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Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New...
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Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
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23 NOV 2023 · Mary Ann Duffy of Williamsburg:
Unfortunate Mam'selle and Nymph Du Pave:
Clinker Revolver Inebriate Bummer Item Prize and Friend:
Girl Does What She Wants To Do.
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
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16 NOV 2023 · featuring:
Thorn Faces Jury
Thorn's Awful Accusation
Mrs. Nack's Career of Crime
Cigars for the Convicts at Sing Sing
Photograph Where Head Should Be
A Stay for Martin Thorn
Mrs. Nack May Plead Manslaughter
The Jury's Wine Bill
Mrs. Nack Taken To Auburn
For Use As A Wine Shop
Mrs. Nack Released From Prison
& more
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
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9 NOV 2023 · Animal Visitors To The Creek
A Sea Dog Stealing Bass, 1832
Sea Dog Captured and Sold To The American Museum
Sea Dog Near the Creek - 1859
Two Day Fox Hunt In Greenpoint, 1932
Shark Shot 8 Times, 1950
Calf Fleeing Slaughterhouse In Brooklyn, 1957
Dolphin Spotted In Brooklyn's Polluted Newtown Creek, 2010
Cameras Open World To Slum Children, 1968
Dump It Yourself Depots
Wertheimer - "Infanticide in the American Imagination" by Janet Galley
Margaret Shaw & The Common Scold and James v. Commonwealth
featuring: "Infanticide in the American Imagination" by Janet Galley
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
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2 NOV 2023 · Queens County Oil Works Fire, 1895
Men Buried at the Tunnel at Long Island City, 1905
An Oil Tank Explodes, The Residents of Greenpoint Startled By Broken Windows, 1885
Mary Wertheimer and Her Murdered Child, 1892
Girl Determined To Die, 1902
Guldensuppe: Mystery Is Not Solved, 1897
Hard Fight With A Fire, 1902
Emma Robinson "Insane" Girl, 1867
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
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26 OCT 2023 · Wanted To Get Him Out: Landlord Succeeded With Noxious Gases
A Terrible Death In Muriatic Acid
Fire In A Greenpoint Plant
Long Ill Woman Failed In Suicide Attempt
Greenpoint Blaze: Iron Works and Chemical Factory Damaged
Chauffeur Killed Boy
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
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26 OCT 2023 · Michael Burns, Escaped Smallpox Patient
A Jury of Black People Is Called By The Court But Rejected By The Defendant
The Jute Mill: What Is Jute?
Child Labor in Greenpoint, 1904
The American Manufacturing Company
The Tugboat John Anson
featuring: burlap; Labor Strike; Child Labor; Call the Darkness Light by Nancy Zaroulis; The American Manufacturing Company; tugboat John Anson; the health wagon; The Wilson Bill; Flood's Lot.
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
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19 OCT 2023 · Slimy Newtown Creek, 1897
Another Mystery: Human Hands, 1862
Nine Acres Ravaged By Fierce Flames, 1900
Car Tracks Torn Up, 1900
Bad Scare for Newtown: A Man With Smallpox Mingles With Its People, 1893
Tugboat Blown To Pieces, 1902
Missing girl, part 10: Not Maggie, 1897
featuring: Edward C. Smith box factory; James D. Leary lumber yard; E. C. Smith's planing mill; fireboats Seth Low, Van Wyck, Boody; George W. Piper paint factory; Post & McCord; Mayor Sanford; tugboats Defender (Russel Brothers), John Purcell (Capt. John Gillers); Jute Mill; Vernon Avenue Bridge; Williamsburg Hospital.
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
12 OCT 2023 · Actress Jennie Goldstein
Pink Street Is No More and The Bodies Discovered There
Rushmore Paper Plant
Labor "Rioters" In Greenpoint Suppressed By Federal Troops, Strike Actions Citywide; Streets Of City Overrun By Reckless Militan Men
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
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5 OCT 2023 · Had To Send For Soldiers To Suppress Workers, 1895
Paper Plant Burns, 1925
Woman's Body Found In Newtown Creek, 1927
Arrest of the Williamsburg Pilot, 1849
Greenpoint, 1853: Shipbuilding and other industries
France Waterfront Lands Will Be Developed, 1930
Varnish Works Ablaze, 1902
Slaver Ship Seized At Greenpoint, 1861
Missing Girl, part 10: Where Is Maggie?, 1887
featuring: Emil Calman & Company Varnish Works; fireboats Boody, Van Wyck, New Yorker; Eastern District Hospital; Gustavus Meyers: History of the Great American Fortunes; Pink Street; ferryboat Seneca; Rushmore Paper Company; Brooklyn Heights Railroad; Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company; Brooklyn Heights Company; Fourteenth Regiment; Forty-seventh Regiment; Seventh Regiment; Troop A: General McLeer; Sheriff Doht, Long Island City; Maspeth Hook and Ladder Company No. 5, Grand Street; The Bangville Police.
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
Transcribed
28 SEP 2023 · The McGuinness
7 Boys Held As Movie-Taught Robbers, Police Search For The Fagan
WWI: Private Joseph G. Beach, MIA since 1918
Alleged Yourful Crooks, 1898
Elevator Boy Loses Ear, 1903
The Greenpoint Friesel & Bonuso Gang of Greenpoint: For A Yeggman.
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.
Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.com
Ig: @trippingballsthroughhistory
bonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New...
show more
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
show less
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| Author | Tripping Balls Through History |
| Organization | Joel Chaffee |
| Categories | History , True Crime , Documentary |
| Website | trippingballsthroughhistory.com |
| tbth@trippingballsthroughhistory.com |
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