The Gruesome Crimes of 'The Bluebeard Murderer' Johann Otto Hoch

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  • Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2024

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  • @65charliemopic
    @65charliemopic 14 дней назад +109

    I really enjoy the old historical cases you put on your channel. These old cases are always interesting.

    • @AislinnWolfsong
      @AislinnWolfsong 8 дней назад +2

      It's especially interesting to see what people could get away with and the insane ways they tried to cover it up before the development of modern technology and investigation procedures.

  • @laurabrowning7973
    @laurabrowning7973 13 дней назад +20

    A clergyman sleuth! I love it!! Thank you for posting!

    • @russell-di8js
      @russell-di8js 7 дней назад

      Chesterton used Father Brown as his sleuth, & is a quite famous example from fiction.

  • @catlady5359
    @catlady5359 13 дней назад +32

    Serial killers have always been with us. Shocking and sobering reality. Interesting to hear about these historical cases. Thank you!

  • @nataliesemmache1938
    @nataliesemmache1938 13 дней назад +10

    greetings from netherlands and chapeaux for pronauncing the german names and words....lol i am german and i know how difficult it is sometimes❤❤❤ and i love your nostalgic stories...have a nice weekend and lots of love❤

  • @krystalw5013
    @krystalw5013 14 дней назад +41

    Sad story, but as always it was well researched and beautifully presented. Thank you!

  • @janeyrevanescence12
    @janeyrevanescence12 14 дней назад +25

    Happy early birthday, Mr. Brodie. I wish I can donate to the charity this year but I have some financial difficulties. But I am glad that you guys chose BCRF. My mom and aunt both survived breast cancer and (thank God) are still cancer free.
    Many happy returns, Mr. Brodie. May you have many more.

    • @franksavage8031
      @franksavage8031 14 дней назад +8

      You and your mom have many happy returns too! 👍

    • @gracetrueman6076
      @gracetrueman6076 13 дней назад +7

      So glad your mother and aunt are well 🩷

    • @genericamerican7574
      @genericamerican7574 11 дней назад +2

      It is breast cancer awareness month
      So glad they got to ring the bell ✨🔔 💖💖

  • @geeker6350
    @geeker6350 14 дней назад +37

    Hoch makes the Tinder Swindler look like Prince Charming.

  • @emmajulian8716
    @emmajulian8716 14 дней назад +75

    Mr brodie i waited up especially for your video tonight i just know its going to be fantastic thank you mr brodie and team 😊

    • @rickradix7464
      @rickradix7464 14 дней назад +3

      Your time zone is 7 hours ahead of mine.

  • @pimpozza
    @pimpozza 14 дней назад +59

    I do enjoy unusual cases from a bygone era!
    Really loving the upload.. listening as I go to the land of nod.. so a quick comment and thumbs up for the algorithm.. 👍 Thanks so much, Paul..

  • @XannisV
    @XannisV 13 дней назад +11

    Incredible how a proven murderer could keep claiming his innocence up to his hanging... Some people are incredible, for all the wrong reasons.

  • @russell-di8js
    @russell-di8js 14 дней назад +27

    "And marries a much less homicidal man!" OOOoo I do love a happy ending!!

    • @aimeeinkling
      @aimeeinkling 13 дней назад +2

      He was less homicidal. So, he was homicidal...but just not as prolific?

    • @russell-di8js
      @russell-di8js 13 дней назад +1

      @@aimeeinkling I was wondering.

  • @michelledesgroseilliers2956
    @michelledesgroseilliers2956 14 дней назад +20

    You are a fantastic storyteller, Paul! I had never heard of this case. Very interesting 👌 ❤

  • @InteriorDesignStudent
    @InteriorDesignStudent 14 дней назад +20

    It's kind of nuts that people used to marry based on a small newspaper ad.

    • @stoppit9
      @stoppit9 13 дней назад +3

      Especially when you couldn't really divorce!

