The Vanishing of Emma Fillipoff 

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The fact that her mom was willing to go all the way out there to pick her up and help her only to find she'd fallen off the face of the earth is deeply upsetting

If you have money but stay in a shelter, you're afraid to be alone. Couple that with the ex-boyfriend miraculously appearing in the same city, he's probably the reason she doesn't want to be alone.

The "entering and exiting" of the YMCA multiple times just makes me think she may have been waiting for a ride/bus and not wanting to stand in the cold. I have definitely done this many times.

It's truly amazing to me how many people just disappear. If not for channels like this these people who just be forgotten by everyone but the families. This guy is doing a great thing by highlighting these people and making it real

A known stalker ex bf doesn’t move to the same city as his obsession by pure coincidence.. he could very well have been the reason that she was acting so skittish.. especially as she’d been through it before.. imagine her thinking she’d got far away from him, only to start seeing him again in her new city. That creep would have been number one on my list of people to question and polygraph test.

I'm surprised they can't track down the guy who went into the store. It is quite good footage and he has distinctive tattoos.

Has anyone else here seen EVERY SINGLE EPISODE, and is now doing a second lap?

The stalker ex is smirking like a creep. Maybe he has an alibi for November 28th but how about 29th and few next days?

Watched a half dozen or so vids. Quality youtuber. Subbed.

At least the one young man tried to help her and alerted the police. That seems to be rare these days.

That behavior seems like she was absolutely being paranoid or followed. The untraceable phone and bank card. How she wouldn’t keep a residence under her own name.

Okay, it sounds like a mental break until you learn that the ex bf showed up in town during the same time. He knows something more...

I'm glad you've let your personality shine through in later videos (Late 2019 and into 2020 :). Such an interesting case.

Mike, I watch alot of these videos. Not only do you never sensationalize the killer's or their actions, but you bring real heart and respect to the victims. I love this channel. Subbed, and keep it up!!

This is so sad and kind of scary too. In another video on Emma's case I saw her roommate saying that prior to her going to live in the women shelter she took all her furniture and placed it in the hallway multiple times and when the roommate asked her why do you do that? Emma told her that the furniture talks to much...

The scary/sad thing is that it could be so many different things that happened her. Could be mental health issues. Could be she planned it and wanted to disappear. Could be the stalker ex. Could be the man who randomly threw out her missing persons poster. Could be someone else who is not even known or on their radar at all. Cases like this have turned out every one of those ways. I pray for answers for her Loved ones.

You should look up all the indigenous women going missing in Canada if you want strange disappearances. Great vid!

So they have on camera clear footage of a guy who comes in and tears down a missing poster of her and says shes my girlfriend and what did the police have to say about him? Something is missing in this case.

Again this sounds like schizophrenia also. The right age, the paranoid behavior

i’ve been watching too many of mike’s vids, that i’m starting to get paranoid 👀

Thanks, Mike. Sad one. She sounded schizophrenic to me. Bless her and bring her home safely.

The ex-boyfriend who stalked her who just happened to show up where she was living give me a break. That's probably who she was hiding from when she kept coming in and going out of the YWCA he was probably standing across the street.

Hopefully Emma’s case is similar to that of a Edgar Latulip’s. Edgar was hospitalized in Ontario, Canada, and then boarded a bus. He wasn’t seen for nearly forty years, but as it turned out, he had been fine all along, but merely suffered from amnesia after his time in the hospital.

Few things I’ve heard from watching other videos: Pointing to the mental health/mental break theory: someone at the woman’s shelter during Emma’s stay claimed that she got in trouble for removing furniture from the shelter claiming they were ‘too loud’ Personally I think the boyfriend needs further examination, I heard that one of the reasons he was ruled out was because he passed a lie detector test.. which aren’t admissible in court due to their unreliability

Thank you Mike. Appreciate your hard work on these cases, hopefully someone comes forward and helps find out what happened to this poor girl. This is such a sad story, I can't imagine what the family was feeling. To be within hours of the last time your child was seen must be so frustrating.

Entirely by chance, I'm watching this today, November 28th 2019, and Emma went missing on this day 7 years ago. I hope there is some sort of closure for her loved ones and that she is found, healthy and alive.

Um the guy that was stalking her and moved to the same state looks exactly like the guy who tore the missing persons sign down🤔🤔🤔

It is so disturbing to me how many of these cases have police involvement. I have been binging this channel and I can’t how many times a victim interacted with police and then went missing or died. I have a friend who is a police officer. He said that he has seen other officers be so desensitized by their jobs, they lose discernment over important situations.

