The Year Was

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 139. This time we examine the year 1977 as 3 members of the the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://www.grunge.com/201511/the-truth-about-how-lynyrd-skynyrd-got-their-name/

https://groovyhistory.com/neil-young-lynyrd-skynyrd-feud-sweet-home-alabama

https://lynyrdskynyrd.com/the-band#starting

https://www.grunge.com/129453/lynyrd-skynyrds-tragic-real-life-story/

https://historycollection.com/10-details-about-the-tragic-crash-that-was-the-death-of-lynyrd-skynyrd-as-we-knew-it/6/

https://www.grunge.com/268299/the-tragic-death-of-leon-wilkeson-from-lynyrd-skynyrd/

https://www.grunge.com/181485/the-truth-behind-the-lynyrd-skynyrd-plane-crash/

https://www.history101.com/lynyrdskynyrdplanecrash/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/three-members-of-the-southern-rock-band-lynyrd-skynyrd-die-in-a-mississippi-plane-crash

https://historycollection.com/10-details-about-the-tragic-crash-that-was-the-death-of-lynyrd-skynyrd-as-we-knew-it/9/

https://bigworldtale.com/music/ronnie-van-zant-predicted-he-wouldnt-live-to-30-and-his-premonition-came-true-i-dont-think-im-going-to-make-it/

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Photo: 

https://historythings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lynyrd-skynyrd-plane-crash.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 138. This time we examine the year 1307, as King Philip the 4th of France has the Knights Templar arrested and begins the superstition of Friday the 13th.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th

https://billpetro.com/history-of-friday-the-13th/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/origin-friday-13th-bradley-hayden-phd

https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/friday-the-13th-origin/798563

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/why-friday-13-unlucky-explained/index.html

https://www.trueactivist.com/the-history-behind-friday-the-13th/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/160512-friday-13-knights-templar-superstition

https://www.history.com/news/whats-so-unlucky-about-the-number-13

https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/the-knights-templar

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/curse-jacques-de-molay-templars-005431

https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Thorin_and_Company

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Photo: 

http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2017/10/Templars_burned_British-Library_E049620-Horizontal.jpeg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 137. This time we examine the year 1945 as William Sianis and his billy goat Murphy are kicked out of a World Series game and place “The Curse of the Billy Goat” on the Chicago Cubs.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://thestadiumreviews.com/blogs/info/why-is-it-called-wrigley-field/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-billy-goat-curse-chicago-inc-20161026-story.html

https://www.billygoattavern.com/legend/curse/

https://www.historyandheadlines.com/the-curse-of-the-billy-goat-6-october-1945/

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/curse-billy-goat-broken

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/10/25/chicago-cubs-billy-goat-curse-explained/92715898/

https://curseofthebillygoat.tommyhuckleberrynolan.com/curse-of-the-billy-goat/

https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/02/sport/world-series-game-7-chicago-cubs-cleveland-indians/index.html

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Photo: 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-billy-goat-curse-chicago-inc-20161026-story.html

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 136. This time we examine the year 1982 as the Chicago Tylenol Murders occur. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://gizmodo.com/the-horrifying-true-story-of-the-1982-chicago-tylenol-m-1675923381

https://time.com/3423136/tylenol-deaths-1982/

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/chicago-tylenol-murders/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982

https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/the-tylenol-murders/

https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/the-tylenol-murders-of-1982-e748032f3036

https://abcnews.go.com/WN/james-lewis-tylenol-killer-suspect-1982-murders-innocent/story?id=9531812

https://www.grunge.com/332018/heres-how-the-btk-killer-was-finally-caught/

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Photo: 

https://www.alcatrazeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-2-300x164.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 135. This time we examine the year 2004 as Oceanic Flight 815 disappears over the pacific...and also ‘Lost’ premiers. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Oceanic_Flight_815

https://www.quora.com/Who-is-to-blame-for-the-crash-of-Oceanic-815-in-Lost?share=1

