The horrifying true story of Katy Perry's ex

[@robm8746]

9:50 bottom right!!!

[@robm8746]

Except for my kid being born, this is the greatest day in the history of my life!

[@MrBallen]

winner! its Conor Mcgregor! Wes is actually flying to Las Vegas right now to see him fight!

[@leegaesswitz181]

Gosh darn you Robert.

[@proanimaluver6487]

Ok I think I saw him flip us off lololol bottom right Never mind I made my screen bigger and saw the pic lol BUT WAtch HIS HAND H E FLIPPED YOU OFF NOT ME LOL

[@chernobylsurvivor2398]

Already man you guys make it your jobs to find these things lol

[@NoNameEst1992]

He gets a year in prison for breaking into someone's house and assaulting them... But they drop it to 6 weeks because the prison is overcrowded 😂😂😂 what kind of broken ass legal system is that

[@celestecasale3156]

✨America✨

[@sauljahboi5965]

Too many murders have been perpetrated by people who were supposed to be in prison but instead were let back on the streets. Nonviolent offenders should be the only prisoners afforded any leeway. Justice System seems intent on letting the most psychotic prisoners out.

[@dillonlee2512]

You don’t know the fuckin half of it smh

[@suryadas6987]

@@sauljahboi5965 Yes, so true but be careful...you might offend all of the snowflakes here advocating for this violent killer.

[@goldennugget5680]

It is what it is

[@bethsenior5889]

MrBallen: doesn't have a million ads in his videos or spend a year at the start of each video talking about a sponsor: the real MVP

[@MrBallen]

🙏🙏

[@welsh.truth.dragon3914]

He doesn't click bait either xx

[@roolenoir3183]

No click baiting, wonderful story teller. I don’t mind the people with sponsors in fact it makes me so happy they’re doing well enough to get one.

[@Ena48145]

I think it's great when people get sponsored.. it's truly an accomplishment

[@PurrMore]

No words to express how thankful I am for these facts!! 🙌💕

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The fact that he went on a rampage before going out like that, is frightening, rest in peace to Cathy and her cat

[@bigbiemacaw]

And him to be fair, that wasn't him, it had to be something like the head injury, God love all involved, poor guy obviously had something bad going on, they all deserved a different outcome,...its all very sad..if my child went trough something like that I wouldn't be letting him go off to live else where, id want him close to keep an eye on the situation, its a bit of a fail on his parents part, I know they never could have known but they did know that was very out of caricature for there son...

[@thehitmanhimself6794]

you are everywhere

[@misspiggy4545]

off topic but you’re everywhere👁👄👁

[@refluxcatalyst7190]

@@bigbiemacaw God created the situation and allowed this insanity to happen by that logic. Not a very loving god that you describe.

[@AuRowe]

@@refluxcatalyst7190 God gave you the free will to judge why bad things happen😝

[@ObviousRises]

Sensitivity to light is a huge symptom of head injury

[@legoDragonfly-1]

True I think in many cases. My cerebellum herniating In to my spinal cavity (chiari malformation) and I have extreme light sensitivity thst got really bad when the herniation got bigger

[@user-ik1qj8ni4o]

I have idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and I get super sensitive to light, migraines, sensitivity to sound, and I have crazy outbursts (I mean not hurting anyone. Maybe cussing someone out but who knows what it coulda led to cuz it def made me short tempered) but I def don’t act like myself… unless they do a spinal tap to remove the csf fluids. So maybe he had an overflow of fluids in his brain.

[@TotalDec]

True

[@Esunasecta-zf9ov]

He was in Scientology, that was the problem

[@JulieCB1983]

​@legoDragonfly-1 wow- you have Chiari type 1 too? Do you also have Syringomyelia? I saw the comment on light and was hopping in here when you took the words out of my mouth. I have to wear sunglasses outside, some days even when overcast.

[@moon12349100]

imagine, a guy who doesn't even want to play a violent character to become such a monster over a head injury

[@rogerr6322]

Hollyweird people probably made him crazy.

[@Matty80822]

there's a fine line. sometimes erasing the feeling of guilt can make a monster vs a saint

[@Eventual-Visitor]

@@rogerr6322 The dude was a full blown top shelf Hollyweird crazy himself.

[@KJAlways]

That is a good observation. How ironic that is! Thanks for sharing this.

[@cheyennev8881]

Wow I didnt even think of that

[@javagoblin1585]

Imagine having a full career and a whole ass family to still be referred to as: Katy Perry's ex. lmao.

[@mayle2010]

Well this video was posted this year, way after the crime and way after SOA came out. Katy Perry is still relevant so it makes sense to choose this video title. Heck it got me to click on it.

[@javagoblin1585]

@@mayle2010 thats kind of my point. The relationship with Katy completely overshadows his entire career lol.

[@karolinapupi19977]

@@javagoblin1585 in fairness that is the reason why I clicked on this video

[@mistercrankypants]

Click Baity for sure.

[@zacharywilliams9708]

Id be happy to be known as that. Just having dated Katy perry would be the highlight of my life

[@fiona-lyons]

A friend of mine was hit in the head with a brick during a mugging. He was in a coma for about a week and came around with a.different personality. The sweetest,.kindest guy was suddenly aggressive, angry and rude. It took months for his previous personality to re-emerge. When you look at the worst killers you often find traumatic head injuries in their past. Never underestimate a head injury.

[@flannelpillowcase6475]

he's lucky to have a friend like you who stuck around through his dark times instead of just abandoning him. wish everyone could have loyal friends like that, myself included. glad he recovered from such a heinous crime, even if partially.

[@canterburytail2294]

Ay, my daughter is very young and is dating someone who has a TBI and I don't know him and worry about her because of how common TBI's and violence have been linked.

[@beetlejuice4357]

@@canterburytail2294 Have you told her about your worries. Maybe show her this video or something else to scare her away from him. Better to scare her than to for something to actually happen. I hope she is ok. Sometimes parents over worry so that may be the case also. I am a worry wort so no judgement.

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

We also have to make sure not to sensationalize head injuries as well. Not everyone that has a head injury will be a serial killer or even a bad person in general. My sister had a pretty bad head injury and she’s largely the same now. Just a few small changes.

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

@@canterburytail2294 don’t worry about that. I think she should be cautious, but no more cautious than around anyone else. My sister had a brain injury and she’s largely the same person. And not violent at all.

[@jessicagrace2817]

My adult son has had more than one serious head injury...to see the change in his personality has been one the biggest sorrows in my life

[@TheJoeml85]

I have had a bunch of terrible concussions I think it made me depressed I don’t know no know ever knows about head injuries

[@Silas-lc9op]

I'm sorry that happened 😢 ❤

[@dillon5889]

I’ve had about 8 in 4 years

[@toribern816]

I’m so sorry. 😞

[@Redlily5150]

Oh God bless you 🙏🏻 I couldn’t imagine what that must be like. 😢

[@luishizaru]

Johnny really died the day of that motorcycle accident; he was never the same after. The doctor who refused to diagnose him is incredibly incompetent.

[@MrAkaacer]

Science still knows very little about the brain. Doctors aren't magicians mate. What was he going diagnose him with? The mri scan didn't show any physical damage to the brain. Maybe if he stayed on his meds the second doctor prescribed, it would've helped. Short of a Judge slapping Johnny with a conservatorship, what else can be done? Johnny just sounds like an asshole.

[@casual_speedrunner1482]

@@MrAkaacer There WAS no MRI scan, and light sensitivity is a dead giveaway to a head injury. Couple that with the odd behavior and you’ve got such an obvious head injury someone who’s NOT a doctor would know it immediately.

[@bobsaturday4273]

thats a scary story in itself how bad most doctors are , just dope pushers for big pharma companies , not real doctors

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

exactly.

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

@@MrAkaacer maybe if the system would have taken better care of him and not release him, they would be better help mate.

[@AmericanMysticDegenerate]

Such a sad story for everyone involved. It sounds like he was a good guy before the potential brain injury. A lot of ruined lives

[@nancymalcom6190]

I'm with the brain injury crowd. Sounds like a frontal lobe injury. Such a shame.

[@chadcuckproducer1037]

Its not unheard of for trauma to kick mental illness into action. Also he was entering the age that schizophrenia tends to crop up.

[@pollypockets508]

It's insane that the doctor didn't do the MRI anyway. I don't understand why.

[@fawtyseven5516]

Yep. Especially that frontal lobe. I’ve seen a lot of meth users get like that and that drug wrecks havoc on that part of the brain.

[@angietyndall7337]

Agreed and there has to be a more in depth way to check for TBIs, because what was done by this guy proves this.

[@wes4522]

@@pollypockets508 It's up to the patient in the end unfortunately

[@sarakeller9881]

I work at a psychiatric hospital and head injuries are no joke. We have had a few that changed the person. I am very angry at the parents for not getting him care. They should have petitioned for gaudianship after the 2 arrest. There was plenty of evidence to at least get a temporary for medical intervention.

[@greenman8644]

Tell me, why is it that psychiatrists treat mental health disorders with brain trauma? I was given ect and my brain is fucked. You’re profession is a joke.

[@k.h.7575]

Yeah exactly!

[@MaryBywaters]

Well they were told that he didn't have a head injury and he refused to go and be checked out. I guess that they didn't know what to do. In fact there is a person on this thread that just said exactly that. Temporary_Human. It's about his wife and now he is prompted into action. Feeling bad and awful for not realising to get her help sooner.

