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American Shadows

War of the Currents

American Shadows

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Thomas Edison believed direct current was the future of electricity. Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse championed alternating current. In the late 1800s, things were about to get ugly.

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0:00.0

Bridgewater, the hit fiction podcast is back.

0:02.8

A supernatural thriller presented an immersive 3D

0:05.6

binaural audio.

0:06.6

The Bridgewater Triangle.

0:08.4

There is some kind of mystical force in this region

0:10.8

that attracts monsters and paranormal activity.

0:13.5

There's something beyond our understanding going on here.

0:16.1

Starring Supernatural's Misha Collins,

0:18.2

The Walking Dead's Melissa Panzio,

0:20.3

and Rogue One's Allentutic, written by Lauren Shippen

0:23.6

and created by me, Erin Mankey.

0:25.6

Listen to Bridgewater on the I Heart Radio app

0:28.0

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:32.7

You're listening to American Shadows,

0:34.8

a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Erin Mankey.

0:46.1

The war came to an end with the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.

0:51.0

It didn't end with a final shot or a white flag,

0:54.2

but with brilliant white lights.

0:56.8

A hundred thousand of them to be exact.

1:00.0

The beginning of the end happened during the planning phase.

1:03.4

Organizers wanted to make the fair grander and more advanced

1:06.7

than the much talked about Paris World's Fair of 1889.

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