I should have put a caption at the beginning of the video regarding this. As Ed Gein has already been talked about across countless videos on TH-cam, I didn't include him. I try my best to cover cases that haven't been done before. The only reason I included Dahmer is because there was an aspect of his story (his death) that hadn't already been covered that well.
@@CuriousWorldProductions Yeah. I never knew the details of his death. I'm not one to wish death on anyone, but that was gratifying as hell. The man who killed him shouldn't have been charged, though.
@@windowlicker8907 haha to be fair he was a master craftsman - he could fix anything - eventhough he put his skills to an unorthodox use it did show what talent he had.
@@celeste8157 seriously... I don't think anyone would see that sign and think "oh, he could probably store some venison for me during hunting season, I better go make friends with him".
The lessor known tales are the best, it's amazing how you find these. I never knew all this about, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the older crimes of the past. Great narration, and content, glad to see you back.
Check out the book 'Taliesin'. It's also a 'Chapter A Day' reading from WPR. You may be able to get it still. Very good narration. Taliesin is not far from where I live. It's new owners who open it to the public on occasion.
@@banditthegermanshepherd6406 i guess its very different when you live there, but i was just a visitor in 2001 n i guess its changed, i found all the people nice n friendly in wisconsin.
I was in the Wisconsin prison system when Dahmer was killed. The story of how it happened, told among the inmates right after it happened, was what Scarver stated in 2015. The inmates knew exactly how it happened.
@@SimonHollandfilms LOL! Are those the “chips” served along side the Fish on Fridays? I Think WI has some interesting colloquialisms. I’m from there myself, but currently live in another state.
Yeah, they have an entire town dedicated to the circus, Baraboo WI, I think. And the Wisconsin Dells is a creepy but very interesting place to visit. Alot of Native American folklore comes from that area.
Insanely long winters and insanely serious drinkers.. 90% of the United States and 50% of the entire world's brandy is consumed by Wisconsinites alone. Chequamegon National Forest, where I grew up is a beautiful but very eerie place that is home to countless buried bodies
I've been emailing so many different YT channels suggesting they cover the Julian Carlton/Taliesin case, so it's great to finally see someone explore it! An exceptionally chilling episode!
Always a good time when Curious World uploads, one of them content creators you click like before watching and not change your mind after. Great work as always
@DjDeja - Oh yes, It really is a book. There really was a LOT of killing going on here, but so much was brought on by the drinking of Absinthe. It wasn't illegal then, and these farm boys and women would get "liquored" up on it..and kill their families, the neighbors..you name it.
As always this was a superb production, beautifully written, edited and narrated. This is the best channel on TH-cam bar non. Thanks for putting in so much effort.
Lived in Wisconsin my whole life and never knew this but i love hearing your accent while reading out the names of the towns and cities that i drive through each day. Good Job.
@@debmoadd Yup. When I was taking Voice and Diction in college, we got a class assignment to read something of our choice (could not be a song) in front of the class. I read part of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, which had been narrated by Burton. My prof told me afterwards that he thought I had, if not cheated, then pushed the limits of the directions of the assignment. He wasn't sure where I'd gotten the piece and it wasn't a song...but he felt something was fishy. After I completed the class and got my final grade, I sent him the recording of that particular section.
So excited to have a new video from you!! I've listened to every one of the videos on your channel while working on my PhD. They are a welcome stimulus over the monotony of working on spreadsheets. Thank you for all your work on these videos!!
Always _very_ happy to see a new upload! After struggling to sit through 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' and finally pulling the rip cord at episode four these stories come like a breath of fresh air!!! Brilliant work as always!!!
No one besides my family knows Al Capone used to buy Moonshine in green bay from my Great Grandpa. He used to make it behind the gas station on the corner of Velp and Military where there was a house and barn a long time ago. My dad said there's still some buried from when they removed the barn and covered the foundation with dirt. I bet it would be really good now!
@@becky4728 WOW thats awesome. I know exactally where your talking about. Green Bay is kinda known for drinking and maybe that's where we get it. My mom's side also stilled bourbon so I bet it was common here. Makes me want to do some research. Thanks for the info! I love learning this kind of stuff!
Cool, my Grandpa used to run shine from upper Wisconsin down to Chicago and met alot of the big name gangsters. He had some great stories when I got him away from Grandma.
One of my coworkers is from Princeton wi. One of capones many stash houses was there. There's also a lake called green lake, its super deep and people used to dump cars and bodies in it
This is the first of your videos I've come across and I'm just really excited to find well written and researched content I haven't seen! Such a well done video!
I think Dahmer's mother's response to the public after his death shows she really had no empathy for his victims or their families. She should have realized that to his victim's families, he was a monster, and his death would have been a relief. She seems really out of touch with reality to me.
This also the woman that had a bitter custody battle during the divorce over their daughter while both parents abandoned the son to live in an empty house. The whole family is screwed up. And they wonder how he turned out like that.
I love my children, and no matter what a mother's love never dies, but I would never excuse this of either my children. Or family I would never understand. She was sick mentally and it could be where Damer got it.
@@jettanyx1 Wasn't there a step-mother too? It has been so long that details are hazy, but as I recall, the step-mother had no love for Jeffrey. It made me wonder what turns a mind to such darkness.
I just stumble across this. Being a Wisconsinite I appreciate all sorts of stories about my home state. Just FYI there was a book written several years ago called "Death in a Prairie House." It was about Frank Loyd Wright's Taliesin I.
You can find some of the homes he built in Spring Green. Near House on the Rock. House on the Rock was built by Alex Jordan but is awesome. I highly recommend seeing it & the museum attached to it.
@@SL-gl6nq It's like being alone in a school at night... like you don't belong there because no one belongs there. There should be noise and kids and the smell of burnt coffee wafting in from the teachers lounge... Wisconsin is beautiful, but not super populated. There are many small towns where it feels like time stopped years ago. Driving the backroads at night can feel liminal; empty roads winding through empty corn fields dotted with darkened empty farmhouses... but I've lived here my whole life. People are friendly, we have funny accents, we call water fountains "bubblers," our cheese curds squeak and drinking is a perfectly acceptable hobby. There are worse places to live.
Very enjoyable. As an almost my entire life resident, I knew of most of it. But some was new stuff, thanks! I was waiting to hear if how that killing killed the North Ridge Mall, would be mentioned.
