That headlight assembly deal was just crazy. Dude had the truck nailed down to basically the make, model, and almost the year from a single broken part. Some heroes don’t wear capes. Some are headlight inspectors that single handedly solve a zero witness fatal hit and run.
If you add up all the mid 80’s Silverado’s and GMC Sierra’s with that bezel, you’d know that the police couldn’t possibly use that as their only way of finding the suspect. It’s essentially the same as the police finding a shoe impression, and Reddit properly identifying a Nike swoosh.
I agree. My wife’s mother, who was perfectly healthy and active, and definitely had another few decades left. was killed by a distracted driver on his phone. Killer had a record of DUI’s, possessing controlled substances and distracted driving a mile long, “sentenced” to slap on the wrist after slap on the wrist. He was sent to rehab five different times. Never spent more than 3 days in jail at a time until he killed somebody. They gave him 8 years for the fatal wreck which seemed about right but he’s eligible for parole after only a year. He destroyed their family, the grief eventually killed my wife’s father, and a whole generation of grandkids don’t get to see their grandparents. And he may only spend a year or two in prison. A little crazy given how nonviolent offenders get sentenced to much longer sentences all the time in the US.
"You just can't discount Reddit's ability to have a random ass expert on an extremely niche topic browsing the forums in any given time" What a line haha!!!
and then the name I knew the usernames would be funny because its reddit but imagine being a cop who couldn't solve it but thank god JeffsNuts was on the case
My mother had a cousin who was murdered by a hit and run driver. Yea, I said murdered. This car driver just decided to deliberately run down a child riding his bike. Police investigated and found that the driver had been involved in several "accidents" involving pedestrians. He finally admitted that the "accidents" were deliberate because he liked killing people, and as fatal pedestrian accidents happen all the time, he figured no one would notice. The dude was a straight up serial killer. And such a thing is not that rare. As a result my grandmother refused to let my mother ride a bike. She never did learn. Then, as an adult I was deliberately run down riding my bike. Getting hit by a car does not feel good, I can tell you.
So sorry to hear that, both about your mom's cousin, and yourself. I hope you didn't sustain life altering injuries. There are just way too many demented people on this planet. If only there was a virus specific to them...if you get my drift?! 😉
Reddit giving the cold case fresh publicity is fantastic, but in my opinion the real heroes of the Grateful Doe case are the forensic artists at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. They do invaluable and incredibly difficult work, aging up/recreating existing images for young people like Jason Callahan in hopes that they might be found or at least identified. Without them, it's likely he never would have been recognized.
I couldn’t agree more. Especially when it comes to cases like this where the family isn’t really looking for their lost loved one because of the terms they left on.
You remember that trend everyone was doing with "FaceApp"? The one where you use a current photo of yourself to see what you'd look like when you're old. I uploaded a photo of an actor when he was young and it looked EXACTLY like how he did at the time, aged exactly how the app predicted. They should use that algorithm for the age progression photo.
I always love how these Reddit stories involve someone coming forward saying “I’m actually the worlds leading expert on cross-threaded lug nuts manufactured in 1974” and then their name is something like “DickButtFart420”
Reminds me of how the Watergate scandal was exposed by a guy who was called 'Deep Throat,' after a porno movie. "BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT: The EXPOSURE of a CONSPIRACY that leads all the way to the WHITE HOUSE. Experts say this SCANDAL could topple the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, and it was all due to the EXPERT KNOWLEDGE of Dick ButtFart420."
The first story reminds me of an incident when I was in high school. One of my friends was swiped by a car as she walked to the bus stop, and its side mirror broke off when it hit her arm. Her mom then proceeded to keep that mirror and carried it around with her everywhere she went, in case she ever saw a car missing a mirror that she could match it to.
Oh thats tragic, how is she? And was she found? You dont need to answer my questions if you dont want to but i do give my condolence and support to her.
@@LooneyLei Yeah, she was fine! Probably too fine for the situation because she still got on the bus and came to school lmao. Her upper arm started turning black like halfway through the day which was when she casually mentioned to us that she got hit by a fucking car, and then she was sent home.
@@benadrylcabbagepatch2527 Either OP’s friend is a badass or it shows how fucked up high school is wherein you’d rather go to school after _getting hit by a car_ instead of going home. Can’t miss that meaningless busywork or mind numbing quizzes lest you ruin your entire life because you can’t go to college anymore. What a god damned lie they sold us.
Sometimes when I feel like this world is garbage I take solace in the fact that someone called "JeffsNuts" can be unironically proclaimed a hero bc of the internet.
Oh man that Jason case was tough, can’t imagine having a missing son for twenty years just hoping he’s alive and happy out there somewhere but having no idea. Then getting the very shitty but slightly relieving closure about what really happened
i’ve been living like that but with my brother. every time i watch a cold case video i get scared that he’s sitting in a morgue somewhere looking for me. i cannot imagine the relief of jason’s mother & sister, it’s awful that he was dead this whole time, but they finally got closure.
I can't even imagine how Jason's family felt at the news that he had been gone all of that time. His mother had thought that he had simply been deeply estranged... but he'd been dead for decades. That's so heartbreaking, but to finally have closure and be able to know where he rests must've been a huge relief. It's incredible that these people were able to give him back his name, since without their help, his family might not've ever known what became of their little boy. Rest easy, Jason. You are known, and you are loved.
decades of wondering wtf you did to make your kid leave like that just to find out that he has been dead all this time. I can't begin to imagine the heartache
I feel like most of these were handled surprisingly well for Reddit: either simply raising awareness or sending tips to the police. No randoms poking around crime scenes. Nobody hounding families for public statements. Just people trying to help and following the set path to do so.
@@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult you act like they aren’t similar to a degree, they’ve harassed countless people and families before such as the Boston bombing incident.
The first story reminds me of my boyfriend since he is a cyclist and was ran down by a drunk driver. She ran into him and dragged his unconscious body over a mile before he dislodged, and she just left him. Luckily, he survived, but he was touch and go for a while, having to be put into a medically-induced coma I think because of the bleeding in his brain. Anyway though, anytime I hear of hit and runs ESPECIALLY when it's a cyclist that is hit, it brings me back to that and how we almost lost him. We were lucky. He was lucky. And sadly, someone else lost their life instead. And it makes me feel so awful for these people to lose a loved one, especially knowing how I could barely keep it together thinking my loved one was about to die
Holy shit that is VERY lucky. Especially to survive being dragged over a mile. Was he being dragged against the ground? That is crazy.. Hopefully she got a prison sentence
@@beatnik6806 yes, he was dragged against the ground. He also had a backpack since he takes one to work all the time, but I don't remember if that helped at all. As for her, she deserved more jail time. Let's put it that way. For her third DUI and now with an added hit and run, her sentence was pathetic
@@IzzyMarrie WOW. A third DUI. How long is her sentence? I'm so sorry to hear about this, by the way, but that's amazing that your boyfriend survived and so good that he has you there to support him.
Jason's case had me down Imagine having a child, grows up and decides to move on alone You never hear of him again untill years or decades later just to find out he passed away....thats gotta hit harder then anything I feel bad for his family but happy as they now know of his fate :"(
@@psychedelicpain420 i mean at one point you gotta have a feeling something's up if you can't find anything related to him anywhere. most people have social medias, or have their numbers on the yellow pages, or have a piece of email on the "scraped" databases, etc... this happened before internet became a thing so yeah when you find out he is nowhere on internet you gotta ask yourself "damn, maybe he died before internet became a thing right ?" kinda situation.
I told my mom about the grateful doe case because of her love for the Grateful Dead, and she gave me some really interesting information: The show that they went to was one of the VERY LAST before Jerry Garcia’s death. Jerry died in august of the same year. The last thing these guys saw was one of the last times that Jerry ever performed. I like to imagine that they’re chillin in heaven together
I was at those shows. A couple people were struck by lightning out in the parking lot on the second day. At the Deer Creek (Indiana) shows that followed, people without tickets crashed the gates and caused the following night’s show to be cancelled. Then Jerry died a few weeks later. Summer ‘95 felt cursed. The last song they played at RFK that year was Brokedown Palace. If you don’t know it, have a listen (the studio version off of the American Beauty album). It’s a gorgeous, bittersweet, and fitting song, and it’s the last tune Jason heard Jerry sing. (me, too.)
Man, Jason's story hits me. When I was in my early 20s I left home and was incommunicado til I was 25, and I did a lot of dumb shit that could've killed me. Drinking, drugs, got drunk and fell 70 feet off a cliff which left me with brain damage. I remember getting a call once because my family was looking for me and thought I might be dead. Glad I'm alive, and glad Jason's family at least got closure
I was in the same boat. Got hooked on heroin and basically figured it'd be easier on my family if I detached from them. Years later, when their private investigator found me and I got back in touch, it broke my heart to realize how much more pain they'd been in not knowing if I was alive or dead. Thankfully things are better now and I've been able to rebuild those relationships, but I wish I could take back the decision to go incommunicado more than anything.
