Former Homicide Detectives, What Was the Case That Made You Quit? | People Stories

[@rodneykingston6420]

Notice how many of the stories concern seeing children die. I'm not even fond of kids, I do just about whatever I can to avoid being around them, but there's something about seeing children who have suffered that just makes you sick inside. A girl I knew was studying to be a nurse and she showed me her pathology textbook and it was full of all these gruesome and unpleasant photos of dead people, but when I came to the photo of a child who'd been found deliberately starved to death, that's when I shut the book and handed it back to her. I could handle the rest but not that.

[@ellemmenn2930]

I’m the same way about kids… not surprisingly it was a kid call that made me decide to retire as a paramedic…. Years of stabbings, shootings, nasty accidents probably thousands of dead bodies and that was my limit.

[@TheHighborn]

Same. I really don't like children. But seeing /watching one get hurt just triggers the deepest most primal anger one can feel

[@Megan-ir3ze]

I personally have a hard time being around kids (that’s why I only had one lol) but there’s something instinctual about children who have been hurt or killed. They’re innocent and don’t even understand who they before their end. They just want to play and be loved. It’s heartbreaking.

[@bimates2690]

The death aspect when it comes to children doesn't really get to me (I react to it the same as I do with teens and adults) but the cases of CSA, abuse, and the gross likes of children disturb me to no end. CSA/child abusers can go burn in hell.

[@rodneykingston6420]

@@bimates2690 Actually, you know what? Yeah, CSA (child Sexual Abuse) is awful, but I hate the way it always comes in and usurps the discussion. I hate the way it always gets people's attention when simple, cruel, physical abuse is happening all over the place and nobody is saying a word about it. The predominance of the subject of Child Sexual Abuse over the subject of Child Physical Abuse disturbs me. Makes me think there's this prurient interest among people that causes them to be uninterested in kids that get the crap smacked out of them, but who don't get molested. Hitting kids IS as bad as messing with them. People who get off on non-sexual abuse of kids are going to burn in hell.

[@Madden.shmadden]

The one with the girl being crushed between two cars is the only reddit story that has made me cry so far

[@Ck-hi9ki]

That was so fucking sad

[@emialice3825]

I don’t think they should have told her she wasn’t going to survive :( her last moments would have been fear and sadness for her parents instead other could have just lied and said she was going to be fine and they were just going to sedate her and then she would be reassured in her last moments instead

[@soulofflame9999]

(sniffling) W-w-why?

[@idalia799]

@@emialice3825 I personally wouldn't wanna lie like that. She was able to say her final goodbyes before the drugs kicked in and she was spared the pain.

[@zaxscat5357]

@@idalia799 i know enough to know that getting crushed in the middle is death. It would only anger me if they lied and said it would be fine

[@Waltham1892]

A 17 year old was murdered on a street corner. I get to the hospital and the kid is naked on a gurney. I start moving his limbs around, figuring out his posture when he was shot. Turned out he was in a defensive crouch (stippling on the entry wounds on the arms, indicating that they were near contact shots, bullet wounds on the torso in line with the shots on the arms, indicating victim's arms were up in a defensive posture). From the defensive crouch I conclude that the suspect was known to the victim (the victim allowed the suspect to get close) and bullet holes indicate seven rounds fired (that makes the weapon used a Colt 1911, 45 ACP type weapon). Later that day I get home and my wife says one of my cat's newborn kittens is sick. I take it to the Vet (just two blocks away) and the Vet says there is nothing he can do. The kitten has a congenital defect in its digestive system and he can't save it. I agree that putting it to sleep is the most merciful option. I step outside while he puts the kitten down (his policy is owners can't stay in the room). I become flat out hysterical. I mean I was slumped against a wall crying my eyes out making a spectacle of myself in the waiting room. You see, you can "be professional" and not let street stuff get to you, but you store it up. Sooner or later, its gotta come out. I thought about it and a few weeks later I re-enrolled in college. I changed my major from History to Psychology and began to plan my departure, which happened 4 years later.

[@dolphinyc110]

when you said gurney, my brain immediately went to execution.

[@Waltham1892]

@@dolphinyc110 understandable....

[@Missperidoteyes11]

Thank u for sharing that, I hope life is well for u!

[@Waltham1892]

@@Missperidoteyes11 Life is better now. I'm a professional hit man. I set my own hours, get to travel and the money is good. I never was much of a people-person anyway...

[@Missperidoteyes11]

@@Waltham1892 😅 Awesome, sounds nice!

[@onanthebarbarian4842]

My mother was head of a children's ICU. It's a good way to see a lot of dead kids, and I grew up with that subject being regular dinner table conversation. With it being a university hospital, she was also a lecturer, and one presentation she did for a conference or something was specifically about how to tell parents their kid wasn't going to make it. She said that people were very appreciative of that presentation, and that it surprised her. When I see subjects like this roll by, I realize that I had an odd upbringing that stories like the 16 year old bisection victim don't faze me, because I've heard it before. But it's truly odd for people like my mother, who have seen it so often that they've developed skills related to it without even realizing it. But at least for doctors there is a good part. They get to bring them back occasionally. One case involved a young girl from an abusive household who was locked out as punishment during cold weather. Often a neighbor would let her in, but he wasn't home that night, so she froze. Comes into the hospital clinically dead, and after some discussing they decide to warm her back up. Well, it works, the parents go to jail, and the neighbor adopts the girl. And I'm guessing that's also why the people who don't quit keep working.

[@LadyNikitaShark]

My cousin is a nurse and allways wanted to work in pediatrics. They got placed in the icu unit and gave up after 1 year bc too many babies die and it's not talked about.

