Many teachers are eager to bring texture and vibrant teaching methods to the classroom, but the educational system we are saddled with will punish teachers for anything remotely exciting happening in their classroom.
There's days I'm surprised we survived the 80's. D&D has been shown to improve critical thinking skills (yes, it's needed, yes heretical ideas are great LOL)...math skills, social interaction skills, language skills...group dynamics...I've played for years, DM'd for...a couple (5e) and it's honestly the most social interaction I get every week. a group of friends getting together to be heroes. It's great. 10/10.
Some therapists actually recommend the game for patients with social anxiety. And I found D&D to be really helpful to my mental health and processing traumatic experiences through my previous character. Now I'm in a better place, I still find D&D to be a good way to make sure I spend time with my friends despite being busy in life.
That poor cat was so disgusted it couldn't look at Annie. As any self-respecting cat, I imagine it was plotting her death from that point onward. Thank you for this compilation, you helped an Aspergian feel quite normal!
Welp, my most contemporary companion has looked at me with a rather speculative expression! I suspect she knows she's better off if I'm alive and able to open the front door and also cat food.
Mary absolutely deserved to be kept in quarantine. She could’ve taken the royalties and have a cushy life, probably not even having to work since her story was so popular. Instead she decided to infect a maternity hospital and clearly never changed her hygiene routine. I personally think she should’ve been imprisoned.
@@cherylschantz9893 she refused to wash her fuckin hands and keep clean after she was vehemently warned upon release. Maybe not at first, but later on….Yeah, she deserved it.
She KNOWINGLY infected multiple house holds, whole families were killed by her infection and habit of not cleaning herself properly. Her running away from the homes right as the last members were passing wasn't her saving herself,it was her avoiding the investigation yet again. She was told multiple times. But she admitted, how else could she survive in the manor she was accustomed to on anything less than a cooks income. Women didn't have many choices back then. I don't care for her excuses neither do her victims.
The history of sandpaper would be especially fascinating. I mean, I have actually wondered, ``which came first, the emery board or sandpaper?'' (Answer: the emery board! Leave it to women's beauty products to identify a necessity!)
Why don't you mention the Bakersfield CA just of a Kern County wide group of County and City officials in govt and police and Sheriffs Depts being involved in kidnapping hitchhikers and runaway teen girls and impersonating them in group orgies and using their babies as child sacrifice victims in the early eighties!!?
A little late to the party, but I wanted to chime in. I'm a child of the 80s, growing up with D&D. My father introduced it to me in the late 80s. They are fond memories, sitting around the kitchen table playing. It sparked that love of the Fantasy genre that has spanned my entire life. The Satanic Panic was very real at that time, but am glad that it wasn't something we had to worry about in my family.
Yup. My folks had encouraged us to read from an early age and so being a teenager in the eighties wasn't as bad for me as it was some of my friends. I still like to read game books rather than fiction.
I remember my dad and maternal grandmother concerned that I had joined a satanic cult because I played D&D. It was nice that they agreed about something for a change 😂
Loved this compilation! Typhoid Mary brought trouble on herself in the end. I can believe she initially was unaware she was the cause of the infections but, once ordered to refrain from working as a cook and doing so anyway, well, life-time quarantine it is, then. Thanks, also for covering the D&D panic. Always found it amazing that folks who raised their children with tales of and movies depicting the Craft - including golem [Pinocchio], fairies, pixies, spells, curses, charms, poisoning, transmogrification [Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan] and etc. would be worried about their older children carrying on with it.
During the time "Typhoid Mary" lived, disease and how they worked for not understood. She was uneducated and thought they were out of their minds. The science of disease was not understood and the population was not just ignorant, this knowledge was not common knowledge.
I absolutely HAVE to know how many times you had to record the Napoleon segment?? I, personally, had to go back SEVERAL times to listen to parts because I kept missing them due to my hysterical laughing 🤣🤣🤣 WELL DONE!
Paul does outtakes on some of his stories at and 😀 saw one the other day and it was during the story as he could stop laughing , every time he went to say again he stared laughing again 😂😂😂
How could Mary claim she wasn't the cause when even after being told she continued to run away as soon as someone got ill. She must have had some idea even before being told.
I'm sure she didn't mean to harm anyone. It would make sense to think she wasn't the only immune person out there. I would have done the same thing if that thing meant I'd survive. If they really needed her to stop doing it, they should have payed her enough that she could stop working.
