The Darkest Lost Media [Vol. 2]

(eerie music) (slide clicks) (eerie music) (slide clicks) (eerie music) (thunder claps and rain trickles) (tape clicks) (video buzzes) (calm eerie music) - [Nexpo] There's something about lost media that is so incredibly unsettling. The idea of a piece of recorded history being effectively lost to time, cementing even the most mundane footage, TV shows, and even video games into the realm of mystery. It seems that each and every day, new relics of decades past are being remembered, spreading lik

e wildfire to all the others who, also, vaguely remember it too. A year ago, I brought you through five of the darkest pieces of lost media that I could find, however it was but a drop in the ocean of what's actually out there. There are hundreds, thousands of disturbing pieces of forgotten media all with their own stories, their own significance, and their own intricate details that cement them as some of the darkest in existence. Tonight, you and I are diving back in. This is "The Darkest Lo..

". (video beeps) (reel buzzes) (tornado warning beeps) (alarm blares) (somber music) It's the 31st of May, 2013, and the town of El Reno, Oklahoma is silent. It's a Friday like any other except for a small problem. (alarm beeps) - [Announcer] National Weather Service in Norman has issued a tornado warning for Southwestern Oklahoma County in central Oklahoma, Southeastern Canadian County in central Oklahoma until 07:00 p.m. central daylight time. At 06:23 p.m. central daylight time, National Weat

her Service... (eerie music) - [Nexpo] As the early evening approaches, alerts ring in about a potential multiple vortex tornado that may touch down in the area. It's something meteorologists haven't seen before. It's unprecedented. It's different. At 06:03 p.m., an EF-3 monster touches down around eight miles Southeast of El Reno, Oklahoma. Rapidly, it swells in size becoming more violent by the minute. It mostly remains over open fields, a good thing for the neighboring towns and cities. Howev

er, for those with a passion for chasing supercells like this, the outcome was far more disastrous. (sad eerie music) In the mid 2000s, a team of storm chasers gone by the alias TWISTEX was formed under the Discovery Channel headed by a man named Tim Samaras. It involved a group of 10 scientists with the goal of chasing and documenting the dynamics of various superstorms, utilizing numerous vehicles outfitted with weather probes. If you're a fan of the show, "Storm Chasers", then you've likely s

een them in action as they were heavily involved in seasons three through five around the turn of the decade. On the night of the El Reno tornado, Tim Samaras, along with two other members, a videographer named Paul Samaras and a meteorologist named Carl Young or dispatched in one of the cruise Chevrolet Cobalt's with the goal of deploying a weather drone in hopes of capturing atmospheric and seismic data. Ironically, being considered one of the safest storm chasers in the industry, Samaras was

up for the task. And so he and his crew decided to pursue the El Reno tornado, unaware of just how volatile it would soon become. - [Tim] I'm gonna keep going. (radio mumbles) (wind claps) Multiple vortex. (wind claps) (rain trickles) (eerie music) - [Nexpo] As the minutes pass, the vortex rapidly changes direction. It ramps up speed and it grows to a size never before seen. At its widest, it attains a diameter of 2.6 miles, cementing it as the single largest tornado by surface area ever recorde

d. Regardless, the TWISTEX team approaches it with their plan of deploying that weather drone before getting out of there as fast as possible. They begin their drive towards the highway in hopes of heading south towards its direction. However, to their surprise, the tornado rapidly and unexpectedly turns straight towards them. In the following minutes, they do everything they can to turn around to get away from this beast of nature. However, before they know it, the storm overtakes them, leaving

the three men helpless inside. (car rattles) As the car's picked up, Carl and Paul are ejected from the vehicle while Tim remains trapped and inside and with nowhere to turn during this entire ordeal, all three of them tragically lose their lives. - RFD has wrapped 360 degrees around. Amazing sight. - While others ran away, Tim Samaras ran towards. - It's this totally unbelievable what's happened because it should never ever have happened to Tim. - [Nexpo] Two days later and half a mile away, t

