Mom Discovers Missing Son's Horrifying Secret | Darkest Disappearances 6 

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When my daughter started school I thought her bus was very late and I knew there was a new bus driver as opposed to the one that I knew well and trusted, so eventually I called the school in a panic and they probably thought I was crazy. They said she'd be home soon but I was in full blown panic mode, my heart was racing and I could hardly breathe. Thoughts of what could be happening to her raced through my head, and not knowing where your child is and who they're with, especially when they're very young, is terrifying. Turns out I was just very mistaken about the time her bus was supposed to arrive. I felt stupid in the end but just getting even a momentary taste of what it must be like was so awful. I can't imagine how it feels when it goes on and you never get that relief because something bad is indeed happening. If I didn't have kids I genuinely would choose to no longer participate in a world we're all forced to share with vile scum that would hurt children. I'd just opt out of existence altogether. I hate it here.

Scary. Hope your child was alright

My husband was missing for 3 days. It's torturous, the not knowing. He was in the next town over and had tried to overdose but as he woke up he tried to drive home and was in jail for DUI, nobody was hurt. I will never forget that feeling of just being completely helpless like a mouse running on a wheel looking for him, and just having to sit stare at my phone waiting to hear anything. I can't imagine what family goes through missing someone for years!

after i graduated high school. around 22 or 23 years old, a girl i went to school with her family reported her missing and she ended up being at a friends. but you never know right!

Not knowing is a torment I wouldn’t wish on anyone

Agree. And her mom must have gone insane knowing she could have been in the same building as her. So sad.

Agreed. It would drive me insane. That one where the girl was in the apartment building gave me goosebumps.

And yet he never got justice himself as Ricky was never charged for his murder...

@@DinoCism Yeah I know bitter sweet isn’t it 😢

@@DinoCism Is your point that he has not been charged yet, but hopefully will be soon?

Ricky Howard is hopefully getting "the treatment" in prison. Chomo...

@@kaptinkinnakeet1124is there a deleted comment I missed? What are you talking about? Nothing they said warranted that response

Omg!!! This absolutely cracked me up!!! I love older people and I could do picture saying that same thing in that situation...it's funny but still gets the point across!!!

Did it work?

I had never heard the term H E Double Hockey Sticks before Mike said it. I love these little Mikeisms!

@@trudim6024really?? We used to say it as kids bc we thought we were getting away with something. Lol

@@LCee7 Nope, I honestly somehow got to middle age never having heard it! Either people don’t use the saying much here in England or I’m desperately out of touch (probably the latter 😅)

Amen

As a male CSA survivor, he is indeed a hero. People don't realize how hard it is to admit, I can't imagine the courage and strength it must have taken to stay around his abuser in order to gather enough evidence to stop him doing it again. I'll remember him.

Yep, and we know what happened to him. Sadly, there was never enough proof. Opposite of sadly: they put the guy away for 30 years, thank God.

Thank goodness you were a smart kiddo. You knew to steer clear of those creeps.

*domestic violence awareness campaigns, and laws, didn't begin until the 80's. i learned that years ago, while developing biblical end time knowledge.*

@@OrchestralOrg Why is your comment bolded and the last sentence has nothing to do with OP's comment or the video.

I grew up in the 70's too. It was a completely different time. We left our door unlocked and a lot of us were " latchkey kids".

If your heart goes out then it's not in the right place

Me,2..my shitzu went on some adventures that made me sick for days. I always said I couldn’t live if my child was missing. I just obsessed over where was he, some honest dog lover took him home for several nites(5)…I miss him so much. He passed in may, in my arms. How people can do this to other people is reprehensible. I thank God that phone towers are helping solve so many disappearances and murders.

Ahhh I hope things get better for you soon and you find a way to be happy without her 🤗

Keep ya chin up, the right one for you will show up unexpectedly.

You have to be happy with yourself. Go out with your pals...life is good.

Hit the gym bro, look in the mirror and declare that you're him no more weakness, tiger is alone in jungle he doesn't feel sad about it

Why did she break up with you?

What year was that because my first child was born in 82 and I knew to never ever let her go outside alone or anywhere without my watchful eye because of the Laura Bradbury case. That was around that time.

