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Eerie video essays
Hello! I'm currently in the mood to listen to some spooky video essays in the background while I do other things, but I need some recommendations. The general vibe I'm going for would be something like blameitonjorge, where there's an eerie style of narration and maybe some mood music. The topic doesn't have to be lost media, it can be anything. I'm also familiar with Night Mind, Nexpo, Inside a Mind, and Wendigoon. Any good suggestions?
LEMMiNO's documentary videos are probably exactly what you're looking for. E.g. Some of my personal favorites are The Dyatlov Pass Case, The Lost Colony of Roanoke, The Vanishing of Flight 370, The Search For D. B. Cooper, The Enduring Mystery of Jack the Ripper, but they're all amazing.
Horses also has a bunch of similar style videos that might fit the bill as well, like The Psychedelic Drug That Conquered Europe, How to Perform an Exorcism, How to Eat a Human Being, and The Paintings You Aren't Supposed to See.
But I can think of a few other random videos that you might enjoy too, like Calum's Baychimo: The Unsinkable Arctic Ghost Ship, and if you enjoy video games, Power Pak's MyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod is fantastic, but requires watching not just background listening. hbomberguy's ROBLOX_OOF.mp3 video is great too, although it isn't eerie at all, it's just an interesting investigation, similar to Vox reporter Christophe Haubursin's videos on What's inside this crater in Madagascar? and Who made these circles in the Sahara?, and Jeffiot's no one knows who created skull trumpet (until now) and no one knows who made skull trumpets 3D models (until now).
p.s. https://tildes.net/?tag=mysteries probably has a few more you might enjoy if you CTRL-F for "videos".
One of my favorite video essayists is Jacob Geller, and I'm especially fond of his "Fear of..."-series. Fear of Depths is my personal favorite (and I can highly recommend the book Underland, one of the major sources used in this video!)
ABSTRACT may fit the bill? It isn't really "spooky" so much as it is real life horror stories told rather matter of factly, but I do enjoy it. I hope you do too.
This probably doesn't fit your criteria, but maybe JCS - Criminal Psychology?
Not eerie in the "horror movie" sense, but still
I believe retroahoy did a good one on Polybius that I remember being in the same vibe category.
Edit: It's this one
Oki's Weird Stories and Atrocity Guide are fun, and Super Eyepatch Wolf has a few in this vein (tho his content is all over the place, it's not all weeb shit and wrestling, I promise).
I was reminded of From the Mind of Christine Mcconnel from a while back, kind of a spooky arts and crafts series.
Here is a fantastic overview and deep dive into Petscop.
Part 1
Part 2
It’s a video game that might not even exist. Only 1 copy is known about. It is seemingly programmed to psychoanalyze one person. There is a let’s play of that person playing it on YouTube. This 2 part video is about the backstory and analysis of that let’s play.