His stories are interesting, and his voice is so soothing & gentle that I constantly use this channel to drift off to sleep, then replay it to see what I missed the next day.
Hello -. My name is Deborah, and I live in Southern California, USA.. I came across your channel quite by accident, and enjoy it very much. I don't mean to presume, but from your appearance, it appears that we may be close in age, Please understand, I mention this because I find it very refreshing to listen to and watch a host from my generation! While I may enjoy listening to wide variety of narrators and storytellers, you're extremely well-spoken and articulate, and exceptionally professional. With that said, may I make a request? Recently I viewed an episode that showed a "blooper" cut replayed, again and again, because you couldn't stop laughing - giggling - long enough to begin that particular segment. That was wonderful, and so funny! It was great to see that side of you! You should consider doing at least one outtake at the end of each show! I may be fairly new to your channel, but I have watched quite a few videos and have enjoyed each one! I just realized, though, after viewing this episode, I find myself looking for more outtakes! Thank you again for the entertaining and informative videos! Keep up the good work!
I agree! I’m an even more recent viewer and I’ve only come across one video where Paul broke from the script and it really sold it! (The Jack Keant bloody butcher section) ill have to keep an eye out for those outtakes 😊
Yay! I was looking for something interesting to watch. A "Well, I Never"-compilation seem perfect. Still REAL summer here in Norway, and got cold beer this time as well! Have a great weekend everyone! 🙂
@@jbye5353 Oh my! I hope you don't have any nefarious plans with the knitting pins, do you? 😅 Just kidding. I bet the video made you knit in super-speed by sheer excitement. 🙂
He was such a slimy, creepy, bastard. It's so incredibly sad and sick what he did to her. Not just killing her, but everything else he put her through, too. She was SO close to getting free of him.
Sadly I think he still would have hunted her down no matter where she went....he just couldn't give up his income !! He was scum....and should have done the deed to himself without ki[[ing her too...
Love how Hefner didnt like the husband who was just tue same as him. Someone who took advantage of women. Hef had a rule that the playmates had to sleep with him twice a month. Disgusting
Clara Phillips was spared the death penalty because of her looks. Gotta love the American justice system. Be either rich or pretty and you can get away with anything. The people cheering her were disgusting.
Stories like the one about Jane Toppin just totally bewilder me. I cannot get a handle on someone who sets out to annihilate so many people with whom they come in contact. I don't understand how someone can be that evil.
That San Jose mob was horrifying. So many unnecessary injuries! I wonder if any innocents died of their injuries; if not, it's a miracle. Mob mentality is so horrifying; reminds me of the scariest scene from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, when the mob lynches that nurse from Frankenstein's castle, thinking she was guilty because she was always present when people disappeared.
I have lived in the San Jose area for 25+ years and while I have heard of the murder of the young Hart (and there is still the remains of the Hart painted logo on a building, presumably left for the history), I didn't know the story in such detail. I LOVE this channel, thank you so much!!!!
Oh Paul! I love listening to you telling these stories! I could sit all day & watch your fantastic videos. You’re definitely a born narrator! Keep up the good work! Blessings always! ❤️✝️
ok so let's say that Dorothy Stratten did use Paul Snider and then when a better opportunity arose that she then left him for Peter Bogdanovich. it did not give Paul Snider the right to do to her what he did. the fact that Teresa Carpenter won a Pulitzer for basically blaming the victim is truly mind-boggling. i too have been used but it doesn't mean that i would do something as horrific as what Paul Snider did to her. meh just my 2 cents' worth.
Yeah, I was horrified by the 'won a prestigious award for victim blaming' aspect. No one would try to say 'cheating' is okay, but there was a lot going on in that relationship that was awful. He was really _abusive,_ (in pretty much every possible way) & she had tried to get out more than once before. No one has the right to take someone's life for choosing to no longer be in a relationship with them. If _anyone_ was used, she was. He groomed her, beat her, used her body to make money (as he had with so many women before), financially controlled everything (& stole large amounts from her), of course she wanted out.
@@KyrieChii EXACTLY! well put. he is a monstrous human being who thought that if he could not have her then no one should either. and then he basically took the cowards' way out too. so ein Misthaufen!
Paul should be on TV he is brilliant at telling the stories.....I've been watching as many as I can all are fascinating dint know so many are unsolved......Well done Paul .
Legitimately, I look forward to every one of your videos! Thank you so much for all your hard work,respect, and care you put into telling these events!
