Cult VANISHES in the Outback | Darkest Disappearances 3

When people go missing it always leaves an eerie feeling. Especially when they disappear under unexplainable or mysterious circumstances. Sometimes those circumstances can be very disturbing. Here are four of those stories.
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32:14 Texas Equisearch is honestly so incredible. It was founded by a man who’s daughter went missing and he’d go out on his horse looking for her. Then he realized that there were tons of people missing. So while he was out looking for his daughter, he might as well be looking for them too. And that’s like how it was born. It’s all volunteers. Honestly it’s really a sad and beautiful thing.

[@Kim-ev8pr]

Well if you come upon a corpse looking for a corpse I suppose you should tell the popo!

[@bunnyluver2176]

Wow sounds like a great cause.

[@djquinn11]

@@Kim-ev8pr: Wouldn’t Google Maps be more efficient than riding on horseback?

[@m4g3osrs10]

And how exactly are you supposed to find missing people using Google Maps. Seriously dude? Did you think about what you wrote even in the slightest?@@djquinn11

[@tiredfangs991]

​@@djquinn11 how would looking at Google maps to search for a mission person be effective at all. its not like google maps gets updated every single day

[@tzvikrasner6073]

The cops saying "yeah, don't go check the only structure for miles" coupled with the way they basically just noped the crime scene has my spidey senses going just a bit.

[@andrewpieterse6809]

Plus it was the only place the police dogs caught a scent of him. Maybe if they had gone and looked that day they would have found him.

[@user-rh9jg9fu7z]

💯

[@SteelCentaur]

Wow, the cops didn't even try to hide the fact that they didn't give a damn about Jason Landry. Heartbreaking for the family.

[@OutdatedGalaxy]

I don't think they ever expected it to go this way but it sure brings awareness to be mindful no matter what you assume the situation is. They were unprofessional as hell and I can only hope they are completely embarassed by the way they acted and have changed - but I know how that kind of hoping goes.

[@KS-PNW]

That's small town Texas cops for ya.

[@brenofbrokeburg]

Texas cops…typical. What keeps bothering me is that they said “I wouldn’t go up there if I was you” then, as a cop, YOU should’ve gone. There’s so much in just that short quip.

[@momtammy3563]

​@@brenofbrokeburg that's a really good point. If a place is too shady for one cop, you get more cops until you have the contingencies covered, and then go in. You don't just pull a Uvalde and say, nah I ain't gonna in there!

[@bajonista]

​@@brenofbrokeburgThe guy the cop was talking to wasn't a cop. It could be a shady place with squatters or a meth lab or something, or it's not actually abandoned and the homeowner could be jumpy. He shouldn't be sending a civilian into a random creepy situation, and this is after dark in the Texas countryside, and unfortunately the property owner or resident would be within their rights to shoot first and ask questions later. Either way, not ok to tell some dude to go wandering around. They didn't search much because it was private property, so they'd need a warrant or probable cause. Now, I'd be more concerned about the safety of a naked, stoned guy wandering around in December myself, so I'd have kept looking around, but I'm not a jaded cop.

[@archangel5627]

Speaking on the Tom Messick case, the reason why the FBI were called in to investigate is because Tom’s brother disappeared in the forests of Upstate New York several years prior to Tom’s disappearance. Furthermore, they never found any traces of his brother so I’m assuming the FBI believed that both of their disappearances must’ve been related in some capacity. At the end of the day the whole case is truly baffling and quite bizarre.

[@laurenwest3090]

Wow that is quite a coincidence!

[@thehangingparsiple5692]

More likely the FBI came in because of the second man disappearing from the same area 9 days later. I couldn't find anything about his brother going missing however?

[@SabrinaMeShell]

thank you for that info!

[@arianahonk]

Missing 411 has a podcast or video about Tom. Goes into more detail. Missing 411 also has a theory about the environment all these people dissappear from. We are not alone type theory....boulders, it starts to storm, etc etc.

[@bunnyluver2176]

Take anything you hear from David Paulides with a grain of salt. He's a known fraud. Missing Enigma and Zealous Beast both have debunked Paulides and his books, especially Zealous Beast who goes through case by case and proves Paulides is nothing but a liar who profits off the misery of others. He's just a disgraced former cop turned conman who believes Bigfoot is to blame for the Missing 411 but he won't come out and say it directly only hint at it (he has written books about Bigfoot as well).

[@lisapilot2895]

I couldn't help but imagine what I would feel, as a parent, going to the scene of the crash to search for my son, and seeing his clothing scattered all over the road. The disrespect shown by the officers is mind-blowing. Really loved this one, Mike.

[@jelkel25]

There's a saying along the lines of never attribute to malice what you can attribute to stupidity (or laziness). There's no getting around the fact the case was bungled and leaving the guys clothes on the road was disrespectful. You can have a serious head injury without an external bleed and you can disappear in flat looking terrain.

[@LouisCasas]

There are far too many unfit cops on the world's police forces.

[@pattynielsen5506]

@@jelkel25 I was wondering if Jason had warmer clothes in his backpack and took off the things he was wearing and changed into them. Sandles? Hopefully, he had sneakers packed in his bag.

[@jelkel25]

@@pattynielsen5506 It's possible.

[@roems6396]

Playing devils advocate…do you think they left them there in case Jason stumbled back to the scene, so that he would have clothes to put on? Even if that were the case, they wouldn’t have just left them strewn all over the road. Laziness may be the best answer.

[@Alox0083]

The jason landry case is quite odd. Im a paramedic in the central valley in california and i see a lot of hypoglycemic patients involved in automobile accidents and this definitely seems to fit the bill. Hypoglycemia can make you extremely hot which can lead to stripping of the clothes. It also can make you severely confused, slurred speech, dizziness, difficulty concentrating and anxiety. A lot of dissapearances ive looked at in my youtube doomscrolling fit this issue and its hardly ever taken into concideration by law enforcement.

