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#scream #scream6 #mrballen
hey netflix can we just have mrballen have his own show?
No bc they’ll find some way so ruin this masterpiece of a channel
Y.. you tube is free
Hey Kobi can you go ahead and come out of the closet, we all know dude, it’s okay no one cares.
You tube is accessible and free stop taking him away
Couldnt agree more. Get Mr. Ballen PAID! Then he could swear and get deeper into the censored issues KZhead won’t monetize
What we learned from this story: Always put up a fight. Fight dirty. Be loud. Never comply. Even if you die, you might take them down with you or save someone else.
And fingernails collect dna
@@robertirwin2259 i dont get what your saying with that. Please explain?
@@mcdonneldouglasf-4ephantom541 when fighting a loosing battle for your life, digging your nails into the assailant's skin will collect skin cells and blood for matching DNA later
And try to pull out hair
The attackers hair
Manny was my friend. He was a wonderful guy. I was heartbroken. I went to UF during that time. It was absolutely terrifying what we all went through. I cannot explain the utter fear we lived with every day. What the news doesn’t tell you is about the rumor mill. Each day they would say on the news and the radio that there were 8 bodies found, then 10, then TWENTY!!!! We seriously thought we couldn’t walk outside without being killed! I have PTSD from it til this day.
Wow that is horrible. Hope you find healing.
I would have just fled. Screw staying there and sticking with a group, I would have just left with a group.
Oh f*”k me. This is terrifying!
Whaaaaaat omg I'm so sorry 😔 I'm just shocked you knew him, I'm extremely young so I am confused and amazed and sorry 😔
My condolences and prayers. Hope you find peace.
The fact that it said, “real photo of a pay phone,” just kind of makes me laugh 😂
📞 Same ☎️ Some people today literally do not know what pay phones are!
Makes me feel hella old 😿 I live in San Diego and last month I found a working payphone at a gas station and I was so excited. I took a picture of it and my 16 yr old son thought I was crazy 🙃🤦🏿♀️ we went to see if it worked and he asked me how to use it. It was soooo hilarious 😹😹🤯❤️
@@Wizzz2288 that’s sad
@@NoseyNuNu That is pretty funny!! I’m 16 and I know how to use them😂 then again, I was raised in a town that still currently has them🤣🤔
@@Mcx341 Sadly It's True ☎️ 📞❓
REMINDER: IF A KILLER TELLS YOU WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO HE HAS NO INTENT OF LETTING YOU LIVE, FIGHT
Seriously whenever they say they’ll kill you if you aren’t compliant, they’re going to kill you anyway, you’ll just get tortured first
BEAST MODE. DO NOT STOP MOVING.
Well there’s one problem with that thought how do you know there a killer ? Until they try to kill you you won’t know
@@Maximus5775 what difference does that make? they have invaded your private space and deserve no respect and deserve to die
@@Maximus5775yea at the middle of the night if somebody comes infront of you in your house with a knife he might not be a killer,he can just be one of the yt video guys who asks people to cook in the home it's normal
i’m deaf with cochlear implants and audio is generally quite hard for me to understand, especially male voices but mr ballen is one of very few male/male voice storytellers i can understand with little to no difficulty. i also love that his body language is so open and he imitates some of the movements, makes it more interesting. i’ve been binging him soo much 😂
Right on!
The knocking and the typing mimicking had me laughing.
Thats awesome. I just have lets say poor hearing and can hear him well too. Its nice not to struggle.
🙌🙌🙌
It does help when a person uses hand movements and body language that enhances what they are saying.
I was a sophomore at UF during the time of these murders. The palpable fear and anxiety was causing such bad dreams, I ended up withdrawing from school and leaving the state. I did eventually finish my degree at UF at a later date. This is the first time I’ve heard all the details of what happened. I hesitated for a long while before hitting the play button. It breaks my heart to hear what the victims went through. Their names have been on the 34th Street graffiti wall for 30+ years now.
Holy shit. Y’all just left? That’s so wild.
was she suppose to stay and wait?@@ashleymeggan
I know it may be hard to believe it, but Jesus is real and you can always take refuge in Him and comfort. Sorry you had to be under such a tragedy, but I am glad you made it alive. Hopefully you know the Lord and will be moved to stay close to Him. God rest
@@ashleymeggan I would have left, had I been there. Knowing there is someone doing unspeakable things to these girls, and even guys, would have been enough for me. What a nightmare that must have been.
You
I live in Gainesville and I’m a grad student at UF. We have a memorial for the victims on the 34th street graffiti wall. It’s been there for decades and never gets written over out of respect, and repainted whenever it does. Even during the 2020 protests, when the entire 34th street wall was covered in black paint, that memorial remained untouched. Never forget the victims.
Trying to pass violent riots as " protests " is disgusting.
Never gets rewritten over but gets repainted when it does - funny.
@@ChessJourneymanI’ve lived here a while and it’s only ever been drawn on (that i’ve seen) once and the whole wall had a big line painted all the way across. they repaint over it when it fades though
You spelled 2020 riots wrong.
@@Seductus99 I wonder who you voted for in the last presidential election.
“Real Photo of a Payphone” 😄
😂
😂😂
I’m tired of the fake ones in doctor who🙄
"Photo of similar carpeted stairwell"
Haha yea that got also
Hearing that he just walked in to a house and stabbed a defenseless 8 year old child boils my blood.
Why is it always the 8 year olds 😭 I feel so sad for them.
Naw fr
but you're fine with all the adult women being raped and murdered?
@@dr.loomis4221 I bet you are, since you bought it up and all. 🤣
@@dr.loomis4221 Never said that. Children are a special case as they are especially vulnerable.
