The Unsolved Star Wars Murders

In the 80's something very strange started happening; scientists working on top secret government projects in the UK started dying off at a disturbing rate, of times in bizarre and unexplainable ways. What was really going on at Marconi? How did 25 scientists who all worked for the same company and all on top secret military programmes, die?
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[@jsnug42]

"Of COURSE he committed suicide! The guy shot himself in the head 6 times before burying himself in a shallow grave. I see this one all the time."

[@mrcheyn4341]

That just cracked me up. "See it all the time" lmao

[@kimstone8532]

That's S.O.P.

[@ndinamartha8815]

What was the motive what really happened

[@ejmckinney821]

😂😂 or repeatedly stabbed themselves in the chest and back😂

[@Michaelajacksonfilms]

In defense of the Medical Examiner, He probly doesnt want to have a "stroke" either.

[@justanotherhuman8592]

💯%!!!! Spot on!! I'm going straight to HELL for actually laughing at that comment 😂😂🤣🤣🤣👀👀🤦‍♀️

[@digdigger4277]

in defence of English - probably

[@Lady_Crispr]

I tried to read this but I had a stroke. They got me!

[@ashleewhittlesey7874]

@@digdigger4277 yeah i know it's probably but i say probly and text probly a lot. Lol I'm so country. Love from Louisiana!

[@wildnfree101]

lol

[@lubu4u312]

I love how when theres a random suicide in a random backwater town and it gets a full investitgation. But when a man gets bound, tied and has a plastic bag over his head its just an accident.

[@kapttain]

Money can make any problem go away man

[@cade377]

C'mon... are you saying you've never accidently found yourself tied up with a plastic bag over your head? Or maybe you found yourself in the garage, started the car and crawled under the car and put your face near the exhaust??? I thought that happened to everyone????

[@defeatSpace]

Well yeah, commoners aren't allowed to play dirty.

[@Userxyz-z2d]

Or suicide lol

[@jumpinjohnnyruss]

@Coon Pooch I don't get it either. What "random backwater town" suicide is he/she referring to that he/she resents being fully investigated?

[@JackalBlack]

"All of the men had also recently found new jobs and were preparing to leave within days of their deaths. Also, they had all recently arranged appointments with their representative politicians." Well there's your problem!

[@damac5136]

That was only a subset of the deaths, I believe.

[@A6Legit]

They were going to talk?

[@damac5136]

@@A6Legit All forty of them, or however many it was?!?

[@A6Legit]

@@damac5136 idk, maybe. Lol

[@AutomaticDuck300]

@@A6Legit Just like government work (especially of the top secret kind). Once you're in, there's no way out except in a body bag.

[@michelleroxy21]

Definitely misread as “macaroni murders”

[@jellywellyryan]

Miss Pocket same.

[@mitziMeow2]

Me tooooo

[@IshikawaGoemon]

Me too

[@thecrawlingchaos1424]

Yep it was just a glance at an email notification tho!

[@jljl1398]

Haha me too

[@vangoghsseveredear]

"Oh you're starting a new job are you? Right on I wish you luck. Hey just out of curiousity you got any tooth fillings?"

[@areyoutheregoditsmedave]

These deaths sound like the work of a hitman who has an artistic side and really enjoys his work.

[@kathleenmuchka2559]

A hit man called CIA.

[@lucast3006]

@@kathleenmuchka2559 KGB

[@kimmyfreak200]

lol it reminds me of iceman richard kuklinski... he even shot an arrow into some poor guy to experiment with different weapons that didn't make noise

[@bobsaturday4273]

hmmmm .... now that you mention it , they must have contracted a vatican hitman

[@mec2806]

Krombopulis Micheal strikes again.

[@holversonmusic3141]

9:33 "Also, they had all recently arranged appointments with their representative politicians."

[@A6Legit]

Thatll do it...

[@lukadobrovic182]

25 scientists, that's more than 24 *DAMN.*

[@modernmobster]

But at least it's less than 26

[@laceylewis8302]

You both silly :-P

[@kathykaura7219]

Hahahaha!

[@stanleyyelnats4325]

It's even funnier than 24

[@michelleelle4622]

That was funny as hell 🤣

[@babygraceblue]

This actually creeped me out. The tree thing was just... Insane.

[@jamesnewbury6354]

almost artistic, in a disturbing way..

[@jen30551]

@@jamesnewbury6354 That's what I thought...I suppose if you're an assassin with that many contracts you would get creative after a while.

[@vangoghsseveredear]

Fuckin imagine that those are your last moments alive. On some fucking saw shit man, seriously fucked

[@davidhollenshead4892]

​@@vangoghsseveredear Actually I had to kill before the fake suicide to make him stop screaming...

