The Unsolved Serial Killings of New Orleans
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
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Blood sucking socialites and anti-Italian Axemen probably aren't the first two things that spring to mind when you heard the term "New Orleans", but they sure are two that will help you seem interesting at any party. The Big Easy is famous for a great many things, but its little horrors found lurking in the shadows may be some of the most interesting. According to local legend, a vampire by the name of Jacques St. Germain once stalked the streets, using his charm and wealth to lure in his unsuspecting victims. Regardless of the authenticity of Jacques' story, just 15 years later a genuine, well documented series of killings would take place, near all of them targeting Italian grocers in the French Quarter. The questions we have are twofold: was Jacques St. Germain real, and who exactly was the Axeman of New Orleans? Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...
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0:00 - Intro and Fum Ad
2:43 - The Mystery of the Natchez
19:57 - The Legend of Jacques St. Germain
39:37 - The Axeman of New Orleans
1:10:27 - Outro - Розваги
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I really thought the wendigoon cameo was gonna be atun-shei
@@shaetteb1272 bro wendigoon lore lodge and atun shei would be hype, I love atun shei
Stop lying about being "live"
I bought it and I love it. I think in the long run it will help me quit smoking. At first I wasn't sure about the maple pepper but it grew on me. My only complaint is that it's doesn't come with and you can't buy a travel bag or case. Hopefully they will make something soon.
@@PlanetX87 would you just stop? It’s not our fault you can’t read.
I love that the word giant summons wendigoon
it scared the living fuck out of me
The way he just stood there was kinda creepy
lmaoooo
@@eliangabriel9744me too I was eating cereal 😂😭
During one of the podcasts they filmed at his house he stood outside the window with an M1 Garand.
My brain could not process the Wendigoon background at first, I knew something looked off but I watch so much of both I just thought I had finally lost it 😂 love your work 🫶🏻
Thank you for pointing this out I was like "why are there hate crimes going on in wendigoons house?" LOL
I honestly would never have known if he hadn’t said “Welcome to Wendigoon’s house” 😂
I'm an audio listener and when he said "Welcome to Wendigoon's House" I audibly said "WHAT?!"
I just came home to see my cat splattered across my driveway and I just had this on in the back ground gazing into the McDonald's parking lot and I looked down at my phone right as iceberg boy phased into existence. And it made my day mildly better. (I also have a x-ray to check a cyst in the worst place to find a cyst sometime in the next week or two, I'm really in my head right now and this genuinely helped 😂)
Magic Spoon wasnt sponsor tho
I love the wendigoon jumpscare
Laughed my ass off
Average Wendigoon Experience
That got me because I turned my head for a second...
@@gabnekokami6282 i was doing something else lisening to the video
i come bake to se wendigoon in the backgound and thought
how long has he been there
Whoever skips the historical prelogue is missing not only a great lesson but also how these histories do come into play with the account.
100%!!!
Is anyone watching Lore Lodge and skipping the history?!???!??
plus a free impromptu study sesh for my ap us history class
@@Lizzyjaegeryea I saw a lot of comments on a video just before he started making the disclaimer. Not sure some ppl rly understand the whole schtick of the channel lmao
Context is important. People skipping the lore segment won't really understand the content of the video
Don’t pronounce anything the way he does though. He butchered everything
Mathis: mentions giants off hand Wendigoon: appears menacingly in the background
i was doing something else lisening to the video
i come bake to se wendigoon in the backgound and thought
how long has he been there
I have memories from 1041 Royal Street. Walked by when there was a party there in 2018. It was a wedding party. I shouted up to the balcony “congratulations on the wedding” and a bridesmaid asked me if I wanted a drink. I said sure. She poured champagne into my mouth from the second story balcony. Most of it got in my hair though. So memorable especially because it wasn’t on bourbon street. Crazy to think someone jumped from that balcony
I live around the corner from there
@@malcolmhughes6345
I grew up a little bit up the river from you. In the Irish Channel neighborhood.
A side note…I can’t get over how he’s pronouncing the Natchez Native Americans
i love how you always explain the history of the native people and what has happened to them/ how their history influences the current world of wherever your talking about, it’s so important to not let that history be glossed over
Yess it's very appreciated. I actually clicked on this video specifically for the history lesson.
