The Crash at Crush | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

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"On the 15th of September, 1896, around 40,000 people gathered in the temporary town of Crush in Texas..."
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@melasnexperience 3 года назад

“How did people entertain themselves before movies or radio?” “Deliberately crashing trains into each other! Don’t worry, there were only a few fatalities.”

@evilthecat13 3 года назад

People were fucking stupid lol

@Alex-cb2gf 3 года назад

@@evilthecat13 unfortunately we have not come too far considering some of the stunts we pull today.

@mupty 3 года назад

They had people getting eaten by lions 2000 years ago for entertainment

@jellomiki 3 года назад

@@evilthecat13 nah just extremely bored

@moonied4867 3 года назад

Literally people playing chicken since the beginning of time! Examples: jousting, trains, cars, etc

@AtaMarKat 3 года назад

“Assured the boilers wouldn’t explode.” Uh oh.

@ashleym9674 3 года назад

These things always trace back to someone who said “ehhh its fine, dont worry”

@redwagon4632 3 года назад

You might say, the crash was titanic in nature.

@rapdri89 3 года назад

As soon as I heard that, I knew that was gonna be the reason of the catastrophe

@WitchidWitchid 3 года назад

So much for the idea that the boilers wouldn't explode.

@cavemanlovesmoke4394 3 года назад

*after the crash at crush* "Look guys I said assured ... not sure!"

@4erographer 3 года назад

"He was quickly carted off to hospital and promptly forgotten about" aint that the dream

@Vutermelon20 3 года назад

@wanda hughes League of Legends?

@sixstringedthing 3 года назад

"Aaarggghh, me leg's broke!" "Dude, stop harshing our buzz".

@emmalynn6457 3 года назад

2:43 😂

@MorrowindES17 3 года назад

Probs didn't wont to pay him for the head injury.😝

@MorrowindES17 3 года назад

The game was rigged from the start...

@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202 3 года назад

i like how the people just went from "bloody hell people are dying and getting wounds that will leave them permanently disabled, left and right of me " to "gotta climb that train and take a photo and maybe some souveniers" in less then a moment.

@purplepixie274 3 года назад

Let me pick me that burning hot metal, ah shite, me hand melted

@robinmcinarnay7827 2 года назад

Stone cold. Hell, they were prolly so fuckin jaded just from the horrors they regularly faced, not to mention their hard, everyday life endured during that time period. Ppl dying was not an unfamiliar thing 😖. Same thing with freakin Bonnie and Clyde. People were literally clambering to see their bodies and their bullet riddled car for souvenirs. And this was before eBay! They needed it for those interesting stories to retell.

@grmpEqweer 2 года назад

Reminds me of people wanting souvenir body parts off of lynching victims, to commemorate the occasion.

@bobanob1967 Год назад

Today, gotta upload this fast.

@stevetournay6103 Год назад

Ain't that America...

@MrJr1976 3 года назад

I actually think this was 100% not Crush's fault. This is the fault of whatever engineer told them the boilers would not explode. Making the people stand back that far likely saved the lived of dozens of not hundreds of people. Then constructing an alternate track to make sure no runaways happened. Crush was obviously prioritizing safety here and he worked off of trusted information. I would love to see something like this in the modern day.

@dngrwllrbnsn_ 10 месяцев назад

I agree and am VERY surprised they had the audience backed off as far as they did.

@Squiddlewheel 3 года назад

“Hey, let’s go watch a train crash.” Is probably one of the most hilarious and primal things I could ever imagine.

@quad5186 3 года назад

“We met at a trainwreck , it was fate.”

@benjaminosterloh3605 3 года назад

Public executions used to be family entertainment centuries ago. People are weird

@rollingball9536 3 года назад

Sounds like something Beavis and Butthead would do

@geoffbell166 3 года назад

@@benjaminosterloh3605 Not centuries ago,it still is in the middle east..

@benjaminosterloh3605 3 года назад

@@geoffbell166 ~ My bad

@meganlouise9007 3 года назад

It was time for Thomas to leave, for he had seen everything.

@kcninetales5973 3 года назад

No wonder Thomas Edison didn't actually go, LMAO.

@vincentmusic09 3 года назад

@@kcninetales5973 she was talking about Thomas The Tank Engine

@kcninetales5973 3 года назад

@@vincentmusic09 I know, it was a joke

@thegoldengamer9315 3 года назад

allosaurs had never seen such bullshit before

@vincentmusic09 3 года назад

@@thegoldengamer9315 neither had Tesla 😂

@Flofutz 3 года назад

Can we just admire the photographer for a second? Hitting the exact time with this equipment is mindbloewing to me.

@RightOne1 3 года назад

Maybe, the best shot out of the multiple cameras

@sixstringedthing 3 года назад

Modern day photographers get pretty excited when they catch that "perfect moment" exposure... the fellow who took that shot must have been over the moon (and probably became a moderately wealthy man because of it, would have sold like hotcakes and been hard to keep up with demand).

