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I've been a sub for about 6 months now and I'm really enjoying it. If your ever in bowling green ky visit western ky university. There is a log cabin/ pioneer library located there. I have spent week or so reading the exclamations of my peoples life story's. I think this place would be right up your lane. Top notch
Andrew Crumley is my husband's grandfather! Ill never forget the first time I saw the "Old Smokey" in the Alcatraz museum. I stared in disbelief and I stopped my husband as he swiftly passed by! I had always heard parts of this story, but to see it with my eyes sent chills up my spine! Then I went on a search and soon discovered Mark Griffith wrote an e book about this story. I invited him to our home to surprise my husband and we learned the chilling details! Recently my husband and I, sat together and watched the video. And the best part was when my husband Robert Crumley saw for the first time his grandfather's taxi! This is such an amazing true story. Ill admit I had tears as i listened to parts of this but , I'm so thankful to all who have taken the time to bring it alive for all of us! In behalf of my husband and I, Thank you so so much! Kelly Crumley
your comment means so much to me! I did my best to honor Mr. Crumley with this story and the hellish nightmare he endured. Your comments made it all worth while.
@@jasonridenour672 His Grandsons Wife commented in this thread, and the author of the book, Mark Griffith has also commented in the thread. Those two would be the experts, so I will defer to them. Look thru the comments and reply to them, Im positive they would be happy to share that info
JD , you always tell such captivating historic storys!!! The way you present the characters, the audio effects and visual effects, adds so much to the presentation. Your voice is perfect as a story teller. Wish you all the best in years to come. I think of you as a comforting friend now. Thank you.
The saddest thing about this story is that we, as Americans, no longer have the same zeal for swift justice that fits the severity of the crime committed. If we did, we'd likely have much less of it today.
💯 agree! When someone is caught red handed it should be swift…. Not on death row for years & years that citizens pay for!!! Thank you for sharing this. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Even if somehow it did not work as a deterrent, I believe it definitely would, it would still help keep the population of the prison's down. Then the prison system wouldn't feel inclined to let people out early because of over- populated prisons just for these people to commit the same crime or worse crime and go right back in. It's sickening someone can be guilty of murder but to save time and money the system let's them plea down and they'll get sentence to 12 years do 8 years and be right back out on the street to do it all again.
Another good one. Terrible crime, those hooligans got what they deserved….. But as I’d said before JD, your sound effects are good, and the sounds of when the poor man ran into that darn barbed wire fence, not once, but twice, absolutely priceless. Thanks for sharing.
I loved this story. Nice visual effects. It made you feel in it. Crime seemed to be different back in the days. These 4 guys deserved what they received. Thank you, JD.
I totally agree with you! Thank you as always JD, for blessing us with another story. This one was a great one for sure. We need to bring this justice back.
You did a great retelling of this story! When I wrote the e-book, I was hoping someone might do something like this. One interesting thing I found when working on it, was how involved the Tn Governor was in the events...he's the one that coined my title 'Murder Will Out'
I saw that Mark, and I wondered what that phrase "murder will out' meant during that time frame and actually had to look it up. The governor was being swamped with folks wanted to know if he would pardon them, and he penned a letter posted in the newspaper where he denied a pardon and stated "Murder Will Out". Thanks again for all the research you did writing your book on this story and letting me tell it. Folks if you haven't read Marks Ebook on this story, it provides many more details not including in this video. I encourage you to check it out here thehousinghour.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Murder-Will-Out-10a10.pdf
Storytellers voice helps my insomnia, except listening to this story, I became glued to the story, so much for getting some sleep tonight... One word for it, Captivating...
Attorney fees instead of Brothers, Uncles & Cousins?? I agree (edit) and Grammaw broke a Broomstick across her 1st husbands Face when she found out he was a tomcat?? Oh I wish. Lol. He ended up … umm, moving away?? 👌🏼
I am so glad I found this channel. I have lived in eastern Ky most of my life, about an hour and 15 minutes from Kingsport. All your stories are great.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller yessir! By the way, how do you find the old newspaper clippings? Maybe I could find some crazy things that go overlooked in my area.
Amazing story. It helps to put a lot of things in perspective historically speaking. My dad was 1 year old when this particular crime happened. His dad was also murdered. We have no details on how or why it happened. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this education. Though it may be unpleasant, people need to realize these things happen, if only to remember how good their own life is! Well done. You have a dedicated follower.