he bodies of Paul and Carl are found and not far from them, their vehicle with Tim still inside. After a search, authorities find their belongings spread throughout a nearby creek bed, one of which being a camera belonging to Carl. Remarkably, it was still in working condition and recorded onto it were the final moments of everyone in that vehicle. To this day, only a very select handful of people have been given access to this video, one of which being the crew's close friend named Gabe Garfiel

d. Since the incident, he's gone on record to state that while viewing it, he could hear Carl describe how quote, "Eerily calm" the air became around them in the moments prior to their death. Immediately after Tim Samaras retorts, "Actually I think we're in a bad spot" before his final words, "We're going to die" echo over and over through their radio. As far as it's known, this footage has never been released publicly nor are there any plans to. Interestingly though, on YouTube, we're able to f

ind a secondhand view of the TWISTEX team in the moments before the incident. Though as they continue down their path, they're unknowingly heading right into this three mile monster. - [Speaker 1] 81 Coming up on the right. (car rattles) Take a right. Yeah, right on 81. (eerie music) I've never had anybody travel so slow before. - [Speaker 2] Especially in this (mumbles). (people laugh) - [Speaker 1] what did you say? Tell him if he wants to come up and take the lead. - [Speaker 2] Do you wanna

take the lead? (eerie music) (sad music) - To this day, this snippet is some of the last remaining public footage of their team and carries a haunting legacy of just how dangerous the profession of storm chasing can really be. The demise of the TWISTEX team was caused by a phenomenon entirely unexpected. What began as just another day chasing just another storm had devolved into one of the most nightmarish scenarios one could ever find themselves in. And whether or not this footage ever sees the

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e NEXPO or click the link below to take your personal data off the market. Thank you again to Incogni. Now back to the show. (lively music) (video rustles) (person mumbles) On the evening of March 9th, 2001, in the small village of Rodenburg, Germany, a man lies deceased in a bathtub. He's been here for three hours and is lying in a pool of his own blood. His reproductive organs are gone, his throat is wide open and needless to say, this scene is absolutely revolting. (sad music) Appealing to so

me of the most depraved types of people out there were a myriad of websites centering on very specific fetishes and interests and the one that rose to mainstream prominence during the early 2000s was named none other than Cannibal Cafe. It appealed to, well cannibals, those who legitimately desired to consume other human beings and what festered here was a cesspool of pedophilia and vorarephilia that went unchecked for years. Of course, the website staunchly claims that everything posted here is

all fantasy, but is it really? In early 2001, a man going by nothing more than Franky makes numerous posts to the Cannibal Cafe. He's searching for what he calls a young slaughter boy and has a peculiar request. "I'm searching for a young boy between 18 and 25 years old. If you have a normal body, I'll butcher you and eat your flesh." It was a disturbingly simple to the point inquiry and this post sat here floating in the vast ocean that is the internet for day. (computer fan rumbles) (notifica

tion dings) As Franky's post garnered slivers of attention, willing volunteers trickled in. When it really came down to it though, all of them ended up backing out, but there was one that didn't. A computer engineer named Bernd Brandes expresses to Franky that he has a very specific fetish and isn't for consuming others, but for the exact opposite. He wants to be consumed and he wants Franky to be the one to do it to him. Over the next few days, the two exchange contact information by email and

it's here where Brandes learns that the name Franky is nothing but an alias. This man's real name is Armin Meiwes and he's ready to meet as soon as possible. (car rumbles) It's the night of March 9th and Brandes is on his way to Armin's home. It's unclear what exactly is on his mind and if he even knows what's coming. However, after arriving at his residence, Brandes opens with an interesting request. (eerie music) (door clicks) (door creeks) (audio mumbles) (eerie music) He wants to have his re

productive appendage bit off and eaten. And so complying, Meiwes gives his wish a try, however, it is unsuccessful due to it chewiness. Resultingly, he cuts it off and throws it in a frying pan with various marinades and seasonings. However, after all of his efforts ends up burning it to the point where it's entirely inedible. (frying pan sizzles) Growing weak and losing blood, Meiwes escorts him to his bathroom and over the next few minutes, places him inside the tub, feeds him a cocktail of pa

