Hunter S. Thompson: The Final 24 (Full Documentary) The Story of His Final 24 Hours

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  • "Hunter S Thompson was an author trapped in the body of a rock star. His drug-fuelled adventures were legendary and became the basis of one of the classics of 20th century literature. Thompson’s constant questioning of authority and wild antics made him a hero for a generation of rebels across the globe. But in the end it wasn’t enough.
    A lifetime of alcohol and drug abuse was taking their toll. At 67, with a broken leg, two hip operations and in chronic pain Thompson could no longer live up to the legend he’d created. On February 20, 2005, he decided to end it all with one of his favorite possessions, a Smith and Wesson 45. Final 24 charts the life of this troubled genius and uncovers why a bullet to the head was the only way out."
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    Directed by Mike Parkinson
    2006
    Dave McRae
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  • @monalyn9090
    @monalyn9090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +809

    Oh man do I know how this man felt. I’m 56 and locked in my house with my body engulfed in arthritis and fibromyalgia. I also worked hard and played harder my whole life, it really sucks and depressing when our bodies can’t keep up with our brains and feelings. Sometimes I wish I had the guts to do what he did but could never do that to my family. For some reason they all still love me and want me around so I take it one day at a time.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Neurofeedback has really helped me with fibromyalgia.

    • @rowleybirkinqclvocmg4517
      @rowleybirkinqclvocmg4517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I wish you happiness and an ease of your pain in your remaining years. I hope you strive to find things to live for and it's great you have family that love you. Good luck. You must have done many things right for you to be loved this much.

    • @rodmitchell8576
      @rodmitchell8576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You're still young - is there nothing that can be done for your conditions? I think there is for the fibromyalgia.

    • @cherylgrec9701
      @cherylgrec9701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Your family loves you. If you leave them, they will spend the rest of their life wondering what they could have done to stop it. Please don’t do that to them. Please ask for help. It may be exhausting but somewhere out there is help. 🙏❤️

    • @tomakafrankconlon3207
      @tomakafrankconlon3207 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Monalyn, you are a full of BS troll and you know it.

  • @bellaevans3043
    @bellaevans3043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +982

    My mom did the same thing, I saw her with gun and ran, first there was shock then came the grief, and then the hatred, I hated her for years, sure her pain was gone, but she had not known the devastation she left behind, I don't hate my mom anymore, I truly love and miss her now

    • @nclmbin8
      @nclmbin8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Love to you, Bella.

    • @bellaevans3043
      @bellaevans3043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@nclmbin8 thank you so very much

    • @scooterdogg7580
      @scooterdogg7580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      I was mad at my father for giving up , but now as I get older I realize he had a much harder life and must have been in incredible pain , God bless

    • @bellaevans3043
      @bellaevans3043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@scooterdogg7580 God bless you too scooter

    • @bellaevans3043
      @bellaevans3043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Patricia Crowell thank you so very much

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..

  • @crisbrackett2067
    @crisbrackett2067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    Arrested development is a real thing. We either learn why we needed to be numb all the time and heal it or die trying to numb it. I'm so grateful to be 60 in 6 weeks. Never thought I'd get to 30.

    • @Anita_Backrub
      @Anita_Backrub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Amen. I thank God every day that I found my way out. ❤️

    • @jillianlabella7565
      @jillianlabella7565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That is so amazingly and beautifully said. Im happy your turning 60 happy belated birthday

    • @JohnSmith-cx7zt
      @JohnSmith-cx7zt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Happy to be 67 last week. Now I get to see how the world ends on a bad note. Famine, war , plagues, lawlessness civil insurrection. Massive societal, unrest around the world. I still feel lucky , to be a spectator watching it all go to shit.

    • @booognish
      @booognish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I feel that, but I’ve just turned 30.. Still trying to work on that whole, “healing it” part..

    • @danfield6030
      @danfield6030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JohnSmith-cx7zt Your nut.s This world is getting so wonderfully amazing , with Elon Musks Neurlink and the breakthroughs in medical technology's. Humans are about to live to be 200 years old.....also I've seen a live Monkey play a video game with its mind!!!! Also Quantum Computing and were sending a probe to another STAR SYSTEM. T
      We are already 3D printing actual FOOD! YOUR gonna miss the most exiting and happy time in history....and we may become immortal some day according to hard science breakthroughs

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    “I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be, and feel alone.”

    • @trougher007
      @trougher007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      100%

    • @trougher007
      @trougher007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said ⏰

    • @bellaevans3043
      @bellaevans3043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I feel alone a lot,,, its really scary for me at times,, I wouldn't wish that for any one

    • @Sameoldfitup
      @Sameoldfitup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bellaevans3043 yes I know what you are saying

    • @BikingVikingHH
      @BikingVikingHH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I’m alone, but at least I know who I am

  • @johnindo6771
    @johnindo6771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    My beloved mother, Mary Jo, committed suicide when I was 12. I have a Master’s degree in Psych Mental Health Nursing, and I worked for about 45 years as a nurse here in Houston and south Texas. I am 72. I never hated my mother. My sister, Karen, who was about 2 years younger than I, did have a lot of hatred and anger for our mother. My older sister, Linda, loved and adored and missed our mother dearly- just as I did! My mother’s suicide happened about 50 years ago. My mind and heart simply cannot fathom how I have survived without her! The pain and sense of loss NEVER leaves me!!

    • @imcopper
      @imcopper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am sorry for ur pain, it's ugly and real, I can relate.

    • @paintingwithrosev741
      @paintingwithrosev741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      An abundance of love is what stops a parent from doing that to their children. You Get rid of the pain and sense of love. Some parents just don't have enough attachment to their children to stay here for them. She did not deserve such a lovely child as you.

    • @blessyourheart1167
      @blessyourheart1167 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am very sorry for the loss of your beloved mother . I lost my mother who was also my best friend at a early age as well ( it was not suicide) however I was very young trying my best to bring her back with CPR . Unfortunately it did not work. My life as I knew it was over . I am 52 now it still haunts me, I still feel guilty, I still feel like I failed my mom. However she had heart failure and it sucks. I miss her every single day . I feel very bad for you John Indo I’m glad you have a degree in Psych Mental Health Nursing . I am also a mother myself . I do not know the circumstances of your situation. However I can not imagine a mother willingly leaving their children ( by suicide) unless the had a serious mental illness or a very unhealthy relationship making their life extremely unbearable. To the point your mom may have been very worried for her children . She may have thought you all would have been better off without her . It’s hard to hypothesize without knowing the dynamics of the situation. I do know that most mothers have very strong bond with there children . I also know mental illness it a horrible health condition that Carries a horrible stigma with it especially and that day and time. It’s unfortunate that even in todays day it still Carries that horrible stigma ( still to this very day ) I fear for what you’re mother Mary Jo may have been put through back then . I’m not saying she was mental Ill. I’m just saying back in that era things were so very different and you were so very young . Things may have happened you don’t or can’t remember. Moms usually will make sacrifices for their children to keep them safe even if it’s the ultimate sacrifice. Sometimes things are exactly what they seem . And other times we find out later in life … we were told wrong because people thought it would be in the best interest of the children at the time. Just go with your heart . I was so impressed and happy that you called and addresses your mother as you beloved mother Mary Jo . Congratulations on your degree I hope that has helped you throughout your life coping with the loss of your mother . I’m sorry if I said anything out of line . I was just so very touched by your “ life” thank you for sharing . God bless you and your family .

    • @TRIX-wn2sl
      @TRIX-wn2sl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am sorry for your loss

    • @TRIX-wn2sl
      @TRIX-wn2sl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@paintingwithrosev741
      It’s not abundance of love that’s lacking that causes people to commit suicide that is wrong it is an emotional deep pain and psychological chemical balance issue it has nothing to do with lack of love

  • @brettcounsellor537
    @brettcounsellor537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    We got to talk to HST on the phone once when I was in college back in 1999. Looked his number up on the "old net" and found it listed. Called him out of the blue and he actually rapped with me and a couple buddies for a while. We had been watching Fear amd Loathing and told him how much we loved it and asked him if it was really that crazy in Vegas. He said it was even Crazier than the movie could portray. He ended the call with "all right, that's it, I gotta go".
    One of my favorite books, movie, amd memory for sure!

  • @michaelscrilla125
    @michaelscrilla125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Very true what his editor said about using substances. It only enhances creativity for so long before it hinders you instead.. Very well put together doc.

    • @conzmoleman
      @conzmoleman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It’s better to burn out, than to fade away
      ‘cause rust never sleeps

    • @DetroitFettyghost
      @DetroitFettyghost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@conzmoleman but turds do float to the top lol

    • @MikeGreenwood51
      @MikeGreenwood51 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@conzmoleman If a person's life style was really so great that exploding in to space was the essence of the high. Then was the high really so very good.Or just a drug induced illusion which would it self fade away some hours later. So why even consider 'burning out (exploding in to space)?

    • @bellaevans3043
      @bellaevans3043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@conzmoleman I love that song !!!!

