1 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:11,417 [rhythmic music] 2 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,958 - Looking for payback? 3 00:00:15,958 --> 00:00:19,375 How about a DIY project fueled by rage? 4 00:00:20,417 --> 00:00:23,208 - It is a absolute wrecking machine. 5 00:00:23,583 --> 00:00:27,208 - It's knocking down buildings, running over vehicles. 6 00:00:27,208 --> 00:00:29,542 - [Jason] Local law enforcement have no idea 7 00:00:29,542 --> 00:00:30,958 how to stop this thing. 8 00:00:30,958 --> 00:00:32,917 What about being on the receiving end 9 00:00:32,917 --> 00:00:34,708 of vengeance by beast? 10 00:00:34,708 --> 00:00:36,208 [elephant roaring] 11 00:00:36,208 --> 00:00:38,833 - Those poachers have now angered the alpha female. 12 00:00:39,292 --> 00:00:42,625 They attack at night, when humans are most vulnerable. 13 00:00:42,625 --> 00:00:44,125 [elephant snarling] 14 00:00:44,125 --> 00:00:46,417 - Or consider the case of the Ukrainian princess 15 00:00:46,417 --> 00:00:48,917 who stops at nothing to get even. 16 00:00:48,917 --> 00:00:52,042 - She orders her men to slaughter them all. 17 00:00:52,042 --> 00:00:53,667 [swords swishing] 18 00:00:53,667 --> 00:00:55,333 - By the time the night is over, 19 00:00:55,333 --> 00:00:58,417 5,000 of them have been put to the sword. 20 00:00:59,292 --> 00:01:02,042 Olga finally has her revenge. 21 00:01:02,042 --> 00:01:03,208 [apprehensive music] 22 00:01:03,208 --> 00:01:05,417 - These are stories of sweet revenge 23 00:01:05,417 --> 00:01:08,875 so astonishing they are truly unbelievable. 24 00:01:08,875 --> 00:01:12,792 [mysterious music] 25 00:01:12,792 --> 00:01:16,667 [mysterious music continues] 26 00:01:16,667 --> 00:01:22,500 [dramatic music] 27 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:26,125 Revenge, a dish best served cold, 28 00:01:26,125 --> 00:01:28,125 unless you're Peter the Great, 29 00:01:28,125 --> 00:01:32,000 in which case it's a dish best served pickled? 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,167 [rhythmic music] 31 00:01:35,167 --> 00:01:36,167 - Peter the Great is considered 32 00:01:36,167 --> 00:01:38,125 to be a rather ruthless ruler. 33 00:01:38,125 --> 00:01:41,125 He is known for his penchant for torturing people. 34 00:01:42,375 --> 00:01:47,083 - Dismemberment, hanging, limbs being removed. 35 00:01:47,833 --> 00:01:49,500 He is not a man to cross. 36 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:52,042 - [Dan] It's something his wife Catherine 37 00:01:52,042 --> 00:01:53,458 learns the hard way. 38 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:58,208 - Peter finds out that Catherine 39 00:01:58,208 --> 00:02:00,333 is potentially carrying on 40 00:02:00,333 --> 00:02:03,125 with one of his advisors, Willem Mons. 41 00:02:03,125 --> 00:02:06,167 [dreary music] 42 00:02:06,167 --> 00:02:08,375 Because accusing the queen of adultery 43 00:02:08,375 --> 00:02:11,083 has political implications for himself, 44 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:17,833 he decides to accuse Mons of bribery and embezzlement. 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,333 - [Dan] Not surprisingly, 46 00:02:20,333 --> 00:02:23,833 Willem Mons is found guilty and swiftly beheaded. 47 00:02:23,833 --> 00:02:28,042 But Peter's wife Catherine won't be getting off easy either. 48 00:02:28,042 --> 00:02:33,250 - In addition to his notoriously bad temper and bloodlust, 49 00:02:33,417 --> 00:02:37,125 Peter the Great considers himself a fan of the sciences. 50 00:02:37,125 --> 00:02:39,792 He has a cabinet of curiosities. 51 00:02:39,792 --> 00:02:43,458 He has pickled fetuses, he has two-headed goats, 52 00:02:43,458 --> 00:02:46,667 syphilis-ridden skulls and jars. 53 00:02:47,542 --> 00:02:52,292 It's possible that these curiosities kind of inspired him 54 00:02:52,292 --> 00:02:55,167 to come up with a creative payback for his wife. 55 00:02:55,167 --> 00:02:56,375 [suspenseful music] 56 00:02:56,375 --> 00:02:57,750 - According to the legend, 57 00:02:57,750 --> 00:03:00,667 he decides he's going to take Willem Mons' head 58 00:03:01,667 --> 00:03:05,708 and have it pickled in a jar to be presented to his wife, 59 00:03:05,708 --> 00:03:09,458 to have her keep on her bedside as a warning 60 00:03:09,458 --> 00:03:11,875 not to repeat what she has done. 61 00:03:11,875 --> 00:03:15,708 [suspenseful music] 62 00:03:15,708 --> 00:03:18,042 [Catherine shrieking] 63 00:03:18,042 --> 00:03:19,417 - [Dan] Peter's act of revenge 64 00:03:19,417 --> 00:03:21,667 doesn't have its intended effect. 65 00:03:21,667 --> 00:03:22,708 [rhythmic music] 66 00:03:22,708 --> 00:03:25,375 Rumor has it Catherine keeps the head 67 00:03:25,375 --> 00:03:28,750 even after Peter dies the following year. 68 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:30,125 - Catherine, for her part, 69 00:03:30,125 --> 00:03:33,875 gets her own post-mortem revenge on Peter. 70 00:03:33,875 --> 00:03:37,333 After Peter's death, Catherine uses money 71 00:03:37,333 --> 00:03:38,875 from the royal estate, 72 00:03:38,875 --> 00:03:42,875 money that Mons was falsely accused of embezzling, 73 00:03:42,875 --> 00:03:45,917 and showers it upon his surviving family. 74 00:03:48,125 --> 00:03:52,375 - Now that is sweet, or perhaps sour revenge. 75 00:03:52,375 --> 00:03:54,750 However, it pales in comparison 76 00:03:54,750 --> 00:03:58,375 to what the angriest wife in Soviet history plans 77 00:03:58,375 --> 00:04:00,292 for the Nazi war machine. 78 00:04:00,292 --> 00:04:02,292 [rhythmic music] 79 00:04:02,292 --> 00:04:04,917 - Maria Oktyabrskaya is born in Crimea 80 00:04:04,917 --> 00:04:06,292 around the turn of the century. 81 00:04:06,292 --> 00:04:07,542 She is a Russian serf. 82 00:04:07,542 --> 00:04:09,750 So when the communist revolution happens, 83 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:13,125 she sees this as a way out of her abject poverty. 84 00:04:13,125 --> 00:04:14,292 [rhythmic music] 85 00:04:14,292 --> 00:04:18,542 - Maria is an idealistic young woman. 86 00:04:18,542 --> 00:04:22,125 And in 1925, she's very proud 87 00:04:22,125 --> 00:04:25,542 to marry a Russian soldier. 88 00:04:25,542 --> 00:04:28,208 And as the saying goes in Russia, 89 00:04:28,208 --> 00:04:30,708 marry a soldier, marry the army. 90 00:04:31,958 --> 00:04:36,417 So as an army wife, Maria learns some basic military skills, 91 00:04:36,417 --> 00:04:39,042 how to drive military trucks, 92 00:04:39,042 --> 00:04:43,500 and she gains familiarity with weapons and munitions. 93 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:46,208 She actually becomes a pretty formidable person. 94 00:04:46,208 --> 00:04:47,417 [tense music] 95 00:04:47,417 --> 00:04:50,250 - When the Nazis invade in the summer of 1941, 96 00:04:50,250 --> 00:04:52,292 her husband is sent to the front. 97 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:53,917 [dreary music] 98 00:04:53,917 --> 00:04:56,375 She finds out two years later 99 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:59,458 that he was killed in the opening moments of the invasion. 100 00:05:00,458 --> 00:05:03,000 - Of course Maria does not take that news well. 101 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,208 She is out for blood. 102 00:05:05,708 --> 00:05:08,125 - [Dan] Maria sells all of her possessions 103 00:05:08,125 --> 00:05:12,042 and does whatever she can to raise money to fund her plan. 104 00:05:12,042 --> 00:05:13,750 - So she writes Stalin and says, 105 00:05:13,750 --> 00:05:17,375 "I want to go out there and avenge my husband's death, and 106 00:05:17,375 --> 00:05:19,000 I'm so serious about this 107 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 I have deposited 50,000 rubles 108 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,542 in the National Republic Bank, and I want a tank." 109 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:29,292 - And Stalin responds with one word, "Da." 110 00:05:29,292 --> 00:05:30,375 [intrepid music] 111 00:05:30,375 --> 00:05:33,375 - Maria is granted a T-34 tank 112 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:36,833 with the term Fighting Girlfriend painted on the side. 113 00:05:37,458 --> 00:05:39,208 - [Dan] By September, 1943, 114 00:05:39,208 --> 00:05:41,250 Maria and the Fighting Girlfriend 115 00:05:41,250 --> 00:05:43,792 are both ready to make the Nazis pay. 116 00:05:43,792 --> 00:05:47,208 - Her first mission is to protect Stalingrad. 