I am thinking if the adults had not had cocktails this would not have happened, drinking and driving will do that to you....and you can bet your bottom dollar that restaurant/lounge refused to admit that they were there to avoid lawsuits....
My mom got tangled up with a semi truck in 1984 one month after I graduated HS. She was decapitated at brow, neck and her arm also. The semi ran over the driver side of the car and her. I feel so sorry for Mariska because I know exactly how traumatic this event was. I'm now 56yo and still am not over it. It's terrible.
Iam so sorry for your loss I graduated I. 1983 in high school so sorry 😞 you are right you are never over a loss never , my daughter died at 5 mos old pneumonia !! I still miss her everyday , but your momma such a horrible way . Sending prayers and hugs your way ❤️🙏
@@dc4092 Oh my goodness. I am so sorry about your daughter. Now that I'm a mom it would be way, way worse to lose your child than your mother. I am so sorry for you from the bottom of my heart and soul. I am sending love and prayers for you to have peace.❤️🩹🙏🙏. God bless you.
@@dc4092 Thank you for the kindness you extended to me. In these times, you don't know how I appreciate it. Does my heart good. Wish the world was filled with kind people like you. The world needs it.🙏🙏
If you look at the back of all trailer and semi-trucks, you’ll see a metal bar at the bottom of the truck. It’s called a “Mansfield Bar”. It was added to trucks after her tragic accident. It helps prevent cars from going under the back of a truck as her vehicle did.
@@AxelOlsson-ks2gu Thank you for your service policing the comments and punishing offenders, but many of us wouldn't have read that far down and might have missed this interesting fact.
@@SoCal780ive seen those "bumpers" on trailers for decades and never knew they stemmed from this particular accident. While this accident is horribly tragic in so many ways...i think the black cloud of death has a beautiful silver lining. That lining is all of the future wrecks since....that didnt end in the same tragic end due to the addition of the Mansfield (D.O.T. bar).
My wife was employed at Gus Stevens when JM. performed there. We attended her last performance the night before the accident. She was wearing the white dress. I remember the young kid who was the driver of the car... The next morning when driving by the club there were multiple police cars. I would disagree with the premise that it wasn't foggy that night..but..patches of fog . I remember driving that stretch a couple times the two things I remember most..1. Running into a swarm of bugs once or twice covered the windshield where visibility was very bad. 2. It would be clear visibility and all of a sudden you would run into a patch of fog...zero visibility. Note: I was in the military based on Biloxi at that time... I'm sure residents of that region would agree with my analysis.
@ronkotcher4834. Absolutely correct, Sir. Lots of fairly heavy fog at the crash site where my wife and I were stopped and waited for the wrecked car and Semi to be removed from the road. We were returning to Florida from Mission Bch Ca. That accident had taken place less than an hour previous to our stop.
@@KB-ke3fi I guess back then, it could happen, maybe those mosquito trucks have done a lot of good over the years. The lovebugs, however, drive me insane and have ruined the paint on the front of my car. Too bad you've got irresponsible homeowners and renters who have standing water and let mosquitos proliferate.
@@lenny6676 Jayne Mansfield herself used whimsical language. She actually talked about bottling her urine and selling it. I don’t think in this instance, it was disrespectful.
The family had an on-air interview when Mariska was only about 3 years old. It's adorable that Jane introduced her children to the world. Mariska's Father was a world class body builder & Gorgeous. That's where she gets her looks. I commend her Father for taking care of his children after their Mother died. 🙏🏻
@@TheSilvergold45 So if someone needs to go somewhere, they have kids, and it's nighttime.... if they need to get somewhere urgently and they take their kids they are "stupid"? That comment is a better example of ignorance. Get over yourself SJW clown.
I and 3 fellow Marines passed the accident scene en route from Pensacola to New Orleans for a weekend liberty. I recall that it took several hours of crawling along to reach the scene, and I remember the terribly mangled car. We didn't find out until the next day who the victims were. Passing that car was a shocking and sobering experience that one could never forget.
Hi Scott. I'm a former broadcaster experienced in reporting. I am very impressed with: 1. The way you organized and presented this story 2. The appropriate details provided 3. The on site views 4. Your excellent narration. Keep up the great work, and God Bless!
The pic of the car with the blood running down the passenger side. Heartbreaking reality of what can happen on any given day. I'm sure when her kids found out years later that them being moved to the back seat probably stayed in their minds the rest of their lives.May they all R.I.P..
Seeing a story like this just reinforces the fact that THIS could be the last hour of our lives. It will happen to us all .. Thank you for your wonderfully detailed stories. RIP
You have no idea how right you are. On June 6, 2022 my daughter age 41, who we thought was perfectly healthy got out of her car and literally dropped dead. She was dead before her body hit the ground. Death comes to us all. Always say goodbye and I love you before leaving a loved one, it could be the last time you see them alive.
@@adm5209 I'm very sorry to hear that, truly,in 09 my big sister was 49 and she was staying with some friends while her house was being renovated,about 9 in the morning one of her friends came to her bedroom to say hi and chat, he left and came back around 2 and he knocked on here door, no answer, he came in and she was dead, just like that, coroner was baffled,we never found out what happened.
@@evlynealeshire5850 Medical Examiner did an autopsy. We won't get results for several months. Our family and friends are thinking an aneurysm. Thank you for your condolences.
This is hands down the absolute best video of the Jayne Mansfield accident site I have ever seen. It’s way more in depth than the rest. Every other video I’ve seen is of just the estimated area of the crash site. It’s awesome to me that you went to all the known places they stopped at leading up to the horrific crash.
Scott Michael's the guy that did this video is one of the original people that would take you on those "where the stars died" tours in Hollywood, the guy knows his gore.
Outstanding report 👍 I always was in question who was driving and how they just rear ended that truck?……probably a combination of 2 a.m.,dim tail lights, high speed and the Lords will.The kids dad was a former Mr. Universe I believe I read also,no wonder Marishka ( law and order s.v.u) Hartigay is so beautiful.
@@davebaby2 this accident prompted the DoT to enforce the installation of what is now known as the "Mansfield Bar" behind large rigs and trucks to provide rear under run protection to smaller vehicles. Yes, Ms.Mansfield's husband was Hungarian wrestler and Mr.Universe Mickey Hargitay. Sadly, after her death, her estate went bankrupt and the famous mansion of her namesake was sold and eventually got demolished. One of her sons run a famous landscaping business in Hollywood area and provide their services to many celebrities.
I went on your Helter Skelter tour a few years back and you told me that you were moving to another location and that the Mansfield car was purchased and now I find you on RUclips. Loving it, well done. 😁
So sad. She was such a beautiful and accomplished woman. Her violin playing was surprising, you just didn't expect her to be so good. She was a good mother. I always hoped she would get back with Micky, there was still love there. RIP. Thank you Scott.
A GOOD MOTHER??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? SHE WAS NEVER AROUND HER KIDS FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. EVERYONE ELSE WAS RAISING JAYNES KIDS, WHILE SHE WAS OUT GALAVANTING AROUND, AND MAKING SATANIC VIDEOS OF HER AND ANTON LEVAYNE WHO AT THE TIME WAS THE PASTOR FOR THE CHURCH OF SATAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, SHE PUT HER CAREER FIRST AND FOREMOST OVER HER KIDS, AND THAT IS A STONE COLD FACT. SHE WAS AN ATTENTION WHORE AT BEST AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT HER AND THE KIDS CAME 2ND 3RD AND 4TH.
According to Ann B Davis Alice from the Brady bunch Jane was a dumb as wall and a mean drunk she hated Sharon Tate because both of them went out for the part of ginger on gilliigans island
Thank you for clarifiying this horrific tragedy even to this day! Her death has actually haunted me for decades mostly because so many of us erroneously thought she was decapitated. I'm wondering if her two boys, Mickey, Zoltan and Mariska who went on to have a very successful acting career and marriage have had C-PTSD from all of that!? You did a great job making it become so sadly real again! May she, Sam and Ronnie rest in peace~
Her cause of death was Crushed skull with avulsion of cranium and brain. Go ahead. Look up any word you don’t know. Expect the haunting to return. Why would you be haunted over the cause of death by a celebrity? 🤦♂️🤦♂️ Really?? Sorry, the truth hurts. You are a bimbo.
I know Zoltan, he is very soft spoken & a nice person. Haven't seen him since the late '90s, but we are friends on Facebook. He also survived a lion attack on his person in '66 at Jungleland, west of Los Angeles.
A truly tragic occurrence. This famous accident resulted in large trucks being equipped with what they call 'Mansfield Bars' (named after Jayne Mansfield) on the back-end of trucks, which prevent cars from going 'under' the back, minimizing the chance of a catastrophic accident and/or decapitations.
If this Electra was really going between 60 and 80, the Mansfield bar might not have saved them, but it has, no doubt, saved many others. In some jurisdictions, tractor trailers are also required to have side barriers, but the way we configure them in this country, with the rear axles attached to the cargo boxes, makes such protection complicated. In Europe, most such vehicles consist of cab towing a flatbed (which keeps its side protection) and the container is placed on top of the flatbed.
I love it when you take us with you on tragic road trips. Thank you for letting us know the tiniest details - seat swapping, no fogging spray, the motel locale.. RIP beautiful Jayne.
obviously this driver didn't really know how to drive. Always stay clear of semi's. Remember if YOU cannot see THEIR mirrors they can NOT SEE YOU! One more thing.. NEVER pull in front of them at traffic signals or stop signs (unless they still have plenty of distance to stop remaining). Why? YOU cut THEIR stopping distance by at LEAST the length of your vehicle. finally... drive "ahead"... looking 70 feet in front of you at 70 mph is a very quick way to die.
@@leecowell8165 It's called defensive driving. My father hammered that into my head when I as first learning to drive. Always drive defensively. Assume everyone on the road is going to make a stupid mistake, and be prepared for it. If nobody does, great. But if somebody pulls a dangerous boner, you'll be ready for it and know what to do.
I have read and seen a lot regarding her death over the years but this is by far the most in depth reporting of her tragic accident ever. You have cleared up a lot of misconceptions about it and also this is the first time I have ever heard that her children were originally in the front seat of the car. It is truly a miracle from God that those beautiful children weren't killed as well.
@@williegordon9188 I wish I had an answer to that, as my first husband was killed in an accident cause by a careless driver years ago. My husband died on Christmas Day and it just destroyed Christmas for me for many years. I asked God why did he take him from me, and got no answer. Sometimes we get a miracle and sometimes we just get our world taken away from us. Have a good and safe weekend.
I have read several different accounts regarding her death and more than one story about it was tabloid trash, citing an unconfirmed anecdote regarding necrophilia of all things!
If I’m not mistaken, this tragedy is why trailers for commercial trucks now have what’s called an ICC bumper. The bumper hangs low enough and covers the width of the trailer to try and prevent passenger vehicles from running up under the trailer.
I was surprised about Mariska being in the accident with her mom and family. I was under the impression that she was only a baby and therefore did not go on the trip. Such a horrible tragedy..May they all Rest Peacefully. Thanks for a great video, well researched and well narrated.
The only children of Jayne’s, she had five, not in the car that night were Jayne Marie Mansfield (daughter from her first marriage to Paul Mansfield) and Anthony (Tony) Cimber, her child with third and last husband, Matt Cimber. All three of her children with Mickey Hagarty, Miklos Jr. (Mickey), Zoltan and Mariska. Mariska has said in interviews that she has not recollection of the accident. She vaguely remembers her mother.
Thank you for your explanation of what truly happened as the rumors were always told of Jane driving her pink convertible Cadillac as well as being decapitated. So hopefully this puts a stop to such horrific statements to a devastating tragedy. Rose C.
