The Weirdo Who Made the First Media Empire

[@InquisitorThomas]

Man this is a wild story, somebody should make a movie about this, it might be a the greatest film since Citizen Kane.

[@knightofloosebowels8636]

I was going to make a similar joke That film still holds up !

[@JamesBrown-gv1vg]

Yeah, they could call it Mank, or for the kids make a movie out of the newsie strike.😉

[@STCTZenzas]

It should be “Citizen Cane”

[@CaptCool88]

This but unironicly. His actual life story is just as good as "Oppenheimer'" TBH

[@Helll-yo8oc]

Eeeeee

[@aze94]

I love the fact that one of the reasons he hated Citizen Kane was because it portrayed his mother negatively

[@Game_Hero]

he had mommy issues

[@Dr.-Dank]

Hell, if a movie was made about my life that portrayed my mom as a cold hearted bitch, I'd hate it too. Tear me down all you want, but leave my mom OUT OF IT!

[@BreakyOnline]

​@@Dr.-Dankreal

[@omppusolttu5799]

@@Game_Hero Honestly no, that's just a dick move.

[@HornyIndianMan]

His mother was just a series of holes, Hearst was in love with her and mad that everyone got to fill her with good except lt him. My great Gandpappy said he hit it and he threw up on her back because the stench of her ass and pussy was so vile. He still finished because back then, men finished the job. He also said that little Willy was hiding in the room beating off but he just ignored him. What a loser.

[@JaelaOrdo]

“It sounds slimy, and it was, but hey.” I’m convinced that’s just journalism in general.

[@pmpowalisz]

Still better than the multiple falsehoods on social media, where people can straight up lie and face no consequences (such as libel laws).

[@troodon1096]

Yeah, not was has changed really, other than than journalists like to pretend to be respectable these days. They're not of course, but at least they care enough to pretend to be, most of the time.

[@thewholething430]

​@@troodon1096it's not the investigative journalists or reporters but the office dwelling glorified bloggers who misrepresent facts, lie by omission and/or create misleading click bait titles knowing full well nobody is reading their 8 pages of filler with the point of the article buried deep within.

[@VulpesHilarianus]

Fun fact, William Randolph Hearst wasn't just interested in comics, he actually developed a comic obsession when he moved to New York. It's reported that whenever he saw someone draw something that made him laugh, he hired them to draw comics for his papers. Eventually he had so many strips that he couldn't fit them into his papers, and in at least one instance (The New York Evening Journal) he bought a newspaper just to get the rights to a comic strip (The Yellow Kid) since the rights weren't held by the author. Thankfully, as show in the video, the original author came along with his creation.

[@Eibarwoman]

A similar fervor exists in Roger Penske, a car dealership owner with a fervor for auto racing, retired from racing in his 20s, rapidly grew into owning hundreds of dealerships, an entire truck leasing firm, multiple race tracks, an entire racing series in IndyCar, a Formula 1 team in the 1970s, IndyCar teams, NASCAR teams (two different interations), and sports car teams.

[@ninianstorm6494]

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[@Qaianna]

There was another comic he loved, to the point where when the artist died he forbade it continuing. Look up the history of 'Krazy Kat' and you'll find it was an Evening Journal feature ...

[@CAP198462]

@@Qaiannanow that’s a fun fact.

[@Hellheart]

Hahaha! Your name means "Fox Funny Butt," kind of... (Sorry. I found your name funny as hell. Couldn't stop chuckling.I got a cold, and I'm all whacked on cough syrup. 😂)

[@dyingearth]

Charles Foster Kane was in many ways an idealized William Randolph Hurst. He was not only rich, but utterly talented at what he put his mind to. He was alas also a prediction of what Orson Welles will become, a insanely talented young man who got bogged down by life at the end.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Ironic. He could portray the pitfalls of being ridiculously wealthy and famous, but not save himself from them… Anyone want some of Ms Pell’s Fishsticks?

[@jamesrosewell9081]

​@@warlordofbritannialove The Critic

[@jchristHeckYeah]

You know it’s gonna be a good video when it starts off with a place and time.

[@devans1880]

You know its gonna be a good video when it starts off

[@michaeltnk1135]

POV: You just clicked on the video and are trying to think of a comment you can write before it gets more views

[@carcas77]

Ostro

[@syrialak101]

@Ketty_Ketty What does this mean?

