Horrific Things That Happened on Friday the 13th
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00:00Friday the 13th has long been considered a date cursed with bad luck.
00:04It's largely been a date that people look at as an excuse to do scary themed activities like binging scary movies.
00:11But this is the first year since 2017 that Friday the 13th falls in October.
00:16So for this video, we're looking at some of the most terrifying events that have actually taken place on the notorious day of bad luck.
00:232. Tupac Shakur, better known as a stage name simply as Tupac, was an American rapper widely considered to be one of the most influential and successful rappers of all time.
00:37Tupac was arguably responsible for some of the most memorable rap verses in history.
00:42And while much of his notoriety came about after his shocking death in the mid-1990s, he's still remembered and talked about today.
00:49On the night of September 7th, 1996, Tupac was in Las Vegas celebrating his business partner's birthday.
00:57And one night while there, he attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match with Suge Knight at the MGM Grand.
01:03Later that night at about 11.15pm, while at a stoplight, a white four-door Cadillac sedan pulled up to the passenger side of Tupac's vehicle and an occupant rapidly fired into the car.
01:15He was hit four times, once in the arm, once in the thigh, and twice in the chest, with one bullet entering his right lung.
01:23Tupac succumbed to his injuries six days later on September 13th, which was a Friday.
01:29The case went unresolved, with people suspecting his friend Suge Knight and even rapper Biggie Smalls of the murder.
01:35But recently, on September 29th, 2023, 60-year-old Dwayne Keith Davis was charged in the killing of Tupac.
01:42Dwayne is not accused of being the one to pull the trigger that night in Las Vegas, but he is, however, being accused of having been the one to call the hit on Tupac.
01:51The trial is still currently in progress.
01:53A lot of people refused to fly on Friday the 13th, and while that may come down to pure superstition among some people, there have been a few tragedies in the air on this day.
02:07In October 1972, on Friday the 13th, a plane heading to Chile was forced to crash land in the Andes Mountains.
02:16The flight was carrying 45 passengers and crew, including 19 members of the Old Christians Club Rugby Union team, along with their families, supporters, and friends.
02:28Three crew members and nine passengers died immediately.
02:31Several more died soon afterward due to the frigid temperatures and the severity of their injuries.
02:37Survivors of the crash hid in the wreckage for warmth and were eventually forced to cannibalize and eat deceased passengers to survive.
02:44A rescue team was sent out, but the mission was called off after 10 days.
02:49However, 72 days after the crash, as the weather improved with the arrival of late spring,
02:55two survivors climbed a 4,700-meter mountain peak without gear and hiked for 10 days into Chile to seek help, traveling a total of 38 miles.
03:05The two men were able to alert authorities that there were still 16 survivors trapped in the mountains, leading to their rescue.
03:12But believe it or not, on the exact same Friday the 13th as this plane crash,
03:17the same exact date was another plane crash that killed all 164 passengers and 10 flight crew.
03:24It was Aeroflot 217.
03:26The plane needed to land due to horrible weather conditions, but crashed upon landing in Russia just three miles away from the runway.
03:33The exact cause of the crash could not be determined, but it's speculated that it was largely to do with simply human error.
03:41Casualty-wise, it is one of the worst plane crashes in history.
03:45While these incidents are incredibly rare, perhaps there is a reason flights are cheaper on Friday the 13th.
03:51If you're not superstitious, perhaps it may be worth it.
03:54But now we move from the sky to the sea, looking at the Costa Concordia disaster.
03:59On Friday the 13th, January 2012, the eight-year-old Costa Cruises ship Costa Concordia just left Chivitavecchia, Italy at approximately 7.18pm.
04:11Onboard were 1,022 crew members and 3,206 passengers.
04:17As the Concordia approached Jilio Island several hours later, it deviated from its standard course, moving closer to the small Tuscan island for a maritime salute, which included the cruise ship sounding its horn to show off to onlookers on the land.
04:31The Concordia had performed several in the past, but the area was known for rock outcroppings, and at some point, such a formation was noticed in the ship's path.
04:40Francesco Schettino, the captain, ordered a change in course, but allegedly, due to language issues, the Indonesian helmsman steered the boat in the opposite direction.
04:51It took a little over 10 seconds to correct the maneuver, and the boat's bow ultimately swung clear, but the stern collided with the reef at approximately 9.45pm.
05:01The damage had been done.
05:03The Concordia's port side had suffered a 174-foot tear.
05:06This caused the ship to list, and then partially sink, landing unevenly on an underwater ledge.
05:13Although a six-hour rescue effort brought most of the passengers ashore, 33 people died, 27 passengers, 5 crew, and later, a member of the salvage team.
