The Serial Killer Family That Terrorized The Old West • Mystery Files

[@watcher]

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[@AerialGoose7735]

I've actually been using scent bird for about 2 months because of you guys and I'm very pleased with it

[@bigbadsauce92]

First (to reply) editl I discovered Ryan and Shane a few days ago and have been binging these videos in the background while working non stop, thank you for so much great, free content!!

[@Wolfgang8-Y]

I love your videos! Please google "scentbird ceo cult"

[@Soliena]

I was just thinking about trying scentbird and I was looking for the watcher video where scentbird was sponsered. But now, this one is out! What perfect timing

[@ChaussetteCitron]

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[@sierramathews745]

adding "make a ghost from scratch" to my threat repertoire

[@Littleeblue2010]

Markiplier did

[@hinglemccringleberry9546]

threatpertoire

[@CantTellYou]

@@hinglemccringleberry9546 this is easily the punniest comment section on youtube

[@DocHolliday1851]

Gonna steal it too. It's a good one.

[@sdrawkcabemdaer5]

"you can have a little true crime as a treat" is what I tell myself every day

[@kassassin_brahgawk]

Same lol

[@jellybeanboy]

Says the person who has never denied themself true crime lol

[@katyo5578]

Plot twist: they're doing the crime

[@kitty3999]

He said that in such an adorable way, I had to relisten many times because it sounded that good.

[@lobdolxiv]

i adore you but please stop outing a large group of people like this in a very obscure watcher comment, it makes us anxious 😂

[@leeawithtwoes]

This show feels like an optional community college course, in the best way

[@maxthedeadthing]

god i don’t think i’ve ever heard a better way to describe something

[@SabinFigaro]

That's puppet history lol

[@spicyranch03]

YES

[@BlankDragyn]

It's run for fun by 2 professors that usually teach math or history

[@cholieandresa]

I would definitely take this one

[@rejoicehailee]

It’s crazy that Shane just showed up on unsolved one day, and now Shane and Ryan have their own show.

[@yurfavsis]

This is proof that soulmates exist, lol

[@waleedabdullahkhan5706]

😂

[@GalinaEv]

i sometimes think about the other guy, that was before Shane... wonder what he is up to now

[@echokelly2374]

@@GalinaEv seemed like he didn’t wanna be there anyway

[@Gedd-tk4yc]

The other guy passed away rip

[@amyvo8869]

SHANE HAS NEVER DROPPED A LINE SO HARD UNTIL HE UTTERED THE WORDS "and of course that final airbender, aang"

[@Julia-jx1bq]

and it was "hair bender" in the subtitles 😭😭

[@SadGirlHours_]

The idea of Pa Ingles running off into the night with a shotgun to cap some serial killers completely recontextualizes The Little House on the Prarie

[@AmyBennett-kd2nb]

Except the Ingalls family left Kansas in 1870 because they tried to stake a claim before the land had been opened up for settlement and were in Wisconsin in 1871 when the Benders went on their bender!

[@solarvoid777]

@@jenh101 I haven't read the books in about 14 years but i remember Pa having a very strong and rightous sense of justice so!

[@TallTeenTurtle]

the story of Pa being part of the Bender posse is almost certainly a fabrication by either her or her daughter Rose to spice up their stories, but the fact that they thought they should tell people that is wild.

[@lisalasers]

@@AmyBennett-kd2nbyeah

[@pizzasteve5802]

bro did u read the books the Ingalls were on sum shit even ten yo me was like yooo chill guys

[@AnAngryFetus]

I love how Shane is building a story with his ad reads. I hope Morris Ashley finds love after losing Bianca Sofia.

[@aarondavis8943]

And the best actor Oscar goes to: Shane, Scentbird.

[@s_napps]

Leave it Shane to create stories in absolutely random places

[@marmiteghost]

shane is constantly in a losing battle with his hotdaga-esque serialised narrative instincts

[@staytuned2L337]

​@@aproxamillionwasps474 didn't he get chased out of town? Edit: He abandoned us like he abandoned Bianca Sofia. I understand her pain. He was probably chased out for a reason.

[@imarson_404_2]

It’s gonna be the new hot daga

[@paperxpens5508]

“You ever smell a dead body?” Well, imagine a jar of peanut butter

[@FlyingBanana985]

,that smells like a dead body

[@AerialGoose7735]

Now imagine that jar of peanut butter smells like a dead body

[@zwinny0408]

KZbin asked me to rate this comment 😭

[@T.Florenz]

💀

[@AL-fl4jk]

They smell way better than they taste

[@katonkrack]

Whoa, this is high quality! I hope they don't ruin it by making it behind a paywall

[@AstroToad626]

Watching the end announcements is hilarious now. "Something big is coming" yeah, a big mistake 😂

[@ArcanineEspeon]

...This sounds so ominous, in a passive aggressive way. Please don't jinx it, Katonkrack.

