My heart breaks for the woman trapped in the Water Closet. I can’t imagine hearing that banging for so long and not reporting it. When I moved into my apartment, I was dusting the blinds and they were hitting the window and a neighbor I’d never met before came to my door to make sure everything was okay. Sometimes listening to your gut gets you a teenage girl cleaning, sometimes it saves a life. Always pay attention to anything that seems off to you. Edit: I can’t believe people are still commenting just to disagree lol. I stand by my original statement that IF SOMETHING SEEMS OFF TO YOU, pay attention. If it’s a banging that continued for that long, then it would have seemed off to ME and thus I would have gone to check. If you guys would rather turn a blind eye bc it isn’t your business, then you’re welcome to. But I personally wouldn’t. Didn’t realize I had made such a controversial statement. Also a woman died. A woman who had a family and an entire life before this. A woman who several people now have to grieve and miss. It doesn’t matter if you would have “known how to survive”, she wasn’t able to and had to suffer in panic for the last hours of her life. Have some respect.
My neighbors who live above me are almost always banging all the time for no apparent reason so if someone was actually in trouble up there, or anywhere else, I wouldn't know the difference, so... 🤷♂ lol
@@NeonBigDummy it’s been a few days since I watched this so I can’t remember exactly, but my guess is something to do with the closet door not opening from the inside or something I have no idea honestly haha
What bothers me the most about the last story is the fact that the manager didn't go back and check on this man after he didn't return his key. After one hour of not returning, he should have immediately checked on him. Idk if he could have saved him in time, but it would have been the responsible thing to do. Of course, what he should have done, was go with the man. Not letting someone in that room alone is a safety issue. Safety is more important than a phone call.
The manager should have known that 1. The trash room was a death trap and 2. There was really no way to recover anything out of there anyway. He should be charged with Rogers death.
And especially if someone is blind! You're just gonna let a blind person or any person for that matter go alone in there without any explanation of what not to do?? Doesn't matter how important that phone call is!
@@trig33kgirl Yeah, what did the manager even expect him to do then? He said he was looking for his phone so of course he's gonna check the trash and the tunnel! He should've at least warned him of what not to do, that's the least you can do! But letting a blind man do that alone..how horrible! This could've been easily prevented if the manager had any decency and common sense!
It could be because of any number of things. The manager forgot because he was so busy and stressed, or he planned to do it and got preoccupied with something else. We don't really know. But what is sure is that he is not the sole reason why this man died... but he is part of the chain of events that did lead to it, and that's just unfortunate. The best advice that hindsight can give is how to handle this issue going forward. Personally, I would make it a rule going forward that nobody is allowed in the trash room without security or supervision in case of an accident. Regardless of the reason
@@PoptartParasol that rule was already in place when the manager gave the key. The manager ignored the rule, which is clearly negligence. I'm sure he regrets his choice that day. A horrible thing for the blind man.
That 2nd story is actually terrifying, dying alone in a dark claustrophobic space knowing that no one can hear you and probably won’t check on you for another week is just a terrible way to die.
Mary's story is heartbreaking. She came so close to getting out. To stop banging right at 5 PM, the cut-off the older couple had, is just unreal. And then to not realize she was only up against a picture, wow, it's sad beyond belief. Never give up. Try something else. Never give up.
She did a number of dumb mistakes. How can you think it's a good idea to rip off a pipe of a working boiler? Police workers are not the brightest and that's no secret.
@@GlossaME Well she was trying to get a better tool to break through so yes it is dumb but it probably was all she could think of. (Not trying to cause drama btw)
We used dry ice in jr high performances and knew it was toxic af. You can’t even touch it with your bare hands. It’s amazing me there are adults who don’t know this especially in todays age where you can google it in seconds.
I doubt the influencers would have not used the dry ice even if they had done research. These guys will go to any length for "content", that includes their own lives as well.
I feel like the third case would have easily been prevented. The manager should have known the building had a trash compactor installed, and that it would have crushed his phone had it fallen in the chute in the first place. So not only did he mess up by letting a legally blind man go off into a dangerous machine on his own, but it was a hopeless endeavour in the first place.
@@cassieclover99 manager was the one who condoned and neglected to supervise Rodgers attempt to retrieve his phone so he was entirely the key link to enabling Rodgers untimely death and definitely deserves a negligent homicide charge. Should be like 20-30 years for the manager and many many millions for Rodgers family from the company and a few garnished from the managers personal estate in a just court.
Damn my heart is out to Mary and her family, the fact that she was so close to escaping and that people heard it and didnt report it really is frustrating to hear.
@@exinsomniac6470 no she died do to pneumonia witch was caused by the fact she was being sprayed by water from the broken pipe and if she just kept at it with the board she would still be alive
@@phantomwalker8251 the others probably would't know either. The timings were so God awful. Quit right before they were going to call the cops, and stopped at a mere picture because it seemed like another firm wall. The cold water causing hypothermia which screws up people's thinking and rationality... like the Everest hikers that Into Thin Air was about. People who knew better lost it.
To Mr. Ballen: you're one of the best storytellers I've ever heard. I've never heard your stutter or stumble over your words. Nor have I heard you repeat yourself because you messed up. You're extremely very well spoken. From your well spoken English, to your hand/arm movement while telling the story, to your intensifying your speech when the story climaxes in various points, you're able to pull out the excitement and through that, captivate your audience. *"I LOVE IT!"*
Imagine seeing a blind guy in a hallway, searching for his phone, and not taking time to help him search. Imagine giving the blind guy the key to a trash compactor room, so he can search for his phone, and not going with him. HE’S BLIND! Edit: I realize now that -legally- blind doesn’t necessarily mean totally blind. So it’s possible people didn’t realize that about him. Even still, the employee could have at least said “heads up, it’s a trash compactor.” Not sure what phone call he was waiting for, but I’m willing to bet it wasn’t -that- important.
For real! I was expectin some sorta cult jones town thing, but they seemed to just not even know what they were playing with. Cult woulda been better...
I can’t believe that people call me crazy for making sure a door won’t close before entering a confined space. Mary’s story is a prime example of why I’m the way I am.
Several of Mr. Ballen’s stories have to do with seemingly harmless situations like that. I never let a door close behind me without making sure it’s unlocked first
I got stuck 2 hours in a bathroom for a similar reason. I was fixing the doorknob and I accidentally closed the door while the latch was on it. When I tried inserting my part of the doorknob into the other one. I pushed the outside knob on the ground and was ultimately stuck. There was an A/C Unit right beside the bathroom door and it was so loud no body heard me. I didnt have my phone to call for help. I went outside on the roof ans climbed down…every material was commercial so all metal. I couldn’t force the door by kicking it or anything It’s so weird to end up in such a silly situation and and slowly realize that you’re actually stuck
@@etiendre my bathroom door is metal too and it's a old school type lock not a knob and sometimes if you close it too fast it locks from the outside, I got stuck once from that day if I was alone I didn't even bothered to close the door😂
The second story is incredible sad. Poor woman. And the fact that she actually was close to making a hole is but didn't realise it or just couldn't continue because of other reasons is devastating...
True, but after hearing the 3rd story, that's definitely even way horrifying way to die - getting mauled to death by hydraulic press. I'd rather get stuck in dark empty room with cold water bringing me to hypothermia rather than getting slowly crushed to death.
@@jasonolinger7585 well she was obviously completely exhausted and possibly suffering from hypothermia after hours of working as hard as she could to break through the walls while being sprayed with cold water. She almost made it too
And it’s sad because his phone was found latter by authorities in his room behind the bed post. Silly he went down there before looking through his room thoroughly
Third story is why I will NEVER search for items I accidentally threw out unless it's easily accessible and sticking out of the top of the dumpster, and there is no compacter. NOTHING is worth getting trapped in garbage and crushed.
Can we just acknowledge that the second lady went out like a boss? It's tragic that she died when it could have been avoided (why would the neighbors wait several long hours to report an odd banging?) but she refused to die before having tried absolutely everything to save herself. It's horrible she died all alone, in the dark, and cold. (And victory was so close, but she didn't know it.) But, damn, despite being older, out of energy, and with extremely few options, she refused to give up until she exhausted every other option. That's admirable.
I worked in laboratories for many years. When you said how much dry ice they had, my heart sank. No one should have supplied that to a member of the public, at least not without huge safety warnings. There have been other deaths and horrendous injuries because people think dry ice or liquid nitrogen looks really cool, without realising it is potentially extremely dangerous I remember reading about Mary Isherwood's death in the news. A very sad accident.
Did you ever think that maybe the boyfriend went to multiple stores to obtain that amount? We did it in high school several times. How about blaming the idiot who got all the dry ice and the idiots who planned the stunt not the innocent business that may sell dry ice? Everyone looking to carry blame, not take responsibility and then sue! Pathetic.
That was Russia, they are not known for their great concerns for safety or high level of education. They are known for finding "creative" ways of earning the Darwin award however. After all, Russian roulette is named after them...
Doors aren’t that solid, if you are ever in that kind of situation strike the door, not the walls. The weakest part of the door is around the door knob, just so u know
Especially interior doors. I’m not healthy but I 100% know I could kick out any of my interior doors. Also, with a pipe I could definitely break out of an interior drywalled closet. Plus, a water leak would just get the drywall wet and really easy to get through. I want to know the whole story.
@@amazingsupergirl7125 she was 60, even if she was healthy that's a lot for an older person to handle. Imagine if she hadn't eaten much or hadn't been taking any important medications.
I live in an older rancher house. My front door is so solid wood. It's the heaviest door I've ever used or opened. No way you're kicking this door in or out
Never have I caught sight of the secret. I'm far too drawn and wholly engrossed in every story. You Sir are an absolutely wonderful story teller and have such warm energy.
100% agreed. My husband and I literally listen to this guy for hours. And we do have things to do ! The best compliment was a Native American guy who invited Mr. B to come swap stories with the tribe. Anytime.
imagine dying looking for something as replaceable as a phone. if it was a desperate situation then sure i get it. plus he didnt even confirm it was indeed in the trash, so why would you even take your chances. sure the manager is still responsible for negligence and letting him go alone, but none of it wouldve happened if he didnt care so much for a phone
When I was in the military I got to my new Duty station and went into my room. We had conjoined bathrooms, so when I went inside, for some reason the door locked from the outside. I was stuck. My roommate was on vacation, and the people in the other room was either not their or the room was empty. There was no way to get out, and I could hear someone knocking on my main door, but they couldn’t’ hear me screaming. To make it worst, we just got off for the weekend, so I would have been stuck fro 3 days with no one looking for me. I saw a broom, and figured if I hit the ceiling hopefully someone would hear it. As soon as I banged on the ceiling, the freaking lights went out!! So now im in the pitch black and can’t see anything. I’m so lucky, because the bathroom door has a hole in it, so I just needed to push something through it. Problem is, it’s pitch black and even then there was nothing in the bathroom. As I was sitting there, my mind thought of the toilet roll. I knew it should have a spring in there. So I reach in the dark and finally found it. It had a spring, and I pulled it apart. I was so freaking lucky it fit in the hole. I just kept twisting and pushing and finally the door popped open. I was so freaking thankful. I’m assuming I would be able to survive with no food for 3 days… but I thank God I didn’t have to find out. Plus to be in the dark for that long.. Omgosh. I don’t want to imagine. Also, this was way before cell phones. 😢
@@johnr797Not quite, the typical rule of thumb is 4-7 days depending on food stores (fat) and if someone is strictly dealing with starvation. If you have zero water you'll die in 2-3 days max. Dehydration will kill a person a lot faster than starvation. Even if someone is morbidly obese it won't take long to become nutrient deficient and dehydrated.
Food would have been the least of ur worries. You can survive for about 30 days (assuming you're a larger than average person with plenty of body fat > average sized person can survive for roughly 2 weeks withoit food). Water however is a very different story. Ur looking at about 3 days max before you become so dehydrated your body shuts down (and no...drinking ur own urine will not "fix" or "extend" that. It actually will do the opposite)
Sadly she wasn’t a fighter, she gave up, not blaming her it must have been awful but I find it hard to believe a fighter would ever give up if they knew the only thing ahead was death, you’ll die either way so why not fight till your last?
