Exploding Brooklyn
34 episodes Last Updated: Nov 23, 23
Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.
Episodes
Nov 23, 2023
Mary Ann Duffy of Williamsburg
Mary Ann Duffy of Williamsburg:Unfortunate Mam'selle and Nymph Du Pave:Clinker Revolver Inebriate Bummer Item Prize and Friend:Girl Does What She Wants To Do.Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
featuring:Thorn Faces JuryThorn's Awful AccusationMrs. Nack's Career of CrimeCigars for the Convicts at Sing SingPhotograph Where Head Should BeA Stay for Martin ThornMrs. Nack May Plead ManslaughterThe Jury's Wine BillMrs. Nack Taken To AuburnFor Use As A Wine ShopMrs. Nack Released From Prison& moreExploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
Nov 09, 2023
The History of the Common Scold, Slum Children With Cameras, Animal Visitors To Newtown Creek
Animal Visitors To The CreekA Sea Dog Stealing Bass, 1832Sea Dog Captured and Sold To The American MuseumSea Dog Near the Creek - 1859Two Day Fox Hunt In Greenpoint, 1932Shark Shot 8 Times, 1950Calf Fleeing Slaughterhouse In Brooklyn, 1957Dolphin Spotted In Brooklyn's Polluted Newtown Creek, 2010Cameras Open World To Slum Children, 1968Dump It Yourself DepotsWertheimer - "Infanticide in the American Imagination" by Janet GalleyMargaret Shaw & The Common Scold and James v. Commonwealthfeaturing: "Infanticide in the American Imagination" by Janet GalleyExploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
Queens County Oil Works Fire, 1895Men Buried at the Tunnel at Long Island City, 1905An Oil Tank Explodes, The Residents of Greenpoint Startled By Broken Windows, 1885Mary Wertheimer and Her Murdered Child, 1892 Girl Determined To Die, 1902Guldensuppe: Mystery Is Not Solved, 1897Hard Fight With A Fire, 1902Emma Robinson "Insane" Girl, 1867Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
Michael Burns, Escaped Smallpox PatientA Jury of Black People Is Called By The Court But Rejected By The DefendantThe Jute Mill: What Is Jute?Child Labor in Greenpoint, 1904The American Manufacturing CompanyThe Tugboat John Ansonfeaturing: burlap; Labor Strike; Child Labor; Call the Darkness Light by Nancy Zaroulis; The American Manufacturing Company; tugboat John Anson; the health wagon; The Wilson Bill; Flood's Lot.Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
Oct 19, 2023
Slimy Bad Water Place Full of Flames, Lost Hands, Stolen Routes and Pieces of Exploded Tugboats.
Slimy Newtown Creek, 1897Another Mystery: Human Hands, 1862Nine Acres Ravaged By Fierce Flames, 1900Car Tracks Torn Up, 1900Bad Scare for Newtown: A Man With Smallpox Mingles With Its People, 1893Tugboat Blown To Pieces, 1902Missing girl, part 10: Not Maggie, 1897featuring: Edward C. Smith box factory; James D. Leary lumber yard; E. C. Smith's planing mill; fireboats Seth Low, Van Wyck, Boody; George W. Piper paint factory; Post & McCord; Mayor Sanford; tugboats Defender (Russel Brothers), John Purcell (Capt. John Gillers); Jute Mill; Vernon Avenue Bridge; Williamsburg Hospital.Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
Actress Jennie GoldsteinPink Street Is No More and The Bodies Discovered ThereRushmore Paper PlantLabor "Rioters" In Greenpoint Suppressed By Federal Troops, Strike Actions Citywide; Streets Of City Overrun By Reckless Militan MenExploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
Had To Send For Soldiers To Suppress Workers, 1895Paper Plant Burns, 1925Woman's Body Found In Newtown Creek, 1927Arrest of the Williamsburg Pilot, 1849Greenpoint, 1853: Shipbuilding and other industriesFrance Waterfront Lands Will Be Developed, 1930Varnish Works Ablaze, 1902Slaver Ship Seized At Greenpoint, 1861Missing Girl, part 10: Where Is Maggie?, 1887featuring: Emil Calman & Company Varnish Works; fireboats Boody, Van Wyck, New Yorker; Eastern District Hospital; Gustavus Meyers: History of the Great American Fortunes; Pink Street; ferryboat Seneca; Rushmore Paper Company; Brooklyn Heights Railroad; Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company; Brooklyn Heights Company; Fourteenth Regiment; Forty-seventh Regiment; Seventh Regiment; Troop A: General McLeer; Sheriff Doht, Long Island City; Maspeth Hook and Ladder Company No. 5, Grand Street; The Bangville Police.Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
The McGuinness7 Boys Held As Movie-Taught Robbers, Police Search For The FaganWWI: Private Joseph G. Beach, MIA since 1918Alleged Yourful Crooks, 1898Elevator Boy Loses Ear, 1903The Greenpoint Friesel & Bonuso Gang of Greenpoint: For A Yeggman.Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory
Sep 21, 2023
Missing On Mount Washington, The Farleys That Never Were, and The McGuinness' Plans For Prisoner Meals
The Farleys That Never WereMount Washington and John Keenan: Hidden For All TimeThe McGuinness: Sheriff of the Athens of the East River, and Prisoners' Mealsfeaturing: the Boston & Maine Railroad.Exploding Brooklyn focuses on North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light. Official: trippingballsthroughhistory.comIg: @trippingballsthroughhistorybonus content at Patreon: patreon.com/TrippingBallsThroughHistory