A Tale of Pathetic Revenge (United Airlines Flight 629) - DISASTER BREAKDOWN

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[@DisasterBreakdown]

@*UncleJoe* Those are some good ideas that I'll keep in mind for next time :)

[@Palmit_]

quick question.. do you have full time work ms howie?

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@@Palmit_ Disaster Breakdown is my Full Time Job :)

[@Palmit_]

@@DisasterBreakdown cool. :) thanks for replying :) be well.

[@genghis_connie]

This was my favorite story thus far. Intriguing - with plot twists!

[@morrisgentry8624]

I was 8 years old when this happened. We had a family friend on the plane, the young Air Force Airman, Jesse Sizemore. I remember his wake and military funeral. Very sad and tragic.

[@granddaddykaddy1788]

I went to Air Force basic training with a Luke Sizemore. Not relevant but jogged my memory I forgot all about him until your comment

[@annereynolds66]

So sad , sorry about your family friend . Do you remember finding out what caused the accidents ?

[@36on22]

@@annereynolds66 My Dad told me Jesse had fallen from more than a mile up in the sky. I later found out about the sabotage. At the funeral, Jesse's appearance was surprisingly normal. I also remember walking into the kitchen where my Mom and one of her friends were looking at an open magazine (either Look or Life) and she showed me the pictures of the folks who had perished. His niece, Caroline, was about my age and would come to play with my sister and me. The death of her beloved uncle in such a terrible way really affected her. The whole event left a definite impression on me. The effect on family and friends was very deep. There is an excellent book "Finding My Father" written by the daughter of one of the passengers.

[@annereynolds66]

@@36on22 thanks for sharing

[@spvillano]

Just read about the tragedy. I hope he held his breath until he turned blue in the gas chamber. What a frigging monster!

[@Robocopnik]

The whole "buying life insurance at the airport" thing has always seemed bonkers to me.

[@stoobydootoo4098]

Seems reasonable to me, if purchased by a bona fide passenger.

[@spvillano]

At the time, aviation in general was moderately dangerous. This particular aircraft was designed to survive a wheels up landing and more, with heavy attention to crash survivability. Totally different era!

[@Robocopnik]

@@spvillano Yeah, I'm at least vaguely familiar with all that, I just think that it's a bit nuts to respond to an explicitly dangerous situation (which you've put yourself in voluntarily) with "well, better gamble on it!"

[@spvillano]

@@Robocopnik well, life insurance is gambling. You are betting that you're going to die, the insurance company is betting that you won't.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

Reminds me of that loony passenger in "Airport" when he pulled a string from his luggage, setting off a bomb. He had bought insurance before his flight. Maybe fictional, but I wondered if the book was based on a real story then.

[@lostvictims9769]

In remembrance: Captain Lee Hardee Hall, 41 First Officer Donald A. White, 26 Flight Engineer Samuel Francis Arthur, 38 Flight Attendant Peggy Lou Peddicord, 22 Flight Attendant Jacqueline Lou Hinds, 26 Fay Ellis Ambrose, 38 Bror Howard Beckstrom, 47 Irene Josephine Beckstrom, 45 John Peter Bomelyn, 53 Frank Mark Brennan Jr., 36 Clarissa Louise D. Bunch, 61 Horace Bradley Bynum, 32 Carol Joyce C. Bynum, 24 Barbara Jean Cruse, 23 Carl Frederick Diest, 53 John Paul Des Jardins, 43 James Francis Dorey, 58 Sarah L. Dorey, 55 Charles Gurney Edwards, 58 Elizabeth Dealey Edwards, 57 Helen K. Fitzpatrick, 42 James I. Fitzpatrick II, 1 Vernal Virgil Herman, 69 Goldie M. Herman, 59 Elton Bernard Hickok, 40 Marion Pierce Hobgood, 31 John WIlliam Jungels, 57 Daisie E. King, 53 Thomas L. Crouch, 23 Gerald George Lipke, 40 Helen Patricia Lipke, 36 Lela Vay McClain, 80 Frederick Stuart Morgan, 51 Suzanne Faulds Morgan, 39 James William Purvis, 40 Herbert G. Robertson, 43 Harold Russell Samstead, 50 James Earl Straud, 51 Clarence William Todd, 43 Ralph Waldo Van Valin, 72 Minnie O. Davis Van Valin, 66 Alma Louise Windsor, 47 Jesse T. Sizemore, 24 Sally Ann Scofield, 24

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Wow so many people with so much more living ahead of them.

[@iota-itoa9635]

A 1 y/o died in the crash?! Fuck...

[@_RickySpanish_]

RIP🕊️

[@MrStian78]

@@iota-itoa9635 didn’t you watch the video?

[@melodiefrances3898]

Thank you for remembering them. ❤️😥❤️

[@greymark420]

" Not meant to be on this plane, about to retire, preparations for a wedding". Alarm bells already ringing in my head.

[@samuelmatheson9655]

thats like 4 death flags right there

[@greymark420]

@@samuelmatheson9655 It pleasing to hear that this monster was executed.

[@luisvila918]

The only thing missing was a pregnancy

[@InverseWeenis]

@@luisvila918 well there was a toddler so i guess that's close enough to be another omen

[@BGI_guy]

Where have I seen that before

[@philipbearly6620]

I witnessed this explosion as a 5 1/2 year old child. My family was just north of Longmont, CO on the way to my grandma's birthday gathering, when there was a massive flash of light to the southeast. We immediately thought it was a meteor, until the second explosion and flash followed by trailing fire descending almost vertical until impact and fires. My father was the manager at Johnson's Corner, the only 24 hour truck stop at that time in northern CO. He said there was some sort of disaster, and help would be needed at the site, so we left the cake and presents at my uncle's house and went the 7 miles east to the site. I will never forget the fires, debris, and seats with silhouetted bodies as our headlights turned across the wreckage. A LEO recognized my father and gave him a spare gun to help keep away the criminal looters who were already converging. After enough LEO's arrived, we went back to J.C., and my dad proceeded to call in off duty cooks and food preparers, along with all of our suppliers of coffee, bread, eggs, pop, etc. He hauled load after load of food to the site to feed the responders until the Colorado Army National Guard could mobilize and set up feeding and rest tents for the massive recovery effort. Johnson's Corner fed hundreds of them, and my dad and J. C. was later given a letter of commendation by the Chief of the State Patrol for the help given during the disaster. I still have that letter. I am 73 years old, but remember it like it was yesterday. I am still amazed at the inhumanity of Jack Graham, and that of the looters stealing luggage, purses, wallets, wedding rings, and gold teeth from the victims of this horrible event.

