I’m from Spearfish SD, Deadwood is our county seat. So much crazy history in that area. I feel honored watching this ngl. Much love Weird History!

@mollysmith1226

10 ай бұрын

That's so awesome

@ubergeek1968

10 ай бұрын

Hey! Very cool. I spent most of my early childhood in Spearfish and still have family there. Do you know Steve Varner?

@crystalmac76

9 ай бұрын

I'm from Lead, but born in DEADWOOD. I would have liked this video more if this person did a better job describing the history of the town. He said the Movie Theatre and YMCA fire demolished half the town. That's a little insincere. And basically describing that we stole the land of the S Tribe. No, it's called conquering land and it's what every other country has done at some point. This guy has obvious woke ideology. So now I'm unsubscribed to this channel.

@dakotataylor4849

9 ай бұрын

I loved the area so much I opened a branch of my company in the area

@rosemaryamundson4542

24 күн бұрын

⁠Please define “ woke “ . I don’t understand your comment .

"No evidence that people were fed to pigs" ME: Isn't that the point?

@leejohnson2024

16 күн бұрын

Ha I was just about to say the same thing lol

Deadwood is in my top three or four best HBO series of all time, one of the few moments in TV or film that made me cry was the preacher…. Ah so frustrating they cancelled it so soon back in the day

@cozyburrito686

10 ай бұрын

100%agree, it's my top three. It was just so well done!

@Philth_E

10 ай бұрын

Deadwood, GOT, The Wire in no particular order.

@viggycat8592

10 ай бұрын

Swergie! My fav character!

@JamesFromTexas

10 ай бұрын

This, Carnivale, GOT

@losclaveles

10 ай бұрын

Deadwood, Rome, The Wire

The actual town of Deadwood is amazing! 3 1/2 hour drive for me but it's a 4-5 time a year trip. So much to do, definitely a must see for anyone!

@mollysmith1226

10 ай бұрын

My husband and I visited there a couple years ago, very cool place

@robincb3777

10 ай бұрын

I love Deadwood and the Black Hills area! We’ve visited a few times from Canada and always enjoy it.

A ancestor of mine rode with Seth Bullock as a deputy Marshall and was in the same unit in the Spanish American War but changed units shortly after.

I know Deadwood had to follow history to a point (like Swearingen, Bullock, and others couldn't die), but I'd have made an exception and blown away Hearst, lol. Deadwood was a great series. If you can get over the language and violence, it's worth the watch!

@EverClear0

10 ай бұрын

Definitely wanted Hearst to die on the show as he really deserved it.

@ivareskesner2019

10 ай бұрын

The language and violence are part of its charm and part of history. It would be nowhere near as effective without them.

@ivareskesner2019

10 ай бұрын

​@@EverClear0He's the chief antagonist. He can't die...not until the end, at least. Battle with him is a huge part of the narrative.

@lisaahmari7199

10 ай бұрын

I heard a historian say that they HAD to use such outrageously bad words. The ones that in our own day and age atill have the power to shock. Because, in those days, using the words "damn" and "hell" and the F word were SO shocking to the average person....but a modern audience would never even notice them, we are so used to them. The writers had to use the various "C-words" to be able to get across to US, in the 21st century, how shocking the bad language used by outlaws, etc. would have seemed to a "civilized Petunia" from the East Coast. All I know is that AL used it as a Shakespearean actor uses Elizabethan english. He was an absolute master with cuss words. 😅😂

@Backroad_Junkie

10 ай бұрын

@@ivareskesner2019 Well, yeah. I know. But today's sensibilities are somewhat different, lol. When I got my BR copy, I gave away my DVD set. Husband and his friends watched ever minute. Wife couldn't get through the first episode, lol. It's was like hearing Eddie Murphy's "Raw" the first time. 😁

I visited Deadwood, South Dakota myself with my family. It is a beautiful place and has a rich history. South Dakota is one such place I would recommend to anyone. 3:33

as a long time of resident of DwD - this is pretty accurate description of the town

Just finished watching Deadwood for the first time and I gotta say that it is one of the best shows/content I’ve seen so far in my life. The show is great and it is a crime that it only lasted 3 seasons. And what a coincidence that this video came out as I finished it.

