Perfecting his craft in Rocky Mountain ski lodges and Nashville’s Honky Ton… Read Full Bio ↴Perfecting his craft in Rocky Mountain ski lodges and Nashville’s Honky Tonks, Teddy Robb has a laid back voice that grabs you like the Colorado winter air and wraps you up in a blanket with someone you love next to a warm fire.

A native of Akron, Ohio, Teddy grew up loving the outdoors. He fished, hiked, and played football through college at Kent State. It was during college when his passion turned to music the moment he heard George Strait’s “Troubadour”. That was it, the decision was made. He called his parents, packed his bags and hit the road. Teddy spent time in Vail playing music to support his snowboarding habit before making the final move to Nashville.

Teddy co-wrote his debut track “Lead Me On” with Ryan Beaver, Matt McGinn and Aaron Eshuis and it was produced by Shane McAnally, Matt McGinn, and Ben Fowler.

152. Really Shouldn't Drink Around You
Teddy Robb Lyrics

You say that we can be friends, but
Hey let's be honest
There ain't really no such thing
As gin and platonic
Hey, one is gonna turn into
Two is gonna turn into
You and me at a quarter to three
With four shoes under the bed
Yeah, we know it's headed to

I really shouldn't drink around you
It's a risk, it's a gamble
A little more than I can handle
Just a touch of a buzz is
Enough to get me thinkin' things
I really shouldn't think about you
We end up on a fast track
Gettin' back to where we left the past at
You think I would'a learned
My lesson by now, But I never do
I really shouldn't drink around you
(I shouldn't drink around you
Really shouldn't drink around you)

Yeah, I know what's gonna happen
If we order another shot
There ain't any way to muster up
The strength that I haven't got
Well, wine is gonna turn into, "Why not?"
And turning the lights off
Blurring the lines and in no time
We're doin' things that friends don't do

I really shouldn't drink around you
It's a risk, it's a gamble
A little more than I can handle
Just a touch of a buzz is
Enough to get me thinkin' things
I really shouldn't think about you
We end up on a fast track
Gettin' back to where we left the past at
You think I would'a learned
My lesson by now, But I never do
I really shouldn't drink around you
(I shouldn't drink around you
Really shouldn't drink around you)
I really shouldn't drink around you
It's a risk, it's a gamble
A little more than I can handle
Just a touch of a buzz is
Enough to get me thinkin' things
I really shouldn't think about you
We end up on a fast track
Gettin' back to where we left the past at
You think I would'a learned
My lesson by now, But I never do
I really shouldn't drink around you, oh yeah
I really shouldn't drink around you

You say that we can be friends, but
Hey let's be honest
There ain't really no such thing
As gin and platonic

I really shouldn't drink around you
It's a risk, it's a gamble
A little more than I can handle
Just a touch of a buzz is
Enough to get me thinkin' things
I really shouldn't think about you
We end up on a fast track
Gettin' back to where we left the past at
You think I would'a learned
My lesson by now, But I never do
I really shouldn't drink around you
(I shouldn't drink around you
Really shouldn't drink around you)

I really shouldn't drink around you
(I shouldn't drink around you
Really shouldn't drink around you)
I really shouldn't drink around you
(I shouldn't drink around you
Really shouldn't drink around you)
(I shouldn't drink around you
Really shouldn't drink around you)

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Anthem Entertainment, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: JOSHUA SHAUN OSBORNE, SHANE MCANALLY, TREVOR ROSEN

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@juliatarrel1674

50w↑5

Everyone has an invisible knapsack of privilege.
Yes, people from an economic super-state, who are born rich by the standards of that state, typically have a much larger knapsack. But people like me (marginalised by the standards of my economic super-state) still have powerful knapsacks.

People who we typically categorise as the poorest of the world also have their knapsacks. Mostly empty. (but if a disaster hits, they know how to survive it!)

The best thing you can do with a powerful knapsack is to learn how to distribute its benefits. And Simon, you're distributing a lot of benefits. You have a bunch of writers and editors employed. You use sponsors well and wisely. And your chosen topics of discussion hand out bits of knapsacks.

Here's one that probably will benefit the marginalised: survival strategies. First Nations people often know them, so do the poor and marginalised of most societies.
You can start with 'foods of last resort'. How to find and prepare things that we privileged folks find icky. Did you know that dandelion leaves are edible?

All comments from YouTube:

@TheCasualCriminalist

2y↑174

Thanks to Under Lucky Stars for sponsoring today's video. Go to https://underluckystars.com/criminalist to get 10% off your order right now.

@theOneOnlyTed

2y↑32

Hola Simon, we say fourteen twentysix

@drbosommd

2y↑14

Hey Simon , you should get someone to write a script about Mark " Chopper " Read .
He was a hitman , author , comedian ( kind of ) .
Eric Bana played him the the Biopic of his life.
The movie Chopper is easily one of the most iconic movies made in Australia.
Chopper himself became an icon in Australia.

@JimmyTyner

2y↑4

Great video as always, I would also enjoy it if Arnaldo wrote a script about "Missy Bevers" for Casual Criminalist & George wrote about "The Yuba County Five (AKA America's Dyatlov Pass) for Decoding the Unknown.

@julespeace684

2y↑2

@@drbosommd oohh, sounds like a great story. Thank you🤙🏽🕊

@Maven0666

2y↑6

I like the longer episodes and this lady was particularly f*kked up.

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@Lady-Mara

2y↑4.1K

Hey simon and team. I actually prefer the longer videos and hate watching anything shorter than 45 minutes. Usually I'm listening while I'm working and I do not like having to stop and interrupt my work to find something else to listen to. And I don't think most people care that some videos go long

@LilDitBit

2y↑74

I agree!!!!

@ryanclayton8565

2y↑43

Agreed

@jamisonc7500

2y↑48

Love the long videos. Look forward to them all week

@EnRandigKatt

2y↑23

Absolutely!

@seregiel9541

2y↑46

I might not watch long ones at release, but I do savor them inbetween homework breaks.

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@jessicawaldeback

2y↑1.1K

Here’s an idea. Either the authors including an pronunciation guide for the word “effortlessly”, or Jen creating an blooper reel with Simon attempting to say “effortlessly”. 😅

@stelladonaconfredobutler9459

2y↑52

blooper reel👌🏻

@reg4211

2y↑22

Blooper!!!

@JessicaClark-lq4gw

2y↑45

I feel like the writers are purposefully putting it in to force Simon to mess it up. It seems to be coming up frequently on many of his channels lately.

@duncancurtis1758

2y↑5

Inigo di montoya you killed my father prepare to die etc

@atheistmom3591

2y↑5

Blooper reel! You’ll never have to say the “E” word again. ☠️😭

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@moonied4867

2y↑550

Listening to Simon repeat one thousand four hundred and twenty six over and over instead of saying fourteen twenty-six was one of the highlights of this video. 🤣

@StarcatMkV

1y↑20

Love when Simon doesn't pander to the psychopaths who say it weird.

@METALFREAK03

1y↑7

Well, it is a bit like you writing out the full number instead of just numbers. No?

