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Episode 27.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Gram Parsons: A Life Spent
How many tragic folk musicians from the 60s could there possibly be? Leigh helps answer that question with the story […]
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Episode 26.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Nightmare at 41,000 Feet (12,500 Meters)
When it comes to measurement, there’s the right way, and there’s the Imperial system. Sometimes when you make the switch […]
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Episode 25.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass
There is a long history behind the idea of resuscitating a seemingly dead person… but it’s not all chest compressions […]
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Episode 24.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Heron Road Bridge Collapse
In the summer of 1966, the construction of the Heron Road Bridge in Ottawa didn’t go exactly to plan. A […]
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Episode 23.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Hartford Circus Fire
In 1805, a man bought an elephant in a bar. Little did he know, this would lead to a legacy […]
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Episode 22.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Jim Sullivan vs The UFO
Tell us if this sounds familiar: Popular in highschool, folk musician, disastrous ending. The 1960s weren’t kind to aspiring acoustic […]
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Episode 21.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Chernobyl’s Mental Health Fallout
Following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the threat of radiation was ubiquitous. While radiation took its toll physically, it took an […]
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Episode 19.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] Le Mans 1955
The pinnacle of endurance motorsport is the 24 hours of Le Mans. In 1955, Mercedez had an excellent shot at […]
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Episode 18.5: [Tragedy Tuesday] GG Allin
Leigh tells us about a man named Jesus and raised under threat of death, with the graves dug in the […]