I Watched Another 4 Disturbing Documentaries...And I Am BAFFLED 

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Wow, hearing that woman describe how she made her imaginary friend leave because she was so humilated absolutely broke my heart. I cam't imagine making a CHILD feel like that. Humans never cease to amaze me with the level of heinous cruelty that they're capable of inflicting.

"The cops didn't do shit. They chalked it up to Johnny being a run away" Yep, sounds about right. In the early 90s we lived in a nice neighborhood. One day my mom was watering the plants & the neighbor girl 2 houses down was playing outside by herself. A green stationwagon pulls up & the guy starts talking to the neighbor girl. Mom jumps into action. Yells at the guy & grabs the girl & runs into her house to her parents. Guy peels off. Mom calls the cops, & gives them the license plate etc. Nothing ever came of it. Mom calls her mother later on & tells her about the ordeal. My Gran then tells my mom "Why would you do that? Why would you get involved? It's none of your business." Who did my Gran work for? The county sheriff. Lost A LOT of respect for my Gran after hearing about that.

I am a rape survivor, and while being questioned in the process of legal matters they didnt focus on what happened to me at all, what they did focus on was the fact I had sex toys. Which for some reason means I was a liar? its honestly just messed up, the victim is never the victim in these situations. Investigators will focus on the dumbest most unnecessary things

"I want to spend time with Pheonix when I get out. Because I *will* get out." *I don't like that ominous ass wording, Paris.*

Respect to Dave. What a chad. Escaped, meets a veteran in the woods where he lives for 2 years. Veteran teaches him how to live and fend for himself out there. And Dave, now old, and a Biker Dude, teaches others the same.

I don't think I've ever heard a story to break my heart in the way that Vera's did. The fact that not only was her family horrid to her, but the fact that law enforcements had so many opportunities to maybe save her is gut wrenching.I don't think I've ever been so viscerally disgusted as I am with how Vera was treated. May God rest her soul.

Charity: "Despite it all, I still love him. I can see the love in his heart." Local neighbor: "I saw that kid trying to make a pipe bomb."

Unfortunately, Elan isn't unique when it comes to abusive juvenile facilities. I've been covering 2 here in Florida on my blog & was actively involved in the investigation into them.They made national news when a number of kids were found buried in unmarked graves. That campus ran from 1901 to 2011 before finally being shut down, several years AFTER those remains were found. The other campus is still in operation today. It's so disgusting.

As someone in my masters, for social work, I am absolutely horrified, but I am not surprised at how these so-called institutions treat its clients who are not only vulnerable but desperately need help. It’s disgusting.

One of the biggest things that killed me about Elan was a pair of escapees - three people I've heard of made an escape; a minor that wasn't named, Brad Glickman and Dawn Birnbaum. The unnamed child was picked up by a cop and taken home after telling him what happened but Dawn and Brad, those poor kids, Brad was shot dead after making it to a residence and Dawn was picked up by a trucker before being raped and murdered by said trucker, really just out of the frying pan and into the fire.

I was trafficked as a child, causing me to lash out at puberty and my teens. Nothing TOO crazy mind you...Staying at my friend's home late, having boyfriends (but not being too sexually active because of my history...), smoking the devil's lettuce, and worst of all...some pretty bad self harm. So clearly, just a menace to society lol. The worst "trouble" I got in was being driven home by a cop because I was walking home at 3 AM. But my mother is an alcoholic narcissist. My rich step famoly wanted to send me to Elan as a black-haired teen with ptsd from monstrous sex abuse is apparently too embarrassing for their high-society lives. Had I been sent to one of those places, I wouldn't be alive today. I know that in my heart. I dealt with heroin addiction (8 years clean next March) and still have ptsd and clinical depression. Sweeping kids that have suffered at the hands of (mostly) adults they trusted to a place to be abused further...yeah....I'm not surprised most of the alumni are addicts, imprisoned, or dead. I just finished giving a victim impact statement because some prick was found with...certain materials...containing me. I've known most my life it was out there. It pops up occasionally. Knowing that monster is spending his life in a prison as a p3d0phile makes my heart lift. He's already in his 60s and he recieved 80 years. My boyfriend took me out to a nice dinner when the verdict was read. My life is good. I'm happy. And it's no thanks to those kinds of facilities.

