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@Thehomelessathlete

3 жыл бұрын

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@thomasglaister3866

3 жыл бұрын

posted 1 week ago?

@helmethead3002

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasglaister3866 most likely this video was set on a schedule and he left this comment before the video was made public

@Cassiel75

3 жыл бұрын

Beard looks great /-Bushy and trim Not an inkling of sleepwalking idealism

@Cassiel75

3 жыл бұрын

Have you considered a bio of The Great Dane /-Founder of The Danes Gorm or later Harald Blutooth

"Take Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish all despise him..." "Take François l'Olonnais, the Spanish all deathly fear him..."

@georgeprchal3924

3 жыл бұрын

@The Gentle Guy probably why he was a Sir while the other wasn't. Also it's a song from Muppet Treasure Island.

@danielhaigler556

3 жыл бұрын

"But to the British, he's a hero and they idolize him! It's how you look at buckaneers, that makes them bad or good And i see us as members of a noble Brotherhood!" Maybe not Tim Curry's best role, but certainly a very catchy number

@SirBojo4

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgeprchal3924 Not many people liked spanish during the pirate era either way.

@nigelmoscrop9987

Жыл бұрын

@@danielhaigler556 Drake was a scoundrel , didn't pay his crew !

Since we're on a pirate roll, how about Piet Heyn. A man who's booty was so big, he caused the value of silver to deflate and nearly bankrupted Spain.... in *one* haul.

@leighcollett66

3 жыл бұрын

now that sounds mega interesting! i would like to know more on this dude too

@elpresidente6867

3 жыл бұрын

@Devil RedHD he said thieving not whoring

@markkuiper7380

3 жыл бұрын

Piet Hein zijn naam is klein maar zijn daden waren groots want hij nam de zilvervloot.

@adamant7794

3 жыл бұрын

those daygoesare still angry about that one, did you hearthe one where they dumped precioys merals in the soup, it was 1900 and they found a mountain of chromium or something like tungsten but science didn't need it at the time & they put it in the sea lol

@alexlief2072

3 жыл бұрын

There could be Zheng yi sao, more cruel than L'olonnais.

While not much is known about his youth.... I DO think its safe to say it involved torturing as many cats as possible.

@Redemptorchapter

3 жыл бұрын

Does it..or is he Autism/bi-polar patient zero...or a blood relative who has discovered time travel?

@--enyo--

3 жыл бұрын

Might be the real reason his parents wanted to get rid of him.

@happydadjr.2142

3 жыл бұрын

I was once asked if I have the urge to pee when I see fire. I said only when my feet are on fire. It was a custody case. Like a lot went on

@donhancock332

3 жыл бұрын

And other defenseless creatures.

@yourstruly4817

3 жыл бұрын

As long as he left the dogs alone. Freakin cats ;-)

When you realize Roronoa Zoro's name comes from L'Olonnois and Zorro.

@kuroneko3837

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@1738frfr

2 жыл бұрын

I'm also here to learn future hints lol

So that's the story behind the guy I constantly commandeer the ship of in "Sid Meier's Pirates!" Knew of him but never about him, and what a fascinating story. How more pirates don't have movies/TV shows is beyond me

@reginaldinoenchillada3513

3 жыл бұрын

Punish him.

@nejm612

3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@dnte5921

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously don’t understand why there aren’t more movies/tv shows, or atleast about the real ones about the real stories. Their stories are fucking amazing!

@craigborth8047

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Kinsman what a fucking game hey man, i still play it to this day. Cheers brother

@rakkatytam

3 жыл бұрын

@@dnte5921 Would love a good gritty Sergio Leone esque pirate movie

The guy was sold by his own parents as a 15 year old kid into a kid of literal slave labor hell the likes of which many died from. Not surprising that his mind shattered, but wowsers, what a vengeance trail and what a sadly fitting end to bespeak all the things that created him.

