The CREEPIEST Cases of People Disappearing

[@ScaryInteresting]

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[@moonshot3159]

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[@mamulju]

@@moonshot3159algorithm probably prefers this method, you can always check the upload date to see how recent it is 🤷

[@kittysplode]

again, your sound design is bad. maybe your headphones aren't good enough to hear how loud and distracting and shrill the tones in the background are. you're meant to use them to enhance, not break, immersion.

[@taitsmith8521]

Hey bud, just to let you know, there is a copycat AI channel that just popped up called, 'scary interesting1 '. All lowercase exactly as I have typed it. Same content. May have even stolen some screen shots from another one of your videos.

[@ZGGordan]

Garbage

[@russellst.martin4255]

"Bye, I'm gonna hitchhike to an icy river" "Ok 8 year old be back by 7"

[@paulinav.richards8787]

Yeah, no matter what they say about it being like that back in the day, blah blah, to let an 8 year old go hitchhike in that kind of desolate area (highway surrounded by forest, well Alaska!) is totally insane!

[@majcorbin]

Q] Why don't CHICKENs wear underpants? [A] Because their peckers,are on their FACE

[@ArturArtur-nr6uv]

Grezzly Bear was hungry this day

[@Brock_1025]

@@ArturArtur-nr6uv Grizzly Bear = old man

[@pninnan]

Yeah, objectively bad parenting

[@jsmalls9575]

Another weird thing: Kaitlyn’s step-dad had said he could take her early due to his work schedule, but police learned that he hadn’t even showed up for work that day. His phone pinged mostly around his property that day. Unsure what kind of alibi this guy had, bc it sure looks like he had something to do with her disappearance.

[@jackspring7709]

I'm full sure he was responsible. The last person to see her alive and he lied about the circumstances and the locations.

[@justinford350]

It’s very unsettling.. can you even imagine? Calling your daughters ex step dad to pick her up against your better judgement, only to be the reason she disappeared.

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

I think he did it too.

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

I definitely think he had nothing to do with it, you have to remember that the mom was the one calling HIM, that's not something opportunistic killers do when trying to find someone, if someone wants to harm someone else they'll typically do it themselves, not wait for someone else to let them. More importantly if he wanted to harm them then wouldn't he have done so while he was with the mother instead of years down the line? It just doesn't make sense unless there's something that proves it. Also there's just no evidence that he had anything to do with it, there's more evidence to say that the woman ran away after cheating on her gf than it was anything involving the step father, at worst i believe she confided in him about her affair and he helped keep it a secret.

[@santosgarcia8644]

Unless he works at night and then called out learning about her disappearance before his shift

[@jimboSleeeeiiice]

You don’t really feel how big the world is until you can’t find someone

[@silvermainecoons3269]

@@Oinkiepiggy Can or can’t?

[@ianmiller6040]

We've mapped nearly every foot of the Earth's surface, but it's still possible to vanish without a trace in the space of 50 feet or so (as happened to a female hiker with her friends in a previous video; she went around a bend ahead of her friends and simply disappeared forever within a few seconds). Scary thought.

[@peoplespoet1974]

Neat thing to say, but false. We have NOT 'almost' mapped the Earth. I big over credit to forestry maps and to those of us who worked forestry. Some maps are almost a suggestion., even after Google maps. People dont talk like they used to, so much 'community' has been lost in America. More cameras, but less 'word of mouth'. We are lied to that we 'know' what inside our Earth looks like. Doubly so with the oceans. Many will never be found as they are in nature...and nature moves those bones all around. We may find a big foot quicker than some of the 70's cold cases involving hiking. Yeah......@@ianmiller6040

[@jamesm3471]

Very well put.

[@watchingitallburn]

@@ianmiller6040 what video is that?

[@martel732]

I grew up in Alaska and was David's age during that time. Kids up there tended to wander a lot, but not 11 miles! What the heck. Very isolated highway for a bad person to just be coming along; more likely a bear got him.

[@Markham12thcentury]

Actually, I've done some fairly extensive research into these missing persons cases, as they are numerous. Police official speculate that axe murderess, Lizzie Borden, may be involved here.

[@03stmlax]

IDC how "safe" you perceive the area you live in to be, you are a beyond terrible parent if you allow your 7 year old child to f*cking hitchhike. It's not like this specific case took place in the 1950's or something, but even then that would be terrible parenting to allow your 1st grader to hitchhike

[@03stmlax]

He hitchhiked 30 miles once. Wtf that's just horrible parenting

[@ScytheNoire]

And Alaska is known to be the place criminals go to hide or restart their life.

[@RemiliaVampire]

​@@03stmlax This is normal in Japan lol

[@kitten1207]

That last one... Anytime you have stories where the last known person to have seen the victim is confirmed to be lying about where they were supposedly "dropping them off", etc... It becomes kind of obvious that they very likely had something to do with their disappearance. I just found a really detailed write-up of the case on Reddit from some years back, and the stepfather also said that he was picking her up early because he said he had to be at work early, but then he never went to work that day at all. He also refused to provide any of his phone records or passwords to police.

[@kovy689]

100% guilty. No other explanations.

[@InfinityDz]

mystery solved as far as I'm concerned

[@HeyLeFay]

Yeah, I wonder what his opinion of her sexuality was, and if he knew she was gay before he picked her up

[@pdpgb]

In his defense, who the fuck would ever provide their phone records/passwords to police??? I didn't kill anyone and I sure as fuck wouldn't.

[@cyb3rDracul]

@@pdpgb you'd think there'd be some concern for your missing ex stepdaughter and would do anything to help locate her especially since the circumstances were weird for her...even phone records shouldn't be that incriminating unless he did have something to hide. not to mention he was the last person to see her?? why wouldn't the police take interest in him?

