The Tube Sock Killer

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @evans134
    @evans134 4 года назад +9073

    I'm gonna get you ghost face 6:40

    • @mrfrost4064
      @mrfrost4064 4 года назад +280

      One day I’ll be on time

    • @heather_whatever
      @heather_whatever 4 года назад +83

      Great job!! 👍🏻

    • @mattbourgoyne3613
      @mattbourgoyne3613 4 года назад +84

      After going back to take a look that fella looked like a nat on my phone playing peek a boo or something

    • @Michellee970
      @Michellee970 4 года назад +72

      SCREAM, dude!

    • @creepercolton0854
      @creepercolton0854 4 года назад +37

      Grrr, I was just coming it take my prize 😂

  • @brianadam123
    @brianadam123 3 года назад +4207

    The phrase, "Mommy's in the trees" is haunting as hell.

    • @technicalout9547
      @technicalout9547 3 года назад +185

      Sooo frightening. The visuals I got were awful.

    • @Siile_
      @Siile_ 3 года назад +108

      For sure, straight out of a horror movie

    • @NoNo-hi2qc
      @NoNo-hi2qc 3 года назад +89

      "Mommy is in the trees" reminds me of "Their in the trees!"

    • @noahnoah2747
      @noahnoah2747 3 года назад +20

      @@NoNo-hi2qc from what?

    • @xhdjssisks1850
      @xhdjssisks1850 3 года назад +8

      @@noahnoah2747 a lot more than a little while I think it's good to work for you to be a bit late 🤍👍🛎️🛎️🛎️

  • @leonardoramirez3903
    @leonardoramirez3903 4 года назад +3579

    “If you live in the Pacific Northwest of the United States...”
    me: Aw fuck

    • @b226tj
      @b226tj 3 года назад +145

      Don't worry, here on the East Coast (TN) we have creepy stuff as well, I was once walking along a tree line and heard an animal walking by the tree line; Still don't know what it was but I think it took one of my cats.

    • @masteryoda2861
      @masteryoda2861 3 года назад +45

      B226 T&J wait your saying a animal killed your cat

    • @b226tj
      @b226tj 3 года назад +33

      @@masteryoda2861 I think so, we live in a very rural area and at first we thought it was a coyote but I'm not so sure now.

    • @masteryoda2861
      @masteryoda2861 3 года назад +27

      B226 T&J well coyotes sometimes attack cats and dogs when their in the woods and sometimes attack them in the backyard their living in so I would say it was a coyote

    • @b226tj
      @b226tj 3 года назад +23

      @@masteryoda2861 I thought I mentioned this earlier, but it sounded very large definitely bigger than a coyote. I only heard it's footsteps, but it still scared me because the cat that went missing around that time was known to be able to fight just about anything.

  • @jerryhamer
    @jerryhamer 4 года назад +8762

    This dude must have a great memory. He tells these stories like he was there.

    • @marlonius05
      @marlonius05 4 года назад +2226

      the script is bottom left... you can see his eyes dart towards his right several times...

    • @calibre_official7387
      @calibre_official7387 4 года назад +364

      I'd you play among us you'll understand. Mr.ballen kinda sus

    • @QuestionThings123
      @QuestionThings123 4 года назад +556

      Do you not pay attention to how many edits you see in his videos? I guarantee he remembers it all in short burts, then edits it all together well. He is good though, not knocking his storytelling any.

    • @discoguy5878
      @discoguy5878 4 года назад +144

      He reads a script my brother

    • @jackfitzpatrick668
      @jackfitzpatrick668 4 года назад +96

      And do you not notice the cuts?

  • @Gawlakman
    @Gawlakman 2 года назад +1217

    The fact that some of these stories involve murders where the killer is still at large is terrifying

    • @koheletsmoger2327
      @koheletsmoger2327 2 года назад +58

      lets just hope none of us are in Mr Ballen's stories

    • @sixthhaddock8216
      @sixthhaddock8216 2 года назад

      @@koheletsmoger2327 And let's hope that the family gets closure one day.

    • @grajammellor660
      @grajammellor660 2 года назад +30

      Yeh the fact he could be sat getting a buzz off listening to his story on Mr ballen

    • @nathanallen8703
      @nathanallen8703 Год назад +16

      You’re telling me I live in Tacoma 🤦🏼‍♂️😂

    • @geemonster9179
      @geemonster9179 Год назад +19

      I have a friend in Oregon who i'm going to visit in the near future, and i've always loved the wilderness and forests, but i wouldn't stay out there unless we had at least one weapon between us

  • @TheNesapotamia
    @TheNesapotamia 3 года назад +5529

    "If he's dead that calls into question his ability to do these crimes". That's some top-notch detective work, right there.

    • @vaiteatefan4761
      @vaiteatefan4761 3 года назад +40

      😂😂😂

    • @omotayoajose3751
      @omotayoajose3751 3 года назад +63

      Homer simpson style 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @nighthawk154
      @nighthawk154 3 года назад +89

      He could’ve killed himself afterward or he was dead during the other killings which is why it LEADS TO QUESTION it 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @brendonjones4948
      @brendonjones4948 3 года назад +7

      Possesion

    • @ztm9551
      @ztm9551 3 года назад +3

      But then why other murders

  • @yourmicrowave7997
    @yourmicrowave7997 3 года назад +5209

    this guy was a eye witness for every single story he tells i swear

    • @tough1231
      @tough1231 3 года назад +516

      Nah bro he was in the trees writing it down navy seals style

    • @JJCG4MES
      @JJCG4MES 3 года назад +62

      He knows all

    • @thedemomanclassfromtf2402
      @thedemomanclassfromtf2402 3 года назад +41

      He was the dad the crocadiles the diver in all of those army groups all of it

    • @hamoodali9347
      @hamoodali9347 3 года назад +28

      He is google hahahaha

    • @GeekRaj
      @GeekRaj 3 года назад +48

      yeah lol he tells it like he was there.

  • @gabrielphillips7308
    @gabrielphillips7308 3 года назад +4938

    Who else can’t stop watching this guy

    • @allaboutbeebo4092
      @allaboutbeebo4092 3 года назад +17

      Me

    • @emersonertz9144
      @emersonertz9144 3 года назад +59

      me. ive watched 20 videos today alone lol

    • @snaxalotl3021
      @snaxalotl3021 3 года назад +24

      Yeah whenever I watch another video other then MB, his videos pop up EVERYWHERE. They may as well pop up in my damn house

    • @josephsnyder1401
      @josephsnyder1401 3 года назад +22

      Big fan here! For 1 he served for are country, so a big shout out to John ballen for that. And this man is a incredible story teller! I even find myself watching repeats sometimes and engaging in them even if I have already seen it before. He has such a good on screen presence and good Pronunciation while telling his stories , I could see him being on television.(like a reporter or one of those outdoor life in the wilderness kind of shows, lol). Thank you for letting me share 😊 and sorry about the long txt that I just made much longer by apologizing for the length of the txt.😃😄😂

    • @mutualpeaceWayne
      @mutualpeaceWayne 3 года назад +5

      👋🏾

  • @lisahinton9682
    @lisahinton9682 2 года назад +1007

    Today in 2022, the little baby would be about 39. I hope she's living a great, happy, healthy life. She no-doubt witnessed some terrifying situations out there in the woods that day.

    • @pitchblack2304
      @pitchblack2304 2 года назад +90

      Crazy stuff, I'm in the pacific northwest, Seattle to be exact, my wife is 39 and my names mike...dunno why I had to say that.

    • @MommyTiffany
      @MommyTiffany 2 года назад +70

      @@pitchblack2304 I just told my husband that we're never going camping near that river. Ever.

    • @pitchblack2304
      @pitchblack2304 2 года назад +30

      @@MommyTiffany not without a big group lol

    • @TyeArtisik
      @TyeArtisik 2 года назад +9

      Yes, I'm sure she's good

    • @userunknown1578
      @userunknown1578 2 года назад +36

      @@pitchblack2304 Dude might have to bring a whole pack of tube socks.

  • @iamiski8822
    @iamiski8822 4 года назад +7299

    channel teaches me a lot of things: no caving, no diving, no woods at night and no working in the middle of the sea.

    • @tracemullen1812
      @tracemullen1812 4 года назад +313

      The woods alone at night is definitely much sketchier after watching mr ballens video😂 I always think I'm gonna be the next missing 411

    • @starmunching
      @starmunching 4 года назад +150

      I read this as "no walking in the middle of the sea" and I was like
      .....duh
      😂😂

    • @Silas-lc9op
      @Silas-lc9op 3 года назад +128

      And if you do have to go into the woods... have a lot of weapons, knives, grenades, trip wire, C4

    • @Silas-lc9op
      @Silas-lc9op 3 года назад +49

      @@starmunching Definitely dont want to walk in the middle of the sea. Its not a good idea 😁

    • @enevy3165
      @enevy3165 3 года назад +180

      No caving, no diving, no cave diving, never buy a house that's pretty and cheap, do NOT camp in any of the national parks...
      And torment the like button.