@Dystopia54109

Ай бұрын

As messed up life was back then, l'olonois was mentally strong asf

I want to be famous so that Simon can narrate my life story...

@ripsumrall8018

3 жыл бұрын

Do something really horrible? No, don't!

@lord.kagiso3741

3 жыл бұрын

Who said anything about doing something horrible 🤷‍♂️

@alan30189

3 жыл бұрын

Just be “famous,” not “infamous.”

@donkeyslayer4661

3 жыл бұрын

How's that working out for you?

@scumbagjesus999

3 жыл бұрын

Do anything cool yet?

He is the inspiration to Roronoa Zoro from one piece!!!!! Hell yeah

@atharv7353

Жыл бұрын

Inspiration *for Oda to create Zoro

Perfect timing just packed a bowl

@joeyr7294

3 жыл бұрын

Same! 🍻🔥

@michaelkeeping8040

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao me 2

@johnlouisgood

3 жыл бұрын

Light it up 🔥

@mrlockhart4252

3 жыл бұрын

My bowl is always being loaded 😤😃

@roleff

3 жыл бұрын

But it's not a episode of Business... Blaze...

"With a new crew..." This is what fascinates me the most about all those mad leaders that have been covered on this channel (and those that haven't, obviously). There are always enough followers, for any amount of cruelty, to allow those leaders to go rampant.

@Paulafan5

3 жыл бұрын

They can recruit people in a heartbeat; that's why they are leaders.

@Dystopia54109

Ай бұрын

This "followers" had nowhere to go, most of them had a terrible childhood turned criminals, they sought an adventure and joining pirate crews somehow gave them a sense of belonging where they would gladly die for it.

1:30 - Chapter 1 - The obscures origins of a monster 4:45 - Chapter 2 - No quarter ! 8:20 - Mid roll ads 9:50 - Chapter 3 - François the conqueror 14:25 - Chapter 4 - Agony 17:05 - Chapter 5 - Into the mouth of madness

@mattolivier1835

4 ай бұрын

18:33 - Chapter 6 - The annoying bald guy continues on in his pretentious accent.

Don't y'all just love Simon's witty delivery?😂

@DaidriveCJ

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed!

@kaiserwilhelmi74

3 жыл бұрын

Of course

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

" What the...............Steel and.Paper !!???, We've been HAD !!!!"

Can you guys do a video on Marquis De Lafayette: The French hero of the American Revolution

@TheZestyCar

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great suggestion. ☺

@cpegg5840

3 жыл бұрын

How about Marquis de Sade; the NWO’s hero

@rhodesianwojak2095

3 жыл бұрын

no

@thorpeaaron1110

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheZestyCar yep

@gardensofthegods

3 жыл бұрын

For some reason i think they actually did one of La Fayette

Every time I hear Tortuga I think of the song "Jack Sparrow".

@saintofgamblingtv5134

3 жыл бұрын

The one from The Lonely Island band?

@rinzo2009

3 жыл бұрын

I swear. Johnny Depp's character just came to mind when I heard the name "Tortuga".

@yourstruly4817

3 жыл бұрын

I think of the exploding turtle in Breaking Bad

@saintofgamblingtv5134

3 жыл бұрын

@@toneohm215 welcome to Ikea, how may I help you?

@wellthatwaswierd4570

3 жыл бұрын

Same! And start having boltons rambling thoughtstream lyrics running thru my head the rest of the day

"Disappointing booty"

@0ldFrittenfett

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!

@PeachysMom

3 жыл бұрын

I feel attacked lol

@WavyHippie420

3 жыл бұрын

Seen quite a bit of those these days.

@DarqueQueen7

3 жыл бұрын

The lot of ya need to walk the plank!😆🤣😆🤣😆

@HeyItsJonny

3 жыл бұрын

@@DarqueQueen7 Those with a disappointing booty should feel attacked by the phrase "walk the plank." I sure don't want to be stepped on...

