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00:05 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we'll
00:07 be looking at the scariest videos that
00:09 are associated with terrifying real-life crimes.
00:12 Well, now that's hard to describe,
00:14 because it's really-- it's the most beautiful place I've ever
00:17 been in all my life.
00:20 A rapper's confession.
00:21 [MUSIC - RAPPER, "I'M OUT"]
00:22 I'm out, and I'm out.
00:24 'Cause the cops are on the look for me.
00:25 Here are some rap lyrics graphic enough
00:27 to silence an entire room for all the wrong reasons.
00:31 Shortly after the disappearance of Amanda Custer in July
00:33 of 2019, her boyfriend, Robert Camus,
00:36 mouthed some problematic lyrics in a local bar
00:39 and into a damning video camera.
00:41 His sinister lyrics shocked listeners
00:43 with their implications and disturbingly
00:45 bragged that police were out looking for him.
00:47 Authorities indeed were searching,
00:49 as they arrested Camus just hours later.
00:51 27-year-old was arrested the following morning
00:53 in downtown after a lengthy SWAT standoff.
00:56 Playback this improvised moment at your own risk,
00:58 as the grisly words are even creepier with context.
01:02 Camus has been charged with Custer's murder
01:04 and faces life behind bars or the death penalty
01:07 if convicted.
01:08 They have now got him and the car located,
01:10 but they still don't know where she is.
01:13 Opening Christmas presents.
01:14 I don't know.
01:17 OK.
01:18 A man sits on a couch and opens some Christmas presents,
01:21 often commenting on them and showing them off to the camera.
01:24 It's a regular sight seen every Christmas morning,
01:26 only these presents aren't his, and neither is the house.
01:29 The man is Vaughn Taylor, who broke into a Utah cabin
01:32 in 1990 with another criminal named Edward Delly.
01:35 Delly found a camera inside the home
01:37 and filmed Taylor opening the family's presents.
01:39 What is it?
01:40 It's about cars.
01:41 It's a terrifying prospect,
01:47 but the story only gets darker from there.
01:50 The two men attacked the homeowners when they returned,
01:52 killing mother and daughter Beth Potts and Kay Tita
01:55 and shooting Tita's husband in the head.
01:57 Taylor was sentenced to death,
01:59 while Delly received a life term without parole.
02:01 Yay.
02:02 Thanks, babes.
02:04 Killer on the Bridge.
02:05 The original video, sketches of the suspect,
02:08 a $225,000 reward, and more than 50,000 tips
02:13 haven't led police to the girl's killer.
02:15 Filmed on a smartphone,
02:17 the unsettling point of view of this footage
02:18 belonged to Abigail Williams and Liberty German,
02:21 two Indiana girls who vanished while hiking
02:23 in February of 2017.
02:25 Their disappearance caught national attention.
02:27 Police released the creepy footage
02:29 found on German's cell phone,
02:30 showing a man lumbering from behind
02:32 and muttering, "Down the hill."
02:34 In 2022, police arrested and charged suspect Richard Allen.
02:41 Officers posthumously commended German for thinking quickly
02:44 and filming what would become crucial evidence.
02:47 Moving tributes for the victims
02:48 continue to appear across Indiana.
02:50 The Abby Williams and Libby German Memorial Park in Delphi,
02:54 with ball fields and an amphitheater,
02:57 has blossomed into a place for playing and gatherings.
03:01 Chris Watts.
03:02 They're doing their best right now to figure out, like,
03:05 if they can get a scent and see where they went.
03:08 If they went on foot, they went in a car,
03:10 or they went somewhere.
03:11 As this list will prove,
03:12 killers have no qualms about going on the news
03:15 and attempting to give Oscar-worthy performances.
03:17 Chris Watts is one such killer.
03:19 On the morning of August 13th, 2018,
03:21 Watts murdered his wife Shannon and their two children
03:24 before disposing of their bodies
03:25 at a remote site used for oil storage.
03:27 Shannon was reported missing by her friend,
03:30 leading the media to Watts' doorstep.
