The Miner that Fooled Millionaires | Philip Arnold

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

I really enjoyed this story, it is so fascinating to learn about these 19th Century crimes :)

[@jett8193]

Hi there BC! Nice to find you here : ) Like others have commented, it's great to see channels supporting each other! I'm pretty sure I left this on your channel, but of not ~wishing you & everyone else reading this a Good Yule & Happy Holidays~

[@ForgottenLives]

Great to hear, thanks BC!

[@TheCrimeReel]

Absolutely brilliant again FL. I just laid back in my chair with my morning cuppa T and listened to a wonderful story again. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@ELKE-]

You are brilliant too!⭐⭐⭐😊

[@TheCrimeReel]

@@ELKE- thanks Elke👍

[@ELKE-]

@@TheCrimeReel 😊 You welcome!🌻🎅🌻

[@SonjaPierce]

It's great to see the support between the 2 channels, nice to know that it's not all cutthroat politics between competitors. Not to mention that you're both on my favourites list. Merry Christmas to both of you!

[@TheCrimeReel]

@@SonjaPierce thanks Boonies Lady. We enjoy working together. Merry Christmas to you as well.

[@racheallange2056]

Ha... My husband and I used to live in Elizabethtown,Kentucky..We lived in a old farmhouse...( No joke I had a friend when I was a kid named Philip Arnold ..He became a preacher when he grew up.)

[@PC-le1vw]

Racheal Lange I have a co-worker named Phillip Arnold

[@shirleyharrison2580]

I was born & raised in a small town not far from E-Town.( Columbia/Adair co.)

[@reginaomoike1378]

Love from Nigeria...I love all your historical teaching.

[@jett8193]

Thanks for this wild episode FL! Also cool to see channels supporting each other here : ) I'm wishing you & everyone else reading this a Good Yule & Happy Holidays~

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks very much for watching! Happy holidays!

[@erifretrats378]

great topic and story.... just how everyone is blinded by greed...... the rich get conned by people who wanted more than anything else, to be rich............ take care out there

[@jurgen-fritz]

You did the video! And I’m so proud of you and how well you’ve told of it!! Well done my friend!!

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks very much :D

[@lyndelbeckwith1706]

Anyone else think Arnold murdered Slack? Never heard from again, hmmmmm. Buried in a mine?

[@cherylleanne9755]

Lyndel Beckwith ya now to think about it you got a good point he was never seen again totally disappeared he could have murdered him..

[@racheld23biscuitsmom42]

My very first thought. No way he just fled from that amount of money after all that conniving.

[@ForgottenLives]

He may have done, I actually found on one source that he died years later but who knows the validity of the source.

[@mbrady8946]

@@ForgottenLives John Slack died in 1896 and is buried in White Oaks, NM.

[@swedishpiggi]

its always feels so education to listen to you Hugs from Sweden

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks as always!

[@garylefevers]

Must have been what inspired at least two episodes of the TV show Maverick. Excellent content btw. Love this channel.

[@ahuddleston6512]

Keep them coming....I'm loving it!

[@ForgottenLives]

Will do! And great!

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

Thank You & Happy Holidays!!!🙏😊

[@ForgottenLives]

Happy holidays!

[@useitwice]

At around 8-9 minutes on you claim they were using telephones. Are you sure about this? I gather that to be around 1870, it seems too early to have a telephone in your house considering patents weren’t applied for until 1871 and first registered in 1876. Just wondering. Cheers for the awesome content 👍🏽 I really like your channel

[@SonjaPierce]

The first US patent of the phone was awarded to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. The first transatlantic phone call wasn't until 7 January 1927. Since FL is pretty good on his dates, this just probably got missed. Cheers and happy holidays to you. 🎄

[@ForgottenLives]

Yeah mistake on my part, a detail that somehow went passed by head, the idea was that he got the message to his friend, but yes, not by phone.

[@useitwice]

Forgotten Lives okey, thanks for clarifying :) Perhaps he sent a telegram or a runner. Keep up the good work, youre doing a splendid job, I really enjoy your videos!

[@waderaney7]

What about Antonio Meucci 😉

[@joanhamilton2651]

Wade Raney I also questioned Antonio Meucci but the early inventors were in Italy and France. In the USA, phones were a later “invention” and this is where the story takes place.

[@MyJc1980]

Fascinating stuff. He took advantage of their greed, kinda glad he got away with it, they were to proud for it to be dragged through the courts and although he settled out of court, he obviously had enough still left to open up his own bank lol, brilliant! 🤑🏦💰😁

[@bettyjames4155]

Congratulations on 10k subscribers! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@ForgottenLives]

Thank you! Merry Christmas!

