She Married Her Son. How Could It Happen? The Complete Documentary
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2016
- My team and I made this PBS television special, Sins Of Our Mothers based on an interview that I had done way back in the mid-1970s with 89 year old reporter Nettie Mitchell . The documentary tells the story of Emmeline - and the story is amazing. Without her knowledge, Emmeline sinned and paid a heavy price for it. The director of this documentary Rocky Collins was young but very very talented when he made this. It has a unique slow and strange Puritan New England tempo and mood that absolutely fits the story and how Nettie told it. When this was recorded in 1976, Nettiehad an excellent memory and was a very serious reporter who cared about telling the truth exactly as she saw it. She had spent a lifetime doing it.
Every rural area in the country and certainly in Maine has its folktales. Some commentators on this video say that this is a folktale and that it couldn't have happened. Nettie personally met and dealt with Emmeline and it or something very much like it did happen. It is possible that some details are incorrect although we spent more than six months researching it when we did made documentary and some of those who met Emmeline were still alive.
Sex in Puritan culture was a sin under most circumstances. Women were certainly seen as of less value and importance than men. Remember The Scarlet Letter. Some commentators have pointed out that the Puritan sect of Christianity had long disappeared in Manie but in my experience as a person who lived in Maine in a small town for more than 20 years, some of the values are held by a segment of the people who live in these towns today. The concept of sin. The concept of sinful sex. The concept of women as less than. And more.
Many commentators have pointed out the connection between this story and Oedipus. Unquestionably true. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I am getting worried about my CZcams history because my recommendation keeps getting weirder and jaw dropping!
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At first I thought the lady on the thumbnail was the one who married her son.... 😳🤣🤣
Ditto
Same
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First her parents sent her off alone, an older man basically raped her at age 14, baby born and given/taken away, she was sent home, did not date, met and married a younger man. Found out it was her son, divorced him, her family and the town turned their backs on her. She was told that she was a sinner. Who’s the sinner?????The freakin Town and her family!!!!!!
Yes so true
Agreed @Fran Mack
Agree
Religion is a scam.
Thank you for saving me an hr of my life
If you feel bad about Emmeline. Just know there are people today who have no one, alone, outcast, for whatever reason. If you see someone alone, befriend them. That’s the best way to pay emmeline back.
Thank you
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So true. It's the best thing u can give someone, a little empathy goes a long way!
I love this❤
@@kpeezyforsheezy Definitely not a Dr Drew fan at all BUT something he said way back stuck with me bc it so true.
"The world would be a better place if everyone had an ounce of empathy."
I let it be known that I was being molested by my grandfather and some uncles and my family just doesn't talk to me and this was years ago I'm 46 years old now and if it wasn't for my kids I would be by myself people can be really cruel but as long as you don't let that make you cruel you'll come out all right because I'm fine no I have a warm heart I'll do anything for anybody my kids adore me my neighbors Adore me it's just the family they don't want to discuss the truth so that made me an outcast
My mother was molested by her grandfather. No one believed her either. It really damaged her, may she Rest In Peace.
You are NOT an outcast. Your family is. You should have gone complete public. My dad would have had a shit fit if that were happening to me
@@ellavek1998 I agree with you. I was molested by mum mum (who is a social worker.) and my family cut me off
You know what.. you're an amazing woman nd blessed .. The karma brewing for THEM won't be nothing nice .. Best believe. There's a special place in HELL for scummy despicable ppl who abuse children. Smh. God bless You honey...
Mikel, sometimes the trash takes itself out. You’re better off without the ones who shun you, believe me. Stay well and stay faithful. You’re on the right path. ❤️
"There is no greater poverty than being unwanted, uncared for, and unloved."
so true It happens in todays World more than ever.
So true 😔
Your words are so touching and so true made me cry
@@johnbrotherton9012 very true, my love x
Same in Norway. Children had to work at the farm as small kids, or had to work other places as servants. It was so far into the 20 the century. It's all not so good traditions comming from us here in Scandinavia and Europe. Including not treating children well like giving spankings. Travelling over to America people became even more ultra religious. One can see it even to day in America. So much religious fanatism.
The beginning is just priceless. 3:45:
"When where you born?"
"I was born a 103 years ago, you figure it out."
😍🤗 Reminds me of my grandmother when I would ask her how old she was: "I don't know, baby. I think I'm 94 or 5 or 6. Idk ninety-something. Maybe..."
I literally recorded that moment n sent it to my friends
1885 or 1886.
mauherkan cos she did not know how to add herself lol
I didn’t catch that at first. 😂 Sassy old lady.
When I married in the early mid 1970's, he revealed to me that I was his property and he could do as he liked to me and any children that would later come. For example for over a decade I was only allowed 2 pair of underwear, one to wear, one to wash... I shall not say all the horrors he subject my children and myself to.
It took me over 14 years to get my children and myself away from the evil man, the devil itself he was.
A horrible story that sickens me. I am glad you have gotten past him.
David Hoffman filmmaker
I'm glad you got away from h8m
I am so sorry you went through that. Very glad you were able to get away.
Maybe that ******* former husband is now in prison rotting in a jail cell, in preparation for the Final Judgment when he rots in Hell, etarnally.
We can only hope…
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Nettie seems like she was a wonderful child, who grew up to be a compassionate old woman who felt it was important for people to hear the sad story of Emmeline. ❤️
What the heck was wrong with those people????? Emmeline never committed a sin, the moment she and her son found out who the other was, they both divorced, it was a mistake, not a sin!!
and its sad they didn't have a mother son relationship at least :(
@@beatrixthegreat1138 I agree, they should have been allowed to pursue as mother and son, but I can only imagine that it would have been quite awkward afterward. Poor Emmeline just flat out got the short end of the stick in life, I sure hope she is happy in heaven, she deserves it. bless her heart.....
Plus, it may not have happened at all.
God help Emmeline. I bet her son was shocked and shattered.
ᔕωєєтᙡιℓℓσω those days were brainwashed. Men brainwashed woman. "It's always a womans fault". Men ALWAYS had the POWER over women. Woman were severely brainwashed im sure they not only lived in fear but were most likely desensitized- im surely even their emotions were controlled by the asshole men!
As a child, I never imagined that all of the real monsters in the world would be *HUMANS*
What books did you read?
your so right
They are!
I did. But I tried not to believe it.
Yeh and a lot of them are your parents.
The Bachilers are my ancestors. Rev Stephan is also Emmeline’s ancestor so we are distant cousins. What a fascinating and heartbreaking story. I’m glad I found this. The more we talk abt things once considered taboo the more educated we become and prevent tragedies like this from happening. 🙏🏻❤️
Have you ever done a DNA test to see how close you are to Emmiline?
