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Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

S4 Ep14: Mother Nature vs. The Hubris of Man: The Great Galveston Storm of 1900

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.110K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On September 8th, 1900, a deadly hurricane blew in on the unsuspecting folks of Galveston, TX. Some estimates put the death toll around 8000 souls. Could the pettiness of one man have led to needless suffering and violent death?

"Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both laughing and sleeping with the lights on.


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I wasn't mad because honestly that's on me.

0:29.4

I told him he can spend his money how he wants.

0:31.9

But I was like, bro, you just spent $50 on video game stuff? He forgot, I guess, that he wants to save up for some LEGO set, so he was pretty bummed he'd basically drained his account but you know maybe next time he

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