This has got to be the hardest story to sit through. My condolences to all the victims' loved ones.
easiest*
@@NoneYuh-kg1qzokay ted bundy 🤦♀️
I just hate that this monster set out looking for 'infamy' & that's exactly what he got, getting to be the inspiration for a famous horror movie villain. Maybe it's hypocritical, coming from a fan of true crime stories, but I feel like turning these people into horror movie characters is sort of 'glamorizing' them.
@@KyrieChiisadly there are many killers who did it for that; look at this Idaho College Kid Murderer…when we profile killers fame for the deed is something we always consider. BTK literally viewed himself as a brand at some points.
I’m a truck driver and enjoy listening to your story telling while I’m driving. You do a real good job sir and have a talent for painting a picture in the mind.
Same here lol I’ll be listening to his story my 11 hour drive time 😅
bro turn off that damn phone or else u will crash
@@niceguy5772 he can set it aside and let it play yknow, he doesn’t have to watch it.
@@niceguy5772 dude I use these vids to listen to while I'm working with nail guns all day u don't watch u listen
This.
I remember as a child, my mother once told me “If somebody threatens to kill you if you scream, scream.” Listening to stories like this makes me realise how right she was. Murderers never let you go, so even if it means getting hurt or being potentially killed, never give up on that small window of time to cry out for help. There are worse things than death.
We taught our kids to fight right where they are, hit the ground with all their weight if that's all they can do. NEVER get taken away in a car. I would rather be killed where I stand than days/weeks/years later after the hell someone has planned.
Yeah and also i heard this from somewhere that if the attacker doesn't wear a mask or something that covers their identity, they will most likely kill you because they didn't care that you see their face.
Theres a channel on KZhead called Active Self Protection that goes over all sorts of camera footage showing self defense situations. The guy who does the videos is a self defense/shooting instructor who is very knowledgeable. He always says, "never let yourself be tied up, if you do, you're most likely gonna die." Run if you can, fight if you can't, but never let someone tie you up and subdue you.
After talking with law enforcement in my area, I now have a home security system, massive guard dog, and I have my conceal carry permit.
@Abdul Raheem Badayuni Glad you pointed out that "when your time is up, you die." Correct! When a psycho tries to mess with me or enter my home THEIR time will be up! I refuse to act like a fragile, unprepared, helpless being waiting to be taken advantage of. We live in a dark world and evil is lurking around the corner. I'm not paranoid, I'm a realistic, analytical free thinker. When my time is up only God the Father can decide when to take me home.
I love how this guy "wanted to be a famous serial killer" and I, even as a true-crime fan, have literally never heard of him. Get wrecked, Danny-boy.
Right!!!
A movie was inspired after him, I believe he got what he wanted (sadly)
I lived in Gainesville, they still 31 years later have a memorial wall up and it's known
Same!!! I have a degree in Administration of CriminalJustice, Sociology & Psych and have always had an untamed interest in unsolved mysteries, true crime, forensic analysis etc. When I read the title I assumed MrBallen was speaking of the murder of Cassie Jo Stoddard . But halfway in I realized this Danny situation was years before CJS’s murder, however, I’ve never heard of him whatsoever lol
Agreed.
I swear the amount of times people get away with killing because they "don't look like a serial killer" is astounding! But also I kinda want to know how the other guy got those scars all over his face....
He got them from a car accident - he later went on to graduate UF 😊 there is a few photos of him now online, too.
@brekane3460 what was his name again?
@@tamb5688 Ed Humphreys
@@tamb5688Edward Lewis Humphrey.
"Do you wanna know how I got these scars?"
I love how MrBallen always adds details that humanize these poor victims! For example “..she was getting ready to put on this red dress she picked out…” 😞 So sad 💔 May all of the victims in all of these stories be resting in paradise
I do find it in bad taste when he added the sound of the decapitation and paused her home video once it had her head aiming down similar to the crime scene. He normally doesnt do stuff like that but idk it was off putting
@@CimbomFanFictionstill gotta make the video stylistic. Maybe a bit too far though
He’s the best!!!!
I say this same thing all the time when I see people ask how he could possible know things like that. I’m like really? Of course he couldn’t know all that but he is painting a picture while he tells their story! He doesn’t just go thru the motions he makes them human to you and helps you empathize! So chill bro ❤
He walked in and killed an 8 year old boy. That's some deep, dark, evil shit right there. This made me feel sick to my stomach.
He was incredibly evil
I was like “Please at least find him with his clothes on! 🙏 “
How you can rape and murder, i have no idea. You have to have a black hole where your soul should be.
Facts bruh like how do you just murder a child like it's unfathomable yo
@@qualiswilliams7403 you sound like Jesse Pinkman lol
Mr. Ballen could read the ingredients off a shampoo bottle and I'd still listen intently.
😂
Too intently to ever be able to find the secrets, unfortunately
You and the rest of us lol
Looking forward to hearing that on April Fools
@@MrBallen Have you ever read a bottle of Dr. Bronner's Castile soap? I'd pay a dollar to watch of video of you reading that! 😂
Was in Gainesville during the murders. Mr. Ballen, you nailed it. There was extreme terror and lots of rumors. After Manny was killed, there was total freakout. No one was safe! I still remember the 5 victims after all these years.
Don't know if Mr. Ballen will see this, however, since he asks for recommendations as to stories, would like to know if he could do a story on Marshall Lee Gore. He was already executed on Florida's death row. This is a wild story dating back to late 80's -early 90's. He was a psycho serial killer who was finally caught in Homestead/Redlands Florida. He rented a room at my friend's house, and, attempted last murder unsuccessfully while in tge company of another friend of mine. A true chameleon, charismatic, etc., had everyone fooled so no one had a clue. I met him and noticed something too friendly & weird about him. Thanks for listening.
That sounds intriguing I don't remember his email but look in the description it probably there he's way more likely to notice your recommendation on his email then if u just comment it
Put this suggestion on his subreddit. I honestly don't know what that is. I hope he is able to do this one, sounds really interesting.