[@floboboman]

I can say with complete sincerity that i hope to never be a story on your show.

[@theclocktower3258]

It is now my obligation and duty to make you a story on this show mwa hahaha

[@troymcguffey8801]

I do, I want to be a survival story.

[@rossjones1530]

I mean, if I _have_ to disappear, I’d at least want to provide good content… 😂

[@wadewilson8011]

I have to say with complete sincerity, DON'T DO DUMB SH*T!

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

If I am ever in a cave victim story, you can guarantee that I wasn't there by choice, likely a homicide.

[@DA-fn4ss]

8 year old disappears after being allowed to hitchhike 30 miles.... Gee wonder what could have possibly went wrong 🙄

[@shirley9209]

Great up bringing mom.

[@molliwilson5639]

Where were his parents? He was in 1st grade?

[@MaDrung]

@@molliwilson5639 I think it's plausible that he was not allowed, but did it anyways. He only told his sister...

[@andreww1225]

When I was a kid things were a little different but we definitely were not allowed to hitchhike 30 miles

[@ArtistCreek]

​@andreww1225 Right! I mean how in the world was a 7yr old out LONG ENOUGHT without supervision at all to hitch 30miles??

[@keerthanaap4824]

Story 1: Who would let a 8 year old to hitch hike? Its crazy

[@tishkataaa]

@GoEducateYourselfnot a chance stop the cap

[@nickc3856]

we used to live in a higher trust society

[@no_peace]

​@GoEducateYourselftaking a flight isn't hitchhiking. They're nothing alike

[@no_peace]

I took flights as a kid, workers helped me the entire time. I wasn't ALONE IN THE WOODS

[@JustTryingToYoutube]

@GoEducateYourselfthere’s no way you’re comparing those 😂

[@jackphillllips]

Sometimes when I'm doing something sketchy on a solo hike I imagine it being narrated in one of these videos, and it immediately makes me take more care 😂

[@Jennifer-d5v5o]

Stepfather should b investigated

[@Twilly790]

​@user-uy7xo8zx6c bro I swear! Maybe they did but the information wasn't made available to us. Either way that shit doesn't add up.

[@Ahandleofrum]

"Could UFOs be responsible for his disappearance?". Nah I was just being an idiot.

[@Angela-ne9cy]

The Douglas Legg case is really sad. My theory is that he was distracted by something interesting on his way back to the house and decided to veer off to investigate it (like a deer or a rabbit). He got lost and died in the woods.

[@vesuviusjohn7558]

It was said during the search multiple adults fell up to their shoulders in sink holes. He likely got distracted by something went off trail and was swallowed by the earth. Add in days of heavy rain and the sink hole might have filled itself in on top of him.

[@itzjcee557]

@@vesuviusjohn7558. Good theory to a sad story

[@littlebear274]

Yes, I believe he went into one of the bogs or sink holes. Though I guess really the vast majority of people probably know he's in the woods somewhere, it's just such rough land to search. It's amazing how many wilderness searches completely miss the person they're looking for even when they're searching exactly where the body is later found.

[@pax6833]

Definitely seems most likely explanation. The second he started talking about bogs...

[@davidpawson7393]

​@@vesuviusjohn7558On my clean up the woods trek across from my house I've found spots of floating land with huge pockets of mud underneath and a few springs of underground streams. Now there's ice which is a great indicator of moving water or water of different temps making these spots easier to find. As I own part of this apparently my plan is to flood the land temporarily, which I've done once, for plastic bottles to float up and easier removal of other dumped items. Still scared of finding something I don't want to.

[@tf330129]

Those parants absolutely failed David. How the hell do you allow a Child to hitch hike, let alone go out alone in ALASKA!

[@JackTripperr]

Agreed. What the hell did they think was gonna happen?

[@no_peace]

I believe in kids having a lot more freedom than they have but letting a little kid hitchhike is actually insane

[@vesuviusjohn7558]

If he had to hitchhike to get around, and the last person he saw was his sister in going to go out on a limb and say his mother wasn't around much, possibly working. I bet she usually got home at 7 which is why that was his curfew. That level of independence at that age makes a good case for a neglected child who has always had to do things on his own.

[@LiterallyPluto]

Its important to let kids be independent and give them freedom but I'd call that negligence at the point of hitchhiking with strangers

[@MrGoesBoom]

the 80's were a very different time. so judging by today's standards really shouldn't be a thing

[@nonjaninja4904]

I don't care if you're in a high trust area, you don't let your kid just hitchhike around as a habit.

[@Muxxyy]

Eight is not that small. I used to go camping with scouts at that age with hardly any adults supervising us. We were completely fine, no one ever got lost. These stories are exceedingly rare.

[@ridwanomar5351]

@@Muxxyynobody give a fly F what you did when you were 8 year old, this 8 year old hitchhiked 30 miles.

[@kayeruss7313]

@@Muxxyy Running around in a group is far different from running around alone. Even adults can be taken by evil people.

[@unrulybxite]

​@@Muxxyy"Hardly any adults supervising us" So there were some there and you weren't completely alone? Then that's irrelevant to a kid hitchhiking with strangers by himself.

[@socialsophie]

For real, when I heard that my heart dropped, even if it was 1989 that’s insanity

[@Oldworldlove]

A disturbing statistic: Oftentimes during very locally publicized dissapearences, the killer will aide in a search, or candleight vigil, or otherwise be very "involved" in the case.

[@brianashe4725]

The cases of people vanishing just out of sight or earshot terrify me. We honestly have no clue what could have happened to some of these people, where they went, or even HOW they went, what's to stop that from happening literally anywhere?

[@MaxMoonz]

@@firstmen995what

[@jxn1056]

yes! I saw another video just like that...this man was hiking and had a camera on his back pack...a full entity emerged behind him....with a filter, you could see the portal...it was horrifying! I wish I could remember the channel I saw it on.

