People Who Clean Crime Scenes Describe The Worst Thing They've Ever Witnessed On The Job
January 26 | 2021
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Cleaning up is hard enough when it's just clearing a month of dust bunnies. Can you imagine cleaning the debris left by murder, suicide and violence? I have a really great friend who used to do crime scene clean-up for a living. The pay is incredible; it starts at $55 an hour. But there is a much higher cost in mental well being. Death affects you in ways you don't always feel immediately. My friend has stories of nightmares, depression and pain after leaving scenes of horror. Why make all that money just to spend it on therapy? It takes a certain type of person.
***TRIGGER WARNING. CONTENTS ARE SENSITIVE ***
Redditor u/MemegodDave wanted to hear from the people who have the stomach to come in after crime and tragedyto try to bring back some form of normalcy to the location by asking... People who make their living out of cleaning murder scenes, accidents and the like, what is the worst thing you have experienced in your career?
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Wrapped Up
<p>Dad had to saran wrap a guy's intestines back into his body once.</p><p>Dude had surgery and pushed too hard on the toilet. Dude was fine, according to Dad, just holding himself together on the toilet while a group of firefighters tried to figure out why the hell they were sent instead of paramedics.</p><p><em>Update</em> When he pushed too hard he opened a scar on his torso/ab area and it all fell out onto his lap. Should have mentioned this when I wrote the post. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l48wk3/people_who_make_their_living_out_of_cleaning/gko9lq0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">noblemile</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Flesh
<p>One that stuck with me was a suicide in a bathtub, we couldn't drain the tub, so had to use a coagulant then scoop up the bloody mess into biohazard bags. Same for the toilet. Another was a suicide by gun in a basement full of boxes which was a nightmare to clean as even the smallest bit of flesh had to be found and cleaned up. The smell of the smallest piece of flesh meant the job wasn't done until it was found. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>One scene, the cops thought it would be helpful to put newspaper on top of the leftover melted body oils which dried to the floors and was terrible to clean up. Sad cleaning up these things when family is in the other room as well. Not working the job anymore but definitely gave me an appreciation for the hard work biohazard clean up crews do. Mostly on-call as well so you never know how long you will be away from home.</p>
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Walk Away
<p>Medic here, first responder to a motorcycle collision. Guy who crashed was a friend. He'd been torn in half and almost decapitated.</p><p>Had to walk away from the scene and let my driver and another crew handle it. Think about it daily. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l48wk3/people_who_make_their_living_out_of_cleaning/gko4y58?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Sabre-23</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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All over the House
<p>I posted this on another thread so just copy and pasted it but this was one that I had to do</p><p>Clean up after a murder. It was a rehab house for ex cons, 4 bedroom house with communal bathroom and kitchen. Sunday morning and guy A is in his room listening to music pretty loud, guy B is in the kitchen cooking his breakfast, B knocks on A's door and tells him to turn it down, there's a small argument and B returns to his breakfast and A turns his music up. So B grabs the biggest knife in the kitchen, kicks in A's door and stabs him through his left shoulder, entering by his collar bone. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>A runs out of his room, across the landing, down the stairs, out the front door, back inside, back up the stairs and collapses on the landing. When I got there it was like a scene from a movie, walls and ceilings, everywhere A had been were caked with blood. Apparently after B stabbed him, he returned to cooking his breakfast. There was a half eaten breakfast in the kitchen when I got there. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l48wk3/people_who_make_their_living_out_of_cleaning/gko05sb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Paymaker</a></p>
"ride-alongs"
<p>Not a cleaner, but my brother's best friend is a police officer and I heard all about this horrible experience:</p><p>My brother's friend took him on "ride-alongs," all the time. One day, they were responding to a welfare check. This guy's neighbor saw his apartment door cracked open for several days and called the police. They went to check it out and found a college student (18-19) who had shot himself. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>The most disturbing part to my brother was that the kid had all of his belongings boxed up and labeled, he had letters written out and labeled for who they were supposed to go to, and he even went as far as laying out a tarp, and then putting heavy blankets over himself before he shot himself - as a courtesy to the people that would have to clean his remains.</p>