Like a Greek tragedy. She must've felt cursed. Lucky they didn't burn her at the stake as a witch. Very depressing.
Nowadays many kids are trafficked and killed during rituals.
She didn't have an incestuous relationship with her son. A census record from 1880 states that her husband was 12 years older than her.
@@elph77 they said she had two marriages. One of them for 20 years.
I’m 53 years old and found out my grandmother was a child bride from Georgia. My grandfather was 21 and my grandmother was 11. She had my father at 12. How does one process this? How am I supposed to feel? Almost wish they had kept that secret.
I'll pray for you and you pray for me too I know all too well about learning things about your family that you wish you could un-hear
You shouldn't feel bad . People waste to much time of life .
Life is traumatic. Processing the trauma is different for everyone. I did therapy. It helped.
Are you having difficulty because you loved your grandfather and are having a hard time with that love now? What was your grandmother like? Did they stay together until one of them passed?
It is a pity that she lost her childhood in having children.
Child marriage has long been an issue in America. These days most states want you to be 17 or 18, but it’s not well regulated.
The main question, though, is did they love one another? Did they basically have a good life?
If they did, then it worked out in the end.
If you are a person of compassion, and it seems like it, some of it came from your upbringing. If your Grandmother raised your Dad that way, it was partly because she loved him and wanted him to be a good man!
Take heart. Teen mothers do wish now and then that they’d started later, but they still love their babies very much!!
I really hate that Emma’s sister exclaimed “she finally paid for her sins” at her own sister’s funeral. That’s atrocious
You are so right!! Hopefully that self righteous monster paid the ultimate price.She should have stayed away..
I agree! That’s the part that made me the most upset aside from what happened to the poor thing as a woman and as a little girl growing up.
@MysticSkullivine .. I agree. People who act like they're God are the least Godly.
Still today, people look the other way, to save their own buts. The whole world revolves around majority following the rule makers like sheep, too afraid to speak up, too afraid to be unpopular, its actually disgusting. Majority is mostly wrong.
I’m furious.
May everyone watching this story take it heart and use it as an example of how not to treat people.
What goes around comes around! The wrong that you do comes back to you!
Two cousin of my, whose family were separated due to an argument.They met at work,fall in love and on the wedding day, they discovered that they were family,they decided to marry in spite that the whole family walked out the wedding .Their marriage never lasted three months.Now they were sure stupid because they knew
@@sisteroflight I find myself torn on this subject. The awful stuff that is happening to a person ....is this payback for stuff they did in a previous life ?
Why do we need to know all this evil crab in the world nothing new it repeats itself best never hear about it at all find better happy things and let by gone be by gone in some normal believes that some of us still have
Poor Emalline. RIP
I'm just so glad that Emmeline had Nettie to tell her story with love and compassion. It doesn't make up for what she went through but at least Emmeline no longer lives in ignominy and shame. The lack of compassion from her people is truly heartbreaking but at least she rests with Nettie's love.
Nettie told the story so beautifully. Made me cry a little.
Yes, exactly! Emeline's story Breaks my heart. I Had To post this & share it on Facebook page.
Emmeline is in the arms of Jesus getting more love than a human can comprehend. As far as her sister I feel that is the parents fault for teaching her wrong and that when something horrible happens to you it is never the victims fault like my family makes me out to be because my brother and 2 cousins molested me as a child. Of course they lied about it and now my family has abandoned me when I have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome which is the most painful disease that exists and they won't even take me to get an operation that I desperately need. They call me crazy because I got PTSD at the age of 9 and was never given any help. This story is so sad I could cry except for the thought that she'll never have any type of pain again and never shead another tear.
This story will remain with me for the rest of my life. Life is hard and sometimes cruel. May Emmeline rest in peace.
Whe I was in my early teens my dad became a pastor of a church in small town pa there was one beautiful young girl in the church that people talked about behind her back saying she was a whore and no good but she was kind to me I was always left out of play by other kids ,but she would always invite me . after some time I found out she was being molested by her stepfather a "deacon" in the church I told my dad a d he started looking Into what was going on and then contacted the police, but the girls stepdad was well liked in the community so it was swept under the rug, and the church fired my dad now I see that beautiful young woman now aged by drugs a trauma ,I feel terrible I didnt do more. Sorry for poor punctuation
A tragic story. Beautifully told. Thank you.
David Hoffman filmmaker
You did all you could as did your family, honored to hear about your braveness and kind heart, you knew right from wrong and did all you could to help her as did you father who God has a special place in heaven for, thank you for standing up to wrong.
@@joannahernandez4608 its something that gets overlooked everyday we have only moment to do what's right if one person reads this and helps someone may that cycle can continue and break the other.
I could have been that girl in another life. I was sexually abused most of my life by my classmates as well as older people. I was constantly called a whore too. I know you feel bad, but you might still be able to do something. Have you considered reaching out and saying what you said?
@@ossianatepfenhart7022 this happened 30 years ago about 10 years after it happened I seen her one day she had started using hard drugs I tried to get her some helped but the more I tried the more she pushed away she moved and I had lost contact I've tried over the years to find her without any luck.it was hard seeing her go down that path I pray to one day see her again health an healing
This is a horrible, heartbreaking story. Poor Emmaline was failed by everyone from the youngest age. I hope she rests peacefully, and knows the world now stands with her.
Shabazz Rgt Peace from God, from faith, from no longer enduring cruelty. It isn't a cliche. It's hope. If you have none then just pass on by instead of perpetuating more negativity on her. That's all I'll say--- I don't have time to waste on people who have no hope or faith.
For sure Vickie
@@vickiehaper4615 Aren't you Vickie?
I wish her son had gone to see her and made sure she was all right.
I knew a man many years ago who was adopted. He said he used to fantasise about finding his mother, having sex with her and then telling her who he was. I was horrified to hear his thoughts about it. He said that the reality of meeting her was entirely different (thank goodness) and that he understood how difficult things were for unmarried mothers back in the day.
Bless the hearts and souls of these old ladies who chose to document this story about humanity in its rawest form. It's so kind to hear the story of the little girl walking the snacks to Emeline ❤️ I hope we all love those around us a little better after this ❤️
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uhmm she married her son? you are a rare bird to see that simple and beautiful act..and I pray that I always see the positive like you do..God bless
The sad part of this story is ....its still happening to this very day! My heart aches knowing there are old people who are out there hungry, cold, alone. Nothing ever changes. Humans are capable of such great things...n yet...we're so cruel.
humans can be so horrid is very sad
@@jax993 Exactly. They will wring their hands talking about a century ago, but wouldn’t cross the street to do a kind deed for the worst off among us.
