Meet The Elephant Man: The Death of Merrick
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Alex Veccaro and Rose Drew try to resolve the circumstances of what caused Merrick's (The Elephant Man) death. Watch on Discovery UK Wed 23rd March at 9PM. For more info go to: www.discoveryuk...
This is sad, he wanted to sleep normally.
he did it to die he'd had enough
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@@noob.master99 why
This is sad, be wanted tô sleep? nomally
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He died, trying to be normal...
So sad
Agreed...
he should have felt more love and known that different is beautiful.
+MaknaeMimi different isn't very beautiful when it effects nearly every part of your existence. Different is fine, but deformities aren't always beautiful. Living like that must have been so hard for him. Dude couldn't even lay down to sleep.
Almost insulting to call differences beautiful. He didn't want different. He wanted normal, and I don't blame him.
Rachel Do i meant beautiful as in personality doe :,3
It astonishes me how ignorant so many comments on these videos are. We are so very fortunate to have Merrick's skeleton to study. We are so lucky that it didn't disappear in a grave. Understanding his life and his condition through his skeleton can help others help people as handicapped as he was. People analyze why he slept on his back the night he died because he knew it would kill him. Freak shows were going out of fashion and were becoming taboo. His disfigurement itself was controversial making it hard for him to get by as a sideshow attraction.. Merrick had a very close relationship with his mother and had a fairly good life before she passed away. The doctor, Treves, who provided him with residence at the hospital was his friend- he was one of the few people Merrick could even communicate with effectively. Treves was the one who knew Merrick, preformed his autopsy and mounted his skeleton. We are so fortunate Treves had found him and provided us with massive amounts of information about him for posterity's sake.
Ignorance is everywhere and stupidity is spreading. You are correct sir or ma'am 100%.
ShePaintsMusic really you used the word handcaped
Bigg Joe2954 I made absolutely no mention of a hand wearing a cape. Wild imagination you have there, gold stars for you.
ShePaintsMusic in a way I agree but in a way I don't. Why can't they just make a copy or mold out of his skeleton and lay him to rest
UA-cam comments are too fucking stupid no matter how important or useful a video is there's always assholes that have nothing to say and ruin the comments
it was because he wanted to be normal, he had a picture of himself sleeping on his wall just like any of us, he looked at that picture for almost 2 hours, he finally decided he wanted to be normal, he died trying to be normal. Rest in piece John.
That was just in the movie, and his name is Joseph, not John.
That's deep man.
SwiftJoey 794423 John?
Jerry?
@@umopepisdn. He is also know as John Merrick lol
To be honest, we are lucky to have his skeleton. Because now, we can help people who have this disease/syndrome, by the use of Merrick's skeleton.
Um to this day no one knows what was his disease or problem...
Do some research next time dude...
@@JustJohn505 why so negative Jesus, this person has actually just made a realistic and sensible comment and from his skeleton we have understood certain things that could have attributed to his condition.
@@JustJohn505 it was proteus syndrome
@@Aymungoos Not confirmed, only suspected.
@@user-gs9bi9cq4h pretty sure he had proteus
Makes me feel glad I was born the way I was.
He wasn’t born like that it’s a disease that he got when he was 3 I am good at history
@@danielkenderdine3668 he was nearly 2, so not that good...
@@kylehall4531 he wasn’t it was 3
@@danielkenderdine3668 symptoms began to show before his 2nd birthday, technically he was 1
@@kylehall4531 oh yh my bad
'Tis true my form is something odd,
But blaming me is blaming God;
Could I create myself anew
I would not fail in pleasing you.
If I could reach from pole to pole
Or grasp the ocean with a span,
I would be measured by the soul;
The mind's the standard of the man.
Love his Quote
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May god receive him with open arms
Wayne Kerr god is fake
It made my tears go down😢
He lived such a pained life. I hope he found peace in death.
I don't think he loved it.
He was such a kind soul poor man was so abused mentally and physically. RIP
Just watched 'The Elephant Man' for the first time.
What an emotional and amazingly directed film.
I truly felt such sorrow for poor Joseph Merrick.
All he wanted in life was love and to be accepted 😢😢
I looked up images and photographs of Joseph Merrick then I got this strange sensation of the physical deformities he had when he was alive and even the strain on his neck when he laid down on the bed for the first time
Mother nature was not so kind to poor Joseph Merrick.
EDIT: Good lord, what is going on in the replies?!
yeah.............
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There is no "mother nature". There is only God(Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit). ALL things were created by God according to the bible.
