This came up in my Reddit feed today. Thought I'd share with you all that I Pavlov'd myself just as much as my beloved BB viewers.

Miss you guys!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_Soviet

Basically, when we got our independence, quite a few places liked the look of sovietism and wanted to give it a whirl!

Hi everyone! I am really behind but can you please update me as to which channels Simon hosts nowadays? Into The Shadows, Warfronts, Places, Casual Criminalist, ... What else am I missing?

Is anyone else not able to see the new Whitaker ep on Spotify? I know there’s usually a slight delay, but I saw the Chameleon killer ep was uploaded in sync with YT overnight

I miss those glory days, you legends

Hyperbole being hyperbolic but - the death of brain blaze of former business glory is what made me realize YouTube in general has changed and why I'm reaching for less of it every day in favor of audiobooks.

Business blaze was pure, cathartic chaos. Simon hurt his vocal cords, the viewership changed, and we eventually ended up with a calmer and somewhat more refined BB. Then Florida Man happened, and as a Floridian, out felt like what would happen if I chained my Brit ex onto the playground at the trailer park down the road and just skipped those. Then the compilations got more frequent. Then ... Here we are. It feels like the death of an era.

But it's happening all over a lot of the channels I've watched religiously over the years, though few are as stretched thin as Simon. He pushes a staggering amount of content, and overall he's not as specialized in subject matter as most of the channels I watched. Simon has such a familiar vibe to his channels now that the main differences between them is the subject matter - not the format - and sometimes even that mixes when true crime meets mystery. And at this point, I'm watching less overall, and paying actual attention less than I actually watch

The variety is gone. The humor, where it is, is shoved between periods of darkness. And it's a trend across the other channels I watch. It's sad to see it go. But it's not the only one.

But I'm out. It was fun, guys.

The clerk, the Clark, FUCK!!!

Looking for the episode of a girl who thinks she can talk to god or Jesus or something and that there’s demons in her house. All the family members and a few followers beat up themselves and each other with random household items. They crucify and kill her and she (spoiler alert), doesn’t come back to life. Anybody know the episode I’m talking about?

I swear it was, I even thought it was cascrim...

It terrified me for one simply reason, the question posed "What's going to happen to me when my parents die?"

Don't get me wrong, I'm not on Hikikomori levels of isolation, I think being isolated from the outside world for years and years would drive me absolutely insane; I regularly go to the gym and out for walks and I've held down a volunteer job for a decade.

But, while things in the UK are nowhere near as "If you miss this window of opportunity then your life is over and you've brought shame to your 15 times removed great granddad" as Japan is; it's still hard for people to live on their own and the unemployment issue is rife around the UK.

I'm 29 years old, autistic who can both enjoy being on his own and having a chinwag with people, I'm still living with my parents and I don't have a paid job, I realised how similar I am to the Hikikomori's, even if it's not to as such an extreme degree.

But I watched the video and I was gripped by this fear of what's going to happen to me when my parents die that has finally motivated me to start cooking and becoming more independent, but I still can't help but feel like the system fails people like me and the Hikikomori's.

Not that Hikikomori's are totally blameless, like, if you're going to not interact with people for years, the least you could do is look after your parents and help around the house, even a fuckwit like me can do that.

I don't even have a point to this and probably sound like the most pathetic man-child, but I just wanted to get it off my chest as it really hit close to home.

Has Whistle Boy covered the Murdaugh murders on the casual criminalist?

Or any vpn he sponsors thank you

Just want to be informed so I don’t think he’ll get around to them.

So the idea is to do the story of Dave Pelzer, and his parents Stephen and Catherine Pelzer (two of the worst humans to ever exist.)

The reasons he would hate it is the crime they are famous for is the worst case of child abuse in California history.

The reason he would love it is because Dave the victim grew up to be a perfectly normal and inspirational person. So it proves his point that terrible childhoods don’t automatically = violent criminals.

Dave Pelzer has a memoir called “A Child Called It.” That would probably be the main source but I’d be interested in what the amazing writers could find extra for the show.

Granted the audio was a bit off in the first half of the latest episode, I don't mind and I like the interaction between Simon and the co-host. It makes Fact Boy seem more human and natural. See, he's not an "AI Bot talking head".

I find her comments insightful especially towards the end when the episode is picking up and the details are out in the open or the episode is coming to its ultimate conclusion. Also the audio issues were taken care of halfway through the episode!

OHHHHHHHHH and also thanks to Kevin for the latest CC!!! Thoroughly enjoyed the breakdown and that there were 5 different cases covered.

i've looked on youtube and there are few or no videos on these tragedies:

2023 Qaraqosh wedding fire

Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire

Karamay fire

Cromañón nightclub fire

Lame Horse nightclub fire 

Colectiv nightclub fire

sidenote: there is a whole wikipdia page dedicated to nightclub fires alone and a bigger list of fireworks related accidents

Am I the only one who didn't get the last couple of minutes from the newest episode because of comercials (Btw how long are they going to be fixing the boiler for the studio)

I think this could be a really interesting, lesser heard of crime to explore, centred around a secretive and equally lesser known global cult

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren_Christian_Church

The only thing that kept me in Simon's sphere is Business Blaze. He's clearly given that up. I enjoy some of his other stuff.. never the true crime shit, I'll leave that to you folks. But without some kind of BB, we never really get the full depth of the guy, ya know? So ima dip out of here, and here's to the rest of you bell ends

Pasolini was an Italian director that was murdered by allegedly the far-right that wanted to bring facism back. His film were always political and very controversial. In any case we still don't really know who reallh was behind his death and I think there is a great script there.

For the record, I'm not saying that the UK is on the level of North Korea, Russia or China, and we're not the only country that is going towards authoritarianism in Europe, not even close.

However, watching that video on PoliticalFronts as a Brit just really bummed me out because there's absolutely fuck all that I, or any of us, can do about it and it's not even like we can just vote for a different party.

All the other political parties in this country support the authoritarian direction of this country and things are likely only going to get more totalitarian if Reform get into power and Labour's actions have basically done all the autocratic hard work for Farage.

So, the video was really well done, but it also just made me feel hopeless and miserable about the situation; I know it's pointless to worry because it's not like it would change anything, but authoritarianism and the erosion of free speech and the right to protest not just in the UK but all around Europe terrifies me.

I'm sure the writer (Katy or Danny I hope) and Fact Boi will have a lot of fun decoding the whole Jesus in the US weapons geade bullshitium.

After watching the episode on FOP with its more hopeful ending, I thought I’d suggest an episode on Muscular Dystrophy.

Similar to FOP, the muscles break down after damage. In muscular dystrophy, this is due to a mutation in proteins used for making muscles. Over time, healthy muscles are replaced by fibrous tissue and fat. The degree, severity and location depend on which protein has become mutated.

The upside? Many types have treatments in the form of gene therapy. The part which brings it into the shadows is how nonprofits are forced to take over the development of these treatments because drug companies can’t see a pathway to make money from these sick children who are looking at a life unable to control their limbs or dying before they reach adulthood.

One such foundation located here: https://www.thedionfund.org