Mystery: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce was an influential journalist, satirist, writer of poetry and horror whose works were said to have inspired authors as diverse as H.P Lovecraft and Earnest Hemmingway. And his fame makes it all the more mysterious that, in 1913, he disappeared without a trace.
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@TheHistoryGuyChannel 18 күн бұрын

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@RonaldReaganRocks1 17 күн бұрын

You should do an episode on Edgar Allen Poe's death.

@george2113 14 күн бұрын

It seems likely he irritated someone in Mexico and fertilized the crops

@SpaceLordof75 18 күн бұрын

Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary is a masterpiece of satire.

@Birdwash 18 күн бұрын

A masterpiece for it’s time

@Iamrightyouarewrong 18 күн бұрын

@@Birdwashit's no longer a masterpiece?

@wbrennan2253 18 күн бұрын

I suspect it inspired John Brunner in "Stand on Zanzibar" a character's Hipcrime Vocab.

@Birdwash 18 күн бұрын

@@Iamrightyouarewrong you try reading it lately? It’s a bit antiquated in the way it’s written. I love it, but I don’t think a lot of people would have the patience for it now. And that’s ok.

@streetsmart1164 18 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, Americans mysteriously disappearing in Mexico, Isn’t a part of History

@ScoutSniper3124 18 күн бұрын

I can't imagine writing a letter in Chihuahua... It's hard enough just to do it in Golden Retriever.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 18 күн бұрын

LOL

@goodun2974 18 күн бұрын

Try writing something with Shitzu.....💩🤢🤮

@goodun2974 18 күн бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel, it's even more difficult to write in Shitzu! 💩

@goodun2974 18 күн бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel, perhaps Bierce should have written home in pidgin and sent it by air mail!😉

@davemoore1233 18 күн бұрын

Outside of a dog, a book is Man’s Best Friend. Inside of a dog, It’s too dark to read. G. Marx

@NoahSpurrier 18 күн бұрын

A Twilight Zone episode, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, was made from this story he wrote.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 18 күн бұрын

Yes, episode 22 of season 5 of The Twilight Zone was based on An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.

@JeffreyGlover65 18 күн бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannelMy Drama teacher played this episode for us in class, in '81. I was in 9th grade. It has stuck with me ever since. I did not know it was written by Ambrose Bierce. Thanks again for teaching me something new. 😎

@DePalma. 18 күн бұрын

I remember reading it, then watching it…they did that with many books we read. Of there was a movie soundtrack off of the book. Thank you for mentioning this:)

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 18 күн бұрын

A masterpiece of stream of consciousness writing and American realism. It is really the icon of Bierce's work.

@ericleesmith6774 18 күн бұрын

Also, the episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Season 5, Episode 13. Starring Ronald Howard, son of Leslie Howard, who played Ashley Wilkes in Gone With The Wind.

@joshpulliam 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for bringing Ambrose Bierce’s story to life. When I was a Civil War reenactor I had the privilege to be an extra in the movie “Ambrose Bierce, Civil War Stories”. This movie portrays three of his Civil War short stories including An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and One Kind of Officer.

@kennethrouse7942 17 күн бұрын

Many thanks for YOUR post.. I immediately went to Amazon and ordered the last DVD of "Ambrose Bierce, Civil War Stories!" I should receive it in a couple of weeks. 😉👍

@joshpulliam 17 күн бұрын

@@kennethrouse7942 I hope you enjoy it! I didn’t even know there were still copies out there to buy. I’m in the first short story One Kind of Officer. All of that part was filmed in an old A-10 hanger at the former Richard’s Gebauer Air Force Base in Kansas City. I could tell you so much about how it was made it would take a whole video! But I’ll give you this last nugget. In one scene there is a guy that gets shot by a cannon. It’s me!

@kennethrouse7942 17 күн бұрын

It will give me something to look for! I think that they did "..Owl Creek.." on an old Twilight Zone episode, but I am not for sure. As a reinactor, what was your regiment?

