Austin: I'm a horse and I'm immortal His entire Family: Bro shut up, lets go to Duffy's

@marcsman07

2 жыл бұрын

Quite a monstrously stupid family he had there.

@Berserk1Manga

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@annechristian4653

2 жыл бұрын

What a DISGRACE on the part of his parents. Unbelievable. Can’t be MY perfect son; he’s only MY son if he’s perfect. Cost that poor couple their lives.

@dangyraco

2 жыл бұрын

I wanna upvote this but you've got 420 likes right now

@bigal5747

2 жыл бұрын

@@dangyraco 🔥

I’m really disturbed by the fact that he was acting weird all summer and the family just brushed it off.

@AlexandraVioletta

2 жыл бұрын

They don't want to see it.

@Thesamurai1999

2 жыл бұрын

Just like how society also brushes off issues. It's within human nature to not want to accept how horrific the world can be.

@sexyjosiecatcindylou

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@Salinassss

2 жыл бұрын

It’s sad Bc it’s clear that he was suffering from severe psychosis

@ambrr_lily

2 жыл бұрын

Hindsight is 20/20. The onset on mental illness can, in actuality, be so subtle and easily blamed on the substances that nearly all of the sufferers try to self-medicate with. Their behavior can just seem like youthful eccentricity that's fully accepted at that age as well.

What makes it even worse is his father says afterwards "Schizophrenia runs in the family".. yet the family did nothing at all when he started acting strangely.

@youtubehandle91

22 күн бұрын

Whole family are terrible people; clearly did not give a shit whatsoever. No wonder Austin turned to abusing every drug he could get his hands on immediately after moving out. Dude ruined his mind bc he grew up with a bunch of psychos

@KatherineUribe-1

15 күн бұрын

A family of sociopaths sticks together. Look at the Trumps.

@hacorn96

Күн бұрын

yeah, it makes sense for him to develop that strange disorder, especially after his history of hallucinogen use. meanwhile his family just wants him at a restaurant.

The denial of Austin's family is absolutely grotesque. How can they be so negligent and naive?

@E4T4

Ай бұрын

the same reason that serial killers' parents call their children "mommys sweet little boy" theyre equally fucked or just unable to register anything that is in front of their eyes

His mother sees him drinking oil and drives him back to the restaurant… I’m sorry but the whole family seemed OFF.

@nikosari4475

2 жыл бұрын

@@professorfinesser4015 where are you from

@KikiChan_007

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly @Annie Lolo I can't wrap my head around it. If I didn't decide the intervene during the nightly demon patrols, drinking oil would definitely spur me into action. Who know what else the guy would start eating or drinking unawares?

@professorfinesser4015

2 жыл бұрын

@@KikiChan_007 lmfao!! Nightly demon patrols Lol

@smoochfa973

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikosari4475 where they're from doesn't matter, they just pointed out a flaw in some American family systems

@nikosari4475

2 жыл бұрын

@@smoochfa973 do you live in America because I do and the cps are up me and my family's ass

If my son starts chugging vegetable oil after walking to my house while he’s supposed to be in the middle of a meal with the rest of our family, I’m not driving him back to the restaurant… I’m taking him to the hospital.

@CallStation23

2 жыл бұрын

Right like wtf

@orange_cat

2 жыл бұрын

If I did that, my own dad would've made sure I went missing. I can read his thoughts: "This one ain't right, let's try again."

@Muckwickett

2 жыл бұрын

But it has electrolytes...which is what people crave

@hatake1990

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! His parents certainly had the means, not to mention so many chances, to take him to get help. this could have been completely avoided. Ugh

@BM205

2 жыл бұрын

@@Muckwickett plants crave it too👍

His family should be sued by all the victims !!😢

@shadowwalker1650

Ай бұрын

Honestly, if anything it's more there fault then his he was clearly suffering from some kind of mental illness

@TitansSlayer

9 күн бұрын

I can't believe the parents who literally closed their bedrooms at night for fear of him, that saw him walk into traffic to test his immortality, that saw him chug down vegetable oil and lick parmesan pellets and that heard him talk of demons and being a half of horse weren't actually charged with gross neglicence.

@teddyGohm

6 күн бұрын

I completely agree with you guys. I’m not sure if this is true, but I’ve read another comment stating that the father admitted that schizophrenia ran in his family

Shout out to Jeff for immediately jumping into action and getting help for the woman before even mentioning he got stabbed in the back

@SasaSasa-wy9wu

3 ай бұрын

Awe of course he was a brave n selfless man but just realizing he called n told them what happened to her before himself speaks volumes of this man’s character

@lindabailey2327

2 ай бұрын

True but they probably would of sent help even quicker if he said that first

@JamesMBC

2 ай бұрын

He was brave, but still let Austin get back up and still ran away. So he was brave, but not smart. And the cops, they could have kneeled and shot parallel to the ground into Ausin, with the bullet trajectory never being in danger of hitting John, as he is flat on the ground. That's just basic middle-school geometry: a line parallel to a surface never intersects with the surface. Every human being over 12 years old should know basic geometry. I don't know if the cops couldn't subdue him or shoot him because they were also elderly (being in Florida) or they just knew they didn't have good aim. In the end, people tried to help, but were too incapable of doing so. The dog is the only one who was somewhat effective.

@albanian2902

Ай бұрын

@@JamesMBC So you're telling me you are willing to fight unarmed with an obvious psycho HOLDING A KNIFE for your neighbour? Is that correct? Did I get that right? One last question... are you fucking batman by any chance saying shit like that?

@lunakepner-chaos1990

Ай бұрын

Poor guy was so in shock he couldn't even think of himself :( he sounded like such a an after thought to himself

The mom: *sees her son drinking vegetable oil* "I'll take him back to the restaurant, he's clearly thirsty."

@catharperfect7036

2 жыл бұрын

He's trying to jump in front of traffic... let's go eat a meal.

@aprilleerose

2 жыл бұрын

I know! What the actual hell was the family thinking!?

@nickeysierra2712

2 жыл бұрын

She pawned him off on the dad is what that was WTF A MF Dentist and Pharmacist you would think 🤔 smarter than that.

@KellyJaye66

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr! I was checking the comments before pointing out the same thing.

@zeldapinwheel7043

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickeysierra2712 that's probably entitlement. "let the other parent deal with it. I don't want to"

“i’m half horse and immortal” parents: hmm yeah seems normal time to go to a restaurant

@lisatolliver2866

2 жыл бұрын

They just ordered him some oats and sorghum

@geebonadore3694

2 жыл бұрын

Should introduce him to my friends pickle Rick, and manbearpig hahahaha

@Tedanson

2 жыл бұрын

Horses gotta eat brah

@lisatolliver2866

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tedanson 😂😂😂😂

@justafan3697

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why mantel health awareness is important

Imagine how crazy your everyday normal behavior has to have become that "drinking straight vegetable oil" is considered a "meh, let's make sure he gets back to his dinner with family friends" situation

@travkeyes

23 күн бұрын

Needless to say, there is controversy about the use of brominated vegetable oils “Bromism” can cause confusion, hallucinations and even psychosis. Add to this neurological abnormalities, memory impairment and gross skin postules, and you’ve got a nasty condition. This kid by his own mothers admission was chugging vegetable oil which is brominated vegetable oil. meaning that his story about what he saw could be 100% true. Now why he did the things he did before he chugged the oil in his kitchen, i have no clue. but this does explain the story he told about seeing the face and stuff. surprised no dr told the cops about this.

Austin’s parents need to be charged with criminal negligence of their suffering son.

@wescald

2 ай бұрын

That’s not how the law works buddy us white people don’t get in trouble for nothing

@usetmysoulalight2

27 күн бұрын

​@@wescald what the actual fuck are you yapping about, goofy

I am EXTREMELY disturbed that he tried to walk into traffic and they were just like “eh, let’s go to dinner”

@Petra44YT

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Actually, if his sister would have just let him walk into traffic, he'd probably have been far better off than he is now. He might have ended up with a couple of broken bones, and with luck, he would have gotten psychological help. ... And that couple would still be inviting neighbours to their happy garage.

