The Internet's Darkest Corners 

Thank you all for helping me reach 1 million subscribers 🖤 I still can’t even wrap my mind around it, this is seriously a dream come true

Imagine saying screaming through a megaphone and threatening to rip people apart at 3am is “reasonable”.

Goodwin failing his stunt and surviving is itself somewhat impressive. Surviving being sandwiched by two hanging cars smashing against each other and then exploding, before falling 4 stories and hitting your head on the way down, is borderline-superhuman.

imagine conversing about a hypothetical situation with someone online and someone somehow finding this conversation and making it a reality... chills.

The Reddit posts about what the final days would look like if you knew you had limited time made me so emotional. I’ve been cancer free for over 10 years now, and I’d be lying if I didn’t Google those exact questions. I was a child when I was diagnosed, so I couldn’t imagine dying when I had just starting really “living” yknow. Even as a kid, you know what the doctor’s faces mean though you don’t know words like prognosis or malignant means, or when your mom walks out of the room to cry, when class mates bring you cards in the hospital and your dad is asking what you want for Christmas in June. I’m very thankful that my outcome has changed, but those thoughts stay. What happens if I die tonight, tomorrow, next week. You experience things differently. Thank you for listening, sorry for the spiel ❤

Holy shit Reddit literally has it's own graveyard

The “didn’t want to be alone” is some of the saddest shit I’ve heard in a long time.

Something kind of random I would like to add about the “wall we share” story. I feel like it’s been so normalized to brush off violent threats because “kids are so annoying” I get that babies and children can be loud and annoying but it’s not a normal reaction to want to hurt a child.

Something that was also tragic about the Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry case is the fact that after their bodies had been found and cordoned off by the Metropolitan Police the next day, two officers; that were meant to be supervising their bodies, decided to take selfies with the remains of Bibaa and Nicole and then send those photos to a group chat of serving and ex Met officers. They just wanted to enjoy time in the park, and instead, they were murdered, then completely disrespected and made into a joke. I hope they're resting in peace now.

The _Wall We Share_ is actually insane, she was told just to “deal with it”, wellness check requests ignored, putting a hole in the wall, the police almost mocking the mother with their horrid attitude, the whole thing just shows a disgusting attitude. I get she “doesn’t want to be alone”, but damn, the mother didn’t deserve to have to go through all of that

Telling someone you're going to kill them actually is considered assault. That cop was wrong.

The 9/11 chat room gave me chills. My father used to deliver to the twin tower and had many friends there. It’s horrifying to think the disaster was basically predicted.

Regardless of whether a baby crying annoys you or not, regardless of mental illness, disturbing a baby is not ok.

Man that terminal illness thread is damn depressing, I always wonder what the internet will look like in 70 or so years time, since people these days start Twitter,Instagram and Facebook accounts when there really young it means that eventually we will be able to look at peoples accounts from when they started it from like 13 or so all the way until there elderly and die, it might just be me but I find that thought of being able to basically scroll through someone’s entire life crazy

The two girls just having fun and enjoying her birthday really got to me. They were just goofing off, throwing around string lights and dancing and laughing. Imagine partying with your friend and you're killed nonsensically. Breaks my heart.

17:07 - One of the most disturbing things I think you can experience is reading the comments of dead users, watching films with dead actors in it or listening to music (mostly things like classical) where the entire band is gone. There's something not right about experiencing the acts of ghosts...

When I saw the faces of the last two girls, I ... I knew exactly what story it was. I was travelling in occult circles on the internet for years and I had become somewhat friendly with a lot of theistic satanists and occultists of different variations, for example someone who called herself a Rounwytha of the Order of Nine Angles. The killer in the last story was influenced by an occultist called E.A. Koetting, who made videos and books about engaging in pacts with demons and the like... the killer thought he was making a pact with a demon called 'Lucifuge' and that he was going to get rich in exchange for sacrificing women to him. I know it sounds completely crazy, but the actually crazy part is that I'm not making this up. E.A. Koetting, the so-called 'guru' that the killer was following, used to be the leader of one of the most effed-up occult currents of all time, the 'Tempel ov Blood'. He wasn't called E.A. Koetting back in the day though, he went by the alias 'Archaleus Baron' and wrote a book called 'Apex of Eternity', which... I can't even begin to describe. It's literally a manual about how to kill as many people as possible without getting caught and doing it to 'feed the blood pool' and 'summon the dark gods'. It's honestly wild.