05:24An investigation focused on the shortcomings and the procedures followed by the Concordia's crew and the actions of the captain, Francesco,
05:30who left the ship prematurely, leaving behind about 300 passengers on board the sinking ship, most of whom were rescued by helicopters or motorboats in the area.
05:40Schettino was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
05:45Despite receiving criticism, Costa Cruises and its parent company, Carnival Corporation, didn't face criminal charges.
05:52The total cost of the disaster, including victims' compensation, refloating, towing, and scrapping costs, is estimated at $2 billion, more than three times the ship's original $612 million construction cost.
06:06The cruise line offered compensation to passengers to pay for all damages, including the value of the cruise.
06:12Only one-third of the survivors took the offer.
06:15This remains the biggest modern cruise ship catastrophe.
06:17David Anthony McGreevy
06:21David Anthony McGreevy was born in Southport, England in 1951 to Bella and Thomas McGreevy.
06:28David was the second oldest of six children.
06:31Since David's father was a sergeant in the British Army, a lot of his childhood was spent moving from one army base to another.
06:38This could mean that one year he was being educated in an army school in England, the next in Germany.
06:43According to David's mother, living in Germany was his happiest time.
06:48David's mother, Bella, later said she could only remember one childhood incident of concern, as David was otherwise allegedly well-behaved.
06:57In 1967, 15-year-old David left school and enlisted in the Royal Navy.
07:03However, he was dismissed from the Navy in August 1971, after being court-martialed for starting a fire that destroyed a mess wardroom.
07:11David then moved back in with his parents, but around this time his life was crumbling, as his fiancée broke up with him and he was fired from several jobs.
07:20For this reason, his parents became fed up with him and kicked him out.
07:23So David turned to his friend Clive Kenneth Ralph, who led him board with he and his wife, Dorothy Elsie, and their two small children, Paul and Dawn.
07:32Clive and Dorothy had been school friends, and there was a five-year age gap between them.
07:37They had married in September 1968, when Dorothy was 16 and pregnant with Paul.
07:43At the time David moved in, Dorothy was pregnant with their third child, Samantha, who was born on the 14th of July in 1972.
07:50With both Clive and Dorothy busy working, David acted as a babysitter for the Ralph children.
07:57He was regarded by family and neighbors, as well as the Ralphs, as a person who loved children.
08:02So what would soon happen was nothing short of unexpected and horrific.
08:05On Friday the 13th, in April 1973, Elsie was picked up from work by Clive, who had left home late with the children all asleep.
08:15When the couple arrived at their home, the police were already there, and they escorted them to the police station,
08:21where they were told of the horrible truth that their children had been murdered.
08:26So what happened?
08:28Well, David was known to be a heavy drinker and sometimes a violent drunk.
08:31He had gone to a nearby pub earlier that evening with a friend, and he had seven pints of beer.
08:37The two men had played cards and darts, though a small altercation took place prior to leaving the pub.
08:43Clive picked David up from the pub and brought him to look after the children, while Clive went to get Elsie from work.
08:49Sometime between 10.15 and 11.15 p.m., David, while completely wasted, became infuriated with the children,
08:57beginning with the baby, Samantha, who had been crying for her bottle.
09:01David violently killed the three children, each in a different yet brutal manner.
09:06After killing the three children, David went down to the basement and retrieved a pickaxe to further mutilate their bodies.
09:13David was arrested by police at 3.50 a.m., walking on a road near the Ralphs' home.
09:18Upon his arrest, David initially denied any responsibility, but several hours later, he admitted to the murders,
09:25with his only explained reasoning disgustingly being simply that the baby was crying.
09:30David was sentenced to multiple life sentences with minimums of 20 years, and in prison he was subjected to frequent abuse by other prisoners,
09:39and he spent most of his 45 years behind bars in protected conditions.
09:42In December of 2018, a parole board cleared David for release, declaring that he had changed significantly, and he was no longer a risk.
09:51There's bound to be anywhere from one to three Friday the 13th each year.
09:58If you are superstitious, and choose to be more low-key on this inevitable date, in an attempt to escape any bad luck,
10:05you may end up like Daz Baxter.
10:07On Friday the 13th, in 1976, Daz decided to just stay in the bed for the day to avoid anything bad happening,
10:15only to be killed when the floor of his apartment block collapsed under him.
10:20There's countless other stories and examples of misfortune and downright tragedy that's happened on Friday the 13th,
10:26but this could be said for literally every other date on the calendar.
10:30At the end of the day, maybe it's just another day.
10:33At the end of the day, maybe it's just another day.
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