The Mysterious Poisoned Pill Murders

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[@catg0re]

“I’d quarantine myself” Oh ryan Ryan Ryan

[@cocotaveras8975]

catzite Time stamp?

[@moozorq1929]

Coco Taveras 4:29

[@catieb22]

it did not age well

[@ThePyromania13]

the man followed through on this word

[@ols-ooooo]

Good ole Ryan thinking g ahead

[@SatoshiFibonacci]

This is why the girl who licked that ice cream is getting charged with a felony

[@lamelwinston7101]

And she should got damn dummy! Lol.

[@mu-dd7gm]

I have seen comments like this everywhere what happened???

[@mu-dd7gm]

fourni oh ok, thanks!

[@iibubbly_visions8590]

Alma Santana, a girl had licked an ice-cream container. Then, she put it back.. It’s a felony for eating/ using something, then putting it back. She server 20 years in jail for this.

[@notsurewhy3263]

@@iibubbly_visions8590 but when arian grande does it, she gets paid thousands in press funds lol

[@ohsnap-mate8101]

“I’d have to quarantine myself” Oh just you wait Ryan-

[@gordonpainter8237]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ocalphaa4848]

Lol

[@onionbowie3194]

I was about to say that lmao

[@roccogasparini9583]

Lmao just wait three years Ryan

[@babyg0ose953]

The hamilton fans will come flocking to this comment

[@helena_lang]

“Chicago is known for Shane madej” Shane: 😃 “The nations greatest tragedy” Shane: 😢

[@jazzfox5330]

Ironic this has 666 likes

[@orangejuice9102]

*Take that back,Ryan*

[@sudharanichippada1841]

Quick switch to the vulture mine where the glory hole was a site of a great tragedy

[@NotMe-rs8ev]

johnny

[@LinhNguyen.]

Timestamp?

[@milo1728]

*show:* is literally called buzzfeed unsolved *me:* expects the case to be solved anyway

[@rae1514]

me

[@lastlife0726]

*Enter witty username here* to be fair, the last episode was Buzzfeed: Solved?

[@bossenn]

@@lastlife0726 what episode was that?

[@lastlife0726]

​@@bossenn It was boy in the box, but I was mistaken in calling it the last episode. the playlist I was watching it from must have been in the wrong order.

[@Tris.02]

Every. Damn. Time who else gets annoyed when its not solved

[@joydivisionfanclub]

_when the pain killers kill more than just pain_

[@kayleym.5523]

aesthetic yes lol

[@strawberrybleach923]

*can I have some, please*

[@AnyHeroBlake]

So effective, you'll never feel a thing ever again!

[@mariagutierrez3961]

yikes

[@c4re4u25]

R/cursedcommets

[@antilikka]

Ryan: “It affected the whole world!” Shane: “The whole world?” Ryan: “Well America at least” Most American thing I’ve ever heard 😂

[@heatherperleberg7816]

As an American who knows the names of about 7 countries, I can confirm this.

[@ceeciecee9563]

@@heatherperleberg7816 that’s embarrassing

[@RookieCommentor]

@@ceeciecee9563 Not if you don’t care about the world in general it’s not

[@Coolgravy]

@@RookieCommentor that statement is so "Edgy" that it can't not be embarrassing

[@trevorlahey2488]

I’m an expert in geography, and I agree that the world revolves around America

[@pigkat7716]

"I would quarantine myself" "It might be an airborne disease" "I think you wear a mask" Wow, just wow

[@i_changed_my_username_ha8718]

Its insane the amount of signs nobody put together If someone did put it together, people would think they were crazy

[@michaeljordansgrandchild8976]

They have done a ton of stuff like this that is crazy now They also said something like this in a London episode

[@Homeboy8227]

Wow what? They're educated men and I'm sure they know of past pandemics where people wore a mask for an airborne disease.

[@gauzenaw7097]

That really didn't age well

[@nathanpayne3729]

Yep, the plague one

[@tobyg5318]

“I’d quarantine myself” * Laughs in corona quarantine *

[@elliottroseo9937]

Jayme G exactly

[@pramabanerjee2767]

Hahahaha...no you don't want that Ryan you don't...

[@aleniaheastridge3964]

I didn't look at how far back they posted the video and I almost pissed myself laughing 😂

[@zombies4evadude24]

4:28 Went straight to the comments for this

[@j48073]

Jayme G 😭😭

[@noubu2794]

“Do you think Advil did this” I’M WEAK 😂

[@Ridley369]

B I G A D V I L

[@taylordixon5465]

Jasperliks

[@saebyeok1551]

Taylor Dixon jdejjsjdjshdndjsskcj

[@TheLiamster]

It was *B I G A D V I L*

[@GriziDaWiz]

Then go to the gym.

[@sarahevans9530]

Every time I rewatch this, I think about how he says that 'chillingly, there was a bottle still unsold,' but glosses over the fact that two bottles were SENT BACK BY CONSUMERS in the recall -- people who literally already had pills in hand and just hadn't taken any yet. That's way more chilling to me than one that was pulled before being sold.