@Lizzyjaeger

1y↑6

😂 That’s so funny and I didn’t even realize that was an option while listening 😂

@M-_-O

1y↑19

I’m glad I didn’t have to search very hard for this comment lol

@mistyrose-yf4do

49w↑13

That and him seemingly unknowingly describing food stamps lol.
I love his videos the longer the better.

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@tktalk6900

2y↑258

it's so funny how Simon can say "Dismembered Appendices" so easily but also can't help but say effortlessly as "effort-le-lessly"

@MsSilverTulip

20w↑2

And he pronounces lengthy as "length-ly"

@karensteffa9679

2y↑536

I lived in Sacramento when Dorothea got caught.. Things changed dramatically in California after that. I had to physically take a man I was caring for to the Social security office to prove that he was still alive.

@opallunar

2y↑6

Oof

@maiqtyson3278

2y↑2

Please, tell us more! This is interesting!

@drlnielsen

2y↑22

The most literal use of "habeus corpus". As a person who lived in the region when this happened - it was CHILLING. I gotta agree more oversight is a good thing

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley

2y↑8

Wasn't there a movie in the 80's or 90's that had part of the plot being wheeling in a dead person to get their retirement check? Ferris Bueller's Day Off, maybe? (I swear I've seen that movie but only in pieces).

@shannond1511

2y↑9

@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley yeah. That's not ferris bullets day off lmao

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@craigh5236

2y↑292

Welcome to the Casual Criminalist: Come for the the true crime, stay for Simon's head scratching weird philosophical ramblings.

@katarinatibai8396

2y↑13

😁 - Because his head scratching and weird philosophical ramblings are the best 🙂👍

@wiaf8937

2y↑8

@@katarinatibai8396 now we know where his hair went :P

@katarinatibai8396

2y↑1

@@wiaf8937 😂😘👋

@zoe74ful

2y↑3

i cant keep up with the story due to his incessant interjections and rambling off topic.im done,,,

@Watkins106

1y↑74

The thing that flips me out about her is after they told her that they were going to dig up her yard she just smiled and popped off to have a pot of tea.

@KingDock_

1y↑56

Your initial use of "rose colored glasses" was correct 😂 lol. It means looking at something and thinking its better than it actually is. Also here in the US the address would be said as "fourteen twenty-six" we dont say hundreds or thousands in addresses.

@colettegjuka9604

45w↑3

Or by just saying each number individually.

@thebeardedindian9489

2y↑542

I'm laughing listening to Simon struggle with the address 1426. In the states we pronounce it as "fourteen twenty six". Hope this helps with your grating problem.

@steveharrison76

2y↑33

Or is it grinding…?

@firelight09

2y↑6

I was just about to say. 😂

@JohnSuave

2y↑26

I was just thinking this, and then he changed to saying "one four two six", which is even more efficient than what we'd say.... so now I'm questioning my language habits 😂

@mylittlegargoyle822

2y↑30

I say one four two six. I have auditory processing issues and when people put numbers together like that “fourteen” easily sounds like “forty” to me. But as usual I’m probably in the minority. 😣

@pgbrown12084

2y↑22

I've noticed that I only say the single numbers when we get into 5 digit housing. A previous address of mine was one-five-two-two-five. Saying fifteen thousand two hundred twenty five was just cumbersome lol

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@gorramdarthkhal5615

2y↑301

"Oh, she's the baddie!" The look of realisation, lol.
More hour and a half long episodes!!

@toxxicx

2y↑7

apparently the fact that she was called "the devil's golden girl" didn't mean anything to him

@MariannaThomson66

1y↑117

As far as thinking that 90 or even 120 minutes is too long for a you tube video, it's actually what I LOOK for. I don't bother with 18 or even 35 minute true crime content. I like the deep dives. The details. The whole enchilada. 🙂 Thank You and well done! 🤩

@Phantom_Fireside

1y↑2

Its 45 minutes or longer for Casual Criminalist for me

@lizardog

1y↑28

"May as well give up; there's just women buried here." I literally laughed out loud, Mr. Whistler.

@generaljuanitopequeno

2y↑206

It's so ironic how much effort Simon puts in to saying "effortlessly"

@organicwest

slow tongue

@RealElongatedMuskrat

2y↑163

Simon accidentally lying for YEARS about playing tennis is so hilarious, and somehow seems like such a Simon thing to do. It's so specific, but makes total sense? Dishonesty borne from being too polite just fits in my expectations for him.

@renren4m802

2y↑2

Crying with laughter

@randa4382

1y↑2

Im much the same so i relate to him. Hell if it was me i may have ended up just frigging learning to play tennis if it were the path of least resistance.

@ryangoza2370

1y↑66

You can tell that Simon was a good kid and never had any serious addiction. Person in the story: alcoholic with gambling addiction. Simon: But why don't they just not spend the rent money on gambling and alcohol? Simon, you sweet, soft, sheltered boy. I admire your naivete sometimes. But what I really admire is all your channels. I watch at least one just about every day. Super interesting and informative. And you hosting makes it charming and entertaining. Keep up the work, buddy! Sorry for giving you a bit of a hard time there, I've just been surrounded by addiction for the last 20 years. I live in a rough neighborhood and I've seen a lot.

@mordirit8727

37w↑12

Idk if it was because I read this before watching the video and it colored my expectations, but am I the only one who didn't see much (or any) of that? Even his suggestion that the government shouldn't pay welfare to addicts in money but instead in goods shows that he understands these people are broken enough that they'd just take any cash given and go spend on these things.

It's a bit out of touch with reality, sure, having dealt with and seen these things personally it didn't take me more than a second to think "well if you give them the goods directly they'll just peddle them for money duh," but at least it shows he knows self control isn't that much of a thing in their state of being

@emileelamica7701

2y↑21

That awkward moment when Simon's tutor watches his video and thinks, "That bastard! We had so many good talks about tennis!" 😂

@commonsense571

😂 I had a roommate that allowed the doorman to call him thee wrong name for like three years🤣

@SEAairsoftTeam

2y↑77

My time to shine!

My grandmother was a clerk for the some judges here in Sacramento. When she was sitting outside waiting for the judges to call her into the room for one reason or another, a nice old lady sat next to her and was acting all dramatic and sobbing and my grandma who is a kind soul turns to her and asks "what's wrong miss" and the lady tells her about how she is so upset because she missed bail and now is definitely in trouble and needs help, my grandma around this time noticed clerks and judges looking out of the room and laughing at her, my grandmother talks with this lady more and as the conversation goes my grandma mentions her head hurts, the old lady says "come with me and I can help your headache" at that moment the door swung open and her friend who's a judge is standing there ushering her inside, when my grandma entered the room they all started to laugh at her and when she asked why they were laughing one judges goes "that's Dorothea Puente! She's a murderer!" That shook my grandma

@reg4211

2y↑3

Dayummmmmmmm!

@SEAairsoftTeam

2y↑10

@@reg4211 to the day she was taken from us she swears that was the closest she's ever been to literal death

@reg4211

2y↑4

@@SEAairsoftTeam srsly - death smiled right at her!

@flowertrue

2y↑2

Hahaha! You almost died! Legal humor, I guess.