@angermgt1

10 ай бұрын

i agree it is pretty damn great. you probably already know this but there is a deadwood movie to close out the series..

I was just in Deadwood last week. Great town to visit.

0:01 My brother, his girlfriend, his friends, and I went to Deadwood, South Dakota for a snowboarding trip in 2002. We drove there in a van and stayed downtown across from the casinos. It was an amazing fall trip!

I highly recommend anyone visit Deadwood. Especially if you're a history buff. It's like stepping into the past. You can FEEL the history. It's amazing. Very cool place.

@StuartAnderson-xl4bo

10 ай бұрын

Lol at US history the country is only 250 or 300 years old. There are houses here from the 1500s and castles from 1000s

@StAlphonsusHasAPosse

10 ай бұрын

​@StuartAnderson-xl4bo It's weird when someone says "here," but doesn't say where "here" is

@StuartAnderson-xl4bo

10 ай бұрын

@@StAlphonsusHasAPosse I'm here you are there,

@StAlphonsusHasAPosse

10 ай бұрын

​@StuartAnderson-xl4bo No, I'm there and you are here. 😉 Have a good one!

Weird History....The best of the BEST on KZread!

The fight between Dan and Joe is my favorite silver screen fight to this day.

“There is no evidence anyone was fed to pigs”. - that was kinda the point…

@nathanlafortune100

26 күн бұрын

That's why... No evidence.

This was great, thank you! Great timing as I am re-watching Deadwood right now! When HBO was at its best! This show is my top tier of television. Brad Dourif, as the Doc, thats just stellar acting right there!

This was great! Deadwood is objectively one of the greatest shows of all time.

This is neat. Fun fact. I am directly related to Al Swearengen! He’s my 8th great uncle on my dads side of the family ❤️

"There's no evidence anyone was fed to pigs." Yeah... that's the point.

@6:12 The "Dead Man's Hand" is a hand of black Aces (ace of spades, Ace of clubs) and black 8s (8 of spades, 8 of clubs) and an unknown hole card. It was allegedly the hand Wild Bill Hickok held when he was murdered. (wikipedia).

Timothy olyphant is my all-time favorite actor!!!

@QueenetBowie

10 ай бұрын

I made it all the way through the series before realizing it was the same guy who played Agent 47 in Hitman lol. Terrible script but great acting in Hitman by Oliphant….. he’s a solid performer

@trevander1able

10 ай бұрын

@@QueenetBowie he was also awesome in Santa Clarita diet!! And the girl next door!! Also we loved him in the Crazies!! And as the bad guy in the 4th Die Hard movie!!, (can't remember what it's called(

@donHooligan

10 ай бұрын

he's a sheriff again.

@robertpulliam4152

2 ай бұрын

​@trevander1able don't forget the show "justified". If you haven't watched it you should check it out

@709mash

21 күн бұрын

He tends to play very similar characters imo, but he's so damn good and believable with those characters that I don't really find it a bad thing.

Haven't watched Survivor in 20 years, but you put Al Swearengen on that show and I'm hooked.

I first visited Deadwood in 1960, right after my 5th birthday, and again in 1970. It was a western tourist town back then, but sort of ramshackle in need of some spiffing up. My mother was born and raised in western South Dakota and attended school and worked in Rapid City/the Black Hills as a young adult. I heard all of the stories of the "Wild West" from her and my grandfather. He settled in South Dakota, along with my grandmother and other family members in the early 1900s. They homesteaded next to and then eventually moved to a town within the boundaries of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. My impression, from knowing my grandparents, my mother, and my aunt, I'm pretty sure modern curse words, if used back then, were NOT acceptable in mixed company or in public even in Deadwood.

Deadwood was the first western show or movie I ever enjoyed. Absolute masterpiece. I even road tripped to the actual Deadwood when I lived in Denver. I’ll never forget that trip and seeing Hickok’s grave!

