Policing London - The Thief-Taker General - Extra History - Part 1

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📜 History of Policing London: The Thief-Taker General -These days we kind of assume that police are a normal part of law and order. But that wasn't always the case. In fact, it wasn't the case for a lot of human history. So how did we start thinking of police as a natural part of a city? It all starts in London with the Thief-Taker General Jonathan Wilde, a man of two faces. Which one is real: valiant crime fighter or the puppet master of London's underbelly?
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@extrahistory
@extrahistory 4 роки тому
Thief-Taker General and Cutthroat Criminal Mastermind? Get yourself someone who can do both.
@Matt-qv6od
@Matt-qv6od 4 роки тому
Can you do an extra history on midway please.
@justusrichard5544
@justusrichard5544 4 роки тому
I love your vids ps pls make a Bismarck card
@greymind9815
@greymind9815 4 роки тому
Acab
@ParasaurolophusEwan
@ParasaurolophusEwan 4 роки тому
Hello ThereerehT olleH
@maticstudios
@maticstudios 4 роки тому
Extra Credits Love most of the history stuff... hate most of your staff.
@Mathmachine
@Mathmachine 4 роки тому
"Running a prominent gang known as The Mathematicians." I mean, if you ask most people, multiplication and division are really scary.
@tommyfox854
@tommyfox854 4 роки тому
agreed.
@bthsr7113
@bthsr7113 4 роки тому
And most people need more education, see?
@NotHPotter
@NotHPotter 4 роки тому
They got nothing on exponentiation.
@Pyrian
@Pyrian 4 роки тому
Especially if you're the one being divided.
@robertwalpole360
@robertwalpole360 4 роки тому
Maths.
@avonic2874
@avonic2874 4 роки тому
Wilde: "He's a liar!" Public: "hm yeah yeah" Wilde: "and... gay" Public: *GASP*
@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926
@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926 4 роки тому
Public to Hitchin:"why are you gae"
@LostSwiftpaw
@LostSwiftpaw 4 роки тому
@@CrazyNerdMonkey Being gay isn't bad?
@garrettallen7427
@garrettallen7427 4 роки тому
Wild: he’s a liar your honor and corrupt The judge: yeah so what everyone is Wild: *HE ALSO HAS THE BIG GAY* The judge: *UNACCEPTABLE*
@finndonnelly9062
@finndonnelly9062 4 роки тому
BE GAY DO CRIME
@joshuamarvin7400
@joshuamarvin7400 4 роки тому
@@garrettallen7427 Honestly, Corruption was considered simply the 'necessary upkeep' of law and order at the time. It was so entrenched that you just hoped to find someone so good at their job that whatever they stole or extorted could be called a reasonable salary.
@Diceyed
@Diceyed 4 роки тому
Hitchen: "Wilde is a thief! Wilde: "Hitchen is Gay!" Everyone else: "huh, he makes a point"
@MerkhVision
@MerkhVision 4 роки тому
Seems like some things never change lol
@skyes4552
@skyes4552 4 роки тому
*IF YOU'RE GAY, THEN YOU'RE TO BLAME* (SARCASM)
@peterson7082
@peterson7082 4 роки тому
@@skyes4552 If he breathes, he's a thot.
@GarthTheMighty
@GarthTheMighty 4 роки тому
I mean, totally independent of that, he was a terrible person. We should remember that.
@friendlyindianscammer2887
@friendlyindianscammer2887 3 роки тому
1k like
@Shawn_Babcock
@Shawn_Babcock 4 роки тому
Ah so Wilde used the tried and true argument to discredit someone “Ur gay”
@bigguy978978
@bigguy978978 4 роки тому
No u
@MrLDAndrade
@MrLDAndrade 4 роки тому
He actually got cancelled
@fluoridegood4you622
@fluoridegood4you622 4 роки тому
We've evolved from such base accusations, Now its "Ur antisemitic"
@greymind9815
@greymind9815 4 роки тому
@@fluoridegood4you622 yeah stuff like "Ur a commie" Yeah and? Workers rise up
@Boyd2342
@Boyd2342 4 роки тому
@@fluoridegood4you622 shut the fuck up boomer
@Pikazilla
@Pikazilla 4 роки тому
side note: discharging soldiers and sailors at this time period also lead to The Golden Age of Piracy.
@greymind9815
@greymind9815 4 роки тому
And its great that we take care of our vets so they aren't homeless or things like that
@chowyee5049
@chowyee5049 4 роки тому
It's quite a common phenomenon. Civil War veterans also became bandits in the Wild West such as in the case of Jesse James. Even ISIS was substantially composed of former members of Saddam Hussein's military. Disenfranchised soldiers make deadly criminals.
@evanulven8249
@evanulven8249 4 роки тому
@@greymind9815 Easier to make sure police are more heavily armed than the populace and given carte blance to "enforce the law" as they see fit.
@PrototypeSpaceMonkey
@PrototypeSpaceMonkey 4 роки тому
That and Gol D. Roger's execution.