Thanks for giving me the shivers, Curious World! Myrtle is genuinely scary. Not only did she kill her own husband for a man who moved away and left her, she then turned around and tried to kill all of her innocent children in an attempt to still win over her disgusting lover. Yuck! Then she moved away and raised a second family without mentioning any of those unpleasant, pesky details? Just imagine if you belonged to the second family and someone dropped that little secret on you! Yikes!
I just heard the story about the Frank Lloyd Wright house earlier today. What a coincidence. Could you do a video on Indiana sometime? These are great!
I think it was Ken Burns who did an extensive documentary on Wright for PBS-that was the first time I had ever heard of it...a shocking and haunting tragedy.
You guys want another dark tale from Wisconsin, look up the book "Deadly Obsessions" by Clifford Linedecker. I was born, raised, and am still living in Phillips, Wisconsin, where this took place. Around these parts, we consider John Weber a budding serial killer. He was convicted of murdering his wife's sister, the attempted murder of his wife, and was the main suspect in another case where a boy was found tied up on the train tracks. Some people still say that he was responsible for the disappearance of Marchele Hansen a year or so after he murdered his wife, but the timeline doesn't add up correctly in my mind on that one.
New Glarus WIs is known as Little Switzerland. The region is known for cheese factories and now, the New Glarus Brewery. Many of the residents are of Swiss heritage. I’ve been to that train depot. A man giving tours was creeping me out as he hovered around my daughter.
I was actually in La Crosse visiting friends the day of that standoff. The road to French Island was blocked and we had to postpone visiting the friend that had just bought her house there.
The construction company I worked for in 2005 has an office on French Island I remember the roads being closed and finding out later what had happened.
I live in Stoddard which is 7mi S. Of Lacrosse. I remember the whole Mom in the freezer case. I've seen that guy wandering around French island a few times.
I lived two blocks from him and I couldn’t come home from work because the roads were closed. He was actually a very sweet man. He and his mother used to save minnows they found in puddles that fishermen had discarded.
I worked in corrections in Wisconsin. I know people who were working in Columbia when Dahmer was killed. It's still shrouded in mystery. A lot of inconsistencies with the story. Administrative employees were allowed to walk around the crime scene and then it was preserved. Contamination of the crime scene! Scarver was let back into his cell after the murders. I wish Dahmer was still alive so we could study him. Thanks for the video!
I can't believe they let that woman out of jail after only 5 years after the premeditated murder of her husband on one occasion and then four children on another. You can't even argue a crime of passion after the separation in time between the 5 murders. Idk what a woman must do to be considered dangerous but we clearly need to adjust that bar.
Frfr.... especially women in Wisconsin... SMH the law is on their side it doesn't matter.... Now I want you to know that I'm black now but all I needed was you to tell that truth 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭
Al Capone and John Dillinger probably had some dark tales from Wisconsin. In those days the state had a lot of wilderness and not many roads to some of the the far more reaching and remote places. This made it a favorite place (like Arkansas also) for many gangsters. Al Capone would stash a lot of prohibition liquor in various places in the state. If he didn't want to be found this is where he went. Other Chicago area gangsters made themselves neighbors of Big Al buying places near his. Al's hideout was surrounded by a foot and half thick walls as a defense against other gangs and the feds. It had a guard house and even a small jell cell. John Dillinger & Co had a big shootout with the FBI at a place called Little Bohemia. The too antsy FBI started shooting without any real advance preparation, or who they were actually shooting at. They were there based on a tip. There were about 75 lodge members leaving the facility when the FBI got there. The last of the members were three men leaving in a car. The FBI later said they asked the car to stop over a loudspeaker, and when it failed to do so they shot at the car. All three men in the car were shot and one died. They were all civilians. All the shooting alerted the Dillinger gang! They quickly started to take off, and made good their escape. Not crazy Baby Face Nelson though. He charged the FBI! Eventually he had to retreat back into the woods after having to face so many fed guns including Melvin Purvis' and their gunfire. From the road he stumbled into a backwoods home and kidnapped the couple living there. He then car-jacked their car and forced the couple to drive at gunpoint. They stopped at another home and kidnapped the occupants there too. The FBI was on his tail though. But before the FBI got there though, four men arrived at the house. Baby Face kidnaps them too! Finally the FBI gets there as Baby Face is leaving. They trap him there. So it seems. He asks them to identify themselves. They do. Boom! Baby Face roars back with his own answer. There's a shootout. Baby Face shoots all the agents, one was fatally shot in the head, and another one was shot multiple times. He steals their car. His new escape vehicle gets stuck in the mud. He can't get it out. Frustrated he takes to the road on foot and back deep into woods. He finds a house with a Native American couple living there. He chills for a few days. He gets back to his gang. A piece of cake. The entire Dillinger gang got away! The mighty FBI with J Edgar Hoover at its head looked pretty bad and incompetent across the nation. All it had to show for the big shootout was a dead cop, a dead civilian and injured civilians. There were calls for Hoover to resign. Hoover almost lost his job as a result of what happened in the dark backwoods of Wisconsin. Truly a dark tale from that state. Just about 1,100 miles away and only a month later after the Little Bohemia shootout I guess you can say state and local law enforcement (TX and LA) showed the feds how to conduct a shootout. Bonnie & Clyde got gunned down in Louisiana. No bad guy got away! No innocent civilian was injured, and no cop was shot. It was a shameful civilian souvenir party day however! Some cut off pieces of Bonnie's blood stained dress and hair per the cops there. Since this is about dark tales from Wisconsin, what does the above last piece have to do with Bonnie & Clyde? I don't really know! But Wisconsin has a Bonnie & Clyde Gangster Park just a half an hour away south from Little Bohemia on the same highway, US Highway 51. I know the couple went as far north as Minnesota, maybe Wisconsin too? I don't know. States like WI AR, and NV take a little pride in their gangster past. They have gangsta museums to prove it too. Maybe there are still some dark tales from Wisconsin not yet told (scary music in the background)!
Re. Room 19: So, nobody in Tomah, WI has a sense of smell? I know from (bad) personal experience that a decomposing human body puts out a stench you can't ignore, and covers a lot of distance.
What about old Ed Gein the murderous, grave-robbing, cannibal? We had a shirt in the '90s: "Wisconsin, you're among fiends." Cuz the tourism motto was: "Wisconsin, you're among friends."
