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Spoiler alert but the most heartbreaking part for me was when Askia's dad said: "You know what's peculiar? That judge was an elected judge. And I voted for her." It wrecks me every time I think about it.
and because the judge thought this socially deficient shut-in who thinks he needs a fallout shelter on the east coast in the event that North Korea launches a nuclear assault on the United States and keeps his money in jars in his own home This guy friggin kinned Sheldon of all people, what on earth would convince anyone he would ever contribute anything to society at all?
Another red flag for a psychopath is a child that “tortures” toys for fun. That’s actually an often overlooked precursor to abusing animals. The crazy kid that got arrested for threatening to bring his dad’s pew-pew to my high school was real big on dismembering his sister’s dolls when he was younger. Then he graduated to tormenting bugs, the any small animals he could get his filthy hands on. Parents, pay attention to your kids play habits!
Cats are so small for such a small length of time, since my cat became adult sized she’s battled with being extremely chunky. Love her tho, she’s survived cancer and has epilepsy and shit cats legit have nine lives
@Zebra It's not that it'd be bad, but if I recall correctly, she was born with a rare disease and had to go through surgery at a very very young age! So it's good to see how much she's grown and how strong and healthy she seems to be. It tells us she's recovered very well from all the things she went through! edit: I say this also because I had a kitty that was very ill when she was young, and because of that she never really grew much. She was about half the size of her siblings as an adult, but was fortunately very healthy and lived a long and happy life! We pampered her quite a bit because of how smol she was
Oh gosh my brothers classmates were in a horrible car crash recently and the parents lost both of their children in the crash, both still in school. Imagine how terrible that is, their entire lives are changed forever now
@@madeniquevanwyk oh my god both... 🥲 that's so awful. When I was in school a few students died as well and my first thought was how the parents will cope. Soooo so sad
@@nsn18never yeah i can't even try to imagine it. I would never cope. I teach some kids whose siblings committed s and I have no idea how they just go on with life 😔
there was a bad car crash in my town a couple weeks before we moved into our new home, drunk driver hit a car with teens in it, killed 2. when we walked into the house for the first time, it smelled like a funeral parlor because of all of the flowers. The woman who was living there before us was the mom of one of the kids who died in the crash. Couple weeks after moving in, we got mail addressed to the kid and mom, lots of colleges reaching out to him to get him to apply, maybe some acceptance letters. The worst one was a bill though. The bill from the ambulance that came to pick them up.
There is something super sketchy about a guy who is known for wearing a full fire proof suit having a fire in his home. Probably a coincidence but that alone makes me question whether it was an accident.
yeah, I've been saying the same thing about Gypsy Crusader. Dispite commiting a literal crime people will still pretend that they were wronged party. All you need is some dumb reason to support someone and everything they do is okay.
@@bobcatsjoe8891 do you know gypsies story because the whole "Despite commiting and actually crime" part of your sentence is really stupid sounding when his whole "crime" was having a gun on probation that he didn't even use
@@snek9558 he was a convicted felon for assult. Because of that he lost some of his rights as a citizen. Sure it's not the most heinous crime but they're not going to take a chance on an already violent person with a gun. Yes I do know about his full story. I don't really believe it for the most part as I believe he's twisted some points to make himself appear like the victim. He's a violent person who is willing to get into fights with people. There's a video of him walking where he says something along the lines of "just got into a fight. That was fun" and like I said hes also a convicted felon for assult. It's not out of the range of possibilities that he started the fights that he got into and walked away telling how he's the victim in all of it.
I think another big testament to Oki's documentary making skills is the fact the family was willing to talk to him. You see award winning film documentary directors get snubbed by victims' families because of their insensitive approach to the crimes involved. Knowing that the family are happy to work with a documentary maker says a lot about the behind the scenes discussions, and the intent of the documentary maker.
that was my same thought when i first started watching oki. i generally try to avoid true crime content without the green light from the victims family and it’s refreshing to see someone with this much respect for the victims. really wish this was the norm for the genre but when there’s money to be made who has time for empathy?