@pollypockets508 3 года назад

Props

@MrJavaman5 3 года назад

As a photographer myself, I was amazed by that as well. Today, we have cameras than can shoot several frames a second in rapid succession. They didn’t have anything like that back in 1896. Most cameras were slow and were suited for fast action photography.

@RightOne1 3 года назад

@@MrJavaman5possible with many cameras working at the same time.

@MrT571 3 года назад

"The crowd were thrilled and surged forward..." Aaaaand this is where it always starts going wrong

@jmiller297 3 года назад

Bruhhh... You caught that $#!%, *too??* Lmao... 😂🤣💀

@apassionatenerd.3564 2 года назад

Honestly, I think it started going wrong when they planned to crash 2 trains into eachother for a chuckle and nobody said "Maybe this isn't a great idea"

@talleywa5772 3 года назад

One of the few disasters that was the result of a genuinely poor roll of the cosmic dice despite what was believed to be the most adequate precautions available, and not sleazy bureaucratic corner cutting. It's almost a breath of fresh air.

@antoy384 2 года назад

Well let’s just say that engineering degrees didn’t exist at that time but it was fairly predictable.

@JeremyBurns-xl3uq Год назад

@@antoy384 The first engineering degree in the United States was awarded in 1835.

@Cora.T Год назад

Tbh I was genuinely surprised that they went and made a safety protocol

@tehfiredog Год назад

They actually did about everything they could to be safe about it, including consulting with experts on the likelihood of a boiler explosion. Can't say they didn't try!

@CatBatss 3 года назад

Love how even back then people were excited about vehicle crashes. Feels like the equivalent of a victorian era monster truck rally 😂

@thejudgmentalcat 3 года назад

Maximum Destruction.

@Domino365 3 года назад

Can you imagine if social media existed back then?

@shimmershine6902 3 года назад

@@Domino365 Retweet if you’re coming to the ball tonight! I heard that cute merchant’s son is coming. Who needs a ride, I’ve got extra room in my carriage!

@ecm84ee 3 года назад

Yeah and victorians were notorious for morbid curiosity. Besides what other entertainment was there?

@rabbitsonjupiter6824 3 года назад

@@shimmershine6902 🤣🤣

@CheezusChrist1776 3 года назад

And here i was thinking 2020 was a wild year. Meanwhile, 124 years ago we were out here crashing trains head first for shits and giggles

@Comrade_Jason 3 года назад

Boeing once crashed one of their planes for an experiment. It's quite spectacular.

@CheezusChrist1776 3 года назад

@@Comrade_Jason When was this? You have my attention

@metalman_j 3 года назад

19th century demolition derby

@Comrade_Jason 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kJZ1eHU_JZg.html via @RU-vid

@Comrade_Jason 3 года назад

I think there was one with a 747 as well, but I may be mistaken

@Trainfan1055Janathan 3 года назад

When will these people learn? When someone from back then says, "I assure you nothing bad will happen," it's basically a guarantee that _everything_ bad will happen.

@bonnie7698 3 года назад

Living in the 1800s is just asking for death

@NZKiwi87 3 года назад

@@bonnie7698 living *anytime* is asking for death, at some point. Guaranteed.

@bonnie7698 3 года назад

@@NZKiwi87 well yeah but 1800s is something else

@SnarkierThan-U-R 3 года назад

Kinda like saying the Titanic is UNSINKABLE on it's maiden voyage

@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0 3 года назад

@@SnarkierThan-U-R It's pride. People want to be right and act smart like they created the best thing ever made that nothing can stop it. Their pride blinds them from any possible flaws in their creation because they refuse to believe they are flawed themselves.

@AndrewCamarata 3 года назад

Staged train crashes need to start happening again. I would go.

@tttgggccc 3 года назад

Hell yeah, though maybe they should be live on telly instead lmao

@AndrewCamarata 3 года назад

@@tttgggccc I’ll go watch it in person.

@bukuroshebytyci185 3 года назад

You guys say, after just watching a video we’re every conceivable thing went wrong. *you are part of the problem*

@cjgauss6079 3 года назад

Hell yeah!

@KyrosTheWolf 3 года назад

this is why we have Hollywood movies now

@cjford2217 3 года назад

Entertainment in 1896: Standing in a field watching a train wreck with thousands of people. Entertainment in 2020: Sitting at home watching RU-vid videos of a train wreck while in quarantine. The biggest train wreck of all: 2020

@redsloane879 3 года назад

True!🤣

@metleon 3 года назад

Entertainment in 1861: Going to the front lines of a war to have a picnic.

@andrewmcneil2110 3 года назад

Amen to that.

@shannonmortenson3312 3 года назад

Accurate af

@manuelwitrago6511 3 года назад

2022 - hold my beer.

@inklingofadream 3 года назад

"the trains crashed at almost exactly the calculated impact site" is this where we get all those "train a leaves at 20 mph" story problems from?

@artisannoteworthy 3 года назад

Now we know who to blame

@pyroparagon8945 3 года назад

The calculations are important, if the crash occured a mile off the correct site, the crowd would be in the wrong place.

