Girl you need to do a dark history episode on HUMAN ZOOs… I literally had never heard of them in my 30+ years and they didn’t happen that long ago. They DEFINITELY didn’t teach that in our history classes down here in south Florida and I’ve never even heard of anyone speaking about it… it is WILD. I hope you read this xoxoxox
Her laugh and the way she says things sometimes make me laugh out loud. The content is so dark that it’s refreshing to listen to her tell it. It’s educational, but it feels like I’m sitting on the couch with my best friend listening to some serious gossip and it makes it easier to hear about the atrocities. I don’t forget them, though!
My mom used to take me to the circus when I was a young kid. Now that there are all those documentaries about the treatment of the tigers and elephants, I feel sorry for the animals and would never attend a circus again.
@@chloeantoinette3692 Tyke, Elephant Outlaw. unsure where you'll find it, I watched it on youtube years ago. She was 21 years old and was shot almost 100 times 😭 her story still breaks my heart
Tike was shot several times… there was an elephant that was cornered and lynched because they couldn’t find anyone to buy it or even care for it…. Another gruesome way to die!
@@forevermonkeysocksask a mortician does a video on Tike. She grew up in Honolulu and, if I remember right, was actually there when they cornered the animal.
I went to a circus 10 years ago. They brought out this massive old school animal crate and you could hear everyone freaking out in the audience thinking there would be an abused animal inside. It popped open and a little chihuahua in a dress walked out 😂
you should definitely do an episode on the dark history of seaworld & the other parks they owned/were associated with them & the awful ways they captured the animals & terrible living conditions they kept them in, as well as the hazards of the trainers that were ignored for so long!
Bailey! You should talk about the dark history behind obstetrics and gynecology. So many people, and esp women, have no clue the terrible origins of modern day OBGYN!
I'm scared to hear about dark history of OBGYN but also thankful for modern medicine, am I right gals? Sheesh, the hospitals back then [or lack thereof] were even more nightmarish and hellishly painful without modern anesthesia 😱
I'm watching you from a little country called Botswana, Africa. And I just love love love you Bailey 😍 Your podcasts are my favorite things to watch honestly ❤️💖
I remember going to the Ringling Brothers circus when I was little. It’s scarred me for life. All the animals looked sick and their clowns were a little too touchy-feely for me. My mom even bought tickets for my sister and I to ride an elephant. We got on it, they whipped the elephant to start walking and I screamed that I wanted off. I cried the whole way home telling my mom I thought the elephant was crying but she kept saying no it’s eyes were just watering. I never went back 🐘 😭
I feel you! I had pretty much the same experience and reaction. It's amazing how us as kids know that something is just .. not quite right, but the adults try and gaslight us that "everything is ok" we would cry too if we got hit with a whip. I for one am ecstatic that it no longer exists and can't make another dollar 💖
Bailey I hopefully you’re doing well 🖤 You should do an episode of Dark History on how the U.S. acquired Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah
I got my popcorn out, My mom's father was in his sixties when my mom was born belonged to the circus from 1917 to 1930ish. he was acrobatic alone with his 2 brothers were the Ferraro brothers. (You can see them for 20 sec in an old movie called Sally the sawdust, with W.B Fields) Then as he got older & got into an Argument with his half brothers & my grandmother thought he was messing around with a woman, he became a clown along with my grandmother & used his bio- father's last name Ragone(my grandfather's first was Michael Ferraro then change to Michael Ragone & my Grandmother's was Jennie) I have news article clippings I have his diary, I have posters, I have pictures. Italian immigrants he and his brothers joined not because they wanted to but because they wanted to eat. He was in his teens. It is a dark history. 😁👍👏 Side-note- I know my grandfather & others would always get in trouble when animals were introduced, the animals would be treated badly & they would try to stop it. Stories about how they would sneak in to attend to the animals as best they could. My grandfather didn't go too much into it. I heard it deeply bother him.
@@fynntasticmovienight lol, I seen she was doing this story & I just started typing away. I was little embarrassed for leaving such a long comment. Then I thought how many times this subject comes up & I can tell it? Lol side-note- my 95 yr old aunt just found a chest full of pictures. Not just my grandparents to. She gave them all to me. Pictures stamped with Ringing bros., locations & dates. One day I figure out where I can all up to view. :) have a nice day. One day I will figure out to put t
I remember seeing the Ringling Brothers Circus in the late 80's. It was so amazing through my child eyes. My dad took me to ride an elephant and I wanted to be one of those women who did the silk rope act. But now that I know how they treated their animals I find it heartbreaking.
I would imagine that pretty much most things have a dark history attached to them. The whole "trial and error" thing, people didn't realize what was wrong until they learned that it was.
Humans don’t know what they don’t know and I wouldn’t saying ruining your views but elevating to a higher level or perception thus allowing one to gain another understanding. When humans forget they are evolving beings 😉 as if they have no capacity to continuously grow and gain higher perceptions than generations before.
Why is Donald Trump pretty and I am not? But why does he only have a wife but I have TWO HANDSOME GIRLFRIENDS who I show off in my masterpiece YT videos? Do you know the answer, dear mama
"Wasn't that fun? You learned about the circus." I can so picture Bailey as a kindergarten teacher. She would be a lot of fun with those little kids. She's make them cute little activists in no time. 😊😊😊
Although she does talk about stuff that happened in history that was bad; she’s more into the uh, story telling aspect of it. But If she can get one person talking about this stuff, that’s a huge deal.
@@mindywyse9515 what's so much of an agenda about making kids aware of problems we have in the world? (sorry if I have grammar mistakes english is not my first language)
@@jennifergreen6109 Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus used voice commands source: Circus World Museum, Illinois State University, Ringling Museum, Barnum museum, & Guther Gebel Williams the Greatest Animal trainer of all time.
Bailey can you do a dark history episode on the dark history of aquariums/zoo’s please? I feel like it’s a topic that needs to be re-brought up. Love u🥺🖤
I live and grew up in CT and I remember my Grandmother telling me about the fire in Hartford. She didn't live that far away from it, about 2-3 towns away and she said that the smoke was easily visible at her home along with the smell. So sad ALL those lives lost and injured including the animals all for a few dollars!!