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<p>This wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision, this was a very well-thought-out suicide and the guy was obviously thinking about everyone who would have to deal with it too. So sad to imagine such a thoughtful person in so much pain that he meticulously orchestrated his suicide. My brother said the scene messed him up. Not because of the gore, but the lack thereof. Because this guy so meticulously and thoughtfully offed himself. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l48wk3/people_who_make_their_living_out_of_cleaning/gkofvk0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mistercolebert</a></p>
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Melt Away
<p>When I was a bartender, a couple of clients told me the worst part about the job is cleaning melted bodies.</p><p>I don't know the science behind that, but from what I understand is if a body stays for a while in a certain condition of temperature and humidity, it melts. And those guys have to remove that person's remains in buckets. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l48wk3/people_who_make_their_living_out_of_cleaning/gknsqfm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Kaynny</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Audrey
<p>I had a great uncle who helped clean up the bodies left behind by hurricane Audrey in 1957 and he said that the smell persisted in his nose for weeks after. It got so bad that he went to the doctor to see if they could do anything and they clipped all of his nose hairs and the smell went away. It was explained to him that the smell had soaked into the hair but I don't claim to know the validity of that statement.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>The hurricane hit south Louisiana in June of that year and most of the bodies recovered were found in the salt water marshes that cover the area, so it's safe to assume that they were in an advanced state of decay. I've heard it said that the smell of the decomposing bodies was so bad that the alligators would actively avoid the areas </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l48wk3/people_who_make_their_living_out_of_cleaning/gko55b2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">caleb_justcaleb</a></p>
Hazard
<p>One of my first jobs after moving I did this, and the job that had me walking wasn't even a scene as described. We did all types of hazmat cleans and the worst was actually a couple went on vacation and came back to backed up sceptic. Think about 1 ft thick hard dried out crusty sceptic waste spread throughout the entire 1st floor of a house. Not going further into detail here. Was nasty.</p><p>Septic, not sceptic. On break and mobile, so yeah... </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l48wk3/people_who_make_their_living_out_of_cleaning/gknvzn8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Kamenovski</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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After the Crash...
<p>Working for a tow truck driver that get the calls after crashes. The worst one for me was a family of 6 coming back with over 10 pizzas for a baseball team. It was a head on with a tractor trailer (18 wheeler). The ambulance took the bodies away of course, everyone died but one little guy. There was so much blood and vomit, diapers, toy dolls covered in blood, the pizza was everywhere inside of the car like 2" thick on everything and all over the road. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>There was so many backpacks and things just covered in pizza blood, It is hard to even describe it to this day. it was oozing out all over the road and was like an exploded pizza pocket. Everyone that was waiting in the traffic jam looked horrified. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l48wk3/people_who_make_their_living_out_of_cleaning/gknyt6m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">homestead1111</a></p>
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Fresh Meat
<p>Friend of mine does this.</p><p>His worst was an elderly woman who died in a bath. Skin falls off like long cooked meat. So he just saw piles of skin/flesh</p><p>God just writing this makes me gag. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/l48wk3/people_who_make_their_living_out_of_cleaning/gknwqwu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PlagueDoc22</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><strong><em>If you or someone you know is struggling, you can contact </em></strong><strong><em>the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>To find help outside the United States, the International Association for Suicide Prevention has resources available at </em></strong><strong><a href="https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/</a></strong></p>
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People Who Were Friends With Someone Who Became A Murderer Describe What They Were Like Beforehand
January 25 | 2021
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Every one of us harbors evil and malicious intent. It is completely normal to have dark thoughts. The difference between the everyday person and a psycho is intent and lacking empathy. It's frightening to realize that someone you may have spent a significant amount of time with could take a life with cruelty, but it happens more often than we want to realize.
When I was 18 I used to play in a weekly game of pool, I was awful, still am. My friends would sneak me into this bar/club in Ft. Lauderdale that was 21 and up. We met an enormous amount of fascinating people.
