Annie Taylor: First Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel

When you say the word “daredevil,” what image springs to mind? After you picture the Marvel guy in the red suit, we mean. It’s probably a man, maybe in his 30s, dressed in a dazzling, sparkly leather outfit, wearing a crash test helmet on his head and flashing a pair of gleaming, crazy eyes, howling like a madman as he charges into a death-defying stunt at a hundred miles per hour.
That’s a fair assessment, we would say. After all, a daredevil is a showman looking to garner as much attention as possible, because more eyeballs on his antics means more money and fame. But what if we told you that the daredevil we have in mind for today was none of those things? In fact, she was a quiet, matronly widow in her 60s named Annie Edson Taylor.
She might not have looked the part, but make no mistake about it. Taylor’s daredevil credentials are as solid as it gets, and many others have risked (and sacrificed) life and limb in order to replicate her infamous feat - going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
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Annie Edson Taylor - Over the Falls
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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics3 ай бұрын

    Like Video Essays and Podcasts about Storytelling? Check out Eric Malikyte's channel, Storyrant: www.youtube.com/@storyrant Eric's Books: linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Eric's Socials: Facebook: facebook.com/ericmalikyte Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ericmalikyte... Twitter: twitter.com/EricMalikyte

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430

    @danielsantiagourtado3430

    3 ай бұрын

    Love your content ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @mattyt1961

    @mattyt1961

    3 ай бұрын

    The storyrant youtube link is 404

  • @Biographics

    @Biographics

    3 ай бұрын

    @@mattyt1961 Fixed it. No idea what happened there. I copied directly from the main page.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn22233 ай бұрын

    1:40 - Chapter 1 - Early years 4:50 - Chapter 2 - The plan 9:00 - Chapter 3 - The jump 12:00 - Conclusion

  • @ellaeadig263
    @ellaeadig2633 ай бұрын

    This is actually tragic because to be honest with you, she sounds mentally ill (the constant lying, being convinced she'd make loads of money out of this, etc) yet she had nobody to look after her.

  • @dewforpolitics
    @dewforpolitics3 ай бұрын

    I like Karl & Eric. Rotating hosts keeps this channel fresh! ❤

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado34303 ай бұрын

    That was one tough old lady! That's for sure! Suggestion: Charles XIV of sweden!

  • @jdsteppenzyde

    @jdsteppenzyde

    3 ай бұрын

    How many times did he go over the Falls?😂

  • @Mikkelltheimmortal

    @Mikkelltheimmortal

    3 ай бұрын

    Good suggestion for a video

  • @RickRobinCagnaan
    @RickRobinCagnaan3 ай бұрын

    Another new host, another breath of fresh air. Rotating hosts. This actually gets as good as it gets.

  • @cynic1864able
    @cynic1864able3 ай бұрын

    Keep the reins! Without the mumbling, I was able to understand every word spoken. Thank you.

  • @ryanduffy4841
    @ryanduffy48413 ай бұрын

    Currently looking at the falls while listening to this one

  • @andrewcarson5850

    @andrewcarson5850

    3 ай бұрын

    Don't jump!

  • @bradlevantis913
    @bradlevantis9133 ай бұрын

    I like these shorter videos as an addition to the regular ones. This is a great way to cover interesting people who may not have enough information or celebrity to do 20 or 30 minutes. As an aside, I do rescue in the lower Niagara river. You absolutely don’t want to try her stunt. You do not want to try to swim it. It’s far too common for things to go wrong when people venture too close to the water. Dangerous for the rescuers and almost certainly fatal for you

  • @ryanl4614
    @ryanl46143 ай бұрын

    I really dig this host. Definitely no problems understanding his communication style. Simon, & Eric are the tops. I hope this guy comes back.

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff3 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video 👍🏻

  • @hakeemfullerton8645
    @hakeemfullerton86453 ай бұрын

    Can y'all please do a video on Henry A. Wallace, George Westinghouse and Rutherford B. Hayes

  • @RomainBX101
    @RomainBX1013 ай бұрын

    That look cool video and new host of biographies also I glad other host gets some rest.

  • @jackiegillyard758
    @jackiegillyard7583 ай бұрын

    She was absolutely crazy to try that and the gamble did not pay off

  • @hakeemfullerton8645
    @hakeemfullerton86453 ай бұрын

    Video Suggestion: Henry A. Wallace- America's Most Radical Vice President

  • @victoriamero3987
    @victoriamero39873 ай бұрын

    Speaking of daredevils, do a bio on Evel Knievel

  • @davidcarter1942
    @davidcarter19422 ай бұрын

    I hope that Carl is getting the r&r that he needs. PS I Love The cowboy Bebop reference.