[@the_MEGH]

It really is.

[@mjpretzel5354]

I mean that could be a sign they did something to the returned bottles, but I know in my family if we run out of any sort of medical supplies we immediately go buy more even if it’s not needed at the moment and doesn’t get opened for a while.

[@heathermillsphantomlimb9314]

That’s true. An axe mounted on the wall isn’t nearly as scary as the one in someone’s hands and being swung at your face.

[@abigailkaterbergcolibaba]

Gah it still bugs me so much that it doesn't seem targeted, or possible to specifically target victims, and yet there's so many Marys Edit: yes I realize it was most likely just coincidence. Like I said, I don't see how the victims could've been targeted intentionally. It just seems weird, like how two of the bottles have the same control number, when consensus seems to be the bottles must have been tampered with in the stores

[@Goberte123]

Lot of people named Mary, most likely. Especially if the pills were given to only a few stores in the area that happened to have a heavy Catholic background where the name Mary was just the bees knees.

[@kellahanna-wayne4191]

Came here to say this! 3 out of 7 victims all named Mary??? Even with a common name, that's quite a coincidence.

[@joehudson3042]

Maybe they just hated the name Mary

[@bruh-mb1rd]

I know like 5 women with Mary somewhere in their name

[@box389]

I mean I know half the women in my family are named Mary but what are the odds

[@MeetMeatMo]

How To Crime An idiot’s guide to all things illegal, written in crayon.

[@yourlocalnohomopass7236]

Jesus Castellanos sorry about the red and brown marks on the page, my crayola marker leaked :/

[@livelifelikedev3284]

Yea and i wrote it in 🖍 crayon

[@tayloranderson7547]

How to crime an idiots guide to all things illegal, witten in crayon.

[@andrehix3699]

BUT WHAT IF, Roger Arnold is the real killer, and when he found out that police are gonna search his house(don't ask me how he would know that), he had potassium cyanide, and mixed it with another substance to create potassium carbonate, so he wouldn't get caught? He appeared to be in chemistry, so knew what he was doing.

[@Nope-move-along]

Whom made such a children's book? I bet it is in crayon's

[@MiCKi914]

Dang, about 7 minutes in, I was like, "I wonder who the killer will end up being!" And then I remembered I was watching Buzzfeed UNsolved...

[@emojihearts7328]

MiCKi914 same but I just read this comment

[@gabriella9357]

MiCKi914 me on everyone of their video's

[@jennybagwell2196]

A lot of people think it might be the unibomber due to the locations of the shops where the pill bottles were sold

[@katelynbrown98]

Jenny Bagwell Wow. That's really sad!

[@kikilima4551]

MiCKi914 i

[@sadcat4825]

comments disappeared? _all hail the watcher!_ 🕵️

[@juliii9055]

i just watched that video before this one 👁👄👁

[@tconlon251]

@@juliii9055 You “watched” it, huh? 🤔

[@orangegradient4309]

Too much purple in this thread

[@rizonzzz9986]

Dam

[@minaashido4643]

@@tconlon251 *all hail the watcherr*

[@Tom_Samad]

Here's an interesting fact: one of the co-founders of BuzzFeed is John Seward Johnson III, a descendant of one of the founders of Johnson and Johnson.

[@Ellamol]

imagine being named john johnson bruh

[@lindseyjohnson8747]

@@Ellamol ik someone named George georgenson 😭😭😭

[@caramelaaaa9621]

@@lindseyjohnson8747 Sven Svenson

[@samyukta2212]

@@caramelaaaa9621 Sam Samson

[@jojomakes]

Matthew Matthews

[@soph8321]

Do you ever think that the murderers could have watched these videos

[@liamstorm8015]

Sophie Howell Now I imagine a bunch of serial killers all sitting around a laptop like "who did they do this time, someone pass the popcorn" or "HEY LOOK ITS JERRY"

[@lars2651]

Storm1001 Nice Imagination 👌🏻👌🏻

[@cloroxbleach3878]

Storm1001 im crying 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AbhishekTiwari-tt4ew]

We are

[@morgves]

The cults love watching these also

[@nelsonhernandez3567]

this episode hits different now after the corona virus

[@juhsuhcahfritz5276]

I was JUST about to comment the same after I hear him say " I would quarantine myself! You don't knownifnits airborne at that point!". I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and we are on strict lockdown. Parks, playgrounds, school, universities, daycares, nom essential public services, beaches etc... are all illegal to be at. People are not to be found in groups more than 5 and stores have to follow rules such as making measured standpoint of 6ft apart for customers and only allowing so many people in the store at once. People in illegal areas or found to be in groups higher than five get a really big fine and businesses.not following protocol gets fined 7500$. It is eerie. It is also hard when you have a child and have to explain to them what is going on... I would be terrified if the detectives didn't figure this out quickly and making the connection that it was tylenol.