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<p>One couple in particular (let's call them Jack and Dave) always stuck out. They were hilarious, great pool players and genuinely in love. One night "Dave" and I had a heart to heart about him and "Jack". He wanted to get more serious but wasn't sure "Jack" was on board. I forget the drunken advice I gave and the rest of the conversation, that's what stuck out. I remember them leaving together with grand smiles, hugs, and the $200 pot from their winnings. I also remember thinking... they're so good together, hope it works out.</p><p>It didn't; two days later Jack's body was found under a pile of unfolded laundry by his roommate. He had been stabbed over ten times and his eyes gauged out. And there was a manhunt on for Dave. Dave, the guy I had two days prior listened to about love, cheered with about relationships and admired in his pool game proficiency. You just never know.</p><p><em>***ADULTS ONLY. TRIGGER WARNING. RATED R MATERIAL***</em></p><p>Redditor<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> u/dishnotaman</a> wanted to hear from people who have known evil before it blossomed into tragedy by asking.... <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">People who were friends with someone who later became a murderer, what where they like?</a></p>
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In the Room
<p>Not friends but I worked at a charity with two hilarious guys. A year or so after I left, one killed the other with a car bomb. It feels so unreal, like it was complete fiction. Can't believe I was in a room with them both on multiple occasions. I live in Northern Ireland and it appears that the motive involved some lingering sectarian/paramilitary tensions. That stuff has been quiet for most of my lifetime but there are still wounds.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjh359j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aichon08087</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Normal
<p>He was completely normal from as far as we could tell, just a regular high school kid. Played soccer, was in the advanced classes, kind of quiet but a nice kid.</p><p>Then one weekend he and another kid went and murdered a couple of professors with the intent of stealing their money and absconding to somewhere in South America I believe. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>They got picked up at a truck stop a few states away a couple days later.</p><p>Anyway, we didn't see him anymore and he's in prison for a few more years. Complete waste because he could have had a productive, good life. Don't kill people, kids. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjgre1k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sarcasm_hurts</a></p>
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Rodman
<p>I knew a girl that let her boyfriend into her family's home and he killed her sister and brother that were around 10 years old, her brother who was 15, her father, and stabbed the crap out of her mother.</p><p>She's in prison for life. She was quiet. I didn't know her as well as I did her other siblings. Her boyfriend didn't attack her older sisters. We had always thought that the sister who was a year older than her was going to be the psycho. Her sister had anger issues. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>We used to call her Rodman because she would get kicked out of games all the time because she'd freaking lose it.</p><p>Anyway, she let her boyfriend into the house, he killed a bunch of her family, why? Because her dad didn't let them date. She was a senior in high school. They only had to wait a couple more months and she could have just left. Such a waste. So much stupidity. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhhvu8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hovz1105</a></p>
A Normal Dude
<p>A normal dude. Somebody tried to rob him during a drug deal and he did what he felt he needed to do. Got 10 years for it and was released not long ago. From what I can recall, he was set up. Some neutral guy acted as the buyer, and when he went to make the deal. A few guys he had fought with in the past showed up trying to rob him but had no weapons, they just outnumbered him. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>He took offense and began shooting at them. Again, if I recall correctly, it wasn't self defense because he had a chance to leave the situation and shooting wasn't his only option. This was all about 12 to 13 years ago so I might be omitting or mis-remembering some details. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjgmo5r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OrdainedFury</a></p>
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The Roommate
<p>I was childhood friends with a guy who beat his roommate to death with a bat. He was a regular middle class kid who got good grades etc. The roommate's dog was not fixed and was having her period all over the house and the roommate wouldn't clean it up or go to the vet. He just snapped one day and started beating the guy as he slept on the couch. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhhobe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">QualitySeycoTimepiec</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Hostages
<p>Not friends, but I grew up with a guy (neighbor) who held his dad hostage for hours and then killed both of them. he was a couple years older, so i didn't know him too well, but my brother was closer in age. Said he was quite nice, really quite funny, but obviously doesn't say much. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjglyx7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lizzyolivia</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Creeps
<p>My boyfriend and his old roommate were friends with this guy who seriously gave me the creeps. He would always try to hit on me, even though it was my boyfriend's house, and was really awkward. One night after a party my boyfriend and I were asleep when I heard his door open. It was the creepy guy. I shook my boyfriend awake and he asked what the guy was doing. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>He said, "Oh, uh, I just wanted to say goodbye." After that I refused to go over if I knew he would be there. They eventually lost touch, then a few years later we read in the news that he had shot and killed two police officers, then killed himself. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhau7h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ktc653</a></p>
ISIS
<p>I had a chem lab partner in college in the midwest, 2013 or 2014, he was a very nice guy, very smart too. We were both into the walking dead, so we talked about that frequently. Then one day I saw the news, as well as a campus wide email, and it turned out that he had just been arrested at the airport for trying to flee and join ISIS. So ya, he may not have been a murderer, but I think eventual terrorist fits here. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhefre?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">taintedthrowaway91</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Fisherman
<p>Perfectly normal kid. We went fishing and hiking together, and attended the same church. Lost touch after high school. In his thirties he murdered the boyfriend of his ex-wife. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjh6lqu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">p38-lightning</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Augustus
<p>So I was friends with Augustus. He was on the quiet side but was into MMA and UFC stuff and I remember driving him to a few amateur fights when he lived at my home. I've known people that I didn't like and even feared but knew they were the kind of people you would want on your side if crap hit the fan, Augustus was that but I never felt I had anything to fear from him. He was a 'gentle giant.' Well he moved away and I hadn't heard from him in several years when another mutual friend told me about the trouble he found himself in. You can read about it here: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/montana-man-pleads-guilty-double-murder-putting-bodies-acid-n948196" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/montana-man-pleads-guilty-double-murder-putting-bodies-acid-n948196</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I do not know any of the other persons involved in the story whatsoever, but I strongly suspect that Augustus was likely manipulated into his involvement. He would not describe him as bright, and I absolutely could understand him acting in violence if someone convinced him. That part isn't elaborated on in the news story but as I know several of his family members and mutual friends its what I've been able to piece together over the years since this occurred. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kyjb6z/people_who_were_friends_with_someone_who_later/gjhguvi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Doxsis</a></p>
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Look back far enough in your ancestry, and you're liable to find something dark.