You are very lucky!💘
Stabbing 8 years old child to death is another level of brutality.😞
Right? Immensely evil. I have a seven year old and I couldn’t imagine. Kids that age are so innocent and sweet.
I'm so glad I don't have children when I hear stories like this.
Not even hesitating a moment - walked straight in and just stabbed that poor little kid. Apparently there was not a shred of humanity in that murdering POS. 😢
Yeah, he was demon possessed all the way through. That's why the demons had him whistling a religious tune as he was lead into the death chamber, they were mocking God for all of the unrepentant victim souls He had to send to Hell and now demons finally had the serial killer's soul as well. Given the serial killer's level of evil, in Hell, he would definitely goto the individual cells; where he would be raped and stabbed to death by demons, who bear the likeness of his victims, without ceasing until Judgment Day.
@@commandericeman8588 Without ceasing till judgment day? Life in hell is eternal isn’t it? The lake of fire = hell??
I grew up with Julie Grissom in Shreveport and she was an incredible young lady. We were all devastated when this happened. These events change your life forever. Please remember the victims of these horrible crimes.
Blessings to you
I'm sorry for your loss. I can't imagine what the mother was going through. Losing her dad, son and sister all at once.
@Mirage Desert - I'm so incredibly sorry about your loss💔💔
God bless you ,,,,rip ALL the victims and God help their loved ones, 🕊🙏🏼🕊
Really evil thing to do to an innocent family, I hope you and the other family/friends found healing
The most heartbreaking elements of these stories is when you hear about these young beautiful people about to start these new chapters of their lives and how proud their parents and families are filled with so much hope and love and support and then to have it destroyed by someone or something or some circumstance. I think about these families and their pain and my heart goes out to them. 😔
The pain the grandfather probably felt in his final moments, he couldn’t keep his grandson and daughter safe
I mean, he was really old. There wasn't much he could do. 😂
@@TheBakuganmaster99I'm sure it still was agonizing for him in his final moments. Remember Manny couldn't keep his roommate safe either.
I seriously can't wrap my head around the fact that the police found a tape recorder and they decided not to listen to it. he literally confessed who he was on it!
No crap. A gun and screw driver. I'd be thinking serial killers camp right away
@@SgtJoeSmith meh they knew it was an armed robbery so obviously there was a gun involved and a screw drivers pretty random but not something you’d think could easily break doors open
@@naiire_ i see your point but with a serial killer on loose id think theyd look into any other crime to see if it is somehow related. or at least listen to the tape. if nothing else listening to tape may help figure out who robber was. or if it was just a music tape then only wasted 1 minute
@@naiire_ it literally costs them nothing the check it, so bizarre
It's also why I won't watch those stupid 'Scream' movies. They're using horrible murders to portray further murders to make entertainment out of. It's an affront to all the victims. It cheapens what happened to them. It's totally disrespectful and WRONG.
I wonder how many people actually survive when someone says "if you cooperate I'm not going to kill you."
i did.
@@breannafofana8 Well that's good to know. We got some odds. Thank you!
Depends who you’re dealing with, possibly your ability to read a person. Maybe some negotiation experience or manipulation tactics. You never know. So your best chance is to fight if you don’t know the psychological state of the person.
@Mr. Villain Finally, someone gets it.
@@DissTrackTed if its some robber that run quick trying to to everything quick and leave mostlikely he will not kill, if its some wirdo kidnapper threats to kill or sit quiet kidnaping from parking lot better fight back with % to live or die there instead of being tortured for month and killed somwhere.
I remember when this happened. I got my first apartment after I graduated in 1992 & my roommate & I always searched our apartment together with a baseball bat & a knife when we got home. I didn’t stop doing this until I got married, but I still clear each room with my Ruger when I come home alone. Some of these stories stick with you for a reason. It’s a paranoid practice, but I don’t care. My 15 yr old daughter will be doing the same when she moves out…Part of it stems from kids joking in HS, I was most likely to be killed by a serial killer. Well, not on my watch! Thank you to the Navy for giving me the opportunity to learn how to use a gun & letting me train & earning a marksmanship ribbon. I still train with several pieces. Never stop training! Stay alert stay alive!
It's crazy, when you see the guy Danny in a suit in court he looks like a business man or your next door neighbor. That's terrifying.
It’s funny how the first guy ‘looked’ more like a serial killer than the actual guy, who looked more like a used car salesman… ya never know.
True. This is a good example that someones appearance doesn't have to say anything about them. Maybe the first guy had an accident with a glass door/window when he was a kid.
@@eliushi6220 or he fell down the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
@@ogchoyero3894Possibly. People who hit their grandma aren't good people anyway.
@@eliushi6220 Maybe they just never found his specific victims.
They both loitered in the woods with knives all the time. What the heck?!
I feel so bad the way they girls were brutally murdered. How disturbing they departed this way. Rest In Peace. Hopefully the families are okay
I know, it's just so sad people think that this is ok. I hope the parents can feel peace or at least not thinking it's their fault. Fly high angels ❤️😢
Sucks to suck
@@donvito5647 bruh
Hopefully their family finds peace
All Criminals needs to be executed in a slow and painful way, like being thrown in boiling hot water in a giant pot! Execution needs to be like the Mongolians in the 12th century. Kill one person and you, your family, and relatives will be wipe out from this planet. This would make murders around the world drop. As family members will need to check who's the psycho in their family that's going to cause their whole lineage from being wipe out.
The way he goes out. So peacefully. Its so unfair.
He seemed so transparent about who he was and what he wanted to do. He told that Cindy woman that he wanted to stab people, and that he was going to move to Florida because there's lots of young women there. It's as if he knew he was a monster, and that he was destined for jail and didn't believe his fate could or should be changed.