@HercadosP 3 года назад

@@pyroparagon8945 But would the crowd have missed the crash more than you missing the joke?

@stevenschnepp576 3 года назад

@@HercadosP Jokes tend to be funny.

@TrianglePants 3 года назад

not Nobody jokes

@faith_alone 3 года назад

Imagine thinking that this was the best answer to: "Guys, how can we get people to ride our train?"

@caseydykes117 3 года назад

Maybe they were Interested in the business of shipping out bodies.

@adamolupin 3 года назад

It'd be like a new airline company crashing one of its planes in order to attract flyers. "Wasn't that so cool! Now come fly with us! We promise we won't actually crash."

@denilla8034 3 года назад

It worked. They became a household name in a positive way

@SkillZgetKillZ 3 года назад

It seemingly was the best after all... it worked

@MeLeTroll 3 года назад

@@adamolupin Two empty planes crashing into each other would be a cool thing to see. Maybe they were onto something.

@ChiseledDiamond 3 года назад

'wanna crash trains together?' 'aw hell yeah!!' 'but people are gonna die!' 'HELL YEAH'

@thepanpiper7715 3 года назад

As a UK resident, whose only knowledge is secondhand tidbits from American pop culture, this honestly sounds like old-timey NASCAR.

@jeffslote9671 3 года назад

I definitely would be at this event if it happened nowadays

@iaincowell9747 3 года назад

@Lawlzilla yeah, most of the 1900s were violent as hell too.

@vanessaa7602 3 года назад

"This is Amurica."

@alexsatskiy7481 3 года назад

@lawzilla Yeah it’s bc people weren’t nice until Martin lurther king gave his speech

@roseclouds5838 3 года назад

“here’s free lifetime train passes for your train trauma”

@bobburger9152 3 года назад

family's OF THE DEAD -WOW THANKS!

@aewtx 3 года назад

How sad that this happened, especially when the organizers went out of their way to take safety precaution measures, especially considering for that time they didn't care about that as much as they would nowadays. It's the engineers who made the error, not the organizers, They were thoughtful enough to consult with experts.

@esteemedmortal5917 3 года назад

“I saw the Crash at Crush and all I got was this lousy shrapnel”

@Vegas_Des 3 года назад

It was the last thing I ever saw. So worth it!

@the_rover1 3 года назад

...into my eye! - a photographer on site

@jmiller297 3 года назад

My dog got beheaded! 😄

@tomperkins5657 3 года назад

THAT-IS-HILARIOUS!!

@triangleofdeath6246 3 года назад

I got my shrapnel with Express delivery!

@PhantomStella 3 года назад

"nah the boilers won't explode" Boilers: *explode* "well, I may have miscalculated?"

@emilyadams3228 3 года назад

Theme Song: Under Pressure

@the_rover1 3 года назад

well, seems the boilers did hold tight in case of rupture. ...but eventually succumbed due to getting smashed together at 45 x 2 mph. who'd have known! 🙄💁

@purplepixie274 3 года назад

Ummmm sozzy?

@chaminadecrew79 2 года назад

“They’re built not to rupture, don’t worry” “Well I mean that’s for normal service, what if we smash them into one another at 45mph?” “Uhh, well they’re built not to rupture, so don’t worry”

@christianbloodsworth8651 3 года назад

"Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make"- William George Crush, 1896

@ingridfong-daley5899 3 года назад

It's like America's covid policy :)

@Arcalargo 3 года назад

@@ingridfong-daley5899 Specifically Covid Kim of Iowa

@ingridfong-daley5899 3 года назад

@@Arcalargo I'm not sure what that is, but what a fascinating 'title' to be called by!

@Arcalargo 3 года назад

@@ingridfong-daley5899 Kim Reynolds, the Governor of Iowa, has done such an amazing job of not doing anything to stop the spread of Covid-19 that we have given her many fun nicknames. The Kim Reaper and Covid Kim being two. We even call bodybags "Reynolds wrap" in her honor.

@ingridfong-daley5899 3 года назад

@@Arcalargo oh wow--that's kind of amazing! thanks for clueing me in... my friends often ask me if my cave has an address, and i suspect they're talking about moments like these :)

@yellowdevil14 3 года назад

The only thing more dangerous than two trains crashing head first into each other is how addicting this channel is

@joshyaks 3 года назад

"Should we help some of these injured people, or should we get some sweet souvenir photos on the wreckage? Photos it is!!"

@pamiam9017 2 года назад

Why did I hear that in Shane Madej's voice?😂😂😂😂😂

@corbindioxide6253 2 года назад

Yolooooooo

@Emelenyt 3 года назад

I like that you cover topics I haven't seen 100 times before

@julianwalker5657 3 года назад

Facts bro

@aleighajenkins7816 3 года назад

Or things I've never heard of!

@tijuanaiguana190 3 года назад

Can't tell if that is sarcasm lol

@rmc_fan 3 года назад

@@tijuanaiguana190 he’s saying that he doesn’t just cover the same topics everyone else covers, instead he does original content and puts effort and research into his videos.. unlike most youtubers lol

@Ariel_ButNotTheMermaid 3 года назад

Amen. I've watched disaster videos for like a decade (its a weird hobby) and He finds stuff I've never seen on count downs or other shows.

