FBI vs Un-Defuseable Bomb | Tales From the Bottle

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Well if you're going to make the biggest improvised bomb the FBI has ever seen, you'd better make sure it's the most complex too, right?
"The Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing took place on August 26-27, 1980, when several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of dynamite at Harvey's Resort Hotel (now "Harveys") in Stateline, Nevada, United States. After an attempt to disarm the bomb, it exploded, causing extensive damage to the hotel but no injuries or deaths. The total cost of the damage was estimated to be around $18 million. John Birges Sr. was convicted of having made the bomb with a goal of extorting money from the casino after having lost $750,000 there. He died in prison in 1996, at the age of 74."
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@parze6891 2 жыл бұрын

Good old Random Variables

@parze6891 2 жыл бұрын

Chapter 6, AP Sats

@dankrgaming5698 2 жыл бұрын

Yay new qxir vid! Also I just heard you pronounce Qxir for the first time, or atleast paid attention to it... I've been saying 'Quick-zer' or 'quixer' *I motion to change the official pronunciation to Qxir, as I've been saying it*

@tko3833 2 жыл бұрын

Grambling is fun bro. Try roulette!

@dankrgaming5698 2 жыл бұрын

@@tko3833 even at minimum bets gambling in almost all forms is the most expensive form of fun you can get your hands on

@lookos0861 Жыл бұрын

I saw a guy who is an FBI bomb technician. He said that a bomb suit is the difference between an open or closed casket funeral. He also said that the FBI leaves bad bomb recipies on the internet because, and i quote, "theyre self-solving problems."

@lookos0861 Жыл бұрын

FYI: He worked on the case of the Nashville bombing.

@universe1879 Жыл бұрын

but it seems like in this case the bomb is so powerful that they just gave up wearing protective gear

@fort809 Жыл бұрын

That second thing actually happened with the Anarchist’s cookbook. the stuff that really works was edited out of the online versions and all that’s left is the “cook bleach lol” recipes

@dakota7745 11 ай бұрын

Lmao thats fuckin metal.

@dezznutz3743 10 ай бұрын

Just another reason to defund and dismantle the FBI. They are enablers of death, is that what you want from your government?

@efenty6235 2 жыл бұрын

calling this an improvised bomb is an insult to the craftsmanship

@clayongunzelle9555 2 жыл бұрын

facts

@foreyfriend145 2 жыл бұрын

If my life was 'improvised' 🤔

@Timbobjr 2 жыл бұрын

If it's not an improvised bomb... Would that make it a "Planned Bomb"?

@rukus9585 2 жыл бұрын

@@Timbobjr or a "copied" explosive/ bomb? Yeah, I see no negative in describing it as "improvised". The man dreamed it up and created an original 1 of 1 bomb. Another way to say it is improvised.

@Unknown_393 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, he took parts from a toilet to make the bomb

@Grissbane Жыл бұрын

As a former casino dealer. Never think you can beat a place that sells nothing but still manages to keep the lights on 24/7

@TheTransitmtl 8 ай бұрын

Gambling is something I just don't understand. Why???

@jambonmusical2689 8 ай бұрын

@@TheTransitmtlmoney good, if i win i get more, as long as i play i may win, so i must play more

@one-nu2dh 7 ай бұрын

@@TheTransitmtl the thrill,i played black jack with friends (no money) and it's pretty fun,i can't immagine doing it with the adrenaline of winning/losing money

@kafkaesk3449 7 ай бұрын

@@TheTransitmtlsunk cost fallacy and human nature that forces them to think they can beat the system and use emotions.

@user-pg7hk5kf1j 5 ай бұрын

They sell "Hope".

@untermench3502 Жыл бұрын

A little back-story on that incident. I worked at the facility where the technician who came-up with the 'method' to defuse the bomb worked, so I heard how it went-down, After setting-up the shaped charge to disable the control box, The technician retired to the parking area to wire-up the detonator. A local sheriff standing nearby asked the technician how he would know if the technique worked. The technician replied " If it's a little boom, it worked, a big boom means it didn't" He then set-off the shaped charge which, unfortunately set-off the bomb.The sheriff then asked. "Was that the little boom or the big boom?"

@rvh1702 Жыл бұрын

Damn!! 😆😆

@tonyfourpaws4511 Жыл бұрын

Is this a joke? LOL.. If not its a great story. If so, you're a genius.

@untermench3502 Жыл бұрын

@@tonyfourpaws4511 I'm not a genius, I just happened to work at the same facility as the tech. Here's another back story: I happened to visit Harvey's casino after it had been rebuilt, and while having a drink at the club, I picked-up some match books with the Harvey's casino logo on them. One day, I was talking with one of the other techs and told him about the match books. He became very exited and asked me if he could have one. I agreed and found-out later that he had scorched the edges of the matchbook cover and left it on the desk of the tech that set-off the bomb. We had a good laugh at his expense.

@Noodles207 Жыл бұрын

@@untermench3502 that’s evil lollll!

@tyrelcecillion230 Жыл бұрын

So is that a roundabout way of saying you're a fed?

@SakuraAsranArt 2 жыл бұрын

If anybody is wondering how a couple of guys wheeled a whole-ass bomb into a casino and nobody questioned it, here's why. I knew a guy who used to shoplift, but not the usual small, easily concealed items, this guy shoplifted fridges, washing machines and other big ticket items. How? He drove up to appliance shops in a moving truck, entered the store wearing overalls with a clipboard and told retail staff that he was there to pick up x item for delivery. 9 times out of 10, they'd sign whatever nonsense was attached the clipboard and help him load the items into his truck. The 10th time he got arrested.

@justinzhu8453 2 жыл бұрын

thats a pretty wild story as well lmao

@d.l.8394 2 жыл бұрын

Let me guess: 10 times shoplifting in the same store?

@thisaccountisntreal107 2 жыл бұрын

This; I actually knew a guy who built a sizable collection of arcade cabinets with this exact strategy Coveralls and a clip board get you very far I also had a friend who walked up to the Walmart auto center counter The employee said "hey are you here to pickup these 4 tires" and my buddy just said "yep" and got 4 free tires

@skeletonking2501 2 жыл бұрын

Fbi if you are watching I am writing these down as a joke I swear

@SakuraAsranArt 2 жыл бұрын

@@justinzhu8453 I also knew a guy who had a very successful career shoplifting dressed as a priest. Because nobody suspects a man of God to be out nicking stuff.

@xerotolerant 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine losing your drivers license and just flying a plane instead lol. That’s so baller

@matthewwynn3025 2 жыл бұрын

What's so hilarious about that, is it's like at least an order of magnitude more dangerous. Gotta love bureaucracy lol

@xerotolerant 2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewwynn3025 that's why its funny lol. No one thought to revoke his ability to fly planes. That should be a given

@Graymenn 2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewwynn3025 it isnt more dangerous, look at the stats.... it would be more dangerous if there were as many people in the air as on the road but you are much more likely to get killed on the road vs when flying a plane

@shiftymiata 2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewwynn3025 Flying a plane is far, far, FAR less dangerous than driving a car. It is intimidating, but just like learning to drive, small aircraft are very intuitive to fly and with a basic understanding of how a plane works, I'd imagine nearly anyone could fly. For reference, I need approximately 20-30 hours of experience to get my private pilot's license. I had to do 60 hours of logged driving to get my driver's license.

