The Numerous Bodies Recently Found in Ben Franklin’s Basement

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For eighteen years, Ben Franklin, the great American inventor, diplomat, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a tenant in a beautiful four story Georgian house at 36 Craven Street in London, mere blocks from the River Thames. As ambassador from the colonies, he entertained, lived, and even allowed other intellectuals of the time to stay at the house while he lived there from 1757 through 1775.
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Sources:
www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/11/usa.past
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hewson_(surgeon)
www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/innovators/bio_hewson.html
mentalfloss.com/article/30448/time-they-found-those-bodies-ben-franklins-basement
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org/site/sections/about_house/cravenstreetbones.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissection
www.agaillinois.org/dispo.htm
www.einstein.yu.edu/uploadedFiles/EJBM/27.1%20Hulkower.PDF?n=1250
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Murder_Act_1751
articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-05-06/features/9002070774_1_poor-richard-lucy-mercer-franklin-delano-roosevelt/3
royalsociety.org/awards/copley-medal/

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[@mitchelllester9035]

FYI, at 5:50 you are talking about U Penn and the picture you're showing is of Old Main at Penn State University. Those are two different schools.

[@mistressfuhrer2756]

Damn, y'all chill. Simon is the bomb.

[@Razor-ray-763]

Hahahaha your trying to tell us he. Was not gay or a killer who pays for another man to live in the house that you do not live in unless you're a homosexual or you're using that guy to cover up your killings you get my drift

[@Razor-ray-763]

@@mitchelllester9035 thank you

[@sevvysavvy4220]

Bald no beard Simon makes me uncomfortable

[@tarelatawari7042]

Agreed

[@CMRT420]

Ouch lol

[@keltonrynard1024]

its cool to see how the production value has increased over the years, specifically the audio

[@riverdeep399]

Sevvy Savvy Thank god he has no vile, dirty beard. I mean... who wants to kiss a scratchy and unsanitary mask?

[@riverdeep399]

Tarela Tawari weird. You have a tiny crop of hair on your crown and no beard. Are we not to trust you?

[@891delta]

"Let the bodies hit the floor." - Ben Franklin

[@cyndimerrifield6630]

Lol

[@dflatt1783]

haha

[@visitante2340]

Hahahahahahhahaha

[@cottoncandysoldier9045]

Almost fucking pissed myself Jesus 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dantirk1819]

Lol

[@jaynewallace8592]

"Two may keep a secret, if one of them is dead."

[@aeringothyk5445]

Clearly he had quite a few secrets to keep

[@sunnythymes5444]

jenne wallace Yuppppp

[@sunnythymes5444]

jenne wallace When I try to give you THUMBS UP, it goes to Comments section.. Hmmm

[@Kittsuera]

Skeletons in the closet err the basement tend to come out ;D

[@ehsn]

That's putting too much faith on the person who is still alive.

[@wastedwarrior1045]

Recently found but tells me 3 years later on KZbin 🙄🙄🙄

[@Jimmy_Grieves]

Wasted Warrior10 same

[@coke378]

Word

[@noaharrigo4128]

Same

[@doesitmatterdude162]

🙋🏽‍♀️

[@OktoberLove]

Mmhmm

[@odarrien]

Simon! I almost didn't recognise you here! It's wonderful to see how much your channel has grown and moreso, the quality of production. Truly wonderful. Cant believe you've been around for so many years and I only found you in several months ago back in 2020!

[@snowlites]

The quality of videos on this channel has VASTLY improved from the past

[@naerbo19]

Sure, exept the scrolling text. Well, it's smoother now, but it still scrolls to fast comparied to his reading speed...

[@gackmcshite4724]

WHERE IS THE BEARD??? OH DEAR LORD WHAT HAPPENED???? DID HE GET RADIATION FROM THAT RADIATION VIDEO??

[@MPitrucha1994]

The quality as well as simons beard

[@Abomb5991]

I volunteered at the Benjamin Franklin House as a tour guide back in 2014. At the beginning out every tour of the house all of the guests would be sat down in the seminar room for a short welcome monologue and introduction by the tour guide. Like Simon said in the video, all the bones are in the seminar room. People were always creeped out to hear that the seminar room was built directly over where all the bodies were buried!

[@BAMA-2019]

Liar

[@NaomiSims-w5g]

Seems fitting they made the house into a museum to honor the founding fathers.

[@blue_leader_5756]

"What were human bones doing in Ben Franklin's House?" By the sounds of things, not much

[@abbie_joan]

dammit i wish i came up with that

[@og-greenmachine8623]

That’s NOTHING! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGWvqZZpn7OnqNE

[@ericcarr7557]

Just lying around

[@og-greenmachine8623]

@@ericcarr7557 Wise ass....

[@mikehermis4940]

isn't it obvious? he was a man of science who was curious with electricity.... his true identity was Dr. Benjamin Franklenstein!

[@DacStudiosEntertainment]

mike hermis *SR PELO GASP*

[@DacStudiosEntertainment]

mike hermis HOLY SHIT, OUR HISTORY

[@dabouras]

Silly...

[@BayleyConkin]

I just cringed

[@janetmerai]

I hate to be Frankly Stein with you, but...