[@britneysbritannia4790]

18.7k now wow

[@bettyjames4155]

@@britneysbritannia4790 Sweet! And in just over a month!

[@jojosmojo1414]

Hi I just subscribed, coming over from awesome BriefCases.💕💕💕

[@cherylleanne9755]

What a awesome story thanks mate, FL merry Christmas to you and your family and a safe and happy New year 🍾☃️⛄🎉✨🎀🎄🎄

[@ForgottenLives]

Great to hear! Merry Christmas!

[@cherylleanne9755]

Forgotten Lives have a awesome Christmas day and thanks 😁

[@dw6506]

Very well done, I saw a western tv program with this content. I had assumed it was fiction until now

[@lillanna615]

Interesting story... I enjoy listening to your videos 😊 Thank you ☺️

[@franreid8203]

Great story, how interesting, I love your channel, easy to listen to, always a good story, thanks.

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks very much!

[@anubrakahn2970]

Vintage pic of Borat at 14:13. Very nice!

[@anniej1834]

Couldn't click quick enough love your channel your narration is always on par have a great Christmas 🎅

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks very much! You too have a great Christmas!

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Excellent Video and Commentary.

[@robertmccoy7188]

Living in Elizabethtown my whole life I have to disagree with "Northern Ky". We are more in the center. We are so in the middle we are known for being half way between Louisville (Kentucky/Indiana border) and Nashville (Tennesee/Kentucky border).

[@mkcollectibles9387]

Tyvvm....another great historical story! 🎄

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks for all the support!

[@ELKE-]

Congrats on 10.1K! incredible story! You did great! Very enjoyable to listen to. Wish a Merry Christmas!🎅 Thank you

[@ForgottenLives]

Thank you for the support! Merry Christmas!

[@ELKE-]

@@ForgottenLives Always welcome! Thank you. I'll rewatch more and more!

[@missymakesdomeredith8072]

I did really enjoy the story but the photo of the 2 men at 14.14 is actually Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt, note the hieroglyphs behind them.

[@benson5468]

Good video but why have you got a picture of Howard Carter opening Tutankhamen s Tomb ?

[@crystalairgood9845]

Another great video. Merry Christmas to you.

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks! Merry Christmas!

[@ChildfreeMatto]

Oh my goodness! I'm super behind on your videos.😲 At least I have several to catch-up on.👏👏 I really enjoy every one and it's spectacular to learn about people from the past. I always love history!😁

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks as always Matthew ! Enjoy :)

[@ChildfreeMatto]

@@ForgottenLives I'm so bad! I'm always behind on your brother's videos as well.☺️

[@diannefaith7866]

Incredible!!! Thank you!!

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks for watching!

[@valmarsiglia]

Have you done one yet on Evelyn Nesbitt? There's a fascinating life.

[@BucketHeadianHagg]

*BRIEF CASE channel brought me here! New Sub!*

[@ForgottenLives]

Great! Hope you enjoy the content!

[@dr.elizabethmartin7118]

THANKS FOR POSTING!! Rather sad.............people trapped in time, eh? cheers

[@jc.connor5882]

Greedy and gullible go together in this one. Thanks for posting. Merry Christmas F.L.

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks for watching! Merry Christmas!

[@captainraven8004]

Arnold's house still stands in Elizabethtown.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

HOOOOLD ON there Pardnah! At 8 minutes 41 seconds, in about 1875 is it? ... somebody rushes to their office to make a telephone call? Maybe they went to a Telegraph Office ... ! How the news got across the Atlantic so quickly might to do with one of those newfangled hot-air balloons!

[@martinphilip8998]

Great story. All cons prey on people’s greed.

[@lesliesmith5797]

Thank you. A really interesting account. 🦋

[@cjillwrite8249]

I live in California. There is a small town name Arnold, I wonder if there is a connection, it is in Gold country not that far from San Francisco.

[@ForgottenLives]

Maybe!

[@bradbutcher3984]

Google it.

[@annstillwell730]

Greed will get you everytime. Interesting how Karma caught up with the dude in the end.

[@matthewwaters5317]

Thankyou for another really great video

[@ForgottenLives]

Cheers!

[@zzydny]

Enjoying the video very much but there's a small problem: "Roberts rushed to the phone in his office....." 8:42 The Great Diamond Hoax took place in 1872. The telephone was patented in 1876. Thus, Roberts could Not have phoned anyone.