@ebogar42

10 ай бұрын

There are many good western movies. Unforgiven is one.

Pretty sure milch specifically said they mostly likely cursed like Yosemite sam back then but he opted to update the language cause the old way would've sounded too silly for a modern hbo drama

Great show. Thank you for posting this!

Deadwood is one hell of a fun place today.

I've been to Deadwood. It is so cool. I was too young to remember the enactment of Wild Bill's death.

All the swearing in Deadwood made Scarface seem like a Disney film. 🤬 Great show.

No evidence...? That's the idea of using pigs in the first place I thought...

been rewatching the series again perfect timing.

Well Done Love the HBO Show Love your clarification of the history of Dead Wood ❤

A+ video! Awesome history of the tv series and settlement, I'll have to check out the series!

Love Deadwood: Great acting; great script writing, fantastic direction, inspired production. Watched each episode several times. Have the DVD set. Have Deadwood forever.

Thanks for the lesson on Deadwood

I was born in Rapid City and spent part of my early childhood in Spearfish, just 15 miles north of Deadwood. Every summer my father would take me and my sister into Deadwood for the Deadwood Days celebration. I have seen the re-enactment of the assassination of Wild Bill Hickock about 5 times, and have been in the Aces and Eights saloon as an adult. It is a shame what has happened to that nice little town since gambling was legalized, it now too much like Las Vegas.

McHale's Navy is a historical episode worth exploring...

I took a guided tour of Deadwood several years ago and asked the guide how accurate the HBO series was. He said somewhat accurate except that Bullock didn't arrive in Deadwood until after Hickock was already dead, which is unlike the show depicting them as friends. Great show, anyway!

Red Dead Redemption 2 is The Video Game version of Deadwood

Could you imagine him working at your job? With that tone of voice? Awesomeness 😎

This was great, I watched the series and I didn't know it was anywhere near this close to reality (also, awesome series btw)😁

Great show, McShane's performance is awe inspiring. Never seen such a domineering character. The Black Hills is our favorite place to visit. As pretty as Yellowstone. Weird History is the best, thanks for sharing.

If you ever go to Deadwood (and I'd suggest it, including all of the Black Hills, including Mt Rushmore, Custer State Park, Devil's Tower, etc), DO NOT GO DURING THE STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY, unless you're aim is to go to the rally. Motorcycles will outnumber cars 20 to 1 or more. All hotel rooms will be gone. Every town/business will be catering to the bikers. There will even be places and towns that are closed to cars. Yes, I was there during the rally by accident. Just avoid the rally, the week before and after. Otherwise, the Black Hills is a terrific place to visit! 😁

@ubergeek1968

10 ай бұрын

Just stay out of the Back Hills during the month of August, would be my advice. I am old enough to remember when the Sturgis Rally was a mere 2000 or so attendees, Spearfish was crowded enough back then. I wouldn't go near my hometown in August nowadays.

@Backroad_Junkie

10 ай бұрын

@@ubergeek1968 I was going up to the Pacific Northwest (Oly NP and some Lewis and Clark sites) because a friend of mine was at a conference in Seattle. So the road trip was set around her conference dates. I had no idea that Sturgis and I would cross paths, until I was listening to a radio station on I-94 around North Dakota/Montana. (Which is directly North of the Black Hills.) I didn't think much of it until I saw all the bikers in Yellowstone. Then I said screw it and drove into the Black Hills to continue my vacation. It was interesting, lol. I'd compare it to DragonCon, except you replace all the cosplayers with bikers. 😁

Best show ever. 3 seasons and a full length feature film is all that was needed.

That was a great series on HBO . Even drove out there a few years back . Pretty country

Amazing serie, thanks for sharing

I love deadwood. Not the show, but the town.i spend 1 of every 3 weeks here now. You missed the point that the reason deadwood almost died is the government cracking down on prostitution. Gambling literally saved this town in the 80s.