<p>But for some Redditors who posted in a recent thread, the dark secrets didn't require much digging to find. In fact, the perpetrators--or victims, as some of the stories showed--are still alive today, complete with sealed lips and awkward family gatherings. </p><p>Bloodshed, adultery, and societal shunning were common themes ringing through many of the secrets shared under the cover of internet anonymity. </p><p>A look at some of the best posts may leave you feeling like sensational movies and novels aren't actually so far off from how this stuff really goes down. </p><p>Al-Anka asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What is your darkest family secret?"</a></p>
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A Key Detail Comes to Light
<p>"My grandfather was killed in a bar when my father was still a toddler. The official story was that he was murdered over a pinball game (back then pinball was pretty serious, I guess)."</p><p>"It wasn't until recently my grandmother confessed, on her death bed, that my grandfather actually killed someone and buried the body, days before his own demise. So he was actually killed in retaliation for a murder that he committed."</p><p>"My grandmother kept this secret for almost 65 years."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimqqep?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">itsovermyhead</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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For One Person, An Impossible Secret to Keep
<p>"It's me. My dad never told his family I existed. I was shameful, maybe he was more ashamed."</p><p>"After he died they found out about me and kindly asked me not to come to the funeral. I get why he never told them."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gims2ms?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ninetiesluddite</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Nepotism With an Extra Red Flag
<p>"My dad gave a job to a cousin. I remember as a kid that this cousin I'd never heard of just suddenly popped up out of nowhere without explanation but I was a kid so didn't really think of it, but everyone made a big deal out of how great it was for my dad to give him a job."</p><p>"I found out 20 years later that the cousin had been in prison for having a relationship with a student."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gim6cuq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dj_baberahamlincoln</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Some Stones Are Better Left Un-Turned
<p>"A year or two after her adoptive mother died, my mom went looking for information about her birth parents, and found that her birth mom and her husband had been gruesomely murdered by a drug cartel."</p><p>"There was an article about their murder in Rolling Stone magazine that had gory pictures of their bodies."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimq0r3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">hemulaformis</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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She Lived to Tell
<p>"My cousin, once removed (my parent's cousin) was kidnapped and tortured by a serial killer. She was (after many days) dropped off near a running path with her neck slit."</p><p>"She lived (unlike the other 3) and she could lead the police to his home. He is still in prison."</p><p>"As a child I heard whispering of it and didn't find out the whole truth until I was older."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimgrpq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">instrangestofplaces</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Capitalizing On Your Resources
<p>"I had an uncle who moved far away, worked in a boiler room at a huge casino, decades ago. He was always sketchy, and he had way more money than a simple boiler room employee ought to have had."</p><p>"Rumours that the boiler room was a really useful thing for the mob, due to boilers doubling as incinerators for certain purposes. Hence the money. Many unanswered questions there."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gim3dwm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">UtopiaForest</a></p>Sounds Like Classic 1930s Stuff
<p>"My great grandfather shot and killed a man in his grocery store back in the 30s over a poker game."</p><p>"He ran a speak easy out of the back of his store and lost almost $2k so as the guy was walking out the front after the store closed he shot him and got away with it by telling the police the man robbed him."</p><p>"It wasn't until he was on his death bed he told my grandfather what had happened."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gim6d0x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CowMajorAU</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Based On True Events
<p>"In the film Driving Miss Daisy, when the chauffeur (played by Morgan Freeman) is driving Miss Daisy to worship service, they get stuck in a traffic jam. He gets out to see what the hold-up is."</p><p>"When he gets back in, he says 'you won't be going to service today, somebody done bombed the temple.' (Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple, Atlanta, 1958)."</p><p>"She says 'What - who would do such a thing?'"</p><p>"My uncle, that's who."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gim6d0x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Igotthesilver</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Cool as Cucumbers
