Something You Don't Want To Dangle: Schoharie Limousine Crash

Explicit content warning

03/09/22 • 54 min

This week, we get serious about listener story minisodes, Brianne has threatening opinions, the Disney song bracket has a very tough match-up, clickbait goes too far, we tell ourselves the truth about buffets, justice is not served, and our cockles are hot.
Content warnings: multiple deaths in car accidents and from being struck by a vehicle.
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoharie_limousine_crash
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HAR2003.pdf
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/God-made-a-mistake-family-grieves-best-13332957.php
https://www.theknot.com/us/amy-king-and-axel-steenburg-jun-2018-4ed349cf-9cfb-4189-a689-46e134d32539
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033783112/the-limo-operator-from-a-2018-crash-that-killed-20-people-will-avoid-prison-time
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2018/10/09/new-york-limo-crash-claimed-siblings-close-circle-of-friends/9606488007/
https://www.theknot.com/us/amy-king-and-axel-steenburg-jun-2018-4ed349cf-9cfb-4189-a689-46e134d32539
https://dailygazette.com/2018/10/08/ny-times-passenger-expressed-concern-about-limo-shortly-before-crash-killed-20/
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2018/10/oswego_prof_killed_in_upstate_ny_limo_crash_was_enroute_to_wedding_when_tragedy.html
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/20-killed-in-Schoharie-limousine-crash-13288015.php
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/limo-crash-ny-fbi-informant.html
https://www.news10.com/news/local-news/safety-concerns-over-limo-raised-three-years-ago/1517277206/
https://www.news10.com/news/local-news/report-limo-in-fatal-schoharie-crash-used-two-different-license-plates-for-inspection/1516940272/
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Prestige-Limo-tried-to-sell-vehicle-involved-in-13293364.php#photo-16303586
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/plea-deal-causes-mixed-emotions-in-schoharie-limo-case-plea-deal
https://dailygazette.com/2019/10/05/permanent-memorial-honoring-limo-crash-victims-unveiled/
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/family-and-friends-reflect-on-the-3rd-anniversary-of-the-schoharie-limo-crash
https://www.newspapers.com/image/494518263/?terms=Schoharie%20limousine%20crash&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/665356686/?terms=Schoharie%20limousine%20crash&match=1
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/612306042/?terms=Schoharie%20limousine%20crash&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/593008722/?terms=Schoharie%20limousine%20crash&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/580183663/?terms=Schoharie%20limousine%20crash&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/620125883/?terms=Schoharie%20limousine%20crash&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/620304841
https://www.newspapers.com/image/620316336/?terms=Schoharie%20limousine%20crash&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/620342061/?terms=Schoharie%20limousine%20crash&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/620817009/?terms=Schoharie%20limousine%20crash&match=1
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2020/09/29/ntsb-report-schoharie-limousine-crash/3561901001/

Previous Episode

The Pigeon to Uber Scale: Cruise Ship Incidents

This week, Brianne establishes dominance, Melanie gains a superstition, a birthday party gets RSVPed with a hard yes, cats run wild, things go hinky, the sun might be inhabited, Brianne wants to be a wealthy fruit dealer, a different birthday party gets RSVPed with a hard no, women know how to find people, no one is having an affair of the genitals, and Brianne speaks ill of the dead.
Content warnings: speculation about suicide for a little while around 27:00, murder, blood, very brief mention of suicide and old-timey ableist language at 32:20, very brief implied death/dismemberment of child at 32:23, murder suicide at 42:50, suicide at 48:55, arson, drowning, broken necks, burn injuries, food insecurity.
Links:
https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1903/07/11/charles-a-fink-passenger-cruise-ship-death-ss-hekla-murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/85100869/?terms=charles%20fink%20hekla&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/542159908/?terms=charles%20fink%20hekla&match=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Vasari_(1908)
https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1921/03/10/ernestine-vivian-bressel-passenger-cruise-ship-death-aboard-ss-vasari-murder-shooting/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/186665907/?terms=vivian%20bressel%20ship&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/33288455/?terms=vivian%20bressel%20ship&match=1
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/10/17/issue.html
https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1929/10/14/ruby-roegge-passenger-cruise-ship-death-aboard-ss-mongolia-poison-murder/
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/03/16/107010039.html?pageNumber=6
https://www.newspapers.com/image/385484799/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/49275552/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/298294236/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/413123880/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/354368071/?terms=Ruby%20Roegge&match=1
https://www.app.com/story/news/history/erik-larsen/2016/09/08/horror-morro-castle-lives/89597224/
https://maritimecyprus.com/2020/09/11/flashback-in-maritime-history-fire-on-ss-morro-castle-on-8-september-1934-video/
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ss-morro-castle-shipwreck/
https://www.aphistoricalsociety.org/history/morro-castle/
https://njmaritimemuseum.org/events/presentations/morro-castle/
https://www.side-o-lamb.com/morro-castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Morro_Castle_(1930)
https://mashable.com/feature/morro-castle-disaster

Next Episode

Other Things We Don't Need To Normalize: Cruise Ship Incidents Part 2

This week, we strike a deal with listeners, Melanie gets stroked, Brianne is infuriated by the bracket match-up, Melanie wants to normalize wiener goo and makes it weird with an angel, Brianne appeases Big Shark, we wonder if good infestations exist, Melanie plans a crime, we determine whether Cody has to get dumped, the Coast Guard is dumb, some things are poppycock, you can delegate to us, and someone else earns butthole pics.
Content warnings: sexual intercourse with unclear levels of consent leaning toward likely non-consent, possible asphyxiation, seizures, vague discussion of definite sexual assault, brief and non-graphic mention of sexual assault of children 36:30-37:00, strangulation, domestic violence, murder by spouse, death by drowning, pregnancy loss discussion in second half of disaster relief.
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Gay_Gibson
https://crimereads.com/the-actress-the-steward-and-the-ocean-liner-what-really-happened-in-cabin-126/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/37468103/?terms=gay%20gibson&match=1
https://www.travelagewest.com/Industry-Insight/Business-Features/How-the-Cruise-Industry-Has-Evolved-in-50-Years
https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1959/09/18/lynn-kauffman-passenger-cruise-ship-death-aboard-ss-utrecht-murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/37468103/?terms=gay%20gibson&match=1
https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/roston-scott-robin.htm
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-23-me-352-story.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/honeymoon-overboard-article-1.1463623
https://web.archive.org/web/20190717023220/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-22-me-30065-story.html