John Wesley Hardin: The Deadliest Outlaw of the Wild West

[@ethanramos4441]

“A bullet to the front of the head demonstrates good marksmanship. A bullet to the back of the head demonstrates good judgement” John Wesley Hardin

[@idonotrecall8606]

Do u really feel cooler for all that hatin

[@ethanramos4441]

@LazerDog Laz I don’t done for coolness I do for history and what these people said in their lifetime. You call that an insult it pathetic you more like a teenager who hasn’t left high school grow up your an adult be one

[@MartinsGarage97]

@LazerDog Laz why so mean? I honestly don't understand. Not glorifying his crimes at all, just wondering why this made you so upset.

[@stephendanley1858]

@LazerDog Laz Thanks, Karen.

[@danielled8665]

@@MartinsGarage97 some people get naturally offended by anything that the deem “pretentious” though often that just means “intelligent” or “thoughtful”

[@gravenightghoul]

Hardin's Wild Bill story is basically the first account of a "then everyone clapped" post.

[@fuckoffgoogle1657]

Tbf pretty much all of wild bills stories were “and then everyone clapped” tier as well. Lol.

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

Lol.

[@bretthess6376]

"Only 25 men..." Was he an outlaw or a serial killer? The point could be made. Either way, he killed a boatload of men. Not a safe guy to be around.

[@tylerstanley578]

I don't really think anybody in the old west was really all that safe to be around

[@southron2279]

Safe if you were southern

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

He wasn't as dangerous as you think. He was only getting rid of people who snore and other things society just can't handle.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Most people who get shot deserve it. He was only doing society a favor.

[@hilarywithonel5412]

My husband is related to him; I just came across this video so thought I'd check it out. I didn't realize he was "famous" but my hubby shares passed-down stories sometimes. For what it's worth his family apparently considered him more of a very mean dude than what we'd normally think of as a serial killer nowadays. He's told me the story about "Uncle John" shooting a man for snoring too loud and says it was told in the family. Not sure that makes it any more likely to be true, but figured I'd share.

[@shelltowee8629]

I know this was a rough era, but damn 15yo kills 3 soldiers and burys there bodys in the creek. He was a psychopath.

[@jakeroberts7435]

They were part of the State Police, the governor was a Yankee. Very corrupt, they were disbanded, the Rangers came back. The state police, a lot of them Sherman's scavengers, were out for revenge. Sheridan, the Union general of burning the Shenendoah valley fame, was in charge of District 13, Texas. Hardin called the soldiers he killed wooleyheads, he was known to be a tad bit racist. Against, blacks, Mescans, Indians, and anybody else that displeased him.

[@SomeMoreofit]

@@jakeroberts7435 Yeah yeah yeah he wasn't blk

[@jakeroberts7435]

@@SomeMoreofit We can assuredly say John Wesley Hardin was a white boy. And probably as racist as the State Police out for revenge. But that was over 100 years ago, we are supposed to learn from mistakes. supposed to

[@yankee2666]

@@jakeroberts7435 Do yourself and the immediate world a favor...shut up.

[@jakeroberts7435]

@@yankee2666 What is it, feelings?

[@miriamthompson905]

I'm from El Paso, Texas and his story is still taught in the local schools. He's still a legend.

[@johntapp1411]

Well I too am from El Paso-and my name is John Wesley Tapp. I did the reverse of killing. I saved about three souls and donated blood. And yes, I snored until I got a C-pap.

[@isaacg1114]

So a murderous confederate who thought slavery was the white mans right is a legend in Texas😂😂 ofc he is

[@miriamthompson905]

His story isn't played down. I know what he was but the reason he's a legend is because El Paso used to be part of the wild West and it was lawless. Believe me, there's people fascinated with the Old West history.

[@mustbemeech]

That’s sick.. not I’m the cool way either lol

[@isaacg1114]

@tony john I was never planning on going😂

[@hanzzarkov7690]

Why do i so enjoy a serious and professional delivery of the line, "... the two saloon keepers hated Wild Bill's guts."

[@biblebears4392]

Biographics is fantastic for exploring characters about which many of us have never heard or know little about. Keep up the great work!

[@everythingeverywhere-r1c]

biographics is great if you dont want to read the wikipedia page but would rather have a british guy read it to you.

[@MorrowindES17]

Dutch we should recruit this guy !

[@rockgod6180]

We just need more money and faith

[@batticusmanacleas510]

We need to stay STRONG.

[@Basedapple]

Dutch: I HaVE A PLaN.

[@eddieguererro46]

Tahiti

[@end0skeleton404]

Van Der Linde ain't gonna want this guy. Too much trouble.