I'm so glad I stumbled upon this channel! I loved the circus as a child and even when my children were little. Then I began to read about it and learn the horrific exploitation that went on. I will never forget the night I was pumping gas in rural Virginia and saw the Ringling Bros. train pass on its last voyage. I just stood there and cried for all the people and animals who fell victim to the "Darkest Show on Earth."
As a descendant of the same Ricketts family (and a long time Bailey fan) having my last name and a distant relative of mine mentioned in a Bailey video has made my day 🙏🏻
“It was this moment when majestic wild animals became prisoners.” 😭 and this is why I only go to zoos/aquariums that house injured animals or those that cannot survive in the wild by themselves.
I went to a RB&BB circus in the 80s when they had "unicorns." I was enchanted. Later I found out how awful the circus is and was very, very sad. Thank you for a brilliant documentary.
I NEVER & I mean NEVER, took my daughter to the circus as a little girl… the cruelty is disturbing… The way they would “train” the poor elephants🐘 I could cry!🥺
Yeah I'm okay with curcuses who only have acrobats and clowns and no animals, like cirque soleil as example. Some of those people are extremely talanted and hard working. No excuse to have animals nowadays.
I know in the past the circus was awful but fyi modern circus is amazing and more often then not , there are no animals. Now it is basically just acrobats, gymnasts and aerialists
when I was five years old, my family went to see a circus in the next biggest town. one of the aerial acrobats ended up falling and breaking her neck. we were sitting in the front row. my mother is a doctor, and was the one that ran to help her. unfortunately, she died at the hospital that day. my sibling was the last person to ever get her autograph and picture with her. i’m so scared of circuses to this day
Fun fact: You know the fire that took place in Hartford CT? The one where they waterproofed the tent with wax and Gasoline? At 53:00? I work at the school that was built on top of it. There’s a memorial in the back. Many ghost sightings 👀
I love waiting for your shows and stories every Monday and Thursday I can't get enough of them. And I even watch the past ones I haven't seen so I can get caught up on. I'm never disappointed. Thank you.
My Meemaw ran away at 16 to join the Smarts Brothers Circus in Scotland. I have this love hate relationship with that fact because she was young and didn’t know all what’s goes on when “training” the elephants, she just rode them and loved them. But how many people can say, ‘my grandmother joined the circus.’ She ended up getting pregnant by a Bulgarian trapeze artist and having to go back home, so it was short lived. But she was quite the woman with many amazing stories.
Interesting fact from a Hartford girl, the site of this tragedy now houses a school. Faculty/ students/ employees still hear kids running around and playing, footprints on freshly mopped floors when no students are at the school and bathroom sinks running in locations that students couldn’t access. Some of my staff that were at this location reported other things happening as well. No reports of people being hurt by the spirits.
I think the hard part is if she does, people could say dumb things like "it's not your culture/religion/country, you don't know anything " or that it can be difficult to truly know other cultures without delving into them personally because all cultures have their silence the truth quota
The movie sure did make him out to be a hero! And the way it portrayed the “curiosities” and how they were treated in the movie is awful compared to the truth! It WAS one of my favorite movies, but now I’m just disgusted! Greatest Showman, my a$$!
Love this.... Everyone used to joke "what are you going to run away and join the Circus?" It was no joke in my family - my grandfather ran off and joined the Circus and his family never saw him again - he died in the 60s in Dade Co., Florida, where Ringling Brothers was headquartered. You always tell great stories!
I’m a Bailey! Every-time you talk about yourself in third person it sends it makes me giggle. It’ll always break my focus if I’m deep into work, but it makes my laugh every time.
Also, please please do an episode on "freak shows", there's a lot to unpack there. If my son had been born 130 years ago, he would have been in one, namely Couney's Premature Baby Attraction at Couney Island.
@@Adanielle21 I know that. My son was born preemie, and I read "the strange case of Dr Couney", the book all about the incubator side shows. I know that many babies were saved, I was merely suggesting a topic for her to do a video on.
There was a circus train crash close to where I grew up over 100 years ago. It happened at what is now a cemetery and there are multiple circus elephants buried there due to the crash. There are elephant monuments to commemorate
@@Valerie-vn6it ya if you look up what happen it’s pretty gruesome, because jumbo was so big and they couldn’t move him, they literally cut him into pieces on the track to be able to move him and some people in town literally keep some pieces in cold cellars 🥴
My grandparents took us as kids to the huge Barnum and Bailey's 3 ring circus and we were mezmerized. This would've been back in the 70's before the negative info came out about circuses, but with child eyes, it was fascinating. My mom also trained as one of those ladies who spun from her neck on a suspended rope. There is a Circus World Museum in Wisconsin that she is in pics somewhere. Knowing what I know now, it makes those memories sad, though my grandparents never had any ill intent. At least we are becoming better with knowledge and learning.
You are the reason I keep my house clean! Your stories keep my mind buy while I mindlessly clean 😆. Love ya girl!!! Your nervous laugh and spunky attitude makes you someone to keep coming back too!
Never fails: all for greed at the expense of workers, animals etc; sickening....loopholes and all....power trips. Thanks for another great episode!!! You rock!
I'm scared to listen to this because I know how horrific the circus treats it's animals, especially the exotics. My heart can't bare hearing about this abuse.
@@gnostic268 my parents had a farm; 365 acres of lush clover with the best barns, fans for every horse, too quality feed, etc. There was a circus (not naming here due to internet trolls) that had white horses for summer, black for winter. Each string only worked 6 months of the year. The other 6 months they paid to board them with us! These animals were loved, obviously well trained, and treated really well. Better than most people treat their kids. My parents also boarded horses for the big hospital CEOs, the wife of a big real estate mogul, pet pony of the mayor’s son, etc. The circus folk made sure their animals got the same top notch care that the big wigs did. I doubt they abused the heck out of them for 6 months just to turn around and pay for 6 months at the spa. And they always came to us with neatly trimmed feet, no scabs or scars, bright and happy.
@@lindseyt240 That’s the difference. Your parents weren’t doing it to make obscene money at the cost of human and animal lives. Their animals were well treated and loved on. This company treated their animals horribly. Your parents sound like an actual even t I would be willing to support.