[@richardnelson7388]

,, do u want a kluckies chicken sandwich.

[@carolannpacificadam1944]

Thank you for a great ending!!

[@Scorpiobw]

I can’t do Peds but I’ve worked in Hospice and in long term care nursing homes. I’ve seen some shit, literally and figuratively. Hug your Mom, it takes a brave, brave person to do what she does!

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

It will still affect you until you actually experience something like it yourself. A story does not mean anything.

[@vixy2321]

19:41 This case hits too close to home. I am indigenous, and there are a lot of missing and murdered women that are never found. My cousin went missing a few years ago, but she wasn’t ever seen again and seemed like nobody was even trying to look other then the family. It hurts.

[@Knucklebustermav]

To the cop that resigned after beating that man you have all my respect! Predators deserve that

[@thecolt45a]

I recommend watching homicide hunter, it's about that cop that whooped that dudes ass. Lt Joe kenda is the man when it comes to homicide detectives.

[@shirmanturley8569]

The story about the girl crushed between 2 cars made me cry.

[@alexwaltz4815]

So many here are terrible, but that last story is wild. Revenge is a powerful thing.

[@DragonKnightCole]

The old man straight up went Punisher on that whole family. And to be honest, I don't blame him.

[@unironicdoomer614]

@@DragonKnightCole if that happened to my daughter I would’ve attempted the same thing. I really feel bad for the father.

[@DragonKnightCole]

@@unironicdoomer614 If everyone was sane, then everyone would do that for their daughter.

[@mizutomi3399]

@@DragonKnightCole jnbb

[@ckoritko]

As a father with daughters, that one struck me as well. I can’t imagine that man’s sorrow or fury.

[@rocoloco43]

Idk why but the story of that 16 old girl pinned between the cars made me cry. Maybe is because the worst way you can die is the slowest while knowing you will die in a couple of minutes.

[@user-ml3hl6vr4t]

I take comfort that they took the time to explain, and gave her drugs to ease the transition.

[@colleennewholy9026]

I remember hearing about "pining", by the movie Signs. I remember it, because I share the same first name with Mel Gibson's characters wife. Definitely scarred me since then

[@ljn369]

Idk. I think having a slow knowing death would be nice. Gives you a chance to say anything you want to say/have it written down for you.

[@Missperidoteyes11]

@@ljn369 Nah, would rather fast as possible. That's also why we're told to tell our lived ones how we feel while we can, so in the event of an untimely/unexpected passing (which is highly likely for many ppl at some point), it's already known.

[@magnarcreed3801]

I’d rate this as a half and half. Chances are she was already a good chunk in shock but aware enough to embrace her death and get final words out. Shit like cancer is crazy or sudden dropping dead death. Hell maybe even starvation mixed with being eaten alive when you can’t fight off the little scavengers.

[@danielmarek4609]

I had a tenant in my rental who's boyfriend was a Milwaukee Cop. His former partner ended up being one of the two uniformed police that entered Jeffery Dahmer's apartment. His former partner was the one who opened the refrigerator and found the heads. He was off work for as long as my tenant stayed living there. I don't know if he ever went back on duty.

[@amateursnake424]

Underrated comment.

[@zooweezybw8131]

I wouldn't even go back after seeing heads

[@danielmarek4609]

@@zooweezybw8131 I know he was off for at least a long time. It really F'd him up. I learned things that was never disclosed and I can see how that happened. She ended up moving so I don't know if he ever returned to work. I also had a service call to the place where Jeff had worked at. One guy I knew that worked there once told me he would sit in the corner of the lunch room staring in his lunch pale as he ate. He said everyone thought he was really strange the entire time he worked there. He was a really strange warped person and the world is a better place without him.

[@zooweezybw8131]

@@danielmarek4609 We really has some crazy sickos in this world ey..I sometimes come across images of Jeff and they emit some crazy weird energy

[@danielmarek4609]

@@zooweezybw8131 he was killed in prison with another guy named Jesse Anderson. The other guy killed his wife in a parking lot and tried to say they were attacked by a robber. The person that did them both it was a distant relative of one of Jeffery's victims that was already doing life so the consequences were very minimal. Doing life without parole then getting convicted of the double murder in prison does pretty much nothing.

[@Davtwan]

From what I can tell, a child-murder case is often that “roll 1 on insanity.” It gives them not only thoughts on their own morality but their children’s as well. This goes double to any detective that has a child/niece/nephew that looks similar to the victim.

[@savvivixen8490]

Mortality

[@jimmieneal9794]

I "liked " this but only because people should be aware of what police have to see and deal with , have a few firefighters and paramedics in my family and their accounts of some of the things they have to deal with gives me nightmares .

[@acetrainerarcane1755]

Yeah, people don’t give first responders enough credit. You can’t avoid seeing fucked up shit, you’ll see something that bothers you eventually

[@gachagirl4377]

P

[@sil3ntkn1ght27]

Im a Correctional Sergeant. Saw the aftermath and video of an inmate slipping her handcuffs, pulling open her c-section scar, and stuffing them into her open intestines. The handcuffs closed and tangled around her guts and she was just sitting there screaming while the doctor was working on her and the other officers were throwing up all over the cell. I still see that sometimes in my nightmares.

[@Ambelica]

You don’t have to be a police officer or first responders to see death like that.

[@kitgundy8963]

@@Ambelica True, but for cops and first responders, working around pain and death and horrible things like that is in the job description.

[@laurafranich4807]

This video shows how much we need to support and respect our law enforcement officers.