[@emmabell529]

Nelson Hernandez ikr

[@saraicaldwell4435]

Yup

[@brailinl5413]

“I’d quarantine myself”

[@alfun7687]

Yup

[@ahuffman6155]

It surprises me that they left out a popular theory: The laziness of the perpetrator being explained away by the fact that the poisonings were a coverup. The poisonings of strangers being used to cover up the annihilation of the Janus family, conducted by the scorned and often bullied brother, Hugh Janus.

[@microwave8931]

For some reason the name "Hugh Janus" makes me uncomfortable

[@g-4642]

@@microwave8931 LS STOPPP 😭😭😭

[@solbee1103]

@@microwave8931 NOOOOO 😭😭😭

[@mikeferraro7018]

Imagine predicting Covid quarentines 3 years before it happened

[@sebastiankit4249]

@@mikeferraro7018 copy

[@chesstnuts]

I saw the title and out-loud said: “Didn’t Sherlock solve this?” Then remembered Sherlock Holmes is in fact a fictional character.

[@dorian9230]

Same

[@giulianna7866]

It took me back imediately to one of bbcs Sherlock episode 😭

[@mehganmiah]

sherlock is infact a character and i’ve been assuming he solved everything

[@CheshireEclipse]

Im related to sir Conan Doyle- (Author of sherlock Holmes) and i used to say "im releted to sherlock!" Thinking he was real-

[@kittyplayz1480]

Yeah and that was closer to the princess bride iocaine thing than this

[@lillyv4774]

Those poor girls just probably wanted to reliveve period cramps

[@maxxhasnotalent8723]

lill ver exactly! I live on tylenol and Excedrin, espically on my period. And I have Chronic Migraine so ksksksks

[@22mx82]

Hey, cramps kill like literally kill.

[@marthasoto8078]

Tru

[@hasicmation6404]

Boi meeeeee

[@1829Emily]

Exactly

[@sams7144]

Watching this in 2020, that quarantine joke did not age well.

[@pappygilmore8949]

😂😂😂

[@mariexotics]

I was just thinking that i'm weak

[@marwas9212]

Literally just binge watching unsolved series 😂 was going to comment this 😂👏🏻👍🏻

[@MrFoxSays]

My thoughts exactly...

[@ellaory4134]

@@marwas9212 me too over here

[@kalebsager6014]

Imagine predicting Covid quarentines 3 years before it happened

[@balyszamalaitis7527]

He didnt predict covid quarantine? All he said is that he would quarantine if there was an apocalypse. He said nothing about covid YOU MORON

[@angelandhoudini1036]

@@balyszamalaitis7527 Do you know what a joke is? No need to use caps. It was obviously a joke.

[@m_p0431]

@Roblert 05 yesss

[@Chefgrlangel]

Legends

[@savannah3075]

AND predicting the masks

[@hobi_water_cant_help1472]

" The greatest safety precautions of our time are written in blood " - Shane Madej

[@YouveBeenMegged]

I once put that quote in an essay for my English class 😂

[@ef7227]

Creepy music and scary information *cut to some funny jokes and two men talking*

[@aicilaazlabas934]

I love that cus I'm scared but at the same time can laugh

[@homegrowntwinkie]

Two and a *half* Men talking(Shane's big ol' dome counts as half) looooool

[@cumcompilationv46trynottoc83]

"8 year old girl brutally raped and murdered" "(wheeze) sounds like she was having a bad day (wheeze)"

[@BurneyJJ]

You need a good laugh every now and then, even at scary moments you need a laugh

[@dannyn6036]

Frono that is the pinnacle of comedy

[@clarices826]

“And Shane maday” ”AND ME!” “The nations greatest tragedy “ “Unintelligible sadness “

[@Janiebabie]

Madej*

[@Orlok26]

Oceqnxeyez D. I think maday might’ve been on purpose

[@ThePositive0ne1]

I laughed to hard at that, and I also feel bad for him.

[@sarahdelozier4054]

I felt that-

[@alyssa4416]

You could literally FEEL the internal tear sliding down his face

[@kurtisconnersmullet]

"And he was found reading..." Me: Hm? "How to Crime?" Me"**chokes and laughs**

[@katatonickkatastrophe3539]

I hope the company made other editions like how to money and how to adult.....

[@UktHrll]

@@katatonickkatastrophe3539 or how to sex

[@m.j.piazza7853]

“Evidence of chemistry” is the best phrase I’ve heard all day.

[@maryelizabeth9973]

Am I the only person why thought they were all gonna be named Mary?

[@billieilish3317]

Awesome Sauce no so did i

[@camilachacon367]

same!! kinda disappointed tbh

[@Webgirlremix]

*nope nope and nope*

[@ivonnelopez9457]

nope

[@moment-zj5qt]

He hated Marys so he killed them ALL

[@ameliacaddy4059]

why is nobody talking about the fact that 3 of the victims were called mary? like what are the chances that 3/7 of the victims had the same name!

[@LovinoFernandez]

Mary is a REALLY common name, especially amongst older people. I doubt it's anything more than a coincidence.

