Stories with the lights still on

Yankee Ponkee tells true stories from history, including crime, fraud, and disaster. The long videos walk the record: what happened, who said what, and where the accounts split. The Shorts stop on the detail that makes the case stick.

The channel started in 2026. Its own description of the work is the standard for this site: where sources disagree, the video says so. Some famous versions of these stories come from the people who committed them. Those parts stay marked as their version.

What you’ll find

• Confidence games, from the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice to quieter frauds that still ruined people.
• Heists and escapes, including the Mona Lisa leaving the Louvre and the night at Alcatraz.
• Spies, hackers, and cases that stayed open: an FBI agent working for Moscow, a voice on a phone, the Zodiac cipher, D.B. Cooper.

New uploads show up on this site without anyone editing a list by hand. Watch the channel on YouTube, or get in touch from the contact page.