The Death of Famous Outlaw Jesse James | I Was There (Season 1)

After a botched robbery in 1876, Jessie James becomes one of the most famous outlaws in town - which soon leads to his demise, in this clip from Season 1, "The Death of Jesse James."

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[goated]

The man at 2:24 is Earl Weinmann and he was my History teacher in middle school here in Northfield Minnesota, the place where the failed robbery happened. He was a great teacher to me and a phenomenal person above all else. Really awesome to see him on here talking about what he loves, we had a really long unit about the James Gang in class and it was so cool. I look back and remember him as one of the best teachers I've ever had.

[ShawnCaldwell]

I love how they tried to recreate everything from the movie the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford. great movie. probably one of the best movies ever made.

[peaceofpiety]

Thanks for this video about my Great Great GreatGrandfather's brother. My family doesn't talk about this stuff much.

[paulbhager]

I really like how this gentleman narrates.

[radioactivehalfrhyme]

Mom: We have The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford at home.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford at home:

[mysticmarlee]

Apparently his gold is buried somewhere in my town

[kirkfcrewdawg]

He went by Thomas Howard, not John Howard.

[jaymass]

He knew the Ford brothers pretty well. Bob was persuaded by the reward he never received. It was a needle point sampler that he stood on a chair to fix. The hole is still in the wall of his house, it's preserved

[meghanmisaliar]

ALL of Jesses relatives are in here!! 🤣🤣

[karlahahn]

My great Uncle George said Jessie was the nicest man he had met

[DeggeJames]

I'm Robert Degge James, we moved from Missouri to Dallas County Texas in 1865. Frank and Jesse needed a place to hide out in north Texas. I'm 70 years old now and the money's about gone😊😊

[jesus]

This man was the inspiration for dutch van der linde

[Jester_Jingles]

It’s crazy how romanticize this dude is. He was being romanticized while he was still alive. But the dude murdered 12 to 18 people. A train derailing killed the conductor. he was not a good person. He wasn’t a hero.

[TheBelladonnaSeries]

4:25--Check out 'Jesse James Granbury'.

[ashleygreen]

Why would Jesse deliberately put himself in a defenseless position, knowing that there was a huge price on his head and being very suspicious of the Fords?Rationally, it makes no sense. My guess (and it’s only a guess) is that he believed the Ford’s to be so intimidated by him that they wouldn’t dare try to kill him even in that situation. A tragic miscalculation: sheer terror, rather than paralyzing them, impelled them to act with no hesitation. It was their only chance to come out alive and with a big reward to boot.

[Sneaky-Sneaky]

A lot of people believe that he wasn’t killed that day. In fact a man in Oklahoma in 1949 in a rest home claimed to be Jesse James. Two men who had road with Jesse came to see this man and had asked him some questions only Jesse would have known the answers to. He answered the questions correctly! All three of the men were over 100 years old. This event also became world wide news!!

[lzgbonesy]

I always hear music about jessy James but never knew who he was finally glad to know what he was

[cyankirkpatrick]

We'll never know why the father James really left his family but the excuse was gold fever and headed off to California and never came back it changed them forever, I wonder if there's a California branch of the family there.

[trentonnutma]

My friend is an ancestor of jessie james

[cher]

When I was a kid I remember watching a show just like this one, it was called " You Were There ". All about history. This was in the late 1960s. Way before the History channel. Ha - before cable. We had 2 channels. But the show was always a favorite. Now its high jacked, " You Were There " was first and didnt sound so
me me me . " I" was there leaves out anyone else does it not ? This show is a unoriginal redo .