The Frat Hazing Death That Materialized A Ghost

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024
  • Greek life has never been without controversy - and through the years, fraternity hazing has occasionally crossed the line from rowdy fun to dangerous rituals. But there was one hazing ritual in the early 20th century that took a deadly turn, sending ripples of controversy and mystery through the nation.
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Комментарии • 700

  • @__Vaudevillain__
    @__Vaudevillain__ 3 года назад +574

    So hazing is trauma bonding by narcissistic entitled bullies so you don't go against the crowd when they harm and do illegal things. How disgusting.
    And the fact the father stood by the frat over his own child's cruel demise.

    • @AK94913
      @AK94913 3 года назад +37

      @yeew gow yeah a guy died, who cares🙄 Grow tf up.

    • @Bayougirl78
      @Bayougirl78 3 года назад +35

      @yeew gow So, in your mind, just because people are against the idea of kids being pressured into dangerous activities, they are (checks notes), depressed and likely to "wind up offing themselves"? I'm having trouble following that particular brand of logic, but okay...

    • @spicykaraage641
      @spicykaraage641 3 года назад +10

      @yeew gow I'm an adventurous person but this getting out of hand.

    • @carnuatus
      @carnuatus 3 года назад +8

      Oh. So you're saying they're socially acceptable gangs?

  • @oddlittleduck1
    @oddlittleduck1 3 года назад +355

    So sad that his own father stood by the fraternity and the brothers, instead of trying to find justice for his son.

    • @harveyholmes9533
      @harveyholmes9533 3 года назад +2

      Does it not make it seem more likely that it was just an accident how they’d said more so than the hypothesis

    • @limemayo1741
      @limemayo1741 3 года назад +14

      @@harveyholmes9533 even if it is an “accident” it wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the hazing, he wouldn’t have been there, he wouldn’t have been the alone at night and he wouldn’t have been drinking or “asleep”. The point is that the cause of his death is directly because of the hazing even if the frat didn’t tie him down to railroad they’re the ones that made him go there at night as a part of the hazing process

  • @iriscast10
    @iriscast10 3 года назад +163

    Hazing is just an excuse to be cruel to others. No ones trying to bond.

    • @harveyholmes9533
      @harveyholmes9533 3 года назад

      Not necessarily because a lot of people do seem to bond through being in a fraternity together

  • @DollsAndSpooks
    @DollsAndSpooks 3 года назад +1663

    I don't think it is worth joining a fraternity if they need to hurt you before they accept you.

    • @josi4251
      @josi4251 3 года назад +29

      It happens often, apparently.

    • @JackieDaytona1776
      @JackieDaytona1776 3 года назад +58

      Most fraternities don't haze anymore, the ones that do are obviously more likely to make the news

    • @giantred
      @giantred 3 года назад +13

      It's like you have never had immature male friends lol

    • @betrayal6231
      @betrayal6231 3 года назад +34

      Hazing is still a thing that most frats do, but has become way safer over time. Now the worst that can happen is alcohol poisoning

    • @astrowolvez
      @astrowolvez 3 года назад +6

      @@JackieDaytona1776 isn’t it illegal now?

  • @LordManhattan
    @LordManhattan 3 года назад +87

    It's pretty apparent that the father knew exactly what had happened to his son, because he had done the exact same thing to other members earlier in his life.

  • @Someonewitharealname
    @Someonewitharealname 3 года назад +96

    I think the father was still somehow just disappointed that he didn't pass the hazing. The way he dismisses it to him falling asleep and says his death cost his "piece of mind" tells me he didn't care much about him but his reputation

  • @aliviapuhalla7986
    @aliviapuhalla7986 3 года назад +292

    I feel like if you need to get literal alcohol poisoning to join a group…. You probably shouldn’t join it

    • @heathergarnham9555
      @heathergarnham9555 3 года назад +6

      Often pledges feel obligated because they are 'legacies'

    • @therebex23
      @therebex23 3 года назад +3

      But if you do join that type of group...maybe also look into joining another group called AA.

  • @Robert_H_Diver
    @Robert_H_Diver 3 года назад +1709

    Imagine defending a frat over your own child….

    • @nickywh1t3
      @nickywh1t3 3 года назад +85

      They’re some messed up priorities right there!

    • @benelli9479
      @benelli9479 3 года назад +23

      Tbh I’d shoot the mf’s involved put 2 in the stomach 1 in the head just pull up on em

    • @englishatheart
      @englishatheart 3 года назад +12

      @@benelli9479 mfs* Apostrophes aren't used to make plurals.

    • @TheFlyingPineapple
      @TheFlyingPineapple 3 года назад +14

      @@benelli9479 damn bro you think you're so tough lmao

    • @bbond7840
      @bbond7840 3 года назад +4

      @@TheFlyingPineapple 😂😂😂 oh the shade is so real!

  • @chocoboasylum
    @chocoboasylum 3 года назад +535

    So this is more of a PSA against hazing and not so much about the haunting

    • @SherriGlebus
      @SherriGlebus 3 года назад +33

      Right. I watched it to hear about the haunting and there was not ONE detail about it!