[@dianecooper5523]

A friend of mine was car surfing in a park. (Stupid!) They hit a speed bump and you guessed it, he fell and landed on his head. He quit breathing 3 different times, before the teenagers called 911. They were scared to get in trouble while this poor boy is dieing. But he was saved and went through hell trying to relearn things again. He was sent to a special hospital for brain injured people. But even 14 years later. He is sooo different than he was. So sad and scarey. Cause he would physically hurt people and laugh. It was hilarious to him. He was not like that. So many changes.

[@OpalandOogum]

Agreed! My cousin when thru 2 tbi. The 1st one was so bad it actually but chsnged the color of his hair. He was my best frirnd our whole lives and the head injury changed him so much he turned on me ehich resulted in my dog dying. Theres alot of people walking around like that and people dont realize

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

My whole life I've always known my uncle as an erratic, impulsive, and angry man easily prone to violence and making bad choices that landed him in prison. My mom told me he wasn't always like that he was a very different person before I was born, she said he was smart, kind, compassionate. Then he was t boned by a drunk driver, he survived but sustained a serious brain injury after that he was never the same. Even after he died of liver disease my heartbroken mother said "we finally put your uncle to rest, I wish you got to meet my real little brother but he died all those years ago in that car crash"

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

How sad.

[@glendalynda6587]

I sm so sorry. My cousin had a head injury and he totally changed at the end of his life. He became violent and tried to murder my brother. He was murdered. His craziness caused it.

[@bluesakura2092]

i’m sorry to hear that

[@glendalynda6587]

@@bluesakura2092 It was sad he changed so much. People in the family didn't want him around.

[@mysuperduperlife]

i wanna give ur mom a hug :( sad story, i feel for u guys.

[@keenan1972]

The poor old lady. She was just living life and helping young gifted people out. So sad

[@gummy5862]

That’s why you cannot let mentally unstable people into your life.

[@Mr.CliffysWorld]

@@gummy5862 ... Or your home lol

[@chiefyovany572]

@@Mr.CliffysWorld no shit

[@gregoryhitchcock5258]

He need serious medical help it's sad.He have got the proper medical help earlier this could have been stop.

[@hbtm2951]

@@gregoryhitchcock5258 So i learned his parents were Scientology members can't confirm but if it's true, they are directly responsible for this.

[@commonomics]

Johnny died the day of his motorcycle accident. After that it was a different person.

[@halosaskew6001]

Could be a walk in.

[@mslee4495]

That's exactly what I was thinking some one or something else took over.

[@brittanyw.9351]

@@user-ct1md9lw9d I don't think he's making up excuses. At least in my eyes, what Johnny did was horrifying. I think he sustained a brain injury in that accident and who he was changed. Look into frontal cortex injuries -- though I've not heard of one to cause this extreme of behavior shift that quickly, it has to be more than that, I'd think. And then when he went to the one Doctor, they didn't handle it correctly, and because Johnny was an adult, there wasn't a lot anyone could do to force him back to the Doctors. Whole thing is a series of unfortunate events. It's sad Cathy paid with her life for it, because who Johnny was died the day of the accident.

[@deinellpugs]

@@halosaskew6001 true. Like Jim Morrison

[@lovingmayberry2000]

CM. Very true.

[@temporary_human]

I got something out of todays episode. I need to figure out how to help my wife, shes not the same, and she's had recent head injuries. I feel beyond bad for not putting it together sooner. Thank you for this. I miss her and she needs help. I feel so awful.

[@janeconnelly9221]

I have been dealing with the same with my teenage daughter for the past 3 years. It’s impossible to get help through insurance. Try looking into Prodrome Glia and exercise with oxygen therapy.

[@gaston6800]

Any update?

[@henryviii4010]

re you ok?

[@DiamondCake2]

😂😂😂😂

[@MeowingCat835]

​@@DiamondCake2what's so funny, bro?

[@MummaQuan]

Dan is a real one for saving that random worker guy. Easily could’ve just called the cops and not gotten involved, but he stepped in and helped the dude get away.

[@YoloMasterGamerTag]

That’s back in the days, now people would let the worker die and record for KZbin

[@misseselise3864]

yeah it takes some massive balls to do that. and i bet the they were terrified once they learned what he was capable of

[@holygraiIclips]

@@YoloMasterGamerTag its sad but true

[@Slimpster520]

@@YoloMasterGamerTag back in the day? It was like 2012. That wasn’t that long ago. Lolok

[@leecourtney9968]

Call the police and wait 20-25 minutes to watch this idiot kill the worker really? bleeding-heart liberals they're all over the place damn?

[@bettyboopluv23]

The drastic change in his personality right after the bike accident is evidence enough for me to lean towards traumatic brain injury. It’s too much of a coincidence for it to not be.

[@BUSTRCHERRI]

I know right? Even Katy Perry said in an interview about him just after the whole ordeal. She said she couldn't put a finger on him and his mood swings. It was like one minute he was hot n then cold yes n then no in n then out up n then down....

[@jeffreythomas515]

@@BUSTRCHERRI 🤯

[@dawgwithabone6826]

Agree, Such a tragedy in so many ways.

[@Taushathetech]

@@BUSTRCHERRI this is a joke my husband of 15 years would make. What annoys me is I still didnt catch it immediately. 😑😆

[@jungleviper]

Hi Sam

[@WaotJay]

My young in-law was in a bad car accident. He turned up to the house and stole some things which was out of character. He was also speaking out of character to family. He died three days later.

[@MrBallen]

This has a slow build up, and a wild ending that happens suddenly without much warning.

[@NiteStorm324]

Here before this is famous

[@peter1135]

Another great video MrBallen!!!

[@nightdreams2552]

I think it's sad I know you can't force treatment, but I think I would at some point

[@teewhy7075]

Insane story. Never knew.

[@danielar4488]

I'm 100% addicted to the strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format! And the best part: my bf is too, so usually when we do something together we also listen to u together. Lots of love from Slovakia.💗

[@whoodatihz]

It's like, he got stuck in the character he didn't like playing.

[@_luckicharms]

damn maybe his head injury was so severe that his brain was unable to disassociate his acting roles from his real personality.

[@leratonakin1832]

Wildddd

[@zookuki]

Also thought about it, but his character was actually not violent at all, so nah. (also not British 😆)

[@ItsMeTyScott]

I had a TBI when i was 16 i put my body between me and a girl sitting on the center consel and I went through the windshield of a jeep. I can definitely attest to the violent outbursts and dramatic change in personality at times these days it doesnt happen as often but sometimes the littlest things will trigger me to become violently angry ive had to learn to control it because i wasnt going back to prison for a 4th time the previous 3 definitely did nothing to help my condition other than give me a place where i didnt get in as much trouble for beating people, quite literally half to death but hey ive been managing to cope alot better these last 8 years I've been free.

[@AdrianaHernandez-zr9gd]

@@ItsMeTyScott im sorry to hear about that,what a shame and broken system,😣 I really wish you the best and I'm happy your able to control it for the most part 🤍

[@aluthebhaja7528]

*Me finally thinking of completing my assignment * Mr Ballen: I don’t think so kid!

[@spaidsmain]

You in school still?

[@aluthebhaja7528]

@@spaidsmain yes. I’m in 11th grade

[@prixietrixie_]

I'm in 12th Grade

[@kailaayling9989]

big love and huge respect london uk x

[@Humanzzz]

@@prixietrixie_ wtf is 12th YOU GOTTA DO 12 YEARS?

[@Prelooker]

This story reminds me of Michael Hutchence, INXS' singer. He suffered a tiny head injury and it changed him so much, he ended up taking his own life.

[@BernieKnapp-h3n]

I watched a documentary about him. It was so sad what happened to him. He ended up hanging himself. He was such a talented young man.

[@Prelooker]

@@BernieKnapp-h3n I loved INXS. I watched the documentary too. Heartbreaking! And such a silly incident ruined his life!

[@marzigeisha]

It wasn't a tiny head injury, he cracked the back of his head on a curb after being punched in the face. His skull was fractured and he didn't seek medical attention for 3 days. It changed him forever.

[@madarab37]

He had a major head injury. Helena thought he was dead.

[@lovemissle]

It could go the other way around. Always in trouble as a teenager... In a fight a guy broke a bat on my head. No blood on the floor, It was all on the ceiling. Became Christian after, Got married. Now I have 2 wonderful boys

[@jakehixon4073]

The strangest thing is that he left sons of anarchy because it was too violent but then became so violent in his personal life. Very scary that a brain injury can cause this.

[@egregiousfilmin4842]

Or if he did have schizophrenia, they usually have triggers that worsen their auditory/visual hallucinations - if he had angry voices yelling at him all the time in his head he probably wouldn't have enjoyed being around more anger, externally. One of my best friends hates clowns because one manifestation of her schizophrenia (the one that apparently bothers her the most) is a big face with exaggerated features that laughs at her at inappropriate times.

[@mariapalladino2473]

Read what happens to the singer of INXS. He had a head injury and lost his sense of smell. He was never the same after that. A blow to the brain can change a person so much. It’s crazy.

[@cappiece3786]

Maybe it was sons of anarchy

[@multi-mason]

@cappiece3786 exactly what I was thinking. The show was about a violent motorcycle gang. It was a motorcycle accident that somehow triggered his personality change. Coincidence?

[@cappiece3786]

@@multi-mason maybe but very strange 🤔

[@peydaee_]

He probably ended up with frontal lobe damage. The frontal lobe damage can cause change in personality, difficulty in interpreting ones environment, as well as not being able to adequately assess risks and danger. He basically lost his self control.. I wish someone was able to help him because Cathy and her cat didn’t deserve to have died.

