The ‘Black’ Donnellys Massacre: The Unpunished Massacre (REUPLOAD)

[@TheCasualCriminalist]

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[@HealingBlight]

Why the reupload?

[@kooferkoo4969]

Y Reupload?

[@lunganzimande8056]

Simon, the next time you need a reup, I know a guy. #hitmeup

[@whom382]

@@HealingBlight To get rid of the terrible background music that was annoying the shit out of us.

[@buddyzilla4557]

22:02 -😖 Simon made me..ITS WORSE THAN THAT HES DEAD JIM, DEAD JIM, DEAD JIM! ITS WORSE THAN THAT HES DEAD JIM, DEAD JIM, DEAD! Star trekin' across the universe! On the starship enterprise under captian kirk! Start trekin' across the universe, boldly going forward cause we can't find reverse!

[@leadingline]

Hey there, viewers! So, about that background music... Yeah, my bad! 🎶 Sorry if I was cranking up the volume a bit too much and making you wanna bust out some dance moves involuntarily. 😄 But hey, good news! We heard your cries for mercy and toned it down and replaced it. So, consider this a re-uploaded, "Now with 50% less distraction" version. Martyn

[@Sn1ckB0t]

Thank you so much!!! You're doing a great job! 😊

[@leadingline]

@@Sn1ckB0t Thank you, I really appreciate it!

[@KY_CPA]

Thank you for hearing our pleas!

[@Zarinya]

THANK YOU 🎉🎉🎉 appreciate you!

[@Nikkibov81]

THANK YOU!! I couldn't even get through the first 10 minutes of the other version. It's very appreciated that you heard our pleas!

[@ASJones-re2oe]

Just wanted to throw a cpl Dollars your way. Thank you for hearing us out and being willing to adjust. I am grateful.

[@amandapettigrew5471]

thank you to simon, his writers and editors. i am a relative of the surviving Donnelly’s, who is often left feeling like my ancestors not only never saw an justice for what happened to them; but also left feeling like my ancestors were extremely misunderstood. thank you so much for acknowledging that the Donnellys where in fact the town scapegoat, and seeing that in the lead up to their deaths they were being blamed for anything and everything that happened around them. i live in southern ontario, and if i mention my family relation, i’m ether met with people who are unaware of who the Donnelly’s are, or tell me that’s not something i should be proud of. as the perception of the family here is nothing good. to see the facts represented here, and to see simon and his writer sympathetic to the survivors, eases my mind that it’s okay to be open about my family history. and that i can in fact be proud of my lineage, like i have been since my childhood. thank you for bringing this tale to the masses, and not solely painting them as horrible people.

[@msmoniz]

Are you the great granddaughter of Patrick or Jenny? Ever since I learned about the massacre in school in the late 80's I found it fascinating how a whole town of supposed religious people looked the other way at such a mass murder. Hell even Steve Earle did, as an American musician who had some of his best tours through Ontario found it fascinating and wrote the song "Justice In Ontario" name checking your ancestors and how there was no justice served.

[@amandapettigrew5471]

@@msmoniz I’m actually the great great great granddaughter of Jenny, on my mothers’ mother’s side. while i know that not all members of the family were innocent people per say, a lot of the things they were guilty of were simply the law of the land at time, even under current canadian laws squatters rights are a thing. they were also accused of many things that couldn’t be proved in a court of law then, let alone by today’s standards. their wrong doings aside, they did not deserve their fate, nor did they deserve their lack of justice for the crimes committed against them. thank you for bringing “justice in ontario” to my attention, i was previously unaware of its existence but look forward to adding it to my classic rock rotation. i’m also glad to see that someone learned about this piece of history in a classroom; as opposed to only learning it from your parents and then books (and simon). this was not in the curriculum taught to any of my brothers or myself. my mother and her husband were not taught about residential schools while they were in school, my mom grew up with one a few blocks from her high school, and never once was taught anything about it. it wasn’t until i was in high school and asked her about the mohawk institute, that she learned of their existence, and how close one was.

