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    Reaching far back into antiquity, seafaring civilisations have relied upon beacons and lighthouses to ensure safe passage for mariners. But all too often, these noble constructions have ended up tainted by tales of torment and tragedy. Playing host to mysterious and inexplicable events, which have played out under the beacon’s glare.
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  • @BedtimeStoriesChannel
    @BedtimeStoriesChannel  2 года назад +96

    Just for Bedtime Stories viewers, get a $10 discount on any Hunt A Killer game by going to www.huntakiller.com/bedtime and using promo code BEDTIME

    • @danny1983ish
      @danny1983ish 2 года назад +4

      Did you ever look into St Catherine's light house on the Isle of Wight? There's a ghost picture to go with it if you can find it

    • @cecillianhater
      @cecillianhater 2 года назад +3

      telepathy.

    • @monadolifesaver5613
      @monadolifesaver5613 2 года назад +3

      Are we getting more episodes or big episodes for the spoopy month?

    • @mattstyles2498
      @mattstyles2498 2 года назад +1

      Do a collab with Neyond Creepy. His collection of stories and tour story telling? Woo wee. That's some good stuff

    • @danny1983ish
      @danny1983ish 2 года назад +1

      Bedtime Stories what about the ghosts of flight 401?

  • @EidanArdabor
    @EidanArdabor 2 года назад +282

    I am from Uruguay and I like to search for paranormal stories that are from here, but it is the first time that I have heard this story from Isla de Lobos, an island that is well known around here.
    I never expected to hear a story from my country on these big youtube channels, especially one that speaks english, but I'm glad they did. Thank you very much for your work. I love the channel.

    • @BedtimeStoriesChannel
      @BedtimeStoriesChannel  2 года назад +61

      I hope we didn't butcher the pronunciations too much and apologies if we did!

    • @EidanArdabor
      @EidanArdabor 2 года назад +35

      @@BedtimeStoriesChannel You pronounced it very well, so don't worry. I understand that many see the word Uruguay and have no idea how to pronounce it XD

    • @reyannawynters1800
      @reyannawynters1800 Год назад +8

      @@EidanArdabor Your country looks so beautiful from pictures I've seen. I've always wanted to visit

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 Год назад +4

      Didn't Uruguay have an incident with Gargoyles?

  • @takohamoolsen2432
    @takohamoolsen2432 2 года назад +54

    My uncle worked on an island as a gardener/general maintenance and the family who worked the lighthouse told him spooky paranormal happenings on the last island lighthouse they lived. Ghostly footsteps, eerie blue lights, things going missing etc. I loved listening to his stories as a young girl.

    • @williestreiff9314
      @williestreiff9314 8 месяцев назад +2

      That's pretty cool to have someone like that

  • @padali29
    @padali29 2 года назад +552

    A sailor told me once that being out at sea alone, or even with one other person, completely changes your personality much more so than being alone or isolated on land.

    • @1freakgamer
      @1freakgamer 2 года назад +100

      being out at all, 5000, 500, 50, or 5, changes you. You know what its like to come back after 7 months and everyone is screaming dicks out for harambe? Strange times...

    • @binkao2938
      @binkao2938 2 года назад +8

      Lol

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 2 года назад +21

      @D I believe it’s known as _attempted_ humour (a.k.a. “failed humour”).
      It also qualifies as “lowbrow”.

    • @0tt0z
      @0tt0z 2 года назад +15

      Oddly enough, I would like to try it one day.

    • @orionxtc1119
      @orionxtc1119 2 года назад +17

      The sounds you hear on the sea affects more

  • @mariemarie2888
    @mariemarie2888 2 года назад +135

    When I was younger I always had a desire to live in a lighthouse for a while. I had this dream of it being all cosy and romantic until I became aware of the internet lol and now you couldn’t pay me to go anywhere near a light house. They all have creepy stories attached. I’d rather hear of one than experience it.❤

    • @midwest1389
      @midwest1389 2 года назад +8

      Same here but I would still like to do it..

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 2 года назад +16

      Very few lighthouses have living space inside the actual tower, and pretty much all lighthouses are now automated thus have no keepers. I too used to dream of living in a lighthouse before I understood more about them. They are hauntingly beautiful though, and original lighthouse optics are absolutely fascinating.

    • @Bahama3ay
      @Bahama3ay 2 года назад +11

      Yes, there's just something so cosy (and creepy) about being stranded in a lighthouse during a really wild thunderstormy or really foggy night.

