Clipperton Island: Mexico's Forgotten Murder Colony

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4 жыл бұрын

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Host - Simon Whistler
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Source/Further reading:
Detailed Lore podcast on Clipperton Island: www.lorepodcast.com/episodes/35
Narrative version of the tale: www.damninteresting.com/the-t...
General overview: www.britannica.com/place/Clip...
Clipperton Island timeline: www.globalsecurity.org/milita...
Some extra facts: admin.nationalgeographic.org/p...
General overview, Mexican perspective: www.eluniversal.com.mx/englis...
Synopsis: www.atlasobscura.com/places/c...
A history of guano: www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
Islands claimed under the US Guano Islands Act: www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
Scurvy: www.atlasobscura.com/articles...

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@geographicstravel 4 жыл бұрын

Check out Business Blaze: kzfaq.info/love/YY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw

@michaelbrock805 4 жыл бұрын

I have been an OG subscriber of Business Blaze since the beginning and it is AMAZING! I LOVE that channel!!!

@MatthewCarven 4 жыл бұрын

Already subscribed (to business channel), just a question, not a complaint, but, is that buttons rubbing the casing in a dryer nearby? Identifying the sound is killing me! P.s. link to Business Blaze not found in description. :)

@the_king__of_the_world 4 жыл бұрын

Your reports would sound more timeless and professional if you would adopt a more classical approach to the way you convey this fascinating stories. We are all tiered of hearing emo/hipster talk and you would have more chances of being the next generation of BBC documentary presenters

@nicolewoods6561 3 жыл бұрын

Simon should wear a different pair of glasses for each channel so I don't forget which channel I'm on lol

@the_king__of_the_world 3 жыл бұрын

@@valerierodger7700 I only stated that because I like this fellow and I want him to be successful and when necessary for someone it's more helpful to have constructive criticism then blow b.s. down the man's butt and not helping him out

@vermas4654 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the britsh just swooped in "Oh gosh, there is an island, claimed by multiple countries" "Jolly good, we can add that to our collection"

@brentfarvors192 2 жыл бұрын

I loved how that Arnaud idiot saw the Brits packing their chit, and didn't IMMEDIATELY get on the boat..."Tally Ho!"= Pack you stuff, and get on that boat as fast as humanly possible!

@seanmccarty1176 2 жыл бұрын

It's very British lol. It's like if the US navy sailed in and said "yee haw we're here to protect you from European colonization!"

@MatthewBreck 2 жыл бұрын

Aww I see this island it seems very British, yes perfect for tea. *lands on island,* do you have a flag???

@Unbridled13 Жыл бұрын

They didn't have internet or TV.

@leopoppa7753 Жыл бұрын

@@Unbridled13 wtf are you on about Stacy? 😂

@amys6987 3 жыл бұрын

So it took literally 24 hours for this dude to declare himself king and terrorize the remaining women on the island...lovely

@Abcwhatever 3 жыл бұрын

It sounded like he did it right after he learned everyone except him and the 3 women died He probably fantasized about doing that since he thought to remove all weapons and lock them away before doing that

@reyo6353 3 жыл бұрын

A guy that locks himself away and thinks about raping all day? He was the first Incel 'nice guy' recorded in history.

@JoeDirteOutside 2 жыл бұрын

And he had the foresight to confiscate all weapons from everyone, aka “gun control” so they couldn’t defend themselves.

@amadeus962 2 жыл бұрын

Right that’s what i was saying, like what took him so long

@Outlaw7263 2 жыл бұрын

@@amadeus962 the governor and other men would have beat his ass

@Ahnenerbe1944 4 жыл бұрын

“Sweet, sweet, ass gold” -Simon Whistler, 2020

@jevinday 4 жыл бұрын

He has so many amazing quotes haha

@boost1606 4 жыл бұрын

His second channel Business Blaze is full of gems like that. Such as "maybe hipsters are here to get scammed"

@Kangamoos 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, I came down to comment that line. It's a good one!

@briancook5838 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet , sweet , ass gold makes some mighty sweet mota . . . No?

