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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @junlee3515
    @junlee3515 Год назад +3300

    The hoistman who refused to leave mayhave failed but he is a true hero for trying to save his friends in the face of death.

    • @JStryker7
      @JStryker7 Год назад +161

      To make it even worse, more may have survived if he had left… he did the right thing, but if people thought they had no chance of escaping up, they might have gone to the bunker

    • @glidershower
      @glidershower Год назад +63

      I think if there could've been a way to switch people manning the hoist and to limit two lifts per conductor change to minimize risk of death and thus a failed rescue.
      Not shitting on the dead guy, he was indeed brave, I just wonder if anyone wondered about that possibility during the panic.

    • @sleepblvd
      @sleepblvd Год назад +1

      Smh seriously

    • @clintonelmore8366
      @clintonelmore8366 Год назад +84

      The air was so bad that miners were dropping dead in a very short amount of time. There is a good documentary on Sunshine Mine. We actually now have sealable compartments that keep hoistmen safe from bad air because of Sunshine.

    • @Patrick.Weightman
      @Patrick.Weightman Год назад +5

      A hero kills 90 people purely because they're stubborn?

  • @kaisercat6831
    @kaisercat6831 10 месяцев назад +383

    Second story, im a local there, the miners actualy complained for weeks before the collapse about cracking sounds and leaking watter which got pumped out, they where more or less forced to go back to work or they loose there jobs.
    The guy they hoisted out still lives around here, he cannot sleep in the dark anymore since then and still got nightmares of it. Truly horrific and all because of greed.
    P.s forgive if my english is bad, not my native language.

    • @amx-30_official
      @amx-30_official 2 месяца назад +10

      i hope that that guy has a good support system it sounds like hes had an awful time. Also your English is perfectly understandable no need to apologize.

    • @shadodragonette
      @shadodragonette Месяц назад +8

      No need to be sorry for not being a native English speaker. Only 2 spelling mistakes, but nothing that could not be understood. Water and lose. You are fine. Please don't be embarrassed. You made the story more understandable. Thank you!

    • @heather-ze7mf
      @heather-ze7mf Месяц назад +6

      Your English is great!

    • @Medinfo-qt2ni
      @Medinfo-qt2ni Месяц назад +2

      Thank you for sharing. I hope the man received compensation for what he went through. (And is still going through, sounds like PTSD)

  • @mustbetheSUN
    @mustbetheSUN Год назад +2949

    Oh god that last story... It really seems like the universe had something against those parents. I hope they have good support, how someone can live after this much tragedy is amazing.

    • @SevenGC89
      @SevenGC89 Год назад +227

      I can't imagine losing a child once, but to have to endure that pain again so shortly after especially when the second death was so easily preventable, it was such a small opening, all the cousin needed to do was install a cover or lid, or even just build a small enclosure to keep anyone or anything from falling in, I mean it wasn't 100 years ago it was literally 4 or 5, it would've been so easy.

    • @grayv-horse3443
      @grayv-horse3443 Год назад +157

      @SevenGC89 It’s easy to say what should have been done. Details begin to slip as time passes. Urgency turns to negligence.
      I put the parents at greater fault. I watched my siblings like a hawk, especially when out. Some people are just never meant to be parents. They should have learned that. When you become a parent, your life is OVER. It’s the child’s now until maybe 14, then it’s 95% theirs.

    • @mustbetheSUN
      @mustbetheSUN Год назад +189

      I don't think anyone is to blame here. Sometimes bad things just happen.
      In some rural areas, it's normal for people to dig wells. Should they have covered it? Yes, but if they didn't have children themselves in the property, their mind might have skipped that detail.
      Parents should watch their children when they're playing outside. Should they have watched him better? Yes, but a child can disappear in five seconds and then it's too late.
      This all very much strikes me as tragedy, two seemingly stupid instances of "I didn't think that would happen" leading to the worst possible end.

    • @ToilaCarissa
      @ToilaCarissa Год назад +59

      I find the last story to be a reminder to love and spend our precious time with those we love, rather than being stuck in the past, over people or things we lost.
      I can't imagine what that mother went through, but I wonder if she regrets not being more present for her second son while he was alive.
      Again, I don't criticize her; I have no idea how I would react under similar circumstances.

    • @aggrogator4045
      @aggrogator4045 Год назад +6

      lolwut? the universe had something against the kid, tf you talking about

  • @kurochi89
    @kurochi89 Год назад +953

    That last story was just brutal. I feel so sorry for that family. Suffering back to back to back tragedies like that. I wouldn't call it a "Cave Exploring Gone Wong" story though.

    • @topduk
      @topduk Год назад +54

      It was a brief exploration.

    • @アイス-j5m
      @アイス-j5m Год назад +67

      The last story seemed more suited for the horrible fates series. Nonetheless still a horrifying tragedy, R.I.P.

    • @puck4801
      @puck4801 11 месяцев назад +38

      What the hell is it with young human children and their unstoppable ability to find the only hole in a wide field and fall into it?

    • @TinyGreyOwl
      @TinyGreyOwl 11 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@puck4801It is the human nature.

    • @puck4801
      @puck4801 11 месяцев назад +17

      @@TinyGreyOwl Ah, humans. Truly the pinnacle of... _something._

  • @identitymatrix
    @identitymatrix Год назад +1346

    The third story shows how bad life can simply be. Losing three out of three children, that is the worst thing I've ever heard. I know this story from when it happened and back then it was already so sad. Even thinking about it is depressing.

