Wild Bill Hickok's Assassin: Exhumed, with the Noose Still Around His Neck.

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    John "Jack" McCall, also known as "Crooked Nose" or "Broken Nose Jack", was the murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok. McCall shot Hickok from behind as he played poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, on August 2, 1876. McCall was executed for the murder on March 1, 1877.
    Most interestedly, Jack McCall was initially buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Yankton County, South Dakota, a cemetery which was moved in 1881. When McCall's body was exhumed, it was found to have the hangman's noose still around his neck.
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Комментарии • 858

  • @edzamper5803
    @edzamper5803 6 месяцев назад +7

    Must suck being called a coward, that it is actually true, and that you still have the damn noose around your neck as an eternal reminder of your deed.

  • @agnetha2012
    @agnetha2012 Год назад +42

    Thank you for doing this video. I took my kids to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore and we stayed a night in Deadwood at the Bullock Hotel. It was a fantastic experience. We also visited the graves of Wild Bill, Calamity Jane and Bullock himself. I wish I had done more research so that I could visit this grave that you highlight. And if you are up for a spooky night, stay at the Bullock Hotel. It is definitely haunted.

  • @lillypad9960
    @lillypad9960 Год назад +56

    Fantabulous!!! A piece of history proven by the hangman's noose. How awesome. A criminal punished and the evidence of his death to take him into infinity. Ron, imagine what we'd find if we could do more digging. Blessings from Michigan.

  • @vieramorris5861
    @vieramorris5861 Год назад +23

    I was in South Dakota some year's ago and knew the story of Wild Bill getting shot in the back of the head and what later happened to his killer but didn't know he was buried with the noose around his neck. Very fitting

    • @ludicrous7044
      @ludicrous7044 4 месяца назад

      He wasn't -It was for the newspapers!!

  • @tracysmith3076
    @tracysmith3076 Год назад +150

    Heck yeah!! I love how this turned out. I've heard about him before, but didn't know he was buried with the rope still around his neck. Thanks Ron!! ❤

  • @jeanlawson9133
    @jeanlawson9133 Год назад +7

    Never sit with your back to the door.... AIN'T IT JUST AIN'T IT 😜 lols...

  • @Oldnoitall
    @Oldnoitall Год назад +51

    I say, bring the hangman’s noose back in front of courthouse steps !! some cases !!crime for drop very rapidly. !! Thanks a lot Ron.

  • @neilouellette3004
    @neilouellette3004 Год назад +49

    This guy should be on TV or radio. He has the knack for it. Great historical fact I enjoyed watching.

    • @projectdesign4675
      @projectdesign4675 5 месяцев назад +1

      I was thinking the opposite. He tells a cranky fumbling/halting story....a horrible narrator!

    • @Firstlastfirst-n3c
      @Firstlastfirst-n3c 12 дней назад

      Or maybe a podcast that would be pretty awesome

  • @patrickporter6536
    @patrickporter6536 Год назад +57

    The guy in the photo was never exhumed. This must have been taken before he was buried

    • @michaelbell7244
      @michaelbell7244 9 месяцев назад +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @user-xh3lz9xt4l
      @user-xh3lz9xt4l 8 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@michaelbell7244from listening to the commentary of seems he was exhumed years ago when his grave was moved along with his fellow deceased.

    • @nunyabuziness8421
      @nunyabuziness8421 7 месяцев назад +7

      Yeah no kidding genius that was after he was hanged when that picture was taken there's no picture of him after he was exhumed😂

    • @PolybiusTheBlue
      @PolybiusTheBlue 7 месяцев назад +7

      Great work Sherlock! You solved a mystery that wasn't even a mystery. The video isn't captioned "Here's a photo of a body after being exhumed."
      You should become a detective man.

    • @user-xh3lz9xt4l
      @user-xh3lz9xt4l 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@PolybiusTheBlue thank you no. I am Inspector of Taxes ,or in US an IRS inspector

  • @leticiareynoso8513
    @leticiareynoso8513 Год назад +37

    Thank you, Ron! May the noose serve as an eternal reminder of his cowardly acts and life!

    • @bobjones2460
      @bobjones2460 Год назад +5

      I'll bet he's got it around his neck in the afterlife like Jacob Marley with the chains.

