The Wild Tale of the Hartlepool Monkey Hangers

In this historical anecdote, we tackle a legend originating during the Napoleonic Wars from the Northeastern British town of Hartlepool! I came across this story and thought it would make the perfect candidate for my YouTube shorts debut. The tale goes that the sole survivor of a French shipwreck, a monkey dressed in a French uniform, was tried and hanged for treason by the townspeople of Hartlepool. Human or not, no French supporter can survive the wrath of propaganda fed isolated Englishmen!

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[LUNATIC]

I'm just glad that Frenchman was dealt with properly.

[fatguywhobreathesfire]

Hartlepool: “We hung a monkey and we’re proud of it!!!”
People: “That’s horrible! That’s monkey did nothing wrong you heartless bastards!!!”
Hartlepool: “It was French”
People: “ *JUST* a hanging?”

[gutollewelyn]

Not only that, around 20 years ago the people of Hartlepool elected H'Angus the Monkey (the mascot) to be the town's mayor.

[lagamerfuel]

He’s a beautiful mix between Sam o nella and oversimplified

[colethomas]

When the world needed Sam O'nella the most... he vanished. A whole year past, and a new still image animating, history centric content creator was found. Ok but seriously, your content is great. I really hope you keep going. You're very entertaining and very funny.

[patrickkelly]

I heard a theory that it wasn't actually a monkey, but a powder monkey (a small boy roughly 6 that ran ammo and gunpowder to cannons.) and as old tales get passed along, they get more exaggerated or whimsical. So at some point the "powder" part was probably dropped.

[arandomguy]

INTRUDER ALERT: Red monke is in the base

[thenutella]

Monke: survives humiliating captivity and the sinking of his ship.

Hartlepool peasants: So, you have chosen... Death.

[bigchap]

I am from Hartlepool, and I approve this message. Just discovered this channel from the Baltic Fleet video and you are absolutely top tier

[USSAnimeNCC-]

Man that monkey did a "if you strike me down I'll shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" in real life

[nevermindthegermans]

Are you sure it was a monkey? It could have just been a frenchman.

[CAPTAINOKIN]

Dude I’m loving this channel keep it up

[rushi]

Your channel is primed to blow tf up. Love when I get to be a YouTube hipster. Glad to be here when you only have 20k subs, see you in a month when you hit 300k.

[lil_crispy]

I was deadass thinking about this event not even 2 hours ago before I saw this

[flipwhale]

Guys he’s not the next Sam O’Nella or a mix with oversimplified… he’s the first iconic blue jay.

[jacksonrivard]

Yknow it’s sad that this is so short but I do indeed love this video

[yko_]

I just couldn't handle it at "H'Angus the Monkey".

[Pocky_Fox]

Blue Jay, I love your content! I already love history, but you make it even more fun!

[RoboticNerd]

The bird character makes me feel very comfy and happy. Thank you for doing what you do ☺️

[thegeneral]

My grandpa told me the story, he grew up near there in the 40’s, I laughed my butt off when I first heard it