    • @codykimrey
      @codykimrey 3 года назад +10

      Glad I'm not the only one who felt this way

    • @dhaltonmiller1215
      @dhaltonmiller1215 3 года назад +5

      Everything is a PSA about how bad everyone is nowadays

    • @niniflora77
      @niniflora77 3 года назад +7

      I graduated from that college and I have never experienced anything related to ghosts/spirits.There are a few articles online written by Kenyon's students about some places being haunted on campus but it is not related to buzzfeed's video. Like some students died when their dorm caught fire so people say that they are haunting the building but that's about it ...I guess it would be a bold claim of buzzfeed to say that this college is haunted when it's not.

  • @charlieshannon807
    @charlieshannon807 3 года назад +284

    As soon as he said 18 beers in less than 2hrs, instant red flag. Your kidneys can't excrete that much excess liquid in that amount of time...

    • @vicvsfood6186
      @vicvsfood6186 3 года назад +3

      Have you ever heard of stevewilldoit he will change your mind on that lol

    • @bane8305
      @bane8305 3 года назад

      @@vicvsfood6186 lmao

    • @bane8305
      @bane8305 3 года назад +3

      @@vicvsfood6186 i still wonder how he is always in great shape, legit always has veins on his arms looking vascular but he drinks every weeknd and smokes every day

    • @margievanpetten1
      @margievanpetten1 3 года назад +19

      @@bane8305 he’s ripped but his organs are probably on the verge of failing.

    • @bane8305
      @bane8305 3 года назад

      @@margievanpetten1 yeah I was thinking that aswell... crazy how vascular he is even thought he does all that

  • @bearmarshmallowinc.1979
    @bearmarshmallowinc.1979 3 года назад +435

    This was one of the worst things that ever happened around here. Sad thing is, it will happen again.

    • @Sugondeese
      @Sugondeese 3 года назад +5

      Stfu lmao

    • @Kingsttun
      @Kingsttun 3 года назад +17

      @@Sugondeese stfu lmao

    • @ardentram7505
      @ardentram7505 3 года назад +2

      @@Kingsttun stfu lmao

    • @iKatt
      @iKatt 3 года назад +2

      Stfu lmao

    • @Kingsttun
      @Kingsttun 3 года назад +3

      @@iKatt you ruined the train you're supposed to reply to the next person😕👎

  • @hannahstahl1857
    @hannahstahl1857 3 года назад +1414

    I feel like fraternities are an extra reason as to why people feel unnecessary privileged

    • @christonamtb4089
      @christonamtb4089 3 года назад +6

      @hv a gooday marked as spam

    • @chrisjavan5864
      @chrisjavan5864 3 года назад +76

      They are. I went to PSU and was in a frat. I dont even talk to 90% of them anymore and 95% of all frats think they are better than ppl who arent in frats

    • @djquinn11
      @djquinn11 3 года назад +4

      Greek privilege?

    • @obscuredoculi8774
      @obscuredoculi8774 3 года назад +4

      weirdo

    • @margaretlowe5220
      @margaretlowe5220 3 года назад

      AGREED!

  • @lauren3173
    @lauren3173 3 года назад +106

    “He did not even come to my house to take possession of the boy’s clothing”
    Sir
    You mean your son?

    • @allip8656
      @allip8656 3 года назад +3

      ah yes. bury the boy. bury the boooy

  • @sophiefrankis9476
    @sophiefrankis9476 3 года назад +240

    Does anyone even join fraternities anymore? Fraternities and sororities seem like more effort then they are worth.

    • @thunderlighting2006
      @thunderlighting2006 3 года назад +28

      It's still happening but it's becoming less and less common

    • @garethHK808
      @garethHK808 3 года назад +23

      Yes.. Become a police officer.

    • @andrewostman3135
      @andrewostman3135 3 года назад +10

      All fraternities are different. Not all fraternities are filled with reckless alcoholics.

    • @andrewostman3135
      @andrewostman3135 3 года назад

      @Jason Black proud member of Theta Xi

    • @ay-dionne
      @ay-dionne 3 года назад +50

      @@andrewostman3135 Proud member of Wu Tang

  • @ellie1248
    @ellie1248 3 года назад +178

    Love this narrator. He should narrate the other Buzzfeed Unsolved videos that don't have Ryan and Shane in.

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад +15

      Thank you!! You should tell em that! 🙂

    • @ellie1248
      @ellie1248 3 года назад

      @@JamesTroupActor do they read the comments section on here? Hehe.

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад +3

      @@ellie1248 they might. ☺️

    • @anastasiaeqbali6933
      @anastasiaeqbali6933 3 года назад +1

      James Troup! I don’t know why but your voice brings back good childhood memories of staying up late and watching American shows like tales from the crypt and fact or fiction. There’s so much life, mystery and strength in your story telling. 😍

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад

      @@anastasiaeqbali6933 yes!!!! Thank you so much! In the states I watched Americas Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries as a child!! Scared me to death!!

  • @backroomsguideno.87
    @backroomsguideno.87 3 года назад +132

    Anyone else feel like frats should be .... illegal. Nothing good comes from them and they are incredible unnecessary

    • @jiminlovebot
      @jiminlovebot 3 года назад +8

      Absolutely! Fraternities and sororities sound like cults to me, at least the way they’re described in movies/shows…

    • @ninjaked1265
      @ninjaked1265 2 года назад

      Not all frats are bad, it’s only the bad ones that make it into the news. And you can’t ban a club

  • @asadyeehaw
    @asadyeehaw 3 года назад +54

    Imagine you being bound to a train track by your fraternity and ran over by a train. and instead of believing the cornier your dad is on the side of the fraternity’s because he was a frat bro 😭😭

    • @harveyholmes9533
      @harveyholmes9533 3 года назад

      The fact his dad sided with the frat makes it seem more likely that they’re telling the truth.