    • @cleanserene6330
      @cleanserene6330 Год назад +40

      I know life isn't a misery contest, one person's ice isn't colder than another's, as they say about tragedy, but I am constantly reminded of the saddest mother i had ever heard of, a woman in an African country who lost 10 or 12 infants shortly after birth, the exact cause escapes me now but it was something that the Western first-world medical system had alrdy fixed. So to be in the situation of not even being able to prevent each tragic pregnancy, or find out what was going wrong, but the whole time there was a simple solution. It was simply a world away, in a world out of reach. Is it harder to look at that, or a mother who loses child after child to different unpredictable tragedies? As they just slip through her fingers, like trying to build a castle with dry sand.
      Sentience means suffering, and suffering proves sentience, better than play, truss bridge design, or crop rotation. Aren't we lucky?

    • @Erik-cl5ff
      @Erik-cl5ff Год назад

      @@cleanserene6330 It is called evolution. Strong survive weak die.
      People are governed by chance. Not a thing you can do about it.
      What you described is extremelly common in nature. Nothing objectively tragic about it. People just got too civilized and used to multiplying freely.

    • @mariecolette170
      @mariecolette170 Год назад +10

      @@cleanserene6330you are right, we must appreciate our life and be thankful right now, no matter what. No matter what you still have not done, what you plan to do, stop and look around and smile for what is around you. Now Imagine you lost it all and read this comment again. It’s not a bad life. There may be bad days, but really it’s not a bad life..right?

    • @drewpowell409
      @drewpowell409 Год назад +10

      @@cleanserene6330I ain’t reading all that

    • @ParkS9321
      @ParkS9321 Год назад +4

      My absolute nightmare as a parent for sure

  • @julierobinson3633
    @julierobinson3633 Год назад +712

    So sad for the last couple. At least the little boy in the hole had died on impact, not suffered and starved alone and terrified down there in the cold and dark. I hope that gives his parents at least a crumb of comfort.

    • @jayrandolph9328
      @jayrandolph9328 3 месяца назад +19

      THEY SUED THEIR COUSIN CUZ THEY DIDNT WATCH THIER CHILD??!?!?!? WHY on God's green earth would you feel bad for them?!? They paid the consequences of thier own negligence! AND SUED THEIR OWN FAMILY OVER IT???

    • @QuartzGolem
      @QuartzGolem 3 месяца назад +24

      The last couple is the pinnacle of negligent parents. Not calling for emergency services immediately in the first case or having a freaking pit of certain death sitting open around a kid. There's unexpected tragedy and then there's easily preventable accidents and then there's gross criminal child negligence. This is the very latter.

    • @arthurchen6464
      @arthurchen6464 3 месяца назад +10

      Negligent, terrible parents. The kids did not deserve to have such terrible parents.

    • @meabhmaguire6054
      @meabhmaguire6054 2 месяца назад +12

      ​@jayrandolph9328 it never says that they sued their cousin. More likely the state brought a criminal case against him because the well was dug illegally and improperly covered.

    • @Asaris-owo
      @Asaris-owo 2 месяца назад +7

      @@arthurchen6464 that’s probably why kid nr 3 dipped out prematurely. He knew what was coming

  • @argoth83
    @argoth83 Год назад +1393

    That second story is infuriating. So often, it's some greedy asshole/company flouting safety regulations to get a bit more money that leads to death and destruction for so many.

    • @norwegianboyee
      @norwegianboyee Год назад +132

      The managers should have been charged for murder rather than just "negligence".
      Greed caused those deaths.

    • @siriusczech
      @siriusczech Год назад

      @@norwegianboyee "criminal negligence" is basically a murder that wasn´t planned and did happend thanks to your bad conscious leadership/management errors.

    • @Trollgernautt
      @Trollgernautt Год назад +34

      People don't learn, again and again greed cause this kind of tragedy and people just keep doing it.

    • @David-ud9ju
      @David-ud9ju Год назад +9

      To be fair, no one had to die if the rescue operation also wasn't crap.

    • @01hZ
      @01hZ Год назад +5

      @@norwegianboyeecalm down

  • @alexanderholder
    @alexanderholder Год назад +691

    I've climbed mountains and dove shipwrecks in blue water but thanks to your content, I'm good on never going cave exploring.

    • @hicknopunk
      @hicknopunk Год назад +45

      Cave exploring is fine. Water caves are an entirely different animal.

    • @ZoliroAstro
      @ZoliroAstro Год назад +54

      I'm a caver, its actually relatively safe unless you make stupid decisions. Never cave alone, always wear safety gear, always have three sources of light, and always have an outside contact that knows where you are and when you expect to be out and contact them. I went caving with a couple buddies when it was raining hard and the cave started to flood, it was a terrifying experience getting out. Other than that, caving has been an amazing experience for me.

    • @Augustbeauty69
      @Augustbeauty69 Год назад +53

      @@ZoliroAstro uh huh. Tell that to the many people still underground.

    • @nutty77
      @nutty77 Год назад +9

      there are plenty of tragic mountain and diving stories, I've been potholing and climbing , never again, and I will never go diving either

    • @kmeanxneth
      @kmeanxneth Год назад +12

      ​@@Augustbeauty69 did you know the biggest number of incidents and deaths happen in people's own houses. :D

  • @MinesoftheWest
    @MinesoftheWest Год назад +85

    Well done as always! After exploring abandoned underground mines for many years, one of the most clear takeaways is how dangerous mining was prior to the 1980’s. Mining is still extremely dangerous, but has gotten much better. There was a fire in the Lucky Friday Mine THIS YEAR, just a few miles from the Sunshine Mine - thankfully no one died, in part due to modern safety guidelines.