@reefermadnezz9819

2y↑5

She had the only guaranteed headache cure

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@caldw615

2y↑234

The landlady still claiming wellfare cheques reminds me of the case in Scotland where a disabled woman was murdered by her carers and they continued to claim her disability benefits payments for nearly 20 years. They only got caught because the system was changing and needed the victim to confirm details like her address etc but obviously they couldn't respond and the police went around looking for her.

It was only then the carers actually submitted a missing persons report claiming she ran away. The local townspeople all started trying to recall the last time they saw her and realised the last known sighting by anyone was 1999. This woman was missing for years and has her payments cashed by her killers and nobody noticed until an administrative change happened. Margaret Fleming was the victim's name.

@neegas3490

2y↑8

That's sad tbh

@droomzy

2y↑16

@@neegas3490 tragic, but it's softened knowing that civilians are just not all that vigilant about other's circumstances. those "caretakers" took advantage of a system based on a world full of people preoccupied with their own day-to-days, but at least the towns folk were perceptive enough to remember their last sightings of the victim. we're all just tryna survive out here, some of us more selfishly than others.

@kpturn42

2y↑20

There's apparently been a rash of these kinds of cases happening in Japan as well, many of their centarian population have been contacted by local wards to congratulate them on their 110th, 115th birthdays etc and they're discovering that the person died as much as a decade previously and the children were just cashing their social security payments.

@caldw615

2y↑10

@@kpturn42 Oh wow what the hell? That's interesting but really messed up.

@ABC1701A

2y↑19

The ladies in my local post office tell my daughter - who is my carer and collects my disability - to bring me in every so often, presumably so they can check I'm still alive and kicking.

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@cryptiecreep

37w↑25

She's one of the few criminals who actually scare me. Because she had so much power over the people in her care and because of the situation they were in, it's rare that anyone would believe them. Being trapped by an abuser with no way out is my worst fear.

@commonirony60

Yep. Same reason I don’t like cases involving hospitals. You put a lot of trust into those people and these episodes just go to show how it can backfire if you aren’t careful 😬

@Kaileighblue

1y↑63

It's amazing that Simon can put together that Dorothea held power over these people but then assumed she was telling the truth about what they did with their money.

@seanbinkley7363

2y↑94

Judy Moise deserves so much credit for following up on Bert after he went missing and not giving up the search. I could see how many people in her position might have just assumed that he went somewhere else but she was clearly committed to her job of helping people on the street. Who knows if Dorothea would have ever been caught if she (Judy) hadn't of kept digging.

@user-lv7ph7hs7l

2y↑9

Sucks though. I would feel horrible about bringing him to her... Obviously she couldn't know but I would feel shit.

@shaneminer4526

2y↑276

Simon: We haven't broken the two hour mark yet...

Danny: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!

@audreymuzingo933

2y↑3

David

@jonyemm

2y↑1

@@audreymuzingo933 you didn't get it

@audreymuzingo933

@@jonyemm get what?

@Ceyrenn460

2y↑5

@@audreymuzingo933 Business/Brain Blaze joke. Another channel Simon runs.

@audreymuzingo933

2y↑1

@@Ceyrenn460 Ah thanks. This is the only channel of his I really like so I don't watch the others very often.

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@LawlessNamekian

1y↑12

He did his best Arthur Morgan impression and died of tuberculosis. Classic line, love it

@emilygracey

20w↑6

I work at a theater 2 blocks away from the Puente boarding house and that place is a trip! The guy who owns it now has a mannequin of Dorothea on the front porch, signs that say "keep off the grass, you don't know what"s underfoot" and a bronze plaque on the fence with a QR code that takes you to a documentary about the house. He also goes all out during Halloween with fake body bags in dirt piles on the front yard. It's an experience to say the least!

@NamelessMarshall

2y↑215

Holy shit. I got so sad for Bert. Shit man, it hit me so hard. He was ill, he was getting his life together was ready to move on... and then this. He just needed some help man.

@Samicat476

1y↑17

The first time I heard about this case was when I was a teenager. Since then, I've never been able to get Alvaro out of my head. I've always, always felt so bad for the man...he was doing so well, and then he was betrayed in the most horrible way. None of those people deserved to be killed, but his name will always stand out to me.

@weedhigh2564

1y↑5

there is way too many Berts out there too, not all end up just like the Bert but many of them just need a hand and they dont get it till it's too late

@jayjablunov4697

2y↑166

"Schtick"? "Theme"? Wouldn't the obvious term for The Casual Criminalist be your, "Modus Operandi"?

@TheNaldiin

2y↑3

USP, Unique Selling Point

@JohnSuave

Gimmick

@reg4211

2y↑1

Brilliant 😎

@EEEEEEEEEK

2y↑1

Gimmick

@vensheaalara

2y↑1

My thoughts exactly. A perfect fit.

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@resonancecatscade7844

1y↑18

It is impressive how you can narrate these stories for hours so effortlessly.

@katrinaprescott5911

2y↑19

You use lye to make soap by combining it with some sort of fat. I recall that you can make lye by drilling a tiny hole in the bottom of a bucket, filling the bucket with wood ash, and adding water to filter through the ash and slowly drip out the hole at the bottom. My grandma said one time they ended up with too much butter (from their cow) and to use it up before it went rancid, her mother made soap from it.

@kendellstewart2090

2y↑149

The Honourable Callum Howe needs to be back in a few episodes.

@Siilikeiju

2y↑15

I think he managed to escape Simon's basement.

@DeathByBlonde1

2y↑19

@@Siilikeiju well, Simon needs to hunt him down and bring him back to the basement!!!!! I love all the writers, but I really miss Callum….

@maximmura4234

2y↑12

As previously shown by the reliable sources from Brain Blaze, the honourable Callum Howe is currently out of the deluxe CC studio basement, doing an internship with Sam, Danny and ETA. He is currently engaged in Blazement wall mushroom therapy, and will be back at the earliest possible time.
Thank you for your patience and for using Fact Boy's basement customer support

@joakimlv

2y↑2

Was wondering about this

@dena81

2y↑2

Yeah I was wondering what happened to him

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@NicciGemz

2y↑91

Lye is used for quite a few innocuous things like making good soap, gardening, certain yummy baked goods like pretzels... Just a few of the reasons I've bought it over the years. There are limits on how much you can buy now, but it's still really inexpensive. I can only imagine how easy it was to get a few decades ago.
Disclaimer: I am not a murderer

@SenoraCardgage

2y↑1

That sounds like something a murderer would say!

@Agatharose457

2y↑21

Hmm not sure I believe your disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I am not a bat.

@trinitythex6625

2y↑9

@@Agatharose457 I'm not entirely certain that you are not a bat, as you stated in the disclaimer above. Disclaimer. I am a bat.

@Agatharose457

2y↑5

@@trinitythex6625 would you like to hear my impression of a bat using echolocation?

@user-lv7ph7hs7l

2y↑9

Yeah or Laugenbrot as it's known in Germany. Also cheap drain declogger, basically what's in them but 100 times cheaper. Also great for chemisty used to increase PH of solutions and also used in developing photos. That's why you can buy it in hobby shops. But like 1 kg not tons of it.
Edit: Also don't dissolve bodies.... feel free to dig in my garden, no warrant needed :)

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@joebainter

32w↑7

A story well told is never too long

@BioKidd2586

2y↑73

I have often had the thought in the hours of fantastic content made by Simon that he has been very privileged. When he talks about it he seemed to be trying to explain himself. Privilege is unearned advantage. Its not anyone's fault they receive that advantage. It is up to each individual to recognize it and do with it what they can. So I appreciate that he is trying. He's doing what he can.

