It shows that there's always been mad people in this world. It could almost be a story from today, not the 1920s.

@johndowe7003

3 жыл бұрын

Yup same with crazy shooters too. I had seen one old newspaper from the 1920s and this guy was shooting out a skyscraper with a rifle same as nowadays. Instant information is pretty nice

@grandwonder5858

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt that guy was an evil being! But at least he only murdered 45 people, Crooked Trump murdered half a million! That makes Crooked Trump the most evil monster in US history!

@brucekilby9957

3 жыл бұрын

The Las Vegas Shooter is another of the unknown type of Killers and going back to the Austin,Texas shooter of the 1960s, these mainly men, are the most misunderstood of these killer types and the sad part is, they are with us always.Son of Sam was a exception, he hated himself,but the modern killer needs no reason to kill.

@haraldchristiansen2348

3 жыл бұрын

@@grandwonder5858 he's definitely responsible for negligent homicide by ignoring, and not leading Americans to be safe.

@wendellnovais

3 жыл бұрын

@@grandwonder5858 Of course some idiot had to bring politics here,forget about Trump,what your all mighty savior Biden is doing to stop the deaths?Exactly,nothing!Like he said he has no plan to stop the pandemic,your government is a joke,your country became a circus.

Never heard of this deranged attack on innocent children. To have planned this over months is crazy. Thanks for educating us.

@xandervk2371

3 жыл бұрын

Guess that don't teach that in school, huh?

@rogerlopp987

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 66 yo and I found it in the library when I was 15 and have read it a few more times after that.

@earthelucidator

3 жыл бұрын

Of coarse you never heard of it. Corporate government wants you to believe automatic weapons kill people. This just proves people kill people.

@whereswaldo5740

3 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing about it.

@dianehooper3589

3 жыл бұрын

@@earthelucidator You're correct. Without the hand holding it and pulling the trigger , a gun is an innate object.

As a history buff, this is the first time I've heard about this. With so many people killed I don't know why it is not talked about compared to other events that happened around that time.

@trisha4797

3 жыл бұрын

This was the largest school killing in US history.

@EinsteinKnowedIt

3 жыл бұрын

This didn't happen on earth. This actually happened on a planet currently orbiting proxima centuri. Mystery solved.

@Boomhower89

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I hadn’t heard about either. Terrible

@garysicemore3907

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and I'm very surprised that a movie has not been made of this.

@Rob774

3 жыл бұрын

I have a pretty good idea.

I had read that Kehoe was in deep financial straits and on the verge of losing his home. His wife had been ill and the bills for her care were quite high. When the town built the schoolhouse, the taxes in town went up and Kehoe blamed this for his problems.

@johnratican3824

3 жыл бұрын

That was the excuse. He was a psychopath. Lots of people have financial issues. They don't blow up buildings full of innocent children.

@treegirl

3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense, all of it, egotistical person, first, sociopath? But add he lost election, he was making them pay' with destruction, then lures a man to his truck to die with him!.

I have lived less than 8 miles from Bath for nearly 40 years and we old folks, I'm 67 now, DO remember. There is a fact-filled book on the bombing called 'Mayday The History of a Village Holocaust' by Grant Parker available but hard to find. What you didn't mention and didn't, couldn't know is that some of these rural farm families lost ALL of their children. From the youngest to the eldest, all grades went to the same school. It's more horrible than you, or anyone really can imagine.

My Grand Father was a resident on call at the Michigan State Hospital, and was in Bath treating the wounded victims to be transported away from the scene.

@david-leethompson62

3 жыл бұрын

What was the job? Plus his suicide note (sign) May show,,, Another story? Any diaries from that town.. Would be fascinating. Signed PAUL Harvey.

@davidthedeaf

3 жыл бұрын

Did he hear anything other than in this story?

@karlnitz1126

3 жыл бұрын

He lived it as it unfolded...

My grandmother was a 7 year old at the school that day. Thankfully, not all of the explosives were detonated.

Now that's some history that deserves to be remembered.

@rocketamadeus3730

3 жыл бұрын

@Rusty Shackleford wat

@waterandafter

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there... You watch one history channel, you watch 'em all.

@Fern635

3 жыл бұрын

It sure is, history guy

@jenniferrogers2492

3 жыл бұрын

The reason that it wasn’t in the headlines more was that Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic occurred that week, one of the biggest stories of the decade.

@carowells1607

3 жыл бұрын

There was quite a bit of bombing in the 1920s. Lots of anarchists too. Forty people were killed in the Wall Street bombing in 1920 and 143 people were seriously injured. Before that the bombing of the Los Angeles Times was considered the worst act of terrorism on US soil. In 1915 in Mineola, New York a man known as Erich Münter, Erich Muenter, Erich Holt or Frank Holt, a German-American activist and would-be assassin turned terrorist. Although employed as a German professor at elite American universities, he was actually a spy and a "fanatic in the clandestine service of the Imperial German government. While an instructor at Harvard University, he poisoned and killed his pregnant wife. He appeared again as Cornell University professor Frank Holt who contacted the German spy network which undertook to sabotage US aid to the war. He planted a bomb which exploded in the US Capitol, shot Jack Morgan, son of financier J.P. Morgan in his home, and predicted the bombing of a steamship bound for England before committing suicide while in police custody. Safety from terrorism is always a pipe dream.

