WOW... its my day off (work 13 hr shifts as a hospital nurse) tired of normal tv and news. I enjoy KZread as an alternative. This video looked interesting.. so I watched it. Before I knew it I was writing notes to research things like Balkan War Crimes,1190-1290ngland history... etc. 3/4 way through, I was in aww at what they found. Thank you ladies (and DNA guy). You are awesome.

@stacywhaley9957

2 жыл бұрын

13 hour shift RN here also… I love these stories too :). Hang in there sister 💕

"Opening wounds that people now have to address" is a realistic view. It's important to also realize that, until those wounds are addressed, healing would be difficult to impossible. By opening up the wounds, re-fracturing the bone as it were, you are permitting true healing to occur. Yes, it's painful, and likely that healing will be irregular &/or incomplete, but at least now they're working with a more complete picture. Heartbreaking, though necessary. Thank you for all the work that you do!

@MrJeffcoley1

Ай бұрын

The people living in Norwich today may be descendants of the people living there at the time of the murders ... or not. Even if they are they're centuries removed from the event. However, I do think the conclusion is inescapable that these people died as the result of mob violence against Jews, and then thrown down a dry well. The disrespect shown to the bodies of the victims is a dead giveaway. Also telling that nobody from the Jewish community at the time recovered the bodies to give them a proper burial. Surely such an infamous act resulting in the deaths of an entire family comprising nearly 10% of Norwich's Jewish population would have been well known among them.

Professor Black is an incredibly caring intelligent lady, her compassion and love of her job is second to none. Love this site.

@zoesavage5791

Жыл бұрын

She has written some interesting and entertaining books about her work. Very readable with some hilarious moments alongside some very touching stories.

@louisemerriman1079

6 ай бұрын

Shes amazing is prof dame sue black i love her and could listen to her knowledge for hours

It's incredible to be able to learn about and grieve these people nearly 1000 years after their deaths.

I wasn’t expecting to be moved to tears by this... I enjoy these historical investigations but this team are so incredibly talented to bring such humanity and turn ‘old bones’ back into real people, families, and saddest of all that this kind of hate crime still goes on in such numbers in so many parts of the world. Fantastic series, I hope they bring it back again

@MsZoedog66

2 ай бұрын

It is brilliant. I am betting that there are plenty of historical burials they could investigate.

Probably my favourite episode.of History Cold Case. It was such a powerful and emotional moment when she said "these are still skeletons, but these are now people." They have put a human face on the past and it's left us with an uncomfortable feeling that we must embrace if we're to accept our past for what it is.

@yeetnama9094

Жыл бұрын

😒😒

@matildamarmaduke1096

Жыл бұрын

And if it's all a lie

@matildamarmaduke1096

Жыл бұрын

B brick arched bridge

@Earthbound369

Жыл бұрын

@@matildamarmaduke1096 Why would it be a lie?

@gemmabosley4804

Жыл бұрын

This is my favourite episode too it's so interesting!

For me, this is one of the saddest episodes I've watched so far. Such a tragic end for these poor people. I can't even begin to imagine the amount of persecution & sadness they had to deal with at the hands of other people. Especially in the end. Very, very sad 😢

@elizabethsohler6516

2 жыл бұрын

That's true but they did get a proper burial in the end.

@margaretbanks8969

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and your colleagues for being there for us

@Miriboheme

Жыл бұрын

it's the kids for me. the fear they must have felt. so awful. :(

@patriciasmith4277

Ай бұрын

Sadly persecution of people still continues.😢

This is not the the first time I’ve watched this episode, and as an ashkenazi Jew with relatives lost to the holocaust, this episode had me in tears.

@orionxtc1119

Ай бұрын

Why does the Talmud show such hate towards Jesus Christ?

@pappyreeves6988

Ай бұрын

Yes, I am not a Jew, I am a Christian, but antisemitism makes me feel physically sick..Jesus was both a Christian and a Jew..the two are not incompatible at all..dark times like the Holocaust must NEVER be repeated..Lest We Forget..my love and blessings to yourself and your family 😢

@AndyJarman

27 күн бұрын

Funny that, because when I read about the harrying of the north, the battle of Towton, Watt Tyler on the gibbet after the peasants revolt, the people who died in the fire of London, the battle of the Somme (where my grandfather who I knew was shot) or the Normandy landings that my father was involved in, I don't feel the same sorrow. Funny that, perhaps we accept our lot in life and understand life is a struggle, sometimes defeats, sometimes victories.

@jeangreenfield5993

15 күн бұрын

​@@orionxtc1119 What you on about ?

@lovekatz3979

12 күн бұрын

This is so sad. The more I learn about humanity, the more disappointed I feel about our race. I wish I could say we are more evolved, but in 2024 with worldwide conflicts, I understand that many have not.

