Lemme know if you want PART 2! 🕓 TIME STAMPS: 00:00➤La Isla de las Muñecas 06:32➤Sedlec Ossurary 09:12➤The Scarecrows of Nagoro 11:47➤The Salem Witch Trials 31:24➤Unit 731 55:02➤Oradour-sur-Glane
@heatherdavis3452 жыл бұрын
Yessss please!!! We want part 2!! Side note, my son stumbled upon one of your older videos about Time travel and he used some of the points in his science class and oh man... his teacher was highly impressed!! Lol 6th grade was rocked last week 😅
@Josie-qn9zp2 жыл бұрын
Me! Me! I want a part 2!
@Josie-qn9zp2 жыл бұрын
@@heatherdavis345 thats hilarious!
@heatherdavis3452 жыл бұрын
@@Josie-qn9zp I was rather surprised. But he loves science , and scary stuff and he was going through my KZfaq Playlist and when I read the paper my mouth dropped and I asked " where did you get your info? " . " You mom. Well, Let's Read, but not the scary part. " I can never say he didn't learn something from KZfaq now. Lol
@Josie-qn9zp2 жыл бұрын
@@heatherdavis345 that is truthfully so adorable! I, also, love scary and science! Thats why I stidy astrophysics. Tell you son to go into physics if he wants scary science! Theres so much homework its frightening...
@bloodyneptune2 жыл бұрын
If I learned anything from Buzzfeed Unsolved, its that the dolls or potential ghosts aren't remotely the scariest part of that island, its the unimaginable amount of spiders
@alison50092 жыл бұрын
Yesssss I saw that too! All they did was get enmeshed in spiders and their webs. Ugh
@jenniferjoseph1560 Жыл бұрын
Spot on! You can appease a spirit..the only solutions to spiders is fire or an ott 40!
@double_d_8885 Жыл бұрын
For sure and it took them a while to notice so who knows how many they got on themselves....ewe, that place is my nightmare!
@musicinthewildwood4 ай бұрын
Actually that could be said of "Mexico en generale". Lol.
@musicinthewildwood4 ай бұрын
@@double_d_8885Ewe, a female sheep. 😆
@zombinosh2 жыл бұрын
Unit 731 committed what must be the worst war crimes. Man Behind The Sun is a good film to watch about it. It's difficult viewing but a great example of just how cruel people can be to each other. Maruta was used as the codename of the camp as they taught the soldiers to treat the people like blocks of wood.
@pittsbirds16562 жыл бұрын
Yeah what a terrible thing 731 was…. Almost makes you wish they would have dropped those bombs sooner .
@bluecyclist78502 жыл бұрын
I wish they never pardon the criminal behind this atrocities. Specialy the head doctor who suddenly become christian after learning that his about to die
@pittsbirds16562 жыл бұрын
@@bluecyclist7850 I just don’t understand how you could be so cold and callas to human suffering. He should have had done to him what he did to others .
@pittsbirds16562 жыл бұрын
Or is is callous… lol spelling was never my strong suit.
@shmoequey20382 жыл бұрын
hamburger cheeseburger bigmac whopper !!!1
@tracysellars85392 жыл бұрын
This is probably one of the most upsetting video you have done, especially the last 2 stories. Thank you for getting the victims stories out there and most importantly thank you for treating them with respect.
@tawnyablack81542 жыл бұрын
This one was really horrible and made me physically ill, all those sick, terrible experiments done by the Japanese. I lived in Germany in the 80s and visited some of the death camps and the ss headquarters and those places were enough to make you sick just standing on the premises. THE ATTMOSPHERE WAS PURE EVIL. Listening today brought that feeling back to me and I cried for awhile.
@52ponybike2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Tawnya. Finally, a commenter with feelings. I too, felt physically ill. It appears that most of the comments are made by sociopaths with zero regard for innocents suffering. God bless you.
@a-sheepof-christ90272 жыл бұрын
@@52ponybike I think it is more likely the supposed sociopaths dont like the historical narrative of one single evil being forced upon them. With all evils in the world people tend to focus on the one most remote from their own reality: which is why they love to hate Nazis; but will defend whatever evil they themselves are guilty of.
@jenniferjoseph1560 Жыл бұрын
You have a beautiful soul! Those who never forget the horrors are willing to fight against the enemy and the evil! I hope you are happy and safe!
@arsewell Жыл бұрын
The Chinese have done equally horrible things during wars (in fact they continue to do so). War is ugly.
