Disturbing Things from Around the Internet [Vol. 12] 

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Hey, I'm Trace, I was one of the few people that were in the gas station during that tornado in Joplin. Truly a traumatizing experience to say the least. To say something positive out of something so morbid, thankfully that tornado hit on a Sunday. If it had happened during a school day, the death toll could have been so much higher. The Highschool was completely demolished. Happy to say Joplin has fully recovered.

I lost my great-grandmother to dementia in 2016, she was 99. She was a lively woman, even when she couldn't remember her family, she still cracked jokes with us and made us laugh. She had her red hair, which somehow never grayed and she never dyed it. And all of her teeth were still intact. She could still play piano and never failed to show off her skill. In her younger days, she was a school teacher, and after her death, her students wrote us letters and emails telling us how much she changed and affected their school experience. I miss you Mary, may you rest in peace.

"Let's set the mood" Proceeds to give me an immediate existential crisis

As a caregiver of a grandmother with dementia, I can say with confidence that the most important thing for someone suffering (from it) is family or loved ones with concern. Be there for them.

My grandmother had dementia. She would tell me very detailed stories of her child hood but couldn't remember who I was. During her last hours she fell into a deep coma her breathing was so light with long holds and then she stopped.....About 10 min later she woke up picked her head up and said her goodbyes to us calling each of us there by our names and then she was gone.

"Would you. Could you. On a Train?" gave me absolute chills. The idea of the emergency broadcast system being hacked is horrifying, especially if the same party was responsible for the crash.

Just imagine suddenly you woke up in your bed, and then there is a strange man came out of nowhere, holding your hand and call you "father"... Then another strange woman came claiming to be your wife, then another man claiming to be your little brother... And its keeps going... Man, dementia really sucks and yet give me goosebumps

I can't imagine how horrified that family in the car must've been. Really sucks to hear them in their final moments

"thankfully, everyone in that store was okay that day." after hearing that audio, that was the most relieving thing you could've possibly said.

Dementia is probably one of the most scariest mental disorder and worst ways to go out. Losing that special connection with your family and dying with your life feeling empty. And then even seeing your family struggle to help you as much as they can.

The tornado footage was grim, but hearing complete strangers weather it together and comfort each other puts a little faith in humanity back in my heart

20 minute tornado warning is HUGE. The idea, is to for people to get into their basements, bathroom or underground shelter. People may not think so, but it’s a massive leap compared to the 2 minute warnings people had until VERY recently.

Important fact, specially if you are a woman: If someone tries to kidnap you, fight with all you have even if they have a gun, you are statistically more likely to survive a fight with a kidnapper than being taken to another place, and even if you are injured or even killed during the fight...that's better than whatever they wanted to do to you once they took you to their desired location...

I work for Toyota. When you hire in, they make you listen to that 911 call. Every year on the anniversary of the accident they recount it to us again so that we never forget and never let something like that happen again.

To anyone if your accelarator ever get stuck, dont turn off the vehicle, just put it in neutral and try to stop safely. Turning off the vehicle will lock up the steering wheel and you wont be able to turn.

One of the many interesting things with "everything at the end of time" is the last few minutes, after hours of seemingly random noise, the music returns, like in stage 1. This represents the "terminal lucidity" that people experience just before death, where they can suddenly remember a lot and start acting more jolly.

Gotta say: The tornado footage was an emotional rollercoaster. Hearing that child cry out for her mother, but her responding that she was okay was such a relief.

"Except...in this photo, Samantha Koenigg wasn't alive." That has got to be the most chilling phrase I've ever heard.

The most frightening thing about Keyes wasn't even mentioned in the video: he had stashed kill caches around America, basically buckets filled with weapons, ammo, money, and other tools. When he got the urge to kill he'd dig up one of these caches. He once went all the way from Alaska to Vermont and killed a completely random couple with a kit he'd buried years before. I think they found one in NY and another in WY, but there could still be more of them out there since he made numerous trips to the lower 48. The man's incredibly methodical and prepared every murder in extreme details.