Of the 3 books, the very best is - "Mayday" by Grant Parker. Much more accurate of the 3. Grant spent 26 years earning the trust of local participants to obtain the most detailed information about all the events that contributed to the disaster. Grant even found Keho's unmarked grave at a local cemetery and Keho's watch from his death, at the sextant's office at the graveyard. IN the 1980's, I discovered negatives from images taken after the explosion. I gave copies to Gene Wilson, who ran the Bath School Museum, where my wife taught for over 30 years. The next day, Gene called to tell me the photos I had given him would be on NBC News that night, after the murderers had blown up the Oklahoma Federal Building. NBC wanted to revisit the Bath School Disaster in comparison to the Murrah explosion.

@patrickgragg5602

3 жыл бұрын

WOW, THIS IS AMAZING

My Grandfather Carl Valad an his younger brother an sisters went to school there they would have been in the younger kids side of school but as luck would have it they were all sick quorinteed at home on thst tearible day the Bombs went off.

@charsback

3 жыл бұрын

They had covid...Back then it was called the Flu..

@LollieVox

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, thanks for sharing! So fortunate for your family. Why would anyone want to hurt children. It really vexs me :(

@kenyatasims6991

3 жыл бұрын

Or was y'all co-conspirators?

@dawnstanley1733

3 жыл бұрын

Then they probably knew Bruce Pettit, he was also home sick that day.

@deby5983

3 жыл бұрын

So happy to hear positive news of the future generations of those who were lost that day.

My Grandmother was staying in East Lansing at the time, my Grandfather, who was an engineer on the railroad and all the RR workers were called in to try and help with the destruction. I've heard about this atrocity since I was very small. Thank you.

One of the scariest parts of this is not knowing how many more bombs are going to go off, where, or when

I remember reading about this. My great grandmother lived 102 years. 1880 ' 1982. She collected papers.

I remember my father talking about the Bath School bombing. It impacted the whole state.

@gregdavis19

3 жыл бұрын

What State did this happen in? This tragedy is just heartbreaking.

@danieloloughlin4492

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregdavis19 Michigan

@dawnstanley1733

3 жыл бұрын

My stepdad's best friend went to school there, he happen to be home sick that day, he carried a lot of guilt knowing his friends died so horrifically.

@gregdavis19

3 жыл бұрын

@@dawnstanley1733 that’s so sad. It just wasn’t his time to go. I can’t imagine being a youngster and having this horrific event happen!

@dawnstanley1733

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregdavis19 I know, I can't even imagine.

I was one of the young survivors of this tragic event. I'm an old man now, but I still think of it everyday. I wish I could forget it, but its one of those things one cannot. Thanks for the video.

@l.t.hennessy6307

3 жыл бұрын

I dont mean to bring back any trauma, but what do you remember?

@yosserhughes5418

3 жыл бұрын

I call bullshit.

@mommabearoncrimeandlife6201

3 жыл бұрын

O my you most be one of the oldest people to ever live .

@robbrenton9438

3 жыл бұрын

@@l.t.hennessy6307 my old memory plays tricks on me sometimes, but I remember hearing a loud blast and we all had to exit the building. The scariest part was wondering if there will or will not be another one. That was very frightening. Back then we didn't have telephones, so it took a while to get contact with emergency responders. Or our parents.

@robbrenton9438

3 жыл бұрын

@@yosserhughes5418 I don't have time for you kids. You youngsters think your so cool with your internets and Iphone. Back in my day we used to interact face to face, and not hide behind a screen.

I've been to Bath a lot of times over the years from the 70s through the early 2000s. My Grandmother lived close by and when the family would visit her near Laignsburg we had to drive thru Bath on the way to the malls in Lansing. The story spooked me a lot when I learned about it at a young age.

@tomakafrankconlon3207

3 жыл бұрын

My best friends 2nd cousin sold a dog to a shop keeper that knew a guy that died 50 years before your grandmother was born.

@whereswaldo5740

3 жыл бұрын

There was a gas station that blew up when I was a kid. It was in a small country town. It was very popular and picturesque there. I remember going there and remarking how pretty it was. And then I was in the hospital having my tonsils out. And a little boy was down the hall badly burned by it. I asked later to go see because I couldn’t believe it. It was awful. Someone had been smoking while filling their car.

@mommabearoncrimeandlife6201

3 жыл бұрын

Frank Conlon I’m grandmother Here to tell you what a ass you are

@veltonmeade1057

3 жыл бұрын

@@mommabearoncrimeandlife6201 Why did you say this? Bizarre comment.

He targeted the children, sick sick man. Those poor babies amd other victims

@rhoda6573

3 жыл бұрын

People like that always go for those smaller and weaker than themselves.

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

They're so, so dead. Start crying for Titanic and Holocaust victims now.

@joanodom2104

3 жыл бұрын

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 Gee...you certainly have some "issues," don't ya?

