For me, the town returning to life four years later implies that Herberta's child with Issac didn't live. Since the kid was dead, that meant the deal with Strange Man had been completed.

@iceluvndiva21

8 ай бұрын

Oh man... That just... Ouch

@Equnebris

8 ай бұрын

I don't think moon would care about that either tbh lmao

@victorcharles27

8 ай бұрын

Strange man Jhons daughter Coincidence?

@fortnight5677

5 ай бұрын

In that case he didn't get anything he wanted from the deal?

I think it would have been better if Tumbleweed was the town that was cursed. In the final chapter, the entirety of New Austin feels really empty, while Tubleweed is already dying. In RDR1, Armadillo is full of life again, while Tumbleweed is pretty much abandoned. Makes more sense that Tumbleweed got hit with the plague, but never recovered.

@SnarkyRogue

9 ай бұрын

I interpret it as everyone from Tumbleweed moving to Armadillo post-plague as it has a more convenient location and a railroad connection.

@maryhannah8391

9 ай бұрын

It would also add to the popular fan theory of RDR1 that Tumbleweed was haunted. Missed opportunity there

@williamtaittinger4529

9 ай бұрын

Moon is a G. B A S E D as F.

@AshTheDuke

9 ай бұрын

Oh yes you're right

@AshTheDuke

9 ай бұрын

@@maryhannah8391that mansion in tumbleweed is haunted in rdr1

REALLY digging these cinematic/story ish line endings. That Emerald Ranch one a few months back was fantastic!

If you ride around near Mescalero there is a random camper who will invite you to sit with him and he’ll talk about the Strange Man putting a curse on armadillo

@Red_clapzz

9 ай бұрын

Love ur vids to mane

@bobafittness1346

9 ай бұрын

Love your videos

@RedsDeadBaby

9 ай бұрын

@@Red_clapzzthanks :)

@RedsDeadBaby

9 ай бұрын

@@bobafittness1346thanks :)

@BruceWayne-gm5dz

9 ай бұрын

21:20. And it’s not near Mescalero

If we count Undead Nightmare, then the final plague to strike Armadillo would be the zombies, where Herbert Moon meets his fate, as narcissistic and stupid as ever.

@Unnamed-Cowboy

9 ай бұрын

Wdym we love Herbert Moon 💯💯💯

@PinkslippedT36

9 ай бұрын

That didn't actually happen. The dlc isn't Canon, but it was a fun what if.

@gageward7322

3 ай бұрын

If you actually beat undead nightmare it was just that a nightmare that John had

Herbert Moon: has great immunity system Townsfolk: he is the evil

@Unnamed-Cowboy

9 ай бұрын

Yeah stop bullying my boy Herbert Moon, hes done nothing wrong 🤣🤣🤣

@neogenesis0038

8 ай бұрын

@@Unnamed-Cowboy He gets the last laugh, 70 years later, his descendant, Jackie Moon, becomes owner of the Flint Michigan Tropics, and has a hit single called "Love me Sexy". Two generations later.... 🤣

Would love a deep dive on the Trapper- has a some great stories when he’s idling

Anyone who hasn’t played this game is missing out so much

Rockstar is the only one who puts thousand details in things which we never encounter!

People around Armadillo would have taken that town crier more seriously if he prefaced everything he said with "Hear ye! Hear ye!" like Homer Simpson did.

Funny, when J.M. walked up to H.M. and without batting an eye, blew his head off i was startled, but then thought, this should have been done to the rat bastard in the RDR1 However, watching H.M. get ripped apart by zombies in Undead Nightmare was quite satisfying. Good job on this one & as usual Strange Man.

Hey! I've got a detail that i'm pretty sure almost no one knows about, it's on the mission "Horsemen, Apocalypse", chapter 4 On that mission, when you are in the house protecting the back window, you can actually change positions with John, Dutch, and Charles, and there is actual dialogue for it.