[@scottwilly86]

I like to do hiking trips and ever since my hiking buddy had a kid I've been going solo. I still get a little creeped out how I can pass by a large group of hikers and not even 2 minutes later not be able to hear them talking or laughing or anything due to the terrain and wind. A scream would even reach them

[@ItsAv3rageGamer]

People underestimate the wilderness.

[@marhawkman303]

@@scottwilly86 This, people expect too much in terms of how easy it is to hear others in the woods.

[@kellyhalloran7230]

The way you casually spoke about a random dead woman in strange car in someones driveway though....

[@zarasbazaar]

Right? What was that about?

[@kellyhalloran7230]

@@zarasbazaar I am genuinely curious about that story TBH

[@same5952]

I know, right?

[@MaxMoonz]

Dudes like “eh it happens all the time” 😐

[@bluejediforce]

I can see why it was just mentioned in passing bc it was unrelated but I am curious now!

[@Nomad1025]

Like some of these stories, my daughter disappeared about 8 years ago. My last interactions with her were extremely odd, and made no sense. Unlike these stories, I did hear from her briefly, a year ago. But to this day, none of us in the family know why she went, or where she was all those years. My Mom, her grandmother, died never knowing where she was or if she was alive. She has two sons and one was left behind to be raised by his dad, and she took the other boy with her. The family relations were fine, and there were no real problems, so we have no idea why she left. As I said, i did hear, briefly from her, about a year ago. She had been living in a religious cult, and had left, and we offered to help her get on her feet. A couple days later, she called me and said she’d decided to return to the cult. We havent spoken since.

[@ed-edd-n-eddiee]

what was her name? i'm sorry for your loss, i hope she's found safe

[@SwanTheQueen]

No child cut their parents off with no reason. Some parents are just toxic and cause a lot of trauma. Just saying. Maybe not your case but maybe just apologize and listen to her.

[@Toropetskii]

@@SwanTheQueen Completely inappropriate to say to a stranger online with a few simple sentences of context to go off. Try being human.

[@Bilbobobpie]

@@Toropetskiiyeah fr what the heck?

[@AmysAttitude]

​@@ToropetskiiThat's just your opinion. Anyone who shares their life on YT and gets upset over strangers commenting on it has some serious mental issues. Do you even know how the Internet and opinions work? What was said is 100% true. And just because that Mom said "nothing was going on" doesn't mean a damn thing. She is speaking for an entirely different person that she clearly doesn't know and that's obvious by her comment. No one should be speaking for other people. In fact, why come on here and tell her child's business? It's not HERS to tell. It's clear that you're the type of person who is obsessed with your own feelings and cannot form real thoughts of your own because you're too busy clutching your pearls over stranger's opinions. 🤡

[@jackrabbitdude80]

What sort of parent would let a first grader hitchhike .... tf

[@crow_g1639]

Kids were build different back then he could of been your dad son

[@ButterHeroBread]

​@@crow_g1639 Kids were not built out of abduction proof material back then.

[@chendaforest]

Crow has a point, children enjoyed a lot more personal freedom 50+ years ago, for better or worse.

[@maddyc2412]

​@@crow_g1639parents were worse then

[@alsmith9853]

​@@chendaforestit was not 50 years ago

[@jimboSleeeeiiice]

That stepdad looks very guilty. Not from the stupid friend thing but from the plans changing and him dropping her off at a mall “a couple bus stops away” from where he was going to drop her off at. Plans change but yikes, not a good look. I wonder if he has a rock solid alibi for after dropping her off and that’s why he hasn’t been looked at more thoroughly

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Did you hear the end tho? She straight up cheated on her fiancé and wanted to bail. Maybe she told him she was going to the mall but in actuality got bus ticket and just bounced from that bus stop onto wherever else. Who knows maybe something bad happened afterwards. Maybe she was then abducted or got hurt. Maybe she ended herself.

[@JohnMayes-eq6sb]

No

[@margaretkennedy2520]

​@@Lawrence_TalbotHer stepdad said he dropped her off at the mall but her personal items were found back by the stepdads house and her phone was used to send conflicting texts. Stepdad was the last person to see her alive. The simplest answer is that the stepdad did it and the local cops messed up. They should have searched his house and his car ASAP.

[@no_peace]

That's a very understated way to put it. He did it and we all know he did it

[@bigfunny6312]

Think its definitely him. I had a bad step dad and know how bad it can get, and I'm not a pretty young lady.

[@katsanddoggies9904]

Katelin Michelle Akens was last seen in Springfield, Virginia on December 5, 2015. She was supposed to fly out of Reagan National Airport that day, and got a ride with her former stepfather, James Branton. She had booked a flight to Arizona, where she lived with her fiancée. Akens has no history of mental illness and no history of dropping out of sight. The last confirmed sighting of her was at Branton's home. He refused to cooperate with the police in her case, would not let them look at his phone and would not take a polygraph test.

[@mememefinally]

Definitely very likely that he had something to do with her disappearence. What and why...we might never know but everything points to that. I would love to know if she was actually seen in the mall where she was supposed to be. They have cameras everywhere these days.

[@shep6774]

Thank you for the information. Would like to look further into this.

[@mzlww]

What was the local judge thinking? The fact they didn't a subpoena...??

[@IAmOfficiallyLeland]

I dont think she was there based on where her phone pinged when the texts were sent to the mom and fiancee@@mememefinally

[@toddaulner5393]

I would totally be freaked out if a little kid was hitch hiking. I would take them to the Police Station. So crazy they allowed him to do that!

[@slimfit767]

😒

[@MegCazalet]

I’d possibly be afraid he was bait.

[@IAmOfficiallyLeland]

Someone in the comments said that's kind of customary in certain Alaskan towns.