@joshpulliam 17 күн бұрын

@@kennethrouse7942 they did do An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge in a Twilight zone episode, but I’ve honestly never seen it. My unit was the 7th and 30th Missouri Infantry Volunteers also known as the “Irish Brigade”. You didn’t have to actually be Irish to reenact with them, but we did have a couple true Irishmen in our ranks! It was a great unit to be a part of and I miss going out and reenacting. It got difficult to go once I started college and got married. The original flag of the 7th Missouri is on display at the Missouri state capitol building in Jefferson City.

@kennethrouse7942 17 күн бұрын

I do know that Robert Maxwell said that he never could have made "Gods and Generals" and "Gettysburg" without the hundreds of reinactors of both the Blue and the Gray. I have a suspician that "The Killer Angels" was renamed so the potential viewers could know without any effort what it was about. And it's a shame that enough profit wasn't realized to make "The Last Full Measure" worth it. And, please, DON'T get me started on the "woke" Orwellian renaming of our military Installations south of the Mason-Dixon line! 😢

@michaelmanning5379 18 күн бұрын

One of Gregory Peck's last films is "Old Gringo" in which he plays a Bierce to befriends and falls out with a Pancho Villa-like personality (Jimmy Smits).

@curiousworld7912 15 күн бұрын

I agree: great book - great movie. I've been a fan of Bierce for decades, and the book and film are both marvelous.

@roncarpenter7240 14 күн бұрын

Adapted from a novel of the same name by Carlos Fuentes. Some of the film was shot in Zacatecas, Mexico--where I have lived for over 20 years.

@boogerie 18 күн бұрын

"About six years before the disappearance of Ambrose Small, Ambrose Bierce had disappeared. Newspapers all over the world had made much of the mystery of Ambrose Bierce. But what could the disappearance of one Ambrose, in Texas, have to do with the disappearance of another Ambrose, in Canada? Was somebody collecting Ambroses?" WILD TALENTS Charles Fort

@user-oh2hs6jh5x 18 күн бұрын

Well, we made it to the middle of the week. Take a break from work and settle back for an episode of forgotten history.

@Lunch_box 18 күн бұрын

Because TFE only makes like one video a month

@harrymills2770 18 күн бұрын

The Devil's Dictionary is a great work.

@snotgurgletroll1812 18 күн бұрын

Never heard of this man.....now I'm going to the library!!!

@jeffreyhill4705 18 күн бұрын

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@dougburt2449 18 күн бұрын

YES❤

@bwilliams463 18 күн бұрын

Seek 'The Devil's Dictionary' or, more specifically 'The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary.' That's where I started, and I think it really is the best place to begin.

@gwcstudio 8 күн бұрын

"Killed at Resaca" is my favorite Bierce story

@bwilliams463 18 күн бұрын

I have loved Bierce since I first came across my Granddad's copy of 'The Devil's Dictionary' when I was about 13. I have sought and read his works in the 36 years since then. His writings have allowed me to expand my vocabulary with his glorious style - which made his insults all the more epic. 'The Devil's Dictionary' (technically 'The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary') remains my favorite of his works, and I keep many of his definitions handy: 'POSITIVE (adj): Mistaken at the top of one's voice.'

@PelenTan 18 күн бұрын

I can't believe you didn't include the most likely reason for his disappearance. That being kidnapped by pirates. Because, after all, don't all good stories...?

@jamesrosa38 18 күн бұрын

A last item of interest: I believe Gregory Peck starred in the movie, Old Gringo, a movie that supposes a possible end of the life of Ambrose Bierce.

@marshawoods4983 18 күн бұрын

I’ve been listening to you for years. I’ve listen to others, but I think you are the best.❤

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 18 күн бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@ronaldguild3627 18 күн бұрын

I started watching this reluctantly, and I enjoyed every minute.

