In the early 1970s, my best friend (....an only child ) found out his dad was having an affair. My friend also happened to be into photography.....& even had his own darkroom set up. He snapped several pictures of his father with the other woman....& hid the negatives under the house. He got a brand new Mustang out of the deal.
wait a minute, they got to him because the kidnapped victim casually memorized the times squedules of airplanes while chained up to a bed? .. he deserves the biography, what a legend
I love Eminem and his cyphers are on point but he phoned his battle on MGK. But the entire mgk discography is kinda trash though. We all lost in that battle.
@@VNitla I disagree, there are a bunch of hidden disses and triple meaning bars in killshot. But even if he did "phone it in" he still dropped a track that was easily 100 times better than MGK's. But I have to admit that his diss at Eminem was way better than anything Nick Cannon came out with. I didn't truly appreciate MGK's track until all the other trash came out.
As rough and tumble, and troublemaking as he was, I can't help but feel touched by how much he had loved his mother, and tried to honor her wish for him by choosing Agriculture as his college course.
My old landlord when I first moved, old italian man, very nice... his father worked for Machine Gun Kelly as a door gunner. Had some great photos and stories. Used to love having a beer and chatting all night with him.
@Your unfriendly Neighborhood Demon The last time I was at The Gun Store in Las Vegas, you could shoot a Thompson machine gun or one of a host of others - Uzi, Sten Gun, a "grease gun," etc....
@@abidanielson2747 he abolished slavery in Ethiopia, introduced Ethiopia's first written Constitution, and led Ethiopia to join the UN. He may not have been perfect, but he wasn't a bad person.
1:05 - Chapter 1 - Early years 4:20 - Chapter 2 - Machine gun kelly is born 7:15 - Mid roll ads 8:45 - Chapter 3 - Kidnap Inc 11:10 - Chapter 4 - The kidnapping of charles urschel 14:25 - Chapter 5 - On the run
Ah, mentioned Charles Lindbergh. My class went to his childhood home *every. Single. Year.* Guess having a famous person's home within a morning's drive from school was a major draw.
We went to St. Augustine every year. That was cool because I'm a history nerd and it's the oldest continually inhabited city in North America. In high school we went to Busch Gardens all four years. Our science teachers had conspired to convince the school board that it was a physics/zoology field trip. Growing up in Florida had its benefits.
From what I've found, there were 3 pre-WWII PPKs and they were chromed and engraved. Most PPKs in this manner sell for $4500-9000. One of the specific PPKs to this story did get auctioned off a few months ago (owner, who wasnt the original owner btw, died and the funds went to family). The price was never made public so that they could get as much for it as they can.
It's a bit trippy to be 1:42 into a Biographics episode and learn from Simon Whistler that Machine Gun Kelly went to the same elementary AND high school as you
General Tso was real, but the dish actually has nothing to do with him, and isn't even authentic Chinese cuisine. The dish was actually invented be Chef Peng Chang-keui. He invented the dish in 1955, and it hardly resembled the dish we know today. Chef Peng died in 2016, at the age of 98. The real General Tso was a Hunan statesman and General that lived during the 1800's, and was a member of the Quing Dynasty. Chef Peng was born in the same village that General Tso came from, and named his dish in his honor. Netflix had a documentary about the invention and origin of the dish, but I'm not sure if it's still there. They actually do a pretty good job of covering the General, Chef Peng, and the dish.
Please do a video of Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor dynasty. He’s such an underrated monarch of history, his son gets all the credit but his story is far more interesting
SIMON. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO A BIOGRAPHIC SHOW ON DANNY, SAM AND OF COURSE YOURSELF?! I mean the stories that Danny has been through are amazing. Just because you don’t make the bloody headlines doesn’t mean your life isn’t fascinating and interesting to others. Now let’s get this done shall we!
Good comments. Ive studies these kind of criminals and i deed, when someone is caught you are the new wanted amn. But there were more people most wanted in kellys time.
@@pasqual4943 Naw. They’re still around. I remember seeing them in the post office, until maybe 10 years ago. Then, for reasons unknown, they moved them into the offices. Before, EVERYONE had to go to the post office. Now, no. So…They still have them, but we don’t see them. But, I will agree that the 20’s had the most colorful ones!
