Human Memes: John C Woods

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  • @ascendedraven1934
    @ascendedraven1934 Před 3 lety +1821

    "He ended up claiming he hung about twice as many as he actually did"
    He's probably just counting all the times he had to hang someone twice.

    • @jacobmccandles1767
      @jacobmccandles1767 Před 3 lety +20

      @@lostalone9320 holy shit man.

    • @Mortablunt
      @Mortablunt Před 3 lety +78

      The real war crimes are in the comments.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 Před 3 lety +20

      @@Mortablunt Too fucking true.

    • @Raven-yk7lg
      @Raven-yk7lg Před 3 lety +4

      666th like was, is and will be mine

    • @stalinsoulz7872
      @stalinsoulz7872 Před 2 lety +2

      @@lostalone9320 idk whether he was drunk or stoned when he Was Nooose Duty at Nuremberg. Then again. He Literally Exact some War criminals Accidental Torture if not Worse

  • @randomuser5443
    @randomuser5443 Před 3 lety +3440

    German propaganda: we have good transmissions
    Soviet propaganda: we are going to replace fascism with Democracy
    American propaganda: our hang man knows what he is doing

  • @jamesstudholme3161
    @jamesstudholme3161 Před 3 lety +2118

    In all fairness its not as if his former clients could complain about poor service.

    • @adder3597
      @adder3597 Před 3 lety +37

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @bas5681
      @bas5681 Před 3 lety +210

      I don't know, Keitel complained for a solid 28 minutes

    • @clevernamegotban1752
      @clevernamegotban1752 Před 3 lety +43

      @@bas5681 good

    • @Loup-mx7yt
      @Loup-mx7yt Před 3 lety +23

      Pokre My man signing Germanys capitulation to the Soviets only to be hanged for 28 minutes straight smh.

    • @treyebillups8602
      @treyebillups8602 Před 3 lety +39

      Loup5264 He also signed and issued orders allowing German soldiers to kill civilians for any reason. Not to mention pushing the army to treat Soviet civilians and POWs even more brutally than they were already being treated.
      Edit: Oh, wait, I forgot to mention the Commando Order.

  • @sirdinomang
    @sirdinomang Před 3 lety +2902

    ah yes, I love talking about the
    N U R E M B E R G T R A I L S with my significant other :)

    • @Nukejawsgaming
      @Nukejawsgaming Před 3 lety +118

      oh you too? maybe we can get together and have a 4 way chat about them sometime lol

    • @sockaccount8116
      @sockaccount8116 Před 3 lety +150

      @@NukejawsgamingIs this the start Nuremberg Trials Swingers Club?

    • @DarkLordOfSweden
      @DarkLordOfSweden Před 3 lety +130

      @@sockaccount8116 sounds boring, they would just leave you hanging

    • @doctordarkness100
      @doctordarkness100 Před 3 lety +24

      Isn't that what foreplay is?

    • @Aaronkbrown1125
      @Aaronkbrown1125 Před 3 lety +2

      @@doctordarkness100 haha, funny

  • @kellerjohnson.7157
    @kellerjohnson.7157 Před 3 lety +485

    "let me get this straight, you think a Nazi war criminal dying a slow, painful death from a botched execution is funny?"
    "I do, and I'm tired of pretending it's not"

    • @jackwyattwyatt2220
      @jackwyattwyatt2220 Před 3 lety +50

      @@daveholland6293 I suppose we better find someone like woods to warm the rope up again.

    • @daveholland6293
      @daveholland6293 Před 3 lety

      @@jackwyattwyatt2220 oh I'm so scared internet tough guy, got some pep from that soy shake?

    • @georgearrivals
      @georgearrivals Před 3 lety +37

      @@daveholland6293 Imagine being edgy on CZcams for internet clout 🙈

    • @georgearrivals
      @georgearrivals Před 3 lety +14

      @@daveholland6293 Lame, get better talking points instead of trawling pol 🙄

    • @georgearrivals
      @georgearrivals Před 3 lety +8

      @@daveholland6293 Awww keep crying chud, it’s almost cute :)

  • @NoFlu
    @NoFlu Před 3 lety +2798

    Video: "He electrocuded himself to death..."
    Me: "Oh so he probably used an electric chair and then his luck ran ou..."
    Video: "On an engineers lighting kit"
    Me: "This also kinda checks out"

    • @wrayday7149
      @wrayday7149 Před 3 lety +177

      Guess he wasn't the only one shocked by that.
      I know, I know, that joke is just hanging there.... eventually it will work. Just give it some more time...... and maybe tug at it a bit. BUT I AM CONVINCED IT WILL WORK!

    • @randomka-52alligatorthatis34
      @randomka-52alligatorthatis34 Před 3 lety +27

      "Ironic"

    • @LocalHeretic-ck1kd
      @LocalHeretic-ck1kd Před 3 lety +40

      He was a moron by profession. Lived like one, died like one.

    • @RegulatedMilitia
      @RegulatedMilitia Před 3 lety +18

      I wonder how he managed to electrocute himself on an engineer's lighting kit.

    • @mattevans4377
      @mattevans4377 Před 3 lety +9

      I wonder if he saw a light......