[@evinchester7820]

My ancestor, Jesse Turner Evans, was the first man Hardin ever saw killed. This happened in Sumpter Texas. Hardin even wrote about it in his autobiography. Evans throat was slit in a confrontation. Evans started it and the other man finished it.

[@bane8305]

cap

[@lukepak1224]

@falloutboskid Who is John?

[@terrymurphy4401]

@haloodst4800 we are related some how my grandmother was a hardin

[@davisgibson1197]

I’m related to Hardin 6 generations back

[@davisgibson1197]

@falloutboskid related to him as well last name is Gibson his dads middle name was Gibson

[@markadams7597]

Great vid Simon. Ty. When my fellow Texans and I chat about outlaws we always conclude that Hardin was a true socio-path (like Bonny, the Youngers, and the Jameses). Your Old West Outlaw bio-graphics are truly inspirational!

[@southron2279]

Hardin and the James younger gang were southern patriots, and the Civil War made them what they were same with the Hatfield and Mccoy families. Bonnie and Clyde can't say though I have heard the woman manipulated the man into doing what he did.

[@davidgreen3423]

James Hardin kills Tom Brady sounds like an NBA Celebrity game headline

[@jonathanallard2128]

NBA?? Tom Brady plays in the NFL

[@jamescarden8693]

This comment is going to blow up sir. Nice one!!

[@adnault1288]

Jonathan Allard thats why he said celebrity game

[@jamellfoster6029]

Surely does. 2 athletes facing off.

[@jonathanallard2128]

@@adnault1288 kk Don't know what means.

[@steveo10861]

Jesus.....that look in his eyes is enough to convince me he did most of it.

[@jamellfoster6029]

Ikr... He looks EVIL!!!!!

[@zerkaslim4x690]

@George Lynch Dixon yep that'd be my ancestor, crazy to think a killer is one of my close relatives from the wild west😅

[@cunn9305]

a VERY quick man on the draw .. maybe the quickest ever ... and a crack shot .. to survive all those 1 on 1 conflicts in such times took skill and nerves of steel

[@yankee2666]

@@cunn9305 He shot most of them in the back. There was no such thing as a 'quick draw'. You're watching too many movies.

[@danielblackburn1241]

@@yankee2666 he was very good with a gun . Yes he shot some in the back . He was a cold blooded killer . If you went back in time I'm sure you wouldn't say boo in front of him . Not a movie , he was a really good gunman and crazy too . Which made him deadly

[@UnicornstalkRGaming]

*"You yee'd your last haw."*

[@BalkanRedneck]

This guy sounds like an IRL version of Micah Bell.

[@Biographics]

"John [Wesley Hardin] made it... he's the only one who did..."

[@AlvosElRey]

@@Biographics I gave you all I had....

[@nicetry1324]

Chandler Rivera HE HAD A PLAN!!!!!

[@confusedabsurdist]

HAVE SOME FAITH

[@gusgrau3594]

Dio did nothing wrong U GOTSTA BELIEVE IN THE ME THAT BELIEVES IN YOU. Now close your eyes, reach for the sky and don’t you dare stop reaching till you can feel the sky in your hands. Once you feel it, grab onto it, each finger that clenches, you will achieve enlightenment, power, absolute empathy, wisdom, and as your pinky grasps on, absolute madness. Once you got ahold of it, pull it down! Down down down! And let it cleanse your heart and ease your soul! Now, take a hit of this wax! Ghost it! And join in.

[@wrestlehard226america8]

Man: *snores* John Wesley Hardin: Anyway I started blasting.

[@namedoesntmatter9330]

HAHA XD

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Early years 3:50 - Chapter 2 - On the run 7:40 - Chapter 3 - Hardin meets wild bill 12:20 - Chapter 4 - The snoring man 14:40 - Chapter 5 - The sutton taylor feud 16:45 - Chapter 6 - Prison , freedom & death

[@davyroger3773]

"John Wesley Harding was a friend to the poor, he traveled with a gun in every hand"

[@georgecoventry8441]

Yeah, Dylan changed the last name to "Harding", with a "g" on the end. I doubt that he intended the song to be an accurate biography of the actual John Wesley Hardin. Rather, he was simply writing a fairly typical "outlaw as Robin Hood helping the poor" type of song in the style of Woody Guthrie, and probably using it as a metaphor for his Dylan's own life in certain symbolic respects. It's a symbolic song about, not a literal story about the historical outlaw. Dylan has always loved "outlaw" songs, and has written several of them in his long career, probably seeing himself in the romantic "outlaw" role as someone who follows his own code, not society's code, someone who resists authority. His song closely resembles Woody Guthrie's well known song about Pretty Boy Floyd...not that it's a copy of the Guthrie song in either its music or its words...but it follows much the same theme and tells a very similar story, but only in 3 brief verses. The Guthrie song is considerably longer, having several more verses. Put succinctly, the "John Wesley Hardin" sung about in Dylan's song is not the historical outlaw John Wesley Harding at all. It's Bob Dylan himself, masquerading in the role of the outlaw.