@blueberry1vom1t
@blueberry1vom1t 4 роки тому
@@evanulven8249 Wow it sure is nice heavily armed police forces have no flaws and that our vets are taken good care of today. America certainly is the best country in the world. Nothing could ever possibly go wrong from here.
@curumu_yt
@curumu_yt 4 роки тому
"He runs a criminal empire" Georgians: Hmmm "He also is gay" Georgians: Now that's it! Do him in!
@alexis_electronic
@alexis_electronic 4 роки тому
Thank god things have changed, right! RIght? Oh.
@Elizabeththegreatest
@Elizabeththegreatest 4 роки тому
Oh yeah, being a criminal mastermind is just fine, but being gay? Nope!
@fluoridegood4you622
@fluoridegood4you622 4 роки тому
Based georgians, very red pilled.
@LucasOliveira-dj6gg
@LucasOliveira-dj6gg 4 роки тому
"That's all you had to say, boy"
@kanyewest_vevo
@kanyewest_vevo 4 роки тому
Amber yea thank god things have changed and you are not arrested for being gay
@Finn_the_Cat
@Finn_the_Cat 4 роки тому
The biggest thing that they didn’t understand is that over-harsh punishments will not deter crime because if you have no other options then the benefits of the crime outweigh the punishment as long as you don’t get caught.
@fieldy409
@fieldy409 2 роки тому
I know right? If people are stealing because otherwise they'd starve to death or die of the elements due to homelessness, then the death penalty isn't worse than what they were already facing without crime.
@Finn_the_Cat
@Finn_the_Cat 2 роки тому
@@fieldy409 exactly, that is why these types of policies almost never work, because for people in extreme desperate situations death is a preferred alternative to what they have
@fabianschobinger2765
@fabianschobinger2765 4 місяці тому
I think another big reason for the many death sentences was the fact that prisons were (as said in the video) overcrowded and basically an university for crime. So even if they knew that harsher sentences don‘t work, they likely would‘ve still kept the same system.
@FreakyPhilch
@FreakyPhilch 3 місяці тому
It’s like having strict parents. Instead of teaching you not to steal, a snicker bar for example, they teach you to take it while they’re distracted and to put the wrapper in your sibling’s room.
@bradleyogilvie8869
@bradleyogilvie8869 4 роки тому
So really harsh penalties DIDN’T deter crime? Well I guess it’s a good thing no one’s ever tried doing that again
@greymind9815
@greymind9815 4 роки тому
Ikr we such an good society! Its not like we put people in jail for stealing 159$ jacket in for life! ukposts.info/have/v-deo/n4-Xg2p5rmqJtmw.html Oh wait
@scoop765
@scoop765 4 роки тому
Yep how funny would it be if we tried that again hahaha
@neeneko
@neeneko 4 роки тому
And who would have known for-profit prisons would create an incentive structure that did not include decreasing crime.
@AbsolXGuardian
@AbsolXGuardian 4 роки тому
It's really hard for rulers to get it into their head that most criminals, especially thieves, commit these crimes because they have to, not because they want to.
@MDFification1
@MDFification1 4 роки тому
Criminals are, as a rule, not very good at calculating risk vs reward. Well, not white-collar criminals because they make *a lot* of money for much less risk, but in general it's true. My dad used to work as a public defender for petty criminals (it used to be the norm in Canada that all lawyers would put in a few years of defending people who couldn't afford lawyers before moving on to more lucrative careers). There was one guy who was a repeat customer - he'd break into houses, get caught, go to jail and just do the same thing upon release. At one point my dad sat down with the guy and walked him through the math - how much he made from breaking into houses, how much he lost to the fences taking their cut, how much time he took to pull off these jobs, etc. It turns out the guy was making far less than minimum wage. My dad (still young and naive) assumed that having taught the guy how little he was actually making would convince him to give up crime for a more lucrative, legal career. Instead, the guy tries to rob a corner store with a fake gun. He's probably still in jail, if he's still alive.
@DragoniteSpam
@DragoniteSpam 4 роки тому
So in case anyone was ever wondering about real-life thieves guilds, I guess this would be a good one?
@parrek1384
@parrek1384 4 роки тому
How did you get here 16 hours early? Do Patreons get early access?
@DragoniteSpam
@DragoniteSpam 4 роки тому
@@parrek1384 Time travel. (Also, yes.)
@marsar1775
@marsar1775 4 роки тому
@@parrek1384 he's in good with the thieves guild, you cant touch him
@kathrynsummers1735
@kathrynsummers1735 4 роки тому
I wonder if there's a vetanati type about to show up.