[@noxscoffin]

sigh

[@adrienneadams3009]

😂😂👏🏾

[@TheDoeMae]

Well, they didn’t.

[@allisonnicole.]

My great great grandmother was a survivor of the Bender family. She was born in Labette County, Kansas in 1895. This was a time way before technology, the world was such a different place from how we know it today. And yet even she knew this whole paywall debacle was a bad idea. Inspirational women.

[@captainblacksand8484]

Lmaooo

[@sammmmmich]

got me in the first half

[@honoluluw]

LMAOOOOOO

[@joee8172]

God damn it, I fell for it 😂

[@shinobusora]

"You ever smell a dead body?" Fun fact: I have! I worked at a medical examiner's office. None of the decomposing bodies I dealt with smelled citrusy. My coworker got pretty close when she described it as smelling like rotting pickled fish, but there was a sickly sweetness to it. Burn victims do smell like BBQ. Victims that drown in pools who are just starting to decompose smell like sweet chlorine. Non-decomp bodies don't really stink, per se. They just smell a little...off. Not bad, just off. This is because, while decomp may not be visible, the body is still breaking down, so the bacteria doing the breaking down are going to create an odor. I could never place exactly what it smelled like. The main autopsy room itself just kind of smelled like sweet raw beef.

[@shinobusora]

@@nharber9837 There's a reason human meat is jokingly called "long pig". Lol! Pigs are also used in body decomp farms because they also decompose very similarly to humans. Absolutely wild that two very different looking creatures could be so similar in so many ways. I fucking love that kind of shit.

[@jizzypuff]

I hate the smell of an embalmed body

[@shinobusora]

@@jizzypuff Thankfully, I never had to deal with embalmed bodies and every funeral I've been to the person was either cremated or preserved in a cooler. I can only imagine they smell rank with harsh chemicals.

[@spaghettisheepdog]

@@nharber9837 i had a band teacher who had some problems with his legs. im not sure what it was called, but he had to get certain parts lasered off. Anyway, he said that he looked away the entire procedure, but could smell frying bacon in the room. he joked with the doctor doing the procedure about this, and the doctor explained that this is the reason he doesn't eat bacon anymore lmao

[@lindsayschmidt2177]

The “sickly sweet” smell might smell similar to a type of citrus for some people

[@Unti1tmrw]

Honestly i like the idea of you guys doing one true crime case a season as a special treat. It makes them more novel and exciting.

[@skylargreene279]

one true crime per season this is their sacrifice 😂

[@Frindle_Babbin]

Has the energy of one demonic investigation per season of unsolved lmao

[@tipbgle]

The Bloody Benders sounds like something a drunk geezer in a pub anywhere in the UK would shout lmao

[@alixsky6067]

Loved Shane's nod to British slang meaning something different too lol

[@LetterlessAlphabet]

I'm not even drunk

[@amykaufman7002]

Or a British punk band

[@CantTellYou]

it’s the prequel to Peaky Blinders

[@natb4812]

Had a double take at the title like surely not 😭

[@shaniaduchene8063]

As someone who grew up down the road from a crematorium, I often got it confused with the smell of a camp cookout. Then my mom would shout “they’re burning people again!” And close all the windows. Everyone said the food at the local Burger King never tasted the same after that crematory shut down.

[@susanjonusas-cx8dj]

Ahh, so cool to hear Shane and Ryan mention my research!! 😱 I’ve been watching the channel for years so this is very exciting! Also shout out to Shane for saying my surname correctly which hardly ever happens. If people are interested, I wrote a whole book on the Benders! It’s called Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier where I talk a bit more about why people confessed to being the family and how the younger couple probably did end up in Colorado. There’s also lots of stuff in there about spiritualism and other weird crimes that were happening around the same time in a similar area. One of the men who took the crime scene photographs at the Bender cabin even ended up in prison himself, where he took photographs of other inmates!

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Thats a killer shout out (haha) nice work!

[@susanjonusas-cx8dj]

thank you!! I turned into the Leo pointing meme haha

[@terren2087]

I'm reading that book right now!

[@dipsers]

Okay I will immediately add this to my tbr pile! This sounds great!

[@francesca9423]

omds 'hell's half-acre' is the coolest sounding title!