[@1mattadams]

Different guy.

[@dabsanyone3752]

Maybe a friend to poor white people

[@danbuckholz9228]

James Hardin, Tom Brady, John Lackey? Didn’t know this many American Athletes were in the wild west

[@infamousmarkou4928]

I was looking for this comment 😂

[@aaropajari7058]

@@dansand5020 He's almost actually old enough.

[@cameronfielder4955]

I heard Simp Dixon would go to brothels and pay the working girls just to say hi to him.

[@georgecoventry8441]

Yep. He was known fer that. He also once had a 15 minute debate with a mule over who was "the stupid one", and the mule clearly won according to onlookers, so Simp shot him dead.

[@billbuyers8683]

fiddlestix

[@shinko-slink0u]

The original Simp of Simps

[@wyattqualiana4106]

@@billbuyers8683 evade CFC kids P I’ll lld Nip C BBC g

[@williamsanders2348]

I'd love as many wild west tales as you can muster, Simon. One of my favorite times in all of American history.

[@MikeEnforcer]

There's not much history to choose from 😂

[@gothicadanie]

This was really cool to watch. I just found out yesterday upon going through my great grandmother's things that John Wesley Hardin is related to me. And he's really not that distantly related to me and we still live in Texas. I just shared this with my mom as we are both super interested in learning more as my great grandmother was not proud of this part of our family.

[@immiks9699]

Hey I think we’re related

[@alan30189]

Don’t shoot anybody, Janae! 😳😉

[@MrPopeye776]

That’s Awesome my cousins are Hardin,s. They are from west Texas. They are my third cousins. Wes harding was there grandpa way back

[@orangeboom8760]

Bro I’m also related to him but I’m from Pennsylvania

[@theweirdo6415]

Hey were probably related then

[@gungriffen]

Still hoping for a bio of Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. He was wounded 17 times during his life and left for dead four times. He is credited with having killed between 53 and 70 people. He also hunted down and killed Bonnie and Clyde Maybe a video on the Texas Rangers in general. They started off more of a military force to protect the Texas Border and fight the Indian Wars that also acted as Law Enforcement made up of soldiers and gun fighters. Also, they left out here the law enforcement that caught Hardin in Florida was Texas Rangers. They bordered a train he was on and Hardin attempted to draw his revolver but the Ranger was faster and cracked him in the head with his pistol knocking him unconscious. "On August 24, 1877, Rangers and local authorities confronted Hardin on a train in Pensacola, Florida. He attempted to draw a .44 Colt cap-and-ball pistol but it got caught up in his suspenders. The officers knocked Hardin unconscious. They arrested two of his companions and Ranger John B. Armstrong killed a third, a man named Mann, who had a pistol in his hand. Hardin claimed that he was captured while smoking his pipe and Duncan only found Hardin's pistol under his shirt after his arrest."

[@johndilday1846]

Gungriffen I have heard that Frank Hamer was as good as Hardin was bad. He was said to have rescued men from lynching, never bragging about his exploits, and serving the citizens of Texas faithfully. I would love to see a movie about what is known of his career.

[@johnnytrigger5512]

@@johndilday1846 i would also, I love Frank Hamer. Good film The Highwaymen if you havent already seen in netflix 👍

[@johndilday1846]

Johnny Trigger I have seen it, I thought it was quite good. I read a book out of my college library about him. It was an amazing story, all the more because he had refused to discuss many of his exploits because he thought it in poor taste to talk about his shooting outlaws in the line of duty. A very humble and God fearing man. Have a great day.

[@johnnytrigger5512]

@@johndilday1846 i will have to see what books can be found, i would like to find out more about him. He surely was, but also a man you wouldnt want to mess with. I think that says alot about men of his time with the not boasting about lives he had took etc. I wonder how it effected him. You saying that reminds me of my great grandfather, i never met him, but he made it back from ww1. The somme, ypres etc and refused to talk about anything he had seen or done. Men where different imo back then. Thanks for the replie, you have a great day also.. 2:40am where i am 🤣 must get some sleep

[@garyevans3421]

I remember reading about the rangers who went to Florida looking for Hardin. Supposedly, when he saw their big hats, that evidently, stood out from other Southerners, Hardin exclaimed “Texas, by God!” and reached for his gun. That’s when his got hung up in his suspenders and they got him.

