Dancer is fed to the homeless - The Monika Beerle Story

The big city has it's way of welcoming you with open arms, before it reveals what it really has in store. The lower east side in the 1980s was a whole different world. Not everyone here always makes it out. Rest in Peace Monika Beerle.
Photos at 6:37 , 6:44, 10:29, 10:35 and 17:11 taken by Photographer John Penley - jpenleypixcom.blogspot.com/
Music: LethalNeedle - Demons

[@jimiq]

I knew Daniel and you don't know half the story

[@EvilIntentions]

Then tell us. The floor is yours.

[@BigpapamoneymanMVPtypebeat]

?

[@jimiq]

Him and 7 or 8 others were cultish, and if he didn't get caught, there would have been others. There even may be others.

[@jimiq]

@@EvilIntentions did not mean to disrespect your video...sorry

[@EvilIntentions]

@@jimiq hey no worries. Thank you! Damn that sounds like a wild scenario. Do you know if they had plans for others? Not for a video or anything, im seriously curious because that's wild.

[@markivy3451]

One part struck me as telling,dont mess with crazy and dont stab crazy in the back. Because crazy is crazy.

[@missrb9608]

💯

[@lowrider81hd]

Crazy people are dangerous.

[@sciencenotsrigma]

@@lowrider81hd. Depends what kind of crazy.

[@lilymadden9943]

My mom and uncle knew him and said a lot of people knew him as The Warlock. She also said that people believed that he was behind the disappearance of several other people around the area and that he fed them to the homeless as well, but no one was ever able to prove it. Not sure if it's true but my mom swears that my uncle was one of the people who ate food from The Warlock

[@stella-vu8vh]

That’s absolutely motherfucking horrifying

[@stella-vu8vh]

And I bet you your uncle probably did, were you ever told the specifics about that situation and how he came to be fed that?

[@warmlantern0000]

That guy Trevor is harassing women on here. Searching their names ECT. Trying to lure them in private chat. I Reported him.

[@bonniehowell9206]

​@@warmlantern0000What a creep!

[@meadow2501]

I'm surprised I've never heard anything about this. Evil to the core!!

[@IdeaGrazer]

It was ground into my head by my parents that people with nothing left to lose are the most dangerous. All the good rules we decide to live by cease to have any value. Morality and empathy serve to help us live well with others.

[@bup4523]

True

[@lowrider81hd]

We were neighbors to Monika’s parents in Ringwil. I grew up with Monika. She was 2 years older than me but her and her brother played with me and my sister. We never heard the truth as to what happened to her, just that she was murdered in America . I completely forgot about her, until coming upon your video. So all these years later, thank you for this!

[@MertovNermatov57]

Couple Tompkins kids “Swill” (😢r.i.p.) and I believe “Frenchie” (r.i.p.) as well both ate that stew in the park way back when in Tompkins. First time I heard this story was from Swill sayin that it was really spicy stew and that someone else had found a toenail. Most of us just know this story from being around the lower east side or in the punk scene. I believe it was either Dissasociate or Phobia that wrote a song about this

[@kushfairyny1]

The fact that Slyvia called Daniel and not the cops then proceeds to actually meet him AT NIGHT in the park after Knowing and seeing what happened is beyond my understanding. She had to be just as nuts as he was.

[@meltedpoo0987]

The cops ain't gonna respond to anyone in the lower East side. They're useless.

[@jamiejameskingofgames4648]

It was a different time

[@kushfairyny1]

@@jamiejameskingofgames4648 yea I get that but I just feel no matter what time period if u see a girls head floating in the soup pot the last thing u would do is then proceed to call the guy who did it and meet him in the park🥴 iean aren't u worried you'll end up in the soup pot?! Even its 1845 u should still be afraid this weirdo will turn u into soup if he already did it to her 🤷🏼‍♀🤦🏼‍♀😳🤔🥴

[@Mikelle157]

Ageeed!

[@jadebear0717]

@@jamiejameskingofgames4648 not that different. She should’ve went to jail too for not going to the police

[@maire454]

So this woman Sylvia... she goes to the apartment, sees that horrifying scene, goes to a pay phone + instead of calling the cops she calls him?! I don't believe a word she says about anything. She was the catalyst in this as much, if not more than, Monika.

[@vanthadoun1]

agreed, she was the one that tore apart their relationship, she was the one that gave him ideas that Monica wanted the apartment and was going to steal it from him.

[@lexdee523]

As for Daniel, he is right where he belongs. Because if he's was that heartless to kill, dismember, eat and feed a dead human to other unsuspecting people, then that's definitely a criminally insane individual who should never walks amongst us again, ever.

[@BrickCityBella]

I agree

[@CynHicks]

Totally and there are countless tens of thousands more out there.

[@ticket2space]

Pure evil

[@lexdee523]

@@CynHicks Which is unfortunate and scary to think about.

[@CynHicks]

@@lexdee523 Gotta stay wise, aware and strapped for self defense.

[@edwardmcguinness2758]

I lived on the LES most of my life. I was and still am a fixture at Tompkins, although now I go to the park mostly for the Free Concerts.. I remember this story very well, a buddy of mine was friends with Danny and was in the apartment and "saw blood, a lot of blood " he bounced wanting no part of what he saw. He was questioned by police though.. I just wanted to thank you for doing this story, it brings me back to a time when the LES was a rough and tumble place. I hate gentrification but change is inevitable everywhere you go. Thanks Again Eddie Mack

[@MaineConservative76]

My dad was just telling me about this last week. His friend Dave was Dan’s neighbor. Told me that the smell was unforgettable.

