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Imagine being the dad in that situation. Surviving a shot to the head and having to tell police that your own son tried to kill you and killed your wife. Can't imagine what that must have felt.

imo "menhaz" was REALLY fishing for one of his homies to tell him everything would be ok and that he wasn't, in fact, the POS that he labeled himself. i'm so happy to see those friends/acquaintances did NOT do that and continued to call him on his disgusting and selfish acts.

Love the brother that saved his sister. They’re probably closer than ever these days

The first story is so sad, i also was failing university, i lied to my parents that i was doing well, graduation approached, and i just told them the truth and explained how i was passionate about fitness my parents being from a different culture i was really nervous about telling them, but they were so supportive i went on to do my absolute best at uni graduated and pursued fitness sometimes just communicating is all you need your parents and family love you, im grateful to god for my parents and my family.

Putting the horrific murders aside I think it's hilarious that people will go and hang out at a mall for years rather than just come clean

These individuals seem to already have been harboring some deep seated issues WAYYYYY before they started gaming. If anything these individuals USED gaming to relax and chill like the rest of us

The best burn I’ve ever heard…. “Your bf looks like he drops common loot when he’s defeated”. Lol

daniels dad is so sweet. i couldn't imagine forgiving someone like that. i think if everyone was as understanding as him, the world would be a better place

I like how wavy is just smiling in every video and then proceeds to tell you the most disturbing things you've ever heard.

Crazy how the last kid was 'praying' for his dad to survive and he actually did which led him to being caught.

Long distance relationships can only work in my eyes with 3 factors: 1. You knew each other way before the distance happened 2. There's a plan to reconnect in person while away 3. You plan to come back together in person eventually, a date set. Not just a nebulous "someday" Otherwise, jealousy, insecurity will eat at you, like it did with Coffey.

I wasn't a big halo fan growing up but I was definitely an unreal tournament fan, sometimes even waking up the next morning at my keyboard after playing through the night. As a 10 year old girl, it was pretty unusual that I chose to spend every weekend binging this game but I wasn't so addicted that I would have killed someone over it, I would just maybe throw a tantrum when I got kicked from a server because people would pressure me to get on mic after losing to me in death matches and such, and when they heard my 10 year old baby voice they'd immediately boot me and my progress would be ruined 😤 that aside, IT WAS NEVER THAT SERIOUS. killing someone over this shit is wild af.

Wavy is slowly becoming a True Crime channel

Kinda sad that a lot of murderers, especially the story concerning "The Halo 3 Killer" don't seem to understand the value of human life until they've already taken it.

This makes me so sad.. video games are meant for ppl to have fun and forget about real world problems. Video games has helped me a lot through the 21 years I have been playing especially now that I’m an adult handling real adult problems. I always look forward coming home from work and booting up a game. It sucks that these gamers think murder was the only way to get their way, I hope they have learned their lesson and realize it wasn’t worth it taking a life over something that’s not real or important.. I’ve faced the same issues as some of these guys. I have had my account stolen from me on Wizard101 that I put hours and hours into but instead of plotting revenge I blocked my so called online “friend” and just made a new account and started over and not to trust anyone like that again

I am so proud of myself. i managed to fight my addiction to gaming almost entirely. Back in the days i used to play online game competitively and was very adamant and passionate about it. Now i am a passionate cyclist who loves to go on a group or solo tour. I'm a rider and mechanic myself. I do occasionally re visit and play games but i love watching live games and streams.

That runaway escape story is crazy. Absolutely no way I could walk into a room, find a guys attacking my sister, and not kill him.

I can't even fathom him just saying "close your eyes, I have a surprise." and if the mom got shot first, I can imagine the dad's heart dropped immediately because he knew exactly what had just happened. He placed the game in the worst place possible, thinking that it was the safest place. Literally heart wrenching to hear. I'm so sad for the parents.

That father forgiveness is incredible. He knows that his son remains his son. He seems to show genuine remorse for what he did. Even tho its too late for what he did. His dad strenght and support is incredible. Poor mom tho, such an incredibly sad story.

