Owney the Postal Dog

[@shoedalinuxlibrarian]

"Hats off to you Owney, even though you killed a man..." I found this way funnier than I should. Owney killed a man in Reno just to watch him die! Thanks for this, Jacob.

[@DenitaArnold]

I read that years ago parents would mail their kids to their grandparents because it was cheaper than train fair.

[@TampaJay]

Owney my Homie!

[@atonkazer]

I just love the interesting stories you research.. 🐶

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

:)

[@johnsilva7604]

for a dog that been almost around the whole world see beautiful countries now that's a dog 🐕 R.I.P. Owney

[@rocdocs]

I loved the Futility Closet episode about Owney! So excited to watch this!

[@alisondawson3421]

POOR BLOODY OWNEY PROBABLY DIED UNDER. THE WEIGHT OF ALL THOSE TAGGS ! Poor Ownney 🐕

[@RhettyforHistory]

I bet Owney was dog tired after all that traveling!

[@wheretheheckarethealbans]

If Owney got a badge at every stop he went, how heavy did that freakin' vest get? Maybe THAT'S why Owney went on his murderous rampage! LOL!

[@Europa1749]

What a sad and abusive life for the poor little dog. No wonder he bit the postman the way he was treated....Owney got his revenge.

[@hayleefersaci7709]

I’m 12 and in 3rd grade I learned about owney and I read something that said postal men brought owney on their trains because they thought of him as good luck when in the late 1800 s and there were trains that always fell of bridges and in general, but when owney was on a train it never fell.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+Haylee Fersaci good luck until he killed a postman

[@Jessicanyc]

Today , the Postal Service would be charged with animal abuse , rightfully so ! Why couldn't they have just used a fake stuffed dog ???

[@kenneychappuis1853]

Long live Owney !

[@psayre33]

Owney might just be my favorite Federal Employee; love the fact he extracted sweet revenge in the end too. Also, this might be the first example of "going postal" recorded, should start calling it "Going Owney".

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+Patrick Sayre Wow, I think you are right

[@dipschwantz1]

Poor Owney! He had had enough travel and BS! He was just DONE! "Dogs and postmen are natural enemies" LMAO! True Dat!

[@TheTiaKeas]

All those medals hanging all over his back might have made Qwney grumpy I know that it would me.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+Tia Keas there are a lot

[@rushellealexandra5243]

More than likely before they had testing or vaccines ...the dog may have contrated rabies or distemper? Perhaps as they had no preventitives back then

[@april9th1821]

Very cool vlog and as always great humor added.

[@justme-on7bn]

You can hear in more detail about Ownie the postal dog on a podcast called 'stuff you should know'.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+justme I LOVE stuff you should know, I need to look that one up

[@deannaharby5677]

I am glad I subscribed to your channel ---I like how you explain things and your sense of humor---and love it when you vlog with your daughter and volger friends--found you while watching Adam the Woo--you make a great team. Safe travels and will be watching--! blessings Deanna

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+Deanna Harby I appreciate it thank you

[@schuylerberdan426]

Thank you so much for these videos. You're amazing, and I love watching. Wishing you all the best!!

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

Awww, poor Owney...

[@Zombie-adventures]

Very good, Jacob!

[@MrGoosePit]

I understand as a sick and macabre joke, postal workers continued to ship Owney's stinking, rotting, corpse to each other for several years after his death...

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+MrGoosePit that's gross

[@fcontitwo]

✨Jacob, I remember receiving in the mail at my front door from a girlfriend back in the mid-1960's ,before the use of mylar, a red fully inflated rubber balloon 🎈, delivered on a string ,hand addressed from her , with postage stamp hand canceled by the "Post Office" !!! ,,, P.S. -Go "Owney",Go !!!✨#JobWellDone

[@igneousidol]

Maybe the sound of those annoying tags drove Owney crazy..just a couple drive me crazy...my dogs tags are in my car glove box with her papers....plus the extra weight on an old arthritic dog....I would be cranky and bite too.

[@lindawilkes9743]

great video's keep up the good work.I love them all.

[@TonyPunkRock]

What about the term "going postal"? Anything referring to the incident occurred in Royal Oak, MI?

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+Tony Henry what incident?

[@TonyPunkRock]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postal?wprov=sfla1 Here is the Wikipedia page. It highlights several incidents of employees "going postal". Basically bringing a gun to work and shooting superiors and co-workers. I remember the Royal Oak, MI one.