I sincerely hope that at some point, all bone fragments and remains were allowed to be buried respectfully with a most solemn and high Jewish funeral service. Rest now, poor souls, and at last be at peace. You did not die unknown. We remember you.

@samw8452

2 жыл бұрын

They were reburied in a Jewish ceremony in Norwich.

@mattdeans9873

2 жыл бұрын

@@samw8452 Thank you. I'm SO glad to hear that.

@Frugal_granny

2 жыл бұрын

@@samw8452 hope a memorial is in that Mall at the spot of the well letting modern public know they stand/shop on a spot where ethnic cleansing took place. The victims of greed/jealousy n religious hatred

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

Pfft@@Frugal_granny

I love the bit with all the experts involved came back to find out the truth. And how moved they all were. To see a group of people care so much about people who lived hundreds of years ago, kinda restores my faith in humanity. Brilliant program.

@Eclipse1369

2 жыл бұрын

It’s nice to know that these people exist in the wake of today’s chaos, no?! It’s really inspiring to see someone handle themselves with true class.

@ralphpaxton3634

2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster

@cathyguthrie5408

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eclipse1369 7

@emeryjones9701

2 жыл бұрын

If we

@emeryjones9701

2 жыл бұрын

@@ralphpaxton3634 you p

The woman with red hair has brains, compassion and professional experience. I can see that this really comes to play in a situation like this.

@freddie488

3 жыл бұрын

Professor Sue Black. She is an amazing person who has worked in Sariavo and Kosovo getting justice for the thousands murdered during those conflicts. I'm pretty sure she earned a damehood for all her hard work. She has written a few books and gives lectures and interviews that can be found on KZread.

@dementedopossum8148

2 жыл бұрын

She has seen things we can't even imagine in our nightmares. I hope she is able to deal with it and still remain humane. It would make the most jaded of us cynical and bitter.

@charliechan8063

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta have someone wit brains cant run an operation off looks alone!

@Agathanagatha

2 жыл бұрын

@@freddie488 she also finds peadophiles by looking at photographs and identifies marks scars moles and birthmarks on their hands

@AJ-zx8by

Жыл бұрын

@@freddie488 woooah what a woman!!

I’m so so glad they investigated. First to discover the bodies and then be haunted by curiosity and worry, thank goodness for those scientists who helped reveal the truth. How tragic and sad to think that racism and hatred has been around so long. It’s an excellent reminder to never forget our past and to always work towards a future of tolerance and acceptance. Thank you for offering this closure and understanding. Thank you for speaking for this family. Those children and adults needed people to hear their story.

@elizabethsohler6516

2 жыл бұрын

You're not seriously suggesting that persecution on the basis of race /religion is some sort of new idea are you ? Sadly I think we all know better than that.

@commonsense571

Жыл бұрын

@@elizabethsohler6516 she said it’s sad to think about not that it’s not known.. ✨🤷🏻‍♀️✨

@jasonmason2471

Жыл бұрын

Xenophobia is actually a very normal behaviour. It is up to us to restrain those feelings.

Brought tears to my eyes. For the people in the well and the reaction of the people working to find the true story. Compassion runs deep here and I admire them!

@elysse5983

2 жыл бұрын

Some historians are truly the most compassionate and caring people. Not all but a lot truly just wonder and care bout these random people they find.

@goddessx9344

2 жыл бұрын

So earlobes is the key. I’m not Jewish and I do it have detached earlobes.

An expert in medieval health care. Wow! It just amazes me the careers I never even knew existed and what people decide specialize in.

@meridien52681

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that amazing? Imagine the jobs today that were not possible 10 years ago! UX designer? Compositor? I mean, it's not like kids grow up dreaming of a career of...determining climate conditions in ancient logs. And the correlations made and conclusions that can be drawn. It is truly incredible thinking of the multitudes of disciplines and occupations that make the world go! lol

@gabe-po9yi

3 жыл бұрын

@636lover1 Schools are so focused on students passing the tests the government has decided they should that there’s little room for innovation. So true about interests changing. I also hated history in school, thought it a waste of time. A few years ago, also like you, I started watching myriad history videos, soaking in this fascinating subject.

@cruisepaige

4 ай бұрын

One can be an expert in more than one thing.

Interesting, but incredibly sad. It was nice to see the sympathy of the people at the end. Because even though this happened centuries ago.....there’s still an ache for these people.

@IwasBlueb4

3 жыл бұрын

WHY is there the sympathy for THESE people ? What about all the other millions massacred over the centuries and also today ??

@GeorgiaGeorgette

3 жыл бұрын

@@IwasBlueb4 The video is about THESE people. It doesn't exclude empathy for anyone else, it's just sticking to what is relevant!