[@graceumbrell4556]

I can’t even believe Sylvia didn’t call the police after the 1st visit.

[@sabrinasjourney]

No snitches

[@peterrenshaw9237]

@Unimportant 3 no i don't think it was about snitches, she was involved in the murder because if she was not why would you think it was safe to go backto the apartment as she could be next

[@bobmorane2082]

@@peterrenshaw9237 why she’s his friend while the other girl played him and kicked him out

[@peterrenshaw9237]

@@bobmorane2082 kill your friend she is a witness

[@yahnservices1978]

She knew what was killed wasn't innocent.

[@AshleyWilliams-nv9iy]

You sir are an excellent narrator. This is a quality piece- great job!

[@christinaurbarbieUkRapper]

🎯

[@nealadams1218]

Rare to find well voiced and written content these days. Amazing work.

[@kingofhearts1072]

Well balanced too, great editing. The music isn’t blaring or anything.

[@luxuscarnage4828]

I feel for the homeless peeps who had no clue they had been made into cannibals.

[@HatelivesNextDoor]

They are no more of cannibals than anyone who has eaten sausage in the past 200 years

[@lasjekaae]

@@HatelivesNextDoorhow is that?

[@bonchidude]

@@lasjekaae This is yet another reason to be vegan.

[@lasjekaae]

@@bonchidude that’s ridiculous

[@FirstnameLastname-tp4zw]

Beggars can't be choosers. That's why I don't eat free food. But it could still be in the food supply for all we know. I'ma just uh gonna shut up now.

[@cooliodiablo4571]

That’s crazy they didn’t charge that Sylvia woman with anything. She was just as much to blame as Daniel. He had told her his plans several times, and even asked for help on the day of the murder, and she didn’t report any of that to the cops. She even kept in contact with him afterwards. What a bunch of psychos.

[@zinzeta]

"Just as much to blame?" Really?

[@amberday9104]

​@@zinzetauh yeah really. How could she not report him? Or at minimum try to get him help.

[@billyyoung3590]

Well the ole drugged out hippie should of pretended to be a rich man that didn't know what to do with the bodies of the other folks he killed. He liked to kill for the sport of it.

[@unbothered2023]

​@@amberday9104 ehh. Kinda of disagree. She got like millions of reasons she wouldn't. You just grew up privileged

[@sangaywangchuk4480]

Not to mention that she was poisoning his mind before it even happened.

[@jurassicpunk]

I hung out with that guy, Daniel Rakowitz, in Tompkin's Square Park a few times. During the late 80s/early 90s, I was living a few blocks away from the park on 13th Street, between Avenues A & B. I was always in Tompkins. I always remembered him because he looked like Jesus and was always carrying around a chicken. I thought it was his pet. But that's how I saw him. He definitely seemed a bit off, but in a totally harmless lost hippie type of way. Little did I know. I bought weed off of him and smoked some with him a few times. But that was it. We didn't have any serious conversations. So I can't say that I actually knew him except to say what's up type of thing. We didn't even know each others names as far as I remember. I was in shocked when I found out about the murder and some of the basic details. But not nearly as shocked as when I saw his picture in the paper and immediately realized who he was. As I said, he came across to me as some harmless hippie type of guy who maybe just had way too many acid trips. He's in a maximum security place for the criminally insane on Ward's Island on the East River, Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center. It's just a coincidence that I went to Billy's Topless more than a few times. I woudn't be able to remember whether or not Monika Beerle was working there on any of those occasions, even when I saw her picture in the newspaper. Those were some of what you might call my lost years when I was in a total blackout at least 50% of the time. If I remember correctly I think that Curtis Sliwa of the Guardian Angels lived in the same building as Rakowitz and they knew each other just by passing each other in the building. I think Sliwa had the same impression of him that I did. The way you put this mini doc together and your narration is top notch. And there's a ton of info in here that I knew nothing about. If anyone ever mentions Rakowitz to me and are curious to know about the whole story with him and Monika Beerle, I'll direct them straight here. They'll learn more from this doc about the whole story than anywhere else I can think of. Oh yeah. Love the intro to your show, especially the stuff about the NYHC scene. I grew up in the NYHC scene. I started going to the CBGB's Hardcore matinees with my older brother when I was 13, which was 1983. I'm 53 now. I'm still trying to figure out if I'm old school or just an old fool.😅 Cheers bro!

[@EvilIntentions]

Thanks so much for that, that's a huge compliment. I really appreciate the kind words. Wow I can't imagine how surreal that must've been. Having known him and and seeing his face on the paper for something so insane. It makes you wonder what's really going on in people's minds.

[@jurassicpunk]

@@EvilIntentions Hey man. I was trying to check out your site and somehow ended up arriving at a podcast. You're interviewed at least a few times. In one of them you mention Frank2Far(Frank Molina) when he worked the door at CBGB's He's a good friend mine since way back. I usually see him at a show at least once every few months, usually more often. One of my favorite people. If you talk to him and mention me, refer to me as Al Deviator. He'll know you're talking about me right away.

[@KK-el4mf]

You know Jesus wasn't white nor blonde haired? He was Middle Eastern.

[@jurassicpunk]

@@KK-el4mf I didn't mean that he looked like Jesus literally. Obviously the historical Jesus would have looked quite similar the Palestinians and other people who are native to that area. I meant it in a very loose way, meaning that Rakowitz gave off a Jesus-like vibe, like some peaceful hippie type with the long hair and beard. That's what I meant, the aura, the vibe.

[@lisettemachado3234]

This is unbelievable I was living in the neighborhood at that time. Cannot believe this a crazy person do something like this.

[@semismokeymama]

Me too.