@zaco21_

3 жыл бұрын

@@joanodom2104 it’s called dark humour

How horrible. This dude seriously had some mental issues.

@texastea5686

3 жыл бұрын

Narcissistic being one of them

@Allangulon

3 жыл бұрын

@@texastea5686 Few Narcissists will kill, this man was a Sociopath!

@aspensulphate

3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention being a craven coward. People who take others' lives, and then kill themselves are the most despicable of cowards.

Very sad sad story especially involving children I never will understand why someone would even think of doing something so evil

@texastea5686

3 жыл бұрын

And imagine too the parents' horrific pain and sorrow 😭

@J-J833

3 жыл бұрын

Mental illness. Is one thing that happens.

@gmar7836

3 жыл бұрын

@@J-J833 but not an excuse!

@gmar7836

3 жыл бұрын

Because some people are just plain evil. Special place in hell for these people

@J-J833

3 жыл бұрын

@@gmar7836 when someone has mental illness they don’t know what’s happening. Look at depression and suicide. Depending what type of depression you got can lead to a meltdown and they can do something wrong. Definitely if it’s bipolar and they’re not getting help. We should be having more resources for mental and emotional health. Was it wrong what happened? Yea. But however he needed help and never got it. This was the end result.

"Who knows what EVIL lurkes in the hearts of men"?

@commonsense571

3 жыл бұрын

The shadow👀

@treefarm3288

3 жыл бұрын

'The Shadow knows,' but he doesn't tell in advance unfortunately.

@steu.k.6114

3 жыл бұрын

Or women

@joannejohnson9830

3 жыл бұрын

The Shadow do.MaWaHaHa

@richardkronberg4925

3 жыл бұрын

Or women, Lizzie Borden 🖤

There is a book called The Bath Massacre by Arnie Bernstein. It is very very good. It’s not exploitive or overly graphic. I thought it was very well done with regards to how the agriculture in the area was changing (some farmers using horses and some using tractors), the explosion thought initially to be the laying of area power lines, the events leading up to the massacre and Kehoe unraveling. I highly recommend it.

@treegirl

3 жыл бұрын

Thank You I wrote author title down. I am all non fiction reader, docus. auto biographies, biographies, history, crime..have read about Capone, Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie& Clyde, Presidents, Inventors.

How horrific and heartbreaking!!! It’s hard to believe this tragedy has been largely forgotten. Thanks for bringing it to light again.

I will never understand how some people could do such horrific things to other people, especially innocent people and even more so, children.

@kevin6293

3 жыл бұрын

And before that he set his stepmother on fire.

@templedrake6890

3 жыл бұрын

"Criminals made, not born" Pay attention!

@Wa3ypx

3 жыл бұрын

@@templedrake6890 Amen to that

@Wa3ypx

3 жыл бұрын

How could Nazis lock kids in a gas chamber. Mans violence to man

@david-dj8or

3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Hamilton shot 16 children and the teacher dead at Dunblane. People had been calling him a pervert and pedophile. A pedophile witch hunt can backfire.

I see several comments about 'Where Did He Get Explosives?" The answer is that explosives were commonly used of farms and readily available, if you look at old farm bureau publications you'll even see recipes for explosives..............Beyond that he was suspected of stealing some dynamite from a construction site............Also using explosives on a farm is still legal today.

@yaysimonsays151

3 жыл бұрын

It’s probably an obvious answer im not seeing, but what would you need dynamite for on a farm? Blowing up the crops or something???

@Redracer608

3 жыл бұрын

@@yaysimonsays151 My guess would be clearing fields of tree stumps and large rocks,or busting up beaver dams on rivers and creeks.

@rawbacon

3 жыл бұрын

@@yaysimonsays151 Phil already beat me to it but from the cover of a 1910 Explosives Manual: "Handbook of Explosives for Farmers, Planters, Ranchers: How to Clear Land of Stumps, Trees or Boulders, Dig Ditches, Grade Roads, Excavate Cellars and Foundation Trenches, Dig Holes for Poles and Posts, Break Up Hardpan or Other Hard Soil, Plant and Cultivate Fruit Trees, Start Log Jams and Ice Gorges"

@sgtmayhem7567

3 жыл бұрын

@@yaysimonsays151 Stumps and large rocks in the fields, they didn’t have tractors, backhoes or equipment that was powerful enough to pull stuff like that out of the ground.

@JulieannesAussiesandFLWildlife

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently he purchased small amounts of dynamite from different supply stores to not raise suspicion.

I watched this because I am from Michigan and never heard of this. How demonic. So sad.

Usually termed the “Bath School Disaster.” Wasn’t the kind of thing that was supposed to happen in the “good old days.” So- pretty much unknown these days. In the aftermath of Columbine, which was being touted as an epoch-making school killing, I had some students who were pretty much gobsmacked when this was brought up.