@juliatarrel1674

50w↑5

@leahsanders798

49w↑4

@@juliatarrel1674 there's also a leafy green all over wooded areas (at least in the SE United States), called Poke Salad. You're supposed to season it, and boil it, but you can eat the raw leaves. It ain't a good time, but it's food. Dandelion salad actually isn't bad. I've even seen it in some fancy restaurants.

@juliatarrel1674

49w↑2

@@leahsanders798 Useful to know. Thank you.

@kharismamessam7177

41w

Well said!

@SolaScientia

34w

@@leahsanders798 I think you have to boil Poke weed at least 3 times (boil it, dump out the water to put in fresh water, boil it again, etc) to make it edible. I think it's also at least mildly toxic (if not very toxic) if it isn't boiled at least 3 times. Dandelions are much more palatable. Oh, kudzu is another plant that you can make a lot of stuff from. Source: born and raised in the SE US.

@Lehi0001

2y↑369

Simon effortlessly doing his thing. He makes being a YouTuber look like it can be done effortlessly.

Effortlessly.

@trevorwilliams6362

2y↑36

I'm sure at this point they've silently agreed to make Simon suffer this word every episode. I love it ❤

@TheRealCaptainFreedom

2y↑12

Effortlessly.

@redhandedjill

2y↑4

@@trevorwilliams6362 I was thinking the same thing. lol

@Unknowngfyjoh

2y↑9

Allegedly

@AndrewMitchell123

2y↑3

mwah

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@tmurrin1979

2y↑19

"Murder me once, shame on you. Murder me twice, you're going to jail!" 😂😂😂

@heyysimone

1y↑5

I love the longer videos, especially with Simon's added commentary and sudden realisations

@certifiedalienist492

1y↑2

Here's to Simon and his phenomenal writers. I love these longer episodes. Helps work to fly by. So appreciative for all the personalities involved in these channels. I love every single one!

@WinnieTheJew

2y↑110

I mentally ill and I have been homeless, so far I really appreciate Simon's kindness and willingness to try and understand.

@PeterCombs

2y↑120

20 years ago, a lady ran a similar house on Beacon Hill in Boston. She never killed anyone, when the old-timers died, she just had the bodies left on the Boston Common with no ID, and kept getting their Gov't Checks..He daughter ran a brothel out of the basement of the same house. Quite a family. It went on for nearly 20 years.

@KPMindfreak

2y↑2

What was rhe ladies name

@erraticonteuse

2y↑5

Hang on, I've lived in Boston since 1999 and I never heard this! I must know more!

@RealElongatedMuskrat

2y↑4

hot damn, quite a family indeed. Imagine living next door or on the same street and not realising the full scope of what was going on.

@debshaw680

2y↑1

Sadly, not an uncommon happening.

@MushroomMayhem

I need a video on this haha!!

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@watchdog8058

51w↑3

i love the longer vids! i am usually running errands, mowing the lawn, doing household stuff etc while listening! thanks for the great content!

@jessicadominguez4154

1y↑5

When I was a teenager, I lived about 2 blocks from that house. I passed by it pretty much every day! Now I guess the new owners put up a mannequin dressed up as old Dorothea! 🤣

@kristinetaulbut4975

2y↑207

If I were one of the writers I’d be tossing “effortlessly” in more and more because watching Simon is such a blast. Also liquor up that coffee

@allisonoconnor8055

2y↑5

I always drink my coffee Irish up😍😂😂

@HSamee

1y↑2

In another episode he said he'd fire himself if he was drinking on the job.

@monicasegovia6176

1y↑3

@@HSamee and in yet another one he was drinking some wine while reading 😂

@HSamee

1y↑1

@@monicasegovia6176 which one? Tell meeee. 🤩 I wanna see.

@monicasegovia6176

1y↑1

@@HSamee oh I don't even know anymore, I've been binge watching recently so I don't remember lol

@kaialexander6806

2y↑99

Unless the person is in a rehabilitation program or have adequate support, it's actually better to let them buy alcohol with the money. Going cold turkey is a very difficult way to get clean from anything and with alcoholism, you risk having alcoholic seizures that can kill you. Obviously, it's much better to actually get the person into a social care program and actually help them get clean, but if not, it tends to be better to give them a safe way to access the substance they're addicted to.

I can confirm that the UK is awful for supporting addicts, or at least the West Midlands is. If you receive benefits, you can access help for addiction, but one of the problems is that the help is outsourced to private companies and every year, there's essentially a competition between the companies to be the most appealing which tends to be asking for the lowest price. It's a terrible system and often someone will be doing great and then be swapped to a new program randomly and suddenly they're regressing. Someone close to me is an alcoholic and one of the other insane problems we've encountered is not offering any mental health support on the NHS unless they're clean even though it's kinda impossible to separate addiction from mental health.

@inkompetenzkompensationsko4188

2y↑20

Trying to get sober cold turkey especially from alcohol has one of the highest death rates If i remember correctly. Because people get spasms and are at a high risk to eighter die of that or by suffocating on their own vomit. Its really bad especially since many hospitals are requiring patients to remain sober to get treatment, so if they can't hold up to that standart they get kicked out. I've had a few clients die that way, it truly is a horrific death.

@sabinameeker120

2y↑11

Yeah here in California, it’s hard to get an addict to detox because they can leave whenever they want. So it’s better to let them drink instead of withdrawing and dying. If someone is detoxed professionally there’s halfway houses they can stay in that ban substances, but it’s not always effective. Active addicts will do anything to get their fix.

@NathanCassidy721

2y↑10

Yep. Alcohol is one of the hardest drugs to get off of.

The only thing that is worst is Benzodiazepine or Benzos which got a lot of attention thanks to Jordan Peterson.

@annasutton4029

2y↑22

I used to shelter a homeless girl with substance abuse disorder (heroin and crack cocaine), and once when I was trying to get her help when she was going through withdrawal I was advised by a specialist from an addiction centre that there was no point trying to make her go to A&E - the best thing I could do for her in the moment was give her money to get a fix. He was right. She was treated abysmally by medical professionals and never offered viable support or treatment pathways.

(She was temporarily housed during covid when magically the government got homeless people off the street overnight and did subsequently get a funded place in a residential treatment centre, so there is a semi-happy resolution to that depressing anecdote… now she “just” has to deal with her complex ptsd and the health issues that come from sleeping rough for years)

@japesfornyay6350

2y↑4

@@annasutton4029 great comment on a terrible subject. Thank you for sharing this Anna.

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@davidmichaeldefranchi6164

2y↑6

Great work everyone! I was born and raised in Sacramento and going to grade school and into high school during this whole thing. I actually rented a place on F street about two blocks from that infamous house. And no,. I never had any ghostly visitors creeping around my place while I lived there.😁 Just for future reference Simon, in the states we just say fourteen twenty six F Street or thirty three oh four Freeport Blvd, etc...you get the idea. Again, great work! Love your vids!