[@su-she9225]

Starting a murder episode with an Avatar Aang reference is truly THE Shane thing to do

[@umyaya]

water, earth, fire, air

[@Silly_Illidan]

Blood benders

[@umyaya]

@@Silly_Illidan lmao hama

[@andreamattio1749]

And it was so cool of him to do, cause ATLA was the only thing I could think of when I read the title XD

[@Silly_Illidan]

@@andreamattio1749 shouldn't it be avatar korra instead since blood benders were a large part of the sequel instead

[@delphiniumbones]

“You ever smell a dead body?” Thanks Shane for that wonderful intro.

[@beccablais3207]

i'm a smosh fan too and momentarily forgot what channel i was watcching and was very confused by the context of this comment lmao

[@amayakhler1551]

@@beccablais3207 real

[@taeaortkc9885]

I've smelled a dead body.

[@martiniweini]

Hey! Resident of Parsons, KS here! “Bender Hill” is about a 10-15 minute drive between Independence and Parsons, and growing up was always fascinated by the story. And if you guys ever pass through Parsons, we have Bender’s Kitchen, which yes, is a Bloody Benders themed diner where you can buy commemorative shirts and cups. Pretty good food too! A few things a want to add: 1) Another layer to the whole “no one knows how these guys are related” thing is that it’s also theorized that they were in fact two separate couples, older and younger, that just said they were a family, or that if they were all related, that John Jr. and Kate Jr. where engaged in an investors relationship. 2) They were weird. Like, obviously. But while the Older benders only spoke German, they both rarely spoke at all, often just grunting at people. John Jr. reportedly had a habit of laughing inappropriately and giggling to himself. And Kate Jr., while she may have been a “medium”, she was also the honey pot to get a lot of these travelers into their cabin, either from the road or while in the surrounding towns. 3) The Benders cabin no longer stands, and is intact private farmland now. The reason it’s no longer standing isn’t because of time, but because souvenir hunters dismantled it, board by board and stone by stone, taking them home as trophies. The museum in Parsons has a few of the foundation stones on display. And if you go to the Oswego courthouse you can find the public records from the time detailing the entire case from local papers in Labette County. Loved the episode guys! Can’t wait for more!

[@martiniweini]

That should be “incestuous relationship” and not “investors relationship” 😅

[@MissPuppy468]

​@@martiniweiniThat makes so much more sense😂 I was wondering what an investors relationship was supposed to be

[@emilyf4178]

My family is from parsons small world! I’ve always thought this case was so interesting

[@chrissymae5429]

I've always subscribed to them being career fraudsters, and not related at all, hence the ease of which they escaped. Everyone was looking for a family of four, and not 2 couples going in opposite directions, or maybe broken further than that. (I don't think the younger 2 were so committed to each other that they would try to stick together while on the run.)

[@martiniweini]

@@chrissymae5429 that's what I always thought too. Hadn't heard the "Group of Thieves" theory before, but it certainly slots in well and does explain where all the missing gear went. Always assumed they resold the loot in their shop or pawned it off in Indy, Parsons, somewhere in the area

[@Cornholio691]

I just woke up from a 2 month coma, and I just wanted to say I loved this episode. I can’t wait to watch the next episode on youtube!

[@NoahErikkson]

I got bad news 😂

[@NoahErikkson]

@kingslayer-s-throne I had to

[@azulamtz]

@@NoahErikksonwhere are they gna be streaming at now??

[@NoahErikkson]

@@azulamtz well they said both watcher and youtube but a month late for youtube

[@tazzyanderson1192]

How was your nap?

[@Blebstinchen]

I guess this is the last Watcher content for us, the poor folk

[@AngryDad.]

Nah I can afford it and won't be watching either, its the last for most of us

[@8Afraidofnoghosts]

@@GregHuffman1987 That's sad, because their content was so good. Hopefully you can retroactively enjoy it and not let knowing how it ends ruin it.

[@CrAzyM1ner]

​@@8Afraidofnoghostswhy did zhey do it, didnt they have sponsors, donatioms, ad sense?

[@scr1m844]

its been fixed

[@DrgesBrd]

@@scr1m844barely

[@jacqweee]

“first act horror movie vibes” is an incredible description

[@gurtalurt]

6:09 i love the implication that 'ma-' is a permanent prefix for any last name shane might have

[@msia7201]

"Mystery point for you!" Bro can't escape the professor! 🤣

[@giddymitty]

LOL i felt like i was goin crazy!!! tbh, this might be building up the puppet history lore after the most recent "totally uneventful" season!

[@wheezeee]

RIP watcher,thanks for buzzfeeding us at the end

[@Bombay1618]

All three of you are perfectionists. Not every video needs to be hyper-produced. Hell, even the goodbye video was!! I remember TFS said DBZ abridged was so exhausting they had to put out easier, but less popular content just to supplement. I have a feeling Watcher would be physically unable to put up nothing less than what they felt was grade A content. Here's the thing: Anything that features Ryan and Shane and their banter is going to be Grade A. You're professional, smart, funny guys. This is too final a decision that was sprung on us. It's not the sort of move that's conducive to getting people to pay extra or nothing. Pease reconsider and don't feel too proud or too ashamed to say "we were wrong". We still love you guys.