  • @HarveyJamesMaginnis
    @HarveyJamesMaginnis Год назад +61

    the first story where the man hosting the lads up refused to leave is truely amazing a true man rip

  • @hawaiianshirts4715
    @hawaiianshirts4715 Год назад +132

    My neighbor worked in the Sunshine Mine in the 70s and lost three fingers to mining equipment. He just happened to have the day off when the tragedy struck.

  • @mandalorianmama
    @mandalorianmama Год назад +268

    The last story was so heartbreaking... Reminds me why when buying my home we insisted that the sellers bring the well cap up to code. It was our only hard sticking point on the inspection report. So scary!

    • @frakismaximus3052
      @frakismaximus3052 Год назад +1

      Did you check it for children's remains

    • @Tom-bi7ir
      @Tom-bi7ir Год назад +20

      The guy pleading guilty so they wouldn't have to go through a trail as well. Low key hero I rekn, 800k of debt

  • @theultimategoblin5148
    @theultimategoblin5148 Год назад +252

    Thanks for the extra upload!
    Poor Victoria, I can't imagine such tragedies.

    • @EquanoxDragon
      @EquanoxDragon Год назад +17

      I agree, to lose one child is so hard, then to lose another before even getting to know them, and finally losing their son to something that could have so easily been prevented is tragic. I hope the family can one day heal, though I know the scars will always remain, I hope they are at least doing better now.
      Edit: to fix my bad spelling mistakes.

    • @---nd2yx
      @---nd2yx Год назад +5

      Must be even harder to LOSE a child. Loose is the opposite of tight.

    • @EquanoxDragon
      @EquanoxDragon Год назад +12

      @---nd2yx sorry, thank you for correcting me, I have dyslexia so I often mess up words not realising it.

    • @morarim
      @morarim Год назад +7

      And the father too....?

  • @hellyeah_ellajane
    @hellyeah_ellajane Год назад +667

    I just had an existential crisis thinking it was Sunday. Nope, just a special Wednesday treat!

    • @logliggy
      @logliggy Год назад +20

      Sunday scaries on a Wednesday is rough.

    • @timyassa4343
      @timyassa4343 Год назад +3

      Same

    • @TraditionRoots
      @TraditionRoots Год назад +2

      Be silent before i violate your boundaries

    • @TheTimothyThibodeaux
      @TheTimothyThibodeaux Год назад +3

      @@TraditionRootsI love your channel bio.

    • @mycostipe2581
      @mycostipe2581 Год назад +11

      On the podcast channel on Spotify he made an announcement that 2 uploads a week will become semi-regular from now on

  • @anubiskittycat1416
    @anubiskittycat1416 Год назад +169

    The man in the first story that stayed behind to get other miners up is a hero ❤️

    • @Mike_Dubayou
      @Mike_Dubayou 6 месяцев назад +1

      The way I heard it, if he hadn’t refused to stop going down, someone else could’ve taken over and many more people would have survived. In a massive mine like this, there isn’t only a single person who knows how to operate the elevator. Sometimes, situations require less heroes and more people with brains.

    • @Karagianis
      @Karagianis 6 месяцев назад +5

      You can't exactly use a radio underground to call someone "Hey, I'mm feeling bad here, someone come take over". If he'd left there was no garantee anyone would have come to take over.
      Besides, wether his actions were brave or foolhardy, I think the bigger question is why was the hoist only controlled from the bottom? The normal place for a mine lift to be operated is from the control room on the surface. At the very least there should have been a backup on the surface for emergencies.

  • @ohdubwest7533
    @ohdubwest7533 Год назад +51

    Oh man … I have friend that used to work at the Sunshine Mine. His dad was on one of the teams that had to recover the dead miners. He would never talk about it though. It’s crazy to see the details. Tragic event, I didn’t expect to hear about it on this video …

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ Год назад +50

    One of my best friends lives right next to the old offices of the Sunshine Mine. Both he and his dad worked for Sunshine at one time or the other. That fire really decimated the entire area and there were two or even three generations of men that died in that single day. It was a high percentage of the men in that small rural area. There's a beautiful statue and plaque commemorating the men that were lost in that terrible fire. What a terrible tragedy.

  • @wattsnottaken1
    @wattsnottaken1 10 месяцев назад +6

    I’ve never felt so thankful to be alive. Started watching this amazing channel 2 weeks ago. So interesting, but also a lot of these are cautionary tales that we can learn from. My heart drops and my face makes a pained face whenever I think of the family members

  • @kohwai8321
    @kohwai8321 Год назад +87

    This channel has quickly grown into one of my favorite channels (the few i actively check for new videos). Keep up the good work!

    • @tr1ppyh1ppy
      @tr1ppyh1ppy Год назад +5

      it’s crazy how much he’s blown up too, interesting how many of us like to hear about death

    • @izzyxblades
      @izzyxblades Год назад +1

      Agreed!

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios Год назад +252

    If you want to get rich during a gold rush, don't go out to find gold. Instead sell pickaxes!

    • @ChumpWumber
      @ChumpWumber 10 месяцев назад +39

      i'll keep this in mind the next time we have a gold rush

    • @salvo7288
      @salvo7288 9 месяцев назад +14

      @@ChumpWumber hopefully antartica will be good

    • @Aconitum_napellus
      @Aconitum_napellus 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@salvo7288 Greenland.