We have pseudo scientists preaching humanity descends from Africans running prestigious colleges without thinking about reality. Until this stops the problems will continue.
I am so sorry, Emmeline. You were abused by more than one person and all the while you were the innocent one.
Maureen Nolan
All the beauty and kindness within her, will live on forever. Thank you for sharing!
This is so sad oh my God have mercy on all of us that would judge like that.
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Not only is the poor woman completely innocent, the town's people are guilty of killing her.
I bet she had dreams of moving far away and starting her life over, that’s my plan. I can’t put it into words the horrible pain of being outcasted but it’s true, my life has turned out a lot like Emmaline’s. I’ve never had anyone to call good friend. The one decent family member I had has died, My father made him mentally handicapped, that was my darling brother my two sisters are the golden children. I am the black sheep, scapegoated, ostracized, My mother told the police she didn’t want to see me when she was dying. She didn’t have dementia, she was fully aware, it is not what she intended to happened she was manipulated by my older sister in that sisters to Sons. The reason is the rest of my family banded me and my identical twin from my mothers deathbed for no reason, my father was a malignant narcissist, and for the most part the rest of the family was as well. My mother had developed Stockholm syndrome. I have really healed I only cried a little bit during this, I don’t have the luxury of being upset and hurt anymore it’s all about survival. My identical twin sister did a 18 year shame in smear campaign on me which is still going on and my older sister has her own shame and smear campaign against me as well. There are people who hate me that I don’t even know, they just hear lies from others and family who hate me. I tried to go to church, the pastor’s wife embarrassed me in front of everyone questioning me about why I don’t go to church more often, I was sick for the first 50 years of my life, so even gas/fuel to drive to church is unaffordable. I’m 51 years old I have regained some of my health and strength, life is better than it ever has been. My head is so messed up about weather people would ever like me or not that being in settings with other people who just too painful and I get sensitive my perceptions get distorted at the same time my perceptions are correct, I don’t fit in. I asked the pastor to lay hands on me to help me bc of some back pain, to pray for me, to give me some hands on healing, he asked someone else to do it for him relaying that I was demon possessed, that person didn’t want to do it either. Upon learning that while feeling desperate I caught the ear of someone who was unaware of what I just mentioned above, I got this person to lay hands on me and she prayed for me. And in my desperation I told this person briefly my entire life story in matter of several minutes just the highlights of my life. Felt good to get it out it always feels good to talk about it I’ve never had psychiatric help they always wanted to put me on pills not for me, but the people who hurt me on pills not me. Unfortunately this person was way too afraid to hardly ever speak to me again, She even walked away for me while I was talking on another occasion after that. I had committed to going to church for a one year every Monday night classes so this happened twice, twice class was canceled, no one told me, I was the only one that showed up the second time, guess they don’t realize how broke I am and that it wasted my gas/fuel twice when I am in the fight for my life to play catch-up after being sick for 50 years. Pls Don’t feel bad for me I had a near-death experience when I was four years old, and I’ve had my solid proof of God since I was blessed to have this experience ever since. As for my future I’m going to give it my best shot and go after some things I’ve always wanted I have my health back, my days are really short. I have so much to do I’m overwhelmed I don’t know how I’m going to get it done in the short time frame. I isolate because I’m too afraid to be hurt. If I could only convince myself that I don’t need anyone to love me, that’s what I’m working on. I can tell you she/Emmaline brought the chickens in the house for two reasons, one for companionship the other was to protect them. I can tell you it was hard for her to eat them and I can tell you that she had no choice but to eat her chickens. I could tell you that she probably cried a lot, I can also tell you at the same time she was very strong from having gone through all that she had gone without. I can tell you that it hurts her that her family sent her way and that she wanted someone to love her, that she thought it would be easier when she got older to get the love that she didn’t get as a child. I can tell you that she had a lot of love to give. It was said that she was approached by children taking her goods and that she was very sweet, I can tell you this is true because she would have given anything to have made a connection with a single person as we humans naturally want to have a connection with another soul. I can tell you since everyone thought the worst of her that she went out of her way to be really good and not even have negative thoughts, because this is what you do when your own family thinks that you are worthless and dislikes you. Hideous that adults sent children to check on her. Ridiculous that people didn’t want anything to do with her but they wanted to go to her funeral. My identical twin sister, a malignant narcissist never let me know her now young adult three kids, two of which are a set of twins, my older sister would not let me know her two kids either. They have seen meet in public and looked away when I waved in the past, it was extremely painful. Recently my identical twin sisters twin daughters’ boss And his wife invited me to come see my niece At the restaurant she works at as a hostess, I hope that I can finally finally establish a relationship/friendship and be a part of her life, wish me luck pray for us, I hope so. I’m scared, I found out about a month ago about where she works, I’m trying to get past Christmas I made it past Thanksgiving I don’t want to approach the situation during the holidays because it would be awkward especially painful if I don’t get a holiday invite because it’s too close to the holidays, maybe I’m just making excuses because I’m scared maybe I should just buy three gifts and wrap them and take them over there to their home. The kids have moved out of my sisters home and in with their father, so I won’t have to deal with my narcissistic twin who hates me, it’s not safe to try to have a relationship with her btw, if I even had the option. Oh yeah I absolutely have tried over and over it’s not gonna happen, not my choice, wasn’t my choice in the past but it is my choice now, don’t want a single thing to do with her, forgive and move on. Emmaline’s sister was said to have raised her hand saying she paid her debt, why couldn’t she stand up and do that for her sister while her sister was still alive, and do it in front of Emmaline? It is so painful when your own family doesn’t want you like you love you, it’s very difficult to realize/imagine that anyone else would care to when your own family wants nothing to do with you. I screwed up family we’ll always try to fix it self by scapegoating at least one family member, to put the blame on them. She was manipulated by the rich boss, she wanted someone to love her. And again is any of this is true is it all just rumors? Whadda these darn ppl really truly kno?!? There is a very good chance that none of this is true, I’m sure it has happened somewhere in history but there is absolutely no proof here, closest thing to it is these old people who remember taking her items when she was a white haired little old lady, but were the parents telling these kids to take her goods just passing judgment on her based on rumors and lies? Absolutely it is very possible that none of her sins that she is accused of is even a bit true.
Thanks for reading, I don’t have anyone to talk to so it feels better to get it out. The most important thing that I have recently finally got my brain wrapped around is this, for every action there is equal reaction and I must be happy if I want to get happy back in return. I must remember that if I do think or manifest anything negative that’s what I will get back. So my plan is as I move forward to focus on love when I am confronted w life’s daily struggles. ThankYou for your prayers thank you☮️💕🌷
RIP EMILY
SkaterGrl51 Sav’h Wow!!! And I'm mad cause my family cares so much they're smothering me!!! I don't like to talk much unless I have something important to say, but if u need someone to listen, I'm here. Nobody should be so alone😊. Love and light from the islands😊😊😊
@@skatergrl51savh45feeling sad god bless u
So true they did kill her in my way of thinking!