[@nucnik]

"The people that he killed needed killing." I'm dying here!

[@dbmail545]

I'm glad that is not an acceptable defense or there would likely be a lot fewer of us around.

[@georgecoventry8441]

It always seems that way to the one doing the killing.

[@mkelly1004]

Be a dead victim or a living villain.

[@Meatball_07]

Something about old school photo's are just eerie, brings out the eye's ... you can see just how evil this man was by looking at them.

[@bettykuykendall2083]

Maybe the look in his eyes was the lack of sleep from snoring men. From a relative!

[@kenduffy5397]

Those are the eyes of a cold blooded killer!

[@yaqubebased1961]

He may have lived his life as an evil killer, but he died as a licensed lawyer who had made a huge effort to turn straight.

[@edwardwright2989]

No you can't.

[@TheSiameseDreamer]

"Went into a private room and came out as friends" - that's dodgy af

[@Wysiwyg43]

I laughed at that longer than I should have.

[@patmartin7072]

Some one got the mutton.gun

[@jamellfoster6029]

Sounds pretty gay!!!!

[@wsttxC10_454]

As an El Paso native born and raised i can vouch for Hardin's gravesite being a major tourist attraction he's buried in old Concordia cemetery it's one of the oldest cemeteries in that area besides La Isla cemetery. Hell I remember when I was in school they taught us of John Wesley Hardin, I think they still talk about him in history class to this day, also Billy the kid since he spent a night there in the El Paso jail

[@johnpatterson4816]

Legend has it that an old man named Brushy Bill Roberts who died in Hico,Texas was Billy the Kid.

[@aaronlopez3585]

"Rest to this day?" 👺"Mr Hardin, Welcome I've been expecting you, I hope you enjoy our accommodations"🔥

[@FeiFongWang]

The thumbnail makes him look like a poorly rendered Fallout character.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

My thoughts exactly. He had a serious case of 'Bethesda face'

[@brabobart8901]

Big iron intensifies

[@ChristianDoretti]

Minecraft Face Minecraft Face

[@Cheyne_TetraMFG]

Patrolling Navarro County, Texas almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@ethansagastume5462]

Fr

[@cagrant4472]

Here in Texas, we commonly call that move of reversing a brace of pistols a " Border-Roll." I never heard it called those other things.

[@jimmylight4866]

That's what I call it. From a 7th generation Texan.

[@elimgarak4667]

Do a "Border-Roll". Do a "Border-Roll".

[@jakeroberts7435]

I've heard it called a road agents spin

[@kellykbartram8569]

As an American from the Great State of Arizona, I am familiar with the gunfighters, lawmen, outlaws, and cowboys. Oh, and the "Indians" (Native Americans), too. As someone absolutely NOT from this region of the world, I REALLY appreciate your input. You made my day. Thank you, Simon! 🤠👍

[@quantumfoam539]

Last time I was so early the West was still Wild.

[@bobby_c07]

It's still pretty wild in northern BC heh

[@byrde4329]

Huh, interesting! Last time I came so early, I was in my girlfriend.

[@gilgamesh310]

It was never wild. Hardin’s escapades we’re probably the wildest it ever got.

[@kdwskdws]

@@byrde4329 The last time I was this early I was in your girlfriend

[@byrde4329]

Agent K that was weak.. but I appreciate it

[@roderickshelton9176]

I love it...a british guy teaching us about the american wild west..

[@joenobody5913]

It's almost as if most people have the entirety of human knowledge at their fingertips. Doesn't take long to find an american teaching a brit about the uk. Crazeee

[@clairemora7715]

@@joenobody5913 you don't say. The age of technology truly is marvelous.

[@JuniorJuni070]

@Mike Arnold yeah i rather want to hear American history by a american. Because that soothing. Also because its RIGHT

[@sophiecassinelli8092]

@@JuniorJuni070 I can see that. I'm English and I love your history specifically the Old West. Most English people do

[@Aggie1295]

I find John Wesley Hardin one of the most fascinating of the Old West outlaws. I will admit some partiality as a Texan who is very familiar with the part of the State in which Hardin grew up and rose to fame. For better or worse, I wouldn't be surprised if some of my ancestors knew him or of him. What I do find interesting is that Harden was the real deal and the type of deadly killer and gunfighter that more famous outlaws were only rumored to be. The other thing is that Harden shows a lot of signs of being very intelligent even with the limited formal education of the time. He wrote his autobiography and after prison became a licensed attorney. He is one of those people who you wonder how he would've turned out under different circumstances or in a different time period. I'm rather surprised Hollywood hasn't made a movie about him yet.

[@nozecone]

Freakin' psycho - probably would have had a job in the White House today.

