Top 3 random encounters with SERIAL KILLERS

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Experts say there are at least 2,000 serial killers free roaming the United States... these are the top 3 CRAZIEST stories of regular people who encountered one of them.
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[@truter5243]

Reminds me of the joke: Guy picks up hitchhiker. Hitchhiker asks the driver "How did you know its safe to give me a ride? What if I'm a serial killer?" Driver: "Odds of two serial killers in one car is astronomical"

[@UrMom-ku5fm]

Lol

[@what-bn6xq]

@@UrMom-ku5fm Whats with your name and your profile picture??

[@UrMom-ku5fm]

@@what-bn6xq lol idk

[@cojocaruioan8172]

Would they try to kill each other or became partners? Hmmm

[@truter5243]

@@cojocaruioan8172 Personally I like to think that they would kill the competition since it does not fit their MO, unless their MO is just to cause mass casualty?

[@rdomnaispartan3734]

Good job to the dad for sensing something wrong and potentially saving his and his sons life.

[@joelschmierer3544]

I was thinking he was going to piss her off by being a bit too rude and she was going to kill them later, i would have said sorry lady or something instead of no get out of here

[@Draconic_Incenerator]

Thats one of the truest forms of "gut instincts" in action.

[@N1-Bro]

I knew this story from Mr Nightmare. I don’t know who’s story is the actual real one Bc they have different story lines

[@starlithoney]

@@N1-Bro when Ballen does these videos, he actually does research

[@traption4617]

Lmao just look at her I think anyone would get a bad feeling from her.

[@kickbuster5555]

imagine if a serial killer picked up another serial killer and said "oh no, you're coming with me"

[@3KLIPSE]

Oh the irony

[@osvaldomercadoramos9847]

🤣🤣🤣

[@coralinekane463]

Lol, it would be a battle at that point

[@r.stuart5280]

It would be ov

[@songsforkidz280]

That would be hilarious both with take turns saying "no you're coming with me" lol

[@Tara-km2sc]

It wasn't a serial killer, but my best friend and I were almost kidnapped for sex trafficking. We were at the mall in michigan, and a lady approached us. We were 16. She showed us a few pamphlets and asked us if we'd like to be the first to see a new short indie film, as testers. She was a younger women, she seemed very nice and trustworthy. When we told her we needed to ask our parents, she quickly stated that the movie was only a short film, 11 minutes to be exact. We reiterated that we still need permission. She pressed once more, then asked where our parents were. Thank God I'm a quick thinker and pointed to a women in the store behind her and said "she's right there." She immediately nodded and said "well I have to walk this whole mall, so I don't know if you'll be able to find me if she gives permission." My friend and I immediately walked away and into the store my fake mom was in. Approached the women and gave her the whole story, she immediately took my hand in hers and looked over to the women, who was already leaving the vicinity. It wasnt until 5 years later, in my 20s that I stumbled upon an article talking about sex trafficking rings, and what they would do to scout for victims. One of them was hanging out in malls and getting young people to go see a "private viewing." I was immediately sick to my stomach. Who knows what would have happened had we went with that woman...

[@nehpetsttocsnosirrag6227]

For you *note to self: Don't ever go anywhere with someone you don't know. The End

[@rinalore9416]

You would be doing Society a favour by sharing your very dangerous experience (you were strong enough to avert) in Schools, I have no doubt you will save a few because they don't teach (from experience) safety courses in schools but should. You're very wise and articulate, I'm grateful you are alive to tell and you were raised well. 💐Give your Mum a hug.

[@rinalore9416]

@@nehpetsttocsnosirrag6227 Don't go anywhere alone and let your parents know, too. You must be a Mum too? lol

[@trojanhorse9459]

Can we give a round of applause to the guy that can land a wife through a bad date and a serial killer encounter please. That’s my hero.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

And the killer was Ted Bundy What a story, what a legend.

[@Jrb8k3n]

You're right about that!

[@elliotspencer6656]

She was probably glad he used his head, and saved her from horrible s#it, knew he was a keeper,I mean talk about major brownie points..

[@Em-os1yz]

I always thought what would have happened if they stayed and reported the body... not blaming them or anything. Just makes me really curious.

[@mauroancic1254]

Ted dundy

[@aandrus2169]

What fascinates me is the way human beings can pick up "vibes" that they are in danger, vibes they can't describe exactly, aren't sure about and question themselves on.

[@cocoduck7745]

yeah, can confirm same thing happens to me on maths exam

[@dmvchat]

We are animals made to act like humans- next time look at someone chewing on a chicken bone - similar to any tiger

[@EKSDEEEE]

The brain can notice small changes in the surroundings without you yourself actually noticing it, so getting a "bad" vibe is just your brain going "something is different here" ay lmao

[@aandrus2169]

@@dmvchat I've never seen a human "chewing on a chicken bone." Yikes! That would creep me out.

[@megandelynn6114]

There's actually an amazing book called "The Gift of Fear" that explains exactly why we have those instincts (we're animals, too!) And why becoming "civilized" we now often ignore those gut feelings & find ourselves in danger (think of every horror movie, true crimes stories, stories on this channel!) Even if you feel silly, always trust your instincts!

[@myem0459]

I was at Walmart with my daughters several years ago and while I was in the checkout, a man approached us. He struck up a conversation with me about my “beautiful little girls” and their “beautiful momma”. It really gave me the creeps so I hurried through my purchase and got away from him. I will never forget how frightened he made me even though he didn’t really do anything. He was wearing this bright red track suit and was following me and my girls out of the store. Thankfully a crowd was leaving at the same time and I joined them to leave so he backed off. About a year or so later, my husband and I are watching the news and there was coverage about a serial killer the FBI were pursuing. In the report, it showed the path through the states this killer had traveled. It went right through my area about a year earlier. The killer targeted young mothers and was known to wear track suits all the time. When they showed a picture of him, sure enough, it was that guy. Even though they did catch the guy, it still gives me chills to think about how close I came to being his victim. Always listen to your gut when it’s warning you.

[@We_Are_All_Vultures]

Link?

[@sm1le626]

Holy 😳

[@Teena1985]

Omg...im glad u followed ur gut

[@hagsatraairlines9257]

Smells like cap

[@jaisullivan8894]

Wow really that is terrifying but this is a very good reason to trust your gut if you didn’t run away you probably wouldn’t be here right now wow that is truly shocking

[@theautisticpage]

I was a correctional officer at two different maximum security prisons. I got to know several serial killers. What made them terrifying is that they were the nicest people I ever knew.

[@christophervalery6795]

They probably had a lot of practice pretending to be what they felt they needed to be to get close to their victims.

[@battleisreal6593]

They are sociopaths😈

[@Josh-py9rq]

@@battleisreal6593 psychopath sociopaths are emotional psychopath’s pretended with emotion

[@DennisMoore664]

It's easier to be nice once we've worked through our rage. Blessed silence.

[@x.Lion.x]

​@@battleisreal6593Sociopaths act on impulse and are irrational so no psychopaths are the people nice to you luring you into a trap

[@yungicy7905]

It’s crazy how us humans get these feelings if something is wrong isn’t lowkey like a superpower

[@majorblow01]

it happen to me quite a lot one time i had a feeling i was being watched and there was a bear watching me and another time with a couger

[@iustin5219]

Its spider sense

[@lazyguitar8169]

@Christopher Nicolaou I mean, what even are commas and plots, right ? Who needs them ?

[@santicheeks1106]

@Christopher Nicolaou what was that noise?!?!? Mustve been the wind.

[@kaydentroutman893]

@@lazyguitar8169 it's not that serious,.

[@plumfun6750]

The moral of these stories: Always trust your gut.

[@Bs2r5809]

Big facts

[@roonilwazlib3089]

Mine says bread is bad ...

[@michellemilewski4723]

I always trust my gut

[@kneerelievechronicle5739]

Plum Fun you are 💯% correct we all should live by a percentage of intuitive psyche: intuition 👍

[@janedoe-hq9vn]

Yep! So true! Anytime i have gone against my "gut instinct " I have regretted it..

[@thecasualgamer2017]

Who else recently discovered MrBallen and has been binge watching his videos like a netflix series?

[@Taylor16xo]

i discovered him on tiktok

[@silentwraith3106]

me

[@zacharywheeler6605]

This guy!!! Lol I have in the last 3 days listened to probably about 100 videos lol

[@sharonanthony8643]

Me!

[@sammothyraimi6978]

Same

[@dneill8493]

I kind of had an encounter. I use to watch these videos of this awesome storyteller. He was so natural and even though his stories were dark he seemed so likeable. I became a huge fan and started watching his videos all the time. Imagine my horror when I found out they he was responsible for the murder of at least 35 Like Buttons but was suspected to have killed many many more. I still watch his videos though. He's just too compelling.

[@andrewksadventures]

Hehe, well done! Thanks for the laugh, I didn't see it coming actually.

[@Flutterbyebutterfly]

😂😂😂😂😂 I was like wonder who this persons on about 🤔😂😂

[@_shreyaa._]

Best 👍🤣

[@rosemarielocklear2419]

This was awesome..but at this point, we can never be sure how many victims this truly intriguing individual had ended their ability for subscribers to unwittingly end their button lives. Only in story telling are run on sentences somewhat acceptable due to all the descriptive words that exist and applicable to so many situations 🤣

[@devonkelly44]

underrated comment lol!

[@jjoyslin2702]

If I survived an encounter with a serial killer... I’m buying a lottery ticket lol

[@wztrexx]

If you win it can I get 25% of it?

[@somerando9076]

@@wztrexx da bruh

[@dottyorange2632]

Nah dude, you would have used all your luck up surviving the encounter.

[@monkeballs5697]

Holy hell the Ted Bundy one got me

[@joeschmoe9657]

I would have gambled my house to work my way up to a mansion

[@pepper922]

"What was your worst first date?" "Well, one time we ended up in the forest at night with Ted Bundy after he killed someone..."

[@DontWorryAboutIt404]

The couple actually ended up getting married! Their kid talked about the story a while ago

[@wormkingg]

@@DontWorryAboutIt404 I heard the story from Mr Nightmare I'm pretty sure! I new I recognized it somewhere and was thinking about the kid.