@omnibussy 3 года назад

the very concept of this as an entertainment event makes me realize Flapjack was never that far off about the weird shit ppl did for amusement

@cadillacdeville5828 3 года назад

I remember that cartoon

@spzer2557 3 года назад

Do*

@jimjellyjinjamjimbo 3 года назад

My childhood show lol

@foggyfrogy 3 года назад

as someone who was always afraid of heights... I never understood why people are into airplane shows, dangerous parkour videos etc. If you watch them they're gonna do it more and one day maybe hurt or kill themselves... but I guess the danger is what makes this shows so popular....

@JeveGreen 3 года назад

Don't forget that executions used to be considered entertainment as well, during the middle ages. We humans go to crazy lengths for a thrill.

@Jynx_Splatoon 3 года назад

2:33 Imagine being the only guy who went to see a train crash that got hurt.

@Hey_Jamie 3 года назад

There are worse things lol

@juliusnepos6013 3 года назад

@@Hey_Jamie yeah

@cuddlepaws4423 3 года назад

I can well imagine he would carry his injuries and subsequent scars like trophies. 'I was there and I have the scars to prove it!'

@SiPakRubah 3 года назад

U bet he's proud with it

@GazB85 3 года назад

@@cuddlepaws4423 "I was there, Maaaaan! I did some stuff and saw somethings!"

@TheZackofSpades 3 года назад

“Yes people died but we increased share holder value substantially”

@the_rover1 3 года назад

I just wait for the first enterprise to stage a full blown terror attack to ensure shareholder value going brrrt.

@BILLYBOBB3080 3 года назад

lol

@The1nvisibleJeevas 3 года назад

I mean, it *was* the gilded age back then

@bobburger9152 3 года назад

@@the_rover1 We already saw it, 911

@devinjones1527 3 года назад

"Well, we got all these trains lying around..." "Ferb, I know what were gonna do today"

@Eagle_the_18th 2 года назад

“Mom!!! Phineas is trying to crash two trains in front of a large crowd!”

@corbindioxide6253 2 года назад

😂😂😂

@nthgth 2 года назад

"My latest invention, the train vanishinator!!"

@aidanfarnan4683 3 года назад

"Oh my God the photographer lost an eye!" MTK: "Did he get A cool photo?" "Well, yes, but..." MTK: "Then mission accomplished."

@RICDirector 3 года назад

Goes for press photographers in general, too....crazy people!~ :)

@heyitshuttz3705 3 года назад

It’s the MKT aka the Katy

@RightOne1 3 года назад

But cameraman is immortal.

@StonedtotheBones13 3 года назад

Honestly I thought that would be so devastating. Like I'm not missing the joke, I just think it'd suck for your career that depends on seeing to be possibly ruined

@Syclone0044 3 года назад

6:45 “So intense was the interest, that the event had to be delayed, as the crowd pressed forward through the cordons that had been set up.“ So in other words, there was a crush at the crash at Crush.

@emily.g.929 3 года назад

I thought the exact same thing!

@roserollins9800 2 года назад

One of those "Hold My Beer" moments

@davidlundquist1979 2 года назад

Which was further complicated by the surprising appearance of a crash of rhinos.

@arvinroidoatienza7082 Год назад

And your crush was definitely there

@zuttoaragi8349 Год назад

I hate you, but that pun is amazing.

@BeeWhistler 3 года назад

For once, the people holding the event were actually trying to make it as safe as possible. Not well enough by modern standards, but they had actually taken steps to keep people safe in their own stupid way. I suppose folks figured anyone who went to a thing like that was taking their chances and so they didn't really take any legal action.

@1x4 3 года назад

Kind of like Nascar. Most people are really there for the possibility of wrecks.

@mybraineatseverything7404 3 года назад

That's because in those days, people took responsibility for their own choices and actions. They didn't sue everybody because they used an error in judgment. Yeah, I miss those days.

@ingridfong-daley5899 3 года назад

I think you're right--back in the day, people took a certain amount of responsibility for their own actions, like "well i did go and intentionally stand in front of two colliding trains..." Now people expect to be protected from their own stupidity and want a life-long handout :P I think I'd have gladly accepted a bit of shrapnel for the experience of witnessing such a massive spectacle. The noise/sound must've been incredible!!!

@cavemanlovesmoke4394 3 года назад

@@ingridfong-daley5899 👌💯 it's nice to see some truth in these comment sections

@GOGOSLIFE 3 года назад

People had common-sense back then. Now you have to tell people NOT to eat Tide pods, and they still don't listen. SMDH

@smoothmicra 3 года назад

LOL, a different time alright. "Hey, Fred's been killed by a piece of shrapnel!" "Yeah? F*ck him, I want a souvenir from the wreckage!".