I remember Wendigoon's spectacular video covering Johnny's disappearance in regards to how it led to the Missing Children's Milk Carton Program, and all the problems that came from it. I believe in that video he also mentioned something about how, when adult Johnny showed up at his mother's house, it's widely accepted that it wasn't actually Johnny. Just someone playing a prank on his devastated mother and she fully believed it even years after. Although it's impossible to know for sure, it was just a tragic story all around.

Note for the first doc... I have two theories for why they pulled that heel turn at the end: 1: People who suffer abuse often try to rationalize their abuse as having a 'meaning', a 'purpose'. Speaking from personal experience, because it's easier to have a 'silver lining or positive outcome of the abuse' to point to rather than the callous reality that cruelty doesn't need a reason and it doesn't have a silver lining. Especially for kids, they can rationalize the experience as being something 'worth experiencing even if it was painful' because that idea provides a very twisted sense of solace and hope. I.E "Sure my dad beat me but it taught me discipline." or "Yeah I got screamed at a lot but only because I was being bad, without it I would still be bad." It's important to remember that kids are not working with a fully grown brain nor the necessary context in most cases to fully understand what is being done to them let alone that it is the abuser's fault, not theirs. Even after they grow into adults those early experiences remain and often override more introspective or honest looks at both the abuse and the abuser leading to strange defenses for their abusers or contradicting views. You might have someone absolutely agree that something like paddling kids needs to be made illegal but then turn around and insist that the paddling they got as a kid wasn't as harmful or traumatizing. It is just one human taking their aggression or insecurities out on another because they have the power to do so of course. But that realization can be devastating to an already traumatized child because it strips their person-hood from the equation, they're forced to recognize that their abuser (often a care giver) doesn't see them as a person but merely an object or job, something to be dealt with or something they can break/use as they please. 2: Theory two is just they wanted to sound 'balanced' least their work be called one sided. I hope this is not the case because this theory would be a stupid reason to soft ball a 'school' that doesn't deserve the kid glove treatment.

My sister is intellectually disabled in an extremely similar way to Vera. I've never heard her case before and it fucking broke me. The thought of someone treating my sister in that same way... I can't even imagine, it makes me so infuriated. Rest easy sweet Vera, you deserved so much better ♥️

The story of Vera is so so sad and sick... How do people like Cheri exist? Thanks for spreading the word. I don't think I could stomach watching it. It was hard enough just hearing the cliffs notes version.

One note about Vera's case is that they were all inbred and that the whole relationship and pregnancy was all due to Cheri wanting a daughter... I know a lot of true crime channels have covered Vera's is the only reason I know. The whole case is incredibly heart breaking and hearing about how many times she should have been saved is enraging. The mom is named Cheri Brooks who caused the brutal murder of Vera Jo Reigle.

I’m so glad you talked about Goodnight Sugar Babe, because I felt so dumb after watching that because I knew that case was not quite as complicated as the doc was making it

The Family I Had is definitely a great lesson for those parents out there that over look their children's problems

I feel sick thinking of that poor girl, Vera. What a horrific life of terror and pain. In a way, her death- getting murdered, is the only way she could escape because so many people failed to protect or save her. That’s the most bleak but honest outlook on a person’s life… to say that getting murdered put her out of her man made misery. 😫😔😭 Rest In Peace Vera Jo.

That last doc..whew. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and it occurred to no one I knew to tell us ‘hey, maybe don’t get into a stranger’s car’. I watched my friend get into a very nice man’s car to give her a ride home when I was about 7yrs old. He really wanted me to get in too, but we were at my driveway. I have flashes of the police talking to me and yelling at me to remember a license plate. and that was it. She was just gone. When I tell people, yeah a lot of us GenX didn’t really expect to survive into adulthood, I don’t think they realize what it was like back then.