Spoiler alert
What a truly heartbreaking story. What the community did to her was simply deplorable.
Yes, it was.
I agree
It’s not “ Sins of our mothers” it’s crimes committed by men if anything. Guess they didn’t know better back in the days. I wouldn’t call them Christians though cause it’s nothing Christian about how they treated that poor, poor lady.
The most patriarchal societies always have the least sympathetic views towards the plight of women & girls. I think it is interesting how they say Emmeline "yeilded" to the older man when she was 13, but the reality was that rape & sexual abuse of poor girls was very common during these times and that when girls became pregnant, it was they who were blamed for it, often with the view that even if it was rape, the girl "asked" for the abuse in some way or another (and what amounted to "asking" for it could be any number of slight or unavoidable factors). I also hate this view that if you grow up around animals then you are not innocent about sex, because it really isn't always like that.
Sadly, cultures like these (slut shaming, rape blaming, ocstracisation of women, sexualization of underage girls, etc) still persist in many places even in American society today.
@@92fc Yes they do but in the case of this video it’s not the sins of our mother is it?
Relijin was created by man to divide & control the people 😡
It never ceases to amaze me how people can use religion to be cruel.
Yes I agree, but it no longer surprolises me
Religion is evil
@Thomas Farrell indeed
Ontological Certainty:
The Great Enabler
Or were they cruel because of religion?
Yes, Debra. God commands us to be merciful and not judge others. We should be kind to others. We all sin.
My Grandmother grew up on a pig farm during the Great Depression and her Father owned a mill. Her Uncle had fruit trees and during the depression my Grandma and her sisters would go to their Uncle’s house to get peaches. In return, their Uncle would molest them and grope them in “exchange” for the fruit. My Grandma’s sister was raped at 12 years old by their Uncle and she had their baby at 13 years old. When news got out, people would drive to their house in hopes to get a look at the “bastard child”. She was blamed and shunned for having the child. She was treated like a freak show. Nothing was done to the Uncle, as their father did not know his brother was the father until the bastard had finally died.
My Great Aunt took great care of that child and he is a wonderful person. I hate to hear what the women of my family, and many others, went through during these times JUST TO SURVIVE.
Curious gossipers are evil beings. Poor Auntie! So much pain in this World-not asked for-not deserved.
@@joycebrannen1943 dammit...I wanna puke at the fact some kid marries his mother
These happened to ALOT of people around that time.añd was swep under a rug.hopefully all these victims are in a better place
Your Great Aunt is a hero..
Thank you for the sharing. It’s a sad, but very real of the world that is not far away. Reality is more strange and grotesque than the ficcional stories. Again, thank you, and a kiss from Portugal 🇵🇹
Wow, what an incredibly sad story. I will never understand how the older generations would blame a minor for being taken advantage of/raped by an adult. It makes no sense to me. Also, it's very clear that Emmeline had no idea that the man she married was related to her. It's so frustrating to hear how her people treated her. If only we could go back in time and make things right...
It’s heartbreaking to hear Emmeline’s story. Today we know that Genetic sexual attraction is not uncommon in cases like this and that it might me a byproduct of missed bonding. Our biggest enemy is ignorance. RIP Emmeline 🙏🏻
Inceist is wrong, but understanding how sexuality shines some light on it's reason. My mother told me some stuff about the first time as a young girl when she had sexual dreams, they were actually about her grandfather..and it kinda has to do with genetics playing a cruel joke. My father alao mentioned something similar as to that as I got older I would find my self attracted to a women like my mother and he said it's not uncommon and happens to alot of men.
This is disgusting. No way to make it okay. Anyway who can wrap their head around this is sick too!
@@MsAmique We can't blame either mother or son -- they had no idea!!!! These kinds of things happen sometimes... like a son coming home from college with his girlfriend & after a while his mother realized the girlfriend was actually a daughter she had given up for adoption. Or the daughter who had never known her father falling deeply in love with an older man... and they eventually discovered he was her father.
Gandhi said, "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. They are not very Christ-like."
So true!
Gandhi was a racist
@@GH-im3lj ghandi died in 1948 . He supported the apartheid regime in south Africa
@@GH-im3lj He was a vehement racist who supported white supremacist ideology. He will be remembered by Africans as such.
@@makubegysman6160 stop lying and go back to watching Fox Faux News..from you own mother's basement, of course.
@@makubegysman6160 and so, you have AT LEAST 8 other CZcams accounts, you INCEL basement dweller.🙄
What happened to this woman is utterly disgusting. The thought of her finding and falling in love with her boy is so heart breaking, they must have been longing for each other before they met. They didn’t know and should not be equated with intentional incest. May you Rest In Peace sweetheart ❤️👼🏻
Very sad.. That poor little girl..
She would have been even too old to have children with him, so no third party would have suffered the consequences of a biologically incestuous relationship. Clearly a victimless crime.
Genetic Sexual Attraction is a real thing that sometimes happens between family members who meet for the first time after decades
Also, she most likely was raped wanting to stay away from men, yet, why wasn’t the man in authority condemned for raping her? She bore the outstanding blame as most women do because they’re the ones who get pregnant.
@@kattalady8114 I know an 80 year old man who is still married to his 78 year old cousin, this seems odd to me but I have since met many Mennonites who share similar stories... They are truly "equally yoked".
Today, I somehow came upon this documentary about Emeline Gurney. The story of her life brought tears to my eyes. Emeline's birthday, January 30, is two days after my birthday. She was an Aquarius. Also, I noticed Nettie Mitchell passed away on my mother's birthday, March 7. My mother is deceased and has a brother named Mitchell who is alive and well. I am an empath. I love and care for people. GOD BLESS Emeline and Nettie. May they dwell in HEAVEN WITH GOD, JESUS AND ALL OTHER BENEVOLENT ANGELS FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! 🙏❤️💕😢
I, too, came upon this powerful docu-drama! Goddess bless Nettie Mitchell. Aren't we glad for that one true compassionate soul? I know that I am.
It is a very sad story for this woman! She was treated like trash by many people and yet only 1 or 2 were kind nearing her end of life! To me she was and is a strong woman to go through all she did and not do something to herself to end it. Prayers for her even if it's decades later!!
