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and viewers like you. Last week, we talked about
Barbara Baekeland, remember, and how she had relations with her son. It was interesting. And I love you guys, I love
reading the comment section. This is a side note. I love reading the comments section because sometimes you
guys point out things that I didn't even think about 'cause I'm so sometimes
focused on telling the story, I'm not really thinking of anything else. So a lot of you guys
were pointing out that, remember the great-grandfather
invented plastic and at the end of the story,
the great-grandson, yeah, he puts a plastic bag over
his head and kills himself. And a handful of you guys pointed out, isn't it weird that the great-grandfather technically killed his great-grandson? And I was like. ♪ It's like rain on your wedding day ♪ That's what I thought I was
like, that made me laugh. It's not funny, but I still
kind of laughed at it. I'm sorry. Anyhoo, for today's story, I
was reading my comment section, as one does, and Sammy Aguilar, she said, "Bailey, can you please look
into the Pazuzu Algarad," okay, I'm gonna look up
how to say his last name 'cause I forgot to do that,
"Algarad case, please?" And I haven't heard of Pazuzu, so I was like, okay, let's Google that. And woo, woo, it's a story. Now, they did recently, I think it's Vice, they actually did like a
little docuseries on it. So if you have heard this story, sorry. I didn't know about it. And I'm sure if I didn't know about it, maybe a handful of you out there don't know about it as well. So let's jump into it. But first, disclaimer. Warning, the following presentation is intended for mature audiences. It contains graphic
descriptions of crime scenes, adult dialog, and strong language. Viewer discretion is advised. Oh, also I'm going to lightly talk about some things like animal
cruelty, cannibalism, Satan, very lightly not going into
any graphic details about it, but just a little heads-up all right? Okay. I will shut up now. Viewer discretion is advised. This one is kind of nutso. Never heard of this guy. And it's scary to think that there's people out there like this. (Bailey sighs) John Lawson was born August 12th, 1978, in San Francisco, baby. His parents, Cynthia
Lawson and Timothy Lawson, they had married in 1971, and then they ended up
moving to North Carolina, and then they ended up
getting divorced in 1990. Cynthia and her son, John, they continued to live in
Clemens in North Carolina. (light cracks) (Bailey splutters) Jesus, I'm sorry for that. It's just every time I
try to film something, just the lights, like crack or something. It's very weird. (sighs) Anyways, so Cynthia and her son, John, they had lived in Clemens
in North Carolina, and the ex-husband, he
moved back to California. He was like, "Fuck this, I'm out." In 1998, Cynthia, the mother, she remarried to a Tennessee native, and his name was Johnny Larry James. Johnny James. That's a great name. They all lived together in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Now for John, the main dude
that we're talking about here, his childhood is confusing
because of a couple things. He constantly told different stories as far as his upbringing goes. He was all over the place. He seemed to be like a little
bit of a liar, a fibber, and he would constantly make things up to just impress everyone around him. So for example, John here, he
claimed that he was from Iraq, and then he also claimed
that his father was a priest. He claimed that his real father died. He claimed that he lived
in different states. It was just, he was all over the place. Based off of what Cynthia,
his mother says, we do know, well, she would say that John was known to be more an emotional child, and he would march to the
beat of a different drum. Now, Cynthia would go on to
say that John would practice harming animals during his childhood, and he also would experiment
with drugs and alcohol. Now this did worry Cynthia,
and we all know this, well, in the true crime
community I feel like, usually if a child is
participating in harming animals, that's never a good sign, ever. And this worried Cynthia, so she actually wanted to get him help. She was like, this kid is
killing animals. He needs help. So she did the right thing, she took him to see a psychiatrist and make sure that John
would get some help. And John was diagnosed as agoraphobic, and the definition of that is somebody who has an irrational fear of entering open or crowded places, somebody who doesn't
like to leave their home. And he was also diagnosed
as a schizophrenic and had manic depression. And this was at a young age. So Cynthia, his mother, John's mother, she did take him to see a therapist and make sure that he
got some kind of help. But here's the problem. She had to take him out of
getting professional help because she couldn't afford it anymore. It was becoming way too expensive. So unfortunately, this is
where America sucks, you know? Couldn't afford it anymore. So then John over here decided
to drop out of high school and then legally change his name. And he changed it to Pazuzu Illah Algarad. And when he got this new name, he was now a devoted
satanist and drug dealer. Now, Pazuzu is the name
