Boom Juice
Episode description
In this episode of The Wild Wild Death, we uncover the story of how an ordinary day at the Wells Fargo office took a sudden turn when a curious team of employees decided to investigate a leaky crate. What they discovered inside set off a chain of events that literally shook San Francisco. Join us as we explore how one small crate proves that sometimes, curiosity really can be explosive.
If you'd like to read more about the history behind this episode of The Wild Wild Death, try these links:
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tcrr-nitroglycerin/
- https://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/black-powder.html
- https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna53197053
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1866/05/13/79805983.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-who-invented-nitroglycerin-was-horrified-dynamite-180965192/
- https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/n/nitroglycerin.html
- http://cprr.org/Museum/Newspapers/Nitroglycerine.html
KELYWORDS:
Explosive event
San Francisco disaster
Leaky crate mystery
Office investigation
Curiosity gone wrong
Wells Fargo incident
Mysterious crate
Uncovering secrets
Historical mystery
Unexpected discovery
Chain reaction
True story unraveling
Office thriller
Shock in San Francisco
Unusual office day