@jlw35cudvm
@jlw35cudvm 4 роки тому
This sounds like US politics
@rayandabintangmarkiano6700
@rayandabintangmarkiano6700 4 роки тому
Imagine being in a brothel then hearing people scream "run! its the bloody *mathematicians* "
@rickpgriffin
@rickpgriffin 4 роки тому
So this is exactly where Pratchett got the idea that the Thieves' Guild was the de facto police force in Ankh-Morpork before the City Watch got their act together
@josephskiles
@josephskiles 4 роки тому
I was thinking about Ank Morpork the whole time I was watching this, we really lost a treasure when Sir Terry died 😟
@fillosof66689
@fillosof66689 4 роки тому
Ankh-Morpork started as more or less typical fantasy metropolis, but as time went on, he started to have more and more of historical London and New York in it. Sir Pratchett has created something really unique there, as he always did.
@ericwills932
@ericwills932 4 роки тому
Also why Vimes reacted so explosively to being labelled a 'Thief Taker' in Jingo
@josephskiles
@josephskiles 4 роки тому
@@ericwills932 nice catch, I forgot about that
@mr.cypher604
@mr.cypher604 4 роки тому
Hitchen: *I'm about to end this man's whole career* Wild: ***UNO REVERSE CARD***
@Windona
@Windona 4 роки тому
"Left his wife and son..." Later "his new girlfriend"... Did his wife and son ever see all the papers on him and go 'wow I wish he would come back sometime"
@kayeka4123
@kayeka4123 4 роки тому
As much as his exploits are fun to listen to, this guy was an asshole of the highest degree, and his wife was probably glad to be rid of him.
@edwardnygma8533
@edwardnygma8533 4 роки тому
Following.
@Tragedous
@Tragedous 4 роки тому
Good question
@mr.numbers5968
@mr.numbers5968 4 роки тому
Ouch
@angelwhispers2060
@angelwhispers2060 2 роки тому
Honestly probably not him taking up with a new girlfriend was cheaper and easier than a divorce and since he had left her with whatever property they were already living in. She was probably fine not good but possible especially in the area before divorce with even a possibility marital abandonment was pretty common.
@eugenio5774
@eugenio5774 4 роки тому
this is totally a tv series that I would watch!! I've NEVER heard of this man, and honestly? sometimes reality is truly stranger than fiction.
@pandemonium2594
@pandemonium2594 3 роки тому
I know right
@jacobnoelle8428
@jacobnoelle8428 3 роки тому
John wild life was a wild life!
@TheForbiddenChode
@TheForbiddenChode 7 місяців тому
Wait till you see his downfall.
@game_boyd1644
@game_boyd1644 6 місяців тому
This would have served as an excellent Assassin's creed setting
@l.psimer6124
@l.psimer6124 6 місяців тому
It is stranger than fiction cause while fiction has no bounds to reality, it has to be thought of by humans, but real events are not thought up, they happen and are not bound to human creative limits.
@skyes4552
@skyes4552 4 роки тому
"He ran a prominent gang named the Mathematicians" Huh, never knew that my Math Teacher was a Gang Member
@mikshinee87
@mikshinee87 2 роки тому
He Broke Bad.
@storyspren
@storyspren 4 роки тому
EC: (describes pickpockets taking advantage of crowds watching an execution) Me: (gets a Skyrim flashback)
@insaincaldo
@insaincaldo 4 роки тому
Been pilfering the Solitude execution?
@storyspren
@storyspren 4 роки тому
@@insaincaldo Absolutely
@insaincaldo
@insaincaldo 4 роки тому
@@storyspren Seems quite obvious. Then again my last member of the guild had a really short run and pretty much only did it for the armor, thought It would be a cool starting armor on a Van Helsing like character.
@thomasbrady3827
@thomasbrady3827 4 роки тому
Storyspren sneak behind the rocks at the winking sleeved. Put poison on your bow. Take one shot and kill the headsman. Run in unrelenting force the guards and hack them to death with your sword. Take there loot kill all witnesses and join the stormcloaks.
@jakerosenberg3767
@jakerosenberg3767 4 роки тому
Pickpocket 100
@OrdonWolf
@OrdonWolf 4 роки тому
The sad irony of a place supposed to reform criminals actually turning into THE place to train them... This episode is great, what a story! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!
@SystemLordNemo
@SystemLordNemo 4 роки тому
Many think that this still is the case specially in the cases of first timers and young people.
@iliatchaplinski
@iliatchaplinski 4 роки тому
I heard an ex-con talking about this once. He said it is still the case: prison is where criminals learn from other criminals how to improve their crime. After all, they have a lot of time on their hands in a place full of criminals. What else is there to talk about?
@jrggrop
@jrggrop 4 роки тому
Prisons at the time weren't ever intended to reforms criminals, simply serve as holding pens. The theory of reformation of criminals in confinement was developed in the early 19th century United States, with the primary push coming from Pennsylvania Quakers and expressed in Eastern State Penitentiary (hence the name "penitentiary" it was a place for the criminal to undertake penance, reflect on their failures, and come out as a reformed member of society).