Thank you for this awesome story! Lived in TN half My life and NC Mountains the other half- ABSOLUTELY LOVE ❤️ the fantastic stories that come out of the Hills!!!
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller Your channel is one of 3 that I cut off whatever else is going on to watch. And I subscribe to a LOT of interesting channels. Love looking forward to your notifications. My hellos to your family !
Great story, J.D.! It fulfilled every requirement to a satisfying story...and they deserved their just end. I think our justice system could use a few pointers from this story..."if you're guilty, you're guilty"!! Thank you for your story and time.
The most important channel on RU-vid. I just showed someone this channel after we talked about the Bascom Lamar Lunsford PBS special in 1965. This is the richest history our country has to offer. Thank you for these amazing stories.
What an awesome story that was very well told, AS ALWAYS!!! Thank you for what you do telling these stories of the TN Mountains(Appalachian's) and teaching many people the History of this region. I am over in NC and it was much the same all along the TN & NC Border in those times. Thank You.
Along with the deadliest criminals you could add and hopeless too. I loved the soundtrack too, but the screeching of tyres on the dirt road was interesting. Thanks again for sharing.
that made me laugh Kev! yeah, I didnt have any gravel road sound effects, glad you caught that! Thanks for the music comment, as a musician, I do my best to make music part of the story
Great story based on true events wow they weren’t so forgiving back then and rightly so .. love these story’s and your own music too thankyou for sharing
Dang... I never heard this story that happened in my own backyard... I guess I was too young for my elders to share it with me... I for sure would have had nightmares if they had! Thanks JD... you kept me on the edge of my seat! 🤗❤️
Thank you Kathy! You know, when something really bad happened back in those days, the old folks would just say "we dont talk about that no more..." and after a couple generations, the story was lost to time. Ironically, the author of this book told me that he contacted one of the killers families while writing his book, and the family members said, "we knew he did something bad, but we never knew what it was" and they thanked the author for researching the story.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller I do remember hearing them make that exact comment and one of us kids would ask "why not?"... All I remember after asking is getting 'the look,' which meant to be quiet. Thanks for jogging my memory 😎👍
That was phenomenal well done on this one. Morgan co earned its reputation of being a wild place. I guess stories like this of bank robbery and man hunts for murders just helped build it into the fabric of local opinion.
Morgan county is still wild and untamed- I’ve spent a few days riding backroads for hours there- it is remote and no telling the stories hiding in those hills
Everytime I watch another video. I think this is the best one yet. Until the next is the best. The Deadliest Outlaws and Old Smoky is definitely smoking. Outstanding content, history, visual images. You definitely put the work in on this one. Bonus I've been to the locations thats mentioned. I attend Black Oak Ridge Baptist church in Tennessee...
Thats awesome Jim! Be sure to read the ebook in the description of this video written by Mark Griffith. It has lots of additional information, pictures, maps. Mark researched all of this and was in contact with the families of all the men in this video. Ive chatted with him all morning and he has shared this video with Crumleys grand son, and Lewis's families.
Wow, I’m just a few minutes away from that shot at the very beginning. Some of those structures are still around…..in short, the photo made the hair stand on the back of my neck. Well done with the upload.👍 Subbed
Awesome story, the effects were amazing along with the pictures. Sad that the young men were attacked like that, and one lost his life. Very Sad for the family 💕🙏
Another great story. Love the ones from my community. Ran trains from Chattanooga to Oakdale and farther to Danville. Grew up here in Cumberland mountains.
@@jacobweems3316 I was in Oakdale last year to interview a 100 year old woman that lived thru the 1929 flood, that place literally is isolated as anywhere I have ever been
I was born on the North Carolina side of the Smokies in 1939 and remember a lot of stories about the Appalachia people. and remember a lot of things that happened in those hills myself. I remember stories about local feuds and moonshiners and killings that my own family was part of.
I agree we were told stories at night because we had no elec. and stories of our family's an around our areas was our only entertainment My people have been in the Smokies since the middle of the 1700 and my Cherokee side longer than that. I am glad that people like you are preserving our colorful history.@@TheAppalachianStoryteller
If you are ever in Jackson County NC look up the feud between the Hoopers and the Watsons it was bloody as hell and a lot of people on both sides died. I am related to one side in fact my father was killed by a shotgun by a Watson in 1942@@TheAppalachianStoryteller
This story had me on the edge of my seat from the beginning! This was the era of my grandparents who lived in eastern Tennessee. They're gone now but betcha they'd tell me about it if they were alive! Great stories my friend. Love your channel. BTW my grandparents lived in Knoxville during this time.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller I know! It's just evil and despicable to the highest degree. And I can't believe how many people turned him away from help for any reason. Kinda reminds me of the "Good Samaritan" example that Jesus taught.