[@lelandgrubson2736]

​@@syrialak101did you ever taste some ............. "CHEEKS" 😏

[@theconversationalelitist6423]

What a weird, sad, strangely unfulfilling life. You know what, it would actually make a really good movie about the downsides of wealth and the intense loneliness of billionaires that forces them into a life tof no real connections, instead choosing meanlingless achievements like political gain and lust over self introspection. They could even call it like "Citizen Hearst" to show how these people exist in American society

[@Lazarus1095]

Yeah, but who would star in it? Maurice LaMarche?

[@Crusader-yq1bf]

Seemed fulfilling to me, got basically everything he wanted minus being a politician

[@africanjack5094]

Says a nameless entity watching a youtube video about the man with meaningless achievements who died decades ago🙄.

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@Lazarus1095 And pay him with Ms Pell’s Fishsticks.

[@Thatonepersonyouheard]

I think he lead a pretty fulfilling life for a nepo baby

[@CaptCool88]

Hearst is the definition of throwing money at the problem.

[@matthewhecht9257]

I have him beat. When my house caught fire I fought the fire by literally throwing handfuls of $100 bills at it.

[@CaptCool88]

@@matthewhecht9257 Yeah some how I doubt you just have "handfuls" of hundred-dollar bills lying around.

[@theonebman7581]

Dude... imagine if Hearst was alive today and found out about Netflix...

[@Elyseon]

He was also the definition of rich scumbag.

[@erickamakeeaina1649]

5:56 I just love how the part where this guy orchestrated a prison break in foreign territory is just a foot note to the whole story.

[@SamWinchester000]

I love the part where at 17:22 the party in which he was claimed to have killed someone, is mutiply described as a "gay party", wondering if they (propably) by that meant the old-fashioned meaning of gay.

[@skyblivious3755]

When you said that he got some journalists to go bust some girl outta jail, the first thing that popped into my mind was literal journalists with pens and clipboards breaking someone out of prison. Damn I love this channel

[@concept5631]

Daves running away into the depths of Mexico for months (presumably shit faced for most of it) and then coming back is so surreal.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Sigma Mistress

[@concept5631]

@@warlordofbritannia Giga mistress

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@concept5631 Fuff it, Epsilon Mistress

[@concept5631]

@@warlordofbritannia Theta?

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@concept5631 Oooh, that’s good

[@smjaiteh]

What a great story. Hope someone makes a movie on this weirdo.

[@wetwillyis_1881]

Hurst has to be one of the most American Americans I’ve ever heard about. I just new he was the newspaper guy, not all of this crazy shit. Him and Teddy truly were two sides of one coin. Credit to this kid’s mom. She always believed in him.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Momma’s boys always have the most…interesting impacts on history

[@thespectralking2364]

did she believe in him though? he was on an allowance until his fifties

[@jamesrosewell9081]

​@thespectralking2364 if she didn't he wouldn't _have_ an allowance

[@pmpowalisz]

Credit to Hearst too, for financially sinking a movie that falsely and negatively portrayed his mom, even though she was already dead.

[@BradTheAmerican]

@@jamesrosewell9081 Maybe she didn't believe in him and the allowance was to give him an edge that he wouldn't attain otherwise.

[@emilchaos1489]

Isn't it crazy to be alive when the movie depicting your life comes out? Like damn, it wasn't even his idea to have the movie

[@alanpennie]

Extremely weird. But everything about his life was weird.

[@alex_zetsu]

I find it funny that Hearst's problem with the movie that parodied him wasn't because it portrayed _him_ as ambitious and greedy, but because it put Davies in a bad light

[@Melody_Raventress]

And his Mom, can't forget her, now.

[@redeye4516]

A single shred of nobility left within him I suppose. "You can do whatever you want with me, but leave my loved ones out of it"

[@alexanderrobins7497]

Reminds me of how the coach of the Oakland Athletics, Billy Beane was livid when the book Money Ball came out. Billy Beane was screaming and cursing at Michael Lewis on the phone because of what was published. Michael thought it was because the Oakland A's would lose their advantage with their new secret methods being revealed, but he didn't care about that. Billy Beane was pissed of at how he was portraited as a vulgar angry man (which he admits was true) because his elderly mother might find out. At a book signing/touring event, an old woman confronted Michael Lewis after the event to say "My son does not talk like that". Freakonomics did a podcast episode about Money Ball with Michael Lewis for the twentieth anniversary a few months ago.

[@alanpennie]

​@@redeye4516 He really wasn't a bad guy. Just extremely strange.

[@ethanstyant9704]

​@@alanpennieumm his empire was built on the backs of orphans which he repeatedly undercut

[@mapman1271]

I live on the Californian Central Coast and have actually seen Hearst Castle. I can confirm only a man like Hearst would build the castle itself.

