I don’t think the room being changed *necessarily* points at it being for the purpose of assassinating him. It would make sense for them to want him to be in a bugged room regardless. But at the same time there’s all the other stuff.
I figured MLK stepped on some toes one way or the other. Got in the way of certain people's dirty money as a result of his duty as a civil rights activist more or less.. pissed off some people thats for sure... I have always quoted "it's either what he DID DO, or what he DIDNT DO!"
The fact that the tree covering the bathroom window and the bushes where the real shooter supposedly was were removed after the assassination is extremely suspicious
That story about him and his grandmother was so sad to hear. And for someone to try and use it against him, a government organisation no less, is absolutely disgraceful.
You don't understand what a strike is, especially one like this. It's not about refusing to work and staying at home. It's about standing together in the face of your employers, shoulder to shoulder with your coworkers. It used to be about more than that, a ton of bats and some guns if people wouldn't listen. That is not the way things work now, and certainly not the way King wanted protests, but the spirit of standing with the people you work with and facing the injustice is the whole point. Sorry Simon, but this is one thing you might not quite understand.
That is very poetic but hardly reality. How do you "stand together... Shoulder to shoulder"? By going to work? If you just take the quote say 95% literally instead of 100% it seems quite correct.
@@tyzilla358 The whole point of this series is that he doesnt know the stories beforehand and makes up his mind as to if he believes it or not as he learns the details. Welcome to the channel, take a chill pill and calm right the fuck down.
The reason that MLK only stayed at that hotel in Memphis was because it was the only hotel that would rent rooms out to African Americans. They had asked for a different room on this trip but a unknown person called before King arrived and asked to make sure he got his regular room. When MLK arrived his normal room was the only one left.
@@DTex.45ACPAre we sure about the existence of segregation, separate but equal, and the state of accommodation in pre-Civil Rights Act, Jim Crow-era Tennessee? Yes, yes I think we're all pretty sure lol
MLK Jr was the civil rights leader. His father, MLK Sr, was the preacher at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. They were both born Michael King, but Michael King Sr was so inspired after attending a protestant convention in Dresden, Germany, in the early 1930's near where Martin Luther, the Catholic monk who started the Protestant Reformation, was from, that Michael King Sr changed both his & his son's name to Martin Luther King.
@renaissanceredneck3695 Yes. MLK Jr like his dad, was a minister, but in Alabama instead. Like the Bible says, "A prophet is rarely respected in his own land", so MLK Jr went to the neighboring state to preach. I don't recall, if MLK Jr was later a regular pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church. I remember his dad was still pastor there for a while, after MLK Jr was killed. Many civil rights leaders of that time were also ministers. Dad knew MLK Sr in the mid 1940's. Even though MLK Sr was in the Jim Crow South, Dad said, that MLK Sr carried himself with such dignity, that even the most outwardly racist white people treated him with respect. Dad remembered seeing MLK Jr with his dad, MLK Sr, as an adolescent or teenager but didn't really know him. MLK Sr was much taller than MLK Jr, so it made MLK Jr appear much younger, than he was, so even though Dad was only a couple of years older than MLK Jr, Dad thought, that he was much younger than him, so didn't try to hang out.
From a state known for hunting: deer are MUCH larger up north than they are in the south. I’m the south the deer are pretty much the size of a large dog. First time I saw one in Alabama I was shocked at how tiny it was. Had to be convinced it was a full grown deer and not a fawn 😅
Well now I’m scared to see deer in the north because I’m from the south and the grown deer I’ve seen are about the height of my mom’s car which makes them about 5’6, sometimes bigger. Are y’all’s deer like 6’4 or something?
I suffered some pretty bad malpractice at a military hospital in the 1990's. It was a little hilarious to see Simon have the same reaction my parents did to learning you have to obtain the permission of the federal government to sue the government-owned hospital. Lol.
This episode and the Kennedy assassination episode are definitely two of the best ones I've seen on here so far A+ work to you and your writers and Jen
Gonna say pretty sure it's not Jen. This editor always uses clips from one specific source designed to be used exactly like this and in my opinion there not quite as good as Jen who has a very dry, very funny sense of humour perfect for the video topics she edits. This editor also likes to use those screen wipes effects quite a lot which I'm not a fan of. It's personal choice though I guess so.
I read this and my tired ass didn't register the final 'and'. I thought that was pretty based, even though this wasn't edited by her. Too bad, but honestly I value honouring people's work over a silly joke. Good on ya folks!
Thanks to Wendigoons awesome Iceberg Vids I also got super interested about the Charles Frederick Rogers Case wich is still unsolved (he is also a suspect in the JFK Assassination). Dude makes a lot of good videos.
I actually teach IGCSE History in a private Cambridge school in South Africa. As Simon says the main focus is on the period between the two world wars and it is incredibly fascinating. I think the point of it is how we manage countries AFTER wars have ended and prevent making the same mistakes that were made after WWI that ultimately led to WWII. Thank you for the amazing work, as always! 🎉
One of my high school teachers was a student in Boston when desegregation was enforced there. I actually interviewed him for a paper for my history class when I was a junior. I visited the Civil Rights Museum in 2019 and standing just feet away from Dr. King was when he was shot, and that there's an entire floor of the museum that's *dedicated* to the conspiracy theories was quite an experience (hard to put into words). Simon, he had to stay at the Lorraine - segregation was still being enforced and it was the only real motel he could stay at.
And I think he had TRIED to get another room but SOMEONE changed it back to his usual room. I’ve heard this case from a couple different places but not sure where that came from.
So you're saying that the fact that he was killed when he was shedding his " let's all get along " image and becoming more and more like Malcolm or Goddaddy ( Paul Robeson ) is just a weird coincidence? Sorry, I totally disagree.
Simon is thinking that all hotels in the 1960s allowed Blacks to stay in them. I remember that hotels in the 60s wouldn’t take reservations over the phone from people they didn’t know, because they couldn’t tell the race of the person by their voice. I remember seeing families turned away from hotels when they ere in line in front of my white family who easily got a room. You need to think about what the 60s were like in the South.
@@slaytanicsabbath It was, but Simon forgets sometimes that his past was during some of his viewer’s lifetimes. He suggested that MLK jr just find another hotel. I wanted him to remember that that wasn’t always possible for people of color in the U. S. South in the ‘60s.
Regarding the idea that the chief surgeon ended up smothering him. If that is true, it's probable that they you had something to black mail him with. You also have to consider people who are in the medical profession, especially back then, didn't always get into the profession wanting to help everyone. Lastly, I want to convey a story of my sister's former mother in law. While having a spinal tap performed, the surgeon screwed up and perforated her spinal column, and if it wasn't for her dear friend, she would have died in the recovery room. Her friend, who was a nurse, became suspicious and against the staffs objections, forced her way into the room to find her friend near dead. The hospital management had made the choice to let her die simply because it would have been cheaper for them to pay for a wrongful death suit than having to pay for her medical expenses and pain and suffering from the lae suit.
Blacks in Memphis at that time all went to a Hospital named John Gaston. It was started in 1936 and demolished in 1990 for the new City Hospital the Reginal Medical Center or simply know in Memphis as the MED. St, Joseph was known as the Whites Hospital at that time. Blacks living in Memphis and the surrounding areas at that time knew something was very off when it became known King was taken to St. Josehp when John Gaston was basically around the next corner from St. Joseph's.
I discovered your channels about 2 months ago now and they are fantastic. Also love these long form content education/discussion /information/ blend formats. Awesome love Megaprojects too . I'd actually thing 30 min vids would be cool. Well researched pulling in skilled writers and super professional production. I literally do not watch normal TV anymore. I just use Premium subscription and actually feel like I'm getting something educational (obviously not like reading a book) but while I'm winding down at the end of the day. RUclips, who would have thought it would change the game in terms of TV long form content!
The "I'm not a racist, some of my best friends..." defense always reminds me of a sketch by Sean Lock (RIP) - "I'm not a murderer, some of my best friends are alive!"
Fun fact: In the US Deer in Northern states actually are much bigger, it's not uncommon for a deer in Georgia to be half the mass of one from Wisconsin.
why is that? Just better/more food or is it because its hotter down there so being smaller would be better in hotter climate. I never knew that I thought a deer was just a deer no matter where. Do you know if either one tastes better?
@@iraniansuperhacker4382 few reasons, food ability is one, but the two big ones are the larger you are the more heat you retain in winter, and the more fat your body can retain to sustain you through winter.
As an avid meat hunter I can attest to YES! They do taste different but still pretty much like venison. Northern deer tend to be fattier and therefore stay tender more easily and have a richer flavor but beyond that it's still venison. Think of the differenence between a lean beef steak and a super fatty wagyu or something like that
I am also a truck driver that loves listening to all your content. As something I've heard many times before, "follow the money". Who was getting payoffs to lie or move the needlein a certaindirection? Surely they know not to put money in the bank, but it gets spent one way or another to find the corruption. This is another story that really is framing how twisted special agencies inside our government can be. All across the world this happens.
Speaking of the situation in the early 60's, my mom was from the South and was very prejudiced. They moved to California and my parents went to a department store. The store had a black saleswoman who asked my mom if she needed help, and my dad said my mom literally froze in astonishment with her mouth hanging open. My dad had to pull her away by her arm before she made a scene. He was very embarrassed, because he was from the north and used to black people in such positions. I guess my mom thought the lady should be mopping the floor instead.
As a truck driver who does exactly as described... it feels good to be recognized hahaha Honestly though, thanks for constantly & consistently quality content.
Also watched his video, I think it was far better then this. Like a million times better.. 20 minutes of this video was Simon trying to avoid his white privilege saying he'd do xxxx and xxxx was wrong. There was no reason to add in 20+minutes of trash collectors and his outrage. Wendigoons video was a million times better then this and in a shorter time span.