One flaw I can think of in the Grim Reamer theory is that you can't make a deal with Death, however, you can deal with the Devil. Fantastic production values as always, love your content :)

@chriscormac231

9 ай бұрын

The Seventh Seal would beg to differ

@rafael_pires

9 ай бұрын

You can make a deal with Death. Death has two faces, could either be God or Devil. It is up to everyone of us to choose which one we want to make a pact with. The deal with Herbert Moon was Happiness (God) or Multiple Generations (Devil). He chose Devil, he payed the price.

@DevilDaRebel

9 ай бұрын

...lol@@rafael_pires

@ericfisher1360

9 ай бұрын

Any reaming is bound to be grim.

@spacenaves

8 ай бұрын

​@@ericfisher1360You.

Just look at this Man editing skills, brother. Its gets highly better with every episode, pure ART!

there is also a easter egg in one of the dead bodies on the common graves. If you sack him, you will get a letter when the man says that he is not the father of the baby with the mark in the face, wich is the timetraveler

@ElishaDasenbrock

Ай бұрын

I need to know more lol

"Way things are , wont be long before tumbleweed is the only town left in these parts" Turns out Tumbleweed would become abandoned and Armadillo would survive.

I notice rattlesnakes are always on the roads entering Armadillo...it might be a coincidence but i find them there more than anywhere in New Austin 🤔

Putting all things together in correct order is tough but you get it right every time.

Your videos are something else. The storytelling... and no commentary at all. Thank you 🥰

@geordalewilliams9156

7 ай бұрын

@ridleyaraska Ong 🔥

I could be mistaken but I thought I saw my health declining every minute I spent walking around Armadillo.

@---ke3lg

9 ай бұрын

Your cores decline over time by themselves, it's just very very slow in the vanilla game, but there are mods that make this faster

@ElCaracortada

4 ай бұрын

You just are hangry my friend

I did not expect armadillo to be that dark, i only encountered the town crier, i gotta play again to see all this, i thank the strange man for the information ❤

It just gets me amazed on how much we've discovered in RDR2! Such an incredible game! I've been playing it for 180 Hours on my PS5 cause it's just that good! Subscribed to you man! You deserve it!

Great video man you be keeping rdr 2 alive 😊

@sedohema

9 ай бұрын

Lmfao, it's the other way around actually. Rdr2 made his channel and is still keeping him going

@BruceWayne-gm5dz

9 ай бұрын

@@sedohemaand now he’s keeping RDR2 going

@sedohema

9 ай бұрын

@@BruceWayne-gm5dz rdr2 keeps itself going, sorry to disappoint. I enjoy his videos, but generally speaking, people don't play the game because of his videos. Again, sorry to disappoint.

@BruceWayne-gm5dz

9 ай бұрын

@@sedohema Why did you tell me sorry twice? RDR2 keeps itself alive. Sure. But GTA 5 has Online. And plenty of YTbers making content about it. Red Dead Online is pretty much dead and this man is the only one feeding some quality content to the fans when it comes to YT. So yeah, he keeps it alive in a way.

@sedohema

9 ай бұрын

@@BruceWayne-gm5dz you're moving the goal post. Strange man doesn't make rdr2 online content. He sticks to the story mode, and that's the debate here. I know rdr2 online is garbage. So again, sorry to disappoint.

these videos are truly well thought out and well produced, i'm addicted.

"IM HERBERT MOOOOOOOON" -Herbert Moon

the strangeman always reminded me of guanter o dimms from the witcher 3 people say hes like a devil and gives you a choice to make but if you dont fulfill your part he cures you

The moment 20:53 happened in this video, I immediately felt the hype!!! 🎩

I died of laughter at that 15:54 scene because the random NPC on the right is gossiping about something while the other on the left tries to explain us a story at the same time.😂

Top notch video, the music, just gave me goosebumps, and even a big chill down my spine.

The man burning bodies in the cemetery at Coot's Chapel is the same man who is laughing, at 13:13. His name is Eldin Grubb, He's the Undertaker of Armadillo and is also seen in RDR1.

@gofost5256

5 ай бұрын

No I don't they are the same person, the man at coots chapel is more pale. Although they both have a similar voice.