[@hgbugalou]

A sudden medical event like this was my thought too. It explains the getting lost, the crashing, and the undressing then panic. If he was mentally compromised he could have ran off into the woods and died from the medical event, or just exposure. Then his body eaten by a pack of wild hogs. They will eat bone and all, especially in the winter when food is more scarce.

[@mitrovarr]

Another possibility is that he was developing schizophrenia and this was his first psychotic break. The heavy pot use could have been self-medication, he could have ditched all his stuff because of paranoia (he could have thought he was being tracked), and the body was never found because he hid himself away very carefully before he died from hypothermia.

[@Alox0083]

@@mthomson213 lot of reasons especially in the wilderness. Got to take human error for one. Ive done search parties and ive seen how lazy volunteers can be, avoiding heavy brush areas for example. Also take into account if a river was near by. A decent stream can pull a body just outside of a search area.

[@holliecasey5463]

This was my first thought. It presents at this age. Which is maybe why his friend recorded their facetime chats for proof that they happened, but not what was said. Isolation and self medication would account for so much if he was in this state, or escalating to this state. Not a lot of people to notice. Or if someone noticed some weird behavior, chalk it up to covid depression. @@mitrovarr

[@wenb9270]

There are so many men who do this and are never found. I wonder if there's a correlation between men, hypoglycemia, and them doing this.

[@nellapuddin2434]

"Going crazy is just literally something to do." I've never heard small town rural life described so accurately. Bless your heart Mike, my soul felt that

[@Shannob]

Completely disgusting the way they handled Jason's case

[@rocketamadeus3730]

They find a couple grams of weed in a pill bottle and act like it's significant somehow.

[@madmadjenny]

Freaking Hot Dog Squad. If you know, you know.

[@personincognito3989]

​@rocketamadeus3730 if you smoke pot and drive, you are impaired and can be charged

[@itzaclownworldnow696]

​@@personincognito3989true. But then whats your point? It usually doesn't make people run off naked from a mild crash and disappear forever.

[@shauns.4234]

Right! Why would that one guy say he wouldn't check the abandoned house? Sketchy.

[@mleh2512]

Definitely please make more of these strange, unexplained disappearances compilation videos. They’re great. Happy Friday, friends.

[@cindymelgar2259]

Happy Friday! 🌜🌌

[@acorinnek]

Please cover the missing person case of Charlie Allen. He was a high school mate of mine and many would love to see more coverage on his case which is over a decade old.

[@Guesswho-bh8yf]

"The weirdest Lego ever" only Mike could come up with something so clever 😆😂🤣🤣

[@ana-zb7ix]

There’s something about unsolved disappearances that is both haunting and fascinating to me at the same time. Thank you for delivering these stories, Mike. We love you too!

[@jessicag821]

Same! I think it's the fact that we're all so interconnected, we've got all this tech, but people can still just vanish? It doesn't seem right. Even without the technology, it seems unreal that a person can just be gone with no answers

[@thehangingparsiple5692]

Me too

[@GetCraftyLemons]

I like solved better as it would drive me nuts not to know where my loved one was!! But, I watch all of Mike's vids!! Top content creator! #1 😁

[@ana-zb7ix]

@@jessicag821 that’s right. One second you’re there, then the other you’re not and no one can find you. Like, how can this happen in this day and era? I also had thoughts all throughout my life of giving everything up and literally vanish. Start a new life somewhere where no one knows me, maybe that adds to the fascinating part for me. Like it’s doable.

[@tinaroberts5858]

In this day and age, I find it incredible that they still can't find people.

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Always a good day when thatchapter posts

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It's good when you're here!

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100%❤

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Damn! There's hundreds of us within four minutes. 😂

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​@borisbabich that's cause everyone loves Mikey 🥹

[@borisbabich]

@@Lrc1313 Don't know about everybody, but I do. His narration is top, toppest!

[@Ava33-ss5dg]

“Going crazy is literally just something to do”made me laugh😂 . Love the wit. I like how you add humor in to these dark topics. It makes it a little easier to digest.

[@kristinwojtowich8902]

These kinds of stories are almost more terrifying than the murders you usually cover; the fact that someone can just be living their life then disappear into thin air, never to be seen again with no explanations at all, to me, is really freaking scary.

[@jessied8585]

Ain't that the truth. Saw a story a few years ago that some man was on his farm and went to get the mail or something and disappeared. Possibly in front of their eyes. They never could find him but some people could hear him for a while after he disappeared. It was I think in the late 1800's or turn of the century. I don't remember all the details but what I do remember is he disappeared and people heard him after he disappeared. Like he got sucked into a different dimension or something really weird. The older I get the more I see how many evil things happen in this world and the more I know, the less I know.

[@Dad......]

When the cops investigating say "I wouldn't go over there if I were you" I'm not surprised.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

@@Dad...... I'm thinking he swerved to avoid hitting someone/something in the road and that's what caused the crash. He then got ordered to get out of the car and told to strip. Poor guy may have been assaulted, possibly s**ually and later disposed of. The 'abandoned' house could well have been a meth lab. Who really knows. Very sad story. Hope they find him, even if he has passed so that he can be given a proper funeral :-((

[@nicem8746]

Unfortunately, it happens. This is the world we live in.

[@Snarl_Marx]

There's something so sad about the Jason Landry story. I hope his family gets the answers they so richly deserve.💟

[@lw3894]

Seems like the cops had something to do with it

[@davealaya]

​@@lw3894the cops absolutely had something to do with it

[@CantTellYou]

@@lw3894 *Immediate* thought when they don’t care to search or enter every piece of evidence. Not to mention that “I wouldn’t go there” line to the abandoned house...

