If he was a sociopath then he would not be doing this shit. He realizes dangers and takes them with a lot of safety people around him. Sociopaths wouldn't bother with this, too much self risk for too little money.
fearless ? There’s a guy with a gun infront of him and one behind him. Seems to me he’s out of touch with reality that he doesn’t see the dangers that could be ahead. Maybe he has brain trauma
Geral F, Louis has done so many documentaries in dangerous places, I'm sure he's well aware of the danger. He just does what he needs to do. He's a great filmmaker.
They are in a better place now. Louis was casing the joint for a later return as the Midnight Strangler, to a gun-free candlyand of marginalized victims who would not be missed. Sad but true.
I suspect there are occasions where Louis perhaps does not quite grasp the level of danger he is in, either that or he has gigantic balls and doesn't give a damn
Ignorance is bliss. Louis saying he didn't see anyone with guns, just people without jobs as if to convey sympathy for their situation. Yes, these people live there because they have nowhere else to go but it's still extremely dangerous. Just because he didn't see the danger, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Those security guys are scared for good reason, it's no joke. The people living there have nothing left to lose so there's no telling what they are willing to do to you to get what they need.
I think Louis doesn't appreciate the danger. He means no harm to anyone. Therefore he thinks that if he explains that, no one will harm him. But some people will kill for amusement.
I mean sure, but they could've just been 'harmless' because Louis had an armed police entourage to take him through the building. I still wouldn't feel safe there after watching this clip.
I mean, large amounts of criminals in a lot of countries are unemployed and homeless, as desperation can be the biggest motivator. Given the sheer amount of violent crime happening in SA specifically, you’re probably never too far away from a shady character and a couple of hand cannons. Especially if you’re like Louis and often recording in the more impoverished areas.
He's confident when he has the camera with him because most crooks won't commit a crime while on camera + they love the notoriety! They don't see him as a threat either. He has met a lot of dangerous people I'm sure he's used to it by know 😆. But yea Legend . Love his shows.
Muggers in South Africa can be pretty brazen man. There's footage of some robbing a news reporter and his crew while they were trying to film a live report.
It's a terrible sequence of circumstances that results in someone living in a place like that. No electricity, no sanitation, no anything. That is a horrific way to live. It's at that point where you'd think nothing of mugging someone for cash or whatever.
Terrible conditions to live under. I feel so bad for those people, stuck in a evil ring of unemployment and bad surroundings. It is not like america where you can "pull yourself together" and get a low income job. There simply are no jobs to be filled.
Yeah, it might be one of the most impoverished, dangerous, backward and third world countries in the world now but at least its not racist anymore so the rest of the world can be happy 😊
This really is white people's fault. If the ruling white elites of South Africa had the wisdom to realize that Apartheid was unsustainable, they could have gradually integrated society. You can't deprive a people, especially a majority, of a political voice and expect them to govern like Seneca from day one. Read about what happens to lottery winners, most end up worse off than before they won the lottery. Without tradition, education, or training, what the fuck do you expect? But instead of doing the wise thing, they stayed selfish pretending that the status quo would continue indefinitely. White people are fucking morons.
"What exactly are we afraid of?" Dude these people hijacked a skyscraper that was meant to house millionaires and now the government completely gave up on it and police won't even go in there. Was that a serious question or was he just trying to look like he's not scared
@@thesatisfiedcustomer4869 I'm from the U.S. so I don't know where that is or if it's dangerous. Also it really doesn't matter where he's from. There's killers, gangsters, thugs, and weenies from everywhere. Doesn't matter where they grew up.
@@jaimep456 He's joking haha the home counties are near London and mostly wealthy and very safe. Most of the UK considers the home counties a posh area
He may look like a geek, but he has balls of steel.
He might be a bit sociopathic,often they are self centred and lack emotion,including fear.
And a nose of steel
@@carnagedogg4294precisely correct.
@@carnagedogg4294 I mean... no. Louis is far from lacking in empathy.