@crossbow3539

3 жыл бұрын

rico567 their were many more school killings before and after this. Way before our current shootings. They were kept quiet by the military industrial complex. The same ones who create wars for America to go and fight in. The same ones who fuel the NRA and a whole list of other atrocities. Many believe we have an oil based economy actually we live under a WEAPONS based economy. Between 1840 and 2000 their have been 419 school shootings or stabbing

@ToddDouglasFox

3 жыл бұрын

@@crossbow3539 the most lucrative business of all time is human trafficking, particularly of children. Always has been if you consider slavery, bondage, and indentureship. Humans as property for sale and purchase is bigger business than weapons, banking, drug trafficking, real estate, present day technology and electronics, oil and gas, etc.

@johnratican3824

3 жыл бұрын

Right. People today think we are living in violent times. No. The times have always been violent. There is just more publicity today.

@breadtubereview373

3 жыл бұрын

@@crossbow3539 what makes the NRA an atrocity?? because I'm curious to know

@livefreeordie5534

Жыл бұрын

@@crossbow3539 You made me research a lot more with your bizarre comment. So here is what I found out. The chance of a school child being shot in an American school on any given day is 1 in 614,000,000. We have a better chance of hitting a winning lottery ticket for millions. But it's sensational news, and powerful news. It's what feeds the, "Industrial News Syndicate". Like CNN, MSN, NBC. I made up the I.N.S. Like it ?🤣

It would be interesting to know why his wife had been in the hospital. Back in those days authorities wouldn't hesitate to send an abused woman right back to her abusive husband. 😡

@MightyMezzo

3 жыл бұрын

Tuberculosis. She was in poor health, and her medical expenses were a strain on the household budget.

@kathyflorcruz552

3 жыл бұрын

There's been an ongoing problem with women NOT wanting to leave. Stockholm Syndome is real.

@digitalbookworm5678

3 жыл бұрын

@@MightyMezzo That's what made me kill all my wife's 🙄

@michelekisly2535

3 жыл бұрын

@Xyz Xyz and suicides

@ipsissimus7378

3 жыл бұрын

It's a lot simpler when it's the man getting bullied, we used to make them sit on a donkey backwards and ride around town, that was funny, now we just ignore it.

I work at the nearby hospital where survivors were brought. When I hired in, there were retired nurses who would come in and speak about their experience. So many innocents lost. I also met an older gentleman who was in school there, he lost his brother and his osn leg.

It always amazes me how little known this event is. I wonder if it's because there was no trial and it happened in such a small town. It certainly would have had a huge impact locally.

@jamesricker3997

3 жыл бұрын

Today this would have been international news

@bobbys4327

3 жыл бұрын

back then it didn't have the left agenda attached to it

@bbg1634

3 жыл бұрын

It made papers around the world, but was pushed off the page by Lindberg's solo flight to Europe. It shaped Bath for over 80 years.

@bbg1634

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesricker3997 It was from London to Rome and more.

@bbg1634

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobbys4327 the left agenda? You mean separating kids from their parents at the border? Denying refugee status to Iraqis who helped our troops? Death marching Native Americans off their lands? NRA support? You have the same fears has Keho did.

The two horses that died were not in the house. But tied outside. The man was evil, plain and simple. A demonic murderer. These kind have always been with us.

This sort of thing has always gone on, but people across the country never heard about them like we do today, with the instant news cycle. But the number of kidnappings, murders, etc. is no higher now than in the past.

Despite the slow and somewhat mournful sound of the background music, this song’s lyrics are actually extremely optimistic and happy: “Blue skies, smiling at me / Nothing but blue skies do I see / Bluebirds singing a song / Nothing but bluebirds all day long...”

@laurielynne2006

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even notice!

@commonsense571

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I have it on 78. Play it on the Victrola. Pretty song. Devastating event💔💔🌹

@rebelscum7870

2 жыл бұрын

Noticed the same thing!

I live in Michigan and I’ve never heard of this horrible tragedy! Thanks for making a video about this

@itsme-rt7nz

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in Michigan in 1954, just 27 years after this event, and in all the 22 years I lived there, I never heard of this. But then I never heard of the 1918 flu pandemic in all that time either. Were my parents typical to never speak of these things, or were they the exception?

@zezmerelda240

3 жыл бұрын

@@itsme-rt7nz itsme-- i've lived in michigan since 1967. i was told this story by a relative from out of state. as far as parents not talking, we moved here right before the detroit riots, and after they were over, Nobody talked about them, either. so, i guess we're all normal nothing to see here folks!

Wow. It leaves one to wonder why this wasn't at least brought up before if only as a frame of reference. Very sad. I think your history of the 1920s would be incomplete if you left off the bad stuff. History is history.

I went to Bath Schools in 1972. I went to the school right across the street from this school. One of my classes was held at this school in a basement classroom.

Thank you! As a Michigander we learned this young. Not many people know about it and think Columbine was the first.

I live near there in Michigan. It’s on the permanent signs posted there along with the bell tower off the top of the school on display that the murderer was angered because of the taxes imposed on him because of the schools build that he did not want to pay. He had tried to stop it by going to meetings and door to door talking with people. He also worked as the schools maintenance man so it was normal to see him on school grounds, and he was able to place the dynamite in remote areas of the school. Back then farmers could easily purchase dynamite for stump removal and break up large boulders in fields. After this horrific crime laws were changed and farmers were not permitted any dynamite.