@@micahhenley589
Wouldn't be a real scientific discussion without people like you
Godzilla John fiction people of a fiction book.
The cast that the doctors made of Merrick's body after he died. Because parts of the cast look so rough, I used to think that the doctors didn't do a good job molding the cast. But then I see the parts of the cast which are smooth; like part of Merrick's face and his left hand which were unaffected; and I realize that Merrick indeed had very rough and lumpy skin.
So he probably woke up as soon as he fell back and died terrified. The pain was unbearable; soon he'd be paralyzed, and he'd just be lying there, silently screaming, and dying a scared man in a dark, dark, world.
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"He died a peaceful death" indeed.
Ari Bellerose why doesnt ur comment have more likes 😠
Ari Bellerose wow that’s dark 😥💀🐘👱🏼♂️
He probably committed suicide, at least I hope, cause this is too sad
Sleep paralysis like that but without the hallucinations
A man with his intelligence would have almost certainly known what was happening. Also he would have been so frustrated at the way people treated him. Rest easy brother I admire your courage
Hard to imagine a time where human beings were more terrible to each other back then they are today. Happy he at least experienced kindness and acceptance during the final years of his life.
There was a movie about him. He wanted to be accepted into society his entire life and when people got to actually know him, he turned out to be one of the most polite people theyve ever met. In the end of the movie when he had finally made friends and was even a guest of honor at the local theater where he watched his first opera, he decided to end his life that night because he had finally felt complete. The movie shows that he reunited with his dead mother who died giving birth to him. I cried like a baby
Such a sad story
Dr. Treves was an angel sent to help Joseph, glad he was there for him during his final years.
Rip joseph merrick
It's heart breaking knowing people suffer in this kind of condition.
Hello AndreaJust like to say, I work with disable people and we do have a young girl with simuler features.
I watch one video on this guy and now I’m getting documentaries about him...
Same for me. UA-cams algorithm 8s getting weirder by the day.
@@meteroson6428 same
I watched this while laying down, we should all be grateful we aren’t like that.
Imagine wanting mcr tickets
If he did die in a paralyzed state, there's a chance he was awake and freaking the fuck out.
Dan Morris Imagine the horror of hearing his low and distorted screams as he slowly died. Absolutely terrible.
No, he would have gone unconscious in seconds with no blood flow from his brain to his spinal cord.
He didn’t suffer extremely in his death, it was too quick. I imagine that what happened to him was similar to what happened to criminals who received a hanging. The vertebrae is irreparably damaged. It lasted seconds at most. No human neck was designed to hold such weight as was his human head. In fact, he probably would have died sooner if he had not gone into surgery some 7 years before (in 1883) to have part of the extra tissues around his face removed. It was during his life, however, that he suffered extremely. And yet, he was a sweet gentleman who spoke optimistically despite the fact that his existence must have been a constant battle with depression and despair.
May this man rest easy in heaven, i feel an overwhelming anger for when he was alive and sadness for how we take for granted even just being in public and not being made a mockery
See the life and sadness in that photo?
There's a normal person behind those eyes, a heart, a soul.
Saving grace is.......we ALL remember him.
He has taught the world more about compassion then he could even dream of.
He was and still is a shining example of .........life.
Be honest, most of the people saying they would love to meet the guy and such would probably have another response if they lived within the era he was in (their knowledge of his case and personality due to the written history was the only reason they wanted to meet him).
The guy's a nice guy in a cursed body, sadly almost all of the people who are blessed wanted to be abnormal and different. We should be thankful that we got something other's aren't capable of.
Poor man. Rest in peace Mr. Merrick I hope your in a better place.
He has a fascinating bone structure I'd love to see the tests they did
What a shame! In spite of his great intelllegence and loft charactor, Merrick had to lead such a traumatic life just because of his appearance.
My heart goes out to him.
Yeah, you're right. In fact, the only photo that I can remember now is that one with him in a suit, I don't see any other photos with him looking to the left. But, the two etchings of him when he was 21 was him looking to the left I think.
Poor unfortunate young man...
I believe this man had one of the saddest lives anyone has ever lived, i watched the movie and its very sad, if there is nothing after this life then his was so meaningless and tragic, this man deserves to be in heaven and being happy because he had none whatsoever here on this earth.
If there is no after life for him or anyone, what is the meaning to life at all?
imagine waking up in a dark hospital bed because everyone is afraid of you and the only way you could have made money and afford to move out gets shut down by the government. i can only imagine how beaten down he felt in his last few years.