    • @Silverizael
      @Silverizael 3 года назад +6

      @@harveyholmes9533 He could have just been a terrible dad who supported the bro frat more than his son. Since he was a member of that same fraternity.

    • @harveyholmes9533
      @harveyholmes9533 3 года назад

      @@Silverizael what do you think sounds more plausible though he’s a terrible dad who was glad the frat killed his son and so covered for them or his son died in an accident and he wanted to make sure no one else had to suffer any ramifications for his sons tragic but unfortunate death?

    • @Silverizael
      @Silverizael 3 года назад +3

      @@harveyholmes9533 The issue is that he doesn't know whether it was an accident or if the frat was involved and, based on what info was given, he never even looked into any of the latter possibility and in fact took actions that made the police investigation impossible.
      Even if one thinks it was an accident, the actions he took make no sense, as it was essentially him actively trying to coverup any looking into the incident.

  • @denissetoscano4264
    @denissetoscano4264 3 года назад +152

    This would’ve been better titled as The Histoy of Tragic Hazing

  • @rachelgonzalez8051
    @rachelgonzalez8051 3 года назад +223

    Interesting story. I love the narrator, but I was hoping for more ghost stuff. It was just barely thrown in at the end. It didn't even need to be in the story. People already like hearing about tragedy. No need to disappoint them with weak half hearted click bait that's presented less interestingly than the story.

    • @davididiart5934
      @davididiart5934 3 года назад +22

      Yeah, I was hoping we'd get more spooky, less... uh, anti-hazing preaching. Not that hazing's good, but I was really looking forward to ghost stuff.

    • @icaros4000
      @icaros4000 3 года назад +18

      The narrator has gone to the "Narrating school of William Shatner". He needs. To stop. Using punctiation marks. All the time.

    • @GemBonhamHorton
      @GemBonhamHorton 3 года назад +8

      Agree where are the ghosts this should just have been called unsolved

    • @bums009
      @bums009 3 года назад +7

      Yeah I only watched it cos I'm a brit and we don't do fraternities, sororities or hazing here so I knew I'd learn something interesting lol.
      Not that we need hazing when we binge drink so much...

    • @therebex23
      @therebex23 3 года назад +2

      Agree. Basically anywhere someone died you could say there is a ghost there but what's the point if there's no "ghost stories" to go along with that claim.

  • @emeliakay5528
    @emeliakay5528 3 года назад +59

    As a local I screamed at the some of these pronunciations lol but I have 100% seen his ghost on the bridge. Many people take senior, prom, engagement, pregnancy, etc pictures there and it’s kinda disturbing ngl. Cool bridge for sure but I always pay my respects if I cross it.

    • @hollyyyyyy
      @hollyyyyyy 3 года назад +6

      You saw his ghost? Could you explain what you saw and what it was like?

    • @afnan9388
      @afnan9388 3 года назад +1

      Ghosts are fake

    • @head3337
      @head3337 3 года назад +2

      Details

    • @JoelHern11
      @JoelHern11 3 года назад

      Explain!

  • @oliveoconnor5589
    @oliveoconnor5589 3 года назад +339

    I'm sorry but I cant take any sororites/fraternities seriously when they sound like beta-date-a-pie

    • @cornman454
      @cornman454 3 года назад +1

      @WaitingToFade *delta

    • @cornman454
      @cornman454 3 года назад +2

      @WaitingToFade Haha gotcha. I also love reading about Ancient Greece as a whole. Never studied it, but fascinating nonetheless.

    • @harveyholmes9533
      @harveyholmes9533 3 года назад

      @WaitingToFade you can binge drink by night and study by day

    • @boopdedoop3764
      @boopdedoop3764 3 года назад

      The greek letters sound much better when pronounced by a Greek person dw😭

    • @peenyyt4921
      @peenyyt4921 3 года назад

      @WaitingToFade I’m pretty sure it’s not “Ancient Greek” considering it’s still used in Greece nowadays

  • @katzazueta1624
    @katzazueta1624 3 года назад +95

    This tragedy is what led to hazing becoming illegal in Greek life in oklahoma

    • @lilithlevi9534
      @lilithlevi9534 3 года назад +1

      I agree a Young life broke fuor these stupids spoiled kids no damn stop all see they knew cause even ti eh are last of this

  • @cullent5170
    @cullent5170 3 года назад +21

    I lived in McKee Hall at Pennstate . When I was there this year, I used to walk by the frat house everyday. It’s truly eerie, especially at night.

  • @JumpyJoker18
    @JumpyJoker18 3 года назад +87

    I would never join a fraternity because there are too many bad apples. This just goes to show how despicable they can be.

  • @hopegold883
    @hopegold883 3 года назад +97

    I just clicked to see if it was Ryan and Shane, and if it wasn’t, I was going to click away. (I’ve seen some that were disappointing.). But this narrator’s voice grabbed me and kept me listening.