<p>"Father won the lottery and we've been pretending to be poor so our family doesn't try to ask for money." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimuz2l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">holyydiver32</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Safest bet. Family turn at even the chance of running someone else into the ground for money. Your father is a clever man" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gin34bs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Pudgeysaurus</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"That's a solid strategy especially with family who believe that NO is a suggestion and not a statement." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gin7zon?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Goinghame</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
An Unfortunate Thing To Fear
<p>"One family member killed another by leaving a bag of poisoned donuts on the front steps. We are now 'hesitant' about accepting donuts." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimnqjc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">grouchycyborg</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Where do you live with such frivolous donut dispersion?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimwijj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Sigg3net</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I'm just imaging your whole family being sceptical about ever being offered a donut and it has made me chuckle. Sorry for your loss tho." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gin006d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MonsterMunch86</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Murder often seems to inhabit only Hollywood movies and the local news. Surely it could never impact your life, right?
<p>Unfortunately, for all those murders we hear about in the new, there is a whole network of people affected. </p><p>There are family members forced to endure the tragic loss of a loved one. Good friends lose someone they could always trust. The murderer's life is changed radically if he's caught and imprisoned. </p><p>And beyond those close ties, there are the witnesses. These few people, though not necessarily directly connected to the people involved, still may endure the trauma of seeing the act. </p><p>TempestYGO asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"Redditors who witnessed a murder, what is your story?"</a></p>
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A Lot to Carry
<p>"When I was 10 my uncle murdered my mom's boyfriend at our house. It wasn't in the house but he chased him through our house and killed him outside in front of the house."</p><p>"It really destroyed a part of our family as well as relationship between my mom and grandmother. It was 30 years ago and I am only one alive besides my uncle that was there that night."</p><p>"I wanted to thank everyone for the kind words and the questions. Kinda therapeutic to talk about."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghvmvgk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">madjervin</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Seeing the Very End
<p>"I didn't actually witness the murder-suicide but I saw the direct aftermath seconds later. I was 6 years old at my babysitter's house after school."</p><p>"The husband came home drunk and demanded he speak with her in the back yard. A little bit afterwards their dog is freaking out demanding it come inside. I went out back and the dog lead me to them."</p><p>"The husband shot my babysitter and then himself. She was gone but he still had labored breathing before dying in front of me. It's still one of my most vivid memories 21 years later."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghvulgc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Nailclippings</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Rough Carpool Day
<p>"This was when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, so late 80's. My friend's mom had picked us up from school in her station wagon and I was in the way-back."</p><p>"There were probably 6 or 7 of us kids in the car and we were stopped at a traffic light across from a homeless shelter, about to get onto the interstate."</p><p>"This guy is walking down the street with an armful of chewing tobacco and drops a pack. A homeless guy leaning up against the wall picked it up."</p><p>"There was an angry exchange in which the guy refused to give back the tobacco so the other guy kicked him and stomped him to death on the sidewalk."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghvhfkx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">neocondiment</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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An Image That Stuck With Them
<p>"A drunk man was pushed down some stairs by the bouncer. Unfortunately, the drunk man was unable to catch himself and instead spun around and landed on the pavement with the back of his head making first contact."</p><p>"He was alive for a little while but quickly succumbed to his wound and arrested on there on the pavement. He was declared dead 15 minutes later in ED after being transported by ambulance."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>"There was no CCTV or clear evidence of malicious intent that would hold up in court, and the man was known as a drunk and a had no friends or family. It was ruled and accidental death."</p><p>"I had to walk past that spot most days going to work and will never forget his face, the look of mystified horror followed by the glassy-eyed slack-jawed expression that come with death."</p><p>"I was the medic that transported the man. I was by his side from start till the declaration. One of the most visceral experiences of my career thus far."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghve19y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Majestic-Grim</a></p>
