Secret Capsule KILLED An Entire Family | Horrible Fates

[@findthatwhimsy]

I can’t believe the expedition was not held accountable. There’s so much negligence. From not making sure the weapon had little to no chance of malfunction (how often was this rifle tested/used?), to not double checking on the parts needed for the electric fence, to not organizing a bear watch having seen evidence of a bear in the vicinity.

[@EmpressOfExile206]

@@sandratorsvik6048 I'm guessing the ammo is so expensive due to Svalbard's remoteness and having a limited supply chain?

[@gothicusmaximus5697]

@@EmpressOfExile206 you test your weapon if its that important and you make sure its in good working order. If you cant, dont. The cost is nothing compared to what happened

[@brianashe4725]

The reason for not setting up the bear watch is unacceptable. It would be unpleasant for the students? What's more unpleasant, standing out in the cold or getting mauled to death by a polar bear? You know, now that I say it out loud, I can see that's a really tough call. SMH

[@MonsPubis7]

Hey dunce, most guns that aren't specialized in snow wont fire due to a multitude of factors like temperature, frosted ice on the bullets or inner chamber, gunpowder being frozen and not igniting. And guess what? An expedition member cant just magically bypass multiple country laws and get a firearm capable of all these features. There's a reason they weren't held liable, stop getting mad and angry at something that happened before your lifetime

[@gothicusmaximus5697]

@@MonsPubis7 I think you make a some great points, with the exemption of the last thing you said, which was a weird take. Holocaust? nah bro before my time dont care. Like, what tf, ofc older tragedies can be anger inducing.

[@chiefmofo]

In the last story, it sounds like the expedition's spotless record was purely due to luck and not to their stellar safety measures.

[@Epicchannelify]

Safety measures also usually just kinda degrade overtime as people get comfortable and complacent. You might start with every guide carrying a rifle but after years of no problems you reduce it to the best shot carries a rifle. Then you get from test firing and cleaning the rifle regularly to "well it's always worked before and this is getting expensive to always do" then they start testing and cleaning every few years. At the end of the degradation you get people feeling like they are safe while doing far less then they had before. You can even see this in common jobs "I've done this a million times and it's never gone bad before. I could make this go so much faster and easier if just did x"

[@betzybrethour334]

@@Epicchannelify but when people are trusting you with innocent children lives , you do whatever it takes to keep them safe !! Not about you it’s about them

[@Razor-gx2dq]

@@Epicchannelify I can see what you mean. Safety regulations are there for a reason

[@marhawkman303]

@@Razor-gx2dq I find myself curious about why the rifle malfunctioned... i wonder if he was in such a hurry he accidentalyl loaded snow into it?

[@hunter66630]

I bet you they had much better defensive precautions on earlier expeditions, they just didn't really acknowledge the danger anymore, because nothing had ever happened.

[@aJazzcat]

The radiation poisoning story was so sad.. it is horribly tragic, I couldn't imagine how painful it must have been for the family to watch one another gradually deteriorate despite their best efforts :(

[@Lumbago_47]

but where did the tablet came from?

[@laikanbarth]

@@Lumbago_47 That’s what I wanted to know!!

[@shawnfoogle920]

why didint they take him to a hospital earlier wtf

[@aJazzcat]

@@Lumbago_47 it must have been a previous homeowners souvenir, possibly from working in a lab. It was shielded when in its container, but none of them could have known that unless they were already aware of what radioactive isotopes look like when stored

[@Boostmeister69]

And how did they figure out it was that inconspicuous little tablet? So many missing details in this one.

[@davel7014]

The 1st story was horrific, but not uncommon. A few years ago, there was a nurse who did this multiple times and had gotten away with it. She would show up at the hospital, baby in hand, and claim she gave birth at home. It wasn't until years later that she got caught after a doctor examined her at the hospital and found she could not have given birth as she had a hysterectomy.

[@Melapoo]

They made a lifetime movie about that story.

[@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y]

Damn ,did the babies survive ?

[@KimVerhaaff]

The nurse probably took the babies, which is awful, but not the same as cutting them out. Womb and ovaries attached

[@soulbot119]

really? it's "not uncommon" for women to murder and disembowel each other and steal their babies?

[@bettymonath5741]

​@@Melapoo Do you remember the name of the movie?

[@JonnyMack33]

For those wondering where the radioactive capsule came from; they're usually used by engineers that take pictures of pipelines just like an x-ray. Why this would be removed from the equipment though is very odd and obviously very dangerous.

[@hicknopunk]

I remember once a government SUV that wrecked on a 2 lane rural highway and lost a device with a radioactive source. Hazmat came out. Turns out my vintage Japanese diving watch has more radioactive material 🤣 I forget how much was "lost", but it had to be a VERY tiny capsule.

[@peanutbutter1875]

Thank you! Sean (the host of this channel) is so close to being great but routinely drops the ball on so many details. Like not bothering to explain where the capsule came from or what it's used for, and also not saying anything about what happened to the baby boy that was ripped, prematurely, from its mother's womb (did he survive? did he die? even just a comment saying "there's no public report on the fate of the baby" would have been fine). It's also strange how he makes the effort to produce good visuals in some cases (like a photo of a tent superimposed on top of the clip of a polar bear eating--that was cool), but in other cases is just completely lazy (like using a picture of a modern fighter jet when talking about a story from world war 2). These videos could be so much better.