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад +18

      Thanks hope! I appreciate it!! 🙂

    • @SoullessGinger1313
      @SoullessGinger1313 3 года назад +7

      @@JamesTroupActor You do indeed have a wonderful voice. I really enjoyed listening to this.

    • @soapwyrt
      @soapwyrt 3 года назад +2

      Agreed, this is a great narration.

    • @MrSpikethefirst
      @MrSpikethefirst 3 года назад

      @@JamesTroupActor love your voice! I like aria but wayyyyy prefer you now!

    • @Hempherovideos
      @Hempherovideos 3 года назад

      So..... Shane and Ryan are gone permanently?

  • @nooneimportantohno
    @nooneimportantohno 3 года назад +114

    i legit read it as a fart that materialized a ghost

  • @lolbollius
    @lolbollius 3 года назад +216

    When the party is so lit you turn into a ghost after dying to continue partying.

    • @malissagarriott2337
      @malissagarriott2337 3 года назад

      @hv a gooday dryiiueweyujytrtyyhhgfdvvdssgnzXxvnn🥰🥰🤓🙂😙🤪🤩🥳😘🥲🙃🙂🥰😛😛🧐🧐🧐🤓🤓😝🤓😝😏🤓😏😾😾😾👏🏻👰🏽‍♂️👰🐭🌯🏝📤🅾️🇻🇺🇻🇺🇹🇰🇹🇨🇹🇿🇹🇯🚞🚕♟🤽🏻‍♂️

    • @apheliaa
      @apheliaa 3 года назад +4

      @@malissagarriott2337 girl what

    • @Cat_Garfield
      @Cat_Garfield 3 года назад

      @@malissagarriott2337 saem

  • @TheWholeEntireCake
    @TheWholeEntireCake 3 года назад +225

    Fraternities and sororities are a prime example of privilege.

    • @loganx5065
      @loganx5065 3 года назад +26

      “Fraternities and sororities are a prime example of privilege.” - person of privilege 2021

    • @doublej5171
      @doublej5171 3 года назад +16

      You ever stop to think that’s kind of the point. These are organizations that have been around for over many many years with the sole point of pruning people for excellence. They are made up of people who come from money and are heads of massive businesses and industries. I’m not saying they don’t do any wrong or don’t have bad practices, but calling something out for being something that it’s inherently designed to be isn’t smart or clever. They should probably be banned but the fact is there are some that are likely too powerful to completely abolish.

    • @Q_Sushi
      @Q_Sushi 3 года назад +9

      The hell you think the point of it is

    • @andrewostman3135
      @andrewostman3135 3 года назад +3

      @@doublej5171 they are not all this way and that is painting with a very broad brush. People have always found clubs or groups to associate with... it is how freedom of association works. Saying ban them is kind of silly and over reaching into the private lives of others. how would one even do that?

    • @doublej5171
      @doublej5171 3 года назад

      @@andrewostman3135 well considering all the school would have to do is no more fraternities or sororities so banning them would be easy, but that isn’t going to happen. I’m also ok with them being around. I was also referring to the ones who are known to have bad practices not ones who are more like a club. I was not painting them with a broad brush either. I was speaking specifically about the ones who have practices and then ones who have been around forever. Make sure you fully understand someone’s comment instead of taking what they said out of context or spinning what they said to fit how you feel.

  • @gothamgirl
    @gothamgirl 3 года назад +104

    Wish they'd stop calling it "Greek life" and name their houses with Greek letters...like no man, that's not Greek at all 😂 Maybe if you add some souvlaki and zivania you'd pass

    • @danielponder690
      @danielponder690 3 года назад +10

      I’m part greek and knew I wouldn’t get into one if I tried haha

    • @onandonitgoes5957
      @onandonitgoes5957 3 года назад +4

      Fraternities seem like more of a spanakopitas and ouzo thing. It's the closest thing to Jager and pizza rolls they'd be able to find, and therefore more their speed.

  • @josi4251
    @josi4251 3 года назад +26

    College writing instructor here. I would have fraternity pledges show up excited about Greek life, writing about it in journals or other work. Then I would notice that some would be showing up very tired to class or starting to miss class, and then either limping along the rest of the semester or just failing to show up at all. I got a negative impression of Greek life during my own undergrad years, and it was only confirmed as an instructor. Some are of course positive experiences, but I didn't witness as many of those.

    • @niniflora77
      @niniflora77 3 года назад +4

      I was a teaching assistant and a student at Kenyon College. I could tell which were the frat dudes and those who were not. Even sororities it seems very fake and it never really interested me like if I want to do something "good" I don't need to be part of a group...also it seems a little concerning that since 1905 this college hasn't changed that much. I have witnessed terrible behavior from fraternities...

  • @marymohr2799
    @marymohr2799 3 года назад +68

    Low key forgot what a Fraternity is and thought it was a Mob thing 😂

  • @dakotawalker6910
    @dakotawalker6910 3 года назад +51

    Born and raised in mount vernon, never have I heard this story!

  • @ReclusiveEagle
    @ReclusiveEagle 3 года назад +42

    So you callout press for sensationalizing his death then continue a narrative of "His ghost still haunts the frat" wtf.

    • @MM-we4no
      @MM-we4no 3 года назад +2

      Well, many people have claimed to see his ghost even to this day
      That’s just witness recounts, not sensationalizing his death

  • @janewildly
    @janewildly 3 года назад +7

    Here’s what I don’t understand about hazing. It’s meant to form a bond, so why not make people go through physical training for a half-marathon or obstacle race or something that would at least have a positive effect on someone’s health and bond of people.

