The depth of backstory, history and connection between the games is unsurpassed. It’s incredible that all the dialogue is relevant to something in the game; even the NPC’s speech is meaningful.
I'm quite certain that sheriff Freeman is half the reason Tumbleweed was abandoned. After killing anyone he saw as breaking the law, the people complaining about how strict he was would have left town, the business owners would have left due to not being able to make any money, and finally the rest of the people had no reason to stay. Armadillo having the railroad just gave them somewhere to go.
Company towns, mining towns, and the like, popped up and died off all the time back then when folks rushed to a spot where they thought they could make money and then left when the work dried up. The railroad was easy to blame for the town's decline but whatever drew people to Tumbleweed in the first place just wasn't there anymore. To me, Sheriff Freeman seemed like a man who was desperately trying to hold on to his authority over a town that was rapidly becoming a ghost town. With his brutal justice approach, and lofty promises, he convinced people to stay who would otherwise have left for greener pastures. Those people then came to resent and fear him as the revival of the town never happened and he just got more and more desperate. That was my take any way; Tumbleweed was already dead; Freeman was King of the ashes.
@@geraltrivia6148 That's an interesting take on it... "King of the ashes" is a good way to put it. What brought people to Tumbleweed is a mystery. Most towns are established near natural resources, Tumbleweed didn't even have a river nearby. Maybe it was the gold mine nearby, which was taken by the Del Lobos. Perhaps that's why people first started giving up on the town. There wasn't much else around for people to make money on. The way I see it is the Del Lobo gang was likely driving people away from Tumbleweed even before Armadillo got their branch of the railroad. Freeman was probably brought in from elsewhere, similar to how Wyatt Earp was hired in numerous Kansas towns to come in and clean things up. He did his job at first, running the Del Lobos out of town, then continuing to kill them every chance he got, but once John eradicated the gang almost entirely, Freeman turned his focus on the rest of the town's citizens. A man with power always wants to exercise his power. You can already see him doing this if you listen to the speeches he gives, not just telling people to behave, but commanding it, demanding it, and threatening them with brutality if they don't obey. People don't like to be ruled by an iron fist, so if there's another choice, they'll take it. With the gold mine dried up, and after Armadillo recovered from the cholera outbreak, it was clear to the people of Tumbleweed that Armadillo was the place to go. The railroad was just a bonus.
The sheriff's office is riddled with bullet holes so obviously something went down there. I do enjoy charging through the town, lassoing Freeman as I gallop passed, and drag him unceremoniously out of town screaming and hollering. The funniest thing is that nobody in the town cares, the deputies just stand there quietly and watch. I don't even end up wanted or with a bounty 🤣
You are absolutely the best at RDR2 secrets videos. I had started playing the game for the first time ever about 1 month ago, and I eventually stumbled across your videos while looking for more world lore content. Your presentation style is perfect, and you give such great detail to make the world even more immersive and amazing. Great job!
its one of my favorite town in the game. its just peaceful, i love how the town is organized and has a small size but nearly all the facilities available. Plus, the people are very calm and friendly. 🤠
Sheriff Freeman had balls though and wasn’t scared of the Del Lobos. Even though he was way too hard on the townspeople. Unlike the sheriff from Valentine who practically sold the town to the O’Driscols. Freeman made good points and tried to keep his dry town clean. Also I’m more convinced that the Del Lobos shot up Tumbleweed as revenge since the Sheriff didn’t cooperate or get bribed by them. Thats why the survivors abandoned the town and it’s now used by bandits. Even though the town didn’t make much business, it still would be a good place for travelers to stop and rest at. I get financial struggles could make people leave town and start a new life somewhere else. But I just like the idea of the del lobos being forced to come together just to take down a small town that stood up to them.
Blows my mind that you're still finding this stuff after all this time. Thank you so much for all the effort and time you've put in to keep us entertained!
8:00 the audio file does NOT imply we were intended to kill Frank Heck ourselves in the saloon. It is a line the saloon owner says in game, unprompted, and related to other references in game that state Frank Heck was killed- prior to the events of the game- in Tumbleweed.