I remember when I was a child that I never wanted to go to circuses, zoos, etc. because even at the age of 6 I knew there was something off with the treatment of the animals.
I had a similar experience. I was taken to sea world as a kid and even though I was like 7 or 8 yrs old, I knew something extremely wrong was happening when I saw the orcas and did not enjoy it even as a kid
It's just so sad to think of all those animals and all those people that died that's what strikes me more than him lying to the public the loss of a life never makes up for anyting
My Great Grandmother's parents came from the circus (P.T.'S) and she (My Great Gma) used to tell us kids horror stories from how the circus used to be in the early 1900's. The toxic atmosphere and the abuse of EVERYONE involved is why my early family left after being a part of it for 3 generations. Yes, I came from the circus, lol...
Years ago I seen on The Montel Williams Show, undercover camera showing the horrific Animal abuse and ever since then I've been against Circuses that use Animals, even dogs. Thank you for doing this story and the history of this insane entertainment! 💯
It doesn’t matter how long it took you to find her. But you’re here! She real,hilarious, talented and found a niche. She deserves all the audience she’s getting! WELCOME 🙏🤪
Your videos remind me of those times my history teacher would close our classroom door and lower her voice bc she was about to teach us about stuff that wasn’t “allowed in the curriculum” , that’s when everyone knew she was about to teach us something interesting 😭🤭.
yes! I was hoping you would bring up the albino twins. Im from Roanoke, Virginia and when I heard this story I was like WOW. another one to add to the books. You should do a dark history on Roanoke
I can count on one hand how many people I've met in my 30+ years alive, that know about Chitty Chitty bang bang! You're candy man comment, was gold lol. Got yourself a subscriber for life girl!
@@holiwood72 yes it had Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. Ok story but it is very graphic with the animal abuse depicted so I had a hard time watching it.
I found your videos recently. I came across this video, and growing up close to the Ringling circus - wanted to ensure the history is accurate as you tell it (it is). I remember all the hub-bub around treating animals, the multiple burns of the big top, the removal of their right to own all animals except elephants, to the removal of elephants in their show and them not being able to have ANY animals on site. The local PD takes allegations seriously as well now. They used their back-up big top during the time the big one burned, until that burned too. The Ringling Brothers are still celebrated in the community to this day. One of the descendants brought in the local theater, but the biggest part of their name is the circus and all it was and stood for. That's how people know the Ringling name around the world. Elephant arts carved into the concrete can be found on some of the corners in the sidewalks, iron animal casts can be seen on the north block of the city's court house. There is still hallmarks to the circus all over the town and they are building more. It's sickening. They since replaced the big top recently. I'm shocked they still get business with the dark past of what that circus was and still is. No one in the community believed they weren't abusing the animals either. We all thought they were lying. I was raised in that town, sadly.
Hartford, CT. The day the clowns cried. Every year on the anniversary the media still covers it. There was one little girl who wasn’t identified until a few years ago and that identity is still debated. Little Miss 1565. Very sad story about body identification back then. I keep remembering things. There still is a Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, CT. I came upon it when I got to a concert venue early and walked around a few streets. It was closed. The actor and perpetual game show guest, Charles Nelson Reilly, was in the fire at age 13. His description of the events and how certain places bring back that day sound like PTSD. He was once on the Merv Griffin talk show, I watched every day after school (Yes, I am that old.) and Merv asked him if he was popular in high school. He said no. He lost the lead in the school play to Harold Portner. Merv asked, “And where is HE now?” Well, I knew. He was our high school music teacher! I live just south of Hartford.
My first touch of knowledge about the darkness of the circus came from Me reading Water for Elephants. This Dark History episode just lined everything up perfectly and made it all more clear. I love watching your videos they are so jam packed with knowledge and comedy so thank you for bringing a smile to my face and some further awareness about our past as a country.
The fact that I’m actually related to PT Barnum, this is something I never knew about him. Although my great grandfather didn’t talk about him much… guess I know why oof.
Me and my kids just got a puppy and they named him Bailey and my son instantly started singing ”shana-sha-shana-sha. Shana-sha-sha-shana- shaaaaaaaa” 😂 I was like ”oh… guess where that name came from?” 😂
Bailey I’m so jealous of the robes that you have on! They look comfy. Also, I’ve been sending some of your videos to my aunt as she’s a middle school biology teacher and she loves how educational your videos are.
Only 21 minutes in but wondering is bailey is going to touch on the horrific story of Julia Pastrona, an indiginous woman from mexican who was forced into marriage with her manager in freak shows all over Russia. Really hard to hear horrible story but that’s what circuses lead to in my mind.
I second this! I could listen to her all day and I imagine she would be amazing at adding the right inflection to the lines and adding some personality to the stories!!
@@kathy2929people have known about the abuse for a very long time. It’s important to be an informed consumer. It is the abusers fault first and foremost but we also have to acknowledge that these industries run on supply and demand.
@@kathy2929 sea world is a great example of how we know something is wrong but it's still going and being funded by the public who apparently either are blind or don't care
The circus side shows and outrageous claims they made reminds me of the saying “there’s a sucker born every minute.” That’s still true today. And why am I not surprised that circus conmen ended up in Congress? And oh yes, you know lobbyists line the pockets of lawmakers so they will vote to maintain the status quo of corrupt businesses. Hence laws being lenient and looking the other way with animal abuse. And those who refuse to be bribed…well the lobbyists give large donations to the campaign of a more agreeable competitor who’s running against you, or just take out ads to drown out your campaign. Basically they go to war against you. We need to get the money out of politics, because power and money corrupts totally. Always has, always will.
Hello Bailey. I am one of your fans from Montréal (Québec). I first knew about you on Facebook despite the fact that I live under a rock. I recently discovered your RUclips channel and I was very pleased to see what your work has become. I really appreciate your Dark History podcast and the very obviously rigorous work you put into all of you videos. I wish you the best in the future!