It always fascinates me how resilient, as well as fragile, the human body is. Goodwin survived the seemingly impossible, however it's not uncommon to die from a simple fall if you hit your head the wrong way

Goodwin is literally the embodiement of "I thought you were dead?!" "My death was, greatly exagerated"

I know this video is almost a year old, but for anyone wondering, 18:59 is referring to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, where a truck bomb was detonated in the garage of the North Tower, killing six people and injuring over one thousand.

I think I remember hearing about that 'wall we share' story online somewhere off reddit. Could swear I remember hearing people remarking how scary it must have been for not just the woman with the baby, but the handicapped lady too. To have her caretaker die, and probably having no idea what to do about it. Having to live alone trying to cope with all of that. That one is less scary to me, and more just... sad.

Not gonna lie my eyes teared up when he said the thread was made 6 years ago. There’s something about knowing that those people told their stories of their depressing last days, and then knowing that that their last days were already lived. Also thinking that everyone had collectively given up on the hope of living and just accepted the future as their fate.

The words, “I am going to kill you,” are devoid of any gray area, are ABSOLUTELY a direct criminal threat. Anyone wearing a badge stating otherwise needs to be sat down and educated by their sergeant or supervisor.

9:22 The number of times I've heard someone telling me that the police tell them to go "live somewhere else" over harassment is overwhelming. It happened to me twice.

The happiest moment of my day today, was going on that Redditch threat and finding a woman who half posted just 5 hours ago. She posted on an ADHD form (which I also have). After going through almost all the comments and seeing their last post or comment be 6 or 7 years ago. Seeing someone who had posted just 5 hrs back really gave me hope.

When she said she “didn’t wanna be alone” Jesus that’s pretty heartbreaking

The World Trade Center one is so weird. I know we do this sometimes with modern places, like what if the White House was burned down, but it so much more chilling hearing people speculate while know what the outcome was. Especially hearing that one saying that the building wouldn’t fall if hit on a higher floor. That one really spooked me.

Making a life threat is a criminal offense.

I actually live about 2 blocks away from where that old woman’s body was found, it was really scary hearing that she had been there for months.

that last story with the "final photos" genuinely made my skin crawl and my eyes teary. these 2 ladies just enjoying their time having fun at a birthday party, only for that sicko to take their life in order to win a fucking jackpot. just comes to show you really never know what kinda monsters are lurking out there

"All I wanted to do was go home"... so heartbreaking. All of these stories are extremely sad. "I didn't want to be alone"... these 2 quotes are probably the saddest I've heard in a long time. Life can be so viciously cruel. I wish everyone reading this a happy, healthy, long life filled with love ✌💜

Man, listening to your voice talking about all of these terrible, shocking, scary, and disturbing situations gives me the chills

Yes definitely. More of these compilations of the smaller stories that don't deserve their own video on their own. Thanks again for your time and effort you put into these. You're a legend!

Police are so useless in harassment situations. “It doesn’t mean anything if they don’t really do it” that’s absolutely ridiculous. Threats are emotional abuse as well as a sign of future action. Our laws on stalking and harassment are absolutely ridiculous.

“and all i wanted to do was go home” Sent chills down my spine, you can tell he said it in a somewhat joking way to cope with his fate its pretty sad and disturbing. Its really tragic poor guy, may he rest in peace

There actually was a disturbing incident in german live TV a few years ago. It happened in the show "Wetten, dass...". Usually a show targeted to an older audience. People would claim that there can do a certain thing and star guest have to decide wether ot not they will succeed. It was sometimes small things like taking up egg yolk with chopsticks and stuff like that. But sometimes the performance was more dangerous. And than one day a young man and his father were in the show. The Son, a stuntman, claimed that he could jump over a driving car using those big "jumping shoes". After a first jump everything seemed fine. He jumped high, and made a roll in the air successfully jumping over the driving car. Then the second attempt... He jumped, rolled but he wasn't high enough. His head hit the driving car. He broke his neck live on TV, hit the ground and wasn't moving anymore. The camera caught the impact but was taken off the scene showing the shocked faces of the star guests. Then the live show was interrupted and ultimately said to not go live again that day. The show was cancelled afterwards (it aired a few years later but never was as big as before. For reference: it was big enough to have Michael Jackson as a guest performer). The young man survived but he is paralysed from the neck below. I actually always watched the show. I'm glad that I didn't watched it that day. I only tried to tune in later and was confused that it apparently ended so soon. I later saw what happened in the news. The man was a professional stuntman but sometimes things don't go as planned.

