The Ghastly Cleveland Torso Murders

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[@wspleah6656]

name: buzzfeed unsolved me: expects it to be solved anyway

[@clip_it_greenie1262]

Leah Wu don’t let any one like it any more it’s at the best number it could be

[@clip_it_greenie1262]

69

[@squidward9155]

Ikr I’m always disappointed because I forget none of them have a concrete ending lmao

[@0Onyx13]

Well, like in this one it's pretty much solved, just not officially, but interesting nontheless

[@h0lodm0966]

@@squidward9155 Yeah, plus some of them get super obvious, too.

[@LilyTheSmol]

Police officer: "So no head?" *Slams walkie talkie on the ground*

[@jabredre]

It's called a radio

[@sophiabland8559]

Bruh someone already said this

[@LilyTheSmol]

@@sophiabland8559 bruh i didn't see any other comments like it, people can have similar thoughts

[@redditfunnyhurhur6023]

@@LilyTheSmol bruh someone already said this

[@royalzak2670]

@@LilyTheSmol bruh

[@lexxlebeans]

I love how, on multiple occasions, Shane has said that the only thing keeping him from becoming a psychopathic serial killer is modern technology. Like, his phone is his lifeline. Nobody ground him.

[@EchoBravo370]

I think he admitted that modern technology is keeping him from becoming a heavy drinker, a gambler and a man who buys sex.

[@strawberrycow7087]

Aw :(

[@dreamxd1014]

Honestly same

[@destituteanddecadent9106]

It's jarring just how many of the people you know and regularly hang with are just... willing to kill you if there were no repercussions.

[@dryrailsandsmoothrunning3310]

It be like that. I think without entertainment I'd probably be just as depraved lol

[@lydiasimpson8244]

it was def sweeney. he had a knowledge of anatomy, failed the lie detector, he had abusive tendencies, and then there’s the drugged guy who would have had no idea where the office would have been without going there. dude is guilty as hell

[@airesfire3432]

True or a rail road worker who knows wen the trains would leave the station

[@julia-eu8xo]

Failing a lie detector isn't proof, just like passing one isn't proof. If I was hooked up to one and they asked me if I killed JFK I'd probably fail despite the fact that I'm 25. I'm a very nervous person and my heart rate would no doubt be raised. It's also not that hard to pass even if you are lying. Not saying it wasn't him I wouldn't be surprised if it was but a lie detector isn't proof one way or the other and they aren't even admissable in court.

[@myweirdsecondchannelwithap2771]

@@julia-eu8xo it’s not proof. But it’s added suspicion. And when there’s too much suspicion, it’s turns into proof…

[@wakemeupOUTSIDE]

*RAM!?!*

[@wakoblank]

Lie detector doesn't prove anything. You could fail it just for being nervous about the questions they're asking you. The man who invented it stated it wasn't meant for police use because it doesn't work.

[@victoriablake3826]

Decapitated AND emasculated? Sucks to lose two heads at once

[@valentine2145]

WHY DOESNT THIS HAVE MORE LIKES THIS IS COMEDY GOLD

[@pleasedontpercievekarma9735]

I applaud you for that one

[@shekinahcang9543]

Clap*

[@lightsinthesky4989]

Okay, you win this comment section, bravo.

[@WitchyWoman-ph2cn]

😂🤣

[@beeboy57]

elliot ness, on the phone: so no head? elliot ness: *smashes phone and jumps on skateboard*

[@GIMMETHELOOT94]

😂😂

[@jaystewart9862]

this is horrible, but i can't stop laughing WOW

[@cici8984]

I c o n i c

[@chokalocpurple9243]

Lol

[@clearhero7487]

no. stop. 😂😂

[@emmyemmyemmyemmyemmyemmyemmy]

The scariest part of Unsolved serial killers is that you could be the descendant of one

[@furbys_prey_on_transphobes4065]

@Kristian Mijic unsolved murders are not just in america??

[@furbys_prey_on_transphobes4065]

@Kristian Mijic monster with the 21 faces, the iceland one ( not trying to spell that name lol) and the somerton man and jack the ripper are all not in america and those were off the top of my head.

[@furbys_prey_on_transphobes4065]

@Kristian Mijic all good lol

[@sethescope]

@@furbys_prey_on_transphobes4065 iirc, the monster with 21 faces didn't actually kill anyone, though. they just threatened to.

[@Imakeplaylists-in1pw]

Where's an animus when you need one right?

[@snaxalotl3021]

If these two were teachers, they would be the fun history teachers that everyone wanted to have in class.

[@averytenney335]

"this case is officially... unsolved." *looks over shoulder*

[@ericaploof998]

Me

[@namenotfound3613]

Me "the case remains... " *paused*

[@clarapetrica1955]

It's not like the killer is still alive in 2019

[@ericaploof998]

@@clarapetrica1955 it's a joke

[@mendesarmy1235]

Clara That's what got me through the episode 😂

[@stephhhie17]

Elliot Ness: "Hey! You! You're under arrest for homelessness!" Guy: "Uh... I'm not homeless though..." Ness: *lights match, tosses on shack*

[@RemyKBartels]

Epic gamer move

[@ProGraMmer562]

@@someguy4046 I love you

[@AgentDuckyy]

This comment is pure gold

[@adambump5297]

Guy: "My sick Mother was in that Shack."