“Don’t go to Armadillo!” *While literally driving John on a coach to Armadillo*

@SergeantExtreme

5 ай бұрын

_The customer is always right!_

Something I did not understand is Moon's choice. Did he chose happiness or two generations? Cause he already disapproved his daughters marriage, so in a way he could've asked the Strange Man not to bless them with a child, therefore choosing happiness (pure genes/his health/his store) Or did he chose the two generations only to find out later his grandchild would have been of mixed race, leaving him in a cursed town?

@yaboidre5672

7 ай бұрын

He was given happiness or generations. He chose generations. One of those generations married a Jewish person, something that greatly enraged the bigoted Moon. Moon took great pride in his store and his status in town. As punishment for letting his bigotry get the best of him, the Strange Man contaminated the town, keeping Moon healthy only so he could see the suffrage. The Strange Man basically took away everything that made Moon happy because Moon was unsatisfied with one small thing. Just goes to show everyone, fortunate or not, should be grateful for what they do have instead of fretting over what they don't.

@SergeantExtreme

5 ай бұрын

@@yaboidre5672 I disagree. I think his bigotry is part of his choice. Think about it: he chose generations which meant that he had to give up happiness. Most people would be happy to have a grandchild, but Herbert was unhappy about it because the grandchild was Jewish. In other words, that the grandchild was Jewish was part of the bargain: he had to have a grandchild that would make him unhappy.

@Deezle_Gaming

5 ай бұрын

@@yaboidre5672 I agree that he chose two generations. My only question is, why would he display a picture of the strange man after he basically ruined his life?

you’re amazing mister! im always love your videos, keep it coming ♥️

So much thought, so much detail, time, and effort put into your video's. I love watching. You are so good at what you do. You were an inspiration for me when I started my channel and still are. I make mostly game movies. But, I wish I could edit like you. And, the music you use, the timing, it's all so fitting. You're an amazing creator Strange Man. Thank you for sharing your skills with us! 😊

Love your Vids, give me a spooky feeling all the time👍🏻 Love from Germany 🇩🇪👋🏻

Awesome! And well put together amazing Masterpiece! Keep up this brilliant work. 👏

Awesome Video! Very well done! Love the cinematic ending

I loved the ending to this video lmfao as always keep up the good work my guy

Absolutely tuned to this side story😂.. ive beat the game a couple weeks ago and managed to go thru armadillo.. i seen the mess the place was in. The bodies, the sick ppl walkin about awaitimg there fate. The devs they do such a great job in creating this side atmosphere from the main game.. so many things to really immerse yourselves i to if you do enough investigating.

Holy shit the editing and the production value is so incredible! Fantastic job!!

This is my favorite RDR2 town mystery video & I love the music when it shows Herbert Moon very fitting 13:20

Great content as always. Thank you so much for the video's!!

Its 2023 and you’re still making content on this game, impressive

Omfg this is amazing, the attention to detail is incredible....

In a way, his punishment is not over by the events of RDR1. He's constantly robbed and depends on you, another incidental agent of the Strange Man, to get his money back. Whether you get it back or not changes nothing for him either, because it'll happen again and again. Even by 1914 after John is gone.

I actually think the "His final toll will herald my greatest coming" refers to Micah's death. We dont see the Strange Man manifesting at all in RDR2, but when Micah Bell dies (the final toll of the bell, Bell now having to pay the toll to cross over, there’s plenty of ways to play with words with that), it's what finally brings the Pinkertons to John Marston's door, launching the first game and the actual Strange Man missions along with it. Maybe if John had done what Arthur asked and not looked back, left the past in the past and not tried to be two people at once, he could have stayed hidden. But he didn't. He went after Micah, and as satisfying for the player (and John) as that might have been, in doing so he brought the personification of death to his door.

Great video as always!!

that ending montage, so feckin' good!

25:08 that was oddly satisfying. I bet you had fun doing that, didn't you, Strange Man?