@@SlateTiara they effectively did, they gave her her own place, food, a safe job but it wasn't enough to just stop her, she needed to be kept away from people after proving she couldn't be trusted to wash her hands and take the needed steps to not infect others. If she didn't mean to hurt anyone why did she go back to work even after being told and shown the proof she was causing it. I find it hard to accept she didn't at least suspect she was causing people to get ill etc even before being told, the pattern of moving every time someone got sick, no matter how good the job just seems dodgy. She might have felt she had no choice but she could have taken a different job or at least been far more hygienic. Especially after it was explained how being clean and doing certain things would really help stop her spreading it.
@@itarry4 Yeah... okay well that is what the story says. But untill I hear her side of it, which we never will, I'll reserve my judgement. I just have a hard time imagining she would do this, just to be an a-hole.
@@SlateTiara oh I didn't think she did it just to be an a-hole just felt she had no choice but to keep working, didn't want to accept it even though she knew deep down. It's, amazing what we can justify and make OK in our minds when we feel like we've no choice, haven't done anything wrong but are being punished anyway. Especially when we don't fully understand what is happening. Knowing something but refusing to accept, believe it happens all the time, especially if we could starve, live a far less satisfying life, etc. After being told and seeing the trail of Dead I just can't accept she didn't know on some level she was responsible however in her mind it was her or them in a way. Also she obviously had a very poor understanding of hygiene and how it worked etc. She wasn't being a a-hole just a person in many ways unfortunately.
Couldn't up-vote fast enough! Just so delighted you've got a new one out and it's Over An Hour. Such a refreshing 'antiquated' arrangement of simple narration and illustration. We're so ready for the classic format after all of the hysterical, dramatic cr*p that's been pumped out in the last decade or so.
I've just discovered this channel and I'm thrilled. I feel like I'm being told a bedtime story. The subjects are sometimes macabre but the way Paul calmly explains things is magical. Can't wait to see what the next vid is!
The guy who couldn't stop eating was crazy and twisted. That poor man. I can't imagine living like that!! And then to die the way he did...just freaky. Thank you for these weird, but cool stories!
@@Lauriej117 it is disgusting. I just can't imagine what could possibly drive you to that. I wonder if he had any guilt over it, or was his condition such that it affected him to the point where he couldn't feel empathy for anyone or anything. I still have to have sympathy for someone whose mental state drove them to that. I have to also wonder why the hell wasn't he locked up and kept that way to avoid these disgusting tragedies?
@@juliestrickland7754 The part of the brain that regulates what you will or won't eat starts to relax when you're in a state of starvation. I'm assuming this was the reason behind the many more questionable things he had eaten. That part of the brain relaxing a bit is why many genuinely starving people will eat dogs and cats and even resort to cannibalism.
You're voice is sooo comforting to me. Thoroughly thrilled to have had you for over one and one half hours tonight!!! Still the best dressed man on u tube.
I think the authorities took the correct actions with Mary at the time when typhoid was such a problem. The woman clearly knew or sensed that she was related to all the people in the household of her former employers who fell sick, but chose to run. She was asked to improve her hygiene habits yet she wouldn’t listen. So what she did was reckless endangerment or even manslaughter.
What she did was in order to survive. If they had payed her enough to sustain a living without having to work... but they didn't. You can't just lock someone up because they don't get sick. What was she supposed to do without income? Die?
@@SlateTiaraShe was perfectly capable of working in another profession and she did, for a while after her first release. She was selfish, lazy and nasty-she wanted to prepare food for rich people after getting her bodily fluids on her hands and not washing them… and she wanted to be paid well to do it.
@@seaborgium919 They said ``under questioning she revealed she rarely washed her hands.'' ``Under questioning'' I would think means they pressed for details about how she completed the hand-washing process, and at that point, she probably admitted to just rinsing them with water. Because I saw a documentary where she was depicted as fervently proclaiming that she did ``wash'' her hands. So it was probably when they pointed out that it's not really washing if you don't use soap, that she realized.
@quickchris10 we need to explain that now a days. The amount of old ppl I see splashing their hands with water for .2 seconds and calling it good after using a public bathroom is horrifying. I used to love going to the local casino till I had to wait in line for the bathroom one day. . . 🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢
Wow! I used to play Dungeons & Dragons when I was in my early twenties with my husband at that time and I don't remember any of this! We just sat at the table rolled the dice and played our characters!
Paul, you remind me of my childhood mentor. His name was Marvin Ballard, and he sadly died earlier this year. But your lecture method, your speech volume fluctuations, and your ability to make even the weird sh*t seem the most interesting part of the story... he would do so much of the same idiosyncrasies. Thank you for letting me relive a bit of my childhood with your stories, and your channel. 💙
Personally, I believe one condition Tarerre may have suffered from mega esophagus. Its a condition which seems to be more common in dogs, however it would explain the enlarged gullet while also being able to see the stomach through his mouth. From what i can recall currently, Mega Esophagus is what it sounds like, an enlarged esophagus accompanied by a weakened or absent esophageal sphincter, which acts as a valve between the esophagus and stomach.
