So for the Jenny Jones part. Scott had been sexually harassing John for quite a long time. When producers approached John about a secret admirer show, he agreed only if it wasn't Scott. Producers lied to him. After the show Scott still didn't stop the harrassment. Not an excuse to kill the guy, just more info for the first case.
@@genrasputin LGBT people can't ever do wrong. Even when it's made public that a homosexual person is a sex offender or pedophile, you can't call them out on that. Scott Amadure revealed his perverted fantasies about his 'crush' on live TV, and didn't hesitate about it. Imagine if a man said this about a woman. But just because he's gay, nobody finds this disgusting.
And it was on her own birthday, no less! Do these parents EVER stop to think about what kind of psychological damage spousal homicide can do to a kid? Even if you hate your partner’s guts, at least keep your children in mind before doing something irreversible!
Xu Guoli was actually given the death penalty and was executed in March of 2023. I don't know why was that information omitted. Good that he's gone for good, sad that the daughter has been left without a father and mother now.
Literally like I went on google to search what happened to the daughter afterwards but I can’t find anything 😭 I hope she’s safe and receiving lots of love :)
Wow he left 2 major things out of the first one. 1: Scott had been stalking him before and after the tv show 2: He only agreed to do the show if Scott wasn’t his secret admirer, but they lied.
@@udidntseethat what Jonathan did is unexcusable, im not saying otherwise. But fame messes with people, i could only imagine how hopeless i would feel if i was stalked, harrassed and lied to only for media to exploit that to millions for entertainment
I'm from Myanmar. I was surprised to see the saffron revolution in my country in your video, and I want to say thank you very much for sharing our story. I was 16 years old when this tragedy happened and did not know how bad it was at that time because TV and media/news were under the military government's control and did not dare to expose what was really happening to the public. It wasn't until 2015 that I moved abroad, had good access to the internet, and saw numerous footage videos of violent crackdowns on peacefully protesting monks and civilians. The realization of being fed with lies all these years and seeing how innocent people died at that time boiled my blood and made me vengeful. But I did not know much about the story of that Japanese journalist until I saw your video, and I feel extremely sorry for him and his family. I hope his family finds peace right now. To this day, we are still fighting these brutal military b*stards who are, at the point of writing this, killing and bombing innocent men, women, and children. The UN has been sitting, watching, issuing sad reports, and doing nothing for 3 years regarding the military coup in my country, Myanmar. However, we will not back down and continue our fight for justice and freedom with or without the help of the UN and other nations. Again, thank you for including our story in your video. we will never forget Mr.Kenji Nagai and what he did, and we will bring justice for him and other innocent lives.
One more fact about Ghostwatch: viewers were able to call the phone number that's being displayed throughout the film, where they would be met with a pre-recorded message stating that everything was fictional. However, with thousands of people calling in at the same time, the lines got jammed and callers were instead met with total silence instead of the message. This reportedly led to even more mystery and fear during the airing.
@@The_Andvarius keep in mind this is still the "ooga booga" Days, now I'm not saying people back then are stupid but bc of limitation in everything including information, it's no surprise they thought this was real.
@@The_Andvarius This was an extremely different era in time, shocking, horrifying, or sudden content was not at all widespread. For instance, the Blair Witch Project was the very first of it's time and left a lot of people extremely confused and wondering if it was even real (especially since part of the advertising were missing posters for the fictional characters), meanwhile now you could find analogue horror in a split second on RUclips and most people are totally desensitized to it It's easy to judge a different time period for many things, but culture varies so much in ways we can't even comprehend. 30 years from now, there's gonna be people mocking us for many things that are popular or unknown right now. There'll always be illogical beliefs that seem reasonable at the time due to the culture and emotions fueling it. It's why so many unnecessary and avoidable events based on nonsense have occurred, like McCarthyism. With the right environment, you can get most people to believe a lot of things
I’ll take this cue to remind everyone that hundreds of journalists in Gaza/Palestine have perished being deliberately targeted alongside the poor Palestinians by “those who shall not be named or criticized” (zionist izzy)
@@toidIllorTAmI there are! in the us, the first and fourth amendments protect free speech in the press regarding the government and prevent unreasonable search and seizure (ie. journalists can't be searched by cops without a sufficient warrant). there are also many international laws protecting journalists, including ones in/by the IHL (intl. humanitarian law) and UN security council.
not just crazy, but someone, out there, was human enougb and close enough to that camera, to retrieve it... maybe it was a 15 year Metal Gear Solid Infiltration Mission and OSP (On-Site Procurement). either way, someone with a heart had to get close to the monster under the bed and that's hard to do when the monster you're revealing just point blank in public with no consequences can just execute you too. crazy, isn't even close to that camera being retrieved. is there a more intense word for what that crazy bastard did? whoever it was is either dead or the greatest liar, lying to the faces of the monsters under the bed. extra crazy? super crazy? craziest? exceptionally crazy? supremely crazy? i mean, you're right, but, it feels like the description is missing something... crazy... i mean, yeah, kind of. it just needs... something more.
it's probable he knew it was Scott and agreed to it these types of shows are all staged and people agree to it for money he probably couldn't handle the embarassement after that
Soured marriage or not, the concept of chopping someone you spent many years of your life side by side into little pieces and running a person through a meat grinder is totally incomprehensible. Jesus.
Well here’s a side note. This incident turned into quite a meme of dark humour in China called the “2 ton water challenge” (because Xu used 2 tons of water to flush his wife down the toilet), and basically people would use that to intimidate their female partners into obedience (or you know what)
The Jenny Jones incident is the main reason why I hate "ambush proposals" in public or amongst friends or family. Now that person is in an embarassing position to say "no".
That's why people do it, it's like a woman using "I'm pregnant" to try to trap a man into a relationship, it's manipulation. They don't care if the feelings aren't real or they're forced, they just want what they want despite the fact it isn't even real
I believe after this incident most talk shows have their guests sign a waiver. But the worst talk show is definitely the Jeremy Kyle show it's a British version of Jerry Springer in the show is so outrageous that even the government got involved after several incidents involving that show
The relief I felt when you talked about how Samuel survived and went on to still fulfill his dreams was immense. I am sorry the same cannot be said for the others, especially Mrs. Lai, Mr. Nagai and Martin... but I am happy to hear Samuel survived.
@@voicelessglottalfricative6567 Ohh, thank you, I will edit the comment. I only speak Japanese and am not too familiar with Chinese names to determine what is a given name and what is a surname 😅
@@ki-pd9ir Yes, absolutely. He must have felt especially terrible in the first few years. While I'm sure he will always feel responsible for the accident, I'm glad it hasn't impacted their relationship. They look quite happy in the skydiving photo!
Honestly, the Jenny Jones Incident should never have happened. It's sick and tragic and disheartening when daytime television shows exploit interpersonal relationships (not always sexual; can be romantic, platonic, business, etc) with little regard to what happens after filming ends. Certain shows/ episodes of shows value guests more as characters than they do as people. Everyone, regardless of their status, exist outside of media.
this exactly, the people were treated as characters; even props. Some of the talk shows had where everyone was 'in on it' and knew they were to play a part but others didn't and were reckless like this.
I agree. Being outed on live TV causes all sorts of complications for everyone involved. I suppose you could argue that the gay dude agreed to it by being on the show, and perhaps his continued advances after being rejected were not appropriate, but such a thing should never have to end in bloodshed. There are so many better ways this could have been handled.
The people were on that show for free and one credo which was hammered into my head since day one of my business apprenticeship was: "If it's free, then you're the product being sold" That's it. Participants in those talkshows are products.
I remember decades back a friend was contacted by the Jerry Springer producers about appearing on a secrets revealed show and she asked me for my advice. I pretty much said what would you rather have, be in the audience having a blast or on stage where God knows what's going to happen. She ended up not going on the show.
You can tell Kenji was truly passionate about his work. It’s so saddening that his family had to suffer 15 years without knowing what his final moments looked like.. thank god they got the camera back.
@@LN-Lifer the footage is traumatic. It’s clear that Kenji was targeted so there is nothing to hide- it’s to respect his memory and make sure his family doesn’t have to see that footage over and over again all over the internet. So keeping it in one place makes it better.
the saddest thing for the second case is what life the poor daughter will have, her mother dead and her father soon to be, with all the trauma of knowing what truly happened.
It kinda upsets me that they won’t release the rest of Kenji’s footage. He wanted the atrocities to be shown and not only that, he purposefully kept filming after being fatally shot. He wanted justice and he wanted people to see. What a brave dude, RIP Mr. Nagai.
Well to be fair, would you want your sons execution to be broadcasted on live tv for an entire nation to see? I can 100% understand them wanting to keep that private and closed away.
Well I mean sure. But his family has all rights to show what they want. He might have been a journalist to the world. But to his family he was Kenji. And revealing everything is a much bigger emotional burden. It may feel like giving away what they hold sacred. Or throwing away his memory.
Tbh if it was in government possession I would bet that part of the footage was deleted. If it wasn’t I can’t blame them for wanting to keep his death as private as possible. I mean I can’t imagine watching that as a family member let alone broadcasting it
As soon as Nick said "They both enjoyed a tall glass of milk poured for them by their husband/father" I knew he had poisoned them somehow. An odd thing to mention otherwise.
I think it still was anyway, but yeah, that guy is incredibly strong to have lived through that and I'm grateful his family didn't lose him cause that would have been a complete nightmare.
Especially the dad. It's probably bad enough that he was paralysed by his hand, even if it wasn't in any way his fault. He was simply following a script, and who would believe that a tv show would fail to ensure something like that could happen? I'm glad it was a happy ending
As a citizen of Myanmar, I greatly appreciate you for bringing light into this subject matter. Things has not been better for us and we're still fighting, but one of my favorite RUclipsr bring this to the table for the whole world to see...I really appreciate this.
@@KatanaJoelleLandt 'the whole save Gaza incident', mate shut up, there's a literal genocide going on there. If you don't care about the horrors that are happening in Gaza then you are a Nazi, plain and simple.
@@KatanaJoelleLandt Oh yeah, that made me forget about the whole Ukraine thing too. :) Honestly, I forgot about gaza until I read your comment. I'll be sure to pretend to care like the rest of the west.
I want to add a small correction to the "Wetten dass..." accident: You described it as the show came up with the challenges, but the participant are pitching the idea to the show. The show's name translates to "I bet that..." and was usually about strange or silly talents. I remember when they had a kids segments where kids could identify multiple Lego pieces by the sound of of them being sucked by a vacuum cleaner. Over time, the stunts got bigger and bigger until the accident. This was pre-streaming age and everyone in Germany watched that show back then. No other channel tried to air something big when "Wetten dass" was scheduled. I cannot describe how impactful this was back then and how unreal it felt seeing this live on television.
yea i used to watch this show alot at its peak. in my school they even had a task where we had to watch some of the clips on yt. it was on tv everywhere
Yes this! How fucked would it be if the show itself came up with those challenges 😅 I loved watching that show but I am glad I didn't see this one episode live. Edit: Also the show asn't cancelled because 'the public couldn't forget'. The ratings went down because Thomas Gottschalk as host was just so charismatic and entertaining and after he left the show just wasn't the same anymore.
It makes the whole incident a tragedy all around. The victim pitched the idea that made him quadriplegic. He didn't discontinue after he whiffed the second car. And the host fell on his own sword over decisions he probably had little control over, bringing the show down with him. What a tragedy that was for EVERYONE involved. There was no negligence or malign intent - it was a true accident and an honest mistake by the show's producers.