[@laurafranich4807]

@Gi Gi You're right. We need to respect and support all of those who put their lives on the line for us

[@Burnthealphabetpeople]

Law enforcement needs to address its many issues first

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@Gi Gi what the fuck? This is a terrible analogy. You named 3 different jobs and judged them all for doing good… a paramedics job is to stabilize an injured person, a firefighters job is to fight fire or save a cat from a tree n shit… and a police officers job is to detain violent criminals. Now idk about you but I can see a bit of a disparity between these 3: obviously a paramedics not going to beat the shit out of you for running your mouth? Firefighters and Paramedics don’t have guns either. Have you seen how many doctors and nurses get caught being discriminatory? Surgeons have been caught making fun of patients bodies and personalities while in the operation room. I literally read a story the other day about a man being admitted to a suicide ward due to bullying and discrimination over him having a small penis, the staff laughed, mocked him, discharged him and he immediately committed suicide. I hold no more praise for those demons than a regular police officer… I’d like to think most people don’t. But unfortunately people think the police are fundamentally evil Paramedics and firefighters don’t have the same responsibilities, hence their role as a paramedic and firefighter…

[@101falcon]

The one about the girl being pinned and crushed between 2 cars did it for me. I couldn't hold back my tears anymore especially when she gave the officer her final words for her parents. I just pictured my own parents receive that news and wept. I don't think my parents could survive that news, they both have had a horrible history with death in the family and have found comfort and happiness with each other. I pray and hope that that girl's parents are ok and were able to survive their grief and lean on each other for comfort.

[@Kiefsti]

I was in medical, not RCMP; but the mother who accidentally ran over one of her identical twin boys. The absolute soul-wrenching sounds coming from her, will never leave me.

[@anthonyrosa5006]

There was a ferry sinking disaster off South Korea with huge government screw ups. Many of the dead were High School kids who remained in their cabins as ordered by the teachers. The divers got bad ptsd diving for recovered bodies. At least one committed suicide. When you learn of how vicious some murderers are you have to wonder if the no cruel punishment rule was a wise choice. Some deserve to be fed to hungry bears or sharks.

[@kenzdomyuji8387]

I agree specifically if no amount of therapy can fix them, because they're literally pure evil

[@LilyS1031]

@@kenzdomyuji8387 they can never be changed or trusted again. Lock them away or kill them.

[@jayy2949]

I watched a report where the parents had to identify their student child after that disaster and you'd see 2 parents lovingly nod who would be strong and do it for the other's sake, then they go behind the sheet is raised and the parents fall to the ground dead inside, that's watching a parent go through hell in the wrongest of ways, just crumble they would, parent after parent. It's all I could watch I don't even know what the reporter in front was saying, tragic and very avoidable as they knew when the ferry was purchased what it could and couldn't handle and they didn't listen

[@magnarcreed3801]

@@kenzdomyuji8387 Not evil. Just rabid in my books. And rabid animals need to be put down.

[@doctorh.m.l4727]

That poor kid that was burned alive that one made me cry WHO WOULD DO THAT TO A KID??

[@darkmega97]

The death penalty is a better fate than a lot of people deserve

[@Missperidoteyes11]

Exactly, death is far too easy for so many of the evil creatures out there.

[@justarandomfurry3423]

The electric chair might be the best one though. Apparently, you can feel the pain until you die. So, the death penalty might be best. But then again, letting them rot in prison might be best.

[@cakekisser6958]

@@justarandomfurry3423 whats a few seconds of pain compared to the shit that some people do? Leaving them alone in a dark cell over centuries should hurt more as they are completely by themselves and their thoughts...

[@jd_kreeper]

Honesty, as someone who's attempted suicide multiple times, death being a punishment seems like an insult.

[@gonkdroid4prez539]

the oubliettes would be good for certain people. I'm just gonna say that I'm really happy that prisoners don't like child-rapists/murderers, cause they deserve mob justice

[@meganoyaski2637]

The worst story I've ever heard was from my dad. He was responding to a domestic dispute between a teen boy and his family. My dad was talking to the family and trying to calm them down when the teenager told his little brother to leave the room. The next moment the teen had grabbed a shotgun and blew his head off in front of my dad and the family. My dad came home that night covered in blood and brain matter, it was awful.

[@afenismama]

That is horrific 😢

[@emminor]

A girl in my town was driving home and got into a horrible car accident, she was pronounced dead at the scene. Her Dad was a firefighter and was one of the first people on the scene… I can’t even begin to imagine the pain and trauma he went through

[@anthonystike6034]

While I was in College, in my younger days, I was studying Criminal Justice. Not my story, but it has stuck with me for 40+ years. My Criminal Investigation Instructor was a retired State Police Officer. He told of one case where he was testifying in an Auto Accident case one time and the Defense Attorney asked him why he didn't call for the ME/Coroner, and how he knew the guy was dead. His reply was to the effect that when the guy went through the windshield he was decapitated. Basically the Defense Attorney looked like an idiot in open Court. That is my most vivid memory from that class. I don't think it caused him to retire. I just thought it fits here. When you think of the things that Officer, Firefighters and Paramedics see every day it would curl your toes. I, at the time, was a volunteer FF.