If my memory is correct he actually had affairs the whole time they were married. With the way he treated her, a small town girl with mostly small town thinking, I don’t blame her at all for being with someone else. She deserved a better life.
So Lizzy Borden, it's never been talked about, but her uncle came by the day before her father's death and asked for a loan, Mr. Borden declined, the uncles' location and actions for the next 2 days after Mr. Bordens death had never been verified. He later came back to Lizzy and received the loan he had asked her father for. Little more research and it may be discovered that it Was her uncle that killed the pair.
@@ginachenney5733 that's a wild one. Strange thing is she wanted to be buried next to her father, and she was, and her last words were, I hope one day its discovered who killed my father, I loved him dearly.
Concerning the case of Brooke Hart I think it's easy to judge the crowd for what they did, but if that had been my child... I think I would have been part of that mob
@ 1:42:30 I don't know if Absolutely Fabulous used this line from this story, or not, but every time I hear, "I'm just here to visit a sick friend!" I see Patsy talking about Eddie. And now, Lizzie is in the mix. lol
Thanks for this. Oh, Dorothy Stratton. A female employee at Playboy said "Her beauty had something of genius in it." Nobody who even caught a glimpse of Schneider thought him anything but a shyster. But he never forgot a name. About his only virtue. Somebody got a Pulitzer for saying otherwise? Bogdanovich went on to write The Killing of the Unicorn, blaming his former friend Hugh Hefner and the Playboy Empire for Stratton's death, which was gruesome 'way beyond your tasteful mention. She was literally blown apart. Like those of Marilyn and Natalie Wood, there are always flowers on her grave.
She would regret meeting up with him. He's a controlling sob. It was never going to end well. When you separate from a person like this - it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the fallout. Anybody in an abusive relationship has to recognize the signs and danger. It's human nature to want to better your circumstances. He just wanted to ride on her success. Never seeking a job of his own. Poor Dorothy.
It is amazing to me that the power that Hefner had he could have had Snider killed. He had enough connections to do it. They told Dorothy not to see this man alone but Dorothy was naive. A fatal mistake 8:10
It's genius storytelling to relate to us a story that everybody "knows," but doesn't really know. That could be a great avenue, re-visiting supposedly well-known stories, with depth and detail, and turnabout.
My goodness, you get distracted for even a second and the story has taken another weird turn with Dolly. 😳 I looked up just in time for “EIGHT times..” from a phone call I couldn’t avoid lol
Lizzie Borden, is a morbid rhyme in America. Lizzie Borden took an axe. And gave her mother forty whacks,And when she saw what she had done,She gave her father forty-one.
This dude has the best voice for story telling. And I just came across this channel on accident but truly I am glad I did. Just subscribed and will be watching many more videos like this on your channel job well done
Wow I just came across this video of your's and I must say you are now on my all time favorite story Tellers. Your foreign accent helps Alot too. Great job and keep the story's coming. Will be subscribing also. Thanks
Lizzie was innocent. If you ever see a breakdown of all the tasks she would have had to complete in a small number of minutes (20 I think I recall), there's just no way anyone could do it even with planning and practice drills.
The lynching in San Jose was horrific indeed. But we abolished the death penalty in California, resulting in, among many others, Manson & his Family living out their lives at taxpayers expense, one of them now walking free and another having fathered four children while incarcerated. We'd have kept Ted Bundy alive. What is right? It's a sticky wicket.
Well Paul .. sir.. you have done it again - your ability to convey real life news worthy events, in a manner that is both gore filled yet also insightful .. astounds me. Literally almost gob-smacked as i write this comment I've sat here with 3 other windows open while listening to a story of an imminent public lynching of a much loved community member, - stopped everything else that i was doing - to .. retrieve and maximise the 'Well, i Never' window.. Does anyone know if Paul has recorded anything for 'Audible'? I'm really keen to hear this voice utilised in that space.
19:03 You can almost see the evil developing in her eyes in her pictures. She looks diabolical, especially, in this one. 21:49 Jane gives new meaning to the idiom "With friends like that, you don't need enemies." I can't believe she kept getting away with these things for so long. I have to wonder why her victims would continue to drink something that tasted bad. This has happened to other poisoning victims who drank something that contained arsenic or anti freeze. If someone gave me something to drink that tasted funny, I certainly wouldn't drink it...not because I would think they were trying to poison me but because I'm extremely picky about food and drinks.