[@m00kaite]

Amelia Caddy that’s what I was thinking🤔🤔

[@Marika50]

Well Mary is a very common name.

[@lc2830]

The killer wouldn’t have been able to ensure who bought the pills so I think it’s just a coincidence

[@quinlanteague1093]

Amelia Caddy i noticed that too but like they said it’s a common name and the killer didn’t know who would buy the pills. it’s still cool to think about though!

[@sylviarulesbtw]

Ryan: "Chicago" Shane: **bursts through wall** "DID SOMEONE SAY CHICAGO"

[@iliterallyloveihop4750]

This has no business being this funny 💀

[@limitless3765]

As tragic as it is, the fact that it was three people in the same family who died probably saved a lot of lives since it provided a link. They may not have realized they were connected for a long time without it. I also do genuinely think it was Lewis. The petty extortion feels like a jab at police; make them think he did it, then prove his innocence, only to be the killer the whole time. He does time but not for killing people, then gets to mock them further by helping out while in prison. Plus, he gets away scot free and can even write a book about it! It feels totally contrived to me and he seems too dangerous to have only been trying to get 511 dollars.

[@finleyverhorik7970]

"And Shane" "And me!" "The nation's greatest tragedy"

[@sarahsettlemyer2075]

"What?" "Nothing."

[@rosap60]

I thought he was gonna be nice for once and say the nation's greatest treasure

[@sethvanpelt5707]

The most annoying thing about this case is that the first suspect killed a completely innocent man and only served 30 yrs for it.

[@agentmothman5343]

The look of betrayal is priceless.

[@jalenogrady165]

3 Marys? Ouch! Wow, dang

[@maryhorn7734]

Deluxeguy 2345 I'm a Mary in Illinois. ya'll got me scared as hell

[@mallwhcre]

Oh yeah ....

[@shelbyg.8553]

Deluxeguy 2345 Bloody Mary 1 Bloody Mary 2 Bloody Mary 3

[@winterrose1466]

Mary Allison omg😂

[@kilarthmac]

Another Mary here lmaoo

[@breasiabrady8962]

Bro you know what scares me about these types of things. These dates are like so recent kind of. Like I was alive when all this stuff went down

[@touche995]

Yeah man... like... were we blind those days?

[@jojomakes]

Imagine being so careful in placing the cynanide in the pills just to be caught by leaving your fingerprints on a letter.

[@armypride2044]

"fingerprinting wasn't around that much in the 80's" well. that explains a lot in Heathers.

[@armypride2044]

If she did that today, they'd still check to make sure. Maybe JD and Veronica wouldn't get caught for Heather, since the cops would find her prints on the mug, but definitely for Ram and Kurt, since JD and Veronica both were the only ones to hold the guns

[@starinight6936]

I love that movie!

[@AlexTheCrayChick]

tru

[@kissmedarrencriss]

HAHAHAHAHA YES

[@okcool1277]

Falling Flowers h *A*

[@YamiSamiDoesntGiveACrap]

does anyone else watch these hoping to find out the killer and then in the end you remember it's unsolved..hence the title...no, just me? okay.

[@worlds2ndbestlawyer]

yah sami mee

[@yassqueen7824]

yah sami same!

[@theonandonlyjeonduck4283]

*slowly raised hand*

[@vanessabenet335]

yah sami same

[@layfairy]

every time i just sit there at the end staring at my wall slowly realizing i'll never know who did it

[@janicetanumihardja808]

If someone really did it to plummet some stocks, that is just messed up...

[@jensenwolfe8250]

People have done more for less

[@shchorss]

@@jensenwolfe8250 5 bucks is 5 bucks...

[@dawey8897]

Corporate sabotaging is more common than you think

[@Listening_Books12345]

The more I've learned about corporate America as I grow up, yeah, I could believe that as an MO

[@konalily]

“And Shane Madej ... the nation’s greatest tragedy” 🤣

[@jaythegamer115]

*THE GREATEST TRAGEDY * 2020: What am I? A *ROACH?!*

[@sweatszn757]

I read this comment as Ryan said it

[@--enyo--]

That's a high bar.

[@haroldh8314]

Why are these videos never in the trending section of KZbin? Already has 1 million views in one day loll.

[@aureliaenchanted8503]

Harold H A million humans watched this: O

[@jadachellise1654]

Harold H they're always trending in Canada

[@AfreenKhan-te5er]

Jada Chellise yeah

[@TheFlowerbeast]

They always trending here

[@yoyoyojoe619]

It's #44 right now in Canada

[@mollyonyxbox]

I want a shirt with ( wheeze ) on it

[@lars2651]

Molly Owen so do I, so do I

[@michelle1781]

100th like

[@roxy27755]

Molly Owen YESSSS

[@loldab3902]

In the same font as the letters and the color lmao

[@ihatebtsfangurlstheyareget7348]

Ailish McCabe wow CX

[@camdencarver4176]

New theory: Shane is a demon sent to kill Ryan for murdering someone, which is why he's afraid of ghosts(bc he made some), but Shane couldn't kill him bc he was just too funny

[@lady1903]

This would actually make a really cool story

[@ipshitakanungo3025]

This makes sense

[@pencil_cat_studios]

I had to like it to make it 420

[@selenehoffman9218]

4:29 Ryan: I would quarantine myself. *says Ryan in 2017 not knowing what would await him in 2020*

[@Nestron_sadly]

lol

[@Nicholas-qf8vx]

can we talk about how tylanol saved lives by taking their products of shelves and nearly sacrificing their company just to keep people safe.