[@jesss.5260]

The local police got a call from my friend that I was attempting. I was bleeding when they got there. One of the cops told me that he was happy they got there soon enough because every time that they show up and the person's dead it haunts his nightmares. He said he didn't want me to be part of them and he almost cried

[@Sandxastle]

Glad you´re still here, depression is a monster and hard to fight. Call a trusted person if it even crosses your mind, me and my friend have a codeword, applejack, which just means "distract me, I'm having bad thoughts" no dramatic reactions, no calling anyone else unless we think the other is gonna do something, just talk about anything. I recommend it

[@orionbarrera6127]

Cry

[@GentlemenBug]

My dad is a firefighter and used to tell me about his horror stories a lot. I feel so bad for him, they’ve messed him up so much, but he said 9/11 was the worst for him. I’ve seen the pictures he took and I can only imagine how horrible that was. I still have to console him when we go to New York sometimes because things will remind him of it and he gets anxious.

[@pegasus2892]

Damn respect to cops

[@claryssaroxberry2148]

Along similar lines: My dad use to be an EMT. He had two jobs at this time I believe, a bank courier and EMT. On this particular day he was at his job as a courier, on his way from one bank to another. While driving on the highway, he witnessed a car accident, pulled over, and called it in. When he got close to the scene, he found a three year old girl had been ejected through the front window. My dad being the first on the scene was able to keep the little girl alive long enough to get to the hospital and for her mother to say goodbye. Turns out the father was drunk and speeding, had his daughter in the front seat without a buckle. My dad ended up getting a medal for it and in the news paper. We have the clipping saved behind his medal in storage. But he just couldn’t handle it after that especially having my sister and I around the same age.

[@BorkBorkMcGee]

My dad quit being a police officer. My dad was called because a dad had drugs and and was on a rampage. The dude was running from the cops and crashed and ran away. My dad had to pull out a little boy out of a car. The little boy was dead. My dad could not comprehend why someone would do that to there kid. So he quit.

[@happyheidi747]

I have so much respect for homicide and cops I couldn't do that job

[@BirdMarcel98]

The one about the nursing mom and the rocking chair unfortunately lives in my head rent free, and that story saved my baby cousins’ lives. A few years ago I was taking care of my baby cousins (they started out 5 mo when I got there and when I left, they were 18 mo old). My uncle had this spinny chair. They like sitting in it and crawling around it, and they also like pushing it so they could run in circles. I always kept a close eye and I have fast reflexes when it comes to kids. One day, at a time when they were walking already, one of the babies when under the chair. It had some clearance underneath all around bc it was one of those barrel chairs on a rotating base. She was lying down under it, chin on the floor, crown brushing the underside of the seat. Her sister starts pushing the chair around in a circle, and in the very millisecond it began moving, I see my other cousin’s neck getting dragged by the underside of the chair. I don’t think I have ever reacted that fast in the 25 years of life I’ve breathed. I stuck my foot out and braced the chair hard, and it stopped in place, kinda throwing the baby pushing it to the ground. Both babies were confused, but completely uninjured, and very mad that I ruined their game. But by god, I saw the image of a baby with a wrung neck and thought of that mom with her two babies, one nursing and another innocently crawling around her chair. I didn’t sleep well that night. I’ve seen plenty of unspeakable things online, esp on reddit, and my imagination didn’t have to run too wild to conjure images of what might have happened. Yep, did not sleep very well for weeks. Rest in peace that toddler, and thank whatever power that may be for giving me the speed that day. They never played under the chair again.

[@pookiebear9735]

My hat's off to our police, firefighters, EMTs and all other first responders!

[@JuCarlos-ex8ip]

Very true

[@Sinn0100]

My uncle was a state trooper for 13 years and he loved the job. What did it for him...He pulled over a guy for speeding on the interstate. It was very routine and he followed procedure to the letter. Unfortunately, as he asked for the speeders drivers license the man retrieved a loaded .357 magnum that he had stuffed between the center console and seat. He leveled the weapon at my uncle and told him with a cold tone "you're going to die now." He squeezed the trigger and for some reason (divine intervention) the weapon failed to discharge. My uncle grabbed the weapon with his left hand, pushing it to the side, he then retrieved his service revolver (1980's), and shot him three times at point blank range. That was the day my uncle left police work and never returned. I had something similar happen too me when two men tried to force their way into my home. Thankfully, I didn't have to discharge my weapon but in that moment when someone is intent on killing you...the feeling of dread coupled with the tunnel vision you experience is indescribable. The thought you are being forced to take a life is sickening and in that moment I thought I was going to have to. They quickly realized a crowbar at 6 feet away is useless to a man with a gun already drawn and aimed at them. They both dropped their weapons (crowbar and buck knife) and begged for me to let them go. I held them until police arrived. They were so close...

[@charlottemartyr]

Not a detective but I had a friend who was a first responder. He quit bc in the same week his first son was born he had 2 calls involving babies that couldn’t be saved. One involved a car accident where the parent had a toddler in the front passenger seat. Parent survived but the baby got thrown thru the windshield and basically shredded on the road. Second one was a house fire. Friend shows up as a first responder/firefighter and gets told there’s a nursery on the top floor with a baby in it. Another officer manages to save the mother and older kid who were downstairs but buddy immediately runs straight up the stairs trying to get to the baby. Whole ways blocked and the house is starting to come down. They can’t get thru the rubble from the inside and they can’t get thru the window from the outside, but the baby is there and still alive, crying and screaming. The fire chief had to drag my buddy out bc the house was about to collapse and kill him too but he’s still inside desperately trying to clear the rubble to get to this baby. After getting pulled out he cusses out the chief and has to be held down from running back inside. He basically just lays on the ground screaming with several other firefighters on top of him as the house collapses a few seconds later. Baby was still alive when it fell but was finally done in by the collapse. Body gets recovered, kid is almost unrecognizable from the burns and crush of the collapse, lungs full of smoke. It’s a little boy almost as new as buddy’s son. He’s almost as destroyed by it as the mother, who’s just regained consciousness to find out her newborn was the only casualty of the fire. She didn’t see what he’d done and in her grief lashed out at the firefighters, saying they should have tried harder to save her son. He just started bawling and told both her and the chief he wished they’d let him go back in, even if it’d killed him. He resigned the next morning and said he still sees those two tiny bodies, still hears the crying and the mother wailing in his nightmares.

