This video dives into a mixture of human animal encounters, which end up being both tragic and extraordinary. It opens with the harrowing account of the USS Indianapolis shark attacks of 1945, where hundreds of shipwrecked U.S. sailors were left adrift in shark-infested waters, resulting in one of the deadliest shark attacks in history. 

The story then turns to a case of an elephant attack at a funeral in India, where a wild elephant trampled a woman, then returned during her funeral to attack her body as if it had a personal vendetta. 

Next is the tragic case of Tilikum, the orca involved in multiple trainer deaths, whose story raised serious questions about animal captivity. 

The video also talks about Steve Irwin, the beloved wildlife expert whose unexpected death from a stingray strike in 2006 stunned the world and became one of the rarest animal related fatalities ever recorded. 

Finally, it lo oks at the Gombe Chimpanzee War, a violent conflict between chimpanzee groups studied by Jane Goodall that revealed disturbing behavior in these creatures. Each one of these cases blends terror and astonishment into one, showing that there are some consequences when it comes to connecting with the animal world.

Want to make a difference? Click below to don ate to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - https://www .charitynavigator.org/ein/131623829

This video will be talking about three mysterious cases of people gone missing that have yet to be solved. It begins with the tragic story of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, two Dutch students who vanished while hiking in Panama in 2014. Months later, their scattered remains were found deep in the jungle, along with distressing photos. Next is the disappearance of Brandon Swanson, a college student from Minnesota who called his parents after driving into a ditch in 2008. Despite a calm phone conversation and a massive search, Brandon was never seen again. This video concludes with the case of Nancy Ng, a woman who vanished during a kayaking trip in Guatemala under suspicious circumstances. These stories all share creepy patterns of eerie clues and uncertainty reminding us that it could happen to anybody.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

03:18 Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon

13:25 Brandon Swanson

50:22 Nancy Ng

Want to give back?

The Ng family, as we mentioned, has a gofundme in order to fund their search efforts. Money should never be what’s in between a family and finding their loved one. Click the link below to donate

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-find-nancy-and-support-the-ng-family

This video explores four tragic catastrophes, each showcasing the consequences of human error. It begins with the Tenerife Airport Disaster, the deadliest aviation accident in history, where two jumbo jets collided on the runway due to miscommunication and fog, killing 583 people. Next is the Victoria Hall disaster of 1883, where over 180 children were crushed to death in a stampede triggered by a locked exit door after a performance in England. The video then addresses the Kyshtym nuclear disaster, a massive explosion at a Soviet power plant in 1957 that released radioactive waste, hidden from the public for decades. Lastly, it covers the horrifying story of the Verrückt waterslide in Kansas City, which led to the death of a young boy due to serious safety oversights. Each case is a chilling reminder of how negligence can lead to catastrophe.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

01:35 Tenerife Airport

12:55 Victoria Hall

30:45 Kyshtym Nuclear Disaster

40:55 Verrückt Waterslide

Do you want to give back? Our charity this week is the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund- with so much of this episode centered around the unfair death of children, it’s important to remember those children actively being harmed in a genocide as we speak. This charity has a 95 on charity navigator. Click below to donate or to learn more.

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/931057665

This episode discusses both past and modern day home invasion crimes, starting with celebrity home invasions, highlighting cases involving the Beckhams, Sandra Bullock, Kim Kardashian, Harry Styles, and Miranda Cosgrove. It then shifts to the Hinterkaifeck murders, an unsolved 1922 case in rural Germany where six members of a family were brutally killed on their isolated farm, leaving behind chilling clues. This video emphasizes the vulnerability that can come with isolation and public exposure.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction

03:50 Celebrity Home Invasions

30:50 Hinterkaifeck Murders

Want to help out? The National Center for Victims of Crime Inc is a non-profit with the goal to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. They are a transparent charity, with a 96 on Charity Navigator. Click the link below if you would like to donate.

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/300022798

This chapter dives into the eerie topic of medical malpractice, including  the origins of lobotomies, a controversial procedure once used to treat mental illness by severing connections in the brain’s prefrontal lobe, often leaving patients severely impaired. It delves into the Little Albert experiment, a 1920s study in which a baby was conditioned to fear white rats, raising major ethical concern. Finally, it discusses the wrongful death of Brian Sinclair, an Indigenous man who died in a Canadian hospital waiting room after being ignored for 34 hours, highlighting systemic racism.

This chapter showcases the immense impact of medical malpractice and the importance of accountability in medicine.

TIMESTAMPS

Baby Albert - 5:48

Lobotomies - 19:35

Brian Sinclair - 30:48

Want to Make a Difference?

You can donate to the VAHS, a dental service for Canadian aboriginal people. Dental health is often one of the most ignored but most important aspects of health.

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/vancouver-aboriginal-health-society/

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Caruso, James (September 2017). “Psychosurgery, ethics, and media: a history of Walter Freeman and the lobotomy”. JNS. Retrieved form:

https://thejns.org/focus/view/journals/neurosurg-focus/43/3/article-pE6.xml?tab_body=pdf-32452

Sanders, Robert (April 2016). “Neurophysiologist and philosopher Walter Freeman dies at 89”. UC Berkeley News. Retrieved from:

https://news.berkeley.edu/2016/04/27/neurophysiologist-and-philosopher-walter-freeman-dies-at-89/

Wiley, John (April 2005). “WALTER FREEMAN'S PSYCHOSURGERY AND BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY A CAUTIONARY TALE”. NeurologyToday. Retrieved from:

https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/fulltext/2005/04000/walter_freeman_s_psychosurgery_and_biological.20.aspx

Powell. R.A., Digdon, N., Harris, B. & Smithson, C. "Correcting the record on Watson, Rayner and Little Albert: Albert Barger as 'Psychology's lost boy.'"  American Psychologist.

Digdon, Nancy; Powell, Russell A.; Harris, Ben (November 2014). "Little Albert's alleged neurological impairment: Watson, Rayner, and Historical Revision". History of Psychology.

Bartlett, T. (June 2, 2014). "The Search for Psychology's Lost Boy: In 2009 the Decades-old Mystery of 'Little Albert' was Finally Solved... or Was It?". The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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