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Girl you need to do a dark history episode on HUMAN ZOOs… I literally had never heard of them in my 30+ years and they didn’t happen that long ago. They DEFINITELY didn’t teach that in our history classes down here in south Florida and I’ve never even heard of anyone speaking about it… it is WILD. I hope you read this xoxoxox
I'm turning 30 in a few months and I've never heard of human zoos?? New research I suppose
I thought she did with her prison one?
I immediately search for it and it breaks my heart. Now i cant sleep
😲😲😲
OH I agree! That stuff is insanely WILD!! I just heard about that not too long ago and I still have to deep dive on it!
This gal is blowing up. Everything she does is pure gold.
It's that personality of hers! 😊
@@LoveMyBabies0102 No doubt, she's precious and a little goofy. ; )*
Her laugh and the way she says things sometimes make me laugh out loud. The content is so dark that it’s refreshing to listen to her tell it. It’s educational, but it feels like I’m sitting on the couch with my best friend listening to some serious gossip and it makes it easier to hear about the atrocities. I don’t forget them, though!
@@HaXaW5150 she is also the only reason i look forward to mondays🌚
@@fath13ya for sure, I to look forwad Mondays and Bailey.
Let us not forget about Tyke, the African elephant who went on a rampage in Honolulu after enduring terrible treatment and torment. So sad.
My mom used to take me to the circus when I was a young kid. Now that there are all those documentaries about the treatment of the tigers and elephants, I feel sorry for the animals and would never attend a circus again.
@william northam is there? what’s it called
@@chloeantoinette3692 Tyke, Elephant Outlaw. unsure where you'll find it, I watched it on youtube years ago. She was 21 years old and was shot almost 100 times 😭 her story still breaks my heart
Tike was shot several times… there was an elephant that was cornered and lynched because they couldn’t find anyone to buy it or even care for it…. Another gruesome way to die!
@@forevermonkeysocksask a mortician does a video on Tike. She grew up in Honolulu and, if I remember right, was actually there when they cornered the animal.
Just wanna say RIP to all the poor animals who died scared & abused because of man ☹️ Hope they’re somewhere resting easy
I would love to see an episode SOLELY on "Freak Shows"
yes!
No doubt, there's some dark history there.
SAME
Yas!!
Yes
”a certified insane person" I love how she just says that with a straight face
This is what I came here for! Had a mouth full of tea when she said that.
*Bailey;* “...and 350 people died a horrible death that day”
*Also Bailey;* “BWA-Hahahaha _...Oh,sorry_
I went to a circus 10 years ago. They brought out this massive old school animal crate and you could hear everyone freaking out in the audience thinking there would be an abused animal inside. It popped open and a little chihuahua in a dress walked out 😂
That's more like the stories I like to hear!! Hilarious! Thank you for sharing that after this horribly grim story...I can't even finish it.
🤣😂
I hope you guys are being sarcastic with the little laughing faces....
@@amandagreen8819 why? it's funny.
Aww that’s too cute lol 🥲😂
Bailey, you're a gift to RUclips. You're the best teacher I've ever had!
Yes I agree exactly!!!
Can you please make a shirt that says “America loves a loophole”? Cause that’s brilliant 👏🏻
I second that! 💗
you should definitely do an episode on the dark history of seaworld & the other parks they owned/were associated with them & the awful ways they captured the animals & terrible living conditions they kept them in, as well as the hazards of the trainers that were ignored for so long!
They still do that
Bailey! You should talk about the dark history behind obstetrics and gynecology. So many people, and esp women, have no clue the terrible origins of modern day OBGYN!
This!
Yes this!!!
I'm scared to hear about dark history of OBGYN but also thankful for modern medicine, am I right gals? Sheesh, the hospitals back then [or lack thereof] were even more nightmarish and hellishly painful without modern anesthesia 😱
Yessssss
Modern day obgyn was built on the bodies of African American women
Joan is an absolute vibe.
Always dressed to impress girl 👏🏼
I love Crows. Just something about them.
Gotta love Joan
@@lindahansen45 No doubt. She makes me laugh.
Aww, ty dahlings!
I know it says my name is JoAnn, but legally it's Joan.
It's a whole big ongoing court battle with the crow! 😂
Bailey you need to do a dark history on Walt Disney and the Disney brand 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Agreed!!
@@Estassi55 I NBC ijikii
Agreed
I'm catching up and PT is the name of the bug who runs a citcus in the movie a bugs life. 😵🧐
It's a Disney movie/ pixar
The thought of George Washington clapping like a 4 year old and saying "YAAAYY HORSES!" has me giggling.
That would make a great shirt
I didn't realize he was a child at first so I envisioned a grown as Man George Washington doing that 😅😂
I audibly laughed at that part 🤣
I'm watching you from a little country called Botswana, Africa. And I just love love love you Bailey 😍 Your podcasts are my favorite things to watch honestly ❤️💖
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Mmata re mmogo...moghel o fun to watch
@@KanyaSicam Sawubona neighbor I'm in Durban lol 👯♂️💃
Hello 👋 neighbour's
@@melisentiapheiffer3034 Hiiii 😌🍀
I remember going to the Ringling Brothers circus when I was little. It’s scarred me for life. All the animals looked sick and their clowns were a little too touchy-feely for me. My mom even bought tickets for my sister and I to ride an elephant. We got on it, they whipped the elephant to start walking and I screamed that I wanted off. I cried the whole way home telling my mom I thought the elephant was crying but she kept saying no it’s eyes were just watering. I never went back 🐘 😭
I feel you! I had pretty much the same experience and reaction. It's amazing how us as kids know that something is just .. not quite right, but the adults try and gaslight us that "everything is ok" we would cry too if we got hit with a whip. I for one am ecstatic that it no longer exists and can't make another dollar 💖
That's so sad
I'm sorry you experienced that
I hate animal cruelty go vegan 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
I never wanted to see a circus because I always thought that the animals didn't deserve to be there. 😔
Vegan isn't a synonym for cruelty free.
Bailey I hopefully you’re doing well 🖤 You should do an episode of Dark History on how the U.S. acquired Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah
Being from Arizona I'm all for this!!
Or how about how Mexico "acquired" those places.
@@apriljk6557 you're a joke for reals
100% would watch
Or how the U.S. acquired every state and repeatedly broke Treaties made with sovereign Native nations.
