S05E14: The Real Jaws: The Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916

One hundred years ago this week America was gripped in fear

and panic. In a span of two weeks, five people were attacked and four were

killed as a result of the first shark attacks in modern US history. Known as

the destination for the debonair, the Jersey Shore became the scene of a bloody

collision of man vs. beast that would ultimately inspire the literary and cinema

classic “Jaws”. Most shockingly of all were the deaths of two people in a

shallow tidal creek over thirty miles from the open ocean. The search for the

Jersey Man-Eater would eclipse World War I in newspaper coverage that summer,

and a century later the culprit remains unknown. On this episode we discuss the

Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916.