The story of Elan is horrific... I can't believe they were only shut down because someone finally exposed them on Reddit and a journalist picked up the story😢 It's so sad that half the people interviewed are now dead or in trouble 💔

For anyone interested in the first story, Id reccomend reading the webcomic Joe Vs Elan School. Its a webcomic made by a graduate of the school, and it goes super in depth about all the things GG talked about and more, including Joes own trauma and PTSD following his time at Elan. Highly recommend.

GG, I really appreciate that you make jokes about the viewing experience instead of the material. I've seen some other RU-vidrs try to make jokes while reacting to the events in whatever true crime thing they're watching and it is so distateful. You do an excellent job at being serious but also light hearted

The black haired woman in the sugar babe documentary having a Taco Bell cup filled with milk sitting around behind her told me everything I needed to know about how she was somehow complicit with that murder

My stepsisters were both victims of the "Troubled Teen" industry. The most tragic aspect is that, like many others, the vast majority of their behavioral "issues" were the result of being being born to parents who were in active addiction and then subjected to the foster care system from very early ages. My stepmother was not equipped to deal with one, let alone two, children with such severe issues. But she refused to listen.

I'm a recovering heroin addict, I did it for like 15 years. That first documentary really really made me sad. I know the hell, and the despair they must feel. If you're reading this, and you're struggling, just know that there is hope, and you're not alone. I've known about Vera's case for a long time, And it's fucking infuriating that everyone failed her. I just don't see how other people aren't in prison.

Chapters : 1:53 The Last Stop 13:16 Goodnigh, Sugar Babe, The Killing Of Vera Jo Reigle 25:15 The Family I Had 34:02 Who Took Johnny?

Damn, GG, you just made me, a 50 year old hardened by life man literally cry with the story of Vera's last minutes on Earth! That poor, poor girl and that wicked, abusive manipulator 🤬🤬🤬 What the eff is wrong with these "families" and my lawd, WTAF were the police playing at? So, so much wrong with the whole story, my brain is struggling to comprehend it?! Wow😢😢😢

The story and death of Vera Jo makes me wish the Punisher was real. No one in that family besides Vera’s child deserves to be free and living.

Vera's case reminded me of Sylvia Likens case, which is... Terrible. Terrible, terrible.

i got curious so i looked into goodnight sugar bear before watching this video and god, its SO much worse than gg was able to get into, he was not joking. that poor poor woman, Vera wanted to escape repeated S abuse but died cold, naked, in pain and not able to be the best mother she could be. I hope all of that family rots with the way they were talking about her and what they did. Vera Jo deserved so much better, the neighbors who tried to get police involved and even *save* the kids while they were growing up must feel some guilt or defeat about what happened in that home. it makes me so fucking sick Cheri got a slap on the wrist for being a murderer and p*dophile (as young as TODDLERS mind you. i do not want to think about what she wouldve done to baby willadean or what they couldve done to her in the time span.) Cheri was so much worse than described, she had 5 children removed from her care because of what she did especially to her one year old, the one she had with her cousin. Abuse can create abusers, but im so sick about what she did.

The whole "why aren't we doing something about this?? Oh cause we can't? That fucking sucks" is part of the reason I can't watch a lot of these. It just makes me angry and then it's depressing.

Just Melvin just evil and sugar babe are both horrific stories… it’s crazy that I’ve dealt with people apart of both those stories. I’m originally from Ohio and had the displeasure of coming across Cheri multiple times. The most disgusting woman I I’ve ever met. And a couple years ago I was a CNA in Seattle area, where I had the pleasure of caring for Pambi. She is the most beautiful woman I’ve met. Sweetest person ever despite what she’s been through.

The family I had was BAFFLING because… how’re two psychiatrists going to suggest you RUN AWAY from your child (because he’s probably going to kill you) and you just decide to continue engaging??????? Good luck to them. I hate that these people have the ability to continue roaming the streets with the rest of us.