Last week someone stole my credit card number and purchased NordVPN for themselves...how’s that for irony...???😂

@demonflowerchild

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@WillPhil290

3 жыл бұрын

No way!!! Lmao...

@marhen4497

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you somebody gets to watch some additional netflix shows Jokes aside. Hope you could resolve the wwhole issue...

Blackbeard was so ruthless. François L’Olonnais: Hold my beer

@oshii3585

3 жыл бұрын

How original

@G_Okr

3 жыл бұрын

You mean wine

As a Venezuelan, i thank u fot teaching me a part of my history that i didn't know before :D

"François L’Olonnais killed hundreds of people now I throw the gauntlet at you" - well... ok, Simon. I kinda am not into whole psychopathic murderer thing, but how can I refuse a challenge? 🤣

I believe that Edward Low is the only pirate that can rival Francois L'Olonnais in cruelty and sadisticness

Could you make a video about William the Silent (William of orange). He's probably the most important historical figure in dutch history and i would really like to see a biography about him:)

@frankcrosby6222

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it's done. Look in the archives

@j.a.weishaupt1748

3 жыл бұрын

Frank Crosby It hasn’t. Look in the archives.

I'd love to see a Biographics on Sir Francis Drake.

@practicalimagination0909

3 жыл бұрын

Other Pirates Id like to add...Robert Searles and Captain Thomas Jingle.

@QUARTERMASTEREMI6

2 жыл бұрын

@@practicalimagination0909 Well, you’re in luck, there's a Biographics on Drake!

Loved this one, Simon! Really shows the true depths of depravity that pirates(and indeed human beings) can sink to. Why not keep the Pirate train rolling with Captain Sir Henry Morgan: the Bloodthirsty Pirate Governor of Jamaica?

I love the subtle changes in background music. Really adds to the story.

Well done, Simon! Thank you for such a fascinating video. I thought I knew a bit about pirates, but have never heard of this one. Thanks again.

You could do black Bart the pirate. He was the most successful pirate out of all of them and his death is considered the end of the Golden Age.

I was already giggling at "for the love of booty" comment, but the "piece of s%#@" comment took me completely off! I was not ready, Simon! Lmfao

Thank you for all your hard work Danny.

Outstanding work by the Kuna people! Never heard of this evil pirate before! How? I thought I was familiar with all the major sea-thieves! I learn something new here almost every day! Major compliments.

Great video as always. How's about Zheng Yi Sao the feared Empress of the ocean. Who personal enjoyed watching just about anyones head roll.

So close to Roatan off the coast of Honduras. Keep waiting for some stories about the Pirates that had visited Roatan. Always enjoy and so happy I found this channel.

Awesome Explanation

The beard this pirate sports is not even half as elegant as Simons, his beard is surely worth the amount of sugar and gold in the 17th and 18th centuries.

@calisahardy4845

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, yes! Thank you.. I've been incessantly saying that for a while but I figured I was coming off as a little bit of a stalker.😍

@maximilianolimamoreira5002

3 жыл бұрын

that jaw of yours though,so badly made,that,my long jaw looks decent,Haha.

@TechSupport900

3 жыл бұрын

Maximiliano Moreira MOMMY SAYS ITS A STRONG CHIN FOR A STRONG BOY

@maximilianolimamoreira5002

3 жыл бұрын

@@TechSupport900 Nice try,but no,that looks freaking horrible.

@cpegg5840

3 жыл бұрын

Damn that Habsburg jaw could give Leno a run for his money.

Fun fact: He's actually the inspiration for Roronoa Zoro from One Piece.

@FeiFongWang

3 жыл бұрын

How are they even barely similar in any capacity at all.

@JudahProject2012

3 жыл бұрын

@@FeiFongWang Zoro was a pirate hunter known for being blood thirsty before the series started also i think Oda said he was

@landonnice2272

3 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty cool tidbit tbh

@roreinudesu6199

3 жыл бұрын

The name atleast

@rationalconservative386

3 жыл бұрын

That's false. Zorro is the inspiration of real life Joaquin Murrieta.