@alainastone7840 18 күн бұрын

I teach a unit on Bierce in my senior English class that I affectionately call "What the eff did I just read?"

@streetsmart1164 18 күн бұрын

And unfortunately , Americans mysteriously disappearing in Mexico, Isn’t a part of History .

@ricknorman7193 18 күн бұрын

LOL!

@joanhoffman3702 18 күн бұрын

I would love to take that class!

@charlayned 18 күн бұрын

That would be a great course.

@johnkrieger185 16 күн бұрын

Such good English!

@jimmajr9224 18 күн бұрын

"The Dammed Thing " is the most frightening story i have ever read.

@bwilliams463 18 күн бұрын

It is at least the equal of Lovecraft's 'The Dunwich Horror.'

@llongone2 17 күн бұрын

You often hear that Bierce influenced Lovecraft: THIS is the story where that influence is evident.

@steven20653 5 күн бұрын

Red Dragon was to date the only story that caused me actual fear. That a lot of it could happen had me checking windows and doors throughout the night. It scarred me so much and so often that once I finished reading it, I passed my copy of it to my older brother so he could share in my misery hahaha.

@barbarajolley6578 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for the Bierce story. I taught both "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "Chickamauga." Bierce himself seems like one of his characters. I hope we will find one day what happened to him...or maybe not...:)

@dennistate5953 18 күн бұрын

Me dwells 2 miles from Chickamauga Battlefield. We still take silly highly seriously.

@greggi47 18 күн бұрын

I encountered Bierce's stories and The Devil's Dictionary in the early 1960s, when I was in junior high school. As often happened, nobody else knew about him and it was impossible to find somebody to share my enthusiasm for his cynical realism. I recently bought a used copy of collected stories that is among the towering TBR pile(s) and hope to find time and energy enough to revisit and see unfamiliar ones now in my late seventies.

@kennethrouse7942 17 күн бұрын

As an "age peer" I wish I had discovered him at that time as you did. I also tip my hat to a fellow book lover who understands, and has, as I do, TBR piles strategically placed around the house. 👍😎

@davidlancaster8152 12 күн бұрын

Read on! Right on! Ride on!

@susancarr9955 18 күн бұрын

Gregory Peck was utterly charming as the romantic leading man in a love triangle with Jane Fonda as the American woman thrust into the Mexican Civil War and Jimmy Smits as the general in Pancho Villa's army who becomes obsessed with his illegitimate aristocracy. A wonderful classic and a fit role for a fine actor who proved that even in his 70s, he could still charm the pants off of women.

@lvtiguy226 17 күн бұрын

Thank you History Guy for this remembrance of Bierce. I apparently made it to my mid 50s (including education through college in Indiana) without learning of Bierce and his works. Luckily, learning is a lifelong pursuit. I will be visiting my local bookstore today.

@Dfturcott 17 күн бұрын

I remember 20 some years ago in an american high school history class, our teacher dropped the line that Ambrose said “war is gods way of teaching Americans geography”, it’s odd when you hear something and know in real time how you will never forget it.

@StevenEverett7 18 күн бұрын

I've always found Bierce's stories fascinating. This is the first time I've found out about his history. Considering his apparent abrasive personality, I'm surprised he didn't disappear sooner. 😁😁😁

@bethmcgill5944 7 күн бұрын

😊😅😅😅

@corruptduboiscountyindiana5058 13 күн бұрын

My favorite bierceism is ----- TRIAL- A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. In order to effect this purpose it is necessary to supply a contrast in the person of one who is called the defendant, the prisoner, or the accused. If the contrast is made sufficiently clear this person is made to undergo such an affliction as will give the virtuous gentlemen a comfortable sense of their immunity, added to that of their worth.

@frankgulla2335 18 күн бұрын

What a great tale of an all-American character, Ambrose Bierce.