[@St.FighterZ]

How could the cops not call in a chopper with thermal scope. The lack of concern is shocking. Just cuz he had some weed they dont take it seriously? 🤷‍♂️

[@nisar8009]

My father was a cop in a smaller area. They just don’t care. They prejudge people by what they find at the scene (weed) and drop the ball. They should have had a search party out that very night as well as really taking over the scene of the accident. They just called a tow truck, went to the donut shop and called it good.

[@bcollins3811]

Jason's case has me kinda floored bc they just LEFT HIS STUFF THERE??? ON A DIRT ROAD???? IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?????? Not to mention the clip of that cop saying "I wouldnt go in there if I was you" in reference to that abandoned house. Idk about haunted but some real life horrors might be going on there.

[@user-rh9jg9fu7z]

🤬💯

[@stackflow343]

The house comment is the only thing that really makes sense. A mysterious crash scene, middle of the night, a "seemingly" abandoned house, in gun-toting Texas... Walking up to it alone is like a bingo card for getting got.

[@allisclampMN22]

I feel so bad for Jason. Whatever happened to him, it must have been horrible. Whether that was dying alone due to confusion, or an abduction of some sort. I don’t doubt for a second that he is unfortunately deceased. I hope his family gets closure.

[@nosleeptonight]

Jason's case reminds me of the case of Lindsay and Hailey Gardner. Both involved in seemingly minor car crashes with no indication of the cause and no evidence of major injury, undressed and left the scene of the accident. Lindsay and Hailey having the additional weirdness of Lindsay actually undressing her baby Hailey as well as herself, a symptom never really seen with standard paradoxical undressing cases, and the fact she seemingly chose to walk off into a desolate field instead of the opposite direction which would have taken them to a road and a street of houses and businesses. At least in the Gardner case the police actually took it seriously and their bodies were eventually found in the area so some closure was given to the family, but like Jason's case they are still left with so many unanswered questions.

[@pm2886]

Not really. They all succumbed to hypothermia. It makes people do things like wander aimlessly. It messes with your mind.

[@byff2]

Same with MAURA MURRY! minor car accident and never seen again

[@pm2886]

@@byff2 Hypothermia. It's responsible for almost all these kinds of deaths .. plus those in national parks etc. It's horribly common.

[@chiasanzes9770]

​@@pm2886Do you know what is hypotermia? Sounds you have no idea what you talk about

[@pm2886]

@@chiasanzes9770 It's called "hypothermia", actually. The fact you can't even spell it tells me YOU have no idea. Meantime, hypoTHermia is a low core body temperature. It can happen even in relatively mild conditions, and is responsible for, or contributes to, the deaths of many in the outdoors.

[@taylorrenee4880]

For a town so small, Skidmore has some crazy shit going on there.

[@NormCantoral]

Hence why its small? 🤔

[@DianaPrinceIsFreakingAwesome]

Hey, Mike and That Chapter family. Hope everyone is well and has a great weekend. Thank you, Mike for your awesome work. 💚

[@kimberleyblair3392]

❤Have a great weekend friend!😊

[@andrew69007]

That noise in the woods definitely happened. A lot of people think the FBI has all kinds of weird shit in remote forests across the west/midwest, like using these areas as a playground for their experiments. They only get involved if one of their experiments has something to do with whatever happened. That noise has been reported a lot in areas just like that, and linked to many disappearances and sightings and experiences that can't be explained. WhatLurksBeneath covers this kind of thing. There's all kinds of wild shit they're keeping from us

[@Rugelacharugula]

Losing a loved one would be heartbreaking enough. But can you _imagine_ the wide open void of not knowing??

[@Sara.Rose.]

I agree, it’s very sad. Along with the frustration when you realise that the officials aren’t doing enough and have ignored the case.

[@katecassidy9357]

There’s something about the car -accident-to-disappearance stories that always gets me. There are so many of them.

[@benbuurman254]

Maura Murray and Bryce Laspisa are the most infamous ones. It’s always college aged young men and women

[@sethstine4698]

​@benbuurman254 and Brandon Swanson too.

[@katecassidy9357]

@@sethstine4698 And Daniel Robinson.

[@johnscanlon2598]

@@katecassidy9357that is a strange one

[@illmannered1]

I always scratch my head when people admonish Skidmore for killing Ken Mcelroy... I read the book, and if anyone deserved to get put down in the street it was him. The law wasn't capable of bringing the town any justice, so they honestly did what they had to do. Good riddance.

[@Munchies2019]

What are you talking about? What book?

[@illmannered1]

@@Munchies2019 it's called In Broad Daylight, I'd recommend it, it's an interesting story.

[@user-ep5mz1be2n]

Mike totally addressed that! He said "the town bully was an A-hole, so who cares about that" or something to that effect.

[@illmannered1]

@@user-ep5mz1be2n Yup, most people I've seen or heard talk about react with a surprised Pikachu face to the vigilante justice. He was a menace terrorizing the community.

[@kayecaban5324]

I absolutely agree

[@CassandraL666]

Jason’s poor father having to essentially do his own investigation at the crime scene….. Jesus.

[@tnt.harrisharris4888]

Thanks for covering Jason Landry's case. I work for the city of San Marcos and the disappearance of Texas State student Jason Landry has not been covered as widely as many others. Prayers his parents find answers someday soon.

[@sassycassie86]

I love this series you’ve been doing. It’s been kind of mind bending with some of these cases!

[@jimmyzhao2673]

The first story really grossed me out. 🤢

[@emilien.]

@@jimmyzhao2673 I agree. I couldn't finish watching that particular story, even with Mr. ThatChapter doing his usual 👋🏆excellent presentation of these kinds of difficult accounts.

[@jonslg240]

I like these stories too.. plenty to speculate on. The story at around 25:00, Jason, it seems likely he got carjacked by someone, which is why he went down that rural road. Houston has a TON of crime. Then he spun out, and the person forced him to strip & then walk with them at gunpoint, ultimately killing him later. That just seems the most likely, though.