  • @Treblaine
    @Treblaine Před 3 lety +650

    "Hey lets surrender to the Americans, they're bound to treat us better than the Russians"

    • @mikeb4858
      @mikeb4858 Před 3 lety +100

      Given the choice between 28 minutes of strangulation or an indeterminate length of NKVD "interview" followed by either firing squad or Siberian gulag, I think I'd choose the rope.

    • @Treblaine
      @Treblaine Před 3 lety +73

      @@lostalone9320 "Hey, mein Amerikan buddy, did you know I vas writing a book about panz- I mean tanks"
      "Tanks? A book about the terrifying Tiger tank! Oh boy those are some real barnstormers, if our tanks were that good we could'a whooped those commies as well!"
      "Ja ja, those stupid those communisten ve mowed zem down with their barbaric human wave tactics"
      "Ahh damn socialist, nothing like us amirite?"
      "Ahh ha haaa... yeees... vouldn't have anything like that"
      "Say, if I let you out of this prison cell, you'll tell me all your special secrets of how to defeat the ruskies, deal?"
      "How... could I turn down such a generous offer."

    • @obrnenydrevokocur9344
      @obrnenydrevokocur9344 Před 3 lety +8

      @@Treblaine Da tovarishch, *our* tanks were just as good if not better than what the german
      дебилы had, and we only used big-brain tactics and strategies.That's why we had the impressive K:D ration of 1:3 against them, uraa!

    • @oedipusrex353
      @oedipusrex353 Před 3 lety +50

      "so uh... were gonna get hanged huh? Who's gonna do the deed?"
      *points to john, drooling and staring at a wall*
      "please no, look, i know some rocket science-"

    • @marquisdelafayette1929
      @marquisdelafayette1929 Před 3 lety +10

      @@obrnenydrevokocur9344 we just mass produced. There was like 1400 Tigers to 60,000 Sherman’s. They also had a different version every month so it was near impossible to switch out parts in the field or fix.

  • @RsRj-qd2cg
    @RsRj-qd2cg Před 3 lety +226

    Compare him with Albert Pierrpont, the British hangmen who also executed condemned servicemen and Nazi war criminals:
    -trained under his father and uncle who were also hangmen
    -took his job very seriously, described the execution as "sacred".
    -definitely hanged hundreds of condemned civilian criminals in England before the war.
    -had experience hanging German spies during the war.
    -once botched the hanging of a spy who was putting up an intense struggle. The noose ended up catching on the prisoner's nose, which though unusual, ended up producing a perfect hangman's fracture and instant death.
    -shunned press coverage and publicity, believed a proper hangmen kept a low or anonymous profile.
    -was an expert in hanging. Trained Austrian executioners in the long drop method.
    -this whole time he had other jobs; this was supplemental income.
    -retired in the 50s due to a payment dispute, spent the rest of his time running a pub
    -later said that he didn't regret his work, but thought the death penalty didn't deter crime.
    Pierrpont was strongly considered for hangings at the Nuremberg trials but Woods was selected instead.

    • @boxfoxreyes9950
      @boxfoxreyes9950 Před 2 lety +74

      I firmly believe it was gods sense of humor. Having a barely competent executioner unintentionally tortured to death mass murders who precisely orchestrated atrocities seems just like karma well served

    • @bigships
      @bigships Před rokem

      Bruh why though you choose some guy who can’t hang a person for shit over one of the best hangmen of all time

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia Před 9 měsíci +13

      @@boxfoxreyes9950
      You just know one person realized the level of competence they were hiring, thought for a moment about saying something, then suddenly started laughing, causing everyone at the meeting to stare at him.

    • @Khajiidaro
      @Khajiidaro Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@warlordofbritannia I think they all knew who they picked and just sat at the table laughing about it

  • @MundaneAxiom
    @MundaneAxiom Před 3 lety +175

    -Sir, we need a hangman for all the war criminals
    -Bring me the biggest idiot you can find wearing a green uniform

  • @DIY_Miracle
    @DIY_Miracle Před 3 lety +2049

    Solid Mad Lads reference, 10/10

    • @HandleMyBallsYouTube
      @HandleMyBallsYouTube Před 3 lety +111

      HOLY SHIT IS THAT A MOTHEFUCKING MAD LADS REFERENCE???

    • @Albatross159
      @Albatross159 Před 3 lety +101

      @@HandleMyBallsCZcams Danks fanbase makes Jojo's look tame in comparison. They also make Jojo fans look straight in comparison.

    • @Euan_Miller43
      @Euan_Miller43 Před 3 lety +18

      I got so gassed

    • @u.h.forum.
      @u.h.forum. Před 3 lety +16

      Should of been longer

    • @bandit6272
      @bandit6272 Před 3 lety +56

      It makes me happy that PH watches Dankula

  • @wrayday7149
    @wrayday7149 Před 3 lety +808

    This is easy to explain... No one else wanted that job.
    So, when Orders come down the line for a shit tasker... NCO's go around and ask people... if someone says yes... then... mission accomplished! No further requests made to find someone and command is happy and they like you because you found a person to fill the tasker. NO ONE will EVER check the QUALIFICATIONS of the VOLUNTEER..... because if you discover they aren't qualified... you have to go back to asking people.... then you run the risk of not finding someone in time and having to voluntold someone.... then everyone hates you.
    Besides, how many G.I.'s wanted to come back from WW2 and their big story is, the executed other G.I.'s?

    • @unwillfullyignorant7805
      @unwillfullyignorant7805 Před 3 lety +166

      “What did you do in the war grandpa?”
      “I tied a lot of ropes.”

