Ninjas, Heists, and the Billings Family 

Your comment made my day, thank you.

That's great news!! Ty for sharing that information!!

This is amazing news! Thanks for sharing.

That’s wonderful to hear! Thanks for letting us know!❤️

thank you 🙏🏼

@ J McCoy, me too! I’d never heard buried described as “put down”. I’m glad family members weren’t involved. I feel so bad for the children that lost loving parents & can’t imagine the impact on their lives. It’s mind boggling just how many people will sale their souls for a dollar!!

@@pameversole5886 there’s so much greed, it’s unfathomable.

I think he was going to say "put down in the earth", alluring to burying them, but realized it was a bad choice of words and tried to save it, which just made it look worse. I thought he would be involved for sure too tho

Ditto.

I cant believe how many comments i just had to scroll through to find this comment!! I thought for sure it would be all over the comment section the second i heard him say that

That is what you keep in a safe. You also keep money and guns. They had another safe with money.

Did you miss how in the same breath as what you just quoted that the son literally said “that was the 3rd one WE HAD TO PUT DOWN” whilst speaking of his siblings who died?? 😳

@@hurricanekitty6736 Yeah that was frigging weird

@@hurricanekitty6736 PUT DOWN?! Shit I thought he was talking about a family pet 🤦🏻‍♂️🎯 🏹

@@hurricanekitty6736 Yoooo i also noticed that, like "it???" fr? On God? Just like that?

It's why watching his videos isn't so hard. There's a bit of humor to the expense of the criminals.

I think his bit of humour helps take some of the ugliness & tension out of the story.Not lessening the severity of it by any means

Agreed

Then why did he say the son was weird after that brief interrogation video? Seemed pretty straightforward to me….kind of distasteful if you ask me

That's good to know, thanks for sharing. Always judge a person by their deeds, above their words - seems Bud and Melanie passed that test with flying colours. It's tragic that all the children they lived for lost them, but before they died they gave them the priceless gift of unconditional love which will stay with them always.

O man, tearing up. so sorry for *your* loss.

Thanks for sharing that, Jeremy. In the dog-eat-dog business world, it's neat to hear a story from someone whose life was personally touched by a businessperson who was "not the norm."

Appreciate you sharing ❤❤

That’s so sweet, Jeremy. I am so sorry to hear your family went through so much. Your comment illustrates your compassion and seeing the good in people, something we could all do a lot more. Thank you so much, bless you, friend. 🥰💖

She knew they were helpless and thank goodness they were unharmed physically.

Amazing neighbor.

Duh

@@celeste.cutz2020 hey 👋

Exactly!! She definitely deserves recognition for her bravery! Most people wouldn’t go inside, in case the killers were still in there… But all she cared about was saving and protecting the little ones still in the house! Definitely a good neighbor and a beautiful person!🥺❤️

“What?? I’m a suspect?” 😂😭😂🤣

It’s not the same van. The one in the security cam. Is an older model.

"Because it cant" Infallible reason. Best reason I've ever heard.

@@panicinyou8381 if you’re referring to the van at 10:27. I think that was just a stock picture bc that is a maroon minivan. The van that was used was an oldish non tinted windows that was red

The van at the old man's house had not run in years. It had been parked so long that trees were growing up through the floor. The picture shown is not the van from the old man's yard.

Yes, I feel the same way, they had to be paralyzed of fear and horror.

The Daughter and her husband sound Great for taking on the children.

They must have feared that the children were going to be killed, too.

Correct

Yeah, just cruel

Lolololol!!!

😂😂😂

Aww cool your gran ❤️ Mike! He's a good guy

This. Is. Fabulous. Go Nan!

I love this comment so much! I love Nan so much! Lol! 😂💛

At least they didn't return him like the RU-vidrs Myka and James Stauffer did with their adopted son.

@@ZombieDragQueen I think being returned by toxic people, and seeing your parents brutally killed+watching investigation go on, both carry their own sets of trauma.

