r/youtubeBadActors

Unacceptable

As much as it pains me to say it, I'm with Gray on this. Digging up and emailing a relative's death information (his brother's Find a Grave memorial) crosses a line. There is zero justification for sending this to someone, no matter the online drama.

While he's blaming this on generic "trolls," Gray has detractors across various platforms - including Twitter and the newcomers to his channel that he frequently attacks. One has to wonder where this person came in contact with him, what their motive was, or if the whole thing was manufactured just to gain sympathy.

u/notGrAhues — 1 day ago

Viewers' Digest version of NG Ransom Note #3

Gray called this Nancy Guthrie: Was There a THIRD Real Ransom Note? a debate. It was - as usual - Gray ranting at the screen while playing parts of Brian Entin's video from earlier today. 50 minutes in length (don't bother) and 414 views two hours later.

A new viewer would not have watched much of this. Listening to the content creator regurgitator complain first about the number of viewers, then dealing with audio issues with the video playback, berating someone in chat, and attempting to discredit the opinion of the creator whose video he is playing is unprofessional. There are much better content creators out there!

It's as if my channel has disappeared off of YouTube - bwahaha!

u/notGrAhues — 2 days ago

Gray YouTube Featured!!!

And he still only had 4 people watching to start and peaked at 65. Lmao. His channel is cooked!!

u/rizbixriz — 2 days ago

Boycott: I didn't watch last night

I did not watch yesterday. Looks like there were 2 lives with really low watch counts this morning. Anyone who watched either, what were the watch numbers during the show? Clearly, he threw in the Guthrie live hoping the title would bring in a ton of viewers money, predictably. 😒

u/Sitzprobe42 — 1 day ago

Important Reminder

We recently removed a post suggesting alternate apps or sites to watch the Gray Hughes Investigates channel in order to avoid counting as a view.

We will not host or encourage content that promotes violating YouTube’s Terms of Service or attempting to deprive a creator of legitimate views/income. If you don’t want to contribute to someone’s view count, the simple and legitimate option is to not watch the channel. That’s it.

Separately: Gray has mentioned receiving an email referencing his deceased brother. That kind of contact is completely unacceptable. We have no reason to believe it came from anyone in this community, but we want to be clear that anyone who contacts Gray in that way is not welcome here.

Thanks to everyone who participates thoughtfully and keeps the discussion focused on the content and behavior. We appreciate this community. ❤️

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u/YouTube_Bad_Actors — 1 day ago

AI Is Gray Hughes' 'Thing', He doesn't Want Additional Input

Show length 4:42
CourtTV coverage of Bridegan Case, sped up and edited: 3:00
AI 1:42

Someone in chat sent him Marty's Bar & Grill AI generated images that the freaks wanted to see. He finally shared them, but told everyone not to send more AI because AI is his thing, like creating and selling niche Marty's Bar & Grill mug that no one but the freaks will buy (does that even make sense?) .

End of video includes two images with deleted comments that u/Jainicbot caught - THANK YOU and two more from me. Marty was having issues sending his coffees, SallyMae suggested it might have been due to a fraud algorithm due to sending so many in a short time, so of course she was a troll.

It was Delete Delete Delete in the comments. There was a comment from Gray about people on fixed incomes I didn't grab fast enough, anyone else get it?

u/notGrAhues — 2 days ago

Views announcement from YouTube

I'm eager to watch how Gray's views change after this.

For those who don't know: currently views are only counted after atleast 30 seconds.

I do wonder if it'll also impact the audio retention metric. We know Gray can hardly retain an audience outside of his mods.

He can't even retain trolls.

Hello to all, before I go back into the shadows 💚

u/cabbagebrainedtroll — 3 days ago

Sleepy Sunday

A hodgepodge of miscellaneous odds and ends lol from last night

Show length 3:43
True Crime sorta Coverage 2:10
about 50 minutes of Tyler Robinson
about 1.3 hours covering upcoming Bridegan trial, initially suggested by Cindy but brushed off by Gray because of course you can't do anything Cindy suggests, but he changed his mind I guess because he wasn't getting an mileage errr $$ outta TR
Length of whining incalculable
Fakity Fake stuff 1:33

And what person living doesn't understand what My Bad means?!?