@eyeofmoonz8928

2 жыл бұрын

In all honesty if ANY of his family members would have just took him to an ER and forced him to get help it would have ended different.

@lynzblk

2 жыл бұрын

SERIOUSLY- That’s not something you just brush off like what were they waiting for to commit him something like this to happen I’m still halfway through this video so if Austin wasn’t even the death penalty I truly hope every inmate that is around him nose and find out what he did because then justice will truly be served unfortunately that’s how it has to go sometimes

@aria5614

2 жыл бұрын

His family was pretty negligent.

@jameseverett4976

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, they're all happy-go-lucky people. They don't worry about shit.

They locked their bedroom doors at night because they didn't feel safe but didn't even TRY to get him any sort of mental help for months? That entire family was just unbelievably negligent.

@tynamiller614

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me it's not easy to get an adult help until they do something violent

@zeldapinwheel7043

2 жыл бұрын

@@tynamiller614 I know. But they could have tried. Sounds like they waited a long time to even try. And both his parents were in the medical field, they could have taken him to an emergency room. They would put a hold on him until he could be evaluated. They know that.

@joshlaning9085

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@jplosts

2 жыл бұрын

Rich simpletons.

@blue_moon6490

2 жыл бұрын

I will never understand why family of mentally ill people think it is okay to turn their back on their mentality ill family. They wouldn’t do it to any other illness. So sad.

This family deserves jail time.

@hacorn96

Күн бұрын

absolutely. everyone is criticising the family for good reason. they're as culpable as the schizoid they took to the restaurant.

"He doesn't want to fight the officers, he just wants to eat John's face." That was a sentence I didn't expect to hear today

Chugs vegetable oil and shreds cheese everywhere. Mother: " silly goose, let's get you back to the restaurant"

@crystaledson

2 жыл бұрын

that moment there was the right opportunity for her to take him for a check. she knew it didn't look right. but as I believe this was a normal . this is how he grew up. everything gets swept under the mat

@cynthiakeller5954

2 жыл бұрын

She looked in his eyes, saw he was deep in his psychosis and chose to take him to his father so she wouldn't have to deal with him.

@angelahicks963

2 жыл бұрын

What the fuck is wrong with you? Seriously why do people make fun of mental illness? Do you have any answers @Karim?

@Karim-ik5ij

2 жыл бұрын

Making fun of mental illness? Or making fun of not being able to recognize it when it is so obvious? Have another read...

@ville666sora

2 жыл бұрын

@@angelahicks963 They weren't making fun of mental illness. Learn to comprehend what you're reading.

His parents failed him so intensely. Who sees their child drinking vegetable oil within this context and send them back out like all is normal?

@2ndGear

2 жыл бұрын

Rich ppl

@daveh322

2 жыл бұрын

Ok....say this happened to you. You see your son doing that....what do you do?

@alive2eat751

2 жыл бұрын

@@daveh322 make him see a doctor?

@rustyoak8860

2 жыл бұрын

@@alive2eat751 so you restrain him until you can get him into a doctor?

@daveh322

2 жыл бұрын

@@alive2eat751 He says .."No"...what do you do?

This poor man walking his dog, came home to a nightmare! That poor dog witnessed both of his parents getting butchered. This is one of the most tragic and heinous attacks I’ve ever heard of

You have a way of telling a story that makes me feel like I’m there experiencing it. Thank you very much for your service, sir all Navy seals get my respect, but once again is the best storyteller by far on KZread.

@shunawestern9153

7 ай бұрын

I totally agree. 🥰🇬🇧

I am appalled with how Austin's family handled his Insanity. 1- They knew he was seeing demons at night and instead of trying to understand what was wrong or trying to help, even just listening to him, they locked the door leaving him alone with whatever was tormenting him. 2- They knew it wasn't the drugs and yet they waited a whole summer to consider getting professional help. 3- Once they were at the restaurant, Austin's family let him wander for half an hour without following him after he almost ran into traffic. 4- The mother saw him drink vegetable oil and didn't think to immediately take him to the hospital like, fuck it let's skip the formalities, I need to know what's wrong with my son, instead she brought him back to the restaurant with the same people who left him unattended. 5- I would be worried sick after all these signals and what did the father have to say? "What is wrong with you?". Like Austin could control his actions and he was doing all that on purpose, like he was a liability to them. The whole reason they were sitting around that table was to figure out how to help him, not blame him. . The whole crime took place because of the lack of support from Austin family. I hope that now, during his detainment, he will get treated for his illness. R.I.P to Michelle and John

@simonalexander2354

2 жыл бұрын

I know right? His family have blood on their hands!!

@sakuracardcaptor4709

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yes!!! The stupid family should have done something!!!!

@pattimaeda6097

2 жыл бұрын

Screw Austin - hope he gets it in prison

@paulbenes04

2 жыл бұрын

@@pattimaeda6097 yup

@CryMeARiver63

2 жыл бұрын

@@pattimaeda6097 he will .

It is absolutely crazy to me that the Mom saw her son drinking vegetable oil and was just like let’s not go to the ER because something is clearly wrong. To just drive the dude back to restaurant and act like everything is fine is just wild to me.

@rockybullshite927

10 ай бұрын

That was definitely the weirdest thing, anybody aside from Austin did, that made me think to myself, what kind of family is this?

@eddysgaming9868

10 ай бұрын

Her instinct was to offload him on the father. She apparently 'had better things to do' and didn't want to have to deal with the mess.

@redxross

10 ай бұрын

That caught my attention too. Wow my son is clearly out of his mind, I'd better get him to a Duffy's quickly!?

@ToxicAli3n

10 ай бұрын

Right?! Insanity!

@ramessesthegreat5542

10 ай бұрын

Mental health issues probably run in the family because no sane and caring parent would ignore their child drinking vegetable oil, almost walking into ongoing traffic, patrolling the house at night and making weird animal noises and leave them be

What a frightening story. Reminds me of another story in Canada a guy ate a face of a nice passenger for saying "hi" to him. Mental illness is sad & scary. Deadly & unpredictable!

@sharijacobs2024

3 ай бұрын

Sadly That guy has been released already.

@warshallwathers7971

2 ай бұрын

@@sharijacobs2024don’t worry, ima find him and seek vengeance 😈

@isaacpearson642

Ай бұрын

Demon possessed **

The fact that they only used a taser is ridiculous

@KarrieFord

6 күн бұрын

That part

@juliacastro817

Күн бұрын

He’s white. His life matters

His family was acting like the crazy would just go away if they didn’t look

@DRUGSTOREMAKEUPDIVA

2 жыл бұрын

Very good analogy & even more true!!!

@mikimclean3159

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@CafefantasmaMX

2 жыл бұрын

His family are a bunch of smucks. I’m so pissed off with their antics.

@meredithgrubb7027

2 жыл бұрын

That tends to be the way it goes sadly but in this case its extremely shocking that they handled it this way.

@kili5990

2 жыл бұрын

@Julie Goodrich z z'zzxaźxxvxvo

His mum and dad were both medical professionals but neither of them let his behaviour interrupt their plans...the dad wouldn't leave his meal and his mum thought it was ok to stop him drinking vegetable oil and just drive him back to the restaurant. Absolutely unbelievable.

@victoriaespringle

Жыл бұрын

are you serious?! I did not know that about the parents. Makes this story SO much worse. So sad and irresponsible.

@Osky

Жыл бұрын

Well, a dentist and a pharmacist.

@NavilleT

Жыл бұрын

@@victoriaespringle it was in the video 🤭

@jacquelinesnowden8174

Жыл бұрын

stepzc I cant understand this family either...they had been told plus plus they new something was bad wrong but no help....just dont get it...

@Arianne3011

Жыл бұрын

They made a huge huge mistake, fatal mistake by convincing themselves that their son's bizarre behaviour is completely attributable to his multiple drug abuse; they believed that he is behaving in this weird manner under the influence of narcotics. They failed to take into account permanent psychological damage he already had which was only further exacerbated by various drugs.