@@maxwashere. if true crime content had to get the "green light" from family, the victims stories may NEVER be told. I have followed true crime since I was a teen and I think it's pretty obvious when you come across a tragedy pimp that is trying to make money or a name off the backs of victims, and when someone wants to tell their story. I'd NEVER want content creators to bother the victims family to get "the green light" every time someone wants to tell their story. That's just grossly intrusive and traumatizing them all over again. If the family wants to be involved, then that's always a plus, but I think bugging families is just a big giant no. Tell the story, be true to the victim and don't try to sensationalize the story, but at the same time, don't censor the story either. Which a HUGE pet peeve of mine, when someone tells the story, but won't talk about what the victim went through.... Like that's going to change anything.... It doesn't, it just gives people the chance to sympathize with the killer by NOT talking about what they did to another human. It minimizes what the victim went through by not talking about the worst part of what was done to them. If you're going to tell the story of the victim, tell the whole story or don't tell it at all, but don't hide what was done to them. It's such a disservice to what a victim went through.
@@thenarrator6846 ya, not really. Don't bug families of victims every time a creator wants to tell their story. Could you imagine how many TIMES a family member would have to be traumatized every time a content creator wanted to get their story out there? After a while, you'd just be a pest.
@@Em22-wtf someone telling the story for thousands or millions to see, whether theyre wrong or not abotu details or scenarios, is even more traumatizing. true crime tubers are the pests. they exploit stories and profit off of victims and their families whether they want the story told or not
i am shocked that this guy got away with building an actual death maze under his house even though the only signs he brought up that he even remotely tried to help (the gas canisters that just "disappeared") were never confirmed
That sentencing was basically "I know that an innocent person has died and you have other criminal charges stacking up but here's a slap on the wrist. Oh, and if you're well behaved in prison then you'll probably do much less". No wonder the father says it was "unresolved". Because there's really no resolve for this.
I could imagine a scenario where Askia was murdered and the house was burned to cover it up. Lying about the canisters means he has something to hide, and walking into a negligence-causing-death scenario seems like the best way out of a murder charge.
To be fair they COULD have been stolen. I've had neighbors have literal potted plants stolen from their yards. Potted plants! He definitely did something wrong though.
I find it really weird he told him to go to the window even though it had bars on it. Wouldn’t Daniel know the window had bars on it? He spent so much time on that bunker, he’d know every detail about it.
@@Beelzebubby91 He was blindfolded everytime he went near the outside, so he wouldn't know where the bunker is, i assume he was only working on the tunnels, and didn't know much about anything else.
@@firewingphoenix8078 nah he knew where the bunker was. At one point he turned on his GPS before being blindfolded and figured out where it was. I recommend watching the documentary on Oki’s channel.
@@hockeylance36 Charlie makes the strong point that moving a gas canister through that horde would be near impossible when inhaling smoke and having clouded vision.
Probably without serious legal issues and hurdles, permits and permissions etc. He should’ve done all of that, but that’s probably why he went the route he chose. To avoid government interference and to avoid getting permissions and stuff.
I can’t decide if I want to believe he killed this kid out of delusion, or if he’s one of those people who was so invested in how “criminally intelligent” they are that they try and see if they could get away with murder
NO WAY MY DAD HAS BEEN TO THAT HOUSE. My dad worked in Montgomery County as an arborist and that was either the neighbor by his client or his client. Something like that- but I remember him telling me this EXACT story and having troubles working in the area because of this guy and his tunnel.
I feel so sorry for the dad, you can tell by looking at his eyes that he is in deep pain. A parent should never have to bury their own child. Has to be soul-crushing
This is such a sad story. Askia was definitely murdered by Daniel. It shows the serious lengths of how bad mental illness can get as well. I hope Askia is resting easy.
@Devon Hæbermän Kid made bad decisions. That doomer guy made worse decisions. I see what you mean, but the guy who hired a young, naive 20-something has a lot more to answer for.
@Devon Hæbermän you're really a scumbag if you believe working to get food on the table is greedy. It's like calling a kid greedy for doing off the books work like mowing the neighbors lawn.
Damn Oki's might be the first of this type of content where most of the footage is original and custom made and stuff, interviews from himself, footage at the house w in person narration, so cool
@@noahmobley5433 Yes, but its still good to acknowledge quality when you see it on RU-vid, a platform I started watching videos of cats swinging on ceiling fans and missing jumps from couch to table. Sure its standard for a docu but its quality to see a youtuber do this
i struggled for around 3 months with extremely distressing paranoid delusions while i was switching medications when i was 15 and it was absolute hell. delusions like beckwitt's can be so immensely distressing however i think it's absolutely outrageous that he didn't get help for these delusions and i completely agree that it was a murder. may askia rest in peace.
i had ocd with obsessive thoughts. i used to think i was losing my shit until i was diagnosed with anxiety, but in no point during my mental illness episodes was i even close to doing the shit my ocd thoughts made me obsess over. even if they were distressing. idk i dont feel for him bc he could have been helped. i feel more for askia may he rest in peace ✌️
@@whatamelon888 Yes. I have autism and ocd, so I get really bad obsessions and bad mood swings. I've always done everything I could for my mental health because my intrusive thoughts can get so disturbing. I would never want anyone else to ever have to suffer due to anything I did because of my illnesses. It's not our fault we have mental illness but it is absolutely our responsibility to do our best to treat it. This guy just seemed to have no empathy and no desire to develop as a person, trying to fit some persona. Gives me the creeps knowing people like that exist.
