The Creepiest Cases of People Disappearing

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There are disappearances that are mysterious and seem impossible and are fascinating for that reason. But then there are others that are fascinating for a different reason. These are the cases that are so horrifying once solved that it almost seems as though it would have been better if the case was never solved at all. Almost. Two of the stories in todays video are exactly that. As always viewer discretion is advised.
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[@ScaryInteresting]

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[@milksteak-]

hairy interesting

[@russellst.martin4255]

Thank you for not forcing a segue about your pubes disappearing

[@kazeemii]

"Hey these people died horribly.... but use my code to save 4 bux on a garbage razor!"

[@TypeRyRy]

I've bought a few of their products and thought they were decent. More importantly, congrats on the sponsor! This channel has really come a long way!👏

[@flexizet]

Hi, why speed up the voiceover in all videos?

[@meredithgrubb4497]

The thought of Omar's dog trying to tell everyone where he was😢😢😢.

[@nancyjones6780]

And then being killed because of it 😢

[@jamienicole2122]

@@nancyjones6780I know! It makes this B.A. guy even worse! The dog killing makes me hate this person more, than if he would’ve killed a person! Also, I love exclamation points! 😂😂😂 JK, I just used them a lot, so I thought it funny to add that I love them!!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@jamienicole2122]

I know! So very sad and then he killed the dog over it, that makes me hate him more than if he had killed the young man! 😮

[@charlesfisher4657]

​@@jamienicole2122 ragebait

[@sharonshea3261]

Agree about the tragedy of the dog. I think I would have picked up on the dog's trying to communicate. Dogs have superior senses and we should respect, learn, and pay attention to their abilities.

[@descentintomadness777]

I had a dog that woke up my entire family when my grandma had a stroke in the middle of the night. Her door was closed and she was on a different floor the dog wasn’t allowed on. She saved my grandma’s life purely on instinct. The fire department gave her a medal for it :) RIP Betty and grandma now tho. Listen to ur dog!!

[@ZombieSazza]

What angers me most about Omar’s case is the family only found out because a greedy family member decided to finally tell folk what had happened, he didn’t do it out of the kindness of his heart, he kept this secret hidden and only revealed what happened because of money. They never cared that he was a prisoner, just only spoke out because of greed.

[@chrisc6857]

Yeah, I very much hope that guy is in jail with the rest of them.

[@Gabrocol]

Even though that family member did the right thing for the wrong reason, ultimately a good thing did come out of it. And Omar was finally reunited with his family

[@ligmasack9038]

Pretty typical behavior from the followers of the "Religion of Peace".

[@FallenAngel9979]

@@GabrocolHe killed Omar’s dog. He’s scum.

[@DarenMiller-qj7bu]

Human nature never changes. That's why free market capitalism is successful.

[@heidetermeg427]

Imagine picking up your fiance from rehab - and visiting the liquor store on the way home. That is next level.

[@cheyennejohnson3328]

That's commitment!!

[@FoodIsCrack]

That is dedication right there nothing can keep a true alcoholic from their passion 💪💪💪

[@draleigh8881]

happens more often than you think. thats addiction for ya.

[@karlhansen3921]

Man I spent 45 days in a beautiful rehab one time and wanted my sobriety bad… I get on the plane to go home and the guy sitting next to me says here man hands me half of an oxy 40 and a Xanax bar. I caved right away and still regret that moment. I was so determined and gave up that quick

[@klaatunecktie7906]

@@karlhansen3921why was this stranger giving out free drugs??

[@LiterallyPluto]

It didn't seem like that long ago that this channel had 100k subs.. Just blew me away that its nearly 1.2 million. Crazy, well deserved.

[@jkoonce4244]

about 30,000 off we todd did

[@shasta7152]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I really like this channel. His voice is so easy to listen to cause of the way he uses intonation. Very well done and professional. He keeps my attention easily.

[@MrGrimmIsRegret]

I was thrilled when he hit 100K! I remember when he used to give his name in the videos lol

[@RightsForZombies]

@@MrGrimmIsRegret I remember that too. I’ve been here since 18k or so, it’s crazy to see him get so big so fast but it’s very well deserved.

[@totallytubular618]

​@@MrGrimmIsRegretWhat is it lol

[@bobholly3843]

So in Maura's case, that cadaver dog goes crazy in the corner of the abandoned house that used to be owned by a possible suspect and the cops dismiss it as "ah, probably just smelled some droplets from an old nosebleed or something" and leave it at that?! No looking underneath the floorboards, tear open the wall or anything else?

[@thelittlemoonling]

seriously!!!

[@firefly9838]

Police looked the other way all the time for money or favors

[@rogen8094]

That was literally my first thought. There must be more to the story than presented here. Perhaps they did indeed tear up the floorboards, walls, etc and found nothing.

[@wattsnottaken1]

The dog that laid down outside the kidnappers front door and whined is another prime example of why you should always trust your dog’s instincts. Guarantee he could smell his favorite boy inside or at least could smell his shoe footprints from when he walked in there or was forced in there I should say.

[@AdamGee8]

Yeah I watched some show about like superpowers of dogs and I won’t get the fact exactly correct but they could pick out the smell from a single hand touching a countertop or 1 footstep somewhere like weeks after even if it was heavily trafficked area.