I got my popcorn out, My mom's father was in his sixties when my mom was born belonged to the circus from 1917 to 1930ish. he was acrobatic alone with his 2 brothers were the Ferraro brothers. (You can see them for 20 sec in an old movie called Sally the sawdust, with W.B Fields)
Then as he got older & got into an Argument with his half brothers & my grandmother thought he was messing around with a woman, he became a clown along with my grandmother & used his bio- father's last name Ragone(my grandfather's first was Michael Ferraro then change to Michael Ragone & my Grandmother's was Jennie)
I have news article clippings I have his diary, I have posters,
I have pictures. Italian immigrants he and his brothers joined not because they wanted to but because they wanted to eat.
He was in his teens.
It is a dark history.
😁👍👏
Side-note- I know my grandfather & others would always get in trouble when animals were introduced, the animals would be treated badly & they would try to stop it.
Stories about how they would sneak in to attend to the animals as best they could.
My grandfather didn't go too much into it.
I heard it deeply bother him.
wow thats an amazing story, what a family history!! Thank you so much for sharing !
Thanks for sharing that story. Very interesting indeed
@@fynntasticmovienight lol, I seen she was doing this story & I just started typing away.
I was little embarrassed for leaving such a long comment. Then I thought how many times this subject comes up & I can tell it?
Lol side-note- my 95 yr old aunt just found a chest full of pictures. Not just my grandparents to. She gave them all to me.
Pictures stamped with Ringing bros., locations & dates.
One day I figure out where I can all up to view. :) have a nice day.
One day I will figure out to put t
I'd love to know where Bailey gets her dressing gowns from. They are fabulous
How is Bailey not on Netflix with dark history already? It’s amazing
I remember seeing the Ringling Brothers Circus in the late 80's. It was so amazing through my child eyes. My dad took me to ride an elephant and I wanted to be one of those women who did the silk rope act. But now that I know how they treated their animals I find it heartbreaking.
Same! 💔
Same here! I remember riding the elephant, too. I sat right on the shoulder blades and I bounced back and forth the whole time.
At this point i am wondering what doesnt have a dark history. But i love Bailey way of ruining our views on the world with her dark history lessons.
I mean we did learn even bananas 🍌 have a very dark history.
I would imagine that pretty much most things have a dark history attached to them. The whole "trial and error" thing, people didn't realize what was wrong until they learned that it was.
Humans don’t know what they don’t know and I wouldn’t saying ruining your views but elevating to a higher level or perception thus allowing one to gain another understanding.
When humans forget they are evolving beings 😉 as if they have no capacity to continuously grow and gain higher perceptions than generations before.
I find it Suspish that this dark history book 📖 has all this information yet it has not been confiscated 👀
Right!! I can’t eat bananas anymore and I don’t look at nestle the same but I’m happy to know the difference 😂 thanks B!!
Is history boring? “Oh nay nay” not with Bailey!
Why is Donald Trump pretty and I am not? But why does he only have a wife but I have TWO HANDSOME GIRLFRIENDS who I show off in my masterpiece YT videos? Do you know the answer, dear mama
lol ive always loved history but now i love it even more bc of bailey!
@@AxxLAfriku what?
@@fath13ya
Just some 'masked' RUclipsr trying to promote his lame channel using Baileys site.
@@AxxLAfriku
Go Away.
"Wasn't that fun? You learned about the circus." I can so picture Bailey as a kindergarten teacher. She would be a lot of fun with those little kids. She's make them cute little activists in no time. 😊😊😊
Although she does talk about stuff that happened in history that was bad; she’s more into the uh, story telling aspect of it. But If she can get one person talking about this stuff, that’s a huge deal.
Lol
Why not let just kids be kids instead of feeding them an agenda
@@mindywyse9515 what's so much of an agenda about making kids aware of problems we have in the world? (sorry if I have grammar mistakes english is not my first language)
Her stories are bit too dark for kindergarten though.
"Those animals were looking for jobs. They applied willingly."
💀💀 Bailey, your humor and comedic timing are just 👌🏾💋 😂😂😂
The elephants were paid actors.
The United States court found no animal abuse in Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
@@trevorthesorcerer 🙄
@@jennifergreen6109 Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus used voice commands source: Circus World Museum, Illinois State University, Ringling Museum, Barnum museum, & Guther Gebel Williams the Greatest Animal trainer of all time.
Bailey can you do a dark history episode on the dark history of aquariums/zoo’s please? I feel like it’s a topic that needs to be re-brought up. Love u🥺🖤
I’m SURE someone has already suggested this, but I’d love an episode on Ransoms or Stockholm Syndrome.
same here
“Hey- you’re weird, come over here” is my favorite way to make friends
“I am the *FREAK HUNTER”*
Same!
SAME HERE! LOL!
Ditto
Love it! 😂❤
I live and grew up in CT and I remember my Grandmother telling me about the fire in Hartford. She didn't live that far away from it, about 2-3 towns away and she said that the smoke was easily visible at her home along with the smell. So sad ALL those lives lost and injured including the animals all for a few dollars!!
I'm so glad I stumbled upon this channel! I loved the circus as a child and even when my children were little. Then I began to read about it and learn the horrific exploitation that went on. I will never forget the night I was pumping gas in rural Virginia and saw the Ringling Bros. train pass on its last voyage. I just stood there and cried for all the people and animals who fell victim to the "Darkest Show on Earth."
YESSS BAILEY this isn’t talked about enough. thank you for sticking up for those who can’t do it for themselves
As a descendant of the same Ricketts family (and a long time Bailey fan) having my last name and a distant relative of mine mentioned in a Bailey video has made my day 🙏🏻
Bailey I always feel like I’m in a sleepover listening to you tell these stories in the dark …❤️❤️❤️
She really does look like a twice divorced aunt who drinks wine and gives you all the unfiltered juicy gossip and I love it
😆😆😆 me too. It's so refreshing
“It was this moment when majestic wild animals became prisoners.” 😭 and this is why I only go to zoos/aquariums that house injured animals or those that cannot survive in the wild by themselves.
