How the Mormon Mafia Helped Build Las Vegas

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has a fascinating history. From its founding in the 1820s by Joseph Smith to the its modern-day prevalence in Utah, the religion continues to intrigue believers and skeptics alike. Aspects of Mormonism are shrouded in mystery to outsiders - but would you believe that there are rumored ties between the mob and the LDS church?
Before your imagination goes into overdrive, know that the Mormon church isn't rife with organized crime. True, there are bizarre tales of Mormons and Howard Hughes; the eccentric billionaire's business holdings were controlled by the so-called "Mormon Mafia." And then there's the religion's roots in Las Vegas...
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[@gmoney4980]

Woooo! Weird History gave us a Christmas gift! Merry Christmas!

[@brittneyjohnson5215]

Facts!! 💗🤟

[@josephwalden7544]

Now I'm curious what Sinatra's relationship with the Vegas Mormons during the 60s was like....

[@ayindestevens6152]

OMG SAME!!!

[@elpotopeludo]

Not true

[@aaronjess1608]

Ooooh mormon mafia soooo scary.. The Italian Catholic mafia would wipe mormons in a second if they had too

[@pat557]

Frank wouldn't waste time with them; he had the Real Italian mob

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

@@pat557 The Mob were mostly Jews, not Italianos

[@troyanthony6526]

This is the definition of Weird History 😂🤣

[@juliacarl584]

No, the definition of the hypocrisy of the Mormon church.

[@nicolepiechocki3118]

Yeah state history when you grow up in Nevada is always a wild time. Do I know calculus? No. Do I know the first casino in Las Vegas and why the Donner Party met their fate crossing the Sierra Nevadas? Yes. Yes I do.

[@marvin3242]

In fairness it’s be kinda weird if you knew calculus from your state history class

[@randallthomas5207]

Ah yes, but do you know hat happened to the lands the state was given control of at statehood? Hint unadvertised auction.

[@Happy-uy5wc]

I understand that most of the Donner Party were LDS too.

[@JC_wonderland]

A KZbin degree

[@WaysideWade]

We're Mormons. We don't gamble, but we'll invest in it.

[@privateemail9755]

hypocritical humans, pretend you have values then throw them out the window for monetary gain.

[@thugcheezer]

@private email same thing with weed 😂

[@ingridl3259]

Don't hate cuz you didn't think of it first. It's pretty brilliant and pragmatic. Mormons have invested very smart over the years, it's pretty impressive considering how they are often painted as "backwards".

[@leobowman8149]

@@ingridl3259 investing in things you deplore is hypocritical

[@WaysideWade]

@@ingridl3259 Invest in the world that you want to create. Capitalist ventures have a story to tell.

[@The105ODST]

Patrolling the Mojave makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@jeanbaptistevallee4500]

I`m in the Mojave, been here for 25 years. It`s 20 degrees f at the moment. We don`t need no stinking nuclear winter............

[@koba8475]

@@jeanbaptistevallee4500 It's a quote from a game bud, chill.

[@JuanSchwartz]

@@jeanbaptistevallee4500 dont lie to us! We passed the g.o.a.t. we arent complete idiots!

[@dzanc]

Almost

[@jagzin6147]

Almost

[@hamilcross]

as a vegas native it’s always so interesting to see the stereotypes about our city from the perception of tourists. it’s even more interesting to see their reaction when they see how involved mormons were/are in vegas. they’re usually aware of the mob’s history but the presence of mormons in vegas and the suburban areas near it is ridiculously high. i didn’t actually go to a school that wasn’t overwhelmingly predominantly white/mormon until i got to high school, and it was because it was a magnet school with kids from all over the valley and even some outside of the clark county school district. interesting dichotomy for sure, mormons funding sin city. fun video!

[@Christine-jz1qj]

Perry Thomas was the "silent" mover and shaker that changed Las Vegas.

[@mrsatangto]

It is because of the hypocrisy on display.

