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The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

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From The History Guy Vaults, four classic episodes about some of histories oddest personalities. Nearly a full hour of the History Guy.
00:00 - The Exploits and Ailments of Sir Evelyn Wood
16:04 - The Imposter Princess
31:15 - The Misadventures of Truman C Everts
46:21 - A Ghoul, a Ghost and a Grisly Murder: The Legend of Dr. Joseph McDowell
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@Ioughtaknowbetter 11 ай бұрын

I would actually be very involved in history if I had history teachers like this. Thank you for bringing to my late middle-age what I missed in high school

@kylebarnette8277 9 ай бұрын

Same. The older I get the more wildly interesting things I’ve learned about history, truth truly is stranger than fiction. It almost feels like it’s made boring on purpose in schools, like how does one manage to make the impossible feats and failures of mankind throughout history feel tedious?

@Ioughtaknowbetter 9 ай бұрын

@@kylebarnette8277 honest-to-god all of my high school history teachers seem to think that teaching history consisted of forcing your students to memorize dates

@kylebarnette8277 9 ай бұрын

@@Ioughtaknowbetter that does seem to be the focus, although I would argue that remembering exact dates is the least important aspect of history, and def the least engaging aspect. Much more insightful to study the context, life experience, motivation etc of historical figures. Whoops, I’ve rambled a bit, I just absolutely love these history vids lol

@oldmanriver1955 9 ай бұрын

I hope I was just like this. I taught History 47 yrs and loved pointing out the funny little quirky things and strange coincidences

@kylebarnette8277 9 ай бұрын

@@oldmanriver1955 I’m gonna go out on a limb here, and say that if it meant enough to continue 47 years and you aren’t browbeaten into cynicism …. I’ll bet you were a good teacher. I always found that teachers who didn’t just mindlessly read some pre-arranged curriculum, and actually put in effort and enthusiasm to be quite successful.

@russnelson8373 7 ай бұрын

Maybe instead of a hour-long special this man's history should be taught in every school in America he seems to tell it like it is

@SteveMoser 7 ай бұрын

That Mr. Wood didn't succumb from infection or gangrene is incredible.

@briangarrow448 8 ай бұрын

I have a couple of photographs of my great grandfather who served in the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders as a young volunteer from Scotland. The photos were taken by a photographer who ran a small business in Gibraltar in the 1880’s. In 1881 my grandfather was in Gibraltar on leave before he shipped out to defend the Empire, and he was photographed in the studio of Cavilla & Bruzon, located on Main Street in Gibraltar. He was a dashing young lad of 18 years, wearing his kilt and the rest of his uniform. I would love to find out where his regiment was posted during his career. I know he was back in Scotland by 1889, when my grandmother was born. And that’s my history lesson from my family to the viewers of the History Guy.

@kevinvilmont6061 2 ай бұрын

Cool

@banditeastlick2471 11 ай бұрын

This episode was a real treat

@FranssensM 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant presentation from THG. Thank you from England for continuing to do these. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@patticlaude1 11 ай бұрын

I cant stop giggling about woods. What a guy!

@lukeg2230 11 ай бұрын

A f** giraffe??? Oh my God I'm dying. They gotta make a movie about this legend.

@johnl.geibel2373 11 ай бұрын

Laughing is much better than crying. 😄

@rogergoodman8665 10 ай бұрын

It's amazing one man could sustain all those injuries and ailments yet still live into his 80's! "JUST WOW" What a life.

@lefty-bw1zp 6 ай бұрын

@@rogergoodman8665 Yes, indeed. Evelyn Wood seems to be a human pincushion.

@forced-into-Google-Handle 11 ай бұрын

Haven't started listening to the story but I'm sure I'll enjoy it because of the constant high quality of HG. One thing I'm obliged to point out since I listen to so much KZfaq is the amazing, amazing sound quality of this cast. I listen to a few other casts mostly history since I'm listening at work it's a bit of a pain with background noise but HG is always so easy to listen to because the recording is really excellent!! This convenience puts HG at the very top of History❤❤🎉

@pooryorick831 10 ай бұрын

That Guy Evelin Wood sounds like the Black Knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." He'd get his arms and legs cut off and would still be shouting Come back and fight you yellow bastards!" Obviously oblivious to pain. 😂

@petemelbourne42 11 ай бұрын

There is a pub in the town where I grew up, Chelmsford in Essex, UK. called The Sir Evelyn Wood. I always wondered where the name came from. Chelmsford is about 10 miles from Braintree where he was born.

@carywest9256 9 ай бұрын

When l saw that name Evelyn Wood, reminded me of a skit off of one Cheech &Chong's albums titled Evelyn Wood's Speed Reading Class.