[@gbuddah]

whoa watching this in 2019 for the first time and kinda freaked about Simons look. Dude, youve up your style game considerably since this vid.....NICE! :)

[@JohnnyUnderscore1981]

I thought I was on the wrong page !! Lmao0

[@Nirrrina]

I followed the the link to this video from an even older one. I had to double check on that one on wether it was really Simon or not. This one is closer to the modern Simon but still very different.

[@oz_jones]

"Ben Frankling and the Numerous Remains Found Recently Under His House" sounds like some fucked up young adult novel. Or a chlidrens book.

[@douglasmiller5640]

18th and 19th Centuries are a gold mine for plots of the fucked up young adult genre. At least they would be more educational and interesting than things like Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey.

[@oz_jones]

Douglas Miller Aye. And you don't even have to bend the truth that much. So it's almost a edutainment book about history!

[@skullsandcottoncandy9155]

"Ben Franklin and the Numerous Remains Found Under His House" by J.K. Rowling

[@fall9459]

Douglas Miller harry potter

[@drangod]

Swap out Ben Franklin with Harry Potter and BAM.

[@colebizwell5407]

Everybody gangsta till Ben Franklin rolls up with his new skeleton whip

[@benthomason3307]

you know, I could almost see him doing that.

[@JM1993951]

Serious question, did no one smell the bodies, possibly due to everything smelling like shit back then?

[@Pfsif]

Everyone stunk back then, baths once a year? Everyone smelled like death.

[@-JungleHunter1987-]

😁

[@DonaldJDuck-ql3jj]

Thats a good point I hadnt thought of that but yeah probably lol

[@runningwild9423]

His wife smelt all kinds of funky odor so what is she to do nothing. 😳

[@JustinLietz]

This made me laugh

[@alanlinnell6817]

When I was in grade school, I learned that Franklin used to take "air baths"(wearing no clothing). I heard acquaintances of his would come calling at his house and find him not wearing clothes. After hearing about dozens of accounts of ritual abuse perpetuated by the rich and powerful, I wouldn't be surprised at all.

[@sb416]

Definitely dude was on some cult 💩 but people don’t want to believe that because he’s supposed to be a hero and founding father

[@paulgoogol2652]

franklin wanted to make us think he was not a serial killer by doing studies on their body. he was a genious.

[@neanderthalslayer]

No just a Weird ass Neanderthal

[@brianwnc8168]

It's well documented that Ben Franklin acquired dead bodies for research. How he disposed to them is now being revealed. The world is full of people like you and it's causing a lot of pain for others to think the way that you do.

[@neanderthalslayer]

@@brianwnc8168 Nobody has Caused more people to Live in pain than the Europeans remember that Before Europeans crawled out of the caves The World was Awesome

[@Pdubb19]

Well we're smarter and know the truth

[@fireaza]

There were no skeletons in Franklin's closet. They were in his basement.

[@humblesoul58kimbyrd17]

fireaza Every home that Franklin owned or rented has had the remains of mutilated women dug up from the floorboards, out of the walls and from the cellars. Including his home in London and a closer look and carefull thought is being given to the very real possibility that he could have been London's famous Jack the Ripper. He coincidentally happened to be in London during every killing.

[@beardedcracker235]

At least in his days they had to stay in the closet lol

[@thetoddandersonshow4067]

Lol

[@Pridegriffin]

@@humblesoul58kimbyrd17 BF died in 1790....almost 100 yrs before Jack Ripper murdered the WhiteChapel prostitutes.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@humblesoul58kimbyrd17 Serious thought by whom? He died 100 years before Jack!! 1888 not hard to remember

[@Hypatia4242]

"found a thigh bone" then shows picture of a human skull. -.-

[@Iyiouseismouse]

Hypatia4242 found a thigh bone, then dug up 1900 other bones, many being skulls

[@Hypatia4242]

Iyiouseismouse It's asynchronous imagery, which is distracting, thus my comment.

[@Iyiouseismouse]

Hypatia4242 Fair enough, I looked at it as the image compared to where the whole paragraph ended up, but I definitely see your point. I am a big fan of the game review show Zero Puncuation for the very reason you mention. Word for word imagery, its like the extreme of it, and very entertaining.

[@thatlittlebitbored]

2:04 is NOT a picture of Edinburgh university. It is a picture of Lloyds bank head office...

[@afrog2666]

"A human thighbone sticking out of the dirt" is what he said.. They found a complete skeleton.. And name the person found.. 4 second attention spans are apparently more common than I thought..

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

Wasn't the boarding house's owner's son busted for grave robbing? I would swear I heard that on PBS many years ago.

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

Grave robbing was big money, medical researchers needed cadavers to study but human dissection was illegal. Scientists have been paying graverobbers for centuries, even DaVinci used them for his studies, so maybe the son was hired by Franklin, he studied a lot of different scientific subjects.

[@PlayaSinNombre]

send me a copy before u add to the burn pile

[@jquest43]

+Rename no.5 he did murder w his cronies of the Hellfire Club. .its a religious thang..

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[@sb416]

It was a cult there’s absolutely no reason for the guy to do that these people were rich and could have had others do the dirty work for them. They were kept there for occult purposes and as a trophies.