[@itsjustmyopinionbut1671]

Letting a first grader hitchhike, let alone 30 miles away, is absolutely insanity and I don’t care what anyone says…

[@legniak1]

100% agree

[@laurenmontine]

I agree but it's different where he lives I think bc one bc I think alaska usually has smalls towns and stuff. but that's absolutely insane to let them doing anything alone with that distance. idc if he even had 2-3 friends with him. but i'm assuming he did that bc it's a small town and everyone probably knew each other. but idgaf. this is his mothers fault.

[@NelehLove9313]

​@@laurenmontineI'm from Alaska and I can say this wasn't just a small town thing. I mean we didn't hitch hike. That's INSANE. We also didn't go 30 miles. But most of this was normal till closer towards the end of the 90's. Obviously we've learned better and this is thankfully no longer acceptable. But again, this was how the 80's and 90's were. Don't agree with it and I'm still now sure how tf I survived this long. But I also was told extensively "do NOT get into vehicles with strangers" so that probably helped some.

[@jenniferhorstmann2279]

Child neglect. Parents should be arrested.

[@ezratn941]

@@jenniferhorstmann2279 100 percent agree if your gunna let ur kid do that its 100 percent on you when something happens

[@serkotsins]

I was very much a latchkey kid, I wasn’t very supervised and I wandered alone in the woods lot, but I definitely wasn’t hitchhiking 30 miles or walking roads alone. At no point in history did we EVER live in a trustworthy society for it to be acceptable of parents to allow their babies to do these things. I’m so tired of hearing “oh well is was the 50’s/60’s/70’s/80’s/90’s” it’s okay to accept that you’re bias and admit that parents were irresponsible for allowing this!!

[@CS-uc2oh]

Agreed. At least in the 70s and 80s kids who could basically go wherever they wanted had parents who didn't care about them. That was a fact. Otherwise, every adult was looking out for the kids in the neighborhood and if they saw you somewhere you shouldn't be, they took you home and told your parents and even cussed them out sometimes for not doing a better job.

[@a.nobodys.nobody]

Yeah it actually was much more dangerous then than it is now. Which is not to say I condone that nonsense

[@melasnexperience]

I grew up in the 80s & 90s, and I can confirm, they drilled into your head to NEVER hitch-hike, among other safety stuff.

[@edricawebb1578]

Same, but 70's. Latchkey, biked all over the place, hung out at friends' houses until dinner, etc.. NEVER hitch-hike or get in anyone's car. We did actually have some rules 'back in the day.' @@melasnexperience

[@bromisovalum8417]

It's understandable that some people today can't comprehend what it was like to live in a high-trust society.

[@_SoCalDude_]

Dang, David Borer was super close in age to me. He would have been 43 this March and I will turn 43 shortly after he would have. Thinking back on the last 35 years of my life and thinking about all that I've experienced it kinda helps me realize exactly how much the sick individual who did what they did to him robbed him of. All those years of friendships, family functions and interactions, romances that never materialized, hobbies that would have been enjoyed and passionately partaken in, the possible family of his own he could have created. I seriously hope some karmic force caught up with the person who took all that away from him.

[@jessiejamesbest]

As someone who lives in Alaska, pedophiles and sex trafficking have been a bad problem up here for a long time. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit if David ended up in Florida and was trafficked. Sad and it almost seems like there’s nothing that can be done. Recently a kid was grabbed in the grocery store, during the day, while the mom was holding her! If it wasn’t for people acting quickly and stopping the guy who knows what would’ve happened to that kid. The world’s a sick place and growing up in AK has made me realize animals are the least of your worries.

[@476233]

That’s why I’m so grateful I live in the city now. I grew up in a rural area of a small town and our nearest neighbors were about a quarter of a mile away and the police and EMT were more like a 20-3o min drive. Staying home alone sometimes at night in my teens and 20s it really makes you realize how easy something could happen. At least in my condo now, I’m surrounded by neighbors who can hear me if something happens and who keep an eye on my place when I’m not home. I miss living in the country, but it is not somewhere I would want to live alone or just myself and kids.

[@wolfsbaneamp]

Yeah dawg, Alaska is one of the WORST places to raise a family. ESPECIALLY I'm most of the native villages.

[@kspen6110]

I get a strange feeling the stepfather did something to Kaitlyn. From the conflicting text messages to her luggage being tossed. I don't believe she ran away forever. I hope the stepfather was thoroughly investigated. Her case would be a good cold case study.

[@Rockmonanov]

Murdered her and disposed of the body. Maybe he got angry and killed her in a fit of rage and then sent the texts using her phone to try and create some kind of scenario that would clear him of suspicion. I hope they are still investigating that guy because he is 100 percent responsible.

[@mikesanders8621]

You cannot be 100 percent certain of anything.

[@fmrmrmr]

You're quite the investigator. Great job following the clues

[@Nehmi]

Not strange. It is actually pretty obvious he killed her and buried her body on one of the locations that their phones pinged. All the text messages are lies since they were sent from places far from where the texts say they were at.

[@DesignByKirk]

@@fmrmrmr you could've not said anything and we would've never known how big of an ass you've now proven yourself to be. great job!

[@parkerschill9219]

Thanks!

[@gbedmonds1594]

The first story is almost a guaranteed outcome. Who lets an 8 year old hitch hike, IN ALASKA or anywhere for that matter. That and considering how many people go to Alaska to get away from the law. And those who are just evil.

[@NeonValleys]

Agreed, everyone knows literally everyone in alaska is a pdf file.

[@JustTryingToYoutube]

I said WHAT?! Out loud when you said he would hitchhike so casually 😂

[@bojo88]

I paused the video and came to read the comments to see if I was the only one thinking WTAF??? 😳

[@CS-uc2oh]

David's parents should have been arrested for negligence. That wasn't independence that baby had, it was pure "I don't care about my kid" negligence.