@hdng1984 2 года назад

"Quick, hold Fred's head still while I retrieve this bolt from his temple"

@AGRGTR09 3 года назад

out of all of his videos...this one is his master piece...the way the tension builds with the narration. This kids dynamite i tell yaz!

@jenniferbaldini3527 3 года назад

"The boilers were built to withhold rupture". You have my word. Trust me. Now, let's talk about some swamp land I have for sale in Florida...

@ignignxkt 3 года назад

Walt Disney: I'm all ears, where was this land again?

@jenniferbaldini3527 3 года назад

@@ignignxkt BAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Good one!! "I'm all *ears* " "When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable". ~ Walt Disney

@robertely686 3 года назад

Or that country that we need to invade to protect our freedom!

@crankychris2 3 года назад

Actually, they typed 'rapture', but the letter 'a' was clogged, making it appear to be the letter 'u'.

@nancyharman4795 Год назад

Does that-thar swamp land come with gators?? 😺💕🐾

@th3proman 3 года назад

People saying that crashing trains for entertainment is weird, meanwhile in Hollywood they crash millions of dollars worth of vehicles, explosions.. same thing i guess they didn’t have the technology to film it so they had to bring people in and watch it live lol

@TheMitchellExpress 3 года назад

And demolition derbys are still a thing

@AJ-xv7oh 3 года назад

Exactly! Who wouldn't be entertained by seeing two trains crash into each other lol I know id love to see it.

@matthiasschmatz8101 3 года назад

@The 2nd To Last Of The Albino Mexheecans Me too! And Crush for a crash is a good name i think. And a monster truck can't beat two trains.

@beanandcornbreadman5134 3 года назад

I don’t think it’s weird I think it’s fking awesome

@SlavaUkraini85 3 года назад

good point, never thought about that

@far_centrist 3 года назад

two people can attest that it was truly once-in-a-lifetime experience.

@jovetj Год назад

Not if they had attended another event prior.

@ughwdym 3 года назад

"Crush was fired on the spot..." yes "...but quietly rehired the next working day" no

@Tmrfe0962 3 года назад

Yup, he set a precedent for future corporate lies….it’s all about the bottom line.

@dmreddragon6 3 года назад

You sir are talented at finding (and delivering) interesting stories, most of which I had never heard of before. Thank you!

@ashleym9674 3 года назад

How did the human race survive this long

@another_unique_username 3 года назад

Because it’s a race. The bad seeds tend to get left behind and lost

@emilyadams3228 3 года назад

It would be, if that were how it actually worked. Instead, the exact opposite happens. The worst destroy the best, because the human race is a weak, failed abortion of a species. The only species in the history of the world that destroys the most advanced examples, the ones who could help the species survive or, even worse, evolve. So good luck w/that "future" thing you think you have.

@somejimmydude2121 3 года назад

@Guy Incognito It's called evolution, it's science. It has nothing to do with politics

@DistractedGlobeGuy 3 года назад

Because the individuals who died doing stupid shit like this didn't live to reproduce and propagate their obviously defective genes to the rest of us.

@stevenschnepp576 3 года назад

@@emilyadams3228 Show us on the dolly where humanity hurt you.

@TheoPhysics495 3 года назад

You have the perfect audiobook narrator voice I could listen all day!

@rjk69 3 года назад

Only if you want to fall asleep. He talks so slowly I can make a cup of tea in-between words.

@michaeln7305 3 года назад

Voice is right up there with Car Cleaning Guru & TheCrafsMan 😎

@helentelehowski679 3 года назад

I love listening to this man. His voice would definitely help me to go to sleep. My problem with that would be, I'd get so interested in the story, I'd stay awake to hear the ending lol.

@davidhusband5022 3 года назад

check out his big car chanel

@Preservestlandry 3 года назад

@@rjk69 it makes everything sound sexy: "Disastrous " "Yes daddy 💋"

@kevintemple245 3 года назад

Gotta say, those photographers got a couple absolutely perfect shots. One at the exact moment of impact, and one at the moment of explosion. Outstanding.

@RaisedLetter 3 года назад

"Crush!! You're fired! Now think about what you've done and come back tomorrow!"

@idanceforpennies281 3 года назад

To think that two boilers in a head-on collision with dozens of tonnes of mass directly behind them wouldn't explode is some kind of craziness. The 1890s were known to be a really crazy period actually, full of optimism, invention and spectacle.

@make-outfuneral2880 3 года назад

Video: *a unique specitcal…* Me at 3am on a school night during finals week: I see, I see, riveting, absolutely dashing

@bryonjackson3209 3 года назад

This comment is either unintentionally genius or one of the best puns I've ever heard.

@ingridfong-daley5899 3 года назад

I promise I'm not picking, but I have to put the word "spectacle" here just in case...

@cavemanlovesmoke4394 3 года назад

@@ingridfong-daley5899 lol thx it bothered my thoughts for a second and made me think of ghosts

@pand3mic942 3 года назад

I guess you could say- it was like watching a trainwreck **puts on sunglasses**

@JarethGarza 3 года назад

WAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

@sonicfan101sonic6 3 года назад

It be like that sometimes btw Nintendo is better than playstation no debate

@brianclingenpeel5123 3 года назад

You are a legend. Don't ever change

@Black-Swan-007 3 года назад

I wonder if this is where that phrase comes from.