117 00:05:47,208 --> 00:05:50,375 And when she shows up, she means business. 118 00:05:50,375 --> 00:05:53,000 [tense music] 119 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,167 - On numerous occasions, the tank is extremely successful. 120 00:05:56,167 --> 00:05:57,500 It's leading the breakthrough. 121 00:05:57,500 --> 00:05:59,292 It's taking out infantry positions. 122 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:01,042 It's taking out machine gun positions. 123 00:06:01,042 --> 00:06:05,500 And then boom, it's hit by a German anti-tank shell. 124 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:08,042 The shell severs part of the track. 125 00:06:08,042 --> 00:06:11,250 Immediately now, she decides to spring into action. 126 00:06:11,875 --> 00:06:16,167 Miraculously, she repairs the tank track under fire, 127 00:06:16,167 --> 00:06:17,458 gets it back into battle, 128 00:06:17,458 --> 00:06:20,042 and off goes Fighting Girlfriend again. 129 00:06:20,042 --> 00:06:21,292 [dreary music] 130 00:06:21,292 --> 00:06:22,875 - [Dan] Maria is invincible. 131 00:06:23,083 --> 00:06:24,208 For two more months, 132 00:06:24,375 --> 00:06:26,792 she continues bulldozing through enemy trenches, 133 00:06:26,792 --> 00:06:28,833 taking out anyone in her path. 134 00:06:28,833 --> 00:06:30,000 [intense music] 135 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,042 - In January of 1944, 136 00:06:33,042 --> 00:06:35,083 bitter cold time of year, 137 00:06:35,083 --> 00:06:39,083 Maria and her crew are taking part in an attack 138 00:06:39,083 --> 00:06:41,542 against Nazi forces in Belarus. 139 00:06:41,542 --> 00:06:43,500 [booming sound] 140 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:45,583 - The tank is hit, the track is severed, 141 00:06:45,583 --> 00:06:48,917 and she jumps out under fire yet again 142 00:06:50,083 --> 00:06:51,917 when a shell explodes near her. 143 00:06:51,917 --> 00:06:54,000 She's dragged off the battlefield, 144 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,542 but she ends up in a coma. 145 00:06:55,833 --> 00:07:00,042 - [Dan] Two months later, on March 15th, 1944, 146 00:07:00,042 --> 00:07:02,375 Maria succumbs to her injuries. 147 00:07:03,583 --> 00:07:07,708 - Maria is buried with full military honors 148 00:07:07,708 --> 00:07:12,208 and posthumously awarded medals for heroism. 149 00:07:12,208 --> 00:07:14,708 And in a final tribute to her, 150 00:07:14,708 --> 00:07:19,750 the medals are melted down and used in the manufacture 151 00:07:20,583 --> 00:07:23,542 of a new Fighting Girlfriend tank. 152 00:07:23,542 --> 00:07:27,292 So Maria's crusade for revenge continues. 153 00:07:27,292 --> 00:07:28,542 [dramatic music] 154 00:07:28,542 --> 00:07:31,250 - For her efforts, Maria is also awarded 155 00:07:31,250 --> 00:07:34,208 the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 156 00:07:34,208 --> 00:07:36,375 the nation's highest honor. 157 00:07:36,375 --> 00:07:38,917 In mafia-controlled Naples, Italy, 158 00:07:38,917 --> 00:07:40,708 another widow's vengeance earns her 159 00:07:40,708 --> 00:07:43,458 a much less honorable title. 160 00:07:43,458 --> 00:07:45,833 Meet the Godmother. 161 00:07:45,833 --> 00:07:50,167 [intense music] 162 00:07:50,167 --> 00:07:51,583 - In 1935, 163 00:07:51,583 --> 00:07:53,417 Assunta Pupetta Maresca 164 00:07:53,417 --> 00:07:54,958 is born outside of Naples, 165 00:07:54,958 --> 00:07:57,375 kind of at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. 166 00:07:57,375 --> 00:07:59,875 And she is born into an area 167 00:07:59,875 --> 00:08:03,792 that is completely run by organized crime. 168 00:08:03,792 --> 00:08:05,542 - The town that Pupetta grows up in 169 00:08:05,542 --> 00:08:08,500 is seen as so corrupt and so evil 170 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:12,375 that a local priest decides to perform an exorcism 171 00:08:12,375 --> 00:08:14,458 on the whole town from a helicopter. 172 00:08:15,208 --> 00:08:16,208 It doesn't work. 173 00:08:16,208 --> 00:08:17,875 [intense music] 174 00:08:17,875 --> 00:08:20,125 She is part of a family that's organized crime, 175 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:23,083 and they specifically deal in black market cigarettes. 176 00:08:23,833 --> 00:08:26,708 - [Dan] Pupetta's nickname means little doll. 177 00:08:26,708 --> 00:08:29,583 But even as a child, she's not innocent. 178 00:08:30,792 --> 00:08:33,958 - Pupetta stashes contraband in her dollhouse. 179 00:08:33,958 --> 00:08:37,083 In grade school, she stabs a classmate 180 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:40,042 who's the daughter of a rival crime family. 181 00:08:40,042 --> 00:08:42,625 She is in it from the very beginning. 182 00:08:43,708 --> 00:08:46,083 - So as she grows up, she is a beauty queen. 183 00:08:46,083 --> 00:08:48,667 She is really kind of perfectly positioned 184 00:08:48,667 --> 00:08:52,083 to become a wife to a mafioso. 185 00:08:52,875 --> 00:08:56,583 - She is a catch, and she finds her match 186 00:08:56,583 --> 00:08:59,167 in Pascalone Simonetti. 187 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:00,458 [dramatic music] 188 00:09:00,458 --> 00:09:03,750 Pascalone is very well known in the area 189 00:09:03,750 --> 00:09:07,500 because he is in charge of the vegetable racket. 190 00:09:07,583 --> 00:09:09,792 - [Dan] This tough guy gets a piece of every vegetable 191 00:09:09,792 --> 00:09:12,167 that comes through the port of Naples. 192 00:09:12,167 --> 00:09:14,167 And after a whirlwind courtship, 193 00:09:14,167 --> 00:09:16,375 the two lovebirds tie the knot. 194 00:09:16,375 --> 00:09:18,750 - Very quickly, Pupetta becomes pregnant. 195 00:09:18,750 --> 00:09:21,583 But the honeymoon phase of this relationship 196 00:09:21,583 --> 00:09:22,667 is to be short-lived. 197 00:09:22,667 --> 00:09:24,542 [apprehensive music] 198 00:09:24,542 --> 00:09:26,250 [suspenseful music] 199 00:09:26,250 --> 00:09:30,083 - Because Pasquale's business is really, really lucrative, 200 00:09:30,083 --> 00:09:33,750 that means that other people want the same thing he has. 201 00:09:33,750 --> 00:09:34,875 - [Dan] Chief among his rivals 202 00:09:34,875 --> 00:09:37,333 is a man named Antonio Esposito, 203 00:09:37,333 --> 00:09:38,792 a former partner who has taken 204 00:09:38,792 --> 00:09:40,875 to mocking Pascalone in public, 205 00:09:40,875 --> 00:09:43,750 calling him the president of potato prices, 206 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:46,750 which sounds even more insulting in Italian. 207 00:09:46,750 --> 00:09:50,500 - The tensions between Pascalone and Antonio 208 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:52,042 heat up to the point 209 00:09:52,042 --> 00:09:54,708 that violence becomes the only option. 210 00:09:54,708 --> 00:09:56,042 [tense music] 211 00:09:56,042 --> 00:09:58,208 Pascalone is rushed to the hospital. 212 00:09:58,208 --> 00:10:00,083 Pupetta is there to meet him. 213 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:02,042 He is dying. 214 00:10:02,042 --> 00:10:03,500 And she asks him, 215 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:05,208 "Who did this to you?" 216 00:10:05,208 --> 00:10:07,375 And he says, "Antonio Esposito." 217 00:10:08,208 --> 00:10:12,042 That moment, on that day, she starts plotting her revenge. 218 00:10:12,042 --> 00:10:14,542 - [Dan] As he will soon discover, 219 00:10:14,542 --> 00:10:17,667 Esposito has messed with the wrong Pupetta. 220 00:10:17,667 --> 00:10:19,250 [dreary music] 221 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:21,833 - It's August 4th, 1955, 222 00:10:21,833 --> 00:10:24,375 less than a month after Pascalone's death. 223 00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:27,250 Pupetta is eight months pregnant. 224 00:10:27,250 --> 00:10:29,500 She tracks down Antonio. 225 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:32,042 She finds him in a cafe. 226 00:10:32,042 --> 00:10:33,958 In broad daylight, 227 00:10:33,958 --> 00:10:37,000 Pupetta pulls out her gun and shoots Antonio 228 00:10:39,458 --> 00:10:41,667 29 times, 229 00:10:42,792 --> 00:10:46,042 which means she had to reload. 230 00:10:46,042 --> 00:10:49,208 [dramatic music] 231 00:10:49,208 --> 00:10:51,792 [dramatic music continues] 232 00:10:51,792 --> 00:10:53,583 - Pupetta is not above the law. 233 00:10:53,583 --> 00:10:54,917 She gets arrested. 