    • @ollyoboomer7671
      @ollyoboomer7671 Před 3 lety +50

      There's still the question of how the lunatic was able to enlist, yeah, probably his documente were easily swallowed by the thousands coming by the day, but is still impressive he entered, got into problems and a bad history, he then entered again, got into problems again and this time he's fine

    • @wrayday7149
      @wrayday7149 Před 3 lety +79

      ​@@ollyoboomer7671 That's a bit easier to explain.
      With war on 3 fronts, Africa, Europe, Pacific... no one cared about a prior AWOL event, they needed bodies. Article 15's are only deal breakers in current year ... not so much back then. There used to be a joke about not making E9 without having at least one article 15.
      All eyes were focused on the war, not some guy not killing people fast enough. I am also betting whoever was in charge of him was more happy to be in Paris and didn't care too much about what he was up to.
      Again, you weren't going to find anyone post war too sympathetic to how much a NAZI suffered in their hanging.
      Lastly, a botch'ed hanging can happen. Miss-guess the weight of the person, length of rope and you can go from not snapping the neck to snapping the head clean off. I am guessing he got a crash course in England and was then sent on his way.

    • @kyleh3615
      @kyleh3615 Před 3 lety +20

      Yeah, it seems like he got offered the hangman's gig and then went and found a half assed book describing how hangings are done

    • @wrayday7149
      @wrayday7149 Před 3 lety +49

      @@kyleh3615 Well according to the wiki... he was a Private .... and he got an instant promotion to Master Sergeant for the job.... soooo, if you ever served .. that statement should send chills down your spine.

  • @bufu254
    @bufu254 Před 3 lety +258

    ''The only action he saw was the d-day landing''
    Well then send me to stalingrad

  • @gastonbell108
    @gastonbell108 Před 3 lety +452

    Couple of things: First, standard drop is actually less precise than long drop; it uses the same drop distance for everybody, which means that unusually light people will fail to break their necks (usually just breaking their tracheas and suffocating slowly) and unusually heavy people will be decapitated. The British used long drop (aka measured drop) with the falling distance based on weight and height; their executioner (Pierrepont) was also a sober and seasoned veteran. Woods, being a charlatan, had no idea how to do a measured drop hanging and apparently didn't bother to ask the British for help. Standard drop was much faster and didn't require him to do math.
    Also worth mentioning that 100% of the people the US judicially hanged in WW2 were convicted of murder, rape or both. The military court-martialed and shot multiple soldiers for various military offenses (including one deserter), but they only brought out the rope for rape or murder. Likewise, the only people hanged by the US after Nuremberg were convicted of murder, mass murder or conspiracy to commit the same. Considering how easy it was to shoot a man (and how many were being shot in combat every day), hanging a soldier was a special mark of dishonor. You hang dogs and pirates by the neck, you shoot soldiers in the heart.

    • @jonathantenman5937
      @jonathantenman5937 Před 3 lety +12

      Why hang dogs? , I don't think other dogs will understand the example you are trying to make.

    • @JA-lr5ix
      @JA-lr5ix Před 3 lety +63

      @@jonathantenman5937 I don’t think he meant literal dogs

    • @vulpes7079
      @vulpes7079 Před 2 lety +17

      Fucking based

    • @ultra-papasmurf
      @ultra-papasmurf Před rokem

      It should also be added on from this many Nazi war criminals would have very abnormal weights either quite emaciated due to years of shoe-string rations that developed horrible diets (see literally all of Germany) or were ridiculously fat due to heavy gluttony and alcoholism (see Göring and Amön Goeth)

    • @CodaMission
      @CodaMission Před rokem +4

      So unfathomably based I don't know what to do with myself

  • @aaronlewis702
    @aaronlewis702 Před 3 lety +665

    You have a girlfriend who wants to walk about the Nuremburg trials from a semi-academic perspective?
    ......Has she got a sister?

  • @exudeku
    @exudeku Před 3 lety +580

    this guy really blueballed the Nazi's deaths so hard, masochists will instantly break

  • @Aaronkbrown1125
    @Aaronkbrown1125 Před 3 lety +525

    9:15 "people in the comments are like this isnt funny"
    me: *Hysterically Laughing all video*

    • @Paciat
      @Paciat Před 3 lety +18

      I smiled a few times.
      A nazi isnt a cow killed for meat. Why spare him the pain? Soldiers were shot instead of being hanged. The whole point of hanging people is to make them suffer for horrible things that they did.

    • @Aaronkbrown1125
      @Aaronkbrown1125 Před 3 lety +16

      @@Paciat Hey they were still protecting their vaterland by commiting antipartisa- *Warcrimes*

    • @Paciat
      @Paciat Před 3 lety +3

      @@Aaronkbrown1125 There were partisans in Fatherland? :D
      If they were killing partisans they were occupying another country. And if Nazis believed they were protecting their country, than Woods should be called the protector of USA.

    • @unitedstatesofamerica4987
      @unitedstatesofamerica4987 Před 3 lety

      @@Paciat Its the whole point isn't it?
      Nobody questioning His qualification and saying He's doing good.Or at least good work.

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Před 3 lety +1

      This was hilarious

  • @pivNspace
    @pivNspace Před 3 lety +77

    He died as he lived, with great ineptitude

    • @JohnE9999
      @JohnE9999 Před 3 lety +11

      As I once said to my supervisor: "I have great faith in your inabilities."