[@Ammoman34]

@Mike Arnold his grandfather didn't make sign the Texas declaration. That was the result incorrect research that has been disproven.

[@yaqubebased1961]

Muricans don't relate to intelligent, complex, serially amoral characters.

[@JohnSmith-lp1kd]

My dad was a history buff & loved late 1800s gunfighters and was actually named me after him. Finally looked him up... whew boy lol thanks pops!

[@totarachi3041]

Weird

[@SteefPip]

I'm glad you made this video, the only reason I'd even ever heard of Hardin was because of his brief appearance in Maverick.

[@vypersoft1]

The lighting and camera quality on these productions are excellent!

[@elstonngunn4193]

John Wesley Harding Was a friend to the poor He traveled with a gun in every hand All along this countryside He opened a many a door But he was never known To hurt an honest man It was down in Chaynee County A time they talk about With his lady by his side He took a stand And soon the situation there Was all but straightened out For he was always known To lend a helping hand All across the telegraph His name it did resound But no charge held against him Could they prove And there was no man around Who could track or chain him down He was never known To make a foolish move, Banger of a song so it is

[@brandonkunkel2770]

Bobs the best

[@rafaelvasquez13]

I was just about to reference the Bob song 🤘

[@elstonngunn4193]

Nicky Vasquez had to do it to em

[@elstonngunn4193]

brandon kunkel the greatest

[@deboralee1623]

i was about to ask, "¿didn't Bob Dylan do a song about J.W.H.?"

[@charleskaleta223]

Thank you for all the great content Simon. Keep it up.

[@dwharbin]

Hardin is buried in the Concordia cemetery near 5 points in El Paso which in itself is a fascinating place historically. It's exactly what you'd expect of an old west cemetery. A separate section for Chinese people, lots of unmarked graves and sadly a lot of children's graves.

[@melanisticmandalorian]

"pardoned hardin" ...idk why I find these 2 words together so funny sounding.

[@ChubbyJontheBartender]

I'm from Arkansas, some family still left in Texas. He's supposedly an ancestor and my namesake. Excellent video as always.

[@RK9ify]

This is crazy.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

The legend from my hometown of Bonham Texas

[@bettykuykendall2083]

HI. I'm a relative from the Clements side of the family. Gip, his cousin, was my uncle several times removed.

[@TheTraubenstein]

@@bettykuykendall2083 evidently he was my Great Grandfather’s, (John Wesley Vance) uncle.

[@MrDoYouKnowMe2211]

i'm sorry... did you say that there was a man named Simp Dixon? and you were able to say that with a straight face?

[@khameronsmith108]

Imagine being stuck with the name Simp 😂😂

[@sugarnads]

Clearly a contraction of simpson

[@saslightadjustments]

yes, not everyone is 13

[@Winteramen]

Makes sense. Simps and incels tend to join groups like KKK

[@southron2279]

@@Winteramen in his biography hardin said his cousin joined to kill Yankees (the first generation kkk was more anti union than anti black)until he was killed was he probably racist yeah but he mostly hated Yankees which was sort of normal in the south even today

[@davidvilla9458]

This is one of the best channels on KZbin. Really enjoy the videos. Thank you

[@seanpiersonjr8964]

I clicked so quick I've been waiting for this one

[@frankmccann29]

Best exposition of harding I've seen yet. Cudos. for superlative delivery with emphasis on important points; thanks for video lesson refresh. Keep up the great work!

[@proto-geek248]

*kudos

[@drevenypribor6144]

My suggestions for next biographies: Sir Nicholas Winston Nicolas Flamel Akhenaten Bartholomew Roberts aka Black Bart Madame Voisin Cesare Borgia D B Cooper

[@daygoncornhole2395]

Nicholas Flamel!!!!!!!!!

[@TechSupport900]

And Simon Whistler

[@mariposastay]

Akhenaten!!!!!

[@rockgod6180]

And Augustus

[@TrunkyDunks]

Id love to see one on Madame Voisin. Such an interesting life

[@rosseganjr9402]

One of my favorite old west gun fighters

[@ollilehtonen2762]

Nice of you to cover another great Wild West icon. Though he was one of the most violent men of the era. There are still some left like Texas Stoudemeyer or Tom Horn. In addition, I just love the vintage blues tracks on this video.

[@ollilehtonen2762]

@Cfc7ninja 12 Yes of course. Him as well. The one who got trambled by horses while stealing a wagon?

[@ollilehtonen2762]

@Cfc7ninja 12 Alright! Thanks! He was a real badass and a crazy ass as well. 😁 They also say that his way of dying was an anti-climax if you think of his rowdy ways.