The first story sent chills down my spine. I was also caught in a flash flood while driving home with my family. We're very lucky to have survived. Not as much rainfall as the storm that took the young man, but closer to 3 ft of water. I had a weird impulse to open my window during the pouring rain. At this point nothing had happened, but my anxious thoughts got the better of me. The engine got hydrolocked, and the car started to flood with water. The open window came in handy. We grabbed the essentials and as many things as we quickly could, and evacuated the car. A half mile down the road we found an inn. It sends chills down my spine because I know many people in that same flood never made it out alive. Amazing video as always

The man that died in the floods from Harvey and “just wanted to go home” got me. That happened less than 10 miles from me. 50+ inches of rain in 72-96 hours is a terrifying situation to find yourself in. RIP.

I think my favorite last photo that just seems eerie to me is of David Johnston taken the morning of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Even more bizarre than that are the photos of a photographer who snapped pics of the mountain erupting and then knowing he would not make it he wrapped his camera up as good as he could and laid atop it so his photos would survive. They are scary photos.. you can see the ash cloud coming towards him.

Your videos are really great and are among my very favorites. Thanks for taking time to look into all the details and find stories that are not all over other RU-vid channels

The story about the terminally ill people talking about their expereinces & daily life just hit me hard for some reason. Like, tears sliding down my face as I listened. Death is something everyone has to deal with throughout their life & then when it ends, but we so rarely talk about such things as a society, at least here in the US. The better medical science becomes, the more likely it is that people will have warning of impending death, so I think it's something we need to work on.

I swear, we're getting closer and closer to having The Hunger Games as a reality TV show. This shit makes me sick.

Here's one positive story. I was just scrolling through the Reddit thread of people with terminal illness - as you said, the thread was 6 years ago so most people were likely unfortunately dead by then. one of the top comments was a 40 year old woman with stage 4 breast cancer that metastized to her liver and spine, but she's still currently quite active and commented a few months ago when someone asked how she's doing, that she's beating the odds and still here.

I love your content!! It’s all so well done and researched. I love video essays and especially ones about dark topics and usually most of them are very boring and topics I’ve seen before but all your videos are new topics I’ve never heard about. It’s all very refreshing!

I came across this channel and now I somehow became obsessed with all of the content! keep them coming Nick

"I'ts easy to feel like you need to make each day count But if i'm happy, i'm happy." 100%. Well said.

The world trade center one is so ominous. Literally sent chills down my spine

The 9/11 situation reminds me of a story my gf tells me a lot, in Mexico City one day she was driving with some friends and they were below the newest Metro line built in 2012, talking about corruption issues within the country. My gf, who isn’t Mexican but Nicaraguan, asked if there was the possibility of any of those suspended Metro stations falling down, because in her country no such infrastructure exists, therefore it kinda gave her chills to be driving below a whole Metro line, to which the driver, who was also an architect, stated that in no way something like that could happen, making them talk about the infrastructure of the whole metro, to the point that they concluded that if a suspended station was to fall, it would most likely not be the L12 because of it being the “newest and most modern one of them all”. Well, I kid you not that exact line, the newest one, was the one who fell exactly at the stations my girlfriend used to live and therefore use. She was so shocked by the fact that she was so relieved after that conversation just to end up happening only a week later. Now the Metro as a whole really creeps her out, specially because of other stuff that have been happening over here with infrastructure issues.

I absolutely love this series, it's so interesting and your way of telling the stories is fantastic, Nick!

the fact that America's Got Talent would make a spin-off show that dangerous, presumably for extra views or money, would prove just how little tv shows like that care about their contestants. it's truly vile.

It's a good thing that Goodwin is fine, it's amazing how he was able to survive such an accident

How are you taking things so wholesome and making them so eerie? The clips of Mr Roger’s and Elmo are top tier lol

For the second story: I have severe anxiety and just about lose my mind at repeated or extended loud noise. I also have frequent migraines. A neighbor was recently using a leaf blower a few houses away while I had a migraine and, despite my rage and the pain, I nicely asked him how much longer he was going to be using the leaf blower. I left and came back when he was done. My point is that just because the girl has mental health problems that doesn't excuse being abusive. If she or her parents refuse to act like adults, however, the smartest thing for the young mom to do is move. I know what it's like to want to beat someone to a pulp for causing me pain but it's no excuse to actually do it.

I don’t understand how when they did a “wellness check” on the mentally ill women.. they didn’t try speak to her care taker knowing the extent of her issues?? That doesn’t make sense at all.