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

Mormons believe all non-mormons are subhumans to be exploited. It's the same believe that the Muslims and Jews have about other races and other religions. Mormons are mean, vicious cruel people who practice witchcraft and blood atonement. Blood atonement means they believe they need to kill non believers who live among them, or fellow mormons who committed grave sins. The federal gov won't let them murder people anymore, so they gang stalk the people they have religious based hatred against to drive them out of their communities. Mormons have the same "Mark of Cain" belief systems that the KKK had. The Masons have this same view. Is it any wonder the Mormons came from the Masons and are brothers to the KKK?

[@cwoodsofficial]

Happy holidays, Weird History!

[@stenbak88]

Merry Christmas Christopher

[@danny6714]

It’s rude to call people weird.

[@jessefink2745]

I initially misread that as the moron mafia. That would be hilarious

[@Xanderboof]

What’s the difference? 🥁

[@bohlalemogotsi6405]

Me too... Lol

[@janetarteaga4191]

The moron mafia is in Washington DC

[@katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364]

They have the Amish Mafia

[@SmEiF-]

I mean you are wrong but you ain't. Mafia members arw morons and mormons are a mafia just like most cults

[@alsnow1049]

🤣 damn the feet off the table bit got me 🤣

[@RJBurle]

I do remember in Casino, Joe Pesci's character refered to a bagman as that "Mormon F---."

[@nosuchthing8]

Yes me too. This explains a lot.

[@jpowell2603]

Lol🤣

[@stillmorereviews9114]

Me: having played Fallout: New Vegas “ahh yes yes of course of course”

[@paramagician]

Yep. Came here to say this

[@chrissibersky4617]

I play that game now! 😄

[@VegasKidMick]

It’s funny cuz I acutely live in Vegas my whole life and I was never taught this on school 😂😂😂

[@jiukumite]

@@chrissibersky4617 It's SUPER fun!!! Enjoy! Merry Xmas!!! 😁

[@elic1356]

@@jaderunes There is a mormon character in the game. I'm not going to spoil it, but download the "Honest Hearts" DLC.

[@pamelamays4186]

Seems like the Mobsters and Mormons had a "gentlemen's agreement." I'm sure the Mobsters made very generous donations to LDS. To quote a lyric from Hamilton: "Hate the sin, love the sinner."

[@itrthho]

All they needed was to pay their loans...which they did.

[@mikeswapp6538]

I’m sure you are full of crap

[@lindamaemullins5151]

Yep 🥴

[@laurenno8674]

Dude the Mormon church paid odd tons of people. They still pay off politicans today. If they don't like laws or whatever (say the one that said gay folks can legally marry) they fund/blackmail whoever they need to to stop it. The Mormon church is nothing but a bunch of child molesters and money grubbers like the Catholic church.

[@aaronjess1608]

You mormon idiots need to realize that if you think you are cool that there are mormons in mafia just remember, the Italian Catholic Mafia would wipe mormons out in a second if they had too

[@unclegoose3864]

Howard Hughes and Las Vegas? This sounds familiar. For some odd reason, my spurs want to jingle jangle jingle.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Merry Christmas 🌲🎄☃️ and happy holidays ❤️. This TITLE though 😝

[@jevinday]

Merry Christmas! I was raised Mormon in Arizona. It is very true that all of the states that surround Utah (Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, etc) have large populations of mormons because when they got to Salt Lake Brigham Young sent some people to settle in the surrounding areas. I had heard about Mormons having something to do with the casinos in Vegas, but didn't know any specifics until this video. Thanks for sharing! Mormons dont talk about their history unless it makes them look flawlessly perfect, so they obviously don't talk about this hahaha

[@farmgirl5931]

I am still a member of the church and very active, I have to dissagtee about the points on history. I am very aware of the flaws of human nature and the consequences of those weaknesses and ills. Hopefully the focus becomes and remains on the Savior in the individual lives of people, and not on the lives of people and their weaknesses. That alone will take a person from God.

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

Yeah I used to be. Go ask an elder about Joseph smith practicing polygamy and marrying other missionary’s wives. You’ll get the reverse of the truth. “Oh no. That’s the reorganized church.”

[@frankfinnsweenryan]

Not exactly true, a lot of Mormons don't know about their history.