    • @mariemarie2888
      @mariemarie2888 2 года назад +9

      @@Bahama3ay hey we should totally go together haha I am completely joking obviously lol but I would love to do it just for the experience and I would love to win the lottery and buy a windmill and convert to a home but I’m forever skint but I can dream 😂❤️

    • @mariemarie2888
      @mariemarie2888 2 года назад +5

      @@anhedonianepiphany5588 don’t get me wrong I understand that now lol but how cool would it be to visit one that was still set up as though it was in use I’m scared of deep water especially in the sea I can barely swim but for the experience it would be good

  • @manuelacosta9463
    @manuelacosta9463 2 года назад +675

    The second incident was just tragic. She braved the deadly storm riddled sea to rescue her husband only for it to be too late. Then she maintained the light to prevent shipwrecks. Bravery and tragedy.

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions 2 года назад +43

      Yes very sad indeed. Life can be so damn unfair (and often is).

    • @wwhhaatttraahhww7696
      @wwhhaatttraahhww7696 2 года назад +29

      It is because the devil walks among us, the bastard.

    • @e.j.6010
      @e.j.6010 2 года назад +5

      absolutely

    • @67marlins
      @67marlins 2 года назад +23

      Manuel - She was incredibly tough to dive into freezing water to rescue him, wow.....

    • @10Akizzle
      @10Akizzle 2 года назад +16

      I thought the same thing! Like all that risk for zero reward. I just hope she really isn’t stuck in a place where her husband isn’t. 😢

  • @TheBattleMaster100
    @TheBattleMaster100 2 года назад +49

    These stories present good cases as to why lighthouses eventually became automated. Thank you for another wonderful bedtime story.

  • @Jari-95
    @Jari-95 2 года назад +87

    You’re voice is perfect for these kind of stories. I think a lot of these stories (except for the drowned husband one) have a rational explanation, but when animals (in this case a dog) start interacting with something people can’t see i always get goosebumps. Because animals don’t fake for a great story

    • @tommargarites2811
      @tommargarites2811 2 года назад +5

      Good point. :)

    • @ridespirals
      @ridespirals 2 года назад +6

      he's at the level of Robert Stack from Unsolved Mysteries or Peter Thomas from Forensic Files. perfect for the show and just hearing it puts me in an instant creepy mood.

    • @reyannawynters1800
      @reyannawynters1800 2 года назад +5

      Yah from what I understand, animals do sense way more than we ever will, and including the unseen world

    • @rsafree1139
      @rsafree1139 2 года назад +1

      But humans can fake a great story about a dog…

    • @Jari-95
      @Jari-95 2 года назад +2

      @@rsafree1139 If you can train a dog that can genuinely freak out of something that isn’t there… let me know! Because i would be impressed

  • @willdunn8846
    @willdunn8846 2 года назад +130

    Lighthouse keeper 1: *dies*
    Lighthouse keeper 2: "Welp, better lash him to the roof".

    • @loulou7963
      @loulou7963 2 года назад +6

      😂😂😂

    • @vld7850
      @vld7850 Год назад +5

      Nonsense right?!

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 2 года назад +405

    Rest in Peace Kathleen Bright, you were a fantastic wife and a courageous lighthouse keeper.

    • @mirandagoldstine8548
      @mirandagoldstine8548 2 года назад

      Indeed. Hopefully she has reunited with her husband in the afterlife or else the next life.

    • @squirrelpower1666
      @squirrelpower1666 2 года назад +4

      I'm glad to hear that Kathy was a great wife to you RE.

    • @GarlicOasis
      @GarlicOasis 2 года назад +31

      @@squirrelpower1666 get a life

    • @randomlyentertaining8287
      @randomlyentertaining8287 2 года назад +60

      @@squirrelpower1666 The fact that she willingly and quickly jumped into freezing waters to save her husband, even though the likelihood was he'd died anyway, means she was a great wife period, whether she was mine or anyone else's.

    • @julielevinge266
      @julielevinge266 2 года назад +26

      Agree,what an amazing woman, to survive jumping into freezing temperatures to save her husband makes her one in a million!
      R.I.P Kathy♥️♥️

  • @OffGridInvestor
    @OffGridInvestor 9 месяцев назад +5

    My ancestors were lighthouse keepers in northern Tasmania. LOTS of dead in shipwrecks and when the wind blows at night apparently you hear voices whispering loudly still. The lighthouse keepers were usually the first to respond to ship wreck survivors and had HUGE supplies of canned food to keep the survivors fed until they could get them transported out.

  • @tonybuckley6413
    @tonybuckley6413 2 года назад +334

    ever since I was a young boy I was always transfixed and fascinated with lighthouses.. it’s like they have a soul or something..

    • @williamsherman6995
      @williamsherman6995 2 года назад +16

      mine is with funeral homes, ever since I was a young boy...

    • @khworker1322
      @khworker1322 2 года назад +17

      Do a past life regression. It just might shed some light on your affinity towards lighthouses. Sounds whack but there might be something to it.