@@SinfullyHera Wow, it's easy to say in a comfort of your bed, isnt it? She was a scared older lady, in a pitch black room, that tore down a wall. She was a fighter. You have no idea what state she was in.
@@SinfullyHera Imagine being in your 50s to 60s, naked, trapped in a pitch black room, with cold water raining down on you. You spend hours trying to dig your way out to no avail. Exhaustion from the exertion and the hypothermia setting in, you'd feel very tired. Perhaps she just sat down to rest for a bit and fell asleep, only to not wake again. We can't know how it went down exactly. She may not have actually given up.
First story was and still is quite popular in Russia. Not only Ekaterina at that moment already had education in pharmaceutics, knew a lot about chemistry and could potentially know about the danger, she also spent A LOT of time crying about it on social media, like "it's easier for her to deal with the loss" (which obviosly seemed like Ekaterina was hyping on her husband's death and the story overall 💀). After like 2 month of his cremation she threw a party where Ekaterina celebrated her breast augmentation surgery. Obviosly she started to go on different talk shows where she cried and said how much she loved him and how terrible it is for her. By the way, did I mention that after the same couple of month she started dating another guy? So yeah. Some people still think it was an actual murder. But no one really gives any shit, because, well... Russia.
Exactly!! I'm an extremely empathetic person, I can usually reason with many of these "fatal mistake" stories that while a lot of them seem obvious in hindsight...that we are all human and we all have made terrible spur of the moment decisions that could have ended tragically. Though with this story....I just can't comprehend in any capacity or relate even with a stretch of the imagination how or why this was done... my mind is blown trying to insert logic where seemingly there was none.
@@renatawarec Well true..who would? But this is a regulated substance that is highly dangerous when mishandled. I can't understand what someone would be thinking.
@@renatawarec Yet they wore hazmat suits? See here is my issue here, they clearly had an idea that dry ice was dangerous. They made the effort to wear hazmat suits. Nobody bothered to research dry ice before doing that though??
I'm baffled that the manager in the third story didn't just outright refuse to give Roger the key. There's no way Roger could've done anything to look for his trash without going into the dumpster and dying-- and that's especially considering that his phone would've been destroyed anyway so there was no point in handing him the key.
Exactly. What was that guy thinking? He should have never given him the keys, and should have told him that if his phone had fallen in there that it was gone.
They are honestly both stupid. ITS both of their faults. There are warning signs all over those compactors. Honestly it's just the universe weeding out the stupid people.
My question is... Wouldn't the manager think to himself "gee, it's been a while since I gave that guy the key...I should check and see what's going on?"
I know right? He let the legally BLIND man to go in by himself where hazardous events could happen. I hope the wife win the case. That could bring closure to the family.
@@zaitieamirah9876 I was thinking exactly the same thing. Why would he let a blind man go alone, into such a dangerous room? I hope she won. How could she not? It was clear negligence. He knew he was blind. There was a policy, that nobody could go in that room unsupervised. Seems pretty easy to see that it’s that guy’s fault that he was killed. There could, possibly, be involuntary manslaughter charges. A very sad case, indeed.
She could be staying more than 6 days in the bungalow. so that’s why they didn’t check up on her. Also the fact that being a manager is a very busy job so he can’t focus on a specific thing.
Wow the dry ice story. I used to work in the live music business and whenever dry ice was used there would always be a safety briefing. Some people would have to be stopped from rolling around on the floor "for fun" because it is, obviously, very dangerous. Having worked on tours in Russia the notion of Health and Safety protocol used to be terrifyingly lacking, especially in the provinces. Some of the local crews would look at me as if I was nuts when I said "If the XXYY issue is not addressed, there will be no show. It's not safe for the artistes, crew or audience". Used to get some right old threats and arguments but the fact is (this was back in 90's) if they didn't apply safe working practices they would not be getting acts from the USA and Europe to tour. It's a lot better now!
Sure, but as usual, there's a sad combination of bad luck and stupidity with these people that ultimately creates the life threatening situation they find themselves in.
@@edarion01 I was thinking she was going to starve to death even sadder then her just having to break through the painting is that if she never broke the pipe of the water heater she would have lived the cold water must've been why she got hypothermia
@@MissBunny850 I don't think that we can call her lucky anyhow, but imagine if the water wasn't cold, but super hot. She would have been boiled alive and wouldn't have died immediately. She would have suffered tremendously and maybe for few hours before dying from her injuries. Hypothermia is a little bit better way to die compared to the other option.
Why didn't she use the pipe to get theough the door though, i feel like that would have seemed more possible in the moment than going through another wall that might have bricks too.
Yeah, I would feel awful. That would be difficult to reconcile in my heart. If I had to bail on her over an actual emergency? That wouldn't be as bad as bailing on her for my own selfish reasons. What a terrible dilemma to be in. Repose en paix, Mary.
@@itsthatonechickagaincallth7843 I agree completely, but people are not always rational and can potentially feel guilt even if they couldn't possibly had known. I'm not saying they SHOULD feel guilty or that it was their fault, but they could still feel that way regardless...
And imagine how small the problem would've seemed if one of her friends was there. She would've just had to shout for help and been let out within minutes. It would've been just a funny annoyance, not even very memorable. Makes you wonder how close you've come to death without realizing it.
@@welcometothemonkeyapezone7797 absolutely! Forgetting your wallet in the house could prevent a fatal accident that could lead to entire family lines never being born...
Marys case is so sad. Literally, if her friends could have gone, this probably wouldn't have happened. if she just tried to hit the painting, this wouldn't have happened. If that couple just had told the front desk, this wouldn't have happened. stories like those really tick me off and sadden me.
It’s kind of sad how often we hear people who feel like something is off but don’t do anything about it. Just go with your gut instinct. If you feel like something isn’t right, do something about it. Even if it turned out to be construction, the front desk would have told them that. They would’ve lost nothing by reporting. Makes me kinda angry.
@@XBelowTheWindX Yeah :(( like why give urself a time limit to tell the front desk?? better safe than sorry.. now youre sorry cuz u didnt freaking DO IT.
So there would be one problem if I were to report everything I heard that seemed off. I have anxiety, and I always assume innocent noises are something terrible. That means, if I were to report every sound, then they would stop listening to me because I would be there every day reporting something. Does that make sense? Also I would like never sleep.
Having a trash compactor that automatically crush trash in an apartment building with schutes seems horribly unsafe. Kids and cats could fall in and suffer a horrible fate.
@@addamz3277 Because dogs rarely jump into higher placed schutes and squirrels are rarely seen inside apartment complexes or as domestic animals. Kids climb and play in every place they shouldn't at times and cat loves schutes and jumping into high places. There is my robotic answer.
@@MrBallen hey man I love your content and your one of thee best story tellers on the tube but my guy can we please get some more of those good ole ghost stories
The first story is why attending your chemistry lab is so important. The second story is sad, that's why most retirement home have sliding no-lock doors for closets/bathrooms.
What’s ironic in the first story, that those blogger is actually a chemist or a pharmacist, at least she claims she knows everything about medications and sell checklists of “which pills are good for you and which aren’t”.
The second story was definitely panic inducing, I literally was sweating by the time she got to the frame screwed into the wall and had to pause the video...damn bro you're a good story teller, I actually felt her anxiety!!!
I was hoping she would have made it out. Never, ever give up until your last breath and ounce of strength. I would have continued to try and force my way through that frame, seeing as how it's not a brick wall and seemingly more possible to penetrate.
You know there are closet door latches that don't need to be turned. They are simple ball at the end of a spring, instead of a bolt. Works similarly to a kitchen cabinet. They've had them for decades. My parents house had them, and it was made in the 1950s. That kind of door "latch" should be used for all closets, so this kind of thing can't happen. That's why they stopped making refrigerators with real latched doors by the late 1950s.
Would you believe till I was 18 I thought the bathroom would flood and pink slime would come out of the bath tub? Somehow after watching Titanic and Ghostbusters that caused the fear that made absolutely no sense to even my brain to this day
IKR!!! It reminds me of the scene from Superman 3, where Clark Kent's character was getting crushed in the Trash Bin. He made it out alive, but that scene still scarred me as a kid. After I watched this video, I got flashbacks of that scene in the movie and how much I freaked out after thinking about it...
I honestly can’t believe she could find the pipe and break it off the water heater but couldn’t figure out how to stick the door handle back in and turn the latch.
@@2ndAveScents or literally put some force behind pushing the second wall. I honestly cannot imagine being panicked and then not seeing a brick wall but a wooden one and then not pushing it. It was a goddam picture frame, that thing would've bend when pushing it hard, cmon
So the manager who isn't allowed to let anyone in the trash room decides to break that rule by giving the keys to the legally blind guy. what a horrible life decision
The key manager SERIOUSLY could’ve said “hey don’t go in there lookin around for your phone it’s a compactor and very dangerous.” But no, he let a legally blind man go in and look for his easily replaceable phone.
That's what I'm saying! I bet there were caution signs, but ya know... he's blind! He probably assumed he'd get a bit dirty digging through a normal dumpster - that's all. That manager is a completely negligent ass. Here's an idea... offer to call the mans phone so he can hear it ring.
For anyone who hasn't seen one in action a trash compactor can crumple a bar from a weight lift set with eas. At the thrift store I worked at we would feed it every thing from couches and beds to dishes and scrap metal and it crushes it all with eas. Poor Roger
@Suez Did I know you can’t breathe carbon dioxide? That jumping into a pool of it in an unventilated area would be highly dangerous and possibly deadly? Yeah... I knew. There is a small and particular range in which humans can breathe. If you didn’t know that... Well you are stupid and that’s your problem...
@@benhaney9629 before today, you knew dry ice produced CO2 or enough to kill you? I doubt it. The dumb part is that they didn't bother to research anything
Them putting on hazmat suits is really telling how utterly clueless they were. At that moment I knew that absolutely no person involved had made any research at all.
@@chaeyoungswifey4153 "Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner" Basically when you get yourself killed or castrated (taken out of the gene pool) when you do some very stupid a regular person would know not to do. A classic and early example is "Charles Stephens, the first person to die while attempting to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel"
you'd be surprised at just how ignorant people are these days about things. I mean we got kids lighting themselves on fire with rubbing alcohol and eating tide pods.. and dont forget, committing suicide so they can be popular on tiktoc.
@@LazyIRanch unfortunately the institutions we ALL think are "education" are anything but. in fact id go as far as to say they're indoctrination centers. at least in the U.S.
@Haaris Shaikh yeah I know man, not of that case but same deal. people writing murderers, cold blooded evil bastards with legions of women heart throbbing.. its ludicrous and soul crushing.
Poor Mary was so close to getting out if she'd only kept digging into the picture on the wall. I wonder if Roger's phone was actually in the trash bag. I thought the neighbor would have called it and walked around Roger's apt before telling him to go to the trash room. That neighbor and manager must have felt immense guilt after he was found.
I'm thinking, maybe that was just the time she collapsed from exhaustion. ... But her neighbours really need to be sued for NOT reporting the noise for so many hours!
That's what I was wondering, why the hell did nobody offer to call Roger's phone?? I'm not even legally blind and I often can't see where my phones vanished too even if I check the area it's in. Calling it is always the best bet fr. How not a single person thought of that is beyond me.
@@Petra44YT Nah, she was a 60 year old banging from an internal closet. It was probably very quiet and wasn't an obvious signal of distress, especially since they thought it was minor construction. I doubt anyone would go instantly report that.
Andrew record* You're so funny! 😄that'll work. My 2 under 5yrs old grandchildren sleeps😴 to waves crashing & thunderstorms every night with a sleep mask on👀 for 10hrs!
I 100% agree 👍 he has a voice that you pay attention too. John would be fantastic as a teacher, public speaking, 100% a leader not a follower. He has something that I can't pin point right now. I mean the word I'm looking for. He draws people in to listen to him. He has fantastic skills that not many people have. Firstly John has people skills. Well look what he used to be.. but I think anything in communication John will do with flying colours. Full of confidence look how many people love his channel plus also think the world of him. I hope his Wife an Children relies how much we love listening to him. Even at times I'm frightened af looking under my bed 🛌 for a little person 😳🙄
Just a genuine question, Did you feel distressed after binging for sometime? Because I have been watching some of his videos for 2 days now and I'm kinda feeling weird and scared idk
I am from Russia, and the story about didenko was very discussed thing when it happened . She new about that dry ice, actually that was her idea. And after this happened she starts to make money on her husband’a death through the social media. She’s also positions herself like a pharmaceutical adviser. And when they asked her on television if she even studied chemistry, she said yes, it was obvious that she didn’t even had any education in this area.