[@Corinthians--vi4cn]

@@frankfinnsweenryan Mormonism is a complete hoax, and I know because I was a 5th generation mormon: read.cesletter.org

[@sooobyrooo5763]

👽👽💗👍💗👽👽

[@7389ma]

You asked who built Las Vegas I think both the the Mormon’s and the Mafia

[@Rickswars]

The common people who lost money while vacationing in Vegas lost most of the $$$.that built the great city.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@Rickswars ah but they didn't build it. They merely produced it. You wouldn't say Walt Disney directed the black hole would you?

[@shawnmcfarland9402]

As a Latter-day Saint living in Las Vegas, I enjoyed the video. One small point, though. Joseph Smith was murdered in Carthage, Illinois, not Chicago.

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

A Roman-Catholic Nerd to a Latter-Day Saint's Nerd, MOST DUMMIES out there including the entertaining individuals who created this video will always make the mistake of deferring to the Largest Big City or Metropolitan Area............There's been so many times Stockton, CA despite being 300,000 People will get referred to as Sacramento or one of the Bay Area Suburbs, say like San Mateo or Vallejo will get very freaking wrongly referred to as San Francisco..............."There's a lot of Dummies Out There" ( To Quote Don Rickles ). They're not smart guy's like you and me !

[@coachmark347]

Makes me question everything on the video when they can’t don’t know the difference between Carthage, a town sitting a few miles east of the Mississippi River nearer Iowa, than Chicago, which is on the Wisconsin/Indiana borders on Lake Michigan.

[@karenstrong8546]

Google how Mitt Romney made his money .. casinos and tobacco . Hypocrisy it’s everywhere, the world has so many hidden secrets which through research through the internet can be exposed

[@karenstrong8546]

Google.. Mitt Romney and how he made millions through tobacco and casinos .. an absolute hypocrite

[@soarhighyandow9109]

@@karenstrong8546 because you can believe everything you read on the internet👍🤦‍♀️

[@selfiekroos1777]

Better believe they were gangsters, they got an entire state!

[@alexisc6136]

Merry Christmas, been loving your channel this year

[@biiianciii888]

Every single word in the title was like a punch in the face. It just kept on building and building

[@jurgen-fritz]

“The first rule about Mormon history is... You don’t talk about Mormon history”

[@jurgen-fritz]

@Aaron J it was to make a statement regarding this twisted cults sick demented past. Meaning that according to them that they are pure and want those to ‘forget’ the factual past. And what a POS they were & really still are

[@amymichelle1916]

If you know the past, you'll get out of the church...lol

[@mgtowp.l.7756]

Mormons Must Be Very ASHAMED Of The History Not To Talk About It..

[@benawesomebw1197]

@@amymichelle1916 And join the Catholic Church, or maybe that’s just me.

[@amymichelle1916]

@@benawesomebw1197 I left Mormonism along time ago and was baptized an Orthodox Christian 😊

[@saltyhistorian2261]

I'm a Latter Day Saints myself and I thank you guys for making this video and being respectful. Thanks you

[@aaronjess1608]

Dude, saying you're mormon is nothing to brag about, plus the mormons in mafia is a joke, if it ever came down to it the Catholic Italian mafia would wipe mormon mafia out in a second

[@nicholethechronichousewife480]

@@aaronjess1608 awww poor you! Do you need a hug? Go find mommy and tell her you desperately need a mom hug cause all of your meanies are showing! And then take a nap cause you definitely need some beauty sleep! You have all kinds of uglies coming out of your mouth! Beauty sleep will fix that right up! Ok now, you have a blessed day!

[@saltyhistorian2261]

@@nicholethechronichousewife480 Thanks my friend

[@SupaTang]

I have been enjoying your channel!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

[@stenbak88]

Merry Christmas weird history and as always thank you 🙏

[@thomasparke3175]

Just because some members of the church supported gambling, doesn't mean the church did. This is a very bigoted way to think.

[@michaelfisher7170]

The church compromises its squeaky clean image playing a neutral stance. But its not neutral is it? The church makes tremendous investments. But do the membership, who's ten percent tithing provides the capital for those investments, ever see a report on how the "stock" is doing? Nope. We're told "dont' question the Lord's annointed." The church has build a beautifully, cynically crafted money generating machine. A successful investment firm that neither pays taxes or has to do something so inconvenient as to provide transparency or accountability. Its a capitalist firm wearing a religious mask.