[@snackeater4990]

adam bump Ness: Good. Now the killer will have less victims!

[@lethe.archive]

i cant believe this guy was never prosecuted partially because two cops drove past a building and decided it “didnt look like a doctor’s office” and proceeded to do no follow up

[@Pete_the_Fuzzball]

I am so done with people discarding theories because "someone would have noticed something weird going on" people don't notice much of anything and if they do it'd be luck or coincidence, if someone is even slightly sneaky about what they are doing no one is gonna bat an eye. There are so many examples of this, people have had neighbours burn bodies in the backyard and not even vaguely noticed or heard gunshots/screams and not called anyone.

[@iaminpainauchocolat9300]

It's a whole thing called the bystander effect and also a lot of times like people are too busy with their own life to notice other people.

[@Caliabra]

I agree people don’t see anything because they don’t expect to see anything. We know witnesses are bad at identifying the guilty person as well

[@ajingalls83]

Shane gets decapitated and his head toppling to the floor, he looks you dead in the eye. "hELLO MY BABY HELLO MY HONEY"

[@hi_im_jc1233]

nah Shane says 'i can smell you, Ryan' lol

[@aspiringeyecandy4856]

"HELLO MY RAGTIME DOLL"

[@curlyboicyrus]

Aurøra Jaine “HELLO MY RAGTIME GAALLLLL”

[@adventureofalifetime4162]

Aurøra Jaine I laughed so hard at that part

[@lushbear04_old]

BARBERSHOP BLUES UHOHUUUU

[@gurl7039]

ryan is like the guy who stays up all night doing research for the project and shane is the type of guy to do nothing for the project but tell everyone jokes to help them keep going

[@nipixel]

He has no clue what’s happening, he just wants everyone to do a good job lol

[@Handle.-]

Yeah that’s yup

[@windturbine6796]

Thats... Buzfeed Unsolved in a nutshell.

[@bente1695]

gurl ryan’s the brain, shane’s the morale

[@pkbanana289]

I had to present something and there honestly wasn't enough to evenly split it, the one guy who didn't get a lot basically joked around and made working on it kinda fun

[@24KGoldbackGorilla]

That undercover homeless guy pic is so funny! "Hey there, fellow hobos. Which dumpster would you recommend?"

[@justinerickson5486]

To clarify the decapitation issue: Studies have found that the head of a decapitation victim is still reactive and aware for up to 90 seconds after the beheading. Until all of the blood and oxygen have been exhausted from the brain. 1 and a half minutes of realizing that you have just been beheaded.... Gruesome.

[@81824]

@@alexandermontejo447look it up yourself

[@elivdb]

this is a myth

[@Empenguin]

​@@elivdbNot a myth. Source: speaking from experience

[@jmjedi923]

​@@Empenguindamm so you like...rolling around and typing with your tongue?

[@BeEnNLGaming]

This is bull*, proof of "study"?

[@sky-ll5gk]

Ryan: that's a bigass bone Shane: 👁👃👁

[@uhhhlex__]

I was waiting for someone to say something💀😂

[@Mitchuki]

That's amazing 😂

[@avamelvin6245]

The look Shane gave Ryan after he said that was so funny. 🤣🤣🤣

[@alikamykin8774]

Made me shed a tear laughi ng

[@biandi9743]

His face was like 😐

[@uncreativeusername3772]

Homeless person: *is homeless. Elliot Ness: peace* *was* *never* *an* *option*

[@katelynsinkovec4406]

*ness in the background with a match* Person who lives in a shack: *why do I hear boss music*

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@katelynsinkovec4406 Hey, to space down on a comment, press your 'enter' key.

[@katelynsinkovec4406]

@@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 ?

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@katelynsinkovec4406 If you're on a computer. But if you're on a phone, press ðe button which looks like --------------- | / | < ------------- \ [IDK if it showed up right for you but basically it looks like a U-turn arrow]

[@katelynsinkovec4406]

@@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 dude I know what an enter button is, but why are you telling me? It’s pointless

[@gangsterpenguin8709]

6:32 The execution they’re referring to is the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots for anyone who’s curious

[@userrrrthxmas]

*cough cough* Charles I

[@alexhorton7505]

Fun fact (I guess you could call it that): One of my former classmates great-grandfather was one of the prime suspects for this case - Dr. Francis E. Sweeney. After learning that, I've found this case even more interesting.

[@zeppelinzeppelini]

nice story man

[@basicallyskeptical77]

So... Technically it was solved. He just got away with it because he had family in Congress.

[@Lulu-jm8hw]

Basically Skeptical dat is what I’m thinking

[@itscalebbarrera]

Jessica Ringkvist white privilege

[@HelloCarrie923]

@@itscalebbarrera ._. it was because he had family in congress, not because he was white.

[@callmekarter]

@Itscalebbarrera he had family in Congress you can’t blame everything on ‘white privilege’

[@MassieBlock4]

itscalebbarrera the people pretending his white privilege wasn’t part of how he GOT to Congress in the first place. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@helena_lang]

“you are charged with being homeless” “uh but I’m only homeless because your burned down my home” “haha lol idc, to jail you go”

[@tsuneTheSlime]

at least they got a home --the jail

[@sugasarmyyy7437]

“you are charged for being a homeless person” “um k lol… what do u expect me to do about that?” “pay a fine.” “but I’m broke…” “that’s not my problem!”

