The video discusses 10 urban legends that turned out to be true, including:
1. "The Body in the Wall": A man's skeleton was found in a chimney in Louisiana, 27 years after he got stuck while trying to break in.
2. "The Old Woman Buried Alive": Premature burials were common in the 19th century, with over 200 documented cases.
3. "The Quietly Dead Guy": A man was found dead in a car after his friends used his money and credit cards, claiming they thought he was just passed out.
4. "Brain Bugs": A woman in Peru had eight flesh-eating maggots nesting in her ear canal.
5. "Calls from the Dead": A train crash victim's phone made 35 calls to his family members after he died.
6. "Creatures in Your Toilet": A man in Oregon found a rat in his toilet bowl that had come up through the sewer system.
7. "The Girl in the Shadows": A Japanese man discovered a homeless woman had been living in his cupboard for a year.
8. "The Killer Policeman": Serial killer Ted Bundy posed as a police officer to abduct a woman.
9. "Don't Drink the Water": A hotel in LA found a liquefying dead body in one of its water tanks, contaminating the water supply.
10. "Kidney Thieves and Ice Baths": A man in India was drugged and had his kidneys removed, highlighting the reality of the illegal organ market.
The video aims to entertain and inform, while also providing a cautionary note about the darker side of human nature.
Here are the key facts:
1. In 2011, workers renovating the ABE National Bank in Louisiana discovered the bones of Joseph Schneider, who had been missing for 27 years.
2. Schneider is believed to have gotten stuck in the chimney while attempting to break into the bank in 1984.
3. There were over 200 documented cases of people being buried alive in the 19th century.
4. In 2011, Robert Young and Mark Rubinstein took their dead friend Jeffrey Jarrett partying with them, using his money and credit cards.
5. In 2008, a man in Japan discovered that a homeless woman had been living in his cupboard for a year.
6. In 2007, a man in Portland, Oregon found a rat in his toilet bowl that had come up through the sewer system.
7. In 1974, serial killer Ted Bundy posed as a police officer to approach a woman in a bookstore.
8. In 2013, a hotel in LA discovered a liquefying dead body in one of its water tanks, which was being distributed to the entire hotel through the taps and shower systems.
9. The body in the water tank was that of a Canadian student, but it is still unknown how he got there.
10. In 2008, an Indian construction worker named Mohammed Salim was drugged and kidnapped, and woke up on a steel table with his kidneys removed.
11. The illegal organ market is a real and lucrative business in many parts of the world, including China, Brazil, and Egypt.