The internet is full of strange, disturbing, and downright unsettling posts. In this video, we’re looking at 5 of the most disturbing posts found online from creepy discoveries and unexplained stories to posts that will leave you wondering what really happened.
Some of these are genuinely unsettling, so watch until the end… if you dare. 👀
Which one disturbed you the most? Let me know in the comments!
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Some of these are genuinely unsettling, so watch until the end… if you dare. 👀
Which one disturbed you the most? Let me know in the comments!
#Disturbing #Creepy #InternetMysteries #ScaryStories #CreepyInternet #InternetMystery #Unexplained #Scary #DarkWeb #Horror #CreepyPosts #DisturbingStories #Mystery #TrueScaryStories #YouTubeHorror
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00:00On December 21st, 2025, a Reddit user under the name dphtripalt created a thread in the
00:05r slash Louisville community with an alarming title, Possible Serial Killer in Louisville.
00:10The post itself made an ominous claim about a loose killer on a spree.
00:14So, my friend is an LMPD, and he said he overheard detectives from the homicide unit
00:19talk about multiple killings of unhoused people near the I-65 interstate, and they were saying
00:24how the killer supposedly drew a symbol near the bodies. Can we get more information about
00:28this, please? We need to know for sure. At first glance, it sounded like another baseless
00:32internet rumor. Local residents accused him of fear-mongering and intentionally spreading
00:36panic among people. Contact the Coalition of the Homeless, any of the shelters, or the actual
00:41police to see if this is true. This is more spreading fear and false information than anything.
00:46Lay off the drugs, so tired of seeing fear-mongering posts. In fact, the Louisville Police Department
00:51was notified of the post as well, but after reviewing it, they found nothing that matched
00:55an open case or any record of a recent killing. DPH TripAlt's account didn't offer much of
01:00an explanation either. There was almost no posting history beyond a string of entries
01:05about trips on Benadryl, the drug his username was referencing. So, to most people who came
01:09across the post, the obvious explanation was that this was just a guy rambling through
01:13a drug-induced haze. But, there was one problem with that explanation. How does someone supposedly
01:19out of his mind on over-the-counter medication describe a killing that hadn't even happened yet,
01:23down to the interstate and the detail as specific as symbols marked near the victim's body?
01:28Because, just four days later, on December 25th, 2025, a homeless man was attacked from behind
01:34and stabbed near the 2500 block of Crittenden Drive, right along I-65, the same interstate
01:39mentioned in the post. Luckily, he survived and was able to give police one important detail about
01:44his attacker. The man had fled the scene on an electric scooter. On its own, the attack wasn't
01:49enough to connect back to the strange Reddit post from days earlier, but that would change in less
01:53than 24 hours. In the early hours of December 26th, 2025, Louisville Metro Police were called to a
01:59wooded area near the same stretch of Crittenden Drive. There, they found the body of a homeless man
02:04named Michael Howard. Michael's body showed signs of severe violence, with several parts of his body
02:09deliberately removed. Yet, even more unsettling were the symbols officers found marked into his skin,
02:14the exact detail described in the Reddit post just four days earlier. The police were beginning to
02:19notice a pattern. They began investigating Louisville's unhoused community. Several people
02:24described recent encounters with a young white man who regularly wandered the area wearing black
02:28tactical-style clothing. According to those who had crossed paths with him, he would harass unhoused
02:33people and was often seen riding an electric scooter. At first, those reports didn't point to any one
02:38individual, until one officer came forward with an interesting detail. Months earlier, while responding to an
02:43unrelated traffic collision, he had encountered a man who matched that unusual description almost
02:48exactly. Detectives revisited the body cam footage of this interaction, which led them to 21-year-old
02:53Michael Ristov. And as investigators dug into Michael Ristov's background, what they found only
02:58made him more suspicious. Both local and federal authorities had encountered him before. Investigators
03:04also uncovered reports that Michael was fascinated with serial killers, had previously harmed animals,
03:09and had even spoken about wanting to hunt homeless people. While the discoveries were
03:13unsettling, none of them proved Michael had actually committed either attack. Over the next few
03:17weeks, police began reviewing surveillance footage from nearby businesses, analyzed cell phone location
03:22data, and reconstructed his whereabouts during the days surrounding both attacks. What they found was
03:26enough to narrow the gap between suspicion and proof. According to police, Michael's phone had
03:31traveled through the area where victim Michael Howard was killed and where the surviving stabbing victim had
03:36been attacked. With the prime suspect, the detectives turned to the post that had started all of this.