Man... How is everyone is not talking about the World Trade Center form but spooked by everything else? The fact that how accurate they were and how precise it was and not only a year later this happened it makes you wonder, who was looking at that thread… not saying terrorists potentially visited that form (but not ruling it out either just highly doubt it) but the accuracy is just so creepy they literally predicted this event will happen and the fact that people explained it as a “hellish” scenario makes it more sinister especially when they dive deep into how many would die… and they even mentioned a possible tower collapse. This is one of the eeriest things I have read as this was the biggest attack in American history….This changed the world as we know it today no other story on this video had an impact on society as serious as the September 11th attacks. I am speechless the people who wrote this form probably had a heart attack when this actually happened..

The last photo of my grandmother was put up at the funeral home. A few hours before she died, my aunt and cousin stopped in and my cousin brought in her makeup kit. My grandma didn’t like the nursing home but thought she should get her nails done to impress the other women there. So the last photo of her was her sitting with her hands flat on a table while my cousin applied nail polish. So not all last photographs are too sad.

Yes!! This content is great, thank you for bringing it to us. Would be very interested to see more.

"The elderly mother hadn't been seen in several months.." Me: Oh boy..

That 3rd story about people with terminal illnesses posting on Reddit really got to me. Over the last few years I came across quite a few people on RU-vid who told their stories about having cancer or other illnesses, and they'd document their fights and treatments. They'd sometimes receive good news about their treatment apparently working well. Then there'd be bad news again. Sometimes they'd cry, sometimes they'd be full of hope and happiness and making plans, being happy about their treatment working really well. And then, they'd just stop posting. And a family member would post a video message, announcing that they had just passed away. Stuff like that never fails to make me cry.

It’s shocking that he is both alive and in good spirits, I hope that he fully recovers and stays strong

With the last photo - I was there that summer evening with my mum walking our dogs. We saw them with their friends celebrating and it was such a beautiful evening despite the lock down. This case devastated our area and really will stay with me. The fact that this disgusting crime happened and not only this but the two police officers supposed to be ‘guarding’ their bodies took pictures of them and passed them around their friends. They were just sentenced this week. Truly heartbreaking

Darrens story reminds me of a woman also stuck in floodwaters and her 911 call is horrific as she says the water is rising and the operator berates her for being dramatic. By the time emergency services found her car under a tree, she had drowned.

The impossible situation and the "what do your days feel like" got me.

I’ve just revisited that Reddit thread, which is now 8 years old. And while sadly most of them have passed away, it’s quite refreshing to see that more than a few of them are still actively posting and commenting on posts on Reddit in 2024!

The _The Wall We Share_ segment is really a testament to how garbage the legal system and law enforcement is in the US.

As a fan of Nexpo’s series ‘Disturbing Things From Around The Internet’, I’m looking forward to this new series 😀, great content my guy!

Love this series. Great job

In the last couple of days was the first time I saw your channel. I enjoyed your videos. Please keep it up.

I can definitely relate to the comment, “it’s easy to want to make each day count, but if I’m happy ..I’m happy” I was my mom’s caregiver as she died,and it’s a bizarre painful thing to go through when you know you’re out of time. Mostly she was just trying to keep medicated to get through the days. In the last days she would cry and say, “I just love you so much”. It’s sucked.

man. as someone with delusional disorder, the second story is so upsetting. not only because of the pain of psychosis, but because it spread to those outside of the household. I hope the girl gets the help she needs and the folks can find peace after all that.

15:43 My uncle on New Years 2022 found out he had a brain tumor and decided he wanted to go with Death by Dignity which costs about 1400-1600$. He passed in March and before he went he got everything in order and bought his close friends things like an RV to live in and a new laptop to help become a travel nurse. Death by Dignity is only legal in 3 states and it's basically a bottle of strong medication including morphine so it's a very calm and soothing way to go by OD. My uncle was a month away from turning 62 and as much as it hurts that he had to go it was hard watching him get worse

Love your content bro gonna binge your channel all morning💪🏽💪🏽

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Regarding the story with the mentally ill neighbour, while I understand what the police officer meant when he said “I’m going to kill you, see it doesn’t mean anything unless I actually do it,” it is still a threat and causing the OP to fear for hers and her family’s safety. Also not to be THAT person but if anything did happen to OP and her family, that police officer would be the first person to spew that there was “no warning signs” because they didn’t want to admit they didn’t take the threats seriously. 🙄

Im amazed by all the hours of work you’ve put into your videos! Really astonishing. And in many cases better than lengthy Netflix or other streaming services attempts.. the best things in life come for free :) thanks for letting me carry this small dose of horror with me on my phone :D

Been loving your videos lately I Listen to them as I work.. you should honestly make podcasts would definitely binge them! 🙏

I think the worst part of the murder of the two girls at the end is the way their case was treated. Not only were they killed in such a savage way, but the police refused to cooperate with their worried family. So much so that friends and family of the girls had to search for them and eventually ended up finding them. Their bodies were later illegally photographed and spread by police, leading to an investigation that found racism and weird sexual jabs at the dead girls had been spread by the officers on the case. May they rest in peace, they had such a bright future.

