10 SUPRISING Facts About Billy the Kid No One BELIEVED
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- 10 SUPRISING Facts About Billy the Kid No One BELIEVED
Join us on a journey through the legendary life of Billy the Kid, one of the most notorious figures in Wild West history. Uncover ten incredible facts about this enigmatic outlaw, from his early years as an orphan to his daring escapades and contentious demise. Share your thoughts in the comments and don't forget to like and subscribe for more captivating history content! 🌵📜
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I wish the state of New Mexico would honor the pardon that Lew Wallace promised him.
I second that notion. Billy was robbed.
Amen. Frack Pat Garret. Karma got him with his dyck in his hand. Maybe he peed on his boots. He was not much of a man. Killing another man for money. Pat never accomplished anything after shooting Billy in the dark.
That is probably why it is believed that was the reason why Pat Garrett gave him a pass.
@@Turco949 Nope he did not.
One of my sisters works for a man called Tunstall in Devon, England, an Englishman related to the man who Billy The Kid once worked for (and perhaps was a father figure for him).
Tunstall was 24, the kid 21 at the time of their respective passing. Read more books, watch fewer movies.
He is 3 year apart , of billy, so he had 3 years to decided , Tunstall, to go home , which took 6 months. Another 3 months in jail for stealing clothes from a Chinese dry cleaning, two months to find out that he was in Scotland …and from there he found home..later he would meet her (sister). Yes it’s possible sister met him.
@@holdencaulfield8429 Tunstall has family members in both Devon and Leeds area, so this is correct and could be true. Tunstall's firearm is in Leeds and can be viewed on display. Even Billy has family members still alive. One of them agreed to have their DNA used to test a grave of someone who may have been Billy. The DNA though of the body was bad and the test was not conclusive. However, that family's DNA (Related to that body) did have a match, not a good one, but one that says they could be related. So, the debate continues if Billy did survive. There are plans for new DNA testing with more advanced technology soon, we shall see how close they are related.
@@StacieMMeier his comment was off-base. That guy should have told that Holden guy that he needs better reading comprehension skills, not more book readings
I heard that he has a cage around his grave with a sign that says The cage is not to keep the tourists out but to keep Billy in , I believe this is because he escaped from prison on more then one occasion
the cage is to prevent his tombstone from being stolen, which has happened before
Billy is the biggest folk hero that New Mexico has produced. He deserves a pardon from the government that he was promised. He fought against corruption in the local and state governments while the federal government stood by until the body count became too high to ignore. He was gunned downed like a mad dog. There has never been any justice for Tunstall and McSween. Viva the memory of the Lincoln County Regulators.
Excellent points!
@@sharonw2475 Thank you. 👍
He was also a hero amongst the Hispanic community and was said to be a polite young man all things considered. A bullied and misunderstood kid who had simply had enough of corruption. He wasn’t as bad as the newspapers said he was.
@@sammclaughlin515 He returned the horse he borrowed when he broke jail and left Lincoln for the last time.
Forgot the asassin who killed him. But I believe he was a crooked brush popper.
This type of reporting/story telling is straight from the National Inquirer.
Exactly. Click bait. Nothing new here.
This does steam engine cat buddy. Don't know why gigs and freshness sat next to the cob though
u kno @user-te9nz5pl5w by any chance?
@@sartainjaall is fake or copied nowadays in the aim to be an 'infuencer'.
Do they influence me ? For sure not but they influence kids alas.
I guess that's ok, National Inquiry or National Geography is where we learnt about stuff, now we have Utube, can't change the facts of history. 🇦🇺
Basically this is a good video, however, no matter which side you are on, according to one author, "He is still the most popular man in New Mexico." Rather than a traditional outlaw, who robbed banks, trains, or directly accosting people, he was a victim of circumstance more than anything else, and lacking any trade, he turned to the only way he knew to eke out a living, rustling cattle. One myth recently corrected in our book, Chasing Billy the Kid: Frank Stewart and the Untold Story of the Manhunt for William H. Bonney is the idea that Pat Garrett alone captured Billy at Perea's stone cabin (not a log cabin) at Stinking Spring. As our book shows, a mysterious stock detective named Frank Stewart while co-leader of the posse at Stinking Spring has never received any credit. Our book, published late in 2022 sets the record straight if you want the complete story.
He was just a kid try to survive. Poor baby May your next life be with parents who will give you all the love
Billy died in hico Texas in the 1930's . He was known as brushy bill Roberts . Along with other aliases . Hico Texas has a museum dedicated to Billy the kid . And the movie young guns . Pictures him living out his last days in hico Texas . FACTS
Historians believe that before his death that Billy the Kid was a father. Somewhere out there is a descendant of the legendary outaw.