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia Před 9 měsíci

      He died as he lived as he killed

  • @hurricano471
    @hurricano471 Před 3 lety +725

    For anybody wondering what the flash paragraph at 1:04 is, here it is:
    “Sorry Lemming and that dude on Twitter, I may have accidentally lied about the timeline for part two’s release. I expect to see a much deserved reddit post for my insolence. This story is just funny and caught my attention. In short, I’m sorry Dad. Please don’t hit me again, I know you’ve been sad since mom left but you don’t have to do this, you said you loved me but this isn’t love. Please stop drinking so we can be a happy family again.”
    Quite the emotional rollercoaster

    • @DeanmC261993
      @DeanmC261993 Před 3 lety +36

      Omg this whole video is just dark gallows humor and no THATS NOT a pun either

    • @benjaminkrishtal7617
      @benjaminkrishtal7617 Před 3 lety +3

      Bruh

    • @kayt9627
      @kayt9627 Před 3 lety +9

      For anybody wondering who lemming is, lemming is one of the members of the patron discord server.

  • @Jibriltz
    @Jibriltz Před 3 lety +405

    For anyone who wants to know how it's done, read into Albert Pierrepoint, the UK's executioner. Against the idea of executions himself, he thought of it as keeping suffering down to a minimum. A real hero is someone who does good whilst knowing they will be vilified.

    • @Kumimono
      @Kumimono Před 3 lety +67

      Interestingly, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, whose name might ring a bell, was against capital punishment, but figured a more humane execution would be the baby steps towards abolishing it.
      (He didn't invent the guillotine, but presented the idea, someone else designed it, and his name got attached.)

    • @Daniel-kq4bx
      @Daniel-kq4bx Před 3 lety +22

      @@Kumimono Honestly i thing the Guillotine is probably the most humane way of execution. But point a : Capital punishment is immoral but well thats a different thing and B, the Guillotine is a bit of a spectacular way and especially of its done public too it also makes it kind of immoral. Well in more simple ways, its kinda fucked up to execute people with a Guillotine

    • @Kumimono
      @Kumimono Před 3 lety +20

      @@Daniel-kq4bx One must remember, executions were public things back then. Carnival stuff, music, food, bring the whole family! And some folks are going to get hanged, or their heads chopped off with an ax. That can be messy. And crowds love messy. (Better hope the executioner knows his trade.) Guillotine game up with this, partly to combat that; a quick, efficient, boring execution. No fun for the whole family. Even the blade was later hidden, and the poor bugger getting his noggin chopped of was brought to the thing from behind a curtain. To reduce stress. :| And yeah, capital punishment is abhorrent. Just the times...

    • @Daniel-kq4bx
      @Daniel-kq4bx Před 3 lety +2

      @@Kumimono Humanity really went through some fuck up times

    • @Neuttah
      @Neuttah Před 3 lety +19

      @@Kumimono You know, from that angle, Guillotin's idea actually worked; With the fanfare removed, you just had someone getting killed. Interest gradually waned, and, with it, support for it all. Sure, it probably took longer than expected, and other factors came into play, but at the same time, maybe it did help?

  • @flare9757
    @flare9757 Před 3 lety +287

    In a morbid way, this is actually funny. I was laughing at the ironic way he died. Ironic in the way that the two executions he supervised prior to service were by electric chairs, and he died by electrocution.

    • @stonks6616
      @stonks6616 Před 3 lety +6

      Unrealated but that pfp is sick

    • @flare9757
      @flare9757 Před 3 lety +8

      Stonks Thanks. My armor, which I made.

    • @stonks6616
      @stonks6616 Před 3 lety +6

      Imperial Shocktrooper you did a flipping amazing job

    • @flare9757
      @flare9757 Před 3 lety +2

      Stonks Thank you.

    • @cpt.awesome7281
      @cpt.awesome7281 Před 3 lety +4

      If-and that's a big if-he wasn't just *lying* about them.

  • @zeveno7865
    @zeveno7865 Před 3 lety +1697

    Insert bob semple tank meme here regardless of topic*

    • @sidsucksatplaying
      @sidsucksatplaying Před 3 lety +38

      ZE VENO Bob Semple is better than Abraham’s as none was destroyed

    • @Masada1911
      @Masada1911 Před 3 lety +19

      James Woods was the Bob Semple of executioners

    • @mav8535
      @mav8535 Před 3 lety +5

      The human Bob semple tank.

    • @johnd-k3539
      @johnd-k3539 Před 3 lety

      Yos

    • @AmyLee-dc6xg
      @AmyLee-dc6xg Před 3 lety +9

      Top ten things that can defeat shaggy
      NUMBER ONE: Bob Semple

  • @cullenmitchell9165
    @cullenmitchell9165 Před 3 lety +33

    “The only action he saw was the D-Day landings.”
    That’s more than enough action lol.

  • @BichaelStevens
    @BichaelStevens Před 3 lety +303

    It's like if Ralph from Simpsons grew up in WW2 and said "I'm hangding!"

  • @harrystevens6947
    @harrystevens6947 Před 3 lety +236

    Johnny: I’m not saying it’s a good thing all these war criminals died in such a lengthy horrible way.
    Me: “Raises hand” I am.