    • @bluu7964
      @bluu7964 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@bobjones2460 note the marker around his name is a rope

    • @stevensmall9398
      @stevensmall9398 3 дня назад

      ​@@bluu7964Great catch. Usually I notice stuff like that.

  • @GroovyGranny2233
    @GroovyGranny2233 Год назад +12

    My love of cemeteries came from visiting Wild Bill’s grave in Deadwood when I was about 8 years old. Thanks Ron! Love this one.
    Rock Chalk 😊

  • @pamsmith6404
    @pamsmith6404 Год назад +99

    What a story! I am not familiar with too many Wild West stories but you have a great way of telling them! I'm 72 and still learning stuff from your channel

    • @DH-cj7nm
      @DH-cj7nm Год назад +4

      The show deadwood tells Wild Bill's story. It's really a well done show in my opinion it's the best show ever made.

    • @user-nl3rx4ol4g
      @user-nl3rx4ol4g Год назад

      ​@@DH-cj7nmkh

  • @marymahaffey4618
    @marymahaffey4618 Год назад +58

    I love hearing and learning about the old days in the 1700s and 1800s and early 1900s... love this history lesson from you Ron...great video sir.... be careful and stay safe where ever you go ! Take care Ron ☺️💖😊🎉🎊🎊🎉🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @robindykeman8404
    @robindykeman8404 Год назад +31

    Looks like the noose surrounds his name now, interesting. Always love your stories Ron. Safe travels.

  • @flocosta
    @flocosta Год назад +98

    Wow, that is so interesting! I had no idea that they buried convicts still wearing the noose around their necks. They really showed no mercy in those days, BUT!! Some people don't deserve any mercy. This is one of those people. Thank's Ron. Great video!!

    • @meatavoreNana
      @meatavoreNana Год назад +11

      Men those days ,wouldn't be seen dead without a tie😅

    • @Drew-bc7zj
      @Drew-bc7zj Год назад +4

      @@meatavoreNana LOL 👍

    • @jedclampett6466
      @jedclampett6466 Год назад +3

      Been happening at Guantanamo Bay and Guam for quite some time now. Treason has consequences.

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 Год назад

      ​@@meatavoreNanathey should've buried him with the murder weapon too

    • @bobjones2460
      @bobjones2460 Год назад

      @@jedclampett6466You're misusing the term 'treason'. Those at Gitmo are suspected terrorists, many of whom were innocent. They aren't US citizens Treason is betrayal of one's own country.

  • @hollyb.3615
    @hollyb.3615 Год назад +25

    I'm glad you covered this story, Ron , it didn't glamorize this man at all , this is part of the history of the to old West and it's all rather fascinating to hear about. I wonder if other executed criminals were buried with their noose still around their neck ? I would imagine it was highly likely.

    • @junaid-fp9wz
      @junaid-fp9wz Год назад +2

      I wonder what is happening in the graves of those in the wild west who massacred the Apaches and Indians and stole their land and property.

  • @tommywood343
    @tommywood343 Год назад +9

    I love the old western cowboy story's. Thank you Ron for this real history. Have a great day

  • @missbenjamin3610
    @missbenjamin3610 Год назад +8

    Thank God for his friends who encouraged him to leave town, cos it's quite upsetting to know he actually wasn't found guilty for daylight murder, literally.

  • @cazkellie
    @cazkellie Год назад +18

    Love hearing stories from way back then❤

    • @puppy2haley
      @puppy2haley Месяц назад +1

      I do, too!! If you like to watch channels on mostly guys who hike canyons in the 4 corner areas (searching for native ruins) you might enjoy The Desert Drifter & THE POV channel. There’s lots of other channels like this, also. Love Ron’s channel. Walking thru old graveyards fascinates me! Ron tells the best stories!! 👍❤️

  • @rogersmith4834
    @rogersmith4834 Год назад +35

    Thank you for historical corrections I needed. I didn't know Jack made it to Yankton. I was told the minute he shot Wild Bill, he was angrily grabbed up by a mob, taken to a quickly-convened court, immediately found guilty, and hung, all right there in Deadwood. That telling did include him buried with the noose in place, but your finding Jack in Yankton serves to correct legend and establish history. Another of your great ones.

  • @robbylake3784
    @robbylake3784 Год назад +34

    Thank you for sharing the story. I'm from South Dakota and I just learned more about this history. Thanks Ron.