03:41They subpoenaed Reddit for information connected to the anonymous account. The response brought them
03:45to an IP address linked to Michael Ristov's home in West Whitney Avenue, a few miles from where
03:50Howard's body was found. On March 7th, 2026, investigators executed a search warrant in his
03:55residence. During the search, they recovered several electronic devices, including the scooter
04:00witnesses had reportedly described, and a backpack believed to have been used around the time of the
04:03attacks. Investigators also found a disturbing photograph in Michael's eye cloud that appeared to show part of
04:08Michael Howard's remains. Around the same time, DNA testing on the backpack confirmed hints of
04:13Michael Howard's DNA. At that point, investigators had moved well beyond suspicion. They had surveillance
04:19footage, cell phone records, DNA evidence, digital evidence, and the anonymous Reddit account traced
04:24back to Michael Ristov's home. On May 13th, 2026, a grand jury officially charged Michael with murder.
04:30The following day, on May 14th, members of the Louisville Metro Police and the department's SWAT
04:34team surrounded Michael Ristov's home to serve the arrest warrant. At around 1pm, officers announced
04:39their presence and attempted to take him into custody. By it, instead of surrendering, Michael
04:44barricaded himself inside. He was heavily armed and prepared, which meant he had been expecting this.
04:49A standoff with SWAT officers followed, lasting hours. Police deployed chemical agents and remotely
04:55operated equipment in an attempt to force him out. By it, instead of coming out, Michael made an unusual
05:00call to 911 to explain exactly how he believed the confrontation would end.
05:05911, operator Miller, where is your emergency?
05:09Yeah, so I'm being swatted at my residence. My name is Michael Ristov. I'm having a shootout with the SWAT
05:13team
05:14of your department. Um, I am not surrendering. I am going to die.
05:20What is the address to where you are?
05:22In West Whitney Avenue.
05:24West Whitney Avenue. What's your name?
05:27Michael Ristov.
05:29H-R-I-S-E-O-V.
05:31Not long after, the standoff came to an end. A SWAT officer fired a single shot, and that was it.
05:37With the immediate danger over, police searched the house one final time and recovered loads of tactical
05:41equipment, but nothing that answered perhaps the biggest question left in the case.
05:45Who had made the Reddit post, and why? Looking back, the person behind the post had known those
05:51details because he was the one planning them. The Reddit user was Michael Ristov. He likely did it
05:56because he wanted fame for the murders without revealing that he was the one behind them.
06:00By posing as an unsuspecting observer who had simply noticed a pattern, he could anonymously
06:05generate interest in his own crimes and watch as people began discussing them. And for someone who
06:09was already fascinated with serial killers and had shown interest in other violent criminals,
06:13that was likely the point. He wanted the same kind of notoriety and fear that the people he
06:18studied had gotten, and the Reddit post was his way of building that while staying hidden behind it.
06:26On December 14th, 2013, a 48-year-old man from Port Washington, New York uploaded a photograph
06:32to Facebook. The image showed the truck of his car packed with fuel cans and propane tanks,
06:37and the caption read, if you're gonna go out with a bang, might as well do it right with 25
06:41gallons
06:42of gas and 40 pounds of propane. The man behind the post was Michael, or Mike, McNeil. Mike lived
06:48in a quiet suburban neighborhood with his wife Angela and their two-year-old daughter. From the
06:52outside, there was little to suggest anything unusual about his life. He was just another husband
06:57and father living on a residential street in Port Washington, which made the photograph all the
07:01more unsettling. What would a suburban father need with 25 gallons of gasoline and 40 pounds of propane?