@matthewwynn3025 2 жыл бұрын

@@Graymenn you're absolutely correct on the stats, I think you misunderstood what I meant. I'm talking about the risk of damage to other people in the event of a crash. A plane has far more kinetic energy, ie would you rather have someone crash a car into your house or a plane lol

@Tom_Het 7 ай бұрын

It's nuts that Bill and Terry didn't say anything considering they were totally kept in the dark until it was too late, meanwhile Johnny and Jimmy knew exactly what was going on and assisted with it and managed to get out of jail time

@st.altair4936 6 ай бұрын

I'm guessing only two of the four had lawyers

@smh9902 5 ай бұрын

The sons were wealthy and had lawyers, the others didn't. Its a legal system, not a justice system. It will never make sense.

@CreepinCreeper01 Жыл бұрын

My dad was Army EOD Master Blaster retired colonel 28 years of service. He taught me a few things about disarming bombs. Most bombs are disarmed with smaller bombs, high pressure water jets, or even shotguns. Its not like the movies where you will blow up if you cut the wrong wire. Much safer to just clear the area and do a controlled detonation

@InitialFailure 9 ай бұрын

Well ma'am, officers in EOD aren't allowed to touch anything, so the explanation from your father, albeit simplistic and in error, makes sense.

@jjohnson2044 6 ай бұрын

what about wireless bombs. what about a frequency disruption that explodes other bombs. the trigger is different. auto log in.

@everythingsalright1121 5 ай бұрын

well it kind of depends on the explosive used. a C4 bomb like the kind you see in counter-strike can be defused with a shotgun blast because it needs an electrical charge to be detonated such as a blasting cap (and this is why you can set it on fire and it still won't blow up, its very stable and pretty safe as a result), but you probably wouldn't want to do that with a bomb that utilizes some other sort of explosive.

@RichardBaran 5 ай бұрын

Deionized water jet would probably be the way to go.

@user-zg8ey4zn4p Ай бұрын

To be fair, in this case it absolutely would blow up if you cut the wrong wire.

@ctlraltdestroy 2 жыл бұрын

You missed one of the most exciting parts of the story. The FBI bomb techs realized that the bomb was so powerful that there was no point in wearing their protective gear, so they just wore their regular shirts and pants with no protection while analyzing it.

@jingalls9142 2 жыл бұрын

Holy Rolex batman. Now that's bloody interesting

@theempress8886 2 жыл бұрын

“This thing’ll kill us, bomb suit or no, so why bother with the suit?”

@ShatterIsMyName 2 жыл бұрын

@@theempress8886 Having seen EOD suits before, if THAT isnt going to protect me, genuinely fuck wearing it

@gazeddy 2 жыл бұрын

@@ShatterIsMyName the walk to an ied in the suit is known as the longest walk apparently. i genuinely cant fathom walking towards something knowing there's a good chance it could turn me to mush

@idkissausername1667 2 жыл бұрын

@@gazeddy less mush, more mist

@rileygoddard7181 2 жыл бұрын

At this point, I think calling it an "improvised" explosive device is a misnomer.

@Saipan2297 2 жыл бұрын

“Objection your honor, this bomb I made is the most sophisticated explosive the world has ever seen. To say that it is improvised- is a clear misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the device I have constructed.”

@zve6 2 жыл бұрын

@@Saipan2297 "Objection Hearsay"

@rileygoddard7181 Жыл бұрын

@@Saipan2297 "Your honor, I can assure you it was crafted meticulously using only high quality parts. Calling it an improvised explosive device is an insult to the craft."

@simonmultiverse6349 Жыл бұрын

He probably had lots of trial runs at it, testing various parts of it. This was not improvised; this was _designed_ and maybe it was _lovingly crafted_ . I am reminded of lots of road-side bombs placed in Afghanistan to make the lives of American soldiers more ... er ... interesting. The world's news services kept calling them "IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES". No, they were assuredly NOT improvised. The VERY FIRST one may have been improvised, but the moment you start making improvements, refine the design, and set up a production line, it is no longer improvised. They are *DESIGNED* .

@cole009productions7 Жыл бұрын

@@simonmultiverse6349 Interesting

@cyberbob102 Жыл бұрын

For anyone interested, the TNT came from the powder magazine at the Helms pumped storage plant. FBI grilled the people who had access to it since it was custom built at the project, and although the two sons briefly worked there, it was suspected they had an inside man based on how they bypassed the security features. In regards to getting the bomb into the casino, the cover story given to the delivery guys was it was a new type of IBM fax machine. Source: I dated the granddaughter of one of the conspirators, and my dad had access to the magazine (he said the sons were sketchy as hell) Great documentary man.

@whydoyougottahavthis Жыл бұрын

It should be noted that Birges never flew for the Luftwaffe, nor was imprisoned in any Gulag. These were claims made up much later and said to biographers before his death. There's been truly extensive searches that can't find a single scrap of his story to be true and yet it's said as though it's confirmed. I honestly thought it was too though until I read deeper wanting to know about his service history. But apparently he made it up to sound cooler for some reason and more interesting.

@13donstalos 7 ай бұрын

It worked

@Vitorruy1 6 ай бұрын

lol everybody just eat it up, including this video

@yousuck785why 3 ай бұрын

This needs to be included.

@ellisfmorton4086 2 жыл бұрын

Feel bad for the delivery guys. Getting 7 years for being involved in something you had no idea about. They did nothing more morally wrong than the girlfriend in keeping quiet.

@bronkolie 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe tell the cops after they got told they just delivered a massive bomb?

@TheFemSniper 2 жыл бұрын

@@bronkolie I mean he did say that they were afraid of the threats he made considering his wife died unexpectedly and it seemed like he killed her

@medea27 2 жыл бұрын

Well they did do something morally wrong.... they didn't alert authorities to a huge bomb they unwittingly put in a crowded building. While I appreciate that they were scared of Birges, you'd probably see their behaviour a little differently if someone had been hurt or killed in that explosion. That saga went on for more than a day.... they would have seen the TV coverage & known how dangerous it was. If they had come forward immediately they would probably have gotten immunity instead of the sons, or a _much_ smaller prison sentence. It's very different than the girlfriend who's just overhearing a conversation & probably has no idea if it's serious or not.

@shellygardner6410 2 жыл бұрын

Guilt by association was "a thing" back then, but like now, it was only used on men they deemed worthy of punishment. There was zero "fairness" back then too.

@jayit6851 2 жыл бұрын

They refused to talk even after everybody was in custody. They easily could've got plea deals and protection.