If he was a sociopath then he would not be doing this shit. He realizes dangers and takes them with a lot of safety people around him. Sociopaths wouldn't bother with this, too much self risk for too little money.
I love how fearless Louis is. He truly is a master of what he does.
A psychopath
Thin line between brave & stupid
He was deep inside isis occupied Syria when they were beheading journalists. A bunch of thugs is nothing to him.
fearless ? There’s a guy with a gun infront of him and one behind him. Seems to me he’s out of touch with reality that he doesn’t see the dangers that could be ahead. Maybe he has brain trauma
man he's got some balls
Geral F, Louis has done so many documentaries in dangerous places, I'm sure he's well aware of the danger. He just does what he needs to do. He's a great filmmaker.
Not to mentioned the camera crew behind him
balls he had too guys strapped who were protecting him if some shit went down he would have ran
"Were not going inside" *goes inside*
ExTeeSee tOaD I was waiting for Lewis to get kidnapped
this man has the "je ne sais quoi" level of confidence. even i don't know
I felt so bad for people living there. They seemed like cool people just victims of circumstance. I hope they are all in a better situation now.🙏
They are in a better place now. Louis was casing the joint for a later return as the Midnight Strangler, to a gun-free candlyand of marginalized victims who would not be missed. Sad but true.
i dont blame the bodyguard for not wanting to go in. If Theroux got stabbed or shot it'd look really bad for Lionel and his company.
some people just know how to move my man, anywhere in the world
Great guy Louis, but maybe an adrenalin junkie if I had been Lionel I would have told Louis where to go in very expressive language
@@Notyourmotherskind really?
@@Notyourmotherskind Yo your pops still got that jacket? I kinda needs
I suspect there are occasions where Louis perhaps does not quite grasp the level of danger he is in, either that or he has gigantic balls and doesn't give a damn
It's definitely the latter
Heartbreaking when u really think about it
Louis Theroux is the man.
For what ekse did he help these people or he was just enriching himself 🙏🏾
Yikes
@@thabonotbesterthough he is obviously continuing the for profit exploitation that whytes males tend to do when they “shed light” on issues like these
"There are guys with guns here. They do have firearms here. All the robbers might be staying here. Come..."
Lol 💯
lls
😂😂😂😂😂😂
“What exactly are we afraid of? “ I love this guy’s bravery
Ignorance is bliss. Louis saying he didn't see anyone with guns, just people without jobs as if to convey sympathy for their situation. Yes, these people live there because they have nowhere else to go but it's still extremely dangerous. Just because he didn't see the danger, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Those security guys are scared for good reason, it's no joke. The people living there have nothing left to lose so there's no telling what they are willing to do to you to get what they need.
Isn't that the truth
Could've gone in the daytime.... Just saying
Could've not gone at all
Guy holding the gun "you go, you go then I go" lol
Actually, he was covering the rear. There was a guy with a gun in the front. Standard and intelligent strategy.
Instead of going front gun man was dead scared to my taste
A decade living there. Just let that sink in.
Enters a really dangerous building while saying "so these were the lifts once upon a time"
I think Louis doesn't appreciate the danger. He means no harm to anyone. Therefore he thinks that if he explains that, no one will harm him. But some people will kill for amusement.
I agree with you Doug
@henry And I agree with you Henry.
@@stephenhumphrey7935 I agree with you Stephen.
@@topsecreturl I have to agree with you Mojave.
1.30 with a walk like that, you know this guy got some balls
I don't understand what is the difference between squatting in the UK and Building hijacking in South Africa
Louis is somewhat of a super intelligent manchild, he is as curious and fearless like a kid.
😂
One interesting comments from Louis because he was told there are guys with guns in there but it was just harmless unemployed homeless people
I mean sure, but they could've just been 'harmless' because Louis had an armed police entourage to take him through the building. I still wouldn't feel safe there after watching this clip.
I mean, large amounts of criminals in a lot of countries are unemployed and homeless, as desperation can be the biggest motivator. Given the sheer amount of violent crime happening in SA specifically, you’re probably never too far away from a shady character and a couple of hand cannons. Especially if you’re like Louis and often recording in the more impoverished areas.