I`m from Germany and i can tell you, everyone old enough remembers that wetten dass incident. But theres one key element in your describtion of the show thats not quite right. The contestants didnt get tasks to complete. They came into the show claiming they could do smth cool/ extraordinary. the shows title losely translates to "lets bet". like "i bet i can jump over that car" = "wetten, dass ich über das Auto springen kann"
Which actually makes me rather weary about his summerise of stories. You would just have to browse the Wikipedia Page for the show to learn what concept is. Makes me wonder what other falsehoods are in the videos he makes.
Also two more things are not true after watching the segment. Gottschalk would host the show for another full year after the accident and the show itself would keep going for another 5 years after the accident just with a different host, Markus Lanz.
@@KenFromHellbut the show with Thomas Gottschalk weren‘t the same after this accident and with Markus Lanz this show was awful. I was always wondering, when he would include this accident from this show into his video. I was 10 years old, when I’ve watched it live on tv and I‘ve never seen something more horrifing before or after on tv.
Here’s another moment you could add to one of your videos. The incident is called "La noche de Tláhuac” or "El linchamiento de Tláhuac". Happened in 2004 in México. Won’t get into much detail but during the night of November 23, three federal policemen that were investigating drug trafficking networks were mistakenly taken as kidnappers by the citizens of the community, reportes of different Mexican networks arrived on scene and broadcast how the community tied, beat and lastly burn them alive, so basically they were lynched while everything was being broadcasted on national television. The policemen explained several times they were federal agents and gave their names, but the people didn’t believe them. Prior to the incident, citizens reported a wave of crimes that never got investigated, so that night they decided to do justice on their own. The police arrived on scene after two of them were dead and a third one survived. Later on it was confirmed that in fact they were federal agents and there were no consequences for the people who committed this crime. Sometimes it just amazes me how TV used to be back then,
Uhmm Idk why but i think there must be more to that than simply grabbing 3 "agents" at "night". Not pointing fingers at anyone but it seems for me that those agents weren't some normal agents i even doubt the 3rd wasn't just forgiven because he wasn't involved for what other 2 has been blamed for. I'm saying this because i have literally a very very similar story of my dad when he was 14, I won't go into any details but those type of story of "innocent people caught at night by locals" always have another side.
The first segment was very scummy as fuck, and I'm glad that the Jenny Jones show got canceled after that. Edit for future comments: YES, I know the show ended 8 years later, but the lawsuit that came following the incident in 1999 was one of the few factors that led to the show ending.
@@Figsyy"gay bashing" excuse me the guy didn't take no for an answer, if it was a woman and a man you would be no where near as critical if the woman was in the uncomfortable position and did what he did.
With Samuel’s segment, the fact both of his parents were there. His mom with a microphone watching and his father driving the car for the stunt is so insane, just imagining the shock from both of them when this happened is gut-wrenching. I’m so glad Samuel would survive and recover or else this would’ve been even more haunting for this family.
Just got to that part. The amount of guilt and possible resentment on both the father and mother is insurmountable. Glad they didn’t show the mother’s reaction, better than other entries tbh
He didn’t recover, he’s paralysed from the neck down, for life. But he survived which was so lucky and he seems to be living a fulfilled and happy life ❤️
The amount of guilt the father must’ve felt the moment he saw what happened to his son must be absolutely unimaginable… It’s good that he was able to succeed even if it costed him almost everything and even being able to become a director sounds astounding
honestly, yeah. i obviously don't know samuel, but im so proud of him for making the best of a terrible accident, he absolutely deserves all the good he got afterwards. the decision to not hire professional drivers is insane, but the decision to end the show immediately because of the event is respectable. "a man has been badly injured, this is not the time for entertainment anymore, this is the time to act and help him" is what that says to me. its a nice change from some tv incidents where they choose for some reason to keep going. i honestly can't believe he chose to say it wasn't their fault too, he's a very forgiving person.
I just realized if I'm gonna keep coming back to this guys channel whenever I feel like watching these very specific kinds of videos, I might as well just subscribe.
@@slayz_b this mfs want to get viral by doing or uploading edgy stuff, and YT Fr needs to step down bc they are on every fucking video on every damn coment
@@LogicalsaneMan you really need to pay more attention before saying such a stupid thing. He cut his own hand, then blamed his wife for it and made a plan to kill her.
Hello. Brazillian here, and we have a lot of dark moments in our television history, so, some ideas for future videos are: Suicide of Daniele Alves Lopes Death of a baby in 1982, on the program “O Povo na TV” Scandal of Wallace Sousa Visit of a spiritualist on the site off a massacre Alleged interview with members of a criminal faction Death of the actor Gláucio Gil on live television (1965) Singer José Pereira de Silva Neto died at the same time his last interview was being aired on “The Noite”
@@carlangassssssss mostly because brazillian tv did not have much regulation back in the day, most of these were before 2000, and, we tend to show everything that can give attention, Nick has already made an entire video dedicated to the case of Eloá Pimentel and the involvement of the media in her kidnapping
I've never heard of Kenji Nagai. He was a true journalist: doing whatever he could to shine a light on things that weren't his problems, by people he didn't know just to lend a voice to them by telling their story. RIP.
The Jenny Jones incident is a notorious one and is another example why certain things should never be aired publicly but dealt with behind closed doors in a controlled manner. A stupid trashy stunt on daytime tv that ended with the loss of life. Completely braindead.
@@L0rdOfThePies I came here to mention that. That was arguably worse, because the show deliberately falsified the results to make the guy look like he cheated on his wife when he didn't.
I have very mixed feelings...obviously taking a life is never the answer, but they did that guy extremely wrong. I used to get hit on by a same sex person at my job and it really messed with me and started making me not want to go to work. I never made any indication I felt that way about this person or had ever partaken in a same sex relationship. I finally had a mutual peer tell them to stop but it remained awkward because we had to work in a close space with each other. if someone doesn't reciprocate any feelings toward you, do the right thing and don't push it.
Mr. Nagai is the most gold standard definition of a hero. He documented a tragedy not for fame or monetary gain, but simply for awareness. His murder is extremely heinous and the Myanmar gov not even letting his family have closure by returning his camera documenting their awful crimes. Rest in Power, Mr. Nagai.
It has come full circle when someone else that also happened to be recording the incident would be the one to expose his last moments to the rest of the world
actually wasnt "see you soon" but more akin to "we'll be back shortly". Anyways the statement implied that the show would continue THAT day. In the German language at least two versions of "see you soon" exist one bound to the same day and one thats not. "Bis gleich"(same day, closest translation "until later") "Bis Bald"(unspecified)
The thought of turning a human being into ground meat, let alone someone you vowed to love for the rest of your life and the mother of your child, is deeply haunting. Unfathomable even!
Sometimes an angry ex doesn't need to put you through the meat grinder to destroy you.I vowed if I ever had children I wouldn't use them as ammunition, shame their dad didn't do the same!
I watched Ghostwatch live as an 11-year old on my own. 32 years later and unfamiliar sounds in the night still makes my heart rate rise and my hair stand on end. It was truly terrifying at the time.
@@Stand-g3iit won't be having any effect on your arse, we have weirder shit now, like this horror wasn't that widespread like it is now and that's why it affected them this much.
@@iasked2313 You'd also know its staged compared to watching it supposedly live on a trusted news station. Reminds me of that fake alien invasion radio broadcast.
Honestly, for me, it was the detail of flushing her remains down the toilet With how long that would've taken, to avoid clogging it at least, that's just...wow, this man really didn't have a single regretful fiber in his body that entire time
I was 8 years old when we watched "Wetten, dass..." that day as usual and still remember him lying there after the fall. They quickly cut to another camera, but it is enough to stay with you forever. It was a must to watch the show whenever it aired but just wasn't the same after it, yet seeing Samuel get better was encouraging. Great of you to include that into that great video as well. 👍
@@Mninoyb Yes it does... You're turning a good comment that says it's good that he survived into "He will never recover and will always be paralyzed." So weird
@@manueltapia1859 There's a documentary about what happen to these children in China titled "Unloved and forgotten - China's Children of Shame" by ENDEVR here on YT. Best case is their grandparents take care of her.
Her mother was actually the cruel one..he just tried to defend himself from her cruelty..... It's disgusting how victims are called bad guys just because they are men
Oh god you gave me whiplash when the "Wetten dass...?" intro showed up. I knew exactly what you were gonna talk about since I vividly remember seeing the accident on live television.
Watched it too...Very uncomfortable too look at. Hat mich sehr mitgenommen. Bin selbst behindert, aber nicht so sehr wie samuel. Finde es beeindruckend wie er sein Leben so gut weiterführen konnte. Its impressive how he handled beeing quadroplagic. In my Mind its one of the worst fates one could experience. I couldnt handle it nearly as well.
When "Wetten, dass..." aired, I remember my mom saying something like "wouldn't it be tragic if he got run over by his own father?" Well...tragic it was. This was one of the very few times we watched the show and I'll never forget about it, it still is so scary to me.
“One women calling the show and demanding compensation for a new pair of trousers as her husband had quite literally defecated himself out of fear” That is freaking hilarious 😂 😂and disturbing
I just read this and immediately knew it was ghostwatch. I've just got to the aura ad but ghostwatch and the surrounding lore are so legendary that I'd know it immediately. It's a decent found footage type film if you haven't seen it
@@incredibleflameboy same here lol. It's so crazy how people actually believed it to be real. The acting is corny and you can see several instances where someone's waiting for their cue, like the little girl sitting on the steps when several of the cast is in the kitchen
You can tell by the body language of John in the Jenny Jones segment that he was very uncomfortable. It looks like he truly thought maybe the girl was secret admirer and he didn't hesitate to give her a kiss on the cheek but when Scott grabs Johns arm and pulls it towards him, you can see John is pulling his arms close to his body and his head far away from him.
@@krisward.yeah it does actually. nice sarcasm but he did the right thing. cry about it you big baby your pathetic insults will change nothing afterward.
Hey mate, I've got an idea for you. There was an earthquake in México in 1985, the most brutal in history, but just before the eartquake some news were broadcasting in the TV studio called "Televisa", and the inicial moment was recorded, the signal cuts when the TV signal falls into the building and kills the news reporter.
Let’s not forget the news anchorwoman, Christine Chubbuck, who took her own life on air on July 15, 1974, making her the first person ever to die by suicide on live tv. Former Pennsylvania Treasurer, Budd Dwyer is another…two unfortunate suicidal tragedies.
kenji nagai was an extremely noble man. dedicated to reporting on the conflicts in other countries at his own risk. absolutely heartbreaking for him to be targeted and executed like that
When the first segment was about The Jenny Jones Show, I immediately knew it was the gay admirer episode, which was actually lost media until quite recently!
I remember this being a big deal on the news. These so called "talk shows" were really getting on people's nerves at the time. Every show was trying to outdo the other no matter who got hurt.
Nick plays off the behaviour as flirting, but that typically means it's recipricated. When it isn't, it's harassment, and this guy totally embarrassed and shamed this guy and wasn't taking no for an answer. Imagine the crowd sitting there watching you picturing you two in a sex act of his imagination? This is no different than a woman attacking a predator and probably why he got such a short sentenece.
Kenji Nagai is awesome and I'm going to write a paper on him for school now. Thanks for introducing me to him! This series, unlike some on youtube that covers dark content, is not sensationalist and is quite compassionate and humane. I really appreciate that. Though of course it scratches that morbid curiosity itch as well
I feel for Martin, quite a bit. As a kid I used to suffer from really bad OCD and I could be really easily ruined by scary media, and sometimes media that wasn't even trying to be scary. Things would just... Get in my head, and anyone who has suffered OCD can tell you, once those ideas are in there, they become persistent parasites, feeding on your paranoia and fear until you become mentally, physically and emotionally broken, desperate for relief from the never ending horror, but unable to be soothed or helped. No matter the reasoning, no matter the plausibility, so long as there's a chance, you'll go back around in the loop. I feel as though, Martin could have been me had I seen Ghostwatch as a kid. Just breaks my heart, and hits close to home. I really hope he could find peace after death.