[@spiritmatter1553]

@@hicknopunk I used to work in an office down the hall from a Nuclear Physicist’s office. He would occasionally accept deliveries of radioactive materials. Notably, on one occasion, chatting with him after he’d accepted a shipment the size of a party cooler, he revealed that the radioactive material inside was the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen. Imagine losing THAT…

[@mandalorianmama]

My guess is the reason it was removed was Mexico. Like it just seems that there is much less regulation and oversight, so much corruption, etc.

[@mandalorianmama]

​@@peanutbutter1875 like saying the woman in story one cut into the victim's stomach... Babies grow in the uterus inside the abdomen. If there is a baby in someone's stomach they have a whole other problem going on

[@Commissarharry]

My dad's friend worked as a corporate jock for an oil company in northern Canada. He heard crazy stories about polar bears. The company hired natives with guns to protect the crews. You couldn't go without because the bears actively watch every entrance to the facility. A helicopter crash ended up with the pilot being eaten by polar bears. People often got killed by them, way far out on those mining sites.

[@jessbellis9510]

To be fair, the polar bears were there first and we shouldn't be destroying their habitat or invading.

[@skarloeythomas5172]

@@jessbellis9510 yes they are the apex predator of the land, and humans are second are not. They are niche enough to stay away from, and should simply be avoided when near. Shooting them in a rampage is understandable however.

[@MaDrung]

@@jessbellis9510 Again this stupid comment. Bacteria were here first. We shouldn't be killing them. What does this comment even mean?

[@tfxreference8562]

@@jessbellis9510 lol. lets pause all scientific progress and energy expedition cause polars bears.

[@jessbellis9510]

@@tfxreference8562 Scientific research aims to not impact the area you're researching as much as possible. Energy expeditions into rare ecosystems *shouldn't* be done because we already have enough human-controlled and damaged areas. How about changing our energy reliance instead of destroying everything?

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Recently one of those radioactive capsules was lost by a mining company when it was being transported. There was a huge panic for a while until it was found by the side of the road. Thankfully nobody was likely to pick it up as it was dropped in a very remote area. Just how these dangerous items can be treated so casually by those who use them is something I find hard to comprehand.

[@jessbellis9510]

And most of the time it's ALWAYS due to corporate cost cutting and the resulting negligence.

[@Morpheus-pt3wq]

All of these dangerous items should be properly marked. Yet they are often NOT, which leads to these sad stories...

[@classicmicroscopy9398]

How could someone be in one of the deadliest places in the world, know they're surrounded by polar bears and just say "well whatever let's just all sleep like we're in someone's backyard."

[@NERV287]

cuz bears r cute :)

[@classicmicroscopy9398]

@@NERV287 Lol

[@lunafreed]

kinda the same reason people rode Titanic, they trusted the ship to be safe like how these teenagers trusted the organization that planned the trip

[@ileolai]

because it had been done before safely many times. this is kind of like asking why people drive cars or take jet flights when accidents happen.

[@thatonejoey1847]

@@ileolai safety breeds content, which breeds arrogance which finally breeds sloppiness until and accident happens, the aura of safety is broken and has to be rebuilt again, which starts the cycle all over again

[@littlemissgwendolen1466]

Story 1: Absolutely awful and evil. Story 2: So unfortunate and how awful for the father to be the only one left alive. Story 3: “My name is Cecilia and I live on Svalbard, an island close to the north pole.” Never rely on old safety measures. Never underestimate wild animals.

[@grmpEqweer]

Never underestimate either polar or grizzly bears. Both are apex predators, extremely smart, roughly the size of small horses. I believe they can run faster than either horses or sprinting humans. I would be delighted to see either in the wild, but not within 50 yards. Also not without an appropriate firearm.

[@goblinofsharksnacks]

@@grmpEqweer polar bears can actually max out at 700kg which is the size of a 'small' shire horse (a small shire still being over 200kg more than a thoroughbred) And bears can run much faster than us, like most 4 legged animals can

[@grmpEqweer]

@@goblinofsharksnacks Thanks. I saw video shot from a helicopter of a grizzly taking a moose down. The bear just ran it down and swatted it.

[@R0GU351GN4L]

My advice, Grenades.

[@carabeckman8488]

So glad someone else knows of Cecilia! I thought of her immediately when I heard Svalbard and know she mentions how dangerous it can be.

[@supermommymode5303]

I had a few people (men & women) try to befriend me when I was pregnant. Scary stuff because there's plenty of stories about that. The idea Facebook recommended those women is mind blowing!

[@MylingCyrus]

That's terrifying. Like trying to recruit you for something

[@drdrew3]

Social media platforms have proven to be very efficient ways for criminals to find victims, contact them and commit various crimes. Facebook and Craigslist seem to be the ones implicated most often

[@thefisherking78]

OMG 😳

[@pfadiva]

I don't "friend" anyone I'm not familiar with. If we have mutual friends; I contact some of them to get more info.

[@Blobloxpromaster]

oh nono that's horrifying, we need to be careful

[@BunnyQueen97]

Story 1: I’ve heard this story, but I had no idea there were still organs attached to the baby ☹️ that somehow makes it extra insane.

[@shelms488]

It was absolutely nuts. Jamie, the victim, was my first HS girlfriend & wed remained close friends. Still miss her all the time.