I would have been talking to chickens too if no one else in the world talked to me Great things about animals - they never judge you
Absolutely.. pure love
Think we're all guilty of speaking outloud to animals
Love it when people say what they "would have done." Easy to say from the year 2021 🙄
Tbf most big animals in the wikd are judging u..judging whether they can eat u or not
So sad ! To be ostrisized / Shunned ! Is an unbearable horrible thing for any people or persons one to another to do it is not of a Devine godly nature . But to be shunned away from all who you have loved after going through. hardship with an entire family is even worse ! I’m living it myself but have already forgiven all who have looked the other way ! It’s worse than Alzheimer’s. Because of the memory you have ! Alzheimer’s for those shunned away would be bliss. and a painless death !
How does someone just let someone starve too death and die alone? God love her she lived through hell on earth. Raped at 13 , her child taken away, then out casted her entire life and left too starve to death. I hope shes dancing and has plenty to eat and is laughing every second there is in her after life.
Reminds me of Ocey Snead
Why would she be eating in the afterlife?
@@theshoestringstrangla5547 cause food tastes good
So sad . Yet it still happens today
Sharon, while I certainly hope she gets rewarded by God, according to the Bible, Emeline is asleep for now, as everyone else, who has died. Only Jesus Christ remains resurrected. Ppl die and sleep. Also nobody turns into guardian angels after death, no matter how cute, noble, gentle, young or old they were. God has plenty of angels (millions). It is appointed unto men (ppl) once to die and then judgement. At judgement, God will either say, “well done” or “depart from me, I never Knew you!”. Only those who repent and seek God’s forgiveness and guidance in Jesus Christ will be able to receive an immortal body and never ending life in the new earth.
I think Emmaline's story resonates today because there are people right now living extraordinarily similar lives. What a reality check for all of us. How do I treat others who are or perceive as different than I? Yes a predator could have attacked her chickens but they were also her companions 💔😔
Not gonna lie, I had poor expectations when reading the title but oh damn. What a sad story. Beautifully told.
My grandmother's mother died and her father remarried. The new wife didn't like my grandmother. So she was farmed out to help neighbors. My grandmother never had a doll so one day in her fifties she went to a thrift store and bought herself a doll. That doll sat on her coffee table for years till she died. It was so sad. She was three when her mother died and abused by her step mom. At eight she was passed from neighbor to neighbor. I don't know if she was given up because of the abuse but the irony of it was her father was a minister. I have her personal bible and she left many secret notes of her beliefs and wants. Broke my heart when I first read it. She was actually a tad confused on religion but had obviously not been taught by her father. I can't imagine her heart break knowing as a child she wasn't wanted. So sad.
Heartbreaking
It seems to me that so called Christian's back in the day were not very nice. Most Christian's theses days are nice people
Alright... go write a book
Awebreeze 0353 😞
georgina cat shut up
My recommendations in 2020 just keep getting wilder and wilder 😂
Update: 2021 is just as wild as 2020.
Right
Right?!
Yup!😂
No foreall like what is this
For Reals.....
God I love the look of 16mm. All our modern high definition is stunning and true to the details of subject in frame. However that special something, the almost dreamlike character of film, is just beyond replication. The way the colors "feel" is like paint on canvas. It is evocative and stirring and totally imperfect and just everything this medium strives to achieve.
Sorry i know this isn't relevant to the content but I just wondered if anyone else feels the same way?
The Internet (CZcams )is wonderful because it gives you a chance to talk about some horrible things that happened in your life and it also gives you the good and loving people that as abused people we didn't know excisted. God is good Bless all the people on this page that send their love and caring to us that have our pain, I can't speak for all of us, I am in my 70's so I will speak for myself. Bless you.
Thank you David for the heart, I am humbled my story is also being starved but I was a child at the time. If you know the story of the man that had electrical tape on his shoes ,that's how I went to school and was laughed at (King Edward Public School 1962 ) Sincerely Valerie.
The saddest part is the fact that Emerlines was taken advantage of, at such a young age, by a man who promised her family a better life for her. 🙁🙁😞
“Mrs Murphy when were you born?
“I was born 103 years ago you figure it out 👵🏻😂 #precious 💕
She has quite an accent too
Yes! lol She was so over math.
I can’t wait to be old and honest.
No time to waste on math at this point.
It's only appropriate to cry. What a touching story! The word ostracized was said many times in the story. My heart aches for Emmeline. May her soul continue to rest in peace. Sad! 😢
This was deeply moving, haunting. Thank you for posting this David
"He without sin cast the first stone"
I wonder how your family got their last name.. lol.
Amen.so be it.
@@karencarney7595 The name is German. It's occupational in origin and means to measure land. Likely the ancestor was a land surveyor. Probably not what you originally assumed it to mean in English.
Wait a minute. You would be going crazy if a daughter married her own father. God never wants to us to marry or have sex our own parents.
Ok! I was never forced into marrying my father and then shunned. Here are a bunch of stones and I’m about to cast them
I'm from there and remember the story well. I also remember many of the people interviewed. Nettie Mitchell used to come to our classroom at school and tell us stories of the past.
Lucky you were to have seen Nettie Mitchell tell her stories. She was a wonderful person and a great storyteller. I felt very lucky to be in her presence and to record her stories.
David Hoffman-filmmaker
I moved to Fayette 4 years ago. It's a beautiful little town and the people I've met have been, in general, pretty nice. My husband-to-be is from Fayette and part of his family use to own the general store. His mother moved down from Kent's Hill to Fayette where she has lived her entire life.
I live in Maine and I'm glad I got to see this video. It's nice to learn about how life was those many years ago.
Thank you for sharing this story.
Thank you Laurie for your comment. If your resources allow, I would sure appreciate your using the THANKS button under any of my videos including the one you have commented on. It is something new that CZcams is beta testing and would mean a great deal for my continuing efforts.
David Hoffman filmmaker
@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I just went back to your video and couldn't find a thank you to click on.
I would have if it was available.
Poor Emmeline. They weren't even aware that they were mother and son but treated like pariahs. I've been working in a group home for seniors that have special needs. When I first started there (2003), there was a woman there named Mary who was born in 1918. Her parents were brother and sister. I can't imagine the scandal.
As soon as she was born, Mary was whisked away and placed in an orphanage. I saw pictures of her. She was one of the prettiest babies that I have ever seen.The psychiatrists at the time said that she was developing at an average rate and where hoping that she could be placed for adoption.
She would be rejected as soon as all potential adoptive parents found out who her parents were. She was eventually institutionalized until the 40's when she moved to a group home with an organization that promoted a more of a community approach. I really believe that she would have had a very different kind of life had she been adopted from the orphanage.