@@eirenieve Nobody comes to TH-cam just for the descriptions you stupid cow. The description box is there for YOUR benefit. If you choose not to use the resource, that is your problem and your problem alone.
Born, raised, and have been living in Dane County as well as surrounding counties all my life. Wasn't aware of these older cases. Thank you 4 the idea for my channel that I'm working on starting now that I'm fully vaccinated. Any information that may make it down the road that is said from this video or even these subjects will certainly be credited to your channel. Very good upload.
Great video as always! I just sent the video to a friend from Wisconsin. Nice inclusion of a London- and Ripper-related story! If I ever get to visit Wisconsin, I will remember the stories and maybe pay a visit to some of the locations to find their "spirit of place" ;)
Another excellent, very well researched and very well presented episode of fascinating strangeness! Not far from the 200k subscribers either - an excellent result!!
My dad worked with Dahmer at ambrosia in Milwaukee. Dahmer worked on the production line and dad was an electrician so they didn't interact much; however, everyone took lunch at the same time. Dad said Dahmer always ate alone and shortly up to his arrest would eat in the bathroom stalls. One of dad's collegues bullied Dahmer during lunch hour for being a social outcast (highschool never really ends) and Dahmer very calmly told him that he would cut him if he didnt stop. Dad told me the way Dahmer said it was so deadpan and matter-of-fact that it creeped everyone out and they all stopped trying to talk to him after that. Good times.
You know, I've been married well over a decade to a loving wife. I developed my interest in True Crime a few years ago. I can tell you now, that I had I developed that interest prior to getting married, I would probably have never gotten married. Being married seems to be a serious risk to one's health. (I kid of course, marriage is beautiful, but it is very serious as these crimes show. Just be really darn sure you know the person you're marrying.)
@@67marlins81 How can you hate cats?If they r not your scene just leave them be.I don't especially like Komodo dragons or hippos but would not wish them harm.I don't hate them,would just avoid.Mind u,saying that,cats can be so perverse.A friend of mine was genuinely scared of them & you could guarantee if he was in a house with a cat,the cat would always come to him.Maybe they were trying to convert him?!
Only in Wisconsin can a person be dead on a Hotel room bed and decomposing for 2+ year's and no one notices or cares. I KNOW there had to be other patrons who went to the clerk or management and said " it really smells bad near the 200's "... Clerk " yea we have a plumbing problem in room 219 , we'll take care of it " Cheap ass owner has no time or doesn't want to fix the plumbing seemingly EVER. 🤔🤔
I *LOOOVED Stevens Point!!! 👌🏼👍👏🏼💯😊 I have lived in Madison since I was 5 years old but I moved up to Stevens Point for several years in the early 90's while my fiance was attending college @ U.W.S.P. , and I have to say that I literally just absolutely loved every second of it!!! We lived in an adorable little house on Union St., & while my fiance was in school full-time, I was working @ the Y.M.C.A. on Division St. It was a super fun job, & I received a free membership that I most certainly took full advantage of. 👌🏼😉👏🏼. My fiance worked part-time at Little Caesars, & I have many fond memories of riding around with him in his yellow Subaru, delivering pizza on the weekends. 👌🏼🍕👍 I also remember when we first "discovered" Shmekle ( & I'm sure that I'm misspelling the name! 🤷) Park...1 of the most beautiful, most serene & peaceful nature preserves that I have ever been to, up until this very day. 🙏💯🧘🤸🏼♀️ 🌄🎣🌅🦆🐿️🦃🦇🦉🦅🐢🐇🐸🦊 I can't even begin to count all of the many leisurely, romantic strolls that we took together thru-out that magical, mystical place of natural wonder 😍👫😍!! We would pack ourselves up a nice lil' picnic basket filled with brie cheese, crackers...& a bottle of Prairie Fume' (our absolute *FAVE!!) from The Wollersheim Winery 👌🏼👍👏🏼 🍇🍷🍾🍷... and we would have ourselves a nice lil' spread 🌅👌🏼🌄. We would lay a blanket down by the creek, where we would just kick off our shoes & chill like vills ✌️, while eating our cheese & crackers & sipping on our wine. 😋 It was such a perfectly ideal spot for relaxing & unwinding, for curling up & just cherishing our precious "alone" time & enjoying eachother's company, while having real heart-to-heart conversations. Sometimes we'd take a nice, long leisurely nap together, on our blanket underneath the trees; sometimes we'd play cards, or board games. Other times, we'd feed the ducks, or I would read a good book that I had brought along while he would study. All I know is that we definitely shared some really extra-special moments Together @ that most lovely park, always making the very most of our quality time together...& in turn leaving us both with so many treasured, amazing & unforgettable memories of our time together there...& not just at/of Shmekle, but of Stevens Point as a whole. 👏🏼💯💝🙏My fiance ended up graduating with a B.S. in education (with an emphasis in environmental sciences) in 1994, & ultimately we both ended up moving back to Madison. But our time spent together in Stevens Point will always hold a very dear & very special place in my heart 💛.
I believe that motel in Tomah is still standing, the Kwik Trip is on the opposite side of the street. It is at the intersection of HWY 12/16 and Superior Avenue.
Unless Google Maps is wrong, Kwik Trip is in its place. The image of Kilbourn Avenue on GM is dated 2012. The adjoining road's image is dated 2020, so GM actually shows both motels depending on the angle you look at it.
@@CuriousWorldProductions I'll have to look next time I'm there. It's about a 15 mile drive for me. Loved the video. There's a ton of weird history around here. Hope there's a part 2.
@@barabbastrebuchet1417 Thank you. That's the problem with these videos: even if it was 3 hours long, I'd still only scratch the surface. You could dedicate an entire channel to one US state.
@@CuriousWorldProductions I asked around and you are correct about the motel. The motel across the street where I incorrectly believed the body was found still exists. There are a lot of these little motels in the area that either ended up being abandoned or turned into long-term housing in recent decades. Some are more shady than others, for sure. Thanks.
I love the way you represented Wisconsin. There are so many many other stories related to on things that someone from Wisconsin might educate you. I have been in many of the Haunted Wisconsin book locations my first was being 12 years old befriendiing a person by the name Joe of "The Looking Glass Ghost". when you are 12 years old and in a published haunted house I was scared crapless out of my mind. He reassured me that it was a friendly ghost and they used to play ball together. That was the first of many Haunted Wisconsin places I have been I now live blocks away from The Cottage in Plover.