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Shockwaves
<p>"Was walking home one day and saw a couple arguing.. The dude started walking off away from the girlfriends car, and apparently she was not happy with that."</p><p>"She proceeded to get in the car and wait about 5 minutes till he was way off down the sidewalk. I was walking on the opposite side of the road as him and all of a sudden I see a blur and he goes flying like a rocket."</p><p><br>"She must have been going at least 60 mph. He flew through the air and hit a tree. died instantly. The women then screamed out the window at his body and drives away"</p><p>"There was blood smeared all over the crumpled hood and I'll never forget the sight of his contorted body at the base of the tree. Almost folded in half."</p><p>"I had to talk to the police and within the hour they caught her at a car wash, trying to clean the blood and chunks off the hood and grill of her car."</p><p>"I was 16 at the time."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghvk4lb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">happyhungarian12</a></p>
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Jealous Rage
<p>"Saw my neighbor murdered in cold blood in my own driveway. My neighbor was helping his lady friend escape a very abusive relationship."</p><p>"Ladies ex hunted her down like a dog. Saw my neighbor walking back home with her after they went to get food for his kids. Heard 3 loud pops. I ran outside to find her screaming and him blown out of his shoes and into my driveway."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>"He had a hole in his chest big enough to put my fist in. There was nothing I could do to save him except sit with him and hold his hand while I prayed for him to pass quickly. I'll never forget that night."</p><p>"48 hours later I broke the lease on my house and moved in with my boyfriend who lives in a much safer borough. You were an awesome neighbor and a wonderful father, Kaine. You're certainly missed."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghvskwo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">esprockerchick</a></p>
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Melee Weapon
<p>"I was around 8-9 years old and we were in a vacation in a vacation village. While we were doing checkout with my family (my father was a the desk while we were waiting at the lobby couches), an argument broke out between 2 guys who were at the lobby bar."</p><p>"I actually don't know what it was about, because it was in another language. One of the guys grabbed a bottle smashed it and attacked the other one, hit him in the neck. That guy fell on the floor, and there were blood all over the place."</p><p>"My mother closed my eyes after that, and took us out while other people get involved. Years later I've learned that guy lost his life."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghv9vs0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Watchtheuniverseburn</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Sure Thing
<p>"In the parking lot of a strip mall in Washington state a guy walked into a jewelry store and did an armed robbery. Plainclothes security guard waited until the robber exited and shot the robber in the back."</p><p>"I was in a car and I didn't hear the shot but I did see him fall and some shoppers gathering around his body. We drove by slowly to see if help was needed."</p><p>"When I saw how fast the pool of blood was spreading I pretty much knew he would not survive."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghve67i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Nachos_of_Nurgle</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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So Young
<p>"When I was 6 my family went to see Sesame Street on ice downtown. When we were leaving a little girl my age was struck by a van and drug across the parking lot. I remember the mother jumping on the windshield screaming at the driver while the van was still moving."</p><p>"My mom was a nurse and was helping until the ambulance arrived but she was already dead. I can still remember the screams and lifeless body of that little girl. This was over 30 years ago."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghvaetf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PITCHFORK_MAGNET</a></p>Another Young Girl
<p>"Worked at a skating rink in the late 80's/early 90's. I was in my late teens. It was Sunday Soul Night session. Very crowded. About 600 that night."</p><p>"As we were trying to clear the parking lot after closing, gunfire erupted between 2 gangs. Everybody hit the deck while the shootout happened."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>"A 12 yo girl panicked while coming from inside and started running. She ran into the crossfire and took one to the head about 6 feet away from me. Killed instantly."</p><p>"<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35042768/2nd-skatehaven-murders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Here</a> is the article about the rink itself being a magnet for problems. I've seen people die in combat since but being a little girl is what haunts me about that one."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kp5qip/serious_redditors_who_witnessed_a_murder_what_is/ghvd0hw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">giantvoice</a></p>
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Invasion