[@DontWorryAboutIt404]

@@wormkingg yea I couldn't remember where I heard it but I follow him too so it was probably from him

[@wormkingg]

@@DontWorryAboutIt404 i couldn't find anyone else talking about the kids story besides you tbh

[@DontWorryAboutIt404]

@@wormkingg yea I noticed that no one ever mentioned it even tho I'm pretty sure it was the kid who first brought it to light? Or at least made their parents known, at least that was the first story I ever heard I never found the story coming from the parents themselves

[@amywilson7540]

I love how the couple in the last story ultimately got married after their rough first date! Sometimes going through stressful situations together can help people bond. Although when you first started telling the story, I thought the guy was going to be the serial killer.

[@aleksandaratanasovic8835]

Sounds like a good business plan. Renting out serial killers for bad dates. Just to spook the person into marrying you.

[@VO3DClan]

Same

[@biancaarrosi3194]

I thought it was going to be the girl 😂

[@IsraelCountryCube]

@@biancaarrosi3194 what do we need more female serial killers ? Guess feminism demands it like bitch alien wuornous

[@IsraelCountryCube]

It's kinda misandrist to assume a man's a serial killers or a creepy. Like if that isnt weird then I should be able to assume a woman's a slut. Doubled standards pathetic.

[@asphaltspreader]

These tales remind me of when a young woman in LA was picked up hitchhiking by two men. As they chatted she revealed her dad had been the famous actor Peter Lorre. The driver and his friend took her where she was going and let her out. A few months, maybe a year, later the woman saw the two men on the news and that they were the infamous Hillside Stranglers! She was to be another victim till they learned she was Lorre's daughter and both liked her fathers films!!

[@nahhnever3135]

That's crazy!

[@bettywillbrowse]

How do we know that's why tho ... ?

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

I've heard that one. She got lucky.

[@StephanieMelluish]

​@bettywillbrowse apparently they confirmed it. "Following his arrest, Bianchi admitted that in 1977 he an Buono stopped a young woman called Catharine Lorre with the intention of abducting and killing her, but released her after learning she was the actor of Peter Lorre" (from Kenneth Bianci Wikipedia)

[@tub3watcher]

I get to say that I once had a serial killer in tears. It wasn't fear of me, exactly, but fear of my bad driving and my car that was literally falling apart. I was in Scouts at the time, and we were going to have an Order of the Arrow induction ceremony that night at Camp Hinds in Maine, but the kid who was going to play the role of Meteu (medicine man) called to say he couldn't make it. My friend Mike said he knew a kid (that he referred to only as Jubils) who played a great Meteu and would likely be willing to help out, but he didn't have a car. As I did have a car, and wasn't needed to prepare for the evening's ceremonies, I volunteered to go pick up the guy (who was like 17 or 18 at the time.) By the time we got hold of him, and I picked him up, it was clear that I couldn't drive the speed limit back to the scout camp, or we would be late. So, with my piece of crap AMC Gremlin, I did 86+ all the way to camp, weaving in and out of traffic, and miraculously didn't pass any police cars. Jubils was white-faced and clutching a handle above his passenger side window. The car vibrated badly above 65, and at one point the side mirror on his side fell off, and the kid burst into tears. But I got him there on time and he performed the ceremony well, so everybody was happy, though he demanded that somebody else drive him home. The kid was very weird, and when Mike told me a year or two later that the kid was going to enter the military to get away from his bad home, I predicted that it would end badly. He didn't have the mental fortitude for military service. A few years later, it turned out that he (John Joubert) was a serial killer of young boys, and had likely been killing sice he was 16, meaning he was already a killer when I gave him a ride. He was sentenced to death and eventually executed.

[@Kvikveg7]

Wow that is weird and funny and scary at the same time.

[@vickii.8_]

who knew having a shit car and terrible driving skills could come with such an advantage. i’m glad you’re safe. if there’s one thing i learned from crime documentaries is that anybody could possibly be a serial killer. no matter how nice, young or normal they may seem.

[@fuyumitodoroki1147]

I read the wikipedia article about him a little while ago- it mentions the scout group as he got the rope he bound one of his victims with from the scoutmaster if I recall correctly

[@stygianmoon1716]

That was horrifying and hilarious at the same time lol

[@FaithMcCaffrey]

Huh... Reminds me of every person whose ever been in our car when hubby is driving it... They all tell him to slow down and stop driving dangerously but he isn't and parts of our car is literally held together with sniper tape... But I trust that man with my life in that car, there's me in excruciating labour due to complications and I'm knelt up on the seat with my back to the windshield, holding onto the back of the seat and hes gunning it down the road at 90mph, sees a cop car up ahead rolls down the window and shouts "MY WIFE IS IN LABOUR!!" while I'm knelt there crying my eyes out from the 17 minute long contraction and not once did I fall off that seat, hubby didn't crash the car and not once was I scared that he was going to. we all made it to the hospital in once piece and a painful and scary night later we welcomed our baby boy into the world.

[@worksquirrel2034]

This is gonna be good

[@devingilliam4579]

Your fist

[@amysommerlatte8482]

Yep

[@tbenziger1348]

To die for

[@thebigkon8261]

Oh yeah

[@uchiha__vision1678]

This is the best comment? No offense

[@Alisha8596]

This reminds me of something that happened to my mom. My dads coworker picked him up for an out of town job for two weeks and dropped him back off at home a day early. That night my mom was in bed, my dad was awake watching tv and someone knocked on the door at around midnight. My dad answered it and a guy was standing there that looked startled to see my dad and said "oh I have the wrong house " and walked off fast, not to a car but just walked off down the road. A few weeks later the police had caught a serial rapist in our small town (Hayden Idaho), Paul Hawkins, he had been watching women and then coming into their house at night and assaulting them. When they showed his picture it was the man who knocked on my parents door that night. Thank God my dad came back a day early from that job.

[@LS-ti1rz]

Man oh man thank God your Dad was home. That is a scary thought!!!!!

[@Alisha8596]

@Juice Man lol he would like your comment, definitely gonna read it to him.

[@nishisalott1839]

I am glad your family and you are safe!

[@marvelismarvelous8987]

Crazy, glad you guys are okay though.

[@thejohn6614]

Or maybe it was your mother's lover then not wanting to believe that your father convinced himself that it was the guy that was arrested.

[@nonsequitur5057]

I am so glad to have come across this. There's a myth around Serial killers/rapists/etc. that says that once they've chosen you, that's it, you're dead, assaulted or victimized in whatever way that perpetrator's preference is. Well, I crossed path with two and walked away; only to find out later who they were on the news. So, I always wondered if in any of the interviews that Serial killers have given, any of them admitted to "those who got away." The first: When I was 20, I was driving home on 101 freeway, one night in my '64 VW bug when a CHP pulled me "over." Actually, he indicated for me to drive into this warehouse area off the freeway, where there weren't even any street lights. After stopping my car, I cranked the window down 1-inch and got my CDL & registration slip out. When he came to my window he had his badge blocked. He grabbed my ID, glanced at it and told me to get out of the car. I told him, "No." and asked him why he pulled me over. He told me that my car looked like a car that had been used in a crime and that I needed to get out of the car. I told him that I would not get out of my car and then added that I grew up in this town and to call the local police, for backup if he really was concerned that my vehicle was used in a crime. I added that he could have someone call the DA since I used to babysit his kids. And then quite sternly I summed it up: I will not get out of my car unless there is back up or someone there with him and I know I'm safe. I watched as he went back to his CHP car and "pretended" to use the radio. He then came back to my car and threw my ID back into the window slot and told me I could go. Years later, one night as I was sorting through a bunch of accounting papers (I worked in bookkeeping) on my coffee table "watching" the news, I glanced up and saw him - that CHP officer - being brought into a courtroom. Literally, I stood up, staring at the TV. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. I kept saying, "That's him." over and over. Then I found out that sure enough, the guy on the news was a CHP officer named Craig Peyer. He was being charged with kidnapping, rape and murder of a 20 year old woman . . . . Other women who he had assaulted came forward after that. Why did I behave the way I did? My father's rules: Look at the person not what they are wearing. ("I don't care if it's a uniform, a dog collar or rosary beads around their waist. If you don't know or trust the person, believe me, you don't want to know what they're capable of when they think they have some sort of authority because of how they're dressed. You do what you have to to keep yourself safe. No one has the right to take away your free will and choice. You hold onto that responsibility of yourself and your safety. AND never hand it over to anyone.") So, I wouldn't get out of my car. The next was a big one: He was known as the "Original Night Stalker," the "East Area Rapist," and the "Golden State Killer." Yes, Joseph DeAngelo. He stalked me in a grocery store. I became aware of him, so I started watching him. When I left the store, I had only one bag which I put into the cart near the handles. I rolled the cart behind me. I pulled it right up when I opened my car door so that the cart was somewhat jammed between the door and the car with me standing at the open compartment. As I did this, I felt someone run into the cart, jamming it even more securely. I turned around and was face to face with Mr. DeAngelo. He said, "Well, that's not very nice. You act like you don't trust me." I said very strongly, "I believe people show you how they are to be trusted. You've shown me all I need to know." and I threw my bag onto the passenger side of the front without taking my eyes off of him. A box boy, was out collecting carts and started to walk my way. DeAngelo got startled and took off. The kid asked me if he could take my cart. I thanked him and made sure I was in my car with the doors locked before he could roll my cart away. At that time I was living across from an Adult Learning Center and so there were a lot of people about when I parked my car on the street. But as I looked out my car window to see if it was safe to swing my door open, DeAngelo drove by. When I was a kid babysitting and housesitting, I worked for a cop who showed me how houses are broken into. He gave me a little course on how to keep myself safe, knowing that I was a kid alone in a house and therefore vulnerable. Living alone, I used his lessons to keep myself safe at home - I can't tell you how grateful I am to him. One night, some time after that little run in with DeAngelo, I saw someone go over my neighbor's fence, onto his roof and into a second story window. I called the police and told them. Well, they showed up in spades. There was a unit at his front door, one in my yard and one unit came to my door. I let them in and showed them where I saw the intruder enter. Well, it was a friend of my neighbor playing a trick on him. My neighbor got the last laugh and thanked me. And as everyone was wrapping it up, one of the officers that was on the outside of my house asked me if I was aware of "this." There were scratches on the paint of one of my metal, window frames. The windows were the heavy, old, crank windows with sections framed in iron/steel. The windows were so old that I had a hard time getting them unhooked and then the cranking them from the inside. The glass was also the old dangerous to break kind. The police officer said, "This is recent." I asked, "How recent?" He said, "No more than 5 days to a week. Have you noticed anything strange going on around your house?" That's when I noticed my bike was missing. I told the police, "It sat right here." They kind of laughed and asked if I wanted to report it. I told them that I had just gotten it a couple weeks ago from the Police Auction so I'll just get another from them, "It still had the tag on it!" They laughed. Years later: DeAngelo was known to come into my town. He killed at least two couples there, years apart. His MO was to break in through sliding glass doors or a window and he would escape by riding a bicycle away. When he was finally caught, though it had been years and he was an old man, I recognized him right away. I mean, after all, I stood and stared at him. So, from your broadcast, I am glad to find out that I am not alone - a person can be "chosen" and yet not end up as one of their victims. Sorry, this is so long but I thought if I was going to admit that I came face to face to at least two, it would be rude not to tell the rest. Love your site!