[@MkFromMkorNoK]

That’s wild you could have got ate

[@KingoftheTrappers]

There's a hundred of you mfs on here saying you live in that neighborhood, and there's not a hundred houses in that neighborhood, so you get what I'm saying

[@m.cooper1372]

I would be down at the police station in a heartbeat. Sylvia is crazy to be able to live in the apartment after seeing what she saw.

[@atis9061]

lower grade level-headed crazy

[@nickypoundtown9568]

Commune living in the village are usually very against authority so no one really reports against their own

[@stopthehatesegregate1819]

She is a good friend

[@sarttee]

you not built like the people from the 1980s

[@EdgarVazquez.47]

Technically, Daniel did all the sawing.

[@samifo]

I was living directly across the street from his apartment building and would run into him every now and then. He once introduced me to his rooster. He told me he would put a sock on the rooster's head and it would put it to sleep. He definitely had some very weird energy.

[@ProudCanadian1959]

No more free food from anyone! Just found your channel and loved it.

[@drippyog3935]

​@@Trevorjennings35covids been gone you sheeple scu*m

[@murielmuntandu502]

Tyyttt

[@Rexag]

YEP....Thinkin' twice about that "pot luck" dinner you have a work? New meaning for the term "pot luck" - luck being you aren't in it! That's damn gross....imagine getting acid reflux after eating that concoction? Ir will be unforgettable.

[@leonprince5793]

😂😂😂

[@ladyindia119]

Thank you for telling her story. Horrivle fate and worse to be forgotten. As a dancer, this gave me chills.

[@SHNASTTV]

The most devious person in this story is Sylvia. Never underestimate a jealous woman with no moral conscience.

[@meltedpoo0987]

You sure about that? Pretty sure Daniel was a psycho piece of garbage from the very beginning.

[@MiaMore.]

EXACTLY! Not only did she instigate in the beginning but she could've prevented this by saying something. She has to be a pretty twisted person herself to have seen what she did and not only not tell authorities but continue to meet and speak with him ( she wasn't even scared that he wouldn't do the same thing to her just for knowing) she was complicit in this whole thing and should have been locked up as an accomplice!!

[@missondo4887]

I was going to comment the same thing, Sylvia is evil

[@Allahakbah]

wait how was she evil? in the beginning she told him monika would take over the apartment and i mean it was true i dont get that as being jealous i mean she was wrong asf for not telling the cops anything but she was right the whole time about monikas motive plus she had nun to do with monikas murder so huh?

[@Msboochie2]

@@Allahakbah I agree that she was indeed correct in her warning about Monica’s intentions. However, she could have warned Monica about his threats. I could possibly be convinced that Sylvia probably didn’t believe he would really do it. However, once she stumbled onto the gruesome scene, any normal person would immediately call the police. She saw the evidence, but instead of calling 911, she called him up to get a play by play confession, yet went about life as normal, still not calling the police. Leaving Monica’s family and classmates to wonder about her whereabouts the whole time, meanwhile he was serving her up to homeless people. He could have done the very same to others including her. She continued to fraternize with him. She only confessed to knowing after the police tricked her into thinking they already knew. Left up to Sylvia, Monica would never have gotten any semblance of justice, and her loved ones might probably still be wondering what happened to her. Why she wasn’t prosecuted is beyond me. Why you need an explanation for this is also confusing. No offense, since you’re confused, and God knows I don’t want to offend someone who’d be confused by something so clear cut.

[@destamcghie632]

Sylvia didn't even go to the cops and say anything???? Unbelievable. How do you see some gruesome mess like that and not report it...yet you meet up with the killer after discovering that? People are literally walking the streets OUT OF THEIR MINDS!

[@dallasxiong6709]

She ain't a snitch never snitch on a friend

[@stella-vu8vh]

@@dallasxiong6709for shit like this dropping an anonymous dime is 100% warranted this is heinous and a horrid act to commit onto a vulnerable portion of the population of the LES :(

[@whorton4]

Agreed, Sylvia should do some time for witholding knowledge of the murder.

[@baronsaturday9560]

I agree, but these were total different times, drugs everywhere, crime was going through the roof, and the NYPD was a mess. Since the government let NY down in the '60s(?) everything went slowly but surely to Hell..

[@kurtmena8732]

That was New York back in the day!!! It was very different from the New York of today. It was nothing but violence, drugs, prostitution, and police corruption. Time Square was different from what it looks like today too. That’s why they would say “New York, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.”

[@DonnaGarner-qi7ej]

For somebody as myself that has only driven over the George Washington Bridge as a truck driver I appreciate the history in your videos that you give to your listeners.

[@Ash-qi1fi]

I’m from the LES and heard about this story I was in SHOCK

[@bill4639]

I’ve seen picts of the les from the early 80’s and my god, it looked like a war zone with the collapsed buildings.

[@KIMetal]

I love how you incorporated the musical, political, and socio-economic history of the LES before getting into the story. This story is wild. It’s enough material to make a movie with. It’s crazy how New York City has the ability to connect strangers, yet some ignore glaring red flags. This story encompasses all of that. Let’s also talk about how dude looks like Varg Vikernes.

[@marley1995]

You know the biz 😎

[@dalerimoller272]

That photo at 10:52 does look like varg! 👀 I liked your comment before watching this, but I didn’t the resemblance at first.

[@bluelava4282]

Metal 🎶 🎸 Rulez

[@jessicajesc]

Great comment. 👏 I'm 6 minutes in. Ugh! 😮

[@sluttymctits4496]

​@@dalerimoller272Same. I saw this comment first and didn't really see the similarities, but that 10:52 photo of him looking over his shoulder is uncanny, looks just like Varg did in his famous courtroom photos. Like he could be Varg's older longer-bearded brother.