07:08A few people wondered the same thing, asking Mike where he was planning to escape to or use the gas
07:12for. You are on Long Island, where exactly are you planning to escape to? That's some expensive gas
07:17for your race car, or is it an imposter? By it, Mike brushed off the concern, replying,
07:23Stocking up to avoid gas lines in case of hurricane, and we grill all winter long.
07:27His explanation seemed reasonable enough, and no one thought much more of it.
07:31By it, just eight months later, that comment about stocking up on gasoline would become one
07:35of the most unsettling details of his story. On the evening of August 5th, 2014, at around 8.15pm,
07:42officers from the nearby police department were called to Mike's home following reports of a
07:45domestic dispute. When they arrived, Mike's wife and their two-year-old daughter were still inside.
07:49By it, as officers began escorting them out, they noticed something strange.
07:53The air around the house smelled strongly of gasoline. At first, they couldn't tell where
07:58it was coming from. By it sensing the danger, they quickly moved the mother and child further
08:02away from the property. They had barely made it down the driveway when the detached garage
08:06exploded. The blast was so violent and powerful that witnesses compared it to a bomb.
08:11A huge fireball rose over the neighborhood as thick black smoke filled the sky while the force
08:15of the explosion rattled Holmes blocks away. Flames quickly spread across the property,
08:20damaging neighboring homes and melting the siding on nearby houses. More than 100 firefighters from
08:2517 departments responded as police evacuated the surrounding residents. Once the fire was
08:29finally extinguished, investigators began searching through what remained of the garage.
08:34Inside the rubble, they discovered the body of 48-year-old Michael McNeil.
08:38At first, it might have seemed like Michael had simply been caught in an unexpected explosion by
08:42accident, but fire officials determined that wasn't the case. What was even more disturbing was when
08:47they sifted through the debris, investigators recovered gasoline containers and propane cylinders
08:51that looked disturbingly similar to the ones Michael had photographed and posted online eight months
08:56earlier. So why had this happened? The first and most likely explanation centered on what had been
09:01happening inside his marriage. By the summer of 2014, Michael and his wife were going through a bitter
09:06divorce. Their relationship had deteriorated to the point that she filed a restraining order against
09:10them. In fact, the only reason officers were already at the house that evening when the explosion
09:14happened was because of another domestic dispute. There were also signs that Michael had struggled
09:18with anger management before. Earlier that year, he had been charged following a road rage incident
09:23after an argument with another driver escalated into criminal misconduct. Looking at those facts
09:27alone, the conclusion seems straightforward. This was a man in the middle of a volatile divorce who had
09:32snapped during yet another argument. But if the explosion really had been nothing more than a sudden burst of
09:38rage, why had Michael made a Facebook post about 25 gallons of gas and 40 pounds of propane
09:43eight months before that argument ever happened? The timing didn't line up with someone acting on
09:47impulse. It suggested that whatever happened inside that garage had been thought about and possibly
09:52planned long before the night of August 5th. But not everyone who knew Michael saw it that way.
09:57In a Land Cruiser forum discussing his death, a man named Carl wrote,
10:01I was close to Mike and his family. Mike did have a problem, but he did not try to harm
10:06his wife or child.
10:07This I know for a fact. But the belief of someone who knew him personally wasn't enough to explain away
10:12what the evidence actually pointed to. The Facebook post was from eight months earlier and
10:16cylinders recovered from the debris matched exactly what he had photographed. And whether
10:20Angela had called 911 or not, Michael wouldn't have known. The garage was a detached structure with no
10:25line of sight to the front of the house, meaning as far as he was concerned, his wife and daughter
10:30were still inside when it went off. Everything about that night suggested that Michael hadn't just
10:34been trying to destroy the garage, he was trying to take out everything. That being said, none of these
10:39theories were ever confirmed, and no official motive was ever established. In hindsight,
10:43Michael's explanation about the grilling and hurricane supplies becomes much harder to take
10:47at face value. If the explosion had been planned, those supplies may have been the first step toward
10:52the fire that ultimately shook an entire neighborhood. Whatever Michael's true intention
10:56was, we will never know for sure.