[@ladylucifer5044]

Agreed. I understand the "it was a different time" argument but this isn't that situation. "It was a different time" is sending your ten year old to get cigarettes from a store 30 minutes away, not letting an 7 almost 8 year old walk 11 miles to an icy River without supervision in Alaska along with hitchhiking. Let's imagine rapists and murderers didn't exist it would still be irresponsible, insane and dangerous.

[@PrettyH8Mach1n3]

I couldn't support a 30 minute walk to a store either. Maybe 10 min, if the area is known to be safe and it's a community where people look out for each other and might know the kid and the family.

[@danielwestcott515]

When I was 10 I was riding my bike to the next town over all the time. By the time I was 13-14 I was going into the city which was 15 miles one way. All my parents asked was for me to tell them where I was heading and who I was going with and to be home by the time the street lights came on. With today’s community I wouldn’t let my kid do.

[@matthewoates53]

The last place I would want to be lost is in Alaska, basically a death sentence

[@cmdrTremyss]

How about Tasmania?

[@Arterexius]

@@cmdrTremyss Anywhere with hundreds of miles of just wilderness is a death sentence to be lost in, if you don't have any survival skills. Siberia, Amazon rainforest, Tasmania, Alaska, Sahara, etc. They're all lethal

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

@@cmdrTremyssthe only thing dangerous in Tasmania are the snakes. It’s tiny compared to Alaska anyway.

[@matthewoates53]

@@cmdrTremyss yeah that would suck too

[@EntertainMeTV]

Point Nemo is my last place. Nightmare fuel

[@josiahjones5293]

I dont normally jump to conclusions about random men,but lying about where you were in a missing persons case is almost a slam dunk especially when you are the last to see the individual

[@IAmOfficiallyLeland]

Especially since his phone was pinging at his HOUSE when he said he was dropping her off at the mall. Also, why was her BIRTH CERTIFICATE gone?

[@Hamza-B3]

I love your videos on single stories but man the compilations are best

[@pinkspiderkyo]

My uncle went missing when I was in my late teens. One day he was just... gone. He traveled a lot but never failed to send his mom- my great-grandmother- birthday, Christmas and mother's day cards. So when they stopped showing up we just knew. Even the FBI deemed him deceased after years and years of searching. I think that may have been the worst part.. I miss you, Uncle Freddy ❤

[@IAmOfficiallyLeland]

Awww *hugs*

[@gordonbyrd7199]

Letting an 8 year hitch hike into the Alaska wilderness is wild!!

[@Snagprophet]

I never thought that that Alaska movie would more be more plausible than actual stuff that happens there

[@JAC_151]

Forgot to donate to thank you for your hard work on these videos.

[@ScaryInteresting]

Hey there! Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel!

[@thevelvettip1110]

Absolutely idiotic that an 8 year old is allowed to be out hitchhiking! PERIOD!!!

[@mykeiii]

I just wanna let you know i enjoyed your mountain expeditions series the most enjoyable so far, especially the videos with one adventure instead of a compilation of them, i believe the denali expedition one was one of the best in production quality.

[@ScaryInteresting]

They're probably my favourite, too, and I agree about Denali. There will be more of them!

[@CYMotorsport]

Seconded. These are really tough to get right much like plane incidents… except no NTSB report haha I hope the numbers justify work on others and you feel comfortable tackling it. All of them have been superb and respectful of those involved while also being entertaining

[@alexandergilles8583]

you should do the 1986 Mount Hood and 1981 Mount Rainer. Rainer is an avalanche that killer 11 and Hood is a high school adventure program expedition gone wrong that claimed 9 @@ScaryInteresting

[@truthylucy7068]

Hitchhike? He's in before curfew? What's curfew, midnight?

[@heathermillsphantomlimb9314]

Yeah, unless he found a good party or picked up a girl at a bar. Then, they’d be a little more lenient, lol

[@truthylucy7068]

@heathermillsphantomlimb9314 Yes, this boy had a unique independence! He liked to play at The Sandbar, which apparently was too far to walk. So he just thumbs 👍 it! This is an approved mode of transportation for David! Ignore the fact that he's only in the first grade. He's a very responsible first grader! 😳 I'm guessing this approved mode of transportation is what led to David coming up missing! Shocker! I wouldn't hitchhike as a teenager when it was a cool thing to do. I guess stranger, danger was never discussed! 😟

[@tomghzel]

I picked up a hitchhicking kid of about 14 y/o the other day. It was in the (big) village I live. It was raining and his bike broke, he was going to get late for his drumming lessons. People don't hitchhike often here. Never encountered it before. But it was actually pretty nice. Kind, friendly kid and I was happy I could help. Of course, his bike broke. It's a different story when your parents parents just say: take a hike. But who knows, maybe the area tipically has all sorts of neighbours riding up and down the route and it felt save.

[@truthylucy7068]

@tomghzel He's lucky you're not an axe murderer! If I found out my son got into a strangers car? I would be beside myself! My son always knew if he was in a situation, he was to call me first. If he needed a ride, I drove him wherever he needed to go or at least made arrangements for someone else to drive him. I can't imagine having a first grader, and depending on where he wanted to go. It was considered ok to hop in someone's car! You're just setting your kid up to be abducted or worse! Be careful picking up hitchhikers, too! 😃

[@8darktraveler8]

@@truthylucy7068 He never actually said the kid made it to his lessons... lol

[@ranrajmirsen6887]

Okay, I do not care where you're living or how "friendly" your community is. Letting your 7-9 year old child HITCHHIKE ALONE REGULARLY is just asking for trouble. And he was hitchhiking to an even more remote part of Alaska, this is actually ridiculous. Shame on those parents.