"Would you, could you, on a train?" is one of the most mysterious and creepiest stories/videos ive seen not only on your channel, but any channel. It's so chilling how little info is out about it, and how nothing ever came from any investigation. Its 100% too close of a coincidence to not have to do with the crash, and what kind of supervillain of a citizen/group (short of some govt conspiracy theory) could even be capable of this? One of my favorite mysteries that has ever been covered recently, thank you Nexpo.

"She was trying, trying so hard to be herself and this condition wouldn't let her." I felt a pang of grief so pronounced it immediately moved me to tears.

My mum suffered from dementia. In the last three months of her life, we managed to get her into the most exclusive, luxurious care home we could afford - it was like a 5 star hotel with its own beauty salon, film theatre (held about 12 people), a bar where they could have free sherry or wine or coffee, biscuits. It was the only care home which did not smell if you know what I mean. Although she was as comfortable as we could get, she described how she felt once as "surreal". The saddest moment was when she asked if I'd seen dad lately. He had passed away 2 years before. I asked where she thought he was. "I think he is in England". Inside I wailed - I think she thought he had left her. So I told her that yes he was in England, he was very sorry he couldnt visit her more often but he was preparing a beautiful house for her, for when she felt better and could travel. Not a lie, not really.

The man in the baby camera feed was by far the most disturbing for me, he was just *there* and then he just *wasn't*. It honestly scares me to think that he may have been hiding after noticing the camera, that he saw the woman pick up her child and ran after she left the home. Or worse, than he hid from the police and stayed in the home even longer.

Long time Joplin resident here. I was 11 when this happened. Hearing you say in 2011 I was filled with dread. You said Joplin and it physically affected me. I started tearing up at the memories of seeing the aftermath and the lives effected. My mother and brother were at high school graduation that night and on the way home they were caught in it. Neither of them were hurt but my mother suffered from ptsd. Whenever there was bad weather she would make us go to the storm shelter. It has taken a long time for Joplin to recover from this. The center of town is still barren from the lack of trees but most people have moved on. Many died from it but it always could be worse. Stay safe.

that car crash story is so insanely depressing. i can't believe how calm he was. jesus christ.

The Caretaker isn't depressing until you remember this is real for some people. You spend 6 hours, others spend their lives.

As a wise man said: "The True fear is the distortion of familiar things"

Late to the party but, as a composer I can say Caretaker's Everywhere at the End of Time is one of the single most brilliant works of programmatic music ever made. Period. I don't know how to describe it in layman terms, as I could write a whole dissertation on it, but the gradual dissolution of the thematic material truly makes you feel the stages of dementia. You even get to slowly forget the musical ideas that form the backbone of the album. Truly an exceptional composition.

When he said “except, in this photo, she wasn’t alive.” Literally shook me to the core

That last one if fucking terrifying. I cant imagine how scary it must have felt for the mother to run in that room to get her child knowing full well that there was most likely an intruder still in there

My grandma is in the ward and all she does is walk endlessly with no destination. Reality is far more terrifying than fiction will ever be.

1:43 - Everywhere at the End of Time 8:57 - Caught in the Storm 14:09 - Night at the Coffee Stand 18:47 - The Incident on Highway 125 23:22 - Would You, Could You, On a Train? 31:06 - ?

Keyes sewed samantha's eyes open and used his girlfriend at the time make up on her to make her look "more alive" before sending the picture. What an awful human being.

If I ever develop dementia, I would hope my family would understand that I'd want to end it on my own terms. Losing your memory and awareness is one of the worst things a human can go through.

Nexpo ordering Burger King: "I'll have a whopper... *twenty seconds of dramatic silence* ...with cheese."

That car accident one was really disturbing. It's disgusting what corporations can get away with with just a slap on the wrist.

Dementia is probably the illness I'm most afraid off. It's so unjust to strip someone from his memories, personality, self

At first he mentions how dark and disturbing reality is, then he manages to ease the tension by offering a positive outlook. Love this channel.

