Mysteries of the Marsh - Mysteries of the Marsh Episode 6- Blown Away

Mysteries of the Marsh Episode 6- Blown Away

02/16/25 • 26 min

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The most intense hurricane in American history slammed into the Florida Keys on Labor Day, 1935. Through tales of Flagler's railroad, veterans desperately seeking shelter in a cesspool, and a rescue train that arrived too late, we uncover how this monster storm reshaped the Keys forever - and why its ghostly echoes still haunt these islands today.

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