@rdbchase 4 жыл бұрын

Birds don't have asses.

@grapeshot 4 жыл бұрын

He went straight Lord of the Flies on that Island.

@robinderoos1166 4 жыл бұрын

I doubt chaos had anything to do with those horrors... Although scurvy might be Nurgles influence...

@stevenschnepp576 4 жыл бұрын

@@robinderoos1166 You should've paid more attention in high school. _Lord of the Flies_ is a book. Also, the whole thing reeks of Slaanesh's influence.

@beaubeaukitty5301 4 жыл бұрын

More Like Lord of the Lillies

@Mechabang 4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenschnepp576 With a hint of Khorne.

@hengjihuang7246 4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenschnepp576 you sure it's not tzeentch?

@bigpeeler 4 жыл бұрын

- Fascinating. I didn't find this boring atoll. 👍

@brtnyhydn 4 жыл бұрын

Ross Peeler 🤣

@jamieh4086 4 жыл бұрын

Ba bump psshh!

@Smegwulf 4 жыл бұрын

Oh bravo! I hope you were wearing a bikini as you thought this one up!

@bigpeeler 4 жыл бұрын

@@Smegwulf - LOL 👍

@ALCRAN2010 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this character actors brilliant interpretation of the atoll at top his head.

@lukenewton4259 4 жыл бұрын

When can we expect a Biographics on Simon Whistler: The man of many KZfaq channels

@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 4 жыл бұрын

That would be way too weird, especially for him. This is way worse than asking some narrator to do a face reveal when it's obvious they don't want to show their face in public (otherwise they'd be showing their face without anyone begging).

@jeffbrooks5580 4 жыл бұрын

Probably be Simons last video

@GenuineBronxite 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe they should get the Epic Voice Guy from Honest Trailers to narrate for Simon Whistler's life.

@kylarstern7627 4 жыл бұрын

The whispers are he started out doing some kind of travel blog? It went down hill from there

@Gfp1995 4 жыл бұрын

Yasin and then a Business Blaze of Simon Whistler: How he makes it all work

@ex-navyspook 4 жыл бұрын

Now, it's a fueling point for narcotics smugglers. There's also a side note to the French/Mexican fight over it. Every year, the Mexican Navy goes out and raises a Mexican flag over the island. Later in the year, the French Navy visits, takes down the flag, and replaces it with their own. The fight is still going on!

@ex-navyspook 4 жыл бұрын

@Taps fan Hey, at least they're not shooting at each other.

@ayyyeitsgabe9364 4 жыл бұрын

Taps fan it’s probably more like a little running joke or tradition or something , not the countries literally bein petty over it.

@foodank_atr817 4 жыл бұрын

Like the "Whiskey War" between Canada and Denmark

@Aw-ns1qx 4 жыл бұрын

@Taps fan I like to pretend it is not done out of pettiness, I have no idea honestly. But in my mind I like to think it is a funny prank between 2 countries in a way. Especially now with the Corona Virus in full force, I pray human being can just exist peacefully on planet earth. However from what I know, this just can't be done due to greed and other selfishness. There will always be those blackened hearts who know no empathy, instead seeing the worlds resources including people, as theirs to exploit. One day maybe ther will be mostly peace.

@MakaveliRaider 4 жыл бұрын

@Taps fan the French shouldn't even be there.

@iamjacksyoutube5375 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: British sailors were (are?) called Limeys because they used to stock limes on the ships for sailors to suck on to prevent scurvy

@thelokiway4478 4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered where that term came from, just always forgot to look it up...

@zappawench6048 4 жыл бұрын

Very true. Lemons have more Vitamin C, but the lime-sellers got a good contract at a lower price.

@Samm815 4 жыл бұрын

Not just sailor but all brits.

@texantornadomma 4 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered this! Thank you

@HappyBeezerStudios 4 жыл бұрын

And over in Germany another source for vitamin C was used: Sauerkraut. The results were pretty much the same.

