"A Wreck Is A Wreck"

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Welcome to Block Island. Let me tell you about the Wreckers. And the Palatine.
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Sources/Further Reading:
The Washington Times - January 6th, 1936
The New York Herald - August 15th, 1920
A Treasury of New England Folklore, B.A. Botkin - 1947
Great Sea Stories - Joseph Lewis French, 1925
Sea Phantoms - Fletcher S. Bassett, 1892
Handy Helps - Albert Plympton Southwick, 1886
The Poets' New England - Helen Archibald Clarke, 1911
The Lady’s Book - November 1832
The Churchman - September 20th, 1890
Recollections of Curious Characters - Charles Lanman, 1881
New England Legends and Folk-Lore - Samuel Drake, 1906
Lippincott's Magazine - December 1882
Seeing the Eastern States - John Thomson Faris, 1922
The Dearborn Independent - January 1st, 1927
John G. Whittier - William Kennedy, 1892
New England Legends and Folk-Lore - Samuel Adams Drake, 1901
The Bay State Monthly - August 1897
The Midland Monthly - June 1896
The Strand Magazine - February 1908
Narragansett Bay - Edgar Mayhew Bacon, 1904
A History of Block Island - Samuel Truesdale Livermore, 1877
The Stark County Democrat - February 15, 1907
Hartford Courant - August 6th, 1881
Hartford Courant - August 2nd, 1881
Detroit Times - June 14th, 1933
The Mt. Sterling Advocate - June 2nd, 1915
The Washington Times - June 14th, 1933
The Evening Telegraph - June 23, 1870
Van Nuys News - November 13th, 1958
Kansas City Evening Star - August 19th, 1885
South Paris Oxford Democrat - December 25th, 1900
Lima News - September 2nd, 1958
Block Island, R.I - Edward E. Pettee, 1884
Virginian Pilot - February 2nd, 1913
Block Island Scrap Book - Maizie Rose, 1957
The Constitution - September 10th, 1873
Hartford Courant - August 25th, 1873
The Evening Bulletin - April 27th, 1951
Springfield Republican - June 12th, 1938
Baltimore American - April 8th, 1906
The Evening Bulletin - September 12th, 1933
The New York Herald - February 8th, 1920
THE BAY CITY TIMES EXTRA - July 5th, 1951
The Evening Bulletin - September 11th, 1933
The Times-Picayune - June 19th, 1917
The Providence Journal - September 20th, 1947
Block Island, An Illustrated Guide - Beatrice Ball, 1909
The Complete Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - John G. Whittier, 1894
The Barre Daily Times - March 2nd, 1914
The Portland Daily Press - September 20th, 1889
The Wichita Daily Eagle - January 28th, 1891
The Rhode Island Republican - March 5th, 1833
The Portland Daily Press - May 27th, 1875

[@johngolini332]

We had those "bad wreckers" on the cape too. They called them "Mooncussers", because business wasn't good when there was good moonlight.

[@quiteadept]

Every few days I'll look outside my window at the busy intersection below and see a fresh new car accident, grab my bolt cutters and wrench, and descend upon the wreckage. Catalytic converters, batteries, alternators, anything I can find before the police show up is fair game. And yeah, sometimes I have to clunk any still-conscious passengers on the head with my socket wrench so they don't complain... but it's an honest living I tell ya! - Me, modern-day wrecker

[@DimeStoreAdventures]

haha! thanks for watching!

[@SirMildredPierce]

Wracker... WRACKER!

[@Ardea15]

A blocked road wrecker :o

[@kimberlyrogers9953]

💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼 lol

[@primitiveorganism9571]

@@DimeStoreAdventuresI live in RI… been out to block island many times..

[@MrJethroha]

"Everything is fish if it comes to our nets" and "a son's a son, but a wrack's a wrack" are such great lines

[@robertkeeney3898]

David Thoreau talked about it in his publication Cape Cod. He was a supporter of the wreckers.

[@trashtrash2169]

Isn't it wreck? It's literally in the title...

[@No-one91910]

​@@trashtrash2169 32:25

[@greggmason8604]

@trashtrash2169 did you not watch the video?

[@trashtrash2169]

@@greggmason8604 I did, the quote used wreck... Did YOU watch the video?