234 00:10:55,042 --> 00:10:57,333 Everybody knows who the pregnant murdering woman is. 235 00:10:57,333 --> 00:10:58,542 It's her. 236 00:10:58,542 --> 00:11:00,375 - And over the course of the trial, 237 00:11:00,375 --> 00:11:04,833 the world catches news of this pregnant young woman 238 00:11:04,833 --> 00:11:06,167 who carried out this revenge. 239 00:11:06,167 --> 00:11:09,042 She becomes an instant celebrity. 240 00:11:09,042 --> 00:11:11,583 She gives interviews, she talks to the press. 241 00:11:11,583 --> 00:11:12,958 And when they ask, 242 00:11:12,958 --> 00:11:15,167 "Do you regret this, you know, killing a man," 243 00:11:15,167 --> 00:11:18,708 she said, "I did it for love and I would do it again." 244 00:11:18,708 --> 00:11:21,042 - [Dan] Her courtroom drama may sell a lot of ink, 245 00:11:21,042 --> 00:11:23,125 but it doesn't keep her out of prison. 246 00:11:23,125 --> 00:11:26,042 What it does do is make her a legend. 247 00:11:26,042 --> 00:11:27,542 [intense music] 248 00:11:27,542 --> 00:11:31,542 - Because of the violence and the vengefulness of this act, 249 00:11:31,542 --> 00:11:34,708 it also starts to establish her mob cred. 250 00:11:34,708 --> 00:11:37,167 She earns the title of Madrina, 251 00:11:37,167 --> 00:11:41,250 which is the first godmother in mafia history. 252 00:11:42,250 --> 00:11:45,167 - She has her baby while incarcerated, 253 00:11:45,167 --> 00:11:49,083 and her fellow inmates changed the baby's diapers. 254 00:11:49,333 --> 00:11:51,417 - Her sentence is originally for 24 years, 255 00:11:51,417 --> 00:11:52,958 but she only serves 10 of it. 256 00:11:52,958 --> 00:11:54,417 And then she receives a pardon, 257 00:11:54,417 --> 00:11:57,208 so the whole thing is wiped clean off of her record. 258 00:11:57,208 --> 00:11:58,125 [dramatic music] 259 00:11:58,125 --> 00:12:01,292 - Unlike her rival mob bosses 260 00:12:01,292 --> 00:12:03,833 who end up dying violently, 261 00:12:03,833 --> 00:12:08,542 she passes away peacefully at the age of 86 in Campania. 262 00:12:08,542 --> 00:12:11,292 [dreary music] 263 00:12:11,292 --> 00:12:14,500 - Before she dies, Pupetta Maresca is asked 264 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:16,708 about her vengeful reputation, 265 00:12:16,708 --> 00:12:17,875 to which she replies, 266 00:12:17,875 --> 00:12:20,167 [speaking in foreign language], 267 00:12:20,667 --> 00:12:22,375 "I sleep fine at night." 268 00:12:26,208 --> 00:12:27,583 - Is the searing desire to make villains pay 269 00:12:27,583 --> 00:12:29,792 an emotion limited to humans 270 00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:32,333 or do animals feel the need for retribution? 271 00:12:33,333 --> 00:12:34,875 You bet they do. 272 00:12:34,875 --> 00:12:38,292 [bright music] 273 00:12:38,292 --> 00:12:43,208 - Many cities in China have stray and feral dogs. 274 00:12:43,208 --> 00:12:46,375 There's an estimated 40 million stray dogs 275 00:12:46,375 --> 00:12:47,708 throughout the entire country. 276 00:12:47,708 --> 00:12:50,875 And the city of Chongqing is no different. 277 00:12:50,875 --> 00:12:51,792 [dog barking] 278 00:12:51,792 --> 00:12:52,750 [dogs snarling] 279 00:12:52,750 --> 00:12:54,042 - A man coming home from work 280 00:12:54,042 --> 00:12:56,667 is confronted with a very slight inconvenience. 281 00:12:56,875 --> 00:12:59,250 There's a stray dog sleeping in his parking space. 282 00:13:00,417 --> 00:13:03,708 - So the driver loses his temper, exits the car, 283 00:13:03,708 --> 00:13:07,542 kicks the dog, and the dog goes running off. 284 00:13:07,542 --> 00:13:10,167 [dreary music] 285 00:13:10,167 --> 00:13:12,875 - The next morning, he returns to his car 286 00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:15,083 and sees that it's brutally vandalized. 287 00:13:15,083 --> 00:13:17,167 - He's completely puzzled. 288 00:13:17,167 --> 00:13:19,417 This is not some random accident 289 00:13:19,417 --> 00:13:23,542 where something fell or another driver sideswiped him. 290 00:13:23,542 --> 00:13:27,083 Someone went to real trouble to vandalize this vehicle. 291 00:13:27,083 --> 00:13:28,792 - So the man is very unnerved, 292 00:13:28,792 --> 00:13:29,917 and so he goes to a neighbor who 293 00:13:29,917 --> 00:13:31,542 happens to have a security camera 294 00:13:31,542 --> 00:13:33,000 pointed in that direction. 295 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,875 And what he finds is completely unbelievable. 296 00:13:35,875 --> 00:13:37,083 [intense music] 297 00:13:37,083 --> 00:13:40,458 It's not just the dog that the man kicked. 298 00:13:40,458 --> 00:13:43,000 It's all of the dog's friends. 299 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,083 They knew which car to attack. 300 00:13:45,083 --> 00:13:46,833 All the other cars were untouched. 301 00:13:46,833 --> 00:13:49,542 They came for revenge. 302 00:13:49,542 --> 00:13:51,000 [dramatic music] 303 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,125 - Now one would assume that a pack of dogs 304 00:13:53,125 --> 00:13:55,542 would band together to take down prey 305 00:13:55,542 --> 00:13:57,250 or to fight off a predator, 306 00:13:57,250 --> 00:14:00,375 but what you're seeing looks like an act 307 00:14:00,375 --> 00:14:03,708 of premeditated vigilante justice. 308 00:14:03,708 --> 00:14:05,542 [dog barking] 309 00:14:05,542 --> 00:14:09,042 - If you think a pack of stray dogs can do some damage, 310 00:14:09,042 --> 00:14:12,792 that's nothing compared to a herd of angry elephants. 311 00:14:12,792 --> 00:14:15,333 [intense music] [elephant breathing] 312 00:14:17,333 --> 00:14:21,292 - So unfortunately, the ivory trade is alive and well 313 00:14:21,292 --> 00:14:24,458 all around the world, even if it's illegal. 314 00:14:24,458 --> 00:14:28,500 - Elephant ivory can bring in life-changing money. 315 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:29,667 - [Dan] That big payday 316 00:14:29,667 --> 00:14:31,583 is what motivates a group of poachers 317 00:14:31,583 --> 00:14:33,625 to target a large male elephant 318 00:14:33,625 --> 00:14:35,458 in the forests of Eastern India 319 00:14:35,458 --> 00:14:38,250 during the summer 2011. 320 00:14:38,250 --> 00:14:40,958 - There are no lengths that these poachers won't go to. 321 00:14:40,958 --> 00:14:42,208 [elephant roaring] 322 00:14:42,208 --> 00:14:44,042 And obviously elephants are super dangerous. 323 00:14:44,042 --> 00:14:47,208 So they have the idea to poison a piece of jackfruit. 324 00:14:47,208 --> 00:14:49,708 And an elephant eats it, and he dies, 325 00:14:49,708 --> 00:14:51,208 and they take his tusks. 326 00:14:51,208 --> 00:14:52,750 - [Dan] But these poachers messed 327 00:14:52,750 --> 00:14:55,083 with the wrong pachyderm. 328 00:14:55,083 --> 00:14:59,000 - Those poachers have now angered the alpha female. 329 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,458 And she is a vengeful animal. 330 00:15:02,458 --> 00:15:03,875 [elephant roaring] 331 00:15:03,875 --> 00:15:05,167 - Over the course of the next two weeks, 332 00:15:05,167 --> 00:15:09,208 the herd destroys 54 homes in the surrounding area. 333 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:11,583 [resident speaking in foreign language] 334 00:15:11,583 --> 00:15:12,833 [elephant roaring] 335 00:15:12,833 --> 00:15:15,583 - [Dan] This isn't simply blind rage. 336 00:15:15,583 --> 00:15:16,625 [elephant roaring] 337 00:15:16,625 --> 00:15:18,042 The elephants have a strategy. 338 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:20,167 - To minimize their chances of being hurt, 339 00:15:20,167 --> 00:15:22,042 they hide in the forest during the day 340 00:15:22,042 --> 00:15:23,750 and then they attack at night, 341 00:15:23,750 --> 00:15:25,458 when humans are most vulnerable. 342 00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:27,208 [elephant roaring] 343 00:15:27,208 --> 00:15:28,917 - [Dan] Eventually, authorities are able to 344 00:15:28,917 --> 00:15:30,792 drive the herd away from the area 345 00:15:31,292 --> 00:15:34,000 but not before a strong message is sent. 346 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Do not cross a large animal that doesn't forget. 347 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,667 - Elephants have the largest brains of any animal 348 00:15:40,667 --> 00:15:42,208 that has ever walked the Earth. 349 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:45,583 And like us, they make lifelong relationships. 350 00:15:45,583 --> 00:15:48,375 - There are elephant graveyards documented around the world 351 00:15:48,375 --> 00:15:51,375 that those same packs will go back to again and again 352 00:15:51,375 --> 00:15:53,042 as though they are visiting the dead, 353 00:15:53,042 --> 00:15:55,417 just as a human would go to a cemetery. 