Prime content Simon! Keep them coming!

Great work and commentary enjoy your videos, just watched the Zapata video. Top quality content

There is a pirate that is more vicious than L'olonnais (sorry for bad spelling), the name I am thinking of is Zheng yi sao/Ching Shih (same person). I'd love to hear about this pirate.

I was under the misconception that Ned Low was the most bloodthirsty and cruel pirate. François L'Olonnais sounds like a match for him though. Not really sure who was worse.

"The empire will strike back" 🤣 I like the slick Star Wars reference 5:23

always entertaining. always quality information. always a great time

Simon is a great narrator one of the best of his time. What a time to be alive

I can't believe I missed this episode, read about this guy from a book I got from my grandpa as a kid, you better believe the story about him cutting out a prisoners heart and eating it kind of crushed the romanticized image of pirates that I had as a child.

@arnaldoteodorani277

3 жыл бұрын

Is your user name a homage to band Primus by any chance?

@connorhirst170

2 жыл бұрын

Wow what book?

@HandleMyBallsYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

@@arnaldoteodorani277 Yes

@HandleMyBallsYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

@@connorhirst170 I can't remember exactly, I think I still have it somewhere, the name translated from it's Finnish title was something along the lines of ''Pirates and Privateers of the Caribbean'' or something very generic like that.

Beard looks great, sir! I live how u speculate about why or how things got that way. Good work.

YES ANOTHER VIDEO. Ever since I discovered your channels, I’ve been watching you everyday.

The worst pirate? My ex-wife...but that's another story.

@Cassiel75

3 жыл бұрын

well. /-Viewer discretion was advised ;)

@DaidriveCJ

3 жыл бұрын

Let me guess, she took half of your booty, whilst she gave you very little during the marriage? No more Monkey Double Backflips, just starfish with more drama and disrespect beforehand.

@ChuckieManioItsReallyMe

3 жыл бұрын

Wamen bad. Excellent contributions to the discussion, boomers.

@roguekwads_fpv7368

3 жыл бұрын

Sooo, she's a butt pirate..?. I'll bet her "treasure chest" gets plundered a couple times a day by dirty old sailors.. sorry buddy, you don't want scabies and scurvy anyway tho.

@philmckenna5709

2 жыл бұрын

Oh! It said "boomers"! 😱

Thomas Tew. The Rhode Island pirate. Started the Spanish Round.

Glad I found this channel I love history and this is the best channel for it please never change

Good audio!👍 great video!

The Vendee really does have a tie with violence with L'Olonnais and the War in the Vendee during the Revolution. Vendee might make a good Geographics episode as well in order to cover the history of the War there, its an interesting one.

0:56 i have to admit, it made me laugh a lot

Love the content

Awesome thanks

Girls with time machine: I'm going to meet m great grandma! Boys with time machine: I'm goin to give pirates AK-47s

It would be amazing if you guys could do J Edgar Hoover - he's a fascinating one with a lot of controversy and mystery behind him

@gardensofthegods

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they did one of him ... and if they didn't do it another channel did

@richardpotter6313

3 жыл бұрын

A closet queen with enough dirt on everyone to run the world for almost 50 years. 🤔

Youre the best Simon

Heyyy love your channel keep up the good work!! Is frederick the great coming any time soon?

Yet another fascinating life of somebody I’d previously never heard of. You all are doing a wonderful job and have my gratitude. Have you ever considered producing an episode about the Japanese writer Dazai Osamu? His life was infused with generous enough helpings of brilliance and tragedy to be of interest.

I heard they were making a movie about him it’s rated “Arrrrhhh”

@randylahey8434

3 жыл бұрын

Did I meet you under the Queensborough bridge?