inkillers and alcohol, slits his throat and kisses him on the forehead as the life of Bernd Brandes fades before his eyes. Three hours Brandes sits here as Meiwes reads a "Star Trek" novel to pass the time and bafflingly during this entire fiasco, not a single thing was done without anyone's consent. (birds chirp) (chainsaw whirs) Over the next few days, Armin Meiwes dismembers Bernd Brandes storing his remains in his deep freezer with nothing more than some frozen pizzas and a dead rat. Meanwhi

le, every single thing he's doing and has done to him is being filmed by a camera he's had on hand the entire time. All of it is documented and all of it immortalized onto one single VHS tape. Over the next 10 months, Armin consumes over 44 pounds of Bernd Brandes's flesh taking out and cooking his body parts whenever he desired them. With this, he takes to the Cannibal Cafe to boast in explicit detail about his actions. However, it's here where Armin finally finds himself on the receiving end o

f trouble. (intense music) By December of 2002, another member of the Cannibal Cafe reports numerous explicitly detailed posts by Franky to authorities prompting a raid of his home. There, police discover numerous body parts and a single four hour videotape depicting the murder and dismemberment of Bernd Brandes. Because of their discovery, Armin Meiwes was immediately apprehended. However his charges were summed that authorities had no specific laws on prosecuting. Bernd Brandes throughout this

entire ordeal was willing, which only brought considerable confusion and media attention to this case. Nevertheless, Armin Meiwes ended up with a conviction of murder and claimed that he'd done it out of sexual gratification. Today, he remains incarcerated in Frankfurt, Germany, and will for the rest of his life remain behind bars. (sad music) The tape that Armin filmed during his night with Bernd Brandes has never seen the light of day outside the courtroom during his trial. Considered to be t

oo gruesome to show to the general public, the world is left to speculate on its contents, filling in the blanks from the official story given during his testimony. To be honest, I don't quite know how to feel about this entire dilemma as Bernd Brandes wanted all of this. He wasn't murdered against his will, but he was still murdered. Nevertheless, Armin Meiwes is a depraved man, a man who created a situation that never should have happened and because of his actions on that fateful night, one o

f the darkest lost media cases out there needlessly was born. (sad music) (car rumbles) (door handle creeks) (door slams) (lively music) (TV mumbles) It's late at night and 18 year old Kathleen Allen and her boyfriend Michael Carroll are spending time in a motel room in which they're living. On this day, nothing is awry and to some, could even be considered painstakingly ordinary. At 10:00 p.m., Michael vaguely claims that he has to go do something and leaves after assuring her that he'd return

in the morning. And so Kathleen goes to bed and her night comes to an end. (birds chirp) It's morning and Michael Carroll is nowhere to be found. Regardless, Kathleen doesn't think too much of it and goes about her life and work as usual. Three days later while at work however, she receives a... (phone rings) (person mumbles) It's a man and he knows where Michael's located. He claims that he was involved in a shooting and wouldn't be coming home. Shocked, Kathleen informs her boss that she needs

to leave and given the circumstances, she's given permission to do so. A few moments later, she's seen running out into the parking lot where a bearded man approaches her. The two reportedly engaged in conversation before she ends up jumping in his car. Soon after, the man joins her in the vehicle and it speeds off never to be seen again. (eerie music) This is the last time that Kathleen Allen was ever seen in public alive. ♪ For little Audrey Fair ♪ ♪ Save for a rainy day ♪ ♪ She saves but eve

ry time it rains ♪ ♪ She spends what she puts away ♪ (TV static rumbles) - [Leonard] If you go along with us, cooperate with us, we'll be as nice as we can to you within the limits of keeping you prisoner. If you don't go along with us, we're going to take you into the bed, tie you down. (lively music) - [Nexpo] On October 29th, 1945, a man named Leonard Lake was born in San Francisco, California. Being regarded a bright kid, his early years were relatively unsuspecting. When he turned six years