    • @Aconitum_napellus
      @Aconitum_napellus 8 месяцев назад +9

      You should sell cheese flavoured cheese.

    • @frankiebob1191
      @frankiebob1191 3 месяца назад

      Words of wisdom

  • @tomghzel
    @tomghzel Год назад +59

    I liked this one! Not any social media influcuencer tricks, no interruptions about sponsors, or anything. Just plain old good story telling 👌👌💕

  • @aygulkaynak985
    @aygulkaynak985 Год назад +33

    I absolutely love the storytelling and amount of information in it. It brings the story to life, thanks for the extra uploads btw!

  • @sergiv5613
    @sergiv5613 Год назад +132

    It must be so hard for that man to live knowing 10 men died to to save his life. He must feel so guilty, even though of course he is not to blame.

  • @smolexfundie6458
    @smolexfundie6458 Год назад +153

    That last story destroys my heart, as a parent. I would absolutely die if something like that happened to either of my kids. People tease me for being “paranoid” because I hold my kids hands and always buckle them into shopping carts. 🙄 Better being “paranoid” than sitting at your child’s grave wishing you had been.

    • @thelogicaldanger
      @thelogicaldanger Год назад +14

      I agree. I totally teared up, that poor family to have so much tragedy. One can never be over cautious with their children.

    • @horrourstories
      @horrourstories Год назад +4

      I found that one difficult to write, and I'm battle hardened at this point!
      It didn't help that my mom and brother live at the Costa, and I know that area well.

    • @horrourstories
      @horrourstories Год назад +7

      When they told the parents they'd found Julen, it's said that his father hollered "¡Oh Dios! ¡No otra vez! ¡No otra vez! (Oh God! Not again! Not again!)" Such a sad story.

    • @ganjalfcreamcorn8438
      @ganjalfcreamcorn8438 Год назад

      what do you mean to write? are you a writer for scary interesting?@@horrourstories

    • @David-ud9ju
      @David-ud9ju Год назад +17

      Not letting your child fall into an open well that you've been told is there isn't paranoid; that's just good parenting.

  • @michaelpipkin9942
    @michaelpipkin9942 Год назад +25

    I grew up in Nevada. We knew that running around like mad men was dangerous because there were shafts that go straight down with no warning.
    I never ever ever step foot in a mine.

  • @nampyeon635
    @nampyeon635 Год назад +82

    As a father, the thought of my child trapped alone in a dark scary place crying, 30 seconds away from death, is completely unbearable.
    If I can take any solace at all, it's that it was over quickly. And I sincerely hope the boy was too young to fully understand the level of grave danger he was in before he died.

    • @maxfullerton5228
      @maxfullerton5228 Год назад +1

      I know man , it breaks my heart. I am sure it was over quickly. He didn't deserve that. But I take solace in knowing he is in heaven. Or at least some form of it. His mother will find him when she passes.

    • @nampyeon635
      @nampyeon635 Год назад +5

      I went and read the Wikipedia artcile on this incident. The real story raises some possible parenting red flags, and leaves the door open for even possible foul play. So the real story made me feel a little better than this over-dramatized version at least.

    • @sinstarinablak
      @sinstarinablak Год назад +3

      @@nampyeon635 I'm definitely going to have to go read the wikipedia article when I feel less horrible from hearing the version here, I don't think I've ever held my son so tight after hearing something like that.

  • @Wulfjager
    @Wulfjager Год назад +22

    Didn't expect a story so close to home. Here in North Idaho we're still mining silver to this day. I've been in some of those "spent" mines and it is incredibly claustrophobic

  • @Elizabeth-n3v2u
    @Elizabeth-n3v2u Год назад +170

    That last story. I have lost children and anyone who hasnt cant possibly imagine the pain. I hope they are somehow ok.

    • @Trollgernautt
      @Trollgernautt Год назад +26

      I hope they are ok and I hope you are ok too.

    • @MsPopeye65
      @MsPopeye65 Год назад +7

      ❤❤❤

    • @fastf00dknight41
      @fastf00dknight41 Год назад +6

      Much love ❤ I hope you are ok too

    • @emsalsa9385
      @emsalsa9385 9 месяцев назад +1

      I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine. Like the person above commented, I hope you’re okay as well. Love from a stranger

    • @nickkohlmann
      @nickkohlmann 8 месяцев назад +1

      Very sorry to hear that and hoping you're doing okay nowadays!

  • @c.w.8200
    @c.w.8200 Год назад +20

    I remember Lassing really well, I was a child back then. Luckily they found Georg Hainzl and it was all over the news, everyone was so happy he survived. For a while all of Austria was hoping against hope that some of the rescuers could be saved but unfortunately no, that was terrible.

  • @BBROPHOTO
    @BBROPHOTO Год назад +46

    That last story is so devastating for that family. I cannot imagine experiencing and being around the death of multiple children at different moments of your life :(

  • @andreareichenbach8637
    @andreareichenbach8637 Год назад +13

    So sad about the other men but I was so anxious for George to make it. What a harrowing story. Wonderful as usual