"Criminals are made, not born" he wrote on that sign on his farm. Unless he had actual mental illness, that may be a message that some terrible experiences drove him to do this. Maybe he was abused as a child. It's disturbing to consider all the instances of child abuse that must have happened throughout history before knowledge and ability and motivation to act against it, which is basically all a 20th century development.

@cincin4515

3 жыл бұрын

Don't make excuses for monsters. They always pretend to be victims.

@imcallingjapan2178

3 жыл бұрын

@@cincin4515 It's not an excuse, but it may be an explanation

@LOL60345

3 жыл бұрын

well he most certainly was at wits end, his wife was dying, he was losing his farm and house due to foreclosure (by a relative no less)- and probably nobody really cared.

@imcallingjapan2178

3 жыл бұрын

@@LOL60345 According to wikipedia entry, he had a long history of anti-social behaviour, so whatever his problem was, it went back a long time.

It's horrible to think that a large portion of that town was injured or died that day. 😳 No doubt everyone knew someone who died. 💔

I can not believe so many people have never heard of this. I live in Indiana and it is still talked about here. People should read more.

@rosyrose4620

3 жыл бұрын

This was in Indiana? Where at? I live in Indiana and I am 65 years old and I’ve never heard of it.🤔

@YeshuaKingMessiah

3 жыл бұрын

I’m very well read and I’ve never heard of it lol It’s local history, not national news.

@lizj5740

Жыл бұрын

@@rosyrose4620 The bombing occurred in Bath Township, Michigan, not in Indiana. However, Indiana borders Michigan, and perhaps roger lopp has heard about it because of the proximity.

This needed airing and it was very brave to post this up. Never heard of this event in any history. Quite amazing cruelty and madness in the world even then. It's a wonder nobody saw the stockpiling and planned planting of dynamite - no plastic explosives in those days. Presumably it was the era of politeness and minding your own business. Terrible tragedy.

my father arrived in Bath shortly after the explosions. up until 9-11, it was the worst. it disappeared from the headlines a few days later as charles lindbergh flew the Atlantic. very few folks remember this. JDR

@RedEye19

3 жыл бұрын

Guess you’ve never heard of Timothy McVeigh.

@jimrogers9253

3 жыл бұрын

@@RedEye19 yes, you are very right. Apologies for being old and forgetful. All very sad. JDR

@jcksnghst

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh....ty

@jcksnghst

3 жыл бұрын

@@RedEye19 you don't have to be a smart-ass...smart-asses are made not born though, right?

@99somerville

3 жыл бұрын

Still the worst school killing/massacre in US history.

I grew up one town over. There is (was) a marker at the site. Kind of sobering place to visit.

@kelleyobrien2610

3 жыл бұрын

I learned about it when I lived in the area

@GeoffsSousChef

3 жыл бұрын

is there a building on that site ? I should hope not. should be a memorial

@bundymccain2642

3 жыл бұрын

@@GeoffsSousChef There is a memorial site right near the original building

Wonderful video u did good job. I do know that story of the Bath School Disaster on May 18th, 1927. The truth about this sad story, is that I have Family on my Grandma Sweet/McKowen’s Side of her Dad’s side on her family. She has a Uncle, a Aunt, and a Cousin who were students in the Bath Consolidated School and on that Day May 18th, my Grandma’s Members were in that school on the north wing. Her uncle had to take a late geometry test there on the first floor of the school. Her aunt also took her final test on the Second floor and her cousin that was only 9 years old Name Levere Robert Harte, but the family just called him Robert, was maybe listening to a story by his teacher. When the bomb went off it killed my Grandma’s Cousin Robert and her Uncle Dean Sweet was Knock out from the ceiling from the second floor and went about 10 feet on the basement were the guy who work there at the school hidden the Dynamite and other explosives. When they found him, they thought he was dead, but some neighbor or police officer saw him twitching his feet and he was ok but he had a terrible scalp head injury and a broken leg. He was only 11 years old when he was involved in the school blast. Her aunt was trapped in the basement, so when two men said if they had them all, then she started to scream and she was saved and she also survived the school blast. Hey why don’t u check out my video about me presenting a scrapbook I’ve made about the tragedy up there in Bath Michigan. That book is in the Bath School Museum. My KZread Channel is under my First and Last Name Conner McKowen. I know about this tragedy till I was 16 1/2 years old back in 2013 and been taught by my Grandma who told me. It’s been sad that I’ve had family involvement in this school incident back on May 18th, 1927.

@sutlers2day

4 жыл бұрын

The man Keoho who planted the bombs, was killed in his car the day of the blast by bombs he had in his car.

@donnagolden9186

4 жыл бұрын

This is so sad.

@garyfrancis6193

3 жыл бұрын

You are barely literate.

@jhankri

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyfrancis6193And you are very ignorant. English may not be his first language. Barely literate?? I understood everything he wrote. Literate refers to the ability to read and write language as he did here. Apparently you lack reading comprehension skills. Which would make you barely literate.