[@KowboyUSA]

After being mailed all over the place, Owney probably finally had all he was going to take from postmen messing with him, so he snuffed one.

[@angelblue7779]

I am very glad that Owney got his revenge for being *mailed* all over the country ! He was NOT AN ENVELOPE DAMN IT!!!! Then they shot and stuffed him! Be damned Postal Service! Be damned! Great video though Jacob! :)

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

I agree with you judy! Poor Owney.

[@MrJest2]

It wasn't as bad as all that; it's not like they boxed him up and shipped him around. He was a mascot, and was doted on by the postal employees. Most of his travel time was spent on board trains or mail delivery wagons, where like any dog he hung out and enjoyed the sights and smells of travel with one or more human companions. He genuinely seemed to enjoy his time with the postal service, and while he ran off to do "dog things" occasionally he usually returned on his own accord. For the time (attitudes about pets were very different in the 1800s than they are today) he lived a pretty comfortable life and never lacked for food and affection. His "execution", ordered by the postmaster in Chicago, became symbolic of conflicts between employees and management in the postal service, as the local employees were outraged at this callous abuse of their beloved mascot. The employees insisted on sending his body to a taxidermist, and while they couched it as an honor in the press, when they sent his stuffed body back to DC it was a clear and cynical protest of disassociated and uncaring upper management. This little furry guy became a not insignificant part of the early labor movement.

[@daveturner860]

Yeah...I'm sure he loved it. (sarcasm) Why don't you ask them to mail you all over the country and see how much you'd like it. At first it would be great but it would get old very quick. Eventually you'd beg them to stop.. Today this would be called animal cruelty.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+MrJest2 wow, very cool extra layer

[@zeldastar9781]

judy Osborne Children used to be mailed unril the postal services put a ban on it

[@ghostviddebunker]

I believe they Use to have the Unibomber's shack in there too.... Was it still there?

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+ghostviddebunker that's at the newseum, I did a video there too

[@GinisPoint]

Great Job Thank You! :)

[@CryptidHunter_official]

Awesome man, my wife and kids will be out there next week.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+Adventures with Cryptid you flying in? Some great stuff in the area

[@garycrow4667]

very informative and educational

[@henrys3629]

All those tags must have been heavy.

[@dakotakelchlin6207]

Your channel is awesome keep it up

[@glendafromaustralia1625]

Great vid Jacob. Australia

[@JohnDoe-ju3mj]

I was just there. Cool place

[@U.S.A..]

can you blame the dog for biting him being shipped all over the country I'd bite the postman to

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

Lol, me too!

[@robynneday9970]

the dog went down with a fight.

[@bonemachine1975]

Owney don't play dat!

[@richardimon468]

Owney is a good doggie~ If I was shoved around from post office to post office I would bite the postal worker too!! He had enough of the BS!

[@bryanwhat2268]

Dude that so funny Owney!!! why !! lol to funny

[@pappy4075]

Fantastic

[@jennyvezina4551]

another great video!

[@igneousidol]

Poor Owney....they used and abused him....the guy didn't take care of his infection, that's why he died.

[@geico1975]

Sad and crazy messages from people:)

[@vickiecook7464]

You mean the comments? Her hee!!

[@geico1975]

Yes, like the hand holding a razor blade for example, "I wish my parents would reach out to me."

[@bradmad8346]

Look up the real story of The Bird-man of Alcatraz, if you wand a little different slant on that story.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+Brad Mad how does that tie in with Owney?

[@TennesseeMatt]

So, at the end you talked about taxidermied animals and how we don't do that to people because it would just be ghoulish and freak everyone out. However, your last video featured the preserved body of a saint. Hmmm.....

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+TennesseeMatt touché :)

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

You must have missed the part where he explained the body is preserved on it's own as part of being considered for sainthood. Not quite the same as doing the exact opposite lol. There are more but on display in museum at least a pair of shoes and and book bound in tanned human skin. That could be considered the ghoulish he spoke of.

[@TennesseeMatt]

I did actually see that part.

[@mermaidzoephiahart]

Taxidermy and preservation of a body are two different things

[@Bell.-]

I love Post Secrets!

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+Jackie Bell I used to check the website constantly

[@stevebrodie7777]

So the dog went postal !