I have to disagree. I think that Billy was "shooting blanks". He couldn't have children. Sometimes, he would do the five knuckle shuffle....,....
@@KennethMachnica-vj3hf Really? Where did you get that information?
@@BelldandyAsuna I just thought of it, off the cuff. Sometimes, I make funny comments for the humanoids to entertain themselves, with. How did you like that one,? Pretty hilarious, huh?
@@KennethMachnica-vj3hf Yup. It made me laugh.
Me too! I do like a story about the masturbatory habits of dead outlaws. And that one has certainly put a more than gentle smirk on my face.
#4 - It has never been said that Garrett said anything to the Kid before firing and killing him.
Too dam scared of him.
Thanks for the story!
I give u thumbs up because u seem fair/balanced, and tried to give good account. It's a rough subject to cover, because so much is unknown/so much more has been added. I knew a boy in '80's that grew up raising his bro&sis, while taking care of his drug-addicted/dying mother. We( me, wife our children) offered friendship, but had no $$ to spare. I'm glad to report, he went into military, went to college on G.I. bill, got married to nice girl, and got vgpaying job. KUDO'S to him!!
How would YOU feel if you didn't have folks and adrift !?
“Buck-toothed Billy” lol
That picture did not do him much justice. He was not a “Brad Pitt” stud looking to me (not gay).
@@sartainja I’m sure he had days he looked better but it doesn’t seem like the difference would bed tremendous.
That is life for you. One of the most famous fellow of the Wild West and we do not have a decent picture of him. @@allbriardup6451
Ain’t but one Billy the kid. I am lifting the curse that was put on us a long time ago by off colors. Living life and becoming skill traded in professional genres is key to a normal and family oriented lifestyle!!. PERIOD.
Beta version AI channel started a few months ago said what?
Billy is a damn HERO ... his "bodycount" was all self defence ... even Brady ... Brady was gunning for all the regulators to prevent any vengence kills/ testimony to his illegal acts namely chasing down Tunstel shooting him several times in the back and wounding Billy as well .(according to survivors of the incident)
Your hero murdered two deputies that were guarding him. I hope you never had children to pass such ideals along to...
He'll make you famous
It's leaving a lot out. And there are many who say that
Pat Garret didn't kill the Kid.
Stories of Billy The Kid living long afterward were many and
in the early I think it was, the early 1950's a man by the name of
Brushy Bill Roberts contacted a newspaper reporter to claim he was
Billy The Kid and he wanted to tell his story before he died.
The two movies , Young Guns 1 & 2 describes that in pretty good detail.
I'm inclined to think there is some merit to it.
look at the picture of Billy and the picture of Brushy Bill and they have the exact same distinct ears.
ALSO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT ROBERTS HAD ALL THE BATTLE SCARS THAT THE REAL BILLY HAD & HERES THE KICKER I HEARD THE DID PHOTO ANALYSIS BETWEEN ROBERTS & BILLY'S PICS WITH THE RESULTS SAYIN THERE WAS LIKE A 97% MATCH SO LET THAT SINK IN..
Love him in the Jeston Nash Adventure novels
Billy the Kid was not an outlaw. He fought the outlaws in the corrupt injustice system.
When he was rustling cattle he was an outlaw.
LOVE IT I HAVE SOME OLD BOOK OF THE LOTS OF OLD PICTURE MY DOC HOLDAY WAS MY FAVORITE THANKS
Why are you yelling??
Look up all things Billy tell all the girlfriends he had who turn hm in etc etc
Well to start of he weren't no kid,he was a Cold Blood Thirsty Killer who loved his life style!!!🇨🇦😄
"Sorry billy were just hacking on ya"......."Ah heard ya killed a man " ..."yeah Billy why did ya kill a man " .....(billy)"he was hacking on me"
My hero
I've done a lot of research on him and I've come to believe he is actually from Anderson, Indiana.
Skipped right over his time in Indianapolis.
Billy the Kid is recorded killing 8 possibly 9. Most were in self-defense and he was never wanted for them. 2 of these were during the cattle war and there is now debate he did it or it cant be proven. So, that leaves about 5 or 6. of these 4 were considered self-defense. So, in truth, he was wanted only for 2 or 3. Billy never had a huge bounty, and his bounty was subject to him being taken alive. He was never ordered to be shot. The Governor at time had his letters asking for a pardon (These can still be viewed). So, we know he was educated and could both write and read. Had he been brought in alive, he likely may have got a small sentence. There is now a debate that Garrett (He was an outlaw himself) knew this and that's why he killed Billy, because of this, though, he never was able to collect on the bounty that said Billy must be brought in alive.