God, those first two in particular were absolutely heartbreaking. I'm not American, so I never heard about the troubled teen industry until MrJoeNobody started doing his comic on the Elan school. I haven't finished reading it yet. Don't know if I ever will. It's just... so difficult to imagine what those victims went through, and how they must have felt. I've dealt with abuse, but nothing anywhere near that scale, and learning about Elan disgusted me to my very core. The entire industry still does. I feel so sorry for anyone who had the misfortune to be taken to one of those places.

My stomach churned hearing Vera’s story, It still hurts me to my soul knowing there are many many people out there like the monsters that abused poor Vera 😔 I cant even fathom it sometimes. Hearing stories like Vera’s I have to stop myself sometimes from thinking about it too much or I would just spiral, especially having children and also suffering from domestic abuse😔

Nothing will ever beat "Dear Zachary." I think it's because it was so well done and if you go into it without knowing much, it punches you right in the gut. You could walk into a room full of people and just say "Dear Zachary" and everyone who has seen it will have some kind of reaction. "Oh no! That was SO sad. I cried for a week!" Something like that is the general response.

I can tell you that the police in Iowa are pretty much still the same as they were in the 80s. The father of my children went to live with his dad in Davenport Iowa in 2014 and 2 months later he was killed, shot 4 times in the chest and once in the abdomen. No one was charged with his murder, it didn't even seem like they investigated or talked to anyone.and 6 months later his father that he went to live with was found dead near tbe Mississippi River. He was a fisherman his whole life, he would have never drowned and his keys and wallet were taken out of his pants and left on a rock outside the water. And no his family doesn't think he killed himself. He had 5 other kids with him in Iowa and the circumstances were all very weird. And again, no real investigation, no real suspects connected to it. So it has been 9 years and we still have no answers. It makes no sense and it's infuriating. Our two children who were only 4 and 5 at the time have to grow up not even knowing their father and not knowing why he was taken away. It's not fair

Was I prepared to watch a video about disturbing documentaries and real life horrors tonight? No. But this is Mista GG and I can always trust that no matter how bad it gets he does his best to be as respectful to the victims and to his audience as he can. Now I’m gonna watch some of his more lighthearted content to settle down for the night. Thank you GG for all that you do.

Paris is an absolute monster, and one note that wasn't mentioned here was that he had a genius-level IQ when he was tested, like so many sociopaths throughout history.

I’ve got a story to tell that relates to this video, when you made a video talking about Dear Zachary I just had to watch it. I broke down multiple times during it, so I had to get my dad to watch it. I could count on one hand how many times he cried in the past 21 years of my life. After watching dear Zachary, he was more of a mess than I was, the man is otherwise the biggest stone wall I know. to this day I think Dear Zachary is the most powerful doc I’ve ever watched. An incredible story I have GG to thank for showing people like me

Its so crazy you mention JFK on the 60th anniversary of his death. RIP Edit: I wasn't trying to be funny, I genuinely did not expect it which is why I mentioned it.

I was in a lot of "children's psychiatric inpatients" run by a place called Trillium. I STILL, to this day, have night terrors about being sent/ trapped there. I could go on for hours about the horrors I witnessed and endured firsthand. And that was in the early 2010's. I can not imagine how much worse these places were before the internet and when adults were much more willing to blindly trust a supposed authority figure, no matter what.

I was in 8th grade when Vera Jo was murdered. I remember the whole town being shaken bc murders just didn’t (and still don’t) just happen in Findlay. You didn’t seem to touch on how batshit crazy Sheri was, and hearing her side of the story is messy

Vera’s story is so heartbreaking, it blows my mind how brutal a lot of people are and the amount of people that live in the conditions Vera lived. There was little to no justice to her, hope karma gets all the family and people who hurt her in any possible way

Almost sensing a theme in this particular batch. legitimately terrifying how careless and often apathetic those with "real" authority can be

Wow that “treatment center” is even worse than the one my ex was sent to in southern utah for getting caught smoking weed. They did the same wall punishment but never for that long, still horrific. My ex was so brainwashed he went back to work there and even got a tattoo of the name on his chest. I didn’t realize how bad the whole thing was until he took me to visit to celebrate his birthday a few weeks after our wedding. These types of places need to be shut down.