@lefty-bw1zp 6 ай бұрын

@@carywest9256 Until I heard this video, I always associated the name Evelyn Wood with speed reading.

@LazyIRanch 2 ай бұрын

@@carywest9256 Evelyn Wood's Speed Reading courses and books were really a thing! I'm old enough to remember the commercials.

@sarahcoleman3125 11 ай бұрын

I'm surprised that Dr. McDowell hasn't been claimed as an Addams'. He sounds like he'd fit in with the fictional macabre family. 😂

@terracottaneemtree6697 10 ай бұрын

Dr. McDowel was probably a Jesuit himself, roll-playing. His emphasis on military and a past President was kiss-up to Washington, DC🫡 to get money to pay for a new building. Voila, and the Medical Society is born - one foot in Washington DC and the other foot wherever their lord leads them🫣. WTF And then came pharma 🤥and their Pinocio noses get bigger and bigger.

@barblane4020 11 ай бұрын

These are AMAZING stories. Well done!

@joelbrown3479 8 ай бұрын

...another BRILLIANT COLLECTION of... HISTORY THAT DESERVES TO BE REMEMBERED THANKS😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

@davidrussellhamrick1828 11 ай бұрын

What makes Sarah Wilson's story so striking to me is that she flipped the script on the sex and class hierarchies of her time. They probably didn't think a woman could pull off such a sophisticated con, so they weren't expecting it. And when the upper-class people got conned, they'd rather go along with it than admit they were suckered.

@jessietaylor385 11 ай бұрын

Such interesting tales...... wish I had had a history teacher like history guy...😂

@harveyalan788 9 ай бұрын

We can be grateful that we have the History Guy to make up for the deficiencies of our school history teachers, who had to work within the stifling constraints of that dreaded monster, the Education System.

@RetiredSailor60 11 ай бұрын

Good morning from Ft Worth TX to everyone watching. Stay cool in this heat wave!

@pamelahomeyer748 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for all your hard work your videos are getting better and better

@-jeff- 11 ай бұрын

Wood at least survived having been the worst klutz I ever heard of. I was laughing so hard at his foibles I had to play that part again.

@YoYo-gt5iq 2 ай бұрын

How the heck did that first guy "die peacefully in his bed?" This is madness!

@yensid4294 3 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if that Wood character was the luckiest or unluckiest man in history 😮 An inspiration to all of us klutzs

@JoelMMcKinney 10 ай бұрын

Loved it!

@mollybell5779 7 ай бұрын

"... but he was still Evelyn Wood." 🤣😂

@beckyburtis9977 11 ай бұрын

Having a very difficult day. Need and deeply appreciate the company of - The History Guy!

@j.michaeljefferson60 7 ай бұрын

I had a fantastic history teaching he gave me a different kind of education and now it's my turn to pass it on to our next heroes

@bobbyadkins885 11 ай бұрын

When I saw the “hello my name is” first thing in my brain was “slim shady”

@JeffreyGlover65 11 ай бұрын

There is no better entertainment on youtube than THG.

@jb6027 10 ай бұрын

Just a point of order, the English pronounce the men's name Evelyn with a long e, "Eevelyn". The American pronunciation Evelyn ,with a short e, is used for women's names..

@eetadakimasu 10 ай бұрын

Whenever I have a bad day/week/month, I'm gonna remember this guy!

@sealyoness 10 ай бұрын

What an amazing crazy man! Riding a giraffe didn't even kill him! Any children of his would have been blessed with rude health, I bet. I love hearing you tell these tales, though. You're good at it.

@rynohorn3819 9 ай бұрын

Great episode!

@fearthehoneybadger 11 ай бұрын

McDowell was already considered strange for having an entry full of Jack-O-Lanterns in July.

@SuperMaraai 11 ай бұрын

I really liked this one Thank you

@lunarwrase 10 ай бұрын

Always wonderful and informative

@grantovenden2646 10 ай бұрын

Awesome history, thank you so much for all the effort!

@robertweeks4240 9 ай бұрын

awesome ... all your episodes have been great!

@deemushroomguy 11 ай бұрын

Soooo... This one isn't on Eminem?😅 I totally filled in the "Hello, my name is" with "slim shady" afterwards...😂😅

@robkunkel8833 8 ай бұрын

Slightly confused? Me too, so I googled the name and, yes, same spelling as Evelyn Wood, American educator and businessperson, widely known for popularizing speed reading with the phrase "dynamic reading". But our Victorian Evelyn was quite a specimen. Great opening by THG about the growth of the Empire under this queen. An interesting biography. Thanks!

@slickbama8322 3 ай бұрын

The commercials for her speed reading course flooded the airwaves in the early 70s. Apparently all she did was tell you to only read nouns/adjectives and verbs. Forget all the lovely prose, just the facts!