[@CantTellYou]

@@jonslg240 He also could’ve been high on something other than weed like PCP or other tranqs & dissociatives that could cause him to freak out, strip naked and further isolate himself or hurt himself in an already isolated area. Either way, this isn’t exactly your standard everyday Houston type of crime.

[@michelleb7399]

I audibly exclaimed, “No, no!” When Mike described the details of the Jack Wayne whomever “kinks.” Ugh. Wasn’t prepared to hear that. I am now welcoming the hair product advertisement to wash my brain-eyes out. Yuck.

[@maddybertani8161]

Hi TC fam! Hope everyone has had a good day! Thank you Mike for giving it a goo!

[@piperatoms5926]

❤🎉 Thanks Maddy! ❤❤❤ I hope you’re having a wonderful day. Such a nice community Mike has curated.

[@eatmyshitzu]

So let me get this right. The man says he kidnapped and killed a blond haired person from a town of 300 people and they aren't sure it's him? Smh

[@sofiamiles4729]

Idk why, but those disappearances are way more creepy and scary to me than prolific serial killers. Please keep them coming. And thank you for leaving the contact info at the end. I truly hope those families can have closure soon.

[@alicenwonderreadsbooks]

Poor families. It’s terrible not knowing what happened and hoping for a miracle.

[@caitlinelizabeth7808]

Thank you for bringing attention to Jason Landry’s case… i grew up in the hill country and went to school at Texas State. Some of my college friends were actually from Missouri City. As someone who is familiar with all of the areas in this case, it is truly bizarre and mind boggling that no trace of him has been found. My heart breaks for his family. (Side note; the small town local police forces in SM and adjacent areas are notoriously shitty in multiple aspects-at least when i lived there- does anyone know if the Texas Rangers were brought in to investigate at any point?)

[@jessied8585]

That's what I said Caitline, every one knows I-10 and all the major cities have hwy's connecting them. The minute I saw the road he was on I was like, that ain't right. Even Con Can and Leaky have major roads even though they aren't major cities between them and Garner State Park they are very heavily traveled on, well maintained roads. Too weird. 😢💔

[@UmatsuObossa]

A sinkhole really is the most likely for Messick. They can easily form from heavy rain carrying the soil out from beneath tree roots, and the sound could have been a number of roots breaking. If a sinkhole has been there long enough, it can even become something of a chute, which could carry someone deep underground as they slide down the mud. My parents had a mud chute form in their yard which led to their basement wall. Definitely was big enough to fit a person in it, too them forever to dig it up and fill it in.

[@danihusom8668]

That is terrifying! Just walkin along in the woods and sucked underground. OOOFDA.

[@Ittheyzezermeowpurr]

Scary

[@Ittheyzezermeowpurr]

@@danihusom8668i agree.Scary

[@BrandiL1972]

Thanks for talking about the Landry case. I’m in that city and it’s heartbreaking that he hasn’t been found. 😊

[@mochimochi7669]

I love these disappearance videos but it’s so sad knowing their loved ones don’t have closure. Thanks for the post. Happy Holidays to you and your family, Mike.

[@sabrinaa1235]

Hi Mike, Would it be possible to dive into the case of Ariel Kouakou? He went missing in Montreal and after what can be considered a limited investigation, the police said he likely drowned. This happened years ago but us always on my mind. The more I listen to true crime, the more I realize so much more should and could have been done for this young boy. Many speculate that the investigation was so limited due to race. I now live in the area he went missing from and I plan to go check out the park he went missing from myself but I don’t really know what else I can do. I really think Ariel and his family deserve more attention than what the police gave him here.

[@sabrinaa1235]

Also you are amazing and thank you for all your work!

[@ThatChapter]

Not familiar with that one, thanks for the suggestion I'll give it a goo!

[@anna9072]

The Jason Landry case: Hypothermia would take hours to set in. If he stayed in the car, which would have stayed warm for some time after it was turned off, even more time. The other car arrived on the scene about an hour after he crashed, unless he found a walk-in deep freeze there’s no way he could get that hypothermic that quickly.

[@AclockworkPurple]

One can become hypothermic relatively quickly under the right circumstances. In some cases one can become moderately hypothermic and experience cognitive dysfunction and confusion with 30 minutes to 1 1/2 hours in temperatures around 50 degrees depending on several factors. This can lead to more severe hypothermia and death due to exposure. It doesn’t take “deep freeze” temperatures or hours in some cases. It’s probably not a factor in this instance but hypothermia can be weird when/how it occurs.

[@JenOween]

"Weirdest Lego ever." DAMMIT, MIKE! STOP MAKING ME LAUGH AT STUFF I KNOW I DEFINITELY SHOULDN'T!

[@Gray3ther]

..."Minster, and Boy Scout Leader...this won't end well." 😂😂😂❤

[@miss3305]

Weirdest Lego ever! You never disappoint Mike.

[@deborahhenderson149]

OMG! That was definitely an eye- opener.

[@GoblinsAreAGirlsBestFriend]

I'm really bothered by Jason Landry's story - particularly with the police officer saying "I wouldn't [check the abandoned house] if I were you!" to his partner so matter-of-factly, and isn't questioned on that statement either. They all think that's a normal statement apparently. Why? Also, I went to look at the bodycam footage; they do end up _"going to"_ that house but they _BARELY_ check it. He walks up to it for a minute, walks across 2 sides of it saying "police" and then walks back off. When there is a light on in the barn next to it. Why, if it's abandoned? I mean they specifically confirmed verbally it was indeed abandoned. Why is the light on? Why aren't we checking inside if it's abandoned? How do we know he wasn't there?

