6 Most Disturbing Pieces of Lost Media

Lost media is any media that is no longer accessible due to being destroyed, misplaced, or unreleased. These are some of the most unnerving known cases of lost media on the internet.

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[kianna]

This channel is such a relief, no pointless intro, goofy ‘scary music’, or annoying sound effects. Definitely my go to for horror content

[OxTheHerdzz]

I think when it comes to the MythBusters footage, I remember one of the crew that worked on that episode posting about it on twitter or Facebook, saying something along the lines of "The material itself doesn't pose a threat, at least not in the way most people would encounter it. You have to go out of your way to make it explosive. But the process is so easy and the potential for damage and destruction so high that it would just be irresponsible for that footage to see the light of day. "

[justjo]

In the 90's, Robert Stack came to the apartment complex where I lived. They did an episode on a woman who went missing from our building. It's Season 5, Episode 28 and her name was Y "DeDe" Rosenthal.
In the end, it ended up a maintenance man who worked at our building had kidnapped and killed her.
This is the same man who always held the door for me and was always respectful. I had a 2 bedroom and a male roommate, and I'm kinda glad looking back!
He entered her apartment when she was sleeping and before this happened, I sometimes would sleep out on my balcony!! Scary

[AlbertDeepMind]

The 2000s had a mysterious vibe, with the rise of the internet, social media, and global uncertainties. It was a time of digital wonder and confusion, where the internet created new possibilities, but also left people unsure of what was real and what wasn’t.

[lanabaker]

It just happened in Mexico. 26 years ago they aired an episode of the show Mujer Casos de La Vida Real where they found the tortured body of a little kid in a big trash bin. They showed a picture of the child. Someone watched the episode and recognized him, identified the mom and stepfather, but they ran away. They aired a 2nd part for the episode with this new information and showed their faces. Nothing happened for a long time but now, 26 years later, on January 2025 they were caught.

[OptimusMarcus]

It was probably America's Most Wanted and not unsolved Mysteries. I remember even intbe 90s, would confuse those shows for each other.

[sparkplug]

The last one is unfortunately just gone. At that time it would’ve been shot on nitrocellulose film, which even when stored under ideal conditions doesn’t age well. It deteriorates rapidly and is extremely flammable.
Entire film vaults have been lost due to nitrocellulose film stock going off. So it’s very unlikely that we’ll ever find a copy at this point

[danielclark]

The Jay Leno one was part of a skit. Woman is about to pretend to be cut in half but then exclaims that 'She's been cut' (well if you're going to be cut in half you would be!) - the situation and stunt looks like it's gone wrong then the stage blacks out and it cuts to commercials - only for the show to resume normally

[nicky]

"Mythbusters was an entertainment show and it would have been highly irresponsible for them to give instructions on how to make a dangerous explosive. So what was the material that they could have been talking about?"
*_lists ingredients to make dangerous explosives_*

[LadyFinger_]

So they found her car with a broken window and wiped of finger prints and they still treated it as a missing persons case? the hell were those cops doing?

[michellewilson]

I really like how you explore different topics. And pointing out how creepiness can be just about anywhere!

[TheQueenOfSheba]

Ron 100% killed his wife… what a prick. So sad she may never get justice.

[audreyanderson]

I don't think the Mythbusters mystery explosive would be tannerite, because why would they have to report that to DARPA? Like "hey, did you know this material most commonly used and sold commercially as an explosive is actually explosive?" 😭

[Jenna-cr]

In terms of Unsolved Mysteries not every segment is available for streaming.

Yes I would estimate 99 percent or so are, but due to various issues (statute of limitations, lawsuits from those featured etc) there are definitely missing segments.

I have 20 DVD's converted from old VHS tapes and it includes cases that are otherwise no longer available. I'm going to go down this rabbit hole and see what I can find out

[inspireddobie]

I love how you include your own perspective on the situations and mysteries, and try to piece together everything to come up with reasonable answers. I don't see a lot of other channels doing that.

[HoHSiS]

0:00 "Unsolved Mysteries" lost episode
5:16 Easily available explosive
10:49 Jay Leno blade incident
15:06 Sharon Davis "Unsolved Mysteries" episode
18:41 "Game in the Sand"
20:58 "The Skywayman"

[local_waver]

For the car to be found abandoned and scrubbed of fingerprints, yet she was labeled as a "missing person" is absurd. Something like that only happens because of sheer incompetence and/or corruption within the law enforcement...

[MikadoYuma]

On the "game in the sand" I have a possible theory (with no basis). Its possible to me that what really disturbed him is that whatever they did to the rooster made the kids cry. No matter how disturbing this guy's art is, some people just cannot handle seeing upset children, especially if he is a father. Also, who would want to immortalize real footage of that?

[VisuallyImpairedGamer]

Your theory for the first Unsolved Mysteries lost episode certainly makes a lot of sense. Another reason why that segment may be hard to find is that there are entire missing segments from the FilmRise Unsolved Mysteries library whether you view it on YouTube, Prime Video, Tubi etc. An example I cite is the case of the 9th episode of Season 9, which originally featured the case of Jay Durham. This segment is not shown in the FIlmRise upload of the episode;however in this case Jay Durham is mentioned on the Unsolved Wiki page. It is entirely possible this segment was removed due to the wishes of family members or a legal situation.

[anantrawat]

Its just so refreshing how this guy doesn't even go into a cringy intro and just jumps right into what the video is about. just tells how much he appreciates and respects his own fanbase.