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12:29On the night of November 22, 2022, 22-year-old college student Jasmine Pace left her mother's
12:35home in Chattanooga, Tennessee shortly before 11.30pm. The following day was Thanksgiving,
12:40and Jasmine was expected to spend it with her family. Instead, her mother, Katrina Pace,
12:45received a text message from Jasmine's phone, explaining that she had decided to stay with
12:49a friend for the rest of the week. Considering Jasmine had recently lost her grandmother to cancer,
12:53her family didn't immediately find the decision alarming. They thought she might simply want some
12:58time away to grieve. But three days later, that assumption would fail. On November 26, 2022,
13:05a new post appeared on Jasmine's Facebook account. The caption read,
13:08Enjoying Thanksgiving with my baby. The post itself was a collection of random pictures and videos
13:13Jasmine had taken. On the surface, it was nothing unusual. But to people who knew Jasmine,
13:19the post didn't seem right. One comment simply said,
13:22She didn't post this, y'all. Other comments pointed out that posting pictures like these
13:26were highly uncharacteristic of Jasmine. I know Jasmine, and she would never post a picture of
13:31herself like this. It's too revealing, and she doesn't talk like that or tag her friends in a
13:35picture. Now, none of that proved anything on its own. It's not unusual for a 22-year-old to post
13:40something outside their normal habits or share photos they wouldn't usually upload.
13:44By it, one comment pointed out a much more disturbing detail. The recent tattoos Jasmine
13:49had gotten on her upper arm were completely missing, which meant these photographs weren't
13:53taken that Thanksgiving. What was even more concerning was that several other people noticed
13:58the word chat still visible along the bottom of one of the photos, suggesting it may have been
14:02screenshotted from a private conversation on Snapchat. Taken together, those details pointed to
14:07one unsettling possibility. Someone had gone through Jasmine's older photos and private messages to
14:12piece together a Thanksgiving post after she disappeared. Worried that something had happened
14:17to her, her family began retracing her final movements. The friends she had supposedly been
14:21staying with hadn't seen or heard from her. Other friends had received text messages saying she wanted
14:26to be left alone, but strangely, none of those friends had actually spoken to her directly.
14:31Whoever had Jasmine's phone was trying to make everyone believe she was safe and simply wanted to be
14:35left alone, but it wasn't enough to convince her parents. Using a tracking feature on Jasmine's SUV,
14:41they located it parked outside an apartment complex. They reported the discovery to police,
14:45who took a missing persons report. But with no clear evidence of foul play at the time,
14:49the investigation made little immediate progress. So Jasmine's parents continued searching on their
14:54own, and as far as they knew, Jasmine didn't know anyone who lived there. Which raised another
14:58question. If Jasmine hadn't gone there to visit someone, then who had left her car there?
15:03The answer came from two details her family had overlooked. A location pen Jasmine had sent
15:08shortly before she disappeared, and phone records showing she had spent more than an hour speaking
15:13with a phone number her family didn't recognize the day before she vanished. Both details eventually
15:17led them to apartment number 210. It belonged to Jason Chen, a computer science student Jasmine had
15:23recently been seeing. When Jasmine's mother entered the apartment, she didn't have to search for long
15:28before realizing something was terribly wrong. Jasmine's travel bag was sitting on the kitchen counter,
15:32and her driver's license and credit cards had been left behind in a drawer. Now, leaving behind a driver's
15:37license and credit cards alone in an empty apartment didn't necessarily mean Jasmine hadn't left
15:42voluntarily. But by this point, almost every detail seemed to contradict the last. Jasmine was supposedly
15:48staying with a friend who hadn't seen her. Her SUV had been left outside an apartment she had no
15:53connection to, and the only signs she was safe were messages no one could confirm she had actually sent.
15:59Police, meanwhile, had secured the apartment and later returned with a search warrant.
16:03Unfortunately, every room they searched only made the situation worse. There was blood on the
16:08hardwood floors, between the bathroom tiles, and soaked into the bedroom carpet. Investigators also
16:14found large quantities of cleaning supplies in empty trash bags, suggesting someone had spent
16:19considerable time trying to clean the apartment. But the strongest evidence came only moments later.
