The Historic Disappearance of Louis Le Prince

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[@Lylo541]

Petition to remove Edison from our science books because he was stealing other peoples ideas and finally give the actual inventors the credit they deserve

[@francespowell6923]

Lylo Heart, not a bad idea.

[@yanfei5634]

Lylo Heart um no because he still did invent the light bulb

[@kenda6409]

Yanfei_101 Alissa_101 He didn't. He stole the idea from another inventor, Nikola Tesla.

[@angiev8154]

+Yanfei_101 Alissa_101. No he didn't.

[@zairabernal2328]

Yanfei_101 Alissa_101 even now, everyone is taught he didn't invent the lightbulb. Lightbulbs existed prior, Edison is just credited for the incandescent lightbulb, which functioned better

[@tristan9660]

It's pretty sad. Dying just before you become one of the greatest inventors in history. Having your son killed because he tried to protect your legacy. It's depressing.

[@elisebadger6041]

I know right. For some reason i feel sadder about this story more then other stories covered on this show. Probably because this story wasn't all down, this man probably was feeling on top of the world when he was kidnapped and most certainly killed.

[@marythebene]

this comment has serious Hamilton vibes

[@aster1594]

@@marythebene OMG yes Hamilton vibes

[@dawnn.1675]

@@marythebene Exactly what I was thinking

[@Thelongmanable]

*_Google "PENMAN OF THE CONSTITUTION" then google "Who wrote the constitution.... Everything in history is a lie and note he went the rest of his life being called "penman of the constitution" while being noted as one "who did most the work".... Jefferson was exactly like Eddison!!!_*

[@swagsquirrel3534]

Just another reason to hate Thomas Edison, that invention stealing thief

[@liya5695]

Oh how I despise him

[@barriolimbas]

Worse than stealing it seems.

[@jo-nb6rt]

in this house we only hate thomas edison!!!!!!

[@abbyc6813]

all my homies hate Thomas Edison

[@kindateia]

What other things did he steal?

[@DarkShadows713]

"What would say if I told you the inventor of film was NOT Thomas Edison?" As someone who does not know film history but DOES know that Thomas Edison was an invention-stealing liar, I would say "That does not surprise me at all"

[@Frumpbeard]

I thought he was the one that invented the light bulb, this is all news to me.

[@DarkShadows713]

Frump Beard He patented someone else's invention

[@timeflies313]

@@Frumpbeard That was Joseph Swan. Edison is nothing but a Thief. He tried to fool people when he was alive, little did he know generations later that all his dirty secrets will be exposed and known.

[@sailorv9118]

I literally replied to Ryan, "it was probably Nikola Tesla!"

[@roseroses7576]

The inventor of film was George Eastman.

[@TheOctoberOwl]

The more you learn about Edison the more he seems like a hack.

[@miloskocic1759]

@Mister Physics he is not a socialist

[@radmoonable]

@@miloskocic1759 tesla was a socialist

[@miloskocic1759]

@@radmoonable no he was not

[@lunak9053]

And a sociopath

[@DiabolicalButler]

welcome to a whole new world. all the propaganda shoved down your throat about our american heroes is all lies.

[@seand1030]

One of my history teachers in high school said “I’m gonna teach you the textbook version of Edison, because I have to. Then I’m gonna teach you the truth”. Edison was a hack.

[@deknees8969]

Kudos to that teacher.

[@slithra227]

Edison was a bitch. Know who else was a bitch? Marconi. My first media prof had personal beefs with both of them.

[@gayghostmeme3911]

My history teacher refuses

[@ppowerrz]

that teacher is a bhaddie 😼💅✨

[@HI-ho4bj]

Edison should be in economics chapter

[@deiadied]

Bruh Prince’s son literally showed the moving picture and gave his grandmother death certificate and that she was in the film! How is that not enough evidence to show that Prince is the real inventor bruhhhhhhh! I’m angry!!!!

[@Qingeaton]

Sounds familiar.

[@Lemur1610]

Edison probably paid off the court

[@KillasaurusArcade01]

Because he's French. America don't want no one getting credit but America

[@saturnmercury8533]

@@KillasaurusArcade01 That's true...

[@CixousSixth]

They couldn't prove that Le Prince's original single-lens motion picture camera was the one that actually took said motion picture.

[@karanraghunath869]

European scientist: invents something Edison: *it's free real estate*

[@itsmalv7365]

Louis Le Prince: *disappears* Edison: *finally he "invents" movies* Adolphe: *testifies against Edison* Edison: ... Adolphe: *found dead* Not suspicious at all my dudes

[@ForeverMe543]

malv ina right? He totally had something to do with this.

[@uliseslazaroace2789]

malv ina if he did kill my nugga prince he in hell burying for it rn

[@yahairakuiperi6011]

Not at all.... 👀

[@flipside6006]

Nice😂

[@FenrirGBG]

Edison was a 1890's version of the Clintons

[@sam-nk5fu]

*In class* Teacher: Who invented movies? Students: THOMAS EDISON Le ghost of Louis le Prince: Am I a joke to you?

[@catherinevaz6139]

I'm French, and the "le Ghost" made me laugh! You're good!

[@sam-nk5fu]

Catherine Vaz Merci beaucoup!