[@rachel-uj5sk]

It’s a recall. It happens every day

[@QuietBloom]

They really didn’t have any choice. They wanted to save their company and remain in good standing with consumers. It obviously worked on you.😉

[@QuietBloom]

Err... not really. It was a horrible tragedy that killed 10? People? I think the guy on the way from the unibomer’s cabin was a test.

[@Ridley369]

No, we can't. Because they didn't do anything extraordinary; They recalled their products for safety, it's a standard procedure...

[@May-vf4mh]

Actually they’re probably just as responsible than the person who poisoned the pills. There were numerous complaints to the company for months from customers who had purchased Tylenol and found something in the bottle that shouldn’t have been there like a nail clipping. They knew that the medication could be tampered with yet despite having the idea of tamper proof seals BEFORE the murders they never introduced them because it would be too expensive for the company. Failure to prevent a tragedy when they were more than aware that it was possible for them to be tampered with. The recall was a last effort of the company to control the damage done to their reputation. I wouldn’t give them much credit.

[@zoo8985]

This is by far, hands down, the scariest case on Buzzfeed Unsolved. Painkillers are an everyday thing, and to die of it is scary.

[@Phoebe5448]

The scariest thing for me is that someone at the packing factory actually planted/laced the bottles with poison in some kind of sick twisted sadist stunt and has never been caught...

[@ihatemyselfuwu3960]

not to forget completely ironic. imagine taking a painkiller that ends up killing you.

[@Joe-nz5ql]

its not a reasonable thing to be afraid of now though

[@cheonsaaa18]

You obviously didn’t see the episode talking about spontaneous human combustion you die just from living

[@kadie5575]

A similar thing happened in Australia last year where someone had tampered with a bunch of strawberries and put sewing needles in them. It was basically the same as this (different brands, different stores, I think it went across states) except nobody died.

[@KirkFletcher-channel]

BEST QUOTE: “ some old lady in Florida brought the Unabombers typewriter? “ 😂😂😂😂😂 13:50

[@annastasia3040]

Other suspects: Legitimate claims of locations and objects Unabomber: *WOOD*

[@rubylopez337]

Who’s here after seeing that one girl that’s getting 2-20 years for tampering with ice cream💀

[@rachelbergado4178]

Ruby Lopez Meee

[@arpitkaur9742]

me lol

[@elisebowe692]

Ruby Lopez me lol

[@SachinM0515]

I'm waiting for the FDA to start mandating ice cream tamper proof lids on their icee cream cream tubs now

[@roisin5786]

Ruby Lopez deadass

[@anoushkaprashanth2063]

we're all talking about the quarantine joke but the real treasure is the 'i think you wear a mask' at 17:13

[@ethangreen5416]

Such a dumb “joke,” same shit over and over again in the comments section, no one is creative.

[@hamadan.6018]

Underrated

[@CounterMS]

OoO

[@hq4287]

Found this comment so pleased 😊

[@shirleyharris3934]

“I’d quarantine myself” * Laughs in corona quarantine *

[@PandapoolCoffeyLovers]

Does anyone else just watch buzzfeed episodes over and over again as like a comfort?

[@Listening_Books12345]

It's my happy background noise while I draw or write.

[@TheAlchemist1089]

Yes 🥺

[@azure.6874]

I just realized the bounty for finding a nationwide killer that ensued fear and chaos, was the same as winning Drag Race lmao

[@treestout9270]

*do you think Advil was behind this?!* best line ever

[@dootdoot9822]

Big Advil

[@mskittysraiinbowpass]

I think ALEVE did it

[@MichelleReizner]

I actually went to the same middle school as the 12 year old victim. We had a plaque in the front hallway dedicated to her and the other victims.

[@purplesnow9656]

Michelle Reizner Wow that’s cool but sad

[@kenziemcgee3364]

Did you know her or did you just see her around school? Were you guys acquaintances or friends?

[@katykatmeow215]

Awww.. that's so sad. 😭

[@iamdefective1912]

Coincidentally creepy, in a way.

[@agentmothman5343]

Yikes, I bet that made a lot of kids come to terms with their own mortality.

[@tozmarauders4187]

1:10 It's honestly so heartbreaking for the Janus family to lose 3 loved ones in one day. I can't imagine the pain the rest of the family went through

[@SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand]

especially hugh

[@althor1247]

I had a year long project in this bio-med class last year, where we were given a fake homicide with suspects and other evidence. Throughout the year as we learned we connected all of our lessons with the case, while getting autopsy reports, trying to rule cause of death. I got the killer, method, motive but got one thing wrong. I thought she died of aconite poisoning, but it was potassium cyanide, this case just reminded me of it.