Exactly this. History is important for good reason. It's a shame that too many appear disinterested in the modern day.
i love that he talks about it, as a non american i basically never get the chance to hear about the native tribes in such a detail
It doesn't feel forced or disingenuous when he presents it too. A lot of people mention native tribes just as lip service instead of out of genuine care of the history, culture and people. I've never had that impression, largely because of how much information he presents and how he ties it in to the rest of the history of an area.
Yeah i hate when people start after European colonization. It really ignores the vast majority of the history on the continent. Having been to NOLA, you really can't understand creole/cajun cuisine and the deep history the area without starting at the beginning. His work has always been 1 of my favs
Thank you for the Anne Rice reference. The lady was mental, but so many people COMPLETELY overlook the influence she had on the modern perception of vampires.
her series with the witches ...the Mayfair Chronicles is fantastic !
She was a legend! Beautifully written books, all of them ❤❤
Lesate is the Goat... Yeah I said it
Tolkien got me into reading, Rice matured it 😂
39min Segway. Nice
You guys, (& Wendigoon) should research and make a video on the Cleveland torso murders. Depression Era shanty towns, an unknown serial killer, and Eliot Ness, all seem right up your alley.
There are some who posit that the torso murderer could be the Black Dahlia murderer
Would also be interested in seeing you guys cover this as well!!!
Oh man! I completely forgot about Aiden's hatred for Ohio. Hopefully, they can overcome his Ohio abhorrence for the sake of an interesting video.
@@alexandrameow3593 To be fair, Cleveland (and most of the rest of Ohio) is an awful place, but this story is worth plugging your nose and diving in. It's one of my favourite unsolved mysteries. I'm torn on whether Dr. Sweeny is a good suspect, or just an attention seeker, but he's still a very suspicious figure. And who were most of the victims? Was this case connected with the Boxcar murders? There's so much to go into here!
omg this comment caused me to google it! it’s so interesting omggg
As a lifelong Louisiana native, the bizarre nature of this guy reflects the sort of insanity you can only find in this state, albeit that most of the time it's carefree and harmless fun.
As a side note: gee, New Orleans, how come you get to have TWO unknown serial killers who targeted Italians?!
i mean, can you blame them?
Not to mention the largest formal lynching in the US proper. Which was of Italians, not blacks or Indians. Uncomfortable history for multiple reasons there, I know.
Italians were considered second-class citizens for quite some time, serial killers like those kinds of targets because the killers are pursued less enthusiastically. That's part of why sex workers are targeted so frequently.
@@danieldavis6288 I'm from Southwest Louisiana in a large region called Acadiana, so around Lafayette (Geaux, Cajuns!), and there's not much violent history when compared to NOLA. It was mostly left alone even during the Civil War, probably because most people there were still speaking Louisiana French. I knew of the presence of Italians and Irish in New Orleans, and some of the prejudice then, yet I wasn't quite aware of how deep it was.
However, it was not always peaceful. Even before Anglo-Americans from up north settled here, Cajuns and other folks were considered to have "mixed [REDACTED] blood", not only because of the different language but also since most Cajuns, black and white, were staunchly Catholic. So when the northerners did come, they took up positions of authority, especially in the education system. Cajun children were often beaten and abused in other ways for speaking the language, and most teachers would yell at them with "Speak white, not Cajun!" Cajuns were also among the very few groups to have whites who were targeted by the KKK due to religious differences, so the language and identity was close to becoming extinct through decades of forced assimilation.
It was only in the 60s that it stopped, allowing the survivors to pick up the pieces and thrive. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) has spearheaded the preservation and rebuilding of the Louisiana French dialect, and it became the first American school to offer a post-graduate degree in Francophone Studies. If you've reached to this point, thank you for taking the time of reading the ramblings of a proud Cajun boy, and I'd like to offer one more fun fact: ULL (SLI at the time) was the first all-white school to fully desegregate after the ruling of Brown v Board.
@@plasticwalnut7650 I'm a Mississippi boy who grew up in Louisiana. Thank you for taking the time to preach at the choir :p
Time to jazz it fellas
"honey I'm not throwing out this axe so we better jazz it" Shane strikes again
I’m not allowed to jazz it after the last time
🎷🎷🎷🎷🎺🎺🎺🎺
"Jazz ✋✋"🤣🤣
HONEY WE BETTER JAZZ IT
Native American born and raised in NOLA here, just psyched to see this topic being covered by the most recent addition to my personal upper echelon of content creators. (Others being Wendigoon, Bobby broccoli, lemmino, and Matt orchard. I AM LIVID YOU BOTH WERE IN MY AREA and I did not have the luck of running into either of you.
