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My son is now 30 and still has all of his Burger King Pokémon toys. If I recall correctly there was an age restriction on the product. Why would you allow an infant to play with a toy not meant for their age group? Its a shame children passed away because of a toy and parent negligence. Just my opinion.

I miss shitty 99 cent stores where you could get random off the wall toys like the evil stick

Buying a child a toy named “Evilstick” then being mad after the toy does an evil thing is hilarious

Strangely enough, the cackling in the evilstick is the same cackling effect in a decorative haunted house I‘ve had for an awful long time

I used to work in a discount store, and the "Evilstick" mystery is easily explained. It was more than likely Halloween overstock that was repurposed and repackaged as a children's toy. It literally happens all the time. This case was particularly stupid, imagery like that has no place in a kid's toy. Still, I am shocked at the hoops people go through to try and make a big conspiracy out of something that is very likely super mundane.

That Pokemon story always infuriates me. The parents should be held responsible for child neglect, and not leave their babies unattended with small objects.

We still have several poke balls in our house that have been passed down to our own kids. I have to agree with BK's initial response, the "design flaw" was nothing that isn't an inherent part of any toy cup or bowl for any child's kitchen playset. We did keep an eye on our infants pretty much non-stop, but....yeah thats kind of what your job is anyway when you become a parent

I've seen quite a few videos like this one, listing toys that ended up harming children. And as strange as some of these toys are, let's be honest here : Somehow, little children just seem to find ways to hurt or even kill themselves with literally anything they can possibly get their hands on. A toy is relatively small/has even just one small part hidden deep inside? They'll somehow find it, swallow it and choke. A toy has a singular slightly harder or pointy part? They'll cut or stab themselves with it. A toy has a concave/bowl shaped part? They'll somehow seal their airways with it and suffocate. I've even heard of cases where toddlers managed to get injured or die because of plush toys, because they somehow managed to extract one of the eyes and swallow them, or step on the plush and slip/stumble, causing them to get injured that way.

Creating products for children must be an absolute nightmare considering kids often seem like they're actively trying to find the oddest ways to end their lives.

Whilst my heart goes out to the parents of the kid victims of the BK Pokeball scandal, why TF would you let your infant/toddler have a toy like that in their crib????? Like dude, wtaf is going on in their heads that is just irresponsible. It's not BK's fault if parental negligence plays the major factor

I remember having experienced a bad case of suffocation when I lodged an Easter egg into my mouth and couldn’t pull it out. I was 3 at the time. Don’t know how I know I was 3, but I vaguely remember hearing the emphasis. I have terribly allergies during the Easter season, so nose breathing wasn’t an option for me. My point: kids will always find a way to make toys dangerous. Always have holes in certain plastics like pokeballs, Lego heads, and pen caps. Make sure magnet toys are not overpowerful. And never use poisonous chemicals in your toys even if it’s poisonous only when swallowed. Kids will put things in their mouths and not think. Kids are curious by nature.

What annoys me is that MOST of these so called "Dangerous" Toys are only Dangerous because the Kids had Inattentive Parents who didnt bother to practice BASIC Safety Measures with their kids. Like its one thing if the item is straight up defective and was cheaply made by companies trying to cut corners that cause recalls. But when the item is deemed safe and the kids get hurt because the parent didnt bother to be attentive or because the child does something dumb with the item thats not its intended use its annoying that Everyone has to suffer because of a few people who are irresponsible.

i’m glad so many people recognize that parental error is to blame for the BK pokéball deaths. kids that young aren’t supposed to play with those toys supervised, let alone left unattended with them. like you’re not even supposed to put ANYTHING in a crib with a child

The Evilstick laughter stock sound is used in like 90% of all "witch related toys" in Europe.

24:21 the hacker sounded like a literal gamer

The evil cackling is so nostalgic for me. That exact noise plays on a halloween pumpkin toy I own

Moral of the story: don't assume small children are at all competent enough to not choke and suffocate on small objects.

The evilstick thing fascinates me. The shop owner isn't wrong though, it is the parent's responsibility to investigate and understand what they're giving to their children. Also, the promise of fairies is hilarious cause in fae lore there are good and bad fairies, so they were not mislead technically 😂

I kinda agree with the evil stick storre owner. Parents DO need to actually take an active role in parentings and look at the stuff they are buying their kids and or inspect it. Doesn't mean its not a bizarre product but parents need to do their job.

No but the evilstick is the most hillarious thing to ever exist, it seems like something id get my friends as a joke gift.

Honestly, 90% of these incidents are from the parents being negligent on the behalf of their young children. It sucks that everyone have to suffer the consequences from the few who are the runners up to the Darwin's Award.

