The Historic Disappearance of Louis Le Prince

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  • @TheOctoberOwl
    @TheOctoberOwl Před 5 lety +4040

    The more you learn about Edison the more he seems like a hack.

    • @miloskocic1759
      @miloskocic1759 Před 5 lety +7

      @Mister Physics he is not a socialist

    • @radmoonable
      @radmoonable Před 5 lety +9

      @@miloskocic1759 tesla was a socialist

    • @miloskocic1759
      @miloskocic1759 Před 5 lety +3

      @@radmoonable no he was not

    • @lunak9053
      @lunak9053 Před 5 lety +5

      And a sociopath

    • @DiabolicalButler
      @DiabolicalButler Před 4 lety +30

      welcome to a whole new world. all the propaganda shoved down your throat about our american heroes is all lies.

  • @sam-nk5fu
    @sam-nk5fu Před 5 lety +5029

    *In class*
    Teacher: Who invented movies?
    Students: THOMAS EDISON
    Le ghost of Louis le Prince: Am I a joke to you?

  • @DarkShadows713
    @DarkShadows713 Před 3 lety +4953

    "What would say if I told you the inventor of film was NOT Thomas Edison?"
    As someone who does not know film history but DOES know that Thomas Edison was an invention-stealing liar, I would say "That does not surprise me at all"

    • @Frumpbeard
      @Frumpbeard Před 3 lety +28

      I thought he was the one that invented the light bulb, this is all news to me.

    • @DarkShadows713
      @DarkShadows713 Před 3 lety +85

      Frump Beard He patented someone else's invention

    • @timeflies313
      @timeflies313 Před 2 lety +157

      @@Frumpbeard That was Joseph Swan. Edison is nothing but a Thief. He tried to fool people when he was alive, little did he know generations later that all his dirty secrets will be exposed and known.

    • @sailorv9118
      @sailorv9118 Před 2 lety +27

      I literally replied to Ryan, "it was probably Nikola Tesla!"

    • @roseroses7576
      @roseroses7576 Před 2 lety +1

      The inventor of film was George Eastman.

  • @swagsquirrel3534
    @swagsquirrel3534 Před 3 lety +5017

    Just another reason to hate Thomas Edison, that invention stealing thief

    • @liya5695
      @liya5695 Před 3 lety +119

      Oh how I despise him

    • @barriolimbas
      @barriolimbas Před 3 lety +50

      Worse than stealing it seems.

    • @jo-nb6rt
      @jo-nb6rt Před 3 lety +98

      in this house we only hate thomas edison!!!!!!

    • @abbyc6813
      @abbyc6813 Před 3 lety +112

      all my homies hate Thomas Edison

    • @kindateia
      @kindateia Před 3 lety +7

      What other things did he steal?

  • @Queersailorscout
    @Queersailorscout Před 5 lety +3159

    I hate Thomas Edison so much. Robbing my boys Tesla and Louis

    • @heyitsdarkangel9065
      @heyitsdarkangel9065 Před 4 lety +60

      He's such an a-hole

    • @AtlisDe
      @AtlisDe Před 4 lety +83

      Yeah i was going to say, Tesla was robbed too, but luckily people recognize or the very least know about Tesla's achievements. Where as until this video I'd never heard of Louis before.

    • @wcmxae341
      @wcmxae341 Před 4 lety +1

      Tesla will always be my favorite person, Edison was a dick just because Tesla left him

    • @XxDoomxBestxX
      @XxDoomxBestxX Před 4 lety +8

      Andddd another video that shows the d bag Edison was. Low key Edison probably made him disappear

    • @damienhartley3222
      @damienhartley3222 Před 4 lety

      @@heyitsdarkangel9065 No Tesla a hole setting the white house lawn on fire with his quak invention Teslas followers make people addicted to smartphone because they are waiting for the car to charge.

  • @FrodoLuver1
    @FrodoLuver1 Před 6 lety +5241

    THIS CASE PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH. I can't believe that this guy literally invented movies, something horrible happened to him, and someone else got the credit. I'm so mad.

    • @Chicken56877
      @Chicken56877 Před 6 lety +192

      it is really sad to be honest. I have a feeling that if we dig deep enough we soon find out that what we learn in our history class is not entirely true.

    • @sydney19931
      @sydney19931 Před 6 lety +123

      Not only did someone else get the credit, but to this day, even though the true is in Louis Le Prince' favour, Edison still gets credit. It's so sad, and like you, it pisses me off.

    • @YoullGetBeatByYourMan
      @YoullGetBeatByYourMan Před 6 lety +39

      Amber Warren same as whites taking blacks inventions, songs, and other things they made and put I off as there own for centuries. 👀

    • @douloureux.
      @douloureux. Před 6 lety +34

      Bella Song only in the US. Also men taking womens inventions or having them credited because ‘a woman could never do that’

    • @emilomnic316
      @emilomnic316 Před 5 lety +11

      amber Edison's goons killed Prince. Its all in his journal.

  • @deiadied
    @deiadied Před 3 lety +2425

    Bruh Prince’s son literally showed the moving picture and gave his grandmother death certificate and that she was in the film! How is that not enough evidence to show that Prince is the real inventor bruhhhhhhh! I’m angry!!!!

    • @Qingeaton
      @Qingeaton Před 3 lety +23

      Sounds familiar.

    • @Lemur1610
      @Lemur1610 Před 3 lety +159

      Edison probably paid off the court

    • @KillasaurusArcade01
      @KillasaurusArcade01 Před 3 lety +278

      Because he's French. America don't want no one getting credit but America

    • @saturnmercury8533
      @saturnmercury8533 Před 2 lety +28

      @@KillasaurusArcade01 That's true...

    • @CixousSixth
      @CixousSixth Před 2 lety +12

      They couldn't prove that Le Prince's original single-lens motion picture camera was the one that actually took said motion picture.

  • @karanraghunath869
    @karanraghunath869 Před 3 lety +431

    European scientist: invents something
    Edison: *it's free real estate*

  • @tristan9660
    @tristan9660 Před 4 lety +4859

    It's pretty sad. Dying just before you become one of the greatest inventors in history. Having your son killed because he tried to protect your legacy. It's depressing.

    • @elisebadger6041
      @elisebadger6041 Před 4 lety +161

      I know right. For some reason i feel sadder about this story more then other stories covered on this show. Probably because this story wasn't all down, this man probably was feeling on top of the world when he was kidnapped and most certainly killed.