  • @robinwagoner7217
    @robinwagoner7217 4 года назад +2072

    How sad, for all these years everyone considered him a murderer, maybe even his own family.

    • @charlotte6154
      @charlotte6154 4 года назад +5

      0-0

    • @thelikebutton7290
      @thelikebutton7290 4 года назад +8

      🥺🥺

    • @thecaribou8833
      @thecaribou8833 4 года назад +92

      The elders likely died thinkimg that and hating him too :/

    • @charlotte6154
      @charlotte6154 4 года назад +2

      omg 600th like 0-0

    • @negroleague2
      @negroleague2 3 года назад +44

      @@thecaribou8833 Then they met him in heaven and said "Hey what are you doing here?"

  • @evanosburn718
    @evanosburn718 3 года назад +4524

    Police in 1986: Dude definitely did it, close the case
    Police in 2011: I've always had doubts about that case

    • @teagueturner2552
      @teagueturner2552 3 года назад +46

      Too true

    • @TheDreadedJuggernaut
      @TheDreadedJuggernaut 3 года назад +147

      It was more logical at the time because he was nowhere to be seen. After time passes and he's still not been located at all, it becomes more likely he's deceased.
      When it comes to serial killers, the only real way to catch them is red handed, forensics, or most likely eye witnesses. Much better for the public to draw a logical conclusion then let the news publish about an unknown serial killer.

    • @ayobigskib
      @ayobigskib 3 года назад +1

      @@teagueturner2552 now you’re w red

    • @Georgica284
      @Georgica284 3 года назад +2

      I was born in 2011

    • @current9300
      @current9300 3 года назад +9

      Huge amount of police work where conclusive evidence isn't found is usually "I dunno, maybe it's like this, it's most likely I guess" territory when cases are closed.

  • @jenlove797
    @jenlove797 2 года назад +28

    I can't get enough. My doctor at new England Sinai hospital watches him as well. We bonded over mrballen. This channel has helped me so much. Thank you

  • @ayanna.h.lanette
    @ayanna.h.lanette 3 года назад +4383

    When I saw the title, I immediately assumed a guy was really out here beating people to death with a butter sock.

    • @piti7102
      @piti7102 3 года назад +127

      Same! I had to make myself listen to the beginning seriously because I kept waiting for them to discover a sock covered in melted butter...

    • @_Curanes_Rex
      @_Curanes_Rex 3 года назад +144

      I imagined a guy standing there with red-white tubesocks, an axe and nothing else...

    • @ayanna.h.lanette
      @ayanna.h.lanette 3 года назад +79

      @@_Curanes_Rex Oof, I think yours is more terrifying, the last moments of his victims would have a whole other level of discomdort and fear😭😬😬

    • @jimiesoteric2417
      @jimiesoteric2417 3 года назад +28

      Lmao butter sock

    • @itsbecky_13
      @itsbecky_13 3 года назад +130

      Sam Puckett is the murderer 😂😂

  • @risuuuuuuu
    @risuuuuuuu 3 года назад +2241

    I'm so glad they found Mike and gave that little girl closure, she probably grew up being told her dad was a monster, she probably couldn't remember anything about the killer but now she knows her daddy would never do something so horrible, he didn't turn her life upside down and did love her.

    • @aircatcher4115
      @aircatcher4115 3 года назад +49

      Stop you're gonna make me cry

    • @kane00000
      @kane00000 3 года назад +160

      Imagine getting murdered and then having your name dragged through the dirt. Having people be so stupid and spreading false information. That would suck penis

    • @TheRealNicolasJackson
      @TheRealNicolasJackson 3 года назад +105

      He did beat his wife tho so he isn't an angel

    • @Emma88178
      @Emma88178 3 года назад +63

      Well her "daddy" was still an asshole in the fact that he abused his girlfriend. He's definitely no angel.

    • @Emma88178
      @Emma88178 3 года назад +24

      @Anonymous Commenter What the hell? So you're okay with abusive men? Way to victim blame there. Even if a woman is violently attacked by their partner for no reason, you seem like the type who would still try to find something to blame the woman for even if it wasn't her fault at all. Also "hysterical" men exist too.

  • @Shinyloog20992
    @Shinyloog20992 3 года назад +1557

    "Mommy's in the trees." has got to be the most horrifying cryptic thing I've ever heard.

    • @No-.-one-.
      @No-.-one-. 3 года назад +21

      *I thought of her mom jumping on the trees* o.O

    • @wonner0
      @wonner0 3 года назад +33

      And the most unhelpful

    • @godzilla362
      @godzilla362 3 года назад +96

      @@wonner0 Oh, I'm sorry for the baby whose parents were probably killed right b4 her eyes for not being totaly articulate about a serial killer.

    • @Emerica771
      @Emerica771 3 года назад +15

      @@godzilla362 calm down it’s the internet

    • @jamesreney2210
      @jamesreney2210 3 года назад +16

      @@godzilla362 Think about it, what, 2 year old, could be "articulate" about a stranger, busy killing her parents right in front of her, plus she had to have been utterly terrorized by what she saw, and probably, her mind, atleast partially, "shut-out" the memory of the horrors of the vision of what she did see.

  • @nataliedulaney8347
    @nataliedulaney8347 2 года назад +321

    As terrible as this all is I am happy whoever did this did not harm the little girl. I hope she is living a good life and can someday get closure.

    • @gregorteply9034
      @gregorteply9034 Год назад

      She ODed and died.

    • @ericaespinosa4030
      @ericaespinosa4030 Год назад +22

      That's what I thought too. As horrible as this horrible, evil killer is, thank goodness he didn't kill the little girl. As a mother, I would say to my murderer, please spare my kids!

    • @Randy-qm8hu
      @Randy-qm8hu Год назад +5

      @Nashiuz Zaman you need Jesus

    • @sam-ht6qv
      @sam-ht6qv Год назад

      ​@@ericaespinosa4030Maybe these couples were assholes?

    • @Safe-and-effective
      @Safe-and-effective Год назад

      This is a bit off topic but if that's you in that profile pic, you are stunning and I would date you in a heartbeat.

  • @masonritchie86
    @masonritchie86 4 года назад +638

    They should open a sock store nearby that has mostly tube socks and just wait for him to show up. He would obviously be a regular customer lol

    • @moreldjosetro4956
      @moreldjosetro4956 3 года назад +15

      Lol🤣

    • @YourOwnWay
      @YourOwnWay 3 года назад +46

      Or just outlaw tube socks. Threat neutralized.

    • @armanimillet1219
      @armanimillet1219 3 года назад +15

      Lol that sounds like some good ass bait 🤣

    • @mistyfied9
      @mistyfied9 3 года назад +5

      im still on the part with mike but how you kill someone wit a tube sock other than choking them

    • @sh4rk62
      @sh4rk62 3 года назад +3

      I mean if you want money....

  • @1204nvb
    @1204nvb 4 года назад +299

    “When he is dead, that call’s to question his ability to do these crimes”.. give this man a raise!!
    Love your work!

    • @JustKelso1993
      @JustKelso1993 4 года назад +1

      @Fat Poopy Nice name.😂

    • @justacontentcreator8722
      @justacontentcreator8722 4 года назад

      Top 10 veterans in youtube community
      ruclips.net/video/dDzVxpqwToQ/видео.html

  • @Arizona_Ranger
    @Arizona_Ranger 3 года назад +1384

    "avid outdoorsman" will never sound the same after I discovered this channel lol

    • @grandma650
      @grandma650 3 года назад +20

      Your pfp is terrific

    • @grandma650
      @grandma650 3 года назад +26

      Wait no I meant terrifying

    • @chrrispy3650
      @chrrispy3650 3 года назад +5

      @@grandma650 says you

    • @Calvert1212
      @Calvert1212 3 года назад +8

      Now it means dead guy

    • @royslapped4463
      @royslapped4463 3 года назад +28

      I'm now an avid indoorsman.

  • @bromandudeguy4626
    @bromandudeguy4626 Год назад +9

    I can't stop watching this guy. The ones about people getting stuck in different places and eventually dying gives me extreme anxiety.

  • @winterrichards9850
    @winterrichards9850 4 года назад +315

    I’m a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format all day everyday.🥰

  • @rubenbalcazar7873
    @rubenbalcazar7873 4 года назад +601

    RUclips: “Video released 21 seconds ago”
    Me: yessssssss

    • @octo-.9041
      @octo-.9041 4 года назад +3

      Same

    • @anarchydmz
      @anarchydmz 4 года назад

      @Taps fan r/wooosh

    • @orbszfn
      @orbszfn 4 года назад

      @@anarchydmz that's not a r/woooosh but ok...

    • @bruhman4001
      @bruhman4001 4 года назад

      i like how this is 21 hours ago lol

    • @xmega5175
      @xmega5175 4 года назад

      9 + 10 ?
      21

  • @becca652
    @becca652 3 года назад +1386

    Another reason Mike didnt do it: why would he leave his car, and how would he have driven Crystal to the kmart when his truck was still in the forest? What car was he escaping in?