@timothycarney9652
@timothycarney9652 4 роки тому
@@jrggrop Quakers also invented solitary confinement- the idea being the prisoner would take the time to read the bible and become a better person- instead they suffered extreme psychological damage (humans aren't built to handle isolation, or confinement well, so being completely alone for an extended period in a tiny cell wrecks havock on one's psyche)- so much so that they stoped doing it because of how inhumane it turned out to be- today we have not only brought back this torturous practice, but expanded on it- Supermaxprisons are prisons made solely of solitary confinement cells, for profit institutions using a model of imprisonment known to cause insanity, on a mass scale.
@d4n4nable
@d4n4nable 4 роки тому
Well, if you just execute them all, they can't learn to become better criminals.
@ChadtronicFan
@ChadtronicFan 3 роки тому
My favorite part of Extra History is how they switch the art style every series.
@va960
@va960 3 роки тому
One favorite art style of mine is that one from Genghis Khan.
@aminadoce
@aminadoce 6 місяців тому
I guess they usually do it to make the other two/three artists recover. I guess that art for a whole series takes about a whole 2 months to do without crunching (and if nothing else happens). So I think that they work on this time, while the other is starting the next series, and the other one or two waits to be called up again. If true, it seems fantastic.
@davidedwards1635
@davidedwards1635 4 місяці тому
7:03 ​@@va960
@JohnVance
@JohnVance 4 роки тому
This is hilarious and I can’t believe I never learned about this in school.
@baconpantsable
@baconpantsable 4 роки тому
They don't teach you about it because they don't want you to know about the shitty prisons
@Matthew-jv7ej
@Matthew-jv7ej 4 роки тому
this is actually a case study in my gcse history course.
@alexis_electronic
@alexis_electronic 4 роки тому
I can believe it!~ Man, wouldn't it suck if you learned the society you lived in was inherently exploitative?
@fluoridegood4you622
@fluoridegood4you622 4 роки тому
@@baconpantsable shitty government*
@tams805
@tams805 4 роки тому
To be fair, there's an awful lot of history to learn in just the three years of a GCSE course. Teachers need to decide what they think is best to teach*. *unless the likes of Gove decide that learning the names of all the monarchs is the most important.
@connormclernon26
@connormclernon26 4 роки тому
So for profit prisons don’t work. Gee, I hope we never repeat tha. Oh. Oh.
@lucar6897
@lucar6897 4 роки тому
I’m sure it will work great if we try just one last time😁
@Lgs260495
@Lgs260495 4 роки тому
Nice pic of BB64
@connormclernon26
@connormclernon26 4 роки тому
LG COC The Lagging Offencoch thanks, took that at least a decade ago on an old flip phone
@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926
@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926 4 роки тому
TORIES WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORD WITH YOU
@fluoridegood4you622
@fluoridegood4you622 4 роки тому
It provides wonderful services to the low wages sector. You know, by pricing out the people who can't live off a prisoners salary. Because pricing out the lower class workers with slavery has always been successful in the past yea?
@TheTheRedWolf
@TheTheRedWolf 4 роки тому
And I laughed so hard in the PC-game Thief: "Thief-Taker-General? Oh, c'mon, got no other title to give this guy? Did you had to make it so artificial, just to explain his hate against Garret (the thief)?"
@angelwhispers2060
@angelwhispers2060 2 роки тому
Yes titles for British positions used to have names that would be laughable today
@TheAriusDural
@TheAriusDural 4 роки тому
This explains so much about Anglo-american culture... it also makes a great tabletop plot!
@eldermoose7938
@eldermoose7938 4 роки тому
I just get the felling this is going to be Matt's "south seas bubble" series. which I consider to be the Best Extra Histroy short series
@sarasamaletdin4574
@sarasamaletdin4574 4 роки тому
South Seas Bubble wasn’t a short series.
@charadreemurr4839
@charadreemurr4839 2 роки тому
Same
@bkjeong4302
@bkjeong4302 5 місяців тому
This was actually happening at the same time as South Sea.
@Ergogre
@Ergogre 4 роки тому
One of Patrician's greatest contributions to the reliable operation of Ankh-Morpork had been, very early in his administration, the legalizing of the ancient Guild of Thieves. Crime was always with us, he reasoned, and therefore, if you were going to have crime, it atleast should be organized crime.
@sunsparkda
@sunsparkda 4 роки тому
Very interesting learning some of the history that inspired the Discworld books.
@kokuinomusume
@kokuinomusume 4 роки тому
Oh, you have to read Pratchett's "Dodger". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_(novel) I assume we'll meet Robert Peel later in this series, and he's a character in the novel, along with Charles Dickens and other famous Victorians.
@arturoreyescortez2476
@arturoreyescortez2476 4 роки тому
sunsparkda Assassins and thieves got lots of benefits during Vetinari's government. Paying to not get your properties stolen, and the thieves get government permission. That is scary.