[@theTR3ND3R]

my man just wrote a book in KZbin comments

[@abdullahrocks727]

Damn thanks for that huge info! That was really scary for you. I’m happy that ur safe!

[@allisonstark193]

This was interesting to read, thanks for sharing. And your dad taught you a good lesson!

[@jengoodwyn2715]

Day-am! Now I want Mr Ballen to do episodes on the ones that got away!

[@nonsequitur5057]

😎 Thank you!

[@romanbotello15]

In the early 80's I was walking after midnight down Virginia st in Reno when silver, greyish van pulled up in a bldg driveway in front of me blocking my way. There was a man and woman inside and the man asked if I needed a ride. I said no and walked quickly away from them crossing the street. The van pulled out and started following me. I then ran behind a bldg and hid, watching the van slowly drive away. I then made it to my hotel room safely. Years later, I began reading true crime novels and came across a killer couple who were picking up girls in the Reno area and killing them. They were a man and woman driving a silver, greyish van. Their names were Gerald and Charlene Gallego. Although they were only picking up young women, Gerald stated that at one time they were trying to pick up young men for Charlene to have fun with. From the bottom of my heart, I feel that was who tried to pick me up.

[@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783]

WOW!!! 😳Thank God the holy spirit led you to a place for cover!!!🤗❣️👍 Cherish every day!!!

[@audreyhogan8285]

😳

[@taochi100]

That's insane

[@Honeybuns7482]

I hope nothing like that happens to me

[@jamiebraswell5520]

Always trust your gut feeling, a very real instinct that can save your life.

[@papavader4613]

One of Ted Bundies victims went to high school with my brother, and he recalls seeing Bundies nasty old Volkswagen parked outside the school several times. Creepy.

[@tracyvslife3124]

@@stevenjohnson979 why the middle finger

[@SoCalRegisteredNurse]

At Woodrow Wilson in Tacoma? I live not too far from there

[@SoCalRegisteredNurse]

@@tracyvslife3124 I reported his stupid troll comment

[@ravenwilson8443]

That’s crazy my mom went to school with the female serial killer

[@SoCalRegisteredNurse]

@@ravenwilson8443 Eileen Warnos?

[@kalex270]

Imagine having a love story that started with escaping Ted Bundy 😭

[@lilygonzalez3969]

so romantic😂

[@justsomedude24.]

@@lilygonzalez3969 lol ikr soooooo romantic damn nothing like a serial killer escape for a date

[@digdootyditches6789]

exactly the risk of getting slaughtered, lve it

[@joshsmith7176]

It would be kind of cool in a way.

[@GamesCooky]

Well the date certainly turned interesting. And they definitively had something to talk about afterwards.

[@kevinvaldez7594]

My mother just passed away from Alzheimer’s at the all too young age of 60, god bless her heart. She use to tell my sister and I an anecdote that served as a parable for following your intuition. Not long after her and my father wed, they and some close friends went to Las Vegas, NV on vacation. One night at their hotel downtown, my mother wasn’t feeling too well, and my father left her in the room to head downstairs to gamble. She woke up to a call from him asking if she was feeling better, and if she was to come meet him and their friends downstairs because they were heading to the strip to drink. She said she would meet them by the casino/lobby entrance. As she headed down the hall toward the elevators she noticed a disheveled, seemingly drunk man. The elevator door she was standing in front of opened up and she jumped in. Before the doors closed, the drunk man too jumped in the elevator. My mom was taken aback but was a fearless woman for being somewhat petite and thin. She noticed a camera looking above them and it eased her mind. The man asked my mom if she was having a good night and my mom politely nodded. She pressed the casino level button and the elevator started taking them down. The man asked where she was going, and my mom replied to meet her husband and friends at the lobby entrance to the casino, which was on the other side of the hotel from where she currently was. The man said “you know miss, there is a shortcut to that entrance if you take the basement/parking lot level and even pressed the basement button on the elevator as if he was going to take her there. My mother politely declined and hastily exited at the casino level as soon as the doors opened. When she got to the lobby she asked the concierge if there was a short cut to where she was at through the basement parking lot. He explained there are no entrances into the hotel or casino at all from down there except that one elevator that she was in. The man was definitely attempting to lure my mom down there for some inexplicable reason. Always follow your intuition, trust your gut instincts, they will never let you down. ❤

[@rayli9324]

My old boss’s wife, long before they were married, she was supposed to go on a blind date with this one man. But when she showed up to the actual date to meet him and saw him sitting at the table, she had an eerie feeling about him & decided to leave before he even saw her. Turns out he was, Kenneth Bianchi, the hillside strangler.

[@michaelrobbins282]

I remember him he was killing people with his cousin. They were pretending to be cops and pulling young women over then abducting them, torturing them, and then killing them.

[@janefreeman995]

Yes I was a student at WWU when the women, also students were killed. There was much fear in the air.

[@nuviaerivez5876]

Wow!!! It is so fascinating how humans has this sixth sense sometimes to detect danger without knowing why or how. I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE to understand how in the world this works and why this happens!?

[@NativeWarrior88]

Thank God for the heebee jeebees! Always pay attention to that creepy feeling!

[@clon76]

@@nuviaerivez5876 No sixth sense, she just thought he was ugly

[@krystal9044]

That last story was surprisingly cute in a morbid way... I thought he was gonna kill her in the woods but it turns out they got happily married lol

[@GhostXRizz]

@Macy Dove 🥶

[@gavinator1193]

I was,actually also suspecting that

[@liamgannon9474]

@Macy Dove my friends dad is a rapist and serial killer, he’s dead now but yeah

[@miaow262]

@Macy Dove how cute

[@lizjoy6828]

Seriously! Who goes hiking at night with a guy you barely know?!

[@clevelandsteamer420]

The anxiety and dread that the Ted Bundy couple felt on a normal hike with no reason to be scared could be proof that humans have more than 5 senses.

[@Roblox_cat279]

My moms friend also had a run in with Ted Bundy after he killed the college girl’s in Florida.

[@yourusualshittalker616]

@@Roblox_cat279 that's scary as shit dude 😨

[@SnaXxz]

My jaw dropped when I found out it was Ted Bundy.

[@nichole_brandt]

it’s called a gut feeling. everybody is psychic, it’s just a matter of degrees and levels. i’m a psychic medium so my energy levels, intuition, and things of that kind of thing are all very heightened for me since i’m more in tune with my spirituality. i’ve been doing this my entire life, so ik all, feel all, see all, and can speak to all. but EVERYBODY gets gut feelings. and that’s that other “sense” you’re thinking of. it’s not necessarily a sense, it’s more of an intuitive kinda thing.

[@102-d7i]

It’s primal, due to our ancestors living in the wild for so long we’re able to feel when something is wrong despite there being no apparent signs

[@MountainKoi91]

I keep wondering if Mr. Ballen will run out of stories, but then I remember the world has a lot of people and that there are still secluded places and weird stuff that happens. Love this channel

[@byronwooten1303]

We havent even entered the South American arc yet

[@AndrewPureMI]

I've heard all these before but staying till the end just because I love how you tell stories. Definetly the best story teller ever!!!!!

[@HateIsPowerWithAPricetag]

Yo honestly it’s the same with me

[@janewolf4541]

Stroke the ego Jenee Roberts.

[@wayne5553]

Wish you would stick to paranormal stuff. Takes us away from the everyday stuff...this has been said before

[@wayne5553]

Old stuff

[@EvasiveSoap]

He did tell all 3 of these in different videos

[@angelicawhite8817]

The Ted Bundy couple were definitely in sync. Glad they married and Congratulations for many more years 🎊

[@Cleo18378]

Unrelated

[@neilpatel519]

Rip to the last guy he’ll just forget to do the dishes and she’ll be like remember when you almost killed us.

[@shadowe7642]

Neil Patel lol you trippin 😂🤣

[@ScaryPoppins]

Lol! You ain't lying.

[@KristenABales]

My my mother in law was friends with the Green River serial killer, Gary Ridgeway. He would frequent the bar she worked at, he'd chat her up, ask her about her kids, and even give her rides home after work. THANKFULLY, she was not his type, but when the truth came out it was traumatizing. He was just another customers, another local at the bar, she had never suspected anything evil about him. Truly horrifying.

[@theartsideofme9013]

Me hearing Mrballen saying: he felt a overwhelming sense of dread. Me: DEMENTORS

[@casmeraki]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@julii9019]

Y e s

[@kazkaan7840]

Nerd

[@madelineespin2903]

i Hear its the worse thing about prison

[@theartsideofme9013]

Madeline Espin yup

[@LM_612]

As someone who lives in Seattle I've never, ever understood how so many people go on hikes for the *first* date. Seems like a bad idea in so many ways.