[@stevebano5874]

*..I wonder how many other "Soil Only" Basements in London England Have people Buried in them...?*

[@riverdeep399]

Steve Bano *A lot less than modern day American homes with soil only foundation's.*

[@cjdfv]

I know of a few.

[@cherrydragon3120]

@@riverdeep399 america sometimes frightens me with their fucked up shit going on there.

[@SilverDOMO192837]

@@cherrydragon3120 it's really not as bad as media makes it out to be

[@Nunya-gk9fr]

Cherry Dragon it’s not the country it’s the people in it, everyone’s become self centered, self absorbed & sucked into the brainwashing bullshit media

[@knewledge8626]

Friends of Ben Franklin? I have heard that friends will help you move and that best friends will help you move bodies. I guess that's true.

[@Fishhunter2014]

Well he certainly wasn't a murderer, but he was a well known slayer of poone.

[@mikewest712]

Fishhunter2014 Bfranky was gay.

[@mironignacio5969]

as much as i have no knowledge of this subject i doubt that there are any hard evidence of this. I automatically assume this is some sort of propaganda to legitimize lgbt by making a historical figure relatable in an effort to normalize lgbt. which in my opinion only hurts it more. I being a fan of liberty do not really care for a person's sexuality. so yawn*

[@Trapster99]

Nah. Good ol' Ben did not sleep along. The ladies loved him.

[@mikewest712]

I dunno. ....

[@Trapster99]

Mike West Trust me, he was the Donald Trump of his time as far as Poon. He beaded contessas, had mistresses and enjoyed the company of much younger females. Ben did not sleep alone. Political Revolutionaries are sexy to women.

[@joanthemad5894]

One of Ben Franklin's sister was my ancestor but not that surprising considering he had a lot of brothers and sisters.

[@tenedria]

eh, one of my ancestors was one of the early Knights of Italy. :/ Someone in my family hired a professional to find out because my ancestors would change countries often, making their ethnic origin hard to figure out.

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Not saying you are or are not, but it was shown that these so called professionals are not that honest and will show links that do not exist so as to make it look good for whoever is paying them. The only way to find out your own is by doing it yourself.

[@Trapster99]

Cool story, but, not enough dragons. Thanks for an informative vid.

[@jamesgarlick4573]

bisquitnspanky alex jones and info wars actually has very true news as compared to the MSM

[@Trapster99]

Don't forget the Pizza and Hot Dogs. If 1% of that is true....WOW

[@stephenmiller9009]

Paul T. a pizza shop owner is ranked one of the most powerful people in the country. OK

[@Trapster99]

Papi Panther He must be providing some really powerful/good pizza, eh?

[@stephenmiller9009]

And tacos

[@barrystevens2699]

I have been to the Hell Fire caves in England where the Hell Fire club practiced there freaky rituals and acts they used to do. Many aristocratic elites used to partake in them. Franklin was one of them. So nothing would surprise me.

[@damiangiese-jeanson8874]

Unfortunately, all of our modern countries are founded on evil. Except Ethiopia, Europe and America forgot to pillage them.

[@barrystevens2699]

@@damiangiese-jeanson8874 I don't agree with that.. Western countries are far more free and kind than non western ones.. Well maybe not today with the fascist lockdowns.

[@damiangiese-jeanson8874]

@@barrystevens2699 America was founded on religion and slavery, Mexico and South America were founded on slavery and rape of the Aztec people (and before that, they had death pits and decapitated head games). The countries here in Europe are a bit more tame, but still awful France(where I live), Spain, and Italy founded from Rome and all the rape, incest, and murder. Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland founded by the viking pillagers.

[@libra9605]

I know all about this, I merely just clicked on this video to see if anyone was talking about these secret societies he was a part of, happy I could find at least one enlightened person XD But yeah Franklin was a freak. And most likely, satanic. Haha who would have thought...

[@barrystevens2699]

@@damiangiese-jeanson8874 Just like every nation and culture in the human race then? Some countrys are still doing slavery and rape and other evils. None of them happen to be Western countries though.

[@gun12guage36]

Sounds legit, stealing bodies to practice on, sounds even more convincing leaving the bodies in the basement for ever lol

[@Double-X2-Points]

To be fair, imagine how it would look if he got caught bringing the bones back each time to re-bury them afterwards... Awkward

[@janetmerai]

It was common because of the rise of the arts, now it's the rise of the farts.

[@Treblaine]

Clickbait title: "was this famous person a serial killer" 90 seconds in: "no"

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

Hehe... Still it was a quite interesting video anyway.

[@Treblaine]

Stein Gauslaa Strindhaug I guess in that sense it's not the worse clickbait.

[@Eskmm1]

no, given the fact that it said his home rather than himself.

[@tinglydingle]

Not sure if the title has been changed since your comment but "The Numerous Bodies Recently Found in Ben Franklin’s Basement" seems pretty accurate to me.

[@tinglydingle]

Treblaine Ah fair enough, I didn't know that.

[@Pingandlucky]

Back when Simon was cosplaying as one punch man...

[@maxtew6521]

1) I'm a Southerner who's not averse to hunting. 2) I worked for a large animal research facility in Birmingham, Alabama for a time. 3) My younger brother is a type I diabetic who couldn't survive without the life-saving insulin developed through research with pigs. 4) Still, that poor turtle.

