hit with the first salvo and didn't realize until she was hit the second time. That many pellets makes it sound like it was a double barreled shotgun with both barrels fired twice. Incredible that she survived and very sad that Ned passed away from what were likely treatable wounds.

[@jamesferguson2353]

Birdshot, I was thinking the same.

[@AnUndeadMonkey]

"A botched robbery" that starts by shooting them twice with a shotgun? That's certainly an interesting official story.

[@larchman4327]

That's what I was thinking. The gun or weapon used In a robbery are just used to intimate people into giving up thier money or valuables not outright shoot or murder them(I kinda make it sound like robbery is ok but its not ). Hay maybe there are sick people that kill others for no reason everywhere.

[@Votrae]

maybe they thought golden rings would come out like Sonic

[@Tracy-xe9zu]

Shock is a hell of a drug though

[@scallopohare9431]

@@larchman4327Yes, there are thrill killers.

[@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55]

​@@larchman4327stop talking like you know anything when you sound so incredibly gullible.

[@mita6010]

You have a great voice for this genre. Well done.

[@KarenanneT]

I agree…I love his tone & pronunciation. I just think (imo) he should speak faster. I listened to this on 1.25 & for me it was perfect 👌

[@shelbyblackmore-mg4nv]

I agree he should talk faster, I don't know how many videos I would start to watch then have click off before I remembered about changing the speed up to 1.25

[@bo7341]

This has to be the first time a video by Morbid Midnight has made me outright angry. Ned was a hell of a man, and what happened to him is absolutely shameful and unnecessarily tragic. May he rest in peace.

[@tetleyT]

Great channel. Really enjoy your style of narration. Can I recommend covering Andrew McAuley's solo kayak crossing from Tasmania to New Zealand?

[@Nyarlathothep]

As tragic as this is, surely they had to know that Pakistan was an incredibly dangerous place to go hiking by themselves.

[@katemaloney4296]

Your research and storytelling is beyond great. I would love for you to do a video on Dian Fossey.

[@Duckling08]

Don't spend your hard earned money in these countries, they don't care if you live or die. How do you not have a satellite device of some kind, if you are doing a trip like that?

[@goddammitalana]

Amen

[@TrackerRoo]

When they made the trip those devices weren't in common use for the general public.

[@prismpyre7653]

Should they? You don't care if they live or die; they would say westerners hesitated to kill them whenever it might profit them a nickel. And while I agree the institutional culture is bad- their attitude towards their own people wouldn't be much different they would think "play stupid games, win stupid prizes". On the other hand, if they HAD hired a local guide (which they DIDN'T, if you'd listened to the video) surely he would have been to tell them where not to camp...

[@DamianMaisano]

If Suzie had 80 wounds from a partial blast, then it would most certainly be birdshot as opposed to buckshot. Buckshot at very most has 56 per shell. It also would make sense that they would be able to hang on for as long as they did if they were heavier birdshot rounds which wouldn’t penetrate very deeply into organs or bone but cause extensive bleeding

[@Nathanm7977]

you are correct. birdshot is the only rd for a shotgun to use that many projectile.

[@ericfischer9603]

My first thought. 80 buckshot would have ripped her to shreds. Great video nonetheless.

[@DarknessUnresolved]

NERD!

[@paulirving2012]

Buckshot does not have 56 balls per she'll, 8 or 9, up to 12 at most, depending on the shell

[@rich7787]

56 balls in buckshot? Are you sure about that?

[@llYossarian]

17:43 - Buckshot is _big_ and there are usually only about 10 pellets per shell so I was dubious at first based on how long it took him to die but now I'm _sure_ it was birdshot otherwise she would have to have been shot nearly 10 times for those details to be true...

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

Sucks given how simple shotguns (and pretty much all firearms in general) really are, we have to continue to look over the utter lack of technical detail when things like this get shown or told... I don't completely fault the storyteller, since the details tend to get screwed up nearly hopelessly in every record before they get a hold of it, and that makes it difficult for the untrained and inexperienced to research and fact-check, since even if it was birdshot, there are several "grades" of birdshot that could've done it... AND of course, without confirming ALL the facts, nobody's willing to try to "fix" even a few of them... AND of course, then we get to the whole kettle of worms about "It's just a damn gun... no need in advertising or glamorizing it as technical" when the problem was NEVER the gun, but the idiot holding it. ;o)

[@Tommytakanawa]

​@@gnarthdarkanen7464ballistics is a science.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

@@Tommytakanawa No shit, sherlock. Did you figure that out all by yourself? ;o)

[@llYossarian]

@@Tommytakanawa Identifying the size and number of pellets is more common sense than it is "ballistics"

[@mushyroom9569]

Everyone is um actuallying about the caliber of the shotgun pellets, ignoring that the locals wouldn’t bother pissing on a foreigner who was bleeding out from a gunshot wound, so the police report is probably nonsense.