[@0psec_not_good]

I’m from Bowling Green and vividly remember that horrible event happening. A high school friend of mine was Jamie’s cousin. It really shocked people here that someone would do something so disgusting and brutal, especially to a pregnant woman and her child. RIP Jamie.

[@betzybrethour334]

The bear attack was just brutal, those kids trusted the adults & they failed them just horrible, always go out there expecting the worst , be prepared for the worst specially when people are trusting you with their children lives , no mistakes can never be made . it’s not about just you now , it’s them

[@hicknopunk]

Yes. I live in a rural area with bears and the occasional cougar so I at least keep a pistol and a backup revolver with anti snake rounds (shot shell) on my property. The pistol won't stop a bear, but yelling and firing it once or twice into the wet ground makes a point. Heck, I carry a rattle snake kit too. You cannot be overly prepared. I have more emergency defensive tools hidden all over the place too. 😅

[@betzybrethour334]

@@hicknopunk just be prepared, also wouldn’t hurt to make sure what your bringing actually is I’m working order , who the hell brings an d gun that could possibly have issues when needed ?? Insane they should have been held accountable for those kids

[@jacobravega3626]

@@hicknopunk what if u shoot the bear right between the eyes

[@hicknopunk]

@@jacobravega3626 you need a 30 cal or 50 cal rifle to kill a bear. Making noise and not being easy prey will get a bear to find easier food.

[@hicknopunk]

@SaltyBrains omg, a shot shell to a bear's face and you are going to have q really painful death.

[@viscounttudon68]

The third story really resonated with me. I lived in the arctic circle for several months with my girlfriend who was part of a scientific expedition (I was basically just doing labour). We brought several rifles chambered in .460 weatherby magnum. Biggest bullet I’ve ever seen in person. Stories like this remind me that there was a good reason for a projectile that large.

[@knurlgnar24]

That's an effin' serious round. Probably overkill for a Polar Bear, and exactly what I'd want. Even a shot that misses critical organs will still have the stopping power to end the bear's aggression. Most people carry something like a .44 magnum or a 10mm instead as they're portable and can be drawn in seconds, but the downside is that you pretty much need to have perfect aim.

[@gingermaniac5484]

searched it up and piquerist threesome with Christ that thing is bigger than a tampon

[@viscounttudon68]

@@gingermaniac5484 Yeah, I’ve handled a lot of firearms and .460 weatherby is just in another class. I fired it a couple times so I could know what I was in for, just in case, and I swear it felt like it pulled my shoulder out of its socket lol. Real monster of a round.

[@tyrannosaurusimperator]

​@@knurlgnar24I'm not sure there's such a thing as overkill when dealing with polar bears.

[@thekraken1173]

@@knurlgnar24 Nothing is overkill if your life is on the line.

[@chrisb1978]

It was only in January that a radioactive item of this size was lost on a 1000 mile journey across Australia. A highly radioactive calibration device. It was kept a a box with internal bolts to secure the box for its journey. Only one of those bolts fell out, and the device fell out through that bolt hole. They found it, but if it had got lodged in a part of someones car....almost certain death.

[@mshaley.michelle]

I was wondering if he was going to mention that after telling the second story!

[@ktcooki276]

Ohhh!!! They found it then??? Wow! I'd seen the story (even though I'm tucked up safe in bed in Yorkshire, England lol) but hadn't seen the follow-up! Thanks- off to 'google' how they recovered it!

[@mcdoogle6549]

Where did you hear it was lodged in a part of someone’s car? “the government revealed the capsule had been found just two metres off the side of the highway at 11:13 local time Wednesday”

[@chrisb1978]

@@mcdoogle6549 read again, you missed an if. ; )

[@mcdoogle6549]

@@chrisb1978 yeah my bad haha

[@bayouboy8744]

I am constantly surprised that people don't take polar bears to be as lethal as they are. Bite strength is the strongest among all of the Bears and they seem to always bite your head first because they know that will incapacitate you. These hikers were woefully unprepared for this attack and I feel sorry for them but I can't believe they actually used paper clips to secure some of the equipment.

[@Joseph-pz5bo]

Their also the largest land predator on earth

[@FallenAngel9979]

God those kids…. I can’t imagine the sheer terror they must have felt. The team leaders were absolutely unprofessional and irresponsible. Why they didn’t get fired and jailed is beyond me. Also feel dreadfully sorry for the bear. Poor thing was absolutely starving and not in a good condition.

[@TheMAXIFOD]

They did put their lives at risk to save the kids once the bear was there. Punishing them also doesn't serve a purpose, it was a mistake, and the only real reason for punishing mistakes is to set examples. This isn't an episode that can repeat it self though, so no need to set an example either

[@lotterwinner6474]

The 2nd story. You know you have been watching to many videos like this when you immediately say to yourself its radiation sickness.

[@JoeySmith101]

Drawing a circle is the only way to prevent a sea bear attack. They chose triangle and that was a fatal decision

[@Lawyermood18769]

Is that a SpongeBob reference?😂

[@jordangoote5432]

The first story in this video, I heard when I was at the police academy in Richmond, Ky. The instructor was the lead investigator on this case. Truly terrible people in this world. Thanks for the interesting content you share on this chancel.