[@IIIIIawesIIIII]

Aquaa I'm certain it can learn to love you as well. :)

[@TristanBehrens]

I've been watching this channel for a while but coming back to Pale, Beardless, Nosferatu Simon from 2021 is absolutely haunting.

[@mindlesskittles]

He didn't kill them, they were bodies used for medical and scientific research. That's illegal too, so that's why he hid them.

[@saraha180]

Disappointing answer. It woulda been a lot cooler if polymath Benjamin Franklin was a grisly murderer too.

[@E1ev1n]

I know right.

[@patronsaintoffashion2722]

srsly

[@NarwahlGaming]

You want a nerd who liked to murd(er)? [eh? (: v) ] Check out H. H. Holmes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes

[@Thejaytavhourstaytun]

So true just imagine the headline Americas first serial killer over 200 years ago not h.h.homes but founding father Benjamin franklin always the best things in life are lies.

[@mr.meeseeks8229]

He left out the fact that about 10 years before the revolution Ben regularly attended a satanic-ish cult

[@Dad_a_Monk]

The bodies weren't found recently. They were found in 1998 and it came out that the bones were from an anatomy school when the story first came out in 1998.

[@wes4594]

Dad_a_Monk What is a "boes"

[@Dad_a_Monk]

Wes Montgomery that is a damn good question. Didn't even pay attention that is changed that....not sure where that even came from. Edited it..thanks for pointing that out. That's what I get for being on KZbin when I haven't slept in days.

[@lf8198]

Dad_a_Monk 1998 is fairly recent. I can remember 1998 clearly and I'm young.

[@Dad_a_Monk]

L F yes, and I'm old, and when a video and article on line says something was found recently...I don't expect that it happened 18 years ago. They were implying it was a recent find, to make it sound better. Just because you remember 1998, doesn't make it recent. 18 years is far from recently, by an normal person's point of view. Even if you're 40, that is almost half your lifetime...FAR from recent. They left out the fact that the bones were found in 1998 in both the video and their website article. Because telling the story honestly, that is an OLD story and was solved over 17 years ago, is not as exciting and likely to draw watchers to the video.

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I have nothing better to do than trolling thru KZbin videos and critiquing them on content, age of information and accuracy! Sound like anyone you know?

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clickbait videos are no match for my adblock

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Ashley Johansson one day we can hope for clickbaitblock

[@alienxenomorph4170]

he still worked hard for the video and well deserves money.

[@alienxenomorph4170]

+Bush did 9/11 well I agree with you on some parts but she is using AD Block in which case no content creator wins. and well in a way he treats this as a job so he should get some cash. would you like if your Boss said what you did today was bullcrap I feel like not paying you.

[@TVs_Wil_Herren]

burn?

[@kregadeth5562]

Ashley Johansson yet here you are

[@Forcemaster2000]

Benjamin Franklin was no doubt deeply involved in it all himself, he was no innocent bystander, he was deeply interested in anything of a scientific nature.

[@ivarlavins4165]

"no innocent bystander" is a very positive statement. Many time that is the only way that science advances. All those people that fought the idea that "God made the world in six days, 6 to 10 thousand years ago" did that.

[@Forcemaster2000]

Ivar Lavins That's the way I meant it, I'm a big fan of BF!

[@Forcemaster2000]

***** I've read two different biographies of Benjamin Franklin, how many have you read??

[@hackman669]

Website guy No one knows the true skelions in a politician's closet until long after they are dead.

[@dogestranding5047]

Ivar Lavins Volunteer yourself then

[@kordlesskure]

Ah the late 1700s, when a man can inject mercury into a turtles lymphatic system and gets sweeping praise :) simpler times

[@sarahs5340]

Nevin Hughes: now things are much worse for lab animals. Sad! :(

[@sc-ek6qz]

Nevin Hughes tags medical marijuana is it... .!

[@valiroime]

@Sarah S: I believe the idea behind Nevin's statement was that if someone tried that same (formally praiseworthy) experiment today, they'd be tossed in jail and vilified in the news and on social media.

[@aftersexhighfives]

Yea... That's still happening. Just have a nice govt approved study and you can pretty much do whatever you want. We've moved past turtles.

[@stevenschnepp4816]

@@aftersexhighfives No. You need to prove you'll be treating the animals ethically and that the knowledge gained outweighs the suffering the animals are subjected to. Don't like it? Don't use any medicines. Have fun living to sixty.

[@kuritech]

this is the soft speaking that i miss, i love the channel but this is something that just makes me enjoy the show more

[@lachlanchester8142]

SMASH THAT DISLIKE BUTTON **smacks script**

[@nicoleeaves2153]

@@lachlanchester8142 legend.

[@faithmothergoddess7055]

Wow such a youngster simon xxxx why is it now that when i come up with a question for youtube you always seem to be there with the info i need? I was actually shocked that i hadnt seen this one before but genuinely happy to see a familiar face (it took me a min lol) with a more than recognisable voice to guide me through the facts i so desired xxxx ty fact boi you never let me down!