[@jguenther3049]

Frontal lobe damage can result in the limbic brain (AKA The Guardienne, “automatic self,” or “adaptive unconscious”) taking over. It's capable of going through the motions of everyday life, more or less, but it has no conscience. This reminds me of the case of Phineas Gage, the railroad foreman who had an iron tamping bar blown through his brain. He lived for about 12 years afterward, but those who had been close to him said he wasn't the Phineas Gage they once knew.

[@michellemuskeyn5070]

He should’ve had a lobotomy

[@jguenther3049]

@@michellemuskeyn5070 So your cure for damaged frontal lobes is more frontal lobe damage?

[@peydaee_]

@@michellemuskeyn5070 that would have most likely made him comatose.

[@keetahbrough]

the frontal lobe processes emotion. emotion does not originate from the brain. emotions are physiological. so when the frontal lobe is damaged , control of emotion is effected.

[@TheLadyWoreBlack73]

People have no understanding of how life changing head injuries really are until it happens to them.

[@Nturner822]

100%…it’s terrifying to discover that, for better or worse; you’re a different person. You lose your identity and become terrified of your own capabilities

[@bigdadddyd123]

After 6 diagnosed concussions over 8 years of football and dozens and dozens of un diagnosed bell ringings that I just pretended like I was ok so I didn’t miss time playing I can tell you for certain I am a completely different person after every single head trauma event. I’m still fucked up and will be for the rest of my life. I’m 27 now I stopped playing football at 19…

[@cincin4515]

Can be worse for the family.

[@mikaellindqvist5599]

It sounds on the story he didnt after the fact either...

[@mikaellindqvist5599]

@@bigdadddyd123 In Swedish icehockey youre not allowed to continue playing after your fifth i believe.

[@RainRaiHan-cz9be]

He’s behaving violently and unstable and his father thinks it’s a good idea to send him to live at the villa? Like what?

[@lizsegal5328]

The doctors failed him and everyone that was affected by his brain injury behaviour...a truly tragic story.

[@mkv2718]

his parents did too. they should’ve dragged him to the hospital and told the doctors what what going on themselves. i live with someone with a brain injury, you cannot just expect them to tell the drs everything that is going on

[@westnblu]

@@mkv2718 I still think he had undiagnosed psychological issues. The head injury accentuated this. There were things going on with him prior to that bike ride that were not addressed.

[@WhateverDude38]

@@mkv2718 I think that depends on the state you reside whether or not you can be admitted by someone else if you're an adult. It is really sad though.

[@endlessvoid4278]

Sounds right to me. Obviously wasn't normal behavior so poor guy must have had bad brain damage. Maybe even something that wasn't found ,or just plain crazy.

[@SphereOfStreaming]

@Chris Shaffer If they really loved him then they wouldve

[@HoneyCat_Comb]

Johney: gets in an accident where he hits his head, and starts acting differently. His parents: hey I think he has a head injury police: hey I think this guy has a head injury. People at the jail: I think this guy has a head injury. Doctor: no hes fine

[@junechevalier]

They took the doctor's words as religion

[@ung427]

Yes, the doctors should be held accountable.

[@calebbailea8125]

Doctor : he didn’t have insurance so he’ll be “fine”

[@ki11erdevi18]

He’s*

[@YedolfWesler]

I AM SCIENCE! YOU DISAGREE WITH SCIENCE!?

[@allisonthompson8221]

That's terrifying to think that a brain injury could alter your character that much. That is just such a terrible thought and I feel so bad for him and everyone else involved.

[@zanejackson-cl9ds]

I think it's the TYPE of brain injury plus acting plus success stress that truly caused the character change and idk if I would call his character changed so much as scrambled

[@gregmoyers7757]

Not sure if head injury did this. Schizophrenia and bipolar conditions often don't show up until adulthood. If he had taken his meds he might still be alive and so would be his victim.

[@rachie7744]

My husband suffered a TBI. I barely recognized him for years. We were fortunate enough that I was able to provide him with a few years of rest (he didn’t have to work or overly stress himself) so that he was able to heal. But it’s only been the last year I have finally started to see the man I married. That means I took over three years. And I also want to note I spent time in college studying brain injuries-this is really common, and the tests don’t have ways of looking at parts of the brain that change/effect personality. It’s all very tragic and if anything, I am surprised that Johnny couldn’t find a better specialist living in Hollywood

[@Sara-xk1ns]

It’s scary to me bc a lot of times the injured doesn’t notice or feel the changes everyone else is seeing so they think everyone is out to get them or crazy, and it usually takes something drastic for them to see it. I feel like he was failed by the medical and juridical system, they had many opportunities to get him diagnosed whatever the outcome was. Could’ve prevented such a tragedy.

[@kittyblossom7342]

Brain injury alters a person's personality by 180 degrees.

[@kmduarte2005]

One of my good friends was in a very bad motorcycle accident and ended up with two skull fractures. Before the accident he was a sweet, silly, docile guy, but after the crash he was easily irritated, and would rage fit for little, to no, reason at all. His personality completely changed. My heart breaks knowing he’s hurting like that.

[@hawyadoin1175]

What a crazy story. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard about this. I was a huge fan of SoA and Half Sack was always a likable character. It’s sad that he never accepted the treatment that he obviously needed.

[@moderatelyamusing94]

Same. He was one of my favorite characters on SoA

[@brandonblackwell3295]

Yes

[@NepentheBlue]

After Johnny's motorcycle accident, when he was at the acting class and began speaking in a British sounding accent makes me think of Foreign Accent Syndrome. It's a real thing, very rare, and sufferers find themselves suddenly speaking in an accent completely unlike their own. It's theorized to be the result of a brain injury. If only Johnny had gone to have an MRI, like his parents had urged.

[@virginiaviola5097]

A lady I knew spoke with an Irish accent after a stroke. Not Irish, never been to Ireland..she was Australian. I also knew of a very elderly Italian woman who woke up from a stroke speaking only Spanish, for reasons no one in the family could understand. When family were doing research for a family tree they discovered that she had been born in Argentina, but her parents had returned to live in Italy when she was 2 or 3 years old.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

This is why we need to make it easier to place people like this under temporary conservatorship. It's so clear as his behaviors worsen and his crimes escalate that he does not have the mental capacity to make decisions for himself until his condition is diagnosed and stabilized. There was a study that was done that found prison populations have three times higher rates of frontal lobe dysfunction than the general population, which would indicate brain dysfunction plays a big role in criminality. Forcing treatment instead of punishing through prison can help a good portion of criminals reform. The ones who can not reform and are dangerous due to severe brain disfunction or mental illness that doesn't respond to treatment should be put in some sort of permanent asylum where they can continue to try new treatments and be given some human dignity instead of being treated like a criminal who committed crimes by choice, while protecting society from them.

[@dorothyzijlstra5626]

True, I was thinking of this too.

[@Squirrelmistress]

he stopped doing the accent once someone asked him why he was doing it.

[@imgoldenspyder9409]

A relative of mine had a serious head injury, after he came out of a coma, he spoke with an English accent for a short period, he wasn't even aware of it & everyone was surprised by it since he was never around anyone with an English accent. He has become agoraphobic ever since the injury & doesn't like to stray too far from his home. Sad to see the change especially considering that he used to be an extremely outgoing, social & popular young man, animated, full of life, funny, talkative & entertaining, a dare devil who loved an audience--after the injury, he had a problem with understanding personal space or proper, censored conversation when around others which made people feel extremely uncomfortable, some individuals even threatened him physical harm & this has led unfortunately, to his isolating himself from the world, he's become quiet & reclusive & has anxiety attacks whenever he leaves his home. Brain injuries can definitely turn a person into someone entirely different.

[@fructosecornsyrup5759]

It's so, so scary how easily a normal person can become something sinister because of a simple injury.

[@thatguy7715]

Nothing simple about a brain injury .

[@az9498]

Yeah, Joe Rogan has had some guests on that had a head injury that ended up completely changing their personalities. Such as Rosanne. We're all just a compilation of a bunch of chemicals.

[@sirfgmk2]

This what my mom always says, if you want to discipline your children don't ever put your hands on their heads.

[@jbri1]

@@sirfgmk2 don't hit them ever*

[@vl4394]

​@@az9498 Well, not really, we're by no means a "chemical soup" as they say. Have to remember, our entire body was assembled from raw material via the intelligence of a single cell, and a single cell is like a city inside We're a bunch of highly organized material, and tragically you can never truly know the entirety of yourself.

[@MarblePizzaLover23]

Ohhhhh “The one that got away” I knew that sounded oddly specific 😢 Poor Katy Poor dude God Bless them both This is truly sad I had no idea this happened And we were huge Katy Perry fans growing up

[@reverendsig]

I have a traumatic brain injury from a car accident. It changed my entire life. Scholarship was gone, career was gone, wife left me. I spent years in chaos. It took me getting real help and settling down to focus on family to even begin to turn it around. It makes me sad that Johnny was unable to get the help he needed earlier. Thank you for approaching this subject so carefully, MrBallen. Edit: Thank you for the kind words, everyone. Since posting this, I finished seminary and began making use of the ordination I received in 2016 but was too depressed to utilize. I now serve as a priest of a small chapel in a remote Southwestern town helping those in need by way of volunteer work and spiritual counseling. Helping others in the name of God has helped me to find the meaning I was searching for and I recommend all who have suffered from such trauma do the same. God bless you, friends,

[@Keny990]

Hey FF, would you like to explain to me how you found a cure to your problems? It might help me a lot too. Kind regards

[@Keny990]

@@reverendsig Thanks for your answer, as im still pretty young this is bad news for me. I´m looking for a doc that might help me one day, but so far the search is devastating. I wish you all the best for the future. regards R.

