Marked Safe: A Disaster Podcast

This week, the cryptid bracket kicks off, Brianne plans to catch a lonely meshekenabek from a local lake, an elderly airline fleet causes catastrophic problems, disaster relief needs its own disaster relief.

Content warnings:
Extreme corporate greed, stabbing murder at 48:57, fire, in-flight catastrophe, plane crash, snakes, alligators, relatively graphic recovery of remains discussed periodically from 1:01:45 on, exceptionally sad details from 1:13:00-1:18:00, death of a child 1:19:00-1:20:55, creepy taxidermy.

Links:
Airline Identifies 'Infant' as 4-Year Old Child From Atlanta
Candi Kubeck
CASE CLOSED: POLICE SAY MURDERER DIED ON FLIGHT 592
CNN - Complete list of passengers and crew
CNN - Survivors unlikely in ValuJet crash
CRASH MEMORIAL MOVING, WELCOME
Crash Victims Were Honeymooners, Pageant Winners, Returning to Family
DEATH IN THE EVERGLADES: ONE YEAR AFTER
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
First clues surface in Valujet Flight 592 crash
FLIGHT 592 PILOT WAS CONSIDERED SAFETY-CONSCIOUS
Indicted in 1996 ValuJet Crash, Airline Mechanic Still on EPA's Most-Wanted List
In-Flight Fire and Impact with Terrain
LAKE COUNTY FAMILIES MOURN LOSS OF LOVED ONES IN CRASH
LEAVING BEHIND A WIDER CIRCLE OF LOSS
Lori Marie Cushing
Rescuers Lift Body Parts From the Everglades Muck, Recover One Black Box
Rodney Culver's family keeps legacy alive through former players' memories
Search Called Off for Survivors of Crash in Everglades
U.S. Attorneys' Office Ignores Critical Evidence
ValuJet 592 CVR Transcript
Valujet Crash Pictures and Photos
ValuJet Flight 592
ValuJet Pilot Remembered as 'Fantastic Individual'

This week, the true cure for hiccups is unveiled, somebody spots a flying baby, the king of animals is crowned, listeners have a chance to win a cryptid, Count Dante bankrolls his own prize money and reports his own death, the martial arts community is sick of his shit, our friendship is torn apart dream-casting Count Dante, Brianne enables Melanie to harass Mark Wahlberg, feuding dojos implement The Ten Duel Commandments, a dude gets killed, Melanie is hot for Count Dante, and a judge rules Everyone Sucks Here - reddit-style.

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
Our own children imperiled by their own shenanigans, brief and vague reference to pornography, eye damage with nunchucks, stabbings and slashings and fighting, one death by stabbing with moderate gore, claustrophobia, a lesser-used homophobic slur, pretty broad reference to sexual assault 1:42:30-1:43:20

Links:
Chicago Karate Scandalized by Inter-School Rivalries
Cooley, R., & Levin, H. (2006). When corruption was king: How I helped the mob rule Chicago, then brought the Outfit down. New York: Carroll & Graf.
Count Dante – Crown Prince of Death (Part 2)
Count Dante Walked So Joe Exotic Could Run: The Count Dante Story, Pt. 1 (sources referenced in both episodes cited here)
Dante, C., & Hellingrath, A. (2014). Worlds deadliest fighting secrets. United States: Rising Sun Productions.
Dojo War: 36 years ago Jim Konsevic died...
Karate School Feud Flares; 1 Dead, 1 Hurt
Master Mike Felkoff discusses his role in the 1970 dojo war.
Police Free 4 in $4‐Million Chicago Vault Theft
Wahlberg backs ‘King’ at Paramount

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
Vague old-timey racism, particularly violent martial arts, one joke about drugs, poor treatment of exotic animals, bombings/explosions, violence against bulls, testicle injury