[@2anthro]

I wonder why to this day that abandoned house has never been checked? Its a big old house with several floors of nooks and closets, his remains could be in there now and no one has bothered. The chief of police really threw himself between that house and the patrolman police officer's query!!

[@Man_of_Tomorrow]

Police incompetence early in an investigation is often the reason for many unsolved crimes. Too many jaded, poorly trained and just plain bad cops with a pathetically low bar for entry. Especially in rural areas, where they essentially act as local mafia. Most of the small American towns I've lived in were either operating speed trap scams or busting local drug dealers, stealing the evidence and selling it themselves. One thing that never gets reported on are the amount of addicts who are murdered or kidnapped and are never investigated at all. One town I lived in, women with past addiction issues were vanishing. Police did nothing because they assumed it was drug related. Turned out to be Shawn Grate, who is covered in an episode of That Chapter. In a town very near there my uncle turned up dead along the railroad tracks, his clothes half removed from someone dragging his body there, with signs of a struggle and a headwound. The cops (aware he was a local addict) did absolutely no investigating until an autopsy was done (which takes a few months for the results) then chalked it up to a drug overdose because he had drugs in his system and called it a day. To be honest, the only reason people like Jason Landry even get investigated at all was because he had a lot of friends and family who were pretty middle class, he was a college student, and it got press attention. You can tell in their initial bodycam, they assumed immediately it was drug related so they didn't care. The more news worthy, the more effort they put in. If you're of a lower class, go missing or get killed, and you get no press attention, most cops will do NOTHING. It's like you never existed at all.

[@thehangingparsiple5692]

"Definitely a lot of skidmarks in Skidmore" 😂 But seriously, in the first case how tragic to have not one, but two, such terrible crimes happen in one family 😢

[@tati001]

That last story about Jason, everything in me is telling me that the police know more than what they're saying. How is it that you go to a potential crime scene (as a police officer) with a potential victim and no investigation is done? Wouldn't you want to know if there was some maniac on the loose in your town? And then the sheriff said wildlife could've gotten him. I don't think so! He would see evidence of animal predation! There's obvious signs when it's animal prediction. These are really weak excuses for why they're not doing their damn job. I pray that nothing like this happens to my child. Because if this was my son I would reign holy hellfire down on that town! 😡

[@ddmc424]

Totally agree! Something very fishy about that one! Maybe a cop found him after the accident and there was a struggle or the cop didn't like him because of the pot? Then the officer made him disappear? Idk, but it's definitely strange. He was quick to say "No no no I wouldn't go up there if I was you." All of his stuff is scattered around but no signs of him. Creepy.

[@tati001]

@@ddmc424 exactly! I just don't know who's acting odder, the police in that town or the parents. Why haven't the parents asked the state police or whoever to do an investigation on how the issue was handled? At the very least the parents should sue the department to get some more attention on the case again and fix the issue of incompetence in the police department. It just seems to me the both of them are a little lax.

[@OURWORLD4EVER]

I hope the father sues the police and Department, totally unacceptable

[@IamAnnahi]

If they had something to do with it they'd pretend they were looking for him. But they straight up didn't care. So no it's not them.

[@haileymccurry3756]

@@tati001 this is small town texas. The state police are VERY buddy buddy with the sheriffs, and people can't generally successfully sue the police. If they considered it they very likely got told it'd be a fools errand, plus it's likely they are the usual kind of bootlicky texans and legit believe the police 'had their reasons'

[@theweberjosh]

Cheers Mike, hope you're well. Love all of you in the comments tuning in with me. All the best

[@ThatChapter]

Appreciate ya being here, hope all's well!

[@theweberjosh]

@@ThatChapter we're still alive brother

[@shuruff904]

​@@ThatChapterhi Mike! 😊

[@theskyworrier]

​@@ThatChapter Have you considered covering 411 cases? Honestly so many of them are creepy, mysterious, and scary. There's a lot to talk about.

[@sunshinegomez9848]

"He was a great hunter, even lost his eye in an accident" 😂😂

[@Joshua_Hammer.777]

I find it hard getting through these unsolved cases but must not be forgotten

[@melinda8980]

The cops were pretty useless in Jason‘s case, I would say. Can not imagine how his father felt when he saw his Jason’s belongings the next day still scattered on the road without being collected/examined as potential evidence. 😔

[@SabrinaMeShell]

That would make me furious!

[@MummyBrown]

Texas cops are useless bullies. They’ve all been “soft quitting” since the pandemic started. Texas state troopers do cops jobs out here in waves. Add that to the many that are very open about “thin blue line” politics that clearly have them picking and choosing what they will and won’t do in the community in between “thin blue line” marches. Texas is a sesspool. Truly, none of this is surprising.

[@2anthro]

Potential evidence of an auto accident?

[@DezmoNile]

💯

[@wrangelinhabitant161]

Just devastating😢

[@Beatit444]

A 15 year old boy went missing in my town a fee years back. No one ever found a single trace of evidence that lead to his whereabouts. So scary to know something like that could happen. And to such a young kid…

[@CantTellYou]

We had a few disappearances of college aged guys here in the early-mid 2010s, to the point people were suspecting there was a serial killer around. Then they found 2 of the 3 washed up in the harbor, needless to say that didn’t exactly calm down the serial killer rumor but the 3rd was never found & no unsolved disappearances since...

[@nixcudmore4252]

C'mon Mike .... ive been waiting to see you make 2M subscriptions. You're one of the best writers/researchers and presenters I've seen in a long time. Thanks for keeping me occupied over the past few months.

[@juliemorrison3450]

Hi, I work in a psychiatric hospital and I just want to mention that there is a strong association between cannabis use and psychosis. Jason was exactly at the age when first psychotic breaks tend to occur in young men, and cannabis use may have triggered a psychotic state, which would explain his leaving the car, taking off his clothes, wandering off, etc...He may even have hidden from police in his state (delusions, etc...). I realize this does not explain why his body was not found, but to me that is the most likely explanation for what actually happened to him that night: he became extremely vulnerable in a state of acute psychosis, wandered off and died of exposure.