[@ethandevine8571]

“favorite boy” is so cute. I like your comment, thank you.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

But alas algerians are muslims.

[@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206]

How frustrating it must've been to be held hostage across the street from your family! This type of thing happens way too often, so very scary!!

[@felixsfrecklesuwu7814]

​@@Cha4kin north Africa black magic is a very real thing that could destroy someone's life, break up families causes illnesses... etc

[@kspen6110]

Poor Omar. I hope he can mentally and physically heal from his kidnapping and hostage situation. That's an insane amount of time he was alive but gone. And his poor loyal dog knew exactly where he was.

[@syncopatedglory]

the worst part about omar's story might be that it was only greed that caused his captor to be outed in the first place. several people knew about this and were just chilling. wow.

[@stoiccrane4259]

Evil people can make the world miserable to be in.

[@Trollgernautt]

Makes you wonder how many people are walking around knowing terrible stuff and not saying a word...

[@stoiccrane4259]

@@Trollgernautt My ma works at a nursing home and told me a strory of how one of the residents admitted to drowning her sister out in a lake and getting away with it by framing the incident as an accident. Then the resident died. A lot of people a carrying wicked baggage.

[@Trollgernautt]

@@stoiccrane4259 holy shit, heavy stuff... people can be the worst sometimes...

[@malk6277]

The Algerian story is NUTS. Wow.

[@felixsfrecklesuwu7814]

That era was a dark dark time in that country's history, to the point that it wasn't taught in schools and the government always tried to conceal it and distract the ppl from it, terrorists would slit innocent ppls throats in public....it was a horrifying mess

[@fahiyeaden695]

Bro unbelievable 30 years of captivity

[@ItsLexieMarie]

The first story was so sad, his dog knew he was there.. but couldn't help. He was so close to family and they couldn't have known or helped. So heartbreaking. I hope Omar is able to move on with the rest of his life.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Some fates really are worse than death. Poor Walter. I cannot imagine surviving such a harrowing ordeal, only to be forced relive the events over and over in your mind as you’re left to rot alone in a mental institution.

[@marhawkman303]

I do have to wonder just how bad his mental state was if he healed physically... but not mentally. And more importantly, what caused it? The burns sound like torture. But burns alone aren't gonna do that. Makes me wodner if other methods were also in play.

[@keatonbarney2730]

I’ve heard this story before. Some people have theorized witchcraft being at play or some type of cult.

[@TheW83]

Sounds like he went to hell and back… literally.

[@littlebear274]

To be fair we don't know that he was "left to rot alone". It's entirely possible that he received visits from family while he was there. They simply were not equipped to care for him at home though. Mental institutions at the time were not good places but sadly there weren't really any alternatives, it's a situation where you're just trying to find the least awful solution.

[@Badluckmir1599]

@@littlebear274didn’t matter anyways they blew up the hospital like 3 years later

[@ericksunderland616]

7:02 It's so frustrating when people don't pay attention when their pets are clearly trying to tell them something. I've heard of several cases of people being kidnapped or murdered, and their pets knew where they were and tried to tell their families, but they either ignored this behavior or dismissed it as the pet just acting irrationally. Your pets have much better senses than you do and can detect things you don't. If they want you to follow them and look at something, FOLLOW THEM AND LOOK AT IT.

[@NACHTY1]

There was a case where a guy's dog would not leave a tree. Turns out the owner was buried inside it somehow. Something like that anyway.

[@Brandy-yt9ko]

I so agree. Follow your pets 🐶 and pay attention to what they're trying to show you 😮😊

[@dakotataylor993]

My dog barking at an empty closet for an hour straight every night 😈

[@doylelacrua]

Yea, imagine the frustration a dog feels not being able to speak human.

[@ratedcensored5506]

Apparently Omar's German Shepherd only knew how to bark in German and not Arabic. Sad

[@tesscollins441]

I just want to say how much I appreciate you getting around the KZbin algorithm by saying "end things" instead of "unalive herself". I know they wind up meaning the same thing, but it's so much more respectful than using a silly made-up word to describe something so serious. Thank you 🙏❤

[@zyzyx4157]

What silly made up word are you referring to? Suicide?

[@tesscollins441]

@@zyzyx4157 the TikTok censoring of "suicide", where they instead say "unalive" or "self delete" or one of those stupid walk-around phrases. It feels super disrespectful to talk about people who are depressed enough to kill themselves when they won't even use real words to do so. I get that KZbin is ridiculous, so his saying "suicide" would probably result in getting demonitized, but it means a lot to me that he cares enough to use an actual alternate euphemism for "suicide" instead of one of those stupid made up TikTok words.

[@zyzyx4157]

@@tesscollins441 oh yeah I know what you mean. It saddens me that KZbin censors the use of that word, as well as other words with negative societal connotations. As a suicidal person it almost feels like they’re trying to hide the issue from the public :(

[@EnormousPurpleGarden]

@@zyzyx4157 They ARE trying to hide the issue from the public.

[@Steampunkkids]

@ScaryInteresting You are the first KZbinr covering the case of Maura Murray that fully included the information about the phone call with the sister. No one else had reported that the sister had just come from rehab and relapsed (due to her husband/ boyfriend?) in the same day. I don’t think anyone else included this important piece of information. Thank you for always including all the important pieces of information. You do an amazing job of succinctly telling the story with all the important information included. You never include fluff. Thank you for telling these people’s stories with dignity and clarity.

