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We hear that. We here at History Daily, have it easy in a way.

We have the entire scope of human endeavor to investigate.

Ancient Egypt, medieval Europe, dynastic China, colonial America, the dark ages to the Enlightenment, the French Revolution to the Industrial,

the Bronze Age to the Information Age. We can cover it all whenever it happened and wherever it

happened. But what if you had to pick one place, a single city to dedicate a podcast to,

one location that is old enough, important enough, interesting enough to go back to over and over

a place where the stories never stop. A great candidate would be the city that never sleeps, New York.

On today's Saturday matinee, we bring you an episode from The Bowery Boys, a podcast that's

been exploring the history of New York City for more than 18 years,

and still has more stories to tell, including this one about two small islands near the

tidal straight known as Hellgate, a once dangerous whirlpool that wrecked hundreds of ships,

but the islands are just as dangerous and mysterious.

I hope you enjoy.

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