“There exists at album named Everywhere at the end of time.” *No need to remind me.*

This is the only channel where I’ll watch the ads without skipping, gives my heart a chance to rest 😅

why is no one talking about the “would you. could you. on a train?” thats absolutely terrifying. surely that’s not a coincidence- and the fact that it’s unsolved and is largely unknown makes it all the more terrifying

In the Samantha Koenig case, the fact that the man went on a trip with his family before coming back and setting up her corpse is chilling. I can’t imagine the horror of the guy’s family members when they realized they were having fun with a horrific monster while another family was worrying over a woman that was already dead because of him.

The alerts on tv, regardless of a joke, or an error, they always make me feel something, it's so weird to be watching your usual tv stuff but all of the sudden an alert comes, like, that shit's scary

I love how you don’t bring up paranormal things too often.

to me Caretaker isn’t disturbing it’s more depressing and nerve racking that this album can put you through so much emotions

"While they may have forgotten, they surely won't be" What a line.

The thing I love about Nexpo is the caring, humanistic approach he takes to this sort of content. Not that insensitive, removed, and sensationalized attitude that many creepy/true crime channels tend to take. He just seems like a very genuinely nice person who realizes the real tragedy of these types of events.

If you visited Joplin today you were be hard pressed to know we lived through that tornado, but we all remember it. There is no way to describe what it's like to drive through a town you knew so well but no longer can recognize where you are because everything is rubble. Luckily a lot of local communities as well as local and national organizations came to help us. People can be truly good at times.

this is such morbid advice, but it is the best advice my dad has ever given me. if anyone ever points a gun at you and tries to kidnap you, it is best to be shot. do not go with them, do everything you can to fight them or have them shoot you. lie down on the floor, attack them, do whatever. being shot and killed in that moment is going to be a better end for you than whatever that person has planned for you. edit: since this is getting a lot of attention, everyone needs to carry a self defense weapon. get pepper spray with uv, a taser, a knife, or get your license to carry. keep a knife in your purse and one in your car’s console, keep pepper spray on your car keys, and take self defense classes if possible. stay safe out there, people.

My dad suffered from alzheimer's before he passed,it killed me how he faded away. He never lost his snarky ass sense of humour though. RIP dad

I can't begin to imagine the terror of seeing a stranger in your baby's room.

I watched all 13 Episodes tonight. Excellent, excellent stuff, and I'm seriously impressed with your volume modulation. Literally one of the first channels I've come across where I didn't experience any noticeable volume dips or spikes.

Dementia and Alzheimer’s is a really sad and deeply deeply disturbing and heartbreaking way to see a family member

“You have unlocked a bonus item.” Oh.... oh no....

The “would you. Could you. On a train” really didn’t sit right with me for some reason, just reading that over and over seems like a personal threat

The Samantha section was already scary enough, so when you mentioned that the killer was caught in my dad's hometown at a restaurant I've been to multiple times, I got chills. Had no idea this happened

The one person my grandpa always remembered throughout his alzheimers was my grandma. He'd look at her, his face would light up, turn to me or someone else and say "I'm married to the most beautiful woman in the world".

Not gonna lie, hearing the child say "I need you, mama" immediately after the tornado had me in tears.

In my nearly 30 years of existence, I've seen a lot of horrible shit but something about that girl's corpse photo is extremely unsettling.

I lost my mother to dementia during the pandemic. Today would have been her 71th birthday. The official cause of death was Covid but she got it in February and died in May. But back then if you got hit by a car the cause of death was COVID. The saddest and most horrifying thing I ever saw was the day my mom "left" or hit stage 6. I was trying to get her to take some medication and she refused. She had been a nurse for many many years and finally said, "I don't need that medicine, they only give that to people with dementia!" With tears in my eyes I had to say, "Mom you got diagnosed with dementia 5 months ago." My mother's face instantly turned to a look of shock and horror. As if my words had slapped her across the face. The fear and helplessness in her eyes will stay with me forever. Then as if someone had hit a switch or pulled a lever, her face went calm. Her eyes glazed over and she softly said, "Oh, Ok." She lived another year and a half, but after that moment, everything that was my mother; her warmth, personality, intelligence, memories, all of it was gone.