I went to a RB&BB circus in the 80s when they had "unicorns." I was enchanted. Later I found out how awful the circus is and was very, very sad. Thank you for a brilliant documentary.
So glad I wasn’t the only one who immediately went to a Brittney Spears place. Only circus I’ve ever attended was that tour
That was a great show!
Legit her best song imho
My favorite is Bailey cracking herself up with the “juggling for Jesus” 😂😂
The funniest part is I have in-laws involved in the Russian Circus (they don't have animals in their circus) and they are in fact all Catholics 🤣
I would totally buy it if she makes a shirt with those words!
@@Professionalasshole Came here to say the same thing! We need Juggling for Jesus merch for sure 😂
It needs to be her merch shirt 🖤
I NEVER & I mean NEVER, took my daughter to the circus as a little girl… the cruelty is disturbing… The way they would “train” the poor elephants🐘 I could cry!🥺
I refuse to go to circuses, zoos, or rodeos. It’s just inhumane.
Yeah I'm okay with curcuses who only have acrobats and clowns and no animals, like cirque soleil as example. Some of those people are extremely talanted and hard working. No excuse to have animals nowadays.
I know in the past the circus was awful but fyi modern circus is amazing and more often then not , there are no animals. Now it is basically just acrobats, gymnasts and aerialists
I refused to take my kids also.
Do you take her to the zoo or aquarium?
when I was five years old, my family went to see a circus in the next biggest town. one of the aerial acrobats ended up falling and breaking her neck. we were sitting in the front row. my mother is a doctor, and was the one that ran to help her. unfortunately, she died at the hospital that day. my sibling was the last person to ever get her autograph and picture with her. i’m so scared of circuses to this day
Was this in Minnesota? My parents have told me of that same event happening when they took me as a kid!
@@kristamilne8693 yes! in st. cloud
Wow that’s terrible. Sorry you had to witness that. Was it Desi Kehayova-España?
PLEASE DO THE HISTORY OF FENCING
-from a fencer
Fun fact: You know the fire that took place in Hartford CT? The one where they waterproofed the tent with wax and Gasoline? At 53:00? I work at the school that was built on top of it. There’s a memorial in the back. Many ghost sightings 👀
There is an awesome book about it, "Circus Fire". So scary.
@Nash Oli what school?!? I was born in Hartford and still live in CT.
I live in ct too I know that school
Unsurprisingly. Thanks for sharing.
So fascinating! Thank you for sharing
I love waiting for your shows and stories every Monday and Thursday I can't get enough of them. And I even watch the past ones I haven't seen so I can get caught up on. I'm never disappointed. Thank you.
My Meemaw ran away at 16 to join the Smarts Brothers Circus in Scotland. I have this love hate relationship with that fact because she was young and didn’t know all what’s goes on when “training” the elephants, she just rode them and loved them. But how many people can say, ‘my grandmother joined the circus.’ She ended up getting pregnant by a Bulgarian trapeze artist and having to go back home, so it was short lived. But she was quite the woman with many amazing stories.
Interesting fact from a Hartford girl, the site of this tragedy now houses a school. Faculty/ students/ employees still hear kids running around and playing, footprints on freshly mopped floors when no students are at the school and bathroom sinks running in locations that students couldn’t access. Some of my staff that were at this location reported other things happening as well. No reports of people being hurt by the spirits.
I'd love to see more dark history but on different cultures from around the world 🌍
I think the hard part is if she does, people could say dumb things like "it's not your culture/religion/country, you don't know anything " or that it can be difficult to truly know other cultures without delving into them personally because all cultures have their silence the truth quota
Agreed
Imagine if 'The Greatest Showman' was true to history lol doubt it would have been so loved!
They got the part where Barnum was a con man correct.
i was thinking of this the entire time...
Yeah I recently looked into it out of curiosity & was shocked 😳
The movie sure did make him out to be a hero! And the way it portrayed the “curiosities” and how they were treated in the movie is awful compared to the truth! It WAS one of my favorite movies, but now I’m just disgusted! Greatest Showman, my a$$!
Love this....
Everyone used to joke "what are you going to run away and join the Circus?" It was no joke in my family - my grandfather ran off and joined the Circus and his family never saw him again - he died in the 60s in Dade Co., Florida, where Ringling Brothers was headquartered.
You always tell great stories!
That's really cool! Did any family members follow in his foot steps?
totally worth looking into: The story behind Mammograms
She should do one about how an why vibrators were invented it's quite hilarious
@@katinamanz9094 How were they? I would still watch Bailey tell the story.
Well I'll just say that vibrators were used BY doctors on female patients. Called these poor women hysterical!
@@indiaharden6117 basically to calm hysterics in women 😂 If you were a woman and highly strung or nervous...... 😏
@@katinamanz9094 I would so be here for this LOL
“Wasn’t that fun?!! We learned about the CIRCUS” had me cryingggg. You are so funny Bailey 😭🤍
I’m a Bailey!
Every-time you talk about yourself in third person it sends it makes me giggle. It’ll always break my focus if I’m deep into work, but it makes my laugh every time.
Also, please please do an episode on "freak shows", there's a lot to unpack there. If my son had been born 130 years ago, he would have been in one, namely Couney's Premature Baby Attraction at Couney Island.
@@Adanielle21 I know that. My son was born preemie, and I read "the strange case of Dr Couney", the book all about the incubator side shows. I know that many babies were saved, I was merely suggesting a topic for her to do a video on.
There was a circus train crash close to where I grew up over 100 years ago. It happened at what is now a cemetery and there are multiple circus elephants buried there due to the crash. There are elephant monuments to commemorate
What's the cemetery called? I wanna look it up
@@gabbanator dont know if this is the same but jumbo was hit by a train in my town st. Thomas Ontario Canada and we have a big statue of jumbo
That is so incredibly sad. I'm glad they at least put a monument to honor those that perished in that crash.
@@taylornicole7845 thank you!
