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  • Mary Ann Duffy of Williamsburg

    Mary Ann Duffy of Williamsburg
    Nov 23 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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    27 min
  • The Murder of William Guldensuppe, the Cover-Up, the Fallout, 1897

    The Murder of William Guldensuppe, the Cover-Up, the Fallout, 1897
    Nov 16 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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    1 h et 36 min
  • The History of the Common Scold, Slum Children With Cameras, Animal Visitors To Newtown Creek

    The History of the Common Scold, Slum Children With Cameras, Animal Visitors To Newtown Creek
    Nov 9 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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    51 min
  • Insane Girls, Exploding Tanks, Augusta Nack's Guldensuppe

    Insane Girls, Exploding Tanks, Augusta Nack's Guldensuppe
    Nov 2 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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    38 min
  • John C. Wiarda, His Chemical Factory, His Family, and His Chemical Warfare On His Neigbors and Tenants

    John C. Wiarda, His Chemical Factory, His Family, and His Chemical Warfare On His Neigbors and Tenants
    Oct 26 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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    24 min
  • Escaped Smallpox Patient Walks New York City Like The Kid From The Family Circus, Racist Jury But Not Judge, What Is Jute?

    Escaped Smallpox Patient Walks New York City Like The Kid From The Family Circus, Racist Jury But Not Judge, What Is Jute?
    Oct 26 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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    36 min
  • Slimy Bad Water Place Full of Flames, Lost Hands, Stolen Routes and Pieces of Exploded Tugboats.

    Slimy Bad Water Place Full of Flames, Lost Hands, Stolen Routes and Pieces of Exploded Tugboats.
    Oct 19 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
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    37 min
  • Pink Street Is No More and the Bodies Discovered There, and Workers Stomped By Troops But Supported By A Priest 1

    Pink Street Is No More and the Bodies Discovered There, and Workers Stomped By Troops But Supported By A Priest 1
    Oct 12 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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    40 min