Lightning (Sometimes) Strikes Twice: History's Unluckiest People

30 Morbid Minutes

Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.8 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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From Adolphe Sax, the blighted and beleaguered inventor of the saxophone, to Ann Hodges, who holds the distinction of being the only documented human hit by a meteorite, we pour one out for history's poor souls who just can't seem to catch a break. Go to http://auraframes.com and use promo code 30MM to get $30 off their Carver Mat frame. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Support us directly and get cool (and spooky) perks: 30mm.show/first Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Click here for the audio version: https://link.chtbl.com/30morbidminutes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.2	is advised. Allow us to introduce you to some of the unluckiest
0:39.3	people in history, their plights, and pitfalls in 30 morbid minutes.
1:04.8	This This is the podcast where we investigate topics, people, places, and events of a morbid, macab, dark, and downright grisly nature.
1:06.1	I'm Elise Willems.
1:07.3	I'm Jessica Vasami.
1:13.1	His nickname was the human lightning rod, and he's considered one of history's unluckiest people.
1:25.6	His real name was Roy Sullivan, and he was a Virginia Park Ranger who was hit by lightning seven times, and he survived them all, which means that he survived more strikes than anyone else on record.
1:27.7	Some bodies, I feel like, are just built different.
1:29.9	Mine, like, just would not.
1:31.5	I don't understand how that can happen.
1:33.1	You're not built for a lightning strike, Jess?
1:33.5	No. How many you think?
1:34.7	Not even one.
1:35.8	That's what I'm saying.
1:36.3	I would die on, like, immediate, it would just touch my finger.
1:39.0	I'd be dead.
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