[@RelativelyBest]

Disappointing - I was rather hoping for a nice, chilling mystery rather than a history lesson. That said, I do find the mental image of Hewson bringing this up with Franklin pretty amusing: "Hey, Ben, is it okay if I bury my corpses in your cellar?" "Are these the type of corpses someone might come looking for?" "Um... I don't *think* so." "Then go ahead, I don't mind. Just put the shovel back in it's proper place when you're done."

[@catladymommy6143]

Fervidor thaks...i really couldn't bare to watch this whole video.

[@Jman-rr5ju]

Damn, nothin like taking 10 minutes to tell a 60 second story.

[@OF01975]

Carol Nash lol true

[@kregadeth5562]

Jman 1975 it’s called production. You wouldn’t watch the videos if he just came out and was like “here are the bodies” bye. Jack ass

[@jeremytee2919]

@@kregadeth5562 Actually, i would watch hundreds of concise objectively informational videos. But this channel is getting blocked.

[@jeremytee2919]

@HalfBlack | Emcee Slapathot Wow Lol, WAAAAHH! Sorry youre so sensitive, about people disliking your video and mentioning why. Get a tissue. Not everyones gonna like your video,buck up sir. Really,get a hug. What do you do when someone actually insults you? why are you and some isolated weirdo lashing out childishly over over a fair critique? I take it back, Sorry for laughing, get help. Please dont hurt anyone.

[@jeremytee2919]

@HalfBlack | Emcee Slapathot Or, If you didnt care,you have said nothing. See, being concise isnt so hard.

[@maxwell_edison]

Good video as always, but the thumbnail feels a bit clickbaity. Not a lot, but please don't let it become habbit, clickbait image channels are the worst.

[@jessn.2665]

It was a bit unavoidable with this subject

[@timothyfarrand8407]

Justin Martyr , Trump is your president. Ha ha!

[@ZoeRaeMusic]

Why would you be against video makers using techniques to get views on their videos? It’s literally their job. The thumbnail isn’t a lie and it’s bullshit for people to think they shouldn’t be allowed to use the same exact techniques the mainstream media uses to get their views. If you hate clickbait then you should probably leave the internet because it’s not going anywhere.

[@anydaynow]

Why do I keep finding morons on here defending the nature and necessity of misleading advertisements? Fucking retarded goats. What are you stupid assholes fighting for? A world where you don't have to be oppressed by your own lack of responsibility? The only reason people continue to repeatedly do stupid shit to the detriment of all is because stupid fucking children like to help them do it. Clickbait bad, brain good. Got it? I don't care. Shut the fuck up.

[@AlphaOne2009]

I went to the University of Vermont, which was founded in the late 1700s. While I was there, the university embarked on a project to renovate the Pomeroy building (build in 1825), which at the time was where our communication classes took place. Long story short, while renovating the the building, they found skeletons buried in the basement. A little research showed that the top floor of the building was used as an anatomy lab back in the early 1800s. Why they chose to dispose of their cadavers in the basement of the building, I guess we’ll never know. But your story reminded me of that.

[@sb416]

There’s no reason unless they were 🔪 there. It was relatively cheap back then and easy to just find someone to put them in a paupers grave and police today don’t question the elites they work for them. Only reason to keep them in the basement is to cover something up. Or keep them as 🏆

[@jondular7423]

A lively member of The Hell Fire Club!

[@aeternavictrix7861]

Madame Mayhem free mason

[@ZombieByte]

​@Maxwell’s Silver Hammer so i just read all 3 articles out of curiosity and the only points they bring up are that he sat naked in the mornings in his own home(im pretty sure most people spend time naked in their own home), had a tendency to be attracted to older, more sexually mature and experienced women(which is pretty much the opposite of depraved when you consider that it was commonplace to be attracted to barely mature girls at that time in history), and allegedly was apart of a "SeCrEt SoCiEtY" that supposedly mocked traditional religion(lets be honest who doesn't mock traditional religion?) and engaged in the occasional orgy(which i could understand how someone might think of as depraved if they have a very egocentric view of interpersonal sexual relationships), so unless we've redefined the meaning of the phrase "Depraved Pervert" to include anyone who happens to have had more than one sexual partner within their lifetime, i think you may need to find some stronger evidence, because when i think of a "depraved pervert" i usually think of people who are genuinely morally corrupt or wicked in their actions as the definition suggests.

[@tekkzilla619]

Founding father of the occult elitist of America

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[@ChrisCaldwellO66]

Man imagine the orgies they had while having satanic rituals! Wow.

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You guys are awesome. Subscribed. Not sure why your videos aren't more popular.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Thanks :-)

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Michael Rudy

[@khalilmason]

lol

[@Tumbipungi]

Marten Dekker Well put.His delivery is so rapid-fire,and unnatural,it's distracting,and makes the content hard to process.