0:52 it’s the time stamp where the name appears. Can you write the correct pronunciation of Yekaterina I’m just learning Russian as third language but I think that the way the name it’s pronounced in the video it’s incorrect.
She did what? Well I'm sorry but the people she influences , probably kids though, are the ones making her an influencer and famous for being... Whatever she is
The fact that a Russia “spa” looks like a American mental institution in an 1980’s movie. And the “influencer’s” video looks like it was filmed on a potato just makes so much sense and was exactly what I was expecting when he said Russian influencers at a spa 😂
That’s why I think there’s more to that story. Drywall is easy to break through with a pipe. Construction workers cut it with a box cutter. She would’ve kept breaking that whole room down. So she literally died in a closet with a water leak. It’s like getting locked in your bedroom clothes closet and dying in there. I’m thinking she’d missed some important nighttime medicine she was on her way to take. Something had to weaken her because I’m not healthy and know I could break through any drywall wall in my house in less than five minutes. It’s just pressed chalk covered with paper. Something imaginable is she missed her blood pressure medicine so it spiked, which caused her to panic and give up. Or her blood pressure got too low, which makes you really cold, and the cold water leak was unbearable. There’s no way she was pounding as long as the neighbors said without getting out though. Plus, they’re super weird to hear noise all night and all day but not bother to just ask the office out it.
God don’t want to be that person but this just reminded me of a reference in a game where this girl was bleeding while trying to climb out just to be met with a wall at the top of the tunnel. It’s a very scary situation that makes me keep my phone on hand no matter what
@amazing supergirl keeping in mind this lady was 60 years old I think it's impressive she even did what she did, me being 19 I don't know how I'd handle that situation but ripping a pipe off a water heater is impressive, especially in complete darkness.
not to mention, if you know the guy you know he's legally blind.. even if the phone call would cause you to let someone else in, you shouldn't have with him. just tell him he's gotta wait a little while.
I can’t believe nobody reported the banging. Granted this was in my own house, but my parents had a few guests over and I was a kid sitting amongst the chattering and laughing adults. My dad was finishing up a shower, when all of a sudden there was banging. None of the adults seemed to take hard notice to it, but I heard it, in successions of 3. I didn’t know morris code, but the successions of 3 to me suddenly clicked in my head as “SOS”. I instantly said to the group of adults “wait, that sounds like SOS.” My mom immediately ran upstairs and my dad had slipped and fallen in the shower and he needed help. I saved my dad that day. When I was far younger and can’t remember he had been changing a lightbulb standing on a plastic stool when it broke underneath him and he fell, smacking his head on the ground. I had been there with him and ran to my mom for help. He still has problems today, including with memory, from that fall. My experiences would never let me to this day ever take light of a strange banging. To this day I just can’t believe all those adults sat around talking and laughing while my dad was upstairs in need of dire help. I’ve saved his life twice. I just can’t believe that couple would report it. If it IS construction then they’d just have been told that. Reporting it hurts nobody and in fact can save a life. Adults can be so incredibly dull sometimes, I’m just thankful to have been put through these sorts of situations as a kid so as an adult I will never act like that. If I can help, if I am able to save someone’s life, I absolutely will without a moments hesitation. My dad could have drowned in the shower, I don’t know the specifics of the situation, but it absolutely tears me up inside that he could have died while all these adults just sat around as he banged, begging for someone to come and save him.
"Stuck in the closet" story is a good example of why you should know SOS code. It's very easy to remember and it is distinctive and noticeable because of the rhythm, unlike random banging. Even someone who does not recognize the actual code would probably realize it is an attempt at getting attention after a while. BANG-BANG-BANG BANG... BANG... BANG BANG-BANG-BANG (wait a moment, repeat)
@All Eyes On You Dot is a short pause, dash is a long pause, indicated by - for short pause and ... for long pause. It is dependent on the bangs or taps or whatever being done in a steady rhythm. You could also do it with a camera flashbulb (which is a sort of "tap") to signal visually over a long distance, for example.
wait thats 2 short pauses then an undifined then 2 long then 1 undefined then 2 short again? shoulnd it be: bang.bang.bang.bang...bang...bang...bang.bang.bang?
As someone with claustrophobia, Mary's and Roger's stories will certainly haunt me for a while. Poor people, I hope their loved ones find peace eventually.
I’m in special effects, and used 100lbs of dry ice last week. The thought of just dumping it into a pool of water in a small enclosed space is completely insane. But, if you aren’t aware of the danger I can see why you would try it. The lesson here is to do a little research before messing with chemicals.
@@scallopohare9431 I guess some people need a warning that says "DANGEROUS CHEMICALS" in case they didn't pass 7th grade...same reason silica gel has to warn people "DO NOT EAT". As dumb as I think some of those warnings are, clearly someone out there needs them 😂
@@jenniferk9242 "Chemical" is a dubious term, as anything can be it. Here the safety depends on the amount used. They used tens of kilograms of this stuff. And dumped it in water causing all of it to sublimate quickly. Just 44 grams of solid CO2 will turn into 22.4 liters of pure CO2 gas. However small amounts are not dangerous as long as there is at least some ventilation and you dont heat it/dump it in water.
The last story is very strange: A legally blind guy doing all kinds of things, like looking around for a lost object A building manager giving away the key to a person (who is legally blind) to check the trash, when there was no way to check anything since the trash is inside a closed dumpster and is being compacted as soon as it falls in the dumpster And on top of that, the building manager didn't look for the guy, hours and hours after giving him the key
Yeah, the manager definitely would've known that as soon as trash goes down there it falls down a long chute and gets compacted and that there'd be no way to access it without going in the dumpster... he basically set that man up for his death
@@Meve.Stiller Exactly!!! Did the “legally blind” guy realize he was umm, BLIND? He seemed pretty confident and unconcerned about being blind and start rummaging through a dark dumpster in a dark basement 🤔
Dear Mr Ballen, I’ve been having a terrible few months, which has me teetering on the edge of a total breakdown. I suffer from PTSD, and things are real bad atm...and I want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, because with your presence and your voice, it feels like coming home to a dear, old friend when I come here, and it helps a lot.
Hey, if you have not yet? There's some really good therapy resources on here for PTSD. Suggest you go for posts by actual licensed therapists/psychiatrists. Will try to come back and add a really good link.
The "accidentally the wrong door" reminds me of Donald Norman's principles of user-centered design: If you can use it incorrectly, it hasn't been designed well. Typical of light switches, where you just have to experiment to see which one does what -- easy for the electrician to install, hard for the user to operate -- as opposed to something that looks like the room, thus showing you which switch does what. By contrast, my Jeep's seat controls look like a tiny seat, and you can push on the part you want to move; it's quite intuitive. It can be assumed that some people will use a bathroom while tired, sick, or even drunk. If you can accidentally stumble into the wrong room in that state, there's a small problem. If you're unable to see in that room and/or unable to get out of that room, there's a bigger problem. Engineers need to design for use cases that involve the user being not at their best.
what you say is valid, apart from the door handle literally breaking into pieces from the inside. yes it could have been designed better still, but it "shouldn't" have been an issue
this case sounds like the son killed his mother. broke the knob, broke the pipe and locked her in there. how does a woman have the strength to break off a water pipe bare hand
As a society we should learn from Mary's death and teach every one a special banging rhythm to represent SOS. That way neighbours could be sure a banging is a distress signal.
Sadly there is a special banging rhythm but it's not well known. It's meant for miners who are trapped in cave-in's. The miners are told if they can reach a pipe to tap it three times, wait 30 seconds and give another three taps and to keep up that rhythm until the people top side repeat the rhythm as a "Hey, we hear you, hold tight."
Being someone who does remodels frequently and has to demo drywall/plaster quite often. I think it would be more prudent to teach people to kick out drywall and plaster. However she was just in a terrible situation most likely being barefoot and in her 60's. It would take me a really long time to use a pipe or my hands but a few good kicks and you can make a hole and then start breaking off larger pieces. Could also try to kick the door right at the door jamb but most likely not enough space for that. As for sound screaming or yelling for help is the natural human SOS and would be a lot louder than banging a pipe on a water heater.
Back in 1997 in Sweden, two brothers aged 6 and 10 decided to climb into a container meant for recycling newspapers just to play in there for a while. Unfortunately, said container was emptied into a trash compactor just a short time after the boys got in there and they were both crushed to death. After this tragic accident, every single container meant for recycling had to be remodelled and fitted with smaller openings to avoid future incidents like this one. One can only imagine the agony these boys suffered since their screams went unheard because of the loud noise the truck and the compactor made. Poor family.
I work with trash compactors , if you fall into it without sticking your head up you'll get pushed into the container but you won't die of being crushed, maybe lack of oxygen though
"the manager knew he wasn't supposed to let ANYONE go into the trash room alone because it was a dangerous space"... Sends a blind man in alone to climb through the dumpsters
And never checked on him after all that time he was gone. Manager knew it was a compactor and that he was looking for a phone, good grief the negligence on this one
Mr. Ballen is a master storyteller. He gives you just enough info to keep you intrigued and then continually builds suspense. Then he hits you with plot twists at the right moments.
The second story is almost identical to another story mr ballen told about an older man trapped in a closet by a falling wardrobe, I think it was in the uk, I remember thinking what a crazy set of circumstances it was and couldn’t happen again, amazing that it did.
His vids are so personal, like it doesn't feel like I'm watching a video It feels like he is in front of me telling me about the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format
Talked to two people and " can I use your phone to call mine" or " hey let me call it for you before you climb in the dumpster" never crossed anyone's mind
That's the first thing that popped into my head. For all he knew, the ringing could have still come from his apartment and he would still be alive today.
Old people dying in isolation always makes my heart bleed. Marry's story reminds me of (another story that Ballen covered) that grandpa with dementia who got lost in that big mall's stupid emergency maze exit. The pain, agony, helplessness, both they felt is unimaginable. Imagine waiting for death exhausted, hungry and what not. God pls protect all of us.
Saying "god saw fit to kill" is assuming that He did that. Things happen that is the result of the fall of mankind. The people who belong to Him, their lives are in His hands. The others, I don't know. They may be just left to take care of themselves until they call out Him for help, if they ever do that but I doubt they do.
@@geniehinseth512 So, although an omnipotent god could intervene in preventing their death, he doesn’t do so because they don’t deserve it ( presumably because they are sinners, or don’t believe). That means that only people who deserve it suffer horrible or tragic deaths, while anyone who truly believes gets an easy passage into the afterlife. I guess all those millions of children dying of malaria, dysentery, starvation and typhoid just deserve it, then. “If you call out to me for help I might help you, but if you don’t, then fuck you”. Your god is a monster.
All I could think of is her husband and family, they had to liver forever knowing she was soooo close to saving herself 😭 and my god that poor, poor woman.. That has to be one of the absolute worst ways to go.. so sad 😞
Dude...poor Mary!! Her story sounds like a kill scene in a Final Destination movie, where a bunch of things have to go wrong just perfectly in order to seal their fatal fate. So sad, freakish and tragic.
@Witty Witty I think you need to keep quiet, everything you’ve been spouting to date has been absolute garbage. Lets hope you never find yourself in a situation where you will struggle to get out of.
@Witty Witty No, gender discrimination is tantamount to a functional society. Go somewhere else to get people's daughters drafted into the military. I bet Witty Witty voted for Brandon too.
It's 3:30 AM and I'm watching Mr. Ballen ( who i think is close to what a storytelling master would be) explaining these horrific incidents, and i am genuinely terrified...
@@johngreydanus2033 I have seen a couple episodes I think, and the ways to die were so stupid, like being launched into the roof with some kind of jet seat that ejects.
