Episode 7

Recent News

1. “Woman Hit by a Meteorite While Having a Coffee With a Friend,” newsweek.com, July 14, 2023, https://www.newsweek.com/woman-hit-meteorite-france-1813076

2. “Rabbits have overrun a suburban Florida community. Volunteers hop to the rescue,” npr.org, July 23, 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/07/23/1189630073/florida-rabbit-rescue-suburb

3. “Police Set Up Cameras at Vegas Home After Family Reports Alien Sighting,” ripleys.com, June 23, 2023, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/alien-sighting/

Old News

1. “King Jan III Sobieski and the Battle of Vienna that Saved Christian Europe,” britishpoles.uk, Date Unknown, https://www.britishpoles.uk/king-jan-iii-sobieski-and-the-battle-of-vienna-that-saved-christian-europe/

2. “What is the history of the croissant?,” lespetitsbasics.com, February 23, 2023, https://www.lespetitsbasics.com/blogs/la-pause-cafe-2/what-is-the-history-of-the-croissant

3. “The formidable story behind the French croissant,” frenchmoments.eu, Date Unknown, https://frenchmoments.eu/the-formidable-story-behind-the-french-croissant/

4. “Evel Knievel’s Snake River Canyon Jump Site,” atlasobscura.com, October 27, 2021, https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/evel-knievel-snake-river-canyon-jump-site

5. “The Man: Life of Evel Knievel,” evelknievel.com, Date Unknown, https://evelknievel.com/pages/the-man

6. “Back Road Exploration: Evel Knievel Snake River Canyon Jump,” advrider.com, November 2, 2022, https://www.advrider.com/evel-knievel-snake-river-canyon-jump/

7. “Sir Cecil Chubb and the Greatest Impulse Purchase in History,” historicmysteries.com, February 24, 2023, https://www.historicmysteries.com/cecil-chubb/

8. “The Man Who Bought Stonehenge,” history.com, September 21, 2015 (Updated May 23, 2023), https://www.history.com/news/the-man-who-bought-stonehenge#

9. “Stonehenge,” history.com, June 1, 2010 (Updated June 5, 2023), https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/stonehenge

10. “Visit a Beard That Killed Its Owner,” atlasobscura.com, January 26, 2018, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/beard-braunau-steininger-hans

11. “Killed By His Beard: Hans Steininger,” kingsmenpremium.com, Date Unknown, https://kingsmenpremium.com/blogs/beards-in-history/killed-by-his-beard-hans-steininger

Our Big Story

1. “The Morro Castle Disaster,” mashable.com, Date Unknown, https://mashable.com/feature/morro-castle-disaster

2. “In the Flames of Madness - The SS Morro Castle,” theshipyardblog.com, November 9, 2020, https://www.theshipyardblog.com/in-the-flames-of-madness-the-ss-morro-castle/

3. “The Mystery of the SS Morro Castle, Shipwrecked on the Jersey Shore,” ripleys.com, June 10, 2019, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ss-morro-castle-shipwreck/

4. “The 80-year mystery: The Morro Castle disaster,” app.com, September 6, 2014, https://www.app.com/story/news/local/monmouth-county/2014/09/05/morro-castle-years/15138797/

5. Mappen, Marc. “The Morro Castle Mystery” in There’s More to New Jersey than the Sopranos. Pp. 153-156. Rutgers University Press, 2009.

6. Thomas, Gordon, and Witts, Max Morgan. Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle. New York: Open Road, 2014.