[@punchdrunkassassin]

What an incredible memory. It's so tragic, but the fact your family provided so much help in the face of disaster is so commendable. I'm glad you shared this, thank you!

[@justlucky8254]

Wow! Your pops was a good man!

[@justbrowsing8482]

What an amazing story, from a witness! Thank you for sharing that with us.

[@Annii_Oakley_]

Absolutely incredible. What a quick thinking quality human being your family was. Hope you’re proud. What a beautiful legacy, built around a heartbreaking event. Your family turned it into the best it could have possibly been…🤍 bless you all…

[@GarthWatkins-th3jt]

Thank you so very much for posting your amazing story. I hung on every word. I was quite astonished at the fact people were looting and just after the crash to boot. Wretched behavior, sad sad sad.....

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

I love hearing about the long forgotten pre-1960 plane crashes. Early aviation is worlds apart from what we know today.

[@MarianPoeppelmeyer]

I am so thankful for all the changes, too. This downing of Flight 629 changed the FBI, the aviation industry, insurance agency, court system, and media, and more...it was a first in many things, but one that has been forgotten by every major network - except for CBS4 in Denver and ABC7 in Denver. But, nationally, totally shoved under the rug and forgotten. The areas around the fields in which the plane fell were so traumatized by what these farmers, their families, and other citizens who rushed to help saw and experienced, that they, too, did not speak of it. Until recently, after my book was published and I finally made the visit to see where my dad died and to meet some of the first people on the field who are still alive today. Now, there is this whole committee/movement for the memorial and tribute. Once approval is received, I can share more about this.

[@cattymajiv]

@@MarianPoeppelmeyer I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@DISGUYROX]

I dn't "love" hearing about plane crashes in which INNOCENT people have died.

[@joecrammond6221]

i hate reading about these sort of crashes, so many innocent people dead because of 1 or more people felt the need for revenge

[@fredithegeroo906]

He should've been charged for all 44 deaths. Good thing he got executed. Good freaking riddance.

[@the_expidition427]

You don't actually want that

[@wenthulk8439]

I hate hearing about them too as well pilots deciding to crash and kill themselves…..

[@veramae4098]

I find pilot suicides particularly appalling. However, having been suicidal myself, I understand that at that point you just don't care about anyone else. The universe narrows down to you and your pain.

[@amethystdawn9476]

@@veramae4098 At suicide point, you’re also consumed by the idea that the world is better off without you, and/or that you’re saving someone else from the kind of pain you’re in. I think that plus the desire to not die “alone” impacts most murder-suicides more than not caring about others, though I certainly understand what you’re saying.

[@welcome_to_the_collapse]

My grandmother always bought those policies at the airport. She would put in a few dollars, fill out a form, and then mail it to my dad. I remember seeing the Mutual of Omaha logo on the kiosk.

[@cygnia]

There was a similar horrible case in Canada back in Sept. 1949. Joseph-Albert Guay hid a bomb in his wife's luggage for her flight so he could marry his mistress.

[@Racer7331]

I was gonna mention this case. I listened to a Canadian True Crime podcast episode about it.

[@cygnia]

@@Racer7331 Dark Poutine?

[@Racer7331]

@cygnia Not Dark Poutine but that's on my list of podcasts to listen to. The one I was referring to is called Canadian True Crime.

[@Dilley_G45]

Also a case in the US in the 30s

[@bbigjohnson069]

That I could see. /s

[@brega6286]

Horrid that people would "loot" belongings from such a tragedy.

[@PointReflex]

To me the worst case of this behavior happened during the sinking of White Star's SS Atlantic in 1873 where some of the "rescuers" (people from the nearby town where the ship struck the rocky coast line) saw the corpses of the passengers been washed into the shore and instead of helping the survivors to reach safety they made haste to grab every jewelry, fancy cloth and hair (from the females) before anyone else noticed. To make things worse it is reported that some corpses of the few females that reached the shore were found with their chests naked due to some opportunists who in amidst the chaos of the rescue in such stormy conditions, took their time to have their way with the dead.

[@Jens-Viper-Nobel]

Regrettably not just horrid. Inhumane is the word I would choose to descibe them for lack of a better word. Or plain evil perhaps. But in reality, there isn't a word strong enough to sufficiently describe the mental properties of such people. And for those who now want to say that some of them have done it because of being poor and desperate, that is NOT a viable excuse for that kind of behavior. Because world history is full of poor people even worse of that rallied to help in times of disasters despite their own plight. And these heroes would certainly have come under the heading of that excuse, yet never even thought about it for a split second.

[@jetblackjoy]

It is to be expected in poor countries. Scrap metal, intact belongings and even freak souvenirs can be sold to feed the living.

[@MarianPoeppelmeyer]

The farmers and teens on the field got into action when they saw the looting. They realized they not only had to find the bodies, but cover them, run a truck around in circles around each body to mark it, and place someone to stand guard against the looters. PhilBearly above told me that his father was handed a gun by a law enforcement person and told to shoot anyone attempting to get onto the field if they didn't heed his warning to quit gawking and turn around. It was chaos and high activity that night.

[@Strype13]

@@jetblackjoy While you're certainly correct, I think it's pretty obvious that this type of behavior doesn't just happen in poor countries.