[@Riley-uy6uf]

iT wAs FoR tHe FiNgERpRiNtS

[@Xaldarus]

19:27 I love how Shane makes a point that makes sense, then Ryan misunderstands and it completely throws Shane off of his own train of thought. Obviously he was talking about Ness, not the Torso Killer. Obviously a serial killer wouldn't be a vigilante "justice" type.

[@Jo-sv9io]

I don’t think that was what he was saying. I think he was trying to say that the killer thought that he himself was the vigilante justice type, not that Shane thought the killer was a vigilante

[@mypeanut7767]

Ryan:"So you'd be an insane psychopath-" Shane:"Y E S"

[@the3morons265]

Are we gonna gloss over the fact that 63 people got charged with “being homeless”

[@tweezypheezy]

Apparently yes, did you notice the majority race?

[@JohnDoe-zw8vx]

No, it was addressed but it does not solve the problem so no need to get hung up about it. 🤷‍♂️

[@ashhale258]

Yeah because they burnt Down their houses

[@netowner666]

Your pfp is terrifying is that James Charles with no eyebrows?

[@the3morons265]

Daniela Navarro yes

[@ash-cn4in]

elliot ness: did sweeney do it? the lie detector: yes the physiologists: yes the profile: yes the movements: yes the ghosts of the victims: yes shane’s decapitated head: yes sweeney: no. the court: well he obviously couldn’t have done it

[@shaynegron10]

I actually believe did it But lie detectors don't actually work, thats why they are not commonly used in cases today (speaking as a forensics student), and the ones that actually work were developed around the 70s and forward, but that dude fits the profile

[@freepimp6423]

@@shaynegron10 thing is, he failed it twice, that makes it more believable

[@lincolnexists5918]

YKC Tec he was just scared because he may have had to go serve a sentence for something he may or may not done. This thing happens a lot, and sometimes people pass them who did it because they are simply calm psychopaths, that’s why these detectors mean absolutely nothing.

[@Kyle_Schaff]

*Shay Negrón* From my understanding, lie detector tests are actually fairly accurate. Not accurate enough to be the silver bullet in a case and inadmissible in court, but enough to be useful as providing leads and warranting further investigation. I don’t know about lie detector tests from way back then, but yeah.

[@lincolnexists5918]

Kyle Schaff they work in smaller cases but when going to jail for the rest of your life/ execution is on the line, any normal person would fail them, because if it messes up your life is over.

[@joao_gomes]

Sweeney was a doctor, who had anatomical knowledge and means for doing this crime. A witness (a vagrant but one witness nonetheless) reflects on a experience that happened in the neighbourhood of Sweeney's office. He was abusive and mentally ill and went to a mental institution when the crimes stopped. And failed Twice the polygraph test. That is a pretty good circumstancial case right here.

[@BeEnNLGaming]

The witness is so specific too when they already expected the suspects to be drugged and why it was so easy for him. Most serial killers let somebody go accidently after a few attempts.

[@Esonnets]

Another rewatcher here. for years, I wanted to say - Ryan, you pronounced “Doležal” and “Froněk” perfectly (Im sure they were of Czech origin, these names are very common here)

[@drewmckeon7504]

ness really just burned down their houses and then charged them for being homeless. big brain moves

[@ps1hagrid786]

Oh yeah, this is BIG BRAIN TIME

[@MrTVx99]

Man I feel bad for Ness. He was a genius. Sweeney seems to definitely be the killer but he was too powerful to be detained. Ness was unable to detain him and Sweeney commits two more murders in front of his house. Ness has no more options, he can't detain the killer but he has to somehow stop the murders. Because Sweeney wasn't just going to stop, I mean he was sending letters to taunt Ness so I'm sure he would kill more as well just to annoy Ness, so Ness finds who Sweeney is targeting and had to take drastic measures to save them from being killed, having them identified so that he would not be spending time with unidentified people, so many more witnesses can come forward now because he knows who has been killed and basically created a bait for Sweeney that he didn't take and just stopped. He shouldn't have his reputation tainted for this. He stopped the murders by doing this

[@snackeater4990]

Tushar V You can’t prove that Ness stopped the murders. That’s why Ryan said the topic was debatable. The end doesn’t justify the means

[@MrTVx99]

​@@snackeater4990 I can't prove that Ness stopped the murders? So you'd rather believe that the murders were going on by the same killer when everyone was looking out for it and none was reported? And why does the end not justify the means? If Ness could do it the easy way and just get Sweeney detained, he would have. If it was that easy, he wouldn't even be called out on the case. There are corrupt cops, judges and government officials everywhere around him, like Sweeney's family members. These 'rules' that he has to follow are created by these very people to keep them out of reach of justice, make them invincible. Sweeney knew this, as long as doesn't get caught in the act, Ness can't even touch him, he is too powerful. Ness is in a lose lose situation, he can follow the rules and get nowhere like everyone else on the case and Sweeney will happily keep killing more and more, or he has to do something radical that catches Sweeney off guard, getting his hands dirty was the only way to stop the murders and maybe even catch Sweeney. He literally stopped the murders the only way he could, you got a better idea as to how he is supposed to stop Sweeney? Cause any form of confrontation towards Sweeney will lead to Ness just getting bombarded by people above him and Ness will just lose his job and Sweeney will be treated like a hero, while he still kills, but now noone is after him. And you are saying this as if this is the only rules he has broken. He only achieved his legendary status because of breaking rules to catch people no one else could. If the world was so easy that you can just follow the rules and get shit done, Ness wouldn't be a legend, the police could have done it themselves.