@sedgey12345 4 жыл бұрын

Man's got more channels than hair

@pegging640 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps he has a lot of leg-hair

@sparkplug6918 3 жыл бұрын

He has hair but he's like me it all fell down his face

@hpermutation4439 3 жыл бұрын

What about his beard

@christopherengel7436 3 жыл бұрын

Not a great feat but you are very correct

@sirloin4372 3 жыл бұрын

That’s not a hard feat in his case...

@eliudc.delgado9056 4 жыл бұрын

As a Mexican I really appreciate every time Porfirio Díaz is featured in one of your videos. Usually he's idealised by right-wing Mexicans or demonised by those on the left-wing. Mexican Napoleon III fits better and portraits how despotic and pretentious yet ridiculous his regime actually should have been.

@muffykneidinger5941 4 жыл бұрын

Eliud C. Delgado That is very interesting, at least to me😸. Thank you for sharing that.

@SxTxferlife 3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with you hermano

@outlawJosieFox Жыл бұрын

Sounds very Trumpian.

@charlesbarkley223 Жыл бұрын

@@outlawJosieFox are all lefties npc's like you lol how is trump anything like this man

@JustinYiseverywhere 11 ай бұрын

It belongs to France 🇫🇷

@Falchanco 4 жыл бұрын

I laughed when Arnaud was told Mexico is on fire and ww1 just started, imagine his shock like, "wtf???"

@josuemc93 3 жыл бұрын

“Shit. This is fine. We fine here.”

@princewish4632 3 жыл бұрын

"well, things couldn't get any worse....Right?????"

@andrewjennings7306 4 жыл бұрын

This guy basically runs every KZfaq channel.

@sasotadic7032 4 жыл бұрын

Hes an actor for these channela not the owner

@kapachangos 4 жыл бұрын

saso tadic he owns some of them and is parntner on most where hes on.

@diltzm 4 жыл бұрын

Simon Tube

@bartstewart8644 4 жыл бұрын

When, when, WHEN do we get the Simon Whistler bio video???

@ArranLaPaul 4 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for the video of the Africans that got rich off selling their own people into slavery or the Spanish pretty much decimating the southern continent of America

@bossyspaghetti 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that he was able to enunciate "Weird zebra sex mask" perfectly- and twice in a row at that- impresses me greatly.

@trj1442 4 жыл бұрын

Simon you should look at the story of the Dutch ship Batavia, wrecked off the west coast of Australia in the 17th century near what is now known as Beacon Island. The story of the Batavia makes what happened on Clipperton Island (as tragic as that story was) look like a holiday camp.

@johndododoe1411 11 ай бұрын

Stranded sailors descending into barbary seems a common enough problem to have become a literary trope . The Bounty mutineers seem to be a famous real life example . Clipperton Island a less famous one .

@GoodGuyPlayer2 4 жыл бұрын

I majored in foreign policy in México and, no joke, we studied the crap out of this case un my International Law class.

@MikeFromWisco 4 жыл бұрын

Simon creates 45% of all youtube content

@shamm249 4 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@TheChadxiii 4 жыл бұрын

You may be confusing "Host" AKA guy reading script with author/producer/editor

@stevenwebb3634 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it would be much higher

@stephenle-surf9893 3 жыл бұрын

We wish!

@mariusvanc 2 жыл бұрын

*narrates 45% of all youtube content

@karlheinzvansteen5748 2 жыл бұрын

I visited Clipperton Island way back in 1986 as part of the crew on the NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan, It's exactly as described, especially the millions of crabs. I saw only a few scattered Palm trees and can't imagine how anyone could live in this island.

@The_Republic_of_Ireland 4 жыл бұрын

8:11 "A 4th and final nation decided to get involved" *it's gonna be the Brits isn't it* And that was the British *How did I know that was coming*

@spectreagent00 4 жыл бұрын

The really got around.

@tehbonehead 4 жыл бұрын

Walpole.