  • @markhough1027
    @markhough10273 ай бұрын

    New presenter pretty good. Please do Michael Collins Irish leader Irish war of Independence

  • @lynnmarie8774
    @lynnmarie87742 ай бұрын

    I live by the Falls, you can still get a picture with the replica barrel. The has a little museum in her name too. Someone is still making money off her.

  • @jessemalone2738
    @jessemalone27383 ай бұрын

    Great job Eric! Awesome host 🙏

  • @nohands77
    @nohands773 ай бұрын

    can you do a video on Jules Verne?

  • @nvm9040
    @nvm90403 ай бұрын

    i like this eric guy and i need a Paul Mccartney video

  • @cactaceous

    @cactaceous

    3 ай бұрын

    Why? McCartney? You need a story about the most boring Beatle with the biggest ego and the most corny, sappy, estrogen loaded songs? Lennon and Harrison are the truth.

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    @@cactaceous Paul McCartney still had an interesting life and is the most successful musician who ever lived. Since this channel already did Lennon and Harrison, why not McCartney, too?

  • @randomguy17399
    @randomguy173993 ай бұрын

    This is the most jarring biographics thumb nail I’ve ever seen

  • @elliecorriganmusic
    @elliecorriganmusic3 ай бұрын

    Broke my neck running to the comments

  • @kartikaeypulkitmishra8985
    @kartikaeypulkitmishra89853 ай бұрын

    Your accent is music to ears.😊 Please be here on this channel permanently 🎉

  • @hakeemfullerton8645
    @hakeemfullerton86453 ай бұрын

    Nice performance by the new host

  • @Captofthisship
    @Captofthisship3 ай бұрын

    Bro, totally miss your science channel.

  • @TheOsfania
    @TheOsfania2 күн бұрын

    AET FTW

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado34303 ай бұрын

    A change in narrator is always welcomed to mix things up!😊😊😊❤❤❤

  • @kitorme7062

    @kitorme7062

    3 ай бұрын

    Strongly disagree

  • @docsridingadventures2880

    @docsridingadventures2880

    3 ай бұрын

    Yep I came here for simon... tolerate Karl because I like the content but this guy's voice is like nails on a chalk board for me

  • @K_j_M

    @K_j_M

    3 ай бұрын

    Not judging by all the whinging over the last few months from the emotional weaklings in the comments...

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado34303 ай бұрын

    Please make more yourself! You're great

  • @jeremydarkeag1e85
    @jeremydarkeag1e853 ай бұрын

    What do people think of these EMP shield devices, you can put on trucks and generators, etc? I've been thinking about investing in one 🤔

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    This is the wrong place to ask such a bizarre question! I've never even heard of such things and therefore they are unnecessary and foolish.

  • @jeremydarkeag1e85

    @jeremydarkeag1e85

    3 ай бұрын

    @MatthewTheWanderer lol, I thought I'd left this comment on the previous video I watched about solar flares. Haha 😄 if this is the barrel video, then yes, it makes no sense at all..

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    @@jeremydarkeag1e85 Yes, this is the "barrel" video, lol.

  • @jeremydarkeag1e85

    @jeremydarkeag1e85

    3 ай бұрын

    @MatthewTheWanderer lol 😄 thanks Matthew 🍻

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    @@jeremydarkeag1e85 You're welcome, lol

  • @nickysturzu1290
    @nickysturzu12903 ай бұрын

    A suggestion: Nicolae Ceausescu, the former dictator of Romania

  • @herb9580
    @herb95803 ай бұрын

    Wow sounds like a TikTok stunt of the 1900’s

  • @grimace4257
    @grimace42573 ай бұрын

    where’s baldy where is he your hiding him from me

  • @namelesscare7982
    @namelesscare79823 ай бұрын

    No matter how look brave an attempt it is, she was just an insane woman, who lost her sanity.

  • @anthonywilson7268
    @anthonywilson72683 ай бұрын

    I like the story because it shows lying goes to the grave 😂😂😂 be honest everybody

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    Especially lying about basic facts of your own life, like what year you were born.

  • @HereBeDragonsYT
    @HereBeDragonsYT3 ай бұрын

    Fine video, but worst pronunciation of Lucretia I've ever heard.

  • @stacyrussell460

    @stacyrussell460

    3 ай бұрын

    Same 🤣

  • @cactaceous

    @cactaceous

    3 ай бұрын

    That was hilarious

  • @theloverlyladylo9158
    @theloverlyladylo91583 ай бұрын

    I’m sorry, but this is unforgivable. You mention a cat, but do not pay the cat tax? Have you no decency?

  • @zarasbazaar

    @zarasbazaar

    3 ай бұрын

    Plus a cat that's sleeping, when they're at their most adorable.