"would you. Could you. On a train?" feels like something straight from Local 58. Extremely unnerving

The album EATEOT made me realise that demensia is not only about forgetting where the car keys are or who someone is. It is forgetting what car keys are, or what a person is.

dementia is legit in my opinion the scariest mental ilness there is, you forget your nostalgia and begin to feel isolated, and just forget everything until you just dont know if youre alive or dead or if you even exist or that youre life is just a story in a book, cant imagine forgetting my memories i had for years long.

What got me hooked onto your channel is this feeling that you are putting your heart into it. The videos are beautifully crafted to set the mood, and the content go deep in the darkness, but there are several channels that do it too. But it's not just a mindless collection of bizarre stuff handpicked for the views, as more than once you have imput your reflections on the presented themes, which brings us back and reminds us of our humanity. And how you open this video is one of these moments that stand out. Great work.

“Let’s set the mood” *proceeds to play a song that emotionally destroys me*

Your channel is the Daily Dose of Internet with the nightmode on

Lost my Great Grandmother to dementia just recently. She was 100. She was one of the few women designated to work on the wings of dehavilland mosquitos. Born to a cattle farmer, she lived a simple life when she was younger. Here's to you, Irene Hart, may your memory go on.

Give this man a netflix deal already wtf. Your quality is top tier, editing is fire, the content itself is fascinating. Love this channel please keep going

“Except, in this photo Samantha Koenig wasn’t alive” Holy shit

Everybody gangster until Nexpo says “Take a look.”

My cat is a kitten I adopted that survived the Joplin tornado. No one knew how she survived but she was found in a small storm drain and I was able to adopt her and while she’s the sweetest cat in the world it’s otherworldly to see the kind of horrors she survived. No wonder she doesn’t like going outside.

I remember being a child and driving through Joplin in the following years and the amount of damage and evidence of the tornado was astounding even after it had been so long

My grandfather. God he was such an amazing person. The saying " they don't make em like they used to" is so true when it comes to him. After his dad passed away he lied about his age to join the military right during world War 2. He had a 6th grad education but was willing to risk his life for his 6 sisters, mother and his brother who was mentally disabled. He sent every every dollar that he made back home to his family. After world War 2 he did the same for the Korean War. He eventually went on to retire from the Stennis Space center as a munitions tester. While he worked for NASA he went to every class he could take after work everyday. He learned every trade in the book. The only thing he cared about was his family. He bought a house for my grandma like he promised her when they first met and lived there for 60 years. When he first started getting sick I thought it was just him getting old. He was still mowing the yard and working in his shed at 93 years old. But when dementia came, it came fast. Those last couple weeks of him asking me who I was everyday still haunt me. He never forgot who my grandma was. I hope I'm making him proud in this world.

i've heard the israel keyes story so many times but man. i feel so bad for samantha's family. they can't even look up their daughter online without seeing that disgusting fucking photo. that's gotta be incredibly traumatizing.

I just finished listening to the album and had to come back to share my experience. Wow. Stage 4-5 really are just torturous. Stage 4 activated my fight or flight response and I chose flight. I had to take a break. A long one. Almost 2 hours later I came back to finish it. By stage 6 I had grown accustomed to the chaos of 4 & 5 that the emptiness of 6 was peaceful, erie at first but slowly turns soothing. It felt like what I imagine floating in space would “feel or sound” like. Then there’s the last 5 minutes… it’s so hauntingly beautiful that I was crying when it finally came to complete silence. No white nose or drone sounds, just a moment of silence. It really leaves you with a life -altering feeling, like you’ve aged 10 years.

the thought of my parents not recognizing me one day terrifies me. dementia is evil. so, so evil... i can’t even begin to express how sorry i am for those who have lost their loved ones to it, my heart breaks for you all.