[@jenniferrucker2266]

The timer was a 90 minute timer not 60 minutes. He wanted a timer capable of more than 90 minutes, but 90 minutes was the most he could get. In the book, “Mainliner Denver”, one of the chapters give an account of Daisie King’s personality by Jack Graham’s, half sister. She said that Daisie would be your best friend one minute and then be at your throat the next minute. With Jack, the apple didn’t seem to fall too far from the tree. The difference was Jack took his animosity to a whole new level.

[@cchris874]

I was about to say, 60 minutes would be cutting it awfully close.

[@wenthulk8439]

No it didn’t. Jack got what he deserved.

[@Tsumami__]

Not so much about an apple not falling far from the tree, as much as it is that horrible monstrous mothers give rise to murderous adult children.

[@MG-vs1lq]

Sounds like Daisie had Borderline Personality Disorder. As someone who has lived with someone with the same, it really does a number on you.

[@Mikael5732]

Scuttlebut

[@Tikibunss]

Jack really was a piece of work for sure. The lengths he went to here are just wow. I enjoyed how this video was presented. It's amazing to see how much you've improved since I started watching.

[@Zagg777]

Mum was a piece of work, as well.

[@almightysamwhich4203]

@@Zagg777 she wasn't she had no choice but to put him in an orphanage, she was poor before the great depression, she physically could not raise him, I don't blame her for her actions

[@marhawkman303]

heck, he even killed one of his wife's friend.s...

[@loribrown43]

Daisy was emotionally abusive for her own comfort. After she married her final husband (the rich one), every Christmas she pulled him from the orphanage showered him with gifts then sent him back. The daughter was sent to a convent school so where did she go during the summers (unfamiliar if it was year round). There is a great episode of A Crime to Remember about this.

[@chatteyj]

@@almightysamwhich4203 Maybe she did have a choice, poor single mothers are a thing after all.

[@jimpern]

One thing that defeated Jack Graham's plan was the delay before the DC-6 took off, which is mentioned in the video but not explained. His intention was for the plane to explode while over a remote part of the Rocky Mountains where recovery of the wreckage - and its cause - would have been difficult. But because of the delay, the plane was stil over the far west Denver suburbs when it exploded, so the wreckage was fairly easily accessed.

[@MarianPoeppelmeyer]

Another slight detail I learned when I visited the beet fields (now being developed by a huge land developer) was that had the plane exploded just a few minutes later, the passengers and plane would have explored over Loveland, Colorado - which was residential, not beet fields.

[@MarianPoeppelmeyer]

Not really. He put 25 sticks on the plane, when he only needed one or two. The carnage and debris was so massive as it fell over 6 square miles (approx. 260 acres) in pitch darkness, freezing weather, and no lights or phone lines. The tail and nose were about a mile and a half away from each other, while the body of the plane was smattered into thousands of debris pieces, and the engines leaving 16 foot deep craters. Bodies were scattered over about 160 acres. Eventually farmers brought generators onto the field and the phone company ran a phone line for communication. YEs, if the timing occurred a few minutes earlier from take off, it would have blown up over Loveland, which had residential streets - thus more would have potentially died and there would have been more mayhem. My book, Finding My Father, summarizes and explains more about that night and nights that followed.

[@cattymajiv]

@@MarianPoeppelmeyer May your father rest in peace. My heart goes out to you.

[@RBMapleLeaf]

Never heard of this disaster. But now you mentioned more accidents it’s the devastation it's effects are indescribable. I do recommend reviewing back at Japan in 1966. When you mentioned BOAC 911 awhile ago with Canadian Pacific 402 there were 3 other accidents in that same year in Japan. A Japan Air Lines Convair 880 and ANA Flight 60 and 533 I recommend if possible to try and cover all those accidents in one roof like you’ve done with “Pilot Suicide” (Containing SilkAir 185 and Egypt Air 990) Nice video by the way Chloe!

[@DisasterBreakdown]

That is a good idea, I am meaning to go back to and have a lot at those accidents. I'll stick a pin in that idea, thanks.

[@SeamusDonohueEVEOnline]

"Never heard of this accident."

[@RBMapleLeaf]

@@SeamusDonohueEVEOnline Well a fatal accident yes but the actions deliberate. Not to argue thanks for correcting me however.

[@smwca123]

None of those were sabotage, though.

[@chriscool5869]

I love the direction your videos are going! With every video, it’s just getting better and better. The newer videos are completely different from the older ones.

[@DisasterBreakdown]

Glad you like them :)

[@DrAuthorite1]

@@DisasterBreakdown OH, WE LOVE THEM!

[@chriscool5869]

@simoncoweII Yep, the old videos are amazing too.

[@sarahmacintosh6449]

I always get a little bump of excitement when I get notified you have a new video 💜

[@Ryanboy2020]

Best disaster breakdown yet!!! I had never heard of this accident. Keep them coming.

[@DisasterBreakdown]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

[@GooseGumlizzard]

i feel like nobody cares about flight disasters that happened before the 1970s for some reason

[@isabellindlind]

@@GooseGumlizzard I don't think many have ever heard of the CP Air flight out of Montreal in 1949 that blew up mid-air over the St. Lawrence River region, killing all 20-some passengers in a plot by a disgruntled husband to plant explosives aboard the flight and kill his wife who he convinced, needed to take the flight so he could get rid of her and marry his mistress. The last woman executed in Canada was hanged for her part in the conspiracy to plant the explosives. It's hard to believe that bad people were using commercial airplanes in order to carry out their deadly acts as far back as that!

[@toastnjam7384]

I first heard of this from an old movie. It was the first segment of The FBI Story (1959) Within fifteen months of the explosion, Graham was tried, convicted, and executed. Now its 20 plus years.

[@rivetjoint6355]

That's the movie that immediately came to my mind when this came up. James Stewart was the fictional FBI agent who explained this criminal case.

[@dougschwieder3627]

Because he didn't appeal.

[@jimpern]

I remember seeing the movie at a drive-in theater when I was 7 years old. The graphic nature of this case is the reason that it's the only part of the movie that I still remember. And this case undoubtedly influenced Arthur Hailey to include such a case in his novel "Airport" which was made into a successful movie.