I love that Mr Ballen makes sure to tell us something personal about the victims instead of just saying "these are the victims and he killed them"

That was crazy. His family also has to be blamed for ignoring the symptoms. Or, they just do not care. What a tragedy for the victim's family.

The amount of neglect from everyone close to Austin is incredible.

@deerjuices772

2 жыл бұрын

@B Pope Did you... Watch the video? The drugs didn't cause him to be like that?

@savoryinfested5179

2 жыл бұрын

@B Pope that doesn't make the initial statement untrue

@bennyblabla3459

2 жыл бұрын

@B Pope although drugs might have had a part in his actions, the majority of this surely came from a severe mental disorder (hence why when he stopped taking drugs nothing changed and things only got worse, eventually leading to this manic episode).

@ebonykajira7560

2 жыл бұрын

Not everyone has had to deal with someone who was an addict or someone with such a high level of mental health issues let alone the dual diagnosis. The DID get him help with his addiction, they were going to put him in an involuntary 72 hr mental health hold at the hospital and they, from what it seems, didn't just abandon him. Stop trying to point fingers when we don't know what we'd do in that EXACT situation.

@AngelGarcia-du6tg

2 жыл бұрын

So many of his friends and family watched him spiral into madness and instead of getting him help, they just acted like he was fine. At any point they could’ve gotten him to see a psychiatrist or something but instead they chose to do nothing. If I had a friend or family member that acted that way, I would definitely try to get something done. His mom walked in on him drinking vegetable oil and just drove him back to the restaurant like nothing happened? Smh I know he has fault in it too but clearly he was not on a sound state of mind.

i absolutely cannot believe that austin's family, particularly his sister, just let him leave the table for 30+ minutes when literally right before this he was trying to WALK INTO TRAFFIC.

@NextWorldVR

2 жыл бұрын

It is Florida. A trash state. They are some of the worst people ever.

@Daboy804

2 жыл бұрын

@@NextWorldVR nah can’t blame Florida for this. Florida is great

@tammy_vip

2 жыл бұрын

The whole thing is shocking. A catalogue of neglect.

@fartrellcluggins

2 жыл бұрын

It sucks how people always blame the families. You're like the modern type of people that would cheer and join in back in the day when people were lynched ot burned for being witches.

@DavidtinSongulous9856

2 жыл бұрын

@@NextWorldVR Idk about that bro. I say California or New York takes the cake. Or heck, let’s just point at New Jersey!

Jeff is the real deal & a hard G. Leapt right in. He knew what time it was, & he showed up & stepped up. Much respect. The world got crazy & he got busy. -Dan

I've heard the story many times and same with multiple other stories that you've told that I've heard before, you manage to tell it so much better.

The way his parents handled this gives me so much “please stop acting crazy we have a reputation to upkeep” energy. So sad

@The_Gallowglass

2 жыл бұрын

Well, sure, but how the hell were they supposed to know he was gonna ingest solvents. lol

@charliechan8063

2 жыл бұрын

Meth fried his brain you see it bad in cali n florida to alot of ppl

@nativemiami77

2 жыл бұрын

They had the dough to pay for a 38 page report.

@mattyboy999

2 жыл бұрын

That’s how it is; in my family if you go out of line or bring bad publicity you will be blackballed from the family (the consequences of being blackballed are classified).

@charliechan8063

2 жыл бұрын

@@The_Gallowglass its a nice way of saying th drugs were research chems yuu cant test a substance that dont exist

His family couldn't have done less to address their son's issues.

@TheDavemarz

2 жыл бұрын

That radical of a change that quickly would be very disturbing for anyone to accept. I understand why someone would try to find any other explanation for the behavior of their loved one. In an ideal world, yes the parents and friends would have gotten him help fast enough to prevent someone from being hurt. However, given our imperfect world I understand why they were in denial.

@ANPC-pi9vu

2 жыл бұрын

They did try to get him diagnosed once he was clean, though. At first they thought it was the drugs. What were they supposed to do for him?

@sueess59

2 жыл бұрын

@@ANPC-pi9vu continue to try, get him committed, call the cops, take him to the hospital, tell them he’s a danger to himself and others, bother anyone until they get him committed.

@maexia3081

2 жыл бұрын

@@ANPC-pi9vu make an appointment for him to see a psychologist or psychiatrist. Ive seen people that are threats to themselves (only themself - not even threats to others) get dragged kicking and screaming to the psych ward which helped them a lot get on track with their mental illness and theyre doing fine now, in this story he admitted he needed help to his family which is more than most people with mental illness can reason, so take him seriously, make the appointment, and take him there. take him to the hospital, call the cops and explain hes a danger to himself and others (especially since he threatened to kill his friends, and then attacked his dad), tell the cops hes acting bizarrely/dangerously. if drugs are ruled out, then assume mental illness and try to treat that. there are a lot of things they couldve done other than just locking their doors at night and bringing him back to a restaurant and just hoping hed return to normal.

@nekkobat6876

2 жыл бұрын

@@ANPC-pi9vu dude I would’ve called for a 5150 after the “patrolling for demons all night” shit

I signed up for a 30 day recovery program, mostly because of your videos. Thank you sarg

@PattyFlatz

13 күн бұрын

Hope things are going well

i come back to this video often, this case truly haunts me. it’s most upsetting the level of neglect/negligence from those surrounding austin that caused a horrific tragedy to occur.

Austin’s family is outrageously irresponsible. If my kid was acting like this, and I was in a position of having to lock my bedroom door because he’s pacing outside guarding me from demons, I sure as hell wouldn’t be going on about normal life. And when his mother finds him chugging vegetable oil, she just drove him back to the restaurant?? I would have taken him directly to the hospital because I’d be thinking he’s either having a psychotic break or he has a brain tumor. When someone is truly insane, they can’t identify that for themselves and make a sound enough decision to seek help on their own; family and friends are literally the only hope in those situations.

@tibetbill

2 жыл бұрын

I think that in this case, the difficulty is that the kid was in college. Not being around him on a regular basis by his family, where they could not observe his actions, definitely was an issue. His peers at school were probably just thinking he had gone off the deep end and just refused to associate with him. There is no doubt in my mind that there is more to the story and he was probably on some type of brain eradicator, but, obviously, those who sold it to him or gave it to him will never come forward. I wouldn't say that you are wrong, but you have a point. Maybe, it was the mother who made him into what he became. On the other side of the coin, many kids are traumatically damaged from their parents going through a divorce as in this case. The reality of the situation is that dead is dead and the dead are not coming back. In the old days, he would have had to pay for his crimes with his life. The justice system we are hovering under now will probably want to rehabilitate him. How, that would be unknown, but he certainly cannot be released back out into society where he could have the opportunity to do it again or even worse. The mind altering drugs were his downfall, along with poor self esteem. This is not an excuse by any means, but my comments are based upon the way this story is presented. It was definitely parental and a non communication issue on many levels. Once he was on drugs, some of these psychotropics, or compounds which act psychotropically, are so powerful you only need to take them once. I really have a deep sympathy for the loss the family had to go through. I understand where they want him to be completely lucid mentally, but you are dealing with someone who is loony tunes. His demonic story could be totally faked for sympathy. It almost looks as if he was possessed by a demon. He could easily be biding his time, acting like he is being rehabilitated, only to wait for the right moment to escape and continue with what he was doing. I do not think wishing him to have a clear mind is the answer.

@greensorrel6860

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely that was what I was thinking the whole time

@ToniHunterOne

2 жыл бұрын

I too, blame the clueless parents for not packing him up and taking him to the hospital. It just freaks me that she just took in back to the restaurant and dropped him off to his dad; at a public place. A restaurant. Drinking all that vegetable oil may not be poisonous but it certainly is abhorrent behavior. I wonder if his parents were so set on normalcy, not showing cracks that it compelled them to just not see what their son was going through right in front of them. "Here, you deal with him. He just drank all of my vegetable oil. I've had enough!" Thats one possible reaction. But what if it was more apathic? The parents just didn't ha c e the tools, didn't know who to turn to for help. Vyvanse is a drug prescribed to people with moderate to severe concentration issues. It can make a person feel very paranoid too if misused. Or in combination with prolonged lack of sleep and heavy caffeine intake. Being a parent and having made a few parenting errors myself, there's no way I wouldn't have taken my son to the hospital that very evening after I wiped the vegitabke oil from his chin. I'm sorry this family is suffering, so.