old, however, his parents had separated to which Lake and his siblings would move in with their grandmother. Bizarrely, Lake began to exhibit disturbing habits. On numerous occasions, he was caught photographing his sister's nude. He'd collect mice and dissolve them in chemicals and he'd extort his siblings into performing sexual acts, all of which was condoned by his grandmother with not a single shred of effort to put a stop to it. Needless to say, Lake hailed from a broken home, something th

at only catalyzed his morbid fascinations. However because they were left unchecked and often encouraged, Leonard Lake's life would only spiral further and further as time began to overtake him. (eerie music) By the turn of the '80s and throughout adulthood, Leonard Lake became heavily invested in survivalism, a movement focused on preparing for severe emergencies. Notably, Lake had an undying fear of a nuclear holocaust and on numerous occasions, attempted to build safety bunkers at his residen

ces to varying success. In 1981, he put out an advertisement for a survivalist partner in a war game magazine in hopes of meeting someone to live with him for, honestly, God knows why. The reason this is important is because this single page, this one advertisement, had led Lake to meet one of the most vile people in existence, exacerbating Lake's preexisting morbid fantasies and leading to his status as one of the most disgusting and disturbing monsters ever to exist. The man's name was Charles

Ng, a native of Hong Kong and a convict who was in and out of prison. Almost immediately, the pair hit it off collaborating in numerous crimes like firearm theft that eventually led to their arrest and a brief stint in prison. After their release, the two settled down in a wooded town named Wilseyville and it was here where Lake enlisted the help of various residents to build yet another bunker right next to his cabin. Inside, he'd begin stockpiling illegal weapons. However, alongside them was

something that didn't exactly belong. It was equipment to record video. (eerie music) (TV static rumbles) - Good evening. It's a Sunday on October 22nd, 23rd, something like that, very close to my 38th birthday. And I'm starting this tape without script or without any real organization of what I wanna say. This tape, which you're hearing now, is gonna be the lead-in of the various phases of construction of a building which hopefully will be the first of a series of underground buildings. The mai

n emphasis of the building, the whole justification for its expense and its effort will be a hidden portion of it, a secret room, if we can call it that, that will house a cell, a jail cell if you will. And purpose of that cell and the main purpose ends of the building will be the imprisonment of a young lady who probably at this moment, is unknown to me. What I want is an off-the-shelf sex partner. I want to be able to use a woman whenever and however I want and when I'm tired or satiated or bo

red or not interested, I simply want to put her away, lock her up in a little room, get her out of my sight, out of my life. The advantages of such a situation are, of course, obvious and even beyond sexual. Such a woman totally enslaved would be useful for the mundane chores that I have to do, but I'm not particularly interested in doing, clean house, washing dishes, et cetera. A slave, there's no way around it. Primarily a sexual slave, but nonetheless, a physical slave as well. - [Announcer]

For Monday, February 15th. (lively music) - Hi, I'm Kyle Kraska. It's being called the creepiest crime scene in America. A remote cabin where cops say some of the most gruesome serial killings in California history took place. Well now, Ed Miller's giving you an exclusive and very disturbing look inside this house of horrors. (siren wales) - [Ed] First, they were kidnapped, then robbed, raped, and killed, 12 innocent victims, three women, seven men, two babies were all killed... - [Nexpo] The re

al reason for his bunker wasn't solely for survivalism, that was merely a piece of it. You see, Lake and Ng had this morbid obsession with capturing. Lake claimed that he needed them to serve him after the impending nuclear holocaust and frequently went on record to demean the existence of women entirely. And so for years, Lake and Ng would capture, torture, inside the bunker all the while documenting it on his myriad of VHS cameras installed inside each room. The woman we saw at the beginning o

f this segment wasn't just someone random because it was Kathleen Allen, the woman who left her job because of the news of her boyfriend's death. The woman who entered the car of a stranger and was never seen again. The woman who fell right into the grasp of Leonard Lake. While the pairs main target were women, they wouldn't hold back on abducting their their relatives. Often, the pair would coerce men into coming out to their bunker in hopes of work before they'd rob them, strangle them, and st