Love this channel. So many good stories. Please can you bust some myths in relation to Romania especially Transylvanian life pre 1900 Dracula, cuisine, wine etc. thank you.

Custer was a Col. his rank as a Major General was a temporary one while the Civil War was going on. After the war, her went back to his original rank before the war.

One of my top elite shows of all time! No question 🤘👏👏

Never watch TV myself. But I love history and this channel😊

@lifeisberserk9566

4 ай бұрын

You'd like Vikings and Band of brothers

“There was no evidence anyone was fed to pigs.” Wasn’t that the point?

The only series I rewatch in it's entirety every few years...

I would like to see a side by side in this style with the Hell on Wheels series from AMC I loved that show and would love to be educated! Keep up the great work!!!

Haven't watched the show. I was IN Deadwood. Played 21 at Saloon 10. One of my best days (lost some money BUT worth it!). Beautiful sunny day great breakfast. Walked the streets smoking a cigar. Wouldn't want to be there in winter but BOY that was a delight!

Weird History, do one of Rosewood (Florida) They did a movie on that too

@syoung2333

10 ай бұрын

Yeah that'd be cool. Challenge!!!!

We have been to Deadwood a few times, but after the city allowed gambling Deadwood lost it's old west appeal. Now it's flashing lights, bells and even the wooden sidewalks are gone.

I actually visited Deadwood a couple of times...both times being during their "Days of '76" celebration. Surprised the bit about Wild Bill didn't mention the nickname given to the poker hand he was holding when he was shot: Both black Aces and both black Eights...known nowadays as the Dead Man's Hand because of Wild Bill's death. FUN FACT: In the TTRPG "Deadlands", the Dead Man's Hand holds great power. In earlier editions, the Dead Man's Hand (which also has the Jack of Diamonds as the fifth card) is considered the best hand possible, even beating out Five of a Kind. (Since Action Decks also had Jokers.) The most recent edition, however, just mentions the hand in regard to the Soul Blast hex, a spell that does damage. Drawing the Dead Man's Hand when calculating damage instantly kills the target instead of doing damage.

I watch movies/shows just to watch Ian McShane after his role in Deadwood! So glad they did one on Deadwood!!

2:15 That also reminds me of the children's book The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (1989). In a 2012 poll by School Library Journal, it was voted as one of the "Top 100 Picture Books of All Time." (wikipedia)

Deadwood was a great show now I want to visit

The Black Hills are illegally settled to this day. Don't make legal contracts if you're going to violate them. That's what's supposed to separate us from the animals isn't it? If you can't handle the heat, get outta the saloon.

Thank You! Well Done!

@3:27 I went to Deadwood, South Dakota (on a stop for our Pacific Northwest trip) where we just hung out downtown. I went to the casinos and played some black jack there.

I visited Deadwood while on vacation with my family back in the 80s. I'm sure it has gotten even more touristy since....just like Dodge City, KS. I have never watched the TV show (I don't have cable), so I can't say whether it was good or not.

Milch actually said in an interview that he chose such graphic language because the language of the times was so tame itwoild not elicit the response from the audience needed to sell the scenes

@StAlphonsusHasAPosse

10 ай бұрын

Interesting

My grandparents and others in my family settled in Deadwood and Lead (where the Homestake was). My Irish Catholic grandmother was scandalized by the loose morals of the place. They finally moved to a small ranch near Spearfish. They made a living rounding up wild horses and breaking them and selling them to the army at Fort Meade.

I enjoyed this. This was a time in the American Wild West where gold was the thing and led to setting up of the town. Oh, Custer and Hickok were friends. Both died in 1876.

@walterwhiteboy4257

10 ай бұрын

1876 was an active year in American Western history. Colorado also became a state in 1876.

@jennklein1917

10 ай бұрын

Love Bill Hickok, but Custer got his just desserts!

Teddy Roosevelt had a set of chompers on him.

THANK YOU FOR SPELLING THE NAME RIGHT!! This is my maiden name and yes, I am related. All accurate and all wild!