354 00:15:56,292 --> 00:16:00,042 So we know that they understand the concept of death, 355 00:16:00,042 --> 00:16:02,375 and it's not that far a stretch to think 356 00:16:02,375 --> 00:16:05,750 that they might then also be able to understand 357 00:16:05,750 --> 00:16:07,750 this concept of revenge. 358 00:16:07,750 --> 00:16:09,333 [apprehensive music] 359 00:16:09,333 --> 00:16:11,542 - Though our angry elephants do destroy homes, 360 00:16:11,542 --> 00:16:14,375 fortunately they do not destroy humans. 361 00:16:14,375 --> 00:16:18,042 Our next target of revenge isn't quite as lucky. 362 00:16:18,042 --> 00:16:21,375 [intense music] 363 00:16:21,375 --> 00:16:24,125 - Vladimir Markov is a hunter-poacher 364 00:16:24,125 --> 00:16:27,167 in far east Russia, 365 00:16:27,167 --> 00:16:30,625 kind of on the border between China and North Korea. 366 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,542 And it's an extremely hand-to-mouth existence. 367 00:16:34,542 --> 00:16:37,208 - This is an area which was heavily reliant 368 00:16:37,208 --> 00:16:39,875 on the timber industry. 369 00:16:39,875 --> 00:16:41,458 But by the late '80s, early '90s, 370 00:16:41,458 --> 00:16:44,792 when the Soviet Union starts to crumble and collapse, 371 00:16:44,792 --> 00:16:47,125 it takes this local industry with it. 372 00:16:47,125 --> 00:16:50,042 And so, because of that, Markov literally has to do 373 00:16:50,042 --> 00:16:53,250 whatever is necessary to be able to survive. 374 00:16:54,167 --> 00:16:55,792 - [Dan] Faced with bankruptcy, 375 00:16:55,792 --> 00:16:58,625 Markov is prepared to support himself 376 00:16:58,625 --> 00:17:00,417 by any means necessary. 377 00:17:00,417 --> 00:17:03,208 - Now, poachers normally go after boars or badgers, 378 00:17:03,208 --> 00:17:05,792 but those who are really looking for a big payday 379 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:08,500 recognize that the real money is in the big game. 380 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:09,875 [dramatic music] 381 00:17:09,875 --> 00:17:12,208 - [Sami] And the mother of all trophies 382 00:17:12,208 --> 00:17:15,500 is the Siberian Amur tiger. 383 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:16,250 [tiger growling] 384 00:17:16,250 --> 00:17:17,917 If you're able to bag one, 385 00:17:17,917 --> 00:17:19,958 the carcass would fetch you about 30 grand. 386 00:17:19,958 --> 00:17:21,208 [tiger growling] 387 00:17:21,208 --> 00:17:22,958 - The biggest market for this is China, 388 00:17:22,958 --> 00:17:26,708 where various body parts can be used for healing properties. 389 00:17:26,708 --> 00:17:29,292 The whiskers are said to make you bulletproof. 390 00:17:29,292 --> 00:17:32,333 And a tiger's penis is used in soup, 391 00:17:32,333 --> 00:17:33,958 which is said to be an aphrodisiac. 392 00:17:33,958 --> 00:17:35,833 [dramatic music] 393 00:17:35,833 --> 00:17:37,000 - [Dan] Vladimir Markov 394 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,125 has this potential payday in mind 395 00:17:39,125 --> 00:17:41,542 when he stumbles on a set of large tiger tracks 396 00:17:41,542 --> 00:17:43,417 one cold December night. 397 00:17:44,292 --> 00:17:45,625 - Now, if you're a poacher, 398 00:17:45,625 --> 00:17:48,792 remember that Siberian tigers are badass. 399 00:17:49,125 --> 00:17:51,375 They weigh around 500 pounds. 400 00:17:51,375 --> 00:17:52,958 They're incredibly stealthy. 401 00:17:52,958 --> 00:17:54,167 They're incredibly fast. 402 00:17:54,167 --> 00:17:55,833 If they were to jump vertically, 403 00:17:55,833 --> 00:17:59,292 they could clear a basketball hoop with no problem. 404 00:17:59,292 --> 00:18:02,625 So who is hunting whom? 405 00:18:02,625 --> 00:18:04,833 [suspenseful music] 406 00:18:04,833 --> 00:18:07,333 - As Markov comes upon the tiger, 407 00:18:07,333 --> 00:18:09,667 he's lucky because he sees that it's distracted 408 00:18:09,667 --> 00:18:12,667 as it's feeding on a boar it's just killed. 409 00:18:12,667 --> 00:18:16,167 Recognizing that he has one shot to take this tiger down, 410 00:18:16,167 --> 00:18:18,708 he shores himself up, takes aim, 411 00:18:18,708 --> 00:18:21,750 [suspenseful music] 412 00:18:21,750 --> 00:18:22,750 and fires. 413 00:18:22,750 --> 00:18:24,375 [gun firing] 414 00:18:24,375 --> 00:18:27,708 - He hits the tiger but doesn't kill it. 415 00:18:27,708 --> 00:18:29,375 The tiger runs off. 416 00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:34,292 So Markov has a very, very upset apex predator in the wild. 417 00:18:35,417 --> 00:18:38,083 - Markov is pretty desperate, so he decides, 418 00:18:38,083 --> 00:18:40,333 you know, let me make the best of the situation. 419 00:18:40,333 --> 00:18:43,875 And he drags the boar back to his cabin. 420 00:18:43,875 --> 00:18:47,708 - [Yohuru] What Markov never imagined is that the tiger 421 00:18:47,708 --> 00:18:50,542 is actually now following his scent trail. 422 00:18:50,542 --> 00:18:54,333 [intense music] 423 00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:57,167 - [Dan] When Markov returns to his cabin, 424 00:18:57,167 --> 00:18:59,792 the wounded tiger is already there waiting. 425 00:19:00,333 --> 00:19:01,750 Not only does he attack, 426 00:19:02,667 --> 00:19:05,708 he destroys everything with Markov's scent on it. 427 00:19:05,708 --> 00:19:06,542 [tiger snarling] 428 00:19:06,542 --> 00:19:10,208 It is clear this is very personal. 429 00:19:10,208 --> 00:19:12,792 - By the time people actually find Markov, 430 00:19:12,792 --> 00:19:14,750 there's very little left of him. 431 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,750 - We're talking about stumps of bone 432 00:19:17,750 --> 00:19:19,333 sticking out of his boots, 433 00:19:19,333 --> 00:19:22,042 and remnants of an arm stuck inside his shirt, 434 00:19:22,042 --> 00:19:25,208 and most shockingly, his head with no face. 435 00:19:25,208 --> 00:19:26,708 [intense music] 436 00:19:26,708 --> 00:19:29,500 What's so remarkable about this attack for authorities 437 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:31,250 is that if we we're talking about humans, 438 00:19:31,250 --> 00:19:33,500 this would be a case of premeditated murder. 439 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:36,625 Clearly, the tiger had plotted its revenge. 440 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,417 [tiger snarling] 441 00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:42,292 - As Markov sadly discovered, it seems that tigers, 442 00:19:42,292 --> 00:19:45,292 like humans, don't always forgive and forget. 443 00:19:49,417 --> 00:19:51,042 - Perhaps you've heard the name Vlad the Impaler, 444 00:19:51,042 --> 00:19:53,042 the real life Transylvanian inspiration 445 00:19:53,042 --> 00:19:55,208 for Bram Stoker's "Dracula." 446 00:19:55,208 --> 00:19:57,333 In fact, the real Vlad's murderous exploits 447 00:19:57,333 --> 00:19:59,458 had nothing to do with vampirism 448 00:19:59,458 --> 00:20:02,167 and everything to do with bloody revenge. 449 00:20:02,708 --> 00:20:04,083 [dramatic music] 450 00:20:04,083 --> 00:20:06,917 It's 1447 in Wallachia. 451 00:20:06,917 --> 00:20:08,500 A civil war is about to wet 452 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:11,208 young Vlad III's thirst for vengeance. 453 00:20:11,208 --> 00:20:12,375 [rhythmic music] 454 00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:14,917 - Vlad III's father, Vlad II, 455 00:20:14,917 --> 00:20:17,083 is deposed and brutally murdered 456 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:19,750 by a group of aristocrats known as boyars. 457 00:20:19,750 --> 00:20:21,500 [Vlad II groaning] [intense music] 458 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:26,458 - And as a part of this coup, Vlad's older brother, Mircea, 459 00:20:26,917 --> 00:20:29,125 is blinded and buried alive. 460 00:20:29,125 --> 00:20:30,792 [Mircea yelling] 461 00:20:30,792 --> 00:20:34,708 - While all this is going on, Vlad, he's being held prisoner 462 00:20:34,708 --> 00:20:37,500 by an Ottoman sultan, and he doesn't even know 463 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:39,292 what has happened to his family. 464 00:20:39,292 --> 00:20:41,708 [dramatic music] 465 00:20:41,708 --> 00:20:43,917 - [Dan] Once Vlad escapes captivity 466 00:20:43,917 --> 00:20:45,583 and discovers his family's fate, 467 00:20:46,917 --> 00:20:50,333 he embarks on a decade-long quest for retribution. 