  • @vissitorsteve
    @vissitorsteve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I went to one of his readings/signings when Shark Hunt had been released. It was at the College of Marin in CA. I was maybe 20 and an over the top fan, having read everything he'd ever published. His appearance was set up in a small auditorium, and he was scheduled to appear at 2pm. On a stage above us was his 'Samoan Attorney' who announced to the crowd that Hunter would only respond to written questions, so slips of paper and stubby pencils were passed out to each of us which we hurriedly and excitedly filled out just before someone came by to collect them all in a large glass jar...So, we waited, and we waited until about one hour later, a drunken, stumbling Dr Hunter S. Thompson, was helped up on the stage. His first action once seated at the table, was to knock the jar of our questions off the table with the swipe of his arm, then announce, "Any questions?" We abused admirers fell into laughter while he began to swig on a large bottle of Wild Turnkey 101...After a short, rambling and nearly incoherent speech, his Samoan attorney announced that "the DR' would now sign books. There were perhaps 200 of us, all racing toward the stage, each attempting to thrust a book toward him. This turned into a melee. After each of his rapidly circular signatures he would simply toss the book to the nearest person. He signed mine but someone tried to grab it and run. Fortunately I was able to stop the guy and take my book back...Still, the most memorable book signing I've ever attended.

    • @lisashrestha5023
      @lisashrestha5023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What year was that? I also studied at College of Marin in Kentfield CA, when I lived in Corte Madera.

    • @MADMAX-oy8et
      @MADMAX-oy8et 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lisashrestha5023 1978

    • @MrUrech
      @MrUrech 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn. (!)

    • @teaspoonsofpeanutbutter6425
      @teaspoonsofpeanutbutter6425 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@julieann4616 wonderful? Did you watch the video? 🙄

    • @forreal245
      @forreal245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just too funny. Your description of the event is excellent.

  • @brianmurphy7372
    @brianmurphy7372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    In 1966 when I was fifteen, I read his book on the Hells Angels. His style of writing was revolutionary and was very influential in my efforts to try my hand as a writer myself. I feel he will influence many generations to come.May he R.I.P.

    • @VanHellsing12
      @VanHellsing12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was the book that I enjoyed the most. Long time back, years before the internet we know of today. It was borrowed from my town library that closed and begin turning into a Ukrainian church during the current age of internet. I really should stop there on a Sunday just to experience if I feel nostalgic or get a chance to see a different culture.

    • @kevindouglas5333
      @kevindouglas5333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its funny they hated him and had to be bribed with booze,money and drugs to keep from killing him

    • @katjay3125
      @katjay3125 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No peace in hell

    • @weldmonger1560
      @weldmonger1560 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So did u ever write anything worthy??

  • @TheClownfight
    @TheClownfight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    "hunter s thompson the writer, became more and more Hunter S Thompson, the character". beautifully said, and 100% true. I feel the same happened to Salvador Dali. Both were creatures of their own imagination... and then became prisoners of that.

    • @jeffhair3552
      @jeffhair3552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well said my friend

    • @giastake3492
      @giastake3492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Kevin of Parker You're absolutely correct 👍🙂😉

    • @giastake3492
      @giastake3492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jeffhair3552 Ditto. 🙂

    • @christytaylor5554
      @christytaylor5554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Most all the greats end up that way.

    • @jasonbourcier7606
      @jasonbourcier7606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ²2²⅔3

  • @lynnegackstetter2779
    @lynnegackstetter2779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am 68 and have gone through many things but have found that a Sense of Humor is key to getting older. I have days of discomfort but I take some Bayer Back and Body and get on with my day. I have good friends that are 25 years younger than me that both keep me young but are also their for me to help on the bad days. They make me laugh,they value my opinion and wise counsel and count on me to also help them. I stay physically active even when my body hurts. Mind over matter 😊 I pray that others growing older can do the same. We all need to be there for each other ❤️

  • @1972jojodancer
    @1972jojodancer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Appreciate his first wife so much. It must have been very hard to walk away from someone she loved and watch him be tormented. She spoke so graciously about him. This synopsis of his life up to his last moment was very well biographed.

  • @melissawilloughby9637
    @melissawilloughby9637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is something that I would never had watched. I just accidentally hit a button and it started playing. But I really enjoyed learning about him. I can definitely relate with the drugs and drinking. It was good.

  • @Lunarstruck1
    @Lunarstruck1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I think it just got too hard to be Hunter S. Thompson 24/7. That's not an easy job. I used to say "Pain is inevitable, misery is choice" but I no longer believe that now because now I know that chronic pain sure makes you miserable.

    • @terifarmer5066
      @terifarmer5066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Amen, its completely hell, to live with pain everyday!!!

    • @CatalinaFOIA
      @CatalinaFOIA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely 💯 it is hell having chronic pain every second of every minute of every hour of every day, year after year. I've lived this for 22 years, multiple surgeries trying to fix my spine has only exasperated the symptoms and chaos that has left me riddled with unrelenting pain.

    • @sheilasmith7779
      @sheilasmith7779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But real question is " how," miserable? We absolutely have control over the amount of misery, and length of time we are " miserable."
      So you were initially correct.
      Pain is inevitable, suffering is an option.

    • @lynncrf
      @lynncrf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes. I have a condition that causes horrendous chronic pain when it flares up. I strongly believe that people with CP should be given every possible medical option. It's inhumane otherwise.

  • @michellefletcher8891
    @michellefletcher8891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    An absolutely amazing friend of mine (a doctor) lived life as fully as possible.. She had a rare, nasty form of arthritis & slowly but surely stopped being able to do all the things she loved.. The pain became too much & she decided that when it became unbearable she'd go to a place in Switzerland called Dignitas & get assisted suicide...
    Her last year she spent time with her family & friends & did things she always wanted to do...
    Til finally she decided it was time to go...
    That was 5 years ago,, I love her & miss her intensely,, but she lived how she wanted & died how & when she wanted..
    I believe strongly in assisted suicide..
    I also believe that when it gets too hard we shld all be able to end our lives when & where we decide..

    • @wendycarstens9970
      @wendycarstens9970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wholly 💯 Completely agree 👍🙏 🙏🙏
      Amen to that 🙂

    • @theKaufmanTapes
      @theKaufmanTapes ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This kind of thinking comes from the shame of taking pain medications. We have all types of pain, not just physical and people need various medications but they are often judged by society. I say medicate and live your best life. Just my 2 cents.

  • @patriciabarkley735
    @patriciabarkley735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I am now 70 years old and I understand how hard it is to deal with pain and wanting to be your normal self. I just came through a sick spell and it was a very hard time for me. I was afraid I wasn’t going to fully get over it. I quit working when I was 62, because of arthritis in my feet and ankles. Now my knees are bone on bone. Injections help, but I don’t think it is going to last long. I wish I was able to be more of a grandmother to my two young granddaughters. I could never do away with myself. Never. I have family to think about. My father and two older sisters were bedridden. My oldest sister was bedridden for 8 years. My other sister can hardly walk due to arthritis and neuropathy. She is on pain management and it doesn’t control the pain. Hell, she is 78, so get her meds that really help. Both of us get infection in the fronts of our legs. Horrific pain. God bless all who are in pain. ❤️🌹❤️

    • @susanmorgan7125
      @susanmorgan7125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have the same and it’s not fun I know.

    • @janetcarlson31
      @janetcarlson31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh man, I am 63 and at age 48, I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid, and Osteoarthritis, along with degenerative bone disease. I had no idea what other ailments these diseases could cause. I have several pinched nerves due to no cartilage between my joints. The one in my neck is absolutely horrific!! I'm having vision problems now as well. Pain is, well, like its own separate entity!! It will break you!! It is such a part of my life, I have to take everything into consideration before I go anywhere or do anything. Going out to eat, hmmm, what are the chairs like, will they kill my back, or will I be able to stand them for a couple of hours. No more going to the movies, those seats are killer!! If any amount of walking is involved, forget it, my knees are almost bone on bone! Who would ever think 2 bones rubbing together could hurt so bad?? I guess its the nerves involved. I am a relatively new grandma and it is my reason for living. My sweet little granddaughter always has a pillow ready for my back when I visit. She is aware I have something wrong with me, but like so many others, since she can't see it, its hard for her to understand. I get pain meds, but they do about as much good as an M&M would. It hurts me to push her on the swing but I do it anyway. I can't play chase with her and its very difficult to play hide and seek, but I try. We mostly color, have tea party's or play with her dolls. And i am very thankful I can do that. Before she came along, I thought about suicide. But i planned on driving myself out in the woods so not to make a mess or have a loved one find me. I would call the police and tell them what I'm about to do and where to find me. My oldest son tells me to keep holding on, maybe a cure is coming soon. It would be wonderful if he is right.

    • @mcz428
      @mcz428 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My grandma had horrible arthritis, her fingers deformed and many other parts of her body. The time I spent at her house growing up were the best memories I’ve ever had. Don’t worry about your grand daughters they will love you and appreciate everything.

  • @sarahholland2600
    @sarahholland2600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    I never get why people with addictions are admired for being 'wild'. Its a sign someone is incredibly troubled & in extreme emotional plain. Addiction is an attempt at temporarily escaping that pain.