16:24Investigators recovered a knife from Jason's bedroom, and bloodied clothing discarded near a
16:29dumpster outside his apartment. It was clear some sort of altercation had taken place involving a
16:34knife. And when investigators sprayed the apartment with Blue Star, a chemical that reveals traces of
16:39cleaned up blood, the entire hallway lit up. Sadly, with that amount of blood, it was becoming more and
16:45more likely that Jasmine hadn't survived. Over the next several days, more and more evidence kept
16:49coming out revealing what had happened after Jasmine arrived at Jason's apartment. Surveillance footage
16:54showed Jasmine's car around midnight on the 22nd. Later, it was driven away by someone noticeably
16:59taller than her, heading toward the same apartment complex where her parents had found it parked.
17:03Jason's movements the following day revealed even more. Surveillance footage from a Walmart showed
17:08him alone, buying bandages, peroxide, and cleaning products. For a college student whose friend had
17:13just disappeared after spending the night at his apartment, those purchases painted a chilling picture.
17:19However, the most damaging footage came later that day. It showed Jason leaving his apartment
17:23carrying a large suitcase before loading it into his car. By November 29th,
17:28police had tracked Jason to his parents' home and arrested him. They also noticed fresh cuts on his
17:32right hand, suggesting he had recently been in some kind of physical struggle. Looking through his
17:36belongings, they found Jasmine's SIM card tucked inside a glasses case in his backpack. That single
17:41discovery answered one of the biggest questions surrounding the case. Jason had been the one sending
17:46messages from Jasmine's phone after she disappeared. And it also explained the unusual Thanksgiving Facebook
17:51post that Jasmine's family and friends had immediately recognized wasn't hers. He had gone through
17:56Jasmine's older photographs and private conversations before uploading them himself,
18:01hoping to convince everyone she was still alive. However, in trying to alter Jasmine's digital trail,
18:06Jason forgot to cover his own. His phone records showed he had driven out to a stretch of road
18:10running alongside the Tennessee River. On December 1st, investigators searched that same area and found
18:16a suitcase. Inside were Jasmine's remains. At trial, Jason's defense team tried to argue self-defense.
18:22But after seven days of testimony, the jury needed less than an hour to reach a verdict.
18:27Jason was sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for premeditated murder.
18:32In hindsight, the strange Thanksgiving post that was meant to hide the truth
18:36ultimately became one of the strongest pieces of evidence against him.
18:43On May 8th, 2013, a user by the name Emily C made a post on Yelp about her missing friend,
18:49stating,
18:50My friend Maribel Ramos has been missing since Thursday, May 2nd. She was last seen at her
18:55apartment in Orange, California. Please help her family, friends, and I to find her. If you have any
19:01information as to our whereabouts, please call Detective Ramirez or Orange Police Watch Commander.
19:06Please share the link with your friends and family. We need all the help we can get.
19:10The post quickly gained traction online as dozens of users started responding with concern and support.
19:15Some of them knew her personally.
19:17I met Maribel many times at the dog park. She is so sweet and I admire her accomplishments.
19:23I was horrified to see her missing person post. Shocked me.
19:26Others had found out about her through news channels.
19:29Wow, I just saw the article on ABC7, praying for everything to turn out okay.
19:33By it, when no one knew at the time, was that among the dozens of people commenting on the thread
19:38was someone directly responsible for Maribel's disappearance.
19:41Maribel Ramos was a 36-year-old woman.
19:44She was a U.S. Army veteran and had served for 8 years, including 2 combat tours in Iraq.
19:49She was about to graduate from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in criminal justice in the spring of 2013.
19:55By it, exactly 24 days before her commencement ceremony, she suddenly disappeared without a trace.
20:0011 days before she went missing, Maribel made a phone call to 911.
20:04In hindsight, what she said on that call was her first cry for help.
20:08Then, on the evening of May 2nd, 2013, a security camera captured Maribel dropping off her rent check at her
20:13apartment's leasing office.
20:14It was the last time anyone saw her, and she was reported missing the next day on May 3rd, 2013.
20:20That's when one of her friends had made the Yelp post,
20:22and before long, people in the area began offering their own theories about what might have happened.
