The Murfree Brood - Red Dead Redemption 2

[@ilovechickenadobo6962]

The hills have eyes. And sometimes 13 cents, ginseng, violet snowdrop, and a gold tooth.

[@ungobungo7986]

@Wilddd what is this weird fan fiction

[@patrioticlion9773]

😂😂😂

[@TrippyShasta]

@Wilddd hills have eyes were based off of the sawney bean family of Scotland.

[@Slurpified]

Also burdock root

[@freekmulder3662]

@@TrippyShasta Wtf just read about the Sawney Bean family, 100% the Murfree brood are based on them

[@brycealthoff8092]

The fact that Charles puts down his revolver and immediately switches to his sawed off when Arthur tells him where they’re going should tell you a lot. If Charles is worried, I’m worried!

[@GodlsAFK]

I feel that 100% lol how many bullets it takes to put these guys down is kinda op lol better go for the head or come in contact with a machete... when Charles ask if I wanna lure them out the cave with dynamite where can I go in the cave I always lured them out them out the cave and pick them up from a distance

[@phatboi813]

I FLOODED THE WHO PLACE WITH DYNAMITE

[@hatch0656]

Soviet Bear i did it stealthy on my first playthrough and they all ran at me with machetes and gun so im never doing that again 😂😂

[@GodlsAFK]

@@hatch0656 xD this is why i never go in the cave!

[@theilleststylez5866]

@@GodlsAFK ive done it both ways , dynamite for shits and giggles , going inside for a challenge lol

[@lobardodelainternet4253]

Arthur: Charles, will you ride with me? Charles: Sure, where are we going? Arthur: Past Butcher Creek. Charles: That's... Murfree Brood Country. Arthur: That's why I'm asking you to ride with me. Charles: ... I understand. This alone makes me fear these guys.

[@maximaldinotrap]

**Proceeds to slaughter their entire camp at Beaver Creek**

[@YungGodChe]

maximaldinotrap *beaver hollow

[@doctorlove3536]

Lo Bardo de La Internet to this day I don’t understand why arthur only brought one man with him

[@lobardodelainternet4253]

I don't get it myself. I think he didn't even know much about the Murfree Brood, but just followed Dutch's instructions. Still, he could've brought Sadie or Javier at least.

[@nessak5990]

When your family tree is a circle...

[@ayannawilson1223]

When Arthur asks Charles would he ride with him and Charles says, “Always.” It warms my heart every time. Charles, John and Sadie are gonna ride for Arthur every time.

[@joeblough6701]

Lenny too.

[@Elbasilius]

I always felt safe with charles with me. Man was an absolute unit, diversed in warfare, always had knowledge on terrain and foes and people and always tried jis best to be on the right side, helping the weak. Also loyal to Arthur and John.

[@timorouw5555]

Don’t forget Lenny! They did my boy dirty in Saint Denis

[@williamruiz4855]

Sadie's literally gonna ride Arthur.

[@e06811]

@@williamruiz4855yeahhhh no…

[@Octopugilist]

The most frightening thing about the camp encounter is how well-spoken they are. They're not drooling cretins, they're intelligent predators trying to scare off a dangerous stranger who's more trouble than he's worth. If they wanted to kill Arthur, they would have waited for him to fall asleep

[@KimJongIl57]

That's by far the best description of the Murfrees I've ever heard

[@Cloudsanin]

uh....camping at night after taking out their cave hideout pretty much confirms this. O-o;;;

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

I just killed them both before they rode off and thought I was good, never worried about them and never interacted with them again until chapter 6. Was ambushed once but that didn’t work out well for them. I feel i was robbed of an experience

[@Shirohige4yonko]

​@@Cloudsaninwhen you take the bounty on the Lemoyne riders commander, if you camp at the fort they appear right? When I played it for the first time it actually made me feel fear lmao

[@kryptonianking552]

Probably the nicest Murfree too. They even gave us the chance to walk away lol. Most who encounter them doesn't have the same experience

[@Nousername0]

The voice actor for Arthur does a great job making him sound like he doesn’t know how to console people lol it makes him seem so much more like a real person.

[@mogul188]

he does know how to console people. He was very warm towards sadie in the beginning

[@denkifriedkalamari1730]

It's his mocap actor, the majority of the game was done in mocap

[@humancolter6959]

He can tho remember rescuing Tilly or after sadie kills her husband's murderer

[@anotherrandomguy8871]

Yeah true, but idk who in the world would be able to console anyone correctly after the horrors of seeing what just happened on that mission with Charles, combined with saving that poor girl.

[@RealDavidChipman]

@@humancolter6959 hm, I’d chalk that up to Arthur being familiar and rather close to Tilly as an ally.

[@Jonen.jpeggy]

"They are incredibly ugly, I'd fit right in" Poor fizhy

[@dr.skulhamr3220]

Don't say that in front of your horse ... lol

[@jordandennis6794]

He's the GOAT

[@introverted2316]

You and me both fizhy

[@loganrcooke]

Dr. Skulhamr you kiss your horse with that mouth

[@tovarishvadim4662]

Nah don’t talk like that

[@tomhiscocks242]

Always feel a lot safer doing that murfree mission with Charles

[@imogenscarlet]

Thomas Hiscocks yeah, after i went back in the epilogue to clear them out and i was all alone it took my about another hour to bring myself to do it i was too scared

[@doctorlove3536]

Thomas Hiscocks charles reminds me of connor from AC3

[@Jc-587]

I’d like to think Arthur probably feels the same way lol

[@brycealthoff8092]

I feel safer with Charles, period. Dude is a professional.

