Tragic Tale of the Blue Eyed Six

[@joelyhayen3692]

It’s a very interesting story but I do have to correct you on something Consumption is actually not a stomach disorder but is Tuberculosis. Thanks for all your videos and hard work.😊

[@SueGirling68]

Just what I was going to say too. x

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

Your incorrect. Consumption is another term for TB. While it traditionally attacks the lungs it is not limited to the lungs. It can infect the CNS, stomach, spine, lymph nodes, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder etc. 😊

[@Steve7318]

Love watching your channel on local PA history. I'm a native Pennsylvanian been living abroad for the past two years watching the channel. The broken tombstones @ 20:00 are troubling, I didn't get why someone would've vandalized them but that could've occurred many years ago from that time period. I see some stones have been replaced.

[@kateclark7250]

This is an interesting story. Thank you to you and Jon for your research and filming. You two work well together.

[@bcoldgoalie]

Fascinating story. Enjoy it when you two collaborate. Who says history is dull!

[@tommyw5175]

Appreciate the in-depth history and debunked haunted history! Keep the fire coming man! Recently I became a fan and Rapidly going through all your videos! Great content! Take care from a fellow PAer!

[@samanthab1923]

You're in for a treat!

[@karendworschack756]

Very interesting video, Cliff! Never heard about the "Blue Eyed Six" before! Good to see you and John out and about together! He looks like he's doing good! 😊

[@samanthab1923]

Hope John comes along on some spooky rides & spots 🎃👻

[@jacquie5292]

The word “consumption” first appeared in the 14th century to describe any potentially fatal wasting disease-that is, any condition that “consumed” the body. But over time it came to apply more specifically to tuberculosis.

[@samanthab1923]

I watch a lot of BBC & PBS historical dramas. "Dropsey" was another malady they suffered from. I used to Kid my son he had it, used to drop stuff a lot. 😂

[@daveknight1154]

Hi Cliff I am new to your channel. I have enjoyed the French and Indian wars series. Here in Southern Ontario are decedents of the white captives that got take to Detroit between 1756-1780.Simon and James Girty where born 1740s 5 miles north of Harris Ferry at Chambers Mills.They where taken captive in 1756 at Sherman's Creek Perry County and lived with Seneca and Shawnees. The fort in that area is Ft Grandville have you been there or filmed it. On my honeymoon in 1995 we took PA Rout 30 home went to Ft Louden she didn't like the mountains I Told her my folks did this in 1777 to get to the Ohio river.Keep up the good work.

[@JayMumper]

If you know of County Line Farm near Seudeburg on rt 443, the farmer is a decendant of the one blue eyed six member who was not hanged ( Zechman).

[@aaronmyer3474]

I'm related to that Zechman as well.

[@jayreed7625]

When you were at Sattazahns Cemetery and stopped by the grave of Elizabeth Kreiser, she was the mother in law of Charles Drew's, married to Sabina Kreiser. Sabina's older sister Rosa is my 3rd great grandmother buried in the same cemetery as Henry Wise. I visited both cemeteries but not Moonshine. Rosa Kreiser was married to Jacob Miller and her first born John Kreiser Miller was my 2nd great grandfather who was married to Elizabeth Swalm who's mother was Matilda Wise, Henry's eldest sister. George Zechman was Matilda and Henry's first cousin. That is how I am connected to 3 of the blue eyed six

[@beverlymerkel6522]

Thanks for continuing this story. Very interesting!

[@doreenmaclean4953]

Very interesting story/tour👍. Watching from 🍁🇨🇦.

[@Tracywhited2]

Just an FYI. Consumption was tuberculosis. Not a stomach disorder. Tuberculosis patients did loose weight of course and it effects many parts of the body but people died due it primarily attacking the lungs and brain. Great video.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Cliff & John, I'm very impressed with Johns knowledge of the case and the area which of course is right next to his hometown. A very interesting video and as Joely Hayen pointed out consumption is in fact Tuberculosis. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💞

[@lindamccaughey6669]

I notice someone else led you in right direction about consumption. I really enjoyed that and seeing the graves. Sorry but my pet peeve is that these monsters that have nice graves and are looked after yet they don’t deserve it and decent people have their graves falling apart. Sorry rant over. You have a lovely day for it and the graveyards were beautiful. Thanks so much for taking me along. I do remember you mentioning them before. Thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care

[@mgratk]

I think people just want to see the monsters. Morbid fascination no doubt, but also maybe the human mind trying to understand or figure something out about killers. (I'm no psychologist, nor did I sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night.) But yeah I was kinda thinking along the same lines as you and saw your comment.