    • @marythebene
      @marythebene Před 4 lety +42

      this comment has serious Hamilton vibes

    • @aster1594
      @aster1594 Před 3 lety +13

      @@marythebene OMG yes Hamilton vibes

    • @dawnn.1675
      @dawnn.1675 Před 3 lety +3

      @@marythebene Exactly what I was thinking

    • @Thelongmanable
      @Thelongmanable Před 3 lety +5

      *_Google "PENMAN OF THE CONSTITUTION" then google "Who wrote the constitution.... Everything in history is a lie and note he went the rest of his life being called "penman of the constitution" while being noted as one "who did most the work".... Jefferson was exactly like Eddison!!!_*

  • @AustinJASMR
    @AustinJASMR Před 4 lety +7421

    Mom: Why are you building a time machine?
    Me: To save Louis Le Prince

  • @PaZuLiTa
    @PaZuLiTa Před 3 lety +801

    I'll never forgive Poptropica for making me believe as a child that Edison was the actual inventor

    • @dinah6693
      @dinah6693 Před 3 lety +51

      And Mystery Train Island was my *favorite* one to solve😭😭

    • @bannahannana9403
      @bannahannana9403 Před 2 lety +32

      They told me lies about Edison’s inventions in both the train and time travel islands 😔

    • @cloudsenpai9258
      @cloudsenpai9258 Před 2 lety +19

      Not Poptropica 😭

    • @spark1400
      @spark1400 Před 2 lety +5

      @@dinah6693 mystery train island was incredible

    • @MobinaKhan-IsNotOnFire-
      @MobinaKhan-IsNotOnFire- Před 2 lety

      🙌🏻

  • @uncosminreels
    @uncosminreels Před 3 lety +5686

    I've actually impressed my Film history & theory lecturer with the information presented here and after some extra research from both of us, my lecturer decide to update his teaching material and highlight Louis Le Prince, to take his deserved glory place in film history as the father of moving pictures. It's small but it's a start

  • @itsmalv7365
    @itsmalv7365 Před 4 lety +7746

    Louis Le Prince: *disappears*
    Edison: *finally he "invents" movies*
    Adolphe: *testifies against Edison*
    Edison: ...
    Adolphe: *found dead*
    Not suspicious at all my dudes

  • @KaIIavan
    @KaIIavan Před 5 lety +8838

    Let me add in the fact that Edison electrocuted an elephant to death.

    • @erinlee7125
      @erinlee7125 Před 4 lety +526

      Yami are you serious what a piece of garbage

    • @tainaf.8327
      @tainaf.8327 Před 4 lety +445

      Aliceyorkie1 4 yeah her name was topsy :(

    • @skylarwalters2718
      @skylarwalters2718 Před 4 lety +672

      mrs obama it’s even worse when u realize that the whole reason he did it was to discredit nikola Tesla’s invention of AC to make Edison’s DC seem better. By the way, most lights today do not even utilize Edison’s direct current, yet he still largely gets credit for it

    • @awesomemess6832
      @awesomemess6832 Před 4 lety +112

      Did u get this info from a Bob’s Burgers episode 😂 bc I totally remember that episode

    • @corneliali7747
      @corneliali7747 Před 4 lety +434

      actually, he's also the one who suggested death penalty by electric chair using AC, to associate Tesla's invention with death. So yes, he indirectively electrocuted human to death too.

  • @Ashley-vs8nu
    @Ashley-vs8nu Před 3 lety +240

    The fact that they keep showing that SMUG picture of Edison is legit making it worse

  • @daisukekambe8907
    @daisukekambe8907 Před 3 lety +419

    Interesting how Louis disappears than a year later Eddison starts shooting motion pictures.

    • @acemerceramv8561
      @acemerceramv8561 Před 3 lety +33

      Or how his patents were useless until 1897, and Edison was projecting movies in 1896

  • @seand1030
    @seand1030 Před 4 lety +13044

    One of my history teachers in high school said “I’m gonna teach you the textbook version of Edison, because I have to. Then I’m gonna teach you the truth”. Edison was a hack.

    • @deknees8969
      @deknees8969 Před 4 lety +796

      Kudos to that teacher.

    • @slithra227
      @slithra227 Před 4 lety +311

      Edison was a bitch. Know who else was a bitch? Marconi. My first media prof had personal beefs with both of them.

    • @gayghostmeme3911
      @gayghostmeme3911 Před 3 lety +81

      My history teacher refuses

    • @ppowerrz
      @ppowerrz Před 3 lety +199

      that teacher is a bhaddie 😼💅✨

    • @HI-ho4bj
      @HI-ho4bj Před 3 lety +146

      Edison should be in economics chapter

  • @111111444444444
    @111111444444444 Před 5 lety +6943

    Thomas Edison is the real-life Gilderoy Lockhart

  • @sintexx2801
    @sintexx2801 Před 3 lety +401

    Bro, I swear Ryan will be on his death bed with his family all around him and he’ll use his dying breath to whisper his last words:
    e n d q u o t e

  • @janheartnazarenelayoso408
    @janheartnazarenelayoso408 Před 3 lety +698

    Edison will always be a thief, Y'all know about Tesla?

    • @kiarasmith9890
      @kiarasmith9890 Před 3 lety +46

      i know that edison stole one of teslas inventions and he was credited for his work but which invention was it, I remember it being the lightbulb but he stole that from joseph swan

    • @peenyyt4921
      @peenyyt4921 Před 2 lety +2

      Everybody knows about tesla

    • @Nat-ls1uo
      @Nat-ls1uo Před 2 lety +1

      @@peenyyt4921 thanks to the ones who put his name up there, Making him justice.

    • @adambump5297
      @adambump5297 Před 2 lety +4

      Yeah Nikola Tesla the inventor of Tesla Coils, the Radio & the Remote Control.

    • @ben-hn2ek
      @ben-hn2ek Před rokem

      @@adambump5297 radar too I guess

  • @neutral.astronaut
    @neutral.astronaut Před 5 lety +5113

    I love that all the comments are full of hate toward Edison Sometime I want to write a history book exclusively to insult Edison

  • @sebastiangeorgeiorga7122
    @sebastiangeorgeiorga7122 Před 4 lety +1389

    Thomas Edison: The secret ingredient is crime.

  • @manushkasondhi778
    @manushkasondhi778 Před 3 lety +151

    shane saying "THEY'RE CALLED ENTS!" immediately when ryan says "'lord of the rings' trees" is something that can be so personal

    • @roxiekooi865
      @roxiekooi865 Před rokem +6

      He's gotta defend his relatives, y'know? The Ents and the Squatches, they go way back.

  • @mo-hp3bo
    @mo-hp3bo Před 3 lety +255

    ryan bringing up that hes a film major twice in a story about a mans disappearance/death is exactly what id expect from a film major lmao

  • @rheapramith
    @rheapramith Před 6 lety +5273

    *Can we all agree that this was one of the saddest episode of Unsolved we've seen?*

    • @joemegannety1508
      @joemegannety1508 Před 6 lety +27

      Rhea Pramith yeah😔

    • @kipperonis
      @kipperonis Před 6 lety +131

      Um no, The Sodder children

    • @kellychapman9811
      @kellychapman9811 Před 6 lety +209

      I think its up there but sodder children and jonbenet ramsey are pretty depressing too

    • @juicysatsumabeauty
      @juicysatsumabeauty Před 6 lety +109

      I think the slaughter of a whole family of children is sadder than a guy not getting credit for his invention.