@StrangeManChannel

9 ай бұрын

You bet I did 🤯🔫

How did john not recognize the portrait on the wall? He couldve just said that he saw a similar portriat in the swamps that wouldve been rly eerie

@d.5432

9 ай бұрын

He did though. 22:08 he says it is familiar in a weird way and is a bit hesitant to continue talking about it. I guess he didn't want to sound crazy by specifically saying he saw it in the swamps

@skxlter5747

9 ай бұрын

@d.5432 would've made for a very interesting conversation tho and also Rockstar shouldve just made him say "strange cause I happened to stumble upon a similar portrait in the middle of nowhere"

I wish we could find out the cause. I know the cause of cholera has to do with unclean water and poor hygiene but what was the source? A river, a lake, or a bad well.

@WarDragon72345

9 ай бұрын

Could be a well contaminated with human waste, that was a common cause. London had cholera outbreaks, particularly around pumps that drew water from the Thames.

@JAYO201

9 ай бұрын

Well these are all actually real diseases... So living out in the middle of nowhere being dirty obviously creates these diseases.

@JAYO201

9 ай бұрын

Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. People can get sick when they swallow food or water contaminated with cholera bacteria. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but can sometimes be severe and life-threatening. - Google

It's simple really Armadillos are not towns, they're animals

@deeznutz8320

9 ай бұрын

*badum tss*

@dillpickle987

9 ай бұрын

They’re winners of the Minecraft Mob Vote, too.

One thing that just clicked with me is that the Undertaker outfit in GTA V is the same outfit that the Strange Man wears.

Your videos are masterpieces.

Thank you,🙏 Strange man

As always, a great video

the eyes on RDR1 Herbert Moon at 18:04 had me cackling. hes such a fun character to hate cause hes just so ridiculous about every thing.

@Unnamed-Cowboy

9 ай бұрын

Theres a duel with him in rdr1 too, hes pretty good too.

Now, let's talk about the little superpower strange man also gived to Herbert Moon and he shows at 32:07.... pissing from the apron

I really enjoy it every video.. and the way you do it 😊🎉🎉

Amazing video! Thanks!

Sick vid man! 🤟🙌

Great video mate. Cheers.

Xmas come early . Thank you Strange Man

Glad to see this channel still active I just got done watching the "German Family connection with El Rubio" Your information is outstanding I'm convinced you work for Rockstar...or dating someone that works for Rockstar Lolzzz

there are so many stories and mysterys in the world of rdr and the funny thing is that most of them can be influenced by strange man

I would like if rockstar made new austin normal and populated but this is very interesting!

The grim reaper doesn't make deals for your soul or puts curses on, that's the devil's gig.

Him being the grim reaper would make sense if he didn’t give choices in morality. The Grim Reaper doesn’t make deals or care how you get to meet him. He talks about being an accountant, referring to researching info to make decisions (deals, who lives or dies, etc) not actual numbers. Also a cheeky wink at “the devil’s arithmetic”. The grim reaper takes the already dying. The devil takes you while you’re on your feet (serial killer).

Recreating your intro in-game was neat.

Whole towns got cholera!!! I love how they comment on wearing a mask and saying it's pointless.

@RoadSparrow

9 ай бұрын

They weren't wrong.

@Tea_Noire

9 ай бұрын

Thats because cholera is waterborne, not airborne. A mask isn't gonna do shit if the disease is spread thru contaminated water.

@ChibiPanda8888

9 ай бұрын

Sounds familiar.....

damn good editing

so good video!

I rarely comment, this was truly awesome

Interesting the word Miasma is in GTA 5 great work as always strange man this mystery goes deep , i feel has something to do with the honor system to trigger the strange man in game Donte knows him

I don’t know if this is true or not but someone once told me that there was a legend in the Old West that Death was a man in a well-cut suit and that’s what I’ve always thought The Strange Man was.

Has anyone tried to take Herbert Moon to the pentagram, and sacrifice him?

@Unnamed-Cowboy

9 ай бұрын

Herbert Moon boss fight happens he fires racist lazer beams at you and 1 shots you.

@ashy.leigh19

8 ай бұрын

Ooogashakaooogaoogaoogashakaoogaooga (starts a chant while sacrificing moon) jk jk

Does anyone else remember the glitch where the townspeople end up in the ground and say "I've sold my soul to El Diablo and now I can live forever" in RDR1 or was that just me?