Amen! I couldn't have said it any better. This one hurts not just for the victims but also so much for those kids. Lets hope and pray that they doing ok in spite of everything. That would be such a great legacy for the Billings couple ❤️❤️❤️

@@theresar6781 I had heard that with the estate and money they had, one of the adult daughters was able to stay in their home and take care of the children. Of course she had to hire help as well.

As an adoptee in a family of many like this I have to step in and say these people were hoarding children. This family was doomed from the jump, its just not okay to adopt a gaggle of us when 1 adoptee is already a lot because we are operating from a place of loss from the jump and there's simply not enough time in the day for that many kids with 0 problems nevertheless disabled and adopted!

@@aprilmay1700 that’s not what they mean by that comment. They meant that the fact that the parents put their deceased daughter’s meds and other sentimental things in the safe was heartbreaking because the parents cared so much for their kids. Only your most prized possessions are placed in a safe. For most people, that’s money but for the parents in this video, it was things that reminded them of their children.

@@aprilmay1700 seriously cleary that wasnt what they meant jesus, they were just stating how heartbreaking it was that that was in the safe it meant that much to the mom, my day died i have payslips of him just to have it thats all they were saying

Deceased kid's meds. I thought it was fkn brilliant - serves the bastards right.

Why? It's common to lock up prescriptions, old medicine caninets had hasps for locks. Edit, it would also prevent children from accidentally taking any medicine that was not theirs. So, no, its not unusual.

@@lizhall4473 like Mike said would love to have seen their faces and would also have loved to see their faces when they were told about the 164k in the other safe

"It can't be the same van... because..." 20 second pause "because that van is over there. But anyway, I'm not guilty." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Mikes got gout I think. JK. Lol 😂 love ya Mike ☘️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮

Then he says, "Oh, I see what you're saying." Then comes up with the same answer. If it wasnt such a tragedy, I could laugh a little harder.

.... "It's just... i kinda need to tell everyone that we are absolutely F'd"

Hey

Haha best part and the follow-up answer and tone was priceless

😆 I’ve never heard that one. 🐊 That’s great.

Make like a banana and split....

We got “I brought you into this world and I will take you out!”

Make like the birds and flock off.

@@dididothat2245 which has nothing to do with leaving

I think he said.. I didn't know about the safe until someone was asking me about what was in it... Or something like that.. and I think he meant that he didn't know about the killers stealing the safe, until police had asked him what was in it

put down in the ground, i assumed

Not really.

*tird

@@ellielittler5542 is that a phrase?

@@indigocrayon520 its a phrase used to refer to killing animals (usually through a veterinary clinic or with professional, humane direction) . You usually "put them down" if they're sick or old or any other circumstances where the animal is a danger or their quality of life is suffering. To use the term when regarding a person would imply some sort of dehumanization/thinking of certain people as "animals". He could have meant to put them down "in the ground" but the above reason is why i assume people would find it particularly screwed up. Hope I didn't make things sound more complicated than it needs to lol, if you knew this sorry! Some ppl have English as their second language and may not know

I think he stumbled over saying put in the ground and due to the situation got a little word confused. Unless there is some even deeper plot.

@@kyariaa yeah, I think you're right. he meant put in the ground

@@kyariaa I really don’t think he stumbled over his words. I think that is the phrase he’s used when speaking about their deaths with his friends etc. Then when it slipped out in front of authorities he had to backtrack. “Put in the ground” isn’t a normal thing to say either. It doesn’t make him guilty of anything, but it doesn’t make him a good person either.

That slip bothered me too.

@@NimWithRandomNumbers You've convinced yourself what he meant and ran with it. No one will truly know, but it sounds more plausible that he just got his words mixed up. It was their biological daughter, not one of the special needs kids they adopted.

Don't Kill Innocent People......

@@rehab5355 Yeah. Unfortunately we share the world with people that don't even qualify as people and there's nothing to do to change that. No flowery speech, or more 'love" or therapy. Evil exists. Protect yo neck.

I would tend to agree with that statement.