Dang. My parents were also religious to the point where i couldnt watch pokemon, power rangers, digimon, etc as a child. I remember only having videogames to pass the time, until they started limiting me to play just one hour a day on weekends. I remember feeling so sad. So so sad. I remember going to my friends house and also playing Halo on his Xbox! That story hits home home for me, especially when the father forgave his son. I would never do anything that the guy in the story did, but i could relate up until that point. Crazy fucking world

The fact the dude answered with "nani" made me literally slap my forehead

The MMO killer one especially can’t be blamed by video games. People killing others after being betrayed/having their stuff stolen is a tale as old as time.

The third story actually made me tear up. The father’s speech in the courtroom was powerful. I feel bad for him and his family.

Okay. As a college student who is a little less than honest when it comes to if I'm passing all my classes, yes it's a very hard thing to tell your parents and yes I'm too scared to do that. But I'm still trying my hardest to fix my mistakes so I DON'T put myself in an awkward position of dropping out or having it all come forward when it comes time for me to graduate. I dug my own hole, so I'm going to put in the effort to get out of it even if it means I have to spend more money than what I would've wanted to. I was going to go into debt no matter what, so I guess it's a trade off that I can live with. That being said.... This guy is not a coward. He's deranged and never should've even been allowed to get his hands on a weapon. He should've been going to a professional instead of going to the mall.... And I hate how he says, "I'm an atheist" as if that's somehow a valid explanation for his choices. I'm personally agnostic, but I have close friends who are atheists and would 1000% look at this and be absolutely mortified. Even if you don't believe in an afterlife, even if you don't subscribe to the idea of a higher power, it's pretty damn obvious that the fact that you even exist is an incredibly rare feat on its own and a second one of you is pretty much never going to happen ever again. You don't need to believe in a god, a heaven, or a hell to understand the basic idea that you should make the most of your life while you have it and no innocent person deserves to have their right to life taken away like that. It's so disturbing reading those messages.. It's disturbing to think there really are human beings who would be faster to grab a gun and kill someone out of impulse than they would to simply have what would've been a pretty common conversation (like dude you're not the first person in existence to flunk out of college) with their 'loved' ones.

oh wow the runescape stabbing gf story was wild. The brother sounds like a real superhuman being able to not only react quickly, think very clearly under extreme pressure, and he also showed mercy for someone who by all accounts didnt deserve it.

Please do one about neglect due to video games. There was a case that chilled me to the bone about a couple who starved their baby because they were busy gaming, even commenting that their daughter's cries were a nuisance.

Imagine becoming essentially a thief and a lowly person just for $900. Imagine killing a human life, and technically ending your life at the same time over a stolen game item, just why

Bro I subscribed back in the tac-light days and it’s insane how big this channel has gotten but it’s so deserved

The thing about the Halo Killer, I've heard stories of individuals that have suffered Infections or injuries to their nervous system resulting in them developing violent or aggressive tendencies later down the line afterward, makes me wonder if his ski injury and staph infection may have been a factor in it. Truly sad that anybody would harm the people closest to them, it sucks that some people out there are quicker to point the finger at hobbies rather than any other factors like Mental Illness.

As a gamer, I am sometimes scared of the ones that are too devoted

As someone who played video games for 27 years since '96, this here makes me sad.

So glad I found your channel. Great content and great narration. Very direct and factual with just the right amount of editorial comment. Well done.

As an avid gamer, who has never had the urge to seriously hurt, much less kill, another human being, I've always resented the artificial narratives often spun about the harmful influence of games. These sociopaths would not only commit horrific acts, but then bring the entire gaming industry under attack, due to their own inability to take responsibility for their twisted actions.

Like anything in this world, video games aren't the problem, people are. Some people are bound to have violent outbursts whether they are gaming or not. Great video as usual.

I remember hearing about the second story many, many years ago from one of my buddies who used to play tons of online MMORPG's (preferably WOW & Everquest). I remember him telling me about it because he heard about it from other people he knew online, even to this day it truly boggles the mind.