I felt like that after watching Jaws 🥲 My mother told me to go to bed as she knew I would be scared,( my older brother was allowed to stay up late to watch it), but I insisted and was traumatised for years as a result 😭
It was so intentionally negligent for the production to claim "the viewers are now susceptible to possession". It would have been less irresponsible for them to just say "this footage was actually real" for their silly plot twist, instead of telling their viewers, who could be young or have mental health issues, that they are now vulnerable to the paranormal.
Bruh yalls parents didnt do a good job of makin sure you knew movies were just movies and mine did too good of a job, i have to resort to nightmares and sleep paralysis for a good spoop
@@celedhion literally as a parent thats entirely their responsibility to make sure their kid isnt fckn stupid and gullible and knows tv and movies are often not real
I decided to watch this before bed. And I didn't realise it's 40 minutes long, and like you said, didn't seem like 40 minutes 😂 now I'm going to wake up late tomorrow for sure 😭
I'd question whether that's actually what the parent thought... the UK's press isn't exactly the most trustworthy, and have no hesitation in bending the truth or outright lying to sell their fish-wrappers...
I’m sorry but whist watch was a cool ass ambitious . A lot like night with the devil .. I could tell it was fake when the lady said let’s not be hasty when they caught the girl making noises
thank you for including my music on this video! im a big fan of your work since forever and hearing my music in the background puts a smile on my face :) amazing video as always Nick 🖤
29:07 after watching the full footage I couldn’t believe how real it felt. The minute it cuts to the crowd the tv filter completely disappears no dramatic music, no more spectacles just people reacting to a horrifying accident it’s a very eerie feeling, almost like your apart of the crowd and in a way you are.
Great video. I was a kid when Ghostwatch aired, but I still remember it vividly. Michael Parkinson wasn’t the only non-actor on the show. Sarah Greene, Mike Smith, and Craig Charles were all popular BBC presenters who played themselves (though Craig was also an actor). That made it even more believable. In the run-up to the show, they advertised it as “Screen One presents”, and they showed clips, yet for some reason we all bought into the idea that it was live. My sister and I started watching it in our bedroom and we missed the first part because we could hear our parents and we didn’t want them to know we were watching, so we missed the disclaimer at the beginning. My dad was a pastor so things like Ghostwatch were supposed to be off-limits, but we eventually got caught. Instead of punishing us, my parents decided it was better to watch the rest of the show together as a family in the living room so they could reassure us and so we wouldn’t feel like we needed to sneak behind their backs to watch it. I still really respect them for that.
@@LogicalsaneWhat does that have to do with my comment? I wasn’t even talking about that segment of the video. Also that was not self defence. If the roles were reversed, nobody would side with a woman who murdered her husband over an accident then shoved his body into a meat grinder.
@@majorsimmons2633 Yeah, I’ve seen some of their other comments. I don’t think it’s a bot, though. He’s left so many misogynistic comments (including one defending a pdf file 🤮), I think he’s just a sad, lonely man with a deep rooted hatred of women who has nothing more fulfilling in his life than trolling RUclips comments. And yeah, I’m glad my parents watched the show with us. When the writing credits came up at the end, they pointed them out and said “see! It wasn’t real!” So that was reassuring. I fell asleep on my mum’s lap midway through, but I woke up before it ended. Even though they were strict in some ways, my parents were always fairly progressive for church leaders.
I was young enough to watch it live too, and my word it was traumatising then. They only put a single line at the start it was fictional, if you missed that the rest of it was a perfect documentary. I still see Sarah on tv now and a piece of me recoils haha!
Ghostwatch did not kill that kid. He was clearly suffering from something much more severe than anyone believed possible and if it wasn’t Ghostwatch, it would have been something else around the same time.
That is true. However, it was much easier to blame that program than it would be to confront the stigma of mental health in early 90's Britain. Or modern Britain, for that matter. Really, _anything_ is easier than solving real problems.
@@kathrynhoward4196it doesn't even matter if he was, the parents are responsible for making sure kids have media comprehension and are aware that fake shows exist. Mine did it for me, it's possible.
Most people would say, “what’s the big deal? So he’s gay” but it’s the way Jenny Jones pressed him on the issue, the fact that it’s on national television, the dude kept harassing him after the show. The dude snapped. I’m not saying what he did was right, but the issue wasn’t supposed to be this big
Being publicly shamed -- which is how the guy perceived it -- was such a major blow to his self-esteem, he felt there was no recovery from it. I can imagine he was razzed by those around him and he was mortified by it.
The Jenny Jones thing rubs me the wrong way, at first I thought "he was a violent person and did it because he embarrassed him" but when you said it was because Scott kept flirting with him afterwards, specially after seeing that he felt bad after murdering him, it seems like he was a victim a sexual stalking, its really sad :( I hope hes ok and he gets out of jail soon tbh The Samuel case is really vile too, I get he was a pro at what he used to do and he knew the consequences, but for the show to put his dad in the car they knew exactly what they were doing, but I'm glad he ended up in good terms with everyone.
I honestly I could sympathize about him but i need to be aware that even victims aren't immune to commit crime. (Potentially a monster for some former victims)
@@Averymarie1229 yet he didn’t kill him or even hurt him before the stupid show was aired?🤔 when he was being stalked FIRST? He waited till after when he got harassed more for it. Quit the victim theatrics
@@uncletheoneshotkid3001 did u even listen to the 911 call? It was Solely because he was a homosexual, I can guarantee the whole stalking was made up to justify why he did it, get real
Thank you for covering my country, Myanmar with the Saffron Revolution (we are still in the midst of the most recent coup). I always find pleasure in finding my country being spoken about in the media. It’s like that feeling when you travel abroad and you meet someone from your own country, and you are like “whaaaa, I thought I was the only one here.”
there was another dark moment in TV history i know from 8 years ago in Virginia. a on-air shooting took place that took the lives of two news journalists.. and the suspect was a former employee of the news station they all worked at. i'm hoping to see that in the next episode of this series. nick you do such a great job at capturing the darkest moments of tv history! 👏
Seeing Samuel waving at his dad gave me a pit in my stomach and I thought for sure he was about to die on national television with his father accidentally killing him. The following footage remind me of when Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin was hit in a game in January 2023 and fell down in cardiac arrest. The way the footage went on, with the announcers just continuing to recount what had happened and the cameras following the trainers, the ambulance, and then just panning to the shocked and distressed crowd and teams for the remainder of the game time was really eerie and distressing. My wife was watching the game while I napped in my recliner and she woke me up to tell me what'd happened and we continued to watch together once I was fully awake. I actually dozed back off at first for about 20 minutes and thought I'd dreamt what'd happened (my diabetes was not under control at that point and I was insanely tired from eating dinner, hence the dozing).
Finally you covered wetten dass... I saw the accident on live tv that evening. It haunts me to this day... The show was always so lighthearted until this day
I don’t understand why Xu wasn’t declared the only likely suspect sooner given the unlikely chance that his wife just vanished into thin air. He deserves his punishment, and if Hell is real, there’s a spot reserved for him.
I think you should cover Budd Dwyer, a senator who was found guilty of bribery, and during his last speech before his sentencing, he pulled out a revolver from a manilla envelope and took his own life on LIVE TV, with the camera man zooming in on his body. The news station that recorded the incident aired the footage 3 times completely uncensored.
My question is what is the first shows idea? Imagine being put there and possibly having the social pressure to return their feelings, Id go catatonic if someone did that to me
He was being harrassed by a predator no different than any other creep who doesn't take no for an answer. Imagine everyone in the crowd picturing you in a sex act of the creep's imagination?
the man in the second clip was actually executed last year, which is really fucked up when you think about the fact that the young daughter, now around 15, lost both parents.
@@CombatKing1237 no one should have to live without parents, even if their last parent is a fucking murderer, their child still deserves to have a parent. everyone's a killer if you push them hard enough, he just snapped, i wont say that it isn't his fault, but his wife also had some of a play in it, as well as his financial situation.
@@KorieTheBunnygirl-d3q Uh what? no he was fully at fault many have fights with their spouse but killing and cutting them up and making a blob of meat form them yeah the Daughter is better off with out him sad that it happen but better without him.
@@jonathancunningham8739 Yeah, a MEAT GRINDER. That alone will haunt that poor girl more than his death ever could. Thank you for bringing some sense. I don't know where all this sympathy for actual murderers came from in these comments but maybe take off the Tate-tinted glasses if any of this ever comes off as understandable
The Jenny Jones thing was just so wrong. Apparently Jonathan did like Scott as a friend, and had no problem with him being gay. This was a different time, and that reaction to a friend finding out you were gay was far from a given. I remember seeing a more in-depth video where it showed how Jonathan's family was not ok with gay people at all. The Jenny Jones show just completely exploited Jonathan's affable nature and embarrassed him by making him look like a fool. There's no excuse for killing a man, and if it hadn't been for the stupid show, they probably would have remained friends.
Ive never heard about the Kenji Nagai story before. I started to tear up a bit when his family received the camera and the fact they showed the footage in a press conference for the world to see 😭
The first one is so disgusting. Jenny and/or whoever set up that topic should be ashamed. As a gay man myself, I couldn’t imagine doing this to any of my straight male friends. Even if we were bffs and super close. That’s humiliating AF to have him come on the show and be told all these DETAILED homosexual fantasies, in front of a massive audience, not to mention the thousands of people nationwide that would’ve watched on tv had it aired like normal. That was also a different time too.. people weren’t as accepting as they are today, so I’m sure he would’ve had to deal with people calling him gay or having people come up to him and bringing up the episode when I’m sure he wouldn’t have wanted to think about let alone talk about it. So gross.
The guy who had the crush was a predator, if everything we've heard is true. Everything about this is horrible. Jenny Jones facilitated harassment and attempted coercion
Everyone was gross to different degrees in the first segment. Scott was gross for saying out loud really, really skeevy sexual stuff he wanted to do to John, and sexually harassing and stalking a het guy who had stated a disinterest. Jenny Jones was horrible for provoking and encouraging two people who would go onto becoming a sex pest and his homophobic killer respectively. And as for John - the POLICE were the correct people to call after that behaviour from Scott. But John here skipped several rather important steps here, didnt he. Instead of dialing 999/911 He armed himself with a shotgun, broke into someones property, and murdered that man in front of a friend. And I am convinced that instead of killing him because he felt threatened, he really did it because he felt embarissed. His own defence tried to claim gay panic, but he copped for second degree murder. For once, the conviction and sentence was halfway reasonable. A miserable story all around.
I believe Scott was uncomfortable with saying those things and the show had to really push for it. They traveled home together with the lady and things were fine. I don’t think Scott was trying to harass or be weird with the note and he shouldn’t have been killed. The problem was Jonathan’s family and that’s what drove him to it. Not an excuse but an explanation.
@@Chris-nn3vuk The type of people who say this think they're such free thinkers, but always believe everything they see online and support actual dictatorships.
@@Sputterbug they might have been trying to comment on another comment. A glitch like that happened to me the other day and I luckily saw it was the wrong comment. I went back real quick and erased it
@@BabyColinRobinson No, they’re trolling. They’re spamming every comment. If you click on to their username, they regularly post misogynistic comments victim blaming women. One of their comments on another video defended a pdf file and accused his 12 year old victim of gr00ming him 🤮Dude needs his hard drive checked.