[@user-kw8ff1fw4t]

Glad to find a swiftie here😂😂

[@woahmicah6549]

Ghost of Nikola Tesla: I know that feel bro

[@tayloranderson7547]

Le ghost of Louis price : am i a joke to you 👻

[@uncosminreels]

I've actually impressed my Film history & theory lecturer with the information presented here and after some extra research from both of us, my lecturer decide to update his teaching material and highlight Louis Le Prince, to take his deserved glory place in film history as the father of moving pictures. It's small but it's a start

[@alex.5318]

bravo coaie

[@inberichten]

Good job, it's some well-deserved recognition :)

[@fromage6926]

👍

[@heyoimoved4729]

that's awesome! i'm very proud of you ^^

[@Izzy_jam]

Yay! a small victory for Louis

[@PaZuLiTa]

I'll never forgive Poptropica for making me believe as a child that Edison was the actual inventor

[@dinah6693]

And Mystery Train Island was my *favorite* one to solve😭😭

[@bannahannana9403]

They told me lies about Edison’s inventions in both the train and time travel islands 😔

[@cloudsenpai9258]

Not Poptropica 😭

[@spark1400]

@@dinah6693 mystery train island was incredible

[@MobinaKhan-IsNotOnFire-]

🙌🏻

[@KaIIavan]

Let me add in the fact that Edison electrocuted an elephant to death.

[@erinlee7125]

Yami are you serious what a piece of garbage

[@tainaf.8327]

Aliceyorkie1 4 yeah her name was topsy :(

[@skylarwalters2718]

mrs obama it’s even worse when u realize that the whole reason he did it was to discredit nikola Tesla’s invention of AC to make Edison’s DC seem better. By the way, most lights today do not even utilize Edison’s direct current, yet he still largely gets credit for it

[@awesomemess6832]

Did u get this info from a Bob’s Burgers episode 😂 bc I totally remember that episode

[@corneliali7747]

actually, he's also the one who suggested death penalty by electric chair using AC, to associate Tesla's invention with death. So yes, he indirectively electrocuted human to death too.

[@AustinJASMR]

Mom: Why are you building a time machine? Me: To save Louis Le Prince

[@petitecaptain8525]

"I may not come back, but it is for a noble cause!"

[@brooklynnbutterfield1951]

PetiteCaptain “tell the world about this man!”

[@ForeverMe543]

Austin James haha "Okay honey, pack clean underwear"

[@jaypegasi3769]

Thank you, we need to save him

[@rain1641]

ngl I would do that too

[@Ashley-vs8nu]

The fact that they keep showing that SMUG picture of Edison is legit making it worse

[@zaynslucozade1132]

Ikr😆

[@daisukekambe8907]

Interesting how Louis disappears than a year later Eddison starts shooting motion pictures.

[@acemerceramv8561]

Or how his patents were useless until 1897, and Edison was projecting movies in 1896

[@neutral.astronaut]

I love that all the comments are full of hate toward Edison Sometime I want to write a history book exclusively to insult Edison

[@sleepycryptid8275]

Do it and I'll pay you $100

[@mariahzeh9405]

I’ll add $100

[@AvivElizabethHaddad]

Do it!!!!

[@rengeee]

do it.

[@amysm0613]

Go ahead, we will gladly pay for it

[@FrodoLuver1]

THIS CASE PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH. I can't believe that this guy literally invented movies, something horrible happened to him, and someone else got the credit. I'm so mad.

[@Chicken56877]

it is really sad to be honest. I have a feeling that if we dig deep enough we soon find out that what we learn in our history class is not entirely true.

[@sydney19931]

Not only did someone else get the credit, but to this day, even though the true is in Louis Le Prince' favour, Edison still gets credit. It's so sad, and like you, it pisses me off.

[@URHUSBANDBEATSU]

Amber Warren same as whites taking blacks inventions, songs, and other things they made and put I off as there own for centuries. 👀

[@douloureux.]

Bella Song only in the US. Also men taking womens inventions or having them credited because ‘a woman could never do that’

[@emilomnic316]

amber Edison's goons killed Prince. Its all in his journal.

[@janheartnazarenelayoso408]

Edison will always be a thief, Y'all know about Tesla?

[@kiarasmith9890]

i know that edison stole one of teslas inventions and he was credited for his work but which invention was it, I remember it being the lightbulb but he stole that from joseph swan

[@peenyyt4921]

Everybody knows about tesla

[@Nat-ls1uo]

@@peenyyt4921 thanks to the ones who put his name up there, Making him justice.

[@adambump5297]

Yeah Nikola Tesla the inventor of Tesla Coils, the Radio & the Remote Control.

[@ben-hn2ek]

@@adambump5297 radar too I guess

[@sintexx2801]

Bro, I swear Ryan will be on his death bed with his family all around him and he’ll use his dying breath to whisper his last words: e n d q u o t e

[@ZeldaboyOG]

Beautiful.

[@sarahs3305]

"That being said"

[@user-fh5ov4tu2j]

That's sad to think about wtf

[@zaynslucozade1132]

Underrated comment

[@111111444444444]

Thomas Edison is the real-life Gilderoy Lockhart

[@jujunita5678]

HAHAHA

[@lunar1212]

ᴏᴍʟ ʟᴏʟ 😂

[@ceciliasobo281]

No, Lockhart was at least funny and got his comeuppance

[@veg5bond]

THATS WHAT I SAID

[@salvadorhernandez9174]

Ouchh, Also hello fellow Potterhead!

[@Queersailorscout]

I hate Thomas Edison so much. Robbing my boys Tesla and Louis

[@heyitsdarkangel9065]

He's such an a-hole

[@AtlisDe]

Yeah i was going to say, Tesla was robbed too, but luckily people recognize or the very least know about Tesla's achievements. Where as until this video I'd never heard of Louis before.

