The 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks (Part 2)

Morbid

Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

Comedy, Paranormal, True Crime, Dark History

4.4 • 100.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

When Stephen Spielberg released his iconic film Jaws in the summer of 1975, he not only kicked off the phenomenon of the summer blockbuster, but also reignited the public’s fascination with and fear of shark attacks. Although based on a book of the same name, that novel was itself heavily influenced on several real-life events from the past, including one particular summer on the Jersey Shore. In the early twentieth-century, most Americans didn’t think much about sharks or the other potentially dangerous fish and animals that lived in the ocean. In fact, the majority of Americans don’t live in coastal areas and probably didn’t know there were differences between species. That all changed in the summer of 1916, when a loan shark killed four people and critically injured one person in the waters along the Jersey Shore. More than merely accidental bites, the attacks seemed almost intentional, leading to the widespread belief that a man-eater was stalking the waters of the northeastern state. In the century that has passed since, the Jersey Shore shark attacks have fueled Americans imaginations and nightmares, leading to widely celebrated novels and films about sharks, but also contributing to serious misunderstandings about sharks and their behavior, often with terrible consequences.

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0:00.0	Hey, weirdos, I'm Alina.
0:02.2	I'm Ash.
0:02.9	And this is morbid.
0:18.6	Morbidto.
0:19.8	And guess what?
0:21.2	What's up, girl?
0:22.5	You better keep your eyes peeled on Friday the 13th.
0:26.9	For various reasons.
0:28.9	Because it's a spooky day, one, and two, because if you're on our Instagram, which, like, where are you?
0:34.9	Where are you?
0:36.1	Actually, to be honest, I understand if you're not on Instagram at all. Well, yeah, that is. If you're not on Instagram, maybe you don't need to go back on us. That is understandable. Good for you for getting off of it. But if you're on our Instagram or want to, we're going to be announcing something on Friday the 13th, which is tomorrow when this comes out. Yep. so it's going to be pretty cool, everybody. And if you're not on Instagram, don't worry. We'll be announcing it on the pod too, just not on Friday the 13th because we don't have an episode out that day. It'll be Monday. Whatever day that is. Jinks. What is it? 13. 16th?
1:11.2	Yep.
1:11.6	Yep.
1:25.8	Monday the 16th, we will announce it on the pod. So, you know, you're going to hear it. You're going to hear it. You're going to see it. You're going to feel it. You're going to sense it. All the things. Yeah. It's going to be awesome. It's going to be fucking awesome. I'm excited for this announcement.
1:28.1	I am very excited for it as well.
1:44.5	Can we put trumpets when we announce on the potty-a-a-d-a-da-da-da-da-pbo-da-da-pbo-da- Announcement. Just put that. That's what we'll do. Perfect. Like you said, I won't be doing that. He's just staring at us like, are you two all right? Has something gone to ride?
1:46.3	We're kind of silly today. I'm not sure why. Is it? What's silly day? Is it Friday? Oh, we haven't. It's because we have a new setup in this room. Well, almost. Well, it's definitely new. We're working on it. Everything is everywhere right now, and maybe that's why our energy is so quay-quay.
2:02.3	Yeah, we're moving everything around in the room.
2:04.7	That's... definitely new. We're working on it. Everything is everywhere right now, and maybe that's why our
2:00.9	energy is so quay-quay. Yeah, we're moving everything around in the room. That stack over there,
2:06.1	there's just a stack of bins with a bag on top of it and half a couch. Like, damn, that's
2:13.4	precarious as fuck. We're just, you know. Do we have workers insurance?
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