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"Oh shit, this is ah" Warning: The following presentation
is intended for mature audiences. It contains graphic descriptions
of crime scenes, sexual assault, adult dialogue, strong language,
there’s sexual fetishes. Oh my gosh the list is long, just lots of sexual discussion
that some might find disturbing. Viewer Discretion is advised. Oh this story is interesting for sure. I need to sit up straight, okay. Sharon Lopatka was the oldest of four
daughters, and she was born in 1961. The family lived in Baltimore, Maryland and they all would attend Baltimore’s largest
orthodox Jewish synagogue while growing up. In high school Sharon played volleyball, field hockey, and was said to have many friends,
or just normal amount of friends in high school. Her senior and junior year she was a nurse's aide, she was a teachers aide, library aide, she also sang in the school's chorus. And one classmate would say that Sharon
was just as "normal as you can really get", okay. Not much is really said about her
relationship with her parents, but I'm assuming, and this is a personal opinion,
but I’m thinking that they're probably strict. Just because of their reaction at the end. So again, we don’t know, we don’t know. Sharon got married in 1991,
to a man named Victor, and he worked as a construction worker, and Sharon thought he was just
very handsome, she fell in love, you know, you know how it goes. But Victor was catholic, and because of this,
Sharon’s family just did not approve. It was said that they felt
embarrassed or ashamed that their daughter would
marry someone of a different faith, so they ended up cutting ties with her,
pretty much completely. So they family cut her off,
but Sharon said that it was like her way of
breaking away from the family. So Sharon and her husband, Victor, they end up moving to Hampstead, Maryland, and they stay in like
a cul-de-sac little area. (slight laughs) Little area. And they have like a small
ranch-style tract home. I was kinda reading what seemed
to be almost two different stories. It was like, some of the neighbors would say that
Sharon and Victor both kept to themselves, and they didn’t really mingle
too much with the neighbors. But then also reading another article it said,
like some neighbors were friends of theirs, and they were lively, and bubbly, and so nice. So. (laughs) I guess it doesn’t matter, 'cause I mean luckily
this story has nothing to do with neighbors so. But I was just trying to paint the scene. Any who, so 1995. Victor and Sharon are living together, you know? They're married, doing married people things. And then during the day, Victor would
take off, and he would go to work, and Sharon, she would be at home,
and she's kinda looking for some extra income. And Sharon would enter the World Wide Web. Oh yes. Do you remember AOL had those
like discs, those CD's everywhere? What was that about? But yes, that. AOL, Sharon was on it. And she was putting it to use. To bring in some extra income, Sharon, she started a website with a friend, called
"Dion's Secret of Home Decorating Guide". And Sharon and her friend, they had
a huge interest in home décor, and they thought "Hey what if we like
put this in a book and made a book", which they did. And people could purchase the book online,
but they also went around to their community, and sell it to like the church
women and stuff like that. I like home decor, so cool, I’m into it. So that was one of the things that
Sharon would operate, was that website, but she also operated several other websites. One of them was psychic
readings and spiritual advice. I don’t know if Sharon was psychic
or had spiritual advice, but sure, she was doing it. She also had an adult chat line,
where people could call in like a 1-900 number, and pay a higher rate to chat with her. Do you remember those? Adult sex lines or whatever? The party lines and stuff like that? Are those still around? Sharon also ran AD’s for different companies and I mean-- Yeah, she kept herself busy online,
is essentially what I’m getting at, and trying to find ways to make some income. I’m not fully sure if her husband,
Victor, like knew what she was doing, the sex lines and stuff like that,
but she was doing it. Doing it. Sharon wasn’t just using the
World Wide Web for work, nay nay. She would also spend a lot of her time chatting it up in different sex chat rooms,
and browsing pornographic websites. Which is fine, you’re allowed to do that. She soon would kinda venture into
the more unconventional sex sites, like necrophilia, bondage, and a
variety of different fetishes. Of course, like we all know now,
using a fake name, or building a fake identity
online is pretty damn easy, but then it allowed Sharon
to remain completely anonymous, and it gave her the freedom that she needed
to pursue her sexual fantasies. So Sharon had a variety of different names, or like identities she used on different websites. For example: She would tell people online that
she was a 5-foot-6, and a shapely 102 pounds. Or, I’m sorry, 121 pounds. Very specific. That’s kinda when I feel like you know someone’s lying, is when they say like "121 pounds", because most bitches if they’re 121 pounds,
they’re just gonna say they’re 120. You know? Anyways, it doesn’t matter. That’s who she wanted to be, good for her. And then the next day,
her new persona would be an aggressive 300-pound dominatrix,
who promised strict discipline. Then she would be "Nancy Carlson”, who would make any type of
sexual video of the customers choosing. Mhm. Anything, you know? Sharon would post on these sites saying: "I am 25, I have Blonde hair, green eyes" "And I'm 5'6, weigh 121 pounds." "Is anyone out there interested in buying ...