Nah he should start a series called incredibly fucking stupid (and hilarious) ways dumbass people found to off themselves. The stories in this episode were unfuckingbelievable, even worst was the families who tried to sue like wtf? Lmao
@@noyesser Yeah, I remember that "trend". It was called Popcorn....something. I forget. But people were getting seriously hurt. One guy lost a testicle doing this. 🙄
This is why, whenever I hear a persistent commotion, I investigate or call police within hours, not days, just in case someone is really in need of help. I'd rather err on the side of caution and maybe save a life than to just ignore it and have a tragic outcome.
@@denzilnagel254 She was digging thru sheet rock which is a helluva lot easier than am old solid wood door. My POS doors I'm my house yea but not those old solid thick wood doors
In regards to the second story. My closet in my old house when I was a kid had a faulty doorknob, the side that was facing the bedroom would fall out even if you gave it a light tug. So I went into my closet one day and the knob fell out on the bedroom side, so no matter what I couldn't open the door. The primal fear i felt as I realized that I couldn't escape this closet was immense. But luckily my little sister heard me pounding on the wall and she reconnected the doorknob and let me out, I am in her debt
This is exactly why every single time I ever notice doorknobs in any house i go to are loose I ask where their tools drawer is and go around tightening them, I also got stuck as a child as did my little sister nearly a decade later in the same room!
Oh man, my skin crawled when you said what they were dumping in the pool. It can be fun, but it has to be handled with respect. My dad let me play with some as a kid. He told me not to touch it (after I'd already touched it) and warned that it wasn't regular ice, it was dangerous chemicals, and don't put too much in anything. 😂 He gave specifics, I just was young enough to only retain the gist. Looked hilarious in the toilet, and my burn wasn't bad at all.
“Hey I know you’re basically blind and shit, but go down to the first floor and ask for the trash key. I mean I could just call your phone for you but nah.”
No doubt in my mind that Roger deliberately climbed into the dumpster. Obviously, he didn't realize it was actually a compactor, but never underestimate the desperate levels of stupidity people will resort to find their "precious" belongings.
@@danmakes2497 Being blind doesn't mean you aren't able to reason correctly. Putting your head under an active trash shoot is obviously a bad idea, and climbing into anything you can't easily get out of is a terrible one.
Incredibly negligent on the part of the manager not to check up on someone he allowed to go into a dangerous, restricted room by himself. And why not check for hours after the tenant doesn't return with key? Weird
His way of telling the story is impressive, I was truly hoping she survived what an amazing woman. I can't believe she passed just like that because of some stupid painting.
@@Darkes336 Hate me for this, I mean no offence, but perhaps she passed away because she failed to realise that the door would have broken open at SOME point if she had continued to barge heavily against it. I guess it's not my place to judge her situation and the circumstances are not something I have full awareness of, but I know British airing cupboards, and there is no way the doors are THAT strong. RIP anyway.
Never would have known any of these hazards had you not covered them. On the other hand I never would have done any of these things. Will definitely share
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Congratz
i don't see it
@@MrBallen what happens to 2 or 3 times a week?
@@MrBallen I didn’t even see it 😯
My heart breaks for the woman trapped in the Water Closet. I can’t imagine hearing that banging for so long and not reporting it. When I moved into my apartment, I was dusting the blinds and they were hitting the window and a neighbor I’d never met before came to my door to make sure everything was okay. Sometimes listening to your gut gets you a teenage girl cleaning, sometimes it saves a life. Always pay attention to anything that seems off to you.
Edit: I can’t believe people are still commenting just to disagree lol. I stand by my original statement that IF SOMETHING SEEMS OFF TO YOU, pay attention. If it’s a banging that continued for that long, then it would have seemed off to ME and thus I would have gone to check. If you guys would rather turn a blind eye bc it isn’t your business, then you’re welcome to. But I personally wouldn’t. Didn’t realize I had made such a controversial statement.
Also a woman died. A woman who had a family and an entire life before this. A woman who several people now have to grieve and miss. It doesn’t matter if you would have “known how to survive”, she wasn’t able to and had to suffer in panic for the last hours of her life. Have some respect.
My neighbors who live above me are almost always banging all the time for no apparent reason so if someone was actually in trouble up there, or anywhere else, I wouldn't know the difference, so... 🤷♂ lol
@JasonIsLazy No, I mean it almost constantly sounds like a stampede of elephants running on top of my ceiling.
I agree!
But why was the club sued? What was the “negligence”?
@@NeonBigDummy it’s been a few days since I watched this so I can’t remember exactly, but my guess is something to do with the closet door not opening from the inside or something I have no idea honestly haha
Tbh not the dumbest things influencers have done.
Yes “influencers” have done many more stupid things
@@parachuteguy3992 oh God I need this story, what is dumber than jumping into a pool of poison
>Stopping a bullet with dictionaries
indeed
@@Person-hl5ur stoping a desert eagle with a dictionary and the guy died
What bothers me the most about the last story is the fact that the manager didn't go back and check on this man after he didn't return his key. After one hour of not returning, he should have immediately checked on him. Idk if he could have saved him in time, but it would have been the responsible thing to do. Of course, what he should have done, was go with the man. Not letting someone in that room alone is a safety issue. Safety is more important than a phone call.
The manager should have known that 1. The trash room was a death trap and 2. There was really no way to recover anything out of there anyway. He should be charged with Rogers death.
And especially if someone is blind! You're just gonna let a blind person or any person for that matter go alone in there without any explanation of what not to do?? Doesn't matter how important that phone call is!
@@trig33kgirl Yeah, what did the manager even expect him to do then? He said he was looking for his phone so of course he's gonna check the trash and the tunnel! He should've at least warned him of what not to do, that's the least you can do! But letting a blind man do that alone..how horrible! This could've been easily prevented if the manager had any decency and common sense!
It could be because of any number of things. The manager forgot because he was so busy and stressed, or he planned to do it and got preoccupied with something else. We don't really know. But what is sure is that he is not the sole reason why this man died... but he is part of the chain of events that did lead to it, and that's just unfortunate.
The best advice that hindsight can give is how to handle this issue going forward. Personally, I would make it a rule going forward that nobody is allowed in the trash room without security or supervision in case of an accident. Regardless of the reason
@@PoptartParasol that rule was already in place when the manager gave the key. The manager ignored the rule, which is clearly negligence. I'm sure he regrets his choice that day. A horrible thing for the blind man.
That 2nd story is actually terrifying, dying alone in a dark claustrophobic space knowing that no one can hear you and probably won’t check on you for another week is just a terrible way to die.
So sad to know that all she had to do was hit a painting and she would survive but she never knew😢
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There are so many mundane ways you could get yourself killed. But I don't know why she gave up
Dumb woman deserved it for her idiocity
@@alexanderleonovych1882just imagine the exhaustion at that point. And also she had faced so many other dead ends already too.
Mary's story is heartbreaking. She came so close to getting out. To stop banging right at 5 PM, the cut-off the older couple had, is just unreal. And then to not realize she was only up against a picture, wow, it's sad beyond belief.
Never give up. Try something else. Never give up.
I don’t think she lived much longer, else she would have.
She did a number of dumb mistakes. How can you think it's a good idea to rip off a pipe of a working boiler? Police workers are not the brightest and that's no secret.
It's crazy how there was no light switch in the room and how the door's knob broke. I feel so bad for her.
@@GlossaME Well she was trying to get a better tool to break through so yes it is dumb but it probably was all she could think of. (Not trying to cause drama btw)
@@runanyx how strong could a wooden door in a boiler closet in a bungalow in Wales possibly be? Just break the lock on the door, or the door itself.
I'm convinced that influencers are just toddlers shaped like adults
Yep
Seriously. The things they do for a photo or video are just ridiculous.
Fair call. What about the people that follow these toddlers and give them money?
Yeah, it's just what happens when people who aren't that smart have too much money...
I wouldn't disrespect toddlers like that.
"Influencers" are a special breed. They are not like others.
The true horror is, they're not that different from anyone else, they've just realigned their priorities differently.
and al little bit dumber
I often feel like the dumber they are, the more famous they get… kind of sad
i think you meant inbreed
Yeah like most female Instagram influencers go to Dubai to get pissed on and shit on for like 25k $ lmao
The first story you told, about the dry ice, is a perfect example of why doing your research is so important.
Also don't be a terminally online clout chasing idiot.
We used dry ice in jr high performances and knew it was toxic af. You can’t even touch it with your bare hands. It’s amazing me there are adults who don’t know this especially in todays age where you can google it in seconds.
I doubt the influencers would have not used the dry ice even if they had done research. These guys will go to any length for "content", that includes their own lives as well.
I feel like the third case would have easily been prevented. The manager should have known the building had a trash compactor installed, and that it would have crushed his phone had it fallen in the chute in the first place. So not only did he mess up by letting a legally blind man go off into a dangerous machine on his own, but it was a hopeless endeavour in the first place.
Right so he died tragically for nothin
He got an effing ladder! A legally blind man got on a ladder. He messed up.
@@bradleymitchell3808 He wouldn't have had the chance to mess up if the manager was simply more aware and doing his job properly
@@cassieclover99 manager was the one who condoned and neglected to supervise Rodgers attempt to retrieve his phone so he was entirely the key link to enabling Rodgers untimely death and definitely deserves a negligent homicide charge. Should be like 20-30 years for the manager and many many millions for Rodgers family from the company and a few garnished from the managers personal estate in a just court.
@@bradleymitchell3808 my legally blind friend is an electrician. Legally blind is not blind
Damn my heart is out to Mary and her family, the fact that she was so close to escaping and that people heard it and didnt report it really is frustrating to hear.
She died because she broke the pipe I dont see why they would sue the company.
@@Milk-ck1wv she died because the doorknob wasn’t secure on the inside of a pitch black water closet. 😒
the bystander effect was in full swing with that case :(
@@exinsomniac6470 no she died do to pneumonia witch was caused by the fact she was being sprayed by water from the broken pipe and if she just kept at it with the board she would still be alive
@@Gabemw are you serious rn 💀
Another story to remind everyone that when you hear suspicious noises, don’t be scared to report it! That poor woman tried so hard to get out
That was hella sad
she didnt know. s.o.s. obviuosly.
@@phantomwalker8251 the others probably would't know either. The timings were so God awful. Quit right before they were going to call the cops, and stopped at a mere picture because it seemed like another firm wall. The cold water causing hypothermia which screws up people's thinking and rationality... like the Everest hikers that Into Thin Air was about. People who knew better lost it.
@@phantomwalker8251 She was a cop. Maybe the people who heard the banging didn't know SOS. We don't know
And also never give up
To Mr. Ballen: you're one of the best storytellers I've ever heard. I've never heard your stutter or stumble over your words. Nor have I heard you repeat yourself because you messed up. You're extremely very well spoken. From your well spoken English, to your hand/arm movement while telling the story, to your intensifying your speech when the story climaxes in various points, you're able to pull out the excitement and through that, captivate your audience. *"I LOVE IT!"*
I (attempt to) teach college kids, so find the absence of “ums” in his speech extremely refreshing.
Imagine seeing a blind guy in a hallway, searching for his phone, and not taking time to help him search. Imagine giving the blind guy the key to a trash compactor room, so he can search for his phone, and not going with him. HE’S BLIND!
Edit: I realize now that -legally- blind doesn’t necessarily mean totally blind. So it’s possible people didn’t realize that about him. Even still, the employee could have at least said “heads up, it’s a trash compactor.” Not sure what phone call he was waiting for, but I’m willing to bet it wasn’t -that- important.
That's what I'm saying....
If he's blind, why does he want to go LOOK into the dumpster anyway????
@@djp411 it said he was legally blind, not completely blind, he could probably still see blurs of colors
But still!🤨
guy took "not my problem" to another level
I started shaking my head the minute he said “dry ice”
For real! I was expectin some sorta cult jones town thing, but they seemed to just not even know what they were playing with. Cult woulda been better...
Thats what happens when uneducated people handle hazardous materials and chemicals
Didn't logan paul do something like this but with more dry ice, he is lucky he didn't have an indoor pool or something bad could have happened.
I facepalmed when he said "dry ice", but when he said INDOOR POOL... oh lord, give me strength
same
I can’t believe that people call me crazy for making sure a door won’t close before entering a confined space. Mary’s story is a prime example of why I’m the way I am.