@dwovgil

3 жыл бұрын

Evy Courtney give it a break with your whataboutism, take a breath and calm down

@victoriak8536

3 жыл бұрын

@ Evy courtney, if you cannot feel pain of this small group of people, then you are not able to care about hundreds of thousands you are talking. Your comment is a hypocrite talk.

@bluezauza

3 жыл бұрын

@@victoriak8536 Oh Gosh, so well said.

No matter how long ago, it's heart breaking.

As sad as this is, the current inhabitants of the town have nothing to do with what happened centuries ago by their ancestors. Very moving how they care for these people though.

Wow. That was a very moving video. I'm glad they got a proper burial in the end.

Incredible, that an old cemetery still rests right next to a modern mall, and the headstones remained unmolested and unvandalized. Absolutely amazing, in Great Britain, there's history everywhere.

@isabellaaragon144

3 жыл бұрын

Not only in Great Britain. They found recently a skeleton about only 1 meter deep under the walking pathstones in front of the cathedral in vienna, the Stefansdoom. Hundrets of poeple were steping on this skeleton day after day for hundrets of years.

@lianoxortaroudia450

3 жыл бұрын

But..... Why build a mall right upon an old cemetery? Why disturb the dead? Couldnt they build it 300m away?! Smh....

@lelandthompson2267

3 жыл бұрын

Not Really. Julius Caesar visited so that's to millennium of. Burials. So If A Wells became poisonous.... They blamed the Semites, Ergo, They may have put them down the well for that reason. Remember Jesus went to the Jewish temple and overturn the tables of the money lenders....Remember the Bible: A lot of those stories R true.

@lelandthompson2267

3 жыл бұрын

@@isabellaaragon144 questions you were told that the closer they were to the physical Church the last time they might have to spend in purgatory.... The church charged extra to be buried in the church yard... Ergo someone very Christian and poor, Could Come back at night & Bury someone underneath the stone walkway.... And get away with it. Remember that person's now in Heaven!

@lelandthompson2267

3 жыл бұрын

@@lianoxortaroudia450 The well is from like 700 years ago... the church and cemetery from like three hundred years ago 400 years ago...

I've walked over the site of the well many times. Everytime i always wonder what really happened that night. considering its probably the biggest mystery in Norwich's history, its almost universally unknown in Norfolk. Certainly, noone i've spoken to about it has ever heard of it, and nothing was made of it when the remains were found.

These can't be the only mass graves. I imagine there are many that haven't been discovered.

@nycbigbear

3 ай бұрын

Just the only one in a well.

This is equally fascinating as it is heartbreaking. History is often so painful and eye opening, We should always learn from our past and avoid our mistakes.

@stardustgirl2904

3 жыл бұрын

There not our mistakes, we didn't commit them ! It's the People of the Past who COMMITED these TRAGEDIES! However I feel the FUTURE IS JUST AS HATEFUL ,AND HORRIBLE AS THE PAST, AND THE EARTH WILL ONCE AGAIN SEE EVIL UNLEASHED UPON IT'S LANDS, AND BLOODSHED !🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘

@pickledragonrebel

3 жыл бұрын

And yet we dont so much of the time

@lilianavois4391

Жыл бұрын

@@stardustgirl2904 yes. But question isȘ would we blame it on the jews again? Just look how they are blamed about Palestine by the mainstream media. Yes, some of them are very-very rich..But we shoul just pay attention where the petrol is coming from..and who control the price of petrol..who gets the billions..who actualy control the price of our bread. Is it those few maybe hundreds of jews??? Or maybe is the petrol countries? !!!..Let„s us hope the future will not be just a repetition of past. Be safe !

What an excellent production. Thank you to every member of the team for telling a little known aspect of British history, and, finally, lending some dignity to the deaths of the people whose bones were found in the well.

It always makes me uncomfortable when I see people handling old documents without gloves on.

Many years ago, a party of people went on a mystery tour day out. On arrival at their mystery destination the tour guide gave a little talk, she asked the visitors to be considerate and polite to the locals they may meet, many of whom would have webbed hands and feet, and take extra care when taking photo's, as the indigenous population believed that a photo of themselves taken by a stranger, stole away their very soul. The guide then said, please be back to the rendezvous at the coach by 5 :15 pm , for the journey home, but do have nice day out and enjoy Norwich . On a serious note, my late wife and I , after moving to Norfolk often went to Norwich, and I do actually remember this tent being outside the Britain center, but had no idea of the reason, as nothing was publicly declared at the time.

This is, so, so fascinating and made me sorrowful all at the same time... Hopefully, we can learn from these lessons and love ALL our BROTHERS and SISTERS... PEACE to ALL ! ❤

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

No. We can’t. We won’t. Not when one very specific group demands that the rules apply to everyone but them.