[@tracycolvin7789]

I was just about to comment on this! Back then, they wasted no time to execute him, which is the way it should be now!!! Why do death row inmates today sit in prison for years/ decades?? Total waste of our tax dollars today, and taking up room in the prisons!😔

[@MediatorLLC]

Trial was televised and was a media circus.

[@alberti123]

Another saddening but fantastic, immersive and intriguing video. Disaster Breakdown’s videos are so hooking because every bit of information is meticulously sourced and horizontally linked. Thanks Chloe, once again.

[@v12tommy]

Being a kid from Denver, I always thought this incident was odd. The plane actually crashed into the farm of my friend's uncle. (Long before I was born) You mentioned that he was only charged and convicted with the 1 murder, and that's the part that was so baffling to me when I learned of the crash as a kid. At the time, it was not illegal to blow up a plane. Therefore, they couldn't charge him for it. The only thing they could charge him for was killing his mom. Like you had said, apparently, that had only happened once previously, so there was no law preventing it. That seemed like such a foreign concept to me being an 80s kid, since we had things like the unibomber, OKC bombing, 9/11, etc.

[@MarianPoeppelmeyer]

@v12tommy Would you be willing to contact me? I was just in Denver last year for the first time (my dad was on that flight) and met many people in Weld county who remember that tragic night very well. A few of us are working on a memorial/monument of some nature to not only pay tribute to the passengers killed (my dad was on that flight) but to all the surrounding communities - the farmers, the cafe owners, the American Legion, and average citizens - who rallied and went beyond their call and duty in responding to the devastating disaster they encountered. Most likely, your friend's uncle is one of those unsung heroes who came out to the fields in 32 degree weather and pitch darkness to assist in finding the bodies, retrieving them, and taking them to Greely Armory which became a morgue. I spoke at 5 town hall meetings to finally thank their communities for what their forefathers did November 1, 1955. I and several others who live directly in that area are wanting to see a memorial established after all these years. To turn such wickedness into a positive for the posterity of the Denver area. Their American Spirit will inspire the rest of the country in such uncertain times.

[@Duvstep910]

you and mentour pilot are my favourite channels to watch when it comes to detailed looks into various air accidents

[@dittohead7044]

I like The Flight Channel as well. It’s all automation but very well done

[@stoobydootoo4098]

Blancolirio does great analysis of NTSB reports/current incidents etc.

[@hooverkinz]

Green dot and air space are amazing too!

[@uap24]

@@dittohead7044 Flight Channel chooses really amazing music for its videos.

[@lawyerpanda1856]

I don't like mentour (it's too technical and pilot accent does not help and also he keeps his sponsorship in middle of the Vedio) which basically breaks the flow with me.

[@jbenthere627]

Very well done!!! Your calm voice and attention to detail is outstanding. I like that you don't use the same B-roll footage over and over as others do. I truly look forward to each of your videos.

[@caw7007]

As an air crash nerd, I somehow have missed seeing this story. Excellent mini documentary.

[@aaronstreeval3910]

Man I’ve probably watched like 30 of your episodes in the last 72 hrs. You are really good

[@Not_Always]

I wish I could agree. This video was filled with flat out WRONG information about the events, and it seems like his research was just reading the Wikipedia article with actually has the exact same misinformation that he put in this video, despite him claiming he had sources.

[@k53847]

As to safety, I remember that there used to be vending machines in airports selling life insurance in at least the 70s, not sure when they vanished.

[@TuluaSunDesign]

That’s so morbid!

[@bmc9504]

If you died with your insurance documents/receipt, how would anyone know you had insurance? How did it work?

[@k53847]

@@bmc9504 IIRC, you filled out the form and dropped the signed form and payment into a slot on the insurance stand. It's really vague as I was pretty young then.

[@spvillano]

@@k53847 many readers today don't know what carbon paper is. ;) Yeah, they stopped because sales dropped as airline crashes became beyond unusual. No sales, why maintain a kiosk and personnel to collect the papers?

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

​@@spvillanoThank science as well because it sucked. The carbon often didn't stick well so it would disappear fast and it would not be legible anymore. I dislike how much we copy and print so much useless stuff nowadays but it's better than those purple carbon copies.

[@DiecastPowderCoating]

Great video again and so sad. Thanks for doing earlier incidents. This way those unfortunate passengers will never be forgotten.

[@xray86delta]

A nice video. This incident was used during the opening of the movie "the FBI story", starring Jimmy Stewart. Along with bombings you mentioned, "skyjacking" airplanes for ransom led to major changes in airport security and procedures. You specifically mentioned the early seventies, but didn't mention d.b. Cooper. 😉

[@cattymajiv]

I'm tired of DB Cooper.

[@jackryan9183]

In case anyone is interested, this story is dramatized in the the 1959 film "The FBI Story" starring James Stewart.

[@gedstrom]

...and they used is real name in the movie and not this "Names have been changed" stuff. In addition, the actor playing him in the movie had an eerie resemblance to the real Jack Graham.

[@StellaMurano]

I've never heard of this accident, so thank you for your coverage. What's more, this intro/ part I section was truly riveting and made me waiting impatiently to discover the root causes of the disaster. Very well made! I love how your videos are evolving. :)

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Quite personal revenge, makes me wonder if Jack was going to be a psychopath from birth or if his orphanage experience warped him. Mommy issues indeed 👍

[@cristiancristi9384]

He sure did have the looks of a psychopath...that is not the stare of a normal human being

[@EvanEscher]

My guess is the orphanage experience

[@theshib277]

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[@sparthyslaysstuff2405]

@@EvanEscher Absolutely. A depression era orphanage? A veritable breeding ground for psychopathy.

[@00muinamir]

The time in the orphanage probably didn't help. He might have still had mental issues if he'd grown up with his mother, but maybe he would have been able to fit in society better.

