internet heroes come in many forms some
are celebrities that millions love to
watch online while others are viral
internet sensations because of the
heroic act that was caught on camera
either way
millions of people adored them and their
contributions to the Internet until of
course things turned sour reminding us
that sometimes heroes fall too often
fame as a way of corrupting an
individual or bringing about attention
that the hero doesn't want they fall by
the hands of a villain or become the
villain themselves and you might be
surprised how many internet heroes have
succumbed to tragedy or the dark side
ready to find out who they are I'm Mike
with lose 25 and here are 25 fallen
internet heroes
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25
Chewbacca mom after posting a video of
herself wearing a toilet Chewbacca mask
Candace pain also known as Chewbacca mom
became a viral internet sensation
delighting people with her joy and
laughter she became such a huge hit
appearing on several television shows
and was even in the same bit with JJ
Abrams
however she overstayed her welcome when
she posted a video of herself singing
Michael Jackson's heal the world
after a Dallas shooting no one cares
what Chewbacca mom thinks said one
Twitter user 24 rabbit Saviour recently
in 2017 a video hit the Internet of a
young man in a red hood trying to save a
rabbit from the Southern California
wildfires he was the Internet's new hero
beloved by millions but who was he Oscar
Gonzales of Pacoima California claimed
it was he he said he was driving a
friend home when he saw the rabbits and
decided to save them his heroism turned
into controversy however when other
people online widely criticized him for
risking the life of himself and the
rabbits by potentially scaring them back
into the flames things got even worse
when it was revealed Gonzalez might not
even be the hero a second man named
Caleb Wadman came forward claiming to be
the real hero he even provided evidence
of his red hoodie and the testimony of a
local vet that treated the rabbit 23
John Green in 2015 famed youtuber and
author John Green faced accusations of
sexual predation by a tumblr user that
gained quite a bit of attention the user
claimed Greene used his status to prey
on teenage girls while the claims were
never verified or proven Green himself
had to address the criticism saying
posts like versions misused the language
of social justice 22 jenny from jenny
cam
at age 19 jennifer Ringley decided to do
an experiment and have her webcam take a
photo of her every 15 minutes
unintentionally starting what is now
called life casting she became a huge
sensation and in 1998 was able to appear
on David Letterman even though she
eventually made money on it
she went dark in 2003 later she claims
she left due to the fallout from an
on-screen affair she had and the burnout
related to it 21
Josh Ostrovsky Josh Ostrovsky an
Instagram and Internet comedian that
goes by the name the fat Jew has more
than ten point four million Instagram
followers and delights people with his
off-color jokes however he had a fall
from grace when it was revealed he'd
been flat-out plagiarizing his work off
of many other comedians the backlash was
intense and fierce by many comedians on
line 20 Sam pepper with more than two
million YouTube subscribers Sam pepper
made a name for himself with prank
videos but things went south for pepper
when several women came forward claiming
sexual harassment to top it off he also
posted a fake video of a kidnap and
murder his channel no longer has content
19 tie the hatchet wielding hitchhiker
becoming an instant internet celebrity
when he was taped using a hatchet to
stop an attacker on a California woman
KY the hatchet wielding Hinch hiker went
back on his merry way
hitchhiking he made an appearance on
Jimmy Kimmel and made an instant fan
base but his heroic deeds were quickly
dashed when it was revealed he beat his
lawyer to death at his home he was later
rushed to the hospital for an attempted
suicide 18 Jason Russell Jaison Russell
was thrust into Fame after promoting his
wildly shared documentary Kony 2012
which put a spotlight on brutal warlord
Joseph Kony the documentary earned over
100 million views making Russell an
instant Internet hero things took a turn
for the worse not to mention the bizarre
when Russell was arrested for behaving
erratically completely naked on a street
he claimed the meltdown was due to
extreme exhaustion and dehydration
rather than drugs
doctors claimed he suffered a psychotic
break
the fallout came nevertheless 17 angry
grandpa Charles Green also known as
angry grandpa YouTube became a huge
celebrity garnering 3 million-plus
subscribers and almost a billion overall
views sadly it was announced in late
2017 that he died at the age of 67 he
passed away due to end-stage cirrhosis
of the liver 16 batman Bin's Superman in
2010 when a Singapore ID with the name
Batman been Superman hit the Internet it
quickly spread like wildfire making him
an instant hero the name roughly
translates as Batman's son of Superman
however three years later it was
discovered Batman min Superman was
arrested for stealing $400 worth of
merchandise and 680 dollars from his
brother 15 Marcus Hutchins Marcus
Hutchins became an overnight hacker hero
when he figured out a way to stop the
wanna cry cyberattack from North Korea
from continuing the attack had crippled
the British healthcare system and caused
billions in losses across 150 countries
the notoriety gave him a huge amount of
attention both wanted and unwanted when
he came to Las Vegas he didn't realize
the grand jury in Wisconsin had indicted
him for creating Cronos a virus that
steals bank information and sells it to
cyber criminals eventually he was
arrested put under house arrest and the
FBI confiscated everything he owned 14
Bell Gibson wellness blogger Bell Gibson
became a huge celebrity from her diet
and health guide and recipe book that
claimed to cure her terminal cancer she
went on to make an app called the whole
pantry and eventually she built an
empire out of her products but her
health heroics came crashing down when
she admitted in 2015 that she never had
cancer
never cured anything instantly her blog