@homeineveryzone

3 жыл бұрын

Ha

@samsamson391

3 жыл бұрын

I hate that I love this comment. 😉

@JohnDoe-vn1we

3 жыл бұрын

Damn you for making me laugh at such a bad joke, bravo!! Lol.

@adamant7794

3 жыл бұрын

chortle

This is such a great channel.

Loved this biography of this pirate

Please do a video on Sir Terry Pratchett pretty please

This would make an amazing action, horror movie.

Great video.

"Nicarag-you-uh" 😆

"Who braved the waves for the love of booty" - I have said it once and i will say it over and over sir... your puns are that of myth and legend. You savage you... Keep up the good work Bio 💯💯💯💯💯

Wait a sec - L’Olonnais was well known to spare the life of a single witness, who could then spread false information and lead his enemies astray. His death at the hands of native tribes was reported by a single surviving witness... L’Olonnais survived

@sadsackkvisling9694

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. Retirements a beotch.

@jayremi755

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt Francois was capable of retirement. I don’t think he would of been able to put aside his hatred for the Spanish. I’m certain he died

@HermeticWorlds

3 жыл бұрын

@@jayremi755 Aha! A descendant of L’Olonnais! Don't think you can fool me with this 'Jay Remi' persona, I know it's you.

great video.

"But not this guy, oh no. He was a complete and utter piece of sh*t"..... LOL🤣😂🤣🤣 Love it when Simon lets loose.

Can we get a video on Duke of Wellington and Christopher Hitchens ?

*but before we get into that slaughter let me tell you about today's sponsor*

@somethinglikethat2176

3 жыл бұрын

Slaughter geolocking with Nord VPN. Make region locked content walk the plank and get 10% today.

Thank you

I think Simon is a great 👍narrator every documentary he makes is very interesting and factual.

Ohhh... A rated "R" Simon! Can't wait...

@kieranshirkey306

3 жыл бұрын

If you want more R rated Simon look up his channel Business Blaze 😄

Biographics - KARL DÖNITZ?

@0ldFrittenfett

3 жыл бұрын

This would be interesting. For example, here in Flensburg when he was the new Führer, he still signed death sentences to so called "deserters" who surrendered to the British even though the war was technically already over.

love the sound effects! lol

I always like to watch one or two bio/geographics and then a Business Blaze for the tonal whiplash.

Actually thought my dad was always the most savage man of the Caribbean 😂. 🇬🇩 . A look is all that’s needed 😂 .

I'm gonna go with Blackbeard and Black Bart as most bloodthirsty

@SlyBlu7

3 жыл бұрын

Blackbeard's violence is mostly a myth though - he's not recorded by contemporaries to have killed any captives or been cruel to any crew that surrendered. In fact, most of the Golden Age pirates were pretty tame compared to the earlier Buccaneers from 1650-1690. The simple reason is that the pirates lacked the martial skill, the numbers, and the organization to launch massive attacks like this. No Golden Age pirate (the 1700-1725 period of Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach and Bartholomew 'Black Bart' Roberts) successfully hit a large town. On three separate occasions, the Buccaneers were able to raise armies of around 1500 men and raid entire cities. That's to say nothing of the numerous raids against towns like Marcaibo, similar to the one carried out by L'Olonais and his army of "only" 700. Roberts does get *some* credit though. He sailed into a harbor in Africa and blockaded the exit, much like Blackbeard had done at Charleston. Roberts demanded ransom be paid by every captain who wished to leave the harbor safely. When they initially refused, Roberts ordered one of the ships at anchor to be burned, with its cargo aboard. That cargo was 300 Africans, shackled in the hold and awaiting transportation to the plantations of the New World.

Thanks for this upload. One of my favorite pirates of all time. He was everything a pirate should be. A murderous thuggish, roguegish, blackheart. Love it. Lol! Can you do a video on "the most successful pirate in history"; "Ching Shih (Cheng I Sao)". Also "Cheung Po Tsai", and a late 14th century german pirate by the name of "Klaus Stortebeker".