[@industrialover]

That's incorrect. It has been included

[@FallenAngel9979]

Not true. I’ve seen other YT channels cover it that includes all that information.

[@CaliCarolyn]

I’ve seen it covered more than once and I watch a lot of true crime.

[@EunycesView]

Picking your wife up from rehab just to go to the liquor store is brutal. Wrong on so many levels

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

I dont get how people can be like this. Oh how I wish the average IQ was 120.

[@sookieb_88]

I highly recommend Media Pressure: The Untold Story of Maura Murray, a podcast hosted by her sister released on the 20th anniversary of Maura’s disappearance. Its the family’s way of regaining control of the media narrative of Maura’s case which has been covered dozens and dozens of times now since the explosion in popularity of true crime content, does a complete deep dive into the ENTIRE investigation, as well as who Maura really was and what her family has endured for the past two decades. AND hopefully bring forth the legitimate, tiny tips that can finally solve her case and bring her home to her family, even if it is only her remains. It still breaks my heart for her family, and after so much external speculation I was really grateful that this podcast brought it right back to the source material and humanised Maura again, even though her family telling hers and their story is pretty devastating because it’s no longer ‘characters’ in a story about a famous mystery, it’s REAL PEOPLE, which is a very sobering change if you’re a consumer of a lot of true crime content or have watched other documentaries on Maura’s case before.

[@fullmetaljackalope8408]

I just made a comment recommending that podcast too. Everyone interested in the case really needs to listen to it because there’s so much misinformation out there. I just saw Julie give a speech last weekend and am awed by everything she’s done to find her sister. I just love her.

[@scheneli000]

Thank you so much for the recommendation! Many stories just skate over the victims and who they were and I appreciate when their whole story is told Cheers!

[@ligmasack9038]

she sounds like she was a Drunk, and a Thief.

[@sookieb_88]

@@fullmetaljackalope8408 I’m an Aussie so I haven’t been able to go to CrimeCon or anything in the US to hear and support the families and advocates of victims, but I wish I could have seen Julie speak in person… she blows my mind with how strongly she keeps fighting against the progressively more objectifying coverage of Maura’s case and completely arbitrary, random theories to HUMANISE her sister and cut through all the noise to find out the truth of what happened to Maura with the rest of her family. I’m glad we’re both spreading the word about the podcast, I think it’s really important so that’s awesome.

[@dumbafs]

Crime Junkie does the same they make sure to talk about the victims lives and numbers to contact for tips

[@rese7977]

For a guy (Walter) to be broken in such a short amount of time must take a really traumatizing experience… it saddens me he lived out his life knowing what happened to him but never being able to tell anyone.

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Wow poor Omar! I hope that B rots in prison, a small room, and NEVER let out!

[@marten6578]

Unfortunately the BA guy is 61 years old so he won't spend much of the rest of his life in prison. Poor Omar and his family, that story is horrifying.

[@shanenice5380]

​@marten6578 true.plus Omar I couldn't imagine he survived.if the ba let him.used the restroom.if he was there he's own pee and poop.u won't survived

[@FallenAngel9979]

And poor dog

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

@@FallenAngel9979 Can you imagine how he felt where he was trapped hearing the dog die? The whole thing really is horrible!

[@hunterg.1300]

​@@marten6578 There's always Hell that awaits those like him.

[@jus10lewissr]

That last story about Walter is as frustrating as it is intriguing, and it's so captivating that it leaves you with an incredibly desperate need to know exactly what happened to him -- and you have to accept the fact that you never will. Everything mentioned here is everything you're ever going to know about it.

[@JF-ym8gm]

Well put.

[@AyamineMISC]

The desire to know is overwhelming, to the point I could see some foolish and courageous spirit wanting to go there to investigate themselves

[@EaglesAndStandard]

Sadly……🎯💯

[@doonagoding6146]

Yes. Incredibly creepy!!!

[@Mohenjo_Daro_]

I'm guessing he was kidnapped then tortured for the 4 months. I doubt he escaped given his state, so that leaves him being released which surprises me, though there wasn't much risk of him saying much since he was so traumatized he couldn't speak

[@JMazzaTaz]

Regarding Maura Murray, there was a show about her on the ID channel. They mentioned either a sock, or some type of rag (I can’t remember exactly) in her car’s exhaust pipe that the responding officer had found. It was speculated that when she stopped to buy the alcohol, someone had tried to sabotage her car by trying to block the tailpipe. This would cause the car to run terribly and eventually stop the engine. It was quite possible her assailant followed her after leaving the store and then “played hero” when she crashed into the ditch. I’m surprised you didn’t mention that, but a great video nonetheless. Keep up the great work bro 👊🏼

[@jexusli1240]

according to the family's website, the rag was there because her dad told her to do it. So that she could avoid the cops giving her tickets for the excessive smoke that would come out of her tailpipe

[@jamesknapp64]

​@@jexusli1240yeah sock in the tailpipe hurting a car is a hollywood myth. If it causes a blockage a sock (or banana) will simply be ejected. Now yes it can lead to CO and CO2 getting into the cabin

[@howdareyouexist]

nope, she put the rag there

[@stevenmcghee6649]

That was a little trick Columbo used to trap the killer (Robert Culp, I think) in an early episode. Only Columbo stuck a potato up the tail pipe instead of a rag!