New Orleans is such an interesting place, many people don’t realize just how many cultures and communities we have that all of us NOLA natives adopt certain things from. The axe man targeted the Italians of the city, which even most other Americans would not think of Italian influence when they think of NOLA. The Italian community here is prevalent with the presence of St. Joseph alter celebrations, a famous ice cream shop, and muffalettas (just to name a few). Another lesser known cultural presence, we have a prevalent Vietnamese population, with plenty of amazing pho restaurants around. Oh and the Spanish influence is almost never recognized- the “French Quarter” is actually full of Spanish architecture because the original French buildings burnt down to the ground, and Spain rebuilt it when they had control of the territory.
After taking Louisiana history in college, Bienville is single handedly the reason NOLA exists, and I will defend that to the death. Bienville was effectively the mayor of the settlement since its founding. He was thrown into a swamp full of trees, bugs, march, and water transportation was only possible via small canoes navigated by the natives. He begged for more settlers, supplies, money, from France who basically ignored him. Because France never sent the man any help, he survived by learning the native’s language and living alongside them. He was the reason anything EVER got established as a tiny colony and grew into a full urban city. They forced the man into retirement, then had to beg and bribe him out of retirement to fix the fuck ups of the governor who replaced him. The man was governor for 36 years!
I am beyond bewildered that he is not more well known in history overall, speaking as someone who has lived in the city he created for my entire life and never knew how important of a role he played in the city’s founding.
If you want to read any fun books about Louisiana history, I’d recommend anything on Huey p long, or a very interesting read called “the last madam” about the last brothel in the city. (You’re gonna be shocked to find out the year an honest to god brothel continued to operate in the city- not a human trafficking type of facility, but girls who lived in the house, had AN IN HOUSE DOCTOR, and who the madam of house would provide security for them)
Also very interesting to hear such a unique way to hear Natchez pronounced.
I had to check the transcript to make sure it was actually Natchez lol
That pronunciation of Natchez was driving me nuts!
I wanna go home so bad. Grew up in nola in the Riverbend. Should have never moved to austin
@@davidsteelman9959I'm waiting for tchoupitoulas
@@nullvid I’ll probably never leave, but we never know what the future holds for us. But dude, don’t beat yourself up. Try to make the most of Austin as best you can and work on getting back here if that’s what will make you happy!
Nola is unique place and I’m sure it’s hard finding things about Austin to equate to it, but don’t make yourself miserable over wanting to be back. Texas has a bunch of nola transplants, if you’re feeling really homesick, I’d look up businesses like restaurants owned by nola natives to get yourself a slice of home to hold you over :)
“People who do not jazz it will get the axe” is simultaneously metal af but also giving “How do you do, fellow kids?” 😂
_"I never recommend getting too French... or French at all."_
My relatives in Corsica agree.
My Scottish ancestors who fled to Normandy for a time (damn you, Robert the Bruce) agree as well.
Me: (happens to look up at screen while working)
Wendigoon: ( leers menacingly in the background)
Me: (startled) Wendigoon, what the fuck dude?!
Its even scarier when you dont even know who Wendigoon is lol. I looked up and was like whoa wtf who tf is that lol
Neil Gaiman? What are you doing in my falafel?
As a lifelong Mississippi native I love y’all’s show. I just had to mention that the t in Natchez is not silent. It is pronounced Nat-Chez. Tunica is pronounced Tune-ica. Just wanted to let you guys know. Loved the video
Fellow MS native. Thank you. Nat-Chez, Tune-ica, TishaMingo.
Yes thank you! I want to grate my ears off every time he says it wrong
The city is pronounced that way, the tribe is pronounced the way he's pronouncing it. Took a very short google search to understand that. Always assume indigenous names used as place names by white people are pronounced 'wrong' compared to how the word is actually pronounced in the native language, until proven otherwise.
@@grimmscuriosities9411 I was assuming the same thing - that he had found the proper pronunciation of the people in his research. But then he also pronounced the city that way at 13:30, and all Southerners said wtf was that? 😂
@@grimmscuriosities9411 That's actually fair enough, down here we also have a Lafayette County, and people do not say it as the French would lol.
Wendigoon scared me shitless, I managed to blink right on the cut.😬
Please never apologize for giving "too much history" or too much context. This is what makes your channel unique & is main reason why I watch it.
