The Backstory: The Great Stink of 1858
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
It’s amazing how we beg for the heat of summer when we’re freezing in the dead of winter. And then the heatwaves hit. Once again this summer, we’re all sweltering from the heat… air so thick and hot you can feel it go down your throat as you breathe. But heatwaves are nothing new. They killed thousands in 1898 and thousands more in the early 1900s. But the one that hit London 167 years ago changed the city forever. It’s time to revisit “The Great Stink of 1858.
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| 0:00.0 | Man, it seems like no matter where you live, there have been days and weeks this summer that have been absolutely sweltering. Am I right? |
| 0:08.7 | But imagine a time when there was no escaping it, no fans, no air conditioning, heat waves that killed thousands of people and livestock. |
| 0:17.4 | Now add to that, a primitive public sewer system that made just breathing hell on earth. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm Patty Steele. |
| 0:24.6 | Welcome to London's Great Stink of 1858. |
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