[@wcmxae341]

Tesla will always be my favorite person, Edison was a dick just because Tesla left him

[@XxDoomxBestxX]

Andddd another video that shows the d bag Edison was. Low key Edison probably made him disappear

[@damienhartley3222]

@@heyitsdarkangel9065 No Tesla a hole setting the white house lawn on fire with his quak invention Teslas followers make people addicted to smartphone because they are waiting for the car to charge.

[@manushkasondhi778]

shane saying "THEY'RE CALLED ENTS!" immediately when ryan says "'lord of the rings' trees" is something that can be so personal

[@roxiekooi865]

He's gotta defend his relatives, y'know? The Ents and the Squatches, they go way back.

[@mo-hp3bo]

ryan bringing up that hes a film major twice in a story about a mans disappearance/death is exactly what id expect from a film major lmao

[@CommanderG7979]

As the old saying goes, "History is written by the victor."

[@majcry4188]

Nah edison just stole what someone else wrote and said he wrote it

[@444ngelhaven8]

@@majcry4188 that... what it means

[@majcry4188]

@@444ngelhaven8 That someone made something, and edison stole that something, and said that he came up with it.

[@themadlad8540]

Hitler gives u 2 thumbw up

[@perseuslove1335]

Doesn’t apply here.

[@Commedeshommes]

People Edison stole from: -Tesla -Joseph Swan, the ACTUAL inventor of the lightbulb -Louis LePrince -Wilhelm Rontgen, inventor of the XRay machine -Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, inventor of the sound recorder EDIT: To everyone saying that Rontgen received credit, it is true, but as soon as Edison heard that such an idea was possible, he tried to build his own X-ray machine with the intent on taking credit from Rontgen. He stopped working on his X-ray machine when it killed his assistant Clarence Dally. Thankfully everyone still acknowledges who the real inventor was but it could’ve easily went the other way

[@Pbg_Gonefishing]

Before Joseph swan was Warren De la Rue who made the light bulb in 1840 but it wasn't economically cost efficient. But I agree plenty of people made it before Edison got the credit which is bogus.

[@idkimjusttired3296]

honestly i think willhelm rontgen still sorta is known for xray cause in swedish xray is Röntgen, so in sweden he got the name atleast, but i cant deny that edison is thief and an a hole

[@MakaveliDior]

It's called Röntgen in german speaking areas as well

[@bravozero6]

@@idkimjusttired3296 roentgen was a unit of measurement for measurement. Im going to school to become and RT Roentgen is credited for being the father of xray this post is false

[@debanjanbhattacharjee6410]

Apart from the Xray part, the rest are true. Roentgen is still regarded as the father of xray.

[@SonicGirlsGeek]

I love how Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Edison were both considered revolutionaries and amazing men, then historians just had enough and publcily released all this information onto the internet. I'm so proud :')

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

As a Thomas I’m insulted that there are so many bad Thomas’s

[@fcalvaresi]

What's wrong about Thomas Jefferson? (I am not an American).

[@pixel_cookie148]

@@fcalvaresi slave owner, for one. he also had "relationships" (ie, he forced himself upon these women) with his slaves and had at least one baby with them. i don't remember much else bc us history isn't something i rly focus on (scottish lol) but that's the stuff i know off the top of my head

[@Chris-ks4sw]

​@@pixel_cookie148 Tons of the founding fathers did that.

[@sib1930]

@@Chris-ks4sw Yet Americans act like they were freedom fighters lol. They were awful

[@PowerSpirit50]

I literaly just got that they're called 'movies' because they move.

[@larapalma3744]

Uh....

[@rheapramith]

*Can we all agree that this was one of the saddest episode of Unsolved we've seen?*

[@joemegannety1508]

Rhea Pramith yeah😔

[@kipperonis]

Um no, The Sodder children

[@kellychapman9811]

I think its up there but sodder children and jonbenet ramsey are pretty depressing too

[@juicysatsumabeauty]

I think the slaughter of a whole family of children is sadder than a guy not getting credit for his invention.

[@Jedwint]

It’s sad that buzzfeed exists

[@francesleones4973]

Edison - he's that one guy in your team who takes all the credit for a project you all worked on while he did nothing. The history books must be updated. Put the names of the rightful inventors next to their inventions! Don't put Edison! Update: thank you so much for all the likes. And I just realized that Ryan and Shane could have included Louis Le Prince in their seance session in "Weird and Wonderful World" on their Watcher channel. They could have asked Louis what really happened to him!

[@user-nx7sd1yi7q]

or at least mention them

[@owen4484]

Louise did the project Edison did the credits

[@amaristokes779]

Edison wouldn’t even have been able to make the lightbulb if it wasn’t for a black man

[@rkellyslieutenant2005]

If you live in america then thats a no cause its American history not French history I am learning french history and they talk about him most of the time

[@pog.fr0g637]

The perfect description of him 😂

[@LoneStarCowboy1]

My theory is simple he was robed sometime after his brother saw him last, note that in 1890 and still today Paris was notorious for petty crime like theft and it was not unusual to be robed in Paris especially if you you were not from there. During the robbery, one or more men tried to steal his brief cases which probably escalated into some type of fight between Louis Le Prince and the robbers, probably because Louis knew that important documents were in the brief case and he did not want anyone to steal his idea. The fight probably ended with Louis beaten and the robbers angered after the discover only drawings and nothing in their minds of important value. Now angered and pissed off that Louis did not have anything important in their minds in his briefcase, they then probably proceeded to toss his briefcase and papers along with his either concision or unconscious body into the river. Due either to his injuries or unconscious Louis probably drowned. Note: the French police pulled a unidentified man who look very similar to Louis Le Prince from the Seine River the same day he went missing.