Several of Mr. Ballen’s stories have to do with seemingly harmless situations like that. I never let a door close behind me without making sure it’s unlocked first
I got stuck 2 hours in a bathroom for a similar reason. I was fixing the doorknob and I accidentally closed the door while the latch was on it. When I tried inserting my part of the doorknob into the other one. I pushed the outside knob on the ground and was ultimately stuck. There was an A/C Unit right beside the bathroom door and it was so loud no body heard me. I didnt have my phone to call for help. I went outside on the roof ans climbed down…every material was commercial so all metal. I couldn’t force the door by kicking it or anything
It’s so weird to end up in such a silly situation and and slowly realize that you’re actually stuck
@@etiendre yikes! I definitely have the fear of being trapped.
@@etiendre my bathroom door is metal too and it's a old school type lock not a knob and sometimes if you close it too fast it locks from the outside, I got stuck once from that day if I was alone I didn't even bothered to close the door😂
Never a concern if you live in a shitty apartment or trailer with ply wood doors and hollow walls. 😅
The second story is incredible sad. Poor woman. And the fact that she actually was close to making a hole is but didn't realise it or just couldn't continue because of other reasons is devastating...
Getting a pool of dry ice for a birthday present sounds like something you would give the Like Button.
Why is this not the top comment
Lol that’s a good one
This needs to be top comment.
🤣 Mr. Ballen needs to use this one and give you the credit for it!!!
I don’t get it
my anxiety hearing the story of Mary trapped in the closet.... That poor woman I cannot imagine her terror.
It's because of the stupid doorknob. RIP Mary
True, but after hearing the 3rd story, that's definitely even way horrifying way to die - getting mauled to death by hydraulic press. I'd rather get stuck in dark empty room with cold water bringing me to hypothermia rather than getting slowly crushed to death.
Hell no! Mary was stuck in that closet for HOURS! The hydraulic press death, while horrifying, was most likely over within minutes.
i can't believe she just gave up and excepted her fate like that.
@@jasonolinger7585 well she was obviously completely exhausted and possibly suffering from hypothermia after hours of working as hard as she could to break through the walls while being sprayed with cold water. She almost made it too
The last 2 stories were so depressing. RIP to those two people. what horrible ways to go
And it’s sad because his phone was found latter by authorities in his room behind the bed post. Silly he went down there before looking through his room thoroughly
@@Bradmhj "looked"
@@scotttran5373 No, "looking" actually fits here. The intent is still relevant even if it had been a typo.
U sure? Run the gauntlet
@@f.frederickskitty2910 yeah when I said that I didn't really mean it in a bad way or sum. Don't take it to heart bro.
Third story is why I will NEVER search for items I accidentally threw out unless it's easily accessible and sticking out of the top of the dumpster, and there is no compacter. NOTHING is worth getting trapped in garbage and crushed.
Can we just acknowledge that the second lady went out like a boss? It's tragic that she died when it could have been avoided (why would the neighbors wait several long hours to report an odd banging?) but she refused to die before having tried absolutely everything to save herself. It's horrible she died all alone, in the dark, and cold. (And victory was so close, but she didn't know it.) But, damn, despite being older, out of energy, and with extremely few options, she refused to give up until she exhausted every other option. That's admirable.
so true
she was a fighter.
Idgaf i would of got out that bih
Fr tho mad respect to this lady I was hoping the whole time she made it out 😞
@JR bih?what does it stand for?
I worked in laboratories for many years. When you said how much dry ice they had, my heart sank. No one should have supplied that to a member of the public, at least not without huge safety warnings. There have been other deaths and horrendous injuries because people think dry ice or liquid nitrogen looks really cool, without realising it is potentially extremely dangerous
I remember reading about Mary Isherwood's death in the news. A very sad accident.
A grocery store here sells it but they card you first. I didn’t get instructions from staff but knew abt it.
Did you ever think that maybe the boyfriend went to multiple stores to obtain that amount? We did it in high school several times. How about blaming the idiot who got all the dry ice and the idiots who planned the stunt not the innocent business that may sell dry ice? Everyone looking to carry blame, not take responsibility and then sue! Pathetic.
That was Russia, they are not known for their great concerns for safety or high level of education. They are known for finding "creative" ways of earning the Darwin award however. After all, Russian roulette is named after them...
@@Murgoh although the USA isn't too much better lol
"not without safety warnings"
This is Russia. Safety warnings are either non-existent or are ignored.
Sorry for the echo at the beginning... I moved this week and the new room I am filming in is not dialed in yet!
It's all good, excited to watch your story telling!!!❤
I love listening to your stories I didn't even notice lol
Doesnt matter sir, its the content that we're waiting for 😀
I was excited for the show I didn't even realize. Great episode as always.
Not a problem John. Hopefully you’ll get settled in and enjoy your new house. Best of luck.
Mr. Ballen puts SO much energy into these stories, a real PRO! 👍🙏
Doors aren’t that solid, if you are ever in that kind of situation strike the door, not the walls. The weakest part of the door is around the door knob, just so u know
Good to know! This story made my anxiety go through the roof.
It’s especially unlikely for an interior door for something like a water heater would have an especially solid lock, frame etc.
Especially interior doors. I’m not healthy but I 100% know I could kick out any of my interior doors. Also, with a pipe I could definitely break out of an interior drywalled closet. Plus, a water leak would just get the drywall wet and really easy to get through. I want to know the whole story.
@@amazingsupergirl7125 she was 60, even if she was healthy that's a lot for an older person to handle. Imagine if she hadn't eaten much or hadn't been taking any important medications.
I live in an older rancher house. My front door is so solid wood. It's the heaviest door I've ever used or opened. No way you're kicking this door in or out
Never have I caught sight of the secret. I'm far too drawn and wholly engrossed in every story. You Sir are an absolutely wonderful story teller and have such warm energy.
Me listening only, yeah I got that 😅
Warm energy? lol I’d say dark
Still a fan
Likewise. Honestly couldn't care less about it. Far too enthralled with the stories.
100% agreed. My husband and I literally listen to this guy for hours. And we do have things to do ! The best compliment was a Native American guy who invited Mr. B to come swap stories with the tribe. Anytime.
Regarding the last story. When you see a "stupid" safety rule, remember that those rules are often written in blood.
Tht come from a warehouse operations manager? They always preach safety is their first priority lol
@@bcash5796 because a job isn't worth your life.
-_-
@@ashleighvinson5801 poor Roger. Victim of ignorance of rules.
The dude was legally blind and went looking g for the phone like he was gonna find it. 🤦🏻♀️
imagine dying looking for something as replaceable as a phone. if it was a desperate situation then sure i get it. plus he didnt even confirm it was indeed in the trash, so why would you even take your chances. sure the manager is still responsible for negligence and letting him go alone, but none of it wouldve happened if he didnt care so much for a phone
When I was in the military I got to my new Duty station and went into my room. We had conjoined bathrooms, so when I went inside, for some reason the door locked from the outside. I was stuck. My roommate was on vacation, and the people in the other room was either not their or the room was empty. There was no way to get out, and I could hear someone knocking on my main door, but they couldn’t’ hear me screaming.
To make it worst, we just got off for the weekend, so I would have been stuck fro 3 days with no one looking for me. I saw a broom, and figured if I hit the ceiling hopefully someone would hear it. As soon as I banged on the ceiling, the freaking lights went out!! So now im in the pitch black and can’t see anything. I’m so lucky, because the bathroom door has a hole in it, so I just needed to push something through it. Problem is, it’s pitch black and even then there was nothing in the bathroom.
As I was sitting there, my mind thought of the toilet roll. I knew it should have a spring in there. So I reach in the dark and finally found it. It had a spring, and I pulled it apart. I was so freaking lucky it fit in the hole. I just kept twisting and pushing and finally the door popped open.
I was so freaking thankful. I’m assuming I would be able to survive with no food for 3 days… but I thank God I didn’t have to find out. Plus to be in the dark for that long.. Omgosh. I don’t want to imagine. Also, this was way before cell phones. 😢
My brother in Christ you can survive for like 30+ days without food
@@johnr797Not quite, the typical rule of thumb is 4-7 days depending on food stores (fat) and if someone is strictly dealing with starvation. If you have zero water you'll die in 2-3 days max. Dehydration will kill a person a lot faster than starvation. Even if someone is morbidly obese it won't take long to become nutrient deficient and dehydrated.
@@grimplays1825yes, dehydration in a bathroom
Food would have been the least of ur worries. You can survive for about 30 days (assuming you're a larger than average person with plenty of body fat > average sized person can survive for roughly 2 weeks withoit food). Water however is a very different story. Ur looking at about 3 days max before you become so dehydrated your body shuts down (and no...drinking ur own urine will not "fix" or "extend" that. It actually will do the opposite)
MrBallen is bringing back the art of storytelling one video at a time
Thank you!
Indeed
@Homie I- amazing song
@@MrBallen hope ya got all settled in.
Honestly couldn’t agree more and I’m here for it
The second and third cases were absolutely horrifying.
Yup... I was making a disturbed face the whole time ugh.
I audibly gasped at Roger's story as soon as he said "he was doomed".
The first one was just stupid. I feel bad though.
@@ZoeBellCake when mr ballen said what the machine was, i turned around my chair and gasped-
Best part is it was delivered on a story format.
Mary's story was heartbreaking, but she was a fighter. Really unfortunate
Sadly she wasn’t a fighter, she gave up, not blaming her it must have been awful but I find it hard to believe a fighter would ever give up if they knew the only thing ahead was death, you’ll die either way so why not fight till your last?
@@SinfullyHera hopefully you're never in any life or death in your face situation to prove yourself. 👀👀
If she just kept going. I feel so bad for her.
@@SinfullyHera Wow, it's easy to say in a comfort of your bed, isnt it? She was a scared older lady, in a pitch black room, that tore down a wall. She was a fighter. You have no idea what state she was in.
@@SinfullyHera Imagine being in your 50s to 60s, naked, trapped in a pitch black room, with cold water raining down on you. You spend hours trying to dig your way out to no avail. Exhaustion from the exertion and the hypothermia setting in, you'd feel very tired. Perhaps she just sat down to rest for a bit and fell asleep, only to not wake again. We can't know how it went down exactly. She may not have actually given up.
First story was and still is quite popular in Russia. Not only Ekaterina at that moment already had education in pharmaceutics, knew a lot about chemistry and could potentially know about the danger, she also spent A LOT of time crying about it on social media, like "it's easier for her to deal with the loss" (which obviosly seemed like Ekaterina was hyping on her husband's death and the story overall 💀). After like 2 month of his cremation she threw a party where Ekaterina celebrated her breast augmentation surgery. Obviosly she started to go on different talk shows where she cried and said how much she loved him and how terrible it is for her.
By the way, did I mention that after the same couple of month she started dating another guy?
So yeah. Some people still think it was an actual murder. But no one really gives any shit, because, well... Russia.
Wait wait , so what you're saying is the woman had a party for her breasts?
If I was having a birthday party and my friends handed me a hazmat suit. I would leave. I'm having none of that nonsense.
Exactly!! I'm an extremely empathetic person, I can usually reason with many of these "fatal mistake" stories that while a lot of them seem obvious in hindsight...that we are all human and we all have made terrible spur of the moment decisions that could have ended tragically. Though with this story....I just can't comprehend in any capacity or relate even with a stretch of the imagination how or why this was done... my mind is blown trying to insert logic where seemingly there was none.
@@JadedBelle I'm sure never in a million years was anyone thinking dry ice will kill me someday.
@@renatawarec Well true..who would? But this is a regulated substance that is highly dangerous when mishandled. I can't understand what someone would be thinking.
@@renatawarec Yet they wore hazmat suits? See here is my issue here, they clearly had an idea that dry ice was dangerous. They made the effort to wear hazmat suits. Nobody bothered to research dry ice before doing that though??
Yeah I know my friends to well.
I'm baffled that the manager in the third story didn't just outright refuse to give Roger the key. There's no way Roger could've done anything to look for his trash without going into the dumpster and dying-- and that's especially considering that his phone would've been destroyed anyway so there was no point in handing him the key.