He was already sick and twisted by that point I’m sure. I’m sure he enjoyed the thought of it rather than thinking there was something wrong with him. It’s really sick… and I wish people like that were reported immediately when found suspicious
“Real photo of a pay phone”. Hands down the best caption on any Mr Ballen video, ever.
lol. right. i was like the younger people aint gonna know what that is without a picture. lol
@@lisabell7934 god that is such an old ass “book good phone bad” thing to say, lmao, go tell to the geriatric aunt on Facebook, Lisa.
@@Tw0Dots literally all she did was give a lighthearted comment about how most younger people don’t know what pay phones are, and you had to come in here and be an asshole over absolutely nothing. Hope you feel good about being an absolute piece of shit to a complete stranger for some measly internet points
@@Tw0Dots wow. who hurt you. no need to be so hateful. it was just a joke
@@kaczynskifan78 right. but what you expect from someone with no content and no picture to back them up. Just another faceless bully. thanks for sticking up for me.
Can we all just take a minute to admire Mr. Ballen’s talent? I never realized how difficult it is to sound the way he does telling stories until I had to record a 3 minute video for my speech class this semester.
Thank you! I work very hard to speak clearly and as naturally as possible. Took a lot of practice for sure
Get a life.
@@marchoo9849 you should too
@@marchoo9849 look who's talking...
@@MrBallen Wanted to take the time to say a little something. I have a lot of respect for you. I’m referring to the stories that involve sexual assault. The way you pause before saying it, it means a lot to me. I cringe every time I hear those words but I watch because I felt alone as I have experienced it myself and listening to your stories gives me a glimpse of hope knowing that I’m not the only one. Thank you.
People always think if you are strong and have a gun, you are safe. But they forget that the element of surprize is stronger
I always reference this story when my friends tell me they don't lock their doors when they're home. This one is so brutal.
I didn't even notice that the video was 48 minutes long, that's how good it is.
Hahaha I did the exact same thing 😆 🤣 Love this channel :) well done once again MrBallen 👏
Same here, I KNEW it was 48 minutes but it was so good I was equally as sad when it ended as I am when the 14 minute videos end!!
I didn't notice until I read your comment after watching the video. Couldn't believe it and double checked. WOW!!
One of his best.
Ever since my sister moved out, she's had sliding glass doors and as a forensic scientist, she's NEVER trusted the locks to be enough and always has steel bars she slides into place so the doors can't be jimmied open. Now I know where she learned to be so cautious.
Nearly everybody does that. But as a guy who has worked in construction for years and installed hundreds of different types of doors and locks, every normal door can be easily defeated.
Your sister is smart
@@MandenTV 😞
I once lived in this old house that my landlord built from the ground up. It was a really cool house but, wherever there was a window, I had steel pipes cut to a custom fit because the windows were like that glass slide door. They all opened like that. I have done that ever since, wherever I have lived for safety because a really cool and really thrifty neighbor of mine out there, taught me that. They can still get in though. I won't say how because I don't want to give that info to thieves or bad people.
Yep can verify living ina house for 21 years with a sliding glass door the locks don’t work. Ooos out late and forgot to bring my key pull the back door once hard lock moves loose pull again and bink it’s open
I remember this, my uncle taught at Gainsville. When he was out of town his wife slept with a shotgun in the bed next to her.
New to the channel, and this one has really hit home. We moved to Ocala, Florida 2 months before the Gainesville murders happened. I remember my dad, who had recently had a big back issue(and was in tremendous pain) would get up and walk me to the bus stop every morning. I had to cross through a small patch of trees, he would wait until I passed through them and hollered at him before he would go back home. We had parents at the stop, who were armed. We lived about 45 mins South, but what is 45 minutes when we have cars, busses and taxis? What a welcome to that state!
I didn’t know this story until today, and I’d visit northern Marion County throughout my younger years in the 80s & 90s. I even applied to UF in ‘92-93 thinking it was my dream school. To learn this now is a bit unsettling, and to know he was caught in Ocala after robbing a Winn Dixie on 200, that made it much worse in my head. Also around this time, along that stretch of I75, some men were going missing after soliciting a sex worker - Aileen Wournos had disposed of some bodies near the 484/I75 area. 1990-91 was an insanely unsafe time in Alachua & Marion counties.
As a young woman my mom heard something at her sliding glass door. She thought it was a stray cat that always sprayed her patio so she crept over, threw aside the parallel blinds as she started barking this crazy realistic big dog bark she does and found herself face to face w a man trying to pry her sliding door open. She scared him so badly he fell backwards over her bushes and rolled partway down a hill and ran away. She just stood there mouth open watching his spastic escape from her in shock. Thank God he didn't get in. I may not be here today had he gotten in.
That's why you never get sliding doors. They are too easy to pry open. Always have a good solid back door with dead bolts. And windows with good locks
This is why I have two locks on my sliding glass doors, a screen with a lock, and a big ass stick that goes on the track to keep the door from opening even if you do manage to get it unlocked. We ain't playing no games here lol
OMG that's awful! I don't even want to know what could have happend to her! So glad that she scared him away!
@@masstv9052 You can lay a rod the width of half the door and they can't pry it open.
@@masstv9052 actually a Long board to put down on the roll away. But now they have on the doors for that purpose.
Wow, what a coincidence, I went to high school with Manny and Tracy, it was an awful and sad story, they had so much promise. I remember we were all in shock that that the guy was able to overpower and kill Manny, he was young, super fit, huge, hella strong and he wasn't afraid of anything. Just goes to show, evil ppl can take over the best of us. As always, thanks for the content.
