#I LIVE for buzzfeed unsolved

[lady-raziel]

open invitation for the watcher guys to perform my exorcism if they’re ready for the final boss of the ‘ryan finally becomes stronger than his fear and we come full circle in the narrative arc’ narrative arc. I can promise the memes will be bangers so hit me up guys

[tokyosmega]

tonight ryan said he would absolutely never return to the island of the dolls because it was the most disgusting place theyve ever filmed, but shane wants to revisit bc theyve revisited everywhere from the demon episode except there (also they almost died in the island of the dolls but that is a story for another time)

[mechadria]

ok i don't know if anyone noticed this but buzzfeed unsolved has been posting compilations of unsolved true crime and supernatural episodes and passing them off as NEW content with ryan and shane being back on the channel???

like this is insane to me???? it does not matter whether you like ryan and shane/watcher tv, this is disgusting behaviour - BU is literally utilising their likeness to drive views and revenue to a channel they are no longer associated with.

(and maybe using AI to do it? too blurry to tell but that sure looks like AI slop to me)

absolutely abysmal behaviour from buzzfeed, which means i expected nothing less from that soul sucking company. i doubt that ryan and shane would fight this if they even could bc that'd be a lot of money and effort for little result but good god. there really are no lows too low for buzzfeed.

[bergarachan]

a couple minutes of what ryan and shane said was the best spirit box session of the tour, and most definitely the funniest in my opinion LOLLL

[thatonegeekygirl]

the unbelievable horrors of the old city jail

bringing back this legendary ghoul boys bit cause i think about it all the time.

[elhoopacabra]

I went to see Ghost Files live last night in Dallas and I had so much fun! I managed to capture one of my favorite quick moments of the show during the Ovilus portion

I love when Shane says "Lord of the Dance" and you can hear one audience member gasp and say "Michael Flatley is here??"

[jesus-said-chill]

He’s so annoying 😂

[you-me-we-04]

Born to be a Buzzfeed on screen talent living in LA in the early to mid 2010s.

Forced to work retail in Adelaide in 2024.

[s0fter-sin]

wow so watcher just singlehandedly killed their channel

[meadow-roses]

Betty is the kind of person who's childhood dream was to someday become a missing persons case

Pretty sure she gets her wish lol

[swampsandsagebrush]

Buzzfeed Unsolve True Crime, specifically the Bobby Dumbar episode got me into true crime. I saw the Bobby Dunbar episode on Facebook and immediately was hooked on the Buzzfeed Unsolved series. When the boys left buzzfeed and started Watcher I watched everything they put out, even things I didn't enjoy, because I wanted to support them. And when they announced the streaming service and the plan to remove videos from YouTube I was pissed.

And I'm going to be honest, almost a year later, I'm still pissed about it. The content on watcher (minus one or two shows) have lost the buzzfeed vibes (literally two dudes shooting the shit while discussing crime or investigating ghosts). I've watched a couple of episodes since watchergate but I cannot bring myself to engage with their media in a meaningful way anymore.

Its hard to enjoy it knowing that they basically spit in the face of their fanbase. A fanbase that is overwhelmingly young adults and teenagers who cannot afford to live right now. Yes they deserve creative freedom but episodes are costing over 100 grand to make, the office being rented costs too much money, and they made bad financial decisions. It boils down to fans shouldn't be asked to bear the bill of their bad business decisions. Nothing says they have to have an office in LA. They can move elsewhere where things are more affordable. They could downsize staff to save money. They could rent a smaller space. There are so many things they can do to minimize costs.

On the one hand they realized how badly they fucked up and walked the decision back. Shows are still on YouTube and are being released on youtube. Patreons are being honored. But at the end of the day, the things that made me love the boys and their content have become dulled, if not completely lost, and they have become disconnected from the fanbase. And I hate it. I loved them. They got me started in an entirely new genre of podcasts but nothing comes close to hitting the same vibes as them. And I'm in a rut trying to find new true crime/paranormal shows that are similar and cannot find it. Andbim just angry that watcher was basically ruined for me because if bad business decisions and a lack of connection with a fanbase.

[t3chn1c4ld]

The blue haired one is @willberry10101 's OC, the star shaped one is mine :)

[andshewasamovie]

okay, i'll tag this one so you can find it.

to the anons and commenters: thanks for your responses. that was a fun thing to see.

to watcher: can't wait to see what you do when you don't have advertisers looming over you! super excited for what comes next.

the the fans who have left racist comments on steven's posts: what the fuck is wrong with you?

to all the fans of watcher: i am politely bowing out of this one. i'm pretty sure you guys already hate me anyway, or at least the comments and anons have made it seem that way.

[yellowloid]

only way i'm accepting the apology video that's no doubt going to come from watcher in the next few days is if ryan and shane decide to throw steven out altogether

[thesettingsuns]

Why did god make me love learning abt true crime and the paranormal while also the most paranoid terrified-of-ghosts person alive

[aceofchairs]

i have been watching buzzfeed unsolved recently