    • @Cheekfats
      @Cheekfats 3 года назад +133

      if only police were that curious and smarter

    • @jamesreney2210
      @jamesreney2210 3 года назад +81

      @@Cheekfats Detectives aren't stupid, and knowing some, I can tell you that they DO care. They do the best that they can with the evidence that they have.

    • @sneersh9107
      @sneersh9107 3 года назад +65

      I guess theoretically he could've left the forest, dropped off his daughter, and then driven back and left his truck there. That doesn't make much sense though if he was trying to flee the area surely he wouldn't leave his truck. It was pretty obvious to me that because they didn't find him or his truck immediately he had been killed as well

    • @sadanianghane2008
      @sadanianghane2008 3 года назад +12

      @@sneersh9107 there should be tire tracks that they can trace then

    • @jeromepowell1392
      @jeromepowell1392 3 года назад +11

      They thought he drove the little girl to kmart then drove back to the forest lol

  • @InNotOf395
    @InNotOf395 2 года назад +36

    I’ve been straight up bingeing this channel for over a week now! It’s crazy that I’m coming across this particular video on the 37th anniversary of Mike & Diana’s murder!

    • @koheletsmoger2327
      @koheletsmoger2327 2 года назад +1

      Its crazy the person who did this hasn't been brought to justice if they are still alive

    • @musa5950
      @musa5950 3 месяца назад

      @@koheletsmoger2327 maybe he was arrested for an unrelated crime

  • @justamemer9903
    @justamemer9903 4 года назад +172

    “Mommy’s in the trees” .....that sent a shiver down my spine....

    • @Terri_MacKay
      @Terri_MacKay 4 года назад +10

      That was like a line in a horror movie...I got goosebumps. 😱

    • @dannymiller3315
      @dannymiller3315 4 года назад +22

      Dont give stephen king any ideas

    • @naanacleland8411
      @naanacleland8411 4 года назад +3

      @@dannymiller3315 ikr 😂

    • @Toxica_Intoxicada
      @Toxica_Intoxicada 4 года назад +7

      That broke my heart but yeah

    • @safexx
      @safexx 4 года назад +3

      Truly heartbreaking

  • @dylanwilliams2726
    @dylanwilliams2726 3 года назад +101

    I really like whenever you say "80 miles" you actually give the conversion as well. I'm from Canada and I get very intrigued by these stories that I like to picture aspects of it and the conversion to kilometers really helps me imagine it without leaving the video to convert it

    • @JacobC479
      @JacobC479 3 года назад +5

      I feel the same when he says meters lol

    • @bcshooterfmjprime7540
      @bcshooterfmjprime7540 3 года назад +1

      5 and 8. 5 miles is 8 km. 50 miles. 55÷5=11. 10×11=88. 55 no = 88 km.

    • @Emma88178
      @Emma88178 3 года назад +3

      ​@@albigensiac3206 That's not really "Americanisms" though. A lot of things he says is not actually what I have said, and I'm American myself. I would have said floor instead of ground for example. Also I've only ever heard local people in my area say tour-ist as well. It depends on which state you're from since so many Americans have different accents/dialects, culture, etc.

    • @dl2k671
      @dl2k671 3 года назад +2

      @@albigensiac3206 90% of canadians will visualise better with imperial measurements this commenter seems to be an anomaly. Almost all canadians use feet inches etc... over stupid metric

    • @matthewgartner5339
      @matthewgartner5339 3 года назад +1

      Heres an easy ratio for back of the envelope math. 3 miles = 5km.

  • @breannahoshnic2274
    @breannahoshnic2274 3 года назад +580

    I wonder if that little girl remembers that night. She’s probably old enough to understand at this point, that’s super traumatic.

    • @alenadurisova6590
      @alenadurisova6590 3 года назад +6

      Hey I am glad that I remember to put my pants on...

    • @WynneL
      @WynneL 3 года назад +89

      Mercifully, she was only a tender two years of age, a mere toddler. I say mercifully because memories don't really begin to form until after the age of 4. Her brain wasn't developed enough to be able to retain solid information about what happened.

    • @vexingrabbit1824
      @vexingrabbit1824 3 года назад +46

      When a Child witness something like that they go through alot of stress on the mind and as a defensive measure the mind blocks those events to protect the girl's mental state. So even when she grows up she won't be able to recall much of what happened as her memory is fragmented of the event and can only recall disturbing visuals and sounds that destroyed her psyche. As a result all those broken disturbing visuals and sounds she witness turns into what her brain can only translate the event of "moMmy Is iN tHe tReEs". When she grows older she would need to see a expert therapist to be able to translate what in the hell happened. and since he was a toddler what ever happened is probably trapped in her in the back of her head unable to wrap her head around it.

    • @pruett694
      @pruett694 3 года назад +19

      @@vexingrabbit1824 things like this with little kids is how you get DID (multiple personalities) and disassociation, etc. Unfortunately 2 is old enough to be traumatized for life. :(

    • @elavke5441
      @elavke5441 3 года назад +3

      @@WynneL that is so untrue

  • @joshhayward6229
    @joshhayward6229 Год назад +3

    I thought I would mention Mr Ballen you would also make a great news anchor , the way you talk and describe things with minute detail and enthusiasm is ADMIRABLE

  • @angelabaker2326
    @angelabaker2326 4 года назад +68

    Mr. Ballen,could you do a story on what happened in Land Between The Lakes?I can’t remember what year,but they found a family dead at a camp sight.People say they were tore apart and one was found up in a tree.Seems like a real interesting topic for you to dig into.
    I love listening to the stories you tell.Thanks for bringing us all these stories.

    • @oreganomuffin699
      @oreganomuffin699 4 года назад +2

      boosting this comment

    • @wolvie1618
      @wolvie1618 3 года назад +2

      Oh goodness that sounds awful. Definitely right up his alley

    • @dinarusso3320
      @dinarusso3320 3 года назад +1

      Supposably the family was torn apart by an unidentified species of a canine... that's what they discovered from the DNA, fur and saliva from the bites... Dogman

  • @leapinglizard3937
    @leapinglizard3937 4 года назад +768

    It took 25 years, to finally know that Mike wasn’t the killer. That time must have destroyed his loved ones , mentally.

    • @FullyCharged22
      @FullyCharged22 4 года назад +9

      I don't see him being ruled out by the police, and it seems he is still suspected.

    • @kickazz9473
      @kickazz9473 4 года назад +36

      @@FullyCharged22 How? He was literally buried lol

    • @FullyCharged22
      @FullyCharged22 4 года назад +19

      @@kickazz9473 After watching the video, I looked up what information I was able. Mike had a violent background and he was originally the suspect, the fact that his daughter was dropped off safe and sound, seems like a classic case of (a word to unfriendly for RUclips). Based on the recently discovered evidence of a fragment of bone, the police said he "may be another victim" but he is not ruled out, and there is no way to be sure he didn't cause his own death.

    • @vikingdogmanship
      @vikingdogmanship 4 года назад +25

      @@FullyCharged22 so he killed 5 other couples in that area?

    • @FullyCharged22
      @FullyCharged22 3 года назад +2

      @Wales Eakes It seems that is the obvious conclusion from the police interest. I can't answer if he did or didn't.

  • @AmericanAnarchy666
    @AmericanAnarchy666 4 года назад +512

    Shout out to us who didn’t find mr ballen on tik tok but out of pure luck and been here since his podcast days!

    • @sonicthehedgehog5355
      @sonicthehedgehog5355 4 года назад +26

      I didn’t find him on tiktok. I found him on my recommended a couple of months ago. I don’t know anyone that found him on tiktok lol

    • @aidanharder7694
      @aidanharder7694 4 года назад +8

      Yessir He was on my recommended in like May

    • @CeeJayThe13th
      @CeeJayThe13th 4 года назад +4

      Just came into my recommends last month. I'm glad he did.

    • @camix3229
      @camix3229 4 года назад +3

      @@sonicthehedgehog5355 same

    • @dfl98
      @dfl98 4 года назад +2

      I still haven’t seen him on my FYP!

  • @OtomoTenzi
    @OtomoTenzi 6 месяцев назад +8

    Yo, Mr. Ballen!
    Just a friendly reminder, that life is always so much better with cool and awesome people like you around!

  • @KillianGrenier13
    @KillianGrenier13 3 года назад +1222

    "mommy's in the trees"
    it's possible that the killer dragged the mother away, killed her, and tube sock guy said "mommy's in the trees" in an effort to comfort her during the 20 mile trip back
    it's also eerie knowing that the killer was potentially stalking Mike for months/years when he was setting traps. probably overheard him monologuing about his GF

    • @hansvonzisimann44
      @hansvonzisimann44 3 года назад +107

      Or her mom was Vietnamese
      (Srry i had to)

    • @KillianGrenier13
      @KillianGrenier13 3 года назад +14

      @@hansvonzisimann44 lol

    • @johndough2902
      @johndough2902 3 года назад +14

      @@hansvonzisimann44 BRUH 😂😂😂

    • @owliki3848
      @owliki3848 3 года назад +6

      @@hansvonzisimann44 wtf 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @balderii7340
      @balderii7340 3 года назад +10

      You might be right, the killer told her,...