At about 20 minutes into your program, I was so stunned , shocked , I cannot find an adjective that comes anywhere close to my feelings about the Jolly Jane Toppin case , story nightmare. I can't believe that Hollywood hasn't made it into a movie. I kept wondering if anyone was ever going to catch on to her. The pure evil. The lack of any remorse. The sense of total control of every situation. I had never heard of this case or Jane. Which I'm surprised. She is the female H. H Holmes. I can't understand why she isn't famous ,/ infamous. Seeing how she manipulated the court to get not guilty by insanity, she is almost an Evil Genius in my viewpoint. Granted the law enforcement and criminal justice system was 19th and beginning 20th century. Was almost non existence. Cold calculated, she was not human. No soul. No feelings. She made Natural Born Killers look like childs play. I'm at a loss. I could analyze her for days and not scratch the surface of her existence on this planet. I'm thinking that there has to be.more information on this. I'm intrigued even though I can only stand so much evil and negativity. Holy crap.
I think I should tell you that the reason I subscribed to your channel without ever knowing what your channel was about is because I have always said in passing to my family and friends with a cockney accent, "Well! I never....!" Lol I enjoy your storytelling mostly because of the content but primarily because of your accent. 👍
As for the lynching ....it shows how times have changed .People cared more then I suppose . Today in California the two criminals would have been admired and given a Netflix series.
honestly in the hart case the two murderers got exactly what they deserved..it saved some tax money or time in prison or gave old sparky the electric chair..but the unruly mob craziness was a bit much gov Rolfe should have had an old fashioned gallows made and paid for a hang man..at least if they demanded a hanging at least an organized one at least..and no I'm not a violent nutter or anything I was just simply saying there was a better way of handling that one...
I thought the Walk of Death bloke was definitely insane. The homicidal grudges he developed against all his neighbours in turn and then attacked them is classic paranoid schizophrenia, is it not?
52:41 So the lynching did not curb kidnapping. Quelle Surprise. I am not a big advocate for capital punishment, although it sounds as if these two deserved it. But I am certainly an opponent of extrajudicial lynching.
I feel so sad for the Cohens. They sound like they were jewish, like myself, and hearing this as antisemitism is becoming more and more openly common my heart hurts. Thank you for telling their story.
The kidnappers Appear to myself to be a team of phycophaths having sexualising experiences in snuffing out a life. The son of a successful business was spotted ,........ a brand new Studebaker was rich peoples toys . They played a gruesome game . Killing with tourture . Then asking for money from family ? Is this the true nature of Humanity? There are humans that are inhumane and hunt humans for relief addiction when stressed . Humans
In spite of what is inferred, age gaps in relationships are NOT IMMORAL. there is absolutely nothing wrong with it and it has nothing to do with the other problems.
..at the time.. no protocols for dealing with this sort of situation - does that translate to ; A narcissistic, trigger happy tosser, who's inflated sense of ego/importance .. leads him towards nothing short of a massacre of the footings of his community!!! .. so many differing emotions .Paul's knack for elaboration/story telling .. leaves me as viewer both bewildered and amazed. cheers again. Great work
Brook Hart: It’s wonderful people cared enough to raise a ruckus over the kidnapping & killing of a beautiful wonderful father honoring young man who lived an exemplary life. Now today there is no Justice for many who are cruelty killed. Certainly I can understand their anger & desire for revenge. It’s never a good idea to execute revenge. Vengeance is reserved for God only, God says he will repay. We must Trust God.
If you want to read a very convincing explanation of the Borden mystery read A Private Disgrace, written by a woman who grew up in Fall River. I loved one quote. As a little girl she noticed no one visited Miss Borden, who lived down the street; and no one ever invited her anywhere. She asked her mother why. Her mother, who was not a native of Fall River, paused a moment, then said, “She was very unkind to her parents.” I think she did it, and I think Maggie, the maid, might have helped her cover it up. Read the book I mentioned and see if you don’t agree.