20:26One user, MB, who lived just a few blocks from Maribel's apartment, left a comment raising concerns about the safety
20:32of the neighborhood, saying,
20:34I read true crime voraciously, watch forensic files, and have attended a citizen's police academy.
20:39I live about 4 or 5 blocks from her apartment.
20:42That area is kinda ghetto.
20:44It could have been gang-related or a random crime incident where someone kidnapped her.
20:48She is a lovely girl.
20:49I pray she's found quickly and in good health.
20:52On the surface, this wasn't a stretch.
20:54Maribel was 5 foot 3 inches tall and weighed about 125 pounds.
20:58But, there was a problem with that theory.
21:01When police searched Maribel's apartment, they found no signs of forced entry,
21:05no evidence of a struggle, and nothing to indicate that anything violent had taken place inside,
21:09which made it unlikely that a stranger had broken in and taken her.
21:12Instead, the circumstances increasingly pointed towards someone Maribel already knew.
21:17Police began looking into the people closest to Maribel,
21:20and her phone records quickly led them to her boyfriend, Paul Lopez.
21:23The two had met on Plenty of Fish, a dating site, and had only been dating for about a month.
21:28Maribel called Paul in the evening of May 2nd, shortly before she was last seen on surveillance footage,
21:32so investigators brought him in for questioning.
21:34But, Paul's story checked out.
21:36GPS data from his car showed he was nowhere near Maribel's apartment that night,
21:40and police cleared him then and there.
21:41With every lead outside the apartment going nowhere, attention shifted back to where the case had gained traction,
21:47the Yelp thread.
21:49While police had been working through suspects, the comment section beneath Emily's post had continued to grow,
21:54and people had already started noticing something.
21:56One commenter going by the name KCK had been drawing attention from several users.
22:01He appeared unusually insistent on proving how close he and Maribel were,
22:06even though nobody had questioned him about it.
22:07He wrote,
22:08She is my BFF and my only family.
22:11She is absolutely the best woman I ever met.
22:13We had so much fun together.
22:15I miss her so much.
22:16She always knew that I would give my life for her without any hesitation.
22:20On its own, the comment could have been written off as a friend in distress.
22:24But I had one user, Grant D, noticed something disturbing about the way KC had worded it.
22:29Am I the only one finding it odd that this KC posted here and used past tense to refer to
22:33Maribel?
22:34We had.
22:35She always knew, as opposed to we have or she knows.
22:38However, KC quickly clarified why he had used that tense.
22:42Grant, thanks for correcting my grammar.
22:44That is my second language, and I still need help with that time to time.
22:48But MB, the same local user who had earlier suggested Maribel might have been the victim of a random crime,
22:53pointed out something else.
22:54KC's profile picture.
22:57It showed KC and Maribel together, with Maribel leaning closely against him.
23:01For someone who had publicly described themselves as just friends, MB found the photo unsettling.
23:07MB wrote,
23:08Sorry, Mr. KC, but the picture you use as your Yelp profile picture is kind of disturbing.
23:13I thought I heard you say on television that you loved Maribel, but you were just friends.
23:17I also read that her boyfriend was waiting for her along with her family at the softball game.
23:21So, I find that picture a little disconcerting.
23:25Individually, none of these details proved anything.
23:27By it, viewed together, they painted a different picture of how KC seemed to view his relationship with Maribel.
23:33KC, meanwhile, defended the photo, saying he saw nothing wrong with using a picture of himself with someone he loved.
23:38Emily, who had created the original posts, had also seen KC at a candlelight vigil for Maribel,
23:43and she had noticed something strange about his behavior.
23:46KC, I saw you at the vigil.
23:48Why did you sit so far away at a distance?
23:50Why are you uncomfortable?
23:52What KC said in response made the situation even more unsettling.
23:56One of Maribel's family members asked me why I was there.
23:59Also, a verbal thread when I was there.
24:00I was uncomfortable that police are assuming or insinuating that I am a suspect.
24:04He then added,
24:16By this point, KC was openly talking about police considering him a suspect,
24:21even though nobody on the thread had accused him of anything.