[@lynneshively3790]

I was born and raised in Sacramento, CA. My high school was named after James Marshall who discovered gold in Coloma, CA. I have always been told, and its stated in Coloma, that gold was first discovered there. Not in Sacramento. Could be wrong tho.

[@aprilmoore9400]

I love your channel

[@josecarlosxyz]

Never trust anybody named slack they have these name for a reason

[@Cardane2023]

So what kind of stones were they then?

[@PoutinePete]

At first I was like: "HA-HA, buddy didn't have any education! 😆 Then later on I was like: "WOW, buddy is so brilliant coming up with that elaborate plan!" ✊😑

[@majogro1062]

🙌🏼!!! Great story

[@ForgottenLives]

Thank you ;D

[@patremagilbert8787]

Cons in every time.

[@jackivory5448]

Really cool video!!!

[@waderaney7]

Good presentation as usual 😊

[@ForgottenLives]

Thank you!!

[@dianaantu8227]

thank you, great story!

[@theresaholguin699]

There were no telephones at this time.

[@wilicca99tokoroa51]

No phones but telegraphs did exist. I don't know if the transatlantic cable was functional at the time but if it was communication with London would have been possible.

[@waderaney7]

Looks like Charlie Chan bowing in the pic at 14.15min😉

[@darrenantoine7333]

Greed strikes again

[@SuperBizzle10]

A phone call in 1870 ? really

[@jacoba9858]

The first Barbary war was the first US war to be fought on foreign soil🤷🏼‍♂️

[@samgoldberg7494]

Great bed time story

[@rosemcguinn5301]

Roberts could not have "rushed to the phone in his office" for there _were none then available_ . Sorry to have to say it, but that part of your story does not match historical facts. The Great Diamond Hoax is dated 1872, whereas Telephone service had never been made available at the time. Oh, there were experiments in telephone technology, but there had never been regular service as early as 1872. "The first commercial telephone exchange was opened at New Haven, Connecticut, with 21 subscribers on 28 January 1878,[17] in a storefront of the Boardman Building in New Haven, Connecticut. George W. Coy designed and built the world's first switchboard for commercial use. Coy was inspired by Alexander Graham Bell's lecture at the Skiff Opera House in New Haven on 27 April 1877.[17]" "The District Telephone Company of New Haven went into operation with only twenty-one subscribers, who paid $1.50 per month. By 21 February 1878, however, when the first telephone directory was published by the company, fifty subscribers were listed. Most of these were businesses and listings such as physicians, the police, and the post office; only eleven residences were listed, four of which were for persons associated with the company.[17] The New Haven District Telephone Company grew quickly and was reorganized several times in its first years. By 1880, the company had the right from the Bell Telephone Company to service all of Connecticut and western Massachusetts. As it expanded, the company was first renamed Connecticut Telephone, and then Southern New England Telephone in 1882.[17] The site of the first telephone exchange was granted a designation as a National Historic Landmark on 23 April 1965. However it was withdrawn in 1973 in order to demolish the building and construct a parking garage.[17]" Roberts cannot possibly have used "the phone in his office." He may have hastened to the nearest Telegraph office for the purpose of sending a message by wire to someone, but he never had any access to that phone you mentioned. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone

[@britneysbritannia4790]

You're right! It's already been corrected in an earlier comment. Thanks for the detailed information.

[@rosemcguinn5301]

@@britneysbritannia4790 Wow -- I have never seen such a comment

[@billybabu]

Diamond 💎 geezers 🙈

[@erifretrats378]

the rich got conned because they loved the idea that they would get even richer........

[@mathieuleader8601]

he was craFTY

[@jocelynpoesnecker5526]

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[@KiKiabout]

Interesting... :)

[@chucklesprice]

If the jewels' appraisal was worth more than the original perceived value, then it wasn't an overestimation, it was an underestimation. Pretty basic stuff, dude. Also, you just assume that someone dealt in shady business dealings simply because there were no records of his finances? Wow... dumb beyond belief.

[@the4seasons4ever]

phones in 1870? nope.sorry.

[@DenitaArnold]

Wow cool story. Hopefully this guy isn't any kin to me.... 🤔

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks! Who knows...

[@TyJohnson]

Damn you have a way of taking an interesting story and making it so boring I can't stay awake. Lose the monotone!

[@crazyhorseranchaz]

🔫🤠🗽🇺🇸🥃BORING, WHO REALLY CARES 🔫

[@nicolaswaters4130]

1st :)