@mboshu5551 2 жыл бұрын

The amount of scenarios this man considered when designing the bomb was insane

@hat1324 Жыл бұрын

So many failsafes on the bomb, and like zero in his extortion scheme lol

@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7 Жыл бұрын

@@hat1324 He spent so much time on the bomb that he didn't spend any on the extortion

@trumpisthemessiah7017 Жыл бұрын

Ummm... he threw a bunch of wires in a box with a bomb. It wasn't complex. The fbi is just saying that cuz they messed up. Their normal procedure is to blow up bombs. Not disarm them. They have never done that. The only problem here was that it was more explosive than they thought, so instead of attaching it to a trailer and dragging it off as they normally do with big bombs, to be detonated in a safe place, they detonated it on site, like they do with smaller explosives. But it destroyed a lot so they made up this 'it was complex' excuse.

@trumpisthemessiah7017 Жыл бұрын

3 is a high number to you???

@TaylorfromPapaLouie Жыл бұрын

@@trumpisthemessiah7017 youtube is your only source of information for you???

@ultraheaven8968 Жыл бұрын

The fact that this guy prepared his bomb for every possible scenario is impressive. This kind of intellect is extremely rare even among geniuses

@noname-wo9yy 8 ай бұрын

Well, it's practical knowhow mixed with intelligence, which is seriously dangerous

@plinker439 3 ай бұрын

No one talked about why the FBI's defuse attempt failed... there was a dynamite rod also in the smaller control box and that got detonated by the attempt, ignited the other 450kg.

@JamJellyFishJam 2 ай бұрын

it was blasting jelly, haha get it?

@gusrubio489 9 ай бұрын

12:30, love how you made the big reveal!

@uribashan6995 Ай бұрын

Me too, I gasped

@myspacebarbrokenevermindif9892 2 жыл бұрын

WW2 pilot, prisoner of war, rags to riches story, family drama, possible family murder, gambling addiction and downfall, culminating in the creation of one of the most complex bombs the FBI has faced and failed against. You can make a movie out of this dudes life, easily.

@HPsawus 2 жыл бұрын

i came to the comment section expecting someone to name a movie based off this... if they haven't done one yet they sure as hell need to

@dswagnildpyro1313 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@TheMacheteFiloso 2 жыл бұрын

@@HPsawus there was an Xfiles movie is that counts.

@ArchangelExile 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting... 🤔

@jjr1728 2 жыл бұрын

Not all heroes wear capes

@Safyire_ 2 жыл бұрын

It’s worth noting that the bomb exploded anyway because they didn’t know that there was also dynamite at the top box with all the sensors, so the focused blast set them all off

@tuxido4913 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, that guy really did account for everything.

@jarnold1789 2 жыл бұрын

@@smeggiamagarwine As incredibly impressive as the bomb is, I still can’t decide if he’s a genius or an idiot lol. Didn’t get the ransom and he got caught in the end. Maybe he’s both and that’s alright

@shibapatrol801 2 жыл бұрын

@@jarnold1789 To be fair to the guy, he didn't get caught because of what he did. He got caught because his dumb son's girlfriend overhearing the plans and telling her new bf. His downfall was making the drop off for the ransom too complicated.

@jarnold1789 2 жыл бұрын

@@shibapatrol801 True. If he could have pulled it all off on his own without help he probably would have gotten away with it

@ZaHandle 2 жыл бұрын

@@jarnold1789 At least he got the casino

@AronBezzina Жыл бұрын

apparently when the security guard entered the room he thought the letter was suspicious (he had recently had mail bomb training) so they were very cautious of the letter while leaning on / hiding behind the bomb

@KnightandDay33 8 ай бұрын

I just realized... even if instructions for defusal were given, the internal pendulum is so sensitive, it would be a significant hazard to input the instructions in the first place Not to mention you are required to wholeheartedly trust the craftsmanship and honesty of the bomb's creator, as there is simply no way to tell if the instructions for defusal were inputted correctly

@baksatibi 2 жыл бұрын

Worth mentioning that the pilot with the ransom money was instructed to land on a field marked with a strobe light. However when John Birges & co. were driving to the site they realized they forgot to bring a battery pack with them and had to find a shop to buy one. So they arrived much later and probably just missed the helicopter.

@TomKappeln 2 жыл бұрын

LOL !

@earlpipe9713 Жыл бұрын

📝 Perfect! This practically writes itself

@funguy398 Жыл бұрын

Why they didn't use the car battery?

@johnroach9026 Жыл бұрын

@@funguy398 Car batteries would probably have too high a voltage and just fry the strobe

@trumpisthemessiah7017 Жыл бұрын

@@johnroach9026 too low you mean. Two 9 volt batteries wired correctly gets you 18 volts. A car battery is 12. So if the strobe used 2 9 volt batteries like mine at home, then their car battery was too LOW in voltage.

@Forflipsake 2 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling when the fbi comes across an opponent they can’t quite nail ,if they capture them they’ll have a kangaroo trial and really go on to employ them 😂

@fort809 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it happened with Frank Abagnale lol. The guy committed millions of dollars of fraud for years, pretended to be a doctor, a lawyer AND a pilot along the way, and when they finally caught him he only did 5 years and immediately started a 6 figure position with the FBI afterward

@Forflipsake 2 жыл бұрын

@@fort809 wowzers. I never heard of this I’m ashamed to say. Then again being from across the pond the fbi stories are wild and very much unknown to me 😊. I suppose it makes sense to keep your enemies close but wow.

@seco000 2 жыл бұрын

@@Forflipsake They also have, and probably still do, hire hackers.

@TS-wq6qb 2 жыл бұрын

@@Forflipsake Watch the movie "Catch me if you can" it based off the dudes life.

@theirishempire4952 2 жыл бұрын

Really? So if I committed hundreds of murder, ill do 1 year in prison and get hired by the CIA?

@fofoanchillachallada3549 7 ай бұрын

I have two sides: “I use this video for information” “I use this video for information”

@nemo-x 6 ай бұрын

This guy is literally a cartoon villain: He's a genius, he has a whole villain backstory with the gulags, and a tumoltuous youth in the middle of war, and a life of trying very hard to make the most of things, and with morally bad decisions, and most importantly, despite all this, he still likely never killed anyone.

@johnladuke6475 2 жыл бұрын

Two things strike me as seriously amazing about this. The extraordinary patience of assembling all of the various countermeasures, and the rudimentary binary programming of the switches. It wouldn't take that much creativity to come up with the various trigger ideas, but to make them all work together - including an analogue-controlled computer lock - is some really meticulous and tedious stuff.

@sarasmr4278 2 жыл бұрын

If only he had used his powers for good

@ManWithNoPlan 2 жыл бұрын

The main question I had following this was: How did the two delivery people, unaware of what it was, deliver a device that was rigged to explode if moved even slightly without it exploding?

@williejones6446 2 жыл бұрын

@@ManWithNoPlan Im another programmer/ electrician type. I dont know if this is how he did it, but you could maybe have the pendulum hooked up to a strand of thin metal wire, and when literally any of the switches are hit, that are NOT for disarming, have it activate. Making it to where the next time the Pendulum hit, it would trigger. So for your question, the delivery people could have possibly drove like psychos as long as they didnt activate any of the other triggers.

@londonnight937 2 жыл бұрын

I think the switches were like this: all bad switches wired to detonator, all good switches wired in series. If all the good switches are on, then the timer shuts off. No computer needed.

