I don't care how "official" Detective Burke's statement is. This whole thing STINKS of a cover-up.

Just because the other "Paranoids" are gone doesn't mean Riley is dead. She could be alive right now!! Abducted, hidden, silenced, or whatever. And the Darke County Sheriff's Department is acting like the case is a nuisance they can file away.

We still don't have the second camera that was filming that night. What's up with that??? And we still don't have all the tapes. AND yet somehow they've decided they have enough to "presume" her dead? GIVE ME A BREAK!

They're trying to close the case before the real story gets out. Anyone with eyes can see it.

I'm begging everyone here: keep digging, keep posting, keep sending tips to Mia. We're the only ones left who actually care.

Hey, guys. I just wanted to say that Riley's story about seeing that figure in the window totally hit me, because I had the same thing as a kid. When I was like six or seven, I'd wake up in the middle of the night and swear there was someone standing outside my bedroom window. Not moving, not saying anything, just… creeping there. Sometimes it looked like a person, sometimes more like a dark shape with a face that didn't make sense. I'd freeze under the covers because I thought if I moved it would come inside.

When I finally told my parents, they took me to the doctor and I got diagnosed with "sleep paralysis," which sounds way more sci-fi than it actually is. Basically your brain's half-awake but your body isn't, and you hallucinate. Supposedly. Even now, part of me still thinks what I saw was real. It felt too solid, too specific to just be my imagination.

I don't know if anyone else here's experienced this, but it's wild how many people have some version of the "figure in the window" memory from childhood. Like a shared thing our brains made up. Or maybe... something else entirely.

all of the publically available videos of the paranormal paranoids do not feature riley in this plaid outfit except her final message at shelby oaks. the only other video featuring this staircase is in the video posted by no1r on 09/10. either you are or are directly involved with no1r; or you are another party who has access to the second camera that was never uncovered by the police.

It wasn't until a few years ago until I first heard and started seeing the videos online about Riley and the group disappearing.

I had known her through small social gatherings and running into them at school. Every time we had a small conversation it was pleasant and always enjoyable. I had heard she was apart of this paranormal group all the way back in I think August if not July. When I first heard of it I honestly didn't pay much attention to it.

I'm not so much a believer of the supernatural and other things related. Yet I thought it was cool and definitely an experience. Soon after I had begun to hear around school about how she stopped showing up to class and other things she was normally spotted around.

This being around the time of her disappearance. Once I heard- I noticed it too and soon enough it felt like the entire school was talking about it. I mean she is such a cool person and sure she didn't know everyone. Yet somehow her name traveled fast and far. Unfortunately though as soon as the Sheriff Department came out with their conclusion. Just as quickly as it started. It all came to an end. Pictures were torn down, small banners, hell people made pins with her face. Just as soon as this craze started it was over. A sudden answer to it all. I know it's been years beyond her disappearance.

Truthfully I had forgotten all about it. I moved states after school and continued with my life while unfortunately her's didn't. Once I started seeing the videos though. It all came rushing back. I started with one video and then another after that.

Soon enough my entire page was all about her. Her and the rest of the group and that series she made. I don't know much but I know for one thing. After looking back into the police said. My disbelief grew bigger and my trust in their answer faded.

Everything in the videos, the independent reporting, and all the information coming to light. This is much bigger- that's when I realized something. Around that time was the local election for the Sheriff. Before her disappearance a small report was made about the Sheriff and some sort of scandal. I can't remember what it was or where I read it, but I know I saw it. Just as it beginning to pick up though that's when Riley and the rest of the group disappeared. I never saw or heard anything about the Sheriffs mishaps again. I wish I could help more but I can't.

I'm afraid that if keep digging at this old memory I'm going to leave a scar that won't heal. I'm sorry. Talk to Nick Advonce. He still lives there and I remember he was one of the only people who kept looking into it all. I'm sure he would be of some help. Hell, he might that thing about the Sheriff. I do hope you find her but unfortunately- I'm not sure there will be much left to find. Good luck.

Hey everyone. Longtime lurker here, never posted before. I always told myself I wouldn't share theories unless I really believed I had something worth saying. But I think I finally do.

I've watched the "Suicide Shed" episode more times than I'd like to admit, and I noticed something I haven't seen anyone else bring up. In that rural part of rural Ohio, a lot of people out there believe in aliens. And I don't mean just casual sightings, but full-on abduction stories, skywatch groups, even rumors of small town cults.