As someone who got a lot of weird dollar store toys as a kid, the evil stick is funny as hell. I’m imagining all the weird trailer park kids who picked them off the shelves on purpose so they can play witch

Ridiculous.. this is darwism awards for the young. Climb a tree, fall out, blame the tree

I can totally see child me also wanting an evilstick and later crying to my mother to give it back to me, even if it's weird and a bit scary. When I was a child, I would want the weirder dolls at those stores.

Some of these are very sad cases, but others are just complete irresponsibility on the part of the parents. Why would you not only give your infant a Pokeball to play with but then not even watch her while she has it? What if she tried to swallow it and choked to death on a piece of it? There's so many clear indicators that a toy like that is not for infants. I feel bad the child died, but the fact that they blamed the manufacturers (even if they could have been more suction-proof) just sounds like avoiding their personal responsibility.

The Pokeball thing was always so strange to me because why would parents allow that to be in their baby's crib, firstly? Secondly, the sealing issue could've easily been solved by a hole drilled into the bottom of each half. While the recall made sense, a long-term fix was also easy.

When i saw the picture of the evilwand, it gave me shiffers. Down my spine that i just got goose bomps

tbh, the pokeball one was like. okay it could've been easily fixed by a puncture hole. but also like. DONT GIVE THIS TO A BABY????? im bummed if alot of the ones not sold were destroyed because nowadays I like collecting them. Id love one of the pikachu plush ones, but as the years go on it gets less likely due to the ones that are sealed are getting opened or getting higher in price, and the ones that are open are probably in collections

One thing I'd like to note about the woman using the Ring camera to monitor her kids is that while it seems a bit weird and kind of overkill, one of her daughters is epileptic so the use of the camera was meant as a legit safety precaution rather than just an excessive form of a baby monitor. Just figured I'd clear that up since people tend to inevitably comment to the effect of "why would you put a ring camera in your kids room?!" whenever that story is brought up.

The Pokeball one is just sheer negligence from the parents, it's like leaving your 2 year old with a knife unattended, then being surprised it went horribly wrong. As for the cameras, that never stopped, it still happens to this day, the difference is that most cameras used for security no longer have a mic built-in, so instead people who get access to them instead just record and spy on people, then share the videos (or even the login credentials) online, often for a fee.

The fucking evilstick part builds up the horrible cackling laughter and the lights so much then you see the footage and it just becomes hilarious

The Fact that the "Evil Stick" incident took place in Dayton, Ohio, really fascinates me, considering that I've been to Dayton countless times, and driven past the very store where the toy was bought, and did not give it much thought (I don't remember hearing anything about the incident when it happened back in 2014).

I know everyone sees the Pokeball PSA as creepy and everything, but personally I absolutely love the juxtaposition of the brightly-colored Pokeball, front-and-center, and the framing of it like it's a murder weapon, while this monotone announcer describes how it kills children 😭

A big thing about the Evilstick is the woman isn't just holding a knife. She's slitting her wrists. That's super messed up and I would not expect that to be hidden in any children's toy. Also how was the mom supposed to know? It's literally hidden underneath the foil. Who takes apart/ possibly destroys their kids' toys like that before letting them play with it????

Some of these just make me continue to be convinced people aren't ready to be parents

I have ADHD myself and I'll say I have never gotten hurt by a hoverboard or a fidget spinner

Tbh the Pokeball one sounds more like the Parents fault. They weren't for toddlers after all

I’m a parent myself, and I don’t understand why so many of these fatal accidents happen. Of course there are moments when I can’t keep an eye on my son every hour of the day, but I’m not so distracted that I block myself off from what he’s getting into. It’s really not that difficult to monitor what your child does or what they play with or watch on television. It doesn’t take much effort to be present with them.

I’m reading comments about how the Evil Stick was funny but as a child, which my parents didn’t monitor what I watch, I came across the uncensored video of it and it traumatized me for a year or so. I’m still kinda scared of it and I’m 12 now-

people dont realize the evilstick is just the most thoughtful prank ever.

I literally just bought my daughter the baby shark bath toy yesterday. Had to check it out really quick and was glad to find they have fixed the issue. The dorsal fin and tail fin are now made of rubber while the rest of the toy is plastic.

I had a ton of recalled toys growing up and when I asked my mother if she knew she said "yea because if my child is dumb enough to stick things in their mouth I clearly failed somewhere" it's a miracle I made it to adulthood 😂

I remember seeing the Pokeball recall commercial when I was younger. I remember it being very jarring, because it would play in between really high-energy commercials. I didn't quite comprehend the recall message, just being confused about the image of a pokeball in darkness. That image was burned into my mind at the time. Still kept my pokeball, though.

Why would you even put a camera in your kids rooms in the first place? Way too invasive, plus it allows for these kinds of hackings to happen in the first place.