@FireboltPrime 4 жыл бұрын

Even now, the sun still doesn't set on the British empire

@The_Republic_of_Ireland 4 жыл бұрын

@@FireboltPrime oh it's well after setting my friend. Thank God

@FireboltPrime 4 жыл бұрын

@@The_Republic_of_Ireland I meant as in all the scattered islands and territories they still have

@ianstradian 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing that Hollyweird hasn’t opted this story as a movie.

@Hromovlad1 4 жыл бұрын

would be either too short, or too dark

@ianstradian 4 жыл бұрын

Hromovlad1 Hollyweird has made movies about shorter and darker subjects.

@omnibussy 4 жыл бұрын

let's hope they never do, they wouldn't do it justice

@baydenjones2897 4 жыл бұрын

I’d like to make this a movie one day

@amorska11 3 жыл бұрын

@@baydenjones2897 i will make it before you.

@BenKDesigns 3 жыл бұрын

I love these videos. They're educational, well produced, and for some reason they always make me think "What if Simon isn't actually British, but just uses an accent because it makes narration that much cooler?".

@natinthehat7700 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, I thought the tall dude was going to be nice and save them all! How wrong I was..

@Abcwhatever 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was going to be worse with him eating the kids or smthn

@MJubecki1984 3 жыл бұрын

You had me at “murder colony”

@TheDukeOfDallas Жыл бұрын

"To start shoveling that sweet sweet ass-gold." Whoever your writer was for this episode they deserve a raise for that quote alone.

@ignitionfrn2223 3 жыл бұрын

1:55 - Chapter 1 - The secret island 5:25 - Chapter 2 - The battle for bird poop 8:55 - Chapter 3 - Building the colony 11:40 - Chapter 4 - Viva la revolucion 15:05 - Chapter 5 - Rise of a king 18:40 - Chapter 6 - Death of a kingdom

@planescaped 4 жыл бұрын

This new Animal Crossing sounds weird but I'll play it...

@kadenstimpson3167 3 жыл бұрын

animal crossing: mining sum bird shit

@Smegwulf 4 жыл бұрын

"Sweet, sweet Arse Gold." Dude... I just fired Coco Pops outta my nose!

@MrFeatheredSerpent 4 жыл бұрын

“ARSE GOLD” 😂

@MsStorm351 3 жыл бұрын

These three women “STOOD STRONG 💪🏽 and achieved their goal.....they survived with the children . Abuse of power continues today sadly. Thank you for this glimpse of history. I was aware of the island but totally shocked with it’s depraved history.

@dreameroutthere 4 жыл бұрын

Mexico was all like : "Hey! That's our bird poo!!" Lolz

@sayuncleordie 3 жыл бұрын

Dreameroutthere Bat poop

@FT4Freedom 3 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine the horror of those women and children exposed to that barbarian. Any man in that situation would have a wonderful opportunity to be a great gentleman of the community.

@hughjass9914 4 жыл бұрын

What about a geographics on Silimodo island in South Korea that had a camp set up for a death squad tasked with killing Kim il Sung? They ended up escaping the island as they were abused constantly and their assassination mission cancelled, a bus full of them in Seoul was involved in a shootout with grenades, some of them killed themselves then and there. 6 survived and were all tortured and executed. I think they were essentially not allowed to leave the camp on the island, when the mission was cancelled they had a mutiny.

@alphaownsyou 4 жыл бұрын

"Guano bowls! Collect a whole set!" - Ace Ventura

@j.a.weishaupt1748 4 жыл бұрын

Morris M. + Simon Whistler = pure gold. Written like a short horror story but with a Whedonesque style of humor, all narrated beautifully. Please never stop this collaboration.

@FallingSloths 4 жыл бұрын

I periodically beg for an Alexander von Humbolt video on Biographics, please please please do one for him! He is one of the most amazing people that the modern public hasn't heard of. He established man-made climate change in the 1800s, layed the ground work for modern meteorology, created biogeography, and more. He spent a total of ~6 non-consecutive months in Cuba, but is considered a national hero there for cataloguing all the indigenous wildlife and making recommendations that revolutionized their agriculture. He is also considered to be the last person to possess the totality of known human knowledge for his time, the last true polymath.