[@michaelfisher7170]

@ron Gordon Never once in my life in the church heard or was offered a general expenditure/investment scheme or report of the church. Every chapel should have in its library one or more comprehensive reports, compiled annually of ALL church owned enterprises, businesses, real estate, investments, and their EXACT worth. That should include the general authorities salaries, living allowances, and travel expenditures.

[@michaelfisher7170]

@ron Gordon will do. Thank you.

[@BarnabyBaltimoron]

Joseph was killed in Carthage, not Chicago. Very interesting, though!

[@triggeredcat120]

This channel definitely living up tp its name with this video.

[@martinandersen9810]

Perry Thomas was not an active Latter-day Saint, but his upbringing influenced him to have a tremendous impact on the area. He pushed out the mob, and brought in corporate ownership. He was willing to take a chance on loaning money to casinos so the mob lost control of them. Other LDS have influenced the roads, the water, the schools, and family life there.

[@Floof_Factory]

Idaho and Utah are both mormon strongholds today

[@CoCojoy420]

California has more Mormons in the state, more than Utah,believe me dat

[@Floof_Factory]

@@CoCojoy420 yeah but they dont have control over the majority of the state like the more liberal folk

[@CoCojoy420]

@@Floof_Factory Tru dat,I remember when utah Mormons and California put heat on prop 8 to much powert6

[@carterround4600]

Along with Hawaii

[@ghintz2156]

No wonder Idaho had such a bad COVID outbreak.

[@TheJackieoh25]

Vegas resident here. Thanks for this. Love the history of this place❤

[@NewMessage]

And this is why we always bet on Weird History. Have yourselves a Merry Christmas, WH folks! Y'all made this year *much* easier to get through.

[@HeyLady2319]

As someone who grew up in Carthage, IL I'm pretty peeved that my favorite KZbin channel got Joseph Smith's place of murder mixed up with Chicago. The jailhouse he was killed in still stands and is open to the public. Nauvoo, IL where the big temple was built is only 30 min north of Carthage.

[@tigerlilysoma588]

@@HeyLady2319 probably because they’re religious zealots

[@mjohnsongreen]

I agree that it’s sad they got that fact wrong. Makes you question every other fact in this video.

[@dawnclabaugh3598]

I was surprised by that, too. Grew up in Peoria and my family took a field trip to Nauvoo when I was a kid.

[@ernestomateo1531]

I think what I love most about weird history is that their titles are the most accurate click baits ever

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Howard Hughes only hired return missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints because of the reasons that were mentioned, but also, he said in a interview that they were the only ones he could trust.

[@jurgen-fritz]

Yeah and how did that work out for him

[@johneasler9967]

Most mormons are crooks

[@darenferrell]

@@johneasler9967 Care to cite any evidence to back that claim?

[@juliacarl584]

@@jurgen-fritz They killed him and got a huge chunk of his money.

[@AliciaNyblade]

"Hello! My name is Elder Bill! I would like to offer you something you just can't refuse!"

[@openyoursheeple748]

Going hard even on Christmas I respect it sir love your vids bud

[@colinakersakers44]

Good video, happy holidays everyone

[@WaysideWade]

What a bunch of Holy Rollers...🧐🤑

[@WaysideWade]

@@76_Red_Pills I was completely ready to edit and/or delete my statement until I read half way through what you posted. It stands...

[@motherfreedom5979]

@@76_Red_Pills I just moved from Vegas after being born and raised for 31 years. Good on your dad. We need more kids like you. You north, Henderson, green valley, etc? I was everywhere lol. Mainly east side

[@missmars6390]

Me, having played Fallout New Vegas and not realizing how much actual history went into the game lore: OH!! OH MY-??

[@2584024]

It's a slightly bizarro version, but the overall historical path is still there.

[@deslimes2579]

Consider doing a video on old Seattle- the evolution of The Crapper, the great fire in Pioneer Square, raising the streets and the subsequent underground, and the brothels... Err I mean seamstresses! Definitely some weird history there.