    • @dmonikmusik
      @dmonikmusik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      They either canonize us or else demonize us instead. We can't just be people wit flaws.

    • @josec1538
      @josec1538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Well he’s a hero for his work not for being an addict. Also during those times even now a man is suppose to be strong and not show weakness. Most people judge others with mental health issues instead of understanding them. That’s why most people with mental health issues and addictions stay silent because are ashamed and struggle with communicating their issues. Women have an easier time expressing themselves but most men have a really hard time and struggle in silence. I think In recent years that has began to change though as we learn more about mental health and sit down to understand instead of judging and jumping to conclusions.

    • @jackjackthompson5771
      @jackjackthompson5771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@josec1538 idk, the hunter thompson drug binges are pretty legendary…disagree

    • @tonyjuliocappo5459
      @tonyjuliocappo5459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because drug addicts tortured Souls whatever you want to call it are interesting people... more interesting than Joe Schmo who lives a miserable life working in a cubicle in a shity marriage to the day he dies

    • @sarahholland2600
      @sarahholland2600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@josec1538 Agree. I have had grief related depression for years & in the UK there is still some stigma around that. As a result I put an incredible front on & most people I meet would be shocked that life is a struggle without anti depressants. .

  • @estellepatella2520
    @estellepatella2520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Old age isn't an option for people like Hunter Thompson.

    • @TheJpep2424
      @TheJpep2424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Neither is character

    • @gmy33
      @gmy33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Sam Myers you can call it character .. doesnt mean it is ..

    • @victoriaphilley1049
      @victoriaphilley1049 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Like he said "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"

    • @catherinehazur7336
      @catherinehazur7336 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe Hunter bought into the delusional stereotypes of "old age".....hope he has no cause to regret his impulsive lifestyle choices where he is now.....maybe he should have realized that when a loudmouthed and violently narcissistic rebellion devoid of wisdom collide with old age, it's no longer looked upon as edgy and cool, but appears as an ADVANCED STAGE OF DEMENTIA

  • @allanwheeler6110
    @allanwheeler6110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    He wasn't an eraser worn down to the nubb! He was the No 2 pencil itself sharpened all the way down to the metal end. Still writing.

    • @catherinehazur7336
      @catherinehazur7336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ALLAN WHEELER. Honestly, that was beautifully and poetically put💎

    • @smy8414
      @smy8414 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is we’ll point but to think of it some people push the metal around the worn out eraser so in retrospect he’s the whole pencil that has been worn out to nothing but still continues to write

    • @AhJodie
      @AhJodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      OMG, you should be a writer! That was the most brilliant way to explain him I have heard!!!!!

    • @ULOVEKYLE
      @ULOVEKYLE 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@catherinehazur7336 lol yeah very good imitation of his writing

    • @catherinehazur7336
      @catherinehazur7336 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      .....Metal end, all right. He injected that metal into his brain at high velocity leaving what was left of that corrupted matter splattered on the wall behind his desk for his children and grandchildren to find and clean up.
      What a legacy.
      Hunter making outlaw memories that will outlive his output in the long range scheme of things......
      So impressive and worthy of emulation by fools

  • @kathipetersen2277
    @kathipetersen2277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    My oldest brother had a gun, put it to his head, pulled the trigger. Some time later he woke up, he was not happy. He managed to miss anything vital and left himself with physical damage similar to a stroke. Ot doesn't always go as planned.

    • @kellietaylor9913
      @kellietaylor9913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes my friend blew off his chin nose a lil and had to live w the pain of what he did 40 years later

    • @teaspoonsofpeanutbutter6425
      @teaspoonsofpeanutbutter6425 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kellietaylor9913 what's a chin nose?!

    • @squeesmyth9025
      @squeesmyth9025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@teaspoonsofpeanutbutter6425 HAHA JUST GONNA OFF MY CHIN HERE

    • @AhJodie
      @AhJodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good point!

    • @squeesmyth9025
      @squeesmyth9025 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@teaspoonsofpeanutbutter6425 is the craze and will be on every children's Christmas list

  • @bartjohnston
    @bartjohnston 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Childhood Trauma will catch up to ya if you dont confront and grieve it, its a very painful process, full of horror and terror but pays off in the end

    • @rickyelvis3215
      @rickyelvis3215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      big bucks for the shrink to keep you on drugs for life !

    • @christinab.2864
      @christinab.2864 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But there’s one more thing to added after he wrote the book hells and angels he gotten beaten almost to death

    • @michelekisly2535
      @michelekisly2535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are right...before you go under any circumstances----- self reflect and repent of self absorption

    • @scottstokes822
      @scottstokes822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anybody gonna say something about him hunting humans.

    • @christinemomy8018
      @christinemomy8018 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottstokes822 for real?

  • @iambullet2011
    @iambullet2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I worked at the pontchartrain hotel in New Orleans when hunter Thompson stayed there in January/February of 2005. He was a shell of a grumpy senile old man in a wheelchair. This girl I worked with in the bar ended up working for him as a caretaker while he was there staying in a suite. She told me he would take pills and drink all day and piss his pants. He was pretty much checked out already. I met him and Sean penn there. I got a gray gonzo tshirt from Thompson personally.

    • @lupusductus9406
      @lupusductus9406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      How disgusting this is. I do not mean this old man with his feeble and weakened body, no, I mean this girl who worked for him. It´s such an abuse of trust not to keep silence about his true condition but to use it for 5 minutes of fame. So dishonourable...

    • @grose2272
      @grose2272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow josh treasure that Tee! Hunter didn't want to be old it didn't suit his ideals ,who he was as a character, its why he ended it the way he did, on his terms.

    • @TheJpep2424
      @TheJpep2424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      There was nothing honorable about Thompson

    • @DIVISIONINCISION
      @DIVISIONINCISION 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope you framed that t-shirt!

    • @Anita_Backrub
      @Anita_Backrub 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheJpep2424 Agreed.

  • @cherrypickerguitars
    @cherrypickerguitars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    I did acid over 400 times, multiple hits, during the early to mid 1970’s - I NEVER had a “bad trip”! Violence was NEVER a facet of my trips, EVER. To have a “bad trip”, the “bad” part must pre-exist within the individuals own mind. I found LSD to be incredibly inspiring. I continued to take the occasional dose, maybe once every 15 months or so, as an average, until just a few yrs ago, and I’m 64 as of this comments posting.
    Hunter was huge for me. I was reading his books and articles in Rolling Stone as they were published. He had a profound effect on me.
    Peace

    • @Gallowglass7
      @Gallowglass7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're brave bro, I'm happy it worked out ofr you though. Sure you had many good times

    • @chuckunplugged
      @chuckunplugged 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Keep going the light and the darkness the yin and the yang when you get far enough down the rabbit hole you'll see the darkness

    • @williamwhitlow2491
      @williamwhitlow2491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pfft, we called people like you wannabes,pretending to do things the rest of us did. Suuuuuuuurrrreeee u did.

    • @cherrypickerguitars
      @cherrypickerguitars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@williamwhitlow2491 Who’s “we”, William? I sense a lonely man, with a boring life.
      Peace

    • @comments.are.turned.off...
      @comments.are.turned.off... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ABSOLUTELY!! 54 and right there with you mate.
      FEAR is the mind killer... everything else are tools and toys.

  • @MichaelAnderson-jo8iq
    @MichaelAnderson-jo8iq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    At 56 I can totally relate. Being in constant chronic pain and of course now dealing with mobility issues is extremely depressing. It’s so hard to be happy go lucky when you physically hurt almost constantly so you try and numb the pain somehow. Of course underneath it’s still there for me anyhow. Just 4 years ago I was working 60 hours a week for a very long time and loving life. Yes I can totally relate to this mindset.

    • @FIONA21ful
      @FIONA21ful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too at 54.

    • @divadeb1907
      @divadeb1907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't give up I'm 60 I know the pain your taking about. Try health healing meditation helps use Shea Butter for aches and pain. Drink turmeric tea it helps with pain. Eat raw garlic. Detox your body. Think happy thoughts ask God to heal you and to take away the pain. You are so important to many people. God 🙏 bless you be safe smile

    • @lizcosgrove8199
      @lizcosgrove8199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've been in chronic debilitating pain since I was in my early 30s and it's only since I got cancer and got strong opiod painkillers that I'm beginning to live my life again fully at 56. Ironic isn't it.

    • @MichaelAnderson-jo8iq
      @MichaelAnderson-jo8iq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lizcosgrove8199, I wish you well and hope you can overcome your diagnosis.

    • @MichaelAnderson-jo8iq
      @MichaelAnderson-jo8iq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@divadeb1907, thank you for the kind words.

  • @staceyboomboom8031
    @staceyboomboom8031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    My daughter's Dad was a chronic alcoholic. He was a lot like Hunter. I completely understand what his wife meant when she said she loved him, but she couldn't live with him. Mine also took his own life.