[@lauryngibson1871]

I thought this as well, this happens to young men a lot in their early twenties or mid-teens, brought on by marijuana usage. I thought of the case out of Florida, where the man had been concealing schizophrenia, and smoking marijuana triggered an intense episode so severe he bit off a man’s face and killed him. Thank you for your input here :)

[@agiletittyrant939]

Yeah but you can feel a psychotic episode coming in a few hours prior the psychosis.

[@annie-kins]

@@agiletittyrant939said who? Maybe *you* can or someone else can, but that doesn’t mean everyone can, especially if they haven’t experienced one before. He might have felt an episode coming on but not been cognizant of what it was. You know, being stoned and all.

[@agiletittyrant939]

@@annie-kins I don't know why did I wrote hours it's more like minutes and he was in the middle of nowhere so I guess you've got a point.

[@Monicaerikarita]

But I would assume this is for those already predisposed to schizophrenia? Of course you don’t know until you do, but IF he had no family history of it or associated mental illnesses it would move further down the list. If he DOES have a family history of it…then it moves up to theory number one for me. I tell my students all the time that you don’t know how you’ll react…sure, it’s not meth, but it’s still a drug. Since I have GAD with severe panic attacks, “on the bipolar spectrum” (they gave me mood stabilizers and some patterns weren’t as clear so…sure), and the ADHD plus some trauma, I’ve had some bad trips (to be clear, when I was in college in the early 2000s, long before I wanted to teach high school). I know one time I tried to leave my bf’s apartment because he "wanted me to die" because i was "having a heart attack". it was 100% a panic attack, a classic by the book one, and I was just out of my mind frantic. Those years of therapy that made it easy for me to identify one coming? out the door. He had seen me have hundreds of them, monitored vitals since he had to have a pulse oximeter for himself anyway, and aside from elevated heartrate, nothing. Four hours later i was apologizing to his roomates. You just never know. And on his behalf if he had at any point thought there was any symptom that wasn’t classic panic attack, he would definitely have called. Neither of us were the type to die because we were afraid the hospital would know we smoked a joint. Eventually he had to convince me to lie down “because see look your heart rate went down” (of course that made it go down but again, in full blown marijuana fueled panic attack for hours, that voice of logic in my head was sleeping on the job) with his dog and just pet her while he went to go find one of my klonopin for my panic attacks and finally got a break when I fell asleep.

[@SparkimusPrime]

I heard Skidmore and was like yep, I know where this is going lol I was driving backroads one day and ended up driving through Skidmore. It’s even more absolutely depressing in person. Main Street looks like a ghost town from like the early 1900s. It’s spooky.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Lisa Montgomery's claim to fame is that she was the first female to be put to death by the federal government since 1953.

[@kimberlytl6127]

True story. That town should be renamed, skidmark.

[@AndiLLockwood]

The wink & I love you is sometimes what I need. Holidays are tough. Thank you Mike!

[@bushcraftcreationsbykristi2590]

Another great one Mike!! When I was in high school…right here in SW Missouri, one of my ‘friends’ stole a baby in Oklahoma and brought it back to pass off as her own. We were coworkers at Hardee’s and she’d been to my house to try on her maternity uniform…but she was never pregnant. That was a food baby she was carrying, literally. She would eat her fries by the tray full…she was fattening herself up to look preggo. She was all over town with that baby, we were planning a baby shower for her! One evening my mom and I were watching the news and saw the missing baby. I picked up the phone to call her in, but my mom talked me out of it. My Speech teacher made the call and turned her in. Years before she did that, she’d had a crush on my brother…one night, my mom woke up at 2:00 AM to someone standing in her doorway. It was Heather Brewster looking to crawl in bed with my brother. She hid in our bathroom, it was crazy. Her grandfather was a teacher at my high school, there were rumors that he abused some of the guys. I’d like to see you give this a goooo!!!

[@Convict2Gardener]

As someone who’s familiar with the Adirondacks and growing up here all my life. I 100% believe he could have easily gone missing and never found. When the escape from danamora happened their were times the helicopter were right above them and they still couldn’t capture them. The area is so secluded and it has so much vegetation that you could die and easily be never found. Now add in things like predators that will eat dead things and it’s no suprise. We also have a history of serial killers in the park. There’s mine shafts, sink holes, bogs. Heck quick sand is very real. I almost died a few years back fishing. There had been a drought and the river had receded 10-20 yards. It looked solid. One step and woosh up to my hips in mud. Luckily I was close enough to shore that I could grab hold of a branch, lay flat and work my legs out and I could crawl back to shore. An 82 year old man wouldn’t have been able to do that and they would have just became part of the river bank intombed in thousands of pounds of mud never to be seen again. Same with bogs and Peat moss.

[@Sorchia56]

That’s one area I have forbidden our children to go to without me and their father. We’re both combat vets and even we wouldn’t want to go in there. The Appalachians are even worse. We’ve done search and recovery in them. As bad as combat.

[@eamsee657]

Exactly. I'm a hunter and full time ADK resident as well and people tend to discount just how vast the wilderness is here because it is located within the state of New York. Six million acres with about 130,000 full time residents is a lot of harsh terrain, weather conditions, and predation with little nearby help. The majority of the park has no cell service either, and radio signal only goes so far and for how long the battery lasts. It's sad and unfortunate, but mother nature is cruel and the wilderness, unforgiving.

[@Convict2Gardener]

@@eamsee657 and the weather swings in the spring and fall. Could be 60-70 during the day and then 30 degrees at night. People from outside the park don’t realize this and dress woefully unprepared for the weather especially if they get lost. The thing that would save most people, is to pack warmer cloths, learn and carry a compass and map, a knife and flint and a few mre meals and pocket fishing reel. And how to make basic snares. The added weight is nothing and can fit in a back pack easily for any outdoor trip and could easily save your life. All skills they can pick up on a weekend or day course.