@felixleidinger1670
@felixleidinger1670 4 роки тому
@@arturoreyescortez2476 But thievery is also regulated via the Guild- who rather efficently sells protection against non-guild-members and you are protected against being robbed more than once a month. If you are robbed, you get the adequate paperwork and the robbery is done in a more civil manner, and for Ankh-Morpork, thats certainly an improvement in crime statistics. Also, it realistically heightens the security for the citizens compared to how the City Watch acted before the revolution. The thieves have an interest in keeping crime professional and keeping the crime rate down in order to protect the trade and their profits. That was why they only needed 3 guys in the watch until the dragon incident, in its own way compared to before the city got along just fine. The assassins themselves have agreed upon a no-kill list if they decide a target isnt worth it- they gave up on killing our favourite protagonist Commander because he was to important for the cities ecosystem- and besides a certain gentleman in Hogfather, the patrician was once their most dangerous member anyway. Remember, thats how he got the position in the first place ;) Vetinari didnt make the guilds exist, they were, as there were no rules, more dangerous before he showed up. He made them operate in legal guidelines, chained their interests to the interest of the city and therefore made them controllable until he could let Sam build the New City Watch. Thats called pragmatism. Fighting fire with fire. If you cant fight the crime because its a bushfire, make it self-regulate and burn itself out until you have the ressources to stamp the rest out yourself. If you want to, that is. Pratchett wrote interesting satire about the legal system and the states role in fighting crime. Rigid militarised crime codes focusing on "law and order" often may not be able to cope with the amount of crime existent and only bring harm to the innocent. Community policing combined with the adequate ressources wont stop the mafia due to inevitable corruption- but it at least keeps general street crime at bay, therefore protecting more normal people, and keeps the gears of the community turning until you can controll it because it shifts the crime from an economic factor into the hands of a few individuals. Pratchett is basically describing the setup of a working community police force under those conditions that slowly replaces the corruption by creating a power outside of professional crime fighting crime by creating stability first, to make people want to live by rules and protect them. Note that this system is an semi-utopia run by an infallable dictator with assassin education and a demon-possessed super cop, though. Applicability to real live may vary.
@Rainbowthewindsage
@Rainbowthewindsage 4 роки тому
@@arturoreyescortez2476 Lord Vetinari is a scary man in general: "I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides."
@majacovic5141
@majacovic5141 4 роки тому
@@Rainbowthewindsage early Vetinari is scary because he is depresed. That speech is a diagnosis. He lost faith in people so je doesn't give a damn if he's brutal. Fortunatelly he gets better later.
@alexie832
@alexie832 4 роки тому
Hitchen: "Wild is a thief!" Wild: "Hitchen is gay." Everyone: *la gasp* Me: *wheeze*
@Bloodlyshiva
@Bloodlyshiva 4 роки тому
You Laugh now, but it was deadly serious. Emphasis on 'deadly'. 'The Georgian era is a period in British history from 1714 to c. 1830-37.' 'United Kingdom From 1533 the capital felony for any person to "commit the detestable and abominable vice of buggery with mankind or beast", was repealed and re-enacted several times, until it was reinstated in 1563 remaining unchanged until 1861.[25] The last execution took place on 27 November 1835 when James Pratt and John Smith were hanged at Newgate.' Homosexuality carried the death sentence.
@Kirbeden
@Kirbeden 3 роки тому
Bloodlyshiva Oh
@smellfish1430
@smellfish1430 4 роки тому
Hitchen: tries to end wild’s whole career. Wild: i’m aboutta end this man’s whole career.
@lunaequinox7333
@lunaequinox7333 5 місяців тому
Hitchen: You’re done for Wilde Wilde: *pulls out uno reverse card*
@mollye
@mollye 4 роки тому
"prisons in georgian britain were run for profit" USA: *sweats nervously* haha, glad we had that revolution to get out from tyranny heh
@JoshSweetvale
@JoshSweetvale 4 роки тому
To keep slaves.
@IkeOkerekeNews
@IkeOkerekeNews 4 роки тому
@@JoshSweetvale Not really.
@operleutnant7235
@operleutnant7235 3 роки тому
Joshua Sweetvale they ran the prisons for profit because of slaves or started the revolutionary war because of slaves
@dataexpunged2827
@dataexpunged2827 4 роки тому
4:46 ‘the intricate language of London’s underworld’ Oi mate, the lads and us is going for a spot of cheeky Nando’s. Sounds nice innit?
@beretperson
@beretperson 4 роки тому
Last time I was this early, it hadn't been Walpole.
@Gala-yp8nx
@Gala-yp8nx 4 роки тому
This sounds like the premise for a TV series, not gonna lie.
@hanzup4117
@hanzup4117 4 роки тому
One minute in and I can tell this is going to be another good one :D
@davidschaftenaar6530
@davidschaftenaar6530 4 роки тому
Man, Wild was W I L D. I can't believe we had a real-life House of Cards + GoT Bronn at some point and nobody ever told me.
@ViggleTheVirgil
@ViggleTheVirgil 4 роки тому
I swear, you guys come up with the most amazing and interesting things in history to talk about. Never ceases to amaze me.