[@jessreiher9999]

they need to make a buzzfeed unsolved *solved* series because i love the series but hate the uncertainty and dissatisfaction

[@jessreiher9999]

Destiny Stevens YES

[@bearsbeetsbattlestargalactica6]

Jessica R that kind of ruins the point of the whole series though. I like the idea but it's not as original as the whole "unsolved" thing

[@jessreiher9999]

Makayla's Vanity oh yeah i totally get that, i do really like the original concept but sometimes i just really want it to be solved!!

[@stabgan]

stfu mystery nad unsolved is gretr than solved .

[@paaolaa123]

Let them know on Facebook! They don't answer KZbin comments

[@Spongebobs4Life]

The mannequin has moved and now I can't sleep.

[@lia.azzles1328]

Em B same

[@traditional9626]

Chris Tsai in the back of their studio with the suit

[@juliusrock5839]

Chris Tsai there was a mannequin in the background in the other unsolved videos

[@lesserieplays552]

Em B same. Watching this at 1:10 am and IM probably going to bed in a couple hours due to this...

[@ComicalSatania]

Gabi Plays its 2:11 am where I am #SleepIs4TheWeak

[@cervixcrusader85]

4:14 Actually taking logical steps for protocols unlike now

[@ajunimo5526]

Wdym “unlike now”

[@mariakhan3839]

@@ajunimo5526 The coronavirus situation

[@professorgrimm4602]

It's not that Cyanide smells like almonds, it's actually the other way around. Almonds smell like Cyanide, because they contain a chemical that can produce Cyanide. Domesticated almonds are bred to not have that chemical anymore, but wild almonds are still poisonous.

[@Buttersnitzle]

Thanks for the cool fact, I feel lucky to have found this comment now lol

[@moonagedaydr3am]

Correction: Illinois is known for soybeans, poison pills, shane madej, and john mulaney

[@luka_lyn8159]

Yes never forget John mulaney

[@boistired6825]

You mean a demon and the murderer of Princess Diana?

[@Historyguy-xu5ht]

The Cubs, da bears, the Bulls, and our governor being pardoned

[@user-jk2qn5bj6c]

@@boistired6825 *A proud asian-american woman

[@saikoh9640]

it was Advil

[@beautybysarxo]

100%

[@elizabethshaw734]

Kilø Møntanø it was not.

[@sarah-tm6fl]

Kilø Møntanø 'twas aleve

[@rainbowpunch]

Kilø Møntanø pepto bismol

[@Acw279]

Kilø Møntanø or it was ibuprofen!!! DUN DUN DUUUUN

[@slytherclawaddiction2982]

“You don’t know if it’s airborne..” Oh Ryan, what a treat you were in for.

[@chayse136]

Shane: "I just cut up an old man honk honk" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@juliagrady5890]

Who just rewatches literally all of these while cleaning/packing minimum once a month

[@no_peace]

Rewatching right now! Reliable content lol

[@gloomberries3191]

I watch these when I’m drawing for background noise

[@NintendoFan8877]

Gloom Berries me too!!

[@mikapii5210]

when im cleaning my room, yeah.

[@sanityspire]

Gloom Berries same here

[@cantaloupia-1050]

Back then the name “Mary” must’ve been EXTRA common since 3 out of 7 victims were named Mary

[@ohyikes825]

Lol yeah I noticed that and I for real thought it was gonna be a clue or something. I thought maybe the murderer hated the name Mary??????

[@II-ne3lp]

el l. I was like “maybe he has an ex named Mary Janus???” Lol

[@thecrispy7789]

People were big on Biblical names back then

[@no_peace]

Most of the people named Mary back then are still named Mary. They're just 65 now

[@panteremilyep]

It was. For a long time many Christian's and Catholics named their children after biblical figures. Mary and John being the most popular. Jack was also very popular too and used in many urben legends like Jack the Ripper, Spring helped Jack, Jack of the lantern and more.

[@jamiekargus794]

40 years ago today this happened (September 29th 1982-September 29th 2022) and they still don't know who did it.

[@IhateAlot718]

It was me

[@That_Name_is_Taken]

I feel so bad for the victims and their families. This case is interesting but my heart hurts for these people.

[@h4nn.h]

MOVE THE MANNEQUIN

[@Noblepenandink]

too late, he's got tenure now, they'll have to scrap the whole show to get rid of him lol

[@kaybaylaa9162]

hannah Kll

[@jimenamartinez906]

angry seagull that username though

[@tarotpotatoe9063]

I always cover the mannequin with my hand when it comes on screen.