Just goes to show the LIE's and deceit the news media tell to sell their papers and to manipulate us all the time. It really is disgusting what they do.
An interesting thing. Before her death, semi trailers weren't required to have bumpers. After she died, they were required on all trailers where the danger of a car going under the tail existed. They were unofficially named Mansfield bars. The official name is the DOT bumper. Even after all these years, she's still helping to make the road a little bit safer.
I remember when this happened. I was almost 10 years old. I was playing on the front porch. The radio was on and the announcer came on with the announcement that Jayne Mansfield had died in a car accident and that she had been beheaded. This was a very awful thought to a little 9 year old girl. Jayne Mansfield was beautiful I thought as a little girl and she was of course. I remember my dad came home from work and I ran to tell him the news. This moment in time has stuck with me my whole life. Your going through that account of what happened made it even more real. I’ve always felt so sorry for her and her children. I think they were sleeping in the back seat. I remember hearing about that fog machine and how it must have obscured the drivers view. It’s interesting to hear it was not in use. I heard years later that Jayne did not get decapitated but did hear about the top of her head being removed and about her wig being mistook for her head. Jayne Mansfield is just a memory for most but she was a big deal in those days, and her horrible death was big news, just like Marilyn Monroe. Such a tragedy. May she Rest In Peace…
I am always amazed at the millions of steps one must take in order to meet your demise. Just proves to me that our days are numbered. So sad. Thank you.
Mariana has a scar on her forehead from the accident . So sad to a tragic end . Still missed and loved . Take care Jayne and company. Rest In Peace. Thank you for the real story.
I want to thank you for this video because it clarifies something that I never knew, I always heard that Jane Mansfield was decapitated and I’m thankful to know that she was not. I always watch her daughter Mariska on law and order every week because she’s a great actress. I can’t imagine what it must have been like for her to lose her mom at such a very young age. Right now so thank you for your clarification, and your pictures and the papers that back up what you say and I appreciate it.
It was intuition to move the children. I've had a few experiences like that. I worked at a rink and couldn't get these two guys to get off. I walked onto the ice and they asked for one more shot. I was between him and the net. Suddenly I felt like someone was standing right in front of me so I took a step back. The puck went whizzing past me so fast, right where I was standing a second ago. If I hadn't felt that feeling, I would have been hit right in the head and hurt or even killed. He hit the puck really hard. I felt that this was my spirit guide saving me yet again! Thank you my love. Absolutely my best friend ❤️
This video was informative. Thank you for taking the time to produce and post it. It's been said that people aren't truly dead until there is no one left on Earth who remembers their lives. Jayne will live on for ages.
RIP Jayne Sam and Ronnie tragic circumstances led to your deaths. Heartbreak for your three children. Your daughter is a fine actress now you would be very proud I’m sure.
I find Jayne Mansfield's death constantly fascinating for some reason. Part of it is the out-of-nowhere tragedy of it, sort of like the plane crashes that take the lives of famous people. We're all subject to the same eventual fate, no matter how rich and famous we are. Sometimes that fate comes swiftly and brutally. Thank you for showing us the locations, Scott. So fascinating!
Always enjoy your show Scott, your narration is always clear, informative , accurate always so interesting whatever the topic. Again, love the show. May Jayne be RIP and the gentleman that perished with her.
Like most kids face always in a hurry and not paying attention going faster than conditions permit safety for all on the roads 2 way State routes so very preventable prayer to Mariska and boys...😔❤🌎🎸🐱
You did an excellent job with this video. The narrative was straight forward and factual. And you finally cleared up the true trauma on Mansfield’s injuries. And you didn’t drag her through the mud with stories of the less desirable and darker side of some of her private life. She was a talented lady who left us too soon. Nuf said.
She and her children did an interview in Omaha Nebraska right before the wreck. Marisa looked around 3 years old. Beautiful family. Jaynes personality was very sweet.
A lot of people might find this sort of thing morbid. I find this interesting. Especially when the videos are well made and narrated. Good job, Scott Michaels!!! You got a new subscriber!!!
When i was a kid growing up in the 70s the newspaper where i lived had the biggest news on the front page of course then you had your finance and all that, the last body of the newspaper had the murders, banks robberies and so forth,when we use to get it my dad would get the sports section and would give me the last section without saying a word,from a early age i have loved this stuff, lol, they call it death hags or at least thats what Michael's likes to call them. Have you ever checked out his site called 'Find a death" ? its really good!!
It beheaded! False news! She. WAS a great mother, loved her kids. She was human! I used to bundle my kids up, middle of night, put them in car and try to find their alcoholic father. We do best we can but error greatly!
@@julianadamico4702 my phone didn't put what I typed. Should have read. SHE WASN'T BEHEADED! Try to figure these things out. Telephones are such pain anymore. Like our socialist democratic administration!
There was one positive thing that came out of this accident (besides the fact that the kids all survived), and that was the important safety feature that was installed at the rear of ALL semi trailers after this horrific accident. It is called the Mansfield bar. That is the metal bar that hangs down at the very rear of a semi trailer, almost to the ground, that will prevent a car/motorcycle from driving under the rear of a semi trailer in a rear end collision, which is what happened in this particular accident, and the very reason why the top of the car looked like the roof was sheared almost completely off. The front of the car went under the trailer, but the roof of the car did not.
true, but even that probably wouldn't have saved them. a heavy ass old buick slamming into that truck at that speed meant a very small chance of survival for ANY of them. the fact that the car slid under the trailer is what saved those kids lives... plus a lot of luck.
Yes, I used to load/unload trailers for N.E.M.F. One day, at our Springfield terminal (Massachusetts), I arrived at work with a sawz-all - including a special metal-cutting blade - and attempted to cut all those annoying bars off! I was so sick of them. I thought they were there simply for the reflective strip so I decided the trailers would be more, I don't know - aerodynamic or whatever. I started making some serious sparks, cutting into the first. A bunch of truckers had clocked in and saw what I was doing so they wrestled me to the dirt and pried the sawz-all out of my hands. Can you believe I was put in handcuffs over this?! It was an outrage! I descend from a signer of the Declaration of Independence and they fought me to the ground and confiscated my legitimately bought tool, locking it in a safe. Ungrateful S.O.B.'s, the lot of 'em.
I've known for years that Mariska Hargitay of SVU fame was Jane's daughter, but did not know until now that she was the little girl in the backseat in this horrific crash.
In an interview she said that she thought she was destined to die at 34 like her mother did, but instead she booked her breakout role in SVU and "her life began" ❤
None of us make it out of here alive 😎. I now call people under the age of 40 as those in the years of immortality. We all go through it and if we’re lucky we later recognize it.
@@vibrantgleam Only her mother (Jayne Mansfield) was killed in the crash. Her father ( Mickey Hargitay) was divorced from her mother, raised Mariska and her two brothers after the crash.
@@GlennaVan It’s bound to have saved lives. If nothing else, it will deform in a collision, absorbing some of the energy. In a frontal collision, at bumper height, cars are designed to absorb as much of the energy as possible, while keeping the passenger compartment relatively intact. If the nose of the car goes underneath an obstruction, this protection is lost.
Scott, thank you for the detailed story with actual footage and pictures of the places they stopped at, before thus horrible death scene. Jayne Mansfield was a beautiful lady and a wonderful mother. May she R.I.P.
I loved seeing the old places, even seeing the tile. You matched up the old lights even! I love that stuff!!!, and you traced her entire last day. Well done!
This report was so respectful and trusted, thank you . Everyone loves Mariska, don't know about the brothers, glad they are doing fine. So totally unnecessary accident, but I guess they all are.
@@nsw1992 what? I just said Jayne was obviously a wonderful mom and a wonderful pet mom as well. It’s not the same as a child, but for some people it’s very similar. What’s with the criticism here? Looks like you’re trolling.
@@nsw1992 You certainly can if you love 💕 that precious per as I love ❤️ my sweet Schnauzer ♥️♥️ i could not live without him. Men treated me horribly all my life, but he loves me unconditionally. To his his own.
Very interesting. Thank you for all the work in researching and presenting this. The tragic crash also led to the development of what was referred to as the “Mansfield bar” a safety device on the rear of trailers which were intended to prevent cars from running underneath the trailer in a collision
Ironically its doubtful that the bar they have now would have changed the results, most of them will fail when hit at those kinds of speeds especially by a 66 Electra which is not a light car
WOW!!! I've watched many documentaries and such about Jayne but seeing the last place she publicly visited, which is now only tiles and earth is a first. It's wonderful, a tragic story yes, but wonderful you put in effort to literally followed in her final footsteps. Thank you for letting that.
I live in Biloxi and I was a kid when this happened. My mom knew the Stevens as she use to go there, I have read the stories about the decapitation and that her last stop was at Gus Sevens. Your video shows new light on the account, thanks for sharing!
@@tommytompkins4564 Not really, back then it was the main highway on the gulf coast from Mobile to New Orleans know as Hwy 90 and still is used today. Hwy 90 was replaced by Interstate 10 that runs from Jacksonville FL. to California just as did Hwy 90 that was a two lane road i most parts.
I just commented above wondering about the hotel she stayed in. I was thinking it more likely the old Edgewater Hotel that was next door to the mall, demolished in the 70s to build the now gone Sears.
That car was going too fast and that boy did not know how to handle that Buick and back then they would run like a son of a gun you thought you was in an airplane on the ground one little iota and he lost control of that car and that was it😪😪😪😪🙏🙏🙏❤ Lord have mercy so sad
@@glennrishton5679 Sears is gone forever sad but true I'm from the south but not there now I've seen sears leave the old K&B drug stores everywhere I used to be in the south a lot of things stores have gone on the whole freds chain so many others the scenery everything a lot of nice things that were torn down for nothing that you will never see again poor Jane Mansfield and her family God bless them😪🙏❤
Very sad how things can happen in a moment! Thank God that the children survived such horrific accident! The video was decent and of good taste and respectful!
Thank you so much! Amazing. This answered every question I had about Jayne's death and more. Glad you have the car and are caring for it.... good people.
I'm pretty sure it is. There's this place that show all the cars from what happened to famous people like Bonnie and Clyde's car was there riddled with bullets. James Dean's car all mangled up.
When he said "she had about 5 minutes of life left ahead of her" that gave me chills because I always think like that. What if we knew when we only had moments left to live. Esp when everything seems normal. Its a scary scary though
And a simple change of plan can be the cause.here in Dublin a family I knew ,neighbours ,were setting off on a,50 mile trip to close their holiday home for the winter. Parents and two kids in the car, ready for take off, then the husband got a brainwave, he would put a few wet Glass cloths out on the clothes line He went in rinsed the cloths and put them out. The ides was that it would deter anyone from breaking in if they saw cloths on the line, They had almost completed their journey and going over a sharp angled bridge that led into the town,when they met an articulated trailer,the cabin part negotiated the bridge but the trailer part swung around flattening their car. the husband was decapitated poor man,but mercifully would not have suffered, his wife suffered s broken arm ,the two kids escaped with minor injuries but it must have been horrific for them. They never showed any mental affect or elde were very good at hiding it, If only he had not gone back to hang out those two tea towels. they wouldn't have met that truck right on the bridge,if only,I knew the people well, a lovely family, poor truck driver he wasn't speeding.
She was 34 years old when the tragedy took place. Unbelievable. What a pretty girl she was?! Every time I would see her on TV she was always “bouncy”. She seem like a nice wife and mother. Absolutely, Tragic.
