Haiti's Voodoo Dictator from Hell - Papa Doc Duvalier
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Hmmm interesting.
Do you know simple history you should do another history review on another piece of Caribbean history, and that would be the 🇩🇴Dominican🇩🇴Civil War
Neat
Simple history, as a bbm supporter can you a video about the details about martial law in my country philippines 😊
Simple History do a video next on his son Baby Doc Duvalier..
It's quite depressing to see a life-saving doctor becoming a murderous dictator.
he had same path with che guevara
Becoming a doctor or Vet is quite a journey. Poking around dead bodies to learn your craft can desensitize anyone. Or they were a psycho to begin with.
Bashar Al-Assad was trained in ophthalmology.
Fauci
Very ironic that a doctor became a sadistic despot
Papa doc looks like he would be fitted as a Far Cry antagonist
I know right. 😂
“ they’ll come lowest from lowest..”
Won't be surprised if FC7 has something like this next
They’d find a way to blame his crimes on America.
Dude I'd play it!! But who'd play him though I wonder?
My parents are from Haiti and fled this regime. I grew up hearing the stories all the time.
sameeeeeeeeeeeee but my parents left in 2012 when i was 1
My great grandpops he escaped to Jamaica then from there to Granada then had my grandpa and then came here 1955
@@CBlixk6300 oh wow u can make a whole book from that 1 story
Same as me and my family
My grandfather fled Haiti too, in 1968
It's quite sad that some dictators get swept under the rug or forgotten by the general public
How is this sad? It's a good thing no one wants to remember such people.
@@PurooRoy By forgetting these events you're also forgetting the people who suffered because of it
I think its the same reason why not many remember pol pot. They really didn't have much influence outside of their nation let alone region.
@@wut6922 Yeah but still
@@oliversherman2414im Sorry but we cant remember all of them
I remember this guy being mentioned in Mafia 3; they said his Secret police the Tonton Macoute drove many people to flee the country to the American south. I dunno how much is true but they still made mention that this guy was scary
Great game series about gangs next to saints row
Mafia 3 is garbage compared with 1 & 2
@@Mr_x_19922 that’s not what I was getting at, all I mentioned was that this guy and his secret police were mentioned
I understand, I was just mentioning it. @@vittoriolepporio122
@@Mr_x_19922the only main problems it had was mission structure and less advanced AI to be honest
my dads parents fled haiti along with his and his 5 siblings during baby doc times, my grandparents don’t like to talk about it but when they do the stuff they tell me is disturbing
What’s the most atrocious u heard? I’m from Ghana living in the Bronx now. Being from Ghana we’ve had our own dark times politically but I don’t think I can compare it to Haiti
@@zenacen2669 i dont know much abt it tbh my dad doesn’t rlly talk abt it
@@AyitianZoesame here
@@zenacen2669how do you like the Bronx
Never would I have guessed that a dictator would use voodoo to cement their image
Well voodoo was an actual belief held by most Haitians at the time (given it developed from the traditions of Africans who were shipped to the land) and to play upon it, especially to be the loa of death, meant few would cross you.
@@HunterZeGreat Interesting
When the population is made of uneducated religious fanatics...
Yep same reason I felt interested in this video
The same way people used Chirstianity, a supposedly peaceful religion about love, to cement their power over others.
Religion is a dangerous thing.
Moral of the story: Any man can become a monster even if they started out normal.
This guy: Trying to be good leader is too hard and boring. Lets become cartoonisly evil instead lol lmao
Power reveals the man.
@@brainfat1true. Power never corrupt, it merely expose the true person hiding within
"If you want to see a person true nature, give them a little power."
This is partially true and untrue its true that if you are evil but hiding it you will reveal it when you have power but power also has a corrupting influence a normally good person can be shifted by control and become corrupt over time and having the power to do so
Well, you generally get to be dictator by being pretty ruthless and narcissistic….then add on near unlimited power and being isolated except for a bunch of crony yes-men….and doesn’t lead to good things. I suspect he was already both ruthless and an egomaniac even pre-dictatorship.
I'm from Suriname 🇸🇷. And i have heard my parents talk about this Dictator. Many Haitians came to Suriname 🇸🇷 to find work and a better life
Thank you for giving us the likes of gullit, seerdorf and van dijk
@@ayub90What
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Youre weird man 😂
@@ayub90 man van cultuur!
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It's crazy to think that someone can be trusted by people and yet be so evil
Congratulations, you just discovered democracy!