@annaschwirian7548

2y↑10

We love the long episodes
Also someone needs to give Simon all the dads of Star wars and golden girls to watch when his kidnappers let him take a break from recording.

@Silentbob1494

2y↑90

Simon, I don't think you've said or done anything that made me lose respect for you before today, but not seeing the Golden Girls? I cannot abide.

@meganhorishny3111

1y↑7

At least look up who Sophia is lol

@bluegenes2273

Contrast that against my five year old daughter, who's arguably seen too many episodes.

I didn't think this was possible til, out of the blue, she theatrically closed the front door while spinning to looked me straight in the face, while exclaiming, "fasten your seatbelt, slutpuppy; it's going to be a bumpy ride!".

@Sara-lm8zv

Lol😂

@Lrr_Of_Omikron

2y↑142

Simon: "if they'd just shut up than the police wouldnt have been contacted"
The Casual Criminalist, giving the best crime advice for the low price of free.

@JoshSweetvale

2y↑8

To be fair, a 100% functional human being never has to kill someone. Or even commit a felony.
They can just exploit people to death legally and make bank.
It's the broken people looking for shortcuts that are willing to bet it all on not getting caught. And those people are unable to follow Simon's advice.
TLDR: "Sensible felon" is an oxymoron.

@JellyLocke

2y↑6

@@JoshSweetvale eh, you don't hear about sensible criminals because they don't often get caught, and when they do get caught it's because of luck or a legal loophole

@Gos1234567

@@JellyLocke damn straight!All these famous serial killers and psychos were total idiots.
The cops/public try to make them out to be “geniuses” but they barely even tried to cover their tracks.
I mean check out how BTK got caught,absolute moron

@shawnrichardson2720

32w↑1

Simon i love the longer formats i listen while i work and i work 10 hour shifts so these are perfect

@dma62581

40w

I really enjoy the longer videos. You all put for such great work! I have watched many of your videos & never feel like any of them have been too long.

@ZOB4

2y↑97

Simon saying that he didn't see many homeless people in New York City clearly indicates that he hasn't been there in a while. Also, Where is Callum? Buried in Simon's back garden?

@jordanwilliams9300

2y↑6

In Simon's basement, of course!

@myhopeyourhopej-hope9913

2y↑4

I live in New York City and I can't remember the last time I saw a homeless person.

@kaylaknoxxx4834

2y↑2

for real! I about spit my coffee out! Having been homeless the whole rant was painful to listen to, truly ignorant.

@ksoule1985

2y↑116

Love the long episodes! Also, just as an fyi, in the states we tend to say addresses by number groups rather than as whole numbers. So "621" would be said "six twenty-one" and "1426" would be said "fourteen twenty-six"...hope that helps in the future!

@lauraelaineallen21

2y↑27

Yeah, it sort of drove me nuts that he kept complaining about how long the address was, and I was like, that's cause you are saying it the longest way possible.

@danij5055

2y↑14

I'm happy he's learned this now though. I remember watching a recent episode where he specifically said this. And how much he appreciated people letting him know because it was driving him crazy as well.

@melissamccleary9611

2y↑3

Where I'm at it's 5 numbers. What a pain.

@Annie_Annie__

1y↑7

@@melissamccleary9611Yup, the house I grew up in was along the lines of 12654.
We said “twelve-six-fifty-four”.

For a while I lived in a house with only 2 numbers and people would tell me “that’s not a full address” or act like I was pranking them. Most people had never encountered a two-digit address before. Some of the houses in that neighborhood were single digit and I always wondered how people reacted to being told the address is “3 Elm Street”. In the US it does sound made up.

@addysbeeandgarden320

2y↑1

Hi! I found your channel a few weeks ago and have been bingeing it. I put it on whenever I'm doing yard or housework. I don't mind the long ones, I think they're great. Carry on.

@christiankalinowski7460

34w↑1

This channel has made me a long-form video enthusiast and I prefer watching content from creators that are putting in the amount of time to tell a story or captivate an audience that isn't 15- or 30- seconds long. Good on you, Simon!

@Lupis6377

2y↑71

Honestly I love how Simon shouts out his coworkers, "he writes, she memes, Danny's in the basement.. this is how the show works"

@iiToOHarD

2y↑312

I can't wait for tonight, falling asleep to simon's soothing voice describing terrible events.

@2lefThumbs

2y↑6

Why wait? Fall asleep now!

@organicwest

2y↑8

No sh!t, you too!

@iiToOHarD

2y↑13

@@tartanmctwisted4223 yeah im allways really active in my mind so i need some thing to focus on while i subconciously prepare to fall asleep, i even do it with business blaze sometimes allthough simon yelling isn't the most effective way to fall asleep :')

@fuzzynubz4654

2y↑7

This is what I do... Are you me?

@catherinecogut2456

2y↑12

I often fall asleep to these videos...I thought it was just me!

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@stillinhere

1y↑2

I’m currently catching up on all the shows. The writers are talented and Simon’s reading is entertaining, with excellent editing. I recently saw one about how he zoned out while stocking shelves. That’s exactly what I have been doing. I think I’ll be able to do it for a very long time.

@Rah514

2y↑588

I’m glad Simon doesn’t understand homelessness or poverty, speaking as someone whose had to rebuild his life from both situations (simultaneously of course lol) I would hope no one has to know how hard that can be. Obviously people suffer these situations, but I’d also hope anyone in that situation knows they can still make it and their lives still matter. 🙏🏽

@ronsimpsonll9739

2y↑22

Thank you, sir
22 years out there
Never found any where more honest...

@Vetnurserino

2y↑21

Thank you for saying this. I’ve experienced both as well, and am still trying to recover emotionally (and financially)!

@yayakelley7771

2y↑12

I couldn’t have said it better myself. I was binge watching and really enjoying the content. Until I clicked on this one. Talk about someone having to check their privilege!

@yayakelley7771

@@Vetnurserino people just don’t understand how hard it is in the US. They see the glitz and glam of Hollywood and make the ignorant assumption that we all have those opportunities. They don’t realize that if you weren’t born into privilege it ain’t gonna happen here. We don’t have free higher education or free healthcare for that matter. Most citizens don’t even have a extra $500 for emergencies which could def put you on the streets. It’s unfortunately very real.

@patsiebentley111

1y↑5

Well said !

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@spencercassar304

2y↑48

Simon, I work in medicine and volunteer at the local homeless basecamp. It is unfortunately very much a 'then, just as now's situation, in the Western United States at least. Homeless is being actively criminalized in more than one large city here in Washington state at the moment.
Also, a not-insignificant number of people in my city protested the cost increase of cranking up the heat at the shelter and the additional outdoor heating stations for the homeless during our snowstorm last month...

@Wired_User

1y↑13

I remember arguing with a former coworker about how the homeless people in Denver are apparently just “lazy” because they can “afford” to have space heaters and generators in their tents, and how “real homeless people” wouldn’t have that. I about shouted at her that they’d be fking dead if they didn’t. The amount of people who think the homeless aren’t suffering enough because they have basic survival necessities like phones or heating in blizzard territory is disgusting. The idiotic belief that people, real human people, are willing to wallow in life or death situations because they’re “lazy” is so fking stupid.