[@googiegress]

The Block Islander's newspaper response re: Boston is literally what Internet comments sections are like. People have been ridiculous forever.

[@AlexSwanson-rw7cv]

Maybe it's because I'm British but that article seems to me clearly in good humour and not wild at all, just hilarious.

[@artquest101]

@@AlexSwanson-rw7cv it's very, very clearly a satire of small New England towns' extreme attachment to their local history. Just about every tiny town has some story involving a famous person or infamous event that locals are extremely proud of. Often these stories are exaggerated or just totally false -- i.e. "George Washington lived here" when in reality he visited an uncle in a nearby town for a weekend in 1750 and then this town was combined with a few other towns in the 1950s and hence the legend is given more life in some modern amalgamation.

[@No-one91910]

​@@artquest101and the thing is, even if it's true, it's always something stupid to be proud of. Like how uneventful must one's life be that they're genuinely proud of an arbitrary fact about the place they just happen to be from..

[@AstralBelt]

People have been based* forever

[@Protolore]

The genuine happiness in his laughter when he see the wreck made me smile.

[@ouroya]

"roger that, cap" made me smile. i love little local dialects like that

[@dfailsthemost]

I love the idea of people in 18th century shipwrecks just staying where they end up. I imagine options were quite limited.

[@eekee6034]

There was so much more acceptance of the hand life dealt you in the books I read when I was a kid. Mostly, these were written between about 1880 and maybe 1960, though some were older.

[@kimmyk3640]

Oh my gosh! When Brett called you Cap!!! Chills. What a great story.

[@livinglikeananimal]

This channel is SO underrated, what an amazing story! The twist at the end was just too cool!

[@DimeStoreAdventures]

Thank you!

[@marsie2183]

I'm a picky subscriber. I have only watched 3 of your vids and I subscribed.. this was my ? from the second vid I watched.... How does this guy not have more views! Commenting a year later! Topics I never heard of and I know OBSCURE stuff! My husband is from LI and I never heard of Block Island.. he's going to love this

[@barahng]

Agreed, not many youtubers (even in fields they should like history) will actually cite books with the quote or passage shown on screen instead of lazily dumping all the citations im the description, and that's only if there are citations, most people don't bother. This is a way higher standard of research than I'm used to seeing on youtube in anything except sciencetube.

[@Mallen151]

When I was a kid, my family would go on vacation to Block Island every Summer. I just got a little nostalgic so I searched “Block Island” on KZbin and found this video. I wasn’t disappointed. I never knew any of this history but it adds a ton of weight and for lack of a better word, “character” to a place that is so integral to my childhood. Thanks! ☺️

[@DimeStoreAdventures]

Hey, thanks so much for watching!!

[@JoeSmith-cy9wj]

This profession was engaged in on all coasts and well traversed waterways. Becoming more and more rescue teams, saving lives. Long island is full of such areas and crews, eventually morphing into the Coast Guard.

[@SleepingGiant66]

I am a lifelong Rhode Islander for nearly 6 decades, and i have never heard of the "wreckers". My grandmother would spend summers there, shucking oysters for Ballards during the 30's & 40's. Thank you for the history lesson. You earned a new subscriber.

[@SleepingGiant66]

Nellie Vaughn? Or Bell Schoolhouse? Or too Dark?

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

That's a dangerous job, actually. Did she have any holes in her hand?

[@bubbajenkins123]

I was in the Navy, stationed in the garden spot of Groton, CT many years ago when I decided that the state bird of New England was the boulder.

[@FreeBurd0620]

7:00 That's a cool find, I just looked up that cruiser (USS Olympia C-6) and not only is it still intact in Philadelphia as a museum ship, but served in 3 wars (Spanish American, WW1, and Russian Civil War). Incidentally it looks like after it ran aground it got a refit for new guns but also a special proto-sonar device to detect underwater obstacles, and its the only remaining example of such a device to exist.

[@Pablo_Del_Norte]

" I just looked up that cruiser (USS Olympia C-6)..."

[@mztgood]

I live on an island and we take everything out of the homes they are getting ready to tear down. It's recycling, basically

[@WhiteNucklin]

Oh man when he called you “Cap” I laughed aloud! What a great video! Thanks man! DUDE! Subscription EARNED!