  • @preciousjewel750
    @preciousjewel750 3 года назад +411

    Can u imagine the power serial killers feel when there see their stories on tv without getting caught

    • @preciousjewel750
      @preciousjewel750 3 года назад +30

      @- Astor - did u kill someone?

    • @tres8003
      @tres8003 3 года назад +46

      It’s like letting out a massive fart and nobody pays attention

    • @dfis3616
      @dfis3616 3 года назад +15

      @@tres8003 this...this is accurate

    • @GrammarSplaining
      @GrammarSplaining 3 года назад +13

      That's one reason to not publicize them -- yet somehow keep the public aware of the danger (rock, hard spot).

    • @johndough2902
      @johndough2902 3 года назад +1

      Lol

  • @desertweasel6965
    @desertweasel6965 3 года назад +169

    Can you imagine the relief when this little girl saw her grandmother? Im so glad her grandmother was there, because she probably looked like a caped hero to the little girl.

    • @shame2189
      @shame2189 Год назад +2

      The ultimate relief that girl must've felt was so strong I experienced it too, because god was it a relief to know her grandmother arrived to her support

    • @jacobgarvia1065
      @jacobgarvia1065 Год назад +2

      I thought it said a clapped hero

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 11 месяцев назад

      Rollercoaster Tycoon- Naked man runs across the screen wearing flip flops. Weener dangles side to side making slapping sounds as the tip slaps on the skin. Rollercoaster Tycoon makes a very interesting ride where naked men have lots of weeners are floating around called WEENER forest

  • @whitewolf1112
    @whitewolf1112 4 месяца назад +3

    Thank you for your service Mr Ballen, keep up the good work. You are a great story teller.

  • @Cocoroot
    @Cocoroot 3 года назад +86

    You are legitimately the only RUclipsr that I can listen to for hours... your story telling, delivery, and style is god tier.
    Keep doing what you're doing. Hope to see you at 20 million subs if not more one day.

    • @liamgannon9474
      @liamgannon9474 3 года назад

      i can’t sleep after watching his videos, rn i’m too scared to get up to use the bathroom

    • @JohnSmith-yt5mf
      @JohnSmith-yt5mf 3 года назад

      @@liamgannon9474 I'm pooping with the lights off right now. It's safe.

    • @daltonevans3412
      @daltonevans3412 3 года назад +1

      Check out count dankula. The guy is hilarious and is also a very good orator, he's one of my favorite storytellers.

  • @TheCAWB
    @TheCAWB 4 года назад +300

    This is the result when you mix "Reading Rainbow" with "Are You Afraid of the Dark" on the internet lol

  • @peachesncream781
    @peachesncream781 3 года назад +140

    I love this guy, he's one of the only horror story tellers that I an actually watch and not feel completely depressed afterwards bc he presents it in a non over dramatic way. He's awesome at what he does and he even converts the measurements for you!

    • @SilveniumTheDrifter
      @SilveniumTheDrifter 3 года назад +2

      Who are the other ones? So I can watch them too!

    • @peachesncream781
      @peachesncream781 3 года назад +1

      @@SilveniumTheDrifter fascinating horror, horror stories and then there's one other I can't remember that is really disturbing. I'll try and look for it ☺️

    • @dora5037
      @dora5037 3 года назад +1

      Same

    • @leschatsont9vies
      @leschatsont9vies 3 года назад

      saying this with a depressed Snape as avatar lol

    • @ysph
      @ysph 3 года назад

      i dig the guy with down's syndrome's channel too. there's something incredibly sincere about the empathy in his voice that you don't get from many narrators. what is it **********? something like that. you gotta love the internet. *********, that's what it is. that's pretty crazy to think about. i wonder if he's rich as fuck from doing that stuff? i bet he is, which is a little bit heartwarming. sometimes the internet redeems its ugly self in pretty beautiful ways. folks like that don't get lots of opportunities to become successful. i really dig it. actually on second thought, i'm going to edit out naming dude's channel. if you watch this content you know who he is.

  • @scartgo0820
    @scartgo0820 8 месяцев назад +4

    Damn…was about to turn it off and go to bed, but you had to say “if you live in the Pacific Northwest, you have to pay attention to the end of this video…I already have a hard enough time turning the IPad off when I’m watching your stories, now I HAVE to watch this one or I won’t be able to sleep tonight…of course, I probably still won’t be able to sleep after hearing whatever I’m about to hear about my home….but go ahead and bring it Mr. Ballen!
    It’s hard to believe I still haven’t seen all the videos!

  • @KeikilaniKai86
    @KeikilaniKai86 3 года назад +169

    This is insane!! I was born and raised in Tacoma! I still live here and have for 35 years and I’ve never heard about the tube sock killer! That really freaks me out because I used to go to Nisqually to walk the basin all the time! Just sends shivers down my spine to think about the fact that I could’ve easily walked by a body or even the killer himself without ever knowing!

    • @papiderpy
      @papiderpy 3 года назад +20

      you mind walking back by there at exactly 9:35pm on September 8th, 2021?

    • @KeikilaniKai86
      @KeikilaniKai86 3 года назад +30

      @@papiderpy abso-fuckin-lutely not!!!

    • @ryanbolander6117
      @ryanbolander6117 3 года назад +9

      @@papiderpy 😆

    • @paranormalbaconghost
      @paranormalbaconghost 3 года назад +9

      I used to walk and live by the place where they found bodies the green river killer killed. I didnt know that til later. That creeped me out.

    • @jayryker8261
      @jayryker8261 3 года назад +2

      @@papiderpy 😆😂 🤣

  • @fredm.9031
    @fredm.9031 4 года назад +19

    Ghost face at 6:41. I love your storytelling man. You have a way of pulling your listener into the story. It's truly a gift. Keep up the good work!

    • @ecchylevy9057
      @ecchylevy9057 4 года назад +1

      I was 2 secs off lol

    • @fredm.9031
      @fredm.9031 4 года назад

      @@ecchylevy9057 I was too at first then went back and slowed it down.

  • @lynx1079
    @lynx1079 4 года назад +660

    Imagine being called the Tube Sock Killer...

    • @ElveeKaye
      @ElveeKaye 4 года назад +69

      All the good names were taken.

    • @hypnoticwar740
      @hypnoticwar740 4 года назад +35

      Says the tube sock killer, we got you now.

    • @wafflesthearttoad6916
      @wafflesthearttoad6916 4 года назад +26

      Next killer name: flower kitty rainbow killer

    • @ericblair9756
      @ericblair9756 4 года назад +17

      I would go with the Crocs killer

    • @WhoisKell
      @WhoisKell 4 года назад +9

      @@ericblair9756 how would he use that? Lol killing with a croc? 🤣 all victims survive..

  • @Crimea_River
    @Crimea_River Год назад +19

    Great, as someone who lives in Northern CA, I'm going to use this story around the campfire to scare the crap out of people. Thanks Mr. B!

    • @katherinecohen9524
      @katherinecohen9524 6 месяцев назад +4

      Bro they named their daughter Crystal and then they said that they had a Rocky relationship😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤ 1:46

  • @-MR.Nobody
    @-MR.Nobody 3 года назад +751

    Its insane how the cops didnt link The fact that there were four other couples that had been killed in the same area. Also, didnt they search the forest with dogs? Wouldnt they be able to find Mike even if he was buried?

    • @1100blake
      @1100blake 2 года назад +49

      Killer was probably one of the retired detectives

    • @FirePuncher183
      @FirePuncher183 2 года назад +21

      @@usr21882 yeah but it's pretty stupid not to link those together as they happened

    • @kailua0094
      @kailua0094 2 года назад +6

      @@FirePuncher183 yeah but remember before finding mike most everyone had already thought mike was the killer so they wouldn't have thought there was much relation besides same area and that they were killing couples because they thought Mike did it and so why would there be reason to connect the killers?

    • @FirePuncher183
      @FirePuncher183 2 года назад +11

      @@kailua0094 I mean they're all couples all look similar and all of them were kiIIed in the same area that's too many similarities

    • @WolfQueenLydia
      @WolfQueenLydia 2 года назад +12

      Depending how deep he was buried, the dogs wouldn't have been able to smell him. The fact he was only found so many years later he was buried pretty deep it seems.

  • @lilahbeans
    @lilahbeans 4 года назад +129

    “Mommy’s in the trees” that gave me full body chills as crime junkie would say

    • @provinginsanity
      @provinginsanity 4 года назад +1

      Me...I'm the crime junkie lol but yes it did!

