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So Supernatural

THE UNKNOWN: Charles Hatfield, Rainmaker

So Supernatural

audiochuck | Crime House

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.622.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Over a hundred years ago, the city of San Diego hired a rainmaker. His fee was huge, his methods were chemical, and he promised rain — then delivered a deluge. Against all odds, Charles Hatfield’s experiments prefaced the worst flooding in that region’s history. To view this episode’s full list of sources, please visit parcast.com/supernatural Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Who wouldn't want to control the weather?

0:05.5

You could have the perfect beach day anytime you wanted, a thunderstorm when you wanted

0:10.4

to stay in, a breeze as you fall asleep, even a light drizzle to water your plants.

0:17.0

I feel like the weather even affects my mood so much that it would almost be like being

0:20.8

able to control my emotions.

0:23.0

But what if you could only control this power so much?

0:26.9

Like you couldn't make it rain, but you never really knew how much it would be.

0:31.5

Could be one inch, could be ten.

0:33.9

What if one day things got a little out of control?

0:37.0

You were no longer just playing with people's emotions, you were playing with their lives.

0:42.6

This is the story of the Rainmaker Charles Hatfield.

0:59.5

This is Supernatural, a Spotify original from Parkast.

1:03.1

I'm your host Ashley Flowers.

1:05.7

Every Wednesday I'll be taking a deep dive into a real unexplained occurrence to try and

1:10.2

figure out the truth.

1:11.8

You could find all episodes of Supernatural and all other Spotify originals from Parkast

1:16.9

for free on Spotify.

1:18.9

This week I'm looking at Charles Hatfield, a self-proclaimed Rainmaker who had a lot of

1:25.3

skeptics until he summoned a storm so wild it marked the wettest period in San Diego

1:32.8

history.

1:33.8

Suddenly, his mysterious technology didn't seem so hokey anymore.

1:38.6

It seemed downright dangerous.

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