@rcrawford42 13 күн бұрын

What I found curious about Bierce's horror was they were set in and around Cincinnati, OH. One was about a haunted house on Vine Street -- in what was then a "suburb" but now the neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine.

@curtpeterson7386 14 күн бұрын

I think we could agree that it was much easier to vanish at the turn of the last century than it is at the turn of this century. He just walked, plain and simple. Started over new somewhere else and did something many of us have thought about doing a time or two.

@margitwes6495 12 күн бұрын

That's what I like to think.

@goodun2974 18 күн бұрын

Perhaps Bierce, standing on a bridge looking downward, decided it was time to abridge his own story.....and leave his readers hanging! 🤔

@bwilliams463 18 күн бұрын

I see what you did there.....

@joanhoffman3702 18 күн бұрын

One of the best American short story writers, and someone I highly recommend. I have read many of his stories throughout the years, and it seems there are some I’ve missed. “Oil of Dog”? Time to start the hunt!

@milosterwheeler2520 18 күн бұрын

As much as Mark Twain was the master of approximation, using words that almost mean what he is saying - for comic effect, Ambrose Bierce was an absolute genius at finding just the exact word in every instance. Bierce's war stories are horrific in their details of military aftermath. His humorous tales are dark and chilling in their own ways. Read "Oil of Dog".

@dougburt2449 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for the info

@goodun2974 18 күн бұрын

I have a Twain T-shirt that reads "The difference between the almost right word and the really right word is no small matter, for it is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning".

@milosterwheeler2520 18 күн бұрын

@@goodun2974 I think my favorite Twain-ism is how he sums up an excruciatingly frightening occurrence of the sort that would age a normal person a good ten years. Twain said simply, "I was agitated." (Wonderfully dry, understated comment - especially from a period when most American authors were trying to imitate the complex prose of Dickens.)

@bjs301 18 күн бұрын

I started on The Devil's Dictionary many years ago, but could not wade through it. Bierce struck me as what Mark Twain would have been if he had no heart.

@orno8906 18 күн бұрын

bravo sir, I’ve been waiting for a scholarly Ambrose Bierce treatment as I have read all of his supernatural tales, the devil’s dictionary and most of his Civil War stories. He is a fascinating character, thank you.

@davidlancaster8152 12 күн бұрын

Most researchers believe he was killed in or around Poncho Villa's army. IDK. One thing i do know...he wasn't sucked into an interdimensional portal along with Michell-Hedges in Casas Blancas in Chihuahua Mexico ala the lies of Ancient Aliens. Thanks for a well balanced report with actual bio of the gentleman in question. Good job 👍

@quinnsipsy3630 18 күн бұрын

Hey @thehistoryguy when I was in college, several years ago at this point, I took Louisiana history as an elective course. I learned about a low level civil war that took place in Louisiana during reconstruction, which culminated in a battle in New Orleans. You are very good at videos covering obscure topics like this and I would love to see you cover it.

@OceanSwimmer 14 күн бұрын

Another historical masterpiece! Ambrose Beirce has been a favorite author of mine since childhood. Thank you for bringing him to the attention of a modern audience. His works deserve to be rediscovered and read. 🌷📖🌷

@buzbuz33-99 16 күн бұрын

My grandfather was drilling for oil in Mexico around this time and said that he was driven out of Mexico by Pancho Villa. Perhaps Bierce tried to stay longer and ended up on the wrong side of Villa's war against the US - which eventually included attacks on American civilians.

@malcolmgibson6288 18 күн бұрын

And now I must buy more books.

@rocketman184a 18 күн бұрын

I attended the University of Akron for my history and archaeology degrees where they have the Ambrose Bierce Library.

@MEstang95 18 күн бұрын

Bierce has always been one of my favorite authors

@petebondurant58 18 күн бұрын

Bierce went out as only Bierce could go out.