Who would've thought a baby shark toy would be one of the most terrifying toys ever

The first ring camera hacker was pretty conclusively identified as 'Zoom' Corey Ray Barnhill, now known as Corey Shiratori. Instead of an arrest he got a lucrative job at an internet company (He is currently the CTO of Path) despite being outed for watching explicit child videos and admitting on a harrowing recording to forcing his partner to watch them too.

I’ve never heard of the evil stick story but dang, it seriously sounds like a bad internet creepypasta but the fact that it’s real is very disturbing to me 😬

The Pokemon frustrates me the most. I remember having so many of those things, I was like 8 during the promotion and ate so much burger king trying to get them all. When my mom heard about the problems she didn't take mine away, even tho I had a two year old little sister, because she knew I wasn't that stupid, to either put it on mine or my sister's face, and she knew I didn't like when my sister got her grubby sticky two year old hands on my Pokemon stuff. Those toys weren't meant for kids under 4, because I remember how I had so many PokeBalls was because my parents would take the toy out of my sister's and give me the extra ball. Its sad the kid died, very sad, but why would you leave a 13 month old alone with any toy? Especially one that could clearly fit on a toddlers face? It's crazy how many parents don't seem to give a shit. I also remember the commercial and asking my mom if she was going to take them from me. She said no. She knew I wasn't stupid enough to do shit like that, but stupid enough to wear 6 of them on my belt loops of my jeans to the movie thinking I was a pokemon master. and the fidget spinner where the girl choked. Why was a girl that age putting the toy in her mouth! There's no way that little peice just flew out and perfectly shot down her throat. If parents would teach their kids "hey, only food, medicine, and your toothbrush go on your mouth." And watch what the kids play with, maybe the girl wouldn't have nearly died and had to have what sounds like very painful surgery.

James Thomas looks EXACTLY how I would imagine a baby monitor hacker would look.

The pokeball story is so infuriating. Sure there is a design flaw with the toy itself but the parents leaving their infant child with any toy they can put in their mouth is pure negligance

At the store I work at, we sell the baby shark toys, but I think they were redesigned. While putting them on the shelves, I saw that the fins were made of a rubbery/soft material.

I regret not getting a variant of the Evil Stick when a novelty candy store in my area was selling a literal treasure chest filled with them. At that time, the name printed on them was either Magic Stick or Fun stick but it was the same damn wand.

I love how chill Lamar was about someone literally breaching his home's security system

What i find hilarious about the evil stick is that despite the silly name people still consider it not just evil but traumatizing to kids, i guess it's called evil stick for a reason 😂

I remember when I had a hoverboard. I fell when trying to get off, and I fractured my back and broke my wrist. Ahh, memories 😂

13:24 MY GRANDMA ONCE GOT ME BABY SHARK *CEREAL.*

The “kidnappers using figet spinners” thing just makes me think of the time some weirdos were “pretending to be chicken nuggets to lure children into meeting them” Like… we really don’t teach kids not to talk to strangers anymore, huh?

The pokeball one sounds more of negligence by the parents' unattendance to the child, than a faulty toy. Some toys aren't just meant for infants and babies! Having said, may rest in peace those angels.

It's actually sad people need to worry about their kid's TOYS have gore or kill their kid. Sickening.

I remember seeing hoverboard fires all over the news, and I also remember seeing the baby shark bath toy on a lot of store shelves, and the photo on the "evil stick", looks like what would be the ultimate source of my nightmares! I even remember the hype of fidget spinners too!

Sorry, but some of these are directly on the parents. Especially the Burger King Poké ball. How did the infants get it? That’s on the parents.

The worst part about the burger King pokeballs is that if you took both halves, and drilled a small hole in the center, they couldn't suction and suddenly they were a lot safer

I'm glad that I wasn't the only one who thinks the pokeballs are a parental issue. It's just like Kinder Surprises being banned because god forbid we look out what our kids play with.

Evil stick gave sum crazy nostalgia

I remember being PISSED about the Burker King Pokeball incident because my over protective mom threw away all my Pokeballs even though I was 8 or 9 years old and knew how to not suffocate myself with a toy. Pretty sure I still have some of the trading cards though.

If you ask me, the parents are to blame for the pokeball incident. They were the ones not paying attention to their children after giving them this toy which has a warning on it about giving it to toddlers. Infuriating as hell.

I always wanted to know what the origin of Baby Shark even was. I remember at a camp we went to in school back in 2010 we did Baby Shark as one of the many dances, which is way before it came a meme. Wonder who taught the councillor the dance, or how he even found it out? Must be from some obscure nursery rhyme thing. Never got to ask the councillor cause he got arrested for being a pedo 3 months later.

"Hey kids, want some candy?" "Nah, we're good." *Looks around car and finds fidget spinner on the floor "Want a fudget spinner?" "Boy do I!"

Can't believe you left out the Cabbage Patch Kids doll that ate that little girl's hair right up to her scalp. Kind of a glaring omission.