    • @omgbarth
      @omgbarth Год назад +2

      My mother is from SD, too. Yankton, but to be more precise, she grew up on a farm north of Yankton in Utica.

    • @ginabarrows2454
      @ginabarrows2454 Год назад +1

      I am from this area too. I dont live far from yankton.

    • @robbylake3784
      @robbylake3784 Год назад

      @@omgbarth I'm not from Yankton, but I have been there before. Years and years ago.

  • @debbiebrantley61
    @debbiebrantley61 Год назад +5

    The HBO show Deadwood did a great job telling this story.I highly recommend that show

  • @kevinwoodson8909
    @kevinwoodson8909 Год назад +7

    That bizarre never seen that but I've never exhumed anyone either

  • @Mistersandyrobertson
    @Mistersandyrobertson Год назад +15

    I love when unmarked graves are restored. In the 1980s myself and a friend arranged a stone for the grave of vampire expert and scholar of gothic literature the Rev Montague Summers which had been unmarked for over 40 years since his death in Richmond, London UK. I hope more people get interested in this kind of thing. As I am fascinated by Wild Bill this was a great watch, so thank you.

    • @user-en2sk3bz8t
      @user-en2sk3bz8t Год назад

      ⁰0qq0

    • @Mistersandyrobertson
      @Mistersandyrobertson Год назад +2

      ​@@user-en2sk3bz8tNo idea what your reply means, but thanks!

    • @wooliewilliams587
      @wooliewilliams587 Год назад +3

      Wow, where's his resting spot? Planning to visit our capital soon.

    • @Mistersandyrobertson
      @Mistersandyrobertson Год назад

      @@wooliewilliams587 Richmond Cemetery. Google his grave and there should be pictures.

  • @mhart62
    @mhart62 Год назад +7

    Cool! I live down the road from Yankton. I had no idea.

    • @omgbarth
      @omgbarth Год назад +2

      My mother grew up on a farm in Utica! 😁

  • @sachah2400
    @sachah2400 Год назад +10

    The coffin photo is the original buried photo on his death. This is not the exhumed photo.

    • @kevincourtney7312
      @kevincourtney7312 4 месяца назад +2

      He wouldn't have looked quite as fresh....

    • @cliffordbowman6777
      @cliffordbowman6777 4 месяца назад

      According to what source ? A crooked ass greedy undertaker. People were as rotten then as they are now.

  • @omgbarth
    @omgbarth Год назад +32

    WOOhOOOO you’re in my mom’s home town!! We’ve walked that cemetery so many times and could never find his grave! Great video! ❤

  • @frankmarullo228
    @frankmarullo228 Год назад +7

    Good video Ron , ( very good video my friend ) I live in eastern montana and go to sturgis , deadwood my. Rushmore every year at least once. Thank you for this one , along with all your other ones. FRANK from montana.......

    • @puppy2haley
      @puppy2haley Месяц назад

      Bet you ride a big motorcycle to Sturgis???! 👍👍🤗

  • @BETH..._...
    @BETH..._... Год назад +12

    Look forward to your content- great stuff!

  • @dawnprochilo8084
    @dawnprochilo8084 Год назад +26

    Thanks for sharing this story Ron. I never really knew the whole story. Very interesting. Take care, be safe.

    • @johnmarkmcintyre4204
      @johnmarkmcintyre4204 Год назад

      Obviously the center of attention in the photo of the corpse is the presence of the noose, but did you notice that his nose didn’t appear particularly crooked?

  • @Mszahnclass95
    @Mszahnclass95 6 месяцев назад +2

    Have off work today an now relaxin going down the rabbit hole watching all the wild wild West outlaws on your channel .years ago ,here in Wisconsin had a little town ,that put on a re reenactment of wild bill .Thanks for sharing these wonderful an exciting stories .

  • @kevinwoodson8909
    @kevinwoodson8909 Год назад +17

    Love your channel sir

  • @bradhurd6097
    @bradhurd6097 Год назад +12

    Great story. I never get tired of listening to the same stories, sometimes I can pick up something new. This story reminds me of Jack Slade whose story is covered in a book titled "Death of a Gunfighter: The Quest for Jack Slade, The West's Most Elusive Legend" by Dan Rottenberg.