@01DOGG01 2 жыл бұрын

@@ManWithNoPlan You could have arming switches that hold ball-bearings on the inside. when you deliver it, you flip the switches, the ball-bearings drop down, completing the various circuits by some kind of mechanism. For example, a V shaped catcher with a gap in the middle so unarmed it's \ / no contact, and when the ball bearing drops into it, it's like this \o/ ensuring contact and completing the circuit. Flipping the switches back wouldn't disarm it as the ball-bearings aren't magically going to float back up into where the switch held them.

@ddichny 2 жыл бұрын

Birges planned for every contingency... Except for the extremely high likelihood that the first casino employee to encounter the odd device in the middle of the room might go, "this thing is in the way, let's roll it over against the wall" and thus set off the motion trigger switch before anyone had a chance to realize what it was.

@Supercohboy Жыл бұрын

This is just a guess, but he may have been banking on his knowledge of the casino's security norms. They may have had a very strict policy on tampering with things that weren't supposed to be there. Murphys law though, he got lucky nonetheless.

@theabsolutelycursedsprout9308 Жыл бұрын

you could say it was a

@ImGoingSupersonic Жыл бұрын

He was a massive gambler anyway. Very fitting he added that to his plans. A bit of skill and a bit of luck can go a long way.

@grb-ek3lt Жыл бұрын

@@theabsolutelycursedsprout9308 NOWS YOUR CHANCE TO BE A

@infernal.. Жыл бұрын

@@theabsolutelycursedsprout9308 XD why didnt u finish the joke

@Emshii_ Жыл бұрын

I deadass forgot this story was about a bomb until like a good 6 minutes in, that’s how weird this guys life was

@technoir2584 9 ай бұрын

To me the funniest part of the story is that people started placing bets on when the bomb would explode. People will bet on anything. I'm curious who the bookies were. Were they working for rival casinos? Were they private bets amongst spectators or did Harvey's bet on its own resort being exploded lol?

@laurenmartinez55 2 жыл бұрын

This man could've made serious money if he was so talented as to build an undefeatable bomb

@MogulMogul 2 жыл бұрын

Well he did...

@laurenmartinez55 2 жыл бұрын

@@MogulMogul I mean like instead of building a bomb, used his talent to regain his wealth

@Dramaticuser 2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenmartinez55 well i mean he was a millionaire before the bomb

@londonworkman7617 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, but his vice made him a slave and not a master.

@Arbiter099 2 жыл бұрын

This one time, when nobody was looking, Lex Luthor stole forty cakes. Forty! That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible.

@JP-nc8lv 2 жыл бұрын

Yo, I live in Tahoe. They rebuild the parts that were damaged by the explosion. It looks hideous AF. They tried making the hotel more modern looking while keeping parts that weren't damaged. What we got was a mixture of two different styles of architecture that don't makes the building feel weird. The hallways start of looking like you just entered the 50s, then you walk around the corner all of a sudden you are in 2000s. Had some great times there and I do recommend it.

@willknight1005 2 жыл бұрын

@1slotmech 2 жыл бұрын

The Lake Tower was built after the Mountain Tower was repaired (the bar and walkway out to the garage are in the general area where the bomb went off).

@JBBrickman 2 жыл бұрын

Your comment got me to look up some pictures and I don’t see what you’re talking about I don’t even see anything that looks like the old building I just looks modern

@1slotmech 2 жыл бұрын

@@JBBrickman the old building that got bombed is still there; it just got modernized. They added a taller new tower in the early 1990s. I got there in the early 1990s and worked there until the mid-2000s.

@GlitchedBlox 2 жыл бұрын

Hotel?

@ynol4879 Жыл бұрын

6:56 This is something that just petrified me. Imagine just getting back home, in a car in the night, you were told that you delivered a bomb. It made me feel like remembering where I was when I delivered it, then just thinking about the people...

@Phildo8 2 жыл бұрын

That same bomb is still used as a training aid. We were shown the cutaway of it at a training for our ODA in The Army. It’s every bit as complex as you would expect it to be & still to this day The FBI isn’t 100% as to who it was rigged but they have found their own ways of disarming used for training but the fact that this guy was a WW2 pilot and not an infantryman with training on bombs still blows my mind(no pun intended) that he was able to build this in his home. Let’s not forget their was no internet then and this guy built that bomb without the use of any instructions or books whatsoever.

@tobbleboii5988 2 жыл бұрын

i'm currently studying electrical engineering and have some experience with creating circuits. It's kinda scary that you could very easily recreate the circuit with many more countermeasures, including temperature, moisture, vibration, tilt, light, continuity, radio frequency... sensors and make it pretty much undefusable by any means. Hell you can make the bomb go of if someone touches the metal. Last year i've built a circut that can sense normal footsteps in the ground from 3 meters (10 feet) away and the components cost about $2. And all of that is before you even start using programmable microcontrollers. There are endless possibilities

@jimmithy695 2 жыл бұрын

How would they disarm this nowadays?

@coffee4682 2 жыл бұрын

If you’re a pilot dropping bombs and rockets and shooting bullets the size of your forearms, you would probably know what was in those bombs & rockets & bullets

@krismorrelle1088 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmithy695 either blow it or freeze it.

@tobbleboii5988 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmithy695 i don't know how the fbi would do it but i think a good idea would be to use ferric chloride to etch a hole into the aluminum casing. Since there is to temperture sensor the box would have no way of knowing and ferric chloride could probably get the job done in a few hours

@kamo808 2 жыл бұрын

This man went from nothing to everything to nothing. In a surprisingly short amount of time

@artstsym 2 жыл бұрын

You could say he really... blew up. Please help me.

@urbainleverrier1 Жыл бұрын

@@artstsym hahahahaha

@fedreck89 Жыл бұрын

Gambling.

@rivulet5417 Жыл бұрын

WSB simulator

@operator_alpha644 Жыл бұрын

Well that's gambling for ya...

@hookeye2 Жыл бұрын

I went to HS with (GWHS, Zephyr Cove) the former EOD (Viet Nam) engineer who worked for the FD. The FBI was gonna blow the bomb (ie, put a ceramic drill through the case (but it had TWO layers of foil) and he said no they weren't not, unless they sand bagged the concrete walls on either side, and both sides of each wall, to prevent them from collapsing. Had that not been done the whole building might've collapsed. The walls survived. So much for the FBI's bomb squad. They learned a great deal from this event... (And the "controlled explosion" myth above is bogus)

@josephdenk1861 Жыл бұрын

First vid I’ve seen by you. Great work, incredibly entertaining and you’re obviously well spoken. Keep it up

@jamesheath9385 2 жыл бұрын

My army buddy for 30 years ( now sadly deceased ) was a senior Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician. ( bomb disposal ). His crew was called in on this bomb. They checked everything and advised the casino to pay the money.

@gergpoo 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome.

@trumpisthemessiah7017 Жыл бұрын

So he wasn't very bright huh? Cuz they were gonna detonate it on site regardless. The fbi had NEVER tried to disarm a bomb. ANY bomb. It's always been sop to detonate them. So this video is clickbait and I would guess you are lying.