Does anyone remember those dolls that would eat things? Remember how if you got your hair stuck in it, it would ravenously eat your hair? Good times.

A few things. 1. I distinctly remember Baby Shark being a thing long before the "modern" fad, with it being a popular song when I was in First Grade, with some unique added verses. 2. Despite the recall, I still find the Pokeballs at Savers every now and then in bags. I used to find them a lot in the early 2010s with all the toys still inside, but every now and then I still find big bags of just the pokeballs with a few containing the toys in the large toy bags at Savers. I've started hoarding them because I figure they're gonna be worth something someday, as so many were destroyed and frankly, if nothing else, they'd make neat easter egg substitutes at some point.

24:57 creeps me out..

27:53 bruuuuuuuuuuuuuh that is exactly what I picture a ring camera hacker to look like.

In regards to fidget toys, to which I have a fidget cube, they are designed to "help" kids with autism or anxiety, because they "stim" in response to certain emotions. For me with my anxiety, my fidget cube is a key component for how I quit biting my nails. Which has been a major issue I've had since as far back as I can remember. For autistic kids, stimming seems to help them manage emotions and cope with overwhelming situations. That is why fidget toys can be a "benefit".

I remember a toy I had as a kid that was a string pull. It was for toddlers. the one that says, "The cow goes - Mooo" etc. etc. I got my finger caught as the string wrapped around it and my finger was getting pinched and pinned against the toy. My mom had to cut the string. I remember that vividly. About a year later we saw the toy still being sold, only it had been changed. The string was gone and it had a lever to pull instead.

I don't get why people sue for money after something kills a loved one that wouldn't make me feel better or bring my loved one back

The section about hoverboards took me back. I remember everyone in my class wanting one including myself. I think my mom had heard about all the instances of hoverboards malfunctioning so she refused to get me one. I thought she was just exaggerating, but here we are.

Honestly, BK should've said "It wasn't our fault, why did you leave a child under one year unattended with this toy?" Instead of saying it was probably not the cause of death, which made them more suspicious.

One time I was in TJ-Max and when I left the store, I saw a sign talking about the Baby Shark recall, but I didn’t know why it was recalled until now!

I’d be demanding to know who is talking to my kids and demanding to know how they got access to the security system in order to get to talk to them if that was me that happened to. That’s just fucked up.

Hey, I work at a store where we sell the baby shark toys, they have actually recently replaced the sharps fins with soft rubber pieces. It seems like the company must be making changes currently.

I'm always impressed by kids ability to hurt themselves with ordinary objects , what were they doing with that shark? Hitting each other aiming specifically for soft body parts ?

noo those pokeballs actually looked fire 😭 if only someone payed attention to their child

the baby shark thing is like a child running with a stick and falling, or a child slipping onto a lego...

The kid that gave the hacker a false name is incredibly smart

Evil Stick is what happens when parents buy bootleg toys. Not always obviously but it’s what can happen.

Why would you have given a pokeball to a baby or small child? That is absolutely the parent's fault. The fact that those negligent parents won a settlement is insane.

The man saying, “I’m your best friend! I’m Santa Claus!” Sent chills down my spine. I remember hearing about this and being there

It made me so happy hearing you refer to the photograph used in the Evilstick as art. So many people don't realize that photography is an art form, especially in cases like this where he manipulated special effects and costume design to make the girl really look like a vampire. When seeing the original photo you really can appreciate how much work went into making it, in the original it's clearly an art piece but in the edited version for the Evilstick it looks much more disturbing as it looks like an actual demon girl cutting herself rather than a vampire drinking her own blood It's horrible that his art was stolen like that, but at least it must have given him more publicity for his talent. He's a great photographer!

That "evil stick" has the same laugh my toy kookaburra had when i was a kid, loved it

15:44 the new version of the shark has a rubber fin (or at least the upper half of the upper fin). Just bought one yesterday.

I like how children in ring hacks are smart enough to call a parent or give a fake name. Horror movie writers should look at tho and maybe stop making children following a demon's instructions.

40:20 What is so great about this video is that you included the security images and the police sketch of the kidnapper! This small contribution which has now been shown to millions of people may just help in the finding of the kidnapper!

That shark is my one yo favorite bath toy. We had no idea about the recall. Thank you

keep going man no one is stopping you

My little brother had an evil stick for whatever reason, he would laugh his ass off every time the crunchy sounding cackle would resonate from it's 45 cent speaker To this day neither he or I know why it amused him to such a degree

The thing that gets me about the ring hackers is that there could be hackers that simply watch the cameras with out playing any kind of audio over them. Someone could be watching you at any point and you'd never know

the evil stick drama gods i remember. That baby shark song OOMG that meme was my exact reaction!!

No shot he mentioned my home town not once, but twice with ONE story. Also, the "No god please no" was timed PERFECTLY