It was founded on 31 october 2006, in part by the team behind ogrish.com, a shock site that closed on the same day The founder hayden hewit announced the site's closure on twitter and revealed a new project. Infamous video sharing website liveleak is dead, shutting down on wednesday after 15 years of nightmare fuel and trauma
LiveLeak is finally dead after 15 years | Mashable
Sorry if you wanted to see a brutal murder for some reason
Without liveleak, other websites will pop up to take its place, and there is little doubt that liveleak's users will flood to the next similar offering
In place of liveleak, hewitt is launching a new video streaming site called itemfix that will ban excessive violence or gory content, seeking a move away from disturbing and disgusting content. The site was infamous for hosting explicit and violent content, including executions. The british video sharing website liveleak has been closed down after 15 years of existence