@@Valerie-vn6it ya if you look up what happen it’s pretty gruesome, because jumbo was so big and they couldn’t move him, they literally cut him into pieces on the track to be able to move him and some people in town literally keep some pieces in cold cellars 🥴
My grandparents took us as kids to the huge Barnum and Bailey's 3 ring circus and we were mezmerized. This would've been back in the 70's before the negative info came out about circuses, but with child eyes, it was fascinating. My mom also trained as one of those ladies who spun from her neck on a suspended rope. There is a Circus World Museum in Wisconsin that she is in pics somewhere. Knowing what I know now, it makes those memories sad, though my grandparents never had any ill intent. At least we are becoming better with knowledge and learning.
Same here! I used to love going to the circus and seeing the horses and animals but knowing what I know now just makes those memories a bit sad
Is the museum in baraboo?
You are the reason I keep my house clean! Your stories keep my mind buy while I mindlessly clean 😆. Love ya girl!!! Your nervous laugh and spunky attitude makes you someone to keep coming back too!
Never fails: all for greed at the expense of workers, animals etc; sickening....loopholes and all....power trips. Thanks for another great episode!!! You rock!
I'm scared to listen to this because I know how horrific the circus treats it's animals, especially the exotics. My heart can't bare hearing about this abuse.
Don’t worry. Most anti-circus propaganda is exaggerated.
@@scoutz0rs No it's not. Lol What pro-circus propaganda are you gaslighting everyone with? Lol
@@gnostic268 my parents had a farm; 365 acres of lush clover with the best barns, fans for every horse, too quality feed, etc. There was a circus (not naming here due to internet trolls) that had white horses for summer, black for winter. Each string only worked 6 months of the year. The other 6 months they paid to board them with us! These animals were loved, obviously well trained, and treated really well. Better than most people treat their kids. My parents also boarded horses for the big hospital CEOs, the wife of a big real estate mogul, pet pony of the mayor’s son, etc. The circus folk made sure their animals got the same top notch care that the big wigs did. I doubt they abused the heck out of them for 6 months just to turn around and pay for 6 months at the spa. And they always came to us with neatly trimmed feet, no scabs or scars, bright and happy.
@@lindseyt240 That’s the difference. Your parents weren’t doing it to make obscene money at the cost of human and animal lives. Their animals were well treated and loved on. This company treated their animals horribly. Your parents sound like an actual even t I would be willing to support.
@@scoutz0rs anti circus propaganda? Facts over feelings
I got the random urge to rearrange my entire apartment in the middle of the night… at least now I have something to listen to while I do!
Funny, i was testing out my old headphones and usb cables while this played. It didnt’t feel halfway as boring as it should have. :)
I remember when I was a child that I never wanted to go to circuses, zoos, etc. because even at the age of 6 I knew there was something off with the treatment of the animals.
Human animals too 😪
Yes! Same here. I have never been to the circus before because of this and did my senior paper on animal cruelty.
I had a similar experience. I was taken to sea world as a kid and even though I was like 7 or 8 yrs old, I knew something extremely wrong was happening when I saw the orcas and did not enjoy it even as a kid
BAILEYYYY LESS DARK HISTORY MORE MMM!!!! that’s the only thing that gets me through the weeeeekk PLEASEEEEEE
It's just so sad to think of all those animals and all those people that died that's what strikes me more than him lying to the public the loss of a life never makes up for anyting
My Great Grandmother's parents came from the circus (P.T.'S) and she (My Great Gma) used to tell us kids horror stories from how the circus used to be in the early 1900's. The toxic atmosphere and the abuse of EVERYONE involved is why my early family left after being a part of it for 3 generations. Yes, I came from the circus, lol...
I remember when Bailey hit 1 Mil, she’s come so far🥺♥️
She’s just the best. I love her so much
We saw the growth there sis we saw it and we love it
Years ago I seen on The Montel Williams Show, undercover camera showing the horrific Animal abuse and ever since then I've been against Circuses that use Animals, even dogs. Thank you for doing this story and the history of this insane entertainment! 💯
I hate animal cruelty go vegan 🌱🌱🌱 🌱
Can we just take a moment for B's hair and makeup?! 🖤
She’s so gorgeous. That hair ☺️ I’m obsessed
How am I only just now discovering your channel and podcasts?!!! Loving them!
It doesn’t matter how long it took you to find her. But you’re here! She real,hilarious, talented and found a niche. She deserves all the audience she’s getting! WELCOME 🙏🤪
Your videos remind me of those times my history teacher would close our classroom door and lower her voice bc she was about to teach us about stuff that wasn’t “allowed in the curriculum” , that’s when everyone knew she was about to teach us something interesting 😭🤭.
That's an amazing teacher
yes! I was hoping you would bring up the albino twins. Im from Roanoke, Virginia and when I heard this story I was like WOW. another one to add to the books. You should do a dark history on Roanoke
Finally, I’m so glad you’re talking about the circus! Haven’t gone since I was a kid. Terrible event.
Same. My parents took me and I hated it
I can count on one hand how many people I've met in my 30+ years alive, that know about Chitty Chitty bang bang! You're candy man comment, was gold lol. Got yourself a subscriber for life girl!
So glad you’re doing well!!! Thank you Bailey!!!
I think if we had teachers in school like Bailey,we all would have passed history, Thank you Bailey 👍💯💯💕❤️
“All eyes on me in the center of a ring just like a circus. Okay just HAAD to. Thank yeeew.” 😂😂😂
Yeeeees one of the best Britney songs ever
Best book I have ever read about circus life behind the scenes was Water for elefants. It's almost like you're there watching the drama unfold.
That’s a fantastic book!
Wasn't that made into a movie? I could be wrong..
@@holiwood72 yes it had Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. Ok story but it is very graphic with the animal abuse depicted so I had a hard time watching it.
Probably my favorite episode yet! Either this one or the one on periods. You’re amazing, B! 💕
I found your videos recently. I came across this video, and growing up close to the Ringling circus - wanted to ensure the history is accurate as you tell it (it is).
I remember all the hub-bub around treating animals, the multiple burns of the big top, the removal of their right to own all animals except elephants, to the removal of elephants in their show and them not being able to have ANY animals on site. The local PD takes allegations seriously as well now.
They used their back-up big top during the time the big one burned, until that burned too.
The Ringling Brothers are still celebrated in the community to this day. One of the descendants brought in the local theater, but the biggest part of their name is the circus and all it was and stood for. That's how people know the Ringling name around the world.
