History tells the story of the world and of our lives.

Sometimes that history goes bump in the night, broadcasting from the Central

Reparity and the Supernatural in Central Florida. It's the History Goes Bump Podcast.

We had some stuff going on there.

We first heard about this from my buddy, Sar, who heads up Ghost Ops Paranormal and told us about this in the paranormal conversation we had with him.

And we were like, we'd like to check that out so we specifically made sure that we veered into Harrisburg on our road trip.

Before we get into sharing all of the evidence and the history of this place with you guys, we want to welcome into this spectacular crew, Alison with two L's, Francisco, Hannah, Georgie with an IE, Jeanette, Patsy, and Chris with a CH.

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And now this moment, not a day.

Back in April of 1862, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War took place in Tennessee.

Approximately 25,000 Union and Confederate soldiers lost their lives.

Those who were injured soon encountered a strange experience. They weren't hallucinating. The injured began to see their wounds glowing at night.

A bluish, greenish glow. Not super bright, but visible nonetheless. A number of those injured soldiers who glowed tended to recover more rapidly than those who did not have glowing wounds.

This is why the phenomenon was dubbed Angel's Blow. This legend was passed down through the times between friends and family alike, and it literally was just that, a legend, until the early 2000s.

There was a teen who was an avid Civil War enthusiast traveling to reenactments and the like. It is said that this boy learned about the Angel's Blow from a reenactor in Virginia.

This teen had parents who were scientists, so he was able to delve into the world of investigating bacteria and glowing wounds.

It was quickly determined that a bacteria was indeed the cause of the glow. There were particular environmental necessities for this glow to occur.

There was a need for cold temperatures, moist ground, and the nematodes that carried the bacteria liked plants, but specifically peach trees, which is where this battle happened.

This bacteria was called photorabdis luminescence. It's believed that this bacteria could also produce an antibiotic effect.

While seeing wounds glow with bioluminescence is strange enough, having a glow actually increase healing and survival chances certainly is odd.

Are you afraid of the dark? That's just silly. What you should be afraid of is the thing that watches you sleep.

And now this month in history.

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