A Titanic Disaster: That Time An Entire Production Crew Tripped Off Bad Chowder
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
James Cameron's Titanic was, by all accounts, a blockbuster success. And, like so many other masterpieces, the story of its creation is a tale all its own. In today's episode, Ben and Noel dive deep into a little-known disaster that struck the already-tense production: someone laced the chowder with PCP, sending a small army of crew and cast alike on a terrifying journey into temporary madness.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:05.1 | So what happened to Chappaquittic? |
| 0:07.2 | Well, it really depends on who you talk to. |
| 0:09.2 | There are many versions of what happened in 1969 |
| 0:11.7 | when a young Ted Kennedy drove a car into a pond. |
| 0:15.2 | And left a woman behind to drown. |
| 0:18.7 | Chappaquittic is a story of a tragic death |
| 0:20.7 | and how the Kennedy machine took control. |
| 0:23.4 | Every week, we go behind the headlines |
| 0:25.1 | and beyond the drama of America's royal family. |
| 0:28.3 | Listen to United States of Kennedys |
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| 0:32.6 | or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:37.7 | My Uncle Chris was a real character, a garbage truck driver from South Carolina who is now |
| 0:42.6 | buried in Panama City alongside the founding families of Panama. |
| 0:46.8 | He also happens to be responsible for the craziest night of my life. |
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