@toldyouso5588 8 ай бұрын

Stone deaf Wood also started the British officers habit of saying "say wot ?!"

@mentallydisturbedscience8900 8 ай бұрын

Hot bear grease. I’m going to have to remember that the next time I’m feeling under the weather. 🤔

@annekabrimhall1059 10 ай бұрын

I believe you’ve left out an important detail. In those days one’s accent showed whether you were wealthy or poor. She couldn’t have accomplished what she did with a common accent, so not only was she a charmer, but good with elocution.

@thefattymcgee5801 6 ай бұрын

Evelyn Wood is my spirit animal.

@GlennGoryl 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful. Thank you.

@spudgunn8695 11 ай бұрын

Evelyn Wood had all the attributes of a Victorian officer. Almost suicidal bravery, clumsiness, obstinacy, and not being blessed with much in the way of intelligence, but had plenty of luck. Both good and bloody awfully bad! Lol

@mikemorris1512 7 ай бұрын

This was the first time I've seen you do multiple people with one topic. It feed my ADD, thanks.

@77thTrombone 5 күн бұрын

Gratuitous comment for channel stats. Good stories, HG

@WinZiggy 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@johnjacob5839 11 ай бұрын

Sir Evelyn Wood reminds me of the fictional Colonel Harry Flashman in the way he was seemingly in every Victorian Era hotspot. Treat yourself to a book or two of the Flashan Chronicles by George MacDonald Fraser. Fiction with historical footnotes.

@kevinvilmont6061 2 ай бұрын

He was diligent about keeping his fire going, perhaps he had been diligent about keeping a hold of his horse.

@Aheitchoo 9 ай бұрын

Excellent as always. I would love the history of Lorenzo De Zavala. I think he is worth remembering.

@MarshOakDojoTimPruitt 11 ай бұрын

thanks

@christinetucker5432 7 ай бұрын

For your 2nd piece, with the conwoman, did you say she was briefly held at St. Albans and then Devizes???? St. Albans born and bred here. Pronounced S'nt Allbens (or jokingly Snorbens!) and Devizes is de-vizzes. St Albans was a Roman soldier martyred for sheltering a priest. Boudicca of the Iceni celts burnt Verulamium to the ground! We still have the Georgian court, one of the few surviving, and often used in tv dramas.

@shock_n_Aweful 10 ай бұрын

"....and then it stepped on his face" oh then, not something you hear everyday. How did you get that wound? A giraffe stepped on my face.

@vlmellody51 11 ай бұрын

The unfortunate and quixotic Evelyn Wood's given name is pronounced "EAVE-lynn."

@TM-ev2tc 11 ай бұрын

I know it is not exactly forgotten history, but i wish you could do a video about Dr. Benjamin Rush. PS. Maybe you could talk about The Battle of White Bird Canyon. Maybe you could make a video about The Fire Falls of Yosemite. That will be enough for now.

@sarahcoleman3125 11 ай бұрын

"But he was still Evelyn Wood." They should have saved this guy's blood. We could inoculate people for literally ALL diseases. 😂

@wandabanks6756 8 ай бұрын

Lol

@eatbolt42 10 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness. I've been trying to find the biography you did about a soldier who had all of these ailments and a giraffe that stepped on his face. So glad a was able to find it. The absolute absurdity of the story with your happy yet vaguely confused delivery had me laughing to tears for a second time.

@skyserf 11 ай бұрын

An hour? THG should have a TV channel.

@-jeff- 11 ай бұрын

Yes and probably demand content like garbage pickers, pawnshop owners and wild haired alien theorists.

@adellajones9887 11 ай бұрын

If television is involved, there would be restrictions. THG has more content control this way. 😊

@ameliaflowers9836 10 ай бұрын

Tv is highly over rated

@marlinweekley51 10 ай бұрын

Is television still a thing? 😳

@tomarmadiyer2698 10 ай бұрын

YT channel > TV channel

@anthonypost8214 2 ай бұрын

I watched the intro with the soft music like 10 times

@mikenixon2401 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I suppose that can be described as when men were men no matter what they endure. Could you please profile U.S. General Peyton C. March who was Chief of Staff during WWI, He also wrote the intoduction to "History of the World War" by Francis H. March. My grandfather was a WWI veteran and had this collection, which I now have. I've often wondered more than what is offered on March and March. Is this history that should be remembered?

@nathanholland4246 11 ай бұрын

You should do a episode about the Molly Macguires in North east Pennsylvaina, amazing story

@Nursebakr 9 ай бұрын

Nice

@gailnewcomb8256 9 ай бұрын

Wow! That’s a really large empire! I never realized how many lands Great Britain acquired.