[@Strype13]

Wow. Imagine laying silently, alone in your tent, just you and your significant other, in the middle of the pitch-black night... right on the cusp of drifting off to sleep on an ice-covered glacier in the middle of a mountain pass cutting through a valley in one of the most remote locations on the entire planet... when suddenly, out of nowhere, a bone-rattling shotgun blast rips through the fabric of your tent and straight into your partner. What in the actual f*ck?! That might just be the most terrifying nightmare fuel imaginable.

[@LionZebra]

I was getting ready to come while reading the first part of your narrative!

[@katarishigusimokirochepona6611]

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[@JustinTurdoCastro420]

Sweet a new post!

[@curlnerd]

So cool to see you coming into your own as a storyteller and creator. I really enjoy your measured pace and voice. I like your older videos too, but you've really grown. It's awesome. Would you be interested in doing a video on the Alexander Kielland or Byford Dolphin?

[@Strype13]

Does KZbin really need another video on the Byford Dolphin incident? I've seen that horrific tragedy covered so many times I'm pretty sure I can recite every detail in my sleep, at this point.

[@janaslechtova5504]

​@@Strype13Yeah, I think you oughta stay off of KZbin so as not to inconvenience yourself with videos on things you already know about, or perhaps you can instead give us links to your own videos on new and exciting topics that nobody else is covering.

[@Strype13]

@@janaslechtova5504 That really bothered you, huh? Are you always this sensitive? Perhaps you need a break as well.

[@janaslechtova5504]

@@Strype13 Aw, thanks for caring!

[@larrynicholson5810]

Another fine video Midnight, ty.

[@AkDragosani]

I’ve watched every episode of the Morbid Midnight… And this is the Most Insane Story BY FAR!!!!! 🤯

[@KarenanneT]

What an amazing channel ✌️

[@timothyclark-sl4il]

There is a cannabis shop in Talkeetna that is also a Ned Gillette museum. The High Expedition is an amazing, classy, and fascinating shop with quality cannabis. . A must stop destination when visiting Alaska!

[@seppo532]

Oh! That’s so cool! I’ve been there but before cannabis was legal

[@sheripacori2097]

I struggle to leave my own area in Canada. The thought of going to a dangereous country cripples me. I guess some people feel that living their best life includes taking the high risk of adventuring to these places. Some make it out and some don't. Like the woman who paddled down the Amazon river. She had been warned many times about a certsin area that was very very dangerous because of nasty men. She was attacked while sleeping in her tent beside the river. Her body was never found.

[@brennonsteib8927]

Love this channel👍🏾

[@Dagnabitt28]

Keep up the great work.

[@attention_shopping]

So many stories where mountain and weather kills so even more sad when we kill each other :(

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Enjoyed your episode on Ned Gillette, as well. There goes my plan on summiting nanga parbat... too many terrorists. 😬

[@SamanthaPlace]

I love your channel. Just so you know Barre is pronounced like Barry. 😂 I am a Vermonter and so many people mispronounce it.

[@eruston]

I was once informed by a Nepalese man to be very careful trekking in Nepal: sherpas have been stiffed by foreign hikers (not paid for guiding groups) and have taken justice in their own hands: they take hikers out on treks and then either rob and kill their clients (or both).

[@Negativity808]

It wasnt buckshot, it was likely a shot called shot #7 or 8 from the sound of the wounds. Buckshot normally has about 9 pellets so for jer to have 80 wounds from only beomg stuck once or twice would likely be a #8 shot or something similar normally called "birdshot" but birdshot can be very deadly aswell. (Combat veteran. And former firearms instructor)

[@Tomdog83]

Oh jeez, forgot about the voice

[@justinedse8435]

It's one of the best

[@cornkobmansanto17]

I really like your content. There’s no way anyone has “80 buckshot wounds” that isn’t just slime on the tent. It may have been reported as 80 buckshot, but there’s absolutely no way. It was probably birdshot, which is horrible in its own way. But there’s absolutely no way there was 80 buckshot.

[@Strype13]

I suppose it's possible if she was actually hit with both shots and just didn't realize it... but yeah, that's a lot. And most definitely birdshot, which would explain how she managed to survive and Ned stayed alive for so long.