    • @YEMURAIMoses
      @YEMURAIMoses Год назад

      😅 13:03 8

    • @jasper3127
      @jasper3127 Год назад +1

      He seems like he was an outlaw for sure and those who investigated would probably make him sound worse than he was, people seem to like to exaggerate the negative. Who really knows for sure, but it would seem karma caught up with him, from what we've been told anyhow.

  • @johno30197
    @johno30197 Год назад +9

    Allway's interesting when we go down this old wild-west route wild bill hickok's was legendary thank's mate for sharing....

  • @jessiefrye3045
    @jessiefrye3045 Год назад +7

    My sweet Daughter in law is a Yankton Sioux ♥

  • @shirleyashanti3031
    @shirleyashanti3031 Год назад +5

    Wow! Fascinating segment. Knew about that 2nd trial from legal history classes, but nothing said about that noose. Gosh, they didn't play back then. Had to be a big story with a 25 cent price on that newspaper with Sitting Bull too. Thanks for another great tale. Beautiful cemetery.

  • @PR-BEACHBOY
    @PR-BEACHBOY Год назад +2

    I lived in Yankton for 10 years during my college days. I graduated from Yankton College which is now a minimum security Federal Prison Camp after closing as a school in 1984. Later the BOP purchased the property and converted it to the prison that exists today.
    When I first arrived in Yankton in the late summer of 1970, there was a small brass plate on the side of the Gurney Hotel that commemorated the site in downtown Yankton where the hanging of Blackjack McCall took place!
    I don’t know if that plaque is still there but I’ll check for it the next time I’m in town for a college reunion.

  • @cathysummers7558
    @cathysummers7558 Год назад +18

    Indeed odd seeing a man dead with a noose around his neck! Never heard of this story but very interesting! ❤️🇺🇸

  • @FOXBAT321
    @FOXBAT321 Год назад +5

    What a interesting one. Thank you Ron.

  • @SPOOKIESPOOKSANGELSEXPLOREWITH
    @SPOOKIESPOOKSANGELSEXPLOREWITH Год назад +2

    ❤Interesting material....keep moving forward!

  • @harley2279
    @harley2279 Год назад +7

    Notice the rope design around his engraving..on purpose?...

  • @cheryld5052
    @cheryld5052 Год назад +6

    Great story and fantastic photo find!! Love seeing these old stories come to life.

  • @Bigjess777
    @Bigjess777 Год назад +5

    Interesting facts I didn’t know thanks , I learned something new 👍

  • @yada-yadadragon1947
    @yada-yadadragon1947 Год назад +4

    I find it interesting that the boarder on the headstone is a rope pattern. I wonder if it's a dig at McCall.

  • @andrewduckworth4720
    @andrewduckworth4720 Год назад +4

    Awesome video Ron and a really fascinating story

  • @Kristen130
    @Kristen130 Год назад +7

    I like your shows. Do you have any on South Dakota Pioneers?

  • @karinmurry90
    @karinmurry90 Год назад +18

    A great story of frontier justice! Thanks Ron

  • @lanacampbell-moore6686
    @lanacampbell-moore6686 Год назад +7

    Thanks Ron ❤

  • @monicalitman1396
    @monicalitman1396 Год назад +6

    Another great story Ron. The noose is just an interesting fact. Thank you ❤

  • @elissarn8529
    @elissarn8529 Год назад +4

    It's interesting how the design around the words on the front of his tombstone has a rope pattern!

  • @WilliamD.Hazlett-cr4gm
    @WilliamD.Hazlett-cr4gm Год назад +5

    Its strange (funny) that Jacks epitaph is bordered by a rope frame...

  • @margaretcorriher1000
    @margaretcorriher1000 Год назад +7

    Great history lesson. I love these walks. Truly enjoyed it. 😊

  • @aliciabrewer9444
    @aliciabrewer9444 Год назад +7

    Very interesting and intriguing story Ron. I love hearing about stories of the Wild West and pioneer days. Glad you shared this story with us Ron… Stay safe out there on your journeys.🙂💟

  • @donotworryaboutit5592
    @donotworryaboutit5592 Год назад +4

    Never heard of him. I love it.this showed up randomly in my news feed... new sub.

