10 Scariest Killers From Explore With Us Videos

10-Scariest-Killers-From-Explore-With-Us-Videos

Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're continuing our YouTube Spotlight Series, where we highlight our favorite creators! In this installment, we'll be looking at chilling murderers featured on the popular true crime YouTube channel, “EXPLORE WITH US.”

If you’re not familiar with this channel, “EXPLORE WITH US” is known for exploring fascinating and downright bone-chilling criminal cases. Through thoughtful expert analysis of police interrogation videos and crime scene photos, this channel takes viewers on an uncomfortable journey through the minds of criminal perpetrators. EWC enlists psychologists, criminal profilers, lawyers and even body language experts to provide their unique perspective on each case. So if true crime is your beat, then this list is for you!

Samantha Wohlford

This young mother of five not only killed her husband, but staged an elaborate hoax to make herself look like a victim as well. EWU shows footage of Wohlford lying to 911 operators and police, trying her hardest to come off as though she had undergone a terrible trauma. During her interrogation, Wohlford – who created YouTube videos prior to the incident – explains in great detail what these supposed men did to her family, punctuating the dramatic kidnapping account with lots of fake crying and theatrics. In reality, these men were her own accomplices in a conspiracy to do away with her husband. It’s clear from Wohlford’s quote-unquote “heartbreaking” account that she considers herself a born actress…but we beg to differ.

Jeffrey Hazelwood

This profoundly troubled individual shocked the community of Roswell, Georgia when he killed a teenage couple outside of a Publix grocery store. That said, it’s evident in this EWU documentary that Hazelwood wasn’t proud of this horrific act. Rather, he acts scared and almost childlike, spending the entire interrogation in a state of hysteria. Although he does present false claims to investigators, it’s hard to tell whether he’s being intentionally deceptive or is just so far removed from reality that he’s contradicting himself. You might argue that Hazelwood’s case is more chilling than others on this list because of the fact that he seems so disconnected from his own crime.

Dakota Wall

This gut-wrenching video details the death of 15-year-old Sidnee Stephens. In 2010, Stephens was murdered by a gang of Pinckneyville, Illonois boys who called themselves the “P’town Saints.” But there’s an additional player that no one would suspect: Sidnee’s older half-sister, Dakota Wall. While Wall didn’t directly take Stephens’ life, she played an essential role in the events. Wall purposefully left a patio door open so the gang – which included her boyfriend, Chad Bennett – could ostensibly “scare” Sidnee. However, they did far more than just frighten the poor teen, whose body was found in a creek six days later. Watching Wall feign innocence and display a lack of empathy for her sister is nothing short of terrifying.

Michael Parks

On August 20th, 2020, Michael Parks called 911 to report his wife, Hope, missing. As it turns out, someone had killed and beheaded Hope before dangling her body off of the Sugar Creek Bridge. And it gets worse from there. When questioned by law enforcement, Parks weaves a crude story about accidentally shooting his wife in the midst of a heated argument. But police soon search his home to find signs of torture, an excess of blood, and – shockingly – part of his wife in the basement. While it might be said that Parks’ attempts to appear guiltless are humorously feeble, there’s nothing funny about this revolting incident.

Peter Keller

Despite his façade as a devoted husband, loving father, and passionate survival enthusiast, Peter Keller carried some very dark desires. As described in this installment of EWU, Keller kept a video diary in which he cryptically alluded to a plan of some sort. As it turns out, his objectives had little to do with living off the fat of the land; in fact, he intended to shoot his wife and daughter, a goal he’d come to fulfill before taking his own life. Whatever went on in this seemingly happy man’s mind that led him to inflict this dreadful fate upon his family, we’ll never know.

Susan Monica

This is a case that’s sure to chill you to the bone: that of Susan Monica, who slaughtered two of her farm employees and fed their remains to her pigs. Throughout the three-hour EWU documentary focusing on the murders, Monica shows a remarkable lack of emotion. Her stony demeanor is accompanied by a distinct arrogance and holier-than-thou attitude. She adjusts her accounts of what happened to both men as the investigation continues, claiming one took his own life and the other was attacked by her pigs (among other versions). Disturbingly, Monica seems wholly confident in the lies she’s telling, and her affect remains flat throughout.

Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape

In this particularly nightmarish story, a peaceful 78-year-old woman lost her life to two 13-year-old delinquents. But it gets worse: one of the boys – Antonio “Tino” Barbeau – was her own great-grandson. Barbeau and his friend attacked the elderly lady to death before stealing a marginal amount of money from her home. As can be seen in this EWU video, the law caught up to the two teens only a few days later. Both skirt around the very grave matter and try to deny any involvement in what happened to Barbara Olson, and each boy accuses the other of being the ringleader. But in the end, investigators are able to see right through them.

Matthew Hoffman

The 2010 killings of Tina Herrmann, her son Kody Maynard, and her friend Stephanie Sprang rattled the town of Howard, Ohio. Behind the deaths was Matthew Hoffman, who also kidnapped and assaulted Herrmann’s daughter Sarah. Watching Hoffman’s interrogation is unsettling; while he does make a halfhearted attempt to claim he found Sarah tied up in his house and tried to care for her, he is otherwise quite cooperative. At one point, Hoffman even invites investigators to cuff him again, as if he doesn’t trust himself not to snap. This is one of the instances where a crippling psychosis seems more to blame than the perpetrator himself. Of course, it’s difficult to tell whether Hoffman’s remorse was genuine or an attempt to avoid more severe punishment.

Brian Draper & Torey Adamcik

These 16-year-old movie buffs horrified the citizens of Pocatello, Idaho when they killed their friend, Cassie Jo Stoddart. Draper and Adamcik had previously planned to have Cassie star in a horror movie they wanted to make; instead, they ambushed and stabbed her to death on a September night while she was house-sitting for family members. As they’re interviewed by law enforcement, the two boys predictably create a web of lies to keep police off their scent, including a false alibi about having been at the movies the night of Cassie’s death. But working against them are the plethora of video recordings they made before and after the murder, wherein they announce their dark dreams of creating a real-life version of the horror classic “Scream.”


Before we unveil our last name, here are some other disturbing noteworthy entries:

Seath Jackson's Killers
Very Young, Very Disturbed

Cassandra Bjorge & Johnny Rider
The Girl Who Killed Her Grandparents with Help from Her Boyfriend

Morgan Geyser & Anissa Weier
Of “Slender Man Proxy” Fame

Brian Cohee

A lot of heartless people have been showcased on EWU, but possibly no one so cold and calculating as Cohee. The then-19-year-old was arrested for the gruesome murder of homeless 69-year-old Warren Barnes in 2021. The video follows his parents’ realization that their son is a sociopath after his mother finds a part of Barnes in their home. Although he’s first able to come off as innocent to officers, it’s not long before he admits to killing Barnes. Not only that, but he seems proud of his actions, acting as though he’s fulfilled a lifelong goal and proving he prepared extensively to pull off a homicide. Cohee was eventually sentenced to life in prison.


Which EWU killer did you find the most frightening? Let us know in the comments!