[@willroesler6727]

A perfect way to start a Monday in October. Hold on to your dookie it's about to get spooky.

[@jerkofalltrades5430]

80 wounds from a single shotgun blast means it was not "buckshot", it was some kind of small game load. Buckshot has at most 12 .36 cal balls in it and if she had taken one of those she'd be dead.

[@sharonsplat]

I grew up in Pakistan and it is very beautiful but extremely dangerous. We lived there 5 years and I enjoyed it but it was not safe. ❤

[@D0NU75]

>pakistan well that right there is the problem

[@edinsoncavanirespector]

Play in traffic

[@dranchd6571]

It's your entitlement that's the problem.

[@Cinerary]

Exactly. Diaperhead poophole country

[@inappropriatejohnson]

Thanks once again, MM. Still hoping you do a Donner Party thing. An oldie but goodie.

[@wmd40]

the video never surfaced because it wasn't made for public view. lots of police departments have suspects reenact things on camera, or video tape while they are looking for evidence so the video can be shown in court.

[@darksoul479]

Wow I wasn't expecting that. I thought he was going to die in an avalanche or something.

[@neilokeefe9647]

This could've been an episode of "I Shouldn't Be Alive"

[@paulmoran6326]

Incredible life story.

[@youtubeis...]

This is exactly why i dont do what Ned did. Theres just too many psychopaths lurking, waiting for a person to be alone.

[@jarnold1789]

Or ya know just avoid the Middle East

[@ericnance5705]

Great as all your stuff on this channel is!! Just a heads up on some phonics Galen Rowell( legendary mountaineer and film photographer ) Sounds like gay luhn rau uhl

[@jimmim3000]

Well, at least it had a happy ending for a happy merchant.

[@sheilabloom6735]

His legacy should a warning to travelers and adventurers to think about where they are headed,

[@sprkl5d]

Heart breaking story.

[@webeeankylosingspindylitis7838]

@ Morbid Midnight ,I'm from Barre Vermont & it's pronounced: Bare e. Not Bar thanks for the story & for the most part great coverage .😊🙂

[@Chris-rs1yj]

Nice 🎉

[@FlapJacks7]

80 buckshot wounds? each shell has 9 pelllets in a 12 gauge

[@mattdelarosa6819]

Yeah that was my thought too, ain’t no way it was buckshot. No freakin way lmao. Bird shot is much more likely

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

A LITTLE more to buckshot than "you get 9 pellet in a shell"... That's the usual #00 and #000 buck... #1 comes with 12 - 16 pellets, though a tad less popular, and up to #4 is still considered buckshot, with 21 - 28 pellets depending on the company, velocity, etc... That still won't put 80 pieces of shot into someone with only catching a partial pattern blast from outside a tent, and she (according to the story) shared the blast with him at the time, more getting peppered than direct-fire. SO whatever they had, those guys were pumping bird-shot or rat-shot at these two, plain and simple. It's probably due to lack of availability or affordability for ammunition, probably too busy shooting at each other's neighbors to bother stocking up or investing in the skills and equipment to load their own properly... so we get this. ;o)

[@cunhamatada]

obviously a tragedy but i can't help but feel that some westerners are too entitled thinking they can just gallivant anywhere with no consequences

[@Funko278]

The highest attainable standard of protection is a human right. Yes "westerners" (which seems to be a generalization exclusively used by bigots of all stripes) are often naive and entitled, but it really sounds like you're responding to a tragedy with "they were asking for it". Shameful behavior honestly. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights#:~:text=Civil%20rights%20generally%20include%20ensuring,press%2C%20assembly%2C%20and%20movement.

[@Nturner822]

Love your content! Just my personal opinion so maybe I’m wrong, but I like your videos with ~10% faster playback…otherwise your voice puts me to sleep 😅

[@astronautsamurai13]

from the comments ive learned that there are 5 different ways to pronounce barre lol.

[@Transilvanian90]

Hopefully the murderers got the rope they deserved. What a senseless crime...

[@angelapalmer3464]

As a Vermonter, it's pronounced BEAR-EEE😁

[@curbyourshi1056]

Don't trek through Pakistan. I never would, especially with a Woman.

[@DrDeuteron]

Or a 🐐

[@rustyray420]

Don't trek through USA. Lots of people getting killed and going missing

[@kellypreziosi]

"The town of Bar". I think you mean "Barre" (pronounced "Barry").

