Everyone has secrets - even kids.
In fact, kids are sometimes better at keeping secrets than adults - sometimes they have
to be - sometimes they witness or are involved in something pretty disturbing.
Lets try and hold out judgement and just take the stories on face value, Im Danny Burke
and this is the Top 10 Scary Kids With Dark Secrets.
A lot of these came from Reddit so thank you to Reddit and its users, these videos would
be a lot harder to do with them …
Starting off at number 10 we have Fake Death.
This one comes from a Reddit user who actually deleted their comment but it was saved by
another site.
The story goes like this -I remember my mother calling our landlord to inform him of my brutal
and untimely death.
I was about 6 years old at the time, happily coloring at the kitchen table, alive (obviously),
listening to her sob and relay the details of my horrific death to this man (kidnapped,
violated, and beheaded, for the curious).
She wanted to borrow money from him for 'funeral expenses.'
After she hung up, she turned to me and said, 'Don't tell Daddy about my phone call, okay?'
I nodded and went back to coloring.
This was one episode in a long history of screwed up behavior coming from her, but it's
probably the first one I remember.
I was about 15 or so before I looked back and was struck with a sense of 'Well, that's
definitely not normal.- … no its not.
Thats not normal at all.
I wonder if they ever told their Dad about it, or the landlord, they might be surprised
to see theyre still alive …
Moving on to number 9 we have Made Up Kidnapper[a].
This one comes from Reddit user Simoney.
She said -When I was 13 and my little bro was 11, we stayed at the mall WAY past when
we were supposed to come home, like a few hours.
This was the time before cell phones.
On the way home we hatched a scheme.
We devised a lie that involved us being detained by a mall security guard for running down
a back hallway of the mall.
We even came up with a real person to base this security guard on, in case we were questioned
separately.
We pretty much described to our mom the pro wrestler Dean Malenko.
It was perfect.
Little did we know, there was a guy in our area posing as a cop and abducting children.
Mom called the cops.
My brother and I separately had to give statements about what happened.
The thing is, the lie held up.
The cops told Mom that there was a good chance this was the guy.
IIRC there may have even been a little blurb in the news about a sighting of this guy at
the mall we frequented.
We threw a wrench in an investigation, caused a minor local scare, scared the shit out of
our Mom, and ruined our freedom to walk to the mall by ourselves for 6 months, all because
we didn't want to get into trouble for being 3 hours late getting home.
Yeah, it was pretty stupid, but no one was ever the wiser.- … thats a tough one - at
what point would you tell your Mum that the time that you almost got kidnapped never actually
happened - and all the times shes worried about since then, yeah, no need to worry.
Maybe its best to just leave it …
Moving on to number 8 we have The Bottle[b].
I don't know who wrote this one because they have since deleted their account, perhaps
they were too ashamed of this story, they said -I replaced bourbon from a priceless
bottle of liquor with Evan Williams when I was 15.
I found out later my parents were saving the bottle for their 50th Anniversary.
It was given to them by my great grandpa at their wedding.
Still have 23 years to break the news.- … that one is, wow.
I feel so bad for the parents.
Theyre saving this bottle of expensive stuff, when actually its pretty normal bourbon.
I mean, he has to replace it with an expensive one I think, and even then its going to take
some explaining …
Moving on to number 7 we have The Strangling[c].
This one comes from Haceldama who said -My stepdad strangling my mom.
I came out of my room, saw him on top of her with his hands around her throat, and she
was turning purple and making noises.
I told her to keep it down because she woke me up, and went back to bed.
I didn't think about it much after that.
It didn't hit me until my early twenties that oh shit my stepdad was in the process of actually
trying to murder my mom, and I told her to die quieter.- … wow, I wonder if he's ever
talked to his Mum about that … or a therapist … or maybe even the police.
What advice would you give this person?
Next up at number 6 we have Kitty[d].This one comes from Reddit user Snoops12312.
She says -My fiances daughter (6 years old) hugged a kitten to death when she was 2.
Well not be telling her about that for a very long time … edit: hopefully never telling
her about it.
ONLY if she asks.
Edit 2: to clarify, because a lot of people have been responding with the exact same thing,
only if she remembers the event and comes to us for confirmation, we are not going to
lie to her.- … wow.
Thats an interesting one.
Can you imagine how that conversation is going to go?
Hey, Mum and Dad - this is going to sound crazy but I just have this feeling that I
hugged a kitten to death when I was younger - thats not true though, right?
Sit down, my daughter, it all happened when you were 2 …
Next up at number 5 we have the Pyromaniac[e].