@Hungry_God Жыл бұрын

Tbh, it was only 3 million. Compare that to the damage to the casino and it seems like a good deal. Plus, when they catch the guy you get the money back

@fort809 Жыл бұрын

@@Hungry_God the FBI wasn’t going to move the bomb regardless, so either way it would’ve exploded in his casino

@thedarkone5049 9 ай бұрын

@@fort809the "defused" bomb could be moved to a safer location for an controlled detonation

@pikatheminecrafter 2 жыл бұрын

That bomb was right up there with the killdozer. Some amazing feats of technical ingenuity. If, perhaps, for all the wrong reasons.

@MrBilld75 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the killdozer was quite the project and unstoppable and took a lot of dedication too.

@user-ol5bj4dm2v 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if all these guys got together into an anarchic, engineering dream team.

@pinkpanther2586 2 жыл бұрын

Nah killdozer was for all the right reasons.

@MrBilld75 2 жыл бұрын

@@pinkpanther2586 It was. The city screwed that guy's business and he took revenge in the most epic way possible, lol.

@canabiss8297 2 жыл бұрын

the killdozer was entirely justified. this however, was not.

@ZigZagHarbor Жыл бұрын

The direct cut to the bomb exploding was a perfect touch😂

@oxyplik3542 Жыл бұрын

I seen it long time ago on FBI files series , and now have great pleasure see it again with your drawings and comments . Great job! Keep on !

@majesticvillasphuket.7190 2 жыл бұрын

I worked with his 2 sons on Helms Project building a hydroelectric power station. Where the dynamite was stolen from and the bloody FBI interviewed me about the stolen dynamite just because I was Irish. I can laugh at it now over 40 years later but it was no joke for a tennager new to the country.

@jawsh7525 2 жыл бұрын

that’s amazing!

@wooski9022 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s insane

@loger_2floofyboogaloo278 2 жыл бұрын

they thought u were ira?

@wesscoates5676 2 жыл бұрын

Irish ehh? Wanna hear a joke? Too bad. I'm putting it in here whether you like it or not. (Besides, i myself am apparently 50% irish and this joke is feckin funny) So an English man, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walk into a bar, sit down, and each order a pint of beer. A fly flies into the bar, lands in the English man's beer, so English man picks the fly out, tosses it aside, pushes his beer away, and refuses to drink it. The fly lands in the Scotsman's beer, the Scotsman picks the fly out, tosses it aside, then pounds back his beer. The fly lands in the Irishman's beer, the Irishman picks the fly out, starts violently shaking it over the glass yelling "SPIT IT OUT YE BASTARD!!!"

@loger_2floofyboogaloo278 2 жыл бұрын

@@wesscoates5676 nice

@cloroxbleach7554 2 жыл бұрын

This is very unethical and illegal, but as an engineering student, I can't help but be impressed with the mechanisms and all the countermeasures thought of for this bomb. There's something about mechanisms that operate like clockwork and are efficient at what they're supposed to do that is just satisfying for me regardless of its objectives lmao.

@erzbengelraziel5490 2 жыл бұрын

Especialy in the end when you can see how simple it actually is, he just thought of very many szenarios.

@frandurrieu6477 2 жыл бұрын

Yes and the best thing is that nowadays there is even more thigs that could be done as countermeasures

@Tomhonks 2 жыл бұрын

Probably a really stupid question but What would happen if you tried to freeze it using liquid nitrogen?

$@xxmagfracerxx4697$

@xxmagfracerxx4697 2 жыл бұрын

One question. You couldn't drill through it. But could you not melt a hole in it to see the wires and then get more specific by melting wires?

@cloroxbleach7554 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tomhonks Sorry for the late response, I think even if you manage to freeze it, it'll take an unnecessary amount of effort/energy. It'll be impractical. Also, cold/freezing temperatures don't really hinder electric impulses which will probably still be sent and trigger the bomb

@snaigusas5963 Жыл бұрын

Imagine an earthquake started swinging the pendulum while the bomb was armed

@DeJay7 10 ай бұрын

A rare occasion where seeing that explosion was actually the best outcome they could hope for.

@gizzmo952 2 жыл бұрын

I died laughing when the bomb went off, your buildup getting cut off was perfect XD

@Vixen1525 2 жыл бұрын

12:24 Yeah xD

@Obbij 2 жыл бұрын

I literally read this as he was building up😂

@leerman22 2 жыл бұрын

Little did the FBI know, the speed of sound is MUCH slower than the electromotive force.

@yankumarrah 2 жыл бұрын

@@leerman22 well based on the aftermath that’s a nooooo

@BmReba 2 жыл бұрын

I literally jumped out of my chair lmao

@NefariousKoel 2 жыл бұрын

"Apparently there were bets when the bomb would explode." Yep, sounds like a bomb threat in a casino to me. Gambling addicts gonna gamble.

@93theproducer47 Жыл бұрын

This channel is amazing. The comedic narration is absolutely perfect 💯super interesting videos too

@judelarkin2883 Жыл бұрын

I like how their conclusion was that it was undefeatable after they failed to defeat it.

@ryanf1508 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my favorite stories. Also one thing to note is that reason the FBI tried to disarm the bomb the way they did was because in the letter it said he had used TNT. Which is not the same as Dynamite. TNT is far more stable. Had they known it was actually Dynamite they probably would not have attempted it

@CHOPERUS23 2 жыл бұрын

Both are detonated using a shockwave. Using a shaped charge to try and disarm it wasn't the best idea as the shockwave created by the munroe effect is massive. They would have been better off using a blow torch! 🤣🤣

@RagingBadger68 2 жыл бұрын

@@CHOPERUS23 the hard part about using a blow torch to diffuse a bomb is that it can’t be done remotely.

@cr10001 2 жыл бұрын

@@CHOPERUS23 TNT is noteworthy for being an extremely stable explosive, it requires a quite powerful shockwave to detonate it. Dynamite incorporates nitroglycerine, it can be highly unstable, and certainly far more sensitive than TNT. Ryan f's supposition is correct. A blow torch (i.e. oxy-acetylene gas cutter?) would probably have caused the aluminium foil inside to make a circuit with the housing and set the bomb off, also it would require some victim to be holding the torch. Their shaped charge could be detonated remotely.

@SeedlingNL 2 жыл бұрын

@@cr10001 Dynamite is also very stable, as long as the nitroglycerine doesn't sweat out due to improper storage. TNT doesn't have that issue, you can literally melt it to reuse in other applications, so it's far superior in that regard.

@mappy-5934 2 жыл бұрын

@@SeedlingNL that doesnt sound stable lol

@Fat__Tony 2 жыл бұрын

You should check out the Novitiate Siege from Gresham, Wisconsin. It was crazy. The national guard was called in and even actor Marlon Brando showed up at the siege in support of the hostage takers.

@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS 2 жыл бұрын

Was that related to his (Brando's) position towards native americans? I know nothing about the siege btw, I am just curious if the two are connected.

@Fat__Tony 2 жыл бұрын

@@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS yea it was

@hueghh3775 2 жыл бұрын

Wisconsin is objectively the best state; even our hostage situations are world renowned 💪

@Fat__Tony 2 жыл бұрын

@@hueghh3775 lol

@worldprops333 2 жыл бұрын

@@hueghh3775 alaska is better

@user-cd4bx6uq1y Жыл бұрын

These videos are exactly what I needed

@WJohnson-qz9hg 9 ай бұрын

The "never gamble" PSA is so good. So many people need to hear that.