[@atheistsince1210]

I’m with you at first I thought this crime is simply unsolvable considering the remote location and hostile terrain . A convenient confession and shotgun found primitive ballistics there’s no way but Ned and his wife were playing with fire and naively imagining nothing would happen to them . Read Cormac MacCarthys novels and philosophy and learn the truth or stumble thru ignorance as a juicy target of opportunity it’s all about free will .

[@KB8Killa]

As soon as he brought up the 5000 mile silk road journey I knew they'd get held up. Imagine how dangerous it was in ancient times.

[@hobartw9770]

Had to have been bird shot with that many pellets.

[@ManMountainMetals]

There are 9 buckshot in a 12 gauge shotgun shell. She was shot once but had 80 buckshot holes. That doesn't compute.

[@LeamSerrano]

This was a very interesting story want to do jd McDuffie?

[@tonyarichards5430]

I’m in Vermont. I think it’s pronounced like berry.

[@timwatson4118]

UGH! i am the 666th view! I was actually looking for Ed Gillet's paddle from California to Hawaii.

[@KarenanneT]

Congratulations 😈😉

[@userk4175]

I'm at 12:43, I'm rather pumped for the finale!

[@KathyWhiplash]

For posterity, can you rename your channel "Pointless Human Endeavors" just so we can all keep lauding!

[@briefcaseblues6061]

Having hard time loading

[@MorbidMidnight]

It's a longer one so it might take a few more minutes to finish processing HD!

[@briefcaseblues6061]

@@MorbidMidnight right on. Thought I was tripping

[@rich7787]

It’s actually still legally named Mt. McKinley. Denali is the unofficial name it’s known by.

[@lidlpotato2047]

As far as I can tell from what's said online, the Obama administration officially renamed the mountain to Denali in 2015/16. National Park Service calls it Denali too.

[@rich7787]

I’m sorry for the late reply, I don’t get notifications of replies. I don’t know why. President Obama passed an executive order to rename it, but it legally requires congress to change the name. So yeah, people are going to call it Denali, if you work in the government you aren’t going against the big guy, but until congress changes the name, Denali is the nickname and Mt. McKinley is the actual name. I know it’s all academic and not important but I really hate executive orders. Have a good day

[@Klm49]

Expending energy to hate the US President's attempt to right a wrong, and rename a mountain the original name given to it by the people who have always lived there is such a sad, whyte American dude thing to do that, reading your ludicrous comments, a slice of wonder bread coated in warm mayo and limp old lettuce suddenly popped out of my phone and flopped at my feet! Hope you find something less ridiculously narrowminded to be angry about and save your heart the unnecessary stress response from here on out. Meanwhile, I'm going to go throw away your soggy old bread dipped in Colonial entitlement before it stinks up the place even more than it already has!!

[@trashfire9641]

He went to Pakistan. This death is pretty much natural causes if you go to Pakistan. They got what they deserved.

[@TA-xj5we]

👍🐿😢

[@boyerbyr]

Wtf

[@emmacataford3545]

His place of birth is pronounced Barry.

[@evanhughes3027]

They made it thousands of miles on the silk road but couldn't lap one mountain. The moral of the story is, always bring a camel.

[@phoule76]

Barre is pronounced "berry", but no one cares.

[@ohoto3896]

sound less monotone, good direction

[@justinedse8435]

Where are your videos?

[@attention_shopping]

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[@Trustkillx]

Real crime here is the name ned

[@inappropriatejohnson]

Always thought "mikeblasiak" to be the shittiest of all possible monikers......a curse beyond endurance.

[@Trustkillx]

@@inappropriatejohnson be nice.

[@rich7787]

@@TrustkillxBut not to people named Ned?

[@scallopohare9431]

Do not ever go to Boston, MA. All the men are named Al, Bernie, Ed, Ned, and Ted.

[@TerrificLittleSunday]

It's a little funny. I mean, I learn about people dying that I will never know. I know people are dying all the time everywhere. It happens and it's of course awful when you know them. And condolences to those who did. But - Ned is a funny name. And you're right, Mike Blasiak it's kinda funny too. Like Mike Pontiac. @@rich7787

[@simonturcotte5292]

Typical

[@kne2323]

I started out not liking this Ned guy - sounded like he grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth. That went right out the window. This guy sounds like a true adventurer in every sense of the term and I’d think an incredibly fun dude to hang out with. Too bad - no telling what else he could have accomplished. Definitely not fair how he went out!

[@Upgraydez]

If it was 80 pieces of shot, it was tiny birdshot NOT buckshot. Much smaller and the reason they lived