[@phdep1]

Hi Mike, Since your havin' a goo at missing cases now, you may want to research the case of Billy Smolinski who disappeared form Waterbury, CT in 2004. He disappeared without a trace and his folks have moved heaven and earth to try and find him. Maybe some fresh eyes will do the trick? Take care cause, I love ya!

[@maddisonbythesea3015]

I can't imagine what these families go through. While any violent crime that takes your loved one from you is atrocious, I almost think an unexplained disappearance would be even worse. It would drive me crazy.

[@Dtom32]

It would definitely be much worse to not know and have no closure in my opinion

[@Ellis.stacey]

When I hear the... "HEY YOU AND WELCOME " "MY NAME IS MIKE" ya no its Tuesday evening ... So let's give it a go 😂❤

[@thebabyperks]

The Vanished did a really great job covering Jason Landry’s story, too, if people wanted to dive deeper into his story!

[@phillyfan311]

love these compilation ones! love how you can cram multiple stories in one “short” video but make it seem muuuuch longer. could listen to you narrate things for EVER! love you Mike! keep it up!

[@chugstep33]

Go Chiefs

[@sonjonfill]

@@chugstep33weewee doo doo

[@shuruff904]

​@@chugstep33no. You guys are keeping my Jags in Wild Card status 😡 lol (Jaguars...yeah, yeah, I know we'll never even play in a Super Bowl )

[@DocBree13]

As a Texan, I’m very ashamed of the police in that last story. Unbelievable

[@haroldlee4739]

Jason laundry didnt wreck. He was trying to escape the police when he was wrecked. Officer and him got into fight, accidently ending his life. Officer stripped and hid his body in that abandoned building. Next morning that officer that told other officers not to look in it retrieved the body to get rid of it..

[@mikelaw5965]

​@@haroldlee4739Sounds plausible and pretty legit

[@aprilgoff583]

​@@haroldlee4739How did you hear this?

[@maddieb.4282]

@@aprilgoff583it’s definitely some inane rumor from an unhinged Facebook group lol

[@JustKelso1993]

​@@aprilgoff583They didn't. Lmao

[@user-lt9rq3yq4w]

"weirdest lego ever" OMG, I laughed so hard I peed a little, seriously. I haven't had a good belly laugh in a long time, thanks.

[@ag-cj1de]

Thank you for including Jason’s story, I remember the day we heard he was missing and watching the missing posters going up around town and assuming we would find out within a few days what happened… I believe there are numerous people in Luling that know what happened but nothing has come out

[@ag-cj1de]

also- it wasn’t extremely cold that day, it was cold for Texas but not freezing, I believe it was just about 40 degrees F

[@OutdatedGalaxy]

@@ag-cj1de I live in San Marcos and I believe it got down to freezing shortly after he went missing a night for a few nights in row, not sure about when he went missing - as I too though we would have answers within days

[@hollyroberts3913]

I have been with you since the start when you had only a few thousand subscribers. It’s a joy to see how far you and your channel has come and the content is still fantastic! I love my Friday night TC fix, keep up the brilliant work Mike!! ❤

[@CantTellYou]

I don’t think he gets enough comments about how much we all love his content ;)

[@dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653]

He has a series on Tubi as well.

[@cookiesnmilk9200]

Ty Mike for bringing awareness to these victims. Hopefully they will be found safe. Merry Christmas Mike to you and your family. Love from Canada

[@surfside75]

0pp

[@CatLadyofUtah]

6:41 “Weirdest Lego ever…” iconic

[@freyjascats]

"weirdest lego ever" - I wouldn't have thought I could laugh during this episode but you proved me wrong!

[@zanderisamazing5043]

The tragic noah donohoe case. The official story goes something like, he fell off his bike in the middle of town, then shed his clothes due to the head injury. Despite his journey being through town there's allegedly no footage of this. Just the last story made me think of this. Rip Noah. Justice for Noah 😢

[@Tomy_Yon]

I do believe that posting the information on unsolved crimes can still be an important way to get them solved after all... I mean I really hope they do... ❤

[@jomorphew4136]

You’ve done it again Mike! Thank you for showing us your true talent! No body can tell these tragic stories the way you do! Know how much you’re truly appreciated! Keep up the amazing job! 🙏🏼💯👍

[@davidriedel5282]

Recently I've watched a few videos about the Branson Perry case, which is sad, haunting, and terrifying. He and his family were clearly good, decent people and the story is an all-round tragedy.

[@catherinewilliams3850]

The incompetant clowns in Jasons case should have been sacked!!! I can't believe they left all that potential evidence scattered on the road!!! His poor father having to see that the next day, absolutely dIsgusting!!!

[@2anthro]

Potential evidence of what?

[@katybug6572]

Exactly.. that was terribly ‘handled’ ugh..

[@stephanielloyd4053]

​@2anthro Well we'll never know now will we!? Because it was so mishandled by the keystone cops!

[@catherinewilliams3850]

@@stephanielloyd4053Exactly.

[@2anthro]

@@stephanielloyd4053 You wanted them to gather the clothing, have it DNA tested? Who's paying for all this? It was a college kid bringing his laundry home. I don't know that it was mishandled. What is the protocol in your state for processing a college kid's car in a ditch?

[@AUPNEXT]

I love how they say unpaid drug debt do you know how much money youd have to owe for someone to kill you, i literally owe my weed man 50 bucks right now and i see him everyday (im just waiting for pay day lol) but the point is youd have to be dealing with thousands for someone to want you gone😊

[@megs4193]

It's so overwhelmingly sad to see him healthy and happy, on the first video 😢😢😢😣❤.