    • @MrEd9574
      @MrEd9574 8 дней назад

      Mail order brides still a thing

  • @zippee1265
    @zippee1265 14 дней назад +16

    That was quite a tongue twister in places...well done making it through all those 'H' names. Another great story...thank you

  • @gigiwilson9124
    @gigiwilson9124 14 дней назад +29

    Fantastic video and work Paul, taking us down the dark side of human nature, it's hard to believe that these people existed thank you so much for sharing your intriguing video

    • @ritadyer9295
      @ritadyer9295 9 дней назад

      We tend to think of the “good ole’ days” because we weren’t alive then so they are fantasized in our minds. I’ve discovered thru this channel and another one just how wicked people have always been. I used to have some old warrants from the 40s where people were harming each other and fighting up in the Appalachians. I had fantasized how innocent people were there but they were just the same as everywhere else and today. They were also sleeping around and other things. I found a baby born to my great aunt that I had never heard about. I heard that she was about to “have to get married”. But she lost the baby. Not sure if it’s the same baby or not. I don’t judge her. She’s been gone from this earth since 1994. That did explain why she was jealous of a couple of other women in the neighborhood. lol! Anyway, like the Bible says: the heart of man is wicked.

  • @WendyDarling1974
    @WendyDarling1974 14 дней назад +21

    But what exactly did he do with all this money? Did he just keep it rolling over into one big bank account? Or did he live lavishly? Did he gamble?

    • @russell-di8js
      @russell-di8js 7 дней назад

      Very little time to spend it, what with all his romancing!

  • @marytalbott5738
    @marytalbott5738 14 дней назад +7

    Happiest of Birthdays my good man! Tomorrow is my youngest daughter's 7th as well. This month has given us some of the best souls and kindred spirits! Celebrate your all accomplishments this year and keep up the wonderful videos, they are much appreciated!! Here's to another year of YOU!! 🎉🎈🎁🎂🎊🥳✨🪅

  • @DarkYashaRyoko
    @DarkYashaRyoko 14 дней назад +74

    Ayo, how you propose to your NEWLY DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER, right after she died??? WHY DID THE SISTER MARRY HIM?? WHO DOES THAT?

    • @PatricioGarcia1973
      @PatricioGarcia1973 14 дней назад +18

      back then it was normal to marry the wife's sister or husband's brother if they passed away

    • @DarkYashaRyoko
      @DarkYashaRyoko 13 дней назад +2

      @@PatricioGarcia1973 why on earth was that normal??

    • @joanneentwistle7653
      @joanneentwistle7653 13 дней назад +10

      He was so prolific, and he wasn't exactly dashing and devastatingly handsome either. I think he must have worked on women's maternal instincts and fabricated sob stories to ensnare them.

    • @DarkYashaRyoko
      @DarkYashaRyoko 13 дней назад +8

      @@joanneentwistle7653 It seems like he had a way with words, and maybe he would've handsome by the time periods standards. Otherwise, I've got nothing.

    • @fishandchipsupper
      @fishandchipsupper 13 дней назад

      They do. 😊

  • @andysmith819
    @andysmith819 14 дней назад +12

    Well researched and presented. Thank you.

  • @Youser999
    @Youser999 14 дней назад +12

    A true narcissist and likely psychopath til the end. Yikes!

  • @honeyLXIX
    @honeyLXIX 14 дней назад +13

    I wonder if he could have gotten away with it if he went slower. It seems like he was marrying and killing another woman every year.

  • @dandog7653
    @dandog7653 14 дней назад +12

    Happy Birthday Paul! Studies show that birthdays are good for a person, people who have lots of birthdays tend to live longest!🤠

  • @jessicap4998
    @jessicap4998 14 дней назад +33

    How did this guy find the *energy* to court, write, marry, poison, and bury all these women??

    • @KidarWolf
      @KidarWolf 14 дней назад +8

      Considering how widespread cocaine use was at the time, I suspect the answer is probably cocaine.

    • @suewood3030
      @suewood3030 13 дней назад +6

      Where there’s a will, there’s a way!!!! 🤔🤔

    • @andrealittle2836
      @andrealittle2836 3 дня назад

      Pure unadulterated greed.