    • @jacobmccandles1767
      @jacobmccandles1767 Před 3 lety +4

      One would think so at first glance, but if we lower ourselves to exacting revenge rather than justice, then who have we become to judge?

    • @harrystevens6947
      @harrystevens6947 Před 3 lety +55

      @@jacobmccandles1767 You misunderstand. Those Nazis, dying in a horrible, lengthy, painful way? That was justice.

    • @mattevans4377
      @mattevans4377 Před 3 lety

      @@jacobmccandles1767 Reminds of that film based on a true story, where Israel pretty much blamed one man for the entire holocaust. Can't remember the name of the film sadly.

    • @DissentingTirade
      @DissentingTirade Před 3 lety

      @@harrystevens6947 incorrect, more than half were just normal guys overall, the real culprit (Himmler) is the one your talking about

    • @DissentingTirade
      @DissentingTirade Před 3 lety

      @@mattevans4377 the media?

  • @Mox_N23
    @Mox_N23 Před 3 lety +52

    How one man tripped his way into a high executing position

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin Před 3 lety +2

      When Gilbert and Sullivan comes true

  • @MrPear40
    @MrPear40 Před 3 lety +61

    Navy: This man is unfit for service.
    Army: Crazy rope boi 4 u now its ww2

  • @broomhalla
    @broomhalla Před 3 lety +62

    I always wondered why they never used Albert Pierrepoint, Britain's hangman. I mean he was in Germany hanging Nazis at the time and that guy had it down to a art.

    • @HoneyBee.productions
      @HoneyBee.productions Před 3 lety +15

      Probably because he sought not to cause the potential hung to suffer. He was the complete opposite of the stereotype hangman, he always showed respect to those he hung.

    • @gastonbell108
      @gastonbell108 Před 3 lety +33

      Most likely just institutional bias. A lot of people in the US Army wanted nothing to do with the British, and would avoid asking for their help even when it would do them good. The opposite was also true.

  • @YesNo-qr4id
    @YesNo-qr4id Před 3 lety +120

    I suppose it’s nice to know there are always people who are worse at doing their jobs than I am

  • @samuelmcandrew2125
    @samuelmcandrew2125 Před 3 lety +57

    “All I’m saying is; this guys wiki is really funny to read-“
    *ad break immediately*
    Perfect.

  • @crazeelazee7524
    @crazeelazee7524 Před 3 lety +149

    "You're laughing. Those Nazi war criminals' executions were botched and you're laughing"

  • @locomotivefaox
    @locomotivefaox Před 3 lety +298

    Your man botched the execution!
    Americans: No he didn’t!
    Germans: Yes.

    • @MikeJones-qn1gz
      @MikeJones-qn1gz Před 3 lety +19

      Well I mean... they were executed I call that successful

    • @jakobc.2558
      @jakobc.2558 Před 3 lety +7

      Well it was time magazine who uncovered all of this.
      Dont give the germans credit for that.

    • @EmperorEdu
      @EmperorEdu Před 3 lety +6

      "thats why we used gas chambers"- Germany

    • @Crazyasianman286
      @Crazyasianman286 Před 3 lety +3

      German on the rope: Can confirm.

    • @Evirthewarrior
      @Evirthewarrior Před 3 lety +3

      Those executions were carried out exactly to plan. Nothing botched.

  • @arandomsteve2251
    @arandomsteve2251 Před 3 lety +27

    "Never saw a hanging go any better" probably true actually...

  • @sairen7882
    @sairen7882 Před 3 lety +117

    Last time I was this early, the Tiger still had a working transmission

  • @hannahb3201
    @hannahb3201 Před 3 lety +184

    Nobody:
    Potential history at 1:18 AM:

  • @lamnaa
    @lamnaa Před 3 lety +18

    I can't imagine the mess that would have happened if this guy tried to hang Goering.

  • @buoykle298
    @buoykle298 Před 3 lety +31

    John Woods: When putting psychopaths in the army isn’t such a bad thing.

  • @grungus1356
    @grungus1356 Před 3 lety +21

    "They cant complains, if they hangs!"
    - John C. Woods

  • @Nachoto
    @Nachoto Před 3 lety +36

    "You tell me this doesn't sound like Elmer Fudd"
    "I hanged those ten nazis"
    *Wheeze*

  • @xxGhostXIIIxx
    @xxGhostXIIIxx Před 3 lety +205

    i got an idea for you next Human Meme: Mad Jack Churchill the Scottish Chuck Norris of WW2

    • @Telcontar86
      @Telcontar86 Před 3 lety +7

      Oh god yes
      A true Mad Lad

    • @MrJJandJim
      @MrJJandJim Před 3 lety

      Yes!

    • @teeps8124
      @teeps8124 Před 3 lety +11

      Yh because there isn’t about 3 million other videos about him on youtube or anything

    • @jandros8744
      @jandros8744 Před 3 lety

      @@teeps8124 there's like a gorillaion history videos but hey he's still uploading these

    • @teeps8124
      @teeps8124 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jandros8744 maybe because the term ‘history’ contains hundreds of millions of years of subject matters?
      You know, rather than one specific subject that everyone and their dog has made a video on.