posts were removed her app taken down
and her book deals canceled thirteen EDD
Gould with one point four million
YouTube subscribers and 257 million
views eddsworld was a popular animation
show on YouTube produced by Edie Gould
sadly in 2005 the show was canceled when
Gould was diagnosed with leukemia he got
back into making the show until March
25th 2012 when he passed away due to the
disease 12 laser cat Draven Rodriguez
had a picture of himself created holding
a cat with lasers in the background he
wanted the picture to be his yearbook
picture the picture went viral online
and helped him achieve his goal of
getting in the yearbook sadly it was
discovered the teenager at the age of 17
committed suicide in his home 11 Ted
Williams Ted Williams also known as the
man with the golden voice was discovered
begging in 2011 on a street corner when
the video of him went viral he was
thrust into the spotlight and did
several interviews on television however
while at first the Internet hero got
back on track he suffered with drug and
alcohol addiction keeping jobs and has
had money problems his money problems
got so bad he almost got caught up in a
heroin smuggling gig for $10,000 10
Heaton Jones after he had been
ruthlessly bullied Keaton Jones blew up
to internet fame when his mother took a
video of him telling about the events
the video was posted to Facebook and
quickly became viral they make fun of my
nose they call me ugly they say I have
no friends Kenan said people all over
the internet empathize with him
including many major Hollywood stars
like Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo
however his sudden celebrity turned to
controversy when people discovered his
mother previously posted pictures of the
Confederate flag
people immediately labeled her as a
racist overshadowing Keaton and his
original anti-bullying message 9 Ken
bone in the 2016 presidential election a
man in a presidential debate audience
inadvertently rose to prominence after
asking a question his name is Ken bone
he became a hero for us all until of
course he wasn't
he came on several talk shows agreeing
to all the publicity appearance one does
when they become internet famous
however after he did a reddit ask me
anything things took a turn for the
worse people started scouring through
his internet comments history and
realized he's said and done some nasty
things like saying the trayvon martin
killing was quote unquote justified aide
andy signor creator of the youtube
channel screen junkies beloved show on
its trailers and former host of the show
movie fights andy signor came under fire
in 2017 for sexual harassment
not soon after defy media the company
that owns the channel announced they
fired signor for quote egregious and
intolerable sexual behavior the fallout
caused screen junkies to reevaluate its
policies and signor has not been seen or
heard of since
7 jake paul former vine star and
prominent youtuber with upwards of 14
million subscribers has come under fire
for his dangerous stunts like giving out
his address so that thousands of adoring
fans visit him only to infuriate his
neighbors he's also known for posting
sexually explicit youtube thumbnails and
content due to the constant negative
attention Disney severed ways with him
removing him from the popular show
bizarre vark 6 PewDiePie major YouTube
star PewDiePie also known as Felix
Kjellberg has over 61 million
subscribers and gets millions of views
each video
his internet stardom however took a dive
when he posted videos with anti-semitic
imagery in one case he hired two men to
hold a sign that said
death to all Jews both Disney and
YouTube pulled away from PewDiePie due
to the scandal and he was forced to come
out and address the criticism 5
christina grimmie christina grimmie was
a young singer and musician who has
first discovered on her youtube channel
she garnered 3 million subscribers and
eventually went on to compete on the
television show The Voice later things
took a tragic turn when grimmy opened
for the band before you exit and with
signing autographs a 27 year old man
carrying two handguns shot and killed
the singer for Logan Paul 22 year old
Logan Paul and brother of Jake Paul grew
to popularity and fame with his YouTube
channel posting prank and stunt videos
to his 15 million adoring fans
things went south quickly for the
youtuber when he posted a video of him
in what is known as the suicide forest
in Japan the video showed a man who had
recently hung himself and rather than
turning off the camera it lingered and
did close-ups after criticism he
announced he'd be taking a break from
YouTube YouTube stripped him of his
top-tier monetization and said he would
face quote further consequences 3 Aaron
Swartz as a teenager Aaron Swartz
created and designed everyday Internet
tools we take for granted including
RSS Reddit and Creative Commons he
increasingly became more interested in
politics and frustrated by how only
people with money could access legal
documents and research articles one day
he decided to hack into JSTOR a digital
library full of research articles and
downloaded a large quantity of them in
2011 he was arrested by federal
authorities and faced a sentence of up
to 35 years in prison under immense
pressure he committed suicide by hanging
in 2013 two
Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg grew too
outrageous fame and fortune when his
social media network Facebook became the
most popular on the internet with a
movie made about him appearances on
several television shows and his company
going public
Zuckerberg became one of the most
well-known men in the world but all of
that soon came tumbling down when it was
discovered Facebook allowed Cambridge
analytic to take data of 500 million of
its users Facebook stock plunged by
fifty billion dollars they're under
investigation by the Federal Trade
Commission and Zuckerberg has appeared
before Congress to testify one bento
bento also known as keyboard cat became
an instant feline here on YouTube for
his piano renditions he wowed his cat
loving audience with his musical skills
sadly at nine years old this pianist cat
and Internet hero passed away on March
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