    • @andrealittle2836
      @andrealittle2836 3 дня назад

      @@KidarWolfprobably arsenic, given the symptoms of continuous vomiting etc

    • @censusgary
      @censusgary 2 дня назад

      I guess it helped that the courtships were brief, and the marriages usually even briefer.

  • @susanyoung5447
    @susanyoung5447 14 дней назад +9

    Oh, pulease! He had the nerve to quote those words. He was NO messiah.

  • @lilly9469
    @lilly9469 13 дней назад +2

    Grand storytelling, as always, thank you very much for your hard work .👍🏽

  • @ashleydavis1937
    @ashleydavis1937 13 дней назад +5

    His last words being a quote from Christ is telling of how these people's mind works

  • @davidhuddleston3127
    @davidhuddleston3127 13 дней назад +2

    Really enjoyed listening to this case ,thank you, it’s incredible how he managed to wed and then murder so many of these poor vulnerable widows before finally being caught

  • @deniseleplatt1616
    @deniseleplatt1616 14 дней назад +10

    Yay another new video. Can't wait to watch, I'm sure it will be spectacular. Thank you Paul

  • @WonderWhatHappened
    @WonderWhatHappened 14 дней назад +5

    Beautifully narrated. Thank you again.

  • @Ms.HarmonyJ
    @Ms.HarmonyJ 14 дней назад +5

    It's a pleasure Pau to see you and your crew make a sensational video. Keep up the amazing work, guys

  • @alyssstout8112
    @alyssstout8112 14 дней назад +4

    Hope you have a lovely birthday, Paul. 🎉🎊 🎉

  • @tinaroberts5858
    @tinaroberts5858 13 дней назад +1

    Love this channel. It's so refreshing to see stories I've not heard of.

  • @bettyfeliciano7322
    @bettyfeliciano7322 14 дней назад +8

    Wow! Paul! This man was like a black widow except a male! Was arsonic easily attainable back then?? It seems to be the “weapon” of choice with a lot of murderers. Please keep up your excellent work & I await your next video! Blessings to you! ✝️🙏😊

    • @marijo1951
      @marijo1951 14 дней назад +5

      Arsenic was freely available from pharmacies as it was the standard rat poison. I don't know about the US, but in the UK purchasers had to give their names and addresses to the pharmacist when purchasing arsenic and other poisons, but it was probably easy enough to give a false name and address.

    • @bettyfeliciano7322
      @bettyfeliciano7322 13 дней назад +1

      @@marijo1951 Good point Marijo! Thanks for the info! Blessings to all in the UK! 😊🙏✝️

    • @fishandchipsupper
      @fishandchipsupper 13 дней назад +3

      A widower is the word you're looking for. 😊

  • @deeannmcginnis2115
    @deeannmcginnis2115 8 дней назад

    I have never heard this told quite so thoroughly! Thank you!

  • @MrsJHarrington
    @MrsJHarrington 14 дней назад +2

    Mr. Brodie, I thank you and your team for all that is done to bring us these videos, always very interesting and informative. Hope you are keeping well Mr. Brodie! 😊

  • @hound3000
    @hound3000 13 дней назад +6

    Those were his actual last words? He was a psyschopath, that's for sure.

  • @Delicate_Disaster
    @Delicate_Disaster 14 дней назад +9

    "...and marries a much less homicidal man."
    Well I would certainly hope so! 😂

  • @crystalclear6864
    @crystalclear6864 14 дней назад +7

    Wonderful! Thanks

    • @melodyszadkowski5256
      @melodyszadkowski5256 14 дней назад +3

      This was truly chilling. If modern technology has accomplished anything beneficial, it has enabled the word to get out quicker when tracking down someone like this man. Sadly, there could be men like this looking for victims today. I can't comprehend a woman marrying her brother-in-law days after her sister's death, charging him and then changing her mind. If she was after financial security, it was a poor investment.