Nice and very interesting video

He took pleasure in killin moon at 25:24😂

A 30+ min StrangeMan video? Xmas come early?

real good video

I hate the fact that rockstar made so many dead towns. I understand why they did it, but it's really a shame. One of my favorite aspects of the game is exploring a thriving town, but you really only have valentine, strawberry, rhodes, and saint denis. Tumbleweed doesnt have much going on, even though it looks like it should, and the rest are either dead or dying. Colter would have been a good spot to actually have functioning, and limpany looked like a really cool spot before it burned. so much potential wasted.

@AliAlnamir

9 ай бұрын

I completely agree and I also think that there should have been a couple trapper camps and small communities in the Grizzlies as well.

@BakingBadOBX

9 ай бұрын

@@AliAlnamir yea, an actual thriving trapper camp where individualist entrepreneurs camp together sort of like a safety in numbers thing would have been great. they could have done that near any one of the river locations, up near cottail pond or the east side of calumet ravine would have been great locations. It would have been great for online mode, because I love hunting in ambarino, but you have to haul a long ways to sell your goods or drop it at camp. and thats a heavy risk because you could get disconnected and lose it all.

So by leaving the area its the only way to avoid the curse thus so many residents leaving. The ones that thought being careful and quarantine properly would end up cursed anyway because they stayed Also the fact that death is out and about in the world is interesting. Then again we see a ghost woman and a sentient robot with the mind of a child

I was actually always wondering how this deal worked. The strange man was supposed to give two generations to Moon. What does it imply? That he got a daughter and then a grandchild? Or the fact that his child didn't die while giving birth. Coz what is the sense in this deal anyway? He got a child, but it has "dirty blood" if you can call it like this. It doesn't seem that a person like Moon would sell all the good money he was earning in the shop for a grandkid that is not pure. Or maybe he made a deal before his daughter met the Jewish guy? Maybe she had trouble finding a match and was getting older (esp in those times when women were getting married super young). Then coz of the deal she met Issac, but because Moon wasn't supposed to gain any happiness out of this deal, the Stange Man made sure that she would fall in love with a guy that wasn't good enough according to Herbert. So he got a grandchild but wasn't happy with his shop or town or the new family members he got

"I just hope that armadillo epidemic doesnt spread to us." Plot twist: she has no idea about the actual town of Armadillo, she's just afraid of a horde of armadillos that are terrorizing the countryside Genghis Khan-style.

@ChibiPanda8888

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

The ending of this video and how you did it... lol. cool.

i remember one day just going into armadillo with a bunch of molotovs and lighting buildings on fire, acting like some weird bruh trying to cleanse the plague by burning the town down XD

I could have sworn this was already covered

Can't wait to see videos like this but in gta6.

Well down Mr. Strang man 👏🏻👏🏻 another mystery is solved

Another comment I wanna make here, about what the camper said at 22:29, he actually lost his own bet as we all know Armadillo recovered during RDR1 as Moon's deal was complete, while Tumbleweed became a ghost town as the railroad that bypassed the town in favor of Armadillo is what drove Tumbleweed to its collapse. Obviously that was a foreshadow we all saw comin' because of RDR1, but I like that small detail of someone betting the other way around in the prequel.

Its crazy how npcs who are as far away in saint denis are gossiping about armadillo. Word passes quick.

Spooky, i have goosebumps now.

Ending montage was beautiful

I love how Strange Man's deal also explains why Moon doesn't die from that clearly-fatal shot in the head. Strange Man's word is binding: he said Herbert would have to live with his choices, even after some schmuck walks through the door and shoots him in the face.

RIP VAN WINKLE (Hi btw)

Thank you

You’d think that Armadillo would’ve become a ghost town in a few months with how bad the plague was, and that Tumbleweed would’ve been a growing town. Huge surprise that it was the other way around several years later.

I would love to see the town crier’s hat in RDO. By far one of the best in game.

25:05 made me laugh like a mofo, dude is just super rude and than pays the price instantly XD