@arnaldoteodorani277

3 жыл бұрын

The video on Ching Shih is out!

@justeping9469

3 жыл бұрын

@@arnaldoteodorani277 I know! I had seen it the first day he uploaded it. Thanks!

Two years old, when I first started watching Biographics, I requested you make videos of three people; Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Douglas Adams, and Terry Prachett. You've done Adams and Pratchett to amazing justice. If only you can now do Chamberlain, for his soul was that of the lion.

For all we know there's somebody in Somalia right now that's even worse

@neubauerjoseph

3 жыл бұрын

Probably true... when I was in the navy when we did small boat attack training based they said if Somalia pirates come close take them out .... because they don’t have marcy on you. So you better shoot them before them shoot you. But it didn’t happen because as my ncis agent said the pirates are about messing with a carrier.

@tylerbouck3555

3 жыл бұрын

@@neubauerjoseph ive heard some hardcore stuff about that place. Been like that for hundreds of years.

Your killing me man, all these swashbucklers you’ve been covering, but you haven’t covered the most successful pirate of them all, even more successful than Black Beard I’m talking about Bartholomew Roberts aka Black Bart

@mattweir9674

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he covered him a while back

@mikecimerian6913

3 жыл бұрын

Very few pirates bearing monikers like Violet Turtlejack or the Pink Codwalker. I guess blondes didn't feel like they belonged.

Wow that had the most satisfying ending!

I consider myself quite well-educated, but I had never heard of this pirate, or even Tortuga! Thanks, Simon.

How much does a pirate earing cost? A buck an ear..... I'll show myself out.

@bretthess6376

3 жыл бұрын

It's not losing the ear I mind.... It had a gold ring in it!

@richardpotter6313

3 жыл бұрын

@@bretthess6376 I heard that!

You *have* to do a video of Hayrettin Barbaros Paşa, the greatest pirate and Ottoman Naval Commander the Mediterranean ever saw. İt was said that when Hayrettin passed, all of Christian Europe breathed a sigh of relief and prayed that he find peace in the afterlife - so that he'd never return.

Very nice.

23:34 Well, a similar figure in this stories from Exmerlin is a guy called "Monbars" „l`exterminateur“. Not much is known about him exept the fact that he had a pathological hate against spanish and killed every spaniard he could catch. A few years around 1670 he raged through the carribean and finaly vanished.

I remember reading a book years ago " Rebels and Raiders, The Golden Age of Piracy" I think was the title. And yes, there were a couple of pirates you never hear mentioned who were outright horrific! Not the usual Blackbeard or Black Bart or Horniegold we're familiar with, though their notoriety was just as genuine, but not likely quite the way popular legend portrayed them. One of these rotten bastards tied a French ships cook to the mast and burned him with the vessel saying " let 'eem fry in ' 'iz own oil!... or " 'iz own 'ile" Although from 1670 something to 1735 or so the only democracy on planet earth were the pirate nations of Madagascar, the Bahamas and the high seas. "A pirate's life for me! Yo ho ho, a pipe of opium and a bottle of rum!"

Wow! This guy makes Blackbeard look like a saint! Oof.....😰

@sadsackkvisling9694

3 жыл бұрын

He'll rip out yer eyes, twist off yer nuts, roast yer bowels, and eat yer heart. Go ahead, make fun of his French language.

My 8 yr old daughter said you guys have the best videos. Cheers

I love your videos 💓💕❤️❤️

Would be nice to see a vid on Joseph McCarthy

Love the show but too many built in and outside commercial interruptions.

@dimadobrik4516

2 жыл бұрын

Its exactly one sponsor ad per video

In case anyone is interested, the one piece character, roronoa zoro is named after this fella.

Capt.Feather Sword amaze!

The Spaniards in the ‘New World’ likely taught him everything he knew.

I'm not one to pass judgement but this guy sounds like a real jerk!

Yes, more pirate biographies!