Focus on Mississippi: The Devil’s Punchbowl

News.

[@HardenTheGift]

And this folks...is a classic case of "White Washing" history.

[@Ronda00]

That part! 💯

[@TrievaTheDiva]

Completely!

[@donnarenaypatrick6821]

Exactly!!

[@MzRoRo95]

Big Facts!!!

[@yogi-777]

Report as misleading lies

[@LerouxLeroux]

You guys really missed an opportunity to educate viewers about the real historical background of this place.

[@nelixsulu6201]

Right?! I didn’t like this at all. Sounds like he’s narrating a National Geographic episode 🙄

[@Babykish73]

You are so right. I came here researching as I’ve just learnt about this but……..well I guess we’ll just talk about nature🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@joanadams7014]

It was intentional. The reporter even said there are “myths” regarding the area

[@michelle9043]

Yep! This was useless coverage if not talk the truth 🖤✊🏾

[@wildjambalaya7452]

Exactly!!! And Incredibly disrespectful!!!

[@lorenpelaez3296]

WTF mystical rumours ??? So disrespectful to the thousands of lives lost

[@damianphillips3558]

Do you have actual evidence that thousands of lives were lost? Where are the mass graves? Where are the bodies?

[@augustusbrown5320]

Smh

[@henrymelton523]

I’ve known Walt Grayson to be a fair historian of Mississippi history, I had no idea he’d done something like this. This is a terrible misuse of media to lie and reconstruct history as one would have you believe it to be. This makes me question any history portrayed by Walt or WJTV. Thousands of black people were intentionally murdered and buried here, that’s truth. This video is an example of what should be removed from the lie we call history.

[@KanIPlay4u]

How about Mention what really fertilize the brush down in the devils punch bowl!

[@TrievaTheDiva]

That's the real news

[@WokeNationPodcast]

We should not expect demons to speak truth.

[@WokeNationPodcast]

The education system is nothing but white washed history. WE'RE WOKE🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙌🙌

[@penelopelopez8296]

🤣

[@donnarenaypatrick6821]

What was the point of this? Nobody cares about the crickets and the silence after the planes fly overhead. Tell the TRUTH about what REALLY happened in the devil's punchbowl! Why WON'T the locals eat the peaches from those trees?? This ridiculous, shameful, disrespectful video should be taken down. Deny it as they might, it STILL happened.

[@cash.iverson]

If he listened close enough he would hear a thousand echoes of tortured souls buried under his boots.

[@kwav1st332]

Yes we know the real story and the African American community should gather there and give our people a memorial service every year to honor their lives and suffering they endured at the hands of Union soldiers. Who owns this land?

[@michaelgant7479]

The union soldiers stood by and did nothing the Civil War was not about Black people we save this country and they paid us by allowing us to be murdered

[@toneef7301]

I just read the story regarding the slaves that were captured and killed there, but I would like to know who was the survivor that told the story and where can I read their story...

[@elizabethpapadopoulos8609]

Shame on you ! I live on the other side of the earth In Greece and I know the horrible past of this place. I read about it in an article in the Sunday paper about 12 years ago and I was struck to the core ! WTF, Sorry for my french but this is just to egregious .

[@ladyclarke9903]

Thank you!

[@dhare07]

Oh? More than the post cards they sent each other underneath hanging black bodies.

[@donnaneeley2488]

@@dhare07 I just recently read about the damn post cards they made.... 😠

[@dhare07]

@@donnaneeley2488 these individuals are evil incarnate and they walk proud of what they've done. They really think no one can touch themthey're about to see something none of us had ever seen in any life time. Glad I'm not one of them is all I can say.

[@idontknow7738]

@@dhare07
ME TOO! 👍🏾💯👍🏾

[@countrygirl8295]

This is a mass grave and needs to be protected at all costs

[@YourKingJDG]

No need, the spirits will get anyone doing wrong

[@damianphillips3558]

Where are the bodies?