  • @CLARITYCookedFOG
    @CLARITYCookedFOG3 ай бұрын

    Queen 🧢🤣🤣🤣

  • @MasonSheffield
    @MasonSheffield18 сағат бұрын

    STILL. NOT. SIMOM!!

  • @Adam-yx5vx
    @Adam-yx5vx3 ай бұрын

    ‘Balls’ of steel

  • @MamaJayde
    @MamaJayde3 ай бұрын

    Why doesn’t Simon do these? Will he ever again?

  • @cactaceous

    @cactaceous

    3 ай бұрын

    Seems like he is gone for good and these channels are really going downhill quickly.

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    @@cactaceous He is only gone from this channel, Geographics, and Top Tenz, due to behind the scenes disagreements with producers. They made a video a few months ago explaining all of this.

  • @denniskrust2137
    @denniskrust21373 ай бұрын

    Blocking all these channels that ket Simon go.

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    They didn't fire Simon or "let him go", he quit them.

  • @deejaysyn420
    @deejaysyn4203 ай бұрын

    BRING BACK SIMON

  • @joeobrien196

    @joeobrien196

    3 ай бұрын

    He left. May not want to come back

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    Simon quit this channel and is never coming back.

  • @davidlancaster8152
    @davidlancaster81523 ай бұрын

    Radu is cool but i really enjoy Karl. Smallwood and all.

  • @danielfortier2629
    @danielfortier26293 ай бұрын

    THANK YOU for changing the narrator!!!!! I was on the verge of unsubscribing if you hadn't!!!

  • @andystewart3421
    @andystewart34213 ай бұрын

    Bring back Karl

  • @joeobrien196

    @joeobrien196

    3 ай бұрын

    I think they share the presenting.

  • @MrDyldoBaggins
    @MrDyldoBaggins3 ай бұрын

    man all the presenters have bad pronunciation

  • @aaronbeaupre909
    @aaronbeaupre9093 ай бұрын

    I'm convinced he mispronounces things on purpose.

  • @HammerliFanBoy
    @HammerliFanBoy3 ай бұрын

    Karl is better.

  • @awkc63
    @awkc633 ай бұрын

    Simon creates a channel, builds it up... Then leaves. Very sad.

  • @feldspar7740

    @feldspar7740

    3 ай бұрын

    Simon didn't create or own any of these channels, he just narrated for them.

  • @awkc63

    @awkc63

    3 ай бұрын

    @@feldspar7740 True, but like I mean he makes it a thing, makes it visible... Brings in the views... Then leaves.

  • @ashproof
    @ashproof3 ай бұрын

    Oof. Was still expecting Simon and displeased when I discovered it wasn't Karl either.

  • @Biographics

    @Biographics

    3 ай бұрын

    Karl is still here. We plan to share some of the hosting duties. Simon's not coming back.

  • @Justafan333

    @Justafan333

    3 ай бұрын

    @@BiographicsI thought you did a wonderful job, Eric. Thank you ❤

  • @cactaceous

    @cactaceous

    3 ай бұрын

    @@BiographicsSimon is not coming back, ever? Yikes.

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    @@cactaceous Never. It was his idea to leave this channel. They made a video explaining this! Why are there still people who "expect" Simon to return? He still has over a dozen other channels!

  • @anonconspicuous6910
    @anonconspicuous69103 ай бұрын

    Finally watchable again, keep Smallwood on a prolonged vacation. His videos watched would double without his radical leftist propaganda.

  • @feldspar7740

    @feldspar7740

    3 ай бұрын

    Cope

  • @anonconspicuous6910

    @anonconspicuous6910

    3 ай бұрын

    @@feldspar7740 easily. Don't watch Smallwood

  • @zarasbazaar

    @zarasbazaar

    3 ай бұрын

    Aw. Someone's triggered.

  • @cactaceous

    @cactaceous

    3 ай бұрын

    You know you can find radical right wing propaganda somewhere else? Right? Go on. Stop moping and whining.

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    I find Karl to be quite annoying and also hope this new guy replaces him completely. However, I have NEVER heard him say anything even approaching "leftist propaganda", which makes no sense whatsoever.

  • @johncraig2684
    @johncraig26843 ай бұрын

    Why doesn't your hair colour match your beard colour?....I put it to you sir that you have been dabbling with dye....verdict....GUILTY

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    Because some people start turning gray on their beards before their heads, that does not mean any dyes were used! You can dye a beard as easily as your head, anyway.

  • @johncraig2684

    @johncraig2684

    3 ай бұрын

    @@MatthewTheWanderer well I see we have another possible hair dyer by the sounds of it putting up a rather desperate defence of a fellow dyer....VERDICT....GUILTY AS CHARGED...take him down.

  • @MatthewTheWanderer

    @MatthewTheWanderer

    3 ай бұрын

    @@johncraig2684 Wrong, lol. I have never dyed my hair or beard even once.