After 10 years, if your family had reported you missing you would've been legally declared DEAD. I wonder how many "dead" people are out there just trying to escape their old life. Imagine like deciding to go on vacation and being at the airport and they TSA is like wait a minute, you're dead?
I always found the Grateful Doe case an amazing example of strangers coming together to achieve something good for no expected return - an unknown person got their identity back and a family was given some resolution.
I just posted that this guy is def not the only person following jam bands around to just disappear and never be heard from again. Quite creepy really.
It's a good example why it's a good idea to sometimes share such information online. Especially reddit it seems. Who knows how many more cases we could've solved if we spread more awareness for such stuff
@@jakejonas7366 There was a guy in Atlanta who was coming back from a White Zombie concert (this is not confirmed 100%, but a pretty good theory based in the location), was hit by a car in the way and died in the hospital after being in a coma for 1 year. He still hasn't been identified almost 30 years later 😞
@sin3358 There are a lot of web sleuth sites and posts, where they come together and share info and articles. They help solve more than we hear about. It's really interesting.
@@beatsbeercigarettes I'm pretty sure Reddit solved more cases than wrongly accusing people for crimes. I've already seen videos with Reddit solved mysteries and all of these were still new to me.
There was also the time when the police did not listen to internet sleuths. When Lucas Rocco Magnotta tortured a kitten and posted the video, people from the internet did a great job of identifying him. When the police was contacted they said they couldn't to anything. Jun Lin would most probably be alive if the police had taken the internet sleuths seriously.
Of course he was such a piece of shit he went on to do more crimes. And the police still doesn't do anything about filmed adult rxpe and online scammers, I guess we're not surprised
@@theepicduck6922 Oh shit my B. i wasnt aware... Sorry brother, i just get a little worked up when people use the 'we' word when they did nothing to contribute. Also im a little drunk lmao
I can't imagine how sad it would be to learn that your son had passed such a long time ago. My sons name is Jason so maybe it hit me a bit harder. Thanks for another great video!
not only that, but imagine how it must feel like to find out that while he was gone, he wasn’t forgotten, and that unbeknownst to you, hundreds of strangers cared about who he was. it kind of reminds me of that ww2 widow whose air force husband, billie harris, went MIA during an operation in france and some 50 years later found out that he was shot down and landed in a tiny rural town, where the townspeople revered him as a local war hero, holding an annual festival and literally naming their main avenue after him
I’m from SC and turned 20 earlier this year and it hurt especially hard for me too. I’ve been to Myrtle Beach more times than I can count so knowing that not only was this man found after the less than stellar terms he left his family on, but that he was someone my age and from my state at the time of his death was very heartbreaking.
Not gonna lie, I almost cried hearing about the Grateful Doe. I feel so sad for the family who had been searching for him for all those years only to find out that he’s gone… On the other hand, I am happy for them for getting closure
@@roxassora2706 you're thinking of 4chan lmao. Reddit is famous for basically being useless and not solving anything. 99% of the time they get it wrong
Stuff like this always gives me hope. Out of all the trolls and bots I see in comments, DMs,or just out in real life every time something like this happens it shows me that there's an entire internet filled with people who just want to see the world succeed. I'm a firm believer that no matter what problems you have somewhere in the world someone would drop everything to help you.
I appreciate y'all for the fact that this is the first comment I've posted in months that hasn't been riddled with bots calling people racial slurs and saying "I'm better than ___ look at my videos". Thank you everyone who's part of making this a wholesome community of strangers coming together in a common place. If there was ever a bonfire to touch it's present 🔥
What I wanna know is why actual investigators (like the people actually paid to solve crimes) aren't smart enough to seek out someone like JeffsNuts on their own. Like, why didn't they just approach people in the auto industry to identify the part. Every piece of a car is someone's job to know about. It seems like the first thing I'd try.
I personally believe it's because most of these investigators find it embarrassing and even insulting to an extent, that a "random Joe Schmoe" on the internet can sometimes solve cases and do police investigation work better than they can. It most definitely is an ego thing with some of these people.
The 'actual investigators' in this local case and far too many other cases are the guys whose career paths went from high school football team to police or sheriff, to letting the chief (their cousin) borrow the boat and the truck to go fishing (on the clock), and now they are promoted to detective. Tactiool mall ninja gear for all! Going to train (on vacation)! Who, astonishingly can amplify their votes to elect their buddies to funnel federal funds to their hillbilly hollow.
Realistically, I don't think they care enough. It's probably the same kind of officers that say "call us when something actually happens" to stalking victims and such. They get dozens of cases a day and don't care to spend time and energy on every single one.
dude JeffsNuts is an absolute legend, along with everyone else that helped solve that specific case. Barely any evidence, no police could've picked that up. Reddit is probably one of the biggest red flags when you have it on your phone, but this was a magnificent thing
reddit isn't even a red flag. I use it for 30-60 minutes a day but I don't center my life around it. I just have a goofy haha, post a comment, maybe make a post, move on, and read my notifications. Then i hop off and a few hours later i do the same thing
Yeah I CAN and do argue this. I ultimately agree w the policy re: leave no trace in public parks but good lord are y’all some little tyrants on this issue. All she needed was to be told “it turns out that’s illegal. Please stop.” lol. Individual incidents like this are of almost 0 consequence relative to society. The problem is ensuring that you don’t have EVERYONE deciding to paint on things in natural spaces. There’s an old case of this kind of defacement at some cave in France. Word has its been almost a dozen millennia and they still haven’t caught the perps.
@@alexweschler9470 it’s called ignorance for a reason, it means you don’t know what you’re doing and don’t know that it’s wrong lmao she knew what she was doing, please stop lol
maybe theres something i dont understand but does it REALLY matter, is it REALLY that big of a deal that some edgy girl is doing graffiti on some rocks for street cred??
I followed the Grateful Doe case for years. It was always one that stuck with me and even got me into the band’s music. Never thought we’d really see answers. Reddit really did an incredible thing by helping to give Jason his name back.
@@Skottomania I'm not sure about your feelings from this comment, but I personally adore Grateful Dead's music. The lyrics are incredibly well written and often tell their own stories, and the tunes are emanating with character and soul.
@@bird_obsession been into the dead the majority of my life. Got into them around 14-15 and been a fan since. Was too young to catch the entire band but I try to see Phil anytime he comes around. Was at the Chicago show a few years back. I’ve seen so many versions of dead members lol. Phil and friends, ratdog, further, the other ones Donna Jeans band and im big into dark star orchestra and try ti catch them when they come around. Plus a pile of other jam bands. But getting into phish and the dead introduced me to my lifetime friends and some of the finest people I’ve ever known. Def more than just a band to me.
That first one hits close to home. My neighbor (he was 21) was killed in a motorcycle accident. A car bumped him to the side, he hit a rock, then a stop sign. He died on impact, so he luckily didn't feel pain. Rest in paradise Louis, you're missed. Sometimes I still feel him smiling down on people. He was such a good person. He was in my kitchen dancing with my siblings two days before. RIP.
they are no lifers. They need that drama and "purpouse" in life. Like ,they prove themself their self-value (withouit it they are zeros). There are also crime-law , crime videos, watchers. They watch it again and again. Everyday. Like, instead of television. I see it as mental illness. But anyway, if they successfuly solve some criminal act, I thank them.
Just the fact that someone is able to pull something out of nothing is extremely baffling, not only from the sheer fact of it being so accurate, but also the fact that it should be virtually impossible to find anything in these kinds of cold cases and mysteries
My god I feel so bad for the mother of the Grateful Doe, I can't imagine a loved one just disappearing and not knowing what happened to them for years. I hope that the revelation has brought her some peace.
You would think the family would of put it together long ago? I mean I’d imagine someone In his family or friend circle would of known he went to the dead show at the venue..and have a general idea that he never was seen since leaving for the show. But maybe he was sorta a drifter.
@@knightlyjamz13 The implication I got from the story was that he was either estranged from his family, a drifter, or perhaps a little of both, since he had left home for the groupie lifestyle. He'd been going to Grateful Dead shows all over the country, so they had no way of knowing where he'd be, and it doesn't sound like he had kept in close contact with his family. Very sad situation.
Dude, the car nuts on Reddit can literally identify ANY car from the tiniest and random pieces from the car. Never underestimate them. Lol They never fail to blow my mind with every identification.
yes! kinda reminds me of those insane geoguesser players. They'll pinpoint a specific town in uganda based on the way the dirt looks and just move on as if thats something everyone can do. Like tf you mean thats a polish tree??? how do you know???
My sister taught me to identify the make and model of vehicles in the opposite lane by the size, shape, and placement of the headlights back in the late 90’s.
An expert like Jeff showing up on a case like the first one is literally a miracle, what are the odds! And I can’t imagine the heartbreak Jason’s mom must have felt to learn that all those years of waiting and hoping he’d call or contact her, he had been dead the whole time. Both the closure and anguish I would have felt!
that's crazy that Jason's family thought he was alive out there somewhere and just hadn't contacted them, when he actually died practically immediately after they had last heard from him.
