This is the story of the "Hanging Judge", Justice Roy Bean and his combination saloon and courthouse in Langtry, Texas. InRange is entirely viewer supported: / inrangetv
It's somewhat surprising to think that the wild west was basically only a 30 year period from around 1865-1895. Popular culture gives the impression ( intentionally or unintentionally) that it was far longer. There certainly seems to be a lot that happened in that relatively short period of time.
I suspect Francis Augustus Hamer might disagree about the above dates, but the telephone and motorcar certainly had a calming effect. Geoff Who watched "Tales of the Texas Rangers" as an impressionable youth.
InRange is entirely viewer supported! www.patreon.com/inrangetv There was more than one judge who had the moniker of being "the hanging judge". I am aware that Jude Parker out of Fort Smith, AR was another one.
@Mr. Shlock it's like a joke I made up about the trades ... If Michelangelo came back to life today, he'd have to take a five year apprenticeship before he could paint a fence and if Leonardo DaVinci came back, he'd have to take 7 years of Civil engineering before he could dig a trench for sewer pipe
Historical biopics are always touchy because there’s always quite a bit that gets written off as Hollywood flattery, so seeing how much of this wasn’t made for Paul Newman fascinates the hell out of me.
I always love the Vignettes! There are so many important, but overlooked historical events which I would not have known about had it not been for InRangeTV.
Really interesting video. One thing I love about this time period is the intersection of "modern" technology while still being old / wild enough that a man 3x on the run from the law could start his own town and be the only law of the land. Leads to so many fascinating stories like this one.
Of Interest: When the trains stopped for water and there was no saloon, nothing else to do, they just jerked the rope to fill their water tank and left. Thus the term "A Little Jerkwater Town".
This is some really cool American history!!! I wish I could go visit this place. Thank you, please do more. Maybe narrate what the rooms were used for. Love this short !! Bravo 👏
I visited this place as a child in the early 50s. I have a picture of my Dad standing on the porch. Being from the Gulf Coast, I mostly remember how hot and dry it was in August!
Thanks for the video Karl! I appreciate that you get clear images of all the signage (so now I know that Lillie Langtry visited Langtry in 1904, less than a year after Bean died).
Hummm, next to a Shell Station there is a Tesla only charging station, I wonder if the strip mall behind has a good coffee shop or snack bar.....Geoff Who thinks there might be a business opportunity..
@@geofftimm2291 To be honest the fast chargers (up to 22kw) aren't that expensive any more. Just need somewhere near a highway with good signage reminding folks to charge up.
From what I'm hearing of the man, I'm just going to hazard a guess that you had to vote to (re)elect the justice in his saloon, under the watchful eye of him and his rifle...
I remember really liking the film "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" as a young teenager. I now know it was only loosely based on the life of the real man.
I need a video on The Thibodaux Massacre. I live there and will happily send you a copy of John DeSantis' book covering the event. I respect the hell out of you for covering the Danziger Bridge shooting.
The town of Langtry was named after George Langtry who supervised the construction of the railroad. Bean later made the claim that he had named it after Lily.
I am reminded of two Ohio judges back in the 50s, "Harangue em and Hang em Harrigan" and "Try em and fry em O'Brian" neither at the level of death penalty cases, but laid a heavy hand of the law on drunk drivers. Geoff Who was told the tale as a youth by a neighbor who alleged a rich guy paid the fines levied on his nere-do-well son and said "Cheaper to hang him!"
There's a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas called "Judge Roy Scream" named after him. Been there since 1980. I had no idea what the actual context or backstory was about the man himself. Thanks for this primer about Judge Roy Bean, I've been meaning to learn more about the man.
Great story. I always wondered about him because years ago there was a burger restaurant chain named after him in Dallas. The decor was much like that old saloon. They died probably 20 years ago and I miss them.
The version that I heard, Bean was searching the body and found the pistol and $40. He then fined the dead man and pocketed the $40.
same here I heard he fined him for the amount in its pockets and as you say kept it
I thought this exact thing when he said it. Roy seemed like a real scum bag.