[@matthewmspace]

Yeah. I'm from near SF and I've seen the castle while on vacation with family. It's impressive and absolutely ridiculous. Like the man himself, in a way.

[@DiamondKingStudios]

My mother claims to have taken me to Hearst Castle back when we lived in California when I was about two years old. Of course I don’t remember it, but the pictures I’ve seen of it make it one of two ridiculously big California houses I would want to see (the other was made for the widow of a firearms manufacturer).

[@shaider1982]

I was surprised that Citizen Kane was on theaters while Hearst was still alive. The producers were definitely ballsy.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Like if someone made a big drama movie about not-Elon Musk today.

[@CaptainJZH]

A big part of their plan for publicity was that Hearst would get mad at them and do a massive hate campaign against the film in his newspapers Of course, that didn't really happen and the film underperformed as a result

[@assistmans]

It’d be like if someone made a movie about Mark Zuckerberg

[@Firestorm422]

​@assistmans Yeah. Good thing that didn't happen *pushes The Social Network off screen*

[@SamWinchester000]

Yeah, but The Social Network (obviously) only is about the beginnings, not about a whole life and not full circle about being a jerk like Zuckerberg (at least, not yet...)

[@CocoHutzpah]

The AP American History class I took in high school was a complete joke. In a whole year of high school, not once was this absolute mad lad ever mentioned.

[@NoahJohnson1981]

Yeah, they left a lot of stuff out of ap us history. It’s sad how much they have to leave out.

[@DiamondKingStudios]

@@NoahJohnson1981Really, our history is too complicated. I read the textbook for fun, and the class felt like a very abridged version.

[@DonMadruga72]

Oh, what an interesting scenario. Imagine if this guy had actually existed? It's impressive how Cody became professional in Alternative History to the point where he make appears that Citizen Kane existed.

[@itsathing3369]

Is this a joke? I need clarification because the Internet brain rot is very real, so some people be unironically saying this.

[@DonMadruga72]

@@itsathing3369 For God's sake, it's so obvious

[@DIEGhostfish]

Also the idea that Welles created a panic that killed people with the War of the Worlds broadcast was Hearst's doing.

[@alanpennie]

An unusual revenge.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@alanpennie At the time rather than being seen as a compliment to his acting it further damaged his career.

[@burp2019]

always wondered where the story of it causing a mass panic came from

[@katamarankatamaranovich9986]

Kane's story is waaaay more sympathetic than Hearst's. Like geez, this guy is a Borderlands villain.

[@TheHeadHuntersDomain]

The part about not being invited to the wedding and than still selling the company back for a dollar. Heart of gold that woman. ❤

[@concept5631]

Wasn't expecting the Hitler twist. This story really has everything.

[@antonioascione7068]

First,i love Alternatehistory hub,for 3 things:1 his voice,2 alternate history,3 the fact that he made even other videos like this.

[@nicklapallo9090]

"Hearst did not care at all" You laughing made me laugh even harder.

[@drudgefood6207]

According to the book, The True Flag, Hearst bought a yacht and patrolled the Straits of Florida to do "one the ground reporting." Once he found a bunch of castaway Spanish naval officers, pulled out a pistol to "capture" them, dropped them off at a naval base, and got a receipt from the military for his POWs which he published in the newspaper.

[@FischerFilmStudio]

You should probably add “The Real Citizen Kane Part 2” to the title.

[@nucnik]

The strange part about Citizen Kane is how Wells depicts Hearst as someone who will die miserable and broke, and in the end it was Wells who slowly decayed and died alone.

[@Thomas-rk4rl]

Yeah but Hearst never got to play Unicron did he

[@michaeledwards6683]

great artists typically create to explore personal anxieties, and some anxieties come true

[@rancorious7785]

Yeah great artists really have this issue of becoming depressed often.

[@alexissjc409]

Finally, the SEQUEL WE NEEDED (and hopefully deserve)

[@Amesang]

I like how Pulitzer's monocle swaps eyes as if he were Sagat from _Street Fighter._

[@FourthDerivative]

Anyone else find it darkly hilarious that one of the most prestigious prizes in American journalism is named for a man who made his fortune peddling sensationalism and smut?

[@darkfool2000]

Nah, that seems pretty standard for history.

[@troodon1096]

Irony can be so ironic sometimes.