[@ohwhatacutup]

i love your work, simon- thank you. you are helping me thru another bout of insomnia (because i have something to do not because you put me to sleep). :) i listen to all of your stuff, but i love the casual criminalist the most. thanks again

[@deividweiss]

I'm not saying he was right but I definitely understand why he shoot the guy snoring.

[@tobytaylor1454]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mikehunt4797]

Haha indeed.

[@tylerstanley578]

Fr

[@gandalf_thegrey]

5:21 Damn I also would be filled with unbridled rage when my name was Simp Dixon

[@jessiesratrods1210]

@3:43 Damn handsome example of the way early Colt Cartridge revolvers looked. Even if its a reproduction id still love to own one. Maybe one day. Tho the revolvers in Hardin's childhood were primarily Cap and ball not Cartridge fired and Hardin preferred the 1860 Colt Army.

[@robbo916]

Gosh, I've had the album for probably over twenty years and never knew who it related to until now. Thanks!

[@slagman2334]

During the road agents spin part, this man literally invented “and then everyone started clapping”

[@joemacinnis1972]

Absolutely fascinating! Keep up the great work

[@walkswithowl6329]

Love these Wild West Videos. Good Job Simon and Co. Still waiting on that Clamity Jane video :)

[@mikebenson7219]

My great grandma was married and had 3 children by his brother. Not sure if she's the woman they fought over but John was my grandpa's uncle although he never met the man. John's pistol spin has been called many things but great grandma called it the border roll. That's apparently what John called it and it was fast. I grew up around the three kids related and Grandma " Ida May Croussoure finally packed up their kids and disappeared later marrying a man named Inskeep in independence Missouri. She went on to have 11 kids and my grandad was the youngest. Missouri state university printed a true genealogy book called " the amilies of Inskeep Hardin and Garwood in. Early 70s and collected the recollections of Ida may and several of the other family members that I believe is out of print now but it is said to be the most accurate accounts from John Hardins sister in law who knew him well and said his brother was as mean of an " SO.B. as John ever was.

[@coffeecat086]

Oh wow. I’m an hour from Bonham. Go through it every month or so to visit doctors… had no idea John Wesley Hardin was from there. Also, no offense meant at all sir, but after hearing those town names spoken with such a thick Texas accent, it’s amusing to hear a Brit voice them. Also, have basically been watching this playlist all day, cause, bored and the material is interesting, just wanted to let you know your impression of a southern creepy arse preacher was spot on😂 most Brit’s don’t do the accent, either American or southern that well… seriously, one do to who episode that took place in New York was just… well, they tried so hard and just couldn’t do it😂 anyway, just thought I’d let you know if wasn’t a bad job. From what I’ve read concerning mimicking the accent for folks from the uk, it’s quite difficult. Ya did a nice job with it.

[@MeVTheMenace]

Since I'm so early i wonder if you'd ever consider doing a Biographics episode on Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda. He was a Malawian autocrat, doctor and Anglophile with a cult of personality and multiple degrees. Information on him is conflicting and in my opinion, unreliable depending on who you ask, but intriguing nonetheless.

[@gusgrau3594]

Sounds like a fascinating character. Any there any books you could recommend?

[@MeVTheMenace]

Gus Grau Kamuzu Banda of Malawi: A Study in Promise, Power, and Legacy by John Lloyd Lwanda but only cause I’ve found it in my dad’s library back home. There are a few scholarly articles and such you could find online but if you live near a national library, especially in the UK, you might be more in luck.

[@MeVTheMenace]

Snoozer Vine it’d definitely be more interesting than difficult. the difficult part is using the information to classify him into any common mould. Totalitarian? Visionary? Fascist? Meritocrat? As I understand, for example, he is one of, is not the only African leader who decided to found a grammar school to have its students learn the classics, Ancient Greek and Latin. Still, because we don’t learn about him much besides biased stories from relatives, it gets difficult the more you want to know.

[@MeVTheMenace]

Snoozer Vine yup, but that’s why I love Biographics and history in general. You can learn a lot from other people’s stories (:

[@classicrrocks5594]

@Snoozer Vine is

[@maxhoogveld6041]

Thanks for the top class content

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

😁😂

[@dusan19377]

@Biographics I would really like you to make a video about a lady named Milunka Savic. She is the most-decorated female combatant in the entire history of warfare. She survived all kinds of tragedies, had multiple gun wounds she survived and had the most unfortunate end of her life... Anyway, I believe her life is extraordinary, would really motivate a lot of men and women to keep up in this shaking times we live in!

[@kckaz4453]

I love the channel, and the haughty khant delivery! Keep it up!

[@rabbi120348]

Love the background music.