@ShannonQuamina

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously! I know! These idiots!!!!

@jacquihanna5606

2 жыл бұрын

@@tibetbill people like you prove to me that there are people in the world that really have no idea about mental health, your an idiot, plain and simple. This kid had his whole life ahead of him, he was successful and was probably heading to a better place than you, he most likely went through something terrible on his own like it always has been, his family clearly were one dimensional and could not understand anything he was dealing with. Basically everything they said to him in this story and the way they said it was wrong and could and definitely did affect him to go that far, and if he was faking that story? Then the only possible solution would be that he purposely did that so that the officer would shoot him. Can you imagine what it would be like to never get a moment of rest? Constantly battling with thoughts and made up demons, the sleep deprevation, how about this, have you ever stayed up for 2 days and realised some things you don't notice? Then some things you don't. This is an extreme version of that and it could of happened to you bud

You’re telling me he was DRINKING vegetable oil and his mom took him back to the restaurant cause that was normal?

@delaney6400

2 жыл бұрын

right??? i was looking for this comment haha

@SuV33358

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@joannemcfadden6405

2 жыл бұрын

I would have taken my child straight to a hospital. This makes no sense to me.

@mgntstr

2 жыл бұрын

Austin dear, why are you drinking the vegetable oil and making such a mess with our cheese? Is it the demons again? Come now sweetie let me take you back to the restaurant.

@rickywilliams2096

2 жыл бұрын

Somthing else was going on with that family...i smell envy.

i've seen a lot of your videos, and this might be the scariest...i've had a couple family members who had psychotic episodes and i'm thankful their minds weren't set on hurting people - especially in such a brutal way

In case anyone is wondering, Austin was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sentenced to a secure mental health facility. I believe it's until doctors deem him no longer a danger to others, but he could also be there the rest of his life.

Austin: “I’m seeing demons!” Parents: *Lock Doors* That’s called NEGLECT.

@charissa6648

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, blame the parents rather than the homicidal perpetrator that murdered two others. It's not their fault. It's not that easy, and anyone dealing with these type of situations know that! I am with the family and hold that young man completely accountable. Btw they did try to get him help.

@ashleyroberson4782

2 жыл бұрын

Still not qn excuse to not deal with it.. . If my child tried to walk out in traffic seeing if he's immortal it would me address right then and if they put their hands on me I would not let him walk out the door to give him an opportunity to and act violent to another person

@CanItAlready

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly fear and denial, hoping whatever was going on with him would stop on its own. I would kinda expect a pharmacist to know better than that, though.

@Tamara.L444

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! WTF.

@BillMoney

2 жыл бұрын

@@charissa6648 Yes, blame the parents. They had the chance to help him at that moment & they did nothing. Letting his mental health get worse & worse. He didn’t do it for nothing. They should’ve stepped in better & earlier

"You alright"? "I'm half horse and I'm immortal". "Aright, you're good, lets go eat".

@j.c.nightwalker5322

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree.

@icy-hearted-angel

2 жыл бұрын

Right?!😳🙄😒

@Keeby.

2 жыл бұрын

yea terrible parents tbh they should have been checking on him mentally and to just ignore the fact that he is clearly going insane disgusts me

@meowmeowkittymeow

2 жыл бұрын

So sad... For everyone involved.

@balancedlife9103

2 жыл бұрын

I blame the police for using force and I hope they free him back into that affluent community he's come to his senses and he said hes sorry that's good enough for me. Free Austin

The way you said "what!?" After Austin told his sister he was half hourse was hilarious.

This dude includes so much more detail than anyone else... I had no idea I knew about this story until he got to the oil and parmesan cheese.

So instead of getting their son the help he clearly needed, they LOCKED THEIR BEDROOM DOORS.

@2pacalivesm

2 жыл бұрын

That's life 🤣

@johannas.l.brushane2518

2 жыл бұрын

A similar thing happened in Sweden as well. A pair of married MDs had a love child quite in late age. They had kids who were in the teens or grown up when this child was born, he turned weird and agressive in late teens. Eventually he improved somewhat and moved to go to university. But he soon ditched his studies for drugs became homeless and such. His grown up siblings tried to encourage the parents to deny him to come home to them. They also locked their bedroom doors at the time he was at their home. Though they had sought care for him, he was hospitalized at a couple of times but as soon as he got better he was let out, and then he mismanaged his medicine, nutrition and sleep. And used streetdrugs. He killed his parents, they caught him quite quick because afterwards he went in his bloody clothes to buy cigarettes and then several people who came across him rang police about a guy with massive fresh bloodstains on his clothes is strolling around.

@utsurobune3530

2 жыл бұрын

Its so easy to judge people for things you haven't had to experience.

@secondsea2

2 жыл бұрын

@@johannas.l.brushane2518 Wow, that’s really sad. Especially since it seems like the parents were trying.

@johannas.l.brushane2518

2 жыл бұрын

@@secondsea2 Yea, it was like reading a horror story when it was in the news some year ago.

You are the only creator who makes me hang onto every word in anticipation. You're a fantastic story teller.

@austincolyer1977

6 ай бұрын

its truly incredible, I dont normally like stuff like this but he makes me feel like im there

I feel for the victims and their family, but I feel for Austin too. Dude was clearly out of his mind and his parents waited WAY too long to get the him the help he desperately needed. Especially his mother since he was living with her that summer. He was clearly on drugs, saying he saw demons all over the house, wasn’t sleeping, walking the house’s hallways all night long, drinking vegetable oil, walking into traffic, etc. and the mother and his sister just kinda shrugged it off. If my kids (or my brother for that matter) started doing ANY of these odd things, we wouldn’t just be shrugging it off to go to the beach with friends or grab dinner with dad.

@travkeyes

23 күн бұрын

Needless to say, there is controversy about the use of brominated vegetable oils “Bromism” can cause confusion, hallucinations and even psychosis. Add to this neurological abnormalities, memory impairment and gross skin postules, and you’ve got a nasty condition. This kid by his own mothers admission was chugging vegetable oil which is brominated vegetable oil. meaning that his story about what he saw could be 100% true. Now why he did the things he did before he chugged the oil in his kitchen, i have no clue. but this does explain the story he told about seeing the face and stuff. surprised no dr told the cops about this.

@SSPspaz

23 күн бұрын

@@travkeyes super interesting. Seems I need to read up on bromism.

@shadowscorpions

Күн бұрын

They didn’t wait too long…they did nothing and planned to do nothing. I hold this family heavily responsible for their neglect of Austin and the events that transpired. I don’t think they ever planned to actually get him help but just ignore it or sweep it under the rug. Poor Austin for having such a uncaring and neglectful family. Poor Michelle and John for having to be the ones to suffer because of this families inability to care for their son (especially when it was so obvious he desperately needed psychological help)

Everyone needs a neighbor like Jeff. No one needs parents like Austin’s.

@mirrrstery

Жыл бұрын

Favourite comment ever.

@Forgottengemsofvine

Жыл бұрын

Jeff literally did nothing helpful he went in got stabbed and called the cops too late. A real hero woulda gotten a weapon and gone back to make sure they were ok.

@mirrrstery

Жыл бұрын

@@Forgottengemsofvine lmao okay Jakey Jake, Mr tough guy!!!

@Cervantesbracetty

Жыл бұрын

@@Forgottengemsofvine you are correct. Jeff was worthless. He got stabbed and ran away hiding on his property hoping everything will magically work itself out.

@hannnahs

Жыл бұрын

@@Cervantesbracetty he literally ran back to call the cops

I'm surprised that Austin was never admitted to a psychiatric hospital before the crimes. His parents really went, "He's fine. It's just drugs." Even if it was "just the drugs," he needed serious help.