@@jlo7770 tbh Simon really fked up the Waco video. So much missing context, I cant even finish watching this one or the Waco one. It was painful. TBH Simons not American and idk if the writer who got the info was either, usually ppl who are out of country get false or just wrong information. I have friends from different countries who think they understand the legal system and think they know how presidency works. I have to let them know that they are getting drip fed propaganda and actually dont know jack shit.
I don't know how many more conspiracy theories actually have the legs for this sort of deep dive, but please bring on any that are out there! Excellent work, Kevin, Simon, and crew!
9/11. And I don't mean thermite and all that shit. It was Mohammed Atta and a 767 is the perfect skyscraper removal device and it did not collapse in freefall and the fire protection was actually shit and in the process of being renovated. No I mean that the CIA and the FBI each uncovered part of the plot and passed that information on to the administration. Basically an attack is imminent, what do you want us to do? What happened after that is much more interesting than pretending like things that happenee, did not. Such as saying United 93 was shot down. It wasn't. Dozens of passengers called their families , the airliner was skimming the ground at low altitude after it had been taken hostage. No Cheney and Rumsfeld were up to something. A large attack was perfect for them. Halliburton got the contracts, Afghanistan made sense but what the f*ck was Iraq? That's reaching pretty far. But they had to take what they could get and that was letting and old friend finance a special operation and making sure it wouldn't be stopped. Of course they betrayed that old friend and made sure he wasn't taken alive. I don't know what happened but there's a lot of smoke there too. And again. Those floors collapsed when the burning kerosene weakened the brackets supporting the floors between the structural outer shell and elevator shaft in the center. Each floor was like a book shelf, supported by steel brackets. These brackets where covered in 50 year old fire protection that had worn away and the replacement hadn't reached much past the 20th stories in either towers. As the steel brackets heated up they became soft and the floors collapsed onto lower floors, also damsged by fure initiating a chain reaction of hundreds of tons of concrete smashing onto succeeding floors. This didn't happen at freefall. 5-7 m/s/s or so. Not 9.81 m/s/s. Just follow the money and all trails lead to Halliburton. I don't know what they told the cokehead but he sure as hell was distracted and my gut says he wasn't directly involved. But who the hell knows. Whatever happened it'll never be declassified unredacted, just like whatever the hell happned with JFK.
7:40 - Mid roll ads 9:05 - Back to the video 10:55 - Chapter 1 - Walking in Memphis 19:20 - Chapter 2 - The march 28th riot 24:25 - Chapter 3 - The Assassination 32:00 - Chapter 4 - International manhunt 44:25 - Chapter 5 - James Earl ray's story 59:45 - Chapter 6 - The shaking evidence against Ray 1:11:55 - Chapter 7 - The FBI Vs Martin Luther King Jr 1:22:15 - Chapter 8 - The FBI king suicide letter 1:26:25 - Chapter 9 - Suspicious events on the day of assassination 1:36:15 - Chapter 10 - The loyd jowers trial 1:40:30 - Wrap up
On the science vs religion in school thing My 11th grade science teacher handled this pretty well. She said “There is the answer you believe and the answer we are looking for. You can believe whatever you want but on tests and homework, the answer is what I teach you in class.” I’m paraphrasing but I thought that was a really clever way of getting around the issue. And this was in the late 90’s.
People literally died to get religion out of public schools, because it doesn't belong there. The pledge of allegiance is bad enough, but actual religion in school? Gtfo. That's a hill I'll die on, not because I think god as a construct is stupid and ignorant, but because my child should have the right to not have that bullcrap be part of the standard lesson structure.
That's terrifying, actually, bcuz it's a blatant admission of indoctrination, and I'm not sure what bothers me the most: the fact that the indoctrination has been going on so long that we don't even bother to fight it; or, that the teacher openly admitted it bcuz she knew she'd get away with it. The Enemy Within manifesto that was written by Russian leaders at the beginning of the Cold War has finally reached the point where they're ready to declare "Checkmate!" And life as we know it will be over.
Bad policy. Makes it sound like the answer is only the correct one because the Authorities say so. The answer isn't "what i teach you" the answer is the truth. And the Truth is, I love God with all my heart & if you think She contradicts math, physics, chemistry, or biology, you must be confused
Your teacher shouldn't be allowed to teach. "What I teach you" is a fancy way of saying "you're NOT allowed to think for your self" Then again seeing the current state of affairs with the US school system I can't say I'm surprised.
Eyy, this was the one I was saying that I believe in back in the JFK video and Kevin said he allegedly might (maybe) be working on. Excited to see it finally drop. Like that one, this one has the basics that most conspiracies fall flat on. Certainly doesn't help the government's case that they *blatantly* assassinated Fred Hampton the next year either. Edit: Oh yeah, when he says Hoover was "anti-communist" he means that he abused his power and used personal prejudices as an excuse to surveil and harass people for decades. He was known to have blackmail on politicians and was, as I understand it, basically corrupt beyond comprehension.
same. words out of my mouth. i'm wicked excited about this one. I think JFK/MLK/Bobby Kennedy are all in the same vein. would love a video on Bobby's assassination as well.
"fugitive...can't get a gun..." the wicked snort I did at this as an American. As a child, I visited a friend's house and found a pistol between the couch cushions in a fairly affluent area, so I imagine a felon could find one fairly easily.
I was thinking “this dude has multiple identities and there was no national database for the store to check”, I’m pretty sure as long as he isn’t posted all over the news it doesn’t matter😂
@@nicholaslewis8594 even if it did matter, it's not like a wanted fugitive known for breaking the law is going to follow the law. hell the guy bought them illegally under a fake ID so it's not like any sort of database would have stopped him and if it did, he could have just gotten one illegally.
Speaking of Atlanta, the Atlanta Child Murders (which Simon might remember from the second season of Mindhunter) would be an excellent topic for a video, either on this channel or the Casual Criminalist. There's also a truly excellent HBO docuseries that everyone should consider watching.
Really hated how that was the end of the show, they spent all season catching a dude and the evidence against him seems kind of shaky (especially considering I’m pretty sure they used hair sample analysis, which isn’t DNA and kinda be) or at least he was just one of multiple killers.
@@nicholaslewis8594 there has always been levels of disbelief around the man they convicted, ranging from the sensible like the police having tunnel vision and arresting a suspect that fit the profile rather than the facts, to a proto pizza gate conspiracy.
I really don't think Simon understands how hard it was to track people in the past. He always seems surprised at how easily people get new identities, escape prison, or leave the country in these videos. But it's not surprising when the events are set almost 60 years ago.
@@kale6264 It isn't so much cringe as it is not realizing just HOW MUCH computers have changed things. The 15 terabytes of storage in my PC is probably more digital storage than existed ON EARTH when MLK was murdered. Fifty years has brought a lot of changes.
@@60sSamyou're probably not wrong. If I'm not mistaken, my TI Inspire calculator that I used in school 4ish years ago (top of the line one, with color and all for calculus and everything) has more computing power than what we had when landing on the moon. I know for a fact our iPhones do (not sure about androids, lol). But like...people really don't understand just how far computers have come. And how life is utterly different. Hell, I bet people have never stopped to think about official government ID documents worked pre computers, and would be shocked when they actually sat down and thought about the fact that there was no "national database" and what that would entail
Driving a box truck for 7-14 hours a day, I still managed to constantly occupy my brain between all of your channels. I feel like I’m learning and making more than if I stayed in school
simply put: you are! Heh. A college degree costs tens of thousands of dollars, puts you in debt for 20 years on average, and degree holders have lost 19,000$ a year in salaries on average since the time MLK was definitely shot by the FBI. I never obtained a degree (not by choice mind you) but I work alongside degree holders who make less than me sometimes because I spent that time gaining on-the-job experience so my resume is better, allowing me to more easily get a slightly higher paying job. A degree means less and less in capitalism over time because of the natural cycle of devaluation of workers in order to increase the profits of the upper class. Taken to its extreme (see, today), when this goes on for a very long time, you have massive wealth inequality and a faltering education system due to budget constraints and profit margins. Larger class sizes, less teachers who are paid probably less than you are now left to deal with rooms full of unruly children, the poor things, and of course, they teach no practical real-world skills in school anymore. Imagine how nice it'd be if people took courses in how to analyze news or research, how to properly do their taxes, etc. I got lucky. My 6th grade drama teacher took an entire month out of her curriculum to teach us about the dangers of propaganda. My 8th grade math teacher took a week to teach us how interest works and to tell us to never get a credit card or apply for a loan. Those brave souls have saved me SO MUCH hardship and sharpened my mind. And PS: watch out for automation in your sector, self-driving semi trucks are a thing and as soon as they're ready you may face a lay off. Let's hope the company you work for thinks it costs too much to replace you with a machine and doesn't do it.
I genuinely love that Simon’s wife and kid came by to spend some time with him. Because, while the part of the video before they came by was usual Simon shenanigans, there was a marked cheerfulness afterwards that truly seems genuine. So hopefully Simon isn’t raising serial killers. Oh wait…this is DTU, not CasCrim. Anyways…I stand by it. No parent is perfect, but a good way to not raise serial killers is to be happy to see your wife and kid randomly during the day. 13:37
You can tell he LOVES his family. I love his little tangents about them. It’s so sweet. If you listen to Casual Criminalist, too, any time there’s a hint of a kid being in danger, he gets so depressed. He always says something like, “Oh, no! I have kids! I don’t want anything like this to ever happen to them!” He got himself properly depressed once thinking about it.
