Episode 220: Grain Factory Explosion

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

On June 8, 1998, a spark caused by jammed machinery and ignited by highly flammable grain dust caused a massive explosion at the DeBruce Grain elevator. The facility was the largest grain elevator in the world at the time, which killed seven people and injured 10 others.

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0:56.7	I'm great. It's the weekend.
0:58.6	Sure is for us. I mean, when the episode comes out, it'll be Monday and Tuesday, depending on if you're on Patreon or not.
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1:12.8	This one is a what?
1:14.1	A grain factory explosion.
1:15.9	It's new.
1:16.8	Kind of.
1:17.3	We haven't talked about a grain factory or grain bins in quite some time.
1:22.2	One of our earliest episodes was about a man who was in a grain bin and he fell into the corn and almost suffocated.
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