The Best of: Weird Crime, Volume 2

[@thomasr9826]

Weird Crimes would make a good ongoing series.

[@machfiver753]

Re: the cautionary tale about the racketeer nickel. Here in Canada people would scrape the ink off the polymer $10 & $5 bills leaving the hologram intact and then would reprint them as $100 & $50 bills respectively. Our $10 bills now have a very different hologram compared to the $100 bill

[@AHLUser]

I'm no gem expert, but I know that all those gemstones laying around on the ground sounds fishy to even me..?? Boy, these guys caught a very BIG Fish..!! Good History, Guy...

[@ElementofKindness]

The moment it was said "a mix of sapphires, emeralds, rubies, and diamonds," I knew where this story was going.

[@brianbaker5671]

Me too those all form under different conditions

[@cynthiaslater7445]

Greed will override common sense every time.

[@acmelka]

The modern equivalent is what Theranos, Nikola, NFT and crypto? Scammers are timeless

[@jonofthehill]

I remember that Mooninite incident in Boston. Was a huge fan of the show and thought it was the best publicity ever. They got the government to blow up a fictional invader from space. Top marks.

[@hurpdurpueruhur]

lmao never thought i'd heard thg say "Aqua teen hunger force" that made my day

[@typacsk]

The shot of him saying that phrase is begging for a reaction gif.

[@avanellehansen4525]

Great storytelling. I appreciate no background music and good tempo. New subscriber.

[@evolveausevolveaus]

I love the way you narrate so fast, the amount of information you can share in 59 minutes would take some KZbinrs 3 hours. Thanks History Guy 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Bigbro28]

Too fast for me. I played this at .75x speed.🇦🇺

[@evolveausevolveaus]

@@Bigbro28 lol

[@erolei1650]

To fast for me also.

[@pourlemerite]

Criminals robbing criminals 😂😂😂 love that first scam.

[@donbangert]

Definition of a mine is a hole in the ground with a liar standing in front of it.

[@gregmcdonald7357]

I love history at least in part because of stories like this and the History Guys that tell them. Thanks.

[@georgewnewman3201]

Lesson from the Colorado Diamond Mine caper: "you can't cheat an honest man"

[@sevenstars004]

I used to watch ATHF when I was younger. I also lived in Cambridge for eight years while I was in college. Although I had already finished my SM several years before the "Mooninite Scandal" had taken place and moved back home, to Pennsylvania, I often returned for various events, talks or just to visit. Somehow, I never heard of the great "Mooninite Scandal" until just now, May 20, 2024, after watching this video. The situation managed to be more bizarre than the cartoon itself! Although I caught this one late, thank you for another great video!

[@RetiredSailor60]

Good Wednesday morning History Guy and everyone watching

[@ghowell13]

Oh, I love a weird crime story!!! Thanks for the video, The History Guy, I can't wait to get to view all of these!

[@erolei1650]

Glad you have slowed down, still could be a fraction slower. Then would be perfect Thankyou😊😊

[@shelleymarquis2887]

For a medical/genetic link to the changeling myth Google Williams Syndrome. While working in MH as a children's psychiatric diagnostic observer I came into contact with a child of 7 (seemed smaller), who looked exactly like an elf. I had just run across Williams syndrome for the first time while researching another diagnosis the previous day. I called my supervisor, a child psychiatrist, and reviewed my diagnostic impression with him as the mother, a MSN (Masters degree in nursing) listened to our conversation. I had asked her how difficult her attempts to find the right help for her son had been and if she agreed with the MR/DD, (archaic label no offence) or not. She decidedly did not. This child's mother said there were two jobs he would be suited for... working for Santa or making cookies in a tree. Her joke, not mine. Just fyi, y'all.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

It's mind boggling how someone can be acquitted after admitting to murdering a 4 year old.

[@michaelf6232]

Tell that to Obama.

[@kevinvilmont6061]

Criminal charges? That’s ridiculous.

[@stevenhughes712]

so the scammers must have thought it was game over when they sent a sample of the gems to Tiffany for appraisal. Only for him to value them at about 75 times what they were worth. 🤣

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Bridget's story is just tragic...belief is a powerful drug

[@acmelka]

I bet Bridget was cold and distant ( different ) to her husband after he started, like say ...poking her w irons and holding her over a fire!