[@MisterRawgers]

David Hollenshead someone get the fbi on this guy

[@measl]

*I was a "pure science" researcher in the latter half of the 1980s, and word of the Marconi deaths had spread far, wide, and as fast as the programs these people were attached to. Interesting note: the vast majority of these deaths were people [believed to be] assigned to radar systems, so they were all working on so-called "hot" or "kinetic" projects. The pure science research people seemed unaffected, but certainly no less nervous. I knew several people at the time who turned down SDI projects money out of fear they wouldn't be around to spend it. You have to remember that the Soviet Union saw the SDI programs as literally life or death for the Soviet Union, and in the end, these programs had a large part in the dissolution of the CCCP. Nobody had any doubt whatsoever that working on SDI could be very very bad for your health, as the KGB was not playing on this one. Even people working in the U.S. domestic market were spooked, as was federal law enforcement (lots of folks, including myself, got very unpleasant visits from federal agents for little or no reason at all, simply because these people were completely tech illiterate, and it was a period when tech was just starting to become widespread enough to be within the pervue of the mere "average" academics (while the law enforcement services had not a single clue what anything was, or how anything worked, or what should be considered normal or abnormal for a worker in these areas to own).* *The short version is that the 1980s SUCKED. We are all very glad they are over for good (especially SDI, which in my opinion [and in many others opinion as well] was just a huge bluff designed to bankrupt the Soviet Union by convincing them to try and "keep up" with programs that were pure fantasy island material! For instance, the "X-Ray Laser" platforms in orbit that were supposed to shoot down incoming missiles - lasers need a LOT of power. The SDI gave them their juice, in theory, by detonating an atomic bomb to provide the power for the laser to shoot a few beams at missiles. And since they were literally orbiting bomb platforms, (a) they could only be used once, regardless of effectiveness, and (b) blowing up all of thos platforms simultaneously, to "power the defense shield", would likely have stripped the planetary atmosphere away, resulting in the death of 100% of everyone! Not the kind of weapon you use **_defensively,_** right? I mean, wouldn't the defense team like to survive the "war"? Isn't that why these orbital platforms were supposedly going up there? SDI was pure hockum, but it did it's job. It scared the crap out of the CCCP, and played a huge role in ending the cold war.*

[@marleylove510]

Wow!

[@scotsman6712]

@Pavor lol.where do you live? South Dakota?

[@dinmaoffairpodcast577]

@010steveo Totally

[@lesflynn4455]

Like she said "wow." Thank you so much for providing some real context. I was a teenager in the 1980s and remember Reagan's announcements and the subsequent media reporting about the so called Star Wars initiatives. It fizzled out after a while and everything kind of moved on. Here in Australia I don't recall hearing anything about the deaths of Marconi employees, but since my father was a Defence Department radar engineer at the time (RIP dad) I knew of the company, and was aware it did hi tech stuff at the time. This is sensational stuff, I'm amazed I'm only hearing about it now in 2020.

[@Za7a7aZ]

Sure you didn't give away too much...

[@sherryo360]

I’m addicted to your videos. I have a That Chapter “problem”.

[@lexirae7889]

This case reminds me of the scene in *_Good Will Hunting_* where the military recruiter asks the protagonist "Well, son, why *_wouldn't you_* want to work for the defense department?!" Yes. What could possibly go wrong? LOL

[@corvidsRcool]

Well, if anyone ever asks me that question I now have a definitive answer. LOL

[@davidhollenshead4892]

You mean like the open secret that Star Wars would never have worked ???

[@AmberAmber]

@@tombraider1335 I'm not at all sure what a rounder is, but my bandmate saw it. Ok • going to urban Dictionary or a vernacular explanation site will close out my That Chapter addiction & playlist. Wot's a rounder?? XO

[@tonygreene81able]

Great scene... Great movie

[@antisocialal4799]

@@tombraider1335 What are you rambling about? It sounds like gibberish.

[@phara0h6nyne56]

The murderers were trying to “One up” each other. Smh

[@randybear932]

Lmfaooo

[@farmgirl5931]

Probably just got bored and wanted to re-spice their jobs.

[@allendoss793]

I say rope tied around tree Other end tied around kneck, Rod jammed on accelerator pedal in car Won the free dinner at TGIF's I mean how the hell do you top that. Electrocution through the teeth fillings is in 2nd He received a VHS copy of Annie

[@mamiemonrovia7654]

I gotta tell u that is the most awful comment I've seen on Mike's page. Well done!

[@phara0h6nyne56]

@@mamiemonrovia7654 damn really? Low bar.

[@TheDJMeyer85]

This was like a new show called “most inventive ways to die”

[@lydiah3018]

I read this comment and immediately started singing "Dumb Ways to Die."

[@lucasneuhaus6570]

So they seemed to stop as quickly as they started, that’s suspicious. Also as someone who has multiple failed suicide attempts I don’t believe for one second that all 25 would have been successful on the first try. I’ve tried different methods and your natural instincts kick in.

[@kathleenmuchka2559]

Are you ok?

[@tonyduvernay9574]

Especially drowning yourself.. how do you do that in a bathtub?

[@shawtycake77]

I'm really glad you are here. Proud of u. 🥺

[@Mira-jj6du]

No offense but I don’t think you really wanted to commit suicide. I know people who have committed suicide and it was a one time thing. I’ve been suicidal but I never attempted it. In my personal opinion there’s no “trying” on something like that either you do it or you don’t. I hope you’ve gotten the help you needed. It’s apparent that you need attention and someone who cares about you. Even this comment in itself was an obvious cry for help. Sending prayers your way.