Actually in Australia Simon, fun fact: our garbage trucks only have a single driver. There's a robotic arm that comes off the side and accurately picks the bin up, dumps in it and the truck moves to the next. This does however mean frequent stopping which can be a bit painful if you get stuck behind one on a one way street.
Quick note on the upgrading of the rifle caliber from a 243 to a 306. When Ray was told that a 243 was enough to hunt any deer in Alabama, and said he intended to hunt in Wisconsin, he may have been referring to wanting to hunt moose or bears, not necessarily “sturdier deer”, which would explain wanting a larger caliber. Of course, his hunting story was fake anyway, but this would probably have been enough to explain to the seller why he wanted a larger rifle without anyone finding it odd
Yeah 30-06 is also still considered to be pretty much standard hunting round. When my grand uncle clearance came back from world war II, he got an m1 Grand and would load it with heavy bullets for hunting deer. Getting shot in the face by one of those. You're not likely to survive. Doesn't matter where you get hit the sheer kinetic energy would have likely killed King by the end of the day.
@@squillz8310 He wasn't a "highly skilled marksman" 10 years prior to the shooting, when he was still serving. That's a loooong time for things to change. Not saying that he did commit the crime, but alluding that the proof lies in something he was bad at a decade ago is just as speculative. Also, the best place to learn to be a criminal is in prison. Not that he would train his riffle skills there, but if he was an agreeable enough dude, he'd learn where to get fake ID's and such.
@@BrightBrandi or a tragic fall into depression that ends with digging his own grave in the middle of the desert, committing suicide with two bullets to the back of the head, and falling in such a fashion that the mount of dirt landslides to cover him c:
@@_KaiTheGamer_or tragically going missing only to wind up in a nearby location, suspiciously, with gunshot wounds that couldn’t possibly be from him/her, the victim, yet it’s labeled a suicide.
What? The US government assassinating enormous amounts of its own citizens for protesting for civil rights & liberties as well as reform? That is literally so crazy. They said they didn't do that, and we all know that the government would never lie to us.
Hahaha I loved the part at 3:30 where you end up doing an Aussie accent. I’m Australian and straight away thought it sounded like us. I’m actually impressed how well you did it hahaha
The biggest problem with american education is actually that people dont remember what they were taught. I have had classmates claim to have not been taught something when I clearly remember being there when we were taught just that. That is what happens when you are required to pass a test and never really remember the information again.
49:09 so I know a guy who has been best friends with a black guy since middle school. Every time the guy says something that could be interpreted as racist (very often things about video games or just discussing politics or even talking about figurine painting discussing the color of paint he's using) the best friend will respond with, that's racist. And probably 70% of the time the guy will say, "I can't be racist, I have a black friend, your my black friend [name of best friend]." And then the two of them laugh because they are well aware that it's a meme at this point. They sometimes set each other up for the joke. They've been friends for over two decades.
when you are on strike you do get a strike pay. But the only way to get strike pay is if you attend a picket line (March or protest) if you just sit at home you don’t get any money at all. So it’s good to be apart of these picket lines.
Love how Simon doesn’t appear to connect/understand that King had limited options for where to stay and that the media/officials/general public generally didn’t care much about his safety. In reality many in media and public wouldn’t have minded harm coming to King. Racism wasn’t (sadly still isn’t really) a fringe idea it was common place and the mainstream opinion particularly in police but really generally. Also wait till Simon learns about Fred Hampton…
He was literally declared the most dangerous man in the US and authorized any use of force or power to be used against him without any authorization or question. The US government probably isn't assassinating any more people, but we honestly don't really know, as it definitely was happening as late as the mid 2000s.
@@WHIPLASHVideosTBT Stupidity and ignorance are two different things. Heck, naive ignorance and enforced ignorance are two _more_ different things. It’s obvious hearing him talk that Simon’s not stupid. What he is is naive of some things that we take for granted because he hasn’t had much exposure to it in his life, which I don’t think is fair to hold against him. I personally hope his life stays removed from a lot of the ugliness out there in a lot of people’s day-to-day lives.
It urks me how many people view America as the pinnacle of racism while ignoring the fact of how the middle east, a lot of countries on the African continent, and some places in the Caribbean has had a long and on going history similar if not worse involving targeting minority groups via genocide or just generally refusing them basic human rights. But yet, we are viewed wildly as the most intolerant country while at the same time have the most diverse mix of culture when compared to any other country. That doesn't change our past, but instead of cheap grandstanding. Try and fix the other countries that actually need your help.
i like how as an american, when we do a southern accent its usually somewhere around texas, alabama, or florida...when simon tried to do a southern USA accent he ended up in australia lmao
Simon- Thank you for posting such good content on so many channels! I know there must be a lot of work involved for you, your writers and your editors so I wanted to say thank you! I listen to your content while I work since I work from home and it is something I can listen to so my house doesn't seem so quiet. Thanks for all you do!
What was not mentioned about George Wallace's redemption was the fact that he "Found Jesus " after he was shot and paralyzed at a presidential rally in Maryland leaving him darn near completely paralyzed and totally dependent upon his Black caretakers.
The FBI killed Fred Hampton. This is an established fact. It's not much of a stretch to think that they would have killed MLK. As this video pointed out, MLK got increasingly radical toward the end of his life. He spoke out on issues not just of race but of US imperialism and capitalism. This was during a time when the US was squashing out anything that resembled socialism. They were fine to let MLK talk about peace, love, and racial equality. Those don't threaten US economic hegemony. The one part that doesn't make sense to me: if James Earl Ray started recanting on his story and claiming to be a patsy, why wasn't he simply killed? I guess maybe they knew he couldn't prove it. But it still seems like they'd want to cover their tracks.
In America, the oldest Black American born with the same civil rights as anyone else is 55 years old. Every Black person older than this was not born equal, their equality was legislated. April 1968 was not that long ago.
Simon's youth shows in his commentary, I was born in the 1950s and used to visit both Canada and Mexico and never got a passport until much later . And yes, before computers everything was much slower.
I’m in the same generation as Simon and in middle school (10-14yrs) my teachers taught Holocaust and WWII history all year round and put up a “token” poster in February for Black History Month. All that is to say, even with teachers who were pointedly not focused on the subject, I still learned a ton of this history. Maybe it wasn’t from school, maybe it was from PBS or similar tv programming. As an immigrant, it wasn’t like my family or family friends had any first hand experience or stories to learn from either. Reading these comments about how little people were taught/remembered about the Civil Rights movement is actually concerning. I thought I was ill-informed but wow something is deeply wrong…
Simon I absolutely love your videos. I drive for Lyft and I always have one headphone in my ear to listen to your podcast throughout my shift thanks for the content buddy
Exactly I'll never trust them. After 911 and the lies of us going to war for 20 years and not admitting they were wrong is scary. It's scary they could do something right infront of our face and deny it
As a fellow British person in school they did infact teach me mainly American history AND conspiracy theories including Martin Luther King assassination conspiracies My history teacher loved all the side stories ahaha
My history teacher did, too. We were kinda taught about how some people thought the moon landing was done on a holly wood soundstage, but it was in a “let’s use our critical thinking skills” kind of way, but Kennedy and King were taught as “I’m not legally allowed to say this is anything but a conspiracy theory but follow the evidence”
Im a child of what they call SOLs in VA. They dont have time to make anything fun now. They are lucky to make it through what they have to teach for the testing. Literally have a awesome teacher give up on it and literally starting teaching the questions from the test that was released from the years before. I mean no actual history book. No progression through time and events, cause and effect. Just the answer to this question of you see it is this. Over and over all year
For those that don’t know, at one point in time, a money order was the “poor man’s cashiers check.” It was the equivalent to cash. Stealing a stack of money orders and the printing machine was counterfeiting.
I'm not a conspiracy fan, but it would disappoint (not surprise) me if the FBI was involved, especially looking at their track record the last few years. Hoover was a huge racist.
Stellar job, as always, Simon and crew! Just one suggestion that the background music should be toned down quite a bit… sometimes it’s hard to hear Simon over the background effects. For example, I the 1:26:20+ area, the background sounds are distracting instead of helpful. No complaints here though! Absolutely will continue to devour all the content… just wanted to offer this suggestion, from a viewer/listener’s POV. Big thanks to the whole crew.
Super hyped for this one since there's a lot of suspicion the FBI & CIA were involved in both MLK jr & JFK's deaths. Also if Simon suddenly disappears then reappears & commits suicide, we know this one was true & the FBI was involved lol 😊
As usual guys, a very well written and read episode! It’s always nice when Simon get on board with a conspiracy! But they may find out when those files are declassified that it was really ghosts of long dead aliens 😂
Great episode. This was definitely eye-opening in all of this info. Have to agree with the tree and bushes removal in the middle of the night part. The James Earl Ray is an easy patsy bit too. I had known a lot of the JFK stuff but this was all new to me. I think Simon needs to redo his James Earl Ray Biographics video...
regarding communism at about 1:12:30 ... the red scare really did a number on popular american vocabulary. I've had more than one person tell me very seriously that any taxation at all is communism. all hail the omniscient Free Market, I guess.
Video request! Could you please cover the story of Gloria Ramirez, who apparently in 1994 caused people treating her in hospital to become unwell. EDIT: Request is specifically for a Decoding the Unknown episode. I don’t care if it’s been done elsewhere. I want the deep research dives by this channel’s writers and Simon’s reactions and tangents.
I believe they covered her already? I looked through the videos and didn’t see it but I distinctly remember Simon talking about her before. It might have been in one of the internet mystery games videos
@@MrMossMan7272 It was not in one of those. It may have been on TIFO or something rather than this channel. If the above commenter is correct and it is solved, then it'd be a pass from me. I don't like writing about solved mysteries for this channel
History here in the United States is a joke. We have 250 or so years of poorly recorded history that's different for whichever region you live in as opposed to British history, which is well over a thousand years of history, carefully documented, and spanning most of the globe. Simon, your lack of knowledge on American history is normal. The world does not revolve around America anyway. People are just insane.