[@ryman1933]

I lived in Montana and my ex gf invited me hiking for our first date, my family all joked that she was gonna murder me.

[@joacimlopez9735]

@@ryman1933 did she?

[@ryman1933]

@@joacimlopez9735 Maybe

[@Wig-po5nb]

@@ryman1933 Maybe it's her thats messaging us in the comments.................

[@ryman1933]

@@Wig-po5nb Perhaps

[@GuadalupeGuacamole]

“never Never NEVER let them take you to a second location…if that means running away while being shot at, jumping out of a moving car, gouging their eyes out….do whatever it takes to get away and save your own life…putting up a fight in public is all you have at that last moment because things will only get worse for you when the predator gets you alone at the final destination where your likely death awaits.” Gavin DeBecker…legendary FBI profiler who wrote “The Gift of Fear”

[@duanagrant1695]

👏👏👏just the other day i was telling my daughter 13 and son 10, this exactly!

[@mirrrstery]

Spot on. Second location is where you die 100% of the time.

[@diaryofarealmom3264]

This is what my father always taught me. He said never cooperate with a gun, because what will happen to you if you do is a lot worse than what that gun will do. Plus, most of the time people don’t want to bring attention to themselves and won’t shoot you, especially a serial killer.

[@kylepope9795]

Mr.obvious

[@IVIN-JOHN]

I would prefer to die by a gunshot while running away than being tortured for days.

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

My cousin was one of the first cop on the scene at a sorority house where bundy had just killed two girls. He is retired now and he told me about the scene years ago. It still haunts him

[@chicgal3]

💔

[@conureron3792]

I had a co-worker, now several decades ago, who happened to live in Tallahassee, like, right across the street from the sorority house. He recounted the story of the police waking him and all his roommates one morning. They did a massive search. He thought, they were going to be busted for all the drugs on their coffee table and the big bong, etc….but the police were more intrigued about a wooden stick in the backyard all covered in red. A roommate used that stick to stir paint a few days prior. The co-worker later learned about the incident across the street. I had my own similar incident with police in Gainesville a few years later (when I went back to school) and was near one of the murders there.

[@ColtraneAndRain]

I was at a bus stop in Glendale CA when a man offered me a ride. That man was later arrested and convicted of serial killings with his cousin. He was Angelo Buono. I worked at a restaurant across the street from his auto body shop!

[@divya5270]

wow! im so glad you're ok! that's so scary!

[@waynocarrowiano4367]

Yikes! Glad you are amongst the living, fr. Cheers mate!

[@HeilRay]

The Hillside Stranglers were a duo of killers. Damn, good instincts not taking his offer. May he rest in Piss.

[@whatsaqueentoagoddess]

Bless you ❤️

[@stevenjohnson979]

Thanks I'll have to go visit you 😘

[@TechnoEsoterica]

Man that Ted Bundy story was scary as hell. Imagine being out and recently alone in a forest and two strangers just suddenly come across you. Man I'd have hid too! Scary!

[@ericaosborne5241]

"Recently alone"😂😂

[@nunalunaberey_]

Took me a second lol

[@evo2542]

@@ericaosborne5241 yeah i'm gonna use that

[@FinanceLore]

Thank god he was alright. Something seriously bad could have happened to him!

[@SilveeYT]

🙄🤭

[@sadface282]

One time, I was homeless, and was hitching rides. I got a ride from an older man, probably mid 60's to early 70's. We were driving, and he was asking me a lot of questions that I was pretty short about. Eventually, he put his hand on my side of the car and asked "Can I feel it?". At that moment I knew I had to do something. At the time, being homeless had taught me to carry a weapon. I had a butterfly knife on me at the time, so as soon as I felt a threat, I took out my butterfly knife and started messing with it to let this man know I was armed. He pulled over at a gas station and told me to get out and that he would be back. As soon as I got out, I started running down the road to get away from this man. About 5 minutes after I stopped running, I turned around and saw the man driving towards me. I took off running and ran into one of my friends houses and told him to call the police. The police arrived, and the man was long gone. They took notes, told me to be careful and left. About 2 years later I was at the same gas station and the same man pulled in and dropped a young man off that was around the same age as me. This young man looked weary, lost, and afraid. I walked up to him and asked if I could help him. I hadn't told him I knew the man yet. The young man asked me where we were, and so I told him. We were in a small town in North Carolina, and this young man was from Maryland. We got ahold of his parents, and I let him stay with me until his parents arrived. While we were waiting he told me that he was raped by the old man, and was pretty sure the man wanted to kill him. As soon as he had the chance he ran but didn't get far before the old man had picked him up. I asked how he was dropped off after running, and he said 7 words that terrify me to this day. "Because he wants to use me again." I never saw the old man again, and I'm still in touch with the young man. He's fine, but he still has nightmares about the old man.

[@rachelunger7646]

Sad story

[@tose5566]

Man that poor kid

[@sadface282]

@Bruv Stfu Imagine being this much of a loser.

[@ant6195]

@@sadface282 when did this happen? Did you get the license plate? Did the man even get prosecuted?

[@spiritmatter1553]

That should be a MrBallen story.

[@DS24444]

You know you watch too much true crime when you recognize all these serial killers 😂

[@lelanierossouw9700]

Even before he revealed how they were 😆

[@zachhaywood1564]

​@lelanierossouw9700 What I was gonna say 😂😂 When he said Chicago in the late 70's, Gacy was the first person I thought of.

[@jamilusalisu8075]

Exactly my thoughts too

[@kallesoininen557]

They are like the most known serial killers in history on tip of the serial killer iceberg with jeffrey dahmer and richard ramirez

[@dexterlogan7062]

Exactly!! my mom actually had us watch about Ted Bundy when we were young so we would be aware that there were dangerous people out there that can seem very normal

[@710Canada]

A woman I dated told me this story. She was coming home from work one night, and waiting for the bus. She noticed a man standing and kind of starting at her as she was waiting for the bus. She got on and he sat down a few seats behind her. She said she could feel his eyes boring a hole into the back of her head. Worried he was going to try and follow her home, she rang for a stop a few block before her stop, planning to throw him off and look like she lives else where. As she was getting off, he followed her towards the front exit of the bus. She figures then driver must have been creeped out by this guy, and slammed the door closed on him and sped off. She had pushed the incident out of her mind pretty quickly and forgot about it until she was watching the news about Christen French and Leslie Mahafey, and they had found the killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. She immediately recognized Bernardo as the man who had followed her onto the bus, and then tried to follow her off.

[@laurak4961]

Thats crazy! I grew up in Burlington, he killed a girl that went to my high school ( before I attended ) . My gym teacher had taught her and we had a memorial stone for her in the school garden. I grew up hearing the horror stories of what they did, so sad.

[@360.Tapestry]

pretty ballsy of the bus driver to keep the creep with him/her

[@kimt1776]

Thank God for that driver!!!

[@2Bad4YOUuu]

Yikes 😵

[@peregrinec5477]

Holy Shit!

[@hobbyhopper3143]

I’ve got one, too! My sister was approached by Albert DeSalvo (the Boston Strangler). He told her he was there to repair something and she said he could wait outside while she called her landlord to check what this worker was supposed to do. Of course the landlord told her he hadn’t ordered any work and when she went back to the door to tell this guy to buzz off he was gone. It was almost a year later when DeSalvo’s face was all over the news and she realized she narrowly missed a potentially terrible encounter.

[@darth_kal-el]

You do realise that no one actually believes he was responsible for all the murders and that the so called Boston strangler was multiple people.

[@hobbyhopper3143]

@@darth_kal-el He was, however, “The Green Man” and “The Measuring Man”. Both admitted rapists. But I guess that’s not scary enough for you.

[@anonymousperson3023]

He isnt the Boston Strangler though. That's just false. And I dont care what he did. I know he has a bad criminal past but that's irrelevant. You said he was the Boston Strangler. There's not enough proof of that.

[@hobbyhopper3143]

@@anonymousperson3023 read my reply to Cory Weston

[@Purplexity-ww8nb]

When I was a young teenager, I was walking home from the store when a man slowed down beside me and asked me if I wanted a ride. I didn't feel comfortable as the man was dirty and disheveled. I couldn't see him that clearly, as the sun was fairly low on the horizon in my eyes. I politely said, "No thanks". The man then yelled out, "Get your scrawny butt in here." This scared me, so I began running. As I ran around the corner I noticed the car had begun chasing me, but I got a much better look at the car and driver and ... it turned out to be ... my uncle, Jerry, who had been working in his garden, just trying to be nice. Whew!! Close one.

[@mindy2048]

Hahahaa!! So glad I read this one to the end. 🤣

[@ildisiri]

EPIC! You did the right thing too.

[@kaleighwilliams-roland4222]

This gave me a good laugh

[@misswideawake07]

lol

[@angelashoson8900]

Wholesome

[@denisehopkins9384]

This was the most amazing episode yet! That feeling of dread is so real and intense! Such great content! Please do more on this!

[@guyzuponstaeg6598]

How would I respond if I found out I'd interacted with a serial killer? I live in South Florida, I'd be more surprised if I hadn't interacted with one.

[@kanyetwitty6158]

When I hear a far- out story in the news I usually think Florida right off the bat.

[@EarthAltar]

It's getting so bad one serial killer can't swing a dead body around without hitting another serial killer in the head.

[@Soul-OnFire]

Florida maaaaaaan

[@whiteru55ian33]

Former homesteader. Glad to be out of that state.

[@dj_nyx8903]

Fun fact: In South Australia. There are strangely a lot of cases where killers work together. For example. Snowtown- Bodies in a barrel. Two murderers hunted and worked together. They placed they're victims in a barrell of acid but the acid instead preservated the bodies and one their victims luckily escaped and notified police. Turro Murders- Two murderers worked together and killed their victims. They were driving and crashed. The police came to the crash site just in time. One guy just died and the other fearing death confessed to killing people. The police rushed him to hospitals and lived. He's now in jail serving life. The Family- They are believed to be group of high profiled individuals who sadistly, murdered gay boys mostly aged 10-22. This case is still unsolved and it's disgusting how these torturers are possibly still prowling today.