I recall seeing the “Closed due to incident” note on the sheriff’s office the first time I arrived in Tumbleweed, but never spotted the bullet holes. I guess it could be speculated that the Del Lobo’s shot the office up, in the same way they did to the sheriff’s office in Armadillo.
I like the idea of "the devil has got into that beast" having something to do with freeman, ive played rdr2 a few times and i get the feeling hes supposed to be unstable, i think he had more to do with tumbleweed becoming a ghost town than the railroad.
I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I think it would be pretty cool if you could do each and every town in rdr1 and rdr2 about its secrets, if they have any! also love your videos
Last night I was about to play chapter 4 mission where we go after Bronte. When Dutch and the gang met up, early morning I sat on horse on road and fired one sniper round at Bill and then immediately took out binoculars to look. Then Dutch stood next to Bill for a few seconds then they all ran away. They all came walking out and got on their horses. We all rode together all the way back to Shady Belle. A few things happened on the way back. Dutch was pissed. I stayed at camp and didn't go sleep so Ditch and gang had to wait to reposition. I recieved some different dialogue and a few creepy glitches. Needless to say, it was a good game day.
Hello stranger man, every time a notification about your video’s pop ups on my screen I feel great & happy that you make content even weekly! And I hope next video you solve the prince isabeau mystery please!
This channel has proved to me that UA-cam does unsubscribe you for channels because I’ve been watching these videos forever and I just had to hit subscribe again
Thank you so much for the video! Just discovered your channel and I love your videos.The editing, the music is all really fantastic. The time and care you put into the videos really shows. ...definitely the best r d r content on youtube. 🏆🥇
I get why they put the railroad not going through to armadillo in the story since that was basically how ghost towns became ghost towns then but how the map is constructed come on they could have haha
Ah, Tumbleweed, my favourite town to be a Lawman in RDO. :) I loved finding out knew stuff about it, I've always been fascinated by the town, actually reminds me of where I spent most of my childhood, down in the south, dried plains that went on for kilometers and kilometers until they just faded in the horizon. In the summer we'd even get snakes by the door.😂
I thought there was also something about Tumbleweeds downfall being due to retaliaton by the Del Lobo gang? Also also, the "Beast in him" church writing is an easter egg of a spooky face you can see at night-time near the pulpit
3:13 is it me or is it just crazy the more f bombs are found? Like compared to GTA 5, red dead 2 has way less f bombs and every time one is dropped its always like a "oh shit" moment.
You know the more I think about it if Tumbleweed was abandoned during the events red dead redemption 2 and the gang arrived there I can see them taking it over because A: it a free town, and B: no one see to care about it so it prefect.
I wonder if Frank Heck was meant to be gunned down by Arthur during the original time of his story or by John the quote from the bar tender could be speaking about years before
I tried completing the side mission with Jeb but on the way back to return the horse we got attacked by wolves and both the horse and the lady riding the horse got killed😭
Notice that all of the church buildings were locked in RDR2. Probably the team developer lead decided that there might be some outcry from the public claiming disrespect or religious organizations claiming reputation damage.
Saturdaynight. A rum and coke. Wife isn't at home, kids are asleep. A new upload from Strange Man. The planets have aligned.
Next time: Bulleit Bourbon or Makers Mark, cheers friend 😊❤
Lmao man stfu haha. Tryna sound so deep
Captain Morgan right??
indeed, but i dont have wife and kids
ohh what a life
The Goat of Red Dead Secrets
Ong
A fact for sure🖤
the goat of red dead content overall
It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since this game was released. True masterpiece.
5 and a half years, not 6
@@spinningwheel7635 🤓
It hurts my heart that the current leadership at rockstar clearly hate this franchise
They hate it because it was the last project worked on by "those who left"... including the elder Houser brother.
It is their Magnum Opus, once you know the meaning behind this, it all makes sense.
Makes me wish Rockstar would just sell this property to a different company that would actually give it the love it deserves.
Yeah cause taking years off their next cash cow gta game release with hundreds of millions of dollars invested is hatred lmao
@@epicfish8134 the last thing they added was a naturalist role where you go around and kill hunters who sell furs
They hate it
The depth of backstory, history and connection between the games is unsurpassed. It’s incredible that all the dialogue is relevant to something in the game; even the NPC’s speech is meaningful.