[@terminallumbago6465]

Same here. I had to work up the courage to clear it out alone. I did it as Arthur in chapter 3 during another playthrough

[@ichangedmyusernamebecausei2551]

I love how Charles is always informed of and fully knows the area he’s in. He knew how the murfree broods are psychos and what the skinner brothers were when he just arrived in the area

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

Charles is one of those people who listens and watches a lot more than he talks. That's wise. He's also a very decent, moral person at his core. That combination makes him one of my favorite characters in the whole game.

[@sabocharge]

@@dogslobbergardens6606 ye same I love Charles he's underrated

[@ArkayaStudios]

​@@dogslobbergardens6606one of his few kills (the bison poacher) was in self defence as you can see he was drawing his pistol. Charles was faster.

[@joedwyer3297]

​@@ArkayaStudiosalthough he does encourage arthur to kill the other one😅

[@tf2fan512]

​@@ArkayaStudiosbison poaching was a way to starve native americans who lived in plains exploiting a strategic weakness,it makes sense that charles would be pissed at the guys doing it

[@maxiarevalo.1023]

In real life, this clan existed. It was called Sawney Beane and they lived in a cave in Scotland. Curiously enough, Murfree is a Scottish surname and their lair is a cave.

[@eaglescout1984]

To connect to that, it's worth pointing out many of the people who settled "the frontier" during the late 18th and early 19th century were of Scottish and Irish decent. And the frontier they settled were the Appalachian Mountains and the Ozarks, either of which is a likely influence for the Roanoke Ridge area

[@pugachevskobra5636]

That name is eerily similar to the the Titans the Scouts Regiment captured so Hange could conduct experiments during Attack on Titan season 1. I think one was named Sawney and the other Titan was named Bean, so screw eerily similar; they’re identical in retrospect.

[@joelmills4304]

@@pugachevskobra5636 thats what those names are intended to reference

[@twinzzlers]

@@pugachevskobra5636 Dude seriously?

[@TheCompleteMental]

It was also made up, iirc

[@snif1029]

I just want to say, Charles said he will *always* ride with Arthur... There is just something about that I love...

[@paperwoman839]

it’s crazy but that one interaction alone solidifies charles as one of the most trustworthy members of the gang. it’s very wholesome

[@zeus28frenzy]

Charles is a brother. He would be a fine partner in a fight

[@ziahamm1603]

Charles is such a loyal bro. After Arthur he was my favourite character in the game. Hope he found a good woman in Canada and lived a long and peaceful life.

[@MrSamuel539]

Charles is a real 1

[@damnianos2557]

It's cus they're in love

[@rangerwh5508]

I love how Arthur waves his arms to calm Meredith similar to how he calms horses

[@Nibbenji2077]

Ur okay, girl.

[@wyattstorey187]

I'm surprised he didn't pull out some Oatcakes. "There, there."

[@birddawg4824]

*Pulls out grooming brush* "You're alright, girl"

[@shoreZ]

@@birddawg4824 fbi open up

[@fluffybluefastboi103]

*Injects Horse Medicine* “Aw I’m sorry girl.”

[@ar7hurcsm032]

Definitely my most disliked gang. The Skinners were almost as bad, but I hated getting ambushed in Roanoke Ridge because the roads are so narrow, at least the area around Blackwater was very big and basically just open land.

[@julianholm7531]

Arthur BR Games tall trees isn’t

[@Kuzan24]

@@julianholm7531 Facts, I feel like Tall Trees made me feel more claustrophobic than Roanoke. But in Tall Trees there's also way more predators so that probably also makes it worse for me lol.

[@ar7hurcsm032]

@@julianholm7531 yes, but in my experience majority of the time I got ambushed by the Skinners it was around Beacher's Hope and Blackwater. I think the Tall Trees region and Roanoke Ridge are actually very similar.

[@julianholm7531]

Arthur BR Games seriously? I’ve never seen a single skinner outside the forest.

[@ANNEKE1999]

I didn't meet the Skinners so far but I always thought Lemoyne was annoying because of so many ambushes by Lemonye Raiders. But when I entered Murfree Land... Goddamn it. I cannot even enter Roanoke Ridge without getting ambushed 🙄 At least, my good BOAH Buell is fast enough to save us every time😅

[@joshuapatrick682]

“Some folks is evil, ain’t no point in trying to explain it….” That’s the most truthful thing Arthur has ever said.

[@trit0nfromthae587]

This man making straight-up documentaries for a video game gang that's a dedication to your craft.

[@j.peters1222]

What's hilarious is coming up on the brood pretending to be sick in the tent, I just threw a molotov on it. Problem solved.

[@jacob414]

Joe Peters III the second time I encountered the tent I killed them just so I could drop them in the fire and watch them burn to death ( sometimes I burnt them alive )

[@j.peters1222]

@@jacob414 Yeah his buddies come running when you blast the tent with a fire bottle lol.