    • @TRIX-wn2sl
      @TRIX-wn2sl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sorry for your loss

    • @lauriefrohlich9901
      @lauriefrohlich9901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I completely get it. I'm a American cancer patient and I've chosen to live the rest of e like, my way. I have a wonderful kid that agreed my body my choice.

  • @dannydemonic4799
    @dannydemonic4799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The actor who played an older Hunter here did a great job!

  • @BobbyCarlBoozeDoc
    @BobbyCarlBoozeDoc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I was in Baghdad in 2005 working as an Army medic attached to a Infantry company. Hearing about Hunters Thompson’s suicide was a kick in the balls for sure I had only discovered him a few years prior and loved anything I could get my hands on that he had written. I am sure he would be devastated with what the world has become in the short time since his death. Johnny Depp is amazing in his portrayal of Hunter we need more movies about his life.

    • @Fancy.Frog.
      @Fancy.Frog. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hooah brother and RIP Hunter

    • @seanmcmillz8537
      @seanmcmillz8537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Depp spent 3million on a cannon and shot hunters ashes out of it after his creamation and paid for every thing i cant remember what else but thats what hunter wanted .

    • @roslynagaltsova6358
      @roslynagaltsova6358 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thompson's? Can you elaborate please

    • @BobbyCarlBoozeDoc
      @BobbyCarlBoozeDoc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@roslynagaltsova6358 watch the documentary

    • @TRIX-wn2sl
      @TRIX-wn2sl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your service brother

  • @Luvnlife880
    @Luvnlife880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm 42 for the last 18 years I have suffered with herniated discs in my Lower back arthritis all over my body and depression. I know that I don't want to live much longer because each day is just one more day of excruciating pain with no relief in sight. I have tried all the meds they work for a little while but then I build up a tolerance to it and it no longer works. I don't worry about anything other than my Sweet girl SIMONE my pitbull. I'll stay around to take care of my mother she's 80 now and she has health problems of her own but I refuse to live without her. I won't be missed, I'll be free from my pain and able to rest I only pray that God will forgive me and let me into heaven.

    • @tysonfranks6408
      @tysonfranks6408 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Canada has medically assisted suicide

    • @catherinehazur7336
      @catherinehazur7336 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you still here? What are you supposed to learn from what you are going through and what have you learned so far?

    • @mxreese69r6
      @mxreese69r6 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Where are you?

  • @donstanley9943
    @donstanley9943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    My grandfather committed suicide when noone was around, and at the time I was angry that he did it.
    But hearing stories like this I have a lot more respect for my grandfather
    He didn't do it with a house full of people to find him

    • @karendalsadik7119
      @karendalsadik7119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, it is tragic to lose someone.

    • @mindsigh4
      @mindsigh4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Don Stanley,
      yes, who can say what level the pain (mental, emotional, & physical) is at for somebody else?
      ive always appreciated & respected if people had the wherewithall to do it without making family have to find or clean up the mess.
      if they couldn't go away to do it i guess they were desperate, (or intentionally wanted to make a show?)
      but i feel sadness for my Aunt, who was like my big sister, she lived with us & looked after me as a kid, she must have felt so alone when she drove out to the Nevada desert to end her life, but i know that it wasn't a whim, she was done & i respect her right & i don't believe it should be judged by anyone, it's between them & their god.

    • @johnindo6771
      @johnindo6771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I NEVER hated my mother for dying by suicide. I have ALWAYS loved , cherished and admired her!!! And she died in 1962, several months before Marilyn Monroe’s death!!!

    • @sophiasage1379
      @sophiasage1379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mindsigh4 Thank You.

    • @lauriefrohlich9901
      @lauriefrohlich9901 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm so glad you now get it and respect what he did. Fact is that he loved his family and if he had that awful talk your family wouldn't be able to understand or take it.🙏

  • @plutoplatters
    @plutoplatters 3 ปีที่แล้ว +674

    Why is a poor person crazy when they're crazy and a rich or famous person's eccentric ? Ponder.

    • @cityslickeroutdoors8306
      @cityslickeroutdoors8306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      plutoplatters because we worship money above all else

    • @janedoe-hq9vn
      @janedoe-hq9vn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      No lie..$ makes one "appear" different than one without....crazy...

    • @cedricwilliams6229
      @cedricwilliams6229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Eccentric isn't exactly or synonymous interchangeable with crazy. For example, I've never heard anyone call Tom Cruise "eccentric". We call him crazy. I agree though, I have never heard a poor person called eccentric.

    • @R.POWELL
      @R.POWELL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Asked myself that exact question 10 years ago- still asking!!! CRAZY IS CRAZY TO ME- whatever it's called !!!!!

    • @thadnipper9411
      @thadnipper9411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      So being an adrenochrome abuser and Satanist is eccentric?

  • @tomjeffery6708
    @tomjeffery6708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    My uncle shot himself and thats the only thing I know about him. Never knew him. What he did was leave behind only a legacy of pain and tears to his daughter.. She had it so hard growing up without a father.

    • @Spocklee
      @Spocklee 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      suicide is a selfish act

  • @pamronning
    @pamronning 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I agree with the arrested development I’ve seen it in people that started drinking at age 12 he and his friend. They have never pierced the veil of adulthood

    • @AhJodie
      @AhJodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love your comment! Such a great picture, the veil! Lovely!

    • @canadiangemstones7636
      @canadiangemstones7636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rubbish. Losing your father at 14 pierces everything you’ve got.

  • @deanafromchicago6661
    @deanafromchicago6661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    The music is sooo loud it’s difficult to view the entire documentary

  • @michaeloesterle6652
    @michaeloesterle6652 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I didn’t know that about his father. As someone with a degenerative neurological condition I fight like hell for my own sons, to stay relevant and alive the best I can for as long as I can. I’m not so sure he ever got over watching someone he looked up to waste away. Tragic.

  • @glenncurley680
    @glenncurley680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I never read a lot but I did read a few of his books! Freaked me out at times being a teenager!
    But also opened my mind to different approaches with journalism!

  • @johnmuschaweck9395
    @johnmuschaweck9395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'll never forget the way he speaks. So intelligent.

  • @aquaescapeartist4915
    @aquaescapeartist4915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    When his publicist said: ‘Hunter was a robust guy. But 40-50 years of never being sober, I think it gets to you’.

    • @rickyelvis3215
      @rickyelvis3215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      that gives me 45 happy years ... cheers !

    • @stoner7144
      @stoner7144 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah! It does. Sadly got him.

    • @giastake3492
      @giastake3492 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      AquaEscapeArtist You absolutely hit the nail squarely on its head! 👍

    • @dannere
      @dannere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rickyelvis3215 🤣🤣🤘🤙

    • @gmy33
      @gmy33 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robust means nothing .. sometimes ..

  • @Andr3aHop3
    @Andr3aHop3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    He didn't want pass the way his father did. Watching his father grow fragile by the day till he passed.. Awe guy!💙

    • @susanmorgan7125
      @susanmorgan7125 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve thought about it a lot sometimes the pain is just too much financial struggle too much I’m still working at 70 I know that when I can’t take care of myself my kids are going to stick me in some home I don’t want to be a burden to them so what are you do when you just can’t take care of yourself anymore I’m not there quite yet but it’s coming. 😪

    • @SupremeOracle
      @SupremeOracle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@susanmorgan7125 damn 70 and still working, I hope your children understand and find it in their heart to take care of you and make your last 30 years heaven on earth.

    • @susanmorgan7125
      @susanmorgan7125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SupremeOracle thank you for your kind words

  • @danasarokon887
    @danasarokon887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I read this wonderful man's books while incarcerated in Westmoreland County Prison ☹🙄😒 But I loved his books they got me through my stay❤💯

  • @gekolizzard
    @gekolizzard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Don’t know how this turned up in my suggested list but I’m glad it did.
    I’m looking forward to reading some of his work.

  • @richardmundt7854
    @richardmundt7854 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Lately I've been watching several of these "final 24" videos, and there seems to be a common thread with all of them, substance abuse.

  • @janiebankston2003
    @janiebankston2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Narcissistic relationships end in tragedy, no matter who you are ,

    • @johnd.2803
      @johnd.2803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good point

    • @Spocklee
      @Spocklee 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's what i was thinking the whole time, that he was a narcissist.

  • @Simple_Jackass
    @Simple_Jackass ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Listening to him speak, Depp really nailed it!!

  • @rebeccarayburncooper7062
    @rebeccarayburncooper7062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    As a boomer 71 next month, I regret that my generation glorified drugs and alcohol, as well as self destruction. I tried all the drugs, developed an alcohol addiction and after many tries, I am sober now for over 31 yrs. It does take caring about oneself to get free but for me it's been totally worth it. I don't think Hunter really cared about himself, as many don't.

    • @johnhenry3030
      @johnhenry3030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I just wanna say koodos on your sobriety it's not easy I know

    • @rickyelvis3215
      @rickyelvis3215 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      coopers is my beer ... cheers !

    • @johnrogers9481
      @johnrogers9481 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rebecca Rayburn Cooper. For you to stop alcohol it was "totally worth it" to care about yourself. I don't understand. This sounds like caring about yourself is the "price" you paid for stopping.