  • @Thecoolguy463
    @Thecoolguy463 3 года назад +20

    The haunting part doesn’t get discussed until the last 30 seconds lol

  • @VampireBuddha77
    @VampireBuddha77 3 года назад +43

    screaming at a dude being offered $3 to clean up a crime scene and not even getting paid

    • @edenwood2956
      @edenwood2956 3 года назад +4

      Man took the biggest L in the 1900’s

    • @Niko-bf7nw
      @Niko-bf7nw 3 года назад +1

      That would be the equivalent of 150 bucks in those days

    • @edenwood2956
      @edenwood2956 3 года назад +1

      @@Niko-bf7nw I still wouldn’t wipe up blood and someone’s bones up for 150$ 💀💀💀💀💀💀

    • @Niko-bf7nw
      @Niko-bf7nw 3 года назад

      @@edenwood2956 i would idgaf

    • @edenwood2956
      @edenwood2956 3 года назад

      @@Niko-bf7nw @fbi

  • @doublej5171
    @doublej5171 3 года назад +38

    BuzzFeed talking about journalism ethics is hilarious

  • @samanthakaufman4461
    @samanthakaufman4461 3 года назад +13

    I remember when that happened. I’m at psu’s online campus. And my bf is at main. They take drinking very very seriously there now. Because there’s been many incidents

  • @savannahb123456789
    @savannahb123456789 3 года назад +26

    I feel like... why mention the ghost part in the title when it’s only 30 seconds of the video?

    • @TrupthiBhambore
      @TrupthiBhambore 3 года назад +1

      Thank you. You just saved 17 mins of my time!

  • @flyingferron
    @flyingferron 3 года назад +15

    Subjecting yourself to humiliation and torture to be brainwashed into fraternities ran by privileged, entitled, unchecked bullies is insanity to me. Insanity that such fraternities even legally exist at all.

    • @AlexaBellaMuerte
      @AlexaBellaMuerte 3 года назад +1

      Right? There's probably tons of criminal activity worth punishing but nooo cuz they're privileged white boys

    • @ninjaked1265
      @ninjaked1265 2 года назад

      Fraternities are legal because you can’t ban clubs. Also, not all frats are party frats, there’s charity fraternities, educational fraternities, and social fraternities. The social ones are the party ones

  • @nocturnalizzie
    @nocturnalizzie 3 года назад +18

    Not really very much about the ghost aspect in this video, but it was still interesting. I'm really glad the college I went to didn't have any frats or sororities. They're just overhyped cliques.

  • @chelseebarber3903
    @chelseebarber3903 3 года назад +72

    Fraternities are pointless and the pledging and hazing is absolutely redundant. It’s all just to say you’re in a fraternity.

    • @youtubewontletme
      @youtubewontletme 3 года назад +8

      Worse, they compensate the person's need of belonging to a group and feeling accepted by it and take profit of it in order to humilliate or endanger people who will later, as they feel part of it, do the same, just "for fun". Not every ritual is like that i guess, i dont want to generalize because i dont know every single time this happens, but i know that passing this rituals strenghts their feeling of belonging and the feeling that it is a privilege or something like that. It is ok to have a group of new people to hang out with and do stuff with when you are in a new place but taking this too far isnt justified in any way and some cases feel like its more like a cult and take it too seriously

    • @Aimee-Gates
      @Aimee-Gates 3 года назад +6

      We always called them Rent-a-Friends. There are so many other organizations you can join in college that will benefit you way more than a Fraternity.

    • @kosmique
      @kosmique 3 года назад +2

      this is like whiteboys trying to be crips or something

  • @thomasnutter
    @thomasnutter 3 года назад +65

    95% nothing to do with a ghost

  • @winterose2331
    @winterose2331 3 года назад +27

    As a frat man of a huge fraternity in the Philippines. The hazing I experienced was a lot of brutal paddle swings to the back of my legs, they melted a candle and drop the hot wax of my back, was slapped and punched on my chest by the frat men who held positions. It was okay. I thought that was the most painful experience of my life but then I fought stage four cancer

    • @Bbokie03
      @Bbokie03 3 года назад +3

      Dang, this is why hazing is illegal in our country now- but hey, it's better that way.

    • @winterose2331
      @winterose2331 3 года назад +1

      @@Bbokie03 yes to avoid accidental deaths

  • @anastasiaeqbali6933
    @anastasiaeqbali6933 3 года назад +1

    Please continue using this narrator! He brings so much to the delivery of the story.

  • @DustinKeller81
    @DustinKeller81 3 года назад +52

    Dude this guy sounds exactly like Nazir from Skyrim

    • @Steve30x
      @Steve30x 3 года назад +4

      He also sounds like the guy on the Explore With Us channel.

    • @evelyn8506
      @evelyn8506 3 года назад +1

      I can’t unhear this now lmao

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад +4

      Do I?? Hmmmm..

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад

      @Dre Flacko I wish!!

  • @qwitchyy
    @qwitchyy 3 года назад +2

    I was at Penn State over the weekend with my fiancé and his college friends. I’d never heard this story before. It’s heartbreaking.
    The Beta at my university was shut down after dealing cocaine out of their house for years.