[@lancegraham9870]

how is that the south

[@benwallis5812]

He's a good dog Jacob

[@BlueMagi6]

Since was D.C. in the south? lol

[@pirategirl58]

Jacob...who do you think would win in a dog fight? Owney, or Stuckey?

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+pirategirl58 definitely Owney, he killed a man all Stuckie did was get stuck in a tree

[@pirategirl58]

Lol! I suppose you are right! Stuckie looks way more gnarly though. How could Owney kill a man? He is so cute and little! Oh well...every dog has its day I guess!

[@mf.alexandre6535]

JUST TODAY I WAS TALKING ABOUT BALTO TO MY SISTER, SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE STORY .

[@jadamariieee1151]

Poor Owney 😢

[@retrob9346]

kool video

[@alisondawson3421]

SSHIT ! THEY SHOT OWNEY !

[@MrFlatlandcycle]

Dog tags?

[@tamrastewart4401]

Poor puppy...never had a home or love probably. I bet he was mishandled at times. Interesting though.

[@yourlocalcrab]

poor owney he didn't deserve the life he was given

[@daveturner860]

Another example of our forefathers acting like mindless bafoons....

[@parkercowan8648]

Owner became a mad dog huh

[@bundangbear]

Jacob, you need to stamp out any ideas that philately is not cool!

[@TheCarpetbagger]

+Bundang Bear I don't know what philately is

[@bundangbear]

Philately is the collecting of stamps. A philatelist is a stamp collector, and philatelic is the adjective of or related to stamp collecting. :)

[@OnTheHighWatch]

WOW

[@bonniesaxton8617]

So Oni went postal😢

[@TheJanis302000]

that is a horrible story! poor dog!

[@LittlezombieRocker]

fucking sickening that people do this to animals. just let the poor thing rest in piece and give it proper burial. sure you can still tell his story to others i mean you got the damn badges and a statue of him. but seriously leaving a dead dog on display for others to see forever is just cruel. makes me wish and pray someone smashes that glass apart, steal him and give him the justice he deserves.

[@alisondawson3421]

Maybe Owini had Rabies :-(((

[@Jason_Phillips3679]

3:02 I always got tired of seeing this guy's ad on tv at the time. 3:37 wow imagine if The Carpetbagger had to send out that many post cards to people. 5:26 Looks like I see Maryland as one of the states? Interesting story of Owney.

[@kendallkidd2220]

Washington is south??? did you fluke geography Jacob? lol

[@navithditzah9635]

Film..slow please...

[@katherinedorton4562]

D.c is not the south lmao. Its the north

[@mr.kremit3047]

He has as many chins as react channels on KZbin

[@ffadq211]

Why do we say cats bully when they are mad

[@clifford2697]

LIKE*

[@Lockbar]

Carpetbagger, good video, but that has to be one of the dumbest museums ever. I guess its good to know where out tax money is going just so we can make fun of it via the internet.

[@richarddepaulo8842]

The dog Owney in todays world a weighted chain is considered by MSPCA and ASPCA to be in humaine. The dog probably had pain spots from all the sharp pointed tags , or could not go to bed because they hurt when he laid down, or the newspaper photographer was mean to dog or his camera was thought to be something to harm dog with who turned and defended himself and Owney was shot to death - it is a very sad end to the postal dog. Who fed the dog ? Maybe the reason people thought he was good luck for mail was because he defended mail car from people illegally boarding train ? May be something was in mail like his bone and he followed it and defended it ? He may even ghad gone the oposite way in that possibly Owney thought the news paper photographer was going to take the tags off him and liked wearing the dog coat under them with them over the top as he had and bit him becuase of that. He may have been fine with postal service uniformed workers and not news paper photographers or trespassers or theives he defended the freight cars. === The tags was the post office mailing him from one place to the next - he was the most travelled dog in world the only dog to circumvent navigate the world. ~~~~~~ * * Maybe the postal train crews fed him when onboard. Maybe mailing him around was a away of giving him a home and feeding him on Uncle Sam as a humanitarian act to egive him a home and keep him alive - as if it was a good thing for him ?

[@MrFlatlandcycle]

In other news: Giant rabbit found dead after United flight. The most traveled giant rabbit?

[@ffadq211]

But dogs don't

[@clifford2697]

first

[@clifford2697]

FIRST VIEW AND LIKR

[@clifford2697]

FIRSTTT

[@vickiecook7464]

male fraud?

[@themooseling]

yawn.....

[@BIGBADWOOD]

Another great video !