@sybrenkruijf8570 3 года назад

@@JarethGarza its yeaaaahh you sucker

@pigeonette 3 года назад

“a deliberate train crash as a publicity stunt was not unprecedented” me, a train driver: 🤨

@The5thAstronaut 3 года назад

You know what you must do

@itwontcomeout5678 3 года назад

Are you a rapid transit driver? :D

@RocketRoosterFilms 3 года назад

No need to worry, you would have jumped off LONG before your train reached the collision zone. XD

@heyitshuttz3705 3 года назад

Me a railfan: 🤨

@kevinmathewson4272 3 года назад

TrainsTrainsTrainsTrainsTrainsTrains

@crazyleyland5106 Год назад

Scott Joplin wrote a tune about this called "The Crush Collision March." The boiler explosions were particularly unlucky, as I know of a few really violent train crashes in the UK where the boilers didn't explode- Harrow, Ditton, Abergele. Maybe it was in this case because the engines met boiler to boiler on the same stretch of track.

@quincylongman7469 3 года назад

This would have been a cool event for Rock Star to feature in the latest Red Dead that you could happen upon

@madamebkrt 2 года назад

Agreed!

@sofiabeaufrand2251 3 года назад

Watching this video with zero context was a constant guessing game of what exactly would go wrong. As the first crash went perfectly at around 2 minutes into a 13 minute video I got more and more anxious until he talked about how they were promised that the boilers definitely probably wouldn't explode.

@CinemaDemocratica 3 года назад

"Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville; welcome to Jackass."

@17luckynumbers 3 года назад

He and Steve-O would be driving the trains naked.

@CinemaDemocratica 3 года назад

@@17luckynumbers Using their butt cheeks to work the controls.

@17luckynumbers 3 года назад

@@CinemaDemocratica Steve-O would for sure, he's still a crazy bastard! 😵

@isaned 3 года назад

"And we call this one "crash crush."

@charlosrossi 3 года назад

I wish Union Pacific would do this nowadays it would be amazing

@mariog1982 3 года назад

Awesome video as always. I have a video suggestion: The Aggie Bonfire incident at University of Texas A & M. The bonfire was a tradition on campus until 1999 while under construction the bonfire collapsed killing 12 people and injuring 27 others.

@jamesdalton3082 3 года назад

YES! That was a horrible yet fascinating disaster.

@jamesmelcher9355 5 месяцев назад

Fascinating Horror did indeed do an episode on that after you posted this. It’s very well done.

@mycupoverflows7811 3 года назад

I've lived in Texas for 33 years and never heard of this! Love the use of music and silence in this video! Well done. 😍😊

@garyhiggins5823 3 года назад

"This ship is unsinkable!"

@CoinsAndCapsaicin 3 года назад

Thank you. I'm attempting to keep my grandfather's furnace running until morning. Through this frigid Minnesota night. Its nice to have some good quality content while I toil on.

@QueenOfTheNorth65 3 года назад

As a former Minnesotan, I understand. Best of luck. And it’s nice of you to do that for your Grandfather.

@Starstruck_Seven 3 года назад

Make sure it doesn't explode lmao

@anhedonianepiphany5588 3 года назад

I'll happily trade this stinking hot Australian day/night for your frigid Minnesota anytime! Other bonuses include a SARS-CoV-2 free environment.

@peregrinemendicant4758 3 года назад

best of luck!

@CoinsAndCapsaicin 3 года назад

Thanks everyone! It was a long night to say the least, but I managed to keep the half-broken furnace going. New one was installed today. All better!

@colehodgman9248 3 года назад

I can’t even be like “wow that’s so dumb who would do that blah blah” bc I would do that I would 100% pay to see this I would push to the front of the crowd

@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202 3 года назад

same

@cephery8482 3 года назад

I might have second thoughts but if i saw the 200 yard cordon id also not doubt the danger that much given they'd obviously thought about it somewhat

@happiestcamel5064 3 года назад

I would care about destroying a classic steam train, that shit’s expensive

@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202 3 года назад

@@happiestcamel5064 no need to do it with classics, just use normal ones as soon as the company sells them for scrap, yopu buy them get the fit enough to do one more run and scrap them the more interesting way

@uwootmviii8695 3 года назад

@@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202 just find a downhill railroad and you just need to cut off the brakes.

@Donde_Lieta 3 года назад

When I saw this, I got way too excited. I love crazy Victorian shit, and this is something I’ve always wanted to know more about.

@biscaya08 3 года назад

Had no idea events like these took place. Thank you for the great content and storytelling. I've become addicted to your videos ❤

@LibraKittyCat 3 года назад

I would love to hear you talk about the Knickerbocker Theatre collapse!