@theelitistdude8697

50w↑1

@Wired User A phone is not a survival need. Food, water, and shelter are. You have had too good of a life if you believe that a phone is a necessity to survival.

@Ka-Zhade

Might have been long but excellently done Simon. Thank you for taking the time to make these amazing videos.

@dianayeahboi8870

31w↑3

I prefer longer videos !! I see over the hour mark and I’m straight onto it !!

Especially in this channel , I love the content and delivery of it , props to the script writers as well of course as well as the person delivering it !

Long videos like this are perfect , I hate having to try choose a new video every 20 minutes , it’s heaven for me to stick on an hour plus long true crime vid / podcast and just not have to think about what to watch for an hour or more 😂❤️✨

@franreid8203

2y↑52

As a child of an alcholic I can assure you the neglect and emotional merry go round is indeed abuse and devestating to normal development.

@alejandrogranados7352

Devastating*

@JellyLocke

2y↑2

Neglect is a kind of abuse, but it is different in its effects to emotional and physical abuse. I think that's what Simon was trying to say

@2dorfasis

2y↑166

I wish I had a dollar for every time Simon says "We'll put a link below" and then doesn't.

@averywillow4327

2y↑12

I think this is the channel he said he'd link: https://youtube.com/c/ViktoriaEvans

@Charles_Anthony

2y↑5

Yeah, it is rather annoying. At least the girl got a few Thousand subs from his shoutout. I bet money it would've been more if he actually linked it like he said he did.

@princevegeta8882

Love this channel so much so much more information and just generally more engaging to listen too.

@chrislewis4830

36w

i love your rants and cant fault them. lovin the shows by the way thx

@katlord586

2y↑38

From a healthcare worker perspective: Alcoholism is deadly in many ways. You can die from alcohol detox. We provide alcohol inpatient if the patient is an alcoholic to prevent detox. It’s pretty serious and happens within a day or 2 depending on severity. It’s not pretty, it’s very unsafe, and people who recover still can have lasting effects for years after. This probably plays into it.

@mza2195

2y↑9

My dad had a medical detox when he got sober. He’d been drinking heavily for years, so it took him days just to sober up from his last drinking binge anyway.

I appreciate your healthcare insight to help people understand how dangerous it is to quit drinking on your own without medical help. I think without that medication I would have lost my grandma and my dad within the same month. He’s been 11 years sober and I’m so grateful he is! Only my oldest kid remembers drinking grandpa. He greatly prefers sober grandpa. Thanks again! 💖

@MegaKat

2y↑4

Yup. Other than detox from booze, the only other detox that is just as dangerous is benzo detox-- because both work on the exact same receptors in the brain. I tell me friends a lot that if they want to quit benzos of alcohol, they probably should consult their GP first for a referral to the proper hospital or facility, and if they're lucky, the hospital/facility will knock them out with meds for the worst of it.

Aside from that, I remember that the charge nurse always had a bottle of that gag-a-maggot, disgusting Wild Irish Rose (*ugh.... ew*) for our frequent fliers that were homeless and alcoholic. Still, it doesn't cease to amaze me how quickly a cup of booze can transform someone from a shaking, DTing, out of their mind mess, into a suddenly normal, level person.

Alcoholism is a real monster.

@jonnyjohnjon9779

2y↑18

That was a hell of a 2 min transition from "I don't know if I could do enough to pass for 25 years older" to "hey 15 year olds, just act like your 90 to get beer"

@GricelMcKinney-ye7iz

39w↑1

YayI finally caught up with your podcast, so far it's going good, 😊

@queeng5925

1y↑1

new sub.... love how u talk to urself as well as us lol.... also u have a lot more details on this case than ive ever heard.... looking forward to more xxx <3

@IntrepidFraidyCat

2y↑288

No worries, Simon. I'd love a 2+ hr video of you reacting to whatever weird story the writers cook up for us.

@anthonyledel2072

2y↑9

Same here I regularly watch 3-4 hr long YouTube videos.

@beataszoboszlai7920

2y↑3

me too!❤

@christinak1053

2y↑4

Yes. Just yes.

@casperswift

2y↑3

I'd watch it..

@haze6647

2y↑5

Yea, we love psycho dark messed up stories, but, we mostly here to watch a man gradually losing his believe in humanity, getting more and more insane, more extreme with each podcast that he had.

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@jillianb1744

2y↑31

We moved into our house in 2018. The old owner’s granddaughter was in prison for drugs or something. She did not know her mom sold the house and moved. She came to my door one day, looking high af, and being really weird. I told her we were the new owners and her mom wasn’t there (it’s a long story, my parents live next door, so we were familiar with the family and all the drug issues, very crazy things all the time)… she left and about an hour later a cop knocked on my door to do a welfare check. Once he came in and looked around he told me that someone reported their grandfather was murdered in the house and put through a wood chipper in the back yard! So yeah. I was fine letting the cop look around! He was familiar with the granddaughter though and we got a no contact order. I still get letter from prison addressed to her mom.

@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678

2y↑3

How tragic it was probably true and you guys didn't really realize it that the grandfather probably died naturally but the mother had a joint bank account that his retirement pension or social security money was going into. What some people will do is take the body out and dump it in the desert or yeah we find it all over Nevada and Arizona and they keep getting the money in their joint account and then all of a sudden the account is closed people have moved and well Social Security is too busy to really follow up and it isn't until like five or six years later when some grandkids come around looking for you where did Grandpa go he was supposed to be staying at this nursing home and now they've told me he never was there. So you have to go out and check was he really never there especially with some little small kind of like private facility that Mom placed him in or dad did because when we had to move where I had to move and you would be surprised you wouldn't be surprised how many parents end up in prison on drug charges while their kids are in prison on drug charges. You got to remember once crack-cocaine hit that was the end of it. We ended up having grandparents and great-grandparents raising kids who were cocaine addicts when they were born period that generation of elderly people and now you have people who were addicts that you never knew were attics suddenly they're elderly they can't get their pain meds in there goes day nowhere to go look on the street to get drugs. And they are getting arrested. Such a bizarre world today. And Social Security doesn't track down these couple of month extra payment chicks all they need is a letter stating that oh you can close the account we don't need it anymore they passed away don't even need a death certificate

@Thaamyah

48w↑1

I knew I had known this story ! When you talked about Ghost Adventures my brain started again ! I'm a big fan of their show, even though I don't remember much of that episode, I remember being flabbergasted by the fact that the killer was an old lady !
BTW it's the second video I watch from you guys and I really enjoy it ! Keep up the good works guys !

@GinaWare

1y↑2

Love your work. And your writers are great!

@otherfanboy

2y↑26

The best part of Simmons podcasts is when he says “enough rambling” and then proceeds to ramble

@dannahbanana11235

2y↑79

It doesn't sound bad at all when you can admit you're privileged, in fact it gives me even more respect for you. You've got self awareness, which is more than a lot of people can say.