Wow! That was quite a story. Guess I’m gonna have to drive down the road and take a visit to Old Smoky, the electric chair. Thanks JD, for this history of East Tennessee.
Thank you Richard! Im planning a trip out to see Old Smoky too! I went out today to visit the murder site. Im putting that behind the scene video up on Facebook in a couple hours.
Finally a live cursor, JD! My internet's been screwy the last 24 hours but today I couldn't even reply at all here on YT. But you know I loved the video and of course have shared it. Scary story. I'd rather 'live' in a cardboard box under a freeway than to drive a bunch of strangers around. Taxi driver has often been listed as one of the most dangerous jobs of all.
Crime not only got worse right after Prohibition; much of the country was pretty lawless through at least the 1930's after the Great Crash of '29. Especially in lesser populated areas like the rural Midwest. Here in TinyTown, which grew up around a trading post on the old Lewis&Clark Trail, violence seems to be a cherished 'value'. They had to close all 4 churches during the Civil War (border state) bc people just turned them into shooting galleries.
So you can imagine the culture shock of this old damnYankee my first summer when I happened to be on the town square just as school let out for the season. Suddenly a lot of cars were careening around the block, horns blaring, boys AND girls spilling out onto the lawn to start knock-down, drag-out fist fights.
Sorry for all the replies to self, but the system keeps involuntarily refreshing the page willy nilly, and I'm tired of repeating myself. So this way at least when I have to start over - again! - I'm not so far behind every time.
All this was happening in front of the court house and county sheriff's station where they could certainly hear and see, but nobody emerged to stop it. Immediately I'd already ducked in a nearby store asking in essence wth was going on? Other customers laughed and said it was just a local tradition where the high school seniors were allowed to settle old scores accrued over a lifetime b4 dispersing to the 4 winds since most have to leave to find jobs elsewhere; none here. Population has been shrinking since the boom times when it hit over 2K. Gee, I wonder why. If I'd been born here, I'd be leaving skid marks on the highway myself to get out. But a Graduation Brawl is a little beyond my ken.
Not that I wouldn't have maybe fit in just fine if I'd been born and raised here, since I do suffer the requisite stubborn nature, much like an old mule. :p
A sizzling story no doubt Receiving a spectacular send-off via old smokey is certainly a shocking way to die. An electrifying experience I'm sure they got a charge out of it Overwhelmed the thought of four down in 32 minutes completely fries me. Now my interest in the application of emergency appalcian justice is really sparked Jolting event
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller I live in Maggie valley, North Carolina in the heart of the Smokey Mountains. Luv hearing storys like this. Maybe Some stories on Sasquatch. The native Americans (Cherokee) have some interesting stories on this subject. Keep up the good work. 👍
When i was in elementary school in the 60's in Houston a man came to our school with Old Sparky & spoke on the perils of a criminal life. I don't think many of us were headed in that direction but the ones that were probably changed their mind haha.
you know Old Smoky was made from the wood they used in the 1700s when they used to hang men, when the electric chair was invented, they repurposed the wood as a chair
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller If that wood could talk.... I don't know the history of Old Sparky except that it was used in Huntsville at one time. I guess they upgraded to a modern version.
Can you imagine if they still let people go and look at jailed criminals? I think in some cases they should. Also got to love how they roomed them within sight of the chair, and the others got to watch what was coming for them
That must have taken you some time to put together, fine fine upload of an incredible yet sad piece of History my friend. Thanks to you Arthur Crumley and George Lewis weren't forgotten to time but remembered by many who didn't know them or of this horrific event.💔💔
Yes Sir Hiker, it took me 50 hours to produce this 30 minute video. A difficult proposition when only 1 photo existed of the killers. I felt the story needed to be told so it wouldn't be forgotten. Crumleys grandson watched this video today. It humbled me.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller I just knew it was going to make a big impact for someone. It was a heinous crime no doubt and just the details you were able to provide, it was if I was sitting in that car with Arthur and George. I could feel and taste their fear once they knew it was going South in a bad way. God Bless you and to Arthur's Grandson ....I send prayers of Sympathy and Sincere Condolences to you your loved ones and all of your extended family. God Bless ❤🙏🏼