[@happytoday333]

Sylvia had more to do with the murder than a lot of people sitting in jail because someone in a car they were a passenger in decided to commit a crime at that very moment. I bet Sylvia didn't even come across a charge despite knowing before, after and in-between.

[@bigred1247]

She called him instead of police right?😅😅😅

[@ifso9539]

I think Sylvia was jealous of Monika and stood around waiting for her to be killed. Thats why she left for the weekend . Then she came back saw the head and the blood and didn't panick. Instead she went to the phone booth and called him to say you finally did it!!!!!!! and didn't report it to the cops. The moral of the story here is stay the hell outta New York period ..

[@cherlona8922]

That’s what I’m wondering what her charges were! Crazy

[@vhg8638]

She was spiteful. Also even the first in command, playing the role of minion as she relayed all this information back to Monica. She just watched and enjoyed from from a distance the fire she stroked. another theory that just occurred: Monika is the satanic friend. or at least knows the satanic friend. Whichever it was, definitely helped divert police attention from her. Sylvia was probaby in danger of losing her home as well. P.S. There are different types of "satanics". Those who believe in the "devil". Those who are "atheists", you could say. They dont believe in a devil. They use the term as a literary device to poke fun at organized religion, its also self advertising. Both would probably be ok with killing to preserve their self, espedially in their home.

[@fgentry1148]

Exactly my reaction.

[@dreamingoffall7694]

I had a family friend that recently passed away from anorexia. She struggled with anorexia and alcoholism most of her life. Sweetest lady. I just assumed she was naturally small because she was very short, but she always wore oversized sweaters and such. She was around 70 when she passed and had been struggling for decades but she didn’t start isolating til the end. She died of starvation and they didn’t try to feed her or give her nutrition because by that point it wouldn’t save her. She had to have been a medical miracle to have survived as long as she did and somehow stayed active, working and out of hospital until the end. It haunts me every time I think about her. It’s heartbreaking but she didn’t want help. We can’t save people who do not want to be saved. We don’t have to enable them but we can still love them and be kind and offer support if/when they’re ready. Thank you for your take on Eugenia. It’s obvious she doesn’t want help and we can’t force her so all we can do is love her or leave her alone. What people often don’t realize is that even if someone with severe anorexia gets help, there’s no guarantee they’ll survive because the damage has already been done to their internal organs like their heart, stomach, etc. You can’t just force feed someone with anorexia and cure them. They can develop refeeding syndrome. I wish her the best, or at the very least, peace.

[@bethanyherman8233]

This video has nothing to do with anorexia...?

[@KK-el4mf]

Uh this isn't about Eugenia I think you are in the wrong comment section.

[@jannettaktibbs7268]

Who is Eugenia? I think you are in the wrong place. No one in this story had anorexia. Cannibalism yes, anorexia, no.

[@GanymedeXD]

Of course you can simply feed em ... professionals know how to do it avoiding re-feeding syndrome. Organ damage is less of a problem. Main problem is that treatment is difficult and most fall back into old pattern. No real surprise someone can get old with it … always depends if extend of the conditions.

[@lexiyarbrough]

With all do respect I am so curious to what made you share this maybe she is in the right place . Possibly the similarity been traumatic and Daniel and Sylvia possibly not wanting to have help in there for being a different type of sick I'm not sure they're both very traumatic stories and maybe that is the connection

[@soflyedits322]

thank you for making these documentaries about new york, they're so well done and highly educational.

[@sugarfly321gaming8]

I just moved out of ny it sucks there still, almost no nature left, literally a business and ad any where you look. Still hookers strippers murderers, cops still sukk and search random innocent citizens for drugs with no reasonable cause, and if they happen to dind some they still gonna take a hit before they arrest you while someone gets stabbed 2 towns over. Atleast weeds legal there now! Oh wait but it's harder to get then when it was illegal what a surprise. it's newyorkShittttty not city. Get it right ✅️

[@sdmsdm7926]

This whole story is pretty much true...I was working in an office near Tompkins Square & remember going out for lunch & trying to cross the park to get to a pizza joint when in my view I see some tall freak with a chicken coming towards me & I remember stopping & telling him “you come any closer I will scream like you never heard before” he looked at me & backed off & I promised myself to stay the hell out of this park even though it was a shortcut to grab a quick lunch. Later on we all got to learn what he did to this girl & then I remembered the freak in the park & felt nauseous....he was the same one who committed the murder!

[@Onelightoftheworld]

That’s wild! I’m glad you weren’t hurt.

[@a.mckenna1574]

Hey lucky you. U were steps away of becoming a group of homeless people's main course tht day.

[@tristalherriera4921]

​@@Onelightoftheworld Ll

[@Stillcantthinkofaname]

@Diana H A real woman??

[@steverainey6691]

The irony of this story or other stories is the stinking dugs and that includes marijuana if people quit or doing drugs this world would be better off drugs is another tool for satan to destroy people lives if y'all want to get high get high on Jesus the Best high in the world the best thing ever God Bless

[@thegodblocc6896]

I think what happened to her was horrible. Yet you have to be careful when playing with people and their emotions. Some people are really completely unhinged and playing games with them might get you killed. Planning to finesse people for money,car, and even apartments can get you eaten up out here..... literally.

[@Thor-Orion]

Yeah, let me use sex as a weapon to manipulate this clearly psychologically unstable man into signing over his residence to me and then after demonstrating to him repeatedly how unimportant his existence is to me after using his feelings for me to get what I wanted out of him I will now dispose of him and send him packing to realize his deepest fear of being back out on the streets again! What could possibly go wrong?!