He probably had prader-willi syndrome, combined with short bowel syndrome and trimethylaminuria. The prader willi syndrome caused high ghrelin secretion, driving his insatiable hunger. The short bowel syndrome caused malabsorbtion of nutriens, leaving his body in constant need for food. And due to the wast amounts of meat he consumed, containing high amounts of choline and carnitine being converter into trimethylamine, his liver would not have been able to produce enough FMO3-enzyme to oxidate all the trimethylamine into trimethylamine-oxide. The high amounts of remaining trimethylamine would be the cause of his foul body odor and cause even more damage to the mucus membranes of his intestines, causing even more malabsorbtion and horrible diarrhea. Due to him being born with these conditions, he would've cousine large amounts of food from an early age. The esophagus and stomach would've just grown to accomodate his eating habits.
@@WWETheDeadManDTFI doubt he'd have been only 100lbs if he had PWS 😮. Though they're only drawings of him and not photos, his hands and feet don't appear to be unusually small either but you're right about his voracious appetite fitting with PWS
@@Vixter1945 the lack of nutrient absorption from short bowel syndrome would have kept his weight down. His body simply may not have processed the food he ate.
In ancient literature they talk about Giants and mighty men with insatiable appetites that were eating up everything animals humans Native Americans documented these things I'm thinking these big eaters were related to these things
16:10 I would really "like" u.u to know if he committed or not the n*crophilia acts or not.. I mean, did the doll he made holes and or there was traces of acts or not? If they are possibilist, some clue was there
@@wompppwompwompppNo that HBO autopsy series. The female who narrated the series was totally creepy. The series you feared and hated to watchm but couldn't stop~
Well, I never...heard Typhoid Mary's mother had typhoid while she was pregnant with her. That very well could explain why Mary was immune or at least Asymptomatic
I respect Annie going over the falls, people can do what they like, but I think that it’s sad that she brought the cat. The poor thing couldn’t consent and had no idea what was going on.
I like 'Well I never' because the presentation is excellent. Great descriptions backed up with well described factual details. It's like a good Sherlock Holmes story! Thanks for your sharing your endeavors. 😊
I first heard about Tarrare from Sam O'Nella Academy's youtube channel. It's an equally entertaining retelling, just with cartoons instead of a well-dressed Scotsman.
Avery ALMOST being saved only to die in the very fashion that he was at risk of dying in the first place has got to be one of the most “well, shit… at least we tried” moments in American History 😂
Just stumbled across this channel and its right up my street! Love all these crime content creators popping up, I just love the narrator, I will for sure be catching up on the videos I have missed! I wonder how much the tale of Tarrer is true, surely all of that story can not be true?
What an amazing treat to get an hour and a half of bizarre and varied stories like these! You are an excellent storyteller, and this time we got the luxury of little snippets of that British humour, too. Your "beef jerky" remark about Rasputin's body part came as I was having a drink of carbonated water. Talk about unexpected sinus cleansing! 😂😂😂
1:08:12 When Harry Potter was released many groups denounced the books, calling them satanic and Black Magic. The books were banned and burned. Its such a relief the books and DnD are accepted now. Also thank you to Paul and his team. I love everything about this channel especially the script; in this video I appreciated the encouragement in the Niagara Falls section given to those feeling down and thinking of suicide. It was just such a wonderful, sincere and decent thing to do. I love this channel thank you so much for all your work❤
The harry potter books are extremely evil, after the harry potter movies came out, the interest in witchcraft sky rocketed. ex warlocks and witchdoctors can testify that from the age of 5 onwards they had to attend witchcraft school, from 7 in the morning till 7 at night. And the first thing they are taught in the occult is that Christianity is evil and their main enemy. Those old Christians were exactly right! Look at the world we are in now, satanism is on our tv, in our music videos, in kids shows its everywhere.
That was a most enjoyable hour-and-a-half or so. Regarding Mary Mallon's incarceration, I am reminded of Spock's "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" line from "The Wrath of Khan". Regarding the religious right's feverish denunciations of D&D, to me it represented a bizarre turf war with the religious fundamentalists defending their lucrative financial position as the pinnacle of fantasy roleplaying
So very interesting, ENTERTAINING!!! I absolutely love your work, THANKYOU so so much for bringing all of this together. I could honestly watch and listen to your show endlessly. Bravo 👌👏
I love these videos. So well researched and made. I love how engaging you are. You are able to keep my attention, which is all over the place usually. It's rare I can find content creators that keep me absorbed and so interested.