@MsDragonbal776 4 жыл бұрын

If you know so much abouthim, why do you even want a video to be done??

@Garcia-elf 4 жыл бұрын

Lots of people know about him

@Garcia-elf 4 жыл бұрын

Pre Darwin, bates, and Wallace

@Garcia-elf 4 жыл бұрын

Last polymath? I think John von Neumann lived after him lol

@fransiscozip1459 4 жыл бұрын

@Gelmir Curufin got bock ?

@ffffff52 4 жыл бұрын

Damn , Im Mexican and I dont know about this site

@nathanlong8295 4 жыл бұрын

Because you don't look at your map often.

@ffffff52 4 жыл бұрын

@@nathanlong8295 how am I supposed to find an island that its recognised as an overseas French territory that doesn't border in any way with Mexican territory or its EEA in a map of México?

@verchojanskij 4 жыл бұрын

As a French I did know about this weird speck of sand, yet nothing about its history. But don't blame yourself Gustavo, I'm sure a lot of French know nothing about most of their oversea territories. There's so many of them, which makes me feel super weird, like my country is the last remaining colonial empire, but don't want to admit it.

@davidolsen2495 4 жыл бұрын

@@ffffff52 I guess he didn't think of that lmfao I'd be embarrassed if I said that and got that reply

@CrazyNormie3457 4 жыл бұрын

Same.

@lonnijohnston6339 4 жыл бұрын

“Snidely Whiplash” now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while!

@studiolezard 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the image of Napoleon saying "Merde !"

@otakuman706 4 жыл бұрын

Business Blaze is great, any fans of Simon, and his various channels, should definitely give it a shot. Even those who aren't extremely 'business oriented' can still most certainly enjoy the channel. It's a good 'ol time.

@klyntarkenny8046 4 жыл бұрын

This has all the makings of a Great Horror Movie 🍿

@todddougherty9492 4 жыл бұрын

Age of guano... my new band name. Thank u.

@hollyclipperton9053 3 жыл бұрын

This is crazy, my great great great etc.. grandfather was John Clipperton. I knew there was an island with my surname but I had no idea all of this happened, fascinating.

@johndroyson7921 2 жыл бұрын

Name checks out

@elliottprats1910 2 жыл бұрын

You need to ride my plank and shiver my timber’s.

@robertjustice2808 Жыл бұрын

Oh bs

@oliverhelms4112 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Business Blaze. It's 100% my favorite "Random Thing" youtube channel so I really hope it keeps growing!

@betinad.1244 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Simon! I love your videos on both biographics and geographics. This story of a forgotten atoll is very similar to the island where I grew up. There’s an atoll that is part of the marshal islands where they test out misiles. It’s called Kwajalein. While I left too early in my life to know the full history. I found out it used to be owned by the Japanese in ww2. Maybe you could do a video on it! 😄

@vernicethompson4825 4 жыл бұрын

Good idea! I also think he could do a similar one on the people of Bikini Atoll and what happened to them.

@FordyTheConeSmoker 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus Simon, this is one of the most hard hitting videos you’ve produced. I applaud you and the rest of your team!

@thomasjennings3919 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating! Still blood curdling to see how truly morbid and pathetic some humans can be to prey on defenceless people rather than help

@lesliearnaud7250 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon!!!! This his part of my Family History

@christopherbolander2596 4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps your best video yet. I've been fascinated by this place for years, finding only random facts here and there, but this tale is simply amazing. Thank you!

@insulinintaker 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Simon has a yt channel for every different subject he loves. It’s honestly great

@rocketi05 4 жыл бұрын

When I come onto KZfaq and see there is a new Geographics, Biographics or Top Tenz video I'm absolutely stoked. But seeing a video with murder in the title, I go and make popcorn. I know it's gonna be good. Wish I could subscribe twice!

@nolan6183 4 жыл бұрын

Now that was a fantastic script, especially how you concluded with what Clipperton Island represents today, though only to be known to a very small few. Humanity and our persistance through both terrible things we'd do to eachother, and overcoming the most awful conditions will never cease to amaze me. People scare me straight, but people give me hope too. Who will you be?