[@jacob414]

Joe Peters III Lol. It’s funnier , better , and more satisfying when you drop them into the camp fire.

[@HansDavidian]

@@jacob414 I like to let one of them alive & hogtied as I slowly blow the heads of everyone else with my shotgun. Then I stack the dead bodies on the alive one then throw a molotov to burn them all. Then I throw a dynamite to make them explode.

[@jacob414]

Hans David I also like to rope my enemy’s get on a horse and ride until they die... I love it

[@maximaldinotrap]

Imagine being that woman Your stagecoach was attacked, everyone else tourtured and killed, possibly even eaten by them. You are trapped in this cave for who knows how long while these people commit attrocity after attrocity in front of you. Suddenly one day an explosion is heard and suddenly gun fire rings out. You have no idea what is happening when suddenly two strange men appear and one of them is a Native American. Now you have heard terrifying stories of Native Americans from your parents so you freak out not knowing what is going to happen to you. Suddenly these two men open the cage you are in but instead of hurting you they comfort you and offer to take you back home. Van Der Linde Gang would have been helluva bunch of bounty hunters if they weren't robbers. Well, everyone but Micah would have been helluva bunch of bounty hunters. I would actually love an alternate universe Red Dead Redemption where the Van Der Linde gang are bounty hunters working with the law and not running from them.

[@honeynutcheerios3699]

That would be really fun to be honest.

[@spooky8491]

I mean the whole bounty hunter thing is pretty much the plot of Red Dead 1.

[@cr5497]

native Americans are no 100% savages, they are the keepers of nature, Once the French and other Europeans crossed their land they asked or warned them to go away, that's how Indian wars started. Land and sources. Native Americans are divided on different tribes different languages and different camp spots, this is all i know, most of them are true.

[@maximaldinotrap]

@@cr5497 Never said they were however I was telling a story from the perspective of the girl in the story at a time when propaganda was calling Natives savages and such.

[@cr5497]

@@maximaldinotrap yeah you are right, sorry bout that

[@ledsabbazepplath3889]

I heard two of them say “Mother doesn’t like when we bring em dead” Maybe “Mother” is their leader ? (Epilogue)

[@roachct9076]

Know that I think about it, they are the only gang that we never encounter their leader

[@barbecuestew5879]

@@roachct9076 skinners?

[@professor797]

@@barbecuestew5879 skinner brothers are available as a bounty in the epilogue.

[@concretemixer3018]

It's probably just the lads mother...

[@limeylemon459]

Roach CT laramies?

[@Arto257]

I love Charles as a character. Such a ride-or-die guy - immediately upon being asked to go into some dangerous area, he goes "okay let's go." What a guy.

[@Bumstrummin]

I like how Charles grabs his sawed off and says “I understand “ Charles is one of my favorite characters in the game.

[@faust8706]

Honestly whenever arthur gives someone a hug I just feel wholesome.

[@keknov5555]

And people say Arthur’s a bad man

[@scantorange3907]

@@keknov5555 who says that

[@keknov5555]

@@scantorange3907 someone in Reddit said he’s a terrible person

[@Nibbenji2077]

@@keknov5555 of course he is

[@gerardwayseyelash]

@@Nibbenji2077 He's not. He may be an outlaw, but he has a heart. Now Micha is a bad man. But at least Arthur had remorse and guilt for the bad things he did.

[@firstordercj8270]

I swear, these feel like mini documentaries that should be on TV.

[@tntrigued5011]

But the normies wouldn't care because its a video game

[@pretzelkch8322]

Agreed, I know RDR2 is already a pretty cinematic game, but this editing skill is also pretty damn good making these vids look as professional as they do

[@J.R.Swish1]

"So let's wipe these wankers out" great content for TV lol

[@Johnny-ho1vh]

we should have a red dead 2 documentary about the deers in the game

[@kams8759]

They are

[@sojournerrose7787]

When Arthur rushes over to comfort and hug Meredith my heart just melts🥺he really was good, just raised doing bad

[@fluffybluefastboi103]

Because of that, I would ride around Roanoke Ridge looking for any Murfrees I could find, blast their head off with a shotgun and burn the bodies Only way to make sure evil doesn’t get back up 😷

[@pavasite4278]

@@fluffybluefastboi103 I really hate the murfrees, I instantly kill everyone of them I see

[@aloe-aurora]

He's lucky she wasn't too traumatized for comfort. I'd be weary about rushing in to hug a woman who has been kidnapped and living in a cage 😬

[@Saber23]

Oddly enough in terms of the actually philosophy he grew up believing in its pretty morally grey

[@clawzx1195]

@@fluffybluefastboi103 we can all debate a gang can have it’s reasonable anti civilization motives but the Murfrees are due for a good extermination pretty fucking disgusting that this shit happens in real life often, just look at Ed gein and all these murder romanticizers

[@philipsalama8083]

One of my fondest experiences in this game was getting ambushed by the Brood near the Viking ruins, grabbing a viking hatchet and butchering them with it. They're so ridiculously evil that killing them is fun as hell.