Some arm chair detectives openly wonder about the possibility of incest between Lizzie and her father; cause there was lots more wrong with her than just murdering her parents. I don’t really have an opinion, except I mostly doubt it. It was a tiny house and the second story floor plan was strange, having to go through one bedroom to get to another and a door between 2 of the bedrooms that locked, meaning that the back bedroom had to be reached by using some backstairs that went to the kitchen. There were 5 adults in the house, or if such activity took place when Lizzie was an adolescent, 5 people. To me incest would have been a private activity and there just wasn’t much privacy in the house. I would have gone crazy and killed somebody, too. I guess they could have snuck to the basement, but although they didn’t have an outhouse and there was running water in the house; the privy was located in the basement, so yuck! Surely not. I don’t buy into any incest theory. One can think of anything to try to understand and explain an action, but I don’t think; without some glimmer of documentation or rumor, that incest fits the story. I just remembered another funny quote. Dinner the night before the murder was some dish made of mutton. (I have read about people eating that, but have never known anyone who actually did.)Anyway I think it was mutton soup. The next morning the menu for breakfast was hot coffee, sugar cookies, cold mutton soup (or whatever) and bananas. An attorney in town, reading that menu in the paper, while eating his own breakfast, said, and I paraphrase: “Everyone in the house, or all of them, are suspects! Anyone would be driven to murder having that be presented for breakfast!” Mr. Borden was notoriously cheap, but if the whole family thought that was an ok meal; they were all off; not just Lizzie, who used the name “Lisbeth” after her acquittal.
Thank you, Paul. I suffer from chronic pain, can't sleep, always looking for a distraction. Your story telling and tone .. exactly what I needed.
@@AnnaWessonEtters good morning. Hope you have a blessed day 🌺
Ditto😮😢
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Revelation c be 21:3,4
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Same to u
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His stories are interesting, and his voice is so soothing & gentle that I constantly use this channel to drift off to sleep, then replay it to see what I missed the next day.
Same.
Same 😊
I do the same. 😊
I can make 2 hr ones last 6 hrs as I fall asleep then rewind what t missed too ❤
Me too 💤
Sitting in the sun listening to two hours of Well I never. Life is good
MMM, cancer
Two hours with Paul, what can be better 😊
3 hours.
4 hours...lol
5 then
Agreed.
Paul Snyder?
I wish I had a neighbor like Paul Brodie. I will visit him everyday and listen for his story for HOURS!
Same here 👍👍👍
😂😂😂😂 do ya think he would want you there everyday 😂😂😂😂❤ only joking ❤
I didnt know "Californication" was about Dorothy. Thanks for that ❤
Me either! I’m gonna have to dive into the backstory on that
🎉 Paul, you have a wonderful presence. Thank you for doing these wonderful videos.
i really like that you take the time to research how to pronounce things properly instead of just guessing as so many people do nowadays
An Oxford or Collins English dictionary will teach you the pronunciation of the word your using ❤❤❤
Esp Americans saying English places.
Hello -. My name is Deborah, and I live in Southern California, USA.. I came across your channel quite by accident, and enjoy it very much. I don't mean to presume, but from your appearance, it appears that we may be close in age, Please understand, I mention this because I find it very refreshing to listen to and watch a host from my generation! While I may enjoy listening to wide variety of narrators and storytellers, you're extremely well-spoken and articulate, and exceptionally professional. With that said, may I make a request?
Recently I viewed an episode that showed a "blooper" cut replayed, again and again, because you couldn't stop laughing - giggling - long enough to begin that particular segment. That was wonderful, and so funny! It was great to see that side of you! You should consider doing at least one outtake at the end of each show! I may be fairly new to your channel, but I have watched quite a few videos and have enjoyed each one! I just realized, though, after viewing this episode, I find myself looking for more outtakes!
Thank you again for the entertaining and informative videos! Keep up the good work!
I agree! I’m an even more recent viewer and I’ve only come across one video where Paul broke from the script and it really sold it! (The Jack Keant bloody butcher section) ill have to keep an eye out for those outtakes 😊
Enjoy historical cases because they make me feel less paranoid, and the old tried and true detective techniques are fascinating…
Same!!
Yes, I understand what you mean.
I couldn't believe the one about the man's son being kidnapped and the kidnappers killing him before asking for any money.😢
Obviously money was not the motive.😣
Yay! I was looking for something interesting to watch. A "Well, I Never"-compilation seem perfect. Still REAL summer here in Norway, and got cold beer this time as well! Have a great weekend everyone! 🙂
@@saltychopper5312 God bless you too, and wishing a great weekend for you, from Alv, and my black, luck-cat Lucis. :)
Enjoy!😅
@@jbye5353 I crochet.😁
@@jbye5353 Oh my! I hope you don't have any nefarious plans with the knitting pins, do you? 😅
Just kidding. I bet the video made you knit in super-speed by sheer excitement. 🙂
Wow, you’re all set , cold beer and nice weather. Enjoy your weekend and even more the beer. All the best from Canada.