[@stormbringer717]

Then this sounds like you solved the case.

[@poopypants9670]

is there a source for the french police thing I'm doing a report on him

[@LoneStarCowboy1]

@@poopypants9670 no this is my own assumption

[@tsukijams1127]

woah...this theory is actually good 0-0

[@roccomarcy]

His friends were waiting to pick him up in Paris. This would mean that he would have been "robbed" at some point during his trip to Paris. This raises the question: how could this robbery have gone unnoticed? How could they have dumped his body without anybody else noticing? Not that it matters, but Louis was a large man standing at 6'4...

[@millenniumaged7512]

This show is *litteraly* carrying buzzfeed right now.

[@zeddpool]

Tesla stans been knew. Thomas Edison was trash.

[@decodingari]

aksjskks i cant breathe thomas is over we been knew

[@jameserdman4652]

Always

[@kats2308]

fkn preach

[@thinthle]

The fucking truth

[@iihiyori2442]

thomas edison is cancelled

[@anjaderose1468]

LOUIS LE PRINCE INVENTED MOVIES PASS IT ON!!!

[@freaked._]

Anja de Rose calm down there

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

Vive Louis le Prince. The father of cinematography and the movie camera.

[@sydneylouwho7011]

Anja de Rose LOUIS LE PRINCE INVENTED MOVIES

[@unitedwestand160]

NO. KEEP IT

[@tmnt3998]

well... Edward Muybridge was even before him, with his Sallie gardner at a gallop. But that is discutable, because that was made as a some sort of gif, i dont know....

[@sour__casm]

My heart aches for this guy. To have spent so much time and money coming up with a revolutionary invention only to disappear and have someone else be known in history as the inventor.

[@yaseen9044]

Side Note:- In 2003, the Paris Police, while going through old archives discovered a photograph of a man who strongly resembled Louis Le Prince drowned in a river near to the tracks where the train Le Prince boarded was supposed to be going through, its most likely Edison's men stole his suitcase in the train itself and threw him out of the train into the river, the date on the photograph was also written around late Sept 1890, around the time Le Prince disappeared.

[@sebastiangeorgeiorga7122]

Thomas Edison: The secret ingredient is crime.

[@grimoireofsouls]

sprinkle a bit of theft and murder on it, too

[@TheDragonballboy]

😂😂😂

[@erinturner9618]

it just hit me that we call them “movies” because they move. English is so lame and I love it

[@erinturner9618]

I commented this before they mentioned it in the video. And I will also be referring to my shoes as “steppies” from now on.

[@niamhcostello4766]

I call them films 😅

[@tophers3756]

You just made that connection?

[@maddie3647]

When they put sound in movies they were called talkies lol

[@feelinglostinthepeople]

What about "walkie talkies"? Literally can "walkie" and "talkie"

[@chrisp7110]

It's clear that Edison stole the idea though. He lived in the area at the time that Louis disappeared along with the briefcase and lastly, I am sure Edison knows the rules of a missing person patent, so he took this time to get it out there before Louis's family did

[@baymaxD866]

Im glad this subject is being covered on such a big platform and gathered so many views. Le Prince deserves all the credit and historical praise

[@littlefirefox1880]

Murders in the past can be summed up like this- as long as you weren’t STILL at the crime scene, there is an 80% chance you wouldn’t get caught

[@hannahisagoose]

I feel like I could get away with murder *for legal reasons thats a joke*

[@conchtalks]

John Mulaney? I assume?

[@echo0497]

Is that a John Mulaney reference I see? 👀

[@anaifra]

“Sir, there is a pool of blood left by the murderer. What should I do?” “Hmm, gross. *Mop it up!* “

[@SonicGirlsGeek]

And they'd what, shoot Edison into the side of the wall, like were bullets free back then?

[@1192389]

"It's got mystery, it's got history, and it's got a train" is how I'm gonna describe my aesthetic from now on

[@alexandra1328]

Or my dream wedding dress

[@trumpshair2353]

Omg ur so funny

[@ektor2013]

Murder on the orient express

[@donjuandelanoootch]

They did the same thing to tesla

[@jjjjjj192]

And the original founder of the Tesla car company. Elon Musk bought his way in.

[@lilwolf33]

Edison was a thief. The Simpsons have even stated this in an episode "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", when they claim Edison was still "inventing" and stole Homer's idea of the electric hammer, and 6-legged chair.

[@BlaxicanBeautyTV333]

Back in high school history, I learned that Thomas Edison didn't even invent the light bulb. From what I remember, Edison had an assistant who invented most of it and then Edison fired him and claimed the invention.

[@mcbeenerd]

Maryam Yeah, Thomas Edison was a real asshole. He also destroyed Tesla's legacy too. I don't think he had any qualms about offing people for his own benefit.

[@GermanDas]

Your thinking of Nikola Tesla

[@Tamaki742]

God Actually, no, it really was Edison.

[@GermanDas]

Tamaki742 the only thing edison did was make it practical, it's like saying Steve jobs invented smartphones

[@aiden_milroy]

No. It was a canadian guy, can't remember the name.