468 00:20:51,708 --> 00:20:56,208 - After 10 years of bitter civil war, 469 00:20:56,208 --> 00:20:59,958 Vlad III finally has the country under control. 470 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:01,750 [imperious music] 471 00:21:01,750 --> 00:21:05,750 He invites all of these boyars, 200 of them, 472 00:21:05,750 --> 00:21:10,875 into a big Easter feast to celebrate the new found peace. 473 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,500 - [Dan] But this is no egg hunt. 474 00:21:14,500 --> 00:21:15,417 - There's drinking. 475 00:21:15,417 --> 00:21:17,667 People are not on their guard. 476 00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:20,792 And that's when everything goes massively wrong. 477 00:21:20,792 --> 00:21:22,875 [suspenseful music] 478 00:21:22,875 --> 00:21:24,208 The first thing that happens 479 00:21:24,208 --> 00:21:26,625 is Vlad takes all of the women and the elderly. 480 00:21:26,625 --> 00:21:29,083 He stabs them, he impales them. 481 00:21:29,083 --> 00:21:30,667 [victim groaning] 482 00:21:30,667 --> 00:21:33,292 - He then takes the able-bodied men 483 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,292 and puts them into slavery. 484 00:21:35,292 --> 00:21:37,458 - He puts these boyars to work, 485 00:21:37,458 --> 00:21:40,583 rebuilding and strengthening Poenari Castle, 486 00:21:40,583 --> 00:21:44,292 which is big and gothic and becomes one of the inspirations 487 00:21:44,292 --> 00:21:46,208 for Bram Stoker's "Dracula." 488 00:21:46,208 --> 00:21:47,500 [dramtic music] 489 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:49,958 - [Dan] The reward for their hard work? 490 00:21:49,958 --> 00:21:53,167 They get to help Vlad earn his nickname. 491 00:21:53,167 --> 00:21:56,000 - Vlad takes all of the surviving boyars 492 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,083 and he impales them. 493 00:21:57,083 --> 00:21:59,250 [boyars groaning] 494 00:21:59,250 --> 00:22:02,750 But the impalement is slow. 495 00:22:02,750 --> 00:22:07,500 These are sharpened tall spikes that are greased. 496 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:10,500 And he places each of them on the spike 497 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:12,208 where the spike goes through the anus. 498 00:22:12,208 --> 00:22:15,417 And over the course of days and even weeks, 499 00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:17,208 gravity does its work. 500 00:22:17,208 --> 00:22:20,833 And so surrounding Vlad's Castle 501 00:22:20,833 --> 00:22:25,792 are these aristocrats agonizing as they slowly die. 502 00:22:27,708 --> 00:22:31,375 - Vlad's exploits earn him fame as a blood thirsty tyrant. 503 00:22:31,375 --> 00:22:35,208 Yet, if he were a blood thirsty Ukrainian princess, 504 00:22:35,208 --> 00:22:37,125 they might have made him a saint. 505 00:22:37,125 --> 00:22:38,917 [upbeat music] 506 00:22:38,917 --> 00:22:42,500 It's the 10th century in what is now Ukraine, 507 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:46,458 and Princess Olga of Kiev receives some tragic news. 508 00:22:47,417 --> 00:22:49,833 - Her husband, Prince Igor, has been murdered 509 00:22:49,833 --> 00:22:52,458 by a group of people known as the Drevlians. 510 00:22:53,375 --> 00:22:55,500 - The Drevlians' beef with Igor 511 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:58,458 is that he taxes too heavily. 512 00:22:58,458 --> 00:23:00,542 And they decide that they should send a message 513 00:23:00,542 --> 00:23:02,167 about their feelings. 514 00:23:02,167 --> 00:23:04,875 [dreary music] 515 00:23:04,875 --> 00:23:07,542 - They tie his arms and his legs to these trees, 516 00:23:07,542 --> 00:23:10,333 two saplings that have been bent together. 517 00:23:11,542 --> 00:23:14,542 - They're pulled back, almost like a slingshot. 518 00:23:14,542 --> 00:23:16,542 [intense music] 519 00:23:16,542 --> 00:23:19,042 When these trees are released, 520 00:23:19,042 --> 00:23:24,000 [suspenseful music] [ropes cracking and snapping] 521 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,333 it tears him apart. 522 00:23:26,333 --> 00:23:29,083 - Prince Mal, the leader of the Drevlians, 523 00:23:29,083 --> 00:23:31,250 sees this as an opportunity. 524 00:23:31,250 --> 00:23:33,542 And so he proposes marriage 525 00:23:33,542 --> 00:23:37,500 as a way of uniting the power of their two realms. 526 00:23:38,542 --> 00:23:41,000 - So Prince Mal sends 20 dignitaries to Kiev 527 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,667 with a marriage proposal for Princess Olga. 528 00:23:43,667 --> 00:23:45,833 And Olga doesn't reject this out of hand. 529 00:23:45,833 --> 00:23:49,042 She actually welcomes the envoy with open arms. 530 00:23:49,042 --> 00:23:51,542 - What they don't know is she's been having her people 531 00:23:51,542 --> 00:23:53,125 dig a giant trench. 532 00:23:53,125 --> 00:23:55,708 [ominous music] 533 00:23:55,708 --> 00:23:59,458 She trots them out and her soldiers shove each of them 534 00:23:59,458 --> 00:24:01,208 inside this trench. 535 00:24:01,708 --> 00:24:05,833 - As Olga watches, her soldiers bury the men alive. 536 00:24:05,833 --> 00:24:07,500 [ominous music] 537 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:09,167 [tense music] 538 00:24:09,167 --> 00:24:12,583 - Before Prince Mal could discover the deception, 539 00:24:14,375 --> 00:24:16,542 Olga sends word back to the prince 540 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:18,917 that she is still entertaining this marriage proposal 541 00:24:18,917 --> 00:24:21,750 but only if he sends his best men back to Kiev 542 00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:23,583 to escort her to the prince. 543 00:24:24,417 --> 00:24:25,458 - [Dan] When they arrive, 544 00:24:25,458 --> 00:24:27,375 Olga offers them her bathhouse 545 00:24:27,375 --> 00:24:30,000 to freshen up after their long journey. 546 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,000 But it won't be a bath that warms them. 547 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,750 - They walk inside, Olga locks the door, 548 00:24:37,250 --> 00:24:39,375 and sets it on fire. 549 00:24:39,375 --> 00:24:41,375 [dramatic music] 550 00:24:41,375 --> 00:24:43,625 - [Dan] Gruesome, sure, 551 00:24:43,625 --> 00:24:46,000 but Olga's just getting started. 552 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,750 - Olga needs to stay ahead of the news of what she has done. 553 00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:51,542 And so she gets her army. 554 00:24:51,542 --> 00:24:54,917 She travels to the Drevlian capital. 555 00:24:54,917 --> 00:24:56,917 - She essentially convinces Prince Mal 556 00:24:56,917 --> 00:25:01,917 to organize this feast in honor of these pending nuptials. 557 00:25:02,708 --> 00:25:04,750 - At the perfect moment, when they're drunk, 558 00:25:06,542 --> 00:25:09,125 she orders her men to slaughter them all. 559 00:25:09,125 --> 00:25:09,958 [apprehensive music] 560 00:25:09,958 --> 00:25:11,708 [swords swishing] 561 00:25:11,708 --> 00:25:13,708 - By the time the night is over, 562 00:25:13,708 --> 00:25:17,542 5,000 of them have been put to the sword. 563 00:25:17,542 --> 00:25:18,958 [apprehensive music] 564 00:25:18,958 --> 00:25:20,417 - [Dan] With their army decimated, 565 00:25:20,417 --> 00:25:22,083 there's nothing left for the Drevlians to do 566 00:25:22,083 --> 00:25:24,875 but throw themselves on Olga's mercy, 567 00:25:24,875 --> 00:25:28,833 which she offers at a small price. 568 00:25:28,833 --> 00:25:31,125 - She only demands three pigeons 569 00:25:31,125 --> 00:25:35,208 and three sparrows from each house, a meager peace offering, 570 00:25:35,208 --> 00:25:38,042 at least from the standpoint of the Drevlians. 571 00:25:38,042 --> 00:25:41,833 - [Dan] But as you might expect, there's a catch. 572 00:25:41,833 --> 00:25:43,875 - What they don't know is that Olga 573 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:46,667 has her soldiers take each of these birds 574 00:25:46,667 --> 00:25:49,917 and wrap a piece of sulfur and a piece of cloth, 575 00:25:49,917 --> 00:25:52,542 and attach it to the bird's legs. 576 00:25:52,542 --> 00:25:54,583 - [Dan] Sulfur is a flammable accelerant. 577 00:25:54,583 --> 00:25:57,000 So when the birds land back in their nests 578 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,958 in Drevlian chimneys, they burn down every house. 