I love your work - great detail, perfect delivery.
What about Ed Gein.?
I should have put a caption at the beginning of the video regarding this. As Ed Gein has already been talked about across countless videos on TH-cam, I didn't include him. I try my best to cover cases that haven't been done before. The only reason I included Dahmer is because there was an aspect of his story (his death) that hadn't already been covered that well.
@@CuriousWorldProductions if you need other names to research in Wisconsin let me know......I know of several. One even in my family.
@@CuriousWorldProductions Yeah. I never knew the details of his death. I'm not one to wish death on anyone, but that was gratifying as hell. The man who killed him shouldn't have been charged, though.
At least Geen was serorsfull! Made furniture! Classic
@@windowlicker8907 haha to be fair he was a master craftsman - he could fix anything - eventhough he put his skills to an unorthodox use it did show what talent he had.
Ahh Dahmer. Also known as “What does it take to get arrested in Milwaukee?”
Clearly allot of shit
It's because the victims were gay, or at least, Dahmer convinced them they were gay.
it takes the cops an hour to show up to calls because they too scared of being shot
Not enough police. Not enough funding.
@@Meg0307 it's called bigotry and prejudice.
"I'm the quiet neighbor with the big freezer."
- A metal sign on my patio, a gift, which just became much creepier.
How could that be any creepier? That's exactly what that sign means!
Now, what would inspire anyone to give you that?
Awesome! FAF.....
@@celeste8157 seriously... I don't think anyone would see that sign and think "oh, he could probably store some venison for me during hunting season, I better go make friends with him".
It's always the quiet ones...😬
The lessor known tales are the best, it's amazing how you find these. I never knew all this about, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the older crimes of the past. Great narration, and content, glad to see you back.
I'm not from Wisconsin, but there are some Frank Lloyd Wright houses in a town near me, and I didn't know this whole part of his story either!
Check out the book 'Taliesin'. It's also a 'Chapter A Day' reading from WPR. You may be able to get it still. Very good narration.
Taliesin is not far from where I live. It's new owners who open it to the public on occasion.
Frank Lloyd Wright was a pervert
Wisconsinites love spooky stories! Thank you!
We sure do!
So does this Alabamian. It’s always interesting to hear spooky stories from anywhere.
@@katiebaird2696 I'm currently living in WV and loving all the Appalachian folklore.
Sounds like they are creepy themselves LOL. Nothing out of the ordinary for them I assume. 😂
@@littleredwitch Hey, read the Wisconsin Death Trip. I went to high school in that area. Girl... we started being creepy early!
Spent a month in wisconsin in 2001, was in madison, janesville, green bay, oconto falls. Loved it, top people, they loved my northern english accent
Thank you
Born and raised in Milwaukee, really happy to hear this, thanks! We DO love English accents. Haha 💕
Yeah I seen people with a northern Accent in GB I could never see me trying to do that id fail at it but I do have some sort of accent
I live in Janesville….I hate it here. Moving to Florida. 🌴🌴
@@banditthegermanshepherd6406 i guess its very different when you live there, but i was just a visitor in 2001 n i guess its changed, i found all the people nice n friendly in wisconsin.
I was in the Wisconsin prison system when Dahmer was killed.
The story of how it happened, told among the inmates right after it happened, was what Scarver stated in 2015. The inmates knew exactly how it happened.
I love seeing my home state getting some recognition in media. thnx!
The J-min . Yes your state is getting plenty of bad recognition now since the documentary Making a Murderer came out on Netflix and it’s aftermath.
Lol just think this is decades of history for us in Wisconsin, where as it’s a normal day in Chicago
What aboot all the stuff that seems to happen in Waukesha?
@@lapislazarus8899 ya.....there TOO!!!
Might be normal in Chicago.
But only in Wisconsin are the body’s butched kept in coolers or otherwise.
Of course a Kwik trip was built where the hotel was. This is the most WI thing ever 🤣
Kwik is the best low key lol
When people ask where the best place to eat in WI is, I tell them Kwik Trip!
Love Kwik Trip
What kind of curds do they carry is the real question here
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You had me at Wisconsin 😱
oh boy ..i lived in Wisconsin for 13 years.. such a weird place full of bizarre stories of brutal murder. ... you captured the mood.
What made it weird for you?
@@yashathebelgianmalinois348 most things....strange murders and large french fries
@@SimonHollandfilms LOL! Are those the “chips” served along side the Fish on Fridays? I Think WI has some interesting colloquialisms. I’m from there myself, but currently live in another state.
Yeah, they have an entire town dedicated to the circus, Baraboo WI, I think. And the Wisconsin Dells is a creepy but very interesting place to visit. Alot of Native American folklore comes from that area.
Insanely long winters and insanely serious drinkers.. 90% of the United States and 50% of the entire world's brandy is consumed by Wisconsinites alone. Chequamegon National Forest, where I grew up is a beautiful but very eerie place that is home to countless buried bodies
I've been emailing so many different YT channels suggesting they cover the Julian Carlton/Taliesin case, so it's great to finally see someone explore it! An exceptionally chilling episode!
Always a good time when Curious World uploads, one of them content creators you click like before watching and not change your mind after. Great work as always
This is so well written, and narrated. Your research is spot on. I really enjoyed this video.
For further tales of my strange home state" Wisconsin Death Trip" is a must.
One of THE best books ever.. I can't believe the amount of absinthe was here!
My favorite Static X song!
@@clairewyndham1971I never knew it was a book, I always knew it as a Static X song! As a Wisconsin native, looks like I'm in for some reading.
@DjDeja - Oh yes, It really is a book. There really was a LOT of killing going on here, but so much was brought on by the drinking of Absinthe. It wasn't illegal then, and these farm boys and women would get "liquored" up on it..and kill their families, the neighbors..you name it.
I read this book.. its amazing.. I bought one of my daughters this same book for x mas.. she loves stuff like this
As always this was a superb production, beautifully written, edited and narrated. This is the best channel on TH-cam bar non. Thanks for putting in so much effort.
Thank you.
One of my faves, for sure. And one of only a very few for which I get notifications.