As someone uncomfortably familiar with the vampire community of texas and Louisiana and spent a Christmas dinner with the vampire “king and queen of texas” and my family. I lost my shit hearing Aiden hesitate to talk about them. This was the wisest choice 😂😂
Lol I only wanna know more now!
The amount of pop culture references in this video was amazing. We got The Originals, Supernatural, Interview with a Vampire, and probably others I missed
An interesting fact about the Natchez Tribe, they were destroyed following a failed uprising against the French when the commander of the local French garrison strolled into their village and demanded it for himself to use as a plantation. Some survivors of the uprising would even be sent to Haiti and some of their descendants still reside there.
The way his mention of giants summoned Wedigoon at @8:20
Spooky ty
There is sooooo much more to St. Germain than you cover in this story, he pops up all through crazy history stories. Worthy of his own episode, or several lol
Astonishing Legends has really good in-depth podcast episodes on him! Would totally recommend listening
@sophiehasachoice I've listened to those, Mysterious Universe has had him pop up in random episodes over the years too
That's exactly what I was thinking. Supposedly, he mocked Jesus during the crucifixion, and was punished with immortality.
It’s a fairy tale lol
The count of st. Germain goes back far; he was thought to be an “ascended master” from research I’ve heard. I’d like to know more about him!
The native american segments are so good. As someone who has very little knowledge of American history but in general very interested in history, they are really interesting pieces that i would not be aware of if it weren't for the Lore Lodge videos. Good job as always!
Wendigoon not wanting to talk about it can only mean one thing... he was the Axe Man! The only thing I can add is that the Hinterkaifeck murders are also unsolved and aside from the Italian thing, they have a lot in common and its possible the killer moved to another country and then still did his or her thing of riding the train and murdering a family with a weapon found at the scene. I'm not super convinced they are the same, but it is an interesting hypothesis that I've seen floating around.
Villisca, New Orleans, and Hinterkaifeck?
Damn, Wendigoon looks great for a 176 year old serial axe killer!
@@MrBrachiatingApe He does, but he also still dresses like he did in the 70's, even though it works for him.
Read the book, "The Man from the Train." It's a book about someone who rode the rails for years & is thought to have killed dozens of entire families. I'm not 100% convinced that all of the murders in the book are from the same killer, and I'm pretty sure the New Orleans Axe Killings are separate (The Man from the Train used the blunt end of the axe, for one thing, and the New Orleans Axe Killer used the sharp end,) but it's an interesting book & puts out a good theory.
@@laurabuehler I've heard of the book and theory but never read it. From what little I do know, the evidence seems circumstantial but fairly logical. Is it worth reading?
That said, the popular view of serial killers seems to overemphasize the whole 'signature' aspect, especially since killers, like anybody, evolve and refine their methods over time, and must adapt their actions to the situation at hand. (Not that I'm an expert, just a widely read dilettante.)
On the other hand, killing entire families near train tracks with the blunt end of an axe... That's pretty damn specific as well as unusual. Didn't the book identify an itinerant German laborer who was working near many of those sites where people were killed in that fashion?
The NO Axeman and "the man from the train" are not the same person; the main reason for this is that the Axeman jobs were sloppy and a lot of victims survived, whereas the train man never failed and systematically deleted entire families overnight.
Hey guys, loved the video! As a suggestion, I would love it if you gave visual aid during the parts where you're describing geographical things. When you were explaining your theory about where the killer was coming from, I had a hard time understanding because I couldn't see exactly where the places were that you were talking about. Again, loved the vid and can't wait for more weird bible.
Yo for real!!!!! When he did the missing 411 videos I could not follow AT ALL when he was explaining the different possible routes that each individual could have taken. Yu don't know how many times I paused and rewound to try and see what he was saying and I still didn't understand
I’m not a history girlie but I high key love the history blurbs before the stories. I retain it way better then actual lessons lmao
Used to hate history.... My favorite thing now. The Dollop has some awesome historical people and events, and This is a Disaster podcast cover tragedies in the past. 👍👍
I think it's his humor that helps me. I only liked European history growing up but the humor is so good. I use the videos to fall asleep sometimes its hilarious to wake up to random videos
@@CynthiaPerezObakeSame 😂🤌
@@RealBradMillerthe person teaching you is so much more important than the subject when it comes to interest and information retention. I hate math but if someone explains it really well and in a fun way I'll absolutely listen and learn something. But if my teacher used to explain things my brain just shut off. Istg watching paint dry was more interesting than whatever that guy talked about in classes...😂
I wasn't looking at the screen and "welcome to wendigoon's house" caught me so off guard
A slouch hat is a wide-brimmed felt or cloth hat most commonly worn as part of a military uniform. In the US, it was also called the Kossuth hat. During the American Civil War, it was common among both Confederate and Union troops. During the Spanish-American War, as commander of the Rough Riders, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt became known for wearing a slouch hat.