@@sludge8506 if you’re weren’t being an a-hole on purpose, you would get that back then, people got married fast alot of the time because it was considered inappropriate to be living together and having sex out of wedlock. Today people go through relationships without as much judgement because you can live together and date without being married and going through a divorce. Some times relationships don’t work. Why are you judging her for that 60 years later?? Her children and the people who knew her remember her as a good, loving woman. Go use your “call out” energy on someone who deserves it. Plenty of celebrities who did awful, evil things to criticize.
I grew up in Metairie, LA not far from Slidell. My father worked as an insurance adjuster in downtown New Orleans. The accident happened when I was 7 years old. My father was the adjuster who took care of the case.
Hey Scott, first I just want to Thank you for all of the really great work that you and your team have done over the years bringing these stories of the …”Dearly Departed”, and others to the folks that would otherwise have no HONEST idea of how they died. There are a ton of folks out there trying to tell these stories in one way or another, but most are just cheap imitations of the truth. So THANK YOU!
Wow - a very high complement. I hope I keep up to the standard. The truth is too good, you don't have to make stuff up. But then, everyone loves a good story.
@@DearlyDepartedTours When you pop on, I pop right over. Thank you for being such a good teacher and sharing your time with us. Some folks think 'money' is everything= The most valuable things we have is TIME, GOOD HEALTH, GOOD BUDS,👈👉 (Family and friends) Time is way more valuable than gold, cause when 'our time' is up, it's perminate lights out. Stay safe, God Bless you & family & friends. 🤘👻💖
Good story telling, learned a lot about this accident. I am surprised the car is still around. we are reaching a time when people who would remember her are all gone.....
I had no idea who Jayne was before this video, but this entire incident is horrifying. It’s sobering how quickly our lives can be snuffed. I have a crazy but true story about my own car accident. This is the short(er) account, but it’s still a long read. I was involved in a near fatal single car accident in 1993. I fell asleep at the wheel. At 55 mph, I veered off the road in between two traffic signal light poles, struck the second pole dead center on the license plate, shot upwards 13’11”, spun 180*, and dropped straight down. To this day, I don’t remember the 3 hours of driving before the accident. I woke up just as I left the road. At 55 mph, the moment between waking up and the collision was almost instantaneous. While I can’t remember the few hours before the accident, I can recall in vivid detail everything between waking up to when I hit the pole. Right as I opened my eyes, the car smashed a sandwich board sign for the cafe across the street. Then I saw the pole coming at me, and all I could think was, “Why is there a pole in the road?” That’s when I hit. I can still hear the sound of metal and glass being smashed and shattered all around me. And then…nothing. No bright lights, no noise, nothing but absolute silence. Everyone who was on scene came to visit me during the three weeks I spent in two different hospitals. A nurse who was behind me on her way to work at the first hospital told me I didn’t have a pulse for five minutes. My dad, who I was following, saw everything unfold in his mirrors. The nurse told me she informed him I was dead. He jumped on the hood, ripped the windshield out, and yelled my name three times. On the third time, I snapped out of whatever I was stuck in. From that moment, I remember everything else that happened. I told my dad I couldn’t breathe. He cut the seatbelt (1971 volvo and it only a lap belt) and I immediately began puking blood. The rest of the account become even more insane over the following three weeks, but generally when people hear everything, I’m told there’s no way it all happened. Since 04/03/93, my life has been one of the craziest roller coasters I’ve ever been on. There’s so much that it overwhelms people and I’m told I have to be exaggerating everything. I’m in the process of writing a book, but I get overstimulated at times when I try to write everything down. I’m just thankful I’m still here.
@@codeblue2532 I honestly don’t know. At the moment I’ve begun adding what could be considered chapters to my blog page, but I haven’t published any just yet.
She was a very beautiful woman and a great actress ! What a tragedy! Rest in Peace Jane Mansfield God keep your soul in his Heaven!!! And also the two other victims!!! Thank you for your very emotional video!!! A French Man ...
My mother and my sister were taking an elevator at a Miami Beach hotel the same time as Jayne Mansfield. They were so excited and later called to tell me how beautiful and friendly and lovely she was. They were so impressed with her and mentioned her often almost as if she had been a friend.
The biggest mistake made that night was allowing her daughter's fiancee to drive the car and nobody's talking about him. Why was he driving so fast, and why did Jayne put not only her life, but the lives of her young children, in the hands of a young, inexperienced, and reckless driver? I've been held captive in the passenger's seat with a young and careless driver many years ago and I have to tell you it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. I finally had enough and yelled at them to slow the BLEEP down as I braced for an imminent death. To think they might have lived full lives had Sam or Jayne been driving that night...
@@JAAB9296Yes, someone who saw the Buick that night said it was zooming down the highway "like a bolt of lightning", or basically really really fast. It doesn't matter what the speed limit is, 70MPH is too fast to be driving on a two lane highway, especially at 2AM and where there doesn't appear to be any street lamps. Even if there was a truck spraying insecticide (which has been debunked by the way), he should have slowed down to compensate for poor visibility. The accident is 100% Ron's fault.
Back then car headlights were weaker and truck rear lights small and ineffectual compared to modern vehicles which also now have big reflectors etc. Also modern trucks have been mandated to have a low crash bar on the back to prevent cars smashing right through underneath the truck which is how car passengers get killed and it happened a lot years ago. It might have been the actual Mansfield accident that caused that legislation to come into effect.
I’ve seen photos of the crash and the bodies. Utterly horrific scene. Jayne took the full force of the crash resulting in the top of her head shearing off in the impact. Just tragic for those poor kids in the back seat of the car. RIP Jayne Mansfield 😢
Where did you see them? I’m morbidly curious. I’ve found the one of her but.. it’s really grainy and low quality. Maybe that’s how it is but I’m wondering if there are original copies somewhere.
Excellent presentation,professionally done.Thanks for your attention to detail as well as setting the record straight regarding the circumstances involved in this tragic accident.
My man, I just want to tell you how much I truly appreciate your videos. You are so respectful and so detailed in the information that you share. You are a GREAT MAN and I THANK YOU! I would really love to see you do a story about the brutal murder of drummer Jim Gordon's mother that ended up sending him to prison many years ago.
Thank you for this video. Love it for the concise, to-the-point details, the research and documents/images, presented. I didn't realise she was so young at the time of her death. May she rest in peace.
Scott, you are, hands down, the best and most thorough channel when it comes to Hollywood history and folklore. You don’t leave a single thing out of your research and the retelling of facts about all the movers and shakers. I’ve been a big fan of yours since forever. Thanks so much for sharing your longstanding passion for Hollywood and beyond.
I recall the news story when this happened. They claimed they ran into a dense fog patch - not a word about a fogger truck. I remember that clearly. With all those lawsuits flying around, I'm not surprised the story kept changing. The wrecked car has survived longer than Jane lived.
I love Mariska Hargitay it was tragic what happened to her mother and her boyfriend and lawyer. God bless all those who were affected by this tragedy. Mariska Hargitay is now a great actress she is gorgeous just like her momma. I love her mother's movies and she had a beautiful voice. #flyhigh Jane and all who perished in that horrible accident.
My buddy owned a house on Orange street in Hollywood in the 80's. His next door neighbor was one of Jaynes sons. He had giant tortoises living in his yard.
There is never any "fairness" in the way someone dies. Wrong word to use as fairness implies something that would have been kinder, or good, or better. It would be far more correct to say it was tragic the way she died, because it was tragic.
@Meg, life isn’t fair, and as soon as people understand that, the world will make alot more sense. The youth have their heads filled with so much garbage, giving them promises concerning life that they will discover is only an illusion once they graduate from their schooling and enter the work force. This whole C0mmunist Iie of “equity”, NOT EQUALITY, meaning they want equal outcomes for all humanity, rather than EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES & EQUAL RIGHTS to succeed in life. Never mind that under C0mmunism/s0ciaIism the regular citizens all become EQUALLY POOR, while their govt leaders get filthy rich. Nothing in nature works “equitably”, and nothing ever will. Success comes through hard work and diligence, as evidenced over and over by the children who grew up impoverished and they put all their effort in their education, and they go on to become very successful, because they put in the hard work. The govt would like for everyone to see themselves as “0ppressed victims”, because people who are told they can never be successful because the cards are stacked against them, will never try to be successful, because they believe the self-fulfilling prophecy others have made against them, namely the govt and govt institutions. The ideal citizen for the govt is one who is solely dependent on the govt for their food, housing, and income, so that they are essentially govt controIIed sIaves who have no rights to choose for themselves where they live, what they consume, or what to buy with their money, because they’re relying on the govt for all their needs, and if they don’t behave like their govt tells them to, they will be shut off from access to any of the basic necessities of life. That’s why a portion of Americans are already indentured sIaves, forced to live in public housing because the govt is providing it, who hoIIer “bIack Iives matter”, but apparently not to the govt, because if so they would be aimed at reducing bIack-on-bIack crime, but they’re not. Instead, they target the guns for eradication, similar to someone blaming ice cream for their 0besity, as if the ice cream got out of the freezer and attacked their mouth all by itself. They don’t give 2 $hitz about ANY of the people, regardless of ethnicity. Humans are nothing but objects to be used, and discarded when they’re of no more use. If people look at the history of the Dem0cratic party, they would see these Ieftist poIiticians are the true r@cists, the Ieft keep the issue of r@ce aIive, to keep the citizens arguing against each other, instead of paying attention to the sIave system the govt is building for ALL PEOPLE, regardless of their ethnicity. If the govt truly had the best interest of the people in mind, it would have STOPPED the C0v l9 💉n-jekshun over a year ago, after it had kiIIed only thousands, and not MILLIONS like it has by now. Furthermore, they wouldn’t have attempted to take people’s bodily autonomy away from them and broke the lnternational Nur€mburg c0de by forcing people to take an 💉that, we know now from the records received concerning the cIinicaI triaIs that was actually never tested properly, thus lnformed c0nsent was not given because it’s impossible to know the risks of something that HAS NOT been tested on peopIe, EVER, which is the same thing that kiIIed all the animaIs rN-A 💉were tested on. Two years later, and thousands of research hours later, we know the 💉kiII people, and they knew it before they unleashed it on the public. Now they’re giving the kiII 💉to infants and young chiIdren, under EM€RGENCY U$E, at a time when the C0v restricti0ns are being removed around the world, so there is NO EM€RGENCY that exists! And people don’t even blink an eye at that contradiction, an €mergency that doesn’t exist currently, that’s being used to put the kiII sh0ts in the future of humanity, our children, for something that didn’t effect children enough to be considered a danger because they lack the Ace 2 receptors, and the human g€n0me will be changed, and all GM0 is able to be patented and owned. The intent is for them to have made human beings extinct by the end of the decade, creating bioIogicaI/A.l. h¥brids using g€ne €diting technoIogy that would have made HitIer green with envy. The radical Ieft can now target gen0mes for extinction, using Cr!spr to create ethn!c specific bioIogicaI weap0ns, thus enabling them to create what they would consider the “perfect” r@ce, because the Dem0cratic SociaIists are the ne0-NAZl’s, right in line with HitIer, also a SociaIist. The goal of sociaIism IS ALWAYS c0mmunism. There is NO HOPE for future generations if our Blessed Hope, Jesus Christ, doesn’t hasten the time to His return, because He says NO FLESH will remain alive unless He returns to deliver His eIect from the time of testing, the wr@th of the Lamb of YHVH, Jesus Christ, and the rule of the Antichrist who demands you take his m@rk, and bow to him and his image, or you will be behe@ded, which is certainly going to be a test of humanity in their last chance to come to repentance and trust on Christ as their Lord and Savior. YHVH is sending a world wide altar call, saying repent and beIieve the gospel of Christ, but few people are hearing Him. Jesus Christ is our only way out of this eviI that’s consuming mankind. I notice an increase in occuIt symbols in places that are not related to each other, and think “Is it coincidence that the same occuIt symbology is being seen everywhere?”. And the Holy Spirit reminded me that those who worship the b€ast and take his m@Rk are operating under the same spirit as Satan, the spirit of antichrist, which has always been here, like 1 John says, but now it’s manifesting itself in the physical world, on a larger scale than I’ve witnessed before, as the ungodly haters of Christ grow more eviI in their attempts to g€neticaIIy m0dify all the creation of YHVH, so they can patent and own the very things Christ spoke into existence, and the humans He created in His own image. They’re not content with 1% owning the majority of earth’s riches. They want it ALL, including their desire to m0dify and own people, because ReveIation 18 lists among the items to be bought and soId, the “souIs of men”.
