The Washburn Mills Disaster of 1878 | Episode 41
Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous PodcastOctober 25, 2022x
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The Washburn Mills Disaster of 1878 | Episode 41

When you see All-purpose flour at the store, you know it can make everything from breads to cookies to cereals? Well did you also know it can make explosions?

On this episode: you’ll discover how bloodthirsty the French are about their favourite food; you’ll see what happens when you ride through a machine Charlie Chaplin style; and you’ll learn what to do if a limb ever became two dimensional.

I love that we got to visit Minnesota finally, and they really welcomed us with a bang. This is one of those stories where you start to get into it, you find out what happened, then you find out why it happened, and you’re immediately hit with – wait, that’s a thing that can happen? If you happen to love our “wait, that’s a thing that can happen?” episodes, have we got an episode for you. By the end of this story, you’ll learn a thing or two, feel a little “who knew”, and definitely walk away feeling certainly more grateful for that supermarket slab cake every couple of weeks instead of endless co-worker funerals.

Celebrity guests include Marie Antoinette, Betty Crocker, Charlie Chaplin, Cadwallader Colden Washburn, the Pillsbury Dough Boy and Count Chocula.


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