@mikee1967

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyfrancis6193 ..and you are rude, sad :-(

This was a horrible tragedy. There is a good bit of info about it online, a few photos and survivor accounts. There is a photo of Kehoe's blown up pick up truck, there's not much left of it. "Kids were climbing out of the debris, there was screams…little arms sticking out through the rubble, people clawing with bare hands to get through it.” Dunham was a senior in high school. Because she had stayed home with a sore throat, she was not at school that day. “She was at home with her mother, and they heard the explosion, and her mother - they jumped in the car and they drove into town and…to see what it was about…and that’s when they saw the school explosion and the carnage and all that. She talks about seeing body parts hanging from the telephone lines, and dead children and their mothers kneeling over them crying,” "Kehoe had a reputation for frugality, and was elected in 1924 as a trustee on the school board for three years and treasurer for one year. He argued strongly for lower taxes,[12] and later superintendent of the board M. W. Keys said that he "fought the expenditure of money for the most necessary equipment".[4] Kehoe was considered difficult to work with, often voting against the rest of the board, wanting his own way and arguing with the township financial authorities. He protested that he paid too much in taxes[13] and tried to get the valuation of his property reduced[14] so he would pay less. In 1922, the Bath Township school tax was $12.26 on a thousand dollars valuation (with the valuation on Kehoe's farm being ten thousand dollars). In 1923 the school board raised the tax to $18.80 per thousand dollar valuation and in 1926 the taxes went up to $19.80. This meant that Kehoe's tax liability went from $122.60 in 1922 to $198.00 in 1926.[3] In June 1926 Kehoe was notified that the widow of his wife's uncle, who held the mortgage on his property, had begun foreclosure proceedings.[4][15] Following the disaster Sheriff Fox, who had served the foreclosure notice, reported that Kehoe had muttered "If it hadn't been for that $300 school tax. I might have paid off this mortgage."[15] Mrs. Price, the mortgage holder, also reported that Kehoe had stated "If I can't live in that house, no one else will." when she had mentioned foreclosure to him."

Very scary piece of forgotten history

What a nicely produced and tasteful presentation of a truly horrifying event. Keep up the good work.

This is so shocking and that no one knows why he did it odd

@IrishAnnie

3 жыл бұрын

He lost his noodle.

@shanelocke856

3 жыл бұрын

It had something to do with either property taxes or a school tax

@okboomer6201

3 жыл бұрын

An increase in the school tax.

@LOL60345

3 жыл бұрын

@@shanelocke856 the increase in tax meant he was unable to pay his already behind mortgage. his house and land was about to be foreclosed before he did what he did.

@QueenlySweetpea

3 жыл бұрын

@@IrishAnnie .. Nope, he lost his marbles ..

You need a million subscribers! Your videos are well crafted and intriguing !

have you done a video on the 1921 tulsa race massacre? another low point in american 20's history.

@Mockduck2020

3 жыл бұрын

I just learned about that recently. They literally fire bombed the town from planes, all over an accusation.

@ginnrollins211

3 жыл бұрын

There's a video from Weird History about that. All of that death and destruction all because of a bullshit rumor. Truly disgusting.

@dx1450

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this was in the news recently because the 100th anniversary is coming up. I'd never heard of it so read up on it, and geez... how horrific.

I like that you mostly do positive things about the 1920's. In a world full of covid and such, it's been a sweet break.

Wow, I had never heard this one. Great job young man!

Crazy lunatics are nothing new, we have always had them, and we will always have them.

@buttarain27

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I don't know why people are shocked when they come across these stories from the past. Some of the most despicable people that ever lived are from days bygone.

Discovered your channel, I can't stop watching all this interesting stuff from the 1920s. Now I am totally hooked on anything from the 20s and such. Can you recommend any books on things to do with the twenties, culture, fashion, movies, music, Etc

@The1920sChannel

3 жыл бұрын

I recently read "One Summer: America, 1927" by Bill Bryson. It's a fun, non-scholarly book about the eventful summer of 1927 in the U.S. It's filled with interesting little tidbits. There's also the 1920s installment of the "American Popular Culture Through History" series. It's a great introduction to various aspects of the 1920s, but doesn't go doo deeply into them. I've heard that another good introductory non-fiction book is "Anything Goes: A Biography of the 1920s," but I've never read it myself. As for contemporary books, the short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald would be a great place to start. Specifically, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" gives great insight into the possible social consequences of bobbing hair. Langston Hughes wrote great poems about jazz and its connection with black culture, especially "Weary Blues" (1926).

@dwkincheloe162

3 жыл бұрын

Watch The House of Elliott on Netflix

I had never heard of this incident. Very interesting, but it's a shame there isn't much more information about it. Great video!

Powerful episode and very well done, kudos.

You did a good job of bringing this story to life short of hiring actors. Keep it up.

When I first heard of it, there was the suggestion that embezzlement of school board funds by Kehoe was involved, but I don't recall if it had been a factor in his losing the election.

Very well done, thank you!