[@YourKingJDG]

@@damianphillips3558 buried in the ground remember? They are fertilizer for those peach trees

[@damianphillips3558]

@@YourKingJDG Really? Thousands of bodies and they all are fertilizer? No bone fragments of any kind? This story sounds very suspect.

[@YourKingJDG]

@@damianphillips3558 There’s literal photos of dozens of black people strung up on trees, dead, and completely skeletonized post civil war. Union Soldiers killed 20k and buried them there.
Search up the devil’s punchbowl and look at the other videos, they show the photos

[@chrizmcvain5760]

What about the 20k blacks that died there? The union officers caused their death's.

[@Macdaddy.]

More like 120k

[@ladyclarke9903]

Murdered!

[@alive2583]

We’re the union officers black?

[@bunny955]

Something I was never taught. It's time to educate people. This is a mass grave and needs to be told about

[@shaunandrewmusic]

Tell the truth and what really happened there

[@WokeNationPodcast]

Stop expecting demons to tell you truth. They do not have your best interest.

[@patriciahunt2106]

Some of our peoples saying that's not what happen I don't want to talk too its sad

[@TheBenadam]

Really!!!!?? You should be ashamed. If you had a soul, you would be. TELL THE TRUTH! Leave the monuments up, just tell the truth of what those heathens and demons did in their service to Satan.

[@kendrasjohnson5576]

They do not want to lose their sponsorship!

[@WokeNationPodcast]

Stop expecting those demons to share truth with you. They do not have your best interest.

[@TJTynes]

Yankee forces did it too, NOT Southerners

[@rosiehellraiser5066]

So you think Grayson will speak ill of his ancestors,don't kid me,let him know they going to pay unto the 3rd ,4th, 5th generation, they will not escape.

[@southernman5839]

The only thing that was important to the North was preserving the Union. All about the money.

[@texaslawdawg1902]

SMDH. If you only really knew what was down there.

[@WonderfullyMadeLex]

EXACTLY

[@highlyblessangel]

Same thing i was thinking....

[@WokeNationPodcast]

They know...and so do we. Stay woke🙏🏿🙏🏿🙌🙌

[@sigmasiren777]

I’m new to this story. What is down there??

[@ogquincyy]

@@sigmasiren777 after the civil war union soldiers put over 20k freed slaves there in concentration camps and let them starve to death. Now it’s a beautiful piece of nature but it has a very dark history

[@stanelle6145]

People are so evil..............they stay lying!!!!

[@ehzAxemuzik]

Wyte peepoo!

[@Ronda00]

I’m all the way in Jersey and know exactly what entails the devils punch bowl, this should be taken down!! Unacceptable! If you’re going to tell the story tell it the right dam way!

[@patriciahunt2106]

Women bye

[@Ronda00]

@@patriciahunt2106 pick up a book before you comment. Good day!

[@ignoranceisnotatrend4669]

@@Ronda00 I'm in my feelings about this, fill me in about the story I wanna know. 🙏

[@Ronda00]

@Big Rah thank you for explaining this to him in detail! I appreciate you! ♥️

[@Ronda00]

@@ignoranceisnotatrend4669 the explanation that the brother under your comment gave, couldn’t have been said any better. This is the true history of Devils Punch Bowl! Thank you for wanting to further understand what actually transpired… ♥️

[@emmalliebailey9916]

When you said myths and legends i had to stop the video because I was in disbelief you called it a myth

[@YourIntrusivethot]

It’s honestly disgusting to call it a mystical place. To tease with the idea that “bad” things “could of” happened there. It’s disgusting to completely disregard the fact that thousands of free black saves were starved and buried in concentration camps in this “beautiful forest” ur deplorable.

[@BlackDelegationNetwork]

This a joke.... why not talk about the concentration camps where freed slaves were brutally murdered and mass graves were created for these freed slaves. #TellTheTruth #ENOUGHISENOUGH

[@cherylmoore8960]

They will one day meet our Ancestors in the Devil's Punchbowl......