  • @dd-dp4ko
    @dd-dp4ko Před 3 lety +134

    Nobody:
    Potential History comments at 2 am: BOB SEMPLE TANK

  • @snnoke9597
    @snnoke9597 Před 3 lety +29

    its actually pretty funny that he died like a looney toon

  • @pablorambo123
    @pablorambo123 Před 3 lety +174

    Everyone: Nazi war criminals died a horrible death by a looney hangman
    Me: ok

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 Před 3 lety +48

      I miss the part where that's my problem

    • @breaden4381
      @breaden4381 Před 3 lety +23

      Right? Are we supposed to prefer that they get a less agonizing death than most people will experience?

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 Před 3 lety +5

      @jpc1918 read my comment up above

    • @kyledonahue9315
      @kyledonahue9315 Před 3 lety +34

      jpc1918 Because apparently botching a few hangings is equivalent to the industrial extermination of eleven million people.

    • @MrSquigglies
      @MrSquigglies Před 3 lety +6

      @jpc1918 it's better than some of the ideas I would have.
      I was kinda thinking those ovens they used for the camps look like a good method.
      No gas necessary.

  • @Jyjtjjtn_33df
    @Jyjtjjtn_33df Před 3 lety +262

    Ever seen the movie Nuremberg
    John c woods is the guy who goes “state your name” with a southern accent
    Kinda cute though😳

    • @360Nomad
      @360Nomad Před 3 lety +17

      Well that wouldn't make any sense, he was born in Kansas aka Jayhawker territory

    • @Jyjtjjtn_33df
      @Jyjtjjtn_33df Před 3 lety +4

      @@360Nomad but if you look at it from Nebraska point of view it’s south soooooooo

    • @HGodwin1
      @HGodwin1 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Jyjtjjtn_33df as a Kansan, ironically also from Wichita, no. Just no.

    • @30cal23
      @30cal23 Před 3 lety

      dont ever call someone from kansas a southerner again yankee BELOW THE MASON DIXON LINE AND OUT OF THE GREAT PLAINS IS SOUTHERN

    • @Jyjtjjtn_33df
      @Jyjtjjtn_33df Před 2 lety

      @@30cal23 I ain’t a yank I’m from the great area of Britain so as someone from the continent of Europe I will look down on you Americans and not take anything you do or say take seriously

  • @swagga7644
    @swagga7644 Před 3 lety +57

    *JESUS CHRIST POTENTIAL HISTORY IT'S 2:00 AM!!!*

  • @cinbellextratempus8153
    @cinbellextratempus8153 Před 3 lety +69

    Love the count dankula reference

    • @jai4085
      @jai4085 Před 3 lety +6

      cinbell extratempus gotta love absolute mad lads

  • @metzingerducase2279
    @metzingerducase2279 Před 3 lety +77

    Awesome...
    I'd like to see "Why Japan couldn't won WW2"

    • @wolf_7479
      @wolf_7479 Před 3 lety +36

      The bigger challenge is finding anyone that actually believes they could.

    • @Significantpower
      @Significantpower Před 3 lety +14

      @@wolf_7479 Tojoboos find a way.

    • @tarot3078
      @tarot3078 Před 3 lety +14

      @@wolf_7479 It might be easier if you talk Japanese.

    • @josemiguelcaballerorestrep2101
      @josemiguelcaballerorestrep2101 Před 3 lety +3

      They should’ve just justified on the Philippines early to rush down the USA

    • @VivAtreyu
      @VivAtreyu Před 3 lety +12

      He kinda already covered it in the Pacific series. Not enough ressources mainly. Going to war with the US and Pearl Harbor was a huge gamble. Unless the US was too scared to fight back, they were pretty much done from the start.

  • @variumfortuna873
    @variumfortuna873 Před 3 lety +51

    Beyond the ones in this video, there are several other facts that might interest you and others watching. First, there were major differences between the British and American methods of hanging in the early 20th century. The drop length utilized by the British in their "Official Table of Drops" was adopted in 1913, and used until the British suspended capital punishment in 1965. British executions were efficient and not prone to failure. I believe American drop lengths were shorter (also known as short-drop hanging, versus the long-drop hanging employed by the British), and thus, were prone to a greater rate of failure, or they prolonged the time it took to die. The American drop lengths were revised in 1947 by the Army (it ended up more closely matching the British Table of Drops). Furthermore, the stereotypical hangman's noose that we are so familiar with was actually no longer used in Britain, while it was still used in America. Instead, the British used a kind of eye that formed the noose and kept the size of the noose stable. Picture a metal ring at one end of the rope, and the rest of the rope going through the ring- the noose is formed by the resulting loop. I'm not sure of the reason behind this, but if I had a guess, it would be that the eye method allowed a tighter and more controlled placement of the "knot" to allow a proper neck-snap; this placement was just behind the left ear. Considering that the British success rate at quick executions was far higher compared to the American success rate, I have a hunch I'm right.
    Your assumption that "10 men in 103 minutes" was far too slow is spot on. Britain's last executioner, Albert Pierrepoint, was renowned for being able to lead a condemned person from their cell and have them hanging dead in roughly 12 seconds. With this in mind, consider how quickly the executions could have gone had Pierrepoint been used instead of Woods.
    Pierrepoint was actually involved in some of the executions of Nazi war criminals, just not the ones at the Nuremberg trials. He executed 11 Bergen-Belsen officials (plus two others), hanging two men at a time (women were hanged individually). He took his role as an executioner very seriously. Typically, he would come to the prison the night before to set up the correct drop length and then conduct a "dry-run" with a sack the same weight of the person awaiting execution. He viewed his role as a solemn duty and believed that a criminal deserved respect and dignity in their final moments, for they were paying their price to society. For him, it was the utmost importance to conduct the execution with as much dignity and efficiency as possible. Compare that to Woods' comments.
    If you're going to expand your reading on Woods, I think you should also look into the autobiography by Albert Pierrepoint, titled "Executioner: Pierrepoint." It would make a very nice contrast between the clumsiness and callous attitude of Woods, and the dignified efficiency of Pierrepoint. Great video on a very interesting topic!