He was such a slimy, creepy, bastard. It's so incredibly sad and sick what he did to her. Not just killing her, but everything else he put her through, too. She was SO close to getting free of him.
Too bad she didn't listen to her friends who knew more than her. Too bad she didn't send the lawyer. She would still be alive!
Agreed
Allegedly he has sex with her body sick puppy
He just couldn't let her go & be free of him. So, so, sad story.
Sadly I think he still would have hunted her down no matter where she went....he just couldn't give up his income !! He was scum....and should have done the deed to himself without ki[[ing her too...
Love how Hefner didnt like the husband who was just tue same as him. Someone who took advantage of women. Hef had a rule that the playmates had to sleep with him twice a month. Disgusting
Only Hefner gave them fame and money. Correct me if im wrong but i believe the girls can leave the mansion anytime. The husband, however, is a leech.
Clara Phillips was spared the death penalty because of her looks. Gotta love the American justice system. Be either rich or pretty and you can get away with anything.
The people cheering her were disgusting.
Stories like the one about Jane Toppin just totally bewilder me. I cannot get a handle on someone who sets out to annihilate so many people with whom they come in contact. I don't understand how someone can be that evil.
Serial killers with MOs like hers are usually childhood victims of severe abuse. It's not an excuse, but it's definitely an explanation.
That San Jose mob was horrifying. So many unnecessary injuries! I wonder if any innocents died of their injuries; if not, it's a miracle. Mob mentality is so horrifying; reminds me of the scariest scene from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, when the mob lynches that nurse from Frankenstein's castle, thinking she was guilty because she was always present when people disappeared.
Justice was seved!!
I have lived in the San Jose area for 25+ years and while I have heard of the murder of the young Hart (and there is still the remains of the Hart painted logo on a building, presumably left for the history), I didn't know the story in such detail. I LOVE this channel, thank you so much!!!!
What a true delight. 2 hours of listening to Paul and Well I Never. What a great treat and surprise. Thanks Well I Never gang.
Oh Paul! I love listening to you telling these stories! I could sit all day & watch your fantastic videos. You’re definitely a born narrator! Keep up the good work! Blessings always! ❤️✝️
ok so let's say that Dorothy Stratten did use Paul Snider and then when a better opportunity arose that she then left him for Peter Bogdanovich. it did not give Paul Snider the right to do to her what he did. the fact that Teresa Carpenter won a Pulitzer for basically blaming the victim is truly mind-boggling. i too have been used but it doesn't mean that i would do something as horrific as what Paul Snider did to her. meh just my 2 cents' worth.
Totally agree and it did seem she was sensitive and caring…
@@claresmith9261 i fully agree with you too
Yeah, I was horrified by the 'won a prestigious award for victim blaming' aspect. No one would try to say 'cheating' is okay, but there was a lot going on in that relationship that was awful. He was really _abusive,_ (in pretty much every possible way) & she had tried to get out more than once before.
No one has the right to take someone's life for choosing to no longer be in a relationship with them. If _anyone_ was used, she was. He groomed her, beat her, used her body to make money (as he had with so many women before), financially controlled everything (& stole large amounts from her), of course she wanted out.
@@KyrieChii EXACTLY! well put. he is a monstrous human being who thought that if he could not have her then no one should either. and then he basically took the cowards' way out too. so ein Misthaufen!
I totally agree with you!
Compilation time! Perfect way to get through the afternoon
Paul should be on TV he is brilliant at telling the stories.....I've been watching as many as I can all are fascinating dint know so many are unsolved......Well done Paul .
He is a stage actor , writer song writer and had performed in bands ❤
I love your channel, it is entertaining, easy to listen and helps with my English too =) Thank you for so fantastic production.
You are going to have an interesting accent.😁
@@thegreencat9947 The right accent 😝
@@tommymorgan4677 Right or not....it will certainly keep them guessing. 😏
Legitimately, I look forward to every one of your videos! Thank you so much for all your hard work,respect, and care you put into telling these events!
These long videos get me though the work day ❤️
Dear Mr. Brodie, your Voice and your beautiful accent are music to my ears. Thank you For your mesmerizing storytelling.
If my memory is correct he actually had affairs the whole time they were married. With the way he treated her, a small town girl with mostly small town thinking, I don’t blame her at all for being with someone else. She deserved a better life.
