So I normally get an email from Google when bigger stories use either “Disaster” or “Catastrophe”, and today’s took me down a rabbit hole of a past podcast. It’s the Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919, and believe it or not, there’s a new article from Smithsonian about the incident. If you’re interested, you can click […]
Tag Archives: american history
Oct
26
2015
Want A Piece of the Hindenburg?
Got a spare $10,000 dollars sitting around? Love history? And want a piece of the Hindenburg disaster for your very own? Well, you’re actually too late! A pitcher and a tray, which were hidden (actually buried, because guards wouldn’t allow anything to be removed from the crash site) and then dug up a few days […]
Jun
06
2014
The Dawson Mining Catastrophe of 1913
Today’s podcast goes into the history of Dawson, New Mexico, and the explosions that took the lives of many miners since the mines opened in 1901. The explosion of Stag Canyon #2 in 1913 remains one of the largest loss of life during a mining operation in America’s history. As usual, you can download the […]
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