I always thought it was illegal to paint graffiti in the wild regardless of whether it's in a national park or not. Either way, it urks me when I see this stuff. Nature is the pinnacle of art and should be left undisturbed the same way you found it.
@@moonlight_oats still illegal but most people but the cops, busybodies and the building/land owner since the building is an eye sore to everyone else. I see them on train cars alot too idk why. Abandon vehicles are also a fun target I've noticed.
@@Kris-wo4pj train cars are left in train yards (which are usually very quiet and desolate at night) to be filled with new cargo. They stay stationary for long periods, have large surfaces and the yards aren't usually next to populated areas. That's why you see the art on trains. Some good, some bad. It's just practice. Don't do it at a holy place or a national park. Carving into trees is different. Really not harming the tree. (Not sure if it was you talking about it, just putting my 2 cents in here.)
Yeah, it was weird. In Turkey, when you are driving the car as a drunk or high, if you crash and kill someone, it's accepted as a qualified murder crime. You get a 30-year prison sentence without any penalty reduction.
@@telecentric2103 It's different when it's historical and something that people are generally very aware of and very invested in. Especially considering that all the "redditors" were very much into preservation of such places, which is a given. And redditors champion for people's deaths all the time, they were even satisfied with her sentence which was good enough and small, so honestly yes. Imagine.
@@pufflord_gamesonicsoloesyo2365 “me no like you making art on rock I like” *doesnt recicle and throws coke cans out of their Ford Focus on the highway*
Husband guy:officer my wife was killed ,what are you doing to solve this case . Officer: your wife's case is in good hands , we are currently in contact with specialist Jeff'snuts
Jason 'Grateful Doe' was one of my pet cases that I would constantly check for any updates for for YEARS, I can't tell you how happy and relieved I was when he finally got his name back
Hey wavy, a RUclips channel that I can’t remember the name of recently found a missing teen in a lake after a 5000 hour search by the police. They have apparently solved multiple cold cases. Seems like the kind of thing you’d cover
Its an interesting channel.. Never watched them but watched reports of them.. The number of accident and people accidental driving in the lake is quite big.
What's really cool about them is that they're super specialized so they focus on cases of missing persons, in cars, near water and follow the likely paths of the victim. They're very experienced with the sonar imaging so can find things that LE isn't trained for. They also encourage others and include as much teaching as they can. Love watching them do their work! 👍🍍
I had a scenario scarily similar to the first story. In 2014 my best friend was tragically killed in a hit and run accident. However in this incident the culprit was never found and cops did very little to help. The only reason I made it through all of that was (at the time) I had really good friends to help me through it.
I’m so sorry that you lost your friend. I have to ask though, was there any evidence left by the culprit? Maybe we could get Reddit to do a part 2 to the first story?
That first case is part of why I love the Internet. There's so many people on it nowadays that you're bound to have people who have niche hobbies/jobs, and getting to see them flex their knowledge is always a treat. It brought a smile to my face to think that this random person got to enlighten so many about something fairly obscure!
Always wondered how some people end up with virtually unheard of, crazy-niche careers like Jeff. It sounds like it pays well but I would like to hear a story about how someone ends up working such jobs.
need money - get job. that's probably it really, I've worked some niche jobs that I had little to no real interest in. Just ended up being allocated something that my superiors thought I'd be good at, and carried on doing it.
I would say the grafitti wouldn't really be a big issue if it was done with a really temporary medium, like chalk. This would be easy to remove, orn would wash away with the rain.
Or if they used earth pigments…that would be neat. Less toxic wash off... I follow some awesome artists that forage for earth pigments and it’s such a neat process!
as an artist and nature lover ive always been very offended by creepytings… art is wonderful, but so is nature. humans have already destroyed SO much natural earth. please do not deface the remaining beautiful natural places. you can put your art soooo many different places. this story always makes me so sad.
Grafitti as a medium is divisive. At some points and time throughout history it was important and relevant to express a variety of things. But then are the many people like creepytings who just do it to be edgy.
@@Viking_Raven i think grafitti can be beautiful, but not in nature. we should be preserving the earth as we have already ruined it so, so much. but i think grafitti in the city is beautiful and a wonderful art form that adds character and charm to man made things. nature is already a form of art, we just didnt create it, but we also shouldnt destroy it.
I remember following the national park vandalism story on reddit as it unfolded. I’m in Australia so it was kind of amazing. I’d even stay up to be online (and awake) to match US day/afternoon time
god, i LOVE stories like these. i love hearing about websites like reddit or 4chan gathering together and helping solve a case. i particularly love when they solve cold cases. it's just wonderful to see random people band together to give a victim and their loved ones some form of justice and/or closure. it's great to see that good things can even come from sites that are typically god awful, lol.
The artist girl case is just making me angry. I get it if she was hiking somewhere and not realized she had painted something on a rock that was a part of a national park, but she left those things next to the main trails and she left signatures. I'm not really surprised someone got so angry at seeing those they posted her art to reddit. She wasn't even trying to hide her art or the places she left it.
She wasn’t trying to just make secret little drawings, she wanted to share her stuff She just went about it the wrong way It was stupid but nonetheless whatever It happened and she’s gonna serve her time and now anyone else who ever saw her stuff and thought “ooh that sounds fun” will think twice heh
@@niyasunique853right? I hike frequently and absolutely love nature but it’s just some rock, you know? It’s like getting angry at someone for carving a heart into a tree
Your videos are honestly so well done, well researched, well put together, your voice is a nice tone to listen to, and your background is always cool looking. Really not sure how you don't get more attention. You operate like a channel with 35 million subs. It's incredible, you're incredible!
Imagine your getting away with a crime and then a cop arrests you and you find out a redditor put you in jail (I am glad all these people were caught though!)
Sadly I got Hit and Run story on a close cousin of mine around 2 years ago. He was Paraolympics winner on Cycling (He has Down Syndrome) . He got hit and run by an elder person similar case like the woman on the video (thank god my cousin survived) and he got hospitalised for around half a year. A driver who passed a few minutes later called ambulance and they brought him at hospital. Since then my cousin is really afraid to ride a bike and it is a pity because it was one of his passions to do cycling.
I feel like that first case is a prime example of the way the internet should be used to solve crime. The internet does not have the collective intelligence to actually put pieces of evidence together, but because of those numbers they have the ability to brute Force research into certain clues. Theoretically this could one day be achieved by a web crawling AI of some kind, but until that happens the internet's probably the closest alternative.
Wow! I would love to witness the collective "oh fukk" look on criminals faces hearing that this new AI detective was soon to be in operation. Followed by some crazy claim like it can examine a case,it's evidence, suspects,location, and match all data points to come up with a theory of how the crime was committed,when, likely motive, planned or impulsive, and the perps name/number/address and possible hideouts. Then a map of all movements , receipts and CCTV of all stops and transactions,and can give the time the crime began and ended accurate down to the second. All that would take approximately seven seconds because it's doing two hundred simultaneously. Only examining one crime would milliseconds. The complete panic and paranoia that would instantly overcome criminals, especially those that have basically gotten away with their crimes because of wrongful convictions or cases gone cold. Pandemonium! Someone should make this announcement as a joke/"social experiment" and guilty people will show themselves lol . Even funnier claim this tech is too much power for the government to weild so it'll be released for free to the public to use .lol so many dikks getting cut off lol. It's a scary thought experiment and I had to throw in some humor, but could you imagine getting arrested suddenly for receiving stolen property, transporting stolen property across state lines, conspiracy and being in possession of a firearm during commission of a crime. You later learn it's from years ago when you worked as a supply driver for a lumber yard...your boss sent you to get a load right over the state line and being it back. You have a carry permit and choose to carry when driving the supply truck for protection. The problem is that your old boss never paid for that load of material...AI found it and created a warrant. Imagine getting a mailbox full of traffic tickets for every little infraction throughout your life. You ever bought illicit substances? Using the your phone to make contact, driving your vehicle to the meet... bringing your tracking devi....uhhhh sorry phone along. Scariest of all is your significant other having access to a AI supercomputer just to find petty shit you lied about. "Remember Monday like wight years ago, it was February 7th.I asked you if you were free to have lunch at Chick-fil-A. You said you were just going to work through lunch but turns out you had tacos with your boss!!!! Unbelievable! "Lol "on September 3 ,2016 I called you fourteen times in four minutes, you didn't answer or even text to say busy. Turns out you were on that phone and opened Amazon shopping for a noose! Guess you made a spelling error,What would we do with a moose anyway?" Lol I'm getting way off track. Writing a short story over here .I apologize for the rambling nonsense,but I like to see things from all sides .have a great weekend
@@Scarethelocals lol. Yeah, it definitely sounds a bit dystopian. Realistically, it's probably just used to cross reference data from internet sources rather than actually solve crimes in any meaningful way.
@@Scarethelocals Don't apologize friend, that was all highly entertaining to read, particularly the noose/moose part lol. Especially bc I couldn't tell if that was meant as a, "the husband is a closeted serial killer"-thing, or (even funnier imo) that the noose was meant for himself, bc that wife sounds about as intolerable as one could get lol. Suicide is a sensitive topic, but can be fuckin' hilarious when used in certain instances. Idc who you are lol.