Such a brilliant show need to bring it back again 👍👍👍

If only humanity would learn from such horrific things...

@Gravelgratious

3 жыл бұрын

It's in our nature sadly.

@jbrobertson6052

3 жыл бұрын

If we get rid of religion we might learn

@fishhuntadventure

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbrobertson6052 What sense does your comment make? The sins of a few are vested on their contemporaries? With that logic does that mean all modern day Germans should die for the sins of the Nazis? Or aristocracy descendants should die because of their treatment of the Huguenots or that all policemen should suffer for the sins of their despicable counterparts whose actions cause the death of their victims? Throwing out all religions due to “X” subset of evil is inhumane and intellectually bankrupt.

@noc1891

3 жыл бұрын

we will never learn, as a collective we are simply not intelligent enough, things like this will continue to hapen till end of days..

It's amazing that that archivist doesn't use gloves while handling that scroll. Isn't she concerned about skin oil, etc. getting on it and ruining it?

@PennyWenny224

2 жыл бұрын

More research has shown that using gloves does more damage than clean hands

@saintessa

2 жыл бұрын

@@PennyWenny224 who'da'thunkit

@maryannswanson3832

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing.

@michelewood925

Жыл бұрын

Also maybe dredging up some new plague.

@kevandgizmo917

Жыл бұрын

Ooer

Very heart breaking no matter in what manner they died and for what reason. Sad, so sad. I do find it very fascinating though how through modern science, we are able to solve so many of history's mysteries. I wonder if they might take those MtDNA samples and cross match them to available DNA samples through out the world and see if there are matches of descendants. Would be very interesting.

@lisamcdonald2877

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. If they were my ancestors, I would want to know and show respect to them.

This stuff is so interesting! I love forensic anthropology.

@starrchild7061

5 жыл бұрын

l think you would really enjoy books by Kathy Reich's or Patricia Cromwell

@jeanettewaverly2590

5 жыл бұрын

@@starrchild7061 I was a Cromwell fan until her characters' behavior became so bizarre and the plots so arcane that I gave up on her. I wish she'd go back to the simplicity of her early novels. I've read a couple of Reich's books but I don't care for her writing style. (Yes, I'm very picky when it comes to "my" authors.)

@starrchild4928

5 жыл бұрын

@@jeanettewaverly2590 could you recommend any good authors of this genre that I might enjoy? I also find the subject of forensic anthropology really fascinating and I think the best authors on the subject are always the ones who are experts in the field

@colinp2238

5 жыл бұрын

Why are we so morbidly attracted to these things? I am fascinated by the facial reconstruction which, as Prof Black says here, defines them as people raether than just skeletons.

@rebeccafionacornel6558

5 жыл бұрын

i agree with you Jeanette Waverly........but i feel sad about the violence against Jews......but if you see the main part of the Old Testament in our Christian Bible actually shares the same things of the Jewish Religion.....and so is Islam.......i have a family friend who actually did research on all religious books.......and i also think that if you google on the first Monotheistic religion in the west (as in apart from Indian religions of Buddhism and Jainism), i think that the Jewish religion could be one of the few religions that believed in only "One God"........

Impressive edition of this series. Very emotional and fascinating.

Wow-that was one amazing and sad story-very well told.

What a tragic and very sad episode. These poor, poor people - my heart goes out to them all.

Fascinating! Forensics and anthropology... truly intriguing. Inspiring me to go back to college for these two subjects. Great work y'all do.

@DocBree13

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I hope you get that degree!

@commonsense571

Жыл бұрын

Go for it !!🌷

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

These shows always make me wish life had been different. Forensic anthropology was always something that fascinated me.

There’s an unbelievable about of violence & death perpetrated in the name of religion, historically and presently. Tragic.

I wish I could turn back time and become young again so I could have learned forensics and became a forensic analyst. Now I’m too old to even memorise simple tasks. 😔

@pickledragonrebel

3 жыл бұрын

You and me both...i sure missed my calling. Chemistry came so naturally to me but i didnt have the discipline to pursue it

@meatavoreNana

Жыл бұрын

Same here..Didn't even know this was a possibility when I was a youngster..

@joannagodfrey5111

Жыл бұрын

why not look into the "world" of Massive Open Online Courses, I've done several in different subjects via Future Learn, they're free!

It breaks my heart to know the truth, but its also nice to know we can reflect now we can change, we all can learn from our past generations mistakes .

@normacunningham8913

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the history that's being taught, teaches almost nothing of the horrific things that's happened in the past. And we are headed in that direction again. Theres genocide going on right now. And it's being ignored. I think every detail of the horrors of the past should be taught & shown to every kid in school. Kids are the future. And if they know nothing of the past, they can make the same mistakes all over again.