[@Pamela-su1hh]

I was today years old when I realized the Supernatural episode “The Benders” was inspired by an actual serial killer family.

[@Sinvention]

I was thinking about that episode as well.

[@Sinvention]

@@banannarama That's awesome!

[@MarieLehleitner]

​@Anna-hb4uy The Trail of Tears ended in Oklahoma, though; it never went through Kansas. That said, their hometown in the series has what is widely considered to be one of the most haunted buildings in Kansas, the Haskell Indian Nations University, and was the site of some pretty violent pre-Civil War incidents. Plus the legend about nearby Stull Cemetery having a gate to hell in it, which is actually depicted in the show. Realistically, though, I think they picked Kansas mostly because it's centrally-located so easy for a road trip show.

[@banannarama]

@@MarieLehleitner thank you, I definitely want to get my facts straight in the future especially when it comes to history like that!

[@rebeccabangtanstan]

i came to the comments to see if anyone else thought of Supernatural too! first thing i thought of!

[@taimasplash]

thank you for the Avatar reference, Shane! immediately thought of Kansas bloodbenders, which sounds terrifying

[@TM.BECK14]

Sounds like a great name for a folk punk band lol

[@Frindle_Babbin]

My name is Aang so when Shane said it I pogged and skipped back 5 seconds and was like “I NEED TO HEAR SHANE SAY MY NAME AGAIN THIS WILD” and my bf just Looked at me 😔 he doesn’t get it he has a common-ass name

[@aarondavis8943]

We got an Avatar reference but Nothing for Futurama? It's a bloody outrage, it is.

[@dorad.8555]

​@@Frindle_Babbinwere you named after Aang in ATLA? I didn't think Aang was a real name

[@Frindle_Babbin]

@@dorad.8555 I named myself lol so it wasn’t like my parents did that. ATLA didn’t even exist when I was born

[@reemie.s]

i like how ryan's exciting off the wall theories are like "alien. ghost." and shane's are always just like extreme whimsy.

[@brelonwy]

Time to catch up on this before it gets locked behind a paywall.....

[@freewifi239]

That's what I'm saying

[@Lizzy_boo72]

Same

[@cyrilsarte7399]

i checked, I think this is the first comment on this video mentioning the "goodbye youtube" vid

[@aarishowton8037]

They were never gonna put the previous content behind a paywall.

[@BlakingBad]

Wow this video is great, first I’ve seen from this channel! I wonder what they’re gonna do next :D

[@Aileneaugustine123]

😂😂😂 you jest

[@LemonLumz]

“Simon Cowell voice* …It’s bad news…

[@abbybranch580]

“You ever smell a dead body?” Is giving Jonathan Frakes energy from Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

[@AKindOfDog]

Lmao you're absolutely right

[@blakewhite3131]

YES

[@k80_]

Do you believe in the power of a curse?

[@mamulju]

Who knows why certain people say certain things?

[@noblenansa]

I understood that reference!

[@charliesomething]

i'm now fully invested in the professor morris ashley and his estranged italian wife bianca sophia storyline

[@CantTellYou]

trust me you do not want to know more about Bianca Sophia, she was a nightmare and there’s a reason he didn’t go into detail

[@lullsbaby9321]

Watcher has EIGHT serieses on this channel, not including the podcast, and they're all BANGERS. Watcher doesn't miss.

[@dianelemesk8365]

I hate to inform you that today they missed big time :’(

[@maggiebarry2555]

@@dianelemesk8365they saved it

[@Rob-gf3pb]

WOULDA BEEN SO FUNNY IF THIS EPISODE RYAN’S CHAIR WAS IN FRONT OF A HANGING CURTAIN THEN WHEN SHANE TOLD HIM ABOUT THE OLD CURTAIN BASHAROO, they’d CUT TO RYAN REALIZING WHY HE’D BEEN SITTING IN FRONT OF AN EERILY SIMILAR CURTAIN 😂😂

[@aviezer_who_drinks_seltzer371]

Ooh :)

[@pinkbunny6218]

And the professor popped out and threw jelly beans..

[@TomTubesYou]

The last watcher episode before they betrayed their entire fanbase. Remember watching this last week and loving these good boys and not suspecting they'd ever do something like paywall their entire library? I want that back.

[@moss_yt]

A Bloody Bender sounds like what you go on when you’re a vampire with an problem.