[@berlyngrey9242]

I actually have the book this story was written about. Was an interesting read, it also has a bunch of pictures and drawings in it.

[@josephschmidt4157]

Great story Cliff!

[@thehometownhistorian2398]

You did okay. I'll give my thumbs up.

[@mgratk]

Hahahaha! Pure gold comment right there, John.

[@shellyross8283]

LOL

[@brendashaw2035]

Awesome job!!!

[@brendashaw2035]

So informative!

[@sibylcook2755]

Love all your videos !

[@57Banjoman]

Very interesting story-thank you, guys!

[@dodgeramprincess]

Henry Moonshine was my 6 times great grandfather.

[@sandramcglinchey7712]

Not to give your thinking a hard time ibut consumsiom is teberclous!

[@cynthiaarnold5807]

Love the video. I can't wait to watch John's video to. I need to tell you what happened to us at Moonshine church. This was back in 1983. My boyfriend who is now my hubby took another couple out to see if anything happens out there. You know all the stories. We pulled into the parking lot and just sat in the car. Well my friend was a bit of a drama queen in her younger days. So we thought let's scare her a little. After awhile the other couple was getting a little upset and scared. You felt a feeling of dread. We decided to leave. My hubby turns the car on and we start to leave. He turns the headlights on and they would not come on. I said stop messing around. He said I'm not. I juiggled the light switch and we did everything we could do to get the lights on. Nothing. So there we sat on the pitch dark. How do you drive down dark country roads in the dark. We decided to leave with no lights on. So we very slowly left and we drove down the road and we went about a mile away. The lights just pop on again. We all looked at each other and were like that was weird. The next day my hubby who was a trained mechanic went over his car. There was no reason for the lights to do that. There is something creepy about the place.

[@samanthab1923]

I like that. Spooky 👻🎃

[@Regina0964]

I've had my fuse blow in my vehicle once, I had to drive slow down a back country road with my flashers on,they worked just not my headlights... made it home in a half hour at about 20 miles..

[@anncece7767]

Great video! You guys did a really good job :)

[@edithdavis2848]

Interesting, story.

[@Trystatetrucker]

They did a play on the blue eyed six at the Lebanon theater

[@graceamerican3558]

The teeny little stones are graves of children.

[@samrock7632]

@ 1:38 or so, you said the victim was around 65 years old, his tombstone indicates he was *59 years old* _FYI only_

[@samanthab1923]

Well, it's also not Oct. 7th 😂

[@eilliewilliams7538]

Charles Drew is in my family tree my parents just told me about how it happened and mostly my family tree is violence.

[@Outlawjumptfoff]

It is haunted never seen the eyes seen Joseph Raber kind and humble they were hung in lebanon they are buried down the road from there not far at all woman sings at night I was sad broken grave stones alot of children

[@pgrayson3138]

I really enjoy your videos, I was going to tell you what consumption is but I see that most of the comments below are already telling you that. Doc Holiday had consumption. 🤪

[@mgratk]

Cliff will now never forget what consumption is, that's for sure. Ha

[@kimmyles444]

Go to find a grave and Israel Brandt has the story connected to where his memory page for the cemetery where he is buried at and it is sad he was only 46 and had a family. Tragically to this over to die over 8,000.00 which is not a whole lot of money if he had to share with the rest of them. Definitely not worth it for anyone connected to this crime. A whole lot of hurt for everyone involved.

[@petegregory517]

8000 then is in excess of 250,000 today. Inflation calculator only goes back to 1913.

[@kimmyles444]

@@petegregory517 lol I like your numbers way better than mine. I still hold true to no amount of money is worth the pain and hurt everyone that this caused the victim’s families and the families of the men left behind. I probably think that they thought they would not get caught but it did not work out that way. Thank you for the reply.

[@staceywagner710]

I am a distant relative of Israel Brandt

[@joeblack1348]

I heard about this when I was 8 back in 1984 ... The ghost version is better lol

[@rollmeister]

Why does it read 1992 on the bottom right on his stone?

[@forthub7425]

I was thinking maybe that's when the newer headstone was put there.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

The original marker was stolen, it was replaced in 1992.

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

hi will get back festival n cork n my fon is on 3%pity brian bye

[@foreston8557]

I got laid there lol. in my defense, she was a really hot emo chick