03:31 Nicole called me when she was at the door,
03:33 and that's when I came home.
03:36 And then walked in the house, and nothing.
03:39 It's vanished. Nothing was here.
03:40 He provided them with numerous interviews,
03:42 feigning ignorance and pleading for his family's return.
03:45 The police also made some house calls,
03:47 and Watts can be seen openly lying to them
03:49 in various pieces of body cam footage.
03:51 Fortunately, the ruse did not work.
03:53 Watts was eventually caught and given five life sentences.
03:56 Deputies, I would respectfully ask
03:58 that you take this defendant into custody
04:01 and have him serve the rest of his life
04:03 in the Department of Corrections.
04:04 Stalking the halls.
04:06 It was a murder that haunted the city of Midlothian
04:08 since 2016.
04:10 We're talking about the killing of Missy Beavers
04:12 seven years ago today, and it's still unsolved.
04:15 At approximately 4 a.m. on April 18th, 2016,
04:18 Midlothian, Texas resident Missy Beavers
04:20 walked into the Creekside Church of Christ,
04:22 where she conducted fitness classes.
04:24 However, when a student arrived shortly after 5,
04:27 they found Beavers dead,
04:28 having been the victim of a violent crime.
04:30 Missy was a mother, a sister, a wife, a daughter,
04:34 and it could have been any of us.
04:36 Investigators then combed
04:38 through the church's surveillance system
04:39 and discovered something completely horrifying.
04:42 An individual in full SWAT gear
04:43 was seen walking through the empty halls,
04:45 opening various doors, and carrying a weapon of some kind.
04:48 It's believed that this person crossed paths with Beavers
04:51 and committed the crime before fleeing.
04:53 Unfortunately, the suspect has never been caught,
04:55 despite a reward of $150,000.
04:58 I know personally they have great investigators
05:00 still working on the case.
05:02 There's still a lot of manpower to go into this case,
05:05 and I think the only way that it will be solved
05:07 is with the community's help.
05:08 Israel Keyes kidnapped Samantha Koenig.
05:10 From Jack the Ripper to John Wayne Gacy,
05:12 murderers who seem to choose their victims at random
05:15 both terrify and fascinate us,
05:18 simply because they defy moral logic.
05:20 A prolific criminal, Israel Keyes was a known arsonist,
05:23 bank robber, kidnapper, and serial killer
05:25 who claimed at least three lives, but likely many more.
05:28 One of his confirmed victims was 18-year-old Samantha Koenig
05:31 who worked at a small coffee shop in Anchorage, Alaska.
05:34 We did spend a fair amount of time
05:35 talking about his crimes and his offenses as well,
05:38 and those times were definitely very chilling
05:42 to hear him talk about what he has done.
05:44 Keyes kidnapped Koenig from the shop on February 1st, 2012,
05:47 and ACT UP was captured on its various security cameras.
05:50 A terrified Koenig can be seen turning off the lights
05:52 and talking with Keyes through the open window.
05:55 He then climbs into the shop and ties up her hands
05:57 before taking her away to his car.
05:59 It was the last time Koenig was seen alive,
06:01 and she was killed by Keyes the following day.
06:03 He talked about the rush that he got out of it,
06:05 the adrenaline and kind of the high from doing it,
06:08 and I think, unfortunately,
06:11 I think he enjoyed what he was doing.
06:12 - Stephen McDaniel.
06:14 - McDaniel admitted four years ago
06:15 to killing and dismembering his Mercer Law School
06:18 classmate and neighbor, Lauren Giddings.
06:20 - Similar to Chris Watts, Stephen McDaniel
06:22 was confident enough to give an interview to the news.
06:25 McDaniel killed his neighbor, Lauria Giddings,
06:27 on the morning of June 26, 2011,
06:29 later dismembering her body and disposing
06:31 of some of her remains in their apartment dumpster.
06:33 Giddings was reported missing a few days later,
06:35 and Georgia's WGXA interviewed McDaniel,
06:38 who pretended to be concerned about her whereabouts.