[@dumbafs]

Yep she put it there to not get pulled over for all the smoke

[@zbz5505]

Whenever I hear stories of kids disappearing I think of the case where a girl got abducted and the mother desperately searched for her, even going to some self proclaimed psychic who told her her daughter was dead. Just for the daughter years later to later be freed after the mother had already died.

[@fullmetaljackalope8408]

One of the girls that Ariel Castro kept I believe.

[@roetheboat1]

That "Self-Proclaimed Psychic" was Sylvia Browne, a woman who spent decades acting as a psychic on a variety of TV shows and radio programs, and she also claimed to have helped solve over 100 criminal cases with her psychic abilities. One of the worst bits about her career as a fraudster is that the Amanda Berry case (she and two other girls were kidnapped by Ariel Castro) ISN'T the only time where she told a grieving family that their kidnapped relative was dead when they were actually alive. In 2002 (two years before Amanda Berry was kidnapped) an 11 year old boy named Shawn Hornbeck was kidnapped while out riding his bike. His parents later on went onto "The Montel Williams Show" where Sylvia Browne told the parents that Shawn had been murdered by a tall Hispanic male with dreadlocks who had been driving a blue Chevy Impala made in the late 1950's. Sylvia also gave some details about where the body had been buried and how he had been murdered. In 2007 the police were investigating the kidnapping of 13 year old Ben Ownby when they happened to discover Shawn Hornbeck still alive. Both Shawn and Ben had been taken by Michael Devlin, a white man who had been driving a white pick-up during both kidnappings.

[@gloriafeliciano8922]

​@@roetheboat1Psychics should not be involved in crime cases at all.

[@roetheboat1]

@@gloriafeliciano8922 Absolutely! Back in 2010, the "Skeptical Inquirer" magazine published a study that looked at 115 kidnapping and/or murder cases where Sylvia Browne made predictions/claimed to have solved them. The researchers compared her predictions with what had actually been revealed later on as the police investigations continued. There was not a single case of the 115 where Browne had been right. In fact, of the 25 cases out of the 115 that had been solved, Browne was completely wrong in ALL of them. With the other cases that were still unsolved, there was no evidence that supported her claims. There were a ton of cases where Sylvia Browne falsely predicted that a missing person was still alive when in reality they were dead, which in my opinion is just as cruel as claiming someone who was alive was actually dead. There were also cases where she claimed a missing person had been murdered when in reality they had died in an accident. In 2004 she said that a 19 year old named Ryan Katcher who had gone missing in 2000 had been murdered, and that his body had been dumped "in a metal shaft". However, in 2006 his body was discovered in his truck at the bottom of a lake near where he was going to school and all the evidence pointed to him accidentally sliding off the road during winter in the middle of the night and drowning. Sylvia Browne doesn't seem to have cared at all about how her fake claims affected people during her career as a psychic, along with the various TV shows that were more than happy to let her make up shit on TV if it made for good ratings.

[@howdareyouexist]

psychics are scumbag scammers

[@bent3736]

The case of Maura Murray has always fascinated me, and you provided a few details that I had never heard before, so that was a nice surprise. Usually you can rule out possible scenarios in cases like this, but with this one it feels like everything is still on the table.

[@maeror1022]

Sounds like Walter was tortured until he went mad. The question is, who, or what, did this to him?

[@jamieroberts6356]

I love your mysterious disappearances content. It constantly reminds me to not go out when it’s dark, not to go off the designated paths, not to follow strange sounds, not to camp in specific areas, not to go in the sea etc….

[@Geronimo2Fly]

My son goes missing. His dog sits outside a neighbor's house every day and whines, which he has never done before. That neighbor is repeatedly seen buying food for two people even though he lives alone. You can bet I would be smashing that door down and searching the neighbor's house, and damn the consequences. Why don't people trust their pets??!!?? The dog was murdered and the young man suffered tremendously completely unnecessarily, because they ignored the dog.

[@rogen8094]

I think that is why the narrator gave us the context -- the country was ravaged by war. The family was likely focused on survival, etc. Not saying the family couldn't have pieced it together, but its easy to play arm-chair detective after the case is solved.

[@FairyEncounters]

Even if poor Walter had been able to talk about what happened to him in the mountains, I don't think anyone would have believed him. Some things are just too frightening to accept. Another great video!

[@thelittlemoonling]

yeah thats why i think he didnt talk.

[@mobilephil244]

Walter was quite likely kidnapped by [weirdos unknown] and held and tortured but managed to escape.

[@doonagoding6146]

Definitely seems like some torture

[@Mohenjo_Daro_]

I'm not sure he escaped in his state, more like they got bored and let him go knowing he couldn't speak to anyone. But I definitely agree he was kidnapped and tortured

[@Nostromo__]

If you ever decide to branch out into other types of narrative content, a series on world history/events would be amazing! Loved how informative the section on Algeria's history was.

[@dadnegan8184]

I have heard the Maura Murray case many times but really like how Scary Interesting tells it so clearly and concisely. I would love to hear him cover more true crime cases and disappearances!