She was would never initiate conversation--only answer questions when asked. ("Don't speak unless you're spoken to", was the way children were taught back in those times) Despite everything she was incredibly happy and well adjusted. She was 85 when I met her. I remember asking her if she could read and write. She said. "Not yet" We all loved her.❤
PS. Thank you for telling the world Emmeline's story❤
This story really touched my heart, the sadness I feel for a woman long gone is overwhelming and I know I will recall this story for the rest of my life. Sleep softly sweet Emmaline.
Yes me to
poor Emiline i hope you found a thousand loving friends in the aferlife
This Lady i think has many friends alive today after hearing the way she was treated by her community. RIP.
I hope there is an afterlife . . .
There is no afterlife. But don't worry because death is absolute. Her pain ended when she died.
That poor lady 😢
@@robdrich8556 oh... you are in for a major surprise :) you are NOT your body Mr.
What an amazing tale. I enjoyed this so much, thank you. The American Experience was always a favorite of mine when I was younger.
Poor woman. Poor girl. At first I was like "well of course she was shunned, she married her own son" but it wasn't on purpose. What a shame for her not only to be shunned, but to lose her whole lively hood because of a childhood mistake is really sad.
At first I was gonna leave a smartass comment due to the title alone. Then the more I kept viewing, the more heartbroken I got 😢
Alexandria, I am glad you didnt You are too beautiful to be so ugly inside. Thank you for being true and honest.
I use to do such just by the titles, but now I realize I have to watch the entire video before passing judgment
SLAVERY!!!!
" I was born 103 years ago, you can figure it out." Love it!
LOL! Yeah, that was great. Reminds me of my own grandmother. :-)
Lol and that was her opening statement
She was born 1916
Chituga Khalifa can’t be because these interviews are from the 70s
Chituga Khalifa wring she was born probably in 1875 or 1876 or sometime around then
This was incredible, thank you!
Thank you so so much for posting this story ! So sad how they treated her so cruel😟
The narrator called it a moral indiscretion but it could only be that if Emmaline had been aware that the young man was her son. She did not make an immoral decision because she had no idea he was her son
@@reginasherman8822 Hu? It is still, by nature, a really bad idea. A piece of paper changes nothing.
And when it was discovered, they parted forever. What a challenging life this poor woman lived.
Cece DuBois U R so correct . I also ‘think’ that the natural and good love between a mother and son was there . It was mistakenly
felt as a couples love / romance . They knew no better . Since the son left immediately proves this point .
the sin was having sex with her boss not accidentally marring her own son .
Regina Galloway
Your statement ???
She gets raped by a grown man yet she’s the one to blame.Damn shame and if she didn’t know it was her long lost sold son it was not something she did wrong purposely very sad story.She went from being abused as a child to be abused being elderly👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽
Heartbreaking..
Yes I guess it’s easier to blame the victim !! That happens more times than we know .
The men always get away with abusing girls and woman!!!! Why woman who know what men do protect them always disgusts me beyond belief!!!! Having lived it myself I will never comprehend it and can only pray the men who abuse the innocent girls and woman and woman and men who then protect those pos all rot in hell forever without a moments relief!!!!!
You got that right how about that Vickie
Abused all her life. Heartbreaking
Every couple of years I end up coming back to watch your videos again and this one has always stuck out for me in my head. BTW, when Nettie Mitchell says that there was no telephone or RFD's back in those days, I didn't know what that meant and was unfamiliar with that acronym. I guess that it stands for "Rural Free Delivery (RFD)" So I just spent an hour researching the history of Rural Free Delivery 🤣
Just found your channel and I’m so blessed! Emma’s story will live on forever!!❤
The worst part is i wasn't really her fault
"really"...it was in no way her fault.
Let's drop "really". It absolutely wasn't her fault.
@@peggymorin8944 I totally agree. Though it would be a sad story I feel there should be a movie made of her life. Maybe it would soften hard hearted people and show others how blessed they are not to have lived in her day and time.
Emerline is a novel.
A must read. So sad to have had her childhood. She was not responsible for marrying her son. Emerline had
no knowledge that her husband was her son.
The people that asked her parents to let her work for them knew what they were doing.Why didn't they ask the father to work for them &send money home to his family?Those people planned to take advantage of that young girl all along.
how could they call it a sin or a transgression when neither she nor the son even knew that they were related- holy smokes, you can't judge people for something they don't know about.....
God doesn't.
People can be so judgmental over something that was none of their business
The religious fanatics considered sex and a child out of wedlock her sin what a tragic life for that poor girl
Jason Barnes It was not her sin!
Texas 1 I understand that I am just saying the people of that day saw that as her sin she was an abused abandoned child
This is a reminder to always show compassion and kindness throughout our daily lives at any opportunity that presents itself, because we never know what suffering or trauma the people we come into contact with, have been, or are experiencing 🙏 🌎 ☮️ 💖 God bless her 💫
I’m grateful for CZcams and the people for there content it definitely passes the time for me at work
The fact that they call it the “sins of our mothers” is what baffles me.
Always finding a way to bash the women.
🙄
When the father was actually the sinner. She did the right thing by breaking up with him after finding out the guy was her son.
You clearly don't understand the concept of irony.
@@niche9015 There are many ways they could have advertised this excluding irony. I get the concept. The point i'm making is it does not help the documentary in anyway. Please don't be a smart ass.
@stupidcomment Thanks for the clarity. In this day in age, the title just doesn't sit right with me. There were many titles it could have been called in order to make ppl think. But once again thank you and thank you for speaking respectfully. Because others seem to live off negative energy in these comments.
😔😔😔 imagine being that young Nettie taking this little old lady some food and finding out later she died of starvation. 😞
It happened more than you think!!
I remember well seeing this when it first ran on American Experience in the late 80s (?). Simply a brilliant piece of work David, as so much of your work is. A compelling and moving story, beautifully told, with brilliant touches of artistry - like the old fashioned dancing doll. Thank you.
Astonishing wow thank you for allowing us to see through the lens of Emmaline’s life
It's a shame Emeline was ostracized. It's not like she knew the young man was the son she gave up for adoption. Shame on the adopted parents for not being upfront with the son when he became of age! Let this be a lesson to adoptive parents. Tell the truth before the child you adopted ends up in a sexual relationship with a possible close relative.
Right... why do some feel like bcuz they raise someone’s child the child somehow is really theirs
Honey, she didn't give that baby up for adoption. She was raped, then had her baby stolen from her and sold for profit...all too common a practice back then. That's why the family who bought the baby didn't tell him about his real mother. This is an example of horrific human trafficking that has existed for thousands of years and continues today. Truly a tragedy.
@@lmd2454 In the USA the 1865 13th Amendment to the US Constitution formally abolished slavery, the trade in human beings as chattel, property. So by such Amendment, any "sale" of a human being is a federal offense, violates the US Constitution, and is void from the start and unenforceable.