[@Shichism]

Oh god that's horrifying.

[@6god1986]

My dream is to be a firefighter (I'm studying a book now about it and getting in shape for the exam) but I know I'll see things that'll haunt me and I'm not ready for that

[@charlottemartyr]

@@6god1986 my mom was an ambulance driver and for a long time I wanted to go into the medical career too til she scared me off by sitting me down and running me thru some of the worst cases she’d seen; little kids beaten to near death by their parents, elderly people barely alive after shattering a hip and not being found immediately, car accident victims with degloved or crushed limbs… the thing that really got me wound up being the story about when she delivered a baby in her ambulance that nobody had any idea was going to be born with both harlequin syndrome and parts of its spine/brain exposed. The baby died within a few minutes with no resources on the ambulance that could have helped and the mother screamed at the top of her lungs til she was sedated at the hospital more out of fear and horror than pain. I decided I didn’t have the stomach for that kind of work

[@justinchristoph3725]

The one starting at 11:09 I'm pretty sure is the February 4, 1979 Payless Drug Store murders in San Mateo, California. It's still unsolved, but the cops are certain it was an inside job as It was "Dollar Days" that day, meaning sales were very heavy that day, which would be known by those that worked there. About $18,000 was taken in the robbery. A former Payless employee was arrested and charged with the crime, but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. That suspect then left for Mexico and never returned, but he was still alive as of a couple of years ago.

[@tfs203]

Yes, George Alvan Bandy.

[@snapesnappedsaidsiriusseriousl]

Not anything related to cops, but somewhat relevant. My cousin was a truck driver about 20ish years ago. An 18 year old girl that had come out to her family and it didn't go well decided to end it by jumping into traffic. My cousin hit her and to this day has PTSD. He wouldn't talk about it for years and it ruined his marriage, but he's now doing much better and even is remarried. He's a joy at reunions but I had no idea why my cousin Kenny was so down when I was little (he's like 20 years older than me; complicated to explain).

[@williammclaughlin892]

Goddamn that horrifying to hear. Hope your cousin is doing better.

[@snapesnappedsaidsiriusseriousl]

@@williammclaughlin892 he is. It took a while for him to open up cuz we live in the Bible belt where men "don't have feelings" and "can't cry" but he's a hoot at family reunions now and his wife is a Filipino woman who very much shows him more love and understanding than his first wife.

[@williammclaughlin892]

@@snapesnappedsaidsiriusseriousl people need to get out of that outdated mindset 🙄 . But im glad to hear he is doing well.

[@snapesnappedsaidsiriusseriousl]

@@williammclaughlin892 agreed, and thank you.

[@sopadumacacoumadelicia5]

@@snapesnappedsaidsiriusseriousl I'm sorry to hear all that. Glad he doin better now. Man, the Bible Belt stuff is terrible. Religion can be awful, to say the least. Yikes.

[@WardenSpectreCommander]

Back in the 90s when I was a 24 year old "vet" on the job for three years. There was an accident where this 15 year old kid crashed his Corvette while going 90+mph hit these other kids car and I was one of the first on the scene and the kids in the other car were DOA. I went in the victims pocket to get his name for the accident report and didn't realize until 30 minutes later that his body was so twisted that his lower body was facing the same direction as his upper body. I freaked out when the mental picture finally connected the dots in my head. One of the older officers had to console me when it kicked in. I could have gone the rest of my life not making that f****g connection😢

[@CasualMMAFan]

The story that really got to me was the one at 18:00 but its horrifying that the cops best friend was sleeping on his own couch in his own house and some random person is standing outside his window with a shotgun and an intent to kill. According to the publisher of the story, this happened in a community were everyone knows each other, making this story much more menacing. Even in the smallest and civilized of communities there's still a chance that someone out there is probably wanting or waiting to kill you when the time is right

[@kitgundy8963]

well now I'm MORE than a little paranoid 😅

[@tanuki_sleep]

"society likes hiding the true brutality that any human is capable of" - me

[@Rubashow]

That 'me' Dude is pretty insightful. I have another quote: "Society likes hiding man's true capacity for brutality but mostly it just plainly ignores it." - me

[@ceasormayhem101]

My dad was a cop. One time I asked him about mercy killing (I was young). He told me a story about a friend he had, another police officer. He responded to a car accident, and was first on scene. They people inside were a young couple and couldn't get out. The car caught fire. My dad's friend just sat there and had to listen to them screaming until it stopped. Before the accident, he was one of the happiest people you ever met, after the accident he was never the same. But no, you cannot mercy kill. That's murder.

[@novied5871]

My sister's exboyfriend was recently found deceased on a rural road. May he R. I. P.

[@novied5871]

@@IceW0lf198 thank you.

[@emmanuelc6685]

I'm very sorry to hear that

[@novied5871]

@@emmanuelc6685 thank you. Although I didn't like my sister's exboyfriend, I certainly did not want him to die.

[@kkm9292]

From the story I can tell the last story wasprobably set in UP or Haryana. It's wild lawless wasteland in those parts of India. Women are basically treated as cattle and there is no justice for the poor and underprivileged. So vigilante justice is a real thing. I am glad the father took his revenge. Sometimes one should put the fear of God in the hearts of the evil and oppressors.