[@Augfordpdoggie]

unfortunately, many of the facts he presented on Maura are incorrect, or not complete.

[@dadnegan8184]

@@Augfordpdoggie aw no! I didn’t remember it all 100% so I didn’t realise. Hopefully he fact checks a bit more if he does more then 😭

[@mikaross4671]

@@Augfordpdoggie Oh no, what facts? ;

[@fullmetaljackalope8408]

Julie Murray, her sister has a great podcast on the case with all the facts. It’s called Media Pressure.

[@dadnegan8184]

@@fullmetaljackalope8408thank you!

[@OfTheSeaKND]

This channel is incredible. I enjoy every video. You do a great job presenting some sad/infuriating stories in a digestible way, where I don’t feel completely traumatized after watching.

[@animonteleone396]

I am so haunted by the story of Omar. It’s just so horrifying. Poor Omar and his poor family, and the poor dog. A tragedy.

[@tumultuoustenets1228]

19:40 KZbin censorship is really getting out of hand 🙃

[@thunderrun2]

That first story was rough. Poor Omar. I only hope his kidnappers get to spend their remaining years alive in the same conditions.

[@joes3129]

This guy makes my Sundays so much better

[@micadean1600]

How people didn’t think to search the house the dog kept turning up at is beyond me😳😳

[@5thdawg917]

In those village and third conservative Muslim country's, nobody assume or presume such thing. We never know what kind of evil people are around us

[@regenosis]

Lack of education and cultural background is like that. The dog must've been nothing more than a dumb animal doing dumb things to them.

[@helpflu]

the crazy thing in that last story is -- what possibly could have been done to him to be that psychologically damaged in the mountains but still alive and not totally injured.

[@djc9755]

Starvation, lack of human contact, untreated disease that wasn't detected in older technology, escaping animals and insects, mental breakdown, could be a combo of a lot of things.

[@Randroth]

It's always surprising to me when Slovakia gets mentioned on the internet, as I feel like not a lot of people know we exist. Thank you for covering this mystery! The Tribeč Disappearances (and Walter's case in particular) are relatively well-known in Slovakia, there is even a book and a movie about people trying to uncover the mystery (although it is a fictional story), which popularized it a few years back.

[@JadeMarco]

I'm slovak and I have never heard of any mysterious disappearances surrounding Tribeč 😅 maybe it's somewhat known to people who live in that area but the majority of Slovakia likely never heard of them.

[@sookieb_88]

I actually messaged one of my really good friends right after watching the video because she and her now-husband both emigrated to Australia from Slovakia and it does seem like no one covers Slovak cases, when we worked together customers would think they were being nice and ‘culturally sensitive’ saying ‘speciba’ to her from hearing her accent, EVERY TIME it happened I could see her jaw flinch as she smiled and let it go because uhhhhhh no, not everyone with an Eastern European accent is Russian 🤦🏼‍♀️ She’s really proud of her heritage, she absolutely made ME want to visit Slovakia (and I have a LOT of free accommodation and tour guides who’d love to have me thanks to her friends and family), I actually learned some Slovak from her, our Facebook comments to each other seem REALLY odd to her friends since we call each other koza and krava as our personal-affectionate-inside-joke-insult and have done for decades, but out of context her Aussie friends obviously don’t know the translation, and her Slovak friends are like, why are they insulting each other?!? 😂 When they had kids, she and her husband taught them Slovak as their first language at home as well because they knew that from TV, living in an English speaking community, and especially as soon as they went to preschool, English would be their dominant language but it’s really important to them that their kids know Slovak so they can communicate properly and easily with their extended family who are mostly still living in Slovakia. Lastly, I’m sorry about what the film ‘Hostel’ decided to depict your beautiful country and people as. I can’t wait to go there, I’ve been planning my next European venture for some time to go back to Italy for a month, spend a month in Malta with my OTHER best friend’s family since she’s Maltese and I need to go to Gozo, and then back to Austria, Switzerland, then to Poland, Slovakia, and St Petersburg for the FIRST time. I’ve had an obsession with Russian history my whole life, especially WWII Leningrad, but… unfortunately I think I’ll have to delay my trip until things are a BIT less concerning to visit St Petersburg as a lone western woman, especially if you-know-who gets a second term in the US presidency. Slovakia is on my bucket list though ❤

[@Randroth]

@@sookieb_88 What a nice and well-thought-out comment, thank you! Slovakia definitely has both great and bad things about it just like most countries, but I hope you'll really enjoy your eventual visit! It's actually not as uncommon to run into tourists here as one might think, which does make me happy! And yeah, considering the current situation, it would be best to wait before making the St Petersburg visit... let's just hope things become better rather than worse! Oh and regarding Hostel... it is actually one of the VERY few horror movies I saw in my life, and it was awful lmao. And the depiction of Slovakia was laughably bad. So thank you for mentioning it, it gives me hope when I see that people do not let that movie prevent them from visiting here!

[@dylanmcfee3268]

I love the creepy disappearances series on this channel. I really wonder what happened to Walter to put him in such a permanent state like that. Poor guy. Great video as always, Sean!