You'll still need human detectives to gather the data points that aren't on the internet to feed the machine with . These cases where only solved because there was a dossier of clues and information to sift through already , which was physically gathered and processed .
I have to say, I appreciate the effort you put into your content. Your videos don't feel like they were cookie cut off the same format that a lot of other channels tend to follow
Software developer and free software advocate Eric Raymond once said, "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." Also called "Linus's law". The examples here, especially the obscure part of an old truck, show that with enough exposure, cold cases can be closed. Sometimes all it takes to get an answer to a question is finding the right person to ask. The Reddit user who identified the headlight part hopefully got a reward for that - even if that wasn't made public.
Am I the only one that kinda feels bad for Casey? I mean sure, “vandalism” is bad, especially in national parks, but I mean c’mon it seems like the Karen’s of Reddit came together to punish someone for painting on some rocks. That is probably the least destructive form of “vandalism” there is. Cavemen have been painting on rocks since dawn of human existence. They treated her paintings as if they posed danger to hikers. I am not saying what she did was ok, and do think she needed to stop, but they treated her like some monster. It’s not like she was littering or destroying nature. Overtime the paint will just fade or someone will clean it off. Kind of an unwarranted overreaction, but what can you expect from the internet?
I find it hilarious though that Reddit is much worse at tracking down criminals and solving mysteries than an anonymous and deorganized place like 4chan.
4chan is filled with dumb people that are dumb, and smart people pretending to be dumb reddit is filled with dumb people that are dumb, and dumb people pretending to be smart for upvotes
They aren't lol, people are so clueless about 4chan they don't even know they get 99% of shit wrong, especially when it's any incident even remotely political
As soon as I saw the black chunk of plastic, I instantly knew that it was the headlight bezel off of a mid-80's Chevrolet truck, because a friend of mine owns a 1987 Silverado Suburban. It still has the old hood ornament! Those trucks are pretty recognizable, especially if you spend a lot of time around it.
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That headlight assembly deal was just crazy. Dude had the truck nailed down to basically the make, model, and almost the year from a single broken part. Some heroes don’t wear capes. Some are headlight inspectors that single handedly solve a zero witness fatal hit and run.
If you’re a car geek like me than you would know. 😁
@@gertywhatagash_ the PD literally said it was reddit that lead them to the suspect.. wtf are you on about!?
@@gertywhatagash__ callmestupid_
@@gertywhatagash_ Morse code has nothing on you.
If you add up all the mid 80’s Silverado’s and GMC Sierra’s with that bezel, you’d know that the police couldn’t possibly use that as their only way of finding the suspect.
It’s essentially the same as the police finding a shoe impression, and Reddit properly identifying a Nike swoosh.
That hit and run sentence was an insult. 4 and a half years is a spit in the face to that poor woman’s memory.
I agree. My wife’s mother, who was perfectly healthy and active, and definitely had another few decades left. was killed by a distracted driver on his phone. Killer had a record of DUI’s, possessing controlled substances and distracted driving a mile long, “sentenced” to slap on the wrist after slap on the wrist. He was sent to rehab five different times. Never spent more than 3 days in jail at a time until he killed somebody. They gave him 8 years for the fatal wreck which seemed about right but he’s eligible for parole after only a year. He destroyed their family, the grief eventually killed my wife’s father, and a whole generation of grandkids don’t get to see their grandparents. And he may only spend a year or two in prison. A little crazy given how nonviolent offenders get sentenced to much longer sentences all the time in the US.
@@randybobandy4801 Well if he’s deemed fit to return to society after a year, why keep him in prison?
@@oliverplougmand2275 because the woman he killed can never get back to society so in my opinion he shouldn't either
@@oliverplougmand2275
People like you are the reason why society is falling apart.
@@oliverplougmand2275 because he has to pay for his crime..?
Imagine going to your lieutenant and saying:
"Sir, we've got a tip to solve the case"
-"That's great, who's the source"
"It's Jeffsnuts, sir"
🤣🤣🤣
*takes off glasses
“My god! THE Jeffsnuts!?… boys, we might just be able to go home after this one, get him down here right now!”
Glorious, yet another case was solved by the graces of Jeffsnuts
@@Fetidafthe prototype for L from Death Note, apparently
*puts newspaper down*
Dear god...if he's on the case, then boys, we're about to see actual magic happen. Get the cuffs ready boys!
Imagine being that poor husband and hearing a person called "JeffNuts" solved your wife's murder. That'd have to feel atleast a little odd
Dead 😂, not as dead as his wife RIP, but DEAD 🤣
Better jeffnuts than no one
You think it was JeffsNuts as in Jeff is Nuts or as in the Nuts that are possessed by Jeff?
@@KyleWatters71 probally the former
@@KyleWatters71 I read it as the latter, but maybe that’s just me 🤷🏼♂️
"You just can't discount Reddit's ability to have a random ass expert on an extremely niche topic browsing the forums in any given time" What a line haha!!!
and then the name I knew the usernames would be funny because its reddit but imagine being a cop who couldn't solve it but thank god JeffsNuts was on the case
It should be reddit's byline.
Yeah, that really made me laugh 😂 he's not wrong though.
Reddit skill at this means reddit is 4chan's son
it is true tho
My mother had a cousin who was murdered by a hit and run driver.
Yea, I said murdered. This car driver just decided to deliberately run down a child riding his bike. Police investigated and found that the driver had been involved in several "accidents" involving pedestrians. He finally admitted that the "accidents" were deliberate because he liked killing people, and as fatal pedestrian accidents happen all the time, he figured no one would notice.
The dude was a straight up serial killer. And such a thing is not that rare.
As a result my grandmother refused to let my mother ride a bike. She never did learn.
Then, as an adult I was deliberately run down riding my bike. Getting hit by a car does not feel good, I can tell you.
ngl even in accidents a life for a life
Sorry get a lil personal when I hear of these kind of animals
@@adolfchadermien tell that to woman of the year, Bruce Jenner
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So sorry to hear that, both about your mom's cousin, and yourself. I hope you didn't sustain life altering injuries. There are just way too many demented people on this planet. If only there was a virus specific to them...if you get my drift?! 😉
Reddit giving the cold case fresh publicity is fantastic, but in my opinion the real heroes of the Grateful Doe case are the forensic artists at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. They do invaluable and incredibly difficult work, aging up/recreating existing images for young people like Jason Callahan in hopes that they might be found or at least identified. Without them, it's likely he never would have been recognized.
Here here!
It is absolutely incredible. I feel like this technology is completely underrated by the general public
I couldn’t agree more. Especially when it comes to cases like this where the family isn’t really looking for their lost loved one because of the terms they left on.
You remember that trend everyone was doing with "FaceApp"? The one where you use a current photo of yourself to see what you'd look like when you're old. I uploaded a photo of an actor when he was young and it looked EXACTLY like how he did at the time, aged exactly how the app predicted. They should use that algorithm for the age progression photo.
@@YourMomsFavoriteCommenter Good idea!!
I always love how these Reddit stories involve someone coming forward saying “I’m actually the worlds leading expert on cross-threaded lug nuts manufactured in 1974” and then their name is something like “DickButtFart420”
Reddit makes me want to especialize in some random niche and extremely specific topic, just in case the world might need my help one day
Reminds me of how the Watergate scandal was exposed by a guy who was called 'Deep Throat,' after a porno movie.
"BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT: The EXPOSURE of a CONSPIRACY that leads all the way to the WHITE HOUSE. Experts say this SCANDAL could topple the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, and it was all due to the EXPERT KNOWLEDGE of Dick ButtFart420."
That’s my favorite part
@@MrEazyE357 lol true. but look around! most people have silly usernames! 😆
@@MrEazyE357 lmfao that tops my old one. Dirtea clam burp.
The first story reminds me of an incident when I was in high school. One of my friends was swiped by a car as she walked to the bus stop, and its side mirror broke off when it hit her arm. Her mom then proceeded to keep that mirror and carried it around with her everywhere she went, in case she ever saw a car missing a mirror that she could match it to.
Dang she was looking for *vengeance*
Did your friend make it out alright?
Oh thats tragic, how is she? And was she found? You dont need to answer my questions if you dont want to but i do give my condolence and support to her.
@@LooneyLei Yeah, she was fine! Probably too fine for the situation because she still got on the bus and came to school lmao. Her upper arm started turning black like halfway through the day which was when she casually mentioned to us that she got hit by a fucking car, and then she was sent home.
@Saki McGee your friend is a badass.
@@benadrylcabbagepatch2527 Either OP’s friend is a badass or it shows how fucked up high school is wherein you’d rather go to school after _getting hit by a car_ instead of going home. Can’t miss that meaningless busywork or mind numbing quizzes lest you ruin your entire life because you can’t go to college anymore.
What a god damned lie they sold us.
Sometimes when I feel like this world is garbage I take solace in the fact that someone called "JeffsNuts" can be unironically proclaimed a hero bc of the internet.