[@msmoniz]

@@amandapettigrew5471 Oh I know how stories get spun and some times simple things get made into monstrous acts. I'm sure north of 90% of the people in that time in that area did questionable things but for random or specific reasons, your ancestors became the convenient scapegoats. Even Steve Earle in his lyrics for Justice In Ontario says as much; "Oh, you who hail from Ontario Know the tale of the Donnelly's Died at the hands of a mob that night Every child and man by the oil torch light JIM DONNELLY WAS NO ANGEL SURE But they burned his barn Broke down the door Well the children cried while they killed old Jim Then they killed his wife Then they turned on them No judge, no jury, no hangman No justice in Ontario"

[@thestrangemuslimah]

I was rooting for the Donnelys from the start. They genuinely seemed like a good family that didn't take slack from anyone. They only ever protected themselves and their land. Not to mention that they took a stand against religious hate despite knowing this would cause animosity between them and other Catholics. I was so devastated when they had their lives taken away from them and the way the trial went about manipulating poor Johnny. Mary was the black sheep who I could say was the only one who was a bad person since her greediness literally prevented her family from getting justice. I was hoping to hear that William took out his own well-deserved justice on the perpetrators and if he did, i'd certainly not say a word about it. It's nice to know that such a unique and powerful family has descendants to carry on their name and legacy. As a teacher in Australia, this is a story that i would definitely tell my students about in history class, I'm also curious to see if my cousins in Canada know this story

[@EL67671]

I am eternally grateful that you all listen to your viewers, thank you team 💕

[@MthFknIceCream]

Crybaby.

[@EL67671]

@@MthFknIceCream hell yea, better than being you

[@JenFoxworth]

'If you have your own cement mixer you're up in some serious-' *cuts to commercial* "PEACOCK!" Nearly spit my drink out.

[@Alaeriel]

I'm also really glad they stopped using siren sound effects. I listen to these when I'm driving to work and it was VERY stressful.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

I HATE when podcasts do that too.

[@Humanh8red]

Songs too! Should be banned in the airwaves

[@valdivir80]

The sirens were especially unnerving

[@MthFknIceCream]

@Alaeriel piss off.

[@amemooress6291]

I hardly noticed the background music 😂 and so many people here are mentioning it.

[@grindstone11]

It was noticeable.. Very lol

[@SolaScientia]

I didn't really have a problem with it until the last third or so of it, and then the repeated violins got very grating. I still watched the whole vid, but that bit with the violins repeating the same very short motif got annoying fast. That part was in the first 2/3rds or so of it, so it wasn't a problem then.

[@kristinasnowflake]

It didn't bother me until I put my headphones on and then it drove me NUTS lol

[@JeeVeeHaych]

I actually didn't notice it either, but the comments were blowing up with it. Glad I didn't read them beforehand, or I wouldn't be able to un-hear it.

[@idorianch]

I have the ability (and for everyone else an annoyance) to tune out everything except the one task I’m doing/hearing/watching, so I also never noticed the music while immersed in the story, but it seems it was annoying for a lot of people more capable of full attention 😂

[@sa9110]

I loved the music in the first one, namely that it abruptly stopped every time Simon started a tangent. 😅 it just added to the humor for me.

[@gilbertovega3976]

I honestly don’t even remember the jingle.

[@sa9110]

@@gilbertovega3976 it was just this homey little banjo tune. Think little house on the prairie or... maybe the Andy Griffith show. Lol.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

As long as it's not too loud and the tone is appropriate, music is ok with me.

[@TastySlowCooker]

The issue with the music was that it was a two second clip that looped. The musical equivalent of a cheese grater

[@purrsuasively]

Not sure if a true crime podcast is the best place for much humor, though

[@thestrangemuslimah]

as someone on the spectrum who HATES music due to sensory issues, thank you so much for taking out the music. I put your videos on in the background as I'm cooking or cleaning the house with headphones in and it gets very overwhelming to run to the other side of the room to pause the video and mute it on my iPad when loud noises or music or ads come up or rely on captions to understand

[@Baughb99]

He took it down half way through me watching it 😂 I was so confused. Thanks for removing the music, though!