my worn ... panties ... or pantihose..????" "This is not a joke or a wacky internet
scam. I am very serious about this." "If you are serious too, you can e-mail me". Panties is just the grossest word ever. Panties. (disgusted groan) Another one of her posts said "Hi! My name is Nancy. I just made a
VHS video of actual women" "... willing and unwilling to be ... knocked out ... drugged... under hypnosis and chloroformed." "Never before has a film
like this ever been made" "that shows the real beauty
of the sleeping victim ...". There was never any evidence
that Sharon actually made these videos. So, we don’t really know,
but I think it was all talk. Lets hope, because that
last one is a little concerning. In November of 1996, Sharon was again
going on to her chat rooms, and posting about how she wanted
to be tortured to death. Now this was causing some alarm in chat room, because fellow bondage... Enthusiasts? Participants? The community. Some of the bondage community, there we go, felt like Sharon was crossing a line, and trying to explain to her,
'cause they were going back and forth, but they were trying to explain to her that
there’s a difference between fantasy and reality. And just really trying to explain to Sharon that you cant just come in to this chat room,
saying this wild stuff, that’s not what the community is all about. But Sharon, she was upset by this,
and she had written back “I want the real thing. I did not ask
for you preaching to me”. Now there were numerous
responses to Sharon’s post, and many people were offering to fulfill
her fantasy of being tortured to death, but eventually they would
stop talking to her altogether, because they realized that
she wasn’t roleplaying, Sharon was actually being serious,
she wanted someone to torture her to death, so they were just like "Okay I’m outta here". Eventually, as time went on
and Sharon kept posting, she would meet one man in a chat room, who was more than willing to
give Sharon exactly what she desired. (mimics Twilight Zone theme) Enter to the scene, Robert Glass. Robert Glass was a 45-year-old computer analyst, who worked for the Catawba County
Government in North Carolina. Robert was said to be more of
a quiet guy, he was more introverted, he kinda like stuck to himself,
mind his own business, you know. Robert would keep himself busy by work. He worked a lot, and at his job, he helped
program the tax rolls and voter system for the Catawba County, and worked
at his job for over 16 years. Robert was married for 14 years,
to his wife named Sheri, and they had three children together,
ranging from the ages of 10, down to six, they were actually very close in age. Sheri said in an interview that
Robert knew his computers, that computers in general were just his passion, but Robert would spend more time on the computer, or spending more time just focusing
all of his energy on his computer than he would on the marriage. Sheri said that he would spend
hours upon hours on the computer, and she had that gut feeling, like, you know, "What’s he really doing
on there? I’m gonna find out". And while Robert was away
at work, Sheri, she was like "I wanna see what he’s up to",
so she logs onto his computer, Sheri sees a bunch of emails that
Robert had saved onto his hard drive, like they were saved onto his hard drive,
not just emails that were sitting there, like he saved them all, he had a
huge collection of all these emails. So she’s going through, and she sees
that he was using, or posting emails, or posting on AOL using a pseudonym, either "Toyman" or "Slowhand"
is what he was going by. Sheri said that she just kinda
started reading these emails, and she was growing
more and more concerned, because the posts, the emails
were “raw, violent and disturbing”. Sheri said that when Robert
came home that evening, she, you know, asked him about, like "Hey...", and she said that when she asked,
“all of the color had drained out of his face", and that he really didn’t even have anything to say. Now the emails, I’m not sure
what they said, because I couldn’t find them. I really wanted to know,
but from my understanding, they were just very sexual, very graphic. Sheri said that after she confronted him
about it, he really had nothing to say. that moment she realized,
she had no idea like who he was, like he has this whole secret side that
she’s never seen before, and like who is he? Sheri said towards the end of their marriage, Robert just was not interested in her anymore, he wasn’t attracted to her, any time