    • @Jedwint
      @Jedwint Před 6 lety +18

      It’s sad that buzzfeed exists

  • @dsdgjj
    @dsdgjj Před 6 lety +732

    moral of the story: thomas edison never did an original thing in his damn life

    • @dsdgjj
      @dsdgjj Před 6 lety +84

      BeastUpp you scored pretty low in reading comprehension, didn't you?

    • @severalgotthatname6356
      @severalgotthatname6356 Před 6 lety +9

      Moons_of_Avalon he did make it look like so (like he did invent it) for a long time, though, and that is kind of impressive...

    • @dsdgjj
      @dsdgjj Před 6 lety +3

      seriously can none of you read? or even like…listen to what they're actually saying in the video

    • @kylawhite3842
      @kylawhite3842 Před 6 lety +36

      He literally stole everything, I agree with you completely

    • @severalgotthatname6356
      @severalgotthatname6356 Před 6 lety +1

      Moons_of_Avalon you're being ironic. Can you even read? Because you're really not getting it

  • @PowerSpirit50
    @PowerSpirit50 Před 3 lety +87

    I literaly just got that they're called 'movies' because they move.

  • @SonicGirlsGeek
    @SonicGirlsGeek Před 3 lety +280

    I love how Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Edison were both considered revolutionaries and amazing men, then historians just had enough and publcily released all this information onto the internet. I'm so proud :')

    • @thomasedwardharrison2879
      @thomasedwardharrison2879 Před 2 lety +31

      As a Thomas I’m insulted that there are so many bad Thomas’s

    • @fcalvaresi
      @fcalvaresi Před rokem

      What's wrong about Thomas Jefferson? (I am not an American).

    • @pixel_cookie148
      @pixel_cookie148 Před rokem +16

      @@fcalvaresi slave owner, for one. he also had "relationships" (ie, he forced himself upon these women) with his slaves and had at least one baby with them. i don't remember much else bc us history isn't something i rly focus on (scottish lol) but that's the stuff i know off the top of my head

    • @Chris-ks4sw
      @Chris-ks4sw Před rokem +3

      ​@@pixel_cookie148 Tons of the founding fathers did that.

    • @sib1930
      @sib1930 Před rokem +8

      @@Chris-ks4sw Yet Americans act like they were freedom fighters lol. They were awful

  • @Lylo541
    @Lylo541 Před 6 lety +15073

    Petition to remove Edison from our science books because he was stealing other peoples ideas and finally give the actual inventors the credit they deserve

    • @francespowell6923
      @francespowell6923 Před 6 lety +312

      Lylo Heart, not a bad idea.

    • @yanfei5634
      @yanfei5634 Před 6 lety +50

      Lylo Heart um no because he still did invent the light bulb

    • @kenda6409
      @kenda6409 Před 6 lety +1113

      Yanfei_101 Alissa_101
      He didn't. He stole the idea from another inventor, Nikola Tesla.

    • @angiev8154
      @angiev8154 Před 6 lety +146

      +Yanfei_101 Alissa_101. No he didn't.

    • @zairabernal2328
      @zairabernal2328 Před 6 lety +591

      Yanfei_101 Alissa_101 even now, everyone is taught he didn't invent the lightbulb. Lightbulbs existed prior, Edison is just credited for the incandescent lightbulb, which functioned better

  • @zeddpool
    @zeddpool Před 5 lety +3581

    Tesla stans been knew. Thomas Edison was trash.

  • @millenniumaged7512
    @millenniumaged7512 Před 3 lety +126

    This show is *litteraly* carrying buzzfeed right now.

  • @sour__casm
    @sour__casm Před 2 lety +97

    My heart aches for this guy. To have spent so much time and money coming up with a revolutionary invention only to disappear and have someone else be known in history as the inventor.

  • @1192389
    @1192389 Před 6 lety +1179

    "It's got mystery, it's got history, and it's got a train" is how I'm gonna describe my aesthetic from now on

  • @CommanderG7979
    @CommanderG7979 Před 4 lety +4122

    As the old saying goes, "History is written by the victor."

    • @majcry4188
      @majcry4188 Před 4 lety +44

      Nah edison just stole what someone else wrote and said he wrote it

    • @444ngelhaven8
      @444ngelhaven8 Před 4 lety +121

      @@majcry4188 that... what it means

    • @majcry4188
      @majcry4188 Před 4 lety +6

      @@444ngelhaven8 That someone made something, and edison stole that something, and said that he came up with it.

    • @themadlad8540
      @themadlad8540 Před 4 lety +7

      Hitler gives u 2 thumbw up

    • @perseuslove1335
      @perseuslove1335 Před 4 lety +1

      Doesn’t apply here.

  • @LoneStarCowboy1
    @LoneStarCowboy1 Před 3 lety +335

    My theory is simple he was robed sometime after his brother saw him last, note that in 1890 and still today Paris was notorious for petty crime like theft and it was not unusual to be robed in Paris especially if you you were not from there. During the robbery, one or more men tried to steal his brief cases which probably escalated into some type of fight between Louis Le Prince and the robbers, probably because Louis knew that important documents were in the brief case and he did not want anyone to steal his idea. The fight probably ended with Louis beaten and the robbers angered after the discover only drawings and nothing in their minds of important value. Now angered and pissed off that Louis did not have anything important in their minds in his briefcase, they then probably proceeded to toss his briefcase and papers along with his either concision or unconscious body into the river. Due either to his injuries or unconscious Louis probably drowned.
    Note: the French police pulled a unidentified man who look very similar to Louis Le Prince from the Seine River the same day he went missing.

    • @stormbringer717
      @stormbringer717 Před 3 lety +44

      Then this sounds like you solved the case.

    • @poopypants9670
      @poopypants9670 Před 3 lety +15

      is there a source for the french police thing I'm doing a report on him

    • @LoneStarCowboy1
      @LoneStarCowboy1 Před 3 lety +2

      @@poopypants9670 no this is my own assumption

    • @tsukijams1127
      @tsukijams1127 Před 3 lety +3

      woah...this theory is actually good 0-0

    • @roccomarcy
      @roccomarcy Před 3 lety +34

      His friends were waiting to pick him up in Paris. This would mean that he would have been "robbed" at some point during his trip to Paris. This raises the question: how could this robbery have gone unnoticed? How could they have dumped his body without anybody else noticing? Not that it matters, but Louis was a large man standing at 6'4...