@mystrasleo88562 жыл бұрын
I remember lazy talked about the first one many moons ago. Was nice hearing the deep lore behind it from you
@emilianohernandez46782 жыл бұрын
I remember many moons and rivers ago people use to actually talk like this lol. Alright OH!
@cheyennetetrault32132 жыл бұрын
I think lazy actually has covered most the places in the video. I really love hearing the different details and insights from the multitude of readers.
@amandam86092 жыл бұрын
Ryan and Shane on buzzfeed unsolved!
@cheyennetetrault32132 жыл бұрын
@@amandam8609 yee
@danchisholm12 жыл бұрын
lets read and lazy are my 2 favorites... tho for a while a couple years back lazy seemed to lose his groove.
@vincenttb45302 жыл бұрын
My aunt told me visiting Oradour-sur-Glane sometime after the war , apparently there was still a very strong smell of decay and burned rags everywhere. Truly horrifying stuff.
@FearStreet7772 жыл бұрын
Love the idea behind this one. Me and my sister visit allegedly haunted places every so often just for fun.
@kristenwoodard60512 жыл бұрын
Pleasure seeing you here sir! I literally just got done listening to ur new stuff just a few mins ago for the second time!🤣
@FearStreet7772 жыл бұрын
@@kristenwoodard6051 Lol great to see you here too;)
@lukaposeidon84902 жыл бұрын
Reply please
@Aconitum_napellus2 жыл бұрын
I wish I could visit haunted places with my sister.
@FearStreet7772 жыл бұрын
@@lukaposeidon8490 Sure;)
@jblask22 жыл бұрын
I'd definitely like to hear more of these historical type things. It's a really nice change of pace.
@wolfcub8242 жыл бұрын
Dang... 😱 Those Unit 731 "scientists" were pure evil.
@drewc18632 жыл бұрын
They were monsters and were never punished for their evil deeds! Ughhhhh! it's not fair to the victims! They deserved Justice!
@touges2 жыл бұрын
The Salem Witch Trials brought me right back to my high school english class. It’s interesting to hear that some of the deaths and details were slightly altered in The Crucible to keep things pg 😂
@Jtown2402 жыл бұрын
The crucible right?
@touges2 жыл бұрын
@@Jtown240 yes thank you!
@janetwebster67822 жыл бұрын
You mean white-washed to downplay the tragedy
@8Dmovielover2 жыл бұрын
@@janetwebster6782 thx academic America🙃
@efe_aydal2 жыл бұрын
Wow, again a great one. I think u just became one of my favorite story readers with the best quality stories.
@paigecarlson64642 жыл бұрын
ahhh yes, my favorite part of the day. curling up in bed listening to Joel 😭incredibly thankful for you. it might sound silly but your videos are one of the only things that help relax my mind and drift off to sleep🖤
@ValentinaStJohn2 жыл бұрын
I can appreciate the time and work that was put into your videos, this one especially. I also love listening to your clear and smooth voice.
@ryohoshi84452 жыл бұрын
There's a few errors in the Salem Witch Trials. Off the top of my head: The Hammer of Witchcraft was a weird conspiracy-theorist rant for witch-hunters whose author claimed that a cleric was a co-author to make it reputable--apparently, the guy protested but nobody's been interested enough to stop pretending he wrote the book. Giles Corey refused to plead because if the trial got past that point, his property was entirely forfeit, traditionally to his accuser--but if he died without pleading, his heirs would still inherit. He knew he was going to die, but he wanted the best outcome for his heirs.
@masterquark13472 жыл бұрын
I remember reading a play in 10th grade English about this exact Salem witch trial. People accused others for more land or just out of anger.
@lindsey91892 жыл бұрын
This was a great video, a sad look at some of humanity’s history but you did an excellent job with background and details, and being respectful to the victims and their stories. RIP to all those poor innocent souls 💔
@unterdessen88222 жыл бұрын
"The Hammer of Witches" is not a manual for witches. It's a 1486 manual for witch hunters, written by Heinrich Kramer (a churchman) in Germany. It's also known by its Latin title "Malleus Maleficarum" (literally "The Hammer for the Evil", i.e. a destructive instrument to deal with evil forces) or by its German title "Der Hexenhammer" (literally "The Witch-Hammer", i.e. the meaning is closer to "The Hammer for (the destruction of) Witches"). It IS the most definite compendium on witches, demons and other unholy forces, but its main purpose is to explain how to recognise and destroy them, not to conjure up demons. So... if Tituba was quoting *that*, she may have been closer to being a witch hunter than being a witch. I don't know how she would have gotten her hands on this book - it was very popular all over Europe and translated into many languages, but Salem in North America was a bit off the usual book salesmen's tracks. Anyway, I can imagine, that as a black or mixed woman from the Caribbean she would have adhered to a syncretic faith like Voodoo or Santeria, where Christianity mixed with African and Native American beliefs. So she may have had a very basic, literal understanding of fending off bad spirits, and if she had access to that book, she may have seen it as a source of words, that repelled evil. Meaning, she wasn't trying to cast a spell as a witch, but trying to use a protective prayer, to fend off witches.