  • @MrHydesAlterEgo
    @MrHydesAlterEgo 3 года назад +50

    I love this narrator's voice!

    • @comradekhaleesi69
      @comradekhaleesi69 3 года назад +5

      i came here to say this too its Fantastic

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 года назад +3

      An improvement from the last few, for sure

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 года назад +1

      @@opticalaleutian1089 I did notice that....but considering you've had someone say "person X is a lore..." this is such an improvement.
      Someone suggested it might be "the man with the golden voice". It sounds a lot like him, except that "Mr Golden" has the S of someone whose dentures are slipping. Not hearing it so much here

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад +3

      Thank you so much!

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад +1

      @@LindaC616 nope…just me. No golden voice. 🙂

  • @artemism3994
    @artemism3994 3 года назад +20

    As a greek person I always wondered why the fraternity system is called "Greek". There's nothing greek about all this. And the letters not only make little sense (most members don't even know what they stand for) but sorry but they mostly sound weird or funny in an American accent. This sounded like 'betta' date a pie' - and yes that's not at all what they sound like on greek. 😅 If anyone can explain, I'd appreciate it.
    Hazing and other practices in there sound truly terrible. I wonder why they haven't stopped yet.

    • @AppleFILES
      @AppleFILES 3 года назад +2

      It's a little bit of a read but Appalachian State University has a short page on the history behind the use of Greek letters (link: fsl.appstate.edu/history-of-greek-life) if you're interested. As for why the majority like this haven't been stopped...the short answer is money and classism, I think.

    • @trufate6270
      @trufate6270 3 года назад +1

      @@AppleFILES wow that's really interesting!

  • @paranormalpredicaments4686
    @paranormalpredicaments4686 3 года назад +2

    These stories are so tragic. I was in a small, service-based sorority that didn't do hazing beyond like, waking you up at 3 am and driving to breakfast at the beach. It was such a positive in my life and most of my friends 10 years later are from Greek life, but stories like these have lead to Greek life at my old school being nearly eradicated. I wish students would realize you don't need to do anything dangerous to pledges to bond or have them take you seriously.

  • @nikko-fry7263
    @nikko-fry7263 3 года назад +36

    I can live with this narrarator

  • @carolynconron9555
    @carolynconron9555 3 года назад +3

    i was a freshman the year after this happened and i walked past the house everyday for class and it was just uneasy and unnerving to be around

  • @lou_isse1938
    @lou_isse1938 3 года назад +5

    Oh HEY!!!! It's the narrator with the wonderful story telling voice!!! I'm glad he's the one narrating this kinds of story.

  • @squidneyyg
    @squidneyyg 3 года назад +1

    I go to Kenyon and let me tell you it is WILD seeing all the pictures of the campus I’m on every day and hearing about this. Now we’re one of the least Greek-centric colleges in the state, probably because of this legacy. So heartbreaking that this happened

  • @jothesharkrider
    @jothesharkrider 3 года назад +22

    You use the word "ghost" in the title but don't use it in the video until 2 minutes before the end...

    • @kosmique
      @kosmique 3 года назад +1

      You use the name "Jo Nelson" next to your avatar but didnt even use it 2 minutes into your comment...

  • @kurisuchiinu1206
    @kurisuchiinu1206 3 года назад +7

    I don't get this rituals when joining a fraternity or sorority and why schools allow something like this to exist. Is there even a GLO that does not hold a ritual that would put the new members in danger?

  • @elcocoloco3200
    @elcocoloco3200 3 года назад +4

    This narrator is so talented. Great voice and super engaging. Great job!

  • @Cheshire_Cat137
    @Cheshire_Cat137 3 года назад +4

    Those things said about the yellow paper press around 13:44
    That describes a lot of modern news media as well.

  • @Gababoooooool
    @Gababoooooool 3 года назад +37

    Might be nice to link Tim Piazza’s foundation in the links

    • @laceybabay1013
      @laceybabay1013 3 года назад +15

      Right. They have tons of crap up there. Why not include the foundation’s links?

  • @cassandralyon939
    @cassandralyon939 3 года назад +1

    I was going to Penn State the same time as Piazza. I watched them wheel him to the ambulance on the gurney while a friend and I were on the bus. We were confused at what was going on because it looked super suspect, and out of the norm, even for a frat house. Now we know why

  • @Xyzxzyx
    @Xyzxzyx 3 года назад +4

    The way my ears perked up when he said “post mortem” 💀 #Unsolved

  • @xrayproductions
    @xrayproductions 3 года назад +20

    Ryan & Shane would’ve had fun with this one

    • @justinhewitt359
      @justinhewitt359 3 года назад

      Honestly where are they? I thought they were in this season?

  • @dwatts64
    @dwatts64 3 года назад +2

    I thought for sure this story was going to be about Duncan at K-State. Story says that a mistake during a paddling hazing resulted in Duncan hit in the head and he died. Now he haunts the frat and the band room. Idk if it's true but everyone interested in ghost stuff in Kansas has heard of Duncan before.

  • @ghost_puppett
    @ghost_puppett 3 года назад +33

    This is someone’s child

    • @jemi3306
      @jemi3306 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/-cPAk77_yqE/видео.html😃

    • @EdwinBonilla0
      @EdwinBonilla0 3 года назад

      None of the young men are were children.

