Carl H: The Most Hated Man on Reddit

[Music] three hundred and thirty million that is the amount of active users on internet juggernaut reddit most people who are familiar with this site know that it's a place where you can find answers to topics or like-minded people on practically anything from trying to figure out a song from an old movie to the latest updates on political news it's also a good place to go when you're trying to learn something or at least get tips on increasing your knowledge about it need help on a computer issue fixing your credit score figuring out that noise your car is making there are communities and threads that will cover all of that and so much more every day the site is host for millions of people getting assistance like this strangers helping strangers for nothing at all in return there is the occasional award you can get but overall there is no monetary gain you will receive yet this doesn't dissuade people from continuing to make a positive reputation for themselves one such individual was at one point one of these helpful people a man who was praised by thousands of people who had a nearly flawless stance on the site and was even given a redditor of the day and suddenly it stopped what followed was not only disgusting and vile but cemented the fact that you truly do not know a person when it comes to the only interaction with them being through a computer screen this is the story of how a man who was seemingly helpful and friendly on the outside hit a sinister and dark lifestyle behind closed doors this is the story of coral Harold [Music] [Music] on September 25th 2009 a community on reddit would be created and it would be called our slash Carl H programming it was a place where a man going by the handle Carl H would teach anyone programming from beginner level all the way to advanced lessons if you don't know much or anything at all about programming let me be the first to tell you from experience that it is not an easy thing to learn and for those of you who do know how to I truly do envy you being that it is not a particularly easy subject having the opportunity to learn these things from an expert for free seems to be like a win-win to most people and that is exactly what Carl's community was directed at even saying it in his pages bio an archive for the series of free programming classes taught by Carl Herold designed for beginners on up over time Carl's audience and reputation increased being known as a genuinely nice guy who was both informative and passionate about teaching and programming he was even eventually named redditor of the day on July 26 2012 all of that changed in November of 2013 things on Carl's page seemed to go silent there were other redditors out there commenting on prior post and all seemed normal for the time yet after days had turned into a week and still nobody had heard from the man himself some people began to wonder if something was going on his youtube channel was as well silent and it seemed he was an active on any social media people chalked it up to him being busy with his personal things or possibly he's sick or maybe he just wanted to take a couple weeks off from life none of those were the case however and for the people who lived in the Alabama area they were the first to hear the truth and the truth sent a shock wave that would devastate the community you information tonight in the case of a man charged with producing and distributing child pornography WHNT news 19 s daniela parolin joins us now live in Huntsville with those details Daniella police Carl Philip Harold was arrested on several charges of child or several child pornography related charges just last month initially law enforcement officials were tight-lipped about what those charges entails but tonight court documents are showing what led to those charges three charges equally disturbing Carl Philip Harold has been charged with production of pornography with a minor production and display of child pornography and permitting a child to engage in pornography court documents show Harold is accused of knowingly producing recording and photographing images of a nine-year-old boy according to documents the video recorded the child as he was being sodomized and sexually tortured further charges accuse Harold of publicly sharing the videos and images of the sexual abuse carl harold was arrested for multiple counts of producing and distributing child pornography he was as well responsible for holding a child captive for eight months with no outside interaction nor school link who he depicted in his child pornography and the child that was held captive was Carl's own son naturally when the news broke on this it quickly made its way to Reddit since multiple news sources and law enforcement flocked to his page to investigate and redditors were absolutely shocked at first many thought they had the wrong person as there would be no way it could be the same some flat-out refused to believe a man this helpful and kind would be responsible for these heinous actions yet as much as people didn't want to believe it was still nonetheless true and when people on the site started realizing and ultimately accepting that this was in fact the same Carl Harold it quickly led to an internet crucifixion [Music] which he deserved his reputation ruined and facing multiple counts of child endangerment torture and a slew of other file charges once he was arrested it was quickly learned that he had a partner by the name of Charles at Dunivant who was as well charged with the same crimes as he was fully taking part in these atrocious acts as well both Harold and Dunivant were originally placed on a one hundred and fifty thousand dollar bond but that quickly went up to 1 million dollars due to the nature of their crimes and how they were deemed a threat to society Harold denied the allegations against him and during several hearings he was stated as being positive and in high spirits that he would win his case how he felt this way I have no idea because from what I have read about the evidence against him it was extremely overwhelming for a conviction it was learned that the abuse began in August of 2011 and the reason he was discovered was due to the pictures of his son being found online which the FBI saw and contacted Huntsville Alabama law enforcement in the investigation from this led to his arrest faced with 18 counts in multiple states the entire court proceedings were just getting started when in November of 2014 while in the middle of an extradition to New York Carl Harold was found hanged in his jail cell Carl Harold was dead with his death the case against him stalled and only cemented his guilt in the eyes of most of the public charles was eventually sentenced to a total of 56 years in prison and even though many think he should have received the death penalty knowing that he will spend the rest of his life if he even makes it that far in prison was solace to son knowing these evil men would never be able to harm another child there was a third man who was arrested for his involvement name mark bedwell yet I couldn't find anything on him in terms of court cases the only information I could find was that he didn't live in the u.s. I couldn't find much information on Carl son and honestly I'm thankful for that the child has been through things that nobody should ever have to experience and I think it would be best for him and his well-being to simply be left alone from all of this hopefully he has received treatment for the mental and physical abuse he suffered and that he is on the road to improving his life and leaving his dark past just there in the past there was an instance though where reddit didn't seem to be done with Carl Harold or perhaps it was the other way around in late 2018 a post was made on Reddit where the poster claimed to be coral and that he faked his death and honestly it's [ __ ] I don't even want to entertain the idea that this monster could potentially be alive and giving in to that whole idea just fuel speculation and stirs a pot and there is no need to just just [ __ ] it what you could take away from all of this is that you truly can never know a person online they may seem genuine nice and even friendly they maybe boost your ego fill you with hope and even maybe help you learn a new skill but once they step away from their computer and enter back into their real persona they could very well be someone you'd never want to meet beyond a computer screen [Music] I know that this story was not particularly a happy one but to sum the outcome may have had a happy ending so I guess you're welcome but hey if you like this content if you like my video if you like my voice if you liked the thumbnail maybe consider subscribing it lets me know that you actually enjoy this content which is good for both of us because I enjoy covering things like this so if you did enjoy it be sure to check back in about two weeks from now I'm going to start to get onto a schedule where I'm releasing a video every other Wednesday so I will hopefully see you in two weeks stay safe out there friends goodnight [Music] [Music] [Music]

Channel: Cadaber

Views: 3,626,876

Keywords: Carl Herold, Reddit, Police, Arrest, Crime, Evil, Search, Carl, Herold, Dark, CarlH, Twisted

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Length: 11min 40sec (700 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 25 2020