579 00:26:01,708 --> 00:26:05,083 - Olga finally has her revenge. 580 00:26:05,958 --> 00:26:08,750 Now, in a final strange twist, 581 00:26:08,750 --> 00:26:11,375 Olga will later convert to Christianity 582 00:26:11,375 --> 00:26:15,250 and help lead her people in converting to Christianity. 583 00:26:15,250 --> 00:26:18,292 And because of that, the Russian Orthodox Church 584 00:26:18,292 --> 00:26:21,000 makes her a saint. 585 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,208 [intense music] 586 00:26:24,208 --> 00:26:28,958 - I guess this is before they gave saints background checks. 587 00:26:28,958 --> 00:26:29,875 Coming up, 588 00:26:29,875 --> 00:26:31,917 you can fight city hall, 589 00:26:31,917 --> 00:26:33,667 you just have to get creative. 590 00:26:37,458 --> 00:26:39,333 - Nothing angers the little guy more than getting pushed around 591 00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:40,792 by government bureaucracy. 592 00:26:40,792 --> 00:26:43,042 But when it comes to taking on the man, 593 00:26:43,042 --> 00:26:46,000 there are two things that can even the odds, 594 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,208 a taste for revenge and alcohol. 595 00:26:49,208 --> 00:26:50,500 [dramatic music] 596 00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:52,542 - It's September, 2017 597 00:26:52,542 --> 00:26:54,875 in the sleepy town of Westford, Vermont, 598 00:26:54,875 --> 00:26:57,625 and a local businessman named Ted Pelkey 599 00:26:57,625 --> 00:27:00,542 is raising a ruckus at the town hall. 600 00:27:00,542 --> 00:27:03,708 [tense music] 601 00:27:03,708 --> 00:27:06,625 - Ted's goal is to bring his truck repair company 602 00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:07,917 onto his property. 603 00:27:07,917 --> 00:27:11,458 However, the Westford Review Board says no 604 00:27:11,458 --> 00:27:15,833 because they think that it is going to be a big eyesore. 605 00:27:15,833 --> 00:27:18,292 - [Dan] Convinced the review board is out to get him, 606 00:27:18,292 --> 00:27:21,875 Pelky and his wife blow off some steam at a local bar. 607 00:27:21,875 --> 00:27:23,708 And like most great ideas, 608 00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:26,292 his next one comes up after a few drinks. 609 00:27:28,042 --> 00:27:31,875 - He says, "I'm gonna make a huge middle finger, 610 00:27:31,875 --> 00:27:33,417 and put it right on my front lawn, 611 00:27:33,417 --> 00:27:35,875 and point it directly at the board." 612 00:27:37,167 --> 00:27:40,333 - [Dan] This obscene gesture won't come cheap. 613 00:27:40,333 --> 00:27:42,375 Pelky shelves out $4,000 614 00:27:42,375 --> 00:27:44,625 to commission a seven-foot tall, 615 00:27:44,625 --> 00:27:48,458 700-pound one finger salute. 616 00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:49,958 [dramatic music] 617 00:27:49,958 --> 00:27:52,875 - The town hall gets upset about this, to say the least. 618 00:27:52,875 --> 00:27:56,417 - They accused Ted of violating a local ordinance 619 00:27:56,417 --> 00:27:59,417 against erecting billboards on your property, 620 00:27:59,417 --> 00:28:00,792 and Ted is crestfallen. 621 00:28:02,125 --> 00:28:03,375 In a final irony, 622 00:28:03,375 --> 00:28:07,208 the state defends his middle finger statue as art, 623 00:28:07,208 --> 00:28:10,500 protected by Ted's First Amendment rights. 624 00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:13,208 - [Dan] So while you still can't fight city hall, 625 00:28:13,208 --> 00:28:16,667 in Vermont, you can flip them the bird. 626 00:28:19,250 --> 00:28:22,292 Pelky may win the prize for the most creative vengeance, 627 00:28:22,292 --> 00:28:24,875 but other folk are hell bent on pure destruction 628 00:28:24,875 --> 00:28:26,208 to make their point. 629 00:28:26,208 --> 00:28:30,458 Take the case of town versus Killdozer. 630 00:28:30,458 --> 00:28:32,833 [apprehensive music] 631 00:28:32,833 --> 00:28:34,583 - It's June of 2004, 632 00:28:34,583 --> 00:28:36,667 and the town of Granby, Colorado 633 00:28:36,667 --> 00:28:38,542 has descended into panic 634 00:28:38,542 --> 00:28:42,375 [dramtic music] [buildings crashing] 635 00:28:42,375 --> 00:28:45,208 because there is a homemade armored vehicle 636 00:28:45,208 --> 00:28:48,542 laying waste to local buildings in the community. 637 00:28:48,542 --> 00:28:51,333 It is a absolute wrecking machine. 638 00:28:51,333 --> 00:28:54,042 [armored vehicle rumbling] 639 00:28:54,042 --> 00:28:56,542 The local law enforcement have no idea 640 00:28:56,542 --> 00:28:58,375 how to stop this thing. 641 00:28:58,375 --> 00:29:00,042 - It seems to be armor-plated. 642 00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:03,500 It's knocking down buildings, running over vehicles. 643 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,083 It seems to be retrofitted 644 00:29:05,083 --> 00:29:07,375 to be more of an armored fighting vehicle 645 00:29:07,375 --> 00:29:08,875 than an actual bulldozer. 646 00:29:08,875 --> 00:29:12,417 As a matter of fact, it's quickly nicknamed the Killdozer. 647 00:29:13,917 --> 00:29:15,375 - [Dan] But what the scared citizens 648 00:29:15,375 --> 00:29:17,125 of Granby don't realize 649 00:29:17,125 --> 00:29:20,042 is that the man driving the steel-clad behemoth 650 00:29:20,042 --> 00:29:24,375 is a neighbor they know and like. 651 00:29:24,375 --> 00:29:25,875 [dreary music] 652 00:29:25,875 --> 00:29:29,042 - Marvin Heemeyer is the local man behind the wheel. 653 00:29:29,042 --> 00:29:31,458 He is known as an expert welder. 654 00:29:31,458 --> 00:29:35,708 And in fact, he runs a very successful business in town. 655 00:29:35,708 --> 00:29:39,042 Outwardly, he seems to be living a happy life. 656 00:29:39,042 --> 00:29:41,042 - [Dan] Life should be good for Marvin, 657 00:29:41,042 --> 00:29:43,292 but there's something sticking in his craw. 658 00:29:44,375 --> 00:29:47,583 - For years, Marvin has been in a battle 659 00:29:47,583 --> 00:29:52,292 with the Granby Town Board due to a land dispute. 660 00:29:53,042 --> 00:29:55,333 - [Dan] The trouble starts in the early '90s, 661 00:29:55,333 --> 00:29:57,917 when Marvin outbids the concrete company next door 662 00:29:57,917 --> 00:29:59,458 for a prime piece of land. 663 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,958 They allegedly retaliate 664 00:30:02,958 --> 00:30:05,167 by using their connections with the board 665 00:30:05,167 --> 00:30:07,792 to get Marvin slapped with costly fines. 666 00:30:09,417 --> 00:30:12,083 - One of the persecutions that Marvin feels 667 00:30:12,083 --> 00:30:15,125 is inflicted on him is the demand 668 00:30:15,125 --> 00:30:19,542 to connect his welding shop to the town sewer line, 669 00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:22,875 which is prohibitively expensive. 670 00:30:22,875 --> 00:30:25,250 When he fails to do so, 671 00:30:25,250 --> 00:30:29,333 the town board begins levying ruinous fines on him. 672 00:30:30,542 --> 00:30:33,958 - In his mind, it's designed to put pressure on him 673 00:30:33,958 --> 00:30:35,500 to sell the land. 674 00:30:36,750 --> 00:30:38,750 - Marvin grudgingly pays the fines, 675 00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:41,458 but when he's making out his check, 676 00:30:41,458 --> 00:30:45,958 he uses the memo section to insult the town board, 677 00:30:45,958 --> 00:30:48,875 calling them cowards and frauds 678 00:30:48,875 --> 00:30:50,375 - [Dan] As the town fines continue 679 00:30:50,375 --> 00:30:54,500 with no end in sight, Marvin's rage builds. 680 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:57,250 [rhythmic music] 681 00:30:59,042 --> 00:31:03,917 - One night, Marvin claims to hear the voice of God. 682 00:31:03,917 --> 00:31:07,375 That voice tells him to get revenge 683 00:31:07,375 --> 00:31:10,958 on all of the people that are involved in this scandal. 684 00:31:10,958 --> 00:31:15,667 [dramatic music] 685 00:31:15,667 --> 00:31:20,417 Marvin gets himself a bulldozer at a local auction. 686 00:31:20,417 --> 00:31:24,000 And while he is running his business during the day, 687 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,375 at night, he's spending his time 688 00:31:26,375 --> 00:31:30,875 creating this impenetrable, armored attack vehicle. 689 00:31:32,417 --> 00:31:35,167 - [Dan] Marvin covers the Killdozer in steel plates 690 00:31:35,167 --> 00:31:38,250 reinforced with concrete to make it bulletproof. 