That can be as simple as not wanting to leave any adult witnesses. These people are monsters, I'm not sure they really needed that much of a reason to add a little bit of murder to their theft.

@@TheSquareOnes they literally said witch craft

@@SubliminalMessagesTV I'm not sure if you're joking, but that was both a different case entirely and not even a real thing in that case.

Maybe they killed them bc they recognized some of their voices

Yes, you’re right. It’s not silly. It helps to hold onto those things when a loved ones dies. Makes you feel they’re still close. Grief is sooooo awful.

@@barbaraseymour3437 well, i have a necklace with his ashes on a pendant that never leaves my neck. He is always with me. We even cremated our dog since she was his best friend. She is on the shelf right next to him. For years i always told my dad that when he dies, ill be right behind him and i meant that literally. Of course, i didn't keep that promise, because im here replying back to you. I almost went to prison the night the doctor told me my dad died. I lunged at the doctor and the priest with intent to cause them great harm. I'm not a violent person. I avoid it at all costs, but mentally, i just snapped. There is a lot that i could never understand when i saw ppl doing weird shit because of lost loved ones. This one lady lost her husband and i used to be a waiter. She would come in nearly everyday and order for two and talk to nobody in the other chair. I get it now.

I feel that. My uncle also kept my grandfather's scripts when he passed.

I thought the medicines were for the children, to keep them out of harms way.

@@ZER0-- 8:25 Na, it had sentimental value to the mother.

That is exactly what I was thinking

I've never heard of that phrase, so thank you, it makes sense now xxx

No It’s not

@@johnellis5820 maybe not wherever you're from, but yes it is.

@@werewolfmoney6602 I’ve lived in Ar,Tn,Ms,Al,NC,Va & Texas.and been in Pensacola since 97. I have never heard that term in reference to a human being until I heard that boy say it. There’s a whole lot to this story that doesn’t get told

I was thinking the same thing!

ikr??? I was like “what da?…”

It's called a "Freudian slip" When he immediately tried to right his words, he seemed suspicious

surprised that wasn't followed up...

came here to say this. wth 🤨😞😵😳

I mean how does the brain even think that?!?

What an awesome gene-pool

@@rehab5355 your user name is “rehab”. So uh same to you I guess???????? 🤷🏻‍♀️🧬🧪☠️😵‍💫 (also, btw I was truly being snarky sarcastic there I think pretty obviously hopefully and I truly mean no offense to anyone who truly seeks help for an addiction, especially in the context of actually being in recovery and the help that many people have found though attending rehab and at qualified centers- no matter how many attempts it takes because the point is obviously in the ultimate effort to be successful in maintaining sobriety throughout the rest of their lives happily & healthily, as an individual who had their own 5 year soberthday lol this past fall and even though I know I will ALWAYS miss margaritas on the rocks with salt THE MOST too lol 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️💕🎉)

I went to high school and was a cheerleader with Ashley Billings, as well as her, now, husband. I remember hearing about this and texting Ashley, immediately. Crazier- I also, actually knew, and ALMOST... key word, ALMOST dated, Gary Sumner. So, this hit extremely hard, on both front. It's surreal when it actually happens to you, you know?! Insanity. It's like something straight out of a movie.

Um, are you serious?!? 🤷🏻‍♂️💯😂

@Joseph N 150% serious!! He's that warm of a personality

Maybe the leader of "The Good Ole Boys" band from The Blues Brothers?

😂

Your joking about 2 people getting Murdered???

YEAAAAAAAAAA

@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 their humor just kills me

Whoooooo are you. Who who who who

@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 I think it's safe to say... that's going two far. YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Florida is bonkers.

@@BertiesGhost Pensacola has made the show at least 4 times. I sent a tweet to mike to do the billy boyett murders that happened here. Him and his girlfriend were living in the woods behind my house for a few days. Crazy times.

Ugh God I don't know if I can handle this one.

Stop romanticized them hoarding adoptees please. Speaking as an adoptee that behavior is unacceptable and it leads to harm. Adoption into a gaggle of other adoptees should not be encouraged. It's not okay.

