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The amount of times he hesitated before jumping tells you all you need to know about what that man was thinking when he submitted his entry into the Darwin Awards.

I’m having fun imaging the same people who saw the first automobile death seeing the first recorded death and saying once again “I hope something like this never happens ever again”

He hesitated so many times and then just went down like a stone, tumbling over the railing. When he was doing his little hops on that chair, his... barely constructed contraption looked so flimsy, like a bunch of garbage bags stapled together. It never would have worked. What an absolute madman.

"1911, a year named after a Handgun" made me shoot snot out of my nose. this is why i'm subscribed to you.

The best part about this is that on the “List of Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions” Wikipedia article, a gif of this guy’s death is literally the first thing you see.

The fact that the official autopsy reports say that died to a heart-attack midair before he even hit the ground is just the icing on the cake.

Spectators: Hey Franz uhm where is the dummy at? Franz: You're looking at it

I like to imagine Franz lands safely then does a backflip and the crowd goes wild.

Can you just imagine how akward the death would be, the director just watching "stick to the SCRIPT- oh"

There's a British kids show called Horrible Histories and on the show there's a segment called Stupid Deaths that as you can guess talks about people in history who died in really stupid ways. The reason I bring this up is because Franz Reichelt was one such hilariously stupid death. Clement Vallandingham (whom Huggbees mentioned in a previous video) was also mentioned.

"Don't jump!" * Sets up camera * "Okay, now jump"

My favourite trivia regarding this guy is that 2 days before his jump some guy in America accidentally pulled off the whole parachute clothes thing by complete accident when he jumped off the statue of liberty

Well, you gotta give him props for being dedicated to the film

I think if his invention worked we'd see a lot more parachute-related deaths around his time period

Describing a man falling to his end with a sick guitar riff is the most iconic thing I've ever seen

You know, that's a very valid point. The reason thks death is so stupid isn't because he jumped off the Eiffel tower in an unproven parachute, but because he did it with zero safety precautions! Like the only way he survives is if this parachute is a functional design and works perfectly. If there was a flaw in the design or even just if it didn't properly deploy he dies. I suppose the line between being a daredevil and an idiot is really just if you have something ready to save you if things go wrong.

Ah France, the only country to look at bread and say 'You know what this needs? LENGTH AND GIRTH.'

His suit likely took more time to deploy than such a short jump allowed for. Had he jumped from a higher location, it might have worked.

I've watched that video a couple times, and I'm haunted more by his hesitation than the impact, he stands there for a full minute looking over the edge swaying slightly, you can almost hear the thoughts running through his head and feel his fear and indecisiveness

11:28 Huggbees doing the begging like a 7 year old is the funniest thing ever

Huggbees, thanks for making me having an existential crisis about human mortality and the possibility of there being no afterlife and our lives being so finite in the span of an uncaring universe. And for comforting me through those thoughts.

The moment he told us he lied I felt pure, unadulterated fear.

the fact that he literally tripped too and was completely vertical as the suit fell apart around him and the ice literally making a funnel around him when he landed just shows that he had no idea what he was doing.

So ironically enough, the better term might be "The Oldest SURVIVING Film of Someone Dying". As a fun additional fact, the is the only situation in which the terms "Oldest" and "Surviving" apply to Franz.

So what you’re telling me, this guy invented death?

28:16 Andrew mentioning the bystander effect and how many simple things could've been done to prevent this reminds me of Mad Mike Hughes, the flat earther who built the rocket ship a few years back to see for himself whether the Earth is round or not. So many people showed up to witness this, but nobody stopped him despite knowing the high risk of death.

I remember this story on the show Horrible Histories, I knew it was coming and I was waiting for it Grim Reaper: “Let me guess” *descending whistle* *Splat* Franz: “Basically, but with more screaming”

So, interestingly enough, this happened a second time, kind of. There was a guy nicknamed "Americas First Bat-Man" because his wingsuit was modeled after batwings. He hastily and erroneously repacked his parachutes after a couple years of successful wingsuiting and parachuting stunts which led to him hitting the French pavement at over 200 mph. I only know this cuz my company was commissioned to make a memorial for him.