@AdmiralNMR 3 года назад

You have such a relaxing voice. Even with all the death and carnage you talk about

@librarianontheloose 3 года назад

Just smash two trains To make sales gains *clap clap clap clap* Deep in the heart of Texas

@pyroparagon8945 3 года назад

Lmao

@faithyourfear6401 3 года назад

😄😄😄

@noahbagel177 3 года назад

As a Texan, I approve.

@jetfoxproductions 3 года назад

as soon as i heard "possible boiler explosion" i knew how this would end, and i was right. still can't understand why anyone would destroy two working steam trains.

@yoimmablob 3 года назад

Same reason people destroy working iPhones and ps5s for RU-vid, I guess.

@wouldntyouliketoknow1840 3 года назад

I mean they mentioned the engines or boilers (idr which) were outdated/too small so there wasn’t use for them anyway. Why not give people a show destroying them either way?

@bigcat5348 3 года назад

Because it's cool as shit, that's why. Why do the Mythbusters crash cars?

@WizKhalia13 3 года назад

@@bigcat5348 The Mythbusters are busting myths. That’s why they crash cars.

@bryede 3 года назад

I wonder if the could have installed some extra plating to divert shrapnel away from the crowd.

@Mr.Bob_Dobalina 3 года назад

"in an era where entertainment was modest...the prospect of watching a train crash was highly enticing" Idc how much entertainment I have, someone asks me if I want to watch two trains collide, I'm going.

@morganaravens 2 года назад

The fact that even after this event happened people STILL kept doing similar events AND people were insane enough to go to them...it says it all. Humans are idiots

@CookiesNBows04 3 года назад

love that you’re getting sponsorships now! deserved

@aw55550 3 года назад

As long as it's not Raid Shadow legends

@melinabee3 3 года назад

Noticed this too!

@emt7887 3 года назад

His voice is so soothing but what he’s saying is so startling I-

@zwaggy_ 3 года назад

LITERALLY LIKE ANAKAJAJ

@MsTinkerbelle87 3 года назад

It’s like when you stutter when something shocking happens ya know? You can’t hear it? lol

@WizKhalia13 3 года назад

@Okay. it’s like being speechless and appalled.

@emilyadams3228 3 года назад

That's the British way. Understatement. Watch Monty Python, & see how they say the most outlandish things w/a straight face & deadpan voice.

@AlexanderBruyns 3 года назад

@Okay. I'm Gen Z, but I find the "I-" thing to just be cringe. It's over used, just like the "nobody, absolutely nobody" meme.

@jamesgilbert124 3 года назад

That picture at 8:00 is as perfectly timed as it gets.

@jamesjones9167 3 года назад

"Bring the kids! It's gonna be a *blast!* "

@chris-hayes 3 года назад

For y'all thinking we never do crap like this anymore, don't forget Discovery Channel crashed a passenger jet for fun not too long ago.

@emily.g.929 3 года назад

?! What?! Why?

@stevenstice6683 3 года назад

@@emily.g.929 I'm guessing it was Mythbusters.

@madamebkrt 2 года назад

Yep. I reckon you could find a modern equivalent for every insane form of entertainment from back in the day.

@theguystaringatyou2197 3 года назад

just sat down to use the bathroom and i can tell i'll be here a while

@nicholasschroeder3678 3 года назад

No shit?

@theguystaringatyou2197 3 года назад

@@nicholasschroeder3678 no there was indeed shit

@nicholasschroeder3678 3 года назад

@@theguystaringatyou2197 No shit🙄😉💩

@Bryan-qd4fk 3 года назад

Your username makes this comment 2.3x better

@cavemanlovesmoke4394 3 года назад

@@nicholasschroeder3678 ya still on the toilet?

@cronavirus_ragnareich 3 года назад

This is the most barking mad thing I've heard of... And I'm told I have inappropriate passions being fascinated by disasters?! It's a far cry from making a deliberate one for the sake of entertainment. Also most glad to hear the background music has come back ❤️

@scottinsd1 3 года назад

I’m guessing that the term “crushed it” probably originated from this event?

@emilyadams3228 3 года назад

They had one in Florida in 1897. A spectator got the idea for Orange Crush. tee hee

@tlingitsoldier 3 года назад

2:20 the crowd rushed in to grab souvenirs, and take pictures on the wreck. Some human behavior is timeless...

@warsscarsplanetmars 3 года назад

I found your channel today via video recommendation, I’ve been binging your videos. I love the no drama, straight to the point factual recounts and explanations, and calming voice. You’re doing an amazing job!

@joannawarrens5117 3 года назад

Is this the origin of “like watching a train wreck?”

@jennkivell2381 3 года назад

they just couldn't look away

@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope 3 года назад

@@jennkivell2381 before humans were addicted to social medi, they were addicted to collecting souvenirs , they get an arm blown off by shrapnel and still go clamoring to the wreckage to grab some hot iron

@dlbstl 3 года назад

That is my exact question too. " It's like watching a train wreck".

@themaus3847 3 года назад

The trains really got crushed in the town of crush.