[@drewroosevelt6506]

On the last one: the step-father claimed he dropped her at the mall. There is no evidence he did and, as you mentioned, the texts show he wasn’t near the area. It had to be him

[@IAmOfficiallyLeland]

Plus, he refused to cooperate. This is your former stepdaughter with whom you lived with. Why wouldnt you cooperate?

[@shelbybrown4192]

I love this channel. It’s one of my favorites. I remember when this channel when it was only in the 10 thousands. Now it’s almost a million. That’s amazing. 😊

[@nancyjones6780]

Same. I've been here from almost the beginning ❤

[@HeyLookASquirrel22]

Imagine being 6 years old and the activity of choice is hitchhike 11 miles to play on a sandbar. judging by the fact that he told his sister where he was going and she relayed that info convincingly, it wasnt a first time he'd go there. It's pretty likely that he was abducted in a unfortunate opportune circumstance by a human predator.

[@xxxxDREADNOUGHT]

Your videos are always well done and I look forward to each release.

[@baseball5260]

If I disappear I wanna be talked about on this channel

[@crow_g1639]

Yeah let's milk your disappearance for money and views 😂

[@tomghzel]

I am looking forward listening to your story. I use them as bed time stories. (I just had to write it because of how weird that actually is 🙈 but also true, but don't turn into a bedtime story, unless you do end up missing anyhow, than it's okay)

[@Unknown-fr9oo]

On August 22nd a user by the name of baseball5260…

[@CSLintheCASINO]

3:17 “She allowed him to be more independent than most kids.” Otherwise referred to as a negligent parent🤷‍♂️

[@shirley9209]

Oh, better yet just maybe she felt that crime in other places wouldn't be prevalent there.

[@michaelwarenycia7588]

​@@shirley9209hitchhiking 30 miles in the wilderness at age 8???? Eight. We're not talking about a teenager here. That's third grade in elementary school. There's no way that's in any way justifiable

[@shirley9209]

@@michaelwarenycia7588 What does comment has to do with what I'm saying?

[@michaelwarenycia7588]

@@shirley9209 sounds like you're trying to excuse her negligence by saying "maybe she felt that crime in other places wouldn't be prevalent there." Pretty naive, especially considering Alaska is not only well known as a hiding spot of criminals with its fair share of serial killers, but it's also full of bears and wolves.

[@shirley9209]

@@michaelwarenycia7588 Not trying to excused anything, shit happens everywhere. To be so casual about the hitch hiking, like it's the norm no its the wrong. Alaska having 6 months of night, folks can't be wrapped too tight and to forget neighboring states Washington and Oregon strange as hell up in them parts missing people come up missing all the time.

[@aceclover758]

I feel far more sorry for David than his parents that allow a 7 year old to hitchhike and go as far as even over 10 miles

[@lucytreasure812]

Can I just say how much I appreciate it that you don't show disturbing crime scene photos or recordings when covering these cases. It makes the whole thing feel more respectful and lets the stories speak for themselves

[@toddaulner5393]

Pretty strange but I know the photo they blurred out of the children and it is disturbing.

[@whiteyfisk9769]

Maybe knitting videos are more your speed

[@ILSCDF]

How is it more respectful?

[@milesaway3699]

@@whiteyfisk9769😂my thoughts exactly.

[@CS-uc2oh]

The photos and recordings ARE a part of the story... you are immature if you don't understand that.

[@erockstoenescu6171]

So crazy how people can still just totally disappear in this day and age

[@christopherwang4392]

0:00 Introduction 1:55 David Michael Borer and 5:12 Tara Calico 8:30 Douglas Legg 15:39 Katelin Akens 21:45 Conclusion

[@LeL-q9e]

I can't believe Davids mom allowed him to wander around so far from home, I'm shocked actually. Poor kid negligent mother. The 2nd story at 12:20 you touched on something I saw with my own eyes. Many years ago while in a park in NY my family and I saw a teen boy being pullout of a muddy bog, sinkhole. He was chest high in it and crying. If he had been alone he might've sank and never been found. Maybe Douglas took a short cut and he stepped into a bog and sank, maybe that's what happened to him. You said bogs were all over the estate. Very sad. Last story? Ex step dad, he probably did it.

[@MaxisRichtofen]

it's wild enough to let your child roam free in bear country, ignoring possible kidnappers

[@nooyawker377]

Parents letting their 1st grade kid hitchhike are just as guilty of his disappearance as anyone who abducted him or her. The parents need their heads examined.

[@JuzoInspired]

If watching these stories has taught me anything, the step dad is guilty asf in that last story. My man did something and attempted to cover his tracks with the texts and ditching the luggage, just a shame there isn't any more proof.

[@pax6833]

I feel pretty confident that those text messages pinged to a random ditch are not from her at all. If she was really running away she would've gone to the mall WITH her stuff and then gone somewhere else.

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

There's no evidence for it though, we need to remember that he's an actual person who has a life and could have that life ruined if people make baseless claims about him, this isn't some detective show where we can guess who the killer might be. Unless there's evidence that shows it then we need to respect innocent until proven guilty.

[@tibor29]

@@JimMilton-ej6zi But, but I sharpened my pitchfork already! :(

[@TheALPHA1550]

Your man? He's your boyfriend?

[@camilacm9670]

​@@JimMilton-ej6zi the person who HAD a life was the one disappearing tho, if the stepfather lied about all the stuff it is ignorant to give it a blind eye.

[@unicornspoon]

It took about two weeks, but I think I've officially binged the entirety of Scary Interesting! Love your content, keep it up!

[@lindz6585]

Am I the only one who would be so sad if the opening theme tune was removed?! It's the whole Pavlov thing - I hear the tune and I know I get a video treat !