@@ch319ris One man's scum bag is another man's colorful character .
I'm sure he kept the pistol also.
That's kinda what I thought but I hadn't heard that. Payment for body disposal. You can't take it with you..
It's somewhat surprising to think that the wild west was basically only a 30 year period from around 1865-1895. Popular culture gives the impression ( intentionally or unintentionally) that it was far longer. There certainly seems to be a lot that happened in that relatively short period of time.
Those times just had one great Public Relations department. Geoff Who cross references Ned Buntline.
It's probably because a lot of frontier and Texas history get rolled into popular culture representatiosn of the Old West.
Hollywood and post ww2 TV has a lot to do with that at least until the TV channels stoped showing shit kickers that is.
I suspect Francis Augustus Hamer might disagree about the above dates, but the telephone and motorcar certainly had a calming effect. Geoff Who watched "Tales of the Texas Rangers" as an impressionable youth.
It technically ended in 1920
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There was more than one judge who had the moniker of being "the hanging judge". I am aware that Jude Parker out of Fort Smith, AR was another one.
There was a Hanging Judge here in the UK called Bloody Jeffries although he was a real Judge it did not save him in the end.
Judge Parker definitely earned his moniker.
160 men sentenced to death. 79 hanged.
A hard man tasked with dealing with hard men.
Judge Parker was the first one that came to mind when I saw this title.
Parker earned that title however.
Parker almost put Wyatt Earp on the gallows.
A law degree is not required to be a Justice of the Peace, a judge on a Constitutional County Court, or on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Sad, isn't it?
You're kidding about that, right?
@@lloydmunga4961 No, there is no requirement for a law degree to be a federal judge. I cannot say about the others.
@Mr. Shlock it's like a joke I made up about the trades ...
If Michelangelo came back to life today, he'd have to take a five year apprenticeship before he could paint a fence and if Leonardo DaVinci came back, he'd have to take 7 years of Civil engineering before he could dig a trench for sewer pipe
Remember kids, history remembers scumbags the best
@fred McMurray - That's correct.
Interesting fact: Lilly Langtry was from the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands hence the name "Jersey Lilly"
The Jersey Lilly is an actual plant. She was born Emille Charlotte Le Breton,daughter of the Rector of St John's Parish Church and Dean of Jersey.
@Mr. Shlock Her grave in (Porper) Jersey is reported to be spining :-)
Historical biopics are always touchy because there’s always quite a bit that gets written off as Hollywood flattery, so seeing how much of this wasn’t made for Paul Newman fascinates the hell out of me.
He needs to do one on Coffeyville, KS, the town the rose up and killed the Dalton gang. THAT would be a good one.
Then he laughed and said, I'm going
And so he left that peaceful life behind
This is a bit more brutal story about Roy Bean, than the one I read in Lucky Luke as a child. 🤔😳
loved reading the Lucky Luke comics when I was a kid, him vs the Dalton brothers 😀
Yet this one is just as entertaining.
@@desert_jin6281 oh, I definitely agree! However, what about the bear?
My father was collecting Luky Luke's albums, adults loved it too
But on the other end, sort of faithful to Don Rosa's one
Old West Vignettes are back!
Ah yeah so happy to see this
YAY!
I love this!
Did he finally quit supporting blm terrorists?
@@batesvillbilly368
Yes
Roy Bean should have applied to be a Federal judge they don't even require to have a law degree, just be appointed. 😱
Thank God. Credentialing is a scourge
yeah but they would never get through the senate.
Many ol wester towns are still that way. Don’t need to be in law to be a judge....and still should be that way.
Many people were self-taught in law in the day like Abraham Lincoln
@@wraithwyvern528 Yeah and they probably did a better job than some today that have a law degree. 😀
"Don't worry, I'm not a stabbing judge, I'm a hanging judge."
This feels like a Simpson quote.
I always love the Vignettes! There are so many important, but overlooked historical events which I would not have known about had it not been for InRangeTV.
