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Insane Girls, Exploding Tanks, Augusta Nack's Guldensuppe

Exploding Brooklyn

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Episode  ·  37:38  ·  Nov 2, 2023

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Queens County Oil Works Fire, 1895Men Buried at the Tunnel at Long Island City, 1905An Oil Tank Explodes, The Residents of Greenpoint Startled By Broken Windows, 1885Mary Wertheimer and Her Murdered Child, 1892 Girl Determined To Die, 1902Guldensuppe: Mystery Is Not Solved, 1897Hard Fight With A Fire, 1902Emma Robinson "Insane" Girl, 1867Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory

37m 38s  ·  Nov 2, 2023

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