[@jamesstreet228]

Holy shit. He was convicted in 55 and executed in 57. Wow. The process from conviction to execution can last 20+ years today

[@largol33t1]

Or just never happen. Look at serial killer Charles Ng. He has been on Death Row for ages and will neeeever be executed... Many who testified at his conviction trial passed away. That's how long it's been.

[@gestaposantaclaus]

Timothy McVeigh was executed two years after he committed the OKC bombing. You’re comparing terrorism with people on death row for crimes they might not have even committed and can appeal.

[@AuH2O]

Well, you can blame liberalism for how it is today. But even 2 years was too long. Used to be we took 'em out back and hung 'em the next morning.

[@chadwells7562]

We take too long and execute way too few people

[@patagualianmostly7437]

Because callous murderers like this POS have more rights than the innocent. But don't expect the Fat Cat Lawyers to agree though.......

[@jackharrison6771]

I have just re-discovered this channel, and I must say how good and easy to follow the videos are. Well done, and thanks for posting them. I enjoyed the Trident unfit pilot one as well.

[@mbvoelker8448]

I love learning about events that happened far enough in the past to have been almost entirely forgotten.

[@moiraatkinson]

When I see a new Disaster Breakdown video, I stop what I’m doing and watch it, because I know it’ll be informative, well presented and worth watching. You never disappoint.

[@Rapidly_]

Jack was a psychopath, that has nothing to do with his childhood. Besides, she didn't really abandon him, she gave him to a home that she thought would care for him because she literally couldn't them both of them alive by herself. Many parents did that during the great depression. It's not like she thought "i don't like him anymore" and ditched him on the side of the road. And ofc she was hesitant to get back in touch with him, she'd been keeping tabs on him his whole life and saw what kind of person he was, not a good one.

[@christopherlehnert7071]

good comment. good points.

[@duanebidoux6087]

A truly top notch documentary on a sad but important disaster in American aviation/criminal history. Great production values, graphs, explanatory diagrams. I remember when your first ones came out. You were not a pro. You are now. You deserve to have at least 1 digit left added to your subscriber numbers.

[@scdawn8658]

Used to buy a policy each time I flew. It was really cheap. If I remember right policies started at a quarter.

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

Nice to have a Disaster Breakdown for my birthday. I'm 22 today.

[@DisasterBreakdown]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[@pooryorick831]

Another great video. I have been a student of aviation disasters since 1978 when an accident affected me personally. I am familiar with most accidents but still I usually learn a couple things I didn't know. So thank you for the great content. I know it is a lot of work producing these and I appreciate it. I love on Social Security so I am not in a place where I can support monetarily, but I do watch all of your content multiple times. So thank you for making my life just a bit more interesting.

[@bbigjohnson069]

What was it? The PSA crash in San Diego?

[@pooryorick831]

​@@bbigjohnson069 Yes. I grew up in California. We lived in the Bay Area, moved to San Diego when I was five, and moved back to the Bay Area 10 years later. So by the time of PSA 182, I had flown a couple dozen times on PSA into and out of San Diego. I don't know if I flew on the plane that crashed, but it is definitely possible. I was 15 at the time. I saw the accident site and the smoke plume rising into that clear blue sky. I knew people who lived in the neighborhood. Nobody I knew personally was killed, but I had nightmares about planes falling out of the sky for years afterward. If you lived in San Diego at the time, you considered PSA to be your own airline. You could fly to San Diego from Oakland, San Francisco or San Jose for about $25. When we were at the zoo, we could see PSA jets on approach to the airport about every 5 minutes. The brightly colored planes with the painted on smile were iconic to San Diego in the 1970s. That changed for every San Diegan on September 25 1978. And here we are almost 45 years later discussing the accident that drove a stake into the heart of that community. Yes it had a profound impact on me. I suppose that is true of everyone who has a plane crash close to home. It certainly did in San Diego.

[@bbigjohnson069]

@@pooryorick831 I had just turned 15 4 days earlier. I delivered the OC Register lived in Garden Grove. I got home from school and as soon as I sat down on the driveway to fold my papers I saw the infamous picture of the smoking jet going down. That was quite a shock to see that. That photographer won an award for that photo. That's an amazing feat to be in the right place at the right time with a camera and then to only have a few seconds to get one snap of the shutter. I learned more about the crash later. How it was in between the the airports zones for the ATC. The small plane made an error in his turn but then corrected it. But it put him on that fatal course. Then the PSA 727 was looking for him but saw another plane instead. They never knew that other plane was right below them. I read there were bodies in people's houses, body parts everywhere, smell of burning flesh. Someone said they even saw a passenger still in his seat go flying by screaming. Don't know if that's true. One person was an employee but not a crew member on that flight. I think and was hungover and missed the flight. I also remeber the Cerritos crash in '86 AeroMexico 498. I had planned a trip to Disneyland that day and knew of the crash before leaving. When we were in line for the Matterhorn I could look NW and see the smoke from it. That's the last mid air collision of a commercial jet in the US. In 2001-02 I was talking with a Buena Park Fireman. I asked him if he'd ever been on any unusual calls. He mentioned the Cerritos crash. His unit went to where the small plane crashed. It was mostly intact and sort of floated down to a softer landing. He said he looked in and saw a young lady in the rear seat with her feet up on the front seat. Her toenails were painted all pretty but her head was gone. All the passengers were decapitated by the DC-9's left elevator. I have a friend who is ret. LASD Sheriff's Deputy. He said he was the first one there. He said the smell of burning flesh is something you never forget. I live about 11 miles east of LAX. Flights coming from the south or most of the cargo flights that land on 25L go right almost right over me between 3,000-4,000 feet. Also inline with Hawthorne so I get a show. I can tell 747s just from the sound and slower speed.