Came here to say this! If you want a visual example, look at old covers of novels and magazines featuring the pulp hero The Shadow. He wears a slouch hat as part of his costume.
By the Span AM war it was the issued campaign hat of the US Army, the model of 1889. Therefore every solider wore that hat, not just TR.
This is what we called our hats we wore in the Australian army. A felt fur, wide brimmed hat. Didn't know that Americans also called their hats this. When we worked with American troops they always wanted to trade for one of our hats.
@@buddhamack1491 Let me preface this by saying I am not in any way part of the armed services and this is basically just keyboard warrior level guesswork...
...Mostly I think it's largely because it's just a cool hat that most Americans find cool, but I also think a part of it probably comes down to the symbolism of it, because it's a surefire sign of having served alongside you and has been used as a "gesture", before. Such as when someone gave probably one of the world's most well-traveled horses an Australian campaign hat a few wars ago.
Legend has it that every time you say "giant" Isiah appears behind you & stares directly at the camera.
Not a mystery, but I would love it if you guys would cover the Bone Wars. It's an incredibly interesting chapter in America's history that has had a profound impact on science both in the country in abroad for a century to come.
If it's not too old men fighting over dinosaur bones and making up different skeleton placements to mess with each other I don't want anything to do with it.
Edit: autocorrect changed the correct form of 'two' to the incorrect form... It literally wants you to come off as unintelligent. 😮 😂
I also recommend the Apache Wars, never heard of it when we covered the civil war but it was a crucial battle that determined the fate of a lot of the southwest.
@@RealBradMiller That is, in fact, what is was about. BUT!! They got to name 'em too.
It’s funny that you feel crazy when talking to anyone about native history because your Donner Party video (that I’ve watched 3 or 4 times now, you’re welcome) reignited my interest in native history and modern literature and discourse and after reading a dozen or so books on it in the past 4 months I am constantly SHAKING waiting for someone to ask me about it
Who’s your favorite tribe (from the early colonial period to the early 1900’s) and why?
@@Mr.InbetweenFX i so love that you’re willing to indulge me but I don’t feel like it would be appropriate for me to choose a favorite group of people. And it would be a disservice to the tens of thousands of years of history that native people have on this land and their continued presence in America past 1890 to limit it to that timeframe. Although if you’d like to know some literature I enjoyed, I recently finished The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee which covers ancient history vaguely and recent history more specifically. I’d also recommend Moon of the Crusted Snow to Lore Lodge fans because folklore plays a big role in setting the tone and the plot of this contemporary fiction
What books would you recommend? I've read the ohlone way and would love more things to read.
@@megmcguireme Oo I haven’t heard of the ohlone way I’ll add it to my reading list, I really enjoyed Covered in Night, Unworthy Republic and The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee. And Braiding Sweetgrass of course too
Tell me more
The wendabode? I wasn't expecting that
Points to Aiden for saying “he was just a jerk” and NOT he was just French.
I really enjoy how much Lore Lodge and Wendigoon support eachother! Its good to see in the crazy world of youtube. Great work Aidens!
If you skip the history portion you are watching the wrong channel then 😅
So i cant watch at all because i skipped something you found interesting, bias much? Lol
@@pootieofficalmusic yea actual facts about history probably hurt your fragile feelings
@@darkfafnir4389? I don’t get how that means fragile feelings? Am I missing something
Unless it’s way too early and you are half awake 💖🇨🇦
Hey, your vampire video was one of my favorites.
I'm glad!
Aiden I know you mentioned recently that you've been losing weight and hitting the gym and I just have to say it shows brother 💪 keep it up
Wow, you were kinda out of my algorithm for awhile, I remember to check back in and you guys are KILLING it with videos and subs! Congrats!
Thank you! Hope you’ll stick around
Two things.