Wow 🥺 I’m so sorry. What a crazy coincidence you’re a Mr. Ballen viewer! Thank you for sharing your experience with them 💗 RIP
He was stabbed while sleeping and still put a fight. He was very strong😢
Sorry for the loss of your friend especially in that way. May they both be up in heaven enjoying eternity of happiness and joy and loved ones with them. Till one day you’ll see them again. Still sorry for your loss though. Heartbreaking that someone that watched this video new two of the people. Sending prayers to everyone stay safe. 🙏🏽💕😢
Wow that’s wild you knew them. What a sad thing
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I honestly hate that these people were all murdered so brutally particularly Christa Hoyt. None of them needed to die and they all seemed like excited people. I wonder if Tracy and Manny would have ended up getting married but thanks to Danny we would never know. Truly horrifying story. It's one thing to kill somebody in self defence but to kill somebody purely for a thrill, is on another level of horror. And to think it was brought about initially because of bad childhood upbringing.
As a resident of Gainesville I can truly say. The apartments here are still very flimsy and vulnerable to break ins. I know one of the officers that was first on the scene to one of these murders. His description of the scene was so much more gruesome than could be described. I could feel the fear as he retold what he experienced. So sad. I get a cold feeling every time I pass by their memorial on 34th street.
I'm a real big fan of these longer, single story episodes. It's a lot more thorough and really does the story justice. Great work as always, Mr. Ballen.
Agreed I prefer long single stories
@@justicelee8502 as long as its interesting
Yes!!
Same.
NooooOoooo! They'll ruin him!
Thank goodness for Cindy, the one who thought that he could be the killer, otherwise who knows how many more people would have died! I didn’t even know that Scream was based on a true story, but it’s horrifying to hear about it.
I'm surprised the family didn't sue considering how their daughter was brutally murdered. I personally never knew it was based in real life and never really took it seriously other than a jump scare type of movie. My heart goes to all the family and friends. May their souls rest in peace.
Ikr
Same here I thought it was plain ole fiction
This couldve prevented if only they helped the guy seek therapy or intervention but instead they just pushed him away just like that. No wonder why many people turns into monster.
Seriously. "I like stabbing people." Tf?
I absolutely adore how you give trigger warnings. It means this is exactly what Id love to know. And helps us all take a self check if we're ready. Edit: I also love how respectful you are to the victims. I had a friend as a younger girl that was assaulted and murdered while in college, saving all her roommates from the attackers. Nicest lady in the world. Thank you for reminding me of her.
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IDK why people need "Trigger Warnings" before they watch these types of videos I mean Common Sense. Should tell people that what they are about to watch is going to have horrible things talked about in it. It's very Obvious what his channel focuses on he sais it at the beginning of every single video he does STRANGE DARK AND MYSTERIOUS
Yes it’s bad what he did, but I find it amusing how this random teen basically got accused of Danny’s crimes mostly due to him being odd and due to his face. But even so, hopefully he learned something in prison especially after punching his poor grandma in the face. Like, how can you do that to a poor defenseless old lady???
Late to the party, but he suffered from manic depression and was off his meds, that's why he attacked his grandma, acted strange and confessed to the crimes. He later got his meds straightened out, went to CC and then to UCF where he earned his degree with his whole family cheering for him. Interesting read if you google Edward Lewis Humphrey
Nice❤ love updates!! Thanks
@@wilsonservthanks for the update yeah
He's so modest, you'd never kñow watching his videos that he is actually à badass former navy seal. Admire you John, bug time.
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@@crackbot7263 I felt excited for some reason while reading that.
My mother was a student at UF and living with my dad at the time of the Danny Rowland killings. One weekend when he was out of town she was convinced someone was watching her. She told me that she actually had seen a head and a pair of eyes watching her from her from the emergency hatch inside her closet (essentially from the roof). A friend of theirs came and inspected the apartment immediately. They found someone’s living space in the hatch above her and my dads closet, but no person was there. They had broken in through crawl space left in roof of the Camelot apartments because at the time none were sealed off. It was easy access in and out of those apartments if you knew about it. A sleeping bag, tons of candy bar wrappers, and drink containers was inside that hatch. My mom fit the EXACT description of most of the women that were targeted. When they called the cops they thought she would have potentially been another victim, but can never say for sure. It’s so disturbing watching this because I feel like I’m looking at my mom in all the photos of these women. I’m just glad she trusted her instincts and got the hell out of town with my dad and their friends. She said it was on of the most traumatic times in all the students lives because no one knew who could be next, and even being with people didn’t necessarily mean you were safe.
Thank God she's still here ..I bet that was him..
@@datway2479 We will never really know for sure! Very very weird timing.
I wonder why they didn't use dogs to follow his scent if he was walking from and back to his camp nearby? I can't believe they caught him only because of the botched bank robbery
@@exploitedfight8081 they would need something like his clothes for the dogs to know what scent to follow.
that's true,MEGAN
I was living in Gainesville at the same time. It was frightening, and I tried to tell myself that I wasn’t in danger because I had already graduated from college, and didn’t live near UF. Truly a trying time for everyone, especially the families of the victims.
i can’t get over the fact that poor little boy was probably so excited for his birthday 🥺 breaks my heart
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Agreed
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Wow hearing murders all you care about is birthday😂😂😂
@@dikshantubale5068 well, think about it The scummiest thing you could ever do is kill a child, children are weak, inexperienced in fighting, they’re practically defenseless, and they have a whole future ahead of them, and they go to celebrate a birthday, which is a huge deal to a kid, and all of that gets taken away by some monster who couldn’t resist the urge to kill and rape When considered in that regard, it becomes more heartbreaking than it already was
Can we just take a moment to be thankful for a 48 minutes story 😌 for those of us who binged watched every single video, and wait for a new one, a long one is very much appreciated 😅
Glad you liked it!! Took a hot minute to put together haha
Mr. Ballen does such a good job I didn't even realize it was 48 minutes until I saw this comment 😭😂
That's what she said!
Totally agree!!!
Me: What! it's only 1-2 times a week!!! Also me: Oh, it's 48 minutes long, I'm okay.