691 00:31:39,792 --> 00:31:41,542 Instead of windows, he installs cameras 692 00:31:41,542 --> 00:31:44,917 all around the Killdozer behind bulletproof glass 693 00:31:44,917 --> 00:31:47,667 and uses monitors to see outside. 694 00:31:47,667 --> 00:31:49,583 [apprehensive music] 695 00:31:49,583 --> 00:31:52,208 - [Mitch] It takes Marvin about a year and a half 696 00:31:52,208 --> 00:31:55,083 to construct this monster machine. 697 00:31:55,083 --> 00:31:57,667 And during this time, people do visit him, 698 00:31:57,667 --> 00:31:59,958 but apparently they never think 699 00:31:59,958 --> 00:32:04,625 to look under the enormous tarp. 700 00:32:05,042 --> 00:32:10,000 - [Dan] On June 4, 2004, Marvin's rampage begins. 701 00:32:10,375 --> 00:32:11,333 [intense music] 702 00:32:11,333 --> 00:32:13,250 - The first thing he turns into rubble 703 00:32:13,250 --> 00:32:15,417 is the concrete factory next door, 704 00:32:15,417 --> 00:32:18,458 owned by the family who he had the problems with. 705 00:32:19,542 --> 00:32:21,083 - Law enforcement shows up, 706 00:32:21,083 --> 00:32:24,208 and they start firing 50-caliber bullets at him. 707 00:32:24,208 --> 00:32:26,917 They even try to use concussion grenades, 708 00:32:26,917 --> 00:32:29,042 but not a scratch on the Killdozer. 709 00:32:29,042 --> 00:32:30,750 - [Dan] Marvin takes to the highway 710 00:32:30,750 --> 00:32:34,000 to visit everybody on his long list. 711 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,833 - Next, Marvin hits the propane company 712 00:32:37,833 --> 00:32:39,875 owned by a town board member. 713 00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:43,875 - Then he moves to the town hall itself 714 00:32:43,875 --> 00:32:46,833 and runs it completely into the ground. 715 00:32:46,833 --> 00:32:50,708 - He turns the Killdozer towards the hardware store, 716 00:32:50,708 --> 00:32:52,208 also owned by a board member. 717 00:32:53,458 --> 00:32:58,375 But Marvin makes one massive tactical blunder. 718 00:32:58,375 --> 00:33:03,375 He fails to realize the building does have a basement. 719 00:33:04,833 --> 00:33:09,125 The Killdozer wedges into the basement, where it gets stuck. 720 00:33:09,125 --> 00:33:10,875 [suspenseful music] 721 00:33:10,875 --> 00:33:12,750 - [Dan] The dozer starts overheating, 722 00:33:12,750 --> 00:33:14,208 then finally shuts down. 723 00:33:15,417 --> 00:33:19,542 Marvin's revenge mission has reached its end. 724 00:33:19,542 --> 00:33:20,500 [rhythmic music] 725 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:22,375 - Marvin does not survive the ordeal, 726 00:33:22,375 --> 00:33:25,292 but he does become a folk hero of sorts 727 00:33:25,292 --> 00:33:26,792 for the people in the area, 728 00:33:26,792 --> 00:33:30,208 people who feel that taking matters into their own hand 729 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:32,250 is the only act they have left. 730 00:33:33,375 --> 00:33:34,750 [dreary music] 731 00:33:34,750 --> 00:33:36,208 - We've seen what one man can do 732 00:33:36,208 --> 00:33:38,375 when he's hell bent on payback. 733 00:33:38,375 --> 00:33:41,125 But what about spite when money is no object? 734 00:33:45,042 --> 00:33:46,583 - Philadelphia might be the city of brotherly love, 735 00:33:46,583 --> 00:33:48,083 but according to a legend, 736 00:33:48,083 --> 00:33:51,542 Boston might be the city of brotherly spite. 737 00:33:51,542 --> 00:33:53,750 [dramatic music] 738 00:33:53,750 --> 00:33:57,458 - Boston's North End is one of the most expensive 739 00:33:57,458 --> 00:34:00,375 and sought after neighborhoods in the city. 740 00:34:00,375 --> 00:34:01,958 - This is such a beautiful area. 741 00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:03,875 The houses are majestic. 742 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,125 They're statuesque. 743 00:34:05,125 --> 00:34:07,958 And then you see this little teeny-tiny house. 744 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:10,375 - They call it the Skinny House. 745 00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:13,875 It's nine-feet wide and, at its skinniest, 746 00:34:13,875 --> 00:34:15,875 tapers into just six-feet. 747 00:34:15,875 --> 00:34:19,583 Somehow they jammed two bedrooms and a bathroom in there. 748 00:34:20,042 --> 00:34:21,542 - [Dan] Perhaps that's because according 749 00:34:21,542 --> 00:34:23,042 to local legend, 750 00:34:23,042 --> 00:34:25,708 this house wasn't built for creature comfort. 751 00:34:25,708 --> 00:34:28,625 It was built for sweet revenge. 752 00:34:28,625 --> 00:34:31,583 - The folklore around this house goes something like this. 753 00:34:32,833 --> 00:34:34,250 There are these three brothers 754 00:34:34,250 --> 00:34:36,708 that inherit this very valuable plot of land 755 00:34:36,708 --> 00:34:38,292 on Hull Street. 756 00:34:38,292 --> 00:34:40,292 - One of the brothers is said to have gone off 757 00:34:40,292 --> 00:34:41,583 to fight the Civil War. 758 00:34:43,417 --> 00:34:46,250 Supposedly, while that brother is off fighting, 759 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:47,750 the other two concoct a plot 760 00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:51,125 to build their dream houses with these amazing views, 761 00:34:51,125 --> 00:34:53,167 leaving very little of the plot left 762 00:34:53,167 --> 00:34:54,708 for their absent brother. 763 00:34:54,708 --> 00:34:56,417 - When this brother comes back from war, 764 00:34:56,417 --> 00:34:59,875 he discovers that he has this tiny little sliver of land. 765 00:34:59,875 --> 00:35:01,542 It's useless. 766 00:35:01,542 --> 00:35:03,833 - [Dan] The absurdly narrow plot is too small 767 00:35:03,833 --> 00:35:05,583 for his own dream home, 768 00:35:05,583 --> 00:35:09,000 but it may be large enough to ruin his brother's. 769 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,833 - That third brother erects the skinniest 770 00:35:12,833 --> 00:35:17,875 and most ridiculous house just to block the brothers' views 771 00:35:18,042 --> 00:35:19,917 and their access to the back property. 772 00:35:20,167 --> 00:35:22,000 - And this act of retaliation 773 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:26,542 actually earns the home its other name, the Spite House. 774 00:35:26,542 --> 00:35:27,958 - It's hard to say for sure 775 00:35:27,958 --> 00:35:30,292 whether or not this legend is true, 776 00:35:30,292 --> 00:35:32,833 but it has definitely made that property 777 00:35:32,833 --> 00:35:35,042 incredibly valuable. 778 00:35:35,042 --> 00:35:38,375 In 2021, it sells for $1.2 million. 779 00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:44,333 - That's big bucks for a tiny house built out of spite. 780 00:35:44,333 --> 00:35:45,708 But when you're really loaded, 781 00:35:45,708 --> 00:35:48,792 as in ridiculously large piles of money, 782 00:35:48,792 --> 00:35:51,667 revenge can come super sized. 783 00:35:51,667 --> 00:35:53,917 [tense music] 784 00:35:53,917 --> 00:35:56,333 - Corina Kavanagh, in the mid 1930s, 785 00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:59,167 is living a life most of us would envy. 786 00:36:00,208 --> 00:36:03,458 She is an incredibly wealthy Irish heiress. 787 00:36:03,458 --> 00:36:05,292 She is living in Bueno Aires. 788 00:36:05,292 --> 00:36:08,208 And she's also deeply in love. 789 00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:09,583 Her beloved is the son of 790 00:36:09,583 --> 00:36:12,625 Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena, 791 00:36:13,250 --> 00:36:16,292 who is basically one of the richest matriarchs 792 00:36:16,292 --> 00:36:18,167 of the area at the time. 793 00:36:18,167 --> 00:36:20,458 - The Anchorena family is kind of the equivalent 794 00:36:20,458 --> 00:36:22,208 of the Astors and the Stuyvesants 795 00:36:22,208 --> 00:36:23,542 in the United States. 796 00:36:23,542 --> 00:36:26,417 They're old money and very protective of the status 797 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:28,083 and the traditions associated with it. 798 00:36:28,083 --> 00:36:30,292 [dramatic rhythmic music] 799 00:36:30,292 --> 00:36:33,208 - Because Mercedes comes from a family with old money, 800 00:36:33,208 --> 00:36:35,917 she does not want Corina's new Irish money 801 00:36:35,917 --> 00:36:38,458 mixing in with her family, frankly. 802 00:36:38,458 --> 00:36:40,708 - So she tells her son to break off the relationship, 803 00:36:40,708 --> 00:36:42,292 which he does. 804 00:36:42,292 --> 00:36:45,208 And this truly breaks Corina's heart. 