1) I was doing something and looked up to see Wendigoon in the background.. I thought I missed something so I stared for a moment, and he just disappears. lol loved that, so unexpected..
2) I want to title my next video "I met a Cannibal. Then, I married its Daughter." Lmao i just thought the way it was said was a bit funny...
Thank you for your time! I always learn something in these videos as well as have entertainment. Stay warm!
Oh man, I wasn't paying attention too much as I hit play. Had to skip back, that's hilarious. I wonder how many people caught it before you said "and welcome to windigoons house".
It does my heart good to see Mr. Lodge and Mr. Goon grace the state of Louisiana.
Please, never apologize for giving us history!
I appreciate that you always start your videos with information about the indigenous people.
Dracula made it to London, but he didn't really make it home.😂😂
The wendigoon jumpscare genuinely made me jump. Holy smokes
Hi Aidens and Wendigoon! Loved the video and cameo by Wendi! Thanks for the tribal history. LMAO at the Axe Man letter😂😂😂Jazz it or get the Axe!! He certainly likes big words and seems to like to shock, unfortunately, he sucked as a murderer - I mean just sloppy, a shame really…. I think the letter was written by a narcissist who wanted attention.
This axe guy hated Italians, worked nearby, might have been a grocer and got his jollies from the violence. He stopped because he saw the last guy’s wife and was afraid of being caught. He probably relocated after that. Very cold blooded.
Good video as always! ❤Incidentally, my husband is Sicilian, but from upstate New York. They were more into concrete shoes than groceries…😂😂😂
He Beetlejuiced!
Really enjoy how there's a full half-hour of History and Weird New Orleans Stuff before we get anywhere near the axe man. That's not even sarcasm. The little histories are my favourite part of your videos. I click on them knowing I'm gonna hear about something mysterious and/or terrible, and also learn something I didn't know I didn't know.
You know, I mostly listen to these rather that sit there and watch them. So looking up and seeing Wendigoon just standing there in the background was a little jarring.
I was terrified 😂
I really appreciate that you do a historical beat at the beginning of every episode, love the learning and the acknowledgement of native peoples
Slouch hats: find any painting of Confederate Soldiers during the Civil War. The slouch hat is a wide brimmed hat with a rounded crown, usually made of felt. Any painting of soldiers of that era will show you multiple examples.
As a Louisiana native, I am happy you and wendigoon had a great time in New Orleans. I also enjoy the topic and the lore on the Natchez!
I'm watching this while printing photos for a sick family member who's hospitalised and when I looked up from my tablet I was so confused but not surprised when Wendi stood behind you after mentioning giants 😂
That was an awesome cameo ❤
American Horror Story: Coven did some fun things with the NO Axe Man.
That was such an interesting intersection within that season.
Not gonna lie with the sudden hiatus of The Weird Bible podcast I was afraid that we’d never get a collab with Wendigoon again but decided to check this video out on a whim and seeing not only his room but him pop on screen when giants was mentioned made my week
I really enjoyed this story of early natives of the New Orleans area. I live in Mobile Alabama and there are Indian mounds in the Mobile river delta that are from pre history and no one knows for sure who built them. I have heard a legend that they were built by giants. This is in the same area that the battle of mauvila supposedly happened. There is an amazing amount of history in this region. Cheers
One I’ve been hoping you’d cover on here, such a crazy case. Also speaking of axe murderers any plans to do a Lizzie Borden video at some point?
seconded lmao yes please
Third-ed lol @@420nerdgirl
I genuinely feel that case is over saturated in coverage. No hate against it, it was brutal and the intrigue is palpable. I just feel every angle has been thoroughly explored by now.
@@Mr.InbetweenFX Really? No channel I've ever watched has anything on it
It'd be nice to get a new perspective though. @@Mr.InbetweenFX
Brees carried the entirety of New Orleans on his back for years. He was almost revered here in LA.
wendigoon popping into the background when you said giant made me laugh so hard man
The Count of Monte Cristo was based on Alexander Dumas’s father, who was a real count.
I highly recommend the book “The Black Count” by Tom Reiss about Alexander’s father and his exploits.
It's actually pronounced NA-chess, not na-CHIZZ. Everyone in Tennessee pronounces the Natchez Trace Parkway like that.
Yes, I came to the comments to see if someone would comment about that. Gna-ches. I'm from Louisiana.