I just knew I was going to see a bunch of slim shady comments before I even clicked LOL damn MGK might never live that down I don't think Eminem fans will ever let that L go
Simon i think u should do a video of some of Africa's Leaders like. Thomas Sankara, Patrice Lumumba, Samora Machel, Halie Sellasie, paul kagame, Jerry Rawlings and others. they have done so much for their people and their stories are not well known outside Africa.
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I'd love to see a video on the Barker-Karpis gang!
Would love to see a biographics on Alan Watts
You should do some of Australia's underworld
Not sure if it's been done but a video on Ataturk would be nice.
I would to see a video on CNut the great the king of the north sea and leader of the Vikings
Blackmailed his own father as a child. Got to admire a self-starter!
In the early 1970s, my best friend (....an only child ) found out his dad was having an affair. My friend also happened to be into photography.....& even had his own darkroom set up. He snapped several pictures of his father with the other woman....& hid the negatives under the house. He got a brand new Mustang out of the deal.
@@195511SM what a legend
@@195511SM wowwww
Factz
A true entrepreneur
crazy how he’s dating megan fox now.
the years have been kind to him.
😂😂
wannabe done goodly for his poppa satan 🌬
That's MGK the rapper
@@Keshia.means.GreatJoy wdym there's only one machine gun Kelly
wait a minute, they got to him because the kidnapped victim casually memorized the times squedules of airplanes while chained up to a bed?
.. he deserves the biography, what a legend
It presumably wasn't that hard if the planes always flew over around 9:45 AM and 4:45 PM (if I got it correctly).
Agreed. Smart man.
He can't have had much else to do to be fair
👀 🛌 🗺 🛬 ⏰ 🛎
@@ArakkoaChronicles u do it then
Crazy to think he had a rap beef with Eminem too. A really full life
Dude the way the guy who was kidnapped pieced evidence for the police was absolutely amazing.
yeah, fucking insane
On a side note... Can me and my wife borrow your daughter and roam the countryside?
@@richardpotatoa.k.adicktate4749 Why didn't they just go to the nearest Rent-a-Kid franchise?
I bet he was thinking of escape plans daily. Probably memorized their facial features and stuff to an intense degree. If he hadn’t he’d have died.
@@thesuccessfulone I agree. The Dillinger Escape Plan is one of my favorite bands
Imagine 100 years after being a prohibition gangster the thing you’re best known for is Eminem ending your career
Eminem never ended that rapper's career, but it did slow it down, though part of it was also due to MGK mishandling it.
I love Eminem and his cyphers are on point but he phoned his battle on MGK.
But the entire mgk discography is kinda trash though.
We all lost in that battle.
@@grahamturner2640 MGK himself said Eminem basically ended his career as a rapper.
There's a rapper named after Machine Gun Kelly? The more you know I guess
@@VNitla I disagree, there are a bunch of hidden disses and triple meaning bars in killshot. But even if he did "phone it in" he still dropped a track that was easily 100 times better than MGK's. But I have to admit that his diss at Eminem was way better than anything Nick Cannon came out with. I didn't truly appreciate MGK's track until all the other trash came out.
As rough and tumble, and troublemaking as he was, I can't help but feel touched by how much he had loved his mother, and tried to honor her wish for him by choosing Agriculture as his college course.
The name MGK used to be tied to a brutal gangster, now its tied to a horrible "artist"
You forgot to mention the part where Eminem ended his whole career and he took up guitar and emo music.
He went from writing raps to wearing dresses and painting his nails. The next kaitlyn Jenner
@@bm7291 what's wrong with that?
@@woiken3957 what’s wrong with kaitlyn Jenner? Not a damn thing before he met the kardashians mom
@@bm7291 nah I meant wearing dresses and painting your nails. Kaitlyn Jenner is a whole other thing.
@@woiken3957 Wearing dresses and painting nails as a man, what isn’t wrong with it? Absolutely disgusting.
My old landlord when I first moved, old italian man, very nice... his father worked for Machine Gun Kelly as a door gunner. Had some great photos and stories. Used to love having a beer and chatting all night with him.
Dang. His second wife had $200 to buy him a Thompson? That was a lot of money then.
Even now, many may bit have money to buy a pistol for $200
@@DYLANJJK94 200 dollars is two days of work depending on what state it is so maybe children wouldn’t be able to afford it if that’s what you mean?
