I haven't been able to make videos for awhile but I'm back at it and I have a whole bunch of different videos coming up! There was a lot of trouble with the audio in this one, and there are some parts of the narration I had to redo - they are quite noticeable as the tone is a bit different but that's how it turned out this time. Thanks for watching!
@Crosbie85Ай бұрын
🤝 appreciate the video
@coolwaterBLUEАй бұрын
Just one thing bro that I have to mention. You keep saying Bernie's last name wrong...the start of his name sounds like twin but with a G obviously. Pronounced more like "Gwindin"
@mark1010818 күн бұрын
Do one about all the Italian organized crime here, the Portuguese gangs of st Clair aka st Clair boys, Wallace park, Oakwood Boys... Recent Russian Bratvas and Cartel members coming here.
@frakismaximus3052Ай бұрын
Bro! What a fantastic overview! I actually have a pretty good grasp of the 90s/00s biker wars in eastern Canada... but you definitely deepened my knowledge here. Moreover ... Toronto area gangs of the mid-19th century? A very welcome surprise, i was not expecting anything of the like! You really knocked this one out of the park, man... seriously, you do a great job collating info in your videos. I'd give 1000 thumbs up if i could 😅
@strangenorthАй бұрын
I appreciate it, thanks for watching - it was interesting learning about the gang history in Toronto. Lots I didn't get to yet, part 3 is going to be even more of a condensed overview. My gang videos aren't high quality like the ones by channels like Hood Chronicles but I think they provide a decent summary of the major groups. Cheers
@davidhill4141Ай бұрын
My grandpa was a business man in Toronto and Windsor in the early 1900 ‘s and he said when they heard the purple gang was around , they took off ! I’d like to know more about them . This history is amazing , thanks !
@mattysquizzato7094Ай бұрын
Wasn't The Purple Gang based out of Detroit?
@davidhill4141Ай бұрын
@ probably. He had business in the coin operated machines ; juke boxes and slot machines , and I remember ( reading his memoirs) him saying the purple gang were feared.
@mattysquizzato7094Ай бұрын
@@davidhill4141 If it's the Purple Gang out of Detroit, he is 100% correct. I live in Windsor, so it's not hard to believe they had ties here.
@strangenorthАй бұрын
Thanks for watching, Toronto definitely has a lot of gang history. Honestly I haven't heard about that one, I'll look it up. There are some Ontario based groups that I didn't cover in the Toronto videos that I'm going to get to in future videos. CHeers
@marahallstewart2883Ай бұрын
Interesting videos keep them coming.
@strangenorthАй бұрын
I appreciate it, thanks for watching!
@LETSGOPLAYRCАй бұрын
I truly hope you do a long form version on the Paradise Riders , it's a very important club in Canadian history probably more so then most people will ever know " Keep The Dice Rolling"
@strangenorthАй бұрын
Thanks for watching, yeah I didn't really go too much into them. Or the Vagabonds for that matter. I may do another video down the road where I cover some of those other clubs. Definitely a ton of interesting biker history in Ontario. Cheers
@tellhowwackareyouАй бұрын
I grew up in Regent Park from 81 - 2006. I have to say. It was truly crazy. The gang wars with in the project and crack / murders / was over the moon. Was a very dangerous place. The amount of biker gang club houses in the same area was crazy
@royanderson3478Ай бұрын
Grew up across the bridge 🌉. HA club on Eastern Ave, one club was near Don Mount Court Regent residence, whom many went to high school with were good kids. The problem with the area was the outside people selling Crack. I'm 60 now, i remember playing sports with the Regent Park kids. 😮😊 Hope the kids got a good job with the City or Post Office 🏤 and ❤️ enjoyed their lives. Staying healthy and quitting smoking 🚬 🚭 and drinking 🍸, you should have no problems getting up at 6 am😊.
@terrysullivan4700Ай бұрын
I remember the 80s and lived a cpl blocks from the club on Eastern Ave. I actually grew up with some of them.
@terrysullivan4700Ай бұрын
When I left the city I ended up working for another club north of Markham. The business was legit. All the gents treated me well 😊
@solkinarАй бұрын
@@terrysullivan4700I seem to remember a Para dice clubhouse in that area or am I wrong?
@kevinmilley7541Ай бұрын
@@solkinar Correct, the P.D.R. patched over and became H.A.