[@michaelcoletta4547]

If u really wanted to die bad enough, you'd be dead. It's really not that hard to make sure the deed is done.

[@clammer23]

Did anybody happen to hang themselves using woven paper blankets while on suicide watch, in a federal prison, in NYC, with constant cameras on them and guards there on site to check on them every 30 minutes? No reason for the specific parameters to my question. Just casually curious 😉

[@tinameyer7080]

Hahaha....AGREED! TOTAL hypothetical!

[@jevinday]

It sounds a hell of a lot like Jeffery Epstein, I wonder what the guy you're referring to is named lolol

[@ChaoticBad]

@@jevinday I think they’re talking about a Joseph Einstein

[@cuppycakey5013]

That’s definitely plausible and not at all suspicious, and it was completely hypothetical... 😂

[@charleshern6958]

We’re just cattle, the powers that be assume we don’t even comprehend language

[@chubbycatfish4573]

You know what's also more than 24? Turdy-four.

[@lorcan287]

That's just how most of the Irish talk

[@poosmate]

Thought I'd make this tree replies to your comment.

[@merncat75]

What about turdy-tree?!? Oh @@poosmate I ruined your turd comment 🤭

[@kathykaura7219]

@@lorcan287 İrish don't have "th" in their language? Neither do the Turks.

[@daniellane3403]

@@kathykaura7219 clever girl

[@jpbatinic]

"perfect tires.. if you wanna lose control and drive off a road" was one of the most Dwight Schrute things you've ever said haha, great chan

[@jwithington9347]

I've never been into any tinfoil conspiracies, but I'd honestly say this is no way a conspiracy. This is real and I've always found it very chilling

[@alekhidell3644]

Actually, it sounds very much like a conspiracy - just not the tinfoil-hat kind.

[@justice7788]

I checked... 25 is in fact more than 24

[@phara0h6nyne56]

Check again.

[@thomasgriffin7864]

I double checked....

[@intotheabyssoftheunknown4479]

But tirdy is way better than twenty-tree 🌲 😍

[@manjsher3094]

It's a theory not fact.

[@sad10promo]

Manj Sher is a hypothesis, not a theory...

[@DarkAngel71180]

Marconi is currently hiring if any of y'all need a job.

[@sarabrady7148]

Hard pass😏

[@MrJC1]

Fine... i will do it. It is probably the only way that i will make it into the history books. Ahhh... what am i doing with my life?

[@lisalangille2071]

Devi - aww darn! I just signed a contract to babysit 42 hungry lions and 12 pythons. 😂

[@MrJC1]

@@lisalangille2071 hahaha. Classic.

[@TenthElementGraphics]

I heard they've got a killer severance package.

[@sparrowmira1115]

I never see videos on this it seems. I know how this is going to sound, but bare with me here. My grandfather De'Shay was apart of this whole debacle. He was an engineer on the project.... (though idk if he's listed anywhere) My mom told me he was supposedly part of many classified projects with companies like NASA and government projects to do with aerospace, and of course, including the Star Wars program. According to her he went for a jog on the strand in CA along the beach and collapsed dead of a heart attack. My mom was called down first to identify the body, but it wasn't him. She said the body was shown was to short, eye color wrong, hair wrong and his arms were covered in needle marks. It simply wasn't him. My mom denied it was him, so they called my grandmother & uncle down to identify the body. After an hour in privet they declared it was him. My mom then went on confused and not understanding why her mom & brother would do that. The next day she was passing a payphone on her usual walk path that was ringing & decided to pick it up & it was my grandfather! He claimed he was fine & had to go away and that he left her some money and it would be in her bank account the next day and that he'd be back. She never heard or saw him again. She however did receive the money and found herself with a storage unit full of coded notes. My mom believed he never died, but was put into some sort of program like witness protection which was only reinforced when around in (I wanna say) 2010 a documentary or some news special aired they were reuniting someone with their parent whom had been part of the Star Wars program and given a new identity. Surely he's passed on by now, but my grandfather left behind a big mystery for us. Especially sense there is almost no digital documentation to hardly find beyond his birth certificate & maybe obituary sovwe have to rely in what physical documents we have & can find.

[@davidmbikumbix5871]

This must have been sad

[@Michelle-uh7zy]

Omg 😢 that’s crazy, so sorry for your grandmother ❤️

[@rckkeller9437]

I believe you. My dad was an engineer who worked in several different industries and capacities. He worked at the CIA building and at one time did a project for NASA. I do know that he was in Italy working on some sort of system for the United States Navy. He was there with my mom. They did some sightseeing. He actually told my mother he didn’t think he would be leaving there alive. I also know that during ww 2 he spied for the army, in Italy. He did not come home. And we never saw his body or received ashes. The story told to me by my mother was that they were driving in the Alps when the car went out of control. The car went down an embankment and my dad died. My mom had small bruises on the back of her hands , and she was fine. The ambassador of Italy had my mom at their residence for about 2 weeks before she could come home. I personally never thought my dad died in the Alps and that there was never an accident.