she tried to show love and affection, he would push her away, or just turn her down, and he just told her one day that he
wasn’t attracted to her any longer, which... (laughs) That sucks. So Sheri knew it was over. So then in May of 1996,
Robert and Sheri separated, Sheri moved, and she took
her three kids with her, so Robert’s just living by himself now. So, in August of 1996, Robert and Sharon, they actually started chatting with each other, when they met, or crossed paths
in a fetish chat room. Robert was making posts about inflicting pain, and Sharon was there talking
about her desire to be tortured, which it sounds like a match made in heaven, right? Perfect! So Robert and Sharon started emailing each other. Sharon had asked Robert if he
would be the one to fulfill her fantasy, and how she wanted to be bound
and strangled as she climaxed. Robert would respond to her messages describing in great detail how he would fulfill her wish. Their emails and relationship
would continue for months. And after the fact, police would recover about 900 emails between the two of them. They were like writing a book. Again, I wish I could find some of the emails, but I really wasn’t having much luck,
it's really none of our business, but I’m a curious cat, and I just
wanted to know what it said. After months of talking, Robert and Sharon
decided to finally meet, right? They should meet. Months they’ve been communicating,
both wanting to fulfill their sexual desires. Let's meet. So on October 13th, 1996, Sharon told
her Husband, remember she’s married, she tells her husband, Victor,
that she's going to visit a friend in Georgia. So she takes off in her blue Honda, and she’s heading towards the
train depot in Baltimore, Maryland. Sharon boards the 9:15 a.m. train
to Charlotte, North Carolina, and she ends up arriving there at 8:45 p.m. That’s a long ass train ride. Robert's actually there at
the train station, waiting for her, and when she arrives he... I don’t know what he does. Flags her down, "Hey it's me". They end up getting together,
into his pickup truck, and they drive about 80 miles
to his home in Lenoir, North Carolina. Honestly an 80 mile drive from
the train station to his home, I would love to know like, what that
conversation looked like during the drive. I mean like, was it awkward? What they’d talk about? Were they comfortable? Was it weird? So Sharon would be there for about three days, and what happened in those three days, honestly, nobody really knows... And that’s the end of the story. I'm just kidding. But yeah, nobody really knows what
happened in those three days. So lets go back to Maryland really quick, and were gonna go stop by,
see what Victor's up to, because Victor is Sharon’s husband, so he’s becoming a little worried
because he hasn’t heard anything from Sharon. Okay? Not only that, he finds a letter. He finds a letter that was left by Sharon. In this letter it said that she was leaving him, and she would not be returning,
and told him not to go after her killer. That’s what it said in this letter,
not to go after her killer, which is like what the F are you talking about? "I thought you were visiting a friend in Georgia?". Sharon wrote “If my body is never retrieved,
don’t worry: know that I’m at peace”. Like oh, oh no. Oh no. So Victor then decides
"I’m gonna go look on her computer," "and see... I don’t know, maybe
there’s some answers or something?", so he does just that. He goes and he looks on
her computer, and guess what he sees? Well he sees some emails
from this dude named "Slowhand". He finds these emails,
they’re obviously a little concerning to him. About a week goes by, and with
no sign of Sharon at all, so then Victor goes, and he files a
missing person report on October 20th, and he also provided the emails to the investigators because there’s some clues there. So when investigators saw the emails,
they described them as being strange, because they described in great detail
how this person, Slowhand, was going to sexually torture the
missing person and ultimately kill her. So this police department actually had a
Computer Crime Unit, which is surprising in 1996, 'cause I don’t even think a lot of places had that, but this police department did, so great. Computer Crime Unit. Police at this time thought it was almost unbelievable that a woman would actually
hop on a train, to go get murdered, you know? Even though that’s what all the emails were saying. So they were able to track Robert down, and they kept surveillance on him,