    • @jamesanderson1415
      @jamesanderson1415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im really Glad for you , because its not easy to do , you are Loved !!! Thank you !

    • @donovanchilton5817
      @donovanchilton5817 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does it feel good to be partially responsible for the degredation of American life?
      Who am I kidding, you don't care. None of you did.

  • @amynoland9162
    @amynoland9162 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I feel like he just didn’t evolve. Once he got to a certain age, he should’ve realized he didn’t have to be the crazy lunatic that everyone expected. He still could’ve been a great writer. He got stuck in a persona (and addiction) and didn’t know how to shake it. 67 is not that old, I’m 62!

  • @chantzarcher4807
    @chantzarcher4807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The soundtrack to this is fucjing amazing. Loves the blues jam in the background

  • @FookU2b
    @FookU2b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Suicide is often considered an act of selfishness, cowardice, or submission to defeat, and maybe sometimes it is. But anybody who's ever been there, psychologically, knows it takes a lot of courage. Possibly the most courageous thing a human can do. The unknown is limitless, filled with fear and wonder and possibilities we will never comprehend, trapped in this realm. When the known is no longer a concept worth surviving, the unknown shall be the only comfort worth exercising.

    • @davidrodgers4760
      @davidrodgers4760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's hard to do..

    • @owlytimbre9103
      @owlytimbre9103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Depends on your presence of mind. Physical pain and depression etc combined with a firearm made it quite easy for some friends of mine. The method is a huge factor. Not everyone is a coward not everyone is a warrior either. Why we need to look at things this nuanced so simply might tell us more about cowardice.

    • @BrianSmith-kk2wi
      @BrianSmith-kk2wi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BeRightBack131 It took alot of courage and love for your little girl to not go thru with it..

    • @BeRightBack131
      @BeRightBack131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@BrianSmith-kk2wi thanks. I'm doing much better now, and so is my daughter. It was an extremely tough time in our lives back then, but we're on the brighter side of life these days. I look back and think what a stupid thing I almost did. I'm so glad I thought of her and decided not to follow through. Especially because I was all she had. And that would have been a terrible thing to do to her.

    • @bigimskiweisenheimer8325
      @bigimskiweisenheimer8325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for that. A couple things needed to here. I'll be around for awhile

  • @zachsimmerock3420
    @zachsimmerock3420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I named my son Stockton....Hunters middle name, He was a fantastic writer. Anthony Bourdain, reminded me more of him that any other contemporary writers, And would say Bill Murray done a fantastic job, Johnnies was good, But Where The Buffalo Roam

  • @SariSmithArt
    @SariSmithArt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    As Eckert Toll said "Addiction starts with pain, and ends with pain. Self medication is a horrible road to go down. I don't believe he was actually a bad person, it was the drugs and the alcohol that turned him into someone else. Self medication with substances and alcohol is horrible.

    • @kennethross624
      @kennethross624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think he was a sensitive boy who still needed his father to learn how be a man. But his father was gone. So like alot of young males with no father, he learned had learned it from the world. How many know that comes with a price!

    • @shelby8364
      @shelby8364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yep, absolutely. currently going through the worst withdrawals and would rather be dead tbh. Such a vicious, ridiculous cycle

    • @TRIX-wn2sl
      @TRIX-wn2sl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shelby8364
      Use cannabis and kratom it helps also get over the counter Imodium AD (loperamide) It will help with withdrawals

    • @jefolson6989
      @jefolson6989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If a person is in pain, and there is a quick fix, like booze or drugs, of course they self medicate, or they find a Doctor to do the medicating. Quiting his addiction would not have save him. The end might have come sooner.

    • @amytrumbull156
      @amytrumbull156 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The name is Eckhart Tolle by the way.

  • @DawnDiggetyNoDoubt
    @DawnDiggetyNoDoubt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    johnny Depp really did an amazing job with fear and loathing. to this day one of my favorite books and books made into movie

    • @cynthiafrasheski6603
      @cynthiafrasheski6603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Johnny knew his friend

    • @hannahmitchell87
      @hannahmitchell87 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cynthiafrasheski6603 Johnny *was* his friend

    • @kyleknoernschild6348
      @kyleknoernschild6348 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fun fact Johnny Depp starred in fear and loathing in Los Angeles a film released in 1998

    • @alienzordfalcon5162
      @alienzordfalcon5162 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Johnny was his friend in real life. You didn’t know that. But he was his friend and didn’t just play him, but he knew him in real life.

    • @alienzordfalcon5162
      @alienzordfalcon5162 ปีที่แล้ว

      Johnny knew his friend Hunter well. You thought he just played him in the 1998 film. But they were friends in real life. You didn’t know that, but now you know.

  • @robertqueen3494
    @robertqueen3494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    My heart goes out in how his disability affects him in how difficult to not hardly walk and be in constant pain. Being isolated cause of it. People have a loneliness in this condition. No one takes this serious.

    • @warriorwk
      @warriorwk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Robert Queen you are right on the money, I live with chronic pain and limited on walking, I can only go so far and the nerve damage not only causes pain but limits my legs from working. I am on heavy narcotics that allow me some relief and life but also restrict some life. Part of the loneliness is caused by the fact that you can not do a lot of the things that your friends and loved ones can do so you are left out of the picture, some of my choice as to not be selfish and ruin their fun and some of it obviously just not asked, which is fine and completely understandable but nonetheless lonely, and at some point some people decide that the quality of life just isn't there anymore or enough and choose to end it. That is not where I am at but it does leave me with more understanding than most.

    • @lorabetht9206
      @lorabetht9206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@warriorwk I deal with chronic pain as well- I had 12 surgeries in 2 1/2 yrs and also deal with severe RA. I was a pain pill addict after all my surgeries. I never wanted to get “high” but couldn’t function without them. Thankfully now the only thing I take is Kratom and ibuprofen. But I do frequently have to listen to my body and rest when I’m having a flare up. It does get lonely sometimes- ❤️

    • @joannbowden6220
      @joannbowden6220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lorabetht9206 I'm intrested in Kratom for pain relief as narcotics are no longer working for my pain.
      I've suffered from severe, unresolved chronic pain due to OA, DDD, DJD, & nerve root compression of several spinal nerves all in my spine. Also bilateral DJD of my hips.
      Need I go on? Lol
      Also I'm allergic to morphine. Yay for me, huh.
      Any info u can give me would be greatly appreciated.
      Thx.

    • @joannbowden6220
      @joannbowden6220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@warriorwk u just described my life! I hate that I can never plan to be therefor family events bc pain rules every day of my life.
      It's a sad way to exist.

    • @warriorwk
      @warriorwk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@joannbowden6220 yes ma'am it is. Also I at times get tired of explaining the issues with people so they end up judging you

  • @TruthIsTheNewHate84
    @TruthIsTheNewHate84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    We can't stop here, this is bat country.

    • @Billcarsonstobaccobox
      @Billcarsonstobaccobox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wash your shorts now, Mister.

    • @pimplepickerton
      @pimplepickerton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Poolside, drinking Singapore-slings.

    • @DetroitFettyghost
      @DetroitFettyghost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pimplepickerton the floors covered in snakes MAN!

    • @chiptoothrecordlabelgroup
      @chiptoothrecordlabelgroup 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The most famous line. I was first introgued by the saying becsuse its nuts. Looking back I feel like there is something to it. Like their could be big flying organisms in some places like the desert maybe. Idk. And another thing; I find it interesting that "Hunter" used a 45...

  • @WilhelminaH
    @WilhelminaH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Wow, this was not what I was expecting. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I remember the media coverage of this & I thought his family knew & was supportive of his decision to take his life. I don't remember it being told that he suddenly & without warning took his life with his family being there but they had no idea about it. I feel terrible for his grandchild. How traumatic!

    • @DasJackalope
      @DasJackalope 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That version of the story isn't worth nearly as much.

    • @chiptoothrecordlabelgroup
      @chiptoothrecordlabelgroup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      X = 45

    • @FookU2b
      @FookU2b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If you believe Hunter married a woman that did not take drugs, especially psychedelics, you are very naive. This is a propaganda piece, not the real truth. Hunter was into Satanism/Crowleyism, but you wil never hear this from any mainstream media, such as this "documentary". I wouldnt be surprised if this entire series is sponsored and funded by CIA or FBI in some form. They never tell the real truth about the "stars" they present.

    • @chiptoothrecordlabelgroup
      @chiptoothrecordlabelgroup 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FookU2b I get a funny feeling because he died from a 45. I always wanted to join the special forces so I could carry 1 insteand of a 9.

    • @andysmith1996
      @andysmith1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@FookU2b Even if he was into satanism, so what? Who cares? And why exactly would the CIA or the FBI want to sponsor a series about celebrities' final days? Sounds to me like you're the one who has done too many drugs.