He should drop the true crime outro... it's rather jarring after the mellow jazz sound. (If he's taking my pseudo advice about changing his focus or creating another channel he should take my advice on this too. 🙃 )

There was more but grumpy Gray was rubbing off on me and it was time to stop.

Have fun unpacking all of this NONsense

*title thanks to Haylee's comment

other posts from last night:

There's gotta be somebody out there

Cindy, Why You Got to be so RUUDE?

Cindy, Massive Lulls, & Super Chats

u/notGrAhues — 3 days ago

Geez You Guys..Not a Big Deal..Just Support!!

I'm
Surprised no one else grabbed this from a few nights ago...follow along with the chat feed.

- Gray freezes the show until he gets the 5th gifted membership for the P-Watson challenge
-Wildbill enters the chat and updates the Freaks he is back in the hospital.
- Gray gets annoyed, reminds Freaks there is a challenge going on up there.
- Gray minimizes Wildbills hospitalization and kicks around a freak or 2.
- Gray sighs in disgust that the 5th leg of the challenge has been further derailed due to the health concerns for a friend.

u/rizbixriz — 3 days ago

Cindy, Why You Got to be so RUUUDE?

Poor Cindy didn't even have a chance, tries to be helpful and talk about a new case, but Dear Leader doesn't like that very much...poor Cindy never learns.

u/b_rup_breaks — 4 days ago

What a Joke

If you can't make money off True Crime, switch to fake ambiance, fake music, and sell fake drinks. Oh don't forget the fake sense of community from the creator to the freaks - the freaks do seem to care about each other.

u/notGrAhues — 4 days ago

Gray Hughes, You Should Change Your Channel Name

Hey Gray

You should just give up on true crime, create a bar theme, rename The Channel Marty's Bar and Grill, and just do BS and chat. You'd probably gain more of a following playing your fake sh!t trying to get viewers to buy fake drinks, fake videos, and fake playlists - or and the merch you keep talking about (good luck selling all the crap to anyone but the freaks!).

Trolls would find you so boring they'd probably leave you alone (except you'd eventually show your True Colors, because well leopards never change their spots).

u/notGrAhues — 4 days ago

Show held hostage for $30! 🫩

I wouldn't believe myself if I hadn't seen it a hundred times before. How does this jerk have any audience left? Instead of complaining about your 100 person audience, you should be kissing their feet for showing up. And remember: 50 + of those people are trolls! I'll take my thank you now.

u/Sitzprobe42 — 5 days ago

Please help support the channel, don’t talk about another YouTuber, JasonBourne, don’t be so rude Tandycane, and Shirley the punching bag

Some cuts of the Bad Actor and its snoozefest from last night 8/14/26. I stop hate watching as soon as the ai music slop starts, so not sure what happened after that. lol

u/zigstardust12 — 5 days ago

The New Grift...🤡🤡🎪🎷🎼

Look at my cool AI donation animations, someone send let's see it!!

Because this idiot is greedy and made a $6 or $7 donation animation as his grift, anyone with iphones can't donate, sorry Lisa 😭😭😭

u/b_rup_breaks — 6 days ago

Sweet Snowbie has crossed the Rainbow Bridge

Just wanted to let everyone know that our sweet Snowbie (government name: Snow White) crossed the Rainbow Bridge yesterday.

She had fallen off our 3rd story balcony a few weeks ago, and through xrays the vet determined she had fractured her tibia and dislocated part of her tail.

During a follow up visit, the vet was concerned because she had lost weight and determined to have a heart murmur.

When I called about getting terramycin for her eyes, I mentioned she wasn't eating. Vet wanted her back in.

At that visit, the vet thought she might have either pancreatitis or liver failure, because she was jaundiced. She wanted her hospitalized that day.

After looking at the treatment plan, the cost would have been upwards of $10k, and at 14 years old, no quality of life could be determined.

She went downhill so fast--like, overnight. She developed an upper respiratory infection and was dehydrated from not eating or drinking. The vet gave her fluids, pain meds and an antibiotic to get her through the night. The next day, we sent her to the Rainbow Bridge. She's now once again with her brother from another mother, Stud.

https://preview.redd.it/07dx5xcfgkjh1.jpg?width=1299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ada67e5c237d3927774d6ee1a0332494233322b6

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u/Tigress_Solaris — 5 days ago