eal their identities. Thereafter, they'd manipulate their families into coming to their property much like they did with Kathleen, to which they'd lock them up in Lake's dungeon and leave them with an ultimatum. They can either serve Lake and Ng unapologetically, obeying their every command without hesitance or they could be killed. No matter which option they chose though, the outcome was all the same, their lives would be brutally torn from them with not a single soul around to help. (eerie mu

sic) (wind howls) (sad music) In June of 1985, police were called to a hardware store after Charles Ng was caught trying to shoplift a vise. After catching wind of the situation, Lake rush there himself in homes of paying for it. However, when police asked for an ID, he handed over one that looked nothing like him. It was the license for Robin Stapley, a man who turned up missing just a few weeks prior. Following this, both Ng and Lake were arrested. However, just four days later and while in cu

stody, Leonard Lake would swallow cyanide pills effectively ending his own life. Upon searching Lake's property, authorities discovered multiple vehicles belonging to their numerous victims along with the makeshift burial site near their compound. Inside of it, they unearthed 40 pounds of crushed human bone fragments coming from what they believe to be the remains of at least 11 bodies. Inside the bunker, they find a treasure map leading to two buckets containing various IDs and personal belongi

ngs and a myriad of VHS tapes depicting the torture and murder of their victims. To say that their discovery was grim is a criminal understatement as the breadth of their crimes simply cannot be summarized in writing. The scene, surreal and the content on those VHS tapes, indescribably worse. Today, Charles Ng is still alive serving his life sentence in the San Quentin State Prison. Given his court verdict being 12 counts of first degree murder, it's undeniable that this man will never again see

the light of day. The crimes that he and Leonard Lake committed are some of the worst in history and the fact that they videotaped it adds that extra layer of repulsion. To this day, the tapes filmed by Charles Ng and Leonard Lake are sealed away with no plans to ever be released. However, considering the content presumed to be on them, it's safe to say that some things are better off lost indefinitely. (intense music) (door bangs) (eerie music) (static rustles) - [Speaker 3] Around 1995, I was

about 15. I used to stay up late in my room listening to the radio on a boombox with an integrated tape recorder. One night, I came across this. I don't think this was the beginning of the broadcast, but I caught a lot of it. Right at the end, an announcer says that the station I was tuned to was WKCR 89.9 New York. There were a bunch of names and dates in there but I've never run into anything else like this. (calm music) (**) (static rustles) (eerie twinkling music) - [Nexpo] The Creepypasta,

a relic of a bygone era in internet history. The induction for many of us to online horror. Suicide Mouse, Ben Drowned, Slenderman and Sad Satan are among some of the most notorious online horror stories in existence. However, to this day, one refuses to die. It's called Jeff the Killer, and by this point, he needs no introduction. The story today hasn't exactly aged very well and to be honest, it kind of sounds like a "Joker" fan fiction and it isn't very scary, but that's okay because it wasn

't exactly written for our time. (eerie music) Now Jeff the Killer's certainly a tale that's passed its time yet it stands as somewhat of a cornerstone of online history. Contrary to all the effort put into the story, however, it's safe to say that the uncanniness of the image accompanying it was the major catalyst for its popularity online. All across the early 2010s, the image was shared like wildfire, though what most were unaware of was that it had coincidentally found itself caught in a web

of both controversy and enduring mystery and it was all based around one simple question. (TV static rustles) (footsteps thumping) (TV static rustles) (button clicks) (intense music) The story as we know it was written by an author on the Creepypasta Wiki named GameFuel2000 in which its earliest known date of publication is November 21st of 2011. Curiously though an online user gone by the persona Sesseur had come forth shortly after its online explosion claiming that in reality, they are Jeff'

s creator. It's a bold claim, yet this should be relatively easy to prove. On October 3rd, 2008, a video was shared to a YouTube channel called killerjeff, an alias that Sesseur claims ownership of. The video is more or less a slide show and drops bits of Jeff the killer lore over pictures of various characters from his story. Interestingly, this upload was accompanied by a story on Newgrounds where the same user made a post on August 10th of that same year. "The story of Ol' Jeffy, he enjoys ho