@jaykay4137 2 жыл бұрын

I had heard about this bomb before, but holy shit I had no idea the triggering mechanisms and tamper proofing was so complex.

@connorhudock1950 2 жыл бұрын

Your profile picture combined with this story is hilarious

@darrellcook8253 2 жыл бұрын

And apparently successful. I studied it for awhile back when it was a news story. Learned how to build a better mousetrap too. The mousetrap was more useful.

@jacob_90s 2 жыл бұрын

What a shame; that's some brilliant engineering on his part to anticipate how it could be defused and design all those countermeasures.

@MrRulet550 Жыл бұрын

I actually wonder if FBI managed to recreate that bomb and find a way to actually disarm it (without the explosives maybe)

@hint0122 Жыл бұрын

They have a copy of it at the fbi academy

@thejayman1886 2 жыл бұрын

You must be one of the best storytellers I've ever seen because I can't get enough of your videos! It's easy to start binge watching your tales from the bottle series. I must have seen them all at least three times by now. I always enjoy seeing a new video of yours in my subscriiption box. Excellent work, as always! Cheers from canada.

@scottcantdance804 2 жыл бұрын

The irony of people taking and placing bets as to when a bomb placed inside of a casino would explode made me laugh out loud. Always quality storytelling.

@thejayman1886 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottcantdance804 Yeah honestly I can totally understand the mentality of why that would be exciting when the most interesting thing you can do all day is gambling. I wonder what those FBI agents must have said to each other when they came to the realization that there was nothing they could do to improve the situation.... Fbi agent 1: " bro what the- what are we going to do about this bomb? It's filled with tons of TNT, and we can't do anything to disarm it! What do we do?" FBI agent 2: "NOTHING, LOL.. Lunch? "

@logosfocus 2 жыл бұрын

checkout deadbug says ☝

@llamalord3055 2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly!

@L_Train 2 жыл бұрын

It's probably the visual aspect, not the storytelling

@brennanvilcheck9469 2 жыл бұрын

I'm amazed and scared that this thing didn't detonate prematurely on them.

@justtime6736 2 жыл бұрын

Couple of FBI agents get popped? Good riddance.

@johnpenwell6402 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jesse_117 if you look at the switch panel at 9:20 the lower left one is flipped up, I’d bet that armed the bomb before the two guys walked out after delivering it.

@daviddavidson2357 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnpenwell6402 I assume that switch probably turned on the arming timer and was done by Janos in the van before it was delivered. After the arming timer counted down to zero then it would arm. Crazy amount of relay logic in that thing. Even with our fancy computer tech relay logic is probably more robust in that application. You know it isn't going to crash because no computer and won't get set off because some cosmic ray managed to hit one of the mosfets on a chip and flip a bit causing it to go off. You could possibly build a modernized and complex one out of multiple (5 or 6) networked microcontrollers then set it so if 2 or more lose comms it detonates and at least 3 need to agree that it should detonate. Then slap a bunch of different sensors on it to detect gas levels, water ingress and motion of the device and a whole pile of other stuff that allows it to monitor basically everything. You could probably buy all the stuff you need off adafruit too.

@shrek4002 2 жыл бұрын

@@daviddavidson2357I guarantee you are on some watchlist after that comment

@daviddavidson2357 2 жыл бұрын

@@shrek4002 Ah shit, not another one.

@Soundbrigade 6 ай бұрын

Love the illustrations. Spot on!😅

@thescarf926 13 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure there's at least 1 person here who just decided "Eh fuck it, I'll make a bomb more complex than this one"

@democraticrepublicofzibers7112 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, very clever, IBM was a leader in technology at the time, so the weird shape made sense, as it could have been an experimental computer screen, as older computer screens from before the 1980's usually had small lamps and buttons.

@pineapplelollipop1074 Жыл бұрын

Ah, I was wondering why they marked the bomb as what I thought was meant to be intercontinental ballistic missile

@seththesheriff1275 Жыл бұрын

@@pineapplelollipop1074 That's ICBM.

@dIancaster Жыл бұрын

Actually, it likely would have been modeled after a printer. Even now, these things are incredibly large, with an upper box for the controls, and the rest for paper storage and machinery.

@mrwonderful2142 Жыл бұрын

IBM played a huge role in the Holocaust. They have blood on their greedy hands

@democraticrepublicofzibers7112 Жыл бұрын

@@mrwonderful2142 So did fucking coca-cola and pretty much every company which existed during WW2. As a man of a country which was affected by the holocaust: I can't give a shit.

@efnissien 2 жыл бұрын

The interesting thing about Casino's is their construction is designed to keep you inside - there are no clocks, no windows - so your perception of time is altered, the machines on the edge of the slots pay out more often (but smaller amounts) something that becomes apparent as you play them, so wanting higher payouts you go further into the slots area.

@foreyfriend145 2 жыл бұрын

..much like a shopping mall 😮😳🙃

@td370 2 жыл бұрын

@@foreyfriend145 sounds like an American problem

@matthewwynn3025 2 жыл бұрын

That kinda stuff is interesting, reminds me of a story my dad told me about the time he was in Vegas. He'd never gambled before but figured he should try it while he was there. He was analyzing the casino's strategy while he was there, he said they were giving out free drinks and that he lost all the money he went in with within 25ft of the door lol

@TheFemSniper 2 жыл бұрын

@@td370 what an idiotic statement

@rukus9585 2 жыл бұрын

@@td370 It's hard to fathom just how much of a disappointing burden to your family you've amounted to.

@ToriKo_ Жыл бұрын

Wow the bomb blast caught me completely off guard. Great production on this video

@probablytheamaziiingtim2915 8 ай бұрын

Never mess with a Gulag survivor

@Val-zu5hz 2 жыл бұрын

Your length and comedic storytelling is so phenomenally captivating that I think Qxir is the only channel I see a new video upload and JUMP on it. 8 mins ago might be a new record for me ^_^"

@jhalent93 2 жыл бұрын

@Safwaan You are? Bro thats great. Lets kiss.

@mattd8498 2 жыл бұрын

What does his length have to do with the rest of the comment??

@zenon459 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattd8498 maybe they mean the length of the video? I'm not really sure either though

@JakeCrawford 2 жыл бұрын

facts

@GojoGunning 2 жыл бұрын

Your length~

@mrwonderful2142 Жыл бұрын

11:20 that drawing of the FBI nervously poking at the device 🤣

@kainhall 2 жыл бұрын

12:28 that was BRILLIANT sarcasm.... . omg that was funny.... perfectly timed and edited

@Ififitzisitz Жыл бұрын

That explosion literally made me shake! Well done on the jumpscare 🤣

@trex7168 6 ай бұрын

This video was a blast to watch

@thefattymcgee5801 2 жыл бұрын

Qxir...I work with feds. The FBI are at their most basic operational level the least competent law enforcement agency ive seen above municipal level. Their average agents are rude, bumbling and awkward. They do have some fantastic specialized teams and departments which truly is when they shine. But truthfully depending on the administration in office they see usage mostly as a political cudgel. Countless cover ups countless botched ops and horror stories (look up conspiracy of silence and FBI honey pots) A guy in my district worked for a local PD tac unit years ago and he said the FBI's hidden talent is taking the arrest you just made so they can get a photo op.