  • @Darjeelingla
    @Darjeelingla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I remember reading “Fear and Loathing” while seated on a flight, when I burst out laughing!!
    All the people around me were alarmed, staring at my explosion. Yes, I was embarrassed, a little, but thrilled at this funny spasm nonetheless. The incident still makes me smile 😋

    • @kevinfoster2163
      @kevinfoster2163 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s a rag

    • @diannelaurier2248
      @diannelaurier2248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So funny, I read Fear and Loathing on an overnight Grayhound bus trip. I was busting up all night, I couldnt help it, from the back of the bus. People kept looking at me crazy!

    • @jackdyer5740
      @jackdyer5740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@diannelaurier2248 I read it in the car and got motion sickness

    • @ceciliaulrich2837
      @ceciliaulrich2837 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s not a monkey that’s my son (something like that) I lost it, one of two books that actually made me 😂

    • @arveyilleszender5809
      @arveyilleszender5809 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was in a hospital waiting room and I couldn't hold the laughter in either. I had to close the book when they turned up at the police drugs convention.

  • @jbower1214
    @jbower1214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    “There’s a theory about drug abuse & alcohol abuse that, in a sense when you start using, you stop growing...internally & you don’t mature, you don’t develop as an adult, you’re stuck...”
    I’ve not heard that theory before, but from experience both in using & in being around people who have, I tend to agree with that theory.

    • @jackraintree4351
      @jackraintree4351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Your a silly poopie head😀 oh wait I just proved your point lol

    • @Ihatewater9000
      @Ihatewater9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Makes sense when I think about quite a few of people I know.

    • @bluedolphin5792
      @bluedolphin5792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Arrested Development

    • @melissam9555
      @melissam9555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree wholeheartedly!!

    • @HECKSTER69
      @HECKSTER69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is so true !!!

  • @crazyeyedme4685
    @crazyeyedme4685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Greg House from TV series House M.D. - "Our bodies break down, sometimes when we're 90, sometimes before we're even born, but it always happens and there's never any dignity in it! ... You can live with dignity; we can't die with it!"

  • @warriorwk
    @warriorwk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    Doing it while on the phone with his wife was the most cruelest and selfish thing that he could have done and the second most was with the grandson, son and other people in the house. He should've written a letter telling a loved one where to send a sheriff's deputy to recover his body.

    • @reazallykhan8614
      @reazallykhan8614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Agree...totally

    • @susanparker9873
      @susanparker9873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      But you must realize he was a narcissist they really don't care who they hurt its all about them. Yes I know he had a painful past but who hasn't? If he did kill children for snuff films no amount of pain in the past you have no excuse for killing anyone period, God have mercy on his soul!

    • @nickhowatson4745
      @nickhowatson4745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@susanparker9873 he was assassinated. theres way to many inconsistencies around his death.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@nickhowatson4745 I did hear that years ago and forgot ... I guess I'll have to look into that unless you want to explain a few things to us ...?

    • @estellepatella2520
      @estellepatella2520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Pathological narcissist. He's got to have an audience.

  • @BillMeyerComm
    @BillMeyerComm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Those who judge have no concept of the context with which we lived during those times, much like the shit we are going through now. Who are you to judge a society who was dealing with much the same social issues we have today. He was real for the times and spoke the hard truths without the aid of the radically controlled internet. He inspired a generation of writers to be honest and to be a part of the story, instead of lying for a narrative dictated by a rich publisher... He is the last of a true breed of generational writers that defined the times. No one today can come close to matching those qualities because they don't write for themselves, they write for fame & money...

    • @MJ-qb5ph
      @MJ-qb5ph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you

    • @paintingwithrosev741
      @paintingwithrosev741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's always shit to go through. And we're all in this together. Humans think too much of them selves. This is why we're the problem makers on the planet.

  • @dawnadevine1618
    @dawnadevine1618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "As old age set in". in his 60's ... yikes, most of us still thriving at this age; perhaps writing our first book, lol .....

    • @myblacklab7
      @myblacklab7 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right on! Keep thriving, Dawna. :)

  • @taylortrevino881
    @taylortrevino881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Always very amazed at how spot on they are with these actors/actresses looking literally just like the people they are portraying. Very impressive indeed.

    • @Sandwich13455
      @Sandwich13455 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The ji m Morrison actor wasn't like him,they should have foned Harry Hamlin.

    • @tjitjo
      @tjitjo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm non American so I never knew of Thompson until Rogan mentioned him on his podcast. Never realised that's who Depp is playing. Thank you.

    • @ehlerhog
      @ehlerhog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah that but the opposite. They ALWAYS suck!!

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ehlerhog val kilmer and Jim Morrison, Johnny Depp and Hunter S, Joaquin Phoenix and Johnny Cash...

  • @Swnsasy
    @Swnsasy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    As a mother, as just a caring human being, I could NEVER EVER do this to my children, to a friend.. To have that memory of finding me MOMENTS after, it's so selfish in so many ways...

    • @dianereed48
      @dianereed48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm a mother of 3 and grandmother of 8. I think about suicide almost daily. Not wanting to damage them is what stops me. Naomi Judd suicide has been a trigger as I'm 73. I understand her and Robin Williams suicide 100%

    • @paintingwithrosev741
      @paintingwithrosev741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely

  • @Cynthiabecker24
    @Cynthiabecker24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gosh that's exactly how living does feel. Wanting any longer does feel greedy.... I've felt like that at age 40. At 67 and in constant pain, would lengthen anyones days. RIP.🙏🌏💙

  • @paintingwithrosev741
    @paintingwithrosev741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    I'd like someone to explain how a man who plans to kill himself can be so selfish as to bring along a son and a grandson to a place where he plans to blow his head off. He was who he was I guess. Seems to me, he had great trouble saying no to himself. Self centered people typically live his lifestyle.

    • @zenith808
      @zenith808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I agree completely!

    • @feanorian21maglor38
      @feanorian21maglor38 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes, that was my first thought, that he sounds like a total narcissist for doing that. Not unusual in talented artistic people, i suppose, but he must have been a very difficult person to be around.

    • @sadhu7191
      @sadhu7191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The world setup so u can leave when ever u want. Would je a nightmare of not

    • @paintingwithrosev741
      @paintingwithrosev741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sadhu7191 Yes. However, the last resort is not suicide. You didn't make your body, it's a gift. You got this body as a gift to have an adventure with and you are too great to be so weak. When you reach a point where you feel suicide is the only outlet, extend your arm out to the great I Am and ask permission out loud to let you go. This is because one life is greater then the entire planet. That's how big we are. If you could process our greatness, the act of suicide would seem ridiculous and laughable. Please consider, you are never alone because every life is precious.
      This planet has become a bit of a mess because of the lost ones. Don't become on of them. Reach out.

    • @sanelliott7695
      @sanelliott7695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Like Naomi Judd we cant judge the pain of another..not a choice Id make either

  • @plk5520
    @plk5520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hunter Thomson's writing will never be irrelevant to me.

    • @DaisyMae439
      @DaisyMae439 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nothing like idolizing a piece of s***!

  • @howiseeit5129
    @howiseeit5129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Without the writing talent he was just a jerk.. celebrate his writing but for the rest he was no different then many men out there who cannot write and make those around them miserable and destroyed.he was a self centred addict that thought the World revolved around him.his suicide was done to inflict maximum trauma on his family.

  • @AhJodie
    @AhJodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Added note to his funeral was a funeral that included blasting his ashes out of a cannon and a HUGE party that was largely paid for by Johnny Depp. For someone who loved firearms and explosions, the ending was in perfect character. His family talked about how everyone knew, even though they did not know the exact day. I hear a lot of people talk negatively, but, we all live our lives, and no one is perfect. The only thing that I would say, is for those who have to clean up the mess after a gunshot suicide, it is a nightmare and too much for anyone to deal with, I wish people knew that. I also believe that physician assisted suicide should be every-ones right and easy to get. It is legal in some states in USA and some other countries because people understand that people do not want to suffer, and everyone knows we treat our pets better. I hope everyone can find the help they need to be comfortable and joyous. I believe mind is strong and capable of a lot, but, I know that pain can make it very difficult to remain calm. I think it would be good if everyone learned some techniques both spiritual and physical that can help when things get feeling overwhelming. Love to you!

    • @nicholenoel349
      @nicholenoel349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Johnny Depp was a good friend to a man hardly anyone could understand. JD was that true genuine sidekick Hunter adored.

    • @Mybeforenafters
      @Mybeforenafters 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicholenoel349 That guy did so much to ruin Johnny Depp’s life imagine if he hadn’t been glorifying drugs

    • @lauriefrohlich9901
      @lauriefrohlich9901 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why they have crime/ suicide clean up crews any respectable police would leave the family with the card's.

    • @AhJodie
      @AhJodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lauriefrohlich9901 I have talked to a few people that cleaned their families pieces up themselves. One in particular told me about how she didnt like her dad then he shot himself and they cleaned pieces off the brick in a room off the house and how mad it made her to have to do that.

    • @AhJodie
      @AhJodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mybeforenafters hey...drugs were glorified and a lot of fun and even a path to enlightenment...it is alcohol that is so bad...ruins lives and families.