805 00:36:45,208 --> 00:36:48,375 [rhythmic music] 806 00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:50,583 - [Dan] Instead of wallowing in sadness, 807 00:36:50,583 --> 00:36:52,667 Corina breaks out her checkbook. 808 00:36:52,667 --> 00:36:56,458 She has a big surprise coming for Ms. Anchorena. 809 00:36:57,458 --> 00:36:59,583 - The Anchorena family lives in a mansion 810 00:36:59,583 --> 00:37:01,250 where if they look out their windows, 811 00:37:01,250 --> 00:37:03,083 they can gaze upon the church. 812 00:37:03,083 --> 00:37:05,667 It's a sort of point of pride for them. 813 00:37:05,667 --> 00:37:10,167 Mercedes wants to buy a plot of land in between her home 814 00:37:10,167 --> 00:37:12,292 and the church to build another mansion. 815 00:37:12,292 --> 00:37:13,500 - [Dan] Buying this land 816 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:15,542 is about more than just a bigger home. 817 00:37:15,542 --> 00:37:19,083 For Mercedes, it's about the legacy of her family. 818 00:37:19,083 --> 00:37:23,833 - There is an idea that the closer you are to the basilica, 819 00:37:23,833 --> 00:37:24,958 the better you are. 820 00:37:24,958 --> 00:37:27,708 It's about both social and religious placement. 821 00:37:27,708 --> 00:37:32,458 It suggests that you have been chosen by God. 822 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:35,208 - Mercedes, she makes an offer to the broker. 823 00:37:35,208 --> 00:37:38,042 And she's thinking, because of her status, 824 00:37:38,042 --> 00:37:39,333 it's in the bag already. 825 00:37:40,375 --> 00:37:42,583 She goes off on vacation to celebrate. 826 00:37:44,042 --> 00:37:48,042 - Corina swoops in with her very, very robust checkbook, 827 00:37:48,042 --> 00:37:51,208 and she doubles the offer on the parcel of land. 828 00:37:51,208 --> 00:37:53,542 And she gets it instead. 829 00:37:53,542 --> 00:37:55,542 But she goes farther than that. 830 00:37:55,542 --> 00:38:00,292 - What she builds becomes the 33-story Kavanagh Tower, 831 00:38:00,292 --> 00:38:02,833 the first skyscraper in Argentina. 832 00:38:02,833 --> 00:38:05,208 But for Corina, that's not the point. 833 00:38:05,208 --> 00:38:08,583 - She built this immense art deco skyscraper 834 00:38:08,583 --> 00:38:10,458 to completely obliterate the view 835 00:38:10,458 --> 00:38:12,667 that Mercedes has of the basilica. 836 00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:16,583 She has not only blocked her from getting close to it, 837 00:38:16,583 --> 00:38:19,667 she now can't even look at it if she wants to. 838 00:38:19,667 --> 00:38:22,292 Corina recognizes that she has been blocked 839 00:38:22,292 --> 00:38:23,458 from Mercedes's son, 840 00:38:23,458 --> 00:38:26,583 and now Mercedes will live in her shadow 841 00:38:26,583 --> 00:38:29,292 for as long as that building stands. 842 00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:34,000 - Hell hath no fury like a scion scorned, 843 00:38:34,917 --> 00:38:37,458 unless of course you're a filthy rich maharaja 844 00:38:37,458 --> 00:38:39,542 slighted by a British car dealer. 845 00:38:43,167 --> 00:38:45,042 - For many long years, India was ruled by regional princes 846 00:38:45,042 --> 00:38:46,625 called maharajas. 847 00:38:46,625 --> 00:38:50,250 Some were fabulously wealthy and not shy about showing it. 848 00:38:50,250 --> 00:38:51,667 And in the early 20th century, 849 00:38:51,667 --> 00:38:55,000 nothing said rich like a Rolls-Royce. 850 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,583 [intrepid music] 851 00:38:56,583 --> 00:38:58,833 - [Announcer] This is Britain, motor-maker to the world. 852 00:38:58,833 --> 00:39:00,958 - When you think of the name Rolls-Royce, 853 00:39:00,958 --> 00:39:04,625 you think of quality, you think of excellence. 854 00:39:04,625 --> 00:39:08,417 It's a vehicle for the wealthiest of the wealthy. 855 00:39:08,417 --> 00:39:09,833 It is for the elite. 856 00:39:12,875 --> 00:39:14,958 - There's a story that's been going around India 857 00:39:14,958 --> 00:39:16,292 for about a century now. 858 00:39:16,292 --> 00:39:17,792 According to the legend, 859 00:39:17,792 --> 00:39:21,708 it's all about a maharaja who visits London in 1920. 860 00:39:21,708 --> 00:39:23,375 [dramatic music] 861 00:39:23,375 --> 00:39:25,792 The maharajas are extremely wealthy, 862 00:39:25,792 --> 00:39:29,625 and they love to show off their wealth at any opportunity. 863 00:39:29,625 --> 00:39:32,125 - So Jai Singh, the maharaja of Alwar, 864 00:39:32,625 --> 00:39:35,583 decides that he's gonna go check out a new Rolls-Royce 865 00:39:35,583 --> 00:39:37,583 while he's in London. 866 00:39:37,583 --> 00:39:39,833 - So he goes into this Rolls-Royce dealership 867 00:39:39,833 --> 00:39:42,750 looking very casual, not like a maharaja, 868 00:39:43,375 --> 00:39:46,375 and the salesman just kind of brushes him off. 869 00:39:46,375 --> 00:39:49,583 - Not surprisingly, the maharaja is miffed, 870 00:39:49,583 --> 00:39:52,000 but he leaves without making a scene, 871 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,458 all the while plotting his payback. 872 00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:57,042 - Two days later, the Rolls-Royce dealership 873 00:39:57,042 --> 00:39:59,875 gets a message that the maharaja of Alwar 874 00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:03,000 is coming in to buy a series of Rolls-Royces. 875 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,083 - He decides to come back in his full garb 876 00:40:06,083 --> 00:40:09,667 that just really displays not only who he is and his power 877 00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:11,708 but also his wealth. 878 00:40:11,708 --> 00:40:14,625 - He cooll-y buys everything they have in the showroom. 879 00:40:14,625 --> 00:40:17,000 That's six Rolls-Royces. 880 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,542 - The cost of a Rolls-Royce at this time is about $15,000, 881 00:40:21,542 --> 00:40:25,083 which is 10 to 15 times as much as the average salary 882 00:40:25,083 --> 00:40:26,792 in Great Britain at this moment. 883 00:40:26,792 --> 00:40:30,208 That comes out to about a half a million dollars per car 884 00:40:30,208 --> 00:40:31,208 by today's standards. 885 00:40:32,083 --> 00:40:34,375 - [Dan] That's a very good day for Rolls-Royce 886 00:40:34,375 --> 00:40:36,083 and this salesman in particular. 887 00:40:36,833 --> 00:40:39,542 But what he can't know is that Jai Singh 888 00:40:39,542 --> 00:40:42,833 has no intention of driving these cars. 889 00:40:42,833 --> 00:40:46,667 - He's so upset he takes those six Rolls-Royces home 890 00:40:46,667 --> 00:40:51,708 and he gives them to the city to use as trash trucks. 891 00:40:51,958 --> 00:40:54,875 That's the message he sends to Rolls-Royce. 892 00:40:54,875 --> 00:40:56,792 [dramatic music] 893 00:40:56,792 --> 00:41:01,583 Well, it does not take long for that to get back to the UK. 894 00:41:01,583 --> 00:41:02,875 - Needless to say, 895 00:41:02,875 --> 00:41:05,750 the stunt gets a lot of attention worldwide. 896 00:41:05,750 --> 00:41:09,042 This is a huge public relations disaster. 897 00:41:09,042 --> 00:41:11,875 And Rolls-Royce then becomes a bit of a laughing stock. 898 00:41:11,875 --> 00:41:14,542 - Rolls-Royce not only refunds him the money 899 00:41:14,542 --> 00:41:16,208 for those six that he bought, 900 00:41:16,208 --> 00:41:19,542 they actually give him an additional six Rolls-Royces 901 00:41:19,542 --> 00:41:22,708 if he promises to take them out of trash duty. 902 00:41:22,708 --> 00:41:26,208 The maharaja gets what he wants, revenge, 903 00:41:26,208 --> 00:41:29,167 and a Rolls-Royce, or 12 of them. 904 00:41:29,958 --> 00:41:31,875 Now, we don't know a hundred percent for sure 905 00:41:31,875 --> 00:41:34,583 that this story happened exactly this way, 906 00:41:34,583 --> 00:41:37,667 but it is a great reminder to everyone 907 00:41:37,667 --> 00:41:39,875 to not judge a book by its cover. 908 00:41:39,875 --> 00:41:43,167 [dreary music] 909 00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:46,292 - We've seen revenge take very different forms, 910 00:41:46,292 --> 00:41:50,167 from kings who decapitate to beasts who refuse to forgive, 911 00:41:50,167 --> 00:41:54,917 from skinny, spiteful houses to murderous pregnant spouses. 912 00:41:54,917 --> 00:41:57,208 But what's the lesson in all this? 913 00:41:57,208 --> 00:42:01,667 Perhaps it's that while revenge is seldom actually sweet, 914 00:42:01,667 --> 00:42:04,667 it is often truly unbelievable.