@mandywalkden-brown7250

3 жыл бұрын

Norma Cunningham - why expect schools to inform? That’s also a vital responsibility of parents surely?

@normacunningham8913

3 жыл бұрын

@@mandywalkden-brown7250 , Yes, parents should be teaching them also

@nuriyyamckee9421

3 жыл бұрын

Joe Ann Ojendras but we don’t

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

No. No we can’t. You think we’re just going to change? Only thing that’s going to change is the Jew grift is over. Nobody should ever feel bad for them again.

This will continue to happen as long as there are people on this planet. It'll always be someone for their religious beliefs, skin color. gender, way of living, the way they dress, their culture etc ........... Any group that is different from another or is considered not worthy to exist. A sad situation.

@pickledragonrebel

3 жыл бұрын

The only way to avoid this is through education and breaking free of long held beliefs

@mrs.schmenkman2858

3 жыл бұрын

Annabella dragonlady That's extremely simple minded. There is no way to stop it. The best solution is to teach basic morals of tolerance, humility, virtuousness, and respect etc. and keep the perps out of society and put the needs of society above that f the criminals.

@mrs.schmenkman2858

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, there is typically no logic behind the mind of a killer

@oOIIIMIIIOo

2 жыл бұрын

Now they are opressing unvaccinated. Let us see, how far you go. Just sayin'.

There's just no tactful way to point out a messed-up but striking coincidence between a tragically sober documentary like this and a shock-comedy movie like 'Borat,' but here goes. --The song he sang in it? Um.....'Throw the Jew Down the Well'. So......did he make up a fictional racist anthem that just happened to be a real event hundreds of years old but not revealed until 5 years after his movie? Or was the practice of throwing Jews into wells already a documented, somewhat widespread atrocity that (somehow) this investigation team was unaware of? They did mention that Jews were accused of poisoning wells, so maybe that was the punishment some villages carried out? BTW Sacha Baron Cohen is a Cambridge-educated Jew who focused on Jewish history before acting and screenwriting, so if Jewish well murders were not just this isolated case, he would probably know about it. It's hard to imagine wanting to push comedy so far as to joke about something this horrific, but his craft is often about mocking evil and a lot of people have a hard time seeing it that way.

@williamrosenbloom215

3 жыл бұрын

This comment deserves more attention. Very interesting connection.

@amymhchan1584

3 жыл бұрын

Yes very interesting. Also the well was dry. But also even though there could be history written in books, there is also word of mouth in families of things that happened in the past.

@trenae77

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing disrespectful in your request at all, and like others here definitely one for question! Truth be told, Historians knew of the prejudice against Jews before this episode. It's a long ... long history, really. And it is highly likely that reference had been made in other places over the years about events such as this. Considering Sacha's education, it is highly possible he'd seen the reference and used it. While not a huge fan of shock comics of his sort, you have to admit they are incredibly intelligent when you stop and actually pay attention to what they're saying!

@audreymuzingo933

3 жыл бұрын

@@trenae77 Definitely, and I personally think his comedy is smart AND hilarious. My cousin and I went to see Bruno in a packed theater, and we were scream-laughing so much, we missed some of the funny things and had to see it again. There were people walking out because they were so offended, and that just made it even funnier to us. Not to say comedy never offends me; there are some comics who "punch down" so they just come off as bullies (and usually not very funny, on comedic merit itself--I can overlook how "mean" something is if it's actually clever and original). Cohen's comedy is sheer perfection to me--he punches UP against the powerful, and brilliantly so.

@mellie9633

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said.

Very sad. I hope they get decent burial now and hopefully they can finally Rest In Peace.

@ivorybluesky

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think anything would help merest in peace if I was thrown head first into a well.

@caringancoystopitum4224

5 жыл бұрын

They won't. They will end up in a cardboard box in some storage room. Just like so many other skeletons of earlier time periods. If you think about it, I don't think there are that many dead people of the past that are still resting in peace. Many of them got dig up, fondled around, bones cut open and not even burried again. Just stored in some random storebox...

@starrchild7061

5 жыл бұрын

cardigan coysotium I've watched a few of these and this particular team actually do t-shirt them in cemetaries

@ObviousInit1

5 жыл бұрын

I am sure the Jewish community in Norwich will be provided or will collect funds to give a proper burial according to the Jewish tradition. The Burial rights are very simple, and uncomplicated and since these are bones now there will be no sense of urgency.

@IwasBlueb4

3 жыл бұрын

Why , you dont think they were resting in peace , then ? The bones ? And if cremated or buried again, the BONES will feel more peaceful ? !!!