[@dsdgjj]

moral of the story: thomas edison never did an original thing in his damn life

[@dsdgjj]

BeastUpp you scored pretty low in reading comprehension, didn't you?

[@severalgotthatname6356]

Moons_of_Avalon he did make it look like so (like he did invent it) for a long time, though, and that is kind of impressive...

[@dsdgjj]

seriously can none of you read? or even like…listen to what they're actually saying in the video

[@kylawhite3842]

He literally stole everything, I agree with you completely

[@severalgotthatname6356]

Moons_of_Avalon you're being ironic. Can you even read? Because you're really not getting it

[@sleepyhead35]

It must've been so painful for Elizabeth to see Edison become famous knowing that she could do nothing

[@Allenluvable]

I come back to this episode often, and am always filled with rage at the injustice of his name being forgotten, and with sadness at how hard his family continued to fight for him. Louis, I promise if anyone eever brings up Edison as the inventor of moving pictures, I will absolutely correct them.

[@LittleGirl21100]

This is so sad wtf. He had so much to offer and hes a forgotten name. Long live Louis Le Prince

[@avamcmonagle9347]

리아나 He's dead, mate

[@garge7676]

Vive Louis Le Prince.

[@summers9052]

Ava McMonagle bruh u aight had to do him like that 😂😂

[@kellyjackson1561]

yeah this depressed me

[@khelobachoo4703]

:'(

[@jazzy_macaron9502]

I've never truly trusted or liked Thomas Edison, due to the things he did as a man, this just made me dislike him even more. I'm with Shane on this, I wouldn't be surprised if it were Edison's goons

[@jameserdman4652]

velvet sequoia Edison was not a good person at all. He took immense pleasure in other’s suffering, especially at the hands of his own invention, the electric chair. He also enjoyed electrocuting animals to death to make examples of them.

[@pcarebear1]

Honestly this reminds me of the Space race and today's tech races (i.e. 5G war). I think countries actively competing and industrial spies were a real thing during the Industrial Boom. I think he was another victim like Tesla, Edison was just happy to reap the rewards through the U.S. legal system.

[@better_call_saul5237]

Yeah I didn’t like him either

[@okthen623]

I don'y know why but the fact that guy who invented moving pictures was like 6'4" with a huge mustache makes me happy

[@TheDeviIDogg]

I feel like we're at a time in history where we could go back and give proper credit to those who actually deserved it the most. Also bizarre to me as I watch these, a lot happened in the world during 1888 and such. Imagine creating moving pictures while the same time something like Jack the Ripper was doin his thing. Like we kind of isolate and look at history piece by piece but a lot happened at the exact same time

[@chelseagranger6434]

this one was really interesting. it never ceases to amaze me how much history books actually teach "history" incorrectly.

[@SuDoesThings]

I don't think it's incorrectly taught for the most part. Rather different parts in the world will tell it differently depending on what side they were on and their perspective. Great example for this the 80 year war between Spain and the Netherlands. I was taught that us the dutch were finally free and spain was oppressing the dutch and mistreating them. But someone from spain might tell it differently. Really you'll get what really happened if you take all the sides and pick out all the facts that BOTH or more parties all agree up on

[@kinggenderman1874]

The USA does this horribly

[@palinanavitskaya6133]

You know what they say, "history is written by the victors"

[@margot7048]

Pooooooo

[@iaminpainauchocolat9300]

Yeah. You should compare a british secondary school book to an Irish one... it's quite telling.

[@UnPhayzable]

Thomas Edison, one of the top 10 Anime Villains

[@kugicaimp192]

UnPhayzable ♥♥♥OR MAYBE, IT WAS ACTUALLY THOMAS EDISON, HIMSELF, WHO KILLED LOUI LE PRINCE AND STOLE LOUI'S WORKS. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES WHICH PROVES THAT WE SHOULD NOT ALWAYS SIMPLY EASILY BELIEVE INVENTION CLAIMS BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS A BIG POSSIBILITY THAT EVEN LOUI COULD HAVE JUST STOLEN HIS IDEAS FROM SOMEONE ELSE AS WELL. THERE IS ALSO A BIG POSSIBILITY THAT THIS SPECIFIC KIND OF CRAFT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXISTING WITHIN SOME SECRET POWERFUL FAMILIES WITH KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITY INHERITED FROM THEIR GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS SINCE THE FAR ANCIENT PAST, PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE THE GREAT WORLDWIDE FLOOD. THE PRE-FLOOD HUMAN CIVILIZATION WAS VERY POWERFUL AND OVERWHELMINGLY SOPHISTICATED BECAUSE THEY HAD THE 200 ANGELS, AND CHILDREN OF THE 200 ANGELS, LIVING AMONGST THE WHOLE HUMANITY. I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THEIR CRAFTS WERE COMPLETELY FAR MORE SUPERIOR THAN OURS TODAY. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE READ THE BOOK OF GENESIS CHPATER SIX AND THE BOOK OF ENOCH CHAPTER SIX AS WELL. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THE ANCIENT MYTHOLOGIES AND POLYTHEISTIC PAGAN RELIGIONS. TRY TO READ ANCIENT INDIAN EPICS AS WELL.♥♥♥

[@Gynobender69]

UnPhayzable WHY ARE YOU EVERY WHERE WTFFFFFF

[@chimney3554]

Drew IKR HE IS THE GOD OF KZbin COMMENTS

[@minh9026]

Drew no dat is .