@DePalma. 18 күн бұрын

We read the occurrence at owl creek bridge in 8th grade I think. Great short short, 30yrs later & I still remember the title… I hope that kids are reading great stuff like this these days in school:)

@RyshusMojo1 18 күн бұрын

Sadly, the great stuff has been replaced with "How to Respect Your Neighbor's Pronouns." and the popular and critically acclaimed, "My Teacher Is Non-Binary And Thinks I might Be Too!" and other such nonsensical garbage. Teaching is no longer the goal, indoctrination is the New Curriculum.

@DePalma. 18 күн бұрын

@@RyshusMojo1 boy I hope you’re wrong lol

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 18 күн бұрын

@@RyshusMojo1lol.

@BRTowe 18 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, I don't think so.

@streetsmart1164 18 күн бұрын

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 and unfortunately, Americans mysteriously disappearing in Mexico, Isn’t a part of History .

@corruptduboiscountyindiana5058 13 күн бұрын

Legend has it that around midnight, at a 7 eleven in chihuahua, you can hear the ghost of ambrose bierce gagging on a microwave burrito.

@typacsk 8 күн бұрын

Sounds like a line from a Warren Zevon song ;)

@corruptduboiscountyindiana5058 8 күн бұрын

@@typacsk actually its a line i remember from when i was a kid watching johnny carson. They were doing a bit where johnny said something like, on halloween night at the 7 eleven you can hear the ghost of harry houdini gagging on a microwave burrito. I never forgot it and use it when i can.

@jungle7315 7 күн бұрын

@@typacsk Carmelita. Hold me tighter. Cause I think I'm sinking down. And I'm gagging on a microwave burrito. On the outskirts of town. (WZ different version)

@vertigq5126 17 күн бұрын

Great episode, thanks for covering this!

@goodun2974 18 күн бұрын

Kurt Vonnegut referred to definitions from The Devil's Dictionary frequently in his de-evolutionary novel "Galapagos".

@buzztp5119 18 күн бұрын

The Difficulty in Crossing a Field is a great short short short story.

@jimmaughan1898 15 күн бұрын

"My Favorite Murder" is my favourite short story.

@mikenixon2401 18 күн бұрын

I cannot help buy wonder if Paul Harvey read works of Ambrose Bierce. Remember Harvey's 1964 commentary "If I Were the Devil" which proved prophetic 60 years later?

@HardscrabbleBlake1968 18 күн бұрын

Bierce's What I Saw At Shiloh is one of the best Civil War memoirs of all.

@Msax50 13 күн бұрын

Chickamauga was also a short film made by the same people who did “0ccurence at Owl Creek “

@johnkeenan1829 18 күн бұрын

Oakley Hall wrote a series of historical mysteries set in San Francisco and starring Ambrose Bierce. They are quite a bit of fun.

@billwendell6886 18 күн бұрын

He met The Frito Bandito.

@vanroeling2930 18 күн бұрын

I loved having my Frito Bandito pencil erasers growing up

@michaelmanning5379 18 күн бұрын

@@vanroeling2930 I still sing his theme song! People look at me but I don't care.

@historyandhorseplaying7374 18 күн бұрын

I live near the site of the first land battle of the Civil War, which Bierce participated

@BlasphemousBill2023 18 күн бұрын

Thanks much! I always enjoy an Abrose Bierce story:)

@constipatedinsincity4424 18 күн бұрын

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

@dougburt2449 18 күн бұрын

A very interesting story. Thank you for sharing with us.

@tazareal 16 күн бұрын

1913 was a rough time to be in Mexico. You might read John Reed's "Insurgent Mexico" for more details. The idea that a foreign journalist would disappear does not surprise me at all.Rodolfo Fierro supposedly murdered a stranger in the Chihuahua city square om a bet as to whether he'd fall forwards or backwards.

@rgriffinRETIRED_SHEEPDOG 18 күн бұрын

This was a great story!