@janlascko 10 ай бұрын

I shouldn't laugh at Evelyn Woods, but daaamn!

@garyrunnalls7714 9 ай бұрын

Ya name a guy Evelyn and you're going to have a Schlep rock, lol

@weepingwell 5 ай бұрын

no wonder Evelyn Wood was so brave. You ever mix morphine and laudanum?

@DavidBenner-cy4zl 6 күн бұрын

Surely, you must not be serious? Yes. My name is Evelyn. And don't call me Shirley.

@t.c.2776 11 ай бұрын

I heard Dr. Seuss had a "dark side"... are we sure this isn't one of his stories?... it's much less painful to see a Cartoon Giraffe stomping on his face and his cheek bones popping out... I'm too empathetic to listen to the rest of his apparently painful life...

@kambrose1549 11 ай бұрын

Clearly if it didn't kill him it only made him stronger!

@SlipShodBob 10 ай бұрын

I thought my dad was accident prone including taking the tips of his fingers off on one hand but u think Wood has him beat

@laara1426 7 ай бұрын

His DNA results would be fascinating !

@rodlander5868 7 ай бұрын

Love your shows! However, N.B. Evelyn is, at least for Victorian males, pronounced Eevelyn, and not Evelyn as it is for more contemporary females.

@cliffwoodbury5319 11 ай бұрын

How about an episode on the British Canal Network!!!

@ansiviewer 6 ай бұрын

The history of the United States Air Force would bring me some joy.

@constipatedinsincity4424 11 ай бұрын

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally!

@user-vm5ud4xw6n 11 ай бұрын

I can’t help it: The biggest empire the world has ever known: The Empire Strikes Back!!

@malcocreative 6 ай бұрын

Oh my God!!!

@Mtlmshr 9 ай бұрын

I certainly hope Wood had great medical insurance 🤪!!!

@jeffbangkok 11 ай бұрын

Good night

@AlbuquerqueImaging 7 ай бұрын

even with water this raft wont float. I got yur booster

@gregmcdonald7357 4 ай бұрын

Still good. Commenting to "feed the algorithm."

@rdesranleau11 Ай бұрын

a. giraffe. stepped. on. his. face.😂

@TheHistoryGuyChannel Ай бұрын

An unusual injury indeed.

@wasyertakeawaythaturmadeofcorn 11 ай бұрын

Hello, my name is Kevin.

@jackshaftoe1715 11 ай бұрын

A true fighting fool.

@KoolT 10 ай бұрын

46:24 my clan 😂😂😂

@werebitch1313 10 ай бұрын

Why do we believe in obvious imposters? A mixture of charisma, [often] beauty, & a keen ability [either natural or trained] to seek out and speak to people's vulnerable hopes.

@v.e.7236 11 ай бұрын

Whenever I hear the name Evelyn Wood, my mind goes to a Cheech and Chong skit about the Evelyn Woodhead speed reading course - forever tainted. lol

@richardcole3800 8 ай бұрын

It would stand to reason that yellow stone might refer to sulfur or gold

@jennifergriffiths3941 8 ай бұрын

Is this chick the same as Princess Caraboo & her antics ??? If not … please … PLEASE do Princess Caraboo too !!!

@kimmccabe1422 8 ай бұрын

Wood, an absolute masochist joins Army. A match made in heaven. Or an opioid addict looking for legit excuses to use it, to be given it.

@charlesbrentner4611 7 ай бұрын

Person comes from the Greek word Persona which means 'mask'. We all hide some part of ourselves from everyone, even ourselves.

@bigsarge2085 11 ай бұрын

👍👍

@willardfasto4494 6 ай бұрын

Cliff notes: yeah God tried to kill this man and thru sheer britishness he refused to die.

@rrotwang 6 ай бұрын

Did they ever make a move about him ?

@loricrane5315 9 ай бұрын

This dude must have done SOMETHING right in his past lives. Man couldn't be killed.

@josephrogers5337 11 ай бұрын

Not related to this blog. Suggestion do a story on the school in College Corner Ohio/Indiana sometimes know as West College Corner Indiana. School in 2 states, 3 counties, and 4 townships, Union School District

@merlinwizard1000 11 ай бұрын

34th, 19 July 2023

@cherylcampbell9369 7 ай бұрын

i am surprised you did not die from euphemisms in the Evelyn Wood story. 😡 Also, you forgot to mention when Evelyn Wood started the speed-reading school. 😂

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 7 ай бұрын

The speed reading school was started by a teacher in Utah.

@ripadipaflipa4672 Ай бұрын

He most likely had trigeminal neuralgia which causes horrible pain on one side of the face from the trigeminal nerve. I also have to wonder if the hole in his cheek was from clove oil that surprisingly is still being used today.