[@pinkbubblesnake]

I'm glad I didn't catch it with. Would have drove me crazy 😂

[@listerineclean343]

Lol same

[@AmbrosiaR]

Same here! I went back to finish the video and it was gone. I, too, was so confused. 😂

[@cadethelli4471]

Oh gosh, me too! Haha. I thought I'd done something 😂

[@Nikki_g87]

Me too. I stopped to eat my lunch half way through and thought I’d just imagined the video when I came back and the video had disapperated

[@remforrest]

Oh nice they took the music out, that drove me crazy.

[@newcreatureinchrist5087]

I know I had to stop listening to it!

[@helenduplessis4166]

I thought it was just me!

[@Ammar.D]

Yes same.

[@hannahsusan6385]

100% same. the only whistle boy video I couldn’t make it through. what a glorious reupload to wake up to!

[@rainbowtheythemshe1115]

Oh gosh yeah that terrible repetitive little jingle, I wondered why it was re-uploaded as I assumed it was only bothering me because I'm Autistic 😂

[@sagemarie.]

Yayyy no more 4 second old west saloon music loop! We really appreciate it. 🙏❤

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

Thank you so much! Now I can finish watching it without winding up in a padded room.

[@MthFknIceCream]

👶

[@StargazerSkyscraper]

Regarding the Donnellys being allowed to keep half the land they farmed: if they did the same thing today, they would still have the same result (or possibly get to keep the entire plot) and legally so, at least where I live. Essentially, if you're the one taking care of a plot of land, farming it, mowing it, maintaining it, even paying the tax on it, etc. for a long enough period of time while the legal owner does nothing with the land, you become the legal owner. This applies to houses as well, iirc. The general idea is that, to prevent property from being abandoned and going to waste, it's better to redistribute it to someone who will take care of it and do something productive with it. It's a very tricky loophole to make work, but it's how my parents' new neighbor actually got the house across the street. The previous owner died and the family left it so neglected that there were wild animals living in it, and the new guy, whose brother lived next door, went in and did all the cleaning, maintenance and repairs.

[@Nylak-Otter]

I'd lose my mind if that happened to my land. I had bought a large bit of rural land years before I planned to use it, and I kept it wild and unused deliberately for conservation reasons (government kickbacks for not farming or hunting on it and providing a habitat for native species). If some hooligan came and developed it, it would have destroyed it, and I'd become a tiny bit homicidal over it. Even when I did stop using it as a legal conservation area, it was only used as a training space for SAR tracking and detection K9s (and still is), so I keep it as natural as possible. It is treated for mosquitos, though. I also just appreciate local species and like to provide a haven amidst all the farming and hunting land that surrounds it, and it includes a large region of wetlands that are extremely valuable to migrating waterfowl. I'd make a small fortune off of it if I sold it now for use as farmland or livestock pastures, but I'll never part with it while I'm alive enough to say so.

[@theshig9618]

@@Nylak-Otter I think in your case it being Conversation land would fall under being used. even with it being more of a training space now, you'd be able to argue that you're actively using the land. This is more the case of if you bought the land, and just, never did anything with it. never filed it as being used, just left it as is, and someone moved in there and built it up, etc.

[@aleksandralempart8305]

​@@Nylak-Otter how do you treat land for mosquitos? 😂 won't they just come back?

[@Nylak-Otter]

@@aleksandralempart8305 You eliminate standing water, and treat natural standing water sources to interrupt their reproduction cycles. They lay their eggs in standing water.

[@robertpesa4157]

Wow, love all the channels! Never have I seen such quick action on so many displeased fans!

[@MthFknIceCream]

👶

[@ericagerrard2099]

I really enjoy these more “historical” episodes. Thankyou for this one Danny. Loved the art used to illustrate the story btw. I’d like to see an episode on Alexander Pearce, the Irish Cannibal Convict in Tasmania, Australia.

[@heatherlou-v9c]

Thank you so much for taking out the music. I struggled hearing what Simon was saying with it in xxx

[@briannam3140]

it was so distracting!

[@imapurpleorange1]

Oh my gosh thank you so much for the re-edit! That was much better, I got to the end and I even watched the advert for you Simon. Thanks too for toning down the amount of graphics and for turning down the volume of the background music *Chefs kiss*

[@likebot.]