Thanks for the compilation! Love these ❤️
So Lizzy Borden, it's never been talked about, but her uncle came by the day before her father's death and asked for a loan, Mr. Borden declined, the uncles' location and actions for the next 2 days after Mr. Bordens death had never been verified. He later came back to Lizzy and received the loan he had asked her father for. Little more research and it may be discovered that it Was her uncle that killed the pair.
Interesting, thanx for the info 👍
@@ginachenney5733 that's a wild one. Strange thing is she wanted to be buried next to her father, and she was, and her last words were, I hope one day its discovered who killed my father, I loved him dearly.
That has been researched. There are some other channels that talk of this possibility.
Yes. I've always thought it was him.
Concerning the case of Brooke Hart I think it's easy to judge the crowd for what they did, but if that had been my child... I think I would have been part of that mob
@ 1:42:30 I don't know if Absolutely Fabulous used this line from this story, or not, but every time I hear, "I'm just here to visit a sick friend!" I see Patsy talking about Eddie. And now, Lizzie is in the mix. lol
I ❤️ 💕 AbFab! Jennifer Saunders is BRILLIANT! I’m American, but love Brit comedy & programming 😂
Thanks for this. Oh, Dorothy Stratton. A female employee at Playboy said "Her beauty had something of genius in it." Nobody who even caught a glimpse of Schneider thought him anything but a shyster. But he never forgot a name. About his only virtue. Somebody got a Pulitzer for saying otherwise? Bogdanovich went on to write The Killing of the Unicorn, blaming his former friend Hugh Hefner and the Playboy Empire for Stratton's death, which was gruesome 'way beyond your tasteful mention. She was literally blown apart. Like those of Marilyn and Natalie Wood, there are always flowers on her grave.
I enjoy seeing the evolution of Paul's magnificent facial hair ❤
Dorthy Stratten, Pam Anderson we grow them pretty on the West Coast of Canada. Too bad the ghouls in Hollywood got ahold of both of them.
Thx from us ladies in BC!
Thanks for another great video! Can't wait to see you and Nicola together in an excellent history lesson...peace🍺
Thank you 😊
I'd have Well, I Never.... narrate my own disappearance! 😉
I so loved this episode! So well done and interesting stories! Thank you 🇺🇸
Hallelujah pass the soup!
Get to listen to a long one. Thank u Paul
You tell a bloody good story................
Well I Never! Expected such quality, consistent, content. Cheers
you Are the best presenter EVER! LOVE YA!
She would regret meeting up with him. He's a controlling sob. It was never going to end well. When you separate from a person like this - it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the fallout. Anybody in an abusive relationship has to recognize the signs and danger. It's human nature to want to better your circumstances. He just wanted to ride on her success. Never seeking a job of his own. Poor Dorothy.
Exactly I have watched many documentaries on her
... he used her until she stood up for herself
Period. He was a pimp
It is amazing to me that the power that Hefner had he could have had Snider killed. He had enough connections to do it. They told Dorothy not to see this man alone but Dorothy was naive. A fatal mistake 8:10
Bogdanovich seems to have been a clever and thoughtful person . He clearly loved her and later on he fell for Cybil Shepherd
He married Dorothy Stratton younger sister when she got to 20 yrs of age
It's genius storytelling to relate to us a story that everybody "knows," but doesn't really know. That could be a great avenue, re-visiting supposedly well-known stories, with depth and detail, and turnabout.
Love your content 🙂
You are a marvel! Thank you so much!
Love your show, it's my favorite! And I love my coffee mug!! Happy weekend to you!!
Who brings their 2 little children to a lynching?
People who lynch
It was often treated as a spectacle for the family with people having picnics and the like.
During the civil war people would bring their kids to watch battles……until a cannon ball came
So very interestingly presented! Thank you!
My goodness, you get distracted for even a second and the story has taken another weird turn with Dolly. 😳 I looked up just in time for “EIGHT times..” from a phone call I couldn’t avoid lol
Lizzie Borden, is a morbid rhyme in America.
Lizzie Borden took an axe. And gave her mother forty whacks,And when she saw what she had done,She gave her father forty-one.
This dude has the best voice for story telling. And I just came across this channel on accident but truly I am glad I did. Just subscribed and will be watching many more videos like this on your channel job well done
It’s “ by accident “ ❤
Easy listening voice. Very well prepared and researched. Great site👍❤️
Wow I just came across this video of your's and I must say you are now on my all time favorite story Tellers. Your foreign accent helps Alot too. Great job and keep the story's coming. Will be subscribing also. Thanks
Lizzie was innocent. If you ever see a breakdown of all the tasks she would have had to complete in a small number of minutes (20 I think I recall), there's just no way anyone could do it even with planning and practice drills.