    • @tonybuckley6413
      @tonybuckley6413 2 года назад +11

      @@khworker1322 never thought of that .. very interesting.. 👍

    • @donvaldez6773
      @donvaldez6773 2 года назад +1

      Argus*

    • @jazeenharal6013
      @jazeenharal6013 2 года назад +10

      ​@@williamsherman6995 honestly I can understand this. they almost feel like the closest thing we have between the world of the living and the world of the Dead.

  • @lyssadyane5870
    @lyssadyane5870 2 года назад +65

    Raining....Blanket....Coffee....Bedtime Stories!!! Perfect!! 😊

    • @sherryceltic9856
      @sherryceltic9856 2 года назад +4

      Sounds like a perfect evening. ☕️ 🌧

    • @filiplubos1981
      @filiplubos1981 2 года назад +3

      After a coffee in the evening I could start making my own 'sleepless time stories' until the early morning hours... but I like a cup before noon. Rainy evening and Earl Grey would be my choice 😉

    • @haywoodyoudome
      @haywoodyoudome 2 года назад +6

      I usually rub one out and fall right to sleep.

    • @davebanfield6251
      @davebanfield6251 2 года назад +1

      @@osakarose5612 same in Oklahoma

    • @davebanfield6251
      @davebanfield6251 2 года назад +2

      @@haywoodyoudome that's why I have a wife 💯

  • @edgardner8539
    @edgardner8539 2 года назад +68

    Under the Beacons Glare part II can't wait. We know you got it in you.
    Love spooky old lighthouse stories.
    Thanks guys!

  • @RefineIrony
    @RefineIrony 2 года назад +9

    Yaaaaà. I will think back so fondly on this channel when I'm old and grey

  • @JB-rt4mx
    @JB-rt4mx 2 года назад +17

    Curling up with a warm glass of buttermilk & crumpets..you are always top shelf 😇

  • @sgauden02
    @sgauden02 2 года назад +24

    "The light is mine. To ye, me beauty."

  • @wendyescalera666
    @wendyescalera666 Год назад +5

    Kathleen was incredibly brave, I admire her greatly. She must have had immense love for her husband and they both deserve to be remembered.

  • @spectranwolfinfusion
    @spectranwolfinfusion 2 года назад +6

    Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your content. I suffer from depression and anxiety and as a result, I often have sleepless nights where I lay awake as my mind is bombarded with negative thoughts and worry. I listen to these stories in those times to distract my mind and it really helps. Thank you so much.

    • @carolinevanes4247
      @carolinevanes4247 2 года назад +3

      lots of love

    • @RM668
      @RM668 2 года назад

      Get well soon 🔜

    • @tomvincent3234
      @tomvincent3234 9 месяцев назад

      Buy the self help book The Bare foot Doctor. It saved my life. Truly saved my life. Peace be with you.

  • @Kriswixx
    @Kriswixx 2 года назад +36

    I was JUST bout to play some oldies from the playlist, and this shows up! stellar. Glad you are still around, we lost -strange but true stories-, glad you are still going strong!

    • @TL8311-j6x
      @TL8311-j6x 2 года назад +6

      We must support BTS.

    • @j.a.g.8689
      @j.a.g.8689 2 года назад +2

      What are his best stories in your opinion

    • @jack1701e
      @jack1701e 2 года назад +3

      Damn I remember that channel, what happened to it?

    • @Kriswixx
      @Kriswixx 2 года назад +1

      @@jack1701e no uploads for 8 months. Was a solid channel too! Member the Val valient thor one? that got me hooked.

  • @robertnapier624
    @robertnapier624 2 года назад +11

    Going back to your roots with this one.

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 2 года назад +109

    I think the creepy factor when it comes down to lighthouses is because of their isolated locations. Not to mention that whole reputation of the ocean and how it likes to claim lives.

    • @wolfmauler
      @wolfmauler 2 года назад +9

      Two quintessential factors yes, lol....

    • @Bahama3ay
      @Bahama3ay 2 года назад +6

      Yes, there's just something so cosy (and creepy) about being stranded in a lighthouse during a really wild thunderstormy or really foggy night.

    • @anthonyyoutubefan7567
      @anthonyyoutubefan7567 2 года назад

      @Dumb Duck True, that. Yet, it was the lighthouse, that made it possible for many of the residents in Antonio Bay to survive that fateful night. Stevie Wayne survived partly because she was so far removed from the rest of the town...until, it came for her, too. But, she was a smart lady, and was saved in the nick of time.

    • @reyannawynters1800
      @reyannawynters1800 Год назад

      True. But I love lighthouses and the ocean

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 Год назад

      I'm surprised they aren't used in horror more often. I'm bored with abandoned asylums

  • @Johnniebhoy83
    @Johnniebhoy83 2 года назад +28

    I've always been fascinated by the Scottish lighthouse case and what happened to the 3 lighthouse keepers. Heard the story told so many times; looked at all the evidence, yet all options are still open to debate. Wish I had an answer.