I feel so bad for this guy he seems like such a nice guy and he didn't deserve all the stares and such and what he had wrong with him. He honestly seems like a great guy :'(
This is sad I wish he didn’t die
How sad he was a great person with a bad condition 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢rip the elephant man👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Not 'The Elephant Man'. Joseph Merrick - His real and proper name.
deltiaz47 omega11 do you really think that someone that uses that many emojis has common sense?
jazz santiago I want his skelleton in my room it looks cool how much?
*You realize that’s the clap emoji..... right*
The plaster casts of Joseph's head, foot and arm were taken after death. The skeleton kept in the medical college with them is real.
However, there is an accurate replica of Joseph's skeleton at the Royal London Hosp Museum which the general public can view, linked to the Discovery channel docu''Meet the Elephant Man.''
from what I heard he was a kind and gentle man and very intelligent loving soul with a heart of gold !
My body is a cage, That keeps me from dancing with the world i love.
Peter Gabriel
This made my neck hurt
Poor joseph
The poor man, I hope his good sole is at peace
Just watched this movie and it had me in tears the way he was treated. It saddens me that people who are already in pain and struggling to have a normal life get picked on and abused too 😢😭
Some People say that his Mother is struck down by a Wild Elephant when she's Pregnant with him.
At the very least, I'm glad he had a peaceful death...
Well, like someone else already commented before it could've been possible that he woke up, didn't know what was going on and why he couldn't move and was freaking the fuck out.
You're welcome.
@@sirdickmccockneyiii5134 shit...
Something sad is his one normal hand he had, he used it a lot and loved it he says it was the only part of his body he liked, poor man, my god bless him, I know he’s dead but still.... D:
I knew him through a story book and it is really sad to know about what Joseph had been through in his life with his deformed body before he die.
It’s incredible he survived into adulthood
I would have loved to meet this man
Fun Fact: he was born in the same building as my school. We have the Unit (detention building) named after him
I believe he was just used to it - sadly. Indeed, he had no choice. When Tom Norman saw him sleeping in an upright position for the first time he was absolutely shocked. Joseph said to him( in his usual dark humour) that if he tried to sleep any other way it would risk him ''waking with a broken neck''. Just like all his life, Joseph was driven by a determination to continue, whatever happened, whatever fate threw at him. I daresay, he was equally determined in the way he knew he must sleep.
@LoveAddictREmix You should have made it clear than it was his stepmother who treated him so cruelly. His mother loved him very much, and died when he was eleven. It was a terrible blow for him, he never recovered from it, she had been an angel for him.
Hopefully, he didn't commit suicide. I can understand if he just wanted to be able to lean backwards and sleep like normal people. May it have been an accident.
No it was intentional. He's in hell now
larry lovehandle How do you know?
EmilyGreene1984 because he knew it would kill him.
larry lovehandle I don't know and neither do you. The circumstances of how he was discovered don't quite match up with suicide. There are circumstances where he COULD have accidentally leaned his head back and, as the doctor said, because of the weight of his head - it rendered him paralyzed and instantly killed him. It could have been an accidental death. The point is neither I nor you fully know.
larry lovehandle. Hell just like heaven is an imaginary place
Respect to this man.
He is in a better Place now, were no one judges him, were he is loved. R.I.P Joseph Merric, you Beautiful man.
Never thought I’d be grateful to be able to sleep lying down.
You could tell by his photographs that if he didn't have his deformities that he would be a very handsome man. It's awful he had to go through this. At least people are getting justice for him now.
Those sound effects make this video difficult to watch
He had such a tragic life so sad.
i can imagine how he looks with a normal face,he looks beautiful
Poor Joseph. I wish people were kinder.
Joseph was such a beautiful soul maybe an earth angel angels put on earth and are made look different to test humans see how they act to them so he might have been an earth angel but he was a beautiful soul a kind warm gentle and polite well mannered person and he was treated like dirt so not fair I’d have been his friend and after a bit in his company wouldn’t even notice his deformities just sit their take tea and cakes and chat and make him happy hope he’s at peace now RIP Mr Merrick
Yeah, it's good that they are being kept safe, but i still think it is necessary for him to get a proper burial, maybe in a private cemetery so no 'insensitive nasty people' would deface his grave
Very Sweet man im so happy he is with the Lord and Jesus now let's let this Sweet man RIP
For everyone who says we shouldn't have Merrick's skeleton, I like to think his soul can rest easier knowing his bones are helping to make sure no one else who has his disorder will suffer as he did
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I just closed my eyes and listened, trying to imagine what he must have suffered through the whole of his short life. I hope he's at peace. He should be respectfully buried, though.