Lived in Wisconsin my whole life and never knew this but i love hearing your accent while reading out the names of the towns and cities that i drive through each day. Good Job.
Wisconsinite here, and I hadn't heard some of these tales before. Well done video all around. Thank you!
That first story is legitimately terrifying. And also very sad.
It's called mercury poisoning, hon. In the water.
That house is creepy asf
I get to hear the tales of my home being told by a man with a sultry British accent. Nice
Same 😂
Woukd you prefer a Russian accent. Andy England 🇬🇧😁
When I was a youngster, I heard a comedian say, "Richard Burton could read a phonebook and make it sound like Shakespeare."
@@debmoadd Yup. When I was taking Voice and Diction in college, we got a class assignment to read something of our choice (could not be a song) in front of the class. I read part of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, which had been narrated by Burton. My prof told me afterwards that he thought I had, if not cheated, then pushed the limits of the directions of the assignment. He wasn't sure where I'd gotten the piece and it wasn't a song...but he felt something was fishy. After I completed the class and got my final grade, I sent him the recording of that particular section.
@@shammydammy2610 Hey, if you could imitate Burton, you're gifted!
So excited to have a new video from you!! I've listened to every one of the videos on your channel while working on my PhD. They are a welcome stimulus over the monotony of working on spreadsheets. Thank you for all your work on these videos!!
Here's hoping Darrell Brooks is treated with the same love and care in a Wisconsin prison that Dahmer was. Great video.
I'm impressed by the level of research you put into this and appreciate you would go to such lengths. You earned a like, comment and sub!
Tremendous work as always.
Impeccably researched and perfectly narrated, Curious World manages to bring old cases to life.
Thanks, Ian. I particularly enjoyed looking into the story of the murderous cheesemaker, Johann Kuhn. That was a find!
Really appreciate the hard work you do. Your videos are one of a kind. Wish they were more frequent but I love to binge older ones.
I'm so glad I found Curious World. Fascinating stories, thoroughly researched and intelligently told. Well done, Curious World.
Always _very_ happy to see a new upload! After struggling to sit through 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' and finally pulling the rip cord at episode four these stories come like a breath of fresh air!!!
Brilliant work as always!!!
Thank you for your time, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
No one besides my family knows Al Capone used to buy Moonshine in green bay from my Great Grandpa. He used to make it behind the gas station on the corner of Velp and Military where there was a house and barn a long time ago. My dad said there's still some buried from when they removed the barn and covered the foundation with dirt. I bet it would be really good now!
That's so cool! I have my grandpas still from Green Bay. Used in his basement on Norwood , a house he built by hand. Next to Dino Stop.
@@becky4728 WOW thats awesome. I know exactally where your talking about. Green Bay is kinda known for drinking and maybe that's where we get it. My mom's side also stilled bourbon so I bet it was common here. Makes me want to do some research. Thanks for the info! I love learning this kind of stuff!
Cool, my Grandpa used to run shine from upper Wisconsin down to Chicago and met alot of the big name gangsters. He had some great stories when I got him away from Grandma.
One of my coworkers is from Princeton wi. One of capones many stash houses was there. There's also a lake called green lake, its super deep and people used to dump cars and bodies in it
DIG THAT S*** UP!!
Great research as always! That Motel story is crazy.
This is the first of your videos I've come across and I'm just really excited to find well written and researched content I haven't seen! Such a well done video!
Thanks, Claire. Glad you enjoyed.
I think Dahmer's mother's response to the public after his death shows she really had no empathy for his victims or their families. She should have realized that to his victim's families, he was a monster, and his death would have been a relief. She seems really out of touch with reality to me.
Complete lack of empty in mother and son. Likely inherited
This also the woman that had a bitter custody battle during the divorce over their daughter while both parents abandoned the son to live in an empty house. The whole family is screwed up. And they wonder how he turned out like that.
I love my children, and no matter what a mother's love never dies, but I would never excuse this of either my children. Or family I would never understand. She was sick mentally and it could be where Damer got it.
@@jettanyx1 Tams thats very harsh.
@@jettanyx1 Wasn't there a step-mother too? It has been so long that details are hazy, but as I recall, the step-mother had no love for Jeffrey. It made me wonder what turns a mind to such darkness.
Im from Eau Claire, WI. Currently live in Menomonie, WI. Oddly enough, Wisconsin is also home to the most werewolf stings in history.
the beast of bray road, delevan wi. for one.
My brother lived on Bray Road for a while back in the 90's.
I'm from Menomonie Wisconsin and went to college in Eau Claire😊
@tracycoomer2646
Dogman.
"Welcome to Wisconsin, we eat people"
ESCAPE FROM WISCONSIN
With a side of cheese
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Only if we can't get deer jerky
My tik tok bio says “yes, I am from the cannibalism state”
There's an unsavory joke running that the men's restroom of the Tomah Kwik Trip is situated where Room 19 used to be.
Man if you made a Part 2 of the River Thames Dark Tales, that would be amazing, such a great video. Love the channel bro.
Thanks Ben. I'm on that right now.
@@CuriousWorldProductions Awesome bro, always a like and sub from me. Keep it up👍
I just stumble across this. Being a Wisconsinite I appreciate all sorts of stories about my home state.
Just FYI there was a book written several years ago called "Death in a Prairie House." It was about Frank Loyd Wright's Taliesin I.
FORTY MINUTES!!! OUTSTANDING!!!
That’s not good bro
Great video! I was born in Tomah and grew up in Madison and have always been a true crime reader, especially from Wisconsin. Thank you!
Fabulous glad to see you back
The thing with Taliesin is that it burned down again in the 20s! Maybe it's cursed... Thank you for another very entertaining video!!
I am so sad for the poor children and of course everyone else but when children are involved it is heartbreaking. 😭
You can find some of the homes he built in Spring Green. Near House on the Rock. House on the Rock was built by Alex Jordan but is awesome. I highly recommend seeing it & the museum attached to it.
That's karma for Wright, for cruelly abandoning his family and causing another marriage to end.
@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom So karma is to kill wife and kids? Should not karma be targeting Mr. Wright rather than the innocent?
This was great ! Hope you do more on Wisconsin! Thank you!