[@nootnewt9323]

@Tushar V He literally burned down people’s homes. I don’t feel bad for him

[@katherinesaldana7795]

So no head?

[@frankimiller2910]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@grace-fu1gr]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@laurenmasilungab9984]

FUCKING GOLD

[@emeyeenaych]

goddamnit

[@krystalsky7600]

AHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHH

[@halliewong]

Honestly, this is probably one of the saddest episodes in the show, but it's also weirdly one of my favorites. I read the book by James Badel ("In the Wake of the Butcher") and I can't recommend it enough.

[@AlexHider]

James Badal is the GOAT of true crime books

[@mickeybenito4841]

Here because Watcher ditched me

[@emilyjarvis7350]

Same here

[@saileshmishra5255]

Us

[@clairetaller9418]

Episodes that need to be done The gilgo beach killer The west Mesa bone collector The servant girl annihilator The death of Edgar Allen Poe The death of Kayleigh Anthony The Salish sea feet The murder of Betsy ardsma The murder of Jessica chambers The disappearance of the grimes sisters The disappearance of Ashley freeman and Lauria bible The disappearance of Natalie Holloway The disapearence of deorr koontz The disappearance of the mcstay family

[@loretta5653]

I know most of these but not all. What’s your fav? Or well the most interesting bc fav is a bit weird.

[@ann-mariemystik_majick_lun747]

This needs more upvotes

[@god-rp9vo]

they also need to do “The mysterious ‘death’ of Belle Gunness”

[@vlad8241]

I would actually like, if they woul do cases from outside of the America's. The USA is not the whole world of crime folks! We got a serial killer(solved case) that killed 42-72 people here in Germany. And this case is really recent aswell!

[@god-rp9vo]

Moin Moin what was the killer’s name? i’d like to know more about them.

[@proleol]

with all the old comments gone, it really shows how many of us rewatch these episodes everyday lol

[@natalieabreu7327]

Hehe- you are right- I literally just did the same thing🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lucaswilmot9435]

when were all the comments removed?

[@aleca1964]

@@lucaswilmot9435 the videos recently got moved between channels and the comments reset (they wouldve been moved by someone at youtube for buzzfeed)

[@alyaa_jun]

frr

[@gingerb2359]

Ugh the amount of times I rewatch these videos is almost grotesque 😂😂😂

[@rockercaterrorencountered4924]

When I was a senior in high school I had to do a report on a serial killer for my for forensics class and I used this video as my jumping-off point to find sources. On a related note, they should put the books and other sources they use in the description so we can do more research on it ourselves

[@petrri323]

Ryan: He was 5'8" Shane: I think it's possible Me: ya'll know knees bend right?

[@atharvakitkaru]

Eliot Ness : ooh, what a successful and reputable career I had Torso murderer : I am about to end this man's whole career

[@no4785]

The Press: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

[@TheBestComicKing]

Well that and a later car accident he had destroyed his reputation.

[@nr-5usrrobot802]

Democrats: No, mass shooters and people with guns are the most deadly. . . And climate change! ! ! *TED BUNDY LAUGHS IN KILLING HUNDREDS WITH A KNIFE BEFORE BEING CAUGHT* *Trees laugh in Vietnamese* *Huey Gunships laugh in Fortunate Sun* *Fighter jets during that time laugh in Napalm* *Nazi Germany laughs in MUSTARD GAS* *Japan laughs in committing fly into enemy planes, boats, running with live grenades in hand at the enemy, and BONZI* *U.S LAUGHS IN NUKES* (Fun fact, Biden praised the USSR for having puppet shows that costed only 1$.) As Leon once said in RE4. . . “No thanks, bro.”

[@heatherallen5521]

@@nr-5usrrobot802 Im guessing you're pro-guns? People don't normally have mustard gas, grenades etc at home and somehow America allows guns. They should either get much tougher gun laws or ban them for the public all together

[@quickchris10]

Yeah, the press did really muck up this one, or maybe it was corruption, and the press just exacerbated that. That being said, he did eventually stop killing; I was even thinking maybe he was practicing his surgical skills on already-dead or unconscious vagrants? I mean, they never even had cause of death, really. I think they said ``decapitation was cause of death?'' Like the person was unconscious, then, because there weren't signs of struggles. So maybe they were passed out from drink. Or maybe he did drug them. Because his office was next to the undertaker who processed vagrants' corpses, and one of the body parts from the lake had been embalmed.

[@sierragreen9202]

No one talking about the face Shane made after Ryan said “that dog would be happy. That’s one big bone.” 😂

[@gabrielw.7386]

Sierra Green YEAH

[@blorp2107]

Right though?? I was searching for comments about it😂

[@serenesista]

When did he say that?