[@kenbrown5449]

I see a good bit of stuff on the Galaxie that is worth some money. The sails, sheets, the dome on the aft mast, cockpit shroud, bumpers, and it looks a bit like a life raft behind the cockpit. Honestly, there is good bit of worth still left aboard. Great video as usual!

[@JHN12x12]

looks like it dropped its keel? it was sitting too upright to have one. sailboats need something for lateral stability, and I'd be very surprised if one that size didn't have a fixed keel.

[@rokoala2636]

@@JHN12x12 He was running on the motor when it overheated, went below to fix and was bumping on the shore by the time he came back up. The vessel depth on uscg vessel search says 5.7 ft, which I found out should include the keel if it was fixed, but I couldn't figure out if that matched a fixed keel.

[@gillbaldwin712]

Coming from Cornwall UK Wreckers in all three guises are well known here and I personally have known people that "salvaged"goods from the sea and never reported them I have apiece of furniture made from wood from a wreck that my dad and I salvaged many years ago

[@nonsequitor]

Internal UK debate - really on all 3? I've only heard it used re: people actively wrecking ships faking lights etc. Not for salvaging stuff off legit accident wrecks. Interesting.

[@gillbaldwin712]

@@nonsequitor salvaging off accidental wrecks has to be reported to the authorities by law but it isn't always doubt you could get away with it now because of mobile phones

[@mollywhingo5186]

"Roger that, Cap" made me tear up a little.

[@Henle_]

I got recommended this channel by Tom Scott--this is amazing stuff! Can't believe how good this is

[@HanduBananu]

When did Tom Scott recommend it? Is there a video? Super cool . . . and yeah this channel is incredible and I totally get why Tom Scott would find value in it. Honestly a lot of this history could be altogether forgotten without this channel.

[@rhadamantesomething3020]

@@HanduBananu Tom Scott has this newsletter where he recommends videos and other stuff on the internet (you can check his website to subscribe). That's where this was recommended. And I gotta say, to make me watch a 43min video about some small island in the US, that was indeed a good recommendation.

[@2.7petabytes]

Your channel is what KZbin was meant to be IMHO. Excellent, well researched history of things many may have not heard of. Kudos!!

[@uPthEarCad1a]

I was born and raised on Eastern Long Island and still live here, I've never been to Block Island but I've seen it across the water many a time. It was really cool learning about something I always see but never knew anything about

[@nhaaaPl]

The twist at the end made my jaw drop. Such an amazing addition, to read these old stories about the wreckers, then you end up meeting one one? And find a wreck? That's been ransacked like in the old stories? This is amazing. May be one of your best videos to date, and that's really saying something. This channel is just a real treasure trove of great videos. So much so, that I have to stagger my watching them. There are still a few older ones I haven't seen, and I almost don't want to binge them, just to stretch them out a bit. Keep it up mate, this channel is something special.

[@MatthewChenault]

6:59 That cruiser still exists. It’s the USS Olympia, which was one of the most powerful US Navy ships when it was laid down in the 1890’s.

[@dmacarthur5356]

It's a museum ship in Philly

[@ShowCat1]

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I’ve been consuming KZbin content for about 16 years now, and I can count on one hand the number of channels with truly captivating, creative, worthwhile content - thank you for being the first in a long time. YT has been going downhill and channels going dull for a while now, and your content is just so refreshingly perfect and alive. I’m so happy to have something quality to watch!! Good stuff mate, good luck with whatever’s next! 😁

[@brandonha]

This reminds me of the Stan Rogers song “The Wreck of the Athens Queen”. They get drunk and pilfer a shipwreck, with notable items of salvage, including a cow and a green couch. But the favourite of the drunk scavengers was forty cases of napoleon brandy.

[@proto-geek248]

Oh, the lovely Athens Queen! Great tune! 👍

[@jeffreytoombs9613]

Fascinating video! I grew up on Cape Cod, and they had a similar crew of folks on the Outer Cape, pre- US Lighthouse Service referred to as “Mooncussers”, named as such as they would be spotted under the light of a full moon while raiding shipwrecks. The tales of the mooncussers I’ve read seem much less violent.

[@j.haulum2444]

Dude you are the best story teller I have heard in 60 years. Really in the spirit of the old radio show storytelling!🤩Awesome stuff!