What's baffling is that the manager didn't bother to go down there after 20-30 minutes to check on him, since he wasn't coming back.
Both of these comments, for real. That guy deserves to be sued for every dime he has. If not serve time for involuntary manslaughter or something.
This shook me.. the realization that he may of not died the first time he was compacted. Poor soul
Exactly. What was that guy thinking? He should have never given him the keys, and should have told him that if his phone had fallen in there that it was gone.
They are honestly both stupid. ITS both of their faults. There are warning signs all over those compactors. Honestly it's just the universe weeding out the stupid people.
My question is... Wouldn't the manager think to himself "gee, it's been a while since I gave that guy the key...I should check and see what's going on?"
I know right? He let the legally BLIND man to go in by himself where hazardous events could happen. I hope the wife win the case. That could bring closure to the family.
@@zaitieamirah9876 I was thinking exactly the same thing. Why would he let a blind man go alone, into such a dangerous room? I hope she won. How could she not? It was clear negligence. He knew he was blind. There was a policy, that nobody could go in that room unsupervised. Seems pretty easy to see that it’s that guy’s fault that he was killed. There could, possibly, be involuntary manslaughter charges. A very sad case, indeed.
Legend says he's still waiting for that phone call. Definitely a negligent idiot and he should be held accountable for what happened.
Soulda, coulda, woulda...
Manager is an idiot at the very least.
She could be staying more than 6 days in the bungalow. so that’s why they didn’t check up on her. Also the fact that being a manager is a very busy job so he can’t focus on a specific thing.
Wow the dry ice story. I used to work in the live music business and whenever dry ice was used there would always be a safety briefing. Some people would have to be stopped from rolling around on the floor "for fun" because it is, obviously, very dangerous. Having worked on tours in Russia the notion of Health and Safety protocol used to be terrifyingly lacking, especially in the provinces. Some of the local crews would look at me as if I was nuts when I said "If the XXYY issue is not addressed, there will be no show. It's not safe for the artistes, crew or audience". Used to get some right old threats and arguments but the fact is (this was back in 90's) if they didn't apply safe working practices they would not be getting acts from the USA and Europe to tour. It's a lot better now!
The second story is so sad. I can’t imagine knowing you were listening to the knocking of someone pleading for their life.
Sure, but as usual, there's a sad combination of bad luck and stupidity with these people that ultimately creates the life threatening situation they find themselves in.
It's sad that she got so close to making it out
@@edarion01 I was thinking she was going to starve to death even sadder then her just having to break through the painting is that if she never broke the pipe of the water heater she would have lived the cold water must've been why she got hypothermia
@@MissBunny850 I don't think that we can call her lucky anyhow, but imagine if the water wasn't cold, but super hot. She would have been boiled alive and wouldn't have died immediately. She would have suffered tremendously and maybe for few hours before dying from her injuries. Hypothermia is a little bit better way to die compared to the other option.
Why didn't she use the pipe to get theough the door though, i feel like that would have seemed more possible in the moment than going through another wall that might have bricks too.
Imagine how guilty you'd feel if you were one of Mary's friends that bailed at the last minute... she would surely still be alive.
Yeah, I would feel awful. That would be difficult to reconcile in my heart. If I had to bail on her over an actual emergency? That wouldn't be as bad as bailing on her for my own selfish reasons. What a terrible dilemma to be in. Repose en paix, Mary.
But they couldn't have known. I don't think they should be blamed, it's pretty unfair.
@@itsthatonechickagaincallth7843 I agree completely, but people are not always rational and can potentially feel guilt even if they couldn't possibly had known. I'm not saying they SHOULD feel guilty or that it was their fault, but they could still feel that way regardless...
And imagine how small the problem would've seemed if one of her friends was there. She would've just had to shout for help and been let out within minutes. It would've been just a funny annoyance, not even very memorable. Makes you wonder how close you've come to death without realizing it.
@@welcometothemonkeyapezone7797 absolutely! Forgetting your wallet in the house could prevent a fatal accident that could lead to entire family lines never being born...
Marys case is so sad. Literally, if her friends could have gone, this probably wouldn't have happened. if she just tried to hit the painting, this wouldn't have happened. If that couple just had told the front desk, this wouldn't have happened. stories like those really tick me off and sadden me.
It’s kind of sad how often we hear people who feel like something is off but don’t do anything about it. Just go with your gut instinct. If you feel like something isn’t right, do something about it. Even if it turned out to be construction, the front desk would have told them that. They would’ve lost nothing by reporting. Makes me kinda angry.
@@XBelowTheWindX Yeah :(( like why give urself a time limit to tell the front desk?? better safe than sorry.. now youre sorry cuz u didnt freaking DO IT.
@@charlesbogle6544 Seek professional help, immediately.
sorry,,,not my problem... communities are individuals . lucky to get a hi these days...
So there would be one problem if I were to report everything I heard that seemed off. I have anxiety, and I always assume innocent noises are something terrible. That means, if I were to report every sound, then they would stop listening to me because I would be there every day reporting something. Does that make sense?
Also I would like never sleep.
Mary's story really shows why you should never give up. Also, why you should know how to bang an SOS signal
Non-professionals handling hazardous chemicals is sheer buffoonery.
The number of idiots who've mixed bleach with ammonia alone attests to this.
LoL - 'buffoonery' - Excellent :)
Too be fair, plenty of people would not consider dry ice to be hazardous chemicals. They are afterall put in packaging with ice cream.
What's the worst that could happen?
Darwinism at its finest.
Having a trash compactor that automatically crush trash in an apartment building with schutes seems horribly unsafe. Kids and cats could fall in and suffer a horrible fate.
agreed. great way to dispose of a body, though.
"kids and cats"?
That's very specific. Why not dogs and squirrels? 🤷🏼♂️
@@addamz3277 Because dogs rarely jump into higher placed schutes and squirrels are rarely seen inside apartment complexes or as domestic animals. Kids climb and play in every place they shouldn't at times and cat loves schutes and jumping into high places. There is my robotic answer.
Or Jedi knights or ham solo
@@addamz3277 because of all domestic animals kids and cats are by far the most curious and prone to getting themselves into trouble
this dumpster was unique. it was not like other dumpsters. Relatable
Hahahah
@@MrBallen hey man I love your content and your one of thee best story tellers on the tube but my guy can we please get some more of those good ole ghost stories
i had to ruin the 69 likes
@@MrBallen Yes, he shares our sense of humor lol
YOUR AN OG OMGGGGGG MA GET THE CAMERA
The first story is why attending your chemistry lab is so important. The second story is sad, that's why most retirement home have sliding no-lock doors for closets/bathrooms.
What’s ironic in the first story, that those blogger is actually a chemist or a pharmacist, at least she claims she knows everything about medications and sell checklists of “which pills are good for you and which aren’t”.
The second story was definitely panic inducing, I literally was sweating by the time she got to the frame screwed into the wall and had to pause the video...damn bro you're a good story teller, I actually felt her anxiety!!!
I feel so sorry for her. Please people always take your phone with you and please everyone be careful.
SAFETY FIRST!!!
I was hoping she would have made it out. Never, ever give up until your last breath and ounce of strength. I would have continued to try and force my way through that frame, seeing as how it's not a brick wall and seemingly more possible to penetrate.
Agree.
You know there are closet door latches that don't need to be turned. They are simple ball at the end of a spring, instead of a bolt. Works similarly to a kitchen cabinet. They've had them for decades. My parents house had them, and it was made in the 1950s. That kind of door "latch" should be used for all closets, so this kind of thing can't happen. That's why they stopped making refrigerators with real latched doors by the late 1950s.
yeah doesn't help when the guy keeps over explaining everything
Getting crushed in the trash is an old childhood fear that I didn't expect to be revisited by.
Would you believe till I was 18 I thought the bathroom would flood and pink slime would come out of the bath tub? Somehow after watching Titanic and Ghostbusters that caused the fear that made absolutely no sense to even my brain to this day
IKR!!!
It reminds me of the scene from Superman 3, where Clark Kent's character was getting crushed in the Trash Bin. He made it out alive, but that scene still scarred me as a kid. After I watched this video, I got flashbacks of that scene in the movie and how much I freaked out after thinking about it...
@@beverlyarcher546 oh my God I was terrified of the pink slime
dude yeah! mine stemmed from that scene of star wars a new hope where 4 of them almost get crushed
Thanks a lot "Ernest goes to.." movies 😂
Mary’s story is heartbreaking. They all are actually but thinking about her in there hitting the wall makes me so sad.
Yeah. Mary was actually quite resourceful, unfortunately that's also what did her in.
She tried her best to survive 😢
Nice logic - Imma rip that pipe off the water heater. It is connected, but probably doesn't do anything.
Women
I honestly can’t believe she could find the pipe and break it off the water heater but couldn’t figure out how to stick the door handle back in and turn the latch.
@@2ndAveScents or literally put some force behind pushing the second wall.
I honestly cannot imagine being panicked and then not seeing a brick wall but a wooden one and then not pushing it.
It was a goddam picture frame, that thing would've bend when pushing it hard, cmon
So the manager who isn't allowed to let anyone in the trash room decides to break that rule by giving the keys to the legally blind guy. what a horrible life decision
The key manager SERIOUSLY could’ve said “hey don’t go in there lookin around for your phone it’s a compactor and very dangerous.” But no, he let a legally blind man go in and look for his easily replaceable phone.
That's what I'm saying! I bet there were caution signs, but ya know... he's blind! He probably assumed he'd get a bit dirty digging through a normal dumpster - that's all. That manager is a completely negligent ass. Here's an idea... offer to call the mans phone so he can hear it ring.
Or said “hey, I’ve got to take this call but would be happy to take you in there after”….
THATS ALSO WHAT I THOUGHT. HE COULD'VE SENT SOMEONE ELSE TO ACCOMPANY ROGER THERE !
To be honest the manager could have disabled the compacter as well or at least unplugged it before letting the person in it to search for the phone
What??? Any man who lets someone dig around a dajgerous machine should be in prison for manslaughter
Now everytime I'm about to do something somewhat risky I ask myself "Could this possibly end up in a Mr. Ballen video?"
Lmfao right. I literally was just thinking to myself how easily stupid shit can happen.
😂😂😂😂
Same here friend!
Hahahaha 😂 me too !
Just threw ar among us plush with my feet 😉😜
Imagine not being a fan of the strange dark and the mysterious delivered in story format
@MrBeast shorts®️ stop.
Be pretty lame huh? HaHaH....this comment actually made me 😆
Imagine a MrBallen video that doesn't have this comment.
Read this exactly when he said it
Why would I want to torture myself, like that?!
For anyone who hasn't seen one in action a trash compactor can crumple a bar from a weight lift set with eas. At the thrift store I worked at we would feed it every thing from couches and beds to dishes and scrap metal and it crushes it all with eas. Poor Roger
That first story, what a boyfriend, "i'm gonna surprise you with poison babe!", Next year he was gonna get her radioactive isotopes
Or Radithor
well he was an 'influencer', so reckless stupidity not a surprising thing
@Suez
Did I know you can’t breathe carbon dioxide? That jumping into a pool of it in an unventilated area would be highly dangerous and possibly deadly? Yeah... I knew. There is a small and particular range in which humans can breathe. If you didn’t know that... Well you are stupid and that’s your problem...
@@HolySino u dont just somehow get dry ice without knowing how dangerous it is
@@benhaney9629 before today, you knew dry ice produced CO2 or enough to kill you? I doubt it. The dumb part is that they didn't bother to research anything
Them putting on hazmat suits is really telling how utterly clueless they were. At that moment I knew that absolutely no person involved had made any research at all.
I love Darwinian.
That's what happens when you have morons using the substances / chemicals without any research.
A 30 sec wiki search would've told them it's a bad idea. They got a Darwin Award instead
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan sorry but what's a Darwin award?
@@chaeyoungswifey4153 "Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner"
Basically when you get yourself killed or castrated (taken out of the gene pool) when you do some very stupid a regular person would know not to do.
A classic and early example is "Charles Stephens, the first person to die while attempting to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel"
Me seeing the dry ice: "Aren't they worried about suffocating?"