    • @MT-ll3tu
      @MT-ll3tu 2 года назад +6

      It was on a tiny island that had ghostly activity tied to It before a lighthouse was built on It.

    • @alexdachs9884
      @alexdachs9884 10 месяцев назад

      Keith mccloskey - look him up if you haven’t heard of his take on the story

  • @zura948
    @zura948 2 года назад +65

    This channel's consistency with delivering quality videos is as scary as their content. Keep up the good work !

  • @Momo_Kawashima
    @Momo_Kawashima 2 года назад +6

    I think that working as a lighthouse keeper would be the perfect job for me.
    You get paid to live isolated on an island, turn on the lighthouse when night falls and when there's fog (in that case you also gotta turn the foghorn on) and you have to occasionally repair it.
    Perfect for me, as I:
    -love isolation
    -enjoy mechanical repairs
    -love money to a morbous obsession
    -hate to pay a company for the electricity they produce

  • @Jared_Wignall
    @Jared_Wignall 2 года назад +3

    The first story was an inspiration for the 2019 film The Lighthouse, which was the best film of that year. Amazing film and the story of the Smalls Lighthouse is truly unsettling. Thank you for talking about it, keep up the great work!

  • @nancyjones6780
    @nancyjones6780 2 года назад +12

    The story with the 🛸👽 at the end is so BEDTIME STORIES 🌙!!

  • @dalcassian56
    @dalcassian56 2 года назад +7

    A friend of mine was a lighthouse keeper years ago. He told me a story of waking up one morning to find bloody footprints coming into the lighthouse, but none going out.
    There was probably a rational explanation, but it left them a bit unsettled

    • @johnnylego807
      @johnnylego807 Год назад +2

      Hell no!! Seriously? If I were him I’d be afraid to stay there 😱

    • @tomvincent3234
      @tomvincent3234 9 месяцев назад

      They were probably his own footprints 🦶

    • @dalcassian56
      @dalcassian56 9 месяцев назад

      @@tomvincent3234 never say never, but I i.agine he would have noticed if his feet were cut up in the morning.

    • @tomvincent3234
      @tomvincent3234 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@dalcassian56 very true. But I thought it a nice idea. 😇👍

    • @dalcassian56
      @dalcassian56 9 месяцев назад

      @tomvincent3234 honestly, it was most likely a boater that cut his feet on the rocks and came in to clean the wounds and he slept right thru it! 😴 😂

  • @richterkennedy2101
    @richterkennedy2101 2 года назад +6

    Love these videos. One of my favorite channels. I will say that I’ve heard quite a few accounts of people living in isolation hearing voices. I think this is completely natural when you’re completely alone and cut off from others. Though I imagine it must be maddening.

  • @Ob1sdarkside
    @Ob1sdarkside 2 года назад +9

    love these stories. creepy, yet stir my curiosity about remote lighthouses and wanting to stay in them

  • @Necron990
    @Necron990 2 года назад +12

    Story #2, Kathleen. That women's efforts are legendary.

  • @Bye_Good
    @Bye_Good 2 года назад +15

    Incredibly captivating stories, as always told in perfect detail accompanied by superb & intriguing art. Thank you for all you do Bedtime Stories. My favourite channel by far. Can’t wait for the next one!

  • @glendanison3064
    @glendanison3064 2 года назад +12

    I love lighthouse stories. Being an introvert and generally unsociable, I think a keeper would be the perfect job for me. As long as I had books, music, wi-fi and plenty of coffee. It's too bad they're nearly all automated now.

    • @clvrswine
      @clvrswine 2 года назад +1

      You're so cool.

    • @loulou7963
      @loulou7963 2 года назад +1

      Totally agree. I’d love to do it ❤️

  • @PilzE.
    @PilzE. 2 года назад +10

    Loves me a Bedtime Stories video to watch on a Sunday night bedtime! 🤍

  • @rometherevenant8749
    @rometherevenant8749 2 года назад +7

    Something about Lighthouses that are just so creepy and ominous. Excellent video as always.

    • @Bahama3ay
      @Bahama3ay 2 года назад +2

      Yes, there's just something so cosy (and creepy) about being stranded in a lighthouse during a really wild thunderstormy or really foggy night.

    • @rometherevenant8749
      @rometherevenant8749 2 года назад +1

      @@Bahama3ay for sure. Especially since most of them are old, Im sure that some of the sounds seeping throught the concrete make it even scarier.

  • @JohntheLNERP2
    @JohntheLNERP2 2 года назад +35

    I'm surprised this episode didn't include the St Augustine lighthouse in Florida since that one's is definitely haunted

    • @CaptOrbit
      @CaptOrbit 2 года назад +14

      Honestly, there are enough lighthouse stories for them to do a part two. The St. Augustine lighthouse should definitely be in there if they do.