[@reverendsig]

@Nancy Hollo thank you. God bless.

[@reverendsig]

@@Keny990 Be strong, friend.

[@atashgallagher5139]

He and his family were apparently hardcore scientologists, and scientology *HATES* psychiatry for... reasons.

[@kayoss8787]

Frontal lobe head injuries are now one of the leading hypothesis for serial killers. All of the major ones have a confirmed and unconfirmed head injuries.

[@razeezar]

I knew that Fred West had a brain injury (from an accident in his youth if I recall) - I wasn't aware of any confirmed or unconfirmed head injuries for any of the other major sk's that spring to mind.

[@2121-w7s]

What about all of the serial killers that were part of the mk ultra trails.... ohh don’t cancel me 🤣

[@candicecrawford2996]

That tracks

[@batintheattic7293]

Definitely an extremely exacerbating factor. Also, I've never heard of a naturally aggressive/antisocial person becoming more peaceful after a frontal lobe injury. It always seems to go the other way. I wonder if there's also a heritability to these kinds of personality changing head injuries, too. When we hear about killers and people, who have been violent from an early age (or, indeed, children who are violent and/or killers), we usually find that they've come from violent and disfunctional backgrounds. So, we have been putting the manifestations squarely at the feet or learned behavior and/or a bit of genetics. What if violent parents, generation by generation, smacking their children around is actually procuring character changing head injuries that in turn lead to the children being more violent and abusing their own children? Mostly, we raise our children to avoid drugs. We try. We rarely put any effort into raising them to avoid activities that could cause physical brain damage. In some parts of the UK - it's almost seen as a mark of parental love to give the boys mini motorbikes. Get them out banging their heads up as soon as possible.

[@atashgallagher5139]

@@batintheattic7293 I don't think so, people have been getting genital mutilated for thousands of years and yet every baby boy is still born with a foreskin and every girl is born with intact labia. there could be epigenetic changes that get passed down but likely those would be changes related to healing brain injuries which would make them less likely to get sever brain damage that won't heal. One thing that could very much get passed down is hormone levels, neurotransmitter levels, and variations in brain structure. now none of that really discounts your theory, but what does discount your theory at least to me, is that domestic violence, pedophilia, murder, serial murder, rape, and most other violent offenses are usually committed by someone who had violence or abuse done towards them in their child hood, but the important part is that this correlation is only seen in men, and women who commit violent or abusive crimes have no more or less chance than any other woman to have been abused or hurt in the past. If it was something getting passed on generation to generation why would it only ever have an effect on men when women commit almost as many violent or abusive crimes the only exception being murder. also if you look at it from an evolutionary perspective passing on chronic injuries to your children is the stupidest possible thing imaginable, sure it could be able to happen a little bit but those people who have the ability to pass on physical trauma to their children would be very quickly weeded out of the gene pool as that family would slowly degenerate over time.

[@iridescence51]

That irony in this story is truly heartbreaking. Johnny disliked violence to the point he needed to get off Son of Anarchy for his own good. Only to get in a motorcycle accident and end up doing the what he left the show for, except obviously for real. Head injuries are really something else.. in some stories, people turn from an average person to a genius at something. Or from a kind person into something fearsome. I find it interested, but frightening, how even a single well placed punch could change someone’s personality like that.

[@oneyplayes465]

Yea, so true. I am starting to look at concussions more and more serious now.

[@acrock21]

obviously he was probably having flash backs to his set on SOA

[@FalseShepherd]

Yeah there was so many Victims in this story Johnny was also one of them when he had that accident he was never Johnny. If that accident never happened things could have been different.

[@jokerspudding1192]

@@acrock21 that's what I've been saying me and my friend got I to an conversation about this mainly cause half Sack was my favorite character besides Jax and Opie

[@acrock21]

​@@jokerspudding1192 He probably hit his head so hard that it damaged his memory... and since he had worked so hard on his character and given it so much emotion... his brain grabbed onto the memory of his character and his emotion from the show. He literally became what he hated. That doesnt change that he did what he did.

[@RobRoss]

They should have autopsied him and studied his brain to see if they could find any physical damage from the accident that might explain his behavior.

[@itstoad5779]

I knew Cathy Davis when I was a kid. My folks are good friends with one of the people who lived at the villa from time to time and I have many very fond memories of holiday parties there. She was an incredible woman who deserved so much better.

[@lanadeltorro7663]

My condolences. Incredibly sad. 💔

[@dakweenlyrics409]

Damn, I’m so sorry x

[@abbynelson7289]

Thank waiZqqq

[@mikemadore8856]

We dont give a fuck

[@dakweenlyrics409]

@@mikemadore8856 shut up Mike!! Yes we do

[@benmacdhui]

After his accident, the light sensitivity, to the extreme in his case- is a dead giveaway of a head injury.

[@kojack635]

People with migraines also have extreme light sensitivity

[@afterthestorm7012]

@P. R. A great combination of incompetent doctors and questionable parental concerns. Throw some pills at it.

[@flyhog8574]

@@afterthestorm7012 did you hear the same thing I did. The dad kept urging his son to go to a doctor that would look into the head injury. He didn’t just “throw pills at it”.

[@afterthestorm7012]

@@flyhog8574 I'm sorry you're right the dad did urge him to see a doctor.

[@lindahurst7114]

YES! Think about CTE. Remember Aaron Hernandez?

[@luisangeles487]

He ended up being the guy he never wanted to be

[@ombeth]

Really good point

[@KimberlyHarge]

Wow, yeah talk about life imitating art, or vise versa.😧🤔😔

[@user-bg5or2ck5x]

Ah man, this made me really sad 😔

[@ellamayoxoxo9510]

This comment made me so sad 😞

[@hyperspacejester7377]

People often find their destiny on the path they took to avoid it!

[@judithwest4183]

Thank you for telling a full story in a reasonable amount of time. No one has an hour and a half for every agonizing detail of a story. Great job!!

[@Armymanstan98]

The like button’s therapist: “So tell me about the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious.” The like button: *screaming*

[@bruh.4992]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioeqnGOZgtd0edk,,

[@spaidsmain]

Lól

[@chadcuckproducer1037]

Sorry. I get this mistake all the time. Im not a therapist. Im the rapist.

[@jacklinks6097]

3.2 million subscribers. Good job

[@tiddlesa.6125]

@@chadcuckproducer1037 ohhkayyy?

[@jackshoplock3846]

Hits is head Everyone- “I think he might have a head injury” Doctor- “ … Nah, it’ll be fine”

[@RWBU]

head injury smead injury lol

[@karylkline6442]

I have a friend who got a head injury in a low speed crash 2 years ago. She was rearended on a highway ramp and slammed her head on the window. She has some bad long term effects and was misdiagnosed several times and was delayed for diagnostic tests and it is a damned shame she may have been better off if treated early. She was an actress and she felt it was her true identity and now is in a totally different life

[@mosspiglet8766]

The fact his parents and friends noticed his changed behaviour, and that his father booked MRI scans for him, twice, makes me believe he had an undiagnosed head injury. What a real shame that a gentle man, as he once was, became so violent.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Except the jail doc caught it -

[@porsche962lemans]

Typical doctors. Always a good idea to get a second opinion. I know he didn’t want to but wish the family tried a little harder.

[@salutechewmobilekitchencat7703]

My daughter has TBI from a trampoline fall. Doctors refused to do any imaging at the ED and no one listen that she was "different" after this for three years. Finally I found a doctor that took my concerns seriously and tested her. November 2019, she got a tbi diagnosis. Advocate for yourselves and your loved ones!

[@ashleycharlton1713]

Yes u have to unfortunately we are human in healthcare and are usually understaffed...however any fall with the slightest chance of head trauma HAS to get a CT scan to rule out a cranial bleed or hematoma it's just a given however not all professionals are professional or may be focused on less important factors...

[@marlenet5115]

Always do what you think is right. If you feel a doctor is not doing what they should, insist or get another opinion. Always fight for your loved ones!

[@RobinSueWho]

This past 1.5 years have proven to me that just because someone has a medical degree doesn't make them intelligent. Too many stupid drs in the world so you have to persevere until you get an intelligent one.

[@dewisudiastuti6198]

My father was the sweetest and kind person, or so my mother, family and people around us said (I wasn't born yet during this period 😅). One day he got hit and run when he was just standing by the sidewalk, hence where he got his head injury and he never the same person again. He was a mess bipolar, his mood swings is so severed that once he killed our dog bare hand, causing a deep trauma to me and my older sister since we witness it. I would say it's lucky that our family survived with no harm at all from him. His manic period limited to destroying stuff (except once with the dog 😭), never violence to his own family. It was back in the 70's and we're from third world country, there's no advance medication or therapy for this kind of mental illness. Never underestimate a head injury, sometimes it caused an angel turn into a devil.

[@RobinSueWho]

@@dewisudiastuti6198 I'm so sorry that happened to you, your family AND your father. If he did sustain a tbi (traumatic brain injury) he and everyone he loved was robbed of his true loving nature and it caused sorrow for all around you. Anytime anyone really gets any type of knock/hit to the head an mri should be done but as you said, your country may not have had that available. I hope you all are doing better these days.

[@musk-eteer9898]

definitely johnny had head injury, his symptoms were very similar to what football players had called CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

[@proudpatriot3491]

Poor guy goes from not wanting to play a violent character to being as brutal as some of the SoA characters. I believe the motorcycle crash did something to him

[@marq0992]

Just gotta state that it is no excuse though.