beginning on October 22nd, in hopes to find some sign
that Sharon was still alive, but during their stakeout,
they saw no sign of Sharon. On October 25th, a search warrant was issued, and they waited until Robert went to work, and once he did, that’s when they
were gonna go inside the home. So Robert leaves, bye. "Okay lets go in", they go in. (laughs) Robert was living at that time,
in a turquoise trailer, and it was said to just be
an absolute disaster on the inside. There was trash everywhere, there was
like garbage bags everywhere, dirty dishes were just building up
in the sink and on the counters, and there was drug paraphernalia,
and thousands of computer disks. They were going through
all of Robert's belongings, and while doing so they were able to find some stuff that belonged to Sharon,
so they’re like "Okay". So they keep looking, finally they go outside. Oh shi-- Mayday! Okay, so while they’re looking
around the property outside, they see this little area, in the front,
it's about 75 feet from Robert’s front door. An officer spots what seems
to be newly turned dirt. Oh no. So it looks like something was buried. So what do they do? They start to dig. So they’re digging, in hopes... I don’t know. I’m sure that must be a really crappy feeling. About 2 ½ feet down, they hit
what seems to be, a knee. So once they find this in his yard,
that’s when the officers, they radio the other guys, who are watching Robert at work,
doing surveillance on him there, and they tell them, "Hey go ahead and arrest him," "because we found a knee!
We found a knee!", so they do just that. They go in, and they catch Robert as soon as he’s walking out of the men’s rest room, and they place him under arrest. It's said that when he was
placed under arrest, he didn’t say a word, he didn’t say a damn thing. I look scary. Good. Okay. So back at Robert's place, the police,
they actually remove boxes upon boxes, filled with thousands of
computer disks from his trailer, they also removed bondage equipment, a pistol, pornographic magazines "for research", cameras, video tapes and most of all Robert's computer. So while in custody, Robert was questioned. Oh my gosh, I just wanna be comfy, I really do. I hate this chair. Okay, so while in custody,
Robert was questioned, they’re like "Hey buddy, so, do you wanna
let us know like what happened?". Robert told investigators that for several days he and Sharon had acted out their
sexual fantasies in his trailer. He confessed that Sharon had willingly
allowed him to tie her up with a rope, and he also was using household items as... You know, like, to insert it into her body. (laughs) I’m not laughing at that, I just don’t know. I can't think of the word. Probe? But I feel like probe is for aliens. But most of all, and he kept
saying this, it was consensual, this is what she wanted,
she gave permission. Robert also admitted that
while they were having sex, he put a rope around her neck,
and while she climaxed, he pulled it tighter, tight as
he could, during intercourse, but again, Sharon had
allowed him to do this. But then Robert said that
he accidentally strangled her to death, while in the middle of their sex play. Robert said “I don’t know
how much I pulled the rope." "I never wanted to kill her,
but she ended up dead”. He also tried his best to explain to
officers that it was just a terrible accident. It's unclear though why he
buried her in the back yard, I couldn’t seem to find an answer there. I have a feeling that maybe
it was discussed beforehand, again there were over 900 emails,
maybe that’s what they had discussed, but I’m also not sure and that’s not a fact,
that’s just my opinion, I don’t really know. When Sharon’s body was dug up, her wrists
and ankles were bound with rope. She had scrapes on her chest and her neckline, and there was also still a rope around her neck. Sharon’s body was then sent to
North Carolina's chief medical examiner. (slight laugh) Sorry, it's not funny. But come on, his name is Dr. Butts. Yes, it's good, c'mon, that’s good. Great. Dr. Butts? Yes! Dr. Butts determined... (laughs) Oh my god, I’m like five years old. I’m sorry. Dr. Butts determined that the cause of death was consistent with strangulation. There were other tests done,
and it actually showed some inconclusive evidence of
sexual torture or mutilation. Which Dr. Butts believed that Sharon died three days after she arrived in North Carolina. Robert's attorney came back