[@Martial-Mat]

Fate may not be ours to decide, but placing yourself in a situation where fate becomes a factor, certainly is.

[@dxcSOUL]

Where you decided to be was decided for you by a chain of events that got you there. That chain of events was largely influenced by factors outside your control.

[@jaymobiggety9903]

​@@dxcSOULthe chain of events is your decisions. Take some ownership.

[@mr.waffles651]

Heart goes out to that father, loosing his family around him one by one must have destroyed his mental for the rest of his life.

[@Jeriko251]

"No matter how hard you try... ultimately, your fate isn't yours to decide." So true, and yet so beautifully tragic. In the grand scheme of things, we are just inconsequential amoebas, utterly beholden to the indifferent forces of the time and space in which we reside - making every moment of life another privilege for us to appreciate. Keep up the great content man!

[@2nicnag2]

Even though I’m religious, I don’t believe ‘everything happens for a reason’ based on faith, I believe things happen because that’s what happens, no puppeteer controlling us, often just people making stupid decisions

[@peterf.229]

fate is bullshit , just like religion, super natural and other garbage .

[@keerthanaap4824]

exactly @@2nicnag2

[@smoolz7818]

is that a cut linkin park verse?

[@domonicsdaniel4497]

The second story was so heartbreaking... As much as it was a freakish accident, I feel deeply sorry for the family and send my condolences to the husband, wherever he is now! Also, HOW THE FUCK did a radioacive capsule get into a residential home??? Like...????? Who brings/keeps such things home (thinking about the previous owner here, not the affected family) and how the hell is it allowed/not accounted for, if missing?

[@thurayya8905]

I know! It's not only dangerous, it's expensive. The only explanation must involve stolen materials. This isn't something you would just take home as a souvenir.

[@magnuskremlin]

I'd recommed watching Kyle Hill's Half Life Histories series. Orphan sources, while rare, aren't entirely uncommon. Co-60 I believe is used in fabrication and for finding leaks in piping etc. So it's not entirely unreasonable that it could end up in the home of a worker who uses such sources

[@spiritmatter1553]

And it depends on the radioactive agent. For some, a paper barrier will protect you sufficiently. For others, though… 😱

[@invaderhorizongreen8168]

@@spiritmatter1553 Alpha will be stopped by paper, Beta by aluminum Gamma on the other hand can ONLY be blocked by Lead.

[@oMuStiiA]

Did you hear about the similar radioactive capsule that got lost in Australia recently? (eventually found before anything bad could happen thank goodness) Apparently they can get lost in transport and be picked up by pretty much anyone.

[@aemrt5745]

Sadly, regarding the polar bear story, process creep (were a process slowly degrades over time due to no event) and complacency were involved. This happens all too often in industrial settings.

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

i had no idea that there was a word for that (process creep), good to know

[@aemrt5745]

@@blizzard_the_seal9863 Thanks. I have done many accident investigations as an Engineer and process crep is a problem.

[@flyingcapsicum]

It's insane to me that it got so bad they were using an 80 year old rifle that, from the looks of it, wasn't even maintained.

[@aluvrianne]

One of my earliest cases as a forensic anthropologist was of someone who'd been eaten by a black bear. It had done damage that left the remains looking like a pile of bones that a dog gnaws on and the ends flare. It had tried to crack open the skull as we counted several spots where the canine teeth left dents in the calvarium. That case was small potatoes compared to that polar bear...

[@peterf.229]

wolves are known to gnaw through skulls to eat the brains ( not human skulls but still , it takes time and a lot of effort .

[@ElSenorAbe]

Just binged Your Collection of Fates video and a new upload immediately after? I see this as a win Man that second story, he lost his entire family. Can’t imagine the grief he went through. That made me tear up a bit

[@AshleyYelsha]

Ugh that first story is horrific. Brittney Vaughn covered a similar story on her channel as well, except the would-be victim managed to survive and keep her baby

[@callerway7520]

Beats me how the capsule ended up at the house and how the kid found it. It's a true horror story and so tragic for the family

[@peterf.229]

was possibly from a medical facility .

[@GL1TCH3D]

Man... that second one was absolutely brutal. I can't imagine the grief you feel as a man, doing everything you can to provide for the family you love and then watching them all fall sick and die in such a short period.

[@DiamondCake2]

😂😂😂😂

[@AshandJax0610]

I knew Jamie. Worked with her a few years before and trained her. She was sweet and very naive. She wanted to be a mom though and I knew she must have been elated to have Elijah no matter how down on her luck she might have been. Kathy is a monster. I went to her arraignment hearing and learned the horrible details of what she did. I’m still sick over it all these years later. The baby lived and is now a beautiful, sweet little guy who looks so much like his mommy.

[@Sahdirah]

Jesus - I’m so sorry. :( There’s no words that are sufficient. I’m glad the baby survived, I hope they have the best life possible.

[@2nicnag2]

I’m so sorry, sometimes we forget there are those who know the people in these videos, it’s absolutely heartbreaking as cliche as it sounds, I’m so glad Jamie had friends like you to go to court, also so glad the child is okay.

[@shelms488]

Absolutely, also a close friend of Jamie. & it’s Isaiah. Miss her everyday though.

[@AshandJax0610]

@@shelms488 ACK! how did I miss that one!? I knew his name. No idea why I typed the wrong one!