[@proudpatriot3491]

@@marq0992 I totally agree, so unfortunate this happened.

[@gunsbunsandfun]

This guy is like a horror movie killer. He feels no damage, he is extremely strong, and he doesn’t talk.

[@colecampbell1906]

​@@marq0992 i mean it kinda is a solid excuse.... brain damage causing you to do things you wouldn't have ever done normally is probably the one thing that could excuse him doing it.

[@caleb2631]

I don’t think that it could be used in my eyes saying “I have a mental disorder it wasn’t my fault” so I don’t rly feel bad it just kinda sucks to see such a good guy go to that real easy just from something a doctor possibly didn’t see

[@AllScarsHealTarotcardreader]

Am I the only one who NEVER finds the secret !! You’re too captivating! Best story teller

[@LizONLY]

Same! Im always so busy listening I never see it. I heard a rumor "the secret" was going away? I hope its not.

[@flipnasty2296]

Nope lol I've never found it once even when someone points it out i can't find it

[@GlowBowlPhilosophy]

Definitely not the only one lol I never see it either.

[@liz6799]

You're not alone...I can never find it either 😄

[@watchmeeatfatbellydancer5864]

I never see it even if ppl give the answer 😂

[@TheTamsicles]

Mr Ballen: a woman AND HER CAT needlessly died. As if there weren’t any more reasons to love Mr. Ballen, he makes sure to mention the cat and the importance of his/her death as well. Poor woman and kitty 😿

[@SonikPanther]

Why are you afraid to misgender a cat?

[@erismana2105]

@@SonikPanther * eye roll

[@Anne-qr2si]

For animals you don't know the gender, It is used

[@NikkiRyan1979]

@@SonikPanther 😂🤣👍🏻

[@donibgurung3995]

Pp

[@amyvartanian7729]

Thank you for your videos I am a disabled parapalegic so I get board quite easily.i spend allot of time looking for things to keep my mind occupied. I really appreciate your topic choices, and presentation, your gift of story telling! I find myself égaged through the story, which I find challenging with most podcasts as the can tend to be more about themselves then the story they are telling! I just sub'd you and I look forward to more content! Thanks again!😊

[@doevix5445]

Ahhhh. Sending you much love. We never know what hand we will get dealt when we get here. And regardless we must endure and learn through whatever comes our way. Thank you for your service to humanity in enduring what must not be easy. The most precious beauty grows from adversity 🙏🫶🫂

[@jerrimccombs3928]

Thank you for your service..I have severe depression that often keeps me isolated indoors and I too find many podcasts hard to follow n even tho I don’t like dark stories-Mr ballen has a way of making them interesting n I just love his attention to detail n storytelling that captivates me! 😅❤ god bless you

[@randomshit65]

If ya ever wanna play some online chess or just bs I am always down!

[@DJDickieH]

The irony is that he became the very thing he left his job for in the end, with his acting role. Hope they all found peace in the end.

[@shitmandood]

Some found piece.

[@celestialgz]

I thought the same. it's so sad

[@hunterrr9196]

Fr shouldve just chased the bag 😥

[@Chill-mm4pn]

It seems like he was repressing his aggression and it came out when he took a knock to the head. Crazy story.

[@Sonar_125]

Hi richard

[@Hentao]

This one was really sad. Cathy was such a good person, giving space and helping a lot of people that are trying a difficult path, she didn't even care for johnny's jail background, she was just happy to help

[@WhitneyDahlin]

The cat part was just too much for me. Yeah it wasn't his fault because of traumatic brain injury. But I blame his family. They KNEW he had a brain injury, they KNEW he was acting strange and committing crimes. He was behaving violently. They needed to have him committed. They should have asked a judge for power of attorney. All they had to do was call 911 say he's having a mental health crisis and they'll keep him for three days and ask the doctors at the hospital to recommend they get power of attorney so he can receive further treatment. They failed their son. Just like the parents of the werewolf killer Mr.Ballen did a video on. They failed their son too. Don't fail your family members who are in mental health crisis. Call 911 get them evaluated. Please. If you choose not to do this the blo od's on your hands when something like this happens and your mentally ill loved one hurt someone.

[@zeuxlaught2797]

@@WhitneyDahlin true. and his family was bailing him out for no reason.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

@@zeuxlaught2797 oh my God I forgot about that! Yeah you're exactly right that makes everything so much worse. They should have left him in jail where he couldn't hurt anyone and he would have been transferred to a mental hospital, and a judge definitely would have ordered he get inpatient treatment. They literally had to do nothing to get him treatment all they had to do was not bail him out over and over again. Man this whole situation is a tragedy. The parents had to have failed their son like ten times in a row for this tragedy to happen. And that's exactly what they did. I hope they feel guilty for it. But something tells me that their the type of people who sleep well at night and don't blame themselves at all.

[@Rattlsnke]

@@WhitneyDahlin I would not compare this to the werewolf family. I believe his parents loved and cared for him and did what they thought was best. It is hard enough to leave your child in jail, but it was making him significantly worse. They kept trying to get him to go to more doctors to find out what was wrong with him, but he kept skipping appointments and if he did go he would not go to the follow ups. As for calling 911 to have him committed, that is often more traumatizing than it is helpful and they rarely hold you more than 24-32 hours, luckily. I think sending him back to the writer’s villa was not an irrational decision. Of course you would not believe your son would murder an old friend, especially when he has only had a few violent outbursts on strangers, not friends or family. Going to a familiar, peaceful place, where he could express his artistic passion could be thought of like a form of therapy. There are many drug rehabilitation centers similar to this. They explained the situation to Cathy before he went there and she welcomed him with open arms.

[@marshamay2695]

@@WhitneyDahlin ppp

[@zufalllx]

In my experience, bipolar people don't act like that. thats schizophrenia or a head injury, in my money's on head injury

[@mdm2231]

When you’re sitting bored in the emergency room, but it’s all good because Mr. Ballen uploaded something strange dark and mysterious for your headphones

[@itzMammoth]

Dark...

[@rachaelbeaver7285]

I certainly hope you are well!! I love mrballens videos, he is the best storyteller!!

[@wyattcole8277]

Hope your doing okay pray for ya

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

keep that smile going!

[@dashrender9320]

Hope everything is ok .

[@calebbailea8125]

Honestly Head injuries are probably one of the most terrifying things- You can hit your head (like in a car accident) and your personality can completely SHIFT.

[@1ronw1ll78]

No pun intended? Lol

[@gdblackeye5797]

@@micheleparker838 that’s terrible, hope they are doing well

[@karylkline6442]

That happened to my friend. She was an actress. It changed her whole life

[@TheEastBayAnglers]

Happened to me

[@LAEDCSolutions]

I’ve seen this happen with 4 of my closest friends one of which had a very promising career in welding, which was his favorite thing to do; even after work he’d be welding up some art or some project he wanted to do. After his head injury he decided he never wanted to weld again and now works on a charter fishing boat and hasn’t touched a welder sense, he also lost his drive to excel in life, now he just doesn’t care and rides life like a wave instead of trying to surf life which is how he lived life before! Always wear a helmet when head injuries are a factor it could save your life or your life from changing forever!!!

[@ZombieSazza]

Head injuries are no joke, they can cause serious issues. The hospital should’ve kept him in for observation. There’s been cases where folk have thought they’ve been attacked, had their home broken into, think they’re talking to people in front of them when none of these things have happened, but their head injury has messed them up and they’re convince these are really happening. So if you ever hurt your head, make sure they properly check you over, because it can get worse and worse.

[@shelby8559]

ty

[@donnamillner9906]

It’s recommended if you sustain a hit to the head that knocks you out, even for a short time, you should get a ct scan to rule out a bleed.

[@MrBallen]

Yes defined take a head injury seriously

[@Gino_567]

honestly sounds more like undiagnosed schizophrenia than a head injury to me..

[@maximtiffany1976]

@@Gino_567 If you ever met anyone with a traumatic brain injury, you might change your mind about that. You'd be surprised how it can completely change someone's personality.

[@shweebnicole]

I'm sure it started with a head injury, and rolled into what it ended up being. Terribly sad, what an awful spiral to experience.

[@vincentdesacola5438]

It's actually sad. Knowing that good people's personality can be altered by some accident

[@maillemacanaugh1841]

But for the grace of god, there go I

[@dosuald]

It's more common than you think, horrifying

[@jeromepoe946]

That’s how I got schizophrenia… it’s not how people imagine it at all and misunderstood and I wouldn’t believe you if you told me the things it actually does before I had it. I learned the hard way (LITERALLY 😂) (Ik my illness isn’t a laughing matter nor any illness but having good fun with small jokes is ok and that’s coming from someone with the actual illness)

[@velvetunderpants44]

Awful..

[@wendychavez5348]

I'm living proof. I don't know who I was before the car accident and traumatic brain injury that changed my life; I remember some things, though it feels like I'm watching a home movie of someone else's life. My family and friends had to get to know an entirely new person. Its disconcerting for me, probably quite eerie for them.

[@blueomega6308]

Katy Perry's ex wasn't a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format.

[@ihutaylor9438]

this comment is amazing lol

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Who has it been a ex of Katy Perry

[@sneakylike333]

Look at you BlueOmega you got 75 likes WOW 😁😁😁😁

[@lawdadz4332]

Hahahaha YESSSS

[@lawdadz4332]

@@sneakylike333 shit went up by 200 real quick haha

[@relaine6068]

I'm a veteran working on putting her life back together and you provide an incredibly soothing background narrative that helps keep me out of my own anxieties - even if the topics are dark and intense. I always look forward to your videos in the evening. I can tell you're a father with a caring spirit. You're out here helping vets. Keep it up ❤

[@jrwizz]

Im n middle of nervous attack right now seeking somethin to help my mind

[@Tyler-ql2ob]

Thank you for your service💙

[@kimzfax2450]

@Relaine Thank you for your service and I hope things get better. Mr Ballen is a vet too....❤

[@Johnnyrocks34]

@@jrwizz i suffer from anxiety attacks myself! Hang in there!