@DigitalJeremyАй бұрын
Nice work; interesting and well presented as always. I worked with a former member of Satan's Choice in the late 80's...he had some stories :)
@wayneshotlander-c8zАй бұрын
OF the Satans choice the PRES of MTL was taken out for NOT paching over to the HAs And his dody in in the LAURENTNS some place face down !
@strangenorth27 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching - I bet he had some stories! Cheers
@7SoulLightАй бұрын
Thanks!
@strangenorthАй бұрын
I appreciate it, thank you very much!
@jamesstuart3346Ай бұрын
Well done and very informative!
@strangenorthАй бұрын
I appreciate it, glad you got some value out of this one! Cheers
@AnthonyYoung-n7bАй бұрын
Thanks for the hour.
@royanderson3478Ай бұрын
Hells angels on Eastern Ave? Is 81 on Carlaw ave the same affiliation ? In Toronto.
@FeldwebelWolfenstoolАй бұрын
18:25 ...Bernie commanded a local Satan's Choice outfit in N.Ontario. The clubhouse was right across the street from me. The neighbourhood was much quieter and way less cRaZy back then...
@aidanjohnston1940Ай бұрын
Very well documented, a little 2 well.
@lanabethmorrison6584Ай бұрын
The bikers of today are NOT the same!! These loyal bikers of yesterday would never see canada 🇨🇦 toronto,ont overcrowded n disrespectful burning of our canadian flag 🇨🇦 the fact trudeau is allowing this evil to continue tells me we canadian born NEED SUPPORT 😢
@arthurrlambert4825Ай бұрын
Great video! One correction, last execution by hanging in Toronto was 1962 at the Don Jail, my grandfather was the Toronto Sheriff at the time!
@strangenorthАй бұрын
I appreciate it, thanks for watching - and I appreciate the correction, I read that it was the last hanging but those reports can often be wrong. I bet your grandfather has some interesting stories! Cheers
@hermitsgrotto3812Ай бұрын
very nice work tks
@strangenorthАй бұрын
I appreciate it, thanks for watching!
@JonBonZombieАй бұрын
I Liked Part 1 man... I actually saw one person in that last one I met on the inside ,,, Freaked me out
@strangenorthАй бұрын
Thanks for watching - hope things are going well for you bro! Cheers
@chrismcguinness5405Ай бұрын
Nothing on The Vagabonds MC? C'mon!
@johnwinnerdz1Ай бұрын
I heard from a friend there were many smaller biker clubs some gangs in Ontario that mostly got along like the Vagabonds. Then the HA started making enemies in the states and quebec and then HA started to absorb or patch over smaller clubs. Some older bikers retired from clubs and became just enthusiasts. Some stories told seemed like satans choice didnt want to be HA from the 1970 til 1999 which kept the HA out of Ontario .After the 1990's bike clubs changed from just wandering partiers who like to brawl when to drunk , to OC motorbike enthusiasts. To the best of my memory from stories from ziggy. Just another bit in late 1980's early 1990s the cops looked to break up these smaller bike clubs, and it seems they did. Alberta and BC didn't have as many riders or bike clubs as Eastern Canada back in 1970 or 1980 but the HA seemed to be growing on the coast..lol
@strangenorth9 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching - fair point, I could have covered that group better in this one. Cheers
@arthurrlambert4825Ай бұрын
Great to see North Bay Nugget articles, im from there!
@strangenorthАй бұрын
Actually over time I've used a bunch of North Bay Nugget articles in several of my videos, great to find articles from outside of the GTA. Cheers
@arthurrlambert4825Ай бұрын
@ well great job please keep it up, love’em. You from Toronto? I was born there and went to University there long time ago. However left the country to work many years, now in BC.
@terrysullivan4700Ай бұрын
Excellent ❤❤
@strangenorthАй бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@johnjayne8225Ай бұрын
You never mentioned one outlaw MC gang ....here is the story look it up. The Vagabonds MC from Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1962 by Ed "Edjo" Leslie, the club remains in existance to this very day, making it the oldest Canadian outlaw motorcycle club still in operation.
@strangenorth9 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching - yeah fair point, I didn't really go into that club in this one. Cheers
@Firestone1Ай бұрын
Is Cisco Frank Lenti still around, or is he retired? I hear Jimmy Raso still is.
@robertmurphy229Ай бұрын
I was there for it all with support to S.C & H.A. in the whole 90's great times ineed ....
@wayneshotlander-c8zАй бұрын
In the late 60s the Pres of the MTL of the Satans choice was taken out for NOT patching over to the HAs his bod is someplace up in the Laurencens .his name was Doogy danials and was from the Point, ANY one remember him..