EDIT: New evidence, suggest that the town, he was being held, were supporting him, this is where he got the gun in the outhouse. Who did it is unknown, but it is likely someone in the town that wanted him to escape. The law there was not considered nice and the town was not happy with them, so they had a motive to help Billy. It is when he murdered the lawmen that the town turned on him. We know how he was treated because Billy sent a letter to the Governor and asking for another pardon, claiming mistreatment and asking the Governor not to punish anyone who helped him escape (Which is how we know he had help).
I always wondered about that gentleman in the late 1940's claiming to be Billy The Kid. It hasn't been proven nor has it been disproven. Guess we can all agree to disagree on that one and I feel it could be him because his body was never recovered after he was shot so that's truly a thinker.
that't Brushy Bill Roberts. he and Elvis play cards on Saturday afternoons
Brushy Bill was discredited. He didn't even know basic facts from the Kid's life.
@worldobserver3515 bullshit he know facts that where later Tobe proven true pictures and letters
@@danielmckay3458 Can you given an example?
There was a well-documented wake with viewing of the body and a funeral, all overseen by the townsfolk of Fort Sumner. Reports of this were published within days of the event. It's a myth that his body wasn't recovered, or that Garrett hid it somehow. The body was given over to the Kid's friends in the village very shortly after the shooting. Those who were actually there talked about it in published interviews within days of the Kid's death and for decades after.
Im from NM, my theory is Pat Garret staged his death
Took family out west and made a stopped at Fort Sumter, saw where Billy and his two friends were intumbed inside a cage with Billy's grave marker was bolted down because some body had stolen it
Interesting but music too loud and puts people off the subject.
I started my in depth research on Billy the Kid in 1990, and still watch everything I can n him.
I noticed two very specific things that were glossed over.
The first being the man he shot in a saloon. I find it important to mention that this event was not a murder, but a shooting in self defense. There were witnesses that stated the man had Billy pinned to the floor, and was beating on him. It is on record that the man called him a pimp and a son of a B*&%h. It is commonly believed by historians that he would likely have been acquitted of any charges.
Second, it was reported that the night the Pat Garret killed Billy, that Billy did not know who had come to Pete Maxwell’s ranch. It is said that he went to a dark room asking “who is it”, and Pat Garret shot him. Whether Billy was armed or not is debatable.
I DO appreciate the clarity of Billy not being a “robber”, in that he never robbed banks, trains, or coaches. His stealing was cattle wrestling and for survival.
Have you seen the fairly recent movie "old Henry" that's pretty good
4:40)20 years after Billy's death, Garrett was killed by a sniper. The crime was pinned on a Mexican sheepherder.
I'm related to one of the regulators; Tom Waite.
Did you ever hear stories from your family??? 😮
I did like that video
Billy the Kid was from New York and had to have a New York accent which had to draw flack.
For decades everyone thought the Kid was left handed. That was based on a photograph. There was even a movie about the Kid made called "The Left Handed Gun" which was based on the Kid starring Paul Newman. It was until many years later that a closer look at the photo revealed that it was developed backwards.
He was ambidextrous. He could "flog the bishop", with either hand, depending on his fancy. Sometimes, he would "switch it up".❤😂
I was being taught false history in the sixties and seventies and graded on it
What about his time in Indianapolis
What about the time that he lived in Indiana???
Single moms raise criminals? That never happens. C'mon.
BTK got his ass handed 2 em by a slave .. unfortunately 4 the slave BTK later on ambushed the slave walking down a road n shot em n cold blood .. that was BTKs 1st kill .. an unarmed slave 🤨
You're confusing him with Hardin.
BTK would have to have been 6 years old at the oldest to have shot an unarmed slave. Since he was born in 1859 and slavery ended in 1865.
He never stole a horse from someone he didn't like😉
Little known fact also you may not know, is Wyatt Earp pistol whipped Billy The Kid with his own pistol
No he didn't. Jeez.
Your always going to find a disbelieving ass hole
However it has been documented in history Wyatt Earp did pistol whip William H. Alias Billy The Kid at the steps of the courthouse steps in Tombstone. Also Billy The Kid ran before the shooting started at the OK Corral
@@worldobserver3515 I spent over 30 years researching Billy The Kid and most importantly Wyatt Earp and history stated the 2 of them encountered each other twice, there is only one movie that actually depicts the interaction between the 2, with the research and the proof, good luck on your believes
@@heeljoe7221 I don't care if you spent 130 years researching it, you are still wrong. You're seriously listing a movie in your claim of proof? Also, it is "beliefs," not "believes."