Now you just know it's 🤡🌍 instead
So true :)
Literally. Tons of good people exist in such a world n im glad they do
Oh man that Jason case was tough, can’t imagine having a missing son for twenty years just hoping he’s alive and happy out there somewhere but having no idea. Then getting the very shitty but slightly relieving closure about what really happened
they thought he had run off to live a new life because he didnt want to be around them :( so tragic.
Yeah
i’ve been living like that but with my brother. every time i watch a cold case video i get scared that he’s sitting in a morgue somewhere looking for me. i cannot imagine the relief of jason’s mother & sister, it’s awful that he was dead this whole time, but they finally got closure.
@@seichethebobcat *hug* im sorry fren, i hope he's okay and you get closure eventually ♥ sending love
@@MarvelousButterdid you just hug someone virtually?
I can't even imagine how Jason's family felt at the news that he had been gone all of that time. His mother had thought that he had simply been deeply estranged... but he'd been dead for decades. That's so heartbreaking, but to finally have closure and be able to know where he rests must've been a huge relief. It's incredible that these people were able to give him back his name, since without their help, his family might not've ever known what became of their little boy. Rest easy, Jason. You are known, and you are loved.
decades of wondering wtf you did to make your kid leave like that just to find out that he has been dead all this time. I can't begin to imagine the heartache
Reddit Detectives: they're 100% accurate 1% of the time
You had me in the first half
Reminds me of anchorman’s “it works 100% of the time 60% of the time” joke
@@SamOfTheShadows oh I got it from in danganronpa lol totally forgot about that movie
Basically 99% inaccurate?
@@aMnezia 1/100*100/100 = 1/100
I feel like most of these were handled surprisingly well for Reddit: either simply raising awareness or sending tips to the police. No randoms poking around crime scenes. Nobody hounding families for public statements. Just people trying to help and following the set path to do so.
It's Reddit, not Twitter.
@@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult Lmao youre being delusional if you think Reddit doesn't do the shite Twitter does
@@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult there is literally no difference between the "communities"
@@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult you act like they aren’t similar to a degree, they’ve harassed countless people and families before such as the Boston bombing incident.
Oh trust me reddit has those too, remember when they blamed the Boston b mbing on a random guy
The first story reminds me of my boyfriend since he is a cyclist and was ran down by a drunk driver. She ran into him and dragged his unconscious body over a mile before he dislodged, and she just left him. Luckily, he survived, but he was touch and go for a while, having to be put into a medically-induced coma I think because of the bleeding in his brain. Anyway though, anytime I hear of hit and runs ESPECIALLY when it's a cyclist that is hit, it brings me back to that and how we almost lost him. We were lucky. He was lucky. And sadly, someone else lost their life instead. And it makes me feel so awful for these people to lose a loved one, especially knowing how I could barely keep it together thinking my loved one was about to die
Is he ok now?
@@SigurdThePink oh yes, he's a lot better now, but does have some long term effects
Holy shit that is VERY lucky. Especially to survive being dragged over a mile. Was he being dragged against the ground? That is crazy.. Hopefully she got a prison sentence
@@beatnik6806 yes, he was dragged against the ground. He also had a backpack since he takes one to work all the time, but I don't remember if that helped at all. As for her, she deserved more jail time. Let's put it that way. For her third DUI and now with an added hit and run, her sentence was pathetic
@@IzzyMarrie WOW. A third DUI. How long is her sentence? I'm so sorry to hear about this, by the way, but that's amazing that your boyfriend survived and so good that he has you there to support him.
When it comes to crime, Reddit is always somehow involved one way or another
No
@@michaelroy3203 but actually yes
Jack the Ripper was a frequenter on r/animemes. Explains how he treated women.
@@portal2kid if only he hadn't been gifted that katana by a ninja cosplayer.
@@portal2kid wow, this says so much about society
Jason's case had me down
Imagine having a child, grows up and decides to move on alone
You never hear of him again untill years or decades later just to find out he passed away....thats gotta hit harder then anything
I feel bad for his family but happy as they now know of his fate :"(
I wonder if it might almost have been better to keep the hope that he'd gone on to live a good life rather than die so tragically young
And its not like he was "on the road" for years and died at some point, it was literally the same year he left.
It reminds me of the movie 8mm where the mother of the girl happens to be in the same situation
@@its_dey_mate yeah, but the family didn't know that. For all this time they thought he was still "on the road".
@@psychedelicpain420 i mean at one point you gotta have a feeling something's up if you can't find anything related to him anywhere. most people have social medias, or have their numbers on the yellow pages, or have a piece of email on the "scraped" databases, etc... this happened before internet became a thing so yeah when you find out he is nowhere on internet you gotta ask yourself "damn, maybe he died before internet became a thing right ?" kinda situation.
I told my mom about the grateful doe case because of her love for the Grateful Dead, and she gave me some really interesting information: The show that they went to was one of the VERY LAST before Jerry Garcia’s death. Jerry died in august of the same year. The last thing these guys saw was one of the last times that Jerry ever performed.
I like to imagine that they’re chillin in heaven together
I was at those shows. A couple people were struck by lightning out in the parking lot on the second day. At the Deer Creek (Indiana) shows that followed, people without tickets crashed the gates and caused the following night’s show to be cancelled. Then Jerry died a few weeks later. Summer ‘95 felt cursed.
The last song they played at RFK that year was Brokedown Palace. If you don’t know it, have a listen (the studio version off of the American Beauty album). It’s a gorgeous, bittersweet, and fitting song, and it’s the last tune Jason heard Jerry sing. (me, too.)
Not interesting, that band is kinda yaG
Man, Jason's story hits me. When I was in my early 20s I left home and was incommunicado til I was 25, and I did a lot of dumb shit that could've killed me. Drinking, drugs, got drunk and fell 70 feet off a cliff which left me with brain damage. I remember getting a call once because my family was looking for me and thought I might be dead. Glad I'm alive, and glad Jason's family at least got closure
70 feet off a cliff? You're lucky to survive that. Are you doing okay, Danz?
70 feet? Jesus dude. You sure like living life on the edge, literally.
I was in the same boat. Got hooked on heroin and basically figured it'd be easier on my family if I detached from them. Years later, when their private investigator found me and I got back in touch, it broke my heart to realize how much more pain they'd been in not knowing if I was alive or dead. Thankfully things are better now and I've been able to rebuild those relationships, but I wish I could take back the decision to go incommunicado more than anything.
After 10 years, if your family had reported you missing you would've been legally declared DEAD. I wonder how many "dead" people are out there just trying to escape their old life. Imagine like deciding to go on vacation and being at the airport and they TSA is like wait a minute, you're dead?
Yeah 70 feet.... You obviously have some brain damage
The Grateful Doe one was especially touching. It didn't have a happy ending, but definitive answers are better than endlessly wondering "what if."
As Lazy Masquerade put it. "Jason Callahan had his identity restored to him and can finally rest in peace"
To be honest the people on r/whatisthiscar could have been a big help in the 1st story as they are complete masterminds when it comes to this stuff.
Unless that subreddit wasn’t around at the time
Also r/justrolledintotheshop since its full of car mechanics
I always found the Grateful Doe case an amazing example of strangers coming together to achieve something good for no expected return - an unknown person got their identity back and a family was given some resolution.
I just posted that this guy is def not the only person following jam bands around to just disappear and never be heard from again. Quite creepy really.
It's a good example why it's a good idea to sometimes share such information online. Especially reddit it seems. Who knows how many more cases we could've solved if we spread more awareness for such stuff
@@jakejonas7366 There was a guy in Atlanta who was coming back from a White Zombie concert (this is not confirmed 100%, but a pretty good theory based in the location), was hit by a car in the way and died in the hospital after being in a coma for 1 year. He still hasn't been identified almost 30 years later 😞
@sin3358 There are a lot of web sleuth sites and posts, where they come together and share info and articles. They help solve more than we hear about. It's really interesting.
You know it’s good when Reddit solved a case and didn’t ruin anything!
yeah haha heres your reddit gold you win the internet today good sir
Reddit is the broken clock of the internet.
@@vitaminwater9662 thanks bro (I don’t use Reddit but thanks)
@@beatsbeercigarettes I'm pretty sure Reddit solved more cases than wrongly accusing people for crimes. I've already seen videos with Reddit solved mysteries and all of these were still new to me.
@@Quetzalcoatlus_Lawson it still doesn’t outweigh the terrible things Reddit brings to this world.
There was also the time when the police did not listen to internet sleuths. When Lucas Rocco Magnotta tortured a kitten and posted the video, people from the internet did a great job of identifying him. When the police was contacted they said they couldn't to anything. Jun Lin would most probably be alive if the police had taken the internet sleuths seriously.
Of course he was such a piece of shit he went on to do more crimes. And the police still doesn't do anything about filmed adult rxpe and online scammers, I guess we're not surprised
Honestly so true. If the police didn't brush them off as if they were making stuff up, Jun Lin would likely still be alive
Jun Lin?