@relicreapers571Ай бұрын
Just a tid bit. My step dad used to bartend Bernie and the Satans Choice MC at the Knob Hill hotel. He gave Bernie $50 once cuz he was short. He was supposed to get me a ride on his bike but never panned out.
@strangenorth9 күн бұрын
Sorry for the delay - my channel has grown faster than I thought it would and I've missed a bunch of older comments. I bet your stepdad has some interesting stories! I think a lot of people are surprised at how much underworld history there is in Canada, it's an interesting part of our history and I think they should cover it more in history education. Cheers
@relicreapers5719 күн бұрын
@@strangenorth I agree, whatever happens is still history and truth is truth. Yes "Sonny" my step dad had a lot of great stories. I still laugh even though is been gone for years. That's the mark of a true man. Funny to this day me and Sagitarious always seem to get along well. One thing I didn't mention was some of the members were razzin my step dad one day a bit with hollars of " hey tar bender, give us a drink lol. Bernie apperently quickly interviened and was never anymore of that. Lol. Another usual patron was, are you ready? Uncle Bobby from the Uncle Bobby Show lol. He used to give handfulls of pens my stepdad would bring from him. Maybe it was payment for a drink I don't know 😁. Oh I still have his Knob Hill bar tending aprin and beer opener I kept when he passed over. My step dad used to spar in the same gym same time as George Chuvalo in Cabbagetown 60's. Manager asked Sonny if he wanted to spar with him one day. Response? Nooooope. Lol Sonny makes 2024 and social media. More fealress than I could want to be. 👊🤍👊 eliam dj
@TribeManagementАй бұрын
How you mention Satan's choice but not BD black diamond riders, also Toronto home to 3 letter gangs
@solkinarАй бұрын
He did mention Black Diamond Riders
@colettephilcox231Ай бұрын
Paradice riders?
@strangenorth9 күн бұрын
Sorry for the delay - my channel has grown faster than I thought it would and I've missed a bunch of older comments. I definitely could have covered that group more, I may do another video down the road. Cheers
@TimFordOfficialАй бұрын
i believe my dad was among some of these fellas he was a street kid around this time
@jasonberezny1710Ай бұрын
4:13. Is that a ufo ?
@strangenorthАй бұрын
Thanks for watching - I'm not sure, that's a free stock video clip I sometimes use. It would be cool if it was! Cheers
@mattsnell7707Ай бұрын
How could you not mention the grow the angels got busted for that was in the old Molson brewery when talking about Toronto hells angels? 😂
@mikego3346Ай бұрын
Barrie Ont
@AnthonyThomson27Ай бұрын
Look into the DO boys in Parkdale lots of history there.
@gingerkid1048Ай бұрын
This takes me back big time-my mom dated a guy who rode with Pair o Dice when they & Satan's Choice were fighting for HA attention. I was young then but I remember things like being "babysat" with my mom because her BF owed money on a coke deal. Was a scary time.
@gvks135Ай бұрын
Paradise Riders
@GetithowyouliveitАй бұрын
Here is a list of actual Toronto street gangs and crews that you should research. These are actual Toronto crews. Bikers have NO real history in our gang culture. They Run all of small town Ontario. The dirty tricks gang is way more of importance to our gang culture than bikers. Here is a list of some others crews you should look at. Versace Boys, Christie Boys, Project Originals, L.A. boy, Boys in blue, La Familia, Fred Hamilton Boys, Mc Cormick,Boys, True Portuguese Bloods, Ill Kids, Vice lords. Tiny toons, Looney toons, Gators, Tretheway Ganster Killers , Wrinkles crew, And Smooth crew. Here is some more- New born Crips, M&M's, Point Blank Soldiers And Young Bloods Generations. I am sure if I really think of it, there are a coupe more that I cannot remember right now. As far as I am concerned, Bikers are not "gangs" they are more of an organized crime such as the Mob of various ethnicities, that control their area of the city/town.
@johnwilliams6063Ай бұрын
KR Boys?
@GetithowyouliveitАй бұрын
Not sure of them, but I know there are a lot of hoods in Toronto that have their own crews. They are not Crips, bloods or bikers. Crips,bloods and bikers just became a thing in the early to mid 2000’s. Only Rexdale, who have been Crips since 90 and because they are so close and always fought with Rexdale. Ardwick became bloods in the early 90s. Other than this, there was no blood and crip history in Toronto. It just became a thing with these new kids that are in our city.