Grandma's going through alzheimer's rn. She thinks grandpa left a year and a half ago with some 17 year old. He died six or seven years ago from agent orange, and loved her till the end. I love you grandma. You dont deserve to forget like this.

I had to skip the first one. My mom has Alzheimer’s. She’s in stage one. I’m not ready to reconcile with that yet.

My wife lost her grandmother to dementia when she was very young. She tells me such wonderful stories about her grandmother that I sometimes forget the horrible, traumatic reality behind this disease. That music made me realize for the first time why my wife still stiffens with fear whenever she forgets the smallest thing, and why the topic of her grandmother's dementia still upsets her so deeply. Thank you for sharing such a beautifully disturbing piece...

12:10 gave me chills. That is definitely one of the most horrifying sounds I've ever heard. Especially with the screams of the people behind it all.

Public service announcement: If you are ever in a situation like that when your accelerator is stuck, SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. Then you can safely ease the car to a stop with the brakes, and turn the engine off. Their deaths were tragically, and easily preventable.

I do not fear death. What I do fear is slowly losing my mind to age and mental disease to the point I will not be able to remember the people who I love. I hope I will never end up with dementia. It scares me so much.

Everytime I come back and watch this video, I have to skip Everywhere at the End of Time, not because it's disturbing, but because it imparts an absolute sense of sorrow for those around me who have had to deal with that awful disease. I break down everytime I watch it. My grandfather is 80 years old, and I hope, that he never has to suffer with that.

For anyone who is unlucky enough to find themselves dealing with unintended acceleration (car continuously increasing in speed like the accident) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN BRAKE LIKE HELL!!! the engine will continue to rev but it will stop continuing to accelerate, giving you time to get the car under control and maybe find the source of the issue (like a stuck floor mat)

The fact that your grandmother was reminding herself. She was a fighter, man. Know she loved you, even if she had a hard time remembering. My great grandfather passed with the same. Somehow, he never forgot me. That’s a treasure of mine.

I lost my Grandfather to Alzheimer’s when I was 14. Throughout my childhood, he’d introduced me to his (now my) favorite jazz musicians. He instilled in me a love for all types of music. Apart from that, he’d always greet me and my sisters with a wink; something only he would do; a Pop classic. As his illness got worse, so did his recollection of me. He didn’t remember my name or anything about me shortly before his death. It was devastating, but I knew it wasn’t his fault. As I left his condo close to the last time I saw him alive, he still wished me goodbye with a wink and told me to listen to some jazz. Chills every time. Miss you, Pop.

I don’t have dementia, and I don’t personally know anyone with it, but I don’t know how to explain how afraid I am of slowly forgetting everyone I know and love. How will I know my little sister is my little sister, or maybe my friends will invite themselves in and I’m terrified why this random person is in my house, yet they stare at me with somber eyes. I mean it when I say I’m so afraid of forgetting

The sound of a tornado passing overhead is one of the most demonic sounds you can hear. When people say it sounds like a freight train thats not inaccurate. It's the loudest roaring howl that you've ever heard and it instantly sends shivers down your spine. Speaking from experience, luckily that tornado picked up from the ground less than a block before and my house suffered minimal damage, mostly from debris

"Let's set the mood." *Everywhere at the end of time begins to play* Oh no.

I swear one day nexpo will just say: "and that photo... is this one" and its just him, he is the case

my mom-mom is currently suffering from dementia. she asks questions over and over again, forgets to take care of her cats, forgets to eat, forgets to drink. luckily she still feels happiness when family visits, but her world is becoming smaller and smaller and her memory isn't getting any better. i can tell it won't be long before she starts forgetting names. my heart goes out to anyone else who is watching, or has watched, a family member slip away like this.

My mother has dementia. Just two weeks ago was the first time I got the "and you are" from her and it was absolutely gutting.