Me a few minutes later: "Ah... that answers that..."
you'd be surprised at just how ignorant people are these days about things. I mean we got kids lighting themselves on fire with rubbing alcohol and eating tide pods.. and dont forget, committing suicide so they can be popular on tiktoc.
Looks like the USA isn't the only country with a terribly inadequate education system. There is no excuse for them not knowing how dangerous that was.
I said the same thing 😂
@@LazyIRanch unfortunately the institutions we ALL think are "education" are anything but. in fact id go as far as to say they're indoctrination centers. at least in the U.S.
@Haaris Shaikh yeah I know man, not of that case but same deal. people writing murderers, cold blooded evil bastards with legions of women heart throbbing.. its ludicrous and soul crushing.
Poor Mary was so close to getting out if she'd only kept digging into the picture on the wall.
I wonder if Roger's phone was actually in the trash bag.
I thought the neighbor would have called it and walked around Roger's apt before telling him to go to the trash room.
That neighbor and manager must have felt immense guilt after he was found.
I'm thinking, maybe that was just the time she collapsed from exhaustion. ... But her neighbours really need to be sued for NOT reporting the noise for so many hours!
That's what I was wondering, why the hell did nobody offer to call Roger's phone?? I'm not even legally blind and I often can't see where my phones vanished too even if I check the area it's in. Calling it is always the best bet fr. How not a single person thought of that is beyond me.
@@Petra44YT Nah, she was a 60 year old banging from an internal closet. It was probably very quiet and wasn't an obvious signal of distress, especially since they thought it was minor construction. I doubt anyone would go instantly report that.
I'm obsessed with this guy. Binging nonstop now. It's so rare to be able to hear detailed and relevant stories. He is a master story teller!
Right?! They should make a soothing sleep video of his voice making whooshing ocean sounds.
Andrew record* You're so funny! 😄that'll work.
My 2 under 5yrs old grandchildren sleeps😴 to waves crashing & thunderstorms every night with a sleep mask on👀 for 10hrs!
I 100% agree 👍 he has a voice that you pay attention too. John would be fantastic as a teacher, public speaking, 100% a leader not a follower. He has something that I can't pin point right now. I mean the word I'm looking for. He draws people in to listen to him. He has fantastic skills that not many people have. Firstly John has people skills. Well look what he used to be.. but I think anything in communication John will do with flying colours. Full of confidence look how many people love his channel plus also think the world of him.
I hope his Wife an Children relies how much we love listening to him. Even at times I'm frightened af looking under my bed 🛌 for a little person 😳🙄
Just a genuine question, Did you feel distressed after binging for sometime? Because I have been watching some of his videos for 2 days now and I'm kinda feeling weird and scared idk
@@Natasha_835 He has that je ne sais quoi
I am from Russia, and the story about didenko was very discussed thing when it happened . She new about that dry ice, actually that was her idea. And after this happened she starts to make money on her husband’a death through the social media. She’s also positions herself like a pharmaceutical adviser. And when they asked her on television if she even studied chemistry, she said yes, it was obvious that she didn’t even had any education in this area.
So she basically murdered her husband?
0:52 it’s the time stamp where the name appears. Can you write the correct pronunciation of Yekaterina I’m just learning Russian as third language but I think that the way the name it’s pronounced in the video it’s incorrect.
@@WxIxLxLxIxAxMxS she also got a new man less than 6 months later after the incident lol very sus
Influencers
She did what? Well I'm sorry but the people she influences , probably kids though, are the ones making her an influencer and famous for being... Whatever she is
Poor Mary. She damn sure put up a fight. Awful how it turned out for Her.
was dog tired one night,got up for a ps,,door was at foot of bed. couldnt find it.. it happens.. zig/zag.
The fact that a Russia “spa” looks like a American mental institution in an 1980’s movie. And the “influencer’s” video looks like it was filmed on a potato just makes so much sense and was exactly what I was expecting when he said Russian influencers at a spa 😂
Mary's horrific situation sounds like something out of a movie. So unbelievably sad that she could've lived if she just tried a little bit more.
That’s why I think there’s more to that story. Drywall is easy to break through with a pipe. Construction workers cut it with a box cutter. She would’ve kept breaking that whole room down. So she literally died in a closet with a water leak. It’s like getting locked in your bedroom clothes closet and dying in there. I’m thinking she’d missed some important nighttime medicine she was on her way to take. Something had to weaken her because I’m not healthy and know I could break through any drywall wall in my house in less than five minutes. It’s just pressed chalk covered with paper. Something imaginable is she missed her blood pressure medicine so it spiked, which caused her to panic and give up. Or her blood pressure got too low, which makes you really cold, and the cold water leak was unbearable. There’s no way she was pounding as long as the neighbors said without getting out though. Plus, they’re super weird to hear noise all night and all day but not bother to just ask the office out it.
They had that bungalow but I didn’t know the door.
God don’t want to be that person but this just reminded me of a reference in a game where this girl was bleeding while trying to climb out just to be met with a wall at the top of the tunnel. It’s a very scary situation that makes me keep my phone on hand no matter what
@amazing supergirl keeping in mind this lady was 60 years old I think it's impressive she even did what she did, me being 19 I don't know how I'd handle that situation but ripping a pipe off a water heater is impressive, especially in complete darkness.
She would’ve probably survived longer if she wasn’t naked in there. She died of hypothermia.
Story 3 though.. the manager didn’t think to himself “hey that guy who went to the trash room has been gone a long time, I should check on him” ??
Or what about the fact that he must have known that it was a trash compactor? How did he expect the man to get his cell phone back from inside there?
Exactly. If he actually wanted to help, he could’ve called his phone
not to mention, if you know the guy you know he's legally blind.. even if the phone call would cause you to let someone else in, you shouldn't have with him. just tell him he's gotta wait a little while.
Or dude, there is no way he is going to find his phone in the COMPACTED trash...
The manager should have said "it's too dangerous and your phone was modt likely destroyed by the compacter"
I’ve became addicted to the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format!
You're not the only one. We all are!!!
Then you’ve come to the right place, because they upload two or three times every week!
@@kronch4959 perfect
I became or I've become. I've became sounds like something a 5 year old would say.
Testifyyy🗣
I can’t believe nobody reported the banging. Granted this was in my own house, but my parents had a few guests over and I was a kid sitting amongst the chattering and laughing adults. My dad was finishing up a shower, when all of a sudden there was banging. None of the adults seemed to take hard notice to it, but I heard it, in successions of 3. I didn’t know morris code, but the successions of 3 to me suddenly clicked in my head as “SOS”. I instantly said to the group of adults “wait, that sounds like SOS.” My mom immediately ran upstairs and my dad had slipped and fallen in the shower and he needed help. I saved my dad that day. When I was far younger and can’t remember he had been changing a lightbulb standing on a plastic stool when it broke underneath him and he fell, smacking his head on the ground. I had been there with him and ran to my mom for help. He still has problems today, including with memory, from that fall. My experiences would never let me to this day ever take light of a strange banging. To this day I just can’t believe all those adults sat around talking and laughing while my dad was upstairs in need of dire help. I’ve saved his life twice. I just can’t believe that couple would report it. If it IS construction then they’d just have been told that. Reporting it hurts nobody and in fact can save a life. Adults can be so incredibly dull sometimes, I’m just thankful to have been put through these sorts of situations as a kid so as an adult I will never act like that. If I can help, if I am able to save someone’s life, I absolutely will without a moments hesitation. My dad could have drowned in the shower, I don’t know the specifics of the situation, but it absolutely tears me up inside that he could have died while all these adults just sat around as he banged, begging for someone to come and save him.
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"Stuck in the closet" story is a good example of why you should know SOS code. It's very easy to remember and it is distinctive and noticeable because of the rhythm, unlike random banging. Even someone who does not recognize the actual code would probably realize it is an attempt at getting attention after a while.
BANG-BANG-BANG
BANG... BANG... BANG
BANG-BANG-BANG
(wait a moment, repeat)
@All Eyes On You your the numnut here lol
@All Eyes On You yeah you can actually. He just explained it
@All Eyes On You oh no, a grammar nazi! I’m so offended!
@All Eyes On You Dot is a short pause, dash is a long pause, indicated by - for short pause and ... for long pause. It is dependent on the bangs or taps or whatever being done in a steady rhythm. You could also do it with a camera flashbulb (which is a sort of "tap") to signal visually over a long distance, for example.
wait thats 2 short pauses then an undifined then 2 long then 1 undefined then 2 short again?
shoulnd it be:
bang.bang.bang.bang...bang...bang...bang.bang.bang?
As someone with claustrophobia, Mary's and Roger's stories will certainly haunt me for a while. Poor people, I hope their loved ones find peace eventually.
Legally blind man: I need keys to the dangerous trash room
Manager: … why not
Man, just the trash chute in my building is dangerous, lol, many times I'm tossing garbage when other garbage from above comes flying down.
I know right.
What kind of neighbors that know you're blind, don't help you?
A cell phone is not worth the effort, just buy a new one.
“He’s Legally blind.so,he’s looking around”🤣🤣🤣
I the amount of detail this guy in his team put into his videos, looking up all these photos and different videos. It’s amazing.
I’m in special effects, and used 100lbs of dry ice last week. The thought of just dumping it into a pool of water in a small enclosed space is completely insane. But, if you aren’t aware of the danger I can see why you would try it. The lesson here is to do a little research before messing with chemicals.
I don't know how it's legal to sell dry ice, to people that don't even know what it is...
@@randybobandy4000 Sigh. We can't put everyone in bubble wrap. I have gotten perishables by mail with dry ice.
Honestly, I think a lot of people don't realize it's chemical. I've seen several people who thought it was just super cold ice.
@@scallopohare9431 I guess some people need a warning that says "DANGEROUS CHEMICALS" in case they didn't pass 7th grade...same reason silica gel has to warn people "DO NOT EAT".
As dumb as I think some of those warnings are, clearly someone out there needs them 😂
@@jenniferk9242 "Chemical" is a dubious term, as anything can be it. Here the safety depends on the amount used. They used tens of kilograms of this stuff. And dumped it in water causing all of it to sublimate quickly. Just 44 grams of solid CO2 will turn into 22.4 liters of pure CO2 gas. However small amounts are not dangerous as long as there is at least some ventilation and you dont heat it/dump it in water.
This man describing the layouts of buildings alone scares me.
The seal in him lol
Navy training...
Yes!!! The way he does it literally gives me chills.
"They swing open the door. It's silent. Looking into the property they see..."
Me: "dead people..."
"A living room..."
It’s the music in the background I’m telling ya
The last story is very strange:
A legally blind guy doing all kinds of things, like looking around for a lost object
A building manager giving away the key to a person (who is legally blind) to check the trash, when there was no way to check anything since the trash is inside a closed dumpster and is being compacted as soon as it falls in the dumpster
And on top of that, the building manager didn't look for the guy, hours and hours after giving him the key
Completely agree. This one had some holes in it for sure. So the blind guy climbs a ladder to “look down the chute” for his phone?
Yeah, the manager definitely would've known that as soon as trash goes down there it falls down a long chute and gets compacted and that there'd be no way to access it without going in the dumpster... he basically set that man up for his death
@@Meve.Stiller Exactly!!! Did the “legally blind” guy realize he was umm, BLIND? He seemed pretty confident and unconcerned about being blind and start rummaging through a dark dumpster in a dark basement 🤔
Another completely fake story. Good story, but fake.
@@Meve.Stiller 😆
Dear Mr Ballen, I’ve been having a terrible few months, which has me teetering on the edge of a total breakdown. I suffer from PTSD, and things are real bad atm...and I want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, because with your presence and your voice, it feels like coming home to a dear, old friend when I come here, and it helps a lot.
Hey, if you have not yet? There's some really good therapy resources on here for PTSD.
Suggest you go for posts by actual licensed therapists/psychiatrists.
Will try to come back and add a really good link.
I'm sorry to hear that Virginia... Hope you find comfort soon enough...
Things will get better soon honey, just wait.
@@grmpEqweer If you happen to find any, I would be very grateful! 🙏
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The "accidentally the wrong door" reminds me of Donald Norman's principles of user-centered design: If you can use it incorrectly, it hasn't been designed well. Typical of light switches, where you just have to experiment to see which one does what -- easy for the electrician to install, hard for the user to operate -- as opposed to something that looks like the room, thus showing you which switch does what. By contrast, my Jeep's seat controls look like a tiny seat, and you can push on the part you want to move; it's quite intuitive.