[@ab3040]

Instincts saved me from a probable mugging. My friends and I were coming back from the movies. We went to a new theatre, so we didn't quite know the way back. They wanted to go through a shortcut through a field and a barn. But idk it didn't feel right. They ridiculed me and said it was just because of the scary movie, but I took the main road instead along with my girlfriend. The next day I heard from my friends they had been robbed at gunpoint. Moral of the story, your instincts have evolved through thousands of years. Trust them.

[@HeilRay]

Did you hold back the urge to say I told you so?

[@90swiied82]

*HellRay* 😂

[@MyWeedIsVeryGood]

Why you lying 😂

[@ab3040]

@@MyWeedIsVeryGood stg bro. They lost $600 collectively.

[@MyWeedIsVeryGood]

@@ab3040 I'm just messing around with you lol

[@bassthundermissy]

As an introvert if anyone comes to talk to me I automatically assume they are a serial killer 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bassthundermissy]

@god o Randomness just straight up assassinated it. Like all I wanted was to grab my chocolate. Get that chocolate that red bull then leave 😂

[@I-Byte]

Yep.very accuarate

[@moo-kun]

OMIGOSH saaame!!! 😭✨

[@K8Nena9]

Sameee

[@jonahlol5048]

BassThunder Missy or a kidnapper

[@TheLegendOfRune]

My friend told me an interesting fact. He said, there's a good chance that you've run into a serial killer, but they looked at you and thought "not this one." So, you might have gone shopping at the grocery store and the man behind you could have been looking for a next victim.

[@gregbearne2195]

If you rely on the experts that there are 2000 active serial killers in the USA then that is 1 in 170,000. Does a person run into 170,000 different people in their lifetime? Maybe. So It is possible that ‘fact’ is correct.

[@boxesbeforebuddha]

My dad was out fishing near where Bundy escaped once in Colorado. My mom was at home hearing reports on the radio and freaking out. Finally my dad got home and my mom told him Bundy had escaped. My dad was like, "yeah, I heard it on the radio." My mom asked why he didn't come home immediately and he said, "I was safe, he only kills women."

[@greywalker505]

…Uh, what now? That’s a helluva thing to tell one’s wife.

[@AuditClerk]

Your Dad has a wicked sense of humour ... although I giggled at the joke, there is no doubt in my mind that if I was the wife, I'd have smacked him up the side of the head with a book! What did you Mum do??

[@sweetsweet81]

That's terrible, but he's right. Now if it was John Wayne Gacy....your dad would have been singing a different tune.

[@beatrijsvannuffel1922]

WOW.

[@BillMoney]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Danigirlvintage]

I did have an encounter with a guy who, same as your stories, I found out on the news was wanted for murdering dancers in NJ. I was hitchhiking back in 1980. I found out my boyfriend at the time was being unfaithful. After an argument I left and figured I'd make it to CT no problem. First guy that picked me up gave me the creeps bad. When he asked where I was going I told him as far up the highway that you can take me. I hopped in and noticed, because it was big, a tattoo on his hand, of a black widow. He stopped at a mens club off the highway and I got out quickly and thanked him as I ran toward the on ramp. When I got to my moms she had the news playing as usual and I caught the newscaster saying "he has a black widow tattoo on his right hand" I called the number and told them what I saw and that he gave me a ride. They said I was lucky! Have a good day!!

[@FireflyGirl68]

Yikes!!

[@uchibenkei]

"I met a serial killer once, but he had a bad feeling in his gut and ran away." - Chuck Norris

[@JediAshlah]

Potato 🥔...........?

[@oreodealer6yearsago718]

@@JediAshlah ...yes

[@robrob667]

straight dustin off a classic

[@I..see..darkness..]

Lmao🤣

[@kkzblueeyes0551]

Oof

[@CherryBlossom3x3]

My dad's best friend encountered John Wayne Gacy when they were in high school. Gacy gave my dad's friend his business card while he was working at a grocery store. Gacy offered to pay him double what he was making if he did construction at Gacy's house. He didn't take him up on it but he was with my Dad when the news broke the night Gacy was arrested. My dad said he got really pale and pulled Gacy's card out of his wallet. It's still crazy to think about.

[@maddygrimsley495]

my aunt actually was almost a victim of the hillside strangler, he tried breaking into her house while she was alone and somehow she managed to scare him away, pretty crazy

[@bailyslife9923]

My mom went on a date with him. Well, I guess you would call it a date, maybe it was more like a drive. Anyway, he drove her-where else?- up into the hills. My mom is still thinking everything is cool. They parked somewhere. As they were talking he produced from somewhere, what appeared to be a silk scarf, and was just like kind of playing with it in his hands. At this point my mom finally realizes, oh I get it, you're gonna kill me. But she kept her cool, and was really nice, and ultimately he drove her home. Weird. Even weirder to think that if he had followed through with what he clearly planned, I never would have been born.

[@jackmarshall3255]

Yeah I never ran into those people but I heard a gun shot behind me when I was 7 and kids screaming but that it and the cops came and my mom had to talk to them beacues she was already there.

[@jackmarshall3255]

@@bailyslife9923 I was think what if your mom marry him.

[@truther4851]

@@jackmarshall3255 lol

[@thedemon8280]

aunt so fearless not even murderers dere to fuck with her.

[@RayBlacklidge]

My Uncle almost did a job for Gacy at his house but he and his buddies decided against it. Thank God.

[@nikolas_schreck]

Death is always near, I'm glad they didn't take the job good things can happen.

[@lakaylapotts5811]

that's scary

[@sam_karen_]

I just put on a movie to watch when I got the notification a Mr Ballen video was posted so I instantly turned off the movie to watch this.

[@christophermichael.w.7577]

Ok.Im creeped out.Thanks.Now on my morning walks I'll be sure not to talk to anyone.

[@pamelacarnes9652]

I had an encounter with a serial killer. In about 1973 my boyfriend and I were going down a Texas highway to a town with my parents. We saw a car with 2 elderly women inside. We stopped to see if they needed help. My dad and boyfriend knew cars well and quickly figured out the problem. The daughter in her 60's went with my parents to get the part and my bf and I stayed with her mom who was in her 90's. She was telling us about her childhood when a huge older model car with two men passed us slowly and made a Uturn. The driver was dirty looking with greasy hair and the other was a big man with a dirty white Tshirt on. He appeared to be asleep laying across the front seat with his head in the lap of the driver. The driver asked if we needed help. We told them someone was on their way for us. They then drove away going the same direction that they came. We were way out in the middle of knowwhere. It was suspicious that they drove that far only to turn around there. I was only a 16 yrs old but felt like we had dodged a bullet. It was very creepy!!! About 10 years later after my bf and I were married, the news about Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole murdering so many people was in the news.

[@thebamboozlerette1824]

I feel like this series should be called, “The Ones that Got Away”

[@ricky-sanchez]

Gotta love your profile pic 👍

[@christinenyabayo9105]

Or ' survivors 411'

[@thebamboozlerette1824]

@Josh Gaspar welp, it wasn’t originally, lol

[@papawhiskers9994]

yes this

[@mynameisgladiator1933]

For the record, what the guy who picked up the hitch hiker did is in fact kidnapping. Once you take someone somewhere they don't want to go, that is a felony kidnapping. The second the guy said: "Oh No. You're coming with me," that boy was kidnapped.

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

Seriosuly! So many deaths that could have been prevented if he did not keep that shit to himself and reported to police!

[@mynameisgladiator1933]

@@WhyKZbinWhy So true. Whenever crap happens, people need to tell the police. Unfortunately, even if he was convicted in this case, he'd be out in a year or two and would have picked right up where he left off.

[@annefortes9345]

Yeah your right, but maybe the law was different back then,

[@SM-McKraken]

@@mynameisgladiator1933 Unless his arrest for kidnapping led to otehr evidence from his murders being found. It may not have saved lives, but it very well might have. We'll never know.

[@Kemachris]

@@SM-McKraken He hadn't commited any murders yet at that point.

[@Red0543]

As someone who has, unfortunately, had some close calls from I just want to say this: If you ever get a bad vibe from someone, something or a situation then leave! It doesn’t matter how you do it, just get out of there! If you’re wrong you may just come across as rude or weird, but if you’re right then you just saved your own life.

[@margretsims1322]

A cop told me once "If you get a bad feeling, just leave"....."It's better to be embarrassed than dead".......

[@calvinthedestroyer]

Why do I feel that way when I go to the BMV?

[@awalotep]

As someone who lives alone in a big city and have to sleep with earphones on with mrballen stories,always gets eerie feeling lol don't scare me now.btw i already completed all his video's, I think he need to travel more to get better contains now from villages and all part of the world.

[@virginiakammerer1630]

It's called your Intuition. Aka: gut feeling OR your 6th Sense. I've learned to ALWAYS listen to it. The 2 times that I didn't, I was sorry.

[@Asgoodasitgets146]

What close calls

[@neelahalama]

We need more of these serial killer encounters

[@barbiluhnow416]

I graduated high school in 1984, and started working, delivering pizza in Garden Grove, California. One night in late August 1985, as I was out for a delivery, I was sitting at a stoplight, at the corner of Garden Grove Blvd. and Golden West, right under the 22 Frwy. I was in the left turn lane. I glanced over to my right, as a car pulled up next to me. A man was driving. He seemed to notice me as I glanced over at him. His face darkened and he looked angry. He looked me in the eyes. It scared the crap out of me! Suddenly, when my light turned green, he jumped over to my lane, made a left turn behind me, and started following me. I was immediately on edge. I could see him in my rear view mirror, and he was very scary. Dark hair, dark eyes, and just angry looking. I noticed the car he was driving was orange and he had a baseball cap on, although, I couldn't see what the writing on it said. I was terrified and started making random turns as he continued to follow me. In desperation to stop him from following me, I drove to the local police department. He left. And he left quickly. The next day or so, I was watching the news. I saw the orange car, and a sketch of the man in the baseball hat. The police were searching for him. His name was Richard Ramirez. The Night Stalker. It still haunts me... his face when he looked in my eyes. The man was pure evil.