[@morganstewart5142]

Sierra Green - o -

[@emmawoods660]

I was looking for a comment on it

[@attackinglizard3429]

I just can't believe it that Sweeney was still around until 2011, who knows who else's lives he took that we don't know about since then, gives me the chills

[@kittyplayz1480]

WHAT

[@samiai8905]

Now that's an example of the complete failure of the American Justice system if I'd ever seen one

[@MASTRA1]

He wasn't

[@ThePositive0ne1]

The way Shane says "He's got a head cold." at 22: 21/22:21 got me fightin' for breath after losing it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hell_inn0258]

I just realized that when we watch these, we are basically looking at a PowerPoint presentation

[@kaaynaatr2722]

I- 💀💀💀 it’s like a really very interesting online class😂

[@marlowp5234]

i know. a really bad one at that

[@scarlightemperor3410]

Honestly, better effort than schools nowadays

[@SmallArtsie]

Yes

[@elliecarlson2788]

Oh no, you're right

[@Nerex7]

"This guy is a suspect right?" Sheriff: "Oh hell no, he's too fat to ride a train from A to B, he can't be the murderer." Damn the bar for being Sheriff was ridiculously low

[@T.GLongstaff]

It still is

[@anshi5098]

Frank Dolezal was not the imposter

[@rachelraquel758]

Riding the rails meant jumping into a train car as it’s moving, you had to be fit to do it.

[@samshaiakh4737]

THISIs not female it is MaN

[@rachelraquel758]

sam shaiakh what?

[@stephanierodriguez6164]

Rewatching this on Fourth of July, which is Shane’s favorite holiday 😂

[@hyder-0]

10:03 Shane was definitely referencing Law Abiding Citizen when talking about the paralysis murder. In the movie they use the neurotoxin Tetrodotoxin which is found in pufferfish, porcupinefish, ocean sunfish, triggerfish, blue-ringed octopus, rough-skinned newts, and moon snails (and many more). If you're stung with the neurotoxin you can survive but you have to be put on a respirator because you will not be able to breathe on your own and they pump your stomach then give activated charcoal to bind the toxin. If you can make it 24h chances are you'll come out relatively unscathed.

[@danielwechter601]

Sweeney fit the profile, had the same movements, failed the lie detector tests, and was clinically insane. Hmm.

[@uz_remi]

only way he wasnt apprehended was the lack of evidence needed to convict someone at the time, he was definitely the unofficial killer

[@GoldLove21]

Lie detector tests are pretty much hoax science and notoriously unreliable. As the creator of the test would lster claim himself.

[@limarien6405]

Think nothing of polygraphs, they're very passable and also very available depending on your emotions

[@keii8011]

I immediately thought of sweeney todd.

[@onyxgamer5940]

It's all circumstantial, so nothing is entirely proved because circumstantial evidence is not considered actual evidence in a court of law.

[@kaleyjohnson9735]

"That'd be a happy dog, that'd be a big a** bone." *Shane's soul shatters into a million pieces and the only emotion he is able to feel the rest of his life is numbness and there is no such thing as ghosts*

[@Dev-fc1zs]

Quintessence I died 😂😂😂

[@MrSashaenjb]

I literally laughed out loud when this happened. Shane’s reaction 😂😂😂

[@djmajiktuch82]

Shane's BIG BONED!

[@chingmuankim5066]

5:06 😂😂😂

[@rabbitrulez]

Quintessence shane's mind was going " screw u bro I thought we were friends

[@StarCrusier900]

By the way, please don’t search this case up and look in images. You’ll see the bodies, and Jesus Christ it’s gruesome.

[@dolosavage6295]

Thanks finna look it up

[@Kay-cp8tg]

@@dolosavage6295fatherless behavior

[@browndd]

When shane did the "hello my baby" thing I laughed so hard I had to take my glasses off and wipe my eyes.

[@ImperialistRunningDo]

"I think it was a British royal, I think it took five strokes." Lady Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was executed on orders of Henry VIII. 11 blows.

[@bumblebree1486]

ImperialistRunningDo Henry the VIII loved his beheadings man

[@clearhero7487]

Bruh

[@The_UmbrellaMan]

@@bumblebree1486 I think Ryan was referring to Mary, Queen of Scots. She was beheaded by her cousin, Elizabeth I of England. The axeman had essentially hacked her head off, as it took him 5 tries to behead her.

[@junechevalier]

I can’t even imagine how painful it was to live through each stroke

[@fraber8127]

He was talking about Anne Boleyn tho

[@jazk.8612]

"so no head?" *Smashes phone*. *Jumps on skateboard*

[@zestyd24]

emma L. CRYINGGGG 😂😂😂

[@linagonzalez6080]

emma L. Omg

[@broadwaylover5384]

Is that what the investigating officers said when they got a call about another body? lol

[@samanthaandrade4162]

emma L.

[@sofiagoheen4788]

this is the best thing i’ve ever read

[@karamedley6229]

Jackass Hill??? lmfao I about died laughing when I heard that!

[@bebeesym7912]

can ryan please recite “the birds work for the bourgeoise” meme in his narrator voice. thanks.