We’ve been waiting for you!! WB 🤩👏💗❣️
Mmmm finally. Wisconsin is the most terrifying and liminal place and I’m glad it’s getting some recognition
its not sinister England is i live there ,ha
Can you explain what you me by this, liminal… I’d like to hear
@@SL-gl6nq it's like an in-between plane, like being in limbo or that moment between being asleep and waking up
@@SL-gl6nq It's like being alone in a school at night... like you don't belong there because no one belongs there. There should be noise and kids and the smell of burnt coffee wafting in from the teachers lounge...
Wisconsin is beautiful, but not super populated. There are many small towns where it feels like time stopped years ago. Driving the backroads at night can feel liminal; empty roads winding through empty corn fields dotted with darkened empty farmhouses... but I've lived here my whole life. People are friendly, we have funny accents, we call water fountains "bubblers," our cheese curds squeak and drinking is a perfectly acceptable hobby. There are worse places to live.
Liminal is probably the most accurate depiction of my home state.
Having read the comments, and the bio, I'm excited to watch! Cant atm, but as someone born, raised, and living in Wisconsin I'm very interested!
Thankyou, I really enjoyed this.
Very enjoyable. As an almost my entire life resident, I knew of most of it. But some was new stuff, thanks! I was waiting to hear if how that killing killed the North Ridge Mall, would be mentioned.
Thanks for giving me the shivers, Curious World! Myrtle is genuinely scary. Not only did she kill her own husband for a man who moved away and left her, she then turned around and tried to kill all of her innocent children in an attempt to still win over her disgusting lover. Yuck! Then she moved away and raised a second family without mentioning any of those unpleasant, pesky details? Just imagine if you belonged to the second family and someone dropped that little secret on you! Yikes!
You would go straight to therapy Ange.
I'm so glad to see another video from you! You find some really eerie, unique cases for each state. Have you considered doing a New Jersey video?
Yeah, I think about doing all the states, but can never decide which. Then I get sidetracked with another project. I'll get there.
These are all good tales! I love the unknown ones getting some attention!
Thorough and well researched as Always. More excellent content.
I just heard the story about the Frank Lloyd Wright house earlier today. What a coincidence. Could you do a video on Indiana sometime? These are great!
I'd like to do all the states eventually, but I'd probably need to quit my job. I might just do that.
I think it was Ken Burns who did an extensive documentary on Wright for PBS-that was the first time I had ever heard of it...a shocking and haunting tragedy.
Leah, I feel ya on the coincidences...its a coincidence that you mentioned Indiana. I'm from Wisconsin, and living in Indiana lol.
Seems an age since you've told us some tales. Glad you're back!
You guys want another dark tale from Wisconsin, look up the book "Deadly Obsessions" by Clifford Linedecker. I was born, raised, and am still living in Phillips, Wisconsin, where this took place. Around these parts, we consider John Weber a budding serial killer. He was convicted of murdering his wife's sister, the attempted murder of his wife, and was the main suspect in another case where a boy was found tied up on the train tracks. Some people still say that he was responsible for the disappearance of Marchele Hansen a year or so after he murdered his wife, but the timeline doesn't add up correctly in my mind on that one.
CW is in the house. Welcome back!! Thanx again!!
Thanks, John.
A Swiss man working in a cheese factory kills his boss. Reason: he insisted on drilling holes in the cheese, the boss said No... he got mad!
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Gouda one.
New Glarus WIs is known as Little Switzerland. The region is known for cheese factories and now, the New Glarus Brewery. Many of the residents are of Swiss heritage. I’ve been to that train depot. A man giving tours was creeping me out as he hovered around my daughter.
Growing up in Iowa county, I heard the story of the murders at Taliesin quite a bit. Really great to see a familiar story highlighted! Love your work
I was actually in La Crosse visiting friends the day of that standoff. The road to French Island was blocked and we had to postpone visiting the friend that had just bought her house there.
The construction company I worked for in 2005 has an office on French Island I remember the roads being closed and finding out later what had happened.
my gma lived next to him
I live in Stoddard which is 7mi S. Of Lacrosse. I remember the whole Mom in the freezer case. I've seen that guy wandering around French island a few times.
I lived two blocks from him and I couldn’t come home from work because the roads were closed. He was actually a very sweet man. He and his mother used to save minnows they found in puddles that fishermen had discarded.
@@Annoflacrosse yeah I remmember everyone behing shocked by it
Thanks for this. I'm always for hearing interesting stories about my home state
I worked in corrections in Wisconsin. I know people who were working in Columbia when Dahmer was killed. It's still shrouded in mystery. A lot of inconsistencies with the story. Administrative employees were allowed to walk around the crime scene and then it was preserved. Contamination of the crime scene! Scarver was let back into his cell after the murders. I wish Dahmer was still alive so we could study him. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for this look at my home state! I had forgotten about some of these to be honest. Cheers!
Hello fellow Wisconsinites!
Hello my fellow Wisconsinites
Yesss. New upload ❤
Excellent. Good quality video, good content & very interesting stories.
Thank you! I’m so exited to watch about my spooky home town ☠️
Same sissy! I loved going to the Dahmer trial and will never forget it!
I can't believe they let that woman out of jail after only 5 years after the premeditated murder of her husband on one occasion and then four children on another. You can't even argue a crime of passion after the separation in time between the 5 murders. Idk what a woman must do to be considered dangerous but we clearly need to adjust that bar.
Frfr.... especially women in Wisconsin... SMH the law is on their side it doesn't matter.... Now I want you to know that I'm black now but all I needed was you to tell that truth 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭
Al Capone and John Dillinger probably had some dark tales from Wisconsin. In those days the state had a lot of wilderness and not many roads to some of the the far more reaching and remote places. This made it a favorite place (like Arkansas also) for many gangsters. Al Capone would stash a lot of prohibition liquor in various places in the state. If he didn't want to be found this is where he went. Other Chicago area gangsters made themselves neighbors of Big Al buying places near his. Al's hideout was surrounded by a foot and half thick walls as a defense against other gangs and the feds. It had a guard house and even a small jell cell.
John Dillinger & Co had a big shootout with the FBI at a place called Little Bohemia. The too antsy FBI started shooting without any real advance preparation, or who they were actually shooting at. They were there based on a tip. There were about 75 lodge members leaving the facility when the FBI got there. The last of the members were three men leaving in a car. The FBI later said they asked the car to stop over a loudspeaker, and when it failed to do so they shot at the car. All three men in the car were shot and one died. They were all civilians.