[@Lenjoker]

Fear of something/one!!!

[@susanyoung1600]

Agree!

[@Darkwolfhellhound]

Jesus that last story broke my heart. That poor man...

[@weirdo24-7]

Now imagine being a CO and seeing multiple criminals every day and knowing their crimes. The babies and kids crime always get a reaction from certain COs. I'm a former CO but I never let the crimes or criminals get to me. You just do the job and save your mental health so you can function normally when you go home. NGL, that doesn't always happen. One of the worst cases to come through that had alot of COs emotional and filled with rage was when an almost new born baby was sexually assaulted to death. I will not share the details as it is too graphic but I will say that he disfigured the baby in the most horrific ways possible.

[@mattyk1lls]

The one about the 16 yo girl crushed between the two cars literally made me cry.

[@treeve13]

What's more horrifying about 2:16 is that he was in the military, where for the fight tactics there is always questionable moral standards but it was not until he was back amongst civilians that he could not handle the evil that he saw within humanity. That is scary.

[@sara_c907]

Please don't ream me but I'd like to make a suggestion. When making videos for more serious topics, I'd personally prefer no music over what is being used. Just my opinion that no one asked for.

[@jimjamjimjam7700]

You don't need to be careful about this - it's a reasonable request 🙂

[@worldisfilledb]

I second that

[@risakinz3039]

The music is all my brain can hear i cant even focus on the stories

[@BenjaminEaster-b8b]

What about Junko Frutua?I indubitably believe that many of the individuals involved in her case, from the police officers to the jurors, perhaps even the judge, is traumatized to an irreducible extent 😢😮😢😢🫣🤮🤢

[@AhDollar]

​@@jimjamjimjam7700this is the internet, people's egos trump their logic and reasoning, stating opinions or suggestions is like navigating a nuclear minefield

[@66DoodleGal]

He killed a little girl because her mother yelled at his son….

[@RooneySparks]

Ok no thanks. After the first story I was horrified and by the 1:35 mark I can't even bring myself to listen for a second more. Fucking shit Christ, people who can stay in this profession are God-Level heros.

[@michaelkoukaras7515]

I was a Military Policeman for many years. After we reurned from Iraq we had to go through some re-training and watch some crime scene videos to reaclimate to the law enforcement part of our jobs. After that day I went and asked my Platoon Sergeant for a meeting. We had become pretty close friends during the deployment and I told him I didn't think I could do it anymore. Those photos and videos effected me deeply and told him I couldn't be impartial. He took me off the road rotation and got me to behavioral help.

[@split-wb7bg]

I watched the movie 'Snowtown' and it felt like having a root canal with no anesthesia. I feel so sorry for the men that had to work the case.

[@thecolt45a]

Love seeing someone mention the legend Lt. Joe Kenda

[@headinghome8914]

My buddy was a firefighter, he was the first on the scene to a bad motorcycle accident, turned out to be his brother who was decapitated, he became a serious alcoholic, and I can't blame him for it.

[@SynapticBoomstick]

She yelled at his son? She yelled. At his son?!

[@mullerlarco]

Oh man, the one about the girl crushed between two vehicles. I don't even know if it want to know that I wasn't gonna make it. For my sake, I wouldn't, but to get a chance to ask that a message be given to my family. Maybe. Idk. Just an absolutely awful situation

[@markiusgalfordii9248]

3 minutes 50 seconds in that's exactly why I stopped diving I found a body and I had to bring it back up for the cops because they're diver was another scene and I learned real quick to put the bag around the body before trying to lift it out of the water will never dive again

[@archygrey9093]

I don't even dive but i hate the thought of coming across a body while in the water, bothers me far more than the idea of coming across one on dry land.

[@V.Hansen.]

The burned toddler was the worst. Those people will burn in hell I hope

[@yungsorrow7145]

I knew a girl who was a paramedic who responded to a suicide call she said the guy looked like her boyfriend around the same age same looking room (assuming he had same interest as him) but she couldn't go through all that and had to quit

[@Legacy-sw7bv]

Grapevine story, but a guy I know had a history in either investigations or first responder. It started with a gunshot heard outside of a hotel and a loud thud. When first responders got there, they found a guy laying on the road/parking lot pavement with barely any of his face remaining (apparently, it looked similar to Predator). Crazy thing was that while he couldn't talk, he was lucid enough to understand and communicate with others. I believe the incident caused him to go blind and require a feeding tube, which diminished his quality of life so much that he killed himself within a few years. So what exactly happened? After a breakup he rented a hotel room, and near the window, shot himself in the face with a shotgun, blowing himself out of the window and onto the ground below.

[@skybryant1910]

The one with the girl pinned between 2 cars really got to me for some reason.

[@LadyAlteria]

You know...the one thing that I have noticed that is TRUE that Hollywood has done right is NEVER promise parents or guardians or ANYONE that you'll find their children or anything... Also that story of the girl pinned between the two cars reminds me of the beginning scene of Signs where the priest MC gets to talk to his wife for the last time while she's literally dying from being pinned between a car and tree

[@sailor_indra]

Last one is just heartbreaking, a father would die for his son, but kill for his daughter may they reunite in the afterlife, rest in power

[@jca7343]

I'd kill for my son too.

[@MaddysinLeigh]

14:30 my mom is from Flint and if I’m remembering the story correctly, her uncle lost three grandkids within a year: one died of leukemia at 14, I don’t remember the second (possible sports injury but idk), and the last died in a DUI while still in high school. He had gone to a party, got drunk, and decided to be responsible by not driving, so he was walking home. He was hit and killed by someone else that had attended the party and wasn’t being as responsible as him. This all happened about 94-96, and I only know this because my mom was close to her cousin whose daughter died of leukemia and my sister, born in 95, is named after her.