@jonruger 3 жыл бұрын

He puts so much work into his channels it’s amazing some TV networks are not this well put together.

@bookplateorg-ry5fl Жыл бұрын

Dear Simon, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. One of your best. I read a novel about the colony some time ago. You really did justice to it.

@rainerssvoks1027 3 жыл бұрын

Clipperton Island became some what relevant after United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea came into force. The convention introduced the concept of exclusive economic zone that grants a state exclusive resource exploration rights in the area extending 200 nautical miles from low water mark of the coast of a teritorry. Though I have not researched if any valuable resources (including fishes) are present, it definitely has some use for France.

@nicklittle8399 4 жыл бұрын

Business Blaze Simon Whistler is like the astranged cousin to Geographics' more bald Vsauce Michael.

@steelinskin5925 4 жыл бұрын

the r/iamverysmart version

@TedOfNod 4 жыл бұрын

. . .”astranged”? 🤦‍♂️

@fransiscozip1459 4 жыл бұрын

Astringently strangelfied...ya use gloves...and wipe wit alcohol...

@gambucino1260 4 жыл бұрын

astranged? didnr vsauce take a bite out of a toilet donut?

@stevenwebb3634 4 жыл бұрын

*estranged

@over-educated-sp 4 жыл бұрын

As always, thank you for subjects which today I completely love. Unfortunately during my high school years, I loathed. Here’s to hoping KZfaq can captivate those history loathing teens I once was! Great video!

@Celtopia 3 жыл бұрын

That has to be the most interesting and the most utterly horrific story ive ever listened to....thank you so much Simon !

@joeottsoulbikes415 4 жыл бұрын

PS...I've been watching your shows since you used yo do them in your apartment. Your production studio looks great and it's nice to see you growing so much.

@jaywreck9378 4 жыл бұрын

When simon advertises simon you know the conglomerate is growing

@andyginterblues2961 4 жыл бұрын

I hold the belief that Simon is one of three identical triplets- all named Simon. How could only one of him narrate so many videos?

@kraanz 3 жыл бұрын

No, it's just incredibly cringy.

@nicobyrne2774 4 жыл бұрын

Like how Simons style has evolved fro his earlier stuff! looks more sophisticated.

@MotoHikes 4 жыл бұрын

“Sweet, sweet, ass gold”

@Gfp1995 4 жыл бұрын

nico byrne it's the haircut

@Smegwulf 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, he looks so dapper and intellectual as he teaches us about "Arse Gold", lol. Don't get me wrong tho, I'm completely on board with this!

@joeottsoulbikes415 4 жыл бұрын

I love all your channels Simone! You provide tons of entertainment and knowledge.

@ckilgore3983 4 жыл бұрын

You actually managed to work in a “Snidely Whiplash” reference lol, good job.

@borja1000 4 жыл бұрын

Business Blaze: where Simmon makes a serious approach to comedy. I still love all the other KZfaq stuff you do!

@armyant9163 3 жыл бұрын

Only learned of this island because I was looking at Pacific storm systems on my weather app. Very interesting, thanks for the upload!

@notydino 3 жыл бұрын

Simon's contrast between Geographics and Business Blaze is just.... Amazing

@elizabethgaspodnetich4322 3 жыл бұрын

I wish you had been my history teacher when I was in school, I may have actually learned something! I could listen to your videos all day. Thank you, now I have something to do during the shut down and the riots! (I mean that in a good way!)

@chrisidoo 4 жыл бұрын

So let's be real here. Simon is a villain, right? He's slowly taking over KZfaq. Who here will follow him and his wicked deeds as I will?

@wrencombs2139 3 жыл бұрын

I for one praise our new, bearded overlord!

@matildamarmaduke1096 3 жыл бұрын

I concur .

@drbosommd 3 жыл бұрын

Don't blame me I voted for Carl Smallwood .

@spencert.3636 3 жыл бұрын

Love these videos, I cannot stop binge watching at work! Only during lunch of course...