I used to be against the death penalty. Now that i'm older and have listened and watched numerous evil acts that humans have done, i am totally convinced it's not only justified but that it's necessary. Whatever the reason that certain people have no empathy or enjoy committing these acts, it's not up to the taxpayer to keep them alive for life. It only increases the chances they may kill again either in prison or if they get out. Maybe the relatives of the victims should be able to form a firing squad or decide how the perpetrator dies. Too much evil in the world today and it's time to empty out the cells of murderers that are 100 percent guilty and have zero remorse. Why should the tax payer be on the hook for keeping them alive? MT
I can’t stop thinking ‘how depraved do you have to be, not only to do something like this, but to enjoy it?’ What horrific, sick, and disturbing crimes
It’s mind boggling to me that the cops could find a tape recorder among the belongings of an armed bank robber and thought it was too much work to press play😡
Right! TF! I peeped that too! Shame
That is because the spree killer case was the highest priority. It shows just how determined they were to end it. Ironically, that intense desire to solve it delayed them from actually solving it.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Policemen were just really frigging lazy.
@@anabanana2.037Hindsight is 20/20. The spree killer was literally raping and murdering on a DAILY BASIS. All of the people were in a state of high alert, while the whole the neighborhood was gripped by mass fear and paranoia. Due to this imminent and serious problem, they chose to put forth all of their resources towards stopping that serious threat. As a result, the bank robbery case (which resulted in zero deaths) was put on hold. This has nothing to do eith "laziness". Mr. Ballen already explained this in the video.
Omg FORTY EIGHT minutes?!?! What in the world have I done to deserve this GIFT?! 😍🤣❤️
I just realized how long it was can’t wait to watch it
Ikr... I was just saying how I didn't know what I was going to watch when I got home. I sit down and look at my notifications and see this GIFT! I'm so happy!
And I have had such a bad weekend. This started off my week right!
Oh you know what you did.
Right!? I hope he gets into more long form stuff and we get longer videos. I want deep dives!
I really think that the death penalty should be a much longer, painful, and terrifying experience for those who commit these types of crimes. An eye for an eye
I would love to see you utilize your perspective and positivity as a newscaster. Thank you for all you bring to your listeners and for insisting that the human perspective never be forgotten, especially in reference to crimes or circumstances of violence. You are immensely appreciated.
the one with the 8 year old and grandpa really made me sad, the kid was just happily sitting there watching tv, and the grandpa was just trying to cook dinner.
Awwwww;( did it make wittle Jig and Wag cry? It’s okay baby, mommy and daddy are dead.
@@restartrestartreboot7838 yeah I pissed my pants too, too bad not everyone doesn't have any emotional reaction to an old man and child being brutally murdered like you do, I bet all the ladies want to you since ur such a tough guy ;(
@@restartrestartreboot7838 Be careful
@Jig and Wag I am a tough guy, the toughest I know. Nothing can hurt me, or beat me. Emotions are for weaklings like yourself.
@@restartrestartreboot7838 apparently girlfriends are for weaklings like me too, cuz you've obviously never had one
Danny Rolling is one of those serial killers who have just stuck with me. He's truly terrifying. Not like many others, who's just media hungry idiots. He simply got the urge, and and for him to have those urges makes him a fucking terrifying humanbeing.
Human being? I beg to differ. He's a thing. Not an animal not a person. A creature. He's some thing that can't be totally described. Worse than a nightmare.
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So people kill without the urge to? He said he killed to be a “superstar” so he just wanted infamy.
@@Meshatiny no I'm pretty sure he is a human...
@@Meshatiny nah. He is entirely human. We are the only things that do this type of thing on the regular. Thinking it isn't human behaviour, is a mistake. Especially when surrounded by so many examples that it is.
Famous last words: “the town was so safe no one locked their doors” followed by “the murders rocked the community.” A locked door can be broken into but it’s one more step of security than none.
What i like about your channel is the fact that you tell the story without the finger wagging and moral grandstanding . Thats refreshing
Gainesville resident here. This case still haunts the town to this day. One of the most chilling parts I’ve ever heard about this case was that when Manny and Tracey were noticed as missing, some people got into their apartment to try and check what was going on. When they walked in, they saw blood and a black bag and immediately turned away to call the police. Once they got back, the black bag was gone. Many people think the killer was still inside when these people came in first, but once he heard them he got spooked and ran off. She wasn’t mutilated post mortem like the other victims, supporting this theory. Absolutely horrifying to think of if you were the friends to walk in
I have a question, what was your reaction when you found out that the scream movies was based on this?
I have no recollection of this.weird.
@@IAmVictorrL I myself did not know this until now. Tasteless is my thoughts. it was very scary time, awful.
@@IAmVictorrL it was inspired by the movie bc the new screenwriter was house-sitting alone when he saw news /doc about the Gainesville ripper. Watching the show alone made him paranoid that someone was in the house with him, especially after finding a window unlocked as he went room to room to investigate. He called his friend to stay on the phone with him as he did a room search, and they started to joke about all the horror movies that ask if you are alone. Hence, the inspiration for Scream.
@@jdog1785 not exactly tasteless bc it was actually the screenwriter house-sitting alone while watching a documentary on the Gainesville ripper, that was the inspiration. Being scared and thinking someone may have gotten into the house with him is what made him call a friend who started joking that this was how horror movies start
I can't imagine how Manny must've felt in his final moments realizing he was unable to protect his friend and himself. Plus Tracy must've felt riddled with guilt because she had convinced Manny to come back to college with her; trying to be a good friend by encouraging him to finish his education. SMH. Unreal that deciding to better yourself is the reason your life is cut short.
no one was armed (at least I didnt hear the victims were). If at least one of them had a gun nearby, below the bed, at a drawer in a kitchen, things would have turn out very differently.
@@Jucelegario I wish they were better equipped too. Too much was left up to chance.
@@JucelegarioA gun doesn't matter if you don't have the opportunity to use it. Every victim outside of 1 was either surprise attacked or stabbed in their sleep. The girl with the guy friend is the only one that had a chance. And she chose to run in her room instead of out the door. A gun would've saved her but nobody else.