Every time there's one of these cases with security footage of the person wandering around looking paranoid like they're being followed, it almost always ends up as some kind of mental episode, usually after going off meds. TC has done a couple videos on these, and the most famous is probably the Elisa Lam case. The ex-boyfriend thing isn't as odd as it sounds. There aren't very many big cities in Canada, and they both moved to one. That's like saying it's a huge coincidence that two people in New York state ended up both moving to NYC.

I'm from Victoria and a number of my friends worked with Emma at Red Fish Blue Fish. I remember when she went missing but I didn't know all these details. I can't believe that the man in the green shirt couldn't be identified. Maybe he wasn't a local.

Confidence of the presenter has really increased year on year. To compare videos like this from 2yrs ago to now is crazy. A real pro in 2021. 👍

I just recently found your channel the other day and now I'm hooked! Great work man, thanks for all these videos, very interesting!

At the YMCA it looks like she was waiting for someone not avoiding someone.

What if she was waiting to get picked up. When it’s cold outside, i have found myself going in and out of the building to see if my lift has arrived. If not, I’d go back in to keep warm

Domestic violence can absolutely create these types of behaviours that are being mistaken for mental disorders. I was living on the island when she went missing. Sorry to hear she has yet to be found. Maybe this guy got to her that morning and stashed her away somewhere. The media frenzy probably didn’t help.

The look on the stalker's face, creepy, to say the least... 😣

I lived in Victoria when Emma went missing. I hope her family can get some answers, this is heartbreaking.

I love going back years and finding videos of yours I haven't seen! Thought I'd seen them all and have to wait until Tuesday to see another. Thank you for your time!

I’m from Victoria and I must say the stories that you’ve covered from here, and from BC in general are very well told and respectful. Thank you, Mike. You’ll likely not see this, but you quickly became one of my favourite channels.

This supposed "coincidence" stalker guy -- I personally see a striking resemblance between him & the unidentified man who threw out Emma's "missing poster".

Is it just me or does the video surveillance of the guy taking down the missing poster looks exactly like the "coincidence" guy?

Love that you cover the/our Canadian cases and shed some international light on them. Your videos are captivating, and are the perfect length; not too short or too long. Brilliant job, Mike!

Why is it that police know lie detector tests are unreliable, yet they clear suspects when they pass one?

Another great video! very informative. I live in Canada so I like seeing these cases get some attention.

"I dont know how I can face you" nearly broke me.

All of the circumstances point directly to drug use, specifically meth, especially for someone who had never used meth before. The 200 dollar prepaid card, the burner phone, and the suspicious entering and exiting of the businesses, she was waiting for her dealer. Trust me, I have spent 15 years in the drug scene and recognized that behavior immediatly! I have felt that feeling far too many times! Nervous because the dealer is late and wondering if he will show because you need your fix now! Also paranoia, thinking you are being followed, and screaming on the side of the road, all symptoms of psychosis.

This is one case I have literally zero theories on. So strange...

Reminds of the strange case of Elisa Lam where a Chinese woman from Vancouver Canada suddenly went to a sleazy hotel in Los Angeles California and died in one the hotels water tanks. Investigators concluded she suffered from a psychotic break - an abnormal condition of the mind that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not.

This one is creepy. Just the thought of someone following you and trying to do harm makes me shudder. Of course it could be paranoia but even that’s scary.

To anyone watching this...bless, you. We must fight evil with Love and acts of kindness. May you have a good day.

Your content is so good you seem to have nearly every case out there even some I've not heard of

How is it that lie detector tests aren’t good enough to use in court (convict) but they’re used to completely clear someone???🤔🤯🤬

I remember watching half a documentary about her. Everyone around her seemed to be building her character up so much to the point it was upsetting. It may only be because they miss her, but if this were the case when she was still not missing, I do believe that might've put her in a state. I do think no foul play was involved, and that she simply had a mental breakdown. She might still be out there with no memory of who she is.

I love your case stories. Thank you for taking the time to make them.

being from ottawa this hit close to home literally. i hope she turns up alive.

I think of this one often - it is incredibly intriguing - I was about her age when she went missing and your video actually includes a heap of info I'd not seen to do with the case before - Great work! Keep it up! Love your vids ^_^

I hope I am not over stepping things by recommending another Podcast. There is an podcast called Nighttime that focuses o Canadian True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries that has an ongoing series about Emma Philipoff. They have nine episodes so far exploring the different theories and interviewing Emma's family.

So happy to see your channel growing!

SO SAD ! THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO KEEPING THESE STORIES ALIVE !

Such high quality content

Ottawa represent 🇨🇦 strange story though, hope she’s okay! Love the channel.

I've watched documentaries on some of the videos but you put it in a shorter version and I love that.

Love your videos Mike! Thank you for your thorough explanantions and fact driven info! ❤

It's weird to come across a case where you know the person. I've been watching you for a while now. Thank you for dealing with this case respectfully.

This is both crazy and scary to see that in our time, people can still completely vanish and disappear.