06:40 - Yeah, Lauren was my neighbor.
06:42 We're just trying to find out where she is at this point.
06:45 I mean, no one has seen her since Saturday.
06:48 - McDaniel initially plays it cool
06:50 until the reporter reveals that the discarded remains
06:52 were found by investigators.
06:54 With that shocking bit of knowledge,
06:55 the killer's demeanor completely changes
06:57 and he falls into an obvious panic.
07:00 - Are you okay, sir?
07:01 - I think I need to sit down.
07:03 - Okay.
07:04 - It wasn't long before he was charged with her murder
07:06 and given a life sentence.
07:07 The Bjork Stalker Tapes.
07:09 - My name is Ricardo Lopez.
07:12 It is January 14th, 1996.
07:18 - For nine months in 1996,
07:20 a pest exterminator named Ricardo Lopez
07:22 documented his slow descent into madness.
07:25 Lopez had developed an unhealthy obsession
07:27 with the Icelandic singer Bjork
07:29 and grew incensed when she began a relationship
07:31 with English DJ Goldie.
07:32 An irate Lopez then recorded a video diary
07:35 chronicling his violent plot
07:36 to kill Bjork with a letter bomb.
07:38 - And I will begin a documentation of my life,
07:42 of my art, and of my plans.
07:47 - Like a real life taxi driver,
07:49 Lopez falls deeper and deeper into dangerous mania
07:52 before mailing the bomb to Bjork's London home
07:54 and shaving his head.
07:55 He then took his own life on camera,
07:57 hoping to be united with Bjork in the afterlife.
07:59 Fortunately, police were able to intercept the letter bomb
08:02 and it was safely detonated.
08:04 - At least I gave it 100% of the effort.
08:10 - Chileno Sanchez receives a threat.
08:13 An influential Mexican singer,
08:14 Chileno Sanchez made headlines in 1992
08:17 after getting into a gunfight in Coachella, California.
08:20 Sanchez was attacked on stage
08:21 and defended himself with a gun,
08:23 resulting in a wild shootout
08:24 that left one person dead and 10 injured.
08:26 But Sanchez didn't have long to enjoy his newfound fame
08:29 as he was killed just four months later.
08:31 During a performance in the Mexican city of Culiacan,
08:34 Sanchez was handed what many believe was a death threat.
08:37 Sanchez can be seen reading the note and appears nervous,
08:40 wiping his brow and looking around with concern.
08:42 But this wasn't a baseless threat.
08:44 The singer was kidnapped and murdered later that night
08:46 and his body was found by farmers early the next morning.
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09:03 - The Jonestown videos.
09:06 - As an effort by a charismatic preacher
09:08 to build a new society, but it ended, of course,
09:11 with the tragic deaths of more than 900 people.
09:13 - Search the internet and you'll find many videos
09:15 relating to Jonestown.
09:17 This infamous settlement was located in Guyana
09:19 and was the remote home of the People's Temple,
09:22 a cult run by preacher Jim Jones.
09:24 The cult gained infamy in 1978
09:26 when over 900 members died from cyanide poisoning
09:29 and acted as now considered mass murder
09:31 perpetrated by Jones.
09:33 - That dead man killed, he was killing us.
09:35 - Numerous videos were filmed in Jonestown
09:37 prior to the massacre,
09:38 often depicting cult members and even Jones himself.
09:41 It makes for horrifying footage,
09:42 knowing that these people would soon be meeting their end.
09:45 But perhaps the scariest video was taken
09:47 by NBC's Bob Brown,
09:48 who documented the Port Kaituma shooting
09:50 that left five dead and 11 injured.
09:52 Unfortunately, Brown was one of the deceased.
09:55 - I also have to accept the horrific tragedy
09:58 that my father caused, but he caused it, not me.
10:01 - Which of these recordings creeps you out the most?
10:03 Let us know in the comments below.
10:05 - You have as much of this world as you're gonna get.
10:08 Let's just be done with it.
10:09 Let's be done with the agony of it.
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