Links:
A history of bomb attacks
Adult Bookstores, theater insist on right to do business here
Black & White
Black Belt
Black Belt
Chicago Lion Sinks Teeth in Quincy Visit
Clipped from Chicago Tribune
Count Dante
Count Dante
Count Dante – The Deadliest Man Alive
Dante
I heard that a Quincy mayor was once bitten by a lion. Is this true?
Johnny Coulon
Karate School Feud Flares; 1 Killed, 1 Hurt
Mas Oyama
Robert Trias
Searching for Count Dante
Storm Clouds Over Chicago
The Deadliest Man Alive
The Life and Death of the Deadliest Man Alive
The Origins of Sho’Nuff (Forgotten Fury: The Masters of The Red Glow)
The Very 1st Playboy Club Opened On Leap Day In Chicago 60 Years Ago (PHOTOS)
Touch of Death
Vandals attack porno bookstores, theater

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
Child abandonment, possible rabid animal, bridge collapse, severe weather, ship collision, car accident(s), threatened drowning, animal abuse (dog) 1:16:50-1:17:36, animal abuse (birds) 1:28:00-1:29:15

Links:
39 years ago, Skyway bridge crash changed lives forever
Anderson: Sarasota’s connections to the Skyway bridge disaster
Couple on the run raced into disaster
EX-SHIP PILOT SEEKS TO TELL STORY OF CRASH
Florida is installing a suicide prevention net on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Florida The Sunshine Skyway Bridge demolition
Harbor Pilot Haunted 5 Years After Bridge Disaster
John Lerro, 59; Harbor Pilot Haunted by Role in Deadly Bridge Accident
Pilot in Skyway disaster is dead
Scalped Pelicans Found At South Skyway Fishing Pier
Scalped pelicans intensify hostilities at Sunshine Skyway pier
See historic photos from the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster 40 years ago
Skyway Bridge Accident And Collapse – May 9, 1980, Tampa Florida
skyway bridge collapse disaster
The collision between SS Capricorn and USGC Blackthorn in 1980
The day the Skyway fell
THE FALL - 1 LIVED, 1 TOOK BLAME SURVIVOR BITTER AND SHIP'S PILOT LOST CAREER, MARRIAGE, HEALTH
The first Skyway bridge opened 66 years ago. It was a triumph. Then came the tragedy.
The Skyway Bridge tragedy at 40: The survivor
The Tampa Tribune from Tampa, Florida · 36
The Tampa Tribune from Tampa, Florida · 121
'To Tell the Truth,' July 1980

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
Snakes, wasps, animals killing each other in nature, violence in war, IED, fire, human being on fire, graphic description of severe burn injuries, hypothermia death, drug dealing, hurricane, interactions with the police, incarceration, gross media depictions of black men, racism, child in peril (abduction) who survives 51:10-53:53, brief and non-explicit mention of sexual assault of a child 52:00-53:53, child in peril (drowning) who survives 54:50-58:36, mass shooting, somewhat graphic discussion of gunshot wound, graphic discussion of living with PTSD, children in peril (fire) who survive 1:20:20-1:25:18, vehicle fire, BLM protests, man being beaten, cops acting gross, fistfight, abbreviated racial slurs

Links:
2017 Las Vegas Shooting
A Connecticut teen saves the...
Alwyn Cashe
Alwyn Crendall Cashe
Black protester who carried injured...
Chadwick Boseman gives his MTV...
Early hypothermia as risk factor...
Hero who saved 30 people...
How A Small-Time Drug Dealer Rescued Dozens During Katrina
‘I Met a Hero:’ Air...
Iraq War hero Alwyn Cashe...
Iraq War hero Alwyn Cashe...
It’s 2020 and SFC Alwyn...
James Shaw Jr. (1989?- )
Jonathan Smith saved 30 people...
Lancaster County man pleads guilty...
Las Vegas Shooting: compilation of...
Las Vegas shooting survivor Jonathan...
Lawmakers honor man hailed as...
"Lord, Just Bring This Baby...
Man in Viral Twisted Tea...
Meet Temar Boggs, rescuer of...
Meet the Dad Who Was...
Patrick Hutchinson, #BLM's Accidental Hero...
Patrick Hutchinson: ‘Anything that descends...
Patrick Hutchinson: 'My natural instinct...
Patrick Hutchinson, the Black Lives...
‘TeaKO’ slugger in viral Twisted...
Temar Boggs Says He Had...
Temar Boggs: Teen And Friend...
Twisted tea can (full video)...
Understanding the stress response