[@mikegallagher3916]

So sad. I was in high school in the 70s and I would often ride my bike to my dads to work after school. He worked at the McDonnell Douglas missile and space division. I was known as Johnny‘s boy. People didn’t hesitate in talking around me and would even show me videos of weapons tests. The name Star Wars was used to ridicule the project as people thought the weapons that were talked about by news agencies were pure fantasy. You’ll have to take my word for it, those weapons and others did exist, as individual weapons. But I never heard anything about those weapons working as a system. By the timing it makes me think the people in the story we’re working on that, Getting everything to work together. As to the circumstances of the suicides it may be the perpetrators wanted to leave a messy scene not caring if it was declared a suicide, sure to make the news but also to send a message to others to stay in line or you too may meet with a suicide.

[@PiXie232]

You mean murder…right?;)

[@brokendad2222]

Most likely government cleanup with a message. When they started working on the project they were committed fully, and they had plans to leave. Case outcomes were determined by phoned instructions not investigations.

[@fluffypink6unny]

@@brokendad2222 ; “phoned instructions” makes sense rather than any phony investigation.

[@shaneb.9458]

It's amazing how they can say "suicide" was the cause of death, when you know damn well it was murder.... Goes to show how stupid those people think that the general public is. Great Video Mike.

[@mikecrow.1]

It still happens today

[@nd4167]

They don’t even care...... at some level they know that whether the public knows or not .... what changes??? So out of “habit “ they say/ try to make it look like suicide.... but I bet in reality they know we the public gets it.... and simply don’t care. Honestly: what can we do anyway???

[@spacesloth6496]

Karen silkwood rip

[@juliaszybowicz7709]

I think the word you're looking for is brazen. Seemingly they got away with the murders. Sick.

[@shaneb.9458]

@@juliaszybowicz7709 exactly....

[@marycorneau1859]

Never thought I would say these words " Thank God i'm not a scientist."

[@hackedagain3421]

Not a conscientious one anyway!

[@scottb_02]

I never thought I would say these words “ Thank God I’m not a potato.”

[@hackedagain3421]

@@scottb_02 you must consider yourself "an egg" Take care Humpty Dumpty

[@CrypticRite]

If you were a scientist, your odds of winning the lottery twice would be higher then being in a program like this.

[@dnfl-7168]

I agree, thank god you’re not a scientist

[@TigreCorazon]

These “suicides” and “accidental deaths” are something straight out of the movie Hot Fuzz wtf lol

[@Monicaerikarita]

Hahaha I totally had that movie flash in my mind as well!

[@queenfae2182]

I just found the channel a couple weeks ago and it's fun bouncing between older and newer videos and seeing the confidence Mike has gained on camera. Love you Mike 💙💙💙

[@kia7061]

Okay, but after a while these """circumstantial deaths"""" just got sloppy . Pills and bottles, all open but none in his system? Alright, that's not suspicious at all.

[@godhedsmanden]

it's just to give the media or first impression of a suicide, so when thats the first story out, fine then it can be calmed down easier in the future.

[@Spills51]

Sloppy...I dont think it was that at all. More like...We are in a position of being untouchable. I mean...A dude decapitates himself with arope around his neck and tree while driving...Oh and a metal bar by the foot pedal. I bet they laughed when they were making things so obvious. I also think it is far more likely it was their own people, zero to do with Kgb.

[@Tasha22Bella]

done got lazy.....

[@ufarkingicehole]

Look up Clinton's suicide count

[@Jolenesmart1980]

Well it worked .....

[@murryme]

How have I never heard of this before?! Now I am going on a google dive instead of working. Thanks, Mike! :D

[@peterbateman3203]

Mary you should google 'Harald Kautz Vella-Black goo...it's very strange and creepy

[@LaverniusTucker2410]

You think this is bad? Lol just google Clinton murders, there's even a case of "Natural Decapitation"

[@positivelypenny1392]

@@LaverniusTucker2410 didn't one also shoot himself twice in the back of the head??

[@LiberalsRuinEverything.]

Knowing that these murders were possibly a planned conspiracy that no one has ever been held accountable is depressing.

[@thetravelingphotographer6885]

Ben Franklin said it best: Quote by Benjamin Franklin: “Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

[@tattoodan4277]

I love the little “Tree” written across the bottom of the screen when he said three years later hahahaha

[@jojosangrytarots]

What's funny is that he actually pronounced three! Maybe that's what the caption was for. We wouldn't be able to understand him without the caption!

[@koco23]

I had to rewind it about 17 times bc I couldn’t believe my ears 😂

[@MegaDcmp]

When he says 'thirty' does it just show a little 'chocolate fro yo' emoji?

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

​@@MegaDcmp💩🌳

[@BillBlast7372]

1:20 *"THAT'S 25 SCIENTISTS, THAT'S A LOT....MORE THEN 24"* I love the knowledge you share w/us, love your comedy & definitely love how you say anything w/3, your accent is awesome!!! THX for all you do bro!!!

[@craig221]

Than

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

Bill Blast Don’t forget “soutt” I mean South.

[@dhoffnun]

I just want to acknowledge the Editor acknowledging that our fine Host actually said "three" just after the 3:30 mark, at *tree tirty tree precisely.* Satisfyingly meta.