Very few people are even aware that this horribly tragic event occurred, and probably due to a combination of two factors: first, the profoundly horrific nature and sheer magnitude of the event itself; and second, the fact that it occurred in 1927, a time well before the mass media had the skills, technology, and means to adequately inform the public. On the other hand, it's easy to imagine that people of the time, especially those who lived in or near Bath, Michigan, would have preferred not to talk about it, hoping to put it behind them. Put another way, forgetting was easier - and less painful - than remembering. In this regard, it has a certain resemblance to a tragic event that occurred in my Iowa hometown. In October, 1937, a school bus failed to stop at a downtown railroad crossing, and it was struck broadside by a train. Ten people - seven students, two teachers, and the bus driver - were killed, and all 19 others aboard were injured, many quite seriously. There were several eyewitnesses to the tragedy, but few would even agree to talk about it, much less describe what they'd seen - it was simply too gruesome. Therefore, the local newspapers had relatively little to report, other than the most basic facts, and it wasn't long before people in town basically forgot about it. I was born and raised in that town some 30 years later, and yet I no idea it had even happened until about 10 years ago. What's more, my dad and mom were also born and raised there, and neither of them had ever heard of it either. www.gendisasters.com/iowa/4264/mason-city-ia-school-bus-crushed-train-oct-1937

Interesting background score. “ blue skys nothing but blue skys”???

@cjdfv

3 жыл бұрын

Juxtaposition at its finest.

@garyfrancis6193

3 жыл бұрын

Skies

@allialias

3 жыл бұрын

Disturbing.

@Allangulon

3 жыл бұрын

Irving Berlin.

@onepunch9203

3 жыл бұрын

In a minor key.....

I wonder why they never talk about this? I have never heard of this before. So so sad!

@glorygracek.1841

3 жыл бұрын

@@TopHyena3 So true! They act like a gun is the only thing that kills. My Dad used to work in a state penitentiary in CA and he said they can make a weapon out of anything, including a gun out a common pencil. The biggest school massacre in history with a gun is a native American school, but they ignore that one because it doesn't fit so it doesn't count.

@glorygracek.1841

3 жыл бұрын

@keith moore no I hadn't heard of that but am not surprised. I have heard of women being killed by their own braids and ponytails. One had it wrapped around her neck by someone she thought was a "friend" and so she did it so fast it caught her off gaurd and another who someone grabbed her braid and yanked her backwards onto a knife. A very sick world. That is why I am always concious of my surrounds and have greatly enjoyed this 6 feet distance rule. I have always thought people stood to close. I I can swing my arm and hit you. That is too close to my personal space.

Shocking that this is not mentioned when it comes to school massacres nor that it has never been investigated as a cold case or to review post traumatic affects on the community esp. the children (not that I'm aware of). You were right to bring it to our attention in these days of violence and mass killings.

Nice job on the narration!

This is so sad. Those poor people and their families 💕🇬🇧

Kehoe was quietly buried locally in an unmarked grave. Great concern his headstone would be destroyed or that families with loved ones in the same cemetery would object to having that monster in the same place. Not sure if any of the children that survived the blast are still alive. The Lansing State Journal use to have interviews with some of the former survivors as different anniversaries occurred of the tragic event.

my mother and father were both born in 1920...thank you for publishing interesting videos about culture back then...

Splendid video, well done!

God bless those poor souls of the Bath, Michigan tragedy.

The violinist is the great Fritz Kreisler. Pianist Carl Lamson. Arrangement is probably Kreisler's. Recording was made around 1927. Kreisler famous for charm, urbanity, grace, warm romantic violin tone.

@TheGodParticle

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the info, I've always liked this style of music.

Thanks. I was unaware of this tragedy.

Like I just mentioned to someone on page. Ihave never heard this. Thanks for posting.

I've never heard of this Be for Thank you.

@kevin6293

3 жыл бұрын

Because the deaths weren’t caused by a gun.

What a horrendous act of violence... I don't know what can be said...so many innocent children.. 😭😭😭💔💔💔

Good presentation. Thank you.

Excellent channel. Live long and prosper.

Imagine being one of the kids who survived this, you’d have severe PTSD

@templedrake6890

3 жыл бұрын

Nah. These kids were born tough. Going from this straight to the Great Depression then WWII. Unlike today's kids who get PTSD from not knowing which public bathroom to use. lmfao!

@thesailormercury2

3 жыл бұрын

@@templedrake6890 I agree some people in the 2020's are weak

@soso-mx8nb

3 жыл бұрын

@@templedrake6890 tough people still get ptsd. As proven by the war you mention. Ptsd just means the aftermath of trauma, tough people from a different era weren't exempt from those human emotions, it was just less discussed

@andrewmiller1813

3 жыл бұрын

@@soso-mx8nb no matter what you think it's not only that it was less reported but it was far less occurrent than it is today,people are weak and soft compared to people of those time and if you don't know that maybe it's because you are weak and soft.

@StanSwan

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewmiller1813 Hey idiot human nature does not change. People with mental health problems were put in prisons. They were called mental hospitals but they beat and starved people. They were lucky to live a few years. The idea people were no tough is bullshit. Society was just more cruel. Children with downs were physically and mentally destroyed in these "hospitals". People self medicated with drink and drugs. People with PTSD were labeled "bums", "lazy", and "drunks". Society saw mental health issues as a weakness or lack of moral character. It is like calling someone those things that lost their legs in a car accident.