@tennesseefairfield8497
@tennesseefairfield8497 4 роки тому
I am loving all these Extra History series y'all are making. I'm super excited for this one!
@tjoconnell2524
@tjoconnell2524 4 роки тому
This is some oceans eleven type stuff being pulled off.
@AverytheCubanAmerican
@AverytheCubanAmerican 4 роки тому
London has some fascinating history, can't wait to see the rest of the series
@aubreywean680
@aubreywean680 4 роки тому
"Oh so ill just make people steal things, then get the stolen things back?" "This is a good idea" Edit: also wild was in deubt, but has these awesome clothes
@angelwhispers2060
@angelwhispers2060 2 роки тому
That's more for the consistency of the animation than realistic depiction
@rabidkiwi361
@rabidkiwi361 4 роки тому
@5:56 you are telling me that at one point in time, there was a rude group of scoundrels that called " the mathematicians"
@AStoryteller-for-fun
@AStoryteller-for-fun 5 місяців тому
I mean... math is kind of the embodiment of Evil
@BIGTHANKSHEESH
@BIGTHANKSHEESH 3 місяці тому
😨🔫😈 "What's the pythagorian thereom?"
@thevoidlookspretty7079
@thevoidlookspretty7079 4 роки тому
But my question: did this ever work into the South Sea Company?
@tat3179
@tat3179 4 роки тому
Doubt it. The what Wilde maange is blue collar crime. Unsophisticated, violent and for the dregs of society. The whole South Sea Bubble is classic white collar shenanigans. Same like today. People went to jail for potential decades for break ins and theft while only one unlucky wall street schmuck gets prosecuted for literally giving the trillions of dollars global economy a heart attack because greed and big bonuses.
@lemmingrad
@lemmingrad 4 роки тому
The Void Looks Pretty I’m sure it was Walpole.
@stevenuniverse1422
@stevenuniverse1422 3 роки тому
Every series is connected.
@kamanashiskar9203
@kamanashiskar9203 3 роки тому
Well, Wildes's reign happened during the same time as the South Sea Bubble.
@tenlosol
@tenlosol 4 роки тому
Someone's going to find a lot of inspiration for persona 5 OCs/fanfics in this series.
@jacobnoelle8428
@jacobnoelle8428 4 роки тому
tenlosol more like place ideas
@dag1407
@dag1407 4 роки тому
I love the wacky Extra Histories on stuff I've barely heard of like this and the South Sea Co.
@bkjeong4302
@bkjeong4302 5 місяців тому
Which was actually happening at the same time as this, funnily enough.
@abdullahelgammal6196
@abdullahelgammal6196 3 роки тому
0:18 *_THAT'S CSLLED FORESHAFIWING_*
@dinoricky5188
@dinoricky5188 2 роки тому
Yee the mug said “best crime boss” lol
@zane4218
@zane4218 4 роки тому
One of my favorite Extra History episodes in a while! Great job to all involved! (:
@kevinboros7427
@kevinboros7427 4 роки тому
This first episode perfectly represents a life that goes according to plan. This guy, in this first episode, basically did everything perfectly and lived the good life. Honestly, he wasn't bad, he was just taking advantage of the situation, and inteligently too.
@TangySauce
@TangySauce Рік тому
im going to me honest, this is by far one of my favorite serise from you, ive watched it so much its defietly my favorite, good work yall!
@michaelbetz4118
@michaelbetz4118 4 роки тому
Thanks to Extra Credits for digging up such rarely known but most interesting stories. I love it and i want to see more of it.
@deltasquad8817
@deltasquad8817 3 роки тому
Wilde: is a mob boss Society:🗿🗿🗿🗿 Hitchen: is gay Society:😡😡😡
@paulpeterson4216
@paulpeterson4216 4 роки тому
Gotta say that the English of the 18th century were wise beyond their years, believing that "Professional police were an inherently repressive and militarized organization." The problem is that in America, too many see "inherently repressive and militarized" as a good thing.
@SaltpeterTaffy
@SaltpeterTaffy 4 роки тому
Would...would you have preferred petty crime to be handled by mafiosi like what was shown in this video? These are the kinds of scandals that cause governments to implement the police in the first place.
@justinbeath5169
@justinbeath5169 4 роки тому
Oh yeah, militarized police are so bad. Im sure that a guy with a stab proof vest and a glock would be just as effective at dealing with hostage situations as a swat team
@Tom-2142
@Tom-2142 4 роки тому
SaltpeterTaffy they weren’t militarised though.
@SaltpeterTaffy
@SaltpeterTaffy 4 роки тому
​@@Tom-2142 Non-militarized criminals are still criminals.
@joshuasitzema9920
@joshuasitzema9920 Місяць тому
​@Tom-2142 well criminals are now with Cartels and Gangs having access to some very impressive hardware. Part of why I support cops AND having the 2A
@AhJong0
@AhJong0 4 роки тому
Incredible some of the major figures I’ve simply never heard of. Rapidly falling in love with this channel .