[@pamelasmith7740]

That last bit was so hilarious I didn't mind revisiting ghost testimony. I don't know how on earth I missed Mooninites. Must have been during my Buggarville days of aluminum foil covered rabbit ears and speaker wire ran around the window frames. Three channel country. 😂

[@pamelasmith7740]

I'm still hoping you will bring the life of Civil war soldier William Newby to life with your voice. I think you will enjoy it as well.

[@swapsplat]

I remember the Boston scare. Those officials really went over the deep end.

[@mauricedavis2160]

Excellent as always THG&TEAM, you all always come through, keep em coming I'll be watching 👀!!!🙏✨👌👻🐲❣️

[@mikebeartx]

I wish I could narrate like you. Great style and vocal characteristics.

[@SteveMoser]

"For heaven's sake, don't let her inside a Radio Shack!" 😄

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

It's clear as day that you haven't a clue what he meant. He wasn't talking about the chain of electronics stores, numbnuts, he was talking about the room the electronics were kept. It used to be fairly common to keep radio electronics in a separate building--to avoid interference, among other things. These became known as radio shacks. The store name came long afterward...not that there's much point to them continuing to exist--they used to sell lots of parts for electronics hobbyists, but now mostly just sell badly designed/made toys.

[@feliciagaffney1998]

​@@TheEudaemonicPlague they had computer in the late 80's and the 90's. And they probably had handheld games like Gameboys. I think our first TV game came from there, early 80's. It was a hand set with Pong and a few others. I think 5 games total. 😄

[@SteveMoser]

@@TheEudaemonicPlague What a way to react to a simple post with meaningless pedantry.

[@DirtyyJerz]

@@TheEudaemonicPlague Hey! Nobody gives a shit!

[@elizamccroskey1708]

⁠@@TheEudaemonicPlagueI found your post edifying, and thank you for it. I’m surprised that people who obviously enjoy learning about history would object to someone sharing history.

[@zigmogcreator]

Thanks for the hard work and history lessons

[@InfamousGUNN]

This is a great story ( the first one)so great in fact I think this would make a great movie seriously!

[@aowbsx]

I was a pretty big Aqua Teen fan and I remember laughing so hard hearing the Mooninites shut down Boston. “I hope he can see this, because I’m doing it as hard as I can” 🤣🤣

[@jacksemporiumofstuff]

I was a fan too, and I remember this well. I knew what the story was about after hearing about 5 seconds of it! I never found out what happened to the guy putting up the signs. 😂

[@mauricedavis2160]

Big Aqua Team fan#2, great minds huh👻!!!🙏✨👌🦉🐲❣️

[@josekelly3565]

Check it out y'all check ccheck it out, they make the homies say ho and the girlies wanna scream 😜🤣 Police are very easily fooled. Aqua teen hunger force forever ✊

[@marckyle5895]

When I saw the first report, I recognized the Mooninite and it was all made clear!

[@lococomrade3488]

Same!!!

[@eetadakimasu]

The fairy story is crazy, I've heard it before and it never gets easier

[@HugheJassoul]

The mooninites layers are deadly, and super fast moving.

[@1bryanestes]

Great to hear about rich, greedy businessmen getting ripped off..while usually most of us get ripped off every day by same men

[@charleswalters4390]

Love the material and the Coffee mugs are AWESOME

[@deuce-infinitum2001]

So hilarious. ATHF was and is super funny and odd ASF. Carl the neighbor is hilarious

[@johngregg5735]

In 1954, Francis Leroy Henning was arrested for counterfeiting nickels...

[@cbroz7492]

..the good ol' 'Great American Con'..you shoukd do a spot in "Count' Victor Lustig...

[@ricksaint2000]

Thank you History Guy

[@josepimann7384]

And something for the bean counters. Great video

[@DRFelGood]

Great stories THG ❤Thxs

[@Gawainer]

The history of currency is more interesting than one thinks it could be.

[@jennifergriffiths3941]

… regarding prospectors & experts & suckers … … Always TRUST the EXPERTS ??? LIke THAT did much good considering the last 4 years ….