@@TahtahmesDiary I think this case is a little different. These kids are special needs kids which, you can imagine, makes them far less likely to be adopted. These kids may have ended up stuck in the foster system if not for them, which I imagine would have been much worse for the kids

@@EpicNinjaEm Please stop. People have so many excuses for this behavior you condescendingly tell adoptees we don’t know the stakes…we do. It’s still not okay to HOARD KIDS especially those who need lots of care like the disabled! Saying oh they would be in foster care or dead does NOT negate the reality that this family had too many kids to care for and needs were not being met. I grew up in one of these families. Please listen to adoptees more and the media less. We deserve better and these people are not heroes for hoarding. It’s not okay for animals. It’s not okay for humans.

@@TahtahmesDiary I wasn’t trying to condescend you! I’m sorry if it came across that way. And I’m not saying that it’s the best solution, but I can see ways that these kids would be in worse shape otherwise. That of course doesn’t mean I don’t disagree with you that there’s a risk for these situations to negatively impact the kids. There just sounds like there might have not been much winning for these poor kids, and especially after the trauma they went through now :/

Under the strict criminality and homicidal impulses there's always some devilish rituals like that sheriff seems to constantly anticipate but never prove. I wonder what makes that sheriff every time there's a serious crime in his county, pull out the devil worshiping and devilish rituals theory.

$$$ is the Engine that drives the prick$

Mike Love watching your videos I was so excited when I saw that you posted this one today crazy story and I have to tell you I watch every day you’re the best! 😊

Evil is a state of mind and every person on this planet is capable of the most unspeakable and gruesome acts that can be carried out due to a life altering act. Wether the act was carried out by a total stranger or your Bible thumping Mom, Aunt, sister or you yourself. It only takes a moment to go from "oh he'd never hurt a fly" to ”oh my God what have I done" it only takes a moment to become what you never thought u could possibly be.

What makes a difference if they were mentally special needs?

Ha. Totally the same!

lol yeah. I haven't been wrong in a minute. Kinda refreshing!

YES! Exactly what I thought! This was a very confusing re-telling of the murder case, not Mike's best work in my view.

He did it on purpose kkk

Especially after he said "the third one we had to put dow-bury". Kinda sus?

Justice system is a joke.

That right there tells you all you need to know about this boy. He was involved! Cops just didn't prove it.

@@amandabrown449 That is odd, but if he knew that's all that was in the safe then what's the point of stealing it.

@@jwitt513 I think those morons got the wrong safe. It's really odd I live about 45 minutes away from where this happened and I don't remember hearing anything about it. Obviously it was a significant event I just missed it.

I think he didn't ORIGINALLY know about the Safe and found out about the contents later on.

He said he didn't know anything about the safes, UNTIL [all of this, basically]

They probably would've taken a lot longer if the two younger guys didn't just confess.

I caught that too.. Freudian slip supreme.

fishhooked me in the gut

Strange...

I just paused and came here looking for this comment after hearing that.... Like, what did you say?

I nearly gave myself whiplash and choked on my pizza when he said that. I was like "Wow! Guilty much?!" I'm still watching it so I dunno if he is or if he's just an ass...

Haha it's almost as though America doesn't have enough shops!

Murderers are bottom of the barrel humans, usually very stupid. That is why they are killing, they are basically animals.

walmarts got everything ya need to complete a murder and for a very reasonable price tho

Animals don't kill for Money.

@@ER1CxF Don't insult animals, who are miles more moral and kind than the two-legged scumbags who murder for no good reason.

That caught my attention too. He sounded like he was talking about putting down a pet.

That sounded crazy 😳 🤔

A little Freudian slip there? I mean who would say that about their sibling? 🤔🤷‍♀️ Very odd

My thoughts exactly!

@@jessepitt right?! 😬

This story is pretty odd.

The sheriff seems like the biggest whack job in the whole story.

@@deborahsunflower939 almost like Adam west

Big house, lot's of money and big heart...