Dude working in the medical field watching a family with someone in it having dementia is honestly the most heartbreaking thing you can experience.

FINALLY SOME QUALITY CONTENT TO WATCH

I work as a caregiver at a senior center and this really hit me. People with severe dementia are fascinating to work with, but it really can make you sad.

The tornado story whilst horrifying also oddly enough restored a bit of my faith in humanity, I mean.. the way these COMPLETE strangers treated eachother was very surprising! From a simple "Ma'am are you okay?" to a "Hey guys be careful there's broken glass everywhere!" Maybe it's just me but, you always hear about how selfish people can become in life or death situations, so seeing them all sort of band together and make sure everyone was okay was really cool.

Dying with dementia is probably the biggest fear i have. My Grandfather died of Dementia, and it was just so depressing. Seeing someone, who is alive, but long dead in his mind.

I lost my grandmother to dementia in 2012. The soundtrack made me cry. She was an amazing woman. She was an editor for a newspaper and traveled around the world. She met with a tribe of cannibals in south america, not part of the modern world, who she said were very kind and friendly people who were happy to talk with her. She embraced all cultures and sought to understand people. She was lively and VERY stubborn. Her husband was a horrible man, but she didn't let his death hurt her. Instead, she thrived. My mother wasn't there for me much, but my grandmother was. She took me to the zoo, the aquarium, museums and parks. She bought me comics and gave me the funnies whenever she bought a newspaper, which was often. She always had a bowl of candy for me, made me fruit, and read me bedtime stories. She let me use her computer to play video games and watch videos. We would walk into town and visit the store that had a cat. I would play pretend games as we did, and she always played along. She was an older woman walking miles so that I could smile. I visited her a lot as a child, and I never imagined her dying. She seemed invincible. When I was a teenager, she had to move to an assisted living facility. She hated it. She wanted independence. When she fell on a sidewalk and started bleeding from her head, I was sure she'd be alright. Because it was HER who had fallen. She had always seemed indestructible. EMTs tried to comfort me, but I didn't need it because she was my grandma. I wasn't scared. The EMTs asked her how old she was, basic questions, and she said "Would you believe me if I said I was 20, or do I have to tell the truth?" We all laughed. But that was the beginning of the end. Her mind had started to spiral down. She began to forget who I was, who anyone was, and she wasn't my grandmother anymore. I didn't recognize her anymore, and I was scared. I visited her less often because I couldn't handle it. I still visited, of course. I didn't know what to do, so I just sorta hung out. She had to move to a different home, one with much less freedom, because she was all but gone. My parents had to go shopping once, and my grandmother and I sat in the car and waited for them to finish. A car horn started to go off, and she asked me to please make my bird quiet. She was mad. I was scared, and said okay. At Thanksgiving, she asked if we had a plate for her husband. He had been dead for over ten years. She then said she was going upstairs for a nap. The house was only one story. I sang for a talent show, my mom recorded it, and my grandmother was happy while listening. She didn't know it was me, her granddaughter, who was singing. But she said that the person singing could make a career out of it, and should. I never did. I'm not that great of a singer. When she was on hospice, I didn't know how to feel. It was like watching a stranger. I was only a teenager, unsure how to deal with these feelings, but I still feel guilty that I wanted it to be over with. I wish I had talked to her more, had asked her more about her life, had loved her more visibly and gave her more hugs. That I'd said "I love you" more than just when I said hello and goodbye. I said "I love you" before she died. I'm glad I did, even if she didn't know why I said that. I miss her terribly. I couldn't watch the dementia segment. Maybe someday, but not today. I love her still. I always will.

I wasn't expecting this video to hit me as hard as it did, my grandmother is currently starting her journey into life with dementia and its a daunting thing for our family to get used to. hopefully she doesn't fall into it as fast as some do. She has a lot of personality for an older woman and I hate to think that some day it is will all be a distant memory. You live as long as the last person to remember you, Stay healthy, stay safe.