rror such as ghost stories or slasher films. Have you ever met him in person? This man is what other people call bizarre. He's like a Bloody Mary game except he must perform it in the closet, turn off all the lights and sit down cross-legged while repeating this saying three times while turning your head back and forth. 'He's in here with me.' After the saying, close your eyes and call out the name Jeff. He'll appear by putting his face right up to you and proceed to yell and try to chant harm i

n you. To make him stop is to stand there and compliment him and not doing so will result in a nightmarish field trip." Okay, so there we have it. Sesseur is the creator of Jeff the Killer, as they bear proof of the earliest rendition of utilizing both his name and image. With this in mind, surely they should have that picture unedited, right? (intense music) In December of 2015, fellow creator ScareTheater got in contact with Sesseur. He asked them a plethora of questions like, what inspired yo

u? Why do you call him Jeff and did you ever expect him to become so well known? All granting thought-provoking insight into the creator of this online behemoth. Interestingly though in one of them, ScareTheater presses Sesseur about the origins of the Jeff image to which they respond, stating, "The picture was made using a white latex mask and some big plastic eyes with red rubber substance that simulated blinking. There was also a black ring around the eyes that were on covering the exposed re

d eyelid. After it was made, two or three photos were taken in posted and the rest is history." Well, just like that, mystery solved. Sesseur crafted something that scared millions online and did it with none other than a latex mask and some fake eyes. So good on them. (eerie music) Shortly after Sesseur's interview, a video was found on a YouTube channel called DarkYKnighT. It was uploaded on the 2nd of August, 2007 and is titled, "NNN Special Broadcast". Purportedly, it's based upon a Japanese

urban legend surrounding a scrolling list of names at around three in the morning when no one should be watching. The list is said to be accompanied by horrific imagery and bizarre sounds before at the very end, it states that these names are tomorrow's sacrifice. It's definitely some Local 58 stuff if I've ever seen it, but that notion isn't the reason we're here tonight. You see at the very end of this video, DarkYKnighT sneaks in a small surprise turning everything we thought we knew about J

eff the killer on its head. (eerie music) (beep) (eerie music) It was here when it was realized that Sesseur was a fraud. He lied when everyone was taken his word at face value. Not only that, Jeff the Killer's image likely didn't even originate from our side of the world as evidence from an unsuspecting website began a surface in the coming months. (intense music) Where did this image come from and what did the original version even look like? If Jeff the killer were hidden within this video un

known to the entire world just sitting here since 2007 waiting to be found, there was bound to be more about him out there. By 2018, investigators made their way to a now-defunct Japanese message board named Pya.cc. It's your run of the mill website to containing blog posts and online discussion. However, way back in 2005, hidden away inside an otherwise innocuous and highly obscure post, again was him. This photo was uploaded on the 15th of November by user named Omega Bolt. However, to this da

y, contact with them has been absolutely non-existent. They have seemingly fallen off the face of the earth effectively becoming just as obscure as Jeff's origin itself. Aside from that though, this discovery was far from a dead end as once this photo was run through an EXIF data analyzer, it was found that its file name is prettyFACE. Interesting considering that just a few weeks later, they found him again. For the very first time, an alternate less modified version of Jeff the killer was unco

vered named White powder (2). It was uploaded by a user named Mr. Mulholland and in their version were able to make up minute details that were otherwise shrouded by Photoshop. The mouth is no longer distorted, the facial accents gone and the previously foreboding eyes are replaced by an alternative. Contrary to Omega Bolt though, Mr. Mulholland was actually tracked down and contacted via Twitter. There, they claimed that they saw the image before it was edited and believed that it to their memo

ry, came from an online video of an Asian woman inside her home. Purportedly her face was extremely pale and lightly edited screen caps of her were passed around Japanese message forms as surprise images in the mid 2000s. They further state that they don't have the original image, believes that it no longer exists on the internet and speculates that it may come from a TV show named "Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video". Since this revelation, every episode made from 1999 to 2005 have been thoroughly s