[@patriciahunt2106]

Yes indeed you know our peoples spirits are there they can't keep getting away with doing dirt i know God got this

[@bfdsavag3659]

I live in Mississippi were still slaves

[@jaystevvlogz221]

You can still hear whispers by the ocean down the hill where you can drive and get out and hear it at night and the devil punch bowl in Mississippi is by a dead end but under it by a gated area and where I used to live 10 years ago and never knew the devil punch bowl is literally under it

[@jaystevvlogz221]

@@bfdsavag3659 FACTS!

[@shamonjackson3478]

Wow! How did he just skip over the truth?

[@marieDrayka]

I mean...if you wasn't going to state the FACTS, then why report on it at all?? 🤔

[@ladyclarke9903]

XCATLY!

[@alittlewheiser521]

Because there is no factual information in this subject. All history has some sort of documentation. There is no credible source to prove this ever happened.

[@astridablaze5826]

@@alittlewheiser521 So explain the bones washing up and the fact they cannot eat the peaches.

[@alittlewheiser521]

@@astridablaze5826 there is nothing about bones washing up and who cares about the peaches.

[@YourKingJDG]

@@alittlewheiser521 Always a white supremacist that will try and white wash history.
Glad a bunch of other white people came in here and didn’t make fools of themselves.

[@russellmartin9036]

I thought he was building up to the real story and then all of the sudden the video just ended.

[@highlyblessangel]

Private property... Why cant state investigate it by cleaning area see what's all below. Where those people that dig and mystery things up. Call them so we all can really know

[@jameslewis6259]

He didn't say one goddamn thing about it!

[@ednawarren1421]

How do you write this drivel about a historical site? RUMORS!?!?!

[@LetThatMarinate]

Superb FLUFF! Top-notch gloss job sir! DO BETTER

[@dhare07]

Really? You think they even know how fam? They are the demons of the lands. Thus is all they know.

[@talonbottomley1800]

Just found out about this today and I’m at an lost for words. 😔💐💐💐💐💐

[@ernestwhitfield7679]

For Wolfe Greyson to be a journalist, that was a terribly uninformed report about a place called, "The Devil's Punch Bowl." The name alone begs many questions. He makes this place sound serene, when it's not. An awfully terrible thing happened there and that needs to be spoken about.

[@TeeRock151]

Shameful and disrespectful is the only way to describe this video!!

[@brandimyhr1873]

Wowee! Thanks to everyone who left comments about what really happened there. I live in TN & am almost 50 (I’ve also lived in CA & other places but I’m from here & came back here) & I’ve never heard of this. It seems like I’ve heard in passing about the “devils punchbowl” but didn’t know what it meant. I agree w a previous commenter, dig it up & put up memorials & whatever needs to be done. Such a heinous act & never acknowledged or righted by getting those poor souls out of there 😔

[@penelopelopez8296]

It’s private property.

[@brandimyhr1873]

@@penelopelopez8296 yes, I know but my point is to bring it to light. I’m almost 50 & never heard of it till recently. It makes me so sad that it happened & that it was covered up. I wish they would just admit what happened & let a crew down to dig it up. I think it’s a lot more people than they said & that’s why it’s off limits. I’ve really dug into it since I found out & there are a lot of pictures & artists renderings. Also, everyone there knows what’s at the bottom- which is why they won’t eat the peaches 😔

[@aspiringrootwoman24]

It's the double entendre for me... I didn't see the devil or any Hidden Treasure... All sorts of rumors and legends of dastardly deeds

[@CarbonDFly25]

This is why yt people need to stop telling our stories. They always LIE!!!!!!!

[@dinadaly11]

You certainly did create your own story.

[@damianphillips3558]

How do you know the story you were told is true?

[@angelamullen9000]

​@@damianphillips3558 BECAUSE IT IS AN HE HAD A CHANCE TO KEEP IT REAL

[@LifeInspiredNetwork]

This is a joke.