  • @yaseen9044
    @yaseen9044 Před 3 lety +33

    Side Note:- In 2003, the Paris Police, while going through old archives discovered a photograph of a man who strongly resembled Louis Le Prince drowned in a river near to the tracks where the train Le Prince boarded was supposed to be going through, its most likely Edison's men stole his suitcase in the train itself and threw him out of the train into the river, the date on the photograph was also written around late Sept 1890, around the time Le Prince disappeared.

  • @erinturner9618
    @erinturner9618 Před 6 lety +526

    it just hit me that we call them “movies” because they move. English is so lame and I love it

    • @erinturner9618
      @erinturner9618 Před 6 lety +35

      I commented this before they mentioned it in the video. And I will also be referring to my shoes as “steppies” from now on.

    • @niamhcostello4766
      @niamhcostello4766 Před 6 lety +1

      I call them films 😅

    • @tophers3756
      @tophers3756 Před 6 lety +4

      You just made that connection?

    • @maddie3647
      @maddie3647 Před 6 lety +12

      When they put sound in movies they were called talkies lol

    • @feelinglostinthepeople
      @feelinglostinthepeople Před 6 lety +15

      What about "walkie talkies"? Literally can "walkie" and "talkie"

  • @BlaxicanBeautyTV333
    @BlaxicanBeautyTV333 Před 6 lety +2011

    Back in high school history, I learned that Thomas Edison didn't even invent the light bulb. From what I remember, Edison had an assistant who invented most of it and then Edison fired him and claimed the invention.

    • @mcbeenerd
      @mcbeenerd Před 6 lety +8

      Maryam Yeah, Thomas Edison was a real asshole. He also destroyed Tesla's legacy too. I don't think he had any qualms about offing people for his own benefit.

    • @GermanDas
      @GermanDas Před 6 lety +151

      Your thinking of Nikola Tesla

    • @Tamaki742
      @Tamaki742 Před 6 lety +31

      God Actually, no, it really was Edison.

    • @GermanDas
      @GermanDas Před 6 lety +164

      Tamaki742 the only thing edison did was make it practical, it's like saying Steve jobs invented smartphones

    • @aiden_milroy
      @aiden_milroy Před 6 lety +21

      No. It was a canadian guy, can't remember the name.

  • @chrisp7110
    @chrisp7110 Před 3 lety +135

    It's clear that Edison stole the idea though. He lived in the area at the time that Louis disappeared along with the briefcase and lastly, I am sure Edison knows the rules of a missing person patent, so he took this time to get it out there before Louis's family did

  • @baymaxD866
    @baymaxD866 Před 2 lety +30

    Im glad this subject is being covered on such a big platform and gathered so many views. Le Prince deserves all the credit and historical praise

  • @Skullyz1995
    @Skullyz1995 Před 6 lety +1574

    Edison was the original Gilderoy Lockhart

    • @aditirao4256
      @aditirao4256 Před 6 lety +38

      Skullyz1995 this is genius 😂😂😂 I'm dead

    • @JennaWallgren
      @JennaWallgren Před 6 lety +8

      Oh my gosh

    • @maiavitale8458
      @maiavitale8458 Před 6 lety +51

      except he didn't obliviate them instead killed them

    • @aditirao4256
      @aditirao4256 Před 6 lety +35

      Maya Adams or maybe he used obliviate on le prince himself so he forgot where he was supposed to go and "disappeared"

    • @maiavitale8458
      @maiavitale8458 Před 6 lety +6

      Aditi Rao haha good point but it's more likely he killed him

  • @francesleones4973
    @francesleones4973 Před 5 lety +2786

    Edison - he's that one guy in your team who takes all the credit for a project you all worked on while he did nothing.
    The history books must be updated. Put the names of the rightful inventors next to their inventions! Don't put Edison!
    Update: thank you so much for all the likes. And I just realized that Ryan and Shane could have included Louis Le Prince in their seance session in "Weird and Wonderful World" on their Watcher channel. They could have asked Louis what really happened to him!

    • @user-nx7sd1yi7q
      @user-nx7sd1yi7q Před 4 lety +24

      or at least mention them

    • @owen4484
      @owen4484 Před 4 lety +12

      Louise did the project Edison did the credits

    • @amaristokes779
      @amaristokes779 Před 4 lety +11

      Edison wouldn’t even have been able to make the lightbulb if it wasn’t for a black man

    • @rkellyslieutenant2005
      @rkellyslieutenant2005 Před 4 lety +12

      If you live in america then thats a no cause its American history not French history
      I am learning french history and they talk about him most of the time

    • @pog.fr0g637
      @pog.fr0g637 Před 4 lety +2

      The perfect description of him 😂

  • @lilwolf33
    @lilwolf33 Před 3 lety +44

    Edison was a thief. The Simpsons have even stated this in an episode "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", when they claim Edison was still "inventing" and stole Homer's idea of the electric hammer, and 6-legged chair.

  • @sleepyhead35
    @sleepyhead35 Před 2 lety +24

    It must've been so painful for Elizabeth to see Edison become famous knowing that she could do nothing

  • @LittleGirl21100
    @LittleGirl21100 Před 6 lety +4908

    This is so sad wtf. He had so much to offer and hes a forgotten name. Long live Louis Le Prince

  • @Commedeshommes
    @Commedeshommes Před 4 lety +4879

    People Edison stole from:
    -Tesla
    -Joseph Swan, the ACTUAL inventor of the lightbulb
    -Louis LePrince
    -Wilhelm Rontgen, inventor of the XRay machine
    -Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, inventor of the sound recorder
    EDIT: To everyone saying that Rontgen received credit, it is true, but as soon as Edison heard that such an idea was possible, he tried to build his own X-ray machine with the intent on taking credit from Rontgen. He stopped working on his X-ray machine when it killed his assistant Clarence Dally. Thankfully everyone still acknowledges who the real inventor was but it could’ve easily went the other way

    • @Pbg_Gonefishing
      @Pbg_Gonefishing Před 4 lety +209

      Before Joseph swan was Warren De la Rue who made the light bulb in 1840 but it wasn't economically cost efficient. But I agree plenty of people made it before Edison got the credit which is bogus.

    • @idkimjusttired3296
      @idkimjusttired3296 Před 4 lety +82

      honestly i think willhelm rontgen still sorta is known for xray cause in swedish xray is Röntgen, so in sweden he got the name atleast, but i cant deny that edison is thief and an a hole

    • @MakaveliDior
      @MakaveliDior Před 4 lety +39

      It's called Röntgen in german speaking areas as well

    • @bravozero6
      @bravozero6 Před 4 lety +10

      @@idkimjusttired3296 roentgen was a unit of measurement for measurement. Im going to school to become and RT Roentgen is credited for being the father of xray this post is false

    • @debanjanbhattacharjee6410
      @debanjanbhattacharjee6410 Před 4 lety +26

      Apart from the Xray part, the rest are true. Roentgen is still regarded as the father of xray.