Tumbleweed in Undead Nightmare was pretty scary
It was a death sentence for the most part
@@Lion09887 Especially if you went down in the basement at the mansion
Why
I hated going there in undead nightmare haha
Or for every place in undead nightmare lol
I'm quite certain that sheriff Freeman is half the reason Tumbleweed was abandoned. After killing anyone he saw as breaking the law, the people complaining about how strict he was would have left town, the business owners would have left due to not being able to make any money, and finally the rest of the people had no reason to stay. Armadillo having the railroad just gave them somewhere to go.
Company towns, mining towns, and the like, popped up and died off all the time back then when folks rushed to a spot where they thought they could make money and then left when the work dried up. The railroad was easy to blame for the town's decline but whatever drew people to Tumbleweed in the first place just wasn't there anymore.
To me, Sheriff Freeman seemed like a man who was desperately trying to hold on to his authority over a town that was rapidly becoming a ghost town. With his brutal justice approach, and lofty promises, he convinced people to stay who would otherwise have left for greener pastures. Those people then came to resent and fear him as the revival of the town never happened and he just got more and more desperate.
That was my take any way; Tumbleweed was already dead; Freeman was King of the ashes.
@@geraltrivia6148 That's an interesting take on it... "King of the ashes" is a good way to put it.
What brought people to Tumbleweed is a mystery. Most towns are established near natural resources, Tumbleweed didn't even have a river nearby. Maybe it was the gold mine nearby, which was taken by the Del Lobos. Perhaps that's why people first started giving up on the town. There wasn't much else around for people to make money on.
The way I see it is the Del Lobo gang was likely driving people away from Tumbleweed even before Armadillo got their branch of the railroad. Freeman was probably brought in from elsewhere, similar to how Wyatt Earp was hired in numerous Kansas towns to come in and clean things up. He did his job at first, running the Del Lobos out of town, then continuing to kill them every chance he got, but once John eradicated the gang almost entirely, Freeman turned his focus on the rest of the town's citizens. A man with power always wants to exercise his power. You can already see him doing this if you listen to the speeches he gives, not just telling people to behave, but commanding it, demanding it, and threatening them with brutality if they don't obey. People don't like to be ruled by an iron fist, so if there's another choice, they'll take it. With the gold mine dried up, and after Armadillo recovered from the cholera outbreak, it was clear to the people of Tumbleweed that Armadillo was the place to go. The railroad was just a bonus.
The devil has gotten into that beast can be referring to freeman being the beast and power being the devil
@@Quickscop3r4u That's exactly what it means. Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Freeman was absolutely corrupt.
The sheriff's office is riddled with bullet holes so obviously something went down there. I do enjoy charging through the town, lassoing Freeman as I gallop passed, and drag him unceremoniously out of town screaming and hollering. The funniest thing is that nobody in the town cares, the deputies just stand there quietly and watch. I don't even end up wanted or with a bounty 🤣
i do end up wanted when i shot him, strange. he was the final vicitm of my "duel every sheriff in the map" tour
The del lobos shot the place to hell, freeman says it in rdo
Rockstar should hire this talented man to make his crazy good cinematics and details.
I always loved the eerie quietness in Tumbleweed in RDR1. Loving the occasional out of tune music in this video; adds to the creepiness! 💜😁
Wel i mainly love Tumbleweed for a fact that person can train their aim there without law assistence.
Be blessed Strange Man. It's crazy how much detail this game has. Thx for collecting it.
You are absolutely the best at RDR2 secrets videos. I had started playing the game for the first time ever about 1 month ago, and I eventually stumbled across your videos while looking for more world lore content. Your presentation style is perfect, and you give such great detail to make the world even more immersive and amazing. Great job!
Thanks for going out of your way to make these videos, they're so well made and executed.
Crazy. I just started RDR2 over because I didn’t have the heart to finish it. I refuse to accept that the game has to end.