[@texaslawdawg1902]

TAMMIE JONES No joke, just a blatant slap in our face by that news channel. Wake up people.

[@capucinecrowder5328]

Dead bodies of thousands of slaves that died in those bowls. Tell the truth

[@LadyAtheOnly]

"Create your own story..." ???
That's the problem.
This video or "reporting" if you want to call it that is disrespectful and pointless. Tell the whole story or don't tell it at all!

[@dorenemadjemite5971]

You make it sound so beautiful

[@NuAfu]

Really? They really covered up the black Massacre

[@commonsense5506]

He left out “concentration camp” death trap for former slaves circa 1865ish

[@christinagraham2915]

They starved them and made them live oth dead bodies smh

[@lifesillusion81]

Walt Grayson looks like the type that reads Berenstein Bears books to kindergartens on book week.

[@robertlokey3440]

What a mockery!!!!
These lies will come out too, in the wash!!!!!

[@MimiKeel]

These folks act like they are allergic to the truth. 😠

[@jeremyb239]

Wow… just wow! So we gonna just gloss over the atrocities that happened down there?

[@drummerboyj09]

Okay, so did he say we can make up our story as to what happened in the devil’s punch bowl?! OMG!!! This is horrible.

[@damianbuford5645]

Wow they really didn't tell the truth about this

[@talonbottomley1800]

How about he taste one of the peaches 🍑 off one of the many peach trees that grow there. 😤 that’s been cursed with the innocent lives that was lost

[@highdeadesigns6424]

Why are they covering up what really happened and saying things like "rumors" and "mystical." This is the most infuriating news piece I've ever seen I swear.

[@Malagrass]

WTF. Use your imagination? Are you kidding? The station let this air? What complete bullshit

[@kelinmemphis]

WTF???? They made it seem like a vacation spot!!!

[@RoaringMind]

Clearly, this network does not care about reporting the truth.

[@luv2luv720]

I really wish they would do archeological work to prove or disprove this once & for all! They can now test dirt to see if human remains exist! Please do the science. We need answers

[@devin-kofistephenson3399]

That is one of the greatest cover-ups that I have ever heard

[@yogi-777]

🚫REPORT AS MISLEADING LIES!!!!⚠️

[@Vv08991]

🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️ this has to be a joke!! It has to

[@alysiadavis7646]

Wow, what about the concentration camp that existed there?

[@sunnisarah]

what the actual f? isn't this where the peach trees grow and nobody eats them, because they grow on the bodies of dead enslaved human beings? this is some whitewashed lies if EVER i saw it. knowing better than this guy makes me woke af...and i am determined to bring others along with me, kickin' and screamin...

[@alvisford32]

Wow....shake my head.... You know thats Bull 💩......

[@charleswilliams8248]

Extreme wickedness committed by extremely wicked people!

[@AngilaKey-mb5rk]

Devil's hate to tell the Truth about his story.

[@williamwinn2114]

That was a shameful mockery of the truth. What happened there was vile , evil and wicked. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THE WICKED.

[@philipneyland9665]

Oh! Is that all that REALLY happened down in there!? Walt Grayson, you know the real history and you are just afraid for your life!

[@goldenstatelawyer]

TAG THIS AS MISINFORMATION. FAILURE TO DISCLOSE THE TRUTH. THIS NEWS STORY IS A STORY, AND IT NEED TO BE RETRACTED.

[@stylish1012]

Wth ! These people just refuse to tell the truth about what they “wicked “ ancestors did the reason this place exists throughout history smh can’t wait until the day they pay for what they did back then and still do today to black peoples!

[@angelamullen9000]

You BEST BELIEVE THEM ANCESTORS DOWN THERE WALKIN THE HELL OUT THAT GROUND 😡😡😡

[@macabretraveler1689]

It's also a place that freed slaves were rounded up and starved to death. Some were also forced back into slavery

[@tksts37]

"And some other stuff?" Wow Really? I bet you enjoyed those peaches didn't you colonel Sanders?!