@WorthlessDeadEnd

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Why would they feel it so necessary to sweep something that serious under the rug?

@CCSophia528

2 жыл бұрын

@little Flowers Literally just had almost the same exact thought!

@shanefolan

2 жыл бұрын

I am not surprised, I live in Ireland and our mental health services have failed people and society too many times. A guy in my hometown was clearly unhinged, a danger to society, and should have been sectioned/helped years ago but it was like Austen, ignored and brushed over. It too ended in a blood bath when the guy finally snapped and after our mental health services were harshly criticized for not stepping in earlier.

@maryjflanagan1922

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, parents would rather have a drug addict than a mentally ill child. I think he was schizophrenic which was brought on by the drugs, mainly THC. That often happens to people at about age 17 or 18.

@rottweilerfun9520

2 жыл бұрын

It's pretty ckear that he was taking the drugs to soothe the stuff going on in his head. His parents are highly educated , how could they not understand what was going on with him ? Their reactions to his behavior are so lacking in every way.

this story always makes me cry when i hear it. can’t believe no one got him help earlier. poor kid was failed. he was acting way too strange to be left like that.

on my regular Mr Ballen rewatch sessions and I completely forgot how unbelievably angry and frustrated I get at Austin's family every time I watch this episode.

For a guy who claims to be half horse, immortal, and even willing to walk into traffic. He's not nearly as crazy as his family who could not have given more of a damn

@Sohailhgfggggh6

Жыл бұрын

The family did do so much Just imagine them having to deal with that version of their perfect child They probably just gave up on him

@peterrhines1516

Жыл бұрын

@@Sohailhgfggggh6 Nope, sounds like they didn't do much.

@emi_jae

Жыл бұрын

I was baffled that she just pulled him back from traffic and went to dinner like nothing- if they did everything they could to help him, that couple would probably still be alive…

@LuxMeow

Жыл бұрын

Denial.

@razinredzuan1165

Жыл бұрын

@@Sohailhgfggggh6 did do so much? What'd they do? Just call him crazy and pretend there wasn't a problem for the whole summer? That's insane. After a few days of this, any reasonable family would bring their family member to a professional. They gave up on him, but they didn't try before they gave up either.

The fact that he said “kill me now, I’m eating humans” sends chills

@portalmanHUN

2 жыл бұрын

Somewhere deep down he was aware of what he's doing.

@german69692007

2 жыл бұрын

If I were the cop I would of unloaded on him as He requested lol

@Pathfinding-earth

2 жыл бұрын

@@hisaceinthehole3426 yea, he was in frenzy, probably not the best "moment" to say this, but this shows how incredible and powerful we humans are

@stevenshatswell53

2 жыл бұрын

@Joshua Hammond that's what he was in HS. He started weightlifting afterwards and got bigger/stronger.

@MrJdsenior

2 жыл бұрын

If that isn't the ultimate cry for help, and he had some previous ones as well, I don't know what is. If you (universal you, not singling you out) hear or see actions like walking into traffic to prove immortality or just this pleading for help from someone in obvious self or others harming distress and/or totally uncharacteristic behavior, DO something to help! It is really your responsibility to mankind in general, and to that person if you care anything about them. Brain tumors can also cause behaviors like this, and mental illness is just as much a physical problem, as has been demonstrated many times through examination. These people are not at fault of anything, and are in dire need of help. It's just the 'luck' of the draw, folks, whether you believe it or not. There is a reason true insanity keeps people off death row, but they definitely need to be removed from society until they can't be helped to the degree that they are not a danger to others, or even themselves.

I just looked this guy up and he's in mental health facility until deemed healthy enough to be in society. His parents should be sued bc they said mental health issues ran in the family, and they knew he was off but did nothing about it. Boy said he knew something was wrong, had texts and friends say same thing in court- yet he got away with it....I hope he never leaves facility

The fact that his behavior was so bizarre and clearly abnormal and that the family did absolutely nothing about it for so long leaves me absolutely jaw-dropped. If one of your loved ones is struggling with mental health issues make sure they get professional help!

@IWantToPetYourDog

5 ай бұрын

His father's solution was "What is wrong with you?!" Then, he killed 2 neighbors.

@SabrinaRene4565

3 ай бұрын

Literally how could they do nothing???

@comet206

2 ай бұрын

yeah i remember hearing this story but i didn't realize how absolutely useless his parents were. they were literally just annoyed and angered with him. there's no excuse for that. you can't make it that far into life without knowing the OBVIOUS signs of psychosis. this went well beyond any obscure early warning signs, this was clear as day

@Flamableninja

2 ай бұрын

Some people either A) Don't believe in reaching out because they don't believe in proper mental healthcare or B) Let people deal with things themselves when things get tough. His family should be ashamed.

@Repugnantone

2 ай бұрын

@@IWantToPetYourDog What neighbours? He was in a different part of town than he lived in at the moment. He ran from the 'dark evil figure' and wound up in that neighbourhood. Do you consider people who live on the opposite side of town to be your neighbours? Your neighbours are those that live in the same vicinity.

This story is just sad. His family should've gotten him professional help immediately.

@nirvana3653

2 жыл бұрын

They all were confused by his new behavior and him admitting to drug use they probably through he’s going through a phase not he’s Hannabal lecture…

@josvah

2 жыл бұрын

@@nirvana3653 Hannibal Lecture, the college professor?

@pacz1212

2 жыл бұрын

@@josvah lmao , you're funny Dr. Grammar

@bravo368900

2 жыл бұрын

@@nirvana3653 Drug induced psychosis... can be long and or life lasting

@nightrunnerxm393

2 жыл бұрын

@@josvah Teaches history. Real pain in the Alps.

My cousin (23 M) started acting exactly like this it went on for about over a year, completely crazy thoughts just kind of in and out of touch with reality. I always suspected it was drug induced schizophrenia (because it’s very common In men around that age when they start to abuse drugs) my cousin was in all kinds of drugs. When he finally got admitted for help, he was diagnosed with drug induced schizophrenia. He’s finally getting help. I’m positive this boy had the same thing and the family didn’t know how to recognize the signs. poor kid and also poor victims. Sad all around.

@Reachintothevoid

5 ай бұрын

Definitely caused by his psychedelic trips

@Gin-toki

2 ай бұрын

This was definetly overusage of various kinds of hard drugs and hallucinogens combined with bad mental healt. And despite the toxicology report saying he wasn't on any drugs at the time he went berzerk, I'm in no doubt he was on bathsalts given his behaviour. Many of those types of synthetic drugs don't show up on tests because they constantly gets changed. And sorry about your cousing, hopes he gets better.

@nonyabusiness2510

Ай бұрын

There is no such thing as drug induced schizophrenia. There is drug induced psychosis. That theory is nothing more than a theory but it is impossible to prove that someone would become schizophrenic as a result of drug use absent of a time machine. He either had drug induced psychosis or he may have been predromal schizophrenia. The onset of schizophrenia is common around that age but it has nothing to do with drugs.

@nonyabusiness2510

Ай бұрын

@@Gin-toki definitley? Your credentials are what exactly. Do you know what prodromal schizophrenic symptoms are? I'm guessing not. Please stop armchair diagnostics trying to connect the dots around something you don't fully understand..

He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a mental institution

Man this is next level disturbing. His whole family didn’t see the warning signs of his psychosis. How horrible for him and for those who were the victims of his psychosis.

@MTA3

2 жыл бұрын

Oh they saw it, they just ignored it

@Lovinlife1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@MTA3 yes..totally idiot parents!!!

@glow1815

2 жыл бұрын

They saw it and well aware they chose to ignored it. Horrible family and friends.

@Camohflage

2 жыл бұрын

i can not believe how his family didnt do anything. the moment your son walks around at night protecting your family from demons is when you probably should get him checked out

@YourFavTessa

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, especially when I was hearing the part at the end with the face eating and all that. That poor family. On a scale of fucked up, that's fucked up.

Austin's friend did a million times more for him that his own family. I catch my kid drinking OIL im taking them to the ER even if i have to knock them out to do it. And the fact that the mom didnt even tell his dad what she caught THEIR son doing is beyond normal reasoning.

