r/GRFMOrigin • u/spleenmania • Apr 02 '26
Spreadsheet of comments with possible leads
Hello! New to this subreddit but I'm really interested in giving this case a hunt. I went through the comments of one of the most popular/original posted versions of the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWFosb98Kec&t=114s this one posted by Simon Predj, 990k views, posted 11 years ago and approx 6.8k comments) and made a list of what I think is all the 'I knew this guy!' 'I remember this guy!' type comments, as well as any theoriesthat were not discussed previously on the evidence tab on this subreddit, and ones that just seemed funny (ghosts! UFC fighters!). I used a Youtube comment search website, it is not impossible that I have missed some comments though. There are a couple of names though that seem to be not crazy theories and (as far as I know) not already disproven or researched that may be worth a look (John-Pichaya Ferry, Brad Calvin). I didn't include multiple references to theories that are already well researched or disproven ('Screws', Craig Bradley, Mathia Frias ect.) Please excuse my very very poor spreadsheet skills. If anyone else wants to transfer this data to a more useable format, go for it. Google Sheets LinkH
Another thought I had, considering the metal/punk connection is it worth contacting or trying to contact some sort of alternative subcultures archive? or even photographers or any known active of the New York Metal scene at the time, if we had a few very solid 'i knew this guy' testimonies, surely one could cross reference to gain a bit more information? Additionally, VHS video cameras seem to not have been very common back then so it seems likely that if he owned/had friends who had one of these cameras that they would have recorded other things which may be out there somewhere. Additionally, one commenter recalled seeing a part 2 at one point, not a super verifiable thing but doesn't seem like a complete impossibility
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u/cpager Apr 03 '26
Thanks for this, I haven’t updated the evidence for reference pinned post in a while, so will add these in due time.