of the king of demons in ancient Mesopotamian mythology. Also, is heavily featured in pop culture, most prominently in "The
Exorcist," remember? Side note. I also forgot to mention this. Now, Pazuzu claimed to be a satanist. Selective outrage happens here. And if you are a practicing satanist, as long as you're not harming anybody, do whatever makes you happy, you know? Do what makes you happy. Now, this story doesn't mean
all satanists are like this. This story doesn't reflect
this religion as a whole. And in almost every video, it seems like a religion is
mentioned because people belong to whichever church of
their choosing, right? But never am I trying to paint the picture of what this religion is. I believe that there are some really nice satanists out there, and I'm sure they mean no harm and they just mind their own business and do their own thing. Do you understand what I'm saying? Back to the story. Pazuzu over here, he liked being scary. He liked making others feel uncomfortable. He was well-known for being
different and off-putting, and he would brag a lot about
his counter-culture practices like sacrificing animals. He claimed that he had the
power of weather control. He's like, "Yeah, bitch, I
can make it snow, watch." Pazuzu over here, he was like, "I need to just really amp up this character that I'm creating." He filed his teeth down to look different and like super sharp. So he filed his teeth to look sharp. And he used a Dremel to do so. Also, Pazuzu decided to
get his tongue split. I don't know if he did it himself or he got it done professionally, but regardless he split his tongue and then he got some pretty sick-ass tatties on his face, bro. Of course Pazuzu over here was one of those idiots who
idolized Charles Manson, my least favorite people on the planet. He just really looked up
to Charles and how Charles was able to gain a
following and was idolized. And he liked the fact that Charles was able to get people
to do bad things for him so his hands weren't dirty. This is when I will mention
again, get better idols. Charles Manson was a loser, sorry. Come from me. Now Pazuzu over here was like, (snaps fingers) "Idea, I
should start a new religion. Something that's never
been like done before. I'm gonna mix Lucifericism (splutters). Lucifa (laughs) I'm gonna mix Luciferianism
and Islam together and create something new." Now it really had nothing to do with the ideals of these two religions. He just wanted to use some
to scare the community. He knew people feared
satanism, Luciferianism, because the devil and people
are afraid of the devil. So he was like, "Okay,
I'm gonna take that." And then he chose the Islam religion because this was now in 2002, and 9/11 had just happened the year prior. At that time, unfortunately,
there was a lot of fear about terrorists and stuff like that. So he purposely picked these two religions that people feared the
most, and he's like, "I'm just gonna make my own
religion out of these two." Pazuzu. Pazuzu was really like
on a downward spiral, and he was unable to financially
seek any sort of help for what was going on in
his (tongue clicks) noggin because he was really suffering and struggling with schizophrenia,
his manic depression. And he was just not
taking care of himself. It's sad. So he's like, "Okay,
well, I need followers. I need people to come to my
new church and support me." So he began to surround himself
with people of lower class. He would refer to them as
the misfits and the outcasts. And these people were very
vulnerable due to their status. A lot of them weren't working, a lot of them were addicted to drugs, a lot of people were doing meth or heroin. He felt like they were easy
to control because for one, he could invite them into his home, let them do drugs and stuff, and of course they're
gonna keep coming back because it was like a
place for all of them to hang out and do drugs. People were really attracted to Pazuzu and how rebellious he was, and the fact that he was very defiant and he seemed like very dangerous. He was unpredictable. I can't believe he changed
his name to Pazuzu. Who does that? People were constantly
coming and going in the home. Oh, also, Cynthia and her new husband, they had moved out at some point and like still owned the house,
but Pazuzu was living there. Cynthia, the mother, would come and go and just check up on him
to see how he's doing. But for the most part,
Cynthia wasn't there. It was mainly Pazuzu's house. I feel ridiculous saying Pazuzu. Now, a lot of people in the community would find him from word of mouth. Friends would call other
friends and they'd be like, "Hey yeah, this dude is cool. He like drinks blood and shit. Come check out this place with me." And that's how they would
constantly get new people. One of Pazuzu's friends
or followers said, quote, "We just hung out and
chilled around and whatnot. Maybe did a little bit of
heroin every now and again, just a crazy shit-ton of drinking, cut ourselves and each other, maybe drink the blood
of a bird or whatever. Just all around having a good
time. There were no rules. You could piss in his
carpet, you could smash a TV, you could hit somebody in the