@@flowerpower3618 july 1985

​@@flowerpower3618 1985

Same ❤

Yessss i to remember that person & in a captains hat,Thats what caught my attention..Love his character,he brings a slight sense of humour to it,which is what some of us need.. Take care 🤘🏼☮🤘🏼☮

Yes! And when he started to do “on location” walks around creepy local areas. Was hoping that would continue but clearly he took a wise direction for the channel and his own career. Sometimes you stumble across a new channel very early on and think to yourself, this kid is gonna make it. For once I was right 😆 Well done, good Sir. Well done. 👏

Miss those glasses tho…

He will stop before he gets to tree 😂

Poor Nicole, poor Marilyn, poor Caleb and poor Peter too. And. Poor families who've lost their dear ones with no closure whatsoever and tge mystery keeping that glimmer of hope alive

Mike I'm a bray man I love ur channel 😊

​@@yts70r135Eammon Cooke was most likely responsible for his abduction and murder, Rip Philip

...maybe it was jealous rivalry...

Same!! An OG. Love our Mike. 💙

Me too!

FACTS when I seen the vid drop I said hey guys lol been here for years

Me too! Back when he was just a guy with the black background rotating 3 ("tree") shirts... and we all loved it!

Ditto!!! Mike's rise was truly epic to watch! ❤

Up an hour away from ya! Hope you’re keepin as cool as possible in the Phoenix heat! Much ♥️& all the best to you and yours!

@@carrieeawbrey2830 thank you. and likewise my fellow That Chapter Arizonian

Represent!! 🔥

I live in tempe az . Stay cool 😎

Yeah, we do!

I would have been 6 from Hamilton and I remember my mom even telling me to stay out of buildings because of that poor girl going missing, it probably rocked most of Ontario at the time.

Apartment or otherwise, you don't let a child that young go out on their own. Period. Even a child that young going somewhere... to the local park or pool on their own is absurd. My parents would never think of it. I'm 52, by the way.. Again, my parents wouldn't have done it, and I would never do it.

I lived in 625, the building next door and that area has never felt safe

Smart mom ❤❤

Haha I live in Etobicoke for 12 years now.... It's changed alot - not for the better either.... I grew up in the north and miss it daily ❤

Someone else commented it could have been her mother that did something to her. That had me thinking

@@DoorsToHideBehind156 4 hours is kinda crazy to call the police when you know your kid might have disappeared 15 mins ago, but who am i to judge. an hour or two searching sure, but 4? sketchy. maybe not.

​@@DoorsToHideBehind156 I don't get why they didn't report her missing for FOUR HOURS. What the hell?

Surprising for Toronto police tbh. I agree with the theory of it being her mother. That or a neighbor. Either way it was clearly planned. No way it being the last day without security cameras is a coincidence 🤷‍♀️ Also Nicole's diary.. "I'm going to disappear"

You're a wise and alert parent!

I was a single mom and was glad to have lived in an apartment complex because there was always someone around. Especially at night. People who would hear me if I screamed.

Where did your internet go for 3 months ? On a deserted island??

@@david_bmx1148 lost my job and with mouths to feed, phone and internet are first to go

​@@david_bmx1148some of us only get 4 gbs of data a month, it lasts avout two days. I dont have Internet about 27 days outta the month

I'm so glad they protected you, those guards deserve a hand shake from law enforcement. I'm glad you are alright too, I've been a kidnap survivor and it's absolutely horrific

I nearly got kidnapped in my town square when I was around 12(?) on a summer afternoon. A jeep that had 2-3 guys in it started following me from the middle school and would literally circle the square quickly then slow down right next to me, I waited until they were on the other side of the square then started booking it up a different street to get home, even grabbed a big stick for defense. Looking back I should've gone to the courthouse/sheriff's department (it's in the middle of the square) and told someone but I didn't wanna risk crossing the road in case they could grab me and I was already a little late getting home.

I've seen a woman get abducted in broad daylight, in the middle of a crowd. She was screaming and pleading for help, but no one moved. Just one of many reasons why I have no faith in humanity.

​@@WobblesandBean..just curious..did you do or say anything at the time?...

It reminds me of all the disappearances in National Forrest's. Or just regular camping expeditions. SMH

@@fionamcfadden5772I was thinking the same thing🤔

@@fionamcfadden5772 Yes, how terrifying? What did you do?

