Karl Karlsen – The Unluckiest Man Alive?

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[Hclegend]

"I always thought Carl was spelt with a C, this is spelt with a K."

Simon, one of your writers is literally Karl Smallwood.

[steveharrison]

Just wanted to say:

“God, I’m glad I live in the future. Otherwise I’d definitely have died by now.”

Is one of the most marvellous things I’ve ever heard anyone say.

[butterbeanqueen]

Many children used to have life insurance policies on them. It was called a burial policy. People from the older generations experienced hard times and the costs of a funeral could be financially devastating. My grandmother bought all of her grandchildren policies. She experienced 2 siblings dying and one of her children died too. So she was very aware of how much a funeral could effect the finances of a family.

[dyslexicboogaloo]

It’s difficult to gauge who is actually the unluckiest man alive but if your parents named you Karl Karlson you’re definitely not off to a good start.

[tigershirew]

Hi Simon, horse owner here - yes horses were measured in literal hands. Now a days, a hand equals 4 inches. So a 17 hand horse is 68 inches (5'7" or 173cm) from the ground to the withers.

[frankmckenneth]

Immediately upon starting the video

Simon: There are several Mathews, we keep them numbered in the writing basement.

[MatthewMarcum]

Wow! This makes three episodes in a row for me (if you count the Christmas collab I did with Liam, Emma, and Matt G). Hope you all enjoy!

Also, to tangent off of Simon’s early tangent, I actually have an uncle named Mark Marcum.

[SyntheticCouture]

My biggest fear as a child was a house fire, it seemed like in the 90's there were house fires every day on the news!

[Mmadden]

I’ve seen nearly every episode of Casual Criminalist and the writing of this episode is up there with the best. Bravo.

[tsuritsa]

Stories with fires in them are always a little hard for me to listen to, no matter what their cause. In 2020 my house caught fire. They think some electrical problem caused it. Thankfully my wife and I were not at home when it happened but our family pets, including three puppies we had only just gotten six weeks prior, were.

We lost absolutely everything except our cars, the things we had in our purses and the clothes on our back. It was one of the most devastating and traumatizing experiences of both of our lives, even though no *human beings* were hurt.

Fires can change a person's world in a matter of minutes, no matter who you are.

So stories like this tend to get under my skin.

[LaylaSpellwind]

At first I thought this was going to be a story about a really unlucky guy... Turns out it was his family that were the unlucky ones. I'm only glad he was locked away. That interrogation where he's actually backed into a corner, is brilliant. Squirrel away Karl!

[OfNeuronsandElectric]

Simon always jokes that no one's here for his tangents but it's my favorite part and if he ever masters the ability to stay on topic I WILL cry

[lauren]

Excellently done episode. We got our murderer, but (to those of us who never heard of Karl before) it was a cliffhanger to the end. Extra bonus for a lack of excessive gore. I fear we’re going to have to have a Go Fund Me page for Simon and the CC writers to cover trauma therapy.

[scottrobinson]

I live a few miles from Seneca Falls and know guys who grew up with Levi. He is still missed and this case is still fresh in the minds of locals.

[bilalabbasi]

CC topic suggestion:
I know Simon presented a biographics video about Pablo Escobar but I think a in-depth CC about him would be an interesting topic to cover.

[NinjamusPrime]

Simon. We’re all here for the tangents. All the tangents. All of your channels should be in this format. Pleaseeee. Your commentary is chefs kiss

[Speedwagone]

This is probably he best script i have heard in this series. So well crafted in its build up to what was going on. This writer earned a bonus simon.

[MetalGearsOfThought]

It's so refreshing that Simon's writers can create compelling scripts without all the obvious gimmickry every youtuber uses now (which i assume comes from some ebook or Skillshare course written about writing true crime), where you state an interesting piece of information, then say 'but we'll get into that more later' to try to increase engagement tme. It annoys me every time I hear it to the point i may just close the video. No clunky nonsense here - these writers are truly excellent.

[meredithlucas]

Simon I'm only 43 and we used a kerosene heater while i was growing up. We had very old baseboard heaters and the heat didn't reach the entire home if it was a very cold winter.
I never really thiught about how dangerous it probably was...😳

[seanbinkley]

One suggestion I'd have for a future Casual Criminalist which would be pretty unique is the trial of Soghomon Tehlirian for the murder/assassination in Germany of Talaat Pasha (the defacto leader of the Ottoman Empire during WWI). It's a special case in my view because Pasha was killed as direct retaliation for his role in the Armenian Genocide (which the defense made the cornerstone of their case) and the assassin was acquitted despite the fact that Tehlirian was very obviously guilty of the killing.