earched, yet no match has never been found. (eerie music) (sighs) But there is one more to this day regarded as the oldest sighting of Jeff the Killer. (eerie music) On the homepage of a website named fileman.n1e.jp, resting innocuously among images of puppies and waifus was version one captured on July 24th, 2005. The only clues that accompanied this are the caption, "Fear of a Summer Night" and once clicked a descriptor claims this photo is quote, "A celebrity before plastic surgery." Aside fr

om this, no further context is given, To be honest, we could do this all day because since the hunt began, there have been hundreds of sightings of Jeff the Killer online, all predating Sesseur's original story. Over the years, there have been quite a handful of original image contenders that have gained considerable traction, most notably with the wide widespread hoax involving a woman who doesn't even exist. It's safe to say that this surge has had its fair share of controversy, yet that hasn'

t slowed the decade long resilience of those trying to investigate this. This is one of the longest running internet mysteries of all time and if I'm being honest, it may never find a resolution. Other versions of Jeff are discovered yet they bear more edits than version one. Rumors circulate about it being a photo in a set of three, yet no proof has ever surfaced and almost daily, those with too much free time are creating their own version of the original image and are telling it as the real t

hing. Sometimes the existence of an enduring mystery brings life enduring fascination. There's something hauntingly captivating about topics that seem unsolvable, especially in the modern day. In a perfect world, the existence of the internet should mark the death of all things mysterious as at a moment's notice, every action taking place on this earth theoretically should have some sort of readily accessible answer. I'm glad that's not the case though as Jeff the Killer is given the modern inte

rnet just that small hint of mystifying intrigue in it's based around a question so simple. It's quite literally the product of someone who knows someone who knows someone who took this photo, yet they to this day have never come forward. Maybe it's a language barrier. Perhaps they've passed away, maybe they live under a rock and have absolutely no idea that the simple picture they took on a random day pre 2005 is now subject to one of the largest internet hunts in recent history. Regardless of

where this person is, Jeff the Killer in some capacity has stood the test of time and whether his identity has ever actually found, he will forever remain embedded within online conversation, always regarded in enigmatic paradox, effectively immortalized as one of the most recognizable yet completely unknown internet urban legends ever to exist. (eerie music) (lively music) ♪ NBC that's always there ♪ ♪ After these messages ♪ ♪ We'll be right back ♪ - [Narrator] You know Microsoft, why not use y

our connections? The people who made your PC fast and reliable with Windows now do the same for your internet connections. Call now... - [Nexpo] All right, we did this last time and we're gonna do it again here. Before we begin this next segment, I'd like to state that this next entry may be nothing at all. I could be reading way too much into it, but the following topic is something that's personally haunted me for years, even though it's relatively simple conceptually. With that being said, th

is section does involve heavily disturbing imagery. So if that type of thing bothers you, viewer discretion is strongly advised. Let us begin. (static rustles) The internet. (static rustles) (calm music) A frontier that found mainstream popularity at the turn of the millennium, a seemingly endless repository of history, culture and conversation. Throughout the years, the rise of the internet has given the world an outlet for expression, a vehicle for humor, and so a little known phenomenon known

as the meme was born. - This is not the best way to eat a cupcake. I just found this out. Take the bottom part, put it on top. You don't get messy, it's so much better. (maniacally laughs) - [Nexpo] Not gonna dive into their cultural significance as I'm pretty sure you're all aware of what they are. The reason I bring them up tonight, however, is because there's one out there that has stood out to me ever since I first heard about it on Reddit two and a half years ago. Now before we continue, I

want you to know that I've gone back and forth on covering this topic for years now. I've scripted this out, then scrapped it, then throw it in an iceberg I wrote, then trashed in. I don't quite know where or how this fits on my channel if you catch my drift, but it is creepy. (eerie music) October 26th of 2020. "I believe this popular meme is an image from a snuff film. Hopefully you guys can prove me wrong. Hello there, please let me know if this isn't the right place to post this. I've seen

