Episode 139 - The Dark History of New York City

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07/03/24 • 84 min

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Lunatics Radio Hour

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Abby sits down with our friend Alan from A Storied Native, to talk about the dark history of New York City. We discuss Roosevelt Island, the New York Lunatics Asylum and Nellie Bly, the lost estates of Astoria, Queens and North Brother Island.
Follow Alan @A_Storied_Native on Instagram.
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Get Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord. Listen to the paranormal playlist I curate for Vurbl, updated weekly! Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and paperback. Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep.
Sources

NPR article by Andy Bowers: We’ve Found the Lost City of Atlantis Again.
History.com article by the site’s editors: Bermuda Triangle
History.com article on Atlantis
An article from Naval History and Heritage Command: The Loss of Flight 19
DiscoverMagazine.com article by Tree Meinch: How Deep is the Mariana Trench and what have we discovered in its depths?
Ars Technica article by Nate Anderson: Release the Kraken! 2,000 years of Tall Tales and a Smattering of Truth
2009 History.com article on the Titanic: https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/titanic
An article from thecollector.com 5 of the most famous shipwrecks from the ancient world: https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-famous-shipwrecks/
New Zealand Maritime Museum article, Top 20 Sailing Superstitions
Thank you to April Brenker for research help, as always!

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Lunatics Radio Hour - Episode 139 - The Dark History of New York City

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:18.971

Hello everyone , Welcome to another episode of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast . I'm Abby Branker sitting here today with a different Alan . Hi , Alan , hey , how are you ? Thanks so much for being here .

Speaker 200:00:32.106

Yeah , it's a pleasure .

Speaker 100:00:33.420

So this is Alan from Asteroid Native on Instagram . I should