[@jefflindeman]

Marten Dekker ~I just want to say that I disagree with every point in your critique. In the case of this particular video, most every detail is needed to tell the story - and though not all of those details will be strictly retained - such as exact dates, common beliefs and attitudes of the period and the relationships of the players etc - without their inclusion, a complete understanding of the situation would be impossible. As to the question of the tone of the narrative and whether that delivery is excessively 'dry' or 'matter of fact', I would say that personally, I prefer to hear the facts presented concisely and without any tone of sensationalistic emphasis, allowing the listener to form opinion without any inferred direction imposed by an overly zealous narrator. To each their own I guess~

[@vnleao]

I bet ol' Ben had a good laugh on his death bed about the pit of bones buried in the basement, wondering if they'd ever be discovered

[@Шоуодногожурналиста]

+PreposterousWorld Oh, i think modern day political figures will leave huge loads of BDSM gay porn to leave the historians clueless

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

Oleg Krestovcev And alot of questions about pizza related maps.

[@fyb6999]

Preposterous they were his students in his anatomy school he had an anatomy school in his basement

[@anydaynow]

BenTDB /The Diamond Block But do perfectly legitimate scientific endeavors need to be buried in a hole inside of a hole until some future generation finds it to ask the question of its legitimacy? You have to admit that it is suspect at best. People don't bury people inside their homes without a desperate need to hide something. Right?

[@mike7870]

Quick Dimwit ....you didnt watch it all ...the reason is it was ILLEGAL AT THE TIME. ...so when somethings ILLEGAL what do you do ...HIDE IT ...RIGHT?

[@dervelcadarn2245]

if you were going to use bodies for anatomy purposes. you wouldn't bury them in the basement after you finished with them.....that's just strange and bizarre.....something far more sinister was afoot. .......

[@Revolt1680]

When I first heard about this many years ago, it was specified that they were masses of small bones, like from children. Then the information just disappeared and was impossible to find. Many years go by and now it comes out sanitized as a recent find.

[@black168382]

That’s what I’ve been reading too but I can’t find anything about them finding some bones.

[@wirelessone2986]

Sounds fishy

[@toomanyopinions8353]

Recent find? He said this happened in 1998.

[@alanmalcheski8882]

That's what happens to the more credible ufo and alien stories I've heard. One example is the guy who was visited by men in black, at a hotel. Also everything about staged crises and crisis actors gets sanitized.

[@wolfsokaya]

Today i found out that there were times when Simon didnt have a beard and didnt wear glasses.Looks weird. :]

[@JiveDadson]

Tomorrow, find out what :"begs the question" means.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

It means whatever common usage says it means. That's how language works. :-)

[@JiveDadson]

Today I Found Out Irregardless, some definitions and grammar are not becoming to you and I. You made your bed, now lay in it. :-)

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Slightly ironical that you used the word "irregardless" here. If you did it on purpose, I think I like you. ;-)

[@JiveDadson]

Today I Found Out Gosh and golly, blush. I like you too. Of course I did it on purpose. The two grammatical errors were intentional also. Oh I'm sorry. They were not errors, because many people speak that way.

[@sinunnombre5744]

Xanxei wow

[@DOCTAxSWAG]

dissapointed the thumbnail is such a click bait

[@googleaccount9913]

Noice Roice how is it? He did mention in the video the answer is no

[@spazticjest]

The thumbnail implies that Benjamin Franklin was a serial killer. It is literally a pic of Ben Franklin with the words "Serial Killer?" next to it.

[@googleaccount9913]

with a question mark man

[@Boneskullzy]

It got you to watch the video, didn't it?

[@Desklamp1234]

Manple Wolock That is basically the definition of click bait...

[@gewgulkansuhckitt9086]

This was fascinating to me as one day I may have to explain the remains under my own home. On a serious note, if they discovered turtle remains there and if the guy staying there once pumped mercury through a turtle, there might be some serious mercury contamination in that basement.

[@danielharding1623]

You're so young!!!! Glad to see you're able to do what you love for so long. Cheers

[@SpacePlague]

Beardless Blaze Boi isn't real, he can't hurt you. Beardless Blaze Boi:

[@marko9334]

He was British agent No72 , and a member of many strange occultist clubs !

[@tekkzilla619]

@Redwoodrebelgirl The Hellfire Club IS an occultic secret society. The freemasons are occultic as well and he was definitely a 33rd degree but Hellfire club is enough to know what kind of twisted man he was

[@og-greenmachine8623]

FREEMASONRY 👉🏽All MURDERERS IT WAS A “FREE FOR ALL”! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGWvqZZpn7OnqNE

[@JSAnstock]

Really interesting video. I had missed any news of this here in the UK. Just shows what is considered to be newsworthy by todays media. One minor point though, trepanning or "burr hole" surgery is still carried out today and is relatively common. Although it's not used for "releasing devils" it is the usual way to deal with cranial haematoma (blood clots between the skull and brain). I saw these done almost daily as an anaesthetics nurse, never saw any demons escape though ;-). Maybe a list of medieval surgical techniques that are making a come back is in order?

[@rustinashackleford1367]

The click baity title makes me sad, the actual story is far more interesting.

[@peterwindhorst5775]

That puts his mistresses in a whole new context. Here I thought the 13 year old mistress was bad enough - now there are bodies as well.

[@DEATH14269]

Both of those things were quite common back then lmao

[@cabbage0dusk]

Friends of Benjamin Franklin covering up their idols dark history...

[@vootamu1]

cabbage dusk, precisely!