@wezza668
@wezza668 4 роки тому
this has to be one of the most interesting people you have ever talked about. Really looking forward to the other episodes
@camramaster
@camramaster 4 роки тому
"Wild." ".... Shepherd."
@TransGirlMagic
@TransGirlMagic 3 роки тому
That lesson about professional police needs to be learned again.
@torheadwiggen8181
@torheadwiggen8181 Рік тому
This has got to be my favorite extra history series, I have seen it so many times
@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle
@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle Рік тому
Amazing video, the quality of the animation only gets better everytime! 💗🤞✨
@jp4431
@jp4431 4 роки тому
4:10 imagine your prison system is so regressive that it's run in the same way as London in the 1700s USA #1!
@bearcatben4762
@bearcatben4762 3 роки тому
Ineffective community policing and hangings for people stealing silverware, debtors prisons? Doesn't sound like America to me, we don't even execute rapists anymore we just give then 3-month sentences and let them go.
@TheFiresloth
@TheFiresloth 4 роки тому
In A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones), it is explained that this is how Varys and Illyrio started their career : Varys stole, and Illyrio "retrieved". This way, they buildt a criminal kingdom in Pentos.
@josephskiles
@josephskiles 4 роки тому
Great episode, you guys always put out interesting content for us, thanks for all your hard work!
@user-xp6bl1my3j
@user-xp6bl1my3j 4 роки тому
HE HAS CONTROL OF THE CRIMINALS AND THE COURTS! HE'S TOO DANGEROUS TO BE KEPT ALIVE
@greekmyths8804
@greekmyths8804 4 роки тому
I AM THE LAW
@NotASovietSpy1
@NotASovietSpy1 4 роки тому
@@greekmyths8804 NOT. YET.
@weldonwin
@weldonwin 4 роки тому
Wild: *UNLIIIIIIIMITED POWAH!!!!*
@a.dennis4835
@a.dennis4835 3 роки тому
I remember reading about "The Beggar's Opera" (the source material of the "Threepenny Opera"). The opera actually talks about and satirizes this (since it was written three years after Jonathan Wild's death).
@itwaswalpole
@itwaswalpole 4 роки тому
5:07 Swipper no swiping
@mythirdchannel
@mythirdchannel 3 роки тому
I'm always on board for anything on extra credit, this, in particular, strikes me as exciting!
@GipGap
@GipGap 4 роки тому
I can already tell this is gonna be a good one
@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332
@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 4 роки тому
Just as I have to organize a presentation on London's crime world in the early modern period. Could you share your sources ?
@NotHPotter
@NotHPotter 4 роки тому
Try hitting them up on Twitter. They get fewer messages there, so you're more likely to see a response.
@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332
@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 4 роки тому
@@NotHPotter Guess I will need to make a twitter account :(
@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat
@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 4 роки тому
They really should have been sharing their sources for a long time now. They sort of do with the lies episode but they need to fully list every source, it's just good practice.
@lukasmickevicius2173
@lukasmickevicius2173 4 роки тому
Sounds like a much better plot for Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
@davidhodgden7449
@davidhodgden7449 4 роки тому
The lead up to the ending hook was masterfully crafted. Well done writer.
@hussaiynmuhammed2800
@hussaiynmuhammed2800 3 місяці тому
im so glad i found you oversimplified left a hole in my heart u filled
@johntoday1219
@johntoday1219 3 роки тому
Wait... so are you saying that if you don't have a police force, you get more crime? This was released only six months ago, and it's already revolutionary.
@YO-uj2jv
@YO-uj2jv 4 роки тому
Hey guys. I am a big fan of yours. Especially the history episodes like Ned Kelly, Jonathan Wild and many more. I was wondering if you could cover the history of some of my favourite artists. I know you may not do this usually, but I like the way you interpret history with humour. So: here's a list of my favourite artists: King Crimson Pink Floyd Genesis (including Peter Gabriel era) KISS Led Zeppelin YES Simon And Garfunkel And of course: Queen Much appreciated. :)
@aetvrna
@aetvrna 4 роки тому
Good job extra history! I subbed:)
@Frontline_view_kaiser
@Frontline_view_kaiser 4 роки тому
One of the best episodes in a long time
@AM-kf2zt
@AM-kf2zt 4 роки тому
9:32 Homophobic prejudices aside, Hitchens' expression there is strangely hilarious.
@Ada-kr4io
@Ada-kr4io 4 роки тому
I actually really need this for my crime and punishment history paper
@CrusaderMad
@CrusaderMad 4 роки тому
You guys are always a couple months behind my essay schedule 😂 I've just finished my policing course at uni
@verdatum
@verdatum 4 роки тому
omg, this is fascinating. This is an instant classic extra-history topic.
@abcdef27669
@abcdef27669 4 роки тому
That was an intense episode! Holy cow! Even Walpole could get a lesson or two with John Wilde!