[@ExistentialConfidence]

I agree

[@Mirriam02]

The opening theme tune is quite mesmerizing:)

[@epicMicrowavve]

I’m 18 and my mom wouldn’t even let me walk a few miles alone, how the HELL can parents let a child THAT young hitchhike miles all alone in Alaska??

[@rain0450]

You grew up in a different world than us older folks. I grew up in the 80s and 90s; back then, it was common for kids to go out alone. However, I do agree that HITCHHIKING seems pretty strange. I was told by my parents not to talk to strangers or get in their cars.

[@ЛейлаДаудМансори]

The World was not that different though. POS people always existed, anyone who claims otherwise is delusional.

[@chrll]

ok, I agree that letting a kid hitchhike was completely absolutely wrong; hitchhiking is dangerous even for adults! But if you are 18 and your mom is still stopping you for just walking a few miles like if you were a little kid, thats also not ok, thats the other extreme.

[@jbaker7311]

Allowing an 8 year old to hitchhike 30 miles to Wasilla? The parents must have lost their minds. How any parent could think this is okay should definitely have used birth control methods.

[@minimimosa]

This is my new favorite channel and I’ve been binge watching ever since ❤

[@annahappen7036]

I'm angry for David. As a mother myself i can tell you his family let him down! 80s or not you don't let a 5 year old ROAM THE GODDAM WILDERNESS!!

[@terryhughes7349]

great episode. Well presented. Missing children stories are terrifying as a parent.

[@sweeneytodd011]

True, I couldn't imagine a situation more horrible, heartbreaking and leaving one feeling totally helpless and frustrated not to mention feelings of guilt because even if you'd done nothing wrong im sure one would still blame oneself for various things. I lost my boy once outside his school he was 6, I was dealing with his sister 8 when I realised he was gone, I only lost him for a few minutes, less than five minutes but i was frantic in those few short moments, everything went through my mind, so to actually have a child missing for days, weeks, months even years, just the worst thing ever id imagine.

[@adamiyevsty5086]

man please never stop uploading these videos, the quality of them are at another level, even though my native language is Spanish, not a single Spanish KZbinr I know have this quality on their videos. Thank you for the time you spend making these

[@Nefville]

Its amazing how every time I hear about a search for a missing person its the "largest in the state's history". In this case being that it was a wealthy New York family, I believe it.

[@shirley9209]

I have my doubt about the person who told Douglas to go back and change his clothes because of the poison, ivy, then that person return to found out what was taking Dougie so long you have people doing so much too little kids even family members, he sure was far out before he was told to go back and change , as if poison ivy couldn't have been closer to house rather than far away. With money you can cover a lot of things. Make you wonder.

[@Nefville]

@@shirley9209 I totally agree. When I hear about these ones where someone turns around and the person they were with just vanishes, my focus would be on the person with them as the culprit of their disappearance.

[@thetaekwondoe3887]

@@shirley9209 But what about the brothers seeing him after?

[@shirley9209]

@@thetaekwondoe3887 They saw him as he was going back to the house to change, the person that told him to go back decide to check on he (because he was take long time) return to the house as well. Like I said earlier the person that told him to go back and the two that saw him, the house and the distant in between would be my main focus.

[@JoanCassLucas]

I’m one of eleven kids from Kansas City who was literally not allowed out of the fenced locked yard until I was 11! All the other kids wandered the neighborhood and I was really upset and mad! A local business owner had his son kidnapped and killed so I guess my parents were worried.

[@nyxspiritsong5557]

I definitely watch too much true crime....i know exactly which photo you're referring to in the first story. I hope they solve this someday.

[@kentuckyleigh9623]

Same 😢

[@littlebear274]

The only thing he didn't mention is that there's a lot of debate over whether the photo actually is all that ominous. A lot of people think it looks like just playing around. I know my friends and I used to tie each other up as kids and see whether we could escape, I used to be really good at it.

[@EldenWeeb]

@@littlebear274That picture does not nearly look like they are playing around

[@tennisfan8979]

@@EldenWeeb agree. The look in their eyes says it all :(

[@KhukuriGod]

Damn, I've seen that photo in multiple YT videos when I used to binge-watch crime videos back in 2017-2020. But now it seems that YT's demonetization policy doesn't allow it to be posted. How the times have changed in a few short years.

[@jdnchar]

I simply LOVE the ambiance that your background music gives. Please keep up the amazing work!

[@kalielasmith1109]

In Ballarat Australia, a woman in her 50's went missing around 3 weeks ago now. They've been doing searches and many people in the community have gone out to look for her, but she's literally just vanished without a trace. They can't find even a single shred of evidence of where she may have gone or what may have happened to her. She disappeared sometime after 9am when she went for a run on some local bush trails and nobody saw where she went or what happened, and she left no trace of even being there. The bushland has been extensively searched, and I'm pretty sure they've used K9 units as well and even the doggos can't find where she may have gone. It's so sad and shocking when it happens in your own backyard, and very unsettling as well. in any case, we're all hoping that she is found alive and well even as our hope is fading bit by bit.

[@madstayy]

i hope samantha is found or at least have answers but it worries me that it might become another cold case.

[@nancyjones6780]

Alien abduction. I'm serious.

[@Justin-kelley]

Crocs?

[@anonymoususer602]

Wait a minute, she never said her name was samantha ​@@madstayy

[@gregberechree5535]

There are no wild crocodiles in Ballarat Victoria or Victoria Australia - except of it was “Crunch” the 5.1m long 650kg crocodile from Ballarat wildlife park who has a history of escapes.

[@crazyaussie7054]

Just after midnight and jumping into bed with a Scary Interesting story is the best!

[@kanepage7178]

Absolutely love your channel and your way of storytelling!