Excellent story. Thank you.
I wanted to be a history teacher. Then I realized that there would be a bunch of jerky teenagers like me in those classes. I love these videos Carl!
Hes my grandma great great uncle lol
@@kenquoted_4013 the judge not Carl right. He’s not that old
I was a history teacher. Be glad you didn't get into it.
Really interesting video. One thing I love about this time period is the intersection of "modern" technology while still being old / wild enough that a man 3x on the run from the law could start his own town and be the only law of the land. Leads to so many fascinating stories like this one.
Ah, the past. What a wonderful time.../s
Law enforcement for profit, can't criticise the man for that when it still happens in the USA to this day.
Of Interest: When the trains stopped for water and there was no saloon, nothing else to do, they just jerked the rope to fill their water tank and left. Thus the term "A Little Jerkwater Town".
Fun fact, judge roy bean has a roller coaster named after him called judge roy SCREAM at Six Flags Over Texas.
This is some really cool American history!!! I wish I could go visit this place. Thank you, please do more. Maybe narrate what the rooms were used for. Love this short !! Bravo 👏
Hes my grandma great great uncle lol
I love the old west vignettes. Definitely keeps me as a supporter. Thanks for showing a unique part of our history.
Roy Bean is like if Quark in DS9 was Neutral Evil instead of True Neutral.
The nemesis of Bad Bob himself...
_”How would you like your horse?”_ (cooked)
_”Blue.”_
The history vignettes you do are excellent, please keep doing them!
More to come!
@@InrangeTv Outstanding!
this episode was fun n interesting!
thanks for bringing us all along!
👍
I love these series.
Thanks for keeping these posts up :)
I guess being from Arkansas and close to it when the title said hanging judge I thought issac parker this was a great video
I did too
That pic of Custer’s Last Stand on the wall is a story in its self. Budweiser put them out and I haven’t seen one in years.
I visited this place as a child in the early 50s. I have a picture of my Dad standing on the porch. Being from the Gulf Coast, I mostly remember how hot and dry it was in August!
Fascinating as always, cheers Mr K.
Thanks for the video Karl! I appreciate that you get clear images of all the signage (so now I know that Lillie Langtry visited Langtry in 1904, less than a year after Bean died).
Love the video.
That old watering hole is like the coffee shop next to an EV charge station of its time. 🙂
Hummm, next to a Shell Station there is a Tesla only charging station, I wonder if the strip mall behind has a good coffee shop or snack bar.....Geoff Who thinks there might be a business opportunity..
The more things change.... Actually I've been expecting drive in, charge while you eat, diners to become a thing as EV's become more common.
@@geofftimm2291 To be honest the fast chargers (up to 22kw) aren't that expensive any more. Just need somewhere near a highway with good signage reminding folks to charge up.
@@C-Henry Oh Sonic, I'll take a footlong meal with chili, a shake, tots and a load of electric juice!
From what I'm hearing of the man, I'm just going to hazard a guess that you had to vote to (re)elect the justice in his saloon, under the watchful eye of him and his rifle...
Thank-you for doing all these historical mini-documentaries! I REALLY enjoy them!
Glad you like them!
Great! I truly like these old west vignettes.
They put legends in perspective through history. 👍
Wonderful work as always!
Great content as usual Karl. Thank you.
Rich
Superb content, thanks so much for sharing, please keep up the excellent work.
I gotta admit the sandbar prize fight appeals to my inner anarchist.
I like how you have to explain that a steam loco needs water to run on
If I didn’t, someone would ask.
Excellent content Mr. Kasarda! Glad to see Old West Vignettes back!
Thanks Karl, it was great to hear some of the history behind the legend.
My favorite bit of Bean, " There's more men need hangin' than horses need stealin'. "
I have to say so much thank you for this content, because for someone who is not from the US, those historical things are mighty interesting.
Thank you for this history of my state i did know.
I didn't know any of this. I really hope you keep doing this kind of stuff. I'll keep watching and supporting.