As an adult adoptee, I can tell you that it isn't that easy. Our birth records are sealed and we (and our adopted parents) are not allowed to see them. In my particular state, you usually go thru an adoption attorney if you can afford it-they're pricey. A representative of the lawyer will look up those people named on our original and sealed birth certificates. Then the rep does the research re birth parents-are they alive, is birth father known, etc. If a parent is alive, the rep explains the situation. Only IF the birth parent gives consent for info to be given or a meeting arranged can we go further. If a birth parent refuses to give out health info and downright refuses to see the now-adult child they gave up, that's the end of the search. Now if both birth parents are dead, we automatically get our original birth certificates, which at least have our REAL mothers' names on them. My male birth parent was listed as unknown & birth mother died so I automatically got the info I wanted so badly.
Most adoptive parents DO tell a child that he or she is adopted but without names of birth family, no "truth" can be told about the adopted child's blood parents. They still remain anonymous.
@@msleemastyles7452 if they raised the kid it is theirs.
Talk about being dealt a bad hand. People are heartless and cruel. Robbed of her innocence and youth.
Yeah right vh
Me too. From age 4 .
I am very interested in these sort of stories. Well done!
Thank you for sharing this Documentary of human life and her tragedy 🎭
The beauty of tragedy is that it is a story we can all relate to in ways of comparing, compassion, leading yo understanding of one another. The fame we have on earth, whether in our youth, or old age, or after we gone is the beauty of this story.
The title of this video really cheapens it. I almost didn't watch it. I am glad I did.
Agree, perpetuating the cruelty againt Em as a taboo freakshow
Poor Emmeline. She is utterly blameless. My heart goes out to her. What chance did she have; a child of 13, working in a mill, when the older owners son took advantage of her? She had no-one she could turn to. And then to marry her own son in ignorance of who he was. It is a shame she didnt have the means to leave that town and start afresh, but money aside, I can see that after previous experience of life in a city and working in a factory ( little better than slave labour in those days) she would probably have felt safer staying put n surroundings she knew. Shame on those townspeople; I am so glad there were one or two who had compassion. May she rest in peace.
I wonder what happened to her son / husband?
@@barbaramathis5844 and her other son from her first marriage. How can you just leave behind the woman who gave birth to you? People remark on kids today. There were horrible people through out history.
Emmerline
@@barbaramathis5844
Can't you just say son?
Jesus! You're like one of those towns people.
Man, that last scene, hearing the person speaking about their grave at it, dubbed over their actual grave after they passed... that was really powerful and caught me off guard completely. Like watching them slip away before your eyes. Passed on into the ether of history.
Loved this story but so sad. Thank you for sharing.
I read the book "Emiline" years ago. I didn't know it was based on a true story. It makes you wonder what all manner of awful things could happen to beautiful spirited women & girls back then.
It hasn't stopped.
They still happen today
The pedo agenda is in full force. They have infiltrated and infected every part of our society.
@@emberechos It's sadly true. You can read it in this comment section even, smh. A comment above had an individual praising the rapist and bragging about his own children. I can't go any further.
@@emberechos 🙄 pedo agenda? You mean stuff thats happened since mans walked this earth
Humans are so awful.. Rest In Peace sweet lady 💖
Some are awful and some are just like angels and prepared to sacrifice so much to help a total stranger! I'm the one on the receiving end I wake up not believing such people are real!
Yes humans are both
I have to remember at times there are a lot of good people in the world
Myra Hatton animals are much more kind and loving than human
@@reet6271 More good than bad. The bad just get more Press. : (
I agree Myra. Many people younger and older people are a disgrace. God Bless her and blessings and Love sent to you and your family and loved ones.
Great story and like you I wander around looking for the things that provide deeper meaning is the life we ultimately share.
I try to do it with nature and animals, but I believe you have inspired me to focus back on people who I’ve kind of lost faith in.
Thank you for this and you definitely have a new subscriber
I feel sorry for this lady. She didn’t know he was her son. I hope she was able to find some peace in he life.
How can it be considered shameful when neither person knew that they were related?
Their ‘love’ for each other was a new emotion to them and neither could have known that it was maternal-filial love.
I think maybe their souls recognized each other but they misunderstood the relationship connection.
I have to go back & re-listen as I'm not quite certain how anyone knew absolutely that they were kin.
@@Silvermoonscorpion No need to revert to primitive explanations about souls. Science has answered this one. It's called Genetic Sexual Attraction. 1st degree relatives usually live together which cancels out the attraction. This is the Westermack Effect. When they don't even know they're related, they'll experience this attraction and mistake it for true love.
@@jakestroll6518 maybe. No one truly knows anything. Not really. It was just a shame the way she was treated, period. Wasn't even her fault.
Cynic. I know about the effect as well, but I at least partially disagree.
I do believe they loved one another.
That was pretty much the saddest story I've ever heard. To be entirely innocent and yet be the victim of gossip and intolerance. I don't think much of the human race.
This is still going on to this day.
I have here also neighbours here who laugh about me.
Who talk sh.it about me.
Who get other's to believe them and that they are victims.
Without me doing anything but sitting in my own garden.
Bullies still exist.
These days with the convenience of facebook gossip travels faster then ever.
That's why i hate people now.
Cup Cake
There is a commandment for you also, forgive those whose persecute you and love your enemies.
I know exactly what you saying.
I remember hearing a similar story on the Sally Jessie Raphael show back in the 80's. A married couple found out they were actually brother and sister. They had both been adopted as babies, but neither of them knew anything about their biological parents. They only found out because the husband had some serious medical condition, and he started researching his background. I wish I could remember how they dealt with it.
I’m so glad I gave this a chance, what a story, a sad story indeed, but lessons are to be learned from this, for me “ empathy “ is key, and I’m glad I’ve always had a good understanding of this.
If it were not for this wonderful woman late in life who believed this story needed to be told, we would have never known this tragic story of Emmeline. I believe the only advantage of getting old is the wisdom you gain from life itself. I am 50, I think 30 years ago, I would have said, wow, that is sad, and never thought about it again. Its from the experience of life that I know how wrong it was to treat this poor woman this way. I would like to think many who watched this video would try to be kinder to those they might brush aside.
Steven Hair agreed. My husband stopped and spoke to an elderly man wearing a military cap standing outside a restaurant. After a brief conversation my husband offered to buy him breakfast. The restaurant manager actually stopped at their table to make sure the elderly veteran wasn’t bothering him.... this poor man actually asked if he could please have pan cakes and eggs... long story short. This man was a decorated Korean War veteran career officer. He had no family. Was living in a homeless shelter. My husband used his contacts at the regions VA and drove the veteran right to their door and made introductions. This veteran had over a million dollars owed him by the VA. Apparently at one time he applied for his benefits but was treated so poorly and abruptly he never followed up. He is now safely in an assisted living home and receiving medical care and supervision. He is safe. My husband checks on him periodically. How many people walked past this veteran and didn’t even see him? Who treated him so badly at the VA he never went back?