[@jalpat2272]

its not like America wasnt erected by religious zealots and tax evaders.

[@dailystoic1893]

😅great upload!

[@danielle78730]

AWESOME video! thank you for this…and especially for releasing it today~!

[@chibicthulhu4382]

I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that Mr House was based off of Howard Hughs

[@craigslistrro709]

Ah yes, those wholesome Mormons..When it comes to family, they don't discriminate between relatives and a crime family.

[@Steel_]

How ironic, a holy group funding what will come to be known as sin city.

[@jerryshunk7152]

Anyone can call themselves Christian! ANYONE ! /// For just a LITTLE while longer !!!

[@timothygibney5656]

They worship the orange sinning periah Trump and call religious Biden a Demoncrat so why not?

[@lauraowen8142]

They are a cult, like scientology.

[@mikitz]

Ever heard of a self-proclaimed holy group that wasn't hypocritical?

[@JaelaOrdo]

@@timothygibney5656 Biden can call himself religious, doesn’t mean he actually lives according to religious values

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! What a unique (and surprising) history!

[@Shazistic]

Life is 10% what happens to us & 90% how we react to it -Shazistic

[@kkcake5771]

Merry Christmas

[@livingdeadgirla]

That definitely tears the rag off the bush 🌻💚

[@joantaylor1271]

I’ve lived in several large cities but I’ve been in Las Vegas for 30 years now and I think this is where I will stay ! This article doesn’t even begin to touch on the WEIRD of this town! It’s a place that either grows on you or you can’t wait to leave AND that has NOTHING to do with the gambling!

[@whatwouldgordonramsaydo]

Great video

[@sooobyrooo5763]

I love Las Vegas. Definitely a weird history and a nice place to live. Brothels on one side and LDS temple on the other.

[@ringo1692]

I haven't made it to Vegas yet but I was in Salt Lake for the Olympics and I've seen a couple temples and I have to say that they are some of the best modern stonework I've ever seen!!!

[@tieiatalks]

I love it here, too. My husband is a retired fighter pilot and this was our last assignment. We’d planned to retire in Texas, but we stayed and we love it.

[@starmc26]

Literally NO.. you're not even close.

[@sooobyrooo5763]

@@starmc26 uh... I am right there. LoL.

[@starmc26]

@@sooobyrooo5763 I've lived in Vegas for 20 years now.... You're wrong.

[@bgt2848]

… I still just can’t get past the words Mormon mafia…

[@Happy-uy5wc]

Regarding, Mormons They aren't who you think they are. They run their church like a business. Who knows what kinda of hypnosis goes on in their Temples or Casinos?

[@benawesomebw1197]

@Aaron J “Catholic Mafia” do you just mean the Italian Mafia? Lol.

[@akuabaryeh5181]

I’m glad this popped up on my recommendations. I live in Vegas this is some of the craziest stuff I ever heard

[@matthewkeller8296]

I'd love to see a history of Boston video, there has been so much through its history and would be very interesting

[@ikwhite]

Hi. Im a direct descendant of one of those first men called by Brigham Young to be missionaries to the Native Americans in Las Vegas. Our family has copies of his journals and first hand accounts. The main purpose was to convert Native Americans, second was the outposts. My descendant died in 1862 and its true that he recorded it being very difficult to survive there. Ended up settling back in Southern Utah. My personal opinion is that Mormons laid some groundwork so people could live there., but Mobsters build what it is today with a couple Mormons along the way happen to live there and were trying to make some money in real estate.

[@juliacarl584]

Dream on.

[@Down_the_Wind]

Hey Weird History, you guys should do a video on Amish drug dealers. They do exist. See what you guys can scrounge up!

[@kyriljordanov2086]

Most of them are folks raised Amish who either left before joining the church as young adults or maybe left latter in life. A few are active Amish. I lived for a time in eastern Pennsylvania and most of those guys weren't actually Amish, but just raised in Amish communities. They have to formally join at adulthood and if they choose not to then they're not Amish. But yeah, they do exist. I've heard of an active Amish community in Mexico working with the cartels.