@@joosi_booty9334 that was a very nice joke. it's a good thing i've recovered and can manage my delusion when i get intrusive thoughts about it. i hope you have a wonderful and prosperous day wherever in the world you are!
Daniel was a regular caller into the Snow Plow Show, a prank call show here on YT I've been listening to for years. The guy who runs the show, Brad, actually gave a short interview in this vid but Charlie happened to not show any of it. I remember hearing Daniel leave voicemails where he would say weird stuff, and then hearing Brad mention this situation after it started to unfold, but he never had any real details. Finding out about the whole situation through this video was crazy. Daniel actually gave Brad a prank idea where he calls people and tells them he's been digging tunnels throughout the neighborhood, and he's under their house right now for various reasons lol.
That rant at the end about his sentencing is true. There are so many people that need to receive punishment, but for some reason don't get full sentencing.
@@SmartStart24 Way to bring race into it for absolutely no reason. He is rich. Plenty of wealthy black folk have gotten away with shit thanks to money. OJ Simpson murdered his wife and walked. Tiger Woods has about a hundred DUI charges that got swept away. Chris Rock beat the shit out of Rihanna and still kept his career and caught no charges. Get your head out of your arse and stop judging by race like the rich people want you to.
Daniel beckwith was so paranoid that he made askia put on a blindfold whenever he was brought through the house into the basement. He was led through the hoarding maze that was setup so that if you didn't know the way out it would literally take forever. When the fire broke out the smoke was super heavy so he had to crawl through the maze of junk which often purposely led to dead ends. Daniel attempted to rescue Askia by calling his name and screaming for him to get out but the fire was spreading so fast that Daniel ran out of the house. Askia eventually made it to a basement window but discovered there were bars on it that prevented him from escaping the flames so he stood there screaming for help then fell backwards into the fire and died a horrible death.
I was kinda disappointed in his most recent video, the fact that he always used to be impartial was what made it so good imo. The legal battle isn't explained well and goes against the angle oki takes.
It's really discerning how many fans of Charlie border the line between abnormal and unhinged, especially since Charlie has constantly put down such thinking and behavior multiple times in his content. They probably don't even listen to his reasoning and only watch him for his deadpan humor.
I remember this vividly from Blab. It was wild how a lot of people in the Blab community celebrated Daniels existence (3alarmlampscooter) because he was so smart & connected to the Martin Shkreli streams. People would idolize this man and convince Askia that he was an intelligent person who was almost 'God-like'. It was ridiculous. People were so into the idea of him building tunnels and being 'as smart as Martin'. I'm telling it like it is, I witnessed him show his explosives and talk about ideas of building tunnels to access underneath government places to bomb them or monitor them. He showed his tunnels several times in streams and coerced people to believe a grandiose identity. He is a very dangerous man and I'm very concerned that he managed to get away with what he has done to Askia & the motives behind his actions were close to terrorism, but now he is a free man. Sad world & RIP Askia & big love to anyone in the Blab community affected by this. - Elethal
Appreciate the hell out of that prepping spiel. There's absolutely rational and responsible ways to prep for some kind of disaster. People do it all the time for natural disasters and the same ideas can be applied to other scenarios without much change in the supply list. Just don't forget to stock a little extra so you help others too.
@@mogo5055 it's just that when I sort by newest, I prepare myself to read the most unhinged opinions. I'm right 99.999% of the time. But yes, mutual aid is based.
i honestly dont. like charlie basically said that if you build a bunker youre a freak. i dont think that at all. im absolutely going to build a fallout bunker for my family when i get there. and if i have the money id make it big enough for the whole neighborhood (assuming i live in a place where thats possible)
One of the underground tunnels had a secret locked room that Daniel didn't want Askia to go into. The fire marshal declared the tunnels unfit to enter, so they haven't been investigated. But I would like to know what's hidden in that room.