[@atlanticamnesia]

"John Bender, John Bender, Kate Bender and Kate Bender" omg the way he said it I'm dying 😭😭😭

[@angelag2293]

Okay new Watcher logo animation!!!

[@lyssemw]

Talking about Kate Bender trying to monetize her interrogation 🙃

[@harharharharharharharharha240]

LMAO

[@tazzyanderson1192]

Gotta respect the hustle🤷‍♀

[@beanstheman8844]

props to the editors for shane’s little “HYOH” at 24:15 to accompany the posse, caught me off guard in the best way

[@lexigrimhaive]

Re Ryan’s “they named their kids after themselves?”: that used to be SUPER common. In fact, it was the norm, especially in Europe, for quite a big chunk of history, for the “common” people, the nobility, and royalty alike. It’s only in the past century or so that it has become less usual. Just a tidbit for anyone interested! 😊 ETA: it was also quite common for parents to name their children after the children’s grandparents. Ie, if a man named John has a father named Chris, John might name his son Chris after his, John’s, father.

[@sirius1770]

in my family in like the 1700s there were four separate people named Juho Juhonpoika [my actual last name] (Juho, son of Juho in english) alive at the same time in the same village. found this out when i was in an adhd fueled rabbit hole of family research late one night like a year ago

[@lostastronaut8291]

In my family me and my brother are both named after our father. To me it’s normal cus I grew up used to it, but people always get so confused when we all introduce ourselves so people mostly call us by our second name.

[@lexigrimhaive]

@@sirius1770Whoa! Where they all direct descendants (grandfather, father, son) or was one like a cousin? Did they all have nicknames to differentiate them from one another?

[@lexigrimhaive]

⁠@@lostastronaut8291Y’all both have the same first name but different middle names? I can only think of a couple of instances I know of where that’s happened (tho in neither case did they have middle names, just their same first name). One was a King of Scotland who named two of his sons - both alive at the same time - James, after himself. The other was when Isabella of Angoulême, the wife of John I of England, remarried after his death. She went on to have a daughter named Isabella with her second husband, despite already having had a daughter named Isabella with her first husband, King John. I’ve always wondered at their reasoning!

[@sir9integra9jr]

My partner and his dad and grandpa are all Jorge. To differentiate, my partner's family calls him by his middle name. I think you inherit the right to go by the first name when the previous one dies lol. Also, look up JS Bach's family tree. His dad Johann Ambrosius had seven children: five boys, all named Johann, and two girls, one of whom was named Johanna. The other was named Maria. I wonder how she felt about that lol. For many generations before and after JS, most of the men and many of the women were named Johann(a)!

[@jenl112]

Ryan has never heard of farmer strength. Ole' Eddie Gein was a string bean and dug up graves like they were nothing then carried bodies all by himself,

[@blakewhite3131]

I hate cyanide and happiness for making me read that name and thinking of the jingle "Ed geins dreamhouse"

[@sleepysombre4307]

🤓

[@jacksmiley3959]

@@blakewhite3131same lmao

[@sparrowskeleton1831]

Is he the guy that made lampshades out of people?

[@jenl112]

@@sparrowskeleton1831 not sure if the lampshades were him (think it might have been an SS officer’s wife in the 40s who commissioned that), but he made a nipple belt and upholstered a chair.

[@veronadragonn]

I love Shane’s way of making a story out almost anything. First Hot Daga now his ad saga about Morris Ashley

[@Shaphi95]

How ironic that they would go on to murder their reputation.

[@Shaphi95]

@@merucrypoison296 awww, someone's upset I don't want to give strangers money. Jsyk, they don't love you any more because you offer them money.

[@poppysores]

5:03 Okay Ryan STEVEN Bergera

[@jenmoe4163]

Right I thought the same 😂

[@fx7105]

ahahaha

[@sapphanna]

WHAT OHHH !!!

[@leahmiller2478]

OOHHHHH SHIT!

[@AKindOfDog]

Tbf, that's his middle name not his first name

[@11mcglothlincr]

"I'm making ghosts from scratch" has a "I have a rumbling in my tummy that only hands can satisfy" feeling. Caaaaaaarl!!!

[@justalittleturtle5600]

Where have I heard that??? Is that the llama animation?

[@rockercaterrorencountered4924]

@@justalittleturtle5600 yep, llamas with hats

[@gigibeal]

wait.. what does the rumbling my tummy ine mean? 😭😭 idk why it just isn't clicking for me

[@breadcrumbs7693]

​@@gigibeal it's a line that A llama said in a KZbin animated series, he's a cannibal and killer and the other llama is always telling him to stop doing that

[@breadcrumbs7693]

​@@gigibealwhat it means by a rumbling in my tummy is he's just hungry and the only way to stop that is eating hands 💀

[@jenna_bean0_137]

Ryan not understanding the avatar reference made me a shaniac

[@fancydeer]

sad to know this is the final episode of anything we'll ever see from Shane and Ryan. RIP you'll be missed fellas

[@simpleminded4474]

no its not

[@xxxlisaJxxx]

Won’t be the last. They stated they’re guna release first episodes on KZbin then rest behind a paywall. Really hoping they don’t go ahead otherwise I can see their following leave.