These monsters need to pray to and thank their deity of choice that people didn’t execute them after these docs. How the hell is Sherry even alive still? Like I get it. People have self control. But, good lord these docs are infuriating.

Check out “Somethings wrong with Aunt Dianne” and “Tell Me Who I Am.” That last one will fucking body you

I was in an institution called Clarinda Academy. And the place is shockingly similar to Elan. It was owned by a company called Sequel. My year at Clarinda was the worst year of my entire life and I've still not recovered. The things I witnessed and went through while there will haunt me. I'm glad I got closed.

There were kids who escaped Elan. 3, I believe, who all died the same night they escaped. I remember the story of one girl that escaped and tried to hitchhike to the nearest town, got picked up by a trucker, and he raped, murdered, and abandoned her on the side of the road near the "school". Another boy escaped, made it to a neighborhood and was shot after banging on a residence door begging for help. Those kids couldn't leave because the fear of the outside as much as the fear of the inside.

Right when I start having faith in humanity once again I here stories like this and I remember just how terrible and evil people are and can be. This may be a hot take and insensitive but sometimes I just wish there was a vigilante out there avenging those who the justice system failed, ridding the earth of the nasty oozing cysts and cancerous tumors on our society who dont even deserve to called a human beings.

27:16 is a perfect parody of every current applebees ad ever

This is part of why I've never been scared of fictional horror media even as a little kid. Real life humans are capable of so many more horrific things. When people talk about some of the scariest and most disturbing horror media the monsters depicted are always humans.

I don't believe I've ever seen GG as upset as he did when talking about Vera's life and her murder. He usually crack jokes that help with the darkness of the topic in a dark humor way. He couldn't even do that, he just wanted up to sit with it and the disturbing nature of it.

I remember Wendigoon talking about the disappearance of Johnny and Martin and the beginning of the milk carton campaign. Unfortunate that it didn’t really achieve anything and that a lot of kids on those weren’t actually missing, just teens that went out to party for a few days or something

Nexpos video about the teenage "camp" was better than the documentary, I highly recommend it

The story of Vera is so horribly Sad. Its so frustrating that these people exist.

hey! I found your channel through your disturbing documentaries! it was Tickled! You said "hey check it out first before watching" and I went "ok let's see" loved it, then I came back and watched all your backlog!

Alec is from my hometown and he’s been deceased for about 4yrs now. Devastating. I never knew he went to this school until seeing the doc. Postmortem.

Yesss, been waiting for the revisit to disturbing docs. Absolute bangers every time. I'd still love to hear your thoughts on Dear Zachary considering you were the entire reason I watched it.

Okay, so I know it’s a very serious video of docs… but I’m crying from laughing so hard at myself because when you cut to singing as an Applebees wing ad I really thought the video cut off for an ad and I grabbed my remote, cause I’m watching on my TV, waiting for the skip option to show up 😂 I walked away for a few seconds to feed my cat so I wasn’t fully paying attention and just heard the transition from pause to singing… I’m dying! 😂

I remember throughout the years I went to summer program (it was supposed to help with remembering subjects for school) and I met a lot of really cool people who were normally in schools for troubled teens. I heard a lot of horror stories too from them and it breaks my heart, they're wonderful and I really hope that they're doing well now. I can only imagine how awful it is with the Elan school and how it was even allowed to stay open as long as it has. What I appreciate about the internet is that people I know are more aware of places like this now, along with the troubled teen industry.

The Elan story reminds me of the White House boys of Marianna, FL. What happened in Marianna is one of the most disturbing things that's ever happened in this country and to think it went on for decades is unbelievable, especially since the entire town was in on it. I highly recommend looking it up if you haven't heard of it, but be prepared. It's dark as hell. I mean there were bodies of children discovered on the grounds just a few years ago and there are believed to be many more that haven't been discovered yet.