It can be assumed that some people will use a bathroom while tired, sick, or even drunk. If you can accidentally stumble into the wrong room in that state, there's a small problem. If you're unable to see in that room and/or unable to get out of that room, there's a bigger problem. Engineers need to design for use cases that involve the user being not at their best.
what you say is valid, apart from the door handle literally breaking into pieces from the inside. yes it could have been designed better still, but it "shouldn't" have been an issue
@@austinrobertson6940 Exactly my point
this case sounds like the son killed his mother. broke the knob, broke the pipe and locked her in there. how does a woman have the strength to break off a water pipe bare hand
@@professionalinsultant3206 that sounds unlikely. It was prob copper pipe...so it was prob soft enough.
@@subblonde3101 in pitch black
As a society we should learn from Mary's death and teach every one a special banging rhythm to represent SOS. That way neighbours could be sure a banging is a distress signal.
Sadly there is a special banging rhythm but it's not well known. It's meant for miners who are trapped in cave-in's. The miners are told if they can reach a pipe to tap it three times, wait 30 seconds and give another three taps and to keep up that rhythm until the people top side repeat the rhythm as a "Hey, we hear you, hold tight."
Morse code
Although this is not ever going to happen, why not just teach people SOS? Signaling for help is what it was created for.
Being someone who does remodels frequently and has to demo drywall/plaster quite often. I think it would be more prudent to teach people to kick out drywall and plaster. However she was just in a terrible situation most likely being barefoot and in her 60's. It would take me a really long time to use a pipe or my hands but a few good kicks and you can make a hole and then start breaking off larger pieces. Could also try to kick the door right at the door jamb but most likely not enough space for that. As for sound screaming or yelling for help is the natural human SOS and would be a lot louder than banging a pipe on a water heater.
Well if you bang actual sos in Morse code in rythm for a long time, if someone thought it was construction, after a while it starts to sound very sus
"A plaque disclosure tablet" 😂😂😂 that is literally laugh out loud funny!! 😂😂😂
Back in 1997 in Sweden, two brothers aged 6 and 10 decided to climb into a container meant for recycling newspapers just to play in there for a while. Unfortunately, said container was emptied into a trash compactor just a short time after the boys got in there and they were both crushed to death. After this tragic accident, every single container meant for recycling had to be remodelled and fitted with smaller openings to avoid future incidents like this one. One can only imagine the agony these boys suffered since their screams went unheard because of the loud noise the truck and the compactor made. Poor family.
Its like they're made to kill people. They should deactivate when there is too much movement inside.
@@DreadMaverick2 that wouldn’t work.
@@DreadMaverick2 That's a brilliant idea. Why hasn't that been done?
@@kekistanimememan170 Why not?
I work with trash compactors , if you fall into it without sticking your head up you'll get pushed into the container but you won't die of being crushed, maybe lack of oxygen though
"the manager knew he wasn't supposed to let ANYONE go into the trash room alone because it was a dangerous space"... Sends a blind man in alone to climb through the dumpsters
That floored me too.he knew he was blind.
And never checked on him after all that time he was gone. Manager knew it was a compactor and that he was looking for a phone, good grief the negligence on this one
Yeah, but he needed to wait for that phone call. Phone calls are important, so I get the decision.
Hope that phone call was worth it mister manager man
Right... knowing you can’t even search the dumpster like wtfff
Mr. Ballen is a master storyteller. He gives you just enough info to keep you intrigued and then continually builds suspense. Then he hits you with plot twists at the right moments.
My thoughts exactly. This man has perfected his craft!
You guys obviously haven't heard too many stories get told
@@thecloneguyz Well if you feel Mr. Ballen is overrated why are you here then?
The second story is almost identical to another story mr ballen told about an older man trapped in a closet by a falling wardrobe, I think it was in the uk, I remember thinking what a crazy set of circumstances it was and couldn’t happen again, amazing that it did.
His vids are so personal, like it doesn't feel like I'm watching a video It feels like he is in front of me telling me about the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format
What’s the status on Cayo perico ? Has things cooled off yet
gta?
@@Blesszd lol! I wreck that mission. Those goons don’t stand a chance.
Talked to two people and " can I use your phone to call mine" or " hey let me call it for you before you climb in the dumpster" never crossed anyone's mind
That's the first thing that popped into my head. For all he knew, the ringing could have still come from his apartment and he would still be alive today.
Or...you know...could have waited till after that important phonecall. Then the manager could have come along
Really?
Old people dying in isolation always makes my heart bleed. Marry's story reminds me of (another story that Ballen covered) that grandpa with dementia who got lost in that big mall's stupid emergency maze exit. The pain, agony, helplessness, both they felt is unimaginable. Imagine waiting for death exhausted, hungry and what not. God pls protect all of us.
So sad :(
Your mention of “god pls protect all of us” makes me wonder why god saw fit to kill Mary or the man in the trash compactor in the first place.
Saying "god saw fit to kill" is assuming that He did that. Things happen that is the result of the fall of mankind. The people who belong to Him, their lives are in His hands. The others, I don't know. They may be just left to take care of themselves until they call out Him for help, if they ever do that but I doubt they do.
@@geniehinseth512 So, although an omnipotent god could intervene in preventing their death, he doesn’t do so because they don’t deserve it ( presumably because they are sinners, or don’t believe). That means that only people who deserve it suffer horrible or tragic deaths, while anyone who truly believes gets an easy passage into the afterlife. I guess all those millions of children dying of malaria, dysentery, starvation and typhoid just deserve it, then. “If you call out to me for help I might help you, but if you don’t, then fuck you”. Your god is a monster.
Bernard story stuck with me because it was the most preventable 😭 so sad
The manager from the last story should face jail time. He had to know there was no simple or safe way for him to look inside the trash.
The story about Mary being so close to getting out but not realizing it just broke my heart
All I could think of is her husband and family, they had to liver forever knowing she was soooo close to saving herself 😭 and my god that poor, poor woman.. That has to be one of the absolute worst ways to go.. so sad 😞
Dude...poor Mary!! Her story sounds like a kill scene in a Final Destination movie, where a bunch of things have to go wrong just perfectly in order to seal their fatal fate. So sad, freakish and tragic.
@Witty Witty bro...
@Witty Witty I think you need to keep quiet, everything you’ve been spouting to date has been absolute garbage. Lets hope you never find yourself in a situation where you will struggle to get out of.
@Witty Witty The irony of your username.
@Witty Witty No, gender discrimination is tantamount to a functional society. Go somewhere else to get people's daughters drafted into the military. I bet Witty Witty voted for Brandon too.
@@kooldudematt1 tbh theres nothing wrong with women in the army...draft everyone equally
That last story ..really gut wrenching. I couldn’t imagine the fear Roger felt and the horror his wife has to live with knowing what happened. So sad
It's 3:30 AM and I'm watching Mr. Ballen ( who i think is close to what a storytelling master would be) explaining these horrific incidents, and i am genuinely terrified...
Mr Ballen should start a series “People who died while trying to get their cell phones”
Have you seen the show One Thousand Ways to DIE?
@@johngreydanus2033 I have seen a couple episodes I think, and the ways to die were so stupid, like being launched into the roof with some kind of jet seat that ejects.
@@noyesser Actually, now I think about it, the show is 1,001 ways to die, LOL
Nah he should start a series called incredibly fucking stupid (and hilarious) ways dumbass people found to off themselves.
The stories in this episode were unfuckingbelievable, even worst was the families who tried to sue like wtf? Lmao
@@noyesser Yeah, I remember that "trend". It was called Popcorn....something. I forget. But people were getting seriously hurt. One guy lost a testicle doing this. 🙄
That poor, poor woman Mary in the second story, man so many ways/times she coulda been saved after fighting so damn hard & being right there 😢
Maybe I'm missing something, but she was able to dig through walls, but couldn't dig through the door? She certainly had the tool for it.
@@denzilnagel254 maybe the door was thicker wood
@@denzilnagel254 it was dry walls which is easier to brake then a wooden door
This is why, whenever I hear a persistent commotion, I investigate or call police within hours, not days, just in case someone is really in need of help. I'd rather err on the side of caution and maybe save a life than to just ignore it and have a tragic outcome.
@@denzilnagel254 She was digging thru sheet rock which is a helluva lot easier than am old solid wood door. My POS doors I'm my house yea but not those old solid thick wood doors
In regards to the second story. My closet in my old house when I was a kid had a faulty doorknob, the side that was facing the bedroom would fall out even if you gave it a light tug. So I went into my closet one day and the knob fell out on the bedroom side, so no matter what I couldn't open the door. The primal fear i felt as I realized that I couldn't escape this closet was immense. But luckily my little sister heard me pounding on the wall and she reconnected the doorknob and let me out, I am in her debt
What is with the knobs on closets
Replace those with simple latches.
This is exactly why every single time I ever notice doorknobs in any house i go to are loose I ask where their tools drawer is and go around tightening them, I also got stuck as a child as did my little sister nearly a decade later in the same room!
Oh man, my skin crawled when you said what they were dumping in the pool. It can be fun, but it has to be handled with respect.
My dad let me play with some as a kid. He told me not to touch it (after I'd already touched it) and warned that it wasn't regular ice, it was dangerous chemicals, and don't put too much in anything. 😂 He gave specifics, I just was young enough to only retain the gist. Looked hilarious in the toilet, and my burn wasn't bad at all.
“Hey I know you’re basically blind and shit, but go down to the first floor and ask for the trash key. I mean I could just call your phone for you but nah.”
"Hmmm, should I warn the legally blind man about the deadly machinery he intends to go looking inside? Nah, what could go wrong..."
You guys make a good point Fr.
People are lazy mofos who never want to help.
How would the neighbor know if he’s legally blind?
@@charmela7802 i mean it's not like blind people don't use things to help themselves to walk or anything or have 'funny' eyes...
As a kid, whenever I watched the Wizard of Oz I wondered how someone without a brain could talk. Then social media came along.
Yes!! 👏👏👏👏
Great reply!
Ba-dum tsss
Lmao
That is the best description of social media influencers ever.
i was missing your videos, thank u
Sup rechard 😎
I know I feel like an addict I was getting three to five times a week and now I'm only getting one too talk about depressing LOL
@@benjaminsmith6800 everybody is getting only one
this comment gonna get popular
Me too
No doubt in my mind that Roger deliberately climbed into the dumpster. Obviously, he didn't realize it was actually a compactor, but never underestimate the desperate levels of stupidity people will resort to find their "precious" belongings.
He was legally blind
Abit ableist, hm?
@@danmakes2497 Being blind doesn't mean you aren't able to reason correctly. Putting your head under an active trash shoot is obviously a bad idea, and climbing into anything you can't easily get out of is a terrible one.
Incredibly negligent on the part of the manager not to check up on someone he allowed to go into a dangerous, restricted room by himself. And why not check for hours after the tenant doesn't return with key? Weird
Lazy people or busy people or lazy and careless everywhere. Sadly, it's not that weird tbh.
Especially a blind person....
The second story is so haunting and heartbreaking.
His way of telling the story is impressive, I was truly hoping she survived what an amazing woman. I can't believe she passed just like that because of some stupid painting.
@@Darkes336 Hate me for this, I mean no offence, but perhaps she passed away because she failed to realise that the door would have broken open at SOME point if she had continued to barge heavily against it. I guess it's not my place to judge her situation and the circumstances are not something I have full awareness of, but I know British airing cupboards, and there is no way the doors are THAT strong. RIP anyway.
@@christrickett3291 messed up
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I feel like that door could've been busted easily with that pipe.
The amount of people who lose/risk their lives for a phone never fails to amaze me!
No kidding!
I had to literally yank someone out of a port a potty... she dropped her phone and she was going to climb down in the poo to retrieve it!
@@sheilabanks5571 no waaaaay lmao 🤣
Imagine if the closet girl mary had a phone with her....
Buy the insurance when you buy the phone.
Never would have known any of these hazards had you not covered them. On the other hand I never would have done any of these things. Will definitely share