[@pegasus2892]

13:10 cases like these are why I support the death penalty despite being technically a "leftist"

[@jarrettodom3943]

There comes a point where everyone can agree that you just need to put someone down. Pedo's, rapist, and murderers don't deserve mercy, there is a limit and once you cross it the only thing you will get is a shanking.

[@prezbige]

Neither do companies that don't implement wealth equality

[@TBone4Breakfast]

@@prezbige Oh spare us.

[@bishop51807]

I not only because most of the time we suck at finding whos truly guilty and innocent. Unless all cases are as clear cut as that, we shouldn't.

[@Rubashow]

I think you need to weigh the death penalty against the probability to kill innocent people. We know that judges judge less harshly when they begin their shifts as opposed to when their workday ends. We know women and beautiful people get lighter sentences. We know minorities get sentenced more harshly than people of the majority. We know juries do not sentence to death as often as judges alone. So when people could have lived if they were white or beautiful or had a jury trial I think the death penalty is unacceptable. Society is just as safe if you put monsters behind bars forever.

[@DeltaPi314]

24:51 Absolute MadLad.

[@meyeneetuks4680]

That dude john wick’d that entire family

[@carolk5770]

Two 7 year old little boys swung out on a vine together & it snapped. My Uncle was a fireman who drug up the two boys (twins!!), & he said they were bloated & dead. He vomited. It disturbed him terribly, but he stayed with the fire Co. Everyone in town mourned those identical twin boys. They would be in their early sixty’s now, if alive. A true tragedy…..

[@KeyQuantum]

24:55 depressing story immediately followed by upbeat piano music

[@heyimcriss]

Hearing this alone gave me a panic attack... how awful to be those people

[@NothingYouHaventReadBefore]

To all cops, EMT's, paramedics, detectives, hell even lawyers and people who have nothing to do with this kind of stuff: There is no, and I mean none (and when I say none, I mean literally zero) shame in looking for external help after being confronted with stuff that messes you up. Doesn't matter how small it is. You deserve help for the things you need help with, and there's no shame in needing help. Nobody's perfect, and nobody can deal with seeing horrible things unless they have some kind of disorder that allows them to distance themselves from empathy. Love yourself. Edit: I want to get something off my chest in this regard. I studied law, and during the courses that deal with criminal justice, we get some truly awful stories. I once cried during class because of the story of a mother being confronted with her child's crushed head. I have no shame in saying that. I know of judges and lawyers with ptsd after having to watch evidence. Fucks you up.

[@simplywonderful449]

At 10:45, "STROGER" Hospital in Chicago is one of the main hospitals they take cops that have gunshot wounds, along with Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn. If you've been shot, those two places are the best ones to get treated.

[@michellezavala1355]

To all law enforcement, I thank you for doing what many can't or won't do. My sincerest prayers 🤗🙏✨ for all. Happy Wednesday everyone 😁.

[@tothjake94]

The story about the girl getting crushed between the cars is absolutely terrible

[@DominicTKC_Animations]

How is someone supposed to physically and mentally prepare to see someone else's insides

[@jesusofbullets]

Man, the one with the pinned girl has me tearing up at work. Worse than dying is knowing it’s coming and that there’s nothing you can do. At least she didn’t die alone.

[@RiskOdin]

jesus the one about the girl being pinned in between two cars and having to tell her she was going to die…. that’s so sad

[@derrick.t4031]

Ok that one about the 16 year old girl pinned and the trucks. That one would've been mine. Just staring at them. Knowing there will be no saving. That they are gonna die very soon. And telling them that we're putting them to sleep that they'll never wake up from. I honestly can't blame him for having a drinking problem following that. I've never even had a sip of beer in my life, but I know I would...

[@exxor9108]

When it comes to certain people, if they're broken past a specific point... no amount of therapy, medicine, or help from friends and family will work. That officer handling the situation with Snowtown, I'm truly afraid he was left as little more than a hollow shell...

[@hellekimery9416]

That rocking chair accident - makes no sense!! What was the chair made off even A typical rocking chair when it meets a toy or anything really swings the other way! No way you can crush and older ( say two and under ) child’s skull Makes zero sense !

[@MrJest2]

I didn't find the last story all *that* sad... in the end, justice was served. I'd have done the same if it were my daughter, even if the Judicial system had worked and they were convicted and imprisoned for a time. I'd be waiting for them to come out, after The System was through with them, then it would be my turn.

[@Fulldrag7802]

7:15, this story made me cry for a solid 10 minutes. I can’t even imagine how much pain this girl was in, and she was so young!! When she delivered her last words to the guy’s dad “tell my parents I’m sorry, and I love them” I just broke down. It takes a lot to make me cry, but that? That was too much. I never even knew this girl, but I pray that her parents stayed strong after her death. I’m glad she didn’t suffer much pain as she slipped away. May she Rest In Peace 💔😢

[@gabrielsfilms2086]

9:15 AND THIS IS WHY YOU DONT DRIVE FAST! ESPECIALLY IN A TRUCK!

[@logic_420]

My mom was a cop she saw a man get his head half blown off she was in her early twenties she got a new job at a retail store the following week and we moved a year later she refused to ever go back to the town or even the state

[@rayannejacobs8700]

My dad was on the Grand Jury of our modestly large city. He had to view ALL the evidence of a local notorious case. Guy from a much larger metropolitan area a couple hours away starts talking on social media with a local (barely) teenager. He comes down to see meet her secretly a couple times, gets her to perform certain sex acts on him, which he records. At his last visit, for whatever reason, he kills her and sets her body on fire. My dad had nightmares for weeks.