@@BabyColinRobinsonThat happened to me the other day and it made me look like a psychopath 😂😂😂 I commented on a true crime video and it ended up on a short that I watched about a woman putting up a diy pool in her yard. It really made me seem unhinged and it was so embarrassing lol. Because I didn’t catch it til someone responded “wtf are you talking about?”
There's a very dark incident that I think you could cover in the next one: In May 2019, an incident occurred on a pre-recorded taping of the ITV daytime series The Jeremy Kyle Show which resulted in the death of a guest. The show was cancelled a few days later.
yea exactly, im glad he survived but it still has to be such an awful moment for all of em especially the amount of time of being uncertain if things would be alright again (and sorry for hijacking your comment for a reply rant but i had to scroll further than i would have liked, for anyone having mentioned this video segment and aaa. so many comments going 'wow good video' meanwhile not that much sympathy(?, idk the right word) for all the affected people :( . its surreal in the most disheartening sense)
@@orbboom6119my hands were actually sweating, and it’s the first time a video makes me that way, i dont know what i was expecting when i cheered that he jumped those 2 cars when the case is in this video At least im glad he survived and had a decent life afterwards
I remember the ghost watch thing. I was very young but it left a big impression. What he doesn’t say is that both Sarah greene and Craig Charles were also tv presenters and playing themselves, not just Parky. Sarah Greene was actually a kids tv presenter on Saturday mornings too so I can see why especially a kid would take it completely seriously. Weird times 😂
The moment the Wetten Das Segment started I knew exactly what accident you're going to talk about. I was just a kid back then so I didn't see this myself, but it has been on the news for months and it was just so horrible. Everytime I see someone perform this kind of stunt I think back to this accident and I wish people would stop doing this, it's not worth it imo.
I listen to true crime content all the time. I’ve heard the details of some of the worst serial killer crimes. That second story is genuinely one of the most horrific things I’ve ever listened to…. To do that to someone you married… the mother of your child… is just pure evil
So for the Jenny Jones part. Scott had been sexually harassing John for quite a long time. When producers approached John about a secret admirer show, he agreed only if it wasn't Scott. Producers lied to him. After the show Scott still didn't stop the harrassment. Not an excuse to kill the guy, just more info for the first case.
Are you sure about this? Is there any information about this online that can back your statements?
RUclips doesn't allow links@@genrasputin
@@genrasputin LGBT people can't ever do wrong. Even when it's made public that a homosexual person is a sex offender or pedophile, you can't call them out on that.
Scott Amadure revealed his perverted fantasies about his 'crush' on live TV, and didn't hesitate about it. Imagine if a man said this about a woman. But just because he's gay, nobody finds this disgusting.
ohhhh, that's why john said "you lied to me" at 3:26
is there any proof of this?
The second one must be so sad for the daughter. Imagine waking up knowing that your father killed your mother, and now your father is being sentenced.
And it was on her own birthday, no less! Do these parents EVER stop to think about what kind of psychological damage spousal homicide can do to a kid? Even if you hate your partner’s guts, at least keep your children in mind before doing something irreversible!
@@Cure_Hana exactly, thats honestly so sad
@Joseph11441what
Xu Guoli was actually given the death penalty and was executed in March of 2023. I don't know why was that information omitted. Good that he's gone for good, sad that the daughter has been left without a father and mother now.
Literally like I went on google to search what happened to the daughter afterwards but I can’t find anything 😭 I hope she’s safe and receiving lots of love :)
Wow he left 2 major things out of the first one.
1: Scott had been stalking him before and after the tv show
2: He only agreed to do the show if Scott wasn’t his secret admirer, but they lied.
@@顺心”feel bad for Scott” ?
@@顺心I hope you mean the other guy. Obviously he didn't deserve to be killed but definitely someone who needed a restraining order put on him.
@@udidntseethat what Jonathan did is unexcusable, im not saying otherwise. But fame messes with people, i could only imagine how hopeless i would feel if i was stalked, harrassed and lied to only for media to exploit that to millions for entertainment
@@nick6253 I agree 100%
Point is there was more to the story than the media let on, as usual.
I'm from Myanmar. I was surprised to see the saffron revolution in my country in your video, and I want to say thank you very much for sharing our story. I was 16 years old when this tragedy happened and did not know how bad it was at that time because TV and media/news were under the military government's control and did not dare to expose what was really happening to the public. It wasn't until 2015 that I moved abroad, had good access to the internet, and saw numerous footage videos of violent crackdowns on peacefully protesting monks and civilians. The realization of being fed with lies all these years and seeing how innocent people died at that time boiled my blood and made me vengeful. But I did not know much about the story of that Japanese journalist until I saw your video, and I feel extremely sorry for him and his family. I hope his family finds peace right now. To this day, we are still fighting these brutal military b*stards who are, at the point of writing this, killing and bombing innocent men, women, and children. The UN has been sitting, watching, issuing sad reports, and doing nothing for 3 years regarding the military coup in my country, Myanmar. However, we will not back down and continue our fight for justice and freedom with or without the help of the UN and other nations. Again, thank you for including our story in your video. we will never forget Mr.Kenji Nagai and what he did, and we will bring justice for him and other innocent lives.
I hope your country is brought justice and freedom, sir.
May Myanmar prosper in the future 🙏
One more fact about Ghostwatch: viewers were able to call the phone number that's being displayed throughout the film, where they would be met with a pre-recorded message stating that everything was fictional. However, with thousands of people calling in at the same time, the lines got jammed and callers were instead met with total silence instead of the message. This reportedly led to even more mystery and fear during the airing.
So he was an ultimate troll.
how can anyone watch something online or on tv and think that it's real it's hilarious
@@The_Andvarius keep in mind this is still the "ooga booga" Days, now I'm not saying people back then are stupid but bc of limitation in everything including information, it's no surprise they thought this was real.
I remember ghostwatch. Only morons believed it
@@The_Andvarius This was an extremely different era in time, shocking, horrifying, or sudden content was not at all widespread. For instance, the Blair Witch Project was the very first of it's time and left a lot of people extremely confused and wondering if it was even real (especially since part of the advertising were missing posters for the fictional characters), meanwhile now you could find analogue horror in a split second on RUclips and most people are totally desensitized to it
It's easy to judge a different time period for many things, but culture varies so much in ways we can't even comprehend. 30 years from now, there's gonna be people mocking us for many things that are popular or unknown right now. There'll always be illogical beliefs that seem reasonable at the time due to the culture and emotions fueling it. It's why so many unnecessary and avoidable events based on nonsense have occurred, like McCarthyism. With the right environment, you can get most people to believe a lot of things
Journalists that are present in war zones or even protests are insanely brave and it’s so needed to keep the truth out there.
I’ll take this cue to remind everyone that hundreds of journalists in Gaza/Palestine have perished being deliberately targeted alongside the poor Palestinians by “those who shall not be named or criticized” (zionist izzy)
There should be Journalism laws.
Journoscum is journoscum.
Frank West needs to be protected. I agree!
@@toidIllorTAmI there are! in the us, the first and fourth amendments protect free speech in the press regarding the government and prevent unreasonable search and seizure (ie. journalists can't be searched by cops without a sufficient warrant). there are also many international laws protecting journalists, including ones in/by the IHL (intl. humanitarian law) and UN security council.
It’s crazy how Kenji Nagai’s family had to wait 15 years for the camera that captured their son’s last moments.
In the very least the video contents weren't destroyed. That was what most thought would happen.
not just crazy, but someone, out there, was human enougb and close enough to that camera, to retrieve it... maybe it was a 15 year Metal Gear Solid Infiltration Mission and OSP (On-Site Procurement). either way, someone with a heart had to get close to the monster under the bed and that's hard to do when the monster you're revealing just point blank in public with no consequences can just execute you too.
crazy, isn't even close to that camera being retrieved. is there a more intense word for what that crazy bastard did? whoever it was is either dead or the greatest liar, lying to the faces of the monsters under the bed.
extra crazy?
super crazy?
craziest?
exceptionally crazy?
supremely crazy?
i mean, you're right, but, it feels like the description is missing something... crazy... i mean, yeah, kind of. it just needs... something more.
Now he can get justice even he died in a cowardly way 😮🎉
@@swanclipper It could have come from a defector or from a rebel group, either way, it's good that they gave Kenji's family the peace they needed.
I was surprised that they got it back at all - thought it would've been destroyed.
Scott specifically said: I will do your show only if the secret admirer ISN'T Scott my stalker.
John: you lied to me.
He should've sued them.
That’s not an excuse to kill someone
@@Averymarie1229 Yeah, nothing is an excuse to kill someone but sexual harassment can lead to it.
it's probable he knew it was Scott and agreed to it
these types of shows are all staged and people agree to it for money
he probably couldn't handle the embarassement after that
Is your source these RUclips comments?
@@Y-sq3xzgo do your own reaserch your just as lazy as them
Soured marriage or not, the concept of chopping someone you spent many years of your life side by side into little pieces and running a person through a meat grinder is totally incomprehensible. Jesus.
what do you expect from chinese people
Not even an animal do you do like that without feeling something, let alone a human being. Damn...
Sounds interesting ngl.
Well here’s a side note. This incident turned into quite a meme of dark humour in China called the “2 ton water challenge” (because Xu used 2 tons of water to flush his wife down the toilet), and basically people would use that to intimidate their female partners into obedience (or you know what)
The fact that Xu essentially just minced his wife over an argument is going quite far.
The Jenny Jones incident is the main reason why I hate "ambush proposals" in public or amongst friends or family. Now that person is in an embarassing position to say "no".
That's why people do it, it's like a woman using "I'm pregnant" to try to trap a man into a relationship, it's manipulation. They don't care if the feelings aren't real or they're forced, they just want what they want despite the fact it isn't even real
Should be illegal, it's literally like coercion sex,
@@kazehayaryoji3145 Just be strong. Say "No" and look the oppossing party dead in the eyes. This is one rare case where having pride will help.
I believe after this incident most talk shows have their guests sign a waiver. But the worst talk show is definitely the Jeremy Kyle show it's a British version of Jerry Springer in the show is so outrageous that even the government got involved after several incidents involving that show
@@Klongu_Da_Bongu People forget they need to be responsible for themselves
The relief I felt when you talked about how Samuel survived and went on to still fulfill his dreams was immense. I am sorry the same cannot be said for the others, especially Mrs. Lai, Mr. Nagai and Martin... but I am happy to hear Samuel survived.
the buildup to the moment made me fear for him. i can’t imagine the guilt his father could’ve felt
it would be Mrs. Lai since that's her surname, Huili is the given name
@@voicelessglottalfricative6567 Ohh, thank you, I will edit the comment. I only speak Japanese and am not too familiar with Chinese names to determine what is a given name and what is a surname 😅
@@ki-pd9ir Yes, absolutely. He must have felt especially terrible in the first few years. While I'm sure he will always feel responsible for the accident, I'm glad it hasn't impacted their relationship. They look quite happy in the skydiving photo!
@@stan8479 Works the same as Japanese, surname comes first and it's usually (if not always) just one word/character/syllables.
Samual is such a badass, getting paralyzed but still fulfilling his dreams. GOAT.
Whoever retrieved Kenji's camera is a hero
@Joseph11441 cringe 🫵😂
I thought the camera man never died!?!?!?
