The Strange and Spectacularly Disgusting Story of the Great Kentucky Meat Shower

Ridiculous History

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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On March 3rd, 1876, residents of Bath County, Kentucky were startled to see what appeared to be chunks and flakes of meat falling from the clear, cloudless sky. The rain, which only lasted a few minutes, captured national attention. People across the country proposed various theories explaining the deluge, and today the guys believe they've finally solved the mystery.

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0:00.0	Let's start today's episode with a quotation from the New York Times on March 10th, 1870.
0:29.9	We'll just give you the headline here, flesh descending in a shower and astounding phenomenon in Kentucky,
0:36.4	fresh meat like mutton or venison falling from a clear sky.
0:41.1	Yum.
0:42.1	Yes, they said like mutton or like venison.
0:46.0	But what was it?
0:47.2	Hi, I'm Ben.
0:48.2	Hey, I'm Noah and it's rain and meat.
0:51.7	Hallelujah.
0:52.7	I was thinking this is rain and meat.
0:54.2	You were not.
0:55.2	Yeah, it was.
0:56.2	Singing it when I walked in.
0:57.2	Why you got to want to me, Ben?
0:58.2	I'm not going to sing.
0:59.2	Now, you didn't even write it's raining, man.
1:01.2	No, it's true.
1:02.2	Oh, but we are also joined by our super producer, Casey Pagrum.
1:08.0	And this is the first time the three of us have been back on the show together in a little
1:13.2	while, isn't it?
1:14.2	Yeah, I guess it has been a minute, probably like a month or something.
1:17.7	Oh, yeah.
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