[@Rhimurphyy]

After a solid 4 days, I have officially watched every video on this channel… never going cave diving ever in my life

[@Lopfff]

I discovered this channel about two hours ago. And now I have been inexorably drawn into the rabbit hole

[@rebxthom]

the last one, Kaitlyns stepdad feels like the obvious suspect and should clearly be looked into further.

[@RavingKats]

All these stories, it helps make a lot of sense why my mother was always so concerned with instilling in me ways to be street smart and avoid going missing when I was a kid and it was still normal to play outside away from parental eyes both alone and with other kids, or when I went out as a teen. It's crazy how many people just vanish.

[@HappyCatastrophy]

Yes I cannot understand why Kaitlyn’s case has not been solved. Her step dad lied and lied about his whereabouts and there is cell tower pings to prove it! That case frustrates the heck outta me

[@trashboat115]

Justice is a lie

[@Swishersweetcigarilo]

Your channel is the kind that people find and binge watch all the previous ones. Been there done that and I still want more. You'll be at 1,000,000 subscribers soon!

[@jeremywhite5762]

Sweet just made my Sunday morning love missing person cases and a great Sunday morning to everyone

[@richrichie3153]

The day got better immediately when I saw cases of disappearances from Scary Interesting. These and the scuba or cave exploring gone bad stories are the best storytelling, editing, and narration I have seen on this platform. Maybe some other people think differently, but that is my opinion.

[@MrSuperMichel1997]

Wait, I heard one of these stories yesterday in another video about the woman in the same polaroid. She was abducted while going for a 36 mile bike ride on a bright pink bike. Crazy!

[@nellou5527]

I’m always anxiously waiting for you to drop a video, bc I’ve watched every one of them. I especially love your disaster and cave/mining videos. Great job on making awesome videos and it’s great to see your subscribers growing each time a video drops! Thanks for all your hardwork!

[@dragonslayer8337]

I don’t understand how can any parents let a 7 years old child travel by himself alone 11 miles away from home..??? Regardless what State you are living in, you never allow a young child to go anywhere alone..!!! 😮

[@ЛейлаДаудМансори]

The World doesn't begin and end with the States.🤦🏽‍♀️

[@cali.girllivinnnevada8]

Man I luv this channel!! ❤ And you’re soooooooo close to 1 million! 🤩 Well deserved.

[@99pncrft]

First boy killed by hitchhike Second killed by his own family Third killed by step father, obvs

[@karina1886]

i was JUST hoping to watch one of ur vids 🥰 they're my favorite thing to listen to when i clean

[@b-dub6865]

The stepfather in the last story must’ve done it. Look at the text message locations. Plus, the last person to see the victim is usually the culprit. Did the police properly investigate him & look at CCTV from his neighborhood, the roads, & the mall?

[@scrappyxxiii1]

Almost 1 million subscribers wow I started following in your first 100k it’s cool to watch your channel grow and your content has progressively gotten better as well as you made more videos

[@b-dub6865]

You’ve become my new Mr. Ballen fix. You & Mr. B provide the BEST content, & you both present the facts & the emotional impact on the victims in a respectful manner. Thank you!!

[@angeladetrizio9522]

Thank you for a interesting and informative video. Love your channel. ❤❤❤❤❤excellent video

[@argoneonoble]

I'll sum up the first tragedy: 'Here is my child, I offer him to the world.'

[@meowmachine9147]

What were they expecting? It was a different take period but it's still aggressively foolish

[@treybrannon4964]

As a child of the 80's, even I have to admit that was beyond irresponsible. The mother then blames the cops for not doing a better job finding him- lady you let a CHILD hitch hike...in the ALASKAN WILDERNESS! Why not pin a "kidnap, rape or eat me" sign on his back?

[@elbaestridge6503]

Found your channel and subscribed. Keep bringing more creepiness , please 😮!

[@jus10lewissr]

There's quite a bit more of Kaitlyn's story in regards to the stepfather -- that wasn't mentioned here -- and there's just no way in hell that he isn't responsible for her disappearance. It doesn't make any sense to tell so many lies if you haven't done anything wrong and that's only one of the many indicators that he did something horrible to her. Unfortunately, no one can even prove that she's dead so it's currently impossible to prove that he murdered her. Also unfortunate is the fact that if they arrest the stepdad, try him for murder, and ultimately fail, they can't ever try him for it again. So, until they can prove without a doubt that he had something to do with her disappearance and/or death, he's completely safe and actively getting away with the horrible crimes he committed. It's absolutely disgusting and I only hope that they're able to eventually prove -- hopefully sooner rather than later -- that he's for sure responsible for what happened to her.

[@spyder5876]

I like how you said there's more to the story and then provided literally nothing more detail on that.

[@eiscremekaiser]

The last Story is screaming:,,Stepfather!!!"🤬 Can't belive that the police never open a case against him.... 😢

[@anthonychirico5658]

That step pop knows what went down. Shady af.

[@MelissaGuiboche-hq6wo]

Love this. Very interested in what's going to happen every time. Take care❤

[@noelliebtsie]

But was the step-dad's property thoroughly searched?

[@christinaisaacson3122]

As always, you are the best at telling these types of stories. Love your pod as well!

[@tomato1087]

I grew up in Japan and i believe it's way safer than America but still i never went outside and wonder around alone or my parents will supervise me. It blows my mind how many people think they're safe because nothing ever happened to them before until they die or disappear.

[@Toomuchmetal12]

Letting a little kid hitch hike and go out like that is absolutely wild

[@sebastianthehotsaucedude5473]

This is the best disturbing content maker on YT imo.

[@eliranamar8497]

Great storytelling ❤

[@feilox]

there is an AI channel that's stealing your thumbnails and copying u tho using AI voice channel name is Scary Interesting1

[@mushmello526]

It's like they don't even try anymore