[@dunnotck1]

Very few people have experienced the evil glance of an evil person. Back when I was in University, I had classes that ended at 9pm. Usually my dad would pick me up because the area was completely devoid of people or stores open at that hour. But there's was a few months when my dad was unable to pick me up. I was always hiper alert on those days because I had to walk 400 mts in a dark isolated area to reach my home. I was carrying my laptop,my books and my precious notes on my backpack and I didn't want it to be stolen. That night I stepped out of the bus and looked around me, there were a couple of old people sitting in the bus stop, there was als a young man in a light blue hoodie sitting there. We stared at each other for about three seconds, he looked at me with such penetrating evil that I immediately knew he planned to do something to me, there was no doubt about it. He got up and ran away in the direction I was going. I filled myself with courage because I didn't want to seem weak and I pretended like I didn't notice anything and kept on walking without losing sight of him. He hid in a vacant lot full of trees and bushes. I kept pretending like I didn't notice anything. I was walking in the opposite side of the street where he had hidden, I could see his blue hoodie behind a bush. As soon as I walked past him he started running towards me very quietly with a hand inside his hoodie pocket. I saw all of this in the side of my eye, I never turned my head as to not let him know I could see him. As soon as he started running towards me I started running full speed to the nearest store which was 100 mts ahead. I got to the store and stayed there for a couple of minutes. When I catched my breath I peaked outside and the guy was gone so I walked the last remaining meters home. I always felt very fortunate to have trusted my instinct that night, because I could have been harmed horribly.

[@barbiluhnow416]

@@dunnotck1 I agree, not many people have looked at pure evil like that. And it seems that most who have, aren't here to tell us. I'm so glad that you are okay, and that you were aware. Some things stay with us for a lifetime.

[@kennethclaar922]

That’s is scary

[@kimnora53]

I was living in the San Fernando Valley in CA around early 2000s. I went to a video store to rent a video for the weekend. When I couldn't find any interesting video to rent, I strolled over to the porn section (sorry ladies). There was a curtain separating the porn section from the rest of the store. well anyways, I'm about 5 minutes in and looking through the racks for a videotape to rent when all of a sudden from the corner of my eye I see this short guy about 5'5 standing 5 feet away to my left dressed in all black (jet black hair slicked back, trench coat, pants and boots). I didn't even hear him come in. We made quick eye contact and he had the most sinister look/aura I've ever seen before or since, almost like a vampire appearing out of a fog. the my hairs on my neck stood and I left the store. There was a girl working behind the counter and I hope nothing happened to her (other than being scared out of her mind)

[@madcat4301]

Years ago when I lived in a high rise apartment building a young man was already in an elevator I was about to enter. I'd never seen him before. I put one foot inside and the hair on the back of my neck stood straight up. I backed up. He glared at me and yelled "Come on, get on!" I shook my head and backed up. He cursed me out, pushed past me and stormed out of the elevator. I found out later on that this man had entered the building and had assaulted several women. If I'd gotten into the elevator I would have been next. Trust your gut.

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

What ethnicity was he? I think i remember hearing about that, in NYC

[@F.W.ENDER.75]

TRUST YOUR GUT.

[@cbuckley5697]

Creepy. Glad you trusted those instincts.

[@madcat4301]

@@cbuckley5697 Thanks. To this day I still don't know why I reacted to him the way I did. He looked normal. But you know looks can be deceiving. We had criminals of all races who prowled that place. The five buildings were an apartment complex named Plaza Square and it was in downtown St. Louis Missouri. After 9/11 we even had two Al Queda terror cells set up shop in two studio apartments in the complex. The FBI had them under surveillance. Plaza Square was supposed to be prime real estate and swanky because of the location. The rents were sky high. Anything happened there: rapes, murders, muggings, you name it. When the place finally closed the reputation was so bad that when the tenants looked for a new place to live all they had to do was provide proof that they lived there and the new property managers would welcome them with open arms, no questions asked. I know because that's what happened to me.

[@marvelismarvelous8987]

Im glad your safe, always trust your gut feeling

[@jacobmayhew5765]

Your so bloody good at story telling! I get chills when you tell these stories! I love your content!

[@mazevfx4519]

Bloody hehl caunt

[@bheytacs]

Wow. My jaw dropped the entire revelation of these serial killers at every story. I binge watch your videos for months now and today I just come across this. You are an awesome storyteller, Mr. Ballen! Please make more videos about close encounters with serial killers. They’re truly fascinating and jaw-dropping. Love from the Philippines. 🇵🇭

[@ahmadayar1135]

Someone get this man to 1 million fast because he definitely deserves it

[@Strype13]

It's only a matter of time. No need to rush it. Let the quality of his content do its work.

[@radlad6690]

@@Strype13 trudat

[@lucy_eliza]

that student was SO LUCKY that he escaped from john wayne gacy. john killed over 33 people, and only 3 of them escaped.

[@your_dad_on_vacation]

I could do better

[@lucy_eliza]

@@your_dad_on_vacation ...

[@nicolasgameplays5370]

the f was that,really probably a demon humanized

[@nicolasgameplays5370]

@@your_dad_on_vacation ok just saw that and umm good luck i think

[@your_dad_on_vacation]

@@lucy_eliza don't worry I was joking 😂

[@HestitanttSkeleton]

I can't believe anyone ever gave Eileen a ride, she's got crazy written all over! Damn!!

[@lamaramariewilson6746]

😅😂ikr

[@nooneleftbehide]

no wonder the dad knew

[@HestitanttSkeleton]

@Frank Pitts I know exactly what you mean. I lived in Jax when she was caught.

[@suzyq2389]

Ligaf - she usually got lucky with guys who wanted to get lucky. She had used sec work to subsist for a long time. There were also victims who were almost certainly trying to help her.

[@lamaramariewilson6746]

Frank Pitts 😂Yh I don’t know what it is about Florida, I must be something in the water.

[@bombdotcom2168]

It always chills me to the bone to think that someone as infamous as Ted Bundy was in my home state and even dumped bodies in a canyon I used to live so close to. Imagine living next to a serial killer and not even knowing it

[@SM-McKraken]

For every serial killer, there are dozens, even hundreds of people who lived 'nearby' without out ever knowing. It's not that uncommon, sadly.

[@raydenshumock]

Kinda like Jeffery dahmers neighbors

[@bombdotcom2168]

@@raydenshumock Yeah. It's just crazy to think you could live right next to a monster and have no idea

[@antsy8994]

Bundy was captured about 25mins from my house. 😮 I just found that out recently.

[@bombdotcom2168]

@@antsy8994 It's always freaky to find out that serial killers were near you or where you lived at any given point

[@fbi9091]

I had a friend named alexander in elementary school. He was a good kid and he had good grades and he usually never complained about anything except one day in the 5th grade he was complaining that his dad was getting meaner and was starting to hit him. We never really talked about it and next thing you know we graduate and I never really talked to him again since we didn’t have phones and we went to different middle schools. Fast forward 3 years to 2019 and I’m at a family friends christmas party on christmas eve. Me and a couple other kids my age were playing video games in the garage since their parents didn’t use it often so they had their TV in there. I go inside to get a drink and my mom comes over to me with a picture of a boy and she asks me if i know him. I say yes that’s alexander we haven’t talked in a while, he went to elementary school with me. Right as I say that her expression changes and she doesn’t say anything she just looks sad. I ask her what happened but she won’t respond so so take the phone and look at the picture she showed me. It was a news page and the caption read, Son and Wife Murdered In Van Nuys Apartment. I ran away and locked myself in the bathroom and tried to find any reason to come to the conclusion it was fake but it wasn’t. Alexander’s dad had put life insurance on his son and his wife and killed them for money.

[@mrs_maverick1121]

That's so horrible!

[@Romello.a]

So we meet again

[@Romello.a]

Whoa that's absolutely terrible, never ignoring my instincts again

[@taylorj6177]

Psshh... that's such an "FBI" thing to say...

[@adamshmadam14]

@@taylorj6177 that’s not normal

[@aksharpatel9327]

I AM ADDICTED TO THESE AND I CANT STOP.

[@tjzambonischwartz]

I had random encounters with a serial killer back in the nineties when he was actively killing. The Phoenix canal killer worked at a Renaissance festival with me for years, so when it turned out he was the dude, I got really skeeved out.

[@lillycoker5945]

That's scary.

[@GregoryMcStevens]

Skeeved out😂

[@kristinb8172]

My daughter’s neighbor has lived in The Avenues in Salt Lake City for around 50 years. Great old guy, he’s like a fixture of the community, knows everyone, and has a ton of cool stories. Back in the 70s he would host neighborhood cookouts. There was a guy who would come to these cookouts with his wife. He described her as sweet and timid, but there was something about the guy he didn’t like but he couldn’t put his finger on it. It was Ted Bundy.

[@nelzzz89]

That doesn’t add up. Ted Bundy was only married once, and he got married while in prison…

[@SM-McKraken]

@@nelzzz89 He had a girlfriend, while he was murdering coeds. Maybe the old guy assumed they were married?

[@gib59er56]

@@SM-McKraken Yes, he did have that girlfriend for some time. He was trying to act loving and have a normal life. But he couldn`t do it because he was a sociopath, unable to feel anything ,so he was not capable of loving anything but himself.

[@wallen6053]

My grandparents and dad (who was a kid at the time) gave John Wayne Gacy a ride home from the hospital once since he lived in the neighborhood. My dad still says it’s eerie to think how nice he was

[@deepapatricia]

And this sick mind had the nerve to kill others

[@haleyv132]

Gacy was a politician! Lots and lots of people knew him.

[@SM-McKraken]

@@haleyv132 A town councilman, basically a politician with training wheels lol. But he was well liked in his community and held cookouts and was a big presence in his community. Just goes to show you can never be sure about those you barely know.

[@goblinofsharksnacks]

@@SM-McKraken sociopaths who kill are often very good with people, they build their charisma skills to earn everyone's trust

[@JSainte17]

“I don’t know there was something I didn’t like about her.” *shows her picture* Ya don’t say.