All the shooting alerted the Dillinger gang! They quickly started to take off, and made good their escape. Not crazy Baby Face Nelson though. He charged the FBI! Eventually he had to retreat back into the woods after having to face so many fed guns including Melvin Purvis' and their gunfire. From the road he stumbled into a backwoods home and kidnapped the couple living there. He then car-jacked their car and forced the couple to drive at gunpoint. They stopped at another home and kidnapped the occupants there too. The FBI was on his tail though. But before the FBI got there though, four men arrived at the house. Baby Face kidnaps them too! Finally the FBI gets there as Baby Face is leaving. They trap him there. So it seems. He asks them to identify themselves. They do. Boom! Baby Face roars back with his own answer. There's a shootout. Baby Face shoots all the agents, one was fatally shot in the head, and another one was shot multiple times. He steals their car. His new escape vehicle gets stuck in the mud. He can't get it out. Frustrated he takes to the road on foot and back deep into woods. He finds a house with a Native American couple living there. He chills for a few days. He gets back to his gang. A piece of cake.
The entire Dillinger gang got away! The mighty FBI with J Edgar Hoover at its head looked pretty bad and incompetent across the nation. All it had to show for the big shootout was a dead cop, a dead civilian and injured civilians. There were calls for Hoover to resign. Hoover almost lost his job as a result of what happened in the dark backwoods of Wisconsin. Truly a dark tale from that state.
Just about 1,100 miles away and only a month later after the Little Bohemia shootout I guess you can say state and local law enforcement (TX and LA) showed the feds how to conduct a shootout. Bonnie & Clyde got gunned down in Louisiana. No bad guy got away! No innocent civilian was injured, and no cop was shot. It was a shameful civilian souvenir party day however! Some cut off pieces of Bonnie's blood stained dress and hair per the cops there.
Since this is about dark tales from Wisconsin, what does the above last piece have to do with Bonnie & Clyde? I don't really know! But Wisconsin has a Bonnie & Clyde Gangster Park just a half an hour away south from Little Bohemia on the same highway, US Highway 51. I know the couple went as far north as Minnesota, maybe Wisconsin too? I don't know. States like WI AR, and NV take a little pride in their gangster past. They have gangsta museums to prove it too. Maybe there are still some dark tales from Wisconsin not yet told (scary music in the background)!
I wonder if you’ve considered making vids on each of the states. These are just so interesting.
Re. Room 19: So, nobody in Tomah, WI has a sense of smell? I know from (bad) personal experience that a decomposing human body puts out a stench you can't ignore, and covers a lot of distance.
Agreed. Not a smell you forget, kinda like being downwind of a sewage works but way more intense.
@Mëïstër Ëmm I love the dry humour, not to mention that you are, unequivocally; a man of steel!
Very pleased and surprised to see new content! Love your channel......informative, dark and entertaining. I only wish you posted more often.
What about old Ed Gein the murderous, grave-robbing, cannibal? We had a shirt in the '90s: "Wisconsin, you're among fiends." Cuz the tourism motto was: "Wisconsin, you're among friends."
Like I wrote in the description, there are probably hundreds of videos already covering every single aspect of that case.
@@CuriousWorldProductions, not everyone goes to TH-cam for the descriptions.
@@eirenieve Nobody comes to TH-cam just for the descriptions you stupid cow. The description box is there for YOUR benefit. If you choose not to use the resource, that is your problem and your problem alone.
@eirenieve youre right, they go to the descriptions for more information.
Thank you for your content! I’m from Tomah and remember this.
Originally from Alaska, but residing in Wisconsin, this is genuinely interesting.
Israel Keyes was an Alaskan (I think?) killer whose story is terrifying 😧
If you get a chance, pick up the book "Wisconsin Death Trip". Fascinating stuff.
Milwaukee here. Havent watched it yet but im thinking its gonna be good
There is actually an Alaska, Wisconsin
@@RaccoonNation his crimes are terrifying
Thank you for making this!
Oh, dear heavens! How does even a sleazy motel not check a room! Or the police?
Tomah police suck. I live here
I'm a day late but thanks so much for this ❤️
Born, raised, and have been living in Dane County as well as surrounding counties all my life. Wasn't aware of these older cases. Thank you 4 the idea for my channel that I'm working on starting now that I'm fully vaccinated. Any information that may make it down the road that is said from this video or even these subjects will certainly be credited to your channel. Very good upload.
are you still alive?
@@mabt4223 yes
Your work is exceptional. Thank you
Fantastic work, you keep on improving! Thanks for doing these deep dives in locales, it's a very interesting way of doing these videos.
Thank you for your videos and effort.
Let me be honest, the my mom is cooler than yours is a funny ass catchphrase considering the situation.
Great video as always! I just sent the video to a friend from Wisconsin. Nice inclusion of a London- and Ripper-related story! If I ever get to visit Wisconsin, I will remember the stories and maybe pay a visit to some of the locations to find their "spirit of place" ;)
I LOVE The Cooler concept. Accessories to consider: Sponges, fridge magnets, coasters, etc.
That's bad taste Tamo !!
I live in La Crosse and I have a T-shirt with an image have a cooler that says, “Colder Than a Mother, La Crosse, WI”.
Excellent work as always man. Cheers.
I grew up in Whitewater. You could do an entire video on that town. A lot of strange stories in that place.
Another excellent, very well researched and very well presented episode of fascinating strangeness! Not far from the 200k subscribers either - an excellent result!!
My dad worked with Dahmer at ambrosia in Milwaukee. Dahmer worked on the production line and dad was an electrician so they didn't interact much; however, everyone took lunch at the same time. Dad said Dahmer always ate alone and shortly up to his arrest would eat in the bathroom stalls. One of dad's collegues bullied Dahmer during lunch hour for being a social outcast (highschool never really ends) and Dahmer very calmly told him that he would cut him if he didnt stop. Dad told me the way Dahmer said it was so deadpan and matter-of-fact that it creeped everyone out and they all stopped trying to talk to him after that. Good times.
Sounds like a great way to stop people messing with you 👍
exactly. highschool doesn't end for bullies but their targets CAN grow up (not take it anymore).
As a man from my Wisconsin my entire life - this video was really good. Covered a lot of the lesser known things here.