I remember really liking the film "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" as a young teenager. I now know it was only loosely based on the life of the real man.
This was absolutely wild, thank you Carl!
Thanks as always for the little ride to the past!
I love all the content you put out Karl. But these old vignettes are amung my favorite!
I will always love this type on content! So eye opening.
Stay you Karl!
Hes my grandma great great uncle lol
I need a video on The Thibodaux Massacre. I live there and will happily send you a copy of John DeSantis' book covering the event. I respect the hell out of you for covering the Danziger Bridge shooting.
I love the history vignettes, great job Karl!
These historical vignettes are good, Karl. Please keep em' coming.
Good stuff! Keep 'em coming Karl! I'd love to hear more about the wild west era of Los Angeles.
That place looks amazing and I didn't know the hanging part was spin that he created. Lived 23yrs in Texas too. Duh
Still my favorite content on InRange, great work Karl! Keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
Thanks again for more interesting history that here in the UK we would never hear of.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching!
Really interesting, thank you!
Strange days back then! and not even that long ago...
Nice, thank you for the history lesson, much appreciated!
I seriously love these videos.
I love your history segments
Fun Fact: When referring to "hanging" as a form of execution, the past tense is "hanged", not "hung"... I don't know why. Hooray for semantics!
Keep up the good work Karl, Really enjoy your old West Vignettes
I really love these!
Love these vignettes! Keep up the good work.
Thanks for this video.
Man I love these Old West videos
That area of Texas is where I do my hunting every year. I have been to that museum several times.
Cool video, compelling subject and interesting perspectives given
that was awesome, thank you
Very well done! 👍🏻
The town of Langtry was named after George Langtry who supervised the construction of the railroad. Bean later made the claim that he had named it after Lily.
making shady profits out of technicisms? he really learned his trade as part of the judicial system
i never thumbs up any youtube videos except your history videos. THANK YOU
I think that’s a compliment?
Love these videos. More historical stuff.
Stopped by there on my way back from Big Bend. Pretty cool museum.
I thought Judge Parker out of Fort Smith AR was the "hanging judge." Did every old school judge claim the title?
There was more than one Judge who garnered that moniker.
I am reminded of two Ohio judges back in the 50s, "Harangue em and Hang em Harrigan" and "Try em and fry em O'Brian" neither at the level of death penalty cases, but laid a heavy hand of the law on drunk drivers. Geoff Who was told the tale as a youth by a neighbor who alleged a rich guy paid the fines levied on his nere-do-well son and said "Cheaper to hang him!"
@@InrangeTv who's moniker?
Yep just look up Hanging Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes for a real hanging Judge it's a well before this time however
Thank you Karl.
There's a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas called "Judge Roy Scream" named after him. Been there since 1980. I had no idea what the actual context or backstory was about the man himself. Thanks for this primer about Judge Roy Bean, I've been meaning to learn more about the man.
I love the work bud
Thanks, Karl. This was nice :)
Enjoyed do more, great stuff!
Good to see history content
waow!
i thought judge roy bean was just a lucky luke character.
thanks for this upload karl!
I remember having about the best BBQ sandwich I've ever had in Langtry. I hope that little BBQ joint is still there.
Great story. I always wondered about him because years ago there was a burger restaurant chain named after him in Dallas. The decor was much like that old saloon. They died probably 20 years ago and I miss them.
Very well done...keep on keepin on...
Love this series
Good video! Continue please.
I'm glad you put the quotation marks around "Hanging Judge". Isaac Parker was the true gallows judge. Nice video.
Can understand the frustration with the creation of this series but it is always a pleasure to watch
Thanks Karl!
My old stomping grounds. Beautiful cactus garden they have there too.
I've been to the Jersey Lilly. Interesting building and totally in the middle of nowhere!
Hey I used to live in San Antonio. Cool place, awesome history there
I see Pioneer Town, CA was used as the set for Judge Roy Bean TV show. I saw that same set used in a recent Perry Mason episode.
Very cool. I'll never go there. But Karl did. Thanks, Karl. 👍👍👍