This one comes from Reddit user IxJAXZxIWhen I was about 11 or 12 I was going through my
pyromaniac stage.
One Saturday, I decided I would grab a steel can and fill it with Gasoline and head to
the woods.
Now, this wasnt just your typical ol' can of spaghettiOs, this was a 1 gallon bulk sized
can...filled to the brim.
I took it to the woods and decided it would be cool just to light it on fire and see what
would happen.
I lit it and it caught like I expected and kept burning inside the can.
After about 15 mins I got bored and went to try and put it out.
In the process, I knocked the can over spreading gasoline all over the forest floor and it
erupted in a ball of flame.
I quickly ran back to my house to get water and I come running back with about 5 gallons.
By this point the fire had spread tremendously and my efforts were useless.
I decided my best bet would be to run inside and play video games.
Luckily this spot in the woods was pretty good ways away from my parents house so it
didnt draw my parents attention immediately.
After about an hour or so, the entire fire department is on scene battling the 3-4 acres
of forest fire that is roaring.
There was a road that runs behind my house and the fire basically engulfed all of the
forest separating my parents house and this road.
This road is notorious for drug dealers and meth houses.
While the firefighters are trying to battle the flames, it is discovered that the house
closest to the fire is a rather large cook house and cops show up and a huge bust goes
down.
Naturally, the fire was blamed on them and my parents just accepted that.
It is now 20 years later and my parents still do not know nor will they ever know.
Coming in at number 4 we have Putting Down[f].
This one comes from Miss Sangwitch.
-When you guys went to Hawaii I put Milo (cat) down.
He was sick, in incredible pain, couldn't eat or drink, couldn't even move to get to
the litter box.
When you left on vacation he was too weak to even yowl in pain anymore.
I couldn't stand to see that cat in so much pain and so afraid so I did the only thing
I could do to help him- end his life humanely.
My parents were 100% against putting down a pet regardless of how much it is suffering
so they'd be beyond mad if they knew this.- … wow, thata a serious one.
What do you guys think?
On the one hand, nobody wants an animal to suffer but on the other, do you think they
should have killed the cat?
I can offer nothing to all of this other than those questions …
Moving on to number 3 we have The Trail.
This one comes from Reddit user Leathery Hamster.
She said -My husband and I have told our daughter that she was born with a tail.
If you ask her what happened to it, shell say -we had to cut it off when I was born
because it was born because it wouldnt fit in my pants- She honestly believes us, which
might make us terrible parents, but I think its pretty hilarious.
We will tell her that she wasnt actually born with a tail before she starts school.
Other than that, 4 year olds don't have many secrets- … now, heres the question, is that
cruel?
Is that funny?
Is that a little bit of both?
Next up at number 2 we have The Family Jewels[g].
This one comes from The River Jordan 72.
He said -I stole and pawned off some of my mom's old jewelry.
I was planning to leave home, and I knew about an old box of jewelry that she hasn't touched
in forever.
My girlfriend and I picked a few gold rings and took them to a pawn shop.
I told the man at the shop that my grandma had passed away and left me some jewelry.
He asked no questions and we ended up making almost 1000$.
To this day, I'm not sure if she ever found out, but I haven't brought it up.
I still feel bad about that, I should really make it right.
I was such a little shit as a kid.- … well, at least he feels bad about it now.
Its strange because I think some kids don't understand the value of things, especially
to their parents.
Stealing is wrong, but stealing your dead Grandmas jewelry from your Mum to pawn off
for cash?
Thats next level …
And finally at number 1 we have Curiosity[h].
This one comes from Reddit user Commander Zilyana.
He said -I killed the neighbors cat when playing baseball.
This is straight out of a movie but we were playing in the yard and when my friend pitched
to me i swung and hit the cat who was jumping trying to chase a bird who had flown by me.
I knew the cat was dead, i don't want to get into detail about how i knew, but me and my
friend basically took him to the woods and buried him.
We bought some roses and put them on top of the grave and said a prayer.
The neighbors never mentioned the cat.
They never hung posters up or even asked if we'd seen him.
They just said he ran away and he's probably dead.
I still feel fucking terrible, 20 years later
Well, I don't even know what to say at this point.
I thought thevideo would be about kids still chocolate from their younger siblings but
honestly, there wasnt much of that kind of stuff and even if there was, it wouldnt make
a great video.
I hope this wasnt to dark for you, I hope you have things to discuss in the comments
section - thanks for watching as always guys, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all
in the next video!