@@epstein_isnt_dead7726Sadly, some still do
@@epstein_isnt_dead7726 read the room..
it was solid snake who retrieved
Honestly, the Jenny Jones Incident should never have happened. It's sick and tragic and disheartening when daytime television shows exploit interpersonal relationships (not always sexual; can be romantic, platonic, business, etc) with little regard to what happens after filming ends. Certain shows/ episodes of shows value guests more as characters than they do as people. Everyone, regardless of their status, exist outside of media.
this exactly, the people were treated as characters; even props. Some of the talk shows had where everyone was 'in on it' and knew they were to play a part but others didn't and were reckless like this.
I agree. Being outed on live TV causes all sorts of complications for everyone involved. I suppose you could argue that the gay dude agreed to it by being on the show, and perhaps his continued advances after being rejected were not appropriate, but such a thing should never have to end in bloodshed. There are so many better ways this could have been handled.
The people were on that show for free and one credo which was hammered into my head since day one of my business apprenticeship was:
"If it's free, then you're the product being sold"
That's it. Participants in those talkshows are products.
@@Metatr0nyup. nothing is ever truly free
I remember decades back a friend was contacted by the Jerry Springer producers about appearing on a secrets revealed show and she asked me for my advice. I pretty much said what would you rather have, be in the audience having a blast or on stage where God knows what's going to happen. She ended up not going on the show.
You can tell Kenji was truly passionate about his work. It’s so saddening that his family had to suffer 15 years without knowing what his final moments looked like.. thank god they got the camera back.
13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
But what are they hiding
Why not release the footage
Was it removed beforehand or did it show something that did not fit the narrative
@@LN-Lifer the footage is traumatic. It’s clear that Kenji was targeted so there is nothing to hide- it’s to respect his memory and make sure his family doesn’t have to see that footage over and over again all over the internet. So keeping it in one place makes it better.
@@LogicalsaneOp wasnt talking about that part.
@@LN-Liferare you fr, it’s a recording of their son getting executed, think for once please
the saddest thing for the second case is what life the poor daughter will have, her mother dead and her father soon to be, with all the trauma of knowing what truly happened.
I was thinking the exact same thing. I really hope she's ok now and she had relatives to live with at that time.
That guy was a demon.
It kinda upsets me that they won’t release the rest of Kenji’s footage. He wanted the atrocities to be shown and not only that, he purposefully kept filming after being fatally shot. He wanted justice and he wanted people to see. What a brave dude, RIP Mr. Nagai.
He seemed so cool 😭
Well to be fair, would you want your sons execution to be broadcasted on live tv for an entire nation to see? I can 100% understand them wanting to keep that private and closed away.
Well I mean sure. But his family has all rights to show what they want. He might have been a journalist to the world. But to his family he was Kenji. And revealing everything is a much bigger emotional burden. It may feel like giving away what they hold sacred. Or throwing away his memory.
The Myanmar probably already delete the footage before giving it back to the family.
Tbh if it was in government possession I would bet that part of the footage was deleted. If it wasn’t I can’t blame them for wanting to keep his death as private as possible. I mean I can’t imagine watching that as a family member let alone broadcasting it
as soon as i heard “he even ground the meat at home” i was like woops i think i know where this is going 💀
Damn, my oblivious ass, didn't even think of that lol
@@kadenthoreson9915Cause this kid is eight, he is probably sped
@@AlexanderEspinoza-h9d The fuck is your problem?
did you skip the party where they found the remains in the sewage
As soon as Nick said "They both enjoyed a tall glass of milk poured for them by their husband/father" I knew he had poisoned them somehow. An odd thing to mention otherwise.
I’m so glad that he survived in number 4 because that could have been extremely traumatic for everyone involved
I think it still was anyway, but yeah, that guy is incredibly strong to have lived through that and I'm grateful his family didn't lose him cause that would have been a complete nightmare.
because it isn't extremely traumatic already?
@@EnricoUniverse yeah it’s still very traumatic but it would be worse to witness the death of someone on live tv
Especially the dad. It's probably bad enough that he was paralysed by his hand, even if it wasn't in any way his fault. He was simply following a script, and who would believe that a tv show would fail to ensure something like that could happen? I'm glad it was a happy ending
Our whole country is traumatised by the incident as it is
14:54 wow, this guy said “she couldn’t have left, she’s way too stupid to put that kind of plan together alone.” 😳 bro WHAT?!
As a citizen of Myanmar, I greatly appreciate you for bringing light into this subject matter. Things has not been better for us and we're still fighting, but one of my favorite RUclipsr bring this to the table for the whole world to see...I really appreciate this.
@@KatanaJoelleLandt 'the whole save Gaza incident', mate shut up, there's a literal genocide going on there. If you don't care about the horrors that are happening in Gaza then you are a Nazi, plain and simple.
@@KatanaJoelleLandt Oh yeah, that made me forget about the whole Ukraine thing too. :) Honestly, I forgot about gaza until I read your comment. I'll be sure to pretend to care like the rest of the west.
@@KatanaJoelleLandtyeah cause its soooo difficult to act like you care about two things at the same time right?
@@Ssssbel bruh
@@chertsBass rude
I want to add a small correction to the "Wetten dass..." accident: You described it as the show came up with the challenges, but the participant are pitching the idea to the show. The show's name translates to "I bet that..." and was usually about strange or silly talents. I remember when they had a kids segments where kids could identify multiple Lego pieces by the sound of of them being sucked by a vacuum cleaner. Over time, the stunts got bigger and bigger until the accident. This was pre-streaming age and everyone in Germany watched that show back then. No other channel tried to air something big when "Wetten dass" was scheduled. I cannot describe how impactful this was back then and how unreal it felt seeing this live on television.
exactly this, was searching for this in the comments. It makes a big difference
yea i used to watch this show alot at its peak. in my school they even had a task where we had to watch some of the clips on yt. it was on tv everywhere
Yes this! How fucked would it be if the show itself came up with those challenges 😅 I loved watching that show but I am glad I didn't see this one episode live.
Edit: Also the show asn't cancelled because 'the public couldn't forget'. The ratings went down because Thomas Gottschalk as host was just so charismatic and entertaining and after he left the show just wasn't the same anymore.
It makes the whole incident a tragedy all around. The victim pitched the idea that made him quadriplegic. He didn't discontinue after he whiffed the second car. And the host fell on his own sword over decisions he probably had little control over, bringing the show down with him. What a tragedy that was for EVERYONE involved. There was no negligence or malign intent - it was a true accident and an honest mistake by the show's producers.
Thank you, this make it more clear. In Spain was aired a version of this show too, it was called "¿Qué apostamos?" (What do we bet?)
I`m from Germany and i can tell you, everyone old enough remembers that wetten dass incident. But theres one key element in your describtion of the show thats not quite right. The contestants didnt get tasks to complete. They came into the show claiming they could do smth cool/ extraordinary. the shows title losely translates to "lets bet". like "i bet i can jump over that car" = "wetten, dass ich über das Auto springen kann"
I like that explanation and example 🤔
Which actually makes me rather weary about his summerise of stories. You would just have to browse the Wikipedia Page for the show to learn what concept is. Makes me wonder what other falsehoods are in the videos he makes.
Also two more things are not true after watching the segment. Gottschalk would host the show for another full year after the accident and the show itself would keep going for another 5 years after the accident just with a different host, Markus Lanz.
@@KenFromHellbut the show with Thomas Gottschalk weren‘t the same after this accident and with Markus Lanz this show was awful. I was always wondering, when he would include this accident from this show into his video. I was 10 years old, when I’ve watched it live on tv and I‘ve never seen something more horrifing before or after on tv.
That seems like a stunt version of Name That Tune.
Here’s another moment you could add to one of your videos. The incident is called "La noche de Tláhuac” or "El linchamiento de Tláhuac". Happened in 2004 in México. Won’t get into much detail but during the night of November 23, three federal policemen that were investigating drug trafficking networks were mistakenly taken as kidnappers by the citizens of the community, reportes of different Mexican networks arrived on scene and broadcast how the community tied, beat and lastly burn them alive, so basically they were lynched while everything was being broadcasted on national television. The policemen explained several times they were federal agents and gave their names, but the people didn’t believe them. Prior to the incident, citizens reported a wave of crimes that never got investigated, so that night they decided to do justice on their own. The police arrived on scene after two of them were dead and a third one survived. Later on it was confirmed that in fact they were federal agents and there were no consequences for the people who committed this crime. Sometimes it just amazes me how TV used to be back then,
Good idea.. I haven’t heard this one
Uhmm
Idk why but i think there must be more to that than simply grabbing 3 "agents" at "night".
Not pointing fingers at anyone but it seems for me that those agents weren't some normal agents i even doubt the 3rd wasn't just forgiven because he wasn't involved for what other 2 has been blamed for.
I'm saying this because i have literally a very very similar story of my dad when he was 14, I won't go into any details but those type of story of "innocent people caught at night by locals" always have another side.
From what I’ve looked up, 32 people were arrested during the incident.
nov 23, 2004 btw
The first segment was very scummy as fuck, and I'm glad that the Jenny Jones show got canceled after that.
Edit for future comments:
YES, I know the show ended 8 years later, but the lawsuit that came following the incident in 1999 was one of the few factors that led to the show ending.
As soon as Nick described the premise of the show I knew it was going to turn into gay bashing. What an awful situation.
This is why outing a person is so dangerous, so awful
@@Figsyy"gay bashing" excuse me the guy didn't take no for an answer, if it was a woman and a man you would be no where near as critical if the woman was in the uncomfortable position and did what he did.
@@sweetypuss amen
@@FigsyyYeah incredibly sad when he’s on the 911 call and says “he was a homosexual.” Ok, and now you’re a murderer, buddy.
With Samuel’s segment, the fact both of his parents were there. His mom with a microphone watching and his father driving the car for the stunt is so insane, just imagining the shock from both of them when this happened is gut-wrenching. I’m so glad Samuel would survive and recover or else this would’ve been even more haunting for this family.
Just got to that part. The amount of guilt and possible resentment on both the father and mother is insurmountable. Glad they didn’t show the mother’s reaction, better than other entries tbh
It's fucking stupid tbh
@@flurraz7083 Pretty much, it’s so horrifying. I couldn’t imagine if my parents were in this position.
He didn’t recover, he’s paralysed from the neck down, for life. But he survived which was so lucky and he seems to be living a fulfilled and happy life ❤️
That wasn't the mother, she's a swiss host famous in Italy too, Michelle Huziker (she was also married to Eros Ramazzotti, an italian singer)
The amount of guilt the father must’ve felt the moment he saw what happened to his son must be absolutely unimaginable… It’s good that he was able to succeed even if it costed him almost everything and even being able to become a director sounds astounding
@@SonicXisCanon 13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
@@Logicalsanehe’s talking about the kid jumping over cars, the fourth video.
@@Logicalsane 💀💀damn i got in an argument lemme grind my partner up and put them in the toilet
That was sadistic. The showrunners are monsters for putting a father in a position where he could kill his own son.
honestly, yeah. i obviously don't know samuel, but im so proud of him for making the best of a terrible accident, he absolutely deserves all the good he got afterwards. the decision to not hire professional drivers is insane, but the decision to end the show immediately because of the event is respectable. "a man has been badly injured, this is not the time for entertainment anymore, this is the time to act and help him" is what that says to me. its a nice change from some tv incidents where they choose for some reason to keep going. i honestly can't believe he chose to say it wasn't their fault too, he's a very forgiving person.
I just realized if I'm gonna keep coming back to this guys channel whenever I feel like watching these very specific kinds of videos, I might as well just subscribe.