How do people get so wrapped up in hysteria like that of the 1980s over D&D? If games are real, I want all the money I've won in Monopoly over the years.
I'm going through a really tough time right now and I stumbled upon this channel and its making me feel like my grandfather is here just telling me interesting things to keep my mind off of what's going on. Thank you.
I'm sorry to hear you're going through some tough times at the moment, Afton but I'm glad the show is able to bring you some peace. These bad times will pass. Stay strong 🙏
The community so outraged that he removed the corpse of his beloved .. BUT .. promptly puts the poor dead woman on display for all to see............................................. What is wrong with us humans??
The motivations for the majority of posthumous marriages are heartfelt and quite beautiful really. Not Tansler, that's about obsession more than love. Allowing partners and children to benefit from the road not yet taken when the deceased was lost, instead of abandoning them to their fate, is very kind.
Marrying someone is deceased no matter what the circumstances is effed up. Get real. There is absolutely nothing beautiufl about it. It's just plain sick.
Elena made it clear she did not want him , but he turned her into a sx toy , showing profound disrespect to another human . There should be no tolerance for this behavior .
Incredible how everyone replying to you missed the point. It's not about marrying the dead body, and the body is basically never there. It's more like if your fiance died before you could make it official sort of thing, you don't just pick a random dead person who never told you they wanted to marry you
Oh my! I only got to Bonaparte' s....thingy (lol!) And defied that I must share this video with my husband! Plus, Paul deserves to be on television, so he will be...in a way. Seriously, Paul deserves to have his own show. I absolutely love his voice, is a wonderful storyteller, and he's such a gentleman....Well, with the way television programs are these days, perhaps television isn't good enough for him. Either way, he shall be on the big screen, even if it's just my big screen tv- LOL! Thank you Paul. Being able to watch your videos is always a special treat!
He already has his own show in the form of this channel. I assume he also has much more freedom with his own channel than he would with a traditional television network. However, I do agree that he is excellent to watch and that these videos are a delight.
My ex mother-in-law took up para glinding, para stuff and bundgy jumping at 75 she loved it once she learned did it single handed (well not with 1 hand get my drift) till she was 90!! All for good charities. Only stopped when she broke her hip (hit by a car) then she went fell running (up and down hills) and mini marathons. The woman was fearless she died at 103! My daughter has taken right after her and does the same.. all totally true I swear. I know my spellings terrible
in the beginning typhoid mary was a victim, but after she knew or suspected she was the source and still worked as a cook she stopped being a victim and became a perpetrator. the other carriers didn't have to be in forces isolation because they didn't knowingly expose people to typhoid. Mary did
My mother was/is one of those "ultra fundamental" Christians... a complete nut. Growing up was real interesting... and terrifying. Evidently physical, mental and psychological abuse was also "fundamental". Dark days indeed. Fortunately I reached the age of reason fairly early on, and saw it all for what it is. Very well said, thank you.
I can listen to you all day ! I love your voice inflections , perfect pronunciations of medical and forensic terms, keeping me interested and then always a great twist . Thank you for the work you do Sir ! You and your team are fabulous 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is my first foray into Well I Never and I’m delighted I took the time to watch it all comepletely. I subbed immediately. What an entertaining and educational way to deliver these interesting and important stories of everyday life and the amazing variety of people who manage to live in it. Great. Really enjoyed it.
Both my parents did but that's because I had it. There was a thyphoid outbreak at the hospital I was in. I then became a carrier. I therefore had to be under quarantine. That lasted 2years.😂
You Sir, are an all-time wholesome person to liste to. No matter at what time of day, week, month, blah... you never bore, but never rob sleep, you often scandalize, but never predudice your listner. In "times gone by" you would have been a welcome storyteller at any hearth...
You the only one that I trust to tell me factual stories not lies and I know the title is not a click hair I know you research everything well.And I thank you for that
Love the channel. It's refreshing and relieving that you've had success in this hard to define genre. It inspires me to continue to cover Odd and true tales. Subscribed.
My cousins & I were between 11-14 when the D&D hysteria swept through. Unfortunately, all our mothers made us stop playing, just as we'd started. Fortunately, sanity eventually prevailed, and some of us went on to play various PnP's. I hadn't thought about that in years. Being a kid in the 80's was interesting.
I would gladly listen to Paul read the dictionary or phone book to me. I could go to sleep to it like a bedtime story. His voice is so soothing. And I think he's kind of hot, too. I also love it when he gets tickled by something goofy he has to tell us.😂
