The Pettiest Feuds in History

Have you ever gotten mad over something that - in hindsight - seemed silly? How long did that grudge last? Did it span decades? If not, you're still doing better than many of the people on this list. These are some of the most heated feuds in history - from battling brothers, to parents and children, to former friends. Sometimes there's one thing that just pushes someone over the edge, and from that point on, it's war.


#feud #enemies #weirdhistory

[ArcherSuh]

When the movie The Dirty Dozen was in preproduction, the studio didn't know who to hire to direct because it would include dealing with an ensemble of very macho actors who possibly might clash during filming. One of the main reasons Robert Aldrich ultimately got the job was because he directed Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and the studio figured that if he could handle Davis and Crawford on the same set, he could handle anything...

[jennifer_m.]

My great grandmother and her sister did not speak for 20 years - because of the outcome of a card game

[terriehumphries]

I think the feud with the queen and her daughter was very petty. That woman was too dependent on her daughter.

[DeusRegum]

"The ectoplasm thickens..." Pure Narrator Gold! 🤣😂🤣

[loriloristuff]

I can understand Samuel Longhorn Clemons (Mark Twain) and his aversion to USPS. Most recently, somehow the postage, affixed in my hometown by a USPS employee, was peeled off my package in North Houston. The package stayed in the online system for a week after being returned. Instead of using an official notice and affixing it with glue or regular tape, the postal worker put a Post-It note on it, claiming I needed postage, and taped it in place with Priority Mail tape.

[mitchellbarton]

"These people took it like a shot though the heart. And not the fun Bon Jovi kind
"

😂 that actually made me chuckle, well played

[ProtectusCZ]

There's great TV show about the 2 Hollywood icons. It's called The Feud (S1) with Jessica Lange (as Joan Crawford) and Susan Saradon (as Bette Davis)

[tremorsfan]

Harlan Ellison famously once sent a publisher who rejected his work a dead gopher, complete with a recipe for gopher stew.

[edwardleemiller-eojp]

The thing that tipped Houdini to Doyle’s wife as a liar was that Houdini’s mother was devoutly Jewish (Houdini’s father was a Rabbi), yet the “auto writing” made several allusions to Christianity.

[jons.]

"Ectoplasm thickens...!" Haha! I heard in lectures that among the things that fueled the rivalry between Michaelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci was one of them overhearing the other in a crowd of people all laughing and the presumption was that it was "at them"!

[valerieschoettmer]

Please update the playlists! I think I've watched every one so far and I fall asleep listening to them 😂

[Deborahtunes]

I can certainly understand the general's feud. As well as Betty and Joan.

Joan was man crazy and extremely jealous to begin with. Crawford probably would have stolen the 'elephant man' away from Davis, if it meant getting revenge on her...

[danmiller]

All I know from those photos is that if there's ever a biopic of Houdini, the only choice is Tom Hardy.

[karenroot]

With No glasses I thought this said The Prettiest Feuds In History. So I clicked thinking that famous fight in the pond from the 1980’s. U know the one.
On Dallas!

[Seventeen_Syllables]

You really don't want to go to war with France over pastry. Bad idea.

[theWUisCOMINthru]

I’ll happily listen to even the in-video promotions as long as OG WH narrator is the one providing the voice over for it…

[nicole.stanhope]

You could have used King Edward VIII instead of Princess Beatrice. She blamed him for Albert’s death, because Albert went after him when he was fooling around with women out of wedlock, and she believed the poor weather and rain is what got Albert sick and that’s what killed him. There was a strain between those two from then on… He wasn’t really allowed to be sad about his father or reminisce about him in Queen Victoria’s presence. 😐

[Lkydog]

FYI picture that you put up when you were talking about Princess Beatrice was actually of King George and Queen Mary when they first got married

[noabengal]

Eminem and Mariah Carey...weirdest feud ever!

[btetschner]

6:20 Both Joan Crawford and Bette Davis are two of my favorite actors!