  • @Declined469
    @Declined469 Год назад +6

    I know of another mining disaster that you could consider covering. I do believe it happened sometime around the 1920/1930s. It was the Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada Mining disaster. Many men were trapped underground for days and some never made it out of the mine after the disaster happened. What caused the disaster if I recall correctly was something the miners called a “bump”, it is where the floor of the mine rises up to the ceiling of the mine. My Grandfather on my father’s side of the family worked in another local coal mine in the Town of River Hebert, which is now a small community and a shadow of what it once was. There should be lots of information on the Springhill disaster to find online. There is also a miners museum in the small community of Springhill itself, it is only open during the summer months and there is still a section of the mine open where a tour guide will take you down to a point where they turn of the lights so you get to experience the type of darkness those trapped miners had to experience until the ones that were rescued, were saved, while sadly others died slowly from starvation/wounds and other that were arguably more lucky died instantly. In the province of Nova Scotia, Canada there was a really recent coal mining disaster that happened in the late 1990s in the town New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Unfortunately everyone in that disaster died and it happened so to a coal dust based explosion. I remember it because one of the girls in my class during high school lost high uncle in that disaster. I still remember the call that got her to go to the office and then when she returned to class to get her stuff in order for her to leave. She was crying so hard and for most of us that was the first time in our lives we had seen someone going through the loss of someone they were very close to due to a tragedy or even just normal causes like old age. I do believe it was grade seven when it happened. There is a rich coal mining history in the province of Nova Scotia that can be explored. With that all said thanks again for another interesting video guy. Keep up the great work. Cheers!!!

  • @JoshOdom
    @JoshOdom Год назад +11

    Hands down my favorite series on RUclips. Keep up the good work SI!

  • @Fighton31
    @Fighton31 Год назад +10

    That was last story was so awful...as a new parent I can't imagine going through that. I honestly wish I hadn't heard it.

    • @MrMrs-gy1is
      @MrMrs-gy1is Год назад +2

      Ya Iam pretty annoyed that he included it

    • @heather-ze7mf
      @heather-ze7mf Месяц назад

      Perhaps he should've included an anxiety warning prior to showing it.

  • @erikdenwalt4801
    @erikdenwalt4801 Год назад +27

    The second story is scary because talc mines are already super unstable, adding another level was a huge mistake

    • @littlebear274
      @littlebear274 Год назад +2

      And of course earth gets heavier when you add water to it. It sounds like they didn't account for that at all since it wasn't an abnormally heavy rain.

  • @dunning-kruger551
    @dunning-kruger551 Год назад +19

    That last one had me in tears. As a father, I’d 100% end it, I couldn’t bare that.

    • @heather-ze7mf
      @heather-ze7mf Месяц назад

      I'm so glad they were able to hold on though and realize that their children wouldn't have wanted them to give up.

  • @natashamhone2232
    @natashamhone2232 Год назад +19

    This surprise upload is definitely a lovely way to end the day...

  • @DanGoodShotHD
    @DanGoodShotHD Год назад +5

    The couple in the last story is far stronger than I. As a father, I don't think I could bear going through half of what they had to endure.

  • @crieverytim
    @crieverytim Год назад +3

    I gotta tell you, I check every other day or so and am always surprised to see you've kicked out yet another quality upload. Keep it up man!

  • @ericbumbles4145
    @ericbumbles4145 Год назад +5

    I wish you could post more often, these stories amaze me. There are so many mining stories out there, cave diving and spelunking, I am sure you could post a ton more stuff. Not being critical at all, just really enjoy these stories and hate waiting for the next post. I enjoy the attempted cover-ups that get caught with the greedy employers trying to leach every last drop from their workers and then pay a huge price for their negligence and avarice. My favourite and not in a fun way was the Byford-Dolphin incident and other deep sea incidents that have occured.

  • @duwanbradley8329
    @duwanbradley8329 Год назад +8

    Bro please continue to upload these videos It literally helps spread awareness when it comes to cave exploring!. I literally listen to your podcast while I'm working at my job. That sound in the baccground Always amuses me and absolutely keep me interested in watching. Not saying it's boring or anything. I love it 👍🏾

  • @ganeshaloney3882
    @ganeshaloney3882 Год назад +4

    Hey Sean, I love your videos. They are extremely informative and well made.
    I try and watch your long videos instead of the short form videos (like reels and shorts) present on different platforms.
    This really helps me pay attention for a longer period of time without getting over-stimulated, thank you!

  • @johnofsilence3960
    @johnofsilence3960 Год назад +6

    If you want more mining stories. The worst disaster in Canadian history was the Hillcrest Mine disaster in the Crowsnest pass of the Rocky Mountains. A few years later the Frank Slide mining disaster happened on the mountain next to where the Hillcrest disaster was. Both very fascinating story’s.
    “And in that mine, young man, you'll find
    A wealth of broken dreams --
    As long and as dark and as black and as wide
    As the coal in the Hillcrest seam.”

  • @araddude3854
    @araddude3854 Год назад +61

    you should really name the rescuers, especially if they passed. it’s a way to honor their memory and sacrifice, and it gives more information for the video

  • @Eluneara1
    @Eluneara1 Год назад +595

    It is absolutely tragic to lose a child in a well. Here in Portugal, especially in rural areas it was normal to dig wells. The worst thing was to leave them abandoned and drowning accidents occurred when least expected. Fortunately, a law was put into effect whereby all wells without exception had to be covered and in the best case sealed. My heart goes out to the victims and their families. Let's hope this doesn't happen again today.

    • @moriane.
      @moriane. Год назад +44

      @@TheDogGoesWoof69 Why are you asking a person that lives in Portugal what Mexico thinks? They're an ocean apart.

    • @mariecolette170
      @mariecolette170 Год назад +5

      Hey have a question-How do you guys know that the water will be good and clean enough before you dig a well? I don’t understand why was the father dealing with the well if they were just on a picnic? Why did he need that well if they were going to be there temporarily? Is it that simple to dig a well just for a day?