    • @IshaSoul
      @IshaSoul 3 года назад +1

      @@EdwinBonilla0 are you being deliberately obtuse

  • @rahdidewin2970
    @rahdidewin2970 3 года назад +10

    6:01
    "Sensationalism" with click sound, that is funny!

  • @chrisjavan5864
    @chrisjavan5864 3 года назад +2

    I went to PSU, unfortunately this is super common for hazing and there are actually WORSE hazing events that some frats make you do (as in more embarrassing or involving hardcore drugs). Calling an ambulance or police is "frowned upon" in some frats but others like the ones I frequented usually did call an ambulance. In fact, my frat and I called an ambulance for a girl who drank to much...but other frats would actually undress unconscious females and take pictures of them nude to pass around the frat

  • @redneckwalrus6694
    @redneckwalrus6694 3 года назад +7

    dke fr is so bad it’s literally a cult. the dke at my school was suspended for 20 years for hazing. they still recruit underground. they are so powerful tho.

  • @caroline5259
    @caroline5259 3 года назад +2

    I need Ryan and Shane to do buzzfeed supernatural come back 😩

    • @kl2894
      @kl2894 3 года назад

      It's coming back for the final season in September

  • @SantaFishes101
    @SantaFishes101 3 года назад +3

    fantastic narration!! :) I remember one of my cousins quit his fraternity after being hazed, because it was awful, and he was wondering to himself "why am I doing this for people who aren't even my friends?" and I'm glad he realized that.
    anyways though, you don't need to be particularly "privileged" to join a greek life organization (at least, not *always*), as many comments seem to claim. you mostly have to be willing to go through with their sick games, and otherwise just help out in normal ways really. they exist even at schools with little funding and many impoverished students...I would know. it's mostly at really big and/or expensive schools where you'll find houses with only white students and stuff.

    • @00jyjsarang
      @00jyjsarang 3 года назад

      You have to pay dues to be a member. Lots of people struggle to pay tuition, let alone pay a group of people to be their friends.

    • @SantaFishes101
      @SantaFishes101 3 года назад

      @@00jyjsarang not true necessarily. perhaps in some, but not all require dues to be paid. also, many students at state schools in particular barely pay anything. especially if you're native. it's more complicated than you think.

  • @mavvam2852
    @mavvam2852 3 года назад +2

    You guys should cover the old kenyon fire. That has more of a ghost story around it.

  • @Concetta20
    @Concetta20 3 года назад +1

    “Most would agree that even the deepest sleeper would awake you the sound of an oncoming train ...” Not necessarily. If you’re on the tracks, it’s been shown that you may not hear it until it’s too late because most of the sound radiates out from the dude of the train. The engine blocks the forward projecting sound.

  • @lauren3173
    @lauren3173 3 года назад +5

    At least they had the decency to grab his body before the next train…

  • @lauren3173
    @lauren3173 3 года назад +3

    I’m not usually freaked out by stuff like this. I watch true crime stuff all the time. Something about this story is super unsettleing, I mean more than normal, to me. Maybe it’s just the composition of the video.

    • @lauren3173
      @lauren3173 3 года назад

      It could be because I’m imagining it in great detail and the pictures help with that. 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @august6281
    @august6281 3 года назад +5

    initiation should be done reasonable to test intelligence, determination, courage, skills, not IMMORTALITY

  • @namelessdoes
    @namelessdoes 3 года назад +7

    These hazing initiations are so dangerous and inappropriate, do american universities regulate that? Im not from the US so im not familiar with the topic.

    • @IshaSoul
      @IshaSoul 3 года назад

      It’s illegal in many states but it happens anyway

    • @lisarodriguez6966
      @lisarodriguez6966 3 года назад +1

      It still happens, followed by outrage. Then it's forgotten, unfortunately. By all except those personally affected, usually. It's a disgusting practice for those already privileged to try to feel even more so.

    • @namelessdoes
      @namelessdoes 3 года назад +2

      @@lisarodriguez6966 this is so upsetting and scary… to exploit people’s need to fit in and belong somewhere to endanger their life in the name “fun”

    • @lisarodriguez6966
      @lisarodriguez6966 3 года назад

      @@namelessdoes I've heard of those that select their university based on how popular or crazy their fraternities/sororities are known to be. Unfortunately it looks good on applications to claim a fraternity and people are literally dying just to belong to a group of allegedly elite people. Same reason they're primarily white in race.

  • @TG-nd9rj
    @TG-nd9rj 3 года назад +3

    I like how at 10:11 while mentioning Cincinnati, a map is shown of east-central Illinois ;) Otherwise, well done on the video!

    • @anjiemontalvo2296
      @anjiemontalvo2296 3 года назад +1

      The repeated streetcar scene is of San Francisco.

  • @TheDeviIDogg
    @TheDeviIDogg 3 года назад +1

    Hazing is such a weird thing. Like you gotta do dangerous and humiliating things to join our club that isn't even on the level of secret society instead of just bein like hey I wanna join and I'll do a good job

  • @abbywilkins2340
    @abbywilkins2340 3 года назад +7

    Man I hope he was comatose. Better then any of the other alternatives. Then he wouldn’t have felt any pain. Poor guy.

  • @emili0r3y46
    @emili0r3y46 3 года назад +3

    this narrator is good as heck man!