[@cambobby2011]

All of them already found a new job and were ready to leave... That sounds like a good way for Marconi to be sure that these employees wouldn't use Marconi's secrets in other organisations... It looks like ''Marconi's kiss of death''...

[@peggygreeby5065]

Someone was clearly threatened by these people, the fact they were starting new jobs, and had appointments with politicians to blow the whistle, I'm assuming. Great video, very thought provoking.

[@StufiBuy]

It’s hard to imagine so many people would consider blowing the whistle or turning on their own government or on a program sponsored by their government. It would have to be a really heinous project to cause such a reaction in the defense industry, I would think. Strange case, but if I were to venture a guess I’d say it was more than one body targeting these men, possibly intelligence services from competing nations. One possibly trying to identify and exploit leaks and another trying to plug them.

[@neuralvibes]

​@@StufiBuy It's not at all hard to imagine that they would have been killed by their own employers or colleagues. Murder suspects are usually much closer to home than one may think. Motives can be personal, financial, cover-ups of various misdeeds, or whatever else goes on in a highly secretive and highly competitive environment such as the defense industry...

[@davidhollenshead4892]

The open secret was that Star Wars would never have worked, unless the Soviets were willing to have a few fake nuclear wars with missiles that lack a warhead...

[@annanderson7]

And to think I wanted to be a microbiologist! Glad I just went for biology 🧬

[@AFatalPapercut]

What ever assassin or group of assassins this was was brutal AF

[@ruthymorales7208]

It was the Macaroni gang!

[@SniffHeinkel]

@@ruthymorales7208 I heard it was the Fettucini Brothers. Those circus freaks are real killers.

[@ruthymorales7208]

@@SniffHeinkel lol

[@sad10promo]

Yeah dude This is some modern Dark Brotherhood type of shit

[@davidhollenshead4892]

The killer was Boris Badenov: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Badenov

[@3SIXTYPROD]

Sounds like the hit men we’re getting bored

[@garethjks68]

Different ppl working in different ways

[@godislove9307]

I think a couple of key points are that all of the victims had found another job and all of them had appointments with their state representative. They were working on top secret projects. They had been given "strange" assginments. I think they were uncomfortable with what the company was doing or planning to do. So they found another job and were going to voice their concerns. The fact that the owner of the company was also a victim, though, makes it seem like maybe it's another country...? Another important point is that the same company/project had employee victims in other countries...

[@slow_slow2713]

I love when you're content involves the government / military / intelligence community. They're extremely interesting as a topic in my opinion.

[@jed3544]

check out the Danny Casolaro and Gary Webb stories, if you haven't already

[@kathleenmuchka2559]

Agreed.

[@amandastakeonit7402]

Meanwhile, the agencies: shhhh do something very boring, look very boring! Agencies: There's nothing to see here.... carry one...

[@issafacelift]

Ahhh, the ole stripped wires tied to my fillings suicide. Classic.

[@marileearnold3633]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@maggiemolly111]

The most common method after hanging!

[@EmilyBeaulieu]

Right!!??🤣🤣

[@leonmchoulwallace7958]

Seems like a torture death

[@medicamedico4335]

I have enamel fillings thank goodness

[@MrSocko-bh1jb]

"...like the rod was used to wedge down a pedal!" - wich one? And how do you attach wires to the fillings of your own teeth? Like solder them on? Yourself?

[@Isaiah42069]

i have a family friend who worked for Underwater Sound Lab and died strangely at the age of 52 in Connecticut. he had alot to do with classified listening equipment for the military.

[@wearelegion1163]

Defense companies are super shady. I worked for a few of them in 1980s. Scary stuff.

[@skullrose.665]

Did you really,I am asking genuinely,what did you personally find scary??..hope you are well now,take it easy.

[@jamesnewbury6354]

me too now i live in an igloo off-grid like a fuckin

[@trollinuhoz]

Just blew your cover.

[@stevenhair3250]

Yeah you're lying.

[@rationallyruby]

Glad you’re still here bro lol

[@black_jackledemon6298]

Excuse me I have a job interview to cancel *immediately*

[@CourtRedhandedNews]

I remember this string of deaths involving Marconi staff while I was working for the Old Chron.I think I covered the first one mentioned in this video, when the Marconi man allegedly drove his car off the main road. I remember we used to chat about 'another Marconi suicide' and speculate their mysterious fate. The most bizarre I can recall was attending an inquest to hear that yet another brilliant Marconista had committed suicide. This science boff attached electrical wires to both his big toes and then set a timer to switch on after he had listened to an LP on his old fashioned cabinet radiogram. He lay down on the front room carpet, probably swallowed some sleeping pills, and, hopefully having made his peace with his maker, turned on the turntable. The most bizarre suicide I ever covered, and I covered them routinely. I wonder what piece of music he chose? Anyway when the music stopped, so did his heart. Not being into conspiracy theories back in the day, and not wanting to upset one of our biggest advertisers the editor resisted our attempts to investigate what was going on. Our kindly editor assured us that investigative journalism was the domain of Fleet Street and so we all went back to covering flower shows. And lived to tell this tale!