  • @katherinehunter9526
    @katherinehunter9526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Until I saw this I wouldn't believe he committed suicide.
    Back when he did it I was still strong and healthy.
    But now as my own body breaks down and barely surviving the pain every day, from my own wild and crazy life I can relate.
    The fun is over, no more drugs, drinking, dancing, running, riding my horses or even a bicycle, no more wild sex, because the chronic pain is all I really think about or feel anymore.
    I definitely don't want to become a burden to my children and grandchildren.
    Plus now the thought of being in control of the end, being able to plan for it and know when you're going, would be appealing.
    Thankyou for sharing this video, it really has given me some peace of mind, knowing why he did it.
    That he too suffered from chronic hip, back and leg pain, that he knew the fun was all over now!
    I hope you aren't Resting Hunter but now you're free from that old broken down model, that your up and at it writing, drinking doing drugs and kicking ass again!
    Live on FOREVER GONZO!
    📒🚘🍄🍻🥂🥃🍹🍸💊💉🚬

    • @TRIX-wn2sl
      @TRIX-wn2sl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      AMEN 🙏

    • @tamzenkarma
      @tamzenkarma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's what you get when you live a Godless ego driven sick life......
      The body can only take so much abuse

    • @lauriewinstead
      @lauriewinstead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You realize, of course, that he's burning in hell now. I bet he wishes that he was back here.

    • @katherinehunter9526
      @katherinehunter9526 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lauriewinstead Wow what a cold hearted person you are Laurie!
      You don't know that for sure! NO ONE does, no religion, except Tibetan Buddhism, yes they do have comprehensively detailed of the death Bardo. Read "The Tibetan Book of the Dead".
      Which doesn't talk about burning because of committing suicide or anything!
      Regardless, it is very cruel and disrespectful behavior of you to be making that nasty hateful comment! Shameful!
      You clearly haven't known anyone close to you who has committed suicide?
      Or you would not be making a cold hearted comment like that.
      Hopefully you never have to experience that kind of devastating loss or be so lost enough, that you consider taking your own life.
      ✌💞🙏

    • @toastiestmoth927
      @toastiestmoth927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tamzenkarma I'd honestly rather live my life like him over worshiping a fake god my entire life

  • @markbabbitt7092
    @markbabbitt7092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Funny how people don't get it about Fear and Loathing. Thompson wasn't dreaming up a vivid story, he was recounting an actual event that he experienced. Do some acid, top it off with various other drugs and write it down......, you'll end up with a great story too!

    • @MichaelWaisJr
      @MichaelWaisJr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A lot of people are shitty writers. Sorry, psychedelics/LSD don’t actually “make” someone who’s not a compelling writer a great one. On the other hand, one of the members of Velvet Underground did a one-man tour before he was clean from opiates and the whole show was dogshit! He was just babbling a lot like an incoherent homeless junkie. Some drugs can help untap some of what lies dormant, but not every recreational drug is like the “limitless” pill.

  • @kevinhenderson5520
    @kevinhenderson5520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    No one is to Judge... Some of us know how to bow out gracefully (I guess this was his definition of it). I think he felt he had accomplished everything he set out to do and he was done . My old Man has full blown Dementia and is bed ridden right now... Had we asked him 10years ago if he wanted to live like this, He would have said "Hell No".. Death is not the end IMHO...♥️♥️♥️

    • @tinawindham6958
      @tinawindham6958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Have a living will…I sure wouldn’t want to live in a bed with no idea who the hell I am…no thanks. Give me a dose of fentanyl and a chaser , I’m good. Long Island ice tea might bring back some good ol memories. Play my favorite songs and if my dog is still alive …I’d like him to be next to me. 👍🏻✌️

    • @johnindo6771
      @johnindo6771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are so right!

    • @johnindo6771
      @johnindo6771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tinawindham6958 Clara Blandick was a Hollywood star who committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills in 1962. She was 81 years of age and played Aunti ‘Em in the 1939 movie,”The Wizard of Oz”. She died by suicide and was constantly full of pain from osteoarthritis and was going blind. She took an overdose of sleeping pills. I do not blame her , and admire her resolve and courage! As a nurse for 45 years, I abhor needless suffering.!!!!

    • @veronicafox399
      @veronicafox399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tinawindham6958 that sounds like a lovely way to go💜

  • @Minivanmusician
    @Minivanmusician 3 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    He didn't have to do it with a 6 year old there. Interesting none of them cared about that.

    • @stormy8427
      @stormy8427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Agreed. Let children have their childhood. Why not do his suicide when he was alone? Did he need an audience?

    • @Minivanmusician
      @Minivanmusician 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@stormy8427 exactly!

    • @mr_werty2
      @mr_werty2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      There's a rumour the CIA killed him and a lot of the evidence suggests they did

    • @mbnsw
      @mbnsw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Shows what a narcissist the prick was

    • @valsptsd814
      @valsptsd814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I’m pretty sure the child, and the effect on him, isn’t our business. And if it was my kid, you’d never know what happened to him that day.

  • @barkingshark6413
    @barkingshark6413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hope I make it to 67. I’ve broke my back five times, both wrists three times each, my right shoulder three times, my right collarbone once. My ribs twice and fingers twice.
    I’m sure Hunter was in great pain. He was an incredibly great and artistic writer.

  • @LateshaRenee
    @LateshaRenee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    You guys posted like 5 vids that I'm about to binge watch! lol thank you

    • @AGirlHasNoName1.168
      @AGirlHasNoName1.168 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is my last one! Love these :)

    • @kimbam1282
      @kimbam1282 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      lolol..me too

    • @mickswagger6086
      @mickswagger6086 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kiss me black girl

    • @area51r
      @area51r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought the same thing and from what i can tell this channel is a lie. they leave out a bunch of important info in all of there videos.

    • @Miss_NatashaO
      @Miss_NatashaO 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like these too! A little morbid, but who cares?!

  • @xxyes8879
    @xxyes8879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    He was a professional drinker? In other words, an alcoholic

    • @queenluv8371
      @queenluv8371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You feel me 😩

    • @jakebeck9263
      @jakebeck9263 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah furniture m w

    • @donnad6677
      @donnad6677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly. Only One of the differences between the rich/famous...and the middle class/poor.

    • @tjitjo
      @tjitjo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The smartest people in the world always run a high risk of falling for drugs and alcohol to numb the pain of living in a world dictated by selfish retards. Who of course don't know they're selfish retards but rather just walk around feeling fearful all the time, and acting upon that fear, the no 1 hallmark of the selfish retard.

    • @Magumba_State
      @Magumba_State 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's just a way to put rich people who do drugs on a pedastil because they can afford to keep their addictions going where poor people cannot..

  • @chuckbankston4528
    @chuckbankston4528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Ex wife “He trusted Juan more than any Juan”

  • @fnmjgcjkytv2438
    @fnmjgcjkytv2438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hunter just casually owned Ali's golden gloves trophy

  • @benmoore701
    @benmoore701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The book kingdom of fear is one of his best... RIP.

  • @jibbel-ff5sf
    @jibbel-ff5sf หลายเดือนก่อน

    hunter will be remembered as a crazy writer, out of this world, insane, and inventive alien.

  • @riandraegon556
    @riandraegon556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Would love to have had his insight and voice over the past few years and today.

  • @JanetElson
    @JanetElson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I don't think it was his painful back or knee, he was scared of losing his mind, like his Father.

    • @am_3122
      @am_3122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Maybe remorse. He did lots of bad stuff. Also as he was probably narcissistic, he didn't like the image he was projecting anymore...

    • @nativeamericanfeather9948
      @nativeamericanfeather9948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I dont think he was scared of that..otherwise he wouldnt of fried his own brain with all of the drugs. I think he was just sad that he couldnt party like he use to

    • @ladylyrichere9373
      @ladylyrichere9373 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kristinkreuks STOLENFART If he had the guts to go all the way, he wouldn't have killed himself

    • @DarkSkies72
      @DarkSkies72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His mind was lost years ago.

    • @gmy33
      @gmy33 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ladylyrichere9373 he qas a cheating guy . They never go all the way . .. but bless him he was brave enough to pull the trigger

  • @1Dublin
    @1Dublin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well, he went out with a BANG

  • @philwright2480
    @philwright2480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I met him at The Scottish Rite Temple in Los Angeles, Dr. Albert Hoffman was giving a talk on LSD my friend and I sat on the floor in front of the podium, we had a tape recorder, he sat next to us, he had a recorder also, we talked for about 20min before Dr Hoffman came out, I wish we would have recorded the conversation

  • @rockinroberta9925
    @rockinroberta9925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I often wonder what HT would think about 2020.

    • @DaisyMae439
      @DaisyMae439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He would be going along with the lies! If you were alive today he'd be even more evil than he already was

  • @sunray8136
    @sunray8136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I recently watched a documentary about Jim Morrison bc I never knew anything about him. Jim Morrison seems like the same genius type of tortured soul as Hunter. They both seemed stuck at wild reckless age 16 never healing from whatever made them both traumatized souls

  • @TheRealFaceyNeck
    @TheRealFaceyNeck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The account around 17:00 minute-mark is misleading. You can see a TV interview with Thompson and a member of Hell's Angels where they discuss the beating. It was over a member of the gang beating both his wife and dog, and Thompson said, "Only a punk beats his wife and dog." at which point he got stomped. It wasn't in regards to royalties from the book.
    However, because of the beating, Hunter didn't buy them a number of kegs of beer that he said he would in exchange for writing the book. So the non-payment came AFTER the beating, not the reason for it.