Isn't this the second time you had to re-upload? Imma listen to it again. I think it's worth a second listen.

[@piperjaycie]

Apparently there was annoying music in the last one. I can’t remember though so it clearly didn’t bother me. It’s nice that they reuploaded because so many people were put off by it though.

[@princesswithashotgun2488]

Thanks so much for the reupload! It's good to know the makers on this channel care about feedback 😊

[@smugandsmarmy]

Oh thank you all so much!! That music was so overpowering for me; so glad I can listen to this story in full!! ♥️

[@gabriellemcsloy5553]

Here in Ontario where this case happened we have what is called squatters rights. I’m not sure when they came into effect but the Donnelly’s were actually screwed over by the deal of only half the land. In current day if you can prove you have been occupying the land for 10 years uninterrupted then you can become the legal owner of that land and the original owner CAN NOT kick you off said land.

[@gabriellemcsloy5553]

Also love that you added the small part St. Thomas played in this story. Gotta love that my home town is known for for its part in this and killing Jumbo the Elephant #stthomasproud 😂

[@Smurffies]

Still waiting on that casual criminalist Journal Whistler boy!

[@mat1988ize]

For real! I don't know where to write down my crimes without one.

[@EluManweSulimo]

He's not doing any more. He said they were a hassle and he won't do it again.

[@The_Pewkachu]

The only way you'll get one is if you win one of the random auctions that are occasionally announced in the Discord or on Reddit.

[@patc1096]

They were a disaster to get made, so he doesn't want to make any more of them.

[@sophdog2564]

It's been released, but it was limited. If you missed it, you missed it

[@Morgannin]

I remember finding the music annoyingly repetitive but not bad enough to distract from the content. Oh well. Commendable that you took the liberty to remove it for the sake of those that did.

[@CrvrMb]

Sweeeeeet. Thank you for changing the music. Everything about the new editor’s style is great tho!!! Love it!! 🥰 keep on keeping on.

[@Balrog-tf3bg]

Good on you Simon for actually listening to your viewers!

[@ignitionfrn2223]

FINALLY, it's has been done 1:40 - Mid roll ads 3:05 - Back to the video 5:55 - Chapter 1 - Meet the blackfeet 15:50 - Chapter 2 - The logging bee incident 28:25 - Chapter 3 - The rise of the donnelly brothers 34:10 - Chapter 4 - The stagecoach feud & other tales of woes 45:05 - Chapter 5 - Enter the peacemaker 52:35 - Chapter 6 - Missing cows & bonfires 56:25 - Chapter 7 - The "Black" donnelly massacre 1:09:55 - Chapter 8 - The usual suspects 1:17:10 - Chapter 9 - Carry on constable 1:30:25 - Chapter 10 - A conspiracy of silence 1:36:35 - Chapter 11 - A final intervention from god And to add insult to injury, i still have the 1h episode on Sideproject(a 50 facts) and the 1h15 episode on Megaprojects(a everything you need to know)

[@TheJoshestWhite]

Thank you for your service

[@hollybollybingbong_]

1:36:30 - Chapter 9 - A Final Intervention From God

[@IcecoldLulu]

You really are a LEGEND! Thank you for the awesome work! ❤

[@bliss1819]

hallelujah the 3.5 second banjo loop is gone!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For this! Really loved Danny's work on this one!

[@KY_CPA]

this version is actually watchable 😍 I had stop the first one half way through due to the headache it gave me. Thank you Simon & team for receiving and responding to the feedback!

[@RB-qz9qw]

I never knew the full story of what happened to the Donnelly's. Thank you so much Simon and his writer for sharing the story. Interesting Fact: There is actually a brewery in Mitchell, Ontario that is named after the Black Donnelly's! (Black Donnelly's Brewing Co.)

[@firepixie3820]

Joy Joy Joy , they took the music out I can finally listen to it !!!

[@hawkshot867]

You know, for a family of gangsters that supposedly committed all of these crimes.... They sure had good friends and neighbors who cared a lot about them. Meanwhile, the villains of this story sure seem to have nothing but petty reasons and superstitions to go off of. Gonna chalk this one up to "local family doesn't take bullshit and people are upset about that".