@weedhigh2564

1y↑1

yeah but then there is the fact that you have privileged and privileged, i feel privileged when i have a stable roof over my head and tons of food for my dogs, i did 10 years ish of homelessness, so i get that feeling pretty quickly, what Simon is talking about is the other kind, the kind you feel bad about it only if you are a decent human beeing while living in over abundance

@commonsense571

“Murder me once shame on me…” 🤣😂😂😂 that took me OUT!!😂

@Hatsoonmeek

30w↑1

Simon there are multiple 9 hour iceberg videos out there that i happily watch. The videos are perfect length, just make sure you and the team take breaks lol

@psychofarm5072

2y↑36

"We've all be young, and we're all gonna be old" Unless an old lady running a halfway house decides to bury you in her garden.

@sherryhewins4396

2y↑1

Technically, born in 1929 Puente was even older than a boomer. Despite being younger than she made herself look

@mza2195

2y↑1

@@sherryhewins4396 she’s part of the ‘Silent Generation’ which makes it weirder. She survived the Great Depression.

@elizabethpeters6890

2y↑113

"When somebody's been a con-man or a criminal their whole life and they start running a charity". We have a pretty prominent family of them in this country.

@spicyirwin5835

2y↑2

Trump kept all the charity $ so often that I cant recall all those the gov had to shut down. Military was 1 I know for sure without 1 vet getting a cent. I know alot have more go to administrative than the cause so it pays to research before donating. I know Salvation Army is the real thing like Red Cross. I volunteered at SAL Army & I admire bell ringers bc I served food etc.

@duantorruellas716

2y↑3

Lol 😂

@conzmoleman

2y↑1

And to think that we replaced that disgusting, scheming, con-artist first family with a first family only - at best - marginally less corrupt. And every bit as evil. (Actually, in terms of mass harm and suffering inflicted on the american public and world at large, Biden’s long, arch-evil career actually dwarfs Trump. Our country is deeply screwed.

@cleobinx

2y↑6

@@conzmoleman agree. I’m sick of this dumb system giving us the “lesser evil” choice 😡

@samtrujillojr

Truth

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@notaKROOK

2y↑2

You have no idea how badly I desire two hour plus contact from the Simon Whistler cinematic universe

@DarkMooglette

51w↑4

I would actually love to watch Simon watch ghost adventures! Please make this a thing!

@FallingSloths

2y↑160

Simon, two things that might help:
First, real quick, most Americans would pronounce that "fourteen twenty-six" breaking it into sets of two for quickness.

Second, as for the welfare/addicts stuff, I used to think the exact same way until a friend explained it to me like this: not only is testing for that sort of thing expensive and ineffective (other than marijuana and PCP, almost all drugs become undetectable in under 3 days), but addicts don't just stop being addicts when you cut off their support. Indeed, that usually just makes help harder to find. Instead they end up fully homeless and/or committing crimes to support their addiction. At this point local crime goes up, property values go down, and you end up paying more in taxes to try to bolster a police force to counter said crime. But that doesn't ever really work does it?

So you end up in a situation where you can just pay the taxes for social support, knowing some people will abuse it OR end up paying the same amount in taxes, but now with increased crime rates and your property devaluing. It is a no-win situation where you kinda just have to pick the less-bad one and hope people eventually get help.

(If anyone disagrees with that, totally fine, like i said, i had my mind changed. Please keep it civil. In the end, addiction just sucks and hurts everybody, including the community, no matter what)

@templarw20

2y↑5

Pretty much all this.

@Dani-ew8fc

2y↑19

if the human cost isn't enough, the financial cost of not helping might change minds.

@inkompetenzkompensationsko4188

2y↑4

This sums it up perfectly, in almost every country i think.

@Guitargoddess843

2y↑3

SIMON NEEDS TO SEE THIS

but also some addresses are ACTUALLY stupidly long for some reason. 4 digits? fine 13420 XXXXXX Street? shit like THAT exists....WHY? four digits I can understand- especilly in cities, but my mom moved to a SUBURBAN neighborhood in florida with 5 digit HOUSE numbers. fuck that.

@hullinstruments

2y↑16

Yep. After growing up in the Bible belt in a rich white family, then becoming a ne’er-do-well myself for almost 2 decades living on and off the street… I can completely agree that “harm reduction“ works… And anyone who disagrees with that might change their mind once they see a loved one, their children, or themselves in the same situation.

And yes my family helped me for the first few years but they were all dead and gone by The time I was in my early 20s, and I inherited nothing. So just because someone grew up in a rich white family, doesn’t mean that their family bails them out and pays for everything so that they can continue screwing up their entire life

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@Samahra01

1y↑3

Yes, I think (in my humble opinion) True Crimers don't want short content. Either way..what you do is amazing work! Thank You!

@AnimeShinigami13

2y↑5

Simon as someone on Disability in the modern day, I can tell you there's a lot of controversy involving benefits in the USA. Foodstamps are all done electronically via a special coded card that won't pay for anything else or for restaurant food or premade food such as rotisserie chickens, but people will still sell them. And that is against the law.

Lye is also used in making soap and in certain crafting recipes such as rhetting fibers for making rope.

It used to be that paper checks were sent to a person's address. However, in my lifetime (I'm 36) checks are now direct deposited either into an account or onto a refillable prepaid card. You can also hire someone from an agency to handle the money for you, probably to protect people from the sort of scam Puente was running.

Puente would simply intercept the checks at the mailbox or intimidate the people into giving them to her, then either forge the signature on the checks or get them to sign them and then just cash them and not give the guy their money.

@kristinelsenbeck3288

2y↑39

Me: sees a 1.5hr video on literally any other channel “HA, no chance!”
sees a 1.5 hr Cash Crim “Scoooore!“

@argentiaertheri

2y↑1

Seriously! He spoils us

@UmbrasMercy

2y↑28

As someone on disability, im actually Happy Simon knows nothing of our world, means he dosent know what its like to substise off handouts and feel like shit about yourself.

@JoshSweetvale

2y↑3

That's rather the point.
Though as long as you either intend to improve your productivity, or have concluded you can't, you can rest easy.

@MegaKat

I know, right? It's a slippery slope if you deny someone on welfare cash--statistically, only a very small percentage commits welfare fraud or spends it all on addiction. In fact, it's rare enough that prohibitive actions by the government actually cost more money than they save by busting people. Yup, you read that right. The dollar amount of welfare fraud is actually less than the total of money we spend on bullshit to prevent it. It's ridiculous.

And then they deny welfare cash to a new mom that needs to buy diapers and toiletries because 1% committed fraud.

@lebby1688

Yeah so many people don't get how bad being on disability actually is. They hear politicians talk about how people scam the system so they think it's a system worth scamming. That's the biggest joke of all. Back when I could work I would get more in a single paycheck than I do from my monthly check. Being disabled isn't my fault or choice so why am I being punished for it?

@viceforever

Hey...just want to say I exclusively watch on YouTube so I do listen but my favorite thing is the ranting and facial expressions so I don't mind watching long ones at all...if I'm just listening and hear Simon go on a tangent I rewind just to watch his reactions. It's epic lol. Plus he's easy on the eyes...not being creepy just making a casual statement. I love the detail of the writers and the pictures they help form in my mind as I listen. Good jobs all round.

@charliemcloughlin1761

45w

Love to listen to these while I clean!

@doogannash1970

2y↑32

Simon, your channels have gotten me through many boring evenings. I work a desk job, with quite a lot of downtime, and discovering your content was a godsend. I recommend you to all who will listen. Keep it up man!