[@davidmbikumbix5871]

Wow, thank God u alive today. But can i know ur location sir 😂😂

[@moodyxmoon]

Wha?! I feel like we need a more in depth one on this Mike my dude!

[@mccartyzoe]

U could make an episode on each one ! Crazy

[@marctempler3250]

Death by sexual misadventure was a favorite Soviet KGB tactic as even Ian Fleming recorded.

[@user-yk6xx9dv5z]

I don't doubt you, but where can I find the source?

[@r0nb0h0ju]

Would sexual misadventure include being locked in a duffle bag?

[@tastyloaf5487]

I would like to die of "sexual misadventure". By which I mean... you know... _actual_ sexual misadventure... not KGB murder.

[@theminuteman6211]

What do you mean? Obviously, Russian dissidents got aroused by enclosing themselves in duffel bags and then beating themselves with clubs.

[@RolandeMusic]

*"All these men keep being found dead with their dick in the jacuzzi jet hole"*

[@franktaku9121]

25.. is more than 24?... Put on your foil hats everyone. We're in for a ride.

[@OfAngelsAndAnarchist]

I don’t get it

[@clray123]

He missed an opportunity to say twenty tree. :(

[@ElliottsRevenge]

2+2=5......sometimes.

[@teggerzz]

ElliottsRevenge shut up Elliot

[@Mountlougallops]

Glad you brought out of history. I remember this one and would like to see it investigated further.

[@Miralee01]

This my favorite video so far! I've never heard of these events. Great job on outlining the events!

[@brandynmacdonald5242]

I thought this said “The Unsolved Macaroni Murders” and I was gonna finally be exposed.

[@Vometbomb]

Brandyn MacDonald Kraft did it.

[@SniffHeinkel]

@@Vometbomb Nah man. It was Velveeta.

[@melissaivy5309]

Lol

[@Shawnne86]

I'm laughing so much I could pee myself.. "Ever been so stressed you stripped wires and connected them to your tooth fillings?" 😂 good grief, this one is so ridiculous it's hilarious.

[@morgangadbois2092]

I just busted out laughing at the same line ...... I was reading your comment right when he said that lol!!!

[@louiegonzalez5480]

Shawn Irene smoke show

[@hireahitCA]

Hey! Don’t kink shame!

[@jawaela]

@@hireahitCA ew

[@hireahitCA]

@@jawaela 😁

[@robinquinn4840]

I stumbled upon your video series somewhat accidentally I love how in detailed you are about every episode thank you for making my lunch break interesting

[@L8bro]

Once I was so stressed I went out and had a few beers. I never thought about tying wires to my tooth fillings, I'll remember that for next time.

[@fpscanada3862]

wait a second..... electrecuted to death VIA your TOOTH FILLINGS?!?!?!? what type of sicko did these hits lol its truly extraordinary

[@MsSonali1980]

Someone who loves their job, duh.

[@rationallyruby]

After 25 faked suicides you gotta get creative!

[@blackambrosia24kcorporatio32]

I mean 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨

[@elizabethannecurtis9009]

It’s like the Richard Kuklinski of Marconi.

[@waynejohnson1786]

Maybe they were trying to intimidate employees at the company and were getting irritated the investigators kept labelling them suicides or accidents, so they killed him in a manner that couldn't possibly be suicide or an accident. I like to picture the killer(s) finding out it wasn't labelled a homicide and freaking out. Or maybe they just wanted to see what the police wouldn't label a suicide or an accident.

[@garybing5813]

Don't know how anyone can call those suicides. Electrocution is also a common torture technique with the effects covered by the supposed suicide . Love the intriguing videos like these.

[@ruthymorales7208]

Someone who is on a certain "payroll" Very sad

[@littletee3649]

I'm afraid that most of these, if not all of the twenty-five-plus poor souls, were "suicided" victims. It is quite sad, and even now, knowing this all happened before my birth, is still chilling as anything.

[@AmberAmber]

@Kentucky Mama I'm Canadian & have no horse in this race, but please read the following if you would. I doubt it'll change your mind, but future people might see the comment at least. (*Hint* a debunked conspiracy • unlike this video which was & is factual). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Body_Count

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

"25, that's more than 24" lmao I love you Mike

[@mollyhorse]

And I particularly like the way his one liners fly over most peoples heads lol

[@sapienzagab82]

Every time I watch one of these, I see how many subs you have and they keep growing! That’s awesome! Love this channel 🤘🏻🔥

[@amexjam55]

Wierd and mysterious ways of committing "suicide " for sure.

[@MrTwotimess]

The IT scene in the 80's and 90's were weird - out of a staff of just over a hundred, I had 4 colleagues off themselves in that period. Two hangings, one overdose and one who blew his brains out in his cubicle. The stress was intense. We drank ourselves silly after hours, always talking about IT. Thank God that's over.

[@WideAwakeHuman]

@@MrTwotimess why? Just because it was accelerating so fast there was a ton of pressure to come up with the next "thing"

[@nhmooytis7058]

It’s not like there are points for originality.

[@ArizonaAkinTv]

"25 is a lot of scientists, more than 24" 😂 ya got jokes, Mike.

[@joeblunts1411]

😭😭😭

[@mamiemonrovia7654]

Yeah I caught that too. Very clever is our friend Mike.