First one makes me so scared. I was in the very similar situation of Minhaz. Lied to my parents about 3 years. It was so hard to say about my situation. At first, they were really devastated but after that, by their suggestion, I dropped my uni with only 1.3CGPA. Now I've enrolled in a local vocational college about 1 year ago. I'm still depressed but my situation was way worse in 2020. I was in my lowest point. Tried to commit self harm two times between 2020 and 2021. If I wasn't afraid of sharp objects and slaughtering, I might have done the same too.

Correction: at 21:41 I misspoke. I stated February 2019, it should have been February 2014. I say the correct year multiple times past this point, I guess I just had the number 9 in my head for some reason during that specific take. Sorry about that guys.

The Dad survived a shot to the HEAD, and didn't end up with life changing medical injuries? That is metal as fuck.

As tragic as these tales are, the story about the stolen rare item is one of my favorites to listen to. I Assume you couldn’t get the real photos of the characters, so I also like how you used generic clips and images to explain what’s going on.

your story-telling is pretty detailed man!

23:23 "he produces a metal rod" it sounds like he just crafted one out of mid air lol

I did the same thing for all of highschool. I was homeschooled and thrown into 7th grade, a complete outcast with zero social skills. I used to ride the subway back and forth all day and make music on my phone. Eventually ended up dropping out and getting a job and got kicked out at 18. I got a room mate, full time job etc. My parents were disappointed but I was living under my own roof… I realized they wanted the best for me in life, but I was the one who had to actually live that life, so I was going to decide what exactly it would be life. Now, 10 years later, my dad and I run a business together and are extremely close…

There’s no justifying what the last kid did but his parents did not handle having a kid correctly just by hearing how they treated his video game habits.

Watching the photo's of the family of the first guy really made me cry They seemed like such good people, they didn't deserve to die Nobody deserves to die like that

Imagine if the “ I thought they would respawn” defense worked

In the first one, there is NO way he could have gotten away with it. His family members would be reported missing and obviously police would go to his house. If he went on the run he has 0 knowledge of the criminal underworld so he would be easily caught

i cant imagine being in a life sentence knowing that i threw everything over a 240p 3d item that is now worth nothing in a game that does not exist and having that item with no value

I've been around the internet all my life, but I've never heard of these situations. Thanks for the material!

Look, I flunked out of college the first time around because I went to a special school due to autism and never needed to try. So I never learned how to study or how to fail gracefully. When my parents found out they were a bit upset, but I really did try my best. Fast forward to about 5 years ago. I saved my money I made as a supermarket custodian and tried again. This time if I couldn't figure something out I asked for help. Something I was too arrogant to try last time. Now I have a masters in Biochemistry. I never once thought of killing my whole family because I knew they would support me no matter what.

Reminds me of Stu saying that movies don't create psychos, just makes them more creative.

I love how you emphasized On the fact that he Lent it out to the “26 year old.” Implying that he was young he made a stupid mistake that cost him his life.

Your videos are really great to watch. You don't censor language, like you're not afraid of demonetization.

I used to live in Markham; my brother was friends with the girl who was murdered by her brother. In recent years that city had 2 cases where uni dropouts lied about their academic status and plotted their families' murders. This particular city prides itself in numbers above all else. You can see it in the schools. Every student knows their high school's rank. Other schools will reject transfers if they fear you'll bring their average down. Almost every new resident is just flipping their house, so forget about having a relationship with neighbors. It's not a happy place. It's more of a business or a machine, and I wish it was discussed more.

“It’s a very old game. It came out all the way back in 2005.” Thanks for making me feel old.

24:06 that poor girl. Kick ass work brother 💪

You got the "menhaz" story off on several details. All his family members weren't dead by the time he started sharing pictures. In fact, several of the discord people were trying to save his father and sister in particular as they hadn't yet been murdered and he claimed he would kill them as soon as they got home. A lot of the effort they put into finding him occurred before his dad and sister were dead. Sadly they were unable to find him beforehand, but still... I feel these are important details that were left out.