I know this because my grandparents, who lived in that area until they died (natural causes, nothing sketchy there), used to talk about "the lights" and "the ones who watch us from up there."

Anyway, this got me thinking. What if the suicides weren't just suicides?

We've seen UFO death cults before. Heaven's Gate is the most famous example. And while those events involved a mass suicide, the idea behind them was spiritual ascension, or what some call "enlightenment." Basically, the idea is leaving this world behind to join something greater. Even though the deaths in the shed weren't all at once, what if that's just because it was a loose network of believers?

Think this is a stretch? Well here's where it gets weird... Almost all of the deaths happened on dates that lined up with either comet activity, meteor showers, or lunar eclipses. To me, that is not a coincidence. It's a pattern. And by the way, I'm not saying a literal spaceship was coming for these folks. I'm saying they thought one was.

And here's where it connects to the Paranoids... What if this cult saw the Paranoids as a threat? These were outsiders poking around their sacred ground and filming it. The shed could be more than a site of tragedy. It could be holy to them, or something. Maybe that's why the Paranoids vanished.

Anyway, I know most of you will probably write this off as tinfoil BS. But I think there's something here. And I'm going to keep digging. Peace.

I am honestly shocked that more people aren't talking about David, the cameraman. Everyone's so focused on Riley and the shed and the prison and all the crazy theories, but if you actually rewatch some of their older stuff, the dynamic between him and Riley is… weird. Like, has anyone else noticed how tense things often seem between them? It's not obvious, but it's there if you're paying attention.

It's almost like he's pushing her harder and harder into situations she doesn't want to be in, and she is subtly pushing back. Sometimes she'll say "no, not this one" or "we should turn back," and David will just keep pressing until she caves. And if that's what we're seeing on camera, what do you think it's like when the cameras aren't rolling?

Idk, I know fans always say the Paranoids were tight like a family, but that doesn't mean everything was sunshine behind the scenes. Families fight and hide things all the time. And sometimes those things don't come out until it's too late.

I don't want anyone to harass David's family or anything. I just think sometimes people forget to look at what's hidden in plain sight.

Are you all seriously fooled that easily?

Hey NightOwls,

If you know me, you know I've been following Riley and the Paranoids for years now. I know you all commented on my last post that you're fairly sure this is a publicity stunt for their YouTube channel, but I can't shake this feeling that something's very wrong here. A week is way too long for them to be off the radar. Besides, they've gotten the attention of the press, papers, blogs, etc. So why would they keep it going? Not to mention if you've watched their videos, this type of stunt just doesn't line up at all with who they are. If anything, they've always been upfront, sometimes even brutally honest, about their paranormal outings. Even the failed ones.

This isn't normal, and it isn't branding. Something happened out there, and the longer it goes on, the harder it is to believe they'll be found safe.

Stay safe in the night,
Marissa

Hi guys.

I have something I need to get off my chest. Lately, the people on the news keep calling Riley and her friends "thrill-seekers" and "internet weirdos," and honestly, it's kind of getting to me. It just feels unfair, right? Because they were so much more than that. If we are going to talk about Riley, David, Peter, and Laura, then we should talk about who they really are, as people. If the news isn't going to give them respectful bios, then I will.

By the way, I also don't appreciate the fact that the news has been describing them in the past tense, like they are already gone. Barely any time has passed since they went missing. The Paranoids are still very much with us.

I'm so f******angry I'm shaking right now.

I've kept quiet for a week, but it's time to say it: the search for Riley, David, Peter, and Laura is a total joke. And I don't care if you have family in law enforcement, or if you think this is disrespectful. F*** that.

The Sheriff's office keeps holding these little press briefings, patting themselves on the back, but when I tried to ask for details for this blog, they shut me down immediately. No answers, no updates, just the same "we're doing everything we can" line.

The truth is they're NOT. It's been the town that's kept this search alive, the neighbors organizing their own sweeps, volunteers combing the woods day and night, locals printing flyers on their own dime. And if you've been keeping up with my posts you know we (the day one fans) are digging, too. And thank you for all of your support in the comments, by the way. You guys are keeping me going.

I just want to make it clear that in my opinion, law enforcement is basically just waiting for this to fade out so they can move on. Meanwhile, these four people (who mean everything to me) are still missing. If this is "everything they can do," it's not nearly enough.