  • @donjuandelanoootch
    @donjuandelanoootch Před 3 lety +120

    They did the same thing to tesla

    • @jjjjjj192
      @jjjjjj192 Před 3 lety +13

      And the original founder of the Tesla car company. Elon Musk bought his way in.

  • @TheDeviIDogg
    @TheDeviIDogg Před 2 lety +71

    I feel like we're at a time in history where we could go back and give proper credit to those who actually deserved it the most. Also bizarre to me as I watch these, a lot happened in the world during 1888 and such. Imagine creating moving pictures while the same time something like Jack the Ripper was doin his thing. Like we kind of isolate and look at history piece by piece but a lot happened at the exact same time

  • @UnPhayzable
    @UnPhayzable Před 6 lety +4418

    Thomas Edison, one of the top 10 Anime Villains

    • @kugicaimp192
      @kugicaimp192 Před 6 lety +16

      UnPhayzable ♥♥♥OR MAYBE, IT WAS ACTUALLY THOMAS EDISON, HIMSELF, WHO KILLED LOUI LE PRINCE AND STOLE LOUI'S WORKS. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES WHICH PROVES THAT WE SHOULD NOT ALWAYS SIMPLY EASILY BELIEVE INVENTION CLAIMS BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS A BIG POSSIBILITY THAT EVEN LOUI COULD HAVE JUST STOLEN HIS IDEAS FROM SOMEONE ELSE AS WELL. THERE IS ALSO A BIG POSSIBILITY THAT THIS SPECIFIC KIND OF CRAFT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXISTING WITHIN SOME SECRET POWERFUL FAMILIES WITH KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITY INHERITED FROM THEIR GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS SINCE THE FAR ANCIENT PAST, PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE THE GREAT WORLDWIDE FLOOD. THE PRE-FLOOD HUMAN CIVILIZATION WAS VERY POWERFUL AND OVERWHELMINGLY SOPHISTICATED BECAUSE THEY HAD THE 200 ANGELS, AND CHILDREN OF THE 200 ANGELS, LIVING AMONGST THE WHOLE HUMANITY. I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THEIR CRAFTS WERE COMPLETELY FAR MORE SUPERIOR THAN OURS TODAY. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE READ THE BOOK OF GENESIS CHPATER SIX AND THE BOOK OF ENOCH CHAPTER SIX AS WELL. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THE ANCIENT MYTHOLOGIES AND POLYTHEISTIC PAGAN RELIGIONS. TRY TO READ ANCIENT INDIAN EPICS AS WELL.♥♥♥

    • @Gynobender69
      @Gynobender69 Před 6 lety +28

      UnPhayzable WHY ARE YOU EVERY WHERE WTFFFFFF

    • @chimney3554
      @chimney3554 Před 6 lety +9

      Drew IKR HE IS THE GOD OF CZcams COMMENTS

    • @minh9026
      @minh9026 Před 6 lety

      Drew no dat is
      .

    • @redviper1608
      @redviper1608 Před 6 lety +12

      KuGiCa Imp WHY ARE YOU WRITING IN CAPS?!?!?? DO YOU HAVE TOURETTES?!?!!?!?!??

  • @katalukesova1226
    @katalukesova1226 Před 5 lety +1540

    I JUST REALIZED WHY THEY ARE CALLED MOVIES OMFG I WAS SO IGNORANT MY WHOLE LIFE

    • @andrea-mf3xn
      @andrea-mf3xn Před 5 lety +35

      Káťa Lukešová because they movee?

    • @kllie5674
      @kllie5674 Před 5 lety +39

      I realised when i read ur comment thks man😂

    • @josephl9988
      @josephl9988 Před 5 lety +8

      Káťa Lukešová after reading this comment I learned as well

    • @newtwoodbury6333
      @newtwoodbury6333 Před 5 lety +18

      I'm so glad I'm not the only one, I felt ridiculous when I made the connection 😂

    • @maniax7517
      @maniax7517 Před 5 lety +1

      I don't get it can someone please tell me?

  • @Allenluvable
    @Allenluvable Před 2 lety +24

    I come back to this episode often, and am always filled with rage at the injustice of his name being forgotten, and with sadness at how hard his family continued to fight for him. Louis, I promise if anyone eever brings up Edison as the inventor of moving pictures, I will absolutely correct them.

  • @susanthefish8940
    @susanthefish8940 Před 3 lety +20

    As someone who has gotten their poems almost stolen, I can assure you it hurts a lot when someone else takes the credit for your creation.

  • @scoobydont
    @scoobydont Před 6 lety +925

    My hatred of Thomas Edison gets stronger and stronger with each passing day

    • @TheSpasticAvenger
      @TheSpasticAvenger Před 6 lety +9

      You do realize that if you work for a company they OWN any ideas that you come up with, while working for them? Prince isn't in that category but Tesla is, and any other employees that he "stole" from.

    • @Wonder-Ernie
      @Wonder-Ernie Před 5 lety +11

      I though i was the only one, edison was true definitition of evil, i would have killed him if i lived in that time, i'll spend my time in prison i don't care i follow my own moralisk tone without doubt! This fucking guy should have died a horrible death, give me a time machine!!!!!!

    • @Drowninginantimatter
      @Drowninginantimatter Před 5 lety +3

      TheSpasticAvenger yah it’s still morally icky today

    • @oisinmcilroy3328
      @oisinmcilroy3328 Před 5 lety +12

      TheSpasticAvenger Yea the company can take credit for the idea but thats not to say the CEO or the owner can. So the Edinson Illumination Company couldve taken credit for Tesla's ideas but not Thomas Edinson himself

    • @missMichellePower
      @missMichellePower Před 5 lety +2

      Lmao I like how you word things

  • @laurenpaige8493
    @laurenpaige8493 Před 6 lety +764

    Fun Fact: Edison never invented anything.

  • @okthen623
    @okthen623 Před 3 lety +15

    I don'y know why but the fact that guy who invented moving pictures was like 6'4" with a huge mustache makes me happy

  • @sadcat4825
    @sadcat4825 Před 3 lety +244

    comments disappeared? _all hail the watcher, baby_ 🕵️

  • @kathryndelacruz1023
    @kathryndelacruz1023 Před 5 lety +3319

    *day in class*
    Teacher: okay class who invented movies?
    Me: LOUIE LE PRINCE
    teacher: no Thomas Edison
    Me:*triggered*

    • @prentiss-convict
      @prentiss-convict Před 5 lety +48

      Kat DLC GTFO OF SCHOOL MATE!