[@crystalflash27]

Interesting cases. I think about Maura's disappearance a lot. I live near UMass Amherst (actually drove by around the same time you posted this video) and I have been down the road on which she disappeared in NH. I didn't know it was that road, I remember going around that turn thinking it was awfully sharp. It was later that I realized that's where it happened.

[@Kragith]

I'm too interested to be scared.

[@sshhrroomm]

me too 😂

[@greglamphier4430]

I see what you did there…

[@bent3736]

Better than being too scared to be interested

[@Sonofkrypton16]

I've been listening to this channel for quite a while and I think that first story with Omar is the first one where I've genuinely had my jaw dropped to the floor.

[@navelaviator18]

@7:55 Omar claimed B.A. "put some sort of spell on him to keep him from yelling." Oh COME ON!

[@natbatlightwood5288]

Bloody hell. Imagine how gutted Omar's family must feel knowing how close he was all this time. And knowing that his dog had already technically told them where he was. Like that is really upsetting.

[@vampire9545]

Skip to 2:00

[@thebeasters]

My revanced KZbin android app does it automatically

[@dynastyandrews2416]

Can we get an update on Omar’s story if more info is released

[@hakimelaichi4006]

I myself from Algeria 🇩🇿and I'm surprised on how Ur 1st story is well narrated and detailed 👏🏻. Some say he had been kidnapped for witchcraft purposes. Keep uploading new stories pls bcz I prefer watching Ur videos than watching netflix 😂

[@Clo_Dub]

That story terrified me when I read it

[@beckyf2845]

Viva algerie

[@hakimelaichi4006]

@@Clo_Dub yes indeed it's a terrifying story, but what boggled my mind the most was the fact that the guy didn't try to escape or even scream that's why a lot of people think the kidnapper had casted a spell on him so that he couldn't scream or escape .

[@hakimelaichi4006]

@@beckyf2845 🌷🌷

[@hakimelaichi4006]

@@beckyf2845 thanks 🌹

[@JordaneseTyphoon-jk6fr]

Would Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the eponymous diesel engine, count for this series? On September 29, 1913, the 55 year old Diesel boarded the SS Dresden, and was last seen alive around 10:00 PM. He was considered missing for about 10 days, until a (very badly decomposed) body was found in the English Channel, and through the use of personal effects identified by his son, were confirmed to be his. This would mean that his disappearance has technically been solved, but it’s unclear if he was murdered or commited suicide

[@fullmetaljackalope8408]

Maura Murray’s sister Julie has a really good podcast about the case. All the facts straight from the family. It’s called Media Pressure. I’ve met Julie a few times and seen some of her talks about it and she’s so nice and so inspirational.

[@MaddyCoppolo]

Your content is so high quality! The atmosphere and just really everything comes together to make these stories all that much more terrifying.. life is so scary sometimes.

[@cherylcalogero3330]

Scary Interesting! One of the best channels on KZbin! Love your content. ❤🇺🇸

[@ThunderPants13]

So Omar goes missing and immediately his dog goes to the neighbor's house everyday and sits outside whining, and this doesn't send up a red flag to anyone? Like maybe you need to search the neighbor's place? Unbelievable.

[@lequin9767]

his family is sus because of this

[@FallenAngel9979]

Poor doggy. If only the family had paid attention to him sitting there and whining.😔I hope Omar is doing ok, and that vile individual who captured him and killed his loyal dog, gets his just desserts. The Maura Murray case is sad, fascinating and baffling. I seems she had some kind of psychotic break before she disappeared….

[@luluruckus55]

The music or sound effects in the background are very unsettling to me for some reason. That's a compliment for sure because it takes A LOT to rattle my cage.💥

[@aksel7177]

Good evening from Hungary ! Perfect video next to coffee and the Tour de France

[@GloboSVK]

I was born and spent a lot of time during my childhood in Nitra, the town on the southern side of Tribeč mountains. Used to hike up there every now and then. I've heard stories but never seen or experienced anything disturbing myself. I was pretty surprised to see it mentioned here, Walter's story really is chilling.

[@wiking3520]

Dude. You earned this channel. Really. I've been your fan for long time. I really enjoy these videos when going to sleep.

[@Primalia2112]

Early in Maura's narrative when she "excelled" at West Point and then "chose" UMASS. Yeah dude, nobody leaves West Point because the military 'isn't for them.' Pretty obvious that she was asked to leave. A shame, because she could have easily gone nursing corps, done her service obligation and be done with it. It really is a good deal if you get in.

[@scallopohare9431]

Seems like the West Point bit gets left out a lot.

[@Primalia2112]

@@scallopohare9431 true! I don’t recall this being part of any other summary I’ve seen. I have a lot of friends that went there. They loved it.

[@ReconPro]

Hope everyone has a great day!

[@syncopatedglory]

thanks cutie, you too! ❤️

[@titaiao]

I hope your wish gets declined.

[@MichaelB-jw5po]

I'm thinking that there has to be some big detail that is yet to be revealed about the first case. I find it really hard to believe that one man could keep another full grown, able-bodied man in captivity against his will for 26 years.

[@MattLloydTube]

Easily the best scary/mysterious story channel

[@xsl0thyishere240]

I have never been this early for a SI video but I’m here for it ❤

[@MauricioOsuna-et8et]

26 year of abduction, and all they had to do was follow the dog. Damn.

