The Biggest Scandals to Ever Hit the History Channel

facts first presents the biggest scandals to ever hit the History Channel years ago the History Channel was a television network about history remember those days man I loved it back then my head shows about World War 1 and World War 2 documentaries about anything and everything in history and over the years the network has stopped doing that they've kind of pulled away from being a history driven they started airing shows about various different things over the years some of the stars of these shows have had some serious scandals in their lives to who maybe the History Channel should have stuck with history that way there wouldn't be any scandals except for the ones in history anyway we got some of the biggest scandals to ever hit the History Channel first topless spread the word about facts first by clicking that like button also be sure to subscribe and click the notification bells so you don't miss our future videos and while you watching the video tell us what is your favorite History Channel show tell us in the comments Ice Road Truckers arrest Ice Road Truckers was one of History Channel's most popular shows it showed the lives of truckers who drive on the dangerous roads of Canada and Alaska well in 2013 the show's star Timothy Zickuhr kidnapped a woman and held her for ransom he kidnapped Lisa Kido after hiring her for sex work in Las Vegas he claimed that she overcharged him by a thousand dollars he demanded she meet him to settle the dispute and he dragged her back to his apartment beat her up tied her up and shoved her in a closet he repeatedly doused her with cold water from a mop bucket Lisa feared for her life for good reason it sounds like and gave Timothy a number to an undercover detective whom she said would pay the ransom he had no idea that he was walking into his own arrest ancient aliens racism ancient aliens was a show that had people spouting conspiracy theories about aliens and pyramids the show had a lot of racist concepts as well that targeted all minorities even though these were famous conspiracy theories people didn't think that they had a place on television they should have stuck to talking about aliens the Kennedys too controversial the Kennedys was a 30 million dollar miniseries about the lives of John F Kennedy and his family when the script was leaked the Kennedy family allies were furious after months of rewrites and reshoots the high profile project was just scrapped altogether the official statement from The History Channel was that it was not a good fit for the brand and you got to admit they do have a point I mean what do past presidents have to do with history am i right the cast of sloped people were troublemakers this show followed the lives of alligator hunters in Louisiana unfortunately it was not the alligators that caused the cast problems it was actually the cast themselves RJ Mounier and Jay Paul molinere rested for attacking a man with a beer bottle trapper Joe was arrested for punching his girlfriend in the chest and burning her with a lit cigarette and finally Roger Rivers jr. was arrested for selling illegal meat they were all their own worst enemies Bigfoot captured his 100% fake Bigfoot captured was meant to be fiction but in a documentary style and that fact was buried deep in the credits so a lot of people thought the whole thing was real and then they were appalled when they found out that it was a scripted docudrama hunting Hitler was insensitive many people found the show hunting Hitler to be very insensitive they believed that it trivialized Hitler and gave credence to the weird conspiracy theory regarding his escape to Argentina there was a man in the documentary who was the grandson of a Nazi war criminal The History Channel agreed to pixel out his face to protect his identity but there was one shot where they messed up the editing and his face could clearly be seen the Amelia Earhart documentary was debunked immediately Amelia Earhart the lost evidence had people really excited the documentary suggested that Amelia Earhart survived the crash in 1937 and the US government knew it and helped cover it up shortly after the documentary aired though a blogger debunked the critical piece of evidence right away the photo that the documentary claimed was proof Emilia was alive was from a coffee-table book and the photo was taken two years before her last flight American Pickers DUI arrest American Pickers as the show's two stars traveling the country looking through people's trash trying to find treasure star Frank Fritz was pulled over while under the influence of xanax and alcohol he was arrested for DUI and for driving the wrong way on an interstate not the best behavior for a History Channel star the cast of Pawn Stars lawsuit Pawn Stars follows the day-to-day lives of the people who work at world-famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas in 2012 the cast was sued for five billion dollars by their former talent agency they claimed that their ex clients switched agencies causing them to lose a fortune in Commission the agency claimed that the History Channel executives intentionally lured the stars away sending them to a rival agency there's no information regarding the case Pawn Stars Chumley's arrest Chumlee is a fan favorite for his part in Pawn Stars in 2016 the police went to his home to follow up on sexual assault allegations against him while they didn't find evidence of the sexual assault they did find a lot a lot when they searched his Chum Chum room they found a lot of Chum chumps like marijuana meth and a lot of illegal firearms they also found items that people who sell drugs use so to avoid jail time he accepted a plea deal even though he was still charged with several felonies there are other scandals from The History Channel we just didn't have time for but I'm sure you know about them so tell us about those scandals in the comments below and subscribe for more you

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Length: 6min 32sec (392 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 19 2019