    • @carolinedavis4723
      @carolinedavis4723 Před 5 lety +126

      That actually happened to me in AP US History class.😂

    • @thesaxophonist343
      @thesaxophonist343 Před 5 lety +110

      That actually happened to me but with the light bulb. I got sent to the principle office and they had to look it up

    • @kennythekoala4759
      @kennythekoala4759 Před 5 lety +31

      The Saxophonist Under zero circumstances would that ever actually happen

    • @barbarastrizan3648
      @barbarastrizan3648 Před 5 lety +14

      The Saxophonist on today’s edition of things that never happened

  • @anjaderose1468
    @anjaderose1468 Před 5 lety +1378

    LOUIS LE PRINCE INVENTED MOVIES PASS IT ON!!!

    • @freaked._
      @freaked._ Před 5 lety +6

      Anja de Rose calm down there

    • @mirandagoldstine8548
      @mirandagoldstine8548 Před 5 lety +21

      Vive Louis le Prince. The father of cinematography and the movie camera.

    • @sydneylouwho7011
      @sydneylouwho7011 Před 5 lety +5

      Anja de Rose LOUIS LE PRINCE INVENTED MOVIES

    • @unitedwestand160
      @unitedwestand160 Před 5 lety

      NO. KEEP IT

    • @tmnt3998
      @tmnt3998 Před 5 lety

      well... Edward Muybridge was even before him, with his Sallie gardner at a gallop. But that is discutable, because that was made as a some sort of gif, i dont know....

  • @koiphobia
    @koiphobia Před 3 lety +42

    btw they moved the old episodes to the buzzfeed channel so the comments were reset

  • @ryancornwell8563
    @ryancornwell8563 Před 2 lety +23

    If Louis was in debt by around 80,000 and was going to get an inheritance of 140,000 I don’t think he would just disappear somewhere

    • @m.syauqiabdurahman2798
      @m.syauqiabdurahman2798 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Plus, he is about to make a great breakthrough with his moving pictures camera. So i don't think he is so upset with the debt to the point he simply wants too dissapear.

  • @vitocorleone1462
    @vitocorleone1462 Před 6 lety +541

    I swear Edison just stole everyone else's ideas and claimed them as his own

    • @Bionicmissy1
      @Bionicmissy1 Před 6 lety +58

      John Smith didnt he do something similar with tesla?

    • @demetri4160
      @demetri4160 Před 6 lety +53

      John Smith he's like the 1800s drake

    • @vitocorleone1462
      @vitocorleone1462 Před 6 lety +56

      Bionicmissy1 Yeah tesla invented the light, and Edison invented a glass bulb to put over it. And somehow everyone thinks that Edison invented the lightbulb

    • @Lilly-pb9pf
      @Lilly-pb9pf Před 6 lety +1

      I GUFFAWED

    • @Stark-Raving
      @Stark-Raving Před 6 lety +3

      Don't worry, JP Morgan tricked him out of his company

  • @aishwaryarawat8337
    @aishwaryarawat8337 Před 6 lety +3737

    *_i like how passionate Ryan is about this case_*

    • @Tamaki742
      @Tamaki742 Před 6 lety +90

      aishwarya rawat Well, he said it himself, he was a film student.

    • @carolinaelichalt7913
      @carolinaelichalt7913 Před 6 lety +86

      Ikr it's so cute "if someone were to ask me who the tru founding father of the movies was" aw

    • @an0n625
      @an0n625 Před 6 lety +53

      i like how passionate you are w/ this comment..with the bold and italics

    • @aryangoyal8123
      @aryangoyal8123 Před 6 lety +8

      aishwarya rawat Kind of off topic but.... How do you type in italics??

    • @aishwaryarawat8337
      @aishwaryarawat8337 Před 6 lety +4

      Aryan Goyal you put an underscore before and after the text

  • @Ryan-gz9xg
    @Ryan-gz9xg Před 9 měsíci +5

    I can’t possibly believe he’d run away. He was about to present his dream invention

  • @_sunchildd
    @_sunchildd Před 3 lety +38

    louis would be so proud of your moving picture guys :’)

  • @littlefirefox1880
    @littlefirefox1880 Před 4 lety +1578

    Murders in the past can be summed up like this- as long as you weren’t STILL at the crime scene, there is an 80% chance you wouldn’t get caught

    • @hannahisagoose
      @hannahisagoose Před 4 lety +80

      I feel like I could get away with murder
      *for legal reasons thats a joke*

    • @conchtalks
      @conchtalks Před 3 lety +30

      John Mulaney? I assume?

    • @echo0497
      @echo0497 Před 3 lety +16

      Is that a John Mulaney reference I see? 👀

    • @anaifra
      @anaifra Před 3 lety +69

      “Sir, there is a pool of blood left by the murderer. What should I do?”
      “Hmm, gross. *Mop it up!* “

    • @SonicGirlsGeek
      @SonicGirlsGeek Před 3 lety +7

      And they'd what, shoot Edison into the side of the wall, like were bullets free back then?

  • @MaeFrey
    @MaeFrey Před 6 lety +616

    thomas edison is *cancelled*

    • @angel-fe5hd
      @angel-fe5hd Před 6 lety +16

      ughmae never started

    • @jessicaw9011
      @jessicaw9011 Před 6 lety +9

      i'm going to go ahead and be and old lady and say-- is that a thing now? That the kids say? Cancelled and started? Because I love them both and might start using them :p

    • @MaeFrey
      @MaeFrey Před 6 lety

      if it is a thing i am taking full responsibility because im the one who came up with it and got my school saying it hahahahaha

    • @angel-fe5hd
      @angel-fe5hd Před 6 lety +15

      Jessica W yeah basically it’s a thing now lmao. it mainly came from stan twitter

    • @starrats444
      @starrats444 Před 6 lety +12

      ughmae you didn’t invent the use of “cancelled” but go off

  • @Listening_Books12345
    @Listening_Books12345 Před 2 lety +25

    NO ONE EVER FORGET THAT EDISON MURDERED A WHOLE ELEPHANT TO DEATH

  • @salmonswan9814
    @salmonswan9814 Před 2 lety +15

    I hate the fact that Edison enjoyed his fame and money when he was alive while the family of Le Prince fought for the recognition the man truly deserved. Damn u Thomas.

  • @lahirstellar
    @lahirstellar Před 6 lety +730

    My respect and admiration for Thomas Edison just went down the drain. Louis Le Prince is the REAL MVP.

    • @scp--297
      @scp--297 Před 6 lety +4

      Arvi Marie
      Yes!

    • @Anayaah421
      @Anayaah421 Před 6 lety +2

      Arvi Marie yepp

    • @Diamondsmuggler
      @Diamondsmuggler Před 6 lety +2

      Arvi Marie I still respect him

    • @radioactiveood
      @radioactiveood Před 6 lety +43

      Went down long time ago when I heard the story about Tesla

    • @definitelynotabby8555
      @definitelynotabby8555 Před 6 lety +31

      Arvi Marie read about all the stuff he nicked from Tesla. He was a business man and a bully

  • @Mokeyfrog
    @Mokeyfrog Před 6 lety +786

    DO EDISON FOR RUINING HISTORY!!!!!