    • @redrooster1908
      @redrooster1908 Год назад

      Me too, a fairly new sub. Love this channel's content!!!😊

  • @user-pl2ix9rm1m
    @user-pl2ix9rm1m Год назад +3

    That was fascinating! Much appreciated, thank you.

  • @lallen6477
    @lallen6477 Год назад +7

    I Enjoy your videos you have a keen ability to this 🪦⚰️area of 🎥videography. You have shared some of theses peoples lives 😢to many You Tubers as we forget over time the stories and tribulations these people endured. Nowadays it’s important that we remember our past. This video on McCall I found interesting. I heard of the story but didn’t know his name or the last part about the exhuming. Love how you show us pictures when you can and all the 👏hard work you put into it.👍🏽 take care of yourself and watch out for the holes from 🐾gophers and other critters at those cemeteries.

  • @lorenmckeever5673
    @lorenmckeever5673 10 месяцев назад +2

    From the looks of it they just chucked him in the box

  • @jessicaboisvert3138
    @jessicaboisvert3138 Год назад +6

    Wonderful story Ron, thanks for sharing this I always enjoy the stories that you have done.

  • @alandralle3513
    @alandralle3513 Год назад +6

    Amazing work. Keep doing what you do sir!!

  • @dawntaylor239
    @dawntaylor239 Год назад +4

    That was pretty cool.

  • @basiljaff2403
    @basiljaff2403 Год назад +4

    Hi there,
    I watched his movie last week . I thank you hugely for this video. Your presentation is fantastic. Yet, I am waiting for the black bart story. I heard, he was a good poet.. God bless you abundantly

  • @letitbesummer6536
    @letitbesummer6536 Год назад +5

    About to watch your video and am excited to see it. That’s an absolutely fascinating story Ron! I was in the salon, saw the whole thing in my head. The rope still being around his neck really brings the story to life, to the present moment. I’m sure I’m. It the only one, but almost every time I watch one of your videos, I’m off to google to get more information, or put a book on my book list; even though I’ll never get to them all. Amazing Ron, thanks.

  • @redrooster1908
    @redrooster1908 4 месяца назад +1

    One million views and counting! Great content, Ron❤

  • @ivonebergmann5797
    @ivonebergmann5797 Год назад +6

    Boa tarde obrigada pela historia de vida Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🌟🌹🌟🌹🌟🌹🌟🌹🌟

  • @eric2685
    @eric2685 Год назад +17

    Interesting history . What an ungrateful man , when Wild Bill had tried to help him out . I noticed this was the same year as the Little Bighorn debacle , with Custer and the 7th Cavalry getting turned over by the Sioux and Cheyenne .

  • @riccoitalian
    @riccoitalian Год назад +4

    "Justice Served!"

  • @ryanpatrick6582
    @ryanpatrick6582 Год назад +4

    Very interesting stuff as always.thanks dude🤘🏻

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill Год назад +2

    The Wild West has amazing stories. Thank you for sharing this one with us.

  • @daphnehinds5581
    @daphnehinds5581 Год назад +3

    Thank you, Ron. Great video as always! ❤

  • @jeffdavis7376
    @jeffdavis7376 Год назад +4

    Ron another fantastic vlog as always! One of the reasons why when I go up to a blackjack table I am sober and got my wits together so I can show whats going on, keep up the good work, been a subscriber since you started

  • @marykingsley508
    @marykingsley508 Год назад +4

    Loved this story thank you for sharing nobody tells a story like you❤

  • @gerf1023
    @gerf1023 Год назад +29

    As usual, great story Ron. Maybe you mentioned it, if you did I missed it. What year did they exhume his coffin? The body seems well preserved if he had been buried for a number of years. Or perhaps that was a picture taken before he was buried the first time?

    • @seerstone8982
      @seerstone8982 Год назад +5

      I doubt that he was embalmed, so this pic was probably shortly after the hanging.

    • @nancycurtis488
      @nancycurtis488 Год назад +2

      @@seerstone8982I am not sure what year this happened but embalming became common during the 1860’s of the Civil War years so Jack McCall could very easily been embalmed.

    • @johno30197
      @johno30197 Год назад

      GREAT STORY TELLER.. ALL CAPS

    • @l.plantagenet
      @l.plantagenet Год назад +1

      ​@@nancycurtis488if he still had the noose around his neck they probably didn't embalm him.