[@Down_the_Wind]

@Bella Bella Been plenty of shows about lots of the same subjects. Doesn’t mean that people should stop making them.

[@GodofWarChuka]

Really? I thought they just went to Church, farmed, and did woodworking, etc. and no electricity, or very little?

[@mudskipper0075]

@@GodofWarChuka nothing it what it seems…even Amish….

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

You could write a screenplay on this topic. M&M Nevada - The Real Story. Cool stuff. All the best for you in 2021!

[@michaelhowell2326]

I'd love to see an episode on the Dalia Lama and the Potola Palace and the Papacy and the Vatican.

[@evanhutchison8453]

As a mormon who lives in Vegas, I am happy that you published this video. It’s a very *proud* story that many of the old people like to tell, about how the Mormon Mafia basically ruled Vegas financially for a time. It’s a thing that we’re meant to be proud of. Now if you ask , most of the financial control we had over las vegas is gone, but there are many and I mean MANY Mormon lawyers. So take that for what you will :)

[@joermnyc]

Las Vegas means “the meadow” in Spanish... yeah... no meadows there now. Edit: Hughes eventually moved out of the Desert Inn... he had taken over the entire top floor, secretly installed an express elevator from outside to that floor (that was problematic during the demolition of that resort as it wasn’t on the blueprints!), and apparently never opened any of the drapes as the window facing side of them were bleached white by the sun.

[@mrsulaiman19]

I almost took my feet off the table, then I realized I dont have to. Lol

[@docsavetheworld]

really interesting story!! thanks

[@p4polecatpremiumpodcastspr288]

I don’t think Harry Reid would be considered particularly conservative at this point in history.

[@nickmoser7785]

Harry Reid doesn't really have any political leanings he's just a corrupt official who's willimg to do anything for a dollar and/or power. As for political labels themselves I'm not too big of a fan because things are constantly moving so it's unless it's possible to have an accurate label. What was considered very liberal 30 years ago is now considered conservative. In fact the GOP are j basically just Democrats 2012

[@motherfreedom5979]

Yeah I've lived their for 31 years and I can tell you not only is he not conservative but lick-a-sack and 90% of them are not lol.

[@communist_microwave2665]

Please do the iriquois conference

[@kennethos8089]

Great video! Minor spelling nitpick: the word is “severed” (ie, like cutting off the head), not “severved.”

[@dkttu]

Came to here to make this comment

[@waltissussybakka]

Later on he had an idea to build a city out of a desert stop-over for GI's on the way to the West Coast. That kid's name was Moe Greene, and the city he invented was Las Vegas. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. And there isn't even a plaque, or a signpost or a statue of him in that town!

[@xxitsherbertxx4659]

U sound like the American announcer in bfV (good thing btw)

[@tezlaactual6582]

Ironically the saints also played a key role in the city of portland

[@itrthho]

Tell us more..

[@nina1891]

9:49 is the temple that i just went to today to look at their christmas lights omg :DDDDDDDDD

[@colefreer]

as someone who grew up mormon in las vegas it was interesting to see an outside take on a topic i an all too familiar with

[@RussellGreerOfficial]

I'm a Mormon and I live in Las Vegas and I'm watching this video. :D

[@Kaputnik11]

I'm an ex Mormon watching this in wyoming lmao

[@Trd2020]

And?

[@epramos6800]

If Howard Hughes wasnt wealthy, he'd be called crazy not eccentric...

[@solidgaming1103]

As a vegas native. I appreciate the photo with Danny Gans. Haha

[@petrichorweather350]

I live in las vegas; something i noticed is there arent too many articles or documents of las vegas's past. Its weird but this was intresting

[@shannonhunt7966]

This is the first time I've ever heard of the Mormon Mafia. It explains alot about some things.

[@darenferrell]

Ha ha, interesting that there wasn't a single piece of evidence put forth to suggest that Mormons were engaging in crime of any kind.