They probably didn't inspect the whole building, just a floor or two.
The new netflix film about these buildings is great! Made me start searching youtube for stories
a 'hijacked building' is just something straight out of brass eye
He's confident when he has the camera with him because most crooks won't commit a crime while on camera + they love the notoriety! They don't see him as a threat either. He has met a lot of dangerous people I'm sure he's used to it by know 😆.
But yea Legend .
Love his shows.
Nah this is South Africa, committing crime on camera doesn't matter. News Reporters have been robbed live on TV before.
Hmm in a dark building at night they may not care/notice the camera at first or just killed the camera man and take the footage lol
@@MrMongoose221 lmao reminds me of a gore vid I watched awhile back 🤣 dude snatched the camera and recorded himself executing the people
@@swiftythepig9546 share more detail
Muggers in South Africa can be pretty brazen man. There's footage of some robbing a news reporter and his crew while they were trying to film a live report.
Walks up the stairs with gun drawn, ready for all hell to break loose.
- "Hello. How are you 🙂"
Louis: “Wheres the danger? Lets go there”
"I'll go behind you" smart guy.
It's a terrible sequence of circumstances that results in someone living in a place like that. No electricity, no sanitation, no anything. That is a horrific way to live. It's at that point where you'd think nothing of mugging someone for cash or whatever.
gotta love louie, willing to put himself in danger to satisfy his curiosity (and ours too)
Terrible conditions to live under. I feel so bad for those people, stuck in a evil ring of unemployment and bad surroundings. It is not like america where you can "pull yourself together" and get a low income job. There simply are no jobs to be filled.
Dont feel sorry for them. They voted themselves into the predicament they are in.
No, "they" did not. They are a product of bad decision making from their ancestors ...
welcome to Africa
Charles Luciano jobs are everywhere in every city if someone doesn't have a job it bc of themselves
D D are you talking 2 me
One of the reasons i love Louis. Balls of steel and he looks like a geek
What a great country was ,once...
Louis never ceases to amaze me at how naïve he is
It's his shtick.. I like to think he knows exactly when he can and cannot get away with.. He'd be dead by now for sure if he didn't.
So dodgy when the guide with the gun tells you to go first up the stairs of an abandoned crackhouse 😂
I was thinking the same ! I'd be like " you got to be joking, is ain't going first " ahah
There was a guy In front with a gun he was covering the rear
I feel bad for those people...
You can thank the current goverment for that. 25 years and still screwing up..... But things are much better now....
they should get jobs
@@jaundupreez8152 how are things much better?
I don't. They have no business hijacking a building. I don't care how desperate they are.
What a glittering success the old ANC turned out to be.
Yeah, it might be one of the most impoverished, dangerous, backward and third world countries in the world now but at least its not racist anymore so the rest of the world can be happy 😊
Yes all the white countries more than make up for all the racists.....just look at drumpf's ameriKKKa
Yeah all the white countries are void of any crime 🙄
YVNG STUNNA All of this is nonsense. You don't know a damn thing.
This really is white people's fault. If the ruling white elites of South Africa had the wisdom to realize that Apartheid was unsustainable, they could have gradually integrated society. You can't deprive a people, especially a majority, of a political voice and expect them to govern like Seneca from day one. Read about what happens to lottery winners, most end up worse off than before they won the lottery. Without tradition, education, or training, what the fuck do you expect? But instead of doing the wise thing, they stayed selfish pretending that the status quo would continue indefinitely. White people are fucking morons.
The thumbnail makes louis look like he is heading a raid or something 😂
I’m from joburg and if the man with glasses knew a lot about the area like the other guys he would be shitting himself
That's one high jacked building.
really nice videos. very intresting
This is such a nice country MANDELA HAS CREATED WHAT A GREAT LEADER. MANDEEEELA WAS. HE SAVED THIS NATION. AND WNNIE MADE A FEW MILLION.