@elvirafeher42548 ай бұрын
Thank you for your excellent explanation. It must have taken a lot of research on your part.
@ZombieSazza Жыл бұрын
“More weight” whilst in unimaginable pain, where they are trying to force you admit guilt where you are not guilty, knowing that you will suffer twice as much, is so depressingly amazing. He knew what was up and was willing to die to prove his innocence.
@shelbymartinez72482 жыл бұрын
Always makes my day better whenever Joel makes a new video would love to see a part 2 and another of some photos with dark backstory’s to them keep up the good work my man 🙏🏽💯btw I’ve always wanted to visit Isla de las munecas in my native Mexico I really hope to go there one day cause ever since learning about its origin it has interested me a lot
@AnaxErik4ever2 жыл бұрын
Unit 731... any Dark Pictures fans in the audience? Especially with the location being Japan occupied Manchuria, and the details of the horrific experiments performed on POWs, I would think it's safe to say this is the place that formed the basis for the place where "Manchurian Gold" was first manufactured. The heartless manner of the experiments, the use of various viruses and vivisections, also makes me think of Resident Evil's own Umbrella corporation.
@d33d33m0n2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing Isla de Las Muñecas ❤ not many people know about the sad truth behind the island. Love your channel and will continue to listen 💕
@punklover992 жыл бұрын
It's pretty well known, but I've always thought of it as a ghost story
@emilianohernandez46782 жыл бұрын
Thank you for including a story from Mexico my man. Mexico is rich with these type of stories slot of story tellers are missing out on tons of material. Great job!!!! 👍
@MsBurnitup2 жыл бұрын
Unit 731 was so scary! I didn't know most of the stories and was fascinated that it actually happened....this was educational. Thanks!
@bsbznumber1fan2 жыл бұрын
This is going on my list of things to listen to on my bday wich is today. I have quite a few narrators to listen to and I'm excited.
@heavensent70502 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday 🎊
@biggiesmol2 жыл бұрын
One of the best entries yet! These real life stories are a real chilling listen.
@Brenda129112 жыл бұрын
I hope you're feeling better Joel. Always love to see you've uploaded thanks for the grindin. 😊
@annab6726 Жыл бұрын
When someone says that humans are intrinsically good, I'd like to have them watch these experiments.
@chelbucky19342 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the hard work you put into each and every video!! You rock Joel!! ✌️👌
@xBIGxSAVAGEx172 жыл бұрын
Yessss thank you Joel was staring and waiting for this
@richardmummery72572 жыл бұрын
Salem really is a knarly piece of our history. It's quite insane how the judicial system accepted the accusations and then would change laws to fit their criteria. Thanks again Joel!
@designerlute2 жыл бұрын
The last 2 stories should be heard by everyone, it's important for people to know this history. I watched an interview recently where just about every person had no idea what the Holocaust was.
@kimsandlin52862 жыл бұрын
Oh, boy! Another Joel upload! Yay! Thanks, Let's Read! Have a great week, Everyone! 😊💜💙💚💛❤
@susans52962 жыл бұрын
Love you as always Let's 📚 ❤...thank you for being here and sharing....
@virginiastewart65032 жыл бұрын
You REALLY do your research!! Amazing channel, please keep uploading!!
@thegodofpez2 жыл бұрын
So damn good. Joel just kills it time and time again. No fail. 🙌
@daydreamer8.3.1.92 жыл бұрын
I've been counting down the minutes! SOOOOO very badly needed this today! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@jennifermcdonald54322 жыл бұрын
It is quite unbelievably what people are capable of doing to each other! The second last one for instance, there were 300, intelligent, educated, supposedly normal people, who did or witnessed terrible cruelty, apparently without turning a hair! We are such a flawed species!
@soulslikeghosts2 жыл бұрын
Definitely want a part 2!!
@victoriaellis48602 жыл бұрын
True world history stories hit different. Damn.
@sabrinahale38102 жыл бұрын
Loved this video and would love to see a part 2. Very good choices .
@lonewolfnergiganos40002 жыл бұрын
Our start of the week can only be better when we watch LR's videos.