[@shelms488]

@@AshandJax0610 it happens to the best of us.

[@harley_the_hack4416]

I felt terrible for the family with radiation poisoning, but poor Horatio...he didn't stand a chance and was conscious for what probably seemed like eternity.

[@dread_lens]

Dude this was one of your best videos, awesome job! I loved your use of images and placing of footage inside the tent, it really brought me into the story as you were narrating. Great job!

[@Geronimo2Fly]

I actually feel really sad for the bear as well. Starving to death, with obviously incredible pain in its teeth and jaw. It probably hadn't eaten in weeks. And that poor boy. How the expedition leaders weren't held responsible is utterly baffling. Just a horribly sad story all around.

[@truthylucy7068]

My god! A bloody nose is too much for me. To actually cut & remove a baby from a pregnant woman's stomach? This is a heinous crime perpetrated by a very, very sick individual! Actually believing she would get away with this? Her chances were better of grabbing a baby from the maternity ward of a hospital!

[@7th.trumpet]

Another set of 'potential' nightmares for me tonight ! Thanks for the upload 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@crazyaussie7054]

Wooooooooo just tucked into bed and my favourite channel uploads!!!

[@redemption156]

The first story is extremely brutal. I've listen to a ton of these stories and never heard something quite like that. As always, the quality of your content is amazing

[@ChristelVinot]

for me it was just your run-of-the-mill baby stealer. I hear of these stories often.

[@sergiv5613]

19:10. "Fortunately... it didnt have any effect on the bear" Doesnt sound very fortunate to me.

[@philippe888]

Dont poke the poor bears eyes while being eaten alive please

[@TylerLovato]

The radiation poisoning story is tragic and I couldn’t imagine the pain of the father. Prayers up for him and his family

[@Jennifer-hv2bc]

Once again you delivered great stories!! I just love your channel 💙

[@technick6418]

In relation to the polar bear scenario, American WWII fighter pilots (at least in the Pacific theatre) would often test fire their machine guns shortly after takeoff (and well before reaching enemy territory) to ensure that their equipment was ready for action when the time came. In this manner, if one or more guns malfunctioned, there was ample time to turn back without risking the safety of pilot and crew. I do believe that I would be doing the same thing (in a safe manner of course. A little range time is always beneficial anyways) if I knew I was heading into polar bear territory. Also, it sounds like the rifle jammed because it was likely in need of a thorough cleaning/lubrication, which is never something you want to neglect. This is especially important if the life safety of others is dependent on your equipment functioning correctly if/when it is needed.

[@2nicnag2]

That’s great info to know, my son is a military history buff and will see if he knew that!

[@Ahrpigi]

Third story: How many disaster stories include "it was assumed" about various precautions? 😟 That polar bear was old, sick, and malnourished, how deadly would one in it's prime and good health be?

[@adamhitchcock3723]

Was the point not that that its malnourishment was why it was being so aggressive, a healthy bear would not feel the need to randomly attack humans in their tents?

[@Ahrpigi]

@@adamhitchcock3723 Good point. A healthy bear might be stronger but a hungry bear is significantly more motivated.

[@Lu-vx1ld]

Babe!! Wake up!! New collection of horrible fates !!

[@jubeimakeshi]

😂

[@RustyShackleford_]

Regulars know you copied that for superficial validation in the form of likes

[@felver27]

My girl isn't into so I send it to my sister

[@rayimd]

@@RustyShackleford_Wahhhhh Wahhhhhh I don’t have friends wahhhh

[@JamesFromTexas]

Don't know why but I read that in the voice of Jeff from American Dad.

[@steeljustice3871]

Great video! I wonder how the Cobalt 60 got there in the first place

[@sethmo9]

Damn man I subscribed to you before you were even at 100k, you've really blown up so quickly, nice to see a fellow Canadian killing it! Keep it up!

[@CryptidFlame]

Heard a few other stories of animals attacking humans, and usually those are older, weaker desperate animals who cant cut it in the wild anymore, so they go for the easy targets, Us. And wreck absolute havoc in the process. Truly a reminder of how fragile we are

[@dollinterrupted]

Ya reminds me of a story from about 100 years ago a town in India Ithink was being tormented by a tiger (I think) who had a broken paw or something so couldn’t really hunt anymore so it took to eating their villagers, the tiger killed dozens of them

[@goblinofsharksnacks]

@@dollinterrupted It was a jaw injury from a hunter, instead of finishing the hunt he just left her, she couldn't hunt her normal prey as result, killed 400 people

[@johnr797]

​@@dollinterrupted happens to this day in india, saw video a few years back of a tiger just running around mauling and clawing people in a town

[@maxhonneger2761]

To polar bears, humans are on the menu.

[@dollinterrupted]

@@goblinofsharksnacks thank you yesss

[@evanoff2011]

Thank you, so much, your way to tell the stories keep me on edge, feeling really intense, better than movies.

[@alusias3183]

the second one screamed radiation poisoning from the very start. Radiation poisoning, although uncommon, does happen and it’s sad how people, especially healthcare professionals, arent as educated on it as much as they are other forms of poisoning because of how rare it is deemed to be

[@jessbellis9510]

I feel like at this point with the amount of incidents like this that've happened it would be protocol at this point to test for radiation if someone is sick and NOTHING IS SHOWING UP ON NORMAL TESTS.