    • @shelby8364
      @shelby8364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THANK YOU!!

  • @74the_magpie
    @74the_magpie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Alcohol, drugs, smoke, he opened the door to the negative energies… it’s a shame. That will destroy your body and catch up to you. But I’d be interested in reading his stuff, though self destruction isn’t admirable.

    • @AhJodie
      @AhJodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think anger opens the door..... at least, it was so in my life. After stopping the drugs and alcohol, I found all these feelings underneath, which were ridiculous angers over things that were no longer even important, but I had been holding on to since teen years. Once I found AA and learned how to think better, and stopped using, I have never been happier in my life! My family I am sure like being around me much more now too! I am still not perfect, but, much happier!

    • @brysun1234
      @brysun1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AhJodie Good for you! Seriously glad you are happier!

    • @AhJodie
      @AhJodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@brysun1234 I didnt want to change...something stronger than me happened... Long story... But it was a wonderful blessing...thank you.

    • @brysun1234
      @brysun1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AhJodie You are welcome!

    • @jefolson6989
      @jefolson6989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The drugs were his " treatment" of demons. The alcohol and drugs didn't bring the demons.

  • @jennydoyle4828
    @jennydoyle4828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Amazing how society elevates people because of celebrity.............even when they treat their own families like this! Not to be admired.

    • @WindDancer435
      @WindDancer435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is what Sean Penn has called the desire to be around celebrities as the reason for Trumps rise.

    • @JosannaMonik
      @JosannaMonik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I agree he was a selfish assole who put his family through the trauma of finding his dead body cause his life wasn't a party anymore.

    • @tylerm5431
      @tylerm5431 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kristinkreuks STOLENFART im edgey

    • @imtired2983
      @imtired2983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He was an addict alcoholic who sat with his guns around him like a lunatic and mistreated his family. Basically he was a real tool.

    • @imtired2983
      @imtired2983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JosannaMonik nailed it

  • @ticopunkerz
    @ticopunkerz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Best documentary I've seen in a long time. Thank you for doing this!!!

  • @beautifulstrangeable
    @beautifulstrangeable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    background loud soundtrack totally unecessary

  • @dellahicks7231
    @dellahicks7231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    He believed his own schtick.

    • @johnd.2803
      @johnd.2803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He got lost in his own sauce?

  • @marilyndresser2377
    @marilyndresser2377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Constant physical pain is extremely debilitating.., we don’t know how much the pain and the painkillers played into the loss of his writing genius.
    To not be able to walk or stand because of pain wears on the soul. One can’t socialize , enjoy the outdoors .... everything of pleasure is reduced to rubble.....

    • @MichaelAnderson-jo8iq
      @MichaelAnderson-jo8iq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, completely. It is extremely difficult to be happy and be in constant physical pain and with that is the depression because of it.

    • @lisacranmer8005
      @lisacranmer8005 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know...mind you, for someone who broke my back and almost my neck and Played victim and left me on the street when I begged for help and support and all he CLD do was scream at me and yell horrible things to me..no man will ever want you except for your body..

  • @billscannell93
    @billscannell93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To be honest, I don't judge him at all. He took his destiny into his own hands. A wild artist guy like that was not meant to die in a nursing home or go slowly from alcoholism. At least today he is remembered for who he was at his prime. Imagine how he would be remembered had he just slowly declined for many more years.

    • @ULOVEKYLE
      @ULOVEKYLE 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      a total loser for sure! /s

  • @JK-lp6uw
    @JK-lp6uw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I wouldn't say he was genius, he did some pretty evil things too.

    • @ok2593
      @ok2593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      a good moral compass and intelligence are two different things

    • @JK-lp6uw
      @JK-lp6uw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ok2593 I am well aware of that. Thank you.

    • @A_ndrea
      @A_ndrea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Evil geniuses are everywhere

    • @vivalasvegas2826
      @vivalasvegas2826 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pffff

    • @Librocubicularist1
      @Librocubicularist1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He wasn't a genius. He was eccentric. He also was an adrenochrome junkie.

  • @bettym.3996
    @bettym.3996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    At age 67, he too exited the Hemingway.

    • @ronniehdable
      @ronniehdable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not hemingway!

    • @hoobadooba2000
      @hoobadooba2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good one

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My mom is 97, so she lived another 30 years.

    • @SHurd-rc2go
      @SHurd-rc2go 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cute!

    • @aminemaia9878
      @aminemaia9878 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ronniehdable Hemingway because both of the killers themselves

  • @jabbermocky4520
    @jabbermocky4520 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Alcoholism was the demon that did him in. Thompson had a physical dependency on alcohol which complicated all his other health problems as he aged. If he had quit drinking in his 30s or 40s he might still be here today. RIP, Hunter S. Thompson.

  • @ralphbennett7135
    @ralphbennett7135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    We should all know when it's time to go!

  • @mommabear5935
    @mommabear5935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I think it's pretty right on on that Johnny Depp lived with Hunter S. Thompson for like a year so he could properly play the part. It surprises me how many people actually haven't seen Fear and Loathing.

    • @kimbam1282
      @kimbam1282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that movie is truth in plain sight

    • @mommabear5935
      @mommabear5935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh your not kidding....the little girl an the adrenochrome....👀 Been in our faces this whole time.... And Hunter S. Thompson tried to show us.

    • @kimbam1282
      @kimbam1282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mommabear5935 exactly...it's actually show so much through EVERYTHING but people are too asleep at the wheel

    • @mommabear5935
      @mommabear5935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They aren't in control of their meat suits yet

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mommabear5935 He was a child trafficker, adrenochrome drinker and snuff film maker. May he roil in Hell. It is execrable to glamorize or want to emulate this spiritual abyss, black hole.

  • @ladylyrichere9373
    @ladylyrichere9373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    chronic pain wears you down in a way people just don't understand

    • @stella-vu8vh
      @stella-vu8vh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      until it happens to one of them.

    • @fuzzybutkus3951
      @fuzzybutkus3951 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great comment and reply agree 100%.

  • @darrylwillard7989
    @darrylwillard7989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Hunter Thompson was a man who's demons and failings got the best of him. His out of control drug use and drinking led him to destroy his life, and affected his family life. He was a tortured soul, and unfortunately the drugs and the drinking made it worse.

    • @DaisyMae439
      @DaisyMae439 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's in hell where he belongs!

    • @christytaylor5554
      @christytaylor5554 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DaisyMae439 oh how PRECIOUS!
      Yet another ignorant; preaching and judging when their own religion they desperately cling to specifically says not to judge...

    • @DaisyMae439
      @DaisyMae439 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christytaylor5554 that's how much you know about my supposed religion, lol. if you've ever read the Bible you know the truth about What God Says about us Christians judging others!! But instead you just parrot what you hear other people say. I'm about to teach you what the Bible truly says about Christian's judging others but I doubt it even matters what the Bible says and what I believe in because you're one of those people who just can't see the truth even when it's before your eyes! First off I'm a Christian which means I follow God's word I follow what Jesus tried to teach us when he was on the earth the first time the second time he comes back he's not going to be so forgiving he's going to be bringing God's wrath. The Bible teaches that we as Christians are to judge other people but we are to do it righteously and without being a hypocrite. Righteously means it has to be God's word that we're going off of and being not being a hypocrite means that I can't be stealing something and then go after another person for doing the same thing! If you want proof that I'm right go read what it says after judge not least you be judged read the rest of that paragraph!!!!! also God says that we are to judge them by their fruits that means that we are to judge them by what they say and what they do not by what they look like. So, now that you know the truth about what the bible really says will it really make any difference on what the real truth is about us Christians being allowed to judge others. God is the only one that judges people on where they're going to go for eternity whether that's heaven or hell that's God's judgment we cannot do that!

    • @DaisyMae439
      @DaisyMae439 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christytaylor5554 WHO IS THE IGNORANT ONE NOW???????

    • @arjanpetersen
      @arjanpetersen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DaisyMae439 holy cow....are you ok? Get to doctor.... you are insane...

  • @owenscottdouglasjohnson1975
    @owenscottdouglasjohnson1975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Hunter was wheelchair bound for a short time before his death. I'm sad this wasnt reflected. And they obviously haven't read the book.

    • @ripto2964
      @ripto2964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      dude theres a wheelchair right next to the window less than 2 minutes into the video

    • @davidgould9974
      @davidgould9974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was also wearing diapers like I’d kill myself too

    • @DetroitFettyghost
      @DetroitFettyghost 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MisGuided Me 💯. Obviously. Everybody is a 1 minute guru nowadays. Watch a video and you've instantly been a fan and historian of anybody since their inception.

    • @coolboy5245
      @coolboy5245 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidgould9974 Is that true?