[@AngryDad.]

​@@simpleminded4474lol you haven't heard?

[@AngryDad.]

​@@xxxlisaJxxxtheyvhave already lost 100k subs and that's from their most loyal fans who watch right away

[@MelindaCarlton-cv3su]

Even though we found out watcher didn’t have any loyalty to us fans, it does feel nice that they have made , what used to be their community, unite. Can’t find a positive comment about this disastrous decision. So sad that it will never be the same when they come crawling back to KZbin

[@Only1Noodle]

I heard of the Bloody Benders, they're not as known as most killers, but they don't need to be forgotten. Any true crime buff, like yours truly, will get a kick out if this. By the way, Abraham Lincoln was 6'4", was skinny as a rail, but dude was jacked.

[@Nightfall_238]

Yeah, Lincoln had the ultimate sleeper build

[@namemycactus]

He wrestled!!

[@Heckin-smol-bean]

“You ever smell a dead body? Sponsored by scentbird”

[@tazzyanderson1192]

They do claim to have a wide variety🤷‍♀

[@wind4575]

that new intro ohmylord, great work to the animators that put it together!

[@h_tom10]

anyone else notice that shane said “one last time, let’s watch” and the next video is them saying goodbye ☹️

[@LivyLoucifer]

He knew dude.. one of the body language guys suggested that he knew it'd be bad. I hope they make a recovery since the apology vid.

[@TheShape063]

​@LivyLoucifer I kind of hope they don't recover as a lesson to youtubers that want to monetize by leaving KZbin. If everyone who has a half decent channel does this there will be 50k subscription services at 6 bucks a month they all want you to purchase and then the whole KZbin creative platform collapses and "being a youtuber" isn't viable for anybody anymore. It isn't like they didn't make tons of money off ads, patreon, and merch sales as well as live shows. It was greed that made them try this. They can say whatever they want but the simple fact is it was a calculated move they aren't sorry for doing it they are sorry for us calling them out and pushing back and sorry for the subscriptions and patreon members they lost aka that lost revenue. Makes me sad they say eat the rich then can now be marked for their corporate greed.

[@adrienneadams3009]

Making money was always the endgame. They were not doing this because they enjoy it 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@TheShape063]

@adrienneadams3009 great and yet thousands of other youtubers are not only making it by giving us free content but also using any other method to allow us to support them not trying to put everything behind a pay wall. It was tasteless and foolish and this lack of thought for the people that allow them to make a living doing this deserves repercussions which is why most of their videos now have significantly less views which is how it should be. I don't have a problem with them making money. I have a problem with them trying to force the people that supported them the entire time to have to cough up their hard earned money for them to send Steven Lim around the world to eat gold foiled steaks.

[@TheOGrupo]

who knew they were plotting to dismiss us in the most capitalistic way possible...It was really fun ryan and shane...if u are still there... under that money mask... thank you

[@teacheris15minuteslatesowe29]

“You ever smell a dead body?” “Sir we meant questions about the job.”

[@memesforjjolatunji4155]

Finally some true crime esque content. I loved all your other stuff, but true crime is where my heart is at

[@lizziehall621]

I totally agree!! I missed it

[@the-reading-lemon]

That final minute was such a strong contrast to the rest of this episode, I can't stop laughing. I'm not sure if I missed the announcement or there simply wasn't one, but I don't care because I'm happy either way. Thank you for a fantastic season, now please continue with the next one immediately.

[@cobby-lz4bh]

💀

[@gorogorogorogoro_chan]

wow what a cool series I can't wait to continue watching it on KZbin

[@justalilligantlover9999]

Dude this is the first comment i saw after being made aware of the goodbye video, this is so damn funny

[@b.richard7632]

shane's little tombstone reference for ryan was so cute

[@xw7081]