  • @peanutbutterBrisket99
    @peanutbutterBrisket99 Před 2 lety +15

    "It's got history, it's got mystery, and it's got trains."
    *I like trains.*

    • @lydiaboll2872
      @lydiaboll2872 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I both love and hate that I know what this is referencing.

  • @itarfer
    @itarfer Před 2 lety +17

    "Well if this other guy invented moving pictures why have I never heard of him?" Bruh... wait till I tell you that Edison didn't invent the lightbulb. It's almost like... our history books sell a very specific narrative that often doesn't line up with fact or objectivity 🤔

  • @rachelnewman271
    @rachelnewman271 Před 6 lety +451

    We learnt in school of Louis inventing it not Edison, so I guess I have a good art and film teacher 😂

  • @maverickd6214
    @maverickd6214 Před 4 lety +652

    The next time someone says Edison invented Movies, show them this video

  • @sharkee420
    @sharkee420 Před 2 lety +17

    i cannot fully explain how hard shane saying, “let’s kill this man” has been making me laugh.

  • @ziggystardustxo
    @ziggystardustxo Před 9 měsíci +3

    This was briefly mentioned in my film class!!! So excited they did a video about it, I’ve been itching to know more.

  • @chelseagranger6434
    @chelseagranger6434 Před 4 lety +3168

    this one was really interesting. it never ceases to amaze me how much history books actually teach "history" incorrectly.

    • @SuDoesThings
      @SuDoesThings Před 3 lety +56

      I don't think it's incorrectly taught for the most part. Rather different parts in the world will tell it differently depending on what side they were on and their perspective. Great example for this the 80 year war between Spain and the Netherlands. I was taught that us the dutch were finally free and spain was oppressing the dutch and mistreating them. But someone from spain might tell it differently. Really you'll get what really happened if you take all the sides and pick out all the facts that BOTH or more parties all agree up on

    • @kinggenderman1874
      @kinggenderman1874 Před 3 lety +39

      The USA does this horribly

    • @palinanavitskaya6133
      @palinanavitskaya6133 Před 3 lety +54

      You know what they say, "history is written by the victors"

    • @margot7048
      @margot7048 Před 3 lety

      Pooooooo

    • @iaminpainauchocolat9300
      @iaminpainauchocolat9300 Před 2 lety +7

      Yeah. You should compare a british secondary school book to an Irish one... it's quite telling.

  • @kittychesire3533
    @kittychesire3533 Před 6 lety +594

    Next week on Buzzfeed Unsolved: Edison Stirkes Again: Who killed Nikola Telsa?

    • @Thecuriousincident1
      @Thecuriousincident1 Před 6 lety +11

      Coronary thrombosis.

    • @MissImpertinence
      @MissImpertinence Před 6 lety +12

      Double Guitars Agreed. I mean the man was well into his 80s, hardly slept, and ate an incredibly limited diet. I'm shocked he lived to such an advanced age to begin with.

    • @Thecuriousincident1
      @Thecuriousincident1 Před 6 lety

      silverbird58 Mind Blown 😮

    • @ablurida
      @ablurida Před 4 lety +1

      the pigeon he fell in love with

  • @naiarerich2926
    @naiarerich2926 Před 3 lety +5

    Never heard of him but I sure had heard several stories of this "businessman" Thomas Edison stealing credits from real inventors. Louis Le Prince and several others need the credits they rightfully deserve. Great job covering this Ryan!

  • @kariwitakdoe
    @kariwitakdoe Před 3 lety +4

    The way they vibe off each other is so priceless and hilarious. Love these guys

  • @anagjini7111
    @anagjini7111 Před 5 lety +493

    Oh wow, Edison taking credit for some other poor scientist’s invention and erasing him from history books. Absolutely unheard of.

  • @KGisthename
    @KGisthename Před 6 lety +4127

    Schools should update

    • @mateojames3231
      @mateojames3231 Před 6 lety +73

      Mini Panini yeah but my AP history books give too much credit to Edison soo... I wouldn't mind.

    • @hannahnataliemachado1209
      @hannahnataliemachado1209 Před 6 lety

      trueeer

    • @jennisney2757
      @jennisney2757 Před 5 lety +67

      Maybe its just in america? I learned about this man in one of my film classes in the UK

    • @bbystayarmy5539
      @bbystayarmy5539 Před 5 lety +29

      K G no one in my school but my film studies teacher and film study my classmates know that Loui Le Prince was the real creator of it

    • @amandaivy253
      @amandaivy253 Před 5 lety +44

      I totally agree. Really in regards to Edison in general, it's known that he stole ideas pretty often so I really think schools should stop giving him all the credit. At the very least mention that it's likely most of what he's known for probably wasn't truly all his work.

  • @divye.ruhela
    @divye.ruhela Před 3 lety +25

    Edison certainly chose his thefts wisely! He must've been pretty good at greasing the palms of the right people too, as he got away unscathed on so many occasions. This is soo sad, I mean this guy is the reason why we're watching videos on CZcams.

  • @Abraxos_xWildflowers
    @Abraxos_xWildflowers Před rokem +2

    I FOUND THIS CASE SO FASCINATING THAT IM DOING A PODCAST ON IT FOR A PROJECT IN COLLEGE. IM SO EXCITED TO LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT IT, BUT IM WATCHING THIS AGAIN TO REFRESH MY MEMORY!! AHHHH IM SO EXCITED EEEEEEEE!!!!!

  • @Rayowag
    @Rayowag Před 6 lety +2864

    I mean Edison also fucked around with Tesla's inventions as far as I know, so I'm really not suprised about him being involved in this 🤔

    • @gensearcaigh4738
      @gensearcaigh4738 Před 6 lety

      Edison was a fucking selfish-ass trash-ass greedy monster and Tesla for sure never got the recognition he deserved. I literally didn't even learn about Tesla in school ffs.

    • @LunaDelTuna
      @LunaDelTuna Před 6 lety +232

      Exactly! Tesla's electricity was supposed to be free and energy efficient. Edison's direct current (combustible) electricity is actually harmful to the environment in comparisons to Tesla's alternating current which was in a sense using the electromagnetic fields of the earth in a way that was harmless. Also, the reason Edison's idea won over Tesla's is because people would have to be charged to use it, meaning more money for the people providing it. If you are interested you should look up the Ancient Egyptian pyramids, solely the middle one where scientists are starting to believe it was used as a type of electricity for the civilization, JUST like Tesla's tower.

    • @michaelhenry3234
      @michaelhenry3234 Před 6 lety +21

      If Tesla's electricity is harmless why aren't we using it to fix our problems?