head with the beer bottle. It just didn't matter," end quote. So, a lot of people thought and knew that Pazuzu was like a compulsive liar, and that he was just trying to keep up with this scary image he had. Like, he would claim
that he killed people, he ate their bodies,
and that he burned them or buried them in the backyard. But people didn't really
think anything of it. They just thought he was lying. But also you have to remember a lot of these people were on drugs. You're probably not in the right headspace to be taking any of those
seriously, you know? The story was just always changing. He was always killing
people and eating them and everybody was just kind of like, okay. Now, what exactly the religion
entailed, I'm not sure. Like, I couldn't really find clarification because I don't really
think there was much, like an outline to this religion. But I do know that people
would come over to the house and they would participate
in animal sacrifice. You shouldn't do that. Over time Pazuzu gained a pretty good amount of lady followers, and he would call the lady
followers his fiancees. And he dated or slept
with almost all of them. He would sleep with anyone he could. I mean, these women
would like idolize him, so of course he's gonna take
advantage of that and get off. Pazuzu just really liked all this attention he was getting and the fact that he was the boss and he like ran shit around here. People were listening to him. He was in charge. He was weird, and he was an outcast, and he claimed that he liked
being weird and an outcast, but at the end of the day,
I think people in general, this is a complete opinion, but I think people in general,
they like being acknowledged. They like being liked. They want it, they want that. And they want a sense
of community as well. So when I think he found like his tribe, he was just milking it. And the fact that he
would say things like, "I ate a person and I burned
them in the backyard," And then he would get a reaction like, "Oh my God, whoa, I could never
do that," inflating his ego. And then he was sleeping
with a bunch of chicks. Yeah, you know his ego was out of control. (Bailey sighs) Pazuzu claimed that he
only bathed once a year and that he never brushed his teeth. Inside of the home where they practiced their drug taking and animal sacrifices, he was also known to keep piles of feces in the corner of his house
rather than use the bathroom. Or if they had to go pee or something, they would just go in
the corner of his house, like inside of the house. So the house probably smelled real nice. So Pazuzu was just not
taking care of himself and his followers did the same thing. They didn't need to shower, they had the power of
Satan to cleanse them. This is also just an opinion
'cause I'm not even sure, but I bet you a million bucks they probably just didn't have
money to pay the water bill. So they were like, "Yeah, we're just going to
pee in the house, yeah." But really they didn't have water. I would put money on that. But I can not confirm or deny that. But I couldn't imagine what
that house smelled like. Actually, I don't wanna know. I don't. I don't wanna know that. Now, when new people would
come to Pazuzu's home, their first comment would be like, "Oh my god, what is that smell? It smells like death in here." And Pazuzu would be like, "Yeah, it's the dead
bodies in the basement." Now, Cynthia, Pazuzu's mother,
she would go by the home and check on him to see
how he's doing, you know? 'Cause it is her son
and she knows mentally, he's just not in a good place. And it's her home, so she's
going by to check on it and see like how he's doing. So in May, 2010, Cynthia goes by the home, they get into some kind of argument, and then Pazuzu comes
up and he strangles her to the point where she knocks out. So Cynthia calls the police
and then the police come and they arrest Pazuzu and
then they asked Cynthia, like, "Do you want to
press charges" or whatever, and she's like, "No, I
don't wanna press charges." I mean, she feels guilty. It's her son. So she decides not to press charges. Now, the home that Pazuzu was
in where he was practicing and had everyone come over, it was wall to wall covered in nonsense. Whether it be just posters
of like satanic symbols, there would be drawings all over the walls with like Sharpies of just nonsense. There looked to be smears of, when they sacrificed an animal, like they would smear
the blood on the walls. In this group, they would cut themselves. They would take that and
smear it on the walls. They had their own little decor. So in 2011, Pazuzu actually
ends up getting arrested in the connection of the shooting
death of Joseph Chandler. Joseph was found dead by the Yadkin River. This is where Pazuzu allegedly indulged in black magic rituals
and animal sacrifices. Pazuzu would say if there's a full moon, that's the night that they would kill. So the night that Joseph
was shot and killed, it was a full moon, he was
minding his own business, apparently he was just
trying to light a cigarette. Like he was outside and he was
trying to light a cigarette, and before he could
light it, he got shocked. Pazuzu was also with like his friend and one of his followers, and his friend is the
one who shot the gun. Pazuzu was just there, allegedly. So his friend that was with
him, his name is Nicholas. And he actually was convicted