[@carolynmoore5755]

lol yasssss

[@therealmissglamBAM]

DAMN WERE THEY TARGETING MARYS AND JANUS' OR WHAT. Really though, those name coincidences are strange. I've heard about this case a million times in business school, it's so fascinating and I'm always shocked more people don't know about it

[@therealmissglamBAM]

BIG ADVIL AT COACHELLA I'M DEAD

[@lookitahoe8133]

MissGlamBAM Omg I noticed the name coincidence's too

[@lewigao]

Janus, like from 39 clues, this could mean something hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nah

[@mckennashay4913]

The Janisus' were in the same family and took pills from the same bottles. No coincidence

[@upintheclouds20]

MissGlamBAM I did lol

[@attakrus]

Guy would do an DNA test under one condition:That his stuff would never be auctioned because later on, they may serve as an importance. Even though he said this, they still auction his stuff anyways?! That is by far the dumbest thing I have ever seen authorities do.

[@y7awsbe2000]

you must not pay attention to the authorities because they've done far worse

[@sparky6855]

You know you’ve been watching too much Unsolved when you start to recognize mug shots they’ve used before

[@tehmikawilley9075]

It wouldn't be a BuzzFeed unsolved without a "(wheeze)"

[@vngelene]

tehmika willey YESSS

[@24Basketball8]

Buzz(wheeze) Unsolved

[@blackparademistress1]

tehmika willey *without, not with If you say with, then you're saying it would be unsolved with no wheeze. "It's not ______ without _____" is the correct saying.

[@tehmikawilley9075]

Emma B oh, I just noticed I'll fix that

[@raai6888]

*W H E E Z E*

[@lucatenki]

your profile picture makes it so much better

[@sunny64118]

I just googled to search more about this case and found out that the prime suspect James Lewis passed away yesterday.

[@Lunaliladee]

Shane: You didn't do that, did you? Ryan: No I didn't-wha- Is there anything to suggest that I would chase my mom with an axe? Shane: *deep breath* Not outright. I feel like if you.. peel the layers back- Ryan: You think if you peel the layers back from this onion, you'll see something you don't want to see? Shane: Yeah, I think you wear a mask sometimes.. Ryan: Mmm, I think you should keep digging and maybe see what happens. Shane: Oohh, no i'm good-

[@cherrypick1106]

I remember in Tokyo, Japan they had a similar murder scheme with poisoned coco-cola decades back, the murderer was also never known.

[@unknownbyself]

Was that when they were harassed by the "Monster with 21 Faces"?

[@monomakesmecrystill1252]

@@unknownbyself I believe that was way earlier

[@thunder4170]

Well great.... Looks like I'm taking a break from soda now.

[@Ali-mv3jc]

Yeah 12 people died because of that. Real shame.

[@JHLee-vd6zv]

I think that's the Glico-Morinaga case, but yeah it's creepily similar

[@noahsharp3206]

There's a thing, I believe, in criminal psychology whereby criminals tend not to drastically change their MO's. People who kill from a distance, such as in this case, will generally always prefer to kill that way. The fact that Roger Arnold walked right up to and shot a dude makes him a poor suspect, I think.

[@teogonzalez7957]

Could be, or maybe people who change their M.O. are less likely to be caught.

[@abigailmarshall5302]

Yes, it's a criminology idea. I took that class last semester and it's called the killer's signature, or method of operation - it is defined as the part(s) of the crime that were done to gratify the killer's needs or fantasies, etc, and not necessary to actually commit the crime. An example is Jack the Ripper disemboweling his victims after he killed them

[@themoose3479]

@@EeyoreStan That is true in some cases, but not *all* killers get off to killing.

[@pieceofkakes]

I agree! In this case I believe he shot him because he thought he turned him into the police. In which case makes him look more guilty trying to kill a witness 😳

[@alleycat616]

See to me though the fact that he’s willing to kill especially over something so petty and related tells me he’s a pretty good suspect.

[@dahkdm8787]

"There's no serial killer character universe" have you not SEEN hannibal

[@angeldivaz]

Or American horror story

[@ariartsy9220]

My people...

[@dropkicksofthemurphys9696]

Or just heard of the True Crime Community.

[@1998krish]

“The whole world” “Well i mean america” Americans🤦‍♂️

[@jensenwolfe8250]

I'm american and honestly... yeah you're right

[@demetriuspicklewonklewingw6443]

aMeRiCaNs...

[@fifaplayer-ve2zb]

Stfu

[@rubyllewellyn497]

I'm not gonna lie Ryan's voice is so soothing I almost fell asleep to it.

[@jenna-rf6or]

Mercy Main tbh it's kinda effd up but I actually use these to fall asleep lmao

[@MissMaddieHere]

Mercy Main I thought the same thing lol

[@Umekopyon]

Mercy Main Right?? I actually did fall asleep to last week's episode...