@johndododoe1411

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not on speaking terms, or maybe she did tell the intervention team (dad, friend and family), just a few moments too late.

@buster7618

2 жыл бұрын

His parents should face consequences. Absolutely unacceptable to not institutionalize him

@catherineharris4746

2 жыл бұрын

You're100% RIGHT! She literally saw him drinking oil and just dropped him back off at the restaurant😕 I hope that this women is never put in a position to care for or help care for NOBODY😔

@5days61

2 жыл бұрын

My dad just knocked me out cold because he caught me drinking vegetable oil

@buster7618

2 жыл бұрын

@@5days61 lol

This is a reminder that if you suspect a loved one is experiencing a mental health problem, do not hesitate to inform the proper authorities to help deal with the situation. Being in a state of denial will help neither you nor the person. Every second you delay is a second closer to a tragedy you will never completely recover from.

Absolutely insane that Austin's family didn't think of getting him sectioned or taking him to a doctor after his initial bizarre behaviour. Maybe it was a reputation thing; a wealthy, well-to-do family and they probably didn't want be seen as anything out of the ordinary or that their son was mentally ill. They could have prevented so much.

@atlasshrugged7475

2 ай бұрын

True. They screwed up. I hope they can forgive themselves eventually.

I feel like his family totally failed him. When he was walking through the house at night , protecting them from demons…would have been enough for me to get my son some immediate help. Locking the doors and turning a blind eye was not the move here. He tried to walk out into traffic, and they carry on to dinner like that didn’t just happen. How many red flags did this kid have to wave before someone took him to a hospital for psychiatric treatment!

@marsrobinson3322

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

@branjosnow6244

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah totally agree. How could you not notice after 1 day of his behavior that he desperately needed help.

@Mel-hl1bb

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, if that was my child I would help straight away not lock the door?!

@Brother_Camus

2 жыл бұрын

Austin just wanted ask the way to Bell's Canyon.

@shaunandeva32

2 жыл бұрын

They were prob worried about image

People are dead because this kids family didn't want the neighbors to think their son was "crazy". They cared more for an image then helping the kid

@Itellyouhwatt

2 жыл бұрын

THIS 100%. How did no one get him help? he was clearly going through something. This couldve all been prevented

@n017kingg7

2 жыл бұрын

yup, fuck what neighbors think, opinions are like assholes everyone has one!

@-xirx-

2 жыл бұрын

100% As soon as they started locking their bedroom door at the beginning of the summer, shows they were at least aware he was capable of harming someone.

@logfog

2 жыл бұрын

They tried to have him committed at the very beginning. The Baker Act won't allow anyone to forcefully commit someone against their will, unless they have done something violent. Apparently, they did get him to go willingly, because the video pointed out that he had drugs prescribed by psychiatrists in his system.

@jaec6462

2 жыл бұрын

My parents give a F about what ppl think too and I thinks it’s sad…I do not raise my kids like that..I raise them to not give a F about what ppl think..This is sad and what you said was so true..SMH

Such a great storyteller. Thanks for making me smile!

What on Earth was going on with Austin's family!? At least the friends tried a little, but what was going on with them too!? Wow! Denial or...? Thanks for sharing this story MrBallen.

The best line in this whole video: "and then he suddenly goes back to being normal again; he turns to his sister and says "i'm actually half horse""

@THEBIGGAME683

2 жыл бұрын

Lol.

@punkndisorderly3324

2 жыл бұрын

Pure poetry. Lots of great lines in this

@abc-wz2rx

2 жыл бұрын

Most men think they are, so that isnt weird

@lyssadyane5870

2 жыл бұрын

and immortal!! 😳😳

@babyzizi1

2 жыл бұрын

@@abc-wz2rx 🤣🤣🤣

Stories like this make me so glad I had a mother who took my psychosis as seriously as she did. God knows what I'd be doing if my family took me to fucking Duffy's when I needed a psych ward.

@kaywee4200

2 жыл бұрын

Super hero mommy thank goodness. She didn't turn her cheek when you needed it most. Thank God for you both.

@alex13121111

2 жыл бұрын

It was about the same with me and my suicidal tendencies during my studies, which were out of town. I could control them and not follow up on them, but twice I was pretty close to going through with it. I broke down after a certain episode, which luckily didn't have suicidal thoughts, I decided to tell them I had something really serious going on, without specifying, and needed to see a psychiatrist. They would not believe me and tell me "how can you be so sad when you had a perfect childhood (not even close) and always had everything (we just had money)?". It took me going completely silent on them for a month (happiest period I had in the last 4 months) for them to still not believe me but at least take the stance of "well if it gets him talking to us again he can have it". I still kind of hate them for it, but at least I got the help I needed and I'm pretty much healthy now.

@brianlockhart8483

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah let's make it all about you...

@mikaelarene5937

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianlockhart8483 bro what

@sinnlos229

2 жыл бұрын

@@alex13121111 that's fuckin rough buddy, hope your family sees the error of their ways

Austin’s parents should be held criminally responsible for basically ignoring his strange behavior that eventually led to these two people’s horrifying deaths.

Jeff’s a good guy. He got stabbed 5 times and the first thing he was wondering is if his neighbor was okay.

@rebeccaw.817

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed that, too! He is very good.

@arrow..7657

2 жыл бұрын

Jeff from earthbound 0:

@justinhansen9361

2 жыл бұрын

Sad that he probably lives with guilt from not being able to save his two neighbors. Survivors guilt is a very real thing. 😢

@kristinag7033

2 жыл бұрын

This would 100% be my neighbor. He's a good guy.

@sunsun6877

2 жыл бұрын

@@letseeheresecondmotion9562 weirdo

He is staying up all night patrolling the house to protect the family from “demons” and they lock their doors and go to sleep. My kid comes back from college and is doing that I am taking them to the doctor or hospital. Can’t believe they ignored this all summer and seemed more annoyed by it than anything else.

@dollarcostbackpacker1226

2 жыл бұрын

surprise demon possession story.

@Inprogress_of_newbeginings

2 жыл бұрын

Also especially because the parents had some form of medical/chemical background, they even could have called for favors for their son to be analysed seeing how rich they were

Austin: Im half horse! Vaush: Which half?

As someone who has halluscinated fighting off demons in my apartment and blood all over the walls and has seen my mom try to kill herself multiple times in similar states, this shit is my worst nightmare! So many people could have helped this poor man at so many points and just DIDN'T

His family is honestly more to blame then him. Imagine having a son who thinks he’s half horse and doesn’t sleep because he thinks there’s demons everywhere and just letting him do so.

@tabaxsum

2 жыл бұрын

And lock the doors lol

@lukepercy497

2 жыл бұрын

Their solution was to lock their bedroom doors and let him do demon guard duty. Unbelievable

@ProfessorPerhaps

2 жыл бұрын

I mean to be fair he was over 18, so since he’s legally an adult the family couldn’t really do anything to physically stop him, only thing they could really do was baker act him & they were already trying/planning to use that on him after they realized it wasn’t the drugs making him act crazy, sadly it wasn’t in time, but yee the family did still fuck up since there was definitely enough red flags that they should’ve realized he needed some serious help way sooner tho, especially after he attacked his dad at the restaurant, like they should’ve immediately tried to have him baker acted after that, since that was the first time he did something violent instead of just acting crazy, so they should’ve realized that he might potentially end up attacking someone else after that

@karendobbs8153

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukepercy497 you’d think they would have been afraid to sleep with him running around the house in that state of mind.

@lukepercy497

2 жыл бұрын

@@karendobbs8153 locking their doors alleviated any worries apparently. Like wtf🤯🤯

Imagine your brother trying to run face-first in to traffic, claiming he was immortal (in a fully serious way), and then the very next thing you do is send him to eat in a restaurant like nothing happened?? Pains me to see how this situation could have been so easily avoided.

@cloud9beauty

Жыл бұрын

Mental health deniers or ppl who couldn’t handle the “stigma” of having a mentally ill relative. pathetic and contemptuous.