It's driving me crazy hearing him pronounce it so wrong. Your explanation is good. I would add that I've always heard it pronounced closer to NATCH-ez. I live in Alabama, and I take the Trace to visit my sister in Mississippi. Also, around here, Tunica is pronounced TOON-eh-ka.
@@katrinacollins892 I forgot it went down there, too! I love Aiden to death, but like you said it was driving me nuts! People pronouncing fentanyl as FENTANOL drives me apeshit crazy, too! Y doesn't sound like O!
Same!!! I am here because the improper pronunciation of Natchez was like nails on a chalkboard 😣
Thank you for putting that in text! Gulf Coast local here and I spent the first half of the history part having no idea what tribe he was talking about until he said they lived near na-CHIZZ MS. And I was was like, wait, hold up, are you talking about the NATCH-ez???! Like NATCH-ez MS and the NATCH-ez Trace namesake Natchez tribe?! Dang, I'm dumb lol. (This whole time I hadn't been looking at the title chapter or subtitles).
As a note to Aidan and the team, couple other pronunciation corrections. (And no hard feelings, everyone not from here always gets these wrong and it always drives me up a wall. But I can't expect everyone to know local pronunciations)
Just like you put the emphasis on the wrong syllable for Natchez, Mobile AL has the emphasis on the second, not the first syllable: mo-BEELE. And (the one most grating of all bc every. Single. Northerner. says it so very very wrong) Biloxi does NOT sound like the lox fish. Imagine there is no 'o', but a 'u' (first 'i' is a soft 'u' sound too - but Aidan actually got that part right!): buh-LUX-ee. Please and thank you from every coastie. I want to claw my eyes out every time I hear a northerner say Biloxi.
That said, thank you for putting so much time and research into the history part. It's something you really don't see a lot covered. I've learned more about all the different Native American tribes from this channel than I have in 16 years of education. Took a class on Native American Lit in undergrad and still didn't learn near as much as I do from here. And to be honest, this one was the most interesting to me so far as a person who loves linguistics. I'm proud to live near such a linguistically interesting tribe and I really need to look into the history of this a lot more. So thank you. I know pronunciations are so very hard to get right, especially if you don't have access to native/local speakers. So good job on all the other knowledge you bring to the table. Really, honestly. It's refreshing.
YAY! this is my favorite serial killer story because of how odd it is. And now my favorite channel is covering it. Love!
man im mad i missed yall while you were down here would have loved to show you the less know historical sites and history thank you for showing the city some love we appreciate the sentiment if you decide to come back for another video feel free to reach out
Wendigoon is such a fascinating anomalous entity. There one second, gone the next.
Edit: I feel like I've heard of St Germain from somewhere, not vampire related stuff but in alchemy.
I had the same thought. I can't place why I connect him with Alchemy though.
Some say he was a vampire, others say he was an alchemist, I've even heard him described as a time traveler! Who knows who this guy was!?!
Maybe from the TV series Outlander during the season where the main characters were in France?
@@lynnetteglocke3584Never heard of Outlander.
Have you ever played/watched Castlevania?
You covered a lot of New Orleans lore and Louisiana history in this episode. As a someone born in NOLA and raised in La. -- I appreciate. Most of what I'd read and watched regarding the Ax Man of New Orleans insinuated a mafia type of connection. Lore claims that the Italian grocery industry in New Orleans was where the US mafia got its start.
But, what you illustrated regarding the transportation availability does put an interesting new spin on things.
On that note, you might want to look into the "voodoo church" ax murders of Louisiana and Texas (possibly along a train route) otherwise known as the "Mul--to Ax Murders" which took place 1911-12. A woman confessed and was convicted, but it seems likely there were more involved. It's a much lesser known series of ax murders, but fascinating due to the odd religious and prejudicial connotations.
New follower here. :) Just wanted to say I'm instantly a huge fan and love the history segments at the beginning! Really great work. I travelled and stayed in New Orleans for a couple months and it was really awesome to see some lore on places I got to see in person!
These clips of you (and Isaiah) in New Orleans got me missing the Big Easy so bad. I love the city so much.
We stan Aidan and Isaiah's eternal friendship.
Your clear love for past native cultures on the global scale is incredibly inspiring and its always almost my favorite part of your videos. Also the linguistics is so interesting.
Lore lodge AND wendigoon talking about MY city?? My special interest TOO? Literally can't ask for more
Lore Lodge & Wendigoon videos really fill my heart. Love these.
