Boat Trip: The Attempted Sinking of Titanic
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01/31/24 • 53 min
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On the last day of filming in Nova Scotia, someone poisoned the cast and crew of James Cameron’s Titanic with PCP. Bedlam ensued on a tight-knit set. Everyone became a suspect. Almost three decades later, we unravel a ‘90s Hollywood mystery.
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On the last day of filming in Nova Scotia, someone poisoned the cast and crew of James Cameron’s Titanic with PCP. Bedlam ensued on a tight-knit set. Everyone became a suspect. Almost three decades later, we unravel a ‘90s Hollywood mystery.
*
Very Special Episodes is a new podcast where we tell one incredible story every week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Stories that make you say, “this should be a movie!” Follow us down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday.
Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, Jason English
Written by Katie Mattie
Produced, Edited and Sound Designed by Josh Fisher
Additional Editing by John Washington
Mixing and Mastering by Baheed Frazier
Original Music by Elise McCoy
Research and Fact-Checking by Marisa Brown, Austin Thompson, and Katie Mattie
Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla
Executive Producer is Jason English
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Operation Midnight Climax - Boat Trip: The Attempted Sinking of Titanic
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Everybody quite offset I've heard.
Speaker 2It's the night of August eighth, nineteen ninety six. A crew in Halifax, Nova Scotia is working hard on the last day of filming at this location. After weeks of working overtime and several grueling night shoots, everyone could use a break. Around midnight, the crew breaks for a meal. It's a welcome respite from setting up cameras, positioning lights, and cap
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