Its amazing how a life gone for years can be seen with todays science technology and much more!!!

Utterly fascinating. I know Norwich quite well, and its place in history but I wasn't aware of the Jewish persecution there. Thank you for a wonderful, if deeply sad, insight into their lives.

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

Because it wasn’t worth talking about and nobody cares or even probably knew. Persecution happened everywhere. Not just to Jews, I’m sure you could find some Irish there too.

@nycbigbear

3 ай бұрын

Most people are unaware of the short history of the Jews of medieval England.

This is a horrific story. May their memories be a blessing 💙

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

Their names are dust.

@cassandra5516

3 ай бұрын

Huh?

@sher8133

3 ай бұрын

@@cassandra5516 ignore the trolls, just because I cried watching this she told me to get a life.

@cassandra5516

3 ай бұрын

@@sher8133 probably some angry old bat lol

Absolutely amazing documentary! I hope those souls are now resting in a heavenly space. Sometimes science and faith do mix!

Sue blacks a remarkable character, so much to admire. Great to see a badass group of women owning it like these three.

This was so sad, to find out that this was like an ethnic cleansing. It brings to mind all the persecution that the Jewish people have endured over thousands of years. I hear the echoes from history. This must never happen again... never again.

@elizabethsohler6516

2 жыл бұрын

It was an ethnic cleansing and sadly this is still going on. Only the groups involved change (Jews,Muslims Christians African-Americans and on and on depending where and when the "cleansing " takes place.

@natashaferran

2 жыл бұрын

you say they have been persecuted for thousands of years. So what about them persecuting Jesus? that is the top reason it happens/happened and if christians had played a part in the take down off another religions main "saviour" or "messiah" then christians would also be persecuted and heck they are today anyway with all this woke delusional unscientific nonsense.

So sad and tragic. Forensic science and dedication will continue to open up so many historical mysteries. Great work!

How odd having an archaelogical dig in the middle of a busy shopping centre. Brilliant doc.

@-b_i_b_b_y-

3 жыл бұрын

It was probably done before the centre was built. It's very common, maybe even compulsory- most archaeologists working today do "commercial" digs like this; they are contracted by a company to make sure there is nothing of historical significance on the land they are planning to build upon.

Beautiful, moving episode. The compassion and respect shown for these persecuted souls moved me deeply.

Such an interesting documentary. Thank you for highlighting this case of people who appear to have been victims of antisemitism. I Really hope they were finally able to get the dignified burial that they deserved. Rest in Peace

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

Appear to have been. Also antisemitism is a modern invention, so they were not victims of that.

Thank you for sharing. I wish these days we didn't get this kind of thing, let us try to never have these times come again.

@elizabethsohler6516

2 жыл бұрын

"These times" are still with us and they will always be with us. They did not suddenly "start "and they are not suddenly going to "end". Alas human beings have always and will always have the capacity for cruelty.

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

This is nauseating. Let’s remember that this didn’t just start. Cave men were killing each other. You going to chastise their ancestors with platitudes?

So many people in the comments seem to have missed the part about the well likely being dry when the people were put in it.

@pickledragonrebel

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldnt expect they would have used a working well for this. Clean water was too valuable...as horrific as that sounds

This series is most fascinating Thank you.

I love this series so much. I’ve rewatched it many times, and I always think of this story.

Horribly sad to think that they might have been still alive and having to die slowly in there...

@audreymuzingo933

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think that's likely unless the murderers were purposely aiming to be cruel. Granted, they burned people alive back then, but with at least the supposed belief that it might cleanse a cursed soul, and I've never heard of children being burned alive. Put it this way, if they did want to be so cruel as to force 17 people to die slowly in a heap at the bottom of a well, they would have had to want it MORE than getting rid of these people easily, because they would have struggled wildly and well holes were small.

@IwasBlueb4

3 жыл бұрын

Thats how most elderly and sick people die....nowadays....slowly ....and struggle to breathe

@TheLittledikkins

3 жыл бұрын

@@audreymuzingo933 There were children burned alive, all they had to do was ''confess'' and be over aged 7.

@janetgood6332

3 жыл бұрын

@@audreymuzingo933 aiming to be cruel is a huge part of history. They tortured people by the most heinous means. Even children.

@petertrebilco9430

3 жыл бұрын

The very thought of having been a mother or father incapacitated but alive to experience the terror and horror of accompanying so many children in their transition from life to death still takes my breath away!

There needs to be another season of this show. So engrossing.

@cdlc5256

Жыл бұрын

@@Arhimith yes. Another commentator said they were laid to rest in a Jewish cemetery.

This was really interesting. It was also a very affecting story. At least these people know the truth and have an opportunity to process it all. That's important.