It's more that the US hates covering its shameful history. In California, we spent a good two months on the Civil War, but completely glossed over the numerous wars with the Natives. Hell, the Trail of Tears was two pages in a 30 page chapter on Manifest Destiny.
@@absollum that's kind of what I was implying by poorly recorded. But yeah, there's plenty of that going around as well. I think I can be confident in saying that's not a practice unique to the United States, however. We really only dabbled in colonialism and land stealing compared to other nations with history that spans millennia instead of decades. What a shit show.
Trash compactor (industry term is a “packer”) crushing incidents is exactly why now a days we are required to shut off the PTO and engine, and additionally turn off the battery disconnect, and red tag lockout the battery disconnect before entering the trash area to clean it out.
I live in Memphis, and every year we dedicate a day to the men who were crushed by that truck though until this I never quite understood why. This taught me a ton of history of my home city that the people who lived through the hatred find to painful to teach to the younger generation. So thank you for this piece ❤
@@StefanMedici hi Stefan! First I want to say that you are right in the fact that there have been abuses. That angers me and God. They will face God for that. But what you are looking at are instances in the middle of so much good. I would suggest watching two movies. One is IN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS. It is an incredible story of a woman in China who rescued children during WW TWO. The other is FATHER DAMIEN. It is the story of a man who was a priest in a leper colony. He ended up getting leprosy. Another you may want to look at is New Tribes. They go into areas where people’s languages have never been learned. They learn the language under sometimes really dangerous conditions, teach people how to read and write, start schools to educate them and many times have a medical person to help. Another book to read is THROUGH GATES OF SPLENDOR. This was a gal who was married to a man named Jim Elliot. There was a really terrifying tribe that everyone was afraid of. His team made the decision to try to reach them whatever the cost. The tribe, the Aucas killed them! The person who writes the book, eventually goes and works with the people that had killed her husband. They are now a peaceful tribe. One thing we did was we were in a major earthquake. There was aid coming in to help but people kept stealing it. They found our school. Because we were there, we were in a place to give help that was desperately needed. I would do a google search of pick a third world country and add orphanage. What we did was start a school called Accelerated Christian Education. It was an amazing school! It started with kids taking a placement test. It showed things that were missing from their education and where to start them. It was self study. When the kids had completed the gaps in their education they would do these learning booklets. When they were done they would be the ones to tell you that they were ready to take a test. They had to turn in the booklet and could not review it. They had to get over 80 percent to pass. If they failed they would have to retake the material. That way they would eventually get it rather than this being a gap in their education. These were the children of the poor and many were rice farmers. One of these is now an architect. Another qualified for that really hard international spelling bee. What I did was called The ABCS OF ACE. It was a reading program. It was so good that I was able to teach children even though I had a limited education. There are tons of Koreans in The Philippines. They are there to reach the lost. They told me a story of a time when they were going into a town to help them. They had a doctor, which is really common when they go to towns. There was a little girl that was dying. The doctor saved the little girl’s life. Another place I went was Bolivia. The pastors wife said that I had been like a second mother to her. I don’t know how much you travel but, if you do to another country in Central or South America Asia or Africa I would google missions and check this out for yourself. I am glad though that you care about this issue
I listen to all of your channels while driving quite alot and really enjoy your format and delivery. Never release your writers from the pit so you can keep up this savage pace😂
To Simon's comment about deer being sturdier up north: they are. Wisconsin has harsh winters, northern deer have bigger bodies to deal with the cold. The average weight for a mature white tail buck across North America is 150lbs, but it's not uncommon to have mature bucks on the northern end of their range to weigh over 300lbs.
That's interesting Ray and King were on the 2nd floor, the bullet hit King's Right cheek and followed a downward path. Seems like the shooter would have to have been quite a bit higher up than King was. Both men (as I understand it) were standing.
@Asgardian Time Lord Jedi I did some checking and it turns out, MLK was leaning forward over the railing talking to someone on the ground level. That would make sense the bullet traveled thru his jaw into his lower cervical/upper thoracic spine.
About the reason why the FBI thought it was likely someone who was already a fugitive, Ray's use of multiple aliases was an indication he had prior criminal experience and knew using multiple names would slow down an investigation. The FBI did prioritize the prints they compared but still got incredibly lucky how quickly they found his. It could have taken weeks instead of two days.
Ray had the stolen identities of 3 real life people that looked exactly like him, down to scars and everything. Think about that, there's no way a civilian can find that three times in the present, but I know an agency that can.....
Simon, I've always loved your videos and the stories you tell and one thing that's kept me coming back is the tangents, jokes, and overall delivery of the episodes content. I think I speak for a good majority of viewers when I say no matter what the episode covers I'd rather have it told with the jokes and tangents, it's why I watch you. If we wanted serious we could find a documentary. Keep the jokes and stories they make it more interesting.
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I don’t think the room being changed *necessarily* points at it being for the purpose of assassinating him. It would make sense for them to want him to be in a bugged room regardless. But at the same time there’s all the other stuff.
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it took you 10 min to start talking about MLK. Nothing about this was researched properly. bad video
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I figured MLK stepped on some toes one way or the other. Got in the way of certain people's dirty money as a result of his duty as a civil rights activist more or less.. pissed off some people thats for sure... I have always quoted "it's either what he DID DO, or what he DIDNT DO!"
The best part of Simon reading historical events is Simon consistently giving advice on how to get away with crimes
We just broke the first rule by writing it down!
We don't speak about fight club 😂
here's some advice: never talk to the police
The fact that the tree covering the bathroom window and the bushes where the real shooter supposedly was were removed after the assassination is extremely suspicious
Simon: "I don't do videos on topics that might get me killed."
Also Simon: "Did the FBI kill MLK?"
The courts basically already found them guilty... just no one actually cares.
To be fair, anyone involved is probably long dead.
This was my first thought when I saw the title.
The FBI....not the FSB.
@@winnkey Responsible, not guilty
That story about him and his grandmother was so sad to hear. And for someone to try and use it against him, a government organisation no less, is absolutely disgraceful.
Lol
To be fair it is the federal government, they’re whole existence at this point is to just look down upon American citizens.
You don't understand what a strike is, especially one like this. It's not about refusing to work and staying at home. It's about standing together in the face of your employers, shoulder to shoulder with your coworkers. It used to be about more than that, a ton of bats and some guns if people wouldn't listen. That is not the way things work now, and certainly not the way King wanted protests, but the spirit of standing with the people you work with and facing the injustice is the whole point. Sorry Simon, but this is one thing you might not quite understand.
That is very poetic but hardly reality. How do you "stand together... Shoulder to shoulder"? By going to work? If you just take the quote say 95% literally instead of 100% it seems quite correct.
Seeing Simon all happy after the surprise visit from his family was quite nice.
Agreed. He just had a kinda smile we don’t usually see. And super props to him for keeping them off the internet.
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@@tyzilla358 The whole point of this series is that he doesnt know the stories beforehand and makes up his mind as to if he believes it or not as he learns the details. Welcome to the channel, take a chill pill and calm right the fuck down.
The reason that MLK only stayed at that hotel in Memphis was because it was the only hotel that would rent rooms out to African Americans. They had asked for a different room on this trip but a unknown person called before King arrived and asked to make sure he got his regular room. When MLK arrived his normal room was the only one left.
You're saying that all of Memphis had only a single hotel that would rent to African-Americans.
You sure 'bout that?
@@DTex.45ACP at that time yes. That is factual. You must not know about The Green Book and segregation in the South at that period of time.
If there was another it probably wouldn't have been suitable
@@DTex.45ACP did you never take history when you were in school?
@@DTex.45ACPAre we sure about the existence of segregation, separate but equal, and the state of accommodation in pre-Civil Rights Act, Jim Crow-era Tennessee? Yes, yes I think we're all pretty sure lol
MLK Jr was the civil rights leader. His father, MLK Sr, was the preacher at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. They were both born Michael King, but Michael King Sr was so inspired after attending a protestant convention in Dresden, Germany, in the early 1930's near where Martin Luther, the Catholic monk who started the Protestant Reformation, was from, that Michael King Sr changed both his & his son's name to Martin Luther King.
I thought MLK Jr was a minister as well, his doctorate was in theology I believe.
@@renaissanceredneck73he was. Actually *both* were pastors at Ebenezer.
@renaissanceredneck3695 Yes. MLK Jr like his dad, was a minister, but in Alabama instead. Like the Bible says, "A prophet is rarely respected in his own land", so MLK Jr went to the neighboring state to preach. I don't recall, if MLK Jr was later a regular pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church. I remember his dad was still pastor there for a while, after MLK Jr was killed.
Many civil rights leaders of that time were also ministers.
Dad knew MLK Sr in the mid 1940's. Even though MLK Sr was in the Jim Crow South, Dad said, that MLK Sr carried himself with such dignity, that even the most outwardly racist white people treated him with respect. Dad remembered seeing MLK Jr with his dad, MLK Sr, as an adolescent or teenager but didn't really know him. MLK Sr was much taller than MLK Jr, so it made MLK Jr appear much younger, than he was, so even though Dad was only a couple of years older than MLK Jr, Dad thought, that he was much younger than him, so didn't try to hang out.
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I love how I watch Simon for entertainment and I leave with free criminal advice.
From a state known for hunting: deer are MUCH larger up north than they are in the south. I’m the south the deer are pretty much the size of a large dog. First time I saw one in Alabama I was shocked at how tiny it was. Had to be convinced it was a full grown deer and not a fawn 😅
Well now I’m scared to see deer in the north because I’m from the south and the grown deer I’ve seen are about the height of my mom’s car which makes them about 5’6, sometimes bigger. Are y’all’s deer like 6’4 or something?