[@victorianbarbie]

I still want this

[@hummus5694]

i can hear it

[@j.j1916]

*the birds work, for the* _bourgeoise_ (note: say the e at the end of bourgeoise)

[@aidanwizward]

So does Logan

[@ThatQueerArtist]

Make this happen

[@913zzzn]

Welcome to another episode of Buzzfeed Sorta-Solved

[@matte7189]

Hahahahahah right but they re so funny i wish they made an episode a day

[@masonmusic8027]

I wonder/ hope that one day these two will a) get real evidence of ghosts and b) actually solve a mystery. Like for real.

[@cottontaelle5863]

oh hey it's you i think i've seen you on a danny gonzalez video lol

[@913zzzn]

strawberrycucumbers you probably have lmaooooo

[@scheddoc]

They'll never get real evidence of ghosts, because they aren't real

[@ashtoncullinan5586]

All I got from this is NEVER restrain Shane's WiFi privileges/access. It would not end well.

[@vijayshreesondur5676]

I cannot believe no one is talking about "Hey brah, it's ya boi Sweeney" at 20:33 this one's my favourite line!

[@oisinduffy2956]

check his pulse HE DOESNT HAVE A HEAD

[@ktwooxxx8906]

Ender PlayzYT you wouldn't be able to save them though

[@freshpieforsale]

Yep. That's a Shaniac right there.

[@kikip.1156]

If you’re medically trained you’re obligated to try and save someone... however, there are exceptions. Such as decapitation.

[@maralmyagmarbold8283]

Oisin Duffy Hahahahahahahahahahhaaha no head.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no pulse Hahahaha and no head no pulse

[@thefuck3817]

Oisin Duffy WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY LMFAO

[@88jisung52]

20:34 'Hey brah, it's ya boi Sweeney' shane probably edited this

[@ibelieveinunicorns1122]

yes, what I thought lmao

[@jacob8591]

True

[@emmarevett1222]

Definitely

[@Aqua750]

Nah it wasn't Shane it was ... Mac Domino dog shit

[@rockbeauty3439]

I would have did the Feeney call but with Sweeney. Idk why. 😂😂

[@ryman1933]

"How could someone hang themselves from an object they were taller than?" Oh how little they knew

[@SewerRatsarepeopletoo]

Logically people can hang themselves through "suspension hanging" or ligaturing, with almost no height - all they need is an anchor point. As a mental health worker in acute ward trust me on this one, it's entirely possible.

[@vampiyahs]

Are we not going to talk about the wonderful *"Hey brah, it's ya boi sweeney"*

[@jackhamilton9604]

Imagination is a curse I’ll talk about it if you want

[@stlo0309]

epic bruh moment

[@ameliaharris9013]

I love how Ryan always points out how big Shane’s head or limbs are.

[@khaylalara90]

I know and his face was like what the hell

[@blackroseriley]

Their chemistry is just awesome 🙌

[@Scarletowl24]

I still don’t get the big head thing

[@maeborowski1315]

@@Scarletowl24 his head is big

[@yeah2853]

Hey my names amelia too!

[@gayandafraid1763]

I usually can stomach this stuff but like today I was like “ugh that’s gross”

[@michellegarcia2569]

True.

[@Cataxtrophical]

Mary, queen of Scots. Not British, Scotish. Her execution was a mess.

[@ModernEphemera]

Scotland is part of Britain to be fair

[@luciferxo6384]

What happened?

[@maxlu9373]

Eliot Ness: Are you the Torso Murderer? Sweeny: No Lie detector: He's lying Ryan: ThIs CaSe ReMaInS UnSoLvEd

[@hopoffmydick9574]

Max Lu lie detector tests are incredibly unreliable

[@kaktuskhaddy4638]

Lie detectors do not work, at all.

[@communisttrash8590]

Max Lu lie detectors are extremely inaccurate and the creator said that it should never be used definitively

[@Wildcard-Jack-47]

Communist Trash there’s also the fact that he fit the description and the murders stopped when he has hospitalized

[@sisigs4820]

@@hopoffmydick9574 yea but right after the killer left two peoples heads in a box looking directly at where ness worked really close to the building so I do think it was freeney getting back at Ness.

[@Catskill_Cryptid]

The beheading blinking experiment was in the French revolution. If I remember correctly, a doctor who studied these sort of things theorized you stayed alive after beheading, and when the revolution turned on him he told his assistant he would blink as long as he could after his execution and the assistant was to keep track of how long he blinked. He blinked for like 30 seconds.

[@haydennharves]

Dedication points to that doctor

[@cameronarebalo4725]

“HELLO MY BABY”

[@iaminpainauchocolat9300]

From what I remember it's a myth. A fun one at that

[@jessicacreed7773]

^ the story seems to have originated from the discovery channel making sh*t up

[@jam9482]

While a fun theory, it isn't true. We as humans have four major blood vessels that carry blood to and away from the brain. If either of these become severed, we lose consciousness in a matter of a short few seconds and maybe even instantly at times. EDIT: Four blood vessels, not two.

[@MagnificentMaj]

I think it's Sweeny. That case was compelling AF. Good job on this case Ryan, Shane, Ness, and Badel!

[@Alesha_Lewer]

I’ve gotta say, and I know it’s strange, the torso killer is one of my favourites to learn about. I’m fascinated by true crime and unsolved murders-much like most people here. I just like this guys nickname

[@deanna5417]

Police: *gasp* we found a body! It seems to be a woman in thirties and she's been mutilated. Police 2: mutilated? How much of her body have we found. Police: her torso, thighs, and other body parts. Police 2: *so no head*

[@LiteralSumo]

No....