    • @frakismaximus3052
      @frakismaximus3052 Год назад +7

      Yeah, abandoned super deep holes in the ground... what could possibly go wrong?

    • @Lightningstrike1220
      @Lightningstrike1220 Год назад

      ​@@TheDogGoesWoof69Troll account.

    • @moriane.
      @moriane. Год назад +15

      @@TheDogGoesWoof69 Living up to your username, I see.

  • @IAmTheDawn
    @IAmTheDawn Год назад +2

    Another crazy good video by our man Sean. I've been in situations like this as my time as a miner. We used to get rooms of ARs on hand for situations like this. No time to hesitate, we would just move from room to room, performing our sweep and clear movements to ensue that we held the line - we do our job well

  • @jayjoshi_flute
    @jayjoshi_flute Год назад +11

    Liked before even listening... I know these stories will be great.

    • @zackzeed
      @zackzeed Год назад +3

      Same, you can always dislike if the video isn't good but like that'll ever happen? =)

  • @akeladowns4899
    @akeladowns4899 11 месяцев назад +2

    My dad's a miner, and hearing stories like this makes me thankful for all the harsh rules they have

  • @j.p.6932
    @j.p.6932 Год назад +75

    19:52 I’m kind of conflicted about them bringing charges against the uncle or cousin or whatever. They should have been watching him, and usually after losing a child, parents actually get far too overly protective. The well probably should have been better secured, but he shouldn’t be found at fault just because he didn’t get permits to dig the well. The opening is 10”, and if he didn’t have kids, he had no reason to suspect anything could get in there, especially since he had taken measures to keep wild animals out. If the parents were indeed aware the well was there, the uncle really doesn’t bear any blame. There are fatal dangers all around, and a parent’s responsibility to make sure kids are kept from them until they’re old enough to do so themselves. It’s tragic, but it was an accident. And having him pay for the city’s rescue efforts is just silly. Would they have done that had the boy been found alive? They should have retrieved the boy regardless, but they also should have known he passed immediately, given the depth of the hole.

  • @atlasentity
    @atlasentity Год назад +16

    I love your caving videos! You're a great narrator

  • @GreyVonWolf
    @GreyVonWolf Год назад +7

    I really can’t imagine how difficult life must’ve living in those times. Imagine how many more mining accidents happened back then that were lost in time…

  • @Kroggnagch
    @Kroggnagch Год назад +1

    Oh my word! George, you lucky, LUCKY fiend you! My gosh, that second story had me biting my nails on the edge of my seat! You tell these horrifying tales so well, Mr.NarratorMan. I cant even come close to imagining how much relief George felt upon hearing a disturbance and then to KNOW they were coming for him and that he had actually been saved.. what a relief he must've felt that evening, or.. day? I actually have no idea when they got him out... thank God tho... Rest in peace to the men lost in these tales of great sorrow and woe.

  • @mhycoal
    @mhycoal 7 месяцев назад +7

    Does anyone know what the sound/audio is called for the track that plays immediately when video starts, as well as generally throughout? I can't find it anywhere no matter how hard I look. I am not talking about the Intro Music that plays ~0:15 for a few seconds. Is this a completely new audio track that Scary Interesting custom made and that is why I cannot find it?

    • @wooshwoosh1408
      @wooshwoosh1408 2 месяца назад

      It will be on a music website for video creators. Some are free most are paid for so others can’t use what your videos have. Google search for “background music for video creators “ etc

    • @fishmandaman
      @fishmandaman 2 месяца назад +1

      Idk but I’ve never heard it anywhere other than his channel

    • @beastlyman01265
      @beastlyman01265 23 дня назад

      idk but if it fills you with dread with my car bass.

  • @CarbonatedGravy
    @CarbonatedGravy 6 месяцев назад +1

    Glad you cover the background of the people in these stories, that last one especially really changes how tragic it was as if it could somehow be much worse than it already was 😢 does justice to the people who had their lives changed or ended ended by said events

  • @inner__
    @inner__ Год назад +21

    a non sunday upload? yay. something to watch at work
    i hope you do extra uploads more often 😃

    • @Vagabond_Etranger
      @Vagabond_Etranger Год назад +3

      This is your boss. Plz get back to work. I'm watching you. 🤣

    • @tr1ppyh1ppy
      @tr1ppyh1ppy Год назад +1

      dam bro you’re at work? i been up for days, i jjst gottta watch this to have some interestingly disturbing dreams

  • @wyndhamcoffman8961
    @wyndhamcoffman8961 Год назад +1

    As a gravel miner I find these kinds of stories pretty interesting. It's a really sobering reminder about quickly thing's can go bad.

  • @nicholasmcgowan8213
    @nicholasmcgowan8213 Год назад +4

    there is a local disaster here kinda similar to the first and relatively close to the site ,its called the Speculator Mine disaster ,its considered the most deadly hard rock mining disaster in US history but goes pretty unnoticed despite the cost in human life being so horrible ,and the whole disaster being painfully avoidable.

  • @CommunityMartyr
    @CommunityMartyr Год назад +2

    just wanted to commend you on your Vincent Li podcast episode; I thought you presented everything with thoughtfulness and empathy, which is refreshing considering that so many people in Canada reject his NCR ruling and want him to be locked up forever. It's a truly tragic case, and I think you did a terrific job sharing it.