@@worldobserver3515 Wow, your insecurities and immaturity are showing I simply stated one movie depicted the true interaction. Before you react with the immaturity of a child, also anyone that does true research will know the truth. Anyways this is the last response you will get from me.
Nothing new here heard it all before.
It was his rifle that he was really good with, not the pistol like hollywood movies make it
why dont they make a movie of someone who lookks like him?
"a simple prop"
I think the first reemergence of Billy the Kid was in the 1920's, when he went seeking a promised pardon by the Governor of New Mexico and that Governor laughed him out of his office.
You may be thinking of the event in 1950, when an impostor arranged a meeting with the Governor and was not taken seriously, and for good reason. The historical Billy the Kid was denied promised relieve from prosecution, no question. And it was in the mid 1920s that the biography "The Saga of Billy the Kid" by Walter Noble Burns launched the Kid into legendary status. He might have been largely forgotten if not for that book. There are dozens of townsfolk that can be named who saw the Kid's body in 1881, and between 100-200 who attended his burial and likely also saw his body during the wake held by his friends, per those known to have been there. This is really well researched and primary sources established. Conversely, there is nothing but undocumented fairytale in the stories that the Kid survived that night. We may wish the Kid had lived on, but the evidence says otherwise.
Didn't Billy become old Henry? 🤔
You missed out on his perfect American tooth
BS from the start. "Mythical deeds that he accomplished?" If he accomplished them, they are not mythical.
John Miller alias Billy The Kid !
Garrett? Not true.
I believed them
That's Williams the Child to you stranger. And smile when you say that Pilgrim!!😳. Or your stand where I'm dead!! Sorry but I get weird sometimes!!??
Dave Rudabagh, the "Forrest Gump" of the Wild West. Name a famous person from the era, Dave had some sort of encounter with them. Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Jesse James...
I was billy the kid .
Orphan brought up by his mother..?
Wasn’t his first murder the one of his step father when he shot him in the back
I heard historians claim that after his mother died from tuberculosis, his step dad left Billy and his older brother to be separated and raised by other relatives, most likely aunts and uncles. Billy was said then to have left to strike out on his own at a young age where he joined a loose gang where he first learned how to steal cattle and hourses for survival. Hope this helps. Have a blessed day.
@@RockyProductions360 Billy the Kid had a younger brother, who survived and lived to be an old man.
Wow my kin wild were kin to billy.the kid and Jesse James wild😮
😂😂😂
The old-timers used to say that Billy was hung like a horse. He was real popular with the ladies. Also, with a couple of gents !
Whoever made this video has Zero idea wtf they are talking about, iv researched Billy the Kid and many other old west gun slingers, and the supposed facts they list here are complete nonsense.
1800s is a lie. All of a sudden there is a detailed story of Billy 😂
a surprising fact is you keep showing pics that arnt billy lol
One amazing thing about Billy the Kid is that so many feeble-minded people idolize him that they dream that he lived until 1950.
What bs😅
Sounds like bullshit to me
You show the sheriff from Blazing Saddles and 2 guys from the Magnificent 7..This takes all your credibility away. Billy shot the town bully in self defense. Garrett rode with him also. You need to read a few books.
He was a murderous sociopath, certainly not one to be celebrated or portrayed as some kind of a hero.
I do not believe so, they murdered the closest thing he had to a father, and he went off, before that the dude who he killed had been picking on him for days and when he jumped Billy the dude was twice his size, so Billy shot him. He was not like a Jessie James who robbed banks and trains and shot up towns. History does say that Billy was hell on wheels with a six gun.
@@georgehorner1578 actually history says most of the people he killed were ambushed or shot in the back
America likes to celebrate outlaws, rather conveniently glossing over the fact that outlaws hurt innocent people so they can take what's theirs. I daresay the ranchers who lost cattle to this miscreant are less sympathetic.
Been studying the kid since I was a kid, not justifying the people he murdered but Brady was owned by the Murphy family, it started from Murphy's hatred for Tunstills British background, it was a merchant war. The people the kid killed most were criminals, not like riding into Coffeyville and shooting everything that moves like the Daltons@@anthonym.pacelli1960
@@anthonym.pacelli1960like most people who died by violence in the 'wild west' The gunfight is a Hollywood fantasy.
Billy the kid wat black
Billy the Kid, will always be remembered. But, he was also absolute Scum like most Outlaws were in those times.
He received a posthumous pardon a few yrs ago!😂
he was a degenarate gamblerr, and because he could read and didnt drink, he thought he had an edge gambling in saloons, he would get his ass handed to him by men while gambling, and then he would steal to get back in poker games, and became a gun for hire and life spirled out of control