@rheinhartsilvento2576 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for your wonderful work💚🤗

@Useaname 18 күн бұрын

Excellent thank you. Been waiting for this one.

@sharonott7513 12 күн бұрын

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was an Englush Class in 10th grade. Was it real, was it a dream, did he make it? All the essays were different and interesting. A fun lesson with no true answer. ❤

@tonyj8949 18 күн бұрын

This was a pretty interesting episode! Thank you!

@ScoutSniper3124 18 күн бұрын

In short, he was the Andy Rooney of his day.

@goodun2974 18 күн бұрын

My brother, in a family group text, called me a curmudgeon; I researched the term a little (for ammunition, as I do) and found that famous, influential Curmudgeons throughout history include Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Twain, Bierce, Oscar Wilde, Carlin, and yes Andy Rooney. There are Curmudgeon Societies (seemingly a contradiction in terms) and an International Curmudgeon Day on January 29th, which upon being informed of this, my brother proclaimed to be my future honorary birthday !

@jaex9617 2 күн бұрын

Nobody will be writing about Andy Rooney over a century after his death.

@yoinkhaha 10 күн бұрын

Ho ho! What a cad. This episode must stir quite a chuckle amongst your 90-year-old viewers.

@a1productionllc 10 күн бұрын

Very good report!

@brucealanwilson4121 18 күн бұрын

He, Judge Crater, Amelia Eirhardt, and Jimmy Hoffa are playing Bridge.

@tomjones2202 18 күн бұрын

Well done! Thanks for posting this

@bethluther3950 18 күн бұрын

Loved this!

@BasicDrumming 18 күн бұрын

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

@bronwynecg 18 күн бұрын

Good morning! 👋🏽 😊

@ricksaint2000 17 күн бұрын

Thank you History Guy

@lancerevell5979 18 күн бұрын

Bierce, a man after my own black-humored heart! 😊

@goodun2974 18 күн бұрын

My brother called me a curmudgeon in a family text recently; I researched the term ---- looking for ammunition, as I often do😉 ---- and discovered that curmudgeonliness has a long history, including luminaries such as Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Voltaire, Twain, Bierce, George Carlin and Andy Rooney. There are curmudgeon societies ---- which seems a contradiction in terms ---- and January 29th is International Curmudgeon Day!

@goodun2974 18 күн бұрын

PS Kurt Vonnegut referred to definitions from the Devil's Dictionary extensively in his de-evolutionary novel "Galapagos".

@debbralehrman5957 15 күн бұрын

Thanks that was interesting.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@kellybasham3113 17 күн бұрын

Love your videos

@mgmcd1 18 күн бұрын

And Ernest Hemingway often wrote of characters unaliving themselves. So not out of the realm of possibility that he wanted to leave as an enigma, like his stories.

@jeffbangkok 18 күн бұрын

Excellent

@jamesrosa38 18 күн бұрын

It is interesting that Bierce seemed to foresee our times and did the one thing he could do, to prevent his data and identity from ever being stolen.

@markwarren7157 18 күн бұрын

Could you do a story on Don Blanding? He has a very interesting life and death.

@charlesmcnabb5137 18 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 18 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@themacdoktor 18 күн бұрын

I'm glad to hear that you're consulted Nickel's book. It covers a number of other interesting topics.

@robertberger8642 17 күн бұрын

Interesting!

@gnome53 18 күн бұрын

I initially heard of Ambrose Bierce indirectly, as Stan Kelly-Bootle's enjoyable (but now dated) book _The Devil's DP Dictionary_ (data processing) was supposedly written in the same vein. Have only looked at _The Devil's Dictionary_ briefly, but now that I am retired, I might investigate Bierce's works further. Thanks for this bit of history!

@honodle7219 18 күн бұрын

Interesting. I had never heard this story before.

@MongoHongos 7 күн бұрын

I think Bierce would have enjoyed It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He was a master of writing the oblivious protagonist who doesn't know they are really the villain. He was very funny and ahead if his time.