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
Death by accidental gunshot wound, vague discussion of shark attacks, death by falling projectile, a couple euphemistic dirty jokes (younger kids would not understand, adolescents might), specific description of gross food, cannibalism, starvation, death of infant 45:21-45:44, death of child 47:44-50:45, animal exploitation, brief mention of sex lube at 56:53 and 57:00, death of infant 57:49-58:30, death of infant 01:01:05-1:01:33,

Links:
Baby Dies After Being Hit by Falling Cluster of Coconuts
Baby dies as coconut falls on head
Calculator spelling
City to probe accident
Coconut
Colombian Man Killed by Falling Coconut
Cyclone Sose
CYCLONE SOSE CAUSES VANUATU DEATH
Death by Coconut
Falling coconut kills man
Falling Coconuts Kill More People Than Shark Attacks
From Darkness to Light in Polynesia
George H. Burgess
Infant killed by bouncing coconut
Inherently funny word
Injuries due to falling coconuts
Mangaia
Monkey gets revenge on owner who forced him to climb trees for coconuts... by killing him with a well-aimed coconut
Monkeys still forced to pick coconuts in Thailand despite controversy
NONI - Vomit Cheese Puke Fruit TASTE Test | FRUITY FRUITS
Primates Attack: Monkey Kills Abusive Owner With Coconut
The Pittsburgh Press from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Page 14
What's Funny About The Business Of Monkeys Picking Coconuts?
William Wyatt Gill

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
Racism in the military, stereotype of black men as sexual predators, gun violence in the context of war, grenades, bludgeoning death, stabbing death, disembowelment, coma/near-death, traumatic death/c-section, poor treatment of veterans, death from myocarditis, PTSD, alcoholism, poverty, death from blood loss, torpedoes, death by explosion, sucking chest wound, death in car accident, impalement, diabetes, depression, death of adult child from mother's perspective 1:20:20-1:27:28, death by gunshot/gang violence 1:20:27, rape 1:28:06-1:28:15

Links:
About Lawrence Joel
Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center
Army discovers sad surprise in family history of new Medal of Honor recipient Henry Johnson
Charles R. Drew
CURRENT CHART OF U.S. ARMY RANKS
Doris Miller
Funeral Slated for South L.A. Presidential Citizens Medal Honoree
Henry Johnson (World War I soldier)
Herman A. Johnson
How Dorie Miller’s bravery helped fight Navy racism
How the White House and media got it wrong on Medal of Honor recipient Henry Johnson
In Memory of a Fallen Son
Lawrence Joel
Lawrence Joel: A quiet anniversary for a reluctant hero
Lawrence Joel, Medal of Honor Medic
Medal of Honor Monday: Army Sgt. Henry Johnson
Military history of African Americans
Myrtle Faye Rumph Receives 2010 Spirit of Peace Award
Myrtle Faye Rumph receives Citizens Medal award
Our History
Oseola McCarty
Oseola McCarty (1908-1999)
Remembering Henry Johnson, the Soldier Called “Black Death”
Remembering Lawrence Joel, Medal of Honor, Nov. 8, 1965
U.S. Navy To Name Aircraft Carrier After WWII Hero Doris Miller

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
Institutional/medical racism, COVID-19/vaccine hesitancy, syphilis, brief and euphemistic adult joke

Links:
40 Years of Human Experimentation in America: The Tuskegee Study
Black Airmen turn racism, bigotry into opportunity
Blackface photo reopens long history of bigotry in medicine
Condemned to Die for Science
Decades later, infamous Tuskegee syphilis study stirs wariness in Black community over COVID-19 vaccine
Descendants of Tuskegee Syphilis Study Survivors Say It Was Nothing Like the Covid-19 Vaccine
Family of Tuskegee Syphilis Study participant say they’ll take COVID-19 vaccine but understand the distrust
Legends of Tuskegee: The Tuskegee Airmen: Moton Field
Neither Victim Nor Villain: Nurse Eunice Rivers, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, and Public Health Work.
Nuremberg Code
One Voice: A Commentary on the Syphilis Study at Tuskegee by a Descendant's Daughter
Photo History: The Incredible True Story of How Booker T. Washington & the President of Sears Built 5,000 Schools for Generations of Southern Black Students
Presidential Apology
Presidential Apology for the Study at Tuskegee
Racism and Research: The Caseof the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Report on Charge I
The Declaration of Helsinki and public health
The Greatest Generation
The history of venereology in Norway.
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972: Implications for HIV Education and AIDS Risk Education Programs in the Black Community
The Tuskegee Timeline
Timeline of the Study and Related Events
Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee Truth Teller
United States Army Air Corps
Voices for Our Fathers

