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and this is Slapped Ham. Today we're looking at some Facebook posts with really scary backstories. But as always, before we dive in, remember to hit that subscribe button for more awesome, creepy
content, just like this. On September first, 2016,
Charlie Carver's Facebook page announced that he had just gotten married to his girlfriend, Kala Brown. While this may seem
like a sweet and joyful social media announcement,
for friends it was the first in a series of Facebook posts
with scary backstories . The day before the couple was supposed to meet a friend for dinner. Neither of them showed
up at the restaurant. Worried, the friend
asked family and friends if they had heard from
the pair, but no one had. They tried calling both
phones but they were shut off. The most disturbing piece
of evidence that was found was the couple's dog. He was locked up alone in the
house with no food or water. According to her friends,
Brown loved the dog dearly and would never abandon him. The next day the mysterious
Facebook posts began. Friends and family were
particularly confused because Carver rarely used Facebook. The post about getting
married was the first of many. Suddenly, the page began to
be filled with news stories about the missing couple
and disturbing memes. Many people tried commenting on the posts trying to get answers, but whoever was posting refused to answer. Carver's mother noted
that her son never shared dark memes like the ones
appearing on the Facebook page. She also stated that the photos
of the couple being posted were not new. They were all at least a year old. Brown's Facebook on the other
hand showed no activity. The last post from the
account was on August 27, four days before she and
her boyfriend went missing. On November third, Brown
was finally discovered by authorities chained to a
wall inside a storage container. The couple had been taken hostage by serial killer, Todd
Kohlhepp, after they went to clean his residence
in rural South Carolina. Carver was found dead of multiple
gunshots on the property, Kala Brown managed to survive the ordeal and went on to testify in court. Kohlhepp was sentenced to seven
consecutive life sentences, after being convicted of
seven counts of murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of criminal sexual assault. Facebook is a common
place to share reports of people who've gone missing. Social media allows you
to reach a wide audience and increase the chances of
finding the missing person. However, the next time you see a post about a missing teen or child, be wary. You may be looking at a Facebook post with a scary backstory. It's called the 48-Hour Challenge. To participate in the game, players, typically teens and children are required to go missing for two days. While in hiding, the teens and children keep track of how many
times their disappearances are mentioned on Facebook. Each time their name comes
up, they get one point. It's a disturbing popularity
contest meant to determine exactly how much you would be missed if you actually did disappear. However, this is far from
being a harmless prank. The parents of children and
teens who decide to participate in the 48-Hour Challenge
are understandably frantic when their children go missing. Parents are also concerned
about where the participants are going when they fake
their own disappearances. There are a lot of places
where it could be unsafe for a young person, and this challenge encourages
them to go out alone. This leads many to be
suspicious about the origins of the controversial challenge. As with many bizarre internet fads, no one is exactly sure how or why the 48-Hour Challenge started. Yet many have begun to hypothesize that it was the brainchild
of child predators, looking to create easy
targets for themselves. So far, there haven't been
any reports of a young person taking the challenge and
then vanishing for real. However, there are thousands of open cases of children who have gone
missing without explanation. Who's to say that their disappearances didn't start out as an innocent attempt to take the 48-Hour Challenge? In May of 2018, a man named Lewis Arthur took to Facebook with a shocking claim. It was the first in a
series of Facebook posts with scary backstories that
would disrupt the quiet life in his Arizona neighborhood for months. In the viral Facebook post,
Arthur claimed that he had discovered the lair of a
local human trafficking ring while searching the area
for homeless veterans. He later updated his story to add that he had done some digging
in the soil near the bunker, and had found a human skull. The story quickly spread, outraging many local
activists and citizens. However, when investigators
were dispatched to the scene, they quickly determined
that Arthur's story had been completely fabricated. They found no indication that anyone had ever been held against their will, instead they stated that
it had clearly been a camp for homeless people at one point. This didn't stop Arthur. With his newfound fame,