  • @toveychurchill6468
    @toveychurchill6468 Před 3 lety +105

    World of Warships mixed with transformer sounds like cancer to me

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 Před 3 lety +7

      they probably have nuclear reactors inside so probably yeah
      (also you probably haven't seen the anime one)

    • @Paciat
      @Paciat Před 3 lety

      Nope. Just an event.

    • @trombonedude5312
      @trombonedude5312 Před 3 lety +2

      Kantai collective is some good shit

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 Před 3 lety +1

      @@trombonedude5312 even so transformers is a bit better

    • @trombonedude5312
      @trombonedude5312 Před 3 lety

      ComradeKenobi I have like 10 hours in WoW and don’t play it any more but being a weeb I am a bit biased

  • @lordviddax9748
    @lordviddax9748 Před 3 lety +6

    Nuremberg Trial members: If we are to die then we will die seriously, so that history forever knows us.
    Fate: Yes, but no; I’m going to have you hanged by a guy, in a way that makes a mockery of your death.

  • @connorhennessey1316
    @connorhennessey1316 Před 3 lety +19

    I'ma be real here, this story is hillarious. Everyone in this whole ordeal got what they deserved ('spect for maybe some of the GIs and Germans Woods hung but... eh). This is now one of my favorite anecdotes from WWII. Thanks Potential!

  • @KallVall
    @KallVall Před 3 lety +83

    Did you consider that he was promoted to head executioner becase he was so bad at it. Maybe some1 higer up wanted them to suffer

  • @sethmiller2532
    @sethmiller2532 Před 3 lety +13

    No need to lie: It's always hilarious when Nazis die horribly.

  • @fivenightsofrandomness9224
    @fivenightsofrandomness9224 Před 3 lety +23

    So did you get to watch the Video early?
    Me: Yes
    What did it cost?
    Me: My sleeping schedule

  • @deptusmechanikus7362
    @deptusmechanikus7362 Před 3 lety +5

    Bruh, he hanged nazis. Who the hell would complain about how slow and painful their deaths were?
    I'd expect more complaints about how they weren't slow and painful _enough_

    • @MrHat.
      @MrHat. Před 3 lety +2

      He botched executions of US service members aswell

    • @b_de_silva
      @b_de_silva Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@MrHat. That we're convicted of rape and/or murder, the US only hanged for one of those two crimes, the idea was to set an example, i wouldn't shed a tear for any of those two types of criminals suffering before death

  • @The5lacker
    @The5lacker Před 3 lety +6

    "Everyone you're talking about died!"
    Man, what a weird coincidence on a HISTORY CHANNEL.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 3 lety +11

    1:12 Nice reference on the board behind you. Man of culture

  • @jaredweldrick185
    @jaredweldrick185 Před 3 lety +3

    Been waiting a long time for continuation of this series

  • @30cal23
    @30cal23 Před 3 lety +4

    elmer fudd was a fucking executioner oh my god thats fucking genius

  • @DreadlordSyn
    @DreadlordSyn Před 3 lety +2

    This was funny as hell. And thanks for introducing me to Normundy. I listen to them all the time now!

  • @DolusXIII
    @DolusXIII Před 3 lety +1

    I'm liking the new format. Keep it up man!

  • @gonuts4donuts
    @gonuts4donuts Před 3 lety +8

    Honestly, I can't blame you for laughing. I laughed throughout this video. I think it's more from the perspective of laughing at the sheer lunacy of the story and how it's so bizarre. Somebody couldn't make this up if they tried, and yet here we are. It sounds too good to be true, yet it is true.

  • @hotcoals2291
    @hotcoals2291 Před 3 lety +24

    Dad! You came back!

  • @jerryjohnson5545
    @jerryjohnson5545 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video. By far my favorite youtuber. This is no mystery, the army has been “fuck up, move up” for years.

  • @duckgo8755
    @duckgo8755 Před 3 lety +1

    1:51 Count Dankula reference. Love your videos man

  • @hansstrudel9614
    @hansstrudel9614 Před 3 lety +3

    And then one of the greatest and most efficient hangmen of all time, Albert Pierrepoint, was brought in by the British and did an extremely good job at performing the short drop and sudden stop. I still don’t understand how a person can bungle that when there’s literally step by step manuals on how to hang a person.

  • @williamclark4816
    @williamclark4816 Před 3 lety +59

    Guess he didn't figure out a better title...
    Still good tho!

  • @valdeskjold
    @valdeskjold Před 3 lety +1

    nice editing in this vid. Very good video! :))

  • @magisterrleth3129
    @magisterrleth3129 Před 3 lety

    Nice Mad Lads reference there at the beginning. I'm glad you're a man of culture

  • @ristusnotta1653
    @ristusnotta1653 Před 3 lety +20

    you should make a video about the true human meme Aimo "Speed" Koivunen, there is only few crappy ones with mistakes and cartoon background. (with some map/video background, thanks pretty)

    • @teecee1827
      @teecee1827 Před 3 lety +3

      Holy Molly how have I never heard of this guy before. He was both incredibly unlucky and lucky.