  • @sarahfrith1984
    @sarahfrith1984 14 дней назад +3

    Happy birthday for Monday Paul 🎉

  • @bunnymad5049
    @bunnymad5049 13 дней назад +1

    Thank you, Paul. I always look forward to and love your work. xx

  • @angeladormer6659
    @angeladormer6659 13 дней назад +1

    This was a fascinating case, Paul. I had never heard of it before. Great research. Thank you.

  • @jenniferbreaux7385
    @jenniferbreaux7385 14 дней назад +2

    I saw a picture of this dude in the beginning of the episode and he must be some kind of charming.

  • @NanaBren
    @NanaBren 14 дней назад +1

    Hello Paul! I am having an excellent evening because of your new video! I doubt I would ever have heard of these cases, if not for you and your team. Bless you all. ❤

  • @katieking9990
    @katieking9990 14 дней назад +1

    I always love your videos! Thank you for working so hard on them!

  • @AlbertaGeek
    @AlbertaGeek 14 дней назад +6

    I needed this today.
    And for anyone wondering about the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, I looked at a couple charity rating sites, and it scores as one of the best in the world.

  • @Flamsterette
    @Flamsterette 14 дней назад +10

    Thanks for the upload, Paul!

  • @Charlotte66666
    @Charlotte66666 14 дней назад +1

    Another fantastic upload, thank you Paul 😊

  • @Feline_Frenzy53
    @Feline_Frenzy53 14 дней назад +1

    Great story, Paul. Thank you.

  • @jocelienjimenez9821
    @jocelienjimenez9821 13 дней назад +1

    Good Morning Mr Brodie love your stories excellent 👌👍❤ Thank You Sir ❤

  • @brideendonnelly8708
    @brideendonnelly8708 9 дней назад

    I’ve only just found your channel and I love 💗 it!!! So well done! I’m so impressed with the way you present these older period cases AND I love your set and the way you dress in period clothes 👍 it feels like I have walked over for tea and you are telling me these stories! I just love it 😊 I’m looking forward to binge watching your body of work! 🤩

    • @brideendonnelly8708
      @brideendonnelly8708 9 дней назад +1

      I had to add this: I just noticed that you and I share the same birthday 🎉 I’ve only ever met one other person who shared our day, so I was extremely surprised at such a synchronicity ❤ how lovely ☺️

  • @lianefehrle9921
    @lianefehrle9921 14 дней назад +5

    Please do more. Your voice and the stories of these crimes makes my few minutes with you enjoyable. Oh, by the way, can you tell us about crimes in Scotland?

  • @thebooknitter
    @thebooknitter 14 дней назад +1

    I didn't know this story but always tastefully narrated by Paul

  • @bostonrailfan2427
    @bostonrailfan2427 11 дней назад

    the lesser-told stories that you choose are far better than the well-known ones most true crime channels cover

  • @Bdear1
    @Bdear1 13 дней назад +1

    I've a few stories I want to suggest, but don't know where, or if that's ok? I think they're interesting & lesser known stories that could fit the channel. I love this channel & storytelling done here, & I'd love to hear what he'd do w/them.

    • @WellINever
      @WellINever  13 дней назад +1

      Quite a few of our episodes have been suggested by viewers. You can send them to Wellineverofficial@gmail.com :)

  • @nettejakobs2501
    @nettejakobs2501 13 дней назад +1

    Thank you for another eireing story ❤ Greetings from Denmark 😊

  • @mistyblues6762
    @mistyblues6762 14 дней назад +1

    Thanks for another interesting video

  • @ancilodon
    @ancilodon 14 дней назад +7

    Surprised I hadn't heard of this man. Overshadowed by H. H. Holmes, no doubt.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 11 дней назад

      Holmes’ antics probably had the CPD on the scent to prevent another like him

  • @Iriestine
    @Iriestine 14 дней назад +1

    Great video. :) I haven’t actually watched it yet, but you never disappoint.