[@Assault-Roomba]

We all in this together sister. I know I’m a random KZbin commenter but I’m still trying to adapt to civilian life, especially after Iraq. It gets better. The crucial traits are patience and restraint. Let us know if we can do anything

[@DidgyT]

TBI (Traumatic brain injuries) are VERY closely linked to violent behavior! Poor Johnny! He wasn't supposed to be that person... The doctors could have made the correct diagnosis and potentially prevented all of this violence. May all the affected rest in peace...

[@mathiaslibby6445]

Can we talk about how much of a legend dan is saving the painter

[@keegs1163]

He was an actual hero though i'm sure most would act the same given the poor painters situation

[@Max_R_MaMint]

Dan is Chad's older brother, lol.

[@dewalt4594]

Can you just leave a comment without being such a follower and saying " can we talk about how much " ?? Can we talk about how much of a loser w no life that you are just trying to get " likes " that you have to copy others that do this??? Can we ??

[@oliviathompson9937]

Why so whiny?

[@treygreene2546]

And his wife

[@eshowoman]

Did Johnny’s parents tell Cathy Davis about his psychological/neurological issues and criminal history? If they didn’t they were incredibly irresponsible.

[@Taangxx]

I think they were very irresponsible. Your son obviously has violent tendencies, he's clearly not in his right mind, he just got out of prison for a break in and assault, yet you think its a good idea for him to move out on his own into a house with other people??? I just don't think that was wise.

[@ivyhenderson6127]

in the video he says that the parents explained the situation to her

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

I agree

[@hbtm2951]

@@ivyhenderson6127 I don't think explanation is enough, people with mental disorder are somewhat dangerous

[@ashleystovalldaman]

They share blame in this

[@RoonilWazlibLover]

I remember my mother crying when this happened. The woman he killed was her landlord and the first friend she made when she moved to LA about forty years ago 😟

[@MrBallen]

Oh my gosh I’m so sorry for her! So sad

[@Ena48145]

Omg.. this is devastating. I'm so sorry to your mom and that you had to see her in pain over this

[@MisterDevos]

Bullshit lol

[@dominicgreen5088]

@@MisterDevos not everyone is a capper, it has as much capacity for truth as it does a lie.

[@Time_to_Stop_Animal_Cruelty]

I feel more sad for her poor cat, getting dismembered. I hate that ppl usually never mention animal victims who r utterly helpless n innocent.

[@texasoutlook60]

I'm a retired mental health social worker and IMO he had a brain injury that affected his emotions and judgement. The sudden change in behavior as reported by his father is a big clue. Thanks for sharing!

[@MrBallen]

From Billy Jensen’s article: “Two songs off her Teenage Dream album, “The One That Got Away” and “Circle the Drain,” are rumored to be partly about Lewis.”

[@tripi7906]

Wow! And I love your flannels!

[@squatch26]

That’s crazy to think and nobody would of thought that.

[@klc7275]

I remember seeing a James Corden segment where she said The One That Got Away was about Josh Groban. I've never heard of the other song though.

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@klc7275 that MAY be because she is afraid to mention johnnys name after what he did. it could very well of been about johnny but she doesn't want to admit it after the crime that occured. just a thought and my opinion. it makes sense tho doesn't it?

[@doxasophosmoros]

Hmm. I feel like the quality has degraded since I subbed to ballen a month ago. :\. I was expecting 3 to 5 uploads, and more cool stories like his old stuff of people in ovens etc.. I've had enough legit crazy exes of my own, and mental illness /depression myself so..😐😓 this stuff isn't unusual but a fact of life for a lot of people. Especially Hollywood weirdos. It's not "shock value" material at all. 🙄😑😑😑😓😓... It's just a depressing story. I could tell you tons like this one from Hollywood ALONE, and are way more "shocking " ... 😖😞🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ C'mon mate, why this decline all of a sudden ?? 😓🤦‍♀️

[@racheldenny2612]

Head trauma has given blind people their sight back, made people play instruments, draw when they never could, do math,ECT... savants..., it's incredible. You can truly turn into someone else...and sometimes you turn into something you don't want to be. It can be a blessing or a curse...

[@Itried20takennames]

Well, 0.01% blessing, 99.99% curse. There are a few rare cases of benefit that may or may not actually exist, and a few cases of relatively harmless things like foreign accent syndrome, it is almost always a tough and life-ruining medical problem. The idea that a head injury makes you magically play the piano, or see if blind, etc. is Hollywood fantasy.

[@zerotodona1495]

…my brother was bless after he had westnile virus and put into a coma. He’s making a bunch of money now as a pharmacist while I’m just a loser. Must be nice to have a beneficial head injury.

[@Bixen_Bings]

@@zerotodona1495 or maybe your just not doing enough?

[@vamountainman2512]

@@zerotodona1495 west Nile nor a coma put him in a position to become a pharmacist. That was hard work, effort and education. Unless you live in some 3rd world heap where they pass such qualifications out for the right amount of bribe money.

[@Xerex9999]

@@Itried20takennames i've heard of a guy who started to talk another language after some injury, so no, it's not a fantasy

[@home_ofmovies]

We need a t-shirt saying: I’m a fan of the Strange, dark and mysterious!

[@welsh.truth.dragon3914]

He's got them. Visit his store xx

[@squaretorttle9400]

Maybe a flannel saying that to make it more iconic

[@itsMeUhDanii]

Delivered in story formate

[@dabslug]

But do they delivered in story format?

[@Heathershep1]

Delivered in story format

[@antizoeclub]

8:38 what was that…..

[@TheSoilandGreen]

Lololol

[@loririttel8513]

Johnny Lewis’s mother, recently passed from cancer sadly, is my first cousin. Her parents, Johnny’s grandparents, were my favorite Aunt and Uncle. It’s my understanding that Johnny’s father is writing a book about this. Various assertions about drug abuse and other rumors have been painful to them as I have learned from other members in the extended family. That said, I wanted to thank you personally for telling this story truthfully and while I braced myself for this story to be painful and sensationalized, you did not do that. I have been a subscriber to your channel for a while now. I love how you can tell a story and yes, I love the strange dark and mysterious. Thank you for pointing out Johnny’s goodness prior to his decline. As a relative, it can be shocking - but Johnny was famous. I am going to share this with Johnny’s first cousin (their mother’s are sisters). Hoping he feels like I do-you handled the story well. Deepest sadness for his land lady and cat and others harmed. Meanwhile, your story felt less horrifying than others that I have heard which were peppered with rumor of drugs and only focused on the horrific killing that occurred, leaving out facts and I feel your rendition is an attribute to the need for the mentally ill (be it a diagnosis, such as a schizophrenic break, or results of a head injury). Thank you and keep up the good work keeping in mind that all involved may have family members listening to you tell the story.

[@Louis-si4ci]

Deep sympathy to your family......a young man who I grew up changed drastically after a head injury caused by a motorcycle accident. The anger and nastiness he displays now is so sad, he has turned violent and aggressive to any family who have tried to help him and he wont listen. His mother is heartbroken as he acts like he hates her with such evil aggression its awful. Yet he works and functions day to day but destroys any close relationships with his anger. He just changed into a complete different person. We need more research into head injuries. I wish your family and the victims all love and peace.

[@valariezacharias4776]

If you're on any social media, you might try telling him this on one of those. I don't think he checks comments after the secret is found, but I'm sure he'd love to read what you have to say!

[@aprileakins7881]

Sorry for your loss ❤️🙏

[@fenix648]

This is so sad. Half sack was one of my favorite characters on Sons.

[@Grace-fu1mz]

It's interesting to hear a family member's perspective on this. It must've been so hard to deal with that and my thoughts are going out to you. Thank you so much for coming out and sharing this! It must've taken so much courage and bravery!

[@elsienicole5663]

I didn’t even know this guy died….let alone murdered an old lady and her cat. Yikes! See this is why people need to take head injuries more seriously. I understand his parents tried to get a second opinion but man, what a tragedy.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

The problem is, someone who's lost their capacity of self control or informed decision making can't be trusted to do what is needed to get diagnosis and treatment. It used to be easier for courts and relatives to force people into treatment facilities, but patient's rights activists went way too far in making it hard to do that. If they could have put him under a temporary conservatorship or something in response to his initial criminal charge, they could have saved lives. It's sick and sad. There was one study that found that prison populations have around three times higher occurrence of frontal lobe dysfunction than the general population. The frontal lobe mediates your decision making process, pretty much. A really famous case of frontal lobe disorder in criminality would be the Boston Strangler, a serial killer who went on to take part in a lot of research while in prison and donated his body to science. I once saw a fascinating documentary about it.

[@tittentei7331]

Mk ultra

[@tiredofitall9213]

@@ANPC-pi9vu You are completely right! I fell 8 yrs ago, seen lights and stars literally, puffy face had 2 black & blue eyes as well. The hospital ER doctors sent me on my way saying I was fine🙄 The next day they called and stated that I fractured my frontal lobe. I did go to a neurologist and they clamied it will heal ok, but I also had a concussion. I never went back, because at that time I didn't have insurance and no money. Since then I've been diagnosed with Depression and Bipolar Disorder. I really think that head injury has a lot to do with my mental health! It's sad that he didn't get the right help😔 If a different doctor didn't look at my MRI or CAT scan they would've never have seen my fracture. I think due to my substance abuse history they were very biased towards me. It's like they wanted me out of the ER🤷🏻‍♀️ Even though I looked like I had been in a car accident or beaten up badly...