@sarahnuamah7009

Жыл бұрын

I’m wondering why they didn’t call anyone if he was gone for 30+ whole minutes!

@sarahs5340

Жыл бұрын

Have some empathy. There is nothing in our society that prepares you to deal with insanity. There is little to no support or help or even a clear understanding about what goes wrong inside a person’s mind. Maybe try to put yourself in their shoes. How could they know? How could they fix him? Just seems like everyone is blaming instead of understanding the absolute tragedy that is mental healthcare. Families are literally clueless because there is no reasonable societal discourse surrounding insanity/mental health. We know about TBi, and it’s impact on people, yet football is still glorified. Just try to understand the dilemma and difficulty in which families of the mentally ill find themselves.

@hollacity

Жыл бұрын

Just look at the restaurant footage when he hits his dad! They just gently pushed him back and reacted too casual... It's insane to me how they enabled this by being so negligent!

@justinkim7756

Жыл бұрын

​@@I_love_musiccc lol no issues there lmao

I can’t believe Austin’s mother took him back to the restaurant after she sees him drinking vegetable oil in her kitchen. She should have taken him straight to the hospital.

Geeze!! What horror!! I felt my whole body relax once he was restrained. Didn't even realize how super tense I was during this.. Poor families😢

So angered by this story. As soon as he started telling them he was guarding from demons, they should have taking him to a therapist or doctor just to have someone to talk to. He was the right age for schizophrenia to manifest. Everyone let him down.

@yankee2666

2 жыл бұрын

DRUGS, BABY - DRUGS! Wake the fuck up.

@ashleylewis4010

2 жыл бұрын

Drugs can trigger underlying health; AKA teens smoking weed can actually “triggger” schizophrenia. IT CAN NOT CUASE IT but can trigger it and cause more SEVERE symptoms at a younger age. There is also drug induced psychosis. Either way its CLEAR that he SHOULD have had help. I think; could be wrong; but i think a lot of times if someone doesn’t show signs of aggression and are more a danger to themselves and it comes and goes it can be confusing. I have experienced someone being a danger to self and appearing to be delusional but then they are fine and i questioned if i was exaggerating or triggering the behavior. It isn’t cut and dry. In my situation they got off drugs and only paranoia lingered. To this day idk what the diagnosis would be.

@eileenmercado3218

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. Moving into the garage bc there are demons in the home and needing to guard family should have warranted having Austin psychiatrically evaluated. Walking into traffic was yet another sign. His family's response was bizarre ie let's just have dinner and mom just taking him back to the restaurant and no one addressing his behaviors. This was so disturbing I almost hesitate to watch anymore videos. Horrible

@smithvr5007

2 жыл бұрын

He likely needed ego dissolution; a heavy dose of magic mushrooms or a shock to the system like Pushing Tin. Most people walk around with an ever inflating ego that needs a reality check. For most, it would be a midlife crisis when their ego starts to fall short of reality. I just heard a case in court where the victim was a middle age man that thought he needed a motorcycle; he lost ability to walk, his memories, his personality, his testicles, his family, his freedom.

@craigcassidy6078

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashleylewis4010 sorry but you clearly don't have a clue about schizophrenia and your comments on teenagers smoking cannabis and connecting the dots with schizophrenia is way off.. just not true what you are saying

What a terrifying story. What is even more troubling is that this family is wealthy & they COULD have afforded help for their kid.

@THEBIGGAME683

2 жыл бұрын

And me too.

@hunterbless6466

2 жыл бұрын

@@THEBIGGAME683 ??

@cctomcat321

2 жыл бұрын

Even worse is that they'd have to "afford" it at all. Mental health is already such a stigmatized area where people have a hard time coming forward when they think there is something wrong with themselves, but then to add our crap medical system into the mix is only going to lead to worse outcomes in general. We need a serious reform when it comes to our medical and police systems as well as do a better job at not stigmatizing mental health while teaching about it more countrywide.

@r.coffman1431

2 жыл бұрын

Rich people mostly do not accept that their children could be mentally ill, so they ignore it. Reasoning? Self proclaimed superior genes, with money etcetera. They brush it under the rug, so to speak. Poor or rich, mental illness is real and running rampant. 😔

@MrSwccguy

2 жыл бұрын

Did you not hear that they were gonna use the baker act or ??

"accidentally", awesome. Thanks Mr. Ballen

homie was just chugging vege oil for the bulk

All I know is that this kid's family were extremely irresponsible and careless. I can't believe his mother just sent him back to the restaurant after she found him drinking vegetable oil. Just...wow

@laurenkhate2001

2 жыл бұрын

Won't it result in diarrhoea I once drunk oil.... I saw all shades in the toilet 😂

@FreelancerFreak

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenkhate2001 Jesus! I could see that resulting in a ride in a ambulance

@prezzlola

2 жыл бұрын

@@FreelancerFreak exactly. Even if she wasn't concerned about his mental health, at least be concerned of his physical health. I'd be running with my kid to the ER if I found him gulping down cooking oil straight from the container

@rabbit0664

2 жыл бұрын

@@prezzlola Same. I know you shouldn't be just drinking they stuff down.

@edithallma4810

2 жыл бұрын

@@FreelancerFreak really I've drunk olive oil and coconut oil because it's meant to be good for my skin admittedly not huge quantities. I didn't watch the part where they spoke about the oil . I skip parts in stories like this where it wasn't really anyones fault it's terrifing because this can happen to anyone and there is nothing we can do about it and noone is really , truely at fault especially the purpetraror .

Austin's parents remind me of the time I had a mental break that involved self harm in the middle of high school and my parents told me that they'd never been more embarrassed. These types of people only care about their image.

@TheNitroG1

2 жыл бұрын

lets be honest, embarrassing them was likely the point. had a girlfriend once who used to "self harm" she just loved the shock attention and how she could use it to manipulate people.

@Ariye

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNitroG1 Pretty rude to assume everyone's as manipulative as your ex, don't you think? I didn't even realize what I'd done until the friends I was sitting with started screaming about it. Hell, I didn't even remember sitting down with them.

@koiyei

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ariye heyo :) dunno what’s up with that FIRST reply 😬 but I’m very sorry your parents had that reaction and I truly hope you’re doing better now and you are worth more than your “parents image” and are getting help

@him1517

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNitroG1 yeah sure. Austin was fucking crazy you pos.

@Olivia-pe5vf

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought

A very good and clear story telling.

There was a study that came out from Europe a few years back. It said that the legalization of marijuana coincides with a rise in schizophrenia diagnoses. Turns out THC is an aggressor for that trait.

Son : *tries to kill himself,thinks hes a horse ,drinks vegetable oil* Family: Lets have a dinner at restaraunt,it will fix the problem.

@Andreamom001

2 жыл бұрын

But nobody knew all of that. If I saw my kid drinking oil, l would just tell him to stop. It’s weird but people so weird things. If my friend said “I’m half horse,” I’d think he was weird, but okay, whatever. If I was a young person and my brother tries to walk into the street, I might think he’s just a young guy goofing around or being reckless. There are Hollywood movies that show things like that as typical young person quirkiness and daring. WE know all of his odd behavior…people around him only knew one o two weird things he did or said, and doing one or two weird things is just weird, not necessarily an emergency. As an adult, I would seek help for someone trying to walk into traffic, but not if I thought it was a joke…it’s easy to see the problem when we have all the info…I don’t think anyone who knew him did know all of it.

@dawnb2125

2 жыл бұрын

@@Andreamom001 I was thinking in his altered/manic state he was trying to say he was so hungry he could eat a horse.. he mentioned the restaurant taking too long, he must've been really hungry to resort to cannibalism, obviously some mental thing going on, I also heard he was stopping steroids.. I'm almost positive the drugs had something to do with this.

@nighttrain1565

2 жыл бұрын

@@dawnb2125 no drugs found in his system

@dawnb2125

2 жыл бұрын

@@nighttrain1565 like I said... He was coming off drugs .. trying to quit

@nighttrain1565

2 жыл бұрын

@@dawnb2125 his problem developed over weeks and progressed so it wasn't a reaction to a substance is all.