@@TheJoujou5555 The rules to operate a child care facility say no more than 5 children per adult ... some other countries have different rules but given that these were special needs children I would say that more than 5 per adult would be too many, to be able to care for them properly.

Perhaps it was a mercy death in the way of turning off a life machine. The young man may look upon all life equally....... I know, it's a phrase we use when putting down our pet dog or cat. He is getting the heavy treatment to the point of accusation after having lost his parents.

Sometimes when people in grief, they became cold. Just maybe

common saying for put in ground

@@flipnap2112 it's also a common saying for "kill." That's my point. It made him suspicious

@@ThePizzaGoblin yeah I gotcha. my point is that there are millions of people who dont realize its a common saying in small areas of the U.S. same way some people call all carbonated beverages a "coke".

Ilr!😬

What does kudos mean?

@@zacharypayne4080 basically means „respect/praise“

It makes me so happy to see it cause I remember before he had 10,000 subs I've been watching him for a few yrs now. Him & Simon are two my my all time fav RU-vidrs

@ ty

Agreed, thanks Mike! Love yaaaaa

He commissioned a statue of himself made of bronze and tried to use tax dollars for it. Yeah he’s all about himself.

Many people are like that nowadays. " Hey everyone, over here, shine that big light on me" Selfishness and ego play the big role there.

@@phil-c are you serious?!? WTF

@@deanlangworthy3311 haha! Yeah, he did. They made him pay the money back too. Total narcissist and thank goodness he's not the sheriff anymore.

@@jenniferfelix3544 why and what? Please share more insight. Seriously interested

One being a female ninja.

Who cares? That perv is dead now.

@@rydz656 wdym

Yes, that was version number 2.

@@rydz656 no shes not. She's in Perryville serving natural life.

He's a showman, or politician. Not a cop.

Yes, he bought a statue of himself with $75,000 of taxpayer money. It got delivered after he left office. 🤦‍♀️

It's the nature of The Satanic Club, self serving is the number one trait.

He definitely is as Mike called it he is looking for his 15 minutes of fame.

Gross.

Agree - watching these videos makes doing the dishes an enjoyable break, lol

I swear Mike only does cases he can say tree and turd at least once

Oh yea! He also puts me to sleep ☺️

@@alishacurrie2174 oh made me realize need to do mine

Only Mike could make these horrific stories sound pleasant 😂

Totally agree 😁

Ghoul.

Maybe you should try to find something to make you smile more than a stranger on the internet.

And welcome

Hopefully God looks after them please

There are some sick humans in this world, and innocent people with no rhyme or reason are killed and for why? It's always money. And the most pathetic part is that that money is for a fix.

Were* ahem

Except for the part ownership of a strip club and the nature of used car dealers...

@@matthijsvanbeest5093 bwhahaha. That made me laugh out loud 😂

@@3hermans please stop romanticizing people who hoard adoptees, especially with disabilities. Speaking as an adoptee, it’s not a good thing and really harmful. These people are not heroes for doing this.

@@TahtahmesDiary, I agree. I’d be curious to know if they were receiving SS or some sort of financial assistance for them. It also struck me as odd that they didn’t want people around and said it was to protect the kids, kids need social interaction. I also found it weird when the son said “ it’s the third one we had to put down- had to bury “.

Yes, I kept trying to think what context I was missing with that. I'm glad I wasn't the only one. Why didn't the cops jump on that?

@stupid Cat It's sad that criminals have to be charged with dozens of counts; in the hope that at least one or two stick and end with justice. Can't we reinstitute posses and hanging? Seems simpler.✌🏻🐱

@stupid Cat Oh, good point! So sometimes the cops that jump immediately on one flaw in the suspect's story are doing their department a disservice. Interesting.

Well it’s super hard to know just from a clip. He probably meant he didn’t know about the second safe. I’d like to watch this full questioning

@@amazingsupergirl7125 I think you got it. He was saying he knew what was in the safe that was taken. The second one had the ten grand in it.✌🏻🐱

Well they actually did not tel them bout the safe with cash

@@jasonhardy2880 they probably didn't get the chance. It seems the idiots found the first one, murdered them and then left.