    • @byxitsjh6fdh631
      @byxitsjh6fdh631 3 года назад

      IM SO GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FOUND THIS FROM HER

    • @jamal2982
      @jamal2982 3 года назад +3

      Mommy was just playing vietnam war. No need to be scared

  • @olinmarinell1575
    @olinmarinell1575 3 года назад +507

    Why is this mans green screen so goddamn good

    • @peoplenewstoday
      @peoplenewstoday 3 года назад +25

      Proper lighting.

    • @Solon_The_Lich
      @Solon_The_Lich 3 года назад +34

      Pro Tip: He is in his personal serial killer dungeon

    • @tygrrrmoore9815
      @tygrrrmoore9815 3 года назад +10

      @@peoplenewstoday
      Is that it? Or is it a combination of factors, because I kept looking for the green screen tell tale signs and so far - none!

    • @johnkrevis865
      @johnkrevis865 3 года назад +7

      Not a green screen

    • @HaHa-fp8of
      @HaHa-fp8of 3 года назад +35

      @@johnkrevis865 ur right he’s actually recording on a lake

  • @ReyReyI-mx4sd
    @ReyReyI-mx4sd Год назад +8

    It's super cool to hear the stories because I fish down there along that River and I see the crosses up and I had no clue but it all makes sense now

  • @SHORYU616
    @SHORYU616 3 года назад +668

    If you are the tube sock killer in this story, post a comment down below for your chance to win a prize!

    • @zapsfn8421
      @zapsfn8421 3 года назад +60

      Yo

    • @zapsfn8421
      @zapsfn8421 3 года назад +106

      Where my prize at

    • @timklafke4712
      @timklafke4712 3 года назад +103

      Zaps FN is actually an imposter. Stop tryna take credit for my work smh

    • @theeunknown3988
      @theeunknown3988 3 года назад +44

      @@timklafke4712 How dare you! Stop taking my credit, that's just rude!

    • @cerex5798
      @cerex5798 3 года назад +30

      Y'all something else 😹😹

  • @Metaltophat5497
    @Metaltophat5497 3 года назад +1444

    I always love how in some of these professionals can’t find the things they’re looking for in the woods with planes and shit but some civilians can by just walking

    • @daave365
      @daave365 3 года назад +160

      Probably kinda hard to see a red pickup covered with snow on a logging road from the air

    • @37HoneyMilk37
      @37HoneyMilk37 3 года назад +18

      @@daave365 ye, probably

    • @eatwhatukiii2532
      @eatwhatukiii2532 3 года назад +178

      I can’t find my own hairbrush or car keys half the time digging my entire house apart to look, but then a friend can just glance around and BAM, “It’s right HERE.”

    • @37HoneyMilk37
      @37HoneyMilk37 3 года назад +33

      @@eatwhatukiii2532 trust me, that's totally normal.

    • @fbiagent3998
      @fbiagent3998 3 года назад +49

      Fr it's always the civilians finding the murder scenes, like imagine the trauma 😭

  • @ravensdawn430
    @ravensdawn430 4 года назад +431

    I forget about the secret everytime because I'm so engrossed with the story.

    • @JoJo-lg8hr
      @JoJo-lg8hr 4 года назад +3

      Same lol

    • @rickjanssen8317
      @rickjanssen8317 4 года назад +6

      Lemme guess if I ask what the secret is I’ll get “we’ll it won’t be a secret if I told you”??

    • @barkeyb2401
      @barkeyb2401 4 года назад +2

      @@rickjanssen8317 its the scream face right?

    • @emilholk9053
      @emilholk9053 4 года назад +1

      Same

    • @veracity_yt8572
      @veracity_yt8572 4 года назад +1

      Bruh same😎

  • @cuorenero5076
    @cuorenero5076 2 года назад +3

    This bloke knows how to tell a story, just a natural, very clear detailed just great.

  • @askeletonwearingatophat7582
    @askeletonwearingatophat7582 3 года назад +248

    “Mommy’s in the trees” gave me the impression she was hung, or something it’s highly possible that the killer killed the dad as the mum and kid took off to hide potentially in a tree but I still don’t understand why there was blood on the passenger side of the car and the letter in the dads handwriting

    • @coreytravisbean
      @coreytravisbean 3 года назад +145

      I have a theory. The dad fights off the killer as the mom and kid run away. He is stabbed near the truck and is dying, meanwhile the killer leaves the dad to die and runs off to chase the kid and mom. The dad(hoping that the mom and kid get away safely) knows he is dying and wants to tell his wife that he loves her one last time. So he climbs in the truck and writes it down so she will see it when it's all over.

    • @askeletonwearingatophat7582
      @askeletonwearingatophat7582 3 года назад +30

      @@coreytravisbean that’s a very solid theory

    • @jeannietarantola5526
      @jeannietarantola5526 3 года назад +9

      Maybe he( the dad) had someone kill them both,but the killer didn't have heart to kill the kid.

    • @Kenpachi0Sephiroth0
      @Kenpachi0Sephiroth0 3 года назад +10

      @@jeannietarantola5526 And he also "had this killer kill more couples" before that too for no reason?

    • @BornIn1500
      @BornIn1500 3 года назад +25

      No. The child was saying "she's in the trees" the same way that a grown person would say "she's in the woods" or "she's in the forest". The child probably just saw their mother being taken into the forest (trees) and not come back.

  • @cjb2749
    @cjb2749 3 года назад +420

    #1: I don't necessarily believe that Mike was buried. This stuff happens way too often, where searchers overlook evidence or remains, usually because they searched right around the area, but didn't hit that specific spot. His bones were probably scattered because of animals.
    #2: I think it's pretty clear that Mike was killed in the forest first, then killer came to where mommy and baby were waiting in the truck, killed Diana in the front seat, then dragged her body under the tree where it was found. Crystal saw all of this, and, of course, was in shock and only 2yrs old, so she probably blocked out the murderers face, but she saw her mom left under the tree, then the bad guy grabbed her and took her to the kmart. It's really unfortunate that they didnt have security cameras there.

    • @jdmustard2557
      @jdmustard2557 3 года назад +35

      What about the note though?

    • @rupeshkaushal2888
      @rupeshkaushal2888 3 года назад +2

      Also this killer probably had a daughter of his own

    • @josuemendez2358
      @josuemendez2358 3 года назад +6

      Maybe the killer knew there was no cameras there

    • @richardclifford003
      @richardclifford003 3 года назад +52

      @@rupeshkaushal2888 No. The little girl was never the target. I had suspects who were age, gender, and race specific. It's like ordering off a menu. If the menu doesn't have that specific meal, they're not hungry.

    • @veasey3997
      @veasey3997 2 года назад +18

      I’d like to say the body got replaced. Waited until the searches were over and put it right back. The note could’ve been forged so all of this would look like Mike.

  • @innaf7623
    @innaf7623 3 года назад +888

    Another story from the pacific northwest that should deserve a video: the soap lady of Lake Crescent. Her body was found soapified after three years of being underwater. And due to the conditions of the lake, it was the perfect conditions to make her body soapy which eventually floated up to the surface and the questions started popping up. How did she end up on the bottom of the lake? Who murdered her this way and tied her up before throwing her into the lake? What were their motives? Fascinating story and I visited the lake, never would've guessed that there's such a dark mystery tied to it. (Maybe let's get MrBallen to cover this story???)

    • @kathleenedwards8472
      @kathleenedwards8472 2 года назад +20

      Oregonian here and I’ve never heard this! My aunt lives near the lake. Looks like I have some googling to do.

    • @Rfsi
      @Rfsi 2 года назад +2

      Yedy

    • @babybirdsmommy1
      @babybirdsmommy1 2 года назад +15

      Maybe say something on his sub reddit?

    • @supposedhumanmars
      @supposedhumanmars 2 года назад +32

      I was born, raised, and at 40, still live in Western Washington. This state is....weird....to say the least.

    • @turdfurgeson2032
      @turdfurgeson2032 2 года назад +10

      Her husband beat her to death and dumped the body in the lake. It happened back in the 30s

  • @hiigghhggg9150
    @hiigghhggg9150 2 года назад +108

    I’ve heard of this case before, but damn I feel bad for Mike. I know he didn’t seem to be the best person, but he was a murder victim too and everybody just started saying he was a serial killer like wtf

    • @justsomedudeyouknow8372
      @justsomedudeyouknow8372 5 месяцев назад +1

      Makes sense tho. They couldn't find him, and since many crimes are generally committed by those closest to the victim it makes sense they would think that.

  • @braylonwoods4594
    @braylonwoods4594 3 года назад +307

    He’s a couple killer, tube socks come in pairs and one usually gets lost.