Thank you Scott I love your detailed accounts along with the actual locations- You bring it home for us when we can’t go👍🏼 I’m intrigued by the until………
The old, obscure pieces of history surrounding the event (like the pink tiles and the light-pole) are fascinating and I hope you continue to highlight them. Great video! Subbed and liked!
Well.. she almost died a month before that as well.. right after levay made her the high priestess in the church of Satan.. everyone forgets she was satanic
That the car wreck still exists, is amazing. Dazzling Jayne, the all American girl as the ultimate Barbie doll, is not forgotten in 2022. Without and before the Internet, Jayne was all but forgotten, at last here in Germany. "Death can be a brilliant career move" (Author Eve Golden) Marilyn was resurrecting in thousands of books and TV documentaries. Sometimes I now think Jayne is remembered being the queen bee mother of the babyboomers in the summer of love. And because of her daughter Mariska.
You must know zero about her actual life. She, most certainly, was not an “All American Girl”! What a bizarre statement! She died a death, that frequently comes with that type of life.
You seem to be an educated and sophisticated person.Are quoting Billy Graham who is reported to have said that her cruel death was a direct punishment from God? Her break was in a play about someone selling his soul to the devil: WILL SUCCES SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? Her role model was Joan of Arc, Funny Hill, Blanche du Bois....I have been studying Vera Jayne Peers aka Palmers story for more than half a century, since April 1967, orvatbleast since 1986, spending a fortune to get all the information... Her last quote was: Because everybody is playing my life like FAUST. Okay, Her life was a cautionary tale. But to whom? To us.
Thank you for this video Scott. Even the simple little things mean so much to the story. This is history and people should appreciate it. RIP Jayne. Great video Scott. You need to do another film like 6 degrees of HS.
Yes thank you Scott ! I am glad the children were spared !! I do know June younger son Tony .. for many years .. we use to work together… He sure looks like his Mom very good looking and well mannered and soft-spoken man .
I've said this before but 2019 was a dream come true for me, after year's of being a fan, I was extremely lucky to see the museum and to see the car I've read so much about in person. Whenever you're ready to open up again and/or do tours, I'll be on my way. Thank you for all your hard work Scott, can't wait to see you again💕 Also, thank you BTS for bringing me back to LA lol I was seeing them at the rose bowl later that day, the museum had to be my first stop. RIP Jayne
Again, speed & not paying attention, even possibly fatigue take their toll & lives are lost. It happens every day and all over the world to millions of people. We've all experienced that terrible combination, most of us in much smaller doses & survived that heart stopping moment. For us though it hopefully never becomes literal. The fact that it was Jayne and her friends is truly no more heartbreaking than anyone else dying in these circumstances. The children surviving and being asleep when it happened is the truly amazing part. Not seeing the aftermath is the gift. Still having a surviving parent is the other gift. She was marvelous, beautiful, funny, talented and a good mom as well as a devoted animal lover and if it's to be believed a lovely warm person & friend. That's the gift she gave to us. Great video, thanks!👍💖🇦🇺
Thank you for bringing attention to the truth about the death of Jayne Mansfield. Such a tragedy for Jayne to lose her life at a young age and especially for her children to lose their mother. Very sad that when these sort of event occur that the sensational fabrications and untruths take presidents over the reality and the respect of the departed. I am glad that your videos contain content that is researched and that the items you have collected are shown in a manner that allow the truth to be told and for lessons to be learned. All the best.
I read up about this a few years ago, and the details are really grim. The official cause of death was a "cranial evulsion". An evulsion injury is when something literally gets torn or ripped away. So she wasn't actually decapitated. Her cranium from her eyebrows upwards was torn away from the top of her head. Interestingly, it was that accident that resulted in a certain metal bar to be fitted on the back of all trucks to prevent vehicles going underneath the rear of a truck. All trucks have them, and they're known as Mansfield Bars.
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She unknowingly saved her kids’ life moving them to the back. Mariska was 3 at the time. Great and thorough video.
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I am thinking if the adults had not had cocktails this would not have happened, drinking and driving will do that to you....and you can bet your bottom dollar that restaurant/lounge refused to admit that they were there to avoid lawsuits....
Divine intervention.
That is not the Edgewater Beach Hotel. ruclips.net/video/Jvci6Jo8T34/видео.htmlsi=Qp8CMxl9aPY_-gfI It was a Grand Hotel.
@@chrisfry436 The high speed, was responsible for the severity of the accident. Maybe the driver was to tired and therefor not attentive enough.
My mom got tangled up with a semi truck in 1984 one month after I graduated HS. She was decapitated at brow, neck and her arm also. The semi ran over the driver side of the car and her. I feel so sorry for Mariska because I know exactly how traumatic this event was. I'm now 56yo and still am not over it. It's terrible.
Iam so sorry for your loss I graduated I. 1983 in high school so sorry 😞 you are right you are never over a loss never , my daughter died at 5 mos old pneumonia !! I still miss her everyday , but your momma such a horrible way . Sending prayers and hugs your way ❤️🙏
@@dc4092 Oh my goodness. I am so sorry about your daughter. Now that I'm a mom it would be way, way worse to lose your child than your mother. I am so sorry for you from the bottom of my heart and soul. I am sending love and prayers for you to have peace.❤️🩹🙏🙏. God bless you.
@@kelliwheeler28 thank you agin
@@dc4092 Thank you for the kindness you extended to me. In these times, you don't know how I appreciate it. Does my heart good. Wish the world was filled with kind people like you. The world needs it.🙏🙏
Well at least your mum didn't suffer death would have been instantaneous blow alone would have knocked her unconscious.
If you look at the back of all trailer and semi-trucks, you’ll see a metal bar at the bottom of the truck. It’s called a “Mansfield Bar”. It was added to trucks after her tragic accident. It helps prevent cars from going under the back of a truck as her vehicle did.
Yes this was commented earlier by someone else before you.
@@AxelOlsson-ks2gu - Good.
They are also commonly known as “DOT Bumpers.”
@@AxelOlsson-ks2gu Thank you for your service policing the comments and punishing offenders, but many of us wouldn't have read that far down and might have missed this interesting fact.
@@SoCal780ive seen those "bumpers" on trailers for decades and never knew they stemmed from this particular accident. While this accident is horribly tragic in so many ways...i think the black cloud of death has a beautiful silver lining. That lining is all of the future wrecks since....that didnt end in the same tragic end due to the addition of the Mansfield (D.O.T. bar).
My wife was employed at Gus Stevens when JM. performed there. We attended her last performance the night before the accident. She was wearing the white dress. I remember the young kid who was the driver of the car... The next morning when driving by the club there were multiple police cars. I would disagree with the premise that it wasn't foggy that night..but..patches of fog . I remember driving that stretch a couple times the two things I remember most..1. Running into a swarm of bugs once or twice covered the windshield where visibility was very bad. 2. It would be clear visibility and all of a sudden you would run into a patch of fog...zero visibility. Note: I was in the military based on Biloxi at that time... I'm sure residents of that region would agree with my analysis.
@ronkotcher4834. Absolutely correct, Sir. Lots of fairly heavy fog at the crash site where my wife and I were stopped and waited for the wrecked car and Semi to be removed from the road. We were returning to Florida from Mission Bch Ca. That accident had taken place less than an hour previous to our stop.
That bug swarm wasn't lovebugs, it was past lovebug season around these parts. Wonder what they could have been?
@@Real_g.s. skeeters...they can come in swarms thickly. Hence the mosquito truck. They don't spray fog for lovebugs.
Wow. This was interesting to read sir, thank you..
@@KB-ke3fi I guess back then, it could happen, maybe those mosquito trucks have done a lot of good over the years. The lovebugs, however, drive me insane and have ruined the paint on the front of my car. Too bad you've got irresponsible homeowners and renters who have standing water and let mosquitos proliferate.
My dad was one of the officers that responded to the crash. He once told me how horrific it was but spared me the details.
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@@rowenasuarez1868 They were most likely decapitated or head was crushed and they bled out, blood was probably everywhere, when the artery tore.
@@blanketyblank604 Idiot.
@@blanketyblank604 and you were there and saw the bodies?
@@DellaZA My deceased grandfather was a police officer there. Is there a problem?
The professionalism and the respect for the deceased on this channel is unheralded. Thank you.
You must not of cought him mocking her restroom break saying pee pee several times condescending?
@@lenny6676 Jayne Mansfield herself used whimsical language. She actually talked about bottling her urine and selling it. I don’t think in this instance, it was disrespectful.
The family had an on-air interview when Mariska was only about 3 years old. It's adorable that Jane introduced her children to the world. Mariska's Father was a world class body builder & Gorgeous. That's where she gets her looks. I commend her Father for taking care of his children after their Mother died. 🙏🏻
She looks like her mom only dark lile her dad.
@@debrajohnson382yeah, thank goodness for that. I couldn't imagine her looking like her father.
I see her looking just like Mom, JM.
@@robindore258 Yes she does. I think more so, as she gets older. I'm sure Jayne would be proud.
She wasn’t that good looking. She looked like a knock off version of Marilyn. Definitely wasn’t as classy looking or acting. Temu Marilyn.
As a mom, I'm sure Jayne would be grateful that all of her children survived the accident.
She put her children in grave danger by driving at night
STUPID THING THING TO DO
Mariska is on law & order SVU.
I believe when you die life on earth is over but your spirit is here I think she knows that her children became great
@@TheSilvergold45
Driving at night is a stupid thing to do?
You weren't top of your class, were you?
@@TheSilvergold45 So if someone needs to go somewhere, they have kids, and it's nighttime.... if they need to get somewhere urgently and they take their kids they are "stupid"? That comment is a better example of ignorance. Get over yourself SJW clown.
Excellent video. Jayne would be so proud of Mariska today. RIP.
She would. I just realized how much Mariska looks like Jayne.
@@dkalbryte6774 marishka is a beautiful woman.
I agree, Very Excellent Content 💯
I believe Fairview Cemetery is about 45 minutes away from our home.
Such a sad tragedy 😭
She would be proud of all her children
Commies weren't as popular back then so maybe not
I and 3 fellow Marines passed the accident scene en route from Pensacola to New Orleans for a weekend liberty. I recall that it took several hours of crawling along to reach the scene, and I remember the terribly mangled car. We didn't find out until the next day who the victims were. Passing that car was a shocking and sobering experience that one could never forget.
BTW, there was no fog in the area when we passed the scene.
Poor family.
@@angelmist4253 Yes, I winder if the kids remember it?
that's a neat story to have ..
@@NotTHATMichaelMoore Hope they never did as it could be a horrendous experience for any young child to experience.
Hi Scott.
I'm a former broadcaster experienced in reporting.
I am very impressed with:
1. The way you organized and presented this story
2. The appropriate details provided
3. The on site views
4. Your excellent narration.
Keep up the great work, and God Bless!