I am completely dumbfounded how Austin's family ignored his outlandish behaviour. The fact, that he was going completely mental, while they just sat in a restaurant the whole time, his mother even driving him back after seeing him doing something completely batshit insane, it's like they thought that if they're gonna ignore the problem it's gonna disappear.

@codygeer7096

2 жыл бұрын

Because he was an honor student, played sports and was a pre-med student at good University. On paper he was golden. Amazing this can actually happen to people.

@l.w.paradis2108

2 жыл бұрын

Denial is so huge and powerful in some people that they come across as not fully competent. Well, I guess it's fair to say they are not.

@jpmcfluffies9451

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same thing. Like what were they thinking?!? They should be prosecuted somehow also.

@rockland2

2 жыл бұрын

@@jpmcfluffies9451 off with their heads!!

@jameseverett4976

2 жыл бұрын

My experience has been that this is how "happy" people are. They don't worry about stuff or let anything get to them. Their advice is always somewhere around "stop thinking so much about it, and just be happy with your life, and things will work out". They've never had a real problem, so they can't understand how anyone else can have one. Just do like they do and everything will work out great in the end. It did for them, so it will for you too. They know this for sure. You can't complain to happy people, because they can't understand problems and find it hard to believe that you have one. They think you're just making it all up, and are confident that you'll just "get over it" soon enough.

Dude good job. I just recently found your channel but enjoying it.

This is sad. He wanted to become a doctor to help people and ended up becoming psychotic.

That's disturbing that after seeing him drinking the vegetable oil and eating the parmesan cheese his mom took him back to the restaurant like nothing happened. I think his parents were crazy as well

@sallyscott9172

2 жыл бұрын

Very crazy. And cowards.

@brianfitch5469

2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment

@esmeralda685

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Lol I thought the same thing. Why on earth would you take him back to the restaurant after he drank vegetable oil with Parmesan cheese?

@Whosyourdaddy21

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like pretty normal middle class avoidance to me tbh

@truenorth7949

2 жыл бұрын

No, not crazy, but rather clueless and dumbfounded and didnt know how to address his issues properly. The word " crazy" should not be thrown around so loosely.

It’s equally disturbing and infuriating that his parents (two medical professionals) did nothing all summer even when the signs were there.

@indyzero3727

2 жыл бұрын

Right his mom is a pharmacist so she has knowledge of what the meds would do to him

@slimeintheicemachine5488

2 жыл бұрын

Well said, Sedd.

@redbyrd247

2 жыл бұрын

@Youza Liya this monster? A man suffering a psychotic break is a monster? Then you go and make it even worse by playing the race card? The only monster I see here is the one you look at in the mirror. Yes it's horrible that a black man would have been shot. It's also horrible that you think any person who's suffering from a psychotic break is a monster. Anyone including you could suffer from a psychotic break and do something just as horrific as he did. Heaven forbid you ever have something happen to you that your mind is pushed beyond the breaking point.

@realtalkswitharedhead

2 жыл бұрын

Most likely to protect their image.

@BJtheMountaineerguy

2 жыл бұрын

Tells ya how smart some of these medical professionals really are huh.. Lol

Son is patrolling the house at night because of demons. Rest of the family “it’s fine”

Austin sounds like the final boss of any video game

I hope the family realizes how terrible they are for not getting him help IMMEDIATELY.

@seinavt

2 жыл бұрын

It really pissed me off about what the family of the deceased had to say, I really hope they can fully grasp what happened prior to the attack and realize that his parents are the true guilty ones. Austin was just as much a casualty of the incident as the other two, imagine you blink your eyes and you are suddenly guilty of an extremely brutal and grisly double homicide without any input from your own reasoning or thoughts, that would be maddeningly horrific.

@mom2babygkaterad946

2 жыл бұрын

I do as well. Just ridiculous!

@DD-zz2mo

2 жыл бұрын

@@casualwithballs not women, crazy ppl...

@mom2babygkaterad946

2 жыл бұрын

@@casualwithballs I don’t feel bad for psychos at all. I simply agreed that his family needed to get him some help immediately. Several 🚩🚩🚩 were blaring before he ultimately murdered 2 completely innocent people. His parents failed him first! And though I’m a woman, I’m in no way, shape or form attracted to psychos!

@user-lj1mt1cr2e

2 жыл бұрын

@@casualwithballs Austin is not a psycopath. He has schitzophrenia. Huge difference. Psycopathy is not an illness, it is a personality disorder and the person is in complete control of his actions. Schitzophrenia is a mental illness and the patient cannot control himself. Austin was obviously a good person before his illness took hold. It is hard to say how his drug use affected the onset of the illness but there are obviously genetic factors at play. Please stop speaking about things you clearly have no understanding about.

I was so frustrated with the lack of action Austin’s family took on their own son. They kept on ignoring his obvious signs of distress. The footage of them at the restaurant shows just how neglectful they were, especially when Austin’s friend was the one that chased after him and not his own father. When my sister had a psychotic break and was showing signs of schizophrenia, my parents didn’t hesitate to get her to a therapist and psychiatrist. It wasn’t long before she was put into an outpatient treatment center. She was released and put back about three more times before she finally got the right treatment to make a successful comeback. And even then she was heavily monitored. The house was clean of any knives, pesticides, etc. It disgusts me that Austin’s family did absolutely nothing.

@The1nvisibleJeevas

8 ай бұрын

The dad's frustrated outburst in the restaurant (why tf would they bring Austin to the restaurant in his state like wtf) is on par with me finally admitting to my dad that I was feeling suicidal and his response was "you won't do it" and dismissing the conversation, instantly making me want to do it 10 times more. I'm glad you and your family took care of your sister and that she's doing better. I hope Austin never sees prison time.

@wiltmarlonelao

8 ай бұрын

You’re truly fortunate that your parents did not hesitate to seek treatment before things got much worse for your sister. Hoping she’s made a full recovery.

@wiltmarlonelao

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@The1nvisibleJeevasI’m terribly sorry to hear your father brushed off your feelings nonchalantly. I, too, was once told that I had no reason to be depressed, which only worsened things for me. I hope you were able to get some form of treatment and are doing better now. We may not know each other, but one thing I’m sure of is that you matter. You can be a force of good in this world and be an inspiration to others. Don’t give up.

@mrlonely5324

8 ай бұрын

😢😢😅😮

@mrlonely5324

8 ай бұрын

😢

Another family more concerned about their reputation than their kid. Good job, parents of the year.

Mr. Ballen you are one of the best storytellers I've ever had the privilege of listening to. Def a close 2nd to Keith Morrison of Dateline.

The premier got messed up somehow, so I decided to just post the video normally. Sorry!

@achillesb9877

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha good job anyway

@brookew2609

2 жыл бұрын

Hi I luv ur videos I actually watch them al the time

@fireteam5413

2 жыл бұрын

Ok

@felixstone5615

2 жыл бұрын

Np 👍

@dearlyface8962

2 жыл бұрын

Omg hiiii I'm a very big fan

moral of the story, when a family member starts patrolling your house to protect everyone from "demons"... you might want to do something about it...

@sillynacannada6718

2 жыл бұрын

May I suggest Holy water?

@luckyluckylucky2261

2 жыл бұрын

My step sister did this, she was on meth.

@JasonH17

2 жыл бұрын

Drink vegetable oil? its ok let me drop you off at the restaurant you must have a big appetite.

@sillynacannada6718

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky lucky lucky doesn’t seem very lucky. The only time I’ve ever HEARD of any intoxicating substance that could account for this is PCP.

@scorpianna420

2 жыл бұрын

Thank u! These comments are spot on. I feel horrible for everyone. I hate to bash Austin's fam but they just kept ignoring the cries for help 🤦‍♀️💔 When Austin tells the cop, "Kill me! I'm eating people!!" .... Ugh! it not only gave me chills but it broke my heart. He had literally been crying out for help & had finally came to a breaking point & couldn't control himself 💔 Its all so tragic

I ask myself, what do I love most... the story or how beautifully it was told?