[@scarletamazon3455]

Haha, I thought the same thing! Lets face it, Eileen was a junkie, she would have been very obviously a junkie to a gas station attendent, and best avoided. It's not as though she was passing as a nice, suburban mom type during her killing sprees.

[@willjackson4596]

@@scarletamazon3455 Nothing wrong with a junkie though.

[@scarletamazon3455]

@@willjackson4596 There's plenty wrong with junkies. Nothing wrong with an addict in recovery. But someone actively abusing is hurting everyone around them, and people are wary of them for a reason. Theft and robbery to fund a habit is a common problem in gas stations, of course he'd side eye a junkie who came in asking for a ride.

[@willjackson4596]

@@scarletamazon3455 Yeah, I guess I see what you mean. It's just that as a junkie I feel the need to defend myself. Not that I'm actively using but I still feel the term applies to me. Seems a little derogatory.

[@scarletamazon3455]

@@willjackson4596 It IS slightly derogatory. But I don't believe in language policing to protect everyone's fee fees. If you've battled addiction, I feel for you, it sucks and it's hard. It's awesome that you're clean now, that's not easy to do. I use junkie when I mean junkie. Someone leaning into their addiction, actively hurting people, potentially stealing, robbing, even killing to fund their habit. Of course it's derogatory when someone is doing those things, so I mean it that way. Addiction is a disease, sure, but it's also a disease that has choices involved, and responsibility for actions taken, whether they were made when the person was intoxicated or not. I don't want to add to your shame, but I don't want to sugar coat either. If you've made amends, faced your demons, and you're not lying, stealing, hurting family members and robbing people, then it doesn't apply to you.

[@emmapetty9677]

I used to think serial killers killed cereal 😂 I was a very weird kid

[@mr.potato3955]

Cereal killer

[@erins.3593]

Little did you know it was YOU who was the cereal killer!

[@jerryhalasz]

I killed so much cereal as a kid

[@rosephjogan4751]

I’m a cereal killer after I smoke

[@ilovebutterstuff]

Captain Crunch is just a spectre of what he used to be.

[@stacysimmons7971]

I don’t think I’ve ever come across a serial killer, but I did meet a man named Michael Turner who would turn into a murderer. I was in high school so this was 1993. I was hanging out with friends after school, we walked across the street because my friend would be babysitting later that night at the neighbors house. When we walked up, a car was there that we had not seen before, in the car there was an elderly lady, we said hello and continued into the house. We entered the house and walked into the kitchen. The female neighbor was there with the two children and a tall blonde haired male, he introduced himself, immediately the atmosphere to me was just evil, there are no other words I can use to explain it. I believe it was God protecting me. I very quickly went back outside and waited for my friend. I again spoke to the elderly female in the car while waiting for my friend. My friend came out, we said goodbye, and that was it. I don’t remember the exact date, but I know it was in November, he beat his elderly mother to death with a statue of the Virgin Mary. I’ll never forget that. Side note, my brother in law responded to that call and he said it was the worst crime scene he has ever seen. He had to run outside and vomit, the guys gave him a bunch of s**t for that, until they had to go inside the house. Micheal Turner got 20 yrs for 2nd degree murder.

[@PinkCandyBoots]

My parents lived in Long Beach during the time Richard Ramirez (the Night Stalker) was doing his killing spree. He had even broken into my parents neighbor’s house, but got away by jumping out of a window. My mom said that she will never forget that.

[@desireeturner680]

That is super terrifying, especially given who it was! I’m glad your parents were safe in the end!!

[@beobeo4776]

It’s that time of the day, to drop whatever I’m doing and watch this.

[@darkron7357]

mr ballen has the best videos

[@ilovebutterstuff]

Word!

[@danidanielle9207]

So when I was around 5, my mom and I had just moved to Florida from NY. We used to drive up there several times a year for various reasons (weddings, mainly) and we'd always stop somewhere by Ocala for our last gas fill up before getting to I 95. As soon as the first one started I knew it was going to be Eileen Wournos. My mom is from a rough neighborhood in NY and former military, so she doesn't scare easily. We saw a female hitch hiker, and because she was a woman, my mom picked her up. I was little so I was in the backseat, and while I don't really remember this, my mom definitely does. Eileen made a comment about being glad my mom was a woman too because she wouldn't have to do any "favors" for the ride, and my mom being an abuse victim,said something along the lines of her knowing how sick some men can be. We took her up to I 95, and she left. I think we were pretty safe since my mom was just a single lady with a little girl, but my mom freaked out when we saw her on the news later that year

[@jeilou171]

Wow! I’m glad you were not the target!

[@paulm1690]

Cap

[@danidanielle9207]

@@paulm1690 oh no, a random guy on the internet doesn't believe me 😭. 🤣🤣🤣

[@lawliet2263]

Why do people start their sentence with 'So'?

[@paulm1690]

@@lawliet2263 People who start sentences with “so” are lying.

[@sydneysaville1913]

Its so interesting that all of these stories include potential victims who ALL had a bad gut feeling when near the serial killers. Shows just how powerful our gut instincts are, never doubt it

[@RaineeG62]

Back when I was in high school in the late 1970's I was walking across town from my house to the church I attended where the youth group was gathering to go on a weekend retreat. As I walked into the downtown area around the square whose west side street is a major highway, I noticed a dark Monte Carlo with out-of-state plates on it following me. A very nice looking man with longish dark hair, that was parted in the middle and seemed feathered, would wave and smile as he went by. The car would pass me, go up a block and turn and then come back by. Now remember, I'm heading off for a weekend retreat which meant I am carrying an overnight bag. It's obvious that I'm going somewhere so my family isn't likely to miss me if I'm gone for a while and if I don't arrive at my destination it's unlikely that they will think much of it assuming I'd changed my mind. I was within sight of the converted school bus that was parked in the lot beside the church and was in the process of crossing the street when the car pulled up in front of me. I stepped backward onto the sidewalk. The driver pushed open the passenger side door and asked if I'd like a ride. I said that I didn't because I was already at my destination. He tried to cajole me into accepting a ride. I again said I didn't need a ride. The third time he demanded I get into the car. I stepped back again and loudly told him that I was going right over there. At that point, the adults who were standing by the bus looked toward the sound of my voice and got into that "WTH?" stance. The car door slammed shut and off it went. I got to the group and I explained what had happened. As the group was on the highway I spotted the car again circling the town square. I tried to get someone to do something but I was ignored. I was safe and that's all that mattered. Anyway, years later I am watching something on KZbin about the Dating Game Killer, Rodney Alcala, and I about fell off the couch. I do believe I had a close call with a killer.

[@ColtraneAndRain]

It seems California was crawling with serial killers in the 70s and 80s. I graduated hs in 79. I was offered a ride by one of the hillside stranglers in 77! I recognized him after he was arrested!

[@Keyser___Soze]

ColtraneAndRain london ontario canada is the city that had highest concentration of killers around then 6 per 200,000 and Alaska is by far the number 1 state with the highest % of serial killers. Cali is like 5 or something

[@keirfarnum6811]

Lauraine Garten Sketchy. It seems the adults ignored you to the peril of others. A serial killer could have been caught. Too sad. Glad you’re ok though.

[@keirfarnum6811]

KeyserSoze26B I used to live in Alaska and someone I knew told me they were told by someone in law enforcement they thought there were at least five or six operating in Alaska. I do recall there was a young lady who disappeared from the Girdwood Forest Fair one year and I do believe it was one of the times I went. Strange to think I was in a place where some freak was stalking people! But yeah, Alaska has a lot of land to dump bodies in. Conversely, it’s small socially speaking so it’s not as easy to blend in. But it’s a high number for such a low population number.

[@3kingz961]

KeyserSoze26B London? Good to know

[@BigJimsFloorsIncBlueRidge]

I just hit/punch/kick/slam the like button immediately when the video begins, because John has NEVER disappointed!

[@kristennelson3190]

Same! The Only KZbin channel I've ever done that!🖤

[@saradanger568]

I would love to see an continuation of this series because I LOVE learning about serial killers! like omg being a criminal profiler, or behavioral analyst would be like a dream come true to me. MORE PLEASE! :D

[@kkzblueeyes0551]

Thats my dream job, how about yours?

[@saradanger568]

@@kkzblueeyes0551 SAME! It is literally my dream job so im pursuing that as a career after i get out of the military!

[@mrbamfo5000]

Important but very dark career. The whole point is trying to think like the serial killer, don't get lost. It happens.

[@hemorotriuke5391]

I love the color of your eyes 🤩

[@saradanger568]

@@hemorotriuke5391 Omg thank you!

[@simpublic89]

This is one of the most interesting MrBallen videos I've seen so far. Love MrBallen's work!!

[@kimishaturner]

The Green River killer was my customer at the bank and my co worker used to go hiking with him where he ultimately buried his victims. It was crazy seeing him on the news and be like.. hey that's Gary! She's and him in her house many times. He was just quiet. So crazy.

[@angies.8322]

His last wife goes to my church 😳

[@Jay-gz6mv]

Wow that is crazy. Do you think your co worker was going to be a potential victim?

[@savagetv6460]

@@Jay-gz6mv nope. Green River killer only killed prostitutes. He hated them

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Never mentioned him hiking in the book I read. Hmmm. Makes sense he would scout out new places.

[@schoolinJOO]

he was a sad man. he seemed so weak and impotent at trial. he broke down in tears when a victims father said he forgave him. it’s pretty clear as he broke down that man was soulless and hollow, when someone treated him like he had value and was a human being, he broke down; had to face the truth of what he had done. now it’s his turn to feel torment and pain- pathetic.

[@southern428]

I once picked a hitchhiker up and when he got in my car after a few miles said "do you know you just picked a serial killer up buddy!!" I said "And what's the chances of that two serial killers in one car".

[@mr.mayhem6755]

That'd honestly probaly save you. 🤣

[@kali8668]

And thennn

[@saheli9213]

Where did you hide the body then 👀

[@mrbamfo5000]

I call bullshit

[@mr.mayhem6755]

@@mrbamfo5000 I think he meant it as a joke!

