The Harpe Brothers: America's Inaugural Serial Killers

Bernard Montgomery: The Spartan General

Bernard Montgomery: The Spartan General 3 Nov 2022 --- Go to https://nordvpn.com/bio to get a 2-year plan plus 4 months for free with a huge discount! → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by NordVPN. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Harry Thaw: The Inaugural Killer Playboy

Harry Thaw: The Original Killer Playboy 7 Dec 2023 --- “Trial of the century” - it’s a short and snappy phrase that grabs people’s attention. That’s probably why the press has relied on it whenever dealing with a high-profile court case to drum up as much interest as possible for a juicy story that dominates the headlines. Hey, even we here at Biographics haven’t shied away from using that old adage when describing some of the stories we’ve covered such as the trial of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle for the murder of Virginia Rappe or the trial of Dr. Sam Sheppard who stood accused of killing his wife. But today we’re going back even further, to one of the first-ever cases to earn the moniker of “trial of the century” and, to this day, still one of the most intriguing and shocking - the 1906 murder of renowned American architect Stanford White at the hands of mentally-unstable playboy Harry Thaw, ostensibly to protect the honor of his wife, famed supermodel Evelyn Nesbit. So what made this case so compelling? One contemporary reporter listed all the qualities of this murder scandal that gripped the nation: "You see, it had in it wealth, degeneracy, rich old wasters, delectable young chorus girls and adolescent artists' models; the behind-the-scenes of Theatredom and the Underworld, and the Great White Way. . . the abnormal pastimes and weird orgies of overly aesthetic artists and jaded debauchees…" This is the story of a love triangle that ended in murder and became front-page news all over the country as America waited to find out with bated breath what fate would befall Harry Thaw, the killer playboy. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Paula Uruburu - American Eve Benjamin Atwell - The Great Harry Thaw Case Gerald Langford - The Murder of Stanford White Crime Library - https://web.archive.org/web/20121007084604/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/classics/white/1.html Library of Congress - https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-stanford-white-murder PBS - https://web.archive.org/web/20160318043417/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/century/sfeature/sf_interview.html NYTimes archive - https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1947/02/23/171350602.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Alan Rickman: Cinema's Greatest Silver Tongued Devil #sponsored

Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics [http://squarespace.com/biographics] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. #alanrickman #diehard #snape → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 [https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1] Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw] TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet [https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet] Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb [https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb] Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant [https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant] OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint [https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint] Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ [https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/] Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine [https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine] Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/] @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/] @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/] @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood [https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood] Further Reading: References: https://www.biography.com/actors/alan-rickman [https://www.biography.com/actors/alan-rickman] https://books.google.com/books?id=CJtVEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=madly+deeply+alan+rickman&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJxZqXlpaTAxVpR_4FHakCLSYQ6AF6BAgKEAM [https://books.google.com/books?id=CJtVEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=madly+deeply+alan+rickman&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJxZqXlpaTAxVpR_4FHakCLSYQ6AF6BAgKEAM] https://www.rcasociety.net/content/alan-rickman-1946-2016 [https://www.rcasociety.net/content/alan-rickman-1946-2016] https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-rca-journal-the-alan-rickman-issues [https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-rca-journal-the-alan-rickman-issues] https://mugglenet.com/2012/01/ny-times-interviews-alan-rickman-discusses-his-unique-voice-and-potter/ [https://mugglenet.com/2012/01/ny-times-interviews-alan-rickman-discusses-his-unique-voice-and-potter/] https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/obituary-alan-rickman [https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/obituary-alan-rickman] https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1987/category/any/show/any/ [https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1987/category/any/show/any/] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpERkyv_yw [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpERkyv_yw] https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/25/movies/big-hollywood-salaries-a-magnet-for-the-stars-and-the-public.html [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/25/movies/big-hollywood-salaries-a-magnet-for-the-stars-and-the-public.html] https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-17-ca-9545-story.html [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-17-ca-9545-story.html] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpG9YaPF-nM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpG9YaPF-nM] https://www.bafta.org/awards/search/?search=alan+rickman [https://www.bafta.org/awards/search/?search=alan+rickman] https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/terrible-movie-script-alan-rickman-rewrite/ [https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/terrible-movie-script-alan-rickman-rewrite/] https://www.televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-lead-actor-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie [https://www.televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-lead-actor-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie] https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/rasputin/ [https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/rasputin/] https://oncodaily.com/stories/celebrities/alan-rickman-pancreatic-cancer [https://oncodaily.com/stories/celebrities/alan-rickman-pancreatic-cancer] https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64907196/ [https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64907196/] https://www.people.com/article/alan-rickman-married-rima-horton [https://www.people.com/article/alan-rickman-married-rima-horton] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alan-rickman-british-actor-died-from-pancreatic-cancer-a6814686.html [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alan-rickman-british-actor-died-from-pancreatic-cancer-a6814686.html] Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

George “Baby Face” Nelson - Face of an Angel, Soul of a Devil

George “Baby Face” Nelson - Face of an Angel, Soul of a Devil 20 Sep 2022 --- Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Head to https://keeps.com/Biographics to get 50% off your first Keeps order. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by Keeps. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Walt Whitman: America's Poet

Walt Whitman: America's Poet 16 Jun 2022 --- Get 50% OFF your first 6-bottle box at http://brightcellars.com/biographics for a total of only $55 including shipping! Bright Cellars is the monthly wine club that matches you with wine that you'll love. Get started by taking the taste palate quiz to see your personalized matches. This video is #sponsored by Brightcellars. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]