[@gauravudiyavar9050]

He resisted the temptation to say "that's two more than twenty tree"

[@jlj777]

Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi FRSA was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission, development of Marconi's law, and a radio telegraph system. He is credited as the inventor of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

[@joshsjoshn4410]

I am just starting this one - been binging this series about a week now or so I think.. hm... time. Anyway, big fan @That Chapter, you're crushing it bro. Looking forward to more content

[@ichibanmanekineko]

Once again Mike, great content! I can't wait for you channel to blow up. :) Thanks so much for the effort you put into these!

[@danielclark-hughes692]

The way KZbin is going lately they'll probably throttle him on the algorithm. It'd be a waste, Mike is one hell of a content creator.

[@ThatChapter]

I really appreciate that!

[@ichibanmanekineko]

@@ThatChapter you're more than welcome. I really appreciate your dedication, research and delivery. It makes KZbin a better place :)

[@positivelypenny1392]

@@ThatChapter have you considered looking into the so called Clinton list?? Or the missing 411 by David Paulides about national park missing people, in US, Canada and a couple other countries but I'm not sure which.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

@@ThatChapter By the way Mike, the killer was Boris Badenov: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Badenov

[@logangsemi883]

Surprised I never heard of this thanks for covering such a mysterious story

[@my_tube9405]

"I think this Marconi fella just might be a jerk." - Norm MacDonald

[@horrortackleharry]

Seems like the whole 'Pride' message hasn't yet reached the S&M scene- like you say, just a suggestion of 'sexual misadventure' is enough to trash a victim's reputation, even in 2019.

[@alexkrueger9415]

One of your more interesting ones recently. I hadn't even heard of these cases yet. I love a deep cut into the real weird shit. You've come so far since starting, and you have improved so much. I've been here from the beginning and I can't wait to see where you go.

[@JulieRoberts-mt2zy]

Mike you & your channel are my new addiction! I can’t get enough of you.

[@nomadpurple6154]

4:13 "there was no reason for him to be in Bristol" - there's no reason for ANYONE to go to Bristol!!!!

[@followthespider1309]

15k views in 8 hours. You are getting there good sir.

[@frankboff1260]

I hate it when people tell others they are in fear for their lives and end up dead without having revealed any more details!!

[@Liciablyth]

OMG too horrific for words. But as usual the some of the comments were brilliant as you were Mr MIke! THanks AGAIN.

[@pixidust9953]

I'm excited thanks for ur channel mike and each case u share with all of us .

[@scoutcombs3923]

I see why you changed the name from Marconi murders to Star Wars murders. Because I absolutely read it as “macaroni murders”

[@nomadpurple6154]

But I then expected a Jedi conspiracy theory

[@imnobody1906]

Nothing suspicious at all about the Bristol lad. Maybe it was warm and he needed his vitamin injection, thus his pants were down and it was too warm to pull them back up and just fancied a swim. Your far, far too suspicious mike

[@nobbynoris]

That the coroner themself could shrug off such overt evidence of a sadistic and degrading murder as "puzzling" suggests that they themselves had been compromised in some way. Which raises questions about how high up this phenomenon went and who was pulling strings.

[@dianneD27]

🤔sounds reasonable

[@TowkayCC]

You're *

[@cats1970]

nobbynoris Think about this though: like 12 employees had died from creative suicide by this point and the government said nothing was going on just coincidences. Had the coroner called it murder, what then? How would we know none of these cases had another coroner that disappeared coincidentally before the verdict came through? Had I been in their shoes, I’d probably take the hint and rule it an open case (no way to tell between murder accident and suicide). At the time the options pretty much were KGB or MI5 and the government claimed accidents so I don’t think it was KGB. Their favourite methods of operation were radioactive attacks and poisoning, either leaving the body whole or chopped up. None of these folks went out like that. These scientists were told to make space weapons of mass destruction, tried to quit their jobs and blow the whistle and had an accident. As a pathologist that’s all I’d need to know. My murder verdict would’ve never made it public regardless, but I could share coffins with the victim.

[@GMak81]

Or, he fancied taking a poo over the edge of a bridge, as he pulled his pants down he fell backwards, impaling his buttock upon a discarded hypodermic needle, the pain of which caused him to fall backwards off the bridge...

[@Isabella-nh5dm]

This is truly amazing. I doubt it will ever be sorted because people would rather walk away. I feel deeply for these people and their families. The saddest thing is that there is always evidence. It's a question as to who has the key to the filing cabinet.

[@gwockamol]

Definitely read that thumbnail as “Macaroni”

[@jacehackworth6413]

2 dozen people working for the same company dying horrifically in very creative ways within a relatively short timespan? Obviously suicide case closed.

[@nd4167]

Common sense is precious in the human race....