Mr. Ballen is awesome, you can tell he makes his story telling videos with so much passion and effort. Poor kid, it must've been terrifying and absolutely painful for his family.
I knew this guy. he was a nuisance in the Phone Loosers OF America community specifically the Snowplow Show. He would always leave weird voicemails on the show that were crazy conspiracys. Then it was silent and a few weeks later someone found the news article.
Another thing that doesn't get mentioned much. Is the size of the fire itself. Autopsies say he was burned from head to toe. Even his father said he was "Practically Cooked!" Yet In the documentary, the firefighters were able to put out the flame with a few sprays of water?
Best guess is that it's actually because he was found on an arc welder and was electrocuted to death with enough electricity that the burns charred his flesh. In that case he could suffer horrific burn injuries within a fairly contained space. Probably got electrocuted so badly that the fire spread and rich shit head called the fire department to try and save his bunker from being destroyed. Not because he cared about trying to save the guy he likely just tortured to death.
@@CatCheshire This is probably correct. In enclosed spaces the temperature can quickly rise and give you burns across the whole body due to the temperature rather than direct contact of the flame.
By “not resolved,” the guy, I’m assuming the father, meant that there is no justice in the case-the man still died in a fire, so no conviction of Daniel will bring Askia back. None of the charges pertained to Askia’s death because he voluntarily worked for Daniel and died in an accident, so the guy/father will not get justice for Askia’s avoidable death. Also, screw Daniel. I can’t believe he assigned the blame to Askia for failing to find a window without bars. How can this guy not accept culpability in this death? If this guy didn’t have a hoarder house, Askia could have fled to safety; also, if he didn’t build a pointless bunker under his house, Askia would never have been there. As of now, I can’t exactly say it’s a murder because there is no irrefutable evidence of motive and method, but it was entirely avoidable.
Oki's documentaries are magnificent. You can tell the amount of care he puts into his work & his commitment to getting information from primary sources is admirable and should be a standard for documentaries
@@johnm6495 lol what? I can't think that he does magnificent work putting stories together in a respectable manner? in which the victims participate and openly express that they appreciate his work? grow up
If i remeber this correctly he would blindfold the person, have them walk through a fake maze, up and down stairs, while also repeatidly spinning them in a circle. This would make it impossible to find an exit in an emergency.
I think Charlie missed a major detail, the basement was filled with trash in a maze like fashion, and the guy was blindfolded when being led through it. The reason he couldn’t find his way out is because it was full of smoke and he was literally trapped in a maze of trash and fire.
it's a really good thing to have, idk why he thinks it's so crazy. like a tornado, tsunami, earthquake, or volcanic event could affect like 80% of the population at any time (I'm not sure anyone lives in a place free of ALL of these disasters) , not even accounting for crazy ass leaders with nuclear weapons deciding to do a megadeath event at any time.
@@namelesswolf2625 i don't think his point was that having a bunker or underground shelter is crazy, it sounded more like he was saying having an obsession with creating an underground network of bunkers because of a fear of a nuclear fallout which is taking over your daily life so much so that you forgo safety is crazy. Which it is
@@zoenunley2725 thats 100% what he meant but he phrased it in such a way it generalized it to mean any type of bunker. He also made a weak comparison between fear of planes and fear of nuclear war. I 100% get what he was trying to say but in the moment he didn't explain his thought process in the best way.
When I watched the video I never considered that he never bothered to save him due to his fear of him knowing where his house is, I thought it was just severe neglect for others but that's the level of sociopathy Daniel was at. Askia's dad seems very intelligent and the concern he showed for him seemed very realistic, that he was working for some sketchy rich guy hoping to become rich himself. Truly heartbreaking stuff, Oki makes some of the professional stuff tho.
agreed. that judge was probably paid off or something. the guy is obviously unhinged and any other judge would make sure he got longer and then spend the rest in a psychward.
@@fort809 a lot of them get slaps on the wrist. others get better plea deals which is stupid. they say it's to be fair, but yet, it never is and the judges are the most corrupted and the ones that actually do their job don't get enough credit.
A bunker is one thing we use to advertise people to have their own bunkers all the time back during the Cold War but an entire maze is way to much lol 😅
This reminds me of the ancient stories of a lord putting to the sword the builders and architects of their castle so no one else would know the secret passages and details of the construction. I get the same vibe here.
I think having a bunker with food and supplies ready at any moment is smart in case of anything happens but it really depends on how you go about doing it. If i had the money i would do it i think it would be a cool idea
Exactly! Having a shelter with some supplies in your backyard for peace of mind isn't bad. It's when your whole life starts to revolve around it that it becomes an issue.