@siarhian10 2 жыл бұрын

yeah that sounds about right

@Mister_Clean 2 жыл бұрын

@Adolf nii-chan They still are. Congress is currently utilizing the FBI to investigate parents who got upset at schoolboard decisions.

@52thephotoshop 2 жыл бұрын

Now if we expand it to gov agencies in general the CIA beat the pants off them for incompetence

@1mol831 2 жыл бұрын

@@52thephotoshop both the CIA and the FBI failed miserably preventing SARS COV2 from spreading into USA and causing problems.

@LTPottenger 2 жыл бұрын

Hoover's specialty was taking credit. It's a political agency and should probably be dismantled.

@weejameso1640 2 жыл бұрын

i really like qxir, unlike most of these animated storytellers i feel like he has personality, like hes an actual guy instead of just reading off a script. He will crack jokes every now and again and so on.

@ankaplanka 2 жыл бұрын

Then what do you think about people who need to write stuff down so their mind won't be as messy when they actually record themselves? Although it might depends on how they are talking, I guess. I would probably need some words written down atleast. Because sometimes when I have to say something, my mind goes blank. My mind is also a bit messy because I'm autistic, so we usually need to write things down to clear our heads. Anyways, I'm just wondering, because some people need some form of script in order to sound more calm and casual.

@FriedrichHerschel 2 жыл бұрын

@@ankaplanka I think the comment is not about "using a script and reading carefully chosen words", but about "involving yourself in the story"

@weejameso1640 2 жыл бұрын

@@ankaplanka Im not saying that qxir doesnt write things down to read, its that he doesnt feel like hes kind of bound to the script as in he will make comments on it and stuff and make it sound more like he is telling you a story rather than reading you a wikipedia article if you get what i mean

@pedropedrohan102 2 жыл бұрын

that's pretty ge

@palomaelegante Жыл бұрын

and also for his sexy thick Irish accent god I want him to say my name while we- oh sorry, got too carried on

@delcogoblin Жыл бұрын

I can't really wrap my mind around how they thought that was a brilliant idea for disarming the bomb.

@stylesrj 7 ай бұрын

A gazillion monkeys on typewriters of course...

@TheCaptainSplatter 6 ай бұрын

Since it did create a big boom. Didn't work

@Predator20357 Жыл бұрын

Dude straight up made something I thought would be unrealistic in movies to create.

@blackbeardgamer5909 2 жыл бұрын

I love how the crowd just cheers lol. People back then were built different

@re_i_gn 2 жыл бұрын

well there really wasn't much to do virtually back then, so those who'd want to experience it had to see it live. Nowadays if a similar thing happened, I'm sure there'd be tens of millions of spectators through online livestreams. Twitch, KZfaq, Facebook, you name it. And it'd be the biggest meme of the year.

@MrBilld75 2 жыл бұрын

That was entertainment back then, lol. We didn't have the internet, so..........

@OfLanceTheLonginus 2 жыл бұрын

People would still cheer now lol

@tobbleboii5988 2 жыл бұрын

well it's hard to side with a casino which ruins hundreds of lives every year. I know it doesn't change theyr business in the slightest, but seeing the bad guy take a hit is still lovely

@Zorro9129 2 жыл бұрын

@@tobbleboii5988 Don't go into a casino with more money than you're ready to lose.

@homiedaclown4381 2 жыл бұрын

Anytime Qxir mentions the FBI, it's gonna be an interesting video.

@tammyowen6769 6 күн бұрын

The drawings of Johnny and Jimmy were uncanny. I enjoy these carttons more than anything else on the whole KZfaq.

@fancymcclean6210 Жыл бұрын

Most folks, including myself, live none consequential lives of little importance. This fella got off his arse and made an impact throughout his life, in many ways, various. And went out with a bang. What a man, what a life. Flaxen Saxon.

@Sir_Uncle_Ned 2 жыл бұрын

Holy hell, this guy really thought of everything. Every possible way one could defuse that bomb, he had covered. The sheer creativity is amazing. Even the FBI's best minds couldn't figure it out. But at least now they have a good training example. And, yeah, the best way to hide is in plain sight. Make it look like you're supposed to be there and you become socially invisible

@OniMetsuki 2 жыл бұрын

They missed the point that alkaline batteries only work down to -20c, they could have frozen it with liquid nitrogen, -196c, and then gone to town on it any way they liked with no worries.

@kiiiisu 2 жыл бұрын

@@OniMetsuki :O

@neol3066 2 жыл бұрын

@@OniMetsuki they can’t pry it open to pour the liquid nitrogen in, and heat doesn’t conduct well through layers of protection and the air between them so I don’t think it’ll work. Still a good plan tho

@OniMetsuki 2 жыл бұрын

@@neol3066 The lid is not air (or liquid) tight, they only needed to build a polystyrene tub around the top section and pour a LN (Liquid Nitrogen) dewar's worth in and it would have done the job. LN is -196c and the box is not insulated, the secondary layer would have had no chance to prevent the internal temperature dropping lower than -40 or a Lot lower which should be enough. It could make it's way in through the bank of switches Also as the LN transitions into a Very Cold gas that would also make it's way in. Although lighter than air, when cold it is heavier than air due to increased density. It would freeze alright ~_^ It is also worth bearing in mind that large temperature differentials make it harder for an insulative layer to work effectively. About 220c is a huge step and even pretty think insulation would not protect against for long. The couple of thin layers of metal almost might as well not be there.

@neol3066 2 жыл бұрын

@@OniMetsuki oh nice, I thought it was tight welded, well in that case all they need to do is pour liquid nitrogen I guess, pouring it though the switches works too. Welp, I’ll remember this the next time I bomb someone I guess

@DerickMasai 2 жыл бұрын

"Had the FBI figured out how to defeat the most complex bomb they'd ever seen? Were hours of the assembling of their finest minds enough to..." 12:32 Fucking legend 😂😂😂

@NicoBabyman1 2 жыл бұрын

[KILLA QUEEN] has already touched the reply button. *click*

@zsewqthewolf1194 2 жыл бұрын

there was a way to defused the bomb they clearly over look and that is freezing the damn thing

@yeah-yuh 2 жыл бұрын

@@zsewqthewolf1194 how

@testaccount4191 2 жыл бұрын

@@zsewqthewolf1194 well, freezing might not work if the condensation bridges one of the anti-drill measures.

@Random0890_ Жыл бұрын

This man spent all his skill points on bomb making

@ethanboyd7843 Жыл бұрын

How I've never heard of this bomb, or your comedic timing I'll never know.

@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS 2 жыл бұрын

FBI finds a bomb they can't defuse? It was the blurst of times.

@chrisyu98 2 жыл бұрын

Simpson's did it.....