  • @Jd007-b8q
    @Jd007-b8q 14 дней назад +1

    I love these I've been watching every night before I go to bed

  • @PamelaTitterington
    @PamelaTitterington 13 дней назад +1

    This is an unbelievable story ,but its too true ,well told,I do wish that he was caught sooner than he was ,the pain and damage he caused,was horrendous 🥺

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 12 дней назад

    Another well reported and so interesting case, love these old crime cases and at least you can usually be assured a fit ending of these killers, they don't get out to do all again very often!

  • @elizabethmulgrew7873
    @elizabethmulgrew7873 5 дней назад

    I'm an American, but I never heard of this killer. He must be one of the worst in our history! You have to wonder what his secret sauce was with these women that he won their hearts and trust so easily! Thanks for highlighting it!

  • @FMNelly
    @FMNelly 9 дней назад

    Another great story by the best story teller there is.

  • @jasonpyles4863
    @jasonpyles4863 13 дней назад +1

    I live close to Wheeling, WV. Really an interesting city with a lot of history. Thanks for another incredible telling…

  • @BarkingCur
    @BarkingCur 9 дней назад +2

    Why does it seem like every police investigation from this era goes like:
    Biggles: “Constable, I believe Dirk Dastardly is poisoning his wife!”
    Constable: “I say! Well, has he signed a confession, witnessed by at least three bishops?”
    Biggles: “No…”
    Constable: “I see. Is Dirk here, with poison in hand, ready to give a complete confession?”
    Biggles: “No…”
    Constable: “Perhaps his wife is prepared to come into the station and die of said poisoning while I watch?”
    Biggles: “Absolutely not!”
    Constable: “Well then, we have done all we can do. Nothing for it but to wait for thirty or forty more bodies to pile up. Once this has occurred, we shall consider questioning Mister Dastardly providing he surrenders himself to us at a convenient time with all required evidence for his conviction on his person. Now, I must bid you a good morning as it is ten am and I am quite drunk-” *constable passes out on floor*

    • @MrEd9574
      @MrEd9574 8 дней назад

      You better believe it!

  • @stevefranklin9920
    @stevefranklin9920 12 дней назад

    As always, another great story!

  • @sadielevens1144
    @sadielevens1144 10 дней назад

    Always worth the listen.

  • @rickradix7464
    @rickradix7464 14 дней назад +1

    Cool. I had lived in Wheeling illinois for a while. Still live in illinois. This is a story that escaped my knowledge.

  • @badiba79
    @badiba79 14 дней назад +9

    “A much less homicidal man.”
    How much less, my dude?
    HOW MUCH LESS??

  • @CrypidLore
    @CrypidLore 14 дней назад +4

    Multiple murders is one thing... but BIGOMY! My word... the scandal!

  • @Stripeyperch
    @Stripeyperch 13 дней назад +3

    How did he manage to attract so many women.

  • @cindysmith6612
    @cindysmith6612 13 дней назад +1

    Thank you❤

  • @OliviaFinley-p7w
    @OliviaFinley-p7w 11 дней назад

    I feel awful for those poor women, a truly evil man. Thank you for your excellent narration Paul, and I hope you have a wonderful birthday 🎁🎂🥳🎉

  • @civillady13
    @civillady13 14 дней назад +4

    I lost count. How many did he swindle/kill?

  • @lorifromtemeculaca426
    @lorifromtemeculaca426 14 дней назад +2

    Happy 4 days before your birthday my good sir! ;-)

  • @WeAreNotAmused
    @WeAreNotAmused 14 дней назад

    All right we got us a. New story telling from our favorite. Scotsman and historian
    Our personal archivist taking good care of these tales most cautionary indeed
    Thanks again for your efforts to preserve our collective Inheritance that is packaged neatly 4 our consumption &
    Enjoyment
    A good and honorable deed sir respectfully
    Your fan and humble friend. May we all continue to take great care. Of the things that society has in sum substance perhaps unconsciously has disinherited. Not an indictment of anything just a fact of the way lives go by

  • @kornynhymer9008
    @kornynhymer9008 12 дней назад +1

    Happy Early Birthday from a fellow October Birthday Buddy!!