[@redviper1608]

KuGiCa Imp WHY ARE YOU WRITING IN CAPS?!?!?? DO YOU HAVE TOURETTES?!?!!?!?!??

[@Ryan-gz9xg]

I can’t possibly believe he’d run away. He was about to present his dream invention

[@susanthefish8940]

As someone who has gotten their poems almost stolen, I can assure you it hurts a lot when someone else takes the credit for your creation.

[@grimoireofsouls]

i mean imagine putting your own sweat and spit on something you've been working so hard for only to get stolen by some dude named *THOMAS*

[@ngwantsing9070]

THOMAS THE TANK ENGINEEEEEE

[@emotionalpunchingbag2469]

@@ngwantsing9070 Thomas the tank engine would never do such a thing

[@sewkrazy]

The conductor looks and acts like that type of dude though

[@peenyyt4921]

bro the guy in your pfp is called *NARANCIA*

[@grimoireofsouls]

@@peenyyt4921 o-okay?💀

[@kathryndelacruz1023]

*day in class* Teacher: okay class who invented movies? Me: LOUIE LE PRINCE teacher: no Thomas Edison Me:*triggered*

[@prentiss-convict]

Kat DLC GTFO OF SCHOOL MATE!

[@carolinedavis4723]

That actually happened to me in AP US History class.😂

[@thesaxophonist343]

That actually happened to me but with the light bulb. I got sent to the principle office and they had to look it up

[@kennythekoala4759]

The Saxophonist Under zero circumstances would that ever actually happen

[@barbarastrizan3648]

The Saxophonist on today’s edition of things that never happened

[@_sunchildd]

louis would be so proud of your moving picture guys :’)

[@angelhope5436]

This made me even sadder. :(

[@sadcat4825]

comments disappeared? _all hail the watcher, baby_ 🕵️

[@MzferNebula]

How u get that fancy bended thing

[@littlevaquero5516]

@@MzferNebula italics

[@MzferNebula]

@@littlevaquero5516 how u get the italic

[@isimpforbyakuyatogami.5456]

@@MzferNebula use an _underscore_ at the start of the sentence/word and at the end

[@MzferNebula]

@@isimpforbyakuyatogami.5456 _ah k_

[@kurapikakurta1789]

This is literally so depressing. I loathe people who take other people’s ideas. It just isn’t fair. I never realized how disgusting Edison was.

[@Chasingrail]

Big Long_Now_Nirvana Edison murdered the guy. No joke. It’s new evidence that came out after this. In a journal found by someone confirmed to be Edison’s, dated sep. 20 1890, said something along the lines of “I was called from Dijon. Prince is no more. Murder is not my thing, but it had to be done”

[@kumales]

@@Chasingrail where did you find that evidence? :0 that's so interesting

[@Chasingrail]

mikayla garcia it’s somewhere in the comments lol

[@joylive1235]

But every one took ideas

[@joylive1235]

Even Tesla stole you should search it up

[@aishwaryarawat8337]

*_i like how passionate Ryan is about this case_*

[@Tamaki742]

aishwarya rawat Well, he said it himself, he was a film student.

[@carolinaelichalt7913]

Ikr it's so cute "if someone were to ask me who the tru founding father of the movies was" aw

[@an0n625]

i like how passionate you are w/ this comment..with the bold and italics

[@aryangoyal8123]

aishwarya rawat Kind of off topic but.... How do you type in italics??

[@aishwaryarawat8337]

Aryan Goyal you put an underscore before and after the text

[@ryancornwell8563]

If Louis was in debt by around 80,000 and was going to get an inheritance of 140,000 I don’t think he would just disappear somewhere

[@m.syauqiabdurahman2798]

Plus, he is about to make a great breakthrough with his moving pictures camera. So i don't think he is so upset with the debt to the point he simply wants too dissapear.

[@koiphobia]

btw they moved the old episodes to the buzzfeed channel so the comments were reset

[@zacross8504]

All hail the watcher

[@Skullyz1995]

Edison was the original Gilderoy Lockhart

[@aditirao4256]

Skullyz1995 this is genius 😂😂😂 I'm dead

[@JennaWallgren]

Oh my gosh

[@maiavitale8458]

except he didn't obliviate them instead killed them

[@aditirao4256]

Maya Adams or maybe he used obliviate on le prince himself so he forgot where he was supposed to go and "disappeared"

[@maiavitale8458]

Aditi Rao haha good point but it's more likely he killed him

[@kittychesire3533]

Next week on Buzzfeed Unsolved: Edison Stirkes Again: Who killed Nikola Telsa?

[@Thecuriousincident1]

Coronary thrombosis.

[@MissImpertinence]

Double Guitars Agreed. I mean the man was well into his 80s, hardly slept, and ate an incredibly limited diet. I'm shocked he lived to such an advanced age to begin with.

[@Thecuriousincident1]

silverbird58 Mind Blown 😮

[@ablurida]

the pigeon he fell in love with

[@Listening_Books12345]

NO ONE EVER FORGET THAT EDISON MURDERED A WHOLE ELEPHANT TO DEATH

[@ben-hn2ek]

And many pets too

[@salmonswan9814]

I hate the fact that Edison enjoyed his fame and money when he was alive while the family of Le Prince fought for the recognition the man truly deserved. Damn u Thomas.

[@lahirstellar]

My respect and admiration for Thomas Edison just went down the drain. Louis Le Prince is the REAL MVP.