@gimmedimmy6533 2 жыл бұрын

It's been a blast with your channel this last couple of years. You're a great storyteller and a solid human being.

@kostas1003 2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@HPsawus 2 жыл бұрын

the way you fit that pun in really blew my mind

@mvl666_darkrio 15 күн бұрын

"I know it's been an unusually eventful story and now his kids are called Jimmy and fuckin' Johnny" God I love this lmao

@twistedyogert Ай бұрын

I was honestly surprised he got life in prison for this. Yes, a casino was blown up, but nobody was killed.

@railgap 2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered whether the Harvey's Resort bomb maker(s) took inspiration from the movie "Juggernaut" which came out six years before the bombing. That business of not being able to isolate two parts because of a bit of foil between them - very similar to a nasty surprise in the movie. I've often wondered who the technical consultant was on that flick and what his background was.

@ClassicRockJWM Жыл бұрын

I'm just here for future replies

@dbongoloid9541 Жыл бұрын

@@ClassicRockJWM I'm here to get Munsoned

@ClassicRockJWM Жыл бұрын

@@dbongoloid9541 You don't want that life...get McCracken on it lol

@earlpipe9713 Жыл бұрын

Probably another german WWII pilot entirely overtrained in precision boobytrap & bomb making for those behind enemy lines situations

@michaelthemadsoldiertist 2 жыл бұрын

This story is literally the best thing I’ve ever heard in regards to a casino.

@liamernst9626 2 жыл бұрын

Alongside ocean's 11

@joshuapatrick682 3 ай бұрын

So the dude was personally flown to Harvey’s ranch to meet him…. That’s the most suspicious part of this story to me. Seems like the perfect fall guy for an insurance scam.

@dontagemontage Жыл бұрын

The FBI literally tried to disarm a bomb with a bomb.

@PseudoEmpathy 2 жыл бұрын

So you're telling me, all it takes to defeat the FBI is a tilt switch, float switch, tamper switches, contact circuits, and a large combination array? I know puzzle boxes more complicated than that.

@danksubstance3246 2 жыл бұрын

the ability of the FBI is artificially inflated to deter people from easily overthrowing them

@FinlandForceTeam 2 жыл бұрын

So, whats your solution then?

@spongebobsucks12 2 жыл бұрын

Puzzle boxes don't kill an entire block if you take them apart wrong bredrin lmao

@commisaryarreck3974 2 жыл бұрын

Much like how they lost the evidence they gained from Epstein "Oh yeah we literally just lost it. Nobody knows where it is" I swear that organization deserves a literal rope for its leadership and ita existence

@medea27 2 жыл бұрын

Well good luck to you when that puzzle box is the size of a fridge, made of steel, filled with enough TNT to vaporise you on the spot & you have one chance to get it right!

@baron_von_brunk 2 жыл бұрын

Some days you just can't rid of a bomb.

@beaksters Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the impossible to defuse bomb info Mr.Irish man.

@cjscreations_2012 Жыл бұрын

12:31 really caught me off guard... good storytelling.

@halothedickus9700 2 жыл бұрын

“Hey I’ve seen this one it’s a classic” “How is it a classic, it’s brand new?”

@jurassicjosh7479 2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you on the Gambling thing. I'll do about anything else, but not that. No scratch offs, no anything. My mother on the other hand. She doesn't like to leave the casino unless she has at least $1000... which means when I briefly moved in she gambled our rent money and got us kicked out. I haven't really spoken to her since.

@phnexOice 2 жыл бұрын

It’s likely my bad luck in any gambling minigame in video games (save for new Vegas where high luck just makes them free money) has turned me off gambling irl. I’m fairly careful with my money, and it’s safe to say that if the chances of winning lots in a casino were high, Vegas wouldn’t be able to function

@charper9890 2 жыл бұрын

“I only gamble with my life. Never my money.”

@jurassicjosh7479 2 жыл бұрын

@@charper9890 As an ex- fentanyl addict, I agree lol... not proud of it, but it is what it is.

@jurassicjosh7479 2 жыл бұрын

@@phnexOice New Vegas gambling doesn't mean your mom gambled your home away when youre 26 years old! Also, that same mother kicked you out at 17 for smoking pot... Then got divorced a few years later.. Then you moved in with her to help HER out, and it turns out your mom who kicked you out for pot started dating a guy who sold CRACK.... So you moved in with your mother to help her out after her divorce... she was smoking crack with her new boyfriend, and gambled the rent money away... I'm not joking. I wish I was joking.

@Anarcho_Ingsoc 2 жыл бұрын

ngl, scratch offs make pretty good impromptu rolling trays for joints though

@glenjohnson9302 2 ай бұрын

When i was in active duty in the Army i got into a conversation with the EOD units. I was considering joining. Anway, they challenged me to make a bomd dificult to disarm. I managed to make one that no matter how they tried it always went off. I built over 30 of them exactly the same. They gave up after 20 something. They kept the rest to tinker with to try to find a solution. Mine only contained blasting caps stuck into clay. Every time they tried the blasting cap always went off. It was not a practical device as bombs go, but it was usable. Mine even could detect radiation detection so even X-rays would blow it. The FBI may have had better technology and may have been able to but Army, Airforce and Navy all failed.

@fardchamp Жыл бұрын

"Ferb, I know what we're going to do today!"

@christimmerman6887 2 жыл бұрын

I worked for a landscaping company at one time, all we had were rakes, shovels, and a sod cutter. Must say, he had to be one hell of a landscaper with that TNT. Okay guys, the project calls for the installation of two flower boxes... somebody get me two sticks of TNT. Would have been pretty badass working for his landscaping company! One might say, it would have been a blast!

@blank1778 2 жыл бұрын

Times back then were very unsafe.... I mean safety regulations are written in blood

@MrBilld75 2 жыл бұрын

Hehehe, more than likely, he had worked around Blasters on some of his landscaping jobs and that's how he knew there would be explosives on site.

@tomothybahamothy 2 жыл бұрын

@@blank1778 that's a great way to put it. Absolutely true. I'm going to use that next time someone is complaining about safety protocols

@patrickmay8261 2 жыл бұрын

So looked up and found some info. So he lived in Clovis, CA. The hydro project that was mentioned, but not named, was PG&E's Helms Project. Anyways, the ground west of Fresno/Clovis has some insane hard pan. As in water doesn't even get through it. Some of the early farmers used dynamite to break the ground. Now it can be mechanically ripped (think (2) CAT D9s in series dragging a 6' spike). So they were probably still using explosives to break the hardpan in some areas. I've heard of that even into the mid-90s, but you never know who is embellishing stories.

@micah66048 Жыл бұрын

@@patrickmay8261 Drill a hole, light off a charge, it fractures the hardpan. Plant a tree, and the roots grow in the cracks :-) I grew up helping my grandpa blasting with ANFO on a farm in cali. A little nub of simtex makes sure the crappy ANFO lights off. Or a monkey knot of det cord. Fast forward 30 years and it was so expensive to use explosives that I'd use a jackhammer and wet saw for two weeks to dig swimming pools in pyroclastic flows. We did have a two part expanding epoxy that worked on harder stuff, but it was like $100 a gallon.