Preview of the Infographics Show: "Dumbest YouTubers Who Filmed Their Own Crimes"

By: Shane Lambert

The popular YouTube channel, The Infographics Show, released a new video last week. Unlike a lot of their videos, which can be very long, this one can be watched in about 15 minutes. While I generally focus on missing people on this website, I digress a little here and there so I decided to preview the new Infographics Show upload. It's called "Dumbest YouTubers Who Filmed Their Own Crimes" and it regales the tales of 10 YouTubers who faced the law as a result of their relentless pursuit of clicks.

The graphics or animation style on The Infographics Show.

Author: The Infographics Show
Title: Dumbest YouTubers Who Filmed Their Own Crimes
Date: January 11th, 2025

Have you ever watched YouTube videos and wondered about the authenticity of the acts that are being committed? If so, then this episode of The Infographics Show is for you. It contains some information about YouTubers who have faked videos. 

For instance, one YouTubing couple claimed that they had spent the night in a Target store. However, they did not actually do this but instead stayed very late at a Target store, broke out, and then re-entered in the morning. This story was No. 10 on the list of the Top Ten, meaning it was the start of the countdown.

The YouTubers did draw some attention their way for sure. After researching this attempt at getting clicks, the YouTubing couple had made a fort out of boxes during the business day in Target. They hid in this fort until the store closed. But they left just before 3 AM back in February 2022.

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One thing I liked about this episode of The Infographics Show was that they didn't just focus on stupid YouTubers in Canada, the USA, or Europe. I think these locations will be well covered for English-speaking Internet users who like these kinds of lists. So there might be some fresh content for people in this episode because they included Asia.

At No. 9, this episode's list told the story of four Japanese men who set up a couple of drug deals. The Japanese men then called the police on the location of the drug deal and filmed the drug dealers getting arrested while pretending to be simple bystanders. However, the hole in their plot was that the police noticed the same men filming the arrest on the second attempt -- and that aroused suspicion.

This event, which was called "Vigilantes for Clout Get Arrested," reminded me of a couple of other stories. I think somewhere in Canada or maybe the USA there were people who used to lure potential pedophiles off the Internet by posing online as young women. They would then 'bust' the man who showed up at the local restaurant or meeting point.

Also, there was that Jake Gyllenhaal movie, Nightcrawler, from 2014. It is described as "A petty thief desperate for work muscles into the world of crime journalism and becomes the star of his own story as he blurs the line between observer and participant" (IMDB). You can see how the movie relates to the Japanese men in some ways.

I've hardly spoiled the Top Ten list. If you are interested in the episode, then I embedded the link below. 

It could be called a bit of "revenge" watching. If these YouTubers who do annoying things in public have ever bothered you, then you'll probably like watching a list of them face the law for their actions.