[@pooryorick831]

@@bbigjohnson069 Yeah Cerritos was bad too. Almost the same exact accident. Totally preventable. I can't even begin to imagine what a mass casualty scene like that is like. The smell. How would you ever get that smell out of your nose? It makes me queasy just thinking about it. That's funny, I delivered papers too. That picture on the front page. I still remember seeing it on paper after paper as I folded them. Dang. It's burned into my memory. I heard the screaming man story too. I am pretty sure it is an urban legend. The plane hit the ground at about 300 mph. Nobody could have survived that impact. I am pretty sure they were all dead before their nervous systems could process it. Hopefully it was painless. Those 17 seconds of terror were what was awful. That still creeps me out. It will until my dying day.

[@bbigjohnson069]

@@pooryorick831 My mom remarried in '76 after my dad died a year earlier. My stepdad was terrified of flying because he has no control over the situation. The next year April '77 we're flying back to Colorado. The Tenerife crash was a month earlier. There may have been other crashes too I don't recall for sure. Plus the DC-10 had all those problems. We had an early flight like 8AM and think it was a DC-10. I'm seated across the aisle from my parents. I look over and my stepdad has a Bloody Mary and his face is ghost white. I'm thinking geez he wasn't kidding. But he made it. My last time flying was to SLC, Utah a couple years ago. We hit some unstable weather coming down and the plane shook a few time and was rocking and going up and down. We had to circle the airport for 45 mins. because of the turbulence. I had an aisle seat in the 1st row. I want to tell you nobody was going to get in front of me getting off that plane. When the door opened I was outta there! I just about soaked through my Levi's on that one. I asked my mom if she'd been through anything like that and she said, "Worse." Then I remembered a flight they were on going to Tuscon but with a stop in Phoenix first. On approach they said the plane was rolling back and forth. They got close to touching down and a gust of wind tipped the plane to one side. The pilot initiated a go around and they landed. They said to hell with this, deplaned, rented a car and drove to Tuscon instead.

[@Boneworm852]

Excellent video! Your storytelling and editing is superb. I think like most of the audience this one was totally new to me; i could easily see this being a movie plot rather than real life, it's so wild.

[@temp_unknown]

I have 0 sympathy for anyone who takes innocents down with their misguided plans, be they murder-suicide or things like this. Even if I did feel sympathy for his position being placed in an orphanage, plenty of people in the system proper never kill anyone, and certainly not a whole plane full of them.

[@Heathcoatman]

For some actions, like here, there is no excuse. Well said

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Yup. Just because something bad happened to you doesn't mean you can do the same to others. Sadly it's a cycle and those being abused become abusers.

[@MrJSpicoli]

Will you be my best friend?

[@nicholasbradshaw]

Would love to see an Australian-based episode eventually. Qantas 30 is the strange one, Qantas 32 is the action movie one; but I think Qantas 72 would take the cake as the most confusing one to explain.

[@almightysamwhich4203]

Problem with Australian airlines is they all have really good safety records, for example quantas hasn't had a fatal crash since the 50s

[@saveyourbacon6164]

@@almightysamwhich4203 The last fatal accident involving a QANTAS aircraft was in 1975, but the victim was a ground worker, the driver of a land tug, so it was not an air safety incident or accident, but a ramp accident. The victim was starting the pushout of a Boeing 707 at Sydney Airport, when, apparently, the towbar between the tug and the nosewheel assembly somehow broke. Relieved of the weight of the aircraft, the land tug leapt forward and slammed into the nosewheel assembly, collapsing it, and the nose of the aircraft sank onto the cab of the tug and crushed it, and the driver was killed. The last time a QANTAS aircraft was totally destroyed was in a takeoff accident at Mauritius on August 24, 1960. The aircraft was a Super Constellation which ran off the end of the runway following an aborted takeoff due to the failure of engine no. 3. It went down an embankment and into a ravine. Sixteeen of the thirty-seven people on board were injured, but no one was killed. As I understand it, the last fatal accident was in Malta in 1951, where seven were killed.

[@bbigjohnson069]

@@almightysamwhich4203 "Quantas never crashes." "Quantas?" "Yeah, Quantas, never crashes."

[@davidlegeros1914]

@@bbigjohnson069 Sir, it's not Quantas, it's QANTAS , Queasy and Nauseous Travel, Austrailian Style. Actually it's Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service! Fly safe!

[@bbigjohnson069]

@@davidlegeros1914 Damn Kangaroo struggling for attention again. Got the "carpark" (parking lot) at "Hungry Jacks" (Jack 'n' the Box) or "Gag in the Bag" "Rice Pops" (Rice Krispies) "Ripper" = Good, "Shocking" = Bad Summer = Winter etc.

[@vapsa56]

I enjoy all your videos. I must say this one was eye opening. I loved the deep dive into the back story. Thank you so much for the hard work and discovery that you do to bring stories like this to life.

[@phylliswurm9473]

Good video and well narrated. I saw thi story a few years ago on ID Channel A Crime To Remember. This. Series aired alot of older crime. Very interesting. The first time I boarded a plane as a young child was a year later. Scary to think of it. This family had issues and innocent people paid for those issues. Excellent police work solving the case and swift death penalty.

[@andrewtaylor940]

As you move into the older and less well known incidents might I suggest two back to back incidents in roughly the same location. Pan Am Flight 6, which was a spectacular story of heroism. The Original Sully Flight. And it's sister Pan Am Flight 7 who's loss remains a mystery, with some believing it was strikingly similar to US 629.

[@WaddupItsYaBoi]

I love seeing your video quality increase - the reconstructions are an interesting step forward. I like it, keep workin' at it!

[@ienjoylife]

What’s an interesting side note is that in those days it was pretty easy to walk into the local hardware store and buy a case of dynamite. If you look back on the 50’s-70’s you can see that there were not only some airline bombings but lots of car bombs. As dynamite sales became more restricted in the 70’s these incidents began to decline within the USA. After the OKC bombing in the 90’s even ammonium nitrate became more difficult to obtain. There’s something to be said about the strong correlation on how easily obtainable a lethal weapon / material is and the increased frequency of lethal consequences from that weapon / material.

