Ep.8 – We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: New Jersey’s 1916 Shark Attacks
Amidst an already miserable summer plagued with a scorching heat wave and a polio epidemic, visitors to the New Jersey seaside were given yet another worry to keep them up at night: a man-eating shark who claimed five victims over a twelve-day period. Tune in to learn more about the harrowing true tale that inspired Jaws.
Amidst an already miserable summer plagued with a scorching heat wave and a polio epidemic, visitors to the New Jersey seaside were given yet another worry to keep them up at night: a man-eating shark who claimed five victims over a twelve-day period. Tune in to learn more about the harrowing true tale that inspired Jaws.
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Sources:
- Fernicola, Richard. Twelve Days of Terror: Inside the Shocking 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks. Roman & Littlefield, 2016
Music: Order by ComaStudio (royalty free) Amidst an already miserable summer plagued with a scorching heat wave and a polio epidemic, visitors to the New Jersey seaside were given yet another worry to keep them up at night: a man-eating shark who claimed five victims over a twelve-day period. Tune in to learn more about the harrowing true tale that inspired Jaws.