I agree! There isn't any pretense about what occurred, either. Supposition on layout of The White Kitchen Restaurant, that's it!!
I'm impressed about the accuracy.
I agree too ! Very good work !
The pic of the car with the blood running down the passenger side. Heartbreaking reality of what can happen on any given day. I'm sure when her kids found out years later that them being moved to the back seat probably stayed in their minds the rest of their lives.May they all R.I.P..
Sad I loved Her.RIP Jayne. 😢😢😢❤😮
I thought the very same thing when I saw it😢
How. An u see the blood , it's dark .
Not possible for anyone to see the blood on the side of a car
@@terinapenninger09092 dude it's in a friggin museum
Seeing a story like this just reinforces the fact that THIS could be the last hour of our lives. It will happen to us all .. Thank you for your wonderfully detailed stories. RIP
You have no idea how right you are. On June 6, 2022 my daughter age 41, who we thought was perfectly healthy got out of her car and literally dropped dead. She was dead before her body hit the ground. Death comes to us all. Always say goodbye and I love you before leaving a loved one, it could be the last time you see them alive.
@@adm5209 I'm very sorry to hear that, truly,in 09 my big sister was 49 and she was staying with some friends while her house was being renovated,about 9 in the morning one of her friends came to her bedroom to say hi and chat, he left and came back around 2 and he knocked on here door, no answer, he came in and she was dead, just like that, coroner was baffled,we never found out what happened.
@@adm5209 was it a case of S.A.D. ? I am so sorry that happened. Please accept my condolences. 😞
@@evlynealeshire5850 Medical Examiner did an autopsy. We won't get results for several months. Our family and friends are thinking an aneurysm. Thank you for your condolences.
@@dntlss Thank you.
This is hands down the absolute best video of the Jayne Mansfield accident site I have ever seen. It’s way more in depth than the rest. Every other video I’ve seen is of just the estimated area of the crash site. It’s awesome to me that you went to all the known places they stopped at leading up to the horrific crash.
Scott Michael's the guy that did this video is one of the original people that would take you on those "where the stars died" tours in Hollywood, the guy knows his gore.
Jayne supposedly spoke several languages, graduated with honors, had a high IQ also
Outstanding report 👍 I always was in question who was driving and how they just rear ended that truck?……probably a combination of 2 a.m.,dim tail lights, high speed and the Lords will.The kids dad was a former Mr. Universe I believe I read also,no wonder Marishka ( law and order s.v.u) Hartigay is so beautiful.
@@dntlss As opposed to Michael Scott who really knows paper and paper products😆
@@davebaby2 this accident prompted the DoT to enforce the installation of what is now known as the "Mansfield Bar" behind large rigs and trucks to provide rear under run protection to smaller vehicles. Yes, Ms.Mansfield's husband was Hungarian wrestler and Mr.Universe Mickey Hargitay. Sadly, after her death, her estate went bankrupt and the famous mansion of her namesake was sold and eventually got demolished. One of her sons run a famous landscaping business in Hollywood area and provide their services to many celebrities.
I went on your Helter Skelter tour a few years back and you told me that you were moving to another location and that the Mansfield car was purchased and now I find you on RUclips. Loving it, well done. 😁
So sad. She was such a beautiful and accomplished woman. Her violin playing was surprising, you just didn't expect her to be so good. She was a good mother. I always hoped she would get back with Micky, there was still love there. RIP. Thank you Scott.
Did u know Jane? What the media don't tell is where she was really headed. RIP Ms. Mansfield.
A GOOD MOTHER??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? SHE WAS NEVER AROUND HER KIDS FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. EVERYONE ELSE WAS RAISING JAYNES KIDS, WHILE SHE WAS OUT GALAVANTING AROUND, AND MAKING SATANIC VIDEOS OF HER AND ANTON LEVAYNE WHO AT THE TIME WAS THE PASTOR FOR THE CHURCH OF SATAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, SHE PUT HER CAREER FIRST AND FOREMOST OVER HER KIDS, AND THAT IS A STONE COLD FACT. SHE WAS AN ATTENTION WHORE AT BEST AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT HER AND THE KIDS CAME 2ND 3RD AND 4TH.
She was actually a genius IQ as well. Playing dumb blondes was a stretch!
@@gildawhitner6962 so where was she headed ?
According to Ann B Davis Alice from the Brady bunch Jane was a dumb as wall and a mean drunk she hated Sharon Tate because both of them went out for the part of ginger on gilliigans island
Thank you for clarifiying this horrific tragedy even to this day! Her death has actually haunted me for decades mostly because so many of us erroneously thought she was decapitated. I'm wondering if her two boys, Mickey, Zoltan and Mariska who went on to have a very successful acting career and marriage have had C-PTSD from all of that!? You did a great job making it become so sadly real again! May she, Sam and Ronnie rest in peace~
Her cause of death was Crushed skull with avulsion of cranium and brain.
Go ahead. Look up any word you don’t know. Expect the haunting to return.
Why would you be haunted over the cause of death by a celebrity? 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Really?? Sorry, the truth hurts. You are a bimbo.
ah oui je pensais qu'elle avait été décapitée , purée plusieurs vidéos disent ça
I know Zoltan, he is very soft spoken & a nice person. Haven't seen him since the late '90s, but we are friends on Facebook. He also survived a lion attack on his person in '66 at Jungleland, west of Los Angeles.
Doesn't any wonder about other aspects of women's lives? If she was only a mom, nobody would know who she was. She had a life outside of that.
@Michelle-pn9xt please shut up🙄
A truly tragic occurrence. This famous accident resulted in large trucks being equipped with what they call 'Mansfield Bars' (named after Jayne Mansfield) on the back-end of trucks, which prevent cars from going 'under' the back, minimizing the chance of a catastrophic accident and/or decapitations.
First...Mae West Navy Life Preservers, and then Mansfield Bars.
My brother had an Austin Healey 3000 - vintage car - a Mansfield bar saved his life when he slid into the rear end of a semi in snowy weather.
If this Electra was really going between 60 and 80, the Mansfield bar might not have saved them, but it has, no doubt, saved many others. In some jurisdictions, tractor trailers are also required to have side barriers, but the way we configure them in this country, with the rear axles attached to the cargo boxes, makes such protection complicated. In Europe, most such vehicles consist of cab towing a flatbed (which keeps its side protection) and the container is placed on top of the flatbed.
ICC bumper?
A small vehicle traveling at high speed is still no match for a semi.
I learned even more about this tragedy, thanks Scott, very respectfully done, as you always do.
I love it when you take us with you on tragic road trips. Thank you for letting us know the tiniest details - seat swapping, no fogging spray, the motel locale.. RIP beautiful Jayne.
obviously this driver didn't really know how to drive. Always stay clear of semi's. Remember if YOU cannot see THEIR mirrors they can NOT SEE YOU! One more thing.. NEVER pull in front of them at traffic signals or stop signs (unless they still have plenty of distance to stop remaining). Why? YOU cut THEIR stopping distance by at LEAST the length of your vehicle. finally... drive "ahead"... looking 70 feet in front of you at 70 mph is a very quick way to die.
@@leecowell8165 It's called defensive driving. My father hammered that into my head when I as first learning to drive. Always drive defensively. Assume everyone on the road is going to make a stupid mistake, and be prepared for it. If nobody does, great. But if somebody pulls a dangerous boner, you'll be ready for it and know what to do.
This is so incredibly detailed and fills in so many factoids that have been blurred by history, Scott! Well done!
I have read and seen a lot regarding her death over the years but this is by far the most in depth reporting of her tragic accident ever. You have cleared up a lot of misconceptions about it and also this is the first time I have ever heard that her children were originally in the front seat of the car. It is truly a miracle from God that those beautiful children weren't killed as well.
So who was at fault?
@@thomasplace7920 The driver of the car hopefully!!!!
Why did God allow Jane and the other two to be killed?
@@williegordon9188 I wish I had an answer to that, as my first husband was killed in an accident cause by a careless driver years ago. My husband died on Christmas Day and it just destroyed Christmas for me for many years. I asked God why did he take him from me, and got no answer. Sometimes we get a miracle and sometimes we just get our world taken away from us. Have a good and safe weekend.
I have read several different accounts regarding her death and more than one story about it was tabloid trash, citing an unconfirmed anecdote regarding necrophilia of all things!
Jayne Mansfield was so beautiful, thank you for taking us with you Scott on this journey honouring their memory 🙏❤️🩹
If I’m not mistaken, this tragedy is why trailers for commercial trucks now have what’s called an ICC bumper.
The bumper hangs low enough and covers the width of the trailer to try and prevent passenger vehicles from running up under the trailer.
The nickname is "The Mansfield Bar."
I believe you are right
@@seansvoice yes thank
You are correct!
It's called a Mansfield bar.
It's put on the back end of trucks to prevent a car from going under during a collision.
I hear it's called the Mansfield bar. They put it there after Mansfields death.
I was surprised about Mariska being in the accident with her mom and family. I was under the impression that she was only a baby and therefore did not go on the trip. Such a horrible tragedy..May they all Rest Peacefully. Thanks for a great video, well researched and well narrated.
The only children of Jayne’s, she had five, not in the car that night were Jayne Marie Mansfield (daughter from her first marriage to Paul Mansfield) and Anthony (Tony) Cimber, her child with third and last husband, Matt Cimber. All three of her children with Mickey Hagarty, Miklos Jr. (Mickey), Zoltan and Mariska. Mariska has said in interviews that she has not recollection of the accident. She vaguely remembers her mother.
Mariska did an interview and says she doesn't remember it thank GOD for that.
She was 3. Mariska Hargitay is just 20 days younger than me.
@@FantasySkyDustersupposedly there's still a scar on her forehead but I have never seen it.😊
@@Corolrose1218What year did this accident in Mississippi occur? Also, which husband was the gorgeous bodybuilder? Thanks for your time.
Thanks Scott for the story of Jayne. You are an excellent narrator of history, always respectful and always the attention to detail.
Thank you for your explanation of what truly happened as the rumors were always told of Jane driving her pink convertible Cadillac as well as being decapitated. So hopefully this puts a stop to such horrific statements to a devastating tragedy. Rose C.
Just goes to show the LIE's and deceit the news media tell to sell their papers and to manipulate us all the time.
It really is disgusting what they do.
I have never heard of the pink Cadillac but I have heard of the decapitation
what makes this particular story the one to believe?
@@dlynn101 Gus Stevens daughter Elaine backs it up for one.
Yes, and Gus Stevens daughter speaks the gospel?
An interesting thing. Before her death, semi trailers weren't required to have bumpers. After she died, they were required on all trailers where the danger of a car going under the tail existed. They were unofficially named Mansfield bars. The official name is the DOT bumper. Even after all these years, she's still helping to make the road a little bit safer.
actually I.C.C. bar
It's sometimes referred to as a rear impact guard (RIG), rear underride guard, a Mansfield bar or a DOT bumper. Actually. So Yay! We're both right.
@@mackdog3270 sadly enough,
It usually takes a high profile victim for things to get in gear
These bars were mandated in *1998.*
What about seat belts during that time?
I remember when this happened. I was almost 10 years old. I was playing on the front porch. The radio was on and the announcer came on with the announcement that Jayne Mansfield had died in a car accident and that she had been beheaded. This was a very awful thought to a little 9 year old girl. Jayne Mansfield was beautiful I thought as a little girl and she was of course. I remember my dad came home from work and I ran to tell
him the news. This moment in time has stuck with me my whole life. Your going through that account of what happened made it even more real. I’ve always felt so sorry for her and her children. I think they were sleeping in the back seat. I remember hearing about that fog machine and how it must have obscured the drivers view. It’s interesting to hear it was not in use. I heard years later that Jayne did not get decapitated but did hear about the top of her head being removed and about her wig being mistook for her head. Jayne Mansfield is just a memory for most but she was a big deal in those days, and her horrible death was big news, just like Marilyn Monroe. Such a tragedy. May she Rest In Peace…
I remember, too. I think I was 11 years old. Jayne was so beautiful!