Yes, I agree with everything you say...And also, I cant bear to think that Joseph knew what was going to happen to him after death - I dont know how he coped with that, really. He was a nice man, intelligent. It really causes me distress to think about it on his behalf. To me, what they did to his poor body was brutal and cruel. When I read about it I couldnt stop crying the first time. It's definately time he was laid to rest. Enough is enough.
Victorian age sure is interersting.
Just imagine trying to sleep and all of a sudden you break your neck. RIP
Yes, he did. He was found lying across his bed - the time of death being between 1.30 and 3pm. He was actually so weak from his condition by that time, it was not unusual for Joseph to be still sitting/ in bed into the afternoon.
This is so incredibly sad
This is so sad,he wanted to experienced sleeping like normal people do and he died at 27 that was a really young age
His muscles wasn't developed enough to hold the weight of his skull in that position. So when you he moved in that way, he had no way to lift his head up if you atrophied your neck muscles by not being able to use them.
7 years ago when i was 8 his face spook me,but now i feel bad for him...
He just wanted to sleep normally for a night so lay on his back and passed that way bless him so so sad RIP Joseph
The hospital and shop he lived and exhibited in is 15-20 minutes from where I live, that’s also where Jack the Ripper did his deeds. I frequent that hospital as I have a genetic condition affecting my bones and even though the area is being quickly modernised and developed it always feels like you take a step back into Victorian era whenever you go there. I had relatives that live abroad visit and when we have gone through the area they said it feels like a time warp to the olden days it’s so weird but fascinating there
Jesus... Its at the same time sad for this poor soul but also fascinating / terrifying because of what the human body can do
same thing that makes you can also destroy you
@@silver.sorner2059 true ...dogo brother
@@treelonmusk5723 my brethren
It was not an accident. The other pillows were found neatly arranged. He knew that Mr.Treves could not cure him and that his disease was progressive. In the south, we have a saying -"A lady knows when to leave". Mr. Merrick was a gentleman and apparently he knew when his time had come.
Joseph did not ''ask'', he assumed the enevitable - he imagined himself preserved in a huge glass jar.
There are no documents to show he donated his remains to the Hospital - while it may be it was ''a gentleman's agreement'' between himself and Treves -he was also probably grateful for everything the Hospital had done for him.
It must have been the most terrible burden he had to bear in his mind, that there would be no rest for him, even in death, from being looked at.
Gosh poor guy. I only hopefully pray he is doing better in the other realm.
It was the weight of his head which caused it. Joseph was alone when he died. He was given his lunch on a tray on the table at about 1.30 in the afternoon, and left to eat it by himself. He was still in bed at that time, which was not unusual. My personal opinion is, he may have tried to get off the bed to eat, and he lost his balance while trying to do so, the weight of his head pulling him backwards.His head was so heavy by that time, he actually had to sometimes support it.
Part of the 27 club, I didn't know that
Wow...guess you're right
what a hard life. i bet it was nice to rest... even if it wasn't for long.
Some people are just born unlucky. Really sad
Poor man..... at least he died peacefully despite dying alone
He deserves to Rest In Peace, he wanted to be with his mother and not to be looking at. He hated to be stared at, and yet he his body is being looked at for students to study. What happened to humanity
Investigating his illness to help future victims is more important. We wouldn’t want others to suffer the way he did.
This is so sad 😭😭😭😭😭 he suffered for 27 yrs well now he is at rest
He died trying to be normal; he died trying to be someone else because he couldn't face who he really was.
At least he got to see his mother
I searched his name up cuz i learned about him in school and it was more detailed and so sad 😞
Yeah...I have read about elephant man during my childhood!!
i wish i cold help him
I read about him from a book. It was very sad.
It’s just a sad story about a sad, kind man.
His Story was very tragic😢
That poor poor man. 😞
I watched this video years ago and just came back to it after my hand slipped on the blankets as I was getting in to bed. Slightly pulled a muscle in my neck and thought ... Damn... maybe that's all it took.
Thats a fucking human being man bury him give him the respect he deserves
*painful yel* right...in the heart *tear rolls down cheek*
One of the saddest humans to live.
Though his skeleton is still in a Medical institution (He's not a tourist attraction thankfully, Only medical professionals/students are allowed to visit, and you need a very good reason) His soft tissue was buried in a Graveyard in London, Interestingly nearby where Jack the Ripper's victims were buried. They've put up a small plaque for him.
Kinda sad how for a sec u see the bones as an object but then u think about it and u realize that was a real human being before and u can’t communicate or tell him anything cause he’s dead