and said that this autopsy report completely supports Robert's claim that
Sharon’s death was indeed an accident. His attorneys said “It is hard for me to believe the woman was tortured for three days" "if the medical examiner of North Carolina
couldn’t find any indication of that..." "It’s much easier to understand or picture
an accident occurring during sexual activity," "than it is to conjure up an image of this man
as a cold blooded, premeditated killer”. Police kinda seemed torn because
there was some that were saying that Sharon intended to meet Robert
specifically to be tortured and killed. But on the other hand, according to
police, the e-mails written by Robert were detailing how he was going to kill Sharon, actually proved further evidence that this death was instead, premeditated and not like an accident. They were torn. Police had confiscated all of like Robert’s
computers and everything, right? While they’re doing their research they come across... (sighs) A lot of child pornography,
ranging from photos to videos. So not only is Robert being
charged with first degree murder, he obviously now is being charged with
these added sexual exploitation charges. For good reason, he had child porn on his computer. Now I just have to say; just because
Robert is a shit person, who had child porn on his
computer, or killed Sharon, does not mean everyone
who participates in bondage, or the fetish sex play, the BDSM community,
is similar to, or associated in anyway to what happened here in this
story we are talking about. I hope that you are mature enough
to understand that and can separate the two, but this is also the internet,
and I know how it goes, there’s probably going to some people
in the comment section who are upset, but this has nothing to do
with the BDSM community, these two are just more extreme,
and we'll talk about it. But I just wanna make that clear before anybody thinks that I’m trying to
associate the two together. Do you understand what I’m saying? Thanks, 'cause I know you do. So once the media
got a hold of this story, they’re like "Wow, sex, drugs, bondage, like let's run it!". Some outlets were focusing more on the
dangers of meeting people from the internet, but then there were those stories focusing on Sharon and Robert's sexual fantasies
in a very negative light, and just trying to find anything
they could about Sharon that would prove, I guess, that she’s just
this like "weirdo, oh my god". It's 96' the media wasn’t very kind to anybody, especially women who did things differently. Sharon’s death though, it did create a lot of debates and internet discussions around this topic, some were blaming the
pornographic websites for her death, and many people were calling for
a censorship of the internet, to prevent similar deaths
and to protect the children. There were anti-censorship activists,
who argued that the Internet was a useful tool, allowing people to express
themselves more freely and to voice their ideas, thoughts, and views
in an open forum, often anonymously. During the trial there was a great debate. Should Robert, or maybe someone
in like a similar situation, be convicted of first degree
murder in the first place? I know what some of you are thinking,
"Yes of course Bailey, shut up". But ignore the child porn stuff,
which sounds awful. Ignore it for a second. But lets take a step back
and observe the situation. There was over 900 emails
between Sharon and Robert, going into great detail about how
she wanted him to torture her and kill her. And in many of those emails Sharon,
was giving Robert permission to do just that. And I know you may be thinking,
"This story Bailey just sounds so familiar" "Bailey haven’t you already
done this story already?". I see those comments all the time,
I’m like no, why would I do a story twice. Anyways... But this story is kinda familiar. Some of you may remember the video
I did on Armin Mevies, remember? The cannibal café? Is that ringing in a bell? Well if you are not familiar or
didn’t watch that video, it's fine. Armin did almost the same thing, he posted online
that he was looking for some sweet lovin’. Armin also posted online that he wanted
to kill someone and eat them, and Armin also found
someone online who agreed, and even gave permission
to Armin to do just that. I believe it was on video tape,
or it was in the emails-- No it was on video tape. It was on video tape. He got permission from his
victim to do that, to kill him, he wanted his skull to be