I was 6 and I remember feeling sad for her, I couldn't understand that a beautiful woman could die xx
Thank You for Setting the Record Straight!!!!
I am always amazed at the millions of steps one must take in order to meet your demise. Just proves to me that our days are numbered. So sad. Thank you.
Baffles and boggles the mind in a manner of speaking. I mean sit down to eat a meal and when done have only 5 minutes left to live.
So true! One never knows when one's time is up. At least Jayne did not grow old and die a painful, lingering death like so many unfortunate people.
@@samuelschick8813
Hence why one should thank god almighty every day your alive because thousands don’t get that chance and one day we won’t either!!!
@@ldaxxx1
Hence why one should thank god almighty every day your alive because thousands don’t get that chance and one day we won’t either!!!
Mariana has a scar on her forehead from the accident . So sad to a tragic end . Still missed and loved . Take care Jayne and company. Rest In Peace. Thank you for the real story.
I want to thank you for this video because it clarifies something that I never knew, I always heard that Jane Mansfield was decapitated and I’m thankful to know that she was not. I always watch her daughter Mariska on law and order every week because she’s a great actress. I can’t imagine what it must have been like for her to lose her mom at such a very young age. Right now so thank you for your clarification, and your pictures and the papers that back up what you say and I appreciate it.
I didn't know about Mariska .We saw Jane's headstone in Pen Argyle.
@@Ephemeral2023 - What does if the that is mean?
I heard the same thing too..
@@Ephemeral2023 Yes it’s true regarding the scar
Omg I didn't know she is her mother.
So glad I was able to see the dearly departed museum before it shut down. So cool
She was so beautiful. Mariska Hargitay looks just like her. A miracle the children survived. Very informative. Thank you 😊
It was intuition to move the children. I've had a few experiences like that.
I worked at a rink and couldn't get these two guys to get off.
I walked onto the ice and they asked for one more shot. I was between him and the net.
Suddenly I felt like someone was standing right in front of me so I took a step back.
The puck went whizzing past me so fast, right where I was standing a second ago.
If I hadn't felt that feeling, I would have been hit right in the head and hurt or even killed. He hit the puck really hard.
I felt that this was my spirit guide saving me yet again! Thank you my love. Absolutely my best friend ❤️
Right
Her oldest daughter looks just like her, I don’t think Marisa looks nothing like Jane
I believe it was divine intervention that those children were moved into the back seat to saving their lives.
Amen she does look like her mom
This video was informative. Thank you for taking the time to produce and post it. It's been said that people aren't truly dead until there is no one left on Earth who remembers their lives. Jayne will live on for ages.
😂🎉❤🎉❤❤❤❤😂
RIP Jayne Sam and Ronnie tragic circumstances led to your deaths. Heartbreak for your three children. Your daughter is a fine actress now you would be very proud I’m sure.
I find Jayne Mansfield's death constantly fascinating for some reason. Part of it is the out-of-nowhere tragedy of it, sort of like the plane crashes that take the lives of famous people. We're all subject to the same eventual fate, no matter how rich and famous we are. Sometimes that fate comes swiftly and brutally. Thank you for showing us the locations, Scott. So fascinating!
Any, You made a thoughtful and sensitive response.
Always enjoy your show Scott, your narration is always clear, informative , accurate always so interesting whatever the topic. Again, love the show. May Jayne be RIP and the gentleman that perished with her.
Like most kids face always in a hurry and not paying attention going faster than conditions permit safety for all on the roads 2 way State routes so very preventable prayer to Mariska and boys...😔❤🌎🎸🐱
You are correct Rod Brock
Totally agree. Nobody is guaranteed anything other than the very moment they're in.
You did an excellent job with this video. The narrative was straight forward and factual. And you finally cleared up the true trauma on Mansfield’s injuries. And you didn’t drag her through the mud with stories of the less desirable and darker side of some of her private life. She was a talented lady who left us too soon. Nuf said.
Crushed skull with avulsion of cranium and brain. Worse than decapitation.
@@williamanthony9090
Enough....
@@williamanthony9090 Why
She and her children did an interview in Omaha Nebraska right before the wreck. Marisa looked around 3 years old. Beautiful family. Jaynes personality was very sweet.
A lot of people might find this sort of thing morbid. I find this interesting. Especially when the videos are well made and narrated. Good job, Scott Michaels!!! You got a new subscriber!!!
When i was a kid growing up in the 70s the newspaper where i lived had the biggest news on the front page of course then you had your finance and all that, the last body of the newspaper had the murders, banks robberies and so forth,when we use to get it my dad would get the sports section and would give me the last section without saying a word,from a early age i have loved this stuff, lol, they call it death hags or at least thats what Michael's likes to call them.
Have you ever checked out his site called 'Find a death" ? its really good!!
Thank you!
It beheaded! False news! She. WAS a great mother, loved
her kids. She was human! I used to bundle my kids up, middle of night, put them in car and try to find their alcoholic father. We do best we can but error greatly!
@@julianadamico4702 my phone didn't put what I typed. Should have read. SHE WASN'T BEHEADED! Try to figure these things out. Telephones are such pain anymore. Like our socialist democratic administration!
Well IS morbid and that is you find interesting. Would it make a difference if the event had not killed Jayne Mansfield?
Best wishes. Gary.
There was one positive thing that came out of this accident (besides the fact that the kids all survived), and that was the important safety feature that was installed at the rear of ALL semi trailers after this horrific accident. It is called the Mansfield bar. That is the metal bar that hangs down at the very rear of a semi trailer, almost to the ground, that will prevent a car/motorcycle from driving under the rear of a semi trailer in a rear end collision, which is what happened in this particular accident, and the very reason why the top of the car looked like the roof was sheared almost completely off. The front of the car went under the trailer, but the roof of the car did not.
You know your stuff.
I was told some States require them on the sides now
That's a fun fact. Not so much fun.
true, but even that probably wouldn't have saved them. a heavy ass old buick slamming into that truck at that speed meant a very small chance of survival for ANY of them. the fact that the car slid under the trailer is what saved those kids lives... plus a lot of luck.
Yes, I used to load/unload trailers for N.E.M.F. One day, at our Springfield terminal (Massachusetts), I arrived at work with a sawz-all - including a special metal-cutting blade - and attempted to cut all those annoying bars off! I was so sick of them. I thought they were there simply for the reflective strip so I decided the trailers would be more, I don't know - aerodynamic or whatever. I started making some serious sparks, cutting into the first. A bunch of truckers had clocked in and saw what I was doing so they wrestled me to the dirt and pried the sawz-all out of my hands. Can you believe I was put in handcuffs over this?! It was an outrage! I descend from a signer of the Declaration of Independence and they fought me to the ground and confiscated my legitimately bought tool, locking it in a safe. Ungrateful S.O.B.'s, the lot of 'em.
Such a tragedy. Thank goodness the children survived. Jayne was such a beautiful lady. Great video. Best I have seen.
I've known for years that Mariska Hargitay of SVU fame was Jane's daughter, but did not know until now that she was the little girl in the backseat in this horrific crash.
Omgoodness 😮
In an interview she said that she thought she was destined to die at 34 like her mother did, but instead she booked her breakout role in SVU and "her life began" ❤
You do this type of show the best.You make deaths kinda cozy,and not in a morbid way.Its dignified and enthralling at the same time.
Thank you, David.
None of us make it out of here alive 😎. I now call people under the age of 40 as those in the years of immortality. We all go through it and if we’re lucky we later recognize it.
Well done, Scott. Am catching up on the Jayne content on RUclips, and you’re (as always) a breath of fresh air.
I’ve had dinner with Mariska a few times. She looks like her mom. She’s a friend of a friend. Super nice. And Peter too.
Shit 😂😂😂😂 very funny
For the people who dont know, one of the kids in the car was Mariska Hargitay from Law and Order - who was Mansfields daughter.
Yes. I love Mariska and a big fan of Law and Order SVU!!!
It's sad the parents died but I'm happy her children are alive. But it's horrible, just imagine losing your parents.
@@vibrantgleam Only her mother (Jayne Mansfield) was killed in the crash. Her father ( Mickey Hargitay) was divorced from her mother, raised Mariska and her two brothers after the crash.
@@bagboy1942 Oh, I see.
@bagboy1942 Mickey and his new wife Ellen raised Mariska, Zoltan and Mickey Jr afyer the accident. Mickey senior passed away September 2006 aged 80.
Being distracted going at high speed for even just a moment can cause so much tragedy.
A teenage driver going at 60-85 mph in the middle of the night with two drunk people, an animal and children. What can possibly go wrong?
thank you Cpt Obvious
@@slowery43 Happy to help out Cpt sarcastic
Thank you for putting the rumors to rest and showing,in detail, exactly what happened. She was a good entertainer as well as a beautiful woman.
Out of that sad event , the Mansfield Bar was mandated on tractor trailers , it's in use world wide and has saved lives since .
Has it actually saved lives or just made the damage different keeping the car from going underneath the back of the truck?
@@GlennaVan It’s bound to have saved lives. If nothing else, it will deform in a collision, absorbing some of the energy. In a frontal collision, at bumper height, cars are designed to absorb as much of the energy as possible, while keeping the passenger compartment relatively intact. If the nose of the car goes underneath an obstruction, this protection is lost.
@@kdwaynec It was not a comment. It was a question. The question mark at the end of the sentence is your clue.
It was mandated in 1998.
You don’t need to be so pissy about it.
A great way of re-going the last way of Jayne Mansfield. Very nicely done. Thank you for this video.
Scott, thank you for the detailed story with actual footage and pictures of the places they stopped at, before thus horrible death scene. Jayne Mansfield was a beautiful lady and a wonderful mother. May she R.I.P.
Why was she a wonderful mother?...she dumped their devoted father.
@Curbozer Boomer
And she didn't insist the driver slow down, even though it was carrying her most precious cargo ... her children and pets.
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 Brody should have told the driver so,too..
I loved seeing the old places, even seeing the tile. You matched up the old lights even! I love that stuff!!!, and you traced her entire last day. Well done!
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I was 10 yrs old when this happened. I remember reading about in the newspaper and seeing it on the evening news. What a tragedy.
I was 10 years old too :)
Well.. she almost died a month before this as well.. it all happened right after levay personally made her the high priestess in the church of Satan
I was a little younger than you but I remember it because my name is spelled just like hers
This report was so respectful and trusted, thank you . Everyone loves Mariska, don't know about the brothers, glad they are doing fine. So totally unnecessary accident, but I guess they all are.
Not only did Jayne take her children with her when she traveled for work, but she was also an animal lover and loyal pet owner. Such a tragic loss. 😢
You cannot compare the life of a child with the one of a dog…
@@nsw1992 what? I just said Jayne was obviously a wonderful mom and a wonderful pet mom as well. It’s not the same as a child, but for some people it’s very similar. What’s with the criticism here? Looks like you’re trolling.
No mention of the dogs, I wonder what happened to the them. I assume they were traveling with Jayne, in a crate.
@@nsw1992 You certainly can if you love 💕 that precious per as I love ❤️ my sweet Schnauzer ♥️♥️ i could not live without him. Men treated me horribly all my life, but he loves me unconditionally. To his his own.