[@animaIpath]

exactly lol she wasn’t any innocent “victim”

[@ddl4374]

100%

[@tydrickgay4917]

Literally 😅

[@endiadj]

So, she deserved what she got according to you...😑

[@MikeSmith-ky5st]

Unbelievable that Sylvia was not charged as an accessory. Instead of running to the nearest phone to call police, she calls Daniels pager?

[@truthistrouble957]

You have a great voice for storytelling.

[@joystratton4658]

I actually worked in an upstate Forensic Psych where Rackowitz is serving time!!. He still has that long flowing hair and is extremely mild mannered

[@aprilcoursey4533]

Well, he never has to worry about being homeless again.

[@redpill9624]

@@aprilcoursey4533🏠👍🏼

[@ms.juhntialit3008]

Creepy asf 😮😮😮

[@travisspaulding2222]

I'm guessing they keep him pretty medicated.

[@tiger1044]

​@@aprilcoursey4533 😅

[@danielleschiazza6172]

Sylvia seems like kind of an instigater. The fact that she didn't immediately report what she found in the apartment seems strange to me.

[@morrisonscott702]

Hey there! I came across your comment and I just had to reach out and say hi. Your perspective really caught my attention and I would love to get to know you better. Would you be interested in chatting sometime? Looking forward to hearing back from you!

[@fhenlizhao5406]

No she just what game was up with the lady wanting the apartment. Who in their right mind sees a man who’s into cultish behavior and is obviously unstable and try to test them. Everyone in this story is jacked up.

[@TwinFlames-xo3oi]

Strange for us, but not for her. I am amazed what people will choose when at a crossroad.

[@FungalBunghole]

​@@morrisonscott702 freak

[@davidkoenig8592]

I used to hang out down by Tompkins during my punk and hardcore days in the mid to late 80s. I must have seen this guy walking around at some point. Only heard about this story many years later. Loved your presentation and measured tone of your voice.

[@user-zr3wu7yd1b]

Love the details and the backstory leading up to it. It adds so much to each story👏👏👏

[@KD-nb3mp]

The evil in some people seems to have absolutely no boundaries. This is insane.

[@habeyahyahsuah9893]

BEYOND SICK BUT HE NEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.

[@williamparker7025]

yea like someone stealing someones home

[@G-Man01]

Both ways. She instigated it.

[@KD-nb3mp]

@@G-Man01 Instigated what? She tried to screw him over yes but that doesnt mean its alright to murder someone, then eat them and feed the rest to the homeless. What kind of sickos are you? All of us are getting screwed over a million times in life. So what? Im pretty sure that the girl wanted him out of the apartment because he did things like walking to the park with a dead chicken strapped around his neck. The guy was absolutely sick and she was stupid to stay in an apartment with him in the first place.

[@fawtyseven5516]

@@williamparker7025 I was thinking the same shit. Kind of invited that shit in her life with that dirty move...

[@kevintodd1222]

I'm an older guy, truck driver, and just stumbled upon your channel and after seeing this random video I am an instant fan. I listen to a lot of true crime type stuff but I have to say I absolutely LOVE the way you write these stories and even the write-up in the description. YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT AND I'M GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL

[@Spiritualrose1963]

@kevintodd1222 yes I agree with you 💯 I am also an instant fan... I stumbled upon it, or better yet let's say it just popped up on my notification, and now I am a FAN!! 💯❤

[@kevintodd1222]

@@Spiritualrose1963 exactly how I found it too, wow! Then I'm not the only lucky one haha

[@toiletfrog]

This is the first video I’ve seen as well. He is compelling while being respectful, which few true crime channels really have nailed down.

[@kevintodd1222]

@@toiletfrog totally agree, great storyteller and I enjoy that instead of about the thing that happens the channel and the videos are about the lost

[@BBB-to4cc]

I love the way he tells stories! I just found it just now. I’m from the country but this makes me feel like I’m listening to my uncle from the Bronx in his living room with cigar smoke filling the air haha

[@Shield.148]

I worked on an ambulance in NYC in the 1980's. Your videos bring back a lot of memories.

[@ahlea-maecastro9840]

Stumbled upon your video. I like your respectful coverage of this true crime case and the context you provide about setting and culture. You have a new subscriber!

[@wallywalroo7296]

In the 80' as a teenage musician and i hung out in Tompkins Square park often. Daniel would be sitting on a bench most nights, ocassionally offering soup. I never took any as he always seemed a bit crazy, had the crazy eye. Rumor is he often killed homeless people and made soup out of them aka this wasn't an isolated incident. The LES & NYHC history is a mixed bag of beauty and horror.

[@lunalou8888]

Wow thats so crazy!!! Man I bet you have some cool stories

[@deebell912]

very Bizzare and deranged , so Horriable and ill fated, she did not deserve this.🌻

[@AnastasiaBeaverhausen969]

Omg!!!!!!

[@transcendant3231]

Crazy eyes don't always mean someone is violent. Extreme Psychopaths smile while committing pain or death. It's sadistic behaviour. Others show absolutely no emotion that you have no idea what they are thinking. There are people who kick others out while smiling. It's evil.

[@realperx1102]

People say i have scary look in my eyes but i'm a pussycat 😂

[@NinjaGrrrl7734]

Your respect for the victims moves me. You're a hell of a good storyteller, and that's a specific skill. Subscribed. I'm glad you told me about this, I never knew this story at all. And she deserves to be remembered. Thank you. One day, I hope someone remembers me which such compassion and honesty.

[@amandastjohn4735]

But hopefully for not being murderwd!