Yep. I did the same thing and exact words that you said. 😮
It's always concerning the amount of things that happened in TV or anywhere else and some of us don't know that it even happen
Does anyone knows how to make these bots to stop fucking around
@Joseph11441 Cringe npc trying to be "shocking". Go to bed 11 year old.
@@tengu5301naw Fr tho RUclips has to chill they be saying the craziest things
@@slayz_b this mfs want to get viral by doing or uploading edgy stuff, and YT Fr needs to step down bc they are on every fucking video on every damn coment
@Joseph11441 Mom wants her phone back!
Honestly, the fact that the 2nd man not only kil*ed his wife, but also had the audacity to offer a reward is extremely vile and disturbing...
Flushing the toilet killed me more
Why did you censor killed? This isn't tiktok!
13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
@@LogicalsaneMan you really need to pay more attention before saying such a stupid thing. He cut his own hand, then blamed his wife for it and made a plan to kill her.
Ironically it was his constant media appearances and keeping the case in the public eye that likely led to him being found out and arrested
21:57 if someone really stole that camera and smuggled it out, they're a freakin hero. That's like something out of a movie, pretty awesome.
Hello.
Brazillian here, and we have a lot of dark moments in our television history, so, some ideas for future videos are:
Suicide of Daniele Alves Lopes
Death of a baby in 1982, on the program “O Povo na TV”
Scandal of Wallace Sousa
Visit of a spiritualist on the site off a massacre
Alleged interview with members of a criminal faction
Death of the actor Gláucio Gil on live television (1965)
Singer José Pereira de Silva Neto died at the same time his last interview was being aired on “The Noite”
How is there so much lmao
@@carlangassssssss mostly because brazillian tv did not have much regulation back in the day, most of these were before 2000, and, we tend to show everything that can give attention, Nick has already made an entire video dedicated to the case of Eloá Pimentel and the involvement of the media in her kidnapping
Context on the spiritualist?
@@sadnomowe Socorro Leite in Carandiru
Wtf I didn’t know about any of this 😮
I've never heard of Kenji Nagai. He was a true journalist: doing whatever he could to shine a light on things that weren't his problems, by people he didn't know just to lend a voice to them by telling their story. RIP.
Rest in peace, a good soul in a sick and corrupt world. His efforts will never be forgotten.
Warrior and Humanitarian
The Jenny Jones incident is a notorious one and is another example why certain things should never be aired publicly but dealt with behind closed doors in a controlled manner. A stupid trashy stunt on daytime tv that ended with the loss of life. Completely braindead.
Considering the jeremy kyle show, we didn’t learn enough
Yea it was the show that made that psycho homophobic.
Or Jerry Springer?
@@L0rdOfThePies I came here to mention that. That was arguably worse, because the show deliberately falsified the results to make the guy look like he cheated on his wife when he didn't.
I have very mixed feelings...obviously taking a life is never the answer, but they did that guy extremely wrong. I used to get hit on by a same sex person at my job and it really messed with me and started making me not want to go to work. I never made any indication I felt that way about this person or had ever partaken in a same sex relationship. I finally had a mutual peer tell them to stop but it remained awkward because we had to work in a close space with each other. if someone doesn't reciprocate any feelings toward you, do the right thing and don't push it.
Mr. Nagai is the most gold standard definition of a hero. He documented a tragedy not for fame or monetary gain, but simply for awareness. His murder is extremely heinous and the Myanmar gov not even letting his family have closure by returning his camera documenting their awful crimes. Rest in Power, Mr. Nagai.
It has come full circle when someone else that also happened to be recording the incident would be the one to expose his last moments to the rest of the world
@@tungmingxuan8559 13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
Ok
😅
"Sofort ein Arzt bitte!" = "A doctor immediately, please!"
What's interesting is that the host ended saying "Thank you, see you soon, *hopefully.* "
It’s no far fetched that the show would immediately be cancelled had Samuel have passed away. At that moment nobody knew his fate
actually wasnt "see you soon" but more akin to "we'll be back shortly". Anyways the statement implied that the show would continue THAT day. In the German language at least two versions of "see you soon" exist one bound to the same day and one thats not. "Bis gleich"(same day, closest translation "until later") "Bis Bald"(unspecified)
@@marlo8850 ah, thanks for clarifying. German is my second language, so I often miss subtle meanings and implications like that.
The thought of turning a human being into ground meat, let alone someone you vowed to love for the rest of your life and the mother of your child, is deeply haunting. Unfathomable even!
13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
Sometimes an angry ex doesn't need to put you through the meat grinder to destroy you.I vowed if I ever had children I wouldn't use them as ammunition, shame their dad didn't do the same!
@@Logicalsane tf why would anyone support someone that minced a literal human???
@@Logicalsane he wasn’t defending himself he drugged and murdered her. The dude cut himself and blamed his wife
Oh boo hoo. Worse things happen every day. We don’t all live in a first world country,
I watched Ghostwatch live as an 11-year old on my own. 32 years later and unfamiliar sounds in the night still makes my heart rate rise and my hair stand on end. It was truly terrifying at the time.
I wanna see it
@@Stand-g3iit won't be having any effect on your arse, we have weirder shit now, like this horror wasn't that widespread like it is now and that's why it affected them this much.
@@iasked2313 You'd also know its staged compared to watching it supposedly live on a trusted news station. Reminds me of that fake alien invasion radio broadcast.
23:10 Rest in peace. The passion he had for his work, his morality and his commitment to “the truth” is admirable even today.
Sweet baby boy 😔
@@definitelynotanAIchatbot 13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
I love this scary editing style and it leaves me on the edge of my seat while making me paranoid I freaking love this so much
As a German, it's crazy to see "Wetten, dass" here. Thanks for covering that one!
Austrian here, I feel the same! Before steaming, the show was a must-watch in both my family and at school.
As American, I did hear about it all over the news years ago. But never really got to watch the clip. Until Today (As of Writing of August 2, 2024)
@francisisagoner 13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
Putting your wife through a meat grinder… that is absolutely disturbing. My jaw dropped when I heard that and almost threw up
Same
Why did he do it?
@@murbungayou should try asking him
@@murbunga So he could flush the remains down the toilet
Honestly, for me, it was the detail of flushing her remains down the toilet
With how long that would've taken, to avoid clogging it at least, that's just...wow, this man really didn't have a single regretful fiber in his body that entire time
I was 8 years old when we watched "Wetten, dass..." that day as usual and still remember him lying there after the fall. They quickly cut to another camera, but it is enough to stay with you forever. It was a must to watch the show whenever it aired but just wasn't the same after it, yet seeing Samuel get better was encouraging. Great of you to include that into that great video as well. 👍
Samuel didn't get better. He is and always will be paralyzed.
@@Mninoyb thats still better than dead
@@Mninoyb Duh, you're trying to be a hater but youre just stating the obvious. Of course he is paralyzed forever. But it's better than dead
@@onethpsx iiihhh....what kind of person are you? My comment has nothing to do with hate.....
@@Mninoyb Yes it does... You're turning a good comment that says it's good that he survived into "He will never recover and will always be paralyzed." So weird
Imagine thinking a girl has a crush on you for the first time in your life just to find out it’s that guy Scott that you’ve talked to like 3 times
I would be extremely depresed
It's even worse when you realise Scott was his stalker.
The thing about Wetten dass, is that the contestants propose those challanges themself, they are not given by the producers of the show.
Tf are up with these comments 🤖
still incredibly dystopian
@@DaWoWzer Not really, is literally a talent show
@@stengon2603 A talent show shouldn't involve risk of dying or being seriously injured
@@letsbefriendsowecanmakeout If your talent is jumping over cars... then yes, it has to involve it.
It breaks my heart that Lai’s daughter had to lose both of her parents because of Xu’s action’s.
Now who is gonna take her??? She deserves better life and professional help 😮
@@manueltapia1859 There's a documentary about what happen to these children in China titled "Unloved and forgotten - China's Children of Shame" by ENDEVR here on YT. Best case is their grandparents take care of her.
Her mother was actually the cruel one..he just tried to defend himself from her cruelty..... It's disgusting how victims are called bad guys just because they are men
@@Logicalsanehe put her in a meat grinder
@@Logicalsanego get fucking laid.
Oh god you gave me whiplash when the "Wetten dass...?" intro showed up. I knew exactly what you were gonna talk about since I vividly remember seeing the accident on live television.
youve seen it on live television?? i wonder how it mustve felt at the time
@@wrenisitu It was pretty surreal. It’s basically all people talked about the next few days after in school.
It was Mikaeli hitting metal 17 times.
Watched it too...Very uncomfortable too look at.
Hat mich sehr mitgenommen. Bin selbst behindert, aber nicht so sehr wie samuel.
Finde es beeindruckend wie er sein Leben so gut weiterführen konnte.
Its impressive how he handled beeing quadroplagic. In my Mind its one of the worst fates one could experience.
I couldnt handle it nearly as well.
Instantly knew what would be talked about as well as a german.
can we appreciate the amount of editing like woah👏
When "Wetten, dass..." aired, I remember my mom saying something like "wouldn't it be tragic if he got run over by his own father?" Well...tragic it was. This was one of the very few times we watched the show and I'll never forget about it, it still is so scary to me.
GhostlyDolls’ mom jinxed it call the Polizei
Ich hab vor dem Sprung umgeschaltet. Mir war da komisch dabei. Und als ich wieder eingeschaltet hab, war’s passiert!
Yeah I remember watching it with my granny. It was terrifying to witness...
Apollo struck again with the gift of prophecy
Your mother is a Witch. Is your name Harry?
“One women calling the show and demanding compensation for a new pair of trousers as her husband had quite literally defecated himself out of fear”
That is freaking hilarious 😂 😂and disturbing
poor fellow not only he crapped himself watching a tv show but his wife exposed him
@@mikhailo.6768 damn that is true how did I not notice that 🤔😂
I just read this and immediately knew it was ghostwatch. I've just got to the aura ad but ghostwatch and the surrounding lore are so legendary that I'd know it immediately. It's a decent found footage type film if you haven't seen it
@@incredibleflameboy Ghostwatch still holds up, especially when you think about the context of naivete it aired in. Brilliant piece of TV.
@@incredibleflameboy same here lol. It's so crazy how people actually believed it to be real. The acting is corny and you can see several instances where someone's waiting for their cue, like the little girl sitting on the steps when several of the cast is in the kitchen
You can tell by the body language of John in the Jenny Jones segment that he was very uncomfortable. It looks like he truly thought maybe the girl was secret admirer and he didn't hesitate to give her a kiss on the cheek but when Scott grabs Johns arm and pulls it towards him, you can see John is pulling his arms close to his body and his head far away from him.
Aww the poor murderer was uncomfy :(
Poor dude. Totally excuses him killing the guy. Yup.
@@wejknsgduif1767don’t stalk.
@@krisward.don’t stalk.
@@krisward.yeah it does actually. nice sarcasm but he did the right thing. cry about it you big baby your pathetic insults will change nothing afterward.
Hey mate, I've got an idea for you. There was an earthquake in México in 1985, the most brutal in history, but just before the eartquake some news were broadcasting in the TV studio called "Televisa", and the inicial moment was recorded, the signal cuts when the TV signal falls into the building and kills the news reporter.
Let’s not forget the news anchorwoman, Christine Chubbuck, who took her own life on air on July 15, 1974, making her the first person ever to die by suicide on live tv. Former Pennsylvania Treasurer, Budd Dwyer is another…two unfortunate suicidal tragedies.
She was mentioned in one of his previous videos in this series! :)
Who else said they were going to kill themselves on live TV?!? Dr. Timothy Leary??
