Yes! That Really Did Happen

Jon Phenicie
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Exploring the strange, bizarre and interesting stories that sound like fiction but really did happen.

  1. The Story of the NS Savannah the Worlds First Nuclear Powered Merchant Ship

    08/18/2023

    The Story of the NS Savannah the Worlds First Nuclear Powered Merchant Ship

    Ever wonder why Cargo Ships are not Nuclear Powered? The story of the NS Savannah might be the answer.

    21 min
  2. Jet Powered Trains? Yes they have been built.

    08/01/2023

    Jet Powered Trains? Yes they have been built.

    In what can only be described as the locomotive equivalent of a Wiley Coyote ACME product, we explore what happens when you strap a jet engine to the roof of a train car.

    13 min

  3. 07/19/2023

    Nuclear Powered Aircraft? Yes, we really did try that!

    What ways can you power an aircraft? Turbine power, yes, piston power yes, Air Cooled Nuclear Reactor...........OH HELL NO!

    11 min
  4. Silver Thursday, Market Manipulation or Currency Paranoia?

    06/28/2023

    Silver Thursday, Market Manipulation or Currency Paranoia?

    In 1980 the Hunt Brothers controlled 2/3rds of the world's privately held Silver Bullion Market. was it market manipulation or fear of the us economy crashing?

    31 min
  5. The Crash at Crush what passed for entertianment in 1896

    06/21/2023

    The Crash at Crush what passed for entertianment in 1896

    Have you ever used the term "It's like watching a train wreck?" Well in the late 19th century people paid good money to do exactly that. in 1896 People paid the equivalent of $130 do watch two locomotives crash

    19 min

  6. 06/14/2023

    Sports Promotions That Really Missed Their Mark

    Promoting Sports can be hard, sport are unpredictable, bit then a lot of human behavior is predictable, Follow along as I discuss a few.

    19 min

  7. 06/06/2023

    The Hollywood Origins of Big League Chew

    Hollywood, Single A Baseball, people who defied Authority and Chewing Tobacco, all adds up to over 1 billion pouches of gum sold.

    9 min

  8. 05/30/2023

    Disco Demolition Night. Another Night of CHaos at a Major League Baseball Game

    50,000 angry rock and roll fans, explosives and baseball, what could go right?

    13 min
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