@aperson257 3 года назад

Well the town was created entirely for the event

@cavemanlovesmoke4394 3 года назад

All from the the man Crush

@aw55550 3 года назад

Badumm tshhh

@dannygroom3327 3 года назад

"Crowds get crushed and killed after crash at crush"- I think that is more like what you were thinking of

@bilindalaw-morley161 3 года назад

"a once in a lifetime scene" Well, one would hope so.

@BeckBeckGo 3 года назад

Particularly true for the dead.

@yourshadows 3 года назад

People are strange! I never saw a train crash, and I can live with that! I can’t believe that anyone thought that it was a good idea! So crazy

@ClickClack_Bam 3 года назад

A lot of people don't know that watch accuracy was driven from the want to avoid crashing trains. That's where incredibly accurate pocket watches came from. I own 2 to mechanical pocket watches, both over 100 years old, which keep perfect time.

@TheMOMdq 3 года назад

Would you consider covering the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster? I appreciate how respectful your narration is to those who died.

@hugewangsan3060 3 года назад

A town called crush? Already sounds like a bad omen. Love your content!

@ladyneximilian8885 3 года назад

oh Joplin wrote a rag about this! I always wondered why it was called "The Great Crush Collision March" so! it makes sense to know that Crush was the name of the town

@emilyadams3228 3 года назад

Holy crap, I thought I was the only one who knew about that.

@porcus123 2 года назад

Those engineers..."they are built to resist rupture so they can survive being crashed into each other at full force" amazing

@brandonjames2368 3 года назад

"Once in a lifetime sight" is absolutely true when what you see is what kills you.

@SALTYH2O 3 года назад

thing that got me was they dug a well for audience to have access to drinking water ..it’s so odd isnt it?..now it’s $5 for a bottle of water -lol! merca 🇺🇸

@artisannoteworthy 3 года назад

When Texans try to joust..... Go big, or go home.

@mariakass6213 3 года назад

As a native Texan, gonna have to agree with ya. And sometimes it REALLY bites us in the ass.

@balanceofjudgement6136 3 года назад

Would love to see a video about the 1888 train wreck that destroyed the town of Fountain, Colorado, USA. Some runaway train cars were carrying 17,000 Lbs of dynamite powder that exploded after the crash. I'm gonna keep posting this, cuz I really wanna see it! Your channel is the bees knees Fascinating Horror!

@brianboisguilbert6985 2 года назад

Singer/Songwriter Brian Burns wrote a great song about this event called “The Crash at Crush”.

@Reality_TV 3 года назад

Some ideas just don't seem like good ideas even BEFORE they are put into action! This was one of them!

@michellegaza7740 3 года назад

I've never been so glad television was invented. Also: still better than gladiator fighting I guess.

@chaosdemonwolf1 3 года назад

Seeing this would have given Gomez Addams a whole new perspective on crashing trains. Forget the Lionel thing, I'll go big or go home.

@rrknl5187 3 года назад

Lol....I completely forgot about those scenes.......thanks for the reminder!

@Tempusverum 3 года назад

Gomez Addams probably invented this and was responsible for making it popular.

@clancy9853 3 года назад

Nice profile pic

@sct913 3 года назад

That was the plot for the Addams Family episode Moritica the Breadwinner - where Gomez was intent on buying a railroad for the purpose of crashing the trains. "Frankly, I'm getting a bit bored with my model trains. I'm itching to get my hands on a real railroad. Think what a wreck I could have with those babies." He never was able to stage a wreck though.

@Fimbleshanks 3 года назад

Thank you so much for the captions! I watch these with my mom, who shares my fascination with horror (pun kind of intended?) and she is hard of hearing, so the CC is incredibly beneficial. Thanks for that, and for the high quality content. No other channel makes me more excited when new videos come out.

@janettamcgee8124 3 года назад

I thought that I knew my Texas history but I've never heard of this before. Thank you for posting this.

@KingUniverso 3 года назад

I heard the premise and was like oh okay this wont go well

@camthekid8933 3 года назад

I have to get up for work in less than an hour but hey, at least I'm early!

@omnibussy 3 года назад

i'm supposed to be @ work but at least i'm early lol

@PanchoPistolas45 3 года назад

High five me too lol

@sonicfan101sonic6 3 года назад

I wish I had a job my wife about to leave me cause I'm broke

@JarethGarza 3 года назад

Good start so far

@emt7887 3 года назад

Me since March

@marcoomarcg6359 3 года назад

4:00am here in Mexico New video from Fascinating Horror ... Better get the popcorn

@lethalSelphie 3 года назад

I wonder what came first: math problems with train crash scenarios as hypotheticals or real life train crashes as amusement? Always wondered why we needed to solve for those in school...

@cruisepaige 3 года назад

I think the math problems were just about speed not crashes.

@ButterBallTheOpossum 3 года назад

That's a hell of a good picture that photographer got even by today's standard.

@brianboisguilbert6985 2 года назад

Gave his eye for it.

@darrellborland119 3 года назад

I read of this man-made entertainment-disaster many years ago. And of course, they did not imagine a major compounded explosion. The photographer lost an eye, too. Thanks...and subscribed.