Episode 363 - The 1977 Dutch Train Hijacking

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys

Comedy

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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COME SEE US IN LONDON: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-big-fat-festival-southbank/ A Moluccan terror group took over a train in the Netherlands, leading to the longest train hijacking in history. It only ends when Dutch Commandos launch one of the worst rescue operations in European history. Sources: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9789048555796-004/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOopTs6kSVyzglNe9ZE0NzwO_2weL5McjhDU6iWQ3mOsH7_gDPyjF https://www.sbs.com.au/language/dutch/en/article/40-years-on-questions-remain-the-extraordinary-story-of-the-1977-dutch-train-siege/4y5ex2171 https://nltimes.nl/2017/05/30/dutch-govt-releases-transcriptions-1977-train-hijacking https://www.dutchnews.nl/2018/07/court-clears-marines-for-killings-in-1977-moluccan-train-hijacking/ https://www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/hansina-uktolseja-1955-1977/ https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/20day-ordeal-aboard-the-hijacked-dutch-train-as-described-by-those.html https://nltimes.nl/2018/07/25/dutch-state-accountable-1977-train-hijackers-deaths-court-rules https://nltimes.nl/2018/05/08/moluccan-train-hijackers-die-new-witnesses-say https://web.archive.org/web/20070716051414/http://www.nrc.nl/binnenland/article721950.ece/Herdenking_voor_kapers_van_trein_bij_De_Punt_1977_ https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Treinkaping+bij+De+Punt&page=7&sortfield=datedesc&cql%5B%5D=%28dategte+%2201-01-1977%22%29&cql%5B%5D=%28datelte+%2231-12-1977%22%29&coll=ddd&redirect=true&identifier=ddd:010959646:mpeg21:a0156&resultsidentifier=ddd:010959646:mpeg21:a0156&rowid=2 https://nltimes.nl/2014/11/20/unarmed-hijackers-killed-train-hijacking https://www.dutchnews.nl/2017/10/marines-in-court-over-shooting-of-activists-in-1977-de-punt-train-hijacking/ https://apnews.com/general-news-b390fa1dad6147ab9179c262a49f80b4 https://time.com/archive/6848782/terrorists-the-commandos-strike-at-dawn/

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1:30.6	As I stand here, I'm surrounded by the discarded remains of locomotives.
1:35.7	Their life-sustaining oil and fluids soak into the wooden floor.
1:39.6	Other men come and sprinkle sawdust to absorb the gore.
1:42.9	In the distance I can hear trains, locked in
1:45.1	their crates, screeching and honking, tormented by their handlers. Tom, how do you
1:51.5	ethically support such a barbaric form of entertainment? Well, I think a lot of people, they
1:56.7	support free-range trains, but in reality, the train is a wild animal that cannot be
2:03.2	tamed by man.
2:04.7	They call it the iron horse, but I call it the iron dog.
2:08.9	And the only way to tame a true dog is to let a fight one of its own kind.
2:15.8	Nate, how do you teach your trains to attack other trains?
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