[@indianastones6032]

If there wasnt any inheritence dispute, then poor Omar would still be nextdoor and his family unaware. The neighbours brother did the post out of spite and not cus it was the right thing to do and i think he shoulf still be held accountable for his part in the affair!

[@davidsavage5630]

This is the perfect music for this..

[@murkywters]

Stoked youre getting sponsors man. Keep up hard work!

[@markup6394]

The first story reminds me of the tragedy that happened to Natascha Kampusch, a story from Austria if I'm not mistaken: she was locked up in the basement by her own father for over a decade. It gets worse than that but I'll leave it here...

[@mommy2libras]

You're thinking of Elisabeth Fritzl, whose father basically built a dungeon apartment under their house and held her there for 24 years. He r*ped her repeatedly over the years, having her give birth 7 times to his children, alone, in a dim, badly ventilated, cramped area, even creating one of them himself right there in the house when it died shortly after birth. Natasha Kampusch was also kidnapped but it was by a stranger and he held her for 8 years.

[@lesanimaux4416]

You mixed up two stories, both from Austria and both horrofying. Natasha Kampusch was kept for 8,5 years by a man she didn't know. Elisabeth Fritzl was kept for 24 years in a basement/bunker by her father, Joseph.

[@jamieweatherwalk2752]

​@@lesanimaux4416is Elizabeth the one where her father was the father of her kids, the mom lived upstairs and didn't know her daughter was alive in the basement, and was eventually freed cause one of the kids was so ill that she talked her father into letting her take the kid to the hospital so he didn't die like the other one did?

[@lesanimaux4416]

@@jamieweatherwalk2752 I believe so, yes. Joseph made Elisabeth write letters to avoid suspicion and he even left one of the babies at their own door so he and his wife could raise the kid as their own, for some reason. As for Natasha, she gained her abductor's trust over time and made her escape when she found he left a gate unlocked. The abductor unalived himself when he realized she got away. Natasha later purchased the property and tore it all down. She is thriving, such a brave woman.

[@CaleebTalib]

@@lesanimaux4416I think tearing it down is cool but imagine not even doing that just living in the house out of spite. Or at least build a new house right on top. Apathy is the true opposite of love and living right on top where your captor unalived himself would go pretty hard and a true disrespect to them. Obviously not everyone feels that way but I think it’d be pretty metal.

[@19XX_YT]

good on you for taking a sponsor for once. You deserve the bread

[@cleanserene6330]

Early AF (12 minutes) and still beat by dozens of more loyal fans...oh well lol...one of my favorite channels with the most relaxing voice, I've been here since (near) the beginning, and it's wild seeing so many other channels trying to copy this style... you've inspired many people, and those trying to copy are offering the sincerest form of flattery, or so I've heard...thanks for all you do, Sean! And my most heartfelt prayers to Omar and all the others affected in your stories, including Omar's poor dog 🐕

[@trinityphar7382]

love this channel, just spent the last 3 weeks watching mostly you, have now caught up and now i have nothing to do

[@tamz7396]

Got onto Scary Interesting by a comment on one of Corpse's vids, happily subscribed and am still an avid fan 🖤

[@almonteiro3195]

This is my favorite channel right now. Please, don't switch into made up, supernatural stories, like Mr Ballen did.

[@tipofthespear6118]

I grew up in Haverhill, NH and was in high school at Woodsville at the time of her disappearance….this story shocked the small community and shockwaves still felt there to this very day….this narrator got many small details of the story wrong, but so happy he is keeping her story alive! Mayra’s family deserves answers

[@paula1131]

Super excited that you covered Tribec!!! Thank you very much !!❤

[@truckjumperdude]

My day just got better :)

[@somebodyoncetoldme186]

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[@dfuher968]

Honestly, that last part about the mountains in Slovakia doesnt sound creepy at all. That kind of terrain is perilous even on a good summer day, and it sounds like, the vast majority of disappearances happened during winter in bad conditions. That happens rutinely under such conditions to this day all over the world involving experienced hikers, who disappear and/or perish.

[@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206]

Y'all need to listen to the dogs man! Know how to read them and what they're trying to tell you. Most dogs are more intelligent than their owners give them credit for. 🏆

[@A.M.19958]

Omar's story is unbelievable......

[@dummbobqqqqq]

By far your best category! ❤

[@aaron-ni7qk]

You know it’s gonna be a good day when Scary Interesting uploads Probably my favourite channel on KZbin, thank you for the work you do!

[@pavlinas3422]

They say in Tribeč, there is mysterious lights that can take you and make you lost in time and place (and they can kill you. And someone say there is some kind of portal between dimensions. Walter Fisher wasn't last person, who got missed in this woods, most recently one of them is couple, young man in 2000 something and more. This Black Castle is (probably) on place where is former stay a prehistoric fortress from the Bronze Age.

[@Badficwriter]

My theory is that Walter agreed to some kind of shenanigans, something people wouldn't approve of. He set himself up with a story that would allow him to disappear without needing to explain his whereabouts to his family and job. He went willingly but was probably captive during the time. If his wounds were so bad, he had to be cared for--whoever it was didn't want him dead. I think he was set free, rather than escaped. Walter's acquiescence would keep him quiet. Part of mental control is making the person feel like they will also be implicated if crimes are revealed. So what was it? Secret murder cult? BDSM games? One possibility was mystic rituals. As an example how serious people take things sometimes, in Britain before WW2, one of the new witchcraft traditions sacrificed a volunteer in an effort to prevent war. Walter might have volunteered for an endurance ritual of some kind, to try magically influence the world and keep his home safe. In a Christian community, his action could not be spoken of without being ostracized. Like the delusional Omar in Algeria, Walter might've believed he was still being affected.