[@ChadOfAllChads]

She made a mentally ill man homeless and then taunted him afterwards. We should take note of this as well.

[@feathr.805]

I agree 100%! This is why i subscribed.

[@feathr.805]

@NinjaGrrrl I agree 100%! This is why i subscribed.

[@KK-el4mf]

​@@ChadOfAllChadsno she didnt

[@surfergirl2943]

You are an EXCELLENT story teller !!! Love your channel !!! What a horrible story wow ! ❤❤

[@yinsick]

this video made my crappy day less crappy. i love love love learning more about the upbringing of punk so the intro was a lovely touch

[@minusentity]

Man that era in NYC had some sinister crimes going on. I've been an avid follower of true crime for years but had never heard this story. You do a great job with the production and presentation.

[@jzblue345]

It's getting back to that way now. In fact it's getting worse.

[@shaneecuevas7990]

Agreed. First time hearing this story.

[@michaelhunter3101]

This was a learning stage. The worst is yet to come I fear

[@greatestever7623]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 NY still infested with rats 🐀 & psychopaths to this day

[@Jkd_77]

@@jzblue345This. Sadly true.

[@tirzeh]

I love that Nelson Sullivan cared enough to record literally everything he did everywhere he went and that he knew so many great people back in the day. RIP Nelson. 🕊️

[@katm9843]

This was very well done, both visually and the way you weave the narrative of this woman’s with the history of the time and area for context.

[@barbaralamson7450]

I don't recall ever hearing about this. I'm glad i heard it from you. You have such a calming voice. You always stand beside the victims. Thank you.

[@Sup_Mate]

I grew up on stories about this guy. My parents, who met each other when they were two young beat cops, used to encounter him frequently. Once he came into the precinct bleeding from the side of his head claiming my dad cut his ear off (which was still on his head).

[@thomaszell3142]

If he kept talking, he'd eventually accuse your dad of keeping it for himself, as a light snack.

[@caseybahistorynerd]

I'm dying . Sad but also hilarious

[@Mrs.CrysJones]

R.I.P Monika Beerle 🙏🙏 This man clearly needed Help badly

[@MistressKarma6969]

Man i love ur soothing voice. Ty for ur content

[@JamesJones-kv5uh]

Hey Jose, first time watching your content and I gotta say you're one of the best. Good story teller, and I enjoy the NY of old. Good stuff.

[@hatednyc]

I am so impressed at the intro and that you mentioned punk. Thank you. I’m pretty sure I almost became a roommate at an apt at 700 e9th in the late 90’s. Fascinating story.

[@beverlywilkinson5773]

As the story unfolded I kept expecting Sylvia to call or go to the police, but she kept his secret and kept on coming back. Its really sad that Monica had to die in such a gruesome way, no one should die like that. May her soul rest in eternal peace 🙏

[@bunk95]

Did she already learn the police are fictional and already gave slaves marketed as police a chance to be human (when theyre human slaves)?

[@Izzmonster]

​@johndiversey8646 you've lost your god damned mind.

[@lorenjacobs1720]

your voice is so calming!

[@user-mn5du9te4j]

How's this Channel not have as Many, if Not more Subscribers as Mr Ballen?!! He's a waaaaay Better Storyteller!!

[@CloeStraub]

You can appreciate someone without discrediting another person

[@GoddessLiraSis]

Literally this story embodies the quote "I AINT NO KILLER BUT DON'T PUSH ME!!"

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

It's hard to fathom that the 80's now is half a century in the past. As a kid in the 80's, if someone said they had memories of the 30's, they were prehistoric. That was the Great Depression and the start of WWII. I wonder if kids see these stories, like Monika's, as relics of an ancient past. I remember how things were so local back then: your block, our neighborhood, your borough, your town. During the recessions, you typed out your resume and walked from one restaurant to another, asking for work. Monika was a formally trained dancer, but she needed to work a topless bar. These days, a woman could get on OF and have subscribers half-way around the world and become a millionaire.

[@hannahb7038]

Not to nitpick, but the 80s were 34-43 years ago...Not half a century.

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

@@hannahb7038 whew...I'm not so ancient after all.

[@Punk-R-Die]

Thanks for all the great NY footage man.

[@missyann]

I just learned about your channel.. I wish I had learned sooner. Love your content

[@corrinnacorrinna5572]

She called a crazy man's hand. Wow. RIP Monica.

[@mattiewhite7092]

Rip

[@Jsalvelez]

I remember being told this story by a man sitting in Tompkins park. I was about 20. And I used to work on Avenue A and 11 street. I would walk with my boss’s dog to the park. Creepy. But now I know it’s true.

[@MelB868]

What happened I don’t remember this

[@user-lv4jq7wb4b]

I lived on Ave b between 2nd and 3rd st from 94-early aughts! And a true crime junkie.. how had I never heard of this case!?!🤯 First time viewer, new lifelong subscriber! It's obvious how much time and effort you put into this video! And you achieved something rare on the tube these days. A beautiful piece of art, unique and genuine in an over saturated genre, bringing something new , fresh, and heartfelt! I'm excited to watch more!!!

[@michaelnanney9267]

I remember this story very well. I first came to the LES in 95. I was there off and on for 10 years. I used to be homeless and lived at 155 Ave. c. Also 177 E 9 th st ( may be off on the number) The Squat was called Dos Blocos. I hung out alot in Tompkins Square. Now I never did research on this, but I'm glad you did. I enjoyed this video. I think this honors Monica and the other woman. I'm not big on switching, but soon as she got out of the apartment, she should of gone to the police. It's good to hear the full story.