@Mulambdaline1

2y↑26

I’m only 20 mins in while watching, but much respect to the cops for caring about a mentally ill person who disappeared!!! It warms my heart that they cared enough to talk to people there and dig around the backyard!

@StarcatMkV

1y↑4

Watching all these videos makes me wonder how many times I skipped past a decision in my troubled and relatable life that would've ended with me being featured in one like them. :')

@untamedblossoms

44w

Great! A learned a couple of new details about this case. Thank you

@andreamercier393

2y↑124

The thing with avoiding giving addicts actual money bc they'll spend it on their addiction doesn't work well. Addicts will always find a way to get a fix, even foodstamps can be traded for less cash that could be used for getting their fix or they'll do something more dangerous to do it. Giving them both the autonomy to chose AND support systems that will get them over their addiction and a healthier safer life is more effective in the long run.

@nicholascorbett1256

2y↑5

It sucks that pharmaceutical companies, doctors, corporate media and stupid stupid politicians created the issue around Addicts, they created the problem. Instead of providing people with the way out they just created another drug problem. I'm going to break down how suboxon, and subutex are the governments/doctors way to keep people hooked on drugs. So how it works around our area. You need to have something in your system in order for them to see you. But before that you have to provide 250$ cash. They'll do debit cards but that's an additional 50$ charge. Most of the time they don't do even check you over, if they ask for more pills, and says the right things they'll up there amount. Go to pharmacy and pay additional 250 cash. Now most ppl dont have insurance. If you have insurance the pills can be relatively inexpensive. But these programs are to ween people off the drugs now extend their misery. I've literally watched 6 guys go in all pee dirty, and NOT have the correct medicine in their system. The owners/doctors will walk back in and hand another piss cup and say now. Do it right this time. So before anyone says shit. This is in D.C., BALTIMORE, GLEN BURNIE, VIRGINIA BEACH, PITTSBURGH, NYC, and so on. So it's not just one local area. Almost all of these damn doctors are just as corrupt as the pharmaceutical companies. That's who's destroying our country, our world, our lives.

@stuglife5514

2y↑5

@@nicholascorbett1256 While some of the things you say is true and I agree with you, not all doctors are like that. As long as I can remember I’ve had depression and addiction issues. My doctor is a wonderful women, who helped me greatly. She lets me choose what medications I want to take, and we both agreed I’m not to be prescribed anything addictive. She’s a sweet little old lady names Olga, and she’s from the eastern bloc. I’ve had her as a doctor for years now. Even then, I’ve spend most of my life in mental health services, and I’ve met more doctors who actually care to help then the ones who just wanna drug me up and shove me out the door.

@katytavegia8661

2y↑2

Only if they want to. A vast majority don't

@jessicalypso8839

2y↑11

As a recovering addict I can personally back this up. I used to trade my food stamps for cash, fifty cents on the dollar, which I then used for heroin or meth. I got in a methadone clinic 5 years ago & I've never looked back.

@brit4518

2y↑5

@Nicholas Corbett I agree with a lot of what you said. The opioid epidemic was in large part caused by pharmaceutical companies lying about research on the addiction potential of medications, and doctors neot addressing pain well for a variety of reasons (also pill mills). It's a little more complex in that it also has to do with using pain as a vital sign as well as general practitioners prescribing pain medications instead of specialists who often would also utilize non-pharmaceutical approaches. The stigma we have around people using pharmaceuticals in order to aid with their substance use disorder is not helpful. They often are how people are able to gain control of their lives again. Yes. There are absolutely doctors who prey on the situation as there are people who use their career to prey on others in any situation. Think of the stereotypical idea of a car mechanic gouging prices when someone doesn't know enough about cars. There are some ways in which people can get medications for free (through research on how to determine which are the most effective for people; they often can also get free access to things like therapy and information on programs that could benefit them). Unfortunately we do not invest in enough harm reduction programs and people often aren't even aware of programs that could help them. Also in reality we need to help people with the reason why they have been using so many substances (beyond dependence, it's oftentimes trauma) in order to actually help people.

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@cameronmorris5800

2y↑56

Simon and team, I watch all these videos while I am work. Worry not for long videos, I infact live for them to help make the day go by faster. Great show as always!

@generaljuanitopequeno

2y↑4

Simon probably thinks all Americans don't work while at work due to the comments. 😂

@cameronmorris5800

2y↑5

@@generaljuanitopequeno I mean, statistically, he isn't exactly wrong haha

@katarinatibai8396

I watch these videos bevore I go to sleep and when I week up and geth ready for the way to work and on the weekends -
They are so good made - could watch for 6 h straight.

@generaljuanitopequeno

@@cameronmorris5800 yes anything to make work go by faster lol

@steppingintothelight4551

38w↑1

second time watching this, love all the detail and Simon's reaction just as much as the first time

@KevinHarrington1979

49w↑1

Hey Simon, David and the team:

Greetings from Sacramento!

Awesome job with this episode ... I was 8 years old when the local news broke into the usual programming with a live stand up from the front of 1426 F Street ( we usually say "Fourteen Twenty-Six") as the Sacramento PD and Sacramento County Coroner were taking the uncovered remains out of the property to the waiting Coroner's Vans (your episode has B roll from KOVR 13, now called CBS Sacramento of the footage from those breaking news reports - Thanks editors!)

Great job on the research and faithful adherence to the known facts)

@adrianemberley

2y↑60

Simon, long is good! Even on YouTube. Lots of artists listen to your podcast and we need long videos to keep our ADD at bay :) love all the channels as is, keep it up! 😊

@adrianemberley

2y↑2

Sorry for typos. Blame the add. 😂

@Meme-mb7nd

2y↑3

Agreed. Adult ADHD here 🙃

@ziggymarlowe5654

2y↑19

I'm all for two hours of Casual Criminalist, it's relaxing to hear Simon's dulcet tones relating gory criminal activity. And lye is used in making soap, mixed with oils or animal fats. If only Dorothea had thought to tell the police she was making soap in her garden. Although I do believe use of human fat is a no no. 🙄😏

@AfterMarketTrike66

1y↑1

All of the channels run by Simon, his wonderful writing team and his editor. Benefit and should benefit more I believe from the longer videos. I for one enjoy them more than any short length content, I feel they are more informative and mentally stimulating that a 2 minute video.

@urdaibayc

I actually love the long videos/podcasts! so please do!!!!

@timbodia1

2y↑59

Where's Calum? I like all your writers, but you guys had something going on this show that worked so well. Is he working on something big? Or has he moved on to other things?

@stephjovi

2y↑11

Probably escaped the Blazement or died trying. His scripts were like movie scripts I miss them

@heatherhiggins2002

2y↑6

@@stephjovi I was convinced for the first several months that Simon hadn't actually got him in the basement yet. Hence why he was being so nice to him to lure him in... Maybe he actually is in the basement now, and being too stubborn to write, I wonder who will win the contest of wills...

@stephjovi

2y↑5

@@heatherhiggins2002 same I thought he's safe in Japan. But seems like we were wrong RIP Callum. Now Danny will never dare to run

@natfast5382

2y↑6

I hope he escaped. Run, Calum, run!

@21_f_aus

2y↑3

Callum is a brilliant writer, miss his scripts...

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