[@lumiya4596]

The worst experience I had with these guys is being ambushed, proceed to chase them, then fell in to a trap they set up which was a deep trench in the ground. Scared me shitless but thank God the game allowed me to climb up. Thought there was gonna be a cutscene there that tortures me.

[@asurxh]

​@phant0m291got ambushed today I was doing a treasure hunt and headed towards a map..got shot at from someone in the woods and chased to kill whoever it was fell into a pit lol I'm ngl it scared the fuck out of me but I killed all of them...fuck luckily it was day time and not pitch black or I might not play the game anymore 😂

[@mechadonia]

My first encounter w them I was camping by the trapper on the north east side of the map. I gunned them down. Later on camped out again and the same 2 guys attacked me. This time I killed one and hogtied the other and threw them both into the campfire to make sure they were dead. I thought at first rockstar just used random murphree models to ambush you at the camp and I just so happened to get the same guys twice. But after watching the encounters on KZbin they’re actually a custom model for that specific cut scene, so them coming back to ambush even after you kill them the first time around I think is a reference to the lore where murphrees are known for surviving seemingly fatal wounds.

[@prithviprakash1110]

8:42 Arthur politely asks, "Miss, you okay to ride on my horse a little?" 😭😭😭 For all his flaws, he is such a gentleman who always seeks to protect the weak. I'm so glad I chose to have high honour, really fit the story perfectly.

[@laszayar]

I role played the game. By the beginning, I was doing some robberies, murders,etc. Later, I became more and more honorable in order to fit Arthur’s story arc.

[@ILoveHoneyBunss]

The game was literally built for Arthur to have high honor

[@imakecrappyvideos9360]

Honestly although the game encourages high honor, the middle of the road in honor seems like it fits Arthur oe John well

[@ReaIly]

@@ILoveHoneyBunss no it literally wasn’t. He was a asshole at the beginning. That’s why it makes more sense to play low honor than high honor

[@VincentSaan]

@@ReaIly no first hes in denial so its a low honor, i mean the loan sharking is brutal. Gradually becoming more aware as he got TB hes looking for 'redemption' hence more honorful

[@tesseramrod13]

The Murfrees are even scarier to me because I live in the Appalachians which Roanoke Ridge is based on.

[@rokkfel4999]

Makes sense I mean they are based off Boone helm to a degree I believe and some....well less then Savory things that have happened in Appalachian areas

[@jwevolutiongaming9910]

@@rokkfel4999 they look like people of wrong turn

[@rokkfel4999]

@@jwevolutiongaming9910 mhm and “you smell pretty” type of people no?

[@wyattjones5521]

I always thought it was the ozarks?

[@herecomesaregular8418]

@@wyattjones5521 It makes more sense for this to be the Ozarks/Arkansas because it's directly above Lemoyne (Louisiana).

[@JimmyShoes1973]

According to the Red Dead Wiki; The Murfree Brood have a number of similarities to Boone Helm, who was infamously known as the "Kentucky Cannibal"; Helm, a troublesome individual briefly ran a six-man gang. He was notorious for robbing people and consuming their flesh, and he showed little to no remorse for his actions. The Murfree Brood also draw parallels with the Scottish story of Sawney Bean, who was said to have been the leader of a 45-member clan in the sixteenth century. The Bean Clan lived in caves (like the Murfree Brood), reproduced via inbreeding (also like the Murfree Brood), and robbed travelers and locals alike (another parallel), and would dismember and consume them.

[@421less1]

Yeah imma find that guys youtube vid now

[@Legion-qv9pw]

Interesting...this info reminded me of the movie called 'The hills have eyes'

[@WorrizEcko]

Legion 187 oh .. no don’t remind me that movie .. Scared the shit out of me

[@kai-in1xt]

I believe you mean 4 to 5 member, rather than 45. Also, fun fact, Sawney Bean is most likely just a propaganda piece written up by Englishmen trying to discredit and even dehumanize Scots.

[@JimmyShoes1973]

Ya 4 to 5 member would sound more plausible than 45 member. Ah they were good at that weren't they. They discredited and dehumanized many the Irishman as well!

[@ProductionsJazzhands]

Such a neat detail that when Arthur tells Charles where they're going he grabs a sawed-off instead of a revolver. Love that touch.

[@SmarkusAurelius]

I always thought Meredith's voice actor did a fantastic job of capturing the emotion of a terrified and traumatised woman.

[@thomasyoung5323]

You should make a video covering the Lemoyne Raiders or the history of the O'Driscoll gang and their leader Colm's relationship with Dutch.

[@sergeantmajorgross4461]

Thomas Young Lemoyne raiders are the most noble of all the gangs, you never really see them torturing anyone and they actually have a respectable goal, the murfrees only want to protect there land but are brutal in it.

[@owenmills3517]

I feel bad for the lemoyne raiders, sad old soldiers and younger men who join up hoping to gain some forgotten glory but end up dead

[@sf76t.v.38]

The raiders arent all bad, if your lucky, there are a few encounters with the raiders and the odriscoles, the odriscoles kidnapped some of the locals, the raiders actually raid their camp and its a huge shoot out, so they arent too bad. There good people trying to do good but people see them as bad people, so sad.