    • @ryanm5399
      @ryanm5399 3 года назад +62

      This guys the killer

    • @colorgreen8728
      @colorgreen8728 3 года назад +18

      @@ryanm5399 I think you got a point

    • @braylonwoods4594
      @braylonwoods4594 3 года назад +17

      @@ryanm5399 shhhhh or I’ll make you shhh

    • @jackfrancis9610
      @jackfrancis9610 3 года назад +3

      @@braylonwoods4594 tube sock

    • @runaway_9763
      @runaway_9763 3 года назад +6

      @@ryanm5399 im single i won't die ( Ties sock around neck ) killer ya you will be fine

  • @steffenp7384
    @steffenp7384 2 года назад +561

    I couldn't imagine how Mike's family felt, thinking their son was a murderer, until he was finally cleared.

    • @nikitadondiva
      @nikitadondiva 2 года назад +24

      He was a woman beater so I doubt it was a much different feeling.

    • @steffenp7384
      @steffenp7384 2 года назад +64

      @@nikitadondiva huge difference between what eas described that he did, and murder. Especially serial killer.

    • @nikitadondiva
      @nikitadondiva 2 года назад +27

      @@steffenp7384 I could see them thinking he killed his wife. I doubt they ever believed he was a serial killer.

    • @Jaedyn_0
      @Jaedyn_0 2 года назад +16

      @@nikitadondiva I mean all Mr. Ballen said was Domestic Violence, he never stated that he actually hit her... Yeah he maybe sounds like an asswipe, but doesn't rule out anything... And I'm sure that could've been detected in some way if he had hit his wife.

    • @marklewandowski8474
      @marklewandowski8474 Год назад +11

      He was most likely the killer. Grid searches are notorious for "thoroughly searching" an area sometimes multiple times and finding nothing. Then a random hiker finds the body right in the center of the search area.
      It's a lot easier for the police to claim he was buried than admit maybe they didn't do a thorough enough search. But the previous couple wasn't buried. So breaks from the MO. And connecting 2 other couples that were killed (no tube sock in their cases) across decades and thousands of square miles of PNW forest is a stretch to say the least.
      Maybe he killed the couple because one got stuck in his trap and he panicked. Or who knows. But more probable than not he killed them (much less personal way than stabbing 17x) and at least his wife and himself.

  • @c.thomas841
    @c.thomas841 2 года назад +73

    I love how it just feels like he's talking to you he's not reading out of a book or a script def love his way of story telling been binge watching for days

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 2 года назад +4

      Damn! I was just about to start a new channel called "Mr Ballin' " where I dribble a basketball while reading stories from a script!

  • @bmfsnc8466
    @bmfsnc8466 2 года назад +5

    found your page about 2 weeks ago, trying not too bindge watch too hard so I aays have several episodes a day to watch, but your channel is so good, it is hard to resist binging them!

  • @roycejohnson3715
    @roycejohnson3715 4 года назад +43

    This guy and his stories have got me through hard times just his demeanor and the way he tells his stories has helped me with depression big time...with my mom and uncle getting covid, my grandfathers cancer coming back, and me being homeless from losing my job and home from covid it's been rough but Mr. Ballen has given me something to look forward to with his channel and that might seem stupid to some but to me that means everything..thank you man.. sincerely...and thank you for defending our country...we love you brother

    • @temperstar8411
      @temperstar8411 3 года назад

      @@rat686 Would you lose your clothes and phone if you became homeless?

    • @temperstar8411
      @temperstar8411 3 года назад

      @@rat686 ... I don't know, thank God I'm not homeless

    • @DustinSrLenzo
      @DustinSrLenzo 3 года назад

      We see this all the time nowadays. People somehow have a cell phone with data and internet but are homeless. They must make enough money to afford their phone plan but not much else I guess? Probably charge the phone at a Starbucks or phone charging station at a clinic or something. Either way, not my place to judge. If I was homeless I would still want my phone with data lol. God bless, we all go through struggles in life. I pray you find peace and comfort

    • @nina9789
      @nina9789 3 года назад

      I totally understand. I hope you will be ok soon.

    • @ericajames5038
      @ericajames5038 3 года назад

      @@rat686 speaking from experience when I was briefly homeless I still had my cellphone most of the time, I would bum phone cards off family/friends for minutes on my prepaid, use wifi and outlets for my charger at local wendy's, coffee shops and shit. You never know what desperate people go through unless you've been there yourself unfortunately.

  • @ronnypierson1589
    @ronnypierson1589 4 года назад +101

    Literally nobody else I’d rather listen to tell these stories 👑

  • @davidcox1508
    @davidcox1508 4 года назад +38

    The bonus thing in your videos is cool, John. As are your stories.
    When one involves a DAUGHTER, though, my heart just gets BROKEN. I have 2 of my own, and the thought of ANYTHING bad happening to them has been known to keep me awake nights. I don't think they could ever understand what it meant to ME how it felt when they would cry over something and I held them, or the first time each of them looked up at me and said "I love you, daddy".
    I don't care how tough a male IS, when you look into their little eyes and faces, you're simply NOT a man if you don't fall HARD for them - you can't help it, and it hurts when they get older and move on, but you're so PROUD of them when they do. Being a father is maybe the hardest role a guy can take on.

    • @cjcreasey9219
      @cjcreasey9219 4 года назад +2

      I just shed a tear I’m not crying tho it’s these damn onions

    • @desertshadow72
      @desertshadow72 4 года назад +1

      Perhaps the tube sock killer is a dad and that explains why he didn't kill the little girl

    • @johntompkins9583
      @johntompkins9583 4 года назад

      I have 2 boys and I feel the same! They're still young though so I try every day for them. That's a dad better than being a man just a man!

    • @atashgallagher5139
      @atashgallagher5139 3 года назад

      @@johntompkins9583 beware them becoming teenagers, as an inside source they will eventually realize you can't make them do things and from there on out it's pretty much over trying to change them.

  • @amandaschmucker2787
    @amandaschmucker2787 2 года назад +229

    Poor Mike... Automatically considered the serial killer, before ever being considered a victim of a serial killer (killing couples by the river 🙄)

    • @asphaltspreader
      @asphaltspreader 2 года назад +24

      Yes. he may have been a total a**hat that did not mean he was a serial killer.

    • @julianrocha8076
      @julianrocha8076 2 года назад +2

      for real

    • @edit._011_
      @edit._011_ Год назад +5

      Right! I mean even though he had a temper (that doesn’t justify him hurting Diana at all, he should’ve been taken to court over that) why didn’t the police dig up the area around Diana’s body? If he’d killed Diana but spared Crystal that doesn’t make any sense to me.

    • @REALFXYT
      @REALFXYT Год назад

      @@edit._011_ fr

    • @sam-ht6qv
      @sam-ht6qv Год назад

      ​@@asphaltspreaderLmfao how is he the asshat

  • @lunar-firefly
    @lunar-firefly 3 года назад +178

    That's terrifying. I don't live far from where all this took place. So much for dispersed camping on my own.
    Is it me or does the Pacific Northwest seem to have an alarming amount of serial killers?

    • @MercuryRyzen
      @MercuryRyzen 3 года назад +24

      I was just noticing the same trend. Seems an awful lot of these stories come out of the Pacific Northwest and Vancouver area. Either that or those are the stories the YT algorithm enjoys offering to me...

    • @OGYouTubeEnjoyer
      @OGYouTubeEnjoyer 2 года назад +8

      Where is the Pacific Northwest? Washington? Oregon? LOL!

    • @RH-tv9hk
      @RH-tv9hk 2 года назад +18

      Yes I think all four west coast states are in the top 10, maybe even top 5, for having the most serial killers.

    • @burtknighten1873
      @burtknighten1873 2 года назад +19

      It's all the rain

    • @Umberto2
      @Umberto2 2 года назад +1

      It sure does! 😳

  • @pixleattack
    @pixleattack 4 года назад +77

    Some of these videos get me too scared to leave my house, and the rest get me to scared to stay inside it.
    It’s a conundrum...

  • @cuppycakey5013
    @cuppycakey5013 3 года назад +684

    “He would have had to have killed himself and then somehow buried himself.” Sounds plausible. 😂

    • @Kinky_Devil
      @Kinky_Devil 3 года назад +5

      I know right

    • @chaos.corner
      @chaos.corner 3 года назад +19

      Musta had information on the Clintons.

    • @1dirkmanchest
      @1dirkmanchest 3 года назад +7

      Hmm Sounds like a Vince Foster situation. Better assign the volunteer fire department and the park police to conduct an in-depth investigation.