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/interviews/a26345/lost-creators-interview/

https://theaviationist.com/special-reports/oceanic-815-crash-location/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt

https://www.looper.com/160594/we-finally-understand-the-ending-of-lost/

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Photo: 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o73s_4xwe38/UyBzvuQacDI/AAAAAAAAE5I/YvXHNIyKRA8/s1600/Oceanic815.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 134. This time we examine the year 1928 as Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://explorable.com/ancient-medicine

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/biographical/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Almroth-Edward-Wright

https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/alexander-fleming

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520913/

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/fleming/biographical/

https://oxsci.org/how-the-discovery-of-penicillin-has-influenced-modern-medicine/

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1556_article

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/flemingpenicillin.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/penicillin-discovered

https://www.penicillinnhdproject.com/discovery.html

https://thediscoveryofpenicillin2013.weebly.com/the-discovery.html

https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/westminster-alumni-pink-floyd-unveil-heritage-plaque-at-regent-campus

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Photo: 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Synthetic_Production_of_Penicillin_TR1468.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 133. This time we examine the year 1900 as Galveston Texas faces the worst natural disaster on U.S. Soil: the Galveston hurricane of 1900.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/galveston-hurricane-of-1900.htm

https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heritage/-/galveston-storm-of-1900

https://www.galvestonhistorycenter.org/research/1900-storm

https://www.history.com/topics/natural-disasters-and-environment/1900-galveston-hurricane

https://www.thoughtco.com/1900-galveston-hurricane-5070052

https://www.americanheritage.com/our-10-greatest-natural-disasters#13

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Photo: 

https://live.staticflickr.com/6156/6170146736_5c3bcebd35_b.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 132. This time we examine the year 1902 as Georges Melies creates and releases one of the first science fiction Films Le Voyage Dans la Lune (the Voyage to the Moon) in France.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lumiere-brothers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Robert-Houdin

https://www.melies.eu/English.html

https://whatasker.com/georges-melies/

https://greatestmovies.miraheze.org/wiki/Le_Voyage_dans_la_Lune

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georges-Melies

https://filippazzofrank.medium.com/george-melies-the-grandfather-of-special-effects-e09716f3ead3

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000417/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAHcMMOHE8&t=11s

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Photo: 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georges-Melies

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 131. This time we examine the year 1835 as Richard Adams Locke begins publishing a satire article in 6 parts about finding inhabitants on the moon in what has become known as The Great Moon Hoax.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Question:_Did_Joseph_Smith_state_that_the_moon_was_inhabited,_and_that_its_inhabitants_were_dressed_like_Quakers%3F

https://wallaceandgromit.fandom.com/wiki/Cooker

https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2015/10/25/the-great-moon-hoax-of-1835/

https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2013/09/04/the-great-moon-hoax-or-was-it-the-jokes-on-who/

https://earthsky.org/human-world/great-moon-hoax-august-25-1835/

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/08/the-great-moon-hoax/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax

http://hoaxes.org/text/display/the_great_moon_hoax_of_1835_text/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAHcMMOHE8

https://www.gaia.com/article/the-hollow-moon-theory-is-the-moon-an-artificial-satellite

Photo: 

https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2015/10/25/the-great-moon-hoax-of-1835/

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 130. This time we examine the year 1590 as John White returns to Roanoke Island only to find it empty, with only clue being the word “Croatoan” carved into a tree.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke-island/

https://www.historynet.com/today-in-history/august-18

https://www.nps.gov/fora/learn/education/the-john-white-colony.htm

https://www.worldhistory.org/Roanoke_Colony/

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-mystery-lost-roanoke-lost-colony-1921594

https://allthatsinteresting.com/roanoke-stone-mystery

https://www.britannica.com/story/the-lost-colony-of-roanoke

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-I

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Linoge

Photo: 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/kfmnmeywqim.jpg