[@monicalavallais.5347]

I have never felt the “ free love living with anyone and everyone “. Much condolences to her family 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Albertanator]

It never works.....yet people still tragically keep repeating this tragic business.

[@monicalavallais.5347]

@@Albertanator : It’s sickening 😞

[@DueceDuece90]

Huh 🤔

[@monicalavallais.5347]

@@DueceDuece90 : What I mean is sleeping with just anybody and anyone. The way it was back in the 60’s and 70’s

[@DueceDuece90]

@@monicalavallais.5347 ohhh ok got it lol 😂

[@Ryder382]

R.I.P for her. I knew a man who ended dead from his new roommate. I was beat by a roommate. Everyone protect their home. It is life since homeless is such a problem.

[@morrisonscott702]

Hey there! I came across your comment and I just had to reach out and say hi. Your perspective really caught my attention and I would love to get to know you better. Would you be interested in chatting sometime? Looking forward to hearing back from you!

[@tianilee1023]

You have gained a subscriber! NYC native here , the Bronx to be exact! Love your channel, your research and delivery! Keep up the good work!

[@dobetta7776]

Thank you for your coverage. I've never heard of these cases and Im a New Yorker.

[@stonehaven2289]

Moral of the story: NEVER take cooked food from strangers especially strange ones😮

[@ljmcdonald2703]

Never take ANY food from strangers or strange people

[@MisAnnThorpe]

Has have you ever wondered as to the source of the meat when you buy from fast food restaurants? You simply never know!

[@jamy8575]

What 99.999% of EVERY morsel put into EVERYones mouth is "from strangers"

[@seijin4426]

@@MisAnnThorpe Shut your crazy ass up!

[@KT06]

Can you imagine being one who ate it only to find this out, I also can't imagine how those at the Cecil hotel felt when they found out the drinking the water coming from the tank Elisa lams body was and thats why it tasted foul😫

[@adaeverleigh9584]

I lived near the park in the late 80s thru 90s and I remember that man. People had said he.was very disturbed and "cooked" meals for the homeless. Sickening.

[@Whippy99]

Your videos are terrific. So glad I found your channel. 😊

[@kimberlythompson926]

Great video and advice.

[@deborahmoore8023]

I'm from New York, and I remember this horrific tragic story! This mam was Stone crazy! He desecrated her body after murdering her and disrespected her body by how he treated her remains! What a monster! 😢😢

[@MrDucksBill]

Not saying she deserves it but she wasn't trying to avoid it.

[@CopaseticFate]

​@@MrDucksBill She seemed to egg him on and took joy from it.

[@iluhvpiink]

@@seriouslyscrapping that doesn’t mean she deserved to die and get eaten wtf

[@crystalmaldonado6139]

@@CopaseticFate nah he’s disgusting, idgaf what she did. Feeding human remains to people, killing animals in sacrifice to the devil and being a self-proclaimed cult leader beats anything she did.

[@elizabethbrett1946]

​@@seriouslyscrapping No. That's not any form of "payback". Anyone who thinks so should be locked away with him.

[@jayeb4494]

Woowww. Sylvia is crazy as hell too. Not that much fear in my heart would make me still stay in that apt

[@NpcBunny]

Crazy asf. Stories like these has way more to it. Shit we'll never know. Good job telling the story. Perfect voice for it

[@KT06]

So glad youtube recommended me your channel! Time to binge

[@zay1521]

i feel like all roommates who new what happen but didn’t report it should have been charged with something

[@kalakala10011]

Sylvia sounds as sick as Daniel. Monika does not sound like an angel either.

[@morrisonscott702]

Hey there! I came across your comment and I just had to reach out and say hi. Your perspective really caught my attention and I would love to get to know you better. Would you be interested in chatting sometime? Looking forward to hearing back from you!

[@victornice858]

An exciting, intriguing, and engaging video!

[@iaminpainauchocolat9300]

This is really fascinating to watch. Thank you for always including the historical context. It really adds to the whole story. - from a very thankful irish person.

[@billymercedes-le8pl]

Everywhere was a different world back in the eighties

[@La-familia-de-Fazio]

The moral of the story is “mind the company you keep; and the respect you give” because you never know who you’re dealing with; and what they might be going through!!! This is why respect out the gate to strangers is an absolute life skill you must learn!!! Especially in the streets! Cause there’s always someone out there with NOTHING TOO LOSE!

[@mrtruth1748]

Respect is earned not given.

[@LxstGalaxy2000]

@@mrtruth1748 I use too have that mindset but battling depression I've become wise and yes I'm some instances Respect is earned and not given but you never know what someone is going through so if you don't feel they respect you, you leave them.

[@ginettecourtois7129]

Very wise advise !

[@honinakecheta601]

Moral of the story should also be not to antagonize noticeably crazy people you barely know. Idk what kind of life she lived prior to this or the kind of people she ran with in Poland, but she heard him say he was going to kill her and didn't take that shit seriously.

[@arturoperez352]

​@mrtruth1748 yeah but at the same time you probably shouldn't fuck a weirdo just to weasel him out of his apartment.

[@vics945]

Ty for the co content… I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s around the area. The place was wild…. Anyway keep’em coming.

[@M00nshiine]

Just found your page and I'm hooked. This is the first vid I've watched. You do a great job! Keep it up.

[@EvilIntentions]

Thank you!

[@renzoc]

I've watched my fair share of true crimes documentaries / KZbin videos, but this is by far one that really got under my skin. Just can't believe something like this happened.