Im pretty sure some dictators had good intentions in the beginning. But overtime the power and failures led them to become paranoid and reluctant to give up that power.
@@wut6922Well said.
@@PurooRoy Fun fact, this whole thing is condemning undemocratic leaders.
@@wut6922 Good intention aren't how you judge a man's values or principles. His actions are the fruit of his values.
It's so funny, I was born after his death but his butchery was talked about so much in the seventies in the US that I assumed his crimes happened during my youth. Also I now understand the idea behind the story for the 007 movie Live and Let Die.
Since he was a medical doctor, I am surprised he didn't conduct human experiments.
He probably did but they probably didn’t include that
I once read an article on the top 10 careers and jobs that attracted psychopaths the clergy, politicians, doctors in the surgical fields, professors of academia etc were among those listed in the top ten. All roles that papa doc was once affiliated and appealed to because these fields are at the heart of human life and having a career in any one of them one is looked upon with reverence. Many individuals in these fields often have many admirers and the darker charismatic personalities can easily exploit the vulnerability of others to gain a cult like following.
@@Wmuthonithat’s why just because somebody is a medical professional (nurses and doctors i’m looking at you) doesn’t mean they need to automatically be given halos and sainthood- i’ve run across some horrible people in the medical field with a god complex
People....Like Joseph mangele?
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Haiti can never seem to catch a break
Yes , between crazy dictators and natural disasters .
@@anaz5918 you mean the clintons
Fr, if there ever is to be another sodom and Gomorrah it is to be Haiti for sure
Papa Doc Duvalier: Come boys, won't you shake, a poor sinners hand?
Hati:🤝
Papa Doc Duvalier: YEEESSSS! 🎵ARE YOU READY?🎵
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💀 🎶🎵”I hope you’re satisfiiiiied! But if not, don’t blame me! You can blame my friends on the oooother siiide!”
The villain in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die was based on Papa Doc.
Yeah that makes sense now
You should do a video on another crazy African dictator that no one knows about. Under his rule, his country was called the Dachau of Africa, and his executed his dissidents in the national football stadium with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song 'Those Were the Days'.
I believe that is either Jose or Francisco Macias Nguema of Spain's African colony of Equatorial Guinea.
@@K1ll3rCommando**Francisco Nguema**
@@K1ll3rCommando Yes,yes,it was Macias Nguema of Equitorial Guinea. Yes, I too would like a video of him by this channel.
He’s not African…
@@awesomeirlableHe’s talking about someone else
"it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both"-Machlavelli
I remember as a kid, my grandmother would tell me stories of what she and my mom, aunts, & uncles had to endure in Haiti, even an event when a tonton makout barged in her home and stuck a rifle to her and my mothers face, looking for someone. Duvalier and his lineage was truly evil & demonic.
Power corrupts, but in his case... he was corrupted way before that.
wow - I'd never heard of him. Unfortunately there are just too many unbelievable dictators to remember them all!
Do some deep research. He had to dictate. I was born under his ruling don't trust the false reporters.
Yeah fr like I've heard of Hitler, musolini and the Russian one I can't remember his name rn, but never have I heard of him until now
@@wolfgang6442oh theirs lots of crazy african and middle eastern dictators
nobody ever remembers a democratic politician. nice guys finish last
The worst part is he got away scot-free. And his sons are still ruling.
His sons arent ruling, Baby Doc was deposed and went in exile to France
@@agentepolaris4914 You sure there is none of the trace of his relatives in Haiti?
Nah, the worst part is people voted for him in the frist place.
"So this is how liberty dies, under thunderous of applause."
@@bloodysimile4893 Well, you can't tell when you are being manipulated, so fair enough.
his family fled and now live in france
Wow, this was really well done. I really don't understand why we don't talk about this when we talk about Haiti's current problems. If there wasn't a dictatorship with armed gangs as his enforcers then why are we surprised there are armed gangs in control now.
I dont think you know what youre talking about. And googling it now doesnt count
because people don't want to talk about the USA and others involvement in supplying them websites because guns and bullets are not produce in Haiti.
His son sucked too. He had an entire army of kidnappers.
Superb! Well done, Simple History for releasing a video on this dictator.
(Have read extensively about Duvalier & am about to watch this video)
The title should have been. Papa doc Duvalier: The Hitler Of Haiti
Cringe
Papa Doc didn't actually believe in Voodoo, he used it as a psychological tool to suppress those around him. A very charismatic psychopath; who wrote some very good poetry you know. Very good. But an awful, awful man.