I was surprised they didn't pause and tell us to go watch Tombstone 😂

[@joshuayarrington9684]

can you please do episodes on the following: -Where is Canadian Clubs hidden whiskey? -Where are the hidden Gems of the Book "The Secret"? -The Kentucky Alien invasion in the 1950's -The mysterious birds of Audubon's "Birds of America" book -The Montana Hyena -The mysterious abandonment of Portlock Alaska -The theories of what is behind the Missing 411 cases in the US. -Kasperov vs Deep Blue computer -What hit Officer Val Johnsons Car? -Why are there Piranhas in Americas Waterways? -Dalnegorsk Spaceship remnants. -What did Captain Mantell encounter over FT. Knox? -Who were the Sea People that collapsed the Bronze Age Civilizations? -The strange encounter between Woodrow Derenburger & Indrid Cold. -Did Patience Worth write poetry from beyond the grave? -The Green Children of Woolpit -What flew over Washington DC in July of 1952? -Shag Harbor incident -Flight 2501 & the Michigan Triangle -Meat Rain of Coach farm -The Clairvoyance of Lady Wonder -Americas First bank heist with Pat Lyons -The blue people of Kentucky -What guards the treasure of the Superstition Mountains? -What scared the Herrman family in 1958? -Ted Serios' "Thoughtographs". -What causes the "Third Man Effect"? -Where is the City of El Dorado? -Where is the Gold of the Cara Nevada? -Could Charles Hatfield make it rain? -How did Alfred Hobbs pick the Bramah lock? -What caused the sinking of the M/S Estonia? -What was the substance that inspired "The Blob". -What caused the "La Pain Maudit" incident? -Who was the Real Shakespeare? -Gef the Mongoose -The disapperance of Lisa Marie Young in Nanaimo, Canada -The disapperance of the Hell's Angels chaper President Zeke Mickel -The Beast of Bladenboro (I especially want Shane to do this one).

[@VanishingPoint1970]

"Canadian Club's Hidden Whiskey" sounds like my irl quest to find enough Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps to get the buried treasure

[@Leepheon]

This all sounds so intriging! I will safe these for when i'm bored and need some research rabitholes to fall in

[@naynayhooray]

6:15 “[They] spoke primarily German and were kind of unpleasant” is a pretty accurate description of a lot of us to be fair.

[@venom66656]

Will you be doing an investigation on the murder of Watcher?

[@CygnusDoesThings]

GODDAMNNNNN

[@mionamui370]

Holly fuckkkkk

[@beebedoe]

the irony of the keep going shirt in this video after the watcher tv announcement

[@TM.BECK14]

The production, the editing, the vibes/atmosphere and the dynamic duo of Shane and Ryan cannot be beat. This is truly one of the best/my favorite shows on KZbin! 🖤

[@sandrafaith]

I love how Shane's hair gets apparently closer and closer to sentience with each episode

[@cassandrasimplex7544]

A couple of years ago, I thought he might be growing it out with the intention of auditioning for Doctor Who, but I've since come to believe instead that the reason we never see it get too long is that any longer and it would give away that he's secretly a Centauri. Look at him. That man is Vir Cotto's granddad.

[@s0dasodie]

some of the only sponsors i actually watch are from here. y’all make them feel less like ads and more like a part of the video it’s so nice.

[@smidgen2450]

16:04 "only 50 thousand dollars?" This gave me the ick when I first watched this episode when it came out, but it's even ickier after the last video

[@anaorjulia56]

It seems like they were trying to subconsciously warn us of their little "surprise"

[@EbbermanEmily]

Okay to be fair, I think it came across worse than intended. 50k is a lot, more than I've ever had, but it's not worth hunting down four serial killers

[@sparrowskeleton1831]

Tbf the boys live and work in LA, $50k is nothing in that city.

[@rachael5025]

yeah like ppl in that time could eat a whole meal at a restaurant for like half a penny guys

[@lobdolxiv]

i'm really sorry to bother you but what the hell happened?? what did they do what happened with watcher?

[@SHINeeWrldArmy]

Guess this is the last Watcher video I will ever watch huh

[@matthewduncan572]

Now solve the mystery of where those 20+k subs went

[@wheezeee]

40k now

[@elleruach2301]

Capitalism is afoot!! 🕵‍♂️

[@qwerty9797]

50k

[@lostlegend2197]

And now we wait for Ghost Files Season 3! 👻

[@adda312]

Got money to pay for it? Otherwise you're not gonna see it unfortunately

[@lillydav10]

Watching this after the “goodbye suckers” video has spoiled it, just feels like when a friend betrays you and you “make up” after, you can’t look at them the same for a good while.

[@gundulablau2204]

32:19 Something huge is coming? As in a huge fucking paywall? Disgusting.

[@anthonymignogna4703]

I love that we have two seasons of MysteryFiles and we have exactly 2 solved cases

[@mmoscoviumm]

as a resident of kansas, i am SO GLAD that shane is covering this. kansas has had some weird shit happen, and this was one of my favourite true crime cases.

[@ashketchum2574]

Same!!