[@WantedCriminalProductions]

Thought of being a homicide detective before watching this video, and I'm still gonna go for that profession. These bastards need to be caught

[@Audreyparish001]

Same

[@chrislife1101]

The story with the girl being crushed.....all these stories were bad but that one get to my heart....the most

[@debussy9373]

Mike Eihrmentraut was a perfect fit for the thumbnail

[@stephanniestarr717]

I was born in Flint, and yes, the trophy was passed several years in a row. My sister was a court reporter and IDK how she managed to keep sane with the cases she heard. One of the juvenile cases was about five boys who killed one boy for his single pair of Nike hi-tops. Two of her mental cases involved the belief that the defendants' children were witches. I can't say how they decided to exorcise the witch out, but just wow.

[@OverlordofBadgers]

Goes from sad heartbreaking story to happy upbeat piano saloon music

[@optimaprime8970]

Indigenous women are largely forgotten. Let's keep the talk alive.

[@thelonggame9166]

9:20 I'm done now

[@garyesajas]

Almost man cried that single tear on that one...... jeeesus

[@jessicajohnston5693]

I am suprised I haven't cried, but I might have a hard time sleeping tonight... Here is my thoughts towards the horrible things that happen in this world. I try to honor them by remembering as much as possible so if I am ever in a place where I can do something about it, I will be able to do something about it. That way I am a part of the solution instead of allowing the problems to persist. If I look away then I am dishonoring their lives and what happened. It sucks, but I make sure to take good care of myself so that I can continue to fight the good fight. I might need a break from dark and disturbing things every once in a while, but I always return because I want to understand so I can create a better future.

[@olliesutton1804]

Accidence seen to hit so much harder then deliberate violence

[@yeotyou6396]

One time while swimming something brushed my hand, i kinda laugh and said "very funny" i reach down in the water and pull up a hand, no body, it still haunts me to think what happened to the rest of the body.

[@exactlyyoudumbass1533]

16:15 took the life and the innocence of a fucking child, A FUCKING CHILD, just because his son got yelled at

[@BrotherBarakiel996]

That last story oh my god

[@informationyes]

The fact that the parents on pcps first concern was to try divert blame to their son who they left inside the building is disgusting, zero concirn for others and literally zero accountability

[@awhryan]

3:40 You do not recognize the bodies in the water.

[@vicious3526]

Last story: The father did nothing wrong

[@annabellemingyah6813]

Justice is not necessarily right.

[@commanderpinkie7617]

Not related at all to the prompt but one of the stories about the cook county hospital is similar to my experience. It was peak COVID, the hospital had no extra rooms. We were all in the hallway, when I was wheeled in the first thing I saw was a dead body being covered. It was an old man. Im in the hallway for about an hour when someone comes in surrounded by police, he’s crying and screaming begging for painkillers or ANYTHING. He has a gunshot wound to the shoulder, he’s not bleeding anymore, but the bullet is still in there. Nurses cole by and very sweetly ask him, “could you try not to yell? We know you’re in a lot of pain but there’s people trying to sleep. Please don’t curse either, thank you.” And she walked away. I was pissed. This guy was in so much pain, he’s fucking SHOT, and that’s what they’re doing? Well, im mad. Plus in there for my mania, those combined are dangerous. So I get up and out of my bed, I have seizures so in a fall risk as well, I walk over to this guy. I have NO idea where the cops went, but they’re not there at this moment. I grab his hand, he gets startled, I came up from behind n just grabbed his hand. I start telling him he’s gonna be okay, he will get through this, he’s very strong. You know, just basic human decency. He looks at me and goes, “[My childhood nickname] is that you?” I look at this guy, we both have masks on so it took me a second to realize…This is a kid I went to elementary school with. I haven’t seen him since he quit school to pursue his successful music career. Not only was it a freak incident to make me be in the hospital to begin with, it ended with me comforting who I assumed was a total stranger, who was actually a childhood friend. I haven’t seen or heard from him since. After we realized who each other were, the cops came back and dragged me back to my bed. We were both yelling about how we knew each other and they should let us comfort each other. They ended up sedating me n giving me an empty oxygen tank…Thankfully I was awake enough to ask why the oxygen was making me sick and one of the nurses actually checked. I woke up in a room the next day with little recollection of what happened besides that moment. Obviously peak COVID, that was a hard no. But still one of the weirdest moments in my life. Out of all the venues he was preforming at, it was one nearest to the hospital I was in. What are the chances?

[@exxor9108]

Perfect video to assure in yourself that humanity is a lost cause, and how to perpetuate its destruction as quickly as possible.

[@ricksmith7490]

I wish we treated them the same way they treated others

[@archygrey9093]

Yep

[@inconnu4961]

Exactly! An eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth has its advantages. If people are going to kill or abuse, they will be far more humane about it!

[@athenarocks7657]

@Gi Gi I’ve seen a lot of your comments. I think you have some really great insights.

[@kierandepass1541]

Story at like 9:15 almost had me tear up at work

[@amberkat8147]

That last one was different, but not in a bad way. At least the bad guys finally got what they deserved, although it is sad that the father of their victim had to do it all himself. The ones with kids are the worse. I always wonder how anyone can do that and still consider themselves to be relatively normal and okay humans. I wonder if I could handle it. I don't have kids, so maybe from that aspect I'd be alright, but I doubt I could handle cases going unsolved or solved but the perps getting away with it. There's too much of a chance I'd take justice into my own hands too.