@@Cooldude-ko7psprobably the name of the kitten
@@greglynas52 nope, it was a person he murdered
We did it Reddit, we actually helped in contributing to society.
You didnt do shit dude.... dont take credit for something you didnt do.
@@lil-dexxy6475 He's making a joke on the Boston bomber reddit detectives Wavey also covered.
@@theepicduck6922 Oh shit my B. i wasnt aware...
Sorry brother, i just get a little worked up when people use the 'we' word when they did nothing to contribute. Also im a little drunk lmao
So i ended up looking it up. Thanks you learn something new everyday thats for sure 😅
Im not to up to date with these internet memes haha.
@@lil-dexxy6475 Lmfao most reddit answer ever
I can't imagine how sad it would be to learn that your son had passed such a long time ago. My sons name is Jason so maybe it hit me a bit harder. Thanks for another great video!
At the same time, it feels like it would be a relief to know that your son didn't cut off contact out of spite or because you hated you?
not only that, but imagine how it must feel like to find out that while he was gone, he wasn’t forgotten, and that unbeknownst to you, hundreds of strangers cared about who he was. it kind of reminds me of that ww2 widow whose air force husband, billie harris, went MIA during an operation in france and some 50 years later found out that he was shot down and landed in a tiny rural town, where the townspeople revered him as a local war hero, holding an annual festival and literally naming their main avenue after him
So is his name Jason Banana Canada?
@@TheBrandonn yes it is the middle and last name to all in canada
I’m from SC and turned 20 earlier this year and it hurt especially hard for me too. I’ve been to Myrtle Beach more times than I can count so knowing that not only was this man found after the less than stellar terms he left his family on, but that he was someone my age and from my state at the time of his death was very heartbreaking.
"No drugs were found in the vehicle, leading police to the conclusion they had not actually been grateful dead fans..."
posers
Getting what is essentially 2 years for killing someone is insane
Meanwhile, someone I knew got 3 years for weed :/
@@Sapreme I got 3 for weed myself
There are people who have spent 40+ years, life sentences or even death sentences on false accusations. It's a fucked up world we live in.
People NOT driving cars while on the road are second class citizens in the USA. They can be killed without many consequences.
Not gonna lie, I almost cried hearing about the Grateful Doe. I feel so sad for the family who had been searching for him for all those years only to find out that he’s gone… On the other hand, I am happy for them for getting closure
If I was arrested bc of Reddit I would ask for the death penalty
In all seriousness, they don't fuck around. I think they solved a lot of lost media cases
@@roxassora2706 that game sucks so bad but I guess KH3 is ok
@@B727X I get it, you want me to react horribly.
@@roxassora2706 you're thinking of 4chan lmao. Reddit is famous for basically being useless and not solving anything. 99% of the time they get it wrong
@@roxassora2706 lol
Stuff like this always gives me hope. Out of all the trolls and bots I see in comments, DMs,or just out in real life every time something like this happens it shows me that there's an entire internet filled with people who just want to see the world succeed. I'm a firm believer that no matter what problems you have somewhere in the world someone would drop everything to help you.
There often the minority in some cases
If not overshadowed by a plethora of disgusting, two-faced and just overall despicable human beings
Hope in humanity
I appreciate y'all for the fact that this is the first comment I've posted in months that hasn't been riddled with bots calling people racial slurs and saying "I'm better than ___ look at my videos". Thank you everyone who's part of making this a wholesome community of strangers coming together in a common place. If there was ever a bonfire to touch it's present 🔥
Not really lmao. I'm going to die from septic tooth infection and nobody's deemed my life worth saving.
You should never have faith in Reddit even when they do good
What I wanna know is why actual investigators (like the people actually paid to solve crimes) aren't smart enough to seek out someone like JeffsNuts on their own. Like, why didn't they just approach people in the auto industry to identify the part. Every piece of a car is someone's job to know about. It seems like the first thing I'd try.
I personally believe it's because most of these investigators find it embarrassing and even insulting to an extent, that a "random Joe Schmoe" on the internet can sometimes solve cases and do police investigation work better than they can. It most definitely is an ego thing with some of these people.
@@lukethomas6900ego kills
Idk maybe they just don’t think those kinds of hyper specific experts exist?
The 'actual investigators' in this local case and far too many other cases are the guys whose career paths went from high school football team to police or sheriff, to letting the chief (their cousin) borrow the boat and the truck to go fishing (on the clock), and now they are promoted to detective. Tactiool mall ninja gear for all! Going to train (on vacation)! Who, astonishingly can amplify their votes to elect their buddies to funnel federal funds to their hillbilly hollow.
Realistically, I don't think they care enough. It's probably the same kind of officers that say "call us when something actually happens" to stalking victims and such. They get dozens of cases a day and don't care to spend time and energy on every single one.
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There must be more cases solved by reddit, i would absolutely love a second part
Imagine committing a crime and thinking you got away only to get dunked on by somebody named JeffsNuts
dude JeffsNuts is an absolute legend, along with everyone else that helped solve that specific case. Barely any evidence, no police could've picked that up. Reddit is probably one of the biggest red flags when you have it on your phone, but this was a magnificent thing
reddit isn't even a red flag. I use it for 30-60 minutes a day but I don't center my life around it. I just have a goofy haha, post a comment, maybe make a post, move on, and read my notifications. Then i hop off and a few hours later i do the same thing
You CAN’T argue for Casey’s ignorance on this, she knew what she was doing was WRONG.
Yeah and she was prolific in her vandalism. 10 different national parks.
Yeah I CAN and do argue this. I ultimately agree w the policy re: leave no trace in public parks but good lord are y’all some little tyrants on this issue. All she needed was to be told “it turns out that’s illegal. Please stop.” lol.
Individual incidents like this are of almost 0 consequence relative to society. The problem is ensuring that you don’t have EVERYONE deciding to paint on things in natural spaces.
There’s an old case of this kind of defacement at some cave in France. Word has its been almost a dozen millennia and they still haven’t caught the perps.
@@alexweschler9470 it’s called ignorance for a reason, it means you don’t know what you’re doing and don’t know that it’s wrong lmao she knew what she was doing, please stop lol
oh no a little bit of colour on a stone..
maybe theres something i dont understand but does it REALLY matter, is it REALLY that big of a deal that some edgy girl is doing graffiti on some rocks for street cred??
I imagine all of these redditors with their fedoras on, investigating every bit of evidence, all while conversing with each other on Discord.
Imagine the smell if they all got packed into one room.
So sweaty...
Bold of you to think Redditors use anything but Reddit and maybe Twitter. I haven't seen anything different.
These guys out here solving murders, why you gotta do em like that 😭😭😭
dude they converse on reddit
Yooo wtf your username is very similar to mine
Its good that reddit tracked down and put a stop to casey, but also props to her for turning herself in and accepting her punishment gracefully.
I followed the Grateful Doe case for years. It was always one that stuck with me and even got me into the band’s music. Never thought we’d really see answers. Reddit really did an incredible thing by helping to give Jason his name back.
It got you into the Grateful Dead? Ouch. They do explore the fine line between psychedelic and repetitive
@@Skottomania I'm not sure about your feelings from this comment, but I personally adore Grateful Dead's music. The lyrics are incredibly well written and often tell their own stories, and the tunes are emanating with character and soul.
@@bird_obsession been into the dead the majority of my life. Got into them around 14-15 and been a fan since. Was too young to catch the entire band but I try to see Phil anytime he comes around. Was at the Chicago show a few years back. I’ve seen so many versions of dead members lol. Phil and friends, ratdog, further, the other ones Donna Jeans band and im big into dark star orchestra and try ti catch them when they come around. Plus a pile of other jam bands. But getting into phish and the dead introduced me to my lifetime friends and some of the finest people I’ve ever known. Def more than just a band to me.
@@Skottomania I'm with you.
Not. A. Fan.
But to each their own.
*Video begins at **2:48*
Thank you!
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Jeez I feel like people have got longer sentences for posession of heroin WITHOUT having killed someone
That first one hits close to home. My neighbor (he was 21) was killed in a motorcycle accident. A car bumped him to the side, he hit a rock, then a stop sign. He died on impact, so he luckily didn't feel pain. Rest in paradise Louis, you're missed. Sometimes I still feel him smiling down on people. He was such a good person. He was in my kitchen dancing with my siblings two days before. RIP.
It's crazy how much dedication reddit puts into these mysteries weather they mess up or not
they are no lifers. They need that drama and "purpouse" in life. Like ,they prove themself their self-value (withouit it they are zeros).
There are also crime-law , crime videos, watchers. They watch it again and again. Everyday. Like, instead of television. I see it as mental illness. But anyway, if they successfuly solve some criminal act, I thank them.