The Clara Phillips case reminded me of "Pearl" (2022) at the start!
Wonderful narration!
Just did a deep cleaning of my apartment while listening to this. Thank you 🙏
If more criminals were treated like this, doubtful but maybe it'd make the criminals think twice.
Except as many of the stories told on this channel have stated- public executions and lynching did absolutely nothing to curb crime.
The lynching in San Jose was horrific indeed. But we abolished the death penalty in California, resulting in, among many others, Manson & his Family living out their lives at taxpayers expense, one of them now walking free and another having fathered four children while incarcerated. We'd have kept Ted Bundy alive. What is right? It's a sticky wicket.
Great stories!!,thanks again Andrew!!
I found it ironic that we all use cell phones and smartphones. But i'm basically listening to a radio because i'm not looking anymore. I love it
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
I'm watching this on Father's day to watch this😊 "Thank you Paul & crew."
Excellent as usual Paul
Wonderful story teller !!❤ much Love😊
the story of that lynch mob is absolutely barbaric
All of the things that were done to that tree afterwards were equally barbaric!😢
Wonderful thanks so much Paul
Awesome stuff, I just love it all!!
Great video as always !
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Well Paul .. sir.. you have done it again - your ability to convey real life news worthy events, in a manner that is both gore filled yet also insightful .. astounds me. Literally almost gob-smacked as i write this comment
I've sat here with 3 other windows open while listening to a story of an imminent public lynching of a much loved community member, - stopped everything else that i was doing - to .. retrieve and maximise the 'Well, i Never' window..
Does anyone know if Paul has recorded anything for 'Audible'? I'm really keen to hear this voice utilised in that space.
19:03 You can almost see the evil developing in her eyes in her pictures. She looks diabolical, especially, in this one.
21:49 Jane gives new meaning to the idiom "With friends like that, you don't need enemies."
I can't believe she kept getting away with these things for so long. I have to wonder why her victims would continue to drink something that tasted bad. This has happened to other poisoning victims who drank something that contained arsenic or anti freeze. If someone gave me something to drink that tasted funny, I certainly wouldn't drink it...not because I would think they were trying to poison me but because I'm extremely picky about food and drinks.
At about 20 minutes into your program, I was so stunned , shocked , I cannot find an adjective that comes anywhere close to my feelings about the Jolly Jane Toppin case , story nightmare. I can't believe that Hollywood hasn't made it into a movie. I kept wondering if anyone was ever going to catch on to her. The pure evil. The lack of any remorse. The sense of total control of every situation. I had never heard of this case or Jane. Which I'm surprised. She is the female H. H Holmes. I can't understand why she isn't famous ,/ infamous. Seeing how she manipulated the court to get not guilty by insanity, she is almost an Evil Genius in my viewpoint. Granted the law enforcement and criminal justice system was 19th and beginning 20th century. Was almost non existence. Cold calculated, she was not human. No soul. No feelings. She made Natural Born Killers look like childs play. I'm at a loss. I could analyze her for days and not scratch the surface of her existence on this planet. I'm thinking that there has to be.more information on this. I'm intrigued even though I can only stand so much evil and negativity. Holy crap.
I think I should tell you that the reason I subscribed to your channel without ever knowing what your channel was about is because I have always said in passing to my family and friends with a cockney accent, "Well! I never....!" Lol I enjoy your storytelling mostly because of the content but primarily because of your accent. 👍
Love this channel but I must tell you that Paul has a Scottish accent not a cockney one
As for the lynching ....it shows how times have changed .People cared more then I suppose . Today in California the two criminals would have been admired and given a Netflix series.
Thank you.
honestly in the hart case the two murderers got exactly what they deserved..it saved some tax money or time in prison or gave old sparky the electric chair..but the unruly mob craziness was a bit much gov Rolfe should have had an old fashioned gallows made and paid for a hang man..at least if they demanded a hanging at least an organized one at least..and no I'm not a violent nutter or anything I was just simply saying there was a better way of handling that one...
Thanks!
Thank you! 😊🙏
I thought the Walk of Death bloke was definitely insane. The homicidal grudges he developed against all his neighbours in turn and then attacked them is classic paranoid schizophrenia, is it not?
yessss i’ve been waiting for this compilation!! 😊
52:41 So the lynching did not curb kidnapping. Quelle Surprise.