[@tekkzilla619]

He was a sick twisted POS. Member of the hellfire club, freemasons, and several other secret societies. The majority of our founding fathers were far from the upstanding citizens history lied in teaching us. People can believe what they want but facts are facts...

[@janetmerai]

@@tekkzilla619 We are all far from being perfect. I suggest researching Leonardo Da Vinci unless you hate Americans specifically.

[@hamar5908]

@@janetmerai we all make mistakes but some of the people we’re taught to idolise are straight evil

[@learnaseyelearn166]

@@tekkzilla619 imo he was Jack Ripper

[@Simirial]

4:20 Even today, holes are routinely drilled through the skull to relieve cranial pressure.

[@cheesechrome]

great video, and even better clickbait

[@TodayIFoundOut]

+Austin Crane That's always key. If you're going to make a title clickbaity, you absolutely have to deliver something good in the content to make it worth people's time. :-)

[@cheesechrome]

i getchu

[@michaelanderson9947]

Random User oh wow a trump supporter and you cant spell? Why am i not surprised. Still think hes doing a good job? Lmfao

[@ravenshield56]

Lol these comments always rip these vids to shreds xD

[@kazeryu4834]

That’s some good clickbait. Gets you interested without lying and quickly dispels any misconceptions while still having an interesting story

[@ascendedisamazing]

Beardless Simon without glasses is unsettling beyond description

[@Malidictus]

Wow! You suddenly went pale as a ghost when you announced "Let's get started with today's video." :)

[@Malidictus]

I'm aware - two different cuts with two different exposure settings. It was just funny, is all.

[@TomPark1986]

Damn...and here I was hoping Ben was a serial killer.

[@blainemitchell]

I don't believe you explained why his bones where found buried there. Only why the other bones were there.

[@king0vitrial]

they were renovating the whole house. that would include the basement.

[@bcubed72]

No, this explains the other bodies...he was into dissection. it doesn't explain Mr. Huson's body--after all, he didn't dissect _himself_.

[@blainemitchell]

Exactly. How was he buried there?

[@EllaBananas]

I am wondering the same thing! Perhaps he allowed his body to be used for dissection? I imagine none of his students would enjoy that (well, on second thought perhaps they didn't like him very much and therefore reveled in it, who knows;) though I imagine he would be the sort to donate his body for study, especially with the sort of disease he had.

[@RelativelyBest]

The bones "belonged" to Hewson, but they weren't his actual bones. Dude is buried in a proper grave in Westminster, according to Google. The guy in the video just worded it really poorly, making it sound like they literally dug him up in Franklin's basement.

[@timothylah4685]

The picture of a building at 5:43 is NOT from University of Pennsylvania which Franklin founded but is actually the Old Main from Pennsylvania State University! The two names often get confused but come on it says 'Old Main' right in the center of the building.

[@AlfieEdwards]

Therapist: Beardless simon isn't real, he can't hurt you beardless simon:

[@solaceininsanity]

Our masonic founding fathers enjoyed the occult.

[@Cjnw]

Continues to today's Trump administration

[@lordbyron2495]

You are delusional

[@72troy455]

Fuckin vampire's.

[@72troy455]

@@lordbyron2495 Your a gatekeeper.

[@aeringothyk5445]

dwiggins01 the same from Republicans. Let’s not forget Alex Jones exists to pander to y’all

[@HereWeAre101]

I couldn't explain why, but I really wanted him to be a serial killer.

[@jeffsingleton88]

Em are you a leftist??

[@BantiarnaMacRaghnaill]

We still don't know that he wasn't. ;)

[@OnryoKami]

Ugly, filthy leftist spotted*

[@thegodhoward8037]

Everyone stop hating on her she likes andy beirsack respect

[@aftersexhighfives]

Because he's on such a high pedestal but you know he impregnated and then used those children against his favorite slave. You know that he was a completely awful man that everyone loves and personally his photo makes my skin crawl.

[@ivarlavins4165]

Science always have moved further than the meek mannered general public. Franklin was definitely a scientist. He does not need to be apologized for, by a by a present day religious fanatic. The simple fact is that once a person is dead, he is gone. And all these cemeteries are full of empty bones. The only thing left of a person after he dies (Excuse me "or she") is the memories of their friends , or enemies.

[@2adamast]

Ok Franklin was a grave robber, nothing to be ashamed of.

[@SpiritBear12]

He didn't rob any graves.

[@jonasstrzyz2469]

Yes, but you got to think of the families.

[@AstroFan428]

Clicking a video with no thumbnail and getting THIS Simon is startling. lol

[@cpt-cheese3489]

Smooth Simon haunts my thoughts, it's just how different he is from now

[@danr.5017]

1:15. pretty sure that's what we call a skull.

[@kingjames4886]

history shows it's ok to break the law as long as you're right.

[@RossMalagarie]

Or rich.

[@davidndiulor8428]

or Putin.

[@hackman669]

That's the same logic boot luggers used in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Trust me, the ends do not always justify the means.

[@Najebanski]

It's annoying when the audio drops in quality when you quote someone. Also the generic background music is way too happy and upbeat for a video like this, I think this topic calls for something more gloomy/mysterious. Just my 2 cents.

[@DecemberLoved]

I liked it, made it feel vintage.