@BlueflameKing1
@BlueflameKing1 4 роки тому
I think this took place during that event. Also what is with England having people named John who are amazing thieves/con men/politicians.
@kevinschultz6091
@kevinschultz6091 4 роки тому
@@BlueflameKing1 - As a guess? John is historically a common name.
@bkjeong4302
@bkjeong4302 5 місяців тому
This was happening at the same time as that and in the same city…
@Achillez098
@Achillez098 4 роки тому
They need to make an HBO series on this
@ChapterGrim
@ChapterGrim 7 місяців тому
Brilliant video!
@drewhuscher496
@drewhuscher496 4 роки тому
I had never heard of this guy, this is amazing.
@stretchchris1
@stretchchris1 4 роки тому
This whole thing just sounds like modern day america.
@VaradMahashabde
@VaradMahashabde 4 роки тому
When you have fun listening about London and Britain great messups and realise one is happening right now
@anonytonomous
@anonytonomous 4 роки тому
!! That Actraiser ditty is a great touch.
@mekomay1603
@mekomay1603 4 роки тому
We love this series!
@anttibjorklund1869
@anttibjorklund1869 4 роки тому
Captivating.
@beruman
@beruman 4 роки тому
"inherently repressive and militarized organization." totally different from now! right?
@Jackpkmn
@Jackpkmn 4 роки тому
Yes. The police force is not 'inherently' repressive and militarized. It's just that having a repressive and militarized police force is the best thing for the nobles.
@lesen8367
@lesen8367 2 роки тому
Policing london and the bubble are by far my favorite... series of five episodes? Of extra history (mostly because i havent watched this channel in a WHILE
@Sandouras
@Sandouras 4 роки тому
Why isnt there a movie about this? Extra Credits i love you for all these little stories you find and tell us.
@euansmith3699
@euansmith3699 4 роки тому
This is an absolutely fascinating and utterly horrible period of History... although, I guess that applies to pretty much all of History.
@jacobclemons5494
@jacobclemons5494 4 роки тому
If you would like a fantastic look into this topic, The Baroque cycle by Neal Stephenson touches upon it with great detail. Its also the book series that got me into my history degree and is my favorite series ever. Even covers more topics Extra History has done as well, from the siege of Vienna to paper money and so on.
@mycroft9528
@mycroft9528 4 роки тому
Finally story I've been looking for.
@va960
@va960 3 роки тому
Jonathan Wild, the most badass double agent history ever known.
@pokemonprimed
@pokemonprimed 4 роки тому
"...with little recourse against the state. The lesson the English took from this was that professional police were an inherently oppressive and militarized organization" Dangerously topical.
@Raziel312
@Raziel312 4 роки тому
NOT having a professional police force didn't work out any better.
@SaltpeterTaffy
@SaltpeterTaffy 4 роки тому
In fact you might say not having a standard police force created a justice vacuum that got filled in with mercenary corruption beholden to absolutely no one.
@alexanderchristopher6237
@alexanderchristopher6237 4 роки тому
@@SaltpeterTaffy from a legal perspective, a standard police force paid by taxes is much better than a mercenary one. Since the people technically pays for them, they can demand for reforms in areas where the police force is lacking. Too much tyranny on their part? Yeah, the people can demand for them to ease it down a bit. Accountability is key in here. Where do you think the push for bodycams in cops after the strings of police brutality cases in the US a couple years ago came from?
@Tom-2142
@Tom-2142 4 роки тому
Raziel312 A militarised police went against British ideals of liberty though.
@Raziel312
@Raziel312 4 роки тому
@@Tom-2142 Yes, the freedom to get mugged in the filthy alley of your choice.
@TESkyrimizer
@TESkyrimizer 4 роки тому
7:34 actually sounds like a very reasonable distribution of wealth. Thieves would only bother stealing from the rich, and only the rich would bother to pay the fee for expensive trinkets. Thus it becomes a sort of nonconsensual charity program. Wow this video is enlightening.
@snugglepuff
@snugglepuff 4 роки тому
This was a Wild ride from start to finish
@SweetLilWren
@SweetLilWren 4 роки тому
Awesome stuff! As per your usual fare!
@johnschmidt1262
@johnschmidt1262 4 роки тому
Oh wow this really explains Oliver Twist.
@artofthepossible7329
@artofthepossible7329 4 роки тому
@ Sorry, I saw comments talking about Bow Street so I thought it was in the same period (my phone only allowed me to read the comments for some reason). Although I do believe the crime policy was the same for the most part.
@artofthepossible7329
@artofthepossible7329 4 роки тому
@ Like I said the crime policy was the same.
@rogofos
@rogofos 4 роки тому
8:51 wild sucsess of a Wild (the person)
@travisblack8767
@travisblack8767 4 роки тому
Can’t wait for part 2 omgggg
@venombug7476
@venombug7476 Рік тому
HOW have I missed the mug at 0:13 For 2 YEARS!?!?!
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