I am not a big advocate for capital punishment, although it sounds as if these two deserved it. But I am certainly an opponent of extrajudicial lynching.
🤣🤣 1:30:08 the pause and triple blinking.
I feel so bad for that tree! 😢
I feel so sad for the Cohens. They sound like they were jewish, like myself, and hearing this as antisemitism is becoming more and more openly common my heart hurts. Thank you for telling their story.
Scary, the story of Brooke Hart happened in my backyard. I won’t feel the same driving over the San Mateo Bridge anymore.
Aye. I'm an American born and bred McKay lass, but I ❤ listening to Paul too. 😂 The Crime stories are my favorite..
Damm i didn't even know one of my favorite songs was dedicated to this awful event that happened.
The kidnappers
Appear to myself to be a team of phycophaths having sexualising experiences in snuffing out a life.
The son of a successful business was spotted ,........ a brand new Studebaker was rich peoples toys .
They played a gruesome game .
Killing with tourture .
Then asking for money from family ?
Is this the true nature of Humanity?
There are humans that are inhumane and hunt humans for relief addiction when stressed .
Humans
craziest bit is that it really sounds like Armour was indeed quite faithful… She was a bonafide Yandere i suppose.
In spite of what is inferred, age gaps in relationships are NOT IMMORAL. there is absolutely nothing wrong with it and it has nothing to do with the other problems.
Cruelty and violence are never is a solution for Cruelty and violence,and lawlessness has never historically proven a cure for lawlessness.
Walburga was 33 and Otto was 17. She was a groomer and abuser. How horrible.
Lizzys father was accused multiple times of incest with his daughters. I believe the maid did it to protect the girls.
..at the time.. no protocols for dealing with this sort of situation - does that translate to ; A narcissistic, trigger happy tosser, who's inflated sense of ego/importance .. leads him towards nothing short of a massacre of the footings of his community!!!
.. so many differing emotions
.Paul's knack for elaboration/story telling .. leaves me as viewer both bewildered and amazed. cheers again. Great work
Fun fact: the name "Unruh" is the German for "unrest".
Brook Hart: It’s wonderful people cared enough to raise a ruckus over the kidnapping & killing of a beautiful wonderful father honoring young man who lived an exemplary life. Now today there is no Justice for many who are cruelty killed. Certainly I can understand their anger & desire for revenge. It’s never a good idea to execute revenge. Vengeance is reserved for God only, God says he will repay. We must Trust God.
If you want to read a very convincing explanation of the Borden mystery read A Private Disgrace, written by a woman who grew up in Fall River. I loved one quote. As a little girl she noticed no one visited Miss Borden, who lived down the street; and no one ever invited her anywhere. She asked her mother why. Her mother, who was not a native of Fall River, paused a moment, then said, “She was very unkind to her parents.”
I think she did it, and I think Maggie, the maid, might have helped her cover it up. Read the book I mentioned and see if you don’t agree.
Some arm chair detectives openly wonder about the possibility of incest between Lizzie and her father; cause there was lots more wrong with her than just murdering her parents. I don’t really have an opinion, except I mostly doubt it. It was a tiny house and the second story floor plan was strange, having to go through one bedroom to get to another and a door between 2 of the bedrooms that locked, meaning that the back bedroom had to be reached by using some backstairs that went to the kitchen. There were 5 adults in the house, or if such activity took place when Lizzie was an adolescent, 5 people. To me incest would have been a private activity and there just wasn’t much privacy in the house. I would have gone crazy and killed somebody, too. I guess they could have snuck to the basement, but although they didn’t have an outhouse and there was running water in the house; the privy was located in the basement, so yuck! Surely not. I don’t buy into any incest theory. One can think of anything to try to understand and explain an action, but I don’t think; without some glimmer of documentation or rumor, that incest fits the story. I just remembered another funny quote. Dinner the night before the murder was some dish made of mutton. (I have read about people eating that, but have never known anyone who actually did.)Anyway I think it was mutton soup. The next morning the menu for breakfast was hot coffee, sugar cookies, cold mutton soup (or whatever) and bananas. An attorney in town, reading that menu in the paper, while eating his own breakfast, said, and I paraphrase: “Everyone in the house, or all of them, are suspects! Anyone would be driven to murder having that be presented for breakfast!” Mr. Borden was notoriously cheap, but if the whole family thought that was an ok meal; they were all off; not just Lizzie, who used the name “Lisbeth” after her acquittal.