[@liarwithagun]

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Donnelly's had been criminals, but they hadn't murdered anyone. Just did vandalism for intimidation. The lynch mob was just a bunch murderers.

[@cecerip1080]

yaay I live in London, Ontario which is really close to where this happened. Grew up hearing all kinds of stories and local legends about the Donnellys, I'm so pumped that my fave true crime channel covered this :}

[@Sellesion]

Thank you for the re-upload!!

[@DYNB]

Thanks for reuploading it in such a timely manner!

[@maribethmorgan7886]

You are a dream for changing the music. Im excited to watch the whole video:)

[@betinababbles249]

Thank you so much for reuploading. The last one was really bugging with the violin 😅

[@NikiKay13]

My great-grandparents lived in their house for something like 40 years but moved the last 5ish years of their lives due to struggling to live on their own. It's definitely difficult but sometimes it's for the best, even if they're not moving to a retirement home but rather a newer house that offers better accommodations for their particular challenges.

[@ConjureNoonSloth]

Dream come true! Huge thanks to the editors for listening to the community and reloading - gonna listen to this start to end now

[@Alex-mn2nf]

As a man from the North, I can confim that there is currently a flaming cat in my bin.

[@aleksandralempart8305]

Wtf

[@aleksandralempart8305]

Noone does this

[@rachelleh4879]

I appreciate the explanation at the start about the difficulties facing Irish Catholics under the hand of protestants but to reduce it down to just religion completely ignores the fact that it was a result of hundreds of years of strict and brutal colonisation of Ireland by the UK resulting in the mass genocide of Irish people that only really began to ease up less than 100 years ago, not to mention that a portion of the country is still wrongfully occupied by the UK today!

[@CharlieHorse4363]

THIS.

[@springwater6693]

so glad to see this, i tried to ignore the comments about the music before but couldn’t + knew we’d get a fixed video so i gave up😂

[@CptCupcakeUk]

Thank you for removing the bg music from the original upload. As someone with hearing issues, it was really difficult to hear Simon at some points, i gave up on the episode. To the editor i know it was probably a bit of a faff to do, but i really do appreciate it and looking at the comments others do too.

[@breathlesshaste]

Thanks for removing the music. The loop was driving me nuts.

[@opheliaismyname9180]

In my (limited) experience with landlords, it was much more 'mould coming out the walls? Not my problem' or 'you've got footage of water coming into your room when it rains? Nah, you're making that up' or 'oven's leaking? It'll be _fine_ ' or 'dryer's bust? That'll take two weeks', unfortunately

[@droomzy]

Dawg, where do you live? Your landlords sound like they were horrendous 💀

[@opheliaismyname9180]

@droomzy Off-campus housing while at uni Because they're renting to students they know they've got us over a barrel I only lived there a year before moving back to campus for accessibility and for my own health (and my housemates wanted to move out as well)

[@aleksandralempart8305]

Sadly true

[@AttiAnyday]

I grew up hearing the stories of why what happened to the Donnellys happened... a lot of the horror stories of what they did to "deserve" this outcome unfortunately was fairly normal for the region during those times, and even into the 1960s ... even in the 2000s I recall a family with just as messed up lore as the Donnellys. I still feel empathetic to the family especially the women as a lot of local stories of what happened to them is insanely disturbing and they were said to be more pleasant than the father or brothers...

[@jasonferris4589]

Thanks for re-uploading

[@MatthewMacCallumActor]

This is a story I’m still fascinated by. It’s also something I never thought I’d see on here. I grew up in London, ON, and everyone knows this story.

[@echoingemotions]

I liked the music (tho it was a bit loud at some points); watching it again cuz it very much deserves all the watch time!

[@MeltedPearls]

Compliments on the smooth (lol) delivery of your necessary ad-work! Masterful, sir.

[@Serpentaxuk]

Thank you so much for listening to the comments & removing the 4 second loop "music"

[@GigglingMuffin]

Thank you so much for sorting out the audio, glad I can watch it properly now

[@LoJo]

Thanks for editing the audio. Simon's melodious tones need no enhancement. 😏

[@Shorty3471]

As someone from Tipperary, Ireland, I can safely say Simon is absolutely murdering the pronunciation of "Tipperary"

[@Concetta20]

I heard it’s a long way to get there. 😉

[@aleksandralempart8305]

How are you meant to pronounce it then?