Bergmanns rule, colder the climate bigger the animal
I suffered some pretty bad malpractice at a military hospital in the 1990's.
It was a little hilarious to see Simon have the same reaction my parents did to learning you have to obtain the permission of the federal government to sue the government-owned hospital. Lol.
What happened?
@@douggaudiosi14 he had a case of boffa
Crazy right. It would be like the police policing the police.
And they make you pay for it.
It’s called sovereign immunity. You cannot sue the government unless they want to be sued.
This episode and the Kennedy assassination episode are definitely two of the best ones I've seen on here so far A+ work to you and your writers and Jen
Thanks! This one wasn't Jen though
@@ThatWriterKevin thank you for the correction Simon has so many channels and people that works with it's hard to keep them all straight sometimes
Gonna say pretty sure it's not Jen. This editor always uses clips from one specific source designed to be used exactly like this and in my opinion there not quite as good as Jen who has a very dry, very funny sense of humour perfect for the video topics she edits. This editor also likes to use those screen wipes effects quite a lot which I'm not a fan of. It's personal choice though I guess so.
I read this and my tired ass didn't register the final 'and'. I thought that was pretty based, even though this wasn't edited by her. Too bad, but honestly I value honouring people's work over a silly joke. Good on ya folks!
Not sure whether I like this or the Wendigoon version more
Wendigoon has a amazing video on this that is extremely compelling for anyone that isn’t convinced
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Thanks to Wendigoons awesome Iceberg Vids I also got super interested about the Charles Frederick Rogers Case wich is still unsolved (he is also a suspect in the JFK Assassination). Dude makes a lot of good videos.
Yeah after that video the answer is simply yes lol
Yeah Dad did a great video on it
I loved his video on it, the whiteboard gave it proper conspiracy nut vibes
I cant believe he was only 39. What a tragic waste of a brilliant mans life
I actually teach IGCSE History in a private Cambridge school in South Africa. As Simon says the main focus is on the period between the two world wars and it is incredibly fascinating. I think the point of it is how we manage countries AFTER wars have ended and prevent making the same mistakes that were made after WWI that ultimately led to WWII.
Thank you for the amazing work, as always! 🎉
One of my high school teachers was a student in Boston when desegregation was enforced there. I actually interviewed him for a paper for my history class when I was a junior. I visited the Civil Rights Museum in 2019 and standing just feet away from Dr. King was when he was shot, and that there's an entire floor of the museum that's *dedicated* to the conspiracy theories was quite an experience (hard to put into words).
Simon, he had to stay at the Lorraine - segregation was still being enforced and it was the only real motel he could stay at.
And I think he had TRIED to get another room but SOMEONE changed it back to his usual room. I’ve heard this case from a couple different places but not sure where that came from.
@@lunarshadow7712 it is mentioned in this video
@@ThatWriterKevin ah might not have gotten to it yet
So you're saying that the fact that he was killed when he was shedding his " let's all get along " image and becoming more and more like Malcolm or Goddaddy ( Paul Robeson ) is just a weird coincidence? Sorry, I totally disagree.
@@tatianalyulkin410Paul Robeson the mf GOAT
Simon is thinking that all hotels in the 1960s allowed Blacks to stay in them. I remember that hotels in the 60s wouldn’t take reservations over the phone from people they didn’t know, because they couldn’t tell the race of the person by their voice. I remember seeing families turned away from hotels when they ere in line in front of my white family who easily got a room. You need to think about what the 60s were like in the South.
It's understandable because he's from the UK so his brain sometimes can't jump the pond well.
Wait, I thought the past was the worst?
@@slaytanicsabbath It was, but Simon forgets sometimes that his past was during some of his viewer’s lifetimes. He suggested that MLK jr just find another hotel. I wanted him to remember that that wasn’t always possible for people of color in the U. S. South in the ‘60s.
@@MurphysEveryWhim idk man, more hotel vacancies sound good to me.
"The last was the worst."
You can tell how happy Simons family makes him, that's so adorable 😭🥰
Regarding the idea that the chief surgeon ended up smothering him. If that is true, it's probable that they you had something to black mail him with. You also have to consider people who are in the medical profession, especially back then, didn't always get into the profession wanting to help everyone.
Lastly, I want to convey a story of my sister's former mother in law. While having a spinal tap performed, the surgeon screwed up and perforated her spinal column, and if it wasn't for her dear friend, she would have died in the recovery room. Her friend, who was a nurse, became suspicious and against the staffs objections, forced her way into the room to find her friend near dead. The hospital management had made the choice to let her die simply because it would have been cheaper for them to pay for a wrongful death suit than having to pay for her medical expenses and pain and suffering from the lae suit.
Blacks in Memphis at that time all went to a Hospital named John Gaston. It was started in 1936 and demolished in 1990 for the new City Hospital the Reginal Medical Center or simply know in Memphis as the MED. St, Joseph was known as the Whites Hospital at that time. Blacks living in Memphis and the surrounding areas at that time knew something was very off when it became known King was taken to St. Josehp when John Gaston was basically around the next corner from St. Joseph's.
I discovered your channels about 2 months ago now and they are fantastic. Also love these long form content education/discussion /information/ blend formats. Awesome love Megaprojects too . I'd actually thing 30 min vids would be cool. Well researched pulling in skilled writers and super professional production. I literally do not watch normal TV anymore. I just use Premium subscription and actually feel like I'm getting something educational (obviously not like reading a book) but while I'm winding down at the end of the day. RUclips, who would have thought it would change the game in terms of TV long form content!
The "I'm not a racist, some of my best friends..." defense always reminds me of a sketch by Sean Lock (RIP) - "I'm not a murderer, some of my best friends are alive!"
I love Sean Lock but have not seen that bit
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Fun fact: In the US Deer in Northern states actually are much bigger, it's not uncommon for a deer in Georgia to be half the mass of one from Wisconsin.
why is that? Just better/more food or is it because its hotter down there so being smaller would be better in hotter climate. I never knew that I thought a deer was just a deer no matter where. Do you know if either one tastes better?
@@iraniansuperhacker4382 few reasons, food ability is one, but the two big ones are the larger you are the more heat you retain in winter, and the more fat your body can retain to sustain you through winter.
@@CrypidLore since they have different eating habits do you know if the deer would taste different?
As an avid meat hunter I can attest to YES! They do taste different but still pretty much like venison. Northern deer tend to be fattier and therefore stay tender more easily and have a richer flavor but beyond that it's still venison. Think of the differenence between a lean beef steak and a super fatty wagyu or something like that
Fun fact indeed X)
Now I have this image of a Georgia Deer as a chihuahua and a Wisconsin one as Mastiff or a Rottweiler. 😄
I am also a truck driver that loves listening to all your content. As something I've heard many times before, "follow the money". Who was getting payoffs to lie or move the needlein a certaindirection? Surely they know not to put money in the bank, but it gets spent one way or another to find the corruption. This is another story that really is framing how twisted special agencies inside our government can be. All across the world this happens.
Also J. Edgar Hoover's FBI is like THE example of that in a democracy in modern times.
Speaking of the situation in the early 60's, my mom was from the South and was very prejudiced. They moved to California and my parents went to a department store. The store had a black saleswoman who asked my mom if she needed help, and my dad said my mom literally froze in astonishment with her mouth hanging open. My dad had to pull her away by her arm before she made a scene. He was very embarrassed, because he was from the north and used to black people in such positions. I guess my mom thought the lady should be mopping the floor instead.
As a truck driver who does exactly as described... it feels good to be recognized hahaha Honestly though, thanks for constantly & consistently quality content.
100%. Wendigoon completely convinced me that the government did it. So I'm really curious to see how Simon sees it.
Also watched his video, I think it was far better then this. Like a million times better.. 20 minutes of this video was Simon trying to avoid his white privilege saying he'd do xxxx and xxxx was wrong. There was no reason to add in 20+minutes of trash collectors and his outrage.
Wendigoons video was a million times better then this and in a shorter time span.
America's Untold Stories yt channel beats em all. Simon is entertaining though!
@@jlo7770 do you watch this channel? If you've seen any of the prior videos, you being upset about it is entirely on you. It's literally the theme.
@@jlo7770 tbh Simon really fked up the Waco video. So much missing context, I cant even finish watching this one or the Waco one. It was painful. TBH Simons not American and idk if the writer who got the info was either, usually ppl who are out of country get false or just wrong information. I have friends from different countries who think they understand the legal system and think they know how presidency works. I have to let them know that they are getting drip fed propaganda and actually dont know jack shit.
Lol you watch wendigoon!😅
I don't know how many more conspiracy theories actually have the legs for this sort of deep dive, but please bring on any that are out there! Excellent work, Kevin, Simon, and crew!
che guevara?
9/11. And I don't mean thermite and all that shit. It was Mohammed Atta and a 767 is the perfect skyscraper removal device and it did not collapse in freefall and the fire protection was actually shit and in the process of being renovated.
No I mean that the CIA and the FBI each uncovered part of the plot and passed that information on to the administration. Basically an attack is imminent, what do you want us to do?
What happened after that is much more interesting than pretending like things that happenee, did not. Such as saying United 93 was shot down. It wasn't. Dozens of passengers called their families , the airliner was skimming the ground at low altitude after it had been taken hostage.
No Cheney and Rumsfeld were up to something. A large attack was perfect for them. Halliburton got the contracts, Afghanistan made sense but what the f*ck was Iraq? That's reaching pretty far. But they had to take what they could get and that was letting and old friend finance a special operation and making sure it wouldn't be stopped. Of course they betrayed that old friend and made sure he wasn't taken alive.
