Disaster Queen Jenny Rapson

Join Jenny, the Disaster Queen, as she takes a deep dive into a 15-foot storm surge that devastated turn-of-the-century Galveston, Texas. This posh boomtown took a huge hit and never saw it coming, even though one man probably should have. The Galveston hurricane is still the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States 123 years later and saw over 1/6 of the city's population go to their graves. We will talk about the how, the why, and what was learned and put in place to protect Galveston from hurricanes forever.
Here are the resources I used to research this episode:
book: Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
book: Storm of the Century by Al Roker
documentary: Isaac's Storm
articles:
https://www.galvestonmonthly.com/whoswho/isaac-cline.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Cline


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Join Jenny, the Disaster Queen and her BFF Becky Dell as they discuss the terrible ending of Jim Jones' socialist dream with the mass "murder-suicide" (the Disaster Queen calls it straight up murder) of over 900 of Jones' followers as well as Congressman Leo Ryan and several members of the media on November 18, 1978. Before the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, it was the largest loss of civilian American life in a single event. Learn about what happened, the events that led to the END, and what the world learned from this heinous tragedy.
Here are the sources I used to research this episode:
Book: The Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn
Documentary series : Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (based on Guinn's book)
Documentary: Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre (currently on Hulu)
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/timeline-of-jonestown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
Book: Seductive Poison by Deborah Layton

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Join Jenny, the Disaster Queen, and her special guest and BFF Becky Dell, as they discuss the November 18, 1978 deaths of 918 Americans in the jungles of Guyana. This is our first two-part story because it's just too big to cover in one episode! Learn all about cult leader Jim Jones, how he attracted a following to his "church," and the many abuses of power he used to get them to follow him to the jungle of Guyana to a settlement called Jonestown.
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In this BONUS episode wrapping up season one of the Disaster Queen podcast, join Jenny, the Disaster Queen as she remembers where she was and what she was thinking during the biggest disasters of her life, including the space shuttle Challenger explosion, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 9/11 terror attacks, and more.
Some favorite documentaries I recommend:
9/11: One Day in America
9/11: Four Flights
Challenger: Final Flight
American Experience: Oklahoma City


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When 600 times the normal amount of rain fell on Eastern Kentucky in late July 2022, there was nowhere for its residents to run, and no time: a devastating flash flood came in the middle of the night and washed homes and lives away in mere minutes. Disaster Queen Jenny Rapson talks with lifelong friend Lori Houghton about this tragic natural disaster that occurred in a beautiful yet hard place to live, where they both have familial roots. 45 people and 9,000 homes were lost in this devastating modern-day disaster.
Here are the resources I used to research this episode:
https://dailyyonder.com/east-kentucky-flood/
https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2023/07/27/surviving-the-floods-rebuilding-eastern-kentucky#:~:text=Between%20July%2026%2DJuly%2030,their%20lives%20in%20the%20storm.
https://www.weather.gov/jkl/July2022Flooding
https://dailyyonder.com/isom-iga-the-grocery-store-that-love-rebuilt/2023/04/14/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/22/kentucky-flooding-disasters-housing/
https://dailyyonder.com/rural-kentucky-floods-lack-of-forecasting-broadband/2023/03/23/
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article263953661.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/06/us/kentucky-flooding-survivor-stories/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/30/kentucky-rescue-victims-flooding
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/us/kentucky-floods-teenager-roof-rescue/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-flood-survivors-say-was-no-time-escape-deluge-rcna41152
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article277457683.html
https://www.wkyt.com/2022/08/15/story-guitar-recovered-after-eky-flooding-receives-national-attention/
Documentary: East Kentucky Flood
Donate to help survivors of the Eastern Kentucky Flood

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On this episode, Jenny, the Disaster Queen discusses the devastating terror attack by the Palestinian group Black September on a group of Israeli athletes and coaches that ended in disaster and tragedy at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, West Germany. What was supposed to be an event of brotherhood and sportsmanship was violated by terror and murder.
Here are the resources I used to research this episode:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Munich-Massacre
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fatah
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-September-political-organization-Palestine
https://apnews.com/article/sports-israel-sports-middle-east-munich-2020-tokyo-olympics-8387c0cdbb280e9064eae2c3a1c9d191
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/revisited/20220911-the-munich-olympics-massacre-five-decades-on
One Day in September - documentary
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/munich-massacre.htm
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/04/1116641214/munich-olympics-massacre-hostage-terrorism-israel-germany
https://www.history.com/topics/1970s/munich-massacre-olympics
https://blog.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/munichmassacre72-anton-fliegerbauer/
https://blog.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/munichmassacre72-moshe-weinberg/

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