[@Teroskull]

thanks for taking the music out. this was a lot better now.

[@Captain_Commenter]

Thanks for the Canadian content mate, thumbs up.

[@zillaquazar]

As someone from a family of 6 boys and 1 girl who moved to an established town, I have sympathy for the subjects of this video, My family were constantly being blamed for the going on in the town and a log of the time it was not us, we were not perfect but the worst thing we did was play chappy/knockdoor run. What do you call knock door run where you come from?

[@theConquerersMama]

Ding -dong, ditch

[@suzimonkey345]

Thanks Danny!

[@nbarnes6225]

Love that Simon is surprised at the religious hatred of the past as if there isn't currently a giant war in Gaza for the same reason....

[@jennanail]

And Sudan.

[@ashb7846]

Especially since he’s English and would have been a kid during the tail end of the Troubles, though he has admitted he lived a fairly privileged sheltered life, so it could be he has a lot of childhood ignorance.

[@nbarnes6225]

@ashb7846 yeah, didn't think about that. Plus...literally the Church of England's entire history with the Catholic Church in England itself. 😅

[@Swissair171]

3:17 As someone who lives in the north of England (specifically Teesside), I can categorically say that we do not set fire to dead cats in wheelie bins here. I know I haven’t.

[@aleksandralempart8305]

Never heard of this happening especially on such a large scale that it's a common knowledge apparently

[@PrimetimeD]

Canadian Hatfields vs. McCoys? lol

[@JS4192]

Thanks for taking that music out, now I can listen to this episode!

[@patriciaposthumus6684]

Peppa Pig might haunt the dreams of parents of today, but for me, it was Barney.

[@aleksandralempart8305]

In the night Garden for me 😂

[@allyshaburns1576]

This is literally like the sub plot of peaky blinders, absolutely wild

[@aleksandralempart8305]

Is it? Never got what the hype was about so never watched it 😂

[@TheRJBro]

Yay the music was fixed! I made it through it once already but I’m here to drop a like and comment for the algorithm! ❤

[@Marykate465]

the towel graphic made me spit out my coffee. thank you for that, editor.

[@WernerWonka]

Thank you so so much for the reupload without the music! 🙏🙏🙏

[@Longingtobesomeone]

Now I don't even notice the background music! Perfect. 👌

[@GcTheHardstyler]

Thanks for taking out the looping torture music, this episode is a banger 😊

[@jasonjuneau2948]

I watcehed the orignal. Didnt really notice the music. I didnt finish it so i clicked on this one to finish and didnt notice the music was gone until i read the comments lol

[@VFastt]

Thank you ! 🎉

[@kelseycondray]

1:34:19 this is like the Tulsa Race Massacre. They were like “let’s just erase this problem we created”

[@ashb7846]

Yeah, even though this isn’t presented like a race thing, considering the Donnelly’s were tolerant for equality towards Protestants and Catholics and that was part of the reason they were hated, it’s on par with masacre having racial parallels against people who preferred the segregation.

[@Ganymedia9]

Watching again for the algorithm, get that boost fact boy

[@suzimonkey345]

Thank you!

[@russ3164]

I always liked the original music he had during reading a few years ago.

[@prasselboll]

Spill the tea! Why re-upload?

[@themazeballet]

got rid of the background music

[@DANIxDANGER]

Probably copyright?

[@CopperPheonix]

There was REALLY annoying background music. It was like four notes on a repeating loop

[@prasselboll]

@@CopperPheonix Oh, haha! Must've been to tired to notice. Thanks!

[@themazeballet]

@@DANIxDANGER not it was just REALLY annoying violin/hurdy-gurdy that played the same four notes over and over and over.

[@Crowfire84]

"He's dead Jim" Classic Star Trek lol!

[@maranathaschraag5757]

"why would you choose white? got to be a nightmare to get all the blood off" thanks for making me choke on my water, Simon.