[@PANZERFAUST322]

To be fair it was 1962, even despite nuclear testing and all the effects were not super accessible to the everyday person.

[@Eye_Of_Odin978]

I mean, that was all the way back in 1962, my guy. I agree with you on some level, even today it seems like cases of radiation sickness aren't picked up on by medical staff very well, but you have to remember that they ARE rare. We can all say "wElL eVeN iF dEy RaRe, dEy ShOulD sTiLl TeSt EvErY SiNgLe TiMe" from the comfort of our own homes with zero pressure weighing down on us as we bask in the information gathered AFTER the fact, but all that is is monday morning quarterbacking and that helps nobody but our own egos. But when it comes to medical attention, time is usually of the essence, so doing tens upon tens of random tests for unlikely, 1/10000 chances things like radiation and exotic parasites are usually just wastes of time while the would-be patient is literally dying. You work down from most likely to least likely depending on symptoms and information gathered for a REASON. It's easy for US to sit back and play armchair doctor after the fact when WE have all the info.

[@alusias3183]

@@Eye_Of_Odin978 You are right. Radiation poisoning is rare, and its practically impossible to test everyone with how rare it is. However, I do feel that the signs of radiation poisoning is quite unique and should still be more well known. And you are right to say that with diagnosis and treatment, you should be working from most common before moving on to the rarer diseases. I have seen many people jump to the rarest conclusions from the mildest of symptoms and that really should not be.

[@David-ud9ju]

This was 1962 for God's sake. They'd recognise it now.

[@maximillian1109]

The last story is so tragic, for everyone involved. The poor teens, the sick old bear, the guides... Such an unfortunate and sad incident.

[@lapislazarus8899]

I just had a gallbladder flare-up, and watching the second story is freaking me out. But I haven't handled any strange metal objects. There's sadly a few stories like this. That pipeline worker in (I think) Peru. Those guys salvaging medical equipment from an abandoned hospital in Brazil.

[@Eye_Of_Odin978]

As long as you don't discover any mysterious "burns" on your skin, you're probably ok. Radiation usually causes tissue damage similar to a burn but you would know because you haven't actually burned yourself there with fire.

[@natsski9003]

Omg the first was really right out of some nightmare,I usually don't get queasy with these but this one, it did the trick. The final one with the bear--this is why I stay the hell away from where bears live I can't do it keep me away from things that want to eat me.

[@SuV33358]

I like the 3 story set up. Mr Ballen used to do the 3 stories format too, but he doesn't do that anymore so I gave him up .... great vid, more like this please,!

[@madisonroehrs8077]

He's started to again

[@peterf.229]

i deleted his podcast cause I ain’t paying , the amount of$$$$ per month was crazy winfrey was like 12 bucks and wondery + was 15 bucks per month last i looked

[@BeckyEnchanted]

@@peterf.229Amazon Music Unlimited is about $10. His podcast is really good.

[@danielleharper9424]

The murder of Jamie was heartbreaking for our town. Probably one of the most gruesome and horrific things to happen here.

[@RKLS90]

To Scary Interesting, Just wanted to bring attention to how insanely fast this channel has grown. The only other channel I can remember that grew at this rate is MrBallen. I watch all your videos & can certainly say u deserve every bit of the views from myself as well as all the other viewers. Keep it up man. If this isn’t already enough to support u as a full-time job it will be soon cuz without a doubt the viewers & subscribers will just keep coming

[@jj-xl6ze]

Hey I really love how you went above and beyond for this one!!!

[@laikanbarth]

Where did the radiation tablet come from?? How did the previous owner of the house have something like that?? Very weird.

[@spiritmatter1553]

Comments elsewhere refer to radioactive capsules used to locate plumbing leaks somehow…

[@Itried20takennames]

Heard the same thing from other comments…that the capsules are used to test pipes and plumbing. So most likely, the people who lived there previously had zero connection to or knowledge it was there (could have been left in construction or as part of a plumber repair) and could have likely been a victim of it.

[@princesspupcake1269]

Will always be fucked-up to know such tiny things, seemingly harmless objects, could be devastatingly radioactive and you likely wouldn't know until it was too late.

[@Fionaspeople]

This is seriously my favorite channel. The depravity that goes into cutting a baby out of someone’s stomach is unimaginable. Thank you for another great upload!

[@BobLyn]

This is the best channel!

[@jimmylarge1148]

I cut the umbilical cords. That close enough? 😂

[@saltygoose2943]

@@jimmylarge1148 💨

[@danieldieni3188]

Mr ballen is better but this comes second

[@danieldieni3188]

​@@saltygoose2943 dummy

[@richardmontgomery967]

I really love how creepy this site comes off...spooky with the piano and the trees jutting up into the sky...well orchestrated!

[@grmpEqweer]

"You are not in control." I have anxiety, and this is what I tell myself to relax. I am not in control.

[@grom69]

Weird thoughts indeed...

[@spiritmatter1553]

A therapist taught me to tell myself, “God is in control.”

[@kaiden840]

​@Spirit Matter you might wanna find a new therapist..