Exactly.
Based man
awful man because he took care of his enemies? Holding presidency in Haiti is not child play.
Not only he didn't believe in voodoo but the voodoo entities he claimed of are not the ones invoked in the voodoo religion but rather the negative forces one wards against with rituals, and only sorcerers, not voodooists, call upon to help to do mischief. Pretending to be Baron Samdi's elected is like pretending Halloween is an Anglican Holiday and posing as an Anglican preacher while having people killed by disguised paraders. Voodoo as religion mirrors old-fashioned Catholicism with its cult of saints.
I’m sitting here laughing about his reimagined Lord’s Prayer to himself yet it was dead serious at the time. Dictators overdo themselves in ridiculousness.
Sounds like an SNL skit right?
@@tinyherc9162yeah fax
I'm a big fan of tyrannical history, and am glad you guys are doing episodes on dictators like Papa Doc.
Could be worth to look into guys like Vladimir Lenin, Augusto Pinochet, and Muammar Gaddafi
I got some news about lenin he was in charge for like a week before being replaced and Gaddafi despite being a crazy dictator still cared more about his people then most world leaders ever
Lenin wasn’t quite tyrannical. He never had a chance to be. He was only in power for four years, and one of those was after he had a stroke. Stalin was the tyrannical evil.
Bro went "Are you Ready????!!!"
Princess and the frog
He's got friends on the other side 😈😈💀💀
@@ecowanderer6099well he's with them now
Thank you for the content… been watching you for years!! Always a good time! Awesome video
There’s a story that Papa doc used to said that Baron Samedi had given him power to read people’s mind in order to do psychological terror among Haiti population
I heard he actually thought he was Baron Samedi himself.
@@emberfist8347nah
@@emberfist8347 lol no
Someone took "Who do you Voodoo" very seriously.
Voodoo is one of the main religions in Haití
Now go do, that voodoo, that YOU do... SO WEEEEELLLLLLLL!!!!!!!
Great track
@@agentepolaris4914its got as real as any other religion moreso id say
@@TheRealRusDaddy nah, Voodo goes some steps above that.
Thank you for this video. This is crazy!
I love these videos I've been following you all for years. Keep on doing great work 👍 👏
He is one of the reasons Haiti became synonymous to disaster
It always seems that each of this countries who had been scarred by “Evil Dictators” straight out of a Saturday Morning Cartoon, tend to always be “cursed” in a way.
Why the quotations ?
Always good videos
Can you do Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic?
He was also as ruthless as Duvalier
As mush as They were ruthless, a lot of Dominicans and Haitians still support those people to this very day 💀💀💀💀💀💀
His radio broadcasts were really, really creepy. He would talk like he was Baron Samedi (which is how yall have him depicted here bc he believed he was him after his medical condition caused him to go into a coma) in this deep, low gravelly voice.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
Man, now this man understood that style and a signature behavior is important in order to cement one's image.
Rest in peace for the victims of Haiti😭
Haiti will always be the same and I can care less
RIP ❤
African warlords.. erm, politicans are my favorite. Liberia used to have an ongoing feud between General Moskito and General Moskito Spray. Also General Butt-Naked, but he gave up eatting childrens hearts to open a church and preach. They have some characters over there.
SUS
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Bro wtf?
Papa Doc Duvalier Voodoo witch doctor was love by the Empire of Ethiopia and others leaders for his speciality in that field.
“Empire of Ethiopia”
@@JoeRogansForehead Haile Selassie .
Well done Simple History, you've enlighted me once again with this video. Well done
Hey simple history I was wondering if you would ever do an episode on the troubles in Northern Ireland just a thought I've held onto for a while your channel is informative and fun to watch keep up the good work 👍
The channel is called simple history and The Troubles are as far from simple as you can get.
It amazes me that they had chance to kill him after heart attack but didn't. That says something about how dangerously stable dictature can be. It's not just single person but group of desperates surrounding him and parasiting on power and system he made.
All dictators throughout history had people willing to die for them.
You're gonna like this suggestion. It's risky yet fun.
Ferdinand Marcos Sr, President of The Philippines (1965-1986)
Please upload video about the longest Malaysian Prime Minister for all time, but it's not dictatorship
Thanks for the video
Now this is a good one ☝️
The inspiration for Disney Villain Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog
🎩
💀 “Are you reeeeady?”