of involuntary manslaughter while Pazuzu was charged
with accessory after the fact of involuntary manslaughter. Now, Pazuzu was convicted in 2011 and sentenced to just probation. And the other dude was locked up. Here's the kicker. Pazuzu, when he was arrested, he was taken and given a
psychiatric evaluation. Now, this psychiatric evaluation was accidentally released to the media. How it was accidentally released, I don't know, but it was
so they put out there all of this information
about Pazuzu to the public. It shows this long list
of mental illnesses that Pazuzu was struggling with. In these notes, it described
how Pazuzu, when he came in, he smelled like poop and
claimed to not bathe in a year. And I'm laughing because
they used the word poop, and for some reason that made me laugh because I am a 10-year-old
boy and I don't know why. Also, it showed that he had
serious issues or struggles with drug and alcohol abuse, talked about how Pazuzu
had killed many animals. He drank animal blood, he
drank other people's blood. Like his followers, they
would cut themselves and he would drink their blood. Went on to describe how
he choked his mother and he wanted to kill people. It showed the community,
it showed the media, that Pazuzu really should have been kept. People were really terrified of this guy. But for some reason he
got a slap on the wrist and five years probation for this murder that he was a part of. When people find this out,
they're just outraged. I think anybody would, because what the hell was that all about? Like why, why? Why? Now, sadly out here in America, if you're watching from a
different country, hey, what's up, we have a really shitty healthcare system. We don't really have
psychiatric hospitals at all. We have jail, and that's where a lot of these people end up, sadly. And a lot of them don't belong there. They are mentally ill and
they need help for that. And I do believe that in this case, like he really should have been placed in a psychiatric hospital
or something, right? But there really isn't an option for that. For some odd reason, jail
wasn't an option either. So of course, once all this shit goes down and they look back at Pazuzu
story and they see this, where they have the
opportunity to lock him up, it pisses a lot of people off. Now, enter into the scene Josh Wetzler. So according to Josh's ex-girlfriend, he was known to be a hippie and he loved The Grateful Dead. He loved attending music festivals. And him and his previous
girlfriend, her name is Stacy, I'm sorry, her name's Stacy, they also had a son together,
but Josh also seemed to head down a bit of a downward spiral. He started doing drugs daily, which then led to him
receiving a felony drug charge. And he didn't really seem
to be doing all too great. One day, Josh just went missing, gone, vanished, poof, Kalamazoo, gone. The last time he was seen
was by Stacy in July of 2009. I don't know how I feel about this one, but I'm not judging, I can't judge. Stacy, his former girlfriend,
reported him missing six months after he
didn't contact the family. Yes, you heard that right,
kitty cats. Six months. So when I first read that, I was like, but I can't judge because
I don't know their lives. And Stacy claimed that
it was kind of normal for him to just like up and leave one day and go on a road trip and just
disappear for a few months. So she really didn't think anything of it, and that's why she waited six months. But when Josh didn't contact
anyone for Christmas, that's when the red flag
went up and she was like, "Okay, something's wrong, because he would never miss a holiday." Pazuzu to me just sounds like a dessert. Oh that's pizooki, oh. Anyhoo, so Stacy became
even more concerned when she heard a rumor that Pazuzu had killed Josh and buried
him in the backyard. People were talking, these
followers of Pazuzu were saying, "Oh, he killed a guy." And this got back to Stacy, 'cause I mean, it's a small town. So people, people are talking. Stacy goes straight to
the police and she's like, "There's rumors going
around that Pazuzu person, he's in your files, killed Josh and buried him in the backyard. Can you do something about that?" Then we have another missing
person named Tommy Welch. Now, Tommy was known
to love working on cars and building car stereos. And he had no known issues
with drugs or alcohol. And it's kind of sad, but like,
that's really all the info I could find on Tommy, sorry, Tommy. But Tommy's family had plans to meet to have like a movie night. Tommy had been at his brother's house previously that same day. And then when he didn't
return from movie night, this was extremely unlike Tommy and it made his family
instantly grow concerned. And then they reported him missing pretty quickly October of 2009. So what do these two people
have to do with Pazuzu? Well, one night Pazuzu just decided to abduct Josh for
seemingly no reason in 2009. It was gonna be done as
some kind of sacrifice. Josh was then kept in the
basement of Pazuzu's house for a few days, where he
was starved, nobody fed him, nobody really paid attention to him. He was chained. Now, after a few days, poor Josh was shot six times by a shotgun, and Pazuzu was the one who shot him. Pazuzu and his fiancees,
remember, the women followers, they then took Josh and