Don’t even think about allowing any so called asylum seekers demanding entrance into the US for their free ride before American veterans are provided what they EARNED.
@@CandiceGoddard Uhh, Candice, Steven wasn't sauing that *only* older people are wise, or that *all* old people are wise, or that *no* young or middle-aged people are wise.. Maybe work on your reading comprehension, and maybe soften your attitude a bit. My gosh!!!
@@kimsutube11 How wonderful that y'all were able to help that very deserving war hero!! I totally agree with you on every single point!
Steven Hairpp
@@CandiceGoddard I am going to ask you to read my entire comment again, and if at that point, you still feel I suffer from "romantic delusion" about wisdom and age, I will reply then. You either took my comment completely out of context, or you are one taco shy of a combination plate.
The whole town sin . "Love your neighbor as yourself" They did not do this one commandment the only one Christ spoke of. They will have to answer for this.
Amen to that!
Also this is a JOKE but
“Love thy neighbor as yourself”
i don’t love myself
AGAIN THIS IS A JOKE
Isis Montgomery It wasn’t but he wrapped all the others up in this one commandment. It makes sense.
@Isis Montgomery in the new testament it's say basically if you can't keep all keep these main two. Put no other God before Him and love thy neighbor as thyself. Problem with that is ppl don't even love themselves how they are going to love others. Understand now why the world is so messed up
Judge not...
Love your neighbor wher was that love when native ameticans were under invasion?....fake tear
Very sad story, but informative of the times in which they occurred. Thanks for sharing. ❤
My heart actually broke with this story....
Where was the Compassion
Oh hang on, there wasn't any...
Just like today..
Judgemental People will always be around
I am descendant from slaves. As hideous as that was, this is just heartbreaking. You don't always need chains to oppress a person.
elle415 touche!
@fluffyduckbutter's sister Nonsense. The Irish were never slaves.
As an Irish person myself I would be the first to support you if it were true, but it's not.
psmag.com/social-justice/the-irish-were-not-slaves
@fluffyduckbutter's sister my grandmother's mother came to the US as an Irish indentured servant. Not quite a slave, duties of a maid for a rich family.
@fluffyduckbutter's sister That is nonsense, I am a descendant of Irish immigrants (my username isn't my birth name) and we were never enslaved during the nineteenth century. In the seventeenth century Irishmen were sent to the Caribbean as indentured servants, but were not slaves. the MAGA hat has nothing to do with Irish or Irish-American history, Donald Trump isn't an Irish American, and most Irish-Americans live in the Northeast which is arguably the most liberal part of America after California and Oregon. Show me your evidence that Americans of Irish descent in the 2000a were turned down for jobs? You're full of shite!
Everyone is a defendant of slaves
😭 The sickest, saddest, & most frightening part of Emmeline's life story (true or false - fact or fiction) is that her's is not the last nor the only one of her kind to be told.... Out there... somewhere, in the ugliest, darkest depths of this earth we walk around in,,, are more "Emmelines",,, children,,, being ostracized, banished, traded, starved, abused, beaten, raped, and abandoned by whole families or towns... *TODAY*
Wake up people... children are precious. And we all know in the 1800's it was a different, far more struggling time than *today*....
They had an excuse... no proper education on treatment of children/adult alike....
So what is society's excuse today??? R.I.P. and carry on.... all of you beautiful Emmelines🥀🥀🥀
Now we have severe narcissists preying on women.
Children are our most precious resource.
@@boundariessetinstone5893 do you not believe they were narcissistic in days of old?
I agreed with you till the excuse part. Neighter they did nor do we have an excuse.
The dialogue is wonderful! What a story!
These stories, no matter how difficult, should be told. We learn from heartache, struggle, shame. It teaches us to reach for light and love and understanding.
What a terrible tragedy. To have everyone shun her especially her parents when she needed someone so badly it was awful. How was she supposed to know he was her son, its tragic
This is such a heartbreaking story. I hope she’s found peace, wherever she is.
Fascinating story! I am so sorry to hear about what happened to Miss Emmeline. During this time in history, my ancestors lived close by in the province of New Brunswick, and I wonder had this played out in NB if the results would have been the same. So many questions! I wish I could have helped her.
Thank you this story was very educational for me, I enjoyed learning about it & the things that people did to other people.
The Bible expressly says to take care of widows and orphans James 1:27and prisoners
Screw your stupid bible! Just BE A GOOD HUMAN!
BullCricket75 Me Andu just quoted a good way to ‘be a human’ and you call it stupid? Your logic is flawed.
Just like they did in Salem.
The christian bible also states that a woman is property of her husband, that slavery is god's will, and that if a group of locals come knocking at your door looking to gang rape angels god requires you to protect the angels' assholes by offering up your daughters to be gang raped instead.
If you quote the bible as your moral source you are a sickening excuse for a human being.
@@BullCricket75 I think what Me Andu was saying is the church and the entire community of so-called "good Christians" weren't following the very Bible they claim to believe in that does clearly state take care of widows and orphans. The whole community shunned her and that is wrong! They were a bunch of hateful, judgmental hypocrites.
I would have befriended Emmeline! Emmeline is like any person who has been bullied, made fun of and I remember the poverty.
Me too I would've visited her everyday!!!
This was in the 1800s. How could you remember the poverty?
You wouldn’t have! You need to understand the time, and the highly likely fact you would have been outcast too.
@@ellavek1998 I think they are saying that they have personally experienced poverty in their life.
Thank you for sharing Emmeline’s story….. I also was abused in my childhood…. I understand when someone shares their personal story….I’ve shared my experiences of abuse in several churches….I would tell them “The story of Annie” as I was seeking a free room for my special friends to reflect on their own experiences in a safe environment……. I’ve a special love/kindness for the abused….so many just don’t dare to trust …. and these free church rooms gave us all an opportunity to heal our sad past lives together …. as we cried ‘n laughed in our loaned church room once a week….together…. Survivors !struggling to get healthy minds….
It breaks my heart and boils my blood that this happened, and that we still haven't learned from the past. Women have always become the scapegoats for what others inflict on them. It has always been the woman who gets ostracized or punished for crimes committed against them.
This is one of most heartbreaking stories I have ever heard. Not one single thing that happened was Emmaline's fault and she was ostracized for it all. I'd like to say how different people are now and how something like this could never happen in our time. But sadly. It's still happening in the world today.