    • @darrellboone9274
      @darrellboone9274 3 года назад +12

      About as plausible as that marine,who "killed himself" by stabbing himself 17 times in the chest,with a butter knife 😳🙄

    • @marcusmcintire6683
      @marcusmcintire6683 3 года назад +7

      Today they would say it was Covid

  • @monkeydgoofy8074
    @monkeydgoofy8074 2 года назад +56

    fact that the sock killer might very well be out there and looking for his next victim is absolutely horrifying

    • @danielhighland8866
      @danielhighland8866 2 года назад +4

      He's dead by now by covid or old age

    • @monkeydgoofy8074
      @monkeydgoofy8074 2 года назад +1

      @@danielhighland8866 well too bad💀

    • @TheSturgoenfish
      @TheSturgoenfish Год назад +1

      I’d bet he has read your comment. Maybe he’s found his next victim knowing that he’s found someone who is warmed up with the stench of fear knowing that the moment you see him approach with a tube sock and knife in hand that you’ll be paralyzed. 😳

    • @danielhighland8866
      @danielhighland8866 Год назад

      @@TheSturgoenfish he's dead by now by covid or old age

    • @danielhighland8866
      @danielhighland8866 Год назад

      @@TheSturgoenfish the tube sock killings happened long time ago

  • @GiDD504
    @GiDD504 4 года назад +181

    I can’t be the only one who assumed there was a guy with a pool ball in a tube sock that would beat people to death...
    I never even thought of a guy choking someone with a sock

    • @NEO_RKX
      @NEO_RKX 4 года назад +7

      Yes you’re the only one lol cause I thought of people being strangled with a sock

    • @nindysidhu4228
      @nindysidhu4228 4 года назад +12

      I thought about a stuffed sock bludgeoning people to death, but now, I'm thinking of the indignity of dying by being strangled with a tube sock and thinking "I wonder if he wore this?" as I grasp the last bits of life I can, just hoping I don't smell sweaty foot before I go.

    • @rlh9373
      @rlh9373 3 года назад

      Was it socko was on WWE and mankind and socko broke up and socko became a serial killer.

    • @enevy3165
      @enevy3165 3 года назад +4

      I seriously thought of a guy stuffing a sock with bars of butter and beating people yo death with it i-

    • @Astronomicat117
      @Astronomicat117 3 года назад +1

      I thought he tried to use it as a mask because people used to use hosiery as a way to hide their faces

  • @mrmicho5553
    @mrmicho5553 4 года назад +1526

    The fact that hikers found more bodies than police did is insane😂

    • @scoliasma6532
      @scoliasma6532 4 года назад +11

      Yes

    • @janetlieb2507
      @janetlieb2507 3 года назад +55

      Well of course!we have to do the work they are. SUPPOSED TO DO!!!

    • @treysmith6407
      @treysmith6407 3 года назад +49

      Agreed but, that is terribly sad, not at all funny

    • @yorkfirepulse8724
      @yorkfirepulse8724 3 года назад +95

      Sometimes when your not looking for anything you usually find... Something. Assuming the opposite, searching with too much focus yields the expected_ tunnel vision maybe

    • @codeXenigma
      @codeXenigma 3 года назад +60

      Its a huge area that still took hikers years to find them.

  • @WireGamingTV
    @WireGamingTV 4 года назад +32

    Mr Ballen is the best storyteller on RUclips, undebatable

    • @AlexHammered
      @AlexHammered 4 года назад

      Your darn right

    • @dodobird8687
      @dodobird8687 4 года назад

      Yes you are so right

    • @user-pc9oj9ci1r
      @user-pc9oj9ci1r 4 года назад +2

      Mr Nightmare and Mr Ballen are the 2 elites of RUclips story telling, they’re both different but great story tellers

  • @hemmingtait
    @hemmingtait 4 месяца назад +2

    I used to watch this channel 2 years ago i just got this video in my reccomended man i love this guy

  • @lukebennett.
    @lukebennett. 3 года назад +29

    Ever since I've learnt about the strange dark and mysterious in story format I can't stop watching

  • @snowblindart
    @snowblindart 3 года назад +31

    I am a blind artist. I love your channel so far. It was recommended to me on Coffee House Crime channel. I love the story format. Although I have a tiny bit of vision I can't follow All the images normally. This makes it lovely to follow along. Thank you!

    • @24get24give
      @24get24give 3 года назад +2

      I like the coffee houe crime guy, too, but, ballen is my go to

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 2 года назад +1

      A blind artist? Better than a modern artist.

  • @jhopson5224
    @jhopson5224 4 года назад +73

    Camping has been ruined for me after listening to these stories lol. What makes it worse is i live close to this area!

    • @BallsTickler69420
      @BallsTickler69420 3 года назад +3

      are you ok

    • @zukoHD
      @zukoHD 3 года назад +6

      buy a gun.

    • @Crustystreet123
      @Crustystreet123 3 года назад +5

      Look out for the tube sock killer

    • @AP-yy3ve
      @AP-yy3ve 3 года назад +6

      @Emilio Wendlandt lmao don't matter if he goes in alone he'll be dead when he is asleep

    • @markhammar3977
      @markhammar3977 3 года назад +4

      Dogs are awesome...

  • @1ntr0verted_trans_b0y
    @1ntr0verted_trans_b0y 6 месяцев назад +4

    Is it me, or am I addicted to watching this guy? Watching him is like getting on a swing as a kid, you don’t wanna stop and you wanna keep going until you physically can’t move.

  • @Nostalgic_1
    @Nostalgic_1 3 года назад +323

    I NEVER see the hidden image because I am too enthralled by your story telling!
    😪

    • @LBzarro
      @LBzarro 2 года назад +2

      It's ok mommy M

    • @HappyDoughnut1
      @HappyDoughnut1 2 года назад +1

      I have only seen two out of numerous videos I have been watching for the past two days. Of course the videos I have been watching are from months or weeks ago.

    • @cairokwame5230
      @cairokwame5230 2 года назад

      Me too

    • @koenkanter7872
      @koenkanter7872 2 года назад

      6:40 on the bottom

    • @NunyaBusiness-kv3cg
      @NunyaBusiness-kv3cg 2 года назад +1

      Wow no one ever commented this before

  • @TywgMedia1876
    @TywgMedia1876 3 года назад +1374

    Imagine Mike being in that forest every day and the serial killer is watching him and never decided to kill him until he had a partner with him 💔

    • @williamlee7482
      @williamlee7482 3 года назад +160

      That's a scary thought and is a possibility

    • @gmiller831
      @gmiller831 3 года назад +25

      But why the multiple stab wounds?

    • @gavinfairbanks
      @gavinfairbanks 3 года назад +107

      They only tied socks around the women in this story. Maybe the killers marks are the adult women and the men are incedental.

    • @salemcrow5078
      @salemcrow5078 3 года назад +107

      @@gavinfairbanks They clearly have some problem with couples, and it's somehow tied to the women (given the tube socks). Disgruntled, jealousy, etc could be the motives to kill the couples.

    • @santicheeks1106
      @santicheeks1106 3 года назад +34

      Thats what I was thinking, cause he only kills couples, and kills women with a tube sock

  • @DejaVu-iy8hh
    @DejaVu-iy8hh 3 года назад +393

    God…it’s sickening how many people literally get away with murder. If they had looked harder and actually found the bodies the first time they looked they might have found some clues.

    • @SunGawdRa
      @SunGawdRa 2 года назад +21

      They feel pressure to close cases, so they take the easy way out when available.

    • @Ricardo-cl3vs
      @Ricardo-cl3vs 2 года назад +15

      You would have done it much better I guess?!

    • @veasey3997
      @veasey3997 2 года назад +25

      Yes multiple search parties didn’t see anything. You must live in the city or something? Woods are huge dude. Additionally people place bodies back after searches are done.

    • @sitcomchristian6886
      @sitcomchristian6886 2 года назад +5

      Some people only answer for it when they die. Don't worry, they'll get what they deserve.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 2 года назад +3

      No one gets away with murder. A man reaps what he sows. Hell to pay. I did many videos proving atheist ingrates wrong about everything.

  • @asphaltspreader
    @asphaltspreader 2 года назад +80

    I wonder if anyone attempted hypnosis on the girl when she got older? While not all police depts think it is viable, someones memories do emerge. It is said our brains contain all we have ever seen and heard; we just do not consciously recall it all. RIP to her parents and all the victims of this killer.

    • @bunkertons
      @bunkertons Год назад

      Meh. There is a lot of evidence that indicates hypnosis is an unreliable tool.

    • @RelativelyBest
      @RelativelyBest Год назад +10

      A problem is that while we may remember far more than we think we do, memory itself is surprisingly unreliable: It's not like a static video recording that always stays the same. Rather we remember things by, essentially, firing certain neurons in a certain order - making the brain repeat what went through it the first time, if you will. That order can change over time and if it does, we can't tell the difference between false memories and real ones. Because, technically, there isn't one.
      Not only can we badly misremember things, it's actually possible to convince people that they remember events that never happened just by suggesting that they did. Like, if the hypnotist asks: "Did he have brown hair?", that might _cause_ her to remember him as having brown hair even if he really didn't.

    • @galinatileva4960
      @galinatileva4960 Год назад +3

      Im also for hypnosis.
      Never heard for a false memories under hypnosis, they may occur in your normal conscious state, where your brain can be tricked.
      Subconscious can't be controlled or changed/tricked into false memories in my opinion.

  • @1616jaime
    @1616jaime 4 года назад +20

    Crazy how I am not very active on RUclips, yet I have watched and liked 85 of your videos so far. Your content is literally everything I am interested in. Thank you sir!