I worked in mental health and disability services for a few years and had clients with traumatic brain injuries. Some of them had to learn to walk again, some even had to learn to talk again similar to some stroke victims. One of my clients couldn't look down, he could move his head to look forward, up and side to side but if he looked down he would lose control over his balance and fall to the ground, this happened several times a day. Other effects of brain injury included debilitating migraines, memory issues, changes in personality, poor inpulse control and problems with substance use because they either became addicted to pain meds due to their injuries or were using drugs/alcohol to help them cope. One more thing, of the clients I worked with, the majority had sustained their injuries in fights, usually outside the local pub or in car accidents where alcohol was a factor, due to my country having a culture of drinking heavily on the weekends. So I guess I'll just say to anyone reading this...PLEASE don't drink and drive, don't get into drunken brawls and if you absolutely must have a slap fight, do it safely!

The last one hit so hard... His dad is doing something I would never be able to do, one thing is your own son trying to kill you, but the other is your son killing your wife... That dad being able to somehow forgive his son, it's unreal.

perfect world was one of the FIRST games i ever played and it holds a special place in my heart so my jaw dropped when i saw it mentioned in here. like ive NEVER seen it mentioned anywhere until now... wild.

First time watching your videos. Love your content. Subscribed

I still can't forget the images of Gabriel Kuhn... He wasn't mentioned in this video, but his case haunts me every day. Poor boy was also killed, in a shockingly brutal way, after borrowing in game currency from someone he thought was his friend. Truly horrific and heartbreaking case that should never have happened, and I hope he is resting in peace

The only thing that sucks is people still try to blame video games for violence. It's not connected. Video games honestly are cathartic for pent up anger.

I play these videos on 1.5 speed, and it doesn't even seem sped up. Love this channel btw.

Hey, I have played on Perfect World since 2013 and knew the first guy you talked about. Void was a breakaway server filled with people from Epic Perfect World. It eventually died, and everyone came back to EPW. I can answer questions if anyone wants to ask anything! I actually still play the game on and off, although it's a shadow of what it once was.

There are EASILY more important things to vent your frustrations to than just some in the end, fun hobbies to hang around with your close friends/relatives (not to diss people who take this competitively) than to just taking another person's life.

Crazy you drop this right when the story broke about the 10 year old killing his mom cause she wouldn’t buy him a vr headset, then logged into her Amazon account and ordered it after he killed her.

I love the layout here. Did it take time to correlate the lava lamp/ background/ shirt combo? Great videos yo! Subbd

“His perception of reality was warped by the game itself” dude I remember playing halo when I was in elementary school and still understood that all of it wasn’t real. This boy was sick, and the games absolutely did not help. If your going to become so lost in video games that you just completely forget or realize that you have people, real life people that love you. Then that’s really sad, and you don’t need to play anymore. I love video games but it’s when I’m bored, and when I want to chill out on a day off from work or something. I’m very happy for the father at the end to get the justice he deserved, as well as fighting for his wife. Despicable the father had to sit in front of his pathetic son just to tell the court the son did it. Literally how low could you be. All because of halo 3.

I think a friend stealing a 1000 dollars from you while you trusted him with it is a more fair discription than 'he did it over an item in a game'...

The scariest thing about all this is that I used to live in that area of Toronto. I remembered my mother telling me about a boy who had killed his whole family and ignored it thinking that she was just going off about some misinformed Facebook post. Just knowing that I might have seen him while heading to the plaza or maybe even the mall, or maybe even walked by him once while heading home. It’s horrifying

In the case of the Chinese guy and the stolen rare item, I do not condone what he has done but understand why he felt compelled to do what he did. The dude was not only betrayed by a friend but said friend also stole an item worth a lot of money and the police refused to do anything about it. Edit: It doesn't matter if it's from a game or a real object, the stealing that sword was basically stealing money from Chiu when the ex-friend sold it online and that awful crime happened because the police refused to do anything about it.

4:13 NANI I JUST WOKE UP. I feel bad for laughing at this..