  • @kerryfenton4177
    @kerryfenton4177 3 года назад +8

    Who is this narrator? Because he is excellent.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 года назад +1

      Someone was wondering if it's "the man with the golden voice"

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад +2

      ‘Tis I…your narrator. And thank you. 🙂

  • @comfortman8630
    @comfortman8630 3 года назад +23

    Does anybody know if they are doing a final Supernatural series? Since Ryan only specifically said “Finale Of Buzzfeed Unsolved True Crime”

    • @deafeningoctopus
      @deafeningoctopus 3 года назад +7

      Yes, they announced that they would.

    • @FflawedMetalhead
      @FflawedMetalhead 3 года назад +6

      They are - They've mentioned it a few times. It'll be the last season of that as well.

    • @SanskarWagley
      @SanskarWagley 3 года назад

      Yes, in September

    • @floydiandreamscapes5145
      @floydiandreamscapes5145 3 года назад

      I like Ryan but that smug, self righteous dude he works with spoils the show.

    • @whoopty5776
      @whoopty5776 3 года назад +8

      @@floydiandreamscapes5145 I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone hate Shane but you

  • @nicoladawson2861
    @nicoladawson2861 3 года назад +6

    I dig this narrator!

  • @weirdral
    @weirdral 3 года назад

    The way this narrator speaks makes me think of Levar Burton when he reads books. I love it.

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад

      Whoa...that's a huge compliment! Thanks!!

    • @weirdral
      @weirdral 3 года назад

      @@JamesTroupActor you're welcome! You have very similar cadence and both have such a pleasing voice to listen to. Really enjoy your narration!

  • @upstateshenanigans430
    @upstateshenanigans430 3 года назад +10

    piazzas challenge was a bit extreme but not uncommon. Where i believe the other boys dropped the ball is supervision. after encoureging someone to drink that heavy, give him a babysitter, point blank. rest easy piazza and im sorry his friends have to live with these actions, im sure they didnt mean to end his life.

  • @ilovemyhomefries
    @ilovemyhomefries 3 года назад +3

    I liked it but the ghost part felt like an afterthought 👻

  • @onandonitgoes5957
    @onandonitgoes5957 3 года назад +5

    Hazing needs to be phased out of our society entirely.
    Also not sure if I'm enjoying the ridiculous facial hair, despise it, or if it just confuses me.

  • @niniflora77
    @niniflora77 3 года назад +4

    Lol as someone who graduated from Kenyon College in 2018 this Greek life hasn't change that much....also in 4 years of college life I have never heard of any of those stories

  • @yoyoland8461
    @yoyoland8461 3 года назад +18

    I don’t think they planned on the train passing at that time.

    • @TG-nd9rj
      @TG-nd9rj 3 года назад +18

      The video says it was an unscheduled train, so by all accounts this was really just a horric accident. But it stands that Frat hazing really should be done away with.

  • @anastasiaeqbali6933
    @anastasiaeqbali6933 3 года назад

    It’s so unbelievable that these things still happen to this day. It’s so prehistoric. There’s so much we’re ignorant to I guess… stay safe everyone. Don’t put yourself in the path of known danger frends, always watch your back. ❤️

  • @DragonGoddess18
    @DragonGoddess18 3 года назад +1

    Loyalty can be good, but it also shouldn't stop you from doing what is morally right. That guy defending his frat over his own child is sickening.

  • @peculiarpig
    @peculiarpig 3 года назад +8

    what's the purpose of fraternities and sororities???

    • @lisarodriguez6966
      @lisarodriguez6966 3 года назад +4

      I thought it was for privileged a$$holes to feel even more privileged, needing outside validation.🤔

    • @Dra3000
      @Dra3000 3 года назад

      It's for future net working and affilations...also doing community service

  • @TheNewzbreak
    @TheNewzbreak 3 года назад +3

    "...it may have left behind a restless spirit" yeah, no it didn't.

  • @NAMELESSHOSTAGE
    @NAMELESSHOSTAGE 3 года назад

    If i would be a frat Senior, my hazing ritual would be make the new guy write my assignments. 😂

  • @chel_snell1653
    @chel_snell1653 3 года назад

    Not okay what they did, but I really love the name beta theta pi. I love the way the narrator said it even more.

  • @Abell_lledA
    @Abell_lledA 3 года назад +12

    One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates🎈

  • @ambellawaves2633
    @ambellawaves2633 3 года назад +3

    Wow! Y’all really going to play a Mike’s Hard lemonade ad at the beginning… Ok… SAVAGE!

  • @Concetta20
    @Concetta20 3 года назад

    The narrator’s voice is great. I feel like I’m watching a museum video.

  • @Silverado1st
    @Silverado1st 3 года назад

    Thats just so sad and tragic. I cant even count how many times I drank myself sober in the Army. By rites I shouldn't be alive or even have a liver. 4 times the legal limit for what? Falling down a flight of stairs has a legal limit?

  • @76blackwidow
    @76blackwidow 3 года назад

    The narrator has amazing voice! Love it! 💜

    • @JamesTroupActor
      @JamesTroupActor 3 года назад +1

      And I love ya back! Thanks for listening!

  • @christina.maria.l
    @christina.maria.l 3 года назад +2

    Why all these obscure rituals? Once you’re in all you do is drink and party anyway, not trek through the woods. What does that do?