[@nekonomicon2983]

First story is beyond horrific. A miscarriage driving a woman to insanity to the point she was willing to lure another pregnant woman to her death.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

I'm just trying to get my head around how the capsule and shielding container were there to begin with. Some sources say it was in the house's yard when they move in, others say the son brought it home. I'm just trying to find out what the warning labels were in 1962, as far as I know it was the trefoil, or the radiation symbol everyone knows but I'm not sure if it was on the capsule or not or just the container.

[@esteemedmortal5917]

Yeah, when you move into a new place, you might expect some hangers or leftover cleaning supplies, not radioactive material!

[@behindthepie9430]

I think its used for some kind of radiation therapy, and may have been from a clinic somehow. There was another similar case in a south american town a long time ago, but many more people died in that event.

[@angelapyle7301]

You have 1 of the best content on YT! These stories make me frightened to even go outside. However, I think I wouldn’t use paper clips to secure a barrier 😮

[@davidpawson7393]

As someone who was adopted who's seen a miscarriage which would have taken my girlfriend too if I didn't come home early that day I just can't wrap my head around how someone could do this. I can't even imagine the guilt both my mom and girlfriend feel/felt, RIP mom, from something they had zero control of and then there's people like here walking amongst us that are monsters.

[@patsk8872]

This is why I never trust anyone I don't know very well. People laugh at me for putting motel chains on and I'm like... you're a naive fool.

[@hicknopunk]

​@@patsk8872 locks only buy you time. What you are doing is reasonable. I always take a pistol to hotels I stay in. If anything ever happened, I would be able to instinctively grap it and defend myself.

[@spiritmatter1553]

@@hicknopunk When seconds count, the police are minutes away. 🤍2A.

[@davidpawson7393]

@Hicknopunk I took two 2x4s with a V cut in one end at a 45 degree angle to hold the door knob and cut the other end at 45 degrees to sit flat against the floor. I put deck screws through the floor end with a little over a quarter inch of screws exposed to grip the carpet. Upon testing this it worked great. I've also replaced the hinge screws with 3 1/2 inch screws when living out of cheap motels for work as the jambs are a weak point and 3/4 screws don't stop someone kicking the door in. Having a bathroom window on the ground floor that opens is also a must.

[@hicknopunk]

@@davidpawson7393 would it be nearly as effective to jam a Wedge or 2 with a screw behind each one to anchor it? Oh and a gun 😁

[@j.p.6932]

9:37 ok, at least it was being stored in a lead box, but I’m still surprised someone would just leave it behind when moving.

[@maxwellschmid588]

Am i the only one who also feels at least some sympathy for the polar bear? I mourn the students who died bcuz their adult caretakers were negligent. But the bear was in such horrific shape It was practically at death's door and the vicious attack was not because it was evil or for malevolent It was just so desperately hungry and close to death that it would be willing to do anything just to eat. It was probably an act of mercy for the bear too that the instructor killed it.

[@thespiritfont2023]

Thank you for a video with very few adverts 🌺

[@ThuyCawlEemThaBlaydRunna]

Those expedition leaders were negligent for sure but you can’t deny their heroism in the wake of certain death. Running up to a polar bear to distract it for the sake of others present? Landing a kill shot on one while mauled and badly injured with an *ejected* cartridge? Amazing.

[@russell_fry]

This is among my top favorite channels thus far, and I've been on KZbin since 2009, which says a lot.

[@thoeunmoen9093]

Scary Interesting: "The shiny capsule the boy had been playing with was a synthetic isotope of cobalt-" Me: (someone who's played and beat Metro: Exodus and suddenly perks up) Scary Interesting: "called Cobalt-60." Me: DAMMIT! I KNEW IT!

[@jacekatalakis8316]

I mean, that could be a mini series all on its own, really

[@thoeunmoen9093]

@@jacekatalakis8316 Agreed. Ever since I learned about Cobalt-60 and it's potential theoretical usage in what's called a "salted" bomb, I've come to realize and respect how terrifying it is. I also remember Kyle Hill doing a video about it (theorizing that the glowing rod Homer has in The Simpsons is potentially a rod of Cobalt-60) and how on processed or labelled pieces of Cobatl-60, it's literally engraved with the words "DROP AND RUN!" No other radioactive material is labelled in such a way.

[@waywardgun]

Story 3 is like "We took a bb gun, a stick and some chewing gum into T-rex country". I feel like an electric fence isn't going to deter a polar bear if it's safe enough to let kids set it up, and one gun between a big group is useless when the person using it is asleep and it sounds like it hasn't been test fired in a long time.

[@serafine666]

It's amazing to me that no matter the scale of the mistake, no matter how reckless the decision, no matter how clear the cause and effect, holding someone legally responsible for criminal negligence in these incidents pretty much never happens. The expedition leaders were reckless and made obvioisly bad decisions, but not even a slap on the wrist from those recklessly bad decisions killing and severely injuring people.

[@rococogoth]

...I fall asleep way too often to your soothing voice. It's quite nice to listen to.

[@simonrowe3124]

😂 me too!

[@Republic3D]

If anyone feels like saying hello to a polar bear after watching this, Longyearbyen (the main town on Svalbard) has twice daily flights on modern 737s or A320s directly from Oslo. It's around 3-4 hours depending on the wind conditions. The Arctic wild is not as far away as people think.

[@CircleThinker]

Just to say I appreciate your use of necropsy vs autopsy, one of my big pet peeves!

[@maxhonneger2761]

What is the difference please?