GOAT video. I've never payed attention to those Tumbleweed secrets!
its one of my favorite town in the game. its just peaceful, i love how the town is organized and has a small size but nearly all the facilities available. Plus, the people are very calm and friendly. 🤠
Sheriff Freeman had balls though and wasn’t scared of the Del Lobos. Even though he was way too hard on the townspeople. Unlike the sheriff from Valentine who practically sold the town to the O’Driscols. Freeman made good points and tried to keep his dry town clean. Also I’m more convinced that the Del Lobos shot up Tumbleweed as revenge since the Sheriff didn’t cooperate or get bribed by them. Thats why the survivors abandoned the town and it’s now used by bandits. Even though the town didn’t make much business, it still would be a good place for travelers to stop and rest at. I get financial struggles could make people leave town and start a new life somewhere else. But I just like the idea of the del lobos being forced to come together just to take down a small town that stood up to them.
I never knew Tumbleweed had so much hidden, great video!!!11!!!!!
Mr. Strange Man the best rdr2 content! 🔥💯
Always enjoy those cinematic endings.
Strange Man is the best rdr2 UA-camr
Thank you for all of your videos Stange Man ! Much respect for the time spent doing all of this professional content.
Red dead redemption : the goat of gaming.
Roscoe's voice actor is the one who did Sherif Barlett in Red Dead Revolver !
Got it, hardly ever played it.
You are awesome brother!
Blows my mind that you're still finding this stuff after all this time. Thank you so much for all the effort and time you've put in to keep us entertained!
All these secrets have been found after a year of the games release they're not new they're old
Finally and here i thought you died, i can't wait for your videos about Gta 6
Why would you think that?
The last video was 8 days ago
Are you okay?
Thank you for all of your hard work! :)
8:00 the audio file does NOT imply we were intended to kill Frank Heck ourselves in the saloon. It is a line the saloon owner says in game, unprompted, and related to other references in game that state Frank Heck was killed- prior to the events of the game- in Tumbleweed.
Nah there was a cut gunslinger mission where you go after him as John and arthur.
I recall seeing the “Closed due to incident” note on the sheriff’s office the first time I arrived in Tumbleweed, but never spotted the bullet holes. I guess it could be speculated that the Del Lobo’s shot the office up, in the same way they did to the sheriff’s office in Armadillo.
I like the idea of "the devil has got into that beast" having something to do with freeman, ive played rdr2 a few times and i get the feeling hes supposed to be unstable, i think he had more to do with tumbleweed becoming a ghost town than the railroad.
really awesome video as usual you are really really good at editing and creating a good atmosphere in your your videos keep going
Enjoyed the video, loved the ending! Neat to see how it could have been. Another fun watch!😁
I always thought that the saying in the church was referring to the scarred horse you can get in rdr1 when you are low honor
Another good video. Was wondering if you could do a video on the story of landon rickets. Thanks
I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I think it would be pretty cool if you could do each and every town in rdr1 and rdr2 about its secrets, if they have any! also love your videos
At Beecher's Hope, Jack reads to Abigail from one of his books about Frank Heck
Great video to watch on my birthday 👍
great videos!
Awesome work!!!!
Last night I was about to play chapter 4 mission where we go after Bronte. When Dutch and the gang met up, early morning I sat on horse on road and fired one sniper round at Bill and then immediately took out binoculars to look. Then Dutch stood next to Bill for a few seconds then they all ran away. They all came walking out and got on their horses. We all rode together all the way back to Shady Belle. A few things happened on the way back. Dutch was pissed. I stayed at camp and didn't go sleep so Ditch and gang had to wait to reposition. I recieved some different dialogue and a few creepy glitches. Needless to say, it was a good game day.
Hello stranger man, every time a notification about your video’s pop ups on my screen I feel great & happy that you make content even weekly!
And I hope next video you solve the prince isabeau mystery please!
This channel has proved to me that UA-cam does unsubscribe you for channels because I’ve been watching these videos forever and I just had to hit subscribe again
I wanna know more about what happened to Thieves Landing in between RDR2 and RDR1.
Thank you so much for the video! Just discovered your channel and I love your videos.The editing, the music is all really fantastic. The time and care you put into the videos really shows.