[@Posit_Zero_Blue]

"Dead men tell no tales" - Somebody

[@DabbaHashery]

Thomas Becon (c. 1560)

[@blackambrosia24kcorporatio32]

I mean😬

[@adzreenaziz6255]

I worked for Marconi from 1999 till it collapsed in 2003...always felt something not right with my bosses

[@MarioGoatse]

You're so serious in these old videos. I like your newfound confidence in today's videos

[@joyful_tanya]

Damn. And they thought they just had interesting and good jobs...didn’t even think that they would be murdered 😱😱😱 Men in Black coming to retrieve documents 😱😱😱

[@broadwaymelody33]

Lol, I liked your “tree” caption. I love how you pronounce your “th” words! Don’t ever feel like you have to change that! You’re one of the most genuine and respectful true crime vloggers, who doesn’t romanticize awful crimes, and we love every genuine thing about you!

[@dontbearetardyo1001]

broadwaymelody33 except for ‘the’, ‘there’ and several others.

[@DarkAngel71180]

broadwaymelody33 he's Irish, where everyone speaks like him. he doesn't feel like he needs to change that and certainly doesn't need anyone's blessing on it.

[@sly3186]

@@DarkAngel71180 your a smart ass bitch!

[@hackedagain3421]

Mike: tanks for noticing Broadwaymelodyturtytree 👍

[@johnnysmith863]

@@sly3186 "you're"

[@CallStation23]

Yes Mike, I frequently attach strip wires to my tooth fillings

[@nhmooytis7058]

Doesn’t everyone?

[@LynaGalliara]

The last tree consecutive Chapter videos I've watched have all had me cracking up - the Misty sketch, the mother who didn't report her daughter missing for eight years, and now this list of increasingly wild theoretical suicides. Thanks for the laughs. Also - my sister did a work placement at this place, seems she was lucky it didn't turn into more.

[@darkmanzz]

the black helicopters are now en-route to Ireland

[@JR-me7yk]

Hey bravo six, this isn't the private communication line. You've just given away our position to the enemy.

[@Catmoore60]

They’ll never be able to find Mike, because they’ll be looking for Turdy-turd Street...

[@tacokoneko]

why i will never work for a government or govt contractor exhibits A-Y

[@PINKFL0YD]

Well that and you probably couldn't get past the background check 😂

[@brokesmoke101]

I don't think you could even if you wanted to, "tacokitten"

[@tacokoneko]

working for the government is stealing from the people

[@lescook9021]

@@tacokoneko and the real reason you won't work for the government comes out...too stupid for even government work

[@tacokoneko]

@@lescook9021 statist detected

[@giddieonexodus5477]

This was the best video you did, do more of these over the sad and grotesque ones

[@tarajohnson488]

I love that you covered this one! Thank you!

[@lekkki1]

Wow, many of these deaths are favorite techniques for KGB agents. They are experts at attempting to stage deaths as suicides with glaring and idiotic mistakes. Almost as if they were taunting death investigators. Thus all the "open" verdicts. Another awesome vid Mike!

[@MattHayesVinyl]

Thank you for covering this... I'd forgotten all about it. As with most things in life, if you apply the rule of Occam's razor then the most logical explanation is usually the correct one (and yes, I know that's not strictly what Occam's razor refers to but it's the general idea). Although it's possible that Marconi, the UK government or the US government had these scientists killed off (and by "government" I mean a government entity, whether it's MI5, the CIA, etc.), it's more likely it was a foreign power. The Russians?

[@efreshwater5]

The part of the precept you're glossing over in this case is the part that negates your theory... "all other solutions/explanations being equal." Well, all other explanations are not equal as "Russians" doesn't cover the whistleblower aspect to this case. But MI5 sure does.

[@mosquito5]

Strange about Marconi deaths.. I’ve just looked after a senior member of Marconi management here in the north west uk of plessys/Marconi base in Liverpool who is in his early 60s and became seriously ill

[@rickphoenix5638]

Mike, just wanted all y'all to know how much I enjoy this channel, hope nobody close to me is killed cause I'd be screwed as soon as they searched my tablet.....

[@carolinegallegos_]

These are some of the most creative sounding suicides I’ve ever heard of.

[@debbieprokop9401]

Gonna be gone from the net for a time, no silly, this Hey You Grandma isn't going to jail, but wanted to wish you the best in getting up to that one hundred thousand "Hey You's"! You are an amazing narrator, researcher and all around cool dude, someone most of us here could sit and have a pint or two with, so keep that up for sure! Thought Cookies aren't really beer worthy munchies, but I'm sending them anyway with my appreciation for all the Hey You's here that make this place comfortable and interesting to sit around the campfire and hear stories with! I hope to be back soon, WITH my shiny metal hat, so everyone play fair and make wonderful, healthy, happy worlds to live in! Duces! : )

[@ThatChapter]

Thanks Debbie!

[@therealdachshunddjangosmom]

Remarkable, how you are able to put all this content together, Mike👍 Am proud to be your Austrian subscriber! 🇦🇹

[@trj1442]

Excellent video Mike. Thankyou.

[@Shoorit]

Yes mike, notification squad.. I watched everything else of yours and need more. 👍

[@danielclark-hughes692]

I was lucky enough to find the channel after Mike had a decent back catalogue so I was able to binge them, all caught up now though and click the notifications as soon as I see them.

[@ThatChapter]

Always more coming!

[@davidhollenshead4892]

@@ThatChapter Why haven't you covered any of my killings, Mike ???