an ashtray, it was wild. So Armin, he eventually got charged, and he was sentenced to life in prison in 2006,
and I personally was a little torn. I mean yes, nobody should ever kill
another human being, I just feel like that’s not your call
to end someone’s life. But... If the victim gives permission,
it's like this weird grey area. And what I’m getting at, is this is
kind of a pretty similar situation. There was no itation
going on like in Armin’s story, but this is kinda the same thing. I mean, she was giving permission
over, and over, and over again, throughout the emails, so it's said. And it's like, well, is that
a first degree murder charge? I don’t-- I don’t know, it just really got me thinking. And that’s why I decided to do
this story in the first place, because it makes me think,
like what is the right outcome here? If someone didn’t have child porn on their
computer, you know what I’m saying? Anyways, but back to Robert. So his trial was focusing on that grey area. So the media is reporting
on this case and Sharon’s death. It leading to an increased interest
in understanding deviant sexual behaviors. Psychologist Richard von Krafft,
he first coined the terms sadist and masochist to describe behavior, in which sexual arousal was achieved through the
infliction or reception of pain. And psychologist Sigmund Freud, was the first to combine the two terms into sadomasochism, in an attempt to emphasize the mutual exchange
of the use of pain during sexual intercourse. A controversial form of deviant sexual play
practiced by some sadomasochists involve the use of; strangulation, erotic asphyxiation involved
intentionally WITH PERMISSION, is done by cutting off the air supply for you or your partner with choking, suffocating or other acts. People who are into this say it can heighten sexual arousal and make
orgasm more intense, to put it simply. But I do have to be responsible and say
that different types of breath play, as it's also referred to, pose different risks,
and may lead to serious injury like cardiac arrest, brain damage
from lack of oxygen, or even death. If any of this is peaking
your interest, please understand and educate yourself on the
potential dangers associated with it, and it’s a good idea to talk to a
professional sex therapist, or ask a professional sex therapist
before even attempting to do it yourself. And please keep in mind that many
experts actively encourage people to pretty much stay clear of trying this, because it can easily go from
fun sex to serious harm, or death. I’m sure there are going to be a lot of
people in the comment section, who will say other wise, but I also
have to be responsible, kitty cats. According to the American Psychiatric Association, about 250 deaths occur
each year in the United States involving strangulation, or chokeholds
during sexual activity. So in Sharon’s case, it was believed that
she went into the relationship with Robert with one apparent intention: to die. Some would say or suggest that Sharon,
in short, was a suicidal masochist. Masochism is pretty complex. According to the American Psychological Association, Some patients suffer through
harsh self-criticism, bodily harm, or even tormenting thoughts of death,
without actually killing themselves. And then some of these patients
ultimately may go on to die by suicide. The relationship between masochism
and suicide is complex, but yet it can be interconnected. Back to Robert. So Robert was facing-- Okay hold on. So Robert was facing
the first degree murder charges for the sexual strangulation death of Sharon. It actually ends up getting dropped down,
or just reduced to voluntary manslaughter. The case against Robert Glass
dragged on for over three years. So on January 27th, this is now the year 2000, Robert pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, as well as to six counts of second degree
sexual exploitation of a minor, that came from the pornographic material
that was found on his computer. Robert was sentenced 36 to 53 months in prison, for the manslaughter of Sharon, and 21 to 26 months for the
possession of child pornography. Meanwhile Rocky, from
last weeks upload, is on death row, even though he’s innocent man,
so K that makes sense. Robert was sent to Avery Mitchell Correctional Institution, in North Carolina, and get this... Karma or something, I don’t know but... On February 20th 2002, two weeks,
Robert was about to get out. So he’s sitting there, waiting,
he’s almost ready to be released, a free man. At 1:30 in the morning, on February 20th,