[@Unti1tmrw]

The day you uploaded this I happened to go to a bookstore and pick up a book about this. I’m gonna read the book before watching this video, though this is a crazy coincidence.

[@chiinadoll8]

I miss the original theme music & i liked the music that introduced each new chapter

[@jackteare8292]

Good show 👍 one could not cope with the noise last week.

[@rhiannafrench8793]

Thank you so much! I can actually watch it now! ❤

[@NickieLou]

I honestly loved the music. It added to the humor for me, but I do understand if people got annoyed! Thanks Simon and the team!

[@charliesheaves2556]

The same families are still living in Lucan. Also Lucan was one of the first free black settled communities, with the first black constable in Canada. The Irish burnt out the original settlers. With such corruption, a black woman was found hog tied in the Ausable river and was deemed a suicide.

[@InTheMindOfDavid]

@0:45 My Grandparents have lived in the same house for decades. In fact they’ve lived here since it was built in the 50’s. My Grandpa’s dad bought it when they moved to the area for work when my grandpa was a kid. Then he inherited it from his parents. They raised my dad and aunt here their children’s whole lives and even I was raised in the house. It’s got 4 generations and 7 lifetimes worth of memories in it. I hope we never get to place where we have to sell it. It’s a dubplex and the side I live in even has a furnished basement! With a living room, bed room, storage room and wash room!!

[@joanjune4381]

This is such a fascinating case. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿. Love and love.

[@ASJones-re2oe]

Thank you so much! I can listen! I'm so sorry for having to stand off. I just couldn't handle the music

[@janine088tear6]

$400 in 1820 is worth $10,678.02 today $1 in 1820 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $26.70 today, an increase of $25.70 over 204 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 1.62% per year between 1820 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 2,569.50%.

[@bryttnitv]

Was looking for more comments/conversation about the nature of the video and its contents and everyone is just talking about the music lol Kinda frustrating. Like I'm glad they paid attention to what people wanted but do we really need to say it so many times? Anyway, this is such a wild story. The family shouldn't have to feel like they should leave their home but sheesh if everyone hated me in town, I'd leave if I could. It's a good thing we have the tech we do today because it feels like people got away with some crazy stuff back in the day. Side note: there was that one murder of a guy in a town where he was hated (a more modern case) and I think everyone got off. Tbf though, he was a huge arse and pulled a shotty on someone I think? Looked it up, Ken Rex McElroy.

[@spacejasontodd]

Yeah, I've been scrolling for a good couple of minutes now and all people keep nabbing about is the background music. I'd have loved to see more insight, shared opinions, or experience a little catharsis knowing everybody found this story equally frustrating and tragic and whatnot, but alas.

[@darkmoon3574]

Meet The Blackfeet at 5:48 The Logging bee incident at 15:46 The Rise of the Donnelly Brothers at 28:17 The Stagecoach feund and other tales of woe at 34:06 Enter the Peackeeper at 45:03 Missing cows and bonfires at 52:30 The Black's Donnellys Massacre at 56:24 A conspiracy of slience at 1:30:21 A final intervetion from god at 1:36:28

[@themessafterthemarty4770]

Who made the illustrative art featured in this episode, or where's it from? It's got quite an interesting style and enhanced the story, so got curious. (For example at 13:20 and 13:50, but it's throughout)

[@dlo111]

Oooh! Excited for this one! I grew up with this story! Let's gooooooo

[@kevinscottbailey8335]

OMG that music got so annoying! I mean I kind of understood when it started to illustrate the old west of it all, but then it just never stopped LOL

[@msvixen1981]

I miss the old jingle the editor used. The piano, was it?

[@theConquerersMama]

No, it was a 4 note hurdy gurdy.

[@tristanwheeler3376]

I like this channel even more because they listened to the fans and took out the loop music.

[@theConquerersMama]

❤

[@cheechalker8430]

“Buy land ….. they’re not making any more of it”

[@brittany1049]

LMAO John Connelly was the name of my pediatrician 😂😂😂😂. He was also county coroner.

[@LcHR21212]

simon: no one sleeps 12 and a half hours me: "sweats nervously"