@anafindlay1696 4 жыл бұрын

Simon,Simon, Simon I can't get enough of your incredible channels!!!! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

@Assassinus2 4 жыл бұрын

Listening to all the talk of guano, I am invariably reminded of the Nauru Tower in Honolulu, which I refer to now as the Tower That Poop Built.

@FtechJack 4 жыл бұрын

Love all your videos on each of your channels! Really enjoy the content you put out and look forward to listening to each either while I'm doing work or driving home.

@ritaturner368 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much for videos. They’re very informative and interesting. I’m sure you’ll be getting a lot more viewers in the coming months because of the Coronavirus lockdowns, so keep up the good work, we’re going to need all the entertainment and distraction from our situation available.

@Miserybahamut 3 жыл бұрын

Business Blaze being more relaxed and freestyle is the understatement of the year, Simon.

@brtnyhydn 4 жыл бұрын

Was about to fast forward through the promotion at the beginning until I saw the zebra mask and I realized what a mistake I had almost made. Thank goodness I didn't miss such a majestic moment. P.s. I am already subscribed to business blaze

@arthursosajr.2031 4 жыл бұрын

It is know for sport fishing from the long range fishing fleets either out of San Diego or when the fleet moves south to Los Cabos.

@johnclipperton3774 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see a piece on Clipperton atoll. Captain John Clipperton was a distant ancestor of mine. He was indeed a Privateer rather than a Pirate. As far as I knew it was unlikely he ever landed on the atoll.

@colehalford1893 3 жыл бұрын

It took me for ever to actually watch the video. I kept rewinding the advertisement which plays before this video. The video of Clipperton Island is definitely interesting. Thanks Simon. 👍

@jgcelliott1 4 жыл бұрын

"He died of scurvy." Fitting. .

@CardinalTreehouse 4 жыл бұрын

How about Oak Island, Canada (The money pit)? Great work guys!

@tastyloaf5487 4 жыл бұрын

That would be pretty fascinating.

@hunterrinehart6448 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Amazing video, I learned so much in 24 min. You are doing some amazing things for education and making it interesting for us. Thank you. You are going to inspire soo many by doing what you do. Keep going, I look forward to more of your videos and am I happy to support you and the channels.

@nikolasmanders4899 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched so many of Simon’s videos and am used to his humor, and that “ass gold” line made me spit out my drink lol

@The_NSeven 4 жыл бұрын

God damn I love these weird islands in the pacific.

@alvarofavela2918 4 жыл бұрын

It isn’t Mexico’s anymore. France was all like “I want this uninhabited island, thousands and thousands of miles away from my borders” and pretty much made Mexico give it up. France is so petty sometimes.

@malasangre583 4 жыл бұрын

Indochina showed them whats what

@--enyo-- 4 жыл бұрын

If you actually watched the video they go over this early on, then at the end of the video outline how the final arbitration went to the Vatican, who passed it on to Italy after a decade, who eventually ruled in favour of France.

@fenrirgg 3 жыл бұрын

@@--enyo-- but nobody cares. Isla de la Pasión Is Mexican in practice... And Chinese, Chinese fish around too.

@billwheeler1213 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite episodes. Thanks

@Erik-rp1hi 4 жыл бұрын

My scuba dive friend was on a dive expedition to Clipperton Island 6 years ago. Long way to go but he now knows what it is like there.

@choo_choo_ 4 жыл бұрын

Hardly a "murder colony" when only one dude got murdered.

@s.sestric9929 4 жыл бұрын

Alvarez murdered two women, why this wasn't mentioned I don't know.

@thetexastickler5698 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@xandercager5276 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it wasn't super murderous but the governor did commit like 90 cases of manslaughter with his terrible decision making lol

@christopherpettersson1626 4 жыл бұрын

This is nothing, I’m sure there was a cannibal island with Russian prisoners and with it being Russian it would of been one cold island.

@choo_choo_ 4 жыл бұрын

@@christopherpettersson1626 Yes. It's literally one of the videos mentioned in this one.