dismembered his body and they buried Josh in the backyard. Then a few months later, they
needed another sacrifice, so Pazuzu and a few of his
followers abducted Tommy, and the same thing, they
kept them in the basement, they starved him, and then they shot him. They dismembered Tommy's body and then they buried him in the backyard. This upset a lot of people
for a couple reasons because Pazuzu was constantly bragging that he killed people and
buried them in his backyard. And he also told people, "Oh it's the dead body in
my basement," remember? So he was telling the truth, but nobody took him
seriously, which is like. So, when they find out it's
all true, it's like, shit. So, one of his followers actually had like a moment of clarity. He was like, "I need to tell the police." Pazuzu was getting out of control, he wanted to kill more people, and he was becoming a lot more aggressive towards his followers as well. So this guy who was one
of the followers was like, "Okay, I'm gonna go to police
and I'm gonna speak up." So this follower goes to the police and the police go to
search Pazuzu's house, or at least his property. And the police said like
the smell of the place was absolutely disgusting,
but they found nothing. So they left. Now, over time, more and more tips came in to police about Pazuzu. Sadly, of course, like in
almost all of these stories, police ignored these tips. They really didn't take them seriously. Pazuzu's own mother, Cynthia,
tried to inform police stating that many people told her her son had killed people and
buried them in the backyard. Finally, on October 5th, 2014, nine, 10, 11, five years later, police obtained a second search warrant and decided to do another search and looked into the backyard. So police go to Pazuzu's home and they searched the backyard. Finally, police discovered
the skeletal remains of Josh and Tommy Welch. So Pazuzu and two of his fiancees, Amber Nicole Burch and Krystal Matlock, were arrested in
connection to the murders. April, 2015, Pazuzu's house was demolished because it was unlivable and disgusting. The neighbors were happy
because the home was an eyesore, and you know, neighbors care so much about their property value going down because of an eyesore
home, so they were excited that it was being
demolished and taken down. Pazuzu's home would only be deemed livable after $78,000 worth of repairs and removal of mold that
was growing in the home. A report that was filed by the county Housing and Community
Development department describes the house as
containing broken glass, sharp instruments, hundreds of flies. There were a shit-ton
of decayed animal parts, animal cages with carcasses. The report also noted dried blood that was like on the walls, wall art. Because it was Cynthia's home, they gave her a 30-day deadline, and then if she didn't pay that, the house was gonna be
demolished, so which it was. It ended up being demolished. Why Cynthia wasn't responsible
for anything, I'm not sure. I think she truly had no
idea what was going on, but I also I don't, hmm. Pazuzu ended up committing suicide on October 25th, 2015, before his trial, leaving his victims' families with many questions and no answers. Really rude. So, many believed that Pazuzu killed a lot more than just those two people. There was a woman that
lived with him for a month and she was also one of his fiancees. And she said that Pazuzu
claimed to have killed, burned, and buried the
bodies of two prostitutes, or sex workers I should say, sorry. Unfortunately, because
Pazuzu did take his own life, nobody truly knows what was going on, why he was doing those things, what exactly was going on? Like, nobody really knows. And nobody also knows I don't,
I'm not trying to laugh, but like, I don't know why I'm laughing. But nobody also knows why
were those two men targeted? Like why them? That's the story about Pazuzu. One of my biggest fears is just a killer who kills at random. You know, a lot of killers, they tend to kill people close to them, kill people that they know, but this dude seemed to just
kind of pick some random people and that stuff is scary. What can you look out for? I don't know. And the worst part of all, and what makes people really mad, is that all of this
could have been prevented if simply they would have
arrested and kept Pazuzu in jail for the first murder that he committed. I keep telling myself every Monday video, I wanna leave with like something, what can we learn from this
and like protect ourselves? Or what can we learn to
look out for and stuff? And obviously some of these
stories I'm like, I don't know. Don't do drugs, please. Be careful. I don't know, I don't know. I need your help on this one, you guys. I would love to hear
your thoughts down below. What do you think about Pazuzu? Thank you so much for
hanging out with me today. Please, please, please be safe out there. Make good choices. Also a big thank you to Audible for partnering with me on today's video. Please leave me, oh, wait. (Bailey laughs) Next week, we're beginning
some Octoberness, and I got something spooky, ooky, dooky, that I'm working on. I hope you're ready for October. Have a good day, make good choices, and I'll see you guys later. Bye. Kalama-fucking-zoo, bitch.