I don't know what happened but there's a lot of smoke there too. And again. Those floors collapsed when the burning kerosene weakened the brackets supporting the floors between the structural outer shell and elevator shaft in the center. Each floor was like a book shelf, supported by steel brackets. These brackets where covered in 50 year old fire protection that had worn away and the replacement hadn't reached much past the 20th stories in either towers.
As the steel brackets heated up they became soft and the floors collapsed onto lower floors, also damsged by fure initiating a chain reaction of hundreds of tons of concrete smashing onto succeeding floors. This didn't happen at freefall. 5-7 m/s/s or so. Not 9.81 m/s/s.
Just follow the money and all trails lead to Halliburton.
I don't know what they told the cokehead but he sure as hell was distracted and my gut says he wasn't directly involved. But who the hell knows. Whatever happened it'll never be declassified unredacted, just like whatever the hell happned with JFK.
Look up the kids they found on the railroad tracks.. it isn't a "conspiracy theory" when there's so much evidence to prove it as fact vs theory
McCarthyism Red Scare
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7:40 - Mid roll ads
9:05 - Back to the video
10:55 - Chapter 1 - Walking in Memphis
19:20 - Chapter 2 - The march 28th riot
24:25 - Chapter 3 - The Assassination
32:00 - Chapter 4 - International manhunt
44:25 - Chapter 5 - James Earl ray's story
59:45 - Chapter 6 - The shaking evidence against Ray
1:11:55 - Chapter 7 - The FBI Vs Martin Luther King Jr
1:22:15 - Chapter 8 - The FBI king suicide letter
1:26:25 - Chapter 9 - Suspicious events on the day of assassination
1:36:15 - Chapter 10 - The loyd jowers trial
1:40:30 - Wrap up
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I appreciate these time stamps, but wonder how long it takes you. I am laughing so hard thru the videos, I’m having to rewind to catch what I miss. 😄
On the science vs religion in school thing
My 11th grade science teacher handled this pretty well.
She said “There is the answer you believe and the answer we are looking for. You can believe whatever you want but on tests and homework, the answer is what I teach you in class.”
I’m paraphrasing but I thought that was a really clever way of getting around the issue. And this was in the late 90’s.
Any teacher that spouts bible bullshit outside religious or cultural topics should be barred from education
People literally died to get religion out of public schools, because it doesn't belong there. The pledge of allegiance is bad enough, but actual religion in school? Gtfo. That's a hill I'll die on, not because I think god as a construct is stupid and ignorant, but because my child should have the right to not have that bullcrap be part of the standard lesson structure.
That's terrifying, actually, bcuz it's a blatant admission of indoctrination, and I'm not sure what bothers me the most: the fact that the indoctrination has been going on so long that we don't even bother to fight it; or, that the teacher openly admitted it bcuz she knew she'd get away with it. The Enemy Within manifesto that was written by Russian leaders at the beginning of the Cold War has finally reached the point where they're ready to declare "Checkmate!" And life as we know it will be over.
Bad policy. Makes it sound like the answer is only the correct one because the Authorities say so. The answer isn't "what i teach you" the answer is the truth. And the Truth is, I love God with all my heart & if you think She contradicts math, physics, chemistry, or biology, you must be confused
Your teacher shouldn't be allowed to teach. "What I teach you" is a fancy way of saying "you're NOT allowed to think for your self" Then again seeing the current state of affairs with the US school system I can't say I'm surprised.
Thank god for google street view lmao. "What bushes? What tree?"
Eyy, this was the one I was saying that I believe in back in the JFK video and Kevin said he allegedly might (maybe) be working on. Excited to see it finally drop.
Like that one, this one has the basics that most conspiracies fall flat on. Certainly doesn't help the government's case that they *blatantly* assassinated Fred Hampton the next year either.
Edit: Oh yeah, when he says Hoover was "anti-communist" he means that he abused his power and used personal prejudices as an excuse to surveil and harass people for decades. He was known to have blackmail on politicians and was, as I understand it, basically corrupt beyond comprehension.
same. words out of my mouth. i'm wicked excited about this one. I think JFK/MLK/Bobby Kennedy are all in the same vein. would love a video on Bobby's assassination as well.
Cheeky Google. Holy shit!
@@timfriday9106 He did it three years ago: ruclips.net/video/n7wLJ7YiR7s/видео.html
"The Story of Robert Kennedy and Sirhan Sirhan".
beyond comprehension pretty well describes it .
"fugitive...can't get a gun..." the wicked snort I did at this as an American. As a child, I visited a friend's house and found a pistol between the couch cushions in a fairly affluent area, so I imagine a felon could find one fairly easily.
Especially in the 60's. I'm sure he just went to the store and bought it, no questions asked.
I was thinking “this dude has multiple identities and there was no national database for the store to check”, I’m pretty sure as long as he isn’t posted all over the news it doesn’t matter😂
@@nicholaslewis8594 even if it did matter, it's not like a wanted fugitive known for breaking the law is going to follow the law.
hell the guy bought them illegally under a fake ID so it's not like any sort of database would have stopped him and if it did, he could have just gotten one illegally.
Speaking of Atlanta, the Atlanta Child Murders (which Simon might remember from the second season of Mindhunter) would be an excellent topic for a video, either on this channel or the Casual Criminalist. There's also a truly excellent HBO docuseries that everyone should consider watching.
Really hated how that was the end of the show, they spent all season catching a dude and the evidence against him seems kind of shaky (especially considering I’m pretty sure they used hair sample analysis, which isn’t DNA and kinda be) or at least he was just one of multiple killers.
@@nicholaslewis8594 there has always been levels of disbelief around the man they convicted, ranging from the sensible like the police having tunnel vision and arresting a suspect that fit the profile rather than the facts, to a proto pizza gate conspiracy.
@@nicholaslewis8594 mean he is defiantly a murderer but he was used to end the panic
His fight against capitalism is a strong statement! Most people won’t understand THAT part
21:00 This is the American definition of justice. And this is why poor people prefer vengeance.
I really don't think Simon understands how hard it was to track people in the past. He always seems surprised at how easily people get new identities, escape prison, or leave the country in these videos. But it's not surprising when the events are set almost 60 years ago.
Yea his points are cringe
@@kale6264 It isn't so much cringe as it is not realizing just HOW MUCH computers have changed things. The 15 terabytes of storage in my PC is probably more digital storage than existed ON EARTH when MLK was murdered. Fifty years has brought a lot of changes.
To a point but the Canadian passport was statistically impossible scar on hand and four head
@@60sSamyou're probably not wrong. If I'm not mistaken, my TI Inspire calculator that I used in school 4ish years ago (top of the line one, with color and all for calculus and everything) has more computing power than what we had when landing on the moon. I know for a fact our iPhones do (not sure about androids, lol). But like...people really don't understand just how far computers have come. And how life is utterly different.
Hell, I bet people have never stopped to think about official government ID documents worked pre computers, and would be shocked when they actually sat down and thought about the fact that there was no "national database" and what that would entail
Driving a box truck for 7-14 hours a day, I still managed to constantly occupy my brain between all of your channels. I feel like I’m learning and making more than if I stayed in school
You're not wrong. I've learned more from youtube outside of college than I ever did within.
simply put: you are! Heh. A college degree costs tens of thousands of dollars, puts you in debt for 20 years on average, and degree holders have lost 19,000$ a year in salaries on average since the time MLK was definitely shot by the FBI. I never obtained a degree (not by choice mind you) but I work alongside degree holders who make less than me sometimes because I spent that time gaining on-the-job experience so my resume is better, allowing me to more easily get a slightly higher paying job. A degree means less and less in capitalism over time because of the natural cycle of devaluation of workers in order to increase the profits of the upper class. Taken to its extreme (see, today), when this goes on for a very long time, you have massive wealth inequality and a faltering education system due to budget constraints and profit margins. Larger class sizes, less teachers who are paid probably less than you are now left to deal with rooms full of unruly children, the poor things, and of course, they teach no practical real-world skills in school anymore. Imagine how nice it'd be if people took courses in how to analyze news or research, how to properly do their taxes, etc. I got lucky. My 6th grade drama teacher took an entire month out of her curriculum to teach us about the dangers of propaganda. My 8th grade math teacher took a week to teach us how interest works and to tell us to never get a credit card or apply for a loan. Those brave souls have saved me SO MUCH hardship and sharpened my mind. And PS: watch out for automation in your sector, self-driving semi trucks are a thing and as soon as they're ready you may face a lay off. Let's hope the company you work for thinks it costs too much to replace you with a machine and doesn't do it.
I genuinely love that Simon’s wife and kid came by to spend some time with him. Because, while the part of the video before they came by was usual Simon shenanigans, there was a marked cheerfulness afterwards that truly seems genuine. So hopefully Simon isn’t raising serial killers. Oh wait…this is DTU, not CasCrim. Anyways…I stand by it. No parent is perfect, but a good way to not raise serial killers is to be happy to see your wife and kid randomly during the day. 13:37
Maybe that's just what they want you to think?!?
You can tell he LOVES his family. I love his little tangents about them. It’s so sweet. If you listen to Casual Criminalist, too, any time there’s a hint of a kid being in danger, he gets so depressed. He always says something like, “Oh, no! I have kids! I don’t want anything like this to ever happen to them!” He got himself properly depressed once thinking about it.
Actually in Australia Simon, fun fact: our garbage trucks only have a single driver. There's a robotic arm that comes off the side and accurately picks the bin up, dumps in it and the truck moves to the next. This does however mean frequent stopping which can be a bit painful if you get stuck behind one on a one way street.