@pickledragonrebel

3 жыл бұрын

Hiatory is so incredibly important. Will we ever learn not to repeat it?....

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

Nobody has to process this. They’re not guilty of anything. This trend of forcing Jewish guilt on people is really pathetic. I don’t care. Not my guilt. Not my shame.

What an interesting and informative programme! More please!

this is such a great show!

I absolutely love your channel. I can't get enough. Thank you. I re-watch your videos.

thank you for sucha great video

I have searched so long for this again I'm so happy, for watching such a travesty again😊

I'm from Norwich watching this about 5 mins from the sight it's strange to know exactly what happened on a "unsolved case" before this started

@recommendedmusic

5 жыл бұрын

Lily W can you share the true story

@audreymuzingo933

4 жыл бұрын

@@recommendedmusic I guess not. What a tease!!

@NNaadah

3 жыл бұрын

The forensic anthologist only identified the ethnic background of 5 of the bodies. The rest he said were fairly common European DNA. 5 of the identified are believed to have come from the same family. Yet the majority of children in the well were of "generic European DNA" and not related. It is said that the family was thrown into the well at the same time; but what about the non-related children? This documentary didn't make it very clear as to when they went into the well. And.... there were known formal cemeteries of both populations in the area. So we know the circumstances of being "buried" in this well were specific to the individuals who were found in the well. Am wondering who besides myself has a.... hypothesis based on a certain understanding of history? (Thus why Lily W didn't answer the inquiries.)

@lilw5653

3 жыл бұрын

Soz didn’t know people actually asked me what happened after??? Watching the show that says what happened? we threw some Jewish people down a well because we were arseholes it’s in the documentary I just already knew this before watching it, we also had a little revolt against the church and are the only city in England excommunicated by the pope because of it if u want more random history about Norwich pls just google it:)

@DocBree13

2 жыл бұрын

@@NNaadah please explain your hypothesis

It wasn't forced suicide because the children were on top which obviously means they went in last. I don't think a child could do that. The parents would had to throw them in and jump in after them.

@jennifersaar1611

5 жыл бұрын

They weren't committing suicide by well. There weren't kids chucking their parents in and jumping down on top of them. The family may have committed suicide, and then their bodies were tossed down the well by the townspeople.

@BadWebDiver

5 жыл бұрын

The kids went in last, they didn't have the blunt force trauma of the adults hitting the ground.

@nicolawalton3754

4 жыл бұрын

The suggestion is that one member of the family slaughtered the others and put them down the well, then obviously there wouldn't be anyone left to put that person in the well - wonder what happened to that person? My personal feeling is that it probably wasn't a 'mercy' killing committed by a loved-one because the children were killed last - that means they had to watch the rest of the family die, which is horrific.

@FIONA21ful

3 жыл бұрын

They would have died somewhere else together, thecwell was where the people who found the bodies dumped them. No Rabbi would throw the bodies down a well. They likely committed suicide with their Rabbi in their own home or hiding place before the mob got to them.

@mr.r.christian6087

3 жыл бұрын

True

Wish this program was still running first season awesome, this 1 im rewatching again hoping in time more seasons follow 😮❤

I'd seen this documentary many years ago, but watched it again as if for the first time.

what a great series.

Thank you for this episode

Excellent coverage on this topic. Thank you for the upload..

I knew how this story was going to end before they even started their investigation... it’s the age old story for our people. Anti Semitism runs deep. And that drawing is incredibly anti Semitic!

When she revealed their faces, i instantly saw that they look almost identical. They had to have been father and child... so heartbreaking... 😭

@juancarloscuaocastellanos8813

Жыл бұрын

Shema Israel...✡️ Requiem aeternun, dona eis, Domine. ✝️

@ObviousInit1

Жыл бұрын

@@juancarloscuaocastellanos8813 Yes I also saw a family resemblance

Humanity through the ages really hasn’t changed it’s just evolved through the ages. Sad really

Loved watching this series along with Meet the Ancestors. Gripping stuff.

I love what you guys do I would love to have more of these wonderful story’s of our past Thank you

Sue is fantastic...down to earth and caring, typically Scottish

@piltdownman2151

3 жыл бұрын

And her bringing up the Bosnian killing grounds as a parallel is frightening.

@MrChrissy1r

3 жыл бұрын

@@piltdownman2151 Nothing to do with her being Scottish, everything to do with her being an intelligent and compassionate human being of serious intelligence!

@mazzaf7575

2 жыл бұрын

She’s written two books, you might enjoy them too

@HarryFlashmanVC

2 жыл бұрын

You never met my grannie, did you?

this is one of the most amazing stories i've ever seen/heard. i'm so grateful to you all for your hard work. thank you.