About 3000 if anyone’s curious
"Awww...just what I always wanted!"
@Your unfriendly Neighborhood Demon The last time I was at The Gun Store in Las Vegas, you could shoot a Thompson machine gun or one of a host of others - Uzi, Sten Gun, a "grease gun," etc....
Still got crushed by M&M’s
Wait chocolate filled candies killed him?
@@jeremyhall7951 Eminem the rapper
@@Hillbillabeast No eminem's the candies
Lol
Can you do a video on Haile Selassie, the last emperor of the Nation of Ethiopia.
Wakanda isn't a real place...
@@rustyshackleford8473 it is
A terrible person
@@abidanielson2747 he abolished slavery in Ethiopia, introduced Ethiopia's first written Constitution, and led Ethiopia to join the UN. He may not have been perfect, but he wasn't a bad person.
@@SkunkApe407 I'd have my country join be in the UN as well if BigBaldDuche was eyeing it.
This MGK is cooler then the one we have now
"Oh George, not the livestock. "
wasn't that babyface? I'm confused
It was George "babyface" nelson that shot the cows not George "machine gun" kelly
Yes but I doubt there will be a video on the other george.
@John Barber apparently some cattle were also victims
"I hate cows worse than coppers!"
I would really like to see one on Emperor Constantine- The first Christian Emperor
Have you checked? I feel like he has but I'm not sure. Maybe just mentioned him in other videos.
Keanu?
@@darrenb2020 I just checked he hasn't so hopefully it'll come soon.
Blobfish man AKA Ted Cruz 😆😆😆
Justinian would also be a good one too.
I needed this video 8.5 years ago when I had to do a report on MGK, I remember it being so hard to find a decent amount of information on his life
Central High School in Memphis has had a number of famous graduates...gangster, politicians,,,but then I repeat myself.
🤣🤣
Wait did this man extort and blackmailed his own father ? What a freaking LEGEND😂😂😂😂
I owned MGK’s aunt’s house in Memphis. I didn’t know until I found a box of photos in the attic. He’d stay there when he was on the lam.
Make a video please small one is okay
Did you check to see if they hid any money?
@@pingukutepro
I sold the house or I would.
Bro there's no way you would have something like that happen and not document it show to friends, family or future children. I call BS
I don’t want to see the house. Just the box of photos.
1:05 - Chapter 1 - Early years
4:20 - Chapter 2 - Machine gun kelly is born
7:15 - Mid roll ads
8:45 - Chapter 3 - Kidnap Inc
11:10 - Chapter 4 - The kidnapping of charles urschel
14:25 - Chapter 5 - On the run
Love the old school gangsters and outlaws biographics. You can make whole new channel just for that. Call it Gangstergraphics.
That would be awesome
Yes😂
Blackmailed his own dad. Kid knew what he wanted to be.
Can we talk about how he just glossed over the whole "killed himself with a stick of dynamite" thing like it was nothing😅
Ah, mentioned Charles Lindbergh. My class went to his childhood home *every. Single. Year.* Guess having a famous person's home within a morning's drive from school was a major draw.
He was a pretty cool guy and lived an interesting life
We went to St. Augustine every year. That was cool because I'm a history nerd and it's the oldest continually inhabited city in North America. In high school we went to Busch Gardens all four years. Our science teachers had conspired to convince the school board that it was a physics/zoology field trip. Growing up in Florida had its benefits.
Yes. But did you find a dead baby?
@@TGBurgerGaming why does everyone always ask me that? Oh, wait. You were talking to them? Nevermind, I gotta run...
@@TGBurgerGaming That's rough.
Suprisingly, This is not the breakdown of the feud with MGK and Eminem
Listening to this while driving through texas....ima go find some fuckin' treasure.
One day someone's going to be digging and their whole life is going to be changed
What a sad story. It's another illustration of how men take to crime after tragedy and hardship leave them miserable.
Since you did the most wanted man in America, maybe you would consider doing a video on Arkan, the most wanted man in Europe?
Raznatovic? If so yeah 100% agree with you on that, the guy was animal but his story is certainly interesting
nice shout 🌬
Urshel gifted his friends that arranged the ransom payout factory engraved Walther PP that are worth a metric ton of money nowadays.