I find most of the documentaries I've seen come in three flavors: absolutely disturbing, frustrating, or a bitter blend of the two. The only one that I can think of that didn't leave me feeling worse after was Dave Not Coming Back, just because of the love on display from the people involved in the events. It was very sad to say the least, but not something that made me feel helpless afterward. Highly recommend that one. It's about the death of a diver and the efforts to retrieve his body from an incredibly dangerous diving location. (I should note, this isn't a recommendation for GG's disturbing docs series, just for people in general. It's not disturbing in the same way these docs are.)

GG! Thank you for spreading awareness about Vera’s story. I grew up in the city where Vera’s murder happened. I was to young to understand the events that were happening but after I learned about the events when I was older I was beyond nauseated. I just want to say again thank you for spreading awareness, those monsters could never be punished enough for what they did.

Call me crazy but, Paris killing Ella, is terrible and he deserves the worst for it. I can understand his mom “forgiving” him as to not lose both of her kids. However if I found out my 13 year old son assaulted my 4 year old daughter as well as murdering her???? He would never ever be forgiven. I’m not saying I can excuse murder. But I 100% cannot fathom forgiving murder and assault. Also charity saying “Achilles was killed….. by Paris!” Is fucking crazy hello???

Amazing as always, GG. I'm from Maine and Elan is awful. Its clear the students who thought it helped are still in so much pain. I hope they get the healing they need.

I marathoned a crap load of your videos the other day. You're one of my new-favorite-RU-vid-recommended channels 👍

this is definitely one of my favorite series of yours. keep doing these.

Love this series. I enjoy your humor but when the time calls for seriousness, you also deliver in a way that is just as engaging. I immensely respect your restraint in not trying to overcompensate with an overabundance of silliness to counteract the disturbing nature of these films (documentaries like Just Melvin, Just Evil, for example, deserve nothing but the utmost consideration and sensitivity given how absolutely sordid the subject matter is, and you gave us that in the last installment). Again, great work GG. You're one of my favorite youtubers for a reason.

Goodnight sugar babe happened in my hometown when I was a jr in HS. I recognized a lot of the people in it but the craziest part is that the city kept it pretty hush hush. Like most of us didn’t even hear about it until the doc came out.

"Troubled teens" is a whole other subject, buuuut that is usually how that works to one degree or another. Like at rehab facilities. Thats usually a large portion of the staff. Former addicts who want to help other addicts, and have the experience to know what patients are going through. Now you shouldn't just be forced directly into that position (especially when youre that young and not ready). But theres something to say about how that's often the best people to help others, people who have been through similar.

Thank you I was rewatching all of the vids can’t belive you made a new one

Genuinely the story of elan is haunting, i first learned about it from a video essay from Nexpo and christ- the stuff that went down in that place until 2011 was horrendous

Literally…. Stopped watching “the family had” doc because it felt so drugged out and I lost interest in finding out where is this going. Also, it seemed like mom was a little too obsessed with her son… WHO didn’t just commit a small crime, but who KILLED HER DAUGHTER. Also, it was quite annoying watching his interviews from jail about how he’s missing all of these life milestones, for example going to prom… I mean… yeah, you literally killed someone defenseless and innocent, so you deserve to rot in jail and do not deserve to enjoy life milestones.

A note: it's no longer called multiple personality disorder. It's referred to as dissociative identity disorder (DID). It's a complicated illness.

I have been missing these SOOO MUCH! Rewatched the others about 6 times

Police officers attempt to do their job challenge. Difficulty *IMPOSSIBLE*

This was exactly what I needed tonight while I work an overnight shift. Thanks GG!