    • @JohntheLNERP2
      @JohntheLNERP2 2 года назад +8

      @@CaptOrbit you know what? I they might make a part since this one has a double barrel title just like the 2 Highways of Horror episodes

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 2 года назад +2

      @@CaptOrbit Actually, there are ample stories to fill a ten part series with three stories a piece (at the very least).

    • @RKusmie64
      @RKusmie64 2 года назад +1

      Maybe so, but it was nice to hear different ones that aren't so over-told.

    • @JohntheLNERP2
      @JohntheLNERP2 2 года назад +1

      @@RKusmie64 you know what else would be nice? If the Bedtime Stories crew didn't leave out some of the more interesting details from some episodes

  • @wolfmauler
    @wolfmauler 2 года назад +16

    Oh-ho! Very excited for this one, but must wait till Sundown. Full Moon tonight no less....One of my fave story books from young adulthood is "Lighthouse Horrors", a collection of themed tales by Bloch (In which he takes over an unfinished Poe fragment!), Bradbury and Kipling among others. Can't wait to settle in for this.

  • @pamelameckley5040
    @pamelameckley5040 2 года назад +1

    Nothing hits you quite like Bedtime Stories does. Often imitated, never duplicated. Top tier content as always. I can't even imagine what Kathleen Bright went through, let alone how she felt. And those poor men (and doggo.) Thank you for always bringing it, Bedtime Stories! 💯👍

  • @stewartfewster5515
    @stewartfewster5515 2 года назад +39

    Wow a new bedtime story and we had one last weekend as well, your spoiling us. I do love a scary light house story it's time for the lights to go out. Thanks as always BTS team.

    • @clvrswine
      @clvrswine 2 года назад

      *you're

    • @stewartfewster5515
      @stewartfewster5515 2 года назад +2

      @@clvrswine Ahh! A thousand apologies for my bad grammar. I shall endeavor to get it right the next time

  • @gregoryvn3
    @gregoryvn3 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely devastating.

  • @renee_3364
    @renee_3364 2 года назад +1

    Again, a fantastic episode and again I want to say how much I appreciate the respect with which you always cover these cases. Many of these tales you cover have a tragedy within them and have been exploited and sensationalised plenty. It's nice to see you cover them with empathy and grace.

  • @7thsonofa7thson80
    @7thsonofa7thson80 Год назад +1

    More lighthouse and maritime stories please, those are my fav bedtime stories.

  • @robertnapier624
    @robertnapier624 2 года назад +7

    Volume 3 coming Christmas? And I’m still only part way through volume 2. No rush though. Books weren’t made to be read in one go. Look forward to it.

  • @dawsonharris5498
    @dawsonharris5498 8 месяцев назад +1

    Something that played a large part in lighthouse keepers having so many "strange" encounters comes from the earliest Fresnel lenses floated in a bath of liquid mercury to create a liquid bearing for the reflecting lens to rotate around. They required daily maintenance and the keepers had a lot of contact with the mercury. We know now it probably played a large part in the stories that came from light houses and on top of the isolation probably lead to the unusually high rate of murder among the keeper crews.

  • @risksrewardsrelics51
    @risksrewardsrelics51 Год назад +2

    Boon island is an interesting and eerie place with a ton of creepy history pre-dating Kathleen Bright’s story. Unfortunately all structures on the island, with the exception of the lighthouse tower, were destroyed in a storm back in the 1970s.
    I often look out at the light and contemplate the many who have died there over the centuries and wonder how many of them are still there!
    Spending a night on the island is definitely a bucket list item for me.

  • @cesaralejandrofajardo3183
    @cesaralejandrofajardo3183 2 года назад +3

    Glad to see some stories from South America they are very underrated, you should check out the Maracaibo incident of 1886, due to the location and time it took place it inmediately discards all the usual explanations leaving only 2, either an insanely rare weather phenomena or good old aliens

  • @dollyhorton2579
    @dollyhorton2579 2 года назад +7

    Thanks guys! I'm always glad for a new narration from y'all!

  • @ophidahlia1464
    @ophidahlia1464 2 года назад

    Awww yiss another Bedtime Story just as I'm getting ready to tuck in and look for a scary story to spook me to sleep! This is extra great content seeing as I live in Nova Scotia, which is real lighthouse country as much as any place could be.
    Nothing quite as otherworldly as being on a coastal nature walk when a pea-soup-thick fog rolls in and all you can see is a soft damp diffuse white, it muffles sound and makes everything quiet except the now-unseen surf crashing on the nearby shore. Then the startlingly loud & haunting horn of a lighthouse suddenly cuts through the fog from somewhere out there in the unending white nothingness; if you're close enough you can actually feel the bass of the horn in your chest but you're probably still not close enough to see the damn lighthouse. Really makes you feel small and like you're in strange place people aren't really meant to be.
    10/10 experience, highly recommend you get spooked TF up by a foghorn if you get the chance

  • @markmorris5880
    @markmorris5880 2 года назад +6

    Love this episode....love nautical mysteries in general!! For anyone interested in ghost stories of lighthouses, take a look at the american show 'Ghost Adventures' where they spend the night at the Big Sur Lighthouse and get some awesome EVP and visual evidence, but avoid the Execution Rocks lighthouse episode....they captured almost nothing! Keep up the good work guys!