@@Jucelegario Mate having a gun doesn't make a difference if you get stabbed to death in your sleep
@@Jucelegario America 101
A very good reason to keep several home security measures in place, and to get trained and stay strapped.
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I like how full and intense the measures taken were. It shows what a community and people as a whole can accomplish when all recognize a common threat.
I live in the first apartment complex mentioned in Gainesville. It’s now called Williamsburg Village. There is actual panic buttons in each bedroom that were installed after the killings!
My daughter’s college just had panic buttons installed in all dorms and off campus housing….one in the living room by the front door…. One in the dining room (that leads u to the kitchen) … and then in each of the girls bedrooms…. It made me feel a lot better….
I live there to
The most interesting thing on KZhead is a man telling stories. No special effects or filters. Well done sir.
There are a lot of ways to make good content
Your comment nailed it, Sir. 🖒
Other than the background. Yes
Other than the sound effects. Yes
Yes i don't think anyone else can sit alone in that creepy park with the fog . His dedication ❤️❤️
nobody can contest the way Ballen speaks and physically acts out the expressions of the people he’s speaking out, he really gives it his all, been watching this man for a couple years now and he really does deserve his flowers
My dad is from Gainesville and all of his younger siblings went to UF, my uncle and aunt were students during this and my aunt was close friends with two of the victims. Also one of Rolling’s camp sites was found in the woods right outside my Aunt’s apartment window and some believe she might have been one of the next planned victims but my aunt was house sitting for a friend while the murders were happening. Small world, great video!
The poor Grisham family, I can't even imagine. Lost her Son, Father and Sister in such a horrific way.
They were all beautiful people too. How anyone can kill another especially a child is beyond me 😢
@@sjm8650 No. I meant they look beautiful people bless their souls. It is so sad 😔
How can anyone survive such tremendous loss? It's devastating.
Seriously!! Just a family getting ready for dinner, and then BAM! Some fucking creep sneaks in and ruins everything.
@Abdul Raheem Badayuni Yes I was referring to the remaining family members and loved ones.
All jokes aside, a lot of people probably have never seen a real photo of a payphone
I found working payphones a few months ago. Imagine my surprise 😂
I remember seeing payphones everywhere as a kid. Man technological progress is scary
@@AtomikMenace Maybe you saw a ghost? The ghost of a payphone use me please...
@OwO shut up bot
@@notsureiL 😂 I'll let Mr ballen know where to get the details for the story
The senseless killing is so fucked, and it also goes to show you how long and far a good supportive family life is.
I love the " REAL PHOTO OF A PAYPHONE " LOL..
i wondered who else would find that funny
He looked so harmless and yet Humphreys looked exactly like somebody who would smack his own grandmother. Really shows how looks can be deceiving
Amen.
Dayton Rodgers didn't look like much. Scared people from Portland to Salem and especially in Molalla. Looks are deceiving.
Your basically a racist but worse for saying something like this
@@ginosko_ you're gonna have to back that accusation up and explain yourself a bit, otherwise your statement is saying more about you.
@@ginosko_ Why are you immediately jumping to race? Are you seriously this brainwashed by the media??
The amount of research mrballen puts into everything he does is absolutely incredible
it might be partial facts and partial b.s to sound like his smart i question ballens credibility, he stole the horton mine video off nukes5 and cut out all the fake parts stating its not staged, also doesn’t tell his viewers the horton mine youtuber with the chains moving is ACTUALLY the guys SECOND video, the first one was fake too feinting ignorance stating ghost sounds sound like snakes
@@GawrGurasBathTubPizza you've repeated this comment multiple times now
@@GawrGurasBathTubPizza you keep talking about one video... granted that video in the mine may be fake but nukes5 whoever that is was not the only person to post that video. There are multiple videos of the horton mine on youtube. Do you realize how much time, effort and research mr.ballen puts into these videos? and its not like a video like this one is a ghost story. This actually happened. Dont watch his videos if you dont like them. Its that simple. You dont have to comment the same stupid bullshit multiple times on one video.
man i love these longer episodes
Yeah most of his stuff is bullshit. He also most likely has writers and shit. He exaggerates the stories for dramatic effect too. Notice ever single video says MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY GRAPHIC CONTENT Clickbait titles
This just popped up on my feed. The beautiful Tracy Paules was my cousin. We love and miss her very much.
Thank you for resspecting the grief of the parents. Horror films are so callous on this point, and it is the most devastatng thing a parent can ever experience. Your life would becone a living nightmare of grief and pain. Thank you for respecting the parents' pov.
Fun fact: The flannel budget for this show is now over 16 million dollars.
References?
@@mr.universe740 Gentlemen in Flannel Weekly
@@mr.universe740 well we are in the midst of a global flannel shortage so it only makes sense... following the numbers🤣
@@mr.universe740 references - Al Borland.
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As a parent, I understand wanting to know what happened to your child. Also as a parent, I don't think I could handle seeing my child like that. Permanent psychological damage. That's heart breaking. I grew up watching Scream movies. I never considered where the inspiration behind them came from.
I agree 100%. How horrific it would be to hear what this monster did to their family members and loved ones. I can’t even imagine!!
Hailey you should investigate the story of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
If the movies were 1% as scary as the true story they would’ve been good horror flicks.
Same
And those poor parents will always have that image in their head. No one should have to witness that.
I've always been the big brother, but watching you, you're like my big brother telling me a story near a campfire. Thanks, man.
When Danny Rolling was found guilty, an editorial in the Miami Herald had just one sentence: “The system does work.”