<p>5 years ago. There was an attempted home invasion at my house when I was 18. I was Downstairs watching top gear when I hear somebody trying to break in the door. My father (military type, very protective) confronted the guy and the guy turned around and shot my dad in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun. My dad was able to fire off a couple shots afterward killing him. But my father already was on the ground dead. This is a very short version. First time writing this out. Still surreal to think about.</p><p>Turned out the guy was a felon with 6 butcher knives down his pants. Presumingly trying to find some reason to hurt someone.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/batmanbadass69/" target="_blank">batmanbadass69</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Black box
<p><br>I was in terminal two in Barcelona Airport the morning of March 24, 2015. There were only three flights leaving the terminal, and we were all delayed due to fog. 150 people boarded Germanwings flight 9525, 30 minutes before we boarded our flight. Although I didn't see it happen, we were the last people to see them alive. The first officer crashed the plane into the French Alps, killing himself and murdering the other 149 people on board. It will haunt me for the rest of my life.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TASpillthetea/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TASpillthetea</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Bloody Bonfire
<p><span>Happened while hanging out at my bestie's house. For context I'd like to explain that: 1)her house faced the side of a popular bar in our town, 2)that particular night her husband was pretty buzzed and had the fire pit out front blazing, and 3)they had taken in my guinea pigs in addition to theirs when I moved to a place that wouldn't allow them.</span></p><p>So my bf at the time and I at one point go to the basement to give out treats to the piggies. Through the open side door we could hear some commotion going on outside. Didn't think much of it at first, until I realize that my inebriated could possibly be involved. Bf and I run out the side door to find the husband nowhere in sight, and the commotion is coming from two guys across the street from the bar and one guy in the parking lot arguing. We go back into the basement where we found the husband (he had went inside to grab a beer and then came down the basement steps to gather more cardboard to burn while the fire pit was going) and the three of us begin to chat.</p><p></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>Fast forward a few minutes and we all hear 'pop pop pop pop pop'. For a split second we all just look at each other wide-eyed knowing those pops were unquestionably gunshots. The three of us run out the side door again just in time to see one of the guys from across the street is now in the bar parking lot, and the other guy involved in the argument shoots him five more times. The victim goes down and the shooter stood over him and shot him three more times before taking off running up my bestie's street.</p><p>Probably the worst part was that the victim's mom was inside the bar. Her cries were so heartbreaking to hear. Later learned that the victim lived across the street from the bar and his two young children ended up seeing their dad bleed out through the window. The killer was found within the hour and stated the argument was over $20 and a woman they were both trying to date. He was charged with first-degree murder and 13 counts of wanton endangerment.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ImAF-ingLady/" target="_blank">ImAF-ingLady</a></p>
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Close call
<p><br>I was standing at a crosswalk. The guy next to me started walking. It was pre-dawn, and without looking so did I.</p><p>The guy behind me grabbed my collar and yanked me back to the sidewalk.</p><p>I spun around pissed off. The guy in front of me got hit by a car speeding through the intersection.</p><p>I freaked out and called 911, but the guy died before the ambulance got there. The guy that pulled me back was gone.</p><p>White guy, sunglasses. Tan coat. Guy that got hit was fit as hell, wearing a grey wind-breaker.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Smurf_Berries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Smurf_Berries</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Better angels
<p><br>The same thing happened to my grandma: she was running errands in town and was standing on a corner waiting to cross. Traffic cleared a bit and she wasn't really paying attention, so she started to walk across the street. She felt a strong hand grab her shoulder and pull her back to the curb - just as a bus came careening by. She turned around to thank whoever it was, but there was no one there. She claimed it was an angel till the day she died.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mill2524/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mill2524</a><span></span></p><p><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Death is always just one breath away. That's a harsh reality none of us like to discuss but it doesn't alter the truth of it. Hopefully when our time comes it's peaceful, and it would be nice if those left behind aren't forever traumatized. I have an obsessive fear of death, therefore I can't even look at dead bodies on SVU. I so admire doctors, nurses and all the people who wrangle with the dead everyday. They have stomachs and nerves of steel. But they are trained to have that temperament. Civilians on the street are often not equipped to just stumble upon the dead like a Michael Myers movie.