[@owenmills3517]

SunFyre 76 I’ve never had that happen before, that just shows me that I need to do another playthrough

[@chaoticgrapefruit]

Manchukuo _1940 “respectable goal” lol they’re confederate sympathizers..

[@alexvideogame5548]

I found butcher’s creek on my own, way before the main mission encounter with them; I explored it for a bit some avoided eye contact, some were just kind of staring at me then one of them said something like "big mistake coming here" , "you must be stupid coming here on your own"; some of them even said hello but there was a tense vibe.. they did not attack, so after a bit I left, headed N-E through the woods. As I got deeper into the woods 2 of them were waiting in the middle or the road then when I got close they ran off deeper into the woods, I got off the horse and followed them; they lured me into a trap I fell into a pit that was covered with leaves; then more of them came stood at the top and were laughing at me saying they gonna eat me it was pretty sick! I freaked out and shot them

[@Aisatsana1971]

This is why red dead redemption 2 is revolutionary.

[@pagodebregaeforro2803]

Damn this game is really a masterpiece.

[@gerardwayseyelash]

I had to take a wounded man back there so that's how I got there.

[@thetrollage1298]

For me they deadass had a fire lit wagon and threw it on the road then tried shooting me but i got all of them tied up the last one and lit him on fire because they decided to use a fire lit wagon against me

[@scottdodge6979]

@@thetrollage1298 that's how I first met them and it was foggy as hell in the middle of the night.

[@KWyzel]

When Charles switched to the Sawn Off... That alone sorta made me take pause at the notion of passing through Murfree territory.

[@The0neWhoWa1ts]

When that happened I also took a pause while riding with him through their territory and switched to my double barrel shotgun..

[@CryptidVania]

@@The0neWhoWa1ts I usually use a LeMat revolver due to how it can switch from revolver to shotgun in a click

[@nrtouge]

it shows how good a character arthur is when he hugs her

[@Sherman483]

4:01 I love how Charles puts his revolver away in favour of a shotgun when Arthur tells him they’re going up past Butcher Creek.

[@jakes8971]

14:54 “lord forgive me for what I have done.” Right after he said that. I got a raid shadow legends ad

[@liftykeith5749]

Jaco361g G I got mafia city

[@TheChaoticToaster]

I got a Tampax commercial.

[@brodiecorum6304]

I got Quibi

[@radgiraffe5519]

I skipped to the end 1st thing so I don't get ads😂

[@omardiagne9185]

I got a stadia ad

[@mochi9184]

*Declines reward* Everyone: liked that

[@ricardoramos4514]

It was the only reward I did decline

[@mochi9184]

@@ricardoramos4514 😭

[@spaceman9410]

by the end money didnt matter

[@professionalairhead5582]

@@spaceman9410 I accepted it because I figured it would be rude to decline a gift :(

[@chloway420]

I accepted it on accident lol

[@owenmills3517]

The only gang that I actually get creeped out by, the fact that they surprise you when you set up camp or the fake pox encounter makes them smarter than the other gangs but they never want money. The entire concept reminds me of bone tomohawk, absolutely brilliant

[@owenmills3517]

Gore4ever FulciLives yes the night folk are similar as they don’t speak but the Murfree brood live in a cave where they chop up and maybe eat? Corpses

[@ruiira]

Wait till you hear about the Skinner gang

[@dallasclark5533]

Bone Tomahawk is such a good western.

[@dusk6159]

@@dallasclark5533 Indeed, I loved to hear it mentioned, it or its specific later sequence.

[@VincentSaan]

@@dallasclark5533 lol it was so bad especially the natives were ridiculous but to each his own i guess

[@worldburnerbreadman7886]

The fact that they have machetes and instakill you like the skinners, it makes you move slow and carefully because “hey I don’t wanna die brutally instantaneously” giving it a slow paced stealth

[@dragonfruit8830]

The one thing I find really horrifying is the fact that we don’t actually confront the source of the Murfree Brood, sure they live in the cave but that always felt like more of an outpost to me, no the Murfree have a nest, it’s just no one has ever seen it and lived to tell the tale, maybe it’s where the mother is.

[@xurious1089]

12:18 the lightning flash timed with the Murfree laugh is perfect

[@fadlanal-amsi9839]

Yep

[@echoecho4654]

u missed a few encounters with the Murfrees like when they rob a wagon and where they are in a wagon carrying two dead bodies and a live woman

[@luvcracc8579]

Played since December 2018 and I haven’t had that event yet

[@noblechief4023]

@@luvcracc8579 go near the annesburg trader during night time. If you camp there, the encounter with the murfrees pointing a gun at you is gonna enable, if you buy from the trader then leave, you will hear a woman scream in a wagon, which enables the encounter

[@echoecho4654]

@@luvcracc8579 which one?

[@lee1157]

i got the woman in a wagon one near saint denis which was strange to me because it was so close to the city

[@Plaguebearer7]

They also have a trap where you fall in a hole and get torched while they're all around you.

[@cousinbabu8911]

When the world needed him most, he returned.

[@Lolpy.]

What?