[@cattymajiv]

No kidding. And what Americans fail to realize is that regulations prevent bad things from happening in every area! Their aversion to all regulations is downright crazy! Most especially regulation of guns, and weapons of all kinds, and regulations of companies. Why was the internet not regulated, except lately, and to the most minimal degree. Why are deep fakes and AI not regulated, but yet Ronald Reagan prevented all medical research on stem cells for 15 years or more? Why didit take so long and such a hard fight to regulate PCBs and certain pesticides. This lack of regulation is INSANE.

[@terrioestreich4007]

I've read about this story but it didn't have very good details, this video is very detailed! Love it!

[@mxkoifish6984]

Definitely one of your best. A fascinating incident, thanks for covering!

[@georgemallory797]

This was fantastic. I had never heard of this one and I thought I had covered nearly all of them. Nicely done.

[@notfallsanitoeter]

Thank your for bringing the most interesting videos to us!

[@DisasterBreakdown]

My pleasure!

[@lesleymorgan01]

This was a very interesting story and well-researched. I'm just beginning to make my way through all your videos and looking forward to more great content. Thanks!

[@Not_Always]

It was not well researched as the only research he appeared to do was read Wikipedia, given how much info in this video was wrong.

[@Taerin74]

Enamoured isn't exactly how I would describe how I feel about this, but it was really well done. Thanks.

[@eclipse101.]

Loving these new crime sort of stories! Great video (as always.) The editing is top-notch.

[@pla7695]

Great video and keep up the interesting content! i have been a fan since i remember watching the korean airlines flight 7 video you posted 5 years ago.

[@DisasterBreakdown]

Wow yeah that was a long time ago! thanks for sticking around :)

[@DBEdwards]

I love your demeanor and these shows are very amazing and engrossing. Because of your gentle treatment

[@robbiebunge859]

1st time viewer. Well done, really interesting and worth the watch 🇿🇦

[@DoomsJ]

This was the best Saturday night story! Thanks and goodnight.

[@you-dont-know-me]

Special thank you for none of the annoying typical youtube "vblog" features with sounds and faces , waffling and all the rest of it. Very nice to have a very clean and straightforward narrative! Finally!

[@itsthesoup11]

The storytelling and level of detail & quality of your videos continue to rise. This channel has become part of my weekend routine, to sit down and learn more about these disasters, many of which I have never heard of. Very well done.

[@darryljorden9177]

This incident is referenced in the Jimmy Stewart movie "The FBI Story" (1959).

[@cattymajiv]

I can't believe how despicable it is to loot a crash site, preventing return of belongings, and diagnoses of the cause!

[@Ydce1891]

Im imagining he must have gone through some traumatic events at the orphanage. Not that it excuses his vile acts but perhaps gives insight. His eyes are scary

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

​​@Vlasko60He had a " dead mother" complex. They develop personality disorders because of it.

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

​@Vlasko60truth

[@getinit56]

Broken people equaling broken families. .....and on and on it goes.

[@rilmar2137]

That Jack was an absolute monster

[@fluffskunk]

He was. But most monsters are made, not born.

[@geraldh.8047]

@@fluffskunk probably often true but not as clean cut as you claim. Genetic screwups, inheritance from parents with psychopathic tendencies, problems during pregnancies… lots of things in addition to what happens after birth than can go seriously wrong.

[@almightysamwhich4203]

@@fluffskunk orphanage probably did that to him, they usually aren't nice but in the 30s during the great depression, it would have been extremely traumatic and he was probably raped as a young child a few times at least, that does something to a person

[@lonemaus562]

His own mother made him like that.. can hardly blame him for what he turned out to be.. every child is born innocent

[@jonasghafur4940]

@@geraldh.8047 [citation needed]

[@bubbleglass]

Great job as always, Chloe! I had only recently heard of this incident, and was hoping that I could find it on KZbin. Thanks for your thorough review of this awful accident!

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

WOW what an evil soul. I feel sorry for his wife and child. I feel sorry for Helen. I feel so VERY sorry for every passenger and crew member. I don't even want to SAY what I feel about Jack.

[@TTFerdinand]

@@Meirins A mother would give her life for her children. I can't begin to imagine what this does to a child, to be abandoned in an orphanage willingly by his own mother. Also many orphanages back in the day were basically straight out of a horror movie.

[@maxasaurus3008]

I had learned of this on NBC news, darned interesting too being a five min drive from Stapleton. Great video!

[@michaelscanlan8188]

Excellent video. Might consider the loss of an American Airlines DC-6 over Bryce Canyon, Utah I believe in 1947. My father worked for the C.A. A. (Later FAA) and was stationed at Bryce Canyon airport. My mother was pregnant with me and she was not allowed to view the wreckage. Pretty bad.

[@annamariehewitt3173]

THANKYOU so much for this...I was 5yrs old at the time and this is the first time I have heard of this...Very well presented...

[@loretta_3843]

This happened in a country I've never been to and years before my birth, but hearing little snippets of people, real people, who were on that flight is just so sad. Why is there always someone who wasn't supposed to be on the flight when these things happen?!

[@gonetoearth2588]

That was the best video ever made so far. Excellent analysis wonderful and gripping story! I never knew about this accident. Thanks for all you do

[@Reality_TV]

OMG! Your voice is so incredibly relaxing! I love Mayday & Air Disasters, but your voice is so great to listen to that I'm adding your channel to my rotation! Great video!

[@alexolson7071]

agreed! loved the storyline in terms of the 'investigative' side of things.

[@thomaspiedmont]

Wow. I had never heard of this case before. I... just can't believe it. RIP everyone onboard flight 629 🙏🏼 Chlöe, I think too this was your best video. The direction, script and quality of the content it's a 5-star Keep goinf like that! 👍🏼💪🏼🛫

[@MissWitchiepoo]

What you said about the insurance back then in the 50's it reminds me of one of my favorite movies from when I was a child named Airport it was the first Airport movie and my hero Dean Martin was one of the pilots and Burt Lancaster was also in the movie. In this movie a man who can't hold a job brings a bomb on a plane but first buys insurance for every penny he has in order for his wife, who loves him very much and never gets angry that he can't hold jobs, to get this money. You may know this movie but since I'm getting old, I would think a lot hasn't seen this movie. The second Airport movie is also great. You can't go wrong with the old movie stars as Jack Lemon:)

[@Nikki_Holland]

Excellent video on this man made disaster. What a heartless thing to do to all those innocent people

[@Miralee01]

This is very complete & concise. Narrator has a superb voice, always a plus.