[@BeyondOurSolarSystem]

Look up Mormon Blood Atonement. That will explain a lot more

[@jamesmoss3424]

I used to lived in Las Vegas it's a big city. 😀👍

[@motherfreedom5979]

Same, just moved from there. When I tell people Vegas isn't just the strip they are so fascinated lol. I've had some people ask if I was a hooker, if we all lived in casinos then was amazed we had homes, asked if I knew Celine dion and other weird ones but it's 11:30pm right now and I'm way passed my bedtime lol. Definitely miss home though

[@JoseRodriguez-je9vr]

Good video

[@DesertAnon1295]

Anybody know the music from the introduction? I recognize it from Jean de florettes but I still don’t know the name

[@ogjk]

Joseph Smith passed away at the feet of a mob in Carthage Illinois, on the other side of the state over 100 miles away please amend this video its inacuarate.

[@Kaputnik11]

I'm sure this minor error can be overlooked

[@amandaarcher7919]

6:00 of course he was known as bill who wouldn't with that name 😂

[@nosuchthing8]

Are you implying his name was gay? Just kidding. First, I dont care. Second, I dont think there was the typical connotation to that name back then.

[@clockwinder1149]

Brilliant, fascinating vid. #WeirdHistory people, you asked, so I want to know the weird history of Cabo San Lucas. There are a couple of things that are definitely not on the books, as it were. Whatcha got?

[@persebunny]

Thomas really said “I’m an accountant“

[@danaripley1200]

Suddenly Fallout: New Vegas is starting to make a lot of sense with historical accuracy.

[@pulsarlaserquasar]

I've never clicked faster. Merry Christmas!

[@trentonbates3114]

0:47 i litterally took my feet off a table

[@brendakrieger7000]

Merry Christmas🎄

[@jtbg2012]

2:50 that fort is dope because after you spend a while exploring it in the hot sun, you can go across the street to th 7/11 and get slurpees. 10/10 true vegas experience

[@motherfreedom5979]

I definitely know this spot lol. I lived there for 31 years. Definitely love a slurpee on a hot summer day. Where we moved to has no 7-11s and it sucks. I honestly didn't even realize it until I read your comment! Now I'm sad 😥 we now live in a town of 3000 people! HUGE culture shock for me lol

[@isforshooting]

What? No mention of Jack Mormons?

[@kflo8634]

Can you do an episode of Portland, ME vs Portland, OR? In ME, we hate that everything is vaguely referenced to OR.

[@username60671]

The old mormon fort from fallout makes more sense on why it's there after watching this. Never got to see it when I went to Vegas.

[@josephwalden7544]

Savannah, Georgia, please!

[@willhuey4891]

savannah is also known for its ghosts other than its history.

[@SuperRedux]

Moe Greene invented Las Vegas. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. And there isn't even a plaque, or a signpost or a statue of him in that town!

[@calvinmcbride8562]

He was always slapping Fredo arround for banging cocktail waitresses 2 at a time..

[@702Faithful]

My friends in our neighborhood back in the late 70s and 80s were Mormon but I had no idea how there were so many more here until I got older. The Mormon Temple on the east side of town is huge.

[@TNTN1977]

Good one

[@cowboy87smith3]

A video on the following: History of New Orlands and why it always floods, Los Angeles and its history with Hollywood, the oldest city in the United State City St. Augustine, Florida, the city of Honolulu, Hawaii how people live there being 2,558 mi from the continental United States, Anchorage, Alaska how do they survive winter and the history of the Alaska highway.

[@psilocybinx8596]

Born Alaskan here. We have two seasons: mosquitos, and snow. Snow. We live and breathe the stuff. 6 feet on a Monday? Better be quick, or you'll be late for work. Moose on the street? Just stop. It's his road now. Did a bear take your trashcan? Oh shit, not again! Heater broke during a blizzard? Better call the morgue.

[@graysonhill1366]

New Orleans floods often because the city is close to sea level in some areas, and even below it in others.

[@brettcooper3893]

Brandon Flowers of The Killers is one of those Las Vegas Mormon boys.

[@metalfan6666]

You need to do a video on summaria people and gods. They were very inspirational for many bands, necronicon, good book.

[@JjMmGg35]

I always wondered why Utah had such a large Mormon population, and I did not know about Vegas. Interesting how they ended up there.... so much for religious freedom