    • @northenhemisphere4691
      @northenhemisphere4691 3 года назад

      What do you do?

    • @Hama-je3bu
      @Hama-je3bu 3 года назад +1

      Check out that chapter. Another good channel about unloved crimes and mysteries.

    • @anthonywandowicz8084
      @anthonywandowicz8084 3 года назад

      So your only interested in death. That's fucked up

    • @Hama-je3bu
      @Hama-je3bu 3 года назад +1

      @@anthonywandowicz8084 you clearly havnt watched many of his videos. It's not all about death. It's about unsolved mysteries and the paranormal.

  • @SUPER_WOLFMOON
    @SUPER_WOLFMOON 3 года назад +21

    I'm no talent scout but I feel like Mr. Ballen's ability to memorize stories and to convey them in a very dramatic way; could be something movie/tv program folks would appreciate.

    • @itzyaboigamer9340
      @itzyaboigamer9340 3 года назад +1

      He reads off a script and there are several cuts in the video but his story telling ability’s are still amazing

    • @user-lg4vp4eq7c
      @user-lg4vp4eq7c 3 года назад +1

      @@itzyaboigamer9340 he said he actually memorises the story the day before but he has bullet points written out w key information so he doesn’t forget beside him

  • @18chaney
    @18chaney 3 года назад +243

    I get so engulfed in these stories, I don’t even bother looking for the secret for fear I’m gonna miss something in the story 🤦🏽‍♀️😂. #MrBallen is the best story teller! Sometimes I talk back like he can he hear me 😂😂

    • @krafty0518
      @krafty0518 3 года назад +4

      Me too!!!!

    • @reneeren293
      @reneeren293 3 года назад +2

      Exactly...idk y he even puts that secret there?

    • @sherrijean03
      @sherrijean03 3 года назад

      Same

    • @maryellengodfrey
      @maryellengodfrey 2 года назад +2

      Is there really even a secret picture in the vid. I have never seen it. I’m wondering if it a joke?

  • @callyhughes57
    @callyhughes57 2 года назад +10

    This story is particularly scary for me, I grew up right outside of Elbe Washington around 2011 and would play on the Nisqually river all the time. The fact that the killer is still uncaught, and I was living in the area that the skull fragment was found is truly terrifying. I would pass the logging road where Mike's skull fragment was found on the bus everyday.

  • @DopiestKitten
    @DopiestKitten 3 года назад +15

    I’ve been watching these videos almost constantly for the past 3 days. I’m hooked.

  • @theshadow5200
    @theshadow5200 4 года назад +340

    Imagine being a good killer just to be called the “tube sock killer” 😂

    • @stellaberrett352
      @stellaberrett352 4 года назад +47

      I’m glad they got a bad name. What a horrible person. 😡

    • @Star_II3S
      @Star_II3S 4 года назад +10

      @@stellaberrett352 Well couldve they atleast gathered evidence and decided to name the killer based on evidence like The zodiac killer

    • @doubletrouble8353
      @doubletrouble8353 3 года назад +10

      @Mr. pumpkin who da hell r u

    • @cgcg0303
      @cgcg0303 3 года назад +2

      LOL

    • @dazbeal5438
      @dazbeal5438 3 года назад +7

      Not much of a ring to it is there? "Night stalker" "Hillside strangler" & "tube sock killer".......

  • @Musabe009
    @Musabe009 4 года назад +46

    Jack and Dianne Two American kids growing up in the heartland.

    • @ijustwantedausername
      @ijustwantedausername 4 года назад +3

      Jack, he’s gonna be a football star.

    • @cajunasian165
      @cajunasian165 4 года назад +5

      Ohh yeah! Life goes on!!! .... Suckin on the chili dog... 😮😯

    • @sirtubbs5771
      @sirtubbs5771 4 года назад +2

      I guess life didn't go on

    • @cajunasian165
      @cajunasian165 4 года назад

      @Joanna Martin in🇺🇸 America's heartland.. 🎸🎼. Oh yeeaahh life goes on...

  • @daveott306
    @daveott306 Год назад

    Mrballen. You are the only person on RUclips that at the beginning of every video I hit the like button without listening or sometimes even looking at the title first and Have yet to be in any way disappointed. Keep it up please!!!!!!!!!! Seriously. I am dreading running out of your stories.

  • @jaydenn01
    @jaydenn01 4 года назад +16

    I honestly love that he says " we " upload every week instead of "I". I love that he includes his family too even if they aren't in all his vids 🥺🥺

  • @ycuf3261
    @ycuf3261 4 года назад +74

    Mr.Ballen’s stories are more entertaining than movies

  • @rebeccasmith2859
    @rebeccasmith2859 4 года назад +737

    I put laxatives in the like button’s birthday cake and served it to his whole family and looked the bathroom door

  • @Lupus25Mortis
    @Lupus25Mortis 9 месяцев назад +9

    I love watching Mrballen, but finding stories like this makes me realize we have serial killers people don't know about. And even worse, it's not like old history, they are still roaming around.

  • @NIRO_II
    @NIRO_II 3 года назад +97

    16:09 OR Krystle was freaking out on the way to kmart, calling out for her mom, and the killer was ttelling her repeatedly that her "mom was in the trees"

  • @gloomysunday9534
    @gloomysunday9534 4 года назад +188

    its so sad that mike's memory was "corrupted" for so long , imagine his daughter 😔

    • @paulesterline5714
      @paulesterline5714 4 года назад +12

      Yes however keep in mind even though she was not able to articulate it to anyone, she is the only person living that knows the true killer, and that it is not her fsther.

    • @ominouspsychadelic8560
      @ominouspsychadelic8560 4 года назад +1

      Haha

    • @floskater99
      @floskater99 3 года назад +5

      @@paulesterline5714 Guess she doesn‘t know it anymore, otherwise she could‘ve just described the killer a few years later

  • @aewhatever
    @aewhatever 3 года назад +159

    A reminder a retired Detective on a documentary saying that the worst enemy of a detective is tunnel vision

    • @jacobbellflower2294
      @jacobbellflower2294 3 года назад +1

      Facts

    • @FOXCYBORGNINJA
      @FOXCYBORGNINJA 3 года назад +1

      Was that from the Netflix documentary “The confession killer”?.

    • @aewhatever
      @aewhatever 3 года назад +1

      @@FOXCYBORGNINJA if I remember right I saw it here. There was a doc about a missing couple that were found to be killed. At the time there were several people killed in the same area but different jurisdiction. I think it was in the early 80s and the different jurisdictions didn't exchange information like they do today. They had a suspect, that they focused on and explored no other avenues. Decades later they would learn of the other killings and found the initial suspect couldn't have committed these crimes

  • @dawg6169
    @dawg6169 2 года назад +3

    I live in Washington and heard about this case a while ago, and I'm so glad I stumbled across this video!

  • @CykMyBlyat59
    @CykMyBlyat59 3 года назад +340

    Its a good thing Grandma could fly otherwise getting to the foster home would've been more of a burden

    • @maxlee2523
      @maxlee2523 3 года назад +23

      glad i wasnt the only one who heard it like that lmao I chuckle

    • @grandma650
      @grandma650 3 года назад +30

      Trust me, it was a burden anyway

    • @debshaw680
      @debshaw680 3 года назад +5

      Meaning she went as fast as she could or flew in from where she lived on a plane

    • @cuppycakey5013
      @cuppycakey5013 3 года назад +4

      @@debshaw680 I assumed she lived in another state and had to fly there on an airplane

    • @cheapskatepanic
      @cheapskatepanic 3 года назад +3

      That's how she beat the cops there.

  • @christopherlopez4087
    @christopherlopez4087 4 года назад +112

    Idk what’s worse, the fact that he was framed , or the fact that their is still a serial killer

    • @carlindurfee7566
      @carlindurfee7566 4 года назад +8

      The fact he was framed. Their was a quote something like “rather have many guilty people escape prison than one innocent man get imprisoned”

    • @syikinr4830
      @syikinr4830 4 года назад +1

      Probably also watching this video right now and hitting like

    • @squakamole3982
      @squakamole3982 4 года назад +3

      Sorry to be THAT guy but it's there*

    • @ellaerickson7220
      @ellaerickson7220 4 года назад +3

      @@carlindurfee7566 he wasn’t completely innocent though 😂 why are people forgetting that he abused his wife? He had a history of domestic violence, I don’t have a shred of empathy for him

    • @BX138
      @BX138 3 года назад +3

      I don't think he was framed. Just a bunch of lazy ass cops who settled for the easiest answer.

  • @grimryu5833
    @grimryu5833 2 года назад +26

    When she's older I hope their daughter is able to give more clarity on what happened, an especially I hope that she wasn't hurt

    • @farmsalot1233
      @farmsalot1233 2 года назад +4

      The daughter is older

    • @DavesRange
      @DavesRange 10 месяцев назад +1

      Whether she was hurt or not, it's in the past, doesn't matter anymore. She never said she was hurt to begin with