You know, I've been married well over a decade to a loving wife. I developed my interest in True Crime a few years ago. I can tell you now, that I had I developed that interest prior to getting married, I would probably have never gotten married. Being married seems to be a serious risk to one's health.
(I kid of course, marriage is beautiful, but it is very serious as these crimes show. Just be really darn sure you know the person you're marrying.)
For wfomen, too.
How long before they started testing the water and soil for heavy metals poisoning, I wonder?
Now I'm going to have to watch cute kitty videos... People can be so horrendous it makes me ill.
I hate cats, and even I vote for your antidote.......these stories ARE depressing & horrible.
@@67marlins81 How can you hate cats?If they r not your scene just leave them be.I don't especially like Komodo dragons or hippos but would not wish them harm.I don't hate them,would just avoid.Mind u,saying that,cats can be so perverse.A friend of mine was genuinely scared of them & you could guarantee if he was in a house with a cat,the cat would always come to him.Maybe they were trying to convert him?!
You sir, are a real treasure. That final bit on Dahmer was brilliantly presented.
Interesting Video! Hope you reach 200k!
Nearly there, Sully.
Only in Wisconsin can a person be dead on a Hotel room bed and decomposing for 2+ year's and no one notices or cares. I KNOW there had to be other patrons who went to the clerk or management and said " it really smells bad near the 200's "... Clerk " yea we have a plumbing problem in room 219 , we'll take care of it " Cheap ass owner has no time or doesn't want to fix the plumbing seemingly EVER. 🤔🤔
great video curious !!
Living in Manitowoc County has it's problems- But I am glad we're not mentioned ANYWHERE! Keep 'er movin'
Tell your folks we says hi!
"oh my gosh!!!"
What are you talking about Netflix to the series murderer in Wisconsin
In Manitowoc
You deserve so much more subscribers ! Your channel & the work & quality you put into it really shine through . 💕👍🏻❤️👍🏻💕
Your channel is fantastic!
Remember to Drink Wisconsibly...
Steven's Point....
Hello from Wausau!
@rapheALtoid If your sober enough not to slur your words... lol That or my auto typoneese is defective....
@@inspiredwoodworks4131 State Street Steak & Pub after a long day at "The Office" . Lmao
The Upper Wisconsin River Yacht Club.
I *LOOOVED Stevens Point!!!
👌🏼👍👏🏼💯😊 I have lived in Madison since I was 5 years old but I moved up to Stevens Point for several years in the early 90's while my fiance was attending college @ U.W.S.P. , and I have to say that I literally just absolutely loved every second of it!!! We lived in an adorable little house on Union St., & while my fiance was in school full-time, I was working @ the Y.M.C.A. on Division St. It was a super fun job, & I received a free membership that I most certainly took full advantage of. 👌🏼😉👏🏼. My fiance worked part-time at Little Caesars, & I have many fond memories of riding around with him in his yellow Subaru, delivering pizza on the weekends. 👌🏼🍕👍
I also remember when we first "discovered" Shmekle ( & I'm sure that I'm misspelling the name! 🤷) Park...1 of the most beautiful, most serene & peaceful nature preserves that I have ever been to, up until this very day. 🙏💯🧘🤸🏼♀️
🌄🎣🌅🦆🐿️🦃🦇🦉🦅🐢🐇🐸🦊 I can't even begin to count all of the many leisurely, romantic strolls that we took together thru-out that magical, mystical place of natural wonder 😍👫😍!!
We would pack ourselves up a nice lil' picnic basket filled with brie cheese, crackers...& a bottle of Prairie Fume' (our absolute *FAVE!!) from The Wollersheim Winery 👌🏼👍👏🏼
🍇🍷🍾🍷... and we would have ourselves a nice lil' spread 🌅👌🏼🌄. We would lay a blanket down by the creek, where we would just kick off our shoes & chill like vills ✌️, while eating our cheese & crackers & sipping on our wine. 😋 It was such a perfectly ideal spot for relaxing & unwinding, for curling up & just cherishing our precious "alone" time & enjoying eachother's company, while having real heart-to-heart conversations. Sometimes we'd take a nice, long leisurely nap together, on our blanket underneath the trees; sometimes we'd play cards, or board games. Other times, we'd feed the ducks, or I would read a good book that I had brought along while he would study. All I know is that we definitely shared some really extra-special moments Together @ that most lovely park, always making the very most of our quality time together...& in turn leaving us both with so many treasured, amazing & unforgettable memories of our time together there...& not just at/of Shmekle, but of Stevens Point as a whole. 👏🏼💯💝🙏My fiance ended up graduating with a B.S. in education (with an emphasis in environmental sciences) in 1994, & ultimately we both ended up moving back to Madison. But our time spent together in Stevens Point will always hold a very dear & very special place in my heart 💛.
That first story serves the police right getting a glancing blow thinking that lady murdered her husband
I believe that motel in Tomah is still standing, the Kwik Trip is on the opposite side of the street. It is at the intersection of HWY 12/16 and Superior Avenue.
Unless Google Maps is wrong, Kwik Trip is in its place. The image of Kilbourn Avenue on GM is dated 2012. The adjoining road's image is dated 2020, so GM actually shows both motels depending on the angle you look at it.
@@CuriousWorldProductions I'll have to look next time I'm there. It's about a 15 mile drive for me. Loved the video. There's a ton of weird history around here. Hope there's a part 2.
@@barabbastrebuchet1417 Thank you. That's the problem with these videos: even if it was 3 hours long, I'd still only scratch the surface. You could dedicate an entire channel to one US state.
@@CuriousWorldProductions I asked around and you are correct about the motel. The motel across the street where I incorrectly believed the body was found still exists. There are a lot of these little motels in the area that either ended up being abandoned or turned into long-term housing in recent decades. Some are more shady than others, for sure. Thanks.
I love the way you represented Wisconsin. There are so many many other stories related to on things that someone from Wisconsin might educate you. I have been in many of the Haunted Wisconsin book locations my first was being 12 years old befriendiing a person by the name Joe of "The Looking Glass Ghost". when you are 12 years old and in a published haunted house I was scared crapless out of my mind. He reassured me that it was a friendly ghost and they used to play ball together. That was the first of many Haunted Wisconsin places I have been I now live blocks away from The Cottage in Plover.