Hey EWU Crew! Do you think Jim Miller the Killer's kill count was THAT high? As always, thank you for watching! If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to hit that like button and let me know which Wild West stories you'd like to see covered next! 🤠 If you enjoyed this one, be sure to check out my other video covering the DEADLIEST cannibal of the Wild West: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YGeSOoCJxe8.html
I certainly agree, with others. I am now able to sit with my husband and watch the videos of the Wild West. It’s just nice to be able to share a little bit of history together. Although I love all your stories, he is just set in his 65 years of age, still living in the West,( actually S.E. Texas, but a cowboy still the same). Don’t ever stop as you are my go to site Always! Thank you for such great history and entertainment.
I think, it's possible he - as well as other Wild West hitmen - had such a high victim count. While his trick with the metal plate on his chest was smart, I feel, his other habits were not that clever ... it's not good for any "hired gun", to brag about their murders to others and to even put value on never changing their appearance, only to be by far too easily recognizable... If this man would've been me, I would've changed my outfits, general appearance and personal habits as often as possible, even if this means stealing strangers clothes from a laundry line - during a time without any methods of identification, barely any photographic mugshots, usually only some hand-drawn "wanted/reward posters" and lots of outlaws everywhere, it should've been possible to "blend in" without any problems. I'll never understand some people's ambitions, to be "themselves" at any costs and not use the lack of identification methods back in time to their own advantages. PS. Getting native Americans/First Nations people drunk and scamming them into signing over their land for a few pennies is despicable! My stomach turned, when I heard that, guess I'm not born to be a criminal - even, if I like theorizing about the topic, how "I would've done and gotten away with it" every once in a while - the thought of having to look for the most vulnerable persons to scam or harm them, makes me sick.
History teaches us that those who brag about how many they’ve killed are hardly ever telling the truth. So I think he exaggerated greatly. He did kill several people, though, which, by the standards of the day, was more than enough to earn his hanging.
That’s my great-great grandfather! My fathers mother, my Moomaw, was his granddaughter! We still have one of his revolvers and holsters. Interesting to see videos about him, and see how the family lineage changes so drastically. Love the video!
If this is real, I hope you keep that gun and holster and cherish it. It's an incredible piece of history. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of revolver is it?
I love the addition of the Wild West story. I have watched a few now and I think it's a great addition. You have just made your already excellent YT channel better.
Aw man, I had no idea who the Jim Brown Miller you was talking about until you mentioned Ada, Oklahoma. That's where I live. Those were the last 4 men hung around here. They even sell post cards in Ada, Pontotoc County of the 4 men hanging, and used to have a plaque in the place where they were hanged. So weird.. Small world Sometimes.
If you brought that kind of punishment back for murder and it was done publicly the murder rate would drop quickly you can be sure of that. That is if we could convict anyone of murder within a year of their arrest. The public's attention span is so short they have trouble following along
Kudos on the upload!!! I can really see a movie being made out of the way it is presented here. Great story-tellin'! That early kevlar really saved him a few times. The extra weight was golden for him no doubt.
Thanks for this, I recall seeing a photo on line of men hanging in a barn and hoped you would show the one you mentioned. What an amazing killer this guy was seemingly unafraid of his opponent OR the consequences.
That was interesting, never heard of him before. If it's ok, I would like to make a couple of suggestions/requests? 1: Clay Allison 2: Judge Roy Bean 3: John Wesley Hardin, who had the most kills. Great work, enjoy this channel.
51 maybe who’s to say, I do like the fact he went out with his boots on, and his pride in tact. I like how tough he was, and he refused to die. Great video.
Considering that he was killing Mexicans along the border, just for fun, and the likelihood that he was a narcissistic, I suspect that 51 was an exact tally. He didn't beg for his life because he felt he was above all those who judged him. That is why he asked for three accommodations at the end. He was still controlling his inferiors. They shouldn't have granted him any accommodations. His death should have been as demeaning/degrading as possible. Just to let him know he was being left with nothing.
This is a great channel, you've outdone yourselves and even the first 3 stories were uncommon and completely different than the normal "weird history" you find on most! Awesome job guys keep it coming! 😁
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First time watcher of the show and right off the bat....first feeling was its sad that you had to put that disclaimer at the beginning....completely understand....but still sad. Anyone disagree?
Very good work with these videos really entertaining. These stories from the wild west are very interesting and hopefully you get more video ideas from the old west.
The Methodist, "Killer Jim" Miller. Kingpin of Pecos. Great video guys!!!. Have y'all done a video on Tom Horn? He became known for being a hitman for Cattle barons in the 1880's-1900's. He'd make a pretty good movie, let alone documentary.
@@glennco9662 It'd be interesting to see what a modern rendition would look like I think. Though it might be in the same vein as Open Range, or 3:10 to Yuma. Which I think both are good movies.
Tom became famous because of the trial that gain national attention and that also included a jail break that was thwarted when Horn pick up a luger pistol and could not fire it since he was not able to disengage its safety. It was rather new then and not many were familiar with semiauto pistols yet. IIRC he was accused of killing a little boy.
51 seems a bit high. I wouldn't want to have him with more kills than my guy Wes Hardin. But he was a tough job. The kind of guy you wouldn't want to cross. In a strange way, I admire the guy. He didn't whine about dying,he just went.
You should do one on Tombstone AZ. You ladys and dad could take a road trip there. Its probably a 2-3 hour trip for you all and wont need a 4X4 to get there. Its definitively a tourist trap but still has a whole lot of history there.
Calling him "Deacon Jim" might not be just an acknowledgement of the supposed role that religion played in his life. Back in the 1960's and 70's there was an NFL line man named David Jones who was a monster of a player. He was widely known as "Deacon Jones" -- most people thought that was actually his first name and were surprised to find out it wasn't. He was called "Deacon Jones" because it was said that the sight of him would make opposing players kneel down and pray to be spared by him. A BAD-ASS dude!maybe THAT'S why they called Miller "Deacon Jim."
Just stumbled across this channel looking for something different. Niiiiiice! Whole different university than when I went to school there...... So much has changed! Loved my time there. Still quite a few friends from it 35 years later! Go Iggles!
I'm like everybody I never heard of him either until the American heroes channel did a top-10 worst old west outlaws and Jim Miller came in at number 1
Fact is most if not the majority of so called wild west hitmen where back shooters who never faced a single person they killed. That's what a coward is.
Why, out of nowhere, did the name Earp come up? After the guy had his head taken off at a card table, something about Earp dying shortly after from a shotgun wound. As far as I know, Morgan Earp was the only one to die that way, but he died in Tombstone, AZ. I couldn't find any mention of him before or after that, so... WTH?
It obviously skip that part he was talkin about Joe Earp who Jim Miller paid him to lie for him in court but Hope was so bad that he got caught and then he proceeded to tell the truth which was a really bad idea the prosecutor could not get Miller on a murder charge so he charged him with perjury and Miller told everybody to read the paper because Joe Earp was going to to be killed and Sue later you read in the paper that Earp was killed in an alleged fight with his own brother in law and I'm going to say I get my information bummer episode of a TV show called gunslingers and in that more or less documentary the guy who was playing Miller Hector said that that damn died of food poisoning after eating in some fancy restaurant a friend of mine worked in kitchen