24:23And despite all the attention his comments were getting, KC kept posting.
24:27Eventually, one user suggested him to stop commenting,
24:30because the more he tried to explain himself, the more suspicious he was starting to look.
24:34Shortly after, KC disappeared from the thread.
24:37KC was Maribel Ramos' roommate.
24:39His real name was Quang Choi Joy,
24:41a 54-year-old who had been living with Maribel for around 18 months.
24:45KC had met Maribel through a Craigslist ad she posted looking for a roommate,
24:49and the two began living together in 2011.
24:51Over time, KC developed feelings for Maribel that she didn't return.
24:55He had seemingly become obsessed with her,
24:57going as far as getting cosmic surgery to look younger and paying to take her on a cruise.
25:01But during this time, KC lost his job and stopped paying his share of the rent.
25:05The two began arguing over money,
25:07and eventually, Maribel told him he needed to move out.
25:09And this is when the 911 call was made.
25:1211 days before Maribel disappeared,
25:14one of their arguments got bad enough that she called the police.
25:18Why are you crying?
25:19Because I'm afraid.
25:22What?
25:23Your roommate?
25:25Well, he is like a three-time bell.
25:28He's Korean, so he's an older gentleman.
25:31But we had a discussion tonight,
25:33and I honestly felt like...
25:37I'm just telling him that I'm not comfortable with him anymore.
25:42And apparently, he's supposed to be living at the end of the month.
25:46By the time Maribel went missing,
25:48police already had reason to look closely at KC,
25:50so they placed him under surveillance.
25:52KC began visiting the Orange County Public Library to use its computers.
25:56An IT specialist monitoring his activity found that KC had searched,
26:00how long does it take a human body to decay?
26:02Then, he pulled up a satellite map of a remote area and zoomed in on a lone tree beside a
26:07road,
26:08almost as if he was looking for a specific spot.
26:10When the police went to search that area,
26:12they found a shallow grave, hidden in the brush near the tree.
26:15The body in it was so badly decomposed that investigators had to rely on dental records just
26:20to confirm it was Maribel.
26:21The Orange County coroner spent six months trying to determine a cause of death,
26:25but the condition of the remains made it impossible.
26:28Despite that, the coroner ruled her death a homicide.
26:31KC was arrested on May 17th, 2013.
26:34In July 2014, he was found guilty of second-degree murder
26:38and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
26:40In the end, Grant D had been right.
26:43When KC posted on that Yelp thread,
26:45he hadn't been careless with his grammar.
26:46He had referred to Maribel in the past tense because he already knew he had killed her.
26:51And while dozens of users were posting their concern and hoping for a safe return,
26:55KC was reading every single one of them,
26:57knowing exactly where Maribel was the entire time.
27:04Taylor Jean Scrom was a 22-year-old physical therapist assistant from Jacksonville, Florida.
27:09According to her family, Taylor had a passion for trying new things
27:12and was always eager to meet new people.
27:14One of those passions was motorcycles.
27:16Under the TikTok username NinjaTay21, Taylor documented her life on two wheels.
27:22Whether it was joking about high-speed rides or playful exchanges with other riders,
27:27motorcycles had become a central part of her identity.
27:30Her videos attracted thousands of fellow motorcycle enthusiasts.
27:33But not everyone was there to cheer her on.
27:35Some followers couldn't help but worry about how dangerous the hobby could be,
27:39with one commenter writing,
27:40My mom was a paramedic, and the horror stories I have heard about not wearing the right gear on a
27:45bike is real.
27:47By it, Taylor never seemed intimidated by those comments.
27:50She understood the risks and accepted them as a part of the experience,
27:53which is why she would occasionally joke about the dangers of riding.
27:56On May 23, 2022, she posted yet another video aimed at the people who kept warning her.
28:01The on-screen caption read,
28:03You're going to get yourself killed on that.
28:05It was her way of expressing her frustration with those who constantly commented on the danger she was putting herself
28:10in.
28:10The TikTok caption even read,
28:12I know, Karen, I know.
28:14Now, it's hard to blame the people who are worried.
28:17Motorcycling on its own is dangerous enough,
28:19but NinjaTay wasn't just a casual rider.