[@ClintWestVood]

i agree. i love a good story tellar

[@sweetreamer5101]

Another fantastic story from one of the best storytellers on KZbin. Cmon Algo, this guy should have a million subs by now.

[@josephpadula2283]

My chief engineer on Farrell Lines container ships was a Block Islander whose family owned a lot of land And set up a foundation to preserve the land from development . He was a great man ! I started to bring up the Block Island legends once , I knew about the mother son story , and got cut off a little too sharply .

[@Tampafan33]

Do you think they cut you off like that because their family was part of the wreckers history or maybe even their family feuded with the wreckers??

[@Justintime619]

T shirt idea “I gotta touch it with my real hand, yes!!!” lol I thought that was funny..

[@dmacarthur5356]

I have the same issue

[@jaxtah]

What an absolutely bonkers story, not to mention the set of circumstances that fell into place for that reveal! Also, bonus points for taking the glove off to touch the stone, best way to appreciate the history haha. Thanks for the idea for my next setting in D&D, can't wait for my players to encounter a flaming ghost ship!

[@MrJacobst]

You could start a campaign with the players being on a ship that wrecks on a wrecker island

[@eclecticdog2k901]

lol fun to see somebody else was thinking of D&D worldbuilding while watching this vid 😂👍

[@jlottie8218]

Now THIS is some quality entertainment! Your joy is contagious! This video also gave me a whole new lyrical understanding of a Billy Joel song I've always loved called "Downeaster Alexa" which brought me chills

[@DimeStoreAdventures]

Hey, thanks for watching! Glad you liked it!

[@susanmissett-king1839]

I used to love that song!

[@qwopiretyu]

Love that song

[@grangerweasley]

I think the KZbin algorithm finally understands me! I’m so glad it brought me to your channel!!

[@christineconley7903]

Thanks for this video. My dad was born on Block Island and most of the old family names on the island are my relatives/ancestors. He was a Conley, and I'm related to the Littlefields, Dodges, Allens, Spragues.

[@abagaleciaraa]

Idk if it's been mentioned before, but there's a lighthouse in Beavertail Park, in Johnstown RI. There's a museum and such, but I think you might be most interested in the huge pieces of granite that were lost to the sea in a shipwreck. The big rock cuts are mixed in a bit along the coastline, but they're easily accessible, super visible, and it's a great area to explore. Happy adventuring!

[@geenflauwidee]

Wow! That ending floored me! What a great story!

[@limehawk4989]

They tell some tall tales out there no doubt

[@mabel9019]

I've been horribly sick all night, but watched this video while waiting for the nausea to subside, had to pause to go throw up, then resumed near the end, and was STILL quietly giddy with you at the surprise discovery. Thank you for making a terrible night better for me. I was sent one of your videos a few days ago and have just been enthralled in your storytelling ever since. I've even been sharing your channel with everyone I know. Fingers crossed that things really take off for you soon! Maybe one day you could make it out to the Pacific Northwest. There's tons of weird and wacky stories out here as well 😊

[@aeropsia]

I was not prepared for how exciting and heartwarming this video is.

[@cephelos1098]

Been watching you cover small towns and random stories from places I'd never heard of for a while now, and though this is an old video, it's surreal seeing you cover somewhere I grew up.

[@Foiled_Foliage]

HOLY CRAP HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE LIKES, VEIWS AND COMMENTS. THIS IS AWESOME CONTENT. Been watching a few vids to relax. really enjoy this content. Your people skills are easily over-looked. This content has the feel of a serious late night variety show about American history. I really hope you're able to continue. BEST of luck.

[@lutherwallingford4773]

It is 2:10 AM now. Thank you. Needed your content. Keep going. Love what you do

[@Clovis_the_Cat]

Man so many of these kind of videos conclude by showing that local legends are interesting, but likely just folklore. Thats just the reality with most urban legends. This is like magic! I was laughing with excitement right along with you at the end of the video. Thanks so much for making this.

[@collinbeal]

I watched this and a couple tombstone stories. You've earned yourself a sub! Quality content you have here.

[@jet6619]

I was born in Manhattan and grew up in between there and RI. I have always loved the history of New England. Folklore especially. This, however, is something I never knew about. Absolutely fascinating! Subscribed, my dude.