    • @sachah2400
      @sachah2400 Год назад

      The photo was taken just before he was buried. Same day as the hanging.

  • @nonamesplease6288
    @nonamesplease6288 Год назад +37

    These stories are better than fiction. Honestly, you can't write this kind of ripping yarn and have it turn out as outlandish as reality.
    All the world's a stage, after all.

  • @ashleysandersxo
    @ashleysandersxo Год назад +3

    Always have loved your videos! I’ve been binge watching your videos to get me through the work day every day this week. 👍🏼

  • @jadehathaway4336
    @jadehathaway4336 Год назад +4

    Somewhere from up above Wild Bill Hickok must have been smiling saying good he had that one coming now I can rest in peace

  • @amandapanda7878
    @amandapanda7878 Год назад +4

    hi ron!

  • @krisroberts7509
    @krisroberts7509 5 месяцев назад +1

    That’s my ancestor. My mother’s last name is McCall. We have the family tree going back all the way to the mayflower. John “Jack” McCall or Crooked Nose Jack as he was called, is on that tree. A lot of us ended up in Fresno California, Texas and Tennessee from what I know.

  • @czechmate6916
    @czechmate6916 Год назад +2

    I learn something new here again. Thanks for the info 👍👍

  • @HistoriFairy
    @HistoriFairy 3 месяца назад

    Great video! Just recently found your channel and have been watching it ever since. Love the fascinating topics, and your storytelling is superb! ❤

  • @p83otfan
    @p83otfan Год назад +17

    This photo was most likely taken from his first burial, because he wouldn’t have been hung in those clothes. The rope may or may not be authentic but if the undertaker had the presence to take a photo, he had the presence of mind to add the rope. Probably sold the pictures as post cards.

  • @lisacooper3991
    @lisacooper3991 Год назад +2

    Hey Ron, wow.. another great history story. Thanks for the pictures, they were cool to see. So enjoyable watching n listening to ur videos.. hope u have a blessed day.. hey from South Carolina.. Aynor..

  • @JuniorWarrior4Christ
    @JuniorWarrior4Christ Год назад +3

    I’m glad I subscribed to his channel . I don’t like missing a story

  • @4WorldPeace2
    @4WorldPeace2 Год назад +4

    There appears to be only 4 turns on Jack McCall's hangman's noose.
    I always thought that a proper executener's noose had 13 turns, especially from a scaffold and not from a saddle to a tree branch.
    Jack is still grave yard dead, but isn't there a standard hangman's noose?
    Was there a rope shortage at the time?

    • @nicholasmckenzie1075
      @nicholasmckenzie1075 5 месяцев назад

      A noose needed a certain thickness to cause neck to break. The 13 loops is just a myth. When hanging was standardized by the government as execution, they used a 1" rope and 12" of knot. Fall had to be at least 7' and they were weighed beforehand so the drop height was accurate

  • @dakotanevada86
    @dakotanevada86 Год назад +10

    Thank you for this video, Ron. As a first cousin (many times removed) of Wild Bill, I didn't realize that horrible murderer is buried in Yankton. I go to Deadwood at least once a year to visit my Bill's grave. Also good ole Calamity. I've gone thru Yankton many times,. I better not go to that grave if you know what I mean LOL. Love your videos. Always look forward to the next. You're the greatest. I mean it. Have you been to Mount Moriah in Deadwood?

    • @FacesoftheForgotten
      @FacesoftheForgotten  Год назад +4

      yes, I went to Mt Moriah, stay tuned for my story there, and it's not the usual people that the tourists go to see. 2 Sundays from now

    • @dakotanevada86
      @dakotanevada86 Год назад

      @@FacesoftheForgotten Absolutely can't wait.. Thank you, Ron. xxxxx

  • @Steve-Cross
    @Steve-Cross Год назад +6

    Of course he's got peace. He is dead. Wild Bill, wasn't an angel either. Just saying.

  • @CMG78
    @CMG78 Год назад +1

    Love that rope pattern on the marker a beautiful insult considering that noose

  • @xenu-dark-tony
    @xenu-dark-tony 5 месяцев назад

    Extraordinary! The social history of America is endlessly fascinating to me, even as a British national living in the UK. I've been lucky to travel all over the country, and lived in NYC for a couple of years, but the West is the bit I find most absorbing. Europeans heading west across unknown and sometimes impossible terrain in intolerably hot or cold weather, occasionally assailed by the indigenous people, more often than not no proper law enforcement (like today actually!), it is incredible that we can all follow historically significant events that happened so relatively recently. This story is phenomenal, and it's great that you've explained it clearly and highlighted it here.
    Thank you for making this very informative video sir.