Thanks Huggbees, your content always lifts spirits with it's sweet messages and wholesome subject matter

So who was the first BIRTH to ever be recorded on video?

I found some info about an earlier recorded death that still exists in some capacity today! _An Execution by Hanging_ was filmed on July 6, 1898, and it depicted the execution of a man named Edward Heinson. Only a single Mutoscope reel of the film has survived, but it is in a private collection. Only a few stills are publicly available.

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huggbees reminds me of my dad, except he doesn't beat me every time he returns

I think when huggbees finishes this should make a tier list of the funniest deaths Also my favorite cookies are chocolate chips

I appreciate you covering this. If you are ever curious about the first death ever caught on camera (photograph) it was taken by Jun Fujita in Chicago... his whole story is very interesting. I also made a video on it titled "Jun Fujita's Photographs - A Glimpse into Chicago's Past"

My favorite part of Oppenheimer is when he says “its heimer time” and oppen all over the place

this is a fun one because right at the outset you hear that this is the story of a guy who wanted to design his own parachuting apparatus and you know exactly how the story is gonna end

Considering how he died, one could argue he is also the first winner of the Darwin award.

I laugh my ass off every time I see that footage, not because he fails and hits the ground, but because after they take his body away someone goes to the impact spot and measures the crater he made 🤣🤣🤣

Not only is it the first death recorded on film, it’s the first death I ever saw on film and I was completely unprepared for it! The video itself is quite tame but the silence of film and the implied crowd gathered there to watch the event just adds to the creep factor.

He then went on to create and trademark LiveLeak. What a legend.

Im so glad you mentioned what you did about KZfaq in the beginning. I honestly can't stand how absurd they are about any material that isn't tailor made for Children.. i wish YT supported content that's also for decent people who are mature and make quality content on more mature topics or informative difficult topics.. of course i understand they shouldn't allow insane horrible stuff but they are so strict right now that decent content creators aren't even able to cover highly censored true crime case's or other difficult historical events, etc.. idk why they treat us all like we are 4 year olds.. can't we find a balance of content for more grown up mature people..? Come on KZfaq.. stop this nonsense.

In the end, Franz really did throw a dummy off the Eiffel tower

i tend to favor ginger molasses cookies. i used to think they were called ginger snaps-- this confusion probably stemmed from a misnamed generic brand of cookies, leading me to assume dry/regular ginger snaps were actually stale. i was also the kid who for years thought raisin soda was a thing because i kept accidentally reading the french side of a grape crush can. anyway, ginger molasses cookies are rad, i guess.

The interesting thing was, had he survived he still wouldn't have gotten the reward, as American Fredrick Rodman Law parachuted off the Statue of Liberty two days before

34:49 There is a simple lexicographic answer to your predicament: one is 'the first death recorded on film', and the other is 'the earliest existing film depicting a live death' (irony included in that last title) - it's similar to the difference between 'the oldest person ever' and 'the oldest living person', or 'the richest ever person' against 'the current richest person'. They both get a title, one for 'being recorded on film' and one for 'existing on film'

Loved when Oppenheimer said "It's Oppen' time."®

Bro deadass had 5 different fatal injuries from one incident. That's kind of impressive.

B-but I wanted to see someone die on a hugbees video though :( PLEEAAAAASEEEE i'll be your best friend :((((((

Bro did a sick riff to explain someone’s death

“The Flying Tailor’s Crater” would also make a great metal song title

"Fuck it, we ball." - Franz Reichel (1912)

"Thanks to tundra temperature topsoil taking its time and terminating his test trial." Gift of Gab would be proud Edit: Carr would definitely be the first in this case. But since its mostly lost media I think Franz should get the title and Carrs should be honorary. My favorite cookies are oatmeal raisin

Hugbees should run for president in every country ever edit: beez 2024

Saw the footage, assuming the guy measuring the crater had a standard ruler, the hole was at least 5-6cms deep, or about 2 inches.

17:54 Bro really said “See you soon” before he died in front of many people 💀💀💀💀💀

With the way he was looking it seems like he almost didn’t decide to jump but knew it was too far to go back

This won't be the first time I saw someone die on the internet

It's entirely possible he knew the invention likely wouldn't work, and decided to test it himself as a last-ditch effort out of desperation; either he lives and proves himself to the world as a genius, or he dies and, well, doesn't have to deal with it anymore.