The Budd Dwyer footage is gut wrenching. The blood pouring from his nose is an image that will never leave my brain.
I thought of that incident and assumed it would be one of the segments but it wasn't.
@@thinkforyourself2109theres other videos in the series
kenji nagai was an extremely noble man. dedicated to reporting on the conflicts in other countries at his own risk. absolutely heartbreaking for him to be targeted and executed like that
13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
@@Logicalsanewhat are you even talking about? This has nothing to do with the comment.
When the first segment was about The Jenny Jones Show, I immediately knew it was the gay admirer episode, which was actually lost media until quite recently!
I remember this being a big deal on the news. These so called "talk shows" were really getting on people's nerves at the time. Every show was trying to outdo the other no matter who got hurt.
Yep and hes already done this video
Nick plays off the behaviour as flirting, but that typically means it's recipricated. When it isn't, it's harassment, and this guy totally embarrassed and shamed this guy and wasn't taking no for an answer. Imagine the crowd sitting there watching you picturing you two in a sex act of his imagination? This is no different than a woman attacking a predator and probably why he got such a short sentenece.
@Joseph11441Cringe npc trying to be "shocking". Go to bed 11 year old.
Jenny should of also been charged with accessory to murder because of forcefully blasting that segment on life tv for views
28:28 I was worried that Samuel wouldn't make it out alive, but he did which is a relief, it must've been scary for him
Kenji Nagai is awesome and I'm going to write a paper on him for school now. Thanks for introducing me to him! This series, unlike some on youtube that covers dark content, is not sensationalist and is quite compassionate and humane. I really appreciate that. Though of course it scratches that morbid curiosity itch as well
Kenji-kun my sweet baby boy 😔
I feel for Martin, quite a bit. As a kid I used to suffer from really bad OCD and I could be really easily ruined by scary media, and sometimes media that wasn't even trying to be scary. Things would just... Get in my head, and anyone who has suffered OCD can tell you, once those ideas are in there, they become persistent parasites, feeding on your paranoia and fear until you become mentally, physically and emotionally broken, desperate for relief from the never ending horror, but unable to be soothed or helped.
No matter the reasoning, no matter the plausibility, so long as there's a chance, you'll go back around in the loop.
I feel as though, Martin could have been me had I seen Ghostwatch as a kid. Just breaks my heart, and hits close to home. I really hope he could find peace after death.
Yeah, for me it was medical shows or prison shows. The silliest thing that ever scared me was the movie Osmosis Jones.
I felt like that after watching Jaws 🥲
My mother told me to go to bed as she knew I would be scared,( my older brother was allowed to stay up late to watch it), but I insisted and was traumatised for years as a result 😭
It was so intentionally negligent for the production to claim "the viewers are now susceptible to possession". It would have been less irresponsible for them to just say "this footage was actually real" for their silly plot twist, instead of telling their viewers, who could be young or have mental health issues, that they are now vulnerable to the paranormal.
Bruh yalls parents didnt do a good job of makin sure you knew movies were just movies and mine did too good of a job, i have to resort to nightmares and sleep paralysis for a good spoop
@@celedhion literally as a parent thats entirely their responsibility to make sure their kid isnt fckn stupid and gullible and knows tv and movies are often not real
Nick Crowley is one of those very rare RUclipsrs that can make a 40 minute video feel like 10 minutes. His videos are so well made and entertaining.
13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
That chapter, Nexpo, Lazy Masquerade, Let's read.
A few more creators for anyone wanting similar content
I decided to watch this before bed. And I didn't realise it's 40 minutes long, and like you said, didn't seem like 40 minutes 😂 now I'm going to wake up late tomorrow for sure 😭
Yes I love Nick Crawley… also I heard he’s working with MrBallen now so I know that’s gonna be amazing!!!
Ikr
The pause you made gave me the shivers
And I thought it was a add to
I don't understand how as a parent you blame a tv show for your kids passing, thats just insane
Right, I mean if they could tell he was affected by it why didnt they turn it off
Exactly! Close the damn tv and help your child.
bbc watchers are a special kind of stupid...
I'd question whether that's actually what the parent thought... the UK's press isn't exactly the most trustworthy, and have no hesitation in bending the truth or outright lying to sell their fish-wrappers...
I’m sorry but whist watch was a cool ass ambitious . A lot like night with the devil .. I could tell it was fake when the lady said let’s not be hasty when they caught the girl making noises
thank you for including my music on this video! im a big fan of your work since forever and hearing my music in the background puts a smile on my face :) amazing video as always Nick 🖤
That's awesome, dude. Thanks for your work.
Huh, I thought it was from some Japanese Horror game. Nice one.
Hey, I've heard your stuff before! Have one of your songs on some playlists.
@@ShaneBlackheart 13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
@@toidIllorTAmIthe music in the beginning is actually the save theme from Silent Hill 3
The one with the mom being grinded up made me nauseous
the meat grinder visual was gross too
Bruh that the least worst one
Ight
Delicious meatballs 😋
Ground up
29:07 after watching the full footage I couldn’t believe how real it felt. The minute it cuts to the crowd the tv filter completely disappears no dramatic music, no more spectacles just people reacting to a horrifying accident it’s a very eerie feeling, almost like your apart of the crowd and in a way you are.
Great video. I was a kid when Ghostwatch aired, but I still remember it vividly. Michael Parkinson wasn’t the only non-actor on the show. Sarah Greene, Mike Smith, and Craig Charles were all popular BBC presenters who played themselves (though Craig was also an actor). That made it even more believable.
In the run-up to the show, they advertised it as “Screen One presents”, and they showed clips, yet for some reason we all bought into the idea that it was live. My sister and I started watching it in our bedroom and we missed the first part because we could hear our parents and we didn’t want them to know we were watching, so we missed the disclaimer at the beginning.
My dad was a pastor so things like Ghostwatch were supposed to be off-limits, but we eventually got caught. Instead of punishing us, my parents decided it was better to watch the rest of the show together as a family in the living room so they could reassure us and so we wouldn’t feel like we needed to sneak behind their backs to watch it. I still really respect them for that.
13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
@@LogicalsaneWhat does that have to do with my comment? I wasn’t even talking about that segment of the video. Also that was not self defence. If the roles were reversed, nobody would side with a woman who murdered her husband over an accident then shoved his body into a meat grinder.
@@CarysCreatesThings It’s a bot this is the 3rd reply I seen from this account just like this. But it is dope that your parents let you watch it.
@@majorsimmons2633 Yeah, I’ve seen some of their other comments. I don’t think it’s a bot, though. He’s left so many misogynistic comments (including one defending a pdf file 🤮), I think he’s just a sad, lonely man with a deep rooted hatred of women who has nothing more fulfilling in his life than trolling RUclips comments.
And yeah, I’m glad my parents watched the show with us. When the writing credits came up at the end, they pointed them out and said “see! It wasn’t real!” So that was reassuring. I fell asleep on my mum’s lap midway through, but I woke up before it ended. Even though they were strict in some ways, my parents were always fairly progressive for church leaders.
I was young enough to watch it live too, and my word it was traumatising then. They only put a single line at the start it was fictional, if you missed that the rest of it was a perfect documentary. I still see Sarah on tv now and a piece of me recoils haha!
Ghostwatch did not kill that kid. He was clearly suffering from something much more severe than anyone believed possible and if it wasn’t Ghostwatch, it would have been something else around the same time.
That is true. However, it was much easier to blame that program than it would be to confront the stigma of mental health in early 90's Britain. Or modern Britain, for that matter. Really, _anything_ is easier than solving real problems.
@@christopherwall2121 basically, it's easier to shoot a ghost than to shoot a deer.
There's no way to know that for sure.
@@kathrynhoward4196 it is logicsl
@@kathrynhoward4196it doesn't even matter if he was, the parents are responsible for making sure kids have media comprehension and are aware that fake shows exist. Mine did it for me, it's possible.
Most people would say, “what’s the big deal? So he’s gay” but it’s the way Jenny Jones pressed him on the issue, the fact that it’s on national television, the dude kept harassing him after the show. The dude snapped. I’m not saying what he did was right, but the issue wasn’t supposed to be this big
It’s like she wanted John to just stand up and say “I’m gay and I love you Scott” like I didn’t know them but Scott is definitely creepy
You also have to take into consideration that homosexuality was not so acceptable in that time.
that kind of shit is why homophobia (in the literal sense) exists
Being publicly shamed -- which is how the guy perceived it -- was such a major blow to his self-esteem, he felt there was no recovery from it. I can imagine he was razzed by those around him and he was mortified by it.
@@thinkforyourself2109what a fucking loser lol I hope jail is real bad
The Jenny Jones thing rubs me the wrong way, at first I thought "he was a violent person and did it because he embarrassed him" but when you said it was because Scott kept flirting with him afterwards, specially after seeing that he felt bad after murdering him, it seems like he was a victim a sexual stalking, its really sad :( I hope hes ok and he gets out of jail soon tbh
The Samuel case is really vile too, I get he was a pro at what he used to do and he knew the consequences, but for the show to put his dad in the car they knew exactly what they were doing, but I'm glad he ended up in good terms with everyone.
I honestly I could sympathize about him but i need to be aware that even victims aren't immune to commit crime. (Potentially a monster for some former victims)
It said he was paroled in 2017 thankfully he got out.
It was not because of “flirting” he just hated the fact that he was gay so he killed him, I don’t feel bad he should have gotten a life sentence
@@Averymarie1229 yet he didn’t kill him or even hurt him before the stupid show was aired?🤔 when he was being stalked FIRST? He waited till after when he got harassed more for it. Quit the victim theatrics
@@uncletheoneshotkid3001 did u even listen to the 911 call? It was Solely because he was a homosexual, I can guarantee the whole stalking was made up to justify why he did it, get real
When Nick posts on a gloomy friday afternoon i feel like the luckiest boy in the world
same
fr
Fax
I hate when verified users are top comments it’s sketchy
You are not wrong tho it does feel being the luckiest person alive
Thank you for covering my country, Myanmar with the Saffron Revolution (we are still in the midst of the most recent coup). I always find pleasure in finding my country being spoken about in the media. It’s like that feeling when you travel abroad and you meet someone from your own country, and you are like “whaaaa, I thought I was the only one here.”
Fun Fact: One of the episodes of "Wetten Dass?" is the origin of the "Mikaeli. You have hit metal 17 times" meme
Love that one
That was the first time I've ever seen what is essentially YTP used to make analogue horror but it was amazing
That’s why I suddenly started thinking bout it during that part 😂
My favorite musical
Fair enough.
The editing style is so amazing that i'm gonna cry 😫😫
there was another dark moment in TV history i know from 8 years ago in Virginia. a on-air shooting took place that took the lives of two news journalists.. and the suspect was a former employee of the news station they all worked at. i'm hoping to see that in the next episode of this series. nick you do such a great job at capturing the darkest moments of tv history! 👏
I would like to see a video on that!
Im pretty sure that was in one of the first of these videos he made..
It was in an earlier one go look at his other videos
he has done a video on that! should be one of his first ones as well
13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
Seeing Samuel waving at his dad gave me a pit in my stomach and I thought for sure he was about to die on national television with his father accidentally killing him. The following footage remind me of when Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin was hit in a game in January 2023 and fell down in cardiac arrest. The way the footage went on, with the announcers just continuing to recount what had happened and the cameras following the trainers, the ambulance, and then just panning to the shocked and distressed crowd and teams for the remainder of the game time was really eerie and distressing. My wife was watching the game while I napped in my recliner and she woke me up to tell me what'd happened and we continued to watch together once I was fully awake. I actually dozed back off at first for about 20 minutes and thought I'd dreamt what'd happened (my diabetes was not under control at that point and I was insanely tired from eating dinner, hence the dozing).