Robert had a heart attack and died. Now aint that some shit. Right? Honestly, I mean, it sounds mean but like, I’m not mad at it, 'cause he had a lot of
child porn on his computer, I mean... Have you ever known some people
that caught with child pornography, a lot of the times, they only have
to serve like, six months or something. It doesn’t make any goddamn
sense to me, it really doesn’t. That’s a whole 'nother story we can
talk about, because that stuff pisses me off, but whatever, anyways... So he dies. I don’t know if I like this lip you guys. Sadly, Sharon’s Parents, they had little to
say about their daughter, Sharon’s death, and even tried to say that
Sharon wasn’t their child because of how just “embarrassing”
the whole thing was. Like they didn’t wanna be associated with her, because the media and the press was just
running so hard on this whole BDSM thing. So like they just wanted nothing to do with it. The whole thing was just really sad. Robert's ex wife, Sheri, was shocked, because she had no idea of this
secret life Robert was living. I didn’t look into where like the kids are now, because they have nothing to do with it,
so leave them out of it. So that’s the story about Sharon. I mean, I think Sharon was
struggling with something much deeper, I personally don’t think it had
anything really to do with sex, and I’m not also trying to say anyone
who participates in the BDSM community has some problems or anything,
but based off of how they described her emails,
and how she wanted to-- I just think it was something a lot deeper. You know, rest in peace to Sharon. Whatever she was going through,
I do hope she is at peace now. Robert, meh. You know. This story peaked my interest because
it got me thinking about that grey area. Let just say you’re the starring role in this, okay? Lets ignore actually this whole story. Ignore it all. Lets just say you and your partner decided; "Hey, would you wanna spice it up tonight?", and you’re like "Yeah lets do it.
What do you wanna do?" "What do you wanna do babe?", and then your babe is like
"Why don’t you choke me?", "Yeah lets do it.", now lets say you go a little bit too far,
and you accidentally kill your partner. You obviously didn’t listen to me say
that you should research and educate yourself on the situation, but
you did it, and you killed your partner. What do you think should happen? 'Cause it got me thinking,
what should happen? I mean you killed somebody. You have to have responsibility
for that choice that you... It was an accident. I don’t know. I-- (laughs) I don’t know. I was thinking, yeah, manslaughter,
I mean that sounds about right, but at the same time it's like,
should you even serve any time? Let's just your life is 100%
squeaky clean and this happens, what should happen? I would love to hear your
thoughts down below on that. I like hearing your guy's
perspective on things, because I talk too much. Okay, don’t be mad at me, but I think I’m going to skip next Monday. I know a lot of your are gonna be
disappointed that I skipped next week, but... Dr. Butts. You know, true crime and stuff,
it starts to wear you down, and I like doing this, I enjoy
making these videos, and I don’t wanna get burnt out, and I don’t wanna get sick of it. I have to make sure that I’m taking care
of my wellbeing, my mental wellbeing, and I know it feels like I just skipped
an upload, but I’m not kidding you, it's been three now, so I wanna
skip like the fourth. Yeah. So by giving myself breaks,
like every fourth video, after three videos, skip the fourth. I think that’s what I’m gonna do moving forward. I’ve been wanting to do this, but I’ve also
just kinda been all over the place, Life happens. Whatever. I apologize for skipping an upload, because
I do say I’m here for you every Monday, but I need to look out for myself as well. You feel me? I’m good? 'Cause this week I was feeling just
very overwhelmed with shit. But I'll see you the week after that. Same shit. Different Monday. Okay? Let me know down below in the comment section who you want me to talk about next time I come back. I'll probably have to change my intro,
"I’m here for you every three Mondays," "expect for one". I love and appreciate you guys so much. Thank you for hanging out with me today. A big thank you to Care/OF for partnering
with me on todays video. I hope you have a really good rest of your
day, a good rest of your week. Make good choices. Please be safe out there. I’ll be seeing you later. Bye. (suspicious music)