Welcome to Texas. He’s a white man, not often thrown in jail here. It’s gross.

​@@lollylolly8186😡😢💔

But we don't even know for certain that Caleb WAS murdered. I mean, yes, of course it seems highly likely that he was, but any defense attorney could drive a truck through that hole. No corpse, no concrete evidence explicitly tying Ricky to the disappearance ... plus Caleb was a risk-taker, the defense could suggest that maybe he'd just taken off, disappearing willingly, taking the biggest risk of his life to escape whatever circumstances he was in. They say it's better to let the guilty go free than to imprison the innocent, so in this case I'm afraid Ricky would be found Not Guilty (which, remember, is not the same as "innocent").

​​@@alekhidell3644..yhh..but you have got to admit it IS the most likely scenario & that it's ultimately a load of bollox!?..about all those crap excuses..no way!..if it's blue it's blue & if it's red it's red & this was most obviously a "he did it fgs"!.. Pack it in with the "maybe this & maybe that's"!..We can aaall be adventurous but this is more obvious than a slap on the face..come on now?..you'd have to be really ignorant to even try as a commenter anyway imo to make excuses for this despicable human being!!?..& erm..your Honour?..GUILTY..Guilty as should be charged!.. R.i.p Caleb Diehl..& all of those who also went missing Xx💭❣💌😢😢😢🙏

I think a jury would have convicted this a**hole with no problem. Caleb's was last seen driving the mans truck and they know his last location was at this guys house by tracing his phone. The man testified he "found" an old broken phone and threw it away. This creep burned two computers in his fire pit AND Caleb had the incriminating evidence in his shower. This was more than suspicious. It's incriminating. With some prosecutors they want a slam dunk for their record instead of going after criminals. I dont know if that was the case, but I think they could have won this. They figured he will die before he gets out, but then there is still no justice for this young man.

Yes, it reminds me of The Lovely Bones. So sad

Yea actually it kinda does! That was such a sad movie 😢

@@kimberly22224 ya, especially because she was technically never found in the movie

Oh man! The movie was good, but the book is SO HEARTBREAKING!!

@@perfectly_imperfec agreed, it's a tearjerker! Tbh it's one of the few movies that definitely does its corresponding book justice--the cast and the production team NAILED it

During the week everyone is at work at that time of day, and if they are home people don't sit outside like they used to.

Except it wasn’t. The cops egregiously mishandled this case so he will never be convicted of Caleb’s murder. Caleb’s family will never know what actually happened to him. The cops failed Caleb like they do so many others who go missing around rich, influential people.

May they always, always be safe and sound and happy.❤

Maybe that’s why I never had children. My cat disappears in my apartment and won’t answer when I call him sends me into a tailspin … I can’t imagine losing a child. 😢

​@@jeanneganrude8549I understand that feeling of dread when I can't find the cat or dog. Even though they're in the house, if they don't come running when I call them, I start to panic.

@@jeanneganrude8549 Yes, once you have them your life & mind is no longer your own. Certainly keeps us grounded. There are some that go on about their lives as if their children don't exist of course. I cannot relate to these people & they sicken me. We can blame drugs or booze but when we have children we don't have the option to escape getting off our faces. We have to be brave & face the fears we have for them. It's being a parent. As soon as they are born we become super heros for them & we would die for them.

⁠@@stacyrussell460This! Also, my daughter went “off to college “ in Illinois, we lived NC. Illinois Institute of Technology… I worried so much those years, of her having to walk dark winter nights home, under viaducts and stuff. Taking the “L” alone at all hours. After her 2 yr dorm living, she’s stayed safe and stayed there….Chicago actually is no More no less than a lot of cities…😅💙

So what? It’s his accent!

I love how they talk.

Love it!

So you actually counted how many times 😅

Best comment ever

My first thought was also sex trafficking.

Really? I'm Irish .. in Ireland and have never heard of this case... this has honestly blown my mind

@@Chloe299XxX He was 12 and disappeared in 1986. Last picture of him that was circulated was him in his school uniform. Haunting and his poor parents never found out what happened to him, or anyone else for that matter.