[@craigdutton6072]

lol 😂 I saw it coming , it’s the oldest confidence trick in the book 📕 it’s lesson 101 in greed 😂

[@grantovenden2646]

Another fantastic piece of work!

[@adiuntesserande6893]

The nickel problem was utter non-cents….

[@scotttyson607]

"What this country really needs is a good five cent cigar"

[@jpotter2086]

Worth 50min to hear History Guy say "meatwad" :D

[@ToilaCarissa]

Are there records of children dying as a changling? I heard parents were allowed to unalive a changling (as they weren't their child/human); but did they report and record these deaths as such? Records as in death certificates

[@Sibyle79]

I had to slow down the playback a little. Great video, as usual. ❤

[@Litauen-yg9ut]

Fact can sure be stranger than fiction sometimes....

[@speedy692]

I thought during the Shoe case it would be revealed that the Mother & Daughter argued because the Mother didn't like Edward & the Mother killed Elizabeth. How else would she know how her daughter died?

[@chrispemberton7000]

Great history and thank you.

[@beeptone]

Love your stuff. Keep it up❤

[@stevewheatley243]

Most history deserves to be remembered,but I think the Boston story is best forgot. Great video though.

[@PolizeiPaul]

I often wonder why at the end of The Civil War the Union didn't decide to unite States with South in the name into just 1, You would think after The South lost they would want to create just Dakota and Carolina and why didn't they decide to reunite unite Virgina back to 1. 🤔

[@lindsayhaley903]

Can you do an episode on the blue aluminum pennies?

[@robertspearko8809]

Not even 1 minute in. What was in the bag was the question? Not - why the f are two guys asking me in the middle of the night to store something in a safe???? If the queen of England landed a hot air balloon in my front yard and asked me to hold her glass- I don't think my first question would be "what are you drinking?"....

[@jasonkeighin9401]

youtube has been pushing your thumbnails into oblivion for me. Glad to see you again on my laptop Doc.

[@williscopeland7114]

I ask you, what history doesn’t deserve to be remembered?

[@typacsk]

"In June of 1872, Janin and Harpending traveled with Arnold and Slack by train from St. Louis to the tiny town of Rawlins, Wyoming..." I can't help but hear ominous music in the background at that name. Maybe this incident was why we put the state prison in Rawlins.

[@matthewharper7333]

Everyone knows the best way to rid yourself of a Changling is to get them to expose they are an old fairy instead of a child. You do that by cracking off color jokes a child wouldn't understand, when the Changling laughs, he then knows the game is up and departs.

[@greggbaker7120]

Say ...What About Civil War Tokens. " History that deserves to be Remembered "

[@debbyparker5431]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force .... I love that show and I'm 74 years old 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@360Birdman]

Ok that whole aqua teen thing really threw me off. I was like WTF!? I have had that very Mooninite (Err) tattooed on my arm since the early 2000's. I knew nothing of this guerilla marketing scheme until now.

[@muddyshoals2710]

In the 1896 story about Edward and Zona Shue, is that a TV antenna on top of the house at 36:50, 41:00, and more.?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

It is. That is the same house, only decades later.

[@robertweldon7909]

I remember the incident in Boston. What a strange thing. The concern over weird packages is understandable. You would think that the people behind the "hokes" would have known better. ;-)

[@77gmcnut]

Ah greed. It often is the undressing of those looking for something of great value for as little as possible

[@geraldtrudeau3223]

Turner Broadcasting would never seek that kind of publicity.,... But I bet they would accept it as a gift. Any publicity is better than no publicity.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

[@JeffreyGlover65]

Change it up

[@shaindaman13]

The Bridget Cleary story is just awful. That’s history that deserves to be very forgotten.

[@MrMatteNWk]

54:53 I've listened to so many O&A clips that all I can think of is them goofing on Boffeston Mayor Mumbles Menino wanting a cable channel to lose their broadcasting license (which they wouldn't have)

[@DeanStephen]

The supposed “ancient Irish folk superstitions” sound an awful lot like pre-Enlightenment Catholicism. I wonder how the Irish could have been exposed to that?