@@nsw1992 She's not making a comparison, merely stating that Jayne Mansfield was an animal lover as I am. What's your problem?
Very interesting. Thank you for all the work in researching and presenting this. The tragic crash also led to the development of what was referred to as the “Mansfield bar” a safety device on the rear of trailers which were intended to prevent cars from running underneath the trailer in a collision
Ironically its doubtful that the bar they have now would have changed the results, most of them will fail when hit at those kinds of speeds especially by a 66 Electra which is not a light car
WOW!!! I've watched many documentaries and such about Jayne but seeing the last place she publicly visited, which is now only tiles and earth is a first. It's wonderful, a tragic story yes, but wonderful you put in effort to literally followed in her final footsteps. Thank you for letting that.
I live in Biloxi and I was a kid when this happened. My mom knew the Stevens as she use to go there, I have read the stories about the decapitation and that her last stop was at Gus Sevens. Your video shows new light on the account, thanks for sharing!
Wasitcountryroad
@@tommytompkins4564 Not really, back then it was the main highway on the gulf coast from Mobile to New Orleans know as Hwy 90 and still is used today. Hwy 90 was replaced by Interstate 10 that runs from Jacksonville FL. to California just as did Hwy 90 that was a two lane road i most parts.
I just commented above wondering about the hotel she stayed in. I was thinking it more likely the old Edgewater Hotel that was next door to the mall, demolished in the 70s to build the now gone Sears.
That car was going too fast and that boy did not know how to handle that Buick and back then they would run like a son of a gun you thought you was in an airplane on the ground one little iota and he lost control of that car and that was it😪😪😪😪🙏🙏🙏❤ Lord have mercy so sad
@@glennrishton5679 Sears is gone forever sad but true I'm from the south but not there now I've seen sears leave the old K&B drug stores everywhere I used to be in the south a lot of things stores have gone on the whole freds chain so many others the scenery everything a lot of nice things that were torn down for nothing that you will never see again poor Jane Mansfield and her family God bless them😪🙏❤
She was such a great talent and pure voice❤I still love hearing her every song makes you feel every word.
I always said hello to Jaynie, Sam, Ronnie, and the host of others, as I opened your FABULOUS museum!! I look forward to "until"...
Very sad how things can happen in a moment! Thank God that the children survived such horrific accident! The video was decent and of good taste and respectful!
Live every moment a though it's your last.
You never know when your chips will be cashed.
Thank you so much! Amazing. This answered every question I had about Jayne's death and more. Glad you have the car and are caring for it.... good people.
This car needs to be shown to the public, its historic now and must not be destroyed
I'm pretty sure it is. There's this place that show all the cars from what happened to famous people like Bonnie and Clyde's car was there riddled with bullets. James Dean's car all mangled up.
When he said "she had about 5 minutes of life left ahead of her" that gave me chills because I always think like that. What if we knew when we only had moments left to live. Esp when everything seems normal. Its a scary scary though
And a simple change of plan can be the cause.here in Dublin a family I knew ,neighbours ,were setting off on a,50 mile trip to close their holiday home for the winter. Parents and two kids in the car, ready for take off, then the husband got a brainwave, he would put a few wet Glass cloths out on the clothes line He went in rinsed the cloths and put them out. The ides was that it would deter anyone from breaking in if they saw cloths on the line, They had almost completed their journey and going over a sharp angled bridge that led into the town,when they met an articulated trailer,the cabin part negotiated the bridge but the trailer part swung around flattening their car. the husband was decapitated poor man,but mercifully would not have suffered, his wife suffered s broken arm ,the two kids escaped with minor injuries but it must have been horrific for them. They never showed any mental affect or elde were very good at hiding it, If only he had not gone back to hang out those two tea towels. they wouldn't have met that truck right on the bridge,if only,I knew the people well, a lovely family, poor truck driver he wasn't speeding.
She was 34 years old when the tragedy took place. Unbelievable. What a pretty girl she was?! Every time I would see her on TV she was always “bouncy”. She seem like a nice wife and mother.
Absolutely, Tragic.
She was divorced three times in 15 years. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@sludge8506 if you’re weren’t being an a-hole on purpose, you would get that back then, people got married fast alot of the time because it was considered inappropriate to be living together and having sex out of wedlock. Today people go through relationships without as much judgement because you can live together and date without being married and going through a divorce. Some times relationships don’t work. Why are you judging her for that 60 years later?? Her children and the people who knew her remember her as a good, loving woman. Go use your “call out” energy on someone who deserves it. Plenty of celebrities who did awful, evil things to criticize.
@@sludge8506 also the first person to appear nude in a post code film lol
@@redtra236 Didn’t know that.
I grew up in Metairie, LA not far from Slidell. My father worked as an insurance adjuster in downtown New Orleans. The accident happened when I was 7 years old. My father was the adjuster who took care of the case.
Hey Scott, first I just want to Thank you for all of the really great work that you and your team have done over the years bringing these stories of the …”Dearly Departed”, and others to the folks that would otherwise have no HONEST idea of how they died. There are a ton of folks out there trying to tell these stories in one way or another, but most are just cheap imitations of the truth. So THANK YOU!
Wow - a very high complement. I hope I keep up to the standard. The truth is too good, you don't have to make stuff up. But then, everyone loves a good story.
@@DearlyDepartedTours When you pop on, I pop right over.
Thank you for being such a good teacher and sharing your time with us.
Some folks think 'money' is everything= The most valuable things we have is TIME, GOOD HEALTH, GOOD BUDS,👈👉 (Family and friends)
Time is way more valuable than gold, cause when 'our time' is up, it's perminate lights out.
Stay safe, God Bless you & family & friends. 🤘👻💖
People still say she was decapitated when she wasn't.
Good story telling, learned a lot about this accident. I am surprised the car is still around.
we are reaching a time when people who would remember her are all gone.....
I recall seeing the carcass of a dog in photos next to the car immediately after the smashup, yet there was no mention at all. Comment?
I was 16 and I will never forget it. She was so beautuful, and it was so tragic. Life happens.
I had no idea who Jayne was before this video, but this entire incident is horrifying. It’s sobering how quickly our lives can be snuffed. I have a crazy but true story about my own car accident. This is the short(er) account, but it’s still a long read.
I was involved in a near fatal single car accident in 1993. I fell asleep at the wheel. At 55 mph, I veered off the road in between two traffic signal light poles, struck the second pole dead center on the license plate, shot upwards 13’11”, spun 180*, and dropped straight down.
To this day, I don’t remember the 3 hours of driving before the accident. I woke up just as I left the road. At 55 mph, the moment between waking up and the collision was almost instantaneous. While I can’t remember the few hours before the accident, I can recall in vivid detail everything between waking up to when I hit the pole.
Right as I opened my eyes, the car smashed a sandwich board sign for the cafe across the street. Then I saw the pole coming at me, and all I could think was, “Why is there a pole in the road?” That’s when I hit. I can still hear the sound of metal and glass being smashed and shattered all around me. And then…nothing. No bright lights, no noise, nothing but absolute silence.
Everyone who was on scene came to visit me during the three weeks I spent in two different hospitals. A nurse who was behind me on her way to work at the first hospital told me I didn’t have a pulse for five minutes. My dad, who I was following, saw everything unfold in his mirrors. The nurse told me she informed him I was dead. He jumped on the hood, ripped the windshield out, and yelled my name three times. On the third time, I snapped out of whatever I was stuck in.
From that moment, I remember everything else that happened. I told my dad I couldn’t breathe. He cut the seatbelt (1971 volvo and it only a lap belt) and I immediately began puking blood. The rest of the account become even more insane over the following three weeks, but generally when people hear everything, I’m told there’s no way it all happened. Since 04/03/93, my life has been one of the craziest roller coasters I’ve ever been on.
There’s so much that it overwhelms people and I’m told I have to be exaggerating everything. I’m in the process of writing a book, but I get overstimulated at times when I try to write everything down. I’m just thankful I’m still here.
GhostDrummer :: what is the ‘working title’ and will it be a vanity~printing ?
Driving while tired/exhausted is as dangerous as driving drunk; lucky you didn't kill yourself or someone else.
This should be a lesson to all.
@@codeblue2532 I honestly don’t know. At the moment I’ve begun adding what could be considered chapters to my blog page, but I haven’t published any just yet.
God. Bless you.
Thank you for taking us along the routes & locations in MS and for dispelling so many rumors surrounding the accident and her death.
She was a very beautiful woman and a great actress ! What a tragedy! Rest in Peace Jane Mansfield God keep your soul in his Heaven!!! And also the two other victims!!! Thank you for your very emotional video!!! A French Man ...
My mother and my sister were taking an elevator at a Miami Beach hotel the same time as Jayne Mansfield. They were so excited and later called to tell me how beautiful and friendly and lovely she was. They were so impressed with her and mentioned her often almost as if she had been a friend.
Great video, as always. Thanks for all bits of information. Such a sad story. RIP Ms Mansfield.
WOW!!!! I cannot believe this exact car still preserved
The biggest mistake made that night was allowing her daughter's fiancee to drive the car and nobody's talking about him. Why was he driving so fast, and why did Jayne put not only her life, but the lives of her young children, in the hands of a young, inexperienced, and reckless driver? I've been held captive in the passenger's seat with a young and careless driver many years ago and I have to tell you it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. I finally had enough and yelled at them to slow the BLEEP down as I braced for an imminent death. To think they might have lived full lives had Sam or Jayne been driving that night...
@@JAAB9296Yes, someone who saw the Buick that night said it was zooming down the highway "like a bolt of lightning", or basically really really fast. It doesn't matter what the speed limit is, 70MPH is too fast to be driving on a two lane highway, especially at 2AM and where there doesn't appear to be any street lamps. Even if there was a truck spraying insecticide (which has been debunked by the way), he should have slowed down to compensate for poor visibility. The accident is 100% Ron's fault.
Back then car headlights were weaker and truck rear lights small and ineffectual compared to modern vehicles which also now have big reflectors etc. Also modern trucks have been mandated to have a low crash bar on the back to prevent cars smashing right through underneath the truck which is how car passengers get killed and it happened a lot years ago. It might have been the actual Mansfield accident that caused that legislation to come into effect.
@@barrybarnes96 It was (the legislation) i believe,for a time they were called "Mansfield bars"
@@dntlss You are correct. In my experience they're still called Mansfield bars.
@Inquizition
Agreed; but why didn't she, as the mother with 3 young children and a crate of little dogs also in the car, demand that he slow down!?
I’ve seen photos of the crash and the bodies. Utterly horrific scene. Jayne took the full force of the crash resulting in the top of her head shearing off in the impact. Just tragic for those poor kids in the back seat of the car. RIP Jayne Mansfield 😢
Where did you see them? I’m morbidly curious. I’ve found the one of her but.. it’s really grainy and low quality. Maybe that’s how it is but I’m wondering if there are original copies somewhere.
@@idiotsandwich4912 I Found That One Too but Its bad quality
Excellent presentation,professionally done.Thanks for your attention to detail as well as setting the record straight regarding the circumstances involved in this tragic accident.
My man, I just want to tell you how much I truly appreciate your videos. You are so respectful and so detailed in the information that you share. You are a GREAT MAN and I THANK YOU!
I would really love to see you do a story about the brutal murder of drummer Jim Gordon's mother that ended up sending him to prison many years ago.
Thank you for this video. Love it for the concise, to-the-point details, the research and documents/images, presented.
I didn't realise she was so young at the time of her death. May she rest in peace.