I'll never forget Ghostwatch. My sister couldn't sleep for weeks after it. It was a very realistic show for the time.
Lesson learned, you cant fake anything forever
ghosts don't exist lol
@@TheGamingForLife1 do you realized how many people have said this? Im actually getting bored with this denial already lol
@@vegalucas7782 funny how it's only the people who believe in ghosts that have experiences with ghosts, almost as if it's just made up in their mind
@@TheGamingForLife1 well, you can't proof that ghost doesn't exist either. So why bother saying it anyway?
Imagine killing someone because you blamed them for YOU cutting your finger (divided attention with cutlery).
Ghostwatch. Your child rolls up into a ball, still staring at the TV? Turn the f***ing TV off!
What you yapping about
@@idzbbyboy blud didnt watch the video
@@idzbbyboyBro didn’t watch the video
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Finally you covered wetten dass... I saw the accident on live tv that evening. It haunts me to this day... The show was always so lighthearted until this day
Its sad
I don’t understand why Xu wasn’t declared the only likely suspect sooner given the unlikely chance that his wife just vanished into thin air. He deserves his punishment, and if Hell is real, there’s a spot reserved for him.
Why did he kill his wife though
Yeah even his statements on those interviews "pleading" for his wife to come back were so suspicious
Plus, he didn't really look worried or anything, just nonchalant about the whole situation, that gave it away for me.
lol ur pfp
Intimate partners are literally the MOST likely people to kill women.
The events in this video makes me sickens me. This editing style is impressively eerie and frightening.
I think you should cover Budd Dwyer, a senator who was found guilty of bribery, and during his last speech before his sentencing, he pulled out a revolver from a manilla envelope and took his own life on LIVE TV, with the camera man zooming in on his body.
The news station that recorded the incident aired the footage 3 times completely uncensored.
I remember that but wasn’t he found not guilty afterwards when they investigated it further?
@@TayWoodehe was found not guilty but his life was already ruined no matter what. Feel for the guy so much.
I actually remember a song called "Hey Man, Nice Shot" that was apparently based on that incident.
@@commercialairlinerGreat song by Filter
@@commercialairliner yep, by a band called Filter
They said Marilyn Manson did one too
My question is what is the first shows idea? Imagine being put there and possibly having the social pressure to return their feelings, Id go catatonic if someone did that to me
He was being harrassed by a predator no different than any other creep who doesn't take no for an answer. Imagine everyone in the crowd picturing you in a sex act of the creep's imagination?
@Joseph11441You’re desperate.
The point is to turn yourself and others into a spectacle.
@@MSW96 dont interact with them, it makes the bots worse
The same as public engagements and prom proposals.
It's just cringe
the man in the second clip was actually executed last year, which is really fucked up when you think about the fact that the young daughter, now around 15, lost both parents.
sounds to me like shes better off without one of them
@@CombatKing1237 no one should have to live without parents, even if their last parent is a fucking murderer, their child still deserves to have a parent. everyone's a killer if you push them hard enough, he just snapped, i wont say that it isn't his fault, but his wife also had some of a play in it, as well as his financial situation.
@@KorieTheBunnygirl-d3q Uh what? no he was fully at fault many have fights with their spouse but killing and cutting them up and making a blob of meat form them yeah the Daughter is better off with out him sad that it happen but better without him.
@@jonathancunningham8739 Yeah, a MEAT GRINDER. That alone will haunt that poor girl more than his death ever could.
Thank you for bringing some sense.
I don't know where all this sympathy for actual murderers came from in these comments but maybe take off the Tate-tinted glasses if any of this ever comes off as understandable
He made her an orphan the second he decided to murder her mother; one way or another he wasn't going to be able to raise that child.
Kenji is truly one of the greatest cameramen of all time. He must have inspired the "cameraman keeps filming" meme.
The Jenny Jones thing was just so wrong. Apparently Jonathan did like Scott as a friend, and had no problem with him being gay. This was a different time, and that reaction to a friend finding out you were gay was far from a given.
I remember seeing a more in-depth video where it showed how Jonathan's family was not ok with gay people at all.
The Jenny Jones show just completely exploited Jonathan's affable nature and embarrassed him by making him look like a fool.
There's no excuse for killing a man, and if it hadn't been for the stupid show, they probably would have remained friends.
What makes it more sick to me is everyone trying to say Scott harassed him and that’s why.
Which honestly just shows how gross ppl are nowadays
It takes a truly horrendous person to take it to the level of murdering someone, let's not put all the blame on the show
@@Xx_D4RK_K1N_xXI thought gays were against harassment?
@@ohmynester yes! Also against shooting ppl but also, to act as if the note was why he shot scott is just misinformed.
@@Xx_D4RK_K1N_xXhe did he showed up to his house the days later harassing him Johnathan snapped and shot him
Ive never heard about the Kenji Nagai story before. I started to tear up a bit when his family received the camera and the fact they showed the footage in a press conference for the world to see 😭
Same. RIP to a real one, a courageous man and a true journalist. I wish his family peace and healing ❤️🩹
Not only that but when they took his camera to his grave and said a prayer it hurt my heart
Same. What an amazing person he was.
@@pinkrebellionxyz1567 13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
The first one is so disgusting. Jenny and/or whoever set up that topic should be ashamed. As a gay man myself, I couldn’t imagine doing this to any of my straight male friends. Even if we were bffs and super close. That’s humiliating AF to have him come on the show and be told all these DETAILED homosexual fantasies, in front of a massive audience, not to mention the thousands of people nationwide that would’ve watched on tv had it aired like normal.
That was also a different time too.. people weren’t as accepting as they are today, so I’m sure he would’ve had to deal with people calling him gay or having people come up to him and bringing up the episode when I’m sure he wouldn’t have wanted to think about let alone talk about it. So gross.
Different times... but then why was he so open about it? Unless he really was just creepy, and he didn't care about what he said on live TV.
It was definitely a betrayal and a threat to Jonathan. Poor guy.
@@charlottem162 "poor guy" he fucking murdered scott and you're worried about his feelings?
The guy who had the crush was a predator, if everything we've heard is true. Everything about this is horrible. Jenny Jones facilitated harassment and attempted coercion
@@charlottem162 he murdered scott and you're worried about his feelings?
Wow, straight to the point!
Everyone was gross to different degrees in the first segment. Scott was gross for saying out loud really, really skeevy sexual stuff he wanted to do to John, and sexually harassing and stalking a het guy who had stated a disinterest.
Jenny Jones was horrible for provoking and encouraging two people who would go onto becoming a sex pest and his homophobic killer respectively.
And as for John - the POLICE were the correct people to call after that behaviour from Scott. But John here skipped several rather important steps here, didnt he. Instead of dialing 999/911 He armed himself with a shotgun, broke into someones property, and murdered that man in front of a friend. And I am convinced that instead of killing him because he felt threatened, he really did it because he felt embarissed. His own defence tried to claim gay panic, but he copped for second degree murder. For once, the conviction and sentence was halfway reasonable.
A miserable story all around.
@Joseph11441least obvious rage bait 🥱
Reported @Joseph11441
I can't really blame him. Just gross all around.
I believe Scott was uncomfortable with saying those things and the show had to really push for it. They traveled home together with the lady and things were fine. I don’t think Scott was trying to harass or be weird with the note and he shouldn’t have been killed. The problem was Jonathan’s family and that’s what drove him to it. Not an excuse but an explanation.
He wasn’t next….Scott at least
This is why true journalism is important. Documenting real events that shady governments would prefer to conceal.
hope you don't watch msm then
It WAS important before the media decided to join the Shady govt
@@Chris-nn3vuk The type of people who say this think they're such free thinkers, but always believe everything they see online and support actual dictatorships.
@@Chris-nn3vuwhat is msm?
The lady calling in to snitch on her husband shitting himself 😂
13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
@@Logicalsane wtf are you talking about???
@@Sputterbug they might have been trying to comment on another comment. A glitch like that happened to me the other day and I luckily saw it was the wrong comment. I went back real quick and erased it
@@BabyColinRobinson No, they’re trolling. They’re spamming every comment. If you click on to their username, they regularly post misogynistic comments victim blaming women. One of their comments on another video defended a pdf file and accused his 12 year old victim of gr00ming him 🤮Dude needs his hard drive checked.
@@BabyColinRobinsonThat happened to me the other day and it made me look like a psychopath 😂😂😂 I commented on a true crime video and it ended up on a short that I watched about a woman putting up a diy pool in her yard. It really made me seem unhinged and it was so embarrassing lol. Because I didn’t catch it til someone responded “wtf are you talking about?”
Love the Silent Hill 3 ambient music in the background there. One of my all time favourite soundtracks
There's a very dark incident that I think you could cover in the next one: In May 2019, an incident occurred on a pre-recorded taping of the ITV daytime series The Jeremy Kyle Show which resulted in the death of a guest. The show was cancelled a few days later.
In the last 12 hours, I’ve been sick at home. I decided to do a replay of this playlist only to see this upload. I’m so happy right now.
Get well soon!
i hope you get well soon ! get lots of sleep and if you have a cold, soup soup and more soup !
Omg no way, I’ve been sick too! Literally had to leave work
wtf me too 😭
Hope that you get better.
Babe wake up, Nick Crowley dropped a new video.
I was just thinking about that incident the other day
I’m awake ☝🏾
Goodness honey! That was wonderful!
babe whats wrong? youve barely touched your nick crowley video
I’m up
dear nick, i love this series so much! it's so well made and your storytelling is on point every time. keep up the good work buddy!
The stunt man one really hit me hard especially because his dad was driving omg that was so sad
yea exactly, im glad he survived but it still has to be such an awful moment for all of em especially the amount of time of being uncertain if things would be alright again
(and sorry for hijacking your comment for a reply rant but i had to scroll further than i would have liked, for anyone having mentioned this video segment and aaa. so many comments going 'wow good video' meanwhile not that much sympathy(?, idk the right word) for all the affected people :( . its surreal in the most disheartening sense)
From the first moment i was expecting the worst😢but surprisingly he didnt die, i was for sure expecting that
@@orbboom6119my hands were actually sweating, and it’s the first time a video makes me that way, i dont know what i was expecting when i cheered that he jumped those 2 cars when the case is in this video
At least im glad he survived and had a decent life afterwards
The Good thing was he didn’t die, yeah it sucked seeing him paralyzed but it would’ve been 10x Worse if his dad was the one who killed him
Speed:First time?
I remember the ghost watch thing. I was very young but it left a big impression. What he doesn’t say is that both Sarah greene and Craig Charles were also tv presenters and playing themselves, not just Parky. Sarah Greene was actually a kids tv presenter on Saturday mornings too so I can see why especially a kid would take it completely seriously. Weird times 😂
The moment the Wetten Das Segment started I knew exactly what accident you're going to talk about. I was just a kid back then so I didn't see this myself, but it has been on the news for months and it was just so horrible. Everytime I see someone perform this kind of stunt I think back to this accident and I wish people would stop doing this, it's not worth it imo.
13:16 . He was just defending himself from her....had the gender roles reversed, people would have supported the woman
@@Logicalsane brother, I was taling about another segment, what are u yapping about
@@gunbunsterhe’s in every comment thread. he just hates women
@@Logicalsane Time for your meds jabroni
I listen to true crime content all the time. I’ve heard the details of some of the worst serial killer crimes. That second story is genuinely one of the most horrific things I’ve ever listened to…. To do that to someone you married… the mother of your child… is just pure evil