It was interesting how the narrator referred to the barn as the "farm house".

@dx1450

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if the guy was so unhinged he had horses inside the house...

Great video!

Wow. I investigated this story further... He was 55 years old, when he bombed the school, but he was said to have CAUSED the death of his stepmother when he was 39 years old. Their oil stove exploded, and he threw a bucket of water on her as she was on fire, which didn't douse the flames. It just spread them further, and she died. Neighbour's believed that he tampered with the stove to make it explode! He was also cruel to animals; shot a neighbour's dog because it barked. And beat a horse to death, because it wasn't working as hard as he wanted it to. Also, before he blew apart his house and farm, he tied his 2 horses legs together with wire, so that they couldn't escape, and no one could rescue them from the barn. He was also angry because his wife had tuberculosis, and each time she went into hospital she "ran up more bills", and his mortgage was due, and he couldn't afford to pay it. He and his wife never had kids. Maybe he was jealous of other people's children?

@verolawson3898

11 ай бұрын

😢😔💔

@caroltenge5147

6 ай бұрын

He was what we describe in perfect English as "Screwed up"!

it would be interesting to know why the two horses were in the farmhouse.

@yosemite735

3 жыл бұрын

They were in the barn?

@mta4562

3 жыл бұрын

@@yosemite735 i think the narrator misspoke. he said the horses were in the house. this was a lame attempt at being amusing.

@lindabrinkman1713

3 жыл бұрын

I wondered why he burned them...

@Allangulon

3 жыл бұрын

Being very good friends?

@zezmerelda240

3 жыл бұрын

mta-- how 'bout the dude was a malignant narcissist. in other words the old 'if i can't have it no one else can either' type of reasoning.

Imagine the media calling a mass murderer a maniac and demented today.

@cw4608

3 жыл бұрын

He would be called a “person of interest” now.

@shawnmichaelduncan5951

3 жыл бұрын

The left would go nuts saying we were being mean to him .

Excellent research

I have never heard about this and I grew up in michigan. How tragic!!

Cruel sickos lived at all times👹👹👹👹 My heart breaks for the little children who perished.

@josemendes2530

3 жыл бұрын

they can live again by ressurrection. john5.28,29 isaiah25.8

@IrishAnnie

3 жыл бұрын

And just last Sunday, Valentines Day, we remember the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas school shooting. Meadow Pollacks father Andrew was in Trumps office a week later talking about the mentally ill student who killed the kids. His son is now going to law school to be an activist.

In one of my past lives. I was a flapper. I DO have memories from it.

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

You have our attention. Do tell...

Fantastic video.

I can hardly believe that such a terrible tragedy has been all but forgotten! I have never heard of this story. One would think that such a piece of history would be brought up over and over again. How sad for all those who lost their lives.

@bobbys4327

3 жыл бұрын

oh, if he had used a gun of some sort it would be on the Communist News Network still

@malcolmandrews4942

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobbys4327 You nailed it!

You never" completely know some evil people intentions' This guy seemed rashly Normal' But all those Year's he hid the fact' He had apparently NO CONSCIOUS OR SOUL"

@ashleyklotz3762

3 жыл бұрын

That's the exact thing with the most notorious ones, they "didnt seem like the type".. Bundy was the perfect example

@mdtdbe

3 жыл бұрын

Conscience

@ashleyklotz3762

3 жыл бұрын

@@semperfidelification yes, hes another 1.. and I feel like these ones that you dont expect really are the ones who are completely insane and do the most sickening things, yes there's some that were not a surprise, like Wayne Gacy but in general, they're the most psychotic ones

2:24 poor babies 🥺

@armybeef68

3 жыл бұрын

2:22

“People were so much more respectful to each other back in the old days!” The Old Days:

I have never heard of this.thx

Monster from Hell.

@Ocelot1962

3 жыл бұрын

Now he's a monster in hell if there's justice in the universe.

Why has this not been made into a movie?

@kevin6293

3 жыл бұрын

Or a documentary.

@frankiec3659

3 жыл бұрын

A Documentary is one thing, but I doubt anyone would want to watch a movie reenacting children being blown up

Thank you. I never knew about this.

I live in Michigan and we learned about this in our Michigan History class in the 8th grade. My track team competed in Bath and I have seen the memorial there. Such a tragic story. 😢

This is terrisom.

@tomitstube

3 жыл бұрын

ikr? they still call it a "tragedy" or "disaster", this was domestic terrorism.

@sgw8903

3 жыл бұрын

Why terrorism? What was his political aim?

@juliac3933

3 жыл бұрын

Terrorism is politically motivated. He wasn’t trying to send a message.

This September in 1921 Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle made his fateful trip to San Francisco for a Labor Day weekend celebration ~ his career never recovered

@Contact_Info

3 жыл бұрын

Sad, he was framed

Pertaining to somber events of the 1920s, you should do a video regarding the March 1925 Tri-state tornado that tore across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.

Cool channel. Subscribed. 👍