Liv tells Ian about the time United Way of Cleveland held a fundraising event that released over a million balloons. Sadly, the fundraiser was a failure, resulting in the death of two men and an unprecedented amount of public destruction.

Ian has questions about Drew Carey. Liv wants ice cream.

Sources used:

1. Balloonfest: Encyclopedia of cleveland history: Case western reserve university. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. (2021, January 1). Retrieved May 4, 2023, from: https://case.edu/ech/articles/b/balloonfest#:~:text=%22BALLOONFEST%20'86%22%20was%20held,by%20a%20corps%20of%20volunteers

2. Kushins, J. (2014, April 22). Chat with the man who unleashed 1.5 million balloons on Cleveland. Gizmodo. Retrieved May 4, 2023, from: https://gizmodo.com/ask-the-project-manager-for-cleveland-s-crazy-balloonf-1566255102

3. McCormack, S. (2014, April 24). Releasing 1.5 million balloons into the air is a bad idea. HuffPost. Retrieved May 4, 2023, from: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/millions-of-balloons-cleveland_n_5206936

In this one, Ian tells Liv about the time that two trains crashed head-on in 1896. But just because it was a crash doesn't mean it was an accident.

Liv and Ian both know trains still exist today.

Sources used:

Deeringer, M. (2011, August). The deadly crash at crush. Texas Co-op Power. Retrieved May 3, 2023, from https://texascooppower.com/the-deadly-crash-at-crush/

Franz, J. (2019, July 1). For 40 years, crashing trains was one of America's favorite pastimes. Atlas Obscura. Retrieved May 3, 2023, from https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/staged-train-wrecks

Ryan, T. J. (n.d.). Crash at crush. Waco History. Retrieved May 3, 2023, from https://wacohistory.org/items/show/70

Smithsonian Institution. (2017, July 28). A train company crashed two trains. you will believe what happened next. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved April 10, 2023, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/train-company-crashed-two-trains-you-will-believe-what-happened-next-180964237/

The year? 1919. The place? Boston. The disaster? A bit sticky. How did a giant tank of molasses claim the lives of innocent bystanders? How did prohibition play a role in this disaster? How did people survive for 15 years during prohibition? At least two of those questions will be answered in this episode.

Also, we learn that Ian is uncultured swine.

Sources used:

1. Tikkanen, A. (n.d.). Great Molasses Flood. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 1, 2023, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Molasses-Flood

2. Cavanaugh, R. (2019, January 14). Great Molasses Flood at 100: How Boston Disaster Made Us Safer. Time. Retrieved May 1, 2023, from https://time.com/5500592/boston-great-molasses-flood-100/

3. Boston Legal history: The great molasses disaster. Chambers Associate. (n.d.). Retrieved May 1, 2023, from https://www.chambers-associate.com/where-to-start/commercial-awareness/regional-insights/boston-legal-history-the-great-molasses-disaster

4. The Ohio State University: College of Arts and Sciences. (n.d.). Why prohibition? Temperance & Prohibition. Retrieved May 1, 2023, from https://prohibition.osu.edu/why-prohibition

In 1844, a passenger steamboat explodes on the Ohio River while traveling from Louisville to New Orleans. But why did this happen, and is anyone to blame?

Avoid horses.

References:

Beam, A. (2013, May 15). New Albany bicentennial: Lucy Walker steamboat disaster. News and Tribune. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/floyd_county/new-albany-bicentennial-lucy-walker-steamboat-disaster/article_bb8390c9-5788-5d9e-8af0-90856cdaa7c1.html

Benton, B. (2021, October 10). Chatsworth's chief Vann House recognized by National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom: Chattanooga Times Free Press. Times Free Press. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2021/oct/10/chatsworths-chief-vann-house-recognized-natio/

Lira, C. (n.d.). Brief History of the Steam Engine. Steam Engine History. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.egr.msu.edu/~lira/supp/steam/

Morris, B. (2011, October 19). The Ill-Fated Lucy Walker. Greensburg Daily News. Retrieved April 2, 2023, from https://www.greensburgdailynews.com/opinion/columns/the-ill-fated-lucy-walker/article_15badb55-235e-5b82-aa8b-b92024dc2cfa.html

The Southern Indiana Genealogical Quarterly Vol. XXIII. (2001, April). Lucy Walker steamboat disaster. Genealogy Trails History Group. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from http://genealogytrails.com/ind/floyd/news-steam-boat.html