“British man angered by American norms” is a great video genre
Quick note on the upgrading of the rifle caliber from a 243 to a 306. When Ray was told that a 243 was enough to hunt any deer in Alabama, and said he intended to hunt in Wisconsin, he may have been referring to wanting to hunt moose or bears, not necessarily “sturdier deer”, which would explain wanting a larger caliber. Of course, his hunting story was fake anyway, but this would probably have been enough to explain to the seller why he wanted a larger rifle without anyone finding it odd
Also, Ray wasn't a "highly skilled marksman" like the FBI said he was. He barely knew anything about firearms.
Yeah 30-06 is also still considered to be pretty much standard hunting round. When my grand uncle clearance came back from world war II, he got an m1 Grand and would load it with heavy bullets for hunting deer. Getting shot in the face by one of those. You're not likely to survive. Doesn't matter where you get hit the sheer kinetic energy would have likely killed King by the end of the day.
@@squillz8310 He wasn't a "highly skilled marksman" 10 years prior to the shooting, when he was still serving. That's a loooong time for things to change. Not saying that he did commit the crime, but alluding that the proof lies in something he was bad at a decade ago is just as speculative.
Also, the best place to learn to be a criminal is in prison. Not that he would train his riffle skills there, but if he was an agreeable enough dude, he'd learn where to get fake ID's and such.
Where does a half wit criminal obtain 3 passports of three real people from another country who miraculously happen to look almost exactly like him?
Also if there wasn’t someone telling him to get a specific rifle, why would he care if he got a .243 instead of a 30-06?
Spoilers: they allegedly 100% killed him and a bunch of other civil rights leaders.
Need to make that allegedly in all caps, don't want you to have any accidents
@@BrightBrandi or a tragic fall into depression that ends with digging his own grave in the middle of the desert, committing suicide with two bullets to the back of the head, and falling in such a fashion that the mount of dirt landslides to cover him c:
@@azuregriffin1116 or tragically drowning in their own backyard pool, despite signs of strangulation and there not being any water in their lungs.
@@_KaiTheGamer_or tragically going missing only to wind up in a nearby location, suspiciously, with gunshot wounds that couldn’t possibly be from him/her, the victim, yet it’s labeled a suicide.
What? The US government assassinating enormous amounts of its own citizens for protesting for civil rights & liberties as well as reform? That is literally so crazy. They said they didn't do that, and we all know that the government would never lie to us.
Hahaha I loved the part at 3:30 where you end up doing an Aussie accent. I’m Australian and straight away thought it sounded like us. I’m actually impressed how well you did it hahaha
I don’t see how it’s even a conspiracy if they truly dug up the bushes and cut down the tree.
The biggest problem with american education is actually that people dont remember what they were taught. I have had classmates claim to have not been taught something when I clearly remember being there when we were taught just that. That is what happens when you are required to pass a test and never really remember the information again.
Short answer: yes
Long answer: yes it was proven in court
Great video.
In the US, if you don’t pay a ticket or don’t show up for a court hearing, the judge can (and likely will) issue a “bench warrant”
Simon is so innocent! 😂
Strikes don't work when everyone goes home and drinks my man 😅
Pretty sure he was saying that the city being covered in trash would speak for itself.
@@nicholaslewis8594 exactly! 😊
49:09 so I know a guy who has been best friends with a black guy since middle school. Every time the guy says something that could be interpreted as racist (very often things about video games or just discussing politics or even talking about figurine painting discussing the color of paint he's using) the best friend will respond with, that's racist. And probably 70% of the time the guy will say, "I can't be racist, I have a black friend, your my black friend [name of best friend]." And then the two of them laugh because they are well aware that it's a meme at this point. They sometimes set each other up for the joke. They've been friends for over two decades.
when you are on strike you do get a strike pay. But the only way to get strike pay is if you attend a picket line (March or protest) if you just sit at home you don’t get any money at all. So it’s good to be apart of these picket lines.
Another suggestion is "Garry Webb" and how the CIA definitely absolutely killed him.
Love how Simon doesn’t appear to connect/understand that King had limited options for where to stay and that the media/officials/general public generally didn’t care much about his safety. In reality many in media and public wouldn’t have minded harm coming to King. Racism wasn’t (sadly still isn’t really) a fringe idea it was common place and the mainstream opinion particularly in police but really generally. Also wait till Simon learns about Fred Hampton…
Look man it’s pretty clear to see that Simon simply didn’t think of that. It isn’t an intentional slight on his part.
He was literally declared the most dangerous man in the US and authorized any use of force or power to be used against him without any authorization or question. The US government probably isn't assassinating any more people, but we honestly don't really know, as it definitely was happening as late as the mid 2000s.
@sixstringpsycho look man, it's pretty reasonable to call out stupidity when you're confronted with stupidity
@@WHIPLASHVideosTBT Stupidity and ignorance are two different things. Heck, naive ignorance and enforced ignorance are two _more_ different things. It’s obvious hearing him talk that Simon’s not stupid. What he is is naive of some things that we take for granted because he hasn’t had much exposure to it in his life, which I don’t think is fair to hold against him. I personally hope his life stays removed from a lot of the ugliness out there in a lot of people’s day-to-day lives.
It urks me how many people view America as the pinnacle of racism while ignoring the fact of how the middle east, a lot of countries on the African continent, and some places in the Caribbean has had a long and on going history similar if not worse involving targeting minority groups via genocide or just generally refusing them basic human rights. But yet, we are viewed wildly as the most intolerant country while at the same time have the most diverse mix of culture when compared to any other country. That doesn't change our past, but instead of cheap grandstanding. Try and fix the other countries that actually need your help.
Trucker here, can confirm, I listen to Mr. Whistler for hours.
Jfk and this one best 2 episodes by far! I love your work, Simon and crew!
Thanks!
@@ThatWriterKevin You are very welome.
i like how as an american, when we do a southern accent its usually somewhere around texas, alabama, or florida...when simon tried to do a southern USA accent he ended up in australia lmao
Iv been watching Simon since before he had kids, it’s been a great journey Simon keep up the good work mate, from Ireland 🇮🇪
I know, right? It's been fun to hear his little anecdotes of his kids growing up!
Little idea for a next DTU Video: the mysterious death of Frank Olson (CIA Agent)
Simon- Thank you for posting such good content on so many channels! I know there must be a lot of work involved for you, your writers and your editors so I wanted to say thank you! I listen to your content while I work since I work from home and it is something I can listen to so my house doesn't seem so quiet. Thanks for all you do!
What was not mentioned about George Wallace's redemption was the fact that he "Found Jesus " after he was shot and paralyzed at a presidential rally in Maryland leaving him darn near completely paralyzed and totally dependent upon his Black caretakers.
The FBI killed Fred Hampton. This is an established fact. It's not much of a stretch to think that they would have killed MLK.
As this video pointed out, MLK got increasingly radical toward the end of his life. He spoke out on issues not just of race but of US imperialism and capitalism. This was during a time when the US was squashing out anything that resembled socialism. They were fine to let MLK talk about peace, love, and racial equality. Those don't threaten US economic hegemony.
The one part that doesn't make sense to me: if James Earl Ray started recanting on his story and claiming to be a patsy, why wasn't he simply killed? I guess maybe they knew he couldn't prove it. But it still seems like they'd want to cover their tracks.
My Gov/Econ class in high school was literally 100% the teacher teaching us about conspiracy theories, I'm not even kidding
In America, the oldest Black American born with the same civil rights as anyone else is 55 years old. Every Black person older than this was not born equal, their equality was legislated. April 1968 was not that long ago.
Wrong. no one is free or equal. $ separate the ppls.
Simon's youth shows in his commentary, I was born in the 1950s and used to visit both Canada and Mexico and never got a passport until much later . And yes, before computers everything was much slower.
US Citizens didn’t need a passport to travel to Canada or Mexico until 2007.
I’m in the same generation as Simon and in middle school (10-14yrs) my teachers taught Holocaust and WWII history all year round and put up a “token” poster in February for Black History Month. All that is to say, even with teachers who were pointedly not focused on the subject, I still learned a ton of this history. Maybe it wasn’t from school, maybe it was from PBS or similar tv programming. As an immigrant, it wasn’t like my family or family friends had any first hand experience or stories to learn from either. Reading these comments about how little people were taught/remembered about the Civil Rights movement is actually concerning. I thought I was ill-informed but wow something is deeply wrong…
Simon I absolutely love your videos. I drive for Lyft and I always have one headphone in my ear to listen to your podcast throughout my shift thanks for the content buddy
Thoroughly enjoyed that. Well researched by Kevin, and thought provoking. Another great episode. Thank you Simon.
Thanks!❤
Nothing will surprise me about the government, anymore. Unless they become honest, moral and selfless; that shock might kill me.
Exactly I'll never trust them. After 911 and the lies of us going to war for 20 years and not admitting they were wrong is scary. It's scary they could do something right infront of our face and deny it
As a fellow British person in school they did infact teach me mainly American history AND conspiracy theories including Martin Luther King assassination conspiracies
My history teacher loved all the side stories ahaha
My history teacher did, too. We were kinda taught about how some people thought the moon landing was done on a holly wood soundstage, but it was in a “let’s use our critical thinking skills” kind of way, but Kennedy and King were taught as “I’m not legally allowed to say this is anything but a conspiracy theory but follow the evidence”
Same I was in the UK and we got taught some of the murkier stories
Im a child of what they call SOLs in VA. They dont have time to make anything fun now. They are lucky to make it through what they have to teach for the testing. Literally have a awesome teacher give up on it and literally starting teaching the questions from the test that was released from the years before. I mean no actual history book. No progression through time and events, cause and effect. Just the answer to this question of you see it is this. Over and over all year
Very jealous, they didn’t teach me any of that and I’m from the south in the states
@@aleshiamusick8109 what does SOLs mean?