Scott, you are, hands down, the best and most thorough channel when it comes to
Hollywood history and folklore. You don’t leave a single thing out of your research and the retelling of facts about all the movers and shakers. I’ve been a big fan of yours since forever. Thanks so much for sharing your longstanding passion for Hollywood and beyond.
I recall the news story when this happened. They claimed they ran into a dense fog patch - not a word about a fogger truck. I remember that clearly. With all those lawsuits flying around, I'm not surprised the story kept changing. The wrecked car has survived longer than Jane lived.
I had heard that the fogger truck produced a dense cloud that caused the accident. This video corrected that.
I love Mariska Hargitay it was tragic what happened to her mother and her boyfriend and lawyer. God bless all those who were affected by this tragedy. Mariska Hargitay is now a great actress she is gorgeous just like her momma. I love her mother's movies and she had a beautiful voice. #flyhigh Jane and all who perished in that horrible accident.
My buddy owned a house on Orange street in Hollywood in the 80's. His next door neighbor was one of Jaynes sons. He had giant tortoises living in his yard.
I can't remember the Police Show on TV she was on.
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The picture of Jayne looks like her daughter.
Excellent as usual! Thanks for all your hard work to bring us facts and photos.
Her death has always made me really sad. It's really unfair that she died the way she did.
How morbid.. IDK why people are so facinated by
the horrible tragic deaths of the famous .
There is never any "fairness" in the way someone dies. Wrong word to use as fairness implies something that would have been kinder, or good, or better. It would be far more correct to say it was tragic the way she died, because it was tragic.
@Meg, life isn’t fair, and as soon as people understand that, the world will make alot more sense. The youth have their heads filled with so much garbage, giving them promises concerning life that they will discover is only an illusion once they graduate from their schooling and enter the work force. This whole C0mmunist Iie of “equity”, NOT EQUALITY, meaning they want equal outcomes for all humanity, rather than EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES & EQUAL RIGHTS to succeed in life. Never mind that under C0mmunism/s0ciaIism the regular citizens all become EQUALLY POOR, while their govt leaders get filthy rich. Nothing in nature works “equitably”, and nothing ever will. Success comes through hard work and diligence, as evidenced over and over by the children who grew up impoverished and they put all their effort in their education, and they go on to become very successful, because they put in the hard work. The govt would like for everyone to see themselves as “0ppressed victims”, because people who are told they can never be successful because the cards are stacked against them, will never try to be successful, because they believe the self-fulfilling prophecy others have made against them, namely the govt and govt institutions. The ideal citizen for the govt is one who is solely dependent on the govt for their food, housing, and income, so that they are essentially govt controIIed sIaves who have no rights to choose for themselves where they live, what they consume, or what to buy with their money, because they’re relying on the govt for all their needs, and if they don’t behave like their govt tells them to, they will be shut off from access to any of the basic necessities of life. That’s why a portion of Americans are already indentured sIaves, forced to live in public housing because the govt is providing it, who hoIIer “bIack Iives matter”, but apparently not to the govt, because if so they would be aimed at reducing bIack-on-bIack crime, but they’re not. Instead, they target the guns for eradication, similar to someone blaming ice cream for their 0besity, as if the ice cream got out of the freezer and attacked their mouth all by itself. They don’t give 2 $hitz about ANY of the people, regardless of ethnicity. Humans are nothing but objects to be used, and discarded when they’re of no more use. If people look at the history of the Dem0cratic party, they would see these Ieftist poIiticians are the true r@cists, the Ieft keep the issue of r@ce aIive, to keep the citizens arguing against each other, instead of paying attention to the sIave system the govt is building for ALL PEOPLE, regardless of their ethnicity. If the govt truly had the best interest of the people in mind, it would have STOPPED the C0v l9 💉n-jekshun over a year ago, after it had kiIIed only thousands, and not MILLIONS like it has by now. Furthermore, they wouldn’t have attempted to take people’s bodily autonomy away from them and broke the lnternational Nur€mburg c0de by forcing people to take an 💉that, we know now from the records received concerning the cIinicaI triaIs that was actually never tested properly, thus lnformed c0nsent was not given because it’s impossible to know the risks of something that HAS NOT been tested on peopIe, EVER, which is the same thing that kiIIed all the animaIs rN-A 💉were tested on. Two years later, and thousands of research hours later, we know the 💉kiII people, and they knew it before they unleashed it on the public. Now they’re giving the kiII 💉to infants and young chiIdren, under EM€RGENCY U$E, at a time when the C0v restricti0ns are being removed around the world, so there is NO EM€RGENCY that exists! And people don’t even blink an eye at that contradiction, an €mergency that doesn’t exist currently, that’s being used to put the kiII sh0ts in the future of humanity, our children, for something that didn’t effect children enough to be considered a danger because they lack the Ace 2 receptors, and the human g€n0me will be changed, and all GM0 is able to be patented and owned. The intent is for them to have made human beings extinct by the end of the decade, creating bioIogicaI/A.l. h¥brids using g€ne €diting technoIogy that would have made HitIer green with envy. The radical Ieft can now target gen0mes for extinction, using Cr!spr to create ethn!c specific bioIogicaI weap0ns, thus enabling them to create what they would consider the “perfect” r@ce, because the Dem0cratic SociaIists are the ne0-NAZl’s, right in line with HitIer, also a SociaIist. The goal of sociaIism IS ALWAYS c0mmunism. There is NO HOPE for future generations if our Blessed Hope, Jesus Christ, doesn’t hasten the time to His return, because He says NO FLESH will remain alive unless He returns to deliver His eIect from the time of testing, the wr@th of the Lamb of YHVH, Jesus Christ, and the rule of the Antichrist who demands you take his m@rk, and bow to him and his image, or you will be behe@ded, which is certainly going to be a test of humanity in their last chance to come to repentance and trust on Christ as their Lord and Savior. YHVH is sending a world wide altar call, saying repent and beIieve the gospel of Christ, but few people are hearing Him. Jesus Christ is our only way out of this eviI that’s consuming mankind. I notice an increase in occuIt symbols in places that are not related to each other, and think “Is it coincidence that the same occuIt symbology is being seen everywhere?”. And the Holy Spirit reminded me that those who worship the b€ast and take his m@Rk are operating under the same spirit as Satan, the spirit of antichrist, which has always been here, like 1 John says, but now it’s manifesting itself in the physical world, on a larger scale than I’ve witnessed before, as the ungodly haters of Christ grow more eviI in their attempts to g€neticaIIy m0dify all the creation of YHVH, so they can patent and own the very things Christ spoke into existence, and the humans He created in His own image. They’re not content with 1% owning the majority of earth’s riches. They want it ALL, including their desire to m0dify and own people, because ReveIation 18 lists among the items to be bought and soId, the “souIs of men”.
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And you're here because... why?
@@kimberlyjohnson1371 And yet, here you are watching a “morbid, horrible, tragic death of a famous person”.
Excellent video as always , Scott !! I'm so sad that you closed your tour forever before I had a chance to take it.
Great job for covering this event
Wow, Scott. You caught even more history (the radio broadcast). Thanks for sharing - great content as always!
Cut the idiotic WOW!
Thank you Scott I love your detailed accounts along with the actual locations- You bring it home for us when we can’t go👍🏼 I’m intrigued by the until………
The old, obscure pieces of history surrounding the event (like the pink tiles and the light-pole) are fascinating and I hope you continue to highlight them. Great video!
Subbed and liked!
Well.. she almost died a month before that as well.. right after levay made her the high priestess in the church of Satan.. everyone forgets she was satanic
That the car wreck still exists, is amazing. Dazzling Jayne, the all American girl as the ultimate Barbie doll, is not forgotten in 2022. Without and before the Internet, Jayne was all but forgotten, at last here in Germany. "Death can be a brilliant career move" (Author Eve Golden) Marilyn was resurrecting in thousands of books and TV documentaries. Sometimes I now think Jayne is remembered being the queen bee mother of the babyboomers in the summer of love. And because of her daughter Mariska.
You must know zero about her actual life. She, most certainly, was not an “All American Girl”! What a bizarre statement! She died a death, that frequently comes with that type of life.
You seem to be an educated and sophisticated person.Are quoting Billy Graham who is reported to have said that her cruel death was a direct punishment from God? Her break was in a play about someone selling his soul to the devil: WILL SUCCES SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? Her role model was Joan of Arc, Funny Hill, Blanche du Bois....I have been studying Vera Jayne Peers aka Palmers story for more than half a century, since April 1967, orvatbleast since 1986, spending a fortune to get all the information...
Her last quote was: Because everybody is playing my life like FAUST. Okay, Her life was a cautionary tale. But to whom? To us.
Thank you for this video Scott. Even the simple little things mean so much to the story. This is history and people should appreciate it. RIP Jayne. Great video Scott. You need to do another film like 6 degrees of HS.
Yet another awesome video... Thanks for what you do, Scott! 😃
Thank you Scott. Rest In Peace to those lost, and thankfully the children were spared.
Yes thank you Scott ! I am glad the children were spared !! I do know June younger son Tony .. for many years .. we use to work together… He sure looks like his Mom very good looking and well mannered and soft-spoken man .
@@virginiamagana9415 Didn't realize that woman on "Law and Order'" was related to Jane Mansfield. Thought Jane Mansfield was a blonde.
@@jimbo43ohara51 yes her son Tony has what they call dirty blonde color hair!….Her children are very attractive! ( Jane)
@@jimbo43ohara51 it’s her daughter 🤷♀️and the hair was bleached lots 🤷♀️🥸🥸
I've said this before but 2019 was a dream come true for me, after year's of being a fan, I was extremely lucky to see the museum and to see the car I've read so much about in person. Whenever you're ready to open up again and/or do tours, I'll be on my way. Thank you for all your hard work Scott, can't wait to see you again💕 Also, thank you BTS for bringing me back to LA lol I was seeing them at the rose bowl later that day, the museum had to be my first stop. RIP Jayne
Your narration was excellent and the facts you present make sense. Thank you for sharing this interesting and tragic story.
Again, speed & not paying attention, even possibly fatigue take their toll & lives are lost. It happens every day and all over the world to millions of people. We've all experienced that terrible combination, most of us in much smaller doses & survived that heart stopping moment. For us though it hopefully never becomes literal.
The fact that it was Jayne and her friends is truly no more heartbreaking than anyone else dying in these circumstances. The children surviving and being asleep when it happened is the truly amazing part. Not seeing the aftermath is the gift. Still having a surviving parent is the other gift. She was marvelous, beautiful, funny, talented and a good mom as well as a devoted animal lover and if it's to be believed a lovely warm person & friend. That's the gift she gave to us. Great video, thanks!👍💖🇦🇺
Scott, you are definitely a great location detective and evidence finder. Fascinating as usual.
Thank you for bringing attention to the truth about the death of Jayne Mansfield. Such a tragedy for Jayne to lose her life at a young age and especially for her children to lose their mother. Very sad that when these sort of event occur that the sensational fabrications and untruths take presidents over the reality and the respect of the departed. I am glad that your videos contain content that is researched and that the items you have collected are shown in a manner that allow the truth to be told and for lessons to be learned. All the best.
I read up about this a few years ago, and the details are really grim. The official cause of death was a "cranial evulsion". An evulsion injury is when something literally gets torn or ripped away. So she wasn't actually decapitated. Her cranium from her eyebrows upwards was torn away from the top of her head.
Interestingly, it was that accident that resulted in a certain metal bar to be fitted on the back of all trucks to prevent vehicles going underneath the rear of a truck. All trucks have them, and they're known as Mansfield Bars.
Crushed skull with avulsion of cranium and brain.
The Mansfield bar was mandated in 1998.
My dad was a trucker they called those bars the death bar, they dont work too good