@@warrax111 godzilla had a stoke trying to read this and fucking died
You should see how dedicated they are to being cringelords and degenerates
@@indestructible247 Ok Redditor
Neckbeards with no life will do anything to feel better
I personally would love to see more of these stories, because they are genuinely interesting to me
Just the fact that someone is able to pull something out of nothing is extremely baffling, not only from the sheer fact of it being so accurate, but also the fact that it should be virtually impossible to find anything in these kinds of cold cases and mysteries
@@marissawindler9214it is virtually impossible
The first and third one are insanely impressive, like sometimes life can be more fascinating than fiction
My god I feel so bad for the mother of the Grateful Doe, I can't imagine a loved one just disappearing and not knowing what happened to them for years. I hope that the revelation has brought her some peace.
You would think the family would of put it together long ago? I mean I’d imagine someone In his family or friend circle would of known he went to the dead show at the venue..and have a general idea that he never was seen since leaving for the show. But maybe he was sorta a drifter.
@@knightlyjamz13 The implication I got from the story was that he was either estranged from his family, a drifter, or perhaps a little of both, since he had left home for the groupie lifestyle. He'd been going to Grateful Dead shows all over the country, so they had no way of knowing where he'd be, and it doesn't sound like he had kept in close contact with his family. Very sad situation.
Dude, the car nuts on Reddit can literally identify ANY car from the tiniest and random pieces from the car. Never underestimate them. Lol They never fail to blow my mind with every identification.
yes! kinda reminds me of those insane geoguesser players. They'll pinpoint a specific town in uganda based on the way the dirt looks and just move on as if thats something everyone can do. Like tf you mean thats a polish tree??? how do you know???
My sister taught me to identify the make and model of vehicles in the opposite lane by the size, shape, and placement of the headlights back in the late 90’s.
An expert like Jeff showing up on a case like the first one is literally a miracle, what are the odds! And I can’t imagine the heartbreak Jason’s mom must have felt to learn that all those years of waiting and hoping he’d call or contact her, he had been dead the whole time. Both the closure and anguish I would have felt!
that's crazy that Jason's family thought he was alive out there somewhere and just hadn't contacted them, when he actually died practically immediately after they had last heard from him.
RIP to Jason. My heart breaks for his family and for him. Passed way too young. Hopefully the family finds peace knowing Jason is at peace 🙏
I always thought it was illegal to paint graffiti in the wild regardless of whether it's in a national park or not. Either way, it urks me when I see this stuff. Nature is the pinnacle of art and should be left undisturbed the same way you found it.
Same I’ve always hated seeing someone’s name carved in trees and boulders it’s not cute to me
tbh that’s why if i would ever want to tag anything i’d pick an abandoned building because it is completely unclaimed
@@moonlight_oats still illegal but most people but the cops, busybodies and the building/land owner since the building is an eye sore to everyone else. I see them on train cars alot too idk why. Abandon vehicles are also a fun target I've noticed.
@@Kris-wo4pj train cars are left in train yards (which are usually very quiet and desolate at night) to be filled with new cargo. They stay stationary for long periods, have large surfaces and the yards aren't usually next to populated areas. That's why you see the art on trains. Some good, some bad. It's just practice. Don't do it at a holy place or a national park. Carving into trees is different. Really not harming the tree. (Not sure if it was you talking about it, just putting my 2 cents in here.)
On top of that, a majority of art products is toxic
The Jason/Grateful Doe story has me sobbing. Not only is it amazing that his family has closure, but the people who helped solve it must be so happy😭
That 4 year sentence is crazy. I don't believe in super harsh sentences. But what he did was pretty messed up.
A guy who put marwana in a autistic 3 year olds feeding tube and killed the kid from that
The guy got 3 years in jail.
Yeah, it was weird. In Turkey, when you are driving the car as a drunk or high, if you crash and kill someone, it's accepted as a qualified murder crime. You get a 30-year prison sentence without any penalty reduction.
Clicked immediately! I love it when the internet comes together for good.
Here’s why Reddit is so effective at catching crimes: while detectives are few the internet is basically a hive mind of thousands of humans
It's nice that Casey turned herself in and as far as I could find learned from her mistakes. Definitely could've gone a lot worse.
Imagine doing some light graffiti and a bunch of self righteous Redditors are championing for your arrest
@@telecentric2103 It's different when it's historical and something that people are generally very aware of and very invested in. Especially considering that all the "redditors" were very much into preservation of such places, which is a given. And redditors champion for people's deaths all the time, they were even satisfied with her sentence which was good enough and small, so honestly yes. Imagine.
@@pufflord_gamesonicsoloesyo2365 “me no like you making art on rock I like”
*doesnt recicle and throws coke cans out of their Ford Focus on the highway*
@@telecentric2103 bruh
there's a difference between a normal rock
And a historical rock
Like there's a reason why the rangers exist
@@Dr.Drip6677 “Nono you don’t understand this rock is important compared to this rock, because I said so”
The internet is both a blessing and a curse, and it’s the former that makes it all worth it.
The Jason Callahan one was a tragedy honestly. So was the first one. I feel sad for everyone involved in these things
the jason Callahan case is such an amazing show of how sometimes, the internet is the only way to solve a case, what a trip.
Husband guy:officer my wife was killed ,what are you doing to solve this case .
Officer: your wife's case is in good hands , we are currently in contact with specialist Jeff'snuts
Don't vandalize or otherwise damage our National Parks, please. It's one of VERY FEW globally agreed positives about our country.
As an artist myself, Im baffled by her actions. Just.. no.
Jason 'Grateful Doe' was one of my pet cases that I would constantly check for any updates for for YEARS, I can't tell you how happy and relieved I was when he finally got his name back
My english is not great but, the part "Can you help give him name back" just broke the shit out of me, holy moly
Hey wavy, a RUclips channel that I can’t remember the name of recently found a missing teen in a lake after a 5000 hour search by the police. They have apparently solved multiple cold cases. Seems like the kind of thing you’d cover
I believe you're thinking of Adventures with Purpose 🙂
Adventures with a Purpose- they’ve solved quite a few cases and found quite a few bodies as well
adding a little comment here to make it more likely he sees this!
Its an interesting channel.. Never watched them but watched reports of them.. The number of accident and people accidental driving in the lake is quite big.
What's really cool about them is that they're super specialized so they focus on cases of missing persons, in cars, near water and follow the likely paths of the victim. They're very experienced with the sonar imaging so can find things that LE isn't trained for. They also encourage others and include as much teaching as they can. Love watching them do their work! 👍🍍
Imagine getting doxed by somebody named Jeffs nuts💀
Doxxed? How
He didn't doxx anyone, unless you count the headlight bezel
that grateful doe story is wild, i can't imagine how crazy that subreddit was when his identity was confirmed.
Fr also the poor family looking for years and then realising he died so young
I had a scenario scarily similar to the first story. In 2014 my best friend was tragically killed in a hit and run accident. However in this incident the culprit was never found and cops did very little to help. The only reason I made it through all of that was (at the time) I had really good friends to help me through it.
I'm sorry you lost your friend in such a manner. I know you don't truly get over such a loss, but I hope you've found some kind of peace.
RIP
I’m so sorry that you lost your friend. I have to ask though, was there any evidence left by the culprit? Maybe we could get Reddit to do a part 2 to the first story?
@@jacksauce Let them be.
Way to make it about yourself.
That poor, elderly man having to find his wife's body after the hit and run. . .so sad.
That first case is part of why I love the Internet. There's so many people on it nowadays that you're bound to have people who have niche hobbies/jobs, and getting to see them flex their knowledge is always a treat. It brought a smile to my face to think that this random person got to enlighten so many about something fairly obscure!
Always wondered how some people end up with virtually unheard of, crazy-niche careers like Jeff. It sounds like it pays well but I would like to hear a story about how someone ends up working such jobs.
need money - get job. that's probably it really, I've worked some niche jobs that I had little to no real interest in. Just ended up being allocated something that my superiors thought I'd be good at, and carried on doing it.
It seems like Jeff really is good at his job but also has a loving interest on the matter and knew things to a teeth.
The actual @Jeffsnuts tells how he got the job in the top comment
Not all heroes wear capes, some are called JeffsNuts
I would say the grafitti wouldn't really be a big issue if it was done with a really temporary medium, like chalk. This would be easy to remove, orn would wash away with the rain.
Or if they used earth pigments…that would be neat. Less toxic wash off... I follow some awesome artists that forage for earth pigments and it’s such a neat process!
Yeah, its not hard to just use chalk instead of acrylic. Infact, i wouldnt be surprised if its cheaper.
as an artist and nature lover ive always been very offended by creepytings… art is wonderful, but so is nature. humans have already destroyed SO much natural earth. please do not deface the remaining beautiful natural places. you can put your art soooo many different places. this story always makes me so sad.
finally a decent argument that isnt just simping
@@stephen7690 everyone I’ve seen in this comment section hates her guts
Hell I feel like more than the driver with heroin
Grafitti as a medium is divisive.
At some points and time throughout history it was important and relevant to express a variety of things.
But then are the many people like creepytings who just do it to be edgy.
@@Viking_Raven i think grafitti can be beautiful, but not in nature. we should be preserving the earth as we have already ruined it so, so much. but i think grafitti in the city is beautiful and a wonderful art form that adds character and charm to man made things. nature is already a form of art, we just didnt create it, but we also shouldnt destroy it.