[@eviehappy]

This was the last piece of Watcher content we’re getting for free and that’s very sad to think about. I preferred the ad read over having nothing.

[@whitneyrose1782]

And we didn't even know 😞

[@jdliwlltalks4635]

Watching this while i still can so sad they messed up deciding to paywall content

[@rabbitsandphilodendron]

watcher is the only channel where i dont skip the ads because they are so cutely done and even those have a whole lore tied to them LOL

[@rkhasentered]

who else is watching after The Video dropped

[@staytuned2L337]

Eyooo

[@CindyDixon-sf9vp]

Me😢

[@AKindOfDog]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that new logo animation is fucking TIGHT, absolutely SICK

[@captainsoulcat3980]

Growing up in Fort Scott, the Bloody Benders were always talked about, especially around Halloween! It's not a well known case to a lot of people, so when I saw this I got super excited!

[@skybingus]

Watching while I can still afford it

[@motocrossfan]

If you can't afford $6 you got bigger problems buddy

[@showtunesforthesoul]

I see the criticism has made its way to this video as well. Good

[@userkive]

OH NEW WATCHER INTRO SLAYS! lol i kept on refreshing to admire it. definitely felt so right to launch in a mystery files episode 🥺

[@waldllwyn139]

This sentence at 11:55 aged like fine milk

[@cristinbuskard9250]

The ad read lore is so on point this is the only channel I never skip ad reads on.

[@redpasta-p6b]

Who is here after the disaster announcement?? EDIT- They apologized/did damage control. Rare Watcher L

[@puntorudom2511]

It’s so sad to see them go down the spirals man, really shows the power of money.

[@unscriptedmemories2969]

First time watching after hearing the announcement. Shame. This seems like an awesome show with DIY spirit. Who knew they would try to compete with Netflix. lol good luck with that.

[@maiskitty]

Yup - wish them the best, but I won't be following them. Will miss them

[@duffman18]

I wonder if they'll do a video about the murder of their own channel, by themselves.

[@robbailey2535]

Not me.

[@Beidou24]

Ah yes, the last free video

[@boobootittleman7299]

Hard to believe that this will be the last free Watcher video…

[@izzythomas8625]

I'm loving the high-budget prop facial hair from Shane in this episode

[@teia_tete_ia]

I was excited for the "huge announcement" but all The Video did was really make me like these old videos less since they now feel disingenuous. Truly a sad feeling to overwrite good memories with bad taste

[@LITMasonEdits]

There's an episode of the show The Librarians about this family, season one episode eight, And the Heart of Darkness. The main villain of the episode is the younger Kate who made herself immortal to keep killing people.

[@EliasMcCleary]

I’m from the SEK and I love it when this gets covered! Last year a history podcast I like did a bloody benders episode and now here’s Shane and Ryan. KU has had an archeology project out there recently too, probably not a lot of developments but I’m still jealous.

[@sampreston1632]

RIP watcher network

[@roosasainio3744]

Who's here to binge before the paywall-fumble?

[@fruityhobi]

i dont think the content theyve already released is gonna get locked !! its only the new content :(( its still so trashy tho

[@shelby2117]

​@@fruityhobiit initially was lol they backtracked.

[@roosasainio3744]

@@fruityhobi Yup, it was originally gonna be all of the content but they backed out after the huge backlash they received on the Goodbye KZbin -video.

[@Bella-wp7wz]

@@roosasainio3744 What did they backtrack on? Sorry I’m new

[@roosasainio3744]

​@@Bella-wp7wzthey said in an interview they were going to pull all of their videos off KZbin. Then they released their "Goodbye KZbin" -Video, in which they implied they'd be keeping the KZbin content on KZbin until the soft launch of Watcher TV ended at the end of May 31st, after which they'd paywall all of their content. But after a few hours of huge backlash on the comment section of "Goodbye KZbin", they edited their initial comment to say: "No, we only meant the content following the streamer would be paywalled, not the old KZbin stuff".

[@themetalchica]

We may not know what happened to this John Bender, but we do know that on Saturday, March 24th, 1984, one of his descendants went to detention at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois.

[@xw7081]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one

[@LD-hs9iv]

I feel like this is a very specific reference I do not understand

[@themetalchica]

@@LD-hs9iv Breakfast Club.

[@RubyBlueUwU]

He did specifically ask us not to forget about him

[@themetalchica]

@@RubyBlueUwU Nicely played!

[@christianthew8979]

What a good channel finale

[@conquest6367]

Please do the mystery of your audience disappearing next season of mystery files

[@unseriousghoul]

I love Shane's ads. Bless everyone who worked on them 😭😭

[@cadengray491]

I love the first day or so of a video being published, watching the views go up gradually as people start/finish the episode is so great