    • @ria7330
      @ria7330 Před 6 lety +7

      It isn't, it also wasnt proven to accually work

    • @LunaDelTuna
      @LunaDelTuna Před 6 lety +107

      Because he wasn't going to charge people to use it, like I clearly stated earlier. People (by people I mean the one's controlling our technology) don't want to provide us free anything because then they would not be making any money. It's pretty simple.

  • @dakotarain7745
    @dakotarain7745 Před 5 lety +498

    Thomas Edison didn’t invent movies, they should change the history books for that and give Louis Le Prince proper recognition

    • @amberugur6476
      @amberugur6476 Před 5 lety +3

      Costs too much money to rewrite History. Cross the name out and write it in Yourself! Bam!

    • @riakirkbride9766
      @riakirkbride9766 Před 4 lety

      Try a non usa history book, he isn't the 'father of film' in Britain, or France I'd imagine! This isn't what's taught in Britain.

  • @thepopestar9135
    @thepopestar9135 Před 3 lety +15

    Edison looks like someone who would do something like this

  • @Canvas_Scribbles
    @Canvas_Scribbles Před rokem +9

    19:49 I'm glad that Ryan has such a positive view of humanity, it's what makes him perfect for this series. BUT as someone who's seen my mom get death threats from her uncles because they just _thought_ she would ask for her share of inheritance, ppl would definitely be willing to kill someone for a few extra bucks. The ones giving the death threats are rich af while we're from a lower middle class family.I still think Albert didn't kill Louis tho because of Lizzie's memoir.

  • @fennxfox6241
    @fennxfox6241 Před 6 lety +648

    This is why I have no respect for Edison as an inventor. He was an incredible businessman, even selling off electricity to the dismay of Tesla, but not an inventor. He even bought the patent for the lightbulb, then paid people to make it better.

    • @ria7330
      @ria7330 Před 6 lety +34

      Exactly, he uses the laws to his advantage to steal others ideas.

    • @ria7330
      @ria7330 Před 6 lety

      Schools should teach that though Edison is the legal inventor, Prince made it first.

    • @theworldisbackwards4428
      @theworldisbackwards4428 Před 6 lety

      Terence Andrei Calma lol

    • @MW-pb2gf
      @MW-pb2gf Před 6 lety +12

      Terence Andrei Calma as well as cats and dogs. edison was just a horrible person all the way around and does not deserve the respect and recognition so many people give him.

    • @ogstreaky2728
      @ogstreaky2728 Před 6 lety +1

      That why I live be the quote by j Cole “if they don’t know your dreams than they can’t shoot em down” best to do everything yourself because other people would scheme and take advantage

  • @viisionnn
    @viisionnn Před 6 lety +405

    I completely and understandably hate Thomas Edison

    • @jadengoodwin295
      @jadengoodwin295 Před 6 lety

      Dukii MSP He is dead not fun to make fun of dead people

    • @IronBran123
      @IronBran123 Před 6 lety

      Dukii MSP same

    • @IronBran123
      @IronBran123 Před 6 lety +26

      Jaden Goodwin depends on the person

    • @anujadeshmukh1773
      @anujadeshmukh1773 Před 6 lety +24

      I call spade a spade... doesn't matter if spade is alive or dead. lol

    • @MarbleLily
      @MarbleLily Před 6 lety +2

      Jaden Goodwin I'll make sure to remember that the next time someone mentions Ted Bundy.

  • @helenrose5383
    @helenrose5383 Před 3 lety +3

    Actually the father of moving pictures is Eadweard Muybridge and it is William Kennedy Laurie Dickson [who was a employee at Edison Laboratory] who designed Edison's Kinetograph [like Prince he too wasn't credited with this during his lifetime]. I don' know why even film students don't know Louis Le Prince, as a literature student I ve learned Prince as one of the pioneers of motion pictures...

  • @EternaResplandiente
    @EternaResplandiente Před 8 měsíci +1

    This is my favorite episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved!

  • @grimoireofsouls
    @grimoireofsouls Před 4 lety +654

    i mean imagine putting your own sweat and spit on something you've been working so hard for only to get stolen by some dude named *THOMAS*

  • @AlAl-en9ce
    @AlAl-en9ce Před 6 lety +687

    Edison was a jerk

    • @JLynnEchelon
      @JLynnEchelon Před 6 lety +17

      Like Ryan mentioned, I also imagine Thomas Edison as a silent-movie era villian.

    • @Pwnedgamer94
      @Pwnedgamer94 Před 6 lety +2

      JLynnEchelon I mean Tesla was a mad Scientist.

    • @doglo1237
      @doglo1237 Před 6 lety +4

      Pwnedgamer94 well no, he wasn't t but thats what Thomas edison wanted everyone to believe so he could take credit for practicly everything tesla did

    • @Pwnedgamer94
      @Pwnedgamer94 Před 6 lety +1

      Folie à Josh okay Tesla literally tried to patten a death ray

    • @ashtree8868
      @ashtree8868 Před 6 lety +11

      +Pwnedgamer94 still doesn't excuse theft

  • @applejuice69.
    @applejuice69. Před 3 lety +1

    that video of the people walking is so wholesome they look so excited about this invention

  • @romilicious88
    @romilicious88 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for existing, Shane!!!!!!! 🥰❤

  • @mauriciomedina2629
    @mauriciomedina2629 Před 5 lety +1527

    From now on i will always correct people by saying *Louis Le Prince* was the true inventor and father of film. Hopefully this video blows up, helps, spreads and brings Louis back to life with his name in the history books as the true father of film.

  • @NotDerek._.T
    @NotDerek._.T Před 6 lety +386

    Thomas edison stole like 20 other inventions so this was probably a way to steal another

    • @arvind6821
      @arvind6821 Před 6 lety +4

      Edison had the best lawyers and the best engineers at the time. He would have just found a way to improve on Louis' invention in a way that would get him around the patent. Edison was a capitalist, not a murderer. I don't believe he would have killed/kidnapped Louis. He preferred to win via public humiliation.

    • @exploridori
      @exploridori Před 6 lety +2

      Arvind On the other hand, Edison didn't really have much time to do that, so because of the 7 year period where Louis' family couldn't use the patent, he got more than enough time to do just what you described.

    • @OmGitsMarijaME
      @OmGitsMarijaME Před 6 lety

      So, it's a coincidence 20 other inventions invented before Edison got his grubby hands on them, all somehow went credited as 'Edison's inventions', even though others thought of it before him. And a lot of the people he stole from passed from an unnatural death. I don't know what you're trying to say with your ridiculous points.

    • @warholbanana6317
      @warholbanana6317 Před 6 lety

      Montreal!!!!!!!

  • @jentapsell1137
    @jentapsell1137 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for telling of this man and his invention

  • @salgenova5188
    @salgenova5188 Před 3 lety +1

    If i ever hear the case will remain i will forever say “unsolved”
    😂 and I’ve just learned about y’all’s videos about a week ago so i applaud y’all 😆