  • @Imz64
    @Imz64 2 года назад +6

    This channel will always stay alive. 5 star content

  • @PvtPartzz
    @PvtPartzz 2 года назад +7

    Ok but why the hell did these cities and villages decide that whoever was watching the lighthouse would have to stay there for 6months to a year!? That’s ludicrous for places so isolated and dangerous.

    • @OriginalBongoliath
      @OriginalBongoliath 2 года назад +4

      Because the light going out=hundreds if not thousands of deaths at sea. A light could not afford to be inoperable for any amount of time and with the technology of the time a human had to be on call 24/7 because traveling from your home in town=time wasted, and lives lost.

    • @PvtPartzz
      @PvtPartzz 2 года назад +6

      @@OriginalBongoliath you understand the premise of a shift change, yes? The lighthouse is never empty.

    • @nekipeh7373
      @nekipeh7373 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@PvtPartzz like you said, dangerous. Many of lighthouses were located on inaccessible or very dangerous places for a small ship or row boat to get by because of huge waves, or big boats because of rocks/sandbanks, so daily/monthly changes couldnt really occur, especially since most of this locations are under bad/dangerous weather minimum for over a third to half a year. So sending ships periodically would be near impossible, wasteful and deadly. And like the previous comment said, technology didnt offer self-working lighthouse, but needed a human interaction for a day, maybe even more if the weather is really deadly to nearby sea traffic.
      I was also always wondered by "why they dont just be there for few weeks and than switch?" question, until one family friend would explain to me what i wrote here, which i hope shed some light on that question!
      Even if that job is not really impactful nowdays, it sure was in the past, and all respect to all the people who were and are part of it!

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 9 месяцев назад

      Because they absolutely relied on it running and some are on very steep small islands like one my relatives were on. They were trying to bring supplies up one on a sled running on a steep slope with a wooden frame the sled run in. Terrible during heavy seas. One time the sled, which was pulled by a steel cable that was pulled by horses had the steel cable break, whipped back at one of the horses and killed it almost instantly.

  • @jaredackerman2920
    @jaredackerman2920 2 года назад +22

    I'd listen to Simon narrate the nutrition facts off a macaroni box and still be creeped out.

    • @67marlins
      @67marlins 2 года назад +2

      Ha-ha....!!! That's an excellent point! I agree.

    • @BedtimeStoriesChannel
      @BedtimeStoriesChannel  2 года назад +13

      Simon writes. Rich narrates 😂

    • @jaredackerman2920
      @jaredackerman2920 2 года назад +6

      @@BedtimeStoriesChannel I'll gladly be wrong for a comment response lol! You guys are top notch!!

    • @rovercoupe7104
      @rovercoupe7104 8 месяцев назад

      @@jaredackerman2920I like it when Simon narrates. M.

    • @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD
      @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD 7 дней назад

      "As we'll soon learn, the grains used, were *whole wheat*..."

  • @Garfunkels_Funky_Uncle
    @Garfunkels_Funky_Uncle 2 года назад +8

    Finally a good story video. I find these more entertaining than the alien conspiracy theories videos you have.

    • @sv4647
      @sv4647 2 года назад +1

      Same bruh

  • @Pembroke.
    @Pembroke. 2 года назад +27

    I almost took a job working in a lighthouse back in 2020, let's just say it didn't pan out; too bad it would have been a fun job for a year. Next time. Happy Thanksgiving everyone from your friends in Canada

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 2 года назад

      Which lighthouse would that be, if you don’t mind my asking? Almost all of them are automated now, and I’m only aware of a couple of exceptions.

    • @Pembroke.
      @Pembroke. 2 года назад +2

      @@anhedonianepiphany5588 boat bluff it would have been temporarily posting as needed

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 2 года назад +1

      @@Pembroke. Ah, thanks so much for the response.

    • @Pembroke.
      @Pembroke. 2 года назад

      @Andrew Phillips have a wonderful meal 🍻

  • @AscensionRimworld
    @AscensionRimworld 11 месяцев назад +1

    i think the fact that they are usually made where the most shipwrecks occur is a more important factor than isolation/distance from people when it comes to weird happenings like this.