Pretty sure I have watched all Mike's videos, so now I'm rewatching them.

Is it just me ??or does the bloke handing the poster in look very similar to the Coincince creep??

That stalker knows what happened, gotta look into his alibi.

I’m from Vancouver Island and we’ve had so many people just disappear into thin air. I wish you’d do a video on Jordan Alexander Holling. He’s a 18 year old who went missing in Campbell River BC about 3 hours north of Victoria. It’s just such a mystery💙 love your work ,best on RU-vid imo💙

he can’t even look him in the eye when he’s lying that it’s a coincidence

Walking in and out of a place trying to avoid someone is something I would do during meth psychosis. Every time.

Her poor mum, missing her daughter by 3hrs, 😭i hope she's found safe 🙏💗

She could easily have been abducted by anyone. A young girl was abducted in WI and held hostage for months until she escaped. The guy who tore down the missing person poster most probably has Emma locked up somewhere. Hope they find her alive.

i have now been watching your videos for 67 hours non stop .... brilliant channel... brilliant content.... and i love how you have matured in such a short space of time.... goodman yourself MIKE

Absolutely love your content & presentation

Another stellar job there, Mikey! Best channel ever! 💛

This is in Egypt, so it's not as advanced as Canada. We also don't have those big banners of missing people like the ones Emma had, mostly it's people's efforts on social media to share missing people's faces and so on. I read a case where there was this young man who had some sort of a trauma that made him lose all sense of reality and he left his home and his family. They looked everywhere and never found him. Turns out he became one of the homeless people living in the streets, and had lost his memories so even if he wanted to, he couldn't find or go back home. He also looked a lot different than he was before as ofcourse being homeless and not having access to cleaning or grooming himself made him look different. . Another one where a young man who I believe was autistic...? I am not sure though, but he was really close to his father, but he then passed away. This man from shock and sadness left his home and no one ever saw him again. However one day his family found him on an fb page of a homeless people's shelter. Maybe Emma's case is the same? She dealt with mental illness and was paranoid. Maybe right before she disappeared she had some sort of a trauma? I believe that she was afraid of men in particular. Maybe she was hurt by a man, and she was so traumatized that she ran far far away? Maybe she is homeless somewhere or in a shelter? Canada is big, right, so she could be anywhere. I do hope she is alive and well and not hurt or dead :( I want to stay optimistic with this case.

I have a bunch of family in Perth, and even lived there for a short while myself. Currently in Ottawa. This is the first I've ever heard of this.

Hey Mike. you are so incredibly informative. As I'm new to this internet world, I think your videos are some of the best on YT. I wish there were more like you. I feel, after me...you will be super famous.

Always makes me uneasy when someone smiles talking about misfortune that someone has experienced.

Sooo sad. I've never heard this. Its been so long. Heartbreaking

This is so heart breaking. I still see new missing posters get put up once in a while 😿

Thanks for covering this story of a family member of mine...hopefully one day this will be solved 🙏

#ThatChapter, you sir have the BEST crime channel here on RU-vid. I’m a fairly new subscriber, but keep it up brotha man! Your content is top notch, that’s for sure!

Hope your holidays went well. As always I hope they get closure... Best closure being she's ok and found

I have been binging your vids for a few weeks now, very much enjoying, and all of a sudden there is my gym....the ymca on this episode. Small world.

Been watching a couple everyday for the past week. Subbed 👍🏼

This happened in my city. Kinda weird that her stalker or whatever happened to move to the one place she decided to move to

A new feature-length documentary will be released in the fall of 2020 by film maker Kimberly Bordage highlighting the journey Emma Fillipoff took before her disappearance in Victoria, British Columbia, at the age of 26

been binge watching ur videos.. i love the channel, keep upthe good work

I love all ur videos but this one hits especially close to home as I’ve lived in Victoria most of my life and I still do

the "unidentified" man in the video throwing away the missing poster who said it was his girlfriend and she hated her parents is 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 her ex boyfriend

A ton of single people move to Vancouver to access potent drugs. Largest open air drug market in the world at one point in time

Love your channel. You have a sympathetic reading style thats suits the topic just perfect. Keep up the great work. Karen From Oz

She could be on the downtown Eastside of Vancouver. I used to live in Victoria and have seen numerous kids I knew disappear into the cracks down there

I have heard of seemingly perfectly normal and healthy individuals going nearly schizophrenic in their early 20s for no apparent reason. I can only imagine if that happened to her that she may have been vulnerable to being taken advantage of out in the unforgiving world.

Some of the comments are ludicrous. I didn't realize that people with schizophrenia miraculously disappear off the face of the earth.

Keep it up first time watching you this has been very interesting KEEP IT UP!

You got skills man. I cant get enough of your videos lol