he managed to convince dozens of people from around the world to fly to Arizona to help
him dig up more evidence so he could put a stop to the
criminals that he believed were still targeting
local women and children. The volunteers began
camping near the bunker so that they could work around the clock, much to the displeasure of the neighbors. They publicized their
efforts on Facebook as #operationbackyardbrawl. The volunteers located several more bones, all of which were sent
to local forensics labs. All of the samples were
determined to be animal bones. Arthur and his followers however, took to Facebook to insist that the police were covering up the truth. Many who chose not to join
Arthur in digging through the dirt around the bunker
still supported his cause. He received thousands
of dollars in donations. A later investigation
was unable to determine exactly where the money went,
providing a possible motive for Arthur's viral conspiracy theory. In 2017 a man named Frank
Ramirez went on Facebook to post a video from the
hotel room he was staying in. The video ended up going viral, quickly becoming one of the
most popular Facebook posts with scary backstories. In the video, Ramirez
states that he was lounging alone in his hotel room watching TV, when various items in the room began falling off of
surfaces all on their own. He states that before he began recording, the handset of the room's phone
fell off the hook by itself. And then a cup fell to the floor. Ramirez began recording, hoping to catch any further
poltergeist activity on tape. He wasn't disappointed. Ramirez was quickly interrupted
by the phone handset being launched from the cradle yet again. He panned down to show that the phone wasn't even plugged in, ruling out the possibility
of an electrical surge. The close up of the phone
also fails to reveal any strings that Ramirez could have used to fake the movement. Ramirez then began talking to the entity, asking it to move
something else in the room as proof of its existence. After a few seconds, a towel
on the bathroom counter was pulled to the floor. He then asked for the entities name. An answer came back, by
way of the phone handset being knocked all the way to the floor. He continued to speak to the entity, asking what it wanted. The phantom responded by
knocking more items to the floor. Ramirez opened the door to the room, imploring the entity to leave. It apparently listened, as
Ramirez's further requests for signs of its presence went unanswered. The video amassed millions
of views on Facebook, and the comments section
was rife with controversy. Viewers of the post argued
over the video's validity, some insisted that it
had a be a cheesy prank, set up by someone desperate
for Facebook attention. Others, who claimed to have
inspected the video closely, insisted that it was the real deal. Before we get to that number one spot, take a look at a truly
mysterious murder case that started on Facebook. Remember to hit that subscribe button and turn on channel notifications. That way you'll be completely up to date with all our latest videos. Many friends, family members,
acquaintances and neighbors regularly visited the shared Facebook page of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a mother and daughter from Missouri. Little did they know,
they were actually looking at some of the most
disturbing Facebook posts with scary backstories
that the social media site had ever seen. According to the Facebook page, Gypsy Rose had been
terribly ill all her life. She apparently suffered
from leukemia, asthma, muscular dystrophy and brain damage that limited her to the
mental capacity of a child. The community rallied
around the sick child and her devoted mother. Dee Dee and Gypsy were
regularly the focuses of Facebook fundraisers, aimed at providing funds for Gypsy's care. One day, when Gypsy was a teenager, a post popped up on the
shared Facebook page that made the community believe that harm had befallen the two of them. Authorities were quickly
dispatched to the family's home, where Dee Dee was found dead. Gypsy Rose was nowhere to be found. Soon after, Gypsy's
secret Facebook accounts, discovered by investigators, revealed the answers to
some of the cases mysteries. Authorities began to piece together a truly disturbing history. As it turns out, Gypsy's
ailments were fake. Dee Dee had concocted
them to make her daughter dependent on her and to
defraud her community of money through charity fundraisers. Gypsy eventually realized that her mother had been lying to her
and the rest of the town. Authorities also discovered that Gypsy was older than they first thought. She was actually an adult
when her mother was killed. Authorities quickly figured out who was responsible for Dee Dee's death. The secret Facebook accounts revealed that Gypsy had an online boyfriend, and that the pair had
plotted to kill Dee Dee so Gypsy could escape
her mother's control. Eventually the two were located and arrested for Dee Dee's murder. If you want more scary
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