    • @user-ur3gr2qs6i
      @user-ur3gr2qs6i 17 дней назад

      No dude he deserved to be locked up for life. He refused to take his meds numerous times and wandered off for months a couple of times. He probably killed people all over the country but they weren't connected by the police. I saw him at the st Norbert farmers market in Winnipeg, selling produce. Wtf about Tim McLean's family? Vince Lee's doctor was a drunk that let him go and got fired later for poor judgement. Know he drinks and drives a lot but might be in jail himself. Now that's ironic. I knew his son. It's a small city.

  • @mayaa.1405
    @mayaa.1405 Год назад +21

    This is one of my favorite channels. Thank you for the AWESOME content you put out 😊

  • @Aceton
    @Aceton 8 месяцев назад +1

    I am from Austria and remember quite well the media coverage of the case of Lassing, though I was about 13. I can remember, that George was asked what he wished now the most, shortly after rescued and the answered a meal his - I think - grandmother supposed to cook for him. If it wasn't for the ten dead other miners, this could be such a sweet anekdote. I always hoped, he never felt guilty about the other ten loosing their life in pursuit of rescue his.

  • @markup6394
    @markup6394 Год назад +32

    The last one... Nobody would've begrudged the parents if they would've broken after that. The fact that they stayed together and (hopefully) find some comfort...

  • @MYNAME_ABC
    @MYNAME_ABC Месяц назад +1

    Lassing was all over the news here in Austria for weeks. Every newspapers frontpage was Lassing. Every day.

  • @KB-313
    @KB-313 Год назад +6

    I generally hate channels that pump in anxiety inducing music, but you've found the perfect balance.

  • @kai9720
    @kai9720 Год назад +1

    The last story is so heartbreaking that it‘s difficult to even imagine all the pain and grief this poor couple must have endured.

  • @christinaarmeshunter124
    @christinaarmeshunter124 11 месяцев назад +3

    Oh man. As a mom with a young baby the last story is literally my worst fear after worst fear after worst fear. This is the only scary interesting video that I've been truly scared of and didn't like. But I get that it's a good story to tell. Love this channel, and great work!!

  • @ChantalAlexis
    @ChantalAlexis Год назад +9

    I love your voice and method of story telling. You are my favorite of all story tellers!
    Also the background music you use in this video is the best! It goes perfectly with the subject of stories you tell.

    • @OstensibleCrustacean
      @OstensibleCrustacean Год назад +4

      I find the music too loud, too repetitive, annoying, and not adding anything to the story. The delivery and content are great, but the music ruins it for me. I come back for the content, but suffer through video every time, promising myself not to do that again. But again, content is great.

    • @ChantalAlexis
      @ChantalAlexis Год назад +5

      I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I don't find the music overcomes his voice narrating, but adds a soothing background. I find this significantly better than silence. It's my favorite background music to a scary interesting story narration!

    • @CheezyV
      @CheezyV Год назад +1

      @@OstensibleCrustacean I also hate the loud looping music it’s so distracting I can’t get through this video

    • @DoubleMonoLR
      @DoubleMonoLR 11 месяцев назад

      @@OstensibleCrustacean Not to mention that it's the same or similar on numerous videos.

  • @antonio7334
    @antonio7334 Год назад +2

    love YOUR stories, I try to get more and have tried lotssss of other channels, but there is something about ur narration, tone, and background music that makes me feel like its happening live. KEEP IT UPPPP (but dont burn out too stay healthy)

  • @wompastompa3692
    @wompastompa3692 11 месяцев назад +3

    George... what a BEAST.

  • @NocturnalDirtPeople
    @NocturnalDirtPeople 6 дней назад

    This channel blew up! So cool. 🎉. Thank you for all the great videos.

  • @janewolf4541
    @janewolf4541 Год назад +6

    The pain that comes with your child dying is so unimaginable to those that have not been through this, and I hope you never do.

  • @sophiemariepauline
    @sophiemariepauline 9 месяцев назад

    As an Austrian, I was happy to see the story from Lassing featured here. Love that you don't only cover American disasters

  • @lisaperry5999
    @lisaperry5999 Год назад +3

    I remember watching the live news,of all the miners trapped,in SA,I think Chile. They survived, but stuck below surface ,80+ days. Happened mid 2000s.

  • @HumphreyHorsehead
    @HumphreyHorsehead 10 месяцев назад +1

    A friend of mine said he was taking a trip to Mexico and a girl was trying to convince him to do a bit of cave diving. This friend has never done SCUBA before. I sent him a link to your channel.

  • @rheverend
    @rheverend Год назад +5

    I used to wonder why some moms seemed to lose their minds after losing a child. Then I became a mom. I could totally see myself stubbornly refusing to release one son’s body to doctors and talking about him all the time. If I lost both, I’d be that crazy woman wailing in the streets every night

  • @hoIl0w
    @hoIl0w Год назад +1

    Thanks for the extra! This channel quality of videos is remarkable, every time. ❤

  • @singletakereviews5120
    @singletakereviews5120 Год назад +3

    I like that you have multiple stories, it always seems like the first one can go on for the entire video, so I'm always in suspense as to how and where the tale might end. Nice work good sir 👏 👍 👌

  • @rollingslothmachine3431
    @rollingslothmachine3431 11 месяцев назад +2

    I followed the rescue efforts of Julien on an hourly basis back then and was so heartbroken for the family and the little boy, being a father myself.
    Months later, we almost lost one of our sons as well to a meningitis, but luckily he made it and recovered only with minor disabilities.
    Now I learn that Juliens parents lost 2 more children bevor him and it makes me even more sad how much they had to go through and can only start to imagine how they must feel, with almost loosing my own child.
    I don't know how you can recover from that as a parent. =(

  • @AngelRodriguez-ge8os
    @AngelRodriguez-ge8os Год назад +6

    I don’t mean to be ‘that guy’ but it’s “Spoh-can” instead of “Spoh-cane”
    Love the content! Out of all the historical horror channels I subscribe to, this one always seems to bring constant flows of creepy and enthralling tales. Narration is top notch as well!