Audio disclaimer: For my birthday this year, Melanie wanted to make sure I shone for this episode and recorded with the wrong microphone. The Audio Guy did what he could, but her parts don't sound quite as good as usual. We're sorry, it won't happen again! (Until my next birthday.)

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
Extreme and graphic descriptions of racism throughout, often violent.
A few joking references to adult toys, primary sources that use racist language, flooding, weather-related animal neglect, mention of rape culture and related euphemistic language, guns, infectious disease, graphic description of corpse disposal, lynching at 56:50, burning death at 57:19, murder by police at 57:25, egregiously racist and victim-blaming quote at 58:00-59:12 that is very hard to hear, 1:03:33 death of a teenager from parent's perspective, home/property loss

Links:
1927 History, Fun Facts And Trivia
1927 History, Trivia, and Fun Facts
Arkansas City (Desha County)
Black Oppression and the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Boiling Over
Flood of 1927
Great Flood of 1927
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
How 2,000 Blacks were used as barriers at gunpoint during The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Man vs. Nature: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Racist disaster ‘relief’ did not begin with Katrina
The Flood of 1927 and Its Impact in Greenville, Mississippi
THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD OF 1927
The Mississippi Flood of 1927
The Mississippi Flood of 1927
The Mississippi River flood of 1927

SHOW NOTES

Content warnings:
White supremacists (in the context of their existence and that we dislike them), ghosts/paranormal, passing mention of exorcisms, extremely venomous animals, mention of intubation/ventilators, brief mention of child in peril who survives at 25:38, death of a child 31:05-47:44, premature birth, infertility, death of a mother in front of her child 47:55-48:50, deaths of multiple adults, death of a couple together, Catholic last rites, coma, two instances of a person dying alone at home and a body being found in a welfare check, decomposition, partial dismemberment, assassination threats, death by gunshot, opioid abuse, discussion of sex toys and an unusual kink in Melanie’s half of the Disaster Relief segment

Links:
What Really Happened
Chicago Tylenol Murders
How the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication
The Tylenol Terrorist: Death in a Bottle
Revisiting Chicago's Tylenol Murders
Remembering the Victims of the Chicago Tylenol Murders
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
Tylenol Victim's Daughter Wants Justice
The Tylenol Murders
JOHNSON & JOHNSON'S RECOVERY
Murder by Tylenol
POISON DEATHS BRING U.S. WARNING ON TYLENOL USE
The Tylenol Mafia
A Bitter Pill
Tylenol incident 'never goes away' for family that lost 3
The trail of The Tylenol Man
'Tylenol Man' cast as offbeat, angry intellect
Flight attendant Paula Prince Saturday became the seventh victim...
Coincidence May Have Saved Several Lives in Tylenol Case
POLICE CONTINUE SEARCH FOR A BEARDED MAN SEEN IN TYLENOL PICTURE
In the News: The Tylenol Killings
James Burke: The Public Face of Johnson & Johnson With PM-Salvaging Tylenol, Bjt
The Perfect Crisis Response?
James Burke Reflects on the 1982 Tylenol Cyanide Poisoning Crisis
A Trusted Pill Turned Deadly. How Tylenol Made a Comeback.
James Lewis rape case reveals horrifying allegations
United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. James William Lewis, Defendant-appellant, 797 F.2d 358 (7th Cir. 1986)
Headline: The Tylenol Scare
F.B.I. Is Looking at Unabomber in ’82 Tylenol Case
Former Tylenol suspect charged with murder
People v. Arnold
TYLENOL MAKER, FAMILIES SETTLE IN CYANIDE DEATHS