[@scp--297]

Arvi Marie Yes!

[@Anayaah421]

Arvi Marie yepp

[@Diamondsmuggler]

Arvi Marie I still respect him

[@radioactiveood]

Went down long time ago when I heard the story about Tesla

[@definitelynotabby8555]

Arvi Marie read about all the stuff he nicked from Tesla. He was a business man and a bully

[@veryberry39]

"Well, if this were true, then why have I never heard of him?" Nikola Tesla: **looks at camera**

[@peanutbutterBrisket99]

"It's got history, it's got mystery, and it's got trains." *I like trains.*

[@lydiaboll2872]

I both love and hate that I know what this is referencing.

[@ziggystardustxo]

This was briefly mentioned in my film class!!! So excited they did a video about it, I’ve been itching to know more.

[@aauuddrreeee]

My theory is that when Louie boarded that train, the train traveled into an alternate universe where Louie showed his motion picture and was crowned the father of moving pictures.

[@cheesemccheese5780]

lol

[@atuck5122]

I wanna cry. I hope thats true

[@susanthefish8940]

Aww

[@aauuddrreeee]

@Owen Starks 😔😭

[@sewkrazy]

So crazy and unbelievable It must be true

[@deadlyNightshade789]

IM SO MAD RIGHT NOW this is so sad, I feel so bad for this guy (almost 130 years in the future)

[@gregmoore3773]

Me to

[@Unknown-wz7sn]

deadlyNightshade789 j

[@salmaa9957]

Sameee I’m mad af

[@TheFaridabegum]

deadlyNightshade789 yes your sooo right ! I don't wanna watch this . I mean I am fast forwarding this video . IT MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL SUCH A TALENT NEVER TO BE HEARD IN HISTORY !

[@kariwitakdoe]

The way they vibe off each other is so priceless and hilarious. Love these guys

[@itarfer]

"Well if this other guy invented moving pictures why have I never heard of him?" Bruh... wait till I tell you that Edison didn't invent the lightbulb. It's almost like... our history books sell a very specific narrative that often doesn't line up with fact or objectivity 🤔

[@atharvchaudhary7905]

I never liked Edison.. He used to harrass Teslaa who could have changed the world. That guy had issues from childhood.

[@Quaquadaqu]

Atharv Chaudhary Tesla was a lunatic who was nearly incoherent by the end of his life.

[@atharvchaudhary7905]

死んだ赤 He was completely insane at the end as he started loving pigeons but sometimes old age does that to u and u can never question his genius..

[@atharvchaudhary7905]

Elon Musk doesn't named his company after Edison

[@tinakinz123]

He killed many animals with electricity not just a elephant.

[@amoonsjyrky4513]

I come from the same country as Tesla and I have to tell ya, overhear we have museums and events dedicated to him where we eveb display things that Edison stole from him. His hometown is very proud and they kept his house in its original state.

[@KGisthename]

Schools should update

[@mateojames3231]

Mini Panini yeah but my AP history books give too much credit to Edison soo... I wouldn't mind.

[@hannahnataliemachado1209]

trueeer

[@jennisney2757]

Maybe its just in america? I learned about this man in one of my film classes in the UK

[@AccioEmrys]

K G no one in my school but my film studies teacher and film study my classmates know that Loui Le Prince was the real creator of it

[@amandaivy253]

I totally agree. Really in regards to Edison in general, it's known that he stole ideas pretty often so I really think schools should stop giving him all the credit. At the very least mention that it's likely most of what he's known for probably wasn't truly all his work.

[@Abraxos_xWildflowers]

I FOUND THIS CASE SO FASCINATING THAT IM DOING A PODCAST ON IT FOR A PROJECT IN COLLEGE. IM SO EXCITED TO LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT IT, BUT IM WATCHING THIS AGAIN TO REFRESH MY MEMORY!! AHHHH IM SO EXCITED EEEEEEEE!!!!!

[@lydiaboll2872]

HOW’D IT DO?

[@naiarerich2926]

Never heard of him but I sure had heard several stories of this "businessman" Thomas Edison stealing credits from real inventors. Louis Le Prince and several others need the credits they rightfully deserve. Great job covering this Ryan!

[@katalukesova1226]

I JUST REALIZED WHY THEY ARE CALLED MOVIES OMFG I WAS SO IGNORANT MY WHOLE LIFE

[@andrea-mf3xn]

Káťa Lukešová because they movee?

[@kllie5674]

I realised when i read ur comment thks man😂

[@josephl9988]

Káťa Lukešová after reading this comment I learned as well

[@newtwoodbury6333]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one, I felt ridiculous when I made the connection 😂

[@maniax7517]

I don't get it can someone please tell me?

[@rachelnewman271]

We learnt in school of Louis inventing it not Edison, so I guess I have a good art and film teacher 😂

[@MagisterialVoyager]

Kudos to them, really!

[@sanyadixit5221]

Rachel Newman u r blessed

[@VictorCruz-my6ht]

Nice

[@sharkee420]

i cannot fully explain how hard shane saying, “let’s kill this man” has been making me laugh.

[@EternaResplandiente]

This is my favorite episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved!

[@fsd9929]

I learned about Le Prince at a young age from my grandfather, who was a historian. This is so unfair, this guy deserved all the credit for his invention. We should be taught about him in school and textbooks, not Edison!