If you can survive a night in Joburg downtown. You can survive most places.
The first rule of security - "you go first".
"You go first, I'll go behind you"
Smart man
1:24 he got his gun out!🤣🤣🤣
Tbh I would be scared going into that building in several decades. Not maintained for a while, it could collapse.
Geez Louie....No Fs ever given as he casually strolls in some of the most dangerous places in the world and just starts asking a million questions
Guess his money really jiggle jiggles
My money don't jiggle jiggle, it folds
People without job's and money are dangerous sometimes
Louis has balls of steal
*steel
British guy has no fear
He looks like a man whose money don't jiggle jiggle, but fold!
perfect for judge dredd
Louis: Pressing to enter the surface of the sun
Them: It's very dark here ;P
"Just people without jobs and people without money.." how do you think criminals are made lmao
Louie is the English version of Australia's crocodile hunter
he wants to see
This man doesnt understand how dangerous this area really is 😅
Them:“ We can't go in”
Louis: “I want to go in”
then proceeds to go in
Louis is the G.O.A.T🤞😂
Louis: What exactly are we afraid of?.....lol
Louis Theroux and Ross Kemp should do a collab
Guy with gun, you go first I'll go last. Louis has the balls of a lion. 😎🤘👍
Louis got massive balls of steel
It’s like Resident Evil in there
The legend
The Man
Louie
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" -Alexander Pope
diversity is our strength
Cool episode
Let’s go up but you go first lol. But I did see he’s carrying gun.
Louis’ jacket is nice
Louis has huge balls.
Still better than my first apartment
really? I'll bet your first apartment at electricity and water...
London the way things are going
The guy with the gun
"I'll go behind you" 😅😅😅😅
The guy who didn't want to go in putting himself at the back of the line 😂
We used to have these on State St. in Chicago. They tore them down. Leveled them.
I don't work, but my brother washes cars in town.
Ok. Noted lol
Unemployment rate is the result of this
I love how everybody is coughing and choking on the smell and the BBC geek is just walking around talking about let's go further!
This is basic living conditions of jozi bro, no cap
But now its full of foreigners particularly nigerians and ethopians
Louis has balls.
Louis Theroux was indecently "excited"
"What exactly are we afraid of?"
Dude these people hijacked a skyscraper that was meant to house millionaires and now the government completely gave up on it and police won't even go in there. Was that a serious question or was he just trying to look like he's not scared
Louis is from the mean streets of the Home Counties he is tough
@@thesatisfiedcustomer4869 I'm from the U.S. so I don't know where that is or if it's dangerous. Also it really doesn't matter where he's from. There's killers, gangsters, thugs, and weenies from everywhere. Doesn't matter where they grew up.
I think Louis plays niave and it's what makes his docs so good as he goes in completely like he doesn't know what's going on to get people to open up
@@jaimep456 He's joking haha the home counties are near London and mostly wealthy and very safe. Most of the UK considers the home counties a posh area
You talking about the Vodacom building? I imagine that building is 10x worse than this.
LOL they send Louis up the stairs first!
So this is what James Hoffman did before coffee videos.
this is like World War Z
Louis Theroux must be the real life Clark Kent
Looks like "I am a legend" the movie with Will Smith where you must avoid Obscurity at all cost.
This is what "black rule" looks like.
Today its the Norm........God Help Us
I want to go inside. That's a bad idea, we shouldn't go inside. Ok, let's go inside.
Where is the owner.
There couldve been 50 guys running Down pn them.... those two guns they had with them arent shit. Balls
Is this London?
South Africa
dannywithnuggets this place makes London look like a family picnic on a Sunday
Trying to enter a big building in fallout 4 on survival difficulty.
fearless louis :)
The naive and curious approach of Louie Theroux is unmatched in journalism today
I think getting on the wrong side of ISIS might have been a bit of a wake up call on the naive and curious approach
Haha Louis. More balls than a lot of people.
"What do you think ?"
Since when are squats called "hijacked buildings"?
Because the people they falsy pay rent to are the one's that do the hijacking...