[@aaaaaaaaaaa7773]

Top 3 Random Encounters With The Like Button

[@ept9881]

Except every time the like button is getting murdered

[@paulcush3783]

they didn’t end well

[@x_noice3984]

@@paulcush3783 heheeheheheheehh

[@x_noice3984]

@@paulcush3783 your right

[@x_noice3984]

@Exterminence have no idea what you said but yes sir

[@redrightsue1346]

When I was in college, I remember my vehicle had broken down near a 76 gas station in CA. Some man in his 30s/40s with a blue jumpsuit (maybe gas station attendee?) walked over to me and began talking to me. He said it was probably the converter belt. However, he said it had been a while since he had done mechanical work, bc he had "just gotten out" and he stared at me in what I took as him wanting a reaction out of me. I played dumb and pretended not to have heard him. I looked for how I could get (or run) to the gas station if I needed to. I was like "gee a converter belt, huh? Yeah, I'm going to check if that gas station might carry it". He kept talking and AGAIN mentioned he had "just gotten out" after being in there for a while. I just nodded my head and slightly smiled pretending I hadn't heard, and I very politely thanked him for his time, and that I would tell my dad that a knowledgeable mechanic suggested it might be the converter belt. He looked at me, gave me a weird smile and said (and I'll never forget) "ahh, you look like a good kid, okay, good luck with your car", and walked away. WTF did "ahh you look like a good kid" mean?! Then he walked away?! I was soOo scared, but something inside of me kept telling me to play it cool and not show him I was scared. Actually MrBallen's background looks a little like the area I had pulled over to the side of the road, just about 100ft to the gas station. Maybe he meant no harm, but maybe he did. Either way, I was so relieved he left. I had totally forgotten about this incident until MrBallen said "there are about 2000 serial killers and you've probably crossed paths and not even know it". Yeap, popped right into my head.

[@Glorindellen]

I've heard a few Bundy stories over the years. A friend who was a college student at the University of Utah in the mid 70s said Bundy came to class with scratches and looking worn out. The guy observed "it looks like you had a wild weekend". Bundy just smiled.

[@cdes1776]

I can imagine the reaction when others find out what he really did to get those scratches....

[@Glorindellen]

@@cdes1776 I think they all felt physically ill once they knew his stories about railroaded were all a tissue of lies.

[@catscratchfever1473]

@@Glorindellenjust like how this story isn’t true 😂

[@Glorindellen]

@@catscratchfever1473 well maybe this one isn't, but the Bundy stories from people I know are legit.

[@Ghost51492]

Serial killer: oh no , your coming with me!! 😈 My dumbass: Oh cool! Were we going? 😀

[@trojanhorse9459]

Ikr!!!!! I love adventure lets do this. Why you got that knife buddy. Are we gonna go gigging frogs. What’s that hammer and duck tape for. You must have some big frogs out here. Why are you breathing hard. Does gigging frogs get you excited toooo!!!!

[@autonomous2010]

@@trojanhorse9459 When he pulls out the Duct Tape and you instantly think he's into some really kinky shit.... but then he kills you. Ripperony.

[@garlicoshallots200]

Serial killer pulls out leather belt. Me : are you gonna spank me?

[@Dj_SLuRRR317]

@@autonomous2010 you kinda ruined the joke there bud...

[@autonomous2010]

@@Dj_SLuRRR317 Yeah that tends to happen when I expose my kinks. :-(

[@number1sharklvr]

The 618 people that disliked this cannot handle the strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format

[@Silent_Death_0]

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[@danegativeone7858]

Found this video while looking for stories of close encounters with serial killers. I've got 2 stories in fact: The first one was in the '80s when my dad was a kid. My grandmother was looking foe a place in LA. She was looking at a certain house on the ground level, but ultimately ended up in a house on a second floor with a driveway underneath. One day she went to take my dad to school, but found a yellow, might have been orange, 1976 Toyota Corolla blocking her in. She took my dad inside, called the police and the car was gone when they got there. They eventually got a call about a few bodies in the house my grandmother was looking at initially. They eventually tagged the car as Richard Ramirez and it still sends chills down our backs knowing that close call. The second story was in 2013 when I was 12. We stopped to get something to eat in a middle of nowhere town in the Redwood Forest. At one point a man came up, slapped some money on the table and said, "Ya'll look tired. Why don't you stay in that motel across the street?" My dad had a hard time swallowing pride in situations like this but after my mom kicked him under the table enough times, he finally accepted it. They had a bad feeling about the area and we ended up going a couple hours down the road. Not gonna lie, I had serious "Dead End(2003 movie)" vibes. I felt the same way after they said we're leaving. We stopped around midnight at a motel and got a room. We found out later there was a serial killer in the motel. I don't know if it was the guy that gave us the money, an associate, or just coincidence, but it still terrifies me today. Anyway, thanks for reading this far, and have a happy day!

[@mered30]

I’m thinking your dad needs to stay home

[@danegativeone7858]

@@mered30 You're watching a video about serial killers. I'd say you need to stay home too, bruh. LOLs

[@mered30]

@@danegativeone7858 true

[@Kringlord97]

Note to self: Memorizing license plates can help stop serial killers

[@emilymeyers6069]

I memorized some random persons license plate so if they do anything wrong I’ll know 😂

[@unnamed715]

Also memorizing the make, model and color of the car is helpful as well.

[@evo2542]

@@unnamed715 Also their social security number, name, physical description, life story, plans for the future, likes, dislikes, etc

[@killerdoc1077]

Also their degree, knowledge on foreign policies, any startups etc

[@minminjung4568]

@@killerdoc1077 also their usual bedtime, favorite pajamas, hygiene habits, etc.

[@Poe9320]

My grandma had a encounter with Ted Bundy trying to get in her van when she had to sleep in it one time on the highway. She scared him off by shooting her pistol through the roof of the van and screaming "I will kill you with a fork if I need to". Be crazier than the crazies and they'll leave you alone. It's the one thing they fear.

[@AbuAfakski]

true story?

[@Poe9320]

@@AbuAfakski yeah, this was back when my grandma was living out of her van living the hippie dream and this event happened about 10 or 11 years before he was caught.

[@mariagabrielle6383]

Grew up in Tallahassee where quite a few ppl had encounters with Bundy. Unfortunately, he killed 2 women in a sorority house as they slept.

[@AbuAfakski]

@@Poe9320 glad she made it through the encounter!

[@peregrinec5477]

Steve Martin had this stand up routine where he said, "So, If a guy is going to rob me...I just piss my pants." I'm paraphrasing. But, you get it.

[@suonatar1]

There is something about bad people (like psychopaths and serial killers), this strange vibe they send, that makes our sixth sense tingling. It's like our primary instinct is trying to warn us about a predator.

[@Here_is_Waldo]

Yeah. Well, except for all the times it doesn't.

[@WynneL]

@@Here_is_Waldo Not everyone has that sense. Others may choose to ignore it. In some it's very weak, in others--like that father--very strong. I'll never forget being in a class of like 28 psych students. We looked at numerous pictures of people together. Only me and 1 other girl were able to pick out particular smiling faces that unsettled us deeply, unlike the other smiling faces. The ones she and I picked out happened to be murderers. Strong empathy is a gift as much as a curse.

[@stevenhardcastle3224]

I'm just here to say that being a psychopath doesn't inherently mean someone is a bad person. It just means they have no feelings or emotions with anything or anyone. Obviously that would make someone more likely to commit atrocities, but not always. In fact, usually they just keep to themselves

[@suonatar1]

@@WynneL Exactly. I think that sense is gradually deteriorating in people. Like you said, some of us choose to ignore it, especially when everyone else says, that you just imagine things.

[@suonatar1]

@@stevenhardcastle3224 You're right. Bad choice of words. Some of us can sense both a person with bad intentions and someone without empathy.

[@badkitty4922]

I'm listening to this as part of a playlist on Mr Ballen's channel, hearing him saying he uploads 3, 4, even 5 times a week gave me a chuckle. Enjoy everybody!💖💖😘😘👏👏👏

[@plyler89]

Lol 💖💖😘😘👏👏👏

[@jordanlewis6530]

Not gonna lie, I thought the guy in the last story was the serial killer.

[@kaseyhunter6606]

Lol I can see why you would think that.

[@rebelzx313]

Plot twist: Bundy was just the fall guy.

[@haikuxhostclubanimeforlife7926]

Same. I thought one of them were the serial killers i was like, oh shit one of them it’s going to die, but when the news said that Ted Bundy was there I was like, well one of them might have died either way.

[@littlebunnybunny]

Me too

[@SurgicallyDelicious]

LOL, i actually thought it was the woman.

[@duvessa2003]

There is something really compelling about this theme. People using their animal instincts to avoid victimization. I enjoyed this episode even more than all of the previous ones. Thank you, Mr B!

[@hwatts1066]

This actually happens often and people call it the sixth sense

[@victoria.4321]

Yeah I love when people actually listen to their intuition/instincts and save their own lives. And the lives of others. People ignore their intuition a lot mostly because of social pressure. “I don’t want to be rude.” Or “If I don’t, I’ll just look like a jerk.” And whatnot. Screw what others think, listen to your gut.

[@hwatts1066]

@@victoria.4321 exactly

[@ghstiegirlie810]

My grandmother in Kansas used to bring me to the church she went to as a baby and let her friends and family hold me and what not. I later was told by my grandma once i was older that Dennis Rader otherwise known as the "BTK" killer held me as a baby at church hed soon be remembered as someone who had killed and brutally tortured 10 people in the Wichita area from 1974 to 1991 it was very chilling to know that the hands that destroyed so many peoples lives in my hometown had once held me

[@rugbyfan9417]

Kansas chain im from Assaria/Salina and moved to KC. My family is bountiful in Wichita though

[@LustBug]

My grandpa in Wichita, KS also had an interaction with Dennis Rader

[@lawliet2263]

Too much sex is lethal

[@shocker147]

I used to wait tables at the Cracker Barrel near his house in Park City in 2002. I vividly remember him sitting at table 225 in the dining room! 100% true.

[@ginnywibbelc8647]

You need to make this a series I swear this is awesome 😎