RERELEASE: Episode 254: The Cutter incident - Part One

RERELEASE: Episode 254: The Cutter incident - Part One

NOTE: This was released in May of 2025, but due to life being what it is, I didn't get to finish the final two parts of the episode. So I am rereleasing this episode this week, and the next two weeks I will release the following two episodes. I have now officially backed myself in a corner and I simply MUST finish the episodes now.

It would start with a headache, a fever, maybe a funny tummy. But soon enough your knee would give out, or your arm would hang limp, or you would struggle to breathe. You'd be taken to the hospital, where you'd get your diagnosis - polio. If you survived, you ran the risk of doing so with paralyzed limbs, struggling to walk on bulky leg braces. Your parents would be terrified they might lose you, and so everybody wanted the one thing that could stop all of this - a vaccine.

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Episode 263: Eastern Air Lines Flight 212

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Episode 262: The sinking of the White Ship

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Episode 261: The SS Sultana disaster - Part Two

Episode 261: The SS Sultana disaster - Part Two

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Episode 260: The SS Sultana disaster - Part One

Episode 260: The SS Sultana disaster - Part One

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Happy birthday!/Plans for the New Year

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Episode 259: The Big Bayou Canot rail disaster

Episode 259: The Big Bayou Canot rail disaster

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Episode 258: The Sutherland Springs church shooting - Part Three

Episode 258: The Sutherland Springs church shooting - Part Three

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