5:24 Of Note is that Baron Samedi (aka Bawon Samedi) isn’t the Guardian of Graveyards, that would be the similar lwa, Baron Cimetière. Baron Samedi’s charge is death, the giving of life, and of rebirth. He is the lwa who greets and guides the dead to the underworld and leader of the Gede. Other than that (admittedly easy to make) mistake, your research team did a great job!
I do not even want to know, dude...! Voodoo is extremely dangerous; witchcraft in general is extremely dangerous, and is almost universally used for Evil.
as a french haitian this guy was sick man, espere ke li ale nan lanfè!. but haiti was on quite protection when he was around but he slowly turned into a maniac
You are has to be the best TH-camr on this planet❤❤❤❤
"cmon boys would you shake a poor sinners hand"
🎩
💀 “I got hoodoo, I got voodoo, I got stuff I haven’t even tried…and I’ve got friends on the oooother siiiide!”
“Got friends on the other side.”
This is gonna be lit 🔥
Can you do a video explaining the Regional Forces and Popular Forces in the Vietnam War?
That first attempt. The story of it, is hilarious. How Duvalier found out the number of attackers? They sent one captured Haitian soldier to buy cigarettes.
Is it just me, or was this guy the inspiration for Doctor Ficellier in the princes and the frog movie
That's what I was thinking too!
horrible man who started good it’s scary to see
Although I had already known about it from "Evolution of evil" I still thank you for puplishing this.
Hes like docter flislia and that one meme and the guy with the fedora says:"Shake my hand."
Today Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
This videos are still good but i prefer the older videos (btw i love your videos)
The movie serpent and the rainbow got me into this crazy dude
That movie was amazing
Reminds me of the Witch Doctor in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die.
Where do you think they got the idea?
my parents fled this dictatorship! it was brutal. my family had to change their surname
Thank you Simple History for your hard work. Can you do a video about the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971 please?
I'm a simple man if I see anything about the religion of voodoo I click
Who else wants a FarCry game based around this guy?
Or Just Cause.
I do
Omg it’s the villain from princess and the frog
Nice vid
I know so many Haitians. Ruthless as he was, they say that he was the most successful leader Haiti ever had. Some call him a psychopath others call him a genocidal maniac. His atrocities prove that truth is way stranger than fiction.
Can't believe my mom survive this
"Are you ready, (Are you ready), Are ya, reeady"
The egocentrism of every dictator is eerily very similar. Also, this example from history is why the 2nd Amendment is important. If only the dictator's goons have the weapons, then everyone is subject to suffering.
I remember hearing about this guy in Mafia 3.
you should make a video about the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo
can't wait Hollywood to adapt this person into a sympathetic and heroic character in a documentary movie
I mean he was the inspiration for the villain in _Live and Let Die_ so there's little chance of him being made into a good guy
That's exactly what I thought lol
I hope Netflix portrays Duvalier the way he was always meant to be portrayed:
A strong,bisexuell, independent Woman of Colour.
@@davidklaube497And make sure that she clarifies her strength over other men.
@@Soulfin Exactly, how else is the Audience going to know how awesome and flawless her Character is?
Well now we need a baby doc video.
They made the character into the voodoo man from Princess and the Frog
He’s got HooDoo, he’s got VooDoo, he’s got things he hasn’t even tried!
This guy sounds like the Haitian version of Idi Amin.
Kim Jong un = Papa Doc💀
Papa Doc and his son, I remember learning about them while I was studying Haiti
🎶🎵 _“aRe yOu rEaDy READDDDYYY????”_ 🎶🎵
In actually related to this dude, crazy
Didn’t he also believe he was the voodoo God after he suffered a stroke
Yes.
great vid
Haiti makes East Atlanta look like Easy Mode.
I was waiting for either you or History Matters to cover the Papa Doc.
Nice
Very good job dudes!! Congratulations 996.76% yo. Papa Doc looks like he would be fitted as a Far Cry antagonist.
So he takes the phrase "the healing is not as rewarding as the hurting" to heart.
The Macoutes in my opinion are more like the black equivalent to the SS then the Gestapo.
Haiti’s been a mess for decades and it makes me sad
He’s essentially Facilier from the princess and the frog
Facilier didn't have followers though
@@cindys9491
He Got Friends From The OTHER SIDE !!!
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Whoa; I didn’t expect the narrator to look like that!!!
John 3:16
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