Video game killers are the worst because the news will immediately latch onto it and act like everyone who plays games is like this

Sadly, these examples will give people an excuse to blame video games for making people violent/aggressive

Online gaming produces psychopaths. This is why as a gamer, I have no interest in co-op, multiplayer gaming stuff. Some can just not differentiate between in game events and reality

Idk what’s crazier killing someone over a sword or someone payin $900 for an item to a game that no longer exist… Geez

I think it might be time for me to make one of these supercut style videos but with wholesome and uplifting internet stories

This first guy makes my stomach flip, i live 20 minutes away from that p.o.s and it blows my mind that someone that was as privileged as him could do that...

My dads also a pastor, and I am also a huge Halo fan. The biggest difference is that my dad actually introduced me to Halo and although I've shot him in the head many times its always been in video games.

My mom showed me a "Snapped" episode on the Halo 3 killer trying to get me to stop playing video games and focus on school. I told her "sure ill quit playing games, but you gotta quit smoking" she never brought it up again

I like how Wavy speaks about this topic in a normal neutral voice. If this was a "creepy pasta channel" they would speak like a zombie with ultra dramatic/creepy music in the background, completely changing the feeling of the essay.

Politicians must be salivating at the mouth right now after watching your video.

"it's difficult to imagine a more horrific way" As if he's unaware of people being tortured, disemboweled, and many other way more horrific ways

18:50 those screams just make this part comical 😂

Video games don't create sociopaths, however, I think violent games and movies fuel a sociopath's lack of empathy and conscience. These kids had problems far before "their gaming addiction" took over their lives, but once they did it completely warped their sense of right and wrong.

I think one that I was shocked about discovering was the Farmville Killer. He robbed his blind neighbour, killed them and their carer after they found out, only to then crash his car into a tree to kill himself. I remember reading it on Wikipedia when I was researching pros and cons of social media at school in like 2012 but I can't find it anywhere now...

Getting old pal, been watching you for a while now. Glad your channel is still going strong.

I like how the sound for Qui killing the sword stealing thief is the loudest e-jak sound. Made me laugh

I’m shocked you didn’t include the murder of Gabriel Kuhn. That was so brutal. I had the misfortune of stumbling on the crime scene photos completely uncensored. Idk why but the sexual assault was what baffled me the most. I have no experience in criminology so maybe it’s more meaningful than I understand. Supposedly the murderer Gabriel Petry only served three years in juvie and has since disappeared.

The first story hit close to home. My brother also hid the fact that he wasn't graduating high school. Was a complete shock for everyone. The school was trying to send letters that he didn't have enough credits. And he would stalk the mail and hid anything from the school. Wasted a ton of ppls time and had to return the money and gifts. And then 5 years later did the exact same thing when it was time to graduate college. At this point I knew he was lying. He never showed receipts for paying for classes or school supplies, didn't order a cap and gown. Also claimed he was suicidal. I love him but omg the drama

"he stole my fancy sword in the totally fictional world I spend my time in! Call the cops!!!" Hahahaha It's also pretty stupid to burn someone like that when they KNOW YOUR HOME ADDRESS lol

I wasn't going to comment, but I love how Daniel said, "Lord, please don't let my dad die," then his dad survived and was able to implicate his son in the shooting.

I can't imagine how Daniel's father must feel having to saying to a court that his own son attempted to take his life.

Someone accused me of a death threat when I was in school, and the principal said bullshit like “I know they do killing in video games” so my parents made me uninstall Call of Duty My principal could’ve just been talking about me killing the “victim” in a video game, but that seems too logical for an ancient artifact like her

I like how all your sponsors are like a come up for you lol like it seems like it's not just for advertising, you getting some new drip, cologne, wine. You balling out on free sponsor swag.

I think we know the true villain of the second story, the lack of instanced loot

As soon as I heard the name "Daniel Petric" for the last story, my mind just took me back to that kid going to his friend's house and dismembering him with a hacksaw over video game currency on Tibia. Very similar names, though that Daniel's last name was Petry

I always hate when I hear killers say “I didn’t want them to know how horrible I was”… like… bs, I could guarantee that if you asked them… they would have chose miserable life over no life at all.

19:36 I am not justifying murder but you can ask the same for the guy who got himself murdered for stealing 900 dollars