[@raineyj560]

I had a chance to live on Orchard Street in the early 90s. As a born and raised Bronx girl, I always wanted to live in Manhattan at least once but my job relocated to NJ and so did I. Rest in peace, Monika

[@SSS.1984]

Excellent video & very well told account of what remains one of the most disturbing cases of the last century. Of all the true crime stories which emanated from NY & in particular the LES area of the state this ranks among the most memorable purely for how macabre it is. And unlike many other cases this one was solved very quickly. That may be the one positive one can draw from this case actually. Whether the murderer, mentally ill or not, had aquired a taste for killing is unclear, but the residents of the area were very lucky that he was caught & tried before any further murders could be committed.

[@wryng]

Wow. Good narrative, thorough and informative. So sad. Subscribed!

[@olgarsmith7441]

How can that chick Sylvia not say something to the police regarding the murder and what she saw in the apartment? I mean really!?!

[@PresshureDavenport]

He'll y would she... she was the one who stirred the pot

[@moriah.israel8565]

@@PresshureDavenport Right... She was nothing but an instigator.

[@Gen-yh1jz]

@@PresshureDavenport Stirred the pot? Monika had this scheme to take his apartment. Sylvia was a trying to warn him as any good friend would do. That he was on the path to being homeless again and the girl was using him. She didn’t even rat him out when she saw the head. That was to much. Friendship ends with me when you got a head in a pot. Nope I am done. She should have went to cops immediately.

[@jamiemetcalfe7945]

She must have thought that Monika had it coming. Evidently, she wasn't the only one.

[@michaelparissi3233]

@@moriah.israel8565 I’m mean to be fair it was fucked up she wanted to kick him out his own apartment she’s wrong for that Not realizing the dark nature of what people are capable of doing... hope her soul is resting In peace despite that

[@joylives_4her668]

Dammit!!! What a sick individual!!! To be honest I grew up in Spanish Harlem and there is a culture of keeping your mouth shut!!! No one wants to be that person called a " snitch". But I will definitely say this: Hell no would I be able to enter that apartment again after seeing her dead dismembered body parts!!!!! Hecker to the NO!!!! Yepp I would've definitely called the police after that!!! There is no telling if he'd do that to me!!! For whatever reason especially having seen it with my own eyes and knowing it was him for a fact. I mean this guy was so SICK to a point where he literally fed her flesh to the homeless as an act of Charity??? Yeah no I would've nipped that in the laws hands immediately if not sooner. Way too much going on for me!

[@lynsylva-bb6ss]

Crazy how ppl say don't tell! Then when they family member is murdered they want ppl to tell!

[@jamiemetcalfe7945]

The place was anarchy back then. A lesson for libertarians.

[@thisdamnguyagain4450]

Bruh I remember when Cam went on the news and said he wouldn’t snitch on a serial killer lmao

[@scruffy281]

For sure. If I had seen something like that, I would go straight to the police.

[@silentstorm718]

@@jamiemetcalfe7945 right-wing libertarians wouldn't tolerate the vagrants and scumbags on the streets.

[@georgewilkie3580]

Well done. I lived on the Lower East Side's "Alphabet City" from the age of 5 to the age of 33. This spanned the 50's through to the late mid 70's. Interesting how it has become quite "Gentrified" as is now referred to as the, "East Village". This neighborhood has a fascinating history. Movie celebrities such as James Cagny and Tony Curtis (Bernard Swartz), to political Giants such as Leon Trotsky, either grew up here, or made their homes here for a time. Trotsky had an office and small apartment on East 8th Street and Saint Marks Place (Near Avenue A). For a time Rock Stars such as Madonna and Billy Idol lived in the neighborhood. News Reporter and Journalist, Geraldo Rivera, loved on Ave. B, near East 10th Street while moving up through the World of Television News Reporting. My sincere THANKS to You for doing an outstanding job producing this video...BRAVO!

[@takecharge5140]

Such a kind dude feeding the homeless people

[@DCJNewsMedia]

Ty so very much for your sharing this story. I retired from 44 years of public safety service. As a multi retired Chief of Police .. I have seen and experienced death scenes of all types. But never have I seen or heard anything to this level. I have a very strong stomach, but to be honest. I am a bit sick at the moment. But the truth has no agenda. Ty so very much for sharing this truth ❤️ I have been a minister for 45 years, and I pray 🙏 Holy God 🙏 received her into Heaven with open arms and her suffering stopped 🙏 and no longer any pain. Suffering or worldly cares. I pray that God judges these men who murdered this woman in cold blood 🙏 as he sees fit. I pray God bless you and your family, Brother 👪 Brother Daymond Chief Jones

[@David-yh7up]

She died while in a state of complete and utter disregard for any person. If there were a Heaven, I guarantee you 100 percent, she would not have made it! She was a very cold and calculating narcissist who thought she was invincible! She found out the hard way! One might wonder what was going through her head when she realized she was about to die?! If she believed in Hell, then she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that her final destination was the doom of eternal torment! That’s the reality of it, Pastor! Quit lying to yourself and to everyone that hears you! 🤨☯️

[@DCJNewsMedia]

@@David-yh7up I understand what you are saying..and you are most likely right

[@camillerucker5909]

This was INSANE 🤯

[@EvilIntentions]

Yes it was

[@UndercoverNormie]

Definitely earned yourself a sub with this banger bro

[@mistyblue7693]

Your voice is soothing... keep on telling stories.. easy listening

[@tezsgino]

As grim as the stories are, I have fallen in love with the voice telling them. The content is phenomenal!

[@bl8388]

Agreed. Solid writing and narration.

[@anitabrundidge4043]

If they're a real friend, they wouldn't put you in a position to have to keep a secret like that ,heck no I wouldn't keep that secret, I'd sing like a Canary......

[@lildoveable]

You're awesome bud.