I’m rewatching Justified right now and I’ve been eye balling Deadwood for a bit. Gotta check it out hahah

@hip_check

10 ай бұрын

Great show...especially the constant cussing!

Love that show.

Great show

2:15 Reminds me of the music video "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly, hilarious video!

The opening scene of Citizen Kane has our aged and ailing Mr. Kane in bed, at death's door. He is holding a snowglobe. He moans the word "rosebud", drops the snowglobe and dies. The rest of the film is a reporter trying to find the meaning of "rosebud". Except when Mr. Kane died, there was no one in the room to hear him say the word. The biggest plot hole in movie history.

Bill described Jane's figure like " a loosened bale of hay!"

Yay! I requested this in a comment and here it is! I'm so hyped.

@AA-BB

10 ай бұрын

We all owe you

Good doc, I grew up just outside deadwood. One thing the black hills was not colonized that reference is for the colonial areas on east coast but gets over used. But in 70s earl 80s you could do the Chinese tunnel tours where the opium dens were, and in 1980 in junior high wood shop field trip was actually to go down and see the purple door (last house of illripute) shut down. Good times had the trial of jack mckall and reenactment of shooting of wild Bill ect. Most you could not get away with anymore.

My great-grandfather, George Carlow Cosgrove, lived in Deadwood during this period and allegedly was involved with Calamity Jane before he married my great-grandmother, Annetta Spencer, in 1888. He and Annetta had 8 children, the last of which was my grandmother, Florence Cosgrove (1904). Still a lot of Cosgroves/Cosgraves in the Rapid City area.

Some of the comments in this video are incorrect. There was no great fire in 1987, and the gold didn't play out in 1918. The Homestake Gold Mine in nearby Lead (pronounced "Leed"), was the largest gold mine in the western hemisphere for over 125 years. The Homestake Gold Mine was America's longest continuously operated gold mine. It closed in 2002 as the oldest, largest and deepest mine in the western hemisphere, stretching over 8,000 feet below the town of Lead.

I actually liked that series. Cool episode 👍❤

I love westerns, but somehow never saw Deadwood. I did, however, see Hatfields & McCoys (starring Kevin Costner and the legendary Bill Paxton)-which I would highly recommend.

This show should Have ran ten seasons.

Best TV series ever made. Prove me wrong!

@lifeisberserk9566

4 ай бұрын

To me it's very boring

Custer was only a colonel not a general. General was his brevet or temporary rank during Civil War

I loved the Deadwood series and Swearingen is my favourite character. Citizen Kane wasn't exactly a polite telling of the Hearst legacy. we all know what Rosebud really was.

Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal! This time eating a bowl of TRIX cereal (from the Weird History Food video "Why the 80s Was the Golden Age for Sugary Cereals")...while watching this Weird History video!

Clicked and subbed after the "little pigs" bricks comment.

I remember at the time Deadwood was coming out reading a comment from someone to do with the show which said basically that they would have been saying stuff like "gulldarnit" which would seem incredibly genteel to a modern audience, so they used more modern swear words in the dialogue to create the same feel for a modern audience that it would have generated in the people at the time.

Greatest Western ever!

I enjoyed that. I like your narration as well. It's not boring or monotone

I am RE-watching Deadwood again now. I watched for the first time when it was still brand new and I can't believe how much I didn't understand. 😂

I went to South Dakota and my friends and I took old timey photos in Dead Wood.

Warrior would be an interesting show to look into.

I expected WAY more bleeping in this one.

Went to college in Spearfish in the 1960s, and probably spent too much time partying in Deadwood. This was back before gambling was legal. Note I said “was legal”, not “before gambling”.

We call him Major Dad!

Isn't Deadwood the ailment you get when your willy doesn't get up anymore?

I think you stumbled upon a great video topic here; the weird history of swear words!

Deadwood was a lawless town when miners first showed up because it was Indian territory and US citizens werent suppose to be there. So it attracted lawbreakers to escape law and try their luck at getting rich.