Outlaw Built Bulletproof Armor From Farm Metal - Then Made One Fatal Mistake

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]In 1880, an Australian outlaw turned his final shootout into something straight out of medieval times. Ned Kelly and his gang were cornered at Glenrowan. Police had them surrounded. Any normal criminal would surrender. Instead, Kelly emerged wearing 97 pounds of homemade armor, hammered from stolen plow metal. Bullets bounced right off. For hours, he walked through gunfire like an iron ghost.

[00:00:23]Police couldn't believe what they were seeing, but the armor had one fatal flaw. His legs were completely exposed.

[00:00:30]One well-aimed shot brought down Australia's most famous bushranger.

[00:00:33]Three months later, they hanged him. He was only 25.