  • @darrelsam419
    @darrelsam419 2 года назад

    I absolutely love stories about lighthouses, so I'm happy you covered them. There's something very unsettling about lighthouses, and I'm glad most lighthouses are automated now. I'd imagine one or a few people having to stay in an isolated location for months on end must have been an awful experience.

  • @sandormarcks6942
    @sandormarcks6942 2 года назад +3

    Splendid.
    Thanks for your content.
    Good begining of week.

  • @madj.7379
    @madj.7379 2 года назад +12

    Please tell Mikey, that I saw the Cthulhu, the wolfman, the bat version Dracula, and all the other spookies. He perfectly-discreetly drew them into the clouds, the moon and even the water, throughout the episode. Well done sir! As for Richard and Simon... Grew up hearing the first two of these... Y'all didn't pull any punches. Told both, almost word for word the same version. Outstanding!

  • @Fulgrim2
    @Fulgrim2 2 года назад +5

    Funny enough, just watched “The Lighthouse” this weekend.

  • @whatshappeningnext
    @whatshappeningnext 2 года назад +7

    Very interesting stories!

  • @En_Marche
    @En_Marche 2 года назад +4

    Lighthouses … often between a rock & a hard place in wicked weather.

  • @littlewing6231
    @littlewing6231 2 года назад +3

    Great upload boys. Almost as good as the one on the Hoosac tunnel episode 2 years ago. Tunnels are almost as freaky as Lighthouses. Would love another one.

  • @mimibae_xo
    @mimibae_xo 2 года назад +54

    Thank you for the lovely sleep content tonight, Bedtime Stories! 👻🤍 Hope you're doing well! 😚💛✨

  • @MattNeufy
    @MattNeufy 2 года назад +2

    16:00 “It was the responsibility of the military to maintain the facility”
    I like that

  • @Natedawg38
    @Natedawg38 2 года назад +5

    This is your best one in ages

  • @JoseGarcia-kr3xx
    @JoseGarcia-kr3xx 2 года назад +1

    Love the illustrations and story telling,I'm always recommending them online to everyone .....great job guys

  • @AdamMclardy
    @AdamMclardy Год назад +2

    Thank you for making my childhood:’)

  • @_Woody_
    @_Woody_ 2 года назад +2

    Lighthouses, Sea Towns, Coastal Villages. That is the shit I love!

  • @las10plagas
    @las10plagas 9 месяцев назад +2

    I can't stop watching these. this must be the fifth video this evening 🖖

  • @samanthablount139
    @samanthablount139 2 года назад +7

    I've been your fan now seems like 4 or more years. love your content and drawings.

  • @michaelfairchild
    @michaelfairchild 2 года назад +5

    Me as an introvert. Give me some sort of internet connection, place to sleep and stuff to eat and I can maintain the place.
    Goverment: Right Mike, its been 2 months, time for you to be replaced for next two months.
    Me: Nah, Im good here. Cheers.

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 9 месяцев назад

      It was generally 6 months without a day off

  • @nevasoba5953
    @nevasoba5953 2 года назад +6

    I didnt realize Flannery Isle was the 1st story.

  • @ghostboy7545
    @ghostboy7545 Год назад +1

    As someone who enjoy the two books in the series, I can't wait for book 3

  • @MechaWolf0
    @MechaWolf0 2 года назад +1

    Here in Oregon we have a number of strange stories regarding lighthouses. There's the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, also known as Terrible Tilly. She saw the death of a surveyor during construction and the lose of a ship with all hands before she was completed. Keepers also reported seeing at least one ghost ship. Further adding fuel to the legend is that the native people of the region considered the rock to be an "evil place."
    Then there is the tragic story of the Heceta Head Lighthouse. The story goes that the wife of one of the keepers haunts the adjacent house, searching in vain for her dead child.

  • @anthonywalker4041
    @anthonywalker4041 2 года назад +3

    Here in Australia, you'd here stories of lighthouse keepers going mad and/or not being able to fit back into society when they'd retire.

  • @gitpicker9933
    @gitpicker9933 2 года назад +4

    Aside from really awesome content, I love how the guy speaks. His choice and arrangements of words are very learn-ed and graceful. I feel like I'm getting grammatically educated. What also really grabs my attention are the illustrative pictures. Something about the black and white images really takes the listener to some very dark places. Truly captivating.

  • @carlosduarte9141
    @carlosduarte9141 2 года назад +4

    Nice just before turning in for the night

  • @supernautacus
    @supernautacus 2 года назад +7

    Well done! But now, ask what has been filmed and recorded within the human-less automated lighthouses...

  • @attackpatterndelta8949
    @attackpatterndelta8949 Год назад +1

    Who'd be a lighthouse keeper? It just seems like one terrifying event after another.