@sommermeadows68852 жыл бұрын
I had heard of most of these, with the exception of “Unit 731”! It blows my mind that the government bodies of the world can perform acts such as this and get away with it for a period of time. So heartbreaking.
@Janelle-nu1ep2 жыл бұрын
La Isla de la Munecas has always scared but intrigues me to visit, especially since I live in Mexico
@Diesel4362 жыл бұрын
It's been two months have you gone recently?
@Janelle-nu1ep2 жыл бұрын
@@Diesel436 Sadly no, I live in a whole other state from Isla de Las Muñecas
@wildside302 жыл бұрын
That nagoro village makes me think of the movie House of wax
@prissyjones88922 жыл бұрын
I'm so excited for this, I almost forgot what day it is Thank you Joel
@thisguyy2 жыл бұрын
Weeelllllpppp, after that 2nd to last one, i won't be sleeping tonight. So thank you for that.
@briannaduckfield86852 жыл бұрын
I just read all of these recently in a magazine thank you so much for these stories love them all.🤩🤩
@nikkiroy34862 жыл бұрын
This is by far my favourite video I've seen in a long time 💞 loved it so much I'm extremely grateful you've made my week 💞💞💞 xxxxxx
@Buggs_Self_Care_Journey2 жыл бұрын
Here for a good time I keep falling asleep before I even get through the first story for the last few nights😭
@abdulqudz892 жыл бұрын
bless this channel for the content it uploads.
@ladyraspberry2 жыл бұрын
This was a hard one to listen to. It is absolutely terrifying what humans are capable of doing to other humans, but at the same time, your voice and your delivery is so smooth that I am intrigued by the fact that you are able to both calm and horrify me all at once!!! You are excellent at what you do, and I absolutely love your videos. Bravo!!!
@resaneal95382 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joel 🤎🖤👍🏾 you are appreciated. Thanks for the upload
@user-dk7su3lp6e2 жыл бұрын
ive been to a small ossuary before. the entirety of the walls and ceiling were lined with the skulls of the monks who worshipped nearby.. it was surreal.
@heavensent70502 жыл бұрын
Oh wow I’ve watched this like 3 times already🥰! Amazing job
@zombiechicken71142 жыл бұрын
Well these were fascinating but deeply saddening. But important as well. To learn from our human history we have to know it. 731 is just beyond description of relentless horror and human cruelty. It should never be forgotten or repeated.
@murphymcquaid152 жыл бұрын
I look forward to these weekdays because that's when you upload! Love your videos
@alesanchez53632 жыл бұрын
Love how you provided the images! Great stories as always!
@dreamofmermaids2 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to this one! Thank you Joel
@dianawatton75702 жыл бұрын
I think bringing an abandoned city back to life with dolls representing people is a beautiful idea
@breckbilbrey4053 Жыл бұрын
The thing about the Salem witch trials is that we can look back now and recognize extreme mental illness and even psychedelic use. The theory goes that on their harvest that year, the conditions were just right in the storehouse for psychedelic growth. People were tripping, and on top of it all the power complex of the church was tearing a hole in itself
@melisamaras Жыл бұрын
Ergot. It's trippy stuff.
@092AM2 жыл бұрын
This is my all time favourite video of yours!
@emmaamin73052 жыл бұрын
Awesome as always :) keep the good work up please ♥️
@sandwitch25792 жыл бұрын
This video was really informative. Kind of like a history lesson.
@roadscapehorror-talesofterror2 жыл бұрын
Great reading style. In addition, I find the images of a skull in an space suit both on your logo and your live presentations to be very nightmarish.
@roadscapehorror-talesofterror2 жыл бұрын
@PeRFeCT IMPeRFeCTiON Without question.
@ElFreakinCid2 жыл бұрын
I wish I could catch his live stuff more often :c
@aimeylewis252 жыл бұрын
I'm snowed in with 29 inches of snow ❄️ ☃️ so kinda perfect timing
@creepyrus25772 жыл бұрын
Another great video from lets read, love your channel so much that it inspired me to start making creepypastas also. I still watch your videos every day, please never stop lets read
@vnssalas33682 ай бұрын
I hear all kinds of supernatural, ghost, and creature stories, but the most horrifying, cruel, horror stories are of humans ability to inflict so much pain and torture on other humans and other innocent creatures. There are no words effective to describe these horrible actions. Pure evil.