[@foncess]

I really love the little compilation at 20:20. I never thought a bunch of old drawings and news clippings could be presented in such a cool way. Gets the story across perfectly

[@ScarletRebel96]

Now this is a a binge watch channel im excited about

[@elingard]

This video was super cool! I've heard about the Palatine a lot but its always a good story. I love that Brett talked about the fight story, but if he's talking about the one in August that was just a sad drunk fist fight that turned into a bit of a brawl, 7 people total, 2 went to the hospital but no serious injuries. The video of the cops jumping onto the boat is funny though. There's been issues with drunk tourists lately.

[@patrickvandijk7708]

Wonderful video as always! Amazing quality! The part about the Palatine response article was great ''grand larceny of legend'', can't make this stuff up :D.

[@dkhnova]

The stories are similar to what's told of the Outer Banks, North Carolina. "Nag's Head" got its name from the practice of putting a light on the head of a horse, then letting it wander the beach, so as to fool passing ships into thinking the light was another ship, so the water must be deep enough to be safe.

[@JerseyRepresenting]

"They're all fish in these nets." Netflix could bang out a pilot and material for 3 seasons easy. I'd be glued if it was as brutal as I think it was... I think you've scratched the surface. Well done Sir, I watched the whole thing (x2.0). Such badassness with the preacher, the stone stairs and being called Cap'n.

[@Goigigandfriends]

I don’t know how I wasn’t already subscribed because I was pretty sure I was but this was one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen in general and I watch a lot of KZbin lol

[@maggieconnelly1590]

This is my new favorite channel to watch as a new Englander , thank you for sharing your knowledge!!! ❤

[@Jordan_Starr]

I finally have enough money to join your patreon so when I saw you'd just released a new 43 min long video I thought it was a sign I should take the plunge and sign up! I'm honestly so happy to support your channel and your content, I hope it helps a little because you've definitely helped me through some stormy seas the last few months. Please don't ever lose your passion for film making and story telling, you have such a unique approach to content creation and your comment section is always so positive and full of support from all over the world. You're doing amazing work :) Emily xx

[@cyprianovv]

This is soooo good. The way the articles, stories and visuals are presented in your videos is the best i have seen on this platform. I only clicked on this video to watch a minute or two, but the story and the folklore just made me glued to my seat and i kept watching till the very end 😂. Also there is something so cool about going to an Island to uncover its secrets and explore. Not mentioning the ammount of research You had to do for this video. And the clips of the sea and nature, badass background music, and creative video editing makes this video so captivating to watch. I honestly never knew i could be so interested in New England history and folklore 😂. Overall fantastic video 😁.

[@dundeedideley1773]

Highlight of the week type of video right there. Man, the backstories, legends, folklore and that payoff at the end. Legendary. You are truly an adventurer

[@DimeStoreAdventures]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you liked the video!

[@kidandersson3874]

Woah! This video was so good I had no clue what I was getting into but the twists just never stopped You seriously deserve more views on these!

[@davidlathrop9360]

Thank you for this wonderful video! Warts and all, I come to find myself loving Block Island and the Islanders, form everything I read and hear.

[@pljeskavca1]

you were mentioned in Tom Scott's newsletter and im glad i checked your channel out, keep up the good work

[@glenmorrison8080]

This really brings history to life. It's super cool how much original research you do for these videos.

[@wilavg]

Funnily enough a version of "everything is fish if it comes to our nets" is a saying in Brazil even nowadays

[@Bbbuddy]

Firefighters used to operate like these wreckers.

[@dmacarthur5356]

The modern day equivalent that I first thought of is the towing companies that cruise apartments lots looking for cars that don't have the parking decal.

[@PrincessOzaline]

There was a 1962 Disney TV movie called the Mooncussers which seems like it (or the book it was based on the Flying Ebony) must have been inspired by the 'bad wreckers'.

[@MrMichael3536]

Mooncusser. One who goes out on moonless nights slowly waving a lantern on a long pole, imitating a ship safely anchored, luring ships and sailors to their demise …… I read it but don’t know were it happened.

[@santossalinas4221]

I really like the way you tell these stories. I just came across them a few days ago and I've been watching them, very interesting stuff.