[@cousinbabu8911]

Pixelated Michael Jackson skunk

[@gerardwayseyelash]

@@cousinbabu8911 💀💀💀

[@catboots904]

Literally just started playing this game today and my first ever camp I set up had the murfree brood encounter. Caught me so off guard lmao. You best believe I got up the minute they turned around to give their brains the double action! “I can camp where I want to”

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Apparently we got lucky. Other people had them disappear almost immediately depending on the terrain.

[@ricardozamorarodriguez8285]

Great video. By the way, you missed one encounter where you find two murfrees carrying a wagon full of corpses. When you kill them you find out that in the wagon among the corpses there is a woman still alive. She's missing her eyes and her forehead is covered in blood. If you talk to her she just freaks out and runs away.

[@bushkingdom2371]

Jesus 😊

[@Crttyt67]

@@bushkingdom2371not even Jesus can help there

[@Gemosiku]

Damn thats crazy. Haven’t seen this encounter yet

[@pugachevskobra5636]

Dear God; I haven't encountered that scenario yet and I'm kinda glad I haven't.

[@samgardner4667]

I love going back and replaying the story. The depth of Arthur as a character is amazing. Is it make a hell of a movie

[@joshuastrickland5264]

I played the game and my wife watched all of the story scenes. She cried at the end of the game. She now gets to explain to people that videogames can be as compelling as movies.

[@garrettseibert2723]

Me: Riding to charlottes for the next interaction Murfree Brood: SoMeThInGS Up wE gOtTa ScRaM!

[@ShadowReborn03]

I'll let the law deal with you, you reprobates!

[@babboondaboss]

I was waiting for the next Charlotte interaction and made a camp to sleep, that’s when I found out about those guys that warn you in your camp, I also found out fire bottles are very effective on horses.

[@keknov5555]

babboondaboss I just blasted them with my sawed off shotgun. I brought their horses to my stable, gave them a horse care package, and sold them so they can be find a new owner

[@carlweaver9111]

The mission where you rescue that woman from the Murfree Brood cave honestly brought me to tears. The way she reacted to being saved was really disturbing. It implies she experienced terrible things while captured.

[@punkshotgun3421]

If they treat their horses that bad I hate to imagine what they do to the people let alone women

[@Emperoroleary]

@@punkshotgun3421 what do they do to horses

[@Emperoroleary]

@@punkshotgun3421 sadly the Murfree brood most likely raped her multiple times and tortured her, she won’t be the same

[@punkshotgun3421]

@@Emperoroleary the horses were malnourished and covered with scars and fresh wounds

[@sclap2092]

@@Emperoroleary She was, but thankfully you save her from that horrible place and get her back to safety. It only fueled my hatred for the Murfrees, knowing that they just treated her like some object for entertainment and pleasure.

[@Endgame707]

These guys make Micah Look like an angel

[@andrew75346]

Maybe Micah Should Have Joined The Murfree Brood Instead Of Joining Van Der Linde Gang

[@Scarlet_Officer]

@@andrew75346Would love to see how that would play out. 💀

[@mrphantom5803]

I am surprised that the trapper is able to survive with these harsh neighbors

[@theguyofalltime74]

trapper probably killed a few 😂

[@AbsoluteRatBastard]

@@theguyofalltime74The Murfrees know that the trapper will be making pelts out of them if they try to attack him

[@One_Proud_Papa]

They also have been known to light a wagon on fire and roll it down a hill to either hit you with or cut you off to ambush you. In the "sick man in a tent" ambush, they've also impersonated a screaming woman.

[@oneseagullflock]

I had that happen to me and my horse ran off, so I had to go through the forest at night while getting shot by hillbillies

[@esco5593]

They nearly killed me with the wagon literally right next to camp. That's what scares me most about the Murfrees; whereas other gangs wait for you on the road, the Murfrees already know where you're camped

[@samulivainionpaa9338]

@@esco5593 Seeing where somebody is camping ain't that hard, the smoke can be seen from far away. But yeah, they definitely know what's going around their area

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@@samulivainionpaa9338 exactly, looking for campfire smoke from a distance is how I hunt down rival gangs. And as you get closer a fire really stands out at night, even in thick forest.

[@aidenuveges3772]

The Murfree brood kinda reminded me of the mutated hillbillys from that one dlc in fallout 3

[@wallacejenkins4747]

You're referring to point lookout

[@Despondencymusic]

Indeed

[@enclavesoldier1112]

Yea

[@marcowulliampopirers2216]

you mean the swamp folk from point lookout?

[@andrewshepherd1537]

Ah yes, the murderers of brain cells, killers of IQs, the Swamp People. Case study in why Bethesda...why

[@caliban666]

Murfree Broods fascinated me. So much that i ordered a book called `off season` by Jack Ketchum which is also based on the legend of Sawney Bean (which again holds a lot of similarities to these broods, as some have already commented). PS The hills have eyes are also inspired by Sawney Bean, so if you have finished the game and miss the broods, these might cure for some of the "loss"

[@curlybill3666]

They also had similarities to the Wild West serial killer Boone Helm

[@luizfernandodonascimento3413]

That Arthur's and Charles' exchange sets the tone just right. Your videos make the game even better and more complete. Thanks!

[@Al-ou3so]

The depth and intensity to RDR2 is amazing. No matter where you are in the map, the creepy ambience always has you on the edge of your seat.