  • @melissaconnellyjones2622
    @melissaconnellyjones2622 14 дней назад +4

    Wait is there a section of video missing? The story goes from the second wife’s death, to the Reverend not believing the Jacob had unalived himself. Did he pretend and fake his own death, and when? I am so confused.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 11 дней назад +1

      RUclips probably demonitized it and it had to be removed to be monetized

  • @Oni-Ryu8
    @Oni-Ryu8 3 дня назад

    Cheers Paul

  • @marionbayley1351
    @marionbayley1351 13 дней назад +2

    I love your videos and your lovely voice.
    It is wonderful to listen to someone pronouncing foreign names correctly - unlike so many others!
    Thank you so much.💙🩵

  • @AmericanMike815
    @AmericanMike815 13 дней назад

    So incredibly interesting - it would be amazing to be able to be there and watch some of their battles! ( in an invisible airship, of course ) 😅

  • @DutchJoan
    @DutchJoan 12 дней назад

    It has become increasingly more difficult in this age to make *that* many victims, but serial killers are still around. Life is never certain.

  • @TheSlong123
    @TheSlong123 13 дней назад +2

    That letter at the beginning! The only thing we get written to us today is "hey girl, don't be f'cking nobody" via text. Bad grammar and all.

  • @Natasha6090
    @Natasha6090 13 дней назад

    Using and killing women for money is absolutely disgusting

  • @horrorfan1455
    @horrorfan1455 14 дней назад +1

    👋 paul love your videos don’t forget to drink some 🍵 tea and stay warm

  • @janetfitzgerald9752
    @janetfitzgerald9752 12 дней назад

    Mr. Brodie, do you do an audio podcast?

    • @WellINever
      @WellINever  12 дней назад

      Not a dedicated one (at the moment!) But you can find the episodes on RUclips music and listen to them in a podcast style without the need for your device's screen to be left on.

  • @daguard411
    @daguard411 13 дней назад +1

    Thanks.

  • @franken-pattern
    @franken-pattern 13 дней назад

    "...and marries a much less homicidal man..." it seems the choices back then weren't very good whatsoever. 😬
    Thank you, Paul, for your excellent stories and delightful narration. 🖤

  • @SportyOtterPop
    @SportyOtterPop 3 дня назад

    Happy Belated Birthday! I hope your day was joyful, and included cake! Am subscribing, as a pressie! 😀

  • @WolfgangvonHam
    @WolfgangvonHam 13 дней назад +2

    We all need a hobby, I suppose

  • @WVgrl59
    @WVgrl59 14 дней назад +1

    ❤ from West Virginia

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff 14 дней назад +1

    thanks

  • @ionut716
    @ionut716 14 дней назад +3

    Incredibly similarities with the french blue beard : Henri Désiré Landru... hence Hoch's nickname, i guess...

  • @thurayya8905
    @thurayya8905 13 дней назад

    What a narcissist! That trap door under his feet opened too late for so many people.

  • @fishandchipsupper
    @fishandchipsupper 13 дней назад +1

    11:01 😂😂 What's she got on her head!? 😅😅

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 2 дня назад

    I’ve seen strange hats, but Mrs. Emily Fisher wore some of the oddest headgear I’ve ever laid eyes on.

  • @fallandbounce
    @fallandbounce 14 дней назад +2

    Monsieur Verdoux.

  • @na195097
    @na195097 12 дней назад

    Wheeling? Really? That's where I am right now.

  • @sarahcartier3393
    @sarahcartier3393 14 дней назад +1

    Well I never, what a card. Goodbye

  • @MizMorgue1
    @MizMorgue1 6 дней назад

    Fisher was SO wrong for fooling around with her dying sister's husband, then married him??!! I know women were desperate in those days for a husband, but this doesn't excuse her behavior. I kinda wish Hoch burked her, but at least he was finally caught. I'm sure Emily felt stupid and guilty until the day she died. Adding the old newspaper articles is a very nice touch. I always pause the video to read them. Thank you, Sir. Another fascinating episode 👏👏👏👍