I don’t think people realize how scary it would be knowing there’s ACTUALLY a killer in your area striking and killing people at night in YOUR area
I take it you dont live in a big city lol
@@zameion90 I don’t even know, My city is ghetto
@@user-mm2ro2tm4r One time the cops locked down my neighborhood looking for a killer. They were even released dogs and were announcing that everyone needs to stay in their homes and lock the doors. They found him hiding in the neighbors garage.
My family was on edge but this was waaaay before my time….Gainesville still keeps their names alive
How scary?
“Real photo of a payphone” - man thank god Mr. Ballen didn’t show a “fake” payphone..what a guy. ( I’m joking around I absolutely love this l channel)
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I laughed at that too but I'm guessing it was for all the young people who wouldn't know what it was lol.
69th like **nice**
@@MrBallen can you do the story of Madeleine McCann, if you dont know who she is just type her name into google or KZhead
I had watch this video when it first came out. Being a subscriber of few years I had watched around 70% of your videos, taking my time as a few subjects is hard to bear after listening to it. But man, this really tops it all. The first time watching, not many had commented, I like reading comments so it does not felt that heavy yet at the time. But re watching as I’ve forgotten what this was about, it scares me and touch me deeply as the comments had become more personal. There’s so many comments coming from people that are affected almost directly to this. It is really terrifying
The memory of these murders still resonates throughout Gainesville and the UF community. When I attended, the apartments where this happened hadn't been demolished and served as a somber if not macabre reminder of the tragic events. Whew!
Isn’t it strange we think the first man arrested looked like what we imagine a killer to look like. Danny looked very ordinary. This is a very disturbing case.
That’s how it always is I learned early in life the most ordinary looking people are the most dangerous.
@@rayallen4489 100% Fact
People are bigots
That other guy was still a creep .
Not really. The pictures we have of Danny are from him being cleaned up in court. For years he was a homeless derelict who carried a large knife around everywhere.
I can't believe how much luck this p.o.s. had when entering the victims' homes: victim in the shower, out grilling burgers, sleeping, taking a shower, not home, etc. It's almost like the devil was looking out for this guy.
You know what? I've thought the same thing about Hitler. It's insane how many attacks against his life this guy survived! Maybe the devil DOES protect his own?
@@Petra44YT Sucks that God doesn't look out for his own.
@@justsomerandomguy9547 God looks out for his own...every single day! I am alive because of him...too many close calls to list. When you become a child of his only then will you recognize his work. Otherwise you will just sit on KZhead channels and put him down. Good luck to you.
@@justsomerandomguy9547 I highly suggest you watch the movie The Shack with that mindset.
@آهنگ های اصلی و کاپی - Copy Songs & Original God gave us all the gift of choice. Satan made his choice when he became a fallen angel. Humans make good and bad choices as well. With that comes consequences.
Here is a little fact, since I live close to Gainesville there is a mural on 34th street dedicated to the victims I've seen it dozen times it's super chilling to know that the city I work in had a huge murder crime back in the 90s
MrBallen used to make long videos, now we have 20++ minutes videos :( I understand that we have long podcasts but videos just hit differently! I'm on my third rewatch now
At least Scream is a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format.
🤣 touché
Good point
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that was absolutely horrific to imagine. i can’t believe that people who want to do this to people actually exist
Statistically by the thousands, unfortunately
typical liberals. Mr ballen is a pro American, pro 2nd amendment, navy seal. his US stories are involving democrats. weird coincidence or is it. either way I love to see a pro Trump, patriot doing awesome.
Same. It constantly blows my mind
@@chizzelfingers wtf are u talking about 💀
@@syddd5779 He's on Trump's drugs LOL
I lived in Florida when this happened and the ensuing hysteria shook the entire state. Lots of kids left school. Humphreys seemed to be out of central casting, the perfect suspect...almost. I will never forget the fear we all felt after learning the grisly details. Horrifying.
It's honestly crazy how mr. Ballen is such a good story teller, he's legit the only storyteller I can watch uninterrupted or without losing interest and speeding through some parts lol great channel mr. Ballen!
I agree @mrballen drink some tea I hear something in your voice
@fturd Same dude same..
MrBallen for directing or writing ✍️. Take it to the next level. Since day 1 his passion legit. Vote for MrBallen productions! Let’s convince him and make it happen. Keep rocking!
Navy guys always got the best story telling skills lol
He’s one of maybe a half dozen for me and I LOVE stories.
I was in Gainesville at the time, going to UF. I can tell you, the whole city was TERRIFIED while this was going on.
I remember the news was showing kids leaving in droves going home because they were so terrified. I was shocked that people actually stayed. I was watching the news from California
I was there at the time as well. Opening the Gainesville Sun newspaper in the morning and reading about another murder three days running. A living nightmare.
that’s terrifying. please promise me you will stay safe
sorry man you are so lucky
Also a UF grad. It’s still taught in the Criminal Justice core classes. A lot of discussion on what the PD screwed up on the case. If they listened to the tape he would have been arrested before he could have killed any more people.
Thank you so much! I lived this and it always ticks me off when no one mentions Santa Fe Community College. I was a 21 year old brunette who worked and went to college in Gainesville when this was happening. I had lived there but moved back home a few weeks before. It was terrifying. I know it's not logical to be upset about such a small thing but SFCC students were scared too.
Sliding glass doors are WAY easier to break into than I would have thought.
I LOVE MRBALLEN, NO ONE HAS HIS STORY TELLING SKILLS. His grandkids will be so lucky to have him as a grandfather, hopefully the like button won’t get his revenge on him before then.
Yes! All of this!!
Did you comment this on another one of his videos
He's even better then the grandfather in The Princess Bride.
😄 😄 😄 @the like button!
He has a nice flow...
I swear the craziest killers be looking like the most “normal/casual” people.
Like you Boris? Ya commie Brit!
Yeah, it's almost as if people get misjudged based on their looks...
thats why i wear cloathes
So those dudes look normal to you??…
Yeah, just look at Richard Ramírez or Ted Bundy.