That's really dope, thanks for that!
I wonder if Forgotten Weapons has a video about that?
From what I've found, there were 3 pre-WWII PPKs and they were chromed and engraved. Most PPKs in this manner sell for $4500-9000. One of the specific PPKs to this story did get auctioned off a few months ago (owner, who wasnt the original owner btw, died and the funds went to family). The price was never made public so that they could get as much for it as they can.
I've heard of this guy knew he was a bad guy but never knew his story. Thank you Simon 😊
To be clear, this Machine Gun Kelly has about the same rap talent as the current MGK: None
Brutal and funny
stfu
@@seamus6646 you seem upset
Lol you are such a groupie.. Eminem hasn't done anything good since the 90s.
@@pokermon5400 you’re reaching with this comment since he never eve mentioned em
As a Kansas City native this is very interesting to hear and learn
Criminals that leave loose ends are my favorite ones. They are so easy to track down
It's a bit trippy to be 1:42 into a Biographics episode and learn from Simon Whistler that Machine Gun Kelly went to the same elementary AND high school as you
Ahaha this dude blackmailed his pops 😂
What a beast!!!
What about when he came back from the dead and had rap beef with Eminem?
BUT DAMMIT SIMON, WHEN DID HE HAVE A MAN-BUN?!
If it wasn't for the picture on the thumbnail I would of thought he was talking about the rapper, not much there to make a Biological about.😂😂😂😂
What's with the surname Kelly causing people to become criminals? George Kelly, Ned Kelly, R Kelly...
Seeing this reminded me of the rapper of the same moniker, and the fact that I haven’t seen him in years
Haven't seen him since Eminem killed him in public.
Eminem hurt his feelings I guess lol either that or just scared him out of the genre
@@Bradlifer He released an album relatively recently, it’s kind of an early 2000’s rock album and it’s actually pretty good
I think he might be in jackass 4
I've seen him a lot on the web lately. He's doing pop-punk and is dating Megan Fox.
They let him wear his hat in his mugshot?!?
Back then for a forward shot you could wear a hat
Now you're speaking of machine gun Kelly. Could you do one of Colson Baker and Marshall Mathers?😉😎
Blackmailed your own father… started out with a bang!!!
Ryan Gosling should play him when he's in his 40's...
I smashed the Like button, checked out the fantastic sponsor and am off to Texas.
Can you do a video on General Tso the real general behind the chicken dish?
General Tso was real, but the dish actually has nothing to do with him, and isn't even authentic Chinese cuisine. The dish was actually invented be Chef Peng Chang-keui. He invented the dish in 1955, and it hardly resembled the dish we know today. Chef Peng died in 2016, at the age of 98.
The real General Tso was a Hunan statesman and General that lived during the 1800's, and was a member of the Quing Dynasty. Chef Peng was born in the same village that General Tso came from, and named his dish in his honor.
Netflix had a documentary about the invention and origin of the dish, but I'm not sure if it's still there. They actually do a pretty good job of covering the General, Chef Peng, and the dish.
@@SkunkApe407 you deserve some praise as a history connoisseur yourself
@@fel524 history is a passion of mine, as is useless trivia.
@@SkunkApe407 I love history too. Not my history teachers though kek.
@@fel524 most history teachers are so ancient they actually witnessed most things in their textbooks.
Super as always!
Request: please could you do a video on the King of Pop, Michael Jackson?
Your expression of education is great!
Knew parts of the story concerning Paradise, TX. Now I know the rest of the story. I've traveled through there often.
Please do a video of Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor dynasty. He’s such an underrated monarch of history, his son gets all the credit but his story is far more interesting
Mgk and Gordon Ramsey must be distant cousins then 🤣
P.T. Barnum! I'd love to hear his real story!
He did it 2 years ago on this channel
@@sandybarnes887 I thought I remembered him doing it.
Machine gun kelly: Most wanted man in america
Eminem: I'm about to end this man's whole career.
Didn't expect the comments to be full of MGK/Eminem, but im here for it
Been waiting for this one ever since I read the biographies of how the FBI came into being.
Two suggestions for episodes:
Ned Kelly - infamous Australian bushranger
Australian eureka stockage/eureka rebellion
I'd love to see a J. Edgar Hoover video to go with all these criminal bio's
Can we just take a minute and appreciate Simon’s beard?
