The Backstory: Shark Attacks That Inspired Jaws
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
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🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Nothing like a swim in the ocean on a hot summer day. But the movie Jaws, out 50 years ago this summer, took away some of our innocence. It still makes us all a little nervous about what’s beneath us as we paddle around. The inspiration for Jaws came from some horrifying shark attacks, including several along the Jersey Shore in July of 1916 that left 4 dead, as well as the shark attacks on as many as 150 sailors from the torpedoed USS Indianapolis in World War Two.
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| 0:00.0 | This summer is the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws. No matter how long ago you saw it, |
| 0:05.7 | you got to admit. It made you a little scared to jump into the ocean. For some people, a lot scared. |
| 0:11.8 | Marine biologists say sharks really aren't interested in eating us, but tell that to the people |
| 0:16.6 | maimed or killed by them in some really horrifying attacks, including the one in 1916 that |
| 0:22.6 | inspired Jaws. I'm Patty Steele. Before you get back in the water, you're going to need a bigger boat. |
| 0:29.3 | That's next on the backstory. |
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