If I had someone threatening my family through a wall like that, it wouldn’t matter to me what issues they have, I would be getting physical and feel entirely justified shutting them up that way. No one in their right mind reacts that way to a child crying, theirs, or someone else’s. She was a danger the entire time and the fact that the cops just brushed it off repeatedly is infuriating.

this might be weird since these stories are very dark but your voice is very soothing

honestly my favorite RU-vid series 10/10

I absolutely want to see regular installments of this series, Nick. This is very interesting stuff and, as always, your skills with presenting it are excellent. So yes, please, I definitely want to see a lot more of this Dark Corners series. It sounds like you have lots and lots of material to put on the videos.

When my grandmother died, she was almost 107 years old. At her memorial service, we released butterflies. But one flew to me and landed on my hand. She was known as the Butterfly 🦋 Lady in the community, as she pinned small butterfly pins on strangers, telling them, "Smile, God loves you and so do I." That butterfly that landed on my hand was her way of reassuring me she was okay. I will believe that until my last breath. 💜

I feel like giving up sometimes living with conditions but u got me back into ghost story telling regardless thank you i still haven't given up yet thanks to u

Honestly I’m 22 and don’t know a lot about New York. When you only know about 9/11 and hear “what if a plane hit.” It sounds like a premonition. But with the terror attack that already happened on the buildings, a plane hitting the Empire State, and the WTC supposedly being built to withstand a plane, it’s shocking more people didn’t have the same thought.

My heart dropped in relief seeing that photo of the guy in the hospital. What an absolute legend.

It’s even more scary when you consider that the daughter might have been telling them the truth. She could’ve witnessed and or experienced some form of abuse years ago, and was just trying to tell those around her what happened. Theories aside though, thank god the op of that portion of the video got out of there and the daughter got help

My mother died at 32, with me being the eldest of 4 kids at 14. As an atheist, she had accepted her death. She would say that death will be exactly the same as it was before she was conceived. What did bring her regularly to tears though was the fact she was leaving her kids behind, especially considering our father was a violent, abusive pos. I miss her dearly.

Where have you've been? I'm so happy to now follow your channel. I've watched a few of your videos and have spent nights scratching my head. I now want to be a vigilantly side-kick.

It’s automatically a good day when Nick uploads

I actually have some extreme respect for Goodwin. Something absolutely terrible happened to him and against all odds he survived and is on the path to a full recovery, and all while being optimistic. Props.

whenever I hear caught on film compilations I always think about this PSA I found where it basically condemned parents who decide to film their kids for those shows instead of helping. It's the lack of music in the second half that really hits. Like, in the first half it has goofy music and cartoon slipping sounds but in the second you hear the kids cry in pain from obviously being hurt whilst the parents sit by gobsmacked.

wow man this series slaps, this genuinelyscares me how you know its good..

Goodwin surviving that stunt was actually more impressive than if he had escaped.

to be fair, the "impossible situation" thing was completely out of left field. if anyone remembers, there were threats on the trade center being bombed since 1991. i think one of the more recent ones was a splinter group saying that they could crash a plane into it, and the vast majority of new yorkers didnt take it very seriously, but a few joked about it, and one very unlucky person took it to the internet.

The Reddit one about people talking about their lasts immediately made me think of my Nana. On our last Christmas with her, she finally told my mother, her daughter, that she knew she didn't have much time left. My ONLY memory of my nana was a week before she passed, she was in a hospital bed at home, hooked to her oxygen machine, and we made daisy chains. That was in 2009 so I was about 5 or 6.

One of my favorite channels. They always tell us about the craziest of SIDJUATIONS.

Why is no one talking about the "and all I wanted to do was go home" quote it's quite poetic albeit probably not on purpose. the quote is really saddening as well basically saying to me that death is always lurking just right around the corner at any time even when you least expect it, just like driving home from work.

i see Nick upload, I insta click

love ur vids dude!, keep the good work up.

This was so good. Thank you!