Love your content Simon, keep up the great work! It would be much appreciated if you could do Simone de Beauvoir. Thanks!
SIMON. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO A BIOGRAPHIC SHOW ON DANNY, SAM AND OF COURSE YOURSELF?! I mean the stories that Danny has been through are amazing. Just because you don’t make the bloody headlines doesn’t mean your life isn’t fascinating and interesting to others. Now let’s get this done shall we!
How does it go from blackmailing his father to him moving at two? Did he blackmail his father at 1 years old?????? Baby boss
Yeay!! Finally you do the machine gun kelly!! Thanks so much 💯 love it!! 🔥
Always wanted to take a road trip to Texas…
i really enjoyed this Binging with Babish episode
This was an unusual Time to release a video? But very happy with more Simon Content to consume!!
I thought so too.
$3750 for 160 acres land and a house. Boy have things changed.
You have to use an inflation calculator to turn that into today’s money, ie the $200,000 ransom would equal $4.1 million today.
@@TheBLGL using that ratio it would total $76875 in today's money then. You can't even get a 2 bedroom house for that let alone the property.
You can really match the generation with the comments in this one
I thought John Dillinger was the most wanted man in America 🤷♂️
I think Dillinger became most wanted when Kelly was arrested or Dillinger was killed before Kelly became most wanted
You the most wanted till they git yo ass.
@@michaelgallagher3640 Right. And then, “next!”
Good comments. Ive studies these kind of criminals and i deed, when someone is caught you are the new wanted amn. But there were more people most wanted in kellys time.
@@pasqual4943 Naw. They’re still around. I remember seeing them in the post office, until maybe 10 years ago. Then, for reasons unknown, they moved them into the offices. Before, EVERYONE had to go to the post office. Now, no. So…They still have them, but we don’t see them. But, I will agree that the 20’s had the most colorful ones!
Did anyone else wonder for a split second if this was going to be about Megan Fox’s boyfriend?
Yes!! I did 😂😂
Do a Video on Mikhail Gorbachev,Boris Yeltsin and MNL48
A prohibition-era gangster is making rap-rock music and a WWII admiral is singing pop songs.
What WW2 admiral?!
I just realised you might be referring to Admiral William Halsey
Legend has it M&M destroyed his career
Could u do General Michael Collins and the Irish War of Independence
Facts!
I am amazed at how much ground they covered. Mississippi, Washington, Texas wow. Traveling in the 20’s wasn’t easy. No highway system.
Don't say goodbye
Wow, I live in Tupelo Mississippi and went to school at Miss State University and never knew any of this. Thanks Simon
How about a video on Henry Kissinger?
Simon though Margaret Thatcher's comments section was divided, Kissinger's would be a whole new level. He does need a video.
MGK wishes
Biographics on simon or danny
This guy robbed a poker game with a hand gun in Wenatchee Washington before the machine gun days. Allegedly
I just knew I was going to see a bunch of slim shady comments before I even clicked LOL damn MGK might never live that down I don't think Eminem fans will ever let that L go
Saw who it was and all I can think is "Cows?! I HATE cows!"
7:33 That one guy in the alleyway
Simon i think u should do a video of some of Africa's Leaders like. Thomas Sankara, Patrice Lumumba, Samora Machel, Halie Sellasie, paul kagame, Jerry Rawlings and others. they have done so much for their people and their stories are not well known outside Africa.
Oh man, just when I thought I wouldn't get distracted :D great work!
2:57 wile E coyote
YES BEEN WAITING ON THIS FOR ATLEAST A YEAR WHEN I FIRST FOUND THIS CHANNEL
I heard he makes a pretty fire mixtape
It’s time to do one on SACAGAWEA!!
Mgk looks like Derek Jeter 🤣💯
YES!!! Another upload from one of my fav channels :D
Do a video on Sacha Baren Cohen: the worlds greatest troll
Which "most wanted man in America" do you think was the worst?
Bill Cosby.
@@DarkZerol Hey hey hey!
@@DarkZerol lmao
Yoko Ono.
Even criminals know to advertising themself hundred years ago.
Oh wow that’s me
I.been waiting for another biography.
He was a punk. His girlfriend made up a bunch of stories to make him seem tough, but he was a nobody.