[@pavlinas3422]

@@Badficwriter Of course, but I'm from Czechia (former Czechoslovakia) and this "lights" are from very old stories, not even attached to witchcraft, but it is some kind entity. It's sometimes called "bludička". I don't know how to translate it. Stories about it's in legends and fairytales, very often it go like this: man are going through the dense forest in night, and suddenly see lights. He thinks, maybe cottage it's here, and go after the lights, but they are moving far and far from him, he follow and suddenly he find himself in swamp, and fight for life. Pray or talisman can save him. Or lights jump on man's back, and if he make it alive, he is burned and scratched (exactly what happened Mr. Fisher). I can believe or not, but when I camp and spent night in forests, I'm aware both bears and mythological creatures.

[@EaglesAndStandard]

Interesting 💯

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Please keep us updated about Omar, as well as what consequences B.A. will face.

[@dimeohs]

this guy made a manscaped ad sound like a scary story🤣

[@Icem4n84]

It could easily be a scary story!

[@grubbsgaben4461]

Dude really got the best sponsor for a horror channel. The topic with the voice that we used to is just another level

[@mvillevaliant]

Massachusetts native here.... we dont say the second H and use a long A... we say Haverhill like "Haver ill" with the A sounding like Apple

[@mathewsjacobb]

Depending on location some people will say Hav-rill, with the Hav being pronounced like you are saying Haven.

[@B.H.56]

I've lived in both NH and MA, both are pronounced Hay-Vrill. It's 2024, you can Google how to pronounce any word.

[@tipofthespear6118]

@@B.H.56exactly right! I grew up in Haverhill, NH and you’re spot on

[@juangoato]

Incredible quality of researched material, production value, and sensitivity to the victimized population, wish we had more of you in this space.

[@TomMS]

The last guy must have been struck by lightning right? Maybe he had gotten lost first, but he had clearly gone through some traumatic event, and that would definitely explain the burns all over his body.

[@DynamiteRaven]

This was my first thought as well.

[@Badficwriter]

If he was burned all over (as described) by lightning, it should have left Lichtenberg scarring. Its very distinctive, like a tree.

[@TomMS]

@@Badficwriter Ah, good point! They would have almost certainly recognized it

[@JudgeDrey]

Wow! I've heard some strange stories on this channel and many others but, that story about WALTER sent me for a loop! If that doesn't send shivers down a person's spine then nothing will! It's downright terrifying to even fantasize about what could have possibly happened to this man. When they spoke of him cowering under tables and such upon hearing the slightest loud noise it immediately reminded me of the scene in the movie _"Fire In The Sky!"_ about the supposed alien abduction of Travis Walton. Yes it was just a _movie_ , and the script writers took a lot of liberties with Travis' account of what he said happened to him, and re-wrote much of the alien probing scenes and the ending so as to make the movie much scarier and profitable...etc. That's just the way Hollywood works, and why they have to say "BASED on a true story" ...etc. But the way they made the "movie version" of Travis Walton react after he was found again and during the welcome home scene when he cowers under the table, is obviously very reminiscent of the state of WALTER in this story. So it truly makes you wonder what in the PITS OF HELL did he go through to turn him into a terrified lunatic who couldn't function or speak of anything that happened to him no matter who asked or how hard they tried. And for his case files being destroyed only makes it so much more intriguing!

[@BloodoperaBlackvomit]

Another great vid. Greetings from The Netherlands.

[@KevinHasSpoken]

Just want to say congrats on 1 million! You’ve consistently improved your storing telling & content with every upload. Well deserved!!

[@monicahyland8641]

❤I love scary interesting❤

[@monicahyland8641]

Maybe Morrah was showing signs of schizophrenia

[@littlebear274]

lol I knew it was going to be Maura Murray. It's not mysterious - the claim that there were no footprints is not nearly as well-established as that. She was having a crisis in her life and after the crash, drunk and in shock, she almost certainly went into the woods and died of exposure.

[@pufflonn]

New Hampshire AND Massachusetts mentioned LET’S GO!!!!

[@MaddyCoppolo]

I live in NH sometimes it feels like nobody knows our state exists!!

[@musicjunk8266]

Love your videos bro, but PLEASE reduce slightly the speed at which you speak! 🙏

[@jess1245]

Clicked the notification and liked instantly cause in Sean I trust 💅🏼

[@Phoenix250]

Right?! 👏🏽

[@MrDaros89]

"They also found it odd that despite living alone B.A. always ordered food for two people" I'M BULKING, OKAY?!

[@shanenice5380]

B.A order 2 for dinner?atleast he feed the other guy.poor dog.

[@mikaross4671]

Second case feels like it could be both two: sui.cide, and three : picked up by another person. Either way, it's really sad we'll never know what happened to Maura.

[@Badficwriter]

It bothers me that no followup on the boyfriend was done.