[@amandianajones8145]

*stomps on skateboard*

[@gekkeju]

AHAHA

[@h0lodm0966]

@@amandianajones8145 (you forgot *throws phone*)

[@voodoo5845]

That's pretty good

[@alannah6919]

*hey brah, it's ya boi Sweeny*

[@TheBeautyScientist]

Lmao

[@TommyCurrell]

How did you make your comment in bold?

[@MrSnow-qn1ij]

@@TommyCurrell **write like that**

[@magnessfarmswildlife]

*yeet*

[@i_jxshyy4387]

*yeet*

[@hardhika9208]

I Feel Ness is like L from Death Note because HE KNEW Sweeny was the killer but he didn't have enough evidence to put him on trial. Kinda sad sometimes

[@Baconator-pf9oi]

Off brand Jack the Ripper.

[@savannahquackenbush9400]

Lol😂

[@squirmtastic]

With more victims too if I remember correctly.

[@jamiemohan2049]

This murderer is far more terrifying than Jack.

[@makinleyoare1416]

Walmart vs gucci 😂

[@noodlegorillaz761]

when you order it vs when I comes

[@Theturtleowl]

It makes me sad that most victims were unidentified.

[@adambump5297]

Yeah I can agree with that if I was murdered I'd at least want People to know who I was.

[@sciana21]

Hearing Ryan from 6 y ago is so wild 💀

[@daryn-ish]

the music always stresses me tf out lmao

[@evehilary7484]

"HELLO MY BABY"- LMFAO ok Shane's thought process is something else

[@JordynMariah979]

Eve Hilary he refers to that song so much lol

[@VC-xj1fs]

That's why I love Shane.

[@Josh-hv2ze]

So no *HEAD*

[@betsyfregoso3008]

*smashes phone*

[@namesurname9200]

holyyy shitt the vinee

[@Katherine-fq6zz]

*smashes guillotine*

[@blorp2107]

Thank you

[@Fresharies]

That’s what Ness said

[@T-is-DOPE-420]

6:54how do yall manage to make something so grim, hilarious? 😂⚘⚘

[@ArthurCallahan899]

You know it’s good when KZbin warns you twice

[@jakeandgracetruemper]

“ He could’ve only done the initial murders in the office.” Doesn’t that perfectly explain why one of the bodies was found in the woods murdered less professionally?

[@princesspeasant4536]

Right?? This is the most slap in the face "I am the killer" murders I have ever heard of.

[@bharathgchennai1]

@@Nekromancer98 i agree after killing that person sweeney might got a kick out of it and started killing just for sake of getting some thrill

[@MrTVx99]

@@Nekromancer98 Nah his killings were like 2, 3 months apart each so the order is correct.

[@fuckgandor]

y'all are so surprised about the treatment of the homeless in this case as if this isn't basically how homeless folk and sex workers are still treated today.

[@fuckgandor]

@Kordell Swoffer i am so sorry for your ignorance get better soon

[@kaaynaatr2722]

It’s wrong on so many levels but then people will always remain judgemental. Doesn’t matter what generation they belong to.

[@fuckgandor]

@@kaaynaatr2722 i gotta say uh. mass terrorizing the homeless and sex workers is a little more severe than "judgement". also it is like. a systemic issue

[@pari8266]

I'm not a fan of sex workers but I agree, maybe don't kill them.

[@brotherkabeer8877]

@@fuckgandor you are amazing thank you

[@gurlotter5231]

6:26 he’s talking about Blueford and Tartarus...... Luck and Pluck.

[@johnb4108]

I mean…doesn’t a lie detector test basically measure stress? If you lock me in a hotel room with Ness I’d be stressed too…I’m not saying Sweeney didn’t do it, but there’s definitely a reason those things aren’t allowed for trial anymore…

[@beeblejuicee]

Shane’s face when Ryan was like, “That’s a big bone” 😂😂😂

[@Jasmindreamable]

"Really Ryan? REALLY?!"

[@jaxonkight4227]

majestic_mudkip258 LoL, so true :D

[@beesechurger9464]

Literally happened when i read this comment

[@maca1ronnie]

these unsolved murders make me feel so uneasy because they happened and no one knows who actually did it. like i try to imagine the victims’ last moments of what they went though and the fact that they never got justice. the lack of closure is just so unsettling

[@willows6114]

RelaxWithRonnie ASMR I do the same thing. It always makes me feel really empathetic towards the victims of crimes like these, if that makes sense Lmao

[@GJ-2304]

Dang girl..🤤

[@lazywagon]

Think about Jack the Ripper. It is just not possible to even know because of lack of DNA evidence. And who knows what kind of cover ups took place back then when bribery and stuff was more evident.

[@sadmansakibkhan8667]

5 years damm

[@MrEdkern]

I live about a mile from the old king berry run. Years ago I work with a man who worked at the cleveland coroner's building. He was a young man then but he said that a group of people were taken body parts from the morgue and planting the parts in different parts of cleveland.

[@ssaks2008]

Kingsbury Run is near the suburb of Shaker Heights which is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Which is about 26 minutes from where I live.

