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Insane Girls, Exploding Tanks, Augusta Nack's Guldensuppe

Insane Girls, Exploding Tanks, Augusta Nack's Guldensuppe

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Queens County Oil Works Fire, 1895
Men Buried at the Tunnel at Long Island City, 1905
An Oil Tank Explodes, The Residents of Greenpoint Startled By Broken Windows, 1885
Mary Wertheimer and Her Murdered Child, 1892
Girl Determined To Die, 1902
Guldensuppe: Mystery Is Not Solved, 1897
Hard Fight With A Fire, 1902
Emma Robinson "Insane" Girl, 1867

Exploding 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.

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