[@Langonica]

Great storytelling! Thanks! I've been to Block Island a couple of times as a kid, and grew up on the shores of Long Island Sound, and I have never heard this history, so fun.

[@Kyle_Spivis]

Man what a good documentary. rewatching this because I’m constantly thinking of this story and how well you presented it. Honestly I think you should submit this to a film festival or something. What an incredible story, and spoilers but to find out it’s still going on in one form or another is such a wild twist or detail. Truly a great video, one of my favorites on KZbin even, thanks Spivis! (Sorry but I’m never not going to call you spivis even if my comment is serious this time)

[@DimeStoreAdventures]

What a nice comment, thank you!

[@Kyle_Spivis]

@ of course, I truly mean it! I’m a big fan and love all your videos but this one really stands out to me and occasionally occupies my thoughts. There’s something about it that I can’t quite put to words but I’ll try, I think it’s how you presented it. They way you tell stories is special, and it really shines in your longer format videos, if my be so bold to say. I know I’m complementing you and im sorry for going on and on, but I feel like I have to get my thoughts about this on paper so to speak, you know? It’s also about story telling in general, sorry for the KZbin comment essay haha, anyways. I think maybe this thing Im having trouble putting to words, the way you weave a narrative, was more common in bygone eras. This oration, this verbal story telling, I think it’s like a form of magic, one that I feel might be lacking in today’s modern world. Don’t get me wrong we have our own magic, movies like lord of the rings is its own sort of magic, separate from the magic that is reading Tolkiens books. I say magic and it’s like a metaphor but let me take it a bit literally for a bit. You said some words in a certain order with a delivery, and then I find myself thinking about it years later. what is that if not a form of magic? I find myself quoting “a wreck is a wreck” in a grizzled mock accent to my brother whenever I see a boat on the lake more so when theres some Tom foolery. From our shore we have a good view of the boat launch, it’s great entertainment sometimes with how sound travels across water. Years later it lives in my head, becoming something I reference to my brother whos also seen it. This thing I can’t put to words, why not call it magic? And this video is magic to me. This video is almost journalism, I say almost because I feel it would be reductive to label it just that. Even me calling it a documentary in the other comment isn’t quite right. It’s spoken poetry and you are a bard. Not to give you a big head and im probably failing to do so, sorry lol, but take Homer for instance… okay that would give anyone a big head and I’m not one to compare people to legendary, almost mythical figures, not to their face anyways… but take Homer, do you think he’s remembered just for the content of his stories? Or did he possess in great quantities this magic metaphor i speak of? and that’s why he and his stories are so influential, lasting through time, remembered. Speaking of bards, Shakespeare you… okay, okay, that really was a joke and way too far. It’s more fun to call this magic, and hope you know by now that I think you possess such magic. You do. that roller derby exhaustion video was thrilling, beat by beat, every second of that multi hour long video was a joy that almost had me on the edge of my seat. And the grand jewel, your master work, the magnum opus, that fucking spivis video, holy shit was that funny. Everyone I show it to is like, “what does spivis mean?” They say stuff like “Why did you change your legal name?” you had a proud name, a legacy and you through it away for a dumb joke, you are disinherited, your younger brother gets the lordship, and it’s a shame we have to break centuries long tradition because some dude called his wife and kids spivis in like the 1800’s as a joke, terrorizing his wife into writing to a publication for advice.” Okay goodbye thanks for reading sorry for giving you a big head happy new years. If anyone sees this comment and knows who I am, I fucking stand by what I said. This dime store spivis guy is entertaining.

[@serbarriston7177]

There should be a Scorsese movie with Daniel Day-Lewis in it made about the block island wreckers.

[@FlakeSE]

The closest I can offer is the 2001 film The Shipping News

[@jasonbeane8683]

Great video!! FYI, there's a pretty fun little card game called HMS Dolores where you play as wreckers that are dividing up the salvage from a ship. It doesn't go into buch depth, but there's a bit of basic information about the practice of Bad Wreckers.

[@Kyle_Spivis]

Well, looks like I’m not doing anything for the next hour :) thanks for the history and unique culture.

[@oxylepy2]

Apparently old newspapers are like youtube comments, lol

[@whyjnot420]

My father lives on Cape Cod year round. Going up there in the off-season is always a bit weird. I still remember the first time I actually saw it snowing at the beach firsthand. No matter how much you know that things like that are completely normal, it really can be surreal. When it comes to those places you tend to associate with summer and warmth, the lack of people is only half of the story.