Good stuff as always honestly the dude seemingly having a huge amount of confidence that he'd be totally fine made it hilarious not to mention the way you described him saying please lol, as always a quality video

If he would have waited till spring, he could have been the original KITE MAN.

I remember researching this one time late at night. It's a super interesting question. Also if you count animal deaths I think this first recorded one is Topsy the elephant from the 1903 film "Electrocuting an Elephant"

11:27 i spat my fancy coffee out laughing at this part 😅😂

I think its pretty easy to differentiate them: Carr was the first death recorded on film, Franz is the oldest surviving death recorded on film.

The fact that laws get ignored when it comes to extremely old media

Like Dio once said: "All eyes see the figure of the wizard As he climbs to the top of the world No sound, as he falls instead of rising Time standing still, then there's blood on the sand"

I am so happy you're making a video on this. I was hoping you would. This is one of my favorite weird deaths ever. Thanks Mr. Bees!

once you get through all of the unusual deaths, there's also a list of "inventors killed by their own inventions" which is just as wild.

Kudos to Huggbees for recording the first death and waiting decades just to talk about it on KZfaq

I find is so funny that in huggbees’s rendition of how the fall went, he played high to low notes…

Huggbees, thank you for reminding me that everyone online is constantly lying to me. Feels nice to return to that early 2000's level of website paranoia that we seem to have lost.

You are the only KZfaqr who can get away with having literally nothing going on in the background for anything longer than a few frames. GG.

To quote a funny british car man "It's not speed, that kills. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets You."

Huggbees KILLING it with these series.

After watching the footage, I came back to watch again, and I just wanted to say. The guitar riff IS an extremely accurate description of the video.

I can't believe you can't have footage of a real person actually dying on a monetized platform, this is literally George Orwell's 1984

Though not a human death, the execution of Topsy the elephant from 1903 beats Franz Reichelt and still exists today. The footage is on Wikipedia.

Similar to how the first video of a death doesn't exist anymore in physical form, what is thought to be the first ever video game only exists in patents; No one has ever seen a working prototype, so it doesn't exactly count. Shit gotta exist for it to... exist.

ive heard of this guy but i completely forgotten about the fact it was recorded

That was actually a good way to make people hear a death

Dude broke his leg and was really like : Let s try again BUT HARDER.

He was a modern day Icarus who flew too close to the sun may he rest in peace.

Huggbees saying he didn’t watch Oppenheimer is as surprising as finding out that santa isn’t real

I watched the video moments before walking into this master piece. I saw the comments of the original video and they were lamenting his death and i damn well knew he was about to get shit on by huggbees

My first huggbees video in college this made my day better

Huggbees never fails to spread me open and fill my with his knowledge juice

I knew about this event for a really long time but I never knew it was recorded into now

Ah yes my last day off and a new huggbees, a nice little treat for my tanking mental state

When I was a kid my schoolwork had a recipe for cookies in it, I don't remember what subject it was but i remember wanting to test it out, ever since then my own chocolate peanut butter no-bake cookies have been without a doubt my favorite kind of cookie.

I'm really glad you got into this new form of art. I loved your how it's actually made videos years ago and it's been fun to see your content grow into what it is.

Nah, this was Franz' choice, his risk, and his glory or ruin. He went balls out and tested on himself, and if he'd succeeded we would have called him a madlad instead of a Darwin award recipient. Still, at least we got some cool trivia out of it.

Thank you for your commentary Huggbees after watching this and giving it some thought I would also say Oatmeal raisin cookies are my favorite.

there are two kinds of people watching this video, the ones who don't google the footage cause they don't want to watch a death and the ones who are too lazy to google the footage

In regards to the size of the impact crater, I think "Yamcha sized" would be more appropriate

The last "Wow" was the best, good job homie.

Imagien only being known for dying on film

As a french person , i'm proud and humiliated at the same time.

Your use of alliteration is impeccable, sir

my favorite cookie are those ones with a peanut butter cup in them, but not the ones where the peanut butter cup is visible, the peanut butter cup has to be folded into the cookie so it looks like a fat regular cookie.