@johnwilliams6063Ай бұрын
Thanks for the response. I was going out on a limb hoping to find a friend that I haven't heard from since he disappeared from my life almost 40 years ago
@TikillahАй бұрын
Eglinton West Crips & Vaughan Road Bloods (formerly V.R.Troopers) have probably one of the most back n forth beefs and bodies since mid 90s. (Being pretty much connected/beside each other.) 5PG aswell. Ran Weston Rd from 90s onwards.
@GetithowyouliveitАй бұрын
@@Tikillah Yes, you are correct.!!! You are making my point for me. Every hood in Toronto has a crew back in the 90’s. Eglinton west was not crips. It was Spengler’s crew and bullby crew. Two of the baddest Jamaican crews to be in Toronto. Crips became later in the 2000’s with the younger generation. And yes 5 point generals but I thought it was in the video, so I did not mention them again. They are not Crips.
@cageycretin7357Ай бұрын
30:41. The club was called simply Popeye not the Popeyes
@sean367Ай бұрын
Ouch
@johnmcalpine9473Ай бұрын
The good old days
@burningatthetrailheadАй бұрын
DawnBrooks is still a thing aka BBG
@TimFordOfficialАй бұрын
in toronto, you should do something about the gangs in london ont we are way worse that toronto lol whitehills crw EOA HA lots of them here if you can get a story from them or photos , none of my crew exist im last one alive
@strangenorth9 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching - I was thinking of doing something like that down the road, I have a lot to learn about that area though. Cheers
@DavidBale-vn4opАй бұрын
Vagabonds running Rochdale college. Hilarious
@_416_Ай бұрын
From what I hear they were definitely there but so were other clubs
@wayneshotlander-c8zАй бұрын
TE Vagabonds HUNG OUT IN YOURKVILLE 'AND THEY WERE A GREAT BUNCH OF GUYS'LIKE LOOSER HE WAS A VERY FRIENDLY GUY HE AND 5 OTHERS AND I HUNG TOGETHER if ANY OF YOU WERE THERE THEN you MAY REMEMBER A GUY NAMED Spider WELL THAT WAS me ,fun times with you all ,I just have to laugh as I remember YOU looser and your SMELLY JEANS I DO NOT need to SAY why as every one knew why too HA HA HA !
@wayneshotlander-c8zАй бұрын
ALSO TERE WAS THE BDRs ALSO NICE GUYS TOO !
@wayneShotlander-zw6wbАй бұрын
They also hung around Yorkville Looer was a fun guy to hang with as were some of the others I thik I was the only Èhippy that would do so and They liked that i did the vages were a good bunch of guys ,to me any way .
@wayneshotlander-c8zАй бұрын
@@wayneShotlander-zw6wb What I ment in THEY ALSO HUNG AROUND YOURKVILLE IN THIS I MENT LOOSER not LOOER !ok?
@PlaysBad.38Ай бұрын
"First racially motivated killing in Ontario" like my entire ppl don't exist lol
@darrylmckenna506226 күн бұрын
All you are talking about are motorcycle clubs
@DanielIvan707Ай бұрын
Why don’t they talk about all the gay stuff these bikers do? It’s really interesting
@frakismaximus3052Ай бұрын
That would be a 10 part series 😂
@cageycretin7357Ай бұрын
As in...
@BrigidSamhainАй бұрын
The Leather Chaps?
@chaccotv7713Ай бұрын
First racially motivated murder? Ask an indigenous person about that.
@sampicanoАй бұрын
Ask them about scalping Europeans...dirty racist natives
@DavePerry-h5rАй бұрын
As if indigenous tribes were not killing each other for centuries?
@bradmcginn7576Ай бұрын
Meant white people then yes buried under schools smh
@IambetterthanyouanduknowitАй бұрын
Indigenous people were getting attacked by the government not regular civilians.
@chaccotv7713Ай бұрын
@@Iambetterthanyouanduknowit genocide is still murder
@Andy-ty6gv24 күн бұрын
Soon y’all will have the liberal gangs from the United States !!! They will leave once trump back in the White House again 😂
@wrecktitudemedia6514Ай бұрын
Oh yeah, when I'm in Toronto nowadays I'm worried about getting robbed by the Brookes gang lol
@hittingdasauceАй бұрын
😂😂😂
@cantkillcliffroseАй бұрын
Shout out Satan's Choice. I've had the pleasure of talking with alot of old timers. Good dudea, backed hard.