[@joedirt1965]

The "good wreckers" were likely just established businesses with the resources needed to help shipwrecks. The "ugly wreckers" were probably less equipped, unorganized and could not aid any ships.

[@JHN12x12]

yeah. first responders risk their lives to get people (and the most valuable and portable goods) off the boats under dangerous conditions. later, once the weather abated, people who aren't as strong or capable can walk the shoreline like beachcombers to pick up what has washed ashore. others can bring boats to the wreck and salvage heavy cargo / structural parts of the boat more safely and in their own time.

[@StargazingCeres]

History has always been a big focus for me, but you've got me so much more interested in a time period and region of my own country I never paid much attention to. Plus, you really go above and beyond for every video, thanks for another incredible work! (also, great audio quality in this one)

[@Panda_Gibs]

"Wreckers" is also a term for trucks that pull vehicles out of dicey situations.

[@Nootnoot433]

This may be my favorite video on KZbin and I have watched KZbin for more than a decade. For real. Keep it up!

[@thomrade]

Fantastic video, thanks for the time and effort you put into making these! Looking forward to whatever's next!

[@recklssabndon]

This whole story is amazing but that Old Chrissy one legit was the best legend - it reminded me of my daughter’s favorite movie “Scooby Doo and Zombie Island” 😂😂😂

[@thotherospdx]

You are a great storyteller! Thank you for making these videos!

[@gus9165]

Incredible work, you can tell this channel is driven by a true passion for history, thank you for taking us along your adventures!

[@jagoandlitefoot]

my family used to spend a week on Block Island every summer when i was a kid. i barely remember it now because i was so young, but i still associate the place with a nostalgic summertime feeling. this was a nice surprise of a video to show up in my subscriptions feed :)

[@Elbonio]

Been watching your videos for a good while now and they just keep getting better. Brilliant stuff.

[@lord_rainbowman]

i have no idea why this video has been in my recommended for so long but I wasn't disappointed. maybe this video is on track to blow up with how much youtube was trying to push this loll

[@spun8389]

I really appreciate you sharing all these amazing stories mate. I've watched a ton of you tube and you sir are top tier

[@ruffdrafter]

Great video yet again. The effort and creativity you put into these is wonderful.

[@clarke4552]

This is a great little mini doc lol, subbed

[@johnlaforte700]

Just so insightful. You do such a great job on investigating.

[@calebbroome2771]

Was just looking up videos on block island because I’ve been there a few times, but this video exceeded my expectations of anything that I’d find. Amazing video I hope you get the success you deserve.

[@travelmatte]

This is rapidly becoming one of my favorite channels. Great stories very well told. Thanks!

[@donnarouse9432]

The palatine may have contained a great amount of my german ancestors. Escaping the reformation.

[@erikowren7894]

I’m glad you left your helmet on the whole time. Added a lot to the vlog/stories. 👍🏻

[@melodyraemusic]

“A sons’s a son, but a wrack’s a wrack” got me man. That’s insane. What a different world

[@ianobrien3248]

I love visiting Block Island. It's so much fun.

[@MrStar700]

Being a born and raised New Englander, little did I know the history of an island I would visit with my grandparents. Just found this channel, really enjoying it. Don’t live there now, but have to say when I visit the sea draws you to it, always beautiful and wild.

[@matthewsfather]

Crazy times!! Thanks!

[@frateranpvbail-shm6912]

on the north-western shores of Germany, the frisians used to do exactly the same

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Excellent video!! I wonder if that island played any part during prohibition to smuggle alcohol into the country? I know that William Mccoy (the "real Mccoy") anchored 3 miles outside of the international boundary off the coast of New Jersey and sold alcohol to any boat that wanted it.🤣

[@melodyraemusic]

This was an amazing video. I thoroughly appreciate everything you do on this channel! Holy crap.

[@RhudeIslander]

This is GOLD. Again, thanks for sifting through our lore.

[@isproductions900]

This is one of the best channels on KZbin, you should be very proud :)

[@alynam82]

Loved that story of old Chrissy! That was messed up 😬😄