The Great Lego Spill (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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A 1997 ecological disaster still looms off the coast of England. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47B2zP9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.4	Toys Overboard. I'm Rebecca Leib. I'm Jason Horton. And this is Ghost Town. In 1997 a cargo ship containing 62 shipping containers was struck by a wave off the coast of
1:26.1	Cornell, England.
1:28.2	One of those containers contained 5 million Legos. This is the story of the Great
1:35.0	Lego Spill.
1:38.0	Wow, we've done molasses spills. We've done all kinds of
1:41.2	spills in this podcast. a LEGO spill also I can't even
1:45.6	conceptualize how many Legos that is if I'm being honest. Five million
1:49.7	Thank you. That's all the concept you need. Fair,
1:54.1	Colorful ocean-themed Legos of Octopie with twisting tentacles,
1:58.6	miscellaneous scuba gear, boxy whales and other plastic pieces have been washing ashore for over 25 years.
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