I mean we have multiple first world countries throwing around the idea of nuclear war like a wiffle ball right now. It's really not that crazy when the world is currently being run by, well, crazies.
@@marcindzamroga8945 just build a panic room. If you live within 50 miles of a major city a bunker isnt going to do shit for you in a doomsday scenario
@@ebob0531 true but I was referring to people who have land to take advantage of a bunker room is smart. If I could I would build a little shelter in my backyard obviously underground for easy access
@@goatloaf198 yeah, wonder why anyone even gives attention to these bots anymore. they are boring as hell at this point, saying the same thing over and over. too bad theres always people dumb enough to fall for these things, its so obvious.
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I literally just found his channel last night and subbed because of this story, I feel so sorry for the mother and father 😢, absolutely no justice for that poor boy who only wanted to make a difference a achieve his dreams, I just wish he would have listened to everyone giving him the warning signs
Jack rhysider covered that story a long time ago on one of his darknet diaries episode The boy died for his own greed. Why tf would anyone think it's a good idea to work for a sketchy guy build his underground tunnel
@@user-lv1id5wz9g he looked up to rich successful people he's more gullible than greedy. And oki did interviews with a number of people involved with the story so oki not being the first to talk discuss the story doesn't really matter much in this case.
Charlie: "Dick Rocket is such a hype name its just unfortunate in the situation here because it's a super sad story" I never thought i would hear charlie say those words combined into a sentence
Americans are very sheltered from the realities of the world. I don't blame Charlie for that necessarily but there are terrible people out in the world and I wouldn't go straight to calling it a phobia/mental illness when someone wants to be as prepared as possible. This dude clearly has other issues beyond a simple phobia.
I think he's just saying for someone who takes a doomsday scenario seriously enough to spend lots of money building their own bunker, barred windows is a no-brainer.
@@qwertykeyboard8033 in a large chunk of the US, it is relatively safe and people don't worry about needing things like window bars and bunkers. It's a very sheltered take to claim that you have to have some sort of phobia to want to be prepared for events out of your control. Charlie seems to write it off as a phobia but it's clear to me this man has a lot more going on than a simple fear of apocalypse. I agree that his bunker was a manifestation of his paranoia but it's ridiculous to insinuate that wanting a bunker is weird. The way he went about building the bunker is what's weird. Wanting to be prepared for events out of your control is not. Again, I'm assuming Charlie has never lived anywhere dangerous enough to need things like window bars and I'm not blaming him for it but it just shows how incredibly sheltered Americans can be.
Tbh I think Charlie’s take on the nuclear thing would be perfect literally a year ago. Most of the large countries with nuclear capability have literally been threatening to drop nukes the last few months.
@@brandoncortezemmanuel357 it was a sanctioned test. North Korea’s air space is over South Korean waters lmao. They literally exist within the same island
I would love if we all got up and shoved these "leaders" into a room, give them two broken pool cues and tell them to settle their differences like men. Hell I wish all arguments between world leaders happened like this instead of by threatening the lives of innocent people.
psychosis by itself is sad enough for someone to deal with, but when they have a lot of money and power enough to get other people involved is even worse. you can tell from the inside of the house and the behavior on reddit that something was off with this guy.
Beckwitt went to my college and lived in the same dorm as me. He was a bit of a odd guy, didn't seem to have many close friends there, but I remember him talking up bitcoin around the time it started. When these stories came out a few years ago, my friends and I were astounded at how insane things got.
Hell yeah I love Oki's channel ❤ he's always so considerate of his interview subjects and the situations themselves. This one in particular I liked how he focused so much Askia as a person. Thanks for highlighting his channel
Not even a hot take, but getting on a plane is one of if not the safest way to travel. It's spooky the first few times but being scared of that is way less rational than preparing for doomsday. I love his takes but the fact that he can't wrap his head around that is the smoothest part of his brain doing the thinking.
Oki is a really good documentarian, especially for RU-vid. Imo another rising star in the genre is Popo Medic. He's been shifting his content from law enforcement reactions to crime documentaries and they've been really good.
This man will definitely re-offend if this case doesn't change. The abuse of animals, absence of empathy & general creepy/menacing behavior like duct taking Askia's eyes.. Seems pre-meditated esp w/ his history & the testimonies of those who grew up with him. RIP Askia, I hope justice if reached someway somehow.