[@Mathkinz]

jenna styles OMG I DO TOO

[@shaunice4594]

Mercy Main same but I woke up tiny sister recording me that I fell asleep to numerous murder case

[@RolyWestYT]

This is actually really scary! We just take pain killers without thinking to then think they would kill us

[@mahreenanwer2588]

Roly true

[@xxloloxx2364]

Roly soooooooo true😫💙

[@ghostie888]

They're slowly killing us anyway

[@MyLifesMolz]

ayyyy rolyyy :)

[@ChocolateChick1000]

Holy crap, Roly I love your channel! So cool that you watch these videos :D

[@chrisriley1382]

When you're waiting for the next season so you watch every unsolved video for like the 12 time

[@bryceao]

The amount of future covid references in this video baffles me.

[@_unacknowledged]

"The nation's greatest tragedy" RYAN YOU FUCKING SAVAGE OMG 😂

[@sarabonner9608]

unacknowledged yeah, that was the Chicago Fire

[@ItTurnsToStone]

Shane's smile and optimism: gone

[@proxtreme97]

Can we just talk about how 3 people died in the same family, and on the same day.

[@kaaynaatr2722]

The trauma the one’s left behind must’ve had...can’t even imagine

[@saniyarathod966]

That's what spooks me up the most.. What if someone was trying to kill the three members specifically and killed the others ones to hide this??

[@dexa6623]

@@saniyarathod966 They all had pills from the same bottle.

[@dexa6623]

@Marwa Enayat Mary is a common name, but epsecially so in a heavily catholic/ Christian town, in an already Christian country.

[@Guy-zf5of]

@Marwa Enayat I am trying so hard to find a comment about that

[@caughtyoulackin69]

“theres no serial killer character universe” you’re really about to be jumped by creepypasta fans 😂

[@kyravh4939]

I was looking for this comment 🤣🤣

[@Dragonfire331]

I agree

[@Tian2zi4huang2di4]

"I'd quarantine myself, I mean, what if it was airborne?" oh oh hoho Just you wait

[@thatmf5181]

“How To Crime” Coming to a store near you.

[@branditaylor1949]

Don’t forget to write it in crayon. Also love the Hamilton.

[@roryhudson5677]

I love your profile picture

[@sipppinteainyojungle]

Woah I'm wearing a shirt with your profile pic

[@cream2203]

@@roryhudson5677 It's hamilton

[@cream2203]

@@sipppinteainyojungle It's hamilton

[@alexwood3629]

time to change my last name

[@babybex]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

[@sahanaviswanathan7805]

Alex Wood Lololol

[@lolplsbro]

Alex Wood HAHAHA

[@kellydepaz525]

Lol 😂sorry man

[@kellydepaz525]

Lol 😂sorry man

[@bumblebeeproductions1673]

“I’d quarantine myself” “You won’t have to do that” Me coming from 2021: *”Oh boy”*

[@jonathanngai5956]

imaging raising your kids to adulthood then all died from a bottle of pills

[@thesmartkookie9961]

When's the last we time we heard a (wheeze)? Or am I just really unobservant? Edit: Oh wait never mind it just happened.

[@jakemillage1456]

The Smart Cookie lol

[@emilycornelius7265]

The Smart Cookie I think that there was only one or two videos without it, sometimes there's only one (wheeze)

[@user-cx1oj5pd5u]

666 likes

[@ryanbradley248]

noelle veblen Your phone should automatically do it. Like that

[@imthatonepersonnoonecaresa7603]

Katie's Creatures EVIL

[@rosec9198]

Sounds like whoever the killer was had a thing for Mary's

[@whotf8546]

I was searching through the comments to see if anyone else noticed it

[@ilikemackerel]

That was literally all I could think of when he was mentioning the names. I was surprised that Shane or Ryan didn't comment on that

[@rosec9198]

RandomRainbowSlushy same though

[@rosec9198]

Silent Hil, I just thought it was strange and very surprised they didn't pick up on it

[@juli-su7sz]

All of you have my thoughts

[@thekaykayshowable]

The crew started laughing at Shane being the greatest tragedy of Illinois and I'm weak

[@ellicdote2015]

Fun fact: I actually learned about this case in my AP biology class!

[@lifted3466]

Why ?

[@i_changed_my_username_ha8718]

Can I join your class 😂😂😂

[@annahuston4048]

@@lifted3466 My biology class also talked about this event in a lesson about how cyanide kills and how it affects cell function.

[@c.ctinsley8824]

Sound Like A Case For C.C Tinsley!

[@chrissytomlinson5026]

C.C Tinsley OH MY GOD LMAOO

[@adambump5297]

(C.C Tinsley than shallows the whole pill bottle)

[@lomg5347]

😹😹 funny

[@hunterslimewithinternetont6029]

Lol omg the username though

[@haywoodjablowmi1151]

C.C Tinsley I-

[@ivanagottwald564]

i don’t understand how a series can just be SO good

[@roseolivas08]

Good reporting, the chemistry between the hosts, the mystery of these being open-ended cases. It’s like crack to me

[@Annathroy]

Janus... Dear God... I am so sorry and I can't imagine how their family took it

[@heyitsme6561]

Wow this is so terrifying. I feel bad for the family that lost 3 people in one day cuz of this. Insane.