[@Scarlet_Officer]

Its definitely a horror game if you think about it.

[@dombird7053]

Fizhy: “Obi-Wan Kenobi would be proud”. Me : *smashes subscribe button*

[@gogostation9]

I am proud, youngling

[@Livinghopefulandhonest]

No your john marston, GET OFF WITCH

[@user-wh8mb7tm2g]

I remember the first time meeting these fine folks, truly frightening "Yall knew these is murfree hills"

[@floo1465]

They set up a trap for me, they dug a hole, covered it, and I fell in.

[@oneseagullflock]

They threw a flaming wagon at me. I guess that was a warm welcome?

[@samulivainionpaa9338]

@@oneseagullflock My first encounter outside mission was the burning wagon as well. However my horse was doing the average horse things and was refusing to keep running so i was miles away from it and just cleared the Neanderthals

[@BiggestHater754]

I met them when I was camping near their territory what an experience

[@Mwothyman]

12:28 The murfree with the gun pointed at us looks like the ice age baby's dad

[@Jc-587]

Half neanderthal like he hasn’t fully evolved yet 😂😂😂

[@MagnusTonitrum117]

亀 JC 亀 well, if you want to be technical, humans and Neanderthals did interbreed (hell it was part of the reason they went extinct, slowly being absorbed into our gene pool) so maybe he just has a high percentage of Neanderthal DNA still in him or he’s just hideously inbred (more likely lol)

[@Aisatsana1971]

@@MagnusTonitrum117 another cool little fact, a lot of northern europeans have a high percentage of neanderthal DNA...I find that actually really funny and ironic when the term “neanderthal” is thrown around to mean “idiot”- northern European countries have produced some of the most intelligent people in the world, and generally have a great quality of life per person.

[@MagnusTonitrum117]

@@Aisatsana1971 yee

[@Kim-dl2uk]

The ice age man

[@-Beidou-]

That hug Arthur gives that girl. 🥺 I've never noticed it but he pulls her in and gives her such a sweet little pat on the back. 🥺❤️ He's so sweet. 😢❤️

[@brinkgats5938]

You know they are dangerous when Arthur asked Charles to ride with him and Charles says that it’s Murfee country and Arthur says “that’s why I am asking you to ride with me”. It just shows how scared the characters are of the murfee brood

[@phrostedflakes8307]

I actually encountered them way before “That’s Murfree Country”. I was held at gunpoint by 2 of them while fast traveling. But I was on camp after I finished the Jim Boy Calloway

[@doctorjesus7207]

I love how when Charles picks up his guns and Arthur says he’ll need him because it Murphy country, Charles switches his gun for a shotgun already knowing of how brutal they are

[@Thaumic89]

territorial,trouble-causing mofos 😡😠🤬👿.

[@akillerpacman1709]

There’s also an encounter where the MB are dumping bodies from a boat into the Elysian Pool after they loot them. You see it pro tip shoot the lantern on the boat,watch what happens.

[@thewhompingwampa2671]

I threw a stick of dynamite into the boat. It was amazing.

[@quartermaster2809]

I just killed them off, then I just started playing around with dragging the MB gang member bodies through mud because it was so satisfying seeing mud deform smoothly in a videogame. Later I checked everyone for loot, and for some reason I got negative honor for looting a dead man, like seriously what's he gonna do with that money, better for someone to have it than to be kept in the rotting body forever. In the end I ended it with a glorious burning boat in waterfall burial. I'm loving this game

[@atlantahawks98]

karen going thru whatever the murfrees’ had in mind for her while she likely was suffering alcohol withdrawal sends chills down my spine

[@wolfhybrid1125]

i love how arthur just hugs the girl telling her hes not going to hurt her and hes gonna rescue the girl from the cave

[@FirefighterNeek]

Murfree Brood: Threatens Arthur HOW BOUT I CAMP WHERE I WANT TO

[@josephseed8791]

12:19 My goodness what an absolutely awesome scene. Like he's beginning to divulge his evil plan. Everything just looked so right

[@justsomeone1835]

40 hours....... I'm waiting out every second

[@lucabrazzi7112]

I love the attention to details at 4:21 when Charles Realise they heading to Murfree Brood country : he put down the colt and decide to take the shotgun wich is more powerfull…. During my first play it really came to my attention as they are bad people who scare charles too

[@stunseed8385]

19:12 that's the true power of the Chelonian faith

[@joshschneider3134]

The different look of the horses they owned was a great observation never picked up on it in the 24+ days ive played this game

[@strainedOS]

Cant wait, I should be asleep maybe actualy

[@claytonwalker3490]

Strained he’ll I woke up at 1

[@zanetlou1689]

*realises my online character is shirtless with overalls* im one of them now

[@agajillionareimsorich]

We have the same character

[@oneseagullflock]

Same here lol

[@yesbutnotreallyy3294]

And if you made your face terrifying and extremely ugly like me it has even more parallels

[@NDNauthorgirlie]

I love how that's the beginner outfit for the guys but the girls get the fully covered up outfit

[@enclavesoldier1112]

Ay Yo Joel why you die in TLOUP2?

[@IRUNASSULT]

After the legendary bear mission I picked up a woman that needed to be taken back to her home in Annesburg. Then as I’m riding back towards valentine I just so happened to stump upon their camp in the caves completely by chance.