[@nicolem3502]

@@tiredofitall9213 I know people who have gotten into car accidents and fights and gotten diagnosed with TBI, later on they got a bipolar diagnosis as well. People who damage their brains using synthetic drugs act in a similar manner.

[@nicolem3502]

@@tiredofitall9213 the psychologist who diagnosed you with bipolar disorder probably made notes attributing it to a possible TBI. I work in a psych ward, when we do nursing report, they will go over each patients diagnosis ,some are unspecified meaning that we don't know yet what is going on with them until further psych observation, but they'll mention past head injuries or drugs use or whatever is helpful in understanding what could be causing their current mental crisis/behaviors

[@Holytoaster]

The doctor that just gave him pills and sent him on his way failed him miserably.

[@apophis259]

@Dave Hope I think he was referring to the fact his brain injury may have been caused by the motorcycle accident not a neurosis

[@andresgonzalez1236]

@Dave Hope he gave him sych meds. He went in thinking it might have been a head injury. He definitely needs to lose his license

[@MargetMints]

@Dave Hope Not that. He means the Doctor seems to not even see the head injury as a possibility and so... Failed big time... Just like you did right here

[@mousiemilky6927]

Normal pills

[@thinkfirst1989]

@Dave Hope It absolutely does not work for people who have mental illnesses that separate their perceptions from reality. People with delusions and hallucinations need some level of regular supervision and care.

[@skyefan4lyfe]

I knew the actor from Raise Your Voice. That 2004 movie with Hilary Duff. I had heard about his condition years ago it’s so sad.

[@CountryWV]

When you mentioned him speaking with a British accent made me think about a lady I met in a butcher shop I worked at. She was in an accident & got a head injury. After the injury she spoke with a Australian accent. She told me she had foreign accent syndrome. It usually follows a head injury.

[@savvygood]

I’m from WV and worked in a butcher shop too!

[@VanishingPuppet]

While true, this isn't exactly the same thing. This was a singular episode apparently, where FAS is - from all the cases I've heard and read about - permanent.

[@cyclingseagull]

I live in England and most people have British accents here.

[@BigBodyBiggolo]

@@cyclingseagull lol i heard about that, its so severe that even after years some people start developing the accent

[@cyclingseagull]

@@BigBodyBiggolo We must all have head injuries to talk like this.

[@matthewferret8617]

sad that he left sons of anarchy because he didn’t wanna be associated with or act out gratuitous violence and ultimately that’s exactly what happened anyway

[@Bussdownbandit]

Maybe because he was doing the sons of anarchy and then decided to leave then he got his head injury after then he couldnt tell the difference from real life or movie life

[@olivierm2888]

@@Bussdownbandit Unlikely. That seems like just an assumption. Most likely had absolutely nothing to do with his acting career, this happens to the average joe who has no violent acting history, video game use or drug problems. It's just the nature of brain injuries obviously. Is that your answer when a football player with serious brain injuries kill someone they love? It's not a cookie cutter diagnosis.

[@itzMammoth]

What is MORE likely? I think it’s pretty reasonable to assume that your subconscious is effected by ‘acting’ out a character for a period of time. That’s why he wanted to quit anyway, it was having an effect on him. When you have a brain injury these subconscious things may get to surface level and you may ‘act’ then out in your normal life. It works for football players too, just to point it out, football is a violent physical sport. It’s not unreasonable to say that people who get brain injuries who have made a life of these things would start having problems with violent episodes...

[@jamalginsburghasidichomebo6009]

@@olivierm2888 lol why are u acting like that's a completely ridiculous theory? It's actually not that farfetched of an assumption are u a doctor?

[@gavindunn5601]

@@olivierm2888 how does playing a part where you beat and kill people compare to being a football player? Youre a joke quit acting like you know what your talking about

[@adamcole6957]

Poor woman and her poor cat…she helped so many people and look what happened to her.. breaks my heart

[@wandacandonothingwrong2961]

I know, it's always the best people in these stories sadly

[@blackbetti]

Poor 🐈.

[@harnoordhillon7315]

As sad as it is for him to have undergone so much trouble post the accident due to an undiagnosed brain injury, why are we not sympathising enough with the poor woman Cathy. She was a gem and dedicated her life to kindness. She did not deserve to meet such a terrible fate!

[@aannddrryyaa]

Right on point.

[@SMDH.2204]

Very true.

[@venessacallaghan7645]

Cathy

[@fanngurl164]

You're absolutely right! But I think it's because the story is about him, that the comments are focused on him.

[@MorganMoonePole]

Or the cat 😭😠

[@rustybucket5465]

This dude was a weirdo in 2005. His failed career is what made him nuts not a bike accident.

[@sammyk702]

He was a literal ticking time bomb if it hadn't been ms.cathy it would've been someone else possibly even his parents. I can only imagine the guilt they must feel. May they both rest in peace

[@paullawrie]

I don't think that's what literal means

[@godsbabeborn-again5945]

@@paullawrie lol, it's now used to exaggerate. Wrongly used still.

[@DaRealKing303]

He was an explosive?

[@mike41062]

Sounds similar to some other stories you've told. Especially the one with the "frat boy" football player who went nuts and killed someone and tried eating a guys face.

[@troll9682]

Austin Harrouff kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4PdmKCQnr-hbLc

[@Teal_Moon]

So sad honestly

[@mike41062]

@@troll9682 yeah that's the guy... I feel like that guy was even more off, with the k-9 involved and him not being phased at all, this guy at least reacted once his arm was slammed in the door a few times (I'm sure he wasn't saying "ouch" as he ran off- but still reacted).

[@mike41062]

@@Teal_Moon i know right- cause certain things make it seem like they're in there somewhere. The other story the guy (in his psychotic state) said "kill me- I'm eating people!" Almost like a brief moment showed he was in there or having a short moment of clarity, couldn't control anything he was doing, and knew it was bad. It's really crazy though how they just flipped like a switch to this totally different person.

[@toril2160]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@bobrice5159]

Soon as I heard his entire demeanor changed, TBI popped into mind. It’s no joke, traumatic brain injury can be hell.

[@andydeadpool8923]

My husband is a neurologist. He has completely ruined football, motorcycles, and boxing for me. I used to love it, but hearing him talk about the effects that even minor brain injuries can cause, I can't stand to watch any more.

[@javariusjavarlamariuslamar3759]

@@andydeadpool8923 I’ve had 10 concussions 😔

[@andydeadpool8923]

@@javariusjavarlamariuslamar3759 I'm truly sorry to hear that. I've had a couple myself (caught a punch to the face that knocked me out cold, fell down the stairs and slammed my head hard enough that I was bleeding out of both ears two weeks later -- really rung my bell.) After that slam into the drywall, I find i sleep a hell of a lot more, and my memory isn't nearly as sharp. Husband said it was like my CPU got a little slower.

[@alalouis1]

Parents end up having to supervise their kids forever after that

[@firstnamelastnameisallowed7943]

I'm 40 now, but when I was 14 I was in a very bad car wreck. I went face first into the dash and it was an old truck with a metal dash board that didn't expect my face to well and didn't budge much at all LoL. I was the passenger obviously being 14 and we hit a dirt embankment at 70 so it was a complete and sudden stop and I had no seat belt on. I ended up passing away three times but was brought back each time again obviously because, well I hope I don't need to explain that part!! The list of broken bones and all the reconstructive surgery's I had over the next many years was all of them! That's what it seemed like any way LoL. The list was long but one of the major ones was a TBI. You have heard of that karate chop move when you upercut someone in the nose you can kill them from the nasal bone going up and stabbing the front of their brain ya? That is basically what that stupid ford truck did to me in a spectacular way. Plus all the brain swelling and the impact bouncing what little brain I had around like a ping pong ball, you could say my dome got jumped in to the TBI family like a gang member back in the day! The first year I don't remember much but after that I would get head aches that were crippling and I would have the craziest outbursts of rage and I would remember being almost like a separate person thinking why am I so mad but would not be able to stop. Physically could not stop hitting whatever triggered me at that moment. The worst was a few times just would black out from being so mad and would come to standing out in the street or someplace I had never been and had no idea were I was at or how I got there. Years and years later I still have a bit of a temper but I can control myself now and I'm lucky that something like this never took place because being on the side of what Jonny was seeing and feeling I can say that it's not something you ever want to see or go through. Terrible that he didn't get the help he needed instead of the ever so easy take these drugs and call me in the morning that doctors always prescribed then. Horrible ending on this one.

[@2genders-tk2ue]

Ppl like that should be forced to get help

[@HearthacheHound]

How can that doctor """not suspect""" a head injury when he checked literally every box for one on the frontal lobe???

[@HearthacheHound]

Also: how can be that someone is deemed so unhinged to be placed in a psych ward, but be judged enough aware to be able to refuse medical checkup? (Not even procedure: that is another thing). Genuine question, idk how America Health sistem works in terms of coercitive care.

[@MelissaKopcho]

There was a time in the usa when people could "get rid of" family members by having them locked up in "insane asylums". I'd have to research it more, but from casual observation it seems that history has been behind legislation that makes it very difficult to force care on someone against their will, even if they really need it. The exception being if a person is an immediate threat to themselves, in which case they can only be held for 24-48 hours depending on the county.