[@mylesayres6060]

Wells: "Mr. Hearst, did you see my movie?" Hearst: "No, I didn't." Wells: "KANE WOULD'VE SEEN IT. KANE WOULD'VE SEEN. THE. FILM."

[@Methus3lah]

Cody: There had to be something sinister afoot. Me: Oh no Cody: A threat undermining him and society as a whole. Me: Oh gods no Cody: Of course! It was so obvious! Me: No no no no Cody: The communists! Me: *sighs of relief* Edit: I really need to watch the next 30 seconds of the video before I comment holy fuck Edit 2: Yes, I know about the whole “cultural Bolshevism” conspiracy theory that the Nazis peddled. However, anti-communist sentiment is not necessarily anti-Semitic. This conspiracy theory is specifically “the Jews are using communism to bring down western civilization and the “Aryan Race””. From what I saw in the video, it seemed more like Hearst thought “communists want to bring down our society”, which is a very different idea that implies Soviet spies more than anything else.

[@rfij3268]

literally my exact same reaction XD

[@kevinsolis5746]

Literally my mind was RACING

[@Boretheory]

NOT THE JEWS!

[@Only.D.G.]

So everybody thinks about jews

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Considering Hearst's... close friendship of [Demonetized] and their views on who the communists were backed by, this feels more like a 'why not both?' situation.

[@johngalt5166]

I'm from CA and my family went to Hearst Castle for vacation when I was a kid and I was so confused, I was like "so basically a rich guy collected a bunch of rich guy stuff and then his family sold it off to the state after he died?" And the tour guide basically said "yup."

[@wisdomaxolotl2766]

I love how every time the story seems to go somewhere consistent, something immediately bumps it into being wild again. Like its settling down and then BOOM, Hitler

[@JimRFF]

This is maybe a weird thing to point out, but I just want to say -- the lighting effects in this episode were really good! The 3D effect of light and shadow is a) visually interesting and b) made a cool artistic choice to communicate themes of light-and-dark / the moral complexity of Hearst's business practices

[@TheHero136]

I love that this man’s life is so insane and strange that by the time he ends up becoming an ally to Adolf it doesn’t even seem out of the ordinary. Such a bizarre story that sounds ridiculous yet is totally accurate and true.

[@chaosgyro]

It's easy to forget, or get twisted because pf hindsight, that Mustache Man's politics seemed very appropriate and forward-thinking in the 1930s. Much as monarchies had reached their breaking point during the late 1700s, to be replaced by republics, many people saw WW1 and the Depression as showing the limits of republicanism in favor of new ideas like fascism amd communism. If you didn't like the commies then you tended to throw in with Mussolini and Adolf. Even FDR's New Deal was just a reworked version of Ol' Adolf's plans at revitalizing post-war Germany.

[@burp2019]

so bizarre that breaking someone out of jail in another country during a war is a minor footnote

[@rancorious7785]

@@chaosgyrodifference is that FDR’s plan wasn’t a smokescreen for… yknow.

[@chaosgyro]

@rancorious7785 You sure about that? Both of them had detention camps for undesirable ethnic minorities. FDR just never got around to building up enough hate for his personal bogeymen to deliver a "final solution".

[@morrisonlakey334]

Would you ever consider doing a similar biographic-style video about Rupert Murdoch? Considering that his media empire still holds a lot of influence in many countries, it could be a topical video to make, especially in the wake of his recent retirement.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Ohhh. I’m an Aussie too. My dad and I think the Murdochs are messed up.

[@AnitaKathy]

Thank you Cody, very nice.

[@arachnofiend2859]

Being pro-union except for your own company is the progressive version of "I never thought leopards would eat my face"

[@ethanstyant9704]

What do MEAN the orphans are unionising?!

[@rancorious7785]

He really said “fuck them kids”

[@theshenpartei]

The Hearst saga continues and it gets even weirder

[@everynametaken]

I love that it is this weird and we haven't even got to what his children and grandchildren would get up to

[@ziroco_6685]

We finally got part two. I've been waiting since part one. It was a long one month of waiting. Now I can see it. Yes

[@Luzeru362]

Truly one of the alt history senarios of all time

[@couguard]

Man, your alternate histories are always so wild!

[@the_clawing_chaos]

I really enjoyed this mini-series. I hope you do some more similar to this, obscure history is fun.

[@MrDalisclock]

"He was in his 30s and she was 16. Christ". That nicely sums it up.

[@warlordofbritannia]

The only surprise is how long it took him to get to Hollywood

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

pedo confirmed

[@johnodarod9629]

following his father's footsteps

[@rancorious7785]

Ahh, the 1800s.