[@Kimbuss1999]

What an interesting video! First time I have heard about this disaster, and it’s really sad to think all those lives where lost because of Jack’s twisted mind… But would you think about covering the MV-22B Osprey crash that happened in Norway march 2022? I think there’s info and even some pictures right before the crash from the go pro they had onboard. I live in Norway but haven’t seen much coverage of the crash

[@bedris4765]

Flying to Brazil to visit family today, so I’m gonna wait to watch until I’m on the ground there 😂. Can’t wait to watch!

[@DisasterBreakdown]

Have a nice flight!

[@rogerkearns8094]

A delightful in-flight movie, I'm sure! ;)

[@LathropLdST]

@@rogerkearns8094 /s

[@rogerkearns8094]

@@LathropLdST I'm glad it comes across ok. Cheers :)

[@Veld1012]

Hey, queen! Girl, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for all of us and doing it flawlessly. For real, love your work and watching the scope and viewership grow.

[@billygamer3941]

Thank you, Chloe, for a well researched and paced presentation.

[@wilmeiklejohn]

The book ""Mainliner Denver the bombing of flight 629" by Andrew J. Field is an excellent resource to further expand on this horrifying story.

[@baby3-n9o]

Wow, why did it take me so long to discover this channel? Love the cool, understated production and the low-key narration. Reminds me of the Abstract channel (formerly Real Horror). You get bonus points for crediting the music! Subscribed. 👍🏼

[@Alaryicjude]

There wasn't one photo of Jack that didn't have his eyes looking abnormal. 👀 Great video as always! You are really right. Jack was a tried and true piece of work.

[@kittenmatchvids6440]

Indeed, I had to scroll down to the comments because she kept showing that one pic and just leaving it on screen >_>

[@kelticpaddler]

Very interesting story. Great research done. Great production. Glad I subscribed

[@mbgal7758]

Plenty of kids went to orphanages during the depression. When the choice is give them up so they can eat and have clothing or let them starve their is no choice. My grandma and her siblings went to orphanage too. They never held it against their mother. The ones still living were with her when she died in the 80’s

[@marril96]

The problem here is that the mother, when she got money, took the daughter back from the orphanage and even paid for her school, yet she left the son in the orphanage. She clearly had a favorite. She could've taken both kids back, but she chose to leave him.

[@brianmuhlingBUM]

Excellent narration! Very easy to listen to. Thank you.

[@cullanpiano]

These are among the most thorough, honest, beautifully produced and spoken documentaries out there. Thank you so much! I am always thrilled when a new one comes out

[@jamesb.9155]

Yep. Indeed.

[@Not_Always]

They aren't as this one was rife with misinformation.

[@cullanpiano]

@Not_Always ok so what was the misinformation?

[@Tirani2]

I live in the modern Longmont Colorado, which is starting to border on a large town instead of a very small one, in what it is now known as the Front Range Urban corridor. Thank you for this interesting glimpse into the history of the place I now live.

[@HenryDobrasch]

Really good video! Linjeflyg flight 277 would be an interesting video

[@mr.coplen771]

Fantastic and fascinating! 👏🏻 Keep up the good work!

[@scottmoseley5122]

I had never heard of this murder. Poor families that had their lives fractured because of this psychopath. Daisy was the same age as my Grandma and I think about her in that day and age. Life was very simple then hard to believe they had sickos then that would bomb a plane for insurance.

[@kevinheard8364]

You're right... you have a great channel. I'm a long-time subscriber and always like (as well as occasionally commenting). Great job

[@caustic1611]

This video is masterfully done. I enjoyed the details and the hints at the ramifications this attack had on the aviation industry in the US. Flight insurance scams 😬

[@paulfalzarano5930]

You have very good videos, very well done

[@richarddyasonihc]

This subject was well known enough by the Author Arthur Hailey to make this the major theme of one his 1968 novel ‘Airport’. The novel of course is length, and brushes Airport & the exponential growth of air travel in the 60s.

[@smwca123]

And near-total lack of security, perhaps with the notable exception of Israel.

[@TheRunAndGun10]

Excellent video of an incident I had never heard of. Thank you.👍🏼

[@hcdebey]

Our family was living 16 miles from the crash site and my mother said she had just seen a bright light in the sky. I was five years old. We drove toward where Mom had seen the light and soon we found burning wreckage. To this day, I can recall the image of a section of the airplane. It was sitting on its belly, the windows recognizable, fully engulfed in flames. Another thing that has stayed with me has been the smell of the burning plane. I can’t describe it but four or five times since the incident, I have been exposed to odors that I immediately identified as being the same as the smell of the burning aircraft. As we drove home, we saw the tail section of the aircraft. Dad parked the car and we walked toward the tail. As we stood looking at it, white envelopes started landing around us as they drifted down from the sky. About 10 years later, I saw another aircraft that had crashed not far from this United flight. It was a two-seater Air Force jet without its two pilots. It was early morning and no officials had arrived yet. Searching the web, I am not able to find any record of that crash. I am curious to know if the producers of this video could find any record of that crash. From memory, the jet was located at these map coordinates, 40.38954, -104.78736.

[@chelseawales1090]

I grew up in the shadow of the two towers, so we had front row seats to 9/11. I was 15, but I’ll never forget the smell.

[@walkerpantera]

ohhhh, part 1. im gonna wait til part 2 is released, so i can enjoy the full presentation at once. im too old for cliffhangerz. 😊😇 i love your vids!

[@DisasterBreakdown]

The "Part 1" was just for the beginning of the video :) It's all just one video this.