[@Najebanski]

I suppose that was the intended effect. However it just sounds crappy to me. Imo it would be improved if the previously mentioned background music would be replaced by a vinyl sound effect during these segments. Currently it really breaks the flow of the video, which is a shame because I really like these kinds of topics. Anyway I'm just a dickhead on the internet so wtf do I know.

[@DecemberLoved]

You know enough to speak your mind about a topic. keep it up.

[@Najebanski]

DecemberLoved Thanks, that's very kind of you to say.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

The #1 rookie mistake on YT is uploading at too low a volume. One of the reasons why I'm bailing on this vid.

[@justinkelly9526]

Simple explanation.... Franklin was a Templar who lended his property to his fellow Templars and they disposed of their dead enemies. The assassins found out about it and ended all the corrupt Templars schemes and then assassinated them and put them in the pit as well. -Future Assassins Creed game.

[@chrisreaves6399]

:0

[@danothedeckbuilder1227]

The amount of denial here is amazing. Why couldn't he be a murderer. It's amazing that people give ben an out. People say they were cadavers or body's for experiential purposes but why would he fucking bury them in the basement instead of discarding them properly. Ther is no excuse for not doing that.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Cover it up. Whites know Just don’t care What’s new.

[@danothedeckbuilder1227]

@@og-greenmachine8623 woah there I’m white and I’m saying this is bs

[@sakuracardcaptor4709]

Ben Franklin was also a cool vampire hunter.

[@72troy455]

He himself was a "vampire"...

[@timafterdark3759]

JoshNortonalias or one of the 3 wise men

[@Silkendrum]

At 7:35 the percentage numbers don't match the circle graph.

[@johnjhill3]

+Silkendrum Pretty sad that so few of this supposedly 'thinky' crowd seem to have noticed what you have. The percentages for the red and yellow slices are switched.

[@MF_UNDERTOW]

So funny to see Simon without a beard or glasses. His accent is also a little different.

[@dano4572]

as usual,,,,,, great video, sir.

[@davec.3129]

"Dissection bones". Yeah right!

[@janetmerai]

There was more medical innovation back then than now. If you know about the human body, they didn't back then.

[@kdelka81]

Why rebury them in your own home? 🤦 The smell tho

[@lostpockets2227]

the smell isnt that bad its just a lot of work to dig a hole

[@attackcrash0787]

Everyone smelled back then.

[@huberttrocks]

Clickbait = Thumbs Down

[@paulgerd1851]

And you can bet all the bodies were poor people. Even in death people were treated differently. You'd never get them using middle class or above bodies, just poor people who nobody would miss or care about. Sad.😢

[@AnarchicImage]

Simon Whistler without a beard? We're through the looking glass now!

[@Adjuni]

Thumbs down for clickbait title.

[@ethanhumphreys2331]

Look at that, it's young Simon!! No Glasses Simon freaks me out dude

[@moniyahshakhor6509]

A lot of human research/experiments in those times used the slaves. It wasn't uncommon unfortunately.

[@Brickimated]

Shhhh.... White people dont like to hear about their dirty history

[@normal2954]

And they're still doing it today in urban health care systems.

[@buffymuffintopz8994]

They still think we don't feel pain 😫 bastards

[@calwianka]

Well done!

[@vicmorrison8128]

Very good mate!

[@metalman6708]

I haven't even watched the video and I can almost guarantee you that they we cadavers being used for A&P lessons.

[@trailerparkninja6834]

He prolly had an interest in surgery which was first practiced on cadavers

[@johnmccauley4533]

Ben Franklin did not sign the declaration of independence. How did nobody catch this?

[@lrjxe9895]

John McCauley Yes he did, he signed as a part of Pennsylvania.

[@dlynn101]

Wow, more pseudo education from the millennial generation. Go look up the D of E. He signed it. THAT'S why no one caught it.

[@DiscoveryBalochistan]

Simon with no facial hair looks like Simon with no facial hair😀✌️

[@Rushmore222]

It's interesting that Franklin chose "Useful" as one of the words of highest admiration in his eulogy of his young friend.

[@anarchy_of_dirt]

Today you should find out that you're using the phrase "begs the question" incorrectly.

[@TheMrhycannon]

What is correct.?

[@anarchy_of_dirt]

Mrhycannon "raises the question" would be correct. To beg the question means that someone has made a conclusion based on a premise that lacks support. Like if I said, "my shoes are awesome because they're cool." I'm begging the question.

[@usmh]

To be more precise, if a conclusion is embedded in the line of reasoning which should lead to that conclusion.

[@RinnzuRosendale]

wait if william houston was responsible for all the other bodies, then how did HIS body get there??

[@zachnuketown]

turtletowers fuckin detective Sherlock eh?

[@niydfass1060]

Suicide?

[@chocoboasylum]

That's what I was hoping to find out. I think maybe he was one of the first people to voluntarily donate his body to medical science seeing as to how that was his life's work.

[@ironicchannelname6457]

turtletowers the bones belonged to him but they were not HIS bones as in they didn't come out of is body

[@miltonperez3421]

Caleb harris bullshit. It's cult murder rituals that Franklin joined in on.

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

Simon: "... short answer is no" me: clickbaaaaaait