Sam Golbach and Colby Brock have had a weirder time on YouTube than most, ditching the tried and tested challenge video format to delve into the paranormal. As you do. Three years ago, the duo, who boast a following of more than four million, decided they were done with their sit-down videos, and began exploring haunted locations, documenting their journey. ‘It’s always been an interest for us when we were kids, we would explore haunted houses just for fun off-camera,’ Sam explained to Metro.co.uk at VidCon London. ‘But, on YouTube, it kind of just happened naturally. We really wanted to do things that we were genuinely interested in after doing the whole challenge thing on YouTube, the stupid sit-down videos, we ended up just exploring abandoned places and we love the haunted aspect of it.’ And it’s certainly got them into some creepy situations, with Colby recalling their experience on the infamous haunted ship the Queen Mary.
‘We ended up talking to something – I don’t know if you want to call it, a demon or spirit – but we definitely heard knocks and we were communicating with something for like 30 minutes.’ However, they’re not afraid to admit that things can get ‘way too overwhelming’, with Sam revealing there have been times when ‘we were like, “We stay [and] we’re going to get traumatised.”‘ We’d rather us than them. And, of course, there was that one time the pair of them got arrested for trespassing while filming a video. ‘It was a sad time in my life,’ Colby laughed. ‘We were exploring, we’d go to these abandoned places and stuff, and a lot of the time you’re trespassing when you do that. ‘And so, we hopped a fence into this school, and apparently it was under construction so it was government property, and the neighbours saw us doing that and called the cops.’ Luckily, they were released the next morning after paying bail, with the pair of them clarifying to fans that they were okay. However, they now describe the ordeal as a ‘blessing in disguise’. Sam pointed out: ‘It forced us to change the way we do content and that really elevated our channel. Instead of doing something we weren’t really comfortable with, we were forced to make a change.’ Now the pair, who are currently releasing their creepy series Shadow Man, discuss their trips and videos with the likes of expert historians and mediums, ensuring that the videos are as informative as possible and not just doing ‘creepy demonic rituals and then leaving.’ However, it’s definitely not easy work.
‘There was a point where it was 50 hours of editing an entire series that we did and then just going to the place that’s like a weekend,’ Colby explained. Sam added: ‘Now we have to coordinate with professionals and experts trying to help us do these things. It takes us about a month to plan a paranormal trip. And then the editing process after takes about a month as well because we really don’t want these to just be one-off stupid sit down YouTube videos. We really want them to be seen as TV [and have an] informative movie quality.’ The pair have had quite the journey since they began making videos years ago on Vine, and they’re quick to admit that they’ve definitely had their disagreements along the way. However, making videos they genuinely have a passion for has worked wonders, and they staying true to their roots of why they began making videos. ‘The big gist of it is we started social media because we were shy,’ Colby recalled. ‘We were very shy kids. We learned how to be confident. So we wanted to spread that message to as many people as possible.’ Meanwhile, Sam and Colby are attending VidCon London, with Colby explaining: ‘We’ve never had a meet-and-greet in London. So it’s just cool to meet everybody [and] to see the fans here finally!’
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The two YouTubers, Sam and Colby, were discovered at a Florida school on January 16, after they were known to explore abandoned sites and cordoned-off areas. They were released following a post-bail bail post the following morning, and have expressed their situation on Twitter since then. Sam Golbach, 22, and Cole Brock, 22, also known as Sam & Colby, are being charged. They were arrested by police on Jan. 16 for trespassing in a building that was under construction at a closed school they had been using on Vine. Fans have been freaking out on Twitter since the mugshots of Sam and Colby were released. Sam and Colby have been arrested?The main reason producers shifted their attention to their YouTube channel is that the duo rose to fame on Vine was deactivated, which was why they started their YouTube channel in 2014. They started with vlogs and movies and made it a goal to explore movies on their YouTube channel. They try to create a variety of content for their subscribers on a regular basis. It is hard to predict something like that because life can change at any instant. Several people have experienced unexpected fortune in the past. Teen Alternative awarded Sam and Colby with the Favorite You Tuber award in 2019. Each and every time they created humor movies with totally new content, it was completely different. Their first e-book was published in 2020, and they don’t seem to be solely YouTubers. All three have been visitors to their YouTube channels, Reed Deming, Devin Hayes, and Brennen Taylor. Who are Sam and Colby?Social media influencers Sam and Colby do not seem like peculiar figures, but they have over 6 million subscribers and 749 million views on their YouTube channel. Everyone is interested in knowing about the viral guys’ private details. Sam and Colby have an Instagram account with the title @samandcolby. Netizens are going crazy for them since they have 1.3 million customers on their Instagram account. Everywhere they go, they follow them. There are more than 1.6 million followers on their TikTok account.
UPDATE: Sam returned to Twitter on Jan. 17 at noon to reassure his fans that he had been released — and although Colby wasn’t out yet, he would be soon. “I’m alive and free!!!” he wrote. “Just wanted to say we are both safe and okay, sorry for any worry. After such a long process, Colby’s bond is now paid for (he will be released soon) and we should be both back in California tomorrow.” Samuel Golbach, 22, and Cole Brock, 22, a.k.a. Sam & Colby, have a history of trespassing onto abandoned properties for their videos — and now they’re paying the consequences for it! The YouTube pair, who started out on Vine, were arrested on Jan. 16 after trespassing at a closed school that was under construction. Although they have reportedly posted bail and will be released the morning of Jan. 17, fans have been freaking out on Twitter ever since the guys’ mugshots were released, using #FreeSamAndColby to share their pain. Neither of the YouTubers was smiling in their picture a la Justin Bieber during his 2014 arrest. Both wore serious expressions. “Guys it’s not the moment to panic! It’s the moment to take action!” one Sam & Colby fan wrote on Twitter after the news broke. But that seemed to mean different things to different Twitter users. “This is so important DO NOT PHONE THE POLICE STATION OR BOTHER THE POLICE they will get more pissed and treat Sam and Colby like sh*t,” one pointed out, while another added that fans shouldn’t start a GoFundMe page for the boys until they asked for it. But a huge portion of Sam and Colby lovers, on the other hand, haven’t been phased by their arrest in the slightest. “I don’t understand why everyone is freaking out that Sam and Colby got arrested,” one user said. “We all knew it was gonna happen eventually! We are at least prepared for it!” The YouTube pair have yet to speak out on the arrest — since they’ve been in jail, and all — but we bet Sam and Colby will upload a video documenting the entire thing soon enough. It’s sure to get a ton of views! |