  • @Ford17x
    @Ford17x 2 года назад +8

    My favorite channel and favorite stories TY Simon and bedtime stories :D

  • @sumobeerman
    @sumobeerman 2 года назад +1

    Amazing stories and very chilling. I've always found lighthouse stories mysterious and fascinating to read or listen to. Great video!!! Thank you

  • @marywhitt9807
    @marywhitt9807 2 года назад +6

    Woohooo! Just in time for bed! Can’t express how much I love your channel, thanks for all you do!

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 2 года назад +1

      4 PM is a little too early of a bedtime for me, although it’s almost 8:30 now so I may say “good night” to Monday in an hour or two.

  • @jayman2145
    @jayman2145 2 года назад +10

    Top notch content as always.

    • @tumslucks9781
      @tumslucks9781 2 года назад

      Top notch content is for iPhone users(!)

  • @ThePlanetDez
    @ThePlanetDez 2 года назад +5

    the first story actually sounds pretty fun, it's a series of unfortunate events

  • @johnnylego807
    @johnnylego807 Год назад +1

    I don’t know how your videos don’t have more likes/views. Literally some of the best content on here!

  • @TheRhuen
    @TheRhuen Год назад +2

    The longer story sounds like the island was home to something that really didn't want people there. Go back a bit in time and they would have attributed that all to the hidden people, which much of that was the sorts of things they were said to do, including driving people mad who would not leave their domains.

  • @user-dk7su3lp6e
    @user-dk7su3lp6e 2 года назад +4

    YOU put your dead coworker in a cheap homemade coffin. YOU strap your dead co workers coffin to the damn lighthouse, and then YOU go insane when his corpse falls out of said cheap coffin. not a lot of foresight with the first guy, huh?

  • @phoenixharvesters1373
    @phoenixharvesters1373 2 года назад +3

    Absolutely love stories like this! And I've always thought that Light Houses were some of the creepiest places on the planet. You couldn't pay me enough money to work at one of these things for even one minute. Much less a whole year!😬 contract.

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 2 года назад +1

      You’d probably have to pay _them_ for the privilege of working with one now. There’s a lot of competition for positions at the few manned lighthouses that remain.

  • @madgary5827
    @madgary5827 2 года назад +48

    The lighthouse keepers wife is absolutely awesome. Do these high quality people even exist anymore? Thank you and like

    • @marhawkman303
      @marhawkman303 2 года назад +9

      that's one of those stories that makes you realize... sometimes living is worse than dying. I think she was waiting to be reunited with her husband.
      I know my grandfather was like that after grandma died. Old and cranky as they were... living apart just wasn't something they wanted.

    • @dogevanzandt2889
      @dogevanzandt2889 2 года назад

      No there aren't women like this anymore

  • @patron8597
    @patron8597 2 года назад +2

    A whole year alone in isolation? Yeah, that's a healthy idea.

  • @lilliankeane5731
    @lilliankeane5731 2 года назад +1

    Thank you, I throughly enjoy all aspects for your videos. The stories themselves your voice and the beautifully drawn images…bravo sir. 👏👏.

  • @anthimatter
    @anthimatter 5 месяцев назад

    The thought of crushing isolation sounds wonderful.

  • @Sempfer5
    @Sempfer5 2 года назад +4

    Good timing!

  • @jodidavis5764
    @jodidavis5764 2 года назад

    My husband & I have Hunt a Killer & love it! Sooooo detailed!!

  • @onlynameMrBlank
    @onlynameMrBlank 2 года назад +1

    I know of one story where it's rumored a voice in the lighthouse keeps repeating, "Yer fond of me lobster, ain't ya?"

  • @mattg2306
    @mattg2306 2 года назад +1

    9:58 Definitely the creepiest story in my opinion. Having to stay on an isolated island, alone, for a year is scary enough. Now to add on that it’s considered haunted, and all the lighthouse workers claim to hear voices and see shadows. No wonder they were being driven mad.

  • @ks8452
    @ks8452 Год назад +1

    Great narrative about Boon Island, Maine. The pre-lighthose Island also has a very troubled history that was written about in the book, "Boon Island. A True Story Of Mutiny, Shipwreck And Cannibalism" by Andrew Vietze and Stephen Erickson.

  • @a.s.03
    @a.s.03 2 года назад +1

    The 2nd story is just so sad. Rip to all these poor souls.

  • @Jolis_Parsec
    @Jolis_Parsec 2 года назад

    I don’t know why, but I’ve always been fond of lighthouses even from an early age. I’ve actually got a set of iron on patches from all the lighthouses I’ve visited across the United States that I have yet to affix to a jacket or vest, along with a set of iron on patches for all the cave systems I visited over the years, with my favorite of the latter being a patch for the American Cave and Karst Center that I picked up during a summer vacation a while back. 😁

  • @srvfan454
    @srvfan454 2 года назад +2

    Crushing isolation, known to me as finally being free of people.