[@PresidentAutumn]

Hearst: “Let’s blame the Maine on Spain.”

[@BigBrezzy]

So they blamed the Maine on Spain.

[@Alaskan-Armadillo]

I mean... It rhymes

[@Marco-do4ln]

Saw it too. @Alaskan-Armadillo please don't oversimplify the thing.

[@Dr.Jones458]

This was a really interesting man to talk about. I really did enjoy the videos. But still the guys life was just simply asking everyone for money, and when he finally got a huge amount of it, he went on a spending spree. And do you know what I just realized he did the exact same thing as his father with the newspaper, and it worked Somewhat

[@conserva-chan2735]

A vid on if the Sino-Soviet split never happened or was patched up in the 70s would be mega kino

[@sergioventura2595]

Sup my man

[@hismajesty6272]

I did a production of Newsies the musical recently and it’s great to finally get more background info on it.

[@adamthefirsthuman]

What a wild ride that was.

[@TheAvizanski]

Citizen Kane does explicitly mention Hearst, he is called by name when compared to Kane as one of the biggest men who ever lived. It's the scene right after the newsreel.

[@TheAvizanski]

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[@firstnamlastnam2141]

Reminder that Hearst is the reason people think of J. Bruce Ismay as a scheming villain. He had a grudge and slandered him after the Titanic wreck, and it never went away.

[@Nebulasecura]

Yeah I can't stand this mfer for basically ruining ismays life and reputation since ismay during the actual disaster was actually helping with the evacuation. Plus he didn't order captain smith to speed up so pressuringly like the movie suggests. Rather it was more likely just an observation on the titanics performance, that got taken out of context and overheard by a single passenger

[@firstnamlastnam2141]

@@Nebulasecura He was already distraught with the sinking, and that just made it even worse. It's no wonder he became a recluse later in life.

[@proxy4620]

How brave of Hearst to take on Big Orphan

[@micahistory]

This is going to be very interesting, part 1 was great!

[@profharveyherrera]

I´m a simple guy, i´m here just to watch Jimmy's segment. Never ceased to amuse me, is the only ad I enjoy and never skip XD

[@tanyushing2494]

>Small loan from parents >Has a mistress >Spends exorbitantly >Failed businesses >Builds grand buildings for himself Sounds a lot like the biography on Trump except the whole never being elected and not being a multi-billionaire

[@pmpowalisz]

Another difference that Hearst actually did the work, and not just rely on bluster and bravado.

[@TheeGrumpy]

I wonder if he's seen the movie.

[@burp2019]

Trump if his insane claims about himself were actually true

[@sheevhernandez3869]

5:59 nah that's some rdr2 chapter 5 type mission😭🙏

[@davidaveryrousey285]

Interesting Info. His zebras are still there today. As a kid I stayed in a motel in San Simeon where you can see his castle so you can see the zebras running around

[@Nekolaws]

What an interesting, broken, terrifying, obnouxious individual. If it can be possible, there's a sligthly chance to see you cover the story of Robert Hudges?

[@RileydaDoge]

As someone who has toured his manor, he was an interesting man to say the least.

[@blitzkrieg2928]

Ah yes more irl Citizen Kane content love it

[@Axquirix]

Shout out to Pullitzer for having the "oh god, what have I become?" revelation and dedicating himself to righting what he'd wronged.

[@Ari-gm8bf]

I love this story so much, a lot of drama is what I live for

[@cold_soup_]

2:26 i love when terms for very general concepts that are still used today are references to specific things that happened like a century ago

[@fulcrum6760]

One day Cody should do what if the Roman Empire still stood.

[@braydenfarrell1177]

He did, its one of his first videos

[@louisduarte8763]

@@braydenfarrell1177 Should he remake it?

[@Thefrogking234]

He did a long time ago

[@paytonsantillanes2581]

Hearst corporation still exists if you guys didn't know, they own TV stations and magazines

[@agermandown]

Loved this alternative history.

[@curiousoliver]

26 seconds and im already loving it

[@psychorabbitt]

I snorted at, "Hearst was already well acquainted for many years. They both came from rich families, attended the same college, and generally held the same political views. Hearst knew Teddy Roosevelt." "And he absolutely hated him."

[@felixsubakti6907]

Hearst was all about throwing money at problems, watching war movies and sipping wine while on a Seine yacht trip Teddy was all about throwing punches at problems, going to war and chugging whiskey while climbing a swiss mountain

[@psychorabbitt]

@felixsubakti6907 A Swiss mountain would have been too safe for Teddy.