​@@Chloe299XxXprobably because it was so long ago. Very sad

@bjj9711 yes but I was born in '89. Remember cases of so many others. And heard of them. But I do not know how I didn't see updates. Or the suspects etc

@@paulinegallagher7821 I looked it up after. Genuinely don't know how I never heard of this. So sad

I’m the same !! Doing my errands while listening to Mike🤩

Mike is my go to when doing dishes! I actually now enjoy doing them because it is my me time! ❤

He's such a good storyteller that you don't need to see the video, he paints such a vivid picture with words!

It’s a terrifying thought

I too, have picked up that phrase but mine has an ending like this..."and if you keep barking like a big BAD dog, mammy will take you down to the Shin Fein office on Parnell and make you go home with MaryLooLondonDerry and as the bearded one can promise you, that's not a nice trip. * YOU may have to be Irish to get this *😂😂😂😂😂

You should definitely give in and say that to anyone that is impatient 😂

@@i_like_blast_beats I will give into the intrusive thoughts and let you know the results lol

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That's what I thought of immediately. Jason and the guy who posted about his experience to Reddit were older than those poor kids but still very young men. Ew... 😢

I highly doubt Jason's case is related to the Franklin Credit Union Scandal. But Omaha is full of strange/disturbing events. Unfortunately I know too many of those involved.

The Franklin Credit Union thing is a crock. It's a sad remainder of the Satanic Panics of the 1980s - or a precursor of the recent QAnon hysteria. If you're down with QAnon, I guess you're down with the FCU imbroglio.

It's Nebraska. I'm not surprised.

Interesting how the last case involves a monster who was also president of a local bank, except in Texas rather than Nebraska

The wife literally waits lol

That’s what I’m saying! We are definitely stalkers lmao

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I think he likes it!!😂😂

😂😂😂😂😂😂

I'm unsure. Maybe the perp just had a type he was attracted to and was an opportunist.

Or “tree turdy”, bless the Irish, I adore them. ❤😊

Being Irish I can tell you that this is not really how most Irish people speak.... in my experience it's mainly men that can't pronounce their th's...I don't know many Irish women that talk like this (dis 😂)It also depends on what part of Ireland that you're from....I have a feeling that Mike tends to exaggerate and play up the " turds" !

Don't complain. At 52 and feeling old asf, I'd love to be called a teenager. :)

Self-employed here too, congrats! Feels great, huh?

@@SpecialBlanket Yes it does!!!😁

@@tapoemt3995 I'm 72. Lightweight.😁

Under an hour gang

Enjoy the video!

I loved the irish episode you did a few weeks ago. Any chance you would cover the “house of horrors” (Wellington Terrace) murders in Cork, 1994

@@roxanneb8844how are they revictimized? Isn’t getting the stories of the world’s cruelty a cautionary tale? So that others can be more vigilant? And also Mike wouldn’t have a channel at all if we, the viewers, didn’t seek these types of stories out. You wanna blame us for victimizing people too? Should we ALL be upset at you as well? What were you trying to accomplish here?

@@roxanneb8844I’m betting you won’t read the responses because you’re so busy posting this same comment to the hundreds of- if not thousands- of other true crime channels. Unless you’re some kind of nutty hypocrite. AmIRite?? 🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜 😂

@@roxanneb8844 bringing awareness to missing persons is never a bad thing.

Her case really bothers me. I want to think she's started anew elsewhere fearing someone from Montreal may come looking for her. Human trafficking and she escaped? Inadvertently got involved in gang issues? Saw something she shouldn't have?

Seems like she was def trying to get away from a scary situation, and maybe it caught up with her. Human traffickers and pimps will do what they need to do to control you. They will find your family and threaten to hurt them if you step out of place. I pray she went to start a new life to protect her family, but that is the optimistic version. 😔💔

Yup me too

Sometimes it happens that way😢😥

Blame the CPS

@@SharmVwhy them?

If you are talking about the nine year old girl who’d been in the truck with the suspect, she was probably a victim of his too and scared out of her mind.

Likely a victim of the monstrous Cooke and too afraid - you heard the prick's list of violent and sexual offences.

quiet, shill. he gets it every day.

Thanks for being here as always!!

Goooo! 🫶🏻

Sorry about your baby!

@nancybak8378 thank you 😢

It’s a throwback to when Irish was the only language spoken in Ireland. E.g. “Three” is “trí” in Irish, pronounced “tree”. ☺️🇮🇪

U love it

@@allahalkareem8055 What the hell is wrong with you!!!???