  • @anthonypayan2300
    @anthonypayan2300 Год назад +3

    You are a great storyteller. Really enjoyed Jack McCall piece. Will be looking for more Wild West history from you. Tony

  • @pegs1659
    @pegs1659 Год назад +8

    He was such a little coward. That's just low down to shoot someone while their back is turned. They took care of murderers right away back then. No appeals and 20 or 30 years passing by before they're executed. No parole either. Thanks for the story Ron.☺

  • @thed2la
    @thed2la Год назад +1

    The outline of his grave marker looks like a rope. Classic!!

  • @debbiewilliams7386
    @debbiewilliams7386 Год назад +3

    Hi Ron and gang

  • @junkdeal
    @junkdeal 6 месяцев назад +1

    An unusual violation of "Double Jeopardy". He got off in Deadwood originally, and then tried again somewhere else and found guilty! I think they considered the court in Deadwood to be either a fraud, or unofficial on some technicality.....so they avoided the double jeopardy thing....one of the only examples in US history!

  • @user-mm4rz8mk3e
    @user-mm4rz8mk3e Год назад +17

    Well done! I love your videos, they're not only informative but the way in which you talk with respect, passion and compassion for your subjects are commendable. A great storyteller and presenter!

  • @completelyconfused1525
    @completelyconfused1525 9 месяцев назад

    Hello, I just found your video about Wild Bill Hickok and Jack McCall. I am related to Wild Bill. My mothers maiden name is Hickok. Many years ago my Aunt (mothers sister) went on a historical fact finding adventure to verify that we Hickok are blood related to The Wild Bill Hickok . She was successful in verifying that which was a incredibly difficult and time consuming effort for her since this all happened before the internet. Needless to say, your video has special significance to me. I already knew this story but was excited to see someone posting about it on RUclips. Thank you for your interest and efforts. Very well done video . Sincerely, Amy Elin .

    • @FacesoftheForgotten
      @FacesoftheForgotten  9 месяцев назад +2

      thank you for taking time out to let me know, to let us all know, cool!!....and...what an amazing family legacy you have!! 👍👍

  • @marywysocki6641
    @marywysocki6641 Год назад +2

    Kenny Roger's song The Gambler!

  • @zimnizzle
    @zimnizzle 7 дней назад

    I knew about Jack McCall from the series Deadwood a few years back. He was a weasel and coward in the series, and I’m glad to find that they depicted him accurately.

  • @genewileyopa
    @genewileyopa Год назад +1

    Another good one that most people have heard of. I've been out there and walked the streets. Thanks for sharing

  • @faerieSAALE
    @faerieSAALE Год назад +2

    We've been to Deadwood and saw the interesting sights there. Including a Bronze Statue of Wild Bill Hickok outside seated on a bench... where you could actually sit in his lap! So, we placed our little Dog in his lap and took a photo.😀

  • @Miltroon
    @Miltroon Год назад +2

    Another interesting video. Keep it up. Just a bit of trivia to go along with this story, Charlie Rich, mentioned at approximately 6:18 in the video, was the man who dealt the Aces and Eights hand to Wild Bill, Find A Grave number 2512, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Miamiville, Clermont County, Ohio. His large black marker is to the left as you enter the cemetery.

  • @ingermallia-elromantico9998
    @ingermallia-elromantico9998 Год назад +1

    Hi,hello from Yorkshire, England! Your video came up unexpectedly on my phone this morning, so glad it did, I found your presentation informative , calm and relaxing to watch.I love learning about the history of the British Isles, but I am aware that the USA also have a rich history and many , many stories about the past. My dad used to take me and my brother to watch " westerns" at the cinema, and so this part of your history is very interesting to me, especially as I am aware of the people you may speak of.I look forward to watching your channel, thankyou for your calm delivery, I'm 64, and cannot be doing with all the over excited, whizz bangs that seem to go along with watching some presenters. Wishing you peace, Inger Romantico