...definitely the best r d r content on youtube. 🏆🥇
I get why they put the railroad not going through to armadillo in the story since that was basically how ghost towns became ghost towns then but how the map is constructed come on they could have haha
Thank you for what you offer 🌹🌹🌹
Ah, Tumbleweed, my favourite town to be a Lawman in RDO. :)
I loved finding out knew stuff about it, I've always been fascinated by the town, actually reminds me of where I spent most of my childhood, down in the south, dried plains that went on for kilometers and kilometers until they just faded in the horizon. In the summer we'd even get snakes by the door.😂
I was just about to smoke a bowl, PERFECT TIMING ONCE AGAIN. STRANGEMAN for the win
I thought there was also something about Tumbleweeds downfall being due to retaliaton by the Del Lobo gang?
Also also, the "Beast in him" church writing is an easter egg of a spooky face you can see at night-time near the pulpit
I always love the ending montage
Day sad, Strange Man uploads, man watches Strange Mans video, Man happy
I can remember going to that creepy haunted house in RDR1.
Are these actually said in game or are they in game files that weren’t used?
tumbleweed has a railroad too its just 50 feet away lol
I 100% rdr2 and left playing it for a while afterwards. I like to re download it sometimes and keep on exploring when I see vids like this
Now we know strange man uses PlayStation. Also 7:16 what an amazing shot
I thought Arthur was supposed to be the one dueling frank heck
In RDR2, I noticed the sparks that ignite on the train wheels as it travels along the tracks.
Now that surely was strange
0:47 if we gave half of that money Dutch could have see tahiti 😂😂😂
I really like tumbleweed in rdr1 beacause there's something that gives it a spooky vibe
It's funny because the railroad bypassing Tumbleweed because of Armadillo makes no sense.
3:13 is it me or is it just crazy the more f bombs are found? Like compared to GTA 5, red dead 2 has way less f bombs and every time one is dropped its always like a "oh shit" moment.
Was just thinking that. You rarely hear the F word in RDR2
@@Narrowurethra because it wasn't Used back than
PLEASE Do Fairvale Shanty
“Babe wake up, Strange man has a new post”
Would love to know more about the sheriff incident sounds interesting
Needed this one, always wondered why that place is the way it is, i knew it was cause the railroad bypassed it but i knew it was more than just that
The ending reminds me of the phrase : This town cannot fit both of us
Wake up strange man just posted
You know the more I think about it if Tumbleweed was abandoned during the events red dead redemption 2 and the gang arrived there I can see them taking it over because A: it a free town, and B: no one see to care about it so it prefect.
Ok this guy is champion when it comes to red dead ..
I wonder if Frank Heck was meant to be gunned down by Arthur during the original time of his story or by John
the quote from the bar tender could be speaking about years before
The Ghosts, Ghouls, and Fairies were probably just spread to keep people from going to Tumbleweed
New video lets go!!
He is the best indeed
I wish that Frank Heck mission made it into the game.
Was it Roscoe himself who robbed Mavis as a precursor to "lying with her"? We may never know.
Imagine red dead 3 is about jacks time in ww1 that would be cool. Or maybe even the rise of the Van Der Linde Gang
I asked for tumbleweed I got it
Frank Heck Was Also In The Register Rock
My favourite town in Red Dead 2
Do valentine or blackwater next
Nice to meet you sar 🤠 ( Howdy ) 👌
Kifflom to you too as well
Was it named tumbleweed before or after the town was good and gone?
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How you gonna Wild Bill Frank tho? Damn...
I tried completing the side mission with Jeb but on the way back to return the horse we got attacked by wolves and both the horse and the lady riding the horse got killed😭
Apparently, Estella was the wife of Jed.
I was playing red dead this morning and tried to dress as the strange man
While it's possible that Estella Blankenship could have been Jeb's mother, it's just as likely that it could have been his wife.
This guy, if he would just add a little more backstory to his vid's, might be able to be up there with Mr. Boss!
Frank heck a goat
Notice that all of the church buildings were locked in RDR2. Probably the team developer lead decided that there might be some outcry from the public claiming disrespect or religious organizations claiming reputation damage.
Freeman was also loosely based on a real person. I forget their name tho
Can't wait for Gta 6 secrets
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Kifflom lmao