For those that don’t know, at one point in time, a money order was the “poor man’s cashiers check.” It was the equivalent to cash. Stealing a stack of money orders and the printing machine was counterfeiting.
“Why didn’t stay just change hotels “
Racism …..good old fashioned racism
I'm not a conspiracy fan, but it would disappoint (not surprise) me if the FBI was involved, especially looking at their track record the last few years. Hoover was a huge racist.
He was also very gay and loved dressing as a little girl. So much for someone big on striking down on 'immoral' behaviour...
Stellar job, as always, Simon and crew! Just one suggestion that the background music should be toned down quite a bit… sometimes it’s hard to hear Simon over the background effects. For example, I the 1:26:20+ area, the background sounds are distracting instead of helpful.
No complaints here though! Absolutely will continue to devour all the content… just wanted to offer this suggestion, from a viewer/listener’s POV.
Big thanks to the whole crew.
Thanks!
Wendigoon’s video on this topic was also phenomenal, highly recommend that video.
Wendigoon also stays on topic unlike Simon 😂
7/28/2023... that “extra terrestrials never landed in Nevada” bit aged well 😂🤣😂
It's not outrageous at all they killed King, X, Evers, Newton... any black man that dared to try and better his people
Super hyped for this one since there's a lot of suspicion the FBI & CIA were involved in both MLK jr & JFK's deaths.
Also if Simon suddenly disappears then reappears & commits suicide, we know this one was true & the FBI was involved lol 😊
wendigoon did videos on both as well; tldr yeaaaa they probably did both
It could be the KGB
Because they were.
@@thomasbaker6563 Why would the KGB want to kill MLK?
i hope simon gives us an update in 4 years time!
As usual guys, a very well written and read episode! It’s always nice when Simon get on board with a conspiracy! But they may find out when those files are declassified that it was really ghosts of long dead aliens 😂
Thanks!❤
I live for these deep dives into American History.
Hope you enjoyed!
Great episode. This was definitely eye-opening in all of this info. Have to agree with the tree and bushes removal in the middle of the night part. The James Earl Ray is an easy patsy bit too. I had known a lot of the JFK stuff but this was all new to me. I think Simon needs to redo his James Earl Ray Biographics video...
"Well that was nice! It wasn't a delivery person, it was actually just my wife and my kids!"
Had me cracking up at how wholesome that was
regarding communism at about 1:12:30 ... the red scare really did a number on popular american vocabulary. I've had more than one person tell me very seriously that any taxation at all is communism. all hail the omniscient Free Market, I guess.
Video request! Could you please cover the story of Gloria Ramirez, who apparently in 1994 caused people treating her in hospital to become unwell.
EDIT: Request is specifically for a Decoding the Unknown episode. I don’t care if it’s been done elsewhere. I want the deep research dives by this channel’s writers and Simon’s reactions and tangents.
seconding this - it's such a wild story
Oh yes, a very interesting story.
Isn't she "the toxic lady"? If so, I think Simon covered it. I know Joe Scott, Mr. Ballen and many others have as well and the mystery was solved.
I believe they covered her already? I looked through the videos and didn’t see it but I distinctly remember Simon talking about her before. It might have been in one of the internet mystery games videos
@@MrMossMan7272 It was not in one of those. It may have been on TIFO or something rather than this channel. If the above commenter is correct and it is solved, then it'd be a pass from me. I don't like writing about solved mysteries for this channel
History here in the United States is a joke. We have 250 or so years of poorly recorded history that's different for whichever region you live in as opposed to British history, which is well over a thousand years of history, carefully documented, and spanning most of the globe. Simon, your lack of knowledge on American history is normal. The world does not revolve around America anyway. People are just insane.
It's more that the US hates covering its shameful history. In California, we spent a good two months on the Civil War, but completely glossed over the numerous wars with the Natives. Hell, the Trail of Tears was two pages in a 30 page chapter on Manifest Destiny.
@@absollum that's kind of what I was implying by poorly recorded. But yeah, there's plenty of that going around as well. I think I can be confident in saying that's not a practice unique to the United States, however. We really only dabbled in colonialism and land stealing compared to other nations with history that spans millennia instead of decades. What a shit show.
Trash compactor (industry term is a “packer”) crushing incidents is exactly why now a days we are required to shut off the PTO and engine, and additionally turn off the battery disconnect, and red tag lockout the battery disconnect before entering the trash area to clean it out.
Love this channel! Been binging the channel since I found it last month!
Like the JFK one, I have a feeling Simon may be swayed by this one.
I have a strong feeling you may be right
I live in Memphis, and every year we dedicate a day to the men who were crushed by that truck though until this I never quite understood why. This taught me a ton of history of my home city that the people who lived through the hatred find to painful to teach to the younger generation. So thank you for this piece ❤
You're welcome! ❤
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As a retired missionary I simply don’t understand how people can hate Gods children
@@shelteredsparrow2736 Really? Might need to read a bit of history regarding what "Missionaries" have done around the world.
@@StefanMedici hi Stefan!
First I want to say that you are right in the fact that there have been abuses. That angers me and God. They will face God for that. But what you are looking at are instances in the middle of so much good. I would suggest watching two movies. One is IN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS. It is an incredible story of a woman in China who rescued children during WW TWO. The other is FATHER DAMIEN. It is the story of a man who was a priest in a leper colony. He ended up getting leprosy. Another you may want to look at is New Tribes. They go into areas where people’s languages have never been learned. They learn the language under sometimes really dangerous conditions, teach people how to read and write, start schools to educate them and many times have a medical person to help. Another book to read is THROUGH GATES OF SPLENDOR. This was a gal who was married to a man named Jim Elliot. There was a really terrifying tribe that everyone was afraid of. His team made the decision to try to reach them whatever the cost. The tribe, the Aucas killed them! The person who writes the book, eventually goes and works with the people that had killed her husband. They are now a peaceful tribe. One thing we did was we were in a major earthquake. There was aid coming in to help but people kept stealing it. They found our school. Because we were there, we were in a place to give help that was desperately needed. I would do a google search of pick a third world country and add orphanage. What we did was start a school called Accelerated Christian Education. It was an amazing school! It started with kids taking a placement test. It showed things that were missing from their education and where to start them. It was self study. When the kids had completed the gaps in their education they would do these learning booklets. When they were done they would be the ones to tell you that they were ready to take a test. They had to turn in the booklet and could not review it. They had to get over 80 percent to pass. If they failed they would have to retake the material. That way they would eventually get it rather than this being a gap in their education. These were the children of the poor and many were rice farmers. One of these is now an architect. Another qualified for that really hard international spelling bee. What I did was called The ABCS OF ACE. It was a reading program. It was so good that I was able to teach children even though I had a limited education. There are tons of Koreans in The Philippines. They are there to reach the lost. They told me a story of a time when they were going into a town to help them. They had a doctor, which is really common when they go to towns. There was a little girl that was dying. The doctor saved the little girl’s life. Another place I went was Bolivia. The pastors wife said that I had been like a second mother to her. I don’t know how much you travel but, if you do to another country in Central or South America Asia or Africa I would google missions and check this out for yourself. I am glad though that you care about this issue
I. Love. These. Deep. Dives!
Thanks! I love writing them
One thing to keep in mind, the city of Memphis sprawls across state lines so it would be very easy for any crime committed there to become federal.
Fantastic episode. Love the length.
I listen to all of your channels while driving quite alot and really enjoy your format and delivery. Never release your writers from the pit so you can keep up this savage pace😂
To Simon's comment about deer being sturdier up north: they are. Wisconsin has harsh winters, northern deer have bigger bodies to deal with the cold. The average weight for a mature white tail buck across North America is 150lbs, but it's not uncommon to have mature bucks on the northern end of their range to weigh over 300lbs.
the strong survive, so those that pass on their genes are the best of the best and no less
I don't know about Wisconsin, but in Montana we have mule deer, a larger and totally different species.
@@lizc6393 Wisconsin doesn't have any mule deer that I've heard of, but our whitetails are certainly heavier than what they have in Alabama.
That's interesting Ray and King were on the 2nd floor, the bullet hit King's Right cheek and followed a downward path. Seems like the shooter would have to have been quite a bit higher up than King was. Both men (as I understand it) were standing.
@Asgardian Time Lord Jedi I did some checking and it turns out, MLK was leaning forward over the railing talking to someone on the ground level. That would make sense the bullet traveled thru his jaw into his lower cervical/upper thoracic spine.
My second favorite Simon channel outside of Brain Blaze, being my #1. I love all of your channels though. All S tier.
Trucker here, love this .... these channels
About the reason why the FBI thought it was likely someone who was already a fugitive, Ray's use of multiple aliases was an indication he had prior criminal experience and knew using multiple names would slow down an investigation.
The FBI did prioritize the prints they compared but still got incredibly lucky how quickly they found his. It could have taken weeks instead of two days.
Unless they already knew who he was and put his prints in the 'check first' pile. Then it's not luck at all.
Ray had the stolen identities of 3 real life people that looked exactly like him, down to scars and everything. Think about that, there's no way a civilian can find that three times in the present, but I know an agency that can.....
@@Jermaine303there's a few
Simon, I've always loved your videos and the stories you tell and one thing that's kept me coming back is the tangents, jokes, and overall delivery of the episodes content. I think I speak for a good majority of viewers when I say no matter what the episode covers I'd rather have it told with the jokes and tangents, it's why I watch you. If we wanted serious we could find a documentary. Keep the jokes and stories they make it more interesting.
There are really only two well known Martín Luthers, and only one was a Black American.
I’m a truck driver and I listen to you when I’m working all the time.