[@CircleThinker]

@@maxhonneger2761 Autopsy is performed by humans on humans, necropsy is performed by humans on other species - you can't carry out an /auto/psy on something that is a different species to your own - it's the same prefix as autobiography for example, meaning 'self'

[@maxhonneger2761]

@@CircleThinker Thank you.

[@phinhnanthasone1231]

The pictures of the polar bear attack really had my blood running cold!

[@larrywelchko6136]

love your stories keep up the great work

[@scottdorfler2551]

I'm surprised the investors couldn't find the source of the Cobalt 60. It's not like you can buy it at Rite Aid. When the capsule was first mentioned I thought for sure it was Cesium. That would be much easier to aquire.

[@djm55]

Love your stories and your Canadian accent! 🙂

[@noneofyourbuizness]

Man we love you, and really hope you will give us some true crime stories in the future because you are a great story teller 🙏

[@miklolona.7002]

Well done,well spoken,Sir.. Keep crushin. ⚒️

[@kirtemoon529]

Do you know how the little boy actually got his hands on Cobalt60? That doesn’t seem like something that’s easy to get one’s hands on…

[@codyphillips1821]

These are very entertaining to me, thank for the upload!

[@ares106]

“Expedition was cleared of wrongdoing” are you kidding?

[@lancepage1914]

The place is probably run by Free Masons. What did you expect?

[@callmewisteria]

when you started the story from Mexico City with the symptoms and what the boy had been playing with, i immediately knew it had been a radioactive capsule. the symptoms of radiation sickness are telltale and brutal. death from radiation is incredibly slow and painful, so i can only imagine how terrible watching his entire family die was for the father who was unable to stop it. long story short: do not store radioactive materials in your home, because someone might eventually come across it and not know what it is. all in all a disturbing story and absolutely a horrible fate.

[@tumbke]

I’ve heard about the 2nd story before. The mother actually had a suspicion that the weird capsule was causing the sickness and brought it to the hospital after her son died. The son got the capsule from his uncle, who scavenged an old abandoned hospital nearby that still had the equipment left behind.

[@MintyLime703]

Pretty sure you're thinking of a different instance. The kid found the lead box at their new home. There was one where a guy scavenged radioactive dust from an Xray machine, though. He handed it out to a bunch of friends and family and naturally it wasn't good. Maybe that's what you're thinking of.

[@kamicokrolock]

@@MintyLime703 There have been quite a few of these cases over the years.

[@danielabackstrom]

Excellent video yet again Sean 🤗

[@EnkaOwakura]

Great content! I didn't know about the second story, and I live in the country mentioned. Radiation poisoning and orphan sources are so dangerous :(

[@soulbot119]

orphan sources are dangerous? what does that even mean

[@bospodd]

OKAY, THAT FIRST ONE MESSED ME UP. turned on KZbin for a nighttime sesh; turned off KZbin immediately. Lol😂

[@BrianaCunningham]

Holy shit. Rest in Peace Jaime. Absolutely terrible way to go. I hope you are in a better place now.

[@alexneckoyami]

I went on a month long national geographic student expedition to Australia and the organizers were so disorganized despite how special it was supposed to be that it doesn't surprise me at all that the leaders of this were ill prepared and holding everything together with paperclips.

[@Nyarlathothep]

This is one of my favorite channels, and I know I'll get flack, but the baby wasn't in its mother's stomach, it was in her womb. They gestate, not digest.

[@LikesToRaveDave]

I always have this thought when someone mentions the baby being in the stomach. I know its just a common phrase that everyone says but I can't help but think "don't eat the baby!"

[@cooperusm4930]

Came to the comments just to see if anyone else is as bothered by the bad women's anatomy as I am 😅

[@thurayya8905]

I immediately know it's a male making the comment.

[@lunafreed]

uterus => tummy => stomache

[@GauravKumar-tq1kw]

Tomato Tomato

[@rohanmahashabde8330]

The picture of the Polar bear walking around the tent is cold AF! Shout out to whomever designed that

[@lisaperry5999]

1st story similar to what happened where I lived..look up Bobbi Jo Stinnett and Lisa Montgomery the latter was put to death Jan 2022,for cutting baby out of Bobbi Jo. She died,baby lived and is now in her early 20s. They met online,as BJ sold Rat terriers and Lisa expressed interest in a puppy..she wanted her unborn baby. I really can't think of anything more horrific Edit: Lisa already had 4 children.this was Bobbis 1st

[@jeannemarcinek4575]

I had seen the story and cried that this woman killed her for a baby. Bobbi Jo did not survive but her baby did it is still sad.

[@kendra_t]

I thought of this case but couldn't remember the names involved, so I googled it. Wikipedia has a page on "fetal abduction" with a bunch of similar cases. I had no idea.

[@miketobias1821]

Another well deserved like. This was very interesting. 👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@ashleyevans7694]

What’s most infuriating here is that the expedition was never held accountable.

[@Kieran.Robertson]

This series is phenomenal 🙌🏼

[@zbz5505]

4:52 while I absolutely can get behind her families want, I have a hard time believing they cared that much about jaimie (?) while she was alive, when she was desperate enough to be forced to trust a random stranger. On the other hand, I suppose it's possible she didn't tell her family because she didn't want to bother them.

[@jaystiz6163]

This is the best category my favorite need to make more of these 🔥