[@christianstanfield9766]

Ryan: *Gets murdered and decapitated* Shane: Hello my baby, hello my darling!

[@scp--297]

Christian Stanfield XD

[@lilyellaalderson3469]

Christian Stanfield this made me think about ryland adams and Shane Dawson

[@jerzegrinder-holt7861]

🤣

[@gabnoir8030]

Christian Stanfield XD

[@trustworthy_hypocrite1838]

If I got decapitated but I could still talk my last word would be "Boo!*"

[@meltempest310]

love how the niece of the cop that arrested Jeffrey is like "They would have noticed if something weird was going on..." honey, John Wayne Gacy buried bodies in his back yard and UNDER his house, and his wife and neighbors had no clue what he was doing...this is what serial killers do, unfortunately, they are very good at not getting caught or noticed.

[@jackhamilton9604]

Frank, not Jeffrey

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

The family of serial killers are accomplices after the fact, they knew just didn't care

[@plainezaine5065]

@@michaelmckinnon1591 Many really don’t. Serial killers are massive manipulators and many are often emotionally and psychologically abusive (some even physically). If they’re smart enough to fool police and medical examiners then fooling someone who trusts them is child’s play. I encourage you to read some memoirs of the families of serial and spree killers. Gacy’s actually are involved in a new TV show called “Legacy” where they confront the new victims found using DNA evidence.

[@emilee2588]

His wife didn't live with him. He lived alone when he was doing that. He had a business in which he hired young men to work for him so people constantly came and left his house. There's more to him then just that but he did for a lot of people

[@ipshitakanungo3025]

I really admire James Badan.... I mean he presented a really solid case, even though no one knows if it's true or not. But yeah, he has me convinced totally that Sweeney is the killer...

[@user-kh7tj2kp3e]

Miss you guys. Please come back.

[@xEvilRick]

Search Watcher

[@Coneyislandstarlet]

Watcher is they’re new channel with similar content

[@wastedtalent666]

They got their own channel finally after carrying Buzzfeed for years

[@user-tb9tm6pv5g]

The most creepy thing about this to me is I grew up in Cleveland and I know exactly where those places are and I have drove by those places many times.

[@fleetingfennec6221]

I'm so sorry you lived in Cleveland, lol.

[@stickysocks6369]

Ouh, harsh

[@harrypottah5237]

@suny123boy1 Why?

[@fleetingfennec6221]

suny123boy1 I was born, raised, and spent 24 years of my life in Ohio. I finally left and now live in southern Virginia, it’s been nothing but awesome on me!

[@whyguy1503]

What does jackass hill look like

[@bronwynowen527]

So no head? *smashes phone*, jumps on skateboard*

[@muneebs6933]

Bronwyn Owen I was looking for this comment

[@user-yp8qv6bs3n]

Bronwyn Owen Yessssss

[@someclown7026]

XD

[@natelwood7606]

this is my favorite vine

[@mexex4045]

nympho wait a second

[@elizabetheng1478]

the look shane makes after ryan says "thats a big bone" is killing me 😭😭😭😢

[@KingDerpy13]

I love all the "So no head?" jokes in the comments.

[@AndArrington]

*hey brah, it’s ya boi Sweeney*

[@NandithaNarendran]

and.rosie lmao i said that in a shane voice 😂😂😂

[@trippyafe.x.e331]

and.rosie If sweeny todd had insta

[@sevensticks07]

😂😂😂😂

[@mel-or3gv]

ATTEND THE TALE OF SWEENEY TODD

[@oliverv1211]

Todd?

[@gi4734]

Who else watches these and gets really hyped up to find the killer, then realises.... It's unsolved. Like bruh, why u gotta do this to me.

[@webydevy099]

They should make *SOLVED* lol

[@Snowywarriorxp]

IKR lol 😂

[@poppy9435]

OMFG ME

[@bartsimpsonyellowmenace3780]

The only unsolved case that it was solved was oj simpson

[@extraaccnt4750]

YESSSSSS

[@UV980]

More than anything this series shows how fucked and incompetent the justice system is when bringing down high-profile killers

[@stalink895]

homeless person: *being homeless* ness: THATS ILLEGAL

[@dr.shaymsassistant6379]

How the hell do you get charged with homelessness?!

[@mrnobody6447]

Not possessing a home?

[@getbackravie1540]

There's homeless shelters in every city being homeless is a choice so there for they are choosing to break a law

[@dr.shaymsassistant6379]

@@getbackravie1540 there weren't allot back then, so that argument isn't really a good one.

[@getbackravie1540]

@@dr.shaymsassistant6379 the first homeless housing unit was made public in the 1700s and every state/territory at the time built one so that is a good argument, inhumane but still a law

[@dr.shaymsassistant6379]

@@getbackravie1540 just because the first one was made in the 1700 doesn't mean they spread and turned into massive thing I doubt there was allot in that area especially if it was a more poor city.

[@Elawana]

They've re-opened the JonBenet Ramsay case AND the Natalie Wood case!!! Ya'll wanna revisit that, with new information?!!!

[@elng5571]

The Black Dahlias case is solved as well. They should have a "buzzfeed solved" season as well

[@neonpineapple4680]

Ella Popita "solved"

[@toniamark]

what? Any links for that? thanks!