The Creepy Murder In Room 1046

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Published 2017-09-01
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All Comments (21)
  • @elainegaron6222
    When you hit your head on the bathtub so hard that you have stab wounds and a punctured lung.
  • Owen: Stabbed 17 times and had a fractured skull Old timey Detectives: huh, yeah okay I guess it wasn't a suicide
  • @raghadthesad817
    Owen : is being tortured and beaten to death in room 1046 Woman next door : damn that’s one hell of a party ya got goin 😁😄
  • @maldetete431
    The phone repeatedly being off the hook may have been a way for Artie to draw the attention of the staff.
  • @zigmepalzer6454
    blood splatters on the walls, punctured lungs, fractured head, multiple stab wounds, strangulation marks Owen: uhh i fell.
  • That feel when you hit your head on the bathtub so hard you get stabbed in the lung 😔
  • @howdy4504
    For context: when your brain is losing blood you start to lose the ability to think clearly/form speech. When you're in that much physical distress, something as simple as forming any new thoughts to make into words is too much. I was in a similar situation (all the blood went out of my head and pooled into my feet, also I'm fine now) and the only thing I could get out was "I need to lie down" despite the fact that saying something like "I feel like I'm dying" would have helped me more. Owen got out "Come in, turn on the lights" which was likely his way of asking for help the only way he could. "Come in, turn on the lights" if followed would have informed anyone entering he was in trouble, but the staff didn't turn on the lights. This is also probably why the phone kept getting knocked off the hook. He was trying to get help and knew the only thing he was strong enough to do with so little blood was get the phone off the line. When you lose that much blood, you can barely even crawl, let alone get up and call for help. He knew they'd come back up if he knocked the phone, and it worked, but unfortunately it was too late. For someone who lost so much blood, he tried as hard as he could to survive, even if it doesn't make sense to someone who has never experienced that before. Also the head in the hands thing: if you lose a lot of blood, it will make you extremely nauseous and/or dizzy. A common thing that I did when this happened to me was I would hold my head in my hands and curl up as much as I could. He was likely experiencing the same thing. He was trying to survive despite the dire circumstances. He was even found near the door. The guy was doing everything he could to get help, but the hotel staff just didn't realize what they came upon until it was too late :( *TL;DR:* Owen's odd behavior is explained by the physical consequences of losing a lot of blood. For someone missing that much blood, he tried everything he was capable of to get help. Even when his attempts failed, he continued to try. Poor guy
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  • @iamveryloser
    ok but what possessed ryan to pronounce soptic as soapdick
  • i just realized the reason he said “come in. turn on the lights” was probably because he wanted them to see what had happened
  • @codafett
    The creepiest part about this story is that Owen's fear of his "guest" was much, MUCH stronger than his desire to survive any of this. I can't imagine being so scared that you can't even tell the cops that someone did that to you.
  • I think him sitting in the dark and being creepy was a signal for "help" I don't know why I think that but I do.
  • I read it as “the murder in 1046” and I was like Wow that was a long time ago
  • @angel-qu5qq
    The reason for Artemus's lights being off could have actually been so that the person/ people beating him up can hide. A completely dark room have the capability of concealing one or two figure I guess?
  • @chloemiller2483
    Just came here from the “we’re leaving YouTube” video… I miss when this was their content
  • @oheunice
    Owen can't come to the phone right now. Why? Because he's DEAD
  • @bone4ead
    theory: if we never actually saw the name "don" written down and there was female dna, what if he wasnt saying "don"? what if he was saying "dawn"? this could also explain the male and female voices heard, not just male voices.
  • @LucyBlack-ld3cb
    Ryan and Shane just announced that they are leaving YouTube in a greedy decision to make their own streaming service that cost 6$ a month and 60$ a year. just came back to enjoy the good days again. I miss the old Ryan and Shane :(