[@judictus5178]

Great. A new upload :)!

[@Qristos]

Thanks for telling us about him, I live in El Paso and had no idea

[@0311Mushroom]

He is in the cemetery where the 5 and 54 meet. I visited his grave when I was at Fort Ignorance.

[@mikeneill6813]

@@0311Mushroom Hi. "Fort Ignorance". An interesting place name. My "ignorance" is intrigued. Regards.

[@0311Mushroom]

@@mikeneill6813 there is a major Army base in El Paso called "Fort Bliss". And as the saying goes, "Ignorance is bliss". Ergo, Fort Ignorance.

[@ChickSage]

I don't know if it's true, but if anyone could have pulled off a border roll, on Hickok, Hardin would have been the man to do it. Thanks for another great video and for all the hard work you put in. peace

[@judochopmaster8233]

I will not stop asking. Please make more videos covering the people in the American Civil War, for example; Thomas Jackson, better known as Stonewall General William T. Sherman, who I really couldnt say anything about without someone getting pissed Confederate President Jefferson Davies Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the first African-American Regiment in the Civil War Ulysses S. Grant, who needs no introduction Etc. I just wish there were more videos that tackled the people in the Civil War on your channel

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

Im inly commenting hoping that ut will boost the comment closer to the top so that simon will see it, it sounds unteresting

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

@Frank Robinson woah thats awsome too id love to learn about that....egghhemm Simon,

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

@Frank Robinson woah

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

Also thank yoh for sharing i love when the internet and strangers help me learn new things, never let anyone take your curiosity

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

@Frank Robinson will do ✌😂 conversations like this is why i love the internet

[@johnnyragadoo2414]

Nice - and some of that story is about my stomping grounds in Central Texas. I believe he met Frank Polk after Hardin's dad insisted he get a regular job, and he found a position in Pisgah Ridge as a schoolteacher. It didn't work for him and I think he quit after a month or two. One could imagine what that was like, but there are probably people around here who could answer the question. There are still Hardin family members in the area. Polk ended up in a vendetta against law enforcement in Wortham, Texas, and ended up getting killed in a gunfight in Wortham.

[@alchaenis4476]

As a direct descendant of Wesley, the whole El Paso burial is quite upsetting. Yeah the guy was a pretty messed up fella, but still family. We bought our farm in Yorktown, as close to nixon as possible 26 years ago, because my grandpa was convinced he would be the one to finally bring his body home. He was absoultely obsessed with the man. Heard the tale of Wesley many, many times.

[@blu1029]

How direct? Because this is my great great grandfather

[@yaqubebased1961]

While he was a messed up fella, he's still the most legendary and feared gunslinger in american history with proof to back it up.

[@BentSpoonGT]

yo we could be long lost bros!!@@blu1029

[@asogretro8290]

@@blu1029 hes mine too

[@michealfaulkner8870]

I was stationed at Fort Bliss TX. El Park. Saw the marker where he was killed. Downtown old El Paso. Talked to some old timers. This was in the 70s. And these stories was passed down to them. He was kind because the man was plain scared. He was so afraid that Hardin was going to kill him. He was a very deadly man. And El Paso was a very dangerous and deadly town. Only the hearty lived there.

[@NugwaH]

'On May the 26th, 1874, John Hardin celebrated his 21st birthday' - Em, what? With that rap sheet, I thought he was at least 40 by then. Definition of an overachiever I guess.

[@Wysiwyg43]

Gotta start young.

[@ghostofluck1811]

Hey getting closer to top tenz deadliest outlaws!!! Ty Simon!

[@larryhall2805]

In the mini series "The Streets of Laredo" Randy Quaid (not all there himself) does a interesting job in portraying John Wesley Harden.

[@JenFoxworth]

That yellow lamp behind you looks like a giant creepy eyeball spying on you. Love it.

[@duncanmcgee13]

I love my state. Always has the craziest men and stories to go with

[@RedBear535]

Texas was its own country for three years and has never let go of that attitude. The Texas Embassy in London became a Tex Mex restaurant that served huge Bach platters.

[@JuniorJuni070]

@@RedBear535 texas is alright

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Wish u'all would do more on the old west stuff....Excellent...Thanks

[@coloniousjay8128]

I spit up my soup when he said "Dick Chisholm" hahaha good thing I didn't have a sandwich... I would have choked to death!

[@patricktillmanns3949]

Excellent video.

[@jamest4363]

Theres a lot you dont know about his history, the man lived and hid out in a little town of moscow texas down a dirt road named, hardin hideout rd in polk county . Only 1 way in and 1 way out, easy to see anyone coming, there are local stories that have been passed down through families around here for generations.