[@useyourimaginasean]

I am curious if Teddys time as the New York police commissioner and the creation of the police academy to get rid of dirty cops has anything connecting the two

[@hazelbaumgartner9706]

I'd love to hear you do the actual story of Ford v Ferrari including the part where Enzo Ferrari might've hired the mob to have Ken Miles killed.

[@GordonLincolnC]

I am a big fan of your content and I can really see how it has evolved and progressed over the years. Excellent job on the video

[@grumpymonkeyenterprises6413]

I love ur content, it’s been getting really good this past year. Ur other channel is awesome too.

[@user-tl9gp4dn4q]

Been waiting for the story and it didn’t disappoint

[@JBowman-ps2ri]

Love the animation! 👍😅😂 seriously😁

[@JamesonTucker-zn4zj]

No way I’m so shocked I’m going to crash a ship into an iceberg

[@Lonezewolf]

I mean, least she loved him at the end. So I'd say he got a happy ending, just didn't realize it. Most women would make a point, and not give the fortune back, but having heard she sold it all for a dollar, does add brightness to humanity. (Also, for thoose who do not know, only way you can transfer something to a person is through an official transaction, which is why she had to sell it for a dollar)

[@JenniferinIllinois]

24 minutes in and Cody says "This whole story was weird". Uhh, yeh! 🤣

[@sigh-cosis]

I love how recent videos (minus the Turtledove ones) are all about obscure history, rather than alt history

[@SomewhatClassyGoose]

That was one hell of a fever dream.

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

Hearst was also responsible for demonizing hemp & cannabis in general because the production of hemp paper over traditional timber would hurt Hearst's profits in the paper industry. Hearst is one of the men who helped make cannabis illegal. Let that sink in.

[@burp2019]

wow, weed became illegal not because of it being a drug, but because of a guy getting mad he was making less money from it being used instead of traditional paper

[@shernandez1029]

I actually went the Hearst Castle and thought it was just some rich guy who built some castle in the middle of nowhere. They actually don’t really talk about the man when you visit the castle just the expensive things that he bought.

[@TJ-mm8fx]

Love this kind of content from you please keep it going ❤

[@Shiestey]

I like how his strategy was to just buy out all of his competition... sounds like a certain game developer company we know today lol

[@gaelonhays1712]

And it reminds me of a certain entertainment company with an affinity for rodents.

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

microsoft and sony?

[@cubeman22]

​@@raptorfromthe6ix833he's talking about EA, second guy is referring to Disney

[@BeyondDaX]

Sounds like Amazon and Walmart

[@gaelonhays1712]

I'm noticing a pattern here; how about we sum up all of it, mine included? Sounds like mega corporations. Nah, that kind of makes it trite and easy to dismiss.

[@4realm8rusirius]

What if the Treaty of San Stefano was implemented

[@ComicRelief3]

Man I loved these 2 videos you did on herst keep up the good work man

[@leahs7799]

This guy makes Hearst just seem like a totally stoned guy, I love it

[@burp2019]

according to other comments it didn't stop at his death, it spread down through his whole family after him

[@kasongjelhaug645]

love your content man!❤️

[@CedarRose7]

It's a good day when a new Alternate History Hub video pops up on my feed

[@MrAlsachti]

I can't wait for the third part! :o)

[@TheRealSpiderMew]

If it takes 2 vides to go over the dude's history, you know the What If Cody has planed must be Epic!

[@GundamMate07]

19:58 I love the Red Alert map style homage

[@christopheromeara1442]

I saw Citizen Kane at Hurst Castle for the San Luis Obispo Film Festival. Pretty amazing experience.

[@Kallister771]

HIS DAD FOUNDED MY HOMETOWN! We have a library named after them! Quick edit: Cody, please, please cover George Hearst's life.

[@Kuudere-Kun]

You forgot to mention his role in making Canibus Illegal.

[@kabobawsome]

I love that none of the people are in any way normal people. From him and his general bizzareness, to his wife who was seemingly unfazed at his infidelity and tried to negotiate their divorce as a business deal, to his mistress who loved him so much she married a guy who looked identical to him.

[@MalaRhynn]

I very much like hearing Cody laughing at his own script. Like thisndude is actually loving his job

[@RedrumZombies]

Dude I love how you do your videos!

[@oliversherman2414]

Great video as usual 👍🏻

[@justindavis6406]

*wanted to take credit for the Spanish American War. *Mother dies of Spanish Flu