[@yuwannakno1269]

The US 'Healthcare' system is worthless as a second world country. EVERYTHING about it sucks.

[@izzojoseph2]

@@MelissaKopcho ~ you’re pretty much spot on

[@tarancehill651]

@@yuwannakno1269 agreed. Last time I used the health care system (with insurance!!) I got a $350 bill for a FLU TEST.

[@hey9433]

"Before we get started on today's story..." "Mr.Ballen got a sponsor?!" "I'd like to thank..." "Aww"

[@smolsage2897]

right?? I thought so too lmfao

[@dannfr]

where can i find that pfp ?

[@luciw9928]

He doesn’t have a sponsor. Mr. Ballen ALWAYS gives CREDIT to the person(s) he gets his information from. ❤️❤️

[@richardstilwell6043]

Hes a good ass guy! I hope to meet him some day

[@vickys6705]

They never want to sponsor people who tell stories like this, it’s super gross. They only want to sponsor funny reaction videos :/

[@meganmckissick2281]

I partially blame the parents! They had to know his strange behavior was violent! Instead, they thought he would "recover". As a result, they put other people in terrible danger!

[@odinbelleza1590]

I love how MrBallen gives credit to the source unlike other creators.

[@KimAhrina11]

Who are other creators that didn't give credits to the source? Also other creators took Mr.Ballen narrative, simply translate it to their own languages without gave credit to Mr.Ballen

[@zacharyshort384]

@@KimAhrina11 "other creators took Mr.Ballen narrative, simply translate it to their own languages without gave credit to Mr.Ballen" ^ That was Odin's point haha

[@KimAhrina11]

@@zacharyshort384 I mean other local creators with millions subs & mostly their audience are people from their own countries. Odin's point most likely English speaking creators

[@zacharyshort384]

@@KimAhrina11 I'm confused. OP's point was that other content creators don't give credit to their sources. You then gave examples yourself of other content creators not giving credit to their sources (geography is irrelevant).

[@KimAhrina11]

@@zacharyshort384 i mention their own languages which like can tell that my point to those locals content creators. Geography is still relevant

[@DrunkinDonutss]

I miss the days when I would hear "3, 4, or even 5 times every week"

[@rachelboivin2092]

I thought I was the only one haha

[@josephingram9352]

Yea but the wait makes it all the better 🤘🏻

[@revolutionarycinemaproduct6612]

I wasnt even sure if i actually heard that before the "3 4 or even 5 times a week"part, i thought i did but it has been so long lmfao

[@BearManPiggy]

U try doing that for more than a week lol

[@RealSonScotty]

No lie

[@drorolling]

This should be titled "the horrific story of Johnny" not "Katy Perry ex"

[@nankavanagh]

I'm sure referring to him as Katy Perry's ex got him more views from people like me, who wouldn't have clicked on it if it hadn't said that. I had no idea who this guy was until I watched this. I saw the thumbnail and couldn't remember ever hearing that Katy Perry had dated a homeless guy. That is the only reason I even watched it. A guy has a drug problem for years, gets into an accident, and then kills while most likely high once again. Sadly, that is a pretty common story in the US.

[@damaskito]

It's very annoying to be someone + one.

[@levellelinadaniels]

AGREED🧐♥️♥️♥️😍 Thanks4sharing 🌹🌹🌹🥰

[@jilysmiles3320]

Sadly it was the Katy Perry ex that reeked me in. I never cared for SOA and never knew who Johnny was. I wouldn't of learnt his story if not for this and that is sad. :(

[@jayfry7191]

It’s to get our attention and to view the videos. I love Mr. Ballens videos.

[@NicolaHart-ln8ei]

Can you inagine sending someone to live at that lovely ladies house who had diagnosed mental disorders he wasnt taking meds for. Talk about passing the buck. Although i do agree its too much of a coincidence that his personality change seemed to have started after his accident

[@thalinnabarker8167]

He should have been looked at right after that accident. That is so sad.

[@ambrosesantinac3196]

Ye

[@thalinnabarker8167]

@Nicholas Ramey True and unfortunately he chose wrong.

[@dlr_rosa254]

@Nicholas Ramey Technically after he started acting erratically and began to show signs of being a danger to himself and others it wasn't his choice anymore. I mean how did his parents think it was a good idea to just let him live on his own?

[@thalinnabarker8167]

@Nicholas Ramey Judging the situation using common sense not him condemning him. Obviously he wasn’t himself after that accident he made a terrible judgment call. That is a reality proven by how it all ended. So chill.

[@thalinnabarker8167]

@@dlr_rosa254 See I was thinking on that too. Personally I would have intervened and had him checked somehow.

[@Emcee3Two]

I believe whole heartedly there was a head injury involved in his change of behavior. By best friend and I were walking through L.A. a few years ago, I ducked under the bar of some scaffolding, but because of the bill on his hat, didn't see how low it was and hit himself in the forehead pretty good. From that very moment, his mood changed. He no longer wanted to do ANYTHING, and as a normally outgoing, extrovert, he became a hermit. Entered a deep depression that took 2 years for him to get out of. And it was literally like a switch flipped, it was that sudden. And that was just from a tap to the front of the head that he was able to walk off. So I can imagine a much more severe and more permanent result being possible from more severe head trauma. Such a sad story all around.

[@jout738]

His head might hit in the crash that way, that he lost from his brains the empathy part, while the violent part just became some how stronger with him wanting to out from no reason make violent acts.

[@Emcee3Two]

@Ellie A eventually. It took 2 years and the help of therapy. It was crazy because he felt the immediate change too, and we would have multiple conversations about how he was cognizant of his drastic change, but was somehow powerless to change it. The self awareness actually deepened his depression because he wanted nothing more than to change back to how he was before, but couldn't figure out how, until he was finally able to due to whatever brain trauma healing, and the therapy. It was crazy to witness from a 2nd hand perspective, and I would have been super skeptical of its legitimacy had I not been there myself.

[@BerniBernsify]

Absolutely this is TBI behavior !! He probably got more damage confronting those 2 guys also. It's not something doctors can easily see and tell you , yep 💯 you got traumatic brain injury, here's your treatment. No, it's a huge gray area with no real cure. Just like anything to do with spine damage/deterioration, nerve damage, chronic debilitating pain and autoimmune disease. we are in the dark ages for that kind of medical treatment!!

[@nightdiv]

@@Emcee3Two was he ever officially diagnosed with any head injury? In this case I think the warning signs were far too many, like the accent change to british

[@Reg_The_Galah]

Makes you wonder if it’s possible to hit your friend in the head a certain way he’ll return to normalcy

[@choochymarie9469]

Holyyyyyyy smokes😲I can’t believe I’ve never heard any of this until now!

[@SummerSetBytheSea]

Me either 🤫

[@quinnanaturalbeauty2128]

That’s because when the media reported it they told a different story. I remember them saying he had struggled with mental illness and had committed suicide.

[@ziggzagg8878]

I know, dude. Why haven't I ever thought about making someone a burrito like that?

[@ryanclay959]

My first time hearing this as well

[@DoubleG93]

#INSANE this makes me sad bc I remember loving his character on Sons 🙀🙊😭

[@kimrollo6897]

So sad his parents couldn't have gotten multiple doctors to diagnose him. They new something was off and he wouldn't have done those things.

[@jenniferkerger3561]

That frontal lobe damage has been the cause of many murders, attacks, etc.

[@notbatman325]

thats so scary😭

[@hyperspacejester7377]

Also.. tens of thousands of frontal lobe injuries with no murderous rampages! Irrelevant of course

[@bunnipreston9803]

@@hyperspacejester7377 so why type it out and press send then

[@hyperspacejester7377]

@@bunnipreston9803 Because it's only irrelevant if your IQ is below 80 😆

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

@@hyperspacejester7377 Yes, but the difference in terms of rate and severity of frontal lobe dysfunction among the incarcerated vs general population is huge.

[@Dreadtheday]

The lack of pain response makes me lean towards head injury.

[@LeatherCladVegan]

Really? Cause I was leaning hard into erectile dysfunction. Pardon the pun.

[@paintflw]

agree...just due to a hospital not picking up on it, they make errors ....and his emotional state before the crash and after the fight from the apt guys

[@rachellemarie9291]

Demonic possession, perhaps?

[@paintflw]

@@rachellemarie9291 meets the criteria, scary thought but.....

[@MarkToast99]

@@rachellemarie9291 honestly, after hearing this story, I would not try to correct someone if they thought that was the case. This guy can do and withstand things that seem beyond human

[@gennifershafer6975]

Interesting that the prison doctor suspected head injury without even knowing his history... yet the following doctors just wanted to throw meds his way. ... poor lady.. and her cat. :(

[@jessicaj8564]

That was so odd he killed the cat too. Like it “wasn’t enough” to kill the lady. He had to also brutally kill her beloved pet😭

[@gennifershafer6975]

@@jessicaj8564 😓

[@leoniea138]

They got him for walking out of the movie business.. thats how they roll

[@doubleodie3813]

Mr.Ballen I've heard a story of a child who one day basically turned evil and no one could figure it out. But one Dr. did it was a tumor in his brain that put pressure on his brain causing this erratic and violent behavior. Also it's believed that those who were deemed possessed and had exorcisms might have also had similar brain tumors.

[@7mcandes]

I saw a KZbin documentary on the brain and violent behavior. There was a similar story.

[@ayabokti161]

😂......😈 Humans are so predictable

[@thebusinesswoman23]

I've always wondered if some "possessed" people instead had things like; schizophrenia, dissociative identity disorder, bipolar, adhd, or symptoms like mania, or psychosis from definitive physical/psych conditions.