[@vintaqe_vibez5978]

Fascinating. Maybe you should make your own channel and do a video on him. Since there's a lot Simon doesn't know. 🙄

[@jamellfoster6029]

That man looked crazy...

[@MrVonMengesdorf]

My dad has a picture of Hardin with my great great grandmother. Supposedly we’re related. What a crazy world.

[@JD5133]

Can I see the picture? My last name is Hardin, I look and act like a short temper Wes Hardin the genes are strong!

[@MrVonMengesdorf]

@@JD5133 very cool. I wish I had that picture.

[@roohamm2456]

A great villian of the ol West! He didn't seem to have the repute as Billy the Kid etc. VERY Cool Video. 🖖🖖🖖

[@TrollbaitMage]

He was my cousin. My great grandma was his aunt. she had his guns and diaries and journals and other stuff that had been passed along in the family including some letters from him to my great grandmother, but she sold everything to the Smithsonian before she died and it's never been seen since nor did they actually pay her the money.

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

Also thanks for sharing

[@sageandcandle]

I am decended from Hattie Hardin & Andrew Bearden.

[@apeiceofgarbage9848]

@@sageandcandle awsome👍✌

[@TrollbaitMage]

@@sageandcandle so you would be a cousin of mine too

[@sageandcandle]

Probably

[@nielcarpnava]

5:07 - You mean the guy from American Football? 😂😂

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

I've always wondered how he got married and had 3 children in a timeline that doesn't seem to give him enough time to do that

[@jeremystewert4303]

The kids are 9 months and 15 minutes apart.

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

@@jeremystewert4303 lol they almost have to be

[@jeremystewert4303]

@@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment well people did get married at 12. It’s still legal in Texas to marry at 14 if the parents consent.

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

@@jeremystewert4303 it wasn't so much his age that seems off but the time he actually spent in Texas because I dont believe he ever took his wife with him when he was away. I guess he was around enough though

[@adamb8485]

This channel is remarkable! I fully enjoy and can watch this ALL day Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@pugmugjug2852]

Dang, I didn’t know chills was such a good shot

[@Darksonickiller1]

This was a very interesting video. It's nice to learn about one of my decdants!

[@hofseur1094]

Time Life Old West Book commercial from childhood... “He once killed man for snoring too loud” 😴

[@danor6812]

First thing that popped into my head when I seen the thumbnail..

[@kruced]

Glad to have this guy as my ancestor.

[@gerardrbain1972]

He stabbed another student twice and he wasn't expelled? I would like to hear the argument he used to convince the principal to not to kick him out.

[@yaqubebased1961]

Egill Skallagrimsson chopped his friend's head off with an axe after the other kid cheated at the game iirc. Then what happened? His mother applauded him in front of the whole village and proudly hailed her son as a warrior and a killer. He later went on to become one of the most famous warrior poets and adventurers of the vikings.

[@gangstalkerofgangstalkers]

Keep on making videos about the old west, and I will keep watching them.

[@marc-antoinemarcoux697]

When I saw the thumbnail , I thought this Biographics was about a NPC in Fallout New Vegas

[@martinspalding374]

Great stuff loved it, , very interesting 👍

[@Abottharpertheatre]

Fun fact not included: as mean and tough as he was he was also a really terrible bank robber, though he attempted many times the most he ever got away with was 6 bucks and some change 😂

[@meghand.193]

Hardin was closed knit with my family and acted as an enforcer for them in their feud with a neighboring family. Interesting stuff

[@jontyarnold8522]

How about a video on “H” from the unbelievably talented band Steps? Another controversial bandit...

[@censusgary]

John Wesley Hardin’s tale is a story about Reconstruction and violent white resistance to it in Texas. Most of Hardin’s victims were blacks or Mexicans, possibly a few Native Americans, plus white men who Hardin thought were pro-Union and/or “Yankees.” He seems to have especially targeted black men who had become law officers during Reconstruction. Apparently enough white Texans sympathized to help Hardin escape over and over, and to make him a folk hero in some circles once he went to prison. After all, the governor of Texas pardoned him, and he was admitted to the State Bar as a lawyer. As much as we would like American history to not be about racism, it very often is exactly that.

[@registeelix]

You should do your biography next.

[@somethinglikethat2176]

It would take an hour just to list all his KZbin channels.

[@txgunguy2766]

A word on Hardin's capture in Florida. He was sitting on the train when he noticed some men get on who he recognized as Texas Rangers. He stood up, yelled "TEXAS, BY GOD", and reached for the revolver in his waistband. Fortunately for everybody else on the train, the hammer got caught in his suspenders on the way out and the Rangers reached him before he could get it untangled.

[@proto-geek248]

You witnessed this?