Redditor u/jm4b wanted to know who has made a few discoveries they could wish they hadn't by asking.... Anyone ever found a body? What's that like?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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<p>Found my dad dead (heart attack) one morning as a 7 year old. :( Then when I was 8 I found my grandfather dead (fell, hit his head, into tub full of water) one morning. Honestly it didn't really bother me until I was in my 20s and my (twin) brother was murdered. Then I went through some severe PTSD or anxiety-type symptoms which I later found out was anticipatory grief (my mother is still alive, perfectly healthy, but I was SOOO worried that she would drop dead one day and I'd find her. She had a stroke like the day after getting the news about my brother). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdxyz21?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Reddit</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I was at the shooting range once (my first time actually) and an older gentleman shot himself in the stall closest to the door. Everyone had to walk right past his body to evacuate. Gruesome. It looks more disturbing in real life than the movies and everything moved more slowly once I saw it. I was just getting comfortable with my weapon when they called a cease fire and I stood there wondering what had happened. Suddenly it was calls of "everybody get out! Now! Go! Go!" </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Pretty terrifying when you can't initially see what's on either side of you because of the lane barriers and you're wondering what the hell happened so bad we're evacuating, then just really sad to realize what happened. There was a kid there about 10 years old with his dad and brother. Hate it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdy4wv9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">N8n8r</a></p>
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<p>My dad passed away when I was 16 from a heart attack. No one could find him that morning, and since we were visiting his gf in Cali (we're from Canada) we knew he didn't just go off to run errands or anything, especially since the truck was still there. So we wondered for a while. I was watching tv in the converted garage when I heard her scream because she found him in the downstairs bathroom that wasn't used too much.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I get anxiety now if my mom isn't out of bed before I am, especially since I am not a morning person and she is. So I know how that is. If she's still in bed I get this sudden paranoid feeling that maybe she's dead, even though I know it's unlikely.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdyn9da?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Erzsabet</a></p>
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<p>I worked at a retirement home for about a year, more specific at the dementia part of the house and we had one man who every day was worried sick for his wife (who has been dead for 8 years). On his birthday both of his daughters showed up and talked and showed slot of pictures, he didn't remember his daughters but he recognized his wife. Tears of joy he watched pictures and and told story's. The morning after when I went to wake him up he was dead. He had a big smile on his face and it was somehow very very beautiful. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdyt8gu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nougatmums</a><span></span></p>5-
<p>One night I was out walking my dog along a country road where a ditch accompanied the road either side, as I was walking my dog started going mad trying to tug away from his lead to this ditch so I wanted to see what it was, it ended up being a corpse so I called the cops they found out that a gang murder happened in a city about 40 miles away and one of the members thought a small village would be a great place to put it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdxlq5j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Silver_fox69</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>A full family (father mother + 2 kids) dead in an upside-down car on a dark road. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdy4q6m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">karimoo97</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>My grandad was a few months shy of 90 and still lived by himself. He was pretty spry. My mom called him every morning. One day he didn't answer so she called me to go over and check on him. They lived about 40 minutes away and I lived about 5 minutes away. I let myself in and found him in his easy chair holding his phone. He was cold. My dad showed up in about 20 mins and we both cried. </p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
<p>I called the police and they came in, checked it out and did us a favor of calling the funeral home we asked. My dad said he was talking with him about 9pm the night before and said he was sounding groggy, so he said goodnight, and grandad must have rested and passed. He was a great guy. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdykjub?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gitarzan</a></p>
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<p>Went to check on my uncle because he'd not been heard from. I knew before I got the front door open that he was dead by the smell. He was in his recliner. Drank himself to an early grave. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdxychz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">avalanchefan95</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I used to work at this sports bar so it wasn't uncommon for people to leave their car in parking lot for a day or two. After having a couple days off I come into work and this car that was there a day before my weekend started is still parked in the same spot. I tell me boss about it and go check it out, as I get close to the car the smell hits me like a truck. Some guy dead in his car during a heatwave in the middle of summer. </p><p>I call the cops and tell my boss. When the police arrived I was asked to make a statement, while I was doing this the paramedics showed up to remove the body. They got this bloated rotten corpse halfway out of the vehicle when it just fell apart , splattering on the pavement. I'll never forget that freaking smell.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdy05fz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MarshalJamesRaynor</a></p>
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<p>Our town's baseball fields for little league is in front of a small fence row of woods with an interstate on the other side. One hot day in July (like 90 F all week) everyone at the game started smelling something awful. A couple of the dads and coaches went to go look and there was a dead guy on the interstate side of the fence row. I guess a trucker broke down and was walking for help and died of heat stroke. I was playing baseball and never actually saw but still a crazy day. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k2wro0/anyone_ever_found_a_body_whats_that_like/gdy3jyv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nlbf-Supreme</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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