Forgotten Pre-Internet Horrors
While it may seem like the content found on channels like mine is unique to the internet age, you’d be surprised how similar the videos shown on 2000s home movie clip shows could be. Today, we explore some of the most disturbing content from this forgotten pre-internet world.
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@farrellmcguire
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
To clear up some confusion, the images in the intro are not AI, they’re touched up stills from unsolved mysteries.
@adamgannaway6275
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
There is detailed documentary on the arsonist kid it was covered in an episode of cold case files narrated by the legendary Bill Curtis as well as being on Unsolved Mysteries S3 the two kids played in those woods and were upset that they were being developed into a neighborhood
@cryptidnip
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
how are you gonna commit a crime as cool as burning down empty McMansions and then manage to be the cringiest goober in existence 😭😭
@fdlarts7676
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
I know about the house on fire tapes from Mystery Files, and no matter how scary or creepy you make it seem to be, I can only hear Shane's laughing lmao
@justaalt2246
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Not the laugh..😭😭
@nugglung4853
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
I was at this air show. I was 12. Watching that stealth fall out of the sky like a piece of sheet metal and dissappear followed by the explosion was absolutely unfathomable to my 12 year old mind.
@suffer1055
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
that’s arson one, holy cringe. What a nerd lmao
@FuzzyPuppetFactory
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Probably a good thing for those gun smugglers that they got life in prison because you KNOW they’d end up beheaded and gutted after being slowly flayed alive by the cartel for being stupid enough to be drunk and carrying weed while driving a cartel shipment
@KyupalKoment
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
12:47 This ringtone really brings back memory.
@dammbenderisgreat
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Don't come to school in the year 2560
@dammbenderisgreat
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Don't ever buy the first comment from a gas station
@JH-tu3sv
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Its not Redwood its Redwood City!
@ohraisins
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
21:57 No way? They're everywhere! Great video thanks man. 🙂
@jellymop
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
That footage of the officers on the gunmen in the car you claim is a mystery why they were so violent and had so much ammunition and bullet proof vests. They were Mexican nationals. I think it’s safe to assume it was cartel related. At least to me. Not much of a mystery to me anyway.
@jellymop
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Americas Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries were a staple of my childhood. Lots of disturbing content in those two shows.
@GUTHRIEHOWARD
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
LLOOOLLLL TURNED UP THE ANTE
Upped the ante
Like always I love your content thank you 10:04
@Rafee-c9g
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
man you calling mid videos, internet horrors, give some serious shit atleast
@Ellie-Kalopsia
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Love how everyone has agreed to clown the first guy 😂
@Eyedunno
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Spike TV came out 7 years after I personally first got on the Internet, but sure, "pre-Internet".
@Xx_Brokeback_xX
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
2:43 "Tomar what would you do if"
@niko326
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
youtube is just tryinng to recapture the hype of worlds most amazing videos
@timothymattson5369
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Boards of Canada was what I played to keep my mind active while studying for my degree.
@batteryisyummy
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
A TRILLION FUCKING ADS EVERY SINGLE FUCKING MINUTE WHAT THE FUCK
@rliptak2
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Hector in California had a sweet chief wahoo Cleveland Indians hat.
@KevinPerry-c1o
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
That arson video still gives me chills
@herstoryanimated
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Number 2 is when you and your colleague, part of a massive international crime gang, decide to have a little wines on the road whilst just cruising on a Friday night. No way are those guys not part of something much bigger.
… seriously though I'm so glad the trooper survived! Could've ended very differently!
@babilonkata
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
what is the clip from the thumbnail
@JohannMungus
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
1st guy is The Founding Edgelord.
@beehoney7096
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
There was a similar spanish version to most shockin called “al extremo” it was straight gore
@maggin9255
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
I remember seeing that first one on unsolved mysteries when I was a child. And I remember being home alone and this episode just freaking me out. Now I just sit here and crack up about it because it’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. 😂😂😂
@bruhthatsdisgusting
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
That’s the pokemon character
@alphamuplays1669
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Home movies are kinda coming back with residential security cameras catching something
@BobbyMarcum-nh9lt
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Two Hispanic males shooting a law enforcement officer in Texas? Thank God things have gotten so much better now
@mdbw3411
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
I think it's a bit short sighted to think that just because Mexican nationals resisted arrest that meant they were planning something super nefarious. It could have equally as likely just been they were terrified of being deported for having some weed on them, which would've been a very likely scenario.
@nathancrewe9391
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
I cannot believe that when you got to the part about camping/outdoorsman shows, you made no mention of the Great Newfoundland Outdoors with Lloyd Colbourn! That show was a true institution on the island!
@semisemicoloncolon
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
21:52 BOARDS OF CANADA MENTION LETS GO!!!!! INFERNO MAY 29TH!!!
@Parnifia
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
1:20 So spooky it crashed my YT app
@crazeenydriver
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
I remember the fire segment from Unsolved Mysteries back in the day.
@Essfffssfff
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Holy clickbait
@juhokuusisto9339
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
Yeah those Mexicans were cartel for sure.
@CaptainScorchMane
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
That VHS tape is actually considered horrifying when you realize the true horror is that someone recorded this, said those things, and GENUINELY thought they sounded cool or scary.
@SeekingTheTruthJoshWhoX
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
This video proves the arson was the person that made the pile of evidence just for r3tards to speculate. I am so sick of how stup1d people are in this world, does not shock me how they haven't figured this case out yet.
@KaladinVegapunk
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
They show the incidents of crazy dicks and chase scenes, but not the many times they chased people over broken taillights and killed civilians, shot someone over nothing, traffic stops are just needlessly sketchy. Those two clowns were obviously bad news but its just fishing
@mrs-yuk
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
1:35 omg chiller channel mention
@Jaguarkralle1
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
14 life sentences for the two guys but some serial killers are too "charming" and "intelligent" to be caught before they murder 40 people…
@KarnageKeeper
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
I watched that arson tape when it first aired back in unsolved mysteries. Back then that kind of thing was unheard of especially if you were from a small town. I can’t believe it was that long ago holy hell man.
@U.Make.Me.Randy.Yuuuup
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
15:15 I LOVE seeing old videos like this and seeing how much has changed in the way of procedure.. Cops today would not rush the vehicle.. there is no reason ro rush. Set up, give commands, wait for personelle, determine the next move, likely move up slowly with armor.
@ottersdangerden
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
As soon as you said hunkering down I was like he must like a step 2…
@DanielKevin-lg2fb
June 11, 2026 at 9:53 pm
1:44 How did people think this was "satanic" this is just some edgy dude saying a bunch of shit.