@@KristenDETWI dont kno how people can sleep at night after killing sum1 4 financial gain. I would rather b poor. Even worse letting the kids experience the murder of the only people who loved them. WE R NOT ALL THE SAME

@@jasonhardy2880 MY EYES!! MY EYES!!!!

@@jasonhardy2880 I think in this case it was less about the money and more about the thrill. At least for the ring leader. The others threw their lives away for basically peanuts, and they didn't even get that. Just a sad and pathetic story all the way around. Apparently the kids' big sister and her husband moved in and are raising them. So there is at least that positive note.

i also love that. Miss the love MIKE. I think it a great bed time thing. He is as cookies and milk are, as is murder is to sleep.

Hey

Yeah, I miss it, too.

@@JustDr.S hey 👋

@@Johnson-db6gb hey!

That's what I thought too! "Put down"???? Like euthanized????

Really odd, did someone kill the sister?

He probably meant to say "lay down". At least I hope so

I think he ment put down, as in buried.

I was wondering too. The Son seems pretty off, but I ain’t finished the video yet so. 🤷‍♂️

That was weird as hell. "I didn't know there was a safe until people asked me what was in the safe". By the way, here's what's in the safe...

Yeah that was a strange old chestnut that was.

He said he didn’t even know the safe had been stolen.

Surprised Mike didn't mention that major anomaly!

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Why? Put down in the ground was likely what he was going to say and realizing it didn't come our right. "especially because the child was disabled." What does that even mean? That this would be the third time they had euthanized a child because of a disability? Talk about blowing a misworded sentence in a clearly stressful situation out of proportion.

It almost sounds like that's how he justified doing it, if he'd done it.

@@larsalfredhenrikstahlin8012 When someone says "put down" in context of death. it is commonly thought as being euthanized . Most people say that when they have to put an animal down because of health issues that has incurable pain.

Everything is a conspiracy to you morons.

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Yes, that sheriff sure seems like a one-track-minded piece o' work!

@@karaamundson3964 Making that revelation in front of the cameras was so exploitative. You deliver that news in private.

Same here. And Simmons isn't really any better- Morgan basically left a clone of himself knowing there was enough idiots around here who thought he was awesome and would vote him in. And they didn't disappoint. There are some good people who work for the sheriff's department but like much of the government around here, the leadership makes you wonder wtf people were thinking.

Just curious if you know why that youngish realtor Pamela died a month later.

@@cydkriletich6538 No, I wish I did. I bet more gossipy locals do. There are people that know everything going on, but it is usually the older retired crowd.

I thought that he was completely unrelated to the family he murdered?

mike will not be an old story teller,ezz da main story teller now and later

Picture this … tree times the charms😅😅😅

@@katriensafar7776 He makes sarcastic remarks against the evil doers of the cases he covers, but does tone it down to compassion when talking about the victims and gives them every bit of coverage/credit. Ballen is ok, but I've found few cases covered where he gave erroneous info and doesn't use enough photos or other resources.

@@katriensafar7776 Interesting take. I tend to tune out watching MrBallen. Both are good but I prefer Mike’s delivery and think his videos have an edge over the other. ETA: Mike will have millions of subs one day too. Also, MrBallen tends to make statements throughout as though he knows what the other person was thinking or doing at a given time, when it is clearly speculation and not based in fact. I like facts with editorial comments.

@@katriensafar7776 ur wrong mike is much better ballen adds stuff n stories that are not true and he's annoying mike is wsy better ur comment sucks like mr ballen

Like he was talking about putting down dogs. Very strange.

I think (hope) he meant "laid to rest" or something similar. He didn't seem to be the brightest crayon in the box.

Sure but he was one of the adopted kids with special needs so I assumed it was that.

@@abebuckingham8198 oh my goodness... if that's the case I apologize for my comment! I thought he was the father's biological child from a previous relationship and not one of the adopted disabled children. I must've misunderstood

Maybe he was also upset about his parents!!