Elephant arts carved into the concrete can be found on some of the corners in the sidewalks, iron animal casts can be seen on the north block of the city's court house. There is still hallmarks to the circus all over the town and they are building more. It's sickening.
They since replaced the big top recently. I'm shocked they still get business with the dark past of what that circus was and still is.
No one in the community believed they weren't abusing the animals either. We all thought they were lying. I was raised in that town, sadly.
I love your comment section!! It is always so uplifting and positive!!! 💗💗
I love history. There are always darker stories. I grew up working for modern day carnivals. So of course I eat up all history I can find on it.
Hartford, CT. The day the clowns cried. Every year on the anniversary the media still covers it. There was one little girl who wasn’t identified until a few years ago and that identity is still debated. Little Miss 1565. Very sad story about body identification back then.
I keep remembering things. There still is a Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, CT. I came upon it when I got to a concert venue early and walked around a few streets. It was closed. The actor and perpetual game show guest, Charles Nelson Reilly, was in the fire at age 13. His description of the events and how certain places bring back that day sound like PTSD. He was once on the Merv Griffin talk show, I watched every day after school (Yes, I am that old.) and Merv asked him if he was popular in high school. He said no. He lost the lead in the school play to Harold Portner. Merv asked, “And where is HE now?” Well, I knew. He was our high school music teacher! I live just south of Hartford.
My first touch of knowledge about the darkness of the circus came from Me reading Water for Elephants. This Dark History episode just lined everything up perfectly and made it all more clear. I love watching your videos they are so jam packed with knowledge and comedy so thank you for bringing a smile to my face and some further awareness about our past as a country.
Mine was Dumbo 🤷🏻♀️
2:32 and I’m so grateful that you had to! 😂🤣
I’ve been singing it in my head since I clicked.
I’ve never been a fan of the circus. Now I know why.
The fact that I’m actually related to PT Barnum, this is something I never knew about him. Although my great grandfather didn’t talk about him much… guess I know why oof.
As a viewer in England, never did I ever think I’d hear Bailey talking of Newcastle Under Lyme 😂…I’m impressed 👍🏽
She didn’t nail the accent though did she?🙈😂 proper made me laugh!
@Matthew James Nixon @Isabelle Imagine if she’d have said ‘me duck’?!? I think I’d have choked 😆😆😆
Me and my kids just got a puppy and they named him Bailey and my son instantly started singing ”shana-sha-shana-sha. Shana-sha-sha-shana- shaaaaaaaa” 😂 I was like ”oh… guess where that name came from?” 😂
That is so adorable!!❤❤❤😂
these are my favorite to clean and do makeup to i swear. i’m always so productive when these come out
40 hour train ride to seattle. thank you so much bailey. i needed this
Going to sleep, this helps me sleep, listening to her voice and the way she talks.
I go to sleep listening to her almost everyday! 😍😍😍
Same. Then I have to rewatch to finish the story!
Me too! Had a hard time going to sleep when my husband worked nights and listening to her helped me many a night. 😴😴😴
Anyone else get impatient and go to Pandora on Wednesday just to watch it again on Thursday 😂 We love you Miss. Bailey Sarian! ❤️
I remember when you were just talking about dark history as a concept. Makes me so happy you went through with it and made it a show. ❤️
baileys laugh is so contaigious and beautiful!!!
i look forward to watching these vids and feeling smarter every Thursday 💗😌
Yay!!! Love your videos :) they help me keep sane I’m currently on the treadmill but don’t hate it because I have you to watch!!! ♥️
Wasn't having the best day... until o saw this video. Thank you Bailey for making migraine days better. Love your face.
Feel better soon x
Bailey I’m so jealous of the robes that you have on! They look comfy. Also, I’ve been sending some of your videos to my aunt as she’s a middle school biology teacher and she loves how educational your videos are.
Being from Baraboo Wisconsin and hearing Bailee say it made me wayyyy to happy.
Only 21 minutes in but wondering is bailey is going to touch on the horrific story of Julia Pastrona, an indiginous woman from mexican who was forced into marriage with her manager in freak shows all over Russia. Really hard to hear horrible story but that’s what circuses lead to in my mind.
Ask a mortician did a really amazing video on Julia Pastrana if you haven't seen it yet.
Thanks for this I wanna check it out
@@gabbanator I LOVE ask a mortician!
@@cortney3798 me too!! She is great!!
@@gabbanator subscribed! never heard of that channel before your suggestion, thank you :)
I’m going to need you to start reading audio books because girl you can make anything entertaining thank you
I second this! I could listen to her all day and I imagine she would be amazing at adding the right inflection to the lines and adding some personality to the stories!!
Animals used in circuses go through so much abuse it’s terrible. And the people who pay to go to these circuses fund it 😩
Poor elephants and lions 😩
But we never knew of abuse. How can you stop something when you don't know it?
@@kathy2929 enough people that know now still go, so that's no longer an excuse
@@kathy2929people have known about the abuse for a very long time. It’s important to be an informed consumer. It is the abusers fault first and foremost but we also have to acknowledge that these industries run on supply and demand.
@@kathy2929 sea world is a great example of how we know something is wrong but it's still going and being funded by the public who apparently either are blind or don't care
The circus side shows and outrageous claims they made reminds me of the saying “there’s a sucker born every minute.” That’s still true today.
And why am I not surprised that circus conmen ended up in Congress? And oh yes, you know lobbyists line the pockets of lawmakers so they will vote to maintain the status quo of corrupt businesses. Hence laws being lenient and looking the other way with animal abuse. And those who refuse to be bribed…well the lobbyists give large donations to the campaign of a more agreeable competitor who’s running against you, or just take out ads to drown out your campaign. Basically they go to war against you. We need to get the money out of politics, because power and money corrupts totally. Always has, always will.
Hello Bailey. I am one of your fans from Montréal (Québec). I first knew about you on Facebook despite the fact that I live under a rock. I recently discovered your RUclips channel and I was very pleased to see what your work has become. I really appreciate your Dark History podcast and the very obviously rigorous work you put into all of you videos. I wish you the best in the future!