[@davisworth5114]

Unbelievable that this clown can hide the horrendous history of this place without batting an eye, quite shameful for WJTV.

[@mistaardis8379]

We coming back and y’all gone pay😂🌿💵🆙

[@vegancannamom]

Not this white man saying “supposedly”

[@nnayahagadite3859]

And this ladies and gentlemen is exactly how they cover up all of the real life atrocities of their shameful barbaric forefathers!!!!

[@floydatkinson5377]

Wow! Misdirection at its best. He turned a concentration camp massacre into a spooky Scooby-Doo mystery. Great job sir.

[@acmaysnetworker]

that was the most dishonest piece of BS reporting I have ever seen, there are pictures and historical records, bones, etc and he skipped over all the reason for its history and name. wow, this was sad to watch, and teed up using a black Host!!

[@minniethemouse62]

So…he’s retelling the account of the Devil’s Punchbowl based on “HIS-story”.

[@thegreatescapethesagaconti6923]

Wow, how warm and folksy for a racist massacre pit

[@debramorgan3824]

Admission of truth just isn't in them!! Who owns it?

[@lynnphillips8975]

Liar!!!!! Tell the truth!!!!!

[@TheSPORTS504]

Go ahead and tell the fuqqin truth

[@stefangladden5423]

Tell the real history of this God forsaken place

[@ebyortiz4791]

Is this a real news station? If they do this why should we believe their news? Very pathetic . I’m wondering if they even read the comments

[@MissCPix]

What an insensitive report.

[@CarmenBelcher]

So u went there for what exactly?

[@heyheyhey40]

Why are they making this site of massacre and concentration camp seem serene and peaceful. Isn’t that disrespectful to the thousands who were murdered there?

[@AKC357]

THOUSANDS of slaves died in cages, FROM STARVATION AND DISEASES😥👎🏾😡❗️❗️❗️

[@prideofjudah5767]

So, no mention of the tens of thousands of former slaves that were fenced in and left to die there. Speculating on buried treasure and not the buried bodies there. Unbelievable!

[@DeeezNutttts]

In This White Mans 🌍

[@chavonfreeman4013]

All them spirits in there I wonder how he’s sleeping at night 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@AUTUMNSUN3000]

They said nothing about the history it's irritating but unfortunately it's not surprising

[@lifeonadaily]

They didn't miss the opportunity. They do what they do best, cover it up. They refuse to right their wrong.

[@steelo255]

What’s the purpose of this uninformed story wtf 🤬

[@finpark7785]

"legends of dastardly deeds happened here..." A riverplace hideout for bandits... massacres and murders and mystical things..
How about the murder of 20k+ freed slaves.. yea...that should have been the focus of this sht fluff piece. No mention of the actual nightmarishly horrible atrocities that took place there, sounds about white. WJTV should do an international, historical piece on Oswiecim/Auschwitz, and mention that there were a few fires in the town a long time ago, and at some point had a very important rail junction.

[@o.d.b.5344]

Watching this bs makes me so mad.

[@woooahnoow4399]

Habakkuk 2:12
[12]Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

[@2litsrtfamily]

Shame on the News Station… 😂😂 I would never watch nothing from here again🗣️

[@Ifyouonlyknewtruth]

The blood of the biblical tribe of juda. Soaked the earth . And cursed the land from sea to shining sea .

[@Fwnyla0]

... this is not good

[@chuckbasher3515]

He talked about it like a fairy tale the caucasity

[@inconnu4961]

LMAO what silly made up word is that?

[@mommyshark1124]

I've never heard of this. That land has to be haunted

[@bonitagreen7453]

Not one mention of why this place was named the devils punch bowl.

[@indiaannarie6023]

He didn't say anything about what really happened there. Must be related to Ron Desantis