I’m surprised how well handled these cases were handled considering the internet can be ruthless
4 YEARS FOR KILLING SOMEONE WITH YOUR TRUCK?! AND 2 OF THOSE YEARS PROBATION?!
I remember being hooked to the Reddit thread in 2012 for this case. When it was solved I was thrilled they finally got answers.
I remember following the national park vandalism story on reddit as it unfolded. I’m in Australia so it was kind of amazing. I’d even stay up to be online (and awake) to match US day/afternoon time
I’d love to see a series from Wavy of how Reddit solved/failed crime investigations. I’ve really enjoyed the previous vids on the subject’s.
god, i LOVE stories like these. i love hearing about websites like reddit or 4chan gathering together and helping solve a case. i particularly love when they solve cold cases. it's just wonderful to see random people band together to give a victim and their loved ones some form of justice and/or closure. it's great to see that good things can even come from sites that are typically god awful, lol.
7:49 I LITERALLY CANNOT STOP LAUGHING AT " JEFFSNUTS" BRO LMAOOOO it caught me off guard bruh
The artist girl case is just making me angry. I get it if she was hiking somewhere and not realized she had painted something on a rock that was a part of a national park, but she left those things next to the main trails and she left signatures. I'm not really surprised someone got so angry at seeing those they posted her art to reddit. She wasn't even trying to hide her art or the places she left it.
She wasn’t trying to just make secret little drawings, she wanted to share her stuff
She just went about it the wrong way
It was stupid but nonetheless whatever
It happened and she’s gonna serve her time and now anyone else who ever saw her stuff and thought “ooh that sounds fun” will think twice heh
The redditors in that story are just a bunch of sad snitches as far as I’m concerned
@@GreenZime honestly, it’s not that serious at all
@@niyasunique853right? I hike frequently and absolutely love nature but it’s just some rock, you know? It’s like getting angry at someone for carving a heart into a tree
@@GreenZime exactly! If anything I feel like it’s an appreciation thing. Unless they’re using harsh chemicals or sumn
i love the multi-story episodes ,keep up the good work !
Your videos are honestly so well done, well researched, well put together, your voice is a nice tone to listen to, and your background is always cool looking. Really not sure how you don't get more attention. You operate like a channel with 35 million subs. It's incredible, you're incredible!
Imagine your getting away with a crime and then a cop arrests you and you find out a redditor put you in jail (I am glad all these people were caught though!)
Imagine being a mom and not reporting your son missing and just not hearing from them for decades😳
Sadly I got Hit and Run story on a close cousin of mine around 2 years ago. He was Paraolympics winner on Cycling (He has Down Syndrome) . He got hit and run by an elder person similar case like the woman on the video (thank god my cousin survived) and he got hospitalised for around half a year. A driver who passed a few minutes later called ambulance and they brought him at hospital. Since then my cousin is really afraid to ride a bike and it is a pity because it was one of his passions to do cycling.
I feel like that first case is a prime example of the way the internet should be used to solve crime. The internet does not have the collective intelligence to actually put pieces of evidence together, but because of those numbers they have the ability to brute Force research into certain clues. Theoretically this could one day be achieved by a web crawling AI of some kind, but until that happens the internet's probably the closest alternative.
Well you say that, but reddit brute forced their way with the person behind the boston bombings - only to get it very very wrong 💀
Wow! I would love to witness the collective "oh fukk" look on criminals faces hearing that this new AI detective was soon to be in operation. Followed by some crazy claim like it can examine a case,it's evidence, suspects,location, and match all data points to come up with a theory of how the crime was committed,when, likely motive, planned or impulsive, and the perps name/number/address and possible hideouts. Then a map of all movements , receipts and CCTV of all stops and transactions,and can give the time the crime began and ended accurate down to the second. All that would take approximately seven seconds because it's doing two hundred simultaneously. Only examining one crime would milliseconds.
The complete panic and paranoia that would instantly overcome criminals, especially those that have basically gotten away with their crimes because of wrongful convictions or cases gone cold. Pandemonium!
Someone should make this announcement as a joke/"social experiment" and guilty people will show themselves lol . Even funnier claim this tech is too much power for the government to weild so it'll be released for free to the public to use .lol so many dikks getting cut off lol.
It's a scary thought experiment and I had to throw in some humor, but could you imagine getting arrested suddenly for receiving stolen property, transporting stolen property across state lines, conspiracy and being in possession of a firearm during commission of a crime. You later learn it's from years ago when you worked as a supply driver for a lumber yard...your boss sent you to get a load right over the state line and being it back. You have a carry permit and choose to carry when driving the supply truck for protection. The problem is that your old boss never paid for that load of material...AI found it and created a warrant. Imagine getting a mailbox full of traffic tickets for every little infraction throughout your life. You ever bought illicit substances? Using the your phone to make contact, driving your vehicle to the meet... bringing your tracking devi....uhhhh sorry phone along. Scariest of all is your significant other having access to a AI supercomputer just to find petty shit you lied about. "Remember Monday like wight years ago, it was February 7th.I asked you if you were free to have lunch at Chick-fil-A. You said you were just going to work through lunch but turns out you had tacos with your boss!!!! Unbelievable! "Lol "on September 3 ,2016 I called you fourteen times in four minutes, you didn't answer or even text to say busy. Turns out you were on that phone and opened Amazon shopping for a noose! Guess you made a spelling error,What would we do with a moose anyway?" Lol I'm getting way off track. Writing a short story over here .I apologize for the rambling nonsense,but I like to see things from all sides .have a great weekend
@@Scarethelocals lol. Yeah, it definitely sounds a bit dystopian. Realistically, it's probably just used to cross reference data from internet sources rather than actually solve crimes in any meaningful way.
@@Scarethelocals Don't apologize friend, that was all highly entertaining to read, particularly the noose/moose part lol. Especially bc I couldn't tell if that was meant as a, "the husband is a closeted serial killer"-thing, or (even funnier imo) that the noose was meant for himself, bc that wife sounds about as intolerable as one could get lol. Suicide is a sensitive topic, but can be fuckin' hilarious when used in certain instances. Idc who you are lol.
You'll still need human detectives to gather the data points that aren't on the internet to feed the machine with . These cases where only solved because there was a dossier of clues and information to sift through already , which was physically gathered and processed .
I have to say, I appreciate the effort you put into your content. Your videos don't feel like they were cookie cut off the same format that a lot of other channels tend to follow
Software developer and free software advocate Eric Raymond once said, "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." Also called "Linus's law". The examples here, especially the obscure part of an old truck, show that with enough exposure, cold cases can be closed. Sometimes all it takes to get an answer to a question is finding the right person to ask. The Reddit user who identified the headlight part hopefully got a reward for that - even if that wasn't made public.
the collective autism of the internet can be a beautifully terrifying thing. either solving crimes, or terrorizing Shia Labouf
"The department would like to extent special thanks to, _sigh_ Jeff's nuts for identifying vital evidence in this crime."
Am I the only one that kinda feels bad for Casey? I mean sure, “vandalism” is bad, especially in national parks, but I mean c’mon it seems like the Karen’s of Reddit came together to punish someone for painting on some rocks. That is probably the least destructive form of “vandalism” there is. Cavemen have been painting on rocks since dawn of human existence. They treated her paintings as if they posed danger to hikers. I am not saying what she did was ok, and do think she needed to stop, but they treated her like some monster. It’s not like she was littering or destroying nature. Overtime the paint will just fade or someone will clean it off. Kind of an unwarranted overreaction, but what can you expect from the internet?
I honestly just skipped the rest of that story after getting half-way through it, just sounded like a bunch of petty nerds on Reddit being lame.
I'm with you on this one, I just skip the case when I watch this video
Yea I understood why they were mad but then they started overreacting wayyy too much…
This shows cases should be outsourced for small counties, it's the age of services after all
The hit and run guy definitely has well-connected family
I wish jeff nuts had a more typical "reddit name" could you imagine
"family and police personally thank semencanon47 for help"
I find it hilarious though that Reddit is much worse at tracking down criminals and solving mysteries than an anonymous and deorganized place like 4chan.
anonymity is much better for solving mysteries cause no one throws out bad theories in hopes theyll be right and get credit
4chan is filled with dumb people that are dumb, and smart people pretending to be dumb
reddit is filled with dumb people that are dumb, and dumb people pretending to be smart for upvotes
They aren't lol, people are so clueless about 4chan they don't even know they get 99% of shit wrong, especially when it's any incident even remotely political
As soon as I saw the black chunk of plastic, I instantly knew that it was the headlight bezel off of a mid-80's Chevrolet truck, because a friend of mine owns a 1987 Silverado Suburban. It still has the old hood ornament! Those trucks are pretty recognizable, especially if you spend a lot of time around it.
“So do you have any job experience?”
“Well I was a reddit detective 🤓.”
never stop makin vids man, ur content is like the only thing i watch on youtube i’d be lost without ur vids, they’re top tier
4 years jail for a guy who KILLED someone and 2 years probation for someone who did "art".... Wtf