@sheep1903 4 жыл бұрын

Simon has a wide range of animal sex masks

@lauramuse910 4 жыл бұрын

Danny, I don’t want to know how you know that because it would probably give me nightmares. If you are the Danny that writes scripts you need to find ways to include animal sex masks in more scripts...just to mess with Simon.

@juliuspavilovskis4862 4 жыл бұрын

Wait wha...

@williamjeffersonclinton69 4 жыл бұрын

@@muffin1119 in the words of Jules "Now that's some fucked up repugnant shit!"

@Kieran_Martin 4 жыл бұрын

Are you the legendary Danny as in Danny the script writer? If so SWEET!

@sheep1903 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kieran_Martin Nope, sorry!

@carmenbatchelor8044 3 жыл бұрын

👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Another awesome adventure with Simon!! Loved it!

@janebayle5962 10 ай бұрын

You have a very authoritative yet soothing voice. I love listening to you to relax

@giantWario 3 жыл бұрын

I think Arnaud might have declined the American's offer simply because he didn't believe them. After all, they had tried to lay claim to the island before and had just invaded Veracruz so maybe he thought it was a ploy to get them off the Island.

@4scenicllp148 3 жыл бұрын

Simon, you and your team do a great job of bringing historical and other knowledge that we'd otherwise never know about. Keep up the good work. Some of it is really gruesome but important to know: Such as Nazinsky Island.

@lyntwo 4 жыл бұрын

What an amazing story. I hope the survivors enjoyed long and good lives.

@maigretus1 4 жыл бұрын

I guess its story isn't completely done. August 1992 I was in the US Navy, chasing drug smugglers in the eastern Pacific. We got a tip and raced to Clipperton. We actually caught them. They tried to claim they had an engine problem. We gave them some help and said we would accompany them back to Mexico, in case they broke down again 😉. Once our partner ship came over the horizon, they started throwing bags overboard like crazy.

@tamarafaurot 3 жыл бұрын

You realize of course that only old people like me laughed at the Snidely Whiplash reference. 😆

@michaelkay5142 3 жыл бұрын

🤣📺Dudley Doright?📺🤣

@MsStorm351 3 жыл бұрын

Tamara Faurot .....Yes... LMAO !

@sayuncleordie 3 жыл бұрын

Tamara Faurot I got, but it wasn’t funny.

@bjornodin 4 жыл бұрын

I think it's fair to say that the kingdom was in ruins even before being established...

@EazyDta416 3 жыл бұрын

"Sweet sweet ass gold" is the greatest phrase he's ever said 😂

@Fers05R1 3 жыл бұрын

Your background is awesome!! Also love the tones of your videos.

@poptartmallshart5323 3 жыл бұрын

Álvarez: "I'm the most powerful and ruthless dictator of my own isolated regime in the world" Stalin: "how cute..."

@xxxxxPr0xxxxx 4 жыл бұрын

lmao if I'm on an Island with a super buff dude and he declares himself King ima make sure he doesn't wake up the next morning

@nikadavise-br9lx 4 жыл бұрын

Right??!! An island fulls of sharp rocks!!!!............yeah mr.king will never see the morning.............

@CanItAlready 4 жыл бұрын

dat Pianoguy You're not three women trying to keep yourselves and a bunch of children alive after he locked all the weapons away and threatened to mutilate anyone who defied him. Improvising could have left those children at the mercy of someone who was clearly not a good man.

@Frk_X 4 жыл бұрын

@@CanItAlready 3 malnutritioned women* They probably wouldn't even be able to lift a decent sized rock..

@ankaplanka 4 жыл бұрын

@T REX No, they were scared. Scared of making a move that would make everything even worse for them. Imagine getting threats of mutilation while also being sexually assaulted and beaten by a big buff guy.. I'm glad they managed to survive though, but the pain from the whole experience must have followed them through their whole lives..

@CanItAlready 4 жыл бұрын

T REX I disagree. I think the fact that they did finally take him down is evidence that they weren't stupid. They were just waiting for the right opportunity.