When I had to go to a mental hospital at age 15, I was forced to stand facing a corner for 8-12hrs, then forced to sit at the end of the hall as far away from all the other kids there as possible, and I had to do all my "work sheets" that were all exactly the same every day, had to eat all my 'meals' there, on a cement floor with cinderblock walls, and was immediately put on the max dose of effexor, which made me actually go crazy. That was just the nuthouse, which was a cakewalk compared to the blatant abuse I suffered from my mom & step-father... 😮‍💨

The Johnny Gosch story haunts me…I feel like this happens so often and the authorities/community leaders/elected officials are in on it bc they benefit from it in one way or another. And then there’s Larry King(not the suspendered late night host)oh my goodness- the embodiment of evil who was able to get away with a majority of his depraved crimes….it’s maddening

Mista GG, You are a VERY STRONG man for watching these Docs and being able to summarize them back to us. I don't have the stomach for it man. It angers me that this kind of abuse has happened.

I love all your other videos, but especially love when you cover “disturbing” documentaries. It absolutely intrigues me at the backstory and real world info related to these f*cked up people and stories. Thanks gg, I hope you continue this in the future !

Another amazing video gg. You always manage to make me so excited when I see your thumbnails pop up on my feed. These doc videos are fantastic, we love to see em

The Achilles heel thing was great. "He got killed...by Paris..."

Been watching your videos for years man, just wanted to say it's been so awesome getting to see your method, presentation, and attitude evolve over the years. You've supplied top tier content from day one, and it keeps gettin better! Long as you're posting, I'm watching!

I dont think ive seen GG this shook over a movie maybe ever, and ive been here since we were still joshin on aunt viv. Big ups for the video, man. We appreciate you

Behind the Bastards did a GREAT deep dive on the Elan shit too, highly recommend checking it out

i was born and raised in maine. was adopted and abused by my adopters. when i was 14 they falsely imprisoned me in st marys based on a bunch of lies and st marys referred me to a case manager at a company called community pathways. i was never in a PROPER troubled teens program, but st marys was the closest thing to it. my "case manager" was like a troubled teens program monitor. she was only there to listen to my abusers and even encourage them to abuse and neglect me whole she was present. not to report it, no no. to gaslight me by saying she had it so much worse than me and i was SAVED by my abusive adopters. i have 4 siblings. all of them had the same experience. i know dozens of other abused kids in maine and it is the same story over and over again. maine has some of the worst child welfare in any eastern state.

Damn have I been a hard sell, but who knew American Mary is the straw that would break me. Patreon here I come.

I first heard of élan from Nexpo's video and now got more insight in here. Élan is one of those things that infuriates me, even makes my chest hurt. It makes me angry that it existed, that it was functional for so long, that no one had intervened (even myself, even tho I was barely alive at the time and live in another country). Every story, every characteristic about élan sickens me. I guess I can just cope with the thought that the perpetrators are burning in hell.

I am soooo with ya, yo i havent even finished this video yet because of rewinding so many times but YES SPREAD AWARENESS. AND ACTIVILY PREVENT THIS SHITE. THIS SHIT MUST STOP NOW. We serious need active action and harsh penalties for abusers. The worst part is things like this get dug up after the fact. Im honestly heartbroken here yall.

Most of these docs seem interesting to watch but also sound very frustrating with how they are pieced together. Like they wanted to keep intrigue so they tried messing with when plot points would be exposed and even added in little filler scenes. One thing I would like to add is in the Who Took Johnny part, they probably calling it Multiple Personality Disorder in the doc but it is no longer called that but is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Love the content, even delayed sleep when I got the notification of your upload and well worth it.

Disturbing yet gravitating, ever see Knuckle, a doc filmed over a twelve year span. Crazy stuff. Another one is about the thieves in 70/80s New York, just pure sadness.

I love these videos man and I love how much empathy and sincere you speak about the victims in some of the awful things that happen

I’m skippin’ Elan homie, I already know all about it and it just makes my blood boil. The fact there’s one worse than that kinda scares me, I might not finish this video.

38:30 that was amazing delivery 🤣🤣😂😂"wtf is loli "

i absolutely LOVED this video! your documentary reviews are some of my favorite videos on RU-vid as a whole and i was so happy to see them return. i seriously look forward to your videos every week and this one was such a nice relief from all the university stress. thanks so much for the great content dude !