this meme being posted around for quite a long time, usually with drinking related titles as if the person lying on the grass is just blacked out drunk. Now I'll never forget a video I saw on the deep web about eight years ago that showed two Russian guys messing around with a body of a woman, inserting a kitchen knife on her face and other terribly atrocious things all while talking and laughing. Whenever I see this meme, I think of this video and after taking a good look at the picture, I beli

eve it can actually be a frame from it. The video takes place in a very similar setting, the concrete well and the grass surrounding it. However, it could very well be that I'm misremembering it. The questions I'm left with are, does anybody know about the origin of this photo? Is there anyone here who's familiar with the clip I've talked about, and if so, could this be from it? I definitely don't remember well enough to be sure whether it's the same or not. I know I could just check it out myse

lf, but I'm committed to never searching for this kind of content again. I hope some of you guys can help with this. Thank you." (eerie music) Shout out to the days when you said you were at a sleepover, but you were actually dying in a field from alcohol poisoning. This is the image. (eerie music) A year ago I discussed a similar mystery in a segment about Corey Feldman and within the very same day, my video went public. You guys were able to dig up its source. Because of this, I've decided to

quit sitting on this one because this one photo has legitimately bothered me from the first moment I saw it. As we can see, we have what appears to be a person with white hair lying face down in a field of tall grass, they're draped in a large long sleeve shirt, dark blue jeans and boots. Their body lies in a fashion that appears limp and this entire image is engulfed in VHS degradation, implying that it came from some sort of old video. To their left appears to be a concrete pad and on top of i

t seems to be some sort of metallic object. Aside from this, there are no further identifying features in this photo. No age range, no location, no reference for height, not even confirmation that this person is alive at all. Reverse searching this meme brings up a whole lot of nothing besides the fact that the earliest archived version of it came from a Blogspot post in 2016. It also seemed to be copied from another source as compression artifacts are present even on this image from nearly a de

cade ago. Reverse searching the photo itself gives us more of the same. However, upon pivoting to Yandex, I did discover an interesting trend. (eerie music) (photos click) Curiously, there's a myriad of images of people lying in a field appearing limp, much like the photo we're investigating. Though they're all labeled with captions that appear mostly innocent, "Russian youth having fun", "This guy's tired of the sun", "Hero risks his life to save a dog", what have you. The where things really g

et funky is when we look at this one in which we can see a body lying in a very similar manner as ours. (wind claps) (child speaking in foreign language) (child chuckles) (static rustles) There's no further context to this video aside from its title, which translates to Dying Swan and there are no other relevant videos on their channel. Now, the reason I bring this up is because out of context, this image looks just as haunting as ours. However, it appears to be nothing more than a screen grab f

rom an old obscure prank. I'm not saying that this image is something just as lighthearted, however, the possibility is there. So where is this image from and what's its context? How did this end up in a meme throughout the mid 2010s and who created it? These are the questions that have bothered me for nearly three years now and this is where I need your help to figure this out. Who is the woman in the field? (eerie music) Tonight, you and I dove into five more of the darkest pieces of lost medi

a I could find. As we can say, there's no shortage of obscure disturbing content like this and I hope you all enjoyed this trip down the dark side of the internet as much as I enjoyed making it. If you have any suggestions for future entries for this series, feel free to submit them at DTFAIsubmissions@gmail.com. Thank you guys so much for watching. I'll see you in the next one. I love you all and good night. (eerie music) - [Announcer] December 10, 2002, police in Rosenberg, Germany acting on a

tip-off raided this isolated farmhouse. In the kitchen, they found a freezer with a false bottom concealing what Meiwes claimed were packets of wild pig. (sad music) - The victims were brought here about 100 miles east of San Francisco, but more than a million miles away from any kind of safety to a cabin so remote, no matter how loud you screamed, no one could possibly hear. (sad music) - [Announcer] Authorities say Leonard Lake and Charles Ng are the men responsible for the kidnapping, tortur

e, and murder of 12 victims that horrified the nation in 1984 and '85, investigators called this a state of... (sad music) (wind howls)