    • @KB-313
      @KB-313 Год назад +1

      I usually have to tell people it's "Ory-gun" and not "Orgone". PNW things I guess!

    • @cassiethomas3950
      @cassiethomas3950 Год назад +1

      I was trying to figure out how to begin my sentence explaining the pronunciation, but then came upon your comment. You began your comment perfectly! 😂

  • @Bryce-z9v
    @Bryce-z9v 2 месяца назад

    Your channel is truly the best doco for accuracy and presentation. I commend you.

  • @13DreamRiders
    @13DreamRiders Год назад +19

    I'm so proud that they could stay strong for their boys. I'll be honest, I wouldn't have been able to stay strong. I likely wouldn't be alive still after losing all my kids 😢

  • @dirtroad_reaper784
    @dirtroad_reaper784 Год назад +1

    For some reason this helps me sleep, now that im thinking about it anything cave horror related helps me sleep.

  • @CommieHunter7
    @CommieHunter7 Год назад +3

    Saw this, saw Wednesday, but realized it was new content! What a nice surprise.

  • @Erysea
    @Erysea 7 месяцев назад +1

    Yes i remember the last story, following the rescue efforts... we all had hope for the little buddy but after the first days you kind of realize it will not be a happy ending. I didn't know the family had such a tragic past. I wish them to stay strong.

  • @terrainegrace17
    @terrainegrace17 Год назад +11

    I feel so bad for Victoria, I couldn’t imagine that amount of loss.

  • @milanannella
    @milanannella 4 месяца назад

    Omg the 3rd story breaks my heart!!! I just want to comfort that mom so bad… there’s no love like a mothers love ❤

  • @AtomicExtremophile
    @AtomicExtremophile Год назад +7

    For me amongst the worst underground events is the Gresford Mining Disaster in 1934 - at Gresford, near Wrexham,North Wales. It killed 266 men and boys, and 254 bodies are still down there ☹️
    There's a memorial, and I always felt sadness and a shudder anytime I walked or drove past...the conditions they worked under were horrendous, but dying down there, doesn't bear thinking about.
    I believe the youngest victim was 15 years-old and the oldest 67...

  • @QuartzGolem
    @QuartzGolem 3 месяца назад +1

    The last couple is the pinnacle(or rather abyss) of negligent parents. Not calling for emergency services immediately in the first case or having a freaking pit of certain death sitting open around a kid in the second. There's unexpected tragedy, then there's easily preventable accidents and then finally there's gross criminal child negligence. This is the very latter. There is no excuse, there is only the consequences of their terrible decisions.

  • @AndrewBrown-fq6vp
    @AndrewBrown-fq6vp Год назад +4

    I loved the history of the sunshine mine. Awesome 🙂

  • @J-Rod91
    @J-Rod91 9 месяцев назад +1

    JESUS........ That last story!! 😖 I have 2 sons myself. If I had this happen to me I can tell you, WITHOUT A DOUBT, I would have joined them immediately after finding out my last child was no longer alive. 😭

  • @j.p.6932
    @j.p.6932 Год назад +4

    11:47 Why did it take them so long? I can’t believe they wasted two days just deciding what to do next. I really hope this led to protocols being changed, safeguards put in place, and at least some plan should something similar happen again.

    • @j.p.6932
      @j.p.6932 Год назад

      @@ithecastic
      Well considering I wasn’t professionally trained for the exact incident, I would know, would I? That doesn’t mean they did everything right. And if you read correctly, I was posing a question not slinging insults. Now who’s throwing stones?

  • @Dubsteppah
    @Dubsteppah 9 месяцев назад +1

    I always like the background music for these vids, it goes really well with the story.

  • @jackrosado746
    @jackrosado746 Год назад +2

    Ahhh waiting for my college class while listening to spooky stuff never felt so good

  • @gy2gy246
    @gy2gy246 4 месяца назад

    Another well-researched video. Love this channel.

  • @welcomebackpotter722
    @welcomebackpotter722 Год назад +11

    And folks this is why my hobbies are golf, pickup basketball with my buddies and paintballing. This cave/diving shit is wayy to dangerous for my liking

  • @Tom-bi7ir
    @Tom-bi7ir Год назад +1

    Man!! That last story was shocking but that guy pleading guilty taking on 800k of debt and suspended prison sentence because he didnt want them to go through any more. What a guy

  • @xzmane
    @xzmane Год назад +3

    in a history lesson (england) i learned about accounts from miners in sheffield in around the industail revolution where they would have to walk 7 miles through dark tunnels crouching the whole way and barley even got payed for it this isnt a caving incident its just horrible

  • @mr.brooks3748
    @mr.brooks3748 Год назад +1

    This channel, mr ballen, and fascinating horror keep me going

  • @caro2233
    @caro2233 Год назад +8

    i remember the last story... heard it on the news.
    on the news, it didn't have the same impact.
    such terrible losses... i can't imagine worst for a parent... losing both their children...
    may they rest in peace

  • @goldybolt2402
    @goldybolt2402 Год назад +1

    I am from Spain and I remember when Julen fell into that well, it was heartbreaking and the whole country was shocked

  • @SiboBushings
    @SiboBushings Год назад +12

    Sad stories, but great storytelling.