  • @nonamesplease6288
    @nonamesplease6288 Před 3 lety +6

    Real hangmen in the day were true professionals. The job was often a family affair, with several family members involved or the job passed from father to son. They knew exactly what they were doing, precisely how far the drop was to be based on the weight and other physical characteristics of the condemned. They took a great deal of pride in making sure the neck snapped as advertised. The guys who were hanging Americans in England were these types of characters. The Army should have known this Wood bozo was not such a hangman. They likely didn't care either.

  • @russianmuffin6572
    @russianmuffin6572 Před 3 lety +2

    Bruh this is yes love the vid my guy cant wait till the next one

  • @whattawhaddaya6561
    @whattawhaddaya6561 Před 3 lety +1

    Hello from a subscriber from the Philippines,i just wanted to say that i am very entertained with your content especially the jokes and editing and since you also play games such as World of Warships i wonder when will you post gaming videos playing historical accurate games such as HOI4,Day of Infamy,Men Of War assault squad 2 etc.

  • @gnranger
    @gnranger Před 3 lety +10

    Finally, The Human meme series is back.

  • @austin9301
    @austin9301 Před 3 lety +14

    HOW COULD YOU LAUGH... lol I cant even. If there's one group of people you can laugh at with impunity, its war criminals.

  • @jf8465
    @jf8465 Před 3 lety +1

    First time watching your channel, subscribed when I heard the mad lad music. 👍 I see you are a man of class and taste as well

  • @germanyjones2700
    @germanyjones2700 Před 3 lety +1

    Lol thanks Johnny glad to have you back

  • @404DAD
    @404DAD Před 3 lety +7

    i love the reference to mad lads at the start 10/10

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Před 3 lety +28

    Roses are red, violets are blue, please talk about the USS Pueblo

  • @FRIEND_711
    @FRIEND_711 Před 3 lety +2

    Right as you said this guy electrocuted himself to death, an ad for an electric powered barbecue grill, cutting in in the most perfect of timing, I sware at this point, CZcams is sentient.

  • @misao6397
    @misao6397 Před 3 lety +1

    Amazing tank video, loved it!

  • @quedtion_marks_kirby_modding

    2am upload time, let's gooooooo.

  • @HawkTheRed
    @HawkTheRed Před 3 lety +5

    HE RETURNS!

  • @xanpenguin754
    @xanpenguin754 Před 3 lety +1

    The mad lads intro!!! Good onya mate.

  • @THEMONKEYWITHNOSOUL
    @THEMONKEYWITHNOSOUL Před 3 lety +1

    Take a drink every time Potential History references another popular and very memey CZcamsr

  • @bot_burg5320
    @bot_burg5320 Před 3 lety +5

    Now this is a certified allies classic

  • @Redchew10
    @Redchew10 Před 3 lety +6

    You gotta wonder, was this the basis of Elmer Fudd

  • @claytonnunn8660
    @claytonnunn8660 Před 3 lety +1

    I already enjoyed your channel and content, but the IU hoodie takes it to a whole new level! ⚪️🔴

  • @vincentgarcia1132
    @vincentgarcia1132 Před 3 lety +1

    Just a great video honestly, historical memes are the best

  • @Zain-fi
    @Zain-fi Před 3 lety +4

    I felt really bad about laughing at this but it’s just that the army was like “ yep 👍🏻 he’s qualified” and it completely makes sense

  • @lostinpa-dadenduro7555
    @lostinpa-dadenduro7555 Před 3 lety +3

    I think this guys story is the story of persistence and overcoming the odds to make it into the history books.

  • @theotherside4998
    @theotherside4998 Před 3 lety +1

    Now this is a channel that I want whenever I'm depressed.

  • @evancrum6811
    @evancrum6811 Před 3 lety +1

    This was very interesting. Nice job.

  • @yochaiwyss3843
    @yochaiwyss3843 Před 3 lety +4

    01:51 ABSOLUTE MAD LAD

  • @toeray5864
    @toeray5864 Před 3 lety +5

    Please eventually make a video about Audie Murphy. That guy was literally a superhero.

  • @deltasword1994
    @deltasword1994 Před 3 lety +2

    Navy: I wouldn't even trust this man to kill someone correctly.
    Army: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!

  • @deathkorpsguard
    @deathkorpsguard Před 3 lety +1

    Wasn't expecting the Dankula meme at the beginning, but I definitely enjoyed it.

  • @greaterFool3765
    @greaterFool3765 Před 3 lety +15

    To your end statement: Your video is titled "Human Memes" and John C Wood and his superiors did everything they could to make him a meme. So why not laugh.

  • @Mr.Fahrenheit1187
    @Mr.Fahrenheit1187 Před 3 lety +7

    9:10 I was belly laughing the whole episode

  • @YoshiSIX39
    @YoshiSIX39 Před 3 lety +2

    That mad lads reference almost had me spitting my drink out in laughter haha.

  • @danielnavarro537
    @danielnavarro537 Před 3 lety +1

    Good video. Keep up the good work.