28:21She was a sports bike enthusiast,
28:23regularly riding bikes built for very high speeds.
28:26And in 2022 alone,
28:28over 6,200 motorcyclists were killed on American roads,
28:31the highest number ever recorded.
28:33Later that evening, Taylor set out for what had become a weekly tradition.
28:37She joined a group of fellow riders at Woody's Barbecue in Palm Coast for the area's weekly bike night.
28:41It was a regular meetup where local motorcyclists would gather, eat, and ride together.
28:46After bike night wrapped up,
28:47Taylor and three other riders got on their motorcycles and began heading back to Jacksonville,
28:52traveling northbound on Interstate 95.
28:53At approximately 9.39 p.m.,
28:56as the group approached mile marker 296 in Flagler County,
29:00all four motorcycles collided with one another while traveling in the left lane.
29:03According to Florida Highway Patrol,
29:05investigators were never able to determine why the riders crashed into one another.
29:08The impact threw all four riders onto the interstate.
29:11An SUV traveling in the center lane then struck some of the riders,
29:14while the survivors were taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
29:18By the end of the night,
29:19authorities confirmed that two of the four riders had died in the crash.
29:22One of them was 22-year-old Taylor Jean Scrum.
29:25But while the crash itself was devastating,
29:28one thing about it didn't make sense.
29:30How had four experienced motorcyclists,
29:32all familiar with the road,
29:33suddenly collided with each other on an open stretch of interstate,
29:37with no obstruction and no other vehicle involved?
29:39The most obvious explanation was speeding.
29:41Several witnesses reported seeing the group riding aggressively
29:44and weaving through traffic shortly before the crash.
29:46And given Taylor's online presence,
29:49where high-speed rides and adrenaline-fueled clips were a regular feature,
29:52it wasn't surprising that many people felt the answer was obvious.
29:55Across social media, particularly on Taylor's last TikTok post,
29:59the prevailing opinion was that the riders had been pushing their luck
30:02until it finally ran out,
30:03with one commenter writing,
30:04It gives me chills every time I hear about a biker death.
30:08Then I go to their page, and this is the last vid.
30:10But even though those witness accounts existed,
30:13the Florida Highway Patrol never concluded that the group had been racing,
30:15nor did investigators publicly identify excessive speed as the cause of the collision.
30:20So, the official explanation remained that the motorcycles had collided with one another
30:24for an unexplained reason.
30:25Still, not everyone was convinced.
30:27Some people online believe the SUV driver may have deliberately swerved toward the motorcycles,
30:32with one user writing,
30:33If the bikes were traveling at an excessive amount of speed,
30:36how fast was the SUV going that was seen approaching the group in the center lane when they collided?
30:41Did the SUV do a road rage swerve because the bikes were speeding,
30:44causing one of the riders to panic swerve into the other riders to avoid being hit by the SUV?
30:48I ride, and I've seen people in cars do crazy things to stop riders from doing things they feel inappropriate.
30:53It's a thought.
30:54It was a reasonable question,
30:56but the physical evidence didn't support it.
30:58Investigators determined that the SUV only came into contact with the riders
31:01after they had already been thrown into the roadway.
31:04There was nothing to suggest the vehicle had caused the initial collision.
31:07Other possibilities that could have explained the crash,
31:09such as a blown tire or a mechanical fault that sent one rider into another,
31:12were also ruled out.
31:14No defects were found in any of the four motorcycles,
31:16and no roadway hazards were identified at the scene.
31:19With every testable explanation eliminated,
31:21the Florida Highway Patrol was never able to determine exactly why the four motorcycles collided.
31:26In the days that followed,
31:27Taylor's social media was flooded with people returning to watch the final video she had posted
31:31just hours before the crash.
31:33What had once been a lighthearted joke aimed at the people warning her
31:36was now being watched as something else entirely.
31:38A memorial for Taylor Jean Scrum was held on June 17, 2022,
31:42at McDonald's Funeral Home in Rock Falls, Illinois.
31:45Her final TikTok post remains on her page to this day.
31:50The End
31:50The End
31:50You
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