[@StrongbowTX]

"SCHNEIER on Security", not Schneider. (Yeah, I know, this is a "best of" and I missed it in the original video, but...)

[@markaoslo5653]

(feeding the algorithm 👍)

[@canuck_gamer3359]

With all due respect, I am a long time fan and always will be. But am I the only one who thinks he's going a hundred miles an hour compared to his usual deliberate cadence? Decaf is commonly available and might be a good option :)

[@BobSpector-up7lw]

Thanks!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Thank you!

[@jennifergriffiths3941]

… so West Virginia seceded from Confederate Virginia to remain in the Union … … June 20th 1863 … welcome State No. 35 !!!

[@bigsarge2085]

Interesting!

[@emmanuelblake5403]

Now I know where 49er came from 🤔

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

🤣

[@johnhenderson131]

2:09 Almost seems too good to be true! I know very little about precious gems but I thought stones like diamonds, rubes and emeralds were discovered under specific geological conditions unique to each precious gem. In other words the gems 💎 would never be located in the same area? And if it seems too good to be true there’s a reason….! 7:01 I know it’s a crime but the con is too clever not to admire their plan and understanding of human psychology, in this case “Greed”!

[@therakshasan8547]

Crime does pay . You only have to look at Corporate Economics for the proof [ E.M. comes to mind as the current king of con ].

[@paulmcmanus6222]

There was even a time when you could get a good cigar for a nickel.

[@colinstewart1432]

Education is no guarantor of Intelligence.

[@jfurl5900]

Bridget Cleary's only crime was being literate and not paying homage to the local priest. Her husband was illerate and superstitious as were a lot of people then. Owning her own sewing machine showed that she was industrious and that was almost like being criminal then in Ireland. Independent women were not looked on with favour by the catholic church who wanted to control the people and did so until the nineteen seventies.

[@kristenhurst683]

Because last rites are actually the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. They can be received at any time of illness or before a procedure. Unfortunately there are a lot of misconceptions about the Church. Limbo isn't a thing and infallibility is rarely used (twice, I believe).

[@HBrooks]

Using a key to gouge expletives on another's vehicle is a sign of trust and friendship. ~ Ignignokt

[@pamelasmith7740]

The man who placed the Mooninites was an artist, not a terrorist. He placed a lighted flashing sign. The worst he's guilty of is not getting a permit. That's why he was only ordered to perform community service. Had the parent company chose to fight, they most likely would have prevailed. There's no malicious intent in placing cheap flashing signs. They should have acquired a permit. Is a flash mob considered a mob action? Blink blink.

[@HBrooks]

@@pamelasmith7740 as a mooninite, i must concur vehemently

[@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

The lesson is successful people, are rarely intelligent

[@terryvuylsteke2434]

I love the history Guy, but is it just me or is the audio a bit fast? Hoping i'm wrong but judging by some comments Im not alone on this thought,

[@FlipzRugz420]

I love these stories! Invest in a mic for your suit! Clearer audio will sound better and better for us to listen to at night and in cars!

[@summerz8867]

Always interesting l😽🍃💫

[@tracylynn1461]

Sounds like the husband of the fairy ring lady had cap gras syndrome.. He may have been the one bewitched... I did love the gem stone hoax geniuses story best tho... 😂

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

Nice

[@johnfun3394]

Batteries, why is it always about batteries? Thanks

[@Scott-pn3np]

AQUA TEEN FOREVER!

[@jeffbangkok]

Good tales with breakfast

[@dale6613]

I'm doing this as hard as I can.

[@kathleenmcconaha5608]

greedy guts

[@paullough4946]

Oh, look! There is a Subscribe button... Did you sort your algorithm out yet so that my phone won't lock up...?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

It wasn’t anything I did…

[@paullough4946]

I know that. But your channels' offer to join locked up my phone. I'm guessing that you can apply more pressure from your side of the screen....

[@robertturner6651]

What is the story of the cat like pic behind you?

[@LittleTreeBlue]

I enjoyed this. I would prefer if you upgraded your microphone for better sound quality though!

[@jfurl5900]

Moononites ?? I would be far more afraid of menonites . They are real.