[@tylero1689]

I’ve got the pox ambush by other people besides the Murfree brood. It was in the heartlands and the people were just normal bandits and the dialogue was exactly the same

[@joeswift13]

It really amazes me how the game has SO much detail and encounters that most people won’t even notice. It’s crazy

[@floo1465]

I just started my third playthrough, and I’m still experiencing new encounters that I’ve never seen before. For example, the O’Driscolls freeing their gang member in the stagecoach. I knew about that encounter from my first playthrough, but I had no idea you could turn the O’Driscoll in the wagon into the Valentine Sheriff’s Office.

[@wolfy9549]

Arthur’s smart enough to get the most fearless badass in the gang to accompany him on a mission to take on such a horror lol, Charles would be my first choice too

[@doomerius1300]

I'd take Uncle

[@johnnypickle2253]

​@@doomerius1300Pearson would provide more nutrients

[@maestrovon_r5108]

@@johnnypickle2253 That sounds like what his Smash Bros entry text would be. "Pearson Provides the Nutrients."

[@yarnshoes]

Rly appreciate you still doing these types of rdr2 videos. I recently got back into the game and been binging the entire playlist my man 👌

[@mateosalem4350]

18:40 Arthur & John: it's over Murfree, i have the high ground!!! Murfree: You underestimate our power!!!

[@chrisclee6693]

The artistic quality of your clan biographies are superb. I listen to them like a lore podcast and they're fantastic.

[@savageguineapig5857]

I found a bunch of Murfrees loading some dead bodies into a canoe in Elysian pool and I killed them all and then looted them and one of them has a bunch of ginseng so that was cool

[@LotiMcfloti]

My first encounter with them was when I saw two corpses on the map and I got curious so I went to the corpses and saw two of them eating one of the corpses and they ran immediately when they saw me and I made it rain bullets on their head and butchered the reinforcements.

[@brettgrzyb9822]

Oh good for a second I thought you weren't going to make a Obi Wan high ground joke

[@binguspreacher5567]

The Night folk also use the hung body ambush. Once I saw one walked up to it in FP. I noticed a strange shadow in the corner of my screen. I turned around slowly and saw 3 night folk with machetes a couple inches away from me. I killed them all somehow, but that was the most terrifying encounter I’ve had with them.

[@forgotten453]

I love it when you do the mission where you go to Roanoke ridge with Charles And Arthur says to him “will you ride with me “ and Charles realises “always “ Dutch a simple line yet so impactful 🥺

[@universalbigman9185]

Amazing video yet again, Ethan. That intro was so eerie yet intriguing at the same time, and the rest is just as epic and interesting. Good job👏🏻

[@dylan4342]

I was impressed with how dark this mission was and the ability to make it grounded to the story. Great game and great side enemies.

[@kingcyclops4079]

"Enough talking let's kill them." Spoken like a true gentleman

[@jensibowable]

They’re almost exactly the Sawney Bean clan. Hiding in a cave and everything

[@jamesblyth4966]

Yep. All related too.

[@e_nglitched_wolf9880]

Gotta love having Charles along, honestly he seems the most human out of all the gang

[@Evzone1821]

13:24 Can we all appreciate how smooth that rescue was? Hats off to you, sir.

[@bustabongs4205]

Was nothing smooth about it

[@Evzone1821]

@@bustabongs4205 you’re not agreeing hard enough.

[@Billzbomyae7]

Great content I love it. Especially since this is the only game I've been playing since it's release. I can't get enough of this game. But your content made me put down the sticks and focus on all your documentaries 👌🏾.

[@falloutghoul1]

There's a reason Roanoke Ridge scared me more than the swamps of Lemoyne.

[@DeathxStrike18]

The shanty town in Roanoke is actually Murfree brood, if you interrupt two of them while they are looting a camp outside the town the town will actually become hostile and attack but quickly forget if you get far enough away. Though everyone there is marked as stranger comiting crimes there only upsets the town but will not get witnesses markers. Likely this gang is based off the Hill's Have Eyes as they tend to lay pit traps in the forest calling for help or pretending to be sick to get you to lower your guard.

[@Buster_Piles]

They are devious, stinky scum. Probably catamites too. Skin that smoke wagon whenever you smell their stench on the wind cowboy!

[@gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750]

*Encounters the Murfrees* *Switches to Incendiary ammo* "A little taste of where you're going, freaks"

[@MotoHikes]

Lady: "They're animals!" Arthur: "And i slaughtered them like animals! I hate them!"

[@poodles9031]

When I first played the game, I explored a lot. At horseshoe overlook I had always wondered what was beyond grizzlies east so I went past there and found beaver hollow while exploring Roanoke ridge. I killed every one one of em.

[@dillonc7955]

An almost 2 day long premiere? I can't tell if he loves us as subs or wants to torture us as subs. 😂

[@jalensantos7465]

Lol same

[@beveragebrit]

I'll take torture us for 500 Alex

[@DON_MA4]

thank you for presenting it so well. I can't get past the amount of work behind these videos.

[@abo_909]

brp that feeling when your horse automatically slows down in roanoke.......💀