Best "Business Trip," Write Off Video Segment of All Time 😂
How did you make it completely through the whole video without mentioning the jazz song specifically created for the "jazz night": The Axeman's Jazz (don't scare me papa)
Great video as always bro. Keep them coming!
I could not IMAGINE skipping the history. It's one of the main things that makes you so unique in this genre
7:00 as a Uralic-speaker surrounded completely by Indo-European speakers, with our closest related languages being 4000 kilometres apart: sometimes history can be weird like that.
This is exactly what I thought of at this point: the Finno-Uralic languages.
@@NetherworldBibliotek tbh only us Hungarians got so far from the others that all established connection got lost: all the others are more or less near each other. We even lost any genetic connection with other Uralic speakers (we have only genetic traces of a haplotype that is common amongst the majority of other Uralics), must be the time and distance we traveled. Also, there is the Caucasus with its linguistically diverse small area: sometimes peope end up in weird places :) And, the less written documentation we have, the harder is to reconstruct the ways of languages, so an isolate Native Ametican language doesn't sound extraordinary to me (kinda unfortunately, I wish there were more surviving of those languages today).
Thank you for including Wendigoon in the New Orleans serial killer video, I will take it as a personal gift
By the way, we (or at least everyone I know) pronounces Natchez as "NA (as in Nancy)-chez" but we also end to be ignorant down here. 💀💀
Honestly never lose the historical insights and lessons I truly enjoy it as much as the primary topic.
Excellent video. I enjoyed all the history you gave.
The axe murderer mystery is very intriguing.
I lived in New Orleans before and after Katrina. I've seen 4 story tall piles of trash a city block wide and 3 miles long. I've seen gutted out neighborhoods in old Gentilly where the first Mardi Gras after Katrina a walking parade came through where at the end we smoked "The Royal Scepter" a joint of pure cannabis at least five ft long. I've seen the french quarter barren and empty save for a few homeless "gutter punks" panhandling the patrolling national guardsmen. I saw some crazy shit back then man.
So...my memory isn't great, but some of these murders remind me of cases compiled in the book The Man From the Train, which connects several American murders to the Hinterkaifeck case. I would be very interested to hear your take on that entire subject.
Bedtime stories did a couple good videos on that!
@@tierneylogan5943are Bedtime Stories on UA-cam or other platforms?
Bedtime stories is far superior, and that is an understatement. This guy just has shit takes on history that are boring and inaccurate af.
@@PlanetX87 well they are different formats, i like aiden too, but you can’t beat the BTS graphics and British accents. Actually one of their episodes scared me so badly I rarely watch them now, just hearing the intro music fills me with dread. lol
wow so happy to see this channel getting more views and blowing up; you deserve it
Loved this episode. :) Always nice with videos being filmed outside, it reminds me of its existence.
Ahh is this the jazz fan?? Love your coverage of cases 😊
We need a guide on modern and efficient methods to dispatch strigoy style vampires
Your history lessons are always my favourite part!
@TheLoreLodge loved the video! Especially when you talk about the history of the area. Just to let you know, the Natchez are pronounced Nat-chez and the Tunica are pronounced Tune-e-ca. One good thing about this area is that a lot of the native words are re-incorporated into town names and other things in the exact way they are pronounced, so if you are ever doing a video on this area again, you can often find videos online of the news in the area saying the name correctly when going weather reports.
I really love the Historical segments of your videos!
Because I've learned by watching other Native American Tribal leaders, they will add that their heritage actually comes from another Tribe I've never heard about?
I do appreciate knowing where, what time period, and the possible migrations of certain Tribes and how they came to be?
Another banger, brother! I love New Orleans lore. I live in Miss'sippi, just up the road. FYI Natchez is pronounced like "Match is".
I thoroughly enjoy your adding history. You really appear to look at all aspects.
May GOD bless
you never fail to post the best videos i’ve ever seen :)
do a full video on the count of st germaine, such a cool story
Love lore lodge dude! Its the only channel where i have literally watched every video and always look forward to fridays for a new one!
I love the land history lessons! I feel like a full vid can be made with all the land history lessons
🤣🤣 it goes "welcome to wedigoons house" [music] "settled by french traders"
French traders settled wendigoons house? 😂
Oh my god wendigoon in the background
LMAO that is hilarious that you featured Wendigoon! Great episode brotha keep it up
Dude the cutaways with you, Aiden, and Wendigoon hangin are hilarious I love them, also love the history segments!