[@pens_and_stationery9983]

Also, to add to what you said, people who bring up hyperthermia seem to not know that the stage in which people who are taking off their clothes due to feeling hot when actually being close to freezing, do that VERY shortly before dying. In most cases the dead bodies are found only a few steps away from their clothes.

[@DocBree13]

2nd story: I think the men killed the mother and daughter, then went on to live separately under assumed names. Alternatively, Poppit was killed, too, by “Simon” and a mystery accomplice. I hope the bodies are discovered soon and their mom/grandmother gets some sort of closure.

[@davidboatwright-td9bq]

Thank you for putting the information lines for each victim. Very commendable

[@cheesecake230]

I feel like the cops had something to do with Jason’s disappearance. They were incredibly reckless throughout the whole thing

[@kowalsolosolo]

""weirdest Lego ever"" nearly killed me🤣🤣

[@mariatounsi5990]

Hi everyone, hope you are well. 😊

[@badgerbadger-badger-Poppy]

Jason’s case freaks me out almost as much as Brandon Lawson’s case did. I guess it’s possible that an animal could’ve gotten Jason, but I think that had that been the case, something most likely would’ve been found. I hope and pray that Jason is still alive somewhere, but I don’t have a good feeling about it.

[@bruderschweigen6889]

To be fair if it was an animal it would have been a mountain lion and they take their kill with them to wherever they den. Not sure what other big game is in Texas.

[@anniec3778]

I had heard of some of these disappearance on other channels but I must say that the videos you showed, I had never seen and that makes it so much more real to me. Especially the Jason Landry one. Excellent video, as usual.

[@thexxit]

sometimes when you're feeling down, Mike's intro can give you that boost you need for a little while. thanks fo rthat.

[@Matt-zx7qs]

It's Friday! Thank you Mike!

[@tylerrobinson7383]

Have a great Friday brother

[@ThatChapter]

Have a great weekend!

[@mikereader8166]

Best website for crime stories. Always something new, often current, always interesting. Mike delivers in a vivid & captivating way. Hats off to the entire TC team.

[@MT-dh2tr]

Try coffee house crime

[@specialkali]

@@MT-dh2trcoffeehouse crime is not as good.

[@nah4215]

This isn’t a website

[@Marcel-Marcel]

Mike is the TC team

[@logannosleep5]

There's something I noticed about the abandoned house footage there. Is there is a light on the barn with electric. It looks like the older type of lamp that uses the halogen/Fluorescent bulb and ballast (actually might be wrong about that part)... Neither of which has a tendency to last very long without maintenance. So it couldnt have been too abandoned if someone is out there needing electric to see at night, and upkeeping an outdated light....

[@rodmondh]

WEIRDEST LEGO EVER😂 this sense of humor is why I watch your channel Mike!

[@PinkyJujubean]

I remember the town bully thing. There was a made for TV movie about it starring the dude who played Tackleberry in Police Academy movies.

[@seandelap8587]

I suppose Trevor Deely here in Ireland would be right up there I mean when you see the video footage in the period just before he disappeared its eerie to say the least another one is Deirdre Jacob who literally disappeared as she was entering her gate during broad daylight I mean its like she was there one minute and gone the next and another one is Brian Shaffer who was seen entering a bar but was never seen exiting it these are just some of the few tat grab my attention

[@lazerduckzilla]

17:30 the “if you can believe that” caught me off guard lmao. i had to rewind the video because i couldn’t stop laughing 😭

[@nancyyarbrough1445]

Jason Landry's story reminds me of the movie "Nocturnal Animals." Add to that the movie starred Armie Hammer and the whole scenario gives me the creeps. Something happened to Jason on that road. You don't just vanish into thin air. Texas is flat, dry and full of dirt roads. All kinds of freaks are on those back roads, hunting people down for the thrill of the kill. What a said ending for his family. I feel so sad for them. Mike, keep up the good work. I've been watching your channel for a long time. I am so excited to see you have close to 2 million subscribers. Your content is exciting, and your delivery is second to none.

[@calichristiana9586]

Over 1000 views in just four minutes you’re an absolute legend Mike❤

[@shuruff904]

Cha ching 💰

[@londonsage8696]

Very good story, Mike. I don’t understand how the police just left his stuff out there to see if there was any DNA on it from another person. I just feel like the police in that Texas town were just lazy and didn’t care because they found weed.

[@mrs_maverick1121]

Jason Landry's case has always bugged me so much...

[@shaw8071]

17:38 Tom was a good friend of my grandfather and when he went missing I had just finished training for HVTT in the Marines (HVTT= High Value Target Tracker). I helped search for Tom. It was so strange. All we found was what we believe was his favorite handkerchief which had the initials of his unit embroidered on it.

[@rainycakey1056]

Only Mike can bring humour to the atrocities he shares with us. My favourite you tube channel by far

[@guyk2260]

try Kent Chungus .......if you have dark humour

[@rainycakey1056]

@guyk2260 Thsnks, I'll give it a goo

[@deborahhenderson149]

Yes. I love it when he says 'teories' ( theories). Haha.

[@Rusty.Shackhouse]

“Skidmore Misery” ..😂😂

[@t-ellie794]

I've watched so many true crime missing and unsolved that it's difficult to find one i haven't heard about before until the jason landry case. What a strange case. Thank you for the information

[@jacquelinenash8071]

I remember this and most people think it’s a serial killer case. I live in Lake George (it’s as beautiful as they say btw, I promise) but there are some backwoods scary & antisocial/uneducated people. Not to mention it’s a HUGE remote & wild/remote forest in places so, it’s a hard place to search. Knowing that, the FBI involvement isn’t uncommon as they give assistance to the search parties BUT it became out place when they started investigating w/questions that lead some to think it was more than a random occurrence. Weird 🧐