@stevenmazeau3433 18 күн бұрын

One thing that I've noticed is that the man in the Union soldier's uniform (4:12 - 6:06) has a distinct cleft chin. However, in the pictures that follow, the cleft chin has disappeared.

@questionmarkproductions766 17 күн бұрын

I love your mug on the top shelf, left side. Twelve O’clock High.👍🏻

@user-tm9qb2jk4o 2 күн бұрын

He was born in Meigs County, Ohio.

@marchwind1000 18 күн бұрын

This is a weird story for me. I was born and raised in what was the Western Reserve in Ohio. Then moved to indiana and two of my children were born in Elkhart and I have a brother living there now. That's what you call small world.

@RetiredSailor60 18 күн бұрын

Good Wednesday morning History Guy and everyone watching...

@captainsensiblejr. 10 күн бұрын

ScoutSniper 3124: I agree. Writing in Chihuahua is, frankly impossible, but writing in Golden Retriever is more likely because there is enough room for a hand, and, probably, a writing instrument.

@ThomasEJohnson 18 күн бұрын

Someone also made a movie about him going off to Mexico to fight vampires…

@sledgehammerm29 18 күн бұрын

"From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter." Played by Michael Parks who had also been in the first 2 Dusk Till Dawn movies.

@danom3572 2 күн бұрын

We're a military family from Louisiana, the story passed down was Cardenas shot him, this from my grandfather. I myself am 60, as it was told to me, quite a few boys, especially from the Southern states ether joined the Army or just took pistol, rifle, and horse and just moseyed out looking for adventure and joined with Mexican rebels, which my Grandfathers Uncle did. It's said that other than asking about how the US might see raiding, he was tolerated as a drunk and a little crazy. Villa had no problem with him, but Cardenas didn't like he thought he could say anything. It just happened one morning, and they just threw him on a burro out of the village and that was that, they didn'tknow if he was buried or just shunted off the burro. I believe it, Ambrose Bierce is a strange person to make up stories about....

@billpochron2320 18 күн бұрын

He lived in a small house south of Warsaw In. I live Two miles from where he lived!

@dougburt2449 18 күн бұрын

A little off of the subject but have you considered an episode about a training exercise in preparation for D-Day called Operation, sometimes Exercise, Tiger? It occurred April, 1944 on the Southwest coast of England. It was intercepted by German e-boats and there is still controversy about if navy gunfire killed & wounded troops landing on the beach. It's been questioned if it was a communications breakdown or intended to give the troops a real experience. Though tragic many lessons were learned in advance of June 6.

@dogstar7 18 күн бұрын

Townes Vans Zant would have told you otherwise, just to throw you off the trail, but "Poncho and Lefty" is a about Bierce and Poncho Villa See Gregory Peck in "The Old Gringo"

@geraldmiller5260 4 күн бұрын

They said Ambrose became bitter after working in a brickyard in Elkhart, Indiana.

@georgeroberts442 7 күн бұрын

Loved it! I had no idea that there were so many versions of Bierce’s disappearance or death. I had heard about the Villa connection, and the sick old man escorted back to the U.S. But otherwise, it was all new info for me. I’ve always wondered, was there any relationship between Bierce and Hurst at the time Bierce purportedly went to Mexico? Perhaps an assignment for the paper? And, are there any existing photos that might show Bierce in Mexico?

@michaellumovich8325 18 күн бұрын

Excellent subject and presentation. Not unusual for you, just my two cents.

@OriginalCaliKitty 12 күн бұрын

When I was 12 I discovered The Devil's Dictionary and Twain's Letters from the Earth. I think they changed my life.

@colinhead284 18 күн бұрын

I'm just wondering wether or not the british folk group of the 70's and 80's Prelude , (after the goldrush ) used the title of one of his stories for the title of one of their albums The Owlcreek incident ???