[@frostyvr9805]

Hailey V my grade 5 teacher said Edison invented the light bulb I proved her wrong

[@cokecinderella5520]

Human Being who invented it?

[@frostyvr9805]

Mr Mustache Nikola Tesla

[@comradelinguine9053]

Hailey V i respect you mate

[@coolie.joolie]

Imagine as a child you see your father working countless hours into the night, whimsical pictures around the walls, and seeing the invention of the first movie only for him to disappear at the time his debut only for another man to later make the same thing years later but you have proof he did it first but can do nothing. This makes me sad :(

[@prometheustv6558]

And also the theories don’t really have much proof behind them, so it’s hard to even guess what really happened.

[@applejuice69.]

that video of the people walking is so wholesome they look so excited about this invention

[@divye.ruhela]

Edison certainly chose his thefts wisely! He must've been pretty good at greasing the palms of the right people too, as he got away unscathed on so many occasions. This is soo sad, I mean this guy is the reason why we're watching videos on KZbin.

[@Rayowag]

I mean Edison also fucked around with Tesla's inventions as far as I know, so I'm really not suprised about him being involved in this 🤔

[@gensearcaigh4738]

Edison was a fucking selfish-ass trash-ass greedy monster and Tesla for sure never got the recognition he deserved. I literally didn't even learn about Tesla in school ffs.

[@LunaDelTuna]

Exactly! Tesla's electricity was supposed to be free and energy efficient. Edison's direct current (combustible) electricity is actually harmful to the environment in comparisons to Tesla's alternating current which was in a sense using the electromagnetic fields of the earth in a way that was harmless. Also, the reason Edison's idea won over Tesla's is because people would have to be charged to use it, meaning more money for the people providing it. If you are interested you should look up the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, solely the middle one where scientists are starting to believe it was used as a type of electricity for the civilization, JUST like Tesla's tower.

[@michaelhenry3234]

If Tesla's electricity is harmless why aren't we using it to fix our problems?

[@ria7330]

It isn't, it also wasnt proven to accually work

[@LunaDelTuna]

Because he wasn't going to charge people to use it, like I clearly stated earlier. People (by people I mean the one's controlling our technology) don't want to provide us free anything because then they would not be making any money. It's pretty simple.

[@romilicious88]

Thank you for existing, Shane!!!!!!! 🥰❤

[@jentapsell1137]

Thank you for telling of this man and his invention

[@Stephensofceea]

Let's make this video trend and give back atleast some of the recognition that Le Prince truly deserved. #LouisLePrinceFatherofMotionPictures

[@raysofthesun3329]

Stephen Anna Marydas yes!

[@AkaiOtinashi]

People like you and your hashtags are so annoying. You think Louis is somewhere in the afterlife reading social media waiting for his name to pop up in hashtags? Some of you people really need to get a grip on reality.

[@1032999i]

Akai Otinashi alright relax jheez

[@Stephensofceea]

Akai Otinashi Who hurt you as a child?

[@ThePener]

Akai Otinashi Ur mom is the big gay and ur dad is ultimate lesbian

[@laurenjenkins4565]

i love that we're learning about the father of moving pictures..... through a moving picture

[@najmaht.a.1314]

Lauren Jenkins * explosion sound effect *

[@namjoonsjigglytiddies5334]

Lauren Jenkins *MIND BLOWN*

[@radioactiveood]

Deep

[@petrarajewski5255]

Yoooooo don't do this to my head lmao

[@j-vic07]

Lauren Jenkins woahhhhh

[@yun8555]

I’m sharing this..for sure!

[@DowntownTasty]

I’ve always thought movies was a funny word too. Don’t forget when they finally added sound they called them “talkies” also 🤣

[@fennxfox6241]

This is why I have no respect for Edison as an inventor. He was an incredible businessman, even selling off electricity to the dismay of Tesla, but not an inventor. He even bought the patent for the lightbulb, then paid people to make it better.

[@ria7330]

Exactly, he uses the laws to his advantage to steal others ideas.

[@ria7330]

Schools should teach that though Edison is the legal inventor, Prince made it first.

[@theworldisbackwards4428]

Terence Andrei Calma lol

[@MW-pb2gf]

Terence Andrei Calma as well as cats and dogs. edison was just a horrible person all the way around and does not deserve the respect and recognition so many people give him.

[@ogstreaky2728]

That why I live be the quote by j Cole “if they don’t know your dreams than they can’t shoot em down” best to do everything yourself because other people would scheme and take advantage

[@huntrrams]

So Louis is also the Godfather of modern Gifs?

[@anniebleveans3682]

moviemagic Black mirrorrrrr

[@WindyVinzy]

hi white bear!

[@khadizaahmed8989]

Yes.

[@omarhernandez2087]

Lmfao 😂🙌

[@bomethia7412]

moviemagic I just finished watching season four oml hiii fellow black mirror fan 😂

[@salgenova5188]

If i ever hear the case will remain i will forever say “unsolved” 😂 and I’ve just learned about y’all’s videos about a week ago so i applaud y’all 😆

[@thepopestar9135]

Edison looks like someone who would do something like this

[@AmbitionMusic]

Thomas Thiefson

[@johnsonnguyen870]

Thomas Ethiefson

[@sylozo]

I really like ur live streams

[@lastgamer64]

Ambition We don't know if Edison copied his idea or not. For all we know they came up with the same idea but just to know about each other

[@Foofiefoo]

theftison

[@WeareIF]

for sure destroy the history books that hold his name and replace them with the Tesla story.