Derek

Where is the second camera?

Unfortunately all I've got so far based on the old paranormal paranoids uploads from before Riley vanished is that the sister is definitely involved. Plus Peter was VERY insistent every time Riley tried to stop before the shelby oaks expedition. And according to Riley, Mia has been nothing but supportive, but in their first upload they mentioned Mia originally downplayed the idea of the paranoids to begin with. Riley's final upload shows her screaming MIA MIA and then peter walks into frame as animals scream outside.

riley uploaded a video from a nuclear fallout shelter. is it possible she and the team were irradiated? or that they found something that had mutated as a result of the radiation?

The locals know much more than they're letting on. Take Warren Clymer's statement regarding the disappearance; it seems odd, evasive, and vaguely threatening. You need to know where to look and who to ask as well as to be careful of what not to ask and who the wrong people are as well

After taking a drive up to Shelby oaks I decided to take a deep dive into the abandoned building and see if I could find ANYTHING. After dwelling inside I came across nothing but dirty rooms, bathrooms, and constant mold. Although something inside felt different. Almost as if my chest was clenching in pain as someone watched me. After searching and finally heading into the basement I found broken cameras with tapes still intact.

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Unfortunately, my location doesn't allow me to be close to the case, but I would take note of the screams heard in Riley's last video. Some have said its mountain lions, some jackals. Scary things. Their screams could burst your eardrums if they get any louder. I think these screams are coming from somewhere else, deep from hell. There is some kind of split or crack deep in Shelby Oaks, realms are opening and colliding. No animal could make these noises.

Who is the entity, can you give us any info on who or what it is, is it after riley? why is it after anyone in the first place, let alone a bunch of random people, unless. it's doing this for a reason.

Riley speaks of premonitions of a man in her window through dreams when she was 13.

A demonic figure can be seen watching her through the window in what is likely Shelby Oaks.

There is an image circulating of a tree in which R+M is carved, likely this is for Riley+Mia.

There is also an image circulating of Riley and Mia playing in a wooded area when they were much younger (riley looks about 10), with something luring in the background.

I believe whatever has haunted Riley has haunted Mia too, and she tried to protect her from it by keeping it a secret.

In the recording of Laura's mother's call to the radio station, it's not her voice saying "help us" towards the end.

we haven't seen all of the footage. The tapes named: helltown, midnight run, plaza 8, thief, phenomenon field and a blank one along with others with no name to my knowledge have not been seen.

Maybe there's more info we could get if we had access to the footage on those tapes. We know that strange things happened just in the regular episodes and videos we've seen most circling around Riley, maybe there's more, things that'll give us answers on the tapes we haven't seen.

Also on the theories page someone brings up a good point. If they've started using two cameras, where is the other one?

What happened to it? I believe that the answers we seek on in the tapes and second camera.

Maybe the unseen footage could tell us where the second camera is and/or give us better info and insight on what happened to Riley and her friends

who and what, found them, no idea, what i can say is, that "thing" wasn't anything i've ever saw before, i know you all saw it too, im not crazy, i have proof of it too, this isn't a theory, its a plead of sanity.

I've just can't help but find it strange that there is something very supernatural about it like I think maybe a cult could be involved or something

In the episode where they explored the school, they captured some terrifying stuff, like the guy at the end. What if that wasn't just a freak coincidence? What if he followed Riley and the gang? It can't be a coincidence that the school episode is the last one we saw

this is all just a long running gag, I do not even believe the "suicide shed" video. What kind of people go out of their way just to lie like this for attention? Shame. Shame. Shame. The only thing that rubs me wrong about these videos though are the shots of the trees.. anyone else?

Many people have seen the ad on TikTok. Why now? Why here? This site's been untouched since 2008, and yet now more attention has been paid to it… This is all one big question mark, and no answers have been provided even now. Is there any part that us newcomers have in this, a role we have to play? It's all so confusing, and yet it all feels connected. Good luck, everyone, and keep yourselves safe out there. No more people should go missing because of the same reason.

I believe that they were taken by an evil, unknown alien spacecraft, or just glitched out of the matrix. Hope she is good tho

In the prison where Riley seemed to get extremely cold and you can see her breath. I think they were messing with things they couldn't understand or predict. They awoken something dark and malevolent. It got them and we will never see them again.