In my work experience on crime scene investigation as a forensic psychologist criminologist behaviour studies, I have always been fascinated in forensic anthropology. When bones and graves are uncovered we all have the job of indemnify who what where how why to tell their story and then be able to give them the peace they deserve

Heartbroken for these poor people in the well 😢

56:26 - the moment you realize your school history books were not accurate...

@isabellaaragon144

3 жыл бұрын

So you didn't learn at school that jews were deeply hated all over Europe? I thought everybody would know that...- No, it was not only Germany with its 20th century Holocaust.

@evanroberts2771

3 жыл бұрын

@@isabellaaragon144 But no one ever wants to ask WHY they were hated. All we hear is "antisemitism, antisemitism, antisemitism!!!!" It's always "Jews were persecuted". The question NEVER asked is WHY throughout history, from biblical to historical sources, they were persecuted. THAT is the question that is forbidden to ask.

@YamiKisara

3 жыл бұрын

@@evanroberts2771 well said, my friend!

@evanroberts2771

3 жыл бұрын

@G G At usery, when it was forbidden, yes. They were successful. And punished rightfully for it.

@doc2kiwidig663

3 жыл бұрын

@@evanroberts2771 It’s very easy to persecute a people when they don’t fight back.

A very moving episode. On a whim, I did a search for anything about a possible haunting of Chapelfield Mall, and there are a couple of clips of CCTV video published here on KZread of anomalous phenomena. They date to about the time these investigations were taking place.

I sure miss this show!! One of my all time favorites!!

As the traditional Jewish saying goes, may their memory be a blessing! The sentiment behind "rest in peace" is admirable, but Jewish people prefer the former saying.

@WyattRyeSway

3 жыл бұрын

elsa1942 .....as a Jew, that is certainly true

@elsakristina2689

3 жыл бұрын

@@WyattRyeSway 💙

@shannonnewsom1238

3 жыл бұрын

Ари Фёдорович ditto!

@CynthiaRothschild

3 жыл бұрын

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@Rietu

3 жыл бұрын

And now they are, once more, in people's memories, and are no longer hated for being who and what they were.

I don’t know how many of these I can watch. It’s so brutal.

Heartbreaking, brought me to tears

I love Prof Sue! It's a great team!❤

Just disgusting and sad what human beings do to one another. What a horrible and painful suffering those poor people had. Ughhh 😢

@Cassxowary

4 жыл бұрын

At least it's worse what some do to non-human animals... at least humans have more of a chance to defend themselves...

I know the map that Xanthe put the X on had to be a copy/reproduction but it still made me cringe!

@girl.disappearing7994

3 жыл бұрын

I searched nearly 5 minutes for this comment because I kept thinking there’s no way I’m the only one horrified at that moment.

@katzwhite5962

2 жыл бұрын

I'm the same. It was the repro but it did make me sit up and take note.

@katzwhite5962

2 жыл бұрын

@@girl.disappearing7994 I too was horrified but it was the repro. It still made me pause

Nothing like building a shopping center right thru a graveyard. How quaint.

Broke my heart with the despair on the reveal.

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

I found the cats more upsetting than the people.

Stunning research, extremely sad outcome

Danke für das hochladen sehr interessant

@sarah6557

3 жыл бұрын

We 😂😂😂😂

This was absolutely heartbreaking.

@gretlfriedrich4349

3 ай бұрын

Why? Because Timmy fell down a well? Or because they’re of a certain religion?

This made me cry

That is a case I would love to see if anymore information was brought to light after.

Rest In Peace Dear Souls. Unfortunately we are still persecuting others in 2020. Will we ever learn? Will we ever find peace?🦋

@sarah6557

3 жыл бұрын

Probablynot

@pommiebears

3 жыл бұрын

Who are WE persecuting? Who?

@sekichdawn3913

3 жыл бұрын

Gosh I hope so, probably not in this century tho💔😢

@WhitneyDahlin

3 жыл бұрын

WE nothing. I don't know about you but I'm not persecuting anyone. Point to just ONE law in the whole of the US that targets someone based on race/religion? Just one and then and only then will I believe that there is widespread persecution of a certain race/religion in the US.

@HarryFlashmanVC

2 жыл бұрын

Oh for heaven 's sake... this happened in medieval England, have you any idea what life was like back then? Where are theae people you say are being persecuted in 21st C Britain today??? Can you name a better time to be alive? Because I can't.

This is very interesting thanks for. Sharing this with us

Well done!

I can only say, Wow, I have no other words for it.

The lady should b wearing gloves with such an old parchment

@kaylag6015

3 жыл бұрын

Recently, there's been some debate as to whether or not wearing gloves while handling old parchment actually helps keep it intact. Gloves, especially if they're made from cotton, are abrasive and can collect dust and dirt which can potentially hasten degradation.