@cassidythecat2 жыл бұрын
As Shane Madej said when he and Ryan Bergara were going over the Salem Witch Trials, "maybe they were just bored"
@DJCallidus2 жыл бұрын
What's scary is how easy it seems for humans to dehumanise each other. Especially when you consider that it's all happening again, right now. With all our scientific and sociological advances, we haven't seemed to advanced at all.
@Star_842 жыл бұрын
I've been to that part of Mexico 😱😨! I think it's awesome to cover other countries scary stories!
@bkr10642 жыл бұрын
Loved the koren story plz do Science experiment on humans video
@Anjela22112 жыл бұрын
.....well that was simply horrifying 😳
@skrimpy712 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the educational topic. Horrific but needs to be known.
@DannyBae32 жыл бұрын
NEW SUB. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. GREAT JOB OF STORYTELLING
@lizziefrazzle70472 жыл бұрын
Great content, love this kind of video 🙏🏼
@alethiacraven43052 жыл бұрын
Absolutely adore you...and these stories. 💜Thank you Luv for all of the care you put into all that you do.
@gabydiy87162 жыл бұрын
I needed this today! Been a long and uneventful day and my Amazon order got delayed
@problematique93892 жыл бұрын
Ubisoft go bye bye Steamworks ALWAYS ON DRM
@kimmandley93562 жыл бұрын
I really like how this video turned out, Joel!
@kristenwoodard60512 жыл бұрын
Lol Joel!! I'm loving this thumb nail bwhahaha🤣🤣Love you buddy thank you for the awesome stories, you never disappoint!
@ElFreakinCid2 жыл бұрын
Nagoro makes me feel more sad than creeped out, honestly. :c
@mleighqs2 жыл бұрын
I can't remember where this line comes from but I believe it's true... Human beings are capable of some of the most beautiful dreams and the most horrible nightmarish actions.
@heatherlynlee2 жыл бұрын
You are much loved, Joel… ♥️
@jacquelinevrooman77552 жыл бұрын
I need to get my Let's Read on!! Joel you never disappoint me!!
@qbrown83672 жыл бұрын
The 731 part 🤯
@SmumplytheF2P2 жыл бұрын
10:58 No one gonna mention how the scarecrow on the right looks like Greg from the Disney+ Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie?
@RegisteredNurseL.A.2 жыл бұрын
I’m not done listening yet. I just got through the Unit experiments. I’m shook and will probably think about it for a long time 😞
@GenXfrom752 жыл бұрын
Amazing timing. Winding down for bed. 💯✨💤😴
@TuxMcCloud2 жыл бұрын
Dude, these thumbnails of late have been 🔥
@Rainy..Day.2 жыл бұрын
Chillingly sad, but awesome video none the less.
@StarshineMelody5678 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for these. The unit one I knew nothing about and I tend to read history books and watch documentaries. Also didn’t have an idea of the lore of the island of the dolls. Only knew it existed but not the reason why.
@mohnjarx78012 жыл бұрын
Bohemian Grove is super spooky
@Unknown-id4we2 жыл бұрын
PART 2!! 🙏🏻
@HappyCatWitch2 жыл бұрын
I'm pagan and have quite often thought that stupidity and superstition was a bigger threat than witchcraft ever was! I guess a lot of puritan pilgrims took their beliefs with them when heading off to the New world....Not one of our greatest exports.... Btw the man in the last portrait is Oliver Cromwell. Here in Essex, England, we haven't forgotten Matthew Hopkins and his dubious witch trials. Fantastic video!
@liquidcatt82473 ай бұрын
McArthur giving the Unit 731 scientists immunity for their crimes is the most American thing I ever heard.
@lennon94302 жыл бұрын
You keep putting out some great stuff lately. Thank you for keeping us entertained. I know it’s not easy to do buddy.this was top notch
@Ch3rryT3a2 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah Massachusetts is covered in graveyards as old as the Salem mass one! Look into it , it’s pretty cool. I’ve lived here for a good chunk of my life and haven’t seen them all yet!
@paigecarlson64642 жыл бұрын
i’m from massachusetts too! love salem so much
@Ch3rryT3a2 жыл бұрын
@@paigecarlson6464 we are everywhere despite being such a tiny state.
@angelofdarkness60282 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload Joel you’re amazing ❤️😊
@NathalieKraemer2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't finish listening to the Japanese war story. First time I didn